(1; 12+ Pſal, $9. 5o. Prov. 21. 14. although indeed' there is in thoſe places another Propoſition ; which'may poſſibly. alter the. Caſe. Or, 2. ( which ſeems the trueſt Senſe) and as for. my Prayer- ( ro wit, which I joyned with my Faſting on their behalf) /:e-i+
return (nothing being more frequent than for Future Verbs to be . put imperatively ) into my ows Boſom, i. e. If any ſhall think or ſay, * that my Faſting for rhem was bur counterfeir or politick. and that - I did not pray for them, bur rather againſt them, as I do in' this
Pſalm, and that unyer all this ſhew I ſecretly wiſhed, their Death or Deſtruction ; my earneft deſire is,that the All-ſeeing and Hearte | ſcarching God would grant unto me, when I come into their cir-
cumſtances, the ſame things which I begged for them, wherher .
phraſe in Scripture, where whatſoever is repay'd to any man,is ſaid” ro be render'd into his Boſom, as Pſal: 79. 12. 1js: 65.6, 7. Jer: 42. 18. Luke 6. 38, as elſewhere it is ſaid, to return upon his Head, _ 14 I | behaved my lelif b F as though be bad been my friend,or brother: 1 bowed down c heavily,as one. that | 7-2 mourneth for bis mother 4. "So ae $2 Oo 10k RS b Heb. I walked, either to him, to viſit and comfort him; Or, $1017, ay about the Streets, whether my Occalions led-me, Thouglr walking is , 3-44; oft put for a Mans Carciage or Converſation. c Went hanging zo ze, down my Head, as Mourners uſed to do, 1/a: 58. 5. 4 He menri-' S ons the Mother rather than the Father; either, becauſe her tender Affection and Care, and Kindneſs to him,had more wone upon his Hearr,and mad: him more ſenfible of the loſs3 Or, becauſe through the depravation of Mans Nature,Children are many times leſs {cn- ſible of their Farhers lots or Death, becauſe it is compenſuted with ſome adv ntage to tiemſelves; which dorh nor utually happen u- pon the Mouthers death. Some render it, 4s 4 wourning Mother, for the loſs ofher Son. Bur this doth nor ſcem to ſuit ſo well with the orderof the Hebrew words: - +: . 15 Bur in mine Þ adverſity e they rejoyced,and gathe- ip red themſelves cogether f : * yes, the abjes g gathered * Job 20;
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themſelves together-againſt me,and I knew zt not b; they x, 8, 12: did ar me 7, and cated nor &. 4Q:3 e cb,
"n XXXV. e Hebs in my halting, i. e- When I. was in great danger of falling *ato miſchief. When I had any Sickneſs, or ill ſucceſs in my At- xirs, and was almoſt loſt ; for ſuch are ſaid to hka!r, Mich. 4, 6, 7. Zephan. 4.19 See alſo Pſal. 38: 17 Jer: 20; 10. f To wit, 4- gainft me, as it is exp» efſed in the next Clauſe 3 either becauſe they were ſo full of joy at the Tydings, that they could not contain it in their own Breaſts, but ſought to communicate it to others : Or, that they mig'rt inſult over me,and pleaſe and recreate themſelves, and one ar other with diſcourſes abour it: Or that they might con- ſult how to improve the advantage which they now had againſt me, to my utter deſiruftion. g Or, wile Pcrſons, either for the
were worthy to be beaten, as the phraſe is, Deut: 25: 2. Where the Hebrew word is of the ſame Root with this» Or, the lame, as this very word is rendred,2 Sam:4:4 and 9*3. to wit, of&heir Feet,as it
ble and pain, were as forward as any to go to theſe meetir.gs u- on this occaſion. hþ This may be added to expieſs either their Loterie and pretences of reipe& and affetion to him, by reaſon whereof he had no ſuipicion of themy nor of any ſuch prattices , of theirs; or his own danger, that he cid nor know,and therefore could not prevent their Plots and Conſpiracies againſt him. Heb. and I knew nat. Which is by others, and well may be rendred thus, Even they whom 1 knew not, they whom I was to far from provo- king by any injury, that I never ſaw their Faces,nor heard of their Names zz. e. My good name with Scoffs and Calumnies, and Reproaches and Curſes. k Heb. were not filent, tr. e, did thus un-
weariedly and continually. 16 With Hypocritical } mockers mz in + feafts» : they
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: 1 Or profane, as this word ſignifies, Job 8. 13. and 13. 16. and 15:34 and 17: 8. and as ſome add, in all other places, m Whoſe common prattice it is to ſcoff ar and deride others, and me in par- ticular. n Or, efor for a Cake: Or, a Maurſcl of Bread, as this word ſignifies, 1 Kings 17.12, 13. and 19-6, By which he further ſhews what vile and worthleſs perſons theſe were, that would tran{greſs for a Morſel of Bread. as itisfaid Prov. 28. 21. They made themſclves Buffoons and Jeſters, and accuſtomed themſelves ro mock and dc- ride David, that thereby they might gain Admittance to the Ac- quaintance and Tables of great men, where they might fill their Bellies 3 which was all that they ſought for, or got by it. o They uſed all Expreffions of Rage and Hatred againſt me, among which this was one, J6 16. 9. Lam; 2.i6. This they did to curry favour with my grear and potent Adverſaries.
17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on 9? reſcue Heb: my my foul from their deitructions, + my darling p from * wely One the lions. £1257-4+ o Like an idle SpeQator,without affording me any Pity or help ? ? To wit, my Soul, as it is in the former Claule. Heb. My only one ; which isnow leftalone and forſaken by my Friends, and hath none to'truſt to but God. See on Pſal; 22; 21.
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re. Mock me or inſult over me, as this phraſe ſignifies, Prov. 6; 13: and 10. 10.
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