_David's complaint in his sickness: by faith he triumphs over his enemies._ To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David. _Title._ השׁמינית על _al hashsheminith. Upon Sheminith_] Some render it, _Upon the eighth._ The _Sheminith_ is generally supposed to have been a harp of... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BONES ARE VEXED— _Bones, reins, inward parts,_ often in scripture signify the same as _heart, soul, thought;_ see Psalms 35:10 where _bones_ probably signify the same as here.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THOU, O LORD, HOW LONG?— There seems to be an ellipsis here, which is thus supplied by the Chaldee paraphrast; _How long wilt thou defer to give me some refreshment?_ In the version of our liturgy it is: _But, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?_... [ Continue Reading ]
IN DEATH THERE IS NO REMEMBRANCE OF THEE— This is meant only of the bodies of persons deceased, not of their souls; which still survive, and do not sleep till the resurrection, as some have vainly imagined; and yet even their souls are incapable of praising God in his church upon earth, of propagati... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE EYE, &C.— _Mine eye is_ {_fretted_ / _worn away_} _with indignation; it is grown old because of all my oppressors._ Mr. Mudge observes, that the original word עתקה _athkah,_ rendered _waxeth old,_ signifies to be _fixed, stiffened, set in one's head._ According to him, it never implies _age,_ i... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY— The original word properly signifies _vanity_ or _falsehood;_ and _iniquity_ only as it is vanity; when it is to be treated with contempt. _They who practise,_ or _employ themselves in vanity,_ are, I believe, always in, the meaning of the Psalmist, they who practise idol superstitions, wh... [ Continue Reading ]