An exhortation both to learn and to preach the law of God. The history of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.
Maschil of Asaph.
Title. ףּלאס משׂהיל maskiil leasaph— This psalm contains a short account of the wonderful things which God had done for his people Israel, from the time of their coming out of Egypt to that of David: and, as it concludes there, Bishop Patrick is of opinion, that probably it was composed by that Asaph, who is called the Singer, and who lived in the time of David. But why might it not have been composed by David himself? From the beginning and the close, there seem to be better reasons to conclude it to be the composition of David, than of any other writer.