The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms By: Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)
First Page: {Transcriber's Note: Obvious typos, printing errors and mis spellings have been corrected, but spellings have not been modernized. Footnotes follow immediately the paragraph in which they are noted. In Chapter XV, eighth paragraph, second last line, "His" changed to "his" in the sentence "Happy thoughts, not fears, hold his eyes waking" to agree with the author's obvious reference to David rather than to God.} =The Household Library of Exposition.= THE LIFE OF DAVID AS REFLECTED IN HIS PSALMS. THE LIFE OF DAVID AS REFLECTED IN HIS PSALMS. BY ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D. NINTH EDITION. =London:= HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MCMIII Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION, 1 II. EARLY DAYS, 14 III. EARLY DAYS continued , 31 IV. THE EXILE, 49 V. THE EXILE continued , 70 VI. THE EXILE continued , 86 VII. THE EXILE continued , 110 VIII. THE EXILE continued , 130 IX. THE KING, 144 X. THE KING continued , 157 XI. THE KING continued , 174 XII. THE KING continued , 185 XIII. THE TEARS OF THE PENITENT, 205 XIV. CHASTISEMENTS, 232 XV. THE SONGS OF THE FUGITIVE, 245 INDEX, 262 WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR, 263 BIBLE CLASS EXPOSITIONS, 264 THE HOUSEHOLD LIBRARY OF EXPOSITION, 265 I. INTRODUCTION. Perhaps the most striking characteristic of the life of David is its romantic variety of circumstances. What a many coloured career that was which began amidst the pastoral solitudes of Bethlehem, and ended in the chamber where the dying ears heard the blare of the trumpets that announced the accession of Bathsheba's son! He passes through the most sharply contrasted conditions, and from each gathers some fresh fitness for his great work of giving voice and form to all the phases of devout feeling. The early shepherd life deeply influenced his character, and has left its traces on many a line of his psalms. "Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills; The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills." And then, in strange contrast with the meditative quiet and lowly duties of these first years, came the crowded vicissitudes of the tempestuous course through which he reached his throne court minstrel, companion and friend of a king, idol of the people, champion of the armies of God and in his sudden elevation keeping the gracious sweetness of his lowlier, and perhaps happier days. The scene changes with startling suddenness to the desert. He is "hunted like a partridge upon the mountains," a fugitive and half a freebooter, taking service at foreign courts, and lurking on the frontiers with a band of outlaws recruited from the "dangerous classes" of Israel. Like Dante and many more, he has to learn the weariness of the exile's lot how hard his fare, how homeless his heart, how cold the courtesies of aliens, how unslumbering the suspicions which watch the refugee who fights on the side of his "natural enemies... Continue reading book >>

The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms By: Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)

First Page:

{Transcriber's Note: Obvious typos, printing errors and mis spellings have been corrected, but spellings have not been modernized. Footnotes follow immediately the paragraph in which they are noted. In Chapter XV, eighth paragraph, second last line, "His" changed to "his" in the sentence "Happy thoughts, not fears, hold his eyes waking" to agree with the author's obvious reference to David rather than to God.}

=The Household Library of Exposition.=

THE LIFE OF DAVID AS REFLECTED IN HIS PSALMS.

ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D.

NINTH EDITION.

=London:= HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW

MCMIII

Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London

CONTENTS

PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION, 1 II. EARLY DAYS, 14 III. EARLY DAYS continued , 31 IV. THE EXILE, 49 V. THE EXILE continued , 70 VI. THE EXILE continued , 86 VII. THE EXILE continued , 110 VIII. THE EXILE continued , 130 IX. THE KING, 144 X. THE KING continued , 157 XI. THE KING continued , 174 XII. THE KING continued , 185 XIII. THE TEARS OF THE PENITENT, 205 XIV. CHASTISEMENTS, 232 XV. THE SONGS OF THE FUGITIVE, 245 INDEX, 262 WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR, 263 BIBLE CLASS EXPOSITIONS, 264 THE HOUSEHOLD LIBRARY OF EXPOSITION, 265

I. INTRODUCTION.

Perhaps the most striking characteristic of the life of David is its romantic variety of circumstances. What a many coloured career that was which began amidst the pastoral solitudes of Bethlehem, and ended in the chamber where the dying ears heard the blare of the trumpets that announced the accession of Bathsheba's son! He passes through the most sharply contrasted conditions, and from each gathers some fresh fitness for his great work of giving voice and form to all the phases of devout feeling. The early shepherd life deeply influenced his character, and has left its traces on many a line of his psalms.

"Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills; The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills."

And then, in strange contrast with the meditative quiet and lowly duties of these first years, came the crowded vicissitudes of the tempestuous course through which he reached his throne court minstrel, companion and friend of a king, idol of the people, champion of the armies of God and in his sudden elevation keeping the gracious sweetness of his lowlier, and perhaps happier days. The scene changes with startling suddenness to the desert. He is "hunted like a partridge upon the mountains," a fugitive and half a freebooter, taking service at foreign courts, and lurking on the frontiers with a band of outlaws recruited from the "dangerous classes" of Israel. Like Dante and many more, he has to learn the weariness of the exile's lot how hard his fare, how homeless his heart, how cold the courtesies of aliens, how unslumbering the suspicions which watch the refugee who fights on the side of his "natural enemies... Continue reading book >>

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