gels, Cherubims upon the Ark, who are called Gods, Pſal. 8. 6. and 97
| - 7. Compare with Hb. 8. 6. and 2. 7. who alſo are preſent in the
congregations of Gods people, 1 Coy. t1. ro. Or rather, 2. before
Kings and Princes, by comparing this with v. 4. Al Kings ( provo-
ked by my example ) ſbal praiſe thee; and with Pſal, 119. 46. I wil
ſpeak of thy tcftimomes before kings, And theſe are moſt commonly
called Gods in Scripture, as Exod. 21. 6. and 22; 9, 28. compare
with Deut: 19917. Beſides,Dav.d mentions this as ſomething ſingular
and extraordinary, and deſigned by him, whereas the doing of this
before the Angels, is common to all, and is unavoidably necella-
enemies.
| t to truſt in God in all : 7
ww: -- | ; X 2 I will worſhip towards thy holy temple þ, and praiſe
for thou haſt magnified thy word above all thy Name c. þ Wherethe Ark was. He faith towards it, becauſe he was not permitted to enter into it, c For thou haſt glorified thy word or promiſe or thy faichfulneſs in fulfilling thy promiſes unto me more than any other of thy glorious perfections by which thou art known. Not that one of Gods Attributes is really 2nd in it {elf more great or glorious than another, or can be made fo, but becauſe one may be more celebrated and admired by men than another, as here Gods gracious promiſe made ro David,and the wonderful accompliſhment thereof in ſpight of all thoſe difficulties which ſtood in rhe way, and which ſeemed to men to be inſuperable, was at this time more obſerved and admired than any other of his Attributes or actions. Bur here we muſt remember, that amongſt the reſt of the promiſes made to David, one was, that the Meflias ſhould come out of his loyns,. and that thoſe parts of the promiſed mercies which David had actually received, were pledges to aſſure him that he ihouJd receive the reſt in due time, and eſpecially that great and eminent word of romiſe concerning the Meſlias, which might well be {aid to be mag-
nified aboveall Gods name. . | \ 2 In the day when I cried, thou anſweredſt me : and
ftrenthenedſt me with ſtrength in my foul 4.
red him ſd ſpeedily,not by giving him the thing which he deſired in that very inſtant, bur by giving him inward ſupport and patience, to wait Gods time, and to bear all hrs troubles cheerfully in the mean time, which was a ſingular mercy, and indeed greater than the actual donation of any temporal vleflings |
4 All the kings of the earth e ſhall praiſe thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of my mouth f.
e Either, 1. All neighbouring Kings: or, 2. the generality of Kings and Princes upon earth, And ſo this is a Prophecy oft the calling of the Gentiles. Which ſeems to be confirmed by the next verſe, which expreſſeth their extraordinary joy, and an eminent ad- vancement of Gods glory, which agrees much better to this great occaſion, than to that of Davias exaltation to the Throne, where- in the other Kings of the earth were not much concerned. f Either, s. thy promiſes declared unto them by me: or, 2. the Goſpel preas ched among them. |
5 Yea, they ſhall fing in the ways of the LORD z ; for great 5 &the glory of the LORD.
gs Or, of, or for, or becauſe of the ways of the Lord, i. e. his wonder- ful counſel and gracious providences towards themſelves and others. h Or, great ſhall be. Ar that time the worſhip and glory of God
tended to all the parts of the world.
6 * Though the LORD be high, yet + hath he * re-
Pe 117. ſpe& unto the lowly z : |] but the proud he knoweth a- , 6. far offk. 7 y | D
2 4 I « » # Unto ſuchasare mean and obſcure in the world; to me apoor HED; Ye contemprtible ſhepherd, whom he hath preferred before great Prin- eth. ces, and to ſuch asare little in their own eyes & But as for the Sam: 4-2: great men of the world, who are lifted up in pride, he looks upon
Et: 5: 5* them as they do upon others, with ſcorn and contempr, and at a Ur, 438: great diſtanze, as difdaining.to admit them into his preſence. Bur | = the words may be, and by divers interpreters are rendred otherwiſe, ** And he who is high or the loftyone from afar, 7. e. from his high and ho«
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thy Name, for thy loving kindneſs and for thy truth ::
d This laſtclauſe limits and ex eg the former. how God anſwe-.
* ſhall not be confined to one ſmall land as now it is, but ſhall be ex- |
ly place, even the higheſt Heavens where he dwells, notwithfan- -
L M 5$. | » To oppoſe and reſtrain their rage, and to ſave me from them as it | follows. o 8 * The LORD will perfe& hat which || concerneth þ me p: thy mercy, O LORD endureth for ever q : for-
{ake not r the works of thine own hands 5.
p Will finiſh that great work of my deliverance and advance« ment, which he hath undertaken and carried on hitherto. ' q Ir is not inconſtant ang changeable, as mens affections are, but ever. laſting. And this may be either a proof of the foregoing aſlerti. on, the Lord will perfetf, &c. or an argument to enforce the fol- lowing petition, therefore forſake not, &c. r Or leave no, or do not deſiſt from, or give over. s The work of my falvation which: is thus far advanced, not by any humane help, but by thine own extraordinary power and providence, and therefore it- is not for | thine honour to deſert it at laſt. This he calls works in regard of ; the many and various parts and actions which concurred to this
work. PSATL. CXXXIN, The ARGUMENT. ff Big Pſalm 1s eſteemed by the Hebrews the moſt excellent in the whole Book. The matter of it is noble and ſublime, and ſo is the ſtyle. The occafion of it ſeems to have been thoſe | heavy cenſures and reproaches wherewith David was loaded by his Enemies, who branded him for a notorious hypocrite and impoſtor, that pretended R_—_ only for the covering and promoting his own ambitious and wicked deſigns againſt his lawful King, whoſe life and Crown he ſought ro take away. Againſt theſe he com- forteth himſelf with the conſideration of Gods Omniſcience, to whom he appeals as the only proper Judge of the integrity of his