z z. e. His favourable countenance, and gracious influence, and glorious preſence. a Or, inus. Do not only work forus, bur in us. And bccauſe the g'orious work of thy bandsis hindred by the evil works of our hands, be thou pleaſed by thy Holy Spirit to d;- reff or eſtabliſh ( for this Hebrew word ſignifies boti ) che works of our hangs, that we may ceaſe to do evil and learn to do well, and rurn and con!tantly cleave unto thee,and not revolt and draw back from thee, as we have frequently done to our own undoing.
PSARS. XACT The ARGUMENT. He Penman of this Pſalm is uncertain. The occaſion of it _ ſeemstohave been that great Peſtilence recorded, » Sam. 24. The Pſalmiſt repreſenreth the ſtate of the Godly, t, 2. Their ſafety, and place of habiration, 3 -lo. Comfortable promiſes of God's preſerving them, 11. Of bis ſupport and ſalvation, 12 16,
of Death, and the cauſes and conſequences thereof. 4 That we may | ' promiſed, yet he giveth a far greater Mercy inſtead of ir, and ſo | fulfills his promite in the beſt ſenſe, and with moſt advantage.
Prepare themſelves for Death, and for their great account after |
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As if one man ſhould tolemnly promiſe to another to give him his daily food every day, he not only might but ought, notwith- fand'ng this promiſe, ro deny and withdraw this Food when his Body is ſo diſtempered, that in the Judgment of the wiſeſt += aq tl.e taking of his Food would evidently endanger his ife.
8 Only * with thine eyes [balt thou behold q, and ſee the reward of the wicked r.
9 Withour any terrour or danger to thy ſelf, and with a delights ful and thankful refl:Qion upon Gods goodneſs to thee. x The juſt recompence cf their fins, or the vengeance of God upon them.
9 Becauſe thou haft made the LORD which is my re« fuge, even the moſt High thy habitation «,
s Or, as the words lye in the Hebrew, and others render them, Becauſe thou, O Lord, art my refuge, thou O my ſoul ( which is eaſily underſtood out of the foregoing words, and to which David oft ſuddenly tuineth his !peech ) haſt made the moſt High thine habitation. Which is the only ground and reaſon of that ſafety laſt mentioned. As for the variation of perſons, that he ſomerimes ſpeaketh to and of others, and ſometimes to and of himſelf, nothing is more <> 2% in this Book; nor doth it make any alteration in the enſe.
10 There ſball no evil befal thee, neither ſhall any plague come nigh thy dwelling #.
: To wit, ſo as to deſtroy thee, asthenext Verſe limits and ex« pounds it. For ſurely this promiſe is not made to all that dwell nigh to his Children and Servants,who may poſſibly be wicked men, and ſo ſtrangers from Gods Covenantand Promiſes. How far this {ecures his own-perſon, fee on v. 7.
11 * For he ſaall give his angels « charge over thee, « pe ,,j!
to keep thee in all thy ways x. Mar. 4.6. % Thoſe bleſſed and powerful and watchful ſpirits, whom God Luk.4.1%: bath appointed to mindthe affairs of this lower World, and to take Care of the Heirs of Salvarion, Heb. 1. 14. x In the whole courſe of thy life, and inall thy lawful undertakings. 12 They ſhall bear thee up || in :heir hands y, leſt | Or,» thou da(h thy foot againſt a ſtone z. y Suſtain or uphold thee in thy goings, as we do a Child or a weakly Man, eſpecially in uneven or dangerous paths. Or ſhall carry thee aloft as upon Eagles Wings, when it ſhall be needful for thee. z Soas to hurt thy foot, or to cauſe thee to fall.
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' 2 I will ſay of the LORD, He ;s my refuge c, and my fortreſs: my God, in him will I truſt, c Upon that ground I will confidently commit my ſelf and all my
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Iy pur thy Feet upon his Neck, as the 7{ſraelites did upon the Necks of the Canaanitiſh Kings, Joſ. 10. 24+ b By which he ſynecdochi= cally underſtands all pernicious Creatures, though never fo ſtrong and fierce and ſubtil, and all ſorts of Enemies.
14 Becauſe he hath ſet his love upon me c, therefore will I deliver him 4: I will ſet him on high e, becauſe he hath known my name f. © c This and the two- following Verſes are the words of God, whom the Pſalmiſt here, as oft eliewhere, introduceth as givingan account of the reaſons of Gods fingular care of all believing or pi« ous perſons, d I will abundantly recompence his love with my fa« vour and bleſſing. e In an high and fafe place, where no evil can reach him. f With a true and ſaving knowledge, ſo as to love me
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ing under his burden, F | : 16 With long life ; will I fatisfie him, and ſbew him
4 Heb. ( k lngebof MY alvetion &. 27 : = doj6- { Either in this World, when it is expedient for my ſervice and
for his benefit ; or, at leaſt, in the next World, where he ſhail live to Eternity in the blisful ſight and enjoyment of God in glory. & Either here or hereafter.