_David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case._ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. _TITLE._ להזכיר לדוד מזמור _MIZMOR LEDAVID LEHAZKIIR. A PSALM OF DAVID,_ &C.— _David's memorial psalm,_ Whether David really laboured under any grievous sickness which gave occasion to this psalm;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THINE ARROWS, &C.— _For thine arrows are entered deep into me, and thy hand is come down upon me._ Mudge.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR MINE INIQUITIES— i.e. The punishment of them; as Psalms 31:10; Psalms 32:5.—_Are gone over my head,_ is an allusion to the boisterous waves of the sea; under which a man who is shipwrecked is just ready to sink. This comparison is frequent in the psalms. Compare Psalms 42:7; Psalms 69:2; Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF MY FOOLISHNESS— i.e. "As a just punishment of my folly; whereby, to satisfy my unreasonable desires, I have inconsiderately offended thee." See 2 Samuel 11:2. David in the next verse represents the greatness of his affliction by the posture in which mourners walked at funerals; _I am bowe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR MY LOINS ARE FILLED, &C.— An anonymous writer on the psalms, who differs in opinion from Dr. Delaney, observes, that these words are not to be taken literally, but as figurative expressions, signifying the excessive misery and extreme wretchedness of the Psalmist's condition. We find the same wa... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY SNARES FOR ME— _Use violence against me._... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IN THEE, O LORD, &C.— _For I wait for thee, O Lord; thou shalt answer, O Lord my God:_ Psalms 38:16. _For I thought with myself, lest they triumph over me: when my foot slippeth,_ &c. David seems to give this 16th verse as a reason why he should not undertake his own defence, but leave himself w... [ Continue Reading ]