Or rather, 3. for help and defence againſt their oppreflors. For Servants were unable to defend -themielves, and were not aHowed to wear defenſive weapons, but expected and had protection from their Maſters in caſe of injury. For this phraſe of having ones eyes rowards another both inthis and other ſacred Books, conſtantly notes expectation and deſire of help from them, as P/al. 25. 15. and 69. | 4. 1ja. 17. 7. Exek, 23. 27.and oft elſwhere. 'And the phraſe of ' Gods having mercy upon another, doth moſt commonly ſfignifie that | act or effect of his mercy in helping and delivering him. c Until 45 A ſong of degrees ef David. 2 he graciouſly help and fave us. 7; David profeſeth his joy, when he went into che Houſe of the Lord, xn, 2,| 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon : ayeth jor the welfare, proſperity and peace of it, 4——9. © us : forwe are exceedingly filled with contempt 4,
4 Our foul is exceedingly filled with the ſcorning of
-Was glad when they ſaid unto me, Let us go & into -& *the houſe of the LORD. [| thoſe that are at eaſe, avd with the contempt of the || or, # proud e. injalent,
' oy 75 6 yg one another to it. as Deut. 33. 19. Or, we will go e ſenſe is, Itdelighteth me much to hear that the people, who d With opprobrious words and injuries. e With the ſcornful 2Kings 9, d contempruous carriage of thine and our enemies, who live in %
had ſo long lived in the neglect and contempt of Gods worſhip, < weae'now ready and forward in. it; ; great eaſe and glory, whilſt we, thy people, are overwhelmed with manifold calamities. Ek
2 Our feet | ſhall ſtand b within thy gates, O Jeru-| | | PS ATL. CXXIV.
c From God alone, and therefore to him alone will I turn mine
” He will not ſuffer thy foot 4 to be moved e : he
_ that keepeth thee will not ſlumber f.
d Hz ſpeaketh as it were from God to himſelf, but withal to the encouragement of his followers, and of all -good men. e To wit, ſo asto fall into miſchief. f Will not overlook, nor negle& any thing which is neceſſary for thy preſervation. : |
'4 Behold, he that keepech Iſcael, (hall neither ſlum- ber nor ſleep. |
5 The LORD 5s thy keeper : the LORD #s thy ſhade g upon thy right hand 5.
.» £2 Both to refreſh thee and keep thee from the burning heat of 'the Sun, as it is expreſſed in the next verſe, and to prote& thee by his power from all thine enemies; for which reaſon God. is oft called a ſbadow in Scripture. h Partly to uphold thy right hand, which is the chief inſtrument of Adtion ; and partly to defend thee in that place where thine enemies oppoſe thee : of which ſee on P/a. 209. 6. And compare P/al. 16. 8. 109. 31. |
6 The ſun ſhall not ſmite thee; by day, nor the moon & by night.
; With exceſſive heat. & With that cold and moiſture which Comes into the Air by it and with it. Intemperat heats and colds are.the two Springs of many diſeaſes. He alludes both to the con-
gitions of Soldiers or Travellers, who are expoſed to the open air by day and by nighr, and alſo to the cloudy Pillar which defended the Iiraclites both by day and by night. | The ſenſe 1s, He ſhall proteQ; thee from all evils both by day and night. ;
7 The LORD ſhall preſerve thee from all evil: he ſhall preſerve thy ſoul.
*8 The LORD ſhall preſerve thy going out, and thy coming in /,from this time forth, and evenfor evermore. |
- _»- 5-Shall guard and afliſt thee in all thy expeditions and affairs and actions either at home or abroad. So this phraſe is uſed Num.
27.17, Deut. 28.6, * Hh PSAL CXXn. The ARGUMENT.
1 Bo Pſalm ſeems to have been written by David for the uſe of - " the people when they came up to'Jers/a/em to the ſolemn caſts. ; | |
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.Curing the times of ſolemn worſhip. c In that City, where the d 5 5p Se, 3 W, 4 Ee: ge Pſalm was compoſed by David in the name, and for the Ark is now fixed. We ſhall wander no more from place to place, | uſe of all the Church and People of Tjrael, as a thanksgiving
2 Sa as the CE Iond bs bedde ur that 10 for their dehverance from ſome eminent danger or dangers from ed ut as a City that 15* Compact toge- proud and potent enemies. Many ſuch they had in Davidstime : ther gd. ISF-If, ENLE Yo Ms | but which of them is here intended, is hard to determine, and not _ # Partly in its Buildings, which are not diſperſed, as they are worth the inquiry. In Villages, nor divided into two Cities, as it was before, but u- A ſong of degrees of David. : = rarer Neo goarkt bo / Sg pepopatly _ w_ _— The Church ſetteth forth Gods Mercy for @ miraculous deliverance out «f the | * $ diſtinct and oppoſite, be 05, 1=——=—5, at eth him for, Dovid took the Fort of Zion from the Jebuſites. 444 ons 5 3 NT of powerful Enemies, 1 5. aud bleſſuh him for ..4 * Whither the tribes e go up, the tribes of the FF ;: had not been the LORD who was on our ſide, * *pizg. LORD e, wnco the teſtimony of Iſrael f, to give thanks ow may Iſrael fay : v8Y; h of the LORD Fe ding 2nd | unto The Name OL "5728 þ | 2 If it had notbeen the LORD who was on our ſide, /./..' 6 Not ſome few pious pug of each Tribe, as in Sau!'s time | when men roſe up againſt __. I
and under the Judges, but whole Tribes ; not only one or two of. ? ; P .- the Tribes, as it was during the late civil Wars, but all the twelve 3 Then they had ſwallowed us up quick #, when their wrath was kindled againſt us.
© Tribes. © whom God hath choſen to be his people, and whom |
he hath invited and required ro reſort thither. f Unto the Ark, | a They "27 ſpeedily and utterly deſtroyed us, as Kirah, KC. were, Nym#, 16, |
4 Then
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- which is oft called he Teſtimony, as Exod. 16. 34. Levit. 16, 13. and - and 24. 3. Num. 17,4: and mare fully the Ark of the Tefimony, as
- Phl. CXXV, CXXVYI. PP & 4 EE SN Pſaj., CXX |
4 Then the waters had overwheimed us, the ſtream ſorrow, yet afterwards for the moſt part meet with a joyful hor. had gone over our ſoul. veſt. And therefore we hope thou wilt not deny this favour to
5 Then the proud waters 5had gone overour ſoul. ' thine ewn people. And as thou haſt in ſome good meafire granted
; 40” a : . ittous, ſo we pray thee grant it to our brethren, who are yer _ 6 Our enemies comparcd t2 proun waters, for their great multi. exerciſed with hard labours and eriefs, that they and we tocether *ude and ſwelling rage and mighty force. =
, | ; may at Iaft obtain that bleſſed and full harveſt which we Ni