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Title. A Song. Hebrew. shir. See note on Title of Psa_120:1, and App-65.
of degrees = of the degrees (with article), as on Title of Psa_120:1. See App-67, and note on p. 827.
of David = by David. A Psalm which Hezekiah found ready to his hand. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, omit "of David".
the house of the LORD. Hebrew. the house of Jehovah (App-4). This was Hezekiah's constant care, desire, and thought. It filled his heart. He began his reign by "opening its doors" and cleansing it. See 2 Chronicles 29-31, where it is mentioned seventeen times. He spread Sennacherib's letter before Jehovah there (Isa_37:14). In his mortal sickness his prayer and its answer related to it (2Ki_20:5). The "sign" he asked related to it (2Ki_20:8. Isa_38:22). His songs were to be sung there (Isa_38:20). See App-67.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.