Psalms 48

Psalms 48:2

Love - Most affectionately, and with my whole soul; as the Hebrew word signifies.

Psalms 48:3

Rock - To which I flee for refuge, as the Israelites did to their rocks. Horn - It is a metaphor from those beasts whose strength lies in their horns.

Psalms 48:5

Death - Dangerous and deadly troubles. Floods - Their multitude, and strength, and violent assaults, breaking in upon me like a flood.

Psalms 48:6

Sorrows - Which brought me to the brink of the grave. Death - Had almost taken hold of me, before I was aware.

Psalms 48:7

Temple - Out of his heavenly habitation.

Psalms 48:8

Then - Then God appeared on my behalf in a glorious manner, to the terror and confusion of all mine enemies, which is here compared to an earthquake.

Psalms 48:9

There went, &c. - All these seem to be figurative expressions, denoting the greatness of his anger.

Psalms 48:10

Bowed - By producing thick and dark clouds, whereby the heavens seem to come down to the earth. Came - Not by change of place, but by the manifestation of his presence and power on my behalf.

Psalms 48:11

Cherub - Or, upon the cherubim, upon the angels, who are also called God’s chariots, Psal 68:17, upon which he is said to sit and ride. All which is not to be understood grossly, but only to denote God’s using the ministry of angels, in raising such storms and tempests. Fly - As swiftly as the wind.

Psalms 48:12

Darkness - He covered himself with dark clouds. Waters - Watery vapours.

Psalms 48:13

At - His glorious and powerful appearance. Passed - Or, passed away, vanished, being dissolved into showers.