what they will do, and what great things they will effe&, to wit, by their Tongues, as they themſelves explain it in the next verſe, which rhey will uſe ſo cunningly and powerfully that they ſhall not need touſe their Hands, or ſtrike a Stroke. 4 Who have ſaid, With our tongue will we prevail 5 our lips f are our ownz; who zis Lord overus & ? : h By raiſing and ſpreading Slanders and evil Reports concern. With ws. ing him, whereby both Saul will be highly and implacably inrag'd againſt David, and the hearts or the teople alienated from him - which was indeed a very likely way to prevail againſt him and thar by their Tongues only. 7 #.e. At our own diſpoſe to ſpeak what we pleaſe. & Who can controle orreſtrain us? This was not the Language of their Mouths, for they were 1/raelizes that owned a God above them, ard they were Subjetts of Sax/, but the Language of their Ations. Scripture oft tells usnot only what men do aQually ſay, but what they would fay if they durſt, or whar their atticng mean, Pſa: 94. 7: Mal: 1.12,13: and 2: 17- They take ag great a liberty in their Speechesas if they believed there was no God or Man ; ſuperiour to them : becauſe neither the fear of God, nor the ver. ence of Men, can keep them from ſpeaking whaticever they Pleaſe or whatthey ſuppoſe makes for their Intereſt. y 5 For the oppreſfiion of the poor 1, for the ſghing of the needy, now m will I ariſe(faith LORD; ) I wit
ſet him in ſafety from him that || puffeth at him ». ! Oppreſſed by Saul through the inſtigation and artifices of hjs ®/nare im,
fawning Courtiers- m Spezdily, ſooner than they imagine or ex. pet. 7 i.e. From him that deſpiſeth him, and hopeth to deftroy him with a puff cf Breath, or a parcel of Words, See this Phraſe Pſa: 10: 5.Only there it is conſtrued with beth and here with lamedg - which may make ſome difference» And the Supplement in our Tranſlation may ſeem to be large, and notneceflary, And the Place is, and may be otherwiſe rendred according to the Hebrew, with. out any ſuch largeSupplement,7w: ſet him ( to wit,the needy laſt mentioned,ſfo it is anEllipſis of thePronovn,which is moſt frequent} in ſafety: he (to wit, the Lord mentioned before) ſhall peak (as this Verb {ignifies, Prov, 6: 19: and 14:5: and 29: 5, 9: 7,e, ſhall ſpeak comfortably, by a Synecdoche ; or ſhall peak plainly, as this Verb is uſed, Prov: 12: 179. Hab: 2: 3.) to him, i.e, to the needy here mentioned. Or, he. i, e God, ſba4 ſpeak ( to wit,in bis wrath aSit 1s expreſſed P/a: 2;5:) to him, who 1s the cauſe of his oppreſſion, of whom he ſpeaks ve 3, 4; Or, ſbal puff at him, as he uled to do at his enemies, P[a, 10: 5.
6s The words of the LORD are pute 6 words: * as
ſilver tried in a furnace of earth p, purified ſeven times, o Or, ſmcere, without the leaſt mixture of Vanity or Falſhecd :
and therefore ſhall infallibly be fulfilled, This he ſeems to add ro Þ1.18.30,
anſwer an Obje&ion which might ariſe in ſome mens minds con- & 1194
cerning what was laſt ſaid. You tell us, The Lord ſaith, I will 14% Proy:30:5
*2 Sam? 2% 31.
ſo indeed in men, who'oft ſpeak raſhly what they cannot perform, and deceitfully whar they never intend : But all Gods words are pure from all manner of arois ; from all folly or fraud, or uncere tainty5 he is holy and true in all his No&rines, Threarnings, Pre. ditions andPromiſes, p #.e. Made ct ſuch Earth or Clay as was proper for, and then uival in that woik- See 1 Kings y; 46.
7 Thou ſhalt keepthemq,O LORD ; thou ſhale pre- {Heb:him, q Either 1» The poor and needy, v. 5. from the Crafts and Ma- that is, lice ofthis crooked and perverſe Generation of men, and for ever, 2") mf Or 2. thy words or promiſes laſt mentioned,v. 6. Theſe thou wiltſt #9”
obſerve and keep { as theſe two Verbs commen!y ſignifie ) both now, and from this generation for ever. i, e. Thou wiltſt not on'y keep thy Promite to me in preſerving me, and advancing me to the Throne,
but alſo to my Poſterity from Generation to Generation.
8 The wicked walk one every ſide r,when {the vileſt + Heb: the
r Which Phraſe may note 1: their great numbers, they fill al) Wl #%t 2, their Freedem and Safety, they are not reſtrained nor ſos of 1”
Iſa. 40:13. They grow
1 Sam: 2: 21:
And this is very fitly here added as another
Pal. Xt, ;
T Hebz
g Or great things, or great woras, either bragging or threatning greatthing
THeb, arg
ſ Or,woul/
David being deftitute of humane Comfort, craveth help of God, x4 He ex- ' ty and the like . Or, vile perſons, the abitra& being pur for the claims againſt flattering and deceitful Tongues, 2 and comforteth himſelf concrete, which is frequent, as pride Pſa: 36s 11.. for a proud man,
with Gods Judgments on them,3.and aſſureth himſelf of kis tried Mercies and many ſuch-like 3 both comes toone, vile perſens and vile pra- ro the need), 4 -- 8+ | tices were both advanced and incouraged through Sauls Miige«
Elp « LORD for * the godly 4 man ceaſerh : ror 7:rment, whereby all the foundations were deſtroyed, + ho the faithful failefrom among the children of men. j; comes ) fignifies firſt 2 glutron, or arunkard, as Deut. 21, 20: c Or, ſave me and other good men from the Subrtilty and Rage | prov, 23: 21: and thence any vile perſon, as Jer: 15: x9: Lam: 13 11. of wicked men- Saul will not help us, and other men cannot help ;
Before it is afit faſon forriieeto help. 4 Or hind £1 P SAL. XIII FRErerore It 1S Aa Nt lcalon or thee to REP. r Rina, Or Merciful, . . . as this word is oft uſed, as Pſa: 30: 5: and 31: 24: and 86: 2, g. To the || chief muſician, a pſalm of David
= | : | ion of this Pſalm was Davia's deep and lons continued
d. T and my Friends are ſorely and cauſeleſly perſecuted, baniſhed The OCcalion of this P _Qeep g from: our Homes and Friends, and which is worſt ofal', from Gods Diftreſſes, from which he prays for Deliverarce. FE SanQtuary, and yet few or none pity us 3 all Mercy and Humanity David complaineth to Goa of his delay to help, 1. and the Enemies triumph, is loſt. e Mcn have loſt not only ſerious Piery, buteven common | 2% , H* 2r9177g fer preventing Grace, 3» profeſſeth his truſt in Gvd, 44 Honeſty in their words and dealings with men and boatteth of divine mircy, 5. * pſGoan
> They ſpeak vanity f every one with his neighbour: Hf OW ng _ — ts —_— for e- * with flactering lips, and with + a double heare g do |. ver a; NOW ONg wWLTt ou mac tny Lace rom me: they {pcak a How long wilt thou forget (i. e. negle& or diſregard) me? For