6 I will freely ſacrifice unto thee ; I will praiſe thy name, O LORD, for ic & is good /. | _ #3 Not by Conltraiat, as many do, becauſe they are obliged to It, and cannot negle& it withour Shame and Inconven.ence to themſelves, but with a willing and chearful Mind ; Which thou loveſt in and above all Sacrifice. & Either thy Name: Or rather, to Praiſe thy Name. 1 i. & An A& of Juſtice, and Picty, and Gratitude, | |
7 For he hath delivered me ou: of all trouble: and
.mine eye hath ſeen »z his defire u upon mine enemies.
- He ſpeaks of it as a thing already done; Either, to expreſs his Aſſurance of it: Or, becauſe this Plalm was made after it was done- » Or, thy Pergeance: Which may be underſtood our of verſe 5 Burt there is no neceſlity of any Supplement ; the Words in the Hebrew run thus, Mzne eye hath looked upon mine Enemies : Either
_ with delight, as this Phraſe ſignifies, Pſalm 22- 17- and 27+ 4* and
elſe-where ; Or without fear or ſhame. I ſhall not be afraid to look them in the Face, having Ged on my ide, PSALIJLY. : The ARGUMENT. EW Pſalm was certainly compoſed by David, when he was greatly diſtreſſed and perſecuted ; Either by Sau/,or rather, by Abſalom, and betrayed by ſome pretended or former Friend.
To the chief muſician on Neginoth, Maſchil, A P/alm
of David,
David being ſurrounded and ſurprized with danger and diſtreſs, complaineth to God, 1 --—- 8, Prayeth for the fruftrating the praftice of his cruel and falſe Enemies, & —— I5. And ftrengtheneth himſelf with God's protetFion, 16 —18. and his Enemies utter deſiruftion, 19 — 23.
67% ear to my prayer, O God: and hide not thy
ſelf a from my ſupp!ication.
.
8s Turn not away thy Face and Ear, as one reſolved not to hear |
Qor help- 2 Attend unto me, and hear me : I mourn in my complaint, and make a noiſe b.
b For my Miſery is very great, and forceth Tears and bitter - Cries from me.
3 Becauſe of the voice c of the enemy, becauſe of
the oppreflion of the wicked : For they caſt iniquity
upon me 4d, and in wrath they hate me e. E i. e, Their Clamours and Threats, and Slanders and infolent Boaſtings; All which are hateful to thee, as well as injurious to me. d The their wicked and injurious, and miſchievous prafticcs. Or, 2. They lay many Crimes to my charge falſly,as if by my wickedneſs I was the cauſc of all my Ca!amitics. e Their anger and rage againſt me, is no ſuddenand tranſitory Paſſion, but is boyled up into ma- lice and hatred. =
4 My hearrt is ſore pained f within me: and the ter-
rors of death g, are fallen upon me.
Ff With pains, like thoſe of a- travelling Woman, as the word ſignifies. My heart, which hath-commonly ſupported me in my diſtrefſes,is now ready to ſink within me: Therefore Lord pity and help me. g Either deadly terrors; ſuch as ſeize upon Men in the agonies of Deach: Or fearof Death; which is the more grievous to me, becauſe my Death will refle& diſhonour upop thee, and bring many miſcrics upon the People
Fearfulneſs and trembling are come upon me, and
+ Heb. c- horror hath + overwhelmed me. 6 And I ſaid, O that I had wings like a dove 4; for |
then would I fly away and be ar reſt ;.
Lo then would I wander far off, and remain in the }
wilderneſs k. Selah. > þ Which being fearful, and purſued by birds of prey, flyes
away, and that very ſwiftly and far, and into folitary p'accs,
where it hides and ſecures it ſelf in the holes of the Racks, or in
ſome other ſecret and ſafe place. | |
preſent diſpoſition and deſire. # Or, that I might, or where I might
be at reſt, or dwell, in ſome ſertled and ſafe place, and be delivers
ſenſe is; either 1. They make me the great obje& of
Plal. Ly,
ed from thoſe uncertainties and wanderings to which I am now expoſed. k Where I might be free from the company and cage, and treachery of my wicked Enemies ; who are worſe than the wild Beaſts of the Wilderneſs.
8 I would haſten my eſcape frem the windy ſtorm and tempeſt 1.
/ From the force and fury of mine Enemies, which now highly threatens me.
9 Deſtroy, O LORD, and * divide # their tongues 2: For T have ſeen o violence and ſtrife p in the city g. mn i.e. Deſtroy them by dividing » i- e- Their Speech, as thou didſt at Babel, Gen. 11+ their Votes and Opinions, and Countels.*, Which was eminently done among Abſalom's followers, 2 Sam, 17. xa, ſs 0 Or, I do ſee, ot perceive, by certain and general report. p That ,, s & Injuſtice and Fraud, and Oppreſſion and Contention bear rule OY there, inſtead of that publick juſtice and Peace which I eſtabliſhed and maintained init- q Either 1- In Keilah, where Davidthought to abide, x Sam. 2z Or 2. In Gibeah, where Saul had his abode. Or rather, 3. In Jeruſalem , which is called the City by way of Eminency ; and which in 4bſalom's time was the chief Seat of Re. bellion, and a meer ſink of all fins. And this Circumſtance is not- ed as an aggravation of their wickedneſs, that it was committed in that Ciry, where the Throne and Seat of publick Juſtice was ſettled ; and where God was in a ſpecial manner preſent and wor= ſhipped ; and where they had great opportunities, both for the knowledge and pratice of their ſeveral Duties
io Day and night they 7 go about it s upon the walls thereof;r: miſchief alſo and forrow are in the
midſt of it.
ri-e The violence and ſtrife laſt mentioned, verſe 10. s Do encompaſs it, and are as it were the Garriſon, by which they de- ſign to defend it. t In the more outward parts, as allo :n the ve:y miaſt of it, as it follows. So that all parts were horribly cor« rupted.
11 Wickedneſfs 7s in the midſt thereof * guile depart not from her ſtreets.
u The places of buying and ſelling, and of publick and common Converſation. So their tins were both univerſal and impudent,
iz For it was not an enemy x that reproached me, therr could I have born it y ; neither es it he that hat- ed me 2, that did magnifie himſelf againſt me, then I would have, hid my ſelf from him a. | x Either 1- Not an open and profeiſed Enemy: Or rather, 2, Not an old and invetcrate Enemy,as may be gathered from the following deſcription. y With more patience, becauſe I could expe& nothing elſe from ſuch perſons. z With a manifeſt or c1d hatred. a I could and ſhould caliiy haye prevented or avoided the effc&s of his hatreds
I 3 Bur 4: was thou, + a man, mine equal b, * my +1g,, guide c, and mine acquaintance. Manacards