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Title.. Song. Hebrew. shir. See App-65: viz. one of the Songs promised by Hezekiah in Isaiah 38:20.
degrees. the degrees, or steps. Hebrew. hamma'aloth (with Art.): i.e. the "degrees" mentioned six times in 2 Kings 20:8-11, and five times in Isaiah 38:8 (Hebrew) No other "degrees" known to Scripture which are connected with the shadow of the sun. For the origin, authorship, examination, and Structure, see App-67, and note on p. 827.
distress. The first Psalm of each of the five groups speaks of DISTRESS; the second of TRUST; the third of BLESSING AND PEACE IN ZION. The distress, here, refers to Sennacherib '. siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:3.Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 37:3).
cried. See 2 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 19:4 2 Kings 19:14-19. 2 Chronicles 32:20; Isaiah 37:15-20; Isaiah 38:2; Isaiah 38:3. See App-67.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
heard. answered.
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Deliver. Pluck me. Hebrew. nazal. Same word as in Psalms 119:170. The reference is to 2 Kings 18:30; 2 Kings 18:32.
my soul. me. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
lips. Hebrew. lip: i.e. Rab-shakeh's. The reference is to 2 Kings 18:19-35; 2 Kings 19:8-13; 2 Chronicles 32:10-19; Isaiah 36:4-20; Isaiah 37:8-13. See App-67.
tongue. Figure of speech Epistrophe (App-6), with "tongue", Psalms 120:3.
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done. heaped upon: i.e. added to. Compare 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 20:13, &c.
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mighty. Mighty [One].
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Mesech... Kedar. Used typically of cruel and merciless peoples; as we use the terms Vandals, Goths, Philistines.
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him. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "them".
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I. I [even I]; or,. [am all] peace (emphatic).
speak. speak [of peace]. See note on Psalms 109:4.
they are for war. The reference is to 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Chronicles 32:2.Isaiah 36:5.