and Iſrael for his peculiar treaſure. 5 For I know that * the LORD 3s great, . and that * Prggi1; our LORD is above all gods e. | e Above all that are called Gods, or worſhipped as: Gods by the -heathen people. - And therefore ſeing they ccmmonly+praiſe and extol their Idols, it becometh you nor'to be ſilent as tothe praiſes | of your God. | ICE LY 6 *.Whatſoever the LORD pleaſed Fe thatidid he in *PC.iigy 'beavenand in earth g,in the feas,and all + deep places þ. | Heb, + 'f Either in the creation or govetnment of them. | g His power epthe. | ao juriſdiction; is univerſal, and nor like that ofthe heathen gods, which is confined ro their ſeveral Countries. hIn the viſible Seas,
»?-* following clauſe: and fo the ſenile of the. place 1s this. it 15 as de- : fircable as the natural dew which falls upon mount Hermon, nay "which is more, as that blefſed and heavenly dew «cf Gods ordinan- | -- ces and graces which: he hath commanded to fall upon the moun. | ' fains of Sion, 5, e, either upon mount Son, the Plural number be. ing pur-for the. Singular, as'it is Pſal. 132, 7+ jand oft elſewhere, as I haye obſerved 1a ſeveral places; or upon the mountains of Zion p11 Meriah and others which, are round about Fer»ſalem as was now ſaid. As if it ſeem ftratrge,that the dew ſhould be taken literally 'a the firſt clauſe, and my'tically in the next, we have a like in'\\ante Marth. 8. 22. Let the: dead ( ſpiricually) bury the dead (narmgilyc)g He now gives the: reaſon cither why. this unity is ſo good a"thing; or why the dew deſcending upon Z#.to which that is: Compared;is ſo defireable. And ſo up..n this occaſion he ſlides into the commendation of Zions felicity,as the ſacred Wrirers fr-qyently do upon other like octaſtons. h Either, r. where bre- thre\ilive in peaceand ity : 'or rather, 2. in Zo Jait mentioned. i Ocdained, promiſed, conferred and eſtabliſhed his blefling ro wir, all manner. of blefſednels for his people that ſincerely worſhip " h'min that place. & To wir, an happy and pleaſant lite; fer to live in mitery is accounted and ofr called 4cath both in Scirpture and in other Authors.
PS A IL. CXXXIV. The ARGU ME NT.
He form of this Pſalm ſeems to be dramarical, In the two
firft verſes the P.almiit ſpeaks in the name of ſome eminent
perſon, either the King or chict Prieſt, exho:ting 3nd requiring
all the Prieſts and Levites to perform the duties of their place and
- calling; and in the Jait verſe i the name ofthe Prieſts and Levites returning him thanks for his god advice, A Song of Degrees.
wvites are exhorted to bleſs the Lord in bis SanFugry
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C—_ Ehold, bleſs ye the LORD #« all ye ſervants of the LORD 6, * which by night c flandd in the houſe + Chr.g, e of the LORD. -
3» a Do not and there like ſtatues, dumb and idſe, bur employ your hearts and tongues in ſinging forth the praiſes of the Lord. b Peculiarly fo called, Pricfts and Levites, whoare ſer apart tothe ſervice of God and of the SanQuary, as the next clauſe reſtrains this general expreſſion. c Not onely by day, bur alto and efpeci- ally by night, when their watch was more neceſlary, See Exodus 27 24. Levit, 8. 39. 1 Sam, 3- 3» As you watch by night when otuers fleep, fodo you utter the praiſes of God when others are ſilent, dz. 8. Serve or miniſter, as this word is uſed Deur: ro, 8. and 38. 7. and cftclſewhere. e Which word includes both the Temple and Courts belonging to ir, as hath been noted before. 2 Lift up your hands f|| - the ſanctuary g : and bleſs the LORD-
f Unto God in prayer nd praiſes, thus expreſſing and exciting your-nward devotion. g In that holy houſe of God where you ſtand, v. x. Or, in or with holineſs; Lift up your hands, as it is preſcribed, 1 Tim. 2. 8 No nor content your ſelves with lifcing 4 your hands, bur ſee that this be done with Pure and Holy
arts:
3 The LORD that made Heaven and Earth, bleſs thee out of Zion 5. |
h Either, 1. thee whoſoeverthouart who doſt faithfully perform the ducy here commanded. Or, 2. thee, O King, or Prieit, who
dot engage andencourage us in this blefl:d work. e Where God dwells, and from whencz he heareth the prayers of his people,and £verh $lcm the bxſings which they delice akd nerd,
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and in thoſe inviſible depths both of earth and of the waters which are contained inithe bowels of the earth. Hoey
7 * He cauſeth the + vapours 5 toaſcend from the ends of the earth. 4; * he maketh lightnings for the rain/: he 13.&51.16, bringeth the wind out of his treaſuries 7, GH, FGr. cond;
5 Whichare the matter of clouds and rai & Either, ' 3: from the So Provi | Sea,; the common, ſonrce of vapours, 1 Kings 18, 44. mos 5. 8. 25.14 wherewi'th both the earth in general, and ſeveral particular coun- * Job 38. tries, are terminated or bounded : or rather, 2+ from all parts of 24» &c- the earth from one-end to another; as the borders of a Land are Zecluiod, commonly put for the wh:Jc Land from one border to another, as Pal: ro5. 31, 33: and i47. 14. and oft elſewhere. For iti this ſence this phraſe is generally uſed in Scripture, as Job 28. 24. and 38, 13+ Pſal; 19+ 4, 6. and 48. 10. and every where. 1 He bringeth water even out of the fire : he maketh thick clouds, which being broken, produce lightnings, and fo are diflfolved into ſhowers of rain, So the {ighrnings are both a ſign and in ſome ſort the cauſe of rain. Or, he maketh lightnings with ( as this Particle is uſed Gmn:46, 26. Pſal: 89. 4.and i19 56, 98. ) rain, 3: e; he cauſethiboth of them to come out of the ſame cloud, -» Out of thoſt ſecret places where he reſerves them, and whence he bringeth them, as he ſees fit. Thus we read of treaſures of ſnow and hail, Job 38.22: not that they are formally laid up in any certain places, but to ſigni fie that God hath them as much at his diſpoſal, as any man hath that which he hath laid up in his ſtores.
8 * Who ſmote the firft-born » of Egypt, + both of *Exodiz:
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man and beaſt. +eb.fom » From the general works of Nature he comes to Gods ſpecial ,,,y uw works of Providence towards his people. beef,
9 Who ſent tokens and wonders into the midlt of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharoah, and upon all his ſervants,
Io * Who ſmote great nations,and flew mighty kings. ”* wn 7!
I1 Sihon king of the Amorite,and Og king of Baſhan, 24, 25,26,
and * all the kingdoms of Canaan. 34) 35. 12 * And gave theirland for an heritage; an heritage Is unto Iſrael his people. PL. 18.55.