_David blesseth God for his mercy: he prayeth that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies: he promiseth to praise God: he prayeth for the happy estate of the kingdom._ A Psalm of David. _TITLE._ לדוד _LEDAVID._— This is evidently a psalm of triumph, probably upon the same occasion with t... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, WHAT IT MAN, &C.?— This is spoken in rapture; reflecting on the regard that God had shewn to his petition, which, in his usual way, he repeats in the very words in the four next verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOW THY HEAVENS— See 2 Samuel 8 and 2 Samuel 22:10. The images here are taken from the promulgation of the law on mount Sinai.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST FORTH, &C.— _Cast forth lightning, and make them_ [the heavens] _swell: cast thy darts and melt them._ Schult.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE MOUTH SPEAKETH VANITY, &C.— _Whose mouth uttereth falsehood, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit:_ "For with that hand, as with a pledge, they confirmed the treaties of peace and leagues of friendship made with them; all which they have perfidiously broken." Lifting up the hand was... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON A PSALTERY, AND AN INSTRUMENT OF TEN STRINGS— _Upon the ten-stringed psaltery._ There is nothing for the particle _and_ in the Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]
RID ME, AND DELIVER ME— This is a kind of _da capo,_ a repetition of that sentence upon which the psalm turns. These are probably the very words of the cry hinted at in Psalms 118:5 which gave occasion to the following verses in that psalm, and the two first in this. Mudge.... [ Continue Reading ]
_PSALMS 144:12_, &C. _THAT OUR SONS MAY BE,_ &C.— _Our sons are like plants grown tall in their youth; and our daughters like corner-pillars polished for the ornament of a palace._ Green; who renders the following verses also in the present; and with him agrees Mr. Mudge, who observes, that these ve... [ Continue Reading ]