| him e char rideth upon the heavens f by his name LAH Gladneſs. |.£, and rejoyce before him þ. -*_ = | & For God's gracious appearance on their behalf, and for his ſets **** F m | Ted preſence with them e By praiſing him, of which this Verb is 7 '* uſcd, Prov. 4. 8 Or rather, raiſe up or prepare the way for him ; For a ſo this Word is commonly uſed, as 14. 57. 14. and 62. 10. andelſe- 30 Uh where. And this doubrlefs they did for this Solemnity of bringing the Ark to Zion. Compare Iſa. 40. 3. f Which phraſe is uſed, be- | low wv. 33- though in differing Words. Or, that did Ride in the Deſert, where the Ark was carried, and God marched along with it in the Cloudy Pillar. Or, that now Rideth as ( which particle is frequently underſtood ) in the Deſert, i. e. That is now carried from place to place as it wasin the Deſert, The word here rendred Hea- = vens, doth generally ſignifie the Deſert or plain Fields, as Num. 33.48. 50. and 36. 13. Ioſ” 5. lo. 2. Same 4 7. 1ja. 40. 3. Compared with Luke 3. 4. g Whereby he is known and diſtinguiſhed from all falſe Gods. For Jah 1s generally conceived to be an abbreviature of the Name Jehovah, which the Heathens pronounced 7a0. h Before the Ark wherehe is preſent, as David himſelf is ſaid to Dance before the Lord, upon this Occaſion, 2 Sam. 6. 14. : | 5 * A father of the fatherleſs, and ajudge ofthe wi- : ---, .-. dows 2, is God in his holy habitation 3z. ' PPſ.146 9g. ; He now enters upon ſome of the Matters or Reaſons,for which Fer.49.11. God is to be extolled : Whereof this is one, that heis the Patron of ſuch as are injured and oppreſſed,and have not power to help them- ſelves, 7 Either in his Tabernacle : Or in Reaven- Though he dwells there, yet the Eyes of his Fatherly Providence and Care run to and fro to he!p bis people when they are diſtreſſed. 6*God ſerteth the lolitary Þ in families &: he *bring- ; --, _.. eth out thoſe which are bound with chains 1 but * the P£113-9- rebellious 2 dwell in a dry land n. T _- - k Such as were ſingle and Solitary, he bleſſeth with a Wife and * pſaj 109 Children, as he did Abraham. Houſes are oft pur for Poſterity, as ;©& & 1 6 Exod. 1s 21. Ruth 4, 11. 2 Sam. 7.11. 1 He fſetterh Captives and -: TY priſoners at Liberty, as he did the 7ſraelites, &c; m Thoſe who Rebel + Pfal.ro7. againſt God, as the Egyptians did. »n Are deprived ofall true Com- 34;
7 O God, when thou wentett forth before thy peo- ple s, when thou didft march through the wilderneſs, Selah |
oIn the Cloudy Pillar, as their Captain leading them out of Ezy7r.
8*The earth p ſhook, the heavens aiſo droppedq at -_... _ » the preſence of God ; even Sinai it ſelf was moved r at Ex 19-18 the preſence of God, the God of Iſrael. = 5 ud. - p Either, r. Metonymically, the Inhabitants of thoſe parts of
of th: God to whim tiuis Ark belonged. Bur becaute David very wel' ka that both hunſelf and the Ark were Types of Chriſt,and That the Ciurch and peopl: of [acl were a Type of the Catholick ;
the Exrth, by Comparing Exod. 15. 14, Or, 2. properly,by Com- paring Pſal. -114. 5, 6, 79, There was a great Earthquake, as a to- ken of God's dreadful] preſence. q 3. e. Poured down great Showers, which accompanied thoſe mighty Thunders, as utually it doth. SF £ 7 O 4
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v6 : n-. Claufe ; was even melted or diflolved with Fear. Ir isa poetical Repreſentation of: the Terribleneſs of God's appearance. _
9. 9 Thou, O God, didſt f ſend a plentiful r-'1 s, Het, Whereby thou didſt + confirm 7 thine inheritances when
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s Either, 1. In the Wilderneſs ; where they oft wanted Water, and. were by God's extraordinary Care ſupplied with it. Orrather 2- In the Land of Canaan, which he calls God's Inheritance in the next Words; as alſo Exod. 15. 17. and in many other places of Scripture, # which God's people are faid to dwe/in the next. Verſe of which, and the things done in it, he ſpeaks in the following .Verſes; and which, being deſtitute of thoſe Conſtant ſupplies,from the overflowings of a great River, which Egypr enjoyed, God took aſpecial care to ſupply with Rain as occaſion required ; of which ſee Deut. 11. to, 11. 5 Or, ftabliſh, or ſuppore, or ſuſtam, a Either thy people * Or rather thy Land, as was now ; ſaid. 'x Dry and Thirſty, and parched with exceſſive Heat, and ready to Faint for want of Rain ; Compare P/al. 63. 1. |
10 Thy congregation y .hath dwelt therein : thou,