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Introduction open_in_new
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 108
A Song [or] Psalm of David. This psalm consists of several passages out of the fifty seventh and sixtieth psalms, with very little variation. Jarchi and Kimchi refer it to the times of the Messiah. The title in the Syriac version is,
"concerning the calling of the Gentiles,''
to which, no doubt, it has respect.
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Psalms 108:1 open_in_new
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise,.... From hence to Psalms 108:6 the words are taken out of Psalms 57:7, which see.
Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psalms 57:8, it is read, "awake up my glory". Psalms 57:7,
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Psalms 108:4 open_in_new
For thy mercy is great above the heavens,..... It is in
Psalms 57:10, "thy mercy is great unto the heavens".
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Psalms 108:6 open_in_new
That thy beloved may be delivered,.... From hence to the end of the psalm the words are taken out of Psalms 60:5.
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Psalms 108:9 open_in_new
Over Philistia will I triumph,.... In Psalms 60:8, it is, "Philistia, triumph thou because of me"; Psalms 60:8.
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Psalms 108:11 open_in_new
And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?.... In
Psalms 60:10, it is, "and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies". Psalms 60:10.