_David describeth the corruption of a natural man: he convinceth the wicked by the light of their own conscience: he glorieth in the salvation of God._ To the chief musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, _A Psalm_ of David. _Title._ לדוד משׂכיל מחלת על למנצח _lamnatseach al machalath maskiil ledavid._] T... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GOD HATH SCATTERED THE BONES OF HIM— This is generally referred to Sheba; who, being left at last to shift for himself, was shut up in the city of Abel, and there taken and beheaded; (see 2 Samuel 20:22.) after which his body, most probably, was exposed to the fowls of the air, or the wild beast... [ Continue Reading ]
OH THAT THE SALVATION, &C.— David here, making a review of the 14th Psalm, in which his distress in the time of Absalom's rebellion is described, desires of God to give his people a still further and new _salvation;_ for the word ישׁעות _ieshuoth,_ here is in the plural number, but in Psalms 14 it i... [ Continue Reading ]