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David complains of his troubles, and begs help from God, ver. 1 - 21.
Foretells the judgments of God upon his persecutors, ver. 22 - 29.
Concludes with praise and thanksgiving, ver. 30 - 36.
In all this David was a type of Christ, and several passages of
this psalm are applied to him in the New Testament. So that, like the
22d psalm, it begins with the humiliation, and ends with the exaltation
of Christ.
To the chief musician upon Shofhannim, a psalm of David.
1: Waters - Tribulations.
4: I restored - For peace sake.
5: My sins - But O Lord, although I have been innocent to mine
enemies, I am guilty of many sins and follies against thee.
6: For my sake - Because of my sad disappointments. For if they see
me forsaken, they will be discouraged by this example.
7: For thy sake - For my obedience to thy commands, and zeal for thy
glory.
9: Zeal - That fervent love which I have for thy house and service,
and glory, and people. Eaten - Exhausted my spirits. Upon me - I have
been as deeply affected with thy reproaches, as with mine own. This tho'
truly belonging to David, yet was also directed by the spirit of God in
him, to represent the disposition and condition of Christ, in whom it
was more fully accomplished, to whom therefore it is applied in the New
Testament, the first part of it, (Joh 2:17), and the latter,(Ro 15:3).
10: Wept - For their impiety. Reproach - They derided me for it.
11: Proverb - A proverb of reproach.
12: That sit - Vain and idle persons, that spend their time in the
gates and markets.
13: In the truth - Or, According to thy saving truth,
or faithfulness; grant me that salvation, which thou hast
graciously promised.
21: Gall - Instead of giving me that comfort which my condition
required, they added to my afflictions. Vinegar - These things were
metaphorically fulfilled in David, but properly in Christ, the
description of whose sufferings was principally intended here by the
Holy Ghost.
22: Their table - And this punishment in their table, exactly
answers their sin, in giving Christ gall for his meat, ver.(21).
A snare - Their table or meat, which is set before them, shall become
a snare: the occasion of their destruction.
23: Eyes - Not the eyes of their bodies, but of their minds: as they
that shut their eyes and will not see, so they shall be judicially blinded.
To shake - To take away their strength.
26: For - Which is an act of barbarous cruelty. Talk - Reproaching
them, and triumphing in their calamities.
27: Wilt add - Give them up to their own lusts.
Not let them - Partake of thy righteousness, or of thy mercy and goodness.
28: Living - Of eternal life.
29: On high - Out of the reach of mine enemies.
31: This - This hearty sacrifice of praise, is more grateful to God,
than the most glorious legal sacrifices. Hath horns - That is both tender
and mature, as it is when the horns bud forth, and the hoofs grow hard.
32: The humble - Those pious persons who are grieved for their
calamities, will heartily rejoice in my deliverance. Live - Or, be
revived, which were dejected, and in a manner dead with sorrow.
33: Prisoners - Those who are in prison or affliction for his sake.
35: Sion - His church and people. They - His servants, as is
explained in the following verse. There - In the literal Canaan
for a long time, in the heavenly Canaan for ever.
