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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Psalms
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 746,590 words · 1615 reading sections
Psalms 21:3
Psalms 21:3 Ver. 3. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness,.... Not temporal, but spiritual blessings, which spring from the grace and goodness of God, and consist of it; and relate to the spiritual and eternal welfare of those for whose sake he receives them, and who are blessed with them in him: his …
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Psalms 21:4 Ver. 4. He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him,.... Both for himself, as man, when he was about to die, that he might be raised to life again, which was granted him; and for his people, that they might live spiritually and eternally, and accordingly life is given to him for them; and he has powe…
202 wordsSECTION 183Psalms 21:5
Psalms 21:5 Ver. 5. His glory [is] great in thy salvation,.... That is, the glory of the King Messiah is great in the Lord's salvation of him; delivering him from all his troubles and sorrows, and out of the hands of all his enemies, when he was raised from the dead, and was set at the right hand of God, and crowned w…
282 wordsSECTION 184Psalms 21:6
Psalms 21:6 Ver. 6. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever,.... Not as God, for as such he is over all blessed for ever, and not made so; but as man and Mediator; the words may be rendered, "thou hast set him to be blessings for ever" {z}; which design the blessings which are laid up in Christ for his people, an…
394 wordsSECTION 185Psalms 21:7
Psalms 21:7 Ver. 7. For the King trusteth in the Lord,.... That is, the King Messiah, as the Targum paraphrases it; he trusted in the Lord for his support and sustenance as man, for assistance and help in his time of trouble, and for deliverance out of it; he trusted in the Lord that he would hear him for himself, and…
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Psalms 21:8 Ver. 8. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies,.... The Jews, that would not have him to reign over them, who crucified him and persecuted his apostles; the Gentiles, who were also concerned in his death; the Roman emperors, who persecuted the Christians, and are signified by the red dragon that waite…
439 wordsSECTION 187Psalms 21:9
Psalms 21:9 Ver. 9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven,.... Some think the allusion is to David's causing the Ammonites to pass through the brick kiln, 2Sa 12:31; others to the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah: it represents what a severe punishment shall be inflicted on the enemies of Christ; they shall be cast into a…
475 wordsSECTION 188Psalms 21:10
Psalms 21:10 Ver. 10. Their fruit shall thou destroy from the earth,.... Meaning the offspring of wicked men; the fruit of the womb, Ps 127:3; the same with their seed in the next clause: and their seed from among the children of men; see Ps 37:28; which must be understood of such of their seed, and offspring as are …
189 wordsSECTION 189Psalms 21:11
Psalms 21:11 Ver. 11. For they intended evil against thee,.... All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ultimately against the Lord, whose law is transgressed, and who is despised and reflected upon as a lawgiver; all sin is an hostility committed against God, or against Christ, ag…
230 wordsSECTION 190Psalms 21:12
Psalms 21:12 Ver. 12. Therefore shall thou make them turn their back,.... Or flee and run away to private places, to hide themselves from the wrath of God and of the Lamb, though to no purpose; or "make them turn [behind thy] back": God will turn his back upon them, and be negligent and careless of them, and not regar…
307 wordsSECTION 191Psalms 21:13
Psalms 21:13 Ver. 13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength,.... Exert thy strength, display thy power in such manner, that thou mayest be exalted and magnified on account of it. This was fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem, when the kingdom of God came with power, Mr 9:1; and will be again when Babylon s…
157 wordsSECTION 192Psalms 22:1
Psalms 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 22 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, a Psalm of David. The only thing observable in the title of this psalm is the sense of the words "Aijeleth Shahar", left untranslated; which, according to some of the Jewish {g} interpreters, is the name of a musical instrument; to which…
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Psalms 22:2 Ver. 2. O my God, I cry in the daytime,.... In the time of his suffering on the cross, which was in the daytime: but thou hearest me not; and yet he was always heard, Joh 11:41; though he was not saved from dying, yet he was quickly delivered from the power of death, and so was heard in that he feared, He…
232 wordsSECTION 194Psalms 22:3
Psalms 22:3 Ver. 3. But thou [art] holy,.... Which may be considered either as an argument with his God, why he should hear and answer him, since he is holy, just, and faithful; he has promised, when any call upon him in a day of trouble, he will hear and answer them, and will be glorified by them; this Christ did, an…
313 wordsSECTION 195Psalms 22:4
Psalms 22:4 Ver. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee,.... By whom are meant Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, from whom our Lord descended; and the people of Israel when in Egypt, in the times of the judges, and in all ages before the coming of Christ, of whom, as concerning the flesh, or as to his human nature, Christ came, Ro 9…
327 wordsSECTION 196Psalms 22:5
Psalms 22:5 Ver. 5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered,.... As the Israelites did in Egyptian bondage, and as they in later times did when in distress; see Ex 2:23; &c. The crying is to be understood of prayer to God, and sometimes designs mental prayer, sighing, and groaning, which cannot be uttered, when no vo…
361 wordsSECTION 197Psalms 22:6
Psalms 22:6 Ver. 6. But I [am] a worm, and no man,.... Christ calls himself a worm, not because of his original, for he was not of the earth earthy, but was the Lord from heaven; nor because of his human nature, man being a worm, and the Son of Man such, Job 25:6; and because of his meanness and low estate in that nat…
840 wordsSECTION 198Psalms 22:7
Psalms 22:7 Ver. 7. All they that see me laugh me to scorn,.... To the afflicted pity should be shown; but instead or pitying him in his distresses they laughed at him; this must be understood of the soldiers when they had him in Pilate's hall, and of the Jews in general when he hung upon the cross; some particular pe…
178 wordsSECTION 199Psalms 22:8
Psalms 22:8 Ver. 8. He trusted on the Lord, [that] he would deliver him,.... Not that they spoke in a deriding way of the object of his trust, for, as impious as they were, this they did not do; but of his trust in the Lord, which they looked upon to be a false one, as would appear by his not being delivered, as he tr…
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Psalms 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 23 A Psalm of David. Thus psalm was written by David, either when he was in distressed circumstances, being persecuted by Saul, and was in the forest of Hareth, 1Sa 22:5; as some think {r}; wherefore he comforts himself with the Lord's being his shepherd, so that he should not want; …
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Psalms 23:2 Ver. 2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures,.... Or "pastures of tender grass" {t}; this is one part of the shepherd's work, and which is performed by Christ, Eze 34:14; by these "green pastures" may be meant the covenant of grace, its blessings and promises, where there is delicious feeding; likewi…
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Psalms 23:3 Ver. 3. He restoreth my soul,.... Either when backslidden, and brings it back again when led or driven away, and heals its backslidings; or rather, when fainting, swooning, and ready to die away, he fetches it back again, relieves, refreshes, and comforts with the discoveries of his love, with the promises…
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Psalms 23:4 Ver. 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,.... Which designs not a state of spiritual darkness and ignorance, as sitting in the shadow of death sometimes does, since the psalmist cannot be supposed to be at this time or after in such a condition; see Isa 9:2; nor desertion or the…
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Psalms 23:5 Ver. 5. Thou preparest a table before me,.... In a providential way granting a sufficiency, and even an affluence of temporal good things; the providence of God lays and spreads a table for his people in the wilderness, and sets them down at it, and bids them welcome to it; see Ps 78:19; and in a way of gr…
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Psalms 23:6 Ver. 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me,.... Either the free grace, love, favour, and mercy of God in Christ, which endures continually, and is always the same from everlasting to everlasting; or the effects of it; and these either temporal good things, which flow from the goodness and mercy of G…
508 wordsSECTION 206Psalms 24:1
Psalms 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 24 A Psalm of David. This psalm is thought by some of the Jewish writers {d} to have been wrote when the ark was brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, and put into the place prepared for it by him, 2Sa 6:17; to which reference is supposed to be had in Ps 24:7; or a…
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Psalms 24:2 Ver. 2. For he hath founded it upon the seas,.... Or "with" them, as some interpret {e} the particle le; he hath founded the earth and seas together, and both upon nothing; and yet are stable and firm; or "by the seas" {f}, near unto them, at the side of them; which, though higher than the earth, are wonde…
274 wordsSECTION 208Psalms 24:3
Psalms 24:3 Ver. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?.... Though the Lord has a claim in general to the whole world, and all its fulness; yet there is a particular part of it, or spot in it, which is his special and peculiar property, and that is his church and people; for though some reference may be had, i…
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Psalms 24:4 Ver. 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart,.... Though "clean hands" are mentioned first, as being more obvious to view, and better known, and more subject to the cognizance and observation of others; yet a "pure heart" is first in being and in order; from whence cleanness of hands, when right and …
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Psalms 24:5 Ver. 5. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,.... Or "who receives" {l}; the future for the present; and so is a continuation of the description of a person proper to enter and abide in the church of God, as Ps 24:6 seems to require; even one who has received every spiritual blessing in Christ in ge…
161 wordsSECTION 211Psalms 24:6
Psalms 24:6 Ver. 6. This [is] the generation of them that seek him,.... The persons above described are such, who in every age are the generation of the children of God, and are accounted by him for a generation; they are such that seek him, in the first place, with their whole hearts, and in Christ, where they find h…
241 wordsSECTION 212Psalms 24:7
Psalms 24:7 Ver. 7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates,.... By which the gates of hell are not meant; nor are the words to be understood of the descent of Christ thither, to fetch the souls of Old Testament saints from thence; who the Papists dream were detained in an apartment there, as in a prison, called by them "limbu…
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Psalms 24:8 Ver. 8. Who [is] this King of glory?.... Which question is put by the church, or particular believers; not through ignorance, as the daughters of Jerusalem, So 5:9; or the Pharisees, when Christ made his public entrance into Jerusalem, Mt 21:10; much less in pride and haughtiness, in scorn and derision, as…
439 wordsSECTION 214Psalms 24:9
Psalms 24:9 Ver. 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. See Gill on "Ps 24:7". This is repeated on account of the backwardness and negligence of churches, and particular believers, to open and let Christ in; as may be seen in the case of the ch…
138 wordsSECTION 215Psalms 24:10
Psalms 24:10 Ver. 10. Who is this King of glory?.... This is repeated, because of the preceding words, and in order to have a further account of his glorious Person, as follows: the Lord of hosts, he [is] the King of glory; he who is the Lord of sabaoth, the Lord of the armies, both of the heavens and the earth; at w…
120 wordsSECTION 216Psalms 25:1
Psalms 25:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 25 [A Psalm] of David. This is the first of the psalms which is written in an alphabetical order, or in which the first word of every verse begins with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order, though it is not strictly and regularly observed; the reason of this manner of writing …
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Psalms 25:2 Ver. 2. O my God, I trust in thee,.... He claims his interest in God, and expresses his faith and confidence in him, in the midst of all his troubles; See Gill on "Ps 7:1"; let me not be ashamed; meaning of his trust in God, by being disappointed of the help, deliverance, and salvation from him, which he …
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Psalms 25:3 Ver. 3. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed,.... David not only prays for himself, but for other saints, as it becomes the people of God to do; for them they waited on the Lord in public worship, attended his house and ordinances, and waited on him for the discoveries of his love, the enjoyment of h…
345 wordsSECTION 219Psalms 25:4
Psalms 25:4 Ver. 4. Show me thy ways, O Lord,.... Either those which the Lord himself took and walked in; as those of creation and providence, in which he has displayed his power, wisdom, and goodness; and which are desirable to be known by his people, and require divine instruction and direction; and particularly his…
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Psalms 25:5 Ver. 5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me,.... Meaning the word of God, the Scriptures of truth; and the Gospel, which is the word of truth, and truth itself, Joh 17:17; and the sense is, either that God would lead him by his Spirit more and more into all truth, as contained in his word; or that he would …
220 wordsSECTION 221Psalms 25:6
Psalms 25:6 Ver. 6. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses,.... Not the providential mercy and kindness of God, in the care of him in his mother's womb, at the time of his birth, in his nurture and education, and in the preservation of him to the present time; but the special mercy, grace, and …
379 wordsSECTION 222Psalms 25:7
Psalms 25:7 Ver. 7. Remember not the sins of my youth,.... Original sin, in which he was born, and the breakings forth of corrupt nature in infancy, he brought into the world with him, together with all the youthful lusts and vanities to which that age is addicted; and sometimes the sins of youth are in some persons r…
380 wordsSECTION 223Psalms 25:8
Psalms 25:8 Ver. 8. Good and upright [is] the Lord,.... He is essentially, originally, and independently good of himself in his own nature, and he is providentially good to all his creatures; and he is in a way of special grace and mercy good to his own people: and he is "upright", just in himself, righteous in all hi…
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Psalms 25:9 Ver. 9. The meek will he guide in judgment,.... Or "the miserable" {z} and afflicted; such as see themselves to be wretched and miserable, lost and undone; and cry out, What shall we do to be saved? and who are meek and lowly, are humbled under a sense of their sins, are poor in spirit, and of broken and c…
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Psalms 25:10 Ver. 10. All the paths of the Lord [are] mercy and truth,.... By which are meant, not the paths in which the Lord would have his people walk; though these are good and gracious, right and true; his commandments are not grievous, his yoke is easy, and burden light; his ways are ways of pleasantness, and hi…
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Psalms 25:11 Ver. 11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity,.... Which to do is one of the promises and blessings of the covenant. The psalmist may have reference to his sin with Bathsheba, as Kimchi observes; since it was foretold to him, that, on account of that sin, evil should arise to him out of his o…
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Psalms 25:12 Ver. 12. What man [is] he that feareth the Lord? That is, how happy a man is he! and one that fears the Lord is one that has the fear of God put into his heart, as a blessing of the covenant of grace before spoken of; who fears the Lord, not on account of the punishment of sin, but under the influence of …
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Psalms 25:13 Ver. 13. His soul shall dwell at ease,.... Or in "goodness" {f}, enjoying an affluence of good things, of spiritual blessings in Christ, in whom he dwells by faith; and where he has peace and safety, amidst all the troubles, afflictions, and exercises, he meets with; and where with godliness he has conten…
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Psalms 25:14 Ver. 14. The secret of the Lord [is] with them that fear him,.... The secret of his purposes with them; as his purpose according to election; his resolution to redeem his chosen ones by his Son; his design to call them by his grace; his predestination of them to the adoption of children, and eternal life;…
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Psalms 25:15 Ver. 15. Mine eyes [are] ever towards the Lord,.... Not only as the God of nature and providence, for his daily support and supply, in which sense the eyes of all creatures wait upon him; but as his covenant God and Father, having the eyes of his understanding opened to see and know him as such, and the e…
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Psalms 26:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 26 Psalm of David. The occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel between Saul and David, the former listening to calumnies and reproaches cast upon the latter, and persecuting him in a violent manner. The argument of it is the same, in a great measure, with the seventh psalm, an…
607 wordsSECTION 232Psalms 26:2
Psalms 26:2 Ver. 2. Examine me, O Lord,.... His cause, his integrity, and trust in the Lord, as silver and gold are examined by the touchstone, the word of God, which is the standard of faith and practice; and prove me; or "tempt me" {r}; as Abraham was tempted by the Lord; and his faith in him, and fear of him, and …
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Psalms 26:3 Ver. 3. For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes,.... The special lovingkindness of God, shown in the choice of him in Christ, in the provision of a Saviour for him, and in the effectual calling of him; which lovingkindness is unmerited, free, and sovereign, is from everlasting and to everlasting; it i…
313 wordsSECTION 234Psalms 26:4
Psalms 26:4 Ver. 4. I have not sat with vain persons,.... Or "men of vanity" {t}; who are full of it; who are addicted to the vanities of the world; who pursue the riches, honours, pleasures, and profits of it; which is no other than walking in a vain show: whose thoughts, words, and actions are vain; who are vainly p…
462 wordsSECTION 235Psalms 26:5
Psalms 26:5 Ver. 5. I have hated the congregation of evildoers,.... That do harm to the persons, characters, or properties of men; and who meet together in bodies, to consult and form schemes to do mischief, and have their assemblies to encourage each other in it; these, their works and actions, the psalmist hated, th…
290 wordsSECTION 236Psalms 26:6
Psalms 26:6 Ver. 6. I will wash my hands in innocency,.... The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "among innocent persons"; men of a holy harmless life and conversation; with these he determined to converse in common, and not with such as before described; or the sense is, that he would wash his hands, in token of his …
337 wordsSECTION 237Psalms 26:7
Psalms 26:7 Ver. 7. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving,.... Or "cause to hear with the voice of confession" {z}: the meaning is, that the view of the psalmist, in compassing the altar of God in the manner he proposed, was not to offer upon it any slain beast; but to offer the sacrifices of praise upon t…
200 wordsSECTION 238Psalms 26:8
Psalms 26:8 Ver. 8. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house,.... Meaning the tabernacle, for as yet the temple was not built; which was an habitation for the saints, where they chose to dwell, and reckoned it their happiness, and was the habitation of the Lord himself: the sanctuary was built for that purpose; …
463 wordsSECTION 239Psalms 26:9
Psalms 26:9 Ver. 9. Gather not my soul with sinners,.... Profligate and abandoned ones, such as are notoriously profane, and who live and die impenitent ones; otherwise all men are sinners: the sense is, either that he desires that he might not, by any means, be brought into the company of such persons, be joined unto…
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Psalms 26:10 Ver. 10. In whose hands [is] mischief,.... Every abominable wickedness; as idolatry, adultery, murder, &c. the word signifies and is sometimes used for mischief conceived in the mind, artificially devised and contrived there; here mischief committed, the hand being the instrument of action, and intends wh…
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