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he compares them here to the ſavage Arabians. And amongſt ſuch erſons David was oft forced to ſojourn in Saws time ; and with them he ſought peace by all ways poſſible, but they hated peace,
andthe more he purſued peace, the more eagerly did they profe-
cute the war, as it here follows.
6 My ſoul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
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Exod. 26.33, 34. and elſewhere ; becauſe of the Tables of the
Plal. CXXIIT. CXXIy,
Covenant laid up in it, which are called Gods Tefimony, and the
Tables of the Teſtimony, as Exod. 15. 16. and 31. i8, &c. And this may well be called the Tefimony of or to Iſrael, becauſe it was given by God to them and for their good. Or, by or according to the Teftimony of Iſrael, i, e. Gods command given to Iſrael, which may
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{Heb.were | Randing, - falem "'B So Gr. 5 5&4 Thither we ſhall come, and there we ſhall make our abode | The ARGUME-NT.
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be alledged here as the Reaſon which moved them to this journey. z To worſhip God; this one eminent part and action thereof being put for all the reſt.
5 For h there F are ſet thrones of judgment 3: the thrones of the houſe of David &.
þ This is added as another Reaſon inviting and obliging them to go upto Jeruſalem, and as another commendation of this City, 7 The tupream Courts of Juſtice for Eccleſiaſtical, and eſpecially for Civil affairs, as the next clauſe explains it. k The Royal! throne allotted by God to David and to his poſterity for ever, and the in. ferior Seats of Juſtice eſtabliſhed by and under his Authority, Sce 2 Chron, 19. 8, 9, 10. : |
6 Pray for the peace of Jeruſalem : they ſhall prof.
71 am || for peace : but when I ſpeak, they are for war. P S A I. CXXI.
The ARGUMENT.
He matter of this Pſalm ſufficiently ſheweth, that the Pſalmiſt was confliing with great difficulties and oppoſlitions, and looking hither and thither for help, as men in ſuch caſes uſe to do, and then turning his eyes to God and his Providence, and encou-
raging himſelf by Gods promiſes made to his people.
A ſong of degrees. The Pſalmift ſheweth that the great ſafety of the godly is from the Lord, 1——5. who keepeth them, in their out-gomgs and im-comings from all evil, 6———$.
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ing taken 1 ively, as fi - Th many in the land of Canaan, and upon which the Forces, which he ing taken imperatively, as is very frequent e Lord grant them
proſperity and all happineſs.
bould WY hoped would come to his aid, might be ſeen art a great diſtance. ; Jo'E - * 1.» 7 com ? 5 Ge way cane, Heb. wil come ta y beron ” within thy walls », end proſperity within Pf. 87. 1. 1 ,
4 2 * My help comerh from the LORD « which WO» bn ol thy dwellings. o Eſpecially in the Court and the dwel-
lings of the Princes and Rulers, whoſe welfare is apublick bleſſing to all the people.
8 For my brethren and companions ſakes p, I will now ſay, Peace be within thee. . f And this Idcfire not only nor chiefly for my own ſecurity,and for the glory of mine Empire, but for the ſake of all my fellow- Citizens, and of all the Iſraelites, whom, though my Subjects, I muſt own for my brethren and companions in the chief priviledges and bleſſings enjoyed at Jeruſalem.
9 Becauſe of the houſe of the LORD our God 4, I
will * ſeek thy good. gq Which is now fixed in this City.
P S & L. 'CAXIIL The ARGUME NT. His Pſa!m contains a deſcription of the great agony and di- ſtreſs of Gods people, and of their carriage under it. A ſong of degrees The Godly profeſs they patient trufting and confidence in God, 1, 2, And withal earneſtly pray to be delivered from the contempt of the proud,
3, 4+ b Neto thee a lift I upmine eyes, O thou * that dwel- *Pſirs.;;
leſt in the heavens.
a Unto thee only, becauſe all other perſons either cannot, or will not help me. |
2 Behold, as the eyes of ſervants look unto the hand of their maſters b, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miftreſs: ſo our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us c.
b Either, 1. for ſupply of their wants, wh:ch comes from their maſters hand : Or, 2. for pity, the hand being the inſtrument whereby maſters commonly correct their Servants, and looking to the hand, may expreſs the poſture of one ſupplicating for Mercy :