of our God verse 4 Shout-triumphantly to Iehovah all the earth shout-chearfully and shout-joyfully and sing-psalms verse 5 Sing-psalms to Iehovah with harp with harp and voice of a psalm verse 6 With trumpets and voice of the cornet shout-triumphantly before the King Iehovah verse 7 Let the sea roare and the plenty thereof the world and they that fit therein verse 8 Let the rivers clap the palms together let the mountains shout-joyfully verse 9 Before Iehovah for he is come to judge the earth he will judge the world in justice and the peoples in righteousnesses PSALM XCVIII Sing this as the 68. Psalm verse 1 A New song to Jehovah sing for marvels done hath he his right hand hath him saved and his arme of sanctitie verse 2 Jehovah his salvation hath made known unto the eyes even of the nations he hath revealed his justice verse 3 His mercy and his faith to house of Isr'el he thinks on the ends all the earth have seen our Gods salvation verse 4 Unto Jehovah all the earth shout yee triumphantly shout-chearfully and joyful-shout and sing-melodiously verse 5 Unto Jehovah with the harp melodiously-sing yee even with the harp and with the voice of singing-melodie verse 6 With shrilling-trumpets also with the cornets sounding-voice before the king Jehovahs face shout-with-triumphant-noise verse 7 Let sea and plenty thereof roar World and that therein dwell verse 8 Let rivers clap the hands let mounts with joy together shrill verse 9 Before Jehovahs face for he to judge the earth come is with justice he will judge the world and folks with equities PSALM XCIX Sing this as the 85 Psalm verse 1 IEhovah raignes the peoples they are wrathfully-stirred he sits on Cherubims the earth is troubleously-moved verse 2 Iehovah great in Sion and is 'bove all peoples high verse 3 Let them thy great and fearefull name confesse it is holy verse 4 The Kings strength also judgement loves thou righteous-equities hast stablished in Jacob hast done judgement and justice verse 5 Exalt Jehovah our God yee and bow your selves submisse even at the foot-stool of his feet because he holy is verse 6 Moses and A'ron with his Priests and Samuel with them that call on his name call'd on Jah and he did answer them verse 7 Even in the pillar of the clowd unto them speake did he they kept his witnesses and which he gave them the decree verse 8 O LORD our God thou answerest them a God that pardonest thou wast to them upon their acts though vengeance thou takedst verse 9 Exalt Jehovah our God yee and bow your selves submisse at his mount holy for holy Jehovah our God is PSAL. XCIX verse 1 IEhovah reigneth the peoples are stirred he sitteth on the Cherubims the earth is moved verse 2 Jehovah is great in Sion and high he is above all the peoples verse 3 Let them confesse thy name great and fearefull holy it is verse 4 And the strength of the King loveth judgement thou hast stablished righteousnesses thou hast done in Jaakob judgement and justice verse 5 Exalt ye Jehovah our God and bow-down your selves at the footstoole of his feet holy he is verse 6 Moses and Aaron with his Priests and Samuel with them that call on his name they called upon Jehovah and he answered them verse 7 In the pillar of a cloud he spake unto them they kept his testimonies and the decree he gave them verse 8 Jehovah our God thou answeredst them a God forgiving thou wast unto them and taking vengeance on their practises verse 9 Exalt ye Iehovah our God and bow-down your selves at the mountain of his holines for Iehovah our God is holy PSLM C. verse 1 SHowt to Jehovah all the earth verse 2 Serve ye Jehovah with gladnes before him come with singing-mirth 3 Know that Jehovah he God is It s he that made us and not we his folk and sheep of his feeding verse 4 O with confession enter yee his gates his courtyards with praising confesse to him blesse ye his name verse 5 Because Jehovah he good is his mercy ever is the same and his faith unto all ages PSALM C. 1 A psalm for confession SHout ye-triumphantly to Iehovah all the earth verse 2 Serve ye Iehovah with gladnesse come before him with singing-joy Know ye that Iehovah he is God he made us and not we his people and sheep of his pasture verse 4 Enter ye his gates with confession his courts with praise confesse ye to him blesse ye his name verse 5 For Iehovah is good his mercy is for ever and his faith unto generation and generation PSALM CI. 1 A Psalm of David MErcy and judgement I will sing to thee Iehovah will I sing-psalm verse 2 I will doe-wisely in the perfect way when wilt thou come unto me I will walk in the perfection of mine heart in the mids of mine house verse 3 I will not set before mine eyes any word of Belial I hate the doing of them that turn-aside it shall not cleave unto me verse 4 A froward heart shall depart from me I will know none evill verse 5 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 verse 6 Mine eyes shal be on the faithfull of the land for to sit with me he that walketh in the perfect way he shall minister to me verse 7 He shall not sit within my house that doth deceit he that speaketh lyes shall not be established before mine eyes verse 8 In the mornings I will suppresse all the wicked of the land for to cut-off from the city of Iehovah all the workers of painfull-iniquity PSALM CI. Sing this as the 106. Psalm verse 1 MErcy and judgement I will-sing sing-psalm ô JAH to thee verse 2 Will wisely doe in perfect way when wilt thou come to me I le walk in middest of my house in my hearts perfectnesse verse 3 I will not set before mine eyes word of mischievousnesse I hate their fact that turn-aside it shall not cleave me to verse 4 The froward heart from me shall part the evil I will not know verse 5 I will suppresse him that his friend with-tongue-hurts secretly the haughty eyde and large of heart him suffer cannot I. verse 6 Mine eyes on faithfull of the land that sit with me they may unto me minister-shall he that walks in perfect way verse 7 He shall not sit within my house that doth fraud that speaks lyes he shall not be established in presence of mine eyes verse 8 At mornings all the wicked of the land suppresse will I out of IAHS city to cut all that worke iniquity PSALM CII 1 A prayer for the poor-afflicted when he shal be overwhelmed and shall powre-forth his meditation before Iehovah verse 2 IEhovah hear my prayer and let my cry come unto thee verse 3 Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distresse upon me incline thine ear unto me in
they went to Baal-pehor and separated themselves unto that Shame Bosheth Hos 9 10. and so Jeremy calleth the Idols Shame or Confusion Ier. 3 24. and 11 13. the dead idols that have no life or breath and so are opposed to the livig God Ier. 10 5 10. 1 Thes 1 9. Vers 29. brake in with violence killing 24. thousand men Num. 25 9. Vers 30. Phineas nephew of Aaron the Priest he being zelous for the Lord thrust thorow with a spear Zimri and Cozbi that wrought abomination Num. 25 7 8 c. Vers 31. for justice for a just action though don without ordinary authoritie and God rewarded him for it Num. 25 11 12 13. Vers 32. Meribah that is Contention where they strove with the Lord Num. 20 13. See Ps 95.8 evil was Gods displeasure towards Moses who uttering his anger for it was deprived of comming into the land of Canaan Num. 20 12. Deut. 3 25 26. Vers 34. the peoples the heathens in Canaan as is noted Iudg. 1 21 27 29 30.31 33. though God commanded them Exod. 23 32 33. Vers 36. idols or images named in Hebrue of the curious labour spent in framing and serving them Ier. 10.9 Isa 44 9 12 13 15. or of sorowes that they bring to such as worship them Psalm 16 4. somtime they are called Gods 2 Sam. 5 21 compared with 1 Chron. 14 12. a snare a scandal as the Greek saith whereby they fel into miseries Iudg. 2 12 13 14 15. Exod. 23 33. Vers 37. devils the idols forementioned whereby devils are worshipped and not God as 1 Cor. 10 19 20. Rev. 9 20. 2 Chr. 11.25 Deut. 32.17 Lev. 17 7. Devils here are called Shedim Wasters in opposition to Shaddai God Almighty Psal 68. â—5 Vers 39. whored committed spiritual whordom that is idolatrie see Psal 73 27. Iudg. 2.17 Eze. 23 7 37. Vers 42. their haters the heathens round about as was prophesied Levit. 26 17. and fulfilled Iudg. 3 8 14. and 4 2. and 6 1. and 10 7 8 9. and 13 1. Vers 43. Many times by Ehud Barak Gedeon Iephtah Samson c. Iudg. 3. and 4. and 7. and 11. and 15. Nehem. 9 28 30. by their counsel that is purposely and advisedly as 1 Chron. 12 19. Vers 46. gave them that is procured mercy or favour towards them Vers 47. from the heathens among whom diverse Israelites were scattred by reason of their often troubles at home So 1 Chron. 16 35 36. to glory that we may glorie or commend our selves The fifth Book Annotations Psalm CVII THe fifth book see Psal 42 1. Vers 2. whom he hath or that he hath redeemed them of the distresser or of distresse Vers 3. the sea that is the south where the red sea was situate from Judea as the Chaldee explaineth it the southern sea for the main sea was west-ward Ios 23 4. and so is often used for the West Vers 4. desert way Hebr. desert of way meaning where no was as verse 40. see also Isa 43 19. This estate figureth out mens dispersion among the peoples of the world Ezek. 20 35 36. when men are without the law Rom. 2.14 dwelling city Hebr. city of habitation or seating so vers 7 36. that is no harbour or place of refreshing for wild and venemous beasts onely haunted there Ier. 2.6 Deut. 8.15 Compare also Eccles 10.15 Gen 21 14 15 16. Vers 5. overwhelmed fainted see Psal 61 3. Vers 9. with good or good-things as the Greek explaineth it see Psalm 65 5. Luk. 1 53. Vers 10. shadow of death that is terrible darknes meaning hereby sore afflictions in body and soul See Psal 23 4. Isa 49 9. and 9 2. Mat. 4 15. Luk. 1 79. affliction as with cords and fetters see Iob 36 8 9 c Vers 16. barrs that is all the most strong hinderances so Isa 45 2. Vers 17. Fools evil disposed persons so named of their unadvised-rashnes see Psal 38 6. are afflicted or bring affliction on themselves Vers 18. soul that is appetite see the like in Iob 33 20. and the contrary in Psal 78 18. gates that is imminent peril of death see Psal 9.14 Iob 33.22 Vers 20. healeth them example in Hezekiah 2 King 20 1 4 5 7. and the contrary in Asa 2 Chron. 16 12 13. for God woundeth and healeth Deut. 32 39. Hos 6 1. Iob 33 19 24. corruptions that is corrupting-diseases or corrupting-graves whereinto they are ready to come see Psal 7.16 Iob 33 28 30. Vers 22. of confession that is thank-offrings see Psal 50 14. Vers 23. doe labour that is occupy or get their living so Rev. 18.17 Vers 25. rayseth-up or maketh-stand which noteth also the continuance of the storm See an example Ion. 1 4. Vers 29. he setteth or restoreth-firm See Mat. 8 26. Ion. 1 15. Vers 30. because they or when they that is the wayes Vers 32. the sitting or the Assise session of the Elders or Senators the governours of the people Vers 33. He putteth rivers that is he turneth watry fruitful places to a dry barren desert Rivers here as waters in Isa 32 20. Eccles 11 1. are put for most fertile grounds as wildernes for a dry barren ground Deut. 8.15 yssues that is places where water-spring are thirstines that is a thirsty dry land Vers 34. saltnes that is a salt barren land so Ier. 17 6. Iob 39 9. for salt causeth barrennes Deut. 29.23 Iudg. 9.45 Vers 35. land of drought that is a dry barren land compare Isa 41.18 Vers 37. yield fruitful revenue Hebr. make fruit of revenue or increase see Psal 1 3. Vers 39. And they are that is And again when he curseth them they are minished c. the contrary to the former blesseth is to be understood as in the law Deut 28 4.18 restraint either of liberty by imprisonment as Isa 53 8. or of any blessing Vers 40. contempt a base contemptible estate so Iob 12 21. deformed-wildernes or wild ground unordered so Iob 12 24. Vers 41 rayseth up or setteth in a high place safely so 1 Sam. 2 8. Psal 113 7 8 Vers 42. all inâ—urious-evil that is all evil persons that deny Gods providence or blame his administration shall have their mouthes stopped so Iob 5 16. and so pride is for prowd persons Psal 36 12. Vers 43. Who is wise a complaint how few there be that mark these things and an intimation that every wise man will observe them so Hos 14 10. Ier. 9 12. and they shall or as before who will understand Annotations Psalm CVIII Vers 2. YEa with my glorie that is with my soul and tongue as Psal 16 9. or Yea my glorie to weet shall sing This Psalm is composed of the 57. Psalm from the 8. verse to the end and of the 60. Psalm from the 7. verse to the end see the annotations there Vers 7. answer me or us see Psal 60 7 c. Vers 14. valiantnes that is valiantly and so prevaile as Balaam prophesied Num. 24 18.
the day I call make hast answer me verse 4 For my dayes are consumed as smoke and my bones are burnt as an hearth verse 5 Mine heart is smitten as grass and withered that I forget to eat my bread verse 6 For the voice of my groaning my bone cleaveth to my flesh verse 7 I am-like to a pelican of the wildersse I am as an owle of the deserts verse 8 I watch and am as a sparrow solitary upon the house-roof verse 9 All the day mine enemies doe reproach me they that rage against me have sworn against me verse 10 For I eat ashes as bread and mingle my drinks with weeping verse 11 Because of thine angry-threat and thy fervent-wrath for thou hast heaved me up and cast me down verse 12 My dayes are as a shaddow declined and I am withered as grasse verse 13 And thou Iehovah sittest for ever and thy memoriall to generation and generation verse 14 Thou wilt arise wilt have tender-mercy upon Sion for the time to be gracious unto it for the appointed-time is come verse 15 For thy servants delight in the stones thereof and doe pitty the dust thereof verse 16 And the heathens shall fear the name of Iehovah and al the Kings of the earth thy glory verse 17 When Iehovah shall build up Sion shall appear in his glory verse 18 Shall turn unto the prayer of the lowly and not despise their prayer verse 19 This shall be written for the generation after and the people created shall praise Iah verse 20 For he hath looked-down from the height of his holynes Iehovah from the heavens did behold the earth verse 21 To hear the groning of the prisoner to loose the sonns of death verse 22 To tell in Sion the name of Iehovah and his praise in Ierusalem verse 23 When the peoples shall be gathered together and the kingdoms to serve Iehovah verse 24 He hath afflicted in the way mine able-strength he hath shortned my dayes verse 25 I sayd O my God take me not away in the mids of my dayes thy yeres are through generation of generations verse 26 Afore time thou hast founded the earth and the heavens are the work of thine hands verse 27 They shall perish and thou shalt stand and they all shall wax-old as a garment as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shalt be changed verse 28 But thou art the same and thy yeers shall not be ended verse 29 The sonns of thy servants shall dwell and their seed shall be stablished before thee PSALM CII Sing this as the 32. Psalm verse 2 IEhovah heare what I doe pray and let my cry come unto thee verse 3 Thy face from me hide not away in day when trouble is on me let unto me thine eare be bent in day I call soon answer me verse 4 For as the smoake my dayes are spent and as an hearth my bones burnt be verse 5 Mine heart is smit as grasse and dry that I forget to eat my bread verse 6 For the voice of my groaning-cry my bone is to my flesh cleaved verse 7 I am like deserts pelican am as an owle of wildernesse verse 8 I watch and as a sparrow am on roofe in solitarinesse verse 9 All day my foes doe me upbraid they that rage at me ' gainst me swear verse 10 For I doe ashes eat as bread and mixe my drinks with weeping-tear verse 11 Because of thine angry-disdain and thy hot-wrath for thou hast me up-heaved and cast down again verse 12 My dayes as shade declined be And with'red as the grasse am I. verse 13 And thou Jehovah sittest-sure for ever and thy memory doth unto age and age endure verse 14 Thou wilt arise wilt have mercy on Sion for it is the time to deale now with it graciously for come is the appointed-time verse 15 For thy servants stones of the same delight in and her dust pitty verse 16 And heathens fear shall the LORDS name and Kings of th' earth all thy glory verse 17 When IAH shall Sion edifie he in his glory shall appeare verse 18 Shall turn to pray'r of the lowly and not dispise shall their prayer verse 19 This shall in writ-be-registred for th' after generation and people to be created shall praise the Ever-being-one verse 20 For he looks from his height holy the LORD from heavens the earth doth see verse 21 To heare the pris'ners groning-cry to loose them that deaths children be verse 22 To tell the LORDS name in Sion and his praise in Ierusalem verse 23 When peoples and Kingdoms in one to serve the LORD shall gather-them verse 24 He hath afflicted in the way my strength he shortned hath my dayes verse 25 I said ô take me not away my God in middest of my dayes Thy yeers through age of ages are verse 26 A fore thou laidst-foundation of th' earth the heavens also are thy handy operation verse 27 They perish shall but thou shalt dure and all they shall with-age-decay as a garment as a vesture thou changest them and chang'd are-they verse 28 But thou art even the same thy yeers they also shall not ended be verse 29 Thy servants sonns and seed of theirs shall dwell establisht before thee PSALM CIII 1 A psalm of David MY soule blesse thou Iehovah and all my inward-parts the name of his holines verse 2 My soule blesse thou Iehovah and forget not all his rewards verse 3 That mercifully-pardoneth all thine iniquities that healeth all thy sicknesses verse 4 That redeemeth thy life from the pit-of-corruption that crowneth thee with mercy and tender-pitties verse 5 That satiateth thy mouth with good things thy youth is renewed as an Eagles verse 6 Iehovah doeth justices and judgments to all oppressed verse 7 He made known his waies to Moses his actions to the sonns of Israel verse 8 Iehovah is pittifull and gracious long suffring and much of mercie verse 9 He will not contend to continuall-aye neither keep his anger for ever verse 10 He hath not doon to us according to our sinns nor rewarded us according to our iniquities verse 11 But as is the height of the heavens above the earth so strong is his mercie over them that fear him verse 12 As farr-remote as the East is from the West so farr-hath-he-removed our trespasses from us verse 13 As a father hath pity on his sonns Iehovah hath pity on them that fear him verse 14 For he knoweth our forming remembring that we are dust verse 15 Sory-man his dayes are as the grass as a flower of the field so flourisheth he verse 16 For a wind passeth over it and it is not and the place thereof shall not know it any-more verse 17 But the mercy of Iehovah endureth from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him and his justice to the childrens children verse 18 To them that keep his covenant and that remember his precepts for to doe them verse 19 Iehovah hath firmly prepared his throne
9 Which he stroke with Abraham and his oath unto Isaak verse 10 And stablished it to Iaakob for a decree to Israel for a covenant of eternitie verse 11 Saying To thee will I give the land of Canan the line of your inheritance verse 12 When they were men few of number very few and strangers in it verse 13 And walked-about from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people verse 14 He suffred not any man to doe them wrong but reproved kings for them verse 15 Touch not mine anointed and to my Prophets doe no evil verse 16 And he called a famine upon the land he brake all the staffe of bread verse 17 He sent before them a man Joseph was sold for a servant verse 18 They afflicted his feet with fetters his soule entred the yron verse 19 Untill the time his word came the saying of Jehovah tried him verse 20 The King sent and loosed him the ruler of the people and released him verse 21 He put him Lord of his house and ruler of all his posessession verse 22 To bind his Princes to his soule and make-wise the Elders verse 23 And Israel came into Aegypt and Iaakob sojourned in the land of Cham. verse 24 And he increased his people vehemently and made them stronger than their distressers verse 25 He turned his heart to hate his people to deal-craftily with his servants verse 26 He sent Moses his servant Aharon whom he had chosen verse 27 They put among them the words of his signes and wonders in the land of Cham. verse 28 He sent darknes and made it dark and they turned-not-rebellious against his word verse 29 He turned their waters to blood and slew their fish verse 30 Their land abundantly-brought-forth froggs in the privy-chambers of their kings verse 31 He said and there came a mixed-swarm lice in all their border verse 32 He gave their showers to be hail fire of flames in their land verse 33 And smote their vine and their fig-tree and brake the trees of their border verse 34 He said and the grashopper came and the caterpillar even without number verse 35 And did eat-up all the herbs in their land and did eat-up the fruit of their ground verse 36 And he smote the first-born in their land the beginning of all their strength verse 37 And he brought forth them with silver and gold and none among their tribes was feeble verse 38 Egypt rejoyced when they went-out for the dread of them had fallen upon them verse 39 He spread a cloud for a covering and a fire to enlighten the night verse 40 They asked and he brought the quail and with the bread of heavens he satisfied them verse 41 He opened the Rock and the waters flowed-out they went in dry-places like a river verse 42 For he remembred the word of his holines to Abraham his servant verse 43 And brought-forth his people with joy his chosen with showting-joy verse 44 And gave to them the lands of the heathens and they possessed the labour of the peoples verse 45 That they might observe his statutes and keep his lawes Halelu-jah PSALM CVI. verse 1 HAlelu-jah Confesse ye to Jehovah thankfully for he is good for evermore indureth his mercy verse 2 Who can expresse Jehovahs pow'rs can all his praise display verse 3 O blest are that judgment keep that justice doth alway verse 4 Remember me Jehovah with the acceptation of thy people and visit me with thy salvation verse 5 To see thy chosens good and with thy nations joyance for to rejoyce to glorie-high with thine inheritance verse 6 We have with our forefathers doon erroneous-sinfulnes we have doon wrong-iniquitie we have doon wickednes verse 7 Our fathers in Aegypt did not thy marvels wisely-mind remembred not the multitude of those thy mercies-kind But at the sea at the red sea was their rebellion-showen verse 8 Yet sav'd he them for his name sake to make his power knowen verse 9 And he rebuked the red sea and up the same was dryde and them as in the wildernes he in the deeps did guide verse 10 And from hand of the hateful-foe he did them freely-save and from the hand of th' enemie he them redemption-gave verse 11 And waters their distressers whelmd none left was them among verse 12 And they beleeved in his words his glorious-prayse they sung The second part verse 13 They hastened-incontinent his doings they forgot for his advising-counsel they exspecting-wayted not verse 14 But sore in wildernes did lust and God in desert tempt verse 15 He gave them their request but to their soul he leannes sent verse 16 And Moses in the camp A'ron Jehovahs holy man they envyed verse 17 The earth op'ned and swallowd-up Dathan and on the congregation of Abiram cov'red verse 18 And fire in their assemblie burnde the flame burnt the wicked verse 19 They made a calf in Horeb and to th' idol bow did they verse 20 And turnd their glorie to the form of oxe that eateth hay verse 21 They forgat God their saviour that in Aegipt did great-acts verse 22 Works-marveilous in land of Cham by red sea feareful-facts verse 23 And he sayd to destroy them had not Moses his chosen stood in the breach fore him to turn his wrath from stroying them verse 24 And they contemn'd the pleasant land beleeved not his word verse 25 But murmured within their tents heard not voice of the LORD verse 26 And to fell them in wildernes he lift to them his hands verse 27 'Mong heathens eke to fell their seed and fan them in the lands verse 28 And to Baal-peor they were joynd ate offrings of the dead verse 29 And moved-anger by their acts and plague among them spread verse 30 And Phineas stood and judgment-did and plague was causd to stay verse 31 Which counted was to him justice to age and age for ay verse 32 And at waters of Meribah they angred-fervently that unto Moses for their sake befell-calamitie verse 33 For they provok't his sp'rit and he it with his lips ut'red verse 34 The peoples as the LORD them bade they not abolished verse 35 But with the heathens mixt themselves and did their doings learn verse 36 And servd their idols which to them were for a snaring-grin The third part verse 37 Their sonns and daughters also they to Devils offered verse 38 And guiltlesse bloud bloud of their sonns and of their daughters shed whom to Canaans idols they in-sacrifice-offred so that the land with bloudy-gore was impiously-stayned verse 39 And they themselves defiled by their operations they went a whoring also by their wonted-actions verse 40 And ' gainst his people kindled was the anger of the LORD so that his own-inheritance he lothsomly-abhorrd verse 41 He gave them into heathens hand their haters them ruled verse 42 Their foes opprest them and they were under their hand humbled verse 43 He many times delivered them but they moovd-bitterly by their counsel and
were brought-down by their iniquitie verse 44 Yet he did see in their distresse when as he heard their cry verse 45 And toward them his covenant he kept-in-memorie and in his mercies multitude repented verse 46 And did give them to compassions before all that them led-captive verse 47 Save us O LORD our God and us from heathens jointly-rayse for to confesse thine holy name to glorie in thy prayse verse 48 Blest be Jehovah Isr'els God from aye and unto ay and let al people say Amen O prayse th'eternal-Jah PSAM CVI. verse 1 HAlelu-jah Confesse ye to Iehovah for he is good for his mercie endureth for ever verse 2 Who can expresse the powers of Jehovah can cause to hear all his praise verse 3 O blessed are they that keep judgment is he that dooth justice in all time verse 4 Remember me Jehovah with the favourable-acceptation of thy people visit me with thy salvation verse 5 To see the good of thy chosen to rejoyce with the joy of thy nation to glorie with thy inheritance verse 6 We have sinned with our fathers we have doon-crookedly we have doon wickedly verse 7 Our fathers in Aegypt did not prudently-mind thy marveilous works they remembred not the multitude of thy mercies but turned-rebellious at the sea at the red sea verse 8 Yet he saved them for his name sake to make known his power verse 9 And he rebuked the red sea and it was dried-up-and he led them in the deeps as in the wildernes verse 10 And he saved them from the hand of the hater and redeemed them from the hand of the enemie verse 11 And the waters covered their distressers one of them was not left verse 12 And they beleeved in his words they sang his prayse verse 13 They made hast they forgat his works they wayted not for his counsel verse 14 But lusted with lust in the wildernes and tempted God in the desert verse 15 And he gave to them their request and sent leannes into their soul verse 16 And they envyed at Moses in the camp at Aharon the holy-one of Jehovah verse 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered over the congregation of Abiram verse 18 And a fire burned in their congregation a flame burnt up the wicked verse 19 They made a calf in Horeb and bowed themselves to a molten idol verse 20 And turned their glorie into the form of an oxe that eateth grasse verse 21 They forgat God their saviour that did great things in Aegypt verse 22 Marveilous works in the land of Cham fearful things by the red sea verse 23 And he sayd to abolish them had not Moses his chosen stood in the breach before him to turn his wrathful-heat from corrupting them verse 24 And they contemptuously-refused the land of desire they beleeved not his word verse 25 But murmured in their tents they heard not the voyce of Jehovah verse 26 And he lifted up his hand to them to fel them in the wildernes verse 27 And to fel their seed among the heathens and to fann them in the lands verse 28 And they were joyned to Baal-pehor and did eat the sacrifices of the dead verse 29 And moved-indignation by their actions and the plague brake in upon them verse 30 And Phineas stood and executed-judgment the plague was restrained verse 31 And it was counted to him for justice to generation and generation for ever verse 32 And they caused fervent-wrath at the waters of Meribah and evil was to Moses for their sake verse 33 For they bitterly-provoked his spirit and he pronounced it with his lips verse 34 They abolished not the peoples which Jehovah had sayd unto them verse 35 But mixed themselves among the heathens and learned their works verse 36 And served their idols and they were to them for a snare verse 37 And they sacrificed their sonns and their daughters to Devils verse 38 And shed innocent blood the blood of their sonns and of their daughters whom they sacrificed ro the idols of Canaan and the land was impiously-distayned with blouds verse 39 And they defiled them by their works and whored by their practises verse 40 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against his people and he abhorred his inheritance verse 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathens and their haters ruled over them verse 42 And their enemies oppressed them and they were humbled under their hand verse 43 Many times did he deliver them and they bitterly-provoked by their counsel and were brought-down by their iniquitie verse 44 Yet he saw when distresse was on then when he heard their shril-cry verse 45 And he remembred toward them his covenant and repented according to the multitude of his mercies verse 46 And gave them to tender-mercies before al that led-them-captives verse 47 Save thou us Jehovah our God and gather us from the heathens for to confesse unto the name of thine holynes to glorie in thy praise verse 48 Blessed be Jehovah God of Israel from eternitie and unto eternitie and let all the people say Amen Halelu-jah The fifth Booke PSALM CVII Sing this as the 18. Psalm verse 1 COnfesse ye to Jehovah thankfully for he is good for ever his mercy verse 2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say whom he from foes hand hath redeemd-away verse 3 And gather them out of the lands did hee from east from west from north frō the sea verse 4 They in the wildernes in desert way wandred no dwelling city find-did they verse 5 Hungry and thirsty eke that them within their soul hath saynting-overwhelmed bin verse 6 And to the LORD they cryde in their distresse he freely-tid them from their anguishes verse 7 And in a right way he did make them goe a dwelling citie for to come unto verse 8 Confesse they to Jehovah his mercy his marvels eke to sonns of man-earthly verse 9 For he the thirsty soul hath satiated and hungry soul with good replenished verse 10 They that in darknes and deaths shadow bide in yron and affliction fast-tyde verse 11 Because against Gods words they did rebell and did despise the Highest-ones counsell verse 12 Then humbled he their heart with toilsom-grief they stumbled-down and none did yeild releif verse 13 And they the LORD in their distresse besought he sav'd thē frō their sorowes verse 14 He thē brought frō darknes deaths shade broke their bands verse 15 Let them confesse Jehovahs mercy and his marvels to mens sonns verse 16 For dores of brass he broke and hewd-asunder yron barrs verse 17 Fools for the way of their transgression and for their vices have-affliction verse 18 Al meat their soul abhorreth-lothsomly and to the gates of death approch they nye verse 19 When to the LORD they cry in their distresse he saveth them out of their anguishes verse 20 He sendeth forth his word and them healeth from their corruptions delivereth verse 21 Confesse they to Jehovah his mercy his
is plentiful bestowing of good things earthly or heavently Gen. 24.35 Deut. 28 2.3.4 c. Ephe. 1.3 Gal. 3.8 When it is spoken of men towards God it betokeneth praise or thanksgiving by word or deed Deut. 8 10. Psal 103 1 2. Luk. 1 64 and 2 28. And that which in Math. 26 26. is called blessing in Luk. 22 19. is called thanksgiving When it is spoken of men towards men it signifieth somtime salutation as Gen. 47.7 1 Sam. 13.10 sometime a gift or a benevolence as 1 Sam. 25.27 2 Cor. 9.5 2 King 5.15 sometime a pronouncing by way of prayer or prophesie of good things in the name of God as Gen. 14 19 20. Num. 6 23 24. In this signification the lesse is blessed of the greater Heb. 7 7. Annotations Psalm IV. Vers 1. TO the master of the musick or To the overseer to him that excelleth The original word Menatseach signifieth one that urgeth the continuance of any thing unto the end or the going forward with a work till it be overcome 2. Chro. 2 7.1â— 34.12.13 Ezra 3.8.9 And in musik there were Levites appointed for several duties and some lenatseach to plie or to set forward and be over the rest 1 Chron. 15.21 and these were such as excelled in the art of singing and playing on instruments to whom sundry Psalmes are intituled that by their care and direction they might be sung excellently unto the end There were in Israel some Levites singers that attended thereunto and had no other charge 1. Chron. 9.33 on Neginoth that is stringed instruments of musik played on with the hand See the note on Psal 33.3 Vers 2. when I call or in my calling whiles I cry so after in vers 4. God of my justice that is my just God author of my justice and avenger of my just cause in distresse or in streightnes thou hast widened or enlarged for me prayer appeal interpellation or intercession wherby we refer the cause of our selves or others to tho judgement of God calling upon him appealing to him for right praying against condemnation or the like For the Hebrue word Tephislah cometh of Pillel to judge or determine causes for which appeals are made 1 Sam. 2.25 and Pelilim are Iudges or Arbiters Exo. 21.22 whereupon to pray is in Hebrue hithpallel as it were to appeal or present himself and his cause unto the Iudge or to judge ones self Vers 3. Sonns of men Hereby is meant Great men the Hebrue being Ish which is the name of man in respect of his power and dignity as appeareth after in Psal 49.3 shall my glory be to ignominy or will ye turn my honour to defamation slander and calumnie God had promised David the honour of the kingdome which Saul with his nobles sought to defame and calumniate and so turn it to shame and reproch will ye seek a lye or ye seek a lye or deceivable-falshood Ye seek that which shall not come to passe The Hebrue Cazab here used is such a lye as deceiveth mens exspectation Iob 40.28 Psal 89.36 Psa 58.11 2. King 4.16 Vers 4. marveilously-separated or selected in wondrous sort exempted as with some signe of excellencie culled out So God marveilously severed tho Israelites from the Aegyptians Exo. 8 22. and 9 4. and 11.7 See also Psal 17.1 Exo. 33.16 a gracious-saint or pious holy merciful-one meaning himself The Hebrue Chasid which the N. Testament in Greek calleth hosois that is pious or holy Act. 13.35 signifieth one that hath obtained mercy goodnes piety grace and benignity from the Lord and is again after Gods example pious kind gracious and merciful to others Nehem. 13 14. See Psal 136.1 to him that is his gracious saint as the Greek explaineth it or referring it to the former he hath seperated to himself a gracious man Vers 5. Be stirred or Be commoved which may be understood Be angry Be grieved or tremble The original word Ragaz noteth any sturring or moving Iob 9.6 as to be moved or tremble with feare Psal 18.8 Deut. 2.25 Isa 14.9 to be moved with grief 2 Sam. 18 33. to be stirred with Anger Prov. 29 9. 2 King 19 27 28. Ezek. 16 43. This later the Greek here foloweth saying Be angry and sin not and the Apostle hath the same words Eph. 4.26 sin not or misdoe not This word signifieth to misse of the way or mark as in Iudg. 20 16. men could sling stones at an haires breadth and not sinn that is not misse and Prov. 19 2. he that is hasty with his foot sinneth that is misseth or swarveth In religion Gods law is our way and mark from which when we swarve we sinn Therefore sin is defined to be Transgression of law or unlawfulnes 1 Ioh. 3 4. say in your heart that is mind seriously what you doe and what the end will be Consider with your selves The like phrase is Psal 14 1. and 35 25. Mat. 24 48. Rom. 10 6. Rev. 18 7. be still or silent tamed stay pawse as 1 Sam. 14 9. Ios 10 12 13. By this word is often meant in scripture a modest quietnes of the mind the troubled affections being allayed See Psal 131 2. and 37 7. and 62 2. Lam. 3.26 Vers 6. Sacrifice The word signifieth Killing or Slaughtering as beasts were killed for offerings to God figuring mans mortification or dying to sin Psal 51.19 sacrifices of Iustice such Moses speaketh of Deut. 33 19. and David afterward Psal 51.21 meaning sacrifices just and right and in faith according to the intendment of Gods law Contrary to those which the prophet reproveth Mal. 1.14 so sacrifices of triumph or joy Psal 27 6. are Ioyful sacrifices offered with gladnes And the way of justice Mat. 21.32 for a just or right way trust or be confident have stedfast hope secure and firm confidence and it is opposed to feeblenes of mind fear and doubt Isa 12.2 Prov. 28.1 Vers 7. Many doe say Heb. are saying which may be turned doe say as in Mat. 22.23 hoi legontes saying is in Mark 12.18 hortines legousi which say who will cause us to see that is to injoy or have the fruition of good Psal 50.23 And this is the form of a wish as David desired sayd who will give me drink of the water c. 1. Chron. 11.17 and who will give me wings as a dove Psal 55.7 and many the like the light of thy face that is thy light some cheerful face or looks meaning Gods favour grace and the blessings of knowledge comfort joy c. that flow therefrom This is in Christ who is both the Light and the Face or presence of God Luk. 2.32 Exo. 33.14 and the Angel of his face Isa 63.9 According to this phrase Solomon saith In the light of the Kings face is life and his favour is as a cloud of the later rain Prov. 16.15 See also Psal 44.4 and 31.17.21 and 67.2 Iob 29.3 Vers 8. hast given joy or shalt give or put joy so