Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole.

IOD.

73 * 1.1 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments x 1.2.

74 * 1.3 They that fear thee, will be glad y 1.4 when they see me z 1.5: because I have hoped in thy word a 1.6.

75 I know b 1.7, O LORD, that thy judgments c 1.8 are † 1.9 right, and that thou in faithfulness d 1.10 hast afflicted me.

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be † 1.11 for my comfort, according to thy word e 1.12 unto thy servant.

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live f 1.13: for thy law is my delight g 1.14.

78 Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversly with me h 1.15 without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts i 1.16.

79 Let those that fear thee, turn unto me k 1.17, and those that have known l 1.18 thy testimonies.

80 Let my heart be † 1.19 sound m 1.20 in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed n 1.21.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Job 10. 8.
• x 1.2

  I am thy creature, and therefore obliged to serve and obey thee with all my might; which that I may do aright I beg thy instruction or assistance. Or, thou hast made me once, make me a second time, and renew thy decayed image in me, that I may know and serve thee better, and that as I was made by thee, so I may be guided by thy grace to serve and glorifie my Creator.
• * 1.3

  Ver. 79.
• y 1.4

  Partly for my sake, of whose innocency and piety they are convinced, and therefore sympathize with me: and partly for their own sakes, both for the encouragement they have by my example to trust in God, and for the manifold benefits, both spiritual and temporal, which they expect from my government.
• z 1.5

  To wit, alive and in safety, not∣withstanding all the force and malice of mine enemies, and advanced to the Kingdom.
• a 1.6

  In thy promise, and have not been disappointed of my hope, which is a great confirmation of their faith and hope in God, that they shall obtain all the good things which God hath promised them.
• b 1.7

  By the convictions of my own conscience, and by expe∣rience.
• c 1.8

  i. e. Thy corrections, as the next clause explains this.
• † 1.9

  Heb. righte∣ousness. Ps. 19. 8.
• d 1.10

  In pursuance of thy promises, and in order to my good, that by my afflictions thou mightest purge me from those sins which might provoke thy wrath against me, and prepare me for a better administration, and more lasting and comfortable enjoyment of my Kingdom.
• † 1.11

  Heb. to com∣fort me.
• e 1.12

  Yet in judgment remember mercy, and give me that comfort and assistance in and that deliverance out of my trou∣bles, which thou hast promised me.
• f 1.13

  That I may be preserved from that violent and untimely death which mine enemies design to bring upon me.
• g 1.14

  I humbly beg and expect thy protection, because I am thy faithful servant.
• h 1.15

  Heb. they have perverted me, either by their calumnies, whereby they have put false and perverse constructions upon all my words and actions: or by endeavouring to overthrow and destroy me, or to turn me out of the way of thy pre∣cepts.
• i 1.16

  All their wicked attempts against me shall never drive me from the study and love and practice of thy pre∣cepts.
• k 1.17

  Either, 1. turn their eyes to me as a spectacle of Gods wonderful mercy: or rather, 2. turn their hearts and affe∣ctions to me, which have been alienated from me, either by the artifices and calumnies of my adversaries, or by my sore and long distresses, which made them prone to think that ei∣ther I had deceived them with false pretences, or that God for my sins had utterly forsaken me. Which doubtless was a very grievous burden to David, who had a far greater esteem and affection for such persons, than for all other men, and desired above all things to stand right in their opinions.
• l 1.18

  i. e. Loved and practised them, as words of knowledge are oft used.
• † 1.19

  Heb. persect.
• m 1.20

  Heb. persect or entire, that I may love and obey them sincerely, constantly and universally.
• n 1.21

  To wit, for my sins, which are the onely just causes of shame, and for the disap∣pointment of my hopes following upon them.