%/ htW191 e PSALMS LXXVI. both chariot and horfe hath bin calf alleep. 8 Thou, thou art fearefull, and who fhal ffand 9 before thee when thou art angryt' From the heavens thou caufedff judgement to bee Io heard ; the earth feared,& was (filh When God arofe to judgement; to fave all the 1 s meekeofthe carth,Selah.Surely the wrath- full heat of men Thal confeffe thee, the tern - nantof the wrathfull heats thou wilt gird. ez Vowye, and pay to Jehovah your God: all they t hat be round about him, let them bring a prefent to the FEAR. To him that ga- thereth as grapes the fpirit of the Gover- hours , that as fearful! to the Kings of the earth. Annotations. ONNeginotb] or with firiagedinfiruments: fee Pfal.4,1. ofAfaph] or, tovlfaph: fee Plai.5o,a. Verfe 3. Shalem ] or Salem , the Citic of Mel - 3 chiledek,Gen.14.1 . afterwards called Ierufalem; whereof fee the notes on Pfal.5 s.so. The Greek tranflateth it, in Peace, which is the interpretati- on of the name Salem,as the Apoftle fheweth,Heb. 7.2. The Chaldee paraphrafe faitb,Ierufakm. his tabernacle] or tent, pavilion, which is both a mean dwelling,and a moveable,Levit.23.42.43. 'Hebr. t1.9.10. For both Mofes tabernacle and Solontons Temple were meant cottages inre- fpe& of Godi giory;r King.8.27. Verfe4. burning arrows] or fiery darts, (as the 4 Apoftle calleth the tentations of that wicked one, Ephefó.' 6.) The Hebrew Rifbpbei, is pro- perly burning coles, Son. 8.6. figuratively here the gliffering braffe-headed arroma, elfewhere the fiery thunder - bolts, PC,1.78.48. and burning plague, Dent. 3 2.24. Habak.3. q, likened to arrawes, Prat. 91.5. Here it may lead¢ us to mind this Plalme,to cele- brate the vi&ories againft Satan , figured by the vanquifhing of the Affyrians,and other enemies, King."9.35. The Chaldee explaineth it thus, When the haufe of Ifrael did his will, he placed his divine tnojefly among them; there braie he the anvwes and tower of people that warred; fhield, and(word, and bat - le- rap,deffroyedhe fir ever. and the warre]t hat is, the army of warriers,the battle - array.See Pfalm 27.3. And thus Sbalem, or Peace,is maintained by break- ingall warlike inftruments : as Efay 2.4. Verle 5. Bright] made light, that is , Glorious : y fpeaking to God, as verf7. wondrous excellent] magnificent: fee Praline 8.a. mounts of prey] the mountains of the Lions and Leopards, Son. 4.8.nseaningthe kingdomes of this world,which make prey and fpoyle one of another, like wild beafts,Daa j.4,5,6,7,whom the Lambe on mount Sion excelleth in power and glory, Revelation. 14.1. and r 7.14. Or, fròm the mounts of prep, that is, when thou commeft fromconquering the ene- mies, which lie in the mountains to make prey of thy people. 115 Verfe'6. mighty of heart] or fiout,ftubleorrubearted51 6 a title of the wicked that are farce from jiaftice, Efay 46.t a. called here in Grceke unreife in hearts theirfbepe] their eternall fieepe, Ier.5 t.3 9.57. the /kepe of death, Pfal.r 3.4. So in the next verle. none of] Hébr. all (or any)have not found, that is pone found. So i lob 3.15. ezey man-(layer bath not, that is, none barb See al CoPfal.i45.2 men of power, abismen, for ftrength, cotirage, and riches, (in which lait fenle the Greeke taketh it here) there did not ref ft, or eouldnat, as Pfal.77.5. They were not able ( as the Chaldee faith) to rake:heir weapons in their hands. V erle 7. thy rebulue] that is, yyunifhmwt, deJl eod3i- on: feePsàl.9.6 chorate] that is , Princes and Captaines riding on chariots and horfes , on which they were wont of old to fight Iudg.4.3 t King.a 2.31.34.Thefe by Gods rebuke have bin flaiae, as in the campe of Asfhur, 2 King.1 9.3 5. and the holt of Antichrift, Rev. r 9.18 - -a r. Verle 8, when than art angry ] Hebr. from then C that it,fam the time of) thine anger, after thine an- ger is once kindled. Verfe 9. the earth] or,the land; whichthe Chal- 9 deeunderftandeththin ; the land of the heathens fea- red, the land of 'Pal was quiet. Verfe' 1. fksll eonfe thee] that is, Jleali turne to thy praife, when thy people ade delivered from the rage of their foes. the remnant] or, the remain- der , that is , thy people which remain andperifh not in the rages of the wicked. thou wiltgird]to wit, with jofuln4, that they !hall Ping pralle to thee; as the Greeke explaineth it , (ball kgepe aTaft to thee. As in Ioa I. 13. Girdyee, there is under- flood, with farero, or fick -cloth : fo here feemeth to be underftood joy or gladnef , wherewith perlons (or things) are Paid to be girded, Pfal. 30.12. and 65.13. or, thou wilt gird with ftrength, asPfalme 18.40.' Or if we referre it to the hot rage of the vvicked, the ref:due thereofthou wilt gird, that is,blind or refiraine from attempting further evill. Verle 12. 4lowyee] men in danger,or delivered from it, were wont to make vowes unto God, Gen28.2o. Ions .16. Pftl 66.13, 14. round abouthim]adefcription of his people,as the twelve tribes pitched round about the Taberna- cle, Numb.2. 2. and the foure and twenty Elders were roundabout Gods throne, Rev.4.4. So the Chaldee expoundeth it, yee that dwell about his Sant-Mary. to the fiare] that is, the waft fearefull God, called ',Rare or Terrour, for more reverence and excellency, unto whom allfeare is clue, as Pray 8.12.13. Malach.l.6. So Takob called God the Feore of his father Ifaa(, Genefis 31.53. . And this vvas performed vvhen after Asfhtirs over, throvv, many brought ofringstotbe Lord, a Citron. 32.2'.23. Verle 13. To hint that gatberetb] fo the Greeks, to him that taktb away : or ove may reade, Flee fatheretb, (or Cuttetb offat in vintage ;) a Gniilitude rom grape- gatherers, vvhich cut off the duffers of the vines ; applyed here to the cutting offthe lives of men.The like is in Rev. 14.18,19.20. alto in Iudg.ao.45. The Chaldee explaineth it, To 7 8 II I2 13 S/í1/ARM MI If/
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