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al. 28. 3. * © My life, as it is explained in the next Clauſe. Do not bind Hob mm MEuP in the ſame Bundle, nor put me into the ſame accurſed,and Blood, miſerable condition with them. Seing L have had fo greatan An- * tipathy againſt them, in the whole courſe of my life, v-4. 5. let me not die their Death ; as Ba{azm on the contrary deſired to aye the death of the Righteour, Num. 23. 10. And ſeing I have loved thy Houſe and Worſhip, and endeavoured to ſerve thee acceptavly:
Heart and Life, v. 6, 7, 8- do not deal with me as thou wilſt with thoſe that are filled with ungodlineſs and unrighteouineſs: do not deſtroy me with them, the Righteous with the Wicked, Gen. 18. 23. but ſave me in the common Calamity, as thou haſt promiſed and uſed to doin like Caſes. The Hebrew word 4ſaph, rendred, gather- ing, is oft put for taking away, as Gen. 30. 23. 1/a. 4. 1. Jer. 8. 13. & 16+ 5. and that by Deſtru&ion and Death, as 1 Sam. 15, 6. Iſa. 57. I, Jer. 8.13. Ezcks 34.29+ Hoſea 4.3. The ground of which Phraſe may be either, becauſe by death mens Souls or Spirits are gather- ed and returned to God, Eccleſ. 12. 75- who had diſperſed them all the World over: or becauſe the ſeveral ſorts of Men, good and bad, which live herz together Promiſcuouſly,are there ſevered,and all of one ſort of them gathered together, unto their Fathers or Peoples, as it is expreſſed, Gen: 15: 15: Num: 20: 24. 2 Kings 22: 20: Compare Heb: 12: 23. u Profligate and Obſlinate ſinners, as the following Words deſcribe them, ſuch being oft called ſamers by way of Eminency, as 1 Sam* 15; 18+ Pſal: 1:1; and 104: 35+ 7/4. 1, 28- and 33. 14. | xo In whoſe hand is miſchief: and their right hand | is | full of bribes. ; Heb. Ts. But as for me, I will walk in mine Integrity : re- F* Jeem me, and be mercifull unto me.
x Who not only imagine Miſchief in their Hearts, but perſiſt in it, and execure it with their hands. y Which ſhould be ſtretched out to execute Juſtice, and puniſh offend:rs. ;
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*P[.27.11 congregations will I bleſs the LORD ||. z Heb.. in Refitude, or in @ right or Straight, or Plain, or even Place, Which may be underſtood, Either, 1. Civilly, or in re- gard of his outward Condition, So this is oppoſed to the ſlippery Flaces, in which wicked men are ſaid ro be, P/ale 35. 6. and 73. 18. Jer. 23. 12. and the Sence is, I ſtand upon a ſure and ſolid foun- dation,where I fear no fall,nor to be overthrown by the aſſaults of mine enemies, being under the ProteQion of God's promile, and his Almighty and watchful Providence. Or, 2. Morally, orin re- gard of his Converſation. So the Senſe is, I do and will perſiſt or ' continue (C which is oft ſignified by ſtanding, as Pſal- 1.1.) in m in, and righteous, and Graight Courſe of Life, not uſing thoſe rauds and wicked Arts, and perverſe and crooked Paths, which mine Enemies chuſe and walk in, or whereof they do falſly accuſe . And ſo this is the ſame thing for Subſtance, with his walking 3 his Integrity, expreſſed in the foregoing Verſe, as alſo v. i. [I will not only privately acknowledge. bur publickly, and in the A- ſemblies of thy People celebrate thy praiſes, both for thy Grace, inabling and — to chuſe and Love,and perſevere in the ways of Holineſs and Righteouſneſs,and for thy protetion hitherto afforded to me in the midft of all my Dangers and Troubles, and for that well-grounded aſffurance which thou haſt given me, of thy Favour, and of my future Deliverance.