_David fleeth to God upon his former experience: he voweth perpetual service unto him, because of his promises._ To the chief musician upon Neginah, _A Psalm_ of David. _Title._ נגינת על למנצח _lamnatseach al neginath._] The occasion of this psalm is very doubtful. Mudge thinks that it was compose... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE END OF THE EARTH— _From the extremity of the land will I cry unto thee, now, when my heart is sinking. Conduct me up to the rock which is too high for me._ He calls Edom _the extremity of the country,_ from whence he would direct his prayer to God, now his heart began to sink with reflectin... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE, &C.— David's danger seems to have been over before he had finished this psalm; and therefore, after a pause, he here begins to acknowledge how God had granted the petitions that he had made while he was in distress, and thankfully commemorates his mercy, in crowning h... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU WILT PROLONG THE KING'S LIFE— _Thou wilt add days to the king's days; and to his years generation upon generation._ The Chaldee paraphrase adds the word _Christ._ Thus, _Thou shalt give unto Christ, the king, days upon days. His years shall be as the generations of this world, and the generatio... [ Continue Reading ]
SO WILL I SING PRAISE, &C.— _Thus will I sound thy name for ever, when I pay my vows every day._ REFLECTIONS.—In this psalm, 1. David looks up to God in his troubles; _Hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,_ to a place of present safety, but especiall... [ Continue Reading ]