lion. | ; A Pſalm of David. that he might be h-ard and comforted, 1——-?, that his
David prayerth vid fra) 6. and his lifeſafe from the ſnares of his
ſerwice might be ſincere, 3 Adwverſaries, 7 19, | OR D, I cry unto thee, make haſte unto me,
give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
THeb: 4:- refed. | - fag: cenſe b ;" and the lifring up of my hands c as the evening facrifice 4d. |
s Heb. Be dircf#ed tothy facee Let it not be loſt, but let it come unto thee and find audience. 6 Owned and accepted by tice uo ls then the Incenſe, which by thy command, Exod. 30. 7, &Cc. is of- fered upon thine Altar, from which I am now banifl.ed, and lo vii- enabled to offer ir there, and thereforeI truſt thou will accepr my prayer in ſtead of ir. ec My prayer made with hands lifred up, which was the uſual geſtare. See Joo 11. 13. Pſal. 633 5. & 88. io, &C. 4 Which was offered every evening, Exod. 29. 39, &c. Whiclt he mentions either, 1. by way of oppolition to the Incente which was
-offered in the morning : or, 2. Synecdochically, fo as to include [the morning-facrifice and all the Sacrifices of the day, of which this was the clole; ſuck Synecdoches being moſt frequent, as hath been already obſerved: Or, 3. becauſe the evening ſacrifice was more ſolemn than the morning, and was atcended with more company and more prayers, whence the in! hour, which was the time of this Sacrifice, 1s called the hour of Prayer, Acts 3. 1.
2 Seta watch, O LORD, bctore my mouth e ; keep the door of my lips f.
e ThatI may notthrough mine own infirmity, and the great pro» vocations of mine enemies, break forth into any unadviſcd 1peeches, or any expreliioens of imparience or diſtruſt or envy or malice, &c. f My lips which are theedoor ofmy mouth whence words come forth,
4 Incline not 2 my heart to any evil thing, to pra- &iſe wicked works with men that work iniquity ;; and
let me not eat of their dainties &.
g Suffer it not to be inclined or laid aſide, either by mv own er- Le 4: rors or Juſts, or by the temptations of the World or of the De- : vil, Thus God is frequently ſaid to harden mens hearts, not poli- tively, for he can do no evil, nor tempt any man to it, Jam. 1.13.
comes to the ſame thing, the evil of fin, their -own wickedncis,
2 Let my prayer be # ſet forth before tace « as in- |
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mine enemies, any of them are made to believe that Tam guilty of evil deſigns againſt Saul, or of any other wickedneſs, that they would freely adimonith and reprove me for it. And tucir Reproofs ſhall pleaſe me berter than the dainties of the wicked laſt mentioned v. 4. I thall be fo far from being offended withir as an a& ofen.« miry or 11] will, as they may ſuſpect, that I ſhall eſteem it an act and lign of true friendſhip. n= Or, it ſhall be as 2h oil of the head, 25 It 1s in the Hebrew, 2. e. which is poured upon the head, as the manner was 1n great Feaſts and Solemnities. 9 not hurt or diſturb ic, bur on the contrary, ſhall heal and greatly refreth and delight it, which is here underſtood by a known figure called Mezoſis, where. by more 1sintended thaa 15 expretled, as Prov. £7. 21. and oftelſe. where. p Either, 1. in the calamities of thofe Righteous perſons who reproved and.cenfured h:m. So this is an evidence of what he laſt 1aid, that he ſhould take their reproofs for a kindneſs, becauſe waen th y came into ſuch calamiries as thoſe wherein-he was in- volved, as all Righteous men muſt expect ſufferings at one time or othcr, he would not inſult over them nor cenſure them, bur pity them and pray for them; Or, 2. ia the calamities of his enemies ot which he 1peaks in the next words. And fo this may be added as a Realon why he did 1o freely offer himiclf totheRighreous to be repioved by them, if he or his cauſe were ſo bad as his Enemies made them, becauſe he was well aſlured that he was ſincere and his cauſe good, and that God would bring him our of all his Calamities and bring his Enemies into ſuch Calamities, that they ſhould need, and delirc his prayers, which alſo he would willingly grant to them ; and then all good men would be fully ſatisfied of the juſtice of his perſvn and cauſe. | 6 When their judges q are overthrownr in ſtony pla- ces s, they ſhall hear my words, for they are ſweet 7. qTFhe Chief of mine Enemies,their Governours Civil and Military. ,* Or, ſha4ve overthrown, or caſt down headlong by thine exempla. | Fy vengeance, Or, as others, were l:ft free, unhurt by me, whenit | Was 1 my power ro deſtroy them : of which ſee 1 Sam. 24. & 26. {tO which Hiſtories this place is by divers learned Interpreters thought to allude. And then by their Tudges he means Saul, al. though he thought n*t fit diſtinctly to mention him, but only to int:mat himin an obſcure and general way. s Heb: in the hands or by the ſides of he Rock, Which may relate either, 1. to the rocky nature ot thoſe places in which Saul fell into David's hands, Sce 1 Sam. 24. 2. or, 2. to the ancient manner of puniſhing Male= factors, which was by throwing them down from the tops of Rocks; of which ſee 2 Chron. 25. 12. or, 3. to agravate their overthrow ; for falls in ſtony places are as moſt ealie and frequent, ſo alſo moſt miſchicv.-us. s Then they, either the Judges, who will be wiſe too Jate ; or the people ſpared by my favour, when others were overthrown and warned by that fearfal example, will hear my words, 7. e heaiken to my Counſels and Offers which now they deſpiſe, and then they, my words, will be ſweet and acceptable to them, which now they Teje&. Others, thus, then they did hear my words, that they were ſweet, Then they acknowledged that my words and carriage towards Saul were tull of mecknels and gentleneſs, and that 1 was nor ſo falſe and malicious, as they had repreſented me ta be 7 Our bones « areſcattered at the graves mouth », as
wizen one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth y.