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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,.... On the other hand, when it is the pleasure of God, a country uncultivated and like a desert, he makes it fruitful as one that is well watered and tilled; as this country of ours, and the land in America, once waste places, now fruitful ones. And dry ground into water springs: which is expressive...
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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,.... In those fruitful places which they find agreeable to them, and so fix upon them as the places of their abode, and build houses, and dwell there; having all the conveniences of life, which they wanted elsewhere: so such as hunger and thirst after righteousness make to such places where the waters are,...
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And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,.... And so raise a sufficient supply of corn and wine for the support of themselves and families. In a spiritual sense the "fields" are the world, and the seed which is sown is the word; the persons that sow it are the ministers of the Gospel, which, by a divine blessing, brings forth fruit, in some thirty,...
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly,.... Not only their fields and vineyards are blessed with an increase, but these husbandmen themselves; as man at his first creation was bid to do, being blessed of God; and as the Israelites were in Egypt, Genesis 1:28 and which may spiritually denote the great number of converts to...
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Again they are minished,.... Or "lessened", in their families, cattle, and substance; either the same persons as before, or others. The Targum paraphrases it, "but when they sin, they are lessened:'' for sin is the cause of it, as follows: and brought low through oppression, affliction and sorrow; either because of their oppression of the poor,...
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He poureth contempt upon princes,.... That is, the Lord does, who is above them; he laughs at them, and has them in derision, when they are raging against his people, cause, and interest; he sets them up and pulls them down at his pleasure; he hurls them from their seats and thrones, and makes them contemptible to their subjects; he sometimes...
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Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,.... On the other hand, the Lord sometimes exalteth men of low degree, raiseth men of mean extract and parentage, who have made a poor figure in life, to high places of honour, free from adversity and distress; as David from the sheepfold, and from following the ewes great with young, to be king of...
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The righteous shall see it, and rejoice,.... Shall see the increase and prosperity of the saints, the glory of the church in the latter day, and rejoice at it; the judgments of God upon the wicked, upon antichristian princes and states, and rejoice on that account; see Revelation 18:20 and the several deliverances of persons in distress before...
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Whoso is wise,.... Or as it may be read interrogatively, "who is wise?" as in Jeremiah 9:12, that is, spiritually wise, wise unto salvation; who is made to know wisdom in the hidden part; for not such as are possessed of natural wisdom, or worldly wise men, much less who are wise to do evil, are here meant. And will observe these things; the...
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INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 108 A Song [or] Psalm of David. This psalm consists of several passages out of the fifty seventh and sixtieth psalms, with very little variation. Jarchi and Kimchi refer it to the times of the Messiah. The title in the Syriac version is, "concerning the calling of the Gentiles,'' to which, no doubt, it has respect.
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O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise,.... From hence to Psalms 108:6 the words are taken out of Ps 57:7, which see. Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psalms 57:8, it is read, "awake up my glory". [See comments on Psalms 57:7],
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Psalms 57:8].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Psalms 57:9].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thy mercy is great above the heavens,..... It is in Psalms 57:10, "thy mercy is great unto the heavens". [See comments on Psalms 57:10].
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[See comments on Psalms 57:11].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That thy beloved may be delivered,.... From hence to the end of the psalm the words are taken out of Ps 60:5. [See comments on Psalms 60:5].
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[See comments on Psalms 60:6].
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[See comments on Psalms 60:7].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Over Philistia will I triumph,.... In Psalms 60:8, it is, "Philistia, triumph thou because of me"; [See comments on Psalms 60:8].
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[See comments on Psalms 60:9].