_An exhortation to praise God for his excellency, and for his mercy._ THIS and the five following psalms, were by the Jews called הלל _hallel,_ or _hymns;_ they were made use of at the feasts of the new moons, and on other solemn occasions, especially on the paschal night, after they had eaten the... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN, &C.— i.e. from the one end of the heathen world to the other. See Malachi 1:11. "His mercies and goodness to mankind, especially that great evangelical mercy, the gift of Christ, shall be solemnly proclaimed and promulgated.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HUMBLETH HIMSELF TO BEHOLD, &C.— Mudge renders the foregoing verse unitedly with this: _Who is as the Lord our God, that sitteth so high, that looketh so low, in the heaven, and in the earth?_ In _the heaven,_ says he, is referred to the former, and in the _earth,_ to the latter clause; "Who is... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HE MAY SET HIM WITH PRINCES— There is a plain reference here to Hannah's case and prayer. See 1 Samuel 2:8 and 2 Samuel 7:8. _He maketh the barren,_ &c. may be rendered, according to the original, _He settleth the barren in a family; i.e._ "causeth her who was barren to have a large family, by... [ Continue Reading ]