> Gr. 26 There go the ſhips ; there is that Leviathan b, Heb: 2bom thou hait + made to play therein, | | ormed; þ Either the Whale, or the Crocodile, Of which ſez the notes
on Job 49: and 41, i Who being of ſuch vaſt ſtrength and abſo- Jute Dominion in the Sea, tumbles in it with great tecurity, and ſports himſelf with other Creatures,which he rakerh and devoureth at his pleaſure. I 27 * Theſe all & wait upon thee /, that thou mayeſt give them their meat in due ſeaſon m. | k Both Beaſts, and Fiſhes. / Expe& ſupplies only from thy pro- vidence. Which is ſaid of them figuratively, and with an alluſt« on to the manner of tame Beaſts a Fowls which commonly look after and wait upon thoſe Perſons who bring their food to them. » When it is neceſſary or convenient for them- By which expre- flion he intimates the moderation of the Beaſts in their defires of food, and tacitly reproves the intemperance of men who feed themſelves in ſeaſon and out of ſeaſon. 28 That thou giveſt them, they gather »: thou open-
eſt thine hand 0, they are filled with good. # Whatſoever they receive is from thy bounty and gift- o Thou provideſt plentifully for them 5 as this phraſe 1mplies, Deuz; 15: 1. COmpeProv. 3 i: 29. 29 Thou hideſtthy face p,they are troubled q; * chou takeſt away r their breath,they dye, and return to their duſt /. | p ina thou withdraweſt or ſuſpendeſt the favour and care of - thy providence. q Deje&ted and diſtreſſed. r So this Word is uſed, Hoſea 4; 3. Z:ph. 1* 2. and elſewhere. { To the Earth from whence they had their firſt original. 39 Thouſendelt forth thy Spirit z, they are created
#: and thou reneweſt the face of the earth x.
t Either, r. Thar Spirit by which they live, which is called the ſpirit of a Braſt, Eccleſs, 3: 11+ which is called their breath or ſpirit ( for the word is the ſame there and here) v 29, and here may be called Gods ſpirie, becauſe it was given and preſerved by him. Or rather, 2. Thy quickning Spirit ; tor here feems to be an oppoli- tion between the r Spirit, v; 29. and zhy ſpirit here, and this latter | is mentioned as the creating or produttive cauſe of the former. | And this may be underſtood either, x, Of the Holy Ghoſt ; ro whom no lets than to the Father and the Son, the work of Crea- tion is aſcribed, Jeb 33: 4+ Pſal» 33: 6. Or rather, 2.” That quick- ning power of God by which he produceth Life in the Creatures. from time to time. For he ſpeaks not here of the firſt Creation, but of the continued and repeated produttion of Living Creatures. z Either, 1. The ſame living Creatures which were I-nguiſhing and dying are ſtrangely revived andreſtored ; which may ncr unficly be called a Creation, at that word 3: ſometimes uſed, becauſe it is in a manner the giving of a new Life and being to a Creature. Or 2. Other living Creatures are produced or generat:d ; the Word created being taken ia its largeit ſeaſe for the produton of things out of indiipoſed matter by ſecond Cauſes, as it is ufed, 1/5.41. 20. and 54: 16: &c. x And thus by thy wiſe and wonderful Provi- dence thou preſerveſt the uaÞ> A of living Creatures upon the Earth, which orherwiſe wou!d be deſolate or without Inhabitants.
31 The glory of the LORD t ſhall endure for ever: the LORD ſhall rejoyce in his works y.
* Pſ146.4. Eccl. I 2.70
T Heb,
- ſhall be his wiſdom and power and goodneſs in upholding and concinuing
the works ofhis hands from generation to generation, and he doth
and will take pleaſure both in the prefervarion and bleſſing. of his
as he did reſt and delight himſelf in the contemplation of his works of Creation, as is noted Gen: 1: 31; and 2: 24 3. Burt the words are by divers, as it may ſeem, more agreeably to the He- brew Lext, rendred thus, Lez ( for the firſt word is of the Impe- rative Mood ) the Glory of the Lord enaure for ever, and let the Lord have joy ( or, then ſhall the Lord rejoyce _) m his works. So this is ad- ded asa convenient Doxology or Thankſgiving after the comme-
many fruits of his bounty, ler it be our conſtant deſire and endea- vour, that God may be prepetually ſerved and glorified in and by them, and that God may be no more grieved at the Remembrance of his kindneſs to us, as he was Gen: 6: 5, 6. and thereby be agzin
cheriſhing of bis own workmanſhip, "_ 32 He lookerh on the earth, and ir trembleth ; * he 144+-5- toucheth the hills, and they ſmoke =.
all the Creatures, and their dependance upon him : As when hs
» Sothe ſenſe is, Thus God doth and will advance the glory of ;
provoked to deftroy us, but may take pleaſure in beholding and
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works, as alſo in hisreflection upon theſe works of his providence, |
moration of his great and gracious wocks : and the ſenſe may be_ this, Seing therefore God hath enriched the earth and us with ſo word & which he commanded / to a thouſand genera-
T word is taken, Judges 13: 12+
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affords his Favour to Creatures, they live and thrive, ſoon the contrary one angry lock or touch of his upon the Hills or Earth, makes them trem:ble and ſmoke, 2s once Sinai did when God ap= peared in it. And this conſideration he may pcflibly ſuggeſt to inforcc tl e foregoing exhortation cf glorifying God, becaulie if we do nor give him the glory due to his name, he can quickly right himſelf, and deſtroy us and all his works.
33 © 1 will ſing unto the LORD « as long as I live ; I will ſing praiſe unto my Ged, while I have my being.
2 But whatſoever others do, I will not fail to give God his glory and due praiſes:
34 My meditation & of him « ſhall be ſweet 4: I will be glad in the LORD e.
6 Or, my ſpeech or diſcourſe, my praiſing of God mentioned werſe 33- Cc Concerning the glory of his works. d Either, 1. To God, be will graciouſly accept it ; praiſe being his moſt acceptable Sa crifice, as is affirmed Pſal; 6g; 3oy 3i. Or rather, 2. To my ſelf, as may be gathered from the next Clauſe. He implies that he ſhal not only do this work, which a man may do unwillingly or by con-= ſtrainr, bur that he will do it chearfully and with delight ; which 1s molt pleaſing to Gods e I will rejoyce in the contemplation of Gods works, and in praiſing him for them.
25 Let the ſinners be conſumed out of the earth,and let the wicked be no more f: bleſs thou the LORD, O
my foul gy: Praiſe ye the LORD.