ESAL XCHL The ARGUMENT.
His Pſalm contains an aflerticn or declaration of Gods ſovers raign and univerſal dominion in and over the whole Werld. Which 1s here ſer forth, partly for the comfort of Gods Church and People againſt all the atfſaults of their numerous and potent Advers faries ; and partly to give an intimation and aſſurance of the accom- pliſhmenr of that great Promiſe of the Kingdom of the Meflias; which was not to be confined to the /ſraelites, bur to be extended ro all the Nations of the Earth ; which, though wonderful in ou Eyes, . the Supream and Almighty Ruler of the World coul eaſily effeft. This and the ſix following Pſalms, according to th opinion of the Hebrew Doors, belong to the times of the Meſ. fias. £ | A deſcription of the Majeſty, 1. and Power of God, 2 of Gods Word, and neceſſity of Holineſs in Gods Houſe, 5. : , Tz LORD reigneth 4,*he is clothed with maje- ſty ; the LORD is cloathed with ſtrength þ *PC.96. wherewith he hath girded himſelf the worldalſo is eſta- & 97-1 bliſhed, that it cannot be moved c. © *PC10, a He is the King and Governour, not only of !-ae!, but of the | whole World, 3s the laft clauſe of the Verſe expounds it : and ace - cordingly he will in his due time ſet up his Empire over all Na- rions, 1n the hands of his Son the Meſflias. 6 That Majeſty an Strengh which he always had in himſelf, ke how hath and will ſhortly muck more ſhew it forth in the Eyes of all people. c The effe& of Gods Government of the World thall be this, that he will order and over-rule all the Confulions, and Diviſions, and Hoſtili- ties in the World, ſo as they ſhall end in an orderly, peaceable and happy ſettlement, and in the ereCtion of that Kingdom of the Mef-
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2 * Thy throneis eſt everlaſting 4. | | d And this Kingdom of thine is ho new or up-ſtart Kingdom, as from the 1t may ſeem to the ignorant World, but the moſt antient of all Kingdoms, being from Everlaſting to Everlaſting, although it was not always equally manifeſted in the World. —_ | 3 The floudse have lifted up, O LORD, the flouds have lifred up their voice:the flouds lift up their waves f. \ e The Enemies ofthy Kingdom, who are oft compared to flouds for their numbers, force, rage, &«c. See Iſs. 8. 7, 8. and 17. 12,13. Fer. 46. 7, 8. f Have both by their words and ations made oppo- ſition againſt it. ; 4T he LORD on high is mightier than the noiſe of many waters ; yes, than the mighty waves of the ſea g. &£ The King of Heaven istoo ſtrong for all Eartbly Porentates, and will ſubdue them under his feer. $5 Thy teſtimonies 4 are very ſure : holineſs becom- eth thine houſe 3, O LORD, + for ever. + Heb. 4 \ + i.e. Thy words ; either, x. Thy Precepts, which are com- ,,, b of | monly called Gods tefimonires, And ſo having ſpoken of Gods Fwd | Kingdam, he now ſheweth that the Laws of thar Kingdom are juſt, *7** and true, and holy ; which is a ſingular commendation 6f it. Or, | 2. Thy Promiſes,as may be gathered from the following words, are ' ſure, or true, or faithful; which Attribute properly belongs, and every where in Scripture is aſcribed ro Promifes rather than co Pre- | cepts- And the Promſes no lefs than the Precepts are Gods Tefimg- | nies, or the witneſſes or declarations of his mind and Will to Man- kind. And he ſeems here to ſpeak of thoſe great and precious promiſes concerning the ere&ion and eſtabliſhment of his kingdom in the World by the Mefſias. Which faith he, are infallibly true, and ſhall certainly - de accompliſhed'in thy time. # This is to be underſtood, either. 1. Of Gods Church or People, who axe ſomerimes called Gods Houſe, and whoſe buſineſs and delight is in God Houſe and Service there performed. So rhe ſenſe is, Ir be- | cometh thy people to be holy in all their approaches to thee, and worſhippings of thee. Or rather, 2, Of God himſelf, who dwelr in his tloute, from whence he gave f:xth his Oracles, and where all his teſtimonies were kept upon record. This ſeems better to ſuit with the Contexr, the buſineſs of this Pſa!m being rather to de- {cribe the dominion of God than 'the duty of his Feop'!e. And ſo the ſenſe ſeems to be this; Holineſs is rhe conſtant Ornament
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PSAL. XCIV. The ARGUMENT.
He matter of this Pſalm plainly declares the occaſion of ir to be the oppreſlions and perſecutions of Gods people by wiC
4. complainsth of _— and impiety, 5 7. Teacheth Fools Gods Providence, 8 —11.SHew- eth Shebleſſa effets of Affition, 12, 13. and a promiſe of his preſence with the afflied, 14, 15. He is their ſupport, 16——23- ; LORD + God to whom vengeance belongeth # : O God, to whom vengeance belongeth + ſhew
s Asthou art the ſupreme Judge of the World, the Patron and
"2 * Lifc up thy ſelfb, thou * judge of the earth: ren-
der a reward to the proud. þ Either, r. Aſcend thy Tribunal to pronounce the Sentence. Or 2. Ariſe from thy ſeat, and beſtir thy ſelf ro puniſh thy proud
Enemies, at it here follows. "LORD, im lobe ſhall the wicked, how long (hall
the wicked triumph : + 4 How leng (ball they utter c, and ſpeak hard things 2! andall the workersof iniquity boait themſelves e. c Or pour forth freely, conſtantly, abundantly,as a Fountain doth-