PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Psalms
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 746,590 words · 1615 reading sections
Psalms 45:6
Psalms 45:6 Ver. 6. Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever,.... This verse and Ps 45:7 are cited in Heb 1:8; and applied to the Son of God, the second Person in the Trinity; and therefore are not an apostrophe to the Father, as some have said; nor will they bear to be rendered, "thy throne is the throne of God", or…
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Psalms 45:7 Ver. 7. Thou lovest righteousness,.... Either righteous persons, whom his countenance beholds, on whom his eyes are, and from whom they are never withdrawn, and with whom he is exceedingly delighted: or righteous things; a righteous administration of government; faithfulness and integrity in whatsoever he …
530 wordsSECTION 483Psalms 45:8
Psalms 45:8 Ver. 8. All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia,.... Either his human nature, as anointed with the oil of gladness, and filled with the graces of the Spirit, signified by the holy anointing oil in the tabernacle, of which the things mentioned were ingredients, Ex 30:23; or the garments o…
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Psalms 45:9 Ver. 9. Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women,.... Or "maids of honour" {n}; who filled and adorned the king's court, and made a splendid appearance there, the same with the virgins, the companions of the bride, in Ps 45:14; and design truly gracious souls, believers in Christ, who are his "pr…
660 wordsSECTION 485Psalms 45:10
Psalms 45:10 Ver. 10. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear,.... These words are either spoken by the prophet, the author of the psalm; or by the King, the bridegroom himself; or, as others think, by Jehovah the Father, whose daughter the church is; unless it should be rather thought to be an addres…
280 wordsSECTION 486Psalms 45:11
Psalms 45:11 Ver. 11. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty,.... Which lies in the comeliness or righteousness of Christ put upon her; in the holiness of Christ reckoned to her; in being washed from all sin in the blood of Christ; in the graces of the Spirit being implanted in her, in which the beauty of holines…
361 wordsSECTION 487Psalms 45:12
Psalms 45:12 Ver. 12. And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift,.... That is, among the honourable women in the king's court and palace: it is a prophecy of the conversion of the Tyrians, and their admission into a Gospel church, state, which had its accomplishment in the times of Christ and his apostles, …
2,295 wordsSECTION 488Psalms 46:1
Psalms 46:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 46 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. The word "Alamoth" is thought by some, as Aben Ezra, to be the beginning of a song, to which this psalm was set; and by others a high tune, such as virgins express; and by others the name of musical instruments, as …
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Psalms 46:2 Ver. 2. Therefore will not we fear,...., The consideration of the Lord's being the refuge, strength, and help of his people, in all times of trouble and distress, has a great influence on their faith and confidence, and makes them intrepid and fearless in the midst of the greatest dangers: nor indeed have …
189 wordsSECTION 490Psalms 46:3
Psalms 46:3 Ver. 3. [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled,.... The noise of which causes men's hearts to fail them for fear, Lu 21:25; [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. All these figurative expressions denote the hurlyburlies, confusions, and disorders that have been or will be in t…
417 wordsSECTION 491Psalms 46:4
Psalms 46:4 Ver. 4. [There] is a river,.... The allusion is either to the river Kidron, which ran by Jerusalem; or to the waters of Shiloah, which by different courses and branches, ran through the city of Jerusalem, and supplied the several parts of it with water, to the joy and comfort of its inhabitants: but the wo…
586 wordsSECTION 492Psalms 46:5
Psalms 46:5 Ver. 5. God [is] in the midst of her,.... The church and people of God; not merely by his essence, power, and providence, as he is in the midst of the world; but by his gracious presence, and which always continues, though not always perceived; and is a sufficient antidote against all fear of men and devil…
289 wordsSECTION 493Psalms 46:6
Psalms 46:6 Ver. 6. The Heathen raged,.... As they did at Christ's first coming, against him, his Gospel, and people; and which continued during the three first centuries; and then the Pagan kingdoms belonging to the Roman empire were removed; since then another sort of Heathens, the Papists, have raged, in violent pe…
228 wordsSECTION 494Psalms 46:7
Psalms 46:7 Ver. 7. The Lord of hosts [is] with us,.... The Targum is, "the Word of the Lord of hosts". He whose name is Immanuel, which is, by interpretation, "God with us", Mt 1:23; who is King of kings, and Lord of lords; who has all creatures in heaven and earth at his command, whom all the hosts of angels obey; h…
203 wordsSECTION 495Psalms 46:8
Psalms 46:8 Ver. 8. Come, behold the works of the Lord,.... Of nature and grace, especially those of Providence; both in a way of judgment, as in this verse; and of mercy, as in Ps 46:9. These words are an address of the psalmist to his friends, as Apollinarius supplies it; or of the church to the fearful among them, …
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Psalms 46:9 Ver. 9. He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the earth,.... As at the birth of Christ, the Prince of peace, in the times of Augustus Caesar, when there was a general peace in the world, though it did not last long; and in the times of Constantine, signified by silence in heaven for half an hour, Re 8:1…
264 wordsSECTION 497Psalms 46:10
Psalms 46:10 Ver. 10. Be still, and know that I [am] God,.... These words are thought by some to be spoken by the Lord to the nations of the world, to "cease from war", as the Targum renders the words; or from going up any more against Jerusalem, as Jarchi interprets them; and that they were spoken to them before the …
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Psalms 46:11 Ver. 11. The Lord of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. See Gill on "Ps 46:7". The Targum paraphrases it, "the Word of the Lord of hosts", as in Ps 46:7; and the same words are here repeated, to comfort those that were fearful and unbelieving, with which the church then comforted hersel…
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Psalms 47:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 47 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Thus psalm is thought by some to be written on occasion of the ark being brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, to the place he had prepared for it; which was attended with singing and dancing, with shouting, …
585 wordsSECTION 500Psalms 47:2
Psalms 47:2 Ver. 2. For the Lord most high [is] terrible,.... Christ is not only the Son of the Highest, but he himself is the most high God, God over all, blessed for ever. He is higher than the highest, than the angels in heaven, or any of the sons of men on earth. He is the high and lofty One, that dwells in the hi…
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Psalms 47:3 Ver. 3. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. As Joshua, his type, subdued the Canaanites; and as David, another type of subdued the Syrians, Moabites, and others: the Jews from these words expect, that, in the times of the Messiah they look for, the Gentiles in a literal sen…
224 wordsSECTION 502Psalms 47:4
Psalms 47:4 Ver. 4. He shall choose our inheritance for us,.... Either a portion in this life; God knows what is best for his people, and therefore they should leave it with him, who can make a better choice for them than for themselves: an Heathen {c} once gave this advice, "give thyself wholly to the will and dispo…
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Psalms 47:5 Ver. 5. God is gone up with a shout,.... That is, the Son of God, who is truly and properly God, equal to the Father, having the same perfections; God manifest in the flesh, the Word that was made flesh, and dwelt among men on earth; who in the next clause is called "Lord" or "Jehovah", being the everlasti…
222 wordsSECTION 504Psalms 47:6
Psalms 47:6 Ver. 6. Sing praises to God,.... That is gone up with a shout, Christ Jesus, our ascended Lord and King, as the apostles did at the time of his ascension, Lu 24:52; sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises: who was then made Lord and Christ, declared King of saints, and crowned with glory an…
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Psalms 47:7 Ver. 7. For God [is] the King of all the earth,.... Or "the king of all the earth [is] God" {e}; the same that is ascended into heaven, and is King of saints, even Christ Jesus; and so he will appear to be, especially in the latter day; See Gill on "Ps 47:2"; sing ye praises with understanding; or, as De …
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Psalms 47:8 Ver. 8. God reigneth over the Heathen,.... He reigned over Israel under the former dispensation, and now he reigns over the Gentiles under the Gospel dispensation; as appears by the numerous instances of conversion among them in the first ages of Christianity; and by the many churches that were planted by …
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Psalms 47:9 Ver. 9. The princes of the people are gathered together,.... Not against Christ, as at his first coming, but to him, and to his church and people; even the great men of the earth, the kings and princes of it, as they will in the latter day; see Isa 49:23; or this may mean the saints in general, who are all…
447 wordsSECTION 508Psalms 48:1
Psalms 48:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 48 A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. This psalm is entitled a "song psalm", a psalm to be sung vocally; or "a song and psalm" to be sung both vocally and instrumentally; and is one of the spiritual songs the apostle speaks of, Eph 5:19; It was occasioned, as some think, by Da…
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Psalms 48:2 Ver. 2. Beautiful for situation,.... This, and what follows, are said of the city of God, the city of Jerusalem, which was delightfully situated on an eminence, in a wholesome air; the brook Kidron gliding by it, the water of Siloah running through it or at least through some parts of it; fields and garden…
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Psalms 48:3 Ver. 3. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. As there were palaces in Jerusalem; see Ps 48:13; so there are in the church of Christ; every place in it is a palace fit for a king; and everyone that has truly a name and a place there are kings and priests unto God: and here God is a "refuge" both for sa…
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Psalms 48:4 Ver. 4. For, lo, the kings were assembled,.... As the princes of the Philistines to seek for David, when in the strong hold of Zion, 2Sa 5:17; as the Ethiopians in the time of Asa, 2Ch 14:9; and the Moabites and Ammonites in the times of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch 20:1; and the kings of Syria and Israel in the times…
249 wordsSECTION 512Psalms 48:5
Psalms 48:5 Ver. 5. They saw [it],.... Either the city or the power of God, as Aben Ezra; or, as Jarchi, God himself going forth to fight against the nations. This refers to the power Christ will take to himself, and show forth, by reigning in his church, and protecting it, which will not only be visible to the saints…
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Psalms 48:6 Ver. 6. Fear took hold upon them there,.... That is, either when they came up to the city, and passed by it, and saw what they did; or, as Kimchi observes, in the place where they thought to have made a great slaughter; that is, in Armageddon, Re 16:16; so upon the slaughter of the seven thousand names of …
116 wordsSECTION 514Psalms 48:7
Psalms 48:7 Ver. 7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with east wind. This is either another simile, expressing the greatness of the dread and fear that shall now seize the kings of the earth; which will be, as Kimchi observes, as if they were smitten with a strong east wind, which breaks the ships of Tarshish; and …
186 wordsSECTION 515Psalms 48:8
Psalms 48:8 Ver. 8. As we have heard, so have we seen,.... These are the words of the people of God making their observations on the above things; and so Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand them of the people of Israel; and the former, referring them to the war of Gog and Magog, paraphrases them thus: "the Israelites sha…
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Psalms 48:9 Ver. 9. We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God,.... Jarchi interprets it, "we have waited for thy lovingkindness"; to see thy salvation; and some, as Ben Melech observes, explain it of hope and expectation; as if the sense was, "we have hoped for thy lovingkindness"; so the Syriac version renders it,…
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Psalms 48:10 Ver. 10. According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth,.... That is, as he himself is in the perfections of his nature, which are displayed in the works of his bands, throughout the whole creation; so is or ought his praise to be: or rather, as in the latter day his name will…
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Psalms 49:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 49 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Aben Ezra says this psalm is a very excellent one, since in it is explained the Light of the world to come, and of the rational and immortal soul; and Kimchi is of opinion that it respects both this world and that which is to c…
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Psalms 49:2 Ver. 2. Both low and high,.... Or "both the sons of Adam and the sons of men". By the sons of "Adam" are meant the multitude of the people, as Ben Melech explains it; the common people, the meaner sort, the base things of this world; and such are they, generally speaking, who are called by grace under the …
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Psalms 49:3 Ver. 3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom,.... Or "wisdoms" {m}; of Christ, who is so called, Pr 1:20. He being as a divine Person the wisdom of God, and the only wise God; and having all the treasures of wisdom in him, as man and Mediator: of him the prophet spake, and of him the apostles and all Gospel mini…
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Psalms 49:4 Ver. 4. I will incline mine ear to a parable,.... In which way of speaking the doctrines of the Gospel were delivered out by Christ, Mt 13:3. Wherefore the prophet, representing his apostles and disciples, signifies that he would listen thereunto, that he might attain to the knowledge thereof, and communic…
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Psalms 49:5 Ver. 5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,.... This is the principal thing that all are before called to hearken to. This is the wisdom and understanding the psalmist had been meditating upon, and was about to utter; this is the parable he inclined his ear to, and the dark saying he would open; n…
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Psalms 49:6 Ver. 6. They that trust in their wealth,.... In their outward force, power, and strength; their horses, chariots, and armies; see Ps 33:16; or in their worldly goods and substance; which seems to be the sense of the word here, as appears from Ps 49:10. To "trust" in them is to set the eye and heart upon th…
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Psalms 49:7 Ver. 7. None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother,.... That is, "with their substance", or "riches", as the Targum and Jarchi supply. Some, according to the order of the words in the original, render them, "a brother redeeming cannot redeem a man", or "anyone" {q}: but, as Aben Ezra observes, xa, …
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Psalms 49:8 Ver. 8. For the redemption of their soul [is] precious,.... Or "heavy" {s}; it is, as Jarchi observes, "heavier than their substance": it is too weighty a matter for the richest man in the world to engage in; he is not equal to it; his riches are not an equivalent to the redemption of a soul which has sinn…
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Psalms 49:9 Ver. 9. That he should still live for ever,.... Or "though he should live", &c. {w}. Though the rich man should live ever so long, a thousand years twice told, as in Ec 6:6; yet he could not in all this time, with all his riches, redeem his brother; and at last must die himself, and so must his brother too…
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Psalms 49:10 Ver. 10. For he seeth [that] wise men die,.... This is a reason convincing the rich man, that with all his riches he cannot redeem his brother from death; since he must see, by daily and constant experience, that none are exempted from dying, no, not even the wise man; and therefore, not the rich, since w…
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Psalms 49:11 Ver. 11. Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever,.... This is the thought of their hearts, what they secretly imagine, and conclude within themselves; either that their families, which may be meant by their houses, see 2Sa 3:1; shall continue in succeeding ages, to the end o…
3,542 wordsSECTION 529Psalms 50:1
Psalms 50:1 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 50 A Psalm of Asaph. This psalm is called a psalm of Asaph; either because it was composed by him under divine inspiration, since he was a prophet and a seer, 1Ch 25:2; or because it was delivered to him to be sung in public service, he being a chief musician; see 1Ch 16:7; and so it…
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Psalms 50:2 Ver. 2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Or "shall shine" {p}; the past for the future, as Kimchi observes; or "the perfection of the beauty of God hath shined out of Zion" {q}; that is, Christ; he is the perfection of beauty; he is fairer than the children of men; he is more gloriou…
460 wordsSECTION 531Psalms 50:3
Psalms 50:3 Ver. 3. Our God shall come,.... That is, Christ, who is truly and properly God, and who was promised and expected as a divine Person; and which was necessary on account of the work he came about; and believers claim an interest in him as their God; and he is their God, in whom they trust, and whom they wor…
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Psalms 50:4 Ver. 4. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth,.... To hear what he shall say, when he will no longer keep silence; and to be witnesses of the justice of his proceedings; see Isa 1:2. The Targum interprets this of the angels above on high, and of the righteous on the earth below; and so …
186 wordsSECTION 533Psalms 50:5
Psalms 50:5 Ver. 5. Gather my saints together unto me,.... These words are spoken by Christ to the heavens and the earth; that is, to the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, to gather in, by the ministry of the word, his elect ones among the Gentiles; see Mt 24:30; called his "saints", who had an interest in his favo…
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Psalms 50:6 Ver. 6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness,.... That is, either the heavens shall bear witness to his justice and equity in judging his people; or the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, shall declare his justifying righteousness, which is revealed in it, to the saints and covenant ones they …
153 wordsSECTION 535Psalms 50:7
Psalms 50:7 Ver. 7. Hear, O my people,.... This is an address to the people of the Jews, whom God had chosen to be his people above all others, and who professed themselves to be his people; but now a "loammi", Ho 1:9, was about to be written upon them, being a people uncircumcised in heart and ears, refusing to hear …
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Psalms 50:8 Ver. 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices,.... For the neglect of them; this they were not chargeable with; and had they omitted them, a charge would not have been brought against them on that account, since these were not what God commanded when he brought them out of Egypt, Jer 7:22; and were no…
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Psalms 50:9 Ver. 9. I will take no bullock out of thy house,.... That is, will accept of none; such sacrifices being no more agreeable to the will of God, Heb 10:5; the "bullock" is mentioned, that being a principal creature used in sacrifice; as also the following, [nor] he goats out of thy folds; the reasons follow…
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Psalms 50:10 Ver. 10. For every beast of the forest [is] mine,.... By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bullocks and he goats; [and the cattle upon a thousand hills; meaning all the cattle in the whole world.…
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Psalms 50:11 Ver. 11. I know all the fowls of the mountains,.... God not only knows them, but takes care of them; not a sparrow fails to the ground without his knowledge, and all the fowls of the air are fed by him, Mt 10:29; and therefore needed not their turtledoves and young pigeons, which were the only fowls used …
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Psalms 50:12 Ver. 12. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee,.... Or "say to thee" {w}; ask for anything for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof; with which, was the former his case, he could satisfy himself; see Ps 24:1. {w} Kl rma al "non dicam tibi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "non dicerem tibi…
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