e Maintain thy Honour and Worſhip, and Service againſt thoſe | that reproach thee, asit here follows, and was noted before, v- 10.
18. As we are reviled and perſecuted for thy ſake ; ſothou art 1n-
jured in all our wrongs. : :
23 Forgetnor the voyce f of thine enemies ; the tu-
Heb. 2/- mult g of choſe that riſe up againſt thee + encreaſeth 5
| ontinually* :
Sam- 5. : f Their faking and reproachful Expreſſions againſt thee, as 26 well as againſt us. g 7, e. The tumultuous noiſe of the loud Cla- mours. + Heb. aſcendeth, to wit, into Heaven, being either direCt- ed thither by them ; :h:ir Mouths being ſet againft Heaven, as theirs was, Pſal. 73 9. or at leaſt being perceived there by God, whole Fars were pierced with the loud cry of their fins. See Gen. 4+ 10. and 18. 20. Or aſcending, may be here put for increaſmg, as it 1s,1/a. 55. 13. Jer. 46. 7. SO the Senſe is; They grow worſe and worſe, encouraging and hardening themſelves in their wicked Courſes, by their continual ſucceſs and proſperity, and by thy Patience exten-
hem. EE pb 5 AL LXXV. or. d;- To the chief muſician, || Al-taſchith, a Pſalm or Song
py 107. of Aſaph as :
Or, for Ky the ooo Or, to or for Aſaph ; which may be put by way
faph, of oppoſition, to the foregoing and general Expreſſion ; to the chief Muſician, which is here limited to and explained of 4ſ/aph. As
Pſal. 6:. having ſaid : 7o the chief Muſician, he adds to Jeduthun;and
then follows the Author, David, This Pſalm was either Com-
poſed by David, or by Aſaph in Davids Name and Perſon, as It Is not unuſual for Poets to bring in Princes, 1} peaking in their
Poems. It ſeems to relate to the time when David had entred u-
pon, but not got full poſſeſſion of the Kingdom. : : The Pſalmiſt praiſmg God for his wondrous works, promiſeth to Juage upright-
ly, x3. Rebuking the proud and fooliſh with Gods Providence,q 8.
Pulleth them down, but exalteth the righteous, 9, Io.
Nto thee, O God, do we 6 give thanks, unto thee,
S do we give thanks ; for that thy name c zs near d, thy wondrous works e declare.
b Tin my own, and in my peoples name. e z. e. Thy ſelf '; or thy power. d Is preſent with us, and moſt ready to help us,when we cry unto thee, as this Phraſe is taken, Pſal. 34. 19. and 145. 18, Thou art not departed from us ; thou doſtnot now ſtand afar off, as once thou didit, Pjal. 10.8. e Wrought on my behalf, and for | the good of thy people. : [ : | Or3#hen . || When I ſhall receive the congregation f I will Tjbail rake ;ndege uprightly g.
8 let time, J _ et #8 Congregation, or Body of thy People, to So Gr. wit. all the Tribes; which are now diſtra&ed and diſordered by a Civil War, whichis a great hinderance to the Adminiſtration of Juſtice. Or, whenT ſhall receive or ebtain the appointment, i. e. What God hath appointed and promiſed to me, to wit, the full and firm poſſ:ſſion of the Kingdom : Or, he time, or place appointed by God for thatwork. Some make theſe and the following paſſages, the Words of God concerning his Church or People, which ſeems not probable ; partly becauſe he ſpeaks of God in the third Perſon, as one diſtin& from him that ſpeaks theſe words, v. 7, 8. and partly becauſe it is evident, that one and the ſame perſon ſpeaks from hence to the end of the Pſalm,& the ninth Verſe cannot be ſpoken byGod. g I willnotuſe my Power tyrannically and wickedly, as Saul did, and as moſt other Princes do; but holily and righteouſly for the
ood of my people.
My The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are diflolved bh ; I bear up the pillars of its. Selah.
hþ Or melted, conſumed or deſtroyed; partly by the ill Govern- ment of Saul and IÞbboſhe:h, and the great Officers of State and War under them ; and partly by inteſtine Diviſions and Wars: i How- ſoever lam traduced by mine Enemies, as the great diſturber of the Land, TI muſt do my ſelfthis right to affirm, that under God, I do ſupport and eſtabliſh it, by maintaining Religion and Juſtice, and by ſetting up good Magiſtrates, and encouraging good Miniſters. and good Men, which are indeed the Pillars of a Nation.
I faid & unto the tools /, Deal not fooliſhly »»; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn ».
k With Authority and Command; I charged them. 17. e. The wicked, as that is explained in the next Clauſe. m Deſiſt from your impious and injurious praCtices, which ſhall not now go unpuniſh- ed, as they have done. » D» not carry your ſelves either arrogant- ly boaſting of your own ſtrength, or ſcornfully and maliciouſly to- wards me, or others of Gods people,
5 Lift not up your hora on high o;ſpeak not p with a ſtiff neck 7.
d aſhamed ; let
er. 18,
* Pſal.6o. -2, 3. & $2. 5.
20 Have reſpe& unto the covenant 4 ; for the Eg |
EM -$. Pſal. LXXV1,
o A Metaphor from untataed and fiff-necked Oxen, which will not bow their Heads to receive the yoke, but lift up their Heads and Horns to avoid it. or, againſt the High, i. e. againſt God, who is mentioned under this ſame Title, Pſal. 56. 2. though there it be rendred, moſt High, p To wit, againſt m2 and my Government: q With Pride and Contempt of my Perſon, and with Rebellion a- gainſt Gods Will decjarcd concerning my advancement, of which you are not ignorant. See 2 Sam. 3. 17, 18.
6 For promorion cometh, neither from the eaſt, nor + Heb from the weft, nor from the + ſouth 7.
rFor though you envy and oppoſe my advancement,becauſe T wag but a poor Shepherd, and of a mean Family, yet you ought to know and conſider what is notorious and viſible in the World, that the Dignities and Scepters of the World are not always diſpoſed ac- cording to humane expeQations and probabilities ; but by Gods So. veraign Will and Providence, as it follows. It is true, men that expect Preferment, have their Eyes fixed upon the great Perſons of the World, who are thought to have the diſpoſition of them in their Hands, and according to their ſeveral inclinations or intereſts; ſome look Eaſt-ward, others Weſt-ward, and others Southward, expetting afſiſtance from ſome of theſe Quarters ; but all in vain. . |
7 But God 5s the Judge s ; * ke putteth down one, * 1 Sam, and ſetteth up another 7 . 27
s To wit, the righteous Judge, and ſupreme Lord and Gover- nour of all. the Kingdoms ofthe World, giving them to whomſoe- ver he pleaſeth. # Itis he who hath rejeQted Sauland his Family,and put me in his ſtead ? And who art thou that diſputeſt with God, and reſiſteſt his declared Will ?