Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 3. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - They all depend on me; and whenever I withdraw the power by which they exist and live, they are immediately dissolved.
I bear up the pillars of it. ] By the word of my power all things are upheld, and without me nothing can subsist. Those who consider this Psalm to have been written by David before he was anointed king over ALL Israel, understand the words thus: "All is at present in a state of confusion; violence and injustice reign: but when 'I shall receive the whole congregation,' when all the tribes shall acknowledge me as king, I will reorganize the whole constitution. It is true that the land and all its inhabitants are dissolved-unsettled and unconnected by the bands of civil interest. The whole system is disorganized: 'I bear up the pillars of it;' the expectation of the chief people is placed upon me; and it is the hope they have of my coming speedily to the throne of all Israel that prevents them from breaking out into actual rebellion."
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only onc or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to be manage uprightly. This may well be applied to Christ and his government. Man' sin threatened to destroy the whole creation; but Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He who is made of God to us wisdom, bids us be wise. To the proud, daring sinners he says, Boast not of your power persist not in contempt. All the present hopes and future happiness of the human race spring from the Son of God.
Original Hebrew נמגים4127 ארץ776 וכל3605 ישׁביה3427 אנכי595 תכנתי8505 עמודיה5982 סלה׃5542
