4 Thou loveſt all devouring words &, || O hou de- | of men, to ſee if there were any that did underſtand,
ceitful tongue.
that did ſeek God.
k Such as might ſwallow up and deſtroy a whole Family at 3 Every one of them is gone back, they are altogether
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"> Bad ſhall likewiſe 1 + deſtroy thee for ever; be become filthy ; there is none that doth good,no nor one. ſhall cake thee away, and pluck thee » out of thy dwel- | # Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who
ling place »,and root thee outs of the land of the living | 7% *Þ MY people as they ear bread 5 they have not cal-
p Selah.
led upon God.
I (i &) Totally and unavoidably, as thou didſt deſtroy the 5 There + were they in great fear, where no fear .
Prieſts. m (i.e) Violently and Irreſfiſtibly and ſuddenly re-
' was b: For God hath ſcattered the bones c of him thac #Heb. hey
move thee, as the Hebrew word ſignifies. #» From thy Houſe | encampeth again#} thee 4: thou e haſt put ihem : and Lands, and all the Wages of thy umrighteouſneſs, Or, our ſham 7 "a þ. OS hath de fol ” pres : oO La
of his (i e- the Lord's) Tabernacle; In which thou didſt ſeek-and take the matter of thy Slaunders, and from which thou didft cur off the Lord's Prieſts. Therefore God ſhall Excommunicate thee from his Preſence, and from the Society of the Faichful- o Though thou ſeemeſt to have taken very deep Rooting, and to be the more firmly ſettled for this barbarous Cruelry, yet God ſhall pluck thee up by the very Roots, and deſtroy thee both Root and Branch. p Out of this World, as the Phraſe is taken, 1/as 53+ 8. Ezek. 32. 32. and elſe-where. Which was very terrible to him who had all his Portion in this Worids,
6 The righteous alſo ſhall ſee q, and fear r, and ſhall
laugh ac him 5. |
4 To wit, thy remarkable downfal, and conſequently ſhall ſur- vive thee in ſpight of all thy power and malice againſt chem. 7 Both reverence God's juſt Judgment upon thee, and be afiaid of provoking God to ſend like Judgement upon them. 5 Nor ta- king plcatwie in his Ruin as ſuch, bur only in the Glory of God's Juſtice vindicated thereby, Rev. 18. 20- and deriding their vain and carnal confidence in their wicked courles. .
7 Lo, this is the man 7 that made noc God his ſtrength 4: but tiuſted in the abundance of his riches x, and ſtrengthned himſelf in his || wickedneſs.
t Theſe are the Triumphant Words of the Righteous. "This is the great and famous Man, take ſpecial Notice of him, and of his doleful end. « That truſted and feared Seu! more than God, and was willing to purchaſe Saul's Favour with God's Diſpleaſure. * Thought bimſelf ſecure in his great and growing Wealth, with- out God's Protection or Bleſſing. | ;
8 But I|| am like * a green olive-tree y in the houſe of
God z: I crutt in the mercy of God for ever and ever. y When Doeg and his Brethren ſhall wicher and periſh, I, who
have made God my Refuge, I whom he deſpiſed aad perkcuted, ing t# him, G.
b i e- Where there was no greatnor ſufficient Cauſe of Fear, See | ; L'v, 26+ 36: Deutero- 28- 65+ Job 15- 21. Prov: 28. 1, They who : i defigned ro ſecure themſelves from all Fear and Danger, by their
; contempt of God, and by the Perſecution of good men, and by o-
| ther wicked courſes, were by thoſe means filled with the Terrors.
| which they ſought ro avoid. c Hath nor only broken their 6ones,
1+ e Their ftrength and force, which is oft noted by Bones,
as Pſalm 6. 2 and 31: 10 and 51: 8- butalſo diſperſed them hi=
ther and thither, ſo as thereis no Hopes of a Re-union and Reſtay«
ration. d i- e. Againſt my People, exprefled verie 4. or 1ſrael, or-
Sion, as1t 1s in the next verſe. e Thou, O Zion or Jeruſalem, which
they befiege. f For the great and itrange diſappointment of their
Hopes and Confidence. It was a great Reproach to them, for ſuck
numerous and mighty Forces, to be baffled and conquered by thoſe
whom they thought to ſwallow up at a Morſel & Or R-je#ed.
them, curſed them. Therefore ic is no wonder if they could not
ſtand before thee- |
Zion ! when God bringeth back the captivity of his —_ _ people, facob ſhall rejoyce, and Ifrael ſhall be glad. 4 gue.
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To the chief muſician on Neginoth, Maſchil «P/alm of | David, * when the Ziphims came and ſaid to Saul, ,
| Doth not David hide himſelf with us ? a. .
a Of which he ſpeaks, « Same 23. when they did ſeek to betray him a ſecond time-
The P[almift complaining of hus Oppreſſirs, prayeth for God's Prote#:on ; and for the righteous puniſhment of hu Enemies, 1 —— 73. Placeing his
Hope in God's Help, 4, 5» He promiſuth a fres Sacrifice of Thanksgiv*
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Gre me, O God, by thy Name 6, and judge me c by thy ſtrength. 6 i.e. By thy own ſtrength, as the next Words explain it, becauſe I have no other Refuge. Or, for thy Name, i e, For thy
PSALM 8.
own Glory, which is concerned in my Deliverance. © i.e. Judge or give Sentence for me, or plead my Cauſe, as this Phraſe is oft taken, as we have ſeen.
2 Hear my prayer, O God ; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For * ſtrangers 4 are riſen up againſt me, and oppreſſors ſeck atter my foul ; they have not ſet God be- fore them e. Selah.
a The Ziphites, whom, though Iſraelites, he calls Strangers in res gard of rheir Barbarous and perfidious Diſpoſition, and Carriage towards him, by which they ſhewed themſelves ro be eſtranged from God, as the wicked are ſaid to be, Pſalm 58. 3. and from the Common-wealth of 1-2e!, and from all the Laws of Piery and Hu- manity. For which Cauſes he calls ſuch perſons Heathens, Pſalm 59+ 5. and elſe-where. e They caſt off all regard to thy Preſence and Authority, and all fear of thy Judgments. |
4 Behold f, God is mine helper: * the LORD #s
with them that uphold my ſoul g.
f Conſider it, and- ſee the vanity of all your wicked prattices againſt me. g He fights for them, and on my behalf, and there- fore againſt all mine Enemies. |
5 He jhall reward evil unto + mine Enemies ; cut
.k Or, for or according to thy Truth; Whereby thou art engaged to fulfil thy Promiſes made to me, and thy Threatnings denounced againſt thine and mine implacable Enemies. .