PsALME LV1II. As there be fundry forts of Lions, fo have they fundry names; lie P Write 7. 3. Lions are mentio- ned in the Scriptures for the ftautneffe oftheir heart, z Sam 27.1o. bcoldneffe, Prov. 28.x. atadgrimnef of their countenance , i Chran. 12. 8. Said and his Courtiers are here Lyons to David , as were the Kings of Alhar and Babel after unto Ilìael , Ier. 50.17. the Roman Emperour to Paul, 2 Tim. 4. 17. and all wicked rulers over the poore people, Prov.28. t 5. inftamers]beutefeus,meaning fiery, fierce, and raging perlons, that flamed with wrath and envie, and inflamed others. Cf fuch David did complaineto Saul, 1 Sam.24.10. !Peones] Heb. thefpeare ; as chariot for Affix's , Pfal. 68.18. So Agur fpeaketh of ageneration whole teeth arefreords, and their jams knives, to eat up the afflitied out of the earth, Prov. 3o. 54. See allo Pfal.5 5.22. 6 and 59.8. Verfe 6. over the heavens] the Chaldee expoun- deth it, over she Angels of heaven : fo in verfe 12. 9 Vote 9. Rfai up] or Stirre up, to wit, thy felfe, or Awake. A word of exciting, Iudg.5.s z.Com- pare this with Pfalme 1 08.2.3, &c. my glory] my tongue or foule. See Pfalme 16.9.and 30.13. at the day dawning] brill route up my Celle with my inftruments. Or, Iwill raifeup the day dawrting,that is, I will prevent the early morning, and be up before it, and fo (litre it up. A figura- tive Ipeech. I I Verle xi. That thy Merry] or, For shy mercy is great, &c. Compare Pfalme 36.6. tt**It **I ;Pi i2`` P At. LVIII. David repravetb wickedlodges : 4 - defcribetb the na- ture of the wicked; 7 dezoteth them to Gods judge- ments: 1 i. Whereat the juft fhalrejoyce. I To theMatter of the Mnficke. Corrupt not; Michtam of David. 2 I Ndeed, O affembly, fpeakeyee juftice± judge yerighteoufneffes,0 formes of A- 3 dam ? Yea in heart yee worke injurious evils in the land,ye weigh the violent wrong 4 of your hands. The wicked are eftranged from thewombe, they erre from the belly, 5 fpeakinga lye. Hot poyfon they have, like as thehot poifon ofa Serpent,as of the deaf 6 Alpe, that floppeth his care. Which will not heare the voice of charmers , of him that inchanreth,inchanements of him that is 7 made wife. O God, break their teeth in their mouth; buril out the Lions tafles, O 8 Jehovah. Let them be refufed as waters that paffe away : bend hee hisarrowes, be they 9 as cut off. As a fnaile thatmelteth, let him goe away ; as the untimely birth of a wo- man ; qs they that have not feene the Sunne. Jo Ere that they (hall perceive your rhornes of the Bramble :.even alive, even in wrath, he will tempeftut ufly whine it away. The juff r r (hall rejoyce when he feeth the vengeance ; hee (hall walls his feet in the blood of the wicked. And earthly man (hall fay, Surely 12 there it fruit for the juft ; furely there is a God that judge in the earth. Annatations. COrrupt not] Bring not to &e. Ste Pfal. 57.x. and 16.r. Verle 2. Oafmbly] Oband, Company oreongre- gation. The Hebrew Ahiem, which path the figni- fication of binding as a fheaf or bundle, feemeth here to be a company that are combined , and confe- derate. Or, it may be taken for the binding of the tongue, t hat is, dumbneffe,(as before in Pfal . 56.1.) and be read chus ; Of a truth , doe yeefpeake dumbejn Nee ? or, muteneffeofjufl ice ? As blaming them for (peaking and boalting of jullice when indeed jultice was dumbe, and opened not her mouth, but they gave molt unjuft fentence. righteoufnefs, or equities, that is, righteaus, plaine, and quail things. Judges are called Gods, Pfal. 82. 6. and therefore flaould imitate God who faith, I doeff+eake juffiee, and declare righteoufnefes, Elay 45 19. Verfe 3. yee weigh ] or, yee bal.vf (of the He- 3 brew Palao)yeepeife. Ahmilitude taken from the weighing of things which fhould he ineven pcife and proportion, Prov. t 6. r1. fo jujtiee fhould weigh all words and worker in equity, & reward them accordingly: but theft weighed out wrong fir right. Verfe 4. from the wombe] that is, even from their mothers wombe, the wicked are eftranged, (doe alienatethemfelves) from God, juftice, and vertue. This noteth mans naturali corruption. So in Efay 48.8. Verfe 5: Hot pylon theey haze] or, Hot wrath is to them. The Hebrew Chamatb lignifieth both payfon and rage or fury, each of them being hot. The Greeke here turneth it rage; the fimilitune of a ferpent rather giveth it to be poyfin, asPfal. 140. ;. Rom.3.13..De:n.32.24.. Though both are fitly applyed to the wicked, who like ferpents in fury fpit out their venome and malice. leek as] or according to the likenep. It meaneth an exalt corn - parifon, as no whit inferiour to the ferpent, which was the inftrtiment to poifon mankind, Gen.3. ferpent] or fttake, called In Hebrew Nac- balk of expertnef for it was more fubtile than any heap of the field!, Gen. 3, 1. deafè afpe] or cocka- trice, or the ferpent Python , called in Hebrew Pe- then, which name noteth (by the contrary) the unperfwadedtef whirl his Pfàlrne fheweth -to bee naturally in that bea And fo the wicked have the title ofApeitheir, Diaper fwaded, or Difobedient, Tit .1.16. Ephef.2 2;} floppethl Hebr. will that is, ufuaNy f{oppet u ear e,wit his taile(as hu- mane writers repor whiles the other bee eth
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