s And therefore on the contrary, I truſt that thou wilt ſave me becauſe I do ſeek them. My wicked enemies hall certainly be de- ſtroyed, by which means T ſhall be delivered. | —
156- || Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD : [0r,n8d quicken me acccording to thy judgments ?.
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i57 Many ere my perſecutors, and mine enemies ; get do I notdecline from: thy teſtimonies s.
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pur for Joving and practiſing them. 140 * Thy word is very + pure b: therefore c thy "& 48. 3o: ſervant loveth it. > Pr: 3b: 5: 6 Withoutthe leaſt mixture of any falſkood or ſin, both which THeb.rried are frequent in the words or precepts of Men. «c Becauſc of thar or refined. exact purity and holineſs of it, for which very Reaton ungodly "$y men either deſpiſe or hate if. : 141 Lam tmall dand deſpiſed : yet do not I forget thy precepts. | " 4 Or, # kittleone, nor for age, but in reſpect of my condition in the world 5 mean: and obſcure. Bt 142 Thy rightecouſnels is an everlaſting righteouſneſs =» and thy law zs the truth f.
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shall have w ſui. and + nothipg ſhall offend them g. e Either outward proſperity and happineſs, which God in his Pr. 22+ 5- Law hath exprelly promiſed ro good men ; or at leaſt inward peace. fatisfattion and tranquillity of mind, ariſing from the ſenſe
as Levit: 26: 28. and elſewhere. 155 Great peace e have they f which love t
of G::ds love tothem, and watchful care over them in all rhe con- cerns of this life and of the next. f Heb. is to them, or, ſhall be 70 them ; for the Verb being not expreſſed, ir may be underſtood either way. Aithough they may mcert with ſome diſturbance, yet ther end ſhall b: peace, as 1s ſaid, Pja!. 37: 37. g Heb. they have no Aumbling block, to wit, ſuch at which they thall ſtumble and fall into miſchief and' utter Ruine, as ungodly men have, before whom God doth oft lay ſtumbling blocks, or occaſions of fin and deſtru&ion, as it is affirmed by God himſelf, Jer: 6: 21. Ezek, 2: 20, Rom: 9: 33. our of Iſa; 8: 14. : 166 * LORD, I have hoped for thy ſalvation, and
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h Thus performing the condition which thou haſt required, 1 juſtly and. confidently hope for thy mercy promiſed. 107 My ſoul hath kept thy teitimonies, and TI love
them exceedingly z. 7 T rave not only obeyed thy commands, which an hypocrite may ſometimes and in part do for worldly ends, butT have done it with my very ſou}, and from an hearty love to them. ; : 15 I have kept thy precepts and thy teſtimonies: for k all my ways * are before thee. | ; k-Or, becauſe. This is added either, 1. as the Reaſon or motive of his obedierſce, which was the conſideration of Gods Omnilſcience, and his delire to approve himſelfand his ways ty God : or, 2. asa ' proofanid evidence of it. Whereas this and all his former profeſ- | ſions of his piety were charged by his enemies with deep hypocri- * fie, ani! might ſeem to ſavour of pride and vain-glory : Here in the Cloſe of them he makes a ſolemn appeal to that God, who knew his heart and all his ways, and whether theſe things were not true and real ; which if they were not, he tacitly imprecates Gods judgment
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169 Let my cry come near beforethee 1, O LORD:
. .give me underſtanding m according to thy word, 1 Whichat preſent thou ſeemeſt to ſhut out, as the Church com- plained, Lam. 3.8. »» WherebyT may both know and perform my duty in all particulars. x 170 Let my ſuppiication come before thee : deliver
me according to thy word. 171 *My lips ſhall utter praiſe, when thou haft
taught me thy ſtatutes. | i72 My rongue ſhall ſpeak » of thy word o, for all
thy commandments p «re righteouſneſs. 7 Heb. ſhall: pour forth freely and abundantly like a Fountain. + o, In praiſe of it, tor its Righreoutneſs; as it here follows, its truth and purity and other exceilencies. p Even thoſe which to men of corrupted minds ſeem harſh and unjuſt. | 172 Let thine hand heip me : for * I have choſen
thy precepts q. | q For my guide and companion and chief Joy and Treafure.
174 I have .onged for thy falvation r, O LORD: and thy law 3s my delight.
r Either, 1. for deliverance from my preſent ſtraits and calami- ties, that T may ſerve thee with more ficedom, and may gl: rifie thy Name in a more ſolemn and publick manner : Or, 2. that thou wouldſt compleatly ſave me, not only from my outward preſſures, buc alſo from my 1ins, from my du!neſs and deadnels inthy ſervice, from all inclinations and temptations to Apoſtaſic and impiety.and | from my other indiſpolitions and corruptions, againſt which he