%Q- PSALMS YL1i. 4 great King. God in the lofty places there- 5- of,knowne he is for an high refuge. For loe the Kings were affrmbled , they went togc- 6 they. Themfelves faw fo they wondered; I they Were fuddenly troubled, they were 7 flighted away. Trembling woke hold on them there ; paine, as of her that /ravelled/ 8 with childe. With an Eaft wind thou wilt 9 breake afunder the !hips of Tarflrifh. Even as we have heard, fo have we feene ; in the citie of Jehovah of bolts, in the citie of our I o God ; God will eflablilh it for ever Selah. Wee -have quietly minded thy mercie , O z r God,in midi/ of thy Palace. As thy name, O God, fo thy praife u unto the ends of the a2 earth ; thy right hand is full of juflice. Let mount Sion reoyce, let the daughters of Ju- dah be glad, becaufe of thy judgements. 13 Compaffe ye Sion, and goe roundabout it; 14 tell the towers thereof. Set your heart on the fort therof, diftinCtly view the lofty Pa. laces thereof,that ye may tell to the genera- 15 Lion after. That this God ü our GM , ever and aye; he will guide us until! death. Annotations. I (Vanes ofKorach] See the notes on Pfalm. 42. L. J Here the Greeke addeth for the fend (day) of the Week! , that this Plalme was then to be fung in the Temple, as is before noted on Pfal.24.1. 2 , Verfe 2. the mountain] in the Greeke, his holy mountain; in Chaldee, the manne of the houfe of his Sanfluarie. This was mount Sún , wife 3. a figure of the Church of Chris, Heb.13.2 2. Rev.' 4.1. 3 Verfe 3. Faire in f inadon] or, BeautiJìdl of coat, or climate; (inure in a faire climate or region. The Chaldec expounds it, Faire as a Bridegroome, the joy of all that dwell on the earth. the fides ofthe North] the place where the Temple was builded. So Ifa. 14. s 3. of the great King] that is, of God, who dwelt in this Citie, verse 9. Zach. 8. ;. Hereupon Chrift Paid, Streare not by Ierufalem, fir it is the tide of the great King, Mat. 5.35. Verte 4, laftie Palaces] or high Bowers, or Stee- ples. So verfe 14. and Plal.122.7 Verfe 5. the Kings] we may referre this either to the Kings of Moab and Ammon, in the dales of Iafapbat , 2 Chronic. so. or to Sanaeherib and his Captaines in the daies of Ezekiah, 2 Kings 18. 19. or to the Philiftian Princes, z Samuel 5. were a_ fj nrbled] or came together, to wit , by agree- ment at an appointed time and place ; fo the originall word importeth. 7 Verlè 7. that traselletb 4h childe] or, thee bring- erli forth. And this paine is great , and fudden, and inevitable. See Mic.4.9. 1 Thef. 5.3. 8 Verfe 8.2n Eaf wind]which is Itrong and boy- firms; alto drx and parching, Ifa.27.8. Jer.18.17. Exod; 14.21. and 10.13. Gen.41.7. Ezek.19.12. 4 5 Jon. 4.8, Hereupon theGreeke tranflateth it, xis- lent mind; and the Chaldee, a firong Eaf windsea fire from before the Lord. of T arfkiflej or, of the Ocean fea. Tarfhifs was the name of the fon of la- Van, the fon oflopheth, the ton of Noah, Gen, 1o. 4. of whom Tarfur (mentioned in Aft. 21, 34') the chiefe citie of Cilicia in Syria had the name. From thence they went by (hipping into farre Countries, Africa,India, Opbir, &c. l Kings 2 z 48. and so. 22. Hereupon that Sea was called Tar - fhifb; and generally the name is applied to every Ocean, or maine f a. Verfe so. we bave quietly minded] or, in flmce r thought upon, and confequently, waited for. Vert t 2. daughter of Iudab] the letter cities of I2 that tribe, which were as daughters to the mother Citie lerufalem, as the letter Cities of the Ammo- nites were daughters to Rabbah, Jer. 49.3. So Ek- ron with ber daughters,Jofs5.45 and many the like. So Pfa1.97.8. Verfe i ;.tell site towers] 'tumher,count hem : Thiele 13 things Seine to intend not only a taking notice, but allo a care and fortification of lerufalem a- gainft all enemies. See Efay 33.18. Verfe 54. Setyour heart] minde earneftly, let 14 your affeftions on, as Pfal. 62.11. ibe fort] or Prong frontier, knee, rampart , made for ltrength and tàfeguard of the title, r Kings 21.23.2 Sam. 20.15. So Pfal. t 22.7. The Chaldee underftands it of the firength of people, the multitude. di- flintily view] ce lift up, meaning the eyes to be- hold, or reare up the bankes or buildings. The Hebrew Pafgu is here only tiled; of it is Pifgah,the name of an hill or mount, Num. 21.2o. and 23. r 4. Deut. ;.17. and i4.1. The Greeketranflateth here, chfinguifh or difiribute ,following the Chal- dee Paffig, which is to dif ribute or divide. Verfe 15. ever andaye] tier andyet, to enternitie and perpetnitie. will guide us] or lead us, to wit, as a flocke of fheep, Pfal.78.52,7 z. thtarlore the Greeketurneth it, poimanei, he winfeed, or rule as a shepherd. A like phrafè is alto ufed in fpeech of defence from enemies, 2 Chronicles 32.22. until! death] in Greeke, for ever. The Chaldee paraphrafeth thus, Fer this God is our God, his divine Majeilia is within it and his dwelling is is the heavens fir ever and ever ; he will lead tee in the dales ofouryouth. P s e L. XLIX. All are exhorted to hear¢ Chrifs reifdome and para- bles. 7 To build the faith of Rejiorretlion from the dead, not on worldly power, but on God. 17 IYorldly proff critic is not to be admired, fir man without under!anding pe- rifbeth lilt the beat. To the Mallet ofthe Muficke, to the Ions I of Korach, a Pfalme. )rare ye this, all peoples ; hearken' 2 ye all inhabitants of the tranfitorie world. Both Ions of bare mup,and fons IS
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