19 Open to me b the gates of righteouſneſs c: I will
g0 1n to them, 4andT will praiſe the LORD. b O ye Porters, appointed by God for this work. Or it is a fi- gurative and poetical manner of expreſſion, whereby he ſpeaks to ce Gates themſclves,as if they had Senſe and underſtanding. Or by laying, open, he implies that they had been long ſhur againſt him in Saul's time. c To wit, the Gates of the Lords Tabernacle; the : proper and uſual place ſor the ſolemn- performance of the Duty here following, which he calleth the Gates of Righteouſneſs ; partly in oppoſition to the Gates of death, of which he ſpeaks implicitly, v. 18. and exprefly, Pſal. 9. 14. and 107: 18. which may be called the Gates of ſin or unrighteouſneſs, becauſe Death is the wages of
| fin ; partly becauſe there the Rule of Righteouſneſs was kept and
taught, and the Sacrifices of Righteouſneſs ( as they are called Pſa. 4. 5. ) were offered, and divers other exerciſes of Righteouſneſs or of Gods ſervice were performed : and partly becaule thoſe Gates were to be opened toall Righteous perſons ( ſuch as David had oft Profefied and proved himfelt to be, upon which account he claims this as his juit priviledge ) and only to ſuch, for the unclean and unrighteous were to be thut and kept out by the Porters, 2 Chroz. 23. 19. compare {/a. 26. 2.
20 This is the gate of the LORD into which the
11ghteous ſhall enter 4.
d Theſe may be the words, either, 1. of the Levites, the Por- ters returning this anſwer to the foregoing queſtion ; This is the Gate of the Lord which thou ſeckeſt, and which ſhall be opened to thee according to thy deſire, and thy juſt priviledge ; for thou art one of thoſe Righteous ones to whom this of Right belongs : Or, 2. Of David himliclf, who ſtatids as it were pauſing and contempla«. ting, before he makes his entrance, This, this 1s that Holy and Bleiſed Gate, which I fo long and earneſtly thirſted for in my ba- niſhment, and which is now very beautiful in my ſight, into which I will enter, and all other Righteous perſons by my example and * encouragement. But as David was a type of Chriſt and the Tem- ple of Heaven, ſo this place hath a further proſpect than David, and relates to Chriſts aſcending into Heaven, and opening the Gates of that bleſſed Temple both for himſelf and for all Righteous men or Believers.
21 TI will praiſe thee, for thou haſt heard me, and
, art become my ſalvation.
22 * Theſtone Which the builders refuſed e, is become * Mat. 7h
the head Fore of the corner f. - HP e The Commonwealth of 1/2! and the Church of God are here *'* and elſewhere in Scripture compared to a building, wherein, as the Me as?
| people are the Stones and the Matter, ſo the Princes and Rulers are
the Builders, whote office ir was to erett and ſupport and improve \- . 4.1, the Building, and to uſe their wiſdom and power in chuſing fit Pet.2. 4 materials for the ſeveral parts and purpoſes of che Building, and 7 in the Rejection of what was unprofitable and inconvenient. And 7* theſe Maſter-builders rejeted David as an obſcure and treacherous
and rebellious perſon, fit to be not only laid afide and thrown a- way, but allo ro be cruſhed to pieces. And ſo their ſucceſſors rejected Chriſt, as an Enemy to Moſes, a friend to ſinners, and a blaſphemer againſt God, and therefore deſerving death and'dam- nation. f The chief Stone in the whole Building, by which the ſeveral parts of the building are upheld and firmly united and kept rogether. Thus David united all rhe Tribes and Families of 1/raet,
who had been miſerably diſtracted and divided by the Civil Wars between the Houſes of $i! and David, And thus Chriſt united Jews and Gentiles together, as is obſerved, Eph. 2. 14, &c. And although David alluderh to himſelf and his own condition, yet it
is not to be doubted, but, that having the Prophetical Spirit, by which he foreſaw the coming of Chriſt, and his 111 uſage from the Jews, of which he ſpeaks very particularly Pſal. 22. and elſewhere ;
and having his thoughrs much taken up with Chriſt and the events
of his Kingdom, of which he ſpeaks in divers of his Pſalms, he
had his eye principally fixed upon him in theſe and the _—_— expreſons. And therefore this place is juſtly expounded of Chri
in the New Teſtament, as Mark 12. Io. 4#s 4. n. Rom. 9. 32.
Eph. 2. 20, 1 Pet. 4.6. compared with Tſa. 28. 16. And to him indeed the words -agree much more properly and fully than to pavia, OM F 23 £05
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Pl. CXIX., P20 {Heb 7% 23 7 This gis the LORD's doing þ ; it 3s marvellous g from ti? ; 1 ; 1D, 2N Our eyes.
PEeY $ This ſtrange event : the Feminine gender being put for the
Neuter, as it is in other places of Scripture, h Peculiarly,an ef- {c& of his Omniporent Wiſdom; done not only without the help of inan, bur again all the artifices and forces of men. 7
24 This is the day which the LORD hath made 3 ;
we will rejoyce and be glad in it.
7 Either created ; or exalted and glorified, as this word is uſed r Sum: 12, 6. or ſanCtified by his glorious preſence and work and by his appointment, as a time or {caſon never to be forgorten,but ro be obterved with great thankfulneſs and rejoycing as it tollows.
2.5 Save now,[T beſeech thee k,O LORD: OLORD,
I beſeech thee, ſend now profperity.
& Or, we beſeech thee 5, for the Hebrew words may be rendred ei- ther way. Theſe ſeem to be the words of the Levites, to whom he ſpake wv. 19. or of the people, uſing thele joyful acclamations or prayers to God for the preſervation of their kiag and kingdom. This allo is interpreted of and was applied to Chriſt, even by the Jews themſelves, Mark. 11.9. John 12. 13.
26 * Bleſſed be he / that cometh #2 in the Name of
hey tohg the LORD x: we have bleflſed you out of the houſe of Mart: the LORD o. ngLuk. #4 We earneftly pray thatGod would bleſs his perſon and govern-
19.33. Sce ment and all his enterprizes. » To wit, unto us, from whom Tech:4.7» be was long baniſhed ; or unto the Throne ; or from his father
znto the world : the Mefſias, who is known by the name of him d In mind and heart. that carefully and dil; ws . him. Sal that cometh or was to come, as Marth. 11. 3.and 2y. 9. Luke 7. 20.and , Preceprs. , y ihgently obſerve. e His al