15-20. The second part of the song passes from prayer to thanksgiving
at the prayer being heard.
What shall I say?--the language of one at a loss for words to express
his sense of the unexpected deliverance.
both spoken . . . and . . . done it--
(Nu 23:19).
Both promised and performed
(1Th 5:24;
Heb 10:23).
himself--No one else could have done it
(Ps 98:1).
go softly . . . in the bitterness--rather, "on account of the
bitterness"; I will behave myself humbly in remembrance of my past
sorrow and sickness from which I have been delivered by God's mercy (see
1Ki 21:27, 29).
In
Ps 42:4,
the same Hebrew verb expresses the slow and solemn gait of one
going up to the house of God; it is found nowhere else, hence ROSENMULLER explains it, "I will reverently attend the
sacred festivals in the temple"; but this ellipsis would be harsh;
rather metaphorically the word is transferred to a calm, solemn,
and submissive walk of life.
JFB.
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