bings [a1 . pgs 7 Thy infinite power and wiſdom manifeſted in the rare and curi- | {= [ hate chem with perfe& hatred z I count them * drful, ous ftrufture of mans body, doth fill me with wonder and afto- mine enemies x, + Heb. niſhment, and with the dread of thy Majeſty. z Both in the lefler x Iam no leſs grieved with their enmity againſt thee than if peathy. wennd. _—_ o_ in the greater. INS well gps both by thy | they directed it againſt my ſelf. *Job 31:6 word, and by the contemplation and ſtudy ef rhy works, to which 22 * Search me > w_ I have muchadditted my ſelf, that they are wonderful, although | 1 me d know 4 - EG and know my heart: ery PlaL26: 2. I do not ſo accuratly underſtand all the particulars of them as I , om ew + | bonds op rap ; , mrs whetherI do nor ſpeak this from imy very heart, do thou 46 is. 1h p. My ſubſtance þ wasnot hid Grow cha e, when 1 J wy ge who art the ſearcher of hearts, and deal with me according- fHeb: way s, 10. was madein ſecret c; andcurioully wrought din the le-| 24 And ſee if there be any + wicked way in me £, and part, or,
Eccl.11.5. weſt parts of the earth e.
| Or, , b Or, My bone, as the LXX and others render the word. And
_ OT bone may be here taken colleCively for bones, as is uſual in ſuch
"_ words, or for the whole Fabrick ot the Bones. Aad the bones may be very fitly mentioned here, becauſe they are inward and inviſible, as being covered with skin and fleſh and tinews, Or, the bones may be put 1ſynecdochically for the whole body, as being the moſt tub- ſtantial part of it, as they are Pjal. 35. 10. c In the dark vault of my mothers womb. & Heb. embroidered, exquiſitly compoſed of Bones and Muſcles and Sinews and Veins and Arteries and other parts, all framed with ſuch wonderful Skill, that even the Heathens upon the contemplation of all the parts of mans body, and how excellently they were framed both for beauty and uſe, have broken forth into pangs of admiration andadoration of the Creator of man, as Galen particularly did. e Or, asit were in rhe lowes? part of the earth. So there is only an Ellipfis of the note of fimilicude, which is ve- ry frequent in Scripture, as hath been often ſaid and proved. Ina place, as ſecret and remote from humane eyes, as the loweſt parts of the earth are, to wit, in my mothers womb. And fo what was ſaid in the former clauſe, is repeated in this in other words.
IHcb:azof _ 16 Thins eyes did ſee my ſubſtance yer being unper-
tm, featf, and in thy bookg | all my members b were writ- [0r, what ten [| which in continuance were faſhioned 3, when as yer
uy 1 "9 there was none of them &, | faſhimed f When I was a meer Embryo, a rude and ſhapeleſs lump, when * TI was firſt conceived. g in thy counſel and providence, by which
thou didſt contrive and effe& this great work and all the parrs of it, according to that model which thou hadſt appointed. This is a Metaphor taken from workmen ; who when they are to make ſome curious ſtructure, they firſt draw a rude draught or deline- ation of it, by which they govern themſelves in the buiding of it. þ All the ſeveral parts of my ſubſtance. # Which in due time, and by degrees, were formed into Bones, fleſhy Sinews, 8c. Or,as it isin the margent, what days and the days in which they were or ſhould be faſhioned, by what ſteps, in what order and. time each part of the body ſhould receive its proper form. Thisalſo was written or appointed by Gods k Heb. an not one of them, underſtand either yet was, as it is in our Tranſlation ; or, was lacking, to wit, in thy book. All my parts without exception were written by thee. But then theſe words are not to be joined with thoſe immedaatly fore- going, but with the former, and the words are £0 be read thus, i» thy book all my members were writt:u ( which in continuance were faſhi- oned ) when as yet, &C. |
17 * How precious alſo are thy thoughts / unto me, O God! how great is the ſumm of them »s ?
I Thy is taken either, 1. paſſively, my thoughts of thee: or rather 2. actively, , thy thoughts, counſels or contriveances on my b<halts which are admirable and amiable in mine eyes. Thou didfſt not on- ly fornx me at firſt, but ever ſince my conception ang birth thy thoughts have been employed for men preſerving aid providing for me and bleſling of me. m Thy gracious deſigns and providen- ces towards me are numberleſs, as it follows. :
18 If I ſhould count them, they aremore in number than the ſand : when I awake, I am ſtill with thee ».
n To wit, by my thoughts and meditations. Thy wonderful counſels and works on my behalf come conſtantly into my mind, not only in the day time, but even in the night ſeaſon, which is commonly devoted to reſt and ſleep, whenſoever I awake eicher in the night orin the morning : Thete are my laſt thoughts when E ly down, and my firſt when I ciſe.
19 Surely thou wilt ſlay the wicked o, O Gvd : de-
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alſo partake of your plagues. ' q Heb. ye men of blood, either, 1. P>flively, deſerving Ceath, or guilty of tlocd or of death, as the phraſe 15, Numb. 35. 27, 31. Mat. 26. £6. Orrather, 2. Actively, blood- thirſty, or ſhedders of blood, as this phraſe is generally taken, as 2 Sam, 16. 8, Pſal. 26. 9. & 55. 24. & 59. 3. Having called them wicked men in general, he now gives a particular account of their wickednels, they were unjuſt and cruel rowards men, and - iv Profane and impious towards God, as he tells us in the next verſe. | | 20 For they + ſpeak againſt thee wickedly r, and t Heb: thine enemies take thy Name in vain s. Jprak of r By profane ſcoffs, and profeſſed denial or contempt of thine **** 9,94 Omniicience and Providence. Or, rhey ſpeak of thee in or unto wickea.. **4995, Ori eſs, they make uſe of Religion to cover or further their wicked 72 . 944 deſigns. Bur our tranſlation is more favoured dy the Contexr keaneſs, which ſpeaks of Gods open and profeſſed enemies. s Or, AcCone ding to the order of the Hebrew words, and take thy Name :n vain and are thine enemies, or haters of thee, as it follows, v. 20, Theſe | words, thy Name, are underſtood here, -as alſo, 1/s. 3. 7. out of | |
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Exod. 20. 7. where they are expreſſed. They abuſe tby bleſſ; Name with helliſh oaths and perjurics and Wi warty Sees
21 Donor lhate them, O LORD, that hate thee # ?
and am I not grieved withthoſe that riſe upagainſt thee .