; The time of my Life is expired. k Which is ealily and ſpeedi- ly removed. 7 To wit, by my Sins, provoking God todoit, Or,
I do declare, and have concluded, "That my Life is or wil! be ſuddenly cut off: For Men are oft ſaid in Scripture, to do thoſe Things which they only declare and pronounced to be done : as Men are ſaid to pollute, and to remit and retein fins, and the like when they only declare en and things to be polluted, and Sins 'to be remitted or retained by God. »» Who cutteth off the Web from the Loom, either when it is finiſhed, or before, according to his ' Pleaſure. » The Lord, who pronounced this Sentence againſt him. ; With a conſuming Diſeaſe, waſting my Spirits and Life. Some | render this Word, fromthe thrum, from thoſe Threds at the ' end of the Web, which are faſtened to the Beam. So the fimilitude ofa Weaver 1s continued. p The Senſe is, Either 1. this Sickneſs will kill me in the ſpace of one day. Or rather 2. thou doſt pur- ſue me night and day with continual Pains,and will nor deſiſt till thou haſt made a full End of me ; ſo that,I expe that every day will be my Laſt day. |
13 I reckon till morning 9, that as a lion, ſo will he break all my bones, from day even to night wilt thou make anend of me,
q When I was filled with Pain, and could not Reſt all the Night long, even till Morning, my Thoughts were working and pre- ſaging, That God would inſtantly break me to pieces, and that every moment would be my laſt ; and the like reſtleſs and diſmal Thoughts followed me from morning tillEvening, But he menti- ons only the time before Morning, to aggravate his Miſery, that he was1o grievouſly Tormented, when others had ſweet Reſt and
Repole. : 14 Like j
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| 14 Like a crane or a ſwallow 7, ſo did I chatter 5:
L did mourts as a dove t ; mine eyes fail with looking up>
iOr, eaſe ward #2 OLORD,Tam oppreſſed x, || undertake for me z.
—"— r Or, a crane and a ſwallow ; the conjunction, and, bring here,
aS it is Hb 3. 11. and elſewhere, underſtood, as 15 manifeſt from
Jer 8.7. where it is expreſſed with theſe very words. 5 My com=
plaint and cry was like to the noiſe of a Swallow, quick and fre-
quent ; and like rhar of a Crane, loud and frightful, And this very
Compariſon is utzd of Mourners, not only in Scriptures but in 0:
ther Authors; concerning which, the Learn-d Reader may conſult
my Latine Synopſis. * Whoſe mournful Tone 1s obſerved, Iſa. 59+
It. Ezck. 9. 16. and elſewhere. « Whi'ſt I lifr up mine Eyes and
Heart to Grd for relief, but in vain. x By my Diſeaſe, which like
a Serjeant hath ſeized upon me, and 1s Faling me tro the Priſon of
the Grave. y Stop the execution, and reſcus me out of his hands.
15 What ſhall I fay 2? he hath both ſpoken unto me, and himſelf hath done it 4: I ſhall go ſoftly 6 all my years in the bitterneſs of my foul c.
2 I want words ſufficient to expreſs my deep Senſe of God's dealings with me. a He did foretel it by his Word, and effe& it by his Hand. This Clauſe and Verſe is, Either 1. a Conrinuance of his Complaint hitherto deſcribed : God hath paſſed this Sentence upon me, and hath alſo put it ia execution, and ro HimT muſt ſubmit my ſelf: Or 2. a Tranſition or entrance into t},.e Thankſgiving, which is undoubtedly contained in the following Verſes. So the Sence 1s, God hath ſent a gracious Mcfſage to me by his Propher, concerning the prolongation of my Life ; and he, I doubr nor, will make good his Word therein. And this Sence ſeems the more probable; 1. Becauſe here is mention of his Nears to come, whereas in tys ſick- neſs he expeCed not to live to the end cf a day.2.Becauſe theChaldee Paraphraſt, and the Seventy, and Syrrack, and Arabick Interpreters ex+ pound ir ſb in their Verſions. 3. Becauſe this ſuits beſt with the Context and coherence of this Verſe, borh with the former, and with the following Verſe. For as he endeth the forgoing Verſe with a Prayer to God for Jonger Life, ſo in this Vecle he relates God's gracious Anſwer to his Prayer : And if this Verſe be thus underſtood, the next Verſe hath a very convenient Connexion with this; whereas it ſeems to be very abrupt and incoherent, if the Thankſgiving begin there. 5 I ſhal walk in the courſe cf my Life; Either 1. Humbiy, with all humble thankfulneſs ro God for con- ferring ſo great a Favour upon ſo unworthy a Perſen : Or 2. Ealily and peaceably with leaſure, not like one affrighted, or run- ning away from his Enemy : Or 3. By flow and gentle paces, as Men common'y ſpin out their Days by degrees unto a juſt length, which is not unfitly oppoſed to his former ſtate and time of Sickneſs, wherein his Days were ſwifter than a weavers ſhuttle, and than a poſt, as Job complained upon the ſame occaſions Job 7. 6. and 9. 25. and were cut off like a weavers Web, as he complained, wer. 12. c Ariſing from the remembrance of that deſperate Con- dition, from which God had delivered me: For great dangers, though paſt, are oftenrimes very terrible to thoſe that refle& upon them. Burt the Words may be rendred. upon or after ( as this pars ticle is rendred,1ſa.18.4. ) the bi:tern:ſs of my ſoul, after the deliverance from this bitrer and dangerous Diſeaſe. Which may be compared with ver. 17. where he ſaith, For or after peace, I had great bitterneſs, 23s here he preſageth and afſureth himſelf of rhe contrary, That he ſhould have peace after his great bitterneſs. The Chaldes Paraphiaſt, renders the Words, Becauſe of my deliverance from bitterneſs of Soul ;
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birterneſs being put for deliveravce from bitterneſs, as five is pur for Pack of five, as we render it, Gex. 18.'28. and fat for want of fat, Pſal. 109. 24, and fruits for want of fruits, Lam. 4+ 9. And other ſuch like Defe&s there are in the Hebrew, which is a very conciſe Lan- guage.
15 O LORD, by theſe things d men live, and in all
Or, aff theſe things is the life of my ſpirit e: ſo || wilt thou re- | wvered cover me, and make me ro live f.