lS.. PsALM6 CXL. CXLI. I H pr ay cobagainfithem. 13 Hecomfartethhim- elfe by confidence in God. I To the Matter of the Muficke, a Pfalme of "David. 2 Eleafe mee, O Jehovah , from the evil! man ; from the man of violent 3 wrongs preferve thou me. Which thinke evill things in heart; every day they 4 gather warres. They fharpen their tongue like a ferpent; the hot poyfon of the Alpe le under their lips Selah. 5 Keepeme, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked ; from the man of violent wrongs preferve thou me, which thinke to 6 thruft away my feet. The proud havehid a fnare for me,andcords ; they have fprcad a net by the paths Code, they have fit grins for me Selah. 7 I Paid to Jehovah,Thou art my God;hear; O Jehovah , the voice of my fupplications 8 for grace. Jehovih Lord,the ftrength of my falvation-, thou haft covered my head in the g day of armes. Grant not, O Jehovah, the defiresof the wicked ; further not his craf- ty dL vice, left they exalt themfelves Selah. 1 o The head of thofe that compaffe mee a- bout, the moleftation of their lips (hall co- II ver them. They (hall bring upon them coales ; he lhall fell them into the fire, into deepe pits, that they rife not up. An ill ton- gued man flail not be eftablifhed in the earth ; a man of violent wrong , evil! (hall hunt him to a fudden overthrow. I know that Jehovah will doe the judgement of the Poore afflicted; the doome of the needle. Surely the juft ¡hall cotlfeffe to thy Name, the righteous (hall fit before thy face. I2 13 14 vinnotations. Vert 10. the head]that is, 1 sforthehead(the Io chiefe)'of chafe , &e. An head fometime fignifieth a company of ebiefe men, 1 Chron.4.42. though here perhaps Come one man is meant, as theChaldee nameth Achitopbel. It is alto ufed for a band of men, as lob 0.17. Sometime the HebreW word fignifieth gall, as Pfal.69.2z. Which fenfe alto is not amilfe here. ftall cover] or prayer- wife,let. it cover them, and him (as Pfal.2.3.) that is, every of them. Vert I I. T hey (hall bring] or male move (as II Pfa1.5 5.4.) upon themfelves ; or males fhall be mo- ved(that is, thrown) upon them. The Hebrew hath a double reading, yeciding both thefe fenfes; their judgements to be from God, but procured by themfelves. be] that is God fhallfell them, or indefinitely, they fhallbefped,orcafl. deepe pits] or fudden farrows ; the Greeke faith , calami- ties ; theChaldee, the fire of Gehenna. Vert, 1 2. An ill- tongued man] Hebr. a man of' I I tongue, that is , a prattler or evil feaker , that hath tongue at will to ufe and abufe at his lull, and to finite therewith as Ier. 18. s 8. Sea man of lips, Iob 1 1.2. is one talkative; a man of words,Exod 4. so. is one eloquent : a man of arme, lob 22.8. is one mighty ; and timdry the like. to afuddenover- throw] or,his utter ruin and mifery. Hebrew, to (or with) thruflings dowse. The Chaldee parapbra- feth, The Angell of death pall hum him, and tbrnfl him donne into hell. VerCe 14. fit before thy face]or dwell with thy face, 14 that is,in thy relents: fee Hilts 6.11. & 61.8. /j Hey gather warres]or are gathered to narres ,get- 3 i tingthernfelves and other together. The a &ive is often ufed paffively , Pfalm, 32.9. and 109.13. Verte 4. of the Afpe] or Viper; Greeke of Af es 4 fo liom.3.13: Compare Pfalme 58.5. 5 Verte 5. to thrufi away my flee] or,to overthrew my footfleps. Verfe 6. by the paths fide] or, fall bymypatb; 6 Heb. at the band of the path. Compare Pfat.142.4. 1er.i8.22. Prov.29.5. g . Verte 8. lehovib] or God : fee P(al. 68.21. of ormes] or of armour, that is , of batten, (as the Greeke eranflateth it) when men harneffe them - (elves. This is that I,ebnet, falvation,Eph.6.17. Verte 9. further not] or, bring not 101,4.0. g left tbey]or, they will exalt themfehes,that is, be proud or bfiy. Compare Dcut.32.27. PsAL. CXLI. David prayeth that his fait may be aceeptable , hit oonfcdence fince.e, and hit life faf fromfnares. A Pfalme of David. I JEhovah, I call upon thee, make halle unto me , give care to my voice when I call unto thee. Let my prayer be firm. ly directed u incenfe before thee;the lifting up of my hands as theevening oblation. Set thou Jehovah , a watch before my mouth, keepe the doore of my lips. Incline not my heart to an evill thing;to pretend pretences in wickedneffe, with men that work painful' iniquity : and let me not eat their dainties. Let the juft man finite mee, ft./halide a kind - 5 nelfe, and let him reprove mee ; the head- oile, let it not breake mine head ; for yet my prayer allo fliall be in their evils. Their 6 Iudges are throwne downeby the Rock fides ; and they (hall heare my fayiogs, for 1 they are pleafant. As when one cutteth and 7 cleaveth on the earth , our bones are fcatte- red at the mouth of hell. But mine eyes are 8 unto thee, Jehovih Lord ; in thee I hope for 2 3 4
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