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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Psalms
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 746,590 words · 1615 reading sections
Psalms 109:7
Psalms 109:7 Ver. 7. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned,.... When he shall be arraigned at the bar of his own conscience, and be charged with the sin of which he is guilty, let conscience, which is as a thousand witnesses, rise up against him, and condemn him; so it did Judas, Mt 26:1, or when he shall stan…
230 wordsSECTION 1202Psalms 109:8
Psalms 109:8 Ver. 8. Let his days be few,.... The days of men in common are but few at most: length of days, either beyond or according to the usual term of life, is reckoned a blessing; and to be cut off in the midst of a man's days a curse; when this is by the immediate hand of God, as a visible token of his displea…
409 wordsSECTION 1203Psalms 109:9
Psalms 109:9 Ver. 9. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. This sometimes is the case of good men, who leave widows and fatherless children, whom the Lord shows mercy to; being the Father of the fatherless, and the Judge of the widow, Ps 68:5, but sometimes it is threatened and comes as a judgment, whe…
184 wordsSECTION 1204Psalms 109:10
Psalms 109:10 Ver. 10. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg,.... Wander from place to place, begging their bread: this is denied of the children of good men in David's time, Ps 37:25 yet was threatened to the children of Eli, 1Sa 2:36 and was very likely literally true of the children of Judas; and was c…
253 wordsSECTION 1205Psalms 109:11
Psalms 109:11 Ver. 11. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath,.... Or, "lay a snare for all" {c}; as the Romans did, by bringing in their army, invading the land of Judea, and besieging the city of Jerusalem; who are "the extortioner or exacter that demanded tribute of them"; which they refused to pay, and therefo…
198 wordsSECTION 1206Psalms 109:12
Psalms 109:12 Ver. 12. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him,.... No pity is ever expressed at hearing or reading the sad case of Judas; and though the Jews were pitied of those that carried them captive to Babylon, Ps 106:46, yet, in their last destruction by the Romans, no mercy was shown them; the wrath of God…
115 wordsSECTION 1207Psalms 109:13
Psalms 109:13 Ver. 13. Let his posterity be cut off,.... As the seed of the wicked are said to be, Ps 37:28, or cut down, as a tree to the very root; as the Jewish nation was by the axe of God's judgment, which, John says, was laid to the root of the tree, and the blow just going to be given, as it was in a few years …
204 wordsSECTION 1208Psalms 109:14
Psalms 109:14 Ver. 14. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord,.... Not of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; who, though they had their failings, they were not remembered, and much less punished in their posterity, but were forgiven: rather of the Amorites and Hittites; the one being said to be the father…
207 wordsSECTION 1209Psalms 109:15
Psalms 109:15 Ver. 15. Let them be before the Lord continually,.... And not cast behind his back, or into the depths of the sea, never to be seen more, as sins are when forgiven; but be always in sight, as loathsome and abominable, and causing those that committed them to be abhorred for them; and be before him, as a …
3,141 wordsSECTION 1210Psalms 110:1
Psalms 110:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 110 A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, as the title shows, and which is confirmed by our Lord Jesus Christ, Mt 22:43 and by the Apostle Peter, Ac 2:34 and was not written by anyone of the singers concerning him, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi; nor by Melchizedek, nor by Eli…
907 wordsSECTION 1211Psalms 110:2
Psalms 110:2 Ver. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion,.... His royal and powerful sceptre, called the sceptre of righteousness, Ps 45:6 and is no other than the Gospel, the power of God unto salvation; and which is mighty through him, for the reducing souls to the obedience of Christ; when it co…
338 wordsSECTION 1212Psalms 110:3
Psalms 110:3 Ver. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of that power..... Or, in the day of thine army {s}. When thou musterest thy forces, sendest forth thy generals, the apostles and ministers of the word, in the first times of the Gospel; when Christ went forth working with them, and their ministry was attende…
1,098 wordsSECTION 1213Psalms 110:4
Psalms 110:4 Ver. 4. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent,.... What he swore about, and did not repent of, was the priesthood of Christ, as follows; and which shows the importance of it, since when Jehovah swears, as it is by himself, because he can swear by no greater; so it is about matters of great moment only …
867 wordsSECTION 1214Psalms 110:5
Psalms 110:5 Ver. 5. The Lord at thy right hand,.... These words are either directed to Christ, at whose right hand the Lord was to help and assist him, Ps 16:8 or to the church, consisting of the Lord's willing people, at whose right hand he is to save them; is ready to help them, and is a present help to them in tim…
338 wordsSECTION 1215Psalms 110:6
Psalms 110:6 Ver. 6. He shall judge among the Heathen,.... Either rule among the Gentiles, making them through his Gospel obedient by word and deed, and so reigning in their hearts by his Spirit and grace; and, by making many converts among them, enlarge his dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of …
453 wordsSECTION 1216Psalms 110:7
Psalms 110:7 Ver. 7. He shall drink of the brook in the way,.... This some understand of the sufferings of Christ, compared to a brook, a flow of waters, because of the abundance of them, as in Ps 69:1, his partaking of which is sometimes expressed by drinking, Mt 20:22 and this was in the way of working out the salva…
562 wordsSECTION 1217Psalms 111:1
Psalms 111:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 111 This psalm, though without a name, is thought to be penned by David; it is composed in an artificial manner, in an alphabetical order, each clause or sentence beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in course, till the whole is finished; this perhaps was done to recommend…
613 wordsSECTION 1218Psalms 111:2
Psalms 111:2 Ver. 2. The works of the Lord are great,.... His works of creation are great, being made out of nothing, are the effects of great power, and the produce of great wisdom, and which greatly display the glory of their Maker; the works of providence are great, which are daily wrought, especially such as conce…
396 wordsSECTION 1219Psalms 111:3
Psalms 111:3 Ver. 3. His work is honourable and glorious,.... Or "honour and glory" {g} itself; there is nothing mean and trifling done by him; nothing unworthy of him in nature, providence, and grace; every work of his serves to display his glory, and set off the greatness of his majesty; the heavens and the earth ar…
243 wordsSECTION 1220Psalms 111:4
Psalms 111:4 Ver. 4. He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered,.... All his works are marvellous ones; his works of creation, that they should rise out of nothing at a word of command; his works of providence, which have such a depth of wisdom and knowledge in them, are unsearchable and past finding out; and h…
233 wordsSECTION 1221Psalms 111:5
Psalms 111:5 Ver. 5. He hath given meat to them that fear him,.... Or a "prey" {h}, alluding to the spoil of the Egyptians; or to the manna; corporeal food, daily bread, which they that fear him shall not want, Ps 34:9 spiritual meat, such that endures for ever; the flesh of Christ, which is meat indeed; the word and …
196 wordsSECTION 1222Psalms 111:6
Psalms 111:6 Ver. 6. He hath showed his people the power of his works,.... Or his works of power, his mighty works, in which his great power was shown; as to the people of Israel in Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, and in bringing them to and settling them in the land of Canaan; these he showed to them in fac…
253 wordsSECTION 1223Psalms 111:7
Psalms 111:7 Ver. 7. The works of his hands are verity and judgment,.... His works of providence are just and true, particularly these which respected the driving the Canaanites out of their land, and settling the Israelites in it; these were done according to the truth of the divine promises and prophecies, and so we…
354 wordsSECTION 1224Psalms 111:8
Psalms 111:8 Ver. 8. They stand fast for ever and ever,.... Not only the covenant and its promises do, but both law and Gospel, the commandments of the one and the doctrines of the other; the law is an eternal law, as to the matter of it, and is not made void by faith, but established; and the Gospel is an everlasting…
145 wordsSECTION 1225Psalms 111:9
Psalms 111:9 Ver. 9. He sent redemption unto his people,.... Or one to redeem them, who effected it; Moses to redeem Israel out of Egypt, and Christ to redeem his people from sin, Satan, and the law, and who has done it; and having obtained eternal redemption, he sent his ministers to publish it in the world, and his …
269 wordsSECTION 1226Psalms 111:10
Psalms 111:10 Ver. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,.... The fear of the Lord, whose name is revered, is not a fear of his judgments here or hereafter, but of his goodness and grace; it is a reverential affection for him, a fiducial fear of him, a fear of offending so good a Being as he is; and it i…
437 wordsSECTION 1227Psalms 112:1
Psalms 112:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 112 This psalm, also, very probably, was written by David, and is composed as the former, in an alphabetical order. The inscription of it in the Syriac version is, "When David in it commanded Solomon his son, saying, Keep the commandments of, the Lord, and worship him: likewise the…
417 wordsSECTION 1228Psalms 112:2
Psalms 112:2 Ver. 2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth,.... The Targum is, "mighty in the law;'' as Apollos is said to be "mighty in the Scriptures", Ac 18:24. This must be understood of such of them as fear the Lord also, and love him, and delight in his commandments, according to Ex 20:6 and not in a literal sen…
338 wordsSECTION 1229Psalms 112:3
Psalms 112:3 Ver. 3. Wealth and riches shall be in his house,.... In his family; if not possessed by him, yet by his posterity: though rather this signifies spiritual riches, the riches of grace, the unsearchable riches of Christ, durable riches and righteousness; seeing it is connected with an everlasting righteousne…
149 wordsSECTION 1230Psalms 112:4
Psalms 112:4 Ver. 4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness,.... Upright ones are sometimes in the darkness of affliction, under divine desertions, without spiritual joy, and in an uncomfortable condition; when on a sudden light arises to them, like break of day, or the morning light: they have deliveran…
309 wordsSECTION 1231Psalms 112:5
Psalms 112:5 Ver. 5. A good man showeth favour, and lendeth,.... Without usury, hoping for nothing again: he pities those that labour under difficulties, for want of a little money; and he generously lends it till they are able to pay him again; which oftentimes is of as much service as if it was given; see Ps 37:21. …
287 wordsSECTION 1232Psalms 112:6
Psalms 112:6 Ver. 6. Surely he shall not be moved for ever,.... Out of the heart of God, and from his love and affections; out of the covenant of grace, and from an interest in it; out of the hands of Christ, or off of him the foundation; out of the house and family of God; out of a state of grace and righteousness, i…
209 wordsSECTION 1233Psalms 112:7
Psalms 112:7 Ver. 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings,.... Either respecting things temporal; the death of friends, loss of substance, public calamities, wars and rumours of wars, commotions, confusions, convulsions, and revolutions in states, kingdoms, and nations, Ps 46:1 or things spiritual; such as are broug…
703 wordsSECTION 1234Psalms 112:8
Psalms 112:8 Ver. 8. His heart is established,.... With the doctrine of grace; which is food unto it, and by which it is strengthened and nourished; it is established in the faith of Christ, both in the grace of faith, and in the doctrine of faith, even in all the doctrines of the Gospel; so that he is not as a child,…
227 wordsSECTION 1235Psalms 112:9
Psalms 112:9 Ver. 9. He hath dispersed,.... His money, as the Targum; scattered it here and there, as the sower scatters his seed; does not throw it all in one place, but some here and some there, and all with profusion and plenty. This denotes the bounty and liberality of the upright; and his wisdom and discretion in…
191 wordsSECTION 1236Psalms 112:10
Psalms 112:10 Ver. 10. The wicked shall see it,.... The glory and happiness of the upright man: so when the witnesses shall ascend to heaven, a phrase expressive of a more glorious state of the church, their enemies shall behold them, Re 11:12. And be grieved; at their happiness, and grudge it: the Targum is, "and s…
192 wordsSECTION 1237Psalms 113:1
Psalms 113:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 113 With this psalm begins the great "Hallel", which ends with Psalm 118; and was used to be sung at the Jewish festivals, particularly at the feast of tabernacles and of the passover; and is thought by some to be the hymn sung by Christ and his apostles, after the celebration of th…
449 wordsSECTION 1238Psalms 113:2
Psalms 113:2 Ver. 2. Blessed be the name of the Lord,.... Some prefix the word "saying", as directing to the matter and manner of praising the Lord, and to express themselves thus; "let the name of the Lord be blessed"; honoured, glorified, spoken well of. From this time forth and for evermore; from the beginning of …
204 wordsSECTION 1239Psalms 113:3
Psalms 113:3 Ver. 3. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same,.... Meaning not from morning tonight; for it designs not time, but place, even all the space from east to west, or that lies between the rising and setting sun; even all nations, and the inhabitants of them; and who ought to praise the Lo…
236 wordsSECTION 1240Psalms 113:4
Psalms 113:4 Ver. 4. The Lord is high above all nations,.... He is the most High in all the earth; he is higher than the highest; he is King of kings and Lord of lords: all nations are made by him, and are under his government and dominion; he is the Governor among the nations; they are in comparison of him as the dro…
185 wordsSECTION 1241Psalms 113:5
Psalms 113:5 Ver. 5. Who is like unto the Lord our God,.... Among the gods of the nations, as Kimchi; or among the angels of heaven, or among any of the mighty monarchs on earth; there is none like him for the perfections of his nature, for his wisdom, power, truth, and faithfulness; for his holiness, justice, goodnes…
330 wordsSECTION 1242Psalms 113:6
Psalms 113:6 Ver. 6. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth. The persons the highest heavens, the angels whom he upholds in their beings, and admits into his presence; who always behold his face, and he beholds them, delights in their persons, and accepts their services; which, …
495 wordsSECTION 1243Psalms 113:7
Psalms 113:7 Ver. 7. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,.... Persons of mean extraction and in low life are sometimes raised by him to great honour and dignity, as Saul, David, and others; and is true of many who are spiritually poor and needy, as all men are, but all are not sensible of it; some are, and these ar…
271 wordsSECTION 1244Psalms 113:8
Psalms 113:8 Ver. 8. That he may set [him] with princes,.... As all the saints are by birth, being the sons of God, the King of kings; born of him, and not of the will of man; and are of a princely spirit, have a free spirit, and offer themselves and services willingly to the Lord; have the spirit of adoption, in oppo…
222 wordsSECTION 1245Psalms 113:9
Psalms 113:9 Ver. 9. He maketh the barren woman to keep house,.... Or "to dwell in the house", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and other versions; or rather "to cause the house to be inhabited"; to fill the house with inhabitants, to build up the house, as the barren woman, when made fruitful, does, as Rachel and Le…
298 wordsSECTION 1246Psalms 114:1
Psalms 114:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 114 The title of this psalm in the Arabic version is "hallelujah", as in some preceding ones; it is part of the great "Hallel" sung at the passover, and with great propriety; since the subject matter of it is the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, typical of our spiri…
426 wordsSECTION 1247Psalms 114:2
Psalms 114:2 Ver. 2. Judah was his sanctuary,.... Meaning not the tribe of Judah only, though that in many things had the preeminence; the kingdom belonging to it, the chief ruler being out of it, especially the Messiah; its standard was pitched and moved first; it offered first to the service of the Lord; and the Jew…
475 wordsSECTION 1248Psalms 114:3
Psalms 114:3 Ver. 3. The sea saw it, and fled,.... When the Word of the Lord appeared at it, as the Targum in the king's Bible; the Red sea, to which the Israelites came when they went out of Egypt; this saw that Judah was the Lord's holy and peculiar people, and that Israel were the subjects of his kingdom; it saw th…
407 wordsSECTION 1249Psalms 114:4
Psalms 114:4 Ver. 4. The mountains skipped like rams,.... The mountains of Sinai and Horeb quaked and moved at the presence of the Lord, when he descended thereon to give the law; these saw his glory and trembled, Ex 19:18. And the little hills like lambs; very beautiful are the larger mountains of Sinai and Horeb co…
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Psalms 114:5 Ver. 5. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?.... What was the matter with thee? what appeared to thee? what didst thou see? what didst thou feel, which caused thee to flee in such haste? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? what is the meaning that thou didst not continue to flow as usual…
84 wordsSECTION 1251Psalms 114:6
Psalms 114:6 Ver. 6. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams,.... Not for joy, but fear; what caused these trembling motions, these violent agitations, and quakings, and movings to and fro like the skipping of rams? And ye little hills, like lambs? what was it that disturbed you, and put you into a panic, that you sk…
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Psalms 114:7 Ver. 7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,.... Or, "the earth has trembled at the presence of the Lord"; so the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; the imperative is sometimes put for the preterite or past tense, see Ps 22:9, likewise the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions thus render …
282 wordsSECTION 1253Psalms 114:8
Psalms 114:8 Ver. 8. Which turned the rock into a standing water,.... Both at Rephidim and at Kadesh; which being smitten, streams of water flowed out like rivers, as if the rock itself was changed into water; and which came a constant and continual supply for the Israelites, for it is said to follow them; see Ex 17:6…
128 wordsSECTION 1254Psalms 115:1
Psalms 115:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 115 This psalm is by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, joined to the former, and makes one psalm with it: and Kimchi says, that in some books the psalm does not begin here; but in the best and correct copies of the Hebrew, and in the Targum, it st…
670 wordsSECTION 1255Psalms 115:2
Psalms 115:2 Ver. 2. Wherefore should the Heathen say,.... The nations about Israel, the nations of the world; the Gentiles in any age; the Papists in ours, sometimes called the Heathen, Ps 10:16. The church expostulates with the Lord why those should be suffered to say, in a reproachful, insulting, manner, and by way…
133 wordsSECTION 1256Psalms 115:3
Psalms 115:3 Ver. 3. But our God is in the heavens,.... His habitation is in the heavens, as the Targum; the Septuagint and Arabic versions add, "and in earth": he is in both, and fills both with his presence; and cannot be contained in either. He is the Maker and Possessor of heaven and earth; the one is his throne, …
226 wordsSECTION 1257Psalms 115:4
Psalms 115:4 Ver. 4. Their idols are silver and gold,.... The idols of the Gentiles; so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions. The gods they serve and worship are not in the heavens; but the matter of which they are made is dug out of the earth: and this is the greatest excellency and va…
195 wordsSECTION 1258Psalms 115:5
Psalms 115:5 Ver. 5. They have mouths, but they speak not,.... These idols are carved with mouths, but they make no use of them; if any cry to them for they cannot answer them, nor save them from their troubles. Baal's priests cried to their idol, but was no voice heard, nor answer returned; they are rightly called du…
185 wordsSECTION 1259Psalms 115:6
Psalms 115:6 Ver. 6. They have ears, but they hear not,.... The makers of them have taken care to place a pair of ears to their heads, but could not convey the faculty of hearing to them; so that though their priests may cry from morning to noon, as Baal's worshippers did, saying, O Baal, hear us; and even tonight, an…
226 wordsSECTION 1260Psalms 115:7
Psalms 115:7 Ver. 7. They have hands, but they handle not,.... So as to feel any thing that is put into their hands; they cannot make use of their hands to stretch them out, and receive anything from their worshippers; nor can they give anything to them: but our God receives and accepts the sacrifices of his people, t…
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