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be_v now_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o giant_n friend_n and_o so_o in_o a_o inevitable_a danger_n he_o find_v no_o other_o shift_n but_o to_o fain_o himself_o a_o natural_a fool_n and_o mope_v and_o keep_v himself_o speechless_a and_o dumb_a psal._n lvi_o upon_o this_o occurrence_n and_o occasion_n he_o compose_v the_o fifty_o six_o psalm_n and_o title_n it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gnal_n jonath_n elem_n rechokim_n concern_v the_o oppression_n of_o the_o dumb_a one_o among_o man_n far_o off_o when_o the_o philistines_n take_v he_o in_o gath_n and_o seem_v in_o vers_fw-la 10._o to_o refer_v to_o his_o present_a speechlesness_n when_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d through_o the_o lord_n i_o shall_v praise_v with_o speech_n or_o word_n so_o vers_fw-la 4._o he_o profess_v through_o the_o lord_n i_o will_v praise_v his_o word_n of_o promise_n which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o he_o so_o that_o the_o order_n of_o this_o psalm_n fall_v in_o about_o the_o twelve_o verse_n of_o this_o one_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n psal._n xxxiv_o at_o the_o end_n of_o that_o chapter_n be_v the_o proper_a place_n and_o order_n of_o the_o 34_o psalm_n make_v by_o david_n when_o he_o change_v his_o behaviour_n before_o abimelech_n and_o it_o be_v appliable_a to_o both_o the_o story_n contain_v in_o this_o chapter_n both_o to_o david_n dissemble_a behaviour_n before_o ahimelech_n for_o some_o time_n ahimelech_n and_o abimelech_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n as_o compare_v 2_o sam._n 8._o 17._o with_o 1_o chron._n 18._o 16._o and_o to_o david_n change_v his_o behaviour_n before_o achish_a the_o philistines_n king_n for_o those_o king_n be_v common_o call_v by_o the_o name_n abimelech_n gen._n 20._o and_o 26._o this_o psalm_n be_v a_o most_o accurate_a acrostic_n of_o a_o most_o choice_a and_o exact_a composure_n after_o his_o pretend_a mopishness_n and_o distraction_n chap._n xxii_o vers._n 1._o first_o part_n david_n depart_v from_o gath_n and_o escape_v to_o the_o cave_n of_o adullam_n psal._n cxlii_o there_o he_o make_v the_o 142_o psalm_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o title_n and_o in_o his_o prayer_n in_o it_o he_o complain_v how_o low_o he_o be_v now_o bring_v that_o there_o be_v none_o that_o will_v know_v he_o nor_o any_o one_o to_o take_v care_n for_o he_o that_o he_o be_v in_o this_o cave_n as_o in_o a_o prison_n and_o if_o the_o lord_n will_v deliver_v he_o out_o of_o this_o case_n than_o will_v the_o righteous_a resort_n unto_o he_o chap._n xxii_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o first_o verse_n and_o vers_fw-la 2._o and_o 1_o chron._n xii_o from_o ver_fw-la 8._o to_o ver_fw-la 19_o the_o lord_n hear_v his_o prayer_n and_o send_v his_o friend_n and_o kindred_n about_o he_o to_o be_v his_o comfort_n and_o divers_a other_o to_o be_v his_o guard_n among_o the_o rest_n be_v some_o gadite_n that_o come_v from_o beyond_o jordan_n and_o the_o prophet_n gad_n among_o they_o and_o so_o have_v david_n a_o regiment_n of_o six_o hundred_o man_n and_o a_o prophet_n their_o chaplain_n here_o fall_v in_o that_o story_n in_o 2_o sam._n 23._o vers_fw-la 13_o 14_o 15_o 16_o 17._o and_o 1_o chron._n 11._o vers_fw-la 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o of_o david_n longing_n for_o the_o water_n of_o bethlehem_n etc._n etc._n but_o reserve_v to_o its_o place_n in_o the_o reckon_n up_o of_o david_n worthy_n for_o here_o be_v more_o especial_o intend_v to_o relate_v david_n act_n and_o not_o his_o worthy_n chap._n xxii_o from_o verse_n 3._o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n sam._n &_o saul_n 83_o davids_n father_n and_o mother_n be_v yet_o alive_a and_o seat_v by_o he_o in_o moab_n he_o remove_v into_o the_o forest_n of_o hareth_n saul_n slay_v 85._o priest_n and_o destroy_v nob_n and_o thus_o be_v elies_n house_n quite_o cut_v off_o within_o one_o man_n that_o be_v abiathar_n who_o escape_v and_o come_v to_o david_n and_o now_o he_o have_v a_o high_a priest_n in_o his_o army_n as_o well_o as_o a_o prophet_n psal._n lii_o at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v the_o proper_a order_n and_o place_n of_o the_o fifty_o second_o come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d david_n come_v not_o david_n be_v come_v psalm_n make_v as_o the_o title_n tell_v when_o doeg_n come_v and_o tell_v saul_n and_o say_v david_n come_v to_o the_o house_n of_o ahimelech_n chap._n xxxiii_o david_n beat_v the_o philistines_n and_o save_v keilab_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o first_o verse_n be_v to_o be_v read_v thus_o now_o they_o have_v tell_v david_n say_v etc._n etc._n for_o abiathars_n come_v to_o david_n which_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o former_a chapter_n be_v not_o till_o david_n be_v at_o keilah_n already_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o six_o verse_n of_o this_o the_o ziphites_n discover_v david_n to_o saul_n psal._n liv._o thereupon_o he_o make_v the_o fifty_o four_o psalm_n as_o the_o title_n tell_v the_o occasion_n and_o the_o occasion_n in_o that_o title_n ready_o refer_v it_o to_o this_o place_n to_o be_v take_v in_o after_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n psal._n lxiii_o at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o three_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n with_o the_o story_n of_o david_n remain_v in_o the_o strong_a hold_v of_o en-gedi_a the_o sixty_o three_o psalm_n fall_v in_o be_v make_v as_o the_o title_n tell_v in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o judah_n which_o about_o en-gedi_a be_v most_o desert_a of_o all_o other_o place_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o the_o dead_a sea_n chap._n xxiv_o david_n and_o saul_n be_v together_o in_o a_o cave_n psal._n lvii_o there_o david_n pour_v out_o his_o prayer_n of_o psal._n 57_o and_o title_n it_o all_o tashchith_fw-mi destroy_v not_o for_o though_o he_o be_v move_v by_o his_o soldier_n to_o destroy_v saul_n yet_o he_o will_v not_o chap._n xxv_o sam._n &_o saul_n 39_o samuel_n die_v some_o two_o year_n before_o saul_n death_n he_o live_v to_o see_v the_o time_n that_o saul_n confess_v david_n to_o be_v king_n as_o chap._n 24._o 20._o according_a to_o his_o prediction_n nabal_n a_o drunkard_n a_o fool_n and_o clown_n die_v wretched_o psal._n lviii_o after_o the_o 35_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o proper_a place_n and_o order_n of_o psal._n 58._o title_v all_o tashchith_fw-mi destroy_v not_o as_o refer_v to_o david_n not_o destroy_v nabal_n when_o he_o have_v so_o threaten_v and_o yet_o at_o last_o rejoice_v that_o he_o destroy_v he_o not_o he_o blame_v in_o this_o psalm_n the_o venemousness_n of_o nabals_n tongue_n that_o have_v revile_v he_o and_o the_o deafness_n of_o his_o ear_n that_o will_v not_o hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o his_o messenger_n say_v they_o their_o errand_n never_o so_o wise_o he_o prophesi_v that_o god_n will_v sudden_o take_v he_o away_o as_o with_o a_o storm_n before_o the_o pot_n set_v on_o the_o fire_n for_o his_o feast_n shall_v feel_v any_o warmness_n from_o the_o thorn_n put_v under_o they_o to_o boil_v they_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d like_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beâ—r_n the_o same_o sense_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o like_a according_a as_o he_o be_v lively_a and_o jovial_a so_o shall_v the_o wrath_n be_v proportion_v to_o he_o when_o it_o come_v ver_fw-la 9_o for_o so_o may_v the_o latter_a end_n of_o that_o verse_n be_v most_o proper_o render_v as_o he_o lively_o so_o the_o wrath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chai_n be_v the_o epithet_n that_o david_n give_v he_o when_o he_o send_v his_o messenger_n to_o he_o thus_o shall_v you_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lechai_n to_o he_o that_o be_v lively_a which_o our_o english_a have_v well_o express_v to_o he_o that_o live_v in_o prosperity_n so_o david_n say_v to_o saul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o what_o be_v my_o livelihood_n in_o the_o family_n of_o my_o father_n 1_o sam._n 18._o 18._o chap._n xxvi_o david_n have_v saul_n in_o his_o power_n again_o and_o destroy_v he_o not_o saul_n again_o confess_v david_n kingdom_n david_n and_o he_o never_o see_v one_o another_o more_o in_o some_o time_n of_o the_o day_n of_o saul_n but_o the_o year_n uncertain_a reuben_n and_o gad_n destroy_v the_o hagarite_n and_o dwell_v in_o their_o stead_n for_o this_o read_v 1_o chron._n 5._o ver_fw-la 9_o 10._o and_o from_o ver_fw-la 18._o to_o ver_fw-la 23._o chap._n xxvii_o david_n betake_v himself_o again_o to_o gath_n where_o not_o very_o long_o ago_o he_o be_v put_v to_o fain_o himself_o mad_a achish_n then_o his_o fear_n be_v now_o his_o friend_n he_o be_v then_o a_o sole_a single_a man_n and_o now_o he_o
have_v 600_o man_n with_o he_o a_o guard_n to_o himself_o and_o a_o help_n to_o achish_n against_o saul_n david_n dwell_v at_o ziklag_n and_o invade_v the_o country_n thereabouts_o etc._n etc._n i_o chron._n xii_o from_o beginning_n to_o verse_n 8._o world_n 2959_o sam._n &_o saul_n 40_o thither_o divers_a of_o saul_n own_o tribe_n and_o kindred_n resort_v unto_o he_o and_o these_o be_v name_v in_o this_o chapter_n before_o the_o man_n of_o gad_n that_o have_v fall_v to_o he_o before_o because_o these_o man_n come_v to_o he_o be_v most_o remarkable_a as_o be_v of_o saul_n own_o kindred_n chap._n xxviii_o saul_n end_n be_v now_o approach_v he_o consult_v a_o witch_n he_o have_v neither_o priest_n nor_o prophet_n to_o inquire_v after_o he_o have_v despise_v and_o persecute_v both_o he_o see_v a_o devil_n in_o samuel_n likeness_n and_o hear_v of_o his_o own_o ruin_n chap._n xxix_o the_o philistines_n dare_v not_o trust_v david_n in_o battle_n and_o thus_o the_o lord_n provide_v for_o he_o that_o he_o may_v neither_o prove_v perfidious_a to_o achish_n nor_o fight_v against_o his_o own_o people_n i_o chron._n xii_o vers._n 19_o 20_o 21_o 22._o as_o he_o go_v forth_o with_o the_o philistines_n towards_o the_o battle_n and_o as_o he_o come_v back_o again_o from_o they_o divers_z fell_z to_o he_o of_o manasseh_n chap._n xxx_o xxxi_o &_o i_o chron._n x._o david_n return_v home_o find_v no_o home_n at_o all_o ziklag_n fire_v a_o band_n of_o amalekite_n slay_v and_o as_o it_o be_v sacrifice_v to_o saul_n funeral_n saul_n himself_o slay_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o by_o a_o amalekite_n he_o have_v never_o prosper_v since_o he_o have_v spare_v that_o generation_n the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n chap._n i._n david_n hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o lament_v he_o and_o charge_v the_o young_a man_n of_o judah_n to_o learn_v the_o use_n of_o the_o bow_n that_o they_o may_v match_v the_o philistines_n in_o archery_n and_o so_o be_v avenge_v on_o they_o for_o saul_n death_n for_o by_o archery_n they_o have_v slay_v he_o the_o story_n of_o the_o amalekite_n to_o david_n be_v not_o a_o lie_n to_o curry_v favour_n or_o to_o obtain_v a_o reward_n but_o it_o be_v a_o very_a and_o a_o real_a truth_n saul_n have_v fall_v upon_o his_o own_o sword_n indeed_o as_o be_v relate_v in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n but_o his_o coat_n of_o mail_n have_v hinder_v that_o he_o have_v not_o give_v himself_o a_o wound_n so_o speedy_o deadly_a but_o that_o the_o philistines_n may_v come_v and_o catch_v he_o alive_a and_o abuse_v he_o and_o so_o he_o stand_v bleed_v at_o that_o and_o at_o his_o other_o wound_n lean_v on_o his_o spear_n till_o this_o amalekite_n come_v by_o his_o armour_n bearer_n be_v dead_a already_o and_o these_o word_n when_o his_o armour_n bearer_n see_v that_o saul_n be_v dead_a he_o fall_v on_o his_o sword_n and_o die_v also_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o this_o sense_n that_o when_o he_o see_v saul_n have_v give_v himself_o so_o deadly_a a_o wound_n he_o do_v the_o like_a and_o die_v indeed_o but_o saul_n wound_n be_v not_o so_o quick_a of_o dispatch_n therefore_o he_o desire_v the_o amalekite_n to_o kill_v he_o out_o for_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o coat_n of_o mail_n have_v withhold_v i_o so_o that_o my_o life_n be_v all_o this_o while_n in_o i_o and_o thus_o saul_n that_o have_v be_v so_o cruel_a to_o david_n be_v now_o cruel_a to_o himself_o and_o he_o that_o have_v spare_v the_o amalekite_n be_v now_o slay_v by_o one_o of_o that_o nation_n chap._n ii_o world_n 2950_o david_n 1_o david_n anoint_v king_n of_o judah_n in_o hebron_n be_v 30_o year_n old_a compair_a david_n 2_o gen._n 41._o 46._o numb_a 4._o 3._o luke_n 3._o 23._o in_o hebran_n abraham_n have_v have_v his_o david_n 3_o first_o land_n and_o much_o residence_n here_o lay_v the_o patriarch_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n david_n 4_o and_o their_o wife_n bury_v and_o here_o be_v john_n baptist_n bear_v and_o our_o saviour_n david_n 5_o conceive_v there_o be_v long_o bustle_a between_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o the_o house_n of_o david_n 6_o saul_n abner_n still_o strive_v to_o make_v a_o party_n strong_a enough_o to_o settle_v one_o of_o saul_n david_n 7_o son_n in_o the_o kingdom_n thereupon_o be_v ishbosheth_n anoint_v in_o saul_n stead_n he_o be_v call_v ishbaal_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 33._o for_o baal_n be_v common_o call_v bosheth_n or_o shame_n as_o jerubbaal_n be_v call_v jerubbosheth_n 2_o sam._n 11._o 21._o and_o mephibosheth_n 2_o sam._n 9_o 12._o call_v meribaal_n 1_o chron._n 8._o 34._o see_v also_o jer._n 11._o 13._o abners_fw-la vapour_a cause_v a_o desperate_a duel_n of_o twelve_o and_o twelve_o man_n and_o so_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o continual_a war_n in_o a_o equal_a bloodshed_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vers_fw-la 27._o if_o thou_o have_v not_o say_v say_v joab_n what_o thou_o do_v say_v in_o the_o morning_n let_v the_o young_a man_n rise_v and_o play_v before_o we_o sure_o the_o people_n have_v go_v away_o every_o man_n from_o his_o brother_n even_o in_o the_o morning_n and_o there_o have_v be_v never_o a_o blow_n strike_v but_o thou_o do_v provoke_v it_o chap._n iii_o david_n six_o son_n bear_v to_o he_o in_o hebron_n in_o his_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n reign_n there_o be_v here_o reckon_v together_o that_o that_o story_n and_o matter_n may_v be_v dispatch_v at_o once_o abner_n upon_o discontent_n at_o ishbosheth_n turn_v to_o david_n and_o confess_v that_o kingdom_n which_o hitherto_o he_o have_v willing_o and_o witting_o oppose_v but_o god_n will_v not_o suffer_v such_o a_o man_n and_o upon_o such_o ground_n to_o be_v a_o promoter_n of_o david_n throne_n he_o be_v slay_v by_o joab_n even_o in_o a_o place_n of_o judicature_n and_o with_o a_o wound_n parallel_n to_o that_o that_o he_o have_v give_v asahel_n chap._n iu._n ishbosheth_n slay_v by_o two_o benjamite_n brethren_n in_o evil_a they_o come_v into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o house_n as_o if_o 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