6 They have ears, but they hear not ; noſes have they but they ſmell not. 7 They have hands but they handle not: feet have they but they walk not; neither ſpeak they through their throat. I Or, mutter, or make a miſe, as this word ſignifies Iſa. 15: 14 They are ſo far from ſpeaking with their throat and other Inſtru- ments of ſpeech, as men do, that they cannot make ſuch an inarti- Eular and ſenſeleſs ſound with them, as the beaſts do. 8 They that make them # * are like unto them »; ſox yy, j;
7s every one that truſteth in them. them be © »» Or, they that obſerve or worſhip them. For the Pſalmiſts quarrel like unty
was not ſo much with thoſe few Artiſts :; who formed the Images, them,
.asS with all the adorers of them, And the word here rendered make Fo Gr,
doth ſometimes ſignifie ro worſhip, as ſome underſtand it, not with=
out probability, Exod; 32: 35+ becauſe they made ( i: e; worſhipped )
the calf which Aaron made, and asin other Languages words aniwee
ring to this do fignifie, as hath been ofc obſerved by learned men;
and it oft ſignifies to obſerve ; as when men are ſaid to wake ( as it
is in the Hebrew ) the Sabbath, Deut: 5. 15. and the releaſe, and
the Paſſover, and the feaft of weeks, as Deut; 15: 1, and 16: 1, 10+
3 This is a ſharp Reflection, either x. upon the Idols, whoſe high.
eſt preferment is to be made like unto Man, a mortal, weak and
miſerable creature, infinitly inferior to the true God. Or, 2. to
the makers or worſhippers of them,who by this abſurd and fooliſh
action, ſhew that they are as ignorant and ſtupid and void of all
ſenſe and Reaſon as their Images.
9 O Iſrael o truſt thou in the LORD: he 5s their help o and their ſhield. 4 k h
o Do not thou follow the example of theſe brutiſh Idolaters, but ſerve the Lord only. e Who truſt in God, as he now required. Or, their is put for your by a change of perſons, which is moſt fre« quent in Scripture, and eſpecially in theſe Books.
10 O. houſe of Aaron p, truſt in the LORD : he 5; their help and their ſhield. p You Prieſts and Levites preceeding from Aaren, or related tc him, who have ſpecial Reaſon and many Obligations to do it, who have a more diſtin knowledge of God, whichis the foyndationof cruſt, Pſal, 9; 10. and who are to be both Inſtructers of, and ex«= amples to the people in this as well as in other duties. 1x Yethat fear the LORD g, cruſt in the LORD * he is their help and their ſhield.
9 All and every one of you who worſhip the true God, not only Aaronites and Iſraelites, but even Gentile-proſelires, who are ſaid to come totruſt under the wings of the God of Iſrael, Ruth 2: 12, And ſuch there were many at this time in the Church of 1Fael, whom therefore he fitly invites to truſt God, becauſe heis no leſs their, than the Iſraclites help and ſhield, as it follows.
12 The LORD hath been mindful of us r ; he will bleſs «s, he will bleſs the houſe of Iſrae}, he. will bleſs the houſe of Aaron. |
7 In our former ſtraits and calatnities, and therefore we truſt he will ſtill bleſs us, &c, as itit follows. Or, 7s or will be mindful of 5. Though he hath chaſtned us ſore, yet he hath not yer caſt us
out of the care of his providence. 13 He will bleſs them that fear the LORD, both
ſmall [| and great s. | 5 Either in age or condition, of whatſoever quality, high and low, rich and poor; for he is no reſpecter of perſons. |
14 The LORD ſhall encreaſe you: more and more, you and your children.
8 In number notwithſtanding all the attempts of your enemies to diminiſhand deſtroy you. Or, ſha! add zo yeu, to wit, further and greater bleſſings. G
15 Ye are bleſsed of the LORD, which made hea-
ven and earth «.
certain and. glorious place where he relideth, even the higheft heavens, where he is clothed with infinit power and Majeſty, and | and from whence he beholdeth and governeth this lower world, |
and all that is in it. g Or, he deth, &c. By his only will and '-
pleaſure all things were at firſt made, and are ſtill diſpoſed, and without this nothing .cometh to paſs. And therefore all your in- | ſolencics and injuries and ſucceſſes againſt us do not come from an invincible power in you or in your {dols, nor from any deffect of ſtrength or goodneſs in our God, but only from hence, that it
* Deut.g, Pleaſed him tor many wiſc and good Reaſons to afflict us, and to, 28. give you proſperity for a time. |
PL 135.15. :: 4 * Their idols arefilver and gold b, the work of mens Jer: r0.3, hands 5.
þ Thus glorious and powerful is our God, O ye Heathens, of
whom you ſo boldly-ask, who and where he is; bur as for your s or idols, they have no power nor worth in them, but what is taken from their materials. # Astheir matter .is wholly from the earth, jo their form or figure they have from the art of Man; and
# Who therefore can bleſs you indeed in ſpight of all your ene* mies curſes and oppoſitions ; and not of an impotent Idel that can do you neither good nor hurt, : 16 The Heaven, even the heavens are the LORD's x 2: but the earth hath he given to the children of men y.
x Towit, in a peculiar manner, where hedwelleth in that light and glory to whichno man can approach, and whence he behold- eth and diſpoſeth allperſons and * Fug upon earth. y For their ha« bitation, poſſeſſion and uſe. But theſe words may be and are thus rendred by ethers, and the earth which ( which particle is very oft underſtood ) he hath given, &c, And then as the foregoing ve declared that God was the Creator of Heaven and Earth, v 15: fo this aſſerts that he is alſo their Loxd and Governour to diſpoſe of all
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b But we hope for better things,that notwithſtanding our preſent and urgent danger, yet thou wilt deliver us, and ſo give us oCca- fion to bleſs thy Name ; whereby thou wilt have the praiſe and glory of our deliverances