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Verse 3. FOr thou preventest him with the blessing of goodnesse. That is, When David never asked such blessings at Gods hands, even then did the Lord bestow his liberal blessings upon him, as namely this, when David was following his Fathers sheep, and walking in his calling, thence the Lord took him to be King over Israel.
Vers. 6. Most blessed.] Blessings, Heb. not Benedictum, but Benedictiones. See Calvin, Full of blessings. A good Magistrate.
Meliùs in Hebraeo: circumdedi∣sti eum be∣neficiis bo∣nitatis. Grotius. Vide illum in Psalm. 18. 6.
Pones cum be∣nedictiones. Arias Monta∣nus. Certum est hac loquendi forma exprimi uberem bonorum copiam affluere Regi, utmeritò Divinae be∣nevolentiae exemplar esse possit: vel etiam ut inter precandum vulgò futurum sit ejus nomen celebre ad exem∣plum. Calvin.