IT || God judgeth 5 the righteous,and God is angry with the wicked k every day I. ; (ice,) ) Defendeth,or avengeth, or delivereth, as this word is ; oft uſed, as Deut: 32: 36. Pſal, g. 4+ and 10.18. and 26, 1, &c, To juage, 15 properly to give Sentence : which becauſe it may be done either by abſolving & acquitting from puniſhment, or by condem« ning and giving up to puniſhment, therefore it is ſometimes uſed for the one, and ſometimes for the other,as the Circumſtances of the place determine it.& Which though it may ſeem a bold Supplement, yet is neceſſary;and eaſily fetched out of the next and following Verſes. Even then,when his Providence ſeems to favour them, and they are moſt ſecure and confident. 12 I{fhe » turn not »,he « will whet his ſword p,he hath bent his bow q, and made it ready. m i, e.The wicked Man laſt mentioned,either Cuſh, or Saul,» From this wicked courſe of Calumniating or perſecuting me, ot. e. God who is often deſigned by this Pronoun, being eaſily to be under- ſtood from the nature of the thing. pz: e. Will prepare and haſten, and ſpeedily execute his Judgm.nts upon him. .q Did Ifay, He w:ll do it, nay, he hath already done it, his Sword is drawn,his Bow is bent, and the Arrows are prepared and ready to be ſhot. 13 He hath alſo prepared for him - the inſtruments of death 5; he + ordaineth 7 his arrows againſt the perſe- CUTCOTS #.
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2, For himſelf, for his own uſe,to wir,to {hcot againſt kis Enemiest s (i, e, ) Arrows, or other deadly Weapons. s Heb. Maketh or work.
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O LORD, * according to my righteouſneſs,and accor- "F0# 18,
* x Sams | end c, but eſtabliſh 4 the juſt e: * for the righteous _——
9. Pſal.139. '
or ſome other way 3 Say to it, as thou doſt ro the Sea, Hitherto Jer.11-20» haſt thou gone, but thou ſhait go no further,and here ſhal thy proud & 17.104 Waves be ſtayed. Or, The wickeaneſs of the Wicked shal have an end, 8 20:12. not an end of perfe&ion, which is to be accompliſhed, bur an end” Rev.2:23+ _
+ Heb. my buckler is
upon Gods
[Or.Ged is arightea 0u5 judge.
7 Either 1+ For or againſt the Perſecutor, as it follows, Orrather HTS Plal:45.5. eth, deſfigneth or fitterh for this very uſe. « Or, againf furious and rs
conceived miſchief and brought forth falſhood y.
the ditoh which he made &.
r Oppole thy jult Anger to their cauſclels and finful Rage againſt
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fiery Perſecutorszas the word fignifies,and as.tis uſed Gen. 1,36.Pſal.1ol 3</ « Lain. 4.194
14 * Behold,he x travelleth with iniquity, and hath J9=-#5-
| : + Heb: he x (7,e. The Wicked, as is undeniably manifeſt from the matter hath dige
and context. » This Metaphor note: h his deep defign,and continu- ged a pit, ed courſe, and vigorous indeavours for the doing of Miſchief, and * Job 4 8. his reſtleſsnzſs and pain till he have accomplithed ir,
Plal:9: 15. 15 + He made a pit,and digged it, * and is fallen into ,.. g. T4: Fo
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SALM 5 | Pal. vin firſt to the Devil, who being ſentenced by Ged to eternal Flemes, and Conquered and Tormented ty Chritr, maketh it his great bu- lineſs to revenge himſelf, which becauſe he canrot do upon God and Chriſt, he indeavours to do it upon their Scrvantsand Chl'dren; and next;to all rheſe Men who are his Vaſlals and eſpoule his Quar. rel ; whoalſo are provoked and conceive, though fa}ily, that they WS xs 4 I . are ir:jured by the Goſpel, and by the Preact ers, Profeflors, ar.d : 16 His miſchief ſhal return upon his ea head,and Praftiſcrs of it, -2nd therefore ſeek to revenge themielVes of them. bis violent dealing thal come down || upon his own pate Þ ih...ot we havean eminent Inſtance, Rev: 11. 10. Cctpare Hi,
ij Which phraſe may note whence this retribution thould come, Þ y, « 4 _ even from Heaven or from the rightzous and remarkable Judgee
ment of God.
17 I will praiſe the LORD according to his righte- ouſneſs + :- and will ſing praiſe to the name ot the LORD moſt high.
f Declared and afferted by him in their exemplary Puniſhment,
and my ſeaſonable and won4ertul Deliverance» | FI AL. VIE
To the chief muſician upon Girttith a, A pſalm of Da-
vid 6. : : s The fame title is prefixed to Pſal: $i, and 84« This alſo 15 ſup- ?
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on himſelf which he intended againſt me. Which may be underſtood either of Saul, who whileſt he plot- tcd againſt Davids Life,ran into apparent hazard of loſing his own, x Sam: 24. and 26- Or of ſome Courtier or Courtiers of Saul, ir. whom this was evidently verified; alrbough the Hiſtory and Me- mory of it bz now loſt.
Pal. VIE.
xz Hath brought that Evil np
[Or pai]
Pſal.3 Ts ard,
4. 15.
3 When I conſider the heavens /, the work of thy fingers mw, the moon and the ſtars » which thou hajt” _ |
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I Thine by Creation, as it follows. m(r. e. ) of thy hand, as it is expreſ[2d P/alm 102. 25. A part being here pur for the whole:Gods hand and finger being indifferently uſed to note his Power, as Exoa: 8: 19. Luket1. 20, &c- Though ſome conceive that by this Phraſe he intended to ſignifie, both with whar facility God made this glo- rious Work, even with a touch oi his Finger: and with whar curi.. ous and exquiſite Artifice he framed it: the Fingers being much y- ſedin ſuch Works. » Either the Sun 1s inc'uded unde tiis genera]
; : Titie: or he onitted it, becauſe he made this P/alm by Nichr,whe une or Song,or Inſtrument fo calicd , -: EE IT, DECI oht,when + Prbret tar þ much led in Gath, Some ren» | **< Sun did notfall within his Contemplation o Or, fab! fhed, or
: direffed, or diſpoſed, orerdered, i i.e, ) placed in thar excelic R
= fs, ; n , £ . > X : the tine 1 o : b - - : p -C int and
der it, For the Winep reſſes, and {ay a Was If be ſung ca hack | unalterable order, and direQed to ajl their ſeveral Courſes or Mo- of Vintage, 6 Ir isa great Queſtion among Interpreters, >» hetner ,
this Pſalm ſpeak of man in general,and of the Honour which God ts Wh s hat tl indf fk; x