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with applanſes, and as it were with Inſtruments of Muſick. Or, 7 am 4s a Tabret ; i, e. matter of ſport and merriment to them.
7 Mineeye alſo is dim by reaſon of ſorrow /, and all
, ® || my members are as a ſhadow #. ; mo 5 Through exceſſive weeping and decay of Spirits, which cauſe a dimneſs in the ſight. + My Body is ſo conſumed, and my col- Jour ſo wan and ghaſtly,that I look more like a Ghoſt, or a Shadow, _ than like a Man. : : 8 Upright men ſhall be aftonied at this «, and the 1n-
nocent ſhall ſtir up himſel|fagainſt the hypocrite.
# Wiſe and good Men, when they ſhallſee and confider my Cala- mities, will not be ſo forward to cenſure and condemn me,as you are, but will rather ſtand and wonder at the depth and myſteriou!-
.neſs of God's Counſels and Judgments, which tall ſo heavily upon innocent Men, while the worſt of men proſper. x Bur, or Yer, ' (notwithſtanding all theſe Sufferings of good Men, and the aftoniſh- ment which they cauſe,) inmcent(or religious Perſons ſhall be ſo tar from joyning their Opinions, and Counfels, and Intereſts, with Hy- procrites, or prophane men, who thence take occaſion to cenſure the afflicted Perſon, and to reproach and condemn, and deſert the Pro- feſſion and PraQtice of Godlineſs, that they) will fir up themſelves againſt them in holy Indignation, and will oppoſe their wicked cour-
ſes, and will prefer afflied Piety before proſperous iniquity. 9 The righteous alſo ſhall hold on his way y, and
| oy he that hath clean hands z Þ# ſhall be ſtronger and meth, ſtronger «.
9 i» e: Shall perſiſt in that good way into which he hath entred,
- and not to be turned from it by any afflictions, which may befal - himſelf or any other good Men, nor by any contempt or reproach
caſt upon them by the ungodly, by reaſon thereof. z i. e- Whoſe
Life and the courſe of his Ations 1s Holy and Righteous ; which
is a ſign that his Heart alſo is pureand perfe&. # Sha!l not be ſha- ; ken and diſcouraged by the grievous Affilitions of the Godly, nor - by the bitter cenſures and reproaches of Hypocrites, or wicked'men, - caſt upon them for that cauſe, but will be confirmed thereby, and - made more conſtant and reſolute in cleaving to God, and his ways, _ and People, in ſpight of all difficulties and miſeries. 1-6. 29, 1 1O
b: for I cannot find one wiſe man c among you.
b i. e. Come now again (as this phraſe is oftuſed) and renew the
. Debate, as I ſee you are prepared and reſolved to do; and Iam
ready to receive you. Or, return into your ſelves, and conſider my - Cauſe again ; peradventure your ſecond thoughts may be wiſer. c To - wit, in this matter. None of you ſpeak like wiſe or good Men,
but like raſh and heady perſons, you cenſure me as a rotten Hypo- | crite, and misjudge of God's ways, and condemn the' Generation Cha; 1.6.0f God's Children upon frivolous grounds. 9. 25. © 11 * My days dare paſt, my purpoſes e are broken
Heb. :he off, even | the thoughts of my heart f.
ſeffon. © &d Thedaysofmy life. I am a loſt and dying man, and therefore
: . the hopes you give me ofthe bettering of my condition,are vain and groundleſs. e Or, my difigns, or thoughts, to wit, which I had in my proſperous days, concerning my ſelf a:id Children, and the con- tinuance of my happineſs. f Heb. Th- prſſeſſions of my heart, i.e- thoſe thoughts which in a g:eat meaſure poſſeſſed my heart, which were
moſt natural, and familiar, and delighiful to me. All my thoughts,
| and deſigns, and hopes, are diſappointed and come to nothing.
Ecbinegp 12 They g change the night into day 6: che light
js + ſhort i becauſe of darkneſs k. g Either 1. My Friends Or 2- My Sorrows, of which he is here ſpeaking. Or 3. My Thoughts laſt mentioned. Poſſibly theſe words may be joyned wi:h them thus: The thoughts of my heart change the night into day h They do ſo vnceſſant'y purſue and and diſturb me, - that T can no more reſt and ſleep inthe dark and ſilent nights, than in the midſt of the Light and Tumults of the Day. Or, they change. the day into night. Heb. they put the night for, or im &-ad of (as the He- brew Lamed is elſe-where uſed) theday i. e. They make the day as ſad and dark as the night to me. So it ſeems beſt to agree with the following branch of the Verſe. #1. e. The day-light, which oft-rimes gives ſome little Comfort and Refreſhment to Men in miſery, ſeems to be gone and fled as ſoon as it is b-gun. & 1. e. Bee cauſe of my giievous pains and torments which follow me by day as well as by night. , 5 13 IfI wait /, f the Grave is mine hor:
made my bed in darkneſs ». |
- T If I ſhould give way to thoſe hopes of my Deliverance and Re- ſtauration which you ſuggeſt to me. m I ſhould be ſadly difap- . Pointed ; for I am upon the borders of the Grave, which is the only Houſe appointed for me, in ſtead of that goodly Houſe which you promiſe ro me here upon condition of my Repentance: -» I expe& no other reſt but in the dark grave, for which therefore I prepare
THeb. Hel. 7: I bave
| _ , my ſelf nr*e"qgd 14 I havet ſaid to corruptionos, thou «rt my father p: __ © -to the worm, thou «rt my mother: and my lifter 9. o Heb. 7 the pit of Corruption, the Grave. p I am neara kin to thee, as being taken our of thee, and thu wilt receive and embrace me, and keep me in thy houſe. as Parents do their Children. q Be-
and Conjun&tion berween me and the Worms. i5 And where i: now my hope r? As for my Hope /;, who ſhall ſee irc ?
r And what then is become of that hope which you adviſed me to entertain? -1. e. The fulfilling of my hope, or the Happineſs which you would have me expe&t. Hope being put for the thing hoped Br, as Prov. 13- 12. 1 Cor. 9, 16, # No Man ſhall ſec it; it ſhall never be.
16 They « (hall go down to the bars of the
when our reſt together 5s in the duſt y. « Either x. They that would ſee my hope, they muſt go into the Grave to behold it. Or rather 2. My hopes of which he ſpake
pit x,
plural,as is very uſual in theſe Poctical Books, x Le. Into the cloſeſt
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Bur as for you all, * do ye return, and come now.