* To wit, ſuddenly, or atonce! . y My Countrey-men; or thoſe over whom thou haſt appointed me to be Governour in due time; z Their former Danger,and thy Glorious Mercy in delivering them, and their own Duty to thee for it. Hereby it moſt plainly appears, that David in thoſe and thelike Imprecations againſt his Enemies was not moved thereunto by his private Malice, or deſire of Re- venge, but by the reſpe& which he hadro Gods Honour,and the ge- neral good othis people. # Heb. make them to wander.As they wan« dred about the City and Country to do me miſchief, wv. 6. ſo let their puniſhment be agreeable to their ſin ; let them wander from place co place, to wir, for Meat, as it is expreſſed v. 15. that they may carry the Tokens of thy Juſtice, and their own ſhame to a1 places where they come. 6b From that Power and Dignity in which thou haſt ſet them, which they do fo wickedly abuſe ; and from the height of their carnal hopes and confidences of ſucceſs againſt
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12 Ferthe ſin of their mouth, and the words of their lips c, let them even be taken 4d in their pride e; and for curling and lying f which they ſpeak g.
c Fortheir ungodly and injurious, and pernicious Speeches, of which he ſpeaks ve 7. and in many other places 4 As in a ſnare inorder to theirruine. Let thy Judgments overtake them- e For their proud and infolent Speeches againſt thee, v. 7. f For their
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Execrations and lying Reports, "which they have raiſed or ſpread abroad concerning Me Z& Which they are ready to utter upon all
occaſions, 4 12 Conſume them h in wrath, conſume them, that
they may not be i: and let them knowkthat God ruleth ].
in Jacob”, unto »the ends of the earth o. Selah.
þ By degrees ; and after thou haſt made them to wander about, v.11. 7 To wit, in the Land of the Living any more: As this Phraſe is frequently upderſtood : whereof divers inſtances have been given- & Experimentally, and to their coſt, / Over and a- bove them ; That though Sau! be King, yet God 1s his ſuper:our in Power and. Authority, and all things among us ſhall be diſpoſed not as it pleaſcth Saul, which his Paraſites are always ſuggeſting to him, . but as God will; and therefore I ſhall be preſerved, and in fit
time Crowaed, in ſpight of al: that Saul or his Forces can do a-
oainſt me. m In the Land, and over the people of 7re/, whoſe
King and Governour he is ina peculiar manner. # Or, and wo:
The ConjunCtion, and, being oftunderſtood, as hath been noted
before. Theſe words may be referred ; either 1. To Gods Ruling,
Jet them know that Ged ruleth, not only in Jacob ; but alſo to theends
of the earth. Or 2. To mens knowing, ler them, or let men know even
#0 the Ends of the Earth, that God ruleth im-Jacob ; Let thy Judgments
be ſo manifeſt and dreadful in the deſtruQion of thy wicked Ene- mies, that not on!y J#aclites, but even the remote Nations of the World may fee it, and acknowledge thy Power and Pros idence in it. o Fitherof this Land; or rather, of the World. The Senſes, That-by thoſe eminent and extraordinary diſcoveries of thy Power <and\Wiſdom, and Juſtice, it may be evizen' both to them, and to all that hear of it, that t::ou art ne Puny or Inferiour, or Topical
God, 'ike the gods of tie:thens, whole Government 1s confined
to a narrow compaſs but the high and mighty God, and the great
Ruler of the whole World.
14 And at evening let them return,ond let them make 2 noiſelike a dog, and go round about the city p.
What was their ſin, and their choice to do with evi' deſign, ler it be their puniſhment to do it by coniiaint, and for Meat, as it follows v. 15. -
I5 Let them wander up and down 7 for meatq ; || and grudge if they benor fatisfied r. |
q To get a Livelyhood. r When their Bodies are hungry, Jer their Minds be diſcontenred. Or as others render the words, Ana lodge, or be forced to lodge all Night, when they are not ſatisfied. Let them go to their reſt with an empty Stomach. |
16 But I will ſing of thy power; yea, I will ſing a- loud of thy mercy in the morning : for thou haſt been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee 5, O myſtrength, willI ſing : for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
5 i. e, Tothy Honour : Orrather, of or concerning thee; as that Particle is ſometimes uſed. : S) A EL E 6 :
To the chief muſician upon Shuſhan-eduth #,]] Michtam of David, toteach b ; * when he ſtrove with Aram- naharaim c, and with Aram-Zobah 4, when Joab re turned, and ſmote of Edom in the valley of falr. twelve thouſand e.
& This, like the reſt, ſeems tobe the Name of an Inſtrument, or Song, or Tune, then well known, but now quite unknownand
forgotten ; it may be, and 1s by ſome rendred. The Lilly, or Roſe of