TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mismor._ See App-65. FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. of, &c. The seventh of nine so ascribed. See note on Psalms 42, and App-63. How...! Figure of speech. _Ecphdnlsis._ App-6. AMIABLE. beloved. TABERNACLES . habitations. Hebrew. _mishkan_ (App-40). Perhaps referring to the Mosaic... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL LONGETH. I, even. myself, long. Hebrew. _nephesh_ (App-13), for emphasis. courts. Corresponding with "altars" (Psalms 84:3). See the Structure. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA, THE SPARROW, &C. These two lines are placed within. parenthesis. SPARROW: or bird. NEST. Not in the altars. See note below. EVEN THINE ALTARS. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6. Supply it by repeating the verb "found" from preceding clause. "[Even so have. found] Thine altars", &c. Nothing... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Compare verses: Psalms 84:5; Psalms 84:12. See App-63. Figure of speech _Benedictio._ App-6. STILL PRAISING. Compare 1 Chronicles 9:33. SELAH. Connecting the dwellers in, and the approaches to, the House of Jehovah, with the common blessedness of all true worshippers. See App-66.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN: i.e. any one; not priest or Levite merely. Hebrew. _'adam._ ARE THE WAYS OF THEM. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_, "in whose heart are [Thy] highways" [leading thereunto].... [ Continue Reading ]
OF BACA. of weeping. All the ancient versions so render it. MAKE IT. Septuagint reads "He maketh it". A WELL. a place of springs. RAIN. the early rain.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY ONE OF THEM IN ZION APPEARETH BEFORE GOD. he appeareth before God in Zion. Note the singular, "he appeareth": i.e. "the man" of Psalms 84:5. The valley of Baca thus becomes the valley of _Berachah_ (or blessing), 2 Chronicles 20:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD OF JACOB. Not Israel, but the God (Elohim) Who met Jacob when he had nothing and deserved nothing (but wrath), and promised him everything: thus becoming "the God of all grace". SELAH. Connecting the request for audience with the words of the prayer, and dividing the Psalm, structurally, into i... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIELD: i.e. God's provision in Messiah. He is our Shield (Genesis 15:1). Faith's shield (Ephesians 6:16). This shield includes: (1) Favour (Psalms 5:12); (2) Salvation (Psalms 18:35); (3) Truth (Psalms 91:4). And "Favour" includes Life (Psalms 30:5); Mercy (Isaiah 60:10); Preservation (Psalms 86:2)... [ Continue Reading ]
THAN. THOUSAND. Supply Ellipsis by adding "[elsewhere]". BE. DOORKEEPER. to stand at the threshold. TENTS. habitations. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. SUN. Figure of speech _Metaphor._ The only occurrence, in the Psalms, of this metaphor. It is used of Messiah, Malachi 4:2 GRACE AND GLORY. Not the former without the latter (Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30). The former is the flower, the latter the fruit. NO GOOD THING, &C. Figure of speech _Tapeino... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTETH. places his confidence. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. App-64.... [ Continue Reading ]