PSALME XLI poffeffcthe heathens, and didit plant them; thou didit evill to the peoples, & didn pro - 4 pagate them. For, nor by their ttwnefword inherited they the hnd,and their arme faved them nor; but thy right hand,and thy arme, and the light of thy face, becaufe thou didit 5 favourthem.l hou art hemy King,O God; 6 command the falvations of Iakob. In dire we (hall push with the home ourdiftreffers, in thy name we (hall tread downe them that 7 rife up againft ús. For I will not truft in my 8 bow, and my fword fhall not fave me. For thou haft faved usfromourdiftrcffers, and 9 our haters thou did ft make afhamed.In God we praifed all the day, and thy name for e- ver we will'confeffe. Selah. to But now thou thrufteft away, and makeft us afhamed, and goeft not forth with our ar- mies. Thou makeft us turne backward from the diftreffer,and they that hate us do fpoile Iz forthemfelves. Thou given usasfheepfor meat, and fanneft us in the nadons. Thou felleft thy people for no wealth,& increafeft 14 not by the prifes of them. Thou expofeft us a reproach to our neighbours, a fcoffe and a -15 fcorne to them that be round aboutus.Thou putteft us for a parable among the heathens, a nodding of the head among the nations. 16 All the day my ignominie is before me, and the abafhing of my face covextthme. For the voice of the reproacher and raunter,for the face, of the enemy and felfe avenger. 18 All this is come on us,and we have not for- gotten thee, not dealt falfly againft thy co- 19 venant. Our heart bath not turned back- ward , norour ftepping fwarvéd from thy zo path. Though thou hail crufhedusin the place of Dragons, and haft covered over us with the shadow of death. If we have for- gotten the name of our God, and fpread out 22 our hands toa ftrangegod. Shall not God fearch out this for bee knoweth the hid 23 things of the hears. But for thee we are kil- led all the day, are counted as fheepe of 24 (laughter. Stir uy, why Ilerpeft thou,Lord! 25 awake,thruft nYtaway forever. Wherefore bidet thou thy face , forgetteft thou our af- 26 fliltion and ouropprellion e For our foule is bowed down to the -duff,our belly cleaveth 27 unto the earth. Rife up, for an helpefulneffe to us, and redeeme us for thy mercy fake. II 13 21 3 Annotations. D Iif of ;si] or, ditaherit the nations, meaning the Canaanites, as the Chaldee expoundeth it: Thou by thy frong band did( raft out the peoples of Ca- naan, and planted( the bottle of Iliad. See examples hereof in the Amorites,Numb.2s.32. and the o- ther Kings of Canaan,Iofit z. fever nations grea- ter and mightier than Ifrael,Deut.7.s. plan - tedf them] to wit, our fathers, the Ifraelites,as Exod. i e. 27. a figure taken from the planting of vines, whereof fee Pfalme 80.9. &c. the peoples] that dwelt befpre in Canaan. So Pfal.1 o6.i4. did( propagate] or, fend firth, make fpread, as the vine fendeth out or difpreadeth the branches, Pfalme 80.t2. Etek.r7.6. Verfe 4. light of tby fan] thy favourable counte- 14 nance in Chrift : See thenote on Pfalme 4.7. and 89.16. Verfe 5. thou art foe] that is , Thou art the fame my King (as the Greekeexpreffeth it : ) this no- tethGods unchangeablenèlfe.See Pfalme 102.28, command] procure by thy commandement. Seepfal. 4,2.9. falvations of IalZob] thatis, the ful! falva- tion (the abfolutedelieeronce) of thy weakc people the pofterity of Iakob. See Pfalme 14.7. Vert 6. pufbwith the bome]a fpeech taken. from Mofes, Deut.33. 17. and meancth a vanvirbing or fabduing, i King. 22.11. Dan. 8.4. tread dome] or, tread underfoot , which fignifieth both a fubdùmg or defraying, 2 Chron.22:7. and a contempt or fitting them at nought, Proverbes 17.7. and fo the Greeks here tranflateth it, we fhallfet at nought. So after inPfaIme6o.14,and 108,14. Verfe 9. Ira God , we prayfed] to wit, his ae`lion, falvations, &c. See alike phrafè in Pfalme 5 6.5.11, , and Pfalme 7 t. 6. Or underftand we ?railed our (elves, that is , gloried, triumphed. And thus the Greeks, In God we pall be pray fie the Chaldee faith, in the word of our God. Verfe 12. fheepefor meat] or, of meat , that is, to be eaten. So after, verfe23. fheepq offlaugbter, that is, tobefaine. fanneft] ordtfferfefi,frowaft a- broad , as the fan that winnoweth, Ier. 4. I. and 5 t .2. So after inPlàlmc 106.27. Ver.13 .for reo wealth] that is, fig' a vileprice with- out gain. God is (rid to fell hispeaple, when he de- livercth them into their enemies hands, as out of his owne poffellion. So Deut.3 2.3o. Likewife in Efay 52.3. the Lord faith, yee have been fold for nought, andyee (hall he redeemed without monry. increafejf not] or gainefi not by the prices of them ; ta- keft no other people in their (lead: orincreafelI, that is, higbtenell not their pri-e. Verfe 15. operable] a byword, or prairie. This is often ufed forgrave, wife, and princely fen- tutees ; as Pfalme 49.5. here in the ill part for a by -word, reproach and fable : fo Pfalme 69. 1 z. Iob 17.6. And thus is fulfilled that which was dreamed, Dent.28.37. t King.9.7. Ier.24.9 nodding of the bead] that is. a mocIoage, Piol. 22,8.9. Verte 17. taunter] or, blaf Berner.Nnm.15.30. 17 Vert 20. of Dragons] or, af whalefi¡les.For the zo Hebrew word is common both for land and we- ter- dragons or whales : fo Pfalme 548.7. And here-; by is meant the place of desolation and aftliftion,' as the Greek here tranflateth it: See Mal, .3. Fa. ', 34.13.Ier.9.11. and 1o.22. Job 30.29. with; the 5 6 9 IL 13 15
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