. & Andalthough he is ſubje& to the troubles and calanuties of this life, as othersare, yet God will give him ſupport and comfort in them, and an happy iſſue out of them, whereas the wicked ſink uader their Burdens, and their preſent miſeries uſher in their eter- nal deſtrution. ' h Either, rx. God» And ſo this is added asa Reaſon why God cauſeth light to ſhine to the upright our of dark yels. , becauſe the Lord is gracious, &c. Or rather, 2- the good or upright man, of whom he ſpeaks both in the foregoing and follo- wing words. So this iseither, | 1+ a reaſon why God dealeth thus with good men; it is notfrom a partial and fond affection to them, bur becauſe they are ſuch perſons to whom God hath ingaged him- felf by promiſe and Covenant to bleſs them, they are g-ac:ors, S&c. Or, 2, as an <ffect of their affliction and deliverance out of it ; thereby they learn to be more merciful and compaſſionat and ju# or
bountitul to otheis in want and miſery.
5 A good man ſheweth favour and lendeth 3z ; he Will guide his * affairs & with f diſcretion /.
i Giveth freely to ſome, and kindly Jendeth to others according to the variety of their conditions. & Maintain and manage his Ex ſtate or domeſtick affairs ! Heb, with Judgment, ſo as is fit and meer, and as God requires, not getting his Eſtate unjuſtly, nor caſting it away prodigally or wickedly, nor yet withholding it uncharitably from ſuch as need it. Z " 6 Surely heſhall not be moved for ever m : the righ-
tequs ſhall be 1g everlaſting remembrance »»
7 Though he may for a ſeaſon be afflicted, yet he ſhall not be utterly and eternally deſtroyed, as wicked men ſhall, » Though Whillt he lives, he may beexpoſed to the cenſures and flanders and contradictions of ſinners, yer after death his memory will be pre- cious and honourable both with God and with all men, his very
-.. . . enemies not excepted. | ED ; + * 7 He ſhallnot be afraid of eyil tidings 0: his heart is -tixed, cruſting inthe LORD p.
0 At the report of approaching calamities and judgments of God,
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8 His heart is eſtabliſhed ; * he ſhall not be afraid,
until he ſee his deſire upon his enemies 9.
9 And although his enemies be many and mighty and terrible, yer he fhall confidently and cheerfully wait upon God, until he {es their Ruine and his own deliverance and ſafety»
9 * He hath diſperſed r, .he hath given to the poor ; his righteouſneſs s endureth for ever : | his horn ſhall Mi! * 2 Corll
be exalted with honour «. | r To wit, his goods, and that freely and liberally, to ſeveral 9* 9- | perſons, as occation is offered, as this word implies. s i: e. Hig TPE754 liberality, as this word is uſed, Prov. 10. 2, and 11. 4, Dan. 4. 27, Ul 2 Core 9. 9, 10, &c. or the reward of it, as before, wv. 3« # Either, it 1. his charity is not a tranſient or occaſional a&, bur his conſtang k || courſe, of which he is not weary, bur perſeveres in it to the end of his life, Or, 2. what he gives is not loſt nor caſt away, as co« vetous or ungodly men judge of alms, but indeed is the only part of his Eſtate, which will abide with him unto all eternity. s Though he may be reproached by ungodly men, yet his innocen= Cy ſhall be cleared, and his name and honour gloriouſly exalted, Io The wicked ſhallſee ir, and be grieved x; he ſhall gnaſh with his teeth, and melt away ; the deſire y of
the wicked ſhall periſh,
* At the felicity ot good men, partly from envy at the happi« neſs of others: partly from his peculiar hatred of all godly men : and partly becauſe it is a plain teſtimony of Gods juſtice and pro- vidence, and therefore a certain preſage of his own ruine. y His defire either of the miſery of good men ; or of his own conſtang | proſperity and happineſs in the world.
PSAL CXIIL |
The ARGUMENT |
His Pſalm is a declaration of Gods powerful and univerſal
providence towards all men, and eſpecially rowards his afflicted peoples |
An exhortation for all men to praiſe the Lord, for his Excellency and Great=
neſs 1 5. for his condeſcention t6 the poor and humbleminaed,
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* Raiſe ye the LORD. Praiſe, O ge ſervants of the LORD a: praiſe the name of the LORD.
# Ye Levites, who are peculiarly devored to this ſolemn work,
who ſometimes are called Gods ſervants in a ſpecial ſenſe, and all
you faithful ſouls. 2 * Bleſſed be the name of the LORD, from this time
forth and for evermore. 3 * From the riſing of the ſun unto the going down of the ſame b; the LORD's name is tobe praiſed.
6 From one end of the world to the other 3 from Eaſt to Weſt, which he mentions rather than from North to South, becauſe thoſe arts of the world were at this time much aninhabited and un- nown. <c For his glorious works of Creation and Providence, the benefit of which all Nations enjoy ; and for his gracious purpoſe and promiſe of bringing in all Nations to the knowledge of his truth by the Meſſias. : 4 The LORD 3s high above all nations 4, «nd * his
glory above the heavens e.
d Superior to all Princes and bodies of people in the world, e Whereas the glory of earthly Monarchs is confined to this lower world, and to ſmall pittances of it, the glory of God doth not on- ly fill the earth, bur heaven too, where it is celebrated by thous - ſands and myriads of bleſſed Angels, yea it is far higher than hea« ven, being infinit and incomprehenſible,
5 who 5s like unto the LORD our God, who * dwel- leth on high f ?
f to wit, far above all Heavens, as was now ſaid, being exalted * Heb: ex; as in place, ſo in power and dignity, aboveall perſons and things alterh viſible and inviſible. = himſelf ts
6 Who humbleth himſelf to behold the things that are dwels
in heaven, andin the earth g ? | g Who is ſo high, that it is a wonderful vouchſafement and con= deicenſion in him to take any notice or care of his Holy and Hea- venly hoſt, and much more of ſinful. and miſerable men upon Je any earth, which yer he is pleaſed to do. Few. G= 7 * He raiſeth up the poor þ out of the duſt 3, and go. lifteth the needy out of che dunghil : *Pſ:138:6, hþ Yea he ſtoops ſo low as to regard and advance thoſe whom all Ifa;57; 15. men, and even their own brethren ſlight and deſpiſee # From a * r$a,2:8- moſt contemptible and miſerable condition. Beggars and mour- Pſ107:41, ners uſed to ly in the duſt, or, as it follows, upon the Dunghi :
1 Sam. 2. 8, Lament. 4. 5. p ; ; $ That he may * ſet bim with princes & ; even with