Annotations upon the five bookes of Moses, the booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or, Canticles VVherein the Hebrevv vvords and sentences, are compared with, and explained by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee versions, and other records and monuments of the Hebrewes: but chiefly by conference with the holy Scriptures, Moses his words, lawes and ordinances, the sacrifices, and other legall ceremonies heretofore commanded by God to the Church of Israel, are explained. With an advertisement touching some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew text, and allegation of the Rabbines in these annotations. As also tables directing unto such principall things as are observed in the annotations upon each severall booke. By Henry Ainsworth.

PSAL. XXXII.

David teacheth that blessednesse consisteth in re∣mission of sinnes. 3 Hiding of sinnes causeth trou∣ble, but confession giveth ease to the conscience. 8 An instruction unto voluntary obedience. 10 The diffe∣rent ends of the wicked and of the just.

An instructing Psalme of David: [unspec 1]

O Blessed hee whose trespasse is forgi∣ven, whose sinne is covered. O bles∣sed [unspec 2] is the man, to whom Iehovah im∣puteth not iniquitie, and in whose spirit is no deceit. Because I ceased speaking, my bones [unspec 3] wore away with age in my roring all the day. For day & night thy hand was heavy upō me; [unspec 4] my moisture was turned into the droughts of summer Selah. My sin I acknowledged to [unspec 5] thee, and my iniquitie I covered not; I said, I will confesse against me my trespasses to Ie∣hovah: and thou forgavest the iniquitie of my sinne Selah. For this shall every graci∣ous [unspec 6] Saint pray unto thee at the time of fin∣ding: surely, at the floud of many waters, un∣to him they shall not reach. Thou art a se∣cret [unspec 7] place to me, from distresse thou wilt pre∣serve me; with shouting songs of deliverance thou wilt compasse me Selah. I will make [unspec 8]

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, [unspec 9] as the mule, without understanding, whose mouth must be stopped with bit and bridle, which come not neere unto thee. Many [unspec 10] pains are for the wicked, but he that trusteth in Iehovah, mercy shall compasse him. Re∣joyce [unspec 11] ye in Iehovah, and be glad ye just, and shout joyfully all ye upright of heart.

Annotations.

AN instructing Psalme] or, A Psalme that ma∣keth [unspec 1] 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 sun∣dry other Psalmes. whose sinne is covered] mea∣ning, 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. [unspec 2] 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 [unspec] kept silence, forbearing to confesse my sinnes, as after, vers. 5. Like doctrine Elih•• teacheth, Iob 33. 19,—22.

Vers. 4. thy haud] in Chaldee, thy plague. moisture] the chiefe sap, or radicall moisture, which [unspec 4] is an airy and oily substance, dispred through the body, whereby the life is fostered, and which be∣ing 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 [unspec 5] freely manifesteth them, accusing himselfe, and praising Gods mercie, which he expecteth in faith: see Ios. 7. 19. against me my trespasses] or, con∣cerning my trespasses; but both the Greeke version plainly hath, against me, and elsewhere the He∣brew 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: [unspec 6] 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 fa∣vour. floud] or inundation. As waters signifie afflictions, Psal. 69. 2. so a floud of waters deno∣teth 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 peoples come as waters, they shall not come neare him to doe him evill.

Vers. 7. shouting songs of deliverance] or, of eva∣sion, [unspec 7] that is, thou wilt give me occasion by delive∣rance of me, to sing many songs of praise unto thee.

Vers. 8. mine eie shall be upon thee] or, mine eie [unspec 8] 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, [unspec 9] 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 ser∣vice, 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 [unspec 10] sores) are for the wicked: So Solomon saith, Af∣fliction followeth sinners, &c. Prov. 13. 21. and 19. 29. and 24. 20.