I26 PsALM6 L,XXXI.tI. a 3 5 6 7 8 God, Ronk. 13. 1 a. Deut.16. r 8. and who are to execute not the judgements of man, but of the Lord, who is with them in the castle and judge- ment, 2 Chron. 19.6. Dent.1.17. in themid., of the Go di] that is, among the ledges (as the Chaldee tranflateth)or Magiflrater,(v.6.) who in the Law are called Godt,Exod.z2.8,9,28.becaufethe word of God was given to then,, Joh.10.3403 5 Vert 2. How long, &e.] Thus God by his Pro- phet judgeth and reproveth the Gods or ledges for unrighteous judgement. The Chaldee ad- deth, How long,ye wicked, mil l yejudge, ebe. ac- cept the faces] reffedï the perfins, lift up, admire, honour or favour the faces; a thing forbidden both concer- ning rich and poore,Deut.1.17. and s 6.19. Lev. 19.15. Prov.18.5. Lam. 2.,, -9. Vert 3. ledge ye] that is, defend, ddrver; fee Pfa. 43.1. hrfa. 4. 17. jullifie] that is, doe jeiliee as a Sam. r 5.1.and acquit or abflve him, his caufe be- ing right, Dent. 25.x. Jer.22.3. Verle 5. They ow not] The ledges are ignorant of their dulie, Micah 3.t. Jer. 10.21. proverbs 29.7. The Chal dee paraphrafeth , Tbey are not wife to doe good, and they underfl and not the Law. they will walke on) that is, continue wilfully ignorant, and fin - full in perverting juftice, Mic. 3.9. To walke in darkgef, is to live in fin r Joh. 1.6. Eph.4.17,t8. & 5. ä8. moved fhall be]] to wit, therefore moved, as the Chaldee explaineth it ; or though moved be all thefoundations ; though all lawes and orders be violated,all eftates difturbed,and ftrongeft helpes come to ruine, Efa.24.18,19. Verne 6. formes ofthe molt high] theChaldee para. phrafeth, at the Angela of she high. And Magiltrates fhould be as Angels for wiledome, 2 Samuel 14. 20. Vert 7. as eartbly men] at Adam, that is, as any other mortali man: fo after, as one of the P,rinces, that is,of the other Princes of the world : fee the like in Judg.'16. 7, 1, 17. Gen. 49. 16. for this Pfalme was fpoken to the Magiftrates of Ifrael: for what feever the Law faitb, it faith it to them that are under the Law, Kom.3. r 9. Verle 8. b berit] that is , have foveraigmy and &- minion. So this word meaneth, Levit. 25. 45, 46. Jer.49.2. And Chrift is called beire (that is,Lord) afall, Heb. I. 2. See Pfal. 2.8.. ifiesitftsittinit***** P s A L. LXXXIII. A complaint to Godof the enemies couJJiraoie. Io A prayer againft them that opprelp the Church. I A Song, a Pfalme of Afaph. ®God, keepe not thou filence,ceafe not as deafe, and be not ftill,O God. For loe, thine enemies make a tu- multuous noife, and thy haters lift up the 4 head. Againft thy people have they crafti- ly taken fecrct counfell,and confulted againft thine hidden ones. They have Paid, Come and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Ifrael may be remembred no more. For they have confulted in heart 6 together, againft thee they have ftricken a covenant. The tents of Edom , and the If- maelites; Moab and the Llagareis. Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek : the Philiftines,l with them that dwell in Tyrus. Alto Af- 9 (hur is joyned with them : they have beene an arme to the foes of Lot Selah. Doe thou to them as to Midian, as to Sifcra,as to Jabin, at the brooke of Kilhon. Which were abo- lifhed in Endor, they became dung for the earth. Put them even their Nobles,as O reb and as Zeeb, and as Zebach, and as Salmun- nah,all their authorized Princes. Who laid, 13 Let tss poffeffe to ourfelves the habitations of God. My God , let them as a rolling 14 thing, as Rubble before the wind. As the 15 fire burneth a wood, & as the flame feareth III the mountains; So purfae them with thy 16 tempeft , and fuddenly trouble them with I thy florme. Fill their faces with fhame,that r7 they may leek thy name Jehovah. Let them r g be abafhed and fuddenly troubled unto per - petuitie ; and let them be alhamed and pct ri(h. That they may know that thou whole 19 name tú J P H o c A H, onely thou art the moft high over all the earth. 5 7 8 70 II ra Annotations. KI Eepe not flence, &v.] Hebrew, let not flence (or z flilne) be to thee, that is, fit not hill, but (fir up shy felf to help and avenge us on our enemies. So filence is ufed for fitting full, Judg. s 8.9. Verfe 3. lift up the bead] infolently and boldly, 3 vaunting themfelves, and warring againft us. So Judg.8.a 8. On the contrary , Gods people (hall lift up their bends, that is, be of good comfort and courage , when their redemption draweth neere, Luke 1. a8. Vert 4.. thine hidden ones] that is , as the Greeke explaineth it, thy Saints, which are hidden of God in his Tabernacle in the day of evill, from the firife of tongues, Pfal.27.5. and 3Las. whofe life is bidwith aril; in Gad, Col. 3.3. Vert 5. from being] or, that they be no more a na- tion ; Moab and others confult thus againft Ifrael; after, the like is againft Moab , and effefted, Jere - mie 48.2. Vert 6. in heart together] this noteth their ear - neftneffe, craftineffe, and joint confent in evill. Vert 7. The tents] that is, armies with their Kings and Captaines, Judg.7.13,5 5.2 King.7.7. lo. Jar. 6.3. Hab. 3.7. Edom] the Edemites, or Idemeans, which were the Ions of Efau, named "Edam : the brother of Ifratl; fee the Notes on Pfa1.6o. so. the Ifmaeliies] children of Ifmael, the 4 f 6 7
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