INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 70 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, [A PSALM] OF DAVID, TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE. This psalm, according to Kimchi, was composed by David when he fled from Saul, or from Absalom; so Theodoret; but if at either of those times, it is most likely to be the latter, since the following psalm,... [ Continue Reading ]
[MAKE HASTE], O GOD, TO DELIVER ME,.... The phrase, "make haste", is supplied from the following clause in Psalms 40:13; it is, "be pleased, O Lord", or "Jehovah". The Targum renders it, "to deliver us"; very wrongly; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD; Psalms 22:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEM BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED,.... In Psalms 40:14 it is added, "together"; Psalms 40:14; THAT SEEK AFTER MY SOUL; or "life"; in Psalms 40:14 it is added, "to destroy it"; for that was the end of their seeking after it; LET THEM BE TURNED BACKWARD, c. Psalms 40:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THEM BE TURNED BACK FOR A REWARD OF THEIR SHAME,.... In Psalms 40:15 it is, "let them be desolate"; which seems to respect their land and houses, here their persons; Psalms 40:15; THAT SAY; in Psalms 40:15 it is added, "to me"; not to his people, but himself, AHA, AHA: rejoicing at his calami... [ Continue Reading ]
LET ALL THOSE THAT SEEK THEE,.... The Targum is, "that seek doctrine (or instruction) from thee.'' REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN THEE; the Targum paraphrases it, "rejoice and be glad in thy word.'' AND LET SUCH AS LOVE THY SALVATION SAY CONTINUALLY, LET GOD BE MAGNIFIED; the Targum is, "let the glory... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT I [AM] POOR AND NEEDY,.... In Psalms 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here, Psalms 40:17; MAKE HASTE UNTO ME, O GOD; which repeats for sense the same petition as in Psalms 71:1; THOU [ART] MY HELP AND MY DELIVERER; O LORD, MAKE NO TARRYING; in Psalms 40... [ Continue Reading ]