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| f 25 * The ſingers went before, the players on inſtru- * : chr. ii ments followed after s, amongſt them were the damſels py 6." playing with timbrels *. - | a. s Ot which ſee 2 Szm- 6- 15. 1Chron 13: 8; t According tothe 'i —— times. See Exod. 15, Oc. | | 26 Bleſs ye God in the congregations; even the -1 Lord, || from the fountain of 1/rae! s. | en of # Or, as it isrendred in our Margent, and by many others, ye 5s Foun that are of or from the fountain of Iſrael, or Jacob, (4. e. ) All ye tain of people of Iſrael, who are called the fountain of Jacob, Deut. 33+ 28. Iſrael. and faid to come - forth ous of the Waters of Judah, Iſa. 48. 1- and con= ſequently of Jaceb, or Iſrael. See alſo Prov. 5. 18. Iſa. 51. 1. And this ſenſe ſeems to be confirmed by the following Verſe, wherein this fountain is diſtributed into its ſeveral ſtreams, the Tribes of Iſrael, But theſe words may be, and are by ſome joyned with the former, either thus, Bleſs - che Lord for the fountain of Iſrael,(i.e.) for thar fountain which God hath opened to Iſrael for the purging away of fin and uncleameſs, as it is exprefſed Zech. 13. 1, even the Blood and Spirit of Chriſt and all thoſe Spiritual Bleffings which God con, n crs upon his people in his SanQtuary, and by his Ordinances ; which are oft compared ro Waters, as Iſa. 12. 3. Exek. 47+ 1. and to a Fountain or Well, as Joel 3. 18. Jokng. 14, See allo Prov. 14. 27» Jer. 2. 73+ Orthus, Bleſs the Lord who isof the fountain of Iſrael (#. e ) who though he be the moſt high God, yet according ro the Fleth is deſcended from 1jſracl, as is noted Rim. 9. 5. Bur the firſt ſenſe ſeems moſt natural and eaſe . 27 There is x little y Benjamin z with their ruler a: