x Underſtand elſe-wherez which is neceflary to compleat the- as che rh ſenſe: Or, 1n the tents of wickedneſs; which may be ſupplied out ſhold. of the next Clauſe. Such Ellipſes are uſual in Scripture, as Pſalm gf. 7. at thy ſide, (i.e ) Lett fide, Prov. 19. 1, &c- y Which was generally he'd a mean and contemptible Office, and belonged to the common Levites, 1 Chron- 9+ 19+ and 26. 1+ and therefore might ſeem very diſhonourable for David, z Than to live inthe greateſt glory and plenty and pleaſure ; which is ordinarily the lot of wicked men, as David obſerved before, Pſalm 17- 14. and 73* 6, 7+ and elſe-where-
11 For the LORD God 7s a ſun « and * ſhield 5 : the +1, LORD will give grace c and glory 4: * no good thing Pal. x e will he withhold from them that walk uprightly f, I 4e
a Toenlighten and quicken and dire& and comfort all his peo- *PiAl. ple; whereas they that live without God in the World, Walk m 9» 19: darkneſs, and know not whither they go, as is ſaid, John 12- 35- b To ſave his People from all their Encmies, and from thoſe dreadful and deadly miſeries which attend all other.men. «c His favour and friendſhip, which is better than Life, Pſalm 63+ 3- and all the blefled fruits of it» @ Not the vain-glory and ſplendour of this World, of which David would not have ſpoken ſo magnificently, becauie upon all occaſions he expreſſeth a great conrempr of thoſe things, but the Honour which comes from God here, and that e- ternal and ineffable Glory laid up for God's People 1n the future world. e Nothing that is truly good in it (elf, and which is good . for them; for ſometimes afflictions, which are evi! in themſelves, are good and neceſlary, and highly advantagious to good Men ; and the good things of this World would do chem much hurt ; which is verified by frequent Experiments. f That worſhip God ſincerely, and order their Converſations aright. Which Clauſe Da= vid ſeems, to me, to add deſignedly to prevent or remove an Ob- jection againſt what he had now ſaid, which might be taken from his own Cale, whereby it appeared that God was no ſuch ſun or ſhield ro him, but expoſed him to great and ſore calamities. Which being certain and evident, David here affigns the true reaſon of ir, which was not from any defe& in God's goodneſs and ſufficiency, bur only from his own groſs miſcarriages, whereby he had clouded this ſun, and caſt away this ſhield, and forfeited theſe priviledges by departing from his integrity. -
i2 O LORD of hoſts, * bleſſed js the man that truſterh in thee g.
g Who, though he be deprived of the opportunity of payin that outward Worſhip to os which 1s poo 2 par me Houſe yet giveth thee that inward Worſhip which is more valuable in thy account, and placeth his chief Truſt and Hope and Hapineſs in
thee alone. FSAL LAXXY; The ARGUMENT. ) =— Pſalm is thought to have been made after the Peoples re- turn from the Babyloniſh Captivity ; wherein he partly gives
God thanks for that glorious deliverance; and partly implores
God's Mercy in compleating that work,and reſcuing his People from
the relicks of their Bondage, and from the vexation which they
had by their Neighbours afrer they were returned to Canaan, ;
To the chief muſician. 4 Pſalm || for the ſors of 10r,& Korah,
The Pſalmif o:t of the experience of former Mercies, prayeth for the cont i. nuance of them, 1 — 7. Reſolveth to wait on the Lord, and hear what he will ſpzak, 8. His Confidence in his Goodneſs, Mercy and Truth, g —— 13. Co
= thou haſt been |] favourable unto thy land @: Or» —_
thou haſt brought back the captivity b of Jacob. 72 a i e Unto thy People, in removing the Ad effe&s of thy diſ- pleaſure. b The Caprives, as that word is uſed, Pſalm 14. 7. atd
68. 18- and elſe-where.
2 * Thou haſt forgiven the iniquity of thy people ; thou haſt covered all their ſin c. Selah.
c So as not to impute it to them, or to continue the puniſhment which thou didſt inflitt upon them for it. |
3 Thou haſt taken away all thy wrath 4: |} thou haſt p g, ,z,
haſt turned 4 Thoſe Calamities which were the effe&ts of thy juſt wrath :hine ange conceived againſt us. « from wax= 4 Turn us e, O God of our ſalvation, and cauſe thine mg bur;
anger towards us to ceaſs f. es Ha. e Either, 1. Convert us. As thou haſt brought back onr Bodies to thy Land, fo bring back our Hearts to thy ſelf, from whom ma<« ny of them to this day are alienated. Or rather, 2, Reſtore us rg 4 Y 4 our
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* and peace r have kiſſed each other 5. *>x This isto be underſtood; Either, 1, Of theſe Graces or Ver-
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" another expreſſion of the ſame thing.
our former tranquility,and free us from the troubles which we yet groa under from our malicious Neighbours and Enemies. For this beſt ſuits with the following Clauſe of the Verſe, which com- monly exp'ains the former. f He prudently endeavours to take away the root and cauſe of their continued miſeries, to wit, God's anger procured by their fins. _
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? draw out thine anger to all generations ?
6 Wilt thou not revive us again g, that thy people may rejoyce in thee 2?
£ Thou haſt once revived us in bringing us out of Captivity,
give us a ſecond reviving in bringing home the reſt of our Bie- thren, and in rebuking and reſtraining the remainder of our Ene- mies wrath.
7 Shew us þ& thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us
thy ſalvation.
h 1: e. Grant it to us, as the next words explain it, and as roy ſignifies, P/alm 4. 6. ſo alſo PJalm 6e. 3. and 71. 20. Or, manifeſt thy ſecret purpoſe of mercy to us by thy Providential Dul- penſations. |
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ſaints m: but let them not turn again to folly ».
7 i. e. Diligently obſerve : And the Pfalmiſt by declaring wat