Bible Commentaries

Psalms 102 overview — AN AFFLICTED ONE PRAYS FOR HIMSELF AND FOR ZION The Superscription here has this very interesting little paragraph: A PRAYER OF AN AFFLICTED ONE, WHEN HE IS OVERWHELMED, AND POURETH OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE JEHOVAH. As Kidner noted, "This psalm has

Psalms 102:1-11 — SUFFERINGS OF THE AFFLICTED "Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me; In the day when I call answer me speedily. For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. My heart is smitten

Psalms 102:10-11 — "Thou, Lord in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands: They shall perish, but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment,

Psalms 102:12-22 — HOPE IS BASED UPON GOD'S ETERNITY AND CHANGELESSNESS "But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide forever; And thy memorial name unto all generations. Thou wilt arise and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come. For

Psalms 11:1-7 — THE SONG OF THE STEDFAST (FOR THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. A PSALM OF DAVID) "In Jehovah do I take my refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain; For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string. That they may

Psalms 16 overview — THE RESURRECTION OF THE MESSIAHHenry H. Halley, Bible Handbook (Zondervan Publishing House), p. 236. A MYSTERY POEM OF DAVIDH. C. Leupold, The Psalms (Zondervan Publishing House), p. 146. THE GOLDEN PSALMGeorge DeHoff, DeHoff's Commentary, Vol. 3 (Murfreesboro,

Psalms 22 overview — THE GREAT OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY OF THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST From Halley's Bible Handbook, we have the following: "This sounds like a cry of anguish from David, but though written a thousand years before Jesus, it is so vivid a description of the crucifixion

Psalms 32 overview — BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSION IS FORGIVEN This psalm was immortalized by the Apostle Paul who quoted the opening verses here as follows: "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.Blessed is the man to whom the Lord

Psalms 51 overview — THE PENITENTIAL OF PENITENTIALS Here we have adopted the title by Arnold Rhodes, expressing some kind of a superlative for this Psalm, which we think it fully deserves. For ages, the psalm has been identified with King David's prayer for pardon, as

Psalms 6:1-10 — PRAYER FOR MERCY IN SICKNESS (FOR THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, ON STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, SET TO THE SHEMINITH. A PSALM OF DAVID) For ages, Christian scholars have considered this Psalm to be one of the seven Penitential Psalms, namely, Psalms 6; Psalms 32; Psalms

Psalms 67 overview — PROPHECY OF THE SALVATION OF THE GENTILES Superscription: For the Chief Musician; On Stringed Instruments. A Psalm, A Song. This is another of the psalms designated in the superscriptions as both "A Psalm," and "A Song." We have noticed a definite universalism

Psalms 90 overview — BOOK IV INTRODUCTION FOR BOOK IV There are seventeen psalms in this book, classified by Dummelow as: Penitential Psalms: Psalms 90; Psalms 91; Psalms 94; and Psalms 101. Psalms of Thanksgiving: Psalms 92; Psalms 93; Psalms 95-100; and Psalms 103-106, National