h To wit, Compaſſionately and effeQually,ſo as to bring me out of it :From the Brink or Mouth of the Grave into which I was dropping, being as near Death as a Man is to the City;thar is come to the very Gates of it. And ſo the Phraſe is uſed P/at, 107, 18. 1/2. 38. 10; and in other Authors, [ of whom ſee my Latin Synopſis. ] Gates elſewhere ſignifie power and policy, becauſe the Gates of Ci- ries were places both of Counſel and Strength; but the Gates of Death are never ſo taken in Scripture. | ; 14 That I may ſhew forth thy praiſe in the gates & of the daughter of Zion /:T will rejoyce min thy ſalvation. k 7, e. In the great Aſſemblies. which are uſually in the Gates. Compare Prov. 31. 31. 1/a. 3. 36. Theſe Gates he elegantly oppoſeth to the former and declareth that if he be brought off them he will go into theſes / Either 1, Of Jeruſalem ſo called alſo 1/a: 1. 8. Zech.g, 9« Becauſe at this timeit was ſubje& to Zion; which at this time was the ſeat of the Kings Palace, and of the Ark. For Cities or Towns - velonging or ſubje& to any Metropolis are commonly called its Daughters, as Joſ. 15. 4%» 2 Chron: 13, 19. Pſal. 48. 1. Asthe chief Citiesare called Mothers, as 2 Sam. 20.19. Gal. 4:-26: Or 2, Of the people who live in or belong to, or meer together for civil and r2. i1gions Matters in Zion, For Cities are as it were Mothers to their people, giving them Birth and Breeding, and therefore the perple are commonly called their Daughters. So the Names of the Da'ghters of Egypt. Jeri 46» 11, andof Elem, Lam. 4 21, 22« and of Tyre, Pſg!, 45- 12. and of Babel, Pſa. 137.8. and of Jeruſalem, Lam, 2. 3, 15, Mich, 4: 8. Are put for the people ofthole places. m To wit, wita 'niricual Joy and Thankſgiving : elſe it were no fit Motive to be uſed to God in Prayer, I5* The Heathen are ſunk down in the pic that they, made z: in the net which they bid is their own foot ta- ken. T n Fallen into that DeſcruQtion which they deſigned to bring np- O
N US: 16 The LORD is knowno, -by the indgment which
own hands, * Haggaion q, Selah.
o Or, Hath made himſelf knewn,or famous e®n among his Enemies, by his moſt wiſe Counſels and wonderful Works, p Upon the Wics ked, as it followeth. q This is either a muſical Term, or a Note of Attention, a kind of b-hold,intimagiyg that the matrer deſerves deep and frequent M-4i: ation or Conſideration, as the word ſignifies,
17 The wicked ſhal be turned into hell 7,and all the nationss thac forget God e. |
r Either 1, Into the Grave, which isofc called Scheo!, into which they are ſaid to be turned, or to return, becauſe they were made of,or taken out of the Duſt, Eccleſ. 12. 7, Or 2. Into the place of eternal Perdition ; which alſo is ſometimes called Scheol, as Prov. 15, 24.3nd elſewhere. For he ſeems to ſpeak hagg of thoſe puniſhments which are peculiar to the Wicked, whereas the Graveis common to good and bad. And as v. 8- He ſzems to ſpeak of the Jaſt and general
Judgment ofall rhe World, ſo this Verſe may be underſtood ofthe
general puniſhmert of all Perſons and Nations conſequent upon it, And into this place wicked men may be ſaid to be turned back, or toreturn, either Becauſe it is their own proper place, A#s 1: 25« to which they belong, and from which they haye their Original. and their wicked qualities,as being of their Father the Devil, John 8. 44+: In which reſpe& the Luft ( who are by all Interpreters un- derſtood to be living Men ) are ſaid to come out of the bortomleſy pir,. Rev. 9. 2, 3. Or 2, Becauſe they hid ſet themielves as it were in Bar tel-array againſt God, and were beaten back and driven from his Preſence into their Graves and into Hell it ſel Whom their great numbers and power cannot prote& fromeGods wrath.t That
prefted x, a refuge in + times of + trouble. do notconſider nor regard God, nor his Precepts nor his Threat-
x Goil will not only judge the World at the Jaſt day, and rhen give Sentence for his People againſt their Enemies, but even at pre- ſent he will give them his 7roteCtion, : ;
10 And they that know y thy name 2 will put their truſt in thee ; for thou, LORD, baſt not forſaken 4
them that ſeek thee 6.
3 ( 5.e. ) That throughly underſtand and duly conſider. = ( 2. e. ) Thy Nature and Perfe&ions, thy infinite Power and Wiſdom, and Faithfulneſs and Goodneſs: which make a perſon a moſt-fit and pro- per Obj:& for Truſt. The name of God is molt frequently put forGod, as he hath manifeſted nimfſelt in his Word and Works, as Deut. 28: 58. Pſal, 7: 17. and 20. 1. Prov. 18. 10, Oc. a The experience of thy fairhfalneſs to thy people in all Ages, is a juſt ground for their confidence, v4. e, That leek Help an4 Relief from thee by ferven: Prayer, m x-d with Faith, or rruſt in God, as is expreſſed in the former Claute.
their oppreſſive and wicked Courſes.
expectation of the poor [hall zo: x periſh for ever.
ningsand Judgments, but goon fgcurely and prelumptuouſly in 18 For the needy ſhal not alway be forgotten « : #the
19 Ariſe, O LORD/)et not man preyail,let the hea-
then be judged in thy light.
u Though God for a time may ſeem to negle& or forget them, |
1nd ſuffer their Enemies to triump1 over them. x Which negative
particle is fitly underſtood out of the former Clauſe, »as ir 1s Pſz. t« 5. and 44. 18. 1/a. 23. 4- and 28. 27, 28.
20 Put them in fear y O LORD, z4at the nations
may know themfelves ts be but men &, Selah.
y Subdue rheir proud and intoſent Spirits, and ſtrike them with Terror, cr with ſome terrible Judgment. z Heb. Weak, and miſz4
Ii Sing preiſes ro the LORD which dwelleth in Zi- ON c3 declare among the people d his doings, |
rable, and mortal Men, and theretorc altogether unable to oppole the,
omnipotent and eternal God. This he 1aith, becaule wicked Men
4 Na When
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; ſal, + "hu Pp S 4 when they are advanced to greatPower and Majeſty are very prone to forget their own Frailty,and to carry themfelves as if they were Gods. See 11g. 31. 3.Ez#k- 30. 7,8. Dan, 5+ 21+
PSAMT. X
His Plalm contains Davids Complaint unto God againſt his
maliciousEnemies.eſpecially thoſe of his own Peopic,whole
wicked and deceitful PraCtices he here deſcribes, and tizen commits his cauſe to God, and begs his kelp againſt them.
zImift complaineth of Gods hiding himſelf, 1. and of the outrage ana