Lone, from fainting and ſinking under thy burcens VE S A L. XXVII.. The ARGU "NT. His Pſalm ſeems to be made upon the ſame Occaſion with the former, andis mixed, as many others of his Pſalms are, of Hopes and Fears, of Prayers and Praifcs. David prayeth earnefly for himſelf, 1, 2. that he wiight not beled away with the wicked, 3, 4+ The reaſ'n his Prayer,s.He tleſſcth God for hear- ing him, 6 == 8, and prayeth fer the people, 9. | A Pſalm ot David. : L JNeo thee will I cry, O LORD my Rock, be not} _ ſilent « | to me : *leſt if thou be ſilent ro me, I "14,9 Pecome like them that go down into the pir 6. | a Be notdeaf to my prayers, nor dumb as to thy Anſwers to them. b 7. e. Leſt IT bz inthe like or ſame condition with them, 7.e. a loſt Creature ; as I ſhall — be, if thou doſt not ſuccour me. : 2 Hear the voice of my ſupplications, whenlT cry unto Wh, '» thee: when Lift up my hands | |rowards thy holy oraclec. _ c i.e. Towards the Holy of Holies, whith is ſo called, 1 K:ngs ren 6: 23. Compare with 2. Chron. 3. 10: Compare alſo 1 Kings 6 5. and fi, 8: 6. Becaule there the Ark was; from whence God gave Oracular )} Anſwers to his People ; and to which they accordingly direted their Prayers, not only when they drew near to it, bur whenthey were at a diſtance from 1t, as Dan, 6. 104 _ 2 Draw me not away with the wicked 4, and with 12 the workers of iniquity : * which ſpeak peace to their 55, 2 neighbours, but miſchief is in their heart e, . 6.4 A The Senſe is, either 1, Do not ſuffer me to be drawn away by 79. *- their Counſelor Example to imitate their evil Courſes. For God is
oft ſaid to do that which he doth not effe&t, but only permit and order, as 2 Sam. 12:12. Or, 2. Do not draw me into the ſame ſnares and miſchief with them; do not drag me, as thou doft or wiltſt do all theſe Malefa&ors, to execution and deſtruction. Let me not dye the death ofthe wicked : Compare Pſal; 26: 9: Thus drawing is uſed for drawing to death, Job 21: 33; Ezek: 32: 20+ This ſeems beſt to ſuit with the following Context, wherein he 1mpre- cateth and foretell:th that deſtruftion upon his Enemies, which he deprecateth for himſelf. e Which are Hypocrirical and perfidious Perſons, whilſt I through thy Grace am upright and ſincere. Se- ing then T am ſo unlike them in diſpoſition and praftice,ler me not be made like them in their Ruine» :
4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedrels of their endeavours f: give thein after the work of their hands,render to them their defert.
f Dxvia uſerh theſe Imprecations partly to vindicate himſelf from the ſlanders of his Enemies,who reported him to be as wicked as chey were, oaly more clote and cunning therein'z which if he had 'been, he had bitre ly curſed himſelf; which it could not rea- ſonably be preſumed that he would do : Partly, from his great and long Experience of their implacable and incorrigible Malignity, not only againit him, bur againſt God, and his declared Wl, and
Note on Pſal: 26:2: where the Hebrew words ate the fame. 6 That I may neither open their mouths. again me or Religion, by my Miſcarriages, nor fall into their Hands, by my folly, nor give
ſniration he uttered this, as well as the reſt of- the Pfalm 3 and partly, that hereby he might provoke them to Repentance; for this Curſe belongs only to thoſe, who: ſhall obſiinately pertiit in their wicked Courſes. Add to all this, that as Verbs of the Impera- tive Mood, are oft uſed by the Hebrews for Futures, . fo theſe may not be proper Imprecations,but prediQtions of theirDeſtruction
5 Becauſe they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands g, he ſhall deſtroy them; and not build them up h. | | |
£ i. e. The provicential works of God, both for and towards his Church and People jn general 3 the ſerious Obſervation whereof would have made them afraid of oppoſing them, and deſirous to joyn themſelves with them ; and for and towards me in particular, concerning whoſe ſuccetlion to the Kingdom, God hath 1o expreſly declared his Mind and Will, and to whom he hath given ſo many; and ſuch wonderfull preſervations,that they who will not acknow- ledge ir, but continue to oppoſe it, may well be preſumed to be guilty of Rebellion againſt Gods will, and of the Contempr of his Providence. h3,e, Deſtroy them utterly and irreceverably ; be- cauſe they wilfully ſhut their Eyes againſt the Light of Gods Word and Works.
6 Bleſled be the LORD, becauſe he hath heard the voice of my ſ{upplications, | 7 The LORD is my ſtrenth and my ſhield, my heart cruſted in him, and Iam helped : therefore my hearc greatly rejoyceth, and with my ſong will I praiſe him. z He ſpeaks of it as paſt, either becauſe God had in part heard, and anſwered him already : Or, becauſe God affured him by his Spirit, that he had heard and accepted his Prayer, and would af« iuredly anſwer him in due time. 8 The LORD 53s || their ſtrength &, and he 5s |Or, 5; the + ſaving ſtrength / of his anoiated »-. OO frirength, ki. e, The ſtrength of his people, mentioned in the next verſe: T Heb. the Relative being pur before the Antecedent, which is1cft to be /frength of gathered out of the following matter, as itis, Num.24.17, Pſal;8q: Saruanion. i, Or, hi ſtrength : for the Hebrew Afffix Mo, which commonly is plural,is ſometimes taken ſingularly, of which ſee my Latine Synoa 2/es here, and on 1/a. 53.8: And hu, i. e Of his anointed, as the next Clauſe explains it. Or, the words may be thus rendred, ſtrength #, or belongs to the Lord: Hebs The Lord, frength is his, or to him. It is an Hebrew Pleonaſme. 1 Heb. The frength of the Prefer. vation, or Deliverances, or Viftories, or Szlvations, i« e« He by whoſe ſtrength alone he hath got theſe ViRtories, - &'c. m i:e, Of me whom he hath anointed to be King, whom therefore he will de- fend, he ſpeaks of himſelf in the third Perſon, which is uſual in the Hebrew Tongue.
9 Save thy people, and bleſs. thine inheritapeey jg, "1