John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. Asaph the chief , etc.] Of those that were now appointed: otherwise, of the three principal singers, Heman was the chief, and Asaph next, ( 1 Chronicles 6:33,39) and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, with psalteries, and with harps ; to play upon them before the ark at the same time the psalms and songs were vocally sung; the above persons are such as are named before, ( 1 Chronicles 15:18,20,21), but Asaph made a sound with cymbals ; he struck and played upon them, (see 1 Chronicles 15:19).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - Though God's word and ordinances may be clouded and eclipsed for time, they shall shine out of obscurity. This was but a tent, a humbl dwelling, yet this was the tabernacle which David, in his psalms, ofte speaks of with so much affection. David showed himself generous to his subjects, as he had found God gracious to him. Those whose hearts ar enlarged with holy joy, should show it by being open-handed.
Original Hebrew אסף623 הראשׁ7218 ומשׁנהו4932 זכריה2148 יעיאל3273 ושׁמירמות8070 ויחיאל3171 ומתתיה4993 ואליאב446 ובניהו1141 ועבד אדם5654 ויעיאל3273 בכלי3627 נבלים5035 ובכנרות3658 ואסף623 במצלתים4700 משׁמיע׃8085
