Piety + Which is evidenced by his Words, v. 30: by his Heart, in the former partof this Verſe, and by his Afftions in theſe Words, #'s ſteps or goings ( 4, e. his ations ) ſhall not; ( or rather, do not : For this Verb though Future, may and ſhould berendred by the preſent, as Futures frequently are in the Hebrew Language, and as the two foregoing Future Verbs are rendred, v 3o. ) ſit4? or ſip, or ſwerve, to wit, from the Rule, or from God's Law.. Which 1s to be onder» ſtood as that Patſage, Pſal: 119. 3. They do no iniquity 3 and ſome ſuch Expreffions, not ſimply and abſolutely. as if all good men were finleſs 3 which 'is aboundantly Confuted, both 'by many Scriptures and by unjrerfal Experience ; but Comparatively, and in ReſpeR of his Deſign and Courſe, or Cuſtome* K1s Converſation 15 ordinarilyRegular and unbleamable. He not only begins well, but Conſtantly perſeversin God's ways, and will not be drawn to toriake God and Religion upon any Terms.
22 The wicked watchethrthe rightous, and ſecketh toſlay him.
7 To find out a fit ſeaſon or occaſion to defiroy him;
23 The LOR D will not leave him in hishand s
nor condemn him t when he is judged. s (%.e. ) Not give him up to his Power and Rage. # ( 1.,e. ) Not give his Gonſent to the Sentence of Condemnation, which the wicked have pronounced againſt him, but will juſtifie him, and Vin- dicate his innocency and deliver him : For ſuch Negatives do oft imply the contrary Affirmatives ; as God's net ho/ding a man Guiltleſr, _ commonly implies that he will ſeverely puniſh him. 91,32 F
; wicked are cut off, thou ſhalt ſee zz y.
« Secking and truſting to him, and to him onely, for Help and De- liverance. x Continue in the Prattiſe of thy Duty, or in thoſe ways, whieh God hath preſcribed to thee io his Word, and do? not uſe ins dire&Qed and irregular means to deliver thy ſeif. y Thou ſhalt not onely eſcape the Deſtruſtion which they Defign tor thee, but ſhalt » . Live to ſce their Ruine,
']05.3. 25 * Thave ſeen the wicked in great power &, and
. . . j Nh Tree ſpreading himſelf « like a || green bay-treeb ; tet grow- X Or Formidable: Not only himſelf ou: of Danger, as it ſeemed, thin big but terrible to others. « And therefore firmly aud deeply rooted. on il; þ Which is continually green and flouritag, yea even 1n the Win-
ter-ſeaſon, Or, like a green Tree in its own Native ſoil , where Trees flouriſh much better than when they are tranſplauted into another Sol:
36 Yet he paſſed away c, and lo, he 2was not : yea, I ſought him, but he could not be found &.
c He was gone in aninſtant, like a Tree blaited and blown down, or cut off and rooted out, and carried away in a moment, d There was po monument norRemainder of him left,
37 Mark the perfe& man, and behold the upright,
for the end of :hat man 7#s peace e.
e Though he may meet with Troubles in his way, yet all fhall end well with him ; he ſhall be happy at laſt.
38 But the tranſgreſſours ſhall be deftroyed togetherf,
the end of the wicked fhall be cut off g.
f Or, alike, one as well as another, all without any excepiion or reſp:& of Perſons, gi. e, )He ſhall be cut off a: laſt, or in the end. His Proſperity ſhall end in DeftruGion: Or,ehe Poſterity( as this word Gegnifies, Pſal; 1097 13: Jer. 31; 17, Exeks 23: 25: Dan: 11. 4i) of the wcihed, & -. |
29 But the ſalvation ofthe righteous is ofthe LORD 5; he is their ſtrength in the time of trouble.
40> And the LORD ſhall help them and deliver them he ſhall deliver them from the wicked, and fave them
becauſe they truſt in him» h And tlierefore it ſhall certainly come to them,
PSAL. XXXVIIL The ARGUMENT.
His is reckoned one of Davids Penitential Pſalms, Tt was Comes poſed upon occaſion of ſome ſore Diſcaſe, or grievous Cala- mityz which he rightly judged to be inflit:d upon him for his
Sins; 1oal.7o, A P/almef David to bring * to remembrance #.
. # Either, r. To God, that by this humble and mourntull Prayer, he might prevail with God, torememb:r and pity him 3 for now he ſeemed quite to have forgotten him.Or 2:5jTo himſcl', that by re- viewing this Pſalm afterwa:ds,e might call to mind. his former danger and miſery, and Gods wonderfull mercy im delivering him from them ; which we are very apt to forget. And that others alfo mizht remember and confider what God had done to him, firſt in chaſtenins, and then in reftoring him, and might make uſe of his Example for their benefit
David being viſeted with fichneſs, rehearſed his woſall conaifion,. 1----3,
by reaſon of his Sins, 4 --8. Prayeth for forgiveneſs, help "and favour,
' 9. Locke layes befere God the unfaithfulneſs of his Friends, 11 --- 18:and the cruelty of his Enemies, i g--22. =
LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither
chaſten me in thy hot diſpleaſure 5. 6 Iconfeſs, | both deſerve Chaſtiſement and need it, and there- fore I defire not that thou wouldeſt remove it, but only moderate it. * fob 6.4, Sce the ſame expreſſion, #ſal. 6. 1. 2 For* thine arrows « ſtick faſt in me, andthy hand
refleth me ſore 4. © c (4, e. ) Thy Judgments inflited upon my outward and inward Man, oft compared to Arrows, as Deut. 32. 23. Pſal: 7. 13. and 45: 5. and 91: 5: & Or, comes down. upon me, as when a ſtrong!May lifts vp his Hand and Weapon, that it may fall down with greater v1- * Pſa;6:2, Olence, and make the deeper ound.
T Heb, 3 There is nO ſoundneſs in my fleſh becauſe of thine ors of anger : * neither is there any Þ reſt 1n my bones e becauſe ealth, Dt
_ of my inf.
PSALMS
34 Wait on the LORD #«, and keep his * way x, and. he ſhalt exhalt thee to inherit the land ; * when the
| Pal. XXXvithþ e My diſeaſe or grief, hath ſeized upon all the parts of my Body, |
my very Cones not excepted, ſo that my bed can give me # Which hath provocked thee to deal thus ſeverely with me. ny
4 For mine iniquities g * are gone over my head bh : $5.....z1ll as an heavy burden they are* too heavy for me —__ E Or, the puniſhment of mine iniquities, as this word is frequent! || _ : Which beſt agrees both with the foregoing and following Ver. £5, and with the Metaphor here uſed; which in other places of Scriptureis generally applyed to AfffiRions, and not to Sins: þ Like deep Waters wherew:th 'f am overwhelmed and almoſt drowned Fſal. 42. 9. and 6g: 2: anfl I24: 4, 5. ; 5 My wounds ſtink, end are corrupt 5: becauſe of my fooliſhneſs k.
? ihe Bruiſes and Sores cauſed by my Diſcaſe, are not only pai - , ainful _ NE to = _ _ to others: þ /7,& ) Sin, which aealty