TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _shir_. App-65. Psalm. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. OF ASAPH. The last of the twelve Asaph Psalms. Probably Jahaziel _'_ s: compare 2 Chronicles 20:14; 2 Chronicles 20:19, the Psalm being written on that occasion (about 804 B. C), and 2 Chronicles 20:22 being the answer to this pr... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE. TUMULT. roar like the waves of the sea, as in Psalms 46:3. LIFTED UP THE HEAD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for acting presumptuously. Compare Psalms 3:3; Psalms 27:6; Judges 8:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM BEING. NATION. that they be no more. nation. Compare Jeremiah 48:2.Isaiah 7:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE CONFEDERATE. have solemnized. covenant. against Thee. Not only against Thy People (Psalms 83:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLES. tents. Hebrew. _'ohel_. See App-40. EDOM. Note the tenfold confederation of enemies in verses: Psalms 83:6, followed by the sevenfold destruction in verses: Psalms 83:10. the two making the number 17, the sum of the two numbers (10 ordinal perfection or completeness, and. spiritual per... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. SELAH. Connecting these two things together, the former being that which calls forth the prayer: and connecting the _past_ confederacy with the future one of the "ten kingdoms" and the same Divine destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIDIANITES. Compare Judges 7:22. SISERA. Compare Judges 4:15. JABIN. Compare Judges 4:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTH. ground, or soil. Hebrew. _'adamah._ See note on Isaiah 25:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
OREB Compare Judges 7:25. ZEEB. Compare Judges 7:25. ZEBAH. Compare Judges 8:5; Judges 8:21. ZALMUNNA. Compare Judges 8:5; Judges 8:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSES. pleasant pastures. Hebrew. _ne'oth_ (plural) Same word as in Psalms 23:2; Psalms 65:12. POSSESSION. inheritance. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEEL. Hebrew. _galgal,_. rolling thing. Probably the wild artichoke, which throws out branches of equal length, and, when ripe and dry, breaks off at the root, and is carried by the wind, rolling like. wheel over the plains. Compare Isaiah 17:13. where it is again used with "chaff", and rendered "a... [ Continue Reading ]
PERSECUTE. pursue.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR: i.e. the enemies. THEY: i.e. Israel, or Thy People. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM: i.e. the enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN: Israel. JEHOVAH. One of three places where, in Authorized Version, this name is transliterated and printed in large capital letters (small in Revised Version) See App-48. Compare Exodus 6:3 and Isaiah 26:4. MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _Elyon._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]