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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679.
Publication: London :: Printed by John Richardson, for Thomas Parkhurst, Dorman Newman, Jonathan Robinson, Bradbazon Ailmer, Thomas Cockeril, and Benjamin Alsop,; M.DC.LXXXIII [1683]
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PSAL. CXXI.

A song of degrees.

The matter of this Psalm sufficiently sheweth, that the Psalmist was conflicting with great difficulties and oppositions, and looking hither and thither for help, as men in such cases use to do, and then turning his eyes to God and his Pro∣vidence, and encouraging himself by Gods promises made to his people.

1 ‖ 1.1 I Will lift up mine eyes unto the * 1.2 hills a 1.3 from whence cometh b 1.4 my help.

2 * 1.5 My help cometh from the LORD c 1.6 which made heaven and earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot d 1.7 to be moved e 1.8: he that keepeth thee will not slumber f 1.9.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel, shall nei∣ther slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade g 1.10 upon thy right hand h 1.11.

6 The sun shall not smite thee i 1.12 by day, nor the moon k 1.13 by night.

7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in l 1.14, from this time forth; and even for evermore.

Notes

‖ 1.1

Or, shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?

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* 1.2

Psal. 87. 1. & 133. 3.

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a 1.3

Either to Sion and Moriah, which are called the holy mountains, Psal. 87. 1. or rather, 2. to the hills in general, whereof there were many in the land of Canaan, and upon which the forces, which he hoped would come to his aid, might be seen at a great distance.

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b 1.4

Or, may come, Heb. will come.

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* 1.5

Psal. 124. 8.

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c 1.6

From God alone, and therefore to him alone will I turn mine eyes.

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d 1.7

He speaketh as it were from God to himself, but withal to the encouragement of his followers and of all good men.

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e 1.8

To wit, so as to fall into mischief.

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f 1.9

Will not overlook nor neglect any thing which is necessary for thy preservation.

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g 1.10

Both to refresh thee and keep thee from the burning heat of the Sun, as it is expressed in the next verse, and to protect thee by his power from all thine enemies; for which reason God is oft called a shadow in Scripture.

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h 1.11

Partly to uphold thy right hand, which is the chief instrument of a∣ction; and partly to defend thee in that place where thine enemies oppose thee: of which see on Psal. 109. 6. And compare Psal. 16. 8. & 109. 31.

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i 1.12

With excessive heat.

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k 1.13

With that cold and moisture which comes into the air by it and with it. Intemperate heats and colds are the two springs of many diseases. He al∣ludes both to the condition of Souldiers or Travellers, who are exposed to the open air by day and by night, and also to the cloudy Pillar which defended the Israelites both by day and by night. The sence is, He shall protect thee from all evils both by day and night.

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l 1.14

Shall guard and assist thee in all thy expeditions and affairs and actions either at home or abroad. So this phrase is used Numb. 27. 17. Deut. 28. 6.

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