raiſe t unto the ends of the earth : thy right
is full of righteouſneſs «. |
— this 20d 4. like glorious Aions, thou art praiſed and acknowledged, and evidently proved to be fuch an one as thou haſt affirmed thy ſelf to be in thy Word, God Almighty or All-ſufcient, the Lord of Roſfts, the King of thy Church and People,and a ſftrang T)wer t: all that tra# in thee, and all other things which thou/art calledinScrip- ture» Thy Name isnot an empty Title, but is filled up with honour- able and praiſe worthy Works anſwerable co it! # 7+ e. Of righteous ARions; by which thou diſcovereſt thy Juſtice and Holineſs in de- firoying the Wicked, and incorrigible Enemies of thy People, and in fulfilling thy promiſes made to thy Church.
xi Let mount x Zion rejoyce,
udah ' y be glad, becauſe of thy j1 j x —# Ard /narr put for Jeruſalem, y 7. e. The other and leſſer Cities, and Towns or Villages ie. all the People) of Judah : for ſuch are commonly called Daughters in reſpe& of the Mother Citie,to which they are Subje&ts: See Fol. 15. 45. and 17. 16. Plal. 45. 12: and 137. 8,' He mentions 7ulah only, and not all Iſrael ; partly be cauſe they were more immediatly and eminent)y concerned in Jeruſa- lems deliverance ; and principally b:cauſe ten of the Tribes ot !ſrael were now cut off from fer»ſalem, and from the Kingdom of Davids Bouſe, and poffivly carried away captive, 2 Kngs 18. 9, 10, IeN Upen thine and their Enemies. At which they were glad not ſimply, | but becauſe it was highly conducible to Gods Honour, and to the pre- ſervation and enlargement of Gods Church in the World.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her 2:
tell the towers thereof b. ; Eg: « He ſpeaketh, either, 1; To the Enemies, as triumphing over them. Or rather 2. Tothe People of that Citic and Kingdom, who had been Eyc-Witneſſes of this glorious work of God, as appears from the following Verſes. b He bids them mark well her Towers, Bulwarks and Palaces. here andv. 13. notwith vain oftentation, or carnal confidence, for he had ſaid that God only was their Refuge, Ve 3- but with thankfulneſs to God, when theyſhould find upon enquiry, that not one of them was demoliſhed, or any way defaced by fo potent an Enemy. 12 + Mark ye well her bulwarks, [| conſider c her
palaces 3 that ye may tell it to the generation follow-
to her Bul- ing d Wars. © Or Exalt or admire. & That they may be excited to continue
j| Or, "iſe their Praiſcs to God for this Mercy, by which they hold and enjoy all their Bleſſiags, and to truſt in God in the like difficulties for the future. |
14 For this God e js our God for ever and ever ; he
will be our guide ever unto death f. e Who hath done this great Work. f #, e. Whilſt we have a Be- ins. Birth and Life, and the ſeveral Ages ofLife and Death, areoft ' aſcribed te Churches and Common-wealths, both in Scripture and other Authors, This Promiſe was made to the Old and Earthly Jeru- ſalem, upon condition of their Obedience, wherein they failing ſo groſ- ly, loſt the benefit of it, but it is abſolutely made good te the New and Heaycnly jeraſalem, the Church of Chriſt.
P S'A TL. XIDL
The ARGUMENT.
His Pſalm is penned upon the ſame occaſion with Pſal. 39. and
93. to wit, upon the Contemplation of the affliftions of
Gods people, and of the proſperity and glory of ungodly men, The defign is to juſtifie Gods Providence in this dark Diſpenſation, and to ſhewthat all things being confidered, good men have no cauſe for immoderate dejcQion of Spirit, nor wicked men for glorying 1n their preſent Felicities, To the chief muſician ; « Pſalm || for the ſonsof Ko-
rah. The Pſalmift baving ſtirred up all Men to attention, 1 s. ſheweth their vain truſt in Kiches, 6 —— 14+ and the contrary truſt of the faith- ſul in God, 15. BExhorteth them not to fear the proſperity of the wic- hed, for it cannot deliver him from the Grave, 15 ——=20, Ear this, all ze people a, give car all ze inhabitants
of rhe world.
2 Both * low and high, rich and poor together. a Heb All People; Jewsor Gentiles: For ali a-e concerned in this matter, as being apt to ſtumble avd mu-mer at it.
2 My mouth ſhal ſpeak of wiſdom, and the medita-
tion of my heart ſba/ be of undeeſianding 6.
b It concerns youdiligently ro attend to me, tor I am about to ſpeak not uf vulgar and trivial things, or ſuch as come ſuddenly into my Mind, and ruſh as haſtily out of my Mouth, but of ſuch things as arc the reſult of my moſt ſerious and conſiderate thoughts, and ſuch as, if you obſerve them and lay them to Heart, will make. you truly wiſe, ard keep you from thoſe Errors and Follies and Miſchiefs, which the generality of Mankind for want of a right underſtanding dorun into. |
4 * I will incline mine ear c to a parable 4 ; I will
let the daunters of judgments 3,
j Or, of
* P\ 62.99
Mat, 13,2
thought difficult, and hard to be underſtood.
when the iniquity of my heels ; ſhall * compaſs me a- bout ?
would incline his Ear, v. 4. 7. 8. Learn and praiſe what he was teach- ing others; but his meaning is more genera!, that there isno ſuffici. ent cauſe, why he or any good man ſhould fear. derſtood of exceſſive or immoderate and dejetion or deſpondency, or diſtruſt of Gods Providence a neſs, or diſcontent with his Condition. not to fear, Gen. 50. I9. Mats 28. 5, comp. with Mark 16, 6. Thus Gen. 45. 5. Be not grieved, to wit, inordinately : for ot ought, and he would have had them to grieve for thei lead a man into temptation, Mat. 6. 13+ is #0 ſuffer him to be evercome by it. by comparing 1 Cor. 106. 13. And the objeQ or cauſe of this forbidden Fear is double, the one. the atflitions of following 3 the other the proſperity of the ungodly v. 16. and of which he begins to treat in the very next Verſc, and continues the Diſcourſe of it to the end of the Pſa Of fin: wheniniquitie of ail ſorts abounds ; whi
5 Wherefore ſhould I feary in the days of evil , g *Hol.73 2, ah . n
g He ſpeaks in his own perfon, becauſe he had now ſaid that he
Which is to be un- prevailing Fear, caufing
; nd Good- In which Senſe men are bid
therwiſe they r ſin. Thus 9
+ Net Genera al 6G tatian,
good men, here z aS1t is declared In, + Either, 1, ch 1s many ways _ Or 2, Of miſery; in either publick or private, he ſpeaks in all the reſt of