Ver. 9. he relieveth;" rather, "he preserveth." -he turneth upside down;" rather, "he turneth aside;" or, "he turneth from the right direction." PSALM CXLVII. THANKSGIVING OF THE RETURNED CAPTIVES. PERHAPS COMPO SED FOR A PENTECOST, OR FEAST OF TRUMPETS, AFTER THE RESTORATION. Ver. 4. He telleth the number of the stars," &c. Rather, "He hath set a number for the stars, * Ver. 8. who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains." Bishop Hare and Houbigant both imagine that a line is wanting here, and both supply the defect with the same words after the Roman LXX. ועשב לעבדת האדם "And green herb for the use of man." *Literally, "allotting number to the stars." The reading of the Roman LXX is in some measure confirmed by St Jerome's version from the LXX. The LXX divide this Psalm into two, beginning a new one at the 12th verse. PSALM CXLVIII. A HYMN FOR THE SABBATH. PSALM CXLIX. A. WAR SONG. SUNG BY THE ARMY MARCHING UP TO THE ENEMY. Ver. 1. congregation," i. e. army. Ver. 5. be joyful in glory." -exult in their heart."— MUDGE. PSALM CL. A GRAND CHORUS, FOR ALL THE VOICES, AND ALL THE INSTRUMENTS. END OF THE NOTES. I. INDEX OF THINGS. ENIGMATA of the Redeemer's divinity, the immortality of the soul, and a future retribution, I. 284-288 Alphabetical Psalms, I. 50, 72, 84, 206, 226, 237—II. 257, 265, 298 -law of the composition of,.. Ammonites and Syrians, confederacy between, the occasion of Psalm lix,.... Animals, names of, in Hebrew, signify either the individual or the species,... Article N, emphasis in the use of, I. 207 II. 2 .......I. 174 II. 280 Assemblies, in ancient times, called together by heralds,- - II. 176 I. 23, 155 "Borroweth and payeth not," a proverbial expression, ex- plained, I. 89 Change on the body between death and the resurrection, - II. 231 Christ, the humiliation of, typified, ..II. 29, 184 I. 95, 158 Christianity, first adversaries of, their character described, I. 182 "Confession," the Hebrew word signifying, ill rendered by "thanksgiving," II. 100 Conversion of the Gentiles predicted, I. 278-II. 13, 21, &c. Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, the punishment of, II. 290 David at Mahanaim, not the person represented in Ps. xlii, I. 261–264 Ellipsis of a noun after , one of the Hebrew idioms,.... II. 176 II. 214 Feast of trumpets, Psalm lxxxi composed for, First-begotten, the introduction of into the world, a Title of Hezekiah's reign, Psalm lxxvi written in the time of, .... II. 204 miraculous recovery, Psalm cxvi probably com- Horsley's, Bishop, Sermon on Ps. ii, ver. 1, Extract from,- I. vi Human body, the principal parts of described, ...... Humanity of Christ in union with the Divinity, II. 285 I. 202 |