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4 , cency notwithſtanding all the Reproaches and Czlumnies of mine Enemies ; and withal he ſees all their ſecret and ſubtil and mali- cious Deſigns againſt me through alltheir cunning Pretences, and will diſcover and defzat them, : 5 The LORD trieth »r the righteous : but the wick- ed and him that loveth violence s, his ſoul hateth e.
r Eicher 1. He examines them,and knows them to be righteous, and conſequently approveth and loverh, and will preſerve and ble!s them ; which may be gathered from the contrary Condition of the Wicke!, whom God is ſuppoſed to try, though that be not ex- preſſed, and upon Trial fiads them to be wicked, and theretore hates and puniſheth them, as it follows. The like EliJpſis of an whole Sentence ſee on Pſal. 1» 6. Or, 2. He tryeth and exerciſeth them and their Graces by Afittions, or he corre&s them for their Sins ; which is oft called trying, as Pſal, 66, 10, Zech: 13. g. Jam: 1:12: 1; Pets 4" 12+ So this 1s ſpoken by way of conceſſion, and to remove the Offence which ſome men might take at David, whoſe perſon and caufe they might be apt tocondemn becauſe of his trou- bles. Therefore he ſaith, God #ries, i. e. chaſtens, even righre-
- ous perſons, yet ſtill he loves them, and therefore will in due time deliver them. But as for the wicked, let not them rejoyce in my
Tryals, for far worſe things are appointed for them , God hates
them, and will ſeverely puniſh them, s By which Charatter he deſcribes and brands his Enemies, and aggravates their Malice, be-
cauſe they choſe and praftiſed Violence againit him, not for any
need which theyhad of it(for David was a moſt peaceable and harm-
leſs man, and neirher pretended nor indeavoured to do any more
than todefend himſelf,and that, as'far as was poſſible, without the
Now Offence or Injury of any other man) but meerly from their love to F Injuſtice and Violerce and their implacable Hatred againſt goog- neſs and good men. #t He hateth with, or from his Sou], 7 e, in-
wardly and ardently. ; ;
6 * Upon the wicked he ſhall rain
8: 22: brimſtone, and||an horrible tempelt |
NOr,s portion of their * cup y. |
p "5 « Which notes their original to be extraorlinary,and from Gods
| pers _ hand, and withal that they ſhould come plenrifully, ſwiftly, and
= Pla6: $: ſuddenly, violently and unavoidably, as Rain commonly doth fall
from Heaven. x 7. e. Grievous Plagues or Judgments which ate
called Snares heres as alſo Job 18; 9, 10. and 22; 10: Th. 8. 1 4-
and 24- 17, +8. Partly becauſe wicked men are otr tivic» {Arprized
with them when they leaſt expe& ther, Luke 21- 35» And partly |
becauſe they cannot efcape them, nor get out of them,bur are held /
faſt and deſtroyed by them: |). #. e. Dreadful ſudgments ſo called |
metaphorically, .and by al/uſion to the deſtruction of Sodom and |
other places by theſe means.Bur this te ſeems to ſpeak nor ſomuch
of preſent and temporal Calamit'es, as of their furure and eternal
punifhments ; becauſe he manifeſtly ip-aks of rhole miſeries which
are peculiar to wicked men ; whereas David knew very well both
by his own Experience, and by the Hiſtory of Job,, and of 1ſraels
Bondage in Egypt, that all things here came alike to all men, good or
bad, Eccleſ; 9; 2. and that good men hid many times a greater ſhare |
of worldly trobles than G-ds own people ; as David acknowledgeth
and complaineth of it, Pſal, 73. y This is their portion, and as it
were the meat and drink appointed ro them by God, This ſhall
certainly and unavoidably be their ſtate or cnd:tion ; which is
oft called a mans part or portion, as Pſal. 16.” 5x and 63. 10, and
' 95:8: Mat: 243: 51, Healludes to the antient cuſtom of Ma-
ſters of Families, or of Feaſts, who uſed to diſtribute the ſeveral portions of Meat ro their Domeſticks or Gueſts.
7 For* the F righteous LORD loveth righteouſneſs :
hiscountenance doth behoid the uptight z.
* So this is given as the reaſon why God hateth and puniſheth; wicked men ſo dreadfully.becaufſe he loves righ:eoutnels, ard rhere- fore muſt nezds hate wickedneſs and puniſh wicked men, Or,But as this Particle is oft rendred. For this teems to be added by way
* of oppoſition to what he now ſaid concerning the ſtate of wicked men. z Towit, with an eye of Approbation, and true and tender AfffeSion, and watchful and gracious Providence ; which is ofc ſignified by: Gods beholding or looking upon men, as Exod: 2. 25; Ezra: 5: 53 Pſal: 25:18: and 33:18: and 34: 15, ©. A« on the contrary God is oft ſaid ro hide or turnaway his Face, or Eyes from wicked
men. I NET P S AJL. XII. JOr, wp To the chief muſician || upon Sheminith «, A Pſalm of *hecige- David b.
# The ſame Title is prefixed to Pſa!:6. b This Pſalm was Com Ppo= ſed in the rime, and upon the occifion of Sauls i}] Government : and his Perſecution of David, and other good men who favour- ed him.
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places. ' puniſhed, but go about boldly and ſecurely whither they pleaſe. 3. ar? exaltid
Their proficiency and ſucceſs, which is ſometimes ſignified by this Verb, as Gen; 26; 31: . worſe and worſe, and proſper 17 and by their Wickedneſs, 4. Their unceſſant and unwearied Induſtry in doing Miſchiefro good men. Compare 1 Pet: 5: 8, el Argument to prevail with Ged to ariſe to help his poor people who are oppreſſed by wicked men. 5 Heb. Fileneſſes, 7-e. all manner of wickeJneſs, lying and ſlandering, prophaneneſs, oppreſſion, crue!-
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