./ /GU aYlhtilalthlik// PSALM6 XiV. 2.i by day: how long (hall my enemie be exal- ted above me Behold, anfwer thou me,Je- hovah my God; lighten thou mine eyes,left 5 I fleep the death.Left my enemie fay,! have prevailed against him; my diftreffers be glad 6 when I am moved. But I, in thy mercie doe I truft, my heart ¡hall be glad in thy falvati- on : I will fing to Jehovah,for he bath boun- teouJly rewarded unto me. 2 3 4 6 tdlnnetations. Hide :by, face] that is, withdraw tby favourable countenance and comfort ; whiçh the Chalde ex- poundcth, the brightnef oftby face. This is contra - rie to the lifting up oftbe light ofGodsface, Pfalm.4.7. and fmporteth trouble andgriefe, and is caufed by finne, and is the caufe of many adverfities and dilcomforts, Deut. 31.1 7,18. Ifa.59. a. Ezek.39. 23,24,29. therfore this Prophet doth often ¿otit- plaine hereof, and pray againft it, Pfal. 30.8. and 204.29. and 88.15. and 69. 18. and r 62. 3. and 143.7. and 27.9. Verle 3. ft csunfelo] that is, confute andevif with my f lfe bow to e feape. ly day] that is, daily; in Greeke, day and night. Ver'fe 4. lighten my eyes] that is,malL them fee deere, and conlequently , mak me joyful!; for , the light of the eyes rejayceth the heart, Prov. 15. 30. Or, ¡eepe me alive: which fenfe the words following feeme to imply, and the like fpeeches in Prov. 29. 13. Eccles 11.7, 8. The yes are léid to be enlightened, when penurie, forroi, fickneffe, or other afi &i- on whereby they were dulled, is done away, and the fenfes by Come means refrefhed, 1 Sam. 54. 27,29. Efra 9.8. alto when ignorance is by Gods Word and Spirit done out of the niinde,Pfal.19 9. Eph.1.18. See alfo Pfal. 38. t t. left I fleepe] or, that I fleepe not the death, meaning, the fleepe of death. that is, left I die. For death is often called fleepe in the Scripture,. Pfal. 76.6. Job 3. 13. and 14,12. Alt. 7.60. and I3.30. the fleepe ,f eternitie, Jer. 51.39. The Chaldee paraphrafeth thus, En- lighten mine eyes in thy Lèw, left I finne, and,fleepe with them which art guiltie fdeath. Verl 6. But I] or,.And I, al for me. beumeotrf- f rewarded] The original!word Gamalfignifieth to give one thing for another; as profperitie, after one hath been in adverlitie &c. And though it be fometime ufed for rewarding evill for good, Prat. 7.5. or evill for evil!, Pfal. 137.8. yet from God to his people, it commonly fignifieth a bountiful rewarding fgood things, in ftead of evil! , which we rather doe deferve. So Pfal. 116.7. and 119,17. and 142.8. and 103.2,10. The Greek tranflateth dealt bounteoufy; theChaldee, rewarded megood A MALW dtLM OARTi MA A AA Psa LMa XIV. t David deferibeth the corruption of all naturali men ; 4 and convinceth them by the light of their con- fcienter. 6 He fhewetb their enmitie alainfi Godepeople, who wife for, and glory in bio falvation. To the Mailer of the MuJicke, 4 Pfalme of David. THe footle faith in his heart, there is no God: they have corrupted, they have made abominable their praäife ; there ok none that doth good. Jehovah from the heavens looked downe upon the Cons of A- dam,to fee ifthere were any that underftan- deth, any that feeketh God. All is departed, together they are become unprofitable:there is none that doth good , none not one. ÌJoe they notknow,allthat worke painlùlliniqui- ty,that eat my people as they eatbread;they call not on Jehovah. There dread they a dread, becaufe God is in the jai generation. The counfell of the poore afflicted yee would make abaihed, becaufe Jehovah is his hope. Who will give out of Sion the falva- tion of Ifrael r when Jehovah retutneth the captivitie of his people , Jakob Ihall be glad, Ifrael (hall rejoyce. r 2 3 4 6 7 Annotations. THefoole] Nabal (which hath the fignification t of fading, dying, or falling away, as doth a leafe or flower,I/a.4o.8, i Pet.n24,) is a title given to the fiolifh man, as having loft the jayce and lap of wifdonie, reafon, honeftie, godlineffe; being fal- len from grace ungratefiill, and without the life ofGed; as a dead carkaffe, (which of this word is called Nebalah,Lev.tt.40.) and therefore 'ignoble, And efvz /eefteeme; oppofed to the noble man, Ifa 32.5. The Apoflle in Greeke turnedh it imprudent or without mwierjimmiMg, Rom. 10. 19,' from Deut. 3 2.21. faith in bit heart] that is, mindeth, and perfwadetb himfelfe in ferret. So Pfehn. so. 4. and 53.2. no God] the Chaldee expoundethìt, nu haveccoorr orrupted] marred ed,atowit , rbemfla s; there- fore the Greeke faith, they are corrupted ; the Chal- dee faith, Corrupted :heir worker. This word is ufed for corruption both of religion and manners, by idolatry and other vices, Exod.3 2.7. Dcu43 s, z 9. Gen.6.12. And that which he fpake before as of one man,he now applieth to all mankindc. made I abominable] or made loatbfome to wit, their ali/an or themfeelves ; as the Greeke faith, they are abominable, or become loathfome. So in t King. 21.26. The Chaldee interpreteth, thy abhorre good. pea-, fïifee] meaning their evil allions : therefore in Pfal. 53.2. it isgnavel ,evill; which here isgnaliih,a lice. VerC3..11l4] or, the all that is, tbe whole Uni- vela multitude is departed; all in general!, and everyone in particular, as is expreffed, Pfalm 53.4. become unprofitable] orfit far no trie; fo it in t e Apoftleexprefj-eth Greek: the word here Gcçece tired 3
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