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PSAL. V.
Verse 3. IN the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and look up] Here are two mili∣tary* 1.1 words, 1. Marshal his prayer, Order it as in battel-array, Job 33. 5. & 32. 14. 2. Would be a Spie upon a Tower to see whether he prevailed, whether he got the day, Hab. 2. 1.
Vers. 4. For thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickednesse] He describes God from his own nature; As if he should say, O God, thou wilt free me from Saul and his wicked flatterers, because thou art such a God as hast not pleasure in wickedness. See Hab. 1. 12.
Vers. 6. I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy] That is, The Court of the house. See Nehem. 6. 11. trusting in thy mercy.
Will I worship] Bow my self, Incurvabo me. Jun.
Vers. 9. Their inward part is very wickednesse] Wickednesses, Heb. in the ab∣stract and plural number.
Vers. 12. Wilt blesse the righteous] Benedicere in Deo est benefacere.
With favour thou wilt compasse him as with a shield] The Hebrew word signifies to compass about as the crown the head, Coronabis eum. Chald. Par. Arias Montan. the LXX. and Vulg. Lat. Coronasti nos.