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as is fully expreſſed James 3- 6- who are meer Fire-brands and In- cendiaries, that are continually breathing out their wrath and threatnings, and incenſing Sau! againit me« o Whereby he ex- Plains what he meant by Lyons, and tells us, they were Beaſts in the ſhape of Men. p Which may be conſidered ; Either, 1. As Inſtruments of Deſtruftion, as they are in Lyons. Or rather, 2- As Inſtruments of Speech, as they are in Men; for it here follows by
. way of explication, as the manner is, and their Tongue. And both ſeem to ſignifie their wicked and pernicious Calumnies, of which he every where complains, and particularly in the Hiſtory,to which this PGIm ſeems to relate, 1 Same 24 10- and by which they de- figned to promote his deſtrution- 9 Io £- They orievoully wound
*Pſ: 7. 6. my name, andare deviſed to do me miſchief.
&2158.13. 5 * Be thou exalted r, O God above the heavens s:
let thy glory be above all the earth 7.
r Glorifie thy Power, and Goodneſ: s, and Juſtice, and Paithfulneſs by my. Deliverance, all which are expoſed to cenſure and reproach, whileſt thou ſuffereſt ungodly wretches to oppreſs and trrumph o- ver the Innocent and Righreous, that put their truſt in thee- 5 1- e, Higher than the Heavens, or to the higheſt degree poſſible ; or a- bove all the falſe gods which are ſuppoſed to reſide in Heaven. z i-e- Aboveall Men upon Earth, ſome whereof do now audaciouſ- ly lift up themſelves againſt thee, and above thee- Or, zhrough (as the Hebrew Particle is commonly rendred, and it is no new thing
'to have the ſame Word or Particle diverfly taken in the ſame Verſe, as hath been formerly ſhewed) the whole Earth ; not only a- mongſt thine own.people, bur ſo that even the Heathens thall be
SPC: 7. 16+ forced to acknowledge and admire thy Glorious Deeds:
| andg: 15. 6* They have prepared a net for my ſteps, my ſoul is bowed down # : they have digged a pit before me x,into the midſt whereof they are fallen themſelves y. Selah.
u Or, was bowed down : I was even ready to fall and periſhs Or,
mine Heart was oppreſſed and almoſt overwhelmed. x Heb, Before | my Face: Not in my ſight, for that would have been in vain, Prov. *Pfal.108. r. 17- but in my Way, where they thought I would go. y This 1, &c. was fulfilled inSaul,who by purſuing fell into his hands,1 Sam.24.3.
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| Or, Pre- - * My heart is|| fixed z, O God my heart 1s fixed ; | gore Twill ſing and give praile, |
borrowed out of the foregoing Clauſe- z To wit, Of or from Hell,
L, AM S. 7 = Or, E/abliſbed, in a full aflurance of thy merciful help; Tr was
ready to ſink with fear, or bowed down verſe 6. but now I haye
through thy Grace conquered my Fears, and am fixed in a ſtedfaſt
belief of thy Promiſes Or, # prepared, to wit, to ſing and give
praiſe, as it follows.
8 Awake up my glory a, awake plaltery and harp: .
I my ſelf will awake early b. "
a Either I. My Soul : Or rather, 2. My Tongue, the Inſtrument of Singing, which he was now about to do. veſes 7, 9. b Iwillrouſe up and imploy all the Powers of my Soul and Body, to ſer forth God's Prailes,
9 I will praiſe thee, O LORD, among the people c. I will ſing unto thee among the nations.
c In the great Congregations, amongſt the 1ſ-aelires of all Tribes, who are called by this Name, Deut. 33+ 19. and amongſt Heathens, as I ſhall have occaſion, as he often had.
io * For thy mercy is great unto the heavens d, and thy truth unto the cluds.
d re Is moſt evident, and greatly exalted.
Ix Be *thou exalted, O God above the heavens : let thy glory 5+ above all the earth e.
e Sec the Note 7 on verſe 5:
PSA. STI ; The ARGUME NT. _— Pſalm was compoſed.as very many others were,upon the occaſion cf thole wicked Calumnies, and unjuſt cenſures, and ſentences, which were paſſed upon him by Sal and his Courtiers. To the chief muſician, ||* Al-raſchith, Michtam of [Or,a4fre
David. nt # Gol. David reproving wicked Judges, deſcribeth their Nature, 1-=5. And prays den Pſalm
eth God to puniſh and deſtroy them, G==--9, For his own Glory, and the of David,
Joy of the Righteous, 10, 11- * Pal, 57.
Oye indeed ſpeak righteouſneſs #, O congregation Tit b ? do ye judge uprightly, O ye ſons of men c?
a The queſtion implies a denyal: You cenſure me freely with- out any regard to Truth or Juſtice. 6 The word ſignifies a Band or Company of Men; and ſeems to point at Sau!'s Judges and Counſellors; who met togetver to conſult what they ſhould do againſt David; and provably paſſed a Sentence upon him, as guilty of Treaſon and Rebellion. «c So he calls them ; Either, 1. In con- temptand oppotlition to the ſons of God, or good Men- Or 2- By way of admonition. to mind them that they alſo were Men, and muſt give an account to (od for all their hard ſpeeches, and un- rightcous decrees againſt him.
2 Yea, in heart d ye work wickedneſs; ye * weigh the violence of your hands e in the earth f.
d Or, with your Heart, with free choice and conſent, and not only by conſtraint, and out of compliance with Saul. e Or, you weigh violence, or injuſtice with your hands, The Phraſe of weighing hath reſpe& ro their Office, which was to adminiſter Juſtice, which 15 uſually expreſſed by a pair of Ballances. So he intimates that they did great wrong under the pretence, and with the formalities of Juſtice, and whilſt they ſeemed exattly to weigh and conſider the true ant fir proportion berween the A@ions and the Recom« pences allotted to them, they turned the Scale ; and partly to cur- ry Favour with Saul; and partly from their own malice againſt David; pronounced an unjuit Sentence againſt him, f Or, i» this Land, where God is preſent, and where you have Righteous Laws to govern you, and you profeſs better things. :
3 The wicked are eſtranged g from the womb; they * 5m tk go aſtray ||, * as ſoon as they be born 3, ſpeaking lyes. 3%
£ To wit, from God. Eph- 4. 18- and from all Goodneſs. þ Ei-