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avenge their cauſe, as he hath ſaid he would do, nor execut Judg- ments upon their Opprefſors, as he hath ſometimes done .or been thought to do. » Leſt he ſhould ſee, He rakes no notice of their Sufferings leſt he ſhould be engaged ro help thew. He will not encumber himſelf with the care of things done upon Earth, bur leaves it wholly to men to manage their Afffairs as they think fir. o To wit, the oppreſflion of the poor, or the deſign of oppreſſors againſt them, which is the chief ſubje& of the whole Pſalm, and is particularly expreſſed, v: 10, :
12 Ariſe, O LORD, O Gold, lift up thine hand-p: if» forger not q the || humble, _ ; :
p Toreſcue the poor, and to ſmite their Oppreſſors with an hand ſtretched out and lifr2d up, that the blow may be the greater, Compare Exod. 7. 5: 1s: 5: 25: and 9: 12, O's, Shew by thy ap- pearance for their Vindication, that thou doſt remember and re- gard them. | | :
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he hath ſaid in his heart, thou wilt not require 3#, F r The ſenſe is either 1. What is the cauſe of his contempt of God ? To which queſtion the next words give an anſwer, Thy con- nivance inakes him ſecures Therefore ſhew thy ſelf. Or 2. Why doſt rbou by giving them impunity ſuffer, and occaſion them to deſpiſe thee ? Doſono longer. hich racit deſire he inforceth by repreſenting their atheiſtical denial of Gods providence. ; 14 Thou haſt ſeen it s, for t: thou beholdeſt « mif-
chief and ſpite *, to _— it wit thy hand y: the} $4. poor F committeth him elfz unto thee ; thou art the
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s Or, bur thou haſt ſeen it, and therefore they are horribly miſta- | ken, as they will find to their coſt. r Or, ſurely, as this particle 1s ofc uſed, as Job $. 6: Pſal: 73: 1t- u Not as an idle SpeCtator but with an eye of obſervation and yindication, asit follows. x z.e. All the injurious and fpiteful/ or malicious carriages of wicked men tewards thoſe that arc more righteous than *they. yHeb' ro give 1,e. to reſtore or pay, the ſimple Verb for rhe compound ; which is uſual inthe Hebrew tongue ) ir ( to wit, the miſchief which they have done to others) with thy hand, i.e. by thy own immediate and extraordinary providence, becauſe the oppreſſed were deſtitute of all other ſuccours, Or, to pur ( giving being oft uſed for putting, as hath been obſerved before ) it in or into thy hand, that thou mayeſt have ir alwaysin thine Eye, and under thy care
6 Tob 22: To wit, the poor, w:"10: or the humble, which we are taught ; l - wo ſupply out of n 12: where he ſaith, forget not the humble. He | their Enemies, asthis word is uſed, Dent 32: 36: Pſa: 7: 8: and pal. 94-7" forgers and negleQs all their Oppreſſions and Prayers,and doth not | 135; 214. 07.e, Earthly and motta} men, who are made of the duſt
and inuſt return to it, ſuch as the oppietlors of -thy people are; who yer picſume moſt audaciouſly and madly rocontend with thee their Maker and Judge, Thercfore it is time for thee to repre!s ſuch inſolency, and to ſkew how unable. they are co ſtand before thee. p To wir, the Fatherlefs laſt menrioned.
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To the chief muſician a P/alm of David.
This Pſalm ſeems to have been Compoſed by David when he was perſecuted by Saul, and forced to flee from p!>ce to place for lafcty. c :
David gf TONE himſelf in God, 1. againſt the wicked deſigns of hu Enemies, 2, 3; The Providence aud Juſtice of Ged, 4. to the rightecs and wicked, 5. : ; N the LORD « putT iny truſt : how ſay ye b to my
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2 1. e! In his faithfulneſs, who hith promiſed, and will,I boubt nor, give me the Kingdom, þ either 1. Ye my Friends ; who through diffidence and diſpondency adviſed him to this courſe. Or
2. Ye my Enemies : who ſaid ic ſcoffingly and inſultingly : How
Jay ye, With what face or reaſon can you ſay thus to him who hath the Lord God Almighty for his refuge? &© 7. e. Tome, as P/al: 6: 4*and 7:2. dSuddenly and ſwifcly,and to ſome remote place, where thou mayeſt be out of Sauls reach. Feed not thy ſelf with vain hopes of the Kingdom, but conſult for thy own ſafety,which thou canſt not do witbour taking the wings of a Dove, or ſome other Bird; thar thou mayſt flee away our of tie land, and be atref, as thou ſay- eſt Pſa: 55: 6. Or, fle: away, O theu Bird, thou little ſilly Bird 3 leit the Royal Eagle ſeize upon thee e7.e. ro ſome of your Moun- tains in Juazgand there hide thy ſelf But this was Davids common prattiſe;and therefore was no need that there any ſhould adviſe him to it, or that he ſhould reprove them for that advice Or,from
which prefix is ofc wanting and to be underſtood, as Jeſe 10: 13:
2 Sam; 23: 24: ) z0ur Mountain, i. e: from the Mountain, or mountainous Country of Judah,as it is called Joſ: 20: 73 The Mountain being frequent- ly put for a Mountainous Country,as Numb; 13: 29: and 23:7. Jef: 9: 1. and 10: 6, 40: and off elſewhere; cr, from your Mountains, in which thou and thy Companions uſe to hide your ſelves, Flee in- ro ſomie Foreign Land where you may be ſafe. For this was the de- tign of Davids Enemies, as he complains 1 Sam: 26: 19: and after-. wards when David was under ſore Temptations, it was his practice once or twice,
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