n8 LySALME XXXI. all worlds, Ira. 44.6. that he giveth being or exi- 1tence unto all things,and in him all are and con - fift,A&. ,7.25. that he giveth being unto his word, effe&ing whatfoever he bath fpoken, whether proms ïes, Exod.6.3. Ifa. 45. a,3. or threatnings, Ezek.5.17.& 7.27.ít is in effea the fame that Eh- jeb,I will be,or I am, as God calleth himfelfe,Exo. 3. 14. Of this the Gentiles named the greateft God, love and Iu- fiter, that is, lab father, (of the fhorter name lab,mentioned Pfa.68.5.)and Varro the learnedft of the Romans, thought love to be the god of the Jews; Aug:4121.de eonfenf evan.e.22. Hereof allo in Greekewriters he is called lao, Pi- ador. Sic ul. 12.e.5. Cleat. Alex. ffrom.1.5. Microb.1. t . Saturnal. cap. r 8. But in the Greeke tongue the name lehovah cannot rightly be pronounced; and for it the Greeke Bibles have Lord,which the new Tcftament followeth, as Mar. 1 2. 29. from Deut. 6.4. and elfwhere ufually ; as the Hebrew Text fometime putteth Admai, Lord, or 1Elohim, God, for Ichevab; as Pfal. 57. s o. compared with Plat. 108.4. a Chro.25.14.with a Kings 14.14. When Adonai, Lord, is joyned with it, it is written,lebo- vils, as Pfal.68,a 1. then the Jewesread it .4lohem, God, as at other times they read it Adottai, Lord; and pronounce not Iehovabat all at this day; though in ancient dales it ap.peareth to be other- wife. The Greeke hiftorie of Baruch, feemeth to tile in Read of it Aioniet, that is, the Eternal, or Everlafling, Bar. 4. to, ¡4,20,32,34,35. and 5. 2. See the Annotations on Gen. 2.4. only thou] or only thine, that is, which onely haft Jehovah for thy name; for the true God bath onely being, and /doh are nothing in theworld, r Cor. 8.4. and Angels, and Magifirate, are called .oflohim,, Gods, Pfal. 8. and 82. but lehovab is peculiar to very God alone. And this is that name (4 fuppofe) which the Authour of the Booke of Wifdome calleth Incommuraieable, Wild. 54.. 21. Yet this is the name ofCbriif, called ¡chords our julbice, Jer. 23.6. for Gods name lainhim,Exod.23. T. and he it very God, and eternal life, I Job. 5.20. 14251-14istint****T112 PsAL. LXXXIV. The Prophet longingfor the communion of the Sent7u- arie, fhereethbow blefJid they are that dwell therein. 9 He prayetb to be refiored unto it. I To the malter ofthe muficke upon Gittith , a Pfalme to the Connes of Korach. 2 Ow amiable are thy dwelling pla- 3 ces,O Jehovah of bolls ! My foule longeth, and alto fainteth for the courts of Jehovah ; my heart and my fle(h 4 doe !bout unto the living God. Yea the sparrow findeth a houle, and the fwallowa nell for her,where Che laieth heryong: thine Altars Jehovah of boils, my King and my 5 God. O bleffed are they that abide in thine houfe, Rill they fhalI praife thee Selah. O bleffed is the man whole ftrength is in thee, they in whole heart are the high.waies. They that pafling thorow the vale of Baca, put him fora well- fpring,alfo with bleflîngs the raine covereth. They (hall goe from power to power, he (hall appeare unto God in Sion. Jehovah God of hofls,heare thou my prayer: give tare» God of Jakob, Se- lab. See thou,OGod, our (hield, and looke upon the face of the Anointed. For, better is a day in thy Courts than a thoufand : I have chofen to fit at the tbrelhold in the houle of my God, rather than to remaine in the tents of wickedneffe. For Jehovah God is a Sunne and a (hield , Jehovah will give grace and glory, hewill not withhold good from them that walke in perfeb ion. Jeho- vah of hogs, O bleffed is the man that trufteth in thee. 6 7 8 9. ro II I2 13 Annotations. GIttitb] fee Pfal. 8. r. I Verfe a. dwelling places] or habitacle,, fee 2 the Notes on Pfal.43.3 Verle 3. for the courts] that I may come into 3 then: : for the Priests onely went into the Tem. ple the people flood in the Courtyards which were two,2 Kings 21.5. See Pfal.65.5. from] to wit, for defire to come unto God. Verle 4. the Sparrow] or Bird: in Chaldee, the 4 Dove; the Hebrew TJippor is generally any Bird, Pfal.1 r .1. Gen.7.14. fpecially the Sparrow,when other birds are uamed,as here,and Pla1o2.8, for filch haunt mens houles. Swallow] or free bird, called in Hebrew dror, of Ebertie which this bird feemeth to bath above others, flying boldly and neftling about houles : fo Prov.26.2. The Greeke takes it here for the Turtle Dove, (which bath in Hebrew another name, Pfa. 74.19.) fo allo doth the Chaldee, adding this reafon, becaufe her yang are lawfull to be offered on thine Altar. thine AI- taro] to wit, are the places where the birds nettle neere unto them, in houfes,or trees,which Come - time were by Gods tabernacle, Jof.24.26. or un- derstand as before, ( Ilong for) thine Altar,. Verfe 6. the Higb- wales] or Cau fege, ; namely, 6 which lead to thy house: that is, they which at- fea heartily, long after, and delight to goe up to thy houfe. Spiritually these waits or pas be, are made by preaching of the Gospel, Efa.4o.3. and 35.8. and 11. 16. Verfe 7. They that palling] or, ethos, that paf. 7 of Baca] that is, ofMulberrietrees, which ufe to grow in dry places. The Greeke faith vales of stares. Both meane,that through wants and aftli- &ions we muff come into the kingdom of God. This valley was neere unto lerufalem , as may be gathered by a Sam,5.22,23.Jof . s5.8. put him] or
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