Neart. ] To the chief Muſician, A Pſalm of David. David magn:'fi.th che A! ſceing Providence of God, 1 16. His great and tender Mercies to him before he had a being in the world, 17, 18. abhorr:th af c:nverſe with wicked men, 19 22, prayeth for, and teſtifieth his fmcerity, 23, 24. | LORD, thou halt ſearched me, and known me 9: 2 Thou knoweſt my down-ſitting, and mine up- riting þ; thou underſtandeſt my thought c afar off d. a i.e known me exaQtly, as men do thoſe things which they diligenrly fearch out. 6 All my poſtures and motions, my A&i- ons and my ceffations from aQion. c All my ſecret Countels and Deſigns. & Before they are perfectly formed in my mind. Thou kyoweſt what my thoughts will be in Cxch and ſuch circumſtances, long before I know it, yea from all eternity. _ 3 Thou || compaileft my path e, and my lying down || Or, a: f, and art acquainted with all my ways. wwe, | e Thou watcheſt me on every ſide, and therefore diſcerneſt eve- ry ſtep which I take. It is a Metapor either from Huntk.-men watching all the motions and lurking places of wild beaſts, that they may catch them ; or from Soldiers beſieging their enemies in a City, and ſetting watches round about them. f Me when EF ly down jn my bed, where men oft contrive what they execute int the day time. | 4 For there 3s not a word in my tongue, bat lo, O LORD thou knowelſt it altogether g. | £ Thou knoweſt what I ſpeak, and with what deſign and diſpo2 irzon of mind. Or rather, as others render it, and which is more admirable, When there is not a word, &. Thou knoweſt what h intend to ſpeak either Jn prayer to thee, or in converſation with men, when I have not yer uttered one word of it. 5 Thou haſt beſet me behind and before þ, and laid thine hand upon me 5. hþ With thine all-ſeeing and all-diſpoſing Providence, © Thou mp me, as 1t were with a-ſtrong hand, in thy ſight and under thy power. ck 6 * Such knowledge js too wonderful for me ; it is E631: high, I catinot attein anto it k. k I am fo far from equalling thy knowledge, that I cannot ap< prehend it, in what manner thou doſt ſo perfetly know all things, even ſuch as are moſt ſecret and have yet no Beeing, and ſeem to depend upon many caſualities and uncertainties. Re 7 * Whither ſhall I go from thy ſpirit 12 or whither * Je ** ſhall I flee from + thy preſence m. + Heb hy 2 Either, 1. from the holy Ghoſt, the third Perſon in the Tri- face. nity : Or, 2. from thee who art a Spirit, and therefore canſt pe-'$, Gi netrat irito the moſt ſecret parts : or, 3. from thy mind or un« derſtanding, of which he 1s here ſpeaking, as this word ſeems to be taken, 1/a. 40. 13. compared with Rom. 1T. 34. for what there is called #heSpirit of the Lord, is here called the mind of the Lord. And as the Spirit of God is oft uſed in Scripture for its gifts and graces, ſo the Spirit of God in this place may be pur for that knowledge which is an aftribute or action of God. » A man can go to no place which is out of thy ſight. Y 8 *IfI aſcend up into heaven, thou art there 3 if *I « gs, ' make my bed inhell », behold thou art there. 2, 4 | 2 IfI ſhould or could repoſe arid hide my ſelf in the, grave, or "Pc,rs.H in the loweſt parts ofthe earth, which are at the fartheſt diſtance : from Heaven. NT | 9 If Ltake the wings of the morning, and dwell inthg uttermoſt parts of the tea o 2 o If I ſhould flee as twiftly from thy prefence as the Morning
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; light are both alike to thee 5. | r Or, enlightneth, as this word is uſed, Pſal. 19.9. Prov. 29. 13, #Heb.as iS &c. diſcovereth me and all mine aftions. s This is repeated ſo oft 'he dark © reprove and confute the ridiculous conceits of many ungodly wh, ſo is Men, who flatter themſclves with hopes of ſecrecy and impunity
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