:10 PSALME LXXIII. chaine, violence covereth them ,u a gar - 7 ment. Their eyes ftandeth out wji h fameffe, they paffe the imaginations of the heart. 8 They doe corrupt and fpeake with malici- oufneffe of opprelTion, they fpeake from a- 9 loft. They fet their mouth againft the hea- vens, and their tongue walketh thorow the 10 earth. Therefore his peopleturnethhither, and waters of a full cap are wrung out to a r them. And they fay,How doth God know, and is there knowledge in the moft high 1z Loe, there are the wicked, and in tranquil- lity ever; they increafe wealthy power. ',13 Surelyin vain have I cleanfed mine heart,& 14 waffled my hands in innocency. And am plagued allthe day, and my rebuke is in the 15 mornings. If I fay, I will tell thus; loe,I un- faithfully wrong the generation of thy Ions. 16 And I thought to know this , hut it mss a 17 painful! thing in mine eyes. Vntill I entred into the Santluaries of God, did prudently 18 attend to their lair end. Surely thon dole fet them in flipperyplacer, doftmake them fall 19 to defolations. How are they brought to wondrous defolation as ix a moment C are they at an end,are they confumedwith trou- zo blefome frights! As a dream after one awa- keth; O Lord,when thou raifeft up,thouwilt at defpife their image. Surely mine heart was 22 !evened,&I was pricked inmy reines. And I woo brutifh and knew nor; as the beafts 23 was I. with thee, Yet I continually mss with thee , thou haft holden me fait bymy right 24 hand.Thon wilt guideme with thy counfel, 23 and after wilt receive me to glory. Whom have I in the Heavens and with thee I de- z6 light not any in earth. Wholly confumed is my flefh and my heart; the Rock of my heart and my portion is God for ever. For loe, they that are gone farre from theefhall perifh, thou fuppreffeft everyone that go. 28 eth a whoring from rhee. And l,todraw nigh to God is good for me ; I have fet my hope for fafety in The Lord Jehovih, for to tel all thy wtrkes. 2 Annotations. Prt He third Boole ] to wit , Pfabner. See the I of Note onPfal.42. Verfe r. of Afaph] or, to Afaph, who was both a Prophet and a fnger : fee Pfa1.5 o.I. The like title is of the r o.Pfalmes following. Thefe are for the moil part complaints and meditations of the troubles of Gods people. Verla 2. almoff] or, a verylittle laeked, but my feet hadfnearvedfo after, wellnigh, or, almoff nothing lacked, but my flaps had bensefbed: noting hereby his great danger to have fallen through his infir- mity, had not faith in God fuflained him. fwarved] or turned, declined. This and the next word flipped have a double reading in the Hebrew by the vowels, they had framed, they bad flipped; by the confonants,it badJwarved, it had flipped; mea- ning each of bitfeet, and every of bitficps, to lais ut- ter raine. flipped out]or. Beene powredout; to wit, as water, and fo I had beene loft. Verfe 3. envied] or wasjealous, had envious zeak; 3 See Pfalme 37.r. Verfe 4. bards] or knots, that is , poises, fores, difeafs,&c. in theirdeatb] or till their ekath, meaning that they live long in pleafitre, and dye at cafe, as is explained, lob 21.13. They fpend ;heir dyyes-fn wealth, and fuddertly they goe dowse to the grave. The Chaldee faith, For they arena' terrified or trou- bledfor the day of their death. but lully]or ' and fat is their fortitude(their frme ffrengtb of body) as Job faith, one dieth in his full flrength, beingia all cafe and prafperity, his breafis are full of mike, and his bones runfull of marrow, Iob 21.23.24. Verfe 5. moleffatiotof fury man] that is, fsch ter- 5 molle as other mifcrabk men endure. See the like phrafe in a Sam. 7. 54. YEnofband Adam are here the names of all wretched mankind. See Pfa.8.5.The Chaldee expoundeth it , They labour not in the la- bour of mm that fiudy in the Law,andwith puff men ,&o. Verfe 4. tompath, &c.] or, it a chain to them 6 and to him , that is, every of them ; as a collar that is hanged for an ornament about the neck.And of this word Anak to bang a chaire, that Giant Ansid had his name , whore children were called Ana- knos, men great of Rature, proud and cruell. See Num.'3.23.34.IoLs5.13,54. a garment} fit habit or ornament , finely fitted to the body; fuch was the harlots habit, Prov. 7.10. Verfe 7. eyes ffandeth] that is, Each eye ffandeth or fart lo out of theholefer fatnei. In Chaldee, The frmilitade of theirfaces is changed f r fatneffe. So in Iob 15.27.5e bath covered hit face with his fatref. they paffe the imaginations, &c.] that is,they exceed in profperity above that they could imagine or thin!;; or, they furpaffe in wiekednefTe above that which mans heart can tbint¿e, according to that which here fol- loweth, and as in Ier.5.28, it is laid they are waxen fat and fhining, they doe paffe the words (or deeds) of the wicket Verfe 8. They doe carrupt]or cerfume, do)Ilve or 8 maltedibste by their wicked Ipeeches, & by their opprethon of men.It may be underiood ofcorrup- ting,or making rotten with fin themfelves or others; or cotfuming and naffing wish oppreffion. with malieiexfnef ] or in evill,that is, ntaiieioufly or malig- nantly. fromaloft]that is,lofti /y. Or, of the mot{ High, that is, of God,as in the next verse : but the Chal- dee expoundeth it, of the highneffe of their heart. Verfe 9. againfi Heavens] that is, againfi God andhis Saints whom they blalpheme, as it is writ- ten, be opened his mouth unto blafphtmy agarnfl God, to blafpheme his name and his tabernacle,and them that dmel in Heavers, Revel. 13.6. So elfewhere Heavens are ufed for God, Dan.4. 2 3. Luke , 5.18. Verfe 10. his people] Gods anise peopie are by this afiEìed. 4 7 9 to
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