Bible Commentary

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. 5. Lead me &c.] R.V., Guide me in thy truth: not, as at first sight would seem to be the meaning, into a fuller knowledge of revealed truth. Jehovah’s truth, so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 25:5”

Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 4. Shew me thy ways ] Lit. make me to know thy ways: the prayer of Moses in a moment of perplexity (Exo 33:13). Cp. Psa 27:11. God’s ‘ways’ and ‘paths are the purposes and methods of His Providence; or more specifically, the course of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 25:4”

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 3. Render with R.V. Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: They shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause. The words are not a prayer, but the expression of a conviction corresponding to and justifying … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 25:3”

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 2. This verse should begin with the letter Beth in the word for in thee. It has been suggested that the first word O my God was disregarded in the alphabetic arrangement; but it is more … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 25:2”

[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 1. He who may approach Jehovah’s sanctuary must be one ‘who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity’ (Psa 24:4). Jehovah, and Jehovah alone, is the subject of his desires, his aspirations, his prayers. Cp. Psa 86:3; Psa 143:8; Lam … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 25:1”

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah. 10. The Lord of hosts ] The climax is reached. He claims to enter, not merely as a victorious warrior, but as the Sovereign of the Universe. The great title Jehovah Tsebth or Lord of hosts, which was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 24:10”

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 9. even lift &c.] Yea, lift them up that the King of glory may come in. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 9, 10. Challenge and response are repeated, with some … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 24:9”

Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 8. Who is the King of glory? may be merely a rhetorical question; but it is far more poetical to suppose that the gates, or the warders, are represented as challenging the comer’s right to enter. The choir’s response … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 24:8”

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 7. Lift up your heads ] As though they were too low and mean for the entrance of “the high and lofty one” who comes, and in token that all resistance is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 24:7”

This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 6. generation ] i.e. class, as in Psa 12:7; Psa 14:5; Psa 73:15. that seek him ] R.V., that seek after him. Two words for seek are used in this verse. Both may be used of the outward act … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 24:6”