3

The nations summoned to praise God.

VV. I-5.

"Sound your trumpet-welcome clear

To the Moon's returning ray,
When her orb is full and near:

See i Chr. 23:31.

Sound, in our high solemn day."-Keble.

5 When he went out against the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. Verse 11. See Ex.

11:4; 12:12.

God speaks, reminding His people of past benefits, and promising them if obedient, His continued

protection. vv. 6-17.

6 See Ex. 1:11, 14. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" S. Mat. 11:28. 7 I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. See Ex. 19:16, 19.

8 I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. See Ex. 17:6, 7:

9 Lit. Hear, O my people, and let me testify unto thee: Israel, O that thou wouldest hearken unto me.

14.

Verses 12,

10 Lit. That there should be in thee no strange god, and that thou shouldest not worship any strange god. See Ex.

20:3, 5.

II Verses 5, 17. See Ex. 20:2; Deut. 8:10. "Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst" S. Jo. 6:35.

12 Verse 9.

13 Lit. So I gave them up unto the stubbornness of their heart; they walked after their own counsels. "God gave them up to worship the host of heaven" Acts 7:42.

2 Take the psalm; lit. raise a song. Merry, K. J. pleasant. 3 In the time appointed; lit. at the full moon. This verse probably refers both to the Feast of Trumpets on the first of the Seventh Month, and the Feast of Tabernacles, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first or twenty-second. See Lev. 23:23-25; Num. 29:1, 12. 5 "There I heard for the first time the voice of God, which I knew not, speaking cn Sinai."-Hupfeld. 6 The literal rendering of the latter part of this verse may be,-His hands passed from the basket, i. e. were delivered from toiling with the burden-basket. "In this basket the Israelites conveyed clay, or baked bricks; it was suspended from each end of a yoke laid across the shoulder."-Jennings and Lowe. There may however be a reference to the earthen pot, alluding to the work in clay which the Israelites were compelled to perform.

132:13

66:2

147:14

50:6,7

4:2

them follow their own imaginations.

14 Oh that my people would have hearkened unto me: for if Israel had walked in my ways,

15 I should soon have put down their enemies: and turned my hand against their adversaries. 16 The haters of the LORD should have been found liars: but their time should have endured for ever.

17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour : and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee.

Sar. All Saints. Rom. v. 1, 1st Sun. af. Easter; vv. 1, 2, 11th af. Pent.; vv. 1, 17, Mon. af. Pent. L. In Temple, Morning of New Year's Day or Feast of Trumpets, and 5th Day of Wk.; vv. 6-17, 6th Day of Feast of Tabernacles.

PSALM LXXXII. Deus stetit.

GOD standeth in the congregation of princes: he is a Judge among gods.

2 How long will ye give wrong 58:12 judgment: and accept the persons of the ungodly?

10:13,16,

3 Defend the poor and father19,20 less: see that such as are in need and necessity have right.

2:10 11:3

4 Deliver the outcast and poor: save them from the hand of the ungodly.

5 They will not be learned, nor understand, but walk on still in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

6 I have said, Ye are gods:

A transition from Israel of old to the Israel of the present.

14 Lit. If my people were hearkening to me, if Israel were walking in my ways. Verse 9. "O that there were

such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!" Deut. 5:29.

15 Lit. Quickly would I bow down their enemies, and upon their adversaries would I turn my hand.

16 Lit. The haters of the LORD would feign submission to him (i. e. Israel), that so their time (i. e. Israel's) might be for ever.

Verse

17 Lit. He would feed them also with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. II. See Deut. 32:13, 14.

PSALM 82.

A Psalm of Asaph.

This psalm may have been written in the reign of Jehoshaphat. See 2 Chr. 19:5-11.

CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE. See Ps. 72:1-4.

Lit. God standeth in the assembly of God; in the midst of gods doth he judge.

"God in His own high council stands,

A Judge of gods is He."-Keble.

Verses 6, 8. Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world S. Jo. 9:39.

2 Selah. "Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts" 2 Chr. 19:7. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's" Deut. 1:17. "I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate Amos

5:12.

3 Do justice to the afflicted and needy. "The LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: he doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment" Deut. 10:17, 18. "Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: for the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them " Prov. 22:22, 23.

4 "The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts" Is. 3:13-15.

5 Lit. They know not, and they understand not.

6 Verse 1. "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be

Ps. LXXXII. Title; Asaph, see Ps. 50, title, n. I Gods, i. e. the rulers of Israel. See Ex. 22:28 (marg.) 3 Poor, Outcast; lit. weak or miserable. 5 Are out of course; K. (marg.) are moved 6 I have said; i. e. God.

49:10,12

and ye are all the children of the Most Highest.

39:7 7 But ye shall die like men: 89:47 and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, and judge thou 9:7,8 the earth: for thou shalt take all

2:8 7:7,8

11:8

50:4,6 heathen to thine inheritance.

58:10

59:5 67:4

Int. 4th Sun. af. Easter. Gk. Easter Even. 22:27,28 T. N. (Wed.) In Temple, 3d Day of Wk.; 72:8-11 vv. 5-8, Last Day of Feast of Tabernacles. 83:18

28:1

35:22

109: 1

2:1

27:5

31:22

74:9

2:2

PSALM LXXXIII. Deus, quis similis ?

HOLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence: refrain not thyself, O God.

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring: and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people and taken counsel against thy secret ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people: and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have cast their heads 64:5,6 together with one consent: and are confederate against thee:

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ishmaelites" : the Moabites, and Hagarenes";

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek: the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre.

8 Assur also is joined with them and have holpen the children of Lot.

6 Ishmaelites, Hagarenes; in English Psalter, Ismaelites, Hagarens.

broken; say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?" S. Jo. 10:34-36.

7

8 Verse 1.

"Yet sure as men ye fall,

As other chiefs in years gone by,
Death overtakes you all."-Keble.

"Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd" S. Jo. 10:16.

PSALM 83.

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

This psalm may be referred to the invasion of enemies in the reign of Jehoshaphat. See 2 Chr. 20:5-14.

JUDGMENT INVOKED UPON THE FOES OF CHRIST, AND HIS CHURCH.

Israel's foes gather against her from every

quarter. vv. 1-8.

1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

3 Lit. They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones.

4 Lit. They say, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation.

"Sa

5 For they have consulted together with one heart. tan, shall go out to deceive the nations to gather them together to battle. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about" Rev. 20:7-9. "The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at enmity S. Lu. 23:12.

between themselves

6 See 2 Chr. 20:1, 10.

8 They have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah.

Jennings and Lowe render the latter part of the verse,66 Yea, even in the same way (as they), O ye princes, shall ye fall."

Ps. LXXXIII. Title; Asaph, see Ps. 50, title, n. 2 Make a murmuring; lit. roar (like the waves of the sea). 6 Tabernacles, i. e. tents. Edomites; S. of Palestine. Ishmaelites; between Egypt and the Persian Gulf. Gen. 25:18. Moabites; S. E. of Palestine. Hagarenes; E. of Palestine in the land of Gilead. 1 Chr. 5:10, 19, 20. 7 Gebal; either S. of the Dead Sea, or a maritime town in Phoenicia. Ammon; E. of Jordan. Amalek; near Mt. Sinai. Philistines; S. W. of Palestine on the Mediterranean. Tyre; see Ps. 45:13, n. 8 Assur; i. e. Assyria. See 2 Chr. 20:2 ("a great mul titude from beyond the sea"). Children of Lot; i. e. Moab and Ammon.