The Book of praises, being the Book of psalms, with notes orig. and selected, by W.H. Alexander, ed. by his familyWilliam Henry Alexander 1867 |
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... destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans are inserted in the third book , that of Moses is postponed to the commencement of the fourth , and those of David are distributed throughout the whole ; some of them , with one of Solomon's ...
... destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans are inserted in the third book , that of Moses is postponed to the commencement of the fourth , and those of David are distributed throughout the whole ; some of them , with one of Solomon's ...
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... destruction ; and in like manner in a series of other Psalms belonging to the same period of persecution . ( Psalms liv . to lix . ) During Absalom's revolt also David retreats for refuge to Elohim . ( Psalms xlii . , xliii . , lxi ...
... destruction ; and in like manner in a series of other Psalms belonging to the same period of persecution . ( Psalms liv . to lix . ) During Absalom's revolt also David retreats for refuge to Elohim . ( Psalms xlii . , xliii . , lxi ...
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... destruction of the ungodly , announced in the first Psalm , are brought to pass ; the triumph of Christ and of His servants , foretold in the second , is complete ; the kings of the earth , who had stood up against the Lord , and ...
... destruction of the ungodly , announced in the first Psalm , are brought to pass ; the triumph of Christ and of His servants , foretold in the second , is complete ; the kings of the earth , who had stood up against the Lord , and ...
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... destruction of their father ; and his de- scendants appear to have become so much more numerous than any other of the line of Kohath , that the Kohathite branch of the Levites are sometimes denominated , in reference to the temple ...
... destruction of their father ; and his de- scendants appear to have become so much more numerous than any other of the line of Kohath , that the Kohathite branch of the Levites are sometimes denominated , in reference to the temple ...
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... destruction of Satan is the plot . The persons of the drama are the persons of the Godhead , Christ united to one of them , Satan , Judas , the apostate Jews , the heathen persecutors , the apostates of latter times ; the attendants ...
... destruction of Satan is the plot . The persons of the drama are the persons of the Godhead , Christ united to one of them , Satan , Judas , the apostate Jews , the heathen persecutors , the apostates of latter times ; the attendants ...
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according ancient appears appropriate bless brought called captivity cause character chief clause commandments composed connection considered continually David death delivered denote designed destruction Divine dwell earth enemies evil expression eyes fear former give glory hand hath head hear heart heathen heaven Hebrew Hengstenberg holy iniquity Israel Jehovah Jerusalem judge judgment keep king land latter literally living LORD meaning mentioned mouth occasion original passage person praise prayer preceding present probably Psalm Psalmist refer regarded rejoice remarks rendered righteous righteousness salvation seems Selah sense servant signifies sing song soul speak stand strength supposed thee thine things Thou hast thought translators trouble trust truth turn unto verb verse versions voice waters whole wicked word Zion
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Page 377 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me : I found trouble and sorrow.
Page 80 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 229 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 115 - By the word of the LORD were the heavens made ; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Page 128 - I have been young, and now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Page 195 - O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is, 2 to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Page 248 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven : the lightnings lightened the world : the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 124 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Page 153 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
Page 435 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.