time of writing any one Psalm, are more fully understood by reading the leading Introductions to that particular series of Psalms. For instance, David's persecution by Saul extended over a period of several years, and became the occasion of many Psalms, each of which receives some important beauty and force by attending to the general history of David at that time, as well as to his special condition at the time of writing. The same may be said of the Psalms belonging to the general period of Absalom's Rebellion, those dating at the reign of Jehoshaphat, of Hezekiah, at the Captivity, the Restoration, and numerous other instances. The reader will soon learn to be familiar with these Psalmodical epochs, and will be at no loss to know what use to make of the matter of the several Introductions. 4. Such information as seemed most important to a general appreciation of the Psalms, and which could not relevantly be thrown into the special Introductions, has been placed in the General Introduction to this work. It was at first intended to add critical and expository foot-notes to each Psalm, but, upon mature reflection, this part of the original plan was abandoned. It would make the work too voluminous, too expensive; it might tend to mar the unity and simplicity of the one great design of the work, and throw the reader more upon the notes and sayings of the annotator than on the scope, and drift, and spirit of the Psalm itself; besides, we have a goodly number of philological and expository works on the Psalms already, to which common readers may have access. The plan herein proposed for studying the Psalms is equally, and in many instances in a still higher degree of utility, applicable to the prophetic Scriptures; and, should Providence permit, it is the intention of the author, at a future day, to complete his plan of elucidating the writings of the Hebrew prophets, and endeavouring to make them, what they ought to be and might be, a comprehensible, delightful, and most profitable reading book. Should the reader find the same pleasure and profit in reading the Psalms, in connection with the humble helps here with submitted, which the author has found in the process of preparing this unpretending volume, let Him to whom all praise is due for all benefits, receive our devout thanksgiving; and let the fruits of our after lives be as sweet, as tasteful, and as comely, as befit always his most worthy praise, “to whom be glory and power everlasting. Amen.” F. G. HIBBARD. CONTENTS. PAGE 11 19 29 45 SECTION 1. Historic occasions of the Psalms......... SECTION 2. Authors of the Psalms......... SECTION 3. Title of the collection, or Book of Psalms............ ... ... ... ... ... ... SECTION 4. Titles and inscriptions of particular Psalms... ... ... ... ... ...... SECTION 6. Poetry of the Psalms...... SECTION 6. Form of Hebrew Poetry... SECTION 7. Parallelism.......... SECTION 8. Doctrinal teaching of the Psalms Introduction to Psalm 90........... Introduction to Psalm 91...... .................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...Psalm of David 142 Introduction to Psalms 142, 34 Introduction to Psalms 52, 109, 17, 140, 35, 64.................. Introduction to Psalm 31...... Introduction to Psalms 64, 12............................................. Introduction to Psalms 57, 58, 63...................................... Introduction to Psalm in 2 Samuel 22, 101.... Introduction to Psalm recorded in 1 Chronicles, 16........... Introduction to Psalm 16....... Introduction to Psalms 105, 106, 96 Introduction to Psalms 2, 16, 110 Introduction to Psalms 97, 98..... Introduction to Psalms 60, 108 ........................................ 66 Introduction to Psalms 117, 118.......................................Psalms of David 268 Introduction to Psalms 9, 20... ... ... ... ... ............................. Introduction to Psalms 38, 39, 6, 41....... Introduction to Psalms 40, 32, 103, 104.............................. Introduction to Psalms 21, 33. Introduction to Psalm 55... ... ... ... ... ... ... .............................. Introduction to Psalms 42, 43, 143 .................................. Introduction to Psalm 3 ................ Introduction to Psalms 4, 61.... Introduction to Psalms 5, 62........................................... Introduction to Psalms 70, 71. Introduction to Psalms 29, 65... Introduction to Psalms 30, 131.... The last words of David, 2 Samuel, 23, 1-7........................ Introduction to Psalms 127, 128..... ..Psalms of Korah 414 Introduction to Psalm 80 ..Psalm of Asaph 419 Introduction to Psalm 44... ......................... ... ... ... ... Psalm of Korah 428 Introduction to Psalms 73, 92, 93..................................... ...Psalms of Asaph 433 Introduction to Psalms 76, 75, 46 .................... Psalmıs of Asaph and Korah 441 Introduction to Psalm 88.... ... Psalm of Heman 445 Introduction to Psalms 94, 79, 74 ...................................... .Psalms of Asaph 451 Introduction to Psalm 137 459 Introduction to Psalıns 14, 77, 49, 53, 89, 123, 13, 37, 36......Psalms of Asaph, Korah, Ethan, and others 462 Introduction to Psalms 102, 50, 67, 130, 25... ... Psalms of Asaph, and others 482 Introduction to Psalm 126......... 494 Introduction to Psalm 85... ........ Psalm of Korah 498 Introduction to Psalms 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116.... 500 Introduction to Psalms 84, 66........................ ............ Psalms of Korah 512 Introduction to Psalms 129, 125. 518 Introduction to Psalm 138 .... Psalm of Haggai and Zechariah 523 Introduction to Psalms 134, 135, 136, 146.......... .Psalms of Haggai, Zechariah, and others 627 Introduction to Psalm 81......... .... ...... Psalm of Asaph 535 Introduction to Psalm 45.... .................................Psalm of Korah 538 Introduction to Psalm 10....... 644 Introduction to Psalm 124, 549 Introduction to Psalms 87, 147, 148, 149, 150...... Psalms of Korah, Haggai, Zechariah, and others 554 Introduction to Psalm 119.... ..................................Psalm of Ezra 564 Introduction to Psalm 1. ... 581 |