Psalms Chapter 108 · Matthew Poole

Psalm 108:1 A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. THE ARGUMENT

This Psalm is almost word for word taken out of two foregoing Psalms, the first five verses out of

Psalm 57:7-11, and the rest out of

Psalm 60:5, &c., to which the reader must resort for the explication of it. This only is observable, that the psalmist designing to take the body of this Psalm out of

Psalm 60, doth industriously lay aside that mournful preface,

Psalm 60:1-4, and borrows one more pleasant out of

Psalm 57. The reason of which change is supposed to be this, that

Psalm 60

was composed in the time of his danger and distress, and the latter after his deliverance.

David rouseth up himself to praise the Lord,

Psalm 108:1-4; praying also for assistance, being fully assured of it, against his enemies,

Psalm 108:5-13.

Either,

1. With my heart or soul, which is fixed for that work, as he said in the former branch. Or rather,

2. With my tongue, which is called a man’s

glory,

Psalm 16:9, compared with

Acts 2:26. So the first branch describes the fixedness of his heart, to which this adds the expressions of his mouth.

Psalm 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? This he repeats in this place, either because, though the enemies were defeated and subdued, yet there was some strong city or cities which were not yet taken; or in way of thankful commemoration of God’s goodness in answering his former requests, as if he had said, I remember this day, to thy glory and my own comfort, my former straits and dangers, which made mile cry out,

Who will bring me, &c.?

Psalm 108:11 Wilt not thou , O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. No text from Poole on this verse.

Psalm 108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. No text from Poole on this verse.