Excerpt from A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments, Vol. 3: Job-IsaiahIn conclusion, besides its unique point Of excellence, its Divine inspiration, Hebrew poetry is characterized as being essentially national, yet eminently catholic, speaking to the heart and spiritual sensibilities of universal humanity. Simple and unconstrained, it is distinguished by a natural freshness, which is the result of its genuine truthfulness. The Hebrew poet sought not self, or his own fame, as all heathen poets, but was inspired by the Spirit of God to meet a pressing want, which his own and his nation's spiritual aspirations after God made to be at once a necessity and a delight. Of. 2 Sam. Xxiii. 1, 2, The sweet Psalmist of Israel said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, duo.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.