k Ye Angels ; to whom he {till continues his addreſs and who he more particularly deſcribes by the name of Hofts '< tit] fi given to the Angels, as Gen: 32. 2. 1 Kings 22: 19: ® ug ang 18. Luke 2:13. Revel: 19: 14. in regard of their vaſt numbers, mighty power, unanimous concurrence, and exquiſite order. In the former Verſe the expreflion was indefinite and general, ye his Angels,here it is univerſal and yet particular all ye his ho;. He = to apply himſelf ro the ſeveral Orders of Angels, of whom fe Ep/3; 3: 10» C97. 1.16. and to cach individual Angel. 1 This He- brew word is commonly uſed of the higheſt and moſt honourable ſort of Servants. m2 Whole conftant bulineſs and delight it is to exccute the will and commands of God.
22 Bleſs the LORD all his works in all
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ru according to yo ſeveral capacities o Which thou haſt ſpecial and abundanr ® 6g
to do. Thus he ends the Pſalm with the £ he began it. ame words wherewith
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PSAL CIV, . _ wn ARGUMENT. the next foregoing Pſalm treats of the ſpecial fav
A to his Church and People, ſo this Hckes and + ng o wonderful and gracious works of God to all Mankind in the Crea- tion of this viſible World, and in the wiſe and powerful diſpoſiti- on of all things therein to mans uſe and comfort. The Prophit flirring up humſelf to praiſe God for his Pwer manifeſted in the
Creation, 1 -—---— 6. His wonderful Wiſdom and Power in govere
ning of all things, 7 33- Yoweth perpetuall to praiſe him, 34.
And curſeth the unthankfulneſs of the Wicked, 35. | —_— the LORD, O my ſoul : O LORD my God, *Pſg;;::
thou art very great « ; * thou art clothed b with
honour and majelty c.
4 As in thy own nature and perfe&ion, ſo alfo in the glory of wy works. 6 Surrounded and adorned. c with honourable Mas jeity.
2 Who covereſt d thy ſelf with light e, as witha gar- ment: who ſtretcheſt outthe Heavens like a courtain f.
4 Or adorneſt or clotheſt, e Either, 1. With that light which no man can approach unto, as it 1s called 1 Tim. 6. 16. wherewith therefore he may well be ſaid ro be eovered or hid from the eyes of mortal men, Or rather, 2. With that firſt created light, Gen. 1. 3. whicls the Pſalmiſt fitly puts in the firft place, as being the firſt of Gods
hand upon us, and pour forth all his wrath, we ſhould be ſudden- ly and irrecoverably deſtroyed, and therefore he ſpareth us.
If As for man *, his days are as graſs: * as a flower of the field /; ſo he flouriſheth.
s Which is more expoſed to Winds, and other violences, than
the Flowers of the Gzrden, which are ſccured by theart and care of the Gardiner,
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f A blaſting or ſtormy wind bloweth upon it. « There is no
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20; 9- ſtood and flouriſhed.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlaſting to everlaſting x upon them that fear him y ; and his righ- teouſne(s z unto childrens children :
x But though we quickly decay and periſh, yet Gods mercy to us doth not die with us, but as it was trom eternity exerciſed in gracious purpoſes, 1o it will be continued unto eternity in that
16 For *the wind paſleth over it ?, and Fit is gone: FHeb:irir and the * place thereof ſhall know it no more «. |
viſible works: f The uſe wherecf it hath, partly in referrence ro , that glorious Manſion of the bleſſed God and his holy Angels, ' which theſe viſible Heavens ( far above which it is, Eph: 4 10s ) . do veil and cover; and partly in Teference to the Earth which they | encloſe and prote&.
| 3 * Wholayerh the beams of his chambers in the wa-
ters g 5 who maketh the clouds his chariots, * who nas of ' walketh upon the wings of the wind bh. * Pſ:18:196 8 In the waters above the heavens, as they are called Ger. r. 7. Or, ; | | inthe Clouds, as it is explained in the next Clauſe. In which he ' many times reſides and rides, and manifeſts his preſence, þ Who manageth and employeth the clouds and winds in his ſervice. 4 * Who maketh his Angels ſpirits 3; his miniſters a flaming fire &,
7 7, e: Ofa Spiritual or incorporeal nature, that they might be | firrer for their employments. Or, who maketh his Angels winds, as this la't word moſt commonly ſignifies, i. e. Who made them like | the Winds, powerful and attive and nimblc in executing Gods pleature« Or, who uſeth and governeth thoſe glorious Creatures at
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at his pleaſure, even as he commands the ſenfleſs Winds. k Or, like a flaming fire, the note of ſimilitude being h-re underſtood, as | and oft eliewhere © to which he compares the Angels for their irreſiſtible force, & great agility and fervency in the ex<cution of Gods Commands. Or the {cnſe is, who ſometimes clotheth his Angels with ſubtil Bodies of And the Angels may not unfitly be mentioned in this place amongſt and in the cloſe of thoſe works of God which were done in the Heavens,of which he hath hitherto ſpoken, v. 2- 3+ becauſe they were made at the ſame time when the Heavens were made, and for the ſame uſcs and purpoſes, and becauſe they are commonly employed by God in managing the clouds and Winds 2nd Meteors to accompliſh Gods deſign by them. But this Verſe 1s otherwiſe rendred voth by Jewiſh and ſome Chriſtian Interpreters, and that very agree- ably to the Hebrew Text, He maketh rh: Winds his Angels, and the flame o1 flames af fire ( 5. e, the Lightning and Thunder, and other Fiery Meteors in the Air ) his minifters, He maketh uſe of them no leſs than of the Holy Angels ; and oft-times for the ſame pur- poſes, and they do as certainly and readily obey all his Commands as the bleſſed Angels rhemſelves do. This interpretation may ſeem molt aggreeable to the ſcope of the Pſalm. and to the Context, wherein hz is ſpeaking of the viſible works of God. The only di- fficulty is, that this ſeems to invalidate the Allegation and Argu- ment of the Apoitle, who expounds it of the Angels, Hebz 1. 7.
if is Gen: 49; 9. Deut: 32: 22+» Pſal: 81. x.
Wind or Air, or of Fire, as he fees fir.
Bur indeed it doth not : for ( to ſay nothing of other ſolutions