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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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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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679.
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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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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A55363.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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PSAL. CXXXIV.
A song of degrees.
The form of this Psalm seems to be dramatical. In the two first verses the Psalmist speaks in the name of some eminent person, either the King or Chief Priest, exhorting and requiring all the Priests and Levites to perform the duties of their place and calling; and in the last verse in the name of the Priests and Levites returning him thanks for his good advice.
1 BEhold, bless ye the LORD a all ye ser∣vants of the LORD b, which by night c stand d in the house e of the LORD.
2 Lift up your hands f‖in the sanctuary g: and bless the LORD.
3 The LORD that made heaven and earth, bless thee h out of Zion i.
Notes
a
Do not stand there like statues, dumb and idle, but employ your hearts and tongues in singing forth the praises of the Lord.
Peculiarly so called, Priests and Levites, who are set apart to the service of God and of the Sanctuary, as the next clause restrains this general expression.
Not onely by day, but also and especially by night, when their watch was more necessary. See Exod. 27. 21. Levit. 8. 35. 1 Sam. 3. 3. As you watch by night when others sleep, so do you utter the praises of God when others are silent.
In that holy house of God where you stand, v. 1. Or, in or with holiness: Lift up your hands, as it is prescribed, 1 Tim. 2. 8. Do not con∣tent your selves with lifting up your hands, but see that this be done with pure and holy hearts.
Either, 1. thee whosoever thou ar•…•… who dost faithfully perform the duty here commanded. Or, 2. thee, O King, or Priest, who dost engage and encourage us in this blessed work.