TITLE.. PSALM. No Hebrew for this. OF DAVID. Relating to the true David, Israel's Redeemer. Psalms 22 is Christ as the sin offering; Psalms 40 as the whole burnt offering. and this, Psalms 69 as the trespass offering. Verse prefers to John 15:25. verses: Psalms 69:14 refer to Gethsemane (Matthew 26:... [ Continue Reading ]
SINK. have sunk. MIRE. See note on waters, Psalms 69:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATE ME WITHOUT. CAUSE. Compare Psalms 35:19. Quoted in John 15:25. MIGHTY. The Syriac, by supplying the letter Ayin, reads "stronger than my bones", thus completing the alternation of this verse. THEN. Ginsburg suggests "I" (emphatic) instead of "Then".... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS. Hebrew. _'asham._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.. GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
A STRANGER. Compare John 1:11. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ZEAL, &C. Quoted as fulfilled in John 2:17. THE REPROACHES. Quoted in Romans 15:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WEPT, AND CHASTENED MY SOUL. The Septuagint reads "I humbled my soul".... [ Continue Reading ]
SACKCLOTH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for mourning attire. PROVERB. Compare John 8:48; Matthew 27:63.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONG. the mocking song.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME: i.e. at the time Thou pleasest. MULTITUDE. abundance, or plenitude. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. HEAR. answer. LOVINGKINDNESS. grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEM. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See Ex. note on Psalms 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "one".... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY GAVE. Fulfilled in Matthew 27:34; Matthew 27:48; Mark 15:23; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36; John 19:28. GAVE. put. See note on Matthew 27:34. GALL.. something bitter, probably the poppy. Hebrew. _r_. _osh_. In Deuteronomy 29:18;... [ Continue Reading ]
LET, &C. Imprecation. Suitable for. dispensation of Law and Judgment; not for this Day of Grace. See Romans 11:9; Romans 11:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET, &C. Quoted in Acts 1:20. HABITATION. palace:. place surrounded by. wall. Occurs only here in Psalms.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE WHOM THOU HAST WOUNDED. Thy wounded ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADD. Referring to the reading in Psalms 69:26. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah_. App-44. Put here by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), for the punishment deserved by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LIVING. life. See note on Leviticus 18:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. afflicted. Hebrew. _ani_. See note on Proverbs 6:11. Not the same word as in Psalms 69:33. Constantly used of Christ in the Psalms. Compare Psalms 22:24 (afflicted); Psalms 34:6; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 40:17; Psalms 70:5; Psalms 109:16;... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE. The sufferings never mentioned without praise. Compare Psalms 22.Isaiah 53, &c. NAME : i. e. God Himself. Compare Psalms 20:1. OF. Genitive of Apposition. App-17. WITH. SONG. Hebrew. _beshir._ Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ with _mishshor,_ an ox, in Psalms 69:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. Praise is the truest sacrifice. AN OX. See note on "song" (Psalms 69:30). HORNS. Showing full age; not under three years (Genesis 15:9). AND. So some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; but not in current printed Hebrew text. HOOFS. divided hoof, sh... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BE GLAD. they rejoice. HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for the whole being. SHALL LIVE: i.e. live again in resurrection. See note on Leviticus 18:5. GOD. In Authorized Version, 1611, this was printed "good". First printed "God" in ed. 1617.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. helpless. Hebrew. _ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN AND EARTH. See note on Genesis 14:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZION. See App-68. WILL BUILD. This is prophecy; for David was "a prophet" (Acts 2:30). DWELL, &C. Not merely dwell and possess, but inherit and hand down. HAVE IT IN POSSESSION. inherit it. Note the _Introversion._... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.... [ Continue Reading ]