Bible Commentary

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 2. thou hearest not ] R.V., thou answerest not. and am not silent ] Better as R.V. marg., but find no rest: no answer comes to bring me respite. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:2”

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? 1. The expostulation of astonishment and perplexity, not a demand for explanation. Faith and despair are wrestling in the Psalmist’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 22:1”

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power. 13. The congregation’s concluding prayer (as in Psa 20:9), returning to the thought of Psa 21:1. Jehovah is exalted when He manifests His strength (Psa 7:6; Psa 46:10; Psa 57:5; Psa 57:11). R.V., in thy strength, for in thine … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:13”

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back – Margin, Thou shalt set them as a butt. The word back also is rendered in the margin shoulder. The word translated therefore means … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:12”

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. 11, 12. Though they threaten thee with evil, Though they devise a mischievous plan, they shall avail naught, For thou shalt make them turn their backs, Aiming with thy bowstrings against their faces. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:11”

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 10. Even their posterity shall be utterly destroyed. Cp. Psa 9:5; Psa 37:28. Fruit = children, ‘the fruit of the womb’ (Lam 2:20). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Their fruit – Their offspring; their children; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:10”

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven ] R.V., as a fiery furnace. The comparison is condensed, and inexact in form; but the sense … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:9”

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 8. shall find out ] Reach them and get them into thy power (1Sa 23:17). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 8 12. The king, who must be supposed to be present, is now addressed. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:8”

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 7. The grounds of this blessing: on the king’s side, trust; on God’s side, lovingkindness (Psa 18:50). This verse forms the transition to the second division of the Psalm. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:7”

For thou hast made him most blessed forever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 6. R.V. For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. Lit. thou makest him blessings, the possessor and the medium of blessing. Cp. Gen 12:2. The victory is a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 21:6”