PSALM CXLII.
Vers. 2. I Poured out my complaint before him.] See the Notes 1 Sam. 1.15. Psal. 42.4, and 62.8.
Vers. 3. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, &c.] That is, When I was so
Annotations upon the five books immediately following the historicall part of the Old Testament (commonly called the five doctrinall or poeticall books) to wit, the book of Iob, the Psalms, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon ... / by Arthur Jackson ...
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"Annotations upon the five books immediately following the historicall part of the Old Testament (commonly called the five doctrinall or poeticall books) to wit, the book of Iob, the Psalms, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon ... / by Arthur Jackson ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A46807.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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perplexed, that I was ready to faint, or that I was at my wits end, not knowing which way to turn my self; see the Note Psal. 61.2: then thou knewest my path; which may be understood three severall waies: either 1. that God knew the dan∣gers he was in, & did accordingly deliver him, to wit, out of the snares which his enemies had laid for him, of which he speaks in the following words, in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me; or 2. that in those his trou∣bles God knew & approved his innocency, though that could not hinder his e∣nemies from laying snares for him; or 3. that God knew the way whereby he might & should be delivered, though he for his part knew no way how to avoid their rage, & that because what way soever he took, they had privily laid a snare for him.
Vers. 4. I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me.] Either the right hand is only mentioned, because that is the place for men to stand in for the defence of one they desire to aid, according to that Psal. 16.8. because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved, for which see the Note there; or else, under the right hand the left is also comprehended.
Vers. 5. Thou art my refuge and my portion, &c.] See the Note Psal. 16.5: in the land of the living; see the Note Psal. 27.13. It is as if he had said, that even in this life he hoped to find God mercifull to him.
Vers. 6. Bring my soul out of prison, &c.] That is, Bring me out of this cave, wherein I am now forced to hide my self; or, out of these streights I am in, being beset on every side, as if I were in a prison: the righteous shall compasse me about, for thou shalt deal bountifully with me; that is, upon Gods delivering me, the righteous will flock about me, either to gaze at me, as by way of admiring at the great things that God had done for me; or to congratulate my deliverance, to rejoyce and to praise God with me and for me; or to hear what God had done for me; or lastly, to set the crown of Israel upon my head.