found it :-in the fields of the wood &. | . _ g Of the place or habitation for the Lord laſt mentioned, þ Ei- ther, 1. in Bethlehem, which is called Ephratah, Gm: 35. 19, and 48. 7. Mich: 5, 2« So the ſenſe is Either this, We heard a rumour at Bethleherts among Davids Relations, that the Ark ſhould be re- moved to a new place, and that David had pitched upon it : Or this, We heard that Berhlehem, would be the place for it,becauſe it was the City of David, Or rather, ' 2. in the Tribe of Ephraim, Which was called alſo Ephratah or Ephrathah, as is manifeſt, becauſe the men of Ephraim were called Ephrathites, as Judges 12. 5- in the Hebrew Text, though in the Engliſh it be Ephraimite. So Feroboarm IS Called an Ephrathite, 1 Kings 11. 26. So the ſenſe is, We heard it from our Fathers, that the antient place ofit was Shiloh, which was in the land of Ephraim. Whereby he covertly intimates that God rejetted and forſook that place, and choſe not the tribe of Ephraim, as it is ſaid Pſal. 18, 67. that ſo he might make way for Zn, 2 which wag the place choſen by God for it, as it follows here wer. 13. # Afterwards we found it elſewbere. k 5. e. Ina field, or in one of the fields of the Wood ; for thar. little ſpor of ground in which the Tabernacle or Temple was built, was not likely to be in ſeveral fields, Thus Jepthah waz buried in the cities of Gilead, Juag. 12, 7. 2: e: in ohe of them. This is meant either, 2. 6f the Mount Moriah, which might poſſibly be called the ficld of the wood, as being antiently a place full of wood, Gen: 22. 13. or of rhe thre- ſhing-floor of Araunah, of which fee 2 Sam: 24. 28. which before the building of the Temple is ſaid to have been a woody place. Or ra- ther, 2. of Kiriath-jerarim, which ſignifies # city of woods, in thefield or territory whereof the Ark was 1cated for twenty years, as we read 18a:7.1, 2. And from this place ic was removed to Zion, | 2 Sam: 6. 1, Kc, : 5 We will gol into his tabernacle m ; * we will wor- ſhip at his foorſtoo) »» I Seing the Ark is now fixed in a certain place, we will go to it more generally and conſtantly than formerly we did. # Into his Tabernacle or Temp, rhe Piural number pur for the Singular,as
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advantage to that family, the onely place of my preſence and wor- ſhip in the World. f His power and glory to flowrifh and increaſe and to be propagated to his poſterity» g A ſucceſfor or ſacceſſion to continue for ever in-his family, as this phraſe. is expounded x Kings 11. 36. and 15. 4. and particularly one emifint and glorious light, to wit the Meſſias, who ſhall come our of his loyns, and revive and vaſtly enlarge his Kingdom.
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Saut and David. In which having felt the tad effefs ofdiſcord and diviſion, both the King and People were more {cnlible of the great bleſling of reconciliation and unity.
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0 7:e:Ariſe and come.One word put for twe,as Gen:43-33. marvels ed (i: e: marvelled looking) one at another; ard v.34. he took meer, 1. e. he took and ſent mſſ2s, as our Tranſlation renders it. And this word is very proper itt this place. becauſe it' was to be uſed by Gods appointment when the Ark was to be removed froin one place to another, Numb: 10. 35. as now it was from the Tabernacle in Zion to the Temple in Moriah, upon which occaſion this and the two following verſes were uſed by Solomon, 2 Chron: 6: 41% 42. p Ts ro thy reſting place, the Temple ſo called 7/z: 66.'7.. where thou haſt now a fixed habitation. 9 The ſeat of thy powerful and glo- rious preſence, from whence thou doſt pnt forth-and mawfeſt thy. + ſtrength on the behalf cf thy people when they deſire and need It. |
9 Let thy Prieſts be clothed with * and let thy ſaints ſhout for joy /.
7 Not only with thoſe outward Sacerd tal garments of glory and beauty which thou haſt appointed for them, - but eſpecially with thoſe inward ornaments of righteouſneſs and true holineſs that ſo their perſonsand ſervices may be accepred by thee borh for them« {elves and for all thy people, and they may be cloathed with [aluation, as it is expreſſed here below v: 16. and 2 Chron: 6. 41, which is the effe& or conſequent ofthe former clothing. 5 Let 21 thy people 1h they [25 gia had at the dedication of the Temple; as is noted 4 Kin: | -1o For thy ſervant Davids ſake 7; turn not away the face « of thine anointed x. > |
_ tlaregard of thy ſingular kindneſs and promiſes youchſafed to David, as this is explained in the following verſes. And this verſe. .: makes it more than probable, that Davis was not the Penman of + this Pſalm, who never uſed to beg mercies from God for his own }. lake, bur conſtantly for his names ſake, and for the ſake of his truth, mercy, goodneſs of righteouſneſs, as will be evident to any one that reads + this Book. #4 Caſt me not out of thy preſenes, do not reje& or des. - ny my requeſt, as this phrafe is expounded, 1 Kings 2,:16. x Of me whom thou anointed to be king over thy people. He ſpeaks of himſelf in the third perſon, as is utual. | $851 11 * The LORD hath ſworn 3» truth y unto David, * P4595, he will not turn from it, * Of the fruit of + thy body z #33: *6*
will I ſet upon thy Throne. Fry ho y Nor falſly or deceirfully,; as men ſometimes do, bur ſincerely, 2Chr:6:16, and faithfully, what he will inviolably obſerve and fulfil,as the nexr Luk: I:6g« | claufe expounds this. z Some of thy poſterity. AR. 3: 3s I2 If thy children will keep my covenant and my + Heb, y| teftimonies that I ſhall teach chem ; their children alſo 99 (hall fit upon my throne for evermaore.
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whereof Zion and Moriah were two parts .or tops ;. or- for Feruſalem,