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in thee, as other men do for theſe Reaſons, v. 7. » Or, ( as the perfix Beth oft ſignifies, as Gen: 11: 4, and elſewhere, and as It iS Explained inthe flowing Clauſe) the Heavens, As It 1s on the Eaith, of which there was no queſtion, ſo it reacheth thenceto the heavens, z: e: it is infinite and incomprehenſible» 0 The truth both of thy Threatnings againſt thine and mine Ene- mies, and of thy promiſes made tu me and other good men. p: e: Is far above cur reach greater and higher than we can apprehend
1 tHeb. the Mounta705 q God.
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[as : 6 Thy righteouſneſs q js like + the great mountains r; thy * judgements / re a great deep et, O LORD, * chou
preſerveſt man and beaſt «. Job11.8- 4 In all thy counſels and ways in the Gorernment of the world. tom, 11.7 Either, 1. Stedfaſt and unmoveable. Or 2. Eminent and con!p1- "n cuous to all men: Or rather, 3. Very high and our of cur reach : ob7-20- For it ſo agrees beft with the toregoing and following expreſſions (Tim. 4-/#: e; Thy executions of thy Couniels,or thy adminiſtrations of the 10, Afffairs of the World, and of thy Church. * z: e; Untcarchable, as the Ocean is in ſome parts: « The worſt of men ; yea, and the Brute-beaſts have Experience of thy Ca:e and Kindneſs, and there- Heb. pre» fore I have no Reaſon to doubt of it. 7 ; _ 7 How Þ excellenc is thy * loving Kindneſs x, O 2.10. God ! cherefore the chi:dren of men puc uheic truſt un-
+ derthe ſhadow of thy wings z. x Or, thy Mercy : For it is the fame word which is uſed and ſo
koned, and the r:ſ{t of them be excellent and glorious, yet above all thy Mercy is moſt excellent or precious and amiable, as being moſt neceflary and beneficial unto us, poor ſinful milerable Men, 9 7: e: Cheerfully commir themſelves to thy Care and Kindneſs, notwithſtanding their own Sinfulneſs, and the Rage : and Power ef their Adveriaries, againſt all which thy Meicy is a ſufficicar
6+ 8 They & * ſhall be + abundantly ſatisfied a withthe
«nd. fatneſs of thy houſe 5: and thou ſhalt make themdrink c
1.529- of the river d of thy pleaſures e. 11.43- 24” + 5, e. Thoſe children of Men who truſt in thee,as he now ſaid. k131:14% 3 Though now they are ſtraitned, opprefſed and perſecuted yet they ſhall not be only prote&ed and ſupported for the preſent,
| bur in due time ſhal have all their wants and defires fully farisfied - Heb. ſball be made drunk, i. e. Shall be as 1t were over-whelmed
with the plenty of it, which they ſhall no more be able to com-
- prehend, than a drunken man is able perfealy to underſtand and judge of things ; and ſhall be free, as drunken men alfoare,from
all Cares and Fears, either of not obtaining it, or of loſing it, 6
With thoſe rich and delightful . proviſions, which thou haſt pre-
pared for them in thy habitation, 7. e. either in the Tabernacle
where they uſed to feaſt upon the remainders of the Sacrifices ; to
which alſo he ſeems here to allude, Or rather, 2. In Heaven ;
which is called Gods Houſe, both in Scripture, as John 14 2. and
in divers Antient Heathen Authors. hor the Expreſſions here
uſed are too magnificent to be beſtowed upon thoſe Feaſts, or in-
deed upon any of the enjoyments of this Life, and do iil become
him, who profeſſedly diſowns the having of his Portion tn this Life,
and declares his expcQation of Happineſs in the next Life, P/al.: 7.
14, 15. And ſeing it is apparent trom Hzb- 11» and from many
other Scriptures both of the Old and New Teſtament, thit both
David and Job, and Abrahams, and the reſt of the Holy Patriarchs
and Prophets,had a firm belief and hope of the future Life, and
1s unto
rendred, wv: 5. The ſenſeis, though all th'ne Attributes now rec-
ſecurity. | | *. not thy ſelf # becauſe of evil doers b; neicher + _ 22.3
oft elſewhere o Which will appear in giving them that prore&i- on and afſiſrance, which thou art by thy Nature inclined, and by thy promile engaged to give them. , { 11 Let not the foor of pride p come againſt me 9, and let nor the hand of the wicked remove me r.
p 7: e: Of my proud and infolent Enemies : the Abſcratt being ' Pur for the Concrete, as Jer. 50. 34, 32. So alſo Prov, 12. 27. and 13.6, q Or, uy me, to wit, fo as to overthrow, or remove me, as 1t1s in the next Clauſe. r Eitner. «. From my truſt in thee, or obedience to thee. Or. 2* From my place and iration,from the Land of my Nativity, and the place of thy Worſhip. Or, ſbake me, Or caft me down, 1. e. Subdue and deſtroy me.
12 There / are the workers of iniquity fallen ?: they are caſt down and are not able to rifc. | J Where they come againſt me, and hope to ruine me.He ſeems as 1t were to point at the place with his Finger, as if it were alrea= dy done, and he could tell 11 the circumſtances of it. Or, then, z e. when they thought all ſure, and me irrecoverably loſt. 7 7. e They ſhall certainly and ſuddenly fall; which the Prophzrs ule co exprels 1n the time paſt.
Þ S A L. XXXVIL
The ARGUME NT,
He deſign of this Pſalm is to defend the Providerice of God, and to ſatisfie the minds of men, in that great queſtion, co..cerning this ſeeming inequality of Gods diſpenſations, in affli&t- ing good Men, and giving proſperity to t1e worſt of men,and to intrruct Gods people how to demean themſelves in their preſent
condition, and what ſupports and comforts they have in ir. | . A P{alw of David. | The Pſalmi& perſwadeth to Patience and Confidence in God, x mn—n—=—— $_ Arid ſheweth the dtfferent flate of the godly and wicked in all thar dealings,
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