_David's thirst for God: his manner of blessing God: his confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety._ A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. _TITLE._ לדוד מזמור _MIZMOR LEDAVID._— The beginning of this psalm evidently shews, that David was, when he wrote it, in a... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SEE THY POWER, &C.— The meaning, says Jarchi, here is, "I have thirsted to see thy power and thy glory, as I have seen thee in the holy tabernacle in Shilo; where my soul was satisfied with the vision of thy power and glory." The Psalmist refers here to the cloud and glory, which he had seen in t... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL LIFT UP MY HANDS IN THY NAME— i.e. "I will, in the most solemn manner, pay my adorations to thee, and render thee most grateful acknowledgments for thy benefits, as the only living and true God.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL FOLLOWETH HARD AFTER THEE— _My soul hath kept close,—hath adhered to thee._ The Psalmist means that his soul adhered to God with the warmest affection, and longed to offer up his sacrifices of praise in his sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THOSE THAT SEEK MY SOUL, &C.— Our version connects both parts of the verse. I rather think there are two distinct parts in it, as there are in all the other verses; and that the rendering should be, _They shall be for destruction, who seek my life: they shall go into the lowest parts of the eart... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL FALL, &C.— _Their blood shall gush out by the edge of the sword._ The verb properly signifies the boiling of water in a pot; when, through the violence of the heat, it is thrown out of it: and, from hence, it figuratively denotes the bursting or boiling out of the blood from the wound of... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE KING SHALL REJOICE— David was king by designation, and anointed when he was in the wilderness of Judah; but had not then taken the title, and was not advanced to the throne. Hence M. Le Clerc and others think that this psalm could not be written by him when he sojourned in the wilderness. Bu... [ Continue Reading ]