TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew _mizmor._ See App-65. OF ASAPH. The eighth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. Compare Psalms 74, the second of the third book. See App-10. The Psalm is said to have "hardly any regular strophical divisions". But see the Structure above. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. HEATHEN. nation... [ Continue Reading ]
SAINTS. men of Thy lovingkindness, or gracious ones, or beloved.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHED. poured out. Compare same word in Psalms 79:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare (Psalms 79:5) with (Psalms 79:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
POUR OUT. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. See note on "shed", Psalms 79:3. NOT KNOWN THEE. Compare Jeremiah 10:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE. So some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Compare Jeremiah 10:25. But other codices read "he hath": i.e. the enemy. JACOB. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the riches of his descendants. DWELLING PLACE. pasture.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. PREVENT US. come to meet us. Eng. usage changed. Original sense obsolete.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURGE AWAY. cover, or atone for. Hebrew. _kaphar._ See note on Exodus 29:33. THY NAME'S SAKE. Thine own sake. See Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare Psalms 79:5. BY. Supply Ellipsis from the preceding line: "[Let] the avenging... [be known]", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY POWER. Hebrew Thine arm. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for the power contained in and put forth by it. By Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6), an "arm" attributed to God. PRESERVE. reserve. THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DIE. sons of death. Genitive of Relation. Co... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.... [ Continue Reading ]