IN my perfection] or, integritie, simplicitie: and [unspec 1] that is, when a man meaneth not, nor witteth of any evill, 2 Sam. 15. 11. Such a walker walketh confidently, and blessed shall be his children after him, Prov. 10. 9. and 20. 7. in Iehovah] Chaldee, in the word of the Lord.
Vers. 2. try my reines] examine as in the fire my in∣most [unspec 2] affections. Thus Iob also offered himselfe to triall, Iob. 31. 6.
Vers. 3. I walke] to wit, continually, (as the [unspec 3] forme of this word importeth,) or converse. The Greeke saith, I have pleased: so to walke with God, is to please God, Heb. 11. 5.
Vers. 4. men of false vanitie] that is, vaine mor∣tall men, or false persons, Iob 11. 11. So Ieremie [unspec 4] saith, he sate not in the secret assemblie of mockers, Ier. 15. 17. the hidden] that is, hypocrites, dis∣semblers, secret evill doers: as the Chaldee saith, with them that hide themselves to doe evill. I en∣ter not] or come not, that is, have no company, or con∣versation. So the word is also used, Ios 23. 7.
Vers. 5. church of evill doers] the malignant [unspec 5] church; or congregation.
Vers. 6. my hands with cleannesse] or palms in [unspec 6] innocency. He hath respect to the washing which God appointed for such as came to his altar, Exod. 40 32. Hereupon we are willed to lift up pure hands when we pray unto God, 1 Tim. 2. 8. See also Esai. 1. 15, 16.
Vers. 7. To cause to heare] that is, to sound [unspec 7] forth, or proclaime so as may be heard. So Psal. 66. 8. and 106. 2. And in 1 Chron. 15. 16. David ap∣pointed Levites with instruments, to cause to heare, or to resound, lifting up the voice with joy.
Vers. 8. mansion] or habitation. This name is gi∣ven [unspec 8] to the tabernacle which Moses made, and God dwelt in, 1 Sā 2. 29. 32. & afterward to Solomons temple, 2 Chron. 36. 15. And heaven it selfe is al∣so thus called, Deut. 26. 15. where there are many mansions, Ioh. 14. 2. of the habitation] or the habitacle, the tabernacle. The tent which Moses made, was thus called, Exod. 26. 1. 6. and Solo∣mons house, 2 Chron. 29. 6. In Exod. 40. 34, 35. it is shewed, how Gods glory filled that tabernacle, when he first tooke possession of it; whereupon it is here called the habitacle of his glory (or honour:) and elsewhere, the habitacle of the Lord, Levit. 17. 4. and of his name, Psal. 74. 7.
Vers. 9 Gather not my soule] Gathering is used [unspec 9] for taking away, as Ier. 16. 5. Esa. 4. 1. and so for death, Esa. 57. 1. 1 Sam. 15. 6. Ezek. 34. 29. and sometime is expressed, to whom they are ga∣thered; as, to their fathers, to their people, to the grave, 2 King. 22. 20. Num. 20. 24. 26. and what is gathered, the soule, as here; or the ghost, the spirit, as Psal. 104. 29. So David here desireth that God would not take away his life among sinners, that is, with such as for their crimes deserve to die: as 1 King. 1. 21. Contrariwise, gathering is some∣time used for gracious receiving or succouring, as Psal. 27. 10. men of blouds] bloud-guiltie per∣sons. See Psal. 5. 7. The Chaldee expoundeth it, with men that shed innocent bloud.
Vers. 10. a mischievous purpose] craftily devised [unspec 10] evill. The Chaldee translateth it, counsell of sinne; the Greeke, iniquities. See Psal. 10. 2. Sometime this word is generally used for any abominable evill, Levit. 18. 17. and 19. 29. and 20. 14. full of bribes] and consequently, of injustice; for bribes cause justice to be perverted, Deut. 16. 19. Contra∣riwise, Gods right hand is full of justice, Psal. 48. 11.
Vers. 12. in righteousnesse] or, in a right, even [unspec 12] and plaine place, as the word signifieth, Deut. 3. 10. Ier. 21. 13. the Apostle expresseth the word by righteousnesse, Heb. 1. 8. from Ps. 45. 7. it is opposed to crookednesse, Esa. 40. 4. See also Ps. 27. 11. in the churches] or cōgregations, assemblies, church-mee∣tings, called in Greeke ecclesiais; and so in the new testament, 1 Cor. 14. 34. So also Psal. 68. 27. The Chaldee translateth, the congregation of just men.