e did not ſee, v. 6, 7. And he knows that they are lly vai and fooliſh, and that whilſt. you mock God 11g rp; ence in ſuch thoughts, you do not relieve, but only delude your ſelves
' Vith them.
which you ſaid |
Righreouineſs. = E 16 Who willriſe up for me x againſt the evil doers ?
or who will ſtand up for me againſt the workers of ini- quity £ x To defend and help me. T looked hither and thither and cal- led to my triends for their help, ſaying, who will, &. But none | = _ appeared, but God alone helped me;as he faith in the next erſe. 17 Unleſs the LORD bad been my help,my ſoul had [| almoſt dwelt * in filence y.
y In the place of filence, to wit, the Grave.
18. Pſal. 88. 13. and 115. 17. 1v When I ſaid, My foot ſippeth z, LORD, held me up. |
z Iam now upon the point of falling into miſchief and utter de-
ſtruction. - | 19 In the multitude of my thoughts « within me, thy comforts b delight my ſoul.
a Wilſt my Heart was filled with various and perplexine thourkt this H®rew word ſignifies, and tormented __ 000% Jaw: 0h © bout my future ſtate. b Thy promites centained in thy word,and ſer home by thy Spirit upon my Soul, and the remembrance of my former experiences of thy care and kindneſs to me. Comp. Pſal. 119 50, 76. | 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowſhip with thee c, which * frameth miſchief 4 by a law e !
c Wilt thou take parr with the unrighteous powers of the Wor!d who oppreis thy people ? Ir is true they apr 2 of thy Name, be- ing calcd goas,Pſal. 82, 1. but, I know, thou wilt not afford them thy Prote&tion and Patronage, but wilt manifeſt thy juſtice and diipleaſure againſt them. This ſeems ro have becn one of thoſe ccem« fortablc thoughts wherewith the Pſalmiſt delighted his Soul, as he now ſaid. 4 Who deviſe wicked devices, and lay heavy irdens upon men thar are more righteous than themſelves. e Fither by moe of _— og mn decrees which they have made in form of Laws : Or by falle pretences of law. Or, againſt 1 agai right and the laws both of God and Men. POT ne mo al
21 They gather themſelves together againſt the ſoul of the righteous, andcondemn the innocent blovd 8.
f Againſt the Life, asthe Soul commonly ſignifies, and as the nexr clauſe explains it. They are not ſatisfied with the ſpoil of their Eſtates, but do alſo thirſt after their Lives. g They ſhed the blood of thoſe innocent perſons whom they have wicked ly condemned Innocent blood 1s here put for the Blood or Life of an innocent perſon, aSitisalſo 1 Sam, 19. 5. Mat. 27. 4. P g
22 But the LORD is my defence : the rock of my refuge.
23 And * he ſhall bringupon them their own Iniqui- + pr, 7.16. ty þ, and ſhall cut them off in their own wickedneſs ;; © gea, the LORD our God & ſhall cut them off.
h i. e. The fruit and puniſhment of their Sins. 7. Either in the midſt of their Sins : Or, by their own wicked Devices the mil- chief whereof he will cauſe ro fall upon their own Heads. & The
God of Jacob, of whom they ſaid that he did not (ce ne but now they find the contrary proved to their 9d of ». DEnH
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The ARGUMENT.
| He Author of this Pſalm was David as is affirmed Heb.4.7. and A&A although this Palm be delivered in general terms as an in- vitation to mankind to yield unte the true God that praiſe, and woerlhip, and obedience, which he requireth and deſerveth, yet it ath
[| Or, quickly. *PC,15.17-
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derneſs, and of deſtroying the Egyptians. For not many more of
Gods great works were done before they came to Meribah:
_ 19 Forty years long was I grieved with this genera- tion E, and faid, Ir js a pzople that do err in their hearts 7: and they have not known « my ways x
5 Or rather, wich that Gen:ration which then lived, who were your Anceſtors. £ They do not only ſin through infirmity and the violence and ſurprizal of Temptations. bur their hearts ire unſin- ccre and inconſtant, and given to backſliding, and therefore there 15no hopes of their amendments Compare Pal. 58. 8. u Or they do not know, to wit, with a practical and uſeful Knowledge, as that word commonly notes in Scripture. They did not rightly underſtand, nor duly conſider, nor 1eriouſly lay to hearr, They remain 1gnorant after all my teachings and diſcoveries of my ſelf ; fo them. x Either, 1. my, Laws or Statutes, which are freq ently ; Called Gods ways. Or rather, 2. my works, as it is expreſſed v,
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hath a ſpecial reference to th? Days of the Meſſiah; of which
Chriſtians have no great reaſon to doubt, ſeing it is ſo underſtood
Ly the Hebrew Dettorsthemfſeives; as alſo by the Apoltle, Heb,
3.7, ©*c- and eſpecially Heb. 4. 3,4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. where he not on-
ly cxpounds ir of thoſe times, but proves that it cannor be meant
of the former times and State of the Church.
An Exhirtation to praiſe God, 1, 2. for his great Power, Goodneſs, and tenderneſs ro his people, 3 7. A caution againſt haraneſs of heart, 8. it grieves the Lord, 9, 10. God's threatning agamft it confir- med with an Oath, 11.
Come, ler us @ ſing unto the LORD ; let us make
a joyful noiſe tothe rock of our ſalvation. a He ſpeaks ro the Iſraehbtes, whoſe backwardnefs to this work in the times of the Goſpel, was foreſeen by the Spirit of God. which {Heb pre- dictated this Pſalm. : 2 Let us + come before his preſence b with thankſgi-
vent bis , face. ving, and make a joyful noiſe unto him with pſalms. | 9- which alſo are commonly fo called. They did not know, nor 1.37. 33- 6 which he will then afford us in a ſingular manner in his Son ir es and remember thote great things which I had wroughtfor the Meſſiah, in and by whom he will be viſibly preſent with the | © = DT c 7 i +.+ + Heb. | | Sons of men. T1 ato whom I ilware in my wratn y, T that the eb. | ON _ 2 For * the LORD #s a great God, and a great king | ſhould not enter into my reſt z. - oy enced Fo Fo - into myrefil
*P(868, above * all gods c. q » Being full of juſt wrath againſt them, I paſſed an irreverſible c Above all that are accounted and called gods; Angels, and | 2<Rtence, and confirmed it by an Oath ; of which we read Num.
Earthly Potentats, and eſpecially the falſe gods of the Heathens, ng M Into the promiſed Land, which is called the ref, Deus. 12.
which upon Chriſts coming into the World were ſtruck dumb, and > ru allo r Chron, 23. 25» Pſal. 132, 14. And this Hiſtory the