wilt compasse me Selah I will make thee prudent and will teach thee in the way that thou shalt goe I will give counsell mine eye shall be upon thee Be not ye as the horse as the mule without understanding whose mouth must be stopped with bit and bridle which come not neere unto thee Many pains are for the wicked but he that trusteth in Iehovah mercy shall compasse him Rejoyce ye in Iehovah and be glad ye just and shout joyfully all ye upright of heart Annotations AN instructing Psalme or A Psalme that maketh prudent that causeth understanding As in the 8. verse of this psalm he saith I wil make thee prudent or instruct thee This title is set before sundry other Psalmes whose sinne is covered meaning by the Lord Psal. 85. 3. not by a man himselfe who must not cover but acknowledge sinne Psal. 32. 5. otherwise he shall not prosper Prov. 28. 13. Now God covereth sinne when hee imputeth it not as the verse following sheweth and as this is mans happinesse so for God not to cover it is woe and misery Nehem. 4. 5. Vers. 2. not impute not thinke count or reckon And this is an effect of his grace in Christ as it is written God was in Christ and reconciled the world to himselfe not imputing their sinnes unto them 2 Cor. 5. 19. And hereunto the Apostle applieth this Psalme thus David saith blessednesse is the mans unto whom God imputeth justnesse without works saying Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sinnes are covered Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sinne Rom. 4. 6 7 8. Vers. 3. because I ceased speaking or when I kept silence forbearing to confesse my sinnes as after vers 5. Like doctrine Elihâ— teacheth Iob 33. 19 22. Vers. 4. thy haud in Chaldee thy plague moisture the chiefe sap or radicall moisture which is an airy and oily substance dispred through the body whereby the life is fostered and which being spent death ensueth This word is used onely here and in Num. 11. 8. where it is applied to the best moisture or creame of oile Vers. 5. confesse Confessing of sinnes is when one freely manifesteth them accusing himselfe and praising Gods mercie which he expecteth in faith see Ios. 7. 19. against me my trespasses or concerning my trespasses but both the Greeke version plainly hath against me and elsewhere the Hebrew ghnalei here vsed seemeth to bee put for ghnalai as Psal. 108. 10. compared with Psal. 60. 10. the iniquitie of my sinne that is the guilt and punishment of it as Psal. 31. 11. And thus he that confesseth and forsaketh sinne shall have mercie Prov. 28. 13. for if wee acknowledge our sinnes God is faithfull and just to forgive us them 1 Ioh. 1. 9 See also Iob 33. 27 28. Vers. 6. the time of finding or time to finde which may be meant of the time when afflictions shall finde that is shall come vpon him as Psal. 116. 3 4. or the time when God may be found as Isa. 55. 6. and that time is when he is sought with the whole heart Deut. 4. 29. Ier. 29. 13. 2 Chron. 15. 15. To this latter the Chaldee applieth it saying of favour floud or inundation As waters signifie afflictions Psal. 69. 2. so a floud of waters denoteth great troubles and persecutions Dan. 9. 26. and 11. 22. Nahum 1. 8. Isa. 59. 19. Rev. 12. 15 16. The Chaldee paraphraseth in the time when many people 's come as waters they shall not come neare him to doe him evill Vers. 7. shouting songs of deliverance or of evasion that is thou wilt give me occasion by deliverance of me to sing many songs of praise unto thee Vers. 8. mine eie shall be upon thee or mine eie I will set upon thee that is I will have care of and looke well unto thee as Ier. 40. 4. Ezra 5. 5. Deut. 11. 12. Psal. 34. 16. So the Chaldee explaineth it I will counsell thee and set mine eie upon thee for good Or thus I will give counsel unto thee with mine eie that is with my care and providence Thus Christ counselled Peter with his eie Luk. 22. 61. So the eie is said to mocke Prov. 30. 17. Vers. 9. as the horse c. that is be not fooles and brutish so as ye must be ruled by force and rigour not by reason For unto the horse belongs a whip unto the asse a bridle and a rod to the fooles backe Prov. 26. 3. mouth must be stopped or jaw is to be tied Hebr. to stop for to be stopped active for passive as after Ps. 36. 3. which come not neare that is which will not obey or doe thee service unlesse they be forced and ruled by the bridle according to the saying of the Apostle Behold wee put bits into the horses mouthes that they should obey us Iam. 3. 3. Vers. 10. Many paines or Great smarts or sores are for the wicked So Solomon saith Affliction followeth sinners c. Prov. 13. 21. and 19. 29. and 24. 20. PSAL. XXXIII God is to be praised for his goodnesse 6 for his powerfull workes 12 and for his providence 20 Confidence is to be placed in God SHout joyfully ye just in Iehovah praise becommeth the righteous Confesse ye to Iehovah with harpe with Psaltery with ten stringed instrument sing Psalme unto him Sing ye to him a new Song doe well playing on the instrument with triumphant noise For righteous is the word of Iehovah and all his worke in faith He loveth justice and judgement the earth is full of the mercie of Iehovah By the word of Iehovah the heavens were made and all the host of them by the spirit of his mouth He gathereth together as an heape the waters of the Sea he giveth the deepes into treasuries Let all the earth be in feare of Iehovan let all the Inhabitants of the world shrinke with feare for him For he said and it was he commanded and it stood Iehovah dissipateth the counsell of the Nations he bringeth to nought the cogitations of the peoples The counsell of Iehovah shall stand for ever the cogitations of his heart to generation and generation O blessed is the Nation whereof Iehovah is God the people that he hath chosen for a possession to himselfe From the heavens Iehovah doth behold doth see all the sonnes of Adam From the firme place of his dwelling he looketh forth unto all the inhabitants of the earth He formeth altogether their heart he discreetly attendeth unto all their works There is no King saved by multitude of a power a mightie man shall not be delivered by multitude of able strength A horse is falshood for salvation and shall not deliver by multitude of his power Loe the eie of Iehovah is unto them that feare him to them that hopefully wait for his mercie To rid free their soule from death and to keep them alive in famine Our soule earnestly waiteth for Iehovah he is our helpe and
2 c. Vers. 15. judgement shall returne to justice that is severity to mercy the rigour of the Law changed to the clemency of the Gospell So judgement is often used for sentence of punishment as Ier. 52. 9. and justice for grace and mercy see Psal. 24. 5. Or judgement which in the affliction of Gods people and prosperity of the wicked seemeth to be parted from justice shall returne unto it when the godly are delivered and the wicked punished after it so the Greeke turneth it or after him meaning God Vers. 16. who will rise up or who standeth up namely to assist me meaning no man doth Vers. 17. an helpfulnesse that is a full helpe see Psal. 44. 17. in silence the place of stilnesse and silence that is the grave as the Greeke explaineth it so Psal. 115. 17. see also Psal. 49. 13. Vers. 18. is moved or slippeth see Ps. 38. 17. Vers. 19. my cogitations my carefull troubled thoughts perplexed as the branches of a tree for so the word properly signifieth therefore the Greeke turneth it sorrowes So Ps. 139. 23. Vers. 20. of wofull evils or of mischiefes the mischievous tyrannous throne of the unrighteous Iudge shall it have fellowship or be joyned with thee O God meaning it shall not as Shalt thou build 2 Sam. 7. 5. is Thou shalt not build 1 Chr. 17. 4. See also Psal. 5. 5. which frameth or he that frameth or formeth by a decree or for a statute a law V. 21. run by troupes combine and gather together as banded to fight in Greeke they hunt for V. 23. will turne Hebr. hath turned that is will assuredly turne in their malice or for their evill PSAL. XCV An exhortation to praise God 3 for his greatnesse 6 and for his goodnesse 8 A warning not to harden the heart against Gods word as Israel had done who therefore entred not into his rest COme let us shout joyfully to Iehovah let us shout triumphantly to the Rocke of our salvation Let us prevent his face with confession with Psalmes let us shout triumphantly to him For Iehovah is a great God and a great King above all gods In whose hand are the deepe places of the earth and the strong heights of the mountaines are his Whos 's the sea is for he made it and the dry land his hands have formed Come let us bow downe our selves bend downe let us kneele before Iehovah our maker For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and sheepe of his hand to day if ye shall heare his voice Harden not your heart as in Meribah as in the day of Massah in the wildernesse Where your fathers tempted me proved me also saw my worke Fortie yeeres I was irked with ' that generation and said they are a people erring in hart and they know not my waies So that I sware in mine anger if they shall enter into my rest Annotations COme or Goe to The holy Ghost by David thus exhorteth Israel to laud the Lord and obey his voice For he penned this Psalme Heb. 3. 7. and 4. 7. the Rocke meaning Christ as the Apostle sheweth Heb. 3. 6 7. the Greeke translateth it God our Saviour Vers. 2. prevent come first and speedily Vers. 3. great God or great Potentate Ael So Christ is also intituled Tit. 2. 13. All Gods Angels Princes or false gods Psa. 8. 6. and 82. 6. and 96. 4 5. Vers. 4. deepe places or deepe closets Hebr. searchings that is deepe secret places for which search is made Iob 28. 1 2 c. and which cannot by mans search be found Iob 38. 4 5 6 18. strong heights or wearisome heights high mounts which weary men to climbe them but the word hath also a signification of strong and not being wearied Numb 23. 22. Vers. 7. of his hand that is of his guidance Psal. 77. 21. See also Psal. 100. 3. to day hereby is meant the whole time wherin Christ speaketh by his Gospell Heb. 3. 7 13 15. and 4. 7 8. Vers. 8. in Meribah that is in the Contention or Provocation as the Greeke turneth it The name of a place in the wildernesse where Israel contended with Moses and tempted the Lord saying Is the Lord among us or no because there was no water for the people to drinke Therefore he called the place Massah Tentation and Meribah Contention Exod. 17. 1 2 7. Also another place where againe they contended with Moses with the Lord Num. 20. 1 3 13. day of Massah that is of Tentation by day againe we may understand the whole space wherein they tempted God ten times as is said Num. 14. 22. so the day of salvation 2 Cor. 6. 2. is the time thereof Yet there was a speciall day and place of Tentation named Massah Ex. 17. 2 7. whereupon Moses warned the people Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God as ye tempted him in Massah Deut. 6. 16. Vers. 9. tempted me hereupon the Apostle saith they tempted Christ 1 Cor. 10. 9. my worke that is workes Heb. 3. 9. both in miraculous mercies giving them bread from heaven and waters out of the rockes c. Psal. 78. 15 23 c. and in punishments for their rebellions Psal. 78. 31 33 c. Heb. 3. 17. For worke sometime signifieth reward Psal. 109. 20. Iob 7. 2. Lev. 19. 13. Vers. 11. if they shall enter that is they shall not enter Heb. 3. 11. 18. a part of the oath is not uttered see Psal. 89. 36. This oath was made at Cadesh where the people through unbeleese refused to enter the promised land Num. 14. 21 22 23 30 32. Heb. 3. 17. 19. my rest the land of Canaan Deut. 12. 9. 1 Chron. 23. 25. a figure of a better rest which we that have beleeved the word doe enter into Heb. 4. 3. for if that land wherein now they were had beene their rest David would not have spoken of another there remaineth therfore a Rest for the people of God let us studie to enter into it Heb. 4. 8 9 11. PSAL. XCVI An exhortation to praise God for his greatnesse 5 The vanity of Idols 8 God onely is to be served 9 His reigne and judgement is to be shewed to the Gentiles SIng ye to Iehovah a new song sing ye to Iehovah all the earth Sing ye to Iehovah blesse ye his name preach the good tidings of his salvation from day to day Tell among the nations his glory among all peoples his marvellous workes For great is Iehovah and praised vehemently fearefull he is above all Gods For all the gods of the peoples are vaine idols but Iehovah made the heavens Glorious majesty and comely honour are before him strength and beauteous glory in his sanctuary Give to Iehovah yee kindreds of the peoples give to Iehovah glory and strength Give to Iehovah the glory of his name take up an oblation and come into his courts Bow downe your selves to Iehovah in the comely honour of the sanctuary
of Melchisedek Gen. 14. and many the like are set downe in few words That men might consider Gods wisedome and providence in things of least esteeme among men Compare 1 Cor. 1. 25. 27. 28. halfe a shekel a weight called in Hebrew bekagh which signifieth cleft or cut in the mids and so the Law expoundeth it to be halfe a shekel Exod. 38. 26. the Greeke translateth it a drachm or dram which if it were halfe the common shekell weighed 80 grains of barley the holy shekell was double so much see Gen. 20. 16. ten to weet shekels as the Chaldee expresly addeth such words as are easie to bee understood are often omitted so a thousand 2 Sam. 8. 4. for a thousand charrets 1 Chron. 18. 4. the three 1 Chron. 11. 18. for the three mighty men 2 Sam. 23. 16. and many the like Vers. 24. Bothuel in Greeke Bathouel sonne of Melcha Vers. 26. bowed himselfe or adored worshipped Iehovah The former word signifieth the bending or stooping with the head this meaneth the bowing or prostrating of the whole body usually called worshipping or adoration So Exod. 4. 31. Gen. 22. 5. Vers. 27. mercy or gracious kindnesse see v. 49. brethren that is kinsfolke see Gen. 13. 8. or brethren is put for brother as the Greeke and Chaldee translateth it and so it is after explained v. 48. Ver. 31. blessed of Iehovah an honourable title used as it seemeth in those times by many as Gen. 26. 29. Ver. 33. there was set to weet by Laban or he set for the Hebrew hath a double reading to afford both senses and so the Greeke translateth he set and the Chaldee they set and here the word meat or bread as the Greeke expresseth is to bee understood as elsewhere other words which the scope of the place sheweth as hee put in Syria 1 Chron. 18. 6. for he put garisons in Syria 2 Sam. 8. 6. See Exod. 34. 7. not eat an example of a diligent and faithfull servant preferring his worke for which he was sent before his food So the Apostle teacheth servants obedience in singlenesse of their heart as unto Christ not with eye-service as men pleasers c. Eph. 6. 5. 6. 7. 8. Vers. 36. after her old-age that is after shee was wexen old and so without natural strength to bear see Gen. 18. 11. all that he hath wherein he also was a figure of Christ whom the Father hath made heyre of all things Heb. 1. 2. and of true Christians who with him shall inherit all things Rev. 21. 7. So againe in Gen. 25. 5. Vers. 38. If thou shalt not goe understand wishing a curse to thy soule if thou goe not for so imprecations were annexed with solemne othes but not expressed see Gen. 21. 23. The Greeke translateth but thou shalt goe which is also the meaning and so expressed before in v. 4. family that is kinred or as the Greeke saith my tribe and so before in v. 4. and after v. 40. 41. Vers. 40. have walked and pleased as the Greeke translateth and that by his calling and faith in his promises as before v. 7. see Gen. 5. 22. and 17. 1. with and before thee see vers 7. Vers. 41. execration or curse as the Greeke here translateth it Before it was called simply an oath vers 8. and so the Chaldee still hath it here but this word and the forme of the oath in v. 38. sheweth it was also with imprecation of evill if he did breake his promise So Gen. 26. 28. Deut. 29. 12. 14. 19. 21. The Hebrew Alah is by the Apostle in Greeke ara that is acurse Rom. 3. 14. and in Num. 5. 21. both are joyned an oath of cursing Ver. 42. if thou be now or O bee thou I pray thee for it was a prayer as the 12. verse before sheweth and as oathes so prayers were often uttered after this manner as in Luke 12. 49. if it were already kindled that is O that it were as the Syriacke translation explaineth it I desire that it were already kindled So in Psal. 139. 19. If thou wouldst slay the wicked that is O that thou wouldest and sundry the like see Gen. 28. 20. Vers. 45. in my heart or unto my heart the Greek saith in my mind This was not expressed before in vers 15. Vers. 46. from upon her from her shoulder and to put upon her hand as was said verse 18. and so the Greeke here joyneth them both Vers. 47. her face or nose forehead from whence it hung downe on the nose so Ezek. 16. 12. See before in ver 22. Verse 48. way of truth that is the true the right way Vers. 49. doe mercy and truth that is deale mercifully and truly or kindly and faithfully which two things as they are often spoken of God towards men as before in v. 27. and Gen. 32. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 6. Psal. 25. 10. and 57. 4. and 61. 8. and 89. 15. and 98. 3. and 138. 2. so of men toward men as here and in Gen. 47. 29. Ios. 2. 14. The first word signifieth a gracious kind and mercifull affection the other a true and faithfull disposition constantly to performe what is spoken or expected of these both it is said let not mercy and truth forsake thee Prov. 3. 3. Vers. 50. the thing or the word is come forth unto thee the Greeke turneth it speake against thee evill or good that is any thing at all against it but doe rest in the will of God A like speech is in Gen. 31. 24. Vers. 53. vessels or instruments ornaments jewels c. The word is large signifying all things for use or ornament precious things or dainties and by conference with other places the word seemeth to be meant of the precious or dainty fruits of the earth the Greeke translateth it onely gifts This word is used in Deut. 3. 3. 13. 14. 15. Song 4. 13. 2. Chron. 21. 3. and 32. 23. Ezr. 1. 6. The holy Ghost seemeth to expresse it in Greeke by opora that is summer or autumn-fruit Rev. 18. 14. Vers. 55. dayes at least ten or thus dayes or ten meaning a yeere or ten moneths The Greeke interpreteth it about ten dayes but the Chaldee addeth or ten moneths and so it may well be understood 〈◊〉 yeere of dayes that is a full yeere or at least tenne moneths Dayes is often used for a yeere as is shewed on Gen. 4. 3. Vers. 57. her mouth that is aske her consent or what she will say The Chaldee translateth it and heare what she saith The mouth is put for that which commeth out of the mouth which the holy Ghost expoundeth the word Luke 4. 4. from Deut. 8. 3. Hereupon the mouth is often used for speech or words as in Gen. 41. 40. and 45. 21. Exod. 17. 1. Num. 9. 20. Deut. 1. 26. Psal. 49. 14. Vers. 59. her nurse named Deborah whom Iaakob buried with lamentation Gen. 35. 8. she was sent for honourable respect and to have tender care
anguish of his soule besought his brethren for favour but they would not heare him Genes 42. 21. Vers. 24. no water into such a dungeon was Ieremie put Ier. 38. 6. and out of such a pit in figure God delivereth his people as Zacharie 9. 11. I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water Vers. 25. eate bread so doe the wicked eating Gods people Psal. 14. 4. This sheweth they wanted remorse or sought at least to put it away with banqueting as eating of bread sometime signifieth Exod. 18. 12. See also Gen. 25. 34. way-faring-company of Ism. the Greeke translateth wayfaring Ismaelites and the Chaldee calleth them a troupe of Arabians After in verse 28. they are called Madianites and in verse 36. Medanites so they were a mixt people dwelling in that country called therefore by the Chaldee Arabians which signifieth Mixed people see Gen. 10. 7. Gilead which was a place of merchandise as appeareth also in Ier. 8. 22. and 22. 6. and 46. 11. spicerie in Hebrew Necoth which is thought to be a certaine fruit of some waxe baum or rosin as the Greeke translateth it a thing good to heale wounds Ier. 8. 22. and 46. 11. and 51. 8. myrrh or Ladanum which is a sat moisture on the herb Ladum or the fruit of the Lot tree according to the Hebrew name Lot So Gen. 43. 11. Or according to the Greeke Stacte commonly called Storax liquida which is made of the fatte of new myrrh as Dioscorides saith in b. 1. c. 62. V. 26. conceale or cover hide his blood Iob 16. 18. Vers. 27. hearkened or heard and so consented and obeyed Vers. 28. Midianites children of Midian Abrahams sonne by Keturah Genes 25. 2. who dwelt in the Ismaelites country which also were Abrahams children by Hagar Gen. 16. 15. therefore they are here called by both names So in Iudg. 8. 22. 24. 26. It may also bee translated thus And the men the Midianite merchants passed by shekels or shillings this word the Chaldee expresseth which wanteth in the Hebrew What a shekel was see noted on Genes 20. 16. Christs price was a little more whom Iudas Iscariot sold for 30. shekels Mat. 27. 3. yet that was but the price of a slaves life Exod. 21. 32. here Ioseph is by the counsell of his brother Iudas the Patriarch sold for a slave Psal. 105. 17. for twenty shekels After by the law mens persons of Iosephs age were in case of vowes valued at twenty shekels Levit 27 5. but those were shekels of the sanctuary double the value of common shekels The Hebrew Doctors referre unto this that threatning against Israel because they sold the just one for silver and the poore for a paire of shooes Amos 2. 6. and they feigne that of the 20. shekels every of the tenne Patriarchs had two shekels to buy shooes for their feet Pirkei R. Eliez ch 38. Vers. 29. rent his clothes a signe of sorrow and renting of the hart with griefe Ioel 2. 13. So Iakob did v. 34 others Iob 2. 12. Gen. 44. 13. Num. 14. 6 Vers. 30. is not to weet alive so hee thought and so the phrase signifieth Ier. 31. 15. for he supposed his brethren had killed him as verse 20. Vers. 31. a kid or goat-bucke By this pollicie Iakob should suppose his sonne was dead and and make no further inquirie after him Vers. 33. is torne is torne or tearing is torne that is surely torne the Chaldee saith killed This is added to all Iakobs former sorrowes and one of the most grievous for which he admitted no comfort verse 35. Isaak also was yet alive and a partaker of his son Iakobs griefe See the notes on Gen. 35. 29. Vers. 34. sackcloth another signe of sorrow with which they sometime added earth or ashes upon their heads 2. Sam. 3. 31. 1 King 21. 27. Nehem. 9. 1. Est. 4. 1. Vers. 35. all his sonnes the evill doers counterfeit sorrow and conceale their cruell fact Reuben himselfe also keepeth counsell The Rabbines say they had bound themselves by a curse not to bewray it R. Eiezer per. 38. to hell or to the grave the word meaneth not the grave digged or made with hands named in Hebrew Keber but the common place or state of death here called in Hebrew Sheol which hath the signification of craving or requiring because it is one of the foure things that are never satisfied Prov. 30. 15. 16. The Greeke and new Testament usually translate it Hades or Haides which word is by change of letters formed of the Hebrew Adam and Adamah the earth unto which for sinne God hath condemned Adam and all his race to returne Gen. 3. 19. For so in the first booke of the ancient Greeke oracles of Sibylla it is said they call it Haden for that Adam first went thither when he tasted death As Abram is in Greek Habram Gen. 12. 1. and Habraam Luk. 3. 34. and Mizraim in Greeke is Misrain Gen. 10. 6. Hemam is Haiman Gen. 36. 22. so of Adam they formed Haiden and after the Greeke termination Haides or Hades such changes of letters are usuall The Chaldee paraphrase when it keepeth not the Hebrew word most commonly translateth it the house of the grave or place of buriall Our English commeth from the old Saxon or German word Helle in which tongues originally Hel signifieth High and Deepe Leh is low and so it meaneth a low or deepe place and agreeth with the Hebrew Sheol which is said to be Low and Deepe Deut. 32. 22. Iob 11. 8. And as death is appointed for all men so is this Sheol Psal 89. 49. Eccles. 9. 10. as death is sometime desired of the godly so Iob desired to be hid in Sheol Iob 14. 13. By this Hell therefore in Scripture is not meant the place of the damned onely but of all that goe out of this world as Sibylla in the fore-named place saith all earthly men are said to goe into the houses of Haides And as for the wicked they have a prison 1 Pet. 3. 19. and place of torments in hell Luk. 16. 23. which the Scripture calleth everlasting fire Mat. 25. 41. and by another Hebrew name Gehenna whereof see Mat. 5. 22. the Greekes called that place Tartaros Homer Iliad 8. unto which word the Apostle hath reference in 2 Pet. 2. 4. Tartarosas He cast them downe to Hell or into Tartarus So on the contrary Heaven is not onely the place of the Angels and holy men but generally all above us as the aire sphears c. where the fowles flye and the sunne and stars runne their courses as is shewed on Gen 1. 7. And the place of joyes in heaven is called the garden of Eden or Paradise Luk. 23. 43. to which the heathens alluded by the garden of Alcinous Homer Odyss 7. Iakob therefore by going downe to hell meaneth a departing out of this life into the common place and state of death whither all must goe So after in
Princes of the congregation the called of the assembly men of name And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them Yee take too much upon you for all the congregation all of them are holy and Iehovah is among them and wherefore lift ye up your selves above the Church of Iehovah And Moses heard it and fell upon his face And hee spake unto Korah and unto all his congregation saying Even in the morning Iehovah will make knowne him that is his and who is holy and whom he will cause to come neere unto him even him whom he hath chosen hee will cause to come neere unto him This doe yee take unto you censers Korah and all his congregation And put ye fire in them and put incense on them before Iehovah to morrow and it shall be that the man whom Iehovah doth choose he shall be holy ye take too much upon you ye sons of Levi. And Moses said unto Korah Heare I pray you ye sons of Levi Is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel to bring you neere unto him to serve the service of the Tabernacle of Iehovah and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them And he hath brought thee neere and all thy brethren the sonnes of Levi with thee and seeke yee the Priesthood also For which cause thou and all thy congregation are gathered together against Iehovah and Aaron what is he that ye murmure against him And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab and they said We will not come up Is it a smal thing that thou hast brought us up out of the land that floweth with milke and honey to kill us in the wildernesse that thou makest thy selfe a Prince over us even making thy selfe a Prince Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milke honey givē unto vs an inheritāce of field vineyard wilt thou dig out the eies of these men we will not comeup And Moses was very wroth and he said unto Iehovah Respect not thou their offering I have not taken one asse from them neither have I hurt one of them And Moses said unto Korah Thou and all thy congregation be yee before Iehovah thou and they and Aaron to morrow And take yee every man his censer and put incense on them and bring ye neere before Iehovah every man his censer two hundred and fiftie censers and thou and Aaron each man his censer And they tooke every man his censer and put fire on them and put incense on them and they stood at the doore of the Tent of the congregation and Moses and Aaron And Korah gathered against them all the congregation unto the doore of the Tent of the congregation and the glory of Iehovah appeared unto all the congregation And Iehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying Separate your selves from among this congregation and I will consume them as in a moment And they fell upon their faces and said O God the God of the spirits of all flesh shall one man sin and wilt thou be fervently wroth with all the congregation And Iehovah spake unto Moses saying Speake unto the congregation saying Get you up from about the Tabernacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram and the Elders of Israel went after him And he spake unto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tents of these wicked men and touch not any thing that is theirs lest ye be consumed in all their sinnes And they went up from the Tabernacle of Korah Dathan and Abiram on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the doore of their Tents and their wives and their sonnes and their little ones And Moses said Hereby ye shall know that Iehovah hath sent me to doe all these workes for I doe them not of mine owne heart If these men die as all men die and they be visited after the visitation of all men Iehovah hath not sent me But if Iehovah create a new thing and the earth open her mouth and swallow up them and all that appertaine unto them and they goe downe alive unto hell then ye shall know that these men have provoked Iehovah And it was as he had made an end of speaking all these words that the ground clave asunder which was under them And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up them and their houses and all the men that appertained unto Korah and all their substance And they and all that appertained unto them went downe alive unto hell and the earth closed upon them and they perished from among the Church And all Israel that were round about them fled at the voice of them for they said Lest the earth swallow up us And a fire came forth from Iehovah and devoured the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense And Iehovah spake unto Moses saying Speake unto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter thou the fire yonder for they are hallowed The censers of these sinners against their owne soules and let them make them broad plates for a covering of the Altar for they offered them before Iehovah and they are hallowed and they shall be for a signe unto the sonnes of Israel And Eleazar the Priest tooke the brazen censers which they that were burnt had offered and they were made broad plates for a covering of the Altar A memoriall unto the sonnes of Israel that not any stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron come neere to offer incense before Iehovah that he be not as Korah and as his congregation as Iehovah spake by the hand of Moses unto him And on the morrow all the congregation of the sonnes of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron saying you have killed the people of Iehovah And it was when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron that they looked towards the Tent of the congregation and behold the cloud covered it and the glory of Iehovah appeared And Moses and Aaron came before the Tent of the congregation And Iehovah spake unto Moses saying Get you up frō among this congregation I will consume them as in a moment and they fell upon their faces And Moses said unto Aaron Take the censer and put fire thereon from off the Altar and put on incense and goe quickly unto the congregation and make atonement for them for fervent wrath is gone out from before Iehovah the plague is begun And Aaron tooke as Moses had spoken and ranne into the midst of the Church and behold the plague was begun among the people and he put on incense and made atonement for the people And he stood betweene the dead and the living and the plague was stayed And they that died in the plague were
to the Law in Num. 5. 8 compared with Lev. 6. 2 6. And unto that parâ—â—cular do Iarchi Chazkuni here referre it Nâ—â— that ram was most holy because it was a Trespasse-offring but the thing it selfe which was stollen and restored to the Priest was of the common things as after shall be shewed Vers. 10. In the holy of holies Observe how the Court of the Sanctuarie is here called the holy of holies or most holy place in respect of the Camp of Israel and citie Ierusalem which were holy places for the light holy things as the Passeover Peace-offerings and the like to be eaten in as also in comparison with the great court for the people which was without the Priests court 2 Chron. 4. 9. Ezek. 42. 14. For that which is commonly called the holie of holies or most holy place which was in the Tabernacle after the second veile was not a place to eat in or for any to come into save for the high Priest once in the yeare to make atonement Levit. 16. Hebr. 9. 3. 7. Neither might they eat in the Tabernacle but in the Court and that is here meant as the Law sheweth In the holy place in the court of the Tent of the congregation they shall eat it Levit. 6. 16. And in the court of the Temple there were chambers for such uses Nehem. 13. 5 9. whereupon in Ezek. 42. 13. he speaketh of holy chambers where the Priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things there shall they lay the most holy things and the Meat-offering and the Sin-offering and the Trespasse-offering for the place is holy And whereas Ezekiel there prophesieth of the third Temple the Temple of the Gospell which Christ should build at which time the legall Priesthood of Aaron should have an end Heb. 7. these ordinaÌ„ces did signifie besides the Ministers maintenance forespoken of 1 Cor. 9. 13 14. that they which should by Christ be made Priests unto God his Father Rev. 1. 6. as all true Christians are 1 Pet. 2 5 9. should be made partakers of Christ who is both our Meat-offering our Sin Trespasse-offring and feeding on his flesh by faith should be nourished unto life eternall Ioh. 6. 35. 50. 51. coÌ„pared with Heb. 13. 10. 15. every male and not the female for the Priests wives daughters might not eat of the most holythings as they did of the holy and common things v. 11. 13 19. Lev. 6. 18 29. and 7. 6. But now for our partaking of Christ there is neither male nor female for we are all one in Christ Iesus Gal. 3. 28. holy Hebr. holinesse in Greeke holy things shall they be unto thee meaning that onely the Priests and they in their holinesse and cleannesse should eat thereof The blemished Priests might eat but the uncleane might not eat Lev. 21. 21 22. 22. 3 6. The flesh iâ— selfe also must be holy for if any uncleane thing touched it it was burnt and might not be eaten Lev. 7. 19. Vers. 11. And this Here he passeth on to the light holy things which might be eaten by the Priests male female without the Sanctuarie the heave-offering of their gift that is which the Israelites give to the Priest out of their heave-offerings such were as Iarchi also here explaineth the heave-offring of the sacrifice of confession of the peace-offerings and of the Nazirites ram whereof see Lev. 7. 11 12 14. 32 34. Num. 6. 17 20. In Deu. 12. 6. 17. there is meÌ„tioned the heave-offering of your hand w ch is meant of the first-fruits spoken of in Deut. 26. See the annotations on those places the wave-offerings as the breast of the Peace-offerings Levit. 7. 30 31 34. for that was waved as the shoulder was heaved thy daughters understand whiles they remained in their fathers house but being married to strangers they might not eat of the holy things see Levit. 22. 12 13. every cleane person though the Priests slave bought into or borne in his house but no stranger nor hired servant Levit. 22. 10. 11. neither might any uncleane person eat of it Lev. 7. 20 21. Verse 12. All the fat that is as the Chaldee expoundeth it All the best which the Greeke translateth All the first-fruits The fat is often used for that which is good and best of things not of beasts onely but of wheat as Deut. 32. 14. Psal. 81. 17. and 147. 14. and here of oile and wine and so of the land in generall as Gen. 27. 28. and 45. 18. And as after God saith to the Levites in v. 30. wheÌ„ ye have heaved the fat therof so this concerned all the people that they should doe the like They heave not up any but the fairest saith Maimony in Trumoth ch 5. sect 1. See the annotations on Gen. 4. 4. the new oile in Greeke the oile so after of the wine The Law concerning these is repeated in Deut. 18. 4. thus The first-fruits of thy corne of thy new wine and of thy new oyle c. shalt thou give unto him that is unto the Priest Vnder these three all other of like sort are comprehended which the Hebrews explaine thus All mans meat that iâ— kept which groweth out of the earth is bound to pay the Heave-offering or first-fruits And it is a commandement to separate out of it the first-fruits for the Priest Deut. 18. 4. As corne wine and oile are mans meat and grow out of the earth and have owners as it is written THY CORNE so whatsoever is of like sort is bound to pay the heave-offering and likewise the tithes Maimony in Trumoth ch 2. s. 1. See after on v. 21. for the tithes As for the first-fruits w ch the owners brought into the Sanctuarie Deut. 26. the Hebrewes say they were but of seven things only as is noted on Ex. 22. 29. Observe therefore a difference between the first-fruits left for the Priests the first-fruits brought before the Lord there given to the Priest for these were two gifts as after shall be shewed the first-fruits called in Hebrew Reshith that is the first or the beginning after in v. 13. he speaketh of first-fruits called in Hebrew Biccurim of them he saith which they shall bring unto Iehovah to wit into the Sanctuarie according to the Law in Deut. 26. 2. 3 c. of these he saith which they shall give unto Iehovah for they were not bound to bring them out of their place but the Priests came where they were and tooke them These for distinctions sake the Hebrewes call the great heave-offering the other they call the first-fruits So in this place Sol. Iarchi saith the first-fruits of them this is the great heave-offering And of these the Hebrew Canons say The Israelites are not bound to take paines about the Heave-offering and to bring it from the corne-floore to the Citie or from the wildernesse to the inhabited land but the Priests goe out to the corne-floores
our shield For in him our heart shall rejoyce for in the name of his holinesse doe we trust Let thy mercie Iehovah be upon us even as we hopefully wait for thee Annotations BEcommeth the word denoteth a faire and comely grace for which a thing is to be liked and desired So Psal. 93. 5. and 147. 1. The Apostle expresseth it in Greeke by faire or beautifull Rom. 10. 15. from Esa. 52. 7. Vers. 2. with harpe or with sitterne in Hebrew Kinnor a musicall instrument invented by Iubal Gen. 4. 21. used for mirth and joy Psal. 137. 1 2. Esa. 24. 8. Gen. 31. 27. and therefore is called the pleasant harpe Psal. 81. 3. opposed unto mourning Iob 30. 31. in skill on this instrument David excelled 1 Sam. 16. 16. 23. and with this and other they used in Israel to celebrate the Lord with gladnesse 1 Chron. 13. 8. and 15. 16. 28. and 25. 1. Nehem. 12. 27. So spiritually in the New Testament Rev. 14. 2. with Psalterie or Lute or Uioll In Hebrew Nebel an instrument so called of the forme which as seemeth was with a round hollow bulke much like a bottle fo◠Nebel is also a bottle or pitcher 1 Sam. 10. 3. Lam. 4. 2. and of this the Greeks and Latines had their instruments named Nablé Naulon Nablium The Greeke here calleth it Psaltérion ten stringed instrument this differed from the Psalterie Psal. 92. 4. therefore the word with is here supplied Vers. 3. a new song A thing is said to be new which is alwayes fresh renewed upon new occasions and so permanent as Iob saith my glorie was new with me So Love is both an old and a new commandement 1 Ioh. 2. 7 8. Or these new songs mentioned here and Psal. 40. 4. and 96. 1. and 98. 1. and 144. 9. Esai 42. 10. may have reference to the state of things under the Gospell where there is a new covenant Heb. 8. 8. 13. new heavens and new earth Rev. 21. 1. a new man Ephes. 2. 15. and 4. 24. a new Ierusalem Revel 21. 2. and all things new 2 Cor. 5. 17. Rev. 21. 5. See also Rev. 5. 9. and 14. 3. doe well playing c. that is make good musicke or melodie So 1 Sam. 16. 17. 18. Esa. 23. 16. And this melodie we are now willed to make to the Lord in our hearts Ephes. 5. 19. The Hebrew Nagan whereof commeth Neginoth Psal. 4. 1. properly is to play with the hand upon an instrument 1 Sam. 19. 9. Vers. 4. in faith that is faithfull true and constant for so this word is often used as Exod. 17. 12. Moses hands were with faith that is steddy firme constant Vers. 5. the earth is full the like is said Ps. 119. 64. For God doth good unto all both just and unjust Matth. 5. 45. and saveth man and beast Psal. 36. 7. V. 6. the host of them that is the many creatures in them as Angels Suune Moone Starres c. Ps. 148. 1 2 3 5. Gen. 2. 1. So mention is made of the powers or hosts of heaven Matt. 24. 29. Spirit or breath thus Iehovah his Word and his Spirit are noted to be the maker of the world as in Gen. 1. Vers. 7. giveth the deepes that is putteth or disposeth the deepe waters into treasuries or in cellars secret store-houses hidden from the eye of man called elsewhere the secret roome of the deepe Iob 38. 16. So God is said to have treasuries or store-houses of winde Psal. 135. 7. of snow and haile Iob 38. 22. of darkenesse Isa. 45. 3. and the like The Chaldee translateth he putteth the waters into the treasuries of the deeps Vers. 9. it stood that is existed firme and stable and so continued So Psalm 119. 91. Vers. 10. dissipateth or maketh frustrate undoeth abrogateth a word opposed to ratifying confirming stablishing Isa. 8. 10. and 19. 3. bringeth to nought annihilateth and breaketh Vers. 11. shall stand that is continue and have effect whatsoever men purpose to the contrary See Isa. 14. 24. 27. and 46. 10. Prov. 19. 21. Vers. 12. is God to wit by speciall covenant and favour though all the earth be his Gen. 17. 7. Exod. 19. 5. and this is by the new Covenant Heb. 8. 10. So Psal. 144. 15. Vers. 15. altogether or alone The Hebrew jachad sometime signifieth alone without others Iob 34. 29. Ezra 4. 3. and so the Greeke Interpreters tooke it here translating it kata monas alone or by himselfe sometime it signifieth wholly or every whit Iob 10. 8. sometime together or in one Ps. 2. 2. All these agree well here for God onely and wholly formeth every mans heart and spirit Zach. 12. 1. whereupon he is called the Father of spirits Hebr. 12. 9. and the God of the spirits of all flesh Num. 16. 22. Vers. 16. Of a power that is of an armie so called because there are strong valiant and active men Psal. 136. 15. Vers. 17. A horse is falshood that is a false and deceitfull helpe cannot save a man but faileth those that trust in him Zach. 10. 5. Ps. 76. 6. The horse is here used for all warlike furniture this being above other creatures strong fierce and couragious Iob 39. 22 28. and therefore is prepared for the day of battell but salvation is of the Lord Pro. 21. 31. Vers. 18. The eye of Iehovah that is his care and providence for good as the next verse sheweth and as Ps 32. 8. Zach. 12 4. 1 Pet. 3. 12. Sometime the Lords eye is on men for evill Amos 9. 4. 8. Vers. 20. for Iehovah in Chaldee for the redemption of the Lord. Vers. 21. in him Chaldee in his word PSAL. XXXIV David praiseth God for his deliverance and exhorteth others thereto by his experience 9 They are blessed that trust in God 12 Hee exhorteth to the feare of God 16 The priviledges of the righteous and miseries of the wicked 1. A Psalme of David when he had changed his behaviour before Abimelech and he had driven him away and he was gone 2. I Will blesse Iehovah in all time continually his praise shall be in my mouth 3. In Iehovah my soule shall glory the meeke shall heare and shall rejoyce 4. Magnifie ye Iehovah with me and let us extoll his name together 5. I sought Iehovah and he answered me and rid me free from all my feares 6. They looked to him and flowed and their faces be not ashamed 7. This poore afflicted man called and Iehovah heard and saved him out of all his distresses 8. The Angell of Iehovah pitcheth a campe about them that feare him and releaseth them 9. Taste ye and see that Iehovah is good O blessed is the man that hopeth for safety in him 10. Feare Iehovah ye his Saints for there is no want to them that feare him 11. The Lions are impoverished and an hungred but they that seeke Iehovah shall not want any good 12. Come sonnes hearken to me I will learne you the feare of
are Gods vehemently is hee exalted Annotations CLap hands or the Palmes Hebrew the palme a signe of joyfull approbation used as at other times so at the coronation of Kings 2 King 11. 12. So after Psalm 98. 8. voice of 〈…〉 ing that is a shrill voice and joyfull See the notes on Psalm 5. 12. and 41. 12. Vers. 4. He hath subdued or will subdue So in the next verse He will chuse but the time to come is often used for the time past or continued And here it seemeth to be spoken of the subduing of the Canaanites and the 〈◊〉 subduing of nations to Christ by preaching of the Gospell Of subduing see Psal. 18. 48. the Chaldee here translateth it kill Vers. 5. our inheritance the land of Canaan Psal. 78. 55. and that immortall undefiled heritage reserved in heaven for us 1 Pet. 1. 4. high excellencie or glorious highnesse meaning the kingdome priest-hood Temple c. as the Chaldee mentioneth the house of the Sanctuary whereby Iacobs posteritie excelled Ezek. 24. 21. Amos 6. 8. and 8. 7. Nahum 2. 2. and all the heavenly promises given to the Church in Christ. Vers. 6. God is gone up as when the â—rke went up from Ki 〈…〉 th-jâ—arim to Ierusalem 2 Sam. 6. 15. 1 Chron. 13. 8. and 15. 28. when the Arke was carried by Solomon into the Temple 2 Chron. 5. when Christ ascended with triumph into heaven Luke 24 51 52. and with like glory shall he come againe 1 Ihess 4. 16. Act. 1. 9 11. The Chaldee referreth this Going up to the Exalting of Gods name Vers. 7. an instructing Psalme Maschil the title of Psal. 32. and many others here used in like sense for a Psalme to give instruction or as in Psal. 14. 2. for a prudent understanding person in this sense sing Psalme every one that is prudent or as the Greeke explaineth it sing prudently the Chaldee with good understanding Vers. 9. throne of his holinesse Greeke his holy throne See Psal. 9. 5. Revel 4. 2. The Chaldee calleth it the throne of his glory Vers. 10. The bounteous Princes or the voluntaries Nobles A name given to the liberall and free hearted Isa. 32. 5. 8. Exod. 35. 21 29. and to Princes or Nobles Numb 21. 18. Psal. 113. 8. and 118. 8. Iob 12. 21. So here the Greeke hath Princes are Gods or to God belong the shields of the earth He is the great conquer our and protectour of all Gen. 15. 1. Shields also are Magistrates and Governours that protect the Common-weales Hos. 4. 18. Psal. 89. 19. So the Greeke here hath the strong men of the earth PSAL. XLVIII God is magnified for the ornaments privileges and protection of the Church A song a Psalme to the sonnes of Korach GReat is Iehovah praised vehemently in the citie of our God the mountaine of his holinesse Faire in situation the joy of all the earth is mount Sion in the sides of the North it is the Citie of the great King God in the loftie palaces therof knowne he is for an high refuge For loe the Kings were assembled they went together Themselves saw so they wondered they were suddenly 〈…〉 ubled they were frighted away Trembling tooke hold on them there paine as of her that travelleth with childe With an east wind thou wilt break asunder the ships of Tarshish Even as we have heard so have we seene in the citie of Iehovah of hosts in the citie of our God God will establish it for ever Selah Wee have quietly minded thy mercie O God in midst of thy Palace As thy name O God so thy praise is unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of justice Let mount Sion rejoyce let the daughters of Iudah be glad because of thy judgements Compasse ye Sion and goe round about it tell the towers thereof Set your heart on the fort thereof distinctly view the loftie Palaces thereof that ye may tell to the generation after That this God is our God ever and aye he will guide us untill death Annotations SOnnes of Korach See the notes on Psal. 42. 1. Here the Greeke addeth for the second day of the W 〈…〉 that this Psalme was then to be sung in the Temple as is before noted on Psal. 24. 1. Vers. 2. the mountaine in the Greeke his holy mountaine in Chaldee the mount of the house of his Sanctuary This was mount Sion vers 3. a figure of the Church of Christ Hebr. 12. 22. Rev. 14. 1. Vers. 3. Faire in situation or Beautifull of coast or climate situate in a faire climate or region The Chaldee expounds â—t Faire as a Bridegroome the joy of all that dwell on the earth the sides of the North the place where the Temple was builded So Isa. 14. 13. of the great King that is of God who dwelt in this citie vers 9. Zach. 8. 3. Hereupon Christ said sweare not by Jerusalem for it is the 〈◊〉 of the great King Mat. 5. 35. Vers. 4. loftie Palaces or high bowers or steeples So vers 14. and Psal. 122. 7. Vers. 5. the Kings we may referre this either to the Kings of Moab and Ammon in the daies of Iosaphat 2 Chro. 20. or to Sanacherib and his Captaines in the daies of Ezekiah 2 King 18. 19. or to the Philistian Princes 2 Sam. 5. were assembled or came together to wit by agreement at an appointed time and place so the originall word impor 〈…〉 Vers 7. that travelleth with childe or that bringeth forth And this paine is great and sudden anâ— inevitable See Mic. 4. 9. 1 Thess. 5. 3. Vers. 8. an east wind which is strong and boystrous also drie and parching Isa. 27. 8. Ier. 18. 17. Exod. 14. 21. and 10. 13. Gen. 41. 7. Ezek. 19. 12. Ion. 4. 8. Hereupon the Greeke translateth it violent wind and the Chaldee a strong East wind as a fire from before the Lord. of Tarshish or of the Ocean sea Tarshish was the name of the son of Iavan the son of Iapheth the sonne of Noah Ger. 10. 4. of whom Tarsus mentioned in Act. 21. 34. the chiefe citie of Cilicia in Syria had the nâ—mâ— From thence they went by shipping into farre countries Africa India Ophir c. 1 King 22. 48. and 10. 22. Hereupon that Sea was called Tarshish and generally the name is applied to every Ocean or maine sea Vers. 10. we have quietly winded or in silence thought upon and consequently waited for Vers. 12. daughters of Iudah the lesser cities of that tribe which were as daughters to the mother citie Ierusalem as the lesser cities of the Ammonites were daughters to Rabbah Ier. 49. 3. So Ekron with her daughters Ios. 15. 45. and many the like So Psal. 97. 8. Vers. 13. tell the towers number count them These things seeme to intend not only a taking notice but also a care and fortification of Ierusalem against all enemies See Esay 33. 18. Vers. 14. Set your heart minde earnestly set your affections on as Psal.
thy judgements to the King and thy justice to the Kings sonne That he may judge thy people with justice and thy poore afflicted ones with judgement The mountains shall bring forth peace to the people and the hills with justice He shall judge the poore afflicted of the people he shall save the sonnes of the needy and shall breake downe the fraudulent oppressour They shall feare thee with the Sunne and before the Moone to generation of generations Hee shall come downe like the raine upon the mowen grasse as the showers the dispersed moisture of the earth In his dayes shall the just man flourish and multitude of peace untill the Moone be not And he shall have dominion from sea unto sea and from the river unto the ends of the land They that dwell in dry places shall kneele before him and his enemies shall licke the dust The kings of Tharshish and of the Iles shal render an oblation the kings of Sheba Seba shall offer a present And all kings shall worship him all nations shall serve him For he shall deliver the needy that cryeth out and the poore afflicted and him that hath no helper He shall mercifully spare the poore and needy and shall save the soules of the needy He shall redeeme their soule from fraud and violent wrong and precious shall their bloud be in his eyes And he shall live and he shall give to him of the gold of Sheba and shall pray for him continually shall blesse him all the day There shall bee a parcell of Corne in the land in the top of the mountaines the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon and flourish shall they of the City as the herbe out of the earth His name shall be for ever his name shall be continued before the Sunne and they shall blesse themselves in him all Nations shall call him blessed Blessed be Iehovah God the God of Israel which doth marvellous things himselfe alone And blessed be the name of his glory for ever and let all the earth be filled with his glory Amen and Amen Ended are the prayers of David sonne of Iesse Annotations FOr Solomon the Greeke addeth a Psalme of David for Solomon and the last verse sheweth it to be made by David and it concerneth Christ and his Kingdome figured by Solomon Song 3. 11. and therfore called by his name as elsewhere he is called David Hos. 3. 5. Such also is the title of the 127. Psalme Kings sonne to whom the right of the Kingdome belongeth by birth and inheritance So Christ was King Davids sonne and borne King of the Iewes Mar. 11. 10. Mat. 2. 2. and 22. 42. to him the Father gave all judgement Iohn 5. 22. The Chaldee expoundeth the King to bee Christ and the Kings sonne to be King Davids son Vers. 2. That he may or Let him judge that is governe thy people in justice that is justly wherefore he is named Melchizedek that is King 〈◊〉 justico Heb. 7. 2. of whom it was prophesied behold a King shall reigne in justice Isa. 32. 1. Vers. 3. The mountaines shall bring forth or shall beare to wit as their fruit for so this phrase importeth Iob 40. 15. This and the rest that follow may also bee read prayer-wise let the mountaines beare c. The Chaldee paraphraseth The dwellers on the mountaines shall bring peace to the people of the house of Israel peace that is prosperitie plenty of fruits which should be injoyed with peace as all Solomons dayes Israel dwelt without feare every man under his vine and figtree 1 King 4. 25. And under Christ the worke and effect of justice is peace quietnesse and assurance for ever Isa. 32. 17. Rom. 5. 1. the mountaines drop downe new wine and the hils flow with milke Ioel 3. 18. Amos 9. 13. hils with justice that is the hils also shall beare peace with justice both peace and justice as these two are said to kisse each other Psal. 85. 11. and Christ is King both of justice and peace Heb. 7. 2. his Kingdome is justice peace and joy Rom. 14. 17. It may also be read for justice Vers. 4. shall judge that is shall deliver see the notes on Psal. 43. 1. save the sonnes of the needy that is the needy persons in Chaldee shall redeeme the sonnes of miserie that is such as are in wretched case the fraudulent oppressor whom the Greeke here calleth sycophant which word is used for injurying by forged cavillation Luk. 19. 8. and 3. 14. See before in Psal. 62. 11. Vers. 5. They shall feare men shall reverence that is worship and serve thee So feare is used for worship Isa. 29. 13. Mat. 15. 9. with the sun or before the sun as is after expressed vers 17. as the Hebrew ghnim with is elsewhere used for before Est. 7. 8. and before the sun and moone meaneth continually so long as they shine on the earth which is so long as the world endureth Gen. 8. 22. Psal. 89. 37 38. The Chaldee intrepreteth it with the rising of the sunne and in the light of the moone that is at morning and evening day and night as the twelve Tribes are said so instantly to serve Act. 26. 7. Vers. 6. the mowen grasse the medow which being mowen in the beginning of Summer craveth raine that it may grow againe The orginall word signifieth also a shorne fleece of wooll which sense some keepe here and referre it to the deaw that fell on Gedeons fleece when the land was dry and againe on the land when the fleece was dry Iudg. 6. 37 40. Solomon and Christ are here said to come downe as raine in respect of the doctrine and administration of judgement by them So Moses said My doctrine shall drop as the raine c. Deut. 32. 2. and Iob said they waited for me as for the raine c. Iob 29. 23. and the Lord shall come unto us as the raine c. Hos. 6. 3. the dispersed moisture understand which are the moisture that is which showres doe moisten the earth Zarziph the Hebrew word used only in this place hath the signification of dispersing moisture or water as is by showers God having divided spouts for the raine whereby it is strowed abroad upon the earth Iob 38. 25. Wherefore the former word showers implieth raine that falleth with manifold or millions of drops as Psal. 65. 11. Vers. 7. multitude of peace to wit shall be or shall flourish and this Shalom peace may respect the name of Shelomoh or Solomon which signifieth peaceable as was promised to David Behold a son is borne to thee which shall be a man of rest for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about therefore his name is Solomon and I will send Salom peace and quietnesse upon Israel in his daies 1 Chron. 22. 9. moone be not or be taken away as the Greeke explaineth it that is till the worlds end as before vers 5. Vers. 8. from sea to sea
tremble ye at his feet all the earth Say ye among the nations Iehovah reigneth the world also shall be stablished it shall not be moved hee will judge the peoples with righteousnesse Let the heavens rejoyce and the earth be glad roare let the sea and the plenty thereof Let the field shew gladnesse and all that therein is then let all the trees of the wood shout joyfully Before Iehovah for he commeth for hee commeth to judge the earth he will judge the world with justice the peoples with his faithfulnesse Annotations A New song c. see Psal. 33. 3. This Psalme is a part of that song wherewith God was celebrated when the Arke of his covenant was brought with joy into Davids citie from Obed-edoms house 1 Chron. 16. 23 c. And it containeth a prophesie of Christs kingdome and of the calling of the Gentiles from Idols to serve praise the living God Vers. 2. preach the good tidings or Evangelize see Psal. 40. 10. Vers. 4. praised and praise-worthy see Ps. 18. 4. Vers. 5. Vaine idols or things of nought as the Apostle openeth this word saying we know that an idoll is nothing in the world 1 Cor. 8. 4. Elim and Elohim in Hebrew are Gods of Strength Elilim idols as being Al-Elim not Gods without strength So elsewhere they are plainly called lo Elohim no Gods 2 Chron. 13. 9. unable to doe good or evill and unprofitable Ier. 10. 5. Esa. 44. 9. 10. And as the name of God is joyned with things to shew their excellencie Psal. 36. 7. so is this contrariwise to shew their vanity as of Physitians Iob 13. 4. of shepherds Zach. 11. 17. of false doctrine Ier. 14. 14. The Greeke here turneth it daimonia devils by which name idols are called 1 Cor. 10. 19 20. Rev. 9. 30. 2 Chron. 11. 15. Vers. 6. beateous glorie for this in 1 Chron. 16. 27. is written joyfulnesse Vers. 7. Give c. Compare Psal. 29. 1 2. The Chaldee expoundeth it Bring a new song to God Vers. 8. to his courts to his face or presence as 1 Chron. 16. 29. Vers. 9. of the sanctuary or of sanctity see Psal. 29. 2. tremble or be pained as in travell of child-birth Vers. 10. with righteousnesses that is most righteously Vers. 11. Let rejoyce or shall rejoyce and so the rest So Psa. 98. 7 8 9. The Chaldee paraphraseth Let the hosts of heaven rejoyce and the just of the earth be glad Vers. 13. with justice or in justice that is justly so Rev. 19. 11. Act. 17. 31. Psal. 9. 9. PSAL. XCVII The majestie of Gods kingdome 7 The Church rejoyceth at Gods judgements upon idolaters 10 An exhortation to godlinesse and gladnesse IEhovah reigneth let the earth be glad let the many iles rejoyce Cloud and gloomy darknesse are round about him justice and judgement are the stable-place of his throne Fire goeth before him and flameth round about his distressers His lightnings illuminate the world the earth seeth and trembleth The mountaines like waxe melt at the presence of Iehovah at the presence of the Lord of all the earth The heavens declare his justice and all peoples see his glory Abashed be all they that serve a graven thing that gloriously boast themselves in vaine idols bow downe your selves to him all ye Gods Sion heareth and rejoyceth and glad are the daughters of Iudah because of thy judgements Iehovah For thou Iehovah art high above all the earth vehemently art thou exalted above all Gods Ye lovers of Iehovah hate evill he keepeth the soules of his gracious Saints hee will deliver them from the hand of the wicked Light is sowne for the just and joy for the right of heart Rejoyce ye just in Iehovah and confesse to the remembrance of his holinesse Annotations IEhovah that is Christ called Iehovah our justice Ier. 23. 5. 6. of him and his reigne is this Psalme as the 7. verse manifesteth the many iles that is nations or gentiles dwelling in the iles as the iles shall wait for his Law Esa. 42. 4. which is expounded thus the Gentiles shall trust in his name Matth. 12. 21. So Esa. 60. 9. Vers. 2. gloomy darknesse see Psa. 18. 10. this noteth the terrour of his doctrine and administration Mal. 3. 2. Matth. 3. 12. as at the law giving Deut. 4. 11. The Chaldee saith A cloud of glory and gloomy darknesse stable-place establishment or base see Psal. 89. 15. Vers. 3. Fire severe judgements for Christs enemies as Esa. 42. 25. and 66. 15 16. Ps. 50. 3. Vers. 4. illuminate or have illumined as at the giving of the law there were thunders lightnings voices earthquakes c. Exod. 19. so the like proceed from the throne of Christ Rev. 4. 5. trembleth or is pained see Psal. 77. 17. Vers. 5. at the presence or from the face Vers. 6. The heavens heavenly creatures as thunder lightning tempest c. or the Angels as the Chaldee interpreteth See Psal. 50. 6. Vers. 7. vaine idols see Ps. 96. 5. allye Gods that is as the Greeke saith all ye his Angels see Psal. 8. 6. Vnto this the Apostle seemeth to have reference saying when he bringeth in his first begotten sonne into the world he saith And let all the Angels of God worship him Heb. 1. 6. Although the very words of the Apostle are found in the Greeke version of Deut. 32. 43. but the Hebrew there hath none such See the fulfilling of this Luk. 2. 13 14. Mark 1. 13. Rev. 5. 11 12. Vers. 8. daughters that is cities of Iudah the Christian Churches see Psal. 48. 12. Vers. 11. Light is sowen that is comfort and joy is reserved after trouble as Esth. 8. 16. but hidden for the present as seed in the ground for we are dead our life is hid with Christ in God Col. 3. 3. 4. it doth not yet appeare what we shall be 1 Ioh. 3. 2. Vers. 12. confesse to that is celebrate it See Psal. 30. 5. PSAL. XCVIII The Psalmist exhorteth the Iewes 4 the Gentiles 7 and all creatures to praise God for his salvation by Christ. A Psalme SIng ye to Iehovah a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand hath saved him and the arme of his holinesse Iehovah hath made knowen his salvation to the eies of the nations he hath revealed his justice He hath remēbred his mercy and his faithfulnesse to the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seene the salvation of our God Shout triumphantly to Iehovah all the earth shout cheerefully shout joyfully sing Psalmes Sing Psalmes to Iehovah with harpe with harpe and voice of a Psalme With trumpets and voice of the cornet shout triumphantly before the King Iehovah Let the sea roare and the plenty thereof the world and they that sit therein Let the rivers clap the hands together let the mountaines shout joyfully Before Iehovah for hee is come to judge the earth he will judge the world in justice and the
made fruitfull by the blessing and Gospell of Christ Heb. 6. 7. 8. 9. So God promising to heale the backsliding of his people and to love them freely after his anger is turned away saith I will bee as the deaw unto Israel he shall grow as the Lilie and cast forth his roots as Lebanon his branches shall spread and his beauty shall bee as the Olive tree c. Hos. 14. 4. 5. 6. The Chaldee Paraphrast applieth these flowers to Moses and Aaron which were like unto Palme tree branches and appeared to doe miracles in the land of Aegypt singing to weet of birds as after in speciall hee nameth the Turtle dove This is both a signe and an effect of the Spring time which cheareth all creatures and causeth them in their kind to sing praises unto God and these birds and turtles signifie the Saints who feeling the comforts of Gods word and spirit doe sing his prayse and with Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs doe sing and make melody in their heart to the Lord Ephes. 5. 19. As it is written They shall lift up their voice they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord c. From the utmost part of the earth have wee heard songs Glory to the righteous Esay 24. 14. 16. of the turtle The Church it selfe is sometime meant by the Turtle Psal. 74. 19. and the Dove Song 2. 14. and 5. 2. sometime the holy Ghost with his graces is resembled by a dove as at our Lords baptisme Mat. 3. 16. and thus the Chaldee expoundeth it here the voice of the holy Ghost So it signifieth the voice of the Spirit in the people of Christ mutually comforting one another and jointly praising â—od with and for his graces The Turtle dove casting her feathers is said to hide her selfe in winter in holes of trees her voice therefore being now heard signifieth that Summer was come Vers. 13. her greene figs or her unripe figs such as the figtree thrusteth out in stead of flowers which appeare on other trees A signe not onely of the Spring but of a fruitfull yeere Our Saviour saith Learne a parable of the figtree When her branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that Summer is nigh Matth. 24. 32. And the blessing of God upon his Church is hereby signified as on the contrary when hee threatneth to consume the same he saith there shall be no grapes on the vine nor figs on the figtree c. Ier. 8. 13. tender grape or young small grape called in Hebr. Smadar a word used onely in this Song here and in vers 15. and c. 7. v. 12. By this variety of fruits is figured the variety of graces the good workes and sweet odour of them which appeare in the Saints after they are reconciled to God by Iesus Christ who is the true vine the faithfull are the branches who when they beare much fruit the Father is glorified Iohn 15. 1. 5. 8. The people of God themselves are also likened to grapes and figges as I found Israel like grapes in the wildernesse I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the figtree c. Hos. 9. 10. rise up thou or rise up for thy selfe as in vers 10. which exhortation is here againe repeated Vers. 14. My dove so Christ calleth here his Church The dove is mournfull sociable harmlesse chaste fearfull c. as I did mourne as a dove Esay 38. 14. and wee mourne sore like doves Esay 59. 11. Againe who are these that flie as the doves to their windowes or lockers Esay 60. 8. and in Ezek. 7. 16. they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the mountaines like doves of the vallies all of them mourning every one for his iniquity And in Hos. 11. 11. they shall tremble as a dove out of the land of Assyria in Mat. 10. 16. be harmlesse as doves All which properties agree with the Church in this her estate especially fearfulnesse and mourning for her iniquities whereby she became sicke of love vers 5. the clefts of the Rocke hidden there for feare of enemies as it is written O yee that dwell in Moab leave the cities and dwell in the Rocke and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth Ier. 48. 28. The Rocke whither this dove the Church was now fled seemeth most properly to meane faith in Christ as Mat. 16. 18. wherein she hid her selfe for feare of Gods wrath for her sin and yet durst not shew her selfe or the election of God which as a sure and rocky foundation abideth for ever Herewith compare Exod. 32. 22. where Moses was put in a clift of the Rocke and covered with Gods hand while hee passed by secret place or hiding place thus David often calleth God his secret or hiding place as 〈◊〉 Psalme 32. 7. Thou art a secret place to me from distresse thou wilt preserve me c. See also Psal. 61. 5. and 91. 1. stayres Heb. stayre or steepe place This as the Rocke aforesaid may signifie Christ by 〈…〉 th in him we ascend unto God by degrees as by stayres he being the Ladder which Iakob saw in vision upon whom the Angels of God ascended and descended Gen. 28 12. Ioh. 1. 51. let me see thy countenance or cause me to see thy personage thy visage thy forme fashion shape sight or appearance see chap. 5. 15. that is stirre up thy faith and hold up thy face with comfort come unto me walke before me and be upright as Gen. 17. 1. Present thy body as a living sacrifice holy c. Rom. 12. 1. So the Chaldee expoundeth it Shew me thy countenance and thy righteous workes heare thy voice that is thy prayers prayses songs thanksgivings c. Psalm 5. 3. and 26. 7. and 28. 2. and 42 5. call upon me in all thy feares and troubles as in Psal. 50. 15. Call on mee in the day of distresse c. By these words Christ both sheweth her the cause of her soules sicknesse to be her owne infirmities and negligence in prayer and other holy duties as also comforteth her against her feares and the conscience of her infirmities Thus the Chaldee also explaineth it Let me heart thy voice for thy voice is sweet in prayer in the house of the little sanctrary and thy countenance fayre in good workes 〈…〉 is sweet that is pleasing and acceptable being uttered in faith and according to the will of God as it is written Then shall the offrings of Iudah and Ierusalem be sweet that is pleasing unto the Lord Malac. 3. 4. but unto the transgressors he saith your burnt offrings are not acceptable nor your sacrifices sweet unto me Ier. 6. 20. comely or to be desired beautifull as in Song 1. 4. These praises of the Church are spirituall and according to the esteeme of God not of men for even Christ himselfe in respect of wordly reputation had his visage and forme so marred that many were astonied at
peoples in righteousnesses Annotations A New song see Psal. 33. 3. saved him or got him salvation and victory over all his enemies See Esa. 59. 16. and 63. 5. Vers. 2. his salvation the redemption by Christ as Luke 2. 30 31 32. so his justice is that which is by faith in Christ Rom. 10. 3 4 6 10. Vers. 3. remembred and consequently performed his mercy c. so Luk. 1. 54 55 72 73 74. all the ends that is the dwellers in the ends of the earth so Esa 52. 10. V. 6. voice of the cornet or sound of the trumpet for here are two severall words for trumpets some of which were made of metall as silver c. Num. 10. 2. some of horne Ios. 6. 4. and these were used both in warres and in the worship of God see Psal. 81. 4. V. 8. clap the hands or clap palmes a signe of joy as Isa. 55. 12. Psal. 47. 2. V. 9. in justice that is justly So Psal. 96. 13. in righteousnesses that is most righteously So Psal. 9. 9. PSAL. XCIX The Prophet setting forth the kingdome of God in Sion 5 exhorteth all by the example of fore fathers to worship God at his holy mountaine IEhovah reigneth the peoples are stirred he sitteth on the Cherubims the earth is moved Iehovah is great in Sion and high he is above all the peoples Let thē confesse thy name great and fearefull holy it is And the strength of the King loveth judgement thou hast stablished righteousnesses thou hast done in Iakob judgement and justice Exalt yee Iehovah our God and bow downe your selves at the footstoole of his feet holy he is Moses and Aaron with his Priests and Samuel with them that call on his name they called upon Iehovah and hee answered them In the pillar of a cloud hee spake unto them they kept his testimonies the decree he gave them Iehovah our God thou answeredst them a God forgiving thou wast unto them and taking vengeance on their practises Exalt yee Iehovah our God and bow downe your selves at the mountaine of his holinesse for Iehovah our God is holy Annotations ARestirred or though they be stirred to wit with anger as the Greeke translateth be angry see Psal. 4. 5. This is opened in Rev. 11. 17 18. thou Lord reignest and the nations are angry Thus the wicked are affected but the godly doe rejoyce Psal. 97. 1. he sitteth or even hee that sitteth on the Cherubims reigneth see Psal. 80. 2. is moved with indignation stirred up to resist as Act. 17. 13. Vers. 4. the strength this is joyned with Gods wrath Ezr. 8. 22. and here seemeth to have like meaning that God is strong to punish in judgement the rebellious and defend his people V. 5. at the footstoole or toward it meaning the Sanctuary and Arke there Esa. 60. 13. 1 Chron. 28. 2. Lam. 2. 1. Psal. 132. 7. Ezek. 43. 7. he is as is expressed vers 8. or it the temple is holy V. 6. with his Priests or among his principall officers see the like phrase in Ps. 54. 6. The Hebrew Cohén w ch we call a Priest or Saerificer is the name of the kings chiefe officer as in 2 Sa. 8. 18. Davids sons were Cohéns chiefe Rulers Aularchai as the Greek termeth them which is expounded in 1 Chro. 18. 17. to be the first or Chiefe at the Kings hand It hath the name of ministration Esa. 61. 6. 10. was a title specially given to Aaron and his sonnes that ministred unto God in the Sanctuary Exod. 28. 3 4 41. called or were calling that is prayed for the people as Exod. 32. 11 c. Numb 14 17 19. and 16. 22 46. 1 Sam. 7. 9. and 12. 19 23. Hereupon Moses and Samuel were noted for chiefe intercessours with God Ier. 15. 1. So the Chaldee here expounds it his Priests which gave their lives for the Lords people and Samuel prayed to the Lord for them as the fathers of old which prayed in his name V. 7. of a cloud as Exod. 33. 9. Num. 16. 42. and this noteth Gods favour but with some obscurity and so is inferiour to the mediation of Christ who hath without clouds or shadowes obtained eternall redemption for us that we may goe boldly to the throne of grace for to receive mercy finde grace to helpe in time of need Heb. 4. 14 16. and 7. 25. and 9. 11 12. Vers. 8. a God for giving a mighty God that pardonedst or tookest away to wit the punishment of their sin see Psal. 25. 18. and taking or though thou tookest vengeance on their practises theirs that is the peoples for whom Moses prayed as Num. 14. 20 21 23. Exod. 32. 14 34 35. or theirs that is Moses and Aarons sinnes which God punished and would not be intreated as Num. 20. 12. Deut. 3. 23 24 25 26. PSAL. C. An exhortation to praise God cheerefully for his grace goodnesse and fidelity A Psalme for confession SHout ye triumphantly to Iehovah all the earth Serve ye Iehovah with gladnesse come before him with singing joy Know yee that Iehovah he is God hee made us and a His we art not we his people and sheepe of his pasture Enter ye his gates with confession his courts with praise confesse ye to him blesse ye his name For Iehovah is good his mercy is for ever and his faith unto generation and generation Annotations FOr confession for the publike praise of God with thanks for his mercies all the earth that is as the Chaldee translateth all inhabitants of the earth Vers. 2. singing or shrilling shouting mirth Vers. 3. made us this word is used both for our first creation in nature Gen. 1. 26. and for the making of us high and excellent with graces and blessings as 1 Sam. 12. 6. Deut. 32. 6. Esa. 43. 7. and 29. 23. Ephes. 2. 10. and not we or and his we are as the Hebrew in the margine readeth it Both senses are good and the Chaldee keepeth this latter his we are sheepe or flocke which hee seedeth See Ezek. 34. 30. 31. Psal. 95. 7. V. 4. confession the sacrifice of thankes was thus named 2 Chron. 29. 31. Ier. 17. 26. Vers. 5. faith or faithfulnesse truth in performing his promises PSAL. CI. David maketh a profession of godlinesse touching his owne person his house and the Citie of God in cherishing the good and suppressing the wicked A Psalme of David MErcy and judgement I will sing to thee Iehovah will I sing Psalme I will doe wisely in the perfect way when wilt thou come unto me I will walke in the perfection of mine heart in the middest of mine house I will not set before mine eies any word of Belial I hate the doing of them that turne aside it shall not cleave unto me A froward heart shall depart from me I will know none evill he that in secret hurteth with tongue his fellow-friend him will I suppresse the haughty of eyes and large of heart him I cannot suffer