Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.
This psalm draws its materials from the fifty-seventh and sixtieth psalms, so I need not repeat what I have already expounded on those passages. The composer has taken portions from each and woven them here together.
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Commenting on Psalm 108:1-13
Gilead is mine. Thankful hearts dwell upon the gifts which the Lord has given them, and think it no task to mention them one by one. Manasseh is mine. I have it already, and it is to me the token and assurance that the rest of the promised heritage will also come into my possession in due time.
We may here learn how to pray as well as praise. 1. We must be public-spirited in prayer, and bear upon our hearts, at the throne of grace, the concerns of the church of God, Psa 108:6. It is God's beloved, and therefore must be ours; and therefore we must pray for its deliverance, and reckon that we are answered if God grant what we...
Commenting on Psalm 108:6-13