PSALME. XVIII.
At what time this triumphant song was written by Da∣uid, it appeareth by 2. Samuel 22. and by the plaine and euident title of the same, when he declared, after he had ouercome al his enimies, and had not onlie esta∣blished his kingdome in his owne countrie, but farre abroade in other places, that he was bent vpon this thing onlie, to declare that he raigned not for his owne cause, but for the glorie of God alone. And we must needes graunt this, that we haue no writing extant of anie Poet, that flourished most in wit and eloquence, to be compared with this Psalme, if we do but onlie looke to the phrase, But concerning the matter it selfe, he so describeth those his so dangerous perils, that he that readeth them, shal thinke himselfe almost to behold the things with his eies. And so doth he paint foorth the glorie of God in executing iudgement, and his diuine Maiestie, with such a high style, that he that readeth it, may thanke the heauens and the earth yet stil to shake. And he doth so set forth his victories, that we may thinke we see his triumphes before our eies. And