The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV

by John MacArthur

  2:2 c (John 1:41)

  2:2 4 Christ, Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah

  2:3 d Luke 19:14

  2:4 e Ps. 37:13

  2:6 5 Lit. installed

  2:6 6 Lit. Upon Zion, the hill of My holiness

  2:7 f Matt. 3:17; Mark 1:1, 11; Luke 3:22; John 1:18; Acts 13:33; (Heb. 1:5; 5:5)

  2:7 7 Or decree of the LORD: He said to Me

  2:9 g Ps. 89:23; 110:5, 6; (Rev. 2:26, 27; 12:5; 19:15)

  2:9 8 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. rule (cf. Rev. 2:27)

  2:12 h (Rev. 6:16, 17)

  2:12 i (Ps. 5:11; 34:22)

  2:12 9 LXX, Vg. Embrace discipline; Tg. Receive instruction

  2:12 10 LXX the LORD

  PSALM 3

  2:12 a 2 Sam. 15:13–17

  3:3 b Ps. 5:12; 28:7

  3:3 c Ps. 9:13; 27:6

  3:3 1 Lit. around

  3:4 d Ps. 4:3; 34:4

  3:4 e Ps. 2:6; 15:1; 43:3

  3:5 f Lev. 26:6; Ps. 4:8; Prov. 3:24

  3:6 g Ps. 23:4; 27:3

  3:7 h Job 16:10

  3:8 i Ps. 28:8; 35:3; (Is. 43:11)

  PSALM 4

  3:8 1 Choir Director

  4:1 2 Be gracious to me

  4:3 a (2 Tim. 2:19)

  4:3 3 Many Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Vg. made wonderful

  4:4 b (Ps. 119:11; Eph. 4:26)

  4:4 c Ps. 77:6

  4:4 4 Lit. Tremble or Be agitated

  4:5 d Deut. 33:19; Ps. 51:19

  4:5 e Ps. 37:3, 5; 62:8

  4:6 f Num. 6:26; Ps. 80:3, 7, 19

  4:7 g Ps. 97:11, 12; Is. 9:3; Acts 14:17

  4:8 h Job 11:19; Ps. 3:5

  4:8 i (Lev. 25:18); Deut. 12:10

  PSALM 5

  4:8 1 Heb. nehiloth

  5:1 a Ps. 4:1

  5:1 2 Lit. groaning

  5:3 b Ps. 55:17; 88:13

  5:4 3 Lit. sojourn

  5:5 c (Hab. 1:13)

  5:5 d Ps. 1:5

  5:6 e Ps. 55:23

  5:7 4 Lit. the temple of Your holiness

  5:8 f Ps. 25:4, 5; 27:11; 31:3

  5:9 g Rom. 3:13

  5:9 5 uprightness

  5:11 6 protect, lit. cover

  PSALM 6

  5:12 a Ps. 12:title

  5:12 1 Heb. sheminith

  6:1 b Ps. 38:1; 118:18; (Jer. 10:24)

  6:2 c Ps. 41:4; 147:3; (Hos. 6:1)

  6:3 d Ps. 88:3; John 12:27

  6:5 e Ps. 30:9; 88:10–12; 115:17; (Eccl. 9:10); Is. 38:18

  6:6 2 Or Every night

  6:7 f Job 17:7; Ps. 31:9

  6:8 g (Matt. 25:41)

  6:8 h Ps. 3:4; 28:6

  PSALM 7

  6:10 a Hab. 3:1

  6:10 b 2 Sam. 16

  6:10 1 Heb. Shiggaion

  7:1 c Ps. 31:15

  7:2 d Ps. 57:4; Is. 38:13

  7:2 e Ps. 50:22

  7:3 f 2 Sam. 16:7

  7:3 g 1 Sam. 24:11

  7:4 h 1 Sam. 24:7; 26:9

  7:6 i Ps. 94:2

  7:6 j Ps. 35:23; 44:23

  7:6 2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX O LORD my God

  7:8 k Ps. 26:1; 35:24; 43:1

  7:8 l Ps. 18:20; 35:24

  7:9 m (1 Sam. 16:7)

  7:9 3 Lit. kidneys, the most secret part of man

  7:10 n Ps. 97:10, 11; 125:4

  7:10 4 Lit. My shield is upon God

  7:12 o Deut. 32:41

  7:14 p Job 15:35; Is. 59:4; (James 1:15)

  7:15 q (Job 4:8); Ps. 57:6

  7:16 r Esth. 9:25; Ps. 140:9

  7:16 5 The crown of his own head

  PSALM 8

  7:17 1 Heb. Al Gittith

  8:1 a Ps. 148:13

  8:1 b Ps. 113:4

  8:2 c Matt. 21:16; (1 Cor. 1:27)

  8:2 d Ps. 44:16

  8:2 2 established

  8:3 e Ps. 111:2

  8:4 f Job 7:17, 18; (Heb. 2:6–8)

  8:4 g (Job 10:12)

  8:4 3 give attention to or care for

  8:5 4 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels

  8:6 h (Gen. 1:26, 28)

  8:6 i (1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22; Heb. 2:8)

  8:9 j Ps. 8:1

  PSALM 9

  8:9 1 Heb. Muth Labben

  9:2 a Ps. 5:11; 104:34

  9:2 b (Ps. 83:18; 92:1)

  9:5 c Prov. 10:7

  9:5 2 Gentiles

  9:6 d (Ps. 34:16)

  9:7 e Ps. 102:12, 26; Heb. 1:11

  9:8 f (Ps. 96:13; 98:9; Acts 17:31)

  9:9 g Ps. 32:7; 46:1; 91:2

  9:9 3 Lit. secure height

  9:10 h Ps. 91:14

  9:11 i Ps. 66:16; 107:22

  9:12 j (Gen. 9:5; Ps. 72:14)

  9:12 4 afflicted

  9:14 k Ps. 13:5; 20:5; 35:9

  9:14 5 Jerusalem

  9:15 l Ps. 7:15, 16

  9:15 6 Gentiles

  9:16 m Ex. 7:5

  9:16 n Ps. 92:3

  9:16 7 Heb. Higgaion

  9:17 o Job 8:13; Ps. 50:22

  9:17 8 Gentiles

  9:18 p Ps. 9:12; 12:5

  9:18 q (Ps. 62:5; 71:5); Prov. 23:18

  9:19 9 Gentiles

  9:20 10 Gentiles

  PSALM 10

  10:2 a Ps. 7:16; 9:16

  10:2 1 hotly pursues

  10:3 b Ps. 49:6; 94:3, 4

  10:3 c Prov. 28:4

  10:3 2 Or The greedy man curses and spurns the LORD

  10:4 d Ps. 14:1; 36:1

  10:4 3 Or All his thoughts are, “There is no God”

  10:5 4 Lit. are strong

  10:6 e Ps. 49:11; (Eccl. 8:11)

  10:6 f Rev. 18:7

  10:7 g (Rom. 3:14)

  10:7 h Ps. 55:10, 11

  10:10 5 Or he is crushed, is bowed

  10:10 6 Or mighty ones

  10:12 i Ps. 17:7; 94:2; Mic. 5:9

  10:12 j Ps. 9:12

  10:14 k (Ps. 11:4)

  10:14 l (2 Tim. 1:12)

  10:14 m Ps. 68:5; Hos. 14:3

  10:14 7 Lit. leaves, entrusts

  10:16 n Ps. 29:10

  10:18 8 vindicate

  10:18 9 terrify

  PSALM 11

  11:1 a Ps. 56:11

  11:2 b Ps. 64:3, 4

  11:2 1 Lit. in darkness

  11:3 c Ps. 82:5; 87:1; 119:152

  11:4 d Ps. 2:4; (Is. 66:1); Matt. 5:34; 23:22; (Acts 7:49); Rev. 4:2

  11:4 e (Ps. 33:18; 34:15, 16)

  11:5 f Gen. 22:1; (James 1:12)

  11:6 g 1 Sam. 1:4; Ps. 75:8; Ezek. 38:22

  11:6 2 Their allotted portion or serving

  11:7 h Ps. 33:5; 45:7

  11:7 3 Or The upright beholds His countenance

  PSALM 12

  11:7 a Ps. 6:title

  11:7 1 Heb. sheminith

  12:1 b (Is. 57:1); Mic. 7:2

  12:1 2 Save

  12:2 c Ps. 10:7; 41:6

  12:2 3 An inconsistent mind

  12:3 4 destroy

  12:3 5 great

  12:6 d 2 Sam. 22:31; Ps. 18:30; 119:140; Prov. 30:5

  PSALM 13

  13:1 a Job 13:24; Ps. 89:46

  13:3 b 1 Sam. 14:29; Ezra 9:8; Job 33:30; Ps. 18:28

  13:3 c Jer. 51:39

  PSALM 14

  14:1 a Ps. 10:4; 53:1

  14:2 b Ps. 33:13, 14; 102:19; Rom. 3:11

  14:3 c Rom. 3:12

  14:4 d Ps. 79:6; Is. 64:7; Jer. 10:25; Amos 8:4; Mic. 3:3

  14:6 e Ps. 9:9; 40:17; 46:1; 142:5

  14:7 f Ps. 53:6; (Rom. 11:25–27)

  14:7 g Deut. 30:3; Job 42:10

  14:7 1 Lit. Who will give out of Zion the salvation of Israel?

  14:7 2 Or His captive people

  PSALM 15

  15:1 a Ps. 24:3–5

  15:1 1 sojourn

  15:2 b Zech. 8:16; (Eph. 4:25)

  15:3 c (Lev. 19:16–18)

  15:3 d Ex. 23:1

  15:3 2 receive

  15:4 e Esth. 3:2

  15:4 f Lev. 5:4

  15:5 g 2 Pet. 1:10

  PSALM 16


  15:5 a Ps. 56—60

  16:1 1 Watch over

  16:2 b Job 35:7

  16:3 c Ps. 119:63

  16:4 d Ps. 106:37, 38

  16:4 e (Ex. 23:13); Josh. 23:7

  16:5 2 Lit. uphold

  16:7 3 Mind, lit. kidneys

  16:8 f (Acts 2:25–28)

  16:9 4 Or dwell securely

  16:10 g Ps. 49:15; 86:13; Acts 2:31, 32; Heb. 13:20

  16:10 5 The abode of the dead

  16:10 6 undergo

  16:11 h Ps. 139:24; (Matt. 7:14)

  PSALM 17

  17:3 a Job 23:10; Ps. 66:10; Zech. 13:9; (1 Pet. 1:7)

  17:3 b Ps. 39:1

  17:3 1 examined

  17:3 2 Nothing evil

  17:5 c Job 23:11; Ps. 44:18; 119:133

  17:6 d Ps. 86:7; 116:2

  17:7 3 deliver

  17:8 4 pupil

  17:10 e Ezek. 16:49

  17:10 f (1 Sam. 2:3)

  17:15 g (1 John 3:2)

  17:15 h Ps. 4:6, 7; 16:11

  17:15 i (Is. 26:19)

  PSALM 18

  17:15 a Ps. 36:title

  17:15 b 2 Sam. 22

  18:1 c Ps. 144:1

  18:2 d Heb. 2:13

  18:2 1 Lit. rock

  18:2 2 Strength

  18:3 e Ps. 76:4; Rev. 5:12

  18:4 f Ps. 116:3

  18:4 3 Lit. Belial

  18:7 g Acts 4:31

  18:9 h Ps. 144:5

  18:10 i Ps. 80:1; 99:1

  18:10 j (Ps. 104:3)

  18:11 k Ps. 97:2

  18:12 l Ps. 97:3; 140:10; Hab. 3:11

  18:13 m (Ps. 29:3–9; 104:7)

  18:13 4 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX omit Hailstones and coals of fire

  18:14 n Josh. 10:10; Ps. 144:6; Is. 30:30; Hab. 3:11

  18:14 5 Lit. them

  18:16 o Ps. 144:7

  18:19 p Ps. 4:1; 31:8; 118:5

  18:20 q 1 Sam. 24:19; (Job 33:26); Ps. 7:8

  18:23 6 with

  18:24 r 1 Sam. 26:23; Ps. 18:20

  18:25 s (1 Kin. 8:32; Ps. 62:12); Matt. 5:7

  18:26 t (Lev. 26:23–28); Prov. 3:34

  18:27 u (Ps. 101:5); Prov. 6:17

  18:28 v 1 Kin. 15:4; Job 18:6; (Ps. 119:105)

  18:29 7 Or run through

  18:30 w (Deut. 32:4); Rev. 15:3

  18:30 x Ps. 12:6; 119:140; (Prov. 30:5)

  18:30 y (Ps. 17:7)

  18:30 8 Lit. refined

  18:31 z (Deut. 32:31, 39; 1 Sam. 2:2; Ps. 86:8–10; Is. 45:5)

  18:32 a (Ps. 91:2)

  18:33 b 2 Sam. 2:18; Hab. 3:19

  18:33 c Deut. 32:13; 33:29

  18:34 d Ps. 144:1

  18:36 e Ps. 66:9; Prov. 4:12

  18:39 9 Lit. caused to bow

  18:41 f Job 27:9; Prov. 1:28; Is. 1:15; Ezek. 8:18; Zech. 7:13

  18:42 g Zech. 10:5

  18:43 h 2 Sam. 8; Ps. 89:27

  18:43 i Is. 52:15

  18:43 10 Gentiles

  18:44 11 feign submission

  18:45 j Mic. 7:17

  18:47 k Ps. 47:3

  18:48 l Ps. 27:6; 59:1

  18:49 m 2 Sam. 22:50; Rom. 15:9

  18:49 12 nations

  18:50 n 2 Sam. 7:12; Ps. 21:1; 144:10

  18:50 13 Lit. seed

  PSALM 19

  19:1 a Is. 40:22; (Rom. 1:19, 20)

  19:1 b Gen. 1:6, 7

  19:1 1 expanse of heaven

  19:1 2 the work of His hands

  19:4 c Rom. 10:18

  19:4 3 LXX, Syr., Vg. sound; Tg. business

  19:4 4 tent

  19:5 d Eccl. 1:5

  19:7 e Ps. 111:7; (Rom. 7:12)

  19:7 f Ps. 119:130

  19:7 5 restoring

  19:10 g Ps. 119:72, 127; Prov. 8:10, 11, 19

  19:10 6 honey in the combs

  19:12 h (Ps. 51:1, 2)

  19:13 i Num. 15:30

  19:13 j Ps. 119:133; (Rom. 6:12–14)

  19:13 7 Or much

  19:14 k Ps. 51:15

  19:14 l Ps. 31:5; Is. 47:4

  19:14 8 Lit. rock

  PSALM 20

  20:1 1 Lit. set you on high

  20:4 a Ps. 21:2

  20:4 2 counsel

  20:6 3 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah

  20:7 b Deut. 20:1; Ps. 33:16, 17; Prov. 21:31; Is. 31:1

  PSALM 21

  21:2 a 2 Sam. 7:26–29

  21:4 b Ps. 61:5, 6; 133:3

  21:6 c Ps. 16:11; 45:7

  21:6 1 Lit. joyful with gladness

  21:7 2 shaken

  21:10 3 Lit. seed

  21:11 d Ps. 2:1–4

  PSALM 22

  21:13 1 Heb. Aijeleth Hashahar

  22:1 a (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34)

  22:3 b Deut. 10:21; Ps. 148:14

  22:5 c Is. 49:23

  22:6 d Job 25:6; Is. 41:14

  22:6 e Ps. 109:25; (Is. 53:3); Matt. 27:39–44

  22:7 f Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29

  22:7 2 Show contempt with their mouth

  22:8 g Matt. 27:43; Luke 23:35

  22:8 h Ps. 91:14

  22:8 3 LXX, Syr., Vg. hoped; Tg. praised

  22:9 i (Ps. 71:5, 6)

  22:10 j (Is. 46:3; 49:1); Luke 1:35

  22:12 k Ps. 22:21; 68:30

  22:12 l Deut. 32:14

  22:13 m Job 16:10; Ps. 35:21; Lam. 2:16; 3:46

  22:13 4 Lit. have opened their mouths at Me

  22:14 n Ps. 31:10; Dan. 5:6

  22:14 5 Lit. in the midst of My bowels

  22:15 o Prov. 17:22

  22:15 p John 19:28

  22:16 q Is. 53:7; Matt. 27:35; John 20:25

  22:16 6 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT Like a lion instead of They pierced

  22:17 r Luke 23:27, 35

  22:18 s Matt. 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24

  22:20 t Ps. 35:17

  22:20 7 Lit. My only one

  22:21 u 2 Tim. 4:17

  22:21 v Is. 34:7

  22:22 w Matt. 4:23; Mark 1:21, 39; Heb. 2:12

  22:22 x (Rom. 8:29)

  22:23 y Ps. 135:19, 20

  22:23 8 Lit. seed

  22:24 z Ps. 31:22; Heb. 5:7

  22:25 a Ps. 35:18; 40:9, 10

  22:25 b Ps. 61:8; Eccl. 5:4

  22:27 9 Gentiles

  22:27 10 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Arab., Syr., Vg. Him

  22:28 c (Ps. 47:7); Obad. 21; (Zech. 14:9); Matt. 6:13

  22:29 d Ps. 17:10; 45:12; Hab. 1:16

  22:29 e Ps. 28:1; (Is. 26:19)

  22:29 11 Death

  PSALM 23

  23:1 a Ps. 78:52; 80:1; (Is. 40:11); Ezek. 34:11, 12; (John 10:11; 1 Pet. 2:25; Rev. 7:16, 17)

  23:1 b (Ps. 34:9, 10; Phil. 4:19)

  23:1 1 lack

  23:2 c Ps. 65:11–13; Ezek. 34:14

  23:2 d (Rev. 7:17)

  23:2 2 Lit. pastures of tender grass

  23:2 3 Lit. waters of rest

  23:3 e Ps. 5:8; 31:3; Prov. 8:20

  23:4 f Job 3:5; 10:21, 22; 24:17; Ps. 44:19

  23:4 g (Ps. 3:6; 27:1)

  23:4 h Ps. 16:8; (Is. 43:2)

  23:5 i Ps. 104:15

  23:5 j Ps. 92:10; Luke 7:46

  23:6 4 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT return

  23:6 5 Or To the end of my days, lit. For length of days

  PSALM 24

  24:1 a 1 Cor. 10:26, 28

  24:2 b Ps. 89:11

  24:2 1 Lit. rivers

  24:3 c Ps. 15:1–5

  24:4 d (Job 17:9); Ps. 26:6

  24:4 e Ps. 51:10; 73:1; (Matt. 5:8)

  24:4 f Ps. 15:4

  24:6 g Ps. 27:4, 8

  24:7 h Ps. 118:20; Is. 26:2

  24:7 i Ps. 29:2, 9; 97:6; Hag. 2:7; Acts 7:2; (1 Cor. 2:8)

  24:8 j Rev. 19:13–16

  PSALM 25

  25:1 a Ps. 86:4; 143:8

  25:2 b Ps. 34:8

  25:2 c Ps. 13:4; 41:11

  25:3 1 Waits for You in faith

  25:4 d Ex. 33:13; Ps. 5:8; 27:11; 86:11; 119:27; 143:8

  25:6 e Ps.
103:17; 106:1

  25:7 f Job 13:26; (Jer. 3:25)

  25:7 g Ps. 51:1

  25:11 h Ps. 31:3; 79:9; 109:21; 143:11

  25:12 i (Ps. 25:8; 37:23)

  25:12 2 Or he

  25:13 j (Prov. 19:23)

  25:13 k Ps. 37:11; 69:36; Matt. 5:5

  25:13 3 Lit. goodness

  25:14 l (Prov. 3:32; John 7:17)

  25:15 m (Ps. 123:2; 141:8)

  25:15 4 Lit. bring out

  25:16 n Ps. 69:16

  25:16 5 lonely

  25:18 o 2 Sam. 16:12; Ps. 31:7

  25:19 6 violent hatred

  25:22 p (Ps. 130:8)

  PSALM 26

  26:1 a Ps. 7:8

  26:1 b 2 Kin. 20:3; (Prov. 20:7)

  26:1 c (Ps. 13:5; 28:7)

  26:2 d Ps. 17:3; 139:23

  26:2 1 test me

  26:3 e 2 Kin. 20:3; Ps. 86:11

  26:4 f Ps. 1:1; Jer. 15:17

  26:5 g Ps. 31:6; 139:21

  26:8 h Ps. 27:4; 84:1–4, 10

  26:8 2 Lit. of the tabernacle of Your glory

  26:9 i Ps. 28:3

  26:9 3 Do not take away

  26:10 j 1 Sam. 8:3

  26:12 k Ps. 40:2

  PSALM 27

  27:1 a Ps. 18:28; 84:11; (Is. 60:19, 20; Mic. 7:8)

  27:1 b Ex. 15:2; Ps. 62:7; 118:14; Is. 12:2; 33:2

  27:2 c Ps. 14:4

  27:2 1 devour

  27:3 d Ps. 3:6

  27:4 e Ps. 26:8; 65:4

  27:4 f Luke 2:37

  27:4 2 delightfulness

  27:5 g Ps. 31:20; 91:1

  27:5 h Ps. 40:2

  27:6 i Ps. 3:3

  27:6 3 Lifted up in honor

  27:6 4 joyous shouts

  27:9 j Ps. 69:17; 143:7

  27:10 k Is. 49:15

  27:11 l Ps. 25:4; 86:11; 119:33

  27:12 m Deut. 19:18; Ps. 35:11; Matt. 26:60; Mark 14:56; John 19:33

  27:13 n Job 28:13; Ps. 52:5; 116:9; 142:5; Is. 38:11; Jer. 11:19; Ezek. 26:20

  27:14 o Ps. 25:3; 37:34; 40:1; 62:5; 130:5; Prov. 20:22; Is. 25:9; (Hab. 2:3)

  27:14 5 Wait in faith

  PSALM 28

  28:1 a Ps. 35:22; 39:12; 83:1

  28:1 b Ps. 88:4; 143:7; Prov. 1:12

  28:2 c Ps. 5:7

  28:2 d Ps. 138:2

  28:3 e Ps. 12:2; 55:21; 62:4; Jer. 9:8

  28:3 1 drag

  28:4 f (Ps. 62:12); 2 Tim. 4:14; (Rev. 18:6; 22:12)

  28:5 g Is. 5:12

  28:7 h Ps. 18:2; 59:17

  28:7 i Ps. 13:5; 112:7

  28:8 j Ps. 20:6

  28:8 2 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. the strength of His people

  28:8 3 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah

  28:9 k (Deut. 9:29; 32:9; 1 Kin. 8:51; Ps. 33:12); 106:40

  28:9 l Deut. 1:31; Is. 63:9

  PSALM 29

  29:1 a 1 Chr. 16:28, 29

  29:1 1 Ascribe

  29:2 b 2 Chr. 20:21; Ps. 110:3

  29:2 2 Ascribe

  29:2 3 Lit. of His name

  29:2 4 majesty