TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. WHEN NATHAN, &C. See 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 12:1. David's utterance when he lay all night upon the earth as. _penitent_ (2 Samuel 12:16). Compare his utterance when he "sat before the LORD "as. _worshipper_ (2 Samuel 7:18), and when he "stood upon his f... [ Continue Reading ]
WASH: as. garment, Hebrew. _kabas._ Heb form. multiply to wash. wash thoroughly. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. CLEANSE: i.e. pronounce ceremonially clean. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44,... [ Continue Reading ]
ACKNOWLEDGE. Confession is ever the condition of forgiveness. See notes on Psalms 32:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONLY. alone. This is primary, and contains the secondary. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ THAT, &C. Quoted in Romans 3:4. WHEN THOU SPEAKEST: i.e. in Thy word. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "in Thy words" (plural) Compare Romans 3:4. CLEAR. pure; such mora... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE INWARD PARTS. More than the external acts. Hebrew. _tuchoth._ Only here and Job 38:36. MAKE ME, &C. See note on Job 28:28. We need this _making,_ for this wisdom is from above. Compare 2 Timothy 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURGE ME. Thou wilt sin-cleanse me, or un-sin me: i.e. expiate by the blood of. sin offering. HYSSOP. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the atoning blood sprinkled by it. Compare Numbers 14:18; Numbers 19:6; Numbers 19:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE ME. Thou wilt make me.... [ Continue Reading ]
CREATE. Hebrew. _bara'_, as in Genesis 1:1. The new heart is not the old one changed, but newly created: i.e. "begotten" by God, as in John 3:6. RIGHT. steadfast. Compare Psalms 78:37; Psalms 112:7. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for whole character... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE NOT. Not. proper prayer for those now "in Christ": for, see John 14:16. HOLY SPIRIT. See the only other O.T. occurrences of the expression (Isaiah 63:10; Isaiah 63:11). Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THY FREE SPIRIT: i.e. with. spirit of willing and unforced obedience. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Compare Exodus 35:5; Exodus 35:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. Rescue. BLOODGUILTINESS. bloods, plural of majesty; put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for the great murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:14). Compare Genesis 4:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD *. Jehovah. App-4. One of the 134 alterations of the _Sopherim._ App-32.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESIREST NOT. Because death was the penalty. Was the child's life the substitute?... [ Continue Reading ]
SACRIFICES. Plural of majesty. the great sacrifice. Compare Isaiah 57:16; Isaiah 66:2. NOT DESPISE. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_, meaning that God will do infinitely more than words can express.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZION. See App-68. If verses: Psalms 51:18; Psalms 51:19 are. later addition, then they were probably the work of Hezekiah in his editing the Psalms as well as the Proverbs, when the Psalm was handed over for public use. See App-67. But David was "a prophet" (Acts 2:30; Acts 2:31).... [ Continue Reading ]