To the Master of the Musicke, [unspec 1] Davids Psalme.
WAiting, I waited for Iehovah, [unspec 2] and he bended unto mee, and heard my cry. And he brought me up out of the pit of sounding calamitie, [unspec 3] out of the mire of mudde, and set up my feet upon a rocke; hee ordered steadily my steps.
And he hath given into my mouth a new song, a praise to our God: many shall see and [unspec 4] feare, and shall trust in Iehovah. O blessed is the man that putteth Iehovah his secure [unspec 5] trust, and respecteth not unto the proud, and them that turne aside unto a lye. Thou Ie∣hovah, [unspec 6] my God, hast made many thy marvel∣lous works and thy thoughts towards us; none can count them in order unto thee: would I declare and speake of them, they are mighti∣ly increast, moe than can be told. Sacrifice [unspec 7] and oblation thou wouldest not; mine cares hast thou digged open: burnt-offering and sin-offering thou askedst not. Then said I, [unspec 8] loe I come; in the roll of the booke it is writ∣ten of me. My God, I delight to doe thy ac∣ceptable [unspec 9] will, and thy law is within my bow∣els. I have preached the glad tidings of ju∣stice [unspec 10] in the great Church; loe I close not up my lips, Iehovah thou knowest. Thy justice [unspec 11] I have not covered within my heart, thy faith and thy salvation have I said: I have not con∣cealed thy mercy and thy truth to the great Church. Thou Iehovah, close not up thy [unspec 12] tender mercies from mee: let thy bounteous mercy and thy truth continually preserve me.
For innumerable evils have assailed mee [unspec 13] round about: my iniquities have taken hold on mee, and I am not able to see; they are mightily increased, moe than the haires of my head, and my heart forsaketh mee. Vouch∣safe, [unspec 14] Iehovah, to deliver mee: Iehovah, make haste to my helpe. Let them be abashed [unspec 15] and ashamed together, that seeke my soule, to make an end of it: let them be turned back∣ward, and blush, that delight mine evill. Let them be made desolate, for a reward of [unspec 16] [unspec 17] their shame, that say to mee, aha aha. Let all that seeke thee, be joyfull and rejoyce in thee; let them say continually, magnified be Iehovah; they that love thy salvation. And [unspec 18] I, poore afflicted and needy, the Lord thin∣keth on me: thou art my helpe and my deli∣verer; my God, delay not.
Annotations.
DAvids Psalme] or, a Psalme of David; but [unspec 1] Davids name is here fet first, which elsewhere commonly is last: or, a Psalme concerning David that is, Christ, who is called David in the Prophets, Hos. 3. 5. Jer. 30. 9. Ezek. 34. 23. and 37 24. Of him this Psalme intreateth, as the Apostle teacheth, Hebr. 10. 5, 6, &c.
Vers. 2. Waiting] or, expecting; the doubling [unspec 2] of this word noteth earnestnesse, constancie, patience. bended] to wit, his eare, as is expressed, Psal. 17. 6.
Vers. 3. pit of sounding calamity] or, dungeon of [unspec 3] tumultuous desolation, which ecchoed and resoun∣ded with dreadfull noises, denoting hereby the greatnesse of Christs afflictions. mire of mud] that is, muddy (or durty) mire, or clay, signifying fast cleaving afflictions. So Psal. 69. 3. set up] or stablished, set fast my feet on a rocke, that is, on firme ground, opposed to the former mud.
Vers. 5. respecteth not] or turneth not the face; [unspec 5] which implieth liking, or inclination of the mind and affections, Iob 36. 21. the proud] or stout, that in confidence of their strength carry themselves in∣solently. turne aside to a lye] swarve (or revolt) to deceiveable falshood; meaning Heretikes and Ido∣laters.
Vers. 6. thy thoughts] thy good meanings, or pur∣poses. [unspec 6] none can count in order] or, they cannot be orderly counted, or propounded. The Chaldee pa∣raphraseth, it is not possible for to order unto thee thy praise. Here the word is used for ordering of speech, as in Iob 32. 14. Sometime it is used for matching, or comparing; so the Greeke turneth it here, in thy thoughts there is not any that can be likened to thee. would I] or, if I would declare mightily increase] or, strong, to wit, in number many: so af∣ter in vers. 13. see Psal. 35. 18. above telling] that is, moe than I or any can tell; or, moe than can be told.
Vers. 7. thou wouldest not] or delightedst not; [unspec 7] Christ was to cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease, D••••. 9. 27. because it was unpossible that they should purge sinnes, Hebr. 10. 4. therefore speaketh hee thus to God his Father, Heb. 10. 5. mine eares] or, eares to me: see Psal. 3. 1. digged open] or pierced, that is, thou hast made mee obedient to thy voice, (contrary to which is the stopping of the eare, Psal. 58. 5.) so the Chaldee explaineth it, thou hast digged open mine eares, to hearken unto thy comman∣dements: Or, mine eares thou hast boared, as thy ser∣vant for ever, according to the law, Exod. 21. 6. The Greeke Interpreters, to make the sense plainer, say, but a body hast thou fitted to me; meaning that his body was ordained and fitted to be a sacrifice for the sinnes of the world, when the other legall sacrifices were refused as unprofitable. And thus the Apostle alleageth the words, following the Greeke, Hebr. 10. 5, 10. burnt-offering] sacrifice that goeth all up in fire: See Psal. 20. 4. sin-offering] or, expiation, oblation for sinne, as the Apostle calleth it, Hebr. 10. The word Sinne is often in the Law put for the sin-offering, Levit. 4. 24, &c. Exod. 29. 14 So the Apostle saith, Him that knew no sin, he made sin (that is, a sin-offering) for us, 2 Cor. 5. 21.
Vers. 8. Loe I come] or, am come, to wit, into [unspec 8] the world, Hebr. 10. 5. and particularly, to Ierusalem