Chap.; t. lin êatpofscioar upon the Took of J oa. Vert. 35. /27' O that one would heare mee. He fpeakes indefinitely, no if he were very indifferent who the perlonwere, fo he were but an indifferent perfon that had the hearingof his caufe, any perfon un byait and un ingeged fhould fatisfie him. Some render, O that I had a ?sage to heare nice; the text is only, O that Ihad one to heare me, but becaufe'cis the bufineffo of judges to heare and determine taufes, therefore it is well rendered O chat I had a 7oedge to heare me , cr a hearing ?udte. The Lord gave command for hearing as wel as ¡udgieg ( Dent: a. 16.) I charged your judges .at that time, Paying, heare betweenyour Brethren; There can be no judgingwithout hearing, therefore a ?midge is called a hearer. Thus ifWhalen in his flatter- ing anddifloyall flutes (2Sam: 15. 3.) befpake every roan he met, See thy matters. are good and right , but there is no noun de ;rated ofthe King to heare thee; there is not a hearer, that u, there is not a judge to hearé and determineyour cafe. O that Iwere made judge in the Land, or the hearer and determiner of diffe- rences betweenyou; how readily and how righteoufly would difpatch your caufes l And hence the place where judges ufe to heare caufes, is called7ne Auditorio ( As 2.5.23. ) When they ánpoa;ipe were come in to the hearing place, that is,to the place where carafes AGtlrerzG117 were heard and judgement given. When lob faith , O that one lurilun(uki_ would heare me,be intends not an ordinary hcarer,or any one that rum verbunr t»o eo tnro, ;.8 came next, but a Judge to take cognizance ofand make force de- j diciiur. termination about his cafe and 'tare: And while 7 b begs for a tea.: Judge or a hearer, he cloth not appeale from God, as if he were unwilling to acquit-f£eand ref( in his Judgement ; but he defired that God would order him loch a Judge, or fuck a hearer as might doe him right, according to the integrityof his heart, and the equity of his caufe. And though he fpake in the former part ofthe verle, as if he were content any judge fhauld end it, yet we find he draws downe his defire to Godhimfelfe in the latter part of the verfe ; My defire is that the Almighty would anfwer mee. O that one would heare mace. There is an Elegancy in the Hebrew text; Grammarians tell us; that the participle is joyned with adative pronounoffavour C-
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