Author: Honza Pokorny <me@honza.ca>
Ps 119: restore proper commentary
data/psalter/psalms.yaml | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/data/psalter/psalms.yaml b/data/psalter/psalms.yaml index caaf39304d3a80e396d2b6706f1f7f6ae29ff676..6134cde4b942c03af6ff299166eb72938399f7c1 100644 --- a/data/psalter/psalms.yaml +++ b/data/psalter/psalms.yaml @@ -12768,6 +12768,57 @@ thy servant seek, and find: For thy commands I suffered not to slip out of my mind. + commentary: + john_brown: > + "This psalm is a collection of David’s precious thoughts, sorrowful + complaints, humble petitions, and holy resolutions, which, it seems he + had written down as they occurred, and which, in the end of his life, + he digested into the form in which they now stand, consisting of as + many parts as there are letters in the Hebrew alphabet, the eight + verses of each always beginning with the same letter in the original. + The general scope of it is to magnify God’s word, and make it + honourable. To intimate that it informs us of whatever we ought to + expect from God in the way of gracious donation, and of whatever he may + expect from us in the way of grateful returns of duty, it is + represented under ten different characters, one or other of which is to + be found in every verse, except the 122nd and 132nd: + + - As God’s Law, because framed and published by him as our Sovereign + + - His Commandments, because given with authority, and lodged with us as + a trust + + - His Precepts, because peremptorily prescribed, and not left as a + thing indifferent + + - His Statutes, because fixed and determined, and of perpetual + obligation + + - His Word, because it is the declaration of his mind, and Christ, his + essential Word, is all and in all therein + + - His Way, because it represents Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the + Life, and is the rule of our faith and obedience + + - His Testimonies, because therein God, upon his word, his oath, and + writ, declares to men the truths necessary to be known, in order to + his honour and their salvation, as ratified in the death of his Son + + - His Judgments, because it is framed in infinite wisdom, and by it we + must both judge and be judged (but in verses 75, 84, 121, + judgmentdenotes righteous conduct) His Righteousness, because it is + holy, just, and good, and is the perfect standard of righteousness + + - And his Truth, or Faithfulness, because its leading truths are + eternal, and the faithfulness of God is pledged in every point + thereof. + + While I sing, let me all along enter into the spirit of the psalm. Let + my delight be in God’s testimonies; my desires after God’s presence; + and my endeavours to have God honoured. Let God’s word be my rule, my + food, my armour, my wealth, my comfort; and God himself, as therein + revealed and bestowed, be my everlasting and infinite all." + - number: 120 suggested_tunes: - Dundee