Ps. vii. 6. 'And rouse Thee unto me.'
Ps. xiv. 4. 'The eaters of My people have eaten bread.'
Ps. xxvi. 8. 'O Lord, I have loved Thy house domicile.'
Ps. xxxii. 9. 'With curb and rein must its gaiety be tamed, so as not to come near Thee.'
Ps. xxxix. 10. 'I am wasted away because Thy hand is cross to me.'
Ps. c. i. 'Shout ye aloud to the Lord, all the whole earth.'
Ps. cxxxix. 14. 'Wondrously amid awful deeds was I formed.'
We have observed many instances where literalness has been aimed at to the violation of good taste, idiom, and rhythm.
The notes are not intended to form a full and complete commentary; we are not, therefore, surprised at finding some of the most difficult expressions passed over without any explanation. This is, alas! too often the case with more extensive commentaries; but we think Dr. Kay might, with advantage to the reader, have confined himself to a critical explanation of the text, instead of indulging so freely in theological and allegorical interpretations. Several literary mistakes of minor importance might be pointed out, which, though of small moment in themselves, yet tend to shake our confidence in the accuracy of the author's scholarship. We regret our inability to pronounce this volume a successful attempt to translate and explain this ancient Psalter. We think it inferior to what we might fairly expect from one who had before him the valuable commentaries of Hüpfeld, Hitzig, Olshausen, Ewald, and Kamphausen. We would, however, remind our readers that Dr. Kay has undertaken a very difficult task in appearing on a field where so many have failed, and that, notwithstanding all faults of the work, its excellencies are very numerous. We have thorough sympathy with the author's spirit, and fully agree with many of his renderings.
Notes and Reflections on the Psalms. By Arthur Pridham. Second Edition. Nisbet and Co.