Remaining Chapters
1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Altaschith{H8686)}, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak{H8762)} righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge{H8799)} uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: …
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. …
A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. …
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)We have reason to think that this psalm refers to the malice of Saul and his janizaries against David, because it bears the same inscription ( Al-taschith , and Michtam of David ) with that which goes before and that which follows, both which appear, by the title, to have been penned with reference to that persecution through which God preserved him ( Al-taschith—Destroy not ), and therefore the p…
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