Bible Commentary

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am]. 4. His prayer is not that he may know how much of life is left him; as the P.B.V. that I may be certified how long I have to live, paraphrasing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 39:4”

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spoke I with my tongue, 3. burned ] Better, as R.V. from Coverdale and P.B.V., kindled. The smouldering fire of passion within could no longer be restrained from bursting into a flame of words. Comp. (though the cause was different) Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 39:3”

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 2. silence ] The word carries with it the idea of mute submission. Cp. Psa 62:1; Psa 37:7; Lam 3:26. even from good ] I kept absolute silence, speaking neither good nor bad (Gen 31:24). Less probably as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 39:2”

To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 1. I said ] To myself: I resolved, as the result of self-communing. Cp. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 39:1”

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. 22. Make haste &c.] Cp. Psa 22:19; Psa 40:13. O Lord my salvation ] Cp. Psa 62:2; Psa 51:14. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Make haste to help me – Margin, as in Hebrew: for my help. This is an earnest prayer that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:22”

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 21. Cp. Psa 22:1; Psa 10:1. “The light has not yet dawned upon the darkness of God’s wrath. Fides supplex is not yet transformed into fides triumphans. But the difference between Cain’s repentance and David’s repentance is shewn in the concluding words. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:21”

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is]. 20. Yea, and rewarding evil for good They are adversaries unto me, for my following of good. Not, in return for my pursuit of good in general, but, in return for the good I have striven to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:20”

But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 19. mine enemies are lively ] He contrasts their vigour with his own weakness. But the expression is somewhat strange; and a comparison of Psa 35:19 suggests that we should read without cause, corresponding to wrongfully in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:19”

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 18. For &c.] Sin, he confesses, is the cause of that suffering. I will be sorry ] Or, I will be troubled. Jer. sollicitus ero: Psa 5:1. contristabor. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For I will declare mine iniquity … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:18”

For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me. 17. For &c.] A further argument for a speedy hearing. For the metaphor cp. Psa 35:15. my sorrow &c.] I.e. my suffering is unceasingly present with me. Cp. Psa 51:3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For I am ready … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:17”