Vers. 13. s••ck••loth] used to bee worne in signe [unspec 13] of sorrow, Psal. 69. 12. Gen. 37. 34. Mat. 11. 21. Rev. 11. 3. Here 〈◊〉〈◊〉 are to understand the word was, on gave, as is expressed, Psal. 69. 12. even as the word afflicted, here expressed, is there under∣stood, Psal. 69. 11. with fasting] another signe and cause of sorrow: wherefore mourning & fasting are used for the same, Matt. 9. 15. with Mark. 2. 19. returned up on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 bosome] or, into my bo∣some. The meaning may be, I prayed ••ften for them, secretly, and with hearty laving affection. For, the re∣turning of the prayer seemeth to meane the often minding and repeating of it; the bosome signifieth se∣crecie, Prov. 21. 14. and 17. 23. Psal. 89. 51. and inward affection, Num. 11. 12. Ioh. 1. 18. Or wee may reade it thus; Let my prayer returne into thy bosome, that is, I wished no worse to them than to my selfe, let me receive of God such good as I pray∣ed for them. See Psal. 79. 12.
Vers. 14. sad] or blacke, to wit, in blacke and [unspec 14] mournfull attire, and with sad and heavy counte∣nance, as the Greeke here translateth it, Scuthropa∣zon, which word the new testament also useth, Matt. 6. 16. Luke. 24. 17. So after in Psal. 38. 7. and 42. 10. and 43. 2. bewaileth his mother] mourneth at her funerall. In this case the affections are most strong. Therefore the Priests were permit∣ted to mourne for such, Levit. 21. 1, 2, 3.
Vers. 15. my halting] that is, my calamitie and [unspec 15] infirmitie, whereby I seemed ready to fall. So in Psal. 38. 18. Ier. 20. 10. the smiters] that smote me with the tongue, as Ier. 18. 18. and as here fol∣loweth, they rent, &c. The Seventy in Greeke turne it Scourges, alluding (as I thinke) to the scourge of the tongue, as Iob 5. 21. and another Greeke versi∣on hath plectai, smiters. It may also be read the smit∣ten, that is, abjects, vile persons, Iob 30. 8. (as the Chaldee expresseth it, the wicked;) or understand smitten on their feet, as 2 Sam. 4. 4. that is, lame, so faining themselves: or smitten in spirit, as Esai. 66. 2. that is, grieved in outward shew. they rent] to wit, me with reproaches, as Matt. 7. 6. or rent their garments, counterfeiting sorrow for me, Iob 2. 12.
Vers. 16. hypocrites] or, close dissemblers, which [unspec 16] outwardly cover and cloke their wickednesse, wherewith inwardly they are defiled, Matt. 23. 27, 28. or which have their hearts covered, Iob 36. 13. The Greeke also (from whence our English word hypocrisie is borrowed,) signifieth an under judgement, that is, dissimulation. scoffers] or, of scoffes, that is, men that make scoffs; as in Psal. 36. 12. pride is for proud persons. for a cake of bread] that is, for good cheare, for their bellies: or, at their belly cheare, at banquets. So Solomon speaketh of some that will transgresse for a peece of bread, Prov. 28. 21. The originall word Mag••nog is a cake, 1 King. 17. 12. and as bread is used for all food, Psal. 136. 25. so a cake seemeth to be used for all juncates or dainty meats; as in Hos. 7. Ephraim is likened to a cake, and their enemies to banketters that greedily eat them up, verse 8, 9. so here Da∣vid matcheth his adversaries with hypocriticall and scoffing parasites, whose God was their belly, as Phil. 3. 19. Or wee may figuratively take this word for a mocke jest, or mer••ment, and so reade it, with hypocriticall jesting scoffers: and this the Greeke favoureth, saying, they mocked me with mockage. gnashing] or, they gnashed: Hebr. to gnash; but a word thus indefinite, following another with per∣son, is it selfe of the same, by proprietie of the He∣brew tongue. So Psal. 49. 15. their teeth] the teeth of them and him, that is, of every of them. See Psal. 2. 3.
Vers. 17. returne] or, reduce, restore stay my soule [unspec 17] or life: so Iob 33. 30. alonely] or solitarie, de∣solate soule: See Psal. 23. 21,—23.
Vers. 18. a mightie people] or, a strong, to wit, [unspec 18] in number, that is, a great multitude. The word Ghnatsum, as it is mighty in strength, Psal. 135. 10. Prov. 30. 26. so is it many in number, Psal. 40. 6. 13. and 105. 24. and 137. 17.
Vers. 19. enemies with falsitie] that is, for a false [unspec 19] cause; or (as the Greeke explaineth it) unjustly. winke] make secret signes by the winking of the eye, which argueth both privie and scoruefull gesture; therefore this alwaies is a signe of evill, Prov. 10. 10. and 6. 13. not peace] that is, not peaceably or friendly, which yet some hypocrites doe, Psal. 28. 3. or, not speake to come to any sound composition, or peaceable end which one may trust unto. But God speaketh peace to his people, Psal. 85. 9. words of deceits] deceitfull words or things.
Vers. 21. hath seene] or, seeth, to wit, the evill of [unspec 21] David, or, that which we desired. In speeches of evill cases, often the Hebrew useth silence. So af∣ter in Psal. 54. 9. and 59. 11. and 118. 7.
Vers. 23. to my judgement] that is, to judge and [unspec 23] avenge me of mine enemies: so after, to my plea, is, to plead my cause, as vers. 1.
Vers. 25. aha our soule] that is, aba•••• have our [unspec 25] desire. Soule is sometime put for desire, Psal. 41. 3.
Vers. 26. cloathed with bashfulnesse] meaning [unspec 26] their confusion on every side, when nothing but their shame appeareth and so continueth. So Psal. 109. 29. and 132. 18. Iob 8. 22. that magnifie] to wit, their mouthes, as is expressed, Hobad. 1. 12. Ezek. 35. 13. that is, speake great things and boast∣fully, as the Greeke explaineth. So after in Psal. 38. 17. and 55. 13. delight my justice] whom my justice and innocency pleaseth or delighteth, and the defence thereof.