Title. Maschil . Instruction. The ninth of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32, and App-65 of Asaph. The third of the twelve Asaph Psalms. See App-63. Not David's Asaph, but. successor bearing the same name.
God. Hebrew Elohim. App-4.
why... ? Figure of speech. Erotesis. See App-6.
cast us off. Compare Psalms 43:2; Psalms 44:9.
smoke. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Compare Psalms 18:8.
sheep of Thy pasture. Occurs frequently in the Asaph Psalms (Psalms 79:13); also in Jeremiah 23:1.Ezekiel 34:31.