Bible Commentaries

Psalms 107 overview — Psalms 107 The Psalm begins in Psalms 107:1 with an exhortation to praise God, as the object of which, in Psalms 107:2-3, there is given the deliverance of the church out of great trouble, and its collection out of all lands. These gracious deeds

Psalms 109:1-10 — Title. Ver. 1-10. Title. To the Chief Musician, by David, a Psalm. Ver. 1. God my praise be not silent. Ver. 2. For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me, they speak with me with the tongue of lies. Ver.

Psalms 145 overview — Psalms 145 This Psalm is a song of thanksgiving and praise on the part of the house of David and the Church after all their tribulations have come to a close. It is parallel to Psalms 103. The Psalm is an alphabetical one, and hence the thoughts

Psalms 18:37 — Ver. 37. I pursue my enemies and overtake them, and turn not again till I have consumed them. David’s kingdom was, is, and shall be for ever a victorious kingdom. Any temporal limitation also of this declaration is inadmissible, as David’s celebration

Psalms 25 overview — Psalms 25 The Psalm begins and concludes with the prayer for deliverance from enemies: and this is to be considered as its peculiar theme. The forgiveness of sins, which the Psalmist frequently claims in the middle, is introduced only as the ground

Psalms 29 overview — Psalms 29 The key to the interpretation of this Psalm is to be found in its conclusion: “The Lord sitteth enthroned as King for ever: the Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people through peace.” From this it is obvious

Psalms 37 overview — Psalms 37 THE subject of the Psalm is comprised in the two first verses: “Be not angry against the miscreants, envy not the evil-doers, for as grass they shall quickly be cut down, and as the green herb they wither.” He meets the temptation to help

Psalms 37:1-2 — Ver. 1. Inflame not thyself against the miscreants, envy not the evil-doers. Ver. 2. For they shall soon be cut down as grass, and as the green herb they wither. The passage first contains an admonition, then lays the ground of this. Luther: “How

Psalms 37:21-22 — Ver. 21. The wicked borrows and repays not, and the righteous is compassionate and lends. Ver. 22. For his blessed ones inherit the land, and his cursed ones shall be cut off. The sense of Psalms 37:21 is: the wicked, overtaken by the divine punishment,

Psalms 37:27-29 — Ver. 27. Depart from evil and do good, so shalt thou dwell for evermore. Ver. 28. For the Lord loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints, they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. Ver. 29. The righteous inherit

Psalms 39 overview — Psalms 39 HARD pressed by the wicked, (comp. Psalms 39:1 and Psalms 39:8), the Psalmist has finally purposed to bear his sufferings in quietness and patience, and not to transgress by murmuring against God. But the conflict exceeds his powers, and

Psalms 46 overview — Psalms 46 THIS is “a fine consolatory Psalm, wherein God’s marvellous working is praised, as he protects his little flock of believers, and preserves them through such great necessities of war and persecutions, that it might seem as if the world

Psalms 48 overview — Psalms 48 WE have here also a song of praise to the Lord after the deliverance of the people of God from great danger. Before the Psalmist refers to the particular proof of the divine favour, he points to the general relation to Israel, out of which

Psalms 49 overview — Psalms 49 The Psalm meets the temptation, which arises to the righteous from the prosperity of the wicked, (whose persecutions it sets forth,) with the very consolation, which is presented for it throughout the Old Testament, (comp. the introd.

Psalms 73 overview — Psalms 73 AFTER the Psalmist, in Psalms 73:1, has shortly expressed the truth which had been awakened, in an especial manner, in his own heart, and which he desires to awaken in the hearts of the members of the church, “ that God is always good

Psalms 87 overview — Psalms 87 Sion, the much valued city of God, is protected and honoured by him, Psalms 87:1-3. The fulness of the heathen shall one day enter into it, find in it their true home, and all the fountains of their salvation, Psalms 87:4-7. Psalms 87:1-3,

Psalms 89:1-4 — Ver. 1-4. The Church resolves that she will eternally praise the mercy and the faithfulness of the Lord, because these shall eternally be manifested to the family of David, and through that family to the people, in virtue of the promise which God

Psalms 92 overview — Psalms 92 The Psalmist, or rather the church, in whose name he speaks, expresses readiness to praise God, Psalms 92:1-4, and then praises, proceeding to this duty, first, in general, the greatness of God in the annihilation of the wicked, Psalms

Ecclesiastes 10:11 — Ecclesiastes 10:11. When suffering under the evil tongue of the heathen, Israel is exhorted to look to the divine retribution, which will come not only on the works of the hands, but also on the works of the tongue, ( Matthew 12:36-37). He will thus

John 19:28 — In vers. 28-30, we have the potion of vinegar which was given to our Lord. It was customary to provide for those who were to be crucified a malefactor’s potion, which should mitigate their pains, and still their horrible thirst. The vessel containing