e Though he rejoyce as a Giant to run his Race, and had conſtantly ;1, by come out of his Chamber to run it about 2500 Years paſt, yet now &o " ſtops his Courſe, and with his ſtay puts ſtop to the Motion of Moon and Stars at the Command of God's Miniſter, and 1ſrael's Captain, Foſh. 10. 12, 13. f So the Pſalmiſt, Pſalm 19. 4. ſpeaks of a Pa- villion or Tabernacle pitch'd for the Sun, where now at Foſhua's word, ſeconded with the word of Fofhua's and Iſrael's God, he makes a Halt as 'twere, ſtands at the Door of his Tabernacle to behold and forward the ſtrange work, the miraculous Overthrow of the fivc conſpiring Kings. g As we read the words they ſeem ſomewhat ob- ſcure and perplex'd, yet. very intelligible in this Paraphraſe at the Lizht, according to the Light which thine Arrows gave by their glit- tering Heads, poliſh'd Shafts and bright Feathers 3 in their Flighr thine Arrows, O God, for theſe were the Arrows of I/-acl, and thine Arrows too, as the Sword of Gideon was the Sword of the Lord. They, 7. e- Sun and Mooft, went, dire&ed their Courſe, and took their way compliant with the Flights of theſe Arrows, not haſtening to the Place of their going down whileſt 1ſrae! had Arrows to ſhoot, or Enemies that Day to diſcomfit, whileſt they were to lift up a Spear againſt any Enemy that day. The marginal reading of theſe words is much plainer 3 Thine Arrows walked in the Light, ( which was miraculouſly continued ) and thy Spears walked in the Brightneſs of the Lightning, (as I venture for once to read the words from the Hebrew _) ſo dreadful was that Day to the Enemy, fo joyful to Tſrael;
O let ſome ſuch day ariſe on Captive Jews, revive thy works of old, ſo the Prophet prays. 6
12 Thou þ diſt march 7 through the land & in in- dignation 7, thou didſt threſh mz the heathen 2 in ar-
—« of ; h Our God. # As the viRorious Conquerour leading fiill thine Ar- mies, the Tribes of Iſrael. k Of Canaan, to ſubdue the remain- ders of thine Enemies and theirs, and to give thine Iſrael poſleffion of the promiſed Land. 4 Againſt them for their Sins, 7m Break to pieces. n The Nations devoted to Deſtruftion, theſe were cut in pieces by the Sword of Iſrael.
13 Thou wenteſt forth o for the ſalvation p of thy people 9, even for ſalvation 7 with thine anointed s; thou woundedit the head 7 out of the houſe z of the wicked x, by f diſcovering the foundation y unto the fi neck. Selah >. king!
o Purſuant of his Metaphor the Prophet ſpeaks of God as march- ing on before his People; or it may refer to che Ark, a Token of God's Preſence before the People. p To compleat the Salvation be- gun 1n bringing them out of Egypt, and carrying them through the . Wilderneſs, and to be finiſh'd in ſetling them in Canaan. ' q Thy cho- « ſen People, the Tribes of thine Inheritance. r 'Tis repeated tor Confirmation, and to affe@t us with the Greatneſs of the Mercy. 5 Or for thine anointed, 7. e. all Ijrae/, or under the Condud of thine anointed Joſhua, Type of the Meſſiah, by whoſe Hand all theſe great things were done. # Gaveſt a deadly wound to the Princes and Kings of Canaan, Enemies to Iſrael, who were cut off, and their Fa- milies utterly deſtroyed. « Royal Palaces or ancient Dwellings, avd ſetled Habitations, of which ſlaughter of Canaanitith Kings, Pal. 135 17, 18,19. x The Courts of theſe Kings were Houſes of greateſt wickednefſes, for which they were deftroyed. y Raifing the found tions of their Power, and deſtroying all from toot to head. 7x All which 1s to be heeded and well minded.
14 Thou a didft ſtrike through with his ſtaves 5 the head of his villages c : they d + came out as a whit! fie wind e to ſeatter f me : their rejoycing g was as to de? vour þ the poor 2 ſecretly k.
a OGod. bEither meant of the Staves or Arms of the Canaariti/h Kings which they lifted up againſt I/rael, thereby provoking Iſrael to fight, in which being overcome, they periſh'd by their own Arms taken from them or it may be meant of the Weapons of 71/14 and Iſrael, called Staves, for that they were Arrows and Spears which are armed Staves; or it might he tranſlated Tribes; ſo withthe Tribes of Iſrael, the Tribes of God's anointed, or by them were theſe £«-
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of Enemies, and 'come to feaſt, not fighr. þ They dreamt of no- thing elſe but eating up God's People as they would eat Bread. 7 Help» leſs and friendleſs as they ſeemed to be, poor Iſrael. k Ether by ſecret Conſpiracy, or by ſecrer execution of the Plot they laid againſt T/raet- 15 Thou ſes, through the \| heap 0 ef great waters p.
O God, or thou O Iſrael, notwithftanding all Plots and Oppo- Gtion. m Heldeſt on thy way, and walkedſt from thy entring on rhe Eaſt of the Land, to the Weſt thereof; from Bethel, Fordan and Fe- Yico on the Eaſt where they entred the Land that lay within Fordan. n Rather to ( as F. Tr. and Gret.) the moſt weſtern Parts of all the Land God gave, they rook poſſeſſion from Eaſt ro Weſt, to the great Sea. o The weſtern Sea, the mightieſt Sea the Fews of that rime knew, called here by way of Eminency the heap of great Waters. p Called Exzek. 47. 10, 15, 19, 20. the great Sea, as Fojb. G. I. fo was fulfilled what was promiſed, and they took poſſeſſion ot rat was cita- ted on them, Foſh. 1. 3,4- I rather refer this 15th Verſe in this manner, than with moſt Interpreters to the Red Sea, which 15 to me a Repctition unſeemly tor ſo ſhort and elegant an Enumeration of God's cronderful Deliverances and Bleffings to Iſrae!, from their lea- ving Egypt, to their ſctling in Canaan.
16 When I heard 9g, my belly 7 trembled s : my lips quivered at the voice 7 : rottennels entred into my bones z, and I trembled in my ſelf x, that I might reſt in the day of trouble y : when he cometh up 2 unto the people a, he will || invade 6b them with his