Annotations on the Pentateuch - Psalms - Song of Songs

Annotations.

GIttith] see the Note on Psal. 8. 1. [unspec 1] [unspec 3]

Vers. 3. Take up] to wit, in your mouths, or lift up your voice with Psalm or song. So in Esa. 42. 2. to lift up, is meant the voice. give] that is, bring the timbrel, &c. of these instruments, see Psal. 68. 26. and 33. 2.

Vers. 4. Blow the trumpet] or, the Cornet, (whereof [unspec 4] see Psal. 98. 6.) this was done both to proclaim the solemnity unto men, and to be a memorial for them before God, Levite. 23. 4. Num. 10. 10. for in their public worship, the Israelites used trumpets, with other musical instruments, 2 Chron. 5. 12, 13. and 29. 27. the new moon] when a solemn feast, with special worship was appointed of God, Num. 28. 11, 14. and at these times (as on the Sabbaths) they used to assemble to worship, and hear God's word, 2 King. 4. 23. Ezek. 46. 3. Esa. 66. 23. these feasts were a shadow of things to come, but the body is in Christ, Col. 2. 16, 17. the appointed time] or, the solemnity, solemn feast, which was thrice in the year, 1 at the Passover, 2 at Pentecost, and 3 at the feast of Tabernacles, Deut. 16. 26. of which last, some understand this festivitie, Ceseh, as having the name of covering in boothes: others of the covering, that is, the change of the moon when it is hid by the Sun. feast] or dance; see Psal. 42. 5. This may be meant of all feasts; or in special of the feast of blowing trumpets, in the first day of the seventh month, Levite. 23. 24. or of the Passover, as after, verse 6.

Vers. 5. a judgment] that is, a rite, or ordinance, made by God, and a duty to be performed to him. [unspec 5] So judgment is for duty, Deut. 18. 3.

Vers. 6. in Joseph] among the posterity of Joseph, and the other tribes of Israel. Joseph is named [unspec 6] as principal, having the birth-right, 1 Chron. 5. 1, 2. So Psal. 80. 2. from the land] so the Greek turneth it, the Hebrew ghnal, being here for meghnal, the same that min, from, as 2 Chro. 33. 8. with 2 King. 21. 8. Zach. 4. 3. At their going out of Egypt, the feast of the Passover was appointed, Exod. 12. after in the wilderness, the other feasts, Levite. 23. or we may read it, against the land, viz. to destroy it, and the first-borne, Exod. 11. 4, 5. The Chaldee applieth this to Joseph when he went out of prison and ruled over the land of Egypt. I heard a language] Hebr. a lip, used for the speech or language, as Gen. 11. 1.

Vers. 7. from the burden] that is, burdens, wherewith [unspec 7] they were vexed in Egypt, making bricks, building cities, &c. Exod. 1. 11. and 5. 4, 5, 7, 8. basket] or pot; such vessels as wherein they carried straw, mortar, brick, &c.

Vers. 8. Thou calledst] Israel having left Egypt, [unspec 8] Pharaoh with his host pursued them, and they were sore afraid and cried to the Lord, Exo. 14. 10, 15. secret place of thunder] out of the black cloud, wherewith God guided and protected Israel; but with thunder, rain, &c. dismayed the Egyptians, Exod. 14. 19, 20, 24, 25. See also Psal. 77. 18, 19. of Meribah] that is, of Strife; so named because Israel there strove with Moses, and almost stonied him, Ex. 17. 1, 2, 3 4—7. There God proved thē, to know what was in their heart, whether they would keep his commandments or no, Deut. 8. 2. Exod. 15. 25. and there they proved God, Ps. 95. 9.

Vers. 9. testify] or protest, take to witness, namely [unspec 9] the heavens and earth, &c. as Deut. 31. 28. and 32. 1 46. and 30. 19. and deeply charge thee. Compare herewith Exod. 19. 3, 4, 5, &c. and 20. 22, 23. Ier. 11. 7, 8, 8.

V. 11. open wide] that is, speak and ask freely. [unspec 11] This sentence our Savior openeth thus, If ye abide in m • and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you, John. 15. 7. and the Apostle thus, Whatsoever we ask of God we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, &c. 1 John. 3. 22. The Chaldee expoundeth it, Open thy mouth to the words of the law, and I will fill it with all good.

Vers. 12. not well affected] had no will, or good [unspec 12] inclination; which they shown presently after the giving of the Law, by making themselves gods of gold, and by their continual rebellions afterward, Exod. 32. 1,—31.

Vers. 13. perverse intendment] or, stubborn opinion, [unspec 13] writhing and obstinate intention, which they looked after in their erroneous heart. This word is taken from Deut. 29. 19. and after often objected to them by Jeremiah, Ier. 3. 17. and 7. 24. and 9. 14. and 11. 8. And this is noted for a judgment of God, when he suffereth people to walk in their own ways, Act. 14. 16.

Vers. 15. humbled] and so have given them rest [unspec 15] from their enemies, as in 1 Chron. 17. 10. compared with 2 Sam. 7. 11.

Vers. 16. falsely denied] or, feinedly submitted: [unspec 16] see Psal. 18. 45. and 66. 3. their time] if this be referred to the enemies, it is meant their time of distress, as Ps. 10. 1. and 31. 16. so time is used, Ier. 27. 7. Isa. 13. 22. if to God's people, it meaneth their continued settled state, which the Chaldee translateth, their strength.

Vers. 17. fed him] that is, his people, verse 14. [unspec 17] fat of wheat] the principal, or flower of corn: so Deut. 32. 14. Psal. 147. 14. out of the rock] out of which God had made his people suck honey and oil, Deut. 32. 13. Spiritually, the Rock is Christ, 1 Cor. 10. 4. the honey is the gracious words that flow from him; sweetness to the soul, and health to the bones, Prov. 16. 24. Psal. 19. 11. Song. 4. 11.

Annotations.

THe assembly of God] that is, the assise (or session) [unspec 1] of Magistrates; whose office is the ordinance of god, Rom. 13. 1, 2. Deut. 16. 18. and who are to execute not the judgments of man, but of the Lord, who is with them in the cause and judgment, 2 Chron. 19. 6. Deut, 1. 17. in the mids of the God's] that is, among the Judges (as the Chaldee translateth) or Magistrates, (v. 6) who in the Law are called God's, Exod. 22. 8, 9, 28. because the word of God was given to them, John. 10. 34, 35.

Vers. 2. How long, &c.] Thus God by his Prophet judgeth and reproveth the God's or Judges [unspec 3] for unrighteous judgment. The Chaldee addeth, How long ye wicked will ye judge, &c. accept the faces] respect the persons, lift up, admire, honor or favor the faces; a thing forbidden both concerning rich and poor, Deut. 1. 17. and 16. 19. Lev. 19. 15. Prov. 18. 5. Lam. 2. 1,—9.

Vers. 3. Judge ye] that is, defend, deliver; see Psal. 43. 1. Esa. 1. 17. justify] that is, do justice, [unspec 3] as 2 Sam. 15. 4. and acquit or absolve him, his cause being right, Deut. 25. 1. Ier. 22. 3.

Vers. 5. They know not] The Judges are ignorant [unspec 5] of their duty, Mic. 3. 1. Ier. 10. 21. Prov. 29. 7. The Chaldee paraphraseth, The are not wise to do good, and they understand not the Law. they will walk on] that is, continue willfully ignorant, and sinful in perverting justice, Mic. 3. 9. To walk in darkness, is to live in sin, 1 John. 1. 6. Ephe. 4. 17, 18. and 5. 8. moved shall be] to wit, therefore moved, as the Chaldee explaineth it; or though moved be all the foundations; though all laws and orders be violated, all estates disturbed, and strongest helps come to ruin, Esa. 24. 18, 19.

Vers. 6. sons of the most high] the Chaldee paraphraseth, [unspec 6] as the Angels of the high. And Magistrates should be as Angels for wisdom, 2 Sam. 14. 20.

Vers. 7. as earthly men] as Adam, that is, as [unspec 7] any other mortal man: so after, as one of the Princes, that is, of the other Princes of the world: see the like in Judge. 16. 7. 11. 17. Ge. 49. 16. for this Psalm was spoken to the Magistrates of Israel: for whatsoever the law saith, it saith it to them that are under the Law, Rom. 3. 19.

Vers. 8. inherit] that is, have sovereignty and dominion. [unspec 8] So this word meaneth, Lev. 25. 45 46. Ier. 49. 2. And Christ is called heir (that is, Lord) of all, Heb. 1. 2. See Psal. 2. 8.

Annotations.

KEepe not silence, &c.] Hebr. let not silen • e (or [unspec 2] stillness) be to thee, that is, sit not still, but stir up thyself to help and avenge us on our enemies. So silence is used for sitting still, Judge. 18. 9.

Vers. 3. lift up the head] insolently and boldly, [unspec 3] vaunting themselves, and warring against us. So Judge. 8. 28. On the contrary, God's people shall lift up their heads, that is, be of good comfort and courage, when their redemption draweth near, Luk. 21. 28.

Vers. 4. thine hidden ones] that is, as the Greek explaineth [unspec 4] it, thy Saints, which are hidden of God in his tabernacle in the day of evil, from the strife of tongues, Psal. 27. 5. and 31. 21. whose life is hid with Christ in God, Col. 3. 3.

Vers. 5. from being] or, that they be no more a [unspec 5] nation; Moab and others consult thus against Israel; after, the like is against Moab, and effected, Ier. 48. 2.

Vers. 6. in heart together] this noteth their earnestness, [unspec 6] craftiness, and joint consent in evil.

Vers. 7. the tents] that is, armies with their [unspec 7] Kings and Captains, Judge. 7. 13, 15. 2 Kings 7 7 10. Ier. 6. 3. Hab. 3. 7. Edom] the Edomites, or Idumeans, which were the sons of Esau, named Aedom: the brother of Israel; see the Notes on Psal. 60. 10. the Ishmaelites] children of Ishmael. the son of Abraham, who was (with the bondwoman Hagar his mother,) cast out of his fathers house for persecuting his brother Isaac, in whose evil ways his children here walk, Gen, 16. 1. 15. and 21. 9 10. 14. Gal. 4. 22, 29, 30. Moab] the Moabites, the posterity of Lot; see Psal. 60. 10. the Hagarens] the Chaldee Paraphrast calleth them Hungarians. They were the posterity of Ietur, Maphish, and other like children of Ishmael, son of Hagar, of whom came twelve Princes of their nations, Gen. 25. 12, 15, 16. some of which were called by their fathers name Ishmaelites, (as before) some by their grandmothers name Hagarens, and dwelt in Arabia, Eastward from Gilead, near to the Israelites, 1 Chron. 5. 10, 19. The word Hagarims, signifieth fugitives, or strangers, (as the Greek turneth them, paroikous, 1 Chron. 5. 10.) they were after called Saracens, which in the Arabic tongue is thieves.

Vers. 8. Gebal] that is, the Gebalites, or Gibleans, [unspec 8] that dwelt in the Province or City Gebal (or Gabala) in Phoenicia near Sidon, whence Solomon had Masons, or stone-hewers, 1 Kings 5. 18. Ezek. 27. 9. Ammon] the Ammonites, that came of Lot, as did the Moabites, Gen. 19. 37. 38. These nations which were nearest allied unto Israel, and whom God would not suffer the Israelites to molest, when they came out of Egypt, Deut. 2. 4 5. 9, 19. combine here together against Israel to cast them out of God's inheritance, so evil did they reward them, as King Jehoshaphat complained, 2 Chron. 20. 10, 11, 12. Amalek] the Amalekites which were of Eliphaz the son of Esau, the brother of Israel, Gen. 36. 12, 16. they dwelt in the South country near Ganaan, Num. 13. 30. were the first that fought against Israel, Exod. 17. 8. &c. for which God would have had their remembrance put out frō under heaven, Deut. 25. 17, 18, 19. and King Saul was sent to perform it, but did it not fully, 1 Sam. 15. 2, 3, 9. and 28. 18. and was himself slain by an Amalekite, 2 Sā. 1. 8, 9, 10. the Philistines] or Palestine: see the Note on Ps. 60. 10. Tyrus] the Tyrians, w ^ch remembered not the brotherly covenant that had been between thē & Israel, Amos 1. 9. See the Note on Ps. 45. 13.

Vers. 9. Ashur] the Assyrians, the posterity of [unspec 9] Shem the son of Noah, Gen. 10. 22. This nation was the rod of God's wrath against Israel, who in the end captived ten tribes, Isaiah. 10. 5, 6. 2 King. 15. 29. and 18. 9, 11, 13. &c. The Chaldee paraphraseth, Sennacherib also the King of Ashur, &c. an arm] that is, an help, (as the Greek saith,) & a strength to Lots sons, the Moabites & Ammonites. Thus were here ten people's, confederates against God & his people. So in Gen. 15. 19. 20. 21. there are ten wicked nations, whose land is given upon conquest to Abraham's seed.

Vers. 10. as to Midian] the Midianites, the posterity of Abraham, by his concubine Keturah, [unspec 10] 1 Chron. 1. 32. who being turned I do laters, drew Israel to sin in the wilderness, for which Moses revenged the Israelites of them, by the slaughter of all their males, and their five Kings, and a wonderful great spoil, Nū. 31. 1, 7, 8, 16. 32, &c. but after that recovering and oppressing Israel in their own land, were by Gideon and 300 men, vanquished, when they lay in the valley like grasshoppers in multitude, Judge. 6. 1. and 7. 7. 12. 22. &c. and to this victory hath the Psalmist here reference. as to Sisera] the Captain in the host of Jabin, King of the Canaanites; he had nine hundred chariots of Iron, and vexed Israel sore, but by Deborah a Prophetess, and Barak a Captain of Naphtali, the Lord destroyed Sisera, with all his host and chariots; there was not a man left, and Sisera flying, was killed by Jael, Hebers wife, who drove a nail into the temples of his head, Judge. 4 2, 3,—21. Jabin] the King of Canaan, who upon the death of his Captain Sisera forementioned, was subdued and destroyed before the Israelites, Judge. 4. 23, 24. at the brook] or in the bourn, that is, the valley of Kishon: the Hebrew Nachal (as our English bourn,) signifieth both a valley and a river running in it. Kishon was a river at the foot of mount Carmel; by it Sisera & the Kings of Canaan fought, & were vanquished; and the bourn Kishon swept them away, Judge. 4. 13. and 5. 19. 21. Endor] a city by Kishon, near unto Taanach and Megiddo, where the Canaanites perished, Josh. 17. 11. Judge. 5. 19. dung for the earth] that is, lay rotting above ground unburied, as is explained, Ier. 8. 2. and 16. 4.

Vers. 12. Put them] or him, that is, everyone of [unspec 12] their nobles, and all jointly. See the Notes on Psal. 2. 3. Oreb and Zeeb] two Princes of the Midianites whom Gideon slew, Judge. 7. 25. Zebach and Salmunach] two kings of the Midianites, whom Gideon also pursued and killed, Judge. 8. 12, 21. authorised] or anointed, that is, Princes, as the Greek expresseth, and the Chaldee translateth them Kings. See the Notes on Psal. 2. 6.

Vers. 14. as a rolling thing] or wheel; but here [unspec 14] is meant a light thing, as chaff or straw, that rolleth or turneth round before the whirlwind, as the next words show, and a like speech in Isa. 17. 13. plainly manifest. Elsewhere the word signifieth also a wheel, Isa. 28. 28: and the sphere or round orbe of the air, Psal. 77. 19.

Vers. 15. sear] or burn up. See the like similitudes, [unspec 15] Deut. 32. 22.

Vers. 17. with shame] or dishonor, contempt: [unspec 17] the Hebrew word properly signifieth lightness; as the contrary honor is so called of weightiness, Psa. 3. 4. that they may seek] or, and let them seek: it may be meant of the enemies forementioned, forced to seek and call on God, as Psal. 18. 42. or indefinitely, that men may seek. So after in verse 19.

Vers. 19. Jehovah] This is the chiefest name of [unspec 19] the eternal and most blessed God, so called of his essence, being or existence, which is simply one, Deut. 6. 4. The force of this name the holy Ghost openeth by He that is, that was, & that will be, or, is to come, Rev. 1. 4. 8. and 4. 8. & 11. 17. and 16. 5. and the form of the Hebrew name implieth so much; Ie, being a sign of the time to come, Iehevah, he will be, 〈◊〉 , of the time present; Hoveh, he that is; and vah, of the time past; Havah, he was. It importeth that God Is, & hath his being of himself frō before all worlds, Isa. 44. 6. that he giveth being or existēce unto all things, and in him all are and consist, Act. 17. 25. that he giveth being unto his word, effecting whatsoever he hath spoken, whether promises, Exod. 6. 3. Isa. 45. 2, 3. or threanings, Ezek. 5. 17. and 7. 27. It is in effect the same that Ehjeh, I will be, or I am, as God calleth himself, Exod. 3. 14. Of this the Gentiles named the greatest God, love, and Iu-piter, that is, Yah father, (of the shorter name Yah, mentioned Psal. 68. 5.) and Varro the learnedest of the Romans, thought love to be the god of the Jews. August. l. 1. de consens. evan. c. 22. Hereof also in Greek writers he is called Iao, Diodorus. Sicul. l. 2. c. 5. Clem. Alex. strom. l. 5. Macrob. l. 1. Saturnal. c. 18. But in the Greek tongue the name Jehovah cannot righly be pronounced; and for it the Greek Bibles have Lord, which the New Testament followeth, as Mark. 12. 29. from Deut. 6. 4. and elsewhere usually; and the Hebrew Text sometime putteth Adonai, Lord, or Elohim, God, for Jehovah; as Psal. 57. 10. compared with Psal. 108. 4. 2 Chron. 25. 24. with 2 King. 14. 14. When Adonai, Lord, is joined with it. it is written Jehovah, as Psal. 68. 21. then the Jews read it Elohim, God, as at other times they read it Adonai, Lord; and pronounce not Jehovah at all at this day; though in ancient days it appeareth to be otherwise. The Greek history of Baruch, seemeth to use instead of it, Aionios, that is, the eternal, or, everlasting, Bar. 4. 10, 14, 20, 32, 24, 35. and 5. 2. See the Annotations on Gen. 2. 4. only thou] or, only thine, that is, which only hast Jehovah for thy name; for the true God hath only being, and Idols are nothing in the world, 1 Cor. 8. 4. and Angels, and Magistrates are called Elohim God's, Psal. 8. and 82. but Jehovah is peculiar to very God alone. And this is that name (I suppose) which the author of the book of Wisdom calleth incommunicable, Wisd. 14. 21. Yet this is the name of Christ, called Jehovah our justice, Ier. 23. 6. for God's name is in him, Exod. 23. 21. and he is very God, and eternal life, 1 John. 5. 20.

Annotations.

GIttith] see Psal. 8. 1. [unspec 1] [unspec 2]

Vers. 2. dwelling places] or habitacles,: see the Notes on Psal. 43. 3.

Vers. 3. for the courts] that I may come into [unspec 3] them: for the Priests only went into the Temple, the people stood in the courtyards which were two, 2 Kings 21. 5. See Psal. 65. 5. shout] to wit, for desire to come unto God.

Vers. 4. the sparrow] or bird, in Chaldee, the [unspec 4] dove; the Hebrew tsippor is generally any bird, Psal. 11. 1. Gen. 7. 14. specially the sparrow, when other birds are named, as here and Psal. 102. 8. for such haunt men's houses. swallow] or, free bird, called in Hebrew dror, of liberty which this bird seemeth to have above others, flying boldly and nestling about houses: so Prov. 26. 2. The Greek takes it here for the turtle dove, (which hath in Hebrew another name, Psal. 74. 19.) so also doth the Chaldee, adding this reason, because her young are lawful to be offered on thine altar. thine altars] to wit, are the places where the birds nestle near unto them, in houses or trees, which sometime were by God's tabernacle, Ios. 24. 26. or understand as before, (I long for) thine altars.

Vers. 6. the high ways] or causeyes; namely, [unspec 6] which lead to thy house: that is, they which affect heartily, long after, and delight to go up to thy house. Spiritually these ways or paths are made by preaching of the Gospel, Esa. 40. 3. and 35. 8. and 11. 16.

Vers. 7. They that passing] or, of them that pass. [unspec 7] of Baca] that is, of mulberie trees; which use to grow in dry places. The Greek saith, vales of tears. Both mean that through wants and afflictions we must come into the kingdom of God. This valley was near unto Jerusalem, as may be gathered by 2 Sam. 5. 22, 23. Ios. 15. 8. put him or set him, that is, God, making him by faith a well of life unto them; for he is the fountain of living waters, Ier. 2. 13. Or, set it, that is, the valley, making it a fountain by digging wels therein. And this may be an allusion to that well, digged by the Princes and Captains of Israel, Num. 21. 16, 18. also with blessings, &c.] that is, bountifully & abundantly the rain shall cover them. Rain figureth out the doctrine of the Gospel, Deut. 32. 2. Isa. 45. 8. Joel 2. 23. Revel. 11. 6. the rain of blessings is a bountiful abundant rain, Ezek. 34. 26. (as to sow with blessings, 2 Cor, 9. 6. is to sow abundantly, or liberally; and blessing is liberality, 2 Cor. 9. 5. Prov. 11. 25.) So God would cause a bountiful rain of grace and comfort, to cover them that go up to his house in Jerusalem; as elsewhere he is said to refresh his inheritance with the rain of liberalities strowed upon it, Psal. 68. 10. whereas on the contrary, who so will not go up to Jerusalem, to worship the King the Lord of hosts, upon them shall come no rain, Zach. 14. 17. The Greek turneth this sentence thus, the Lawgiver (or Teacher) shall give blessings; the original Moreh being ambiguous, sometime signifying a Teacher, Job 36. 22. sometime rain, Joel 2. 23. Isa. 30. 20. so that from the Hebrew it may also be interpreted, with blessings the teacher shall cover them; the meaning much like the former; the Teacher being God or Christ, in whom we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things, Eph. 1. 3. The Chaldee expounds it, with blessings he will cover them that continue in the doctrine of his Law. Some understand bracoth, blessings, to be here as brecoth, pools digged and filled with rain. Both mean one thing.

Vers. 8. from power to power] that is, increasing their power (or strength) daily more and more; as [unspec 8] the Apostle saith, we are changed into God's image, from glory to glory, 2 Cor. 3. 18. and God's justice is revealed from faith to faith, Rom. 1. 17. our faith and glory increasing more and more, Prov. 4. 18. Or from army to army, (from troupe to troupe) respecting the troupes of Israel, which went all the males thrice every year to appear before the Lord, Exod. 23. 14,—17. The Hebrew Chajil, power, is used sometime for an army of men, Psal. 33. 16. and sometime for riches, Psal. 49. 7. which also may be implied here. he shall appear] or, till he, that is, everyone of them appears; according to the law, Exod. 34. 23. Zach. 14. 16.

Vers. 10. of thine anointed] or Messiah, our [unspec 10] Lord Christ, in whom God respecteth us; or David, his figure, and father in the flesh, called also God's anointed, 2 Sam. 23. 1.

Vers. 11. than a thousand] to wit, in any other [unspec 11] place. sit at the threshold] that is, be in the lowest room and basest estate; as the Greek saith, be cast down, (or an abject) And by God's house may be meant his tabernacle; as Luk. 11. 51. with Mat. 23. 35. to remain] or abide my whole life long.

Vers. 12. is a Sun] or, will be a Sun, that is, a light, Isa. 60. 19. Rev. 21. 23. understanding hereby [unspec 12] all blessings and comforts, by Christ the Sun of righteousness, Mal. 4. 2.

Annotations.

TO the sons] or, of them. See Psal. 42. 1. [unspec 1] [unspec 2]

Vers. 2. hast been favorable to] or, hast favourably accepted, been well pleased, to wit, in times past. This also respecteth the promise, Levite. 26. 42. captivity] that is, the company of captives, or prisoners; as Psal. 68. 19. See also Psal. 14. 7.

Vers. 4. gathered away] that is, withdrawn, ceased, [unspec 4] or asswaged, as the Greek interpreteth it. So in Joel 2. 10. the stars gather away (that is, withdraw) their shining.

Vers. 5. Turn us] to our former estate. [unspec 5] cause to cease] or dissipate; as Psal. 33. 10.

Vers. 6. wilt thou draw] that is, continue: see Ps. [unspec 6] 36. 11.

Vers. 7. wilt not thou turn and revive] that [unspec 7] is, again revive us. See Psal. 71. 20. The Greek saith, O God, thou turning wilt revive us. For halo, they read ha-all, the letters transplaced.

Vers. 8. Shew us] or, Let us see, that is, enjoy. S • [unspec 8] Psal. 50. 23.

Vers. 9. the God] or, the Almighty, Ael. and let them not] or, that they turn not to folly, [unspec 9] that is, to sin: see Psal. 125. 3. The Greek saith, and to them that turn the heart to him.

Vers. 10. that glory may dwell] or, glory shall [unspec 10] dwell; meaning that glory of God, which we are destitute of by sin, Rom. 3. 23. shall be restored by grace in Christ, and God will dwell among men, and communicate with them his glory, Rev. 21. 3, 11. Isa. 60. 1. & they are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord, 2 Cor. 3. 18. Or, by glory is meant, Christ the salvation of God, who dwelt in our land, when the word was made flesh, and men saw the glory thereof as the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, John. 1. 14.

Vers. 11. are met] that is, come together, which [unspec 11] before seemed asunder; and they have mutual society; (so meeting importeth, Prov. 22. 2. Isa. 34. 14.) The truth of God's promises are in Christ fulfilled, Luke 1. 68, 69, &c. Act. 13. 32, 33. have kissed] as friends use when they meet, Exod. 4. 27. and 18. 7. a sign of concord, love and joy. So Christ is King of justice, and of peace, Heb. 7. 2. and the work of justice by him is peace, Isa. 32. 17. for, being justified by faith, men have peace towards God, Rom. 5. 1. Luke 2. 14.

Vers. 12. Faithfulness springeth] or, Truth buddeth out of the earth (or land) that is, the land [unspec 12] bringeth forth faithful increase, answerable to God's blessings upon it. The land figuring the minds of men, Hebr. 6. 6, 7, 8. which by faith apprehend God's mercy in Christ. from heaven] the justice of God through faith, not our own justice, which is of the Law, Philip. 3. 9.

Vers. 13. the good] or good things, that is, the good [unspec 13] gift of the holy Ghost, to sanctify his people, as Luk. 11. 13. compared with Matth. 7. 11. See also the Note on Psal. 65. 5. our land] our earthly nature sanctified, brings forth good fruits in Christ, Mat. 13. 23. See Psal. 67. 7.

Vers. 14. Justice shall go] or, He will cause justice [unspec 14] to go before him. will put her footsteps] or, will set (her,) in the way of his footsteps: which seemeth to mean a settled course of walking in virtue. Or, when he shall put his footsteps into the way.

Annotations.

A Prayer] the like title is of Psalm 17. To [unspec 1] Christ may this Psalm fitly be applied.

Vers. 2. merciful] or, a gracious Saint, pious, holy. [unspec 2] See Psal. 4. 4. This ti • e God taketh to himself, Ier. 3. 12.

Vers. 4. Lift I up] See the Notes on Psal. 25. 1. [unspec 4] The Chaldee saith, lift I up my soul in prayer.

Vers. 5. mercifully pardonest] or, art propitious, a [unspec 5] forgiver: the Chaldee addeth, of them which turn to the Law. See Psal. 25. 11.

Vers. 8. among the gods] Though there be that [unspec 8] are called God's, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be many gods, and many Lord's;) yet unto us there is but one God, &c. 1 Cor. 8. 5, 6. all the gods of the people's are idols, Psal. 96. 5. Or, by gods may be meant Angels, as the Chaldee here explaineth it, and the Princes of the world. and none] to wit, can do works like thine; or, no works are like thy works, Psal. 13 6. 4.

Vers. 11. Unite my heart] apply and knit it to thy [unspec 11] fear only, and that with simplicity.

Vers. 13. hell] or grave, the state of death: see Ps. [unspec 13] 16. 10.

Vers. 14. the proud] Compare this with Psalm. [unspec 14] 54. 5.

Vers. 15. pitiful] or, full of ruth, mercy, and tender [unspec 15] love. When God's name was proclaimed before Moses, this title with other was in it, Exo. 34. 5, 6. long suffering] Hebr. long of nostrils, that is, of anger; long ere thou be angry. The nose and anger have one name in Hebrew: see Psalm. 2. 5.

Vers. 16. son of thine handmaid] that is, borne [unspec 16] thy servant, of godly parents that were thy servitors. Of Christ, this also was true, the son of Mary the Virgin, the handmaid of the Lord, Luk. 1. 48. See the like speech, Psal. 116. 16.

Vers. 17. Do with me a sign] or, Shew it me: that is, So deal with me, in my deliverance and [unspec 17] preservation, that I may have myself, and may be to others a sign, for good. Korah and his company were for a sign to the Israelites, Num. 16. 38. & 26. 10. Jonah a sign to the Ninevites, and Christ to the Jews, Luke 11. 30.

Annotations.

HIs foundation] or, The foundation thereof, [unspec 1] God's ground-work of the Temple which was built upon the mountains, Morijah and Zion, 2 Chron. 3. 1. Ps. 2. 6. Some refer it to the Psalm, the foundation (or argument) whereof is of the Church of Christ. The Chaldee saith, By the hands of the sons of Korah the Psalm was said, and the Song founded in the mouth of the ancient fathers.

Vers. 2. gates of Zion] the public assemblies [unspec 2] of the people: see the Notes on Psal. 9. 15. The Law was to come out of Zion, Mich. 4. 2. and the Scepter of Christ's Kingdom, Psal. 110. 2. dwelling places] these the Chaldee expoundeth, Synagogues of the house of Jacob, which were in all the Cities of Israel.

Vers. 3. spoken is] that is, are particularly spoken, [unspec 3] all and every of them. of thee City of God] that is, Jerusalem: so called also, Psal. 46. 5. and 48. 2. a figure of the Church. What honorable things are spoken of this City, see Isa. 54. and 60. and 62. and 65. Rev. 21. and 22 chapters. The Hebrew phrase, in thee, is rightly turned according to the Greek, of thee, or concerning thee: which many times hath such signification, as Psal. 63. 7. and 71. 6. and 119. 46. 1 Sam. 19. 4. so also in the Greek, as Rom. 11. 2.

Vers. 4. Rahab] that is, as the Chaldee Paraphrast [unspec 4] saith, the Egyptians. So Egypt is called Rahab, in Psal. 89. 11. Isa. 51. 9. either for the strength and pride of Egypt, (which the word Rahab signifieth;) or of some chief city so named; as elsewhere Tsoan, Psal. 78. 12. The calling of Egypt to the fellowship of the Church is also prophesied, Isa. 19. 19, 21, 25. And for I will mention, the Chaldee translateth, the Egyptians and Babylonians, they shall mention thy praises. Babel] the Babylonians: see Psal. 137. 1. their chief city was Babel. Of a Christian Church there, mention is made, 1 Pet. 5. 13. to them] or, among them that know me, to wit, my familiars. Palestine] the Philistines: see Psal. 60. 10. Tyrus] the Tyrians: see Psal. 45. 13. Of them were Christian disciples, Acts 21. 3, 4. Cush] the Ethiopians, as the Greek translateth; see Psal. 68. 32. this man] that is, (as the Greek saith) these men; meaning all before mentioned. So the Hebrew often speaketh of a whole nation, as of one man. See Psal. 25. 22. and 130. 8. But the Chaldee expoundeth it, where this kingdom is borne. was borne there] in the city of God, aforesaid. There, of immortal seed by the word and Spirit of God, are men borne anew, 1 Pet. 1. 23. I am. 1. 18. A thing to come is here set down as already done: so in Isa. 9. 6.

Vers. 5. man and man] so the Greek also expresseth [unspec 5] the Hebraism. Hereby seemeth to be meant, every man, successiively, as Hest. 1. 8. For Jerusalem is the mother of us all, Gal. 4. 26. (So day and day, is every day, Hest. 3. 4. Psal. 61. 9.) Or, man and man, is many men, of this and that Nation, of each estate and degree. stablish her] that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her, Mat. 16. 18. Therefore this city lieth foursquare settled in all changes, Revel. 21. 16. Ezek. 48. 16,—20. It may also be read, and he will stablish her on high: and so the Chaldee expoundeth it; and Jerusalem is said to be above, Gal. 4. 26.

Vers. 6. writing the people's] in the writing of the [unspec 6] house of Israel, that is, the Church, Ezek. 13. 9. Isa. 4. 3.

V. 7. And singers] or, And singing are, &c. This [unspec 7] may have reference to the solemn worship of God used in the Church of Israel, where singers & players on instruments had in charge continually to laud the Lord, &c. 1 Chron. 9. 33. and 25. 1, 2, &c. and dances were used at their holy feasts, to honor him with▪ Judge. 21. 19, 21. So Christ the Lamb hath harpers with him on mount Zion, that sing as it were a new song before the throne, Rev. 14. 1, 2, 3. Or it may respect that which followeth, all my springs in thee (or of thee) are singing (that is, do sing) as also dance, (or as they that dance,) that is, show joyfulness. players on flutes] or, dancers, for so this word may also be taken for dancing, (to wit, at the sound of the flute or pipe;) as Judge. 21. 21. Compare herewith Isa. 30. 29. The Greek here turneth it, rejoyeers; and it may foretell the joy that should be in the world for the conversion of the Gentiles. my well-springs] or fountains, (streams of water, as Psal. 104. 10) that is, all gifts and graces, which the Scripture noteth by lively fountains of waters, wherewith they are refreshed that serve God in his Temple day and night, Rev. 7. 15, 17. and welsprings of salvation, Isa, 12. 3. And as Christ is called a fountain, so is his Church, Song 4. 15, 12. in thee] for now, unto principalities and powers in heavenly places, is known by the Church, the manifold wisdom of God, Eph. 3. 10. 1 Pet, 1. 12. Or we may read it, as before in the third verse, of thee all my springs do sing, &c.

Annotations.

MAchalath] a kind of wind instrument; or, by interpretatiō, [unspec 1] infirmity: see Ps. 53. 1. leannoth] or, to sing by turns, which is, when one part answereth another in singing; it may also be interpreted to afflict (or humble.) This Psalm is the most doleful of all the Bible, full of complaints even to the end. Heman the Aezrachite] so the next Psalm is entitled of Aethan the Ezrachite: there were two of this name, Heman and Aethan, sons of Zerach the son of Judah the Patriarch, 〈◊〉 Chron. 2. 4, 6. men renowned for their wisdom▪ 1. King. 4. 31. also Heman and Aethan, singers and musicians of the posterity of Levithe Patriarch, 1 Chr. 15. 17, 19. and 16. 42. Heman being son of Joel the son Samuel the Prophet, 1 Sam. 6. 33. himself being also a Seer or Prophet in King David's days, 1 Chron. 25. 5. And of the kingdom promised to David, doth Aethan entreat, Psal. 89. 4. &c. Christ's afflictions and kingdom are in these Psalms fore-told; he was the true David, Hos. 3. 5.

Vers. 4. draweth near] or toucheth hell, or the [unspec 4] grave. So, to touch (or come near to) the gates of death, Psal. 107. 18.

Vers. 5. a man] Hebr. geber, that is, a strong man, [unspec 5] but without ability or power to help myself; as the Greek saith, helpless.

Vers. 6 free] that is, acquitted, or discharged from [unspec 6] the troubles and affairs of this life; for in death, the prisoners rest together, and the servant is free from his master, Job. 3. 18. 19. or free, that is, sequestered, apart from others; as King Azariah being leprous, dwelt in an house of freedom, that is, alone, apart from other men, 2 King. 15. 5. from thine hand] that is, from thy care, help, guidance, &c. as King Azariah before said, was cut off from the house of the Lord, 2 Chr. 26. 21. or by thine hand; and so understand from the land of the living, as Isa. 53. 8.

Vers. 7. pit of the lowest places] the nether most pit, [unspec 7] as the Greek saith; w ^ch the Chaldee paraphraseth thus; in captivity, which is like to the nether pit. darknesses] or dark places: so Psal. 143. 3. deep places] or gulses: see Psal. 69. 3.

Vers. 8. stayeth] or, is imposed, and lieth hard. [unspec 8] billows] breaking waves of the sea: see Psal. 42. 8.

Vers. 9. set me abominations] that is, made me most abominable (or loathsome,) to every of them. [unspec 9] can not get out] so Lam. 3. 7. Job 19. 8. Of this phrase see the Note on Psal. 77. 5.

Vers. 10. languisheth] or pineth away; the Chaldee [unspec 10] saith, droppeth tears. Compare herewith, Lev. 25. 16.

Vers. 11. the deceased] Hebr. Rephaim; dead [unspec 11] men are so called, as being incurable or unrecoverable to life; so Isa. 14. 9 and 26. 14, 19. Prov. 2. 18. and 9. 18. and 21. 16. See also Psal. 6. 6. The Chaldee expoundeth, shall the bodies which are delivered to the dust rise up?

Vers. 12. perdition] Hebr. Abaddon, the grave [unspec 12] where bodies perish, and seem to be lost. So Job 28. 22. and 26. 6.

Vers. 13. darkness] that is, the place and state of [unspec 13] the dead, called the land of darkness, and shadow of death, Job 10. 21, 22. So Eccles. 6. 4. Note here the sundry titles given to the state of death. land of oblivion] where dead men are, (as is before noted;) which also are forgotten out of mind, Psal. 31. 13. Eccles. 8. 10. and 9. 5.

Vers. 16. breathing out the ghost] that is, ready to [unspec 16] die, expiring, through continual miseries. The Greek saith, in labors from my youth. from the youth] or, for the shaking off, that is, the affliction. am doubtfully troubled] or distracted for fear lest evils should befall me.

Vers. 17. dismay] suppress, or cut me off. The Hebrew [unspec 17] word is larger than usual, to increase the signification. The Greek turneth it trouble.

Vers. 19. my known acquaintance are in darkness] [unspec 19] that is, withdraw and hide them from my sight; and (as Job complaineth,) are strangers unto me. See Job 19. 13, 14. Or as the Greek referreth it to the former, and my known friends (to wit, thou hast put far) from calamity; or for the calamity that is upon me. Or, as the Chaldee paraphraseth, and to my known friends, dark I am in their sight.

Annotations.

OF Aethan] see the Note on Psal. 88. 1.

V. 3. I said] to wit, by thy spirit, therefore [unspec 1] [unspec 3] the Greek changeth the person, and translateth, thou (Lord) saidest. built up] that is, conserved, propagated, increased continually. in them] or with them, that so long as the heavens endure, thy faithfulness shall continue; as verse. 30. 37, 38. Ps. 72. 5. and 119. 89. or by heavens may spiritually be meant the Church, called often heaven, and the kingdom of heaven, Esa. 66. 22. Revel. 4. 1, 2. and 12. 1. and 15. 1. Math. 3. 2. and 13. 24 31. and the planting of the Church is called the planting of the heavens, Esa. 51. 16.

Vers. 4. my chosen] mine elect people. Therefore [unspec 4] the Greek changeth the number, my chosen ones: but the Chaldee translateth, with Abraham my chosen. David] the figure and father of Christ, according to the flesh; who also is called David, Ezek. 34. 23. Ier. 30. 9. Hos. 3. 5. of him is this and other Psalms chiefly to be understood, Act. 2. 30. and 13. 36 &c.

Vers. 5. thy seed] Christ and Christians, the children [unspec 5] of Christ, the Son of David, Heb. 2. 13. Rev. 22. 16. thy throne] the kingdom of Christ, unto whom God gave the throne of his father David, to reign over the house of Jacob forever, Luke 1. 32, 33. 69. Jerusalem is this throne, Ier. 3. 17. which is continually built of God, Psal. 147. 2.

Vers. 6. the heavens] the heavenly creatures, Angels [unspec 6] and godly men, Luk. 2. 13, 14. Phil. 3. 20. Rev. 7. 9, 10, 11, 12. So the Chaldee expoundeth it, the Angels of heaven. See also Ps. 50. 6. in the church] or in the congregation, to wit, shall be confessed, or celebrated.

Vers. 7. sons of the mighties] or of the God's, that [unspec 7] is, Princes of the world. See Psal. 29. 1. and 82. 1. 6. The Greek saith, sons of God, whereby also Angels may be meant, as Job 1. 6. and so the Chaldee here paraphraseth.

Vers. 8. daunting terrible] in Greek, glorified. [unspec 8] See Psa. 10. 18. the secret] or mystery, or (as the Greek turneth it) council: meaning the Church or Congregation, where the secrets or mysteries of God's kingdom are manifested, Mat. 13. 11. Rom. 16. 25. 1 Cor. 4. 1. Eph. 3. 4. This word is sundry times used for a Council or Congregation, Ps. 111. 1. Ezek. 13. 9. Ier. 6. 11. and 15. 17. or it may here be understood of the company of Angels, as 1 King. 22. 19. very much] to wit, terrible, or, referring it to the latter, in the great secret council. over all] or, above all; see Psal. 76. 12. The Chaldee paraphraseth, above all the Angels which stand round about him.

Vers. 11. Rahab] in Greek, the proud; hereby [unspec 11] may be meant the Egyptians, as Psal. 87. 4. (and so the Chaldee expounds it of Pharaoh the wicked;) or, the proud sea, as Job 26. 12. both were subdued when Israel came out of Egypt, Exod. 14. and 15. See Isa. 51. 9. The raging sea, and swelling waters, do also signify wicked enemies of God and his people, Isaiah. 57. 20. Jude 13. Psal. 124. 4, 5. thine] or, to thee the earth, to wit, belongeth. See Psal. 24. 1, 2.

Vers. 13. The North] w ^ch God hath stretched out [unspec 13] over the empty place, Job 26. 7. the right side] that is, the South (as the Chaldee Paraphrast explaineth,) so called because a man standing with his face to the East, (as they were wont when they prayed, the South is on his right hand. So the East is called Kedem, before; and the West achor, that is, behind, John. 23. 8. Isaiah. 9. 12. It seemeth that this turned to superstition and idolatry, that men prayed towards the East; therefore God so ordered his Tabernacle and Temple, that all worshipped there with their faces to the West, Ezek. 8. 16. Exo. 27. Num. 3. Tabor] a goodly mountain in Galilee, Ios. 19. 22. Judge. 4 6, 12. Hermon] another fair mountain eastward without Iarden, called also Shirion: See Psalm. 42. 7. and 29. 6. by these are meant the East and West parts, answerable to the former North and South: as the Chaldee Paraphrast saith, Tabor in the West, and Chermon that is in the East.

Vers. 15. the prepared place] establishment, or [unspec 15] base, on which the throne is settled; so the word sometime signifieth, as Ezra 3. 3. Psal. 104. 5. So Psal. 97. 2. go before] or come before, prevent, as pressed and ready at hand.

Vers. 16. the shouting sound] or the alarm, the [unspec 16] shrill clanging sound of the trumpet, which was blown at the wars, journeys, assemblies, solemn feasts, and over the sacrifices of Israel, Psal. 81. 4. and 27. 6. Numb. 10. 3. 9, 10. Joel, 2. 1, 15. or the shouting, the jubilation, to wit, of the King that is among his people, as Numb. 23. 21. who by the sound of his word, as of a trumpet, warneth, informeth and guideth his people, Isa. 58. 1. Ezek. 33. 3,—7, 8. Hos. 8. 1. Ier. 6. 17. 2 Chron. 13. 12. 15. Zach. 9. 14. Revel. 1. 10. and 4. 1. light of thy face] the favor of God shining in the Gospel, and light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, John. 12. 35. 2 Cor. 4. 6. See also the notes on Psal. 4. 7. and 44. 4.

Vers. 18. the glory] or beauty, by whom they [unspec 18] conquer and triumph over their enemies. our horn] a sign of honor, strength, kingdom, glory and salvation, Psal. 112. 9. and 92. 11. and 148. 14. 1 Chron. 25. 5. Luke. 1. 69. So after, in verse. 25.

Vers. 19. of Jehovah] or to him, to wit, pertaineth. [unspec 19] our shield] that is, our protection, or protector, meaning David and Christ: See Psal. 47. 10.

Vers. 20. in a vision] by the spirit of prophesy, [unspec 20] Isa. 1. 1. Lam. 2. 9. to thy gracious Saint] that is, Saints, (for so the Greek changeth the number,) meaning the Prophets Samuel and Nath 〈…〉 , the one of which anointed David, the other fore-told of the perpetuity of his kingdom, 1. Sam. 16. 2 Sam. 7. 4, 5, &c. put help] the Chaldee addeth, for my people. upon a mighty one] or a Worthy, a Champion, meaning David, who help God's people in fighting the battles of the Lord, 1 Sam. 18, 13, 14. 30. But chiefly these things are meant of Christ. The Chaldee expoundeth it, one mighty in the Law. chosen] and consequently beloved, as Mat. 1 • . 18. from Isaiah 42. 1.

Vers. 21. oil of mine holiness] that is, mine holy [unspec 21] oil, poured on David by Samuel, on Christ by the Holy Ghost, 1 Sam. 16. 1, 13. Luke 4. 18, 21. John. 3. 34.

Vers. 23. the enemy shall not exact] or not seize, [unspec 23] at a creditor doth on the debtor. Satan and death prevailed not against Christ, though he became surety for our debts, John. 14. 30. 1 Cor. 15. 26. Heb. 2. 14. See this word, Psal. 55. 16. son of injurious evil] that is, the injurious, wicked person: this promise is in 2 Sam. 7. 10. applied in this phrase to all God's people. A son of evil is one addicted and given over to it, Deut. 13. 13. So sons of death, Psal. 79. 11. son of perdition, 2 Thess. 2. 3.

Vers. 26. set his ha • d] that is, give him power [unspec 26] and dominion over them that dwell by the sea and rivers; whereof see the notes on Psal. 72.

Vers. 27. my father] so God promised, I will [unspec 27] be his father, and he shall be my son, 2 Sam. 7. 14. The Apostle applieth this to Christ, and proveth hereby that he is greater than the Angels, Heb. 1. 4, 5.

Vers. 28. first-borne] or first-begotten, that is, [unspec 28] the principal, as is after explained. For the first-borne had three prerogatives, a double portion of goods, Deut. 21. 17. the government or chiefty, 2 Chron. 21. 3. and the priesthood, Numb. 8. 14, 15, 16, 17. Mal. 2. 5, 6, 7. and 3. 3. See the notes on Psal. 78 51. This honor is peculiar to Christ, who is said to be the first-borne of every creature, and the first-borne of the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence, Coloss. 2. 15, 18. to be worshipped therefore of all the Angels of God, Heb. 1. 6. and Prince of the Kings of the earth, Rev. 1. 5. The Chaldee addeth, the first-borne of the Kings of the house of Judah.

Vers. 30. his seed] Christians borne of God, are [unspec 30] called Christ's seed and children, Isa. 53. 10. Heb. 2. 13. and Christ is called the Everlasting Father, Isa. 9. 6. his throne] that is, kingdom, which shall be perpetual, 2 Sam. 7. 13. Heb. 1. 8. Dan. 2. 44. and 7. 14. The accomplishment of these promises cannot be found in Solomon, whose seed & throne was overthrown, Ier. 22. 30. Ezek. 21. 25, 26, 27.

Vers. 31. If his sons &c.] This explaineth the [unspec 31] promise, If he sin &c. 2 Sam. 7. 14, 15. for being understood of Christ, he properly sinned not, 1 Pet. 2. 22. but was made sin for us, 2 Cor. 5. 21. and the sins of his sons or people are counted his, for God laid on him the iniquity of us all, Isa. 53. 6.

Vers. 33. with the rod] the rod of men, 2 Sam. 7. [unspec 33] 14. that is, with moderate correction; and for their profit, that they may be partakers of my holiness, Hebr. 12. 6. 10.

Vers. 34. not make frustrate] not break off, or [unspec 34] cease, (as Psal. 85. 5.) that is, not utterly take: for, the mountains shall sooner remove, Isa. 54. 10. and no afflictions can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, Rom. 8. 35,—39. See the fulfilling of this touching David, in 1 King. 11. 6, 12, 13, 36, 39.

Vers. 36. Once] or One time: See Psal. 62. 12. [unspec 36] by my holiness] by myself, who am the holy God, Gen. 22. 16. Isaiah 5. 16. Because he hath no greater to swear by, God sweareth by himself; and willing more abundantly to show the heirs of promise the stableness of his counsel, bindeth himself with an oath, Hebr. 6. 13, 17, 18. if I lie] that is, surely I will not lie: for so the Hebrew phrase is sometime explained, as Mark. 8. 12. if a sign be given to this generation, for which in Matth. 16. 4. is written, a sign shall not be given. So, if they shall enter into my rest, Psal. 95. 11. Heb. 3. 11. which the Apostle openeth thus, he sware that they should not enter, Hebr. 3. 18. An oath usually implieth an imprecation, which for the most part is concealed. See 1 Sam. 14. 44. 1 King. 20. 10.

Vers. 37. as the Sun] that is perpe •• all and [unspec 37] glorious (as the Chaldee explaineth it, shall shine as the Sun.) See Psal. 72. 5.

Vers. 38. it shall be sta • lished] or, which is stable, [unspec 38] referring it (as doth the Greek,) to the Moon, which although it sometime wexeth and sometime waneth, and seemeth to be gone, yet is continually renewed, and so stable; a fit resembla • ce of the throne or Church of Christ, which hath not always one face or appearance in the world, though it be perpetnall▪ and a witness] the Moon and perpetuity of it, with the successive course of night and day, is made a witness of God's faithfulness in his covenant, Ierem. 33. 20, 21. Christ also himself is called a faithful witness, Rev. 1. 5. Isaiah 55. 4. and faithful meaneth Stedfast▪ as 2 Sam. 7. 16. compared with 1 Chron. 17. 14. and that lieth not, Prov. 14. 5.

Vers. 39. But thou] or, And thou, a word of [unspec 39] grie • e and indignation, as Psal. 2. 6. •• tha • complaineth of the miseries of the Church, whereby all the former promises seem to be frustrated.

Vers. 40. his crown] or diademe, profaned [unspec 40] by casting to the ground. Nezer, a separation, is figuratively used for a crown or garland, such as Kings wore, 2 Sam. 1. 10. and high Priests, Exod. 29. 6. as being a sign of their separation from others, in respect of some dignity or holiness; and hereof the Nazarites had their name, Numb. 6. 2▪ 5, 7. So Psal. 132. 18▪

Vers. 42. rob] or rifle him, meaning Christ in [unspec 42] his members: for that which is done to any one of them, is done unto him, Act. 9. 4. Mat. 25. 40, 45.

Vers. 4 • . his brightness] or puriti • , that is, the [unspec 45] splendent glory and dignity of the kingdom, defiled and profaned by the enemies.

Vers. 46. days of his youth] of his strength [unspec 46] and vigor, hastening old age and misery upon him, Hos. 7. 9. See the contrary, Psalm. 103. 5. Io • ▪ 〈◊〉 . 25.

Vers. 48. how transitory] or, of what worldly [unspec 48] time, of what short durance: See Psalm. 39. 6. the Greek turneth it, what my substance is. Compare herewith▪ John 10. 9▪ 1 • , &c.

Vers. 49. see death] that is, die, So Luke 2. 26. [unspec 49] Psal. 16. 10. The Chaldee saith, see the Angel of death. the hand of hell] the power of the grave, or of death: See Psal. 49. 16. 10.

Vers. 51. of all great people's] or, of all the many [unspec 51] (the multitudes of) people's.

Vers. 52. the foot-steps] or foot-soles, that is, the [unspec 52] ways, life, actions▪ and sufferings, Psal. 56. 7. and 49. 6. This referred to Christ, respecteth the oracle, Gen▪ 3. 15. that the Serpent should bruise the foot-sole of the woman's seed. Referred to Christians▪ which follow his foot-steps, in s • iffering and dying with him, that we may be glorified with him, (1▪ Pet. 2. 21. Rom. 8. 17.) it noteth the scandal of the cross of Christ to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness▪ 1 Cor. 1. 23. 1 Pet. 4. 13, 14. The Chaldee understands it of the s • acknesse of the foot-steps.

Vers. 53. Blessed be] These be words of faith and [unspec 53] joy, as finding an issue out of the temptation, and rejoicing in the midst of tribulation, as Rom. 7. 24, 25. 2 Cor. 1. 3, 4, &c. and Amen] Thus is this third Book of the Psalms also concluded. See the notes on Psal. 41. 14. and 72. 19.

PSAL. XC.

A prayer of Moses the man of God. [unspec 1]

LOrd, thou hast been to us an habitation in generation and generation.

Before the mountains were borne, [unspec 2] and thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world; even from eternity unto eternity thou art God. Thou turnest sory man [unspec 3] unto contrition; and sayest, return ye sons of Adam. For a thousand years, in thine [unspec 4] eyes, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away [unspec 5] with a flood, they are as a sleep in the morning, as the grass that is changed. In [unspec 6] the morning it flourisheth and is changed; at the evening it is cut down and withe • eth.

For we are consumed in thine anger, and [unspec 7] in thy wrathful heat we are suddenly troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before [unspec 8] thee, our hidden sins to the light of thy face.

For all our days do turn away in thine [unspec 9] exceeding wrath; we have consumed our years as a thought. The days of our years, [unspec 10] in them are threescore and ten years; and if they be in strengths, fourscore years; and their pride is molestation and painful iniquity; for it is cut down speedily, and we fly away. Who knoweth the strength of thine [unspec 11] anger, and according to thy fear, thine exceeding wrath? To number our days, so [unspec 12] make thou us to know, that we may apply the heart to wildome. Return, Jehovah, [unspec 13] how long! and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. Satisfie us in the morning [unspec 14] with thy mercy, that we may shout and rejoice in all our days. Make thou us rejoice, [unspec 15] according to the days thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen evil. Let [unspec 16] thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy comely honor into their sons. And let [unspec 17] the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, and the work of our hands establish thou upon us; yea the work of our hands, establish thou it.

PSAL. XCI.

HEe that sitteth in the secret of the most high, shall lodge himself in [unspec 1] the shadow of the Almighty. I will say, of Jehovah, my safe hope & my fortress, [unspec 2] my God, in him will I trust: For he will deliver [unspec 3] thee from the snare of the Fowler, from the woeful pestilence. He will cover thee [unspec 4] with his wing, & under his feathers thou shalt hope for safety; his truth shall be a buckler and a shield. Thou shalt not fear for the dread of the night, for the arrow that flieth by day. [unspec 5]

For the pestilence that walketh in the darkness; [unspec 6] for the stinging plague that wasteth at noon-day. A thousand shall fall at thy side, [unspec 7] and ten thousand at thy right hand; unto thee it shall not come near. Only, with thine [unspec 8] eyes shalt thou behold, and shalt see the reward of the wicked. Because thou Jehovah my safe hope, the most high, thou hast put for [unspec 9] thy mansion. There shall not befall unto [unspec 10] thee any evil, and the plague shall not come nigh thy tent. For his Angels will he command [unspec 11] for thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Upon their hands shall they bear thee up, [unspec 12] lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the fierce Lion & the Asp, thou shalt tread down the lurking Lion [unspec 13] and the Dragon. Because he cleaveth unto me, therefore will I deliver him: I will [unspec 14] set him on high, because he knoweth my name. He shall call on me, and I will answer him; with him will I be in distress; I will [unspec 15] release him, and will honor him. With [unspec 16] length of days will I satisfy him, and will make him to see my salvation.

PSAL. XCII.

A Psalm, a song for the day of Sabbath. [unspec 1]

IT is good to confess to Jehovah, and to [unspec 2] sing Psalm to thy Name, O most high.

To show forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights. [unspec 3] Upon the ten-stringed instrument, and upon [unspec 4] the Psaltery, with meditation upon the Harp.

For thou hast rejoiced me, O Jehovah, with thy work; in the acts of thy hands will [unspec 5] I shout. How great are thine acts, Jehovah! [unspec 6] [unspec 7] very deep are thy thoughts. A brutish man knoweth not, and an inconstant fool understandeth not this. When wicked men [unspec 8] spring up as the grass, and all that work iniquity do flourish; that they shall be abolished unto perpetuity. But thou art high [unspec 9] [unspec 10] forever, Jehovah. For loe thine enemies, Jehovah; for loe thine enemies shall perish: they shall be scattered, all that work iniquity. And my horn shall be exalted as the [unspec 11] Unicorns; mine old age shall be anointed with fresh oil. And mine eye shall behold [unspec 12] on mine enviers; of evil doers that rise up against me, mine ears shall hear. The just, [unspec 13] he shall spring up as a Palme-tree, as a Cedar in Lebanon shall he grow. They that are planted in the house of Jehovah, in the courts [unspec 14] of our God shall they flourish. Yet shall [unspec 15] they sprout in grainesse: they shall be fat and green. To show that Jehovah is righteous; [unspec 16] my Rock, and no injurious evil is in him.

PSAL. XCIII.

Jehovah reigneth, is clothed with high majesty; clothed is Jehovah, hath girded [unspec 1] himself with strength: the world also is established, it shall not be moved. Stable is thy throne from then; thou art from [unspec 2] eternity. The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods have lifted up their voice, [unspec 3] the floods lift up their dashing noise. Than the voices of many waters, the wondrous [unspec 4] strong billows of the sea; more wondrous strong is Jehovah in the high place. Thy [unspec 5] testimonies are very faithful; holiness becometh thine house, Jehovah, to length of days.

PSAL. XCIV.

O God of vengeances, Jehovah; O [unspec 1] God of vengeances, shine thou clearly. Be thou lifted up, O Judge [unspec 2] of the earth; render a reward unto the proud. How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah; how [unspec 3] [unspec 4] long shall the wicked show gladness? Shall they utter, shall they speak a hard word; shall they boast themselves, all that work iniquity?

Thy people, Jehovah, they bruise in pieces, [unspec 5] [unspec 6] and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. And say, Yah shall not see, [unspec 7] [unspec 8] nor Jacob's God understand. Understand ye brutish among the people; and inconstant fools, when will ye be prudent? He [unspec 9] that planted the ear, shall not he hear? or he that formed the eye, shall not he see? He that chastiseth the heathens, shall not he [unspec 10] rebuke? he that teacheth man knowledge? Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that [unspec 11] [unspec 12] they are vanity. O blessed is the man, he whom thou chastenest, O Yah, and teachest him out of thy law. To give him quietness [unspec 13] from the days of evil, until a pit of corruption be digged for the wicked. For Jehovah [unspec 14] will not leave his people, and will not forsake his inheritance. But judgment shall return [unspec 15] unto justice; and after it, all the upright in heart. Who will rise up for me against [unspec 16] evil doers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Unless Jehovah [unspec 17] had been an helpfulness unto me, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, [unspec 18] my foot is moved, thy mercy, Jehovah, stayed me up. When many were my cogitations [unspec 19] within me, thy consolations delighted my soul. Shall the throne of woeful evils [unspec 20] have fellowship with thee, which frameth molestation by a decree? They run by [unspec 21] troops against the soul of the just, and condemn as wicked the innocent blood. But [unspec 22] Jehovah is to me for an high refuge; and my God, for the rock of my safe hope. And [unspec 23] he will return upon them their iniquity, and in their malice he will suppress them: Jehovah our God will suppress them.

PSAL. XCV.

COme, let us shout joyfully to Jehovah, [unspec 1] let us shout triumphantly to the Rock of our salvation. Let us prevent [unspec 2] his face with confession, with Psalms let us shout triumphantly to him. For Jehovah [unspec 3] is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In whose hand are the deep places of [unspec 4] the earth, and the strong heights of the mountains are his. Whose the sea is, for he made [unspec 5] it, and the dry land his hands have formed. Come, let us bow down ourselves, & bend [unspec 6] down: let us kneel before Jehovah our maker. For he is our God, and we are the people [unspec 7] of his pasture, and sheep of his hand; today if ye shall hear his voice: Harden not [unspec 8] your heart, as in Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness. Where your fathers [unspec 9] tempted me, proved me, also saw my work.

Fortie years I was irked with' that generation, [unspec 10] and said, they are a people erring in heart, and they know not my ways. So that I sware [unspec 11] in mine anger, if they shall enter into my rest.

PSAL. XCVI.

SIng ye to Jehovah a new song, sing ye to [unspec 1] [unspec 2] Jehovah all the earth. Sing ye to Jehovah, bless ye his name, preach the good tidings of his salvation from day today. Tell among the nations his glory, among all people's his marvelous works. For great is [unspec 3] [unspec 4] Jehovah, and praised vehemently, fearful he is above all God's. For all the gods of the people's are vain idols, but Jehovah made the [unspec 5] heavens. Glorious majesty and comely honor [unspec 6] are before him, strength and beauteous glory in his sanctuary. Give to Jehovah, ye [unspec 7] kindreds of the people's, give to Jehovah glory and strength. Give to Jehovah the glory [unspec 8] of his name; take up an oblation, and come into his courts. Bow down yourselves to [unspec 9] Jehovah in the comely honor of the sanctuary, tremble ye at his feet all the earth. Say [unspec 10] ye among the nations, Jehovah reigneth, the world also shall be stablished, it shall not be moved, he will judge the people's with righteousness. Let the heavens rejoice, and the [unspec 11] earth be glad: roar let the sea, and the plenty thereof. Let the field show gladness, and [unspec 12] all that therein is: then let all the trees of the wood shout joyfully. Before Jehovah, for [unspec 13] he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with justice, & the people's with his faithfulness.

PSAL. XCVII.

Jehovah reigneth, let the earth be glad, let the many iles rejoice. Cloud and [unspec 1] [unspec 2] gloomy darkness are round about him, justice and judgment are the stable-place of his throne. Fire goeth before him, and flameth round about his distressers. His lightnings [unspec 3] [unspec 4] illuminate the world, the earth seeth and trembleth. The mountains like wax melt at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence [unspec 5] of the Lord of all the earth. The heavens [unspec 6] declare his justice, and all people's see his glory. Abashed be all they that serve a graven thing, that gloriously boast themselves [unspec 7] in vain idols; bow down yourselves to him all ye God's. Zion heareth and rejoiceth, and [unspec 8] glad are the daughters of Judah, because of thy judgments Jehovah. For thou Jehovah art [unspec 9] high above all the earth, vehemently art thou exalted above all God's. Ye lovers of Jehovah, [unspec 10] hate evil; he keepeth the souls of his gracious Saints, he will deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for [unspec 11] [unspec 12] the just, and joy for the right of heart. Rejoice ye just in Jehovah, and confess to the remembrance of his holiness.