Title. Maschil . Instruction. The eleventh of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32, and App-65. The title, rearranged as above, removes the difficulty of this Psalm being ascribed to two different writers.
Heman. Celebrated for wisdom (with Ethan, 89), 1 Kings 4:31. 1Ch 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:44; 1 Chronicles 25:4. He was. Kohathite, while Ethan was. Merarite. See App-63 and App-64.
Ezrahite. Put for Zerahite. Probably the name of. district. Compare the case of Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1.
The Psalm is prophetic of Messiah's humiliation, corresponding with Psalms 86. See the Structure, p. 789.
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4).