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description: "Neginah = smitings. App-65 .  Title. of David: i.e. relating to David and to the true David.  the earth: or, the land.  that is higher than I = which wil"
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**Neginah** = smitings. App-65 .
**Title. of David:** i.e. relating to David and to the true David.

**the earth:** or, the land.
**that is higher than I** = which will prove higher.

**shelter** = refuge.

**tabernacle.** Hebrew. *'ohel,* tent ( App-40 .), i.e. David's tent on Mount Zion. The Psalm probably refers to Absalom's rebellion.
**trust** = flee for refuge. Hebrew. *hasah.* App-69 .
**covert** = secret place.
**wings.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* . App-6 .
**Selah.** Connecting the confidence with the only true ground of it. This is the central member of the Psalm. See the Structure above.

**fear** = revere.
**Thy name** = Thee. See note on [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .

**many generations** = from generation to generation.

**abide** = remain [enthroned].
**prepare** = number, or appoint, as in [Jonah 1:17](../../../kjv/jonah/1/17) .
**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.

**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .
**to** = for.
**Jeduthun.** A precentor appointed by David, by name Ethan (see App-65 ), afterward called Jeduthun = confession ([1 Chronicles 15:17-19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/17-19) ; [1 Chronicles 16:41](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/16/41) ; [1 Chronicles 25:1-6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/1-6) ). Other Jeduthun Psalms are [Psalms 38](../../../kjv/psalms/38) and [Psalms 76](../../../kjv/psalms/76) ; in all three "vows" find a place.

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