As in Psalms 103, the Psalmist concludes as he began,Bless Jehovah, O my soul, to which is appended the general call to praise,Hallelujah, ‘Praise ye Jah.’ This word (for according to the Massoretic tradition it is to be written as one word except inPsalm 135:3) occurs nowhere but...
Everlasting righteousness.—A phrase not occurring elsewhere. The prophet seems to be combining the notions of “righteousness” and “eternity,” which elsewhere are characteristics of Messianic prophecy. (Isaiah 46:13;Isaiah 51:5-8;Psalm 89:36;Daniel 2:44;Daniel 7:18;Daniel 7:27.) To Seal...
In their meticulously researched commentary to "The Collected Works of Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, Volume II," editors Margaret Hannay, Noel Kinnamon and Michael Brennan have argued that the Countess of Pembroke's translation of the Psalms of David indicate her having used a wide ...
296). Because of Jewish ceremonial washings they were, when in the open air, as often as might be, near a river-side or on the sea-shore. Cp. Ezra 8:15; Ezra 8:21. And no doubt the language of Psalm 137:1,“By the rivers of Babylon we sat down” applies to a similar state...
The wretched man did not believe that the cause of Jesus would be a lasting one: and in the event of its coming to nought, he had marked out, against the time to come, a dwelling-place for himself and those belonging to him (Psalm 109:9 implies he had a wife and children, “Let...
[103] "Car tout ainsi qu'vn homme est cognu quand on contemple la forme de son visage et sa personne, aussi la maieste, qui reluit en Dieu, est la forme ou figure d'iceluy;" -- "For just as a man is known, when we mark the form of his appearance and his person, so the...