_David's confidence in God's grace._ A Psalm of David. _TITLE._— לדוד מזמור _mizmor ledavid._ In this psalm David expresses his confidence in God, who had delivered him from the persecutions of Saul, and settled him in a prosperous condition: whom, therefore, he here compares first to a good shephe... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES, &C.— Rabbi Solomon tells us, (most likely upon the credit of ancient tradition,) that, when David went into the forest of Hareth, it became fruitful and irriguous, though it had been before dry, barren, and impassable; and that David alludes hereto in this... [ Continue Reading ]
HE RESTORETH MY SOUL, &C.— _He refresheth,_ &c. Mudge. "When I am ready to faint, he refreshes me, and brings me to life again." See Psalms 19:8. _In the paths of righteousness,_ Green renders very properly, after Schultens, _in right paths:_ "in such paths as are right and safe for me." See Proverb... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH— _Yea, though I should stray into the valley of the shadow of death;_ a valley overspread with the horrors of darkness and of death, being thickly shaded with trees, and infested by wild beasts. Dr. Delaney thinks this a noble reference to... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE, &C.— This alludes to the plentiful support which he found in the wilderness, notwithstanding the efforts of his enemies to distress him. _Thou anointest my head with oil,_ means, "thou treatest me like a well-accepted guest at this table which thou hast prepared for me;" allu... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER— i.e. "In return to thee for these thy favours and blessings, I will be as constantly in the tabernacle at the hours of divine service, as if it were my ordinary abode." Thus it is said of Anna the prophetess, that _she departed not from the temple,... [ Continue Reading ]