be chouenvious e againſt the workers of iniquiry. Prov-23.7- s Give not away to immoderate Grief or Anger, or Impatience. & 24.1. g- b Bzcauſe they Proſper in their wicked Enterprizes, whilſt thou 19. art 1orely afflicted. c Efreeming them happy, and ſecrerly wiſhing that thou wert in their condition. 2 For they ſhal ſoon be cut down like the graſs, and wither as the green Herb 4. RTE Ss 4 For their Happineſs,the matter of thy Envy is tut ſhort lived. 3 Truſt in che LORD e, and do good f, foſha:r thou dwell in the land g» and þ verily thou ſhalt be fed b, _—_ e Depend upon Gods providence and promiſe for thy proreRtion f Heb. is and ſuſrentation for their Infidelity is the root of their wickedneſs, #7482, or | f Continue in the praftice of that which is good and wslt-pleating fab leneſs. to God. g z. e. Upon this condition ſhall dwell fafety and quiecly in Canaan; as God had oft promiſed, In the Hebrew it.is, dwel -n * the Land, asit were a command to abide in Canaan when Trou- bles come, and not to flze to the Phih#:ncs, or other heathens for ſhelter, as he had fooliſhly done- Burt it is rather a promiſe, by comp- this with v. 27. 29. ſuch promites being ofr exprefſed by Imperative Verbs put for Futures, as Gen: 12, 2. and 42. 18. Pſal. 128. 6+ 4%05 5. 4. þ Heb. Theu ſhalt be fed i; e: every way provided tor ) in Truth ts e. true!y or afſuredly ; or with, or by Faith, as chis word ſignifies, #. e: by thy truſting in the Lord 3 thou ſhalt live by thy Faith, as is ſaid, Hobok. $4. £6 4 Delight thy felf in the LORD 5, and he ſhall give
their fel:city therein 5 it ſeems moſt reaſonable to unlerſtand al] thoſe paſſages of David, and the other Prophets of it, which natu- rally, an4 withour any foice may be ſo underſtood : Of which number certainly this Verſe and the following is one. c Before they had Fatneſs, #7; e: Fat Meats; and now, Drink ; to note the compleatnefs of their Feaſt. d Which notes both their plenty,and their conſtancy and perpetuity. e Which thou prepareſt, and which thou enjoyeſt ; whence it is called the jy of the Lord, Mar. 25. 21+ Or this rotes their great eminency 3 for things moſt ex- cellent in thei: kinds are entitled to God, as the goodlieſt Ce- dars, Mountains. &s. are call:d Cedars of God, Mountains of God, &Cc.
9 For with thee fis the fountain g of Life þ: in thy
light ; ſhall we & ſee light /,
f i.e. In thy power to give it, and in thy preſence to be enjoy- ed. g Which notes, 1. Caufality. Ir is in God as a Fountain, and from him is derived to us, 2» Abundance, 3. Excellency. Water is ſweeteſt in the Fountain ; and Fountains were rare and highly prized in thoſe hot Countries. þ Of that glorious and bleſ- ſed, and endleſs Life, which alone is worthy of the Name of Life,
.thee the deſires of thine heart &. eo Sh 7 In his Favour and Service. and in the itudy of his Word and: Promiſes. &k 1. e. Thy juſt deſires, er whatſoever 1s truly deſira-.
ble and good for thee. Which limirarion is neceſſarily to be un« derſtood, both from divers places of Scripture, and from rhe Na- ture of the things ; for it is unreaſonable to imagine that GOD would engage himſelf to grant their ſinful and inordinate deſires, and it would alſo be a Curte to them to have them granted. C 5 | * Commit thy way / unto the LORD : truſt... alſo in him, and he ſhall bring ic to paſs mm. mg © i: e: Allthy care and buſineſs, thy deſi:e and neceffities.Com- thy way te. - mend them to God by fervent Prayer, referring them'to his good p97 #he Will, and expeRting an happy iflue of all from him. mw Heb. H#: LORD. _ foall av, or Wark, to wit, for thze, or what is fit to be done 5 or Pl: 55-22. what thou delireſt in the Senſe given ON v; 4. . Pro. 16.3.
6 And he ſhall bring forch » thy righteouſneſs as the Mar, 6.25.
light 0, and thy judgement Þ as the noon-day. Ke 12.
» To the veiw of the World ; from which-it hath hitherto ſee-
ed to be hid or eclipſed by Reproaches, and by grievous Calami-
this Life being only a paſſage to Death, and a theatr? of greatand manif -1d Calamitics. Although it be true, that God. is the foun*- tain both of Natural and Spiritual Life. # In the light of thy Countenance or glorious prefence, which then ſhall be fully mani-
1 feſted unto us, when we ſhall ſee thee clearly, and Face to Face,
and not through a Glaſs, and darkly, as we now ſee, 1 Cr: 13.12. Comp. Pſa/: 17: 15. k i.e. Enjoy, as ſeeing frequently ſignifies 3 of which ſee on Pſal. 34: 12. 1 The light of Life, as it is called, John 8. 12. Lightin this Branch being the ſame thing with Life in the former, 3. e. Joy and Comfort, and Happineſs, which is oft ſtg- nified by Light, as the cntrary is by Darkneſs, See Jeb 29. 3 Pſal. 27. 1. Iſa 9+ 2. There we ſhall have pure Light without any mixture of Darkneſs. The word Light is elegantly repeated in a- nother fignification ; in the former Clauſe it is Light diſcovering,
fHeh. in this Light diſcovered or enjoyed.
Ar out . 10 O + continue mthy loving kindneſs unto them that
og know thee ; and thy righteouſneſs o ro * the upright
6410 . & 125, , 1n heart. - m As this word fignifies, Pſal: 85. 5. Eccleſ. 2: 3« Jer. 31. 3.
As thou ha(t begun, io continue the manifteſcation and exhibition of ir, both in this Life, and roche next. Or, ex;end, or Draw forth,
ties, Which moſt men are apt to miſtake for Tokens and punith- ; ments of grear Wickedneſs, 0 Ir ſhall bz as viſible to men, as the - |Lighr of the Sun, and that at Noon-dayas it is in th2 next Branch. , So effeCtually will he plead thy Cauſe. p The ſame thing with | Righteouſneſs, as this Word is uted here below, v. 28 and 99: 4. and ofr elſewhere.
' 7 tTReſtin the LORD q, and wait patiently for