PSALMS CiXlli. GX1V. that he is gracious, &c. as the next verfe lhewèth : or of the Íight,that it is graeioue, &c.nieaning it of God, Who is our light, as Pfal.27. t. 5 Verfe 5. will moderate] or meafure eut, or carry and difßenfe them ,. as theGreeke explaineth it, by the fimilitude of a ffeward. his words] or af- faires, matters. in iud {ement or, with difcretion, as is fit and right, Pfal. 25.9. Ezek. 34.16. 6 Verfe $.Srírely]or For : compare Plal.15.5: 7 Verfe 7. beare fay] or bearing,that is,tid»ags,fame, rumour or report, which heheareth; as the word lignifieth, Rom. to. 26,17. So that which one Euangelilt calleth alai, hearing, Marke 2.28. ano- ther calleth echos, a found or echoe, Luke 4. 37. both meaning fame or rumour. See the contrary to this in the wicked, Jet. 45,. 23. fixed] or firmlyprepared, not to be Mewed with i14tidings. 3 Verfe 8. he fie] to wit, Gods woke, oh.rekard; fee Pla1.54.9 The Chaldee otherwife, thus, till be lee red mptionindiffief. Verfe 9. flattered] to wit, bit riches (as the Chat- g dee explaineth it)that is,given and lent it freely, without looking for any thing therof,as Luke 6: 35. though thereby he is more increaled, Prov. I I. 24. See 2 Cor. 9.9. jufiice] this generally is all rightcoufdeffe,fometime acmes; fee Pfa.24.5. his hone] that is, power and glory : fo the Chaldee faith, bis ftrengib : fee Pfal. 75.5,11. and 92. it. and 89.18,25. 1 Santa 1. o Verfe t o. the defre] that is, the thing that bee deureth [lull not bee granted hint. Compare Próv.l o. 24,28. and 13.12. ru'ZZZ2rZZ:T-Mtgt Ps *1.. CXIII. An Exhortation to praifè God for bit excellence, 6 for bis mercie. L Íialeld-jáh. Raifé ye fervants of Jehovah: praife t the naine of Jehovah. Bleffed be the name of Jehovah, from this time, 3 and for ever. From the riling of the Sunne, unto the going in of the fame : praifed 6e the 4 name of Jehovah. Jehovah is high, above all natións : his glory is above the heavens. 5 Who is like Jehovah our God, that lifteth 6 himfelfe high,to Gtr That debafethhimfelfe low to fee, in the heavens, and in the earth. 7 Hre raifeth the poore from the duff : hee 8 Iiftech up theneedy from the dung: To fet him with bounteous Princes,with the boun- g reous Princes ofhis people. He maket] the barren of houfc tg dwell, a joyful[ mother of children; Balelu jlh. 2 3 Annotations. FRom this time]orfrom now, henceforth. So Pfal. 115.18. and ta1.8. &132.3. Verfe 3.rifing] that is,the Eafi part of the world; as Pfal. t 03.1 2. going in] or going dowtie,that is, the Weft, where the Sunne is Paid to goe in, as when it rifeth, to come out, Gen.19.23. meaning by Ealt and Weft, all the world over : is Mal. t. t 1. Verle5. ¡Oath high to fit] or, to dw.l, that is,(as the Greeke explaineth it) dwelleth on high: and fo after, firth the things below. Verfe 7. from the duff] that is, from bale eftate, as 1 Kings 16.2. So after, from dung, as Lam.4.5. This fpeech is taken from 1 Sam. a.8.. Verfe 9. the barren of houfe] that iS, thewoman which never had children ; as on the contrary, frnitfull women are Paid to build their husbands houles, Ruth 4. It. fo houfe is ufed for children or pofferitie, Pfal. 1 t 5. r o, 12. Exod. I.2t. See allo Pf.68.7,The Scriptures apply this to the Church of the Gentiles ; as, Rejoyce 0 barren that didfl not bear,, Ste. Efa.54.t. Ga1 :4.26,27. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkol'Áo P SA L. CXIV. The deliverance of Ifrael out of Egypt afftled the dumbe creatures: all the earth are thereupon exhor- ted to flare God. Hen Ifrael went out from Egypt, VV the houfe of Jakob from the peo- ple of a barbarous fpeech ; Judah was for his Sanókuary, Ifrael his dominions. The fea faw, and fled : the Jarden turned a- bout backward. The mountains leaped like Rams : the hils like yonglings of the flocke. What ailed thee, O fea, that thou Reddell; O Jarden, that thou turned fl about back- ward? O mountaines,that he leaped like Rams: ye hils, like yonglings ofthe flocke At the prefence of the Lord tremble thou earth ; at the prefence of the God of Jakob. That turneth the rocke to a lake, of waters, the flint to a fountaine of waters. Annotations. BArbarous fpeeeb] or, paling barbaronfly, of a ltrange rude,uncouth language. This word is here only ufed, and meaneth all fpeech that was not underflood of Gods people ; which hee that fpeakethiis called of the Apoltle,a Barbarian, that is, a firanger, 1 Cor. 14. t 1. even as here alto the Chaldee turneth it. Spiritually it meaneth filch as fpeake again[[ the faith, the language of Ca- naan, Ifa.I 9.I 8. Verfe 2. With] that is, the Congregation of that Tribe, which was molt rincipall, Num. 2.3. & 7. 1 a. and 1 0.14. :rod or became; and it is of the feminine gender, to fignifie the Congregation, tabu- ally named a daughter,as Pf.9.15. bit fanUuary] fanflitie, or fanllif cation, which God had fanfti- fled to dwell ámong them, Lev. 19. 2. and .20. 7, 26, and 26.1í,r2.2 Cor,6.16. The Chaldee ex. plaineth /!UM1NIII11NI11//00,"
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