[| feed them alſo, and lift them up 0 for ever, | z Iſrael, for wliom I pray ; partly, becauſe thou haſt in ſome fort committed them to my charge ; and partly becauſe Saul! did not take due care of theme o Raiſe them out of their low and afflicted condition, in which they arc, by reaſon of Sauls weakneſs and ne- glett, and by the prevailing power of the Philiſtines, and advance chem to a ſtate of ſafety and honour, and that not for a ſeaſon, but with Conſtancy and Perpetuity, as it follows. FSA i. . AXEX. The ARGUMENT. T- is ſuppoſed that this Pſalm was made upon the occaſion of ſome terrible Tempeſt of Thunderand Rain; which God might poſſibly tend in the time of Battel to afſiſt David, and diſcomfit- his Enemies ; as he had done formerly uponlike Occaſions. It contains an Admonition to the Potentats of the Earth, and eſpecially to thoſe who bordered upon the Land of Iſrael, that they would own and Worſhip the true God ; which he preſſeth from the great Majeſty and Power of 1/r#e!'s God above all other gods, and particularly, from that great and glorious inſtance thereot in Thunder 3 which hath ſtruck the proudeſt Monarchs with the dread of that God, whom at other times they deſpiſed. A Pſalm of David. —— David exhorteth the Mighty of this World to give Glory to God, 1. 2«. who manifeſteth his Power by Thunder, Lightning, and by other Creatures, - 10. Heſneweth Gods Proteftion and Bleſſing of his People, 1%, , _ gn * unto the LORD, O +|| ye {mighty @, give *; Chr.j6. unto the LORD b glory and ſtrength cs»
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temn God, and inſolent!y to aſſume a kind of Deiry to themſelves; Þ Heb. ye and partly, becauſe their Convittion and Converſion was likely to Sons of the have a great and powerful influence upon their people. 6b By an mighty. humble and thankful acknowledgment of it; for other ways wecah || Or, of give nothing to God, c t: e: The glory of þis flrength or power which God.
is the Attribute ſer forth in this Pſalm 3 Or, his glorious ftrength. 2 Give unto the LORD 7 the glory due unto his name d: worſhip the LORD || in the beautie of holi: nels £, t ; : EY OS WES . ie N d i.e: The honour which he deſerves; which is to prefer him be- LO! eohnn fore all other Gods, and to forſake all others, and to own him as hiszlorioxs the Almighty, and the only true God. e Or, of the Santuary,which Sariduarye is commonly called by this name 3 in his Holy and beautiful Houſe,
as it is called, 1/2.64.11. the only place where he will receive. wo:-
ſhip. So he exhorts them, to turn Proſelytes to the Jewiſh Religionz
which was their Duty and Intereſt,
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23, 28, 29. Job 37: 21, 4, 8. Pſal: 18: 14. and 46:6. 2 Either, 7. Upon the Seas 3 where its noi'e ſpreads far and wide, and 1s very terrible» Bur the following Veries ſpeak of the Effects of it,upon the earth only. Or rather, 2. Above in the clouds, which are called Waters, Gen: r: 7+ Pſal. 18: 11. Becauſe they are of a watry Subſtance, And this Circumſtance is conſiderable here, to magnt- fie the Divine Power, which diſplayeth ir ſelf in thoſe high places, which are far above the reach of all Earthly Potentates, and from whence he can eafily and unavoidably ſmite all that dwell upon the Earth, and will not ſubmir to him. -þ ( 7. e. ) Upon the Clouds, in which there are vaſt treaſures of Water, and upon which God is aid to ſit or ride, Pſal: 18: 10, 11. and 104. 3» :
4 The voice of the LORD 7s + powerful : the voice of the LORD zs Þ full of majeſty z.
i Is an evident Proof of Gods Glorious Majeſty.
5 The voice of the LORD breakerh che cedars & :
yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon /7.
k By Thunder-bolts ; which have ofc thrown down Trees and Towers. 1 A place famous for ſtrong and lofty Cedars. See 2 Cr. 2. 8, Cant. 3.9. and 5. 15- ; | 6 He maketh them malſo toskip like a calf ; Lebanon Veut:3'9 and * Syrion » like a young unicorn 0.
» The cedars laſt mentioned; which being broken by theThun- der, the parts of them are ſuddenly and violently hurled about hi- ther and thither, » An high mountain b-yond Jordan joyning to L:hanon : of which ſee Deus. 3+ 9. and 4+ 48. Lebanon and Sirion are here underſtood : Either, 1. Properly; and ſo th:y are faid to skip or leap, both here, and Pſal. 114. 4. by a poerical Hyperbole very uſual, both in Scripture and other Authors ; which is fo known that it is neetlleſs to give any Initances of it. Or, 2. Me- tonymically foc the Trees or People of them, as the Wilderneſs, wv. 8. may ſeem to be taken ; and as #he Earth, by the ſame Figure, 1s frequ-ntly put for the People, which dwell in it. e Heb. Reezp : Of which ſee on Numb, 23. 22. Pſal. 22. 21.
+ Heb. 7 The voice of the LORD + divideth pthe flames of cutteth out. fire:
| i þ Heb. Heweth out ; (3. e-) Ir breaketh out of the Clouds, and thereby makes way for the Lightnings, which are ſuddenly diſper- ſed over the face of the Earth.
3. The voice of the LORD ſhaketh the wilderneſs 9: the LORD ſhaketh the wilderneſs of Kadiſh .
g (i. e.) Either the Trees, or rather the Peaſts of the Wilder- nels, by a Mcronymy as beforey v. 6. Compare this with the next Verſe. r Which he mentions as an eminent Wilderneſs, vaſt and terrible, and well known to the 1/raeliter, Num. 20. 1, 16 nd
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