thine Enemies: as may appear by comparing this with other pa- _ ralle] T'-xts *Pſ.97.59 F * The mountains + melted I from before the
tHeb> LORD, eves * that Sinai m, from before the LORD
Famed. GOD of Iſrael. "B68 8. I Or, flowed, with Floods of W them, and from them flowing d
Jower grounds, and carrying down of th ; It, as S aſual in exceffive Showers m7 She ſlides into the mention
of another, and a more ancient appearance of God for his people, to ; wit, in Sina ; it being uſual in Scripture Repetitions of former .. A&ions, to put divers rogether into anarrow compals, and in few
- Words. The Scnſe is, No wonder that the Mountains of the 4m0- - rites and Canaanires melred and
trembl:d when thou didft Jead thy people towardsrhem ; for even Sinai it ſelf could not bear thy Pre- ' fence, but melted in like manner before thee.
ater poured out ofthe Clouds vpen own in a mighty Stream upon the ſome part of the Mountain with
Or, as that Sina:
a Defe&t fthe Particle as, which I have ſhewed to be frequent» _
| : s 6 Inthe days of Shamgar w the ſon of Anath, inthe
*Ch.4-18- days of * Jael o, the high ways were unoccupied, and
cus + travellers walked through || by-ways p.
_ & » Whileſt Shamgar lived, who was if not a Judge, yet aneminent + Heb. perſon for Strength and Valour, Judg. 30 33-199 Fae,though an 1lluſt- cooked Tous Woman,and of great authority and Izflyence upon the pople, ha did effe& nothing for the deliverance of Gods people, till God raiſzd _ * me up, &s- p Partly becauſe of the Canaanites, who beſides the pub- lick Burdens and Tributes which they laid upon them, waited for
all opportunities of doing them Mitchief ſecretly ; their Souldiers
watching for Travellers in common Roads, as 15 uſual with ſuch
'jn times of War ; and partly, becauſe of the Robbers even of their 4 own people, who having caſt offthe Fear and Worſhip of God, and J "there being no King or Ruler in 1/72el to reſtrain or puniſh them, and being alſo many of them reduced to great want, through the Oppreſſion of the Canaanites, it is not ſtrange, if in thoſe times of
publick Diſorder and ataxy, divers of rhe Iſraelites themſelves did break forth into a&s of Injuſtice and Violence, even againſt their own Brethren, whom they could meer with in convenient places,
| which made Travellers ſeek for By-peths. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceaſedq, they ceaſed
*Ifz. 49- in Ifracl, until that I Deborali aroſe, that I aroſe a *
23s mother r in Iſrae]. :
| The people forſock all their unfortified Towns, as not being able to proteft them from Military 1nſolence. r (7. e.) To he to them as a M-.ther, to Inſtru&, and Ru'e, and Preteft them, which Duties a Mother oweth to her Children, as far as ſhe 1s able,
8 They choſe /new gods zt; then as war in the
-pates u; * was there a ſhield or ſpear ſeen among forty
g
thouſand in Ifracl ?
” { They did not only ſubmit to Idolatry when they were forced toit by Tyrants, but they freely choſe it. 7 New to them, and un- "known to their Fathers, and New in compariſon of the true and everlsſting Gcd of Jſrael, being but up=ſtarts, and of yeſterday. u (ie) In their Walled Cities, which have Gates and Bars; Gates are oft put for Cities, as Ger. 42- 17. Deut. 17. 2. Obad. v. 11. Then their ſtrongeſt Holds fell inte the hands of their Enemies. x (i.e. ) There was not ; the meaning 15 not, that all the !ſraelites had no Arms for here 1s mention made only of Shields or Spears, fo they might have Swords, and Bows and Arrows, to offend their Enemies; bur, either that they had but few Arms among them, being many Thouſands of them diſarmed by the Canganites ; or that they generally negleC&ted the uſe of Arms as being utterly dif- ſpirited, and without all hope of recovering their loft Liberty ; and being neceſlitated to other employmenrs for Subſiſtanice.
9 My heart 1s roward the governours ot Iſrael y that offered themſelves willingly among the people ; Bleſs ye the LORD x: ; :
3 I greatly benour and love thoſe, who being the chief of the people in Wealth and Dignity, did not withdraw themſelves from the Work, as ſuch uſually do ; bur did exp»ſc themſelves ro the ſame hazards, and joined with their mcaner Brethren in this noble bur dangerous ArcerPt ; and by their Exampies and Countenance en- gaged others in it = Who inclined rheir Hearts ro this Undertak- incy and gave them Succeſs 1n 1t. As ſhe gives Inſtrumenrs their due, ſo ſhe is careful the Sovereign Cauſe, and Lord of all, loſe
not his Glory. | : : 10 || Speak « ye that ride on white afles þ, ye that ſit
in judgment, and ye that walk by the way c.
; Celebrate the Praiſes of our mighty God, whoſe hand hath Jone this 6b { i.e. ) Magiſtrates and Notles, who uſcd ro do fo, Judg. 10. 4. and 12: 14. Hor ſes being in a manner forbidden there, Daut. 17.16. c ( 5.6.) You that now can ſafely travel about your butineſs in thoſe Higk-ways, which before you durſt neither ride nor walk in: So great and mean perſons are. jointly excited to
Praiſe God. 11 They that are delivered from the noiſe of archers 4
in the places of drawing water e, there ſhall they re-
hearſe the + righteous as of the LORD f, even the
Sod righteous acts towards the inhabitants of his villages gin
"neſs of the Iraels then fhall the people of the LORD go down to LORD. * the gates 6.
4 Either 1. From the noiſc or ſound, and conſequently the force of
' thoſe Arrows which are ſhort at them ; bur ſhe names the noile, be-
cauſe this Ephithere 1s frequently given to Bows and Arrows in Poe-
' tical Writings : Or, 2. ay . Archers, rejoycing when they mzer wit their prey« e Ar thoſe
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P 1 Sam.
13: 19,22,
[| Or, Wg* Aitate.
From the Triumphant Noiſe and Shout of |