thy right hand and anſwer me. 7 God hath ſpoken in his Holineſs, 1 will rejoyce, I will divide Shechem,and mete out the valley of Succoths 8 Gilead is mine, Manaſseh 5s mine, Ephraim alſo 7s
the ſtrength of mine head, Judah is my law-giver. 9 Moab is my waſh-pot,over Edom will I caſt out my
ſhoe: over Philiſtia wiil I eriumph. 10 Who will bring me into the ſtrong city ? who will
lead me into Edom b ?
b This he repeats in this place, either becauſe, though the ene« mies were defeated and ſubdued, yer there was ſome frong City or Cities which were not yet taken 3 or in way of thankful cour- memoration of Gods goodneſs in anſwering his former requeſts, as if he had ſaid, I remember this day to thy glory an ' my own comfort, my former ſtraits and dangers, which made me cry out,
IWho will bring meg $C- 11 Flt not thou, O God, who haſt caſt us off ? and
wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hoſts ? x2 Give us help from trouble : for vain 3s the help of
man. I3 Through God we ſhall do valiantly: for he it ;s
that ſhall tread down our enemies* PSA TL. CIX. The ARGUME NT.
T is ſufficiently evident from the body of this Pſalm, that it was Compoſed by David when he was in a ſtate of perſecution ei- ther by Saul or by Abſalom ; and that amongſt and above all the reſt of his enemies he takes very particular norice of. and breaks forth into vehement expreſſions of anger againſt one particular per- ſon, which whether 1t were Doeg or Achitophel is not certain, nor at all neceſſary to know. But as David was, and very well knew
himſelf to be a Type of Cluiſt, and conſequently his cngmics did
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thy bread, or, that eat thy bread, OSad. wer. 7- The ſenſe is, whilſt they reproach and curſe me, I pray either, 1, for them, as he did P/al: 35. 13+. Or, 2. for my elf: I did not render unto them evil for evil, but quietly committed my ſelf and my cauſe ro God by prayer defiring him to plead my cauſe againſt them ; and Ibad no other refuge, ;
5 And * they have rewarded me evil for good, and
hatred for my love. *pr l Sas & -
6 Set thou a wicked man / over him »,and let * -12; tan ſtand at his right hand »» "Jae je { Heb, the wicked, Which may be underſtood either, » Of ſome þ Ox an wicked Tyrant, which may rule him with rigour and cruelry, Or, adverſary. 2 Of Satan, who is mentioned in the nexc clauſe, Ler him be delivered over to Satan, to be a&ed and ruled by him at his plea- ſure. m Either, 1. All mine enemies. ; for the ingular number is ſometimes uſed in like manner. Or cather, 2. One particular ene«- my, who was worſe than any of the ret, more implacable and in- exeuſable, whom he thought not fit to expreſs by name, nor was it in the leaſt-neceſſary to do ſo, becauſe he was ſpeaking. to God, who knew his thoughts, and whom he meant. =» Either, #. To moleſt and vex him, and hinder him in all his affairs; for the right hand is the great inftrument of aftion. Or rather, 2. To accuſe him ; for this was the place and poſture of accuſers in the Jewiſh Courts, And as for his condemnation, which is the conſequence of this accuſation, that follows in the next verſe. 7 When he hai be judged o,let him + be condemned, and * let his praver become fin p. | + Heb os When he ſhall be ca!lzd ti an account, and his cauſe examin- out wile y ed before thy Tribunai. 7; e: Be turned into fin or be imputed of — = | to him as his ſin, or be as una-ailable with God for his relief as his *p '; 2 pi ſins. Whende makes ſuppl:ication to. his Judge, as Job ſpeaks Jeb COZSS2Y 9. 15. for pity and pardon, Jet him be the more provoked and en-=
raged by it. 8 Let his days 9 be few, and * let another take his _ *AQs1.20.
| office r. | h | q The days of his life. Let him die an untimely death. » Made Or,charge void by his death. He alſo implies that his,enemy was a man of
power and reputation. 9 Let his chiidren be fatherleſs 5s, and his wife a
widow #.
s Whilſt they are but children, and ſo unable to provide for themſelves. * Either mide a Widow by his death ; or conſtantly a Widow ; all perſons abhorring her who was related to ſo vile a miſcreant. _ L
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds #, and beg x : let them ſeek their bread aiſo out of their deſolats places y-
« Having no certain place of abode. Which is a grievous Curſe in it ſelf, Gen. 4. 12, 14. Ja. 16. 2, x This increafſeth their mi«
ſery. y Into which they are fled for fear and ſhame, as not daring to thew their faces amongſt men | ; 11 Let the extortioner 2 catch z allthat he hath; and letthe ſtranger þ ſpoil _ labour «, gg
& Or,
z Or, uſarer, or creditor. @ Heb. Enſnare, which is an empha- tical expreſſion, 5. e. take away not only by oppreſſion and vi1o- lence, bur alſo by cheats and cunning artifices, whereby ſuch per- ſons entangle, and ſo ruine their debtors. 6 Who hath no right to
All the fruits of his labours.
£3440 neither let there beany tofavour his fatherleſs children d.
4 Let him and his be unpitied and hated as the publick enemics
of mankind. Tob 18. 273 * Let his poſterity be cut off, ard in the genera- , tion following e let their name be blotced out.
e Heb. i another generation, either in the third generation, or in the ſecond,or that which next followed the Generation of his Fa- thers. So in this clauſe he limits the time of that deſtruftion which he imprecates or foretells in the former.
14 Let the iniquity of his Fathers be remembred f with the LORD, and let not the ſin of his Mother be
blotted out. f Againſt him, or puniſhed in him, as God hath threatned to cal with great delinquents, Exod. 20. 5+ ; | I5 Let them g be before the Lord bcontinually, that he may * cut off the memory of them from the earth. £ The fins of his Parents laſt mentioned, þ In Gods ſight and Q memory to provoke God to puniſh them: let them not be cove- +34.16 red or pardoned. 16 Becauſe that he remembred not z to ihew mercy; but perſecuteth the poorand needy man &,that he might
even ſlay the broken in heart /.
z; His' duty to God, and his obligation to me for my former kindneſs expreſſed wv: 4: 5. k My ſelf. who was deſolate and mi- ſerable, whoſe condition required pity and not additions of cru- elty- { Whoſe ſpiric was grieved, and even broken with the bur- deg of his calamity.
17 * As he loved curſing m, ſo let it come unto him :
as he delighted not inblefling »,ſo let it be far from him.