1 The prophet exhorts to praise God
4 For his great works
6 For his judgments on the wicked
10 And for his goodness to the godly.

A.M. cir 3464. B.C. cir 540. Calmet and others suppose this Psalm to have been composed by some of the Levites during or near the close of the Babylonian captivity, acknowledging the mercy of God, and foreseeing the destruction of their enemies, and their own return to Jerusalem and the temple service.

for Isa 58:13,14 Heb 4:9 Re 4:8-11

good Ps 33:1 50:23 52:9 54:6 73:28 107:1,8,15,21,22 135:3 147:1 Eph 5:19 Heb 13:15

most Ps 92:8 82:6 Isa 57:15 Da 4:34-37 5:18 Ac 7:48,49

2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

shew Ps 71:15 89:1,2 145:2 Isa 63:7 La 3:22,23 Joh 1:17

every night. Heb. in the nights. Ps 42:8 77:2 Job 35:10 Ac 16:25

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

instrument Ps 33:2 57:8 68:25 81:2,3 149:3 150:3-5 1Ch 15:16 25:6 2Ch 23:5 29:25

the harp. A solemn sound. Heb. Higgaion Ps 9:16

4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Ps 64:10 104:31,34 106:47,48 126:3 145:6,7 Isa 61:2-11 65:13,14 66:10,11 Jer 31:7,11-13 Zep 3:14-16 Lu 1:47 Joh 16:22 2Co 2:14 Re 18:20

5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

O Lord Ps 40:5 66:3 104:24 111:2 145:3,4 Re 15:3

thoughts Ps 139:17 Isa 28:29 55:8,9 Jer 23:20 Ro 11:33,34

deep Ps 64:6 Ec 7:24 1Co 2:10

6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

a brutish Ps 32:9 73:22 94:8 Pr 30:2 Isa 1:3 Jer 10:14 1Co 2:14

a fool Ps 14:1 49:10 75:4 Pr 1:22 24:7 Lu 12:20

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

wicked Ps 37:1,2,35,38 90:5,6 103:15,16 Isa 37:27 40:6,7 Jas 1:10,11 1Pe 1:24

workers Ps 73:12,18-20 Job 12:6 21:7-12 Jer 12:1,2 Mal 3:15 4:1

it is that Ps 37:35,36,38 73:18-20 1Sa 25:36-38 Pr 1:32 Lu 16:19-25

8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

art most Ps 56:2 83:18 102:26,27 Ex 18:11 Ec 5:8 Da 4:34,35 Ac 12:1,22-24

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

for Ps 21:8,9 37:20 68:1,2 73:27 89:10 Jud 5:31 19:27 2Th 1:7-9

Scattered Ps 1:4 59:11 68:30 Le 26:33 Nu 10:35 De 28:64 Isa 17:13 Eze 5:12 Mt 7:23 Lu 21:24

10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

but Ps 89:17,24 112:9 132:17 148:14 1Sa 2:1,10 Lu 1:69

an unicorn Nu 23:22 1Jo 2:20

I shall Ps 23:5 45:7 2Co 1:21

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Ps 37:34 54:7 59:10 91:8 112:8

12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

righteous Ps 92:7 52:8 Isa 55:13 65:22 Ho 14:5,6

cedar Ps 104:16 148:9 Am 2:9 1Ki 4:33 6:29

13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

those Isa 60:21 Ro 6:5 11:17 Eph 3:17

shall flourish Isa 61:3 2Pe 3:18

in the Ps 100:4 135:2 2Ch 4:9

14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

they Ps 1:3 Mt 3:10 Joh 15:2-5 Ga 5:22,23 Php 1:11 Jude 1:12

in old age Ps 71:18 1Ch 29:1 Job 17:9 Pr 4:18 Isa 46:4 Jer 17:8

flourishing. Heb. green Eze 47:12

15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

to shew Joh 10:27-29 15:1-3 1Co 1:8,9 1Th 5:23,24 Tit 1:2 1Pe 1:4,5

my rock Ps 18:2 62:6 De 32:4

and Ps 145:17 Zep 3:5 Ro 9:14 2Th 1:6,7