_David, shewing his confidence in God, craveth his help: he rejoiceth in his mercy: he prayeth in his calamity: he praiseth God for his goodness._ To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. _TITLE._ לדוד מזמור למנצח _LAMNATSEACH MIZMOR LEDAVID._— Bishop Patrick supposes this psalm to have been compos... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO THINE HAND, &C.— i.e. "To thy care and custody I commit my _life,_ or my _breath,_ as the word רוח _ruach,_ signifies, as well as the _spirit_ or _soul;_ and the breath, being the sign of life, may here be taken for life itself." But our Saviour used these words, when expiring on the cross, in... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BELLY— Such is the signification of the original word בטן _beten;_ but it evidently means his _body,_ and is therefore very properly so translated by Fenwick and Green.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY STRENGTH FAILETH, &C.— _My strength faulters by reason of my affliction._ Mudge and Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I HAVE HEARD THE SLANDER, &C.— _For I hear the evil talk of the people: terror on every side: while they consult together against me, and plot to take away my life._ This and the preceding verses are plainly applicable to our Redeemer, and to that life of sorrow and reproach which he led amongst... [ Continue Reading ]
MY TIMES— עתתי _ittotai,_ are those critical times of danger, when life is reduced to turn upon a point.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY GOODNESS, WHICH THOU HAST LAID UP, &C.— _Which thou treasurest up for those who fear thee; which thou providest for those who make thee their refuge, before the sons of men._ Mudge and Green. The next verse should be rendered also in the present tense, _Thou hidest them, thou keepest them._ The... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HATH SHEWED ME HIS MARVELLOUS KINDNESS IN A STRONG CITY— Nudge renders it, agreeably to his idea of the author and occasion of the psalm, _a besieged city;_ as that seems to be a scene more adapted for the manifestation of _kindness_ than a _strong_ one; and Jeremiah was fed with a certain portio... [ Continue Reading ]