Daily Scripture Readings by the Late Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Daily Scripture Readings by the Late Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 3 of 3

Psalm III. - This psalm is thought to have been com posed by David on his flight from Absalom. It applies well to his situation at that time. He retains, in the midst of his disasters, unbroken confidence in God - he sustains himself on the Rock of Ages. This and other psalms seem as if composed piecemeal, and at intervals between one part and another; for with the prayer for victory going before, there is afterwards the victory itself recorded, though verse 7 may refer to his past experience. The word Selah, which occurs so often in the Psalms, is regarded by many as a mark somehow related to the music; and certainly it occurs nowhere else in Scripture. By others it is looked upon as indicative of a pause for the purpose of giving greater solemnity and emphasis to the utterance which had gone before - Let my refuge, like that of the Psalmist, ever be in God, nor let the most adverse and menacing events ever dispossess me of my confidence Though the reference to our Saviour is not here so obvious as in the last psalm, yet, without overstraining, may it well be applied to Him when in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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