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a I}SALi14h, LXXIV. tn ids of thy fynago ues; they have let their 5 fignesfor fignes.He was knowne,ashe lifted 6 ' on high , axes againft the thicket of the wood. And now the car ved works thèrof all together they have beat downe,with beetle 7 and mallets.They have call into the fire thy fanétuaries,to the earth they have profaned 8 the dwelling place of thy name. They Paid in their heart, let us make fpoile of them al- together; they have burned all the fyna- 9 gogues of God in the land. We fee not our fignes,there is not orgy Prophet more,nor ány r o with us that knoweth how long. How long, O God, (hall the diftreffcr reproach e !hall the enemy blafpheme thy name toperpetui. I I rye Wherfore rurneft thou away thine hand, even -thy riehr hand e draw it out of the 12 midi[ of thy- bofome, make a full end. For Goth is my King from antiquity,he worketh 13 falvations in the Midi} of the earth. Thou didit break afunder the feaby thy strength, didit break in peeces the heads of the dra- 14; gonsin the waters. Thou didfl quite burft the heads of Livjáthan, did it give him for mear to the people that dwell in dry derarts. 15 Thou didft cleave the fountaine and the ftreame, thou diddeft dry up the rivers of 16 ftrength. The day is thine, the night alto is thine ; thou haft prepared the light and the 17 Stu.Thou haft conftituted all the borders of the earth,the rummer and the winter, them 18 hail thou formed. Remember this, the ene_ my reproacheth Jehovah, and the foolifh 9 people blafpheme thy name . Give not the foule of thy turi le -dove to the wild-compa- ny; the company of thy pooreaffliäted for- 2o get not to perpetuity. Have refpect unto the covenant, for full are the darkneffes of the earth, of the habitations of violentwrong. zt Let not the oppreffed returne a fhamed ; let, the poor afiered -& needy praife thy name. 22 Rife up, O God, pleadthouthyplea, re. member thy reproachfrom the Poole all the 23 day.Forget not the voice of thy diftreflers; the tumultuous noire of them that rife up a -. gainft thee afcendeth continually. I Annotations. OFAfapb] or, ieeAfaph, in Chaldee, by the bandsofAfäyb: fee Pfal.5o.z. If Afaph (who lived in David! daycs)made this Pfalme,it was a prophele of troubles CO come. If Tome other Prophet made it w hen calamities were on Ifrael, then was it committed to Afapbs poferiy, the fin- gers, called by their fathers name; as Aara:spa- fierily, arecalled Aaron, t Chron. 12.27. thine anger fmoabej or, thy not frn lt, that is, berm, as was threatned, Deut.z9.zo. A manifellation of fore difpleafure : fee Plal. 18.9. and 80.5. peep] or focke, that is, us thy people,as Pfai.79.13. The fncke cornprehendeth (Peeps and goats, Leviticus 1.10. Verfe 2. purcbafed of. old] or bought of yore, when a thou broughtef then[ out of Egypt,Exod. i 5.16. or underhand, that thou haft purchafed it,haft re- deemed, &c. the rod of thine inheritance] that is, Ifrael,Ier. 1o. 16. called elfcwhere the line of Gods inheritance, Deut.32.9,which hemeafured out for himfelfe as land is meted with a rod or lire. It may alto be read the fcepter or the tribe of thine inheri tance,as Efay 63.17. for the Hebrew Shebet,which- properly is a rod or fafe is fometime a filter, Pfal 45.7, fometime a tribe, Pfal.78.67. Vera 3. Lift up thy feet] or thy hammers, that is, thyflrokes , to fampe or beat downs the entity unto 3 pea-pined defolations. Thus the feet are ufed to tread donnewith. Etày a6. 6. and fo the Greeke ta- keth it here, changing the metaphor and tranfla- tiuggit, thy bands, which areahò initrumentsto ¡bike down with. Or lift up thy feet,that is,Come quickly to fee the perpetual! defolnionswhich the enemy hath made. bath dome evill] that is, bro- ken,robbed, burned , walled all things ; as did Nebuchadnezar in the Temple, a King. 24. 13. and 25.0.'3; 14. &c. Verfe4. thy f agogrres] or affemblies, either the courts and places about the temple, where the peo- ple affembled,or the other fynagogues in Ierufalem, as after v.8. he fpeaketh of all the frnagoy,ues in the land,places whereprayers and lectures of the law were tiled, Aft. 16.13.8[ 15.21. The a'fmby of Chriftians is called an by this name fynagogue. Iani.z.z. their fignes ]or banners, which are lignes of victory, or of idolatry. See after, verfe 9. Verfe 5. He was known] He, that is Aman, or 5 every one of the enemies was ltetomne, that is, re- nomad , orfamotee, as having chine fontenotable aft. as he lifted en high ] or as he that bring.[.$ aloft, that is, as a man brings the axe aloft over his head , to fell downe the thicke wood with might and maine. They cutdowne the wood of the Temple, as men doe trees in a fore(}. thicket ,of the wood] that is, the sbck wood or tree, whole boughes arewrapped one in another: or, (if we underhand it of the wood-work in the Temple) the inf Idedgraven mood, which he that did molt ea- gerly cut downe, was molt renowned. Ver.b. And now] or,Andthen, at the fante rinse. So Pfal.27.6. carved wmkes]grevings,or, (as the Hebrew phrafe is) openings, slid for graven er car- ved worker, Exod.28. r 1. The Greeks here tnrneth it, doores, which allo have their name of opening. Verfe 7. thyfen7uaries ] the temple which had divers holy places) was lu ned by Nebuzar -adan, 2 Ding 25.0. to the earth] to wit, burning or ra. fing downe to the ground. . Verfe 8. Let us mal e fpoih] er, wee will oppref prey upon them. Of this Hebrew root, the Dave bath her name in that tongue , as being lib -. jet} to the prey and fpoyle of Háwkes, Sec. vvhcrolore 4 6 7 s

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