c To reſt and repoſe my ſelfar Noon, as the manner was in thoſe Yer graſs. hot countries, See Cant. 1. 7+ Iſa. 13, 20. Ezek. 34. 15. d Where #Heb.wa- there is both-delighr and plenty of Proviſions. e Leſt I ſhould wan- zer of quiet- der and periſh. tieb. He leaderh me ſweetly and gently, accomoda- meſs.
3 * He reſtoreth 5 my foul : he leadeth me in the 4p. 5.8. & 19- $. h He bringeth it back; Either, rt. From its Errors or wan- & 3'- 3:
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nue to walk in them. & Not for any worth in me, but meerly for the Demonſtration and Glory of his Juſtice, and Faithfulnels and Gocdnelſs. | : ;
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the ſha-
dow of death 1, * I will fear no evil mm: for thou ar:
with me, thy rod and thy ſtaff », they comfort me 0.
1 Through a dark and diſmal Valley, full of Terrors and Dan- gers, as this Phraſe ſignifies, Job 24+ 17. Pſal. 44. 19. and 107+ To, I4. Fer. 2+6. mm I will not give way to my Fears, but conti- dently rely upon God. # Two words noting the ſame thing, and both deſigning Gods paſtoral care over him, expreſſed by the ſign and inſtrument of it, o The conſideration thereof ſupports me, under all my fears and Difſtreſles. :
5 Thou prepareſt a table p, before me, in the pre-
eb: 1a- ſence of mine enemies p: thou F anointeft mine head
wh fe» with oy1l q, my cup runneth over 7. :
p i. e. Thou furniſheft me with plenty and variety of Proviſions and comforts. p They ſeeing and envying, and fretting at it, but not being able to hinder it. q Or Ointment, asthe Syriack and Ara- bick Tnterpreters render it ; with Aromatical Ointments, which were then uſed at great Feaſts, Pſal; 92+ 10. Amos 6, 6. Mat. 6. 17: Luke 7. 38. The 1enie is, thy comforts delight my Soul, compare 45.7. r Thou haſt given me avery plentiful portion, ſign.tyed by the Cup, given to the Gueſts by the Maſter of the Fealt,
6 Surely goodneſs and mercy 5 ſhail follow me # all
the days of my Life «, and I wiil dwell in the houſe of
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the LORD + for ever -
nghg s 5. e. Gods Favour, and the bleſſed and comfortable effe&s and
w benefits of it. : By which emphacical Expreſſion, he ſignifies God admirable freeneis and readineſs todo good to his People, and his preventing them with Bleſſings. Which he juſtly concludes, from the former inſtances of Gods Favour to him, becauſe of the unchangeableneſs of Gods Nature, and the ſtability of his Cove- nant and promiſes, x Whereas TI have formerly been driven from Gods: Houſe, I reſt aſſured that I ſhall now conſtantly enjoy that bleſſed priviledge of ſerving and enjoying God in his San- Quary, which I prize more than all my Donunions,
PSATL. XXIV,
The ARGUMEN T.
His Pſalm 18 generally and probably thought to have been com- T poſed by . David upon that ſolemn Occaſion, of bringing the Ari of God from the Houſe of Obed-Edom, into the Taberna- cle which David had built for itz 2 Same,6, Wherein he hath a further proſpe& even to the Temple which he earneftly deſired, and intended to build, and which he. knew would be builr by his Son, And when this was done, and the Ark brought into it, this Pſalm was to be ſung, and indeed to this time it ſeems chiefly di- reed. For Davids Pſalms were not only uſed by himſelf upon the firſt Occaſions, for which he made them, bur they were com= mitted to the prefe&s of ſacred Muſick, for the uſe of the Church in ali ſucceeding times» And being a Prophet, he ſpeaks as the Prophets uſed, of things ro come, as if they were already preſent, and rurns his Speech to rhe Temple, and its Gates as if they were now builr. Moreover; becauſe the Tabernacle and Temple and Ark were manifeſt Types of Chriſt;and of his Church, and of the place and ſtate of Heavenly Glory, Davidextended his thoughts to them alſo, or at leaſt the Holy Ghoſt deſigned to comprehend them un-
der theſe Typical Expreſſions» A Pſalm of David. |
David arknowledgeth Gods Sovereignty over the World, 1; 2+ A Deſcrip= tion of the perſons tha: ſhall be of his ſpiritual Kingdom, 3, 4. Their Bleſſmg, 5, 6» An Exhortation to receive it, 7, 8, 9: Who the King of Glory is, 10. - |
HE * earth is the LORDS, and che fulneſs thereof
#4 : the world, andthey that dwell therein.
_ 8 All the creatures, and eſpecially the Inhabitants wherewith it 15 repleniſhed. Gods general dominion over,and intereſt in all per- ſons and places, ſeems to be here premiſed and aſſerted, Either, x. To ſhew his Right to chuſe any Nation whom he pleaſed, to be his peculiar people : which priviledge being conferred upon the Iſraelites, was a great ſtumbling-Block to the Heathen Nations. Or
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who choſe them out of all the Nations of the World to be near to him, and to have ſpecial acquaintance with him, although other- wiſe he had no other Relation to them, than what he had to all mankind, to wit, that of a Creator and Governour. Or, 3, To demonſtrat the Excellency of the Jewiſh Worſhip, and Religion above all others, becauſe the God whom they ſerved, was the God and maker of the whole world, when the gods of the Gent:les were ſorry Ido!s, and eſteemed by themſelves to be bur local and con- fined Deities. : |
2 * For hehath founded it þ upon the ſeas c, and e-
ſtabliſhed it upon the floods ec. b Juſtly have T ſaid, that the Earth ts the Lords, for he made it,
*Job 3s, br 104+ 6, & 136. 6
c By the Seas and Floods, he means the whole colleQion of Waters,
as well the Sea and Rivers running into it, asthat great Abyſs of Waters, which is contained in the Bowels of the Earth, of which
2S an evidence of Gods wiſe and powerful and gracious Provi- dence, thar he hath built ſo vaſt a Building upon ſo weaz a foun- dation, as the waters are, Mic. 6. 2. and that although the Wa- ters are lighter than the Earth, and therefore are naturally inclined to be above it, as they were at firſt, yer God hath ſo far over-ruled the inclinations of Nature, that the waters ſhall as it were deny themſelves and run down into Channels and Caverns of the Earth, that ſo the Earth' may be a convenient habitation for men and beaſts. See Gen. 1. 9g. Exod. 04 4. Pſal. 104. 6,
3 * Who ſhall aſcend into the hill of the LORD 4? and who ſhall ftand e in his holy place f? _