Bible Commentaries

Job 14:20 — Verse Job 14:20. Thou prevailest for ever against him — It is impossible for him to withstand thee: every stroke of thine brings him down.Thou changest his countenance — Probably an allusion to the custom of covering the face, when the person was condemned, and sending him away to execution. See the case of Haman, in the note on Esther, Esther 7:8.

Psalms 112:7 — Verse Psalms 112:7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings — He knows that God governs the world, therefore he fears not for futurity. And as to the calumnies of men, he fears them not, because his heart is fixed - determined to walk in the path of duty, whatever persecutions he may suffer, for he trusts in the Lord.

Psalms 148:4 — Verse Psalms 148:4. Heavens of heavens — Heavens exceeding heavens. Systems of systems extending as far beyond the solar system, as it does beyond the lowest deeps. The endless systematic concatenation of worlds.Ye waters that be above the heavens. — This refers to Genesis 1:7, where see the notes. Clouds, vapours, air, exhalations, rain, snow, and meteors of every kind.

Psalms 21:7 — Verse Psalms 21:7. The king trusteth in the Lord — It was not by my skill or valour that I have gained this victory, but by faith in the strong, protecting, and conquering arm of JEHOVAH.He shall not be moved. — Perhaps this may be best understood of him who was David's prototype. His throne, kingdom, and government, shall remain for ever.

Psalms 41:7 — Verse Psalms 41:7. All that hate me whisper together against me — This is in consequence of the information given by the hypocritical friend, who came to him with the lying tongue, and whose heart gathereth iniquity to itself, which, when he went abroad, he told to others as ill-minded as himself, and they also drew their wicked inferences.

Psalms 64:7 — Verse Psalms 64:7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow — They endeavour to trace me out, that they may shoot me; but God will shoot at them. This, if the Psalm refer to the times of David, seems to be prophetic of Saul's death. The archers pressed upon him, and sorely wounded him with their arrows. 1 Samuel 31:3.

Psalms 65:7 — Verse Psalms 65:7. Stilleth the noise of the seas — Thou art Sovereign over all the operation of sea and land. Earthquakes are under thy control: so are the flux and reflux of the sea; and all storms and tempests by which the great deep is agitated. Even the headstrong multitude is under thy control; for thou stillest the madness of the people.

Psalms 69:7 — Verse Psalms 69:7. For thy sake I have borne reproach — The Gentiles have said, "Why such an obstinate attachment to the worship of a Being who treats you so rigorously, and who interests not himself in your comfort and deliverance?" And in these cuttting reproaches some of the ungodly Jews took a part: "I am an alien to my mother's children."

Psalms 91:7 — Verse Psalms 91:7. A thousand shall fall at thy side — Calmet thinks this place should be translated thus: "A thousand enemies may fall upon thee on one side, and ten thousand may fall upon thee on thy right hand: but they shall not come nigh thee to take away thy life." It is a promise of perfect protection, and the utmost safety.

Proverbs 31:17 — Verse Proverbs 31:17. She girdeth her loins with strength —7. She takes care of her own health and strength, not only by means of useful labour, but by healthy exercise. She avoids what might enervate her body, or soften her mind-she is ever active, and girt ready for every necessary exercise. Her loins are firm, and her arms strong.

Proverbs 7:1 — CHAPTER VII A farther exhortation to acquire wisdom, in order to be preserved from impure connections, 1-5. The character of a harlot, and her conduct towards a youth who fell into her snare, 6-23. Solemn exhortations to avoid this evil, 24-27. NOTES ON CHAP. VIIVerse Proverbs 7:1. My son, keep my words — See Proverbs 2:1.

Proverbs 7:6 — Verse Proverbs 7:6. I looked through my casement — The casement is a small aperture in a large window, or a window opening on hinges. Here it means the lattice, for they had no glass windows in the East. And the latticed windows produced a double advantage:1. Making the apartments sufficiently private; and2. Admitting fresh air to keep them cool.

Isaiah 47:7 — Verse Isaiah 47:7. So that thou didst not - "Because thou didst not"] For עד ad, read על al; so two MSS., and one edition. And for, אחריתה acharithah, "the latter end of it," read אחריתך acharithecha, "thy latter end;" so thirteen MSS., and two editions, and the Vulgate. Both the sixth and seventh verses are wanting in one of my oldest MSS.

Isaiah 54:7 — Verse Isaiah 54:7. For a small moment - "In a little anger"] So the Chaldee and Syriac, either reading רגז regaz, for רגע rega; or understanding the latter word as meaning the same with the former, which they both make use of. See Psalms 30:5; Psalms 35:20, in the Septuagint, where they render רגע rega by οργη, anger.

Isaiah 65:9 — Verse Isaiah 65:9. An inheritor of my mountains - "An inheritor of my mountain"] הרי hari, in the singular number; so the Septuagint and Syriac; that is, of Mount Sion. See Isaiah 65:11 and Isaiah 56:7, to which Sion, the pronoun feminine singular, added to the verb in the next line, refers; ירשוה yereshuah, "shall inherit her." - L.

Jeremiah 15:7 — Verse Jeremiah 15:7. I will fan them with a fan — There is no pure grain; all is chaff.In the gates of the land — The places of public justice: and there it shall be seen that the judgments that have fallen upon them have been highly merited. And from these places of fanning they shall go out into their captivity.

Jeremiah 2:36 — Verse Jeremiah 2:36. Why gaddest thou about — When they had departed from the Lord, they sought foreign alliances for support.1. The Assyrians, 2 Chronicles 28:13-21; but they injured instead of helping them.2. The Egyptians: but in this they were utterly disappointed, and were ashamed of their confidence.See Jeremiah 37:7-8, for the fulfilment of this prediction.

Ezekiel 43:1 — CHAPTER XLIII The glory of the Lord is represented as returning to the temple, 1-6; where God promises to fix his residence, if the people repent and forsake those sins which caused him to depart from them, 7-12. Then the measures of the altar, and the ordinances relating to it, are set down, 13-27. NOTES ON CHAP. XLIII

Daniel 7:21 — Verse Daniel 7:21. The same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. — Those who make Antiochus the little horn, make the saints the Jewish people. Those who understand the popedom by it, see this as referring to the cruel persecutions of the popes of Rome against the Waldenses and Albigenses, and the Protestant Church in general.

Joel 1:7 — Verse 7. He hath laid my vine waste — The locusts have eaten off both leaves and bark. חשף חשפה chasoph chasaphah, he hath made it clean bare; שדד שדה suddad sadeh, the field is laid waste, Joel 1:10; and כשד משדי kesod mishshaddai, a destruction from the Almighty, Joel 1:15; are all paronomasias in which this prophet seems to delight.