blood ore not olsowbere mentioned in protect nnd save), tl1crefore I shall not be Boripture, ond there is very little evidence moved. Nothing will she.ke me or disturb of their having been offered by ony of the me from my trust e.nd confidence. heathen nations, though it is conjectured Ver. 9.-Therefore my heart is glad, and the.t they may he.ve been employed in the my glory rejoiceth. The thought of God's worship of Moloch. It is therefore beet to continue.I presence e.t hie right hand cansea exple.in the expression, e.s bore used, David's " heart" to be "glad," and his mctaphorice.lly, oe drink offerings as hate- "glory "-i.e. hie soul, or spirit (Gen. xlix. ful as if they he.d been of blood (comp. 6),man'strue glory-to rejoice. My flesh also lea. !xvi. 3). Nor take i:.p their names into shall rest in hope. His "flesh "-his my lips. By "their names" we must corporeal nature, united clcsely with his understand the names which they used- "heart" and" spirit "-rests, and will rest, those by which they called their gods. The secure, confident that God will 'lliatch over Law forbade the mention of these no.mes by it and make the "IYhole complex man- Israelites (Exotl. xxiii. 13; Deut. xii. 3). b~dy, soul, and spirit-to" dwell in so.fcty" Ver. 5.-The Lord is the Portion of mine (Ps. iv. 8). inheritance. God had said to Aaron, when Ver. 10.-P'or thou wilt not leave my he gave him no specie.I inheritance in soul in hell; literally, to 8/ieol, or "to Canoe.n, "I am thy Po.rt and thine Inherit- He.dee." '.rhe confidence in a future life ance among the children of Isre.el" (Numb. shown here is beyond tho.t exhibited by xviii. 20). DRvid claims the so.me privilege. Job. Job hopes that he may not e.lwe.y~ God is hie "Portion," e.nd he needs no remain in He.dee, but may one de.y experi- other. And of my oup. A man's "cup" is, ence a "change" or "renewal" (Job xiv. in Scripture, his lot or condition in life 14); De.vid is eerie.in that his soul will not (Pas. :x.i. 6; xxiii. 5)-the.t which is given be left in hell. Hell (oheo!) is to him e.n him to drink. Da,id will have God only "intermediate ate.le," through which o man for his cup. Thou miuntainest my lot; i.e. passes between hie life in this world ond thou mokcst it firm e.nd sure (comp. Ps. his fine.I condition in some bleat oboclc. xxx. 6, "In my prosperity I said, I shall Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to never be moved"). see corruption. The present Hebrew text Ver. 6.-The lines are fallen unto me in has "'J'1'un, "thy holy ones," i.e. thy saints pleasant places. The "lines" which generally; but the majority of the manu- marked out the pie.co of hie abode (comp. scripts, all the ancient versions, o.nd even Deut. xxxii. 9; Jos!J. xvii. 5). These he.d the Hebrew revised text (the Ken) hovo fallen to him "in pleasant places "-in the word in the singular num!Jer, thus Jerusalom onrl its nce.r vicinity. Yea, I agreeing with Acts ii. 27, 31; xiii. 35, which have a goodly heritage. Some exple.in give us the tro.nslotion, -rlw 3u,6v uou, e.nd "heritage" here by the "inheritonre" of declare the psalmist to ho.ve spoken d8tcr- ver. 5. But the word used is different; and minutely of Christ. Certainly he wouhl not it is most natural to underato.nd Dovid'e hove spoken of himself a.a "Gocl's hol.v earthly heritage, or lot in life. This, he one," The tronslo.tiou of shtichath (ni:i:t) snys, is "pico.sing•• or "delightsome" to by "corruption" ho.s been que~tioned, ond hiru. it hos been rendered "the pit," or "the Ver. 7.-I will bless the Lord, who hath grove,'' but quite gr~tuitously. Tbo LXX. given me counsel. God ho.a become David's hove li1a.<1>8opa.v as the equivl\lcnt; and the "Coun~ollor" (see Ps. xxxii. 8), mokes ro.bbinical commentators, giving it tbo suggestions to him which he follows, and so so.me meaning, but expouncling it of David, guides his life that he feels bound to pro.iso invented the myth ttmt David's brnly was and bless him for it. My reins e.lso instruct miro.eulouely preserved from corruption. me in the night seasons. The reins, nccord- Ver. 11.-Thou wilt show ms the path of ing to Hebrew ideo.a, a.re the eeo.t of feeling life; i.e. the path which lencls to tho Sourco ond emotion. De.vid is "instructed" or e.nd Centro of nll lifo, oven God himself-the "stimuloted" (Hengetenberg) to bless God we.y to heaven, in contrast with corruplion by the feelings which stir within him as he and Sheol. In thy presence is fulness of lies awake nt night-feelings, we must joy; literally, Baliety of joy-enough, e.ua. suppose, of affection o.nd gratitude. more than enough to satisfy tho cxlremest Ver. 8.-I he.ve set the Lord always craviugs of the lnunon hcnrt. At thy right before me. I he.ve bi,rnght myself, the.t is, band; mthor, in 4hy right hand-ready for to realize the contin·~e.l presence of God, bestowal on th1 saints. Aro pleasures for 11like in happineBB e.nd in trouble. I feel evermore. Au tnexho.ustible store, which him to be ever with me. Beoause he is at mny be drawn 11pon fo1 ever. (117 right hand (i.~. ciDee io me, reo.dy to
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