“ To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For...

THE Church is safe under divine protection.

The Glorious Deeds of the Lord

“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity.” He is thunderstruck at the discovery of his inbred sin, and proceeds to set it forth. This was not...

A man can lay up nothing better for the infirmities of old age than the favor of God sought, by earnest prayer...

“Help me, O Lord my God.” Laying hold of Jehovah by the appropriating word my, he implores his aid both to help him to bear his heavy...

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.

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....