ipiſe thee? Shall they have ſucceſs inſtead of the puniſhments which thou haſt threatned, and they have deſerved ? God forbid. But the words may be read without an Interrogation, By their ini- quity they hope to eſcape; or, they de eſcape, at preſent : But Lord do not ſuff-r rhem thus to eſcape. 5 This is oppoſed to their pre- ſent exaltation and triumphs over poor David, and to their hopes and confidence of ſafety and ſucceſs: # i- e- Theſe People, of whom I am ſpeaking, to wit, my malicious and wicked Enemies, as well thoſe followers of Saul, as theſe Philiſtines amongſt whom
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8 Thou telleſt my wandrings «, put thou my tears - into thy bottle x: * are they not in thy book y ? " Mal: 32
u Here F have been hunted from place to place, and am now 16; driven hither. « Regard and remember, and pity them, » Bur why co I pray to God to do that which I am well aſſured he is of himſelf inc:ined to do, and hath already done ?
9 When TI cry «nto thee, then ſhall mine enemies turn
| back z : this I know, for God 3: for me. SD 2 When I have no- other Arms or Force, which is my preſent caſe, my Prayers ſhall be ſufficient to overthrow mine Enemies. 10 * In God will I praiſe 4s word: in the LORD will T praiſe his word 8. | a What I have already engaged to do, wv 4: that I do again and again promiſe to do, and I cannot ſufficiently praiſe thy Goodneſs - in making Promiſes, and thy Faithfulneſs in keeping them. 11 In God have I put my truſt ; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. | 5 12 * Thy vows are upon me 6b, O God: I will ren- * pc; 658 der praiſes unto thee, = b As I have prayed to thee, and am afſured that thou wiltſt de- liver me, ſo in confidence thereof I have made Vows to expreſs my gratitude to thee, and I acknowledge my ſelf obliged, and do reſoive to perform tuem, : Ws 13 For * thou haſt delivered my ſoul from death c : * pr: iis: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling d, that I may 8, 9+ .-: walk before God e in * the light of the living f. © *Job 337 c Which my Enemies deſigned, and my extream dangers threat- 3% ned. d Iam confident that chou wilt deliver, becauſe of thy pro- miſes, and my former experience- e i-e- That I may pleaſe, and ſerve, and glorifie thee, as this Phraſe implies, Gen- 5- 24. compared with Heb» 11- 5+ as alſo, Gen 6- 9- :and 197* 1 1Same 2+ 30. Which is the great end for which I defire Life. _ f Either 1. In Heaven, | Or cather, 2+ In this Life, which.is here oppoſed to the Deerh Jaſk 6s 2-0» Mens
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mentioned, as it is Job 33. 30; which is called Zight, Job 3- 20 * as Death is called Darkn-ſs, Job 10 21, 22. and oft elſe-where, and which is expreſſed, by beholding the Light, and the Sun, Eccle/.
II. 7, PSAL LYVIL. To the chief muſician || Al-taſchith 4, Michtam of Da- r,deftroy vid, * when he fled from Saul in the cave 6. a Gol- , The word ſignifies, deſtroy not. Which ſome think tobe a Preface nPſalm. containing the ſum of the Pſalm, and reminding David of his Sam. great. diſtreſs, in which he then was ; which obliged him to and 24. make fervent Prayers to God, that he would not deſtroy him, nor give kim up into the hands of his Enemies, who always de- figned and deſired to deſtroy him, and now ſeemed to have a fair opportunity to do it. 6b Either r. That of Aaulam, 1 Sam: 22+ Te or that of En-geat, 1 Sam. 24. I. + | The Pſalmiſt, tm Prayer, fleeth to God for proteFion and favour in his dan- | gerous condition, x == 5, Deſcribeth the wicked projefts of hu Enemies, | 6. And encourageth himſelf from God's mercy topraiſe him, 711. E merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me c, for my ſoul truſteth in thee : Yea, in * the ſhadow of thy wings d will I make my refuge,until zheſe
calamities e be over-paſt.
c The repetition implies both the greatneſs of his danger, and the fervency of his Spirit in this requelt, and withal that his whole truſt and hope was in God's mercy. 4 i- e- Of thy protettion ; to which alone I truſt, and not to the ſhadow of this dark Cave, in which I now hide my ſelf. e Or the time of theſe Calamitries, which, I know, will ſhortly have an end-
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| performeth allthings for me f.
| f Heb. that performeth (or perfeiteth or finiſbeth, as this word 1s rendred, Pſalm 138-8- ie will certainly perform or finiſh) for or towards, or concerning me- He doth not expreſs what he per- formeth, or perfeð, or fulfilleth, bur leaverh it to be under- ſtood, as being eaſie to be underſtood : He prrformerth, or perfeFeth, to wit, all that he hath promiſed, engageth himſelf to perform, what he hath begun to do, or what is yer to be performed ; It be- ing uſual in the Hebrew Language to underſtand a Verbal Noun after the Verb. He implies that God is not like men, who make large promiſes, but either through inability, or careleſneſs, or un- faithfulneſs, do not perform them, but will certainly be as good as his Word.
3 He ſhall ſend g from heaven, and fave me [| from the reproach of him that would ſwallow me up 4: Se- him that lah. * God ſhall ſend forth his mercy and his truth z. world g Either 1. His Angels, 4s Dat 3. 28+ Or, 2+ His help- Or, 3. walw me His hand ; which is underſtood after this Verb, 2 Sam- 6: 6- by up. comp. 1 Chron. 13-9. where it is expreſſed: Or rather, 4. His Pf. 40.113: Mercy and his Truth, as it here follows, where alſo this Verb is re- land go 3- peated, before thoſe words. h 1. e- From that ſhameful deſtru- and 6+ 7. Qtion which they deſign to bring upon me. Or rather, as it is ren- dred in the Macgent of our Bible, and by many others, and as it is in the Hebrew, He hath repreached, (i. et He will certainly put to ſhame or reproach ) him that would ſwallow me up,by diſappoint- ing his expeQation, and delivering me from his rage. # 1. e. Shall ditcover them by rheir proper fruirs, to wit, by affording his gra- cious help in purſuance of his Promiſes.
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