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Title. Maschil = Instruction. The eleventh of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32:0 , and App-65 . The title, rearranged as above, removes the difficulty of this Psalm being ascribed to two different writers.
Heman. Celebrated for wisdom (with Ethan, 89), 1 Kings 4:31 . 1Ch 6:33 , 1 Chronicles 6:44 ; 1 Chronicles 25:4 . He was a Kohathite, while Ethan was a Merarite. See App-63 and App-64 .
Ezrahite. Put for Zerahite. Probably the name of a district. Compare the case of Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1 .
The Psalm is prophetic of Messiah's humiliation, corresponding with Psalms 86:0 . See the Structure, p. 789.
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 ).
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