The Book of Psalms; A New Translation, with Introductions and Notes, Explanatory and Critical, Vol. I
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The first of a two-volume commentary set on the book of Psalms, this volume thoroughly introduces them with over 100 pages of background history, theological information, and a charting of the usage of the Psalms throughout the Church. Psalms 1–72 are then analyzed in detail, with thorough notes.
Top Highlights
“This feeling of confidence is expressed in three different ways: first, ‘I cannot (or, shall not) want;’ next, ‘I will fear no evil;’ lastly, ‘I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.’” (Page 257)
“This Psalm breathes throughout a spirit of the calmest and most assured trust in God: it speaks of a peace so deep, a serenity so profound, that even the thought of the shadow of death cannot trouble it.” (Page 257)
“‘The blessedness or ‘happiness’ (plur.) of the man.’” (Page 109)
“Thus we have, first, three degrees of habit in the verbs ‘walked,’ ‘stood,’ ‘sat;’—next, three degrees of evil in the character: the ‘wicked,’ described as the passionate, or restless (cf. Is. 57:20, Job 3:17); or perhaps, simply, as the unrighteous, the false; ‘the sinners,’ as the active, habitual doers of iniquity (from the intensive Piel form of the verb, Gen. 13:13); ‘the scorners’ (Prov. 21:24), who make an open scoff, and blaspheme: lastly, three degrees of openness in the evil doing, the ‘counsel’ referring, apparently, to hidden designs (cf. Job 21:16, 22:18; Jer. 7:24); ‘the way’ to public life; ‘the seat’ (so the LXX., as in 1 Sam. 20:18, 25), or perhaps, ‘assembly’ (so the Syr., as 107:32, Jer. 15:17), consessus, to a deliberate confederacy in wickedness.” (Page 109)
“Apart from Him the universe is void and waste; He gives it its life and meaning.” (Page 153)