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for mercy.
56 Thou haſtheard my voice q, hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry r. q lin former great Afffflicions applied my ſelf unto thee, and chon didſt hear me. r Shew me now the {zme favour. Our for- mer experiences of God's goodneſs to us in hearing our Prayers ought to hold up our hands 1n prayer,and beget a confidence in us that we perfiiting in out Duty, ſhall find God the ſame God; yeſterday, this day, and for ever.
57 Thou dreweſt near in the day rar I called up- on thee 5: thou ſaidir, Fear not 7. |
s There wasa time when I was 1h diſtreſs, and called apon thee and thou didft draw near unto me. God 15 never far off from any of us, as to his eſſential preſence , nor 1s it poſſible that he ſhould for he filleth al} places, Bur he 1s ſaid to be near us gr tar oft from us, as he manifeits or doth not caanifeft 1s goodnels ro us by acts of gracious Providence ; of that drawing near the Text (peakect, God being infimce in goodnels and imercy, is 1poken of us ab- ſent from thoſe Perfons and places, whcre he 15 nor ſhewing mercy and preſent only there where he fhewerh forth his godnets,and ig be draw]ng. nigh to them ro whom he beginnerh to ſhew Mercy. t Thou diditincourage me for.nerly upon my prayer.
58 O LORD, thou haſt pleaded the cauſes of my ſoul » ; thou haſt redeemed my life w.
in their diftreſs, . _ 45 Thou haſt made us «the * off-ſcouring and re- fuſe in the midft of the people 4.
_ AThar is, Thou haſt made us to all Nations extreamly contemp- tible,(o as they value us no more than the Sweepings of their hou- les, or the moſt vile,refuſe,and contemprible things imaginable.
46 * All our enemies have opened their mouths againſt us e. e That 1s, to mock, ſcoff, and reproach us.
14.24 47 *Fearanda ſnare iscome upon us; deſolation MF... and deſtruction f, , 4%43- f All manner of miſery was come upon them. They were (ciz- = ed firſt with fea's and terrors ; going to eſcape theſe they fell into 8 a Snare, or ( a5 1t i5in the Heb.) into a Pit, out of which they : 0 could norger ; they were waſted, made deſolate and deſtroyed. +7 Jerg.ng
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4 Thou haft been wont to take my part againſt my Enemies, not like a Lawyer by word of mouth, bur aQualiy and really | pleading my cauſe. w Thou haſt ſaved me from many a danger which looked fatally upon me. 2
59 O LORD, thou haſt ſeen my wrong z judge thou my cauſe y.
x Thou haſt a perſe& knowledge of Mens perverſe, and un - \ righteous dealings with me ac this time. y Do thou judge berwixr me and mine Enemies, and deal with them according t wnat ſha/l appear jnit to thee,
60 Thou haſt feen all their vengeance z, ad all their imaginations againit me 4.
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61 Thou haſt heard their 1eprcwii, O LORD?
43 * Mineeyerunneth down with rivers of water, | 44 all their IMAgHAaTIONS 2galilc NiC b.
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b Whatever knowledge Men get of things done from their Eye | or Far, thou haſt from thy cmniſciency, thou knoweſt not only their malicious sEtions, but words and thoughts. |
62 The lips of thoſe that roſe up againſt me and
their device againſt me all the day c. c That is, thou haſt obſerved and noted the motions, or pro- ducts of my Enemies lips, and their ſecret devices, before they * Ver. 1 4. ame out of their lips. : : #2. **. 63 Behold their ſitting down, and riſing up, *I
am their mulick 4.
d That is.at all times when they fit down, and riſe up I am their
Song. Though probably the words have a ſpecial reterence torheir
fitting down at Feaſts, and at their merry Meetings, I am all the
ſubject of their diſcourſe ; they ſpend their time in mocking and
{coffing at us and at Jeruſalem, Weare they that make them ſporr. +Pf.28.4. 64 *Renderuntothem a recompenſe, O LORD,
according to the work of their hands e. :
e Theſe three laſt Verſes are all but the ſame general petition, though expreſſed in various Phraſes. The Propher had prayed, wer. 59. that God would judge his peoples cauſe, here he prayeth that he would alſo judge his Enemies ; he only defireth juſtice againſt them, a recompence of the work of cheir hands.
Or, obti- 655 Give them || ſorrow of heart f, thy curſe unto
727 of them.
mm f The word tranſlated ſorrow of heart is found no where elſe iD Holy Writ, which makes a certain, particular explication of it to be difficult, and hath given Interpreters a ſtrange liberty in tran Nating it, field, ſorrow, and gri?f, obſtinacy or hardneſs of heart, perMl-xity, abjefAion or breaking of heart ; the beſt guides we have to direct us in the fence of it are, I. The other things joyned with it , perſecuriom, deſtrufion, a recompenſe according to thejr works, fo that ſome aflictive evil of an heavy nature is certainly ſignified by it, 2. The Analegy of Faith which reſtraiceth us trom wiſh. ing or praying for ſpiritual or eternal evils againſt our worſt Ene
'The Lamentations of 5 E RE MIA H.
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