| P'S 4 1! the places and parts of the Land, to which I ſh21! be driven; : whether from-the parts about, or beyond fordan on the Eaſt ; Or the Bermonim, '( 4..e.) either the People inhabiting Hermon 3 or the Mountain of Hermon, which was in the Northern parts, Numbers 34: 7: Deut. 3: 8: Pals 89: 12, here called Hermonim in the plural Nume ber, becauſc of its great largeneſ(s, and many tops and parts of it, which are called by ſeveral Names : Or, the aill Miſſar, an Hill fo cailed
though not mcntioned elſewhere, which is ſuppoſed to have been in the Southern parts of the Land . But peradventure it was in the . Eaſt and beyond Jordan: And David might mention theſe places, be | cauſe when he was baniſhed by Abſalow, he had been ſucceſſively at
all of them, and in all of them had remembred God, and dire&ed his
Prayer to him.
7 * Deep calleth unto deep « at the noiſe of thy water-ſpouts z all * thy waves and thy billows x are
one over me y. | , = (+. _) One Affition corhes immediately after another, as if it were called for, and invited by the tormer. Which he exprefſcth by a Metaphor taken, either, 1. From the old Flood,. when tbe upper deep, or abyſs of Waters ( in the C'ouds _) called for the lower deep, or Abyſsof Waters in the Sea and Rivers, that both might unite their Forces together to drown the World. And thus the Chaldee under- ſtands it, Or 2. from the Sea, whenits Waves rage, and itis full of deep furrows, into which Ships and Paſſengers fink down, and then riſe and fink again, ſucceſſively and continvallie. But theſe Tem- peſts are cauſed in the Sea by Gods mighty Winds, ratherthan by his Water-ſpouts. Or 3. From violent and ſucceffive ſhowers of Rain 3 which frequentlic come dowa from Heaven, as it were af the Noiſe, or Call of Gods ater-ſpouts, to wit, the Clouds ; which by theirratiing Noiſes and te:rible ſhunders, do ina manner invite 2nd call forth the * Showers which are contained in their Bowels. x Thou haſt ſeatone
- fharp Tryalor 4fflition upon me after another, y (2. e.) Are gone
over my Head, as the ſame Verb is uſed, Pal. 38: 4; They do not lightlie ſprinkle me, but almoſt overwheſm me.
8 Nt the LOR D will command & his loving kind- neſs ain the day-time, and * in the night b his ſong bal be withme c,& my prayerihal beunto theGoddof mylifee.
72 (:. e. ) Will effeRually procure or confer upon me, as this Verb is uſed, Lev. 25: 21+ Pſal. 7.6, &c. The Verb is Future, bat ſome render it by the time paſt: The Lord hath commanded making thisRehearſal of his former Experiences of Gods goodneſs, his Argu- ment to ſupport himſelf, and to prevail with God in Prayer. Which may ſcem to ſuit beſt with the foregoing and following Verſes. But we muſt remember that Davids Hopes and Fears were ſtrangelie mixed, & hisExpreſſions of them are commonly interweven in theſamePſaim, and ſometimes in one and the fame Verſe, as it is here v: 5s, 11. And therefore there is no neceſſity of departing from the proper fig- nification of the Verb» @-(7 e.) His Bleſſings, the effefts of his Lov- ing-kindneſs, which God is oft ſaid to command, as Deut. 28: 8: Pal. 133. 33 b Both Day and Night. (7, e,) Continuallic, c YI oy ſha have conſtant matter of ſinging and praiſing God for his loving kindnets. d And therefore | will boldly and believiggly dire my Prayers to him, of whoſe readineſs to hear and help me, I have had ſuch ample Experience, e The giver and preſerver ofmy Lite from time to time.
9 I will fay unto God f my rock g Why haſt thou forgotten me þ? Why go I mourning # becauſe of the
oppreflion of the enemy ? ;
f I will expoſtulate the Caſe with him, g Who hath formerlic been a ſurc Refuge tome. þ Why doſt thou now ſeem quite to for- get and negle& me ? 7 Why doft thou leaye me in this mournful ſtate, and not ſuccour me ſpeedilic ? |
10 As with a || ſword in my bones k, mine enemies reproach me : While they ſay daily unto me, Where 35 thy God 1? | | i Or, in my Body, the Bones being oft put for the Body, whereof they
are a very conſiderable part. Or as a Sword, which picrceth and cut- teth my Feſh even to the Bones, and cutteth or breaketh the very "Bones alſo. So painful ard vexa:ious aretheir Reproaches, / Of which ſce above on v. 3,
11 Why art thou caſt down, O my ſoul ? and why art thou diſquieted within me ? hope thou in God, for T ſhal yet praiſe him, ho is the health of my counte- nance », and my God ».
'-m Heb. the ſalvations of my Face, (i e.) Kither, 1. Which are
_ preſeritiand mavitecſt, being before my Face Or 2. Which will make my Face'to ſhine, and my Countenance cheerful, which ſuppoſcth the
is Perſon ; asthe Face ſometimes (ignifies, as 2 Sam. 17, It. Iſa. "3. 35: Asalſo the Greek word ſignifying Kafe, 15 very frequently put for the Perſon whereof the Face is an eminent part, n As he tormerly was, ſo he ftillis, and ever will be, and will tuddenly ſhew himſelf to be my God, although for a ſcaſon he may hide his Face, or with- draw his help from me.
PSMA IL. XLIIL The ARGUMENT.
| is wh Pſalmſeems to have been Compoſed by the ſame Author, and
upon the ſame Occafion, with the former. David prayeth againſt his fierce and crafty Enemies, 1. and te be reflored
— + *#0 his Temple, 2, 3. Proziſeth to ſerve bimyjoyfully, 4; He en th Z L ot panty his Soul to truſt in God, 5. E we ena -- moe from [ Udge me 4, O God, and plead my cauſe againſt an ||
ingodly + nation c : O deliver me 7 from the deceit- and unjuſt 4 man e.
'2 For thou art the God of my ſtrength, why doft thou caft me off? * Why go I mourning becauſe of the oppfefiion of the enemy ?
s Or, judge or give Sentence for me, as this Phraſe is uſed Pſalm 26. I, and elſwere; b Or unmercifu!, ( 7. e.) Cruel or inhumane ; for it is a meioſis, c So he calls the company of his Enemies tor thetr great bu.i.bcrs, -and becauſe they were the far greateſt part,
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; and almoſt the whole Body of the Nation: d Who cover is wi l 1 © th S WICK _ eddeſignswith fair and falſe pretences :Which ſort of Roy = T—
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to thee, and to all good men, e Either Saul Abſalom. For he he ſpeaks ofthe holy Hill not ſo till after Savls time, men of that time,
3 O ſend out f thy lightand* thy truthg; let them lead me, Ict them bring me unto thy holy hill b, and to ny tabernacles z. |