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David praying for Solomon, sheweth the goodnesse and glory of his in type, and in truth of Christs King∣dome. 18 He blesseth God.
For Solomon. [unspec 1]
O God, give thy judgements to the King, and thy justice to the Kings sonne. That he may judge thy peo∣ple [unspec 2] with justice, and thy poore afflicted ones with judgement. The mountains shall bring [unspec 3] forth peace to the people, and the hills with
justice. He shall judge the poore afflicted of the people, he shall save the sonnes of the nee∣dy, [unspec 4] and shall breake downe the fraudulent oppressour. They shall feare thee with the Sunne, and before the Moone, to generation [unspec 5] of generations. Hee shall come downe like [unspec 6] the raine upon the mowen grasse; as the showers, the dispersed moisture of the earth.
In his dayes shall the just man flourish, and multitude of peace, untill the Moone be not. [unspec 7]
And he shall have dominion from sea unto [unspec 8] sea, and from the river unto the ends of the land. They that dwell in dry places shall kneele before him, and his enemies shall licke [unspec 9] the dust. The kings of Tharshish and of the Iles shal render an oblation; the kings of She∣ba [unspec 10] & Seba shall offer a present. And all kings shall worship him, all nations shall serve him. [unspec 11]
For he shall deliver the needy that cryeth out, and the poore afflicted, and him that [unspec 12] hath no helper. He shall mercifully spare the poore and needy, and shall save the soules [unspec 13] of the needy. He shall redeeme their soule from fraud and violent wrong, and precious [unspec 14] shall their bloud be in his eyes. And he shall live, and he shall give to him of the gold of [unspec 15] Sheba, and shall pray for him continually, shall blesse him all the day. There shall bee [unspec 16] a parcell of Corne in the land, in the top of the mountaines; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon, and flourish shall they of the City as the herbe out of the earth. His name shall be for ever, his name shall be continued [unspec 17] before the Sunne, and they shall blesse them∣selves in him; all Nations shall call him bles∣sed. Blessed be Iehovah God, the God of Is∣rael, which doth marvellous things himselfe [unspec 18] alone. And blessed be the name of his glory [unspec 19] for ever; and let all the earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Ended are the prayers of David [unspec 20] sonne of Iesse.
FOr Solomon] the Greeke addeth, a Psalme of David for Solomon; and the last verse sheweth it to be made by David, and it concerneth Christ [unspec 1] and his Kingdome, figured by Solomon, Song 3. 11. and therfore called by his name, as elsewhere he is called David, Hos. 3. 5. Such also is the title of the 127. Psalme. Kings sonne] to whom the right of the Kingdome belongeth by birth and inheri∣tance. So Christ was King Davids sonne, and borne King of the Iewes, Mar. 11. 10. Mat. 2. 2. and 22. 42. to him the Father gave all judgement, Iohn 5. 22. The Chaldee expoundeth the King to bee Christ, and the Kings sonne to be King Davids son.
Vers. 2. That he may] or, Let him judge, that [unspec 2] is, governe thy people in justice, that is, justly, where∣fore he is named Melchizedek, that is, King 〈◊〉〈◊〉 justico, Heb. 7. 2. of whom it was prophesied, be∣hold a King shall reigne in justice, Isa. 32. 1.
Vers. 3. The mountaines shall bring forth] or, shall [unspec 3] beare, to wit, as their fruit; for so this phrase im∣porteth, Iob 40. 15. This and the rest that follow, may also bee read prayer-wise, let the mountaines beare, &c. The Chaldee paraphraseth, The dwel∣lers on the mountaines shall bring peace to the people of the house of Israel. peace] that is, prospe∣ritie, plenty of fruits which should be injoyed with peace, as all Solomons dayes Israel dwelt without feare, every man under his vine and figtree, 1 King. 4. 25. And under Christ, the worke and effect of justice, is peace, quietnesse, and assurance for ever, Isa. 32. 17. Rom. 5. 1. the mountaines drop downe new wine, and the hils flow with milke, Ioel 3. 18. Amos 9. 13. hils with justice] that is, the hils also shall beare peace with justice; both peace and justice, as these two are said to kisse each other, Psal. 85. 11. and Christ is King both of justice and peace, Heb. 7. 2. his Kingdome is justice, peace, and joy, Rom. 14. 17. It may also be read for justice.
Vers. 4. shall judge] that is, shall deliver; see the [unspec 4] notes on Psal. 43. 1. save the sonnes of the nee∣dy] that is, the needy persons; in Chaldee, shall re∣deeme the sonnes of miserie, that is, such as are in wretched case. the fraudulent oppressor] whom the Greeke here calleth sycophant; which word is used for injurying by forged cavillation, Luk. 19. 8. and 3. 14. See before in Psal. 62. 11.
Vers. 5. They shall feare] men shall reverence, [unspec 5] that is, worship and serve thee. So feare is used for worship, Isa. 29. 13. Mat. 15. 9. with the sun] or before the sun, as is after expressed, vers. 17. & as the Hebrew ghnim, with, is elsewhere used for before, Est. 7. 8. and before the sun and moone, meaneth con∣tinually, so long as they shine on the earth, which is, so long as the world endureth, Gen. 8. 22. Psal. 89. 37, 38. The Chaldee intrepreteth it, with the rising of the sunne, and in the light of the moone, that is, at morning and evening, day and night; as the twelve Tribes are said so instantly to serve, Act. 26. 7.
Vers. 6. the mowen grasse] the medow, which be∣ing [unspec 6] mowen in the beginning of Summer, craveth raine that it may grow againe. The orginall word signifieth also a shorne fleece of wooll; which sense some keepe here, and referre it to the deaw that fell on Gedeons fleece, when the land was dry, and againe on the land when the fleece was dry, Iudg. 6. 37,—40. Solomon and Christ are here said to come downe as raine, in respect of the doctrine and administration of judgement by them. So Moses said, My doctrine shall drop as the raine, &c. Deut. 32. 2. and Iob said, they waited for me as for the raine, &c. Iob 29. 23. and the Lord shall come unto us as the raine, &c. Hos. 6. 3. the dispersed moi∣sture] understand, which are the moisture, that is, which showres doe moisten the earth. Zarziph, the Hebrew word used only in this place, hath the signification of dispersing moisture or water, as is by showers, God having divided spouts for the raine, whereby it is strowed abroad upon the earth, Iob
38. 25. Wherefore the former word showers, impli∣eth raine that falleth with manifold (or millions of) drops, as Psal. 65. 11.
Vers. 7. multitude of peace] to wit, shall be, or, [unspec 7] shall flourish: and this Shalom, peace, may respect the name of Shelomoh or Solomon, which signifieth peaceable, as was promised to David, Behold, a son is borne to thee which shall be a man of rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, there∣fore his name is Solomon, and I will send (Salom) peace and quietnesse upon Israel in his daies, 1 Chron. 22. 9. moone be not] or be taken away, as the Greeke explaineth it, that is, till the worlds end, as before, vers. 5.
Vers. 8. from sea to sea] from the salt Sea, (the [unspec 8] lake of Sodome, Gen. 14. 3.) to the maine sea. See Numb. 34. 3,—6, &c. where the limits of the land are described. from the river] the great river Euphrates, Gen. 15. 18. Deut. 11. 24. In Solomon this was accomplished, when hee reigned over all kingdomes, from the river to the land of the Phili∣stims, and to the border of Aegypt, 1 King. 4. 21. in Christ, when all Nations were brought into his subjection by the Gospell, as Mat. 28. 18, 19. Act. 1. 8. Col. 1. 5, 6. Rev. 11. 15.
Vers. 9. in dry places] or, in desarts, which the [unspec 9] Greeke explaineth, the Aethiopians. The Hebrew Tsijim signifieth here, and Psal. 74. 14. people that dwell in dry desart places: sometime it is used for wilde beasts that haunt such desarts, as Esa. 34. 14. and 13. 21. Ier. 50. 39. lick the dust] like a Serpent, as is expressed in Mic. 7. 16. noting here∣by great feare and subjection, testified by bowing downe their faces to the ground, as is the manner in the Easterne countries. In Esa. 49. 23. a like promise is made to the Church of Christ.
Vers. 10. Of Tharshish] or of the Ocean, that dwell [unspec 10] by the maine sea. See the Note on Psal. 48. 8. Sheba and Seba] that is, of Aethiopia and Arabia, far southerne Countries, inhabited by the posteri∣ty of Sheba and Seba, the Nephew & son of Cush, the son of Cham, the son of Noah, Gen. 10. 7. The Queen of Sheba (or of the South) came from the ut∣most parts of the earth to heare the wisdome of So∣lomon, & gave him much gold, sweet odours, and precious stones, 1 King. 10. 1,—10. Mat. 12. 42.
Vers. 12. hath no helper] or, to whom no helper. [unspec 12] See the like by Iob, Iob 29. 12.
Vers. 14. precious shall their bloud be] that is, their [unspec 14] death, meaning, that hee regardeth their life, and will not easily suffer them to be killed, for that it is precious and deare unto him: as on the contrary Paul said, his life was not deare unto himselfe, when hee was willing and ready to lose it for Christs cause, Act. 20. 24. See Psal. 116. 15.
Vers. 15. he shall give] meaning man in generall, [unspec 15] or each one brought in subjection, as the Greeke saith, to him shall be given, meaning to Salomon. gold of Sheba] the Greeke saith, of Arabia: see vers. 10. all the day] or daily.
Vers. 16. There shall be a parcell, &c.] where a [unspec 16] handfull of corne shall be sowne on the top of the mounts (the most barren places) there shall be such increase that the fruit shall shake and make a noise like the trees of Lebanon. shake] or stirre with noise, rustle. Lebanon] that is, trees of Lebanon; as the earth, for the inhabitants of the earth, Psal. 66. 1. of this mount see the Note on Psal. 29. 5. they of the City] that is, the citizens, as, they of the world are worldlings, Psal. 17. 14. ye of the heavens, Psal. 148. 1. are the inhabitants there. The Chaldee addeth, of the City Ierusalem. Compare herewith Isa. 27. 6.
Vers. 17. continued] to wit, as a sonne continueth [unspec 17] his fathers name, for the originall jinnon (or janin) commeth of Nin, which is a Sonne: the Greeke also turneth it, his name continueth; and Christs name is continued in us that beleeve in him, cal∣led Christians, Act. 11. 26. and his children, Heb. 2. 13, 14. before the sun] that is, so long as it en∣dureth, as vers. 5. So Psal. 102. 29. they shall blesse] to wit, men of all nations shall count and speake of their blessednesse in him. So Gen. 22. 18. call him blessed] or happy, shall beautifie him.
Vers. 19. name of his glory] that is, his glorious [unspec 19] (or honourable) name. So Lord of glory, Iam. 2. 1. for glorious Lord. filled with his glory] that is, with the manifestation of his glorious workes, and praising him for the same. See the like speeches, Numb. 14. 21. Isa. 6. 3. Rev. 18. 1. Ezek. 43. 2. Amen] So beat. This second booke of Psalmes is concluded with twise Amen, as was the former: see Psal. 41. 14.
Vers. 20. Ended] or Compleat are, meaning [unspec 20] that this Psalme was the last of Davids prayers or hymnes (as the Greeke translateth it) howsoever it is not set last in order as neither other bee. Or, that this matter touching Christs Kingdome is the last thing whereof David prophesied, and for which he prayed, as 1 Pet. 1. 10, 11. Iesse] or Iishai, as the Hebrew soundeth it, and sometime Ishai, 1 Chro. 2. 12, 13. which name signifieth strength and manhood, as David, amiable.