d//ríLoDl4u 1 i Í t,llrfifi/` PSALMB LXI. 91 plied to the flagge or enfene of the Gofpell, Efay came to Pdleftina Amos 9 y where th d t the Avrms, (the ancient inhabitants of the land) and dwelt in their ftead Deut. 2.23. And this feemeth tP be the realm, why ufttally the Phlü- films are called in Greeke Allophyloi, Aliens, (of ano+ they tribe or :union; ) becaufe they were not the fìrft natural] inhabitants . Verfe t 1. Wino mid Todd] it is a kind of with, as 1 I Pfal. 14.7. yet implying allofome difficulty, as the next ver fe here fheweth. of firong áefenee] that is, áefebeedor fortified: fee Pfal. 31. 22. This may be meant generally of all firong cities that refitted David ; or fpeciall y of Rabbab, the chicle citie of the Ammonites,wherof fee 2 Sam,12.26. 29. &c. Verfe 13. from difre]or from the difreffr,the 13 adverfary, fir vaine] Hebr. and vaine: but and is often ufed for becaufe, or fir as 2 Sam. 22.28. with Pfal. 18.28. fo Efay 64.5. Verfe 14. doe valianinef ] or valour, that is, va- liant ea., : according to the prophetic, Num. 24. 19. or maize potter, that is, gather an army, as the phrafe is afed, a Sam., 4.48. and in Ezgk.28.4. it is ufed forgathering of wealth. See the notes on Pfalme 18.33. ; will tread donne] in Greek, will fit at nought, or ronronne. iá3 3 £3 F Ell r t.12: and 49,22, and 62.10 here, to David and his vi &ory. to be highdifßlayed] or, toufifor a banner, which bath the name of lifting high. tbecertaine truth] of thy promifes. 7 Verfe 7. anfwerme] or us, me and my people. The EhThe Ekhrew bathboth readings. TheChaldce explaMeth it, Receive myprayee. 8 , Verdi 8. Thal! divide ] this meaneth a full pof lfton after conquelt, Iof.1.6. and 13.7. She - chem]a citie in the tribe of Ephraim,not far from Samaria, Gen.33.1 8. í01.20.7. Succoth] a tide in the tribe of Gad, beyond the river Iar- den,Iof t 3.27. 9 Verfe 9. Gilead] and Manaab: There were the utmolt borders of the land of Canaan with- out Iarden: which howfoever for a time they refitted David, and clave to Ifhbofheth Sauls fon, a gam. 2.8 9, &c.,yetwere by Gods protnitèto be fttbjefted unto David. flrengtbof my bead] that ii, my homes wherewith I !hall (mite the people together, according to thät promifed blaring, Deut. 33.17. or by head, may bee meant bead -fhtp, ltmgdame, or principally. law-giver] ors ffatute- nalier, a title of authority; therefore the Greeke tranflateth here,KingThis allo accordeth to the promife made to Judah, Genefis 49. to. r Chron.5.z. Io Verfe to. Moab] the land or people of the Ji6,abttes,neere to the land of Ifrael;thefe were t he pofterity ofLot,Abrahams nephew, begotten by,- Lot in his drunkenneffe, of his owne daughters, Gen. 19.33. 36. 37. they had now forfaken the true God,and worfhipped Baal-pc/soh and Cheatofh, Num. 25.1.3. and 21.29, were enemies to Brad Numb. 22. Iudg. 3. 12. and lubdtted by David, 2 Sant.8.2, wafhing pot] that is , Mid for bale fervices, as a veffell to wa(h my feet in. over.dom(hall Ieaf my fhooe] that is, I (hall walke thorow, poffefre, and tread downe the land of lEdom (or Idumea) whole inhabitants were,lE- damiers, the pollerityof.dom, that is, Efate the elder brother of Iakob, who prophancly felling his birth-right for a metre of red pottage , (called in Hebrew Adam) had his name therefore .dam, to the perpetuall flume of him and his fecd,Gen: 25' .30, and 36.8,9. Heb. 12.16. asfabtgb by faith Obtained the glorious native of IGael ; fcc Plai. 14.7. Palefina fhovn they] for this,inPlal.to8. I to. it is laid, over Palefioa I willfhout . So here it feemeth to be fpoken in mockage; intimating, that howfoever the Philiffims dominered and triumphed for a while, (as appeareth, Iudg, 1o. 7. and 13. r. I Sam.4. r o. and 31.1.) yet (hould they by David bee lubdued ; a came to paffe, 2. Sam. 8.r. Therefore the Greeke turneth it, the aliens are fubjell to me : the Chaldce thus, conronieg the Pbilifieer, fhoul and befmg, Ocongregation of If rail. Pa!ollina (called in Hebrew Pelereth,) was a part of the land Of Canaan, weltward by the tea, inhabited by the PbiliJfims, which came of the Cafishiner, ncphewes otfMiziaimthe fon óf Cham, the tonne of Y`,ah, Gen. to. i4. Thcfe with the Capbtorima;firil inhabited Caphtor,and front thence ey rove ou PsAL. LXI. David flicth to God aspen his firmer experience. 5 He vowed) perpetual) feeh unto hint, becauf of biz pro -. mites. To the Mailer of the :.11tteficke, upon Ne- ginath,a Pfalme of David, Eare thou,O God,myofhouting, at 2 tend ro my prayers From the end of the land unto thee do I cal when my-heart is overwhelmed:lead thou me un- to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hail Beene a fàfe hope to mee, a tower of ftrength from the face of the enemy, I will fojournein thy tent far ever, I will hopefor fafety in the fecret of thy wings, Selah.For 6 thou, O God,half heard my volves, haftgi= ven inheritance to them that fear thy name. Thouwilt adde dayes unto the dayes of the , 7 King, his yearesfballbe as generation & ge- neration. He fhall fit far ever before God ; 8 prepare thou mercy and truth, which may keepe him. So will I fing Pfalme to thy 9 name, unto perpetuity , that Í may pay my vowes day by day. 14 I 3 4 5 Ann rations, _ I VPon 1peginarh] orfihitbneginadi, that is, the I' V pir}in1 on the f eisag,, of the in(irument : mea- ning that this Pfalme wilts to be fling with mulick ofdiringedin(lrumenre eePfal.4.1, Ver le 3. end of the theutmof border of the landof Canaan, where Dti4fontetime was driven 3 to 11"14/1 i__:_,_tI
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