Psalms 41

Psalms 41:1

Gates - In the great assemblies. These gates he elegantly opposes to the former. Of - Of the people who live or meet together in Zion. For cities are as it were mothers to their people, and the people are commonly called their daughters. So the names of the daughters of Egypt, Jeremiah 46:11, and of Edom, Lamentations 4:21,22, and of Tyre, Psal 45:12, are put for the people of those places.

Psalms 41:3

Higgaion - This is either a musical term, or a note of attention, intimating that the matter deserves deep meditation, or consideration, as the word signifies.

Psalms 41:4

Forget - That do not regard God, nor his precepts, nor his threatenings and judgments.

Psalms 41:11

Boasteth - He glorieth in his very sins which are his shame, and especially in the satisfaction of his desires.

Psalms 41:12

Countenance - So called, because though pride be properly seated in the heart, yet it is manifest in the countenance.

Psalms 41:13

Judgments - Thy threatenings denounced against, and punishments inflicted upon sinners. Are far - He doth not regard or fear them: yea he despises them, being confident that he can blow them away with a breath. This is a gesture of contempt or disdain, both in scripture, and other authors.