_A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom, to the joy of the people, and to the increase of God's blessings._ To the chief musician on Neginoth, A Psalm _or_ Song. _TITLE._ שׁיר מזמור בנגינת למנצח _LAMNATSEACH BINGIINOTH MIZMOR SHIIR._— We read, 2 Samuel 6:17 that when David had brought the ar... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN— That is, that all the world may be sensible of the truth of the Jewish religion; and expect no blessing, but from the supreme God of the Jews. _Thy saving health,_ or _salvation,_ refers to the glad tidings of salvation through Christ. The Syriac version, in its preface to... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT JUDGE— i.e. "Thou shalt hereafter govern them by righteous and good laws, who were before under the government of Satan, and had nothing to guide them but some few laws and tendencies of nature, or some precepts of an old tradition which are now almost obliterated." The word תנחם _tanchem... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THE EARTH YIELD HER INCREASE— Or, as the words may be better rendered, according to the ancient versions, _The earth hath yielded,_ or _given her fruits._ This is an argument to enforce the universal confession, acknowledgment, and service of God, Psalms 67:5. St. Paul uses the same argum... [ Continue Reading ]