诗篇讲道 第52篇.pdf

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al stream of divine
mercy. If priests be slain their Master lives. If Doeg for awhile triumphs
the Lord will outlive him, and right the wrongs which he has done. This
ought to modify the proud exultations of the wicked, for after all, while
the Lord liveth, iniquity has little cause to exalt itself.
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS
Title. That Maschil means a sacred composition, is evident from Ps 47:7,
where the passage which we render, "Sing ye praises with understanding,
"is literally, "Sing ye a Maschil, "or song of instruction. This word
occurs as a title in thirteen places; and six times is prefixed to
compositions of David's. In several instances it occurs in consecutive
Psalms; ., in the 42nd (of which the 43rd is the sequel), the 44th
and 45th, the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th, the 88th and 89th. A circumstance
which favours the notion that the term was one peculiarly used by some
particular editor or collector of a certain portion of the Psalter. John
Jebb.
Ver. 1. (first clause). Why doth he glory in malice that is mighty? that
is, he that in malice is mighty, why doth he glory? There is need that
a man be mighty, but in goodness, not in malice. Is it any great thing
to glory in malice?To build a house belong to few men, any ignorant man
you please can pulldown. To sow wheat, to dress the crop, to wait until
it ripen, and in that fruit on which one has laboured to rejoice, doth
belong to few men: with one spark any man you please can burn all the
crop...
What art thou about to do, O, mighty man, what are thou about to do,
boasting thyself much? Thou art about to kill a man: this thing also a
scorpion, this also a fever, this also a poisonous fungus can do. To this
is thy mightiness reduced, that it be made equal to a poisonous fungus!
Augustine.
Ver. 1. By mischief is understood not simply what