Bible Commentaries

Psalms 130:5 — 5, 6. wait for the Lord—in expectation (Psalms 27:14). watch for, &c.—in earnestness and anxiety.

Psalms 143:10 — 10. (Compare Psalms 5:8; Psalms 27:11). land of uprightness—literally, "an even land" (Psalms 27:11- :).

Psalms 148:5 — 5. praise the name—as representing His perfections. he commanded—"He" is emphatic, ascribing creation to God alone.

Psalms 21:11 — 11. This terrible overthrow, reaching to posterity, is due to their crimes (Exodus 20:5; Exodus 20:6).

Psalms 37:4 — 4. desires— (Psalms 20:5; Psalms 21:2), what is lawful and right, really good (Psalms 84:11).

Psalms 71:21 — 21. increase, c.—that is, the great things done for me (Psalms 71:19 compare Psalms 40:5).

Psalms 91:5 — 5. terror—or, what causes it (Proverbs 20:2). by night—then aggravated. arrow—that is, of enemies.

Proverbs 20:5 — 5. Counsel . . . water—that is, deeply hidden (Proverbs 18:4; Psalms 13:2). The wise can discern well.

Proverbs 23:23 — 23. Buy—literally, "get" (Proverbs 4:5). truth—generally and specially as opposed to errors of all kinds.

Proverbs 23:29 — 29, 30. This picture is often sadly realized now. mixed wine—(Compare Proverbs 9:2; Isaiah 5:11).

Proverbs 4:5 — 5. Get—as a possession not to be given up. neither decline—that is, from obeying my word.

Jeremiah 7:8 — 8. that cannot profit—MAURER translates, "so that you profit nothing" (see Jeremiah 7:4; Jeremiah 5:31).

Ezekiel 37:28 — 28. ( :-). sanctify Israel—set it apart as holy unto Myself and inviolable (Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6).

Ezekiel 43:27 — 27. I will accept you— (Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 20:41; Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:5).

Ephesians 2:2 — world—the career (literally, "the age," compare :-), or present system of this world (1 Corinthians 2:6; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 3:19, as opposed to "the world to come"): alien from God, and lying in the wicked one (1 John 5:19). "The age" (which is something more external and ethical) regulates "the world" (which is something more external). the prince of the power of the air—the unseen God who lies underneath guiding "the course of this world" (1 John 5:19- :); ranging

1 Timothy 5:9 — the younger widows to marry again; as also that she must have brought up children. Moreover, 1 Timothy 3:2- : presupposes some competence, at least in past times, and so poor widows would be excluded, the very class requiring charity. Also, 1 Timothy 5:11 would then be senseless, for then their remarrying would be a benefit, not an injury, to the Church, as relieving it of the burden of their sustenance. TERTULLIAN [On the Veiling of Virgins, 9], HERMAS [Shepherd, 1.2], and CHRYSOSTOM [Homily, 31],

Hebrews 1:5 — 5. For—substantiating His having "obtained a more excellent name than the angels." unto which—A frequent argument in this Epistle is derived from the silence of Scripture (Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 2:16; Hebrews 7:3; Hebrews 7:14) [BENGEL]. this day have

James 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. WOES COMING ON THE WICKED RICH: BELIEVERS SHOULD BE PATIENT UNTO THE LORD'S COMING: VARIOUS EXHORTATIONS.

1 Peter 1:4 — being actually assigned to him; the entrance on its possession is future, and hoped for as a certainty. Being "begotten again" as a "son," he is an "heir," as earthly fathers beget children who shall inherit their goods. The inheritance is "salvation" (1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 1:9); "the grace to be brought at the revelation of Christ" (1 Peter 1:9- :); "a crown of glory that fadeth not away." incorruptible—not having within the germs of death. Negations of the imperfections which meet us on every side here are

1 Peter 4:6 — 6. For—giving the reason for 1 Peter 4:5, "judge the dead." gospel preached also to . . . dead—as well as to them now living, and to them that shall be found alive at the coming of the Judge. "Dead" must be taken in the same literal sense as in 1 Peter 4:5- :, which refutes the explanation