6 Bleſſed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a ami hope for. guys - n M ws wats _ mm Wo IEIEnY prey to their teeth c. | 6 He that goeth forth g and weepeth 5, bearing ||pre- cious feed 3, thall doubtleſs come k again with rejoy-
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certainty of the thing, or the fervency 2nd cuſtomarineſs of jr. His Pſalm was deſigned for the conſolation and efcourage-
This verſe is only an amplification of the former. ment of Gods Church and people in all ages, againſt all the
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ground to, queſtion whether Solomon was the Author of it or no. No ſucceſs in City or Family, without Gods Bl. fſmg and Protefion, 1, 2, Good Chilaren are his Gifts, 3, 4. Their happineſs that have them,
5. "oY Rep the LORD build the houſe 5,they labourin
the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
70 .do them good, and againſt the ungodly to defiroy them, 4. 5. Hey that truſt in che LORD ſhall be as mout Zion, which cannot be removed 4, but abideth for ever. a Or, overthrown by any winds or ſtorms, partly becauſe of its own creatneſs and ſtrength ; and partly becauſe of the divine proteCti- on afforded to it. 2 As the mountains are round about Jeruſalem 6, fo
the LORD js round about his people, from henceforth even forever. b By which it was defended both from ſtormy" winds and from
the afſ:ults of its enemies. 2 For the rod'of f the wicked c ſhal not reſt 4 upon
the lot of the righteouse : leit che righteous put forth
their hands unto iniquity f.
c Thie power and authority of cruel Tyrantss d Not continue for ever, nor too long. e Upon the habjrations and perſons of good men. f Leſt though humane frailty and the great weight or loag continuance of tneir troubles: they ihould be driven to ime patience, or to deſpair, or to ule indirett and finful courſes to re: lieve themſelves.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto 7hoſe that be good g, and
to them that are upright in their hearts.
g As thou haſt promiſed to keep thy people from evil, v: 3. be Pleaſed alſo to vouchſafe unto them thoſe bleſſings whichare good for them. Or thus, Having declared Gods tender care of his peo- ple, and his promiſe made to them,he now prayeth for the execu- tian of the ſaid promiſes. :
5 As for ſuch as turn aſide unto their crooked ways þ, the LOKD ſhall lead them forth 3 with the workers of iniquity & : but * peace ſhall be upon Iſrael 7.
h But thſe hypocrites, who either tkrough fear of the Rod *;,9.6 mentioned w. 3. or for other conſiderations, ſhall turn afide from Gals, 16 the ways of God, which for a time they profeſſed and ſeemed to
own unto ſinful courſes, whom he oppoſerh to the «upright, w: 4. ; To wit, unto puniſhment, as malefaCttors are commonly led to the place of execution. k With the moſt obſtinate and profligate ſinners, of whoſe plagues they ſhall certainly partake as they did of their tins. 1 Upon the true 1/77el of God.
PS A L. CXXVI.
The ARGUME NT. His Pſalm was compoſed by Ezra, or ſome other man of God
at the return of Jjrael from Babylon,
fHeb.w:c- keaneſs,
cial houſe, the Temple, or the Royal Palice,or any of thoſe nume- *** rous ſtructures which Solomon raiſed ; or a natural or civil Hovſe, a Family or a State or Kingdom c They will never bring at to perfeCtion, nor have any comfort in it.
2 Iris in vain for you d toriſe up early, to fit uplate z, to eat the bread offorrows f: for || ſo g he þ giveth Z his beloved k ſleep /.
a He diretts his ſpeech to the perſons forementioned, the buil- acrs, or watchmen, of both which ſorts there are many that nſe the following courſe. e To uſe conſtant and unwearied diligence from the very dawning of the day unto the dark night, that ſo you may accomplith your deſigns. f To eat the bread which you (get by exceflive and grievous pains. g To wit, by his blefling, which though nor expreſſed, is ſufficiently underſtood out of the former verſe, where it is twice expreſſed. As therefore he 1aith it is in vain for them to build or watch, if God do not give his bleſſing and aſſiſtance, wv: 1- ſo here he adds, that it is in vain to be dili- gent 1n their labours and callings, underſtand, without Gods bleſ« 1ing; for fo, #; e: not ſingly by their, induſtry, but by hs bleſ- ſing upon their labours. But the Hebrew word rendred ſo may be and it is by others rendred when or whereas or jince ; by others right= ly or well, when it is convenient and needful for them ; by others as it 15 in our margent, cer: «ily, the ſleep which they have is un- doubtedly from Gods bleſſing, without which all poſſible* endea- vours would never procure :t= hþ The Lori, expreſſed in the for. mer and in the following verſes. 7 To wit, freely, without that immoderate toiling and drugery wherewith others purſue it: k His people who though hated and maligned by men, are beloved of God, over whom his providence watcheth ia a ſpecial manner. In this exp:efſion' he ſeems to allude to the name ot Jedidiah, which was given to Solomon, and ſignifies the beloved of rhe Lord, 2 Sam: I2. 35. 1 A quiet reſt both of body and mind - which mary of thoſe greedy worldings cannot enjoy, as 1s obſerved Eccleſs 5: 13.
2 Loe, children, mw are an Heritage of the LORD »: and * the fruit of the womb 3s his reward.