Posted on 11/05/2010 6:55:49 AM PDT by Bamanot
Psalm 5:1-2
1. Give ear unto my words, O Jehovah; attend to my speech. 2. Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Again, the word cry, which signifies a loud and sonorous utterance of the voice, serves to mark the earnestness of his desire. David did not cry out as it were into the ears of one who was deaf; but the vehemence of his grief and his inward anguish, burst forth into this cry. After David has said in general, that God hears his words, he seems, immediately after, for the purpose of being more specific, to divide them into two kinds, calling the one obscure or indistinct moanings, and the other loud crying.
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With morsels like this, we will starve. Why not become Christian instead?
Just a morsel of Calvin's edifying exegesis.
Unfortunately, Calvin takes the path of most "commentators" and parses verse by verse. If the two verses were read in the context of the entire "poem" or chapter, his "exegesis" would simply seem to be a lot of blather.
After decades of reading Bible commentaries, I find it amazing that theological writers can add so much to God's Word that isn't there.
You might want to make this a caucus threads if it meets the criteria.
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