How {hall thofe Merchants keep up i the life of Relig on, il vhowhile at home enjoyed all Gofpell Ordi- nances, and when abroad are not only deftitute of them, but expo. fed to perfecution ? Pfal. 120, 5. Wo is me that I lojourn in Mefech ; that f riven in the tents of Kedar. His Pfaim is the firfl of thofe fifteen which are called Songs of Degrees, concerning which the conjec`lures of Interpreters are various and uncertain; either becaufe they were fung by ! Z the Jews at their feverali fla es in their re- turn from the Babylonifh captivity ; or by the Levites on the fifteen fleps or {lairs whereby they went up to the houfe of the Lord ; or be- caufe they raifed up their voices to an high flrain in fining them; or becaufe they art Pfalms of greatefi use and excellency. The Pfalm is generally thought to be compofed upon occafion of Davids flying from saail, and Doegs false accufation of him; and it z Sam.22,23. confias of three generali parts ; i. David' carriage towards God in the time of his diflrefs, verf. 1, 2. In my di/it-Ifs I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me : Deliver my foul, &c.
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