+ Fr * And {mote all the firſt-born in Egypt.the chief *Ex.12-29- of their ſtrength x in the tabernacles of Ham y.
:Þ x Another expreſſion noting the firſt-born, who are fo called, Gen, 42. 3- » Of the Egyptians, the poſterity of Ham, Gen. 10. g. which title he there gives them to intimate that they were the cur- ſed children of a curſed parent, Ham, Gen. 9. 25. and therefore
. were proper objefts for divine wrath and vengeance.,
2 But * made his own people to go forth like ſheep,
*Pſ.77-20. and guided them in the wilderneſs like a flock.
| 53: And he led themon ſafely ſo that they feared not: z but the ſea * + overwhelmed their Enemies.
» Bur it is ſaid that they were ſore afraid, Exod. 14 10, Av/. x. They were afraid ar firſt, but after Miſes had encouraged them they grew bold and ſecure, one evidence whereof was, that they. confidently went into the middle of the Sea, and paſſed between
covered. 1 « vaſt heaps of water which were on both ſides of them, - 2, The
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meaning may be that they had no juſt caule to fear : for men are oft faid to do not only what they attually do, but alſo what they ouglit to do, as Mal. 1. 6. and 2. 7. ©c. _
54 And he brought them :o the border of his{an&u- ary a, even to this mountain a, * which his right hand had purchaſed. 1
p Or, of his holineſs, or his holy place : Y E. the Land of Canaan, which is ſo called, Ezra 9g. 8. Zach. 2. 8. Oc, as being ſeparated b God from all other Lands, for his peopleand ſervice, and ſanQtified by his preſence and dwelling init. 4 Either 1. The Mountain Us pon which the Tabernacle or Temple ſtood. Orrather 2. The mountainous Country of Canaan, which is called a Land of hills ud valleys,Deute ti. 13. And the word-mo:ntern is oft uſed in Scripture for a mountainous Country, asS- Gen: 36. $. Det. nr. Ti Toſ- TIe2T,
55He caſt outthe heathen alſo before them,and * di- * q,e,,, vided them an inheritanceby line, and made the tribes Pl.1z6.y, of Ifrael to dwell in their tent. | Oy
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the moſt high God, and kept not his teſtimonies.
57 But turned back,and dealt uufaithfully like their fa- thers 3 they were turned aſide * like a deceitful bow b.
b Which either breaketh when it is drawn, or ſhooteth awry,and fruſtraterh the Archers deſign and expeQation. "So when they pre- tended, and both God and men expe&ted obedience and gratitude to their great benefaQor, they behaved themſelves undutifully and untaithfully towards him. » ]
58*For they provoked him to anger with their high pla- *Deur3z, ces,and moved him to jealouſie with their graven images. 792":
59 When God heard c this, he was wroth, and great- ly abhorred Ifracl. |
c 2. e. Perceived or underſtood, ( as hearing is oft uſed ) as Ger,
[T.7. and 41.15, It is ſpoken of God after the manner of men,
60 * So that he forſook the tabernacle of Shiloch, 4 + , 5,q, the tent which he placed among men e. 4. It
d Which then was placed in $hilob, from whence as the 1ſ-ae/ites Jer: 7.12. ferched the Ark, ſo God withdrew himſclf. e Whereby he inſfinu- 14. #14 ates both God's wonderful condeſce:ſion and favour to tuch 26-6, 9 worthleſs and wretched creatures, and their ſtupendious folly and + png in deſpiſing and ſfinning away ſo glorious a privi=
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61 And delivered his ſtrength f into captivity,and his gloryg into the enemies þ hand. :
F To wit, the Ark, called God's ffr:ngth, r Chron. 16. it. and the ark of his ſtrength, Pſal. 132. 8. becauſc it was the ſign and pledge of his ſtrength or power put forth on his peoples behalf. g So the Ark is called, as being the Monument and ſear of God's glorious preſence, andan inſtrument of his glorious works. þ Namely, the Philiſtins : Of which ſee 1 Sam: 4.
62 He gave his people over alſo unto the ſword: and was wroth with his inheritance.
63 * The fire conſumed their young men ; and their *Tu. ig. maidens were not + given to marriage 4, Dan.11.33 z: Becauſe the young men who ſhould have married them were + Heb, ſlain. Heb. were not praiſed, to wit, with Marriage-ſongs, which praiſed,
was uſual at Marriage. Solemnities among the Jews, as appears from Jer. 7. 34: and 16.9. and 25. 10.
64 Their preiſts & fell by the ſword, aud their widows made no lamentation /.
k Hophni and Phinehas and others. 1 No Funeral Solemnities ; ei- ther becauſe they were prevented by their own death, as the wife of Phtnehas was, or diſturbed by the invaſion of the enemy, or fo overwhelmed with the ſence of the publick calamity that the reſent- ment of their private loſſes was twallowed up by it. See 506 27.15,
Ezek. 24 23. 65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of ſleep m, and like a mighty man that ſhouterh by reaſon of wine m.
m For God by giving up not only his people but his Ark to the contempt and inſolency of the Phijiitins might ſcemto be afleep and inſenſible of his own honour and intereſt, till by a ſudden and un- expetted blow he convinced his enemies of the contrary. m Whoſe | ſpirit and courage is revived and inflamed by a liberal draught of
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generous wine. . Which compariſon is no more injurious to the
' Divine Majeſty than that of a thiefs coming in the night, to which
| Chriſt's ſecond coming is compared, 1 Theſ 5. 2.
66 * And he ſmote his enemies in the hinder parts? * , 5156,
he put them to a perpetual reproach o. & 6. 46
2 With the Diſeaſe of the Emerods which was both painful and ſhameful. o He cauſed them to perpetuate their own reproach by ſending back the Ark of God with their golden Emerods, the laſting monuments of their ſhame.
67 Moreover, p he retuſed the tabernacle off ofeph 4: and choſe not the tribe of Ephraim r :
Þ And as he ſmote his enemies for their fins ; ſo le puniſhed his own people for the ſame cauſe. 9 Fither, He reje&ed the King- dom of the ten tribes, whereof Ephraim was the Head. But this Pſalm reacheth not ſo far as the ereHtion of that Kingdom. Or ra» ther, 2. He would not have his Ark to abide longer in the Taber- nacle of Shiloþ, which was in the 'Tribe of Joſeph or Ephraim. See 1 Sam 6. 12. and 7e I, 2+ Jers 7+ 12,14» and 26.6, 9. r The ſame thing repeated in other words after the manner. :
68 But choſe the tribe of Judah /; the mount Zion | which he loved,
ſ Either, x. For the ſeat of the Kingdom. Or rather, ' 2. For the ſeat of the Ark and of God's Worthip: Obj. Teruſalom was in the Tribe of Benjamin, Joſ. 18. 27, Anſ. 1. It was fo in part and part of it was in Judah, as appears from Joſ. 15 63- To which Tribe