A Brief Explication of the Psalms Author:David Dickson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1834 Original Publisher: J. Dow Subjects: Bible Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Although the Lord, for a time, shall neither remove the outward affliction nor inwardly give comfort, yet faith will sustain itself upon the covenant, and lay its whole weight upon it, and may do it confidently; for it will not sink under the man nor under his burden : he is my God. PSALM XLIIL This psalm tendeth to the same purpose with the former; for David in exile complaineth of his persecutors, and prayeth for delivery, and re- gretteth his sad condition, ver. 1, 2; prayeth for restitution unto the liberty of the public ordinances, promising to praise God at his returning cheerfully, ver. 3, 4; and wrcstleth with his discouragements, as he did in the former psalm, ver. 5. 1. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation : 0 deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ? From his complaint and prayer against his enemies learn, ]. As the godly have usually enemies powerful, many, crafty and cruel, oppressing them for righteousness, so they want not an impartial judge, who is sufficient to take order with their adversaries, to whom they may and should address themselves in their affliction, as David doth here: judge me, O Lord, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. 2. The cruelties and falsehood, and fair pretences, whereby the enemies palliate their cruel purposes, are more dangerous than their professed cruelty ; from which no wisdom, except divine direction, can save a man; 0! deliver me from the deceitf...« less