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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Psalms
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 746,590 words · 1615 reading sections
Psalms 90:3
Psalms 90:3 Ver. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction,.... Or to death, as the Targum, which is the destruction of man; not an annihilation of body or soul, but a dissolution of the union between them; the words may be rendered, "thou turnest man until he is broken" {b}; and crumbled into dust; thou turnest him about in…
364 wordsSECTION 962Psalms 90:4
Psalms 90:4 Ver. 4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday,.... Which may be said to obviate the difficulty in man's return, or resurrection, from the dead, taken from the length of time in which some have continued in the grave; which vanishes, when it is observed, that in thy sight, esteem, and accou…
346 wordsSECTION 963Psalms 90:5
Psalms 90:5 Ver. 5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood,.... As the whole world of the ungodly were with the deluge, to which perhaps the allusion is; the phrase is expressive of death; so the Targum, "if they are not converted, thou wilt bring death upon them;'' the swiftness of time is aptly signified by the f…
734 wordsSECTION 964Psalms 90:6
Psalms 90:6 Ver. 6. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up,.... That is, the grass, through the dew that lay all night on it, and by the clear shining of the sun after rain, when it appears in great beauty and verdure; so man in the morning of his youth looks gay and beautiful, grows in the stature and strength …
231 wordsSECTION 965Psalms 90:7
Psalms 90:7 Ver. 7. For we are consumed by thine anger,.... Kimchi applies this to the Jews in captivity; but it is to be understood of the Israelites in the wilderness, who are here introduced by Moses as owning and acknowledging that they were wasting and consuming there, as it was threatened they should; and that a…
281 wordsSECTION 966Psalms 90:8
Psalms 90:8 Ver. 8. Thou hast set our sins before thee,.... The cause of all trouble, consumption, and death; these are before the Lord, as the evidence, according to which he as a righteous Judge proceeds; this is opposed to the pardon of sin, which is expressed by a casting it behind his back, Isa 38:17, our secret…
286 wordsSECTION 967Psalms 90:9
Psalms 90:9 Ver. 9. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath,.... The life of man is rather measured by days than by months or years; and these are but few, which pass away or "decline" {g} as the day does towards the evening; see Jer 6:4 or "turn away their face", as the word {h} may be rendered: they turn their…
643 wordsSECTION 968Psalms 90:10
Psalms 90:10 Ver. 10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten,.... In the Hebrew text it is, "the days of our years in them are", &c. {a}; which refers either to the days in which we live, or to the persons of the Israelites in the wilderness, who were instances of this term of life, in whom perhaps it firs…
680 wordsSECTION 969Psalms 90:11
Psalms 90:11 Ver. 11. Who knoweth the power of thine anger?.... Expressed in his judgments on men: as the drowning of the old world, the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, the consumption of the Israelites in the wilderness; or in shortening the days of men, and bringing them to the dust of death; or by inflicting punishm…
248 wordsSECTION 970Psalms 90:12
Psalms 90:12 Ver. 12. So teach us to number our days,.... Not merely to count them, how many they are, in an arithmetical way; there is no need of divine teachings for that; some few instructions from an arithmetician, and a moderate skill in arithmetic, will enable persons not only to count the years of their lives, …
470 wordsSECTION 971Psalms 90:13
Psalms 90:13 Ver. 13. Return, O Lord,.... Either from the fierceness of thine anger, according to Aben Ezra and Jarchi; of which complaint is made, Ps 90:7, or unto us, from whom he had departed; for though God is everywhere, as to his being and immensity, yet, as to his gracious presence, he is not; and where that is…
1,984 wordsSECTION 972Psalms 91:1
Psalms 91:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 91 Jarchi and others think this psalm was written by Moses {m}, as was the preceding; but the Targum ascribes it to David; as do the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions; and very probably, as is generally thought, was penned by him on occasion of the pest…
787 wordsSECTION 973Psalms 91:2
Psalms 91:2 Ver. 2. I will say of the Lord,.... Or to the Lord {p}: these are the words of the psalmist, expressing his faith in the Lord in the following words, taking encouragement from the safety of the godly man above described: the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read, he shall say to th…
296 wordsSECTION 974Psalms 91:3
Psalms 91:3 Ver. 3. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,.... These are the words of the psalmist, either speaking to himself, for the encouragement of his own faith and trust in the Lord; or to the man that dwells in the secret place, and under the shadow of the most High; which latter seems most…
298 wordsSECTION 975Psalms 91:4
Psalms 91:4 Ver. 4. He shall cover thee with his feathers,.... As birds do their young, who cannot cover themselves: this they do from a tender regard to them, whereby they both keep them warm, and protect them from those that would hurt them: this represents the helpless state of the children of God, who are, like to…
264 wordsSECTION 976Psalms 91:5
Psalms 91:5 Ver. 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night,.... The terrible things that happen in the night; as fire, storms and tempests, invasion of enemies, murders, thefts, and, robberies: a good man, when he has committed himself and his family to the care and protection of God by prayer, has no reason…
327 wordsSECTION 977Psalms 91:6
Psalms 91:6 Ver. 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness,.... Some think, and not without cause, that what is figuratively expressed in the preceding verse is here explained; and, indeed, the "pestilence" may well be called the "terror by night": the name of the plague, at a distance, is terrible; the near …
401 wordsSECTION 978Psalms 91:7
Psalms 91:7 Ver. 7. A thousand shall fall at thy side,.... The left side, as the Targum; so the Arabic version, and Jarchi and Kimchi; which sense the opposition and distinction in the next clause direct unto: this is not to be understood of falling in battle, as some interpret it, but by the pestilence before spoken …
307 wordsSECTION 979Psalms 91:8
Psalms 91:8 Ver. 8. Only with thine eyes shall thou behold,.... The flying arrow, the walking pestilence, and wasting destruction, and the great devastations made by it: and see the reward of the wicked; the vengeance of God upon them, and this as a just punishment for their sins; not looking upon it with delight and…
118 wordsSECTION 980Psalms 91:9
Psalms 91:9 Ver. 9. Because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge,.... So the words, according to Kimchi, also are directed to the good man; giving the reason of his safety, because he trusts in the Lord, and puts himself under his protection: but they should rather be rendered, and the accents require such a rea…
266 wordsSECTION 981Psalms 91:10
Psalms 91:10 Ver. 10. There shall no evil befall thee,.... The evil of sin cleaves to the best of saints, the evil of temptations besets them, and the evil of afflictions comes upon them, as chastisements from the Lord; for they must expect to receive evil, in this sense, as well as good, from his hands; but the evil …
176 wordsSECTION 982Psalms 91:11
Psalms 91:11 Ver. 11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee,.... Created spirits, so called, made by the Lord, and are at his command; who are ministering spirits to his people, who encamp about them, and are concerned in the preservation of them; they being committed to their care and charge by him who is Lor…
226 wordsSECTION 983Psalms 91:12
Psalms 91:12 Ver. 12. They shall bear thee up in their hands,.... Which denotes the strength and power of angels to carry the saints in their hands; their tender care of them, such as a parent or nurse have of children; the helpless condition of the people of God, who are like infants, and need to be dealt with after …
173 wordsSECTION 984Psalms 91:13
Psalms 91:13 Ver. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder,.... Or be unhurt by such savage and poisonous creatures; as the Israelites, when they travelled through the wilderness, in which were serpents and scorpions; and many of the servants of God have been delivered from them, or have slain them, as Samson, Dav…
237 wordsSECTION 985Psalms 91:14
Psalms 91:14 Ver. 14. Because he hath set his love upon me,.... These are the words of God himself; and, according to Aben Ezra, are directed to the angels, describing the good man, and making promises to him; and in this clause he is represented as one that had "set his love" upon the Lord, being first loved by the L…
302 wordsSECTION 986Psalms 91:15
Psalms 91:15 Ver. 15. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him,.... God is to be invoked by prayer, and to be called upon in every time of trouble, in faith and with fervency, in truth and uprightness, and sincerity of soul; and he himself directs and encourages to it, and promises an answer, which he always soone…
418 wordsSECTION 987Psalms 92:1
Psalms 92:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 92 A Psalm [or] Song for the Sabbath day. Many of the Jewish writers {a} think that this psalm was written by the first man Adam, and so the Targum, "a hymn or song which the first man said for the sabbath day.'' But had it been a composure of his, one would think it should have be…
613 wordsSECTION 988Psalms 92:2
Psalms 92:2 Ver. 2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,.... God has shown forth his lovingkindness in Christ, and Christ has shown it in a ministerial way; and saints should show it forth also with their lips, to warm the hearts of one another, and encourage distressed minds; this should be a part, and a …
263 wordsSECTION 989Psalms 92:3
Psalms 92:3 Ver. 3. Upon an instrument of ten strings,.... An harp of ten strings, as the Targum. The harp invented by Terpander had only seven strings {c}; according to Pliny {d}; Simonides added the eighth, and Timotheus the ninth; but this of David was of ten strings: and upon the psaltery; of which See Gill on "P…
149 wordsSECTION 990Psalms 92:4
Psalms 92:4 Ver. 4. For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work,.... Either of creation, which work is mentioned in the precept of the sabbath, as an argument for it; and therefore a very proper work to be remembered and observed on that day; or of providence, which in general extends to all men, but especially…
184 wordsSECTION 991Psalms 92:5
Psalms 92:5 Ver. 5. O Lord, how great are thy works!.... Of nature, providence, and grace, both for quantity and for quality, for number, excellency, and glory, as they are a display of God's wisdom, power, and goodness; see Ps 104:24, and thy thoughts are very deep; his counsels, purposes, and designs, they are unfa…
63 wordsSECTION 992Psalms 92:6
Psalms 92:6 Ver. 6. A brutish man knoweth not,.... The lovingkindness of the Lord, and his faithfulness, nor how to show them forth, nor his great works and deep thoughts; man was made originally far above the brute creatures, and had them all under his dominion; but, sinning, became like the beasts that perish; and i…
265 wordsSECTION 993Psalms 92:7
Psalms 92:7 Ver. 7. When the wicked spring as the grass,.... Out of the earth, as they do, and are of the earth earthly, and become numerous as spires of grass, and look pleasant and beautiful for a while, as that does; but, like it, weak and unstable, and of a short continuance: and when all the workers of iniquity …
344 wordsSECTION 994Psalms 92:8
Psalms 92:8 Ver. 8. But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore,.... God is "the most High"; that is one of his names; he is above all, is higher than the highest; and he dwells on high, and looks down upon the inhabitants of the earth, and sees what is doing among them; and to him they will be accountable another day …
128 wordsSECTION 995Psalms 92:9
Psalms 92:9 Ver. 9. For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord,.... The particle "lo", or "behold", is not used for the sake of God, but for the sake of men; to excite their attention, and to observe unto them that those who are everlastingly destroyed are the enemies of the Lord; who are enemies in their minds by wicked works, y…
189 wordsSECTION 996Psalms 92:10
Psalms 92:10 Ver. 10. But my horn shall thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn,.... Which is said to be very high and strong, see De 33:17 this may be understood of the establishment of David's kingdom, of his royal authority, power, and the glory of it, signified by his horn; which was fulfilled when he had subdued t…
313 wordsSECTION 997Psalms 92:11
Psalms 92:11 Ver. 11. Mine eyes also shall see my desire on mine enemies,.... The Targum supplies thus, "shall see destruction;'' Aben Ezra, shall see "the vengeance of God", as in Ps 58:10, and Kimchi, as we do, shall "see what I will", or "my desire"; which arose not from a revengeful spirit, or from a spirit of p…
204 wordsSECTION 998Psalms 92:12
Psalms 92:12 Ver. 12. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree,.... Not like grass, as the wicked, Ps 92:7 which is weak and tender, and soon cut down; but like trees, and like palm trees, that are firm and strong, and of a long continuance: the word for righteous being of the singular number, has led some to t…
616 wordsSECTION 999Psalms 92:13
Psalms 92:13 Ver. 13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord,.... Or being planted {e}, that is, everyone of the righteous before mentioned; such are they that are planted out of the wilderness of the world, and into Christ, and are rooted in him, and are planted together in the likeness of his death and resur…
401 wordsSECTION 1000Psalms 92:14
Psalms 92:14 Ver. 14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age,.... Being thus planted and watered, they shall not only bring forth the fruits of righteousness, but shall continue, and go on to do so, and even when they are grown old; contrary to all other trees, which, when old, cease bearing fruit; but so do no…
227 wordsSECTION 1001Psalms 92:15
Psalms 92:15 Ver. 15. To show that the Lord is upright,.... Or righteous, that is, faithful; as he is in his counsels, covenant, and promises, which he makes good by causing his people to grow and flourish, and become fruitful; by carrying on the work of grace upon their souls, and by preserving them to the end safe t…
278 wordsSECTION 1002Psalms 93:1
Psalms 93:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 93 This psalm is by some ascribed to Moses, by others to David, which latter is more probable; with which agree the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; all which, excepting the Syriac and Arabic versions, say it is a psalm that was made to be sung the day before…
781 wordsSECTION 1003Psalms 93:2
Psalms 93:2 Ver. 2. Thy throne is established of old,.... Or "prepared from eternity" {b}; Christ was set up and anointed as King from everlasting; he had a kingdom appointed and prepared for him so early; and his throne, which is prepared in the heavens, is an established one; it is for ever and ever; his kingdom is …
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Psalms 93:3 Ver. 3. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice,.... The Targum adds, "in a song,'' taking the words in a good sense; and so some of the ancients, as Jerome particularly, understood them of the apostles and their ministrations; who lifted up their voice like a trumpet, wh…
320 wordsSECTION 1005Psalms 93:4
Psalms 93:4 Ver. 4. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters,.... Christ is the most High; he is God over all, higher than the highest; he is, as King, higher than the kings of the earth; he is in the highest heavens, and higher than they; he is highly exalted, as Mediator, at the right hand of God: …
165 wordsSECTION 1006Psalms 93:5
Psalms 93:5 Ver. 5. Thy testimonies are very sure,.... Meaning not the works of God, of nature, and providence, which testify of his power and Godhead, and other perfections of it; rather the word of God, the Scriptures of truth, the law and Gospel; the one being a testimony of his will to be done by men, the other a …
297 wordsSECTION 1007Psalms 94:1
Psalms 94:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 94 Some, as Jarchi and others, think this psalm was written by Moses; others, with greater probability, assign it to David; as do the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; and which all but the Syriac version say it was composed to be sung on the fourth day of the…
731 wordsSECTION 1008Psalms 94:2
Psalms 94:2 Ver. 2. Lift up thyself, thou, O Judge of the earth,.... A title very proper to Christ, and which is given him by Abraham, Ge 18:25, who then appeared to him in an human form, and with whom he was conversing; he judges his own people on earth, all judgment being committed to him by the Father; he judges an…
233 wordsSECTION 1009Psalms 94:3
Psalms 94:3 Ver. 3. Lord, how long shall the wicked,.... The reign of antichrist is thought long by the saints, being the space of forty two months, or 1260 days or years and this tries the faith and patience of the church of Christ, Re 13:5 how long shall the wicked triumph? in their prosperity, and in the ruins of …
162 wordsSECTION 1010Psalms 94:4
Psalms 94:4 Ver. 4. How long shall they utter and speak hard things?,.... Against Christ, his person and offices, his ministers, his people, his truths and ordinances; this is very applicable to antichrist, who has a mouth speaking blasphemies, and which he opens, and with it blasphemes God, his tabernacle, and them t…
214 wordsSECTION 1011Psalms 94:5
Psalms 94:5 Ver. 5. They break in pieces thy people, O Lord,.... Not the Israelites, as Kimchi; but the church of Christ, by their anathemas, cruel edicts, and persecutions; by confiscating their goods, imprisoning their persons, putting them to cruel deaths; and by such means think to "wear out" the saints of the mos…
141 wordsSECTION 1012Psalms 94:6
Psalms 94:6 Ver. 6. They slay the widow and the stranger,.... Who are so both in a literal and figurative sense, such who are weak and feeble, helpless and friendless; or who are deprived of their faithful pastors, who were as husbands and fathers to them, and who profess themselves pilgrims and strangers here; these …
150 wordsSECTION 1013Psalms 94:7
Psalms 94:7 Ver. 7. Yet they say, the Lord shall not see,.... The blood they shed, the murders they commit, the mischief they do, the wickedness they are guilty of, so flattering themselves with impunity; such atheism reigns at Rome, but God sees all their abominations, and he will let them know one day that he does b…
205 wordsSECTION 1014Psalms 94:8
Psalms 94:8 Ver. 8. Understand, ye brutish among the people,.... Or the most brutish and stupid of all people; especially that profess themselves to be the people of God, or Christians, as the Papists do; and who seem to be the persons here addressed: "brutish"; to murder the servants of the Lord, and drink their bloo…
338 wordsSECTION 1015Psalms 94:9
Psalms 94:9 Ver. 9. He that planted the ear,.... In the human body, with so much art and skill, in so convenient a place, so capacious of receiving sounds, and fitted it with organs suited for such a purpose: shall he not hear? the atheism spoke in the heart, in the actions and by the mouths of such blasphemers of hi…
356 wordsSECTION 1016Psalms 94:10
Psalms 94:10 Ver. 10. He that chastiseth the Heathen,.... As he did the old world, by bringing a flood upon it, and sweeping away its inhabitants at once; and Sodom and Gomorrah, by raining fire and brimstone upon them, and consuming them from off the earth; and the old inhabitants of Canaan, by ejecting them out of t…
340 wordsSECTION 1017Psalms 94:11
Psalms 94:11 Ver. 11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man,.... He not only hears their words, and sees their actions; but he knows their thoughts, the secret thoughts of their hearts, though he is afar off from them, and, they from him; he is the searcher of the hearts and trier of the reins of the children of men; s…
265 wordsSECTION 1018Psalms 94:12
Psalms 94:12 Ver. 12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord,.... Much more happy now, and hereafter, than the proud insulting persecutor of him; he is chastened of the Lord, that he might not be condemned with the world; he is chastened not in wrath, but in love; not with the chastisement of a cruel one, nor…
319 wordsSECTION 1019Psalms 94:13
Psalms 94:13 Ver. 13. That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,.... Or "evil" {c}; or "in the evil days", as the Arabic version; for through teaching men under afflictions, they become tranquil and quiet in them; they yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness to them; such men patiently bear them; a…
360 wordsSECTION 1020Psalms 94:14
Psalms 94:14 Ver. 14. For the Lord will not cast off his people,.... The people whom he has foreknown, his chosen people, whether among Jews or Gentiles, Ro 11:1, his covenant people, whom he has given to Christ, and who are redeemed by his blood, and called by his Spirit and grace: these, though he may not arise imme…
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