1The Psalmist praiseth God for his covenanted mercies to David: 5for his mighty power, and moral perfections: 15for his care of his people: 19for his promised favour to the kingdom of David: 38then complaining of contrary events, 46he expostulateth, prayeth, and in the end blesseth God.
01Maschil of aEthan the Ezrahite.
1Or, A psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite, to give instruction. Ps. 32, title.
a 1Ki. 4.31. 1Ch. 6.44; 25.3; 2.6.
1I WILL bsing of the cmercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness 2to all generations.
2Heb. to generation and generation. v.4.
b Ps. 101.1; 86.12,13; 22.22,25; 40.9,10; 145.2,21; 71.8-24. Ep. 2.4-7. c Is. 55.3.
2For I have said, dMercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
d Ne. 1.5. Da. 9.5. Ps. 103.17; 23.6; 36.5; 119.89,90. Ro. 5.21. Nu. 23.19. He. 6.18.
3I ehave made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto fDavid my servant,
e 2Sa. 7.8-16. Ps. 40.6,8. Is. 53.10-12; 42.6,7; 49.6,8. Mat. 3.15. Lu. 24.26. 1Ch. 17.7-14. f 1Sa. 16.13. Eze. 34.23,24. Ho. 3.5. Is. 49.3. Phi. 2.7,8.
4Thy gseed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
g v.29,36. 2Sa. 7.16. Ps. 22.30,31. Is. 53.10-12. He. 2.13. Lu. 1.32,33. Phi. 2.7-11.
5And the hheavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
h Ps. 19.1; 47.5-7; 50.6. Re. 5.9-14; 7.10-12. Lu. 2.14. Job 5.1.
6For iwho in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among jthe sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
i Ps. 35.10; 71.19; 73.25; 86.6; 113.5. Ex. 15.11. j Ps. 29.1.
7kGod is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
k Ps. 76.11,12. Phi. 2.10,11. Re. 15.3,4.
8O LORD God of hosts, lwho is a strong LORD mlike unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
l v.6. Ps. 147.5. Je. 32.17. La. 3.23. Nu. 23.19. 1Sa. 2.2; 15.29. Tit. 1.2. m Ex. 15.11. Ps. 35.10.
9Thou nrulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
n Job 38.11. Mar. 4.39,41. Ps. 29.10; 65.7; 66.6; 93.3,4; 107.25,29. Mat. 8.26; 14.32. Na. 1.4.
10Thou ohast broken 3Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies 4with thy strong arm.
3Or, Egypt. Ps. 87.4.
4Heb. with the arm of thy strength.
o Ex. 7-15. Is. 51.9. Ps. 78.43-53; 105.27-36.
11The pheavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast qfounded them.
p Ge. 1.1; 2.1. Ps. 24.1,2; 50.12. 1Ch. 29.11. q Ps. 104.5.
12The rnorth and the south thou hast created them: sTabor and Hermon shall trejoice in thy name.
r Job 26.7. s Ju. 4.6,12. De. 3.8,9. Jos. 12.1; 19.12. t Ps. 65.12,13. Is. 35.2.
13Thou hast 5a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
5Heb. an arm with might. Ge. 17.1; 18.14. Da. 4.34,35.
14uJustice and judgment are the 6habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall vgo before thy face.
6Or, establishment. Is. 16.5. Pr. 16.12.
u Ps. 97.2; 45.6,7. Je. 12.1. De. 32.4. v Ps. 85.10,13; 61.7. Mi. 7.20.
15Blessed is the people that know the wjoyful sound: xthey shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
w Nu. 10.5,6,10. Le. 23.24; 25.9. 1Th. 1.5; 2.13. Tit. 2.11-14. Ro. 1.16; 10.18. Ps. 98.6. x Is. 2.5. Ps. 80.3,7,19. Nu. 6.26.
16In ythy name shall they rejoice all the day: and zin thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
y Ps. 20.5,7; 44.4-8. 2Co. 2.14. Lu. 1.47. Phi. 4.4. z 1Co. 1.30. Ro. 3.24-26; 5.1-5,15-21. 2Co. 5.21. Ep. 2.4-7.
17For athou art the glory of their strength: and bin thy favour our *horn shall be exalted.
*horn-symbol of strength and power.
a Ps. 28.8. Phi. 4.13. Zec. 10.12. b v.24. Is. 63.7. Ro. 5.21. Ps. 132.17. 1Sa. 2.1.
18cFor 7the LORD is our defence; and dthe Holy One of Israel is our king.
7Or, our shield is of the LORD, and our king is of the Holy One of Israel. Ps. 47.9. Is. 9.6,7.
c De. 33.27-29. Ps. 74.11,12. Is. 33.22. d Ps. 71.22.
19Then ethou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, fI have laid help upon one that is gmighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
e 2Sa. 7.17. f Is. 9.6; 42.1. He. 7.25; 2.11-18. Ac. 3.22. Ps. 21.5. g 2Sa. 17.10.
20I hhave found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
h 1Sa. 16.1,12,13. 1Pe. 1.20. Pr. 8.23. Je. 30.21. Is. 61.1-3. Ps. 45.7. Jn. 3.34. Ac. 13.22.
21iWith whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
i Ps. 18.32,39; 28.8; 80.17. Is. 42.1; 49.8.
22The jenemy shall not exact upon him; knor the son of wickedness afflict him.
j 2Sa. 7.8-16. Mat. 4.1-10. He. 2.14. Jn. 14.30. k 2Sa. 15-20. 2Th. 2.3,8. Re. 11-20.
23And lI will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
l 2Sa. 3.1; 5; 8; 10; 18; 20. Ps. 110.1,5,6. Re. 6; 8; 9; 14-20.
24But mmy faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: nand in my name shall his *horn be exalted.
*horn-symbol of strength and power.
m Ps. 61.7. v.28,33. n Ps. 21.3-7; 132.17,18. Jn. 17.2. v.17.
25I owill set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
o 2Sa. 5; 8; 10. Ps. 72.8,11; 22.27-31; 66.4. Is. 49.12; 54.5.
26He pshall cry unto me, Thou art qmy father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
p Mat. 26.39,42. Ps. 22.1,2. He. 5.7. Is. 42.1; 49.8; 50.7,9. q 2Sa. 7.14.
27Also I will make him my rfirstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
r He. 1.2,6. Ro. 8.29. Col. 1.15,16,18. Nu. 24.7. Re. 19.16; 21.24. Ps. 2.7.
28My smercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
s 2Sa. 7.15; 23.5. Is. 55.3; 54.10. Je. 33.20,21.
29His tseed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
t v.4,36. Is. 44.5,6; 59.21; 9.7. Ps. 45.6. Da. 2.44. Lu. 1.33. Je. 33.20,21; 17; 31.35,36. De. 11.21.
30If uhis children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
u Je. 9.13-16. 2Sa. 7.14. Am. 3.2.
31If they 8break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
8Heb. profane my statutes.
32Then vwill I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
v 2Sa. 7.14. He. 12.6-11. Is. 27.9. Am. 3.2. Re. 3.19. Ps. 94.12.
33Nevertheless wmy lovingkindness 9will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness 10to fail.
9Heb. I will not make void from him.
10Heb. to lie.
w La. 3.31,32. 2Sa. 7.15. Is. 54.8-10. He. 6.18. Ro. 8.35-39.
34My xcovenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
x Je. 33.20. Mal. 3.6. Ja. 1.17. Ro. 11.29. 2Sa. 23.5.
35Once yhave I sworn zby my holiness that 11I will not lie unto David.
11Heb. if I lie.
y He. 6.17,18. Ps. 110.4. v.4. z Am. 4.2; 8.7. Ps. 60.6.
36His aseed shall endure for ever, and his throne bas the sun before me.
a 2Sa. 7.16. Ps. 22.30; 102.28; 72.16,17. Lu. 1.33. Jn. 12.34. b Ps. 72.5.
37It cshall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful dwitness in heaven. Selah.
c Je. 31.35,36; 33.20-22. Ge. 9.13. d Job 16.19.
38But ethou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been *wroth with thine anointed.
*wroth-angry.
e 1Ch. 28.9. Ho. 9.17. Job 30.1. Is. 53.2-10. 2Sa. 15-20. 1Ki. 12; 14. 2Ch. 21; 28. Zec. 13.7. Ac. 14.22. Re. 6.4,11; 12.4,17. Ps. 44.9-22.
39Thou fhast made void the covenant of thy servant: gthou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
f 1Ki. 12. 2Sa. 15; 7.16. v.4,29,36. La. 5.16. g Ps. 74.7.
40Thou hhast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
h Ps. 80.12; 78.61,62. Is. 5.5,6. Ac. 2.23; 4.27,28; 8.1-4; 9.5.
41iAll that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
i Ps. 80.12; 44.9-14. 2Ch. 10; 12; 21; 28; 32; 33; 36. De. 28.25-51. Le. 26.15-39. Re. 6; 8-13. 2Th. 2.3-12.
42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44Thou jhast made his 12glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
12Heb. brightness.
j 2Sa. 15. 2Ch. 10. Is. 53.1-10. Mat. 26; 27. He. 10.32-34.
45The kdays of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
k 2Sa. 15; 16. 1Ki. 12. Da. 9.26. Is. 53.8; 52.14; 50.6. 2Ti. 3.11,12. Ps. 102.23.
46lHow long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
l Ps. 13.1; 79.5; 85.5; 78.63. Is. 45.15. De. 32.22. Na. 1.6. Hab. 1.2.
47mRemember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
m Ps. 39.5,6; 119.84; 144.4. Job 7.6,7,9; 9.25,26; 10.9. Ja. 1.10; 4.14.
48nWhat man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
n Job 30.24. Ps. 49.7,9. Ec. 12.7. He. 9.27.
49Lord, owhere are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou pswarest unto David in thy truth?
o Is. 63.11,15. Ps. 77.7-9. p v.3,35. 2Sa. 7.15; 23.5. Is. 55.3.
50Remember, Lord, qthe reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
q Ps. 44.14-16; 69.9,12,20; 22.6,7. Mat. 12.24; 27.63. Ps. 74.18,22; 79.12.
51rWherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; where-with they have reproached the sfootsteps of thine anointed.
r Ps. 74.22. 1Co. 4.12,13. He. 10.33; 11.36. 1Pe. 4.14. s Ps. 17.11.
52tBlessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
t Hab. 3.17-19. Ps. 41.13; 72.18,19; 106.48. Eze. 3.12. 1Ti. 1.17. Re. 4.11; 5.12,13; 7.12. Ne. 9.5. 1Ch. 29.10-13.