_David prayeth_ [or _prophesieth_] _earnestly against his enemies: he blesseth God; he prayeth for the people._ _A Psalm_ of David. _TITLE._ לדוד _LEDAVID._— This Psalm, as well as the foregoing, is supposed to have been written by David towards the latter end of his reign; at a time when, his wars... [ Continue Reading ]
RENDER TO THEM THEIR DESERT— _Their own rendering;_ as they have rendered to others. This verse would be translated better in the future: _Thou wilt give them,_ &c. See the next verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD IS THEIR STRENGTH— _The Lord is his guard; even he himself is the triumphant guard of his anointed._ So Mudge; who observes, that the words are evidently spoken by the people, or priests, returning the words which the king had just before used. Houbigant renders it, _The Lord is the strengt... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT THEM UP FOR EVER— _Support them for ever._ "Feed them, as a shepherd does his flock, and support them for ever by thy goodness and mercy." See Psalms 23 and Fenwick. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Whither shall the miserable fly, but to the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation? To this rock, w... [ Continue Reading ]