TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. TO JEDUTHUN. See App-65. TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. OF ASAPH. for Asaph. The sixth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. App-63. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. HE GAVE EAR. Inf.. "to give ear". Therefore supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6): "He [condescended] to give... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered Jehovah to Adonai. See App-32. MY SORE RAN. Hebrew hand was outstretched: i.e. in prayer. CEASED NOT: i.e. to be outstretched. MY SOUL. I (emphatic).... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPLAINED. communed [with myself]. MY SPIRIT. I (emphatic). Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9. SELAH. Connecting this self-introspection with its sure result misery. See App-66.... [ Continue Reading ]
EYES. eyelids; or, Thou keepest mine eyelids from closing.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SONG. Note that the whole of this member (verses: Psalms 77:1) is occupation with self.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_, emphasizing the consequence of this introspection. It is continued through the whole of this member (verses: Psalms 77:7).... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. PROMISE. word. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the promise given by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. SELAH. Connecting all this misery with the only sure remedy occupation with God: and passing from "I" and "my" to "Thou" and "Thy". (App-66.)... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHT HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. THE MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _Elyon._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORKS. doings. THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4. WONDERS. Hebrew work. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "wonders": i.e. wonderful ways or works.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORK. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "works" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SANCTUARY. Only here, in God _'_. presence, is found peace and happiness. WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), for emphasis. This is the cry resulting from occupation with God. Even the cry of His saints. See note on Exodus 15:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECLARED. made known. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSEPH. Because his sons were not the direct sons of Jacob. SELAH. Connecting the redemption from Egypt with the accomplishment of it as recorded in "the scriptures of truth". See App-66.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WATERS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis: i.e. the waters of the Nile, and the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21). THE DEPTHS. Not referring to the "abyss" of Babylonian mythology, which was. corruption of primitive truth (Genesis 1:2), but the Red Sea emphasized in the preceding clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLOUDS. the thick or dark clouds. ARROWS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for lightnings, mentioned below.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS IN THE HEAVEN. Hebrew. _galgal_. rolled along. THE. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "Thy". LIGHTENED. illumined.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. was. THE SEA. Not the sea-monster, the Ti'amat of Babylonian mythology, but the Red Sea mentioned above. See note on "The depths", Psalms 77:16. PATH. Hebrew text. "paths"; but some codices, with five early printed editions, as in Authorized Version. FOOTSTEPS. footprints: i.e. when the water... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES AND AARON. Only here in this third book.... [ Continue Reading ]