and Wiſdom,and fideliry,and goodneſs of God in our Deliverance; it becomes you to acknowledge it with Admiration and Rejoycing. Or, all the Land, or this Land. But the former Sence is more pro- bable from ve 4. where this Word is ſo uſed. And it is very pro- per in this place, and uſual in other p'aces of Scriptures, to invire the Gentile World, to the Contemplation and Celebration 'of God's Works, to and for his peop!'e. See Deuteron;zmy 32. 43. 1 Chron. 16. 23, 24. F : : 2 Sing forth the honour of his name;make his praiſe glorious b. b (7, e. ) Praiſe him in anextraordinary and Eminent degree, ſo as he may have much Glory from you- : 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works c! | Or, eild through the greatneſs of thy power ſhall thine enemies || ; feigned O- - 5.7:mce, | ſubmit themſelves unto thee 4. tHeb.Lye. , © To wit, to thine Enemies, as it follows, « Heb. Lye unto thee, - ( 7. e. ) Profeſs ſubjeQion to thee, not ſincerely and treely, but by F conſtraint and out of a ſervile Fear. 4 All che earth ſhall worſhip thee, and ſhall ſingunto thee e ; they ſhall ſing to thy Name, Selah. e Many people of divers Nations ſhall be ſo affeQed with thy Nupendious Works, that they ſhall worſhip and praiſe thee for them,and all people ſhaldo ſo and ſhal have juſt cauic to do ſo; and the time will come when all Nations will aftually do ſo, to wir, in the days of the Mefſſias. * 5 *. Come and fee fthe works of God; he is terrible
#n his doing toward the children of men g. F Conſider them wiſely and ſeriouſly, for God's Glory, and for your own good. g To all his Enemies; whom he calls rhe Children Men ; partly, in way of Contempt, to ſhew how unable they are; ither, to avoid or reliſt the great God; and partly, in oppoſition to his own people, who are frequently called :e Children of God. 6 * He turned the ſea into dry land ; * they went
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M S$: Pal. ſidered as one Body,continued through all ſucceeding Generations, United in the Bond of the ſame Covenant and Worſhip, and in the poſſeſſion of the ſame Promiſes, and Priviledges, and Bleſſings, and Adted by one and the ſame Spirit; and therefore ſeveral and con« trary things may reaſonably be aſcribed to them, in regard of their ſeveral Parts and Ages, and what wasdone inone Age, may be im puted to another by Vertue of their ſtri& ConjunRion with the lame Body.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever 5; * his eyes be.
hold the nations & ; let not the rebellious exalt them-
ſelves /. Selah.
: The ſame Power which God had and put forth for his people in Antient time, he ſtill hath in as great Vigour asever, and is not at all weakened by Age, and is as able and ready to AQ for them now, as ever ke was : which he hith ſhewed by this Late and Glori. ous inſtance. k He ſees all their ſecret and 1ubtil Devices,and can and will defeat them, when he ſees fit. / Lift up their Hands a- gainſt God, or againſt his people. Or, the Rebellious (.7; e, Thoſe people which rebel againſt this Almighty Gcd and his Laws ) ſbal not exalt themſelves, as they Vainly hope and Deſign to do, but ſhall be brought down and deſtroyed, as is hereby :mplyed.
8 O bleſs our God, ye people m,and make the yoyce
of his praiſe to be heard.
m Of other Nations, that have ſerved,or yer do ſerve other Gods. 9 Which + holdeth our ſoul in life », and fſuffereth
not our feet to be moved 0.
» Who by a Succeſſion of Miracles of Mercy: hath kept us alive in the midſt ofa thouſand Deaths, to v-hich we were expoſed, and hath reſtored us to Life, when we were like Dead men and dry Bones ſcatrered at the Mouth of the Grave. o To wit, ſo asto fall into Miſchief and utter Ruin, as our Enemies deſigned-
10 For p * thou, O God, haſt proved us; thou baſt
tryed us, as ſilver istryed g.
p Or, Tet or Nevertheleſs. Though thou haſt hitherto helped us, and now delivered us, yet for a ſeafon thou haſt ſorely aMiQed us. 9 z. e. Severely, asasif it were ina burning Furnace ; and with a Deſign to try our ſi::cerity, and to purge out the Drofs, or the wic- ked from among us.
11 Thou broughteſt us into the net y ; thou laidſt affliction upon our loyns.
7 Which our Enemies laid for us, and which could never have tae ken or heid us, but by the Permiſſion and Diſpoſal of thy Provi- dence, which gave us into their hands.
12 Thou haft cauſed men 5 to ride over our heads 7; we went through fire, and through water « ; but thou broughteſt us out into a + wealthy place x.
s Weak and Mortal, and miſerable Men, as the Word ſignifies, no better nor ſtronger. than we,if thou hadſt not given them Powe er over us» # To Ride upon our Shoulders. By thy Permiſſion they have uſed us Jike Slaves, yea like Beaſts,to carry their Perſons or Burdens. Compare 1/a. £1 23- u 7. e. Through various and dangerous Tryals, and Calamities. See P/al. 32. 6. and 69. 2, Ezek, 15. 7. and 30. 8. x Heb. Into a moiſt or Well-watered place, ſuch as Canaan was, both in a Proper Sence and figuratively, as be- ing repleniſhed with Divine Graces and Bleflings. *
13 1 will go y into chy houſe with burnt-offerings: I will pay thee my yows,
14 Which my lips have | uttered, and my mouth hath ſpoken when I was in trouble.
151 will f offer unto thee burnt-ſacrifices ofifatlings, with the incenſe of rams z : I will offer bullocks with goats, Selah. Et 3 Hitherto he ſpoke in the plural Number, but now he begins to ſpeak in the ſingular Number, but ſtill the Speech is continued of the ſame Perſon or Perſons: only ſometimes the whole Body ſpeaks ; and ſometimes one Man ſpeaks in the Name ofall the reſt. z with the fat of Rams, which in theſe Peace-offerings was ' burnt upon the Altar, and ſo vaniſhed into Smoke like Incenſe, and which is no leſs pleaſing to God than Incenſe.
16 Come and hear, all'ye that fear God a, and [I will
declare what he hath done for my: foul b.
a Whether Jrael:tes or Gentil-s proſelyted to them. Let every Iſraelite take notice of what God hath done for the Nation in gene- ral, and let the Gentiles obſerve God's goodneſs to the Children of Iſrael. b Which he hath held in Life, as he ſaid v. g. in the grea- teſt dangers of Death.
I7 I cryed unto him with my mouth c, and he was extolled 4 with my tongue.
c With a loud Voyce and great Fervency : Or it is a Pleonaſme, as Pſal. 44. tv» We bave heard with our Ears. d i. e. Praiſed by me; To wit, for Anſwering my Prayers.
18 If * I f regard e iniquity fin my heart g, the LORD will not hear 2 b. AT F -