TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. SONG. Hebrew. _shir_. App-65. FOR THE SONS OF KORAH: i.e. of or by them. This title is repeated in the sub-scription after Psalms 87:7, to emphasise the occasion of its use in bringing up the Ark to Zion by David (951BC,. Sabbatic year). See note there, and... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. ZION. See App-68. JACOB. Israel viewed in connection with the natural seed, and with material blessings. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _ha_ -' _Elohim_. the [true] God. App-4. SELAH. Connecting the first alternation with the second, showing that it is to be. repeated alternation.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAHAB. pride, or haughtiness. Used as name for Egypt (by Figure of speech _Polyonymia,_ App-6), as in Psalms 89:10; Isaiah 51:9. Compare Job 9:13 with Job 26:12, not the same word as in Joshua 2. ETHIOPIA. Supply Ellipsis of the verb "say": "Tyre with Ethiopia [say]" this, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. to. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. THE HIGHEST. the MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _'Elyon._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITETH UP. enrolleth. PEOPLE. peoples. THAT. Instead of _"That",_ supply "[and say] this one", &c. SELAH. Connecting the last repetition of the alternation, and completing the Structure. Thus, both the Selahs in this Psalm are structural.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SINGERS. they that shout. THE PLAYERS ON INSTRUMENTS. they that dance, as in bringing up the Ark. See note on the subscription. SHALL BE THERE. Supply _Ellipsis_: "[shall say of Zion]". SPRINGS. fountains: i.e. fountains of delight. A SONG, &C. Repeated from the title. Compare Psalms 45 for.... [ Continue Reading ]