Psalms 59:10

Verse 10. The pot of my hope; or my watering pot. That is, a vessel for meaner uses, by being reduced to serve me, even i nthe meanest employments. Challoner. Worthington.—Plautus (Mort. ii. scen. 1. 40) says, Ego vos pro matula habeo, and so forth Symmachus adopts the sense of the Septuagint αμεριμνιας, as réts, in Syr. means “to trust,” (Daniel 3:28) and “to wash” in Hebrew It was customary to throw lots into a pot full of water, and that which came out last was most esteemed. To this custom the psalmist may allude, ( Calmet.) or he hoped that the fruitful region of Moab would supply him with food. It was subject to David, (2 Kennicott. 8:2. Bible.) and to the Machabees, 1 Maccabees 5:6.—Shoe, to be untied, or carried, as by the meanest slaves, (Matthew 3:11) or to take possession. Deuteronomy 11:24. Thus “Alexander threw a javelin, and danced on the shore of Asia, begging that those lands would not receive him unwillingly for king.” Diod. Arrian. Justin.—David conquered Idumea, (2 Kennicott. 8:14. Bible.) as Hyrcanus did afterwards. Joseph. xiii. 17. Calmet.—Foreigners, alienigenæ, or, “Allophyli.” Saint Augustine—“Of another tribe.” Bible.—So the Philistines were called, who had no kindred with the Israelites; whereas the Edomites, Moabites, and so forth were originally of the same family. Challoner.—Subject, or “friends.” Psalms 107:10. Calmet.—Prot. “Philistia, triumph thou, because of me.” Marg. insinuates this is spoken “by irony;” but ( Bible.) Hebrew properly means, “make an alliance with me;” or, Syr. “I will shout for joy over Palestine.” This country was subdued by the Machabees, (1 Maccabees 4:15. Calmet.) as it had been tributary to David. 2 Kennicott. 8:2. Bert.—“I will make a league against the Philistines.” Houbig.