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LT P $ A gt for him, and therefore ſuffer him fo fall Into it, he will raiſe him out of it, e ( 7. e, ) To deftruRtion, which they earneſtly de- fire and endeavour to procure.
2 The LORD will ſtrengthen him upon the bed of languiſhing:thou wilt + make all his bed f in his ſickneſs Either. 4. Cha:ge or overturn his bed of ſickneſs; which ts
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and Comfort, which ſick men receive by thehelp of thoſe who turn and ſtir their whole Bed, to make it ſoft and eafie for them, For the words foregoing and following theſe, ſuppoſe him to be and continue in a ſtate of ſickneſs, Thus the Lord elſewhere compares himſelf to a Servant.wai'ing upon his people at ſable, Luke 12: 37: as here, to one that makes their Bed; Metaphors implying ſtrange condeſcen,
fio0, = I faid, LORD, be mercifull unto me ; heal my
ſoul e, for I have ſinned againſt thee 6, _
2(i-e: ) Either, 1+ My ſelf, to wit, my Bidy; So it is a double Synecdoche. And the Swl i+ fo taken, Pſal.-16: 10: Or 2, My Soul properly fo called ; which is ſaid to be healed, when it 1 pardo- ned and purged, a+ 2 Chron: 30,20. Iſa. 53: 5. compared with 1 Pet: 2, 24: Mat. 3 15. comp: with Mark 4: 12, James 5. 16, So he ſirikes at the root of his miſ.ry, and prays for the removeal of the ſin of his Soul. as the Cauſ. of the Diſeaſe of his Bedy, 5 This may be added cicher, 1. Asa Reaſon or Motive to God, grant this Re- queſt for 1 have ſinned, and therefore thy Grace in healing me will be more glorious and admireable: Or, fer I acknowledge that I have ſinned 3 for the A& is oft put for the Declaraticn of it, as Exo.us 33. 13. Pſalm 51, 5 Or 2 A<a Reaſon moving him thus to pray, 1 ſaid, Lord be merciſull unto me, heal my Soul ; and great Reaſon 1 had to ſay ſo, for 3 have ſinned againſt thee,
5 Mine enemies ſpeak evil of me ;: When ſhall he die, and his name periſh ?
; Veat their ill w:ſhcs azainſt me, in the following words,
6 And if he come to ſee me &, he ſpeaketh vanity /: his heart gathereth iniquity to it ſelf »» ; vben he goeth
abroad he telleth zt =.
hk To vific me 1n my fickneſs according to the Cuſtom, } Or, fals- head, pretending ſympathy with me, and friendſhip to me, whilſt they plot miſchicf in their Hearts againſt me # Even when he 1s
with me, and pretends hearty affefion to me, hi- Heart canuot for- |
bear its cuſtomary praQice of meditating and deviſtrgMiſchiet againſt me 3 for which he watcheth and ecketh for all occa. ons from mySpee- chcs, or Carriage, or the Circumſtances of ty Condition, which he obſerves. nPartly to delight his Compaions and partly to encourage them to. and direRthem in, their malicious de' gns againſt me.
7 All that hate me whiſper together againſt me 0:
wr againſt me do they deviſe + my burrt. ; —_ S ( i; e. ) Secretly defame me, and cloſely plot againſt me,
8 + An evil diſeaſe p, ſay they, cleaveth falt unto FHebs
b him : and »ow that he lieth,he ſhall riſe up no more 9.
a thing of p Heb: 4 word or thing of Belial, C 1: e. ) Either 1. Some wicked _ Caiumny which they had raiſed, and which ſtuck clote to him; Or, 2. His grea: wickedneſs whereof this is a tign. Or rather 3. This ſore Diſeaſe or Miſchief, either ſent upon hin 10 way of Vengeance for his horrid Crimes; or ſuch as God uſeth to infli& upo.. tie Sons of Belial, to ſhew that he is in Truth ſuch an one, whatſoever he pre- tends to the contrary- q Seing God hath begun to puniſh him, he will makean cndof him. EE: : ;
9 * Yea, | mine own familiar friend + in whom TI
_ truſted, which did eat of my bread, hath # lift up his heel r againſt me» | = FHeb; the 1 He —_ either Ahitephel, or ſome other perfidious Counſcllor.
or Courtier, who wa* a Type of Judas, to whom theretore it is applied -- John 13, 18; as David wasa Type ot Chriſt in being thus betrayed,
_ So theſe words were literally fulfilled in David, and yet the Holy Ghoſt Nugnified, which di&ated them, looked further in them, even to Chriſt and J#-
dar, inwwhom they received a further and fu ler accompliſhment. r a phraſe implying Injury, joyned with Inſolency and Contempt 3 taken from an anruly Horſe, which kicks at him that owns and fceds kim. ;
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me s, and
iſe me up that I may requite them z. yy —_ me phe yonl dg, ro conclude my Caſe to be deſperate but, Lord, do thou viadicate me, and confute them. # Or, and I will requite them, (1 e,) puniſh them for their malicious and perfidiou: and wicked praQtices;z which, being now a Magiſtrate, he was Obli» ged to Revenge, Rom: 13: 4* although when he was a private perſon, he was ſo far from revenging evil, that he rendred good for it, as we ſee Pſal: 35: 12, 13. and elſewhere,
11 By this I know that thou favoureſt me «. becauſe
mine enemy doth not triumph over me *.
u Beareſt a good Willto me, and art reſolved to make good thy pro- miſes to me, and wiltſt plead my righteous Cauſe againſt them. x Be- cauſe hitherto thou haſt helped and ſuppo: ted me, and prolonged my days to the diſappointmencr of their hopes, and deſigned triumphs, This Mercy I thankfully receive as a Toke of furcher Mercy. Com- pare 1 Sam: 17: 37. 2 Cor: 1: 9, 10. : 2
12 And «s for me, thou upholdeſt me in mine 1nte-
ority y : and ſetteſt me before thy face for ever s,
/ y As I have kept my Integrity. ſo thou haſt kept me, in and with it, Or, for mineintegrity, becauſe thou haft ſeen my Innoceney not- withſtanding all the Calumnies of mine Enernies 3 and thou haſt p romiſed aud uſeſt to afford thy prote&ion to the innocent and up: right. x Or, haſt confirmed, or Eſtabliſhed me in thy Preſence ( 4,e.) Fither, under thine Eye and ſpecial Care ; Or, to miniſter unto thee, not only in thy Temple, but as a King over thy People, or in that Land, where thou art peculiarly preſent _) for ever, either x, Properly : And (o this was done ts Davie, cither in his own per. ſon, partly here, and partly in the next Life: Or in regard of his Poſtcrity, in whom the Kingdom was eſtabliſhed for ever, Or 2, For my whole Lite, or for 2 long time, as that phraſe 15 commonly _ |
Jone when a man isreſtored to heaſth: Or rather, 2. Give him Eaſe |,
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