which was in a great part built upon Mount Zim, whence i is oft
called Zion,zs hath been noted again and again. For he ſpeaks here
of that place which he choſe ro be his ref for everas it follows w:14.
which unqueſtionably was the Temple : whence alſo it appears that | this Pſalm was not written by Davia,nor before the buiiding ofthe 3 Temple. .. 14 * This is my reſt for ever: here will I dwell 5,,,- es
for I have deſired it. = | b F will no more wander to feyeral places as I have done, but
here I have fixed my abode. : &-—- 15 * E will || abundantly bleſs her proviſion c< 1 will : PC. 1474 fatisfie her poor with bread, | Or ſuch 16 I * will alſo cloath her prieſts with ſalvation d ;:Ch.6.4t« and her ſaints ſhall ſhonr aloud for joy.
c T will plentifully provide for Jeruſalem arid all that live'in her or reſort to her for worſhip: nor ſhall they ſeck my face in vain. a4 With my ſaving graces and bleffings, with righteouſneſs, as thou didſt deſire v; 9. and moreover with that proteCtion and benediQi- - , .. on which by my promiſe belongs to righteous perſons, = *Ezek.298 17 * There e will I make the horn of David to bud f : 2 Luk:1.6 9g lOr,candls See i Kins Iz. 36,
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S A L. CXXXIIL _ The ARGUMENT. | F [lis Pſalm was compoſed by Davitupon the happy occaſion of the ending of the Civil War between the two houſes of
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ma... Pſal: 43. 3. and 46: 4, &c. » Either the Temple : or rather the Num:1o, Ark, Z called 1 Chron. 28. 2. Lam: 2.1. becauſe God is oft faid : & 6 to [it between the Cherizhims, which were above the Ark.
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brethren not only by nature and blood, bur allo by combination in one and the ſame Common-wealth, and by the profeſſion of the
$ bAriſe 0, O LORD, into thy reſt p: chowagd the fame Religion.
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ECXXXIV. 3 4 >. 30. '2 Ir js like the ® precious ointment upon the head, 30s Folor- vent down to the || skirts 4 of his garment. | c Ic is no lefs grateful and refreſhing than that oyl which was plentifuily ,poured forth upon Aarons head at the time of his Con- {eerartiontaitherPricitly oitice, which was exceeding pleaſant,not only for the extraordinary fragrancy of ir, but becauſe by this, rogether with the other Rites preſcribed, he was initiated 1nto that ſacred Ofh-e;: which was ſo acceptable ro God, and ſo comfortable and beneficiat to the people; as being the happy in{trument of making attonemear to God for them, and of procuring and main- ; rainiag their peace with God, upon which all their happineſs of F*, _7rhis life and:;;of the next depends. | 4 Or, s&rr, for the Hebrew word is off of the ſingular number. Not to the lower skirt or bot- tom of his. Sacerdoral garment, for that the ſacred oy! was poured forth in: fo great plenty is nor probable, nor was it neceflary or convenient ; but co the upper skirt of it, or the mouth of it, as this Hebrew word openly ſignifies; or to the collar of his upper Prieftly ant whic the oyntment failing upon his'beard, might ealily reach, wg b 3 As.the dew of * Hermon e, and as the dew that || deſcended: upon the mountains of Zion f ; for "pH r there b the LORD commanderh biefling 5, even lite &
evit.25 for eVermore. = e Ir is no fefs preatefs) than the dew is which falls upon that great 1.28.8, and godly hill of Hermon, whereby it is both refreſhed and made fruitful: :FAnd as the dew which falleth up » the mountains of S:bn, 7. & either upon the ſeveral paits and ridges or tops of. chat moun« tain, wheresf one was peculiarly called Son, and another Moriah, or/upon the mountains which are round about Jers/alew. Pſal. r25. 2» which is oft-called Zion, -as Pſal. 132. 13. And theſe may be oppoſed'to Hermon, which was remote and beyond Jordan. But per- adventure ( which yet I propoſe with all ſubmiſſion (this dew is not tobe taken literally. for the falling of the dew avatled very little to the refreſhment or improvement of the hills of Sox and _ Miriah, eſpecially asnow they were filled with ouildings, bur Alle- 31 * gorically, for-the favour or bleſiing of God, which is frequently 2” .* called and compared t> the dew, as Prov: 19. 12. [a: 18: 4. Hel, =* 1.7. "24 5. Aich.5. 7. And thus it may ſeem to be explained in the
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P SA L -CAXXY. © The ARGUME NT. His Pſalm contains an exhcrtition to all the Tſaclites, and eſpecially to the Prieſts and Levites, to praiſe God for his great and wonderful works; ſome particulars whereof are here re« corded.
The ſervants of the Lord are exhorted to praiſe him for his Mercy to Jjrael, by his Might and Power, 1 7. for his Judgments on Egypc and other Nations, 8 14. The wanity of Iaols, and: thoſe thats truft in them, 1'5 ——— 18. The Houſe of Aaron and Levi are . exhorted to bleſs God, 19——21. ;
paw ye the LORD, praiſe ye the name of the
LORD, praiſe him, O ye ſervants of the LORD «©,
2 Ye that itand in the houſe of the LORD, in rhe *
courts b of the houſe of our God. . 4 Ye Prieſts and Levites, as Pſal, 134. r. 6 Either 1hthe Tem. -
ple or the inner Court, which were appropriated ro the' Prieſts and +
Levites; or in the outward Court, which was for the people. Sce
2- Chron, 4. 9.
; 3 Praiſe ye the LORD, for the LORD 7s good = Wh ſing praiſes unto his name, for 3t is pleaſant d.
* * ©: Bountiful and- gracious, eſpecially to you, and. therefore he ns, expeCts and deſerves your praiſes. d The work, it. ſelf of ' praiſes to God is pleaſant, as it is. more fully expreſſed, P/al. 147.
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: i : + 1 : * 4 For * the LORD hath choſen Jacob for . himſelf, Den Ls