131 PSALME .LXXXVIII. God tired in the Church of Ifrael , where fingers ' to the dead, or fball the deceafed rile up, ¡hall they confetti thee, Selah a Shall thy 1z mercy be told in the grave,thy faithfulneffe in perdition e Shall thy miraculous worke be 13 knowne in the darken[ ffe, and thy juttice in the land of oblivion a But I, unto thee Je- 14 hovah doe I cry our,and in the morning my prayer (hall prevent thee. W herefore Jeho. 15 vah doff thou rcjedmy foule; daft thou hide thy face from mee e I am poore atlli- 6 "&ed, and breathing ourthe ghoft from ny youth ; I beare thine affrightings, I am doubtfully troubled. Thy wraths paffe over me,thy tc trouts doe difmay me. They corn- 18 paffe me about as waters, all the day ; they aregone aboutagainft me together. Thou 19 haft put far away from me,lover and fellow friend, my knowne acquaintance arein dark - neffe. and players on inßruments had in charge continu- ally to laud the Lord, &c. 1 Chron. 9.33. & 25. 1 2. &c: and dances were tiled at their holy feafis, to honour him with, Iudg.z t.19.21. So Chrilt the Lamb hath harpers with him on mount Sion that fing as it were a new Fong before the throne, Rev.,4.1.2.3. Or it may refpeet that which fol- loweth , afl my f rings in thee (or of thee), are frnging (chat is, doe fing) ae a f dance, (or as th9 that dance) that is,ßew jyfulneJ]è. players on flutes]or dan- cers, for fo this word may alto be taken for dan- cing, (towit, at the found of the flute or pip9; J" as ludg.zi .2 r. Compare herewith, Efay 30.29. The Greeke here turneth it, rejoycers; and it may foretell the joy that thould bee in the world for the converfion of the Gentiles. my reeD Q'rings] or fountains, (lreameí of water, as Pfa1.104.10. that is, all gifts and grace .r,which the Scripture no- teth by lively fountains of waters, wherewith they are refrefhed that ferve God in his Temple day and night, Rev. 7. t 5.17. and well-fprings ofJalva- tien, Bay 12.3. And as Chrifl is called afountaine,fo is his Church, Song.4. t 5.12. in rime] for now, unto principalities and powers in heavenly places,is /mown by the Chureb, the manifold wifedome of 3.10. 1 Pet.1.1 z. Or we may read it, as before in the third verfe, of thee all my fprings doe fing, &c. 112**441diN PsAr. LXXXVIII. A Prayer containing agrien our complaint of manifold miferies. I A Song, a Pfalme to the fonnes of Korach : to the matter of the muf cke, on Macha- lath leannoth, an iattructing Pfalme, of Heman the Æzrachite. Jehovah, God of my falvation , by day I cry out,andin the night before 3 thee. Let my prayer comebefore 4 thee; bow thine eare to my thrill cry. For my foule is filled with evils ;& my lifedraw - 5 eth neere to hell. I am counted with them that goe downe the pit ; Iamasa man that 6 bath no lrength. Among the dead,free like the thine that lie in thegrave, whom thou remembreft no more;and they are cut away 7 from thine hand. Thou haft put mee in the pit of the lowefl places; in darkneffes,in the g deepe placer. Thy wrathful' heat ffayeth upon me ; and with all thy billowcs thou af- 9 lliâeft me Selah. My knowne acquaintance thou haft put farce away from mee, hat} let me for abominations to them; I am Phut up I° and cannot getour. Mine eye languifheth through mine afiEtion ;''I call on thee Je- hovah , all the day ; I fpread out my bands z I unto thee. Wilt thou doe a miraculous work vinnatatiens. MAbaba's] a kind of wind in r iment; or, by interpretation, infirmity' : fee Ptàl.53.t. leannotb]or, to fin{ by turnes , which is when one part anlwereth another in tinging; it may allo be interpreted te aßliel (or humble.) This Mahn is the molt doleful l of all the Bible , full of com- plaints even to the end. Hemanthe Ezraebite] fo the next Pfalme is intituled of "Ethan the Ezra - chite: there were two of this name, Heman and Ethan , tons of Zerach the fonne of Judah the Patriarch , s Chron.2t 4. 6. men renowned for their wifedonte,s King.4.31; alto Hemanand }E- than fingers & muficians of the polterity of Levi the Patriarch, r Chron." 5.17.19. & 16.42. H- man being fon of Iori the fon Samuel the Pro -' phet,'Sam.6.33.himfelfebeing alto a Sere or Prophet in King Davids dayes, 1 Chron. 25. 5. And of the kingdome promiièd to David , doth Ethan intreat, Pfal. 89.4. &c. Chrills affil&ions and kingdome are in there Pfalmes foretold ; he was the true David, Hof 3.5. Verte 4. draweth nee, e ] or toucbetb bell, or the grave. So, to toueh(oe come neere to) theates of death, Pfa1.t07.18. AA Verte 5. a man] teb. geber, that is, afirong man; s but without ability or power tohelpemy lelfe as the Greeke faith, he/pief. Verte 6. free] that is , acquitted, or difibarged 6 from the troubles and affaires of this life ; for in death, the prifaners ref} tog;thee, and the fervant is free from his maJler, lob 3 18, t 9. office, that is, feque- fred, apart from others ; as King Azariah being. leprous, dwelt in an houle of freedome, that is, al.ne, apartfrom other men, 2 King. 15.5. front thine band] that is, from thy caret ke,pe , guidance, &c. as King Azariah before -laid, was cus ff from the houree of the Lord,zChron.z6.2I or by thine hand; and fo under! Land, from the land of the living, as Ifa.5 3.8. Verte 7. pit of the loresß places] the netbermrff pit as the Gr. laith ;which the Chaldee paraphrafrth' this;
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