_ 116-Upnotd me accordingunto thy word, that T may, live : and let me not be aſhamed of my hope ». = * Or, becauſe of my hope or confid:nie" in” thy promiles, of tainty whereof I have oft made my boat before others, © 117 Hold thou” me. up, and I ſhaii be ſafe; and T will have reſpe& unto thy ſtatutes continually s. | 0 And being freed from thoſe diſtractions; and diverſions which my preſſing dangers occaſion, I wilt wholly devote-my {elf to the: !tudy and practice of thy. bleſſed word. _ has 2 118 Thou haſt troden down all them that erc from thy ſtatutes : for their deceit 3s falſhood p. bib © Þ All their crafty and deceitful devices, by which they deſign to enſnare and ruine me and other good men, ſhall deceive them - and their own expectations, and bring that deftruetion upon them« ſelves which they deſign for others. . . ., .,', | IT | 119 Thou t.putceſt away ,q all the wicked of the +f71cb:caud earch like droſs »; therefore I love thy teſtimonies s, ſeit toteaſty.
9 Thou removett them from thy preſence and from the- Society | of thy people and fromthe land of the: living. r Which though | for a ſcaſon it be mixed'with Gold br: Silver, is not enly ſeparated | from it as an uſeleſs and contemprible-thing,. bue alſo is atrerly | coniumed by fire, s Becauſe they are the beſt preſervatives againſt wickedneſs, and againſt thoſe dreadful puniſhments attending uport It, of which he profeſſerh his fear in the; next verſe. Sol _I2o My fleſh trembleth for fear of thee, and I am a- fraid of thy judgments 7, | | # The obſeryation of thy terrible jaidgments- againſt ungodly men, and the conſcience of ny own infirmity and manifold ins, makes me fear left thou ſhou!dſt puniſh me alſo, as thou mighteſt juſtly do, if thou ſhouldſt be ſtrict to mark what is amiſs in me, or leſt i ſhould partake with them in their fins, and conſequently in their plagues. 7 A 1 N.
121 Thave done judgment and juſtice « : leaye mg not to mine oppref{ors.
« i, e, Jaſt judgment, as Ecclef* 5: 7. to wit, towards mine ops preflors, whom I have no way injured.
122 Be ſucety for thy ſervant x for good y: let not
the proud oppreſs me.
x Do thon undertake and plead my cauſe againſt all mine ene» mies, as a ſurety reſcues the poor perſecuted debitor from the hands of a ſevere creditor. y For my ſatety and comfort. -
123 * Mine eyes fail for thy ſalvation, and for the word of thy righteoufneſs z. z For the performance of thy R word or pre mile. : 124 Deal with thy fervantaccording unto thy mer-
Cy 4, and teach me thy Statutes, |
4 Not according to ſtrict juſtice, nor according to my ſins. | x25 1 amthy ſervant, give me underſtanding, that T may know thy teſtimonies.
126 It is time b for thee, LORD, to work 6 : for
they c have made void thy Law 9d. b Tr is high time or a fit ſeaſon. 6 To put forth thy power for the vindication of thy own 'name and cauſe, and for the Reſtraint and puniſhment of evil-doers. c To wit, mine opreffors, or the wicked ; whom it was necdleſs to expreſs, both becauſe they had been lately and frequently mentioned before, and partly becauſe it was evident from the following words, + 4 Or, abrogated rhy law, have profeſledly and openly caſt off its authority, retolvedly pres
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117 Ihate vain thoughts /: bur thy Law dolT love.
I This word ſignifies thoughts, Job. 4. 13. and 20, 2, or opinions, * T Kings 18. 21. Which being indifferent to good and evil, 1s here taken in an evil S-nſe, for vain thoughts, as we reader it, or for thoughrs or, opinions or divices of men differing from or oppoſite to Gods Law, as may be gacheced from tac next claute, where Gods
all r1hings to be rights ; and] hate every falſe way,
prece tion of t 1 1116 ; their luits and intereſts ; but I approve 21 of rhem without any
f For the Reaſons now mentioned. g I do not make void all thy prs, as they did v: 126. nor yet am [I partial in my approbay f them, as others are, who reject all tuch as are oppolite ra
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129 Thy teſtimonies are X wonderful þ ; therefore
deth my ſoul keep them. [73 | + Tn regard of the deep and wonderful myſteries, and moſt ex- cellent counſels and dire&tions, far exceeding all the Rules of the greateſt-Philoſophers, and the exceeding great and precious pro- ntiſes of -God contained in them. This is the Reaſon of his high eſtimation of them expreſſed in the laſt verſe. : 39 The entrance of thy words ; giveth light: * it giveth underſtanding unto the ſimple &. 7 The very beginnings and Rudiments of ir; the firſt diſcoveries - of thoſe ſacred Myſteries ; an: much more the depths of rhem, in ' whick their chief excelkncy conſiſts. Or, as others, both ancient, »- -and later Interpreters render the place, zhe opquing of thy words, by | which may-be underſtood, either, r. the opening of mens minds | by the word of God; bur that'ſeems to be the ſame thing with gi- ang He which here follows ; or, 2. the opening or declaration of
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ods. mind made in afid by liis word. & Tothe moſt 1gnoraut 4 and unlearned perſons, who are but willing to learn. Se 2 14k 1 opened my, ; mouth, andpanted / : for thy commangmenes. .
1.1 thirſt after t ) precepts, and purſue them eagerly, as it wefe with ogen mouth, ready and greedy to. receive them. Itisa Metaphor fxom one that makes'great haſte after another, where- by he ts forced ro pantand open his mouth for Airto refreſh him- felf. 2 $ | #33 | +142 Look thou uponrme #1,and be merciful unto me rang 70 _ be = a b
. + as thowaſeſt ro do unto thoſe that love thy Name ». to- m To wit, fayourably, as the next clauſe explains ic, and as this ards aſe-is commonly ufc : whereby alſo he implies thac God at hoſe, &c» preſent did hide his face-. and favour from him. » As thou haſt done in all former ages. - Do not deny me the common pciviledge of all the faithful. Lv';
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