.üír/únu1 ïi î maür/®, íf PSALM6 XX XV. gj to All my bones fhall fay, Jehovah,whois like thee that riddeff free the poore of lifted from the fironger than himfelfe, and the poo re of haed and needy from the fpoiler of r ; him c Witneflés of cruel[ wrong did rife up things that I knew not they did aske of 12 inc. They repayed me evil! for good, the 13 bereaving of my foule. And 1, when they were Gcke,my cloathing ivasfackcloth; I af- fltated my foule with fatting; and my prayer 14' returned uponmy bofome. I walked as if he had been a fellow - friend, as if he had been a brother tome: I bowed downe fad as he 15 that bewailed[ his mother. But in my hal- ting they rejoyced and were gathered toge- tier, the fmiters were gathered together againft me, and I knew it not they rent and 16 I were not filent. With hypocrites, (coffers fora cake of bread, gnafhing their teeth a- 17 1 gainft me. Lord, how long.wilt thou fee returne my foule from their tumultuous ru- 18 ines, myalonely foule from the Lions. I will confèffe thee in the great Church, I will 19 praife thee among a mightie people. Let not them that are pty enemies with falfity,re- joyce atme,them that are my haters without 20 caufe winke with the eye. Tor they fpeake not peace, and againft the quiet ones of the 21 earth they imagine words of deceits. And they have enlarged their mouth again(} me; they have Paid, aha, aha, our eye hath feene. 22 Jehovah thou haftfrene, ceafe not as deafe : 23 0 Lord, be not farre off from me. Stirre up and awake to my judgement, my God 24 and ray Lord, to my plea. Judge me accor- ding to thy juflice,]ehovah my God,and let 25 them not rejoyce at me. Let them not( y in their heart, aha our foule: let themnot 26 fay, we have fwallowed him up. Let them be abafhed and confounded together that rejoyce at mine evil! ; let them be cloathed with bafhfulneffe and fhame that magnifie 27 againft mee. Let them fhout joyfully and rejoyce that delight my juftice ; and let them fay continually, magnified be Jeho- vah , that delighteth the peace of his ter. 28 vane. And mytonguefhall meditate thy ju- nice, all the day thy praife. Annotations. x D Lead] This properly is, to contend or debate a matter with many words, as the next word, war or fight, is with deeds. But Gods pleading oft times is in altion ; as hepleaded David, caufe again(} Na- bal, when be flew him, Sam. 25.39, And as hex David prayeth, fo God elfewhere promifetlt to plead with thofe that plead witbbit people, Ifaiah 49. 25. mar] which in the originali tongue hath the name Of cutting, biting, or devouring; for marres' devolve and eanfunu many. -So the (word is faid to' have a mouth, that is, an edge, Job i.i5. Hebrews 1 1.24, and to eat, that is, tokill and confume, 2 Sa- muel t t. 25. Verfe 3. dram out] or as the Hebrew phrafe is, empy,that is, railhead; the like is of the fword,Exò- dus 15.9. Leviticus 2 6.33. fluted] or elate mea pon, as the name fignifieth. This interpretation feenieth beft,becaufe of theHebrew paute, which joyneth this word with the former, fßeare: thus alto there two weapons of offence are anfwerable to the former two of defence , the Jhield and budeler: and of this Hebrew name Sego', the Greeke Saga- rit (and perhaps the Latine Seeurie) feemeth to be borowed,for a fiord or axe And in Job 28.i 5. this word is ufed for a cleft treafure , or foredgold; as here for a cleft weapon. Otherwife wemay reade according to the Greeke, and other verfions, clofe í thou, orffap,towitthemayor affage. Verfe 4. that fceltemy foule] that is, my life to take,' 4 it amay : for fo this phrafe commonly meaneth, as Plain,. 38.13, and 54.5. and 70.3. Exod.4. i 9. Mat. 2.20. and fometime is fò explained, as Pfal. 63.10. I Kings 19. 1 o. they feeIe myfoule to salts it away. Yet fometime this pl,rafe intendeth feelting theJanie fir ones good, asPfalm. 142.5. turned backward] a token of feare, fhame, and difeomfture; as P f.11. 129.5. and 40.15. and 70.3. and 9.4. Ira, 42.57. Jer.46. 5. Verle 6. Dar4sef, &e.] that is, moil darbe_ and 6 flipper?: níeaning, farftell dangerous, troublefome, 6`c. Nahum 1. 8. Pfal. 88. 7. and 107. 9. Prov. 4. 19. So elfèwhere it is (-aid Their may (hall be unto them as flipprinef¡es in the darl{neffè; they fhall be driven andfall therein, Jer.23.12. Verfe 7.' the corruption, &c.] that is, their eorrup- tingpernicious net, or their infusing corruption : or un-' derftanding the word in, we may reade, they bid their net fir me in a pit, (or, in a corrupting ditch ;) as Praline 7.16. have diigged] to wit, a pit to fall in; fo Job 6. 27. Or, have diligently fearched, and laid wait. So digging is ufed for feeling; Job 3. 21. and 39. 3 2. Verfe 8, tumultuous ruine] calamine, wafting or $ dejo!ation that it-witb noif and fou'd as of waters, 17.12,13. So Pfal.6g. i o.Prov,s.a7. Verfeso. my bones] that is,myfrong and flidmem- I bers ('as the Chaldeetranflateth it members) deli- vered out of danger, meaning that with all his tirength he would praife God: So the boner are Paid to, rej yce, Pfal.51. t o, the loins to b /eJ, Job 31 20. the finder] or robber that by open violence taleth away. Compare Job 5.15. Verle s a. ofcrue!1 wrong] that is, crud?, ono' i lent,or I I (as the Greeke faith) unjuft mitnefis. So Exo.23. t. Deut. 19. 16. Ver.12. the bereaving of] that is, to deprive, bereave p 2 or rob me of my fide or life; or, to bereave my forte of temfirt. The wordproperly fignifieth the bereaving or kg of abildren. Verle 11111111I111.í.
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