PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Psalms — Volume 2
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 374,103 words · 397 reading sections
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THE PULPIT COMMENTARY, EDITED BY THE VERY REV. H. D. M. SPENCE, D.D., ORAN Oil' OLO!JC&STER; AND BY THB REV. JOSEPH S. EXELL, M.A. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY TBII VERY REV. F. W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., DEAN OF CANTERBURY. RIGHT REV. H. COTTERILL, D.D., F.R.S.E. VERY REV. PRINCIPAL J. TULLOCH, D.D. REV. CANON G. …
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psRlmie\ '1ill never rclinquiijh hie truet in no doubt (oe Professor Chcyno observes), the Almight)·. I will not fear what flesh "Store them up in thy memory." Aro they oan do unto me. This is the: trne mutyr not in thy book 1 i.e. hast t.hou not cmtioi- spirit. Oimpnre our Lor<l's words, "FeRr pn ted my req urat, l…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 4 10, 11.-Tne expression and the result of faith, "In GoJ I will praise hie word," et~. This is not a vain repetition or a mere poetic burden. Tho meaning is enlarged and strenathened. In ver. 4 that Divine name ia used which speaks of the Almighty Creator,~. God." In ver. 10 this !B repeated, ~~t th…
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garb, flings aside his blunted axe-he is the messenger sent to lead the pardoned offender into the King's presence. "Death I" the Christian may say·1 "grim sentinel nt the gate of immortality; si~e_nt porter at the door of my Father's house; my flesh shudders at thee, but my spmt fears thee not, Jesus has conquered …
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Taking hold of God'e strength, we wax etrong. All that is deepest and truest in 011, hearts co.lie upon us to be bro.ve, and to quit ourselves like men. We are in the way of duty, and are able to say, like the king in the story," Come on, come all; this rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I." The experience of…
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EXPOSITION. PSALM LVII. save me from the reproach of him that would &wallow me up. The two clauses etnnd un- Tms psalm-the "twin psalm" with the connected in the original, which runs, "He lo.st-ho.s also an elaborate "tit!~," which shall send from heaven and save me-my runs thus : "To the precentor (or chief pursu…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-11.-0ne of God's rescues. The Bible is full of records of deliverances, not only deliverances of nations, but rescues of individuals. These things are" written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of tbe Scriptures might have hope" (Rom. xv. 4). We have in this ps…
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EXPOSITION. 16-25; L I-4; Jer. v. 26-29; Micah iii, PSALM LVID. 9-12, etc.). Aud there is no reason for A PSALM of condemnation on nnrightcous rejecting the statement of the "title," that judges. Some suppose the judges to be the psalm was written by David. It may 11uperbume,11 beings, entrusted with the either belon…
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expresses the sntisfaction of the righteous It is obserrnble that DrLVid, personally, at the punishmC'nt of the unjust judges. wus too indulgent, mther th11n too severe, town.nls offenders. Vn 10.-The righteous shall rejoice Ver. 11.-So that a m:m shall say, Verily when he seeth the vengeance. As tho good there is a …
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PSALM LIX. house where David was, with the intent to kill him. Tho reference iJ! clearly to the Lurn Pss. lvi. and Ivii., this is a cry for narrative in 1 So.m. xix. 11-18. And the deliverance out of great peril, wilh o. final psalm itself, when carefully cousidered, will expression of confidence (vers. 16, 17) tho.…
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Ammonitee, Am11lekites, Syri1me, Mesopo• they appear as men--nbueive, slo.nderous, tnmians, eto. Against all of them he in- godlees (,·er. 7). In conclusion, appeal ie \·okes God's aid, and by God's aid he me.de to God against them. He will "hmgh triumphs over a~l. Defend me from th~m them to scorn" (ver. 8); o.nd he i…
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Ver. 11.-Blay them not, lest my people present condition, e.nd repeats ver. 711erbatim. forget; l.e. my true people-faithful Isro.ol. He thus reminds himself of bis exiatinno The pso.lmist'e "firat thou"ht is, tho.t by de.nger; he is still being sought-they a.r; lingering on in life for a. while the wioked still in que…
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EXPOSITION. and occupation of the oountry (2 Sam. viii. PSALM LX. 14; 1 Cbron. xviii. 13). The psalm is IN the case of this psalm, the " title " is written after the great defeat, nnd before again our best guide, both with respect to the fortune of war has turned. God is the author and t.o the occn.sion of the com- p…
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or, rent it, The imagery of nn earthquake "the valley of Succoth" (Gen, xxxiii. 17). le kopt up. Heal the breaches thereof; for God, having assigned the whole land to hie it shaketh. 'fhe po.nio fenr still continued, people (Gen. xiii. 11, 15), "meted it out" Ver. 8.-Thou hast showed thy people through Joshua, his ser…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. V crs. 1-12.-Despondency and its antidote. There are heights and depths in the Divine life. We may pass quickly from the one to the other. When at the height ;if triun ph we may be brought low. When in the depths of despondency we may be raisLd up. This psalm speaks of despondency. We s…
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EXPOSITION. explain it as" God himself" (see Ps. !xii. PSALM LXI. 2, 6, 7). " Let thy grace lead me to thee" Tms short psalm is one of much beauty, (Kay). and was sung dnily at Matins in the earliest Ver. 3.-For thou hast been a Shelter for ages of the Church. It is, however, some- me. In the past thou hast often bee…
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HOMILIES BY V Amous AUTHORS. Vers. 1-8.-The power of pi-ayer in trouble. "My cry." Every one has his own needs. Think how it is this day. In how many lands, by what various voices, with what manifold emotions, the cries of men are uttered l What sighs of pain, what plaints of desire, what passionate prayers for hel…
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EXPOSITION. movell. Comp. ver. 6, where, with still PSALM LXII. greater confidence, the writer declares, "I THIB psalm, like so many, is the cry of an she II not be moved," i.e. not mo-red, or afilicted one-a man of high position, whom shaken in my faith, at all. his enemies seek to destroy, or, if that be not Ver. 3…
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h0re hikes lhfl pince of "sAlvntion" in ver. by his nesisting grace, they have done goocl I, Other1';sc there is no cliff'orence. The works. Go,l who has given Blllvation in the past Ver. 9.-Surely men of low degree nre is the Being from whom it is expected in vanity, e.nd men of high degree o.re e. lie; the future…
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Ver. 6.-Steadfastness. "I shall not be moved." ,ve are sUEccptible to infiurnce. We may be "moved." The word here is not a boast, but an expression of confidence in God. Peter said, in effect, "I shall not be moved," and be was put to shame (Mark xiv. 29, 30). But if we trust in God, then our strength will not fail. We…
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Ver. 1.-0 God, thou nrl my God; or, m!J Ver, 7.-Becauee thou hast been my d.-onr, God (Eli}--my Tower of streugth. help. Goel had already delivered David Early will i aeek thee. The aong woe, out of so many dangers e.nd troubles, that porhnps, composed in the night watches, he felt all the more confidence for th, and p…
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our nature is capable, It is melancholy to think that these eame words may denote the degradation of our nature instead of its glory! The Prophet Isaiah, with holy lndign,1• tion, restrained only by pily from utter scorn, depicts the idol-worshipper falling down hefore his wooden image, and saying, "Deliver me, for …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-11.-Soul-tliirst. "\Ve may imagine the psalmist in the wilderness. It is night. He stands at his tent door. The light of moon and stars falls on a sandy waste stretching into dimness and mystery. He is lonely and sad. The emptiness of al'. around and the memory of better times bree…
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PSALM LXIV. :Ver. 5.-The:,enoourage themaelve■ in an evil matter; or, fo an evil acheme-the plan AT a time of great danger from domestic of_ ~airing David unpopular, o.nd then enemies, who threaten insurrection (ver. 2), raising the st.aud,1rd of open revolt o.gaiust the psalmist first complnins to God, and him (2 …
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 3.-" Bitter words." Of the ten commandments, two are directed against sins of speech-one against profane words concerning God; the other against slanderous words concerning our neighbours. No sins are apt to be thought more lightly of than sins of the tongue; yet no sins are more severely and constant…
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Vers. 1-10.-Danger and faith. The psalm was probably written by David at the court of Saul. I. DANGER. (Vers. 2-G.) 1. To character. From slander. 2. To life. (Ver. I.) From secret plot;; and conspiracies. II. FAITH IN GoD. 1. Expressed in pr,1yer for protection. 2. That God will destroy the plots of hi6 enemies. (Ve…
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capable of snhluing nn i taming it, Hence 6; xxxviii. 26-28; Ps, oxlvil, 18; Jor. v. 24; the ndrnir:1tic>n cxcilC'd by our Lord's Mntt. v. 45). Thou greatly enrioheat it with mimclc (J\fatt. Yiii. 26, 27). Th& noise of the river of God. Thero is no "with" in their waves (C'Omps l1.1a. xvii. 12). And the the original; a…
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(there are many unconscious) between the seen and the unseen worlds. A prayerless life is a godless life-sbnt up, imprisoned in the narrow sphere of" things seen" a.n<l temporal. A prayerful life tr11nscencb these barriers, takes hold on "things unseen" and ctcrnl\l; wo.lks with God; endures as seeing him who is invis…
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Yer. 11.-The lessons of harvest. "Thou crownest the year," etc. Men see what t)icy ha"e eyes to see. The fai:mer_ looks on the field of golden grain, ripe for the ~1ckle, and sees the rewnrd of his toil and rat.urn for his capital. The painter sees a gloriou~ su bje~t for a pictur~ .. The econon~ist thinks <'f price…
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"Waiting" expresses quiet confidence, It is both "praise" and "prayer." 2. With assured hope in God's mercy. Sin meets us when we come before God. It fills our henrts with shame and apprehension. But when we look to Christ we are comforted. In him we hove redemption nnd the forgiveness of sine. It ie as sinners pard…
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Vers. 1-13.-Rcasons for praising God. "Can hardly doubt that this psalm was composed on the occasion of an abundant harvest, a.ad was intended to be sung as a hymn of thanksgiving by the whole congregation gathered before God in Zion." God is praised under three aspects. I. A£, THE Gon OF THE CmrncH. (Vers. 1-5.) "Who…
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ye lands; liter11,lly, all tl1e earth-an invite.- the psalm. The people are called upon to tion to the wholo world to join in the joy praise God for o. recent deliverance from a or Ierncl, wherein they too ore inter~steu long period of sovere affliction and oppression (comp. Pe. lxv. 2, 5). . Ver. 2.-Slng forth the ho…
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burnt offerings; I will pay thee my VOWI, Ver, 16.-Come and hear, a.11 ye that rear In tlic old world the strict performe.uce of God. Tho Bddrcss is scarcely to e.ll the.t vows WRB nlwnvs held to be one of the mnin he.vo Bny sense of religion anywhere, as obligntione of ·religion. A vow W68 of the Professor Cheyne s…
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fear, argues rather clodlike insensibility than childlike confidenco. Hence in so many pnssnges, "the fear of the Lord" stands for the whole of true piety. The word here (vers. 8, 6) translated "terrible," and in very many other passages, is elsewhere rendered" reverend," or" to be had in reverence" (Pss. cxi. 9; lxxxi…
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confllBion and misrule, where we see only the working of human passion. Dehiud all is the hand of God. So it is still. Our Lord said, "My Fat.her worketh hitherto." If men ev<'rywhere were brought to this faith, that this is not a forsaken aud fatherless world, but a world under the benign 111le of God, they would b…
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Vera. 1-4.-Worship. The psalm would seem to have been composed on the occasion of some special deliverance; but the expressions used are too general to indicate the time or the occasion of its being written. I. THE WORSHIP OF GOD SHOULD DE JOYFUL AND FERVENT AS WELL AS SOLEMN, (Ver. 1.) Love and reverence are tlie per…
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IlOl\lILETICS. Vera. 1, 2.-" God be merciful," etc. No wonder this beautiful little psalm has been enshrined so prominently in the worship of the Christian Church. Its most remarkable character is its worlcl-wicle breadth of sympathy, hope, and prayer. It is like 11, beam from the unrisen sun of Christianity. The more…
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EXPOSITION. they marched to the trial of tire in the PSALM LXVIIL Piazza. of Florence. While some critics Tms psalm is one of triumphant praise assign it to the post-Captivity period and jubilation, the crown nnd gem of tLe (Ewald. Cheyne), the greater number, and Second Book. Professor Cheyne calls it tho moot acute…
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touch only rertain features of il And first, initiating the period of strife (oomp. Blmkos- the scene at SiTilli. peare's "Cry havock, and let slip the doge Ver. 8.-The earth shook, the heavens of war I"). Great wns the company of those al10 dropped, at the presence of God ( see that published it; literally, great w…
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thought ia not Dashan, but Mount Zion; Ver. 20.-He tlio.t is our God is the God and what he is nbout to celebrate is J ehovah'e of salvation; rather, God is to u~ a God choice of Mount Zion for his dwelling-place, of sa~ing deeds (Ko.y), or of deliverances nncl hie establishment on H. But he prefers (Revised Version): …
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Y ('r. 24.-They have seen thy goings, O Ethiopia sh111l hasten to bow down; nil lho God; t'.e. men hn"e se<Jn-friende Rnd foce kingdoms of the earth shall ultimately•• sing Rlikc-<"ren the goings of my God, my pr1tises unto the Lord." Israel and the God King. in the so.notuary. God ie at once h0th IsrRol's Gnd And …
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 3, 4.-Joy in God. "Let the righteous be glad," etc. The Bible, like human life, has its dark as well as bright side. Rather say, shows human life thus double- sided-half in light of happiness, knowledge, goodness; half in night of weeping. And as the earth in her path round the sun makes her own nigh…
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Ver. 9.-" .A plentiful rain." Closely rendered, "A rain of free bounty didst thou shed forth, 0 God l Thine inheritance, when weary, thou strengthenedst it." In the poetic Hebrew phrase, the land suffering from drought is said to be "weary;" a.s if exhausted and thirsting for the rain. If the reference here (as comm…
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HOMILIES IlY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1-35.-The adc and Christ. It is said that" the testimony of [or, 'con- cerning'] Jesus is the spirit of prophecy" (Rev. xix. 10). This is specially true of this psalm. It might be called a song of the ark. As Moses spake of the setting forward and resting of the ark (Numb. x. 35, 36…
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Ver. 9.-These words may be taken as symbolizing Gocl's love-gifts eo his people. What be did to Israel in the wilderness, be will do to his Church to the end of the world. He is the great Sender, the Giver of every good and perfect gift, and ever- more the thought of bis love e.wakene gratitude and praise. His gifts…
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Yers. 1-6.-The subject of this grand hymn is the entry of God into his sanctuary on Zion. "These introductory verses contain the praise of God as the Almighty Destro_Hr of the wicked and the Deliverer of the just, and the exhortation to praise him as the Helper of all the miserable." J. Goo SOMETIMES SEEMS TO SIT I…
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curmies" wrongfully." And the enme may hypocrisy. Sha.me h11.th covered my !11.ce. be said of Absalom nnd Ahithophel. Then I have been me.de to feel shame at the I restored thnt whioh I took not away. Dr. chnrges which have been hrougbt against Kay supposes Da.vid's quasi-abdication of me (see 2 Sam. xv. 3; xvi. 7, 8).…
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nnd the immcdiulc need is relief. He ther,'• eight. Thou beholdcst their ineolence nm\ fore eppronchcs God in whRt ho hopes is audacitr. "RD ecc,eptable time" (ver. 13), and humbly Ver. 20.-lleproaoh hath broken my heart. entrente for mercy (vere. 14-18). (comp. vers. 7, 9, 19). Some of his enemies' rcpronches were…
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before them, U is not very clenr how their grave (comp. Exo I. xxxii. 32; Pd. lxnvi. tuble wns lo eneno.ro them : perhaps by 6; Ezek. xiii. !I; Dan. xii. I). From this enoouro.ging them to gluttony and sensuous- list, na from any rr,gister of earthly citizen- ness, o.nd bringing upon them the diseRses ship, the name…
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HOMILIES DY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-13.-The psalmist in three aspects. I. As A MAN TO BE PITIED. The sufferings described are many and great. They threatened to be overwhelming. With- out, there was no escape; within, there was no peace. Crying for help brought no rescue, and waiting upon God brought no deliveranc…
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"We live by admiration, faith, and hope, And ever as these are well and wisely fued, In dignity of being we o.scend." (Wordsworth.) It is in Christ tbn.t we find our true lire and our highest blessedness (cf. Demas and Paul, 2 Tim. iv. 10; 2 Cor. vi. 11; 1 John iii. 1).-W. F. !i8 THE BOOK OF PSALMS. [1'8, LXX, 1-…
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HOMJLJES BY VARIOUS AUTHOP.S. Vcrs. 1-5.-" Help I" This is the cry of many. By sea and land, in times of peril, this call is made. '!'hat gun "booming loud" is the signal of a ohip in distresR. Tl,at flag held up from the boat is a siltnt appeal. That cry, rising loud and shrill, above the turmoil of storm, tells of…
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Yer. 1.-In thee, 0 Lord, do I put my nel\r to tlrn natural term of h um,m Ii fe, nnd trust : let me never be put to confusion; alrea<ly felt the infirmities of old ngo 01·ccp- rnlher, ae iu Ps. xxxi. 1, "lot me never ing upou him. This note c>f dato suits hP ashamed;" or, let me net-er be put to better the lime of Adon…
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sho.11 not only bo said, but sung, nnd nccom- to every one that h to come. The p'almist paniod with the melody of music (ver. 22). calls on God to sustain him in bis old age, Hie lips nnd soul shnll both rejoice together not for his own sake, but that he may im- press on the rising generation God's might (ver. 23); an…
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which sremed to a pious Israelite an integral part of truo religion have waxed old and vanished awa~. Dut." the Vv ord of th~ Lord abidct_h for ever:" Faith, hope, love, lmrnd on Gods promises,_ are th_e same m. all a.ges-m ,vatts or ,vesley, Calvin or Luthrr, Paul or John, as m David and Ismah. Across that wide gul…
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HOMILIES BY V.ARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1-21.-Godly old aue, Solomon has said, "The beauty of old men is the grey head" (Prov. xx. 29), But he tells also of a nobler beauty, "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness" (Prov, xvi. 31). Old men are few, but godly old men are fewer stil…
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V ers. 14-24.-Persistent lwpe and increasing praise. Upon these the psalmist resolves in this second half of the psalm. Let us distinguish the topics of his hope and praise. I. GoD's WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE INNUMERABLE. (Ver. 15.) They cannot be reckoned up. .A.II his works are right, both in nature and towards …
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eerly in Solomon's roign for liturgice.l pur- upon the mown grass; i.e. softly and gently, poses, It is 11, prophetio proyer for o. bless- bringing refreshment (comp. Dent. xxxii. ing on the king end on his reign, which is 2; Isa. lv. 10, 11; and perhaps 2 Sam. xxiii. 4). As showers that water the earth. ropresenled i…
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Ver. ll.-Yea, all kings shall fall dowu over Pnlestine, e.s appeitl'8 by the remnine before him : all nations shall serve him of terraces. The fruit thereof shall shake (comp. Isa. xlix. 7, 23; lx. 8-14). This like Lebanon. Oanr>n Cook's seems te be the prophe<'y be.s not yet been fulfilled in the best oxposition: "…
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Rev!sed Version); but the sense is governed by the other two passages (so Gen. xx_v1. 4 compared with xxviii. 14). As we are said to wa.ih ourselves in water, though it 1s the water that cleanses; or to feed ourselves, though it is the food that nourishes; or to re.it ourselves, though it is the resting-place which …
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