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* from the womb: thou art | 7 Either the Devil, that raging and roaring Lion 3 who did ma- q heat *Pſ.71.6 10 *I was caſt oe _ ny ways aflault and annoy him: Or his Lyon-like Enemies. = ; "hs my God from my mothers belly. 14; | - Anſwered and delivered me. a A firong and fierce and un-
"Y ; I was like one forſaken by his Parent, and caſt wholly upon thy } £,,e.1j Wild beaſt : though the learned are not: agreed about the
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4 Heb. 107
a helper.
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mouths a= gainff me,
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of. 7. 5. and compare 2 Sam, 14+ 14.
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' inſatiable Greedineſs, and implacable fury and fierceneſs againſt
"Markt 5.
29 John I9. 3q,
p- I. > N 5 - * =: THe, me} 90 CHE my" Tow! from the Sword# 3 7 my dar t 7, e. All Nations from one end of the World to the other. So Fit ling from the 7 HERA of a dog. : ; this 1s an evident Prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles ro the K al. 35 72 7, e. From te rage and violence of mine Enemies, as the knowledge of God and Chriſt by the Goſpel, and conſequently a
providence. I had no Father upon Earth; and my Mother was poor and helpleſs,
11 Be not far from me z, there is + non to help 5.
2 To wit, asto affe&ion and ſuccour. a At hand, and ready to ſwallow me up. And therefore if thou doſt not ſpeedily deliver me it will be too late. Which is an Argument that David oft u- ſ-rh, as Pſal. 6+ 5. and 88 11. &, q Thy help therefore will be the more ſeaſonable, becauſe it is moſt neceſſary, and thou wiltſt have the more of Glory by it, becauſe it will appear that it 1s thy work alone.
12 Many bulls c have compaſſed me : ſtrong bulls of Baſhan 4 have beſet me round.
c Wicked and violent, and potent Enemies 3 for ſuch are ſo cal- Iced, Ezet. 39. 18. Amis 4. Is d i, e. Fat and Luſty, as tue Cattel there bred were, Dent. 3. 13. and 32. 14. and therefore fierce and furious» :
i2 They | gaped upon me with their mouths e, as a ravening and a roaring lyon.
e Partly to affright me, and principally to tear and devour me, as the following Meraphor explains it. [ derſtood of their crying out with loud and earnelt Voices, might be condemned and put to death.
14 1 am poured out like water f, and all my bones are || out of joint g : my heart b is like wax # ; it is mel- ted in the midſtof my bowels. |
f My Heart faileth, my Spirits are ſpent and gone like Water which once ſpilt, cannever be recovered ; my very fleſh is melted within me, and I am become as weak as Water. See the like phraſe Job. 14+ 11, g 1am as weak and unable to move or help my ſelf, and withal as full of Torment, as if I were upon a Rack, and all my bones were dif- jointed. Or, ail my bones are ſeparated, one from another ; as they were in ſome ſort in Chriſt, by the ſtretching of his Body upon the Croſs, b The ſear of Life, and Fountain which ſupplies Spirits, and Vigour to the whole Body. # Melted, as it follows, through fear and overwhelming grief, compare Pjal. 68, 2. and 97. 5.
15 My ſtrength is dryed like a potſherd &, and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws /, and thou haſt brought me into the duſt of death ». | : |
k T have in a manner no more Radical Moiſture left in me, than ' isin a dry Potſheard. 1 Trough that exceſſive thirſt and drought, See John 19. 20. » Partly by thy providence, delivering me into the power of mine enemies, and partly by thy Terrors in my mind , and Soul.
16 For dogs » have compaſſed me ; the wicked o haye incloſed me; they pierced my hands. and my feet p. |
1 So he calls his Enemies for their vileneſs and filthineſs, for their |
for trouble is near « ; for
him. o He explains what he means by Dogs, even wicked Men, who are oft ſo called, not ſome few of them ingly, but the whole Company or Congregation of them 3 whereby may be noted, either their great Numbers, or their conſulting and conſpiring tegether, aS it were in a lawful Afembly. Which was moſt literally and eminently fulfilled in Chriſt. p Theſe words cannot with any pro- bability be applied to Davia, nor to the attemnpts of his Bnemies upon him ; for their deſign was not to torment his Hands or Feet, but to take away his Life. And if it be pretended that it is to be underſtood of him in a Metaphorical Senſe, it muſt be conſidered, that it is ſo uncouth and unuſual a Metaphor, that thoſe who are of this mind cannot produce any one example of this Metaphor, either in Scripture or in other Authors, nor are they able to make any tolerable ſenſe of ir, but are forced to wreſt and ftrain the Words. Burt what need is there of ſuch forced Metaphors, when this was moſt properly and literally verified in Chrift, whoſe Hands and feet werereally pierced and nailed to the Croſs, according to the manner of the Roman Crucifixions, to whom therefore this is applied in the New Teſtament. Sec Mar. 27. 35. Mark x5. 24. Luke 23. 33. John 19« 18, 23 37-
17 I may tell all my bones q : * they look and ſtare
upon me r. .
\ q Partly through my Leanneſs cauſed by exceſſive grief, which 15 much more credible of Chriſt than of David ; and partly by my being ſtretched out upon the Croſs. r To wit with Delight and Complacency in my calamiries, as this phraſe is uſed, Pſal, 35. 21. and 37. 34-and 54. 7.and 59s 10, Ohads v. 12. Compare Lykz 23. 35.
18 They part my garmencs among them, and. caſt
lots upon my veſture s. s This alſo cannor be applyed to David, without an uncouth and ſtrained Metaphor, but was literally fulfilled in Chriſt,dar, 7,35.
John 19, 24- 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD; O my ſtrength haſte thee to help me.
next Clauſe exp/ains ity and as the Sword is oft taken in Ecripture,
+1 ; clear proof, that this Pſalm doth directly and immediately ſpeak th b.from Sce Jer. 25. \6, 27» 79- Ezek. 38.21. u Heb: My one, or only Ou? ;| -Chrift; to whom alone, and not to Davis, this and divers 0= ny band, to wit, his Soul, as 1c now iaids Which he fo calls, either becaule it ther paſſages of it, do manifeſtly belong. « Ir is not particularly
was very deat co hun : Or rather becaule ir was left alone and de- ſtitutc of it-1ends and Helpers for ſo this word is uſed, Pſal. 25. GC. ad $5. 179 x Heb. the hand; Which is oft put for Power,
Otherwiſe it might be un- |
that he
the aſſembly of }
| Poor, as this word is oft rendred ; which ſeems well to ſuit this