Psalms 108

INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 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.

Psalms 108:1

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise,…. From hence to Psalms 108:6 the words are taken out of Ps 57:7, which see.

Even with my glory; my tongue; in Psalms 57:8, it is read, “awake up my glory”. [See comments on Psalms 57:7],

Psalms 108:2

[See comments on Psalms 57:8].

Psalms 108:3

[See comments on Psalms 57:9].

Psalms 108:4

For thy mercy is great above the heavens,….. It is in

Psalms 57:10, “thy mercy is great unto the heavens”.

[See comments on Psalms 57:10].

Psalms 108:5

[See comments on Psalms 57:11].

Psalms 108:6

That thy beloved may be delivered,…. From hence to the end of the psalm the words are taken out of Ps 60:5.

[See comments on Psalms 60:5].

Psalms 108:7

[See comments on Psalms 60:6].

Psalms 108:8

[See comments on Psalms 60:7].

Psalms 108:9

Over Philistia will I triumph,…. In Psalms 60:8, it is, “Philistia, triumph thou because of me”; [See comments on Psalms 60:8].

Psalms 108:10

[See comments on Psalms 60:9].

Psalms 108:11

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”. [See comments on Psalms 60:10].

Psalms 108:12

[See comments on Psalms 60:11].

Psalms 108:13

[See comments on Psalms 60:12].