z I will offer the facrifice of thanſgiving to God, as this phraſe ſeems to beexplained below, v. 17+ where. the latfer clauſe of che verſe is the ſame with that which here follows. ' The phraſe is taken from the common practice of the Jews in' their Thank-offe- rings, in which a Feaſt was made of the Remainders .of the Sa- Critices, and the Offerers, together with the Prieſts, did ear and drink before the Lord ; and amongſt other Rites, the Malter of the Feaſt took a cup of Wine intg,his hand, 'and folemnly bleſſed God for it and for the mercy witich was then acknowledged, and then gave it to all the gueſts, who drunk {uccefſively of it, See i Chron, I6. 2, 3- To which cuſtom it is ſuppoſed that our bleſſed Saviour alludes in the inſtitution of the cup, which alſo is called the cup of bleſſing, 1 Cor. 10, t6, wihich is in effect the ſame with the Cup of ſalvation, This Mctaphor of a Cup is uſed both of afflictions, as PJa.: 11. 6. and 75.9. and of comforts, as Pſa. 2;: 5* Jer; 16: 8. x Or. p»bl:ſb or preach in or of the name of th? Lord, i. 6. his gracious nature and the great things which he hath done for me. For he
Plal. CX) che LORD fir allh |
mer clauſe , and by comparing v. 17.
14 I will pay my vows y unto the LORD, now in the preſence of all his people z. © EA
Y The praiſe and ſacrifices vrhich I vowed to God in the time of
my diſtreſs. . z That they who lieard my vows, or underſtood them by the Report of others,might be witneſſes of my payment of them, and not be ſcandalized by my - unfaithfulneſs in that mat. ter, | ; ; |
15 Preciousin the fight of the LORD 5s the death « of his ſaints. + +: - "2 2893 £4, - .@ Heſets an high price upon it; he will nor readily grant it to thoſe thar greedily ſeek it ; and if any ſon of violence procure it, he will make him pay very dearly for it, and when the Sainrs ſuf- fer it for Gods ſake, as they frequently do, it is a moſt acceptable. Sacrifice to God, and hrghly etteemed by him. Thus, the blood of Gods people is ſaid to be precious in his fight, Pſa: 72: 14. And, in the ſame 1enſe, the Life of a man is ſaid to be precious in his eyes who ſpareth and preſerverh it. as:1 Sam: 16; 21, 2 Kings 1: 13. Gods people are precious in hjseyes, both living and dying ; for whether they live, they live unto the Lord, or whether they die, they die unto the Lord, Rom. I 4+ 8: | . 7 ;
16 O LORD, truely I aw thy ſervant b, T am thy -* 1 ſervant, and* the ſon of chy handmaid c: thou haſt *P£.86.i6 looſed my bonds d. | $a |
+ Thisis either, 1. an Argument uſed in, prayer, it becomerh thee to protect and fave thy own ſervants, as m_ good maſter doth : or rather, 2» a thankful acknowledgment of his great obli- gations to God, whereby he was in duty bound to be the Lords faithful and perpetual ſervant. For this ſuits beſt with the context. c Either, 1+ the Son of,a Mother who.was devoted and did devote me to thy ſervice. . Or, 2. like one born in thy houſe of one of thy ſervants, and ſo thine by a moſt ſtrict.and double obligation. 4 Thou haſt reſcued: me from mine enemies, whoſe captive and Vaſo ſal I was, and therefore haſt a juſt Right and Title to me and ro © 2 my ſervice. hs | EN
17 I will offer to thee * theſacrifice of thankſgiving, Levi7:1 and will call upon the name of the LORD. |
18 I will pay my vowsunto the LORD, now inthe
preſence of all his people e ; 2 bg e And as I faid before, ſol now repeat my promiſe, for the grea- ter aſſurance, and to lay the ſtrier obligation upon my ſelf. /
19 In the courts of the LORD's houſe, in che midſt of thee, O Jeruſalem. Praiſe ye the LORD. | | PS AL. CXVE.-
The ARGUMENT. |
gi IUHis Pſalm contains a Prophecy of the Calling of the' Gentiles,
as appears borh from the matter of it, and from Rom. x5. 116
where it is quoted to that purpoſe. An Exhortation to all Nations io praiſe God for his mercy and truth's
loks.: 1, 2 ©; : "#5 O: Praiſe the LORD # all ye nations : praiſe him * gom.rg. all ye people. - + | | : 12. a Acknowledge the true God, and ſerve him only» and caſt a- way all your Idols. _ 2
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For his merciful kindneſs is great towards us þ ; and the truth of the LORD endurerh for ever. Praiſe
ye the LORD. b Either, :. rowards us Jews, to whom he hath given thoſe pee culiar privitedges which he hath denied to all other Nations. Bur this may ſeem an improper argument to move the Gentiles to praiſe God for his mercies to others trom which they were excluded. Or, 2+ towards all of us, all the Children of 4braham whether carnal
body and one fold by and nnder the Mefſias, John 10; 16. Eph. 2. 14+ which myſtery tcems to be infinuated by this manner of ex-
preſſion. ; P SAL CXVIIL,
| The ARGUMENT. His ?/a!m moſt probably was compoſed by David, when the Civil wars between the Houſes of Saul and David were en- ded, and David was newly ſertled in the Kingdom of all 1/rael, and
me. 'Or, 2. All men, Gods own Prophets not exce 1 to'the miſtakes by the condition of hate nature, _ _ To therefore may eaſily deceive others; as this might be the caſe of Samuel in his promiſe of the Kingdom to* me. Thus he queſtions the truth! of .Gods:promites, .yet fo-as he doth not ſtrike direaly | at God, but only refle&s upon the Inſtruinent,
:had newly brought up the Ark of God to his Royal Ciry. Bur though this was the occaſion, yet: David, or at Jeair rhe Spirit of God, which indited this Pſalm, had a further reach and high deſign in it,' and eſpecially in the latrer part of it, which was ts carry the Readers thoughts beyond rhe Type to the Antirype, the | 5 C2 _ Ncilias
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Meſſias and his Kingdom, who was chiefly intended in it. Which is apparent both trom the Teſtimonies produced our of it to that purpoſe in the New Teſtament, as Mat 21. 9, 42+ Mark 12: 10, 11: A#: 4. 11, &Cc. and from the conſent of the Hebrew DoCQtors both Ancientand Modern ; one evidence whereof is that in their
Prayers for their Meſſiah, they uſe ſome part of this Pſalm : and
from the matter it ſelf, as we ſhall ſee hereafter. The form of
this Pſalm may ſeem to be dramarical, and ſeveral parts of it are ſpoken in the name of ſeveral perſons, yet ſo, that the diſtinction of rhe perſons and their ſeveral paſſages is not expreſſed, bur lett to the obſervation of the intelligent and diligent Reader, as it 1s
in the book of the Song of $y/0w0n, and in ſome part of Eccleſiaſtes 3