EIT 7 j l ever ? b i, e, Withdfaw thy favour and aſſiſtance. f Or, fa'ſbwd, which is a vain thing, and wants the ſolidity of 2 "PP E truth. 'L Pretending one Heart. and that they ſpeak from a kind 2 How long ſhaJl 1 take. countel in _ ſoul s : hav
deceitful Heart. my be exalted over me ?
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c How long ſhal T be in ſuch perplexities,and anxieties ofMind, not knowing what courſe to tzken,nor how to get out of my Trou- bles. Es
2 Conſider and hear me,O LORD my God : *hg- ten mine eves d, leſt I fleep the ſleep of death e ;
d Either 1, Becauſe I find my Counſel infufficient,v: 2: do thou enlighten my mind, and guide me by thy Counſel and Spirit 1nto the righ: way of obtaining thy Mercy and Help. So this Phraſe 1s uſed Pſal 19:8: Eph: 1; 18. Or, 2+ Dothou revive and comfort, an deliver me from the darkneſs of Death, which is ready to come
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call not upon the LORD 4. | ”m Have they Joſt their Wits? have they neither Religion nor comnion Diſcreticn,either of which wou'd reach chem not ro make th-mle]ves ſo harelul to the all-ſceing ar.d almighty God,and toall Men ? The words may be rendrc. ti us, Ds not all the workers of Ini- qulty krow it? So it 1s only an E!liplisof the Pronoun, wich is fre= quent, as I have thewed before. are rhey nor Con!cious ro thems= ſzIves of the Truth of *hat IT iay ? T dare appzal to their own Conſcrences. Burthis] propound with ſubmiſhon, »x Or: they eat upy (7.e, ) devour and deſtioy, as this word fignifies, Devt. 7: 16.
upon me &t9 clo{/e mine Eyes.Nothing is more common than to ex- preſs great Dangers and Calamities by Darkneſs, and great Comforts and Deliveranc-s by Light, as Job 15: 22.and 17:13; and 30: 26: and by n enl:.ghrning of rhe Eyes, 25 Ezra 9; 8, Compare Prov: 15: 305 and 20: 13: e (i.e, ) Left I fink under my burthen and dye; for Death: is oft ca'led a Sleep in Scripture, as Job 3: 13: and 14: 12; + pf. 25:2; Pſal: 76: 5: John 11 11s : . PR * Left mine enemie ſay, I have prevailed againſt him ; f and thoſe that trouble me, rejoyce when I am
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f To wit, by my art or ſtrength ; which will refle& diſhonour upon thee,as if thou wert either unfaithful and unwindful of thy Promiſes ; or nnabl= to make them good. Therefore repreſs this their Arrogancy and Blaſphemy, and maintain thine own Honour. z£ Or, ftumb/e, or fall, to wit, into Miſchief.
5 Bur I have truſted in thy mercy &; my heart ſhal 1ejoyce in thy ſalvation,
L Neither their Threats and Brags, nor my own Dangers ſhall ſhake my Confidence in thy Mercy promiſed ro me.
6 I will {ting unto the LORD, becaute he hath dealt bountifuily with me #.
Prov: 30: 14. Jer. 50; 17: Nab.3: 15. 0 i.e. The pcor and godly | [ſraclites, of whom he principally ſpeaks: whom: he calleth my pes- ple, Either r. Gods peop'e,as they were in many reſpe&s; Orra= ther, 2. Davids people . For Pavid {peaks both theſe words, and all the reſt of this Pſalm in his o':+4n Name and Perſon. And David mighr well call them his P-ople either becauſe they were his Friends and Favourers: Or becauſ: ne being anointed their King,they. were conſequently his People Or becauſe he was now aQtually their King, and 1o they were aCtually his Pcople: For ſome conceive that this Pjalm was made in the time, and upon the occaſion of Abſaloms Re- bejlion. p z.e, Wirth as little 1egrate or remorſe, and w:th as much greedineſ<, and delight, aid Conttancy roo, as they uſe to eattherr Meat, The Particle as is here underſtood, as it is Pſal. 125; 2; Prov: 26+ 19: and 1n many other pliices. q They are guilty not only of gro!s Injuſtice; and Oppr-flion towards men. but alſo of her rid Impiery an4 Cont-mprt of God,whoſe Providence they deny, and whoſe Worſhip they wholly neg'e& and deſpiſe,
in the generation of the rigiteous z. fear:d 8 r 7, e, In t's place, or vpcn the ſpor. where they praQtiſcd jeare thele Infolences, God ſtruck them wich a panick fear. Or, Ten
; Either r. In giving me that ſupport and aſſurance of his fa- vour which for the preſent I enjoy. Or 2. In giving me thar Mercy which he hath freely promiſed me: it being a common thing for David and other Prophets to ſpeak of future Dcliverances as it they were already come, that ſo rhbey may fignihie both the infallible cer- rainry of the th.ng,and tueir firm aſſurance thereof, Bur the werds may be rendred, When he ſhall have dealt bountifully with me, This Verb |royerly ſignifies to requitegor reward (zs it may be taken here,
and 142. 7.
P'S A To XIV.
' they {eemed to have no cauſe for it, An Adverb of Place for an
for ther: is arewardoj Grace, as we''as of Debt, Rom. 4: 4: ) but, Jult Exp*Qation of divine Vengeance, Heb. They feared with fear, h-re ir ſignifies a free and bountiful giving, as it doth allo Pſal. 119; 175 | #- e. Vehemently, where there was no caufe of fear, as is here impli-
7, e. Inthe height of their Tyranoy and proſperous I'npiety, when
Auverb of Time, of which rhere want nor Examples in Scripturs and other Avthrrs, as hath beex nored before. Or, thence, as this Particlz is rendred, Gen: 2:10: and 49; 24:1/a 6.5.20:i;e. From that time ; or for that Cauſe, as tome take 1., and 1t may be raken, Jeb 25: 12: Pſal; 36: 12: i, e, For this their contempt of God and mani- feſt injury ro Men. 5 From rheir own guilry Conſciences, and the
ed, ( for they are now ſuppoſed to be in a Srate of Power and Ty- r:N.:1y) as isexpreſſed in the Parallel place, Pſal: 53, 5: Or, they Jhall be greatly afraid, the paſt Tenſe being pur tor the future Pro-
To the cFief mut:cian, a Pſalm of David.
kedneſs and corruption « f Mankind, and elpecially of ungodly
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Men, and of his own Enemies. ; David jſhaweth che Atheiſm aud Corruption of men, 1--=-=3, He convun- ceth the wicked by ths l:ght of Conſcience, 4 <=-=6, and longeth for the
| Salvation of God, 7. "rows HE * fool « hath ſaid in heart b, there is no Gode: 53! 1: they * are corrupt 4, they have done abuminab:e
'Jom, 1, WOrks, zhere is i10ne e that doth good f,