PSALM LIII _The sentiments of atheists and deists, who deny Divine_ _Providence; their character: they are corrupt, foolish,_ _abominable, and cruel_, 1-4; _God fills them with terror_, 5; _reproaches these for their oppression of the poor_, 5. _The psalmist prays for the restoration of Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 53:4. _HAVE THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY_] For פעלי, _poaley, workers_ seventy-two of _Kennicott's_ and _De Rossi's_ MSS., with several ancient editions, the _Chaldee_, though not noticed in the Latin translation in the _London Polyglot_, the _Syriac, Vulgate,_ _Septuagint, AEthiopic_, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 53:5. _FOR GOD HATH SCATTERED THE BONES OF HIM THAT ENCAMPETH_ AGAINST _THEE: THOU HAST PUT THEM TO SHAME, BECAUSE GOD HATH_ _DESPISED THEM._] The reader will see, on comparing this with the fifth and sixth verses of Psalms 14:5, that the words above are mostly _added_ here to what is s... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 53:6. _O THAT THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL_ WERE COME _OUT OF ZION!_] I have already shown that the proper translation is, "Who shall give from Zion salvation to Israel?" The word _salvation_ is in the _plural_ here, _deliverances_: but many MSS., with the _Septuagint,_ _Vulgate, Arabic_, an... [ Continue Reading ]