_The kingdom, the priesthood, the conquest, and the passion of Christ._ A Psalm of David. _TITLE._ מזמור לדוד _LEDAVID MIZMOR._— It is universally agreed, that this psalm was composed by David: and it seems to be almost as universally agreed, that he speaks not of himself at all in it, but directl... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SHALL SEND THE ROD— It is plain, that by making but two periods of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th verses of the psalm, which is confessed on all hands to be prophetical of the Messiah's reign, the Jews have so far murdered the sense of it, that no version has been able to translate it without some n... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE WOMB OF THE MORNING, &C.— _Thou hast shone like the morning from thy very birth; thy youth has been covered with dew._ Ross. 98: sed vid. Hiller, part 2: p. 26. Nold. p. 1029. Or, _The dew of thy youth is as from the womb of the morning._ Mr. Mann in his Critical Notes, after a variety of o... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU ART A PRIEST FOR EVER— The Jews have, either through design or haste, corrupted this text in such a manner that all its force with respect to its application to Christ is lost; for the literal version of the words according to the present Hebrew is, _Thou art a priest for ever, according to my... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD AT THY RIGHT HAND— This is to be understood of the Messiah, instated in his regal power at the right hand of his Father; and not of the Father himself as his helper and defender, as Psalms 16:8 and elsewhere the phrase is understood. The prophet here on a sudden addresses himself to God the... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL JUDGE AMONG THE HEATHEN, &C.— Capel in his _Critica Sacra,_ p. 367 has out of St. Jerome's Latin translation helped us to a better reading of this place, says Mr. Mann; _He shall judge the nations; he shall fill the vallies;_ (corresponding perhaps with the sense of Isaiah 40:4. _Every vall... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL DRINK OF THE BROOK IN THE WAY— "That is," says Houbigant, "the brook Cedron, I suppose;" David pointing out the passion of our Lord, by a continuance of the metaphor wherewith he began. Jesus was exalted because of his suffering, therefore did he lift up his head. See Hebrews 12:2. This is... [ Continue Reading ]