L LXV1I. and ſubmit themſelves, as it here follews. 7 So this word ſignifies here above, verſe 11: and 2 Sam- 23- 11. Pſahm 74. 19+ Or, the bea#i, or wild beaſt, as this word is elſe-where uſed, 1: c: The Beaſts ; the tingular being put for 'the plural ; So the ſenſe 1s the ſame. -m Heb. Of the reed, i- e» That uſe Spears or Arrows ; which Say be called reeds, either becauſe in length and form they reſemble reeds; Or becauſe antiently they were made of reeds. And this ſenſe ſeems favoured by the laſt.-words of this Verſe, in which be explains this and the other Metaphors of Warriors. Or the reed may. be taken properly ; and by the beaff of the reea he may unger- ſtand the King of Egypr, who then was a very potent and a moſt Idolatrous King, and a great and old enemy to the true Religion, and to the People of 1rael, whom therefore he deſires God to re- buke and bumble, that he may acknowledge the true God, which isforetold that he ſhall do, verſe 31- As for this enigmatical de- ſignation of this King, that is agreeable enough both to the uſage of che Prophets in ſuch caſes, and to the Rules of Prudence; and upon the tame account the Prophet Jeremy threatning deftruftion againſt Babylon, calls it enigm@ ically Sheſhack, Jer. 25. 26+ and 51. 41: ard'S. Paul calls Nero, the Lyon, 2 Tim, 4. 17. But then this one King, being eminent in his kind, is by an uſual Synecdoche put for all of them which were enemies to Gods people. » By which he doubtleſs underſtands Men of War, as the following words expound it ; the great and potent and fierce and furious Adverſaries of God, and of his Church, as this word 1s uſed Pſal. 22. 12.Jſa« 34. 7. And conſequent!y the calves muſt be their People or ſou!diers dependingupon them, and joyning with them in theſe a&s of hoſtility again? thine Iſ-ae/. o This he adds as a I1m1- ration of his requeſt, Rebuke them, O Lord, nor to utter deſtrutti- on, but only till they be humbled and ſubmit themſelves, andin token thereof bring pieces of filver for preſents, as was forrold. v. 29, For ſubmit himſelf, it is 1n the Hebrew ca# him[elf down, or offers | himſelf 20 berrod upon- Bur becauſe this ſupplement may ſeem too large, and notneceſſary, the words are and may be rendred other- wiic, that tread upm, or walk proudly in, or with fragments or pieces of filver, wherewith eminent Captains uſed to adoin themſelves and their very Horſes And ſo this beiongs to rhe bulls and calves, whoſe pride and wealth and power 1s deſcribed in this manner. p Heb. - He hath ſcattered, (i. e. ) He will certainly ſcatter, according tothe Prophetical Style. So this may contain an anſwer, or his aſſurance ofan anſwer to his prayer; I prayed, Rebuke the company,
| &c, and God hath heard my prayer, and I doubt not, wil' rebuke or ſcatter them. ' q That without any neceſlity or provocation,and meerly out of a love to miſchief and ſpoil make war upon others, and upon us particularly. Now that thou haſt given thy people reſt, and ſetrled the Arkin its place, O Lord rebuke all our ma-
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Lord of the whole Heaven and Farth, but in a ſpecial and excel'
manner, he is the God of 1/racl «© Or. I che Heaven, He hath two Dw<llings and Thrones, the one in his Church and People and the other in Heaven, See 1/a 57+ 15. | , 35 O God, theu art terrible d out of thy holy places
e; the God of Iſrael js he that giveth ftrength and pow-. er unto h;s people f: blefſed beGod. | 4 Or, Vuncrable, deſervedly to be both reverenced and feareq.
e Or, Senfuaries, He uſeth the plural number ; Either, 1. Ot the Sanctuary in Zou, becauſe the Tabernacle and Temple conſiſ!ed of three parts, the Court, the Holy Place. and the Holy of Holies Or rather, 2. With reſpet& to that twofold Sanftuary here men- tioned, one in Zion, and the other in Heaven. And out of both on Holy Places God appeared, and pur forth fuch As of his ower, as might juſtly trific his Enemies. f The Strength which the Ki:gdom of J/rael now hath, is not to be afcrib-d to my Valour or Condut, nor to the Courage or numbers of the people, nor ro
that happy Unionnow made, and eftablithed among all the Tribes vur only to the might and grace of God. :
P > & L.A. (EY The ARGUME NT.
His Pſalm of David conſiſts of his Complaints and fervent
Prayers, and comfortable predifions of his Deliverance
and of the ruine of his Enemies. Burt the condition of this Pſalm 1s hike that of divers others, wherein although the matter or ſub- ſtance of it agree in ſome ſort to David, yer there are ſome ſingus
lar paſſages, which he delivers with a particular reſpe& unto Chriſt of whom he was an eminent Type, and upon whom his thoughts im —_ Day pg 900; and of whom they are more fitly and
ully underſtood : And therefore they are juſt] li M1 the New Teftament, as we ſhall ſee: y OT es 99 Saga To the chief muſician upon Shoſhannim, @ Pſalm of
David. | David (as a Type of Chriſt) complaineth of his heavy and manifold Af- fliftions, 1 12. Fervently prayeth for help and deliverance 13 —— 21. Giveth over hu Enemies to deſtruffion, 2229. And praiſeth God in confidence of being accepted, 39—43. And Sion ſg« ved, 35, 36. | Ave me,O God,for * the waters 4 are come in unto ny ſoul b.
a 1 & Tribulations, which are oft exprefſed by Waters: as hath been obſerved. 6b i- e- To my Vital Moon io chat I am
ready to be choaked with them. My Soul i : even unto Dearh. y Soul is exceeding forrowful
licious and bloody Enemies, and giveus aſſured peace that we may worſhip the Lord without diſturbance. And withal David may ſeemr to utter this for his own vindication- have been a Man of War, and therefore have loſt building the Temple, and am now forced to lodge the Ark in 2 mean Tabernacle, which I have ereted for it, but this thou
and therefore do not lay my Wars to my charge.
Pt ople ; arge : Ecniopia » ſhall
21 Princes thall come out of Agypt ſoon ſtretch out her hands unto God 5. r He names only theſe, as the great and Antient Enemies of God, and of his Feople, and asa moſt wicked and 1dolatious and i'1COr-