My Preface shall at least possess the virtue of brevity, as I
find it difficult to impart to it any other.
The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless
profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains
me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the
prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves.
That I have nothing better of my own to offer upon this peerless
book is to me matter of deepest regret; that I have anything
whatever to present is subject for devout gratitude to the Lord
of grace. I have done my best, but, conscious of many defects,
I heartily wish I could have done far better.
The Exposition here given is my own.
I consulted a few
authors before penning it, to aid me in interpretation and arouse
my thoughts; but, still I can claim originality for my comments,
at least so I honestly think. Whether they are better or worse
for that, I know not; at least I know I have sought heavenly
guidance while writing them, and therefore I look for a blessing
on the printing of them.
The collection of quotations was an after-thought. In fact,
matter grew upon me which I thought too good to throw away.
It seemed to me that it might prove serviceable to others, if I
reserved portions of my reading upon the various Psalms; those
reserves soon acquired considerable bulk, so much so that even
in this volume only specimens are given and not the bulk.
One thing the reader will please clearly to understand, and I
beg him to bear it in mind; I am far from endorsing all I have
quoted. I am neither responsible for the scholarship or ortho-
doxy of the writers. The names are given that each author may
bear his own burden; and a variety of writers have been quoted
that the thoughts of many minds might be before the reader.
Still I trust nothing evil has been admitted; if it be so it is an
oversight.
The research expended on this volume would have occupied
far too much of my time, had not my friend and amanuensis.
Mr. John L. Keys, most diligently aided me in investigations
Jerome (331-422), 4, 28, 34, 223, 256, 316,
Jewell, John (1522-1571), 80
Josephus, Flavius (37—93), 287
Junius, 343
Juvenal, 192
Keble, John (1792-1866), 162, 438
Kempis, Thomas à (1380-1471), 7
Kennicott, Benjamin (1718-1783), 332
Kimchi, David (—1240), 410
King, John (1559-1621), 32, 143, 150, 151,
Kitto, John (1804-1854), 85, 281, 300, 427,
(See also Cyclopædia)
Knox, John (1505–1572), 284
Lake, Arthur (-1626), 335
Lathrop, Joseph (1805), 48
Latimer, Hugh (1480—1555), 142, 212
Lavington, Samuel (1726-1807), 224, 412
Lawrence, 90
Layard, Austin H. (1853), 410
Leighton, Robert (1611-1684), 41, 48, 54,
96, 142, 286
Littleton, Adam (1627-1694), 213, 324,
331
Lockyer, Nicholas (1612—1684-5), 291
Lorinus, John (1569–1634), 300, 432
Love, Christopher (1618-1651), 454
Lowth, Robert (1710-1787), 11, 285
Ludolph (1350), 378, 439
Luther, Martin (1483-1546), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
17, 18, 20, 31, 33, 36, 54, 58, 60, 65, 72, 75,
111, 114, 128, 203, 249, 290, 346, 377, 379,
384, 389, 391, 395, 431
Macduff, J. R. (1866), 403, 409
Maclaren, Alexander (1863), 419
Mant, Richard (1776-1849), 84, 259, 270,
283, 297, 349, 361, 362, 371
Manton, Thomas (1620-1677), 58, 82, 94,
167, 252, 321, 333
Marbury, Edward (1649), 116, 140, 282,
283, 298, 346
Martin, Samuel (1860), 357, 358, 364
Mason, William (1719-1791), 335
Massillon, Jean Baptiste (1663-1742), 419
Mather, Samuel (1626-1671), 264
Mayer, John (1653), 85, 94, 104, 114, 118,
393, 431
McCheyne, Robert Murray (1813-1843)
M'Cartree, Mrs., 47
M'Cosh, James (1850), 305
Melvill, Henry (1854), 102-4, 351
Merrick, James (1720-1769), 299
Michaelis, John Henry (1668-1738), 281
Milton, John (1608-1674), 120, 254, 269,
289, 315, 362
Montanas, Arias (1527-1598), 428
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron
of (1689-1755), 167
Moore, Hannah (1745-1833), 286
Morison, John (1829), 9, 83, 134, 136, 137,
258, 286, 289, 323, 343, 362, 379, 382, 387,
388, 394, 462
Mossom, Robert (1657), 450, 451, 453, 455,
456, 460, 461
Moulin, Peter du (1600-1684), 171
Mudge, Zachary (1744), 229
Muffet, Peter (1594), 130
Muis, Simon de (1587-1644), 455
Musculus, Wolfgang (1497-1563), 195,
315
Neale, John Mason (1860), 148, 151, 156,
164, 190, 195, 290, 297, 290, 345, 378, 385,
886, 388, 432, 457, 461
Needham, John (1768), 44
Ness, Christopher (1621-1705), 372
Newcome, Peter (1686), 303
Newton, John (1725-1807), 22, 383, 440
Nicholson, William (1662), 156
Nouet, James (1847), 361, 435
Noyes, George R. (1846), 227
Owen, John (1616-1683), 183, 185, 195,
196, 417
Page, Samuel (1646), 155
Palmer, Anthony (1678), 459
Parkhurst, John (1728-1797), 83, 229
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662), 100, 162
Patrick, Symon (1626-1707), 116
Paulinus, 202
Paxton, George (1762-1837), 389, 430
Payson, Edward (1783-1827), 131
Pendlebury, Henry (1626-1695), 435
Peraldus, 428
Perkins, William (1558–1602), 207, 420
Perowne, J. J. Stewart (1864), 249, 357, 379,
382, 430
Philpot, John (—1555), 177
Phillips, G. (1846), 448
Pitcairn, David (1851), 16, 17, 19, 23
Plain Explanation of difficult Passages in
the Psalms (1831), 419
Playfere, Thomas (1604), 70, 74, 203, 251,
252, 301,318, 381
Plumer, W. S. (1867), 17, 80, 115, 117, 285,
289, 290, 342, 349, 359, 403, 464
Pool, Matthew (1624-1679), 82, 88, 205,
227, 290, 299, 346, 349, 385, 410, 411, 418,
462, 464
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), 299, 493
Porter, Ebenezer (1834), 432
Porter, J. L. (1867), 405
Port Royal Authors, 428
Posidonius, 208
Power, Philip Bennet (1862), 81, 46, 108,
113, 415
Powerscourt, Viscountess (1861), 407, 414
Practical Illustrations of the Book of Psalms
(1826), 391
Prime, John (1588), 416
Quarles, Francis (1592—1644), 83, 126, 129,
163, 249
Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552-1618), 163
Ranew, Nathaniel (-1672), 7
Rayment, (1630), 43
Remigius (900), 299
Religious Tract Society's Commentary,
(See Bible)
Reyner, Edward (1600-1670), 55
Reynolds, Edward (1599–1676), 142
Ribera, 93
Richardson, John (1655), 21, 317
Richardson, William (1825), 451
Rivet, Andrew (1572-1651), 257
Roberts, Joseph (1835), 383, 390, 252, 347,
Robinson, Ralph (1614-1655), 195, 410
Rogers, Daniel (1573-1652), 95
Rogers, Mrs. (1856), 408, 421
Rogers, Timothy (1660-1729), 59, 70, 172,
173, 175, 231, 380
Rollock, Robert (1555-1598), 224, 241
Rosenmüller, 29
Row, John (1677), 379, 380
Rupert, Robert (1705), 334
Russel, Robert (1705), 334
Rutherford, Samuel (1600-1661), 173, 361
Ryland, H. R. (1853), 342, 357, 381, 428
Sacy, Louis Isaac le Maistre de (1613—1684),
300
Salter, H. G. (1840), 334, 490
Sanderson, Robert (1587-1662-3), 333, 335
Sandys, George (1577-1643), 288
Saurin, James (1677-1730), 134
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne (1825), 428,
Schleusner, John Frederick (1756-1831), 29
Scott, James (1774), 385, 438
Scriver, Christian (1629-1693)
Scotch Version (1649), 288
Secker, William (1660), 45, 82, 85, 138, 203,
225, 226, 407, 419, 461
Sedgwick, Obadiah (1600-1658), 312, 326,
327, 329, 331, 333, 406, 414, 418, 421
Selden, John (1584-1654), 207
Seneca, 91
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), 209
Shaw, Thomas (1692-1751), 387
Sheffield, John (1654), 165, 492
Sherlock, Thomas (1676-1761), 335
Sibbes, Richard (1577-1635), 30, 85, 117,
191, 433
Sidney, Edwin (1866), 320
Simeon, Charles (1759-1836), 145, 302
Skinner, G. (See French)
Smith, B. M. (See Critical and Explanatory
Bible)
Smith, Henry (1560-1591), 16, 44, 115,
130, 138, 155, 212
Smith, James (1802-1862), 36
Smith, Miles (-1624), 257, 296
Smith, Robert (1633-1716)
Smith, Samuel (1588-) 10, 403, 404, 421
Socrates, 40, 81, 253
South, Robert (1633-1716), 118
Spencer, John (-1654), 8, 56, 71, 105, 429
Spring, Gardiner, 166
Spurstowe (-1666), 260, 262
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (1864), 7, 287
Steele, Richard (-1692), 281, 295
Sternhold, Thomas (-1549), 270
Sterry, Peter (1649), 300
Stevenson, John (1842), 381, 383, 384, 385,
386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 395,
396, 397, 407, 408, 412, 421
Stock, Richard (-1626), 66, 132, 225, 322,
325, 459
Stoughton, John (-1639), 322
Stoughton, John (1860), 403, 421
Stowell, Hugh, 412
Streab, William (1654), 317, 378
Street, Stephen (1790), 299
Strong, William (-1654), 291, 292, 293,
294, 302, 393
Struther, William (1633), 416, 492
Stuckley, Lewis (-1687), 71, 84, 131, 192
Sturm, Christopher Christian (1750—1786),
96
Swinnock, George (1627-1673), 43, 54, 56,
174, 432
Symonds, Joseph (1639), 225, 252, 380
Symson, Archibald (1638), 66, 67, 68, 69,
71, 74, 449
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Tertullian, 72, 80, 435
Theodoret (393—457), 27
Tholuck, Augustus F. (1856), 29, 288, 219,
316, 360
Thomson, James (1700-1748), 176, 315
Thomson, W. M. (1859), 135, 405, 408, 409,
Thomé de Jesu, Fra (-1582), 382, 383,
Thornton, J. (1826), 411, 421
Trapp, John (1611-1669), 4, 8, 9, 16, 17,
50, 58, 59, 71, 72, 86, 97, 111, 115, 116,
134, 151, 161, 167, 176, 178, 180, 185, 192,
195, 201, 208, 214, 229, 231, 297, 302, 308,
324, 343, 345, 346, 358, 359, 368, 381, 385,
386, 388, 340, 410, 410, 419, 432, 450, 451,
454, 456, 461, 464
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Walford, W. (1837), 321
Ward, Samuel (1577—1639), 176
Wardlaw, Ralph (18—), 359
Washbourne, Thomas (1654), 100
Watson, Thomas (1660), 4, 7, 10, 21, 30,
32, 43, 45, 71, 81, 95, 115, 119, 138, 141,
142, 192, 193, 238, 239, 252, 262, 292, 323,
383, 464
Wedderburn, Alexander (1701), 379
Weemse, John (1636), 212
Weiss, Benjamin (1856), 265, 430
Westminster Assembly's Annotations
(1651), 283
Whitchurch, E. (1547), 384
Whitfield, George (1714-1770), 90
Wilcox, Daniel (1676-1733), 256, 496
Wilcocks, Thomas (1586), 9, 23, 71, 107,
143, 157, 178, 347
Willan, Edward (1645), 237, 238
Willet, Andrew (1562-1621), 192
Williams, Gr. (166), 139, 1362
Williams, Isaac (1864), 94, 347, 349, 357,
379, 383, 387, 432, 433, 439
Willison, John (1680-1750), 177, 503
Wilson, Thomas (1653), 59, 148, 191
Wilson, W. (1860), 92, 148, 167, 174, 288,
299, 317, 324, 346, 347,
Wolcombe, R. (1612), 162
Wood, J. G. (1869), 390
Wordsworth, Christopher (1868), 223, 425,
450
Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), 315
Young, Edward (1681-1765), 97, 101, 438
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