This psalm has been called Luther’s Psalm. It was that which he was accustomed to sing in trouble. When the times were dark; when the...

The intimate relation of the Messiah to the chosen people, and eventually to the other nations, is described in this psalm...

But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.

A SUFFERER prays to be delivered from unjust and treacherous enemies...

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God...

This psalm exhibits very strong marks of the personal experience of the author.

The Psalmist celebrates delivering grace, already experienced by himself and others...

I said, "I will guard my way, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle..."

A SUFFERER, in sore distress of mind and body...

The sinner is a self-destroyer, and therefore not an object of envy or revenge to the righteous...

Human depravity, divine excellence and deliverance from the first.

The righteous and the wicked, are exhibited in contrast and in an attitude of mutual hostility.

I will bless the LORD pat all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

To excite and to express the confidence of Israel in Jehovah...

Blessedness arising from the pardon of sin.

THE Psalmist first prays in general for deliverance from his sufferings and his enemies, on the ground of his confidence in God....

The writer praises God for a signal deliverance from destruction and calls upon God’s people to join in the praise of the divine compassion.

God is the strength of his people, but clothed in a different costume...

A righteous sufferer prays that he may not be confounded with the wicked whom his soul abhors...

A sufferer, surrounded by enemies intent on his destruction implores divine assistance and expresses his assured hope of obtaining it.