PSALMS, LXXX V I1i: the firft -born of If ael,by the blond of theLamb; and after choli the tribe of Levi to minifler in their head, Num.i.4o,41,45. and 8.i6,-1 9. beginning of ffrengths ]orchiefeflafpainfuU miens : fo the eldell childe is named, Gen. 49.3. Deut.21. 17. Therfore were they to be given to the Lord. tenu of Cham] the dwellings of the Egyp- bans, which were the poff'eritie of Cham the tonne of 7 ah, Gen: 10. 6. See the Note on Püslme 68. 32. 52 Verte 5z. his people paf forth] the Ifraelites tooke their journies from Rameps, Exodus 12. 37. See PCal.77. 21. 54 Verle 54. border of his helinef] his holy border; meaning the land of Canaan, latiftified to be the poffe(fion of his people, and limited in all the borders of it, as Num.34.2,3, -12. or, border ofhit Sar,Chtarie. ihir mountain] that is, mountanie countrie Canaan , called a land ofmountaines and e.alleyes , Dent. 11.11. So Exod. 15. 17. Or in fpeciall he may mean mount Sion : whereof after in verte 68. 55 Verte 55. the Heathens] the'feven mightie Nati- ons of Canaan, where I floua and I frarl killed one and thirtie Kings, Deuteron. 7.1. Jofh.r2.7, -24. made them falun the line] that is, made their countrie fall out by line and meaftsre, to be the inheritance of Ifiae, Jof t 5 and 16 and 17 chap- ters. Tribes] the pofterítie of the 52 Cons of Ifrael, called Tribes,after the Roman name,where at úr11 the whole multitude was divided into three, parts, called thereofT rider : but the He- brew name fignifieth Staves or Rods , as growing out of one £locke or tree and there were twelve, Nuns. 13. 3, 5,-16. 56' Verle 56. And they tempted] The Ifraelites not- withftanding all former mercies, tempted God and finned in Canaan their poffeffion, as is mani- fef(ed in the Booke of Judges. Verfe 57. /ilote their fathers] whole carkaffcs fell 57 in the wilderneffe. For of fix hundred thonfand men that came out of Egypt,not any one came in- to Canaan, lave Caleb and Infbtea, Exod. 38. 26. Num.14.29,3o.and26.64,65. awarpbrgBon'] or, Bow of deceit, that [hooted' awry,and fo decei- oeth. SoHof.7.16. 58 Verfe 58. high places]Temples,Chappela, and con fecrated places on mountaines,where the nations uled to lacriace, and Ifrael imitated them, Nuria. 33.52. Dent% 2.2.1 Kings .7. and 12.3x;32. and 14 23. to.jealoufze] to jealous anger, for which a mars mill not (pare in the day of vengeance, nor can bear, the fight of any ranfome, Prov. 6. 3 4, 3 5 into this, God is moved by-idolatry, which is fpi- rituall fornication, Exod. 20.4, 5. Deut.31. 16,17. and 32, 21. 59 Verfe 59. abhorred] or refuted, with loathCome- neffe and contempt. So after, verte 67. 6o Verfe 6o. the dwelling plate] the Tabernacle let in Shilo, 1 Sans. 1.3. There God dwelt among men, Exod.29.44,45 46.. 6I Verle 6 r. his ffrengtho] the Arke of his covenant, (called she Arke of hisffrength, PCal. 132. 8.) this was captived by the Philiflims, I Sam. 4.15. The 121 Chaldee tranflateth it hit Law. beauteous glo- rie ] or fairneO magnificence ; meaning the A,ke forementioned, as Phinehat wife läid, the glorie it from Ifrael ; for the Ark of God is tàken, i Sa -, mud 4. 20, 22. Verle 62. ¡hut up] that is, delivered his people to the fwurd ofthc Pbilif ims, who killed thirtie those fold Ifrae- lites, r Sam.4.so. Verle 63. The fire] that is Gods wrath, by the Cword of the' Philiftims, as verle sr. So in Ezek. 30. 8, a fire' in Egypt, fignifieth (as the Chaldee there expoundeth it) a people firang lib, fire. were not 'railed] by Hymnes, and Songs, as was the wont at their efpoulals and marriages ; that is, they ',cetera: married. Verle 64. Their Priceis ] Hophni and Pbin?ai , 64 s Sam .4.a r.The Hebrew is lìngularly,His Priefls, and fo before and after, his Choifee Jung men, &c. meaning *weir, who is fpoken of, as of one man. But the Scripture Mich there phrafes indifferent- ly; as, All Leber war fescontr, 2 Sam. 8. 14. for in t Chron. i 8.13. is written, All 'Edon wire fer- cants. Of this name the Priefl s, fee PCal. 99.6. wept not] that is, lamented not at theirfnnerall ; for Phmeas wife her felfe died in travcll, 1 Samuel 4. 5952°. Verfe 65. awaled] fibbed up bimfelfeto pun% the Pbiliflims, whereas before he feemed to flespe, as Plàlm. 44. 24. after wine] or, by reafon of wine, that is , when lace loath druuke wine , which eheareth and encouragetb the bears.; fa did God behave bim- feli Verfe 66. behinds] that is, in the hinder fecret parts; 66 ( as the Chaldee addeth , with Emirodi in their hinder parts:) for fo God fmote the Philillims with Piles or Hemoroidr for ablating his Arke, 1 Sam. 5. 1,6,9, 12. eternall reproach by this pnniflement, and themonuments thereof; for the Phili- ltims -were forced to make fmilitudes of the He- moroids and fecret parts, of gold, and fend with the Arke home to Ifrael, as an oblation for their finne, r Sam.6,4 5,t 1;Y5,17. Verfe 67. he refuted] or abhorred, defpiféd, as verfe S9. she tent of Iofeph] that is, the Tribe of E- pbraim,the fon of Io feph,where theTabernacle and Arkehad remained many yeeres in Shia : God returned not the Arke thither , but to Bethfhrmefh and Kirjathjearim, cities of 7ttdab, i Sam. 6.12. & 7. 1,2. Wherefore Shiloh is ufed after for an ex- ample of judgement, Jer. 7. 12,14. & 26.6,9. Or this may be meant of the tenTribes of Ifrael, (of whom Ephraim of lofephwas chiefe) whic,h were call off for idolatry, and captived by theAffyri= ans, 2 Kings 57. Verfe 69. bui/ded the Sanúuarie ] the glorious es, Temple by Solomon fon of David, l Kings 6. 1,2, 3, &c. lilts high placer] Kings palaces on towers. The Greek and Chaldee turn it,?Inisorner, whole homes are high, Pfa1.92.11. For Ramîmahiÿhpla.- ces, they rende Semini.Vaicornes. Verfe 70. from the foldoffheepe] that is,from bale I Id eftate. For David keeping his fathers fheepe,was by Samuel anointed King over Ifrael, 1 Sam. 16, 11,13.2 Sans.7. &. So Amos 7.14,15. Llllll3. . Verfe 62 63 65. 67
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