hands unto thee 9g. 9g. Underſtand, without effc#: For thou doeſt not hear nor an- ſwer me. 10 * Wilt the dead ariſe and praiſe thee s ! Selah. r To wit, in raiſing them to live again in th's world, asit is in
®P«. 6. 5-
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Or 6» thy hand. But our tranſlation ſeems better to agree both '
repreſented the perſons as dead, .and in their graves, to add thar ;
thou ſhew wonders to the dead r 2 fball |
His Pſalm manifetlly trears of the declining and calamitons
; Time and ſtate of the Houſe and Kingdom of David, either
fu tt in Rehoboam's Reign, as alate judicious Interpreter conceives.
; To which thole expreſſions v. 40, 41, 42. do not agree; Or rather
{ccondly, in or about the rime of the Babyloniſh Captivity.
| | Mafchil of * Ethan the Ezrahite 4.
s Either firit, He who is mentioned 1 Kings 4. 31: And then the Pialm is prophetical of things ro come ; which yer, after the manner of. the Prophers, he repreſents as preſent. And this Pro- phericel Pſalm might be left upon record as a Cordial for David's Family. in 'their turure diſtereſſes, which Ethan by the ſpirit of Prophecy toreſaw. Or ſecondly, Some other perſon of the fame name, and infpired by the ſame ſpirit, who had lived in the
; Times of which rhe Ptalmiſt here ſpeaketh.
| The Pjaimiſt praiſeth God for making and keeping Covenant with David
and hu Seeg, 1 won, For his great Power and Care over his
Church, 5 ' 18. For his Favours to the Kingdom of David, |
19 <= 22, The deftruttion of his enemies, 23. The Faithfulneſs of
God to them in Covenant with him, 24 *—— 37. Complaining of cott«
trary Events, 38 45. He expoſiulateth with, prayeth unto, \
| and bleſfeth the Lord, 46 F2, ; | Willing of the mercies of the LORD for ever 6,
with my mouth will I make known thy faithful-
; nefs c, f to all generations.
b Intending to diſcourſe of the doleful eſtate of David's Family, and of the Kingdom, he prefaceth this, partly-leſt the following complaints of preſent miſecries ſhould argue ingratitude for former ® generds Mercies: And partly to move God to pity from the remembrance ##* of his former Mercies. c Whatſoever hath befallen or ſhall befal David's Houſe, orany other, it proceeded not from thy unfaithful- neſs, but from ſome other cauſes.
2 For I have ſaid 4,Mercy ſhall be built up for ever e: , pp 119 * . th '«
thy faithfulneſs (baltchou eſtabliſh inthe very heavensf. gy,
d Within my ſelf. TI have been aſſured in my own mind. e As thou haſt laid a ſure foundation of Mercy to David's Family by that everlaſting Covenant which thou haſt made and-eſtabliſhed with it; ſo I concluded, That thou wouldſt carry on the ſame pro« Je& of Mercy towards it ; that thou wouldſt build it up and not deſtroy it. f So the ſenſe may be this, Thou fitteſt in the Hea« vens,and there thou diaſt make this everlaſting and unchangeable Decree and Covenant concerning Davi4 and his Houſe, and from thence thou beholdeſt and ordereſt all the affairs of this lower world, and therefore, I doubt not, thou wilt fo order theſe mate ters, as to accompliſh thine own counſel and word. Bur the He- brew words are by ſome others, and may very well be tranſlated thus, rh (as the Hebrew prefix Beth is oft rendred ) the very Hea= wvens, (1. e.) as firmly and durably as the Heavens themſelves, as with th: ſun in the Hebrew Text, Pſalm. 72. 5. is by moſt Inter- prerers rendred, as long as the ſun endureth, as our tranſlation hath it. And ſo this phraſe ia this laſt branch of this Verſe anſwers, to far ever in the former ; as it is alto in the foregoing Verſe, and ſo 1n verſe 4. in both which Verſes for ever in the firſt clauſe is explain« ed thus in the latter, zo all generations, ROT 3 I have made a covenant with my choſen g; I have * 250-11 |
* ſworn unto David my ſervant. 11, &C
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the next clauſe. I know that thou wilt not. And therefore now hear and help me, or it will be too late. s To wir, among(t mor- tal men in this world. |
1x Shall thy loving kindneſs be dezlared inthe grave?
vr thy faithfulnels in deſtruction 7.
Z With David; whom I have choſen to the Kingdom. | + Heb. 4 Thy ſecd will EF eſtabliſh for ever, and build up generation thy throne ft to all generations h. Selah. = andgeu'h
4 I will perpetuate the Kingdom to thy Poſterity, which Was gon; promiſed |
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Pol LXXXIX, promiſed upon condition, and was literally and fully acompliſh- cd in Chriit who was of the ſeed of David.
5 And * the heavens 5 ſhall praiſe thy wonders, O
LORD : thy faithfulneſs alſo &, in the congregation of .the ſaints /,
7 (i. e.) The Inhabitants of Heaven, the Holy Angels, as Job 15-15. who clearly diſcern and conſtantly adore thy mercy and faithfulneſs; when men upon earth are filled with doubrs and perplexities about it. k Underſtand, ſha# be praiſed, out of the foregoing clauſe ; which ſupplements are moſt uſual in Scripture, as hath been already ſhewed by divers inſtances. ! Either firſt of thy Saints upon Earth in their publick Aſſemblies ; who always acknowledge and celebrate thy Truth, although they cannot al- ways diſcern the footſteps of it. Or rather ſecondly, Of the An- gels of Heaven, of whom ke ſpeaks in the foregoing clauſe ; who are oft called Saints or Holy Ones, as Deut., 33. 2. Job 15. 15. Dan. 4. $9, 4. 2000 Trgi - - hs For .* who in the heaven can be compared unto
= p7 the LORD? who among the ſons | of the mighty mz,
tV5oGr. Can be likened unto the LORD?
m Either, firſt among the Potentates of the Earth : Or rather ſecondly, among the higheſt. Angels; who well may and needs muſt admire and adore thee, becauſe thou art incomparably and in- finitely more excellent than they. -