g (5. e. ) To enjoy, as ſeeing is oft taken. þ Either, xy. The Ark, which is called God's S:reng:h and Glory, 1 Sam. 4. 21. 1 Chr. 16. 11. Pjal. 758. 6i. Or ratier,2,The powerful and glorious Effe&s, and Evidences of thy gracious preſence there. # Whereof I have formerly had great and comfortable Experience ; which makes me more ſenſible of my preſent loſs, and more Thirſty after thoſe en- joyments. i ; :
3 Becauſe & thy loving kindneſs / is better than life 2», my lips ſhall praiſe thee ». |
k This is the Reaſon ofthe foregoing thirſt after God. / (7. e. )
The Diſcoveries and Influences of thy Grace and Favour, which
durable and comfortable, and ſatisfattory than the preſent Life, with all imaginable Advantages belonging ro it, » Both for-my former Taſtes and Experiences of this Trurta: and for the Ailurance of my Reſtitution to the ſame bleſſcd Enjoyments.
4 Thus o will I blefs chee while I live: I will lifr up my hands p in thy name 9.
0 ( 4. e. )So asThave done and now do. Or, upon that occaſi- on, when [I thall be reſtored. Or, for this Reaſcn, being lo ſenſible of the ſweetneſs of thy Favour. Or, cor:ainly : For this Particle is ſometimes uſed as a note of Aſſeveration, as it is, Pſalm x29. 2. Iſaish 16+. 6. p Towards thee in Heaven, ia Prayers and Praiſes.
According to thy Command. Or, with Confidence in thy:
ame.
5 * My ſoul ſhall be faisfied r as 23th F marrow and 103.5. fatneſs ; and my mouth (hall praile thee with joyful lips. + Heb. r Whenthou ſhalt fulfil my earneſt Deſire of enjoying thee in Farneſs. the SanQtuary : though now in my exile I Groan and Pine away | for wait of that Mercy.
6 When * I remember thee s upon my bed ?, and me- *PC. 42.8, ditate on thee in che night-watches «. & 119-55, 7 Becauſe thou haſt been my help ; therefore in the ſhadow of thy wings will I rejoyce x.
5s In the mean time, whilſt I cannot enjoy thee,I will Quiet and Comfort my ſelf with the Thoughrs, and Remembrance of thy Kindneſs to me. t Heb. Upon my beds,implying that he was fi equently forced tochange his Bed and Lodging, being driven from place ro Place. '« In the ſeveral ſeaſons of the Night, which was divided
Mark 13. 35. When others ſleep fecurely, my fleep is interrupted by my Perplexity and Grief for my abſence from thy Houſe, and when I awake, my Thoughts are fixed upon thee, &c. x I will rcett ſecurely and joyfully in thy Prote&ion.
8 My foul followeth hard after thee y:thy right hand upholderh me z.
3 ( #. e,) Purſueth thee Eagerly and Diligently, and Reſolvedly; and as it were ſtep by ſt:p, when thou ſeemeſt to run away from me; Which is the Emphaſis of this Hebrew word. My Soul and Spirit cleaveth to thee, as this Verb ſignifies, Gere 2. 24. Fer. 13.171. when my Body is abſent from thy San&uary. z I do not loſe my Labour in following hard after thee ; for though I am not yer re- ſtored to the Enjoyment of thy Preſence in thy Houſe, yet T have preſent ſupports from thee, whereby my Spirit is kept fon! fain- ting under my manifold Preſſures, and is enabled with Faith and Patience to wait upon thee, till thou feeſt fir to deliver me.
9 Bur thoſe har ſeek my ſoul co deſtroy it a, ſhall go into thelower parts of the earth b.
longeth e for thee ina dry and þ thirſty land, | where |
away: The defirevf my Soul after thee, is fo Vehement and in- | ſatiable, that my very Body feel- the EfeSs ofit, as it commonly |
thou uſually imparteſt ro thy people in the Sanftuary- m Is more |
into three or four Watches ; of which ſee Exod. 14. 24. Judg. 7.19.
| ncral, znd comprehends, beſides Foxes, another ſort of Creatures. i Hhke unto them called Thoes, which” were very Numerous an this ; Country: Of which ſee on Jud. i 5 ' Ir But the king e ſhall rejoyce in God,every one that ' \weareth by him f ſhall gloryg : but the mouth of them | that{peak iycs þ, ſhall be ſtopped z.
e I whoamalready anointed King,and who ſhall be aQtuallyKing, | when theſe mine Enemies are fallen by the Sword, He ſpeaks of himielf in the third Perion, either our of Modefiy ; or out of Pru- ' Ceace, becauſe it was Ambiguous, and mig:t be underſtood;Either ; of himielf, or of Saul, whereby he might avoid the Envy of the Ex- | preition ; if this Pſalm was Compoſed before he was King. f Either, ; 2, By the King ; by whomtiey iomctimes did ſwear, as Gen. 42. '15. 2 Sam. 15- 21. But they did alio ſwear by ſome other Perſons, , of Eminent Place and Authority, though under the King, as 1Sam. 1.26, and 20. 3. Nor is it likely, that the Pialmiſt would juſtifie thoſe kinds of Oaths, this Prattice of iwearing by ones Name,being | Accounted a pait of that Wortbip which is proper to God, both in the Old and New Teitament, I this were meant of the King, it mighr better be rendred, that ſweareth ro ( for 1o the Particle Beth is ion:ctimes uſed ) him, as Subjefs uſ-d to ſwear Homage to their Prince. So the Senie is: All thoſe that ſhall own rhe for their King. Or, 2, By God, who © as laſt mentioned, thar ſweareth by the Name of God, to wit, in Truth, and judgment, and Righteouſneſs, aS1t 1s expretled, Jer. 4. 2. 7. e. Every ſincere Servant and Wor- thipper of Ged ; Swearing, being oft put for the whole Worſhip. of God, whereof it is a Con''(derable part, aad Swearers by God for Worſhippers of ivim, as Ja. 19. 18. and 45. 23. Compared with Rom. 14. 11. and Tia. 65. 16+ g Shall rejoyce in my Deliverance and Exaltation, both for their Reſpe& to the Honour and Service | of God, which I {hall advance, and for the Benefits which all good
Men, and the whole Kinglom ſhall feel by my Government ; whereas in Sauls time the vileſt Men were exalted, and good Men, oppreſſed and perſecuted, and the whole Kingdom Groaned under his Tyranny. þ That now make it their Buſineſs to invent or ſpread1ying and flanderous Reports concerning me and others of God's People. 7 I ſhall ſeverely reſtrain and puniſh ſuch wick=
| ed PiaCtices. | TSA SALTY. The ARGUMENT. | He Matter ofthis P/alm plain'y declares that it was made in a rime when David was greatly Diſtreſſed and Reproached : W hich he was both under Saul, and in the time of AbJalem's Rebel- lon.
To the chief muſician, 4 P/a/m of David.
The Pſalmiſt complaining of his Enemies, and deſcribing their crafty and wicked Prattices, prayeth unto God for guard and deliverance, 1 6. fortelleth alſo their utter ruine, to the Honour of Gd, and Foy «sf the Righe reous, 7 I0.
Ear my voyce, O God, in my prayer ; preſerve my Life from fear a of the enemy.