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* give thanks || at the remembrance of his holineſs ; t Hb.
; Or, at the mention, &c. When you call to mind,or when others *Þcrc1v Celebrate, as I do this day, the Holineſs of God's Nature ; which * 799% he Demonſtrates by his Works, by his Faithfulneſs,Care,and kind- ”” bs ane
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favour 3s life /z weeping may endure # for a night,but JG. ,, + joy cometh in the morning m. 17. THebi k Commonly the Affffliftions which he ſends upon his People are in the E- ſhort ; and latt but for a few moments of their Lives. 1 Or, Life wenn. C 7,2. )) Our whole life, is In his Favour, (i- e.) He heapeth his Fa- | Heb. vours upon them, for the greateſt part of their preſent Lives, and ſing. in the next Life which endures for ever 3 of which the Chaldee Para phraſt expounds this place» And indeed without the Conſidarati- on of eternal Lifezthe difference between the duration of the AfffMic- tions, and of the Happineſs of God's people, were neither ſo Evi- dent nor Conſiderable, as David here makes it. Life is oft put for a long and Happy time, as Pſal; 34. 12: and 133. 3. Prov. 3. 2. and for an Eternal and immortal Duration, 2 Tim. r, 10. Jam. 1. 12. And in Civil Affairs, Eſtates for Life are oppoſed to thoſe that are but for a ſhort time« »» (#4 e,) It comes ſpeedily and in due ſeq- ton. o . o F 2 6 And * in my prolperity I faid, I ſhall never be mo- up hy ved ». : 7 I thought my ſelf paſt all Danger of further Changes, forget- ting my own Fraiity, and the uncertainty of all Worldly things. 7 LORD, by thy favour thou haſt + made my # Heb, * * mountain to ſtand ſtrong 0; thou * didſt hide thy #4 £ , ſtrength fi face p, and I was troubled 9. ay Mons 8 1 cried to thee, O LORD ; and unto the LORD
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0 Thou haſt ſo rmly ſettled me in my Kingdom : which he calls 4» 5 E his mountain, Partly becauſe Kingdoms are uſually called Moun- 491%: tains in Prophetical writings, as Pl: 46. 3, 4. Iſa. 2. 2, Jer. 51:25; $7,5 Dan: 2: 34» 35» 44, 45- and partly with reſpe& to Mount $107; *Plal-1% where he built his Royal PalaceztheDedication whereof is mention- 29- edin the Title of the Pſalm: p (ie ) Withdraw thy Favour and Help. q I was quickly brought into ſuch Diſtreſſes of Body, and Dry of Mind, thatI faw the vanity of all my Carnal Conit-
ences. 9 What profit zs there r in my blood /, when 80 +155; down to the pitt ? * ſhall the duſt praiſe thee ? ſhal it g 88.15 declare thy truth ? & 11567
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Lord, be thou my helper. r To wit, unto thee, as the latter part of the Verſe explains 1t. What wilt thou gain by ic? { ( 7.e. ) In my violent Death,as 6/0 iS
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is frequent!y uſed, as Gem; 37. 26- Numbe 35+ 33. Toſ. 20. 3, I Sam. 25. 26, 33. Mat. 27- 6, 5 When I die. See above onwv. 3. ſhall they that are dead,or gone down into the duſt, Celebrate thy Faith- fulneſs and goodneſs in the land of the living ? Or, ſhall my Duſt of dead Corps praiſe thee? No Lord, ſhould thou cut me offin the beginning of my reign, thy Name would loſe the Praiſes, which many will return to thee for my lite, and be expoſed to Reproaches, as if thou hadit not kept thy word with me : and I ſhould loſe choſe opportunities of prailing thy Name, and ſerving my Gene- rations, which I prize above my Lite. EE
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u Having related his Prayer, he now declares the gracious An- ſwer which God gave him» z. e. Given me occaſion to put off that Sackcloth, which they uſed to wear in times of Mourning. See Efth. 4. 1. Pſal. 35. 13. 1a. 32+ £1. Joel 1.13. y Either with Garments of Gladneſs, or Rejoicing : Or, with joy, as with a Garment ſurrounding me on every tide; as he is for the like Rea-
That is ſon, faid to be grrded with ſtrength, 'Pſal, 18- 32. : Hein 12 To the end that || my glory 2 may ling praiſe tothee, dr, my and not be ſilent; O LORD my God, I will givethanks
Sl, unto thee for ever. z My Soul: Or, rather my Tongue to which both ſiging and ſilence moſt properly belong, See on Pſa. 7. 5. and 16. 9.
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His Pſalm was compoſed either, when David was in great Diſtreſs 3 Or afterwards in remembrance thereof, and of
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God's ſingular Goodneſs in delivering him our of it, whence it is mixed of Prayer and Praiſes, of Hopes and Fears. Bur whar thoſe particular troubles were, which David here ſpeaks, is only matter of conjeEure, and therefore I ſhall rather omit, than confidently determine | | To the chief mufician, A Pſalm of David. David prayeth for preſervation, according to his Confidence which he put teth in God, 1 ---- 6. that he might rejoice .n is Mercy, 7, 8 He declareth what he ſuffered from his Enemies and Friends, g- =1,. But Magnifieth the care and Tenaerneſs of God, 14+--18. and praiſeth him for his goodneſs to h:mſelf, and to the Faithful, 19 WOFY N thee, * O LORD, do 1 put my cruſt, let me ne- ver be aſhamed a: *deliver me in thy Righteouſ- neſs 6,
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for me :. for thouart my ſtrengrh.
d For the Glory of thy Name, z- e. Of thy Power and Truth, and Mercy to thy miſerable Servant e Two words expreſling the ſame thing with more Emphaſis: Dire& me clearly, and continu- ally in a right and ſafe Path: For without thy conduct, I can nei- ther diſcern the right way, or continue 1n 1t. 2
5 * Into thine hand fl commir my ſpirit g : thou | haſt redeemed me b6, O LORD God of cruth z.