e My fervent Prayers, attended with many Vows znd Promiſes, as was uſual, eſpecially in caſes of great danger or difficu'ty, Gen- 28. 20. Jud 11. 30, 31. f Thou haſt alloted me my portion, with and amongſt them that fear and worſhip thee, who are the excellent ones, :n whom is all my delight : And upon that account I muſt ac- knowledge it to thy praiſe, - that rhe Lines are fallen ts me mm pleaſant places : Yea, I have a goodly Heritage, Pſal. 16. 3, 6. Thou haſt gran- ted me this fingular Mercy, to live in Gods Land, and to enjoy his Preſence and Favour. and to worſhip in his Tabernacke ; which is the Heritage that I and allthat fear-thee, prize and deſire above all things in the World. IT, p
6 + Thou wilt prolong the kings life g, and his years "FHeb. +4, Þ as many generations 2. . thou ſhalt og 5. e. My Life. He calls himſelf King ; either, 1. Becauſe he aid days t0 was atually King, thuugh Abſalom Uſarped the Throne : Or 2. Be- the days of cauſe he was deſigned and anointed to be King ; and by calling the Kng, himſelf King, he ſupports himſelfunder his preſent ſtraits, and de- f Heb. as clares his confidence in Gods promiſe of the Kingdom to him. Yet. Gneratio» we muſt not think that David did commonly and publickly call, or "ml Gene own himſelf ro be K'ng,which had n*ither been true nor convenient mim forkis Afffairs: But this Pſalm, ' either was not Compoſed whilſt Saul lived, of at leaſt was penned only for his private uſe and Com-
* P1449 & 108,1 I
+ Heb-
vi Chr. 194 13*
| Or, make | 01 Refuge,
P $ 4
| ye ſhall be ſlain all of you 4: *
L M 8s.
| | _ Pfal. Lxthþ To the chief muſician, F to Jeduthun s, A Pſalm of tHebugj David, |
A famous Muſician; of whom ſee x Chron. 9 16. and 16. 42. Heb, Upon Jeduthun. Which might be the Name of a Muſical Inſtrument, or Tune invented by that Jeduthun, and therefore called by his Name» | |
David zeſtifieth his ſafety aud quietneſs in Gd, to the diſcouragement of his Enemies, 1 '7. but to the encouragement of the Godly, 8. No truft to be put In Man, or Worldly things, but in God, g, 10, to whom Power, _, Mercy and Juſtice belong, 118, 12. it
Y "FRY b my ſoul + waiteth c upon God 3 from THeb.Olf him cometh my ſalvation «. X _— i
6 Or, Surely. This is my certain and fixed reſolution. Or, Ne- —__
wvertheleſs, as this Particle is oft rendred. So the beginning of this ,
Pſalm is abrupt, as it is in ſome other Pſalms. This ſeems to be the
Concluſion of a long and hard Conflit, which David had within
himlelf, as he often had, what courſe he ſhou'd take to get out
of his trouble. «c Heb. is ſilent, as it is alſo Pſal- 37. 7. 5.; ſilently;
quietly and patiently looks up to God for deliverance, and that in
his time and way, without murmuring or deſpair,or uſing indire&
_w Tg prattices. 4 I have tio bope of deliverance, bur from and y him. | | |
2. He only is my rock, and my ſalvation : be is my + *-*
+ defence ; 1 ſhall not be greatly moved e. - THeb«hi e Though I may be ſhaken, yet I ſhall not be overthrown.Com-. ?/ace-
pare Pſal. 37. 24. 2 Cor. 4.9. |
3How long will yefimagine miſchief agairiſt a mang? as a bowing wall ſhal ye
[1
+
file | \
ain all 7 Tfa. 3of be, and as a tottering fence 5: 334 "2 f Mine Enemies ; ts whom now he turneth his Speech. & 5. e. Againſt mie, # Man like your ſelves, whom common Humanity ob- ligeth you to pity ; a ſingle Man, whois no fir match for you ; a poor, contemptible, miſerable and impotent Creature ; as the word Man is oft uſed, as Pſal. g. 20. and 82. 7. &Cc. a dead Dog, or a Fles, or 4 Partriage, as upon the ſame account he calleth himſelf, 1 Sam. 24: 14. and 26. 20. whom you cannot thus purſue, without refle&. ing diſparagement upon your ſelves, as he there ſaith. þ The miſ- chjef which you deſign for me thall fail upon your own heads: And accordingly Saul and the generality cf theſe Men were ſlain; 1 Sam. 31.2 4. e, As ſuddenly and ealily overthrown as theſe
are. F: : + 280 , : % 4 They only conſult to caſt 4;*; & down from his ex- : - .
cellency / ; they delight in iies m; * they bleſs with » pr ,g their mouch, but they curſe F inwardly. Selah. - + Heb. 7 k To wit, . the man mentioned v. 3. 7. e. himſelf ; Of whom he thei» in-'
continues to ſpeak in the third Perſon. / From the hopes and 2t» 'ward part Ration 5s from him. of my ſtrength, «nd my refuge is in God. | riraes, ye p2ople p ; pour out ing what you want or deſire from him.
|
ation :
tainment of that Royal Dignity, to which God-hath deſigned and
aniointed me. w In ſecret Slanders and Execrations covered with
Flatteries and fair Speeches, as it here follows. |
5 My ſoul, waitthou onlyupon God : "F expe- 6 He only is my rock and my falv is my
defence ; I ſhall not be moved. _ . _ 7 In God » is my ſalvation and my glory o:the rock
. » Heb. wpop or with God. It depends upon him, and his Favour
and Help. o Either, 1. The matrerof my Glorying. Or 2. That
Honour which Ieirher have or hope for.
8 Fruſt inhim arc all ci
your heart q before him: God 3s a refuge tor- us. Selah. p By my Example be encouraged, and learn ro truft God. 9 5. e:'
Make known all the deſires, and cares, and griefs, of your Hearts
to him, treely and frequently, with confident expeQation of obrains
9 * ourely men of iow degree are vanity r, avd men , © * of high degree are a lye 5: to be laid in the ballance, *® f- 39 they are || altogether lighter than vanity. | | Sn. 4
hemſctves.
r /. e. Molt vain, impotent and helpleſs Creatures-in t This he dehvers as a Reaſon oc Argument, to enforce his foregoing Exhortation, Truſt in God, becauſe there is no other perſon-or- thing
Or, «like»
fort, and not committed to the chief 54;cim ; which indeed it could not be till David aad the Kingdom,and the inſpettion of the ſacred Muſick and Service of the Tabernacle. hi. e. The years of my ' Life and Reign. # As long as if I had a Leaſe of it for many Ages. | Thus he ſpeaks ; partly, becauſe his Kirgdom was not like Sauls, a | matter of one Age, expiring with bis Life, bur eſtabliſhed ro him and his Heirs for ever ; and partly, becauſe Chriſt, his Son and Heir, ſhould aQtually, and in bis' own perſon polleſs the Krng- dom for ever. -
7 He ihall abide & before God } for ever: O prepare ” * mercy and truth » which may preſerve him.