_— = A icken, 6 The We, 6, 7. and malicious practice
of the wicked, 8-10. and their denying Goas onmiſcience. 11. David
| prayeth for remedy againſt, and pun:ſhment upon the wicked, 12.1 5.and acknowledgeth Gods mercy in hearing the oppreſſed, 16 ———18.
| \ X F Hy ſtandeſt thou afar of a, O LORD ? why
hideſtthou thy /elf bF in times of trouble c ?_
F Heb: 2? - , T.jke one that neither ſeesnor hears, nor regards me, nor in-
Seaſons in tendeſt any help for me.ib Or,chy face, out of v. 1 which did ſome-
trouble, So times ſhine upon me : Or, thine eyes, by comparing this with Prov.
Gr. 28; 27. Iſs, 1. 15, © When moſt need thy Pity and Succour. Do
not add Afffflition to the Affflifted, | : '2 + The wicked in hjs pride 4 doth perfecute the
poor f: * let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
+ Heb: in the pride of the wicked ' hee doth
perſecute. ; ** Þf: 9:16, Or diſlike his wicked Courſes,or that he may have more
him, to perſecute thoſe whom he ſhould prote& and cherith. ſeems to point at Saul or his Courtiers- e With great fervency and burning tury, as the word ſignifies, fTo wit, me who am through their Tyranny poor and deſtitute, and miſerable, and therefore the more proper Obje& for thy Compaſſien,and others who favour my righteous Cauſe.
For the wicked boaſteth g of his F hearts deſire 5 nd * || blefſeth the covetous 7, whom the LORD ab-
borreth &. | g Or glorieth, or praiſeth, or pleaſeth himſeJf. h Or, in or. con- cerning, Or Petaaſe of the deſire, or cncupiſcence, or luſt of his heart or foul; which word is added to note the vehemency and fervency of it. He gloriethin his very Luſts, which are kis ſhame, Phil.3 19. abborrech 2nd eſpecially in the ſatisfaftion of his deſires how wickedly ſoever the LoRD he gets it-Deſire 1s oft put for the thing deſired, as Pſalm 21, 2. and | 78; 29, 30. iAndas he applaudeth himſelf, ſo he commends others -» that are greedy after, and get abundance of gain,tkough ir be done by fraud and violence,accounting ſuch the only happy Men, Or, - ghe covetous, ( the ſame with che wicked enlarging his delire, as was now ſaid ) bleſesh, or applaud:th,or flattereth himſelf in what he hath already gotten,and in the confident expeQation of the ccntinuance and increaſe of his Worldly Wealth and Glory, &k So his judgment as well as praQtice is contrary to Gods. Or, rather without any Sup- plement, as it is in the Margent, He abhorreth, or aefpiſeth, or pro- woketh the Lord, He ſets himſelf not only againſt Men but againſt God himſelf, as he decliteth more fully in the next Verſe.
4 The wicked,through the pride / of his countenance w, Will not ſeek after God n; || God is not in all his
*Fthoughts 0. , | I By which he ſcornsto ſtoop to God. or to own any Superiour, and makes himſelf and his own Luſts his only Rule,and his laſt end, and is full of ſel-conſidence, and a conceit of his own ſelEſufficien- cy and unchangeable feliciry, as 15 n>red v, 6. m So called,becaule though Pride be properly ſeated in the Heart ; whence ir is c.l!ed Pride, or loftineſs of Heart, or Spirit, as Pſalm 131. 1, Prov: 16: 18; Eccleſ: 7; 8, &«c, Yet it is manifeſted in the Countenance, and therefore is oft deſcribed by lofty Looks, as Pſa 101, 5, and 131, I. Prov: 6: 17: and 21, 4: and 30; 13,0, Which poſſibly was done purpoſely to meet with the Excuſes of provd Perſons, who when they are charged with pride for their 1:oks or geſtures, or appare], or the like, ute to make this Apology for themſelves ; that pride lies in the Heart and not in theſe ourward things. 2 7, e. Not ſeek, orenquire into the Mind and Will of God, to order his life by it ſo as t> pleaſe God, not ſeeking to h'm by prayer for his Favour and Bleſſing. Burt the words after Ted, arc not in the Hebrew, and it is thought by ſome too great bo!dneſs ro add them here. And there. fore others omitit and render tte Hebrew words, wil! no: ſearchor confcder, to wit his Attions, which ſeems ro be a more natural and ealie Supplement : he will nottrouble himſe'f ro enquire whether his ARions be juſt or unjuſt, pl-afing or offenſive to God, but with- out any care or conſideration ruſheth intoSin,and whatſoever ſeem. eth right in his own Eyes, But theſe and the former words are «nd may be, and that very-agreeably to the Hebrew. thus rendred without any Supplemeat. The wicked through his pride ( forſo this He- brew word by it ſelf fignifies,1/a.5. 16. and 10: 33. will not ſeck his ( 7. c. Gods which is plain both from the foregoing and following words ) face, which is an uſual phraſe in Scripture, as 2 Chron, 7, 14+ Pjalm 24.6. and 27. 8, and1o5. 44 ©c. o He hath no feri- ous thoughts of, or regard unto God or his word, which ought to command him. or his Threatsand Judgments, which ſhould keep himin awe. Or: all his thoughts are there is no God. to wit noſuch God as minds the Affairs of the World and the AQtions of Men, and puniſh=th Sinners. He was a Driſt and owned a God, art leaſt in words but denied his Providence. F His ways are always grievous p:* thy judgments q are far above out of his ſight r : as forall his enemies, he
puffeth at thems.
p His whole courſe and carriage is vexatious to all that are with- in his reach, but eſpecially to the poor who cannot right them- ſelves, and to juſt and good Men, whom ke hateth and perſecu- cuteth. Or, kis ways, 7. e. hisdeſigns and enterprizes. at all times are proſp:101s, or jucceſsfuly: or co bring forth : for this Verb ſignifies
22,
+ Heb:
| Soul, *Pr: 28:4: Romu;3 2: j Or, the c0Verous blefſeth himſelf he
Foryllhis | Fhoughts 3 #5no God. - *Plangir: & 53:1
d Throuzh pride of Heart ; which makes him forget God, V- 4-and
deſpiſe the poor, and oppreſs others, either becauſe oy apes
&9: 15, his Pride or Ambition. Or, in his Exaltation. This is the uſe that 16, Pro:5: he makes of that power and authority to which thou haſt p_—_— ; e
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