LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Ezrahite. Septuagint and so forth “Israelite,” as in the former psalm. The Jews think that Ethan or Eman lived during the Egyptian bondage. But this psalm was rather composed by one of the captives at Babylon who bewails the destruction of the kingdom of Juda, under Sedecias. After he had detailed the promises of God, (verse 39. Calmet.) David might write it in the person ( Bible.) of Ethan, or Idithun. 1 Chronicles 25 and 3 Kings. 4:31. Worthington.—Most of the Fathers explain it of Christ’s kingdom. See Psalms 131:11. Jeremiah 33:17. Calmet.—The sceptre or administration of affairs was to continue in the tribe of Juda till his coming, as it really did, though kings were not always at the head of the people. Bert.