Romans. By the Right Rev. H. C. G. MOULE, D.D. The Books of Chronicles. By Prof. W. H. BENNETT, D.D., D.Lit. 2 Corinthians. By Prof. JAMES DENNEY, D.D. Numbers. By the Rev. R. A. WATSON, M.A., D.D. The Psalms. By the Rev. A. MACLAREN, D.D. Vol. III. EIGHTH SERIES. Daniel. By the Very Rev. F. W. FARRAR, F.R.S. The Book of Jeremiah. By Prof. W. H. BENNETT, D.D., D.Lit. Deuteronomy. By Prof. ANDREW HARPER, B.D. The Song of Solomon and Lamentations. By Prof. W. F. ADENEY, M.A. Ezekiel. By Prof. JOHN SKINNER, M.A. The Books of the Twelve Prophets. By Prin. G. A. SMITH, D.D. Two Vols. THE PSALMS BY A. MACLAREN, D.D. _VOLUME 1._ PSALMS I.--XXXVIII. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO _Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ PREFACE. A volume which appears in "The Expositor's Bible" should obviously, first of all, be expository. I have tried to conform to that requirement, and have therefore found it necessary to leave questions of date and authorship all but untouched. They could not be adequately discussed in conjunction with Exposition. I venture to think that the deepest and most precious elements in the Psalms are very slightly affected by the answers to these questions, and that expository treatment of the bulk of the Psalter may be separated from critical, without condemning the former to incompleteness. If I have erred in thus restricting the scope of this volume, I have done so after due consideration; and am not without hope that the restriction may commend itself to some readers. A. McL. MANCHESTER, _Dec._ 1892. CONTENTS. PAGE PSALM I. 1 " II. 11 " III. 23 " IV. 30 " V. 37 " VI. 49 " VII. 57 " VIII. 68 " IX. 77 " X. 89 " XI. 101 " XII. 109 " XIII. 117 " XIV. 123