A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...of 'Elyon he cannot be moved. Thine hand will find all thine enemies, Thy right hand find all those hating thee; Thou wilt put them in a furnace of fire, In the time (of the setting) of thy face (against them). Yahweh will swallow them up in His anger, And the fire (of His rage) will devour them; Their offspring thou wilt destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the sons of men. Though they have extended evil unto thee, Thought an evil device, they shall not prevail; For thou wilt make them turn their shoulder in flight, With thy bowstrings thou wilt aim against their faces. Be Thou exalted, Yahweh, in Thy strength; We will sing and we will praise Thy might. Ps. 21 was in B, then in fH and Bft (v. Intr. 27, 31, 33). It is a royal Ps. like the 20th and its complement: the former a litany before a battle, the latter a Te Deum after a victory. It was therefore probably composed for the same occasion. That which was the theme of the petition was afterward the theme of the thanksgiving. As Ps. 20 it has two parts: one of thanksgiving made during sacrifice, one of certitude after the sacrifice; each with its chorus. Some have thought of a Coronation Ps. because of the reference to the crowning v4. But it is not necessary to think of that coronation as connected with the thanksgiving; we may suppose that it was at an earlier date, as was the request that follows it. It was only natural that the poet should go back to the coronation, a previous experience of blessing on the part of the king, as a prelude to the additional blessing of victory now enjoyed. Part I. has six couplets, all syn. except v. 5, which is synth.--2. In Thy strength', God's, exerted against the enemy in defeating them, and for the king, in giving him the...