You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. As in. This is agreeable to Saint Augustine and some ancient psalters; though the Septuagint have “like a bottle” made of leather, ωσει ασκον Moderns would translate, “like a heap.” But Sym. and Saint Jerome agree with us, (see Psalms 77:13. Calmet.) as well as the Chal. and Houbigant. God has made the bed of the sea capable of containing such quantities of water, some of which evaporate and descend again from the clouds, to make the earth fruitful. Yet many take no notice of this admirable economy. Bert.—Theodoret and S. Athanasius understand the clouds to be meant by this vessel; but the former sentiment seems better. These waters, as well as hail, and so forth are instruments of God’s vengeance. Deuteronomy 32:34. The depths have the same import. God calls them forth at pleasure, (Amos 5:8. Genesis 7:11) and confines them within bounds. Job 38:11.