he prays to be kept in Gods paths, which are oppoſed to theſe paths. : Or,of the wielenut man ; Such as Sauland his Courti-rs and Soldiers have thewed themſelves tcwards me» Although their rage and vi. olence againſt me, wight have tempted me to have repayed them in their own Con. yet I ſoibore it, and ſpared both others, ang Saul himſelf when his Life was at my Mercy, 1 Sam: 24: and 26: and this I did in obedience to thy Word,which required meto Ho.
' Nour end preſerve the Lords Anointed.
' 5 Hold vp my goings in thy paths «bat my footſteps
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| #® As by thy Word and Grace thou haſt hitherto kept me from 99 moved the paths of evil men, and Jed me into thy paths, ſo, f pray thee,
enable me by the ſame means to perſevere in thy ways,and in mine *
tempted, nor into any other ſin, whereby thou mayſtbe provoked or men may be cffended, and Religion diſgraced, f
6 I havecalled upon thee y, for thou wilt hear me,
O God z:inclinethine earuntome,and hear my ſpeech. 7 It hath been ardftill is, and fhall be my conſtant courſe, to apply my ſelf to thee for zfliſtance and for deliverance, z For ; though thou mayeft delay for a ſeaſon,I am well aſſured that thou
w1iltit hear and arfwer me. 7 * Shew thy marvellous loving kindneſs ,O thou ||
abhorrency of wicked courſes. x That I may not fa)l into thar fin of revenging my ſelf upon Saul, to which I may be more and more
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that ſayeſt by thy right hand b, them which put their ! V% at truſt 7» thee c, from thoſe that riſe up againff Fon d. Jexef thes
_ & Towit,in preferving and delivering me: which, I muſt ever acknowledge it to be an Att of kindneſs,
if thou doft, in thee, or free Grace, Fon thiſe
or undeſerved bounty, yea and of marvels kindneſs, becauſe of that File |
my extream and preſſing Nangers, out of which nothing but a
feigned lips d. | .
b Heb. righteouſneſs, 1. e. Me who, notwithſtanding all their Ac» cuſations and {landers, am righteous ; Or, my righteous cauſe ; * do thou take notice of it and give Sentence for me ; or my righ- | reous Prayer. I defire nothing chat is unreaſonable or unjuſt, but mies, and vindicate thine own Honour,and faithfulneſs in making 200d thy Promiſe to me ; which thy righteouſneſs oblidges thee to do» © 5. e. My ferver.t prayer attended with ſtrong Cries « Heb. wot with deveitful ligf, which ſpeak one thing when my Heart know- eth and defigneth another» And this profeſſion of his ſincerity in his Words, doth firly make way for hisſolemn appeal to God in} the following Verſes : | |
2 Let my ſentence e come forth from thy preſence f :
e Heb! my right or judgment, i. e. Judgment in my cauſe, 'or on my behalf. fi. e} From thee, and from thy tribunal to which I bring my cauſe. Do not ſuſpendor delay ir. bur ſpeedily examine my ja 4 and give Sentence in it.. g Or, Right. For though I deſire and need th '- 2g and Favour in many other ReſpeQs, yet I beg only juſtice in this cauſe between meand ther. |
'2 Thou haſt proved & mine heart, thou haſt viſited
”e i inthe night |, * thou haſt tried me /,and ſhalc f11d
wonder of Gods mercy and power can ſave me. 6b ie. By thy great power. cOr, in it, 1. e. In thy right Hand, as was now ex« preſſed, Or, becauſe of ( as the Hebrew prefix Mem oft fignifies, as Pal: 12; 6: and elſewhere) theſe that exalt themſelves, ( as this word ſignifies, Job 20: 27: and 27: 7: Pſa. 59:1: ) not only againſt me but againſt thee who haſt engaged and declared thy ſelf for me, So this Prayer is like that Pſa: 66: 7: Let not the rebellious exals themſelves, But this place is otherwiſe tranſlated in the Margent of our Bibles, with which divers others, both Ancient and Jater In« terpreters agree, and thar more agreeably to the order of the words in the Hebrew Text, O thou that ſavefi(or tſeſt to ſave)them which truſt in thee (or, as the Hebrew word may be rended without an Supplement,” believers ) fom thoſe that riſe up againſt thy right hand, 7. e, Either againſt thy mighty power, which thou huſt already ſhewed in my wonderful preſervation: Or, againſt thy Counſel ( which is called Gods hand, 4s 4: 28; ) and revealed Willconcer- ning my advancement to the Kingdom, which divers of thoſe men did knowingly oppoſe, as may begathered from » Sam: 3: 9, 10. Or, againſt the man ( which word is oft vnderftood, whereof ex amples have been given, and more we ſhall have in this Book )- of thy right hand, as David is called Pſal: 80. 17> According: to this Treflation his Prayer is inforced wirh a double motive, to wit, his truſt in God, and his Enemies oppoſition againſt God.
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: b:Or ſearched or tried it, by many and fore Temprations and A-! uſe their urmoſt. care and diligence to keep, f As an Hen doth her