This Ps. celebrates the safety and glory of Jerusalem, and the praise of her divine King. The deliverance He has wrought is vividly portrayed, and we can hardly fail to recognise that the overthrow of Sennacherib is in view. The Ps. is used on Whitsunday.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SITUATION] RV 'in elevation.' _On_ THE SIDES OF THE NORTH] An obscure clause. 'The sides of the north' may mean the Temple hill, as distinguished from the rest of the city: or, as some think, there may be a comparison of Mt. Zion to the sacred mountain in the remote north on which Assyrian mytho... [ Continue Reading ]
IS KNOWN] RV 'hath made himself known.'... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGS] The vassal kings of Sennacherib (Isaiah 10:8). They gather and march in order till they see Jerusalem. Then they are amazed, and forced to turn back in confusion.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIPS OF TARSHISH] a general phrase for large sea-going vessels. Tarshish was somewhere in the western Mediterranean, perhaps in Spain. Sennacherib's army was like a wrecked navy.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN] History has repeated itself.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'As is thy name.. so is thy praise.' God's name is His revealed character, which now receives due recognition and response from the whole world.... [ Continue Reading ]
Probably the last v. originally ran: 'For such is Jehovah our God: He it is that shall guide us for ever and ever.'... [ Continue Reading ]