way of humble ſuppiic:tion and ſub- miſſion. begging Mercy of him - Or to offer up the preſents ex- prefled v. 29. Bur this Prophecy, as allo the next Verſe. evident- ly belongs to the times of the Mcfſiah: when ti:e Gentiles were to be broucht in to the knowledge and worſhip of the true Ged : with the thoughts and hopes whereof David oft comforteth himielt in that confined and afflit:d ſtate of the Church in his time.
22 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth? ; O
ſing praiſes unto the LORD- Selah. . ; : Not only Egypt and Erhiepia, bur other Kingdoms and Nations alſo, who ſhall partake of the ſame Grace with them. To him * that rideth upon the heavens « which
were of old x; lo, he doth | ſend out his voice, end
that a mighty voice y.
« Upon the higheit Heavens, as Dert. 10. 14- his trueſt and beſt Sanftuary. By which Expreſſions, he prevents all mean and carnal conceptions of God, as if he were confined to the Ark or Taber- nacle, and Jifreth up the Minds, borh of Jews and Gentiles to Hea- ven, and repreſenteth God as dwelling there in infinite Glory and Majeſty, and from thence looking down upon all the Inhabitants of the Earth, and ruling them by his Almighty Power, and there- fore moſt fir to be owned and received by all Kings and Kingdoms, as their Lord and Governour. x i: e+ From the very beginning of the World ; Whereas the Ark was only ſome hundred years old. Or, which are everlaſting ; for this Hebrew word anſwers to Olam, which looks not only backward to time paſt, but foreward to the furure of which this word is by divers underſtood, Devz.33. 15, This is alſo oppoſed to the conditien of the Ark and Tabernacle, and Temple; Ail which, as David by the Spirit of Prophecy wel] knew, would be aboliſhed and diſſolved. » By which he under- ſtands; Either, 1+ The Thunder called God's Yoice, Pſalm 29. 3. and elſe-where. Or rather, 2. His Word, to wit, the Goſpel, pub- liſhed by Chriſt and byhis Apoſtles, aſſiſted by the Holy Spirit ſent from Heaven; which migt:t well be call-d God's Yoice, and that a enighty Voice, becauſe it produced ſuch great and wonderful Effes, asare here above-mentioned, in converting all the Kings and King- doms of the Earth.
34 Aſcribe ye ſtrength unto God z : his excellency «
2; over Iſrael þ, and his ſtrength is in the || clouds c. z Acknowledge that he 15 mighty and able to do whatſoever he
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knoweſt, that T have not undertaken any of my Wars out of wan» in the very Mire, which is at the bortr h ronneſs, or ambition, or love to War and Miſchief, but only by ' firm and es footing, but I ſink in a my nia gd with- conſtraint and neceſſity for the juſt defence of my ſelf and of thy | out thy ſpeedy and almighty Help, ſhall be overwhelmed ind de-
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rigible ſort of men, ſee Jer- 13. 23+ Amos 9. 7. bur by them he , quent cryes. Synecdochically underitands all other Nations, and people of the ; hath promiſed, and I confidently expe&ed, bur in vain.
* = o of -. 2 ” I fink in + deep mire c, where there is no ſtand- d: TI am come into | deep waters, where * the floods
c Heb. In the Mire of the deep Waters. 1 am not in the Shal- lows, or nigh the Bank bur in the middle, and deepeſt parts, and ad No
ſtroyed.
3 I am weary of my crying e, my throat is dried f : mine eyes fail g while I wait for my God.
e I have prayed and cryed to God, long and fervent! yet God ſeems to negle& and forſake me. With loud 4 ng g With looking to God for that aſſiſtance which he
4 They: that * hate me without a cauſe g, are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would deſtroy
me being mine enemies wrongfuily, are mighty: then I reftored that which I took not away hþ.
£ Without any injury or occaſion given them by me. þ Either becauſe they unjuſtly and violently forced me to it: Or, becauſe p Sa wg 3 todo 4 to wy ata for peace ſake. By this
e kind of wrong, he underſtands all thoſe injurie 7 which they praftiſed againſt him. + nar
5 O God, thou knoweſt my fooliſhneſs, and my + ſins _ not hid from thee 5.
# This is added; Either, 1. Asa proof of his In 1 he had now aſſerted by way of ot to God ; CT Judge between me and them, whether I be guilty of thoſe Follies and Sins, which they lay to my Charge. And ſuch Appeals indeed David uſeth, Pſalm 7-3, 4. and elſe-where : But then they are de- livered in form of a Suppoſition, and not a poſitive aſſertion, as this is. Or rather, 2. As an exception to what he laſt ſaid, But O Lord, although I have been innocent to mine Enemies and have given them no cauſe to hate or perſecute me, as they do, yet I muit confeſs, I am guilty of many Sins and Follies againſt thee and have given thee juſt cauſe to puniſh me,and to give me up into their hands,and to deny or delay thine help unto me. By Fool- iſhneſs he means Sin, as he explains it, which 1s commonly ſo cal- led in Scripture ; Or by his Foliſbneſs, he means leſſer fins commit- ted through Ignorance or Inconſiderateneſs, and by Sins, thoſe of a groſler nature. |
6 Let not them that wait on theef, O LORD GOD of hoſts, be aſhamed g for my ſake 4: let not thoſe that ſeek thee, be confounded for my ſake, O God of Iſrael.
f (i- e.) Thy godly people, who relye upon thy promiſes, which thou haſt made to all chine in genera), and to me in a ſpecial man- ner, wherein they alſo are concerned. g (i-e) Fruſtrated of their juſt hopes; Which will make chemiaſhamed, either to look up u- pon God, or tolook upon their Enemies, when they ſhall reproach them for their Confidence in God. + Either, 1. For the ſake of my fins laſt mentioned ; Let not all good Men ſuffer for my ins. Or 2. Becauſe of my fad diſappointments. For if they ſee me re- jetted and forſaken of God, whom they have eſteemed a great ex-
pleaſerh for his people, or againſt his and their Enemics? & His excellent Power and Goodneſs. b Dwelis among them. and is em- ployed for chm, as occaſion requires, - He 15 mideed the univerſal
_— _— gry 2 al and all Vertue and Piety, they will e exceedingly diſcouraged by this Example Whi ill tend much to thy diſhonour and diſſervice, hog EO
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