praiſe to thy name, O chou moſt High. d (7. e, ) In thy favour ani heip vouchſafed to me, 3 When mine enemiesare turied back e,they ſhal fal) and pzrith f at thy prelence g. e (5. e ) Diſcomfited an! put toiiight,f They ſhal nor ſavethem» ſelves by Flight, and reterve themf-ives to c0 further M.ichict,bur ſhal fumble as it were at Gall-traps by thze laid in their way, anc ſhal be purſued and overtakengand cut cff. g Upon thy appearance againſt them, One angry Look of thineis able co confound and deſtroy them. Heu. om thy face, becauſe rhou 6idft march in the head of our Armies, and againſt ihem. They could not ftand be- fore thee, So he atcribes the konour of his ViEtories to God only and to his preſence and afhitance. 4 For | thou haſt maintained my right and my cauſc þ, thou ſateſt in the throa- z judging F right &. | h ( ive.) My righteous Canſe againt thine and mine Enemies. i Thou vidit judge aud give Senterice for me. & Or,O righteous Tuage,
5 Thou haſt rebuked } the Heathen #9, thou haſt de- ſtroyed the wicked, thou haſt put out their name» for e- yer and ever.
I (5. e. } Puniſhed, as Pſal. 6. r. or deſtroyed, as it is explained in the next Clauſe. m2 To wit, the Phil:ſtines and otber Heather, Nations, who did from time to time mole{t David, or the People of 7/razl, n Either that Fame and Honour which they bad gained by their former Expioirs, but now utrerly loſt by their ſhameful Defeats : or their very Memorial, as it fared with Amalck,
6 ||O thou enemy 0,deltiuctions are come to a perpe-
o This is a ſudden Apoſtrophe to the Enemies of Gods People Phi- liſtines, Amorites, or other Nations, who had formeriy made grear Havcck and Waſte among them. p Thou haſt deſtroyed the 1/raeli- tiſh Nation utterly and irrecgverably, and as it follows, their de- fenced Ciries,& their very Name-& Mcmorygaccording to thy own defire. So it is a Sarcaſme or Irony, an uſual Figure in Scripture and all Authors, whereby the quite contrary 1s ſignified; To wit, That they were not only fruſtrared of their Defiire+» and Hopes of deſtroying the {ſraelites, but were alſo ſubdued, and in a great part
deſtroyc<d by them. Or this Verſe may be Ainderſtood of the great Waſteand Ruine which Gods Enemies had brought upon Iſrael be- fore tiis time : which is here remembred,:o make the 1j-aehites more thankful for their later or preſent Dcliwverances. Or ir may be ta- ken as a Prophecy of the future Calzmities which the Enemies ſhould by Gods permiſſion bring upenl/rael, of which he ſpeaks as of a thivg paſt and done,after the manner of the Prophets, But this place is otherwiſe rendred in rhe Margent of our Bible:,and by diverſe 0- thers, The Deſtru&ions of the Enemy ( which may be underſrood either 1. AQively, which they cauſed, Or 2. Paflively,which they felt ) are come to a perpetual end, or, ar: fully and finally compleated, q Either 1, Thou, O God, wio is oft undefirood and co:ched in a fans in this mannery Thou haſt deſtroyed their Citits. Or rather 2, Thou, O Enemy ' as may be gathered both from th: foregoing Clauſe where It is ſo expreſſed ; and from the next Verſe, where it fol- lows by way of oppoſition to this, Bur the Lord, &c. r The places and people are utter!y ex{rinCt;
7 But the LORD ſhal enduze for ever 5:he hath pre-
ared t his throne for judgment»
s Though Cities and People may periſh for ever, yet the Lord a- bides for ever. Whichis ſufficient for the Enemies "Terror and for the comfort of his Church. #t Or, e#abliſhsd by his immutable Pur- poſe, and his irrevocable Promile:
8 And * he {bal judge the world « in righteouſneſs ; he ſhal miniſter judgment to the people in uprightneſs.
u Not you only, but all the Enemies of his Pcopte, and all the Men of che World, ©
0 * The LORD alſo will be + a refuge for the OP-
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c Whoſe ſpecial and gracious preſence isthere; for there was the Ark at this rime, 4d7.e. To the Heathen Nations, that they alſo may be brought tothe Knowledge and Worſhip of the true Ged,
12*When he maketh inquiſition for blood e he remem- breth them f:he forgetteth nor the cry of the i| humble g.
e H-b., Bloods, The bloodſhed or murder of his innocent and holy ones:which though ke may connive at for a ſcaſon,yer he will cer- fainly call the Authors of it to a very ſevere Account, and avenge It upon them» fEither 1 The Humble, as ir follows,or the oppreſ- ied, v: 9, Thar rruit in him, and ſeek to him v4, 10. Whom he ſeemed ro have forgotren. Or 2, The bloods laſer mentioned.for thar Nonn and this Pronoun are both of the Maſculine Gerder:and then rememoring is put for revenging or puniſhing, asit is Devt. 25. 17, 19+ Neh. 6, 14. Jer- 14. 10. and 44.21: and oft elſewhere. g Or meek, as this word which is uſed alſo Zech. 9.9. is Tranfl:ted Mar. 21. 5. who do not, and cannot. and will not avenge themſelves, but commit their Cauſe to me, as the God to whom Vengeance velong- 2th. Or affliffed, or oppreſſed ones, |
[3 Have mercy upon me,O LORD, conſider my trou-
me up from the gates of death 5: |