His good ness to those who patiently trust him His yoke is placed on men for a loving purpose His judgments are just Call to national con fession and peti tion for mercy The cry of woe and distress 21 This I recall to mind; therefore I have hope: 22 Jehovah's lovingkindnesses do not cease, for they never fail. 25 Jehovah is good to those who wait for him, to one who seeketh him. 26It is good quietly to hope for the salvation of Jehovah. 27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28 Let him sit alone and be silent, when Jehovah hath laid it upon him. 32 Though he grieve, he will have compassion according to the greatness of 33 For he doth not willingly afflict nor grieve mankind. 34The crushing under foot of all the prisoners of earth, 36 The subverting a man in his cause, doth the Lord not see? 37 Who is it that saith, and it is, when the Lord commandeth it not? 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. 48 Mine eye runs down with streams of water, for the wreck of my people, 49 Mine eye pours down unceasingly, without any respite, 50 Until Jehovah look down and behold my sorrow from heaven, 51 For he affecteth my soul, because of the woes of my city. 52They have hunted me like a bird; they who are mine enemies without cause, 53In the dungeon they have cut off my life, and have cast a stone upon me.1 b321 The this refers to the statement regarding Jehovah's goodness that follows. 322 So one Heb. MS., Syr., and Targ. d32 Heb., thy. 324 A scribe, destroying the metre, has introduced the longer idiom, my soul saith, i. e., I myself say. 13 Lit., soul, equivalent to the Eng., one or person. 8329 I. e., better humble his pride to the ground or fill his mouth with dust than speak resentfully of Jehovah's providence. h331 The metre and the parallel in 33 indicate that a word or two has been dropped out of the text which must be supplied. 1333 Lit., from the heart. 1341 So Gk., Syr., and Lat. Heb., heart. 351 This vs. has suffered badly in transmission. The Heb. reads all the daughters of my people. The reconstruction given above is only conjectural. 1353 I. e., cast me, like Jeremiah, into a dungeon to die. A JEWISH PATRIOT'S MEDITATION 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.' 55I called on thy name, O Jehovah, from the lowest dungeon. 56Thou heardest my voice; oh close not thine earm to my cry! 57On the day that I called upon thee thou drewest near; thou saidst, ‘Fear not.' 580 Lord, thou didst plead my cause;" thou redeemedst my life. 590 Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; vindicate my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me; 62The utterances of my foes, and their mutterings against me each day. 64Thou wilt repay them, O Jehovah, for the work of their hands. m356 Heb. adds to my breathing. The metre and the variations of the VSS. leave little doubt that this is a later interpolation. 358 Lit., thou didst plead the cause of my soul; but soul here, as usually, means physical life. 0361 The repetition of the same second member in 60, 61 is probably due to a scribal error, although it may have been introduced in the original for the sake of emphasis. curse. P363 I. e., songs of mockery. 936 Lit., blindness of heart; but here, as usually, the heart stands for mental power. The divine deliver ance Concluding appeal for vin dication and ven geance SONGS OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE I. A ROYAL MARRIAGE SONG Ps. 45 II. A COLLECTION OF ANTE-NUPTIAL SONGS Sg. of Sgs. 12-35 III. WEDDING-SONGS Sg. of Sgs. 36-814 |