s Thou didſt not only give me a curious Body, but alſoa living and a reaſonable Soul : Thou didſr at firſt give me life. and then maintain it in me; both when I was in the Womb ( which is a mar- vellous Work of God ) and afterward when I was unable to do any thing ro preſerve my own life. b Or, benignity, or bounty, er mercy, or kindneſs ; which 1s here, as ofc elſewhere, put for its fruits or ef- fets. Thou didfſt not give me a meer life, but many other favours neceſſary,or convenient,or belonging to it, fuch as Nouriſhmenc by the Breaſts, Education, Knowledge, and InſuQion, &c. c 7 e. | The care of thy Providence watching over me for my good,and vi- ſiting mein mercy ; as Gods viſiting is underſtood, Exod,4qey 1. Luke 1. 78. though elſewhere it is an AQt of Puniſhment. 4d 7. e. My Sou] or Life, which is liable to manifold Caſualities and Dangers, if God did not watch over us and guard usevery day and moment. Thoy haſt hitherto done grear things for me,given me Life,and the Blef. ſings of Life,and daily Preſervaticns and Deliverances; And wiltſ thou now undo all that thou haſt done ? And ſhalI who have besn ſuch an eminent Monument of thy Mercy,now be made a SpeQacle of thy Vengeance, and that without cauſe ?
13 And theſe things haſt thou hid in thine heart e :
T know that this is * with thee f.
e This place may be underſtood, Eicher 1. Of 7ebs preſent AMi- ftions ; So the ſenſe is this; Yet in the midſt of all thoſe Manife. Nations of thy Grace and Kindneſs ro me, thou didſt retain a ſecrer
urpoſe of changing thy courſe and carriage towards me, and of tg. theſe dreadfu] Calamiries upon me. Or, rather, 2. OF his former Mercies, theſe things, to wit, laſt mentioned; thou ha#t
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| hid them in thy heart; i. e. thou doſt exatly remember them, as this Phraſe is uſed Pſal.119.1r. Luke 2. 51. So the Argument is this, Let the remembrance of thy former great Favours vouchſafed to , me,move thee to give me further Blefſings,& a ſpeedy Deliverance. | For this is uſually both with God and Men,to chooſe and delight to do more good to thoſe to whom they have done much good already which is the ground of that known paſſage, Matth. 13.12. To him that hath ſbal be givin. 1, e. In thy mind and heart; thou haſt noc forgor it : So the ſamething is here repeated in other words.
14 If I ſin g, then thou market me þ,agd thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity 5:
g IfI commit the leaſt Sin;as who is there that 1iyerh.an
not? h Thou doſt not wink at or paſs by my Sins, = goo —_ doſt other Mens, but doſt ſeverely and diligently obſerve hens lf thar thou mayeſt puniſh them : Compare Chap. 14.16. & 2.4 i ($0 thou art reſolved to puniſh me with Rigor, and that thoy m_ ere np and pity,and help me: Words of great impatience
If If I bewicked &, wo unto me 7; and if Ibe righ- teous 2», yet T will nor lift up my head »: I am full of FT confuſion s, therefore ſee thou mine affliction ;
k i. e. An ungodly Hypocrite, as my Friends eſtzem me. I Then 7 Heb,
I am truly and extreamly,and muſt be eternally miſerable. e. An '8min, upright and good man : So whether good or bad,all comes to one; I have no relief. » Or, yet can 1 not, &c. The Future Tenſe being uſed potentially : YetI have no comfort,nor confidence,or hopes & any good. Lifting up the head or face, is oft mentioned as a ſign of comfort and confidence. as Pſal: 3: 3. Luke 21. 28. As on the con. trary,Grief andShame are deſcribed by its deje&ion or caſting down o Or,reproach from my Friends,& from others,Chap,30.1,%c.and from God too,who caſts me off and makes me contemptible: I have abun- dance of Shame in the diſappointment of all my hopes,and thecon- tinuance and aggravation of my Miſery ; notwithſtanding all m Prayers to God to remove or mitigate it: And I am confounded within my ſelf, nor knowing what to ſay or do. Let my Extremie ty move thee to pity,and help me.
16 For itincreaſeth: thou * hunteſt i ZE a fterce lij- ON p ; and again thou ſhewelſt thy {elf marvellous upon 17,3 n me 9. an.3.1o, > Which hunteth after his Prey with great cagerneſs, & when he overtakes it,falls upon it with great fury.q Heb. 4nd :hou returnef aud ſheweft thy [elf marye ous upon or in,or againſt me. The Lion Tears irs Prey ſpeedily, and ſo ends its torments ; but thou reneweſt my Ca- l:mities again and again, and makeft my Plagues wonderful beth for kind and extremity, and continuance. 17 Thou-reneweſt || thy witneſſes r againſt me, and increaſeſt thy indignation s upon me ; changes and war [The 6
e are againſt me. thy plagur ” ts e. Thy Judgments,which arethe Witneſſes and Evidences both Ruth 1.21 of my Sins,and of thy Wrath, 57. e.My Miſeries the effe&ts of thine Cha6s, Anger. Theſe words are added to explain what he meant by renewing witneſſ:s. t Or, changes and an army; which may be a Figure called Hendadis, for the changes of an army, i: e. many Miſeries ſucceeding one another, like Companies of the Soldiers ofan Army in Batre]; Or, changes may note the various kinds, and an Army the great num- bers of his Afi&ions. 18 * Wherefore then haſt thou brought me forth out
of the womb > O that I had givenup the Ghoſt, and no'©3"
eye had ſeen me x. « To wit, alive; 7z.e. that Thad never been born alive.
19 T ſhould have been * as though I had not been ; I
ſhould have been carried from the womb to the grave; x Or, O that I Lad been; And ſo in the following branch, 0;that 1
had been carried. For why ſhould not theſe Verbsof the Future Tenſe
be ſo rendred here,as that v.18.is,the reaſon being wholly the ſame. 20 Are not my daysfew *? ceaſe they x, and let me*Seechy
aloney, that I may take comfort a little: potty x My Life is ſhort,and of it ſelf haſtens apace to an end, there js [3913 no need that thou ſhouldeſt puſh is forward,or grudge me ſome eaſe f'r ſo ſmall a moment. Or,lay aſiae,or remove thy hand or anger from me. 21 Before I go to the place whexce T ſhal not return, > even to the land of darkneſs, & the ſhadow of death ||. z Into this World and Life; See Chap. 7.9, 10, ||i” e. A dark and diſmal Shade : See on Chap 3- 5s. | # Heb: # 22 Aland ofdarkneſs t,as darkneſs it /elf, ad of the jj, gum
ſhadow of death, without any order,and 2here the lightains
is as darkneſs *. = x nu