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FOOTNOTES:[1]The title of the Psalm (משכילMaschil—instruction,) is the same as that of other twelve. Some have referred the word merely to the music—indicating the tune to which the Psalms were set,—demanding of the sons of Korah, and "the chief musician," (the conductors of temple-song,) some melody specially adapted to the sentiments they contain. Others, with greater probability, take it as indicative of theirdesign;—that while expressive of personal feeling and experience, they were intended for the "instruction" and comfort of the Church in all ages. Hence the term given to them ofdidactic.Though his name is not mentioned, there is little doubt that David, and not the sons of Korah, as some have supposed, was the author of this Psalm. The reader is referred toHengstenbergfor a statement of the internal grounds, in the Psalm itself, to favour this conclusion. "To me," says Calvin, "it appears more probable that the sons of Korah are here mentioned because this Psalm was committed as a precious treasure to be preserved by them;—as we know that out of the number of the singers some were chosen and appointed to be keepers of the Psalms. That there is no mention made of David's name, does not in itself involve any difficulty, since we see the same omission in other Psalms, of which there is, notwithstanding, the strongest grounds for concluding that he was author."According to an arbitrary division by the Jews of their Psalter into five parts, supposed to have been made by Ezra after the return from Babylon, the Forty-second Psalm forms the commencement of the second book. Regarding its structure, we may remark, that it is divided into two portions orstrophes, each of these closing with a refrain in verses 5 and 11.[2]Gen. xxxii. 1.[3]See Mr Stanley's chapter, in his "Sinai and Palestine," on "Peræa and the Trans-Jordanic Tribes," in which these different references are graphically grouped together. "The Peræan hills are the 'Pisgah' of the earlier history: to the later history they occupy the pathetic relation that has been immortalised in the name of 'the long ridge,' from which the first and last view of Granada is obtained. They are the 'Last Sigh' of the Israelite exile."—(P. 328.)[4]As an example in modern poetry, need we refer to that noblest tribute ever penned over departed worth, the "In Memoriam" of Tennyson; or in modern song, to the exquisite and plaintive loveliness of this very Psalm, set to music by Mendelssohn, and so well known by the title, "As the hart panteth."[5]I refer the reader to the words quoted on the title-page. They form the dying testimony and experience of one of the holiest men of any age. We have seen in the possession of a revered friend, the Bible which belonged to the great Marquis of Argyle, and which formed his constant companion during the period of his imprisonment. Almost every verse of the 42d Psalm is specially marked. Some of the verses, such as the third, are noted with a double stroke. We may well imagine him, after closing such "an afflicted man's companion," thus writing to his Marchioness—"They may shut me in prison where they please, but they cannot shut out God from me."[6]Matthew Henry.[7]Rom. vii. 23.[8]Rom. vii. 24, 25.[9]Cheever's "Windings."[10]Ps. lxviii. 13.[11]Gen. xlix. 19.[12]Ps. xxvii. 3.[13]Rev. Fred. Robertson's "Sermons; Second Series," p. 85.[14]"You will not be asked in the last Great Day whether you had great enjoyment and much enlargement of soul here. Speak to that vast multitude, which no man can number, now around the throne. Ask them whether they came through muchconsolationand joy in the Lord. No! through muchtribulation. Ask them whether they were saved by their warmth of love to their Saviour. No! but they had washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."—Miss Plumptre's Letters.[15]"In the time of need He hides Himself often, and seems to have forgotten me. Tears have thus been my meat, because of their saying unto my soul, 'Where is now thy God?' But I am bound by all the experienced freeness and riches of the Redeemer's grace to say, that when He hides Himself from me, it is not because He has forgottenme, but because I have been forgetting Him."—Hewitson.[16]Miss Plumtre's Letters.[17]Psalm xi. 1.[18]"I was at the very zenith of earthly happiness. On returning from the ball, I took a hasty review of the evening I had passed as I lay sleepless upon my pillow. The glitter—the music—the dance—the excitement—the attention—the pleasure—all passed before me. But, oh! I felt a want I could not describe. I sighed, and, throwing my arm over my head, whispered to myself these expressive words, 'Is this all?'"—Mrs Winslow, Life.[19]Micah ii. 10.[20]Gen. xxxii. 28.[21]Psalm lxiii. 1, 2.[22]Ex. xxv. 22; Psalm lxxxvii. 2; Numb. xxiv. 5.[23]Psalm cxviii. 24.[24]Sol. Song i. 7.[25]Psalm xliii. 3, 4.[26]Mal. iii. 10.[27]Psalm lxxxvii. 5, 6.[28]Psalm cxxx. 5, 7.[29]Psalm lxii. 5.[30]Psalm xxxvii. 5.[31]Job xxxv. 14.[32]Rom. v. 3, 4.[33]Psalm cxix. 75.[34]Prov. i. 17.[35]Isaiah xl. 31.[36]Psalm lxxi. 14.[37]Psalm lxiii. 7.[38]Titus i. 2.[39]Heb. vi. 17-20.[40]Psalm cxxvi. 4.[41]Heb. xii. 2.[42]Zech. ix. 12.[43]2 Thess. ii. 16.[44]Rom. xv. 13.[45]1 Thess. v. 8.[46]Heb. vi. 19.[47]Rom xii. 12.[48]Rom. xv. 13.[49]Col. i. 27.[50]1 Thess. iv. 13.[51]Ps. xxxix. 7.[52]Ps. xvi. 9.[53]Sol. Song vi. 13.[54]Zech. xiii. 9.[55]Heb. xi. 16.[56]Prov. xviii. 10.[57]Psalm lxxvii. 10, 11.[58]Hosea ii. 15.[59]"It is said by those who have visited those parts, that one remarkable effect produced is the changed aspect of the hills of Judah and Ephraim. Their monotonous character is lost; and the range, when seen as a whole, is in the highest degree diversified and impressive. And the wide openings in the western hills, as they ascend from the Jordan valley, give such extensive glimpses into the heart of the country, that not merely the general range, but particular localities can be discovered with ease.... From the castle of Rubad, north of the Jabbok, are distinctly visible Lebanon, the Sea of Galilee, Esdraelon in its full extent, Carmel, the Mediterranean, and the whole range of Judah and Ephraim. 'It is the finest view,' to use the words of another traveller, 'that I ever saw in any part of the world.'"—Stanley's Sinai and Palestine, p. 318.[60]Psalm xlviii. 2.[61]Psalm lxviii. 16.[62]1 Sam. xxx. 6.[63]Psalm lxxxix. 24.[64]Psalm lvi. 13.[65]Gen. xii. 8.[66]Gen. xiii. 1-4.[67]Jer. xxxi. 3.[68]Isa. liv. 8.[69]Psalm lxxi. 20.[70]From the uplands where he now was, in the recesses between the mountains of Gilead, David could catch here and there a glimpse of the "Great Sea."[71]Lam. iii. 1.[72]Psalm xxxiv. 6.[73]Psalm xxix. 10.[74]Psalm xciii. 3, 4.[75]Psalm lxxxix. 8, 9.[76]Psalm xxxiv. 5.[77]Isaiah l. 10.[78]Psalm xxix. 3.[79]Psalm cxxvii. 2.[80]Job xxxv. 10.[81]Lam iii. 45.[82]Psalm xl. 1.[83]Rev. ii. 3.[84]See "Life Thoughts." The author has been more than once indebted, in this volume, to this suggestive little book.[85]Phil. iv. 4.[86]Psalm cii. 27.[87]Isaiah x. 28.[88]Heb. vi. 17, 18.[89]Luke xxii. 31.[90]Isaiah xl. 31.[91]Luke xv. 20.[92]Sol. Song iii. 2.[93]Psalm xxxi. 1-5.[94]Verse 10.[95]Psalms li. and xxxii.[96]Psalm xviii.[97]Psalm xviii. 16, 31, 46.[98]Romans viii.[99]Psalm xxxiv. 19.[100]Psalm xxii. 21, 22, 25.[101]See these references to the 22d and 23d Psalms well stated in Blaikie's "David, King of Israel," pp. 322, 323.[102]Psalm xxiii. 1, 2.[103]Psalm xxiii. 3.[104]Psalm xxiii. 4.[105]Psalm xxiii. 5.[106]Psalm xxiii. 6.[107]"Were it not for this word of possession, the devil might say the Creed to as good purpose as we. He believes there is a God and Christ, but that which torments him is this—he can say 'my' to never an article of faith."—Sibbs.[108]"Sometimes I can rejoice in the Mount with my Redeemer. Sometimes I lie in the Valley, dead, barren, unprofitable.... I am frequently wounded in the battle. Blessed be God that the Physician, the Castle, and the Fortress, are ever at hand."—Bickersteth's Life.[109]"David might have gone a thousand times to the tabernacle and never found a thousandth part of the blessing he found in this wilderness. It was in the absence of all that was dear to him as man, he found his special solace in God."—Harington Evans.

[1]The title of the Psalm (משכילMaschil—instruction,) is the same as that of other twelve. Some have referred the word merely to the music—indicating the tune to which the Psalms were set,—demanding of the sons of Korah, and "the chief musician," (the conductors of temple-song,) some melody specially adapted to the sentiments they contain. Others, with greater probability, take it as indicative of theirdesign;—that while expressive of personal feeling and experience, they were intended for the "instruction" and comfort of the Church in all ages. Hence the term given to them ofdidactic.Though his name is not mentioned, there is little doubt that David, and not the sons of Korah, as some have supposed, was the author of this Psalm. The reader is referred toHengstenbergfor a statement of the internal grounds, in the Psalm itself, to favour this conclusion. "To me," says Calvin, "it appears more probable that the sons of Korah are here mentioned because this Psalm was committed as a precious treasure to be preserved by them;—as we know that out of the number of the singers some were chosen and appointed to be keepers of the Psalms. That there is no mention made of David's name, does not in itself involve any difficulty, since we see the same omission in other Psalms, of which there is, notwithstanding, the strongest grounds for concluding that he was author."According to an arbitrary division by the Jews of their Psalter into five parts, supposed to have been made by Ezra after the return from Babylon, the Forty-second Psalm forms the commencement of the second book. Regarding its structure, we may remark, that it is divided into two portions orstrophes, each of these closing with a refrain in verses 5 and 11.

Though his name is not mentioned, there is little doubt that David, and not the sons of Korah, as some have supposed, was the author of this Psalm. The reader is referred toHengstenbergfor a statement of the internal grounds, in the Psalm itself, to favour this conclusion. "To me," says Calvin, "it appears more probable that the sons of Korah are here mentioned because this Psalm was committed as a precious treasure to be preserved by them;—as we know that out of the number of the singers some were chosen and appointed to be keepers of the Psalms. That there is no mention made of David's name, does not in itself involve any difficulty, since we see the same omission in other Psalms, of which there is, notwithstanding, the strongest grounds for concluding that he was author."

According to an arbitrary division by the Jews of their Psalter into five parts, supposed to have been made by Ezra after the return from Babylon, the Forty-second Psalm forms the commencement of the second book. Regarding its structure, we may remark, that it is divided into two portions orstrophes, each of these closing with a refrain in verses 5 and 11.

[2]Gen. xxxii. 1.

[3]See Mr Stanley's chapter, in his "Sinai and Palestine," on "Peræa and the Trans-Jordanic Tribes," in which these different references are graphically grouped together. "The Peræan hills are the 'Pisgah' of the earlier history: to the later history they occupy the pathetic relation that has been immortalised in the name of 'the long ridge,' from which the first and last view of Granada is obtained. They are the 'Last Sigh' of the Israelite exile."—(P. 328.)

[4]As an example in modern poetry, need we refer to that noblest tribute ever penned over departed worth, the "In Memoriam" of Tennyson; or in modern song, to the exquisite and plaintive loveliness of this very Psalm, set to music by Mendelssohn, and so well known by the title, "As the hart panteth."

[5]I refer the reader to the words quoted on the title-page. They form the dying testimony and experience of one of the holiest men of any age. We have seen in the possession of a revered friend, the Bible which belonged to the great Marquis of Argyle, and which formed his constant companion during the period of his imprisonment. Almost every verse of the 42d Psalm is specially marked. Some of the verses, such as the third, are noted with a double stroke. We may well imagine him, after closing such "an afflicted man's companion," thus writing to his Marchioness—"They may shut me in prison where they please, but they cannot shut out God from me."

[6]Matthew Henry.

[7]Rom. vii. 23.

[8]Rom. vii. 24, 25.

[9]Cheever's "Windings."

[10]Ps. lxviii. 13.

[11]Gen. xlix. 19.

[12]Ps. xxvii. 3.

[13]Rev. Fred. Robertson's "Sermons; Second Series," p. 85.

[14]"You will not be asked in the last Great Day whether you had great enjoyment and much enlargement of soul here. Speak to that vast multitude, which no man can number, now around the throne. Ask them whether they came through muchconsolationand joy in the Lord. No! through muchtribulation. Ask them whether they were saved by their warmth of love to their Saviour. No! but they had washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."—Miss Plumptre's Letters.

[15]"In the time of need He hides Himself often, and seems to have forgotten me. Tears have thus been my meat, because of their saying unto my soul, 'Where is now thy God?' But I am bound by all the experienced freeness and riches of the Redeemer's grace to say, that when He hides Himself from me, it is not because He has forgottenme, but because I have been forgetting Him."—Hewitson.

[16]Miss Plumtre's Letters.

[17]Psalm xi. 1.

[18]"I was at the very zenith of earthly happiness. On returning from the ball, I took a hasty review of the evening I had passed as I lay sleepless upon my pillow. The glitter—the music—the dance—the excitement—the attention—the pleasure—all passed before me. But, oh! I felt a want I could not describe. I sighed, and, throwing my arm over my head, whispered to myself these expressive words, 'Is this all?'"—Mrs Winslow, Life.

[19]Micah ii. 10.

[20]Gen. xxxii. 28.

[21]Psalm lxiii. 1, 2.

[22]Ex. xxv. 22; Psalm lxxxvii. 2; Numb. xxiv. 5.

[23]Psalm cxviii. 24.

[24]Sol. Song i. 7.

[25]Psalm xliii. 3, 4.

[26]Mal. iii. 10.

[27]Psalm lxxxvii. 5, 6.

[28]Psalm cxxx. 5, 7.

[29]Psalm lxii. 5.

[30]Psalm xxxvii. 5.

[31]Job xxxv. 14.

[32]Rom. v. 3, 4.

[33]Psalm cxix. 75.

[34]Prov. i. 17.

[35]Isaiah xl. 31.

[36]Psalm lxxi. 14.

[37]Psalm lxiii. 7.

[38]Titus i. 2.

[39]Heb. vi. 17-20.

[40]Psalm cxxvi. 4.

[41]Heb. xii. 2.

[42]Zech. ix. 12.

[43]2 Thess. ii. 16.

[44]Rom. xv. 13.

[45]1 Thess. v. 8.

[46]Heb. vi. 19.

[47]Rom xii. 12.

[48]Rom. xv. 13.

[49]Col. i. 27.

[50]1 Thess. iv. 13.

[51]Ps. xxxix. 7.

[52]Ps. xvi. 9.

[53]Sol. Song vi. 13.

[54]Zech. xiii. 9.

[55]Heb. xi. 16.

[56]Prov. xviii. 10.

[57]Psalm lxxvii. 10, 11.

[58]Hosea ii. 15.

[59]"It is said by those who have visited those parts, that one remarkable effect produced is the changed aspect of the hills of Judah and Ephraim. Their monotonous character is lost; and the range, when seen as a whole, is in the highest degree diversified and impressive. And the wide openings in the western hills, as they ascend from the Jordan valley, give such extensive glimpses into the heart of the country, that not merely the general range, but particular localities can be discovered with ease.... From the castle of Rubad, north of the Jabbok, are distinctly visible Lebanon, the Sea of Galilee, Esdraelon in its full extent, Carmel, the Mediterranean, and the whole range of Judah and Ephraim. 'It is the finest view,' to use the words of another traveller, 'that I ever saw in any part of the world.'"—Stanley's Sinai and Palestine, p. 318.

[60]Psalm xlviii. 2.

[61]Psalm lxviii. 16.

[62]1 Sam. xxx. 6.

[63]Psalm lxxxix. 24.

[64]Psalm lvi. 13.

[65]Gen. xii. 8.

[66]Gen. xiii. 1-4.

[67]Jer. xxxi. 3.

[68]Isa. liv. 8.

[69]Psalm lxxi. 20.

[70]From the uplands where he now was, in the recesses between the mountains of Gilead, David could catch here and there a glimpse of the "Great Sea."

[71]Lam. iii. 1.

[72]Psalm xxxiv. 6.

[73]Psalm xxix. 10.

[74]Psalm xciii. 3, 4.

[75]Psalm lxxxix. 8, 9.

[76]Psalm xxxiv. 5.

[77]Isaiah l. 10.

[78]Psalm xxix. 3.

[79]Psalm cxxvii. 2.

[80]Job xxxv. 10.

[81]Lam iii. 45.

[82]Psalm xl. 1.

[83]Rev. ii. 3.

[84]See "Life Thoughts." The author has been more than once indebted, in this volume, to this suggestive little book.

[85]Phil. iv. 4.

[86]Psalm cii. 27.

[87]Isaiah x. 28.

[88]Heb. vi. 17, 18.

[89]Luke xxii. 31.

[90]Isaiah xl. 31.

[91]Luke xv. 20.

[92]Sol. Song iii. 2.

[93]Psalm xxxi. 1-5.

[94]Verse 10.

[95]Psalms li. and xxxii.

[96]Psalm xviii.

[97]Psalm xviii. 16, 31, 46.

[98]Romans viii.

[99]Psalm xxxiv. 19.

[100]Psalm xxii. 21, 22, 25.

[101]See these references to the 22d and 23d Psalms well stated in Blaikie's "David, King of Israel," pp. 322, 323.

[102]Psalm xxiii. 1, 2.

[103]Psalm xxiii. 3.

[104]Psalm xxiii. 4.

[105]Psalm xxiii. 5.

[106]Psalm xxiii. 6.

[107]"Were it not for this word of possession, the devil might say the Creed to as good purpose as we. He believes there is a God and Christ, but that which torments him is this—he can say 'my' to never an article of faith."—Sibbs.

[108]"Sometimes I can rejoice in the Mount with my Redeemer. Sometimes I lie in the Valley, dead, barren, unprofitable.... I am frequently wounded in the battle. Blessed be God that the Physician, the Castle, and the Fortress, are ever at hand."—Bickersteth's Life.

[109]"David might have gone a thousand times to the tabernacle and never found a thousandth part of the blessing he found in this wilderness. It was in the absence of all that was dear to him as man, he found his special solace in God."—Harington Evans.

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