hand of mineenemies, and from them chat perſecute me. -m Either, 1. The time of my Life, how long I thall live. Or, 2. My Opportynities, or fit ſeaſons, for working our my Deliverance, Or rather, 3. All the Affairs and Events ofmy Life : For tims is oft - pur for things done, or Accidents happening in time, as 1 Chron, 29. JO. Job 11. 17. Pal. 37 18. Eccleſ. 9g. 11. Dan. 2. 21+ Atts 17. : 26. 11.e; Are wholly in thy Power, to diſpoſe and order as thou: 4 ſecſt fir, and not ar all in mine Enemies Power, who can do no-+ | _ - + thing againſt me, unleſs it be given them from above. *Pſal 4.6 15 * Make thy tace to ſhine upon thy Servant 0: ſave
me for thy mercies ſake. o Manifeſt thy Love and favour to me, by anſwering my Pray- ers, and ſaving me from all mine Enemies. > | 17 *Lert me nor be aſhamed, O LORD, for I have F * I called upon thee p: letthe wicked be aſhamed q, and ||,, _
let * them be ſilent in the f grave yr. | Or, lt Þ And therefore, thy Honour will be eclipſed in my diſappoint- them be ment, as if thou didſt not hear Prayers, nor keep Promile, nor of for make any difference between good and bad Men. 9 fruſtrated in Grave. - their wicked Deſigns, and Carnal confidences. r Seing - they aze fHeb,hel, implacable in their Malice and Rage againſt innocent and good Men, do thou cut them off by thy juſt judgment ; and* fince ei- ther the Righteous, or the wicked muit be cut off, ler Deſtru&i- © : on fall upon them, who moſt deſerve it- *Pla 53
18 * Ler the lying lips s be put to ſilence tr, which t Heb. s ſpeak + grievous things «, proudly and contemptuouſly © #45 x againſt the righteous y.
5 Slanderous Tongues. # Either. by thy Vindication and diſco very of my Integrity : Or, by ſome Eminent Judgment, which may either Convince them, or cut them off. -« Hcb. hard Waras, or Things, the fingular number being pur for the plural. Of rhis Ex= prefſion, See 1 Sam. 2. 3. Pſa. 60, 3. and 94+ 4. Jude wv. 15. He grievous, and hard to be born, as bitter Ca« lumnies, Cruel Mockings, Terrible Threatnings, and the 1 ke,
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644+ 19 * O how great is thy goodneſs z, which thou haſt 2-9. 11id up « forthem thar fear thee; which thou haſt wrought b for them that truſt in thee, before the ſons of men c.
z No words can expreſs the greatneſs of thy Love and Bleflings: a Or, hiddex, to wit, with thy 1eif, or in thy own Breaſt. The word is very Emphatica!, and removes an Obje&ion of ungoely Men, taken from the preſent calamities of Good Men. His Favour, it is true, is not always manifeſted,to or for them, but it is Jaid up for them in his Treature, whence it ſhall be drawn forth when they needy it, and he fees ir fir. b Or, hoſt prepared, as Exod. 15. 17. Or, w:Iſ work, the paſt time being put for the Furure, to note the certainty of it, as is common in the prophetical Vtritings. © 3. e. Publickly, and in the viev of the World, their very Ene- mies ſeeing and admiring, and envying it, but not being able to hinder it» &,Por- 20 Thou ſhalt hide them in theſecret of thy preſence F &dfcom the || pride of man e: thou * ſhalt keep them ſe- Nor Cretly in a pavilion e from the ſtrife of congues f. 27.56 d Or, as in the ſecret of thy Preſence : Either, 1. As if they were in thy preſence Chamber,where thin? own Eye and Hand guardeth them, trom all theaſſaults of their Enemies ; called his ſecret, part- ly, becauſe the greateſt part of the World are Strangers to God and his Preſence: And partly, becauſe it 1s a fafe and jecure place, ſuch as ſecret and unknown places are. Or, 2+. As if they were :n the ſecret of God's Tabernacle, as it is called, Pſal. 27. 5. the place of God's ſpecial preſence, where none might enter fave the High- prieſt. Or, 3. withthy ſecret Favour and Providence, which works mightily, yet ſecretly for them, and faves them by hidden and an Methods. This is oppoſed to thoſe Caves, or other ob- ſcure and unſafe places, where David was forced to hide hin:{elf. e From their vain-glorious Boaſts and Threats,and from their bold and inſolent Attempts. e Or, as in thy Pavilon, Or Tabernacle ; and ſo this Clauſe explains the former, and ghe pronoun thy, 1s here ea- fily, and aptly underſtood out of the foregoing Branch. 7 #, e- from the mitchief of contentious and flanderous Fongues.
21 Bleſſed be the LORD ; for * he hath thewed me ©17-7- his marvellous kindneſs in a || ſtrong city g. dr, fence g to wit, in Keilah ; wheie God woncerfully preſerved me : J- of which ſee 1 Sam. 23. 7. Others, as in # ffrong City, He hath kept me as ſafe in Woods and Caves as if I had been in a fenced
Ciry. ; = 16. Is For I ſ2id * in my haſte h, T * am cut off from be- . JODam.
"9% fore thine eyes: nevertheleſs thou heardeft the voice ings 7. of my ſuppiicarions & when I cryed unto thee. e. Gr. in . h i. e. Ta my haſty flight from Saul, when he and his Men had y 4maze- a\moſt encompaſſed me, + Sam. 23. 26. which happened preſent!y afrer his Deliverance, in and from the ſcrong City of Kei/ah, *Or, Ifa. 38. in myfear or Trembling, when my paſſton too away my confide- x,12. La. ration, and weakened my Faith. 5 z. e- Caft our of thy fight, and 54 out of the care of thy gracious providence; my Caſe 1s deſperat» ohn 2.14. Or. cut off whilit thou lookeſt on, and doit not pity nor help me-+ | D My Fears were quickly confured by thy gracious Anſwer ro my [ayers | 23 Olove the LORD. all ye his Saints : for the LOXD preſerveth the faithful 7, and * plentifully : re- 94.2, Wardeth the proud doer ». I Or, keepeth Faithfulnejs or Faithfuln:ſ*s, i. e. Is fairhful in fulfil-
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