Behold, I was shapen in iniquity - The object of this important verse is to express the deep sense which David had of his depravity. That sense was derived from the fact that this was not a sudden thought, or a mere outward act, or an offence committed under the influence of strong t...
Psalm 51:16tnOr “For.” The translation assumes the particle is asseverative (i.e., emphasizing: “certainly”). (Some translations that consider the particle asseverative leave it untranslated.) If taken as causal or explanatory (“for”, cf. NRSV), the verse would explain why the psalm...
Only a shepherd could write Psalm 23, and David was a shepherd. The Lord is the Shepherd of His people and they are His sheep; so David said, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” In eastern lands, the shepherd goes before his flock—he leads them. They know his voice a...
Verse 50. - This is my comfort in my affliction. Nekhamah, "comfort," occurs only here and in Job 6:10; but the meaning is well ascertained. For thy Word hath quickened me; or, "thy promise." The "word," whatever it was, referred to in ver. 49. This had given the psalmist ...
Psalm 68:4 tn Traditionally the Hebrew term עֲרָבוֹת (ʿaravot) is taken as “steppe-lands” (often rendered “deserts”), but here the form is probably a homonym meaning “clouds.” Verse 33, which depicts God as the one who “rides on the sky” strongly favors...
Verse 6 of our psalm—“The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night—similarly echoes and broadens the meaning of verse 5—“The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your shade at your right hand.” God’s “shadow” or “shade” that protects us. God protects us as ...
The morning sun over the mountains depicts the verse from Malachi 4:2. “The sun of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings.” It was truly a project of healing. But this was not all. Missiles flying overhead and the thunderous booms as Iron Dome intercepts the incoming rockets...
The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10. s Ps 118:19 Ps 118:20 Is 26:2 Is 60:11 Is 60:18 Is 62:10 t Ps 44:4 Ps 74:12 u Ps 29:3 Ac 7:2 1 Co 2:8 v Zec 9:9 Mt 21:5 w 1 Ch 29:11 Ps 89:13 Je 50:34 Eph...
Next to this verse in the margin of his Bible, George Mueller wrote: “And the stops too” (1). Just what might God be doing during the stops? He often uses wait time to work on our character, transforming pride into humility, doubt into faith, weakness into strength, and impatience ...
m Ps 13:5 Ps 35:9 Ps 50:23 Ps 51:12 n Job 4:8 Ps 35:7 o Ps 35:8 Ps 57:6 c The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20. p Pr 5:22 q Nu 16:30 Pr 5:5 r Job 8:13 s Ps 25:3 Ps 39...