What proof is there in my blood — That is, what profit or advantage would there be to you if I should die? What would be “gained” b…

What profit ... — that is, to God. For the conception of death as breaking the covenant relation between Israel and Jehovah, and so causin…

So his prayer was an argument, and that is the very bone and sinew of prayer, – to reason and argue with God. He seems to put it thus, – "Lord, if …

What profit is there in my blood? Some explain the verse in this way: What good will it do me to have lived, unless you prolong my life un…

What profit [is there] in my blood ?
&c.] Should that be shed, and he die by the hands of his enemies, through divin…

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…