otions of Gods Spirit, and with contempt borh of Gods Com« mands and Judgments, and ſo with Pride and Inſolency, which this word fig nitics.See Exod, 21:14« And ſucha Sin was that of Davias in the Matter of Uriah, to which be ſeems to have an Eye ; and prayeth to be kept from ſuch Miſcarriages. z1Ff I be at any tiwe rempted to any tuch Sins, Lord ler them nor preyail over me, and if I dofall into them, let me ſpeedily riſe again, and not willing-' ly giveup my felf ro the Cuſtomary praftice of them. k That will be an Evidence of my Sincerity, and I ſhall havethis Comfort,that although I am nor abſolutely Perfe&t, but incompaſſed with many Infirmicies,yer I am an' upright Perſon, and ſuch as thou wiltis accept. I Thou wilcit hold me for Innocent, Or,71 ſha# be cleanſed or kept pure, as this Word primarily ſignifies, m i: e. From the guulc of ſuch preſumpruous fins, which are indeed very great Tranf= greſſions, and ſach' as if accompanied with Obitinacy ard Im- penitencys thou wiltſt nor pardon. Burt «s for other ſins of Igno- ranceor Infirmiry, thou wiltſt graciouſly remit them for thy Cove nants ſake, made with me in and through thy Chriſr, Orh. From much Tranſgreſſion,or from innumerable $in;,which uſually follow the Commiſſion of one preſumpruous Sinzas David found by his own
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kl. ev ſtrength p and my redeemer 9. . : 3 , _ Cad has God would __ him from ſinful AQions,f this may ſeem to be the b:trer Verſion,
always make ſuch a DiſtinQtion in theſe Poerical Books, as appears from Pſal. 11, 5. and 17. 16. and 19, 44 and 22+ 31: and thereat.er
«thar God would govern, and ſanCific his Words and | | nghrs hor he had NG ways offended,as he here implies, Be 7 P'S A E. XXI. ; : and oft in this Book confeſſeth and bewaileth.s. And this he the ra- To the chief muſician, a palm of David,
: « Caution was very neceſſary to preſerve him | The ſubjeC& of this Pſalm is the ſame with the former,both being endqponr imncnnntg oas-x have =" rx firſt rife in od Thoughts| made for the peoples uſe, concerning the King. Only the Pray- ant thence proceed to Words and Expreſſions, before they break{ ers there u{cd,are here turned into Pra-fes, for the Bleſſings re- forth into Afftions. 0 4. e. Be really good and holy, and to well-{ ceived inanſwer to their Prayers. And as David was an illuſtrious pleaſing to thee. FO thou whohaſt hitherto ſtrengehned __ the againſt my temporal and piritual Enemies, and whoſe gracious and } look beyond himſe!f unto Chriſt.in whom they are more proper= powerful Aſſiſtance, is abſolutely neceſſar to keep me from my own Iy and more fully accompliſhed, and of whom diverſcof the An- corrupt Inclinations, and from all Temptations,to ſinful Thou ghrs} cient Hebrew Doors underſtand it, and Words and Aftionss 9q This Expreſſion ſeems to be added em- | Day d, out of a ſenſe of Gods anſwering kus Prayers, for all he arked, pro- phatically,and with (| pecial reſpeC& to Chriſt, who was certainly much; feſeth his joy and gladneſy in him, 1 in Davids Eyes, to whom alone this word Goel can here properly belong, as may appear by my Notes, on Jeb 19- 25. to which I re-
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His Pſalm contains a Prayer to be uſed by the People, both
now on the behalf of King David, when he was undertaking
ſme great Expedition, going forth. as is ſuppoſed, againſt the
Ammonites, and Syrians, 2 Sam. IO. Or ſome other potent Enemies, and hereafter in like Caſes. | :
The Church prayeth God 70 hear and defend the King, 1. and for a Bleſſing We all his Deſizns, 2 - --— 6+ and ſheweth wherein the confidence of jome is; biit theirs is in God, 7 -———<x— 9;
© To the chief mulician, A Pſalm of David- He LORD hear thee in the day of troubie 2, the name of the God of Jacob b t defend thee.
# In this time of War and Dangere>+ i» © God himſelf;For Xzmes are ofr put for Perſons, as Numb, 26. 53, As 1. \«, and 4« 12. and the Narie of Ged, for Gods as Deuts 28, 58, Neh, 9g. 5. Pſal. 44. 98. 20; Prov, 18- 10: and oft elſewhere» He calls him the God of Faces, or Iſrael, partly to diſtinguiſh him from falfe Gods; and partly as an Argument to enforee the Prayer, becauſe God had made a League,
' ora Covenant with Jacob and his Poſterity, whoare called by the
Name of Jacob, Pſal. 147 19, 20. 1/2. 44! 2. and whoſe Cauſe David was now pleading againft their Enemies.
2 Send j thee help from the ſanfuary c:and i ſtreng- then thee out of Zion.
bp. c Either 1. From Heaven,as it is expreſſed v. 6, Or rather 2.From
the Tabernacle in S702, as it isexplained in the next Words, where the Ark then was; towards which the Jſrazlites dire&ed their Pray- ers, and from which God heard and anſwered them.
\.2 Remember d all thy offerings e, and faccept f tliy burnt-facrifices. Selah. ' id To wit, with acceptance, as it follows. e Offended either by thee, at thy Entrance upon this Expedition * Or by us thy People oh thy behalf, or by thine appointment. f Heb, rn to Aſhes, fire ſentfrom Heaven, in token of his acceptance, as was uſual;of which ſee-Bev. 9, 24+ 1 Kings 18: 38. :