And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved—I shall never be visited with calamity or trial. This refers to a past period o…

And in. —Better, But as for me, in, etc. The pronoun is emphatic. The mental struggle through which the psalmist had won …

It is a pity to say too much; very few people fall into the opposite fault of saying too little. It is always a pity to be counting with certainty …

And in my tranquillity I had said. This is the confession which I previously mentioned, in which David acknowledges that he had been justl…

And in my prosperity
Either outward prosperity, when he was settled in his kingdom, and as acknowledged king by all …

When things are well with us, we are very prone to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, we should think with shame upon our …

1. In the previous psalm, the prophet exhorted others to give thanks; here he now gives thanks himself.

The title is a psalm of a s…