{o provided for it &. ad To wit, in mercy or with thy Favour, as this Word is of: uſed. e The whole Earth, which is full of thy Bounty. So he con- _— to declare the general Providence of God, to all men and eople, al Article. And ſo he comes from God's general Providence over all places and Nations, to his particular and ſpecial Providence over
his people inthe Land cf Canaan, whereof he gives one Eminent - and Conſiderable inſtance, to wit, his giving them Rain and fruit-
ful Seaſons, and that after a time of droughr and ſcarcity, to which it 1s not improbably ſuppoſed that this Pſalm relates. And this may be the particular occaſion, for which the Pſalmiſt ſaid, [that Praiſe waited for God in Zion, v. 1. f This is added to determine and ex= plain the former general Word, or to ſhew- how or wherein Gcd viſitedit. 2 Either, 1. With the Rivers which God hath made in the ſeveral partsof the Earth,to make it moiſt and fruitful. Alchough the fertility of the greateſt part of the Earth, doth not depend ſo much upon the Rivers below, as upoa the Rains from above. Or, 2. With the River Jorday, which ſometimes overflowed its Banks, But that overflow reached ' only to a ſmall part of the Land- Or rather, 3- With ſhowers of Rain, which he very ſigni- ficantly calls a River for their plenty, and the River of God, 3. e. O
Gcd's immediate making and providing when he ſees fit ; which is' oppoſed both to thoſe lirtle Rivolets or Channels, which Husband= m<n or Gardiners cut for the watering of their Grounds ; and to thoſe greater Rivers, which run with a conſtant Courſe, and by their little Channels derived from them, or by their overflows do Water and inrich the Earth, as Nilus did Egypt ; to which theſe Words may ſeem to have a ſpecial Reference, eſpecially if they be Compared with Det. 11.- 10, x1, 12, &c., :+þ By this means thou prepareſt the Earth,for bringing PR Corn,and Ripeneſt the ar
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in the Earth. # Forthem ; To wit, the Tnhabitants of the Earth, or Land here mentioned, for thei: uſe and Benefit. & Or, diſpoſed or ordered, Or _—_ it, to wit, the Earth, which without this would be hard and Barren. ee thu 10 Thou watereſt the ridges thereof abundantly || :/ 4d. thou ſettleſt / the furrows thereof: + thou makeſtit {oft adinto With ſhowers, thou bleſſeſt the ſpringing thereof m. be furrows I Towit, in that Condition which is fit for Fruit. Or, #40 bereof. bringeſt gown : for the Rain diſſolves the high and hard Clods of Jeb.thou Earth. m When all is done, the Fruitfulneſs of the Earth, muſt nor folveft is. be aſcribed to the Rain or Sun, or any ſecond Cauſes, but to thy Bleffing alone. Heb.the 11 Thou crowneſt + the year with thy goodneſs »,
ur of thy and thy paths # drop farneſs p. vdneſs. # Thou by thy powerfu! Goodneſs,doſt inrich and adorn all the 2 Seaſons of the Year, with their proper Fruits and Bleſſings. 0 The Clouds, upon which God is frequently ſaid to Walk or Ride, as Job 36. 28. and 38. 26, 27. Pſal. 104+ 3. Nh. 1. 3. Which Sence is fa- voured by the next Verſe, where theſe Paths are ſaid to drop, Sc. ? Makethe Earth Fat and Fruitful
12 They 9 drop «pos the paſtures of the wilderneſs
| are r ; and the little hills s + rejoyce on every ſide x. Bots 7 God's paths. » Which though negle&ed by Men,are furniſh- Joy. ed by God with Food for wild Beaſts, which being his Creatures, he careth for by this means. s The Hills of Canaan, which for the generality ofrhem, were but ſmall, if Compared with the great and high Mountains in divers parts of the World. He mentions the Hills, becauſe theſe being moſt dry and parched with the Sun, moſt need and are moſt refreſhed with the Rain. * As being moiſt- ened and ſatisfied with Rain, in a!l parts and ſides of them.
13 The paſtures are clothed with flocks, the valleys
alſo are covered over with corn «, they ſhout for Joy,
they alſo ſing x. | # This is added as the Effe& of theſe Comfortable Rains, that they fill the Paſtures with Graſs for Cartel, and the Valleys ( which he mentions as the moſt Fruitful places,though he doth nut exclude the reſt ) with Corn for the uſe of Man. 7-e, They are abun- dantly ſatisfied with thy Goodneſs, and in their manner ſing forth the Praiſes, and declare the Goodneſs of their Creator and Bene- factor. Compare P/al. 147. 8. ſuch Paſſions or Atons, as theſe are oft figuratively aſcribed to Life-leſs Creatures, both in Sacred and profane Poetical Writings ; which are ſaid ro Rejoyce or Mourn, &c. when their Condition 1s ſuch as calls for Rejoycing or Mour- ' ning, and would cauſe them to do ſo, ifthey were Capable of ſuch
AQions. | PSALILXYL The ARGUMENT.
fp Author and time of the Compoſing of this Pſalm are un-
_ Certain, This is manifeſt and tufficient tor our underſtand-
ing of it, that it was made upon the occaſion of ſome great and
glorious Deliverance afforded to the 1ſraelires, after and out of ſome grievous and general Calamity, and, as ſome not improbaly conceive, that out'of Babylos. [
» To the chief muſician, a Song or Pſalm.
The Prophet exhorteth all to praiſe God, for his wonderful Works, 1--==-8 e- Specially for delivering h:s Church out of all trouble, 9 —— 12. He promiſeth unto God Thankſgiving, andte pay the Vows he made in Trouble, 13 15. calling to others to ſee God's Goodneſs to his Soul, bleſſeth him for it, 16 —— 20,
LS. = joyful noife) unto God, + all ye
lands 4. | I # Ye people of all Nations, who have ſeen the wonderful Power