Psalms 11:1

     1. my soul—me (Ps 3:2).

      Flee—literally, "flee ye"; that is, he and his companion.

      as a bird to your mountain—having as such no safety but in flight (compare 1Sa 26:20; La 3:52).

Isaiah 62:5

     5. thy sons—rather, changing the points, which are of no authority in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the parallel clause, and in Isa 62:4, God is implied as being "married" to her; whereas her "sons" could hardly be said to marry their mother; and in Isa 49:18, they are said to be her bridal ornaments, not her husband. The plural form, builders, is used of God in reverence as "husbands" (see on Isa 54:5).

      over the bride—in the possession of the bride (Isa 65:19; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17).

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