///0/d/llllfll,luÍ11kWJY%///d PSALME LTX, y I t mute high defence. The God of my mer- cie will prevent me, God will let me fee on 12 mine enviers. Slay them not, left my peo- ple forgegmake them wander abroad in thy power, and bring themdosvne, our fhield, 13 Lord. The finite of their mouth, the word. of their lips ; when they fhafl be taken in their haughtineffe ; and of curfing , and of 14 falfe denial/ , let them tell. Conftune in wrath,confume & let them be no more; and let them know that God ruleth in Iakob, to 15 the ends of the earth, Selah. And they (hall returne at evening, make noife as a dog, and t6 compaffc the citie.Theyfltal wanderabroad for to eat,and (ball howle if they be not fa 17 tisfied. But I will fing thy flrength,and wil Iliout at morning thymercy ; for thou haft beenean high defence to me,and a refuge in 18 day of my aiffreffe. My ftrength,unto thee will I ling Pfalme, for God ù mine high de- fence, the God of my mercy. I a 4 5 6 7 L4nnetatiOPS. COrrupt not] or bring not to perdition. See Pfalme 57.1. Miebtam a notable fing: fee Mime t 6.1. to kill him] Pfa or to doe bins die. Saul ha- ving call his fpeare at David,and miffed him,fent méffengers after unto Davids houfe, for to keepe (or watch) him, and to kill him. But his wife Miebal ( Sauls daughter) bewrayed the matter, let David downe at a window, and fo bee efca- ped, I Sam. 19.10. 11.12. Hereuponhee made this Pfalme. Verfe 2. fit mee on bi,gbJ fis me aloft, where I may be fare, that my foes reach not tome. Verfe 4. not for ny trefpafe] to wit, againf them; as elfe -where David profeffeth, r Samuel, 24. 10.12. Verfe 5. without iniquity] to wit, of' me, or on my part, underflanding it of frme,as in the former verfe: or without punifbment (underllanding it of the enemies) they rung, &c. Iniquity is often tiled for Punlhment: See Plainte 69.2$. Or, without iniqu ry (without blame) in their owne conceit ; as inIrrem.50.7. their enemies faid we Sind not, bç- 'eau fe they havefinned, &c. to nine tae ] mea- ning, fir good, that is, to aft me. For lòmetime meeting is tooppefe and refit, Pflme 35.3. Verle6. tovifit] namely , with puniflment, as Exod.2o.5. So otherwife, in Pfalmc 8.5. the heathens] that is, the wicked mine enemies, cal- led here heathens, as elft -where f ranger,,PIil.5 4.5. unfaithfully mark] or, dfoially commit. Sec this word, Pfalme 25.3. Verfe 7. They rerurne at evening] The enemies, like hungry dogs, come at evening, fecretly to furprife and devoure me. So wicked perfecntors are likened to dogs, Pfalm. 22.17. or it may be a prophefie of their extreme poverty that when othersgoe to rest, they goe about howling for iveat make smite as a dog] barking, gin- ning .howling as aDogge for his neat; as after, verle 1 5.16. therefore the Greeke turneth it, they are king). Verfe 8. utter] or teell o,,, as front a fotntaine; 3 held, 6r babble, as Prov. 15. 2. 28. This fimilitude is explained, ierem.6 7. As her waters , f flee catetb out bee malice. fwords, &c.] that is, thyfpea4 Arpin detouring' morels. So the Chaldee iuterpreteth it , words that are fharpe like a from' See Pfalme 57. 5. who bearetb] There are the adveriàries words , who thought that none did heare , or ( as the Chaldee addeth ) would punifh them. Verfe zo. Ki, frreng:bj underhand , 0 God that 10 art hit frength: and may bee meant of himfelfe, though he fpeake as of another : r. Becaufe in the Hebrew there is fometime a lndden change of the perlón as Dan 9.4. 'box keepef mzenant to- wards thud, wbi'eb love him, that is , which love thee, Dent. 5. io. that love mee, and keepe hit Commande- mento, for, my commands, Mie, 1.2. Heareyee people all they , for allyee. 2. Becaufe in the laif vent of this Pfalme it is repeated , My f rength. 3. Allo in this place,both the Greeke and Chaldec turne it My frength. 4. Becaufe in the next verfe, it iy written in the Hebrew text letters, bit mercy, but by the vowels and margine,rcad,my mercy; which giveth occafion to fuppofe the like meaning here. Howbeit the fenf is good,if we nndeiftand it of the enemy Saul, thus ; O God that art his f rengtb, and halt given hint the kingdome, & this power. For even wicked rulers have nerpower, except it be given them front above, Ioh. t 9.11. 'And Da -, vid much refpet`fed Saul, as Gods Anointed, I Sam. 26. t t. 2 Sam. 1.14. /take bei'd]or,will I keepe, ohferze, that is, wait :On thee, or lg,pe thankes and praifes for thee, as v.:rfe 18. Verfe ti. God of my mercy] or, of hit mercy, (as' I I is oblerved in the former verle ;) or, any Godrf mer y, that is, my mr rcifull God. present me] to wit, with mercy or blethtígs as Pfalme 21.4. let me fee] to wit,vmgeance,P,àlmc 54.9. as the Chaldee alto here explaineth it. Verfe 12. people frget] towit, their finn e and I2 punf,/hment for the fame. Dead men are forgotten, Plainte 31.13. Ecclef. 9. 5. Co their punifhment whiles they live, is the more memorable. makethem wander] to wit, as vagabonds. The word bath reference to Coins judgement , who was not killed, but marked for a vagabond, Gen. 4.14. 15. Some punifhments are Lein tolerable chan death it felfe, Reve1.9.6. Verfe i3. The from o ¡ their motetb, &c.]T his fen- 53 tense is difficult; for, t. It may have reference to the former, that eople forget not their finnrs and punishments, but ay tell of them,: or, 2. It may rcfpe& themfely ; let them tel(orcorfefic) their owne finites an punishments as did Cain, ludo, See. Gen.4.13 14. Mat. 27.4. Or, 3.. It may thew the eaufeo cirjudgeutents, For the fin oftheir murk , &c. o the Ghaldee e.epouttJerlt it IIVii,4ie 13u iirr.1e"
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