_An exhortation to praise God, for saving Israel in their great afflictions. The haters of the church are cursed._ A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] This psalm is thought to have been written by Ezra, at the return of the Jews from their captivity: and then _they that ha... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLOUGHERS PLOUGHED, &C.— That is, "They reduced us to a state of abject slavery, and used us most cruelly in it. _The ploughers ploughed,_ &c. they scourged us so severely, that the marks remained for a long while after, like the traces of a plough; and in this were represented the sufferings of... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEM— Or, _They shall._ And so in the next verse, the last clause of which may be rendered, _Which withereth before it be plucked up._ Mr. Maundrell, on his way from Tripoli to Aleppo, observed a particular method used by the country people in gathering their corn. _"They plucked it up_ by handf... [ Continue Reading ]