2 6 PSALME XVII, ked that wafle me,myenemies in foul e,tbar to inviron round againft me. With their fat they have clofed up, with their mouththey 1r fpeake in pi ide. In our fleps nowthey com- paffe es; their eyes they fet sending downe 12 into the earth. His likeneffe is asa renting Lion that is greedy to teare, and as a lurking 13 Lion fitting in fecret places. Rife up Jeho. vah, prevent thou his face, make him bow down,deliver my foule from the wicked one 14 with thy fword. From mortali men with thine hand, Jehovah, from mortali men of the tranfitory world, who have their part in this life, and their belly thou fillett with thine hid treafäre; fatisfied are the fons, and C.-icy lay up their overplus for their babes. 15 1,. in juflice fhall view thy face,fhall be fatif- fled when r awake with thine image. Annotations. IVflice] that is,my jafiice,as the Greek explaineth it,my jug caufe and complaint. The Chaldee faith, accept Lord my prayer in juflice. fbrill crie] or fhouting, that is, loud complaint : See Pfal.5.1 2. without lips] or, not with lips of deceit, that is, which prayer u unfained, not uttered wirb guile. 2 Verfe 2. come forth] or proceed, that is, let my judgement be cleerly pronounced and executed There- fore in Hof. 6. 5. he addeth the fmilitndeof ithe light or Same. rigbteoufnefs] or equities: this is all rightcotos eaufes and perfons, or my mofl righ- 01e14 caufè. 3 Verle 3. haft tried] or examined me, to wit, at metallin the fire: So Pfàl. 66.1o. haft not fund] I or,fhalt not at all finde,towit anydroffe,ordeceit,or, as the Chaldee addeth, corruption. The Greeke tranflateth, inggt itie ma: not found in me. fball not tranfgreffè] or, tranfgreffetb dot, that is, Ipurpofed not to tranfgrefje with my mouth, by murmuring againfi thy ferie trial of me; or that which I purpofedyny mouth tranfrefthnot,but my thoughts and words agree. The Chaldee thus, I haze thought evil!, It bath not paged my mouth. 4 Vert 4 For the worker] or concerning the worker of men: Adam is here ufed for all earthly men. have obferz;ed] or taken heed of, to wit, left they ¡honk' hurt me, or,tbat I fhould not walke in them, as the next verfe fheweth : otherwife, fèmetin,e to obferve waits, is to walk! in them, Pfa. 18. 2 2. the break?. sharo:n] that is,'tbe robber or tbeefe, as this word is expounded in Greek, Mat. 21.13. from Jer.7.x 1. one that breaketh bounds or limits, houfes,bedges,lawe,, &c. So Ezck.IS.Io. ; ,! Verle 5. Supine] Holdup, orcomaine; this is fpolten praycrwife to God, as the next verfè ma- nifelteth : the Greeke turneth it, Make perfist. It may al fo be read, Sufi aining,or To fuffaine ; and Co have reference to the former verle, I obfeved the robbers paths, not to walke in them, but to faflaine ( or fuflaming, bolding fall) my flees in thy paths. The Hebrew Tamxh may be Englifhed Suflaine :bon ; as Zachor is remember thou, Exodus zo. 8. Shamor , obferve thou, Deuteron, 5.12. Halo:, is Goe thou, z Sam. 24.12. for which in I Chron.21.I O. is written Lec,Gee thou. my fleps] or, my fleppings forward, my right -forth fleps. So Phi. 37. 31. and 40.2. beaten paths] or roundparks; properly the word fignifieth aths beaten with wagon mlxcles; here ufed generally for flrait,direfl and beaten wales. So Pfal.23.3. and 65.12. and 140.6. Verfe 7.. marvelloufly feparate ] or make marvel- 7 lour, that is, in wondrour and excel/tnt fort fhrw me rig mercies , which are common unto all let them nowpecu- liary be beflowed on me. See Pfal. 4.4. The Greeke faith, Make marvellous. When Chrill commeth,' he will by made nmrtebotu in them that be /eeve, s Thef- falomans 1. lo. hope for fafety] or, trufl, to wit, in thee, an the Greeke explaineth it , or :n tby right band, as is after expreffed. God is Saviour of all men,fpecialy opium that beleeve, r Tlmoth. 4.1o. with thy right band] this feemcth to have re- ference to the firfl,0 Saviour(orthou which favefl) with tby right band; as PIal.138.7. and 60.7. It may alto be referred to thefecond, them that hope m tby right hand; or to the !aft, them that raift ap them - feIves againfl thy right hand : And thus the Greeke I turneth it. But the Chaldee titherwife, Avenge them on theft which rife up againfl them, with :II; right band. J Verle 8. the bloelte] that is, the fight in the madefl 8 of the eye,, wherein appeareth the refèmblance of a little man; and thereupon feemcth to be called in He- brew, Ifbon, of I fb which is a man. And as that part is black, fo thisword is allo ufed for other blacke things, as the blaeymffe ofthe night, Prov. 7.9. and black:efjeof darknef,Prov.20.20. of the apple] fo we call that which the Hebrew here calleth bath; and in Zach.z.8.babatb, that is, the link image appearing in the eye, as before is noted. The word bath allo fignifieth a daughter,whereto the Gr. coree doth agree. By this is meant the tender care of God for hir people: and David here ufeth both words formore vehemencie ; whereas elfe-w here one of them only is ufed,. Ifhon, the blacke, in Deut. 31.10. Pro.7.2.babath and beth,the apple,in Zac.2.8. Lam. 2. 18. hide thou me] Hebr. thou "bait hide, or kept me fecret. It is the property cl the Hebrew tongue,often to let down a prayer in this forme, efpecially in the end of a fentence, as noting Come affurance to have the requeft fulfilled. So in Pfa1.54.3. &59.2. &64.2 .Job6.23.& 21.3. and 40.5. See Atli) the note on ía.10.17. Vert 9. from faces] or beeaufi of the wicked. See 9 Pfal. 3. I. enemies in feu /e] or, for the fouler mea- ning deadly enemies, that feeke the foule or life. See Hal. 35.4. The Chaldee expoundeth it, in the will (or defire) oftheir lo. They have doted up] to wit, their face or 1 o body; (much like that fpeech in Job 15. 27. he bath covered his face with bit fatneftè) or their .pt they cleft up, meaning that they pamper and harden áxmflves.( in pride] that is, proudly or haughtily. Verle ix. In our fleps] or in our going, that is, 11 t wbere--
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