he would do, teacheth all the Iraebtes what they ought ro do. Or he ſpeaks in the name of all the People of God. & Either by his Prophets or Meffengers, or by the works of his Provid:nce; for that alſo hath a voice. What an{wer God wi!l give totheſe my Pray- ers. [For I am affured from Gods gracious nature and declared will and promilſe, that he will give an anſwer of peace. m Which Clauſe ſeems to be added by way of explication and reſtrition, ro ſhew that this glorious priviledgedid not belong to all that. were ' called Gods people, bur only to thoſe that were truly and really ſuch, even 70 his ſaints or holy enes. n i.e. To ſing which in Scrip- ture is commonly called folly» This is added as a neceflary caurt- On :; but when God ſhall ſpeak peace to his people, let them nor grow wanton and ſecure, nor return to their former wicked courſes ;: which if they do, they will provoke God to repent of his kindneſs to them, and to infli& further and ſorer Judgments upon them. Others render the place, And they will not, or that they may not return to foly, Butthe Particle al being prohibitive, our Tran- flation ſeems to be better. ;
9 Surely hisfalvacion o is nigh them that fear him p :
that * glory may dwell in our land g. o That complear falvation and deliverance for which all the Iſ-ael of God do pray and wait; even the Redemption of Jſrae! by
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' the M-ſſiah ; of which not only Chriſtian, bur even Jewiſh W riters
underitand this place ; and to which the following paſſages do moſt properly and perfe&ly belong- And the Plalmiſt might well fay of this Salvation that it was nzgh, becauſe the ſeventy weeks determined by Danel for this work, chap. 9g. 24. were now begun, this Pſalm being written after Daniel's rime. p The true Iſrael of God, even all thoſe thar love and fear him. By which words he both excludes all hypocritical raelites from this Salvation, and ta- citly aſſigns it to all that fear God, whether Jews or Gentiles. 9 And when that Salvation ſhall come we ſhall be freed from all that ſcorn and contempt-under which we now groan, and ſhall re- cover our ancient Glory ; and the glorious preſence of God, the moſt eminent tokens whereof we have now utterly loſt ; and the
his Father's glory, Heb. 1. 3- compare John 1 14. and rhe glory of Iſrael, Luke 2. 32. ſhall come and viſibly dwell in this now deſpi-
ſed Land. | : xo Mercy and truth are met together: righteouſneſs
tuesin Men. So the Senſe 1s, when that bleſſed time ſhall come, thoſe Vertues which now ſeem to be baniſhed from Humane So- Cicties, ſhall be reſtored, and there ſhall be an happy conjunQion of Mercy or Benignity ; Truth or Veracity ; Righteouſneſs or Faithful- neſs; and Peace or Feaceableneſs and Concord. Or rather, 2. Of the Bleflings of God, of which the whole Context ſpeaks. And rhe
manifeſt and demonſtrate God's Mercy in redeeming his People of Iſrael, and in the calling and cohverſion of the Gentiles ; his Truch in fulfilling that great Promiſe of the ſending of his Son, which is the foundation of all the reſt ; his R:ghteouſneſs in puniſhing ſin, or unrighteouſneſs in his Son, and in conferring Righteouſneſs upon guilty and loft Creatures ; and his Peace or Reconciliation to ſinners, and thar peace of Conſcience which attends upon it. 5s As Friends uſe todo when they meet. See Exod, 4+ 27. and 18. 7. So this is
11 Truth ſball ſpring out of the earth T and righ-
teouſneſs ſhalllook down from heaven «.
# Either, 1» Truth among Men, which ſhall be fo common a- mongſt all Men, as if it grew out of the earth- Or rather, 2, The Truth or Faithfulneſs of God ; which is moſt truly and fitly faid to ſpring out of the earth, partly becauſe it hid long been hid and by- ried like a root in # dry ground, without any hopes of a reviving ; from whence yet God made it to grow, as is noted, 7/a. 53. 2. and partly becauſe Chriſt, who is the Truth, John 14+ 6- and a Mi. niſter of the Circumciſion, ( i. &+ of the Circumciſed, or of the Jews ) for the Truth of God 10 confirm the Promiſes made unto the Fathers, was born upon the earth of a Virgin's Womb. « Even God's Juſtice, which was offended with Men, ſhall then be ſatisfied, and ſhall through Chriſt look down upon ſinful men with a reconciled and ſmiling Countenance.
12 Yea, the LORD ſhall give that which is good x;
and * our land [hall yield her increaſe.
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EE Pial. LXXXy3 ighteouſneſs, he ſhall glorifie and ſatisfie the Righte ; is and ſhall advance the praftice of Righteouſneſs Fa | =» 5% Fpakeng Men- =-1 e- Shall cauſeusto walk in thoſe righteous Ways whe. in he walketh, and which he hath preſcribed to us. Bur this us js not in the Hebrew, and may ſeem too liberal a ſupplement. And the words may be,& are by almoſt all other Interpreters rendred _ therwiſe, He (i- e» God) jhall ſet (which may note his ſtabiliry and conſtancy in ſo doing) it (to wit, Righteouſneſs laſt mentioned) in the way of bu ſteps, i-e- in the way wherein he walketh. So che Senſe of this laſt Clauſe is the ſame for ſubſtance with the former. as 1S very uſual in this Book; Righteouſneſs in that Clauſe goes before him, and in this it goes along with hims
PSA L LAXKEVE [| 4 Prayer of David 6.
a Wherein he was in ſome deep diſtreſs, either from Saul, or by 46. R _ or upon _ other occaſion.
avid ſirengthened himſelf in Prayer by the Truth of his Religion, 1 == 1.1
And by God's goodneſs and his readineſs to hear, 4 » _ Deſirech ge
the continuance of his Grace, 11====13: Complaining of his proud E- TE
memies, he entreateth for ſome token of his Lyve, to their ſhame and
confuſion, 1,—17:
Ow down thine ear, O LORD; hear me, for I am poor and needy 6b,
b Forſaken and perſecuted by men, and utterly unable to ſave my ſelf, and therefore a very proper obje& for thy power and gooducis ro work upon:
2 Preterve my ſoul, for IT a || holy c: O thou m God 4, fave thy ſervant that truſteth in thee e.