pleasant alternation which forms the characteristic peculiarity of the Psalm, he employs at one time the thou in the character of teacher, and at another time the I in the character of scholar.… The call of instruction in Scripture (this is the meaning of the alternation), ought always to be responded to by the acknowledgment of the hearer.” For our homiletical purpose we shall divide the Psalm thus:—The safe hiding-place of the godly (verses 1 and 2), The inviolable security of the godly (verses
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