Drough:s, or, drought of droughts; Which being in the plural | number, notes extremity of drought, Pſalm 78. 72. Skillfulneſs, that is, great Skill: And Prov. 1, 20s Wiſdoms, 1. e. excellent Wiſdom : and conſequently great ſcarcity and famine: The meaning is, that when thy lot ſhall fall in the extremity ofſuch a condition, either, as ro time, or place, be will abundantly fatisfie thy ſoul, i. e. thee, by a Synecdoche ; thou ſhalt have plenty, when others are in ſcar= city. # Or, Make nimble, and ſo the expreſſion relates to bones full of marrow, which cauſeth agility and nimbleneſs, a ſtate of health and ſtrength ; See Prov. 15. zo. Or, it notes chearfulneſs, which is often the cauſe of bones well covered with fat, therefore a bro- ken, or a ſorrowful ſpirit is ſaid to dry up the bones, Prov. 17. 22. This may be ſpoken in oppoſition to the ſad effefts of Famine, whereby rhe feſb is conſumed away, that it cannot be ſeen, and the bones that were not ſeen, ſick our, Job 33. 21. they cleave to the skin, Pſalm 102.5. And thus it may have reſpe& to their afflited eſtate in Babylon, where they complain that their bones were broken, Lam. 3- 4+ but now in their return their bones ſhould not only be made whole, but ſtrong, and in good condition ; See Pſalm 51. 8. Our Engliſh Annotations, after divers ſenſes given, chuſe to cloſe with the Vulgar Tranſlation, he will delrver, or. ſet free thy bones, and ſo the word doth ſignifie, Prov. 11. 8, 9. Some make each exprelli- on of theſe promiſes to anſwer as ſuitable and conditional Rewards of their ſeveral duties, ex, gr. If thou conduQt the caſt-outs, and harbourleſs to thy houſe, verſe 7« God will guide and condu&t thee continually : If thou draw forth thy ſoul to the hungry, ſo as to ſatisfie them, verſe 10. God will fſatisfie thee in a time of drought, and in famine thou ſhalt have ſufficient, Pſalm 33. 19. If thou let the oppreſſed go free, and break every yoke, v. 6. and 9, then God will make thy bones to rejoyce, by delivering them from their burdens, i. e. If thou wilt free them,he will free thee. And if thou continue thus to draw forth thy ſoul, that 1t be ever run- ning to the refreſhing of the needy, thou ſhalr be as a ſpring of wa- rers that ſhall never fail thee, but like the Widows Oil, ever flowing : If thou relieve the poor, thou ſhalt never be poor, but as 2 well wattered Garden, always flowriſhing; See Prov. 3. 9, 10» x Like a Garden, for the pleaſure and beauty of it, a Paradiſe; like a Garden watered for the continual flouriſhing of thy eſtate, there ſhall be no withering, or decay, upon thy proſperous condition, Pſalms x. 3, 4. contrary to what is ſaid of the Wicked, Pſalm 37. 25 ro, 20, 35, 36- And thus Jeremiah ſpeaks ofthe return of this ſame People, Jer. 30 12. y Heb: Deceivenct, a Metaphor which further notes alſo the continuance of this flouriſhing State, which will not be like a land flood, or brooks, that will ſoon be dried up with drought; See Job '6. 15. but will be fed with a ſpring of Bleſſing, that will never fail; A very ſignificant Metaphor, it being the na- tureof ſprings, ſpontancouſly and freely, as it were to pour out their bowels to all that upon their wants come to receive it; neither isever ſcahty, but flows till like freſh milk ro the Breaſt, the more itis drawn; hence God is called a fountain of go6dnefſs.
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