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# Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

*Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown*

The Victorian standard commentary, critical and practical, from Genesis to Revelation.

## 229. Psalms · 36 of 57

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[¶0] thine anointed--David ([1Sa 16:12]).

[¶1] 10. I had ... doorkeeper--literally, "I choose to sit on the threshold," the meanest place.

[¶2] 11-12. As a sun God enlightens ([Psa 27:1]); as a shield He protects.

[¶3] grace--God's favor, its fruit--

[¶4] glory--the honor He bestows.

[¶5] uprightly--([Psa 15:2]; ).

### Psalm 85

### Psa 85:1-13. On the ground of former mercies, the Psalmist prays for renewed blessings, and, confidently expecting them, rejoices

[¶8] 1. captivity--not necessarily the Babylonian, but any great evil ([Psa 14:7]).

[¶9] 2-3. (Compare [Psa 32:1-5]).

[¶10] 4-7. having still occasion for the anger which is deprecated.

[¶11] 8. He is confident God will favor His penitent people ([Psa 51:17]; ).

[¶12] saints--as in [Psa 4:3], the "godly."

[¶13] 9. They are here termed "them that fear him"; and grace produces glory ([Psa 84:11]).

[¶14] 10. God's promises of "mercy" will be verified by His "truth" (compare [Psa 25:10]; ); and the "work of righteousness" in His holy government shall be "peace" ([Is 32:17]). There is an implied contrast with a dispensation under which God's truth sustains His threatened wrath, and His righteousness inflicts misery on the wicked.

[¶15] 11. Earth and heaven shall abound with the blessings of this government;

[¶16] 12-13. and, under this, the deserted land shall be productive, and men be "set," or guided in God's holy ways. Doubtless, in this description of God's returning favor, the writer had in view that more glorious period, when Christ shall establish His government on God's reconciled justice and abounding mercy.

### Psalm 86

### Psa 86:1-17. This is a prayer in which the writer, with deep emotion, mingles petitions and praises, now urgent for help, and now elated with hope, in view of former mercies. The occurrence of many terms and phrases peculiar to David's Psalms clearly intimates its authorship

[¶19] 1-2. poor and needy--a suffering child of God, as in [Psa 10:12], ; .

[¶20] I am holy--or, "godly," as in [Psa 4:3]; .

[¶21] 4. lift up my soul--with strong desire ([Psa 25:1]).

[¶22] 5-7. unto all ... that call upon thee--or, "worship Thee" ([Psa 50:15]; ) however undeserving ([Ex 34:6]; [Le 11:9-13]).

[¶23] 8. neither ... works--literally, "nothing like thy works," the "gods" have none at all.

[¶24] 9-10. The pious Jews believed that God's common relation to all would be ultimately acknowledged by all men (Psa 45:12-16; 47:).

[¶25] 11. Teach--Show, point out.

[¶26] the way--of Providence.

[¶27] walk in thy truth--according to its declarations.

[¶28] unite my heart--fix all my affections ([Psa 12:2]; [Jas 4:8]).

[¶29] to fear thy name--(compare [Psa 86:12]) to honor Thy perfections.

[¶30] 13-14. The reason: God had delivered him from death and the power of insolent, violent, and godless persecutors ([Psa 54:3]; [Eze 8:12]).

[¶31] 15. Contrasts God with his enemies (compare [Psa 86:5]).

[¶32] 16. son ... handmaid--homeborn servant (compare [Lu 15:17]).

[¶33] 17. Show me--literally, "Make with me a token," by Thy providential care. Thus in and by his prosperity his enemies would be confounded.

### Psalm 87

### Psa 87:1-7. This triumphal song was probably occasioned by the same event as the forty-sixth [see on Psa 46:1, title]. The writer celebrates the glory of the Church, as the means of spiritual blessing to the nation

[¶36] 1. His--that is, God's

[¶37] foundation--or, what He has founded, that is, Zion ([Is 14:32]).

[¶38] is in the holy mountains--the location of Zion, in the wide sense, for the capital, or Jerusalem, being on several hills.

[¶39] 2. gates--for the enclosures, or city to which they opened ([Psa 9:14]; ; compare [Psa 132:13], ).

[¶40] 3. spoken of thee--or, "in thee," that is, the city of God ([Psa 46:4]; ).

[¶41] 4. This is what is spoken by God.

[¶42] to them ... me--literally, "for My knowers," they are true worshippers ([Psa 36:10]; [Is 19:21]). These are mentioned as specimens.

[¶43] this--that is, nation

[¶44] was born there--Of each it is said, "This was born," or is a native of Zion, spiritually.