I TheLord either God the Father by his Son, or God the Son by his own blood. m2 All true Iſraelites, whether of the carnal or {piritual feed. » From the guilt and puniſhment of all their ſins«
PSAL CAXXAL | The ARGUMENT.
: | \His Pfalm ſeems to have been compoſed by Davidduring Sauls
perſecution When he was charged with boundleſs ambition, and a greedy affeQation of the Royal Throne,and that he fought it by wicked prattices againſt Sauls life and dignity. And for his own jult vindication he is forced to publiſh his own integrity,and to declare that as the right of the kingdom. was not ſought or co- veted by him,but freely conferred upon him by the unexpeRted and undeſired favour of God, ſo that he had no thought or deſign to invade the Throne before his time, but was willing to ſtay Gods leiſure for it, and in the mean time was reſolved to behave him- {cIf towards Saul as became a faithful Subje&, ſeeking nothing but to preſerve his own Life from the rage of unrighteous and bloody Men.
A ſong of degrees of David. | David teſt;þeth his humility, 1, 2. and exhorteth Iſrael to traft in the Lord, 3. | | ORD, my heart is not haughty a, nor mine eyes | L lofty b; neither do I F exerciſe my {elf in great 7 0 | * matters, or in things too | high for me c. *P\ 206 « Pl.139
a Or, Lifted up, with that pride whereof I am accuſed, as thou +Yeb.vm- the ſearcher of all hearts knoweſt. 6b Which is afign and effeft of derfid. pride, Prov: 6. 17. and 2r. 4. ©c Heb. neither have I walked in great matters, &c. It neither is nor hath been my courſe to attempt or arrogate any thing to my ſelf above my degree and private capact- ty, or to affeft worldly glory or domination. 7
2 Surely 1 have behaved and quieted + my ſelf /* as a child that is weaned of his mother e ; my ſoul is EVEN rr, 6 as a weaned child. c ſoul.
d When my mind was provoked to irregular praftices cither by *Mat. 18 my own corrupt heart, or by Sauls implacablz rage and yrannys3, | or by the ſolicitation of any of my followers, as 1 Sam. 24; & 26+ x Cor: 14 I reftrained and ſubdued all ſuch evil motions. e Either, t. 35 204
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void of all that ambition and malice wherewith IT am charged er : . 1:
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P 8 4 Child newly weaned : Or rather, 2. as wholly depending upon Gods Providence for the way and time of bringing ine to the King - dom, as the poor helpkſfs Infant, when it 1s deprived of its natural and accuſtomed food, the Mothers Milk, takes no care to provide for 3t felf,but wholly relies upon its Mothers care and Providence for its ſupport. ,
3 Let Iſrael hope in the LORD f, | from henceforth
fbf 1nd for ever.
jo» F Let all Iſraelites learn by my example to commit themſelves ” God in well-doing,and to fix all their hope and truſt upon him one. " Þ S AL” CE x ' The ARGUMENT.
He Petiman of this-Pſalm was either, 1. David, when God FE had graciouſly declared his acceptance of Davids defire to build an Houſe for God, and his purpoſe of eſtabliſhing the King- dom to Dazed and his ſeed for ever : Or, 2. Solomon, as may be ga- thered from the whole matter of the Pſalm, which ſeems better to aggree to him than to David, and particularly from v. 8. 9, 10. compared with 2 Chron: 6. 41, 42: where we have the ſame words with no great alteration. 7 A fong of degrees. " David in Prayer comniendeth unto God the care he had fir the Ark,
: . @ Fither, 1- thy Covenant made with David , Or rather, 2: Da- 4... -- vids eminent piety and zeal for thy ſervice, amplified by the fo]- : lowing clauſe. 6 All his fufferings for thy ſake,all the folicitude of his mind, all his hard and weariſome labours for thy ſervice and lory, and for.provifions towards the building of thy Temple,and ar the eſtibbſhment of thy people in peace and tranquility, that ſo way might be made for that great work. 2 How:he ſware unto the LORD, and vowedc unto
the mighty God of Jacob 4; + | c He made aſolemn Vow, and confirmed it with an Oath: Which
he undoubtedly did; although no mention be made of it, 2 Sam:
7, Thus many hiſtorical paſſages which were omitted in their Proper places, are afterwards recorded upon other occaſions z of which examples have been formerly noted. d Of 1/rael ; 7acob and Iſrael are frequently pur for their poſterity,as hath been frequently
- :obſerved. . | _ 3 Surely I will not come into the Tabernacle of my
Houſe, nor go up to my bed e; |
e This and the following clauſes are not to be underſtood ftriatly
arid properly,as if he would never come into his Houſe or Bed till
this was dene, which is confuted by the Hiſtory, 2 Sam: 17. 2.
but figuratively, as an hyperbolical expreſſion, ſuch as are uſual
e; both in Scripture and in all other Authors,toſignifie his paffionate
deſire of doing this work, which was ſo- earneſt, that neither his
Houſe nor Bed nor Sleep could givehim atiy content till this work
was done, or itt ſome forwardnefs.
4 I will not give ſleep to mine eyes, or ſlumber to
mine eye-lids : SER
hy 5 UncilI find ont a place for the LORD f, 4 an ha-
oeokngs bitation for the mighty God of Jacob. |
" F Either, 1. until I can underſtand from God what place he hath
ſj choſen for his houſe to be built in. Or rather, 2. until I have fitted
or raifed an houſe in which the Ark may be put ; #n habitation, as
this is explained both In the next clauſe,and in ver. 7. and As 7.
46. For this and not the former was the matter both of Davids de- ſirs, and of Gods anſwer delivered by Nathan, 2 Sam: 7.
6 Loe, we have heard ofit g at Ephratah b : we