My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. These sarcasms fill me with grief, ( Calmet.) while the solemn ceremonies of religion, which, I remember, where observed in the temple, cause my heart to overflow with joy. Bert.—I shall. Prot. “I had gone with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise; with a multitude that kept holiday.” Yet the holidays of the Catholic Church are now ridiculed by many. Prot. Bible.—The original may have several other meanings. The tabernacle may here designate the musach of Levites. 4 Kennicott. 16:18. Calmet.—Feasting. Some such religious feasts were prescribed. Deuteronomy 12:12. Bible.—David was not permitted to build the temple, nor to enter the tabernacle: but he speaks of heaven. Worthington.