- * © anyiniquity have dominion-over me q. | | o By 'thy Grace dire& and (govern all my Mctions and A&ions. p In the way preſcribed'irv thy Word : Or, by thy word, Let thy Spirit accompany thy Word, and ingraft it within me, ſo that I may be-guided and ruled by it, 9 And although I have evil incli nations and: affe&ions within me, let theminot bear ſway in me, nor withdraw. me: fromthe counſe of obedience.
124 Deliver me from the oppretiion of man : ſo will x keep thy precepts. . r As he, prayed again the inward impediment of his obedience, *.-173. fo here he prayerh--againſt an external impediment ot it, and a common temprtatior to fin. » x25: Make-thy faces to ſhine upon thy ſervant s, and teach methy ſtatutes. | "5 Look 'upon me with pleaſed and favourlble countenanee. -— 6,, Compare Numb. 6. 25. Prov. 16. 15. ” 136 * Rivers of waters? run dowti mine eyes, becaufe
Mer. they « keep not thy law, & 14. 17. ,_ t Plentiful and perpetual tears, witnefſes of my deep ſorrow for "See Ezek. Gods "diſkonour and diſpleature, and for the miſcries which ſinners 9. 4 bring upon themſelves and others, « To wit, the wicked, as be- fore, v. 126. who were not. worthy to be mentioned : for this pro- noun is oft ufed in' way of contempt, as Luke 14: 24. and x9.' 27. Jolm 7. 11. and 8. 10. . As 16. 36. TSHAHDD IL |
x37 Righteous «7: thou x, O LORD, and upright #fe thy judgments.
x By thine eſſence and Natbre, and therefore it is impoſſible that thou ſhovideſt be unjuſt in any of thy Laws or Providences. -p 238 Thy teſtimonies hat chou haſt commanded are THeb.”2” + righteous, and very ||faichful y,
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"ry bg ',p 4 Butthis verle is otherwiſe rendred by all the ancientInterpre- Heb.fa: Preters, and by divers ethers, and that more agreeably to the order fulweſs. of the words in the Hebrew Text. Thou haft commanded righteouſnefs
even thy T-Himonies ( or the Righteouſneſs of thy Teſtimonies, or thy righ- geous Teftimonies, by a common Hebraiſm, or rather, righteouſneſs in or by zky teſtimonies, nothing being more frequent than the Ellipſis of the prefix beth which ſignifies in or by: } and truth ( or, and true, thy Righteous and true Teſtimonies ; although the other ſeems to be the better Tranſlation ) earnefly. So the Senſe is, thou haſt ſtrialy and ſeverely, under the higheſt obligations atdpenalties, commanded in thy word, that men ſhould be juſt and true in all their Actions. And this agrees very well with the next foregoing | verſe, wherein he affiumed that God is Righteous, ard doth Righ- teous things ; and then here he adds that he requires Righteouſneſs and truth from-all men.
139 * My zeal hath f confumed me z, becauſe mine enemics have forgotten thy words 4.
z I am tormented and cut ro the heart with grief and anger at
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yet thy commandments are my delights.
e Conſtant and unchangeable, tle ſame inall ages and places and
to all perſons, of eternal Truth and Juſtice, never to be diſpenced with, nor to be made void. f Nothing bur truth; or as true as truth it ſelf.
143 Trouble and anguiſh g havet taken hold on me : If _ g Outward troubles and anguiſh of Spizit : or, great anguiſh or? TG
diſtrels. | : GPL 244 144 * The.righteouſneſs of thy teſtimonies zs everla- —_ i06, ſting: give me” underſtanding, and TI ſhall live 4. »
death.
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—_ | KOP AH. 145 TI cried with wy whole heart, hear me, OLORD: I will keep thy ſtatutes. "ry : -146 TI cryed unto thee, ſave
thy agftimonies. | Ipreygnted the dawning of the morning #, and cried: I hope.in thy word. . 1 |
# Heb. rhe twilight, to wit, of the morning, by comparing Pſa. . 88. 13.:: And ſothis word is; uſed -1- $97. 30. 17. 148 * Mine eyes prevent the night watches &, that I mighe meditat- in thy word-+ -
k Heb.. che watches ; which: were kept only by night. And theſe watches were:then three, as hach been more than once obſerved, Ani this is notto be underſtood of the firſt watch, which was at
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and frequent and inconſiderable, but of the middle watch, as it 15. called Juadg.7. 19. which was ſet in the middle of the night; and elpeciaJly of the morning watch, asit is called Exod. 14. 24. which was ſet ſome hours before the dawning of the day: id ſo this is any ' aggravation atid addition to what he aid v. 147. £ 149 Hear my voice according unto thy loving kindneſs; - OLORD, guicken me according to thy judgment 1. According to thy word, which is oft called God's Judgment : or according to thy cuttom or manner of dealing with me and with others of thy people; as this word is taken above v.13 2. Io They draw nigh m that follow after miſchief ; D they are far from thy law ». 3 »m To wit, ro me, or againſt me, as Pſal. 29: 2. They are at | hand, and ready to ſeize upon me, n They caſt away far from them all thoughts of, and reſpect to thy Law, which forbids ſuch wicked Practices. 151 Thou art near o, O LORD: and alt thy come bo mandments p are truth. o Tome. Thou arr as ready and preſent to ſuccour me, as they are tomoleſt me. p Conſidered with the promiſes and threatnings which ate frequently anexed to them. Or, the promiltes, as rhig word ſeems to be uſed, Pſal. 111. 7, and elſewhere in this Pſahr, And God is ſaid to command not only his precepts, or the obſerya« tiof thereof, bur alſo his Covenent, Pſal. 105. 8. and 111. 9. which 11s acollection or body of the promiſes ; and his/ov:ng kinaneſs, Pſal. ' 42. 8, which is the Fountain of the promiſes ; and his Bling, Pſal. 133. 3- Which is the fruit of his promiſss ; and deliverances, 44. 4. which are the things promifed. And therefore it is not ſtrange if 'the promiſes be ſometimies called Commandments, | 152 f Concerning thy teftimonies, T have known of t Heb ! old q, that thou haſt founded them for ever r. cory 9 By my own long experience, ever ſince I arrivedat any knowe a6 th ledge in thoſe matters. » That chou haſt eſtabliſhed them upon ſure got , and everlaſting foundations. | Ver bo
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donot forget thy law. *pC2 45: i
154 * Plead my cauſe, and deliver me : quicken me zjic}7.g according to thy word. | r55 Salvation is far from the wicked : for they ſeek not thy ſtatutes 5.