9m Heb. perfe# _— that I may love and obey them ſincerly conſtantly and univerſally» » To wit, for my fins, which are the | only juſt cauſes of ſhame,and for the diſappointment of my hopes
- following upoa them. | | C A-P H.
' 8r * My ſoul fainteth o for thy ſalvation :' but T hope, | In thy word. + | | 4-3- * With longing defire and carneft expectation and hope deferred and hitherto diſappointed. | ,
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. haſt eftab!iſhed the earth, and it [|abideth 5.
which mine enemies deſign to bring upon me. g I humbly beg and | q
82 * Mine eves fail p for thy word ſaying, When * ver. 123 wilt thou comfort me !
2 With looking hither and thither, and to thee for help.
83 Forl am become like a bottle in the ſmoke q ! yet do I not forget thy ſtatutes.
g Hung up in a ſmoaking Chimney. My natural moiſture is dry. cd and burnt up, I am withered and deformed and deſpiſed, and my caſe grows worſeand worſe every day.
84 How many are the days r of thy ſervant ? when wilt thou execute judgement on them that perſecute me?
r Either, 1. the days of my life, as the word days is commonly uſed Gen: 6. 3: Job 7. 1, 6 Pſal: 39.5, 6. T have bur a little while to live in the world ; give me ſome reſpite before Idie, and help me ſpeedily, otherwiſe it will be too late. Or rather, 2. the days cf my miſery, as the next clauſe implies, and as days are taken Pſal: 37: 13; and 116: 2. and elſewhere. How long, Lord, ſhall my miſeries laſt ? forever.
85 * The proud have digged pits for me s, which tr are - » pal thy law. » P Have" ſought to deſtroy me by deceit and treachery,as well as by violence. 7 Either, 1. which men have no reſpect ro thy Law which forbids ſuch things® Or rather, 2» which thing, te wir, to dig pits for me, an innocent and juſt man, is not aggreeable to
thy Law, bur directly contrary to jt.
86 All thy commandments are f faithful # : they Per-, rx. {ecute me wrongfully ; help thou me. faithſyt. u They are in themſelves moſt juſt and true, and they require neſre
juſtice and faithfulneſs from men,promiſing many bleſſings to thoſe that perform it, and ſeverely forbid all fraud and falſenefs,threat- ning grievous puniſhments to thoſe that uſe it ; and ſuch promiſes and threatnings are truey and ſhall certainly be executed. 87 * They had almoſt conſumed me upon earth x : but [ forſook not thy precepts. *vers 109,
x As to my preſent life and all my happineſs upon earth; where- and 143, by he. implies that his immortal Soul andeternal happineſs in hea= | ven, of which he ſpeaks, Pſal: 16: 11. and 17+ 15. and elſewhere, was fafe and our of their reach.
88 Quicken me after thy loving kindneſs ; ſo ſhall I keep y the teſtimony of thy mouth.
) Heb, and I will keep. I will teſtifie my gratitude to thee by my
obedience. 89 * For ever, O LORD, * thy word is ſetled ins y.,.;;, heaven &. | & 160, z Although many things happen upon earth which ſeem contra» ry to thy word, and at which men take occaſion to queſtion the truth of thy word, yet in Heaven it is ſure and certainly true. heaven, either, 1. with thee in thy Heavenly habitation, or in thy breaſt : as thy nature is unchangeable, ſo rhy Word is infallible, 4 Or rather, 2. in. the heavenly bodies, which are not ſubje& ta thoſe changes and decays which are in this lower world, but con« ſtantly continue the ſame in their ſubſtance and order and courſes, and this by vertue of that Word of God by which they were made and eitabliſhed in this manner ; and therefore Gods Word deli. vered to his people upon earth, which is of the ſame nature, muſt nceds be of equz] certainty and ſtability. This ſenſe beſt ſuits with the foliowing verſes, and with other Scriptures wherein the certainty of Gods word is ſet forth by comparing it with the ſtabi= lity of the Heaven and the Earth, as Mat: 5: 18. and elſewhere. 90 'Thy faichfulneſs is F unto all generarions 4: thou, xy, , generation a Every age gives freſh proofs of the truth of thy Word. b In andgen« that place and ſtate in which thou didſt eſtabliſh it. See Tecleſ: ration, T:
Pſc35.7.
5 4+ || Heb, + | 91 They c Þ continue this day according tothine or- fandeth] inances 4: for all are thy ſervants e. t Heb,
£ The Heaven and the Earth laſt mentioned. &d As thou haſt /{#: appointed, and by virtue of thine appointment. .e All things are _ to thy power and pleaſure,and none can reſiſt thy will, or word. 92 Unleſs thy law had been my delights, I ſhould then f have periſhed in mine affliction. f At the very inſtant; I could not have out-lived one ſtroke of thine affliting hand. : 93 1 will never forget thy precepts : for with them thou baſt quickned me g. g Revived and cheared me, when my heart was ready to fink and die within me. | 94 I am thine 6b, precepts. h By Creation and Redemption, and manifold obligations, as alſo by my own choice and deſignation, I have devoted my ſelf | to thy ſervice, and committed my {elf to thy care. 95 The wicked have waited for me to deſtroy me z | but T will conſider thy teſtimonies 2. \
i As my beſt comforters and counſellours and defenders againſt
fave me : for I have ſought thy
96 I have ſeen an end of all perfeRion & ; but thy commandment / 3s exceeding broad mm. k T have obſerved by my Experience, that the greateſt and moſt
perfe& accompliſhments and enjoyments in this world, the greateſt
glory and riches and powerand wiſdom are too narrow and ſhort- lived to make men happy. 1 Thy word 3 one part of it being Sy- necdochically put for rhe whole. m Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance : it is uſeful to all perſons in all times and conditions 2nd for- all purpoſes, to inform, dire&, quicken, com» fort ſan&ifie and ſave men: it is of everlaſting truth and efficacy; it will never deceive nor forſake thoſe who truſt to it, as all
werldly things will,byt will make.men happy both here and "_ _
Pſal. CXIX, |
all the aſſaults and deſigns of mine enemies. \
- Pal. CXIX. 97 O how love I thy law =! it zs my meditation all the day.
» O Lord, thou knoweſt it, and to thee appeal herein againſt
all the cenfures and calumaies of mine enemies to the contrary.