Adam Clarke - Poéticos Jó a Cantares de Salomão

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ANALYSIS OF THE NINETY-SECOND PSALM
I. A general proposition, ver. 1: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord,”
etc.; which is explained ver. 2, 3, and applied ver. 4.
II. A particular narration of such works, in which the goodness and
faithfulness of God do especially consist, viz., the creation and
government of the world, ver. 4, 5. And of the last he gives two instances:
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1. One in wicked men; of their stupidity, ver. 6. Then of their sudden
extirpation, ver. 7-9.
2. Another in the godly, whose prosperity is great, ver. 10-14, and
security certain, ver. 15.
I. He begins with a maxim: 1. “It is good,” i.e., just, profitable, pleasant,
and commendable, “to give thanks to the Lord.” 2. “And to sing praises
(with heart and tongue) to thy glorious name, O thou Most High.”
And both parts he explains. 1. That we give thanks at all times, morning
and evening, in prosperity and in adversity; and in our praises especially
to remember his loving-kindness and faithfulness. These must be the
matter of our thanksgiving: “It is good to show forth thy loving-kindness
in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,” ver. 2; and by all manner
of means, ver. 3.
And thus the maxim being proposed and explained, he applies it to
himself, and shows his own practice, and the reason of it: “For thou, Lord,
hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy
hands,” ver. 4.
1. “Thou hast made me glad.” He was first delighted and affected with
God’s work.
2. And then he exults and triumphs in it. The heart must be first truly
affected with the work of God before a man shall take any true
content or delight in it.