» Either. 1. Curſed or ſinful courſes. Or rather 2. To curſe others, as appears from the bleſſing here oppoſed to it, and from the next verſe; to with and to procure miſchief to others, and e- ſpecially to me. » In defiring and promoting the welfare of others, which indeed was an eye-ſore and torment to him. | 18 As he clothed himſelf with curſing like as with a Heb. garment so, fo let it come into his bowels like water p, ithin him and like oyl, q into his bones. . © Which a man wears conſtantly, and that as an Ornament. ? Which when aman drinks, goes into his bowels, and ſearcheth all the inwards of his belly, q Which is more piercing than wa- ter, and being applied to outward parts,reacheth even to the bones and marrow, _ |
19 Let it be unto him as the garment whichcovereth
him, and for a girdle r wherewith he is girded conti- nually.
r Which cleaves cloſer and faſter to a man than a Garment eſpe- cially than the Eaſtern Garments did, which were large and looſe. '20 Let this be the + reward of mine adverſaries s from the LORD, and of them that ſpeak evil againſt
my 4oul #- | 5 Of thoſe who were confederate with that arch-enemy in his wicked enterpriſe. t With defign to take away my life.
21 But do thou for me «<, O GOD the LORD, for thy names ſake x: becaule thy mercy is good y,de-
tiver thou me.
*z To wit, what I deſire, which he exprefſeth in the next clauſe. Or, o thou af for me 3 be not ſilent or ſtill, bur ſtir up thy ſelf to work on my behalf. x For the glory of thy faithfulneſs, which is ; highly concerned in giving me the deliverance which thou haſt promiſed to me. y 7: e: Gracious, and ready to do good to all, but eſpecially to thoſe that love and fear thee. As (#: is faid ro be ſenful, Rom: 75:13. ſo Gods mercy may be ſaid to be merciful,towit,
iR an eminent degree, and above the mercy of all the creatures. 22 For I am poor and needy =, and my heart 1s
wounded within me 4.
z And therefore a very proper objeft for thy pity and help. a T am wounded not lightly, butevenrto the very heart with ſoul- Piercing ſorrows. \ |
23 1 am gone b* like the ſhadow,when it declineth c:
I am toſſed up and down as the locuſt 4. Pſal.1o2, | þ Heb: I am made to go, either, 1. from place to place ; which LI, was Davids caſe when he was perſecuted by Saul and by Abſalom ; 4 and Chriſts caſe upon earth. where he had no certain place where " zo lay his head, . Matth. 8: 20, Or, 2. into the grave, as this phraſe is uſed 1 Chron: 17: 11. Pſal: 58: 9. and oft elſewhere® c Towards the evening, when, the Sun ſetting, it vaniſheth inſtantly, and ir- recoverably until the Sun riſe again, which it never will doto me in this World, when once I am gone out of it & Which of it ſelf is unſtable, continually skipping from place to place, and is eaſily driven away with every wind, So am I expoſrd to perpe- tual;and ſucceſſive changes within my ſelf, and to a thouſand vio- lences and miſchiefs from other perſons and things. 2., My knees are weak through faſting e,and my fleſh:
faileth of fatneſs.
e Either with voluntary Faſts, to which the frequency and long continuance of my calamities obliged me ; or with forced Faſts, ſometimes through want of neceſlary proviſiens,but moſt common- ly from that loathing of meat, which was occalioned by his exceſ- fre ſorrows and terrors. Sce on P/al: 107; 18. f Or, for want of fat= meſs. See the like Hebrew phraſes Gen: 18: 26. FJer:48:45.Lamig.9.
25 I became alſo a reproach unto themg : when they
looked upon me, they ſhaked their heads 4.
ob 18.
Ezek. 5. Go
Heb, ory
2, 49.10.
his goods, and will uſe no pity nor meaſure in ſpoiling him. c ;
12 Let there be none to * extend mercy unto him 2 |
EC Mo.
g Inſtead of that pity,which either Religion or Humanity ſhould . have taught them to a man in extreme miſery, they loaded me with reproaches and ſcorns. h A geſture of contempt and deri« ſion, of which ſee Fob 16. 4. Pſal. 22: 8.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O ſave me ac- cording to thy mercy :
27 That they may know 7 that this zs thy hand : chat thou, LORD, haft done it.
z Being convinced of the eminency and ſingularity and ſtrange. neſs of the work.
28 Let them curſe &, but bleſs thou z when they a-
riſe / let them be aſhamed, but let thy ſervant rejoyce. k I can patiently bear their Curſes, as being cauſleſs, and fully compenſated by thy Bleſſing, Or, they do and will curſe, I expe& nothing elſe from them. 1 ( 7. e») Beſtir themſelves againſt mes Both God and Men are off ſaid to ariſe when they enter upon any undertaking, as Joſ: 24* 9. Judg. 8: 21. 2 Chron: 13. 6.and 21: 4, Cc. 29 Let mine adverſaries be clothed with ſhame m x and let them cover themſelves withtheir own confuſion,
as with a mantle.
m For the diſappointment of their wicked hopes and deſigns, and for that unexpe&ed deſtruction which they have broughtupon themſelves.
391 will greatly praiſe the LORD » with my mouth: yea, I will praiſe him among the multirude 6.
n For that deliverance which I confidently expe&, »« Or, among bo my or great men, as this word ſometimes ſignifies. Comp. PJat. 119: 46«.
3 r For he ſhall ſtand at the right hand of the poor p,
to ſave him + from thoſe that condemn his ſoul q. t Heb. Þ To defend him from his adverſary,who ſtood in that place to from: the
accuſe him, and to procure his condemnation and deſtruction, See j#4g&0ſhy
above on v. 6. 9q Thar paſs a ſentence of death upon him, ſoul,
PSA TA The ARGUMENT.
Hat the Pen-man of this Pſalm was nor Eliezer, Abrahams ſer vant, who writ it upon the occaſion of Abrahams vitory