Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 1
Overview
The Psalms have served for centuries as the church’s sourcebook for prayer and praise. The poetry captures a range of emotions and experiences. Hengstenberg’s first volume of commentary on the Psalms includes commentary on Psalms 1 through 30. He explores and explains Psalm 1, the Psalms of lament, Psalm 23, and more.
Top Highlights
“It remains perpetually true, that sin is the destruction of any people, and that salvation is the inseparable attendant of righteousness.” (Page 2)
“To walk in the counsel of the wicked, is to occupy oneself with their purposes, their worthless projects.” (Page 7)
“David prescribes here to all Christians a common rule, that there is no other way or plan upon earth by which a man can be delivered from trouble of every kind, than to cast all his care upon the Lord, to lay hold of Him by His word of grace, to hold this fast, and by no means to let it go. Whoever does this, shall be happy, be he in prosperity or adversity, be he in life or in death: he shall hold on to the end, and gain the victory over all—the devil, the world, and misfortune.’” (Page 409)
“The ‘dwelling in the house of the Lord,’ towards which the prayer and the desire are directed, is here, as in all other passages (compare Ps. 23:6, 15:1), to be understood figuratively, as equivalent to, ‘being an inmate of God’s house,’ ‘to stand towards Him in a confidential relation,’ ‘to enjoy His favour.’” (Page 454)
“The conclusion, in vers. 10 and 11, expresses the hope and confidence which sprung up for the Church of God out of this manifestation of the Divine glory and majesty: if her God is such a God, her own powerlessness need give her no further concern.” (Page 472)
- Title: Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 1
- Authors: E. W. Hengstenberg, John Thomson, Patrick Fairbairn
- Series: Commentary on the Psalms by E. W. Hengstenberg
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 1869
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:PSALMHENG01
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T16:47:10Z