[Though the Terrour which it cauſeth, which haſtens the Birth in.-theſe and other places : Sce 1 $219. 4.19. He nameth the Hinds, becauſe they bring torth their young with ditficulty, Job 3g. 1, 2. t Heb. maketh bare, either of its Trees, which it Either breaks or ſtrips off their Leaves : Or, of the Beaſts, which it forceth to run into their Dens. « Or, but. Having ſhewed the terrible effe&s of Gods power in other places, he now thews the blelled priviledge of Gods people, that are praiſing and glorifying God, and receiv- ing the comfortable influences of his Grace in his Temple, when the reſt of the World are trembling under the tokens of his Difplea- ſure. By which he ſecretly invites and perſwades the Gent:!es, for their own ſafety and comfort, to own tae true God, and ro Wor- ſhip him in his SanQuary, as he did exhort them, wv. 2. Or, there- fore, (7. e.) Becauſe of theſe and ſuch like diſcoveries of Gods ex- cellent Majeſty and Power, his people fear and praiſe, and adore ; him in his Temple.
*p(4.10, © 39 The LORD ſitteth upon the flood x : yea, * the x6. LORD fitreth king for ever. **x He moderateth and ruleth (which is oft fignified by Fr:ing,this being the poſture of a judge,or Ruler : of whuch ſee P/al.9.7,8,9.8& 47.9. Jeel 3.12.) the moſt abundant and violent Inundations of Wa- ters, which ſometimes fall from the Clouds upon the Earth ; where they would .do much miſchicf if God did nor prevent it» And thele are here firly mentioned, as being many times the Compani- ons of great Thunders. And this may be alledged as another Reaſon, why Gods peop'e did praiſe and Worſhip him in his - Temple, becauſe as he ſendeth terrible Tempeſts and Thunders, and Flouds, ſo he alſo reſtrains and over-rules them. But moſt Interpreters refer this to Noahs Flood, to whom the word here uſed is elſewhere appropriated And ſo the words may be ren- dred,7The Lord, did ſit upon, or at the Flood, in Noahs time when it is ; Probable thoſe vehement Rains were accompanied with terrible Thunders. And ſo having ſpoken of the manifeſtation of Gods power, in Storms and Tempeſts in general, he takes 2n occaſion to run back to that ancient ard moit dreadfull Example of thar kind, in which the Divine Power was moſt eminently ſeen» And having mentioned that inſtance, he adds, that as God ſhewed him- ſelf to be the King and the Judge of the World at that rime,ſfo he doth ſtill f#, and will fit as King for ever, ſending ſuch Tempeſts when it pleaſeth him. And therefore his people have great reaſon to worſhip and ſerve him, 11 The LORD will give ſtrength y unto the people; the LORD will bleſs his pzople with peace z.
» To ſupport and preſerve them in the moſt dreadful Tempeſts, and conſequently in all other dangers,and againſt all their enemies. z Though now he ſees fir to exerciſe them xtith ſome troubles,
Þ PF 3 & þ.. XXX, A Pſalm a»«ſong 4, at the dedication of the houſe of
David 6.
# Or, « Pſalm or ſong ; (7. e.) Either, r. A Pſalmto be ſung with the Voice to an In{trumear.Or, 2. A Pſalm ef joy and praiſe : for ſo this is. And this Hebrew word, $chir,may be here taken not ſimply for a Smog, birt for # joyfull Song, as itis, Gen. 3 1: 27.
|| Or, to be 3n part. | Orgevery whit of it wtercth, &Cs
wherein poſſibly they had ſeen, and obſerved ſome ſuch cftets of
L M S.
Exod 15+ 1: Plal: $5: 2. and 42: 8: Pro, 25. 206.1/a. 40. 29. Amos
8, 3: 10: 6 Either,r, Art the dedicaticn of the Temple, called
he touſe,or that Houſe,cminently and emphatically. So the Chal.
d:e Paraphraſt and the Hebrew Dottors underſtand it. And then
the Jaſt words, of David, are to be joyned with the firſt,s Pſaln
a1 Song.But this ſeems not probable ; becauſe the Temvle was not built by David, nor in his days, although he michr preſcribe
2 P/alm to be uſed afterwards pon that occaſion. Or, 2.At the
Dedication of Davids Houſe, which was built, 2 Sam.$;11. and doubtleſs was dedicated, as God had commanded : See Dent: 20 5+ Nehem. 12+ 279% Or, 3» Art the ſecond Dedication of David; Houſe, after it had been polluted by 44ſalom and his Concubines, But there is no Law of God forany Re Dedication of Houſes in ſuch Caſes ; nor any Evidence that David did ſo. Ani indeed ir ſeems ſtrange, if this P/alm was made upon this occaſion : or upon any of theſe Dedications here mentioned,that there thould not be one Line in it ſuitable to that occalion- Others there. fore make theſe words, the Dedication of the Houſe, not to note the Matter of this Pſalm or Song ; but either, 1. The name of the Tune to which this Song was ſung, which. was the ſame thar David ujed at the Dedication of his Houſe ; ani fo this gives us a Reajon, why the word Sorg is added to that of Pſalm, and why this Pſalm was called, rhe Song of the Dedication, Or, 2. The time when it was ſung 3 which was at the Dedication of Dayigs Houſe. For ſuch Dedications were performed in a very ſolemn manncr, with divers Rites and Prayers, and Praiſes to God, ag the Nature of that Buſineſs required! And it ſeems probable from the Matter of this Pſalm, Compared with the Title, thar
David had about this time been delivered from ſome eminent
diſtreſſes, and particularly from ſome dangerous ſickneſs; For
which he here gives thanks to God, taking advantage of this publick and ſolemn occaſion.
The Pſalmiit praiſeth God for deliverance out of great danger, 1 J. and exhurteth others to do the ſame, 4, 5, He acknowlengeth to God, that his prayer was heard, and himſclf girded with gladniſs, 6—= 11. He will give thanks to G2d for ever |
will extoll thee, O LORD, for thou haſt lifted me up c,and haſt not made my foes to rejoice over me d.
c Or, drawnup, to wit, out of the deep Pit,or Waters ; to which great Dangers Aftlicions arefrequently Compared. d Which they both defired, and Conhdently expeC&ted an occaſion to do,
2 O LORD my God, I cryed unto thee, and thou
haſt healed me e,
e( i.e.) Delivered me from the Fears and Troubles of my mind which are oft compared to diſeaſes, and from very dangerous Di- ſrempers of my Body: %
3 O LORD, * thou haſt brought up my ſoul from *Pfat. 11.
+ the grave f: thou haft kept me alive g, that I ſhould **:*#.
not go down to the pit h. ay _= f My deliverance is a kind ef ReſurreQion from the Grave upon Gr. ;
the very brink whereof I was. g This he adds to explain the for- * Pſyj gr"
mer Phraſe, which was Ambiguous: h( 7: e-) into the Grave j,, Mi
which is otr called, the Pit, as Pjal: 28: 1+ and 69: 153 and 88: 4; | Or, to