_The Psalmist professeth his love and duty to God for his deliverance: he studieth to be thankful._ THIS psalm was probably written by David upon his deliverance from Absalom's rebellion; though some think that it was composed by Esdras at the return of the Jews from Babylon. The Jews were accustome... [ Continue Reading ]
_VER. 2_. _I will preach, proclaim,_ or _sing aloud of his goodness._ This place, and also Psalms 116:13 seem to require this sense of _akra._ Fenwick.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SORROWS OF DEATH— The Hebrew signifies, _The snares of death._ See Psalms 18:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIMPLE— i.e. Those who are upright and sincere, and who make use of no crafty arts, no indirect or unlawful means for their deliverance; or, as the original word likewise signifies, _the little ones; i.e._ those who wholly depend upon God, as little children do upon their parents.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING— In the Hebrew _the lands;_ pointing at the lands or mansions whither Christ was to go, and prepare a place for all who truly follow him; in the view and full assurance of which, he is represented as saying in the former verse, _Thou hast delivered my soul from death._ See... [ Continue Reading ]
I BELIEVED, THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN— _I believed_ (_for I will speak it; I was very low_)_, I said in my haste, The whole race of man is a lie._ These two verses express the low state of spirits to which he had been reduced. Thus Mudge. Green, referring the verses to David, translates them thus; _I... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL TAKE THE CUP OF SALVATION— Or, _of deliverances._ The taking this cup was either more solemn in the temple, or more private in the family. The former was the _drink-offering,_ or _strong wine, poured out in the holy place;_ Numbers 28:7. This is what the Psalmist seems to speak of here, as ma... [ Continue Reading ]
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD— The word _precious_ is not here so to be understood as to signify that which is spoken of to be _desireable to_ or _in the sight of the Lord;_ for it is the life, and not the death of his servants, which is precious in that sense to God, the great preserver of thei... [ Continue Reading ]