f i. e. To thy care and cuſtody. g 7. e. My ſoul or Life, called a Man's Spirit, as Eccleſ. 3. 21: and 12. 7. &c. Either, 1. Tore- ceive it : for my caſe isalmoſt deſperat, and I am ready to give up the Ghoſt. Or, 2.To preſerve it from the plots and Malice of mine Enemies. + Thou haſt delivered me formerly in great Dangers, and therefore I willingly and Cheerfully commit my 1cIf to thee, for the Future. 5 Who haſt ſhewed thy ſelf ro be foto me, in making good thy promiles- FE
6 I have hated them & * that regard lying vanities
m : but I truſt in the LORD.
k their very Perfons, not ſimply, but for their wickedneſs. Compare Pſa. 139. 21. 22. I Heb. that obſerve, to wit, with Rce- ſpect ro them, dependence upon them, or expectation of any good from theme m Or, moſt vain wanit:es : ſuch as are foolith and deceitful, and fruitleſs. By which he underſtands, Either, - 1. All Human or Carnal helps, any Arm of Fleſh 3 for he that truſterh therein is pronounced Curſed, Fer. 17. 5- and therefore 15 hateful], Or, 2. Idols, which are oft called Yanities, as Deut, 32. 21. Jer. 2.5. and 8» 19. &c, Or 3+ Curious Arts, and all ſorts of Divinati- ons by Stars, or the Motions, or Inwards of living Creatures, or by the dead : which practices were common and prevalent amorg thoſe Faſtern people, and by their example, were too rife among the 1ſraelites alſo, 1ja. 2. 6. of whom he here ſpeaks; for the Gen- tiles that obſerved theſe Vanities, he ratber piticd than harcd ; bur the I/r2elites thar did 10 were Apoitates from God,and profefled E- nemies to him and his Laws, and therefore were the proper Ob- jects of juſt hatred. :
7 I witli be glad, ar.d rejoice in thy Mercy: for thou haſt conſidered my troubles ; thou -haft known » my foul in adverliities, |
1 ie. Loved me, and cared for me; for words of knowledge
*Luk.23. 46,
"Job. 2.8.
p1 W4or, commonly imply Affection. EE | 5-19. 8 And hatt not ſhut me up into the hand of the ene-
my 0: * thou haſt fer my foot in a large room p. Þ
nor delivered me. See 1 Sam 23.7" p Made way tor me to eſcape, when-I was eacompaſled vy them, and iet me ar Jiberry
9 Have mercy upoa me, O LORD,
means ſuch as were ! x With great Arrogancy, and confidence of ſucceſs, and contempt
o Whereot I was in great and imminent Danger, if thou hadſc Porene and Fugitives, and ſuch whom they can b!ow away with a
: withſtanding all their falſe Accuſations : . and therefore for thy for I am in E9v< to Rightecuinels fave us, and filence our unjuſt Enemies.
'F L M$ Plal. XX trouble : mine eye is conſumed with grief q, yea, my ſoul r, and my belly 5. | q4 With continual weeping. See. on Pja! 6 8. r My ſorrows are not counterfeit or ſle:ighr, bur inwaid and hearty ; my Mind is oppreſſed, my heart is ready to fink under my Burden. s z. e. My Bowels contained in my Belly ; : which are the ſear of the Affecri- ons. and fountains of ſtipport and Nourifhment to the whole Body Thus the whole Min both Soul and Buly inſide and outlive, are conſumed y : [-- x | Io For my life t is ſpent with grief, ard my years with ſighing : my ſtrength faiiech becauſe of mine ini- quity «, and my bones x are conſumed y.
# i, The time of my Life, as the next Clauſe explains it. « Either through my deep and juft Senſe of my Sins ; which have provoked(od to alflict me in this manner? Or,fer the puniſhment of mine 1n1quity, as this word 1s frequently uſed. x in which my chief ſtrength lyes.': y The Juice and! Marrow of them, being al-
Ii 1 was a reproach z among all mine enemies, but * eſpecially among my neighbours a, anda fear b tomine acquaintance: they that did ſee me wichout,fled-from me ec, Z z. e. The matter of their Reproaches and Scorns.' This, ſaid they, is Dawid, anointed to be King of Iſrael, a goodly Monarch indeed, forfaken by God and Men, and in a periſhing and deſperat Condition ; He pretends great Piety to God, and Loyalty to Saul, but in truth he is a great Impoſour, and a Traitor, #nd Rebel to his King. 4 Which aggravares their ſin, and his Miſery, partly becauſe they were obliged by the Laws of Neighbourhood, to per- form all friendly Offices to him; and partly becauſe they were daily Witnefles of his integrity, and therefore linned againſt their own Knowledge. 6 Or, &@ Terror« - They were: afraid ro give me any Countenance 0r afſiitance, or to be ſeen in my company ; be» ng warned by Abimelech's puniſhment for it, 1 Same 22. c Either, loathing me as a Monſter of Men, and an unlucky ſpeQacle, and iach a Villain as mine Enemies repreſented me, and they believed me to be; Orto prevent their own danger andRuine, which might - | be occalioned by it« E 12 Iam forgotten d as a dead man e out of mind: I jp; |
am like a f broken Veſlelf. . . Veſſel th 4 Wharſoever good Service have done to the King or King- periſheth. dom, or to any particular perſons, Neighbours, Friends, or o-- | others, which ſometimes they have acknowledged and high'y com- | mended, is now quite forgotten by all of them ; or, at lair, rhey- | carry themſelves to mes as if it were ſo. e Whoſe name and Me. . mory is quite loſt, within a few days. See Pſal, 88. 12. Fcelsſ. 9.5. ' f Made of Earth; which is irreparable, and uſeleſs, and th:refore | deſpiſcd by all. _—_ 13 Forl haye heard g the ſlander of many 5h: * fear ; Jer. | was On every ſide, while they took counſel together a= Lam. ;}
me, they deviſed ro take away & my lite.: IJ.
& Partly with my own Ears; and partly by the Information of others. þ Who reproach and defame me, as a turbulent and ſediti= ous perſon, an Enemy to the publick Peace, a Confpirator againſt/ the King's Life or Dignity, # 5. e. Juſt cauſe of Fear, even of the- Toſs of my Life, as appears from the next Clauſe. & To wit, un-- juitly and violently ; as this Word is uſed, Gen 34. 2. and 24. 17.
: 4 Bur I cculted in thee, O LORD: 1 ſaid, thou art my God /. |
{ Mine by paternal Relation and Care, and AffcRion, and by thy Promiſe or Covenant made with rite |
15 My times m2 are in thy hand »: deliver me from the