An Exhortation to a ſolemn praiſmg of God, 1 3. which he requirethfer hrs manifold Mercies, and deliverances, 4 7. and exhorting to Obe« dience, and the worſhipping of him the true God, 8 10. complaineth of their = which tendeth to their own hurt and affiifion, II 16. | (QIng aloud unto God our ftrength b : make a joyful
noiſe unto the God of Jacob, b Who is all our refuge and ſafeguard againſt all our Enemies. 2 Takea palm, and bring hither the timbrel, the picafant harp with the pſaltery c. c All which Inſtruments were then preſcribed and uſed in their ſolemn mectings. _ 3 Blow upthe trumpet in the new nioon 4d, in the time appointed, on our folemn fealt- day e
d Which wos a ſacred and feſtival rime, as appears from Num. 10. 10. and 28. 11, 14. 2 Kings 4. 23. 1js. 66. 23. But this may be underſtood cither 1. Generally of every New Moon. Or rather, 2. Specially of that New Moon, as the word may be rendred, which begun the ſeventh month; as may be gathered both from the fol. lowing words, and by comparing this place with Levis. 23. 24. and Numb. 29. 1. Where this very day is called a day of blowing of Trumpets. e Or, for the day, or time of cur jolemn f.tivity ; whereby may be underſtood either 1. theday of the New Moon, on which the Trumpets were blown for the celebration of that ſolemn time. Or, 2. The ſeventh Month, which that New Moon did introduce or begin, and in which, beſides other Solemnities, they kept the Feaſt of Tabernacles, - which the Hebrew DoQors call the Feaſt by
way of eminency, and Joſephus affirms to have been the moſt ſacred and the chief of ail the Jewiſh Feaſts.
God of Jacob f.
f For thisis no humane device but an appointment and command of the great God and your Lord.
5 Ihisg he ordained in Joſeph þ for a teſtimony 3, when he & went out / || through the land of Egypt m: where I z heard a language that I F underſtood not 0.
g To wit, the blowing of Trumpets. þ Among the poſterity of 7oſeph, to wit, the people of 1ſrael, as isevident both from the foregoing Verſe where they are called Jſ-ae!, and from the follow- ing words in this Verſe, where they are deſcribed by their coming out of Egypt, which was common to all the Tribes of 17ae!,who are ſometimes called by the name of Joſeph ; of which ſee on Pſal. $0. 1. # Either, 1. Fora Law, which 1s oft called a :efimoxy. Or ra- ther, 2. Fora witneſs and memorial of that glorious deliverance mentioned in the following words. For, 1. That this was a fatute and law he had expreſſed, Yerſ. 4. which it is notnort likely that he would here repeat, eſpecially in a more dark and doubtful phraſe. 2. He ſeems to declare the end of that Law, which was to be a jeſtie mony. k To wit, God, he whoordained, as was now ſaid. 1! As a Captain in the head, or on the behalf of his people. » To execute his judgments upon that Land or People. Or, againſt, &c, to de ſtroy it. Or, out ef it, as both antient and other Interpreters render this Particle a, which is elſewhere pur for meal, and meal is put for min, from or out of, as is manifeſt by comparing 2 Kings 21. 8. with 2 Chron. 33, 8. Sothis Text notes the time when this 2nd the 0» ther Feaſts were inſtituted ; which was at, or preſent'y after their coming out of Egypt, even at Sinai. n i.e. My progenitors, for all the ſucceſſive Generations of 1ae] mzke one body, and are ſome- times ſpoken ofas one perſon. o Either, 11 The Language of God himſelt ſpeaking from Heaven at. Sinei, which was ſtrange and | terrible tome. Or rather, 2. The Egyptian Language, which at
firſt was very ungrateful and unknown to the I/-ac/ites, Gen. 42. 23. and probably continued ſofor ſome conſiderable time, becauſe they were much ſeparated both in place and converſation from the Egyptians through Joſeph's pious and prudent deſign. This Expo« ſition 1s confirmed from Pſal. 114. 1. where this very thing 15 Men tioned as an aggravation of their miſery ; and from other places of Scripture where this is ſpoken of as a curſe and plague to
whoſe name he ſeems to allude, which ſignifies rhe ſon of the right
or ſon of Man he underſtands either 1- The Meſſias, oft called in Scripture theſon of Man ; let him come, and Ikt his Kingdom be eſta
hand 3. e. a dearly beloved ſon, as Benjamin was to Jacob. » By man | F
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p I delivered him from burdenſome ſlavery” 9 As this word is taken, 182m 2. 14- 2 Chron. 35- 13- Or, Baskets, as 1t iignihes, 2 Kings 1o+ 75- Jer. 24, 2- In the general it ſeems to note all thole Veſſels wherein they carried water, ſtraw, lime, bricks, &c | 7 * Thou caliedſtin crouble r, and I delivered thee; re, 2.23. T anſwered thee in the ſecret place of chunder 5: I *pro- xx0d.17. ved thee at the waters of || Meribah. Selah. 6 » At the Red Sea, Exod: 14 10, 11, 12+ s From the dark and Nu.29-13- cloudy pillar, whence I thundred and fought againſt the Ezyptzans. 10r,P"i7e. See Exode 13-21: and 14: Ig, 24. Others refer this to the thunder at Sinai. But at that time they were not 7» trouble, but in a ſafe and glorious Condition.
8 * Hear, O my people, and I will teftifie unto thee z: O Iſrael, if thou wilt hzaken unto me ;
t Concerning my will and thy duty- I will give thee Statutes and Judgments, in the execution, of which thou mayeſt live and be happy forever. This God didpreſently after he brought them from M:ribah, even at Sinat. |
9 There ſhall no ſtrange god be in thee : neither ſhalt thou worſhip any ſtrange God «. |
7 re wg {halt renounce all falſe gods and worſhips, and worſhip me only. |
io I am the LORD thy God which brought thee out of the land of X#gypt z open thy mouth wide x, and I will fill ic y.