5. e. when you were'at Mrſſahe 9 When q your fathers tempted me,
ſaw r my works s.
q Or, In whichploace, Which may belong either to Mer:bah and Maſſah ; Or to the Wilderneis laſt mentioned. Or, Swre!y, as this word is oft uſed in Scripture, as hath been obſerved once nd again, r Or, Although, or after that they ſaw or had ſeen, Which is added aS a juſt and great aggravation of their unbelief after ſuch a ſenſible and evident experience of Gods power and goodnets to them. 5 Both my works of mercy which gave them abundant cauſe to truſt me ; and my works of Juſtice, for which they had rea!on to fear and pleaſe me. Heb; my work, to wit, that great and ſrupendous wcrk of bringing' my pecple out of Ezyp: with a ſtrong hand,
proved me, and
and of conducting them ſately through the Red Sea into the Wil-
knowledge of God and Chriſt, publiſh this glorious and wonderful work among all the Heathen Nations to whom you belong or may come,
4 For the LORD 3s great, and greatly to be praiſed: * he 15 to be feared above all gods'e.
e The Gods of the nations, as the next verſe expounds it.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols f 5 but the LORD made the heavens. LHR,
f Or, norhings, as they are called, 1 Cor. 8, 4+ and 10. 19. or vain things, as the word ſigniites, and is tranſlated by others. The ' ſenſe is, Though they have uſurped the name and place of rhe ' long Majeſty, yet they have nothing of his nature or Power in thein. :
6 Honour and majeſty are befo;e himg : ſtrength and
g 7.e. In his preſence, like Beams ſhot out from his Face, who is the Son of Righteuuſneſs There 15 an unconceivable glory and majeſty in his countenance and in the place of his preſence. b Or, in his holy place, where he records his name, and affords his preſenc-..
16: the light, and reliſting the Holy Ghoſt and his clear diicoveries of There are the manifeſtations of Gods Power and grace, or good- wicked i; nefs, and all his perfections-
7 Give unto the LORD, Q ye kindreds of the peo-
# Or, O ye families of the peop!z of the World,” , And the word. families may be underſtood cither 1. ſtrictly and properly'; and fp vation by Chriſt
25.9. Zech. 14. 18, and ſoit may be implyed, that not only fame
few of the Heathen peop!e ſhould be brought to the acknowledge, ment and worſhip of the true God,as was uſual in the times of the Old Teſtament, but that whole Nations ſhould come in rothe
nay ay of God together. k Afcribed to him, or acknowledged to
be in him. | | :
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bring an offering and come into his courts 4, _ _, Into the Courts . of his houſe. Bur under this- one part worlhip he comprekends the
5 A _ ſpeaks
8 *Give unto the LORD the glory +4#: »nzo his name: *pr; 2g.7,
22 Wy of + Het: of: whole worſhip of God 3 and he #7 #ae,
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WM. XCVII. PS 4
| of legal worſhip, a> the prophets elſewhore do, as Mal. 1. 11. and
C 110.3 elſewhere. : EE
=. ice. 9 O worfhip the LORD* | inthe beauty 04 holineſs
our #2 2 fear before him all the earth.
\fuary. m Either in the holy place which he ſhall appoint co that end :
| or, clothed with all rhote holy Ornaments, thoſe giits and graces,
[ which are neceflay and required in Gods worthip.
Pſ93.1. 10 Say among the heathen », that * the LORD reign-
197-1. ethos: the world alſo (hall be. eftabliſhed chat it ſhall nor
be moved p : he ſhall judge the people righteouſly 4.
» You converted Gentiles, declare thisto thoſe who yet remain
N in the darkneſs of Heatheniſm. o That God hath now fer up his
[ Throne and Kingdom in the World. p And as that Kinzdem ſhall
' neveve deftroyed but ſhall ſtand for ever, a$ is faid Don 2. 44, ic the Nations of the World ſhall by the means bf irenjoy an eſtablithed and laſting peace ; which is every where mentioned as one of the Bleſſings which the Meffias ſhall give to the World, as P/l, 72. 3, 7. 1ja. 9.6, 7. and 66. 12. Mic. 5-5. Zech, 9 10. 9q He ſhall not abuſe his invincible power and eſtabliſhed Dominion to the oppretsion of his people, as other Princes frequently do, but ſhall govern them by the Rules of Juſtice and Equity, which is the only foundation of a true and ſolid Peace» Sce Ys. 32.17.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad
735 * let the ſea roar, and the fulneſs thereof.
r Tris a figure called Proſopopeia, whereby he ſignifies the great feliciry of thoſe times, which thall be ſuch, that even thoſe liveleſs Creatures would teſtifie their Joy and thankfulnefs for it, it they were in a capacity ſo to do.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein.:
then ſhall all the trees of the wood rejoice, | 13 Before the LORD 5s ; for he cometh, for he co- Rev. 19« meth ; to judge the earth z : he* ſhall judge the-world
” with righteouſnels, and the people with his truth «. 5 Atthe preſence and approach of their Lord and Maker. © To take to himſe:f that power and authority which beiongs to him, to ſer up his Throne and Dominion among all the Nations of the Eirth. « Or, m his faithfulneſs, r. e. fo as he hath promiſed to do. He will certainly and abundantly fulfil all Gods promiſes made
ro his people. PSAL. XCVI.L 5 The ARGUMENT. His Pſalm ſcems to have both the ſame Author and the ſame ſcope withrthe former. And although the Plalmiſt mighr take occahtion to penit from thoſe ſignal manifeſtations of God's power and Righreouſneis on his behalf and againſt his Enemies, yet he had a further aim in ir, even at the coming of the Meſvias, which he here deſcribes. And whereas there are two comings of Chriſt plainly difiinguiſhed in the New Teſtament, theſe are but confuſedly mentioncd in the Old Teſtament: and the Prophets 'ſomertimes ſpeak of his firſt coming in words and Phraſes, which ſeem more properly to agree to the ſecond, as Mal. 3. 1,92. and 4. I, 2, Burt whatſoever tie Pfalmiſt deſigned or underſtood, this is certain, That the Holy Ghoſt meant the laſt Clauſe of ve 7. of Chriſt, as is affirmed Heb 1. 6. and therefore it is more than pro- 'bable, that all the reſt of the Pſalm is to be underſtood of him and of his coming and Kingdom,
"A deſcrivtion of the Majefty of Gods Kingdom, 1 = 6. The Church rejoiceth at his Juſtice and Judgment upon T&olaters, 9 ——y. with an Exhortation to Godlineſs and ſp:ritual rejoicing, 19 =——— 12.
HE LORD reigneth 4, let the earth rejoice : let
the F mulcitude of iſles b be glad thereof.