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 The Books of Pfahns and Proverbs; 
 
 INTENDED TO 
 
 CORRECT THE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS Of THE TEXl 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 COLLATIONS OF THE MSS. BY DR. KENNICOTT ON THE PSALiMS, 
 
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 BY HIM AND DE ROS3i ON THE PROVERBS ; 
 
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 RESTORE AND ELUCIDATE SOME CORRUPT AND OBSCURE PASSAGES, 
 
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 COMPARING THE MSS. WITH THE ANTIENT VERSIONS, 
 
 PARALLEL PLACES OF SCRIPTURE, 
 
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 PROPOSED EMENDATIONS OF MANY ABLE CRITICS, 
 
 AND SUBMITTING SOME 
 
 Further ConjeSlural Readings to the Judgment of the Learned. 
 
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 AND LATE OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD. 
 
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 R E F A C E. 
 
 THAT the original text of the Bible, containing the Pentateuch, 
 the Hagiographa, and the Jiiajor and }ni7ior Prophets,^ is come down to 
 us as pure and corredt as it was at firft penned by its feveral authors, is 
 a point, which, though till of late years flrenuoufly defended, fcems now 
 to be given up. The collation of the MSS. by the late learned Dr. Ken- 
 nicott, to whom we are very highly indebted for that mofl: laborious and 
 ufeful work, has put the matter out of all difpute. For the fmallell va- 
 riation either by the change, addition, or defecft, of any one letter fuffi- 
 ciently invalidates the abfolute perfedlion of the whole ; and the number- 
 iefs various readings, which every where appear, fome of greater, others 
 of Icfs moment, efFedually overturn the long prevailing prejudice,, that 
 not the leaft alteration hath taken place. 
 
 It will fcarcely be denied that the Providence of God never works 
 miracles without the moft cogent reafons, but to maintain that it has in- 
 fallibly guided the hands of the feveral tranfcribers of the Hebrew Bible 
 from Ezra's, or Nehemiah's fettling the code of it to this prefcnt time, 
 is to fuppofe the mofl extraordinary miracle that ever was wrouo-ht,-f 
 which is ftill greater, if we agree with Prideaux, &c. as is mofl proba- 
 ble, that the canon of Scripture was completed by Simon the juji.% 
 
 * See Poole's Synops. on Luke xxiv. 44. f See Lowth's Pre). Diff. on Ifai, 
 
 p. 58. and Kennic. Gen. Diff, §. 7. % See Connefl. Vol. II, p, 816. and Ant, Univ. 
 
 im. Vol. X. p, 237. 
 
 Amongfl
 
 Aniongft the feveral parts of H4 / Vvrit, thofe of the Pfalms, and 
 Proverbs feem to have fufferetl moft from the ignorance and negligence 
 of tranfcribers j for which fteibomius naturally accounts thus, ** cer- 
 tum Q^facros Libros omnibus feculis feparatim venditos fuifle, ut tenui- 
 oris fortunae homines PJalmos, Salomonis proverbia comparare fibi poflent. 
 Frequenti autem defcriptione Librariorum crevere errores, quos etiam 
 agnitos emendate plerunque noluerunt, ne codicis pretio ob lituras ali- 
 quid decederet. Omnium autem in manibus Pfalmi fuifle videntur ob 
 varia argumenta, quoe omni humanae vitae ftatui, et conditioni conveniunt. 
 Hinc corruptiffimum opus Pfalmi funt."* To reftore therefore thefe va- 
 luable parts of Scripture, which contain not only precepts of religious and 
 moral inflrudion, but predidlions of the mort: interefting nature to the 
 future good and happinefs of mankind,-}- from the feveral corruptions 
 they have undergone, and to bring them as near as poflible to their ori- 
 ginal perfedtion has been the employment of many learned perfons, par- 
 ticularly in this and the preceding century ; but after all their laborious 
 refearches, there feems to be a field ftill open to further emendations ; and 
 the collation of the MSS. has afforded ample matter for verbal as well 
 as literal corredlions ; and has recovered many readings of the greatefl 
 confequence. But even fuppofing that its ufe extended only to correifling 
 the grammatical errors of the text, furely tliis is a very valuable acqui- 
 fition ; it being at leaft as defirable a thing to have a complete edition of 
 the Hebrew Bible, as of the mofi: eminent Pagan authors. :{: 
 
 As the late learned Bifliop Lowth obferves in his Preliminary Difl*erta- 
 tion to his excellent Notes on Ifaiah, " the afilflance of manufcripts 
 and antient verfions united will be found very infufficient perfedly to 
 correifl the Hebrew text. Paflages will fometimes occur, in which nei- 
 ther the one, nor the other, will give any fatisfadtory fenfe, which 
 has been cccafioned probably by very antient miilakes of the copy, 
 antecedent to the date of the oldeft of them. On thefe occafiuns 
 
 * See alfo Hare's Proleg. p. 41. and Lowth's Prel. Diff. 'on Ifai. p. 58. \ See Luke 
 
 xxiv. 44. X See Lowth's Pr3ele«5l. 2d. 
 
 tranflators
 
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 tranflators are put to great ^piSTties, through which they force their 
 way as well as they can : they invent new meanings for words and 
 phrafes, and put us off either with what makes no fenfe at all, or with 
 a fenfe that apparently does not arife out of the words of the text. The 
 renderings of fuch defperate places, when they carry any fenfe with them, 
 are manifeftly conjedlural ; and full as much fo, as the conjedtures of the 
 critic, who hazards an alteration of the text itfelf. The faireft way of 
 proceeding in thefe cafes feems to be to confefs the difficulty, and to lay 
 it before the reader i and to leave it to his judgment to decide, whether 
 the conjedural rendering, or the conje(5tural emendation, be more agreea- 
 ble to the context, to the exigence of the place, to parallel and fimilar 
 pafTages, to the rules and genius of the language, and to the laws of 
 found and temperate criticifm." How far the propofed alterations in 
 the following work come under this defcription is fubmitted with all 
 deference to the decifion of the learned. 
 
 Indeed with refpedt to the poetical pQ.rts of the Bible, which are not in- 
 confiderable, fome aiTiftance may be had towards removing interpola- 
 tions, and fupplying defeds, by attending to their metrical compofition ; 
 for though it may not be poffible to afcertain the exadl number of feet, 
 and the quantity of each, the /even alphabetical Pfalms, and the four al^ 
 phabetical chapters of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, may futficiently 
 prove that the lines confifted of a certain metre, and are ftrong fpeci- 
 mens of long and Jhort verfes ;* which amongft other ufes were proba- 
 bly intended to preferve, and convey down to future generations the 
 modification of the Hebrew poetry. The judicious Bp. Lowth remarks 
 alfo, '* that the lines of the three perfectly alphabetical poems -f- are 
 remarkably equal to one another in length, in the number of words 
 nearly, and probably in the number of Syllables." In fome of thefe com- 
 pofitions, the beginning of the verfes being preferved by the initial letter, 
 the apparent defe6t is in the end of the line, which is particularly 
 
 * See Lowth's Praeledl:. and Kennic. Collat. -)■ Pf. cxl. cxii. Lam. iii. 
 
 [ b ] difcernible
 
 C vi X 
 
 difcernlble in Pf. cxix. and cxlv. And t». ^gh this circumftance of the 
 metrical ftrudure of the Pfalms, and other parts of the Bible, is not an 
 infallible guide to the corredion of the text, as Meibomius flattered 
 himfelf, and called it his Cynofura, yet that it may fometimes lead to the 
 difcovery of many unneceffary additions, and improper omiflions, can 
 fcarcely admit of a doubt. For as e'lghty^three MSS. fome of which are 
 of a very antient date, have the verfes of the Pfalms divided into He- 
 mifiichs, or into three lines, of nearly equal length,* when we fee a 
 chafm in one line, and a redundancy in another, though neither verlions, 
 nor MSS. affift in removing the exuberancy, or fupplying the defedl, 
 conjedtural criticifm may in fome meafure remedy both errors. The 
 authority of MSS. of at leaft 400 years ftanding feems to be a ftrong 
 prefumptive argument in favor of the metre of Dr. Kennicott's collation. 
 But if it fhould be thought that too much ftrefs has been laid on this 
 point in the courfe of the enfuing work, the Author hopes, that the fear 
 of dio'mg too little, may be an apology for having done too much; and 
 what is offered being merely by way of conje&ure, the reader is per- 
 fectly at liberty to admit, or rejedt, as he thinks fit. 
 
 Various have been the opinions with refpedl to the author, or authors 
 of the Pfalms. Chryfoftom and others have afcribed the whole of 
 them to David ;-{* but nothing can be clearer than that they were penned 
 by different perfons, on different occafions, and at different times jij: as the 
 fubjedl matter and titles of many of them may evince. Some indeed 
 have maintained that the titles were affixed to them by the authors 
 themfelves, or were at leaft added by Ezra, fo that they are authentic; 
 but though it may not be altogether conclufive that they are the authors 
 of the Pfalms, whofe titles they bear, they may be prefumed to be fo, 
 unlefs fufficient reafons can be given to the contrary. As it appears very 
 probable that though the 90th Pfalm is afcribed to Mojes, he was not the 
 
 * See Kennic. Collat. Pf, i. i. f See Poole. % See Hare's Prolegotn. and 
 
 Calmet's Didt. 
 
 author
 
 L vii 
 
 vii ] 
 
 author of it.* And though t^cy^th Halm is by the title given to Afaph, 
 there may perhaps be reafon to fuppofe that David was the author of it 
 from the two firft verfes. There are twenty five which have no title 
 at all : fome of which were certainly compofed by David. See Matt, 
 xxii, 43. Adls ii. 25. iv. 25. It might be indeed fome gratification to 
 the minds of the curious to be able to afcertain the author of each 
 pfalm ; but it is a matter of no great importance ; for, as Theodoret ju- 
 dicioufly remarks, " quid mea refert, Davidis omnes, an illorum non- 
 nulli, fint, cum univerfos Sp. S. afflatu confcriptos fuifle compertura fit ?"-f- 
 And our bleffed Saviour himfelf has flamped the Pfalms with the fame 
 divine authority with which he has Mofes and the Frophets.\ 
 
 They are ftiled ta*"?;!!! IflD, T^he Book of Pfalms, or Hymns, moft of 
 them being fongs of praife ; which is one argument that the divifion of 
 them into fve books is a matter of late invention, but a ftill ftronger 
 argument is, what Lorinus obferves, " receptus ab Ecclefia numerus 
 viginti duorum librorum tantum veteris teftamenti, juxta numerum li- 
 terarum alphabeti Hebraici." To which Chrifl: alfo bears teftimony, when 
 he calls it the Book of Pfalms ; which he would not probably have done, 
 had this divifion taken place before his time,§ Some have fuppofed that 
 David wrote 3,000 Pfalms, but as they refer to Chronicles, this feems 
 to be a mifiake arifing from Solomon's having compofed 3,000 Pro- 
 verbs, of which exprefs mention is made, 1 Kings iv. 32. but none of 
 the former; and the number of Pfalms received into the facred canon 
 has been 150. For though there is another extant in 6. Syr. Ar. & 
 ^th. fuppofed to be written by David, according to the title, on his 
 vid:ory over Goliath, it has always been efteemed fpurious, except by 
 Athanafius, &c. See Kennicott's Gen. Difi*. Sedl. 18. 4. 
 
 That there is no particular order in the Pfalms feems very evident, 
 and the reafon afiigned by Lorinus for the prefent pofition of them from 
 
 * See Kepnjjc.. Gen. Difl", 80, 3, &c. f Sec Poole, f Luke xxiv. 44. 
 
 § Luke XX. 42. aad Kenn. Gen. DilT. Cod. 41. 
 
 Philafter
 
 
 Vlll 
 
 Philajler and others may be as goda~asli.->|^ " cum aliquoties perliffcHt 
 Pfalmi, ficut et alia^ Scripturas, potiflimum in captivitate Bahylonica, non 
 omnes ftatim recuperates ; prout autem recuperabantur, ita difpofitos 
 efle."* And as they are detached compofitions, and have feldom much 
 connedtion with each other, the prefent diftribution of them may be as 
 really ufeful, as if they flood in their proper order. But they may in ge- 
 neral be clafled under three heads, precatory, fenitentiaU and eucharijlical '. 
 and confidered in this light they are an excellent fyftem of thofe great 
 devotional duties. Prayer, ConfeJJion, and 'Thank/giving. In which laft 
 refpeft they have been more particularly ufed in the Chrijiian Church 
 from the very firft age of it j-f* and now make a very confiderable part 
 of our public worfliip. But they are equally adapted to the clofet and 
 the Church j and the moft illiterate Jinner may by a due ufe of them 
 pray with underftanding in private, as well as the moft enlightened faint 
 Jing with underftanding in the congregation. 
 
 The Pfalms of David, as they are generally called, are the moft va- 
 luable colledion of Lyric Odes now extant : " Carmen omnc cantioni 
 deftinatum, five afla voce five fidibus conjundlis canendum, Hebrasi "i'^, 
 Gra^ci j,^^i', appellant. — Et Odce origo ad ipfum poefeos initium recurrit, 
 quod cum religionis, hoc eft, cum ipfius humanse naturae ortu conjunc- 
 tum videtur."! It is plain, as fome learned authors have obferved,|| that 
 Lyric poetry was in its perfe(5tion among the Jews at the time of their 
 departure from Egypt, from that excellent poem, which Mofes com- 
 pofed immediately after their paflage through the Ked Sea, which was 
 upwards of 200 years before Orpheus. This fpecies of poetry has in- 
 deed this great advantage above all others, that the authors of it, being 
 
 * See Patrick alfo. f Ephef. v. 19. % Lowth's Prael. 3. Many Pfalms have "nOtO, fome- 
 trnies before, and fometimes after *'\i\i; ; whicK coming from 101, incidit, amputavit, " de- 
 notet carmen in breves fententias concifum, et ab omni verborum luxurie refe£him." 
 See Lowih. b'DJJ'D was another title of fome of the Pfalms. For which fee Pf. xxxii. 
 and xlvii. 8. H Ant. Univ. Hift. whence the foliowmg paragraph is chiefly taken. 
 
 divinely
 
 [ ix ] 
 
 divinely infpired. feem to have confecrated it wholly to the honor of God, 
 and adapted it to the fervice of the Temple. And there is nothing fo 
 fweet, lb tender and pathetick, and at the fame time fo grand, (o ma- 
 jeftick, fo terrible, and fo harmonious, as the poetical part of the Bible, 
 to which all the heathen verfe is low and flat. 
 
 *' What their Mufic was, with which they ufed to accompany and en- 
 liven their poetical performances, we know little of but from conjedlure. 
 We have indeed nothing left of it, that can afllire us that it was equal 
 ta their poetry, and yet if we judge of the one from the other, and if 
 the moft elegant and harmonious words and phrafes corapofed upon the 
 fublimeft fubjedls could infpire a mufical perfon with a fuitable melody, 
 it will be abfurd to fuppofe their muflc to have been otherwife than 
 fweet, elegant, and beautifully varied, though attended with a noble gra- 
 vity anfwerable to the grandeur of the fubjedl and occafion. And if the 
 excellence of the Hebrew mufic may be inferred from its wonderful ef- 
 fects, fuch as we find it had upon Saul in his moft melancholy and dif- 
 traded moods *, and in calming the fouls of the prophets, and fitting 
 them for Divine Infpiration, we fhall be forced to own, that it was 
 equally, if not more, moving than any thing we have now. And in- 
 deed what wonder is it that it fhould have attained to fuch perfeftion, if 
 we confider the great diftance of time between its firft author Jubal, and 
 Mofes, and that from the time of the latter downwards it was in conftant 
 ufe, both in their worfhip, in their religious and civil feftivals, in their 
 publick and private rejoicings, and even in their mournings ?"-f- And fince 
 it is generally agreed that there is a very clofe connexion between Mu- 
 Jic, Poetry, and Prophejy, and the two latter amongft the Jews were un- 
 der the immediate diredlion and influence of the Holy Spirit, is there any 
 thing abfurd or extravagant in fuppofing that the invention of fome mufical 
 •instruments, and the improvement of others might be fuggefted by Divine 
 Infpiration ? Or that the Schools of th6 Prophets might be alfo fchools 
 
 * I Sam. xvi. 23. t Ant. Univ. Hift. 
 
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 of Muftc, as mufic had fo confiderable a fliare in the religious worftjip 
 of the Jews !* We know too that the Grecians afcribed the invention 
 of moft, if not all, miifical inftruments to the Gods. But what improve- 
 ment it received in David's time may be eafily gueffed, if we confider 
 the great encouragements that Monarch gave it : he was a good Mujiciant 
 as well as an excellent Foet, and devoted 4,000 Levites to that province, 
 under the tuition of 288 excellent mafters, with Afaph, Heman, and 
 Jeduthun at their head.-f The Rabbins reckon to the number of 
 34 mufical inftruments, by taking the titles of feveral pfalms, fuch as 
 Michtam, Szc. for particular inftruments. But, fetting thefe afide, there 
 will be ftill a great number of different forts left. Thefe were of three 
 kinds, namely, i. w/Winftruments, fuch as the feveral forts oi flutes, and 
 trumpets; 2. Jlringed inftruments, of this kind were the Harp, Lute, in- 
 ftruments of three, eight, and te7i firings ;| and 3. fuch as were beaten 
 by the hand, or with a flick as the Tabor, Drum, and fuch like. 
 
 Thofe which were n.ofl in ufe amongfl the Jews are probably 
 mentioned in pfalm cl. and according to Muis, (See Poole) they 
 feem to have been ten in number, and upon this fuppofition I have ven- 
 tured to confider VpD as a mufical inflrument (mention being made of it 
 as fuch Ezek. vii. 14.) of the Trumpet kind, as it is joined with nfllB^, 
 which was certainly of that fort, as well as thernifVn, and was ufed to 
 proclaim the folemn feafls.|| Burney makes the Trumpet of the Jubilee 
 to have been an 'Egyptian inflrument it being ufed fo foon after the 
 flight from Egypt. But whereever, or by whomfoever it might be in- 
 vented, it feems probable that it was at iirft fuggefled by the 1^"^, cornu, 
 or horn of dead animals ; for, as it has been obferved, the horns them- 
 felves were long ufed as mufical inflruments.§ 
 
 * See Kircher in Bedford's Temp. Muf. p. 50. and Stillingfleet's Orig. Sac. Book II. Ch. W. 
 + See I Chron. xxiii. 5. xxv. 7. Ant. Univ. Hift. and Lowth's Prael, 25. % See 
 
 Calmet, who obferves they had thofe alfo of fix and nine firings. See Pf. xlv. and Ivii. 
 II See Lev. xxv. 9. and Calmet. § See Jofli. vi. and Poole. 
 
 The
 
 c '■<; ] 
 
 The next inftrument is the "73^, from which came the vafw; of the 
 Greeks, and the Nablum of the Latins. The nebeJ, or nablum, is fome- 
 times rendered Pfalterium, and fometimes Ck/iara, and was a ftringed 
 inftrument, as Calmet obferves, " very near the form of a capital A, which 
 was played upon by both hands, and with a kind of bow. It founded 
 by means of a belly, that was hollow above and was touched below." 
 " Auguftinusait manibus portari percutientis, et ex fuperiorc parte habere 
 teftudinem, illud fcilicet concavum lignum, cuichordas innitentes refonant, 
 ficut Cithara habet inferne." Lorinus. And that it had a cavity feems 
 to be implied in the firft fenfe of the word, which fignifies a Sott/e. 
 From which circumftance of its hollow form feems to have arifen the 
 fidtion that Mercury invented the lyre from finding a tortoife upon mount 
 Cyllene.* Perhaps in this alfo confifts the difference between the "723, 
 and the "lUD, which is the next inftrument mentioned by the Pfalmiilr, 
 and being one of thofe tnioo invented by Jubalf-f is undoubtedly of the 
 higheft antiquity. Some have fuppofed that under thefe are compre- 
 hended other Jiringed, and wind inftruments •,% but it appears probable 
 from other paflages of fcripture, that they are intended to denote two 
 particular inftruments, the one a Jiringed inftrument, the other a wind 
 inftrument. 
 
 The IIJD, Cinyra, PJalteriumy Lyra, and Cithara, (whence comes the 
 word Guitar J were nearly the fame. If there was any difference be- 
 tween them, it confifted perhaps only in the number, or difpofition of 
 the ftrings. The Cinnor, or antient Lyra according to Calmet, had 
 fometimes three, fometimes fix, and fometimes nine ftrings.|| Voffius 
 makes mention of thofe which had 7, 10, 11, 12, and 18 ftrings. But 
 the firft kind of harp was probably that of three ftrings, or the "Trichord ; 
 as it is moft natural to fuppofe that the firft inftrument of the kind con- 
 
 * See Thef. Graec. Ant. Vol. IV. p. 46, Burney from Apollodorus makes it to have 
 happened in Egypt. Vol. I. p. 209. f See Gen. iv. 2i, J See Poole. 
 
 II See Pf. xlv. and Ivii. 
 
 fifted
 
 [ xii 3 
 
 fifted of the fmalleft number of firings. Diodorous afcribing the inven- 
 tion of the Lyre to Mercury, obferves thus, " Lyram a fe inventam 
 trichordem fecit, anni tempera imitatus, tres enim tonos induxit, acu- 
 tum, gravem, et medium, acutum ab ajlate, gravem ab hieme, medium a 
 vere defumpfit."* And we have an inftrumcnt called D^t^Vty i Sam. 
 xviii. 6 ; which might be fo denominated from having three firings ; but 
 if it was fo called from its triangular figure, (which has been with great 
 probability fuppofed to be the original fhape of the Lyre and Harp) I 
 fliould be more inclined to luppofe with fome learned authors.-f- that it 
 was defigned to contain a fet of firings one longer than another, in or- 
 der to be played upon either with Jlicks, as our old Dulcimors, or with 
 the fingers, as the harp, than to fuppofe with others,:}: that it was flrung 
 with a parcel of rings, fo that it being flruck with a flick, or fhaken by 
 the hand, made the rings flrike both againfl it and each other ; which 
 could not produce a very harmonious found. Whereas the Cinnor was 
 not only in very high eflimation among the Jews, but when fkilfuUy 
 played, produced the moil wonderful effedls on the human pafTions-H 
 
 The next inflrument is the t^in, or Tympanum, under which may be 
 comprehended all kinds of Drwns, Tabors, and Timbrels ; but the lafl 
 feems only to have been in ufe amongfl the Hebrews as a mufical in- 
 flrument, and was ufed chiefly by women. § Whether it was invented 
 by the AfTyrians, as Burney infers from Gen. xxxi. 26, 27. or whether 
 the Ifraelites borrowed it from the Egyptians is a matter of uncertainty j 
 and the name of it affords no help to the difcovery of its form ; but 
 Calmet conjedtures that it was of the fame kind as thofe antient Tympana 
 put into the hands of Cybele. 
 
 The next "word h'lnDl is rendered, " and with the dance." But I am in- 
 clined to think that it fignifies a pipe, an inflrument, which is generally 
 
 * See Thef. Rom. :Ant. Vol. V. 735. t See Ant. Univ. Hift. ^ % See 
 
 Calmet's Did. || See i Sanj. xvi. 23. § See Exod. xv. 20. 
 
 Pf. Ixviii. 25. 
 
 joined
 
 C >^iii ] 
 joined with the former.* For both VVn and b)r\J2 are derived from 
 bbn, perforare, which fixes this infiirument to be the Fifiiila or Tibia, 
 of which there are various forts, the Flute, the Hautbois, &cc. 
 
 The next inftrument, which I fuppofe to be thtfeventh, is called here 
 Minim. Some indeed fuppofe the word to fignify a number of inflru- 
 ments. But as it is joined with a fingle inftrument, I fliould rather think 
 that by it is meant the -\W)f, or Decachord,^\- which having ten firings 
 might be called Minim Kar i^oxw, as confifting of the greateft number of 
 firings in ufe amongft the Jews. 
 
 The next is the l.ny, which our old verfion renders according to Ch. 
 the Pipe, but our Bib. verfion here, as in other places, tbe Organ. It 
 is equal in antiquity to the ")1iD, being the invention of Jubal, and v/as 
 probably a wind infl:rument.:|: Nothing can be coUeded from the name 
 to afcertain either the nature, or the fhape of this inftrument. As the 
 Greek word o^yavov, whence comes our word Organ, fignifies only an in- 
 ftrument of any fort. Calmet fuppofes it to be one of thofe antient 
 Flutes, compofed of feveral pipes of unequal thicknefs and length, which 
 gave an harmonious found, when they were blown in, by moving them 
 fucceffively under the lower lip.|| But the authors of the Univ. Hid. 
 obferving that it takes its name from i:iy, which fignifies adamavit, do 
 not think it credible, that, as it was invented before the flood, it (liould 
 have received fo fmall an improvement in all that time : though there- 
 fore, as Burney remarks, it might not be that complicated inllrument, 
 v.'hich goes by the name of the Organ, at prefent, yet we have the bell 
 authority to fuppofe that it afforded the mofl pleafing and agreeable 
 founds. 
 
 The two next ihflruments are the yat!^ 'bifbv, and nviin 'bivbyj 
 i. . Cymbals of diii'erent tones. That thefe were ufed on the mod fo- 
 1 occafions may be inferred from 2 Sam. vi. 5. This inllrument 
 
 I Sam. X. 5. Ifai. v. 12. and Pf. cxlix. 3. f See Pf. xxxiii. 2. 
 
 •; ', n. iv. 21. II See Calmet's Diet. 
 
 [ d ] takes
 
 [ xiv ] 
 
 takes its name from blf^V, t'lnnire, to tinkle, and the various tones it pro- 
 duced might be occafioned from the difference of their fliape and fize : 
 Or perhaps from the difference of the metals they were compofed of i 
 feme being made of Silver, others of Bra/s i* and the DTlbVa, which 
 aie derived from the fame radix, and are rendered Cymbals, i Chron. xv. 
 19, might be inftruments of a fimilar kind j though Calmet from com- 
 paring Zech. xiv. 20. is inclined to think that this word fignifies Bells. 
 There is a -.vide difference in opinion what thefe inftruments were. The 
 common notion is, that they were two hollow plates of Brafs, made in 
 the form of caps, which were held in each hand one, and flruck againft 
 each other.-]- But Hammond, thinking that the common Cymbal, by 
 no means anfwers the defcription of the pfalmift, fuppofes from Hefy- 
 chius that they were wind injlruments of brafs. And other authors have 
 obferved that J?Ott> 'bifbV, and 7\VT\T\ 'blfby, were probably more melo- 
 dious than the common Cymbals, :{:. There is mention made in the 
 Pfalms of r)*n:in, which fome fuppofe to have been an Harp of Gath in- 
 vented by the inhabitants of that city, or at leaft found there. But fee 
 Pf viii. I. It is alfo fuppofed by fome that TKW and mtJi', which oc- 
 cur in Ecclel". ii. 8. denote fome kinds of mufical inftruments, but the 
 radix does not favor this opinion, nor do the antient verfions give any 
 fupport to it : for they feem to have read, as Durell obferves, D'pJ!^ and 
 nipt!;, pocillatores et pocillatrices. But from the uncertainty of their fig- 
 nification in this place, || together with their great fimilitude to DHty 
 and r\T\V going before, perhaps, as one MS. omits them, they may be 
 an interpolation. And this conjefture is corroborated by the concurrence 
 of a friend. The mufical band was under the diredion of fome princi- 
 pal perfon, ftiled nViO, prafeBus, precentor. Sometimes indeed this word 
 
 * See Grot, on i Cor. xiil. t See Lightfoot, Calmet, and Lowth, who renders 
 
 D'SJD /i/V, the winged Cymbal, If. xviii. I. and fuppofes it with Bochart, &c. to be the 
 S'l/irum of the Egyptians. See Jubb on Pf. Ixviii. 30. % See Ant. Univ. Hift. 
 
 II See Poole's Synopfis. 
 
 feems
 
 C ''v ] 
 
 feems to denote one, who was the leader or condudlor on feme particu- 
 lar inftruments, as in Pf. iv. 5, &c. but Bedford fuppofes that it figni- 
 fies the chief tune. 
 
 The word nbD, which occurs 70 times in the Pfalms, and thrice in 
 Habbakuk, but no where elfe, has occafioned a great variety of opinions 
 both with refpe6b to its fenfe and ufe. Some have fuppofed that it has 
 no fignification at all, and is employed merely to fill up the metre ; but 
 it appears in many places, where it is wholly unnecefTary on that account. 
 Aben Ezra, &c. make it to anfwer to Avien ; but then, as Fagius ob- 
 ferves, why does it not appear in other places, where it would be equally, 
 if not more, proper ? Others therefore with greater probability make it 
 a mufical mark of fome fort or other, to denote either the elevation of 
 the voice, or a change of the tmie. But Calovius and others make it to 
 fignify the end^ or the paiife *. Which conjecflure is flrongly countenanced 
 by thofe Pfalms, which are terminated with this word. See Pf. iii. &c. 
 
 The manner of fmging the Pfalms, as now ufed in our choirs, though 
 fuppofed by fome to be introduced by Flavianus and Diodorus into the 
 Chriftian Church, -f- feems to have been of as early a date as the 
 days of the Apoftles,| who moft probably borrowed it from the JewiJIi 
 cuftom of chanting, or finging alternately. Which may be traced up to 
 the time of Mofcs -, for we read Exod. xv. 21. that Miriam and her fe- 
 male companions anfwered Mofes and the children of Ifrael in reciting 
 that divine Hymn, '* Sing ye to "Jehovah, &c." where the verb nJV gives 
 us the exadt idea of the Carmen Amcebaum ; and Lowth obferves, " apud 
 Hebrjeos omne fere carmen refponforii quodammodo formam habuit."|| 
 Many beautiful inftances of this kind of compofition we have in the 
 Pfalms, particularly Pf. xxiv. in which facred Dialogue it is difficult to 
 determine, which is moft to be admired the fublimity of the fubjedt, or 
 the fublime manner, in which it is treated. 
 
 * See Poole's Synop. 
 
 t See Patrick. 
 
 X See Ephef. v. 19. 
 
 II Lowth's 
 
 Pral. 19. 
 
 
 
 A new
 
 •*■ • 1 
 
 L >^vi J 
 
 A new tranflatlon of the Plalms was not attempted, becaufe the Au- 
 thor did not flatter himlelf, that he could have produced one, which 
 would have met with general approbation, and becaufe there are two 
 already publicly authorized, together with two profe ones by Mudge 
 and Edwards, and another metrical verfion by the ingenious Mr. Green ; 
 from all which together with Dr. Kennicott's tranOation of fome pfalms, 
 Mr. Street's late publication of the whole,* and the learned Dr. Ged- 
 des's intended verfion of them.f one hereafter may be compofed 
 for public ufe, whenever it fhall be thought fit to fet on foot that much 
 wiftied-for undertaking of a new edition of the EngliJJi Bible. Should 
 any defign of this kind be in contemplation, it is prefumed that it would 
 be neceffary to obferve as clofe an adherence to the received verfion, 
 as is confiftent with the Hebrew verity, and other rules requifite to an 
 exadl tranflation.J Under thefe reftrictions there might be no reafon 
 to apprehend any ill confequences from the introdudlion of a new ver- 
 fion. For the prejudices of mankind might in time be removed by 
 their being fufficiently convinced that the obfcure parts of Scripture 
 were only made more intelligible, and the whole of it better accom- 
 modated to their judgment and comprehenfion. One method to be 
 profecuted in this arduous tallc was humbly fubmitted to the confidera- 
 tion of the learned in a difcourfe on Matt. v. i8. publiihed a few years 
 ago. II Yet it may be proper to defer the execution of any fuch defign, 
 till the collation of the LXX MSS. be completed by the learned Dr. 
 
 * 'Which the Author has not feen, the greateft part of tliis work being printed off be- 
 fore it was pubhftied. f Part of whofe laborious work, A new tranfat'ion ofy and 
 Notes on the Bible, is already publiihed. J See an Eflay for a new Tranilation, pub- 
 liftied in the year 1727. || At the requeft of the late learned Dr. Wheeler, Regius 
 Profeflbr of Divinity in Oxford, wherein the following reading of Ezek. xxvii. 17. was pro- 
 pofed, JifJT ri'T D'Onn, " with Wheat, the Olive, and the Fig." But Meibomius in his Cri- 
 ticifm on the paffage, (which the Author had not then feen) reads nU CDFQ, " in frumen- 
 to : Githy i. e. Algella, et unguenta, &c." 
 
 Holmes ;
 
 [ xvii ] 
 
 Holmes ; as this ufeful work will probably throw great light upon Ibme 
 dark and intricate pafThges of the Old Teftament, and ferve to reftore 
 many valuable and important readings, confirming perhaps fome of the 
 following conjedtural emendations, which may alfo receive a tarther 
 fandion from Heb. MSS. not yet collated.* 
 
 When the Author mentions the verfions without particularizing them, 
 he is to be underflood of thofe contained in Walton s Polyglott ; and 
 when he quotes the Syr. Ar, &c MtJu verfions, not having a know- 
 ledge of thofe languages, he is obliged to reft their authority upon the 
 veracity of that tranfiation, which from fome errors in the verfion of the 
 Chaldee, he has reafon to think muft: not always be entirely depended 
 upon. 
 
 As Dr. Kennlcott's Pofthumous Works were not publiflied till the 
 Author had nearly completed his remarks on the Pfalms, and De Rofii's 
 Collation of the MSS. on the Pfalms, and Dathius's Verfion and Notes 
 were not come to England before he had finiflied them, he has not availed 
 himfelf of them ; but if his obfervations at any time coincide with 
 theirs, they will be greatly corroborated. Nor could he take advan- 
 tage of the learned Dr. Snurrer's Remarks on the Proverbs through their 
 late arrival from abroad. 
 
 For the fake of brevity the MSS. are feldom dillinguiflied from the 
 printed copies j nor are thofe always mentioned which read fo or fo at 
 J^rji, or at prefent ; and in general the diftindlion of verfes according to 
 Dr. Kennicott's order in the Collation is followed, which was in a great 
 meafure necefTary on account of referring to the authority of MSS. Some 
 abbreviations alfo of the names of Authors are made ufe of, particularly 
 of thofe mentioned in Poole's Synopfis. 
 
 The remarks of many eminent modern Authors are frequently not 
 fpecified, becaufe they are agreeable to the critical Obfervations of thofe 
 
 * See the Bifhop of Waterford's Preface to his excellent Notes on the minor Prophets, 
 p. 9, 10. to whom the learned world is alfo indebted for other very valuable works. 
 
 [ e ] who
 
 [ xviii ] 
 
 who preceded them, or becaufe the Author had no opportunity of con- 
 iulting them ; and he has in many inflances dropped his own opinion, 
 as being coincident with that of perfons of fuperior ilcill and learning. 
 
 It may have been expeifled by feme that he would have entered more 
 into the pijfikal meaning of the Pfalms; but, befides that this did not fall 
 in with the general plan of this work, the learned labors of Lorinus,* 
 and Dr. Horne,-f the prefent Biftiop of Norwich, have rendered it un- 
 necefrar)\ 
 
 This Preface cannot be properly concluded without making the moll 
 grateful acknowledgments for the honor done the Author, by his Grace, 
 the Archbifhop of Canterbury (to whom he is under the higheft obliga- 
 tions for many other great and unmerited adls of friendship) in granting 
 him accefs to Archbifliop Seeker's Manufcripts j (which contain a very 
 large and valuable treafure of facred criticifm) as it gave him an oppor- 
 tunity of furnifliing himfelf with fome Remarks on the Pfalms and Pro- 
 verbs, which do not occur any where elfe. 
 
 He thinks it alfo incumbent upon him to embrace this opportunity 
 of noticing particular inftances of favor conferred upon him by the pre- 
 fent learned Bifhop of Durham, late Bifliop of Salifbury, who at firft 
 fu<ygefted the undertaking of the work on the Pfalms, has fmce encouraged 
 the profecution of it, and honored it with his remarks. 
 
 He likewifc takes this occafion of returning his beft thanks to a 
 learned friend for the ufe of his valuable Notes on the Pfalms and Pro- 
 verbs in Latin and Englifli, of which frequent mention is made in the 
 following work ; and alfo to his friend, Mr. Bradley, Vicar of Hamftead 
 Norris, Berks, late Fellow of C. C. C. Oxford, tor the kind commu- 
 nication of his obfervations. 
 
 And now he has only to wi{h that the integrity of the defign may 
 in fome meafure atone for the many errors and defedls in the execution j 
 and if he has contributed the leafl mite to the treafure of facred Li- 
 terature, he lliall think that he has not labored in vain. 
 
 * See his works in 3 vol. fol. on the Pfalms. t See his Commentary on the Pfalms. 
 
 ADDENDA
 
 C >^i^ ] 
 
 ADDENDA ET ERRATA. 
 
 THE mofl material errata are only noticed here j which the Reader 
 is defired to confult, and to corredl thofe of the flops, &c. as occafion 
 may require. 
 
 Pfalm ii. 4. put the/wZ/rtop after », the contradion for mn*. 7. for 
 repeated r. repeat. 12. for *]T7 r. TiT. — Pf, v. 10, x, feems proper. — 
 Pf. vii. 5. r. is probably. — Pf. xi. 4. for UK r. ♦J^{ ; and 6. for 6. — Pf. xii. 
 I. for 6 r. 6. 5. r. is mojl. 7. for b^Vn r. b»byn. 9. put the full flop after 
 On3, and for 2. r. 25. — Pf. xiii. 1. for Collatiotis r. Collation here, 
 and elfewhere in the Pfalms. 4. for 'tDin r. 'tD^lH. — Pf- xiv. before 
 T^ThV r. V. I. and for 6. r. 6. and 2. before 6. & Syr. — Pf. xvi. in the 
 title for «»T r. uat, and is fo. 10. for I'TDn r. "j'TDn. — Pf. xvii. 4. r. for 
 the ufey and infert to before Ifai. Ixii. 10. 15. for UKl r. 'if^V — Pf. xviii. 5. 
 for 'b^n r. ♦Vnn. 12. r. are probably. 46. for I'rniD* r. I^TD'. — Pf. xix. 
 8. for is r. are. — Pf. xx. in the title zhtv fuccefs r. are. 4. for 1»nn3D r. 
 TnmD.— Pf. xxii. 2. for 'DVty'D r. »nyity»0, and ^DVItra for 'Wa'D. 22. 
 for 8 MSS. r. 31 MSS. 30. for n»n r. TVn. — Pf. xxiv. for nxibm r. V. r. 
 
 n«iVav— Pf. xxvi. 2. for ♦nn'73n r. »nv'7Dn. 6. for nDnoNi r. nniDKi. 
 
 7. for nnn r. 7X'\'\r\. — Pf. xxvii. 7. for 7, and 10, r. 15, and i. 12, 13. 
 for 6. r. 6. — Pf. xxviii. 5. dele ^«/, &c. — Pf. xxix. 4. for the Ch. read 
 r. Ch. reads. 9. for m^K r. m'^'K. — Pf. xxxi. 16. r. the firfl line thus, 
 ♦nny. 47 MSS. read 'mny. and Syr. as Seeker obferves, Pi^TW' — P^- xxxii. 
 5. See Appendix. — Pf. xxxiii. 14. for nj;»n r. 15. 'yi*T\. — Pf. xxxiv. 14. 
 for lity'j r. ^:^\vh, and for -jJtyb r. IJlty*?. 22. after deJiruSlion r. 0/:— 
 Pf. xxxvi. 4. for I'D^nb r. n»JD>nb. — Pf. xxxvii. 3. for mD r. mD. 20. for 
 IpO r. -rp^D.— Pf. xl. 5. for^ 3D r. nO. 7. for iv. x. r. iv. 8. 13. for 
 imiW r. ♦miiy.— Pf. xli. 7. for mw^b r. ♦mmV. 9. dele unlefs, &c.— 
 Pf. xlvi. 5. for IDB^D' r. IJDK'O. — Pf. xlix. 15. for mVl'? ift r. m'jD^. 
 19. for ^/ ifl read te. — Pf. 1. 5. for Javors r. favor. 9. After properly 
 add ")»mN*73Da, ^«/ wo/? o/" /A^ verfions read with one MS, 1 5, r. "I'i'jnt?. 
 
 20.
 
 [ XX ] 
 
 20. for pi: r. Hl^.—Pf. lii- -■ before Uoub. r. 3.— Pf. Iv. 14. after MSS. 
 r. See Appendix Ff. ixxxviii. 9.— Pf. Ivi. 2. for 'J^nV r. »J!;nb'. 9. for 
 'nj r. 'nj. 10. for 9 M55. w//.^ 27 Mzr^. r. 35 ^55". 14. dele 8, and 
 for mnvvn r. mmK:i. — Pf. Ixiv. 8. for 8. r. 5. — Pf. Ixvi. 15. for D»mo r. 
 mDI. — pf. Ixvii. 5. After 13 add. This is a miftake occafioned by Cala- 
 fio's Cone. — Pf. Ixviii. 31. for xxii. r. xxi. — Pf. Ixix. in the title r. attri" 
 lutes it. 23. for Da'Vti'bl r. DD'vbc'bl. — Pf. Ixxiv. 3. for inimice r. inimici. 
 14. khtx Ezek. xxix. 3. add, ^n'l'? in the literaliznio. probably denotes 
 here the Crocodile. See Boch. &c. In Pf. civ. 16. it may fignify the 
 Whale; See Grot. &c. Job xli. i. and by it in Ifai. xxvii. i. is to be 
 underftood the Serpent. See Durell and Lowth. — Pf. Ixxix. 2. for n'n"? r. 
 n'nb — Pf. Ixxxiii. 15. for and herbas r. et herbas. 18. for dl' r. Idl*. 
 — Pf. Ixxxv. 7. for nW r. nna?. IT. for andx. et. — Pf. Ixxxvii. 4. for 
 l"?!' r. "irw — Pf Ixxxix. 9. dele 10. before n* j'tn. 46. for Vulg. 6. r. 
 Vat. 6. and in cxix. 49. cxl. 11. — Pf. xcii. 10. dele 'VviS lo MSS. 2d. 
 — Pf. xcv. 6. put the fpace before the laft and. — Pf. xcvi. 13. for Midi. 8. 
 r. 7. — Pf. xcvii. I. for xxxviii. r. xxxvii, and xxiii. for xxii. — Pf. civ. 3, 
 after -waters 3d add. Or who cover eth, &c. — Pf. cv. 12. dele luith after 
 place. 19. for nm r. Tim. — Pf. cvii. 10. r. hendiadyn. — Pf. cviii. ir. 
 r. -will have it, — Pf. cix. 18. zftex Muis zdd and Loivth's Notes on Ifai. p. 
 7. and for Kin r. Nlinv — Pf. ex. 3. for mpQ in two places r. mru, 
 and for obferoing r. it appearing. — Pf. cxiv. 5. dele 6. after fublime. — Pf. 
 cxvi. 7. for 29. r. 19. — Pf. cxx. for montanus r. Montaniis. — Pf. cxxvii. 
 2. for ♦'jfllK r. 'bDIK. — Pf. cxxxi. 2. foniV r. 'ijr. — Pf. cxxxv.r. V. i. be- 
 fore ibbn.— Pf. cxxxvii. 2. for I^'DIIOO r. li'mniiO.— Pf. cxxxix. 
 in the title for Jia^ofi r. fiaa-^rofai. 8. for ^\^\ti r. '71SC'. — Pf. cxli. 4. -for 
 xxxiii. r. xxiii. — Pf. cxliv. 2. for f]n>nn r, "nnn. In Append. Pf. 
 cxxxv. 2. for DnO'Vt!' r. DnoiVtt?. — Proverbs i. 5. for nauticum r. nauti- 
 cam. — ii. 1.6. for m r. mt. — xii. 28. iox participle r. participial. — xiii. 2. 
 for inecabit r. enecabit. — xxvi» 18. for mortiferas r. mortiferas, — xxx. 2. 
 before As Seeker r. ^. 
 
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 CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY REMARKS 
 
 ON THE 
 
 PSALMS OF DAVID. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 THE firft Pfalm, without a title, feems to have been written by 
 the author of Pf. cxix. who probably was David. See Poole's Sy- 
 nopf. &c. compare Pf. i. 2. with Pf. cxix. 97 ; as he might fpeak of 
 himfelf, in the third perfon. See Lowth, Pf. xci. i. 
 
 Verfe i. nt^K, wherever this word occurs, connedled with a noun in 
 the Cng. number, Meibomius would by a tranfpofition read TJ^J^ ; but as 
 it never appears in this form elfewhere, and the word nfD{< is often ufed 
 as a participle, this pofition of the ♦ may be, as a learned friend fuggefts, 
 idiomatical ; and this fuppofition is favoured by the verfions, which feldom 
 tranflate it ae in regim, fee Prov. iii. i8. nj^Dm the full and true reading 
 is nLTiam as ninety MSS. have it, which my learned friend, Mr. Bradley, 
 Fellow of C. C. C. Oxford, renders thus, " and in the habitation of fcor- 
 ners hath not dwelt." 
 
 2. mn» fhould, I think with Edwards, be rendered, 'Jehovah, through- 
 out the Pfalms. 
 
 4. '♦ Like the chaff." an image frequently ufed by the facred poets. 
 Lowth. 
 
 6. vnv, approveth. Grotius. See Exod. ii. 25. Part. Ben. See Ar. 
 Verf. «' Shall caufe to be known." It being the caufative paffive voice. 
 Mr. Bradley. 
 
 P S A L M II. 
 
 THAT David was the author of this Pfalm is exprefsly affertcd by St. 
 Peter and St. Paul, Ads iv. 25. and xiii. 33. The rebellion mentioned 
 
 B 2 Sam.
 
 C 2 3 
 
 2 Sam. viii. lo, probably gave occafion to it. The Jews and Soclnians un- 
 derftand it of David only ; Grotius and others fuppofe it fpoken of David 
 and Clirijl ; and feme with Calovius refer it folely to Chriji, but for the dou- 
 ble fenfe, fee the late learned Bp. Lowth. &c. 
 
 V. I. D'OwSV, perhaps fome of the tribes of Ifrael confpiring with other 
 nations againft David. St. Peter in his application of this paflage feems to 
 favour this fenfe. See Ads iv. 25. 
 
 V. 2. DOIim, may be fpoken of the />r///f^j of the tribes, who revolted 
 againft David ; and is applicable to the Jewifli Sanhedrim, which confpired 
 with the Roman governor againft Jefus. 
 
 3. npDJJ, One MS. reads more regularly pr):i. ID'mnV, as 24 MSS. 
 is more ufual. 
 
 4. »J^^<. 66. MSS. have niH'. See Pf. lix. 9. and it is obfervable once 
 for all, " that the Ch. has uniformly.'' Houbigant reads according to 
 6. Dpnil" with the affix. 
 
 5. 1,*DbniS flialljlrike them with a panic. 
 
 6. 'JNI, " But r, with Mudge, or " For I" 
 
 7. For Vk, Gejerus and others read HK, which the grammatical conftruc- 
 tion requires ; and 6 Ar. & ^th. repeated mns " I will declare the 
 decree of Jehovah. — Jehovah, &c." 6. MSS. have pin. 
 
 8. The metre feems to require another word ; perhaps niDKl. One 
 MS. repeats it; " even I will give." 
 
 10. May not yiN '!:£)£:; or as five MSS. 'LDfllK' be underflood of the 
 rebellious princes of fome of the tribes of Ifrael ? See verfe 2. 
 
 11. The metre appearing deficient, and one valuable MS. reading at firil: 
 iVlbjn, as 6. Syr. Vulg. and Ar. have the pronoun, perhaps the true 
 reading is "h lV:n. 
 
 12. As the kifs was undoubtedly^ among the eaftern nations, a mark of 
 veneration, "ipZ-'i is probably the right reading. Yet the ant. interp. (ex- 
 cept Syr.) feem to have read i:i5i>J ; which however appears to give but a 
 forced interpretation, "in. " the Son." Ploubigant retains this fenfe, and 
 though he makes David the author of this Pfalm, yet in Pf, Ixviii. 1 8, he 
 
 fays.
 
 C 3 ] 
 
 fays, *' quod nulla erat Judaels cum Chaldacia geiite ac Ungiia, Davide reg- 
 nante, focietas : and the learned Dr. Geddes would render it, the chofen 
 one. But if the Chaldaifm be not here admitted, though we have it in 
 Prov. xxxi. 2. I fhould be inclined to read lil, kifs his Eon, i. e. David 
 or Chrift ; fee v. 7. and Adts iii. 13 ; I had once conjedlured that we fliould 
 read 12 " kifs him •" but the verb never occurring with this prepofition, a 
 learned friend fiiggefted that iptyj might be the right reading, " kifs him-" 
 the final l ferving both to diftinguifli the perfon of the verb, and as the 
 pronominal fuffix (which is frequently the cafe) and that fome commen- 
 tator, when the Jews ufed the Syriac language, put ^2 in the margin to 
 indicate that adoration was to be paid to the fame perfon, who in v. 7, was 
 called \iy and he is the more inclined to this opinion, becaufe the Syriac 
 is the only antient verfion wflich fays any thing about the Son. Perhaps 
 rather imptfJ ; fee Gen. xxxiii. 4, i Sam. x. i, in not being much unlike 
 *i:i. TTi, &c. Houbigant tranfpofes thefe words, *' etenim incedit & ar- 
 defcet ;" Hare would read ^'I'ra. Green TTll. Might not the word ori- 
 ginally be DDDTrn, " and ye perifli in your way ;" i. e. the way of the 
 wicked ? See Pf. xvi. and cxlvi. 9. Two MSS. probably read D'Din. See 
 Calaf. Concord. 
 
 PSALM III. 
 
 HAD this Pfalm been written by David, as the title imports, when 
 he jled from Abfalom, might we not have expecfted fome more pointed ex- 
 preflions on fuch an unhappy event ? 
 
 V. 3. 6 Vulg. iEth. and Arab feem to have read vn'^Sl. in his God; 
 more emphatically ; fo our oldeft verfion. 
 
 6. Twenty- two MSS. have ^DV'pn, as in Pf. cxxxix. 18, but the great 
 number of MSS. there confirm the text. 
 
 9. mrr. Houbigant would read miT ^b, to avoid the change of perfons. 
 As the word nbo terminates this Pfalm and fome others, Hammond in- 
 fers that it was not a mufical note, which it is generally fuppofed to be; 
 fee Poole. 
 
 B 2 PSALM
 
 C 4 ] 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 SUPPOSING my^in, to be fome fort of ftringed inftrument, might 
 not the title be thus rendered, To the leader of the Jlringed injlruments ? 
 
 V. 3, nDbD*?. The reading of 6 TM^h lb, hoiv long ivill ye be hardened in 
 Heart, is approved by Muis, Houbigant, Lovvth, &c. Itypnn, better 
 Ityisam, andfeek, with 6 Syr. &c. 'h TDn, fome would read 'h HDn, as 
 Pf. xxxi. 22. 
 
 5. Compare the firft: part of this verfe with Ephef. Iv. 26, IIOK fome 
 would read inOS' If, confider this. Houbigant T^On, be forty, but perhaps 
 we might read nD kV, rendering I0"n, but be ye f lent ; " rebel not in your 
 hearts upon your beds ; but be ye filent." i. e. utter no more treafonable 
 fpeeches. 
 
 7. D'11> many of David's friends perhaps ; who had defpaired of his 
 fuccefs; and to whom, not to David, may be afcribed the prayer, " lift 
 up, &c." For riDJ one MS. and Ch. have Nti-'J, which compared with 
 Numb. vi. 26, feems to be the right reading. 
 
 8. May not nnnJ here bear a future fenfe Thou Jlialt put gladnefs, &c. ? 
 
 9. The metre of this verfe is thrown by Hare and the late learned Dr. 
 Kennicott into three very irregular lines j but if with one antient MS. we 
 omit l^rr, and with another ni'?, (both which feem unnecefTary) it may 
 be reduced into two lines nearly equal in length. '* I will lay me down 
 in peace, and take my reft — For thou, O Jehovah, makeft me to dwell 
 in fafety." Houbigant reads and divides otherwife. 
 
 P S A L M V. 
 
 mb'ni probably iignifies wind injiruments ; in contradiftin<flion to the 
 ftringed inftruments, mentioned in the preceding Pfalm, fee Poole's Synopf. 
 and Edwards j but perhaps we fliould read with two MSS. m'^nin* or 
 mbno, fee Pf. liii. 1. 
 
 V. 4.
 
 • [ 5 ] 
 
 V. 4« "l")Vt*j ** In the morning I will prepare for thee, and will watch," 
 i. e. for thy appearance in the Shechinah ; which avoids the ellipfis. See 
 Prov. xvi. I. 
 
 6. For D'b'^in perhaps rather D'b'jin, ** The prophane fhall not fland 
 in thy fight." 
 
 7. One MS. reads with 6 and Ar. nm "73, *' all them that fpeak," 
 or as three MSS. '''-\y]i. 
 
 9- "liJ'in. 20 MSS. with Houbigant ")t:'M, but if a variation is ne- 
 ceflary, perhaps Tti^lH is moll: regular. 
 
 ID. Hare divides this verfe into four lines, and Kennicott into three, 
 but might it not be better to make only two of it by adding min D11|5 
 to the end of the firfl ? 
 
 in'i31. Houbigant's reading according to the Verf tDn*£31 proper. 
 
 Di"),l. 73 MSS. read DJ1"):i, in which form it appears every where 
 elfe. 
 
 II. Are not the lines in this verfe more naturally divided thus, 
 
 &c. D?J'tyK,T 
 
 &c. nnn 
 .? rwrv o 
 
 mn' added by Hare for the metre's fake, is countenanced by 6. Vul. & An. 
 
 PSALM VI. 
 
 nO'Dtyn. Some make it an inftrument of eight firings ; others a tune 
 of eight notes -, but Vatablus not improbably fuppofes it to be a tune, 
 wherein the oSlave note is prevalent. See Poole's Synopf. 
 
 V. 4. Houbigant with 52 MSS. for HKT reads HDNl, which is more 
 grammatical. 
 
 >n», fliould we not read flJKD 'DD, ** And how long wilt thou be cijigry, 
 Jehovah ?" See Pf. Ixxix. 4. 
 
 C 10. Hare
 
 [ 6 ] 
 
 10. Hare rejefts the fecond la^lS Houbigant reads ilti^'T; but a learned 
 friend takes the firft verb in a frequentative fenfej fee other places. Se- 
 veral MSS. read the radical l in both verbs. 
 
 P S A L M VII. 
 
 tV.1t:' " Cantlo erratica; i. e. multiplex Cantu, qus omnibus rationi- 
 bus Mufics dccantabatur fimul, quam Tullius grsca voce dixit Symdiam" 
 Junius. Gejerus makes fome reproachful fpeeches, uttered againft David 
 by Cufn, a Benjamite, to be the occafion of this pfalm. 
 
 2. ♦mn VD2. From every one that perfecutes me." Mudge. 8 MSS. 
 
 rain. 
 
 3. A learned friend conjedtures with great probability, that 6 Vulg. 
 Syr. & Ar. read by a metathefis VvDT p")3 Ti** " There is no refcuer 
 or deliverer." See Cocceius for this fenfe of the firft verb. 12 MSS. have 
 
 4. This and the following verfe probably contain the fpecific charge 
 of Cufli againft David, which was a fufpicion of his defign againft Saul's 
 life, founded on i Sam. xxiv. 10. 
 
 5. ny^nNV Houbigant with others ingenioufly conjedure, that we fliould 
 read riinbNI et opprejji agreeable to the Ch. and Syr., " And if I have op- 
 prejj'ed him, that without any caufe is mine enemy." 
 
 ''dl'C Edwards probably right in reading 'O'?:^^ j but then I would give 
 the words this fenfe agreeable to 6 Syr. 6c Ar.. " If I have repayed evil 
 to him that hath done it to me" For this fenfe of dVc fee Grot, on 
 If. xliv. 26. 
 
 6. Muis, with many others, renders, miDI, " and my foul." See Pf. 
 xliv. 26. 
 
 pti". Houbigant reads "IDw", projiciat. 
 
 7. mn^yn. 6 MSS. m:ivn, fmg. & n'T)\: may refer to Cufti, •' Lift 
 up thyfelf againft the fury of my enemy."
 
 C 7 ] 
 
 tDfltJ>X3 '^ba* Perhaps ♦afitTD bn, " and awake to my judgment." See Pf. 
 XXXV. 23. 6 render >'7^? ©wj j«8. 
 
 8. nnjy feems to be written for TXl\i^, fede ; and Mudge's fenfe of 
 the words appears to be the befl, " and fet on high over it." i. e. in 
 judgment over it. As a learned friend obferves, the Targum gave this 
 fenfe of the words, " and on their account return to thine habitation on 
 high." i. e. the Shechinah. 
 
 9. Pifcator, followed by Houbigant and Lowth, fupplies ^70^ in the lafl: 
 line of this verfe, which the metre and conftrudion require, *' and reward 
 me according to my integrity." See Pf. xiii. 6. 
 
 10. Is not the proper order of the words, which Hare and Le Clerc 
 allow to be difturbed, reftored befl in reading thus, 
 
 &c. nD.V 
 
 D'p-iif ni5-rjf pi3ni 
 &c. D^n"?}* 
 
 " Let now the wickednefs of the wicked come to an end — but let the 
 r'lghteoufnefs of the righteous be eftablifhed — O God, who tried the hearts 
 and reins" ? 
 
 ir. tyr^\^ bit mo. Durell renders ^y, " mo/l high" and quotes Hof. 
 xi. 7. for it. Gejerus and others fuppofe "7^ redundant ■■, but perhaps 
 D'hVk "hv PO is the true reading, " God is a Shield to me" 
 
 12. Green, by fupplying VLrn with the ch. after bNI, removes all the 
 difficulties. See Hare. " God judgeth the righteous man, and with the 
 wicked he is angry every day". 
 
 14. D'p'?!'?. Houbigant reads Dp'"?"!"?, " ad inflammandum eos." Bet- 
 ter perhaps 'j?'?"?'?, " For my perfecutor." i. e. Cuih. See the next verfe. 
 
 PSALM VIII. 
 
 V. I. D'DJin, if we might read lD»mn, " againft the Gittites" it would 
 llrengthen the opinion of Hammond and others, that this pfalm was 
 compofed on David's vidlory over Goliath. 
 
 c 2 2. mn.
 
 C 8 ] 
 
 2. run. Certainly irregular as Lowth obfervcs ; he would read witi; 
 Houbigant nn:. Perhaps ;m:. See Pf. cxlv. 14. 
 
 3. David and his men might comparatively fpeaking be misd. l>al>es. See 
 Patrick and i Sam. xvii. 32. 
 
 63 MSS. read more regularly D'pJVI, for D'pj'i. Some render TV, or 
 as 19 MSS. tlV, praife ; for which they refer to 6 here, Pf. Ixviii. 25, 
 
 and Matt. xxi. 16. 
 
 * 
 
 4. "I'D:^ Hare with 6 and Ar. p\^£i>, the Heavens. A learned friend 
 1:^3!^, t/ie Sun. 
 
 5. In conformity to Pi", cxliv. 3. miT iliould be added here. 
 
 6. in"lDnm. The prefix i, which Hare omits, is here converljve, and 
 its force extends to the verb beginning the next verfe. 
 
 8. nJlf. 1 1 MSS. have nJt^i', but the true reading is ^Ki*, or ^KV."! ; as 
 Houbigant. 
 
 9. Either read .m in the fing., or with Seeker agreeable to 6 and Syr. 
 nny in the -plur. Several MSS. have nmj^ more regular. 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 p*?. Some luppofe this to be the name of a prince or chief in the 
 enemy's army, whofe death David celebrates. See Poole's Synop. 
 
 2. The 6. Ar. and Mth, Verf, together with the context juftify Hou- 
 bigant's reading, *l"nK for rT\^^, *' I will praife thee, O Jehovah." 
 
 7. I'lKH, fiic. Lowth favors Merrick's conftrudlion of thefe words, 
 ♦* Defolations have confumed the enemy for ever." Green, by a tranfpofition 
 fimilar to Pf. xviii. 41. renders them, •* The defolations of the enemy are 
 ceafed for ever." Perhaps we might read D'ni D\S*n, " The houfes of the 
 enemy are defolations for ever." Two MSS. read 3'Kn T\*27\. 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 and i^th. probably read n^ni, ** ivith a found." Houbigant reads with 
 our Bib. Verf. Dnn. A learned friend reads nDHD, " like themfehes." 
 
 8. The
 
 [-9 ] 
 
 8. The Ch. fupplies D»»tyi after ati^S " But Jehovah dwelleth for ever 
 
 in the Heavens." 
 
 10. nnifl. The Ch. and Syr. probably read niVn, both here, and 
 
 Pf. X. I . 
 
 12. \'\'t. Hare, &c., with one MS., read ^V«fn j but it Urikes me that 
 we fhould read with another MS. 'nlTV, " Sing unto Jehovah, ye mhabi- 
 tants of Zionr See If. x. 24. ']'] MSS., have more regularly nun. 
 
 13. DmN, or rather as 34 MSS. Dn^<, may refer to D'DT more proper- 
 ly, " For he that requlreth blood remembereth zV." i. e. taketh an ex- 
 ad account of all that has been (lied. 
 
 tym. 19 MSS. more grammatically ti^ll^. 
 
 15. TD^nn. 39 MSS. better, •qnbnn. See Deut. x. 21. 
 
 16. ntTK probably dropped before It^jr, " Which they made, See the 
 Ant. Verf. 
 
 17. r\m. Lowth in conformity with 6 & Vulg. reads rW^Vy " Jeho- 
 vah is known, wheri he executeth Judgment. And the participle Ben. in 
 the latter part of the fentence countenances this fenfe. " Snaring the 
 wicked, &c." 
 
 tV:in might be feme foft toned inftrument. See Pf. xcii. 4. 
 
 18. A learned friend confiders D'VI as in regim., omitting the n final 
 in nblNty*? as redundant, and prefixing it to "jD, " The wicked fhall go 
 down to the receptacle of all thofe that forget God." 
 
 19. MSS. 18 read with the keri D"jy for DniV. "rnxn one MS. 
 with all the verfions reads here "flXD n'?. " The expectation of the 
 aJfiSled iliall not perifli for ever." 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 6 and Vulg. make this a continuation of the former Pfalm ; but it 
 feems to begin a new fubjedt, relative either to dome/lie enemies, as 
 Pifcator thinks ; or to foreign onts, as Mudge fuppofes. 
 
 D V. I.
 
 p- 
 
 ["lO ] 
 
 V. I. c'^yn. Houbigant with one MS. tD^Vn **abfcon(iitus es." Hare 
 Dbynn, as in Pf. Iv. 2. The latter probably right. For the laft word 
 in this verfe, fee Pf. ix. 10. 
 
 -:. Misht not the words in this verfe bear this conftrusflion, *' For 
 the wicked applaudcth himfelf upon the defire of his foul, — and blejjing 
 his gain defpifeth Jehovah" ? 
 
 4. nn,1D. 6 here read nmo ««Ta to wxjiflcj. 14 MSS. have niin, which is 
 better ; perhaps we fliould alfo read WVlT, " The wicked in the pride 
 of his countenance -cv/"// not feek him." i. e. Jehovah. For ^D read with 
 Houbigant ^"21- 13 MSS. tynT. 
 
 5. ^yr\ iVrr. Read for the conftruftion's fake with 53 MSS. the keri, 
 and mofl of the verlions VD"n ; or with Durell according to the Ar. in 
 the fing. Vns " He hath polluted his way continually." But reading 
 the veib without the ", with Pifcator, &c. and 2 MSS. feems to be 
 moft: regular, and conformable with 6. " His ways are always pol- 
 luted." 
 
 C3*11X2. o. Vulg. and &th. read IS^in, plur. in Hoph. or ISIIJ in 
 Niph. The Ar. Dnn, abftulit ; " He hath removed th.y ]\xdgn\znts irom. 
 his fi^ht." i. e. he doth not confider or regard them. But a learned 
 friend with one MS, and Syr. reads IDSK^D, " Thy Judgment is re- 
 moved 6rc." 
 
 6. Tl^'N*. Durell derives this word from y\\L*, and renders the words 
 thus, " I Jliall not fee evil." Houbigant, followed by Lowth, makes it 
 the hrft perf. fut. from ItTN*, " incedam fine malo." Some confidering 
 it as a conjundion render it, " hecaiife he hath not been in adverfity j" 
 or perhaps it may be rendered, " being happy, without any misfortune." 
 But the verfions omit it. Syr. with one MS. omits the negative parti- 
 cle ; or perhaps by a change of the letters read '^K "l:^•♦, " He con- 
 templates, or meditates upon evil." 
 
 7. im. Perhaps an interpolation, neither the fenfe nor metre requir- 
 ing it, " His mouth is full of curfing and deceit — and under his tongue 
 is mifchief and iniquity." One MS. reading nrim. 
 
 nana
 
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 nO'^a 6 interpretantur *' acerbitas." Houb. vid. Pro. xii, 20. 
 
 8. DnVn. Houbigant, approved by Lowtb, reads D»i;"in, ** In the 
 fnares of the fits." 
 
 lifli'*. Hammond juflifies the prefent -text from Pf. Ivi. 7, 
 
 10. This verfe is not only corrupt, as Hare and others have obferved, 
 but probably defedtive ; this emendation the efore is fubmitted to con- 
 fideration, feveral MSS. reading mtri, 
 
 *' He boweth himfelf down, and croucheth in his den — And the feeble 
 fall by his mighty ones." D'KD V'n authorifed by 3 MSS. is adopted 
 by two learned friends. Houbigant's reading D'N^n'? is preferred by 
 Lowth, " in Laqueos." But with deference to thefe great authorities 
 does MDn ever fignify laqueus ? Durell, from various readings, gives this 
 conftrudion, " The oppreffed is caft down -, and the whole band of the 
 afflidted falleth, when he prevaileth over them." But fee Poole. 
 
 12. ^^. Is not ibK better, *' Arife, O Jehovah, againjl him, lift up 
 &c. ? 
 
 14. nnti'1. 26 MSS. read nn^i^'l, and xj D'i^T ilill more grammatically. 
 Houbigant reads DnnS, " to requite them." 6 & Vulg. read DID''?. 
 " Orphano.", 
 
 15. ")lty. 48 MSS. having "yo.^ the praet. in puh. and reading with 
 Hare, &c. ^ys jriri, for bn IVtyi, the words give this fenfe, " The arm 
 of the ungodly and the wicked is broken. — Thou (halt feek the wicked, 
 but fliall not find him." See Pf. xxxvii, 36. Houbigant reads inVt!?"!, 
 " require ejus iniquitatem." 
 
 ly. MSS. 3 conformably to the verf. . read D"JV " The defire of 
 the poor, or the affliBed" 
 
 D 2 PSALM
 
 [ 12 ] 
 
 P S A L M XI. 
 
 SOME fuppofe this Pfalm compofed by David, in conlequence of 
 the advice of his friends ; others, in anfwer to the reproach of his enemies. 
 See Crit. fac. 
 
 V. I. mi 58 MSS. with the Keri read mi, and the reading of 
 6. Syr. and Ar. mS^D 'd'''yr\ is adopted by Lowth, &c. " Flee as a 
 bird to the mountains." 
 
 2. DVn. The true reading feems to be DH'yn or D'2fn, " the arrows," 
 or " their arrows" See the verf. 
 
 '^. niDkyn' Durell and others agreeable to 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. and 
 iEth. with one antient MS. r\r\^r\; " Although thou ejtablijhejl , they 
 will deftroy. What can the righteous do ?" One MS. returns an an- 
 fwer to this queftion in the fame words which we have in Pf. cxxix, 4. 
 ** The righteous Jehovah cutteth afunder the cords of the wicked. 
 
 4. Lowth fupplies ♦jiy, after V^J^, agreeable to 6. Vulg. and Ar. and 
 the metre and fenfe require it. See the Collat. " His eyes behold the 
 
 poor. 
 
 5. ytym. One MS. reads W'^i which affords a very good fenfe, 
 '* The righteous Jehovah trieth the wicked." Green tranfpofes the verb, 
 " The Lord, rather Jehovah, fearcheth out both the righteous and the 
 wicked." 
 
 6. D'ni3. Hare fuppofes this word to be an interpolation. Houbigant 
 and others would read »onfl " prunas," which muft be the fenfe of the 
 word, as Lowth obferves, in this place. See Pf. cxix. 53. 
 
 7. ^n"i. Perhaps pT^f' in pih. 3 MSS., read ^K-'n, and Houbigant 
 Vi£J for lO'iS ; " But Jehovah will jujiify hiva. that loveth righteoufnefs; 
 (in oppofition to him that loveth violence) — And Ins countenance will re- 
 gard him that is upright." 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 13 ] 
 
 P S A L M XII. 
 
 FOR the title fee Pf. vi. For the fubjedl Muis and others refer to 
 1 Sam. xxii, 23. 
 V. 1.6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth., followed by Hare &c., read ♦JPtl'in. " Save 
 
 IDA. Seeker would read 1SD. One MS. has Vi^5 i both of which verbs 
 occur frequently. 
 
 2. nfltl-'. Houbigant, &c. read with the ant. verfions TliJti'. fee the 
 next verfe. 
 
 4. ]r^b. One MS. reads pt:?"?!, with mofl of the verfions, " And the 
 tongue" 
 
 5. Hare's divifion of this verfe mofl natural. 
 
 6. lb n»fl'. Houbigant reads with Syr. 6c Sym. j;'S'1, " Et lux erit." 
 One MS. omits them, as a friend obferves. Mr. Bradley would read with 
 Fenwick, n^5N*, " I will caufe refrefhment." from n5J. Perhaps we 
 fliould read, '*? Vn', " I will put in fafety him that trufteth in me." Since 
 this reading was propofed, I find fome inclined to read I'^n'J^, which they 
 think might be the reading of 6., " I will make him to hope." 
 
 7. ^DD. Hare obferves that D is dropped before this word ; fee alfo Ar. 
 & iEth. Verf. For pf<V Houbigant and Lowth read \T\r\\ rather piriD; 
 and for V^bl, which occurs only here, perhaps we might read VVd adver- 
 bially ; <' As the filver ejitirely refin'ed — As the fne gold purified itv^n 
 times." But fee the learned BiHiop Watfon's Chym. Eilays. Vol. III. 
 P* 319- 
 
 8. One MS., with 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. Houbigant^ &c., reads 
 ^2^a:^•n, which the context requires ; " Thou O Jehovah, flmlt keep us" 
 
 or ij-nroti'D. 
 
 9. DinD 2 MSS. read with Hare £Dnn, " In the exaltation of the vilefl 
 of the fons of men." 
 
 , E PSALM
 
 E M ] 
 
 PSALM XIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm probably compofed by David in a ftate of perfecutlon ; 
 and if we might read nJK ly before ]i:i», which the metre of the collations 
 very ftrongly countenances, we have a mofl beautiful anaphora in the five 
 firfl lines. 
 
 3. Some propofe nW for mW, according to Syr. & JEth.y and read ])}.% 
 " How long fhall I indulge grief, or anxiety in my foul — ^W daily forrow 
 in my heart ?" 
 
 4. 'Jjy riD'nn. As one MS. reads »JiVl, perhaps we fhould read 'DIH. 
 ** Behold me, and hear me, &c.j" or with one MS. O'lH. 
 
 man. 6. Syr. & Mth. with Houbigant, &c. read m^'?. Vulg. with 
 Hare DTJl. Ar. probably nan, mortuus ; but Merrick fupports the pre- 
 fent text, " Leji I Jleep death:" 
 
 6. A friend fupplies nVO after 'jm with the Ch. & Vulg. \ but fee Pf. 
 cxvi. n. Lowth from 6. concludes this pfalm with the Hemiflich, which 
 ends Pf. vii. 
 
 PSALM XIV. 
 
 L E C L E R C and others fuppofe this pfalm from the laft verfe to have 
 been written during the Babylonifh captivity. Grotius, &c. make David 
 the author of it, as the title fets forth ; fee Green on verfe 6. 
 
 xh'hVi 6 read mybv ; in Pf. liii. we have 'jiy ; neither of which ac- 
 cords well with the preceding verb; and as 2 MSS. omit the former, and 
 one the latter, might we not read ^"h"^, " They are altogether become 
 abominable ?" 
 
 6 & Syr. with Houbigant read ll^yrim, and 16 MSS. {j;-in, which is 
 more grammatical. 
 
 2 MSS.
 
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 V. 3. MSS. 2 have recovered thofe verfes which we have in 6. Vulg. 
 ^th. & Ar. and in Rom. iii. 13—18. See alfo Kennic. Gen. Dill' Sed. 
 84. 9. but Mr. Bradley thinks St. Paul cited from feveral paffages. 
 
 4. 'VdK. 2 MSS. read more grammatically ♦^Dlt*. 
 
 ^b^a. Hare's reading ibSKD, preferable j ** Eating up my people, as they 
 eat bread." See Vulg. 
 
 5. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with one MS. fupply, as in Pf. liii., nnD 
 
 6. Corre<5t Pf. liii. 6. by this. 
 
 Win. Rather with one MS. and Houbigant Iti^'in, '* They have Jliamed, 
 
 7. All the ant. verfions, except the Ch., read with one MS. r\W% " And 
 Ifrael ihall be glad." 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 THIS feems to be a counter part to the preceding pfalm ; and as in 
 the former Saul and his adherents might be defcribed, in this Jehovah, to 
 whom David folemnly appeals, may delineate him, whom he condefcends 
 to call the man after his own heart. 
 
 2. MSS. 23. read *7yi£31, and 11 lam, more agreeable to the preceding 
 participle. 
 
 4. Vyrh. Whether we render this word with moft of the antient ver- 
 fions, proximo fuo, or with Hammond and others, ad fuum damnum, the 
 true reading probably is inV^b. 
 
 MSS. ^j have TD*. more grammatically. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 16 ] 
 
 PSA L M XYl. 
 
 CDD^. This pfalm fo called «aT eIo^w, as Pythagoras's verfes ; (fee Poole's 
 Synopf.) proved to be David's from Adls ii. 
 
 2. n'^^a. 21 MSS. with all the verfions, except Ch., and Houbigant 
 with others read 'maS*, " I /aid unto Jehovah, &c." 
 
 "I'bV bl 'DIIl). Seeker gives up thefe words as inexplicable. Houbigant 
 with Lowth, following the Syr. & Ch., read ']nvbl ^3, " Nihil boni mihi- 
 eft Jifie tf." But one MS. has probably reftored the true reading ^D, 
 which had been before fuggefted by an ingenious writer, mentioned by the 
 prefent learned Bifliop of Norwich. " ^// my goodnefs is with thee, or 
 from thee-" Mr. Bradley has communicated this reading yTjf bD, con- 
 nedling thefe words with what follows, " yf// f/iy tejlimoniesy which are 
 on the earth, are holy." Reading alfo in the next verfe "inx* N*in for 
 ■nnxi nan, " He ivill magnify all them that delight in them." 
 
 3. For the various readings, and fenfes, put upon thefe words confult 
 Houbigant, Mudge, Lowth, &c. The emendation I would ofter is to 
 read niN' for linKI, and by a catachrefis underftanding DHJ'np'? to 
 {\gn\iy falfe Gods, I would give the words this conftrudion, " As for the' 
 holy ones, that are on the earth, ihtk JJiall dejiroy all that delight in them." 
 
 4. Hare, with others, fuppofes the word D^H^rK to have been dropped 
 
 after nnK ; but by reading with Houbigant DHnriN*, the difficulty is re- | 
 
 moved, if the remark above be admitted, '* They fhall multiply their m 
 
 forrows, who haften after them." i. e. the falfe Gods. But a friend jufti- 
 fies -in{< from If. i. 4. and.obferves, that Chald. renders the firft part of the 
 verfe, *' They have multiplied their idols; they have gone backward 
 haftily." 
 
 5. I'Sin. 23 MSS. with 6 read -]3in, probably right. 
 
 9. 6. Vulg.
 
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 9. 6. Vulg. & Ar. render mi3, " //;?^z/^ mea." See alfo Adls ii. 26. 
 
 10. blKtyb. " Hsec vox de corpore proprie dicitur, & loca fign. intra 
 terram, & plerumque Sepulchra vifui hominum fubdufta ; inde ad animum 
 humanum fadla tranflatione, pro ea regione ponitur qu« Ipiritus humanos 
 ad tempus judicii fervat, turn eorum qui bene, turn eorum qui male, vixe- 
 runt : nullum enim hac voce eft ejus rci Difcrimen. Vid. Matt. xi. 23." 
 Grot, in Numb. xvi. 33. And Seeker infers from this paflage in the 
 text, Pf. Ixxxix. 49., Prov. xxiii. 14., that blN'jy is the place of t^'flj, 
 the Soul; and that feme conjundtion or vicinity between the place of dead 
 bodies and fouls was apprehended. He alfo confiders "^IK!:^ as a perfon 
 in thefe places, and the text may be more literally rendered, " Thou 
 ihalt not leave my Soul to Hell." Which, as he obferves further, is the 
 fame as Hole; and is called blS'ti^, becaufe it is always craving. See 
 Prov. XXX. 16. 
 
 "J'TDD. 180 MSS. read *]TDn. A remarkable inftance of the utility 
 of the collation of the MSS. : See alfo gen. Diflert. Sedt. 17. and Adts. 
 ii. 27. 
 
 11. V1^> Houbigant with Syr. V1^^\ 26 MSS. vnVw', which may be 
 confidered as the Part. Ben. in Pyh. 
 
 DK ninct:'. probably DHDIi^ DwV, ** being filled with the joy of thy counte- 
 nance" One MS. reads nnaiT. 
 
 PSALM XVII. 
 
 THIS pfalm generally allowed to be David's. 
 
 V. I. pi\;. Lowth reads with 6. Vulg. 6c Ar. 'plif. 
 
 3. rb'h. Perhaps 'nr'7D, '* Thou haft tried ny heart ; thou haft vifited 
 my reins. Houbigant reads nV"? »V, with Syr. & Ch. 
 
 ^1. I ft- 6. Vulg. & Ar. "7^. " And fhalt not find mine iniquity." 
 Durell as equivalent to »n HOf renders 'DOT, " no crime in me." mnv 3 MSS. 
 
 F 4. Lowth
 
 [ 18 ] 
 
 4- Lowth affixes a non liquet to this verfe. Mudge and others con- 
 nedl the firfl: part with the words preceding. Houbigant for Dl'^VSV 
 reads by a metathefis mbiDyb, " Non tranfibit os meum ad Jimulationes 
 Adam." A friend gives this verfion of the text. " My mouth fhall not 
 tranfgrefs, according to the pradtices of men, (i. e. as men generally 
 do) the word of thy lips." referring to the ufe of the Prepos. n after "laV, 
 If. Ixii. 10. 
 
 5. IOT:::. 44 MSS. more regularly lOtDJ; and 54 have mC'K. Perhaps 
 we jfhould read vh\ See Verf. 
 
 6. yrD'. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar., with 4 MSS. and Hare, read V^Z'\ 
 
 7. nVsn. Houbigant with 35 MSS. K^Sn. 
 
 D'Din. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth., with Houbigant, &c., "J'Din. " Of 
 them that trujl in thee." 
 
 8. nn. The learned Dr. Blayney reads n'n, with perhaps one MS. j 
 but may it not be redundant ? See Deut. xxxii. 10. 
 
 9. D'SJl. Hare with others 't^'i3Jn, which is favoured by the Vulg. & 
 An, conneding 'Vv with the following verie. Others read 'u'Dj, rather 
 perhaps 'B^DiH, in conflrudlion, " The enemies of my Soul watch for me. 
 
 10. laa'^n. Houbigant, followed by Lowth and others, reads labnn, 
 " rete fuum clauferunt." Durell with a friend T^nbn, "contra mc eorum 
 cor clauferunt." And the metre of the collations being defedlive, perhaps 
 "hv may have been dropped from the end of the line, the preceding termi- 
 nating with the fame word, which fee; or retaining the word in the text, 
 la'lbn may have been omitted through its great fimilitude to it, ** their 
 hearts are inclofed in their own fat." See Pf. cxix. 70. 
 
 11. 1j"ltl'N*. Mudge with Green, " JVe have gone on profperoiijly." Ed- 
 wards inti'N', " How happy are ive l" and MSS. 19. favor this reading. 
 Houbigant and Lowth, 'Jl"lty{<, " incedunt in me." Hare with Seeker 
 IDH^N, " Iheir Jieps have now encompafled me," which feems as pro- 
 bable as any, or rather iamt:'N*. See MSS. mOiV. The Syr., followed 
 by Plammond and others, might perhaps read according to one MS. I^'IDJ'?, 
 
 or
 
 L 19 J, 
 
 or rather 'triDjV, " ut projiernerent me In terram." but the prefent text 
 may defcribe their clofe watching him, leaft he fliould efcape. 
 
 12. iroi. There can be little doubt but we fliould read with Durell 
 according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & Ri\\, 'JlOl, but deriving it from DOl. I 
 would render it, " Tihey watch for me, as a lion, &c." See MS. 35. 
 
 14. The fenfe, if not the metre, feems to require another word, per- 
 haps 'Vi'S " Let thy Hand, O Jehovah, deliver me from the men." 
 
 "ibnrj. Perhaps for Dn'7, " From the men, to ivhotn their portion is in 
 this life." 
 
 irS^fl. 42 MSS. ^Jlii'l. 
 
 15. »JK. One MS., with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. ^th. 6c Houbigant, ♦.IKI. 
 " But I." 
 
 \*'(5ni, " In waiting for thy likenefs." i. e. the appearance of tJie She- 
 chinah ; or perhaps we fliould read D'nni, " In beholding thy likenefs." 
 See Numb. xii. 8. 6. Vulg. & Ar., which alfo probably read "]lin3 for 
 nnilDn, " Tly Glory." 
 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm, and 2 Sam. xxii., to be correded by each other exi- 
 gentia loci : 
 
 V. 3. ''b^. rather 'n^K ; See 2 Sam. xxii. 3.; where 'b is probably re- 
 dundant in V. 2. 6. & 2 MSS. 'n.l^SV 
 
 5. MSS. 5 fupply O, at the beginning, as 2 Sam. 22. 
 
 'b^n. '"intyo, as in 2 Sam., avoids the tautology ; fee Pf. cxvl. 3. 
 
 7. "Vlth, probably redundant; fee 2. Sam., & Hare. Klin. 38 MSS. 
 
 9. VflD. Hare, with others, reads according to 6. Vulg. & iEth. 
 VJSa ; but in the parallel pafTage 6 & Vulg. agree with the text ; and 
 no MS. authorizes the alteration : See Pf. cxliv. 5. 
 
 II. Kin. This reading is confirmed by the number of MSS. in 2 Sam. 
 and many of the verfions. 
 
 F 2 12. The
 
 C 20 ] 
 
 12. The words probably tranfpofed J reading then with 2 MSS., as in 
 2 Sam., and ni^*n with Houbigant and others for DDtVn, as in Sam., the 
 whole may be rendered thus, " Aiid he made darknefs his covert, — round 
 about him was a girdle of waters, — and his covering the clouds of Hea- 
 ven. 6. Vulg. & ^th. with 2 MSS. read nJ!>n. 
 
 13. 14. For the correction of thefe two verfes. See Kennicott's firft 
 DilT. ; but for X2'''2'C1, 2 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & iEth. read, as 
 in parallel place, xy'y^^C:, " Out of Heaven." 53 MSS. '\b^p. 
 
 16. D'3. 4 MSS. read D% as in 2 Sam. ; *' Alludit ad detedtionem 
 maris rubri." Gejerus. " And the channels of the fea were feen." 
 
 28. As this pfalm relates particularly to David, Dy feems to be written 
 for DN, " For thou fhalt fave the humble" 
 
 Read DO"! as in the parallel place. 
 
 29. pK. 52 MSS. more regularly \*inK. 
 
 "lit:'. Rather ")::>, Princeps. " And by my God I fliall leap over." (i. e, 
 fubdue) a prince" viz. Saul. See Kennicott and others on Gen. xlix. 6. 
 
 34. 'ni!::2. Rather nV^n, '*' Upon the high places." See Hare, &c. 
 
 35. nnnJV Houbigant ^Dlim. Mudge, Lowth, 6cc. with 6. Vulg. & 
 iEth. nnn:"!, " And thou makefl" But if an alteration be neceffary, per- 
 haps we {hould read nDDDl, " And mine arm Jliall break a bow of brafs." 
 See 2 Kings, xviii. 4. 
 
 37. Several MSS. here and 2 Sam. xxii. 37. read 'blD'lp. 
 
 38. »nVi^. 42 MSS. read 'n»j<j as this noun is ufually written. 
 41. Lowth reads with 2 MSS. DD'aVNl 'NJC'O. 
 
 43. DpnK. 10 MSS. with Lowth and others read DpHK, as in 2 Sam. 
 
 45. 'WT\y. If we retain this word, it muft bear the fenfe, which Cail. 
 gives it in Niph. " Subjicientur " See alfo the Syr. & our Bib. Verfion j 
 but Houbigant reads, yt'iy. See alfo Pf. Ixvi. 3. and Ixxxi. 16. 
 
 46. "blK Houbigant iVn^', " fhall be difmayed." But the prefent 
 text may be rendered with the Ch. " fiall he confumed ;" or deriving it 
 from V^Dj ** Jl'all be counjounded" 
 
 47. 'mbx 59 MSS. have 'nbi^, as it is written elfewhere. 
 
 48. niTI,
 
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 48. nm*1, Cocceius and others defend this fenfe of the word from Pf. 
 Ixvii. 4. See alfo 2 Chron. xxii. 10; but in the parallel paffage, as Buxtorf 
 obferves, it is inNH. 
 
 49. The metre appearing to be defeftive, perhaps ^bii from its fimili- 
 tude to the preceding word may have been dropped, " My God delivereth, 
 &c." or nriN, " 'T/iou delivered me, &c." which anfwers better to the 
 following Verb. See 6. & Vulg. " My deliverer from mine enemies, &c." 
 Durell. 
 
 ** From the violent man." 1. e. Saul. 
 
 50. ♦n'7J?. perhaps wanting at the end of this verfe, " And fing praifes 
 unto thy name, O my God" See Pf. xcii. 2. 
 
 51. blilD. 35 MSS. with Hare and Houbigant, read V'TID ; as in 2 Sam. 
 myia.'». 14 MSS. with Syr. 6c Ch. nriL^S fmg. 
 
 TWWS 5 MSS., which agrees better with the preceding participle. 
 The lafl: words refer to Chrift, the fon of David. See Poole. 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 'fo the Condu6lor of the Mufic. 
 V. 3. MSS. 28 read noit^, ** Verbum." nempe, de Deo, quod per 
 Zeugma hie repetendum. Genebrard. 
 
 4. 'bn Dnm. Green reads with Hare, 'bl3 nm ; but for 'Vn, might 
 we read hT\y ** There is neither fpeech nor language, ivhere their voice is 
 not heard ? 
 
 5. Dip. Bellarmine thought this word a fufficient proof of the corruption 
 of the text ; but Pocock with others, borrowing its llgnification from the 
 Ar., renders it, " vociferatio eorim.*' Muis, who is followed by Patrick 
 and others, gives the word this fenfe, " Unea eoriim," i. e. fcriptura, qua 
 tanquam volumine, Dei gloria omnibus legenda proponitur. However 
 0*7^, the reading of 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar,, approved by Glaffius and 
 many others, feems to be preferable, ** their voice" 
 
 G 6. 6. Vulg.
 
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 6. 6. Vulg. Ar. JEth. 6c Syr. with 22 MSS. read NVV, " And he, as 
 a bridegroom going forth out of his chamber,— rejoiceth, &c. 
 
 7. This verfe may refer both to the annual and diurnal motion of the 
 fun, or rather the earth, by which every part of the globe is warmed and 
 enlightened. 
 
 8. The expreffions in this, and the following verfes, {hewing the fupe- 
 rior influence of the hii: upon \k\^joiil to that of the fun upon the earth, 
 is very beautiful. 
 
 10. ipTi\ Hare reads pTil, undoubtedly rights " The judgments of 
 Jehovah are truth, and Righteoufnefs together." 
 
 12. There is a play upon the words in this and the preceding verfe, and 
 i") ?£3 there feems to be oppofed to m npV here; though Meibomius 
 would read :2py "TV, " even unto the end." See Pf. cxix. 33. 
 
 13. mS'ilw' feems to denote ym of infirmity, miDDi wilful fns committed 
 fecretly; and Dnt overt aSls of iniquity. See Poole's Synopf. Hare pro- 
 bably right in reading imN",1ii% " his errors^ 
 
 14. Cn'^?. Hare, with others, reads DD 'ns* ; but the Lexicographers, 
 with Houbigant and 5 MSS,, read Dn^{ in Niph. ; which anfwers better 
 to the following verb, for which Edwards would likewife read 'pil; but 
 Jud. XV. 3. may jullify the text. 
 
 PSALM XX, 
 
 THE prayers and wiflies of the priefts, and people, for David's fuccefs, 
 the fubje<5t of this pfalm. Muis, & Crit. fac. See the preceding title. 
 
 V. 2. Dtt*. Hare conliders it as an interpolation j but fee Lowth on 
 Ifaiah. Rather with a friend, ** exalt thee." 
 
 3. C'liJO. Houbigant with Syr. ltl>li5D, " out of his fanduary." 
 
 4. niDP 14 MSS. 
 
 "J'nnjO. We Ihould either read with 17 MSS. TmnJDj or with 23 
 inmo, l:ng.
 
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 nit^T. The bed fenfe of this word is that of Vatablus and others, " re- 
 digat in cineres." See our Marg. Verf. unlefs with Hammond we borrow it 
 from the Ar. ** acceptabit." perhaps it is written by miftake for T\'^'y. See 
 Pf, li. 1 8. 
 
 6. bilJ. Lorinus and others read according to the 6 Vulg. & i^th. 
 Si. 13, " magnificabimur." 
 
 J. Mudge fuppofes thefe to be the words of the High Prie/l. Junius 
 more probably to be the words of David. Hare fupphes the defeift of 
 the firfl line by reading '3}< after nnj?; but perhaps VI'' may have been 
 dropped, from the fimilitude of the words, before or after 'nj/1\ " Now 
 know I ajfuredly." See i Sam. xx. 3, xxvili. i. 
 
 MSS. xix. with Syr. and Ar. riTinJin. 
 
 8. The fenfe, if not the metre, is defedive in the firfl: line of this 
 verfe; as therefore many with our verfions fupply, conjidunt, fee Lorinus, 
 may not the word D*Din have been dropped after D'DlDl, from their fimi- 
 litude ? 
 
 "I'DTJ. Lowth, with others, reads according to 6 and Syr. T2.1.^ But 
 Jofli. xxiii. 7. Ifai. xlviii. i, feem to juftify the text. 
 
 9. This and the preceding verfe are probably a chorus. 
 
 10. 1Jiy». Houbigant, with many others, reads according to 6. Vulg. 
 Syr. & iEth. iJjyi. " May Jehovah fave the King. — and hear us, &c. !" 
 
 PSALM XXI. 
 
 THE fubjcdl of this pfalm nearly the fame with that of the foregoing j 
 and in its fublimefl: fenfe relates to Chrift, the Son of David. Some re- 
 fer it folely to Chrift. See Cocceius, &c. 
 
 1. nJD probably an interpolation, as Hare and others fuppofe, it beino- 
 found only in the Ch. but fee Lowth's Prel. DilT. on Ifai. Houbigant 
 rejeds this with "tkD j the laft improperly. 58 MSS. have b,V for V.V. 
 The true reading probably bvv. See Prov. xxiii. 24. though it is often 
 found in Hiph. 
 
 G 2 ■ 3. nt:nKv
 
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 3. nty^NV This word, being an s^ral yeyof^ov, may be written for 
 nVNi:'\ See V. 5. Houbigant borrows the fenfe of the text from Samar. 
 
 4. Hare's conjedlure probable, that the prepofition 2 is dropped before 
 mDnn, or as 7 MSS., with Syr. DDll, fing. 
 
 5. The lafl words of this verfe are literally true only of the fpiritual 
 David. 
 
 nnni. All the verfions, except the Ch., read nnn:i ; which Is better, 
 or rather nnil ; fee the MSS. 
 
 7. tA' " Nam pofuifti eum /// fecula benedicendum." Houb. and 
 Lowth. Perhaps DvV, " For thou (halt make him a blefling to the 
 l^eopk," which is truly charafteriftic of the Mefliah. 
 
 10. "njnD. Perhaps better with 3 MSS. niJna, " Thou fhalt put them 
 hi afurtiace of fire, &c." 
 
 D'jyi'. Seeker reads with the Syr. tD"\yn», *' Shall burn them in his an- 
 ger s" which the context favors. Gejerus thinks that here is an allufion 
 to the overthrow of the Sodomites j and the words may be prophetical of 
 the deArudtion of Jerufalem. 
 
 13. DDli*. The various fenfes put upon this word make the prefent 
 text fufpicious. Mudge reads DSrD, " as Shechevi," which became a 
 proverbial expreflion ; See Pf. Ix. and cviii. Seeker refers to Syr. which 
 renders the text, " turpitudinem.'" Hare and others fuppofe that D'Vn 
 has been omitted in the laft line ; See alfo our Bib. Verf. Durell would 
 read DOC, ** Thou flialt make them thonjs," or Dltritt, ** thou wilt 
 place then' abode in the cords (or nets), &c." perhaps rather nOSt!', 
 •* Thou flialt make them a dejolation." See Jerem. ix. 11. but Cocceius 
 renders the text, " Thou Ihalt make them a mark" i. e. to fhoot at, 
 which, if the word will bear this fenfe, agrees better with what fol- 
 lows. 
 
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 PSALM XXII. 
 
 dVk. For the different interpretations of this word, fee Poole's Synopf. 
 &c. Grotius thinks that 6. read DliN, T^; avrtM^^tj;. Might it not be ori- 
 ginally nbV, *' For a -morning lamentation ?" Calovius and others refer 
 this pfalm folely to Chrifl:. 
 
 V. 2, ♦nVL^'a. 7 MSS. read with Hare and others TWli!^, " being far 
 from my cry." Houbigant, following Symmachus, for pim reads ipm, 
 ** The words of my crying are far from helping me." 
 
 3. ri'DTT. Houbigant D'Dn, " quietem das." But a friend, with feve- 
 ral MSS. omits 1 in N^l 2d, " Et node non eft filentium mihi." 
 
 4. A friend renders with 6, " And yet thou dwelleft in the fmcftuarv, 
 O thou praife oflfrael." Or, by an cllipfis of the prepofition 2, " among 
 the praifes of Ifrael. But fee Lowth in Merr. 4 MSS. read with 6, 
 Vulg. & Ar. nVnn, (ing. or rather nbnn. 
 
 5. MSS. 33. have irmiN. The ufual reading. 
 
 6. MSS. 46. 11;:^. 
 
 8. From this verfe to the 20th, the words are prophetical of Chrifl, 
 and literally fulfilled in him. See Matt, xxvii. 39. 1 1 MSS. 'Kii, and 
 23 i:ij^b'. See 2 Sam. xvii. 15. and Calas. Concord. 
 
 TO. This verfe was fulfilled in the miraculous birth of Chrift. See 
 Genebrard, &c. 'm. Several MSS. 'm,"i3 " EdiiSlor mens" Metaphora 
 ab obftetricibus. Riv. and we have the Verb in this Senfe Job. xxxviii. 
 8. See Pf. Ixxi. 6. 127. 3. 
 
 'n'tDnC. 8 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Syr. & Ar. Mudge and others read 
 'ntOlJD, " Spes mea." 
 
 12. See Matt. xxvi. 56. For ]»« O, Syr. and Ar. read \'>^\ One MS. 
 VKD, " without any helper." 
 
 ^ - 13. Horned
 
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 13. Horned beads were amongft the antients emblematical of power, 
 and may be here defcriptive of the Jewifh rulers, and the Roman gover- 
 nor, who confplred againd Jefus. See Poole's Synopf. 
 
 14. nn^^. One MS. reads with all the verfions nHNO; 22 MSS. tjniD; 
 and 20 .INIB'I. See the Verf. 
 
 17. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read with Hare D»m after D'1*?D, ** for 
 many dogs, &c." 
 
 nXD. 4 MSS. read nKD, and one MS- reads TO^ which is a drong 
 proof of the utility of the collations, as it redores an eminent predidtion 
 of the fingular death of Chrid, which the Jews pretend that the Chridians 
 have forged; notwithdanding 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. read fo. Sec 
 Kennicott's fird difTert. and Poole. 
 
 18. IflDK. 6 Vulg. Ar. and ^th. read "nSD, " they numbered all my 
 bones." as it was cudomary, fay Le Clerc and others, to expofe the body 
 in crucifixion quite naked. See alfo John xix. 3 1 — 33. A friend reads 
 with 6. "iNTI. See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 19. Thefe words were fo literally fulfilled in Chrid, that infidelity, one 
 would think, could not withdand their force. 6. Vulg. and one Ed. read 
 Ip^jn, which is more proper. 
 
 20. 'mTN. Notwithdanding the great authority of Lowth and Seeker ; 
 Mudge and others, reading ♦n'7N, are probably right ; ** O my God, hade 
 thee to help me." 
 
 21. 'nTn'. From comparing Pf. cxliii. 3. is it not probable that we 
 diould read here and Pf. xxxv. 17. irvn, *' My Life from the power of 
 the dog?" A friend thinks it might be "jins " 'Thy only begotten i" 
 See 6. 
 
 Jt12. 3 MSS. read with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & M\h. "T»J2i. 
 
 22. D'0"1. Durell renders it, " from the horns of the mighty ones." 
 referring to Job. xxi. 22. and obferving that horns are figuratively attri- 
 buted to men. Pf Ixxv. 10. &c. But 8 MSS. read with Houb. and 6. 
 Vulg. Ar. & iEth. CONI, which feems to be right; See Numb, xxiii. 22, 
 &c. Though in Job. xxxix. 9. it is written Dn, and whatever bead this 
 
 was,
 
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 was. It was probably Co called from its height. Bootlus fuppofes it to 
 be the Urus, or wild bull. Bochart underftands it of the Oryx, a fpe- 
 cies of the wild goat, which abounded in Judea. The Bifhop of Nor- 
 wich fuppofes it to be of the i/eer kind. Sec Calmet alfo. That it is not 
 a one horned htzik may be inferred from Deut. xxxiii. 17., and this verfe. 
 
 " And thou wilt hear me." l at the beginning of the fentence affedling 
 the verb. Lowth. 
 
 24. Is not the metre better diveded thus, 
 
 &c. »KT 
 &c. bo 
 
 ? &c. m^T 
 
 25. And again, 1 &c. n"? ♦JJ 
 
 &c, Nbl 
 
 ? &c. witi^m 
 Some would read the affix in the firft perf. •* Neither hath he hid his 
 face from me 5 and when / cried unto him, he heard me." Suppofing the 
 Meffiah to fpeak. See Heb. v. 7. 
 
 26. VK"l». Houbigant reads y^XV, " before them that fear thee''-, more 
 agreeably to the context. 
 
 27. DDll'?. One MS, reads with all the verfions and Houb. Dll"? 
 *« their heart." Some read with 6. & Vulg. D'»3y, " pauperes." 
 
 28. I'JD'?. One MS. reads with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & &x\\. vJD'?, 
 ** before him" ; which is better. 
 
 29. Hare reads Nim. Lowth inferts NIH after blif^fy], that one of them is 
 right appears from 6. Syr. Vulg. & JEih. 142 MSS read Vt^ai. See 6. 
 Vulg. & Syr. 
 
 30. pN^ityi. Houb. concludes that Syr. read »jt)D, " fame/ici" which 
 he is inclined to follow. " I muft own, I am wholly at a lofs to explain 
 this to my own fatisfadlion without admitting the rendering of thefe words 
 given by Mr. Fenwick, *• all that are fattened" ', i.e. fuftalned and fed 
 with or from the Earth -, i. e. all mortals, parallel and fynonymous 
 with all that go down to the dujl in the other part of the verfe," 
 
 H 2 Lowth.
 
 [ 28 ] 
 
 Lowth. Would it be too bold a conjedure to read nn:^ for ib^K, 
 and ^ycai for ^yci, " all t/ie chiefs of the earth Jhall ferve and wor- 
 fhip •" thefe two verbs being often joined together ; but if we retain "i'7DNS 
 it niuft refer to the peace offerings ; and the chiefs of the earth may be op- 
 pofed to thofe that go do'wn to the dujl to fhew that rich and poor fliall 
 become the fubjedls of Chrift's kingdom. See Pf. Ixxii. lo, ii. 
 
 rrn nV lii'D^l. Lowth and others, reading with 6. Vulg. Syr. 6c Ar., 
 and connefting thefe words with the following verfe, give them a fofitive 
 fenfe. Hare and others, joining them to the preceding words, give them 
 a negative meaning. Following then Dr. Kennicott's divifion of the me- 
 tre in the three lall verfes, and reading with 34 MSS. mn'V for 'iTTK*?, 
 and with all the verfiuns, except the Syr, Randolph and others ii^y* 
 for 1N:i', I fubmit the following reading to the confideration of the 
 learned ; 
 
 ** And the Soul not living, the feed of ft rangers y fljall ferve him — It fliall 
 be counted unto Jehovah for a generation to come." referring, as Randolph 
 obferves, to the calling of the Gentiles. Others following the reading of 
 6., which is countenanced by MSS., nr)*n lb 'li'SJl, " hut my Soul livetb 
 unto him," underftand it of the Refurredion of Chrift. But fee Houb. 
 
 32. 7blJ J fome give this participle the future fenfe, *' populo, qui 
 nafcetur," underftanding it of the Gentiles. Others the paft, *' populo, 
 qui natus eji ;" See Poole's Syn. following then the latter, the words 
 may be thus rendered, " And they, i. e. the Heathens, iLall declare his 
 righteoufnefs to the people, ivhich is born ; for he, i. e. Jehovah, hath 
 done it." See Ifai. xliv. 23. where nJJ'V is fo ufed : and they may re- 
 late to the final converfion of the Jews, the people of God, through the 
 falvation of the Gentiles. See Rom. xi. 11, 31. 
 
 P S A L M
 
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 PSALM XXIIL 
 
 QU I D concipi poteft fuavlus 5c venuflius quam ilia Dei Paftoris Effi- 
 gies. ? Lowth. 
 
 V. 2. nmJD feveral MSS. mnUD, plur. ; but 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. and 
 Mth. have the fing. and the true reading is probably nmiD. See i Chron. 
 xxviii. 2. 
 
 3. Syr. read ♦jniH* ** attd leadeth me." 
 
 4. 'JDHi'. 47 MSS. 'ilDniS which all the verfions and the conflrudtion 
 juftify. 
 
 5. MSS. 40. n"ni'. 
 
 6, Tllti?"). Meibomius probably right in reading »r)lH"1. See Poole 
 alfo. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 IT is generally agreed, that this pfalm refers to the tranfadtion recorded, 
 2 Sam. vi. Rivet. Lowth, &c. but fee ver. 7. Habet etiam haec Ode 
 forma dramatici Carminis. Praeled. 27. 
 
 nSlbtOI 13 MSS. read nN'^Cl, as it is written elfewhere. 
 
 3. The fingers on each fide of the ark might feverally afk thefe queftions ; 
 fee Lowth's Praeleft. 27. But Delany &c. fuppofe the king to fpeak thefe 
 words, when he was at the foot of the mount. 
 
 4. Kityb is here oppofed to mn'"?, and might be perhaps better ren- 
 dered, ** to vain idols ;" fee Jerem. xviii. 15. There feems to be a play 
 upon the words in this, and the following, verfe. 
 
 I 6. Hare,
 
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 6. Hare, Lowth, &c, agree, that this verfe is corrupted, and the fol- 
 lowing reading may be admitted on the authority of 6. and MSS. 
 
 *• This is the generation of them that feek him; of thofe that feek the 
 
 face of the God of Jacob." or with Syr. " thy face, God, &c." 
 
 7. The Sublimity of the dialogue in this and the following verfes is not 
 equalled in any other author. See Lowth. *' Dicuntur Portse attolkre 
 capita, quum ita ^dificantur, ut furfum verfus eleventur. Tales ang. 
 Portcullis vocamus, quce ufurpantur in locis munitis, qualis erat Sion. 
 Et Portae Sionis, feu templi, atern(t dicantur, quod illic Area eflet per- 
 petuo habitatura ; h. e. ufque ad deftruftionem templi. Sed de Chrijlo ma- 
 gis quam de area, Chrifti figura, accipienda funtt" Muis, &c. 
 
 8. It is much more emphatical to fupply Nin with feveral MSS. as 
 in V. ic, «♦ who is he, this king, &c. ?" 
 
 9. MSS. 5., with Houb. and all the verfions for Wii^ read 1Niyjni> 
 as in V. 7. Nin'i 14 MSS. 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 THE moft probable defign of the alphabetical pfalms, which are 
 Jeven in number, was for the more eafy learning and retaming them ; 
 and for preferving the Hebrew Metre. See the Preface. 
 
 V. I. Hare's correction of this verfe is approved by Lowth and others j 
 but from comparing Hare's, and the metre of the collations, I am inclined 
 to think, that we fliould omit nin' with one MS., reading the verfe in 
 one line, »nVN ^^^ ♦tt'D: T^^K, " O my God, unto thee do I lift up 
 my foul." or omit 'nbx, " Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my foul." 
 
 2. MSS. 7, with Ar. & Hare, read "JKI in the fecond place. »a'K. 
 
 48 MSS. 
 
 3. One
 
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 3. One MS. with the Alex. Verf. reads V^ be^e tD'-Jiinn, " le! all 
 them be aHiamed." Several MSS. in both places Win'. 
 
 4. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. with 2 MSS. read I'mmNI " and teach 
 me thy paths." 
 
 5. & 6. ^mK. Kennicott's method of reftoring the alphabetical letter 
 by reading with 3 MSS. inKI, and the deficient Hemiftich, feems pre- 
 ferable to Hare's, though this agrees with Meibomius and is followed 
 by others. "lOr 40 MSS.- fee v. 7. alfo. 
 
 7. Mr. Bradley brings the fecond line, according to the divifion of the 
 collat., into the vacant fpace of v. 6. 
 
 8. Hare for the fake of the metre joins p bv to the end of the firll: He- 
 meftichj but mn may perhaps have been omitted through the fimenefs 
 of the letters in the preceding word, 
 
 mn mn* n::"i mo 
 
 ** Jehovah is good and upright." 
 
 9. Cocceius reads IDDlTXii, " in his judgment.'* 
 
 10. nyi:*? 14 MSS. 
 
 11. Mudge and others fupply 'bip V^V after mn'. Meibomius »JJn; 
 and we ought either to read with Syr. nbo pardon; or according to 
 6. & Vulg. confider the "i as wholly converfive, " thou lailt pardon. 
 
 12. The verbs in this verfe afford a beautiful paronomafia. 
 
 14. DVninV. " ut doceat eos.''* Ch. fo alfa Mudge and others. Seeker 
 from Noldius fuppofes that *? with the infin. bears the fignification of 
 the future, but perhaps this word is written by miftake for DVHV, ** and 
 he will make them to know his covenant."' See Syr. 6c Ar. 
 
 17. >l'n*in. Meibomius & others probably right in reading l'n"in, in 
 the imperat. Hiph. and joining "1 to the following word, which 2 MSS. 
 juftify, and the T is detached from the Verb in the collat. ** Enlarge 
 the ftraits of my heart, and bring &c." but Houbigant reads lin'^n, 
 ' ' multiplicatce J'unt . ' ' 
 
 18. That this verfe fhould begin with the letter p is very certain i 
 Meibomius for nN"^ reads nVp " Jini," Hare and others :np, '• draw 
 
 I 2 near
 
 [ 32 ] 
 
 near to my aTuiHiloi^' but Mudge fays he reads thus for want of fome- 
 thing better ; Koubigant has l^fp, " pone modum ; a friend propofes ♦♦jya 
 Knp, " invocans fum in anguftiis meis." but does not n;? anfwer ftill better 
 to Nti'l ? for ^^J'^, I would therefore read n: np " Take aivay, I pray thee, 
 niine aitlidion, &c." 
 
 2 0. The true reading feems to be ^tyfliH "IDty, or rather mi:::'. 
 
 2-1. The defedt in the laft Hne of this verfe requires that we ihould 
 fupply with 6 .^th. & Ar. mn% or OTV ; fee Hare and others. 
 
 22. The laft period probably added by another hand, as Hare and 
 others thini: ; and one MS. omits it. 
 
 P S A L M XXVI. 
 
 I T is generally agreed, that this pfalm was compofed on account of 
 fome injurious charge brought againft David by fome of Saul's cour- 
 tiers. See Poole's Synops. 
 
 1. To fupply the manifeft defed in the ift line of this verfe. Hare 
 repeats the verb, " judge me, O Jehovah, judge me,'' but 'n^K rather 
 feems to have been dropped, " judge me O Jehovah, my God." or ")pTjf3 
 " judge me accordwg to thy righteoufnefs, O Jehovah." See Pf. xxxv. 
 24. Edwards and Green reduce the three lines into two. 'DIDl 10 MSS. 
 
 TtHLD::. It is better to read with 6 Vulg. and others niDU, as in pf. 
 xxvii. 3. " and trujiing in Jehovah, &c." 
 
 2. The true reading feems to be Ti'lbnn ^T\'i. 
 
 4. Niti' 'ns. " Cum Ido/o/at> is " Mariana. So it feems to fignify. Job. 
 xxii. 14. and the word oViy, or as I would rather read Dlby, feems to 
 anfwer to tD^dlVi here, being both defcriptive of the Jecret manner in 
 which they worfhipped idols ; fee Deut. xxvii, 16. As therefore we may 
 render the paffage in Job, " Haft thou marked the Jecret way, which Ido- 
 laters have trodden ?" thefe words may be alfo rendered, ** and with Mf 
 Jicret ones, I will not go." 
 
 '* I will
 
 [ 33 3 
 
 6. naiDJiV S5 MSS' "^^^^ nnmONI, more regularly. 
 
 " / will wajli my hands in innocency" Alludit ad externum ilium ab- 
 lutionls rltum apud Hebr^eos ufitatum. vid. Deut. xxi. 6. Grot. See 
 pf. Ixxiii. 13. 
 
 7. min. Houbigant reads "IIID, " the voice of thy praife." But a friend 
 reads with feveral MSS. V'Oty*?, " that I might make knowny and declare all 
 thy marvellous works v/ith the voice of praife." 
 
 8. The laft part of this verfe might be better rendered, *' and the place 
 of the habitation of thy glory." alluding to the Shechinah. 
 
 9. fp^D. Tho' 16 MSS. read ti'DN*n, is it not better to give this verb 
 the paffive fignification, " My {q\A Jhall not be united with finners ?" 
 
 10. njy{^ might be rendered, " For mifchief, &c." See i Sam. xv. 15. 
 
 11. The metre in the laft Hemiftlch feems to be defedivcj may 
 not "h^ then have been omitted through its fimilitude to the laft word in 
 the former, ** my God deliver me, and be gracious unto me?" »0in3 
 7 MSS. 
 
 12. "nty'Si. Hammond renders it, *' in a plain place,*' underftandlng 
 by it the coiirt, where the altar ftood. Might we read ty"rpm, *' My 
 foot ftandeth in the fan5fuary ?" VaT is always feminine in the ling. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 I T is not altogether improbable that this pfalm might be written on 
 David's viOiory over Goliahj compare v. 2, 10, 12. 
 V. 2. This verfe may refer to i Sam. xvii. 44. 
 
 inpn 16 MSS. & 5 biDN*?. 
 
 3. DNt^. /'. e. ** in hoc bello." Gejerus. A friend refers this pronoun 
 to what follows, *• in this thing I will be confident," viz. one thing, &c. 
 
 4. ^m^?. 25 MSS. more properly HDJ^ " this very thing will I feek 
 after. See pf. xc. 17. 
 
 K 5. r\y:)':i.
 
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 5- nSDl. Houb. with one MS. and all the verfions, except Ar., 
 1DD2, " in his tabernacle." or rather IDIDn. 
 
 6. nvnn. Hare and others would read rnin» " facrifices of praife" 
 But why not, ** facrifices of triumph ? " which fenfe the word in the text 
 may admit of. 
 
 7- 'JJm 7 MSS. &; lo'Marg. with 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c ^th. read >ijn, 
 ** have mercy upon me." 
 
 8. »J£) itypn. Reading VJ3 ii'lp:], the words might bear this fenfe, " Go, 
 my heart faid, feek his face — thy face Jehovah, &c." ^ is made the impe- 
 rat. of iV; But fee Lowth, Durell reads with Vulg. Syr. & Ar. "jliypn 
 *' my face will feek thee.'" A friend by reading Itypnn, and with one 
 MS. TJi), gives this fenfe, ** my heart faid to thee, while it was feek- 
 ing thy face, thy face, &c." 
 
 10. 'D might be rendered although, and 1, yet ; " although my father and 
 my mother fliould forfake me, yet Jehovah would receive me." And of 
 this he might have fome mifirufl: in confequence of his brother's beha- 
 viour towards him, i Sam, xvii. 38. But as the metre, if not the fenfe 
 is defedive, and this verb governs b^?, perhaps y^H may have been 
 dropped,' *' yet Jehovah will take me to himfef." 
 
 11. n-nty yy MSS. See alfo Pf. v. 9. 
 
 12. 13. abil. As Seeker obferves, 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. read i*?, Va- 
 tablus, with many others, fuppofcs that fome verb is underftood ; fee 
 Poole's Synops. and our verfions. Houb. followed by Lowth, reads bub, 
 " in Deum credidi j" Durell obferving that the particle nViV is not known 
 in Hebrew, propofes Nib, " Oh that I might believe to fee — / But may 
 not the word be written for 'bx, " and violence breatheth out upon me." 
 See Hab. ii. 3; alluding to i Sam. xvii. 45, or to Doeg? Some propofc 
 this reading, 'nJSNm 'bv DOH in'D'l, " and they breath out violence againft 
 ?ne i — but I will truft, &c." 
 
 14. nipT &c. probably an interpolation, as Hare and others think; 
 but Kennicott's metre feems to be right. 
 
 PSALM
 
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 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 MUDGE fuppofes this pfalm to have been written by David for a 
 vidlory over fome foreign enemy. Mariana thinks it refers to the confpi- 
 racy mentioned 2 Sam. xx. ; perhaps rather to that of Abfalom and Ahi~ 
 tophel, 2 Sam. xvii. 
 
 V. 2. Kennicott's metre probably the truefl. 
 
 I'll. *' Oraculum erat Sandlum Sandorum, ubi deus refponfa dabat." 
 Pifc. &c. 
 
 3. 'bnS 8 MSS. and 4 nin, more regular. There is a beautiful pa- 
 ronomafia in the laft part of this verfe. 
 
 5. From comparing this verfe with Ifai. v. 12. it may be fufpeded, 
 that y^>y- nS has been dropped after TT, and that the verfe fhould be 
 divided thus,, 
 
 &c. a 
 
 : &c. DDnn* 
 *' Becaufe they underftood not the work of Jehovah ; — neither regarded 
 the operation of his hands; — he ihall, &c." 6. Vulg, Syr. Ar. & i^th.- 
 have the plur. & 19 MSS. read m'7J'i3, and 2 mblVSj but the true read- 
 ing feems to be ni'JVlS. 
 
 There is a beautiful paronomafia between CDii' and li'l'. 
 
 7. n'ty:2T 'nb 'hV- Lowth thinks that 6. Syr. & Vulg. read ♦n'701 ntfl 
 tbV'» " My feJJi fhall rejoice, and with my heart will I praife him." which 
 he prefers. Houb. &c. would read iy\vy\ ; but D has fo often the 
 fignification of in, or ivith, that this alteration feems unnecefTary. 
 
 niv 7 MSS. 
 
 K 2 8. id"?,.
 
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 S. ^di. 6 MSS. and another at firft with 6 Syr. Vulg. Ar. and JEth. 
 fead T^yb ; which is approved by Houb. &c. " Jehovah is the ftrength of 
 his people." See Kennic. gen. DifT. Cod. 39. and Pf. xxviii. 8. 
 
 ny 16 MSS. and 3 omit mvii:'' ' which is neither requifite to the fenfe 
 or metre; " and he is thejirength of his anointed." 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 G 11 O T I U S conjedures with great probabiHty, that this pfalm was 
 compofed on the vidtory of David over the Syrians, mentioned 2 Sam. viii. 
 r ; when the divine interpofition might diftinguifh itfelf by a violent 
 thunder florm. It abounds in beautiful anaphoras. 
 
 V. I. D'Vn 'jn. Houb. &c. according to Syr. *' flios Arietum,'' but this 
 fenfe is not favored by the two parallel places, pf. xcvi. 7. i Chron. 
 xvi. 28. Others, " flii potei2tium'\ i.e. principes, five magnates; or ac- 
 cording to 6 Vulg. Ar. & ^th. " flii Dei," as diftinguifhing the people 
 of Ifrael from the Heathen world; fee Gen. vi. 2. but then it fhould 
 be written D'n*7N. Would not D^J< correfpond better with the two pa- 
 rallel places. " O ye fo?ts of men' ? See pf xxxvi. 7. 
 
 nn 34 MSS. 
 
 2. jyip nmrm- Our marginal verfion feems to have read tt^lpn y\T\1* 
 Houb. with Syr. and Vulg. mina, " in atriot" or Jl/lpn "nnn, •* in the 
 chamber of holinefrt or the holy chamber." i. e. Sandum Sandtorum ; but 6. 
 read ^U^^ in his holy court." 
 
 3. Green reduces the three lines in this verfe into two. Hare fupplies 
 blp^ before bt^ in the fecond line. Houb. with one MS. repeats D'yin. A 
 friend reads with him, but omits niiT with one MS. Perhaps we fhould 
 read ibipi after mnDH, *' the glorious God thundereth with his voice." 
 See Job. xxxvii. 5. 
 
 4. The
 
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 4- I'he lenfe, with the metre, feems to require another word In botli 
 thefe Hemiftichs : the Ch. read ySD' in pyli. but perhaps mn was dropped 
 in both places from its limilitude to mn* preceding. S^e Green's verfion. 
 
 mDl two valuable MSS. ; and although this word is written with the 
 T only in Dan. xi. 6. this fcems to be the right reading. 
 
 5. The cedars of Lebanon may be underftood both literally, and figu- 
 ratively ; as the lightning might not only fhiver f/ie frees, but deRroy the 
 Syrian Chiefs. See Poole. A friend would omit the fecond mn* with 
 one MS., and it feems redundant on account of the metre. 
 
 6. nDTp"TT. Perhaps better Tp"T% " cifid he made Lebanon to fkip like 
 a calf — and Sirion like a young unicorn." Whatever bead ax"l may de- 
 note, it feems to be fo called from its height. See pf. xxii. iz. 
 
 7. minV. n fupplendum, " fatnmis ignis." i. e. per flammantia fulgura 
 diflipat arbores & alia. Gejer. &c. See alio Ifai. Ixvi. 15c but the pfalmiil 
 might only defcribe the fucceflive flaflies of lightning. 
 
 9. DiVn b'jins *' dolore afficit quercus." Lowth, &c. for, as Seeker ob- 
 ferves, though mVs* be found no where elfe in the plur. ; yet as there is 
 n'jN, there might be mbi< and m*7>J^. As the fecond line in the Collat. 
 is evidently too fhort, I would fupply 'i'j; before miVS *' the voice of 
 Jehovah maketh the oaks to JJiake. — And he maketh bare the trees of the 
 woods." and as Mr. Bradley obferves, the root of the verb in the fore- 
 going verfe, and this, is the fame ; but he would render this, ** caiifeth to 
 JJiake violently." 
 
 "iDt* "ibD. Hare and others would read ibp or iblp, " his voice pro- 
 claimeth." Houb. &c, with one MS. nON» ^D, " every one Jliall pro^ 
 claim." Merrick n^K lb Vd. But as 21 MSS. have IDIJJ, it might 
 be naiN* b^, " let every man be /peaking k,c. Hare with all the ver- 
 fions reads ITinD, " his glory." t]ltrn'T 12 MSS. 
 
 10. 2.W. " cohibet diluvium." Ar. " revocavit." Syr. I am therefore 
 inclined to think that the true reading is nilC?', " Jehovah maketh the 
 food to retire, or refraineth, the flood." i. e. from doing any injury to his 
 own people, at the fame time that it deftroyed the enemy.
 
 C 38 3 
 
 mn' 3ti*'1. From comparing the Collat. with the Ar. Verf. it ftrikes 
 me that we fliould tranfpofe thefe words, and read 1{J» mnS and thereby 
 rcflore a moft beautiful anaphora, which Green in his verfion hath done. 
 
 II. nv. 17 Mss. 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 n'2n DDin. This title bears no relation to the fubjed: of the pfalm ; 
 may it not then be a corruption for HTtn n^Sn, ** A fong of^ or for t 
 the ejlablijhtnent of Health ?" See v. 4. 
 
 V. 4. MSS. 39 read with Houbigant HTD, inftead of nnVD; fo Ch. 
 " ne defcenderem." 
 
 5. See pf. xcvii. 12. 
 
 6. m. Syr. rn^-l. " Increpatio" all the other verfions ti"l, " /Vi?." 
 But the contraft is befl: preferved by the prefent text : See our Bib. 
 Marg. Verf. 
 
 T\V1. One MS. reads n'lyb ; anfwering to "ip^bl, " Heavinefs may 
 endurey^r the evening, but joy is for the morning." 
 
 8. mnV. 6. Vulg. & Ar. with Mudge and many others read mnV, 
 which one MS. fupports : and for ty I would read ?t<, placing it at the 
 beginning of the next line. " Jehovah, by thy favor thou didft efta- 
 blifh my Beauty. — T^hen thou didft hide thy &c." But 12 MSS. read 
 tlV 31 MSS. niayn without the laft n. 
 
 9. mrr fecond. 60 MSS. read »3"TK ; and two ^■^'7^?. One of which 
 feems more proper j fee the former line. 
 
 10. I had once conjedlured that the reading of the laft Hemiftich might 
 be, "inON* T.1N nnsy Tirn " when I go down to the dujl, Jliall I declare 
 thv truth ? 
 
 II. A.
 
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 II. A friend renders with 6. Vulg. Ar. Sz JEth. " Jehovah /ia!h 
 heard, &c." 
 
 ntV- 42 MSS, ntiy, which is more regular. 
 
 13. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with Hare and others for TinD read mn^, 
 " my glory" See pf. xvi. 9. But a friend remarks that the fuffix pro- 
 noun is placed at the end of the preceding verb, " in order that thy 
 glory may be celebrated, and not paffed over in filence." Examples pf 
 which he inftances in Gen. iii. 15. Deut. xix. 6. 
 
 MSS. 37. read DIT; and one with 6. Syr. & Vulg* DHK ; the for- 
 mer is preferred by a friend. 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 MUDGE infers from v. 13., compared with Jerem. xx, lo,, 
 that he was the author of this pfalm 3 but Hare with equal probability 
 fuppofes that the prophet borrowed from David ; to whom Patrick &c. 
 afcribe it. 
 
 V. 2. 6. Ar. & iEth. add 'Jlfbmi ** free me, and deliver me, in thy 
 righteoufnefs." 
 
 3. From the expreffions in this, 6c the following verfe, David may be 
 prefumed to have been the author of this pfalm. See 2 Sam. xxii. All 
 the verfions with 16 MSS. miifD. See the next verfe. 
 
 5. Following Kennicott's metre in this pfalm, as preferable to Hare's, 
 but obferving that the laft line of this verfe, and that in the beginning 
 of the next are too fhort, I would join them together. *< For thou 
 art my ftrength ; into thy hands I commend my fpirit." 
 
 nyo. 64 MSS. with Houb. read mVO. 
 
 6. nnnfl. j^ MSS. dhd. 
 
 ♦mt^. 19 MSS. read more regularly 'DK. 
 
 7. Ti^W. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. with Houb. and others read 
 DNitl'. " ^hou hatejl ;" but as one MS. has mn' Dimity, perhaps the word 
 
 L 2 in
 
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 in the text is written contradledly for thefe two words. '* Thou hatejl, 
 Jehovah, Sec" See gen. diflbrt. fed. 25, 6. MSS. have Dnai::',-!. 
 
 8. nVT. 6. Viilg. Ar. & iEth. nW^ " ^hou hajl faved my foul &c." 
 If the text is retained, it might be rendered. *• Thou hajl acknowledged." 
 
 9. ::\y 4 MSS. 
 
 10. One very ant. MS. omits 'yoiVC'Di ; and from comparing the lat- 
 ter part of V. II. they feem unneceffary. 'JED2 here fignifies body. See 
 Deut. xxviii. 4. Durell. 
 
 11. »n. One MS. reads 'D'. *' Yox my days are fpent in grief, and my 
 years in fighing." And Job xxxvi. 11. ftrongly corroborates this reading. 
 
 12. hy2. Houb. 'tdV, better, and reading nO'N for "TKa, which leaves 
 the itwit imperfedt, we fliall have a beautiful climax ; " I am become a 
 reproach unto all mine enemies — and a terror to my neighbours, a dread 
 alfo to mine acquaintance. — They that fee me in the flreets fly from me." 
 'Nil 4 MSS. but fee Hare. 
 
 13 ^m^{ 13 MSS. 
 
 16, mnv. 47. MSS. read 'nny, and Syr., as Seeker obferves, 'mnjr 
 tempora; which Ainfworth and others underftand of the various events 
 of his life; but the fenfe of this word not being very certain, fee Poole, 
 6cc. might we read 'nnj, " / have given myfelf' into thine hand &c. ? 
 
 'i'lK. 45 MSS. have »n»K, as it is more ufually written ; and 4 »i3*T"n01 
 more regular. 
 
 18. IDT. 6. Syr. & Vulg. with Lowth read HT. Ch. with Houb. read 
 both ; but making it the niph. of HDl, with Hare and others, it affords 
 a very good fenfe, " let them be cut down to the grave," or " let them 
 perilh in the grave;" fee pf xlix. 13, 21. IL^)!'. is, MSS. Sec the for- 
 mer Hemiflich. 
 
 19. mnmin 8 MSS. Ch. read nipW; fee alfo our Bib. Verf. 
 
 21. HDlDn 13 MSS.; but Syr. & Vulg. read 1D1D1 " in thy taber- 
 nacle." which feems right; fee pf. Ixi. 5. where we have *Tfl:D "IDDI in- 
 ftead of "|»JD 'nnDa> " in the covert of thy wings;" alluding to the Che- 
 rubim covering the ark. 
 
 22. mvo
 
 C 41 3 
 
 22. "^lya yV2, may be well applied to David, and may refer, as Muis 
 and others think, to i Sam. xxiii. 7. Mr. Bradley queries whether it 
 might not be, "ilVD *1V»2> " /« a wood from the enemyt" or, from dijirefs," 
 referring to v. 26. of the fame chapter ? 
 
 23. 'nmi. The better reading feems to be 'ntrn,1i, ** / am cajl out- 
 from thy fight." See Jon. ii. 4. 
 
 24. Kennicott's metre being here defedive in the fecond line, it may 
 be properly redified by reading with Ch. n.tD after nvi, " Jehovah 
 preferveth the faithful />•(?//? evil." 
 
 ^n* '^y. By reading bv ID', there Is no neceiTity for fupplying pjr after 
 Vy with Hare J " but he will repay abundantly the proud doer." See 
 
 Vulg, &c. ntyiy 7 MSS. 
 
 25. All the ant. Verf. with Mudge, &c. give \*t2N»1 a paiTive figni- 
 fication, " and let your heart be Jirengthened." 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 P S A L M U S erudltlonc plenus. Vatablus. Therefore properly ftilcd 
 bOtya. See V. 8, and our marginal verfion, with Pf. xlvii. 8. 
 
 V. I. niyj. Houb. derives it from nj^i obllvifci, " blefled Is the man, 
 whofe fin is forgoiten." But one MS. reads N^L^'J, which all the verf. autho- 
 rize, and Buxtorf himfelf admits ; fee alfo v. 5. A friend propofes *ic*s* 
 after nSTN*. See Pf. I. i. 
 
 2. irrni. 6. & Ar. irrsn, " and in whofe mouth there Is no guile." 
 1WW 9 MSS. The metre Is very irregular ; unlefs we might add py iV to 
 the beginning of the fecond line ; but fee Hare. 
 
 3. A friend tranfpofes o with the Ar. "I kept filence, becaufe my 
 bones were confumed by my roaring all the day long." i^D 1 1 MSS. 
 See Prov. v. i i . 
 
 4. ♦m^nn. Houb. 'iimnV -, but 96 MSS. read 'Jn'nnn. For the fenfe 
 
 fee Pf. xxii. 15. 
 
 M 5. I'jy.
 
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 5. 'bV- Hare's note on this word according to 6. Vulg. & JEth. Teems 
 to be right, and there feems to be a miftake in Seeker's remark ; but flill 
 i? it not written for ^D ? and admitting Green's reading in the following 
 line, which is very probablf, the whole might rtand thus, " I acknow- 
 ledged my fin unto thee, and mine iniquity did I not hide — I faid I will 
 confefs a// my trangrefllons unto Jehovah — And thou forgaveft mine iniquitf 
 and my Jin." 
 
 6. NVO DvV, " tempore inveniendi," fc. Deum. vid. Efai. Iv. 6. Gro- 
 tius, &c. " ^10 tetnpore obvenerit," nempe inundatio calamitatum ; Juni- 
 us. A friend reads IS'VD, " in the time when thou mayefl: be found." 
 But from comparing Pf. cxviii. 5. with this verfe, it feems probable that 
 we fliould read *1V2, " in the time of dijlrefs." But 59 MSS. have 
 
 7. 'Jl. Muis juftly calls cantionibus liberare, a harfli expreflion ; and 
 Houb. concludes that this word was borrowed from the preceding ; but I 
 rather think that it was written by miftake for 'V, and that nn{< has been 
 dropped, as Hare conjedlures, the whole therefore might ftand thus, 
 
 ** Thou, who art a covert to me, fhalt keep me from diftrefs — Thou, 
 who art my deliverer, flialt compafs me about." 
 
 Houbigant's reading of the iaft Hemiflich gives this fenfe, " et libe- 
 rabis me a circumdantibus me" 
 
 8. nVV'K. Hammond thinks that 6. Vulg. Ar. & ./Eth. read nfV'N. 
 Houb. &c. read ^V■y^?, or nVVK; " / ivill keep mine eye." See Prov; 
 xvi. 30. 
 
 9. vnn. 2 MSS. read Tin in the fing. which the context requires, 
 ** Be not tJio7i as the horfe." 
 
 Dlbiib. Perhaps better dVu, " whofe mouth is held with bit and 
 bridle." But fee 6. & Vulg. nilp. 31 MSS. nnp j which the grammatical 
 conftruftion requires ; unlefs we read with Hare, &c. mip' ; and we 
 ihould probably read ^y\ for ^1, which may be rendered, " left he fall 
 
 upon
 
 r. 43 3 
 
 upon thee," or with Mudge, &c. " elfe he will not come near thee." 
 Houb. reads nip Vn IDVi ^2, fuppofing Viy to be plural, but it is 
 probably fing. Ezek. xvi. 6. 
 
 1 1 . Hare, &c. agree that this verfe belongs to the next pfalm ; fee 
 Lowth in Merr. 
 
 PSALM XXXIIL 
 
 6. Syr. & Vulg. afcribe this pfalm to David ; but whoever was the 
 author of it, it might be compofed for one of thofe three folemn feafls» 
 when all the maks were to appear before the Lord, as a teftimony of their 
 confidence in the divine protedlion. 
 
 V. 2. *ntyy. 6. ^exaxi?^(-i, with all the other verf. ** upon the tenjlringed 
 harp,"' or, viol'" See Pf. cxliv. 9. Genebrard, &c. But Muis, &c. fup- 
 pofe an ellipfis of 1, ** in habel et decachordo." Nam diver fa htec eife in- 
 flrumenta patet, ex Pf. xcii. 4. 
 
 4. intyyD. All the verfions read in'S^^VD, ** and all his works are in 
 truth." 
 
 7. 1^2. Grotius, Lowth, &c. read according to the ant. verfions "TNJD, 
 or as Houb. "TKHD, ** velut in utre." But Hare defends the prefent text ; 
 and why may it not be applicable to the waters of the fea being colleded 
 together at the creation into one great body ? See Gen. i. 10. 
 
 8. pKH "73 may be confidered as in regim. ** all the men of the earth; 
 otherwife the noun muft be taken in a collective fenfe to agree with the 
 mafc. verb plur. 'lirv 16 MSS. 
 
 9. One MS. nayi. 
 
 10. This verfe may relate to fome hoftile defign of the neighbouring na- 
 tions at one of thofe feafts abovementioned, which the fignal interpofi- 
 tion of Jehovah difconcerted. See v. 12. nfln 3 MSS. and 3 MSS. 
 infert a verfe, which is found, Prov. xix. 21. 
 
 M 2 II. mi
 
 [ 44 ] 
 
 II. mi 1-fV. A great number of MSS. nm 'Tn'7 which is more ufual; 
 and 12 TlDyn. 
 
 13, 14. " Tetracolon efl; 13, 14, & peculiare eft artificium in fenten- 
 tiarum dillributione. vid. Pf. cxiii. 5, 6." Lowth. 
 
 Syr. & Ar. with 12 MSS. HKm ; & 15 '^^^'' 
 
 -lyn. 48 MSS. have nvvn. See 6. alfo, and Seeker. 
 
 1 7. If David was the author of this pfalm, thefe words may refer to his 
 vidory over the Syrians, 2 Sam. x. 18 ; where it is faid he flew 40,000 
 horfemen. 
 
 18. o'jr^dV. Vulg. read D'^n'D'JI, " ^fi^ upon, &c." One MS. fup- 
 plies the two verfes after this, which are found in Pf. cxlvii. 12, 13; 
 but the infertion of them here would difturb the conneiflion. 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 THIS is the fecond alphabetical pfalm, and is generally fuppofed to 
 relate to Achifh king of Gath, who is here called Ahimelech^ " quod vi- 
 detur fuiffe cognomen omnium regum Philiftaeorum." Muis, &c. unlefs 
 *]bO':iJ< is here written for *]bO'^^^ and the word tyOKI has been dropped, 
 before Ahitnelech and Achijli ; which the ftory in i Sam. xxi. gives fome 
 countenance to, and the word »m"n:iO in the 5th verfe, which might be 
 rendered ** my fojournings." i. e. to Nob firft, and then to Gath. 
 
 5. 'mTma. o. TBI- Trafowiav /xu, " out of all i?iy fojoumitigs" See above, 
 and Lorinus, but 56 MSS. have TH^:.^. 
 
 6. This verfe according to the alphabetical order is only the fifth. 
 Mr. Bradley reads with 6. Vulg. Syr. & Ar. DD'3£3 '* look unto him^ 
 and ye (hall be enlightened — and your faces fliall not be artiamed." There 
 js a verfe wanting, beginning with the letter \ which may be fup- 
 
 plied
 
 [ 45 3 
 plied from the redundant verfe at the end :of the pfalm thus by .-i 
 metathefis, 
 
 ■ : &c. ro'in 
 
 &c. nms 
 
 &c. Nbi 
 
 : &c.— Dn'Jfll 
 " Look unto him, and ye fhall be enlightened — 'Jehovah redeemeth the 
 foul of his fervants — and they that truft in him JJiall not be dejlitute — nei- 
 ther fhall their faces be afliamed." But fee Hare, and Houb. / 
 7. 'JV ni may be fpoken of David himfelf. See Merrick. 
 
 10. vi^np 30 Mss. 
 
 II. DH'fiD 6. Syr. Ar, & ^th. probably read D'TID, divites ; Houb. 
 with one MS. perhaps O^y^D, potentes ; but the text is equally proper. 
 
 w\yl^ 7 MSS. 
 
 mD Vd. Thefe words Hare and others juflly think to be redundant, 
 ** but they, that feek Jehovah, (hall not be deftitute." 
 
 13. l^^«. One MS. with Syr, & Ar. reads iriKT ; & 6. Syr. Vulg: 
 Ar. & ^th. with Hare CU'lID for mto, " and loveth to fee good days." 
 See I Pet. iii. 10 ; or as 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & Mth. read \*iyinn, perhaps 
 we fliould read nmK"), 13 MSS. having nniN. 
 
 14. The context, as well as the authority of the Apoflle, feems to juf- 
 tify M\ihy and mSti'l, inftead of ''\wb, and ^'DiJiyi, and we may render 
 the verbs in the third perf. ** Let him keep, or he kcepeth his tongue 
 from evil, and his lips, &cc." Though 36 MSS. and the verf. read 
 "llVi ; and the following verb is in the imperat. 
 
 15. See the former verfe. 
 
 17. ^B'lyn 19 MSS. 
 
 18. The difficulty, which Mudge and Green have with refpecl to the 
 connedion, is removed by reading with all the verfions, Houb, &c. D»pn5f 
 after ipy^f, " The righteous, &c." 
 
 20, 21. For thefe two verfes confidered as a predidlion of the Meffiah 
 fulfilled in Jefus, fee Kennicott's gen. DifTert. Sedt. 65. 
 
 N 21. There
 
 [ 46 ] 
 
 2 1 . There being an hiatus in the firft Hemiftich of this verfe in the 
 Collat., and the Vulg. and Ar. reading dominus, mn», which one MS. 
 fuppHes, has been probably dropped after not^, *' Jehovah keepeth all his 
 bones." 
 
 22. yti?"!. Kennicott has afugned many reafons for reading D»yty*i, fee 
 Seft. 65, but with the greateft deference to this learned perfon the fame 
 reafons, which he has given for confining [JHi* to the MeJJiah, may juftify 
 the limitation of Vk^n to Judas Ifcariot, who is prophefied of in two 
 other pfalms, and will ftrengthen the appropriation of the former title 
 to Jefus ; the premature death of Judas alfo, as well as the de(lfu<!^ioa 
 the Jewilli nation, will be foretold. 'NJISyi 6 MSS. 
 
 23. Lowth and others conclude that this verfe is the addition of fome 
 later hand; but fee verie 6. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 THIS pfalm, though in fome noeafure applicable to David, the author 
 of it, is more flriftly fo to Jefus. See John xv. 25. 
 
 V. I. Hare for the fake of the metre in the fecond Hemiflich inferts 
 mn' after Dn"? J but I fhould prefer C\lbiS*, which might be eafily dropped 
 from its fimilitude to the word preceding, and thofe that follow j " Con- 
 tend, O Jehovah, with them, that contend with me — Fight, O God, with 
 them that fight with me." 
 
 2. nJ^. Houb. renders it fpictilum. See Jofli. xxiii. 13, &c. Lowth, 
 Gejer. 6cc. read Tl'ltyV, which is more ufual. 
 
 3. *i:iD% 56 MSS. read "lUDI, which may perhaps flrengthen the fuppo- 
 fition of Grotius and others, that it fignifies a warlike inflrument called 
 the Sagaris among the Perfians ; but Houb. renders it, " et cekriter oc- 
 curre." A fenfe not found elfewhere. 
 
 ♦DTn 6 MSS., and 10 mOK. 
 
 4. ity-D' ? MSS. UID' 8, and 3 'Ityin. 
 
 5- P3.
 
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 5 X^^' ^3 MSS. read more regularly pOD. 
 
 nm. All the verfions, except Ch., read Dni» ** and let the an- 
 gel of Jehovah perfecute them." See v. 6. 
 
 6. npbpbm. 79 MSS. have mpVp^m; fee Jerem. xxiii. I2. 
 
 7. Hare, &c. have reftored the true reading, by tranfpofing nnt!' and 
 ^Ts^'s, ** for they have hid their net for me without a caufe, — with- 
 out a caufe have they digged a pit for my foul," See v. 8, and Matt. 
 vii. 6. 
 
 8. HKIty " procellci cujn fragore erumpens. Schultens in Prov. i. 27." 
 Lowth. Mudge and Hare give 'p,\XW, the fenfe of T\T\^ which feems 
 
 to be unprecedented J but if for HKId in the 3d line, we might read 
 "isn nnt:', which the fenfe and metre feem to require, the whole might 
 be thus rendered, *' Deftrudlion fhall come upon him, which he is not 
 aware of — and the net which he hath hid fhall catch himfelf— T^^ ///, 
 njohich he hath dug, he fhall fall into." lijnmight be dropt from its fimi- 
 litude to bfl*. 
 
 9. 'tl'flil fhould be rendered with 6. Vulg. & Syr. " But my foul, 6cc. 
 
 10. The perfonification here is very beautiful. 
 
 ♦JV1. 10 MSS. with Vulg. and Hare read ♦ij; and 7 lVn:iO. 
 
 11. It feems probable that 'by has been dropped before nv, through 
 their fimilitude, " falfe witnefTes did rife up againji me" See Pf. iii. 2. 
 For the application of thefe words to Jefus, fee Matt. xxvi. 60. 
 
 12. blD^. Houb. &c. read with Syr. l^DtJ/. Durell fuppofing it a 
 compound word of ty & h'O renders it, " in order to take away my life." 
 See Ecclef. ii. 24. ; but as Hare obferves, mendum latere fufpicor. A 
 friend fupplies from Ch. 1^'pn», " They feek deftrudlion to my life;" the 
 verb TMil being frequently ufed by Ch. as the correfponding verb to 
 \i}p'2.. See Pf. xxvii. 4, &c. and the metre feems to require another 
 word, b^ty 8 MSS. 
 
 13. 'trinb. Houb. reads 'Dtt'lb, with all the verf. j perhaps ♦trmV, the 
 part. Ben., might have been the word. 
 
 N 2 \'if.
 
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 by. II MSS. read^K; which removes the neceiTity of the emendation 
 propofed by Hare, &c. 
 
 14. nip, " atratus" from comparing this verfe with Jerem. viii. 21. 
 it is probable that black was the colour ufed by the Jews in their deepell 
 mourning. 
 
 15. 'Vbv^. " In claudicatione mea." Muis, &c. referring to Jerem. 
 XX. 10. 6. Vulg. Ar, & iEth. render it ««t e/^s, reading perhaps »Vy. Houb. 
 from Jerom. '''ibvi- But Ch. & Syr. feem to have read »m2fn, " in tri- 
 bulatione mea." 
 
 DOJ. Le Clerc's reafbns for retaining this word, as according with 
 the former, not very fatisfa(flory ; fee Hare ; for what connexion has it with 
 'JIVT nVi ? but if we might with a fmall addition read DHDJ, and with 
 one valuable MS. omit IflDt^J, which is neither neceflary to fenfe or metre, 
 the whole might be rendered thus, ** but in my trouble Jirangers and thofe 
 whom I knew not, rejoiced and were gathered together againft me. 
 
 16. '5in2. 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c iEth. read 'JUnn. '^they tempted me. Syr. 
 probably D"nnii but as one MS. reads 'S^nO, & 6. Vulg. Ar, & ^th. 
 read iiyV liV*? for :nV23 'JlV"? as Houb. &c. have obferved, and all the 
 verfions lisin for p"in» I would propofe the following reading of the whole, 
 
 : 'styyD 'by ipnn 
 
 ** Like Hypocrites they mocked me exceedingly — They gnnJJied upon me with 
 their teeth." A friend renders 'S^FQ " in contaminando me •" admitting 
 the other various readings. 
 
 17. 'ilK. 16 MSS. have mn*. 
 
 ^DTIT. Perhaps 'n'n, " my life." See Pf. xxii. 21. 
 
 A friend propofes Ti^n'. 
 
 MSS. 28 read Dn'NIB'a, which is more regular, fee Pf. xxxv. 8. 
 
 19 One MS. reads 'KJJ^I, and 2 'KJIty, but the true reading feems to 
 be, 'Nilt^'l, the force of the negative being carried on, fee our verfions. 
 
 20. \lh. Houb. &c. read with 6. Vulg. Ar. and R^, "h* Hare, &c. 
 read with Syr. 6c Ch. according to the text. 
 
 'yj-i.
 
 r. 49 ] 
 
 ♦Wl. o. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. feem to have read r.i"in, " w iracundid' 
 
 unlefs thefe words may be fynonymous, fee Lowth on Ifai. p. 245. But 
 
 as the Ch. read in addition »pn5f, 6. Syr. Ar. & iEth. omit nil, and 
 
 the metre both in Hare and Kennicott appears irregular, reading pnif for 
 
 *W1> might not the text {land thus, 
 
 &c. ■h '3 
 
 &c. m<t:nD v"iJ< pn^ "JVi 
 
 ** Ahhough they fpeak peace to me — yet againft the righteous of the land 
 they devife deceits?" this was eminently fulfilled in the Son of David. 
 Matt. xxvi. 60. 
 
 23. As Durell has obferved, here is a metathefis, the natural order of 
 the words being this, 
 
 : 'in*: 'HKi n^'pn 
 
 See alfo Green's verfion ; but for ♦:iKi y MSS. have mn'lj *' Stir up thy- 
 felf, my Gcd, unto my judgment. — Awake alfo, Jehovah, unto my 
 caufe." 
 
 24. 'ribs*. We fliould probably either read this word at the end of 
 the fecond Hemiftich, or read 'I'ti inftead of it, as in Pf. xxv. 2. ** Judge 
 me according to thy righteoufnefs. Jehovah — and let them not rejoice 
 over me, O my God." or, *• and let not jnine enemies rejoice over me." 
 
 25. IJil'flJ. " perhaps in preterit. Niphal. iice are refiejhed" 
 Seeker; and for this fenfe a friend refers to Exod. xxiii. 12. where 
 the word is a verb. Houb. 6cc. read 1ilii:.'Dn, " apprehendimus etwi," fee 
 Pf. Ixxi. II. Durell unLyDi, *' let us tear him in pieces" fee Lam. iii. 
 II. perhaps we fhould read, liiflQJ, " we Jiiali dajli him to pieces." See 
 Pf ii. 9. ; but if we make it a noun, fome verb muft be underftood, or for 
 nS'n we muft read with Ch. mn, " our foul is joyful -y' or as Syr. probably, 
 niJ, " our foul is at reft." 
 
 26. itini' 6 MSS. and 5 nvo.. 
 
 28. ^"2. Syr. and Ar. "^DV which here feems better. 
 
 O P S A L ]M
 
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 P S A L M XXXYl. 
 
 ft 
 
 DAVID probably ftiles himfelf t/ic fer-vant of Jehovah in contradi- 
 ilindlion to the wicked man, by whom he might denote Saul ; fee Poole's 
 
 Synopf. 
 
 V. I. Lowth's metre is, I think, preferable to Hare's, or Kennicott's. 
 
 DS3. " Contemplatur." Syr. fo that it probably read fome other word, 
 and as tliis word DS*J is equipollent to n:3NS might not the former by fome 
 tranfcriber be written for the latter, which fignifies alfo when relating to 
 the heart, as it does here ; cogitavit, fee the Lexicons ? or might it not 
 by a tranfpofition be written for pN, nutrivit ? 
 
 »nb. One MS., with 6. Syr. ^'ulg. Houb. 5cc. reads nb, " The re- 
 bellious man meditates, or nouriJJies wickednefs in his heart. — There is no 
 fear, '&c."-or thus with a friend, " the wicked fpeaketh according to the 
 wickednefs of his heart, there, &c." Lowth renders thus, " Diclum prjE- 
 varicationis impio in intimo cordis fui, non eft timer Dei ante oculos meos." 
 See Seeker alfo. 
 
 2. There are various criticifms on the laft words of this verfe. Houb. 
 reads Nu2V, for NJi^'b, and renders thus, " etenim fibi indulget, futu- 
 rum fperans, " ut iniquitas fua impunitatem habeat." Others, reading 
 •with 6. ^y:h^ for ^W'l, render the words thus, " his iniquity muft be 
 found, and ilTue in hatred;" fee Mudge, &c. A friend propofes NVD 
 ^ " quoniam fibi blanditur, non invenit iniquitatem fuam, adeo 
 ut odio habeat." See alfo Merrick and Lowth. Durell renders thus, 
 " yet he flattereth himfelf in his own eyes, both with difcerning 
 iniquity, and with abhorring it." I would propofe the following verfion, 
 «« For he flattererh himfelf in his own eyes — to ptirfue his iniquity, and 
 to repeat it," fee Pf. xciv. 7. For this fenfe of NJfD'?, fee the Lexicons, 
 and we have the verb KJK'j iteravit mutavit. 2 Kings xxv. 29. 
 
 4. n'O'nb
 
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 4. n'JS'n*? one MS. n'Dnbl, •* and to do good" which feems to be the 
 true fenfe ; fee our verfions. For the firft words fee Pf. iii. 3. 
 
 5. The fenfe, as well as the metre, feems to require that we fliould 
 read mc'^b before j/-|, or after D^SQ', " He refufeth not to do evil." See 
 the collat. One ant. MS. if not another, reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. 5ciEth. 
 
 m. 
 
 6. Perhaps, " Thy mercy reacheth unto the Heavens." See Pf. Ivil. 
 JO." Seeker. 10 MSS. read "jm^DSn with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 5c ^Elh. 
 
 '7^f, in this place may be confidered as the vocat. cafe, " Thy righte- 
 oufnefs, O God, is like the mountains j" anfwering to Jehovah before ; 
 but fee Poole. 
 
 Dinn. 6. Syr. and Ch., as Seeker obferves, read DinHD, " as the 
 great deep." and the 3 might be dropped from its ending the former 
 word. 
 
 8. See Pf. xxxi. 21. 
 
 9. tn")'. We fliould either read v/ith -^^j MSS. and Houb. pn"l^ con- 
 formably to the preceding verb, or VTIS as perhaps 2 MSS. 
 
 10. Thefe expreffions feem as applicable to the tabernacle, as to the ten\- 
 ple ; but fee Mudge, &c, 
 
 11. -]'y-rvV T,S MSS. 
 
 12. 'JTI-I 58 MSS. more regular. 
 
 13. 'byiij 9 MSS. ^^\n n. il2V 6. See Gen. xix. J9. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 THIS is the xmxd. alphabetical ^(-sXm, and at firft confiiled of 22 verfes 
 of four lines each according to Hare and others ; or of two long lines ac- 
 cording to Mudge. David may be fuppofed fpeaking to himfelf, or ex- 
 horting Others to affiance in God from his own example. As Lowth has 
 obferved, '* ab incuria tranfcribentium errores multi orti funt." 
 
 O 2 V. I.
 
 [ 5^ ] 
 
 V. I. and 2. The firft line anfwers to the 3d, and the 2d to the fourth. 
 ^H 2d. All the verf. with 16 MSS. read bii^ ; and 15 ^mV2. 
 O. All the verfions read it, and there is no reafon for fuppofing it to 
 be redundant with Hare. 
 
 3. Is not this the true order of the words, 
 
 &c. 2ia ntyy 
 
 " Truft thou in Jehovah, and thou Jlialt (hvell in the /ami— Do good 3 amf 
 verily thou /halt be fed ?" 
 
 rijT-K, " in faith," or " fecurely." n omitted." Sscker. Ludovicus 
 Capel. &c. read with 6. Vulg. Ar. & -.Eth. HJI^H, " and thou fhalt be 
 fed with its abundance" 
 
 5. Vn 49 MSS. read V:i, as in Pf. xxii. 9 ; which feems neceflary to 
 diftinguilli it from blA, exfulta. Durell renders nt^Vn, " and he will pre^ 
 pare it i" i. e. thy way. See V. 23 and Ezek. xlv. 22. 
 
 7. Hare makes the defedl to lie in the 3d line ; the collat. in the 4th., 
 and the redundant line in v. 14 comes in very well here; " refl in the 
 Lord, and wait for him — fret not thyfelf becaufe of him, who profpereth 
 in his way — becaufe of the man who worketh wickednefs — tofiay thofe who 
 are upright in the way" or as others read with 6 and feveral MSS. i*?, 
 " the upright in heart." 7\'Z'^V J MSS. 
 
 8. j/in*? IX. " ut quidem malefacias." Caftellio and Lowth. Houb. 
 fuppofes that "JK is here ufed pleonalHcally -, or it may fignify valde, fee 
 Taylor's Concordance. " Fret not thykli greatly becaufe of the wicked 
 man." Or the words may be rendered, " fret not thyfelf, it is only to 
 hurt." i. e. with Mudge and others, to the hurt of the wicked man, or 
 with Cloppenburgius, " it is only to thine oilh hurt." See Pf. xv. 4. 
 or it may be written for nriN*. A friend omits it according to one MS. 
 
 13. " His day." i. e. the time cf his vifitation. See Jerem. 1. 27. 
 Kn» 10 MSS. and 16 read mn'. 
 
 14. iVnXI feems here redundant; for the laft line in this verfe according 
 to the collat. fee v. 7. 
 
 it cm.
 
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 1 6. iD'n'l. " of great wicked men." Mudge and others j but all the ant. 
 verfions read m or nai, agreeing with ]10n2, and one MS. has ni"i ; fee 
 our old verfion. 
 
 20. Houb. referring to 6. & Syr. reads thus, I'jD X^V^ CDuiTID 'hi 
 Cnp^D, *' Sed impii interibunt, inimici Domini fimul in honore fuerint, 
 marcefcent, funul exaltati fuerint lit fumiis evanefcent." A friend offers this 
 reading 1^3 Itt'VD'l— DVd "bl CaTll— Bip'l, " Sed impii peribunt, et 
 inimici Jehovs fimul in honore fuerint, fimul fuerint evecti, marcefcent 
 omnes eorum, et ut fumus evanefcent," Le Clerc renders DHD ^p'3, ** ut 
 pretium agnorum; i. e. ut pretiofi agni; by which he underftands lambs 
 confumed in Holocaujls." See Merr. Durell reads "JpO, " as the burning 
 of lambs;" referring to Ifai. x. 16. Hare adds 'byi£3 ^3 \\V at the end 
 of the V. for the fake of the metre. But as 33 MSS. read with 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & Mth. and others \^)f'2y and as the 3d line in v. 25. is redundant, 
 and might have a place here, fee the Collat. ; reading ^"2 for the ift 1^3, 
 and OVin for ivnn in the lail line, the words might bear this fenfe, 
 " For the wicked fhall perifh — and the enemies of Jehovah, as the fat 
 of lambs ; they fhall all confume as Jmoke — and their feed JJiall beg their 
 bread'' See Lev. iv. 26. 
 
 22. It may be better to render with 6. Vulg. Ar. & lEth. " For 
 they that blefs him. (i. e. the righteous man) fliall poflefs the earth — 
 and they that curfe him, &c." See Gen. xii. 3. 
 
 23. "Q.I. Unlefs we render with Seeker, the, or that man, or tranflate 
 the verfe with Green, this word is too general ; and 3")£D or fome fuch word 
 muft be underftood ; fee our verfions. 
 
 24. All the verf. read with 5 MSS, *iaD» 
 
 25. That the 3d line of this verfe is redundant may be inferred from 
 the laft of the next, and v. 20. 
 
 27. Hare conjedures very probably that \"li<n fhould be added at the 
 end of this verfe, ** and dwell in the landiox ever." 
 
 28. DblJ^"?. The verfe ihould begin according to the alphabetical or- 
 der with the letter j; ; Hare therefore, with others, prefixes D'13;i^> " the 
 
 P humble
 
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 liumhk are preferved for ever." But Lowth, with a friend, follows the 
 Alex. verf. which reads D'Vu*, and nClTJ for "notyi, " the ivkkedjliall 
 be dejlroyed for ever." And this fenfe feems to agree better with the fol- 
 lowing part of the context. Houb. retains both readings j but the metre 
 militates againft this. 
 
 31. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar, & ^th. read with one MS. kVv 
 
 inii'N ''W'm. The grammatical conftrudion requires that we fhould 
 read with all the verfions nyJDS unlefs we read with Houb. Tm^ TVOD, 
 in the fing. ; but 44 MSS. have vnVw'K- 
 
 32. All the verf. read with 13 MSS. niDJ^ i but the following partic. 
 favors the text. 
 
 33. WJ^T. Rather with Junius, Sec. " nor will fuffer him (i. e. the 
 wicked man) io condemn him. Sec." 
 
 34. According to Hare's metre, which feems to be right, a line feems 
 wanting in the 2d, not the 3d, place ; might it be this, 
 
 " Wait on the Lord, and keep his way — and he Jliall direSi thy paths — 
 and /hall exalt, &c. ?" See Prov. iii. 6, 
 
 2,S- n"iyn::i. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read nVyDOl, " et elevatwn" 
 approved by Hare, Lowth, &c. 
 
 py"l m)iS*2. 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. read pnb »nN3, " ficut cedros Li- 
 hani" which accords better with the former emendation, " I faw the 
 wicked in great power — and exalted as the cedars of Lebanon." 
 
 36. -Qy»1. or as 4 MSS. miV'V All the verfions, except Ch , with 
 Hare and many others, read "niJ/KI, " I pajfed by." One MS. reads nilT 
 laV'l ; " Jehovah paffed by." 
 
 37. mat!^ one MS. See Seeker for li^N*? in v. 23. 
 
 38. nnnK, &c. " nmDJ perhaps may be a noun fignifying excifion." 
 Seeker. Rather, ** The pojlerity of the wicked fliall be cut off." See 
 Gejer. 
 
 39. ny.lu'm. 2 MSS. read ^\V^^n, which the alphabetical order re- 
 quires, as Hare and others have obferved. 
 
 40. dd'^s*.
 
 C 55 3 
 
 ■ 40. iDlDbfl'. One valuable MS; omits this word, which is not neceffary 
 either to the fenfe, or the metre ; fee the Collat. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 WHEN David compofed this pfalm, he laboured under fome fore 
 difeafe, w^hich eftranged even his friends from him, Muis, &c. 
 V. 2. MSS. 4. "jnorQ "JKI, which the metre and fenfe require. 
 
 4. Many MSS. read ODD here, v. 8, and Ifai. i. 6. 
 
 5. ^nW. 48 MSS. read more regularly 'mW- 
 
 6. ♦n'llin. II MSS. have 'miinn more grammatically. As a friend 
 obferves, 6. read Ipail. 
 
 7. There is a beautiful climax in this verfe, *' I am deprefled, I am 
 exceedingly dejedted — I go mourning all the day long." ^D^Dil^ feems to 
 be the true reading. 
 
 10. '^iN. II MSS. mn'. 
 
 11. Dn. Notwithflanding the various methods taken by Houb. and 
 others for reconciling this word with the context, upon the authority of 
 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c ^th. with one MS. it feems to be redundant, " and 
 the fight of mine eyes alfo is not with me." i. e. is gone from me ; fee 
 our Bib. marg. 
 
 12. Hare and Green would bring DH D!l from the preceding verfe into 
 this to complete the metre ; but as that of the Collat. feems preferable to 
 theirs, or Edwards's -, inflead of 'yrii *7:i3D, perhaps we fhould read n^^D, 
 *' My lovers and my friends flood oppofite to me — and my neighbours flood 
 afar off." 
 
 ^irm 5 MSS. and pinna 39. 
 
 13. MSS. 2. 'tynnv 
 
 14. nn£)\ One MS. with Syr. reads nriDt* ', likewife 2 MSS. with Syr. 
 read '£3, and thefe readings feem to be right, " And, like a dumb man, 
 I did not open my mouth.'" P 2 15. mriDin.
 
 [ 56 3 
 
 15- mnDin. " Argumentai" quibus fc. increpet adverfarios fuos, & 
 convincat nequitlae {\ix. Jun. 
 
 1 6. For »J1N feveral MSS. read mn*. Hare, &c. for rUVil read ac- 
 cording to Syr. OJyn. " Thoujlialt hear me, O Jehovah, my God." For 
 the different metre fee Hare, Edwards, and the Collat. 
 
 in. \Q. " Locutio imperfeda pra? paflione animi." Ainfw. *' Fori 
 faid, left they fhould rejoice over me," giving the reafon of his filence, 
 V. 14, 15. Seeker. But as one MS. reads O, might not the true reading 
 be »n, " For I faid within mxfeif, they will triumph over me ?" or \T[, *' /(?, 
 they, &c. ?" 
 
 19. To fupply the defedl in the firil: line of this verfe. Hare, and others 
 with Syr. add 'p at the end. One MS. reads TiK n;i:K, " for I /aid I 
 will confefs, &c." but the Alex. verf. feems to have read 'JK OIV, and 
 the pronoun might be ealily dropt from its fimilitude to the former word. 
 
 20. D'TT. Hare, Lowth, £cc. conformably to parallel places DJn, 
 '* But mine enemies without caitfe, dec." But Seeker, following 6. & Ch., 
 juftifies the text from Exod. i. 19. *' But mine enemies are li'vely: they 
 that hate me wrongfully are ftrong and multiplied." 
 
 21. 'flinn. 45 MSS. with Houb. '>tm» rather with 7 »£)111. 
 
 22. TiVk. I would read this word at the end of the 2d line, rather than 
 at the beginning with Hare, " Forfake me not, O Jehovah ; — neither be 
 far from me, O my God" 
 
 23. ♦JTK. 25 MSS. rWf; but one reads 'n^K, " Gcd of my falva- 
 tion," which is more ufual. Hare, &c. fupply the laft word, and make 
 the verfe to confift of two lices. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 1inn»'?, or as 41 MSS. ^inn''?. Grotius and others fuppofe this to be 
 the name of a principal mufician mentioned, i Chron. xvi. 41. Mudge 
 and others make it the name of a mufical inflrument, quoting Pf. Ixii. and 
 Ixxvii. V. 3. n'DP.
 
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 3. n»an. All the verfions rca^ 'DDT, or ♦DD'TI, which makes a good 
 climax, " / was Jikjit" 
 
 "IDJ'J. It is not eafy to fay what 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read here, un- 
 lefs it was tyinJ, renovatus ejl, which is very far from the text. Syr. feems 
 to have read mw, agitatus efl. One MS. and perhaps another, reads m:;/:, 
 but this does not afford any pertinent fenfe ; perhaps we might read 1133, 
 <* when my forrow laas great, or heavy." 
 
 4. MUni. Syr. probably reads n.!!, " in my Body a fire burned ;" which 
 feems more agreeable to the context. 
 
 5. r\V^^- Several MSB. read with 6. 'nVl^^, " that I may know," the 
 verb fignifies to confider attentively, as a friend obferves. 
 
 bin and ibn are fynonymous terms ; or perhaps there may be a tranf- 
 pofition of letters, fee Buxtorf. 
 
 6. MSB. 18, with the parallel place V. 12, omit the ift bO. 
 
 nVJ, is omitted by Hare, and in v. 12. " Verily every man is vanity." 
 Houb. reads ^yrh- Durell bnnV \2^, or '3 *]K, " Veri/y every fnan is 
 Jixed to vanity" He alfo propofes "rinVD "]^^. But Lowth obferves that 
 6. confirm the text. 
 
 7. 'ch'il. Ludov. Capellus and others 0*7^3, *' ftcut umbra" Mun- 
 fter mi^Vi'l) " in the Jhadow of death" An exprefBon, which occurs very 
 frequently. But fee Merrick. 
 
 p'^n'- I would read with Houb. and Syr. ]10nn, or rather poni " va- 
 nity and riches," which, by an Hendiadis, fignify vain riches. " Verily 
 man walketh in the JJiadow of death ; — verily he heapeth together vain 
 riches-, — and knoweth not, who fhall receive them." A beautiful ana- 
 phora in this and the preceding verfe. 
 
 8. 'ilK. 54 MSS. have mn>. 
 
 10. n'tyy. Kennicott's metre feeming preferable to Hare's, but ap- 
 pearing too fhort, I would read with 6. Ar. & ^Eth. ♦iD't^y, " for thou 
 hajl made me" or 'n&? after nnK> to the fame purport. 
 
 11. nn:inD.' 6. Vulg. & /Eth. read mi3."l0, ** a fortitudine." But 
 ene MS. reads niATlD, which may be derived from *i:i», timuit, and may
 
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 Tignify pra timore, '* I am confumed through the fear of thy hand." See 
 Poole's Synopf. But Syr. reads thus, 1»T TTOn 'JOD"!. " Take away 
 from me thy i\voke— and from me the wound tf thy hands y joining the 
 two laft words of the text to the next verfe. 
 
 13. imT\. One MS., with all the verfiofts, reads nymi, which the 
 connexion requires. 
 
 14. Vtrn. ** Literally, " look off" or, <* turn from me." See Job vii. 
 19." Seeker. But, as a friend obferves, in Job x. 20. it is n'a''; and for 
 the next verb he refers to Amos v. 9. 
 
 PSALM XL, 
 
 THAT this pfalm is prophetical of Chriji, is evident from Heb. X. 
 5. ; and though fome parts may be typically applicable unto David, others 
 can only be underftood of the former. 
 
 V. I. If we follow the metre of the CoUat. in the firft part of this pfalm, 
 I fhould be inclined to read TI^K at the end of the firft line, andljfK after D'l 
 in the 2d. ** I waited patiently for Jehovah my God — and he inclined his 
 ear unto me, and heard my calling." or as this pfalm is chiefly prophe- 
 tical, might not the verbs in the three firft verfes be rendered in the future, 
 ** I wait patiently for Jehovah my God — ^for he will i7icline his ear unto 
 me,, &c." 
 
 3. ]Wty TOO, " e vafa voragine." Lowth. *• from iht ^\t of defola* 
 iion." Durell. Might not the word have been blJ^CJ^t ** from the pit ef 
 the grave ?" which was literally true of Chrift, or •' from the pit of Saul?" 
 See 2 Sam. xx. i. 
 
 ntytt. SS MSS. with Houb. read mti^}*, more regularly. 
 
 4. The laft line aftbrds a beautiful paronomafia. 
 
 5- D*3ni. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & .^th. probably, as Seeker obferveSj 
 read D'bin, sanitates. See Pf. xxxi. 7. ^rD 'Dtri. Perhaps 'L35^1, " and 
 them who judge wrongfully" But a friend renders the text, * difcurfores men- 
 dacii i" fee alfo our old verf. and Durell} or, propofes 'rOL^I, ** et falfo 
 accufantes," 6. 1J''7K.
 
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 6. ^ybii^ 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. omit this word, nor does it feem at 
 all necefTary. See gen. Differt. of the Collat. Sedt. 89. 
 
 TDnVsJ. 31 MSS. I'mN'^flJ. 21 "i'mntynOI; and 65 Ti-iy in pah. 
 Co that the words may be rendered thus, *' for thy wonders and thy con- 
 trivances no one can be compared unto thee ; fhould I declare and fpeak of 
 them, &c." But Seeker thinks that O may have been dropped after t"?}^, 
 " isjhen I declare, &c." 
 
 7. D'JTK- 6. Ar. & ^th. with Heb. x. 5. mi m, " Then a body 
 didft thou prepare me," and in vindication of this reading fee Kennicott, 
 Lowth, &c. Green and Edwards adhere to the prefent text, the former 
 fuppofing that the apoftle was obliged to quote the 6. as he found it. But that 
 the apoflles did not uniformly follow this verfion may perhaps appear from 
 Ephef. iv. X. and other places. They alfo following the fenfe of the text 
 from Gejerus and others, tranfpofe the words j " T^hou openedji my ears ; 
 immediately I faid, &c." But fee Seeker in Merrick's appendix. No. 3. 
 The metre feeming deficient may not 'h'^ be dropped from its fimilitude 
 to the preceding word, " Then a body didft thou prepare me, O my 
 God?" As fome one has obferved the apoftle Heb. x. 6. probably read 
 
 n'7Sin for n'7Kt!^. 
 
 8. Lowth obferves that the laft line of this verfe Ihould be joined to the 
 next. See Merr. 
 
 0. 'n^K. The apoftle reads D'H^K, contrary to d. See gen.. Dlft". 
 S^cl:. 26. 89. 
 
 10. piV. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read "inp"r)f as in v. 11. ** T/jy righteouf- 
 nefs. " which the fenfe requires. 
 
 nnJ<» One MS. repeats this word, and the fenfe calls for it, " O Je- 
 hovah, thou knoweft this." The one being dropped from its famenefs to the 
 other. 
 
 11. "Whether the following diftritution of the metre is preferable to 
 Hare'sj or Kennicott's, is fubmitted to fuperior judgment ? 
 
 >^»7 ._ -^np-is 
 
 ' But
 
 [ 6o 3 
 
 But as a friend remarks, 2 MSS. omit bnpb; who alio obferves from Ken- 
 nic. that the following part of the pfalm belongs to the 70th. 
 
 11,. 'n:iy. 51 MSS. read ']n^:^y, which the grammatical conftrudlion 
 requires ; and thefe words were literally true of Chrift in his vicarious ca- 
 pacity, as he bore the fms of the whole world. See Matt. xxvi. 38. 
 
 14. r^^r]''. 2d. Hare probably right in reading D-nbK. See Pf. Ixx; where 
 as he obferves further the inverted order, and defedl, is to be corredled 
 by this, ♦* Run, or i>e pkafed, "Jehovah, to deliver me — make hafle, O 
 God, to help me." 
 
 15. The parallel paiTages, Pf. xxxv. 4. Ixx. 3. give great reafon to 
 think that "Tn» and nniSO'? are here redundant, and the three places (hould 
 be tranflated alike. Ityil' 14 MSS., and 14 irilD'. 
 
 16. la^y*. The parallel place Pf. Ixx. 4. with Hare, &c. reads l^llty', 
 fee alfo MS. 268. 6. Vulg. Ar. 5c ^th. ISiT', which Lowth approves. 
 Houb. prefers yivi'', " erubefcaiit." But from comparing Pf. xxxv. 26. 
 cix. 29., perhaps itJ'nV may be the true reading, unlefs we might give 
 IDii" a fynonymous fenfe, " let them put on their (Lame for a reward. 
 
 3py by. " Hare after 6. tranflates ity?^//)/;, and adds 3 before ontfUi 
 but the phrafe feems akin to ours, on the footing of." Seeker. 
 
 17. IIDN'. 49 MSS. with all the verfions and the parallel place, Pf. 
 Ixx. 5. read "nDNn. 
 
 18. »i"TK. MSS. 27. have mn'. 
 
 ni^'n\ 'j.wrv one MS. " Although I be poor and needy, Jehovah will 
 think upon me." Syr. "lati'Tl, ** cogitarunt contra me." 
 
 PSALM XLI, 
 
 THIS pfalm is generally fuppofed to have been written by David, 
 when labouring under fome fore difeafe; and fome parts of it are pro- 
 phetical of the MefTiah, as appears from John xiii, 18. 
 
 V. 3. ^tTK'.
 
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 V. 2. nti'K. One ant. MS. reads nLTJ^ ; but fee Pf. i. i. where GhfTius, 
 &c. fuppofe {y'KH niTiV to be put by an Hypallage for n^'K l^'Uri, Bea- 
 titudines viri ; i.e. Vir Beatitudinum, five beatijjlmus. But this will not 
 account for the particular conftrudlion of nti'K here, and in other paffages, 
 where this Hypallage cannot take place, unlefs an ellipfis of one noun is 
 fuppofed, as well as of the pronoun "i:t\S% which feems wanting in this 
 verfe and elfewhere. But fee Seeker on Pf. ciii. 4. in Merr. 
 
 3. Iti'N'. Several MSS. ILTNI, in the imperat. as a friend fuggefts j but 
 2 ant. MSS. reading with all the Verf. nii'Nn, we may render it with 
 them " and he Jliall make him blejfed on the earth." 
 
 injnn. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with Houb. read inJHi, " and 
 nvill not deliver him into the will of his enemies." See verfe 4. One MSS. 
 reads Nbl> fee alfo Syr. Vulg. and Seeker. 
 
 4. flDfln. Syr. either reads with Houb. "]Sn more agreeably to the con- 
 text, or with n paragog. riDSn, " he maketh all his bed in his ficknefs." 
 
 5. O. Perhaps better with Muis, *' although I have finned againfl 
 thee." But a friend referring to Ifai. xxxvi. 19, renders it interrogatively 
 with Kennic, " for have I finned againfl thee ? 
 
 6. 'nn^. 47 MSS. read 'l\V. 
 
 7. mN"lV» Syr. reads 'mt^")'?, " \o £qq me " and fo our verfions. 
 
 8. in'. 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c iEth. with Hare join this word to the pre- 
 ceding verfe, which feems to be right, " when he goeth out, he telle Lh 
 it at once." Syr. omits it. 
 
 The pronoun being redundant in the 2d Hemiflich, may not 'V be 
 omitted according to 2 MSS. or be written for 'n'K, which might be omitted 
 from its being fynomymous to 'KJiy> or, as 4 MSS. 'KJIti'*, immediately 
 preceding, " all that hate me whifper againfl me, — mine eiiemies devife. 
 evil againil me?" 
 
 9. hvhl "in. " ^he pejlilence of Belial" may refer to 2 Sam. xxiv. 
 15. and David's enemies might retort this title upon him^ which he had. 
 before ftigmatized them with, 2 Sam. xxiii. 6. " A kind of proverbial 
 phrafe, as abi in malatn rem" Lowth. As a friend obferves. 6. & Vulg, 
 
 R probably.
 
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 probably read ♦! IIVS for 13 p•)^f^ Ka-rikm nar' ifm. Seeker foppofes they 
 read 'i iVi'', unlefs this is an error of the prefs for the fame word. 
 
 10. npy. One MS. with Ar. reads Upjr, agreeably with the Evan- 
 gelift, Joh. xiii. i8. " his heel." Hare wholly expunges it. Mudge 
 and others render it, treachery, " has jlieivn great treachery towards 
 me." Durell tranflates it, at lajl. But as Ar. and the Evangelifl; 
 read a word, which fignified, elevavit ; and bnyn will hardly bear this 
 fenfe, perhaps it might be written for Vain ; fee Ifai. Ixiii. 9. 
 
 13. 'JKl. A friend fuppofes ^Jt* to be idiomatic as in other places. 
 See I Sam. ii. 10, &c. Houb. fupplies ♦n'n, but it may perhaps be 
 written for NJ1» fed obfecrOy or, Jed nunc, ** But now thou upholdeft 
 me, &c." or, " iuf I befeech thee, that thou wilt uphold me, &c.*' 
 See Vatab. in Poole, 'ainn 7 MSS. See Prov. x. 9. 
 
 14. Thefe words, as Muis and others have obferved, are the addition 
 of the Colleftor of the Pfalms, as a finifli to the iirft book. But this divi- 
 fion of the Pfalms into^i;^ books is of later date than our Saviour, as Ken- 
 nicott juftly infers from Luke xx. 42. A<Ss i. 20. See gen. DifT. 
 
 Cod. 41. 
 
 PSALM XLIL 
 
 MSS. 38. confirm the opinion of Lowth and others, that this and 
 the following pfalm were originally one. ** Elegantiffimum eft Elegiae 
 HebraesB fpecimen hie pfalmus, et tres habet partes fimiles & aequales ; 
 quarum unaquaeque clauditur eadem periodo intercalari." Lowth. It Is 
 obfervable that the Alex. Verf. has for the title '^a-r^iM^ tS A«wJ. See alfo 
 the next pfalm. 
 
 V. 2. T\VT\, or as feveral MSS. :nnvn. Houb. reads with Syr. ,inyn, 
 «* defiderans •" and fo the noun requires, or rather T!\yx\, or .inVD* 
 
 o.
 
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 3. c, Ar. & Mth. with one MS. omit bub, but a very ant. MS. 
 reading bx, the true reading may be 'm bn, " My foul thirfteth for 
 tlejlrottg and living God." See Ch. Or perhaps we fhould read "n> " for 
 the God of my life." See v. 9. 
 
 4. As a friend obferves, 2 MSS. read D")J2X1 for nCKl, as in the pa- 
 rallel pafTage, v. 11. 
 
 5. D"F1{<. Kennic. thinks the word might be Dnni<. 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 & iEth. with Muis, &c. read rTYlN ; the whole perhaps may be rendered 
 thus, " I fliall remember thefe things, and pour out my foul in me — 
 when I Jliall go into the glorious taberjiacle, at the houfe of God — with 
 the voice of praife and thankfgiving, amongft the multitude that keep the 
 feaft." See Pf. v. 7. which may induce one to conclude that thefe 
 pfalms were written by the fame author. And does not the word *]D1 
 accord befl with the time of David ? Houb. reads ^^'^^? I^Dl, 
 ** tranfibo in tabernaculum tuum, progrediar^ &c." But Seeker would 
 render the verb with Hammond, " deducam" See him in Merr. who 
 obferves alio that '"7^ has this fenfe. Job xxx. 16. but it is remarkable 
 that one very ant. MS. reads O ♦tffli twice, fo that perhaps ♦! was 
 the original word. 
 
 6. Notwithftanding we have ♦nmntyn with the double n four times 
 in this and the following pfalm, and authorifed by many MSS., the ra- 
 dix of the verb, other pafTages, and one MS. in v. 7. make |^it probable 
 that 'nnrnyn is the true reading, the T being likewife omitted on the 
 authority of feveral MSS. ; though the grammarians fuppofe the 1 to be 
 peculiar to this verb. See Buxt. and Mafc, and it never appears with- 
 out it. 
 
 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth with Hare, &c. read nai before 'ann, 
 agreeably to the parallel palTages, v. 12, and Pf. xliii. 5, 
 
 'n^K VJ3- Houb. reads here and in the other places, 'nV^ 'ifl j " Sa- 
 lus eft vultus mei Deus meus." which is favored by the Vat. 6. Ar. & ^th. 
 but one MS. if not more, with Alex. Verf. Syr. Ludov. Cap. and 
 many others, reads, 'n^Nl '^3, conformably to the two parallel palTages. 
 
 R 2 mfw.
 
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 mviil'** 12 MSS. have nyiiT' j fee the parallel pafTages. Seeker ren- 
 ders 'JD " my per/on.'" See Exod. xxxiii. I4> ^S* "''^'■ 
 
 7. D'jIS^im. One MS. reads, with Syr. Ch, and Hare, psnm, but 
 as this does not feem altogether fatisfadory, might we venture to read 
 with no very great alteration 'TmtD'im, " therefore will I remember thee 
 from the land of Jordan — and I will extol thee from the little mountain ?" 
 cr as Gejerus and many others, ** frc?n the mountain MiJJar ? where Da- 
 vid might have taken refuge from his fon Abfalom ; fee 2 Sam. xvii. 22, 
 One ant. MS., as Kennic. obferves, reads ^T^^ ^DliK ; which feems ne- 
 cefTary; unlefs r\^TV was the word, according to Alex. Verf. and two 
 J>atin MSS. which he mentions. See Merr. 
 
 8. "imyiT. " Cataracts," or, " ivater /pouts." As Vatablus, Harmer, 
 and others. Might it not poflibly be "llV, " deep calleth upon deep, or, 
 deep meeteth deep, at the voice of thy command ?" See the next verfe ; 
 and Jonah, ii. 3. 
 
 9. r\y^. Ar. Hare, and Green n^'tyK. " / will Jing," but then w6 
 fhould read with 2 MSS. iDjr. Kennic. reads with 5 MSS. Syr. Ch. 
 & Vulg. yy^, *' his fong," i. e. a Jong of (or concerning him, which 
 feems to agree better with the following word. 
 
 "n. Syr. with 9 MSS. 'n, as in v. 3. and if the reading there 
 propofed be not admitted, we fhould probably read alike in both 
 places. 
 
 10. '^nnDtJ^. One MS. reads ♦Jnmf, as in Pf. xliii. 2. 
 
 IVk. 5 MSS. have ^b^DN, as in Pf. xliii. 2, and they fliould be both 
 read uniformly. n'K 3 MSS. but 6. & Syr. ♦n^K, ** mine enemy,** See 
 Pf. xliii. 2. 
 
 11. mna. 4 MSS. miD, ♦* as a fword" See alfo Muis, &c. 
 Hare reads fo with a further addition. But Merrick renders the text, 
 ** with Jlaughter to my bones my enemies reproach me." i. e. ** Their re- 
 proaches wound and even kill me." See his remark alfo from Venema. 
 
 PSALM
 
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 PSALM XLIII. 
 
 6. Vulg. i^th. & Syr. with 4 MSS. afcribe this pfalm to David, and 
 37 MSS. make it a part of the former. 
 V. I. ^y^n nm> perhaps better. 
 
 2. ^Wt2. 70 MSS. read with Houb. 'tlVD- 
 
 One MS. 'I'lK, rather ^ya, with 6. Syr. & Ar. " of mine enemy. 
 
 3. Here feems to be a metathefis, " they Jlmll lead me to thy holy moun^- 
 tain, they /hall bring me to thy dwelling place, '^ See PL xxxv. 23. 6. and 
 Syr., read "inJ^^rD. 
 
 4. 'b>:i nnoty. If we fuppofe thefe words to be an Hendiadis with. 
 Muis and others, we fhould rather read bui nniOli', as in Ifai. xvi. 10. 
 But as one MS. reads Tir\D^, I fhould alfo rather read '7U^?, " then will. 
 I go unto the altar of God — / ivill rejoice in the God of my joy — and 
 upon the harp, 6cc." But fee Merr, 
 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 MUIS and Green fuppofe this pfalm to have been written in the Ba- 
 bylonifh captivity. Patrick, &c. afcribe it to Hezekiah, fee verfe 17 ^ 
 bat do not verfes 18, i9,.fuit beil with the time of David ? See Cocceius. 
 
 V. 2. Dn'D'2. Hare and others reject this word, as redundant; buf 
 if we obferve the metre of the Collat. it fhould be kept ; and all the 
 verllons read it. 
 
 3. ■)!>. Houb. more properly reads 1T3. One MS. omits it. 
 
 S urb^Ts\
 
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 Cn*7tyni. *' germ'mare fecijli illos." Pifcator ; In which fenfe he is 
 followed by Houb. &c. but as Ezek. ii. 3. may juftify the application 
 of D'li to the people of Ijrael, will not the antithefis be more natural in 
 this manner, ** Thou ' by thy hand haft given the nation poj'ejion, and 
 planted them in — thou haft afflidted the people (i. e. the Canaanites)^ 
 4nd caft them out?" For ntyiin in this fenfe, fee 2 Chron. xx. ir. 
 
 5. my DmVk. Hare and others read, with 6. Vulg. Ar. & &\h. 
 mva 'H'tni, •* Thou art my king, and my God, commanding falvation 
 unto Ifrael. 
 
 mnty*. 13 MSS. have' nVlv^'S fing. with Syr. 6c Ar. " 
 
 6. mji. " Cornu petemiis." "Metaphora a cornutis beftiis ; vid. 
 Deut. xxxiii. 17. Muis, &c. 
 
 7. The change of perfons in this verfe is very obfervable, and it feems 
 neceflary either to read with Syr. in the plural ; " For ive will not trujl in 
 our bow — neither Jhall our f word fave us." Or to omit it with one MS. 
 
 11. id'?. Ch. Syr. & Ar. with 4 MSS. read \h. " And they, which 
 hate us, have fpoiled us'' See Ifai. xvii. 14. Durell reads xvdl, 
 *' fpoil us unto death." But this feems unneceflary. 
 
 12. Syr. and Ch. read bDKlsb, *' in cibum." which feems right. 
 
 13. Nbl, &c. " Et non auxijii pretia eorum; fc. licitando." Mun- 
 fler, &c. " And didjl not enhance their prices" niDOD 19 MSS. 
 
 17. 'J5D. 6. Vulg. Ch. 5c ^th. a facie, "/or the face of the enemy 
 and avenger." Which fenfe anfwers to bpo, in the former Hemiftich. 
 S'K 3 MSS. 
 
 18. Rather with Pifc. " neither have we dealt falfely againjl thy 
 covenant" See Gen. xvi. 12. 
 
 20. XyiT\' o* Syr. Vulg. Ar. & .^th. probably read D'jy, or ra- 
 ther »Jj;> " in the place of affiiSlion" But Cocceius and others jullify 
 the text from Ifai, xxxiv. 13, 6cc. 
 
 23. mmn, in Hoph. formed like ♦ fi j fee Mafc. p. 125. One very 
 ant. MS. with Ch. S^r. & Ar. nn^tD'? " ad ma£iationem." See verfe 12. 
 
 24. OTN. 29 MSS. read mn'. 
 
 mm.
 
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 njrn. Syr. & Ar. read linim, " cafV us not off." Which the fenfe 
 requires, unlefs we read with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. and 4 MSS. "jNI, 
 *' and caft us not off." 
 
 27. nnity. " 6, Vulg. Syr. Ch. have an imperat. mtV-" Seeker. 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 G'iB'ti'. Probably mufical inftruments confiding oi Jix firings ; fee 
 Grotius, &c. 
 
 DTT. 56 MSS. niTT. A fong of loves % i. e. o^ mutual love; 
 but 6. Vulg. & iEth. read TTb. See alfo Ifai. v. i. This pfalm 
 principally refpeds the fpiritual marriage of Chrijl with his Church ; fee 
 Patrick, &c, j but in its firft fenfe may relate to Solomoit, See Pf. ii. 
 
 V, 2. cni. This word is ufed no where elfe, but its derivative is 
 found, a friend obferves. Lev. ii. 7. and is the name of the pan, in 
 which the meat-offering was dreffed, and may therefore metaphorically 
 fignify to digeft the thoughts in the mind ; " my heart is digejling a good 
 matter." i. e. fays he, preparing it for utterance. The fecond line might 
 perhaps be rendered, '* / will declare the operations of the king," Durell 
 renders the whole thus, " My heart meditates a good fubjeSl — " / imll 
 addrefs my compofition to the king" See Green alfo ; who tranfpofes the 
 fecond and third line, which feems better. 
 
 MSS. 14. have IDIN j and Ch. reads DVD, " as the pen " 
 
 4. I'V. Hare reads "JDT according to. all the verfions, " Thy Thigh." 
 The affix 2 being accidentally dropt from the famenefs of the letters. 
 
 *Oi:i. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. ^ iEth. with our verfions make it the vo- 
 cative cafe ; and Durell renders it, " O thou jnighty in thy glory and thy 
 majejly." Le Clerc, " accingc gladium tuum ad femur qui forma et de- 
 tore excellis," Syr. reads *)2:i, ** Thy honour and thy glory prevaileth^ 
 
 S 2 Houb.
 
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 Houb. renders it imperatively, ** prajiantem fac." The metre of the 
 Collat. makes Hare's addition unnecefTary. 
 
 5. *]"»im. If we retain this word might it not be better rendered, 
 •' and profper in the way ?" See Deut. xxviii. 29. But Syr. Hare and 
 others reject it, as a faulty repetition of the preceding word. Houb. 
 reads with Syr. and 2 MSB. r\W\, " et refponfionem juftitiae. 6, and 
 2 MSS. probably, read pTi'l; which removes the neceflity of Hare's 
 tranipofition, and of Seeker's remark with refpedt to the copulat. i, for 
 which fee Vatablus on verfe 9. Poole's Synopf. 
 
 6. ^bDn. By reading -]ban, and yyn for 'inX, or as 52 MSS. 
 ^2'N, as 6. Ar. & ^th. fupply "112:1 with Hare and others, the verfe 
 may be thus rendered, ** Thine arrows are fharp, O thou mighty one—' 
 The people fhall fall under thee — Thou JJialt reign in the heart of thine 
 enemies." Houb. fupplies ib'SS at the end of the firft line. " Sagittse 
 tuae acutae cadere facient populos, cadent in Cor. &c." Hare adds 
 ]On at the end of the lad line, which he connects with the follow- 
 ing verfe, " In medio inimicorum vtgM Jlabilivit folium tuum Deus, 
 &c." Green fuppofes m") to be wanting. " Rule thou in the midlt 
 of thine enemies." Seeker refers to Houb. L'owth rejedts Hare's and 
 Houb.'s corrections -, but as 6. & Ar. read "na:i at the end of the 
 firft line, which appears defedive, perhaps IXIl' might be the original 
 word, and the fecond line may be read with Ar. in a parenthefis, or 
 tranfpofed, '* Thy fharp arrows /^^// ^-w/^fr — into the heart of the king's 
 enemies-^the people fhall fall under thee." See Pf. xxxvii. 15. Rivetus, 
 Seeker, &c. Merrick conjedtures that '^li^HI may have been dropped in 
 the iirft line, ** fharp are thine arrows, by which, Sec." As Glaffius thinks 
 it is in Prov. xiv. 7. Durell renders thus, " Thine arrows penetrate 
 into the people under thee j the kings enemies fail in heart." Referring to 
 Deut. vi. 7, 8, and i Sam. xvii. 32. 
 
 7. This and the following verfe can be only fpoken of the Mejiah, 
 and confirm the obfervation made by Hammond and others that the pro- 
 phets.
 
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 phets, when fpeaking of perfons typical of the Mefiiah, arc; carried at 
 once by the Holy Spirit to treat of .the Mefliah himfelf. 
 nJi>'D. 6^ MSS. read mi^'a. See Pf. cxliii. 10. 
 
 8. D'nVx. Ch. with one MS. reads mns *' Je/iovah thy God," 
 which feems to be rights but 2 MSS. omit 7nbK. 
 
 9. niV'Vp. 4 MSS. with all the verfions, Hare, and Houb. read 
 niV'ifplj fo that Seeker's argument with refpedt to the placing of the 1 
 in the fecond place, where three nouns are together, feems not altoge- 
 ther conclufive. See V. 5. and Pf. Ixix. 23. 
 
 ♦bO'n. Mudge and others fay that the places where Hezekiah kept 
 his valuable curiofities are called bD'H, but the word in 2 Kings xx. 13. 
 Ifai. xxxix. 2. is 'Vd, and 21 MSS. with Houb. read ♦'jDH. 
 
 ■jinDtt^ 'JO. Hare and others would place the firft word before ^3 
 making it a prepofition. Houb. would read ^jntyO 'bUH, " the veU'els of 
 thine anointing" Seeker is inclined to render with Ch. *' de Artfienia." 
 if Armenia furniflied ivo7y ; but fee Merrick's notes : who making '"jD'n 
 to fignify ivory boxes reprefenting /><7/^f^j in miniature, .offers this fenfe, 
 *' The Myrrh, the aloes, and the cafTia, of all thy garments, from the 
 palaces of Armejiian ivory, gladden thee." Lowth, adopting Houb, and 
 Hare's reading, renders, *' Myrrh, aloes, and czKiz, from all the garments, 
 from the ivory cabinets, gladden thee." May not the true reading be 
 *ini3B' p, *' as Myrrh, aloes, and caffia are all thy gatments — out of 
 the ivory vefels, out of thy treafures,". or as we fay in Englifli, ward- 
 robes? and the vejjels might contain ih.^ jewels, and other ornaments^ 
 But a friend fufpeds that, it being difficult to. fay what 'JO means, the 
 whole : WaS'Originally writte"n tjinti^O piy \^ 'bon ;0, "they. have 'anointed 
 thee with oil from a vejj'el of ivory." There is MS. authority for "Jint^D, 
 and t^•, he obferves, may eafily have been dropt from. ptt'j^.pn, account of 
 the fimilarity of the preceeding \m. .iU/w\s.1o boofliabnr/ 3d 
 
 Trnnn. 58 MSS. have Tmi.'Q, more regularly.? ;I v"f h.T: 
 I X, In this'^nd the three following verfes, Edward&'s .nietre feems the 
 moft regular. . .iM -,-.?> .(-{j,, . 
 
 •..'-„.- -^f T 12. iKnn.
 
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 12. wn^l . The grammatical conftrudlon requires that we fl.ould read 
 with Houb. ni.SD'T; fee Prov. xxi. 26. 
 
 13. The fenie, as well as metie, may be fupplied as well by reading 
 with our verfions 'nn after nTOIJ^, as by any other method ; but fee 
 Houb. and if with 6. Yulg; Ar. & ^th. with Houb. we read ia the 
 pKir. m:2T the verb mufl: be fo likewife. Hare &c. omit 1 before n2 ac- 
 cording to 6. Syr. Vulg. and Ch. conneding it with the preceding words, 
 Durell reading n^ti?y^ VnS gives this fenfe. ** and the daughter of Tyre 
 Jia/I intreat thy favor with her gift, even the rich among the people." 
 
 14. n3'J£). " The king's daughter is all glorious in her countenance'* 
 Durell. Mudge, and Edwards render it, *• in the front ." Green makes 
 it the adjedive to njsbc', omitted or underftood, " her inner vejlure is 
 wrought with gold." But following the metre of the Collat. it may 
 agree with nimV, affording the fame fenfe. But Hare connefls this laft 
 word with what follows, " Induta veflibus Phrygionicis, &c." but 
 then Seeker would omit h in the following word, who renders the lirft 
 part of the verfe, ** All the glory of the kings daughter •" referring to 
 Prov. xiv. 13. 
 
 15. Hare's, Edwards's, Green's, and the metre of the Collat. all 
 differ in this and the preceding verfe, and as the lafl is manifeflly defec- 
 tive, perhaps ^'ran may have been dropped from its fimilitude to the 
 preceding word, *• fhe fhall be brought unto the king in raiment of 
 needle work. — The virgins behind her, her friends — fhall be brought unto 
 thee, king." 
 
 16. rO'Nan. 14 MSS, have HiKl^n, which is the better reading, 
 
 17. "]»nnK. 23 MSS. more regularly ^D'OKj which Seeker renders 
 parents, referring to Heb. xi. 23. See Merr. But if this verfe refpeds 
 the MefTiah, as is indeed generally fuppofed, (fee Poole) thy fathers may 
 beunderflocd oi Abraham, Jfaac, &c. the progenitors oiChrifl, as well as of 
 Solomon; and by it may be fignified that the poflerity of the latter 
 ivas to reign in the land of Judah, but that of the former over the 
 whole earth. SeeMuis^ and Rev. v. 10, 
 
 18. m'DtK.
 
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 1 8. n"^*3tS*. 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. with Houb. read inOi'. Ch.. 
 & Syr. TDiJ. whatever reading is adopted, I think we fliould with 
 Hare bring back p by to the beginning of the verfe, and omitting "ni, 
 which feems /lere to be fuperfluous, reduce it into two Hemiflich's ac- 
 cording to Edwards and the Collat. ** therefore fhall they remember 
 thy name throughout every generation. — The people fhall praife thee for 
 ever and ever." Though 56 MSS. read "nm, which may be an argument 
 for retaining it. 58 MSS. have mii & 70 D'jIV'?. 
 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 
 niDbv bV' " A fong for virgins." Perhaps as the mofl proper per- 
 fons to celebrate this great deliverance j fee Ifai. xxxvii. 22. in effec- 
 ting which an earthquake might accompany the thunder florm. See 
 Grotius, & Houb. on verfe 3, 6. 
 
 V. 2. K5»D3 is wanting in one MS. tlVI 30 MSS. 
 
 3. D'D'. Ch. & Vulg. with Hare and others, read D» ;. which the 
 context feems to require; but fee Seeker. 
 
 4. Tian». Houb. with 6. Syr. Ar. & ^th. inZDn'V 
 
 5. 6. read ♦.lbs "inj, but the true reading feems to be "inJ ♦Jlbfl, " the 
 fir earns of the river, Sec." i. e. Gihon and Siloah. Gej. &c. 
 
 Houb. reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. IDti^O', fandlificavity«w/« ta* 
 lernaculum altiffimus." 
 
 6. "lp3 niiD*?. Hammond fuppofes that the pfalmift alludes to Exod. 
 xiv. 27. where is the fame expreflion. 
 
 7» iblpl. Tonitru eft yox Dei. Muis. See verfe i. Houb. reads 
 'j'?lp with 2 MSS. See Habbak. iii. 10, But Seeker refers to Pf. Ixviii. 
 34. for the text. 
 
 T % Syr.
 
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 Syr. reads :iian% " et contremuit terra" And the otlier Verf. having 
 the paft tenfe, probably read with 1 converfive, which might be dropped 
 from the former word's ending with it. See our Verf. 
 
 9, 10. A friend renders the words thus, *' Come and behold the works 
 of Jehovah, he, who had made defolation upon the earth, maketh wars 
 to ceafe to the end of the earth." Or with 6. Ar. iEth. Syr. & Vulg. 
 renders the latter part of the 9th verfe, " What wonders he hath wrought 
 in the earth !" and for this fenfe of the word fee Jerem. v. 3 r. 
 
 *• He burneth the chariots in the fire." " Alludit ad morem ethni- 
 cum arma devidorum comburendi in honorem deorum, & in fignum 
 pacis." Lowth. And they might be confumed by the lightning. ^\D'> 
 6 MSS. 
 
 II. ISnn. Syr. perhaps, IDSn. " con-vertmini" One MS. probably 
 reads 1£)")n, which may be rendered, " be ajliamed," and then thefe words 
 may be a farcaftical retort upon Sennacherib, and his army, for their re- 
 proaches againft the living God. 
 
 PSALM XLVII. 
 
 SOME fuppofe this pfalm to be compofed on the introdudlion of 
 the ark to Mount Sion. Lyra and others on the vicflories oi JoJJiua over 
 the Canaanites ; in either cafe it may be confidered as typical of Chrift. 
 
 V. 2. D'DVn. i- c. Tribtis Ifrael. Pifcator. Our Verf. read with Ar. 
 DD'DD, " your hands" 
 
 7. D'nbN- 7 MSS. read more properly D-n'?^^. But 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 & ^th. with one MS. read IJ'H^nV, which agrees better with the fol- 
 lowing line, and the metre of the Collat. feems preferable to Hare's, or 
 Green's, in this verfe. But 2 MSS. omit Tiat 3d. & Syr. probably 
 reads rmni for the 2d, and omits the laft, ** Sing unto God with pralfe -, 
 fmg unto our king" 
 
 8. The
 
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 8. The firll: line In this verfe in the Collat. appears to be redundant, 
 and the laft deficient, reading therefore D'H^Nb for D'H'JK, I would pre- 
 fix it, with Hare, to the laft line, *' for he is the king of all the 
 earth — fing praifc unto God with the underftanding." " Non bacchantium 
 more, fed cum re£ta intelligentia, & devota attentlone. Gejer. See 
 alfo I Cor. xiv. 14. Or perhaps we fhould read V^N at the end, as Syr. 
 feems to have done, " canite ei laudem." " bOt^a feems to be ufed 
 for a particular fort of fong." Lowth. 
 
 9. Should we not read '3 at the beginning of this verfe, *' For God 
 reigneth, &c. ?" 
 
 10. lay. Gejerus and others fupply ^K. Hare and others repeat the 
 word, ** cum populo." 
 
 ♦JiSS. h. e. Principes five Magnates Terra;. Gejer. &c. Hare and 
 others read 13J:iD, with fome additions. Lowth is inclined to read ac- 
 cording to Syr. i^pli, " quoniam Dei funt territortattrtx." Perhaps we 
 might read ynK 1-10 D'H^Kn O, " For God, the Shield of the Land, 
 is highly exalted." i. e. The Land of Ifraeh 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 MUIS refers this pfalm to Hezekiah's reign. 2 Kings xviii. 19. 
 Patrick to Jehofhaphat's. 2 Chron. xx. Mudge and others to Ahaz's; 
 fee Ifai. vii. and the long metre in the Collat. may be an argument in 
 favor of the recentnefs of the compofition, as it was not much in ufe in 
 David's time. Green, who adheres chiefly to Hare's metre, tranfpofes 
 the words in the firft and fecond verfes. Meibomius's metre differs 
 from both ; but whether it is admifUble, I cannot determine. 
 
 2. b'Jinai 27 MSS. See Pf. cii. 9.
 
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 3. *\^i nfl*I The commentators differ widely about the fenfe of thefe 
 words; and 6. Ch. Syr. & JEth. read differently from the text, and 
 from each other. Ar. omits them entirely. But perhaps by a tranfpo- 
 lition and a fmall addition we might read V35, *' beautiful in its appear- 
 ance." Though a friend obferves the word of the text is ufed, Jo(h. xi. 2, 
 
 4. SriB'.ti'?. One ant. MS. reads ♦'j before it, which flrengthens the 
 conjedlure of Hare and others that we fliould read li*?, after it; fee Pf, 
 xlvi. 7. 12. 
 
 5. my. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^^th. " venerunt in umimy Though Green 
 from Schultens renders it, " they hajled away," in the firft fenfe this 
 word will afford a beautiful climax, Afyndeton, and Antithefis to the next 
 verfe, " For behold the kings were aflembled, they marched on together-^ 
 *' They faw ; lo, they marvelled ; they were troubled, they hafted away." 
 
 6. p. Perhaps we fhould read ^n. See verfe 5. Houb. renders the 
 word, iitique. Is it not poffible, fays a friend that for inon p IK*! we 
 might read mam 11K"l» " they faw thee, and were troubled ?" But fee 
 Hare. 
 
 8. T\T\'2^ One MS. fupports the conjec^lural reading of Kennicott and 
 others m")D, " As the Eaji wind breaks the fhips of Tarfhifli." By 
 which that we are to underftand the Gades of the antients, fee Boch. 
 on I Kings x. 22. ** But, fays a friend, " thou breakeft the fhips of 
 Tarfbifh with an Eaft wind," does not fcem particularly applicable to 
 this paffage ; the Pfalmift is defcribing the paflion of fear by ftrong com- 
 parifons, by the fear of a woman in travail ; by the fear of mariners, 
 when their fhip is Shattered by a violent wind, I fhould therefore have 
 expeded, ** as of a woman in travail, as when thou breakefl, &c." 
 accordingly in MS. 309, we read WTQ. 3, it is not improbable that 
 the word omitted in the vacant fpace might be "IB^K, as the next line 
 begins with the fame word." 
 
 9. Pifcator and others refer the firflpart of this verfe to Ifaiah's predic- 
 tion, 2 Kings xix. 2O0 
 
 12. See 2 Kings xlx» 21. 
 
 13. There
 
 C 75 3 
 
 13. There is a peculiar beauty in fuppofing with Gejerus and others, 
 that this and the following verfe are a farcaftical apoftrophe of the 
 Ifraelites to the enemy on their unexpe6ted defeat. 
 
 15. nVJ bV. Or as 42 MSS. maV- Thefe words, as Hare, &c. 
 have obferved, are neither neceffary to the fenfe, nor the metre; and 
 were probably added by fome one to fupply the fuppofed defe6t in the 
 former; though the Syr. has them; and 6. Vulg. Ar, & IFAh. read 
 tD^^'ifb inftead of them. 
 
 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 I F the laft words of the former pfalm fliould be joined, and confi- 
 dered as belonging to the title of this, according to Hare, &cc. they 
 fhould be placed after n^fiD^, as Pf. ix. But fee Houb. 
 
 v. 2. The fubjeit of this pfalm being the concern of all mankind is 
 addrefTed to them. 
 
 3. tSlti 'J2. i. e. pkbeii, ut e terra fadi. l^'Jf '21, filii viri, i. e. nobi- 
 les. Muis, &c. *' Houb. thinks DTK to exprefs the higher rank, and 
 W^Vi the lower rank. Repetitions of the fame fenfe In different words 
 abound in Scripture ; but this pafTage feems to require a different fenfe." 
 Seeker. Merr. Appendix, No. 5. 
 
 4. MSS. 2. read with all the Verf. DDSn. and 5 with them Dinn. 
 6. '^pV. Glaffius and others make this a participial noun, and fupply 
 
 12 with Ar. *' When the iniquity of thofe who fuppknt me furroundeth 
 me." But the Syr. & Ar. feem to have read nV» *' When the iniquity 
 of mine enemies furroundeth me." Houb. by a tranfpofition and diffe- 
 rent reading gives this fenfe, ** propterea quod cerumna me circumilet." 
 Perhaps the text might ftand thus, 32D' Opjf Oy% " ijohen affiiSlion en^ 
 compajfeth my fteps." See Job. xxx. 16. 
 
 U 2- 7. Seeker's
 
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 y. Seeker's fenfe of this verfe feems the beft, " They that truft in 
 their weahh, and in the multitude of their riches, are mad." D'nDlin 
 1 6 MSS. and 5 n*in, which feems to be the true reading, though it 
 feldom appears with the v See' the MSS. in Pf. v. 8, &c. 
 
 8. n.V. Ch. reads iriNS his brother, more proper. 
 
 nV. 2c. 25 MSS. with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ch. & ^th. read K^ji, «' No 
 man can redeem his brother — nor give his ranfom unto God." Houb. 
 fupplies *]{^ at the beginning, " Verwitamen frater non redimat, homo 
 non dabit Deo pretium redemptionis." and 4 MSS. read 1^} for nN*. 
 Son-.e learned author in Merrick's appendix, No. 4. fuppofes that from 
 this verfe to verfe 14, are contained the maxims of unbelievers, who 
 begin here with denying the do6trine of a redemption by one to be 
 born of a woman ; which notion he thinks confirmed by 6. 
 
 9. D^SJ. Lowth reads with 6. Vulg. Ch. & Ar. Ijysi, more 
 agreeably to the context. The laft line of this V. feems dcfeftive in the 
 metre, which Hare fupplies by reading iVin. Durell with Houb. con- 
 neds it with the following verfe ; but is it not better to read "TJT) at 
 the end, *' For the redemption of his life is precious — and he muft ceafe 
 for ever and ever f" or as Lowth, " and it ceafeth for ever." See Seeker 
 alfo. But Green's tranfpofitlon of this and the following verfe feems to 
 be the mofl natural order, and avoids the neceflity of a parenthefis, or 
 of Hare's variation in the beginning of the next verfe. 
 
 10. nV. 21 MSS. with Syr. read K^V Lowth gives the fame 
 fenfe to ♦m as Green does, " fo that he fhould live for ever." Which 
 Hammond, &c. refer to Chrifl. But if this metathefis fhould not be 
 admitted, Gejerus's fenfe of this and the following verfe feems to be the 
 beft, " Though he fhould live unto the end — and not fee corruption— 
 yet he fhall fee, &c," Durell thus, " But he will ceafe for ever, 
 though he would live to eter?iity, and not fee corruption." 
 
 1 1 . Hare would omit riK"*' i but fee the Collat. and perhaps we fhould 
 read O HNnS ** He Jliall fee that the wife, &c."
 
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 V»DD. Hare and others read b^D'D2» Is not VOD!! ftlH better, *' they 
 peiifli together wit/i the ignorant and foohfli ?" 
 
 12. Daip Ludov. Capellus, with many others, reads according to 
 all the verfions Dllp, " fepukhra eorum. Bot if this be admitted 
 we mufl give the laft: words of the verfe fome fuch fenfe as Mudge 
 and Edwards put upon them ; or as a friend, " Their fepukhres fliall 
 be their houfes for an age ; the habitations from generation to genera- 
 tion of thofe, who called their lands after their names." Hare and 
 Green read Dnnp3, ** in animo eorum eji" Which Seeker alfo favors. 
 But one MS. reads imp, which will afford this knk, " tl.ey join their 
 houfes for ever." Which connedts very well with what follows, and 
 is countenanced by Ifai. v. 8. 
 
 DDiDtya. 58 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & ^th. read t3n\1'2^^ i 
 one by ; 54 nm, and one MS. reads with Syr. ISnpl, " and call." 
 
 13. There can be little doubt, that this verfe and verfe 21, were ori- 
 ginally the fame ; and though all the verfions, except Ch. read here with 
 Houb. and many others ]♦!% yet as in verfe 21. 3 MSS. read |»b', I am 
 inclined to concur with Hare and others in reading this word in both 
 places, as moft agreeable to the context. Does not the conftrudion re- 
 quire that we fhould read m.^rT2*7, or with one MS. monnn, " But 
 man, being in honor, abideth not — he is like to the beajls that perifh ?" 
 
 14. bOlD contraria denotat; hic Jiduciam folidam, ut Prov. iii. 26. 
 Gejer. And reading with Houb. and 2 MSS. CDn'3D for DH'Sn, the 
 words may bear this fenfe, *' This their way is their confidence — and their 
 pofterity run after their manner." " 6. either read Sti'DD, or underftood 
 bOD to mean a-xav^ay^ov." Seeker. But fee Houb. 
 
 1^. Houb. reads T)^b2b D")Niyi, ** Quafi oves ad inferos, deponentur, 
 mors depafcetur eos. Dominantur earum matutini paftores, et caro earum 
 ejl conjumenda s interitus illis pofl caulas." Similitudo duda ex ovibus. 
 Hare fuppofing debet, or oportet, to be wanting before mblV, and read- 
 ing IDb bllT, with others, puts this conftrudlion upon the words, " Sicut 
 pecora in inferno ponuntur, mors depafcet eos ; et figura eorum veterafcet,. 
 
 X fovea
 
 C 78 3 
 
 fovea habltaculunv ils." But he omits yr\% 5cc. without any authority. 
 
 " Feed on them." Hammond and others think it fhould be, ** a^s the 
 Jhepherd towards them." nyn is fometlmes to feed upon. See Ifai. 
 xliv. 20. Seeker and Merr. 
 
 •' In the morning" may fignify when God arlfes to judgment; but ftill 
 that morning will be after death, ruling may mean judging." Seeker from 
 de Dieu, who obferves further, the laft part is moft literally tranflated thus, 
 in part by De Dieu, ** ^nd their Embaffador, or, their Rock, i.e. Chrifl, 
 ^f^ia// confiime the grave from being an habitation for himfelf" Or by putting 
 1.!2V, "for them." i. e. Chrijiians. See Merr. The verfions of Mudge, 
 Edwards and Green are nearly the fame in fenfe, ** They are laid in the 
 grave like fheep — Death (hall feed on them ; and' the upright — fliall have 
 dominion over them in the morning. — Their beauty fhall confume away 
 — and the grave fliall be their dwelling." Green. Durell gives this 
 fenfe of the words. ** They are cafl: under ground like flieep, whofe 
 iliepherd is death — they go down with them, they go ftraight to the fe- 
 pulchre — and the grave their dwelling fliall confume their beauty." 
 Sturges making "nplb to fignify ** JJiall be no more," from the Ar. 
 word np:3, interiit propofes this conflrudlion of. the whole, ** They 
 lie in the grave like flieep — death fliall be their fliepherd, and have 
 dominion o er them — Their honor fliall be no more j their form 
 fliall moulder away — the fepulchre fliall be their habitation." See Merr. 
 Annot. and Append. No. 4. A friend thus, " Ut oves ponuntur in 
 orco ; — Mors iis pafcetur, et cum illis — ^jufti etiam defcendent ad tumu- 
 lum, — et forma eorum in confumptionem ; (fc. erit) — orcus habitaculum 
 eorum." Mr. Bradley renders the laft line, ** the grave is a habitation 
 for it." i.e. their beauty. But reading with Durell inp'? for *)plV, which 
 had occurred to me before I had confulted him, CJ:n Dj; for DHJ^' 
 CI, with 52 MSS. DTIVI, and with Hare, &c. \t±) bin? for 'b Vita, 
 and dividing the verfe into three lines, I would propofe this fenfe of the 
 words, " Like flieep they are laid in the grave, death fliall feed on 
 them — and they fliall go down ivith the poor to the fepulchre — and their 
 
 beauty
 
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 beauty fliall confume in the grave, their- habitation.'' In oppofition to their 
 habitation mentioned in verfe 12. 
 
 16. The words in the latter part of this verfe are probably tranpofed. 
 See Merrick's appendix. No. 4. " Verily God fliall deliver my foul — 
 nvhen he Jliall take me from the power of the grave." 
 
 19. Mira eft perfonarum confufio is the jufl: obfervation of Hare on 
 this and the following verfe; and as all the verfions, except Cb. read "h 
 inftead of "]*?, fo perhaps we flaould read rnvi for *]"tV1, and l»D'n for 
 I'D'D ; " Altho' in his life time his foul was blefled, — and he was praijed^ 
 whilft // was well with him" Houb. renders thus, *' etcnim anim^e fuae 
 in vita fua indulget, G* laiidabit ei, cum benefeceris ei" A friend reads 
 the laft words in a parenthefis " (for, when thou art profperous, men 
 will praife thee) he JJiall go, &c." 
 
 20. Kllin. I would read Nll'1, with Houb. &c. and for 1KT with 6. 
 and one MS. n}<"l* ; " yet Jliall he come to the habitation of his fathers— 
 and Jliall never fee light." For this fenfe of in fee the Lexicons, and 
 Durell. 
 
 21. DIvV. 41 MSS. have tDTNI. 
 
 Kb"! 5 MSS. read bl, conformably to verfe 13 ; which fee. 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
 "SI totum hujufce Oda^ apparatum &; quafi fcenam contemplamur, 
 nihil facile poteft efle magnificcntius." Lowth. See him alfo on Ifai. 
 notes, p. 4. And it was probably compofed in the times of Hezekiah, 
 as Patrick conjeftures, when the fuperftitious obfervance of the ritual 
 part of the law was fuppofed to atone for the notorious violation of the 
 mcral part. Compare Mich. vi. 6--12. and Ifai. i. 10—15. 
 
 X 2 V. I,
 
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 V. I. lZ)'n'?H bi(' One MS. omits thefe words; and Hare thinks 
 they are not a part of the pfahn-; but fee Jofli. \x. 22. 
 
 •{•"IX does not feeni heie to fgnify the vcorU, as Gejerus and others 
 fupyofe; but the land of yuda:^^ the inhabitants of which God fiim- 
 nicns to judgments See Patrick. 
 
 Wn^. 21 ^'^SS. read with Houb. "INII.::. 
 
 3. mrii'*:- ZS ^^^^^- Ji^ve ."nVDJ, more ufual. Thunder florms were 
 the ufual attendants of the divine prefence. See Exod. xix. KIT 
 4 MSS. 
 
 * ^. A molT: beautiful profopcpaia. " Et Mofes Iios tejies adverfus 
 deficientes a lege appellaverat. Deut. iv. 26." Muis. "jvaa, with 
 one MS. at firft, feems better, as a friend obferves, referring to i Kings 
 
 vm. 23. 
 
 5. n'Dn, ** my Saints." 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read VTDn 1*7 and 
 inna, *' gather together unto Him his faints, &c." But 3 MSS. reading 
 "TDn favors the text j which is a moft ftriking irony, (hewing what 
 they ought to have been." See Deut. vii. 6. 
 
 9 MSS. 'mi3, and one bv. 
 
 6. iDflliy 36 MSS. with all the Verf. 
 
 7. All the nations being affembled before God's tribunal, the grand 
 Inqueft begins. *• ^1 " unto thee." See Pf. Ixxxl. 9." Seeker. 
 
 8. *• I will not reprove thee for thy facrifices, nor for thy burnt of- 
 ferings, which were continually before me." The force of the negative 
 and prepofition being continued, as in other places. In this refpedt they 
 were righteous overmuch. See Ifai. i. 11. •' Non fuper facrificia tua 
 arguam te, et Holocaufta tua coram me (funt) femper." Lowth from 
 Leufden. See Seeker alfo. One MS. reads IDlVlVl, more regularly. 
 
 9. IS, All the Verf. except Ch. with Hare and others read DHfl, 
 *• I will take no bullocks, &c." 
 
 l^nK^DDC. 35 MSS. more properly ']'mN'?300'l j which the gram- 
 matical conftrudion feems to require, the 1 being negative. See verfe 8. 
 
 10. ID'n.
 
 [ 8i ] 
 
 10. in^n. Lowth fuppofcs that this form of the word Is peculiar to the 
 poetical parts of fcripture. See Ifai. Ivi, 9. Houb. calls it Barbarifmum -, 
 and from comparing the parallel paffages, and the verfions I am inclined to 
 think with him that the 1 has been tranfpofed, and that we fhould read 
 nvn. 6. Syr. Vulg. and Ar. read D'dVnt for ^^, " and the oxen J' One MS. 
 omits it. 
 
 11. Dnn. Houb. reads tD'JDtt'n with all the verfions; and one MS. 
 having both words feems to juftify the latter, to which ^"ly is joined every 
 where elfe, " t/ie fowls of heaven." 
 
 ?m- One MS. at firft read Vtl* " ^t fpkndor." See our marg, 
 Verf. 6 Vulg. and ^Eth. render it, Ifai. Ixvi. 11. " plenitudo." But fee 
 Pf. Ixxx. 14. This Hemiftich appearing defeftive, may not "IXDV have 
 been loft before, or after, nav-, ** And the wild bead of the ^ddjlandeth 
 by me"? i. e. at his command. 
 
 12. n»K. 27 MSS. read nr)1K, more regularly. See v. 13. 
 
 14* A friend offers this verf. ** The giving of thanks is ^ facnfce to 
 God — and thy vows ^ peace offering to the moft High," But fee Jon. 2. 9. 
 
 15. ■Ja'^nN. One ant. MS. feems to have read with 6 Ar. and &t\\, 
 TibnKI, *• then will I d/?liver thee." 
 
 16. Muis, Lowth, and others, making this pfalm to confift of two 
 parts, refer the former ** to the well meaning, but ignorant and fuper- 
 llitious worfhipper ; and the latter to the wicked pretender to piety.!' 
 But is not the contraft equally ftriking by fuppofing the whole addreffed 
 to the fame perfons, i. e. the fewi/h people, as fcrupulous obfervers of the 
 ritual pzrt of the law, but notorious tranfgrelTors of the morale " See 
 verfe i. and Dr. Home, the prefent Bifliop of Norwich. 
 
 Two MSS have »pin, and 2 bV- 
 
 17. n;i"r, " my words." i. e. the fen commandments, the breach of three 
 of which is mentioned in the two next verfes.. "j'^jtrm 2 MSS more 
 regular. 
 
 18. "Ipbn.. Does notfiD'jn correfpond better with the preceding verb,. 
 " When thou faweft a thief, tho2i rimnedjl with him— and iventejl with 
 
 y the
 
 i: 82 ] 
 
 •the adulterers ?' All the verfions render pm ** currehas," Perhaps we 
 ilioald read pim. See Ifai. xl. 31. 
 
 20. isyn. Gejerus and others fuppofe that this word alludes to the 
 mode oi ftting in judgment. See Pf. cxix. 23. Houb. renders it, femel 
 et iterum, but may it not be written for *ip{y ? 
 
 'DT, eras 37 MSS »i3n, is found no where elfe ; and Ch. reads »3n. 
 " Thou fp2ike{ifa//J:ood againll thy brothet — againfl the foil of thy mo- 
 ther thott haft given t/ie mouth." See 2 Sam. i. 16. Since this note was 
 written I find the laft reading approved by a friend. Mudge fuppofes, 
 that 6. rendering 'DT cxi.\'^a.\o:<y derived it from plJ, to throw donvn." 
 
 21. The heathen deities were a fandtion to the moft flagrant immora- 
 lities of their votaries. The latter part of this verfe is elliptical, which 
 may in fome meafure be fupplied by reading, according to Green's 
 verfion, "]DnyNT for nO'iVKI, " and lay thee open." But Lorinus ob- 
 ferves, " in /imbrofianoy five Gallkano pfalterio habemus, " et Jiatuam 
 contra faciem tuam feccata tua -," fic etiam habent Complutenfia, '^' 
 
 ■Kaoair,<T<a x«t* !rf<roajrcv «ra ta; a/^afTiatf an." So that probably ^'JIV haS been 
 
 dropped through its fimilitude to TJ'V'?, which follows, ** and I will 
 fet in order thine iniquities before thine eyes." But a friend reading 
 the verb in Niph. without any addition renders the words thus, " I 
 will reprove thee, and be compared unto thee." i. e. that it may be feea 
 how unlike we are. 
 
 23. nmt 19 MSS. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. make it a fubftantive, 
 ** T/i^ Sacrifice of praife, &c." 
 
 »JJ-Tiy. 9 MSS. with Houb. read »Jin3\ See alfo verfe 15. 
 
 "j^T Ctyi " et ponenti, feu compcjienti viam." Fife. &c. 6 ** Et illic 
 "jia." Rightly, fays Lowth. Hare, with others, reads Dm, " et iri' 
 tegruni via." But from comparing Pf. xxxvii. 14. I am inclined to 
 think that "ity'i, which is ftill nearer to the text, is the true reading, 
 " and to him that is upright in the way, will I fhew the falvation of 
 God." Hare and others dividing this verfe into three lines, are obliged to 
 
 add
 
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 add two words In the firft. The Collat. divides it only into iico, which 
 makes the lafl: too long, unlefs we might read nt^••^ at the end of the 
 fir/1. 
 
 P S A L M LI. 
 
 THE fubjed matter of this pfalm agrees very well with the title of 
 It; but Mudge concludes from the two lafl verfes, that it was written 
 during the Babyloniili captivity. 
 
 3. nnD 14 MSS. 
 
 4. nnn " Valde" Houb. Blayney reads with 27 MSS. nn, giving 
 it the fame fenfe. But may not this word from tranfpofing the letters 
 be written for ni2> " Wafh me clean, &cc." See v. 9. 
 
 6. •)"nV. Glaflius, with Green, renders it emphatically, " againll 
 thee thy/elf." Taylor, feparafeiy. Durell, perfonally. " Perhaps David 
 meant, that he was truly forry, though he had nothing to fear but from 
 God." Seeker. 
 
 innn. As Mudge obferves from Grotlus in has here a juridical 
 meaning, *• fo that thou art righteous in thy fentence — and clear in 
 thy judgement." All the verfions, except Ch. read with the apoftle, 
 nStm, which the connexion requires. 
 
 7. piy2. 46 MSS. read with Houb. pvi ; and this is one Inftancc 
 amongft many others of the corruption of the text. Edwards would 
 render the words thus, " Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity — and 
 In fm did my mother niirfe me." But by rendering 'nb'Jin with Ch. 
 '* / was begotten" which feems to be the true fenfe of the word, the 
 difficulty is removed, ** Behold, I was begotten in wickednefs — and in 
 fin did my mother conceive me." 
 
 8. tDnOn, ** et in occuho." videl, in corde. Pifcator, &c. But this 
 word feems to be written for inDJ32. See Pf. x. 9. 6. Syr. Vulgt 5c Ar, 
 probably read nDDDI, " et occulta^ mniD:! 29 MSS. 
 
 ¥2 9. This
 
 J. Si 3 
 
 9. This verfe alludes to the modes of purification appointed by the 
 Levitical Law for the leprofy. See Lev. xiv. 
 
 10. D^Jl, ** ivh'c/i thou haft broken." noting hereby the greatnefs of 
 his grief and afliidion. Ainfworth. 
 
 11. 'D^iy. 42 MSS. read with all the verfions ♦DliVj " mine iniquities." 
 J 2. ]1D2 '* animam re£lam." i.e. non defle(5lentem, firmam ad fupe- 
 
 randas omnes tentationes, 6c difficultates. Gcnebrard. 
 
 14. T\im' " Let a/ree fpirit fupport me." i. e. Let me not be in- 
 flaved, as I have been, by my finful pafiions. 6. renders it hr^fuvucs. 
 
 1 5. A penitent fmner is the moft effcdual reformer of otkers. 
 D'yt'ifl, 18 MSS. 
 
 16. As the 2d line in this verfe feems defedtive ♦iV»tt"in may be 
 dropped at the end from its likenefs to the preceding word, '* O God 
 of my falvation preferve me." 
 
 pin. Syr. & Vulg- read \TsTW See our Verf. 
 
 17. ':iK. 13 MSS. mn*. 
 
 18. There were no particular facrifice? appointed by the Levitical 
 Law to atone for the crimes of ffiurder, and adultery, in order to bring 
 men to a true repentance of their fins, and to make them look forward 
 to a better covenant. See Grot, de facrificiis expiatoriis. 
 
 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth for Nb '3 read DN O, and as one MS. reads 
 nblVI, perhaps T {bould be omitted before T\':r\^'\, *' For if thou de- 
 firedft facrifice, / ivould give it — but a burnt offering thou wilt not ac- 
 cept". But a friend refers for the Bib. Verf. of 1 in njriNI to i Kings i. 21. 
 
 yiDnn 26 MSS. 
 
 19. 'n:it. Houb. reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. p^?. See our old 
 
 Verf. As the 2d Hemiftich feems too long, and one valuable MS. omits 
 
 latffi with Syr. perhaps we fhould read with this n31i nV, ** Thefacri" 
 
 Jice of God is a broken fpirit — a contrite heart, O God, &c." 6 MSS. 
 
 read NDl^, as elfewhere. 
 
 20. n:2'{D'n. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. probably read, as Hare obferves, 
 n» 3»D'n, or ratjier mn'. See MS. 259. and Pf. cx.xv. 4.
 
 [ 85 ] 
 
 n^^ri*' c. Syr. Ar. & iEtb. with one MS., read ni3m, ** Do we/fy 
 O Je/wva/i, in thy loving kindnefs to Zion — an(;f build thou the walls of 
 Jerufalem." 
 
 Mudge infers from this and the following verfe, that this pfalm was 
 compofed during the Babylonifli captivity. Green thinks that they were 
 added by fome captive to accommodate it to his ufe. But David's 
 /ears might eafily fuggeft to him, that his crimes might prevent the 
 ■building of the temple, which God had promifed fhould be done, 
 2 Sam. vii. 13. See Tirinus in Poole's S/nopf. 
 
 21. S'h'ys nbiy. Thefe words -being a kind of tautology, and the kit 
 word appearing to be redundant in the metre of the Collar, which feems 
 preferable either to Hare's, or Edwards's, perhaps we fhould read n'riVT, 
 •* Thiyi fha'lt thou be pleafed with the facrifices of righteoufnefs, and 
 a burnt offering — then fhall they offer young bullocks on thine altar." 
 Or as Houb. according to Syr. " Then ihall the young bullocks af- 
 cend thine altar." 
 
 .Viflnn 20 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LIL 
 
 V. 2. 'DnKh. 42 MSB., read ^anNHj which is a ftrong proof that 
 the title of this pfalm is the proper one agreeable to 6. Ch. Vulg. Ar. 
 & iEth. 
 
 Houb. tranfpofing the words according to Syr. and reading tdad for 
 'y\1'iT\t gives this conftrudion of them, " multa conaris adverfus inno- 
 centem ? Tota die pravitatem cogitat, &c." But as one ant. MS, 
 reads biC twice, might not the 2d line ftand thus originally, 
 
 C3rn '73 h)^ '7^* lorr 
 
 ** Why boafteft thou thyfelf in mifchief, O mighty man ? The 
 
 goodnefs of God to me is daily." See v. 10. Though as a friend ob- 
 
 Z ferves.
 
 C 86 ] 
 
 ferves, c. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEih. omitting V» "IDn* might have read 
 for it HKOn, " Why doft thou boafl: in wickednefs, O mighty in evi/f 
 — All the day thy tongue meditates iniquity." 
 
 4. " Thou contriveft mifchiefs with thy tongue, as with a {harp ra- 
 for, O thou dealer in deceit." Chandler in Merr. 6. with 4 MSS. 
 
 n^'iv. 7 MSS. m^ynn. 
 
 6. yba. Hare, &c. would read Vv*'?!. See Pf. xli. 9. But Syr. 
 probably reads here nVI or V")n, " amafti omnes qui loquuntur mi' 
 qiiitaiemy But fee 6. Vulg. & Jerem. li. 4. Hare and others, for the 
 fake of the metre in the 2d line, add n*1lT, or 'in, *' Thou haft loved 
 all thofe who fpeak wickednefs — and the tongue ivhich uttereth deceit." 
 See Jerem. ix. 8. 
 
 ]1K>*?. Edwards reads with Ar. ]"iB>bl, " et linguam dolofam." See 
 Syr. alfo, & c. 
 
 7. VnKD. Syr. Ar. & Vulg. with Houb. &c. read *lVnNO, " ex 
 tabernaculo tuo" which may refer to the tongue^ or to Doeg. Patrick, 
 6cc. referring it to God, read iVriNO, " out of his tabernacle." See 
 Seeker and verfe 10. 
 
 8. All the verfions with Hare, &c. fupply liaN'l after "pTW* and the 
 laft line is defective, according to the metre of the Collat. But as a 
 friend obferves further, Syr. reads TIDK^'I for IKT'1 ; and that is authorifed 
 by one MS. and Job xxii. 19. where we have the very fame expreflion, 
 ** 77/^ righteous fee it, and are glad" See Pf. Ixix. 23, &c. 
 
 9. ^1*11. 10 MSS. 
 
 Ty. All the verfions, except Ch. read TV*!, " and ftrengthened him- 
 felf /« his fubflance" See our Bib. Marg. and Prov. x. 3. But Lowth 
 prefers the common tranflation. 
 
 10. Doeg. in verfe 7, is compared to a tree plucked up by the roots, 
 the Pfalmift in contradiftinftion here compares himfelf to a green olive 
 tree in the houfe of God j alluding, fays Houb. to Aaron's rod laid 
 up in the ark ; but the houfe of God does not feem to refer to the 
 
 green olive tree, but to the pfalmift. See Pf. xcii. 14. 
 
 II. The"
 
 C 87 3 
 
 II. The fenfe being imperfedt, the metre according to the Collat. 
 appearing defed;Ive j and one ant. MS. fupplying nONI *TDn after D^t^y, 
 it is not improbable this is the true reading. See Gen. xxiv. 49. 
 
 TTDn. 17 MSS. reading ^TDn, David might fpeak of /im/e/f, " I 
 will praife thee for ever, becaufe thou haft dealt mercifully and truly—' 
 and I will wait on thy name, for it is good before thy faint" i. e. In my 
 fight. 
 
 PSALM LIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm is probably only a corrupt copy of Pf. xlv. to which 
 I ftiall refer for the various readings ; obferving that in verfe 6, which 
 differs widely from Pf. xiv. 6. 52 MSS. read nW'in. 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 V. I. FO R the title, fee Pf. iv. 
 
 2. 6. Vulg. Ar. iEth. & Ch. with many MSS. make it probable, 
 that the fubjedt refers to i Sam. xxiii. 19. 
 
 5. Dnt. 5 MSS. with Ch. and the parallel paflage, with Hare, &c. 
 ^ad DHT, *' For the proud have rifen up againft me." 
 
 6. It jr. 19 MSS. with Syr. read *\X\V. 
 
 »DDD3. Seeker obferves from Erpenius, that 3 nominativo pleonaftice 
 praefigitur, and cites alfo Hof. xiii. 9. Houb. makes it to bear a fu- 
 perlative fenfe, " firmifjimum columen." See Pf. Iv. 19. xcix. 7. But 
 from confulting 6. Syr. Ar. ^th. & Vulg. it appears probable that 
 lOIDn is the true reading, " Behold, God is my Helper-^Jehovah is 
 the fupporter of my foul," mn» 13 MSS, 
 
 Z 2 7- ^l'^**
 
 I S8 ] 
 
 - '^•'.'^•ftS^. '24 MSS.^re^d ytiP more regularly. Syr. '& Viilg. read 
 i'n the imperat. i'eSfl, which is more conformable to the following verb, 
 ** Retmn evil to mine adverfaries, 6cc." See Houb. 
 
 47 MSS. read nmtt'b. See Pf. Hit. IT. 
 
 9. 'jVvn. 6. Syr. Vu^g. Ar. ^ 'iEth. with Hare, 6cc. read ♦:nVvn. 
 Houb. ♦jV'Vn. Either of wJHCh avoids the change t>f perfons i but the 
 former feems moil: eligible, " For thou hajl delivered, &c." Or, as 
 Seeker, " ivhen thou haft delivered." 
 
 PSALM LV. 
 
 M0LLERU5 and others refer for .the fubjed of this pfalm to 
 I Sam. xxiii. 1 — 12. Patrick and others to 2 Sam. xv. &c. 
 
 3. The Ar. according to Walton probably reads O before T^K, and 
 fome fuch word feems to be wanting, as Mudge and others think, 
 *' when I mourn in my complaint; and am vexed." Or as Green 
 with Ch. ** and cry aloud." Who thinks alfo that a word has been 
 dropped after inN*. See Ifai. xv. 3. 
 
 4. The firft line of this verfe is better connedled according to Green 
 with the former. 
 
 n'4< .2 MSS. 
 
 PlNll. The fenfe as well as the metre feems to require tD£3KJ!» 
 ** and in their wrath they hate me." 
 
 5. Vn*. 3 MSS. read "jns which, as Green obfcrves, fhould be 
 rendered, •* is wounded^ See Pf. cix. 22. 
 
 6. mJf'7£5. Syr. by a fmall change and tranfpofition of letters reads 
 DID^V. " umbra mortis;" And Pf. xliv. 19. countenances this reading. 
 One very valuable printed copy reads with Vulg. Ar. & Ch. W2*. 
 Ratheni<13'. See MSS. 155, 
 
 7. Hare's
 
 C 89 ] 
 
 7. Hare's tranfpofition here feems needleff . See the CoH^t. '* And I 
 faid, O that I had wings ! — As a Dove, I would fly away, and be at reft." 
 
 naiKI 6 MSS. and 41 nJIDtyNV 
 
 8. IIJ. 41 MSS. IMI; but 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. TTI3, " fugt'ensi" 
 and this feems to be the proper reading j and as Ch. reads d^^yb for 
 nbO, that feems to be the right word, as a friend remarks, •* I would 
 dwell in the wildernefs Jor ever." 
 
 9. Green's reading D'7fla*7, ** I would haften away to a JJielter," is 
 a very good one ; and one MSS. omits »b j unlefs with 6. & Syr. wc 
 confider the word as the partic. pih. " I haften to my deliverer, &c." 
 
 nVDa. 2 ant. MSS. with 6. Vulg. Ar. & Mth. read nyODl, " from 
 xYiQ Jlormy wind, and tetripejl" nVlD 32 MSS. 
 
 10 yb3. Hare and others conjefture we ft^ould read ^Q, ** Divide, O 
 'Jehovah, divide their tongues." making an Epizeuxis. But a friend re- 
 fers for the text to Job x. 8. The words allude, as Pifcator obferves, 
 to Gen. xi. 
 
 <iTK. 50 MSS. read mn*. 
 
 Hare's metre in the laft line of this verfe and the next feems moft 
 eligible. 
 
 11. nnilD'. Ch. Syr. & Ar. with 39 MSS. Hare and others read 
 
 ]")N% 6. Vulg. Syr. & Ar. with Houb. read pK. " And, I wonder, 
 fays Seeker, Hare had not obferved that 6. leave out the T before p^f, 
 and not the firft nuip^, as he doth, but the 2d, and put 1 before miH, 
 whence the tranflation may be, '• Day and night mi/chief goeth about it 
 upon the walls thereof: and forrow is in the midjl of it and wickednefs : 
 deceit, &c." n'mOIH 27 MSS. 
 
 12. min. 17 MSS. with all the verfions read mn, fing. 
 
 13. Vh' 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read in both places, as Seeker ob- 
 ferves, "lb, or Nl*?, (fee Judges viii. 19.) " For if an enemy had re- 
 proached me, then I could have borne it — if, &c." The defed in the 
 metre of the Collat. in the laft line of this verfe induces me to think 
 
 A a that
 
 [ 90 3 
 
 that >ja is .dropped after the verb, " then I w<.nU have hid tny fuce from 
 him." See Ilai. I, 6. . T{* one MS. 
 
 14. OIVS, '' fccundum d'tf^ofitionem meam. Muis. ij^-\.-jy,i. 6. *' quern 
 ego tanquam me ajl'mavi." See Hare. With which the Italian verfion 
 communicated by. a friend agrees exadlly, " Ch' io apprezavo quantq 
 ir.e rtefib," ivhom I ejleem equal to myfelf." " Homo met ordinis" Caft. 
 See Lowth alfo. *' One ivcll acquainted with myjleps" Kenoic. The 
 iirft is the nioft Hteral, and feems as eafy as any. 
 
 The lafl line feeming defedive may not nVJlD have been dropped at 
 the end of it, " And mine acquaintanceyri?w my youth f" It is generally 
 agreed that ^/^/V(7^/i^/ is here meant. 'yiVDI 22 MSS. 
 
 15. " 1^'C, E5=V^Tff, 6. Did they read DD and viTite vivanaxa'i fo they 
 tranflate the laft word." Seeker. Mr. Bradley mentions fome who read 
 Tjf ** Food." Perh.^ps a miftake for pr. 
 
 ty:i13, " cum cceiu." i. e. turba populi, Pifcator, 6cc. Or as our Bib. 
 Verf. " ill company. See alfo Mudge and Lowth. " ev o^tovo/a 6. Syr. & 
 Vulg." Seeker. Mr. Bradley obferves, fome propofe ^lifn^, 
 
 16. ma't:" 10 MSS. ma ♦tt'S & 2 with Mudge, &c. read mSD K^ty. 
 Hare and others :i»l^'». Dwell D»:i'». But as the metre in this line is 
 defective, VTsi from its fimilitude to the preceding word paay have 
 been omitted, and the words might ftand thus, 
 
 iD'by ma ^' vra 
 
 " /;; a moment death JJiall be upon them — They fliall go down alive 
 ^to the grave." See Numb. xvi. 21, 31; to which the pfalmift proba- 
 bly alludes. See Gej. 
 
 VlNC^ D"n one MS. as in Numb. xvi. '31 j where we have the 
 local n. 
 
 Da"\pl. Hare and others with one MS. omit this word j but then 
 I would read with 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & i^^th. Dnni:ia2 for the metre's 
 fake. Syr. omits it. 
 
 17. The metre in the Collat. being too fliort in the laft line, may 
 not Nj have been omitted through its likenefs to the aSx of the 
 
 ^ preceding
 
 • C 91 ] 
 
 preceding verb, *' and Jehovah fhall fave me now f" See Pf. cxviii. 25. 
 6. Ar. & ^th. read ♦JJ?ati'% " Ihall bear me." 
 
 18. nDnN% One MS. reads nrj'HXV See verfe 5. 
 
 19. mpD. 6. Vulg. Ar. iEth. & Syr. read D'lnpa, which is more 
 agreeable to the context. Kennicott fupplies with Ch. yi after »^, 
 *' from evil approaching me." 
 
 '\''r\. Hare, with others, reads n'H, " quoniam contra multos/«/> me- 
 cum." Houb. renders D'ani, " permulti." Sec Pf. liv. 6. Dur^U, 
 " For they are at variance with me." See Pf. Ixxxix. 51. Perhaps 
 we fliould read p*l"trT, " Although many are with me." i. e. to dejlroy 
 mc. See Neh. ix. 19. Hare's metre feems preferable; unlefs with 
 2 MSS. we omit "h nnpD. 
 
 20. Dli? :W'^. Houb. reads with 30 MSS. im\ & iDTplp, " avcr- 
 tet cervicem eorum, neque enim illorum eft mutatio." Durell, Dlpl 
 B^l, " even he that hath exijled from eternity" Hare, &c. itt^V* ♦* J^e 
 that inhabiteth eternity." See a fimilar expreffion, Ifai. Ivii. 15. and 6. 
 & Ar. But Lowth thinks they read ntt"n. And as n'jD feems to have 
 no ufe or fignification here, perhaps it is written for D^D, '* and he 
 that inhabiteth eternity Jliall conjume them" 
 
 mQ'Vn. " Non liquet." Lowth j who gives this verfion of the words by 
 Schultens, " quibus nullc {untfuccejjiones melioris vitas, vel oeconomia?." 
 ** yp^ is tranflated plurally in all the old verfions. Therefore Ihould 
 be, *' and fear not." Seeker. 
 
 21. The metre in this verfe feems defedive, and it is fufficiently 
 fupplied by Hare, who reads nOlVtr 'JTiNn, for VCiVtyn, and that is 
 much favoured by Ifai. xxxviii. 22. " Mifit fuas manus in homines pad" 
 
 fcos." Or perhaps pni may be dropped at the end, " he hath 
 broken his covenant with them." One MS. adds a word, which af- 
 fords no good fenfe. VOl'^tJ'Il 31 MSS. As the affixes in this and the 
 folloyviiig verfe are in the fing. the pfalmift prob.ably points ^i /ihitophelf 
 as Muis a»i others have obferved. 
 
 A a 2 '22 Va)
 
 C 92 ] 
 
 22. vr^ c. Syr. Vulg. Ar. JEth. with Hare and others read VJS, 
 *• leves prae butyro vu/fas ejus." Which avoids a tautology. Houb. reads 
 plbn for ^pbjif ** mollius butyro os ejus." Lowth follows Symmachus 
 in reading ID'S, ** Their mouths are fofter than butter." which is not 
 fo agreeable to the other ling, affixes. Dureli obferves, that the word 
 in the text may be ufed plurally, " his fpeeches" Seeker alfo refers to 
 Pf. Ixii. 5. 6. render Ip'^n, " they were fcattered," from pbn Bivi' 
 dire, and probably fupplied nonX). pra ira, as a friend fuggefts. 
 
 "lib llpl. The fenfe, as well as the metre, according to the Collat. 
 feems defective; and Lorinus's addition of T\^T\ feems very probable, 
 ** But his heart w^rfl'/Z^/^j war." See Ifai. xxxiii; 18. 
 
 23. *l»Va'n 4 MSS. and ♦ feems to have been dropped from the im- 
 perat. Hiph. in mofl: verbs. 
 
 ■]in'. This word occurs nowhere elfe. Lc Clerc borrows its fignifica- 
 tion from IKS dejiderare. St. Peter, follows 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. 
 Dureli from Taylor renders it, " thefufply ofnecejfaries." Michaelis ren- 
 ders thus, ** frojice in Jehovam id quod dedit tibi." Houb. reads "]3nN, 
 " diligit te." But Ch. reads inntJ', " fpem tuam" which feems to be 
 the moft eligible, " Caft thy hope upon Jehovah." If we may differ 
 from the apoftle ; but fee Kennicott's Gen. Difl". §. 63. 
 
 24. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. juftify Hare in adding mn* at the end 
 of this verfe, to compleat the metre according to his divifion j which 
 appears to be the moft regular. 
 
 Dnmn 125 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LVI. 
 
 THE firft part of the title of this pfalm is very obfcure ; for which 
 ht Bochart and Houb. The fecond fets forth the occafion of it, and 
 it may be ftiled Michtam by way of eminence. See Pf. xvi. Or, as 
 Harmer thinks, becaufe written in gold. See Obf. Vol. ii. p. 180. 
 
 V. I* 6i
 
 C 93 1 
 
 V, I. 0. as a friend obferves, with Vulg. Ar. & Mth, for dVs* 
 read DN'7. ** This pHilm feems corrupted in feveral places, and I can- 
 not reftore them." Seeker. 
 
 D'pim 56 MSS. & 45 iJiK. 
 
 2. As 9 MSS. read DmV, and one OVnbl, the true reading is alfo 
 probably 'Ji'ni'?"!, " he is daWy Jig/iting and troubling mc" See our old 
 Verf. A friend conjedures ♦J,!2nV. 
 
 3. One ant. MS. with all the Verf. except Ch» read 'Jlfli^t:'. 
 Dina. Hare and others have obferved that this word is no where elfe 
 
 ufed as an epithet to Jehovah. Seeker underftands it of God. Houb. 
 reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. Mi\\. DinQD; fee alfo Mudge, &c. Durell 
 renders it, " What time I may be afraid of the haughty." See Ifai. 
 xxiv. 4. But reading with Houb. DVl in the next verfe, I would 
 read DVJ3 here, " from day to day,' which may be connedled with what 
 precedes or follows. Or as a friend fuggefls Dv'? DVC 
 
 4. MSS. 2. read Nnpf^ for HtOn}^, " / laill call upon thee." 
 
 5. nn*T. Houb. reads milb. See Pf cxxx. 5. And fhould we not 
 read n'nVKH for the ifl D^-^'7^{2 ? 
 
 6. inyy nm. The verllons differ greatly in the fenfe of thefe words ; 
 and that of our own feems forced, " they wrejl my words." Houb. 
 reads "in, " they have confulted a matter againfl me." But there being 
 a great fimilitude in the letters, and from comparing the next verfe, 
 perhaps we fhould read TiVV* 0"n, " every day they encompaffed my 
 
 ■ ways." 
 
 Dnnti^na. 28 MSS. have more regularly. DmnJ^n;!:. See 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & Mih. 
 
 7. IJ'flV^ 32 MSS. have 1J5V'. See Tf. x. 8. 
 
 8. " Non liquet." Lowth. The firft line of this verfe affords but 
 little fenfe as it ilands at prefent, nor do any of the verllons affifl, except 
 Syr. which reads lb d'J'IS X^ 'J"\2N% " atque dixerunt non ejl ei fahator.'-' 
 And it is obfervable that 6. Vulg. & i^th. read ;'K alfo for pK > but 
 Hare's reading with a lefs variation feems more agreeable to the con- 
 
 B b text,.
 
 C 94 ] 
 
 text, T2b bbs D:iK b'jf, " y^i^g^ thein for t/ieir iniquity." Our Verf. 
 read "]2Kn ** /?; ////ff^ anger-" but without authority. One MS. reads 
 TTirt. See Pf. Iv. 23. 
 
 9. 't;. 33 jMSS. read mi, more regularly i unlefs. with a very fmall 
 alteration we might read 'Hi, which feems more agreeable to the con- 
 text, " Thou hall numbered tny lamentations." See Mich. ii. 4. 
 
 11kS':2. All the verfions, except Ch. with Houb. &c. read ITOi'?, 
 " Thou fettefl: my tears before thee." See 2 Sam. xvi. 12. But Mr. 
 Bradley obferves, that it was the cuftom to ufe tear bottles at funerals, 
 and that there are feme in the britilli mufeum, found in fome antient 
 fepulchrrd urns belonging to the kings of Naples ; and that Dr. Solan- 
 der once told him, a fimilar cullom was ufed in the eafl: ; which throws 
 great light on this paflage. 
 
 One ant. MS. adds CTiVk, at the end of the verfe, " are they not 
 in thy book, God-^" which the metre feems to call for, unlefs we 
 read with Ch. mn' at the beginning of the line. 
 
 10. Whether the metre of the Collat, or Hare's be obferved, . his 
 addition of nriK at the end of the verfe according to 6. & iEth. feems 
 proper, " for thou art my God. 
 
 ♦2'N 9 MSS. with 27 Marg. 
 
 11. One line in this verfe, as Hare and others have obferved, is pro-, 
 bably fpurious -, but reading TimV, with Houb. for "in, as in verfe 5, 
 fhould not the lail line be retained rather than the firft, " I will praife 
 'Jehovah becaufe of his word — In God, bzQ. ?" 
 
 i^. "hy. Hare and others read "]'Vv i and inflead of imj, mj, 
 adding nUTt^- after cbil'K J which readings are ftrongly fupported by Syr. 
 " Tibi deus perfohani "cot a tnea ; et cum gratiarum aciione facrijcabo tibiJ* 
 See Pf. ]. 14. 
 
 14. NVn. Houb. renders it, etiam ; but as all the verfions tranflate it 
 et, frcm comparing ihe parallel parage, Pf. cxvi. 5. the true reading, as 
 Durcll obferves, probubly is riNl; unlefs it may be written for ni*?!!, 
 " For. thou haft delivered my foul from death, — thou hajl freed my feet 
 
 from
 
 [ 95 ] 
 
 falling." See our Bib. VeiTion. And this verb might be omitted from 
 its likcnefs to that preceding. Ar. & JEth. fupply, " and mine eyes from 
 tears," conformably to Pf. cxvi. See Hare, &c. 8. 
 
 mi<3. Syr. & R\k\. with one MS. read nyiNl, " in the land of 
 the living." See alfo Pf. cxvi. 9. and Seeker j who had once conjedlured 
 that the true word in both places might be m"l5>{n, or mmN*^. Comp. 
 Pf. xvi. II. &c. But fee Job. xxxiii. 3c. 
 
 PSALM LVII. 
 
 nniyn. Perhaps we fliould read nV(i'n» to denote an inflrument 
 of nine firings ; as we read of three, fix, and ten flringed inftruments. 
 This pfalm was compofed on a fimilar occaiion with the former. See 
 Poole. And there is no more occafion to infer from verfe v. with Mudge 
 that Daniel was the author of it, than there is to conclude that Pf. xxii. 
 was written by him from verfe 22. See Pf. cviii. 2 — 6. 
 
 V. 2. min. ij MSS. with all the verfions read mn. fmg. which 
 the verb requires ; but for 'yiT, we fliould read ^ivri, or with Houb. 
 in the infin. "liyn; unlefs with Durell we render it, " until it caufe ca- 
 lamities to pafs aivayJ" i. e. The /Jiadow. 
 
 3. "ID-Ij or as 12 MSS. nai:i, ferficientem. Gejerus, Mudge, &c. 
 Hare, Houb. &c. read bo:i, retribuentem ; and as the metre is defedlive 
 inftead of reading D'H^Nb with Hare, perhaps we fhould add niVJ, 
 '* upon the God who recompenfeth good io me." See i Sam. xxiv. i8. 
 
 4. nbo. If we read with no great alteration D^D, inftead of this 
 word, which is improper here, and f)*in» for t]nn, with iQ^Xi/ accord- 
 ing to 4 MSS. the tranfpofition propofed by Plare and others to fupply 
 the defedl in the metre, will be unneceffary, " He fhall fend fion 
 Heaven, and fhall fave me — He Jliall put to Jliame all them, who de- 
 
 B b 2 vour
 
 C 96 ] 
 
 vour me— God lliall fend forth his mercy and truth." It is obferva- 
 ble that Ch. reads here alfo oblvV for n^D. See Pf. Iv. 8. 
 
 5. nnSt'iS*. Green would read niDu, to agree with '{yDJ. Houb. fup- 
 
 plies "SNl, which has a great affinity to the preceding word, " et con- 
 
 Jirmavit animam meam." Seeker following 6. Syr. Ar. & ^Eth. fup-r 
 
 .pofes that yen has been dropped before this laft word, rather with a 
 
 friend V>»"', ** and he Jliall deliver tny ioxA, &c." 
 
 D'On*?. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. feem to have read Dl'jJ, " con- 
 turbatiis." Perhaps we fliould read D'iDmVl, or D'OnVn. See Ch. and 
 MSS. 
 
 CNl'?. 50 MS3. have CNl*?, which the grammatical conftrucSion 
 calls for; or as Houb. D'N'»nV, or D'llNb " in dry places." Who reads 
 alfo with one MS. mJn. " The fons of men are archers; their teeth 
 (are) /pears aud arrows." Ch. as Seeker obferves, either reads D'unV, 
 or takes DNlb to fignify fames. 
 
 6. by 2. c. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with 3 MSS. read VVV See 
 Pf. cviii. 6. and the words may be rendered thus, ** Lift up thy glory 
 O God, above the Heavens, and above all the earth." 
 
 7. fl3D. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read either with Houb. liJflD, 
 or with Hare, &:c. 153 ; and it is not improbable that 'nSv'7 followed 
 it, *< they have bowed down my foul to the diift." See Pf. xliv. 25. 
 Or the text may be confidered according to our Bib. Veriion in pyh. 
 " My foul is boived down to the duft." All the verfions have "ibSil, 
 " and are fallen." And if the above readings be admitted, the verfe 
 might be divided more regularly into four lines, ** they have prepared 
 a net for my feet. — they have bowed down my foul to the duft or, my 
 
 foul is, &€. — They have digged a pit before me, — and are fallen, &c." 
 
 8. See Pf. cviii. 2. &c. for this and the following verfes. 
 
 9. *' *inty is not elfewhere ufed adverbially, nor I believe with an el- 
 h'pfis of n. " I ivill aivaken the ?norning," is more grammatical, and 
 poetical." Seeker. 
 
 miOT 6 MSS. 
 
 10. ':ij*.
 
 C 97 ] 
 
 io 'Jlt? 24 MSS. read niH*. See alfo Pf. 108. 
 
 DVjyn, i. e. inter Tribus IJraelis. Pifcator. And that this word is ufed 
 plurally for 'the Jewifh people fee Deut. xxxiii. 3, 19. &cc. 
 12. by. 2 MSS. read here alfo Vvi. See verfe 6. 
 
 PSALM LVIII. 
 
 FOR the title of this pfalm fee Pf. xvi. 57. 
 
 2. DS^C. Houb. reads &»nbK, " O jD//." as in verfe 12. Mudge 
 and others C'jK, *' ye princes." Hare prefers DDN j and as Edwards 
 obferves from the filence of the verfions with refpedt to either of the 
 former fenfes, this feems to be right ; though Muis and others fuppofe 
 that they might read dViK, certe, which as they obferve is unneceffary j 
 and Seeker would omit this, or the preceding word. Perhaps, by a 
 metathefis we might read DnV j for which fee Gen. xxv. 23. Ifai. 
 li. 4. " Do ye verily fpeak righteoufnefs, O ye people f" which reading 
 our verfions countenance. But fee Ainfworth. 
 
 3. The conjedlure of Hare and others, that the verbs in this verfe have 
 changed their place, is very probable- 
 
 ibn. i^^th. reads DDlVl, which the fenfe as well as metre 
 feems to require, ** Yea, in your heart ye meditate iniquity. — Ton work 
 violence with your hands in the earth." Or, as one MS. and all the 
 verfions read llDbflS perhaps p'jViD' is better, ** your hands ivork vio- 
 lence, &c." 
 
 4. nm. 3 MSS. read nillj which is more grammatical. Green 
 renders the whole thus, " The wicked are Rrangers to pity — they turn 
 afide from compaffion, fpeaking lies." 
 
 5. nan moi^. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th.. omit the laji of thefe 
 two words, •• Their poifon is according to the likenefs of a ferpent." See 
 
 C c our
 
 C 98 ] 
 
 our Bib. Marg. But if wc confult Ch. the true reading feems to be 
 nanr, " Their poifon is like the poifon of a ferpent." 
 
 \'nQ, or as the word might be originally X\r\Q, is derived from nn3# 
 decepit, as ]1K,1 from n»SU> and probably alludes to the fedudion of 
 Eve by the ferpent. Gen. iii. 13. And that eminent predidion in 
 verfe 1 5, may have given rife to the fabulous ftory of Apollo's flaying the 
 ferpent Pithon. For other derivations of which fee Thef. Graec. Antiq. 
 Vol. VII. p. 31. 
 
 6. D^ntD. Hare and Green read D^Mna and fupply "jljiV, " -Do- 
 cem incantantis incantationesyd-^/fw/a." But as 37 MSS. read "iin, which 
 may be confidered as the infinit. for "inn, by reading alio naDPIO, the 
 words may be thus rendered, ** which will not hear the voice of 
 the charmers — charming ivith the greate/l Jkill." For the interpretation 
 of thefc words fee Bochart, and Merrick. Ar. renders DDnO thus, 
 " ffielius quam fapiens" i. e. as excelling him. Shuckford gives this 
 verfion of the whole, " As the deaf adder will ftop her ear, which will 
 not attend to the voice of the eloquent putthig together the fayings of the 
 ivi/c." See Conned. Vol. III. p. 302. 
 
 7. The firft part of this verfe alludes, as Hammond obfervcs, to the 
 poifon contained under the teeth of the adder. 
 
 8. " N. L. unlefs it be correded. See Hare and Houb." Lowth. 
 IDNC Buxtorf admits 1DD2* as more proper. See his Lexic. 
 
 y:h Hare, with c. Syr. & Ar. omits this word as redundant at the 
 end of the iirfl; line, and for l^D reads D'H*?}* in the next. Durell 
 prefers iDn. Houb. reads Dm. Amidft this variety, inftead of 103 
 iVn 1"n', I would propofe the following reading, adding 01 inftead of 
 ^dl at the beginning of the line, &c. 133 VVn nm» Ol, " And when 
 he Jhooteth his arrows ogainjl theniy they fhall be cut down." But a 
 friend giving 1DN2' the fenfe of 6. & Syr. omitting yd") with 
 them, and for the fecond 123 reading according to c. liv, which 
 one ant. MS. favors, having a word with y inferted, gives this fenfe 
 of this and the foregoing verfe, «♦ God breaketh their teeth in their 
 
 mouth
 
 I 99 1 
 
 " mouth. — Jehovah breaketh the jaw-bones of M^y? lions. — TheyPmUbf 
 " defpifed; they (hall run oT like waters. He Ihall (hoot his arrows 
 " until they Le cut off." 
 
 "TinT. 8 MSS. 49 with Syr. VVn. and 33 ib'^ISn'. 
 
 9. h'bl^'' Bochart, with many others, underftands by this word, " the 
 " fnaii:' 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. and i^tb. probably read iin, as in 
 Pf. Ixviii. 3. which bears no affinity to the word in the text : but as on: 
 MS. reads h'b'2\if. and another bh'DZ', and four have DDn> which agrees 
 better with the mafc. noun, inflead of Dttn ; reading alfo with Hare and 
 others •}D'7n' for -j^T, and with one ant. MS. VdJD, or 'jSJ t^D^D, fee 
 MS. 4. the words might bear this fenfe, " As an abortion is conjumed, 
 let them pafs aivay — As the u?itimely fruit of a woman let them not fee 
 the Sun." Such repetitions of the fame fentiment frequently occurring 
 in the Sacred Writings. But a friend, fuggefting that the fame fimilitudc 
 is repeated as in verfe 8, offers this reading, iD^n* CO rb'2.U "02, " As 
 a flood of waters they fliall pafs away." Sec Pf. Ixix. 15. 
 
 ic. Houb. reads thus, ]Tiyi:;^ "jnn lOD nn iDD, i^DH DH^nn'O n':» 
 
 tD'lD2. ** Antequam vepres conan in rhamnum creverunt, velut J'pi-na, 
 \t\\itcarduusX.\jixh'mQ abripientur." Lowth renders the words thus, *' An- 
 tequam ollas veftrsB fpinam fentient, tarn vivam, quam aridam, tempeftas eos 
 
 auferet." Seeker is inclined to follow Green's reading of r\T\ for 'n 
 
 " Sooner than the bramble can heat your pots — let (God's) wrath, 
 
 " like a ftormy wind, fweep him away." Durell, reading with 
 
 Mudge p*in ion. gives the words this fenfe, " The living one in 
 '* wrath, will take them as with a whirlwind." Hare would read 'C'ii 
 for»n, " Antequam ebuUire faciat lebetes rhamnus, ficut ignis, fie ira tua 
 *• abripiat eum." I would propofe the following reading, which is 
 countenanced by Vulg. and Ar. iDiyD' ^T^ni D"m!3D, " As alive he Jhall 
 " conjume them in wrath." alluding to Num. xvi. 30. A friend alfo fug- 
 gefting D"n, and referring to Num. xvi gives nearly the fame fenfe, ** Be- 
 " foreyout pots feel the thorns — i. e, the fire — fo in wrath Jie [ i. e. Je- 
 " hovah] fhall deflroy them as yet living." 
 
 c c 2 DD'nin'D
 
 [■ lOO J 
 
 Cj'DIVD 20 MSS. and 25 1i")VDS with D. See Zech. vii. 14. 
 
 11. '' He n.all waOi, &c." " Alludit ad morem apud Hebrasos la- 
 vaiidi pedes defatigatorum ex itinere, quo hi refocillabantur. Vid. 
 I Tim. v. ic." Muis. But it is obfervable that 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & 
 iEtb. render VDVS, manus ejus; fo that they probably read VT. See 
 Pr. Ixxiv. 3. 
 
 12. DIK coIleSlive ponitur. Pifcator. But one MS. omits it, <* and 
 he fliall fay, (i. e. the righteous mail) verily, &c." 
 
 D'DSti'. or as 5 MSS. D'DflW. Hare and Edwards retain this reading, 
 though confefledly unufual for the fake of the metre. 6. Vulg. & iEth. 
 read DtDDlty, *' Verily there is a reward for the righteous — Verily there 
 is a God ni^ho judgeth thofe that are in the earth." But this reading 
 kaving no proper antecedent, a friend propofes Dj; JOflJi', ** Verily there 
 is a God, who judgeth the people upon earth." 
 
 PSALM LIX. 
 
 FOR the firft part of the title fee Pf. Ivii. and notwithftanding it 
 exprefsly afcribes it to David, Mudge thinks it more applicable to the 
 times of Hezekiah ; which verfe 6 and 9, feem to countenance. Seeker 
 obferves that neither this pfalm, nor the following, fuit their title. 
 
 V. 3. ^bVIDD 8 MSS. 
 
 4. The metre in the fecond line of this verfe feems defedive. May not 
 then D'DV have been dropped before, or after D'fy> ** The mighty peo- 
 ple:' 
 
 5. ^ijr. Our verfions, v^^ith Houb. read 'iiy, which the conflrudion 
 feems to require, '• without my fault." 
 
 ]15fTn' 54 MSS. 
 
 6. D'nVK. Kennicott and others, with one antient MS. read ♦n'7t< ; 
 and the' we have the word in the firft form no lefs than three times in 
 
 Pf. Ixxx.
 
 C '01 ] 
 
 Pf. Ixxx, and once in Pf. Ixxxiv. 9. from comparing other ja'Tages, there 
 can be no doubt but 'hVk is the true reading-, unlefs we omit it for the 
 fake of the metre, as we very frequently have mxai' mn', (See Calaf. 
 Cone.) or the two laft words. 
 
 l^p£h 20 MSS. and 5 n:nn. But 6. Syr. and Ar. probably read 'VlS* 
 ** to all them f/iaf work iniquity." See V. 3. 
 
 7. laiB". This word does not fuit well with the context. Might it 
 not be written fonLD1t:>'. " I'/iey run about \n the evening."? 
 
 n'7D3. Syr Vulg. and Ar. with Houb. read d'7DD, " as dogs" 
 
 8. From comparing the metre of the Collat. witli Syr. Ar. and Ch. it is 
 not improbable that we ihould read 'nO^? after »3, " for they fay who 
 doth hear ?" See alfo the margin of our Bib. Verf. 
 
 10. ItJf. I MS. with 6. Ch. & Vulg. reads my, ** my flrength." And 
 it is generally agreed that the firfl: line of this verfe fhould be corrected 
 by verfe i8. See Houb. 
 
 11. "inon. 33 MSS. with Ch. read non, which is countenanced by 
 
 verfe 18. and Pf. cxUv. 2. See alfo our Bib. Verf. Hare and others. 
 
 But Green prefers nora, " God in his mercy, &c." As a friend obferves, 
 
 2 MSS. read ♦:»xn*. And » is often put for the radical n- See Pf. Ix. 
 
 5, &c. 
 
 12. The fecond line according to the metre of the Collat. which ap- 
 pears to be mofl eligible, being too fhort, we fhould probably read 
 CnVK after ^Vnn, " fcatter them by thy power, Go^— and put them 
 down, O Jehovah, our fliield." A Friend thus, " Jlay them not." i. e^ 
 ** in war with a fword, or any other warlike weapon, left the people 
 ftiould afcribe the deftrudion of their enemies to themfelves and not 
 to God." Houb. has a different reading in this and the next verfe. 
 
 ♦ilK. 17 MSB. mn». 
 
 13. The conftrudion in the firft part of this verfe is obfcure. Ge- 
 jerus and others fuppofing a metathelis give the words this fenfe ** The 
 word of their lips is the fm of their mouths." Hare and others fupply 
 *lDt, ** remember the fm of their mouth, and the word, &:c." Houb. and 
 
 D d others
 
 [ 102 ] 
 
 others according to Ch. 5c Ar. prefix the prepofition n to both the 
 nouns. See our Bib. Verf. But as one good MS. reads IDS, might 
 not the true reading be 132, *' The word of their lips is fm unto them ?" 
 See Lev. xxiii. 23. 
 
 14. 7^2 nsnn n'^D. As all the verfions have the pronoun, & Syr. 
 reads 'jan^, the true reading probably is according to Houb. 0*73 
 noni 0*73, " confiime them in thy wraths conjume them." See Exod. 
 xxxil. lo. 
 
 Syr. Vulg. & Ar. 'DSkH " and to the ends " 
 
 15. See V. 7. 
 
 16. "irVl, " If they be not fatisfied, then they laill grudge" which 
 takes ofF the neceflity of the tranfpolition propofed by Hare. See our 
 Bib. Marg. 
 
 17. The fenfe, if not the metre, feems to require "^K, or mn', at the 
 end of the firft line, " But I will fing of thy power, Gody or Je- 
 hovah" iny 6 MSS. 
 
 18. non »n'7N. 2 valuable MSS. omit thefe words, as in the pa- 
 rallel paflage verfe lOj but there does not feem to be any occafion for 
 rejedling the whole verfe with Hare and others, as it may be oonfidered 
 as a Chorus. »ny 4 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LX. 
 
 ^B^ty bV' Junius fuppofes it to denote inftruments of^x firings. Sec 
 Pf. 45. The title fets forth that various events gave occafion to this 
 pfalm. Delany afcribes it to David's vidory over the houfe of Saul. See- 
 ker obferves that Hare's change of verfes here, and in Pf. Ixxxv. is very 
 ingenious, and would make each pfalm more confiftent. 
 
 3. nnt^n. Houb. and Seeker, " aver/uses" which affords a beauti- 
 ful afyndeton, if the following prepofition will admit of it. One ant. 
 
 MS.
 
 C 103 ] 
 
 MS. reads with 6 Vulg. Ar. and JEth. niVy^m. *' ^ui thou wilt reftore us." 
 See Lowth's notes on Ifai. p. 236. 
 
 4. nfll. 3 MSS. with Houb. read KS1» which is more regular. As 20 
 MSS. read Dtmn, the true reading is, as a friend obferves, yiKH ntyyiH- 
 " Earth." Rather /^«/. Seeker. 
 
 5. lin'piyn. The affix here feems to be the third perf. fing. agreeing 
 with Djr, " thou haft given // a deadly wine to drink." Or rather, 
 ** the wine of trembling,'' From the verb bvi perhaps comes the word 
 to reel. 
 
 6. tDB^p. Reading with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with Houb. &c. 
 ntyp, and deriving DDUnn'? from Dli, fttgere, the words might bear 
 the fenfe put upon them by Lorinus, " Thou haft given to them that 
 fear thee a fignal — to fy from the bow." which affords an elegant paronc- 
 mafia. 
 
 7. WVI. 43. MSS. All the verfions, Houb. &c. read 'ijjn, '* and hear 
 thou me." 
 
 8. Ityipl. Should not this word be rendered, " in hisfanBuary" f 
 whence the divine oracles were Iffued forth. See Pf. cviii. 8. " The 
 following words muft be David's." Seeker. ** I will divide, &c-" 
 " This meaneth a full pofleffion after conqueft." Ainfw. See Green alfo 
 on Hab. iii. 6. DIDID 2 MS. See Pf. cviii. 
 
 9- 'tJ'N'l, &;c. Hare makes, The Jirength of my head, to fignify a 
 helmet, and renders 'ppPIID, ** hqfla mea." Seekers objefts to this, and 
 makes '{J^KI to iignify a perfon, ** and Ephraim is the preferver of my 
 perfon." See Pf. xxvii. i. and Pf. cxl. S. Might not the words bear 
 this fenfe, ** But Ephraim is my principal ftrength." ? See Gen. 
 xlviii. 19. Deut. xxxiii. 17. 
 
 ^y>ptM2, or as 31 MSS. 'ppmo. As 6, Ar. ^th. Syr. & Vulg. read 
 'DbD, and the metre in this line feems deficient, perhaps the laft word 
 has been omitted, and we (hould read both, *' Judah is my lawgiver, 
 and my king." See Gen. xlix. 10. 
 
 D d 2 10. '^ynnrr.
 
 I 104 3 
 
 ♦yynnn. The true reading according to Syr. the parallel paflkge, Pf. 
 cviii. and Houb. is yyilDK, and one MS. has ♦WinnK. The feveral ex- 
 preffions in this verfe borrowed from the eaflern cuftoms denote the 
 greateft degree of fubjedlion. See Pf. cviii. and Merr. 
 
 11. *jbav. 49 MSS. with Houb. more regularly 'iVnV. 
 
 Ty. Hare reads 'Vy2, but one MS. has yy^, equally proper. Hsjre 
 corrects the following word in Pf. cviii. by this, but nva^ feems to be 
 the better reading ; one MS. at firfl having "11^23 ; unlefs we might read 
 n^i'l. See Pf. cviii. 11. 
 
 on:. One MS. has ♦jmi. But ♦ini' feems to be the true reading. 
 See 6. 6,;c. 
 
 12. MSS. 2. one of which is very antient, authorize Hare and others 
 in omitting the fecond DTiVk, " And wilt not thou go forth with our 
 armies ?" But Gejer. Lowth, &c. following 6. fupply nt^'K before the 
 firft verb, " Nonne tu Deus, jui repuliili nos, &c. ?" See Pf. cviii. I2. 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 
 I T is generally agreed that this pfalm refers to 2 Sam. xvii. 22, 24. 
 V. 2. One MS. reads with Syr. nn'tt'pn^ " and attend, &c." 
 
 3. D1T. Ch. reads D'l, which feems right. See alfo Mudge and 
 Seeker. 6. Syr. Ar. & ^th. read 'JnODin, ** Exaltafli me." See 
 Houb. Verf. 
 
 4. One good MS. yn. 
 
 5. 73JD. One MS. reads Tjfl, as in Pf. xxxi. 21. which fee. 
 
 6. 'KT TiB'T. All the verfions read with Hare, &c. 'KT"? ne^JV 
 *• Thou giveft an inheritance to thofe who fear thy name." 
 
 7. m 103 vmjt'. One MS. reads with Meibomius and Hare Tniity, 
 both of them referring it to God. But one MS. at firil with 6, Ar.
 
 [105] 
 
 JEth. and Houb. read 'DO for 103, " as the days of, &c." 
 
 nn 59 Mss. 
 
 B. dVf. One ant. MS. reads DblV*?. 
 
 |0. There can be little doubt, but that this word was originally '♦3, 
 for which fee Houb. Gen. Diflert. Sed. 25. Lowth, &c. " Mercy and 
 Truth froTfJ Jehovah {hall preferve him." But Meibomius and others 
 confider it as a mere expletive. Our Verf. with Ainfworth make it the 
 imperat. from n^D, parare. 
 
 nnVi*. 7 MSS. read imnVi*. See Prov. xx. 28. 
 
 PSALM LXII. 
 
 FOR the title fee Pf. xxxix. The fubjefl is fimllar to the former. 
 
 V. 2. The metre of the collat. feems preferable to Hare's j and 
 wc (hould read with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. iEth. and two' ant. MSS. 
 littQ 'D* " For from him is my Salvation. See v. 6. Our verfions fup- 
 ply nN2 alfo ; but I know not upon what authority. 
 
 3. n2"1. Houb. reads n'?D; but this being probably only a mujical 
 mark, the metre would be defedlive. One ant. MS. omits it; and ano- 
 ther reads 'ins*, " I iTiall not hereafter be moved." which aftbrds a good 
 fenfe. But perhaps it is written for "ry"?, which might be omitted both 
 here and vtriz 7. from its fimilitude to the following words, *' I (hall 
 never be moved." See Pf. xxx. 6. 
 
 4. Ch. fupplies TDn after {y»{if, •'* virum mtferlcordem." Perhaps 
 B^'1 has been rather omitted through the fimilitude of the word?, "againrt; 
 the poor man." 
 
 The next line in the Collat. feems dcfeiflive, and- the pronoun being 
 wanted, "iDN may have been dropped, ** All of you would kill him — 
 {who is) as a tottering wall, and a broken hedge" See 6. Vulg. & 
 
 E e Ar.
 
 [ io6 J 
 
 Ar. Hout. according to S}r. would read inVlV the gerund, for Winn. 
 Though Muis and others give this word a palTive fenfe. See alfo our 
 verfions, and Lowth's notes on Ifai. p. 158. Seeker propofes this tranf- 
 lation, " Hqiv Icng 'wUl ye commit murder all of ycu, as a bowing "waU, a 
 tottering fence ." For thefe are always read)rto do mifchief." 
 
 r. irXi'!:. Perhaps inntTD, " Verily they confult his deJlru5lion — 
 to put him down they delight in lying, &c." Hare would read the affix 
 pronoun in the firft perfon, acording to c. Vulg. & -ffith. — Syr. reads 
 
 "innnV. 
 
 rfl2. 6. 2. ant. MSS. with Houb. &c. read Dn*£51, which the 
 -grammatical conftrudion requires ; for Hare's reading (nTl3 mendacem) 
 will not reft ore it. As Seeker obferves, 6 read 5i4.e( for ^EtiJe.. Probably 
 the Collat. of 6. MSS. will corredl this error. 
 
 6. ♦on. 4 MSS. read ri'DH, and one ant. MS. has D'H^K "JN, as in 
 verfe i. And it feems proper to read uniformly in both places. 
 
 7. For the reading at the end of this verfe fee verfe 3. 
 
 8. D'n*7N. Hare conjedlures very probably that we Ihould read mn», 
 " In 'Jehovah" &c. 
 
 ♦Dno. 8 MSS. with Houb. read 'Dnai, according to 6.. & Syr. 
 
 »ny 2 MSS. 
 
 9. Cy ny ^yi. Houb. reads according to 6. & Vulg. DVH fl^TV ^73. 
 " Trufl in him all ye congregation of the people" But one ant. MS. omit- 
 ting DV, it might be 'OV's\ '7Dn> " all ye people." 
 
 10.. bino nan T\^yhy " Si ponantur in bilance, ipfi leviores funt 
 vanitate fimul." Muis, &c. DH Dm'JV'?, ** Putting them in balances, 
 they are altogether vanity." Houb. ** Si homines ponerentur in una 
 lance, vanitas vero in altera, turn homines afcenderent, vanitas vero 
 defcenderet." Fife. &c. " Taking mbyV to fland for the fut. it may 
 be tranflated, " They will afcend together in the balance more than 
 vanity." Seeker. But perhaps for in» we fliould read I'jp', " Surely 
 men of low degree are vanity — Men of high degree are a lie ; when they 
 
 are
 
 [ 107 ] 
 
 are put in the balances, they arc lighter than vanity,"' See Ch. Dan. v. 
 27. and our Bib. Verf. But fee Pf. xlix. 3. 
 
 11. MSS. 4. by a metathefis read l^nin, which may give this con- 
 /Irudion, " and by robbery hajlen not to wealth." See Prov. xxviii. 22. 
 Syr. & Ar. read DDlb> " your heart." 
 
 12. nriK. Perhaps i\\c Jirjl time may refer to David's vidory over 
 Goliath, and the fecond to his being placed on the throne of Ifrael ; 
 but it may denote frequency. See Job xl. 5. 
 
 ♦nyosy. 10 MSS. read with Ar. UVDiy, *' 'we have heard." See alfo 
 gen. DifT. Cod. 255. 
 
 D'n*7N'7. Hare and others read D'nbf* lb, or ♦J^^J, for the fake of the 
 metre, and conftrudtion. But Syr. Ar. & R.\\\ feem to have read T\''T\» 
 « Quia poteftas Dei eft." See our Verf. nv 6 MSS. 
 
 13. ♦ili^. 28 MSS. read nin*. Hare's divifion of the metre feeems 
 better than that of the Collat. or Edwards. 
 
 PSALM LXIII. 
 
 MUDGE fuppofes that the author of this pfalm is at yerafalem i 
 and therefore infers that the title is wrong ; and Seeker has the fol- 
 lowing queries on verfe 12. " Was David called King, in Saul's time .? If 
 not, is not the title of this pfalm wrong ? But fee Muis, 6cc. in Poole. 
 
 V. 2. Hare divides this verfe into^^'u^' lines. The Collat. and others 
 into four in different methods. Perhaps it might be only three, " O God, 
 thou art my God ; I will feek thee early — my foul thirfleth for thee -, 
 my flefh longeth after thee — as a barren and dry land without water." 
 
 pKn. Hare, &c. read with Syr. and 2 MSS. pK3, " as a barren, 
 t^c" See Pf. cxliii. 6. 
 
 3- nmn. 76 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Ar. &; iEth. read ^nnn; and 
 the words may perhaps be rendered thus, ** So as / have Jeen thee in 
 
 £ e 2 the
 
 [ io8 ]' 
 
 the fanduary — to behold thy power, and thy glory." Houb. reads 
 I'DOn, giving them this fenfe, " Thus have I waited for thee in Cades." 
 See Seeker alfc. Lowth renders p with Fenwick, '* Jleadi'y'* 
 ^nv 4 MSS. 
 
 4. "IJinniy*. The i feems to have been inferted here improperly 
 through its fimilitude to 1 as in other places ; for though 3 MSS. omit 
 the laft, all the Verf- have the plur. verb. 
 
 5. p. " Senfu ufitato hie intelligi nequit." Hare. See above. 
 Perhaps the right reading is |n, " Behold, I will blefs thee, while I 
 live." Syr. & Vulg. with 2 MSS. y^t'lX " and in thy name" 
 
 6. Houb. reads -)"7bn' mjn TlDli'm " and with joyful lips it (hall 
 praife thee." But Syr. Ch. & Vulg. favor the text. 6. Ar. 6c iEth. 
 read "]^D', and the lips of rejoicing ftiall praife thy name" 
 
 7. C}>f. " ^umdocuJique, Caftell. ^oties, Houb." Lowth. But 
 Muis renders it, quum, referring to Numb, xxxvi. 4. 
 
 m"n2C\S3 19 MS?, See Pf. xc. 4. 
 
 9. Syr. reads ♦!% *' and thy right hand, &c." which the metre feems- 
 to call for. Unlets we read *2 O. See MSS. 
 
 10. HNIK^V. Syr. makes this the infinitive mood, perdere. Mudgc 
 and others render it, '* into a pit." 6. Vulg. & Mih, read here with 
 one MS. Ni::'b, '* in vanum" Ch. blN^^b, " But thofe who feek my 
 life to the grave — fliall go into the lower parts of the earth." An allu- 
 fion perhaps to the Lex Talionis. 
 
 INin* 12 MS". 
 
 1 1 . "im'-V. Hare reads Yiu*. Houb. n:i». Both rendering it accord- 
 ing to c. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & Mth. *' Tradentur." See Jerem. xviii. 
 21. Mr. Bradley propofes miUS " Jhall caiife it (lite) to be poured out •" 
 and refers to Blayney on Ezek. xxxv. 5. in his Jerem. and 13 MSS. 
 read imnu'. Durell prefers I'll;!'. " They Jhall ahiae in the power of 
 the fword-" But T\y}, which feems to be the true reading, may be 
 the fut. niph. from *),13, '* they Jhall Ufpilt hy the power of the fword." 
 See 2 Sam. xiv. 14.
 
 [ 109 ] 
 
 tD^bW» 67 MSS. more regularly D'byilT. i. c Jackalls. Sec Mer- 
 rick from Shaw, &c, 
 
 12. " Shall fwear by him." If thefe words relate to God, they muft be 
 underftood in a limited fenfe. See Jercm. iv. 2. But Patrick, &c. 
 refer them to David. See Poole. 
 
 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 I T is generally fuppofed that this pfalm was compofed by David, 
 when under the perfecution of Saul. See Patrick, &c. But it is 
 equally applicable to Abfalom's confpiracy. See 2 Sam. xv.i — 13. 
 
 V. 2. n»K one MS. 
 
 3. ♦byifi. 14 MSS. 
 
 4. Abfalom infmuated 2 Sam. xv. 4. that David did not adminifter 
 juftice, 
 
 5. All the Verf. read with 17 MSS. irrnv, or with 3 iniT, ** Sud- 
 denly do they hit him." But fee Pf. ii. 12. DIKHB 27 MSS. See verfe 8. 
 There is a beautiful paronomafia between in"T and INT'. Syr. reads with 
 12 MSS. '[iK'y, *' and they are not feen." which Lowth and a friend 
 approve. 
 
 6. la*?. 2d. Houb. &c. read according to Syr. liV, **' Who fhall fee 
 us?" 
 
 7. " Non liquet." Lowth. For various emendations fee Poole. Houb. 
 reads nip 'WSn DlTiJn IDDfl XD^^V "Ityfln, *' Perfcrutantur improbitatem 
 
 fuam, perjcrutationem fuam confummant, fcrutantur interiora hominis, et cor 
 profundum." " 6. & Syr. read lOn." Seeker. Hare by a metathefis 
 reads lllp, " Sibi fcrutantur iniquitates, perficiunt fcrutinium explora- 
 tiffimum, intmofuo qui/que, corde et profundo." Mudge reading liJDtD ren- 
 ders thus, '* They difguife their iniquities, they hide them in great dif- 
 guife ; and the infide and heart of each one is deep." See alfo Edwards 
 
 F f and
 
 C iio ] 
 
 and Green. But reading with Mudge, &c. and 46 MSS. liOD for 
 '):on, by a flight change iVSn* for ityflnS and omitting tiffin, which 
 feems redundant, might not the words bear this fenfe, " They delight 
 in wickednefs, they conceal themfehes iTon\(Si\koytvy — ** although any one 
 opproacheth, yet the heart is deep ?" i. e. Their a(flions are fo fecret as 
 not to be found out by human penetration, but God fearcheth them oiit, 
 as the next verfe intimates. See Jerem. xvii. 9, 10. 
 plOV 40 MSS. 
 
 8. DTV 17 MSS. D1V1, more ufual. " Hie talionis poena." Ge- 
 jerus. 
 
 DDOa- The true reading here feems to be CDDID. Part, in Hoph. 
 ** They (hall be fuddenly wounded." 
 DiXniD 64 MSS. See verfe 8. 
 
 9. inb'tyDn. Hare, &c. read with 2 MSS. "iVtyD'l, which the con- 
 flrudion requires. 
 
 r\VCs, or as 4 MSS, HKlS 10 MSS. rerd ♦N'1, and one 'Kll, which 
 the grammatical conftrudion requires, unlefs we read with one MS. 
 Munfter, &c. TTiJn*.- 
 
 ID. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 5 MSS. in'ti'^'Dl, ** and (hall under- 
 ftand his doings." 
 
 1 1 . ^'^1'^. This may be underftood of David In oppofition to Saul^ 
 or Ahfalom. According to the divifion in the Collat. there is no occa- 
 fion for Hare's addition. 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 I F this pfalm was compofed by David, as the title fets forth, it 
 refers probably, according to Edwards, to 2 Sam. xxi. i. That the 
 deliverance from a famine was probably the occafion of it fee Pa- 
 trick, &;c. 
 
 V. 2.
 
 C 111 3 
 
 V. 2. n'Dn 46 MSS. which ftrongly fupports the prefent text ; other- 
 wife 1 fhould have expefted fome other verb. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c 
 ^ih. read mKJ, " PrrJfe becometh thee, &c." Whicl-i feems the moft 
 pertinent fenfe. See Pf. xciii. 5^ 
 
 The metre of the Collat. is completed by adding according to Vulg. 
 & Ar. dVjJ'TI'I at the end of the fccoiid line; which Meibcn.ius alfo 
 and Green fupply for the fake of their metre. See Hoab. and our old 
 Verf. 
 
 3. yJ2u. 24 MSS. read more regularly ytyw. 
 
 4. nilJ^ na"i, or as 72 MSS. with Ch. & Houb. hliiy, may by a 
 profopopoeia fignify, *' the accufations of iniquities." But all the verfions 
 feem to have read D'jlV> making it to fignify perfons, " the v.'ords cf 
 the loicked." Durell renders the text, " The portions of iniquities pre- 
 vail." See Neh. xii. 47. Perhaps we fliould read '"an, " T/iofe ivha 
 
 /peak iniquity prevail over us" 
 
 'JO. Houb. in conformity to the following affix reads "iJl, but 
 5 MSS, have IJO, and that D fometimes bears the fenfe of againjl, or 
 • overt fee Taylor's Concord. Durell renders the word in the text,, 
 *' The number of our tranfgreffions j"^ refering to Ifai. Ixv. ii. 
 
 DIQDD. As none of the Verf. except Ch. have the affix pronoun, 
 which is here redundant, perhaps we fliould read with n final mSDn.^ 
 
 5. It feems neceffary to fupply "iJi^N after ntt'K, with all the verfions. See 
 Pf. xli. 2. ]Di!>», or as 12 MSS. pDty. It is better to read with 
 Meibomius and Hare \yih, or as one MSS. pDjy'j. " to dwell in thy 
 Courts." The change of perfons being forced, we might read with Syr» 
 yy^\ " he jliall be fatisfied, &cc." 
 
 ti^Mp 43 MSS. See Gen. xvi. 23. Thefe words feem to be in 
 appofition. See our Verf* 
 
 6. ^1)12 mK"nj. One valuable MS. reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth» 
 K^13, " Terrible in righteoufnefs." See Pf. Ixvi. 3, 6. Durell, dividing 
 the word mNIIJ, reads rm NIlJ, joining the firft to the preceding 
 verfe, and rendering the laft, " Thou in righteoufnefs, or, in kindnefs 
 
 F f 2 anfwereit
 
 C 112 3 
 
 ajifwcrefl: us with afign." But Houb. reads "jpii' mNllJX ** prodigiii 
 benejicentia tuaC 
 
 tD'pm CV. Hare omits the laft word. Durell, reading CD* pm On, 
 
 gives this fenfe, " and of the fea, the mojl difiant fea." Syr. read* 
 
 D'Oy% " and of the remote ;zrt/'/u;;j-." Houb. reads tD^O'i but the exad 
 
 reading feems according to Ar. to be D'S'I, " and of the remotefl: 
 
 feas." D'pim IS MSS. 
 
 7. TCn. 6. Syr. Vulg, & R\h. with Houb. read inaii ** in thy 
 power." which feems more agreeable to the context; or ■jPllDl. See 
 MS. 76. 
 
 8. Hare to fupply the metre in the firft line of this vcrfe borrows 
 D'pm from verle 6. Perhaps D'HI may have been dropped. 
 
 9. mVp. A friend fupplies \'nNn, and the word of the text is never 
 found alone. •»nn» 10 MSS. 
 
 Tnmx::. 24 MSS. more regularly "]»mmNO. 
 
 10. ni") . nn"i, which one MS. has, feems to be better, «* thou hajl 
 •watered it plentifully" And for nppjym we fliould probably read 
 npti*m. See Pf. civ. 13. & Gejerus. 
 
 D'O k'pj: D'nb}{ Jlbfl. Perhaps we fliould read D»a D'Nbs DU'jfl, 
 Thou haft enriched it w/M rivulets full of 'waters" See Syr. and Seeker; 
 who obferves that Houb. renders thus, '• Divide, O God, the multitude 
 of neater s" \. e. pour down rain from the refervoir of the clouds. See 
 Ch. Green alfo fuppofes it to be fpoken of the clouds. But are not 
 thefe mentioned in the following verfes ? Muis underftands it of a ri- 
 vulet, which waflied Jerufalem ; but this is too particular. 
 
 CjAI. Houb. &c. read njil, *' Her corn" For the different metre 
 fee Meibomius, Hare, Edwards and the Collat. 
 
 1 1 . nn. We fhould rather read with Syr. and a friend D'P, and DDna 
 " thou watereft her furrows ; thou loiverejl her ridges." See our Verf. 
 
 mn.1. 81 MSS. read nm"?."!, with Houb. See Harmer's Obf. 
 vol. II- 237. 
 
 '■■J/ 12. 7*7:1^01.
 
 r "3 J 
 
 12. ■)''::iyfi*, ** and thy clouds " So called bccaufe God maketh thern 
 his chariot. See Pf. civ. 3. 
 
 13. nJ"i:inn, " are girded -wirhpy." See our Bib. Marg. A meta- 
 phorical expreflion probably borrowed from the Eaftern cuflom ^of tying 
 up their garments in dancing. 
 
 14. DHD. The verfions, a3 Durell obferves, feem to have read n3, 
 in regim. ** The lambs of the Jlocks are cloathed." But Meibomlus and 
 others read tDHn, " The flocks cloath the mountains" Which conjec- 
 ture is greatly ilrengthened by the following fentence, where we fhould 
 probably read *112, " cumfru?nenio." A friend reads with ore MS. and 
 6. P)N1 imo etiatn in the lafl line, which affords a very bold but beautiful 
 profopopoeia. 
 
 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 PATRICK makes David the author of this pfalm ; which opi- 
 nion the latter part favors much. Muis fuppofes it to be written upon 
 the return from the Babylonijh captivity. 
 
 2. ID'jy. From comparing Pf. Ixviii. 5, I am led to think that Ti'^t 
 is the true reading, *' Sing the glory of his praife." 2 MSS. omit it. 
 
 3. IBTID'. Rather with Houb. ItynS', *' Through the greatnefs of 
 thy ftrength thine enemies fliall be fubdued unto thee." See Pf. xviii. 
 45. Others adhere to the text. lina 9 MSS. 
 
 4. Hare and others probably right in omitting Ts'CX'' ^V, as one ant, 
 MS. omits the verb. But for the fake of the metre I would add with 
 Ch. and Syr. D*?!!?*?* '* and fing. of thy name for everJ' Or read 
 1"Tli"1 for inot'. See verfe 2. Syr. did not repeat the fame verb. 
 
 5. nV'by. Houb. reads inV^V; which is favored by Syr. " wonder- 
 ful in his doing." Or rather, " in his doings." All the verfions read- 
 ing the noun in the plur. Hare's addition feems needlefs. 
 
 G g 6. The
 
 C "4 ] 
 
 6. The firfl part of this verfe refers to Exod. xiv. 22. and the other 
 to Jofh. iv. A friend reads liinvn, " he made us to fajs through, &c." 
 which is better. 
 
 7. Dbiy. This word affords a very good fenfc; but from confidering 
 the context, it feems probable that ISV is the right reading, ** He ruleth 
 his people in his might — his eyes behold tlie nations." i. e. the Canaanites, 
 whom Jehovah looked upon with contempt. 
 
 id"? ID'T. 46 MSS. read laiT, in Niph. with 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar, 
 & ^th. " The rebellious Jhall not be exalted in themfelves." Or as 
 Houb. in Kal, " Jlmll not exalt themfelves." But Syr. reads D'pIV'? for 
 ych, " in aternum." 
 
 8. D'J3J^. By this word we are probably to underfland the people of 
 Ifrael. See Pf. Ivii. 8. and Poole's Synopf. 
 
 9. IJk^'D:. 44 MSS. read in the plur. lyC'flJ ; and 54 likewifc ir'jAI. 
 And this verfe feems to refer to the paffage through the Red Sea, and 
 'Jordan, 
 
 10. This and the two following verfes feem to allude to the Egyp- 
 tian bondage. ^iinVD 3 MSS. See alfo Pf. xii. 6. 
 
 11. liDKnn. 4 MSS. IJDK'nn, more regularly. 
 
 12. ty^i^?. Lowth reads with Houb. from Ch. t^'l^jr. Perhaps rather 
 tyjllJ, *' Thou haft made the opprejfor to ride over our heads." i. e. Pha~ 
 raoh. See Zech. ix. 8. 
 
 1J:^'NnV. 41 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. read lyti'K^V. 
 
 nnnb, " In terram irriguam." i. e. " Ifraeliticam melle & lacfte fluen- 
 tern." Muis, &c. Houb. &c. read according too. Vulg. Syr. Ch. & iEth. 
 nmn'?, " in locum refpirafionis." Ar. reads mi'?, '* and thou broughteft 
 us into reji." See Deut. xii. 9. 
 
 13. 6. Ch. & Syr. in'!*?. 
 
 14. li'S). The ufual fenfe of this word does not fuit the context. 
 Hare reads ini^D, as Ar. feems to have read, " which my lips have 
 pronounced." I had once conjeilured, that it might be 1*)1»5» ** which 
 my lips urged'," 
 
 15. m'7^.
 
 C »5 ] 
 
 15. D)by'. 32 MSS. have ^\']b^y, more ufual. tD»n»J: 32 MSS. which 
 feems better. Or D'mo. See Biixt. and MSS. in Job xxi. 24. 
 
 D'Vk. Hare, &c. read with 6. Ar. 6c JEth. more properly D^b'KI, 
 *' with incenfe and Rams." " ^^\yp is not always ufed for incenfe j fee 
 Gen. xix. 28. Pf. cxlviii. 8." Seeker. All the verfions rendering in 
 the plur. npl muft be taken in a colleftive fenfe ; or we muft read 
 
 Dnpn. 
 
 17. Hare and others are probably right in reading »fll. 
 
 ♦JWb nnn D01*n. Hare and Edwards read as in Pf. cxlix. li. 
 niDDim. Houb. &c. agreeable to Syr. i^n^bl VDI^aim. See 6. & 
 Vulg. alfo. Ar. probably reads IKQ 'DOOTTI, " and I have greatly exalted 
 my tongue." Perhaps nnn may be written for nK, *' and he fhall be 
 exalted with my tongue." Or ^^\^ HDOl"!!, *' and my tongue fhall exalt him." 
 
 1 8. Ar. reads pK ON", which feems to be right. mn» 14 MSS. 
 
 19. 6. Ar. 6c ^th. read »^ yttB', *'• heareth me:' Which the fenfe, 
 as well as- metre, feems to require. 
 
 20. From comparing the metre of Hare, and that of the Collat. it 
 ftrikes me that we fhould omit l-rDm, " BlefTed be God who — hath not 
 turned my prayer from me." Or perhaps inKD, " from him" See 
 Pf. cii. 18. 
 
 •PSALM LXVII. 
 
 ni':iil. S5 MSS. mj»:iin. *' Non dubito quin hie pfalmus fit pro- 
 pheticus de Chrijli incarnatione & Gentium vocatione." Muis. 
 
 2. Hare and others for the fake of the metre repeat 1Jjn»j in or- 
 der to divide the verfe into three lines ; but as that of the Collat. 
 confifting of two feems deficient, and the word miT does not appear 
 through the whole pfalm, it may have been dropped from the beginning 
 pf the lafllihe, there being fome affinity between that and the next word, 
 " May Jehovah make his face to fliine upon us!" 
 
 G g 2 nx'.
 
 [ ii6 3 
 
 -\H*. One MS. reads ya^ more regularly. 
 
 3. A friend reads more properly with ope MS. & Syf, ^yyi, and 
 with Syr, invity' " /n's way," and, *' ^is falvation." 
 
 4. One MS. omits this verfe, and another the. 6th, and the repetition 
 in fo iTiort a fpace Teems unneceflary. 
 
 5. X"^^^- FroiTi comparing Pf. ix. g. I conjeflure that the true read- 
 ing is plVn, ** for thou flialt judge the people uprightly — and govern the 
 nations righteoujly :* Dlfltyn 9 MSS. Several MSS. in both places read 
 D'iDINV, but it appears in this form only in Hab. ii. 13. 
 
 6. See verfe 4. 
 
 7. Should we not read "liDnn^i, " The land hath yielded her increafe ; 
 and God, or, for God hath blejfed us?" And perhaps, as one ant. MS. 
 omits "jiDIl* in verfe 8, the laft line of this verfe, and the firft of the 
 next, according to the CoUat. fhould be reduced into one thus, 
 
 " For Jehovah t our God, fhall blefs us." But fee Hare. " Quod 
 bis hie Deus repetatur, et femel verf. feq. myfteriura 'Trinitatis indicat." 
 Muis. 
 
 8. inW. S7 MSS. with Houb. read more regularly mX- 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 THE beft critics and commentators agree that this pfalm was com- 
 pofed on David's bringing back the ark to Zion. See Pf. xxiv. 3. 
 cxxxii. 8. But when we confider it in its myflical fenfe, its fublimity 
 is much encreafed. Mudge divides it into eight parts, but the Collat. 
 into nine; and the 12th verfe feems to begin a new fubjeft, 
 
 2. Cn^K. It would add to the grandeur of this facred poem. If 
 with Hare, inftead of this word, we read niiT» efpecially at the be- 
 ginning 
 
 I
 
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 ginning of each 'edtion. See alfo Kennic. ifl and 2d Difi". But it muft 
 be obferved that the MSS. do not often favor this change, 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. with 10 MSS. read WDn, " <z«^ let his 
 enemies be fcattered." vya 35 MSS. Thefe words are borrowed from 
 Num. X. 36. 
 
 3. Pl^J^. All the verfions with Houb, read I5"ri', *' i/iey Jliall be 
 driven." By which the change of perfons is avoided, and the defedl 
 of the affix removed. But 7 MSS. read fiTTin. 
 
 4. A moft beautiful climax, and antithefis to the foregoing verfe. 
 Tif'^yn 32 MSS. with Syr. Vulg. & Ar. " and let them, &c. 
 
 5. I'yb. 30 MSS. more regularly •2.2Tb. 
 
 nn"lJ^2- Seeker's conjedure that we fhould read milJ'Il ingenious and 
 probable.. See If. xix. 1. 
 
 lOty n'3. All the verfions, as Lowth and others have obferved, read 
 n', or rather mn', " Jehovah is his name." Houb. reads rr 'D, " for 
 his name is Jah." Hare, &c. read inot:', " be joyful in Jah." Or 
 rather, be " joyful in Jehovah." And this lafl fenfe feems the nion. eli- 
 gible. See Pf. Ixxxix. 9. and Seeker. 
 
 7. D^♦^^ " Deus dat habitare iinanimes domiim" *' Intelligit Pfaltes 
 earn domiim, in quam conveniebant Ifraelitte fua quifque cum faruilia, ut 
 Pafcha manducarentj & profedionem pararent. Enimvero totus Pfal- 
 mus eft in canenda ex .^gypto profedionc, 6c itione per deferta. DTlti'lDl, 
 in reSlitudinem, i. e. viam reSlam. Theod. & Sym." Houb. See Lowth 
 alfo. But a friend, referring this verfe to God's bringing back the chil- 
 dren of Ifrael to the land of Canaan, where they had dwelt, offers this 
 fenfe, ** God maketh to return his beloved to their home" Hare following 
 Le Clerc, renders thus, " qui habitare facit or bos in familia." referring 
 to Pf. cxiii. 9. See Rivetus and Green alfo. But perhaps we might 
 read TIT or HTIT with n final, one MS, having DTIT, " It is God, 
 who maketh thefolitary one to dwell at home." In allufion to the ex- 
 traordinary hiftory of Mofes, Exod. ii. i — 10. Which event feems to 
 accord better with the order of the narration. 
 
 H h ninnDn.
 
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 rmtl'iaa. >' 'Evi^E/?, 6. and fo ^•i-|Ji»3 is tranfla^cd thrice in Ecc'. for- 
 fitudine, Vulg. I fee no authority for f/W/^/, but R. David Kimchi's." 
 Seeker. But the fignihcation of this word, which appears no where elfe, 
 being doubtful, and the fentence manifeftly referring to the deHveranceof 
 the Ifraelites from Egyptian bondage, (of which the prefervation of 
 Mofes before mentioned was typical) it may be written by miftake, for 
 tomtypn, as Gejerus conjedures, referring to Job. xxxvi. 8. Or rather 
 as a friend mnuplli though perhaps for miDlSl. See Jerem. v. 5. 
 XXX. 8. Pf. cvii. 14. 
 
 nn»rnf. It is not eafy to guefs what word 6. Vulg. Ar. BL\h. & Syr. 
 read here, which they render in Sepukhris ; perhaps it might be TT\&}'i, 
 " Verily the rebellious fhall dwell in the Jliadow of death." May not 
 nblif have been the original word, " ihall dwell in the deep ?" alluding 
 to the deftrudlion of the Egyptians in the Red Sea. Or if the text be 
 preferved, it may refer to the Ifraelites perifhing in the wildernejs. 
 
 8. For adjufling the metre in this, and the following verfe, fee Hare 
 and others ; and compare that of the Collat. in Jud. v. 4. and this place 
 together with the different readings propofed by Kennicott, DilT. ifl. p. 
 502, &c. and authorized by MSS. 
 
 9. Houb. tranfpofes the words thus, " Terra tremuit, ille mons Sina 
 a conipetftu Dei; etiam coeli flillarunt a confpedlu Dei, &c." 
 
 10. D'nbK. By reading with Lowth and others Dn'bv> the gram- 
 matical difficulties are removed, " Thou fenteit a plentiful rain upon 
 them ; — thine inheritance, when it was weary, thou didji fiipport." 
 " Pluvia, ni fallor, mannce.'' Mede. A friend reads with one MS. 
 riK'jJ, and c. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ;^th. followed by Houb. 6cc. read 
 nnNI, *' Thine inheritance was weary, and thou didft confirm, oc fup- 
 port it." 
 
 11. ni lati" ID'n. Suppofing with Mede thefe words to refer 
 alfo to the prefervation of the Ifraelites in the wildernefs, I am difpofed 
 to read X21 3'Ll'in n*n, " thou madeji the living creature to dwell amongst 
 them — Thou provided in thy goodnefs for the poor." Alluding to the 
 
 fending
 
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 fending of the quails." See Ar. But 6. Vulg; Syr. Ar. 6c i^th. read 
 ^r)Vn> which the verb in the text requires, and 4 MBS. fa/or, having 
 ^n»♦^, " T/n'fie animah." By which Grotius underflands Angekrum 
 prcecipui, for which he refers to Ezekiel. See Hammond alfo. — Spencer 
 fuppofes them to allude to the Cherubim on the ark ; and Calafius remarks 
 thus, " h. e. Mirabilia in deferto populo tuo feclfti, " quia animalia 
 tua habitabant." Nimirum, quia inter caeteras figura hominis, leonis, "oituht', 
 & aquilce in quatuor exercitus tui cornibus coUucebat. Vid. Num. ii." 
 Thefaur. Graec. Ant. Tom. ix. 902. But Lowth makes thy congrega- 
 tion to fignify the fock of the fhepherd of Ifrael j and for this fenfe a 
 friend refers to Pf. Ixxiv. 19. 
 
 12. Here probably begins the third fedlion, and a new fubjedl, there- 
 fore perhaps inflead of 'J-rK tD'Th^i we ihould read 'JlK mnS with 
 one MS. 
 
 nnti'lJin. Some fuppofe thefe words to be a prophecy. Mudge refers 
 them to Exod. iii. 22. Durell to Jud. iv. Green to the conqueft of 
 the Canaanites j this feems mod agreeable to the context. 
 
 Green omits the fecond ]nT, with 4 MSS. Durell reads pIT nni. 
 Rather emphatically repeated. See Poole. " Jehovah, the Lord, gave the 
 word — the company of the women, who proclaimed the glad tidings, was 
 very great — (i. e. as Lowth and a friend think, proclaiming the follow- 
 ing fong pf triumph) the kings of the armies were difperfed, were dif- 
 ferfed — and flie that tarried at home divided the fpoil." See Merr. 
 
 14. Lowth gives up this and the following verfe as inexplicable. 
 Green underftands the firft part of this of the contemptible flate of the 
 Ifraelites in Egypt ; (See Gen. xlvi. 34.) and the pfalmift in the following 
 fimilitude beautifully fets forth their oppofite fituation by alluding to the 
 fplendor of the ■ wings of the dove, fo different to the filthinefs of 
 their former fituation. See Exod. v. 7 — 14. A friend fuppofes 
 D^nflty ^2 may be a proverbial expreffion, *' licet affli(5bi fueritis, et 
 quafi fuligine obtedti, candidi fietis ut columba, &c." Houb. reads 
 tDn"n D'flU^, *' fi quando intra Col/es fubfiftebatis, fc apparebatis ut, &c." 
 
 H h 2 But
 
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 But fee Patrick, Sec. Durell thus, *• Did not ye lie among the Jluep- 
 Jolds, O 3'e wings of a Dove, covered with filver, and with burnifhed 
 gold in her feathers ?'' *' An allegory referring to Reuben, Manajfeh, Dan, 
 and AJhei-. See Judg. v. 15—17." But this feems to break the con- 
 nedlion. See verfe 12. 
 
 i^' "^"dni xb^TS nn. The various interpretations of thefe words not 
 being very fatisfacftory, and Ch. reading Dl&Vi'l, might we venture to 
 read alfo y±r7\ DDn, " When the Almighty fcattered Kings— ^ your 
 Jakes, ye walked in the Jhadoto of death ?"' See Jofhua xii. and Pf. xxiii.4. 
 Houb. reads p2^i*D .iVtiTim, " and it became white as /now in Salmon.'* 
 Durell reads :b^D, on her account, i. e. Deborah's, " thou becameji 
 white, &c." i. e. grewejl pale with indignation. The pfalmifl, as a 
 friend obferves, probably alludes to the white garments which the women 
 might wear at the time they fung this fong of triumph. See verfe 12. 
 
 t6. This verfe begins the 5th fedlion, which is generally agreed to 
 refer to the afcenfion of the Ark into Mount Zion, an eminent type of 
 Chriji's afcenfion into Heaven; inftead then of ^t^^i in the firft line 
 might we read p'i', and for the third "in, "in3, *' The hill of Jehovah 
 is the hill of Zion, — an high hill as the hill of Baflian ?" Houb. reads 
 according to 6. &c. ;tyi in both places for \\i)i, " mons pinguis" Many 
 MSS. here and in verfe 17. D'ilJXI- But fee Lowth and Merr. 
 
 17. pty*, or as II MSS. 10ty». 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. probably 
 read liDtT', " fliall inhabit // for ever." 
 
 pivnn, which occurs no where elfe, is probably written as Seeker 
 obferves for pipnn. See Pf. cxiv. 4. Or, as one MS. piynn, which 
 a friend follows. 
 
 18. The metre of the Collat. being deficient in the fecond line it ap- 
 pears probable that ^\^ has been dropped before '£jSk, as they are found 
 together Dan. vii. 10. Reading therefore for n3"1, 'nD") as the conftruc- 
 tion requires, and with 18 MSS. nin» for »J-tk, together likewife with 
 'i'DD, inftead of 'J'D, the whole may be thus rendered, «' The chariots 
 
 of
 
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 of God are twenty thouCund—T/mifanifs of thoufands of angels— Jeho- 
 vah is among them in the fandluary, as he was in Sinai." See Ainf. and 
 our Bib. Verf. 
 
 tKity. Syr. reads niKn'i'. Houb. from the Mt\i. reads D'Kity, *' Con- 
 cordes" A friend renders the text, with Buxtorf, &c. " iterationis." 
 i. e. •* Millia iterata & repetita." Perhaps then we fhould fupply DOKVj 
 after 'AVk, there being no fubilantive to the numeral adjedtives. Mr. 
 Bradley conjedlures it might be I'Jiy or D'Jti^, twofold. Lowth gives it 
 up. Seeker obferves that 6. render this word, and ]:nJ!^ Pf. cxxiii. 4. 
 the fame; and refers to Numb. x. 36. for a comparifon of thi? and the 
 two pri?ceding words, which ferves to ftrengthen Lowth's opinion, that 
 this verfe defcribes the procefTion of the ark attended by all the tribes of 
 Ifrael. 
 
 19. Thefe words in theiry&y? fenfe feem to be an apoftrophe to Jeho- 
 vah on the ark's being placed on Mount Zion, after being brought from 
 Kirjathjcarim, and may therefore be rendered thus, ** Thou hajl made 
 the captived captive to afcend up on high." Tho* they are ftillmore ftridtly 
 verified by the afcenfion of Chrifl into heaven. *' But »nti' T\'''2.W mud 
 fignify. Thou hafl made a great number of captives." Lowth, &c. 
 
 Cn'PN* rr. One MS. omits thefe words, and they feem to be re- 
 dundant, or the lirft is perhaps written for D3, " Thou haft received, or 
 given, gifts to men, yea even the enemies, to dwell amongst them" 
 See our Verf. Unlefs we read with Houb. D'hVn DV 1331^ kV, " but 
 the rebellious dwell not with God." Or render the words with Durell, 
 ** that the Lord might have the habitation of the rebellious." For the 
 double fenfe of the verb fee Pocock. Grotius and others read np^n, 
 which feems to be right. See Ephef. iv. 8. 
 XO^^ II MS3. 
 
 20. Here begins the fixth fed. and 41 MSS. read mn' for ♦J-?K. 
 Days or gs 9. MSS. DIOVV Houb. renders it, " who beareth our bur-, 
 dens" Durell, ♦' 'u:ho burdeneth himfelf with us. Lowth obferves that 
 
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 6. render It KarmhiK^eiy in the fenfe of carrying znd conducing. Might 
 not the word be Tioy', ** Bleffed be Jehovah daily — the God of our 
 lalvation y^/7// efablifli us? See Verf. lo. 
 
 21. IJ"? VnH, Perhaps lynbK, " Our God is the God of falvation." 
 " God is ours, the God." Seeker, But 13 MSS. omit bK, and one 
 jcads nviyioV, which reading will give this fenfe, " GodiB to m for Sal- 
 "cation." 
 
 " Andtmto Jelwvah the Lord belong the ijfues of death." " The ways 
 by which death goes out upon men to deftroy them." Hammond. Which 
 fenfe the following verfe ftrengthens. See Lowth alfo. 
 
 22. nya?. Perhaps 112^, '« He breaketh the pate of him, &c." See 
 Pf. xvii. 7. Houb. making "jpip a verb renders it with Ch. •* tvellet 
 comas." 
 
 ** The hairy crown, &c." ** The commander of the enemies forces" 
 feems to be meant here, who cut his hair intofuch form, as would make 
 him look the moft terrible to the Ifraelites. See the learned Dr. Grey's 
 note on Deut. xxxii. 42." Green. 
 
 23. 'JTK. 19 MSS. read m.T. 
 
 \i}1^' As it is no where faid that Jehovah would bring his people 
 from Bajhan, may not this word be written for ^mO ? and as the fenfe 
 is imperfedl, if not the metre, in the laft line, may not n*E'^^ 2d, which 
 is omitted by 6 MSS. have been written for 'DV, or may not 'DV have 
 been dropped after DS " Jehovah faid, I will bring again my people 
 from Gofhen, and from the depths of the fea." (reading mblVDDI, 
 fee MSS.) Or " Jehovah faid, I will bring again from Gojhen, I will 
 bring again my people from the depths of the fea ?." In confequence of 
 which they had nothing to fear from any enemies, as the next verfe 
 intimates. But fee Poole. 
 
 " 6. mtrtt, which is better." Lowth. 
 
 24. ynnn. One MS. probably reads with Hare, &C. ymn, *' thou 
 Jlialt ^ajfi thy foot in the blood of thine enemies** 'yyVi being dropped 
 
 at
 
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 at the end of the line. See Houb. Our old Verf. and Pf. IvHi. n. 
 Mr. Bradley reads ;'^nn. 
 
 D»1'KC. Diirell reads D"r^Ja, or D'^IKS. See Exod. xxv. 5. Lowth 
 tDlUD. Seeker fo, or D^^?n. Though, all to the fame fenfe, the laft 
 feems preferable, " The tongue of thy dogs J/ial/ be red with the fanie." 
 Houb. reads ppVn, *' latnbat ex eo." 
 
 25. Here begins the 7th fedion. 
 
 ** They havefeen." i. e. " Men havefeeity or as 6, have beenfeen. Com- 
 pare Job xxxiii. 2 1 ." Seeker. Syr. with oneMS. oVoi, '' and my King,'* 
 
 26. Dmii 35 MSS. 
 
 27. 'HK. II MSS. read m.T. 
 
 npOC. ** The common acceptation of it, Ifraelitce, is fully juftified 
 by Pf. cxlviii. i. and this is the fong, which the Chorus, defcribed in 
 the preceding vcrfe, fings." Lowth. 3 MSS. read with Hare and Durell 
 TlpO, " the fountain of Ifrael." See Pf. xxxvi. 10. Houb. reads mpO:3, 
 ** in congregatione Ifraelis." But Seeker mpO, which Jerem. xiv. 8. 
 greatly ftrengthens, " Blefs God in the congregations — Jehovah, the 
 hope of Ifrael." 
 
 28. Thefe four tribes, as Pifcator and others obferve, are put by a 
 Synecdoche for all of them, the two firft as nearejl to Jerufalem, and the 
 two laft as remotejl from it; and Benjamin is mentioned firil, as, though 
 the youngeft, the firjl king came from that tribe. 
 
 p'3:i. 31 MSS. read ]»0'Jn, which is evidently right ; and 31 DTI"!. 
 See our Verf. But 6. Syr. Vul, Ar. & iEth. feem to have read 
 HiDTini, or fome fuch word. 
 
 DnD:in. Houb. reads DDDy*?, *' next to them" which might refpeft 
 either their ftuation, or rank in the order of proceffion. A friend con- 
 jcftures from Syr. onmi " et principes eortim" Durell reads DDOn 
 «* their excellency:' Perhaps Dti'Kn, *' their head." See Gen. xlix. 8. 
 
 ntJf. 3d, 4 MSS. read HB'I. " and the princes" and \i MSS. \byi\, 
 which feems right. 
 
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 29- The fenfe, as well as the metre, being here deficient, Green would 
 fupply Ijraeli but from comparing Pf. cxlvii. 13. I am inclined to think 
 that ^VV, from its fimilitude to m>, has been omitted at the beginning 
 oftheverfe, " OZion, thy God hath ordained thy flrength. — Confirm, 
 
 God, that which thou haft wrought for us." But Lowth, &c. make 
 the firft verb alio an imperat. and read with all the verfions and 10 MSS. 
 D'nbN, command, O God, thy ftrength." "jTiy 7 MSS. 
 
 30. "ibDM^J, may be rendered, " Into thy temple at Jerufalem fhall 
 kings bring prefents unto thee." Acknowledging hereby thy fuperiority 
 according to the Eallern cuftom. See Matt. ii. ir. Houb. "propter 
 templum tmim.'' " The tabernacle is called byn, i Sam. iii. 3." Lowth. 
 
 31. n:p rrn. By this we are to underftand probably the CroQodile, or 
 Hippopotamus ; and as the firft line feems too fliort, might we not read 
 m.T before, " deflroy, 'Jehovah, the ivHd beajl of the reeds ?" See 
 Jubb, &c. 
 
 ty^V 'b:iyn. Hare, with others, reads '^b'JI, " the Lords of the peo- 
 ple." If we underftand the foregoing words, " the congregation of 
 the mighty ones," to be fpoken of OJiris and JJis, or Jp/s and Serapis, 
 for which fee Jubb and others, this reading gives a good fenfe. . See 
 
 1 Cor. viii. 5. Durell reads D' DV, " with the calves ; — the people of the 
 fea, who humble themfelves before fragments of fiher." Alluding to thofe 
 
 idols abovementioned of the Egyptians, which were overlaid, or plated 
 with that metal. But the text without any alteration may be rendered, 
 *' the congregation of the mighty ones, with the calves of the people." i. e. 
 The Cabiri or greater gods of the heathen, to wit. Apis and Serapis, &c. 
 with the ido calves of the Egyptians made to reprefent them. See 
 Jubb, in Merrick's Annot. who renders the whole thus, " Dif- 
 perde feram arundinis, coetum eorum qui funt fortes in vitulis gentium, 
 quife excitant cum fragmentis argenti." Underflanding by thefe laft words 
 the little loofe pieces of metal in the Sijlra, which make the noife. But 
 a friend, who approves of this fenfe, would tranflate Qn'nN> ** taurorum." 
 
 »^D3
 
 C 125 3 
 
 HP'S ♦!f")2 Dflina. Hare reads tS^DiDina, '*/a/luofe hicedentium, cumfrag- 
 mentis argenti" " Frujia argenti per contemptum nomlnat ornamenta, 
 quae nobiles et aulici folent veftibus affigere. Sic Muis." See Green alfo. 
 Edwards reads ♦3"1i Dfl*lD, ** that they may not foul the fine filvev 
 Jlreams," Houb. iD'iJinO, " agitantes fefe" Might we prefume to read 
 ♦llfJl for i'i'^1 and with the reading of Houb. give the words this fenfe, 
 ** ivith the teraphm in JJirines of filver ?" As thefe were another fpecies 
 of Idol worftiip. See Gen. xxxi. 19. Ezek. xxii. 26. Ads xix. 24. 
 
 By " the people that delight in war" we are to underftand the Egyp- 
 tiansy as the former part of the verfe feems to relate wholly to them, and 
 the next fpeaks exprcfsly of them. 
 
 32. D'^JOtrrr. Some deriving this word, which occurs no where elle, 
 from the Coptic, render it, prafeSii. Hare, deriving it from the Ar. 
 Btfn, tranflates it, the rich, or, noble. Others read D'JOjyn, pingues. 
 i. e. figuratively, the rich. But might not the word be Dntyri) the pritices ? 
 
 tyi3, Ethiopia feems here to denote that country, which lay to the 
 South of Egypt. See Rivetus in Poole ; and Univ. Hift. 
 
 ^'nn. Durell reads ti>nsn, " Jfiall extend." See alfo Pifc. " Sed cur- 
 rere faciet eft Hebraifmus pro promptu offeret munera." Vatab. &c. 
 The conftrudion being irregular, we fliould probably read with 6. nn* for 
 VT, ** her hands." 
 
 33. Hare's divifion of this verfe not feeming fo proper as that of the 
 Collat. but the laft line of the latter being defedive, we fhould perhaps 
 fupply CdViv'? with Ch. and with 8 MSS. read nin'b for»nK, Sing unto 
 God, O ye kingdoms of the earth— fing unto Jehovah for ever." One 
 ant. MS. with Houb. <i-rj{'7. 
 
 34. Dip 'aty 'OJ^n. Hare omits the fecond word as redundant. 
 Perhaps the true reading is ^1'^^2 D'OtJ'l, ** to him who rideth upon the 
 htzvtns from everlajlijig." See Hab. i. 12. lyrh 18 MSS. Would not 
 the laft' fentence be better rendered thus with Caft. &c. ** Lo, he doth 
 fend out a mighty yc^K/?^ with his voice ?*' i. e. The thunder. See Job 
 xxxvii. 5. ■ K k 35. bVC\^'>
 
 C '26 ] 
 
 3_'. '7N*n5y' by. May not DV be the right reading *' feop/e of 
 Ifrae],— his excellency and flrength, &c. ?" .ny 17 MSS. and 10 nyi» 
 
 36. From comparing the metre of Hare and the Collat. o. Ar. & 
 iEth. verfions, together with the additional reading of MSS. Houbw 
 and others, I conie(flure that the text flood thus, 
 
 &c. mn» . ' 
 
 t3b)yb Tiia 
 
 *' God is terrible in his fanBuary — Je/wvaliy the God of Ifrael— he givcth 
 flrength and power unto his people — bleffed be Godj'er ever" 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 FOR the title fee Pf. xlv. and Ix. 7 MSS. read D^iJfi:', as Jn Pf. 
 xlv. Green divides it into 7 Sedtions; the Collat. into 5. Cocceius and 
 others fuppofe it to be written by David according to the title. Mudgc 
 attributes to Hezekiah. 
 
 2. tyD3. 6. Ar. & ^th. with Houb. read '{TflJ, " my Soul." 
 
 -?. Green and Edwards follow Hare's metre in this vcrfc. .That of 
 ^ • fr.>;ii7i{J >. 3-itil T . 
 
 the Collat. feems too long. • ,„ . 
 
 3. 'JtiW 5 MSS. The metre of the Collat. feems moil regular in this 
 verfej but Hare's reading, approved by Lowth, &c. of 'DDJfO for 
 'n»DVa is confirmed by 15 MSS. *' mine enemies without reafon are 
 more numerous than my hairs." 
 
 5. *MK futuro jun<Sum illud mutat in prset. imperfeftum." Muis. " In 
 ipfo articulo. Schultens in Prov. viii. 22." ^ Lowth. Perhaps it is rather 
 written for »JK, " / will reftore that which I have never taken." Al- 
 luding to fome falfc charge of his enemies of being guilty of theft , from 
 which he exculpates himfelf by the following folemn appeal. 
 
 6. Edwards
 
 [lay] 
 
 6. Edvrards and Green divide the metre In this verfe according to the 
 Oollat. This may refer to 2 Sam. xii. 
 
 7. This verfe confifts of two long lines according to the metre of the 
 Coliat. of four fliort ones according to Hare and Edwards, and of three 
 according to Green. ♦HK is omitted by 6. & Ar. and feems redundant, 
 " Let not them that wait for thee, O Jehovah of hofts, be athamed 
 for my fake.'* 
 
 ityn* ip MSS. 
 
 8. " Sunt in hoc pfalmo qua^ proprle & hiftorlce Chrijlo conveniunt." 
 Muis. 
 
 -9. HDSt This word in its formation refembles ♦'^t^^?. See Pf. i. i. 
 <* This was fulfilled in Chrift. Joh. vil. 5." Ainfw, 
 
 10. *• See Joh. ii. 17." Patrick. 
 
 11. nSlNI. Hare and others read HDINI. Houb. and Lowth H^OKl. 
 Either of which may be' fStfdered, " / humbled my foul with fafting." 
 See 6. Syr. Ar. & ^th. Our verfions retain the word in the text 
 with one of the others. Seeker renders the text thus, *• / bnvaikd fny- 
 
 Jelf with fajling?' Comp. Deut. xxi. 13. Durell, '* with the fafting 
 of my appetite." Ch. Syr. Vulg. & iEth. with 5 MSS. min'?, ** in 
 opprobrium mihi." 
 • 13. 'ntrv 15 MSS. more regular. 
 
 miU3l. Houb. reads with 6. 'Jliiiil, " et pfallebant de me" Seeker 
 mr:U 'If, *' and the fongs of the drunkards were upon me" But 
 12 MSS. read Di'Jlil, " and I was the Jong of the drunkards." See 
 Lam. iii. 63. and Harmer. Vol. II. p. 524, &c. 
 
 14. ♦n'?£3n 'JK% Houb. and Durell read with Syr, ♦n'^Vflrin. Per- 
 haps the true reading is V'^flriNI. See Pf. v. 2. and cix. 4, 
 
 2Tin 9 MSS. 
 
 15. One MS. reads ^KilSTD. 
 
 17, Mudge and Seeker 2103 to anfwer nns; or as ii MSS. nn3. 
 
 18. Vk 8 MSS. And T feems here redundant. 
 
 K k 2 . 19. n'?»a.
 
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 19* nb^.l. Houb. and Green read according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & 
 ^th. TlbUTi, " and redeem it." But one very antient MS. reading 
 \V&>^ for \Vi2b% that on account of the metre feems preferable, " Draw 
 near unto my Soul, deliver it, — and redeem me becaufe of mine enemies." 
 
 20. Syr. reads i:i3, '* in thejight of all mine enemies". And the D might 
 be borrowed from the beginning of the following word.. 
 
 21. i'Ki. The metre feems to require that we fliould read with Hare, 
 i:rK1, or fupply ty♦^?. See Ifai. lix. i6. 
 
 22. ti'N"). ** Proprie eft herb^ amarse genus in fegetibus nafcens. 
 Vid. Hof. X. 4. Mirabilis igitur eft hasc Prophetia, in qua 6c aceti 
 fit mentio, & herbs amarae illi adjundze, quae in Chrifto perfedje ad ina- 
 pleta eft." Bochart. > ' 
 
 V't:n. " Vinegar, in the Eaft, was the refreftament of a Jlave, .of a 
 ivretchid prifoner, inftead of th^t pf a prince." Harnier. Vpl.,- J. .396. 
 
 23. DV^lb^^^bl. Perhaps more properly taiTtt^TtyVl. 22 MSS.- having 
 'cyd^}^h^' 6. feem to have read tyb^^^> which, Seeker obferves, makes 
 fenfe. With refpe(fl to i before the 2d of three, nouns fee Pf. xlv, 5. 
 The grammarians aflert that V is often. prefixed to nominat. cafes;. but 
 it rather feems to have been written through miftake for n, emphatically ; 
 " and their very feajls (h2M be a trap." Hare, Houb. &c. read Dn'Dlbli'l. 
 with Ch. *' and their facrifices, or^ peace-offerings.". See Randolph. alfo. 
 But a friend obferves that the Apoftle, Rom. xi. 9. feeiris to have .read 
 DD'^^JI^bV npiabl, typD^I, nflV. See I Sam. xxv. 31. The verbs', in' 
 this and the following verfes are in the fut. for the moft part, and 
 might be fo rendered. ■ ^ , ,- . . . 
 
 24. "iyDrf.*;Pne MS. and probably another "tyan more conformably 
 to the other verbs, .*' thouJJialt bow down" Houb. reads TyOTI. 
 
 25. list:; 25 MSS. '-c 
 
 26. Dn"l'D fignifies the houfes of the principal perfons. 
 
 ntt^». 49 MSS more regularly nj^V- See 6. and our Bib. Marg^ 
 
 27. ntTK nriK. One very ant. MS. reads ")::'K HK. Houb. tranfpofing 
 the Words reads nnK "liTK*
 
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 1"1DD' ybbn- Muis and many others agree In reading according to 6. 
 Vulg. Ar. & /llth. 1DD', or, "iS'DV. Should we not alfo read in the 
 finr. ibbn, " and i/ie ' have added to the grief of him ivhom thou hajl 
 wounded ?" See this fuliilled eminently in Chrift. Matth. xxvi. and xxvii. 
 Since this remariv was made I find it countenanced by a Ibtiety of au- 
 thors. Houb. '• of thy luounds." 6. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. ♦b'jn, " of rny 
 ivounds." But lee Seeker. 
 
 28. py nin. Perhaps ]iyn ^n. But fee Gen. xxx. 26. As the im- 
 perat. isufed for the fut. in other places, fo it may be here, " Thou Ihak 
 give iniquity for their iniquity, neither, 6cc." *• Solet Deus peccata pu- 
 nire novis peccatis." Muis, &c. 
 
 INin' 4 MSB. 
 
 29. See Pi. Jxxxvii. 6. and Lowth's Notes on Ifai. p, 40. 
 
 30. 'Ji^l, " Although I am poor and forrowful — thy falvation, O 
 God, {hall exalt me." 
 
 31. For Dty nb"7nK Ihould we not read Dirn b^HK ? 
 
 32. "13 "mtyo. As there is a feeming tautology in thefe words, and a 
 nominative cafe is wanting to the verb, might we read 1D0 '")'!£', '* And my 
 
 fong (hall pleafe Jehovah better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs ?" 
 ppO. 36 MSS. read more regularly I'lpQi and 24 DHDDl. See Houb. 
 alfo. ^'DTll feems better. See Gen. iv. 7. 
 
 33. inoty*. Houb. reads with Syr. inojyi, " and rejoice." inoty'l 
 35 MSS. with 6. Ar. 6c iEth.; and eight have W)T\. But 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & iEth. read lum, " feek ye." 
 
 34. VTDK. This was literally true of Chrift. See Joh. xviii. 24. 
 
 35. tifur\ 35 MSS. See 6. 
 
 36. The cities of fudah might have fuffered much In David's wars, 
 and in the Babyhnifli captivity ; but were entirely deftroyed under titus 
 Vefpafan together with Zion j and this and the following verfe feem to 
 look forward to that glorious ftate of the Jewilh people predicted by Ifai. 
 Ixv. 17, 
 
 L 1 37. n*?ny
 
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 37» nVni* feems to be the true reading j the verb plur. not being ufed 
 
 with nr. 'nniKi 4 MSS. 
 
 P S A L M LXX. 
 
 THIS pfahii is probably only an imitation of part of the 40th by 
 fome other hand; which may account for the variations. Sec Hare, 6cc. 
 
 V. 2. Houb. &CC. read Hi"! at the beginning, as in PiV xl. 14. And 
 there is a vacant fpace at the beginning of the Collat. 
 
 "3. ityn* 8 MSS, i:nD» 9. 
 
 4. See Pf. xl. 1 6. The metre in this and the two preceding verfes 
 is long in Pf. xl. conformably to the two following. 
 DnOWn feveral MSS. both here, and Pf. xl. 16. 
 nan ift. u MSS. read nNH ♦'7, as in Pf. xl. 
 
 5. 'aniK 5 MSS. 
 
 6. Ar. reads 'J{{, which feems better, ** / am, &c." Oiherwife perr 
 haps we fliould render i^ " Although I, &c." See Pf. Ixix. 30. 
 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 PATRICK and others fuppofe this pfalm written by David wTien 
 he fled from Abfalom ; and that he was the author of It m'ay perhaps be 
 Inferred from v. 5, 6, and 17. 
 
 V. 3. pjfO. 15 MSS. read nVD, and Houb. &c. agree, that we fhould 
 read the text here, as In Pf. xxxi. 3. 
 
 4. V'^im. Houb. &c. DDim. See alfo Buxtorfs Lexic. 
 
 6. ^^^y. Mudge follows Gejerus's interpretation, " Obftetrlcis Inflar 
 vinculis me raaternis exfolvifti." Ch. reads 'm* as In Pf. xxii. 10. 
 
 which 
 
 I
 
 C 131 3 
 
 which Hare, &c. approve. 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. probably read ':il.i, 
 ProteBor meusy " Thou art my ProteSlor from my mother's womb." 
 But fee Pf. xxvii. 10. Unlefs S«E7rar« is written as Seeker conjedlures, 
 
 for iicffwarrii. 
 
 8. It feems neceflary to read with Syr. VdI in the laft Hemiftich 
 " and with thy honor, &c." See our Bib. Verf. Or with 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 & ^th. TtTNl, " and I ivill fing of thy honor, &c." They indeed 
 fupply more, See our old Verf. 
 
 9. One MS. reads m^Dl j and another ♦m3. , 
 
 10. 'I'W. 45 MSS. have »n»K. And as Ch. fupplles yi after it, and 
 we have the fame expreflion Pf. xli. 6. I think this method of fupply- 
 ing the defed both of fenfe and metre, preferable to that of Hare and 
 others who read "n^2^in^ " For mine enemies fpeak evil of me." 
 
 nOIB'l 7 MSS. But one very valuable MS. reads 'Kitt-'l " and they 
 that hate my foul, &c." Which agrees better with the former Hemiftich. 
 See Pf. xxxviii. 19. Ixix. 4. 
 
 12. rwn. 67 MSS. read with Houb. ntyiH. See Pf. xxxviii. 23. 
 Ixx. 6. 
 
 13. 'by- 6 MSS. with all the verfions read 'by^ ** and they fliall 
 be confumed." But 3 MSS. with Hare and others read ^d^y^ as in Pf. 
 XXXV. 4. " and they fliall be aJJiamed." And then there will be ftill 
 greater reafon for omitting hdVsi, which feems redundant in the next 
 Hemiftich, with Syr. '0'O.'> 9 MSS. 
 
 14. Hare for the fake of the metre adds ♦:!{< after bw^. Green 
 •^V, which feems beft, " But I will always wait for thee." 
 
 15. mnSD. Houb. &c. read according to Ch. Dn£3D, " for I know- 
 not their number." Perhaps the word might be infllD, " for I know no 
 end of them." See our old verfion. 
 
 16. MSS. 7 read with o. Syr. Ch. Ar. & Mih. n"nn:a. And one 
 very valuable MS. reads ♦Jit* mn*, " I will go in the firength of Jehovah 
 my Lord:' " May it not mean into thefanSJuary ?" Seeker. See Gejer. 
 
 L 1 2 & Houb.
 
 [ 132 J 
 & Houb. alfc. Durell reads K^x from K^:, and renders it, " I will cc" 
 kbrate, &c." 
 
 17. This verfe feems peculiarly applicable to Davi^f, See Pf. Ixxviii. 
 
 21. 
 
 18. -rnV. Seeker obferves that 6. & Vulg. feem to have read 
 nn b2b. Hare adds DKf ; but then I think we fl-iould alio read 
 "jD*?!, " to tin's generation — and thy power, &c." See our verfions. But 
 one MS. reads nm nnV, " Until I have fhewed thine arm to genera- 
 tion and generation — Thy power to every one that is to come." Such 
 repetitions being frequent. But according to the divifion of 6. Ar, 
 & ^.th. the fenfe may ftand thus, " Thy power and thy righteoufnefs, 
 O God, are very high. O God, who haft done great things, who is 
 like unto thee ?" Which Mudge follows, but Lowth does not approve. 
 
 J 9. " Perhaps the firft word of this verfe fhould be added to the 
 laft." Seeker. mVllA 36 MSS. 
 
 20. liD'Knn. Many MSS. with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & .^th. Hare, &c. 
 for 13 read »i at the end of this and the two following verbs, which 
 the context requires. 
 
 Hare rejedts the 2d niiTI as redundant, and adds it to the next verfe; 
 but it may imply iteration, as the former does. 
 
 21. 'nbnjl. 6. Vulg. Ar. & &xh. with Houb. &c. ^nV^:l, "Thou 
 fhalt increafe thy Greatnefs." Which feems more proper. 
 
 nDm, or as 13 MSS. mom. it is probable that mB?m Is the true 
 reading, " lahen thou fhalt comfort me again." See Houb. and verfe 20. 
 
 22. The metre of Hare, Edwards, Green and the Collat. differing, 
 I would follow that of the latter, and reading with Houb. rniN for 
 yxwa, the words may be -thus rendered, " I will alfo praife thy faith- 
 fulnefs, O God, upon the pfaltery ; I will fing unto thee upon the 
 harp, O thou holy one of Ifrael." Hare, &c. omit "^V. "ni'Da 10 MSS. 
 
 23. Preferring like wife the metre of the Collat. in this verfe, but 
 obferving that it is defedivc in the laft line, and comparing 2 Sam. iv. 9. 
 
 it
 
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 it Is not Improbable that two words having been dropped, it might 
 originally have flood thus, 
 
 n-iv b^D nnsi -ity^ ♦t^'flii 
 
 ** and my foul, which thou haft redeemed out of all it's trouble." 
 
 24. I"i5n O. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. read nflrri, ** and are brought 
 tojliame." And 2 MSS. omit O 2d. 
 
 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 THE title may as well be rendered, for Solomorit as of Solomon y and 
 being defedive perhaps nbflD, A prayer ^ may have been dropped. See 
 Pifcator and others. This pfalm was probably compofed by David, ac- 
 cording to Muis and others, on his having appointed Solomon to be his 
 fucceflbrj but though fome things in It may be applicable to this Son 
 of Davidt it is in general more ftridly verified In the Mefliah, who is 
 fo called xar iioxnv Matt. ix. 27, &c. See the title to Syr. Verf. 
 
 V. I. ^Vd*?. David not having finifhed his reign, this line may re- 
 fer to himfelf as the next does to Solomon. 
 
 2. ]n*' Probably for \'V\ *' That he may judge ihy y>^o^^c." See Syr. 
 and Gen. xxxi. 37. The kingdom of Ifrael being ftrldly fpeaking 
 a Theocracy, the people were the fubjefts of fehovah ; and their gover- 
 nors only his 'viceroys. The poor alfo were the more immediate care of 
 heaven. See Pf. ix. 9, 12. 
 
 3. As by the mountains, and hills are probably meant in a figurative 
 fenfe, in allufion to the natural fituatlon of the country, the fuperior ru- 
 lers at Jerufalem, and the inferior ones in the other cities of Judah, 
 (See Mich, vi.) and the laft line is defedive both in fenfe and metre, 
 Meibomius's reading ia£3ty», or rather MiDlfltyn, feems very probable, 
 " and \\iQ\\ti\th\\\s Jhall judge in righteoufnefs." Which might eafily 
 
 Mm be
 
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 dropped fro:n its likenefs to the following word ; unlcfs for npTifn, we 
 read with one MS. if not two npT>'7, fupplying vn, ** and the little hills 
 jl-allbe for righteoufn:fs" Houb. &c. read with Vulg. r\irvit " and the 
 hills righteoufnefs." But then fliould we not for the fake of the metre 
 bring Xnyh to the end of the verfe, " The mountains fliall bring peace — 
 and the hills righteoufnefs unto the people f" Seeker thinks that r'piX 
 might end this verfe, and np"lV3 begin the next. Syr. reads I^Ti, 
 " (^qtikatcm tudm," 
 
 4. Is not bl wanting after ptrv, " and fhall crufli him that oppref- 
 feth the poor i" See the Collat. and Prov. xxii. 16. DiDC" 5 MSS. 
 
 5. y^^y. Houb. 5cc. read according to' 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 7-|S% 
 ** Et perenfiem habeat, cum fole et in afpedtu Luna;, generationcm genera- 
 tionum." But Seeker objeds to this conrtrttdVion, and obferves, the fenfe 
 of the text is good. One MS. reads with Hare in'?. See Ifai. li. 8. 
 
 6. Some nominative cafe being wanting to IT, UDti'a from it's fimili- 
 tude to lO.tJD may have been dropped, *' Judgment (hall come down like 
 rain, tec." See Amos v. 24. where is nearly the fame expreflion. Houb. 
 refers to Gideon's fleece, with Ainfworth ; but Pifcator, &c. make U 
 to {-ignify fNOWfj gruj's. See Amos vii. i. 
 
 s^'Hi. This word is found no where elfe, and we fliould read with 
 6. Vulg. Syr. Ch. &c JEth. D»3»nr, or as Durell n'SIT. si"ir, as he ob- 
 ferves, in Syr. fignifying to lunter. But as Cartel, under this radix, re- 
 fers to pnr, perhaps the word might be D'pllt, *' As the drops fprink- 
 ling the earth." Or D'Sni. See Ifai. xlv. 8. where is a fimilar paffage. 
 Meibomius reads 'fl by, " As the drops upon the lean earth." See Num. 
 xiii. 20. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. with 11 MSS. D'n'l")D1. 
 
 7. pnV. All the verfions with 3 MSS. Lowth, &c. more pro- 
 perly pnv, " In his days fliall righteoufnefs flourifh." This verfe is only 
 literally true of Chrifl. 
 
 nm, " and yeace JJmll abounds Seeker, But 6 MSS. read mn. 
 
 8. This
 
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 8. This fulfilled in Solomon, i Kings iv. 21., but more eminently 
 fo in Ch rift. See Poole and Zech. ix. 10. 
 
 9. CD"if. The fenfe of this word is doubtful. Grotius, &c. underftand 
 it of the wild Arabs, bordering upon the Red Sea, who by living upon 
 fifh were called Ictliyoplmgl. See Pf. Ixxiv. 14. Meibomius reads D'jiny, 
 " the violent" DHi is nearer to the text, if an alteration is requifite, 
 and anfwers better to the next fentence, " T^he adverfaries fliall bow be- 
 fore him— his enemies fliall lick the duft." " Sumpta figura ab ori- 
 entalibus, qui hodieque folcnt terram coram rege ofculari." Muis. Per- 
 haps alfo here may be an allufion to the curfe of the Jerpenf, Gen. iii. 14, 
 whom Chrifl has totally overcome. 
 
 10. ia»ty'. " 6. Vulg. Syr. Chald. perhaps 1N*n'." Seeker. Ar. feems 
 to have read IKIIS which may ftrengthen the former conjedure. See 
 this fulfilled i Kings x. i, and 22. and for the different countries here 
 mentioned fee Bochart, Gen. x. 
 
 11. This verfe may refpecSt the time mentioned. Revel, xi. 15. 
 
 12. Muis, &c. render Vlt^'O, clamantem. See alfo our verfions. What 
 the ant. verfions read is not certain ; perhaps tDli'VD, (i potente. 
 
 'Wy. 27 MSS. read more regularly "itlV ; *' and the poor ivhen he has 
 no helper." See Verf. 
 
 13. Din» 21 MSS. 
 
 15. TTI. Hare and others reading 'ns join it to the^ end of the 
 former verfe, where it connedts very well. One MS. reads M'l, and two 
 omit the word in the Text. Houb. renders »n'% *' et 'uivcnt -, deinde 
 et dahunt." i. e. the poor. Which Seeker obferves, avoids the impro- 
 priety of praying for Chrift. But if we read 10V1 for "nVn, the text 
 will be ftrongly confirmed ibyT' Heb. vii. 25. " And he Jhall live, and 
 
 to him {hall be given of the gold of Sheba He /Jiall intercede for his 
 
 people continually — every day fliall they blefs him." 
 
 ■jnJDnn'.; More regularly imDIl*. See 6. Vulg. & Ar. 
 
 M m 2 16. pKl
 
 [ 136 ] 
 
 i6. pKn "in nDC " 2TM?.y,ua, 6. Vulg. nfDDDn is tranflated by them 
 f>i^<xSSv«i, 1 Sam. xvi. 9." Seeker. So that they might read n£3D0. Mudge 
 derivins the word in the text from DDS, imminutum fuity renders the 
 words, *' The earth fliall be chequered with corn." See Gen. xxxvii. 3. 
 Meibomius, Houb. &c. read nt^D, ** There fhall be abundance of corn 
 in the earth." And as Seeker obferves m^ fignifies to abound. But as 
 4 MSS. read Itt'yT, which accords better with the following verb, a friend 
 obferving, that here is a metaphorical allufion to the increafe of the 
 Gofpel, renders the whole thus, '• There fhall be a grain of corn 
 in the earth ; its fruits flmll be JJiaken on the top of the mountains, as 
 Lebanon, and {hall flourifh out of the city (i. e. Jerufalcm) as the grafs 
 of the earth," 
 
 j! 17. X^y or as 56 MSS. \\y>. Some derive this verb from ni3, habitare. 
 Others from \'\^, fobolefcere, Durell reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. 
 VbS " Jfiall remain.''' Capellus \\y. Perhaps the word might be ")3n. 
 ♦' they Jhall fing of his name before the Sun." 
 
 V Houb. &c. fupply properly according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. 
 V"lK ♦t325i' bD, ** all the tribes of the earthy' at the end of the third line; 
 the metre as well as fenfe requiring it. Meibomius reads, ** all the tribes 
 oflfrael. 
 
 init^K*. 121 MSS. have pint^N' i which the grammatical conftruc- 
 tion requires. ■ ""■ "■ 
 
 18. Following Hare's metre in this verfe, I would read with 11 MSS. 
 7W)V> and omit D'H^K with Meibomius, agreeably to all the verSons, 
 except Ch. 
 
 19. Meibomius's divifion of this verfe feems the moft natural, 
 
 &c. Tinm 
 
 &c. vhm 
 
 ** And bleffed be the name, of his Majefty for ever— and his Majefty 
 fliall fill the whole earth— Amen and Amen." 
 
 to. Nothing
 
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 20. Nothing further can' be inferred from this verie than that this 
 pfalm was the la^ comporition of David, which may v*^ell be fuppofed, 
 as it was made in confequence of his appointing Solomon King. See 
 Mui', Hare, fee . 
 
 PSALM LXXIIL 
 
 *• SPIRITUS Afaphi hoc habet peculiare, ut de rebus ecclefiie trifli- 
 bus meditaretur, unde hie tertius Liber continet fere perpctuas queri- 
 monias." Genebrard. " I pafs over feveral things in this pfahn, as 
 in others, not becaufe they are eafy, but becaufe they are too difficult 
 for me." Seeker. 
 
 V. I. If we follow the metre of the Collat. the 2d line being de- 
 fe(flive, perhaps the two words, which begin the former, are dropped 
 from this, " Truly God is good to Ifrael. — Truly he is good to the pure 
 of heart." That fome word has been omitted may be inferred perhaps 
 from one ant. MS. repeating nn*?, for which Syr. reads nabv See our 
 verf. 
 
 2. 'V^J. 32 MSS. with all the verfions, except Ch. read VOJ. See 
 Pf. cii. 12. Or the text might be rendered, " But I had well nigh 
 
 Jlipped with my feet." See Ch. 
 
 n3S51'. All the verfions with 8 MSS. read lD£3ir» nit^N 34 MSS. 
 more regular, and 6 MSS. reading 'mti^K, and one 'Hii^K may ferve to 
 prove that the affix pronoun of the ift perfon fing. is funk when joined 
 with the plur. mafc. noun in regim. For this and many other inftancc^ 
 feem to controvert that rule of Buxtorf, '* prieter morera eft, ut una 
 litera duo officia occupet." See Pf. ii. 12. 
 
 3. D^Vbinn. Perhaps D'bbini, *' For I was envious at the profane" 
 There is a defed: in the lad line of the verfe, perhaps o or "i is wanting. 
 
 - N n 4, Dmo*?,
 
 I 133 J 
 
 4- SniisV, 5cc. The laft line of this verfe being defeftive in the me- 
 tre, Hare adds according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. DDDOl. Edwards 
 prefers Dna. Ch. reads Dl*?, " their heart is fat and ftrong." But 
 the reading of Houb. &c. from Meurlius of DH loV is fupported by 
 one ant. MS. in wliich "joS ends the tirfl: line, and confequently Qn 
 begins tlie next, " For there are no bands to them ; — perfe£J and firm is 
 their ftrength." And the.firft part may allude to their having no wounds 
 to be bound up i or may fignify, as a friend, referring to Ifai. Iviii. 6. 
 fuggefts, *' that they are quite free, and at eafe." 
 ,f^D'71S*. Houb. DV^?, moreufual 
 
 ->:S- IID'J'K* 58 MSS. more properly 1Q3»K. Ch. probably fupplies ji^TV 
 after ,,p"T|}» and fome word feems to be wanting. But fee Merrick's 
 Append. No 5. 
 
 6. *• Compafleth them about as a chain" Chains in the Eaft were 
 worn about the neck by way of ornament. See Cant. iv. 9. Prov. i. 9, 
 
 n»:^*. Pifcator and others D'CO, better. 2 MSS. «TiDV'. 
 r-7' 133'y. 64 MSS. read "ja»yy. But then we Ihould read 1N*>'\ See our 
 Bib. Verf. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. ;Eth. Houb. and Green read iSiljr, " Their 
 loickednefs proceedeth from fatnefs." And the lafl obferves, there is the 
 0me miftake Zech, v. 6. Houb. would alfo read D^Vd for iVnO. £ut 
 the text feems juftified by Pf. xvii. 10. 
 
 nV2tya "nny. Syr. reads nVDt:'u)J2 nnV, " operati funt pro cogitatione 
 cordis'* Houb. follows it with refped to the ^^erb, " they wrought 
 the defires of the heart." I prefer the reading of tlie noun, " they tranf- 
 grefled through the thoughts of the heart." A friend reads with one ant. 
 
 MS. iav>*. 
 
 8. ip'D*. Houb. reads 123T; which 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & yEth. favor. 
 Perhaps by a tranfpofition we lliould read lap', and whether we render 
 DY^i32 with Vatablus according to Syr. " agalnfl the mojl high •" with 
 Mudge and others, ** from on liigh ;" meaning the courts of juftice ; or 
 '* before , the mojl high i" for pt?jr would it not be better to read. IpJl? 
 
 *' They
 
 [ 139 ] 
 
 " They rife up (I. ^:--iii\ judgment) and fpeak for the wicked — thev 
 fpeak faljly before the moji high ?" If DIIOD will bear this fenfe! 
 See Pf. Ivi. 3. " Certe quadrat cum fcquentibus, G. legatur DllOl." A 
 friend. '^r^y x)a< ^t^ ,0:6 .'^^'^^^ in rf"t^i'3"» 'af«* 
 
 9. •* Ncque fuperis neque j'n/eris maledicendo parcunt."' MtiJf. '"^ 
 
 10. dSi lav 2♦:y^ *' Locus difficillimus." Hare. Mudge and others 
 read tDnb. See our old Verf. Lowth, &c. read with Houb. Dn*7 ' Tt:V'ntt'\ 
 " Therefore they are filled with bread — and they drink waters out' of a full 
 cup." D12 being underftcod. See Buxt. p. 345. But 35 MSS. read ncf\ 
 Some one fuppofes the word D*?!!, or rather DlVn, as 35 MSS. read, to be 
 the partic. pafT. from D*?n contudit, " Therefore his people return 
 flricken, or, fmitten." i. e. infultcd by the wicked above mentioned; 
 which agrees with the following claufe, " and waters 'of- a fliirn^up 
 are wrung out unto them." But fee Edwards's & Green's V'6rf, 6. 
 Vulg. Ar. &; ^th. read in the laft line, Wi^i — 'an, ** ct dies pkni in" 
 venientur in eis." 2 MSS. with Syr. read l}<\ftt>. '' '"^^f? 
 
 11. This verfe feems to contain the triumph of the wicked, as an im- 
 pious farcafm on the God of heaven. 
 
 12. DblV ♦I'JC'I perhaps may be rendered, " and ivhoprofpering ifi ihfiir 
 w/tf-^£'</«^ obtain riches." i:i»aTJ 6 MSS. iv.fim-mvM 
 
 13. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read n,t:iKT before -jt^, '"Then Ifaid,'\C' 
 rily in vain have I cleanfed my heart,— and wafhed my hands in inno- 
 ccncv." See Pf. xxvi. 6. ■ -■ ^ .,. . "• ' '■->■■ -^-i- ■■'' ,, •-•'• ^ 
 
 'nnDim. is not this word~Wfifteff'fdr'tnn3im, inUopYi'.'^ mithaf' 
 tenedf" See our Verf. .i;'..,.-ji:\: 
 
 DnpnV, " withfiripes." Durell. For which he refers to Lev. xijf. 
 20. But the ufual fcnfe of the word feems to anfwer better to the former 
 Hemiftich. - :oq4ctE-' ^OBrir:' 
 
 15. Lowth gives up this verfe as inexplicable. Houbigant reads 
 "yni \T\, DmaD miyN> ** Si tamcn dlxero, faciam iit illi, ecce a gene- 
 ratione filiorum tuorum transfuga ero." And the two firft words are ac- 
 
 N n 2 cording
 
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 cording to Syr. But reading with him and others Dm03, TK alfo for 
 DN, and m.ll for 'mJO, together with nnn, the words might bear 
 this conftrudion, " Then I laid, I will be reckoned as they are, or, / 
 will do as they dc — Behold, thou haji dealt treacheroujly tvith the gene- 
 ration of thy children." i. e. In punifliing the righteous and rewarding 
 the wicked. Mudge, Sec. *' If I fay, I will fpeak as thus, &c." i. e. 
 as in the verfes preceding. 
 
 i6. " When I thought deeply in order to underfland this." A friend. The 
 laft line of this verfe appearing defective, and one very ant. MS. repeating 
 N'n, perhaps one of them was written for 7\''T\, which 6 Ar. & -(Eth. 
 favor. 
 
 17. 'Sy^i?^. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. read t^npo. 
 
 T\yi'». Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read ni'nNl, which might be rendered, 
 '♦ the*} u;.derfi6od 1 ihtiT end." See our Verf. " and attended to, 6cc." 
 Grien. 
 
 18. •]{<. Would it not be better to read 1»{^, as in the next verfe, 
 " H01V, &c. ?" 
 
 nipbnn. Houb. reads mpbnn, in the accuf. One MS. reads accord- 
 ing to Pf. XXXV. 6. 
 
 19. One MS. reads VT\:i, " in a moment." And neither 6. Vulg. Syr. 
 Ar. or iEth. read the comparative conjuncflion, and perhaps formn'jJs 
 we fliould read nunb, " they are utterly confumed in the fames," 
 alluding to Numb. xvi. 32, & 35. See Pf. cvi. 18. Houb. by a dif- 
 ferent Metathefis reads mb2n> ** citius ipj'a vanitate." But, as a friend 
 obferves, bun is mafc. who thinks alfo that ]a may be redundant ac- 
 cording to one MS. 
 
 20. TVn. Montanus and others, making it the Gerund, render it, 
 " when thou arifejl." Durell renders it, *' th^xxfooli/h image." 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & iEth. reading 'yyy'2, render it, •* in thy city." But with this 
 reading Montanus's verfion feems preferable. See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 Do'yir.
 
 C ui 3 
 
 Caby, ** Thou fhalt defplfe their image." i. e. ♦« Thou fhalt treat them 
 with contempt, who feem great to themfelves and others." Gejer. But a 
 friend reading with one MS. myn, and n?nn for HDn, (fee Pf. Ixviii. 30.) 
 gives this fenfe of the words, " As the dream of one wKo awalceth, O 
 Lord, when thou awakeft, thou Jlialt fcatter their image." Seeker of- 
 fers this verfion of the text, " make their vain fliew contemptible." re- 
 ferring to Pf. xxxix. 7. for this fenfe of D^i". mn' 7 MSS. 
 " 21. l^intTK. Houb. reads piDK'n ; but perhaps the tri^er, .Reading is 
 lOiintJ'n, '* and my reins ivere pierced." -a.-- 
 
 22. 'JKl, " Then was I, &c." Gejer. &c. 
 
 mann. One MS. reads with 6. Vulg. Ch . Ar. & ^th. naniD. 
 
 ** as a beajl before thee." i. e. " ratione dejlitutus." Gejerus. 
 
 23. One MS. & Syr. omit this verfe. One ant. MS. read at firft "j^a*. 
 Perhaps then we fliould alfo read 'JDinK, " Thou haji holden me by thy 
 right hand." See Pf. xviii. ^S' 
 
 .24. mnD nriNV Hare and others read lUD^. Edwards "TinDV, " to 
 glory." Houb. ")-TinD, ** in thy glory." But 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^,th. 
 probably read TODn DXI, or "niD DM, " ^W receive me with glory" 
 For the prepofition DK before a noun, having n prefixed, fee Gen. i. 4. 
 
 25. From confulting the fcveral verfions, and confidering the fenfe 
 and metre, the firft line might ftand thus, 
 
 "joo D'Oti'n '"? 'D o 
 
 *' For whom have I in heaven before thee." And the laft word might 
 eafily be dropped from its likenefs to the next. Houb. reads 'jaiy% 
 *' quis aderit mihi, et collocabit me in coelo & tecum." But a friend 
 fuggefts \T\i after ♦D, which will fupply, as he obferves, all defefts, and 
 give an additional fpirit to the pafTage. The pfalmift in the preceding 
 verfe had faid, " Then, &c." Full of this idea he burfts fortLh,/" ,0 
 thatfome one would place me in heaven, and with thee ! I have no plea- 
 fure on earth." See Mai. i. 10. 
 
 O o 26. Ellipfis
 
 . «5 
 
 C U2 ] 
 z6. " If my fiefl^, &c.'* 2 Gejerus. Ellipfis tS C3K. Syr. reads n'73"), 
 it, ccnjuniptum fit" But the true reading probably is Th'2 •D, " Al- 
 though my flefh, &:c." Hare's divifion of the metre is preferable, unlefa 
 
 ,2 J. ^spiritual adulterers, and tornicators, i. e. Idolaters, were puniflied 
 with death under the Mofaical law, as guilty of high treafon againft 
 'Jehovah their King. See Muis. 
 
 aS. 'JlNa. 4. MSS. read nin'n, and 7 omit mns with 6. & iEth. 
 fo that /« yehovah feems to be right. 
 
 ; ,Xh€ addition of Hare and others at the end of this verfe according 
 to A^VuIg. Ar. 5c ^th. feems proper, •* in the courts of the daughter 
 
 ■HI 3d 
 
 P S A L M LXXIV. 
 
 THIS pfalm was probably compofed during the Babylonifli captivity. 
 See Mede, 6cc. If Afaph therefore was the author of it, as the title fets 
 fortli. It muft be a different perfon from the contemporary of David. 
 Muis thinks it might be prophetical. Or, as Seeker obferves, it may 
 relate, as others think, to the prefent ftate of the Jews. See verfe 9. 
 
 V. I. nniT. Syr. & Ar. read 'iJnmr, as in Pf. xliv- 24. Our old 
 version feems to have placed n5»j'7 "ght. See Pf. Ixxix. 5. and Seeker, 
 A friend obferves that HdV influences the 2d line. 
 
 2. *1DT. 25 MSS. read more properly "n3f. 
 
 Dnty nbK:i. A friend reads with Ch. & Syr. ^hii:^^, " Remember thy 
 congregation ; thou haft purchafed of old, and redeemed the tribe of thine 
 inheritance." See Ifal. Ixiii. 17. Jerem. x. 16. 
 
 '3. "I'DVC. 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. read "^n*, " Lift up thy hands 
 againft, Sec." Perhaps there is the fame error in the text, Pf. Iviii. i r. 
 
 The
 
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 The hands fcem to be more proper here. Syr. reads ^»"riy, " Lift up 
 thy fervcints." Hare reads nbD for the two laft words of the firfl line, 
 " Leva veftigia tua, perde omnem iniinicum, &c." Houb. reads VdV, 
 « in omne malum inimice." " Lift up thy Jieps." i. e. fays Mudgc 
 come up and fee-, as it was fituated on the top of a hill. See alfo Edwards 
 and Green. Durell renders thus, " Lift up thy feet unto the total defo- 
 litions^-fupprefs the evil of the enemy in the fanftuary." making Vd the 
 imperat. of "JID. See Jerem. vi. ii. Out of thefe various readings this 
 fenfe is offered to confideration, " Lift up thy hands againfl the continual 
 defolations — againjl all the evil of the enemy in the fani^^uary." A friend 
 prefers "J'i'V, omits nVJwith one MS. & reads with 6. Syr. Ar. "Jt:'"7pn, 
 ** Lift up thine eyes to the defolations, to all the mifchief of the enemy 
 in thy fanSiuary" y^ one MS. Seeker thinks Hare may be right in 
 omitting nV3 mi^Jl'DV. 
 
 4. DDDIK. All the verfions with 19 MS. read Dmmf^. 
 
 mnK, or as 30 MSS. DimK, may be written by miftake for iniDlN. 
 ** They have made their ftandards thy Jiandards." i. e. They had ere<Sted 
 their llandards, by way of vidory, in the mofl: holy place j where 
 Jehovah ufed to manifefl himfelf by a vifible appearance. See Poole, 
 and Matt xxiv. 15. 
 
 5. V"fV, &;c. Lovvth and others follow Hare, who reads IJ/li', and 
 nnVI for nyi, and by tranfpofmg thefe two words give this fenfe of 
 this, and the following verfe, «' And now, as one that lifteth up the axes 
 in the thick woods, they have cut off A\ the carved work thereof together ; 
 they have caft it down with axes and hammers." Houb. reads "jyT, 
 " they appeared, &c." which Green approves; and likewife "]»mn3 OKI 
 for rrninfl ny^ in the following verfe. Durell reads i<»aa IVIV, " A 
 man has been feen by thee, lifting up axes, &c." A friend, confidering VTV 
 as an imperfonal, and reading *]*nr)D nsi, renders thus, " The appearance 
 was, as one who lifts on high axes againft thick trees ; and they broke 
 down thy gates, &c." But perhaps we (hould read U'^l'lj *' and they have 
 
 O o 2 broken
 
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 broken doiim^ as he wlio lifteth up, &c." from W") frangere. Sec 
 Jerem. xi. 16. 
 
 6. nyv 42 MSS. nnj;i. See above. niDbSl 71 MSS. and 2 mS^Dn. 
 
 7. One MS. for ti*Nn reads •p^^3, which agrees better with the prefent 
 verb ; but all the verfions read Ip'Vl.l, '* They have burnt, &c." Perhaps 
 we rt:iould read Ityipsn fN- 
 
 8. iDlli'. Seeker thinks we fliould read "f^m, " Let us burn up, &c." 
 in conformity to the preceding verb, which 6. at prefent render 
 Kara^awwiatis as Seckcr and a learned friend obferve, for KarctKMirufA.ev. Which 
 the collation of c. MSS. will probably reftify. By the hou/es of God 
 Fri^eaux, underftands the Frofeuchce. See Merr. 
 
 9. IJ'mnK. 23 MSS. ^ymm^? more ufual. «' Our Signs." i. c. The 
 manifeftations of the Divine prefence in the temple, as tokens of God's 
 favor. See v. 4. 
 
 If the metre of the Collat. fhould be preferred, the 2d line being 
 defeflive, we fhould probably read 131 at the end, ** There is no more 
 a prophet amongjl us." 
 
 nD"I3'. ** This cannot furely relate to the times when Jeremiah and 
 Ezekiel were prophets, or when Daniel was preferved j for Jeremiah and 
 Daniel particularly knew how long." Seeker. 6. Vul. Ar. and Mth, 
 read liy, •' Neither is there with us one who knoweth any more." 
 But perhaps thefe two words are written for niD")J^, ** Neither is there 
 with us one who knos^&th. prudence." See Prov. i. 4. 
 
 1 1 . Hare and Green infert K*?, " Why draweft thou not thy hand 
 out?" And the former omits hVd. Houb. reads rb^, and following this 
 reading, and adding mn* after in», which the metre of the Collat, calls 
 for, the words will afford this fenfe, ** Why withdraweft thou thy 
 hand, O Jehovah — and hideji thy right hand in the midft of thy Bo- 
 fom ?" But then Seeker thinks we fhould read mp2 j though D fome- 
 times fignifies in. See Taylor's Concord. For this fenfe of I'K^f) fee 
 Gen. xxxviii. 29. • 
 
 I
 
 C 145 3 
 
 Ipin. 27 MSS. read with Houb. Ip'n, its ufual form. 
 
 12. mVItt" ^yS). 41 MSS. read more regularly Vvifl, and 7 MSS. 
 with all the verfions DVW in the fing. " JVorking fahation in the 
 midft of the Imid" i.e. in the midft of the land oflfrad. Patrick and 
 others. But I rather think, in the midft of the land of Egypt. Sec 
 Deut. xi. 3. and the following verfe. 
 
 13. nillfl. Ch. 6c Syr. read mifl, which feems to be the right word, 
 and one MS. mm3. "Itm 7 MSS. -I'mc^r?'^" 
 
 tD'yjn, *' Ihe dragons." Probably Pharaoh's captains. See Exod. xv. 4. 
 who might be fo called from having dragons in their ftandards, as Gc- 
 jerus conjectures. But Merrick from Bochart fuppofes them to be ivhaies, 
 ;Called fii/rvw, from this word. ■. i 
 
 14. W\ir\. Ar. tyM*l> " the head of Leviathan." i. e, Pharabfrl Sec 
 Ezek. xxix. 3. 
 
 D"J»V. See Pf. Ixxii. 9. 
 
 15. By a mctalepfis the Fountain and River are put for the rock out 
 of which they flowed. See Exod. xvii. and Grot. 
 
 ^n*K mini. As Jordan is here probably meant, we might read witW 
 one MS. irinJ, " the mighty river." Or p»Kn nna. Sec Mich. vi. 2. 
 
 16. See Gen. i. 3, i6. 6. Ar. & Ch. probably read TVXXD, " Lu- 
 nam." Patrick, &c. make "JIKD to bear the fame fignification ; but fomc 
 one feems properly to have obferved, ** lucem prsmittit folii quia lux 
 prior Jo/e exftitit." 
 
 18. ** Remember this, O Jehovah, that the enemy hath reproached, 
 and the fooliih people have defpifed thy name." Deficit hie O. Pifc. 
 See our verfion. 
 
 13T. 13 MSS. more regularly mX 2*K 2 MSS. 
 
 19, Houb, for inin reads ^nn, according to 6. Syr. Ar. & iEth. 
 «* confitentem tibi." Rather, as a friend, « of him who giveth thanks un- 
 to thee" Seeker in juftication of the text refers to Cant. ii. 14. See 
 Mcrr. alfo, 
 
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 C 146 ] 
 
 By the wild beajl Nebuchadnezzar may be underftood. See Pf. Ixxx. 
 13. But if we read with Seeker and others according to 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 & iEth. nvn^, " to the ivild beajls," it may mean the Chaldeans. 
 
 rrn. Hare would omit this word, as not according with the context. 
 Mr. Bradley, from its occuring twice, and being rendered multitude, que- 
 ries whether it might not be Vn ? If any alteration was neceflary I fliould 
 prefer DNl, *' and forget not thy poor, &c." But as 6. Syr. Ar. & 
 ^th. read with one MS. DVn, ** the lives of thy poor;" this as Muis, 
 &c. have obferved, anfwers -m animam turturis-, and Job xxxiii. 20. 
 flrongly fupports the text. 7 MSS. alfo read ri'm. 
 
 20. nna"?. Houb. reads according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. 
 nnn^'?, " Look unto thy covenant." which is probably right. 
 
 If we retain the text in the latter part of this verfe, the Ar. .Vcrf. 
 feems as good as any, *' for the jnean 07ies of the earth have filled the 
 habitations with violence." But Houb. &c. with Syr. tranfpofmg the 
 words, and reading DOm "jB^nD, give this fenfe, ** For the habitations 
 of the earth are full of darknefs and violence. Mr. Bradley propofes, 00113 
 nniNil, ** The land is filled with darknefs, and its habitations ivith vio- 
 lence." 
 
 21. Hare thinking the metre, as well as the fenfe, imperfeft in the 
 firft line of this verfe reads I^D at the end of it, '* Let not the op- 
 prefled r&tmn from thee afhamed." yw> 35 MSS. 
 
 22. -)3r. 24 MSS. read niDr. For bl^ <:d I would read bUtt. 
 
 23. 7nm5f 38 MSS. Sec V. 4. &c. 
 
 rb'W. 53 MSS. rhy, " afcendeth continually." i. e. never ceafeth. 
 
 PSALM LXXV. 
 
 nntyri' Perhaps for nVtiT), denoting a nine ftringed inftrumcnt. 
 See Pf. Ivii. This pfalra was probably compofed, as Patrick conjec- 
 tures.
 
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 tures, on the deftruflion of Sennacherib's arm}'. Compare v. 5, 6, 
 
 with 2 Chron. xxxii, 
 
 V. 2. l"li!D "lOty mnpT. Houb. Sec. following 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & 
 
 iEth. read "|J"lSD lOti'l N"lp21, " and nve will call upon tlry name, ise ivill 
 
 declare, &c." But by reading 11131, which is a ftill lefs alteration, we 
 
 have this fenfe, *' and thy wonderous works declare the glory of thy 
 
 name." See Pf. Ixxix. 9. A friend propofes mp *3. 
 
 3. Thefe may be the words of Hezekiah. Or of David, as Daubuz, 
 &c." Or of Jehovah, as Grotius, &c. As the firft line is defedive. 
 Hare reads "h DnviJ3> '* When I receive the congregations unto ?ne.'" Ed- 
 wards adds »J{<, or OJK> from the beginning of the next line. But from 
 the iimilitude of the words, 'Jfl*? may have been dropped, " When I re- 
 ceive the congregation before me — I 5cc." See Jerem. xxx. 20. 
 
 " Taking the congregation is akin to taking ///£" kingdom, D^n.v.'ilT 
 Seeker. D1£3{:>K 16 MSS. 
 
 4. DUai. Houb. reads D'iOJ, " The earth and all the inhabitants 
 thereof >zr^ ejlabli/lied." 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. read mOi, " The 
 land is dijfolved, &c." which feems to be right ; though 40 MSS. have 
 D'AIOi, which muft agree with n'niy», or as 17 MSS. n'lC^r. Thefe 
 words, as Muis and others obferve, may defcribe the ruinous ftate of the 
 Jewifli polity. See Ifai. xxiv. where \"1Nn might be rendered, " the 
 land. i. e. of fudcea. See Poole. 
 
 5. This and the following verfes might be a part of the anfwer fent 
 by Hezekiah to Sennacherib. See 2 Chron. xxxii. 20. 
 
 "ibinn 15 MSS. and one at firfl "ibbnn, perhaps better ibVinn. Our 
 old Verf. reads D3i1|?, ** your horn" which feems right, though there 
 is no authority for it. 
 
 6. We muft either repeat Vk, with 6. Vulg. 6c ^th. or read "nnm, 
 with Syr. & Ar. ; the force of the negative being carried on. 
 
 7* liyttai KVIOJO ^ O. If this reading is retained, there is no men- 
 tion of the north, as Hare obferves i nor is this ditliculty fufficiently 
 
 P p 2 cleared
 
 [ U8 J 
 
 cleared up by him, or Edwards. Houb. reads n"iyDa CD\Si'"iD, " non 
 funf egrejfiones, five, tffugia ab Occident e, nee a deferto montlum." Seeker 
 thinks this reading from Syr. unnatural, but obferves that all the Verf. 
 join Dnn with nn^D, and tranflate it mountains. But might we read 
 'Sy2'''yr\ for Csnn, and nnvas 1JN»Via nVh, as an anfwer to the preecding 
 infult, " Did he not bring us out of the defert — and did he not lift us up 
 out of the wildernefs ?" See Deut. xxxii. lo, ii. 
 
 8. DStr. 51 MSS. read IDfllty ; and as the metre of the Collat. whieh 
 feems preferable, is defeftive. Kin fhould probably follow, as in Pf. 1. 
 6, " For God is judge himfelf." 
 
 9. Reading with Durell \'0» for IVD', and with him and one MS. 
 IDty'l for ^nt^'^ I would divide the metre thus, 
 
 &c, O 
 &c. V'1 
 
 &c. inty'i 
 
 *• For there is a cup in the hand of Jehovah — and the wine is turbid, a 
 full mixture — and he will pour out of it ; furely the dregs thereof he 
 will prcfs out — <iniallthc wicked of the earth fliall drink." For the 
 pfalmift feems to allude to the cuflrom of the Jews, who gave wine 
 mingled with Myrrh to thofe who were condemned to die; for which 
 fee Mede on Matt, xxvii. 34. &c. " Mixtum, fay -others, vel aliis vi- 
 norum generibus, qualia fortius incbriant : vel hcrbis veneniferis." See 
 Grot. &c. on Rev. xiv. 10, which probably alludes to this paflage. But 
 a friend conjedlures that 6. might read ^DO K*?!* axfors j though, as 
 Seeker obferves, the fame phrafe occurs Ifai. Ixv. 1 1 . where we fhould 
 read ^DO, not ^DDD. If we read with Lowth according to 6. Syr. Vulg. 
 Ar. & ^th. nt b^ nrO» *' he poureth it out of one vejel into another-" 
 the prefent order is preferable. See his notes on Ifai. p. 14. A friend 
 alfo refers for this reading to Horn. Hi. n. 527. 
 
 lo. t:»k.
 
 [ 149 3 
 
 10. TAK. Hate, Houb. &c. following 6. Ar. & JEth. read b^^a, and 
 the former for the fake of fenfe and metre fupplies n»l (rather mn'l) 
 after It, ** But / wt'// rejoice in Jehovah for ever." But may not ytyD have 
 been accidentally dropt, " But I will declare his name for ever ?" 
 
 tD'jiyV 52 MSS. 
 
 11. VTJlK. Mudge fuppofes this to be fpoken by the prince, or fome 
 one in his perfon ; and by ^^"^"^ Hezekiah may be underftood. See verfe i. 
 The antithefis requires that we fhould read according to 6, Vulg. Syr. 
 Ar. & iEth. with Hare, &c. niODTIDI. 
 
 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 FOR the title fee Pf. iv. i. The fiabjedl is generally fuppofed to 
 be the fame with that of the former ; or perhaps niay be only a con- 
 tinuation of it. See Lowth's notes on Ifai. p. no. mi'-1i2 67 MSS. 
 
 V. 3. IDID 45. MSS. 
 
 4. ♦Se^'l. The common acceptat/on of this word not being very fuitable 
 to the context, it is perhaps written by miftake for nflt^X. See Pf cxxvii. 
 5. But Pifc. &c. by an hypallage render it, " arcus Jcintillarum" i. e. 
 feint illantes. 
 
 nOn^DI. Syr. reads nttnbon, which is certainly preferable ; and the 
 miftake might arife from the former word's ending in n, ** There breakell 
 thou the quiver, the bow, — the fhield, and the fword, in the battle." 
 3 MS. omit the % and then the words may be in conftrudion, " the 
 fword of battle" Or « the battle fivord." As we fay the battle ax. 
 See Jerem, li. 20. 
 
 5. Hare and others making the contraft to lye between Mount Zion 
 and the mountains, in order to fupply the defedl in metre and fenfe, 
 read ^VJf nn after nnN, " Thou, Mount Zion, art more glorious and 
 
 Q^q magni-
 
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 magnificent than the mountains of prey." 6. Vulg, Ar. & JEth. for 
 pjTO Tead either iDIp, or as Houb. TTJ, " from the everlajling moun- 
 tains." But Seeker obferves that 6. do not tranflate the laft word fo in 
 the other two places, but a>a<re<ii Job xxiv. 5. and thinks that fome 
 tranfcriber may have changed it into aumiuv. Mudge renders the text, 
 " Thou fhoneft forth glorious from the mountains of prey." Durell, 
 *f. Thou art become glorious, yea mighty at the mountains of prey." 
 But making nniJ a verb, the words may be rendered thus, " the mighty 
 one Cometh glorious from the mountains of prey." i. e. God returnctk 
 in triumph to Jerufalem from the ilaughter of the enemy, who were 
 encamped about it, and ready to devour it like fo many ravenous beads. 
 See 2 Kings xviii. 17. A friend reads Kill for *11N*3, as in verfe 8. 
 
 6. Hare's metre in this verfe is preferable to that of the Collat. 
 ibVint:'}^. Houb. ibVntyn. Rather I'jV'intrn. Hare, &c. read with 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. Vd before nOK, " All the flout hearted 
 are fpoiled, &c." 6. Vulg. Ch. & Ar. read tDH'T^, *' in manibus 
 fuis." But fee our Bib. Verf. Muis, &c. and 2 Kings xix. 35. 
 
 7. DID! nD"n D"n3. Hare, &c. read the verb in the plur. .321 
 13"T">:, with all the verfions ; and 8 MSS. have nD"). Houb. reads with 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. D'DID 'nDI. But the text may be rendered, 
 ** both the rider, and the horfe." See Taylor's Concord, for this fenfe 
 of 1, Or perhaps we fliould read '2yr\- Mr. Bradley would read the 
 verb and the nouns in the plur. •* the riders and the horfes hawe-f(^nt 
 
 8. Some word feems to be wanting in the firft line of this verfe ac- 
 cording to the Collat. Ch. fupplies D'n^X Kin, " tu ipfe Deus," Houb, 
 reads niNJ, " Thou art terrible, thou art glorious." But perhaps ^^2'7 
 has been omitted, ** Thou art to be feared, thou only." See 2 Kings 
 xix. 15. and Green's Verf. 
 
 "]flK tKS. Probably *^5KD» ** and who may ftand before thee in thine 
 anger." Houb. reads ?yo, *^ fra fortitudine hx^ Xmx" "DDV* 5 -MSS. 
 
 9. " In-
 
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 ■. g» f* Introducitor Deus av^^amimBZi, tanquam rex in alto folio fedens & 
 fententiam promulgans." Gej. Perhaps this may refer to 2 Kings 
 
 xix. 35. 
 
 10. One MS. reads «jy, ** all tht affliSied of the land A? V 
 
 1 1. "piru Lowth reads after Houb. *]nn» ** For thou Jliali break, or 
 JubiuBt the wrath of maji." And 2 MSS. have *]in. 
 
 nnKJy- As this word does not accord well with the context, per- 
 Jiaps wc {hould read XOT^t " the wrath of princes {halt thou reftrain." 
 See verfe 13. and 2 Kings xix- 28. 47 MSS. read m^nn. Mudge fup- 
 pofes that 6. read ifiHTS, which he follows, *< What remaineth of fu- 
 ries Jhall attend thy fejlivals" i. e. pay homage. Rather yyr\r\, io^ricre,, 
 
 12. ai^JDb is fcarcely confiftent with any grammatical rules, we fliould 
 Aerefore probably read KIIJV. See verfe 13. ''"'^^'* 
 
 12* ^Vy* ** ThQ knCe of rejrai'm'ng feems beft." Seeker. See our 
 old verfion. 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 p O R the title fee Pf, xxxix. " Eft Ode medii charaderis ; & in 
 rario & insquali genere ab humili & fubmiflb exordio per juflifTimam 
 rcrum feriem afcendens ad fummum gradum fublimitatis." Lowth Prsl. 
 Perhaps this pfalm was compofed by Hezekiah during his iicknefs. 
 
 V. 2. npyifKl. All the verfions, except Ch. with one MS. omit the y 
 See Pf. cxlii. i . 
 
 3' :m» 18 MSS. read nin^. 
 
 n». Green reacjs with Ch. ♦i'V, " Mine eye trickled down.** Which 
 reading is ftrengthened by one MS. having ♦i'y ♦DB^IT n». See alfo 
 Lam. iii. 49. and Seeker. Houb. reads 'flai IT, ** His hand /mote me" 
 Durell this, or ';?:i3 to the fame purport ; either of which Syr. favors. 
 
 Q^q 2 Or
 
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 Or he would render nn:o, with Taylor, " his hand exhau/leth me.** 
 Ar. probably reads Tinna, / extended my hands in the night." Unlefs 
 the prefent verb will bear this fenfe,- for which fee Lowth from 
 Symm. tec. 
 
 Dnjn. One MS. of note reads with 6. Vulg. & iEth. Omn'j, €on- 
 folari. See Jerem. xxxi. 15. Ch. reads OninnV. See Gen. xxxvii. 
 35. One of which feems proper. - : 
 
 " 4. n'DriNV 3 MSS. read na'tHNI, which is more regular. See Pf. ly. 
 3. Perhaps we {hould read nOinNI, in Niph. Sec Buxt. 
 
 5. " T^hou holdeji the watches of mine eyes" i. e. *• kcepeft the eyc- 
 Kds from dropping down." See Muls. 
 
 m'TDDtt^ 19 MSS. This word occurs no where clfc. 
 
 6. The metre as well as fenfe requires that we (hould join m^ttt* 
 with 6. Ar. i^th. Hare and others, to the end of this verfe, .** I 
 have confidered the days of old — I have remembered the years that are paft." 
 
 See the Collat. 
 
 7. 'nyii. Lowth, &c. read according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. 
 'num. See alfo verfe 13. Hare makes it only a mufical mark; but his 
 reafon for rejefting it does not feem fufficient j though, as Seeker ob- 
 ferves, his guefs is ingenious. 
 
 B'Sn'l. Houb. ficc. read with 6. Vulg. Syr. & Ari KfflnKV ** jiad 
 in the night I meditated with my heart— I communed, and fearched my 
 fpirit." See our old Verf. 
 
 8. nit'. Syr, & Ar. probably read OPiif*, " Will Jehovah caft me 
 off for ever ?" 
 
 ♦iTN. 19 MSS. mrv. 
 
 >)'D'. We fhould either read P\D' in Kal, or with 62 MSS. «)»0V- ' 
 
 9. *1DK. We (hould read with Syr. Ar. & Houb. nDK, " Doth his 
 Word fail for ever ?" 6. & Vulg. omit this and the preceding word. 
 Many MSS. nm nn*?. 
 
 10. One
 
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 10. One MS. reads ^bn, but on account of the metre perhaps D'n'jN 
 may be the true reading, and the lafl letters might be dropped from their 
 likenefs to thole which follow. 
 
 , II. 'mVn. Hare and others read 'mVni, ** Then I faid in my forrou; 
 this is the change of the right hand of the moft High." For which 
 fenfe of DlJt!' fee alfo 6. Vulg. & Lovvth. Prceleift. Others for mitt> read 
 'njyil, from HZ'H, referring to Jerem. x. 19. Mich, vii, 9. " And I faid 
 this is my infirmity, or my afflidlion," (i.e. the iifHi6lion appointed for 
 me) — ** and I ivill bear the right hand of the mofl high." But a friend 
 renders the text thus, ** Then I faid this mine infirmity is a change of 
 the right hand of the Almighty." ** i. e. is a proof that his protection, 
 exprefled by his right hdnd, is withdrawn from me." Durell, ** for 
 there are changes in the right hand, &c." •• Our tranflation cannot be 
 right, whatever is." Seeker. Might we read 'iK TiVD'H, Then I faid, 
 #** Can 1 change the right hand of the Moft High ?" Or, ^JK Tl'jVn, 
 ** I will celebrate the years, &c. ?" See V. 6. 
 
 IDKI. 6 MSS more regularly nOINV 
 V 12. nOfK. Several MSS read -)3?K ; and 20 m3fK, which feems moft 
 proper. 
 
 ♦3 rr 'hhvH" Houb. reads mn* T'^'jya, " I will remember thy works 
 O Jehovah — I will remember, &c." more agreeable to the context. 
 
 ytibQ all the Verf. with 15 MSS. See Pf Ixxviii. 12. 
 
 13. nVyS. All the Verf. with 16 MSS. read y^ySi, " of all thy 
 ivorks," 
 
 14. t:flp2. *' Perhaps, in holinefs. Holy. Syr. Ch." Seeker. Might 
 it then be trnpn, '* Thy way, O God, is holy ?" 
 
 D'n'JKD. Hare and others read with 6. Vulg. Syr. Arab, and ^th. 
 "U'nbtO, which feems better, '• What God is great as our God V But 
 fee Seeker. 
 
 15. All the Verf. with 6 MSS. read nttflV ; and 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & 
 ^th. D'Nbs. "p)/ 8 MSS. 
 
 R r • 16. jnntn. 
 
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 I 154 ] 
 
 v'v.t6, yrwi.. HoiA. reads with all the vcrfions ivntl, " with tJiine 
 arm." See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 17. A piofl beautiful Profopopceia ; and an Afyndeton. Unlefs we 
 read with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. iEth. and a .friend ■j'7»n'% 
 
 niarrri. 44 MSS. more regularly niOVID. 
 
 i8. This thunder Aorm probably happened foon aft^f the Egyptians 
 j^c^p parched into the Red Sea. Sec Exod. xiv. 24. «•« 
 ^ 19. "jaVAa. Houb. reads with one MS. b:)hXi, *' The voice of thy 
 thunder is Hie that of a wheel." which comparifon gives us the moll per- 
 fc<Sl idea of its rumbling found. 
 
 ^,.;j2q,. Hare and others for the fake of the metre properly read XW7V at 
 the «nd of the firft line. " Tiiy way is in the fca, Jehovah," 
 
 T^'nt:*. 67 MSS. read iVjtyi, " ^nd thy path" Buxtorf himWf 
 admits this reading. 
 
 " And thy footfteps, 6ec." Rather, *• but thy footfteps, &c.** The fe^« 
 being returned to its former courfe. See Muis. 
 
 .21, God is often defcribed as a Jhepherd." One MS. reads pinKI, 
 and as 6. always render it 'Aaf^r, perhaps this is the true reading ; though 
 it no where appears in this form. *• The lenfes in this pfalm fecm not 
 tranflated confjflently, and it feems to end abruptly, as, if imperfwft." 
 Seeker. 
 
 PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 V,.i. IF David was not the author of this pfalm, the exordium to it 
 in the two firil verfes could, not well be fpoken by any other perfon i .un- 
 lefs we fuppofe with Kennic. that tljey are not to be confidered as a pjM't 
 of it, but are a portion of the prophecies of Ifaiah. See gen. Difl*. 
 Seft. 84. 8. ^ut with the greateft deference to his authority, . David 
 is exprefsly ftiled a prophett Ads ii. 30. and the fate -of the Chriftian 
 
 Church
 
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 church was typified in that of the Jewi/h (o exadly, that the Mefliah 
 was predided under the title of Davit/. See Jerem. xxx. 9. 
 
 One MS. reads 1J»fi*n, which is more agreeable to the cbotext. 
 Ch. Syr. & Ar. with 7 MSS. D3Um, '' your ears r '^^^ '° ^*^^ ^*'*^ 
 
 2. The feveral tranfadions of the Mt/Z^/V^/ covenant hereafter recited 
 might be well called parables and dark Jpeeches, or as Ar. my/leries, 
 conCdered as types or figures of the Chriftian ; and viewed in this light 
 afford ample matter of contemplation, ferving riot only as a fchool-maf- 
 ter to bring us unto Chrift, but to keep m% ftedfaft in faith andobediencfc 
 to David our King. ^.,...... ... ......... i.. 
 
 nnflK 4 MSS. But the paragogic n feems herep'rop^f for "thd fake 
 of the metre, and for the fame reafon it might be omitted in nV'Hl* 
 with one MS. 
 
 00. One MS. reads 'O^D, ** from the antient days" See Ifai. xxili. 
 ^. XKKvii. 26* ^cCjpji-ww. V(,i:»i j-w, 
 
 3. -JiTllNl. 42 MSS. more regularly irmnKI. ^Ji Pi bsniDJai amad 
 
 4. nn33. Hare reads with Syr. DTTOJ, " we will not hide them." 
 See our verfions. Houb, with 6. Vulg. & ^Eth. 'nnSJ, " they were 
 not hidden from, &c." But the verfion of a friend removes any neceflity 
 of a various reading, ** What we have heard, &c. we will not conceal 
 from, &c." -^^'^?^*^ 
 
 VDN'jflJI. 40 MSS. more regularly vniK^Sai. -inTyi. One MS. ^W\ 
 probably right. See A'«ffe %()., 
 
 5. See Dcut. iv. 9. ~ 
 
 6. 6. Vulg. & JEth. feem to have read Ity^ before nbv, " the chil- 
 dren, whom they fliould beget." And if we fbpply this word, and read 
 iD'iSl, the metre of the two laft lines, which feems deficient, might 
 be improved thus, " That the generation to come might know them 
 "^and that the children, wltcm they fhould beget — fhould arife and de- 
 clare them to their children." Gejerus would likewife repeat ^jro*?, 
 but, as a friend obfervcs, it influences the fecond claufe* 
 
 ^•yjyrri R r 2 MSS.
 
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 ,MSS. 37 have laip'i and nb', or IT^V is more proper. 
 
 7. The metre of the lafl: line being deficient, may not TV*? have 
 been dropped, '• but keep his commandmentsys^r ever f" 
 
 8. rrn^l SS MSS. Ch. reads \»3D, which feems necefTary, unlcfs 
 with the other Verf. we fiipply "ItTK. 
 
 9. Y^M. Perhaps redundant. See Hare, &c, " The children of 
 Ephraim, '■iv/10 tlireiv with the bowt turned back in the day of battle." 
 And this may refer to their not driving out the Canaanites contrary to 
 the exprefs command of God. See Jofh. xvl. 10. and Grot, on Jud. i. 29. 
 Houb. reads the two participles as verbs with Ar. One MS. reads 
 'D1"n, with 6, Syr. 6c Vulg. See Seeker, and Jerem. iv. 29. But if we 
 retain both the participles, it may be proper for the fake of the metre 
 to make DJi'P the beginning of the lail line. 
 
 11. Their fear probably was the firfl caufe of their not driving out 
 the Canaanites, founded on their forgetfulnefs of God's former exertions 
 in their favor j and the Ephraimkes might behave the moft daftardly in 
 it. " VmK'7fliT 52 MSS." 
 
 12. Nbfi. All the verfions read D^N^S, or niK'jfl. 
 
 13. It feems neceflary to read I'Jf'l. 
 
 mtt'. 6. Vulg. & Ar. mt^n. 
 
 15. Dni', or as 43 MSS. DHIlf. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. read 
 1V;fn, " the Rock." And it is always fpoken of as one. See verfe 2. 
 
 pB?'V Houb. &c. read with all the Vcrf. DpK^'1, " and he gave 
 them to drink." 
 
 niOnnD. The conftrudtion requires that we fliould read with Hare 
 according to 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & JEih. Dinn3, *' as out of the great 
 deep" Or as one Ant. MS. nOinDD. Though all the verfions have 
 likewife the prcpofition D, or a. 
 
 j6. nvtv 26 MSS. more regularly N»yin; and we fhould read alfo 
 
 nnvv 
 17. Kicnb 17 MSS. 
 
 18. •jlKttf'7 Jl
 
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 18. hWih 12 MSS. 
 
 19. "jnDK. c. Syr. Ar. & ^th. read I^DNI, " and faid" 
 -jiny'? 22 MSS. 
 
 20. Hare's metre (eems more fultable to the reft of the pfahn. 
 
 21. One ant. MS. reads f|Ni for fjN* Cii. 
 
 23. V:f*V See Pf. xci. 11. 
 
 24. nDD'l. More regularly n*D,*2»1. See elfewhere. blDNb 11 MSS. 
 
 25. iD'TiaK. All the verfions render it, ** the bread of angels T But 
 as Gejerus and Durell obferve, the word never bears this fenfe, he 
 therefore tranflates it, *• the food of oxen" But fuppofing that they did 
 eat oxen at fame time in the Wlldernefs, thefe words refer to the miracu- 
 lous trarifadion recorded Exod. xvi. 11 — 16. and from comparing John 
 vi. 33. I am inclined to think that this word is written by miftakc for 
 D'n'?N, " Every one did eat the bread of God." Or for niH' nOK, ** of 
 the mighty fehovah. 
 
 26. We fliould render j;d» with 6. " He took away, or removed, the 
 eaft wind in the Heavens — and brought in &c." One MS. reads {<if», as 
 a friend obferves. 7 MSS. have itlVl. See verfe 4. 
 
 27. That thefe were quails fee Bochart, Harmer, &c. See verfe 24. 
 
 28. imriD. 3 MSS. having in'3n» we (hould read with Syr. Vulg. 
 Ar. & iEth. Dn»:n», " of their camps." Or with 6. in the fing. 
 '* of their camp." 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. read alfo iVfi'l. Ch. b'iyii 
 Perhaps DVfl'V See our Verf. 
 
 Vn'>33tys'7. The conftrudion requires that we fhould read with 6. 
 Vulg. Syr. Ar. & i^th. in the plur. Dn'miStyo'?. 
 
 29. ay. 32 MSS. with Houb. read N'l', more. grammatically. 
 
 30. T\U " They did not depart from their luft." . Vatablus. See Lowth 
 alfo. Mudge, &c. follow Aben Ezra, deriving it from Nif, " They did not 
 naufeate their wilhed-for food." But as one valuable MS. reads iV in- 
 ftead of vh, perhaps we might alfo read ntj " . They dealt proudly luith 
 him through their luft — while, &c." 
 
 S s 31. ♦« There-
 
 [ is8 ] 
 
 3t. ** Ti*^r^/or^ the wrath, 6cc." See Num. xi. 33. 
 
 " Slew them omidji their fatneffes,. or, indulgences." JVIudgf. M^hich 
 Lowth approves. .wn'T 2 MSS. But the true reading feems to be 
 Dinn'1, " et interfecit eos." See iEth. Verf. Syr. & Vulg. read.fome 
 other word. 
 
 32. vnN'7£3J3. 44 MSS. vmx'^aJl, •• nou crediderunt in mirabilibus 
 ejus" Poole, and Seeker. 
 
 34. 6. Ar. & ii^th. read Vk Vi^» " and fought early unfa God." See 
 Job viii. 5. Hare and others read with Syr. & Vulg. v'7Nj " and 
 fought him early. 
 
 ZS' ts'^Ki:! 12 MSS. 
 
 38. py. We fhould read with Hare according to 6. Vulg. Ar. i^th. 
 & Ch. OJIJTj and for XVTW^, probably with Lowth according to Ch. 
 Vulg. Ar, & ^th. Dmn n»nty», or DD^niy*; with which readings the 
 metre of the Collat. feems preferable to that of Hare, or Edwards. 
 
 39. msrn. 6 MSS. 
 
 40. "jmiVV^ 2 MSS. which feems better; but Syr. reads the copula- 
 tive V See our Verf. 
 
 • 41. "nnn. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEih. read mon, " and provoked the 
 Holy one of Ifrael." See verfe 56. A friend propofes ivn*, and jyipl3, 
 ** et errarunt ah fanBo Ifraelis." Perhaps the true reading might be 
 'bT\T\, *' and mocked the Holy, 6cc." See i Kings xviii. 27. 
 
 42. »ja. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read TO, " from the hand oi ^t. 
 enemy." i. e. Pharaoh, as the next verfe fliews. See Pf. cvii. 2. 
 
 .43. vmniK 19 MSS. 
 
 44. ** Their rivers" *' NilUs in multas foflas & rivos diduftus dl." 
 Muis. 1isn»1 3 MSS. 
 
 45. nny, ** The Dog Fly" Booh. &c. nnv 36 MSS. See MSS. in 
 Exod. 
 
 46. See Exod. x. 13. 
 
 47. inrr.
 
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 47. Ann*. Houb. reads nilT. But 2 MSS. read yTtTV, and we ufe 
 the word to kill of trees, zs well as oi animals. All the Verf. read Qn'32-1. 
 See Gant.' ii. 13- 
 
 bojni being found no where clfe, it's fignificatlon is uncertain, o. 
 Vulg. & Ch. " with froji:' Syr. & Ar. *' with ice." Others, *' with 
 great hailjlonei." But might not this word be written for hiyr\ p&tl ? 
 See Jofh. x. 1 1. That Sycamore trees were of great ule among the Egyp- 
 tians fee Harmer's Obf. vol. 2. 387. 
 
 49. Durell making nnbjyo to be in appofition renders thus, '* the 
 mijjions of evil minifiers " viz. the fierce anger, 6tc. But one MS. at 
 firfl reading DO{<'7J2, perhaps the right reading might be DOXbon 
 n*7tf D, " he fent evil minijlers." Referring either to what preceded, or 
 fignifying htvthy pejiiletices, as a friend fuggefts. See Jerem. xxix. 17. 
 
 50. dVD'. 6. Vulg. Ar. & i!Eth. probably read VyS, *' he made." 
 See our verfions. But Walton renders Syr. " aperuit." Vatablus, &c. 
 render the text, viam complanavit, *' he levelled the way to his anger'* 
 All the verfions read DDVm. 
 
 5.1. D*J1K. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with Houb. &c. read Di")K, *' the 
 firft fruits of their Jlrength." Ar. reads Dn'31, '* the firft fruits of their 
 children" See Exod. xii. 29. 
 
 52. The firft line of this verfe being defective, perhaps we (hould 
 read niH' at the end, *• But Jehovah made, &;c." 
 
 53. D.Tl'K 49 MSS. 
 
 54. *' This fnountain." I. e. Zion; which the pfalmift might point'to 
 with his finger. See Gejer. .,...., _ 
 
 " bin:! in Arabibus fign. montem." Hammond. See Seeker alfo. 
 
 SS' Db'fl'1. " Et cadere fecit eas." i. e. gentes. Hare. And this 
 fenfe of the word feeming equally pertinent, perhaps for n'jni we 
 ihould read DbnJ, ** and he made them fall in the lot of their inheritance" 
 For it has been by fome learned men conjedured, that the land of 
 Canaan was originally the allotment of Heber and his defcendants, and 
 
 -1/ S s 2 that
 
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 that the Canaanites had obtained it by force and violence; for which 
 realbn amongft others they were expelled from it, and the Hebrews 
 reinftated. See Gen. xi. 1.5. xiii. 15. i Chron. i. 24 — 27. and Bry- 
 ant's Obf. But fee Pf. cv. 11, 12, 44. and Pf. cxi. 7. 
 
 $•]. n'O") Dtt'pD, " like a deceitful bow." This comparlfon does not 
 feem to convey a fuitable idea either here, or Hof. vii. 16. Might we 
 then venture to read in both places Dii'KD, " like a deceitful laoman ?" 
 Backfliding Ifrael being often reprefented under the charader of an adul^ 
 trefs. See Ezek. xvi. 32. And the laft line of the next verfe ftrongly 
 countenances this reading, ** cmd they made him jealous with their images." 
 See Exod. xx. 5. 
 
 60. tbtf. 6 MSS. read rb\D, in which form it is mofl frequently 
 found i 17 nVty, & 9 iVa^. 
 
 D1K3. ** Infignis fAavSfwm'aj divinsE commendatio." Gej, 
 
 61. irv- 6 MSS. Wo. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. read DtlV, V their Jlrength." 
 But as the ark was the fymbol of God's prefence, the text is juftified 
 by Pf. cxxxii. 7. 
 
 63. ibbin, " loere not praifed." i. e. In jnai-riage. See Pifcator and 
 others. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth.. with one MS. at firrt: read l'7'7in, which 
 they rendered, '• were not lamented'" from VlH dolere. Syr. omits the 
 negative, '* exagitata funt." Lowth adheres to our old Verf. of. this 
 and the following verfe. Might we read I'jan, *' were notfpared?" See 
 Deut. xxxii. 33. 
 
 rnbinm. 26 MSS. Vmbinn, more regular. 
 
 64. vn^D^NI. 28 MSS. vmit:VNV This verfe is fuppofed to refer 
 to 1 Sam. iv. II. 
 
 65. *• Ni fallor ex iis imaginibus, quae ad Deum transferuotur, illae po- 
 tiffimum, quae in fenfu proprio acceptae ab ejus natura alieniffimje ejufque 
 Majeftate indigniffimae videntur, tamen in metaphora aut comparatione 
 longe maximam habent fublimitatem. vid. Jerem. xxv. 30." Lowth» 
 
 rp"i 
 
 I
 
 C t6i ] 
 
 Xpn 2 MSS. ; but the 1 here may not be converfive, and may be 
 rendered " So," or, " f/ien." See our Verf. ]Vr:i, *' tanqmm dormiens:'' 
 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^Eth. perhaps ^tt'VD. But fee Buxtorf, &c. mn* 
 13 MSS. 
 
 66. See i Sam. v. 6. The metre feems to require VTlVa. 6. Vulg. 
 Ch. Ar. & yEth. read -nn^a. Syr. mnND. 
 
 69. D»D"1 lODf iicut excelfa, " ^j- the high places" i. e. After the man- 
 ner of the heathen temples. See Spencer de Leg. Heb. Hare and others 
 read with Syr. & /Eth. DVIOn, " on high" Durell D^-) tsd^, to the 
 fame fenfe. " Sicut caelos cxcelfos." Gej. 6. Vulg. Ch» he Mxh. 
 probably read D*22N"1, " Sicut unicornium." But from the next 
 fentence it is not improbable that we fhould read D'lrr, ** and he built 
 his fanftuary like the mountains." Or if we read with Durell according 
 to 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. iEth. and 6 MSS. pK2, inflead^'of pK3, per- 
 haps nniOl might be better, '* and he built his fanduary on Moriah — 
 and eftabliflied it in the land for ever/' *♦ The mention of the temple be- 
 fore David, a remarkable anticipation." Seeker. 
 
 70. riKbaoa. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & ^th. with 68 MSS. read mKbDOD. 
 
 71. ** mby probably fignifies cattle, which have brought forth their 
 young. See i Sam. vi. 7, 10." Seeker, tojr. Lowth reads with 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & Mth. -niV, ** Jacob his fervant." 
 
 72. DHD. Houb. and others with 19 MSS. read with all the verfions 
 Dna, *' in the integrity of his heart." Or rather with 8 tSIDl. See 
 Prov. X. 9. 
 
 nwnnnv 6. Syr. Ar. & i^th. read DiUnin, in the fing. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 I T is generally fuppofed that this pfalm was compofcd by Jere- 
 miah on the taking of Jerufalem by Nebuchadnezzar, See Muis, &c. 
 
 T t V. 2.
 
 [ 162 ] 
 
 V. 2. nbi:. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & JEth. read n^Vn3, in the plur. 
 One MS. perhaps reads '?3K3'7. See Ezek. xlvii. 12. 
 
 ID'nV. Houb. reads pxn irn*? with Syr» but all the other verfions 
 have the plur. nvnS See Pf. 1. 10. 
 
 3. nip 48 MSB. " and there was no grave." But all the Verf. fa- 
 vor the text. 
 
 5. Our old Verf. feems preferable; and for fiO ny perhaps we fhould 
 read HDV, as in Pf. Ixxiv. i. 
 
 6. y\S:^ 40 MSS. 
 
 7. b^a. All the verfions with 12 MSS. Houb. &c. read "j'jstif. 
 See Jerem. x. 25. which, by omitting with one MS. the two follow- 
 ing verbs, will be exadly parallel to this. See Seeker. 
 
 8. njiy. All the verfions with 6y MSS. read mW> *^ the iniquities 
 of our forefathers." mDin 15 MSS. 
 
 9. ^I2t:^ IIID- By reading *]Ta3 a tautology is avoided, " Help us, 
 O God of our falvation, for the fake of thy glory — and deliver, &c." 
 
 IJ'riNDn. 2 MSS. more regularly lyniKOn. 
 
 10. D'lin. ** 6. and Vulg. DnA2." Seeker. Add alfo Ar. & 
 iEth. 
 
 D'':Q. 66 MSS. read D»'i:a, in which form it appears in more than 
 400 places ; and this is one inconteftible proof of the corruption of the 
 text. As this line in the Collat. feems defedtive, may not mn' have 
 been dropped at the beginning of it from its likenefs to yiv, " O Je^ 
 hovah, let the vengeance, &c." Or, as a friend reads, VTin, " notam fac 
 ultionem, &c." which avoids the grammatical irregularity j on which 
 account Seeker confiders r\'Q[i'^, as the preterperf. ufed imperatively, 
 '* revenge the blood." 
 
 II. TDN. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & iEth. read D'TDi*, " let the groaning 
 ^ the pr if oners come before thee." 
 
 V^IJD. 35 MSS. read blliD ; and though it appears nowhere in this 
 form, feveral MSS. read fo in Deut. xxxii. 3. 
 
 nnion.
 
 C 163 ] 
 
 nmon. Wc fhould probably read here, and Pf. cii. 21. nmjsn, as 
 in Pf. cxvi. 15. " According to the greatnefs of thine arm, prefervc 
 thou the fans of death" i. e. Thofe appointed to die. 
 -12. 'JIK. 49 MSS. read mn*. 
 
 13. Two MSS. omitting dSivV, this verfe might be divided into 
 two lines conformably to feveral verfes going before, (See CoUat.) " So 
 we thy people, and fheep of thy pafture, will give thee thanks — We 
 will declare thy praife to all generations." 
 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 Vk. 14 MSS. read by, as in Pf. xlv. 
 
 nny. *' Puto hanc efle vocem mulicam hodie ignotam." Muis. Per- 
 haps we fhould read mbv, afcendere, to denote that the pfalm was to 
 be fung in an high key. See Pf. vi. i. 
 
 Patrick refers the fubjedt of this pfalm to Hezekiah's reign. Merrick 
 fuppofes from verfe the 3d, *' that it might have been written at a 
 time, when fome enemy was advancing towards Ephraim, Benjamin, and 
 Manajfes, or was diredting his march to yerufalem thro' their territories." 
 Others bring it down to the Babylonifh captivity, and Jeremiah might 
 perhaps be the author of it. See Pf. Ixxix. 
 
 V. 2. nn. 14 MSS. 7\VT\ more regular. 
 
 The 2d line of this verfe being defedive I would fupply )}J2^ with 
 Hare and others, but place it at the end i ** O thou fhepherd of Ifrael 
 hearken — thou, that leddejl Jofeph like a flock, hear — thou, that didji 
 dwell between the Cherubim, fliine forth." XT\i. Syr. reads, as a friend 
 obferves, yn^], " et rege." 11 MSS. have :im3, and no lefs than 45. 
 
 D»113n. 6^ MSS. read tSUIIDn and as 6. have xefoi-^'M here and elfe- 
 where, this is probably the true reading, though fo often found with- 
 out the % Patrick's difficulty with refpedt to the appearance of the 
 
 T t 2 Schechinah
 
 [ i64 J 
 
 Shechinah at the time of the BabyloniHi captivity is remcved by this 
 tranflation; for which fee Pifcator. One MS. reads yȣ)in. 
 
 3. The objedlion to this verfe referring to the captivity is likewife ob- 
 viated by Tirinus's reafon, to which Patrick himfelf accedes, ** Tres 
 tike Tribus caftrametabantur in deferto ad Areas plagam Orientalem, /. e. 
 ad Sandlum Sandtorum, Numb. ii. 18, 24. Cui infiftens hie Propheta 
 ro^at, ficut ohm, O Deus, fingulari favore in deferto femper prefens 
 fuifti tribus illis tribubus, ita nunc quoque te iifdem (6c cum illis toti Ifraeli) 
 fingulari ope prasfcntem oftende." 
 
 ^:tb. 9 MSS. read ♦jn'j, *' For the children of Ephraim, &c," See 
 V. I. p'ilV The true reading is ]»a'in, or according to Syr. & Vulg. 
 with one very ant. MS. ^♦0»J3. See Pf. Ixviii. 28. 
 
 mmy. This word feems to convey the idea of God's having been 
 ajleep during the Babylonifh captivity. See Ifai. li. 9. Our marginal 
 tranflation of the lafl line of this verfe is more literal, and more em- 
 ohatical. 
 
 1. 
 
 nnyity'? 70 MSS. See Pf. iii. 3. 
 
 4. lil't^n. Mudge and others, following Ch. Syr. and Ar. render it, 
 " Rejlore us." As Muis obferves, this being an intercalary verfe, we 
 Ihould read this and V. 8. conformably to V. 20. '* Reflore us, O Je- 
 hovah, God of hofts." Two MSS. read here XWl'i tSM^K. Rather 
 »n'7t* in this and the other places. Sec Pf. lix. 6. 
 
 5. ** How long ivilt thou fmoke againfl, &c. ?" See our margin. 
 Vcrf. 
 
 ^Dy. Lowth reads with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Mxh. Trny. '* of thy Jet' 
 vant" But the following verfe favors the text j unlefs we read yiiy 
 with Ar. and one MS. •* of thy fervants" 
 
 6. "lO'pirm 14 MS. See Pf. lix. 11. K^'bl^ mVOin, " In lachry- 
 marum terna menfura." ** Significat tres clades bello acceptas." Houb. 
 But as 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read ty»'j{y3, perhaps we fhould read 
 myDTH, ** and thou giveft them tears to drink in a great meafure." i. e. 
 
 A tierce.
 
 C ^es ] 
 
 yi tierce. See Muis. Ch. renders the text, as a friend obferves, adver- 
 bially, as among the Latins, terque quaterqiie. 
 
 7. irj'?. We fliould read with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & Rx\\. Houb. and 
 one ant. MS. at firft li^, " and our enemies laugh us to fcorn." Seeker 
 thinks it may be pleonaflic. But the metre feems to require fome word. 
 
 8. One valuable MS. with 6. reflores mn» before D^^'7^f, " ReRore 
 us, O 'Jehovah, God of hofls." See verfe 4. 
 
 9. nvonv 18 MSS. read H'VtOm. Otherwife n may by a coalition 
 ferve for the radical and the affix. See Pf. ii. 12. lix. 11. Jerem. ii. 21. 
 
 10. n'Ji3, &c. God is here reprefented under the charaifler of a huf- 
 bandman preparing the land for the reception of his favorite vine. See 
 Ifal. V. I. and if we read with one MS. rw^\i) for n'^nty, the whole 
 might be rendered. " Thou preparedft for it, (or as Houb. " thou 
 didjl ckanfe a place for it") that it might take root — it took root, and filled 
 the land." Dupell would render it, " thou didft remove every obftacle 
 before it." '{y^rs 5 MSS. emphatically, " the land.'' ■ 
 
 11. Houb. and Lowth following 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read nOO 
 for 1DD, " Her fhadow fowr^^ the mountains ; and her boughs (covered) 
 the cedars of God." Seeker renders the latter part, " ajtd the goodly 
 cedars ivith the houghs thereof." Hare and others for nV ■» read nblfJD with 
 Syr. See our Verf. 
 
 12. Compare Deut. xi. 24. with this verfe, which refers to the reigns 
 of David and Solomon. 
 
 13. nny. 13 MSS. more regularly nnV. 
 
 14. nJJDD*l3». This word appears no where elfe ; and for the different 
 fenfes put upon it fee Boch. Aben Ezra reads nJD'JT, conculcavit ea?n, 
 which is ftrongly countenanced by Ifai. xxviii. 3. Perhaps we {hould 
 render niVT, " breaketh it down." 
 
 T 'J3. Bochart fuppofes that the fufpenfion of the jr in this word de- 
 notes the 70 years of the Babylonijli captivity ; but 50 MSS. have the 
 word regularly "l^'D ; and as the boar out of the wood nii^t fignify 
 
 U u Senna^
 
 [ '66 ] 
 
 Stennacherih, the heajl of the field might mean Nebuchadnezzar. See 
 Pf. Ixxiv, 19. 
 
 15. npST 22 MSS. 
 
 16. MSS. If read nJ31, which Seeker following Bochart, ren- 
 ders, ** and the plant." But as this word occurs no where elfe, and 
 the critics are greatly divided about the fenfe of it, Houbigant's con- 
 flru6tion agreeable to 6. Vulg. & Ar. adopted by a friend, feems moft 
 eligible, " et fuff'alci earn ;" and for p he alfo reads p with 3 MSS. 
 *' propterea en'm." Unlefs we omit this laft line with Hare and others. 
 See Seeker alfo on verfe 18. Durell propofes this fenfe, •' And the foun- 
 dation, which thy right hand hath fettled — and the building that, &c." 
 giving p the fenfe of n2. Mr. Bradley offers 2.I for p, " the branch." 
 But for p "^yi, might we read \\'hy, " and protecft that, which thy right 
 hand hath planted — viofi high, (which) thou haft made, &c. ?" Or 
 rn "7X1, attd defpife not that which thou haft made, &c. ?" 
 
 nVJ3i< 60 MSS. as in verfe 18. 
 
 17. nsntt^ 50 MSS. 
 
 nmD3. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & &xh. with 3 MSS. Hare, &;c. read 
 nmDDI, " ^wJ cut down." 
 
 niN'. This verb wanting a nominative cafe. Seeker refers back for 
 it to verfe 13. But may not "j'l'K through it's fimilitude to the former 
 word, have been dropped from the end of the verfe, " Let thine enc' 
 mies pcrifti, &c. ?" 
 
 18. " The man of thy right hand" and, '* the Son of Man." Gejerus, 
 6cc. fuppofe thefe titles to belong to the Mejiah, referring to Pf. .ex. i. 
 Patrick refers them to Hezekiah. Mudge and others to Jofiah. Muis, 
 &c. to the people of Ifrael. But from comparing 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22, 
 23. Ifai. xliv. 26 — 28. xlv. 1 — ir, and Jerem. xxv. 12, 13. with this 
 verfe, might not Jeremiah, or whofoever was the author of this pfalm, 
 mean Cyrus by thefe titles, who was propheGed of as the reftorer of 
 Ifrael by name above a hundred years before his birth ? For I have 
 
 little 
 
 1
 
 C 167 ] 
 
 little doubt but that wc ftiould render »il in Ifai. xlv. 1 1 . " my fan," in- 
 ftead oi my fans, as denoting Cyrus, agreeable to the fubfequent part of the 
 context, and ♦nptnn in verfe i . anfwers exadly to DVOK here. 
 
 19. The metre of the firft line of this verfe appearing defedive, per- 
 haps we fhould read "ivV, or dViv'? at the end, ** and let us not be 
 turned away from thee /or ever." 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 FOR the title fee Pf. viii. i. and Ainfworth. " Perfedla Ods mixtae, 
 fc. fuavis & fublimis, fpecies." Lowth, and the fame learned author 
 fuppofes it to be written for the celebration of the Jubilee. Some for the 
 new moon. Others for the full moon. De Dieu, &c. for any Jlated 
 time, deriving HDD from DDD, numeravit. See Prov. vii. 20. But if 
 Shuckford's reading D^Dn for HDOl in verfe 4. be admitted, it fixes 
 it to the feajl of tabernacles, (as Hammond and others determine) " on 
 the day of our feaft of tabernacles." See Connedt. Vol. III. Pref. p. 20. 
 And then ought we not to read m^DHI, " Blow the trumpet in the new 
 moon, and on the day, &c. ?" 
 
 3. MSS. 20. read ^^r\. See Pf. cxllx. 3. mi'Dl 2 MSS. with Syr. 
 
 4. Syr. reads with 48 MSS. I3»:in, in the plur. *• This may be meant 
 of all feafts, or in fpecial." Ainfw. 
 
 5. bNlty'V. Hare and others read bKIti^' bi>h, *' For this is a ftatute 
 of the God of Ifrael." 
 
 pin 12 MSS. All the Verf. (except Ch.) with 15 MSS. tJSSyOl. 
 
 6. t]Din'n. Certainly f)DVl, although no MSS. notice it. 
 
 Vy- Ainfworth more properly with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. bVD. 
 
 yOt^K »nVT. Hare and others read with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & JEth. 
 yati^ VT i and as one MS. reads DQ^ H, I apprehend the true reading 
 was nS^y 'K, " He ordained it for a teftimony in Jofeph — when he went 
 
 U u 2 out
 
 [ i68 1 
 
 oni from the Land of Egypt — iv/iere he heard a language he did not know" 
 i. e. when he was fold into Egypt. " Alii hoc intelligunt de Lingua 
 Domini." Genebrard, Patrick, &c. 
 
 7. ^^^, ''from the brick tray." Mudge. " from the labourer's bajket" 
 which was probably employed in carrying of Bricks. Green. The word 
 fignifies, fays a friend, a great veJJ'el in which the earth was mixed for 
 making the bricks. See Buxt. alfo. 
 
 8. DV"! "IDD!!. Caftalioj Lowth, 6cc. would refer thefe words to the 
 giving the law at Mount Sinai. Muis and others to fome preceding 
 event. See Exod. ix. 23. xiv. 24, 25. Houb. reads ID^II* " I heard 
 thee in fecret, and alfo — I proved, &c." But Seeker thinks his objedion 
 to the text abfurd. 
 
 9. As a friend obferves one MS. fupplies H'lnK'l with Syr. & Ar. 
 " Hear, O my people, and 1 ivill fpeak; I will alfo teftify againft, &c." 
 
 10. " There lliould not have been in thee, &c." See Durell. 
 mnn^n. One valuable MS. reads nnntrn. See Pf. xlii. 6. 
 
 11. nmn. Preter. in Hoph. •* Thy mouth was opejied wide, and I 
 filled it." This refers, as Durell rightly obferves, to the fnanna, and 
 quails in the Wildernefs. Though 2 MSS. read 2'n")n. Houb. renders 
 it, '♦ dilatavi" 
 
 13. ** It is a judgment of God to fufFer people to walk in their own 
 ways." Ainfworth. 
 
 14. ^)Xy:}'<. Syr. & Ar. "jHTky'l, " ^nd Ifrael" See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 15. DH'n'K 48 MSS. 
 
 16. y^T\y. Rather iJ^nD*. See Pf. xviii. 45. A friend obferves that 
 Syr. derives pnV from TS\V, fubvertere ', it therefore may be rendered, 
 «* and their deJiruSlion fhall be for ever." which flrengthens the remark 
 at the end of verfe 17. 
 
 17- inVOK'1. Hare and others "inbONI more properly; but the true 
 reading feems to be dVdNI, ** and I would have fed them." See 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & JEth.
 
 [ ^eg J 
 
 'y\)it:- Houb. 6cc. P|*iVa. and inllead of ^Vna^N, the conArudicm re- 
 quires that we fliould read with 6. Vulg. Ar. vEth. and one MS, 
 DV'ltyj^* " ^«^' tvifh the honey roOTi^ JJiould I have Jatisjied them.'' Houb. 
 conjedtures very probably, as a friend remarks, that verfc 17. fhould pre- 
 cede verfe 16. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIL 
 
 THIS pfalm was probably compofed, as Patrick conjectures, by 
 Afaph, the Seer, in the corrupt times of Hezeh'ah. 
 
 V, 1. ba mvn, ** in the congregation of God" " 'u^.fiia; fc 
 Numb. X. 29. Luc. iii. 19." Grot. &c. But all the verfions read in 
 the plur. D'bK, or D'H^K ', and as Hare with Houb. propofes reading "jK 
 twice, the original pofition of the words might be, 
 
 &c. bN 
 
 ♦* Goi/ftandeth in the congregation of the judges — G(?i/ judge th among 
 the judges." See Ifai. i. 23, 24. and verfe 6. A friend omits b^ with 
 one good MS. tOlSty' 7 MSS. 
 
 2. God by a profopopceia addrelTes himfelf to the judges of Ifrael. 
 See Pifc. 
 
 4. Ch. Ar, Alex. Verf. and our own read the affix, or DflK, 
 after lVl»n, " fave them from the hand of the wicked." Or as one 
 MS. has p'nKI Dir)'1> perhaps DHt^T niay be dropped before TD. Seeker 
 divides with Houb. ** Deliver the poor; and fave the needy. Sec." 
 
 7. DHB^n inK31, " Sicut unus e multis" i. e. " Plebeiist O prmcipes i 
 de quibus ante dixerat, occidetis." Gataker, &c. Hare, Lowth, 
 &c. read 'O^W^n, " and ye fhall fall like one of the poor." Others 
 propofe DnDn> ^ being ufed for D, " and fall like one of the com- 
 
 X X mon
 
 [ 170 ] 
 
 mon tratffgreJJ'ors.'* See Jerem. vi. 28. But perhaps lor iriKDl we fhould 
 read nnt^SV ** and ye fl^ all fall, ye princes, like any other man" See 
 Pf. cix. 8. 
 
 8. '?Plin, ** For thou pojjefejl all the nations." And one MS. omits the 
 1 'in Vsn, with which the verb does not appear elfe where. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 IT is generally agreed that this pfalm refers to the confpiracy men- 
 tioned 2 Chron. xx. 
 
 V. 2. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. i^th. read, as a friend obfervcs, '3 for bK 
 ill, " O God, -who is like unto thee ?" One ant. MS. omits the three 
 following words, " God, hold not thy peace, &c." OlpK^n 10 MSS; 
 
 •?« 4th. Hare reads 'Vs*, "and be not ftill, my God." A friend 
 thinks it redundant. 
 
 3. " Antithefis eft inter Dei filentium, & hoftium ftrepentera tumul- 
 tum." Gejer. 
 
 I'l'K 37 MSS. 
 
 4. T^SV. 4 MSS. read "jJlflV. All the Verf. (except Ch.^ feem to 
 have read ^n'Dn. See Pf. Ixxix. 2. The Ifraelites are called God's 
 peculiar treajurey Exod. xix. 5. See Patrick, &c. 
 
 6. nn* 2*7. Syr. reads Dn*?!* '* corde fuofimul." Ch. prefixes ^33, 
 *' with the whole heart." Ar. reads ybv^ ^THK l*?!, *' for they con- 
 fulted together with one heart, and were, &c." See Seeker, and our 
 Bib. Marg. Houb. reads ybv^ *in' n'72, *' confilium ceperunt unanimi 
 corde, et adverfum te," One MS. reads '^\'hv^• 
 
 7. *• The tabernacles, &c." alluding to their dwelling in tents. This 
 and the following verfe are connected by Houb. with what precedes. 
 
 8. '3»V 25 MSS. For thefe feveral nations fee Boch. and Poole. 
 
 9. vr\u
 
 C ^n ] 
 
 9. jmt. As Seeker obferves, 6. Vulg. Syr. Ch. probably read "Wil, 
 " and were for an help to the children of lot." The Moabites calling 
 in the aid of the Ajfyrians. 
 
 11. 1N"I. 2 MSS. read nn, as in Jofli. xvii. 11. 
 
 12. "iDinj IJDD'ty. Houb. Sec. read with 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c -^.th. D'lT, 
 " Mfl/^^ their princes, &c." Hare ISinJI laD'tl', " make them and their, 
 &CC." Perhaps rather DD'Ji', ** fnake them and their, 6lc" See Ch. & 
 Seeker. 
 
 MSS. 7 more regularly lO'lHi, as 1 2 13»D»D3, and ^7 l'^IJ'3- Sec 
 Judg. vii. 25. where the various reading is remarkable. 
 
 13. mx:. Alex. V. & Vulg. read tyipa. 6. Vulg. Ar. and ^.th. 
 ni?0. Syr. yy. Perhaps it fliould be, as the metre of the Collat. ap- 
 pears defedive, yy mXJ, " let us take into our pofleffion the beautiful 
 c//y-ofGod." But fee Seeker 
 
 14. ^:by2t *• Like chaff." See Pifeator and others with Ifai. xvii. 
 13. A friend, " like eddying dujl." 
 
 15. This and the following verfe feem moft properly pointed in our 
 Bib. Verf. but Hammond conneds them both with the preceding. 
 
 ** The mountains." i. e. " Arbores and herbas in montibusj quas 
 quandoque fulmine tadae incenduntur." Muis, &c. '* Vel montes 
 fulphureos -, quales iEtna, Vcfuvius, &c." Genebrard, &c. 
 
 18. Hare's metre, and that of the Collat. being deficient, following 
 the latter I would read DblV*? at the end of the laft line, " They fliall 
 be afliamed and difniayed for ever — and they fhall be confounded and 
 fiQxi{h eternally. tJ'in* 8 MSS. 
 
 19. The metre of the Collat. feems preferable to Edwards's. Houb. 
 reads by a tranfpofition, which one MS. favors, "linb HDNT "]Oty mn% 
 " and they fhall know that thy name is Jehovah — and that thou alone 
 art, &c." Hare would omit mn* ^Dty, but I would only omit "JOty upon 
 the authority 6f 3 MSS. and they fliall know that thou, Jehovah— 
 art alone the moji High, &c." 
 
 P S A L M
 
 C 172 ] 
 
 P S A L M LXXXIV. 
 
 n'n.in. If wc might read Cmn, " concerning ihe Gittites," (Sec 
 Pf. viii.) — this piiihn might refer to i Sam. xxi. 10 ; for the opinion of 
 Mollerus that David compofed it on his flight from Saul, as he did Pf. 
 xlii. and Ixiii. is not altogether improbable ; though fome afcribe it to 
 the time of Abjaloni. Others to that of the Babylonijli captivity. Patrick 
 to Hezekialis reign. 
 
 V. 2. Compare Pf. Ixiii. i. 
 
 3. bK I ft. 2 MSS. read bisl, and 3 omit bt* 2'd. So that the true 
 reading may be 'PI hvh. 
 
 4. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. read yh^ after D'l, and from compar- 
 ing it with the words terminating the former Ime both in Hare and the 
 Collat. the omillion may be accounted for, " Even the Sparrow hath 
 found an houfe for hhufelf." Sparrows and Swallows in this climate alfo 
 frequent public buildings. But Bochart according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 
 jEth. & Ch. underflands TiTT of the Dove, or Turtle. See Merrick alfo ; 
 and Bochart obviates the difficulty with refpe(ft to their making their nefls 
 upon the altars, by fuppofing thefe to be put figuratively for the whole 
 edifice. But a friend reads with one MS. "7^ for DK, " near thy altars" 
 
 mKlif. One MS. omits this word, which according to the Col- 
 lation may be redundant, " thy altars, Jehovah, my King and my 
 God." 
 
 5. I fliould be inclined to read D'^£J'}< here, as it muftbe plur. if there 
 was any authority. 
 
 niy. Houb. reads with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEthi IV*?, " they 
 will praife thee for ever." 
 
 6. Lowth
 
 C 173 ] 
 
 6. Lowth gives up this and the two following verfes. Houb. reads 
 iDil, nnty» VVD, NDnn pDVa TQV"? nn^^n l*? 'jDD, " Cujus in cordefiduda eft ; 
 ut tranfeat per valkm pyrorwn, defonte bibat, et de eis pifcinis quas implevh 
 pluvia." Durell renders this verfe, " Bleffed is the man whofe ftrength 
 is in thee, in whofe heart are praifes." Madge and others, the latter 
 part of it, " that travels the roads to thy temple with full bent of heart." 
 But reading nVw inflead of 'b tlV, and *)nibDD with Syr. might not tlie 
 words bear this interpretation, " Bleffed are they who rejoice in thee, in 
 whofe heart are thy praifes, or thy ways?" See Pf. Ixviii. 5. and xli. 2. 
 
 7. Durell reading with others, and 9 MS3. nDlH for NDnn, and de- 
 riving mia from mo, to change, gives this conftrudion, " Paffmg 
 through the vale of weeping, they will make it a fource even of blefjings -, 
 it will put on a new face, or it will be cloathed with a change." A friend 
 fuggefting Dn'j n^, or tziny for '^ W, and likewife reading imVOD 
 in verfe 6. gives this fenfe of the words, " Bleffed are the men, whofe 
 
 firength is in thee, in whofe heart are thy ways, paffing through the vale 
 of mifery they drink from a fountain, the rain fills even the pools." Mr. 
 Bradley, following the Syr. Verf. which reads ]Wt2, propofes this con- 
 ftruftion, " They who go throiigh the valley of weeping fhall make 
 it a habitation — even the pool (of weeping) (hall drop down rain." Sup- 
 pofing that nS^inhas by accident been omitted in the lafl: line; He would 
 likewife read mba in the former verfe. But reading inna?» with 3 MSS. 
 for imn^t^S the following fenfe is fubmitted to confideration, ** Paffing 
 through the valley of Baca, they Jliall drink of the fountain — the rain alfo 
 fhall fill the pools." Alluding perhaps, as Caftalio obferves, to tht foun- 
 tain in the Wildernefs ; and with refpeft to the pools he further remarks, 
 " ut plurimae in calidis &'iiticulofis illis regionibus indub'iQ ci/lerme erant; 
 ita vero non abfimile eff, nonnullas in defertis locis viatoribus reficiendis 
 conftitutas fuiffe, quas hie in valle, &c. a Deo implendas dicit." nny 
 7 MSS. and one Dnmj/. The valley of Baca is fuppofed by fome to have 
 been a part of the valley of Rephaim, 2 Sam. v. 22, 23. See Poole. 
 Mann, as Mr. Bradley obferves, makes it a village on the edge of Galilee. 
 
 Y y 8. « Robur
 
 C 174 ] 
 
 8. *• Robur eundo quafi crefclt." Gejerus. See Merr, alfo. 
 
 HNT. 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. " The God of Gods JJialJ be Jeen in 
 Zion." Perhaps 1KT, " Jkey Jhall fee, &c." 
 
 9. In this laft part of the pfalm David particularly requefts of God 
 that this pleafure may be vouchfafed to him. 
 
 CnVN. We fliould read with Kennicott »nbK. See Pf. lix. 6. 
 
 10. liJ:ia. Rather 'ii^o, " my defender," to anfwer to "jn'K^D, which 
 fcems to fix the pfalm to David, who was the anointed of the Lord be- 
 fore he fled to Gath. See i Sam. xvi. 13. 
 
 11. All the Verf. read TnK DV, which the antithefis calls for. 
 
 VJyi. Hare, &c. read with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. D'Vtin for the 
 fake of the fenfe and metre. 
 
 12. Comparing the metre of the Collat. with Hare's, omitting the 
 2d. niiT, I would divide the two firft lines thus, 
 
 &c. »3 
 &c. B'nbK 
 ," For Jehovah is a fun and a ihield — God will give grace and glory." 
 But as Hare, &c. have obferved, the verfions differ widely in the firft 
 part of this verfe. Ch. reads D") mtt? mums exceljus for ti^OtJ^; which 
 Hare fufpedts may be written for VtyiDtyDV, in the Chald. fenfe of the 
 word, ** For Jehovah is a fhield to his fervants." Houb. would read. 
 IDti* (rather ^t^W) " a prote^or znd (hield." which cofrefponds better; 
 but is not Jt>atr written for "ity, (fee Pf. cxv. 10, 11.) " For Jehovah is 
 a help and fhield?" -Seeker remarks thus, " Perhaps 6. firfl wrote «^of 
 KM Bo)ifcia. And when the former was changed into «"'^"f> the other was 
 eafily changed into a?.)ifle<a, as that often accompanies the other." It is ob- 
 fervable alfo that 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read nHK, diligit ; which is not 
 in the text. DOVin'? 19 MSS. 
 
 13. nuu 25 MSS. with 6. See Pf. i. i. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C "^1^ ] 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 IT Is generally agreed, that the fubjedl of this pfalm is the return of 
 the Jews from the Babylonifh captivity; in celebrating which the pfulmift 
 is carried by a prophetic impulfe to foretel a much greater deliverance 
 by the coming of Chrijl. See Mollerus, Lowth, See. See Hare alfo 
 and Seeker in Pf. Ix. i. and compare Pf. cxxvi. with this. 
 
 V. 2. " The former part of this pfalm doth not feem to agree well 
 with the latter, unlefs prjeterperfcdts be taken for imperatives." Seeker. 
 
 3. \\)f. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & JEth, read 'Jiy, ** i/ie iniquities of thy 
 people." And the metre feems to require that we fhould read '7D be- 
 fore it, as in the following line. 
 
 DDKlSn. All the verfions read CDINOn, " all their Jm." which feems 
 right. 
 
 5. liOy. 2 MSS. read more properly "iJIDyo. See i Sam. i. 27. 
 Pf. Ixxxix. 34. 
 
 6. TityDD 22 MSS. and a great number nm "yrh. 
 
 7. niBTI 6. Vulg. Syr. & ^th. read nitr. Syr. reads lynm, " et vivifica 
 nos." But Gejer. conliders the firfl verb as an adverb, " Wilt thou 
 not again, 6cc. ?" See our Bib. Verf. A reftoration from captivity is 
 
 a kind of refurredion from the dead. 
 
 8. 'J'Nnn 16 MSS. See Pf. lix. 11. Ixxx. 9. 
 
 9. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. probably read "h^ before ^KH, '* I will 
 hear what the God Jehovah will fay unto me." Or perhaps the laft word 
 
 ^^was written by miftake for the former, " I will hear what Jehovah will 
 fay unto me." A friend reads 'l with 6. Vulg. & Ar. for »3, making 
 this the anfwer given by God from the oracle, ** By me Jehovah fayeth 
 peace, &c." 
 
 ' Y y 2 n'JDS'?,
 
 : c 176 ] 
 
 hSdd'?, " to folly." I. Q. Idolatry, the caufe of their captivity, which 
 they were never guilty of afterwards. 
 
 10. TQD. Houb. with Syr. mnD, " his glory " 
 
 ir. •* Jufta, elegans and fplendida profopopoeia, fide reftitutione po- 
 puli Juda;i a captivitate Babylonica interpreteinur, quod fi ad divinlorem 
 illuni fenfum referamus qui fub ea imagine non obfcure adumbratur, fu- 
 pra modum grandis atque excelfa, pleniffima myfterii & fublimitatis." 
 Lowth's Prd. 
 
 12. fjptt'J. One MS. reads vp'\i!r^, and perhaps the whole might be ren- 
 dered thus, " Truth fhall flourilli in the earth — when righteoufnefs Jhall 
 look down from Heaven." 
 
 13. In the myftical fenfe of the words they may refer to the plenti- 
 ful eftufion of the Holy Ghoft on the day of Pentecoft, and the blef- 
 fings confequent thereon. See Ainfw. 
 
 14. pTi. Syr. reads pnVl, " And the righteous." Perhaps the true 
 reading is p'Ta, " The righteous, i. e. the Mejjiah, {hall walk before him." 
 See Bib. Maxim. Tom. vi. Ctl"l. Our oldeft verfion reads 1{y»"j, 
 " and he Jliall direSl, &c." which feems to be right. See Prov. iii. 6. 
 Or as Lowth, &c. " Righteoufnefs fhall go before him — and fhall 
 diredl, or fet, his footfteps in the way." i. e. ** His own holinefs 
 fhall guide him." Seeker. • 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 I T is generally agreed that David according to the title wrote this 
 pfalmj and Hezekiah might, as Grotius thinks, apply it to his own 
 cafe. See Pf. xvii. i. 
 
 V. I. A beautiful paronomafia. 
 
 2. Ot< TDn '3. Syr. reads nHK, " For thou art gracious." which 
 feems more proper. Ar. probably "lIDn^i " for thy mercy's fake. Or 
 
 perhaps
 
 [ 177 ] 
 perhaps we rtiould read "I'DH, " for I om de/iitufc," Such refetitions of 
 the fame fenfe being frequent. 
 
 r\r\^ (''. Vulg. Ar. & &ih. omit this word, and it feems redundant; 
 and as the metre in the firft line of the 4th verfe feems deficient both in 
 Hare and the Collat. thefe three verfes might be divided thus, " Pre* 
 fervc my foul, for I am dejlitufe — fave thy fervant, O my God, who 
 trufteth in thee — Be merciful unto me, Jehovah, for I cry unto thee — 
 Rejoice the foul of thy fervant daily — for unto, &c." Unlefs we read 
 with 2 MSS. HDK O, " for thou art my God." j/'j^in 2 MSS. See 
 verfe 16. 
 
 3. 'HK 57 MSS. read mn^. 
 
 4. If the former diviiion of the metre be not admitted, we fhould per- 
 haps read D'H^N at the end of the firft line, '" Rejoice the foul of thy 
 fervant, O God." 
 
 5. 'jiK. 41 MSS. nin». T^^mI3 9 MSS. 
 
 6. Vipl. 16 MSS. b^\>by and one MS. reads with Hare 'Jlinn, which 
 are more ufual. 
 
 8. The defedt in the metre of the Collat. compared with Deut. iii. 
 24. will probably lead us to the right reading as follows, 
 
 *' Among the Gods there is none like unto thee, O yMo-utfA— neither is 
 there any that can do according to thy works." 
 
 ♦i-TK. 22 MSS. mn*. 
 
 9. Edwards's metre feems beft, ** All nations whom thou haft made 
 fhall come and worfhip before thee— Jehovah, and fhall glorify thy 
 name." 
 
 ♦iTK. 28 MSS. nin». 
 
 10. D'n'^N HDK. From confidering the metre, and comparing 2 Kings 
 xix. 15. Ifai. xxxvii. 16. and Ch. it is probable that D^H'JKn NIH 
 nnK, is the true reading, ** Thou thy/elf art God alone." One ant. 
 MS. fupplies b^n, ** Thou art the God of Gods alone." T\mV^ 20 MSS. 
 
 Z z II. The
 
 C 178 ] 
 
 ir. The metre may perhaps be better divided thus, 
 
 &c. 'jmn 
 
 &c. -jVnN' 
 
 Sec. on'? 
 
 in*. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. with Muls, &c. deriving this verb 
 from rnn render it, " My heart J/ia/I rejoice in fearing thy name." 
 y2^ DK 23 MSS. and the two firft letters might be eafily dropped from 
 their hkenefs to thofe preceding. 
 
 12. *nK. 35 MSS. mn*. and one MS. omits DNlbK, which, as Hare 
 obferves, feems redundant, " I will praife thee, Jehovah, with my 
 whole heart." Perhaps rather IDtJ^H niDKV 
 
 13. This and the following verfe may refer to i Sam. xix. 
 
 15. ':^^f. 34 MSS. mrr. 
 
 1 6. -|n^ 10 MSS. 
 
 nj/'tyim. One valuable MS. reading ♦iV'li'ini, it ftrikes mc that for 
 pV we fhould read Vv, or |NdV, " and fave me for thy truth's Jake" See 
 Pf. cxvi. 16. " Thejonofthy truth," i. e. Chrijl. Houb. 
 
 17. »Niir 6 MSS, 'w^•2,'> 7 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVII, 
 
 THIS pfalm, as Muis obferves, is full of obfcurity. Patrick and 
 others think that it was compofed on the birth or coronation of Hezekiah. 
 Munfter and others refer it to Chriji. But perhaps it was written on 
 Solomon's birth day, on which in honor to him iht. foundation Jlone of the 
 temple migiit be laid. 
 
 V. I. imiD'. Houb. reading nmDS makes the firfl line apart of 
 the title with Ch. *• A fong of the foundations in the holy mountains." 
 See Hammond alfo, &c. Durell reads ID "IIDS A defire (a mark ovfign) 
 
 JJiaJ^ 
 
 I
 
 [ 179 J 
 
 Jhall be Jet up in the holy mountains." Melbomius and others think 
 that the firft line has been by accident dropped. Might it be obtl'ITn 
 mn» n*::, " The houje of Jehovah is at Jerufalem — its foundations, &c. ?" 
 See 2 Chroniii. i. Green reading with Houb. fupplies ^^rz^/ifw. Lovvth 
 agrees with Hare that this Pf. is imperfe(ft both at the beginning and end^ 
 
 3. "IITD nnnDJ. Hare for the fake of the conftrudlion reads rmmit:; 
 which c. Vulg. Syr. Ar. and ^th. favor. Durell would read 111 Dm 
 nnDJ, " A glorious and perfeB fubjeSl is in thee, Sec." But may not the 
 text admit of this interpretation, " The glorious things in thee are above 
 defcription, O city of God ?" Or as 17 MSS. have -ima, " above the 
 power of a fpeaker V Kennicott thus, as a friend obferves, ''glorious 
 things doth he fpeak of thee." As the laffc' line according to the Collat, 
 feems defective, perhaps for n"7D we fhould read DbJi'Tl*, " Jerufalem 
 the city of God." 
 
 .4. nt. " Hie i nempe unus aliquis ex jam commemoratis gcntibus." 
 Pifc. " Hie; five horum quifque." Michaelis. Some refer this to 
 Chrift, but he was not born at Jerujalem, and as this word is not here 
 ufed contemptuoufly, as Hammond and others think, perhaps we (hould 
 read ntn, interrogatively, " I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon 
 to my acquaintance — behold Philiftia and Tyre — with Ethiopia, " was 
 this man born there f" i. e. Were any of thofe nations honoured with 
 the birth of this great Prince ? which may remove Seeker's difficulty 
 with refpeft to one birth place being underfcood, on which account he 
 thinks it may be right to tranflate, " Behold, O Philiflia, 5cc." ♦vnv'j 
 32 MSS. and 10 "ibt*. " Deus hie loquitur." Grot. 
 
 5. ryiy\y. 7 MSS. read n»J:iD% which inclines me to think that injJID' 
 is the right word ; and following Durell's fenfe of the two firft words, 
 I would render the whole thus, " But of Zion it fhall be faid, the 
 many even the man^ fhall be born in her and the mod High himfelf 
 Jlmll eflablijli him:' i. e. Solomon, See i Chron. xxii. lo. " Vir & 
 Fir." i. e. «* cmnis generis vir, vel diverfiffimarum Gentium homines." 
 
 Z z 2 Geier.
 
 C 180 ] 
 
 Gejer. &c. In this and the preceding verfe I have varied In the dlvifion 
 of the metre from Hare and the Collat. iV 8 MSS. 
 
 6. That thefe w^ords relate to the cuftom of regiftcring the people can- 
 not be doubted. See Gejerus and others. *' Jehovah will have this re- 
 corded in regiftering the people, that he was born there." i. e. the 
 Mejjiah. Zion being put for 'Jiidea by a Synecdoche." Durell. And 
 the prefervation of CIn-iJi's Genealogy feems to have been the efpecial 
 care of Providence j but as it was the immediate concern of every tribe 
 to preferve its own genealogy, and Solomon was of the tribe of Judah, 
 perhaps for mn' we fhould read rniH*, " Judah fhall record it in the 
 regifter of the people, &c." See verfe 4. One ant. MS. omits mn». 
 
 D',!2^ is here to be underftood of the I/rae/ifes. See Pf. Ixvi. 8. 
 
 *n£)D» 3 MSS. nnon 39, and 7 ibv i all which feem better readings. 
 
 7. Hare, fuppofing with great probability this verfe to be defedtive, 
 adds ]V'!t at the end of it, and for ♦J'yn reads Dn'J'Va, " all their foun- 
 tains (of praife) are in thee, O Zion." Durell deriving it with Houb. 
 from *iy, and reading D'bbnin, renders thus, '* All that dwell in thee 
 will fing iioith the dancers" Which he admits to hefpecial; the verb not 
 being ufed. 6. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. read \\)}'Q, Habitatio. A friend ob- 
 ferves, that Kennicott reads D' biriD, " Thus fhall the princes be as the 
 fandofthefea." But reading with Durell D'b'jni, or rather D^bblPin, for 
 D'bVnD, (See MSS.) and 'jya, inftead of »J»yo, from HJV, cecinit, the words 
 may have this fenfe, " And the fingers ivith the pipers — Jliall all^f^g" 
 in thee O Zion" i. e. fhall celebrate the nativity of this eminent per- 
 fon. Which is corroborated by the communications of Mr. Bradley, 
 who amongfl other readings propofes this. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm was fet for the fute, and was to be fung interchangeably j 
 and was compofed by the author, if Heman, either in banifhment, or pri- 
 fon. See Pifc. Muis, &c, with verfe lo. V. 2,
 
 C 181 ] 
 
 V. 2. TVIk-"' 2 MSS. having the firft ♦ upon a nfure, ft ffrengthens- 
 Hare's and others conjedlure, that we fhould read 'Djnti', as in Pf. xxx. 3. 
 See alfo- verfe 14. He alio reads tjr^V, but the better reading is with 
 one MS. CV2, " O Jehovah, my God, I cry in the di. — I call aloud in 
 the night before thee." Syr. with Houb. reads nVbl, tranfpofing the 
 words. See our verfions. 
 
 5. Perhaps, " As a man ofnojlrength." 
 
 6. 'u'Sn D'riwl. Hare fuppofes the iirft word to he interpolated, ren- 
 dering the lall, " I am Jeparaicd among the Hain." Durell tranflates it, 
 ** they feek me among the deadj" or rather reads 'fli'Dn, " / am fought 
 
 for among the dead." Seeker once propofcd 'Ji'S^, and from the defedl 
 of the metre in the Collat. we might fupply nin after it, " my foul is 
 among the dead." A friend fuggefts this fenfe of the text, " feparated 
 as the dead," (i. e. from fociety) the perfon here mentioned being fup- 
 poied to be in a ftate of leprofy ; referring to 2 Kings xv» 5. See Ham- 
 mond and Lowth ; and 3 MSS. read QTiIiS. But then fhould we not 
 for the fake of the metre fupply 'J}^ at the end of the line ? 7 »n3V^. 
 *' And they are cut off with, or hy thy hand." So the Bib. Marg. and 
 Seeker. 
 
 7. nvnnn. If we might read nvnnnn, as in Pf. Ixiii. 10. it would 
 ftlll add to the beauty of the Afyndeton. 
 
 mVvon. 32 MSS. read m'j'J^On, more ufual. Houb. &c. with 6. 
 Vulg. Ar. & ^th. mabvni, " Thou hafl: hid me in the pit, in the 
 loiveji places— in darknefs, and in the JJiadow of death." As Seeker ob- 
 ferves, 6. Vulg. Ar. & i^th. read »:in^ here, and verfe 9. " They 
 have, &CC." 
 
 8. n'OJ^. Seeker carrying on the force of 'bv, reads with 6. Vulg. 
 Syr. & ^th. D'V, ** and thou hajl brought upon me all thy waves." 
 But 6. Syr. Vulg. & ^th. fupplied this alfo. See Pf. xlii. 8. Houb. 
 reads 'JiJV, *' and all thy waves ha'ue affii6led me" But the true, reading 
 feems to be 'DOV — "roav See our verfions, 
 
 A a a 9. >j;tD.
 
 9. ♦J'TX:. 19 MSS. more regular '>"TV?:. 
 
 mnVTl. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. Sc JEth, with 15 MSS niVin fing. 
 
 nV3. Hare and Green read IkVd, " //'O' J^'^^ »'<" «/*•" ^'^ ^^^ ^^'^^' 
 Houb. and 24 MSS. read KI^D part. />^//. and perhaps »3K fnould be 
 fupplied before or after it; (See Jerem. xxxvi. 5.) as the n-:etre of the 
 Collar, fcems to require another word, " 1 am JJ.ut up." Perhaps Jere- 
 miah was the author of this pfalm. 
 
 10. A beautiful Paronomafia between ♦i'V & ♦J>*. 
 
 11. nVs. All the Verf. except Ch. in the plur. See verfe 13. 
 TnV. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & M\h. with Houb. read "]nvi, and one 
 
 valuable MS. read fo at firil, the 1 being probably dropped, as the pre- 
 ceding word ends with it. 
 
 ** CNDT fignifies perfons, and is the name of a nation. Jofh. xii. 4. 
 It alfo fignifies in general the dead, and is fynonymous to D»nO. Vi- 
 tringa derives it from T\tr\, languldus fuit ; and it may be indefinitely 
 ufed of all dead perfons. larfoi, o. Vulg. ridiculous." Seeker. 
 
 12. "iniVlJN. 9 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Syr, Ar. & iEth. read "jnilDKV 
 Sec our Verf. 
 
 13. All the Verf, except Syr. read i;?ivn, and with them 7 MSS. 
 
 15. The conftrudion feems to require Tnom, " and h'tdejl thy face 
 from me ?" 
 
 16. yi:n. 6. Vulg, Ar, & i^th. read D'W'n, " I have been afflidled, 
 and in labors from my youth." Syr. yin, or as Houb. Vilil, partic. ben. 
 in Niph. ** and wearied." But from comparing Pf. Ixxiii, 14. Ifai. liii. 4. 
 Vliil feems to be the beil reading, ♦* I have been afflided, and f mitt en, 
 &c." 
 
 IVia. Hare reads ir.ore properly with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 
 nyjD, " from my youth." 
 
 nJ1£3{{, " / am dijlradied" The fenfe put upon this word, which ap- 
 pears no where elfe, by the Lexicographers feems arbitrary, and as one 
 
 ant.
 
 C i83 3 
 
 ant. MS. probably, and another at firft, read nilDi^, and 41 MSS. "i^S'K 
 for y^a, this is perhaps the fenfe of the words, *' Feri/y I have borne 
 thy terrors." See Pf. xxxvii. 3. Unlefs we might read n^mj^, " I have 
 ):cca tLffii&cd and f/nUten from my youth — I have borne thy terrors until 
 now." See Numb. xiv. 19. If we confider it as a verb, we muft read 
 with a friend, according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. n31flK% One 
 MS. omits it. 
 
 17. ♦iinna:;. 4 MSS. read »JinaV, evidently right. 
 
 18. " They have furrounded me." i. e. " Ira et terrores tut." Muis. 
 
 " Non liquet" Lowth. Hare for Itt'nO reading D'DtrnD, renders 
 the latter part, " my acquaintance are darknefs" i. e. I am converfant 
 only with darknefs. Houb. 6cc. read ^B'nn, adding 'iDD at the end, 
 ** thou hajl kept back my relations from me" See Syr. Seeker con- 
 jedures that 6. read ityo, or nniTO. But making *^e^nD the part. Pih. 
 with Lorinus and others, the words, according to the metre of the 
 Collat. will bear this conftrudion, ** Thou haft put away a lover far 
 from me — and hinderejl a friend from knowing me." The greateft calamity 
 to a perfon in diftrefs. See Pf. cii. 4. 
 
 nniK 5 MSS, 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 PATRICK and others fuppofe this pfalm to be written in the 
 time of the Babylonifh captivity, and Dr. Bagot, the prefent learned 
 Bifliop of St. Afaph, thinks that Jeremiah might be the author of it. 
 Kennicott afcribes it to Ifaiah. See c. vii, i. 
 
 V. 2. non. Houb. &c. read according to c. Ar, & ^th. ^HDn, 
 " thy mercies, O Jehovah," 
 
 D'7iy. 17 MSS. oVty'?, better. Many MSS. nm ITtV. 
 
 A a a 2 3. ♦mOR.
 
 i: '84 3 
 
 3. 'n"i::{<. All the verfions, except Ch. read nnas*, ** For thou ha} 
 /aid." which is approved by Hare, Lowth, &c. Houb. and Seeker 
 tranfpofe (his word to the beginning of the following verfe. 
 
 iDn. Hare reads HDn, " ifiy mercy." But llDn, " thy jmrcy" 
 agrees beter with the following noun. See Edwards's Verf. 
 
 pn. Houb. reads with 49 MSS. ;on in Hiph. ** Ihoujhal, eJlabliJJi." 
 era. Kennicott reads DriD, *' For thou haft: faid. Thy mercy fhall 
 be built up for ever. — as the Heavens, thy truth (hall be eft:abli(hed 
 like them." 
 
 4. See 2 Sam. iii. 9. vii. 12. 
 
 5. m*?. 38 MSS. read yrh, and notwithftanding the great variety in 
 the reading of thefe two words, "ml "m"? is probably right. 
 
 6. The latter part of this verfe not according with the former, Houb. 
 reads *7np, " even the congregation of faints thy faithfulnefs." Durell 
 tranfpofes the words, " the faints alfo thy faithfulnefs in the congrega- 
 tion." Both of thein fupplying the verb from the foregoing fentence with 
 Gejerus. But perhaps for CD'Hiy we fhould read Dr^V, *' Knd the people 
 fhall praife thy wonders, O Jehovah, — thy faithfulnefs alfo in the congre- 
 gation of the faints." See Pf. xl. 9, 10. As a friend obferves all the 
 Verf. except Ch. read nv with 2 MSS. which feems belter, as this verfe 
 is not connedted with the former. Ca^np 37 MSS. 
 
 "^vha. One MS. reads with all the verfions Tn'^D. See Pf. Ixxxviii. 
 II, &c. 
 
 7. pnti'n. All the verfions read CD^prtJ^n, in the plur. ; and one MS. 
 reads D'JDi!?!, ** in the Heavens." which Syr. favors. "]"nV' 12 MSS. 
 
 D'biS. Rather O'nVN, according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. '* among the 
 fons 0/ God." See Job. xxxviii. 7. The force of 'D is carried on. See 
 our Bib. Verf. 
 
 9. n:!"!. AH the verfions read m, or as Houb. nm> and the metre, as 
 well as fenfe, (eems to require, that it fhould be joined to the next line, 
 ** God is to be feared in the council of the idint^-— being great and 
 terrible above a,ll that are round about him." 10. H'
 
 C i85 ] 
 
 10. n* I'Dn. The late learned Dr. Wheeler, &c. make n* only a 
 Rabbhiical Abbreviation for mn». Houb. inferts riDK between thefe 
 two words, ** thou art flrong. O Jehovah." But from comparing verfe 
 15 and 25. and as Syr. omits Tf, perhaps ^IDn is the right reading, 
 ** O Jehovah, God of Hofts, who is like unto thee — thy loving kindnefs 
 and thy falthfulnefs are round about thee." See Seeker. Unlefs "]3Dn, 
 ** thy Jlrength" fhould be preferred. 
 
 11. 'jVnD, ** As a mighty warrior" See Kennicott's ift DifT. 
 p. 108. Before I had feen this fenfe of the word, I had conjedtured 
 that we fhould read "jS'ni, *' Thou haft broken Rahab in pieces by thy 
 
 Jirength. — with the arm of thy ftrength, &c." See the Collat. for a verfe 
 not in the text. 
 
 12. DfnD'. As 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. do not read the 'affix, 
 which is redundant, perhaps we fhould read rTTDS or with n paragogic. 
 
 13. Tabor and Hermon denote the Eaji and Weji, Pifcator, &c. 
 The metre of the Collat. feems moft regular. 
 
 14. The fenfe feems to require nt3V» which Is very much like OV, as 
 it was written before the invention of the final letters, or fome fuch word, 
 in the firfl Hemiftich, " Thine arm is covered with ftrength." — Houb. 
 renders the laft, " roboras manum tuam, exaltas dexteram tuam." And 
 33 MSS. read nyn. 
 
 15. ]1DD, ** T^ he foundation o^ thy throne." Muis, &c. which feems 
 the better fenfe. See our Bib. Marg. Pf. xcvii. 2. and Prov. xvi. 12. 
 
 16. nvnn. Seeker obferves, •* that Syr. might read inVI'in, not 
 ny"»"jn, which Houb. propofes, but is not extant. PofTibly for 'Vtv 
 fhould be read IVH* with an ellipfis of ne^t^. Compare Jofh. vi. 7. The 
 perfons, who join and adt in the folemn proceffion feem defcribed." But 
 Syr, probably reads inmn, '* thy praifes," Hare with others fuppofe 
 it to be only a mujical term crept in from the margin j but as Kennicott 
 has proved that fome word is necefTary on account of the metre, perhaps 
 we fhould read in^lin, ** BlcfTed are the people that know thy law-^ 
 
 B b b O Jehovah
 
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 Jehovah, they (hall walk, 5cc." Or perhaps ^nyitiTl " Blcficd are the 
 people, who have known, (i. e. experienced) thy fahation." 44. MSS. 
 ♦yiV more regular, which favors the text. 
 
 17. Six MSS. adding n*7D at the end of the laft line, which feems de- 
 ficient, perhaps mn* may have been dropped. 
 
 18. MSS. 1 1 "lOfiy. A friend propofes the affix li, which agrees better 
 with the following. 
 
 19. The fenfe, as well as the metre, being incomplete in the firft He- 
 miftich, perhaps MT\ has been omitted through its likenefs to the pre- 
 ceding word, and to that, which ends the line in the former verfe, 
 " Therefore unto Jehovah our fhleld we fmg — and, &c." But Seeker, 
 with a friend, fuppofes b to be redundant. Though Mudge and others 
 refer thefe words to David, they feem, as Lyranus obferves, to refpefb 
 the time of the judges ; and David's appointment, as Jehovah's viceroy, 
 follows in tlie next divifion of the pfalm. 
 
 20. *]'7'Dnb, '* to thy holy one" i. e. to Samuel ; to whom David had 
 probably been manifefted in a vifion. See Pifcator, &c. with i Sam. xvi. 
 
 1 — i^. Others refer it to David. But Houb. Kennic, 6cc. read with 
 all the verfions, and 66 MSS. in'Dn"?, " to thy holy ones" i. e. thy pro- 
 phets. See Muis alio. 
 
 "l2Nm is not neceffary to the fenfe, and according to the metre of the 
 Collat. is redundant. 
 
 "Ijy. Perhaps rather nt3, the preterperfe<ft tenfe is often ufed for the 
 
 fut. when a thing is certainly to be done, " I have fet the crown upon 
 
 one that is mighty." i. e. David. See verfe 40. Thefe words in 
 
 their firft fenfe may refer to David j but Calovius, &c. underftand them 
 
 Jclely of Chrift. 
 
 21. ^'^1^. One MS. reads tyip, with 6. Ar. & lEjih. ** with the 
 holy oil." See i Sam. xvi. 13. 
 
 22. The conArudtion is here very fingular. Might we render thus, 
 *« For my hand fhall eftablifh his people F" Or, " That my hand may 
 be firm with him V See Tig. Verf. 23. N't^'.
 
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 23.. K»{y». c. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^Eth, as Muis conjedures, read n't^' ; 
 which Houb. adopts j (See alfo our Bib. Verf.) or borrowed the Itnfe, as 
 a friend thinks, from the Ar. Niyj, crcvit. Ch. derives the verb from 
 i<ti>J» decepit. But Kennicott more properly from Ntyj, /a///, " The 
 cnetny J^iall. not exalt /liw/e/J' zgaind him." , 
 
 MSS. 4 read Kt^', and 3 n»K. " The/on of 'violence" i. e. Saul. 
 
 24. ♦DDDT 16 MSS. *].1K 16 MSS. See Jofh. xxiv. 5. 
 
 26. rmniin, /« /-^^ rivers." i. e. The Euphrates and Jordan. Pifcator. 
 The Euphrates and Tir^rw. Green. The Euphrates and Nile. Durell. 
 But the true reading feems to be with one MS. "iHJn, ^' and his right 
 hand /« ///^ river." i.e. The Euphrates. See Pf. Ixxx. 12. 
 
 28. "nD2. ^r/zc ^fry? born was intitled to the highefl dignities. Our 
 Verf. read mDl, " My Jirjl born." But without authority, though it 
 feems proper. 
 
 29. This, the preceding, and following verfe were eminently verified 
 in Chrijly the fon of David. See Ainfworth, &c. ^, 
 
 32. 'Dpn. 10 MSS. with 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & iEth. read Tllpn. Syr. 
 entirely omits this verfe. 
 
 33. 'mpSI, '* Then will I, &c." See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 34. Perhaps better with Pifc. See. " nor will I lye againft my faith- 
 fulneli." 
 
 35. One^MS. with 6. Vulg. & iEth. reads <Ki{"|S:i. But Deut. xxiii. 23. 
 favors the text. 
 
 36. See verfe 4. Syr. reads "jNl, " and I will not lye unto David." 
 See Heb. vii. 21. 
 
 38. Dbiy. 8 MSS. have d'jIvV. See verfe 37. 
 
 ** The faithful witnefs." i. e. ^he rainbow, Gejerus, &c. See Gen. 
 ix. 9. " D ex prjEced. eft repetendum, ut Pf. Iviii. 9." Id. " Luna." 
 Pifc. &c. 
 
 39. ITliynn. Syr. 6c Ar. read nilVDm, ^' and art wroth with thine 
 anointed." But fee Pf. xlv. 5. Here is a beautiful climax, beginning 
 the 4th portion of the pfalm. 40. DHl
 
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 40. nm nnnW. Houb. reads nnnn nnt*:; and 31 MSS. have 
 
 41. Vnm:i. 12 MSS. more regularly vn'»'ll.% 
 
 42. inDK^. The grammatical conflrudlion requires that we ihould 
 read with all the verfions, i6 MSS. Kennicott, &c. imoty. 
 
 nmy- 13 MSS. 
 
 43. vi'K 41 MSS. 
 
 44. A friend obferves that 6. Vulg. Syr. & Ar. probably read ^ty, 
 <« the help oihh fword." And that ntn IIX is not ufed. The fimili- 
 tude between the two words might eafily occafion the miftake. Ch. 
 reads linn mriK, " Thou haft alfo turned his fword backward." Which 
 Seeker approves. See Lam. ii. 3. 
 
 WDpn. 20 MSS. with Houb. ino'pn. 
 
 45. "JintOD. There being no word in the firft Hemiftich to anfwer 
 to his thtone in the 2d. Durell reads TlDyD, '* Thou haft made his crown 
 to ceafe." But as Hare's and the metre of the Collat. is defedive, per- 
 haps from the fimilitude of the words miDV has been dropped from 
 the end of the line, " Thou haft made his crown to ceafe frojn its 
 brightnefs." 
 
 46. Vl5l'7V' Kennicott infers from this expreffion, that this portion of 
 of the pfalm refers to Ahaz, who died at thirty-fix years of age. But 
 Alex. Vcrf. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. underftood by it the common term of 
 life, in which cafe it may be applicable to Hezekiah. See Ifai. xxxviii. 
 10. and the following portion of the pfalm feems to be adapted to his 
 fituation, though another learned author thinks it has refpedl to the Mcf- 
 fiah. Vulg. 6. tS Spova, wrong, as a friend obferves. 
 
 47. For the metre's fake the text fhould ftand as it does, but the 
 verfion might be beter thus, '• O Jehovah, how long wilt thou hide 
 thyfelf ? Shall thy jealoufy burn like fire for ever ?" See Seeker, and 
 Pf. Ixxiv. I. Ixxix. 5. 
 
 48. ♦JM.
 
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 48. ♦J^*. Houb. and Kennicott read 'j*!}^, as in verfe 51. But as the 
 MSS. do not afford the different reading of mnS I am apt to think 
 that nJN*, or as a friend with one MS. Hi, is the right word here, and 
 that 'JN fliould be added at the end of the line, conformably to one MS. 
 and Pf. xxxix. 5. " Remember, / pray t/iee, how frail / am." See 
 Seeker, and Merrick. mDt 12 MSS. 
 
 49. Dbas Syr. Ar. & JEth. read toVD'1, " and Jhall he deliver, Sec. ?" 
 See Pf. xvi. 10. 
 
 50. ^na. 44 MSS. mns and 3 MSS. fupply nt^'N with 6. Syr. Ar. 
 & T^th. " w/ii'ch thou haft fworn." 
 
 51. -113?. 20 MSS. and 37 nin* for 'ilK. 
 
 yi^y. Hare and others read with Syr. and 19 MSS. "]liy, " T/iyfcr- 
 vant". which is more fuitable to the context, and n.ay be underftood of 
 Hezekiah. See V. 46. 
 
 can h'2. Here is probably an omiffion, or a corruption. Le Clerc 
 feems to have read ^33, *' from all the mighty people.'' Hare and othecs 
 read blp, " the voice of many people." Houb. reads tD'^Vn in, ** all 
 the contention of the people.'* which Mr. Bradley adopts j tho' he like wife 
 offers D'3p, " all the curfes &c." Durell reads 'in in regim. " all the 
 reproaches of the people." Seeker offers nil for D'ni, or flO^D for the 
 two words, " I bear in my bofom all the reproach of the people." Or, 
 ** I bear in my bofom the Jhame of the people." which is countenanced 
 by Ezek. xxxvi. 6. See Ifai. xxxvii. 
 
 52. Iflin. Syr. reads 'Jlfiin, *' Wherewith thine enemies have re 
 preached me, O Jehovah, &c." See 2 Kings xviii. 19 — 25. If this read- 
 ing be admitted. Green's omiffion of the 2d "ifi'in "WVi is unneceffary. 
 
 ITOpy* femitasy five aBiones. Hamm. &c. Tl'N 34 MSS. 
 
 53. The addition of the collector of the pfalms. Muis, Kennl- 
 cot-t, &c. 
 
 Ccc PSALM
 
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 P S A L M XC. 
 
 HAMMOND and others fuppofe this pfalm to ^ave been com- 
 pofed by Mofes according to the title, when the children of Ifrael pe- 
 rifhed in the wildernefs ; but he was probably not the author of it. 
 See Mudge and Kennic. Gen. Difl'. 80. 3. Perhaps compofed by 
 'Jeremiah in the time of the captivity, a man of God fignifying a pro- 
 phet in general. See verfe 10. Here the 4th book begins. 
 
 V. I. ;u*w. As Hare, &c. obferve, 6. Vulg. Ar. & &xh.. read nVO, 
 *' a refuge to us." and 2 M3S. probably read the fame. 
 
 2. bbinm, " in the 3d perfon paffive ; as the verfions." Seeker. 
 D^1J?*:i. Ch. Syr. & Vulg. with 20 MSS. Hare, &c. read DblVD, 
 
 and 58 MSS. with Ch, Syr. Vulg. and Green 1y^ for ly, and ^b^y 
 feems to be redundant, (See MS, 40.) *' from ever lajlwg to everlajling." 
 
 3. Hare, &c. bring ^K the lafl: word of the former verfe forward to 
 the beginning of this, giving it the fenfe of the negative particle accord- 
 ing to 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. and neither the fenfe nor metre require it 
 there; and one MS. omits it, '• Do «o/ bring man to deftrudion — but 
 fay, 6cc." Though Hare's verfion, which is this, " convertis hominem 
 uique ad contritionem, et dicis, rcvertimini flii hominum," does not 
 correfpond with his notes. If '7^? be confidered as belonging to the for- 
 mer verfe, (See Pf. xciii. 2.) then perhaps we fliould read na;', *' man 
 Jliall return to dellruftion, — when thou fayelT:, return ye, &c." Here 
 is an allufion to Gen. iii. 19. Hare, &;c. Houb. reads P]"i:i'r) for l\vr\, 
 ** Do not grind man, &c." 
 
 4. bv^DrikV. Notwithflanding all the verfions retain this word, neither 
 the fenfe, nor the metre of the Collat. require it, and it is omitted by 
 Meibomiu?, " For a thoufand years in thy fight are as a day — when it 
 
 is
 
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 is paffed, and a watch in the night." Hence it is obiervable that night 
 •watches were in ufe in the time of the pfahiiifi:. See Harmer's Obf. 
 Vol.1. 210. A friend obferves that one MS. onnits IIP O i perhaps 
 then for VlDDK, we might read inss as St. Peter ieems to have done, 
 dividing thus, *' For a thoufand years in thy fight are — as one day, and 
 as a watch in the night." But 18 MSS. read "nnj;*, which may be a 
 reafon for retaining it. A thoufand years feem to allude to the longe- 
 vity of the Antediluvians. 
 
 5. DnO"ir, &c. Hare and others following Le Clerc give this fenfe 
 to the words, " Thou waterefl, i. e. thou refrejlieji, them with fleep, 
 and they are — in the morning as the grafs which fpringeth up." Houb. 
 verfion is, " The courfe of their life is a fleep, they are, &c." Cafl. feems 
 to read CDDnf, " Thou fcatiereji thewy they are a dream." See our 
 old Verf. Seeker offers this tranflation, <' Thou overllowefl them : they 
 are as morning deep; as the grafs, that groweth up." Durell omits this 
 word entirely, " They are as fleep in the morning, like the grafs which 
 changeth." But reading by a metathefis DmDi, and omitting the firft 
 line of the next vcrfe which feems redundant, the whole might be thus 
 rendered, " Thou cuttejl them off z% a dream, they are — in the morning 
 like grafs which fpringeth up — in the evening it is cut down, and 
 withereth." A friend omitting the ift npni and ^W, and reading nJH 
 for r\W, giving t]bn alfo the fenfe oi pullukre, for which he refers to 
 Job xiv. 7. propofes this conjedlural emendation with great diffidence, 
 •• Thou overflowefi: them; behold they Piall be as grnfs — in the morning 
 it flouriflieth, aiid groweth up — in the evening it is cut down, and 
 withereth." 
 
 7. O. Hare removes it to the beginning of the next verfe. Green 
 reads p inftcad of it, " fo are we confumed, &c." 
 
 8. nt^•. Notwithflanding 39 MSS. read riDu' the true reading is nni!' 
 according to Houb. and one MS. 
 
 1J'n:iy. 63 MSS. irmJi;^. more proper.
 
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 IJdV. 17 MS3. read lJ«i:Vv, and 34 flill more proper l^ai'^y, «' cur 
 fecret Jins." c. Vulg. Ar. & iEih. rv^ading IJD'JIV, entirely miftook the 
 fenfe. 
 
 9- U'Vo. As Syr. reads I'jD for iJ'b^, 6. Vulg. Syr. & ^th. B^'iDy, or 
 :i"jj< for n:in, & Ar. both ; and 1 9 MSS. KAHj from comparing Job vii. 6. 
 the following reading is fubmitted to confideration :ii{< 103 IJ'JK^ ibj?, 
 ** Our years are fwift as the weaver's fliuttle." Or as two printed 
 copies of note read here ^:h'2, " All our years are as the fpider's web." 
 A friend divides the words according to 6. " For all our days are 
 pafled away, we are confumed in thy wrath, our years are as a tale." 
 " Confumimus dies noftros ut vaporem ^ftuantcm. Schultens, in Prov. 
 XXV. 4." Lowth. 
 
 10. Dnn. Syr. & Ar. with one valuable MS. omit this word, altoge- 
 ther fuperfluous. 
 
 Dnmi. Lowth with Houb. DDam, " Yet is their multitude labour 
 and forrow." Rather Dfimi, this word fcarcely ever appearing in the fern. 
 See 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ch. Perhaps VH has been omitted at the end of this 
 line, which the grammatical conftrudion feems to call for, if not the 
 metre. See Ar. 
 
 ;r'n t.1. Hare reads yvu, " For they foon pafs away." But I do not 
 find \y ufed adverbially. Edwards reads ID. " For they are foon cut off" 
 Houb. & Lowth after Symmac. D3, " For we are foon cut off" But 
 a friend fuggefts ^» PiD, " n^mfuccijio fit." alluding to grafs in verfe 5, 
 nSVJ"), " etfatifcimus." Houb. But 69 MSS. read nDIVJl, which favors 
 thecom mon acceptation, ♦' and wefy away." Kennic. and others infer 
 from this verfe, that this pfalm was compofed about the time of David. 
 See verfe i. 
 
 1 1. Mudge follows c, 6c Vulg. in the divifion and reading of this and 
 the next verfe. 
 
 VW. All the verfions with 1 1 MSS. read VI'' ; and 22 MSS. ny. 
 insnOV Syr. 6c Ar. read DNTl, which Durell follows, *' Who 
 knoweth the power of thine anger— cw^' the terribUneJ's of thy wrath ?" 
 
 Ar.
 
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 Ar. reads '7;^ "7:3 V for yiv, " 'who can prevail agavijl the power, &c. ?" 
 Lowth follows Houb. " Quis novit vim irae tuae j et, proiit terribilis 
 es, furorem tuum." A friend thus, ** nam ficut tul timor eft, ita ira tua 
 eft." i. e. " timentes te non experientur iram tuam." " As the reve- 
 rence due to thee, fuch is the puniftiment to be expected for difobedicncc. 
 Peters." Seeker. Perhaps we fhould read DK NT *J31, " who knoweth 
 the power of thine anger, or who feareth thy wrath ?" 
 
 12. p. Hare and others omit this word here, and infert it in the 
 preceding fentence. Muis, Lowth, &c. render it, " Teach us to num- 
 ber our days aright^ See Numb, xxvii. 7. Houb. reading milDD, ren- 
 ders thus, " Utmaxime breves funt dies noftri, ita, &c." Mudge read- 
 ing iyo» for 1J»0% with 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. gives this fenfe, " So 
 give us to know thy right arm," But our verfions with that of Geneva 
 feem as eafy as any ; and perhaps we fl:iould read with them TODn 13lV 
 for nODn y:^, the n in the noun ferving as the formative of the gen- 
 der, and the local affix. '* And we JJiall acquire an heart of wildom." 
 Seeker with Pifc» 
 
 13. 'no "W' Houb. ** ad extremum." See our old Verf. Durell 
 renders it, " Return, O Jehovah, before my death." And quotes Noldius 
 for this fenfe of "W; but this change of the perfon cannot well be ad- 
 mitted. Perhaps we fhould read "jnON Vy, " Return, O Jehovah, for 
 thy truth's fake" 
 
 This and the following verfe are as applicable to the Ifraelites in the 
 Babylonifh captivity, as in the Wildernefs. See Mudge. 
 
 15. Ipai i.e. " f^r/>', after the dark night of afflidions." Ainfw. " citd*' 
 Mar. &c. Perhaps the word might be rendered thus, " in feeking thy 
 mercy." i. e. when we feek thy mercy, 
 
 16. "I'byS. The preceding verb requires that we fhould read with Houb. 
 and 90 MSS. ^byfJ, ** Let thy work be fhewn unto thy fervants."— 5)7^ 
 thy glory unto their children." By delivering the former from captivity, 
 and by exhibiting thy glorious prefence in the temple to the latter, 
 
 D d d "jmma
 
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 'nmm. 6. Vulg. Ar. & i^lth. make this a verb, " ^/ dinge:' Syr. 
 6c Ch. confider it as a noun, which is niofi: fuitable to the context. 
 
 17. Dyj» or as 41 MSS. DV1J- and ^j read fo Pf. xxvii. 4^ though. 
 it appears no where in this form. 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c y^th. Jplendor, fo that 
 they probably read niNJ. Green follows Syr. " And let the gracioufnefs 
 of Jehovah, &c." ** Pevhi^s, pleafmg look." Seeker. But as the metre 
 of the CoUat. is too long in the firft line, and the laft is confelTedly a 
 fpurious repetition, by a tranfpofition and omiflion perhaps the text 
 might originally fland thus, 
 
 '• And may Jehovah our God be ivith us — and eftablilli the work of 
 our hands upon us." U«lefs we read with Durell after Syr, VT, of his 
 hands. 
 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 "IN hoc pfalmo aliquod ^uriMTepy intus latet, ct de Meflia interpre- 
 tantur Juda-i." Lowth, who with Muis fuppofes David to be the au- 
 thor of it. See Prsl. 26. Peters afcribes it to Mojes. Durell fuppofes 
 it to contain a dialogue between God and So/omon. But it is ditticult to 
 fpeak decidedly on this point, as each of thefe three perfons was typical 
 of Chrin-. 
 
 I. Meibomius and Hare think that a verfe or two are loft at the be- 
 ginning. Lowth fuppofes the pfalmill: to fpeak of hi/?ije//"m the 3d per- 
 fon in the two firft verfes ; but as 36 MSS. read nti^V, perhaps we fhould 
 read pibnN for pi'^ns " Divelling in the fecret place of the Moft High — 
 / will abide under the fliadow of the Almighty — 1 will fay unto -Jeho- 
 vah, &c." The pfalmift feems to allude to the cherubim covering the 
 ark. See verfe 4, 
 
 2. •^2^?.
 
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 2. -|SK. c. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read lOKS " he JJiall fay ." Hare and 
 others in the Imper. "fay-" But i8 MSS. read nrjix, and Munfler 
 and others render it in the firft perfon fut. / will fay, or as Seeker Jhall 
 
 fayt which avoids the change of perfons. See verle i. 
 
 3. min "illD. 6. Sjr, Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with lo MSS, read nmai ; 
 and 12 MSS. with 6. & Syr. mn. Houb. renders thus, " ex diSla per- 
 nicie."^ Our verfions tranllate ni~r, the fefliience -, and the Italian, as a 
 friend obierves, la pejle. But as mention is made of tViQ pejiilence in verfe 
 6, and the firft line of the Collar, feems deficient, might we for "1113 
 read nmDD, and fupplying "jD'bim divide the verfe thus, " For he Ihall 
 deliver thee from the fnare of the hunter — and bring thee out of the dreary 
 wildernefs?" Which readings, if admitted, might allude to the delive- 
 rance of Mofes from the incurfions of the Arabs, and his coming to 
 Mount Nebo. See Deut. xxxiv. i. 
 
 4. imiNl. All the verfions in Deut. xxxii. 11. read IDTIIN and 6. 
 Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c N.\h. read here ininiXa> " under his feathers:' " IJt 
 Gallina Fullosr Muis. The wings of the cherubim covering the mercy 
 feat were emblematical of the divine afFed:ion to the Ifraelites. See 
 Matt, xxiii. 37. 
 
 5. The danger of walking through a wildernefs by night mufl be 
 very obvious ; and as the bow and arroiv were much ufed in the Eaft, 
 particularly amongft the Arabs, not only for the fake of hunting and 
 deftroying wild hearts, but for defence from their enemies, it was equally 
 dangerous to travel by day. Syr. with 6 MSS. \^\^^. See our Verf. 
 This and the following verfe affbrd a remarkable inilance of an ellipfis 
 of the pron. ity^. •, f 
 
 6. As the number of perfons, who died in the wildernefs from 
 20 years old and upwards, were one year with another near 15,000, they 
 were probably carried off by [ome pejlilential diHordcr, from which IVLofes 
 
 • was preferved in a wonderful manner. See Deut. xxxiv. 7. ^To this 
 circumftance therefore the pfalmifl may allude in this and the two fol- 
 lowing
 
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 lowing verfes. Patrick and others refer them to 2 Sam. xxiv. 8 MSS. 
 read nDpOl, and 6 bQMin. As Grotius and others obferve 6. Vulg. & 
 Ar. read "72?% " ef Dcemonio meridiano." 
 
 7. Ch. & Ar. read ^^mi, " A thoufand (hall fall at thy kft fide." 
 TVn. All the verfions read ybii^, " hut to thee it fhall not come 
 
 nigh. 
 
 8. David's fin was the occafion of the peflilence, 2 Sam. xxiv. But 
 here the people are the tranfgreffors. 
 
 DdVc'I. Houb. reads with 25 MSS. nJDlbtt-'l. 
 
 9. Durell thus, " Surely thou, O Lord, art my refuge j O Moft High 
 thou haft fixed thine habitation j viz. in Sion." Cloppenburgius and others 
 fupply n"l!DN, '* For thou liajl /aid, Jehovah is my hope." Hare and 
 others read JTIOJ* for riDK, " Becaufe thou haft faid, Jehovah is my 
 refuge, — and haft made, &c." But Merrick approved by Lowth, reads 
 "]DnD, ** For, as to thee, the Lord is t/iy hope : — Thou haft made the 
 Moft High thy habitation." Others reading with one MS. HDRD thus, 
 " Becaufe thou haft made Jehovah a refuge, the moft high thy habitation." 
 
 10. See Deut. xxxiv. 7. 
 
 1 1 . mi*'. Notwithftanding this word is fo frequently written without 
 n, this feems to be the true reading. Tii:::!:''? one MS. 
 
 12. This and the preceding verfe may be likewife applicable to Mofes, 
 &c. in an inferior degree, but were eminently fulfilled in Chrift. 
 
 p):in 46 MSS. more regular. & Syr. & Ar. read Dn'iDD, ** in their 
 hands." " Elfe, fays Seeker, one might guefs D»fl33, or Dn*£)J3 from 
 Exod. xix. 4. Deut. xxxii. 1 1. 
 
 13. Bochart and others fuppofe thefe to be the names of different kinds 
 o^ferpents -, and two of them certainly are. But fee Merrick. There 
 feems to be an allufion to the predidlion concerning the Mefliah, Gen. 
 iii. 15. *' Et Pfalmiftas verba de Diabolo intelligenda eflefirmatum eft, 
 qucm Chriftus vicit, & quafi pedibus conculcavit." Spencer de Leg. 
 Tom L 426. and Bifhop Sherlock's Serra.
 
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 ynnn 5 mss, and 12 Diann. 
 
 14. Thefe words, " becaufe he hath known my name" feem to allude to 
 Exod. iii. 14. " Deus ipfe loquens, & promiffioncs iftas proponens, in- 
 troducitur." Pifc. 
 
 15. Thefe words had their full completion in therefurredion and af- 
 cenfion of Chrift. 
 
 16. Mofes, the mediator of the old covenant, lived to the fulled ex- 
 tent of life in the mofl: perfed: health, and faw the promifed land ; but 
 ye/us, the mediator of the New Covenant, is entered into the Heaven of 
 Heavens, and is fat down for ever at the Right Hand of God. 
 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 nitfriji for a " day of rejl" may fignify nothing more than a deliverance 
 from the attempts of his enemies ] for which David probably compofed 
 this pfalm. See Muls, &c. 
 
 V. 3. ni'^'ba. 6. Vulg. & ^th. read nWl; and one good MS. reads 
 
 4. pun probably denotes fome mufical inftrument -, what it is not eafy 
 to afcertain. See Pf. ix. 17. miOl 10 MSS. 
 
 5. 7VSI Syr. & Ar. with 18 MSS. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with 
 one MS. '{i^yom. See our old Verf. 
 
 6. TniLyno. 19 MSS. •j'mit^'na, and 2 MSS. ftill more regular 
 
 nmntrn?:). ''■"^'' ' ' 
 
 "TND. Hare reads HD, more emphatical, " How deep are thy thoughts !" 
 
 8. nisi. Ch. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read imS ♦a, which maybe rendered, 
 
 " That the wicked dofpring as the grafs — and all the workers of iniquity 
 
 do flourifli — to le dejiroyed ioi ever." Durell, " in the flour ijfiing, &c.— 
 
 For all, &c." 'bvID lo MSS. 
 
 E e e Dl-ia.
 
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 9* Dl"!'^. Perhaps CDIID, ** But thou, O Jehovah, Jhak be exalted 
 for ever." See Ar. DblV*? 76 MS. 
 
 10. Hare and others, with 6. rejed the firfl: line, as repugnant to 
 the metre, but according to that of the Collat. it may be confidered 
 as a beautiful Epizeuxis. '"^Via 10 MSS. All the Verf. with 2 MSS. 
 read nifln'l, " and 2S\. the workers, &c." 
 
 'Vvifl 10 MSS. 
 
 11. D»K13. 52 MSS. DN1D. See Pf. xxii. 22. 
 
 'nVl Hare reads 'mbn, which 49 MSS. ftrengthen, and he and 
 other* with Syr. & Ch. make it the 2d. perfon in Kal, ** thou hajl 
 anointed me with green oil." Montanus and others, ** / am anointed." 
 Pifcator, &c. read ♦m'?!^, " When lam grown old." But then fome other 
 verb muft be underftood. Houb. reads piTD ♦D''?!, " Mine old age Is as 
 a fiourijl.lng Olive Tree J' See 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. But ^02; is never 
 I believe, ufed in this fenfe, and the firft feems the mofl eafy, " Thou 
 haft anointed me with green oil." It being of this colour, when it is 
 firfl preffed. But See Harmer's Obf. Vol. II. 206. 
 
 12. Hare and others for the fake of the metre, as well as fenfe, read 
 with additions and variations ; but as the metre of the Collation is too 
 long in the firft line, perhaps nit^a may be omitted, " And mine eye 
 fhall behold them that rife up againft me — mine ear Jhall hear of the evil 
 doers." i.e. of their deftrudlion. Our verfions fupply 'mNn, or IDIKD, 
 here and elfewhere. Ch. generally nOpi. But Pifcator, &c. on Pf. xxii. 
 18. obferve thus, " xy\X^ cum 3 non fignificat fimplicem intuitum, fed 
 conjundum vel cum voluptate, vel cum contemptu." 
 
 13. ^'>'yi. David might be called the righteous man in a limited fenfe; 
 but this title is truly charadteriftic of Chrijl, the Son of David. 
 
 7\^\ 6. Ch. Vulg. Ar. 6c iEth. with 25 MSS. read KAiy% which 
 other paflages corroborate. 
 
 14. innO». One MS. reads inifl'. See verfe 13. and Prov. xi. 28. 
 Lowth remarks, ♦* that he never could meet with any fatisfadion as to 
 
 the
 
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 the connexion between trees planted, and the Houfe of God."' But 
 with fubmiffion to this great authority may not the righteous be faid 
 (o be planted in i]\^ houfe of God, as being fhehered and covered by the 
 protedlion of the Almighty, and fed and nourifhed by Divine Grace ? 
 See Seeker alfo, and Merrick. Or perhaps as D'VlDSy has no antecedent 
 we fhould read yhMT)^, " His plants, (i. e. his fons) fhall flourifh in the 
 houfe of Jehovah, in. &c." Ch. fupplied V.T VJia. See Pf. cxxviii. 3. 
 Ifai. Ixv. 22, 23. 
 
 15. Thefe words may more efpecially refer to the laji age of the 
 Church, when the wild and the true Olive tree Ihall both grow toge- 
 ther. See Rom. xi. 23, 24. Lorinus. Tom. II. and Dr. Home, the 
 prefent Bifliop of Norwich, ..^,/ , 
 
 16. nnVy. 69 MSS. with Houb. nn'71J^. Edwards's verfion fe^ms 
 moft proper, '* To fhew that Jehovah, my Rock, is upright, and that 
 there is no iniquity in him." 
 
 Our word evil is probably derived from blV, or ViN. 
 
 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 K I M C H I and others affirm, that this and the fix following pfalms 
 relate to the Mefpah; however this may be, the pfalmift: here recognizes 
 'Jehovah as the Creator and Governor of the world. Hare would omit 
 the 2d. tyn*?. All the verCons and Houb. read "irKJim j but without any 
 change the text may be rendered, '* Jehovah reigneth, clothed with 
 majefty — Jehovah, clothed with ftrength, hath girded himfelf." i, e. 
 Tanquam Miles, fays Lorinus, to compofe and controul the jarring ele- 
 ments at the creation of the world. See Green alfo. 
 
 " It cannot be moved." This is fpoken according to the appearance of 
 things. See Jofh. x. 13. 
 
 V\)f 39 MSS. 
 
 V, 2, WDi
 
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 V. 2. mx:. Perhaps we iLould read pKO, " Thy throne is eftabliflied 
 in Jlrength" Hare fupplies the defedt of metre in the 2d. line by read- 
 ing mn» at the beginning. Ch. reads D'H^K at the end. See Pf. xc. 2. 
 
 3. IKE^'. Hare reads iNt^J, which reftores a moft beautiful anaphora, 
 preferved in Vulg. ** Elevaverunt flumina, Domine — Elevaverunt flumina 
 vocem fuam — FJevaverunt flumina flu(flus fuos." 
 
 D'D"f. Houb, reads tDnOT, which feems moft regular ; but fee Bux- 
 torf, &c. Patrick and others fuppofe thefe words to refer to the fury of 
 the enemies of the Jewifli people. Mudge to feme violent inundation. 
 But may they not be confidered as a profopopoeia, exprefling the re- 
 fiftance of the waters to the Divine Fiatj which confined thera within 
 certain bounds ? See Pf. civ. 5 — 9. and Lorinus. 
 
 4. mV-' or rather as 35 MSS. m*71pO. Houb. reading mVlp, con- 
 nefts '• the founds of many waters," with the preceding words. But 
 by reading DnnNI, the conftrudtion feems more clear, " Jehovah on 
 high is mightier — than the voices of many waters — and the mighty waves 
 of the fea." See Pf. Ixxxix. 9. 
 
 5. '^TTW' 40 MSS. more regularly ^nnv, " Teftimonia tua funt 
 valde firma." i. e. " Prascepta tua, quibus mare coercuifti." Mariana. 
 See verfe 3. Syr. reads with 10 MSS. "JDoVl, " and Holinefs, &c." 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 M U I S fuppofes this pfalm to be written in the time of the Babylonijli 
 captivity. Patrick and others afcribe it to David, and it favors much of 
 •his pious ftrains. 
 
 V. I. " God of vengeance, Jehovah — God of vengeance, fhine forth." 
 Seeker. One ant. MS. reads DDpJ with Ar. in both places. 
 
 2. NC'in. Ch. & Syr. read Kt^JDH in Hithp. which feems to be 
 right.
 
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 " DBti'- 50 MSS. more regularly OQ}\i^' Hence perhaps the word 
 fujetes. 
 
 • ij. "iSttV ah the r -r^'on^ read l"nn"F^i, which the metre, as well as 
 conneiflion, feems to require. As Muis and others have obferved, the 
 force cf Tib Ty, is to be continued to the end of the 7th verfe. Tho' 
 Seeker renders without any addition, " They utter, they fpeak hard 
 
 things : all/ 6cc." 
 ^ys. 7 MSS. ♦'7n£). 
 
 5. The laftline of this verfe being defedive in the metre, perhaps we 
 fhould read D'nbN, at- the end, " and affli(fl thine inheritance, O GoJ." 
 The beginning of the next word being nearly the fame might caufe the 
 omiffion. 
 
 7. One MS, reads with Hare mn* for n*. 
 
 8. lyi is irregular j and we fhould probably read 'iJ'nn. See Dan. 
 X. II. Or IJinn, which might be rendered interrogatively, " Do ye, &c. ?" 
 
 • 9. VDin. Rather, " He t/iat Jxed the ear." Durell. ♦* It feems as 
 if the n, which begins this and the loth verfes, fhould be demonftrative 
 not interrogative. And we may tranflate with Houb. '* If he hath 
 
 f$rmed the eye-" and afterwards, 10, 11, The Lord that teacheth men 
 knowledge, knoweth, &c." Seeker. But 12 MSS. read with 6. VDUn, 
 21 with 6. -|VV, and 15 with 6. nDVn in the following verfe, which fee. 
 
 10. Mudge and others unite the laft line of this verfe with the be- 
 ginning of the next ; but this deftroys the beauty of the interrogatives. 
 Houb. adds miT at the end. See Ch. Green reads ^'l* vh, " cannot he 
 take notice I" Hare and Lowth read according to our Bib. Verf. J/T n"?, 
 " Jhall not he know f" which feems beft. 
 
 11. Some one from comparing i Cor. iii. 20. has very probably con- 
 cluded that the text was originally D3n for D"TX, '* the thoughts of the 
 wife." If the metre of the Collat. be preferred, though defedivc, 
 might not bDH be fupplied before Vnn, " That they, even all, are va- 
 nity ?" There being a great affinity in the words. 
 
 F f f la. One
 
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 12. One MS. reading in' for n», ihc true reading is probably niH*. 
 See Pf. i. I. xli. 2. 
 
 13. 'D»D> *' /« ///^ i^j of idverfity." See our old Verf. Green, &c. 
 ni3'. Although the Lexicographers make nnti' a mafc. noun ; as it 
 
 is no where elfe found with a verb, as it has the fem. formation, and one 
 MS. at firfT: read n*1Dn, this feems to be right. 
 
 14. mry» 14 Mss. 
 
 15. piy. 2 MSS. read pnV, " For to t/ie righteous he fliall render 
 judgment." See Houbigant's Verf. Perhaps alfo 1)f is written for '?y. 
 See verfe 2. But Hare, &c. refer to Ifai. xlii. 3. 
 
 " And all they that are true of heart JJrnU follow him." I. e. God. 
 Houb. which feeins better. 
 
 16. '^ Againft the evil doers." One yaluable MS. reading ^3 for-tay 
 induces me to think that by is the true reading in this and the former 
 Hemiftich. 
 
 'biyia 10 MSS. 
 
 19. 'flyncr. Gejerus thinks that this word has the fame fignification 
 with O'tjyiD, and D'SVD Pf. cxix. 113. *' cogitationes perplexas." inftar 
 ramorum arboris. And 23 MSS. read ♦5V*lD. But I had once conjedured, 
 that it might be vv-ritten for mytr, " In the multitude of the horrors 
 within me." See Pf. cxxxix. 23. and Hof. vi. 10. m"l2 9 MSS. 
 
 20. MSS. 1 1, with 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & Mxh. read mi, {See Pf. Ivii. 2.) 
 and 16 read with 6. & Mih. y^V- 
 
 pn 'by, ." For a Jlatute." Pifcator, &c. " Againjl the flatute," 
 
 Gejerus, &c. " According to the Tale" .Alluding to Pharaoh's tafking 
 
 the children of Ifrael. Mudge, &c. Perhaps we fliould read *]pn, or 
 
 rather Ipin, (See MSS.) " Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowfhip 
 
 with thee — which frameth miichief againjl thy Jlatute V i. e. Shall 
 
 Saul and his ajfociates by thy permiffion fct afide by my death thy ^.v- 
 
 prejs appointment of me to the throne of Ifrael? See i Sam. xxiii. 9. 
 
 Or in any other way, counteraft the Divine Decree ? 
 
 nin II MSS. -)VV 17 MSS. See 6. 
 
 2 1 . This
 
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 21. This verfc is very applicable to David's fituation, i Sam. xxiii. 
 24. But it is ftill more truly verified in Jefus Chrift, the righteous. See 
 
 A(Sts iii. 13 — 15. 
 
 23. This was completed in the deftruftion of Saul and his bloody 
 houfe. But, it had a fuller accomplifhment in the total excifion of the 
 Jewifh nation. 6. Ar. & iEth. with 10 MSB. omit DnVJ^i* 2d. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 SOME afcribe this pfalm to Mofes ; but it is generally fuppofed, 
 according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. that David was the author of it. 
 Delany refers it to 2 Sam. x. Meibomius gives an Hebrew title to it, 
 fixing the occafion of it to his bringing the ark to Mount Zionj though 
 whence he had this title is not eafy to guefs j but as this pfalm ends 
 abruptly, and the following one was probably penned by David, on that 
 account they might originally be one at firft, according to 2 MSS. For the 
 myftical fenfe of it fee Heb. iii. Houb. obferves that one chorus fings 
 from verfe i, to the middle of verfe 7, thence to verfe 9 another cho- 
 rus, and that from thence to the end, Jehovah fpeaks. 
 
 nyno. 6 MSS. vnj, as in verfe 2. but 5 MSS. read there with n, 
 which might be added for the metre. 
 
 V. 2. ni"nOD. 65 MSS. have mTSDi and it might be originally 
 thus written to diftinguifh it from m^N furculus. 
 
 3. The beauty of this and many other paffages is lofl: for want of ren- 
 dering the original word yehovah, inftead of Lord. See Pf. i. 2. 
 
 4. "ItyK might be rendered with 6. Vulg. Ar. ^Eth. & Ch. ** quoniamt" 
 For in his hand, &c.'* Or omitted with one MS. and our Verf. 
 
 Dnn moyim. Ar. & Syr. *' And the tops of the mountains." See 
 our marg. Verf. '* Theodoretus fie, " Ipfius funt etiam montium 
 " • cacumina,"
 
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 cacumlna," licet Daemones rtolidis hominibus millies perfuaferlnt, ut 
 in illis. fibi templa erigerent." Spenc. The fame word is rendered alfo 
 " Strength," Numb, xxiii. 22. But that and the parallel paflage feetn 
 to have undergone fome alteration. 
 
 5. *)1j>S " Quemadmodum figulus opus format ac fingit." Lorlnus. 
 See Ifai. xlv. 9. 
 
 6. nDllJ. c. Vulg. Ar. & vEth. read nSnJj but, as Muis has ob- 
 ferved, the fenfe of weeping does not fuit the context. Meibomius to 
 preferve the climax tranfpofes the firft and lafl verb, '* let us kneel, and 
 bow down — let us frojbrate our/elves before Jehovah our Maker." But 
 perhaps the Syr. Verf. of the laft verb is better, '• O come let us prof- 
 trate ourfelves, and bow down, and — let us blefs the prefence of, or 
 in the prefence of, Jehovah, our Maker." See Pf. cxv. xviii. 6. Syr, 
 Vulg. Ar. and iEth. with 11 MSB. have riDiail. See our old Verf. 
 
 irtny, 8 MSS. and 13 lijj^iy. 
 
 7. The metre of the CoUat. in the firft line being defedive, we may 
 divide it with Hare. Or rather read with Vulg. and 4 MSS. mn» Kin, 
 ** For Jehovah himfelf is our God." See i Kings, xviii. 39. The fub- 
 limity of which paffage is in a manner loft by not rendering mns ** Jt" 
 hovah." See V. 3. 
 
 ID'yiO. Hammond renders this word, ** the people of his dominion.'* 
 But the Metathefis, which he himfelf notices, is fupported by one MS. 
 Ch. & Syr. " And we are the people of his hand, and the Jlieep of his 
 pajiure." See Pf. Ixxix. 13. c. 3. 
 
 The laft line of this verfe, as Genebrardus and others have remarked, 
 belongs to the next ; and as God is introduced fpeaking here, we fliould 
 probably read with Mudge, &c. 'Vlpl for ibpX (Or as 37 MSS. and 
 a others at firft, iblpl) ** Oh that you may hear my voice this day,— 
 that you may not harden your hearts, &c." And this fpeech might 
 be delivered from the Divine Oracle on the very day, in which they 
 celebrated the bringing of the ark to Mount Zion. See Hammond, &c. 
 
 8. ^y^'Q'^,
 
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 8. nin52D. 9 MSS. read niniisn, but the true reading feeins to be 
 niHDlD J and 3 MSS. CDVn, " Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, in 
 the day of temptation, &c." See Exod. xvii. 7. Heb. iii. 8. 
 
 9. Edwards's divifion of the metre in this and the following verfe 
 fee'ms preferable to Hare's, or that of the Collat. " When your fathers 
 tempted me — they proved me, they alfo faw my works." Or, as a 
 friend, referring for this fenfe of D.1 to Ruth i. 12. " although they 
 faw, &c." 
 
 10. Adding with Hare according to 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & /Eth. \X\T\T\ 
 after m-ri. I would likewife read with 6 MSS. nawi for IJisn, " Forty 
 years was I grieved with that generation— and faid, a people erring in 
 their hearts are they — and they have not known my ways." • 
 
 Dn 31*7. One ant. MS. probably reads D!!!*? i but the true reading 
 might be Dn"?!. 'yn DV- 10 MSS. read 'VIH, 2 ant. MSS. nvn, 
 but 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. whom the apoftle follows, lyn TV, " they 
 always err." And one MS. having nv for DV, as fome one has alfo ob- 
 ferved, ftrengthens this reading. 
 
 11. The conftrudion feems to require "jJfK'?, ** To ivhom, Scc^" See 
 Numbi xiv. 23. pNin^ 34 MSS. - Htfl 
 
 P S-t t M XCVI. 
 
 MSS. 2. make this a continuation of the former pfalm. ..„•-..,, 
 
 V. I. " -Anew fong." It maybe fo cdled in allufion to the *S'j;/g- 
 
 of Mo/es recited, Exod. xv. The recovery of the ari from, the Philif- 
 
 tines being an adl of Divine Power and Goodnefs nearly fimilar to. the 
 
 miraculous prefervation of the Ifraelites in their paHage through tKe Red 
 
 
 V0O , ..... 
 
 , ^V?ing junt^ ^^.:^h(^4;;•^,^^,^^^^^qJ^ ^ejerus. ' ' A >) 
 beautif'ul Anaphora. 
 
 G g g 3. mnj.
 
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 3. nins. 21 MSS. read n^^D HK, a$ in 1 Chron, xvi, 24,^3114 the 
 metre feems to call for it, 
 
 4. b'jinDV 24 MSS. . 
 
 N'T)i.:i3 MSS. «"ni1, as in Chron. See Hare alfo. 
 
 5. D♦b♦^f. A beautiful paronomafia between this word and D»n'7K» 
 " For all the Gods of the nations are Idols, or rather nothings." See 
 1 Cor. viii. 14. •' But Jehovah made the Heavens" i. e. The Sun, 
 Moon, and Stars, which the Gentiles worshipped. 
 
 6. The metre feems to require vn before Tin both here, and in 
 1 Chron. xvi. 27. " Glory and honour are before him." And the firfl 
 word might be dropped through its likenefs to the latter, ny 23 MSS. 
 
 7. D'aj'. . If this be the true reading, it cannot well be underftood 
 o^ foreign nations, but mufl mean the Jeivijli people. See Pf. Ivii. 8. 
 «' Nemo enim nefcit, fays Muis, populum Ifraeliticum per familias dif- 
 tindum ad fefta 6c folennitates folltum olim pergere, ut conftat ex Luc. 
 ii. 44-" But one MS. of confiderable authority reads 'OV* " Afcribe 
 unto Jehovah, O ye families of my people" See i Chron. xxviii. 2. 
 Here is a beautiful Anaphora. 
 
 ?W1 27 MSS. 
 
 8. -iNin 5 MSS. 
 
 9. See Pf. xxix. 2. and xlii. 6. for the firft part of this verfe. 
 
 «* All the earth" Rather, " All the land" i. e, of Ifrael, as the next 
 verfe intimates. See verfe i. 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read minn, " in aula fanfta." 
 VJflVa 28 MSS. See i Chron. xvi. 30. 
 
 10. In this and the following verfes, *' ipfa Poefis tr^umphare gaudio, 
 laetitia infolefcere, & prope bacchari videtur." Lowth's Praeledl. 
 
 ** Say among the nations" The Jewifh people were to be a kingdom 
 of priejls to proclaim the true Jehovah. See Exod. xix. 6. ' And the in- 
 creafe and enlargement of David's kingdom after the bringing of the ark 
 to Jerufalem was very effedual to this purpofe, which in the fpirit of 
 
 prophecy
 
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 prophecy he might not only look forward to, but to the ftlll further ex- 
 tent of the fpiritual dominion of Chrifl his Son, which was prefigured 
 and typified in his own. 
 
 pDD. o. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & JEth. read p2S " /le hath eJlabUJlied." 
 Houb. pn, " he hath iveighed." The power of God in the creation of 
 the world is an argument of his righteous government of it, a confidera- 
 tion which nearly concerns the whole human race. 
 
 11. "inVqI. 20 MSS. iKlboi. But fee Pf. xxiv. r. 
 
 12. t'i'7V' 9 MSS. and as 2 MSS. omit IK, perhaps we (hould read 
 UiTl, " and all the trees, &c." But Muis, &c. refer the word TK to 
 the times of Chrifl. See Pf. Ixix. 5. 
 
 13. If Hare's metre and that of the CoUat. be followed both here, 
 Pf. xcviii. 9. and i Chron. xlVi. 33. it will be neceHary to fupply t<2 
 ♦D in the two laft places, but as Syr. omits the repetition of thefe two 
 words here with 33 MSS. as none of the verfxons or MSS. repeat 
 them in Pf. xcviii. or in i Chron. and the two firft words of this verfe 
 are neceflarily conneded with the former, as Durell and others have ob- 
 ferved, the metre might be divided thus, " and all the trees of the wood 
 fhall rejoice before Jehovah: — for he cometh to judge ihe earth." 
 
 pKn. 14 MSS. read with i Chron. pKH DK- 
 
 The world feems to be contradiftinguifhed to the people i I. e. the 
 people of IJrael; to whom by the recovery of the ark from the Phi- 
 liftines David prefaged the Divine Protedlion according to the promife 
 made unto the Fathers. See Mich. viii. 20. 
 
 7 MSS. mm^i and 5 DlSa>». 
 
 PSALM XCVII. 
 
 THAT this is a pfalm of David is generally allowed ; and as Mol- 
 lerus obferves, " innuit efle E^wxiov poft vidorias infignes de vicinis gen- 
 
 tibus—
 
 [208] 
 
 tibus — fed quia regno fuo adumbrari fcibat regnum Chrijli; idcirco ani- 
 mum & orationem ad illud regnum celebrandum convertit." 
 
 V. I. «' The earth may fignity the Continent in oppoGtion to the many 
 IJles. Poole. But a friend infers from Ifai. xx. 6, that D»N does not 
 always fignify ** Infu'c^." Perhaps we fliould read Dn.l, " Many nations 
 fliall rejoice." i. e. The Heathens, in contradiftindtion to the earth, or the 
 /and, by which may be underftood the Jewifli people. 
 ■ '7'un feems to be the right reading. See Pf. xxxviii. 5. Prov. xxii. 24. 
 
 2. ]1D0, " The foundation of his Throne." See Marg. Verf. and 
 Pf. Ixxxix. I ^. 
 
 3. A violent thunder Abrm probably was raifed to difcomfit the enemy. 
 
 4. One MS. reads '7»l^n, but the true reading feems to be ^r\T\. A 
 beautiful profopopocia. * 
 
 5. One ant. MS. omits ♦i3'72 2d. with all the Verf. *' At the prefence 
 of "Jehovah, the Lord, &c." 
 
 6. •' The Heavens" i. e. The thunders, the lightenings, and the 
 florms. Gejerus. See Jud. v. 4, 5. 
 
 7. "nm^ 8 MSS. and 9 **7mir more regular. There is a mofl beauti- 
 ful paronomafia in the 2d line, which might be rendered, *' boafling 
 themjehes in nothings."" Or as one MS, with Syr. " and boajling thm- 
 
 fehes, &c." See Pf. xcvi. 5. xlii. 6. . V: 
 
 " Worjliip him, all ye Gods.'" This is a farcaftical apoftrophe to the 
 feveral Deities of the heathen, as they had Gods many, under whofe 
 banners and protedtion ihey fought. But thefe words received a further 
 and ftill more perfeft completion in Jehovah manifejied in the fe/Ji, to 
 whom the Devil and his angels were obliged to fubmit; and the apoftle is 
 fuppofed by fome to refer to them Heb. i. 6. See Ainfworth, who ob- 
 ferves with cthei s that the words quoted by the apoftle are found only in 6. 
 Deut. xxxii. 43. All the verfions, except Ch. render here, *' onvies 
 angeli ejus,"' reading VDnVd "73 for cn^N Vd, which one MS. omits. 
 Ch. reads D'Sy "73, " all ye people." 
 
 9. TKa
 
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 9. IJ^ID. One MS. omits itj but perhaps it is written for iba, " the 
 King over all the earth,--thou art exalted, &c." But if we omit that 
 with the following verb, which 3 MSS. have not, the verfe will ftand 
 thus, *' For thou, O Jehovah, art the moft high—over all the earth, over 
 all Gods." 
 
 10. The context feems to require that we ftiould read 'Nilty 17\'^ for 
 "iKJiy 'iriK, (and 2 MSS. have 'Kit:') *' Jehovah loveth them that hate evil 
 —he prefervetlij &.c." Unlefs we read with Hare and others according 
 to 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. ri' nOB', or rather mnv, '* "Jehovah preferveth." 
 
 11. [JnyV V1T, " Light w7ow« for the righteous." 6. Vulg. Ar. & 
 ^th. read mt, " Light is rifen for the righteous." which is more agreea- 
 ble to the common idea of light, and Houb. 6cc. adopt it. But Muis 
 vindicates the text from Pf. cxxvi. 5. and Seeker from A rift. Foet. Sed. 
 21. See Merr. 42 MSS. alfo read Vllt. One valuable MS. reads with 
 Syr. Ar. & ^th. D'pnv*?, which the context and metre feem to require; 
 and the Ifraelites might be fo called as the worftiippers of the true God. 
 See the next verfe. But Mariana, &c. refer this to the coming of Chnji. 
 
 12. 'iDt'7> " and give thanks at the memorial of his holinefs." i. e. 
 hftre the ark. See MoUerus. Pf. xxx. 5. 
 
 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & i^th. afcribe this pfalm to David; and it is ge- 
 nerally fuppofed to be written by him on fome occafion fimilar to that 
 of the two former. See Patrick, &c. 
 
 V. I . Hare's metre in this verfe feems mofl; regular, tranfpofmg the words 
 therefore with Green, and reading ij'? for l*?, and yn? for vnn, I would 
 render thus, " For his Right Hand hzxh. done wonderful things — his Holy 
 Arm hath faved us." Or following the metre of the Collat. and reading 
 
 H h h Nin
 
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 Nin after r\^y, and •UV'tT'in for lb Tiy'Z"\rt, thus, " For /le hath done 
 marvellous things — his Right Hand and his Holy Arm /lai/i/aved us." 
 But Tirinus, 6cc. adhering to the text refer it to Chrift's refurredion. 
 See Schultens alfo in Merr. and Seeker, who refers for the firfl part to 
 Ifai. xlii. lo. A friend thinks that the two laft words either refer to 
 Chrifl:, or fhould be omitted, the text ftanding thus, " For his Right 
 Hand, and Holy Arm hath done wonderful things" 
 
 2. Hare to compleat the metre of the firfl line reads invity> DH; but 
 the fenfe feems to require that we fupply D'avV at the end, *' Jehovah 
 hath made known his falvation io the people — he hath declared his righte- 
 oufnefs in the fight of the nations." See Joel. ii. 17. This word might 
 be dropped from its afiinity to that which follows. 
 
 3. To complete Hare's metre, which feems moft regular, we muft 
 fupply with him and others, according to 6. Ar. & J¥j\h. apy*? in the firfl 
 line, and it is not improbable that mn' has been dropped in the lafl, 
 " He hath remembered his mercy to Jacob — and his truth to the houfe 
 of Ifrael — all the ends of the earth have feen — the Salvation of Jehovah, 
 our God." *« The lafl part is in the fame words with Ifai. Hi. 10." 
 Seeker. And 15 MSS. with Syr. read here '\^'^\ as in Ifai. 
 
 4. All the earth feems to fignify here the land of Ifrael. See Pf. 
 xcvi. I. 
 
 5. IIJDn, or as 9 MSS. Ili'Sn. The repetition of this word is certainly 
 needlefs, and one ant. MS. has probably reflored the true reading mJOl 
 ban, " Sing unto Jehovah with the viol— with the harp^ and the voice 
 of melody." 
 
 7. ♦nti'VI 14 MSS. HNl'jai 15 MSS. But fee Pf. xxiv. i. 
 
 8. " Let the floods clap their hands." A mofl beautiful profopopceia, 
 and fhews how antient a token this was of joy. 
 
 9. For the various readings, 6cc. See Pf. xcvi. 12. 
 
 PSALM 
 
 J
 
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 PSA L M XCIX. 
 
 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. alcribe this pfalm to David ; and it was per- 
 haps penned by him after the tranllation of the ar/-: to Jerufalem, the pa- 
 lace of Je/iova/i ; and the feveral kingdoms of the world are called upon 
 to recognize his fupreme dominion. 
 
 V. I. iTiT. " contremifcant. in LXX, quos fequntur Vulg. 6c Ar. 
 ipiiia-^ucav. An vcro irafccHtur populi, quia Jehova regnat ? contremere 
 decet eos, non irafci ; et tandem idem verbum in Pf. iv. 4^ eodem modo 
 LXX reddiderunt; ubi Syrus, qui hie deferit LXX fequitur eoru.m inter- 
 pretationem. An ergo of>/^'./i<«i aliquid Ijgnificat prater irafcor ? NuUibi 
 quod fciam." A friend. See Pf. iv. 5. 
 
 D»m"lD. Hare reads with 8 MSS. D'ailDH. See i Sam. iv. 4. and 
 Pf. Ixxx. I. 
 
 {sun, " Let the earth nod." For, as Lorinus obferves, the Latin 
 word mito is derived from iti and our Englilla word, to nod, comes pro- 
 bably from the kindred verb, "rii, nod. 
 
 2. As the metre in the firft line feems to be defedivc, may not ^bo 
 be dropped at the end of it, " Jehovah is the great King in Zion ?" See 
 Pf. xlvii. 3. 
 
 3. From comparing the feveral methods of Hare, Houb. &c. for re- 
 conciling the fenfe, and metre, in this and the following verfe, I would 
 jead the laft line of this verfe as in verfe 9, for tVl (or as 10 MSS. T1V1>) 
 would propofe |VS with 3 MSS. tranfpofe iriN £33tyO, as In Pf.. xxxvii. 
 28. and change QHty'D for "^Klti^ZSj " Let them praife thy great and 
 terrible name — For 'Jehovah our God is Holy — Becaufe being a King, 
 that loveth judgment — Thou hall eflablifhed jz^/V^ in Ifrael — and thou hafl 
 executed righteoufnefs in Jacob." But fee Seeker, &c. 
 
 5. tt'inp.
 
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 5- *• And worfliip at hisfootjlool." i. e. the ark. " Quod alis Cherubim 
 mutuo expanfis ac fe contingentibus, tanquam Sedili vel Throno vide- 
 batur infidere Dominus, pedibus Area? operculo, tanquam fcabello^ im- 
 pofitis," Gejerus. See Lowth alfo. 
 
 tDnnV. 72 MSS. See Pf. xlii. 6. 
 
 irnp. 2 MSS. (one of them very antient) read \i}>n^ >2, which 
 Hrengthens the former reading in verfe 3, and reftores the mod beauti- 
 ful part of this fublime Ode, i. e. the Chorus. 
 
 6. " Among his priejls." h. e. •' maximi fuerunt inter facerdotes. 2 
 baud raro fuperlativi vim habet." Muis. See Houb. alfo. " Mofes Sacer- 
 dos fuit." Muis. See Seeker alfo, Merr. Append. No. 6. Or ** his 
 princes y' as the word pD admits of either fignification. See Grotius, 
 &c. And may not our word King come from it ? ♦Nllpl 5 MSS. and 
 
 9 D'Nmp. 
 
 7. If Hare's metre fliould be adhered to, inftead of fupplying with 
 him and Green mn», to complete it, I fliould prefer D'H^K before 
 or after Dri'^N*, which from the great fimilitude of the words might be 
 eafily dropped, and 4 MSS. read x\\t former inftead of the latter % but 
 that of the CoUat. feems preferable to this, or Edwards's. 
 
 •notr. 3 MSS. read notri, which might be rendered with Ar. ** that 
 they might keep his Jiatutes, &c." meaning the moral and ceremonial 
 law. 
 
 VmV. 30 MSS. vrmy» and 5 pim, more regular. 
 
 8. MSS. 30. read Ktyii, and 18 JDpliij both which are more regular i 
 and we fliould either render the laft word with Gejer. ** Although thou 
 didfl take vengeance for their iniquities." Or deriving it with Houb. 
 from T\'\>'^, tranflate it, " and thou didjl pardon them for, &:c." 
 
 9. See Pf. xlii. 6. 
 
 P S A L M 
 
 II
 
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 PSALM C. 
 
 THIS pfalm, alcribed to David by Vulg. & Ar. feems to be an ex- 
 hortation to the people of the land of Ifrael to acknowledge the true Je^ 
 hovaht their guardian and protedor ; and might be compofed for one, or 
 all of thofe three feftivals, whereon thQ males were obliged to appear be- 
 fore the Lord. See Exod. xxriii. 14, 6cc. Some afcribe it to Mofes. 
 
 V. I. Rather, " all the land," i. e. of Ifrael. See verfe 4. 
 
 2. " Before his frefence," i. e. the tabernacle; where Jehovah mani- 
 fefted himfelf in a particular manner. 1X13 4 MSB, 
 
 3. D^nVx. 10 MSS. read D'nVKn> as In i Kings xviii. 39, " Know 
 ye that Jehovah he is the God." 
 
 {{Vv A correfpondent of the prefent Bifhop of Norwich renders the 
 word interrogatively, ** and are not we his people, &c. ?" But Houb. 
 Lowth, &c. read ibl, which Ch. & 1 1 MSS. authorize, ** and we are 
 his — the people, &c." The Ifraelites were by an efpecial covenant the 
 chofen of God. See Gen. xii. 2. Pf. cxxxv. 4. 
 
 4. Muis juftly obferves, that thefe words can only refpedl the Ifraelites^ 
 who were encouraged to go up to Jerufalem to worfhip Jehovah by an 
 exprefs promife of the Divine Protedion. See Exod. xxxiv. 24. 1K11 
 4 MSS. 
 
 rmyn. 33 MSS. more regularly VD^n^fn. Syr. & Ar. read vnnym. 
 See our Verf. ' 
 
 *ars1. Syr. & Ar. with our verfions ID'im, " and blefs his name." 
 The T being probaibly dropped, as the preceding word ended with it. 
 
 5. This pfalm is more regularly divided by Edwards and Green into 
 four verfes, each of which, as I apprehend, confifled originally of three 
 lines, for the fake therefore of the conflruition, fenfe, and metre, I 
 
 I i i would
 
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 would read IV '*TV, and with one MS. Tin, or rather nnb% for n*T, di- 
 viding the verfe thus, " For Jehovah is always gracious — his mercy is 
 for ever and ever — and his truth endureth to generation and generation." 
 
 39 Mss- nm for mi. 
 
 PSALM CI. 
 
 A PSALM of David containing feven diftichs of the long meafure 
 according to Lowth and the Collat. and penned probably, as Pifcator and 
 others have obferved, upon his deliverance by the death of Saul. 
 
 V. I. ** I will fing of mercy Zfid. judgment." " In /paring David, 
 and puni/hing Saul." See Muis. 
 
 2. I would render D'SD, with a friend, *' in the way of the perfeB." 
 DirQ 5 MSS. See Prov. x. 9. 
 
 3. " ^ thing of Belial." 1. e. an Idol, Mudge, &c. which the wor- 
 fhippers of falfe gods were ufed to fet up in fome confpicuous place. 
 Green tranfpofing the words reads ^V^l "111 D'£3D na^V, ** I will not 
 fet before mine eyes the man who turneth afide (from thy law) I hate im- 
 piety." But reading with 38 MSS. D'tDt^ for D*v3D (which occurs no 
 where clfe, and as Houb. obferves D'Dtl' denotes perfons. Pf. xl. 8. 
 Hof. V. 2.) and with Syr. r\'li}^V for niyy (for which 6. Vulg. & Mih. 
 read D't^lV) the laft part may be explanatory of the former, ** I will 
 not fet an Idol before mine eyes — that which maketh, or caufeth revolters 
 r hate, it fhall not cleave to me." See Deut. vii. 26. Hof. v. 2. 
 Ezek. xiv. 5. The prefent learned Bifliop of Salilbury reads with Ch. IplT. 
 
 4. y^^^ ** 1 will not own a wicked perfon." Green. See Pf. i. 6. 
 
 5. 'J^'lba. 46 MSS. read 'ja^Vo ; but the true reading feems to be 
 either V^^D according to Houb. in Hiph. or \\ih'Q in Piel. 
 
 bSIK. 6. Vulg. Syr. An &c ^Eth. " comedam." And this fenfe removes 
 the neceflity of fupplying the word TS'^'dl, (for which fee Glaffius, &c.) 
 
 «« He
 
 [ i2i5 3 
 
 «' He that hath a high look, and a proud heart, / will not eat with him." 
 See Grotius upon i Cor. v. ii. and Gen. xliii. 34. 
 
 sm. Houb. reads in"); but parallel places juftify the text. Though 
 one valuable MS. reads Dm, as a friend obferves. See Prov. xxi. 4. 
 This verfe feems to point at Ahitophel. 
 
 6. ^bn. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with 44 MSB. ^'\r\, part. Ben, 
 For the next words fee verfe 2. 
 
 7. TWV' 6. & ^th. with 5 MSS. r\mv» and 9 MSS. with 6. Ar. 
 & iEth. nnn for na-r. 
 
 8. ** /i^ the mornings I will cut off." Muis, Mudge, &c. Or, " every 
 morning" Pifc. Green, 6cc. Which refers to the time of fitting in 
 judgment. See Grot. & Jerem. xxi. 12. 
 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 MUIS fuppofes this pfalm to be written by Daniel near the end of 
 the Babylonifh captivity. Hammond and others afcribe it to Nehemiah 
 upon the return of Ezra to Jerufalem. But Ezra himfelf might perhaps 
 be the author of it. See Ezr. vii. 
 
 V. I. TiSty* 9 MSS. 
 
 3. Edwards's metre agreeing with that of the Collat, feems prefera- 
 ble to Hare's ; but 'bK in line 2d is omitted by one MS. of note, and 
 is neither requifite to the fenfe nor metre, " Hide not thy face from 
 me — in the day of my trouble incline thine ear — in the day, &c." 
 
 4. \^V1. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & JEth. with Houb. &c. and 23 MSS. 
 read ^tt^yo, *' Js Jmoke^' 
 
 " As a firebrand." i. e. black and dry. See Job xxx. 30. 
 
 5. ** It (hould be tranflated, as the Hebrew flands. My heart Ls 
 fmitten like grafs, and withered— ^^c^z/y?", &c." Seeker. "JDND 6 MSS. 
 
 6. ntys"?
 
 [- 2l6 ] 
 
 6. *^^':ht ** Carm mea." *• Synecdoche pro Ca/^." GlalTiu?, &c. Per-, 
 haps it is written by miftake for mv'?' See Lam. iv. 8. Mudge and 
 Seeker join the two firft words of this verfe to the end. of the former. 
 
 7. riNpV. Bochart deriving this word from Nip, vomuii, underftands 
 it of the Pelican. Others fuppofc it to be the Bittern. See Merr. Per- 
 haps it was a fpecies of bird fo called from the particular found of 
 it's voice, as the Cuckow is in the Greek, Latin, French, and Englifh : 
 For that the Hebrew language is very ideal may be juftly inferred from 
 Gen. ii. 19, 20. And the mv (whence perhaps Cofvus may be derived) 
 fecms to be fo called from its living in the defert. — Although Bochart 
 derives DID from the fime word, fignifying a cup, and underftands it of 
 the Onocrotalus, or. Bittern ; yet Fagius and others derive it from the 
 verb nDD, occulfavit ; which anfwers very well to the nature of the 
 NyBicorax, or Night-oivl. See Poole, and Merr. 
 
 n^nn 2 MSS. 
 
 8. The metre of the CoUat. being defeftive in the fecond line, and Hare 
 fupplying it from the next, whereby tliat becomes fo likewife, may not 
 P]^3VD, have been omitted, through its likenefs to the former word, 
 '• I have watched, and am as the bird — which peepeth alone on the ho,ufe- 
 top ? i. e. the Night-owl, or fome fuch bird. See Ifai. x. 14. xxxviji, 14, 
 Boch. 6cc, 
 
 9. ^ya 47 MSS. 
 
 "iVStyj '3, " Swear by me." i. e. " Formulam jurandi ex mea mi- 
 feria petunt. Sic Jer. xxix. 22. &c." Gejerus, &c. But 6. Vulg« 
 Ar. & iEth. render 'a, contra me, '* are fworn together rt^^/>^ z^t-." See 
 our Verf. Houb. reads ICNn:, " have done evil ngainfl me" 
 
 10. O feems unnecefl'ary, and one MS. omits it. 
 
 II." For thou hajl lifted me up, and cajlme down" i, e. thou haft thrown 
 me down with the greateft violence, as perfons lift up their arn^s to dalh 
 any thing to pieces. See Junius. 
 
 12. 'ItOi. One MS. with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. and K\\i. Houb. &c. 
 VD3. See Pf. Ixxiii. 2. Seeker thinks the text equally good. But as the 
 
 metre
 
 [ 217 3 
 metre of the CoIIat. appears defedive, and one ant. MS. reads 'JNl 
 twice, perhaps the laft of thofe words has been dropped from it's great 
 fimih'tude to the former, " My days decline like the departing fhadow." 
 See Pf. cxliv. 4. 
 
 13. "insn. Houb. &c. read after Ab. Ezra "]KD31, with 5 MSS. " ai2d 
 f/^7 Mro«^ unto all generations." But Pf. cxxxv. 13. mayjuftifythe text. 
 Which feeming here defedtive, may not n»n' have been dropped before 
 Th (rather yrh with many MSS.) through its Cmilitude to mn' in 
 the former line, " and thy remembrance y7^^// be, &cc, ?" 
 
 14. " For i/ie Jet time is come." i. e. The end of \\\q feventy years 
 captivity. See Pifc. and Jerem. xxix. 10. Syr. & Ar. read Dmm- 
 See our Verf. 
 
 15. The 2d line being defeiflive in the metre may not ^Dj; have been 
 dropped after niSV, " and thy people pity her duft ?" Or, '' hold dear," 
 from the Ar. fenfe of ]n, as a friend. 
 
 16. IK'in, " Then fhall the nations, &c." Which anfwers to O in 
 the following verfe. See Muis and Green. 
 
 TTOD. Houb. reads with one valuable MS. miD, which anfwers bet- 
 ter to the reading in the former line, " and all the kings of the earth 
 his glory." Unlefs we read with a friend according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 
 & Mih. "]aty, " Then fhall the nations fear thy name, O Jehovah." 
 
 17. MSS. 4. p'if DK, which affifts the metre. 
 
 Hare, &c. read mnD, and add DbiyiTl at the end of the line for 
 the fake of the metre and (cnk, " and his glory (hall be feen /« Je- 
 rufalem." But 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. reading nK"lil, perhaps it may 
 be better to add D'n'jN, ** and God Jliall appear in his glory." See Lev. 
 xvi. 2. Seeker propofes, ** we jliall fee his glory." 
 
 18. 6. Ch. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. render "lynvn in the plur. which 
 feems neceffary, as there is no antecedent to the following plur. Pronoun. 
 Houb. deriving it from WT frangere, tranflates it, " the prayei of the 
 affliSled." But perhaps it might be D'Tnyn* " of thofe imho were wait- 
 ing." i, e. for the manifcftation of the Divine Favor, from ^^y^, evigilare. 
 
 K k k 19. NinJ-
 
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 19. K"113. Perhaps Kini, " and the people •which is to come fhall praifc 
 Jehovah." Not n* as in the text, but mn\ See Pf. Ixxxix. 19. nnb 
 
 80 MSS. 
 
 20. Perhaps mn» fhould be omitted. See Hare, and the Collat. 
 
 21. TDK. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & T^th. read DH'DN, and the metre 
 feems to require it, *' to hear the groanjng of the prifoners." See Pf. 
 Ixxix. 1 1. 
 
 nman. Probably nmrjn. See Pf. Ixxlx-. 11. cxvi. 15. 
 
 23. niDVtSlSI feems to mean the kingdoms 5/' Ifrael and Judah. But 2 
 very ant. MSS. read in the fing. DDboai, or rather n^b-'Sai, " and the 
 kingdom" Which had been totally diflblved during the Babylonifti cap- 
 tivity. Muis observes that this verfe feems to refpe(5l the time when 
 the kingdoms of this world fhall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and 
 of his Chrifl. See Rev. xi. 15. Iliy'? 12 MSS. 
 
 24. The text, as Lowth obferves, is probably much corrupted in this 
 and the following verfe, but reading with Ch. Syr. Houb. and 46 MSS. 
 'HD (or rather 'mD) for inD, and with Hare, &c. 'jnvn for 'j'jVD, the 
 words may bear this conilrudiion, " he hath brought down my Jlrength 
 in the journey, he hath fliortened my days. — I faid, O my God, do not 
 leave me dejlitute in the midft of my days — Thy years, &,c." See Pf. 
 cxli. 8. 
 
 25. n*:N. 5 MSS. naw. Edwards reads l^tDN'l, " But I faid" 
 
 26. 6. Vulg. hx. & ^th. read mn* after D'JS*?} which is autho- 
 rized by Heb. i. 10. From which compared with this paflage, the Di- 
 vinity oi Jefus, as i\\c MeJJiah, is fufficiently proved. Hare reads 7\T)^ in- 
 flead of the laft word. But Seeker juflifies it from Noldius. 
 
 27. MSS. 8 navn. In 6. £M|f'; aurkc. But fee Rand. 
 
 28. The firfl line of this verfe appears to be defedlive, and Ch. reads 
 DnN"in Tkl'K, " But thou art He that created them." Tig. Ver. fupplies 
 D^IV"?, " But thou art the (zmt for ' ever." 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 
 feem to have read n'TJ, " But thou art the fame." See Heb. i. 10. 
 
 29. IJlDt:'*.
 
 [ 219 i 
 
 29. 1i13tiy». 57 MSS. "iJDti^'j and the fenfe feems to require that we 
 fhould fupply nifnNl with Syr. & Ch. or D-^'IKl with Houb. " The 
 children of thy fervants fliall dwell m the lafui, or, in their land." 
 
 PSALM Cill. 
 
 MSS. 6. want the title of this pfalm, which Delany and others accord- 
 ing to the text, and verfions, afcribe to David ; but, as Grotius obferves, 
 the fuffix O for T, in the 3, 4, and 5 verfes, favors ftrongly of Chal- 
 daifm; and it might be written by a perfon, who had laboured under 
 fonie dreadful difeafe in the captivity ; what that was is not eafily afcer- 
 tained. Delany fuppofes it to be the fmall pox. Perhaps iho. kprofy. 
 
 V. 3. n'^Dn. 48 MSS. with 6, & Ar. read nVlDH, in Ben. Seethe 
 next \tTk. 
 
 OJiy. As 6. Ch. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. have the plur^ \ve Should 
 read with 24 MSS. O'JIV, or omilj/ with Hare, " all thine /w/^k/'/w." 
 
 Kfl"in. 64 MSS. with 6. & Ar. Nfiinn. " Sicknefs being confidered 
 as a vifitation from God, and a punifhment of fin; the forgivenefs of 
 fin is equivalent to the removal of a difeafe." Lowth's Notes on Ifai, 
 p. 169. 
 
 5. iny. For this word fee Pf. xxxii. 9. — " Shalt renew thy youth 
 like the Eagle." One MS. of note reads Lyrnnm, and another ti^nnn 
 but the true reading probably is Jinnm> " and thou flialt , &c.!' 6. .Vulg. 
 Ar. & i^th. give the verb a paffive fignification, but the grammatical 
 conftrudion will not admit of this. " Whether the notion of the Eagle's 
 renewing his youth be well founded or not, I need not enquire; it is 
 enough for a poet, whether profane or facred, to have the authority of 
 popular opinion to fupport an image introduced for illuftration or orna- 
 ment." Lowth's Notes on Ifat. p. 193. But fee Boch. &c. in Poole. 
 
 6. The
 
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 6. The pfalmift now proceeds to recount the mercies vouchfafed to 
 the Ifraelitijh people. 
 
 7. " His ways to Mofes" i. e. The ways of his Ptovidence, or per- 
 haps the pajage through the Red Sea, and the jonrneyings through the 
 Wildernefs. See Exod. xiv. and Deut. i. 3, 19. 
 
 8. This verfe refers to Numb. xiv. 18. 
 
 9. The firft line being defedlive in the metre. Hare adds at the end 
 r\\ or as it fhould be written nin>, " Jehovah.-vi'AX not always be chiding." 
 Edwards's, and Green's, verfions fupply Uoy, ** He will not always be 
 chiding with us." Perhaps m or m may have been dropped from 
 its fimilitude to the preceding verb, '* He will not always y^r^/^ contend." 
 See Judges xi. 25. Jer. 1. 34. 
 
 Mofl of the critics with Ch. & Syr. fupply 15{^ after liSD', or rather 
 as 4 MSS. *1C3% but the %'erb ftands alone in feveral places. Might this 
 word be written for 1D% " and he will not be bitter for ever ? See Exod. 
 xxiii. 21. Colof. iii. 19. 
 
 10. irnilVD. 46 MSS. more regularly iJ'mJIVD. 
 
 11. n^iD- 36 MSS. read mii3 j whence it may be conjecflured that 
 the true reading is "iHl^Dj according to Ch. Syr. and Ifai. Iv. 9. Or it 
 muft be rendered according to our marginal Verf. 
 
 11.1. Lowth, 6cc, propofe nn:i, by which the parallelifm is more 
 ftriking. See Ifai. Iv. 9. But as Seeker obfcrves the verfions and Pf. 
 cxvii. 2. ftrongly fupport the text. One MS. reads with Ch. & Syr. 
 
 14. *T)Dr. Alex. Verf. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read ID?. Syr. reads IDM, 
 ** and remembereth" Which feems to be right. " De Deo hoc ufurpa- 
 tur per Anthropopathiam." Gejer. 
 
 15. Our Bib. Verf. feems befl;, and moft literal. 
 
 17. ** Unto childrens children." *• This refers to Exod. xx. 6." 
 Warburton. 
 
 J 8. The
 
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 1 8. The metre feeming defedlive, may not the word VHTryi have been 
 dropped at the end of the firfl: line, •' To them that keep his covenant, 
 end his tefiimoniesV See Pf. xxv. lo. 
 
 now"? 6 MSS. HDir'^l 6 MSS. and 52 Vnpfl, all better readings. 
 
 19. One old MS. reads in^boi, which feems better. 
 
 so. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 2 MSS. read bo after mns " Blefs 
 Jehovah, ^//ye his angels." We have a mofl beautiful Anaphora in the 
 beginning of this and the two following verfes, with an Homoioteleuton 
 in 7 lines. 
 
 mni 39 MSS. no i, and 8 ♦a^i^. 
 
 Vtyihy &c. Hare and others fuppofe this line to be an interpolation, 
 though 6. Ch. Ar. & iEth. have it i and 15 MSS. read yiDtyb. 
 
 21. The angels are the armies of the great King, Jehovah, Sec 
 I Kings xxii. 19. 
 
 'tJ'iy 8 MSS. 
 
 22. This and the following pfalm end with the fame words with. 
 which they began. 
 
 maipo 62 MSS. 
 
 PSALM CIV- 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with others afcribe this pfalm to David i 
 and Lowth fuppofes the images of it to be borrowed from the tabernackt 
 adding, ** Hoc Hymno, feu Idyllio, nihil extat, nihil cogitari poteft 
 perfedius." 
 
 1. ** ^hou art cloathed, &c" alluding to the robes of kings, Pifcator. 
 To the garments of the priejis. Lowth. — Ch. and 5 MSS. omit mn* 2d. 
 
 2. ntoy. 2 1 MSS. nt31V> ** Who coverejl thyfelf ivith light. " allud- 
 ing to the glory in the tabernacle. Lowth. " Luce ilia primo die creata^ 
 Gen. i. 3." Fife. ** Lumine, fc. illo inacceffo, de quo i Tim, vi. 16." 
 
 Theod, &c, 
 
 L 1 1 3. ODi,
 
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 3. D*D3» " In the ivaters." i. e. The waters above the firmament, as 
 Pifcator, &c. But Seeker propofes alio, with one MS. DV^B^n, " in the 
 Heavem." Houb. reads with 6. Ch. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. D")psn, 
 '* Who covereji thy chambers in the waters." See Seeker alfo. 
 
 *' Who maketh the clouds his chariot.'* " Defjgnat imaginem Divins Majef- 
 tatis, quum una cum Arcafe moveret nubi circumfufce infidens, & fupernc 
 per aerem veda. Vid. i. Paral. xxviii. 18." Lowth. *' ^i nubibus 
 invehitur." Muis. Tlie Vulg. reads the affix of the 2d perfon. 
 
 4. " ntyiV 6. 6cc. with 12 MSS. Thefe words are exprefsly applied 
 to the angels. Heb. i. 7. who might aflume the form oi winds and fire at 
 the time of the creation. See Mede. Difc. 6. and Hammond. Whence 
 they were perhaps ftiled D*fl"ltl'. See Buxt. But Muis and others un- 
 derfland it, " who maketh the ivifids his mejfengers. Sec." See Poole on 
 Heb. i. 7. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ch. & ^th. with 37 MSS. read Dm*?; but 
 Ar. and the Apollle by a Metathefis t^K cDn*?, and one MS. has ITK Omb- 
 
 5. Though there is no MS. authority for it, we fhould read iDV, as 
 Seeker obferves, according to 6. Ch. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. and the other 
 participles. ^•. • 
 
 n'J13t3 by, " upon her bafes." See our marg. Verf. and this anfwers 
 to 'pVw, I Sam. ii. 8. denoting the fixed flate of the earth according to 
 the Ptolemaic fyftem. 
 
 D'jiy. 6 MSS. Dbiyb. 
 
 6. This verfe feems to defcribe the chaotic ftate of the earth. Gen. i. 2. 
 See Muis, &c. 
 
 ID'DD. The grammatical conftruftion requires that we {hould read 
 with Houb. nn'D3. Unlefs with a friend we render thus, " As for 
 the abyfs, thou coveredfl it as with a garment." DinH being, of the 
 com. gend. 
 
 7. The waters by a beautiful profopopocia are fuppofed to be put into 
 a panic at the voice of Jehovah. See Pf. Ixxvii. 16. 
 
 S. iVv*, &c. Patrick, &c. refer thefe words to the appearance of the 
 mountains and vallies in confequence of the waters retiring. See our 
 
 marginal
 
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 marginal Verf. Hammond and others underfland them of the wa- 
 ters i and fays Mudge, *« a noble image is loft in our tranflation for 
 want of knowing that he is defcribing the motion of the waters in 
 mountains and vallies, when at God's command they fled off' from the 
 furface of the earth into the ports afligned them." So then we might 
 render with Syr. " They afcend up the mountains, they go down 
 into the vallies — unto the place, &c." 
 
 9. *7U.^. Syr. & Ar. read abu.1, " their bounds." See our old Verf. 
 This law of creation, as Muis obferves, was over-ruled by the deluge. 
 
 One MS. reads with 6. & Vulg. ^y\ for Vl 2d. \XiW< 50 MSS. 
 
 10. D'bnJi. Would it not be better to render this word, " into the 
 brooks?" which fenfe it often bears. Ch. and one MS. read DnnJ3» 
 *• into the rivers — which run, &c." 
 
 !\ ir. irrn. SeePf. 1. lo. 
 
 ) 1")2ty'. Houb. reads, with one MS. perhaps, Ts'^^i!'', inebriabunt, i.e. 
 reftinguent, " quench their thirft." Seeker with Syr. lyotys " fatisfy" 
 But Ainfworth obferves our Englifh phrafe, to break the fajl^ juftifies 
 the text, ju *ji(joni . 
 
 -; 12-. D»K£5V. As MuIs obferves, 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. probably read 
 £3'K3'D, " from the midft oj the rocks" Syr. reads fome other word 
 fignifying " Mountains." But the true reading fecms to be D*5iy, 
 *' from among the branches." See Dan. iv. 9, 18. Or CfiVD. See 
 Ifai. xvii. 6. Should we not for uniformity fake read ^^'2^\ as 6. Vulg. 
 Ch. Ar. & iEth. ? See Ezek. xxxi. 13. The murmuring brooks, the 
 great number of beafts and cattle, with the melodious birds afford a 
 moil pidtur&fque fcene of rural delight. 
 
 13. The change of perfons from the 2d to the 3d, and from the 3d 
 to the 2d, is very obfervable in this pfalm. See Houb. 6rc. 
 
 yVV^' Durell making it a participle with D prefixed renders it " by thy 
 means". But. one MS. at firft read Vti'VD, " by the fruit of his u^orks." 
 See Gen. i. 11. 
 
 14. N'lfinV.
 
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 14. N»:i{"l?l'7. The Tame conftru<ftion. Job v. 11. Pifcator. " tSPl'? 
 feems to fignify corn here." Lowth. 
 
 minvb 25 MSS. See Numb; :iv.'24. . 
 
 1^. We muft either fupply "itt'K with a friend, or read with Ar. 
 HDW latificans* 
 
 ]DE'D D'Jp "j'rianb Capellus and others read n^nVnb, and Hare like- 
 wife ^132', " and 0/7 to make his face to fliine." But reading with Syt. 
 & Ch. Vifl> I would render the words, ** He maketh his face Vb fliine 
 with oily 
 
 16. mn* 'Ify. Houb. objedHng to this expreflion reads with 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & ^th. 'I'Wt " The trees of the field," And thefe tveo' words oc- 
 cur frequently together ; but as the metre feems defedlive, and Aquila 
 and Theod. have t5 c^eJ/s Kyf/s, by reading ynB>»l, for IVnty* the words 
 might be thus rendered, " And Jehovah hath filled xhQ txtt%. ef the field 
 — who hath planted the cedars of Lebanon." Alluding perhaps to the 
 time of the creation, which is generally fuppofed to have been in au- 
 timn, when the trees were covered with fruit. See Calmet's Dift. and 
 Univ. Hift. Vol. I. Seeker thinks that, YisU, 6. fhould be ««?«, (the 
 Collat. of 6. MSS. may clear this up.) and propofes this verfion,: '* The 
 trees of the Lord are fully fatisfied, or, fupplied." A friend thus, ** The 
 trees of the field are faturated" 
 
 "ij. DHflV or as 3 MSS. DmUV, may be taken generically for any 
 fort of birds. See Pf. cii. 8. 
 
 D'tyj")!. Hare reads D'ti^mi, " as for the ftork it's dwelling is in the 
 fir tree." Seeker by a metathefis, ** The fir trees are the houfe of the 
 fiork." But our Bib. Verf. feems equally good. See Merr. 
 
 18. The two animals mentioned in this verfe take their names from 
 climbing the rocks, and from hiding in them ; and the former is fup- 
 pofed to be the Rupicapra, or Wild Goat, and the latter by Bochart 
 and many others to be the 'AfXTo/«/j, or Mountain Moufe of the Grecians. 
 Our verfions underftand by it the Rabbity which is well known to 
 
 burrow
 
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 burrow in the rocks -, and Hyde makes the Aljarhuo of Bcchart to fig- 
 nify the Arabian Hare. See Merr. 
 
 19. " He appointeth ^^ Moon {or feafons." The greatefi: part of the 
 Jewifh feafts, as the New Moon, the PaJJ'over, the. Fentecojl, &c. were go- 
 verned by the Moon. See Mede, and Spencer. 
 
 " The Sun knoweth, Ike." as if endued with underllanding. 
 
 fee. caiD. As all the verfions render the verb in the plur. I am in- 
 duced to think that we fhould read rut^'/DlD. See verfe 1 1. and Pf. 1. 10. 
 Or as 10 MSS. read ^lOin, we mufl then read D'H, with a friend, or 
 render with him, omnh bejiia ejus, 
 
 21. DUSItr 15 MSS. 
 
 bNC " and feek their vc\z2X from God.'" Hammond thinks that by 
 this expreffion we are to underltand that extraordinary difpenfation of 
 Providence in providing for the Lion by the affiflance of the Jackall. I 
 had once conjedured that we fhould read bflNJD, " in darknefs." But 
 fee Pf. cxlvii. 9. 
 
 22. mtn. This verb being irregular, we Ihould probably real mO- 
 See Jud. ix. 33. Or rather nit O, " When the Sun rifeth, th'y withdraw^ 
 &c." For this fenfe of ]1flDX' fee Muis, and Seeker. 
 
 DDJiya. 18 MSS. with all the verfions read OmJWt:, " in their 
 dens." By which wife deljgnation of Providence man can purfue his daily 
 labors in fafety, as the next verfe intimates. 
 
 23. One MS. reads Dli^n, which aflifts the metres and 18 irniav"?. 
 See verfe 14. 
 
 24. The pfalmifl: can no longer contain himfelf. 
 
 ^yjp, " with thy creatures." 6. Ar. Ch. Syr. & iEth. with Houb. 
 and 51 MSS. read "jj'jp, " with thy creature." 
 
 25. n? is probably written for p, " Behold the great and wide fea." 
 See Gejerus. 
 
 WITS here may be underftood oi jijli in contradiftindlion to Whales, 
 and other fea monfters mentioned in the next fentence, ** wherein are 
 jijli innumerable." See Gen. i. 21. 
 
 M m m nvn
 
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 nvn. No MS. reading in»n flrengthens the obfervation Pf. Ixxix. 2. 
 
 26. The firft line of this verfe {hould probably be read in a parenthefis, 
 if it is not an interpolation ; and the grammatical conflrudion requires 
 that we fliould read ppVn. — That wonderful piece of mechanifm, a fliipy 
 whereby man becomes the Lord of the fea, feems originally conftrudted 
 under the Divine direction. See Gen. vi. 14. 
 
 27. D^D, " AH thefe wait upon thee." i. e. All the living creatares 
 mentioned from the beginning of the pfdm. " Natura; impulfu, abfque 
 ulla Dei cognitione." Muis, &c. 
 
 28. 21D. Syr. omits this word, and the fenfe being equally good 
 without it, " Thou openeft thy hand, they are filed," the text affords 
 a moft Yemarkable Homoioteluton, no lefs thanyZv lines ending with the 
 plur. verb, and the Nun paragogic. There is likewife a beautiful Afyn- 
 dcton in this and the following verfe. As Seeker obferves that in our 
 verfions ihould be omitted. 
 
 29. S]Dri. 45 MSS, have S]Dir) ; but the true reading feems to be 
 ?!D»Sn.. See Jofli. ii. i S. 
 
 ." To their duft." See Gen. i. 24, 25. But one ant. MS. omits the 
 affix, as in Job xxxiv. 1 5. 
 
 30. This alludes to Gen. i. 2. as the continual fucceffion of things is a 
 kind of creation. See Patrick, &c. 
 
 31. " And they f moke" Gejerus, Patrick, &c. refer this to Exod. 
 xix. 18. But may it not have refpe<fl alfo to Volcanic mountains in gene- 
 ral ; which will probably be inftrumental in the hand of Providence to 
 the general conflagration of the world ? See 2 Pet. iii. 10. and Pf. cxliv. 5. 
 
 34. nV*. Hare juftly fufpefling the text faulty propofes reading aiVD', 
 or fupplying mn' at the end of the line, *• my meditation Jliall delight 
 itjelf in him", or " Let Jehoimh make my meditation acceptable to 
 himfelf." But perhaps we fliould read 1"iyN\ " / ivill direSl my medi- 
 tation to him." See Pf. 1. 21. which will afford a beautiful alliteration 
 of four lines. 
 
 35. Seeker
 
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 35. Seeker confiders thefe words as a predidion, " Sinners Oiall be 
 confumed, 6cc." See Syr. alfo. 
 
 n» "ibVn. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. prefix thefe words to the beginning 
 of the next pfahii. 
 
 P S A L M CV. 
 
 IT is evident from i Cliron. xvi. 8, &c. that David was the author 
 of this pfahn, though it has no title ; and as Lowth obferves, it con- 
 tains the hiftory of the Ifraelites from Abraham to the Exod ; or their 
 eftablifliment in the land of Canaan. See verfe 44. The 6th verfe is 
 connected with this and the four following. 
 
 2. Considering the fliortnefs of the metre in the firft line, together 
 with Pf. xcvi. I, 2. for the ift l'?, perhaps we fliould read nin'b, " Sing 
 unto yeJwvah, fing pfalms unto him." But one ant. MS. in i Chron. 
 xvi. 8. reads '\t2^. 
 
 VDNbDJ. Houb. with 56 MSS. vmKV33, and 40 MSS, read fo in v. 5. 
 
 3. One MS. reads with a confiderable addition in the beginning of this 
 verfe, but it does not improve the ki\(e. 
 
 4. irvi. 6. Syr. Vulg. & ^th. with Houb. &c. render it, " and 
 •be ye Jlrengthened" — feek his face, &c." But 11 MSS. read ItlJ/l. 
 
 5. VnSO. 30 MSS. have VDfilD, which is more ufual. 
 
 " and the judgments of his mouth." i. e. The punifliments denounced 
 upon Pharaoh. See Exod. vi. 6. 
 
 6. See verfe 42. and Gen. xxvi. 24. But Hare would read 7/rjt'/ for 
 Abraham, as in i Chron. xvi. 13. though Syr. & Ar. with two valuable 
 MSS. read Abraham there. 
 
 ♦Jl» " Te Jons of Jacob." From whom the twelve tribes of Ifrael 
 took their names. One very ant. MS. reads ITPQ. See Seeker alfo. 
 
 7. Nin is emphatieal, '* Jehovah himfeljh our God." See Mudge, 6cc. 
 
 8. -I3r.
 
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 8. nDT. Hare refers to Pf. cxi. 5. for this reading, in oppofitlon- to 
 I Chron. xvi. 15 ; and Seeker thinks it beft ; but as the preceding verbs 
 are in the plur. and 2 MSS. with an ant. one at firft, have T13T, this 
 reading fcems preferable, " remember ye ^ 
 
 9. priw'b. 10 MSS. have pnV'V, in which form it is ufually written j 
 and as this line feems defedtive in the metre, may not ylt^♦J have been 
 dropped, which our old verfion fupplies, but on what authority I kno\<^ 
 not, " and the oath he fumre unto Ifaac ?" which may probably refer 
 to Gen. xxvi. 3. 
 
 11. " Saying unto thee.'" i.e. to '-Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob." Muis. 
 Perhaps agreeably to the following Affix, DDb for "|b, ** unto you." 
 
 " The lot of your inheritance." As the defcendants of HeSer, whom 
 the Canaanites had unjuftly difpoflefled. See Pf. Ixxviii. 55. Lorinus, 
 and Bryant's Obf. But fee verfe 12, 44. Pf. cxi. 6. and cxxxvi. 21. 
 
 12. Dnvn:i. The parallel place with Ch. Syr. and 23 MSS. read 
 DDDVnn, *' when ye were few in number." But the following verfes 
 favor the text. See Hare. 
 
 OySD. " ^'^ paucitas, vel ut JT. plane pauci" Lud. de Dieu. 
 " Viri numero pauci." Vat. who ioins it to the foregoing words. " The 
 beft rendering of this phrafe is, ivhen they were fcarce, or almoji a nu?}i" 
 ber of perfons. OVOD cannot fignify more or lefs than two, i. e. Abra- 
 ham and Sarah his wife." Hammond. 
 
 Dn:i. If the remark in verfe 11, be well founded, this word might 
 be more properly rendered, " Sojourners in it." See verfe 23. But it 
 may be thought that this word, and- v. 44, militate againft the fuppofition 
 of the Ifraelites having ^ prior right to the land of Canaan. See Pf. cxi. 7. 
 
 13. See Gen. xii. 20, 26, 28, 6cc. 
 
 14. " Kings for their fakes." i. e. Pharaoh and Abimelech. We 
 fhould read with 3 MSS. HD'I, or rather n'DVV 
 
 15. The Patriarchs were confidered as Priejis and Prophets hy celebra^ 
 ting the name of Jehovah among the nations, and foretelling the Redeemer 
 
 of
 
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 of Ifrael. Sec Gen. xx. 7. xxii. 8. xlix. 10. The remaining part of this 
 pfalm is omitted in i Chron. which Green attributes to the negligence 
 of tranfcribers. 
 
 16. The following part of this pfalm affords the mofl: flriking in- 
 flances of Divine Providence. Famines and peftilences are the Minijlers 
 of God's vengeance. See 2 Sam. xxiv. 13. 
 
 •73. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 7 MSS. bsi, " and he brake 
 exery ftaffof bread." So that no one had any thing to fupport him. 
 See Muis and Green. 
 
 17. " He fent, &c." Compare Gen. xlv. 5, 7, 8. One MS. by a 
 tranfpofition reads f]DV tyw, which reflores the proper order of the words, 
 ** He fent before them the Man Jofeph, ficc." See Gen. xliii. 3, &c. 
 
 18. W£3J HKl Vnn. Muis, Hare, &c. read according to 6. & Syr. 
 "jnill, " His Soul (i. e. his perfon) came into, or was laid in irons." 
 But as one MS. reads with Ch. WD33, and we might underfland this 
 word of the living, as well as of the dead body, perliaps we fhould read 
 m likewife, " the iron entered into his body." i. e. pierced into his 
 flefh. 
 
 19. " Until the time of his prediflion had come to pafs — and the word 
 of Jehovah had cleared him. See Gen. xli. 14." Green. ** Kin, de 
 didis et promiffis ufurpatum, fignificat evenire." Muis. " ni"T et mON 
 {\yCiX fynonymUi & idem pro more, bis dicitur." Hare. 
 
 20. Vtrn. 17 MSS. with 6. Vulg. & iEth, bt^l^. 
 
 21. "jti^DI. 16 MSS. with all the Verf. 'jt^^lDI. 
 
 22. nOt^V. or as 20 MSS. niDN*?.— 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. with Hare 
 and Lowth, read *1D'V» ** that he might injiru£l his princes after his 
 will." "Which agrees better with thefollowing words.—" 'xis «awToV, i::?£3J3. 
 6." Seeker. And fo one MS. and another at iirfl:. The lad line feem- 
 ing defedtive, might we add iniDDnn, " and maketh his Senators wife 
 by his •voijdom ?" Ch. reads VJptDI, " and, or for, he was wi/er than his 
 elders." See Seeker. 
 
 N n n 23. Our
 
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 23. Our Bible Veiiion of the laft Flemiftich is inert literal. 
 
 24. See Exod. i. 7, 10. 
 
 in-t:vy»"l- 41 MSS. in^'yvn more regular. 
 
 25. *lfln, *' He turned:' i. e. " Tanturn per accidens vel permiflive." 
 Tin'nus, &c. Ch. Syr. Ar. & JEih. render it paffively, " Their heart 
 was turned." See Lev. xiii. 3. and our old Verf. 
 
 Syr. 6c Vulg. with one MS. at firrt, read "^DJnnbl, ** and to deal 
 ftibtilly, &c" - A friend, referring to Exod. i. 10. conjeiftiues that we 
 fliould read D^nnn"?. But fee Gen. xxxvii, 18. 
 
 HMtih. 5 MSS. 
 
 26. pHkS*. Syr. Ch. 6c Ar. with 6 MSS. read pHN'l, " atid Aaron 
 whom he had chofen •with him:' i. e. with Mofes, as his coadjutor. See 
 Exod. iv. 16. One MS. reads ^nriKI, and 6. always reiider ir, KoLih-.- , 
 but for the text fee Kennic. Gen. Dill. SedV. 58. 
 
 27. Xy^,- 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c &.\\\. with Hare, &rc. read DLi', " he 
 •wrought:' Ar. Dt^*^, *' and he ivrought by them, 6cc." Unlefs for 
 nn D2 we read, as Seeker fuggefts, Dn'ii:!, as in Pf. Ixxviii. 43. " And 
 he wrought his figns in Egypt:' Or, with a friend, omit nil. 
 
 D*UflJ:T 30 MSS. D'DDTJV 'See other places. 
 
 28. Y\12 nVi, " and they rebelled not:' i. e. Mofcs and Aaron, a^ 
 Muis and others. And a friend obferves that the margin of the Italian 
 verfion fupports this fenfe. Or the elements, as Junius, Lowth, &(j. 
 But .6. Syr. Ar. 6c i^th. omit the negative, " but they did reb^L" i. e. 
 the Egyptians; or taking the words in an interrogative fenfe, as Fuller, 
 S>cc. think, gave them an affirmative, '♦ but did they not rebel T' i. e. 
 they did rebel. See 2 Kings v, 26. " DOm nx \sn N^T would -be too 
 bold a conjedture, though Pf. xxxv. 6. hath -yz'n DDIT ',T." Seeker. 
 .Hare, 6cc. would read nat^, " but they ivere not obedient u?ito his word:' 
 See our old Verf. alfo. ** Et non immutata funt verba ejus." Houb. 
 
 -,, . vnai. Syr. Hare, 6cc. v/ith 38 MSS. re^d linT, in the, fmg. 
 
 "jitt'nn 41 MSS. 
 
 29. r)0»%
 
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 29. Dtt'V We fliould either read nma^l, in pih. or D'S'I, in Hiph. 
 
 30. " Frogs." The Nik, which the Egyptians \vorfl:ipped as a principal 
 Deity, as being the caufe of fruitfulnefs to ihe Land of Egypt, was mi- 
 raculoufly made the inflrument of the greateft nuifance. See Vols, de 
 Idolol. Lib. ii. c. 74. 
 
 31. my. 6. Bochart, &c. " The Dog-Fly" See Pf. Ixxviii. 45. 
 t30D. G. Syi-, Vulg. Ar. & Mih. D'J31. *' and Lice, &c." , See 
 
 Exod'. viiii 17. 
 
 32. " Fire of Flames." Rather tranlpofing the words, "Flames of 
 Fire." See Pf. xxix. 7. and Exod. iii. 2. where we ihould read with 
 Sam. nin'ji. 
 
 35. Hare reads "jD before Hfl, with Vulg. Ar. & iEth. " and de- 
 voured all the fruit of their ground." Or perhaps as Syr. and one ant. 
 MS. omit b^m we might read, inftead of it, "73 riNl, " and all the 
 fruit, &c." ' 
 
 36. Di'lNl. Ch. & Syr. with 21 MSS. IDHV^:!, " And he fmote 
 all the firft-born in Egypt." See Pf. Ixxviii. 51. 
 
 , ** The frji fruits of their frength." " 6. Vulg. Hiewn^ primitias la- 
 boris vel partus eorum. This I think is the right tranflation : The firfl- 
 born that were (lain on this occafion, were thofe that opened the womb ; 
 the firfl-born of the mother, not of the father." Lowth. But fee 
 Muis, &c. ■ . 
 
 • 37* DN'^VV There being no antecedent, perhaps we H^iould read 
 IDy N'VTI, " And he brought forth his people, &c." See v. 4-. and 
 Green's Verf. This corjedure is further confirmed by the fame remark 
 of a friend. See Exod. 12. 35. 
 
 38. The conllrudtion feems to require that we (liould read ^ni2:^' with 
 Ch. 
 
 39. The fenfe, if not the metre, requires that vv^c read QOV at the end 
 of the firfl: line of this verfe, " lie fpread a cloud for a covering by 
 flay'* See Exod. xiii. 21. and Green's Verf. And if ?vluis's Obferva- 
 
 tion
 
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 tion in fpeaking of the cloud be juft, " qua alias iEgyptus caret," this 
 phenomenon mufl: appear ftill more ftrilcing. 
 
 40. bKty. All the verfions with Houb. &c. read iVki:'. The metre 
 feems to require that we fliould read with Syr. & Ar. Dn*7 after l*7ty, 
 (or as 28 MSS. y'^Z't but the true reading according to Sam, Exod. xvl. 
 13. feems to be 'iVti?.) which might be omitted from it's great Simi- 
 litude to the following word, " They ajked and the quail came unto 
 them." Some underftand hereby the loaijl ; but Wifd. xix. 12. deter- 
 mines in favor of the quail. See Merrick alfo. 
 
 41. "iHj. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with Hare, kcc. read nnnJ, 
 which the conftruflion requires j unlefs we read with Ch. and our Bib. 
 Verf. ^nJD, " they ran in the dry places like a river." See Pf. Ixxviii. 
 x6. Or by a metathefis "]'7m, for obn? " and a river ran in the dry 
 places." 
 
 42. DN 2d. fhould be rendered ivith, or we (hould read Vk with 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & iEth. " for he remembered his holy promife — with, or, to Abra- 
 ham his fervant." See Mudge, Seeker, &c. 
 
 43. NVVl. 32 MSS. K'VVT more regularly. See Calafio's Concord. 
 This evidently alludes to Exod. xv. 
 
 44. This refers to Jofli. iv. 19 — 24. 
 D'aiNb II MSS. 
 
 45. Vpin 5 MSS. and 13 more regularly VDl'lim, ** and obferve /«> 
 laws." Which were holy, jufl, and good, in contradiflindtioa to the 
 impious and impure rites of the Heathen worfhip. 
 
 n» "ibbn probably only an addition of the Copyifts, or borrowed 
 from the next pfalm. 
 
 PSALM CVI. 
 
 WINDER fuppofes this pfalm to be written In the time of the Judges, 
 Patrick and Green afcribe it to David, from comparing the firil and two 
 
 lafl 
 
 I
 
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 lafl: verfes with i Chron. xvL 34 — 36. Mollerus and others bring it 
 down to the Babylonifh captivity, or to the reign of Antiochus j and the 
 judicious Bilhop Lowth obfervcs, " Hie pfalmus ab Exodo ad pofteriora 
 Ifraelitarum tempora profequitur." But if we bring this and fome others 
 down fo low as to the time of Antiochus, it mufl be fuppofed with Pri- 
 deaux that the canon of fcripture was not finally fettled till the time of 
 Simon the juft. See the pref. 
 
 V. 2. y'Ott". Syr. & Ar. read V'Sti'n, ** or can JJiew forth. Sec." 
 10 MSB. read milJl- See Ar. & verfe 8. 
 
 3. nait:' 8 MSS. more regular. And a friend with Syr. VOfltyD, 
 *' that keep his judgments." 
 
 ntry. All the verfions read ♦triVI, and one MS. at firfl: 'tyijr, which 
 the grammatical conftru<5lion requires, ** and that do righteoufnefs at all 
 times." 
 
 4. ''yipQ, 'ilD?' Green fuppofes this and the following verfe to be 
 added by a captive at Babylon; but as all the verfions, except Ch. read 
 the verbs in the plural, as 2 MSS. have W3t, and one "linpsi, Houb. 
 feems right in reading the plural affixes, ** Remember us, O Jehovah, 
 with the favor — of thy people; and 'uijit us with thy falvation." Sec 
 Hare alfo. Durell's verfion of "[liy, " loith thee," is not requifite ; for 
 as Gejerus obferves, it is the genitive cafe of the recipient objedl, " of 
 thy people," i. e. of the people, whom thou favoreft. 
 
 5. The Gerunds, as Lorinus obferves, are equally applicable to the 
 plural as the fingular. 
 
 yM. Hare, &c. feem to prefer *Tblt?:i, " thy redeemed." Whicli 
 reading favors the date of Mollerus, &c. See Pf. cvii. 2. 
 
 6. ijVtt'nn. Syr. & Ar. with 33 MSS. read UVI^nm, " ^W we have 
 done wickedly." 
 
 7. Hare's metre appearing defedive, and that of the Collat. being too 
 long, perhaps iXDn is dropped before Dni'Olj '* Our fathers finned in 
 Egypt — they underflood not thy wonders— they remembered not the mul- 
 titude, &c." mn 32 MSS. 
 
 O o o D'n
 
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 D':i CD* by. The text, as Durell obferves, is embarrafled by incon- 
 fiftent prepoEtlons, he therefore reads according to 6. & Ar. with Muis, 
 &:c. d^by, " but rebelled as they marched by the Red Sea." Houb. 
 reads D'H^V, " but they provoked God at the Red Sea." Green re- 
 ferring to Pf. Ixxviii. 17. prefers ivby, the Mo/l High. But one MS. of 
 great authority oinits D'^, which removes all the difficulties, " but 
 rebelled at the Red Sea." See verfe 22. 
 
 8. " For his name's fake," i. e. the name of Jehovah, by which he 
 was diftinguifiicd as the God of the Hehreivs. See Exod. iii. 18. 
 
 9. MSS. 40 m^innn, and Houb. reads "insnD, which all the Verf: 
 fupport, and 10 MSS. have inon. 
 
 ic. One very ant. MS., and another at firfr, read n'N. 
 
 12. in':y». c. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. with 3 MSS. read 1TK"1, " and 
 fang his praife." Which the metre, as well as connedlion, calls for. 
 
 See our old Verf. 
 
 13. K*7. 7 MSS. with Syr. & Vulg. Ar. read N*?!, " and mould not wait 
 for his counfel." 
 
 15. XW^. Hare conjectures that 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. and ^th. read X\'ir\. 
 See Pf. cxlv. 16. But Seeker remarks that 6. never tranflate pj>% 
 n^w^w/. Durell thinks it was pil, or n'll, " abundance." " Omnes 
 in Polyglottis, prater Chaldceum, exhibent pK'^f, faturitatem ; quod an- 
 teferimus, nifi mavis |VD, cihum." Houb. See Lowth, who alfo ob- 
 ferves that N'nf is ufed Numb. xi. 20. " but fent loathing into their 
 foul, or, appetite." See Green, and Pf. Ixxviii. 30. 
 
 16. iNJpn, " Then they provoked Mofes, &c." See Caflel. Lexic. 
 \i;^Hi. 6. Syr. Ar. & JEth. with 4 MSS. pnNbl, *' and Aaron^" 
 
 which the connedion requires. But one MS. reads pnnfcjV. See Pf. 
 cv. 26. 
 
 17. Perhaps Dathan and Ahiram are mentioned only as being guilty 
 of the greater crime in invading the priejily office, which belonged to 
 the tribe of Levi. But fee Poole. 
 
 19. nnna.
 
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 19. mm. 13 MSS. read n-nni, which all the verfions juftify, and 
 in the Pentateuch Sam. always fupplies the l. Ofiris 6c IfiSy which were 
 the Sun and Moon, the chief Deities of the Egyptians, were fymboli- 
 
 • cally reprefented by the Bull and Cow. See ant. Univ. Hiftory, Vol. I. 
 Voffius, and Pf. Ixviii. 30. 
 
 20. All the Verf. with 20 MSS. read V^IK. 
 
 21. 22. " Great things, ivonderful things, terrible thing?." A beau- 
 tiful climax. 6. with 10 MSS. ntl'IV. Ch. fupplies "ili't^. 
 
 23. \*"liDl, " in the breach." A metaphorical allufion to a perfon's op- 
 pofing the irruption of the enemy through a breach which they had 
 
 <made. See Junius, &c. But Ch. reads V'^Dl, " perfevered in praying 
 before him." Which accords very well with Deut. ix. 26. See alfo 
 verfe 30. 
 
 ri'nii'na Alex. Verf. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & Mi\\. read tsn'ntyno, which 
 the fenfe requires, " Therefore he had determined to deflroy them — had 
 not Mofes his chofen — flood before him in the breach — to turn away 
 his v/v^\hfrom deflroying them." See Deut. ix. 14. 
 
 24. 1DKJ2'1, " T^hen they refufed, &c." A flill further provocation. 
 ■ See verfe 16. 
 
 K"?. 6. Syr. fie Rih. with 16 MSS. Kbi, " and believed not his 
 word." 
 
 25. Syr. 6c Ar. read nVi with 15 MSS. See our Verf. 
 
 26. The metre of the firft line feeming defedlive, probably r)^? may 
 have been omitted, the parallel place Ezek. xx. 23. having it, " There- 
 fore he lifted up his hand unto them." i. e. he /ware unto them. See 
 Numb. xiv. 2 1. Patrick, &;c. 
 
 DDIK. 26 MSS. CDDK. 
 
 27. Vsnbv Seeker referring to Ezek. xx. 23. reads j'^finVl, ** To 
 Jcatter their feed alfo among the nations — and to difperfe them through 
 
 the lands." But a friend from Kennic, refers to Ezek. xlv. i. &c. for 
 the text. 
 
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 2S. nJSV'l, ** For they joined themfehes (i. e. in marriage) unto Baal 
 Peor." Violating the folemn corjenant between them and Jehovah. 
 See Jerem. iii. i. &c. But for a different fenfe of the word fee Mudge. 
 Peor and Priapus were probably the fame deity. See Seldeni Syntag. i. 
 The latter being compounded of nK HD, whence he was fuppofed to 
 prefide over ^^rrt't'^j; and being called the former from the impure rites 
 with which he was vyorniipped. See Tirinus on Numb, xxvi i. 
 
 *' And eat the facrifices of the dead." i.e. of dead idols, Spencer, &c. 
 of deified heroes, Hammond, &c. In both cafes that beautiful farcafm 
 Wifd, xiii. 17 — 19 holds good. 
 
 29. ID'yDn. All the verfions with 4 MSB. read imD'yD'1, " and they 
 
 provoked liim with their wicked deeds — and the plague brake in upon 
 
 them." i. e. like a mighty warrior invaded their camp, and made great 
 
 havock amongfl: them. See Numb. xxv. 9. Unlefs we may here fup- 
 
 pofe the affix 1 comprifed under the termination of the verb, as the 
 
 two » alfo often coalefce. See Pf. ii. 12. and Pf. cxii. ic. 
 
 30. '7b3^ 2 MSS. read HliiT\\ " made himfelf a Judge" in ^nmihing 
 Zimri and Cojbi. See Vatablus, and Lowth. Or as Hammond, &c. ac- 
 cording to 6. Vulg. & Ar. ** made an atonement." See Numb. xxv. 13. 
 -fl^yi one MS. 
 
 31. This has continued upon record for more than 3000 years al- 
 ready. Perhaps rather, " And it fi:all be counted. See." 
 
 "im "Wi^ more than 40 MSS. 
 
 32. liD'a'pn. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & .^th. " They angred him alfo at 
 the waters of Meribah." See verfe 29. The order of the hirtory is 
 here difturbed, as this tranfadion comes properly after verfe 15. 
 
 33. NDn'1. This word, which occurs only Lev. v. 4. and Prov. xii. 
 18. fignifies merely to fpeak, which does not convey a fenfe ftrong 
 enough, the generality of critics therefore fuppofe an ellipfis. See 
 Poole's Synops. and our Verf. But perhaps it is written by miflake 
 for KDnn, " ond he finned with his lips." See Exod. xvii. 4. " et cunclatus 
 ef." Houb, 34. This
 
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 34. This verfe relates to different periods of the Jewifti Hiftory. Sec 
 JoHi, xvii. 13. Jud. i. 28. &c. 
 
 IB'K, ficiit, ''As Jehovah had faid unto them." Munfter. See Tay- 
 lor's Concord, and Jcrem. xxxiii. 22. 
 
 35. Patrick refers this to Jud. ii. 11. iii. 5 — 8. 
 
 36. CDnOVy, ** their idols." Probably fo called from the curious lakr 
 fpent in framing them. See Ifai. xliv. 9 — 19. and Ainfworth. 
 
 37. Tomalinus fpeaking of human facrifices fays thus, " hanc immani- 
 tatem a Judceis antiquitus migrafle a pluribus facrje fcripturs locis pa- 
 tet. Hinc Rex Propheta de iis conqueritur, ittimolaverunt filios fiios, & 
 
 Jilias fuas Damoniis." Thef. antiq. Grac. Vol. XII. 878. But the diredl 
 contrary inference is to be made from the pfalmift's words. See Lev. 
 xviii. 21. 
 
 DHty'?, Dasmoniis, " to Devils." Spencer derives this word from 
 rn^t (iger, becaufe they live in Jields, The prefent Biffiop of Norwich 
 derives it with Parkhurft from KIB', or 7X1^, fudit, fufores, i. e. the 
 Heavens, or great agents of nature. But the generality of critics derive 
 it from "n^, devajiavit, " the defrayers ," and the Demon here referred 
 to might be "j'jD, Molech, i.e. the king; by whom is meant the Sun. 
 See Gale's Court of the Gent. And there is a remarkable paflage Revel, 
 ix. II. to this purpofe, '* And they had a king over them, which is the 
 angel of the bottomlefs pit, whofe name in the Hebrew tongue is Abad- 
 doHt but in the Greek tongue he hath his name Apollyon." i. e. a deftroyer. 
 And thefe words, as Spencer and others have remarked, have probably 
 an allufion to the early worfhip of the Sun under the figure of the Ser- 
 pent. That there was a Sun Saturn fee Vofs. de Idolol. lib. II. c. 5. 
 and the word "IIDD, fatur, hid, from whence Saturn comes-, is as applica- 
 ble to the Sun, as to the Star, Saturn ; whofe receiles to the oppofitc 
 tropics of Cancer, and Capricorn, as Godwin obferves, may be termed 
 iiipcf.iifio], djfparitionsy or lojfes ; and thofe rites made ufe of by the Egyp- 
 tians in honor of OJIris, by the Grecians in honor of Ad n.'s, and adopted 
 
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 by the Jews in the worfhip oi Tammuz, Ezek. vili. 15. all refer to this 
 event, according to Selden Synt. II. c. 2. Befides the ftory of Saturn's 
 devouring his own children is not more applicable to the planet Saturn, 
 than the Sun, which by its intenfe heat deftroys thofe very things its 
 (denial warmth gave birth to. Children therefore might be offered to 
 this parent of heat and Jire, the nouriflier and dellroyer of every thing, 
 as the choiceft facrifices. See Mich. vi. 7. 
 
 38. D'SDia. Perhaps DQin, «• with their blood," i. e. The blood of 
 their fons and their daughters. 
 
 40. The greatefh love often ends in the greatefl hatred, efpecially be- 
 tween hujband and mfe ; and fuch Jehovah and the people of Ifrael are 
 reprefented to be. See Jerem. iii. 20. 
 
 41, 42. Thefe may probably relate to the feveral captivities mentioned 
 in the Book of Judges. 
 
 Dn'NilC' 7 MSS. and -i^^ Dn^l'K. 
 
 43. mn. One MS. (if not two) reads Da"), which is more gram- 
 matical. 
 
 DHifya. Perhaps written by miftake for Dn'lVVl, *' But they rebelled 
 againfl him with their idols." See verfes 36, 38. 
 
 •|D0*1 or as 4 MSS. isisn. One MS. of good authority reads 1DD»1, 
 ** and they were dijfohed." Another '\\>ty^, which is countenanced by 
 Lev. xxvi. 39. But another 1*lDD»% and from comparing Jud. ii. 14. 
 Ifai. 1. I. and confidering the defedl of the metre perhaps this is the belt 
 reading, ** and they were fold for their iniquity." 
 
 44. 6. Ar. & E.ih. with one MS. of note read mn» NTI, " and 
 Jehovah regarded their affliftion." The obftinate wickednefs of the 
 Ifraelites could not overcome the Divine Clemency. See Hare, &c. 
 
 45. "lIDn 10 MSS. 
 
 Dni'l. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & ^th. derive this verb from Dfli, poeni- 
 tuit, ** arid he repented." Syr. probably from nni, ducere, and he go- 
 verned, 01 guided them ," Perhaps it may be the Hiph. from TWi, qwef- 
 
 ceret 
 
 I
 
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 cere, " and he gave them rejl according to the multitude of his mercies." 
 See 2 Chron. xv. 15. 
 
 non. Syr. Vulg. & Houb. with 53 MSS. read VlDh. See verfe 7. 
 This and the following verfe probably refer to 2 Sam. vii. 10, 11. For, 
 as Muis obferves on the following verfe, they had not that mercy fliewn 
 them in the time of the Judges. 
 
 46. DDIii. 35 MSS. have DHJ?. 
 
 CD'am"?. Perhaps rather Cam'? in pyh. " to be pitied." See Prov. 
 xxvIH. 13. and our Bib. Verf. 
 
 47. D'i:in, " from among the heathen, or nations," i. e. the Baby- 
 lonians. See Jerem. xxix. 14. 
 
 nnntyn"?. 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with 10 MSS, HinK^n'?'! ; Syr. alfo 
 reads "jn'jnil for ^nbriDl, " a7id to triumph in, or, with thine inheri- 
 tance." See verfe 6. 
 
 48. If this be confidered as part of the pfalm, or be only an addition 
 ©f the colledior, as a conclufion to the fourth Book, (See Pf. xli. 13,) 
 Edwards's metre feems the moft regular, " Blefled be Jehovah the God 
 of Ifrael — from everlafting to everlafting — and let all the people fay. 
 Amen." Seeker refers to i Chron. xvi. 36, 37. where he obferves the 
 lafl words (hould be rendered in the fut. 
 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 THIS Is the beginning of the Jifth Book of the pfalms, which dl- 
 vlfion, though probably of later date. Is fuppofed by Calmet and others 
 to be very antient, and even from the time of the firft authors that col- 
 le<Sed them into a body. But fee Pf. xli. 14. Patrick, &c. make Da- 
 vid the author of this pfalm. Hammond fuppofes it to have been com- 
 pofed prefently after the BabykniJJi captivity, but flill as having refpedt to 
 the redemption from Egypt. It confifts, as Lowth and others have ob- 
 
 ferved
 
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 ferved, oi five parts, four of which end with an intercalary verfe. Sec 
 Lowth's Prieledl. and the Collat. of MS. &c. But if the firft verfe may 
 be confidered as a chorus, then the chorus will begin every fedlion. See 
 Exod. XV. I, 21. 
 
 V. I. "nn- 37 MSS. read iTin. See Pf. cv. i. and Houb. 
 
 2. As one valuable MS. reads KJ "nSJi* and the laft word might eafily 
 be dropped from its great fimilitude to the beginning of the following, 
 we might render IB'K with the Tig. Verf. " Let the redeemed of Je- 
 hovah fay now, that He hath redeemed them, &c." Which avoids the 
 repetition of the pronoun. 
 
 3. This verfe compared with Ifai. xliii. 5, 6. may be fuppofed to fa- 
 vor the opinion that this pfalm was written after the Babylonifh capti- 
 vity. See verfe i. But if it is to be underftood of the deliverance from 
 Egypt, which may be inferred from the following verfes, it may refer 
 only to the different parts of the land into which they were difperfed 
 in confequence of their great increafe. See Exod. i. 7. Houb. refers 
 to the fituation of their enemies, " Ammonite ab ortu, Philiftsei ab 
 cccafu. Syri ab aquilone, Idumaei ab aujlro." 
 
 CSV Hare and others read *»3'D1, which the fenfe feems to require. 
 See Pf. Ixxxix. ]3. For iht Mediterranean could not well denote the 
 Sautli. 
 
 4. This verfe probably refers to the peregrinations in the wildernefs. 
 See Jerem. ii. 6. 
 
 "ITT is connecfled by Ch. with the preceding word, " in a folitary 
 way.'' See our Bib. Verf. " In a folitary, 6cc. in the defert : they 
 found not the way to a city of habitation. See verfe 7. Thus 6. Vulg. 
 Syr. tranflate." Seeker. 
 
 5. See Exod. xvi. andxvii. 
 
 6. One MS. here, and more in the following verfes read Dn'nipVi^::!, 
 which the conftrudlion calls for. See verfe 28. and our Verf. 
 
 7. " T(J a city of habitation." i. e. Jerufalem. Or the fing. may be 
 put for the plur. See verfe 4. and Deut. vi. 10.* 
 
 8. " Let
 
 *• Let them acknowledge to the Lord his Mercy.'* Seeker. 
 
 9. nppiy. 63 MSS. npplty. See Ifai. xxix. 8. 
 
 10. The fecond fedion according to Mudge and others begins here; 
 and the particulars of it may relate to the Egyptian bondage. 
 
 ♦Its''. 17 MSS. have ♦itrv. 
 
 ♦TD^f, &c. " being bound in afflidion and iron." " Per Hendyadin 
 vertas, vindti mifero, aut affligente, ferro." Gejerus. And we may 
 render it, " being bound in galling chains." See Durell. 
 
 11. There is a moft beautiful paronomafia between llon and ni^N, and 
 nxy and l2fNJ, which no other language can imitate. 
 
 12. All the Verf. with 30 MSS. read iny,', and they feem alfo to have 
 fupplled XK'T'i, which the metre may require. See Pf. xxx. 13. 
 
 13. IpVPV 13 MSS. read ipy^'i, which is moft ufual. See verfe 6. 
 
 16. As Lorinus has obferved from Aiguanus, the city of Goflien might 
 have brazen gates and iron bars. But fee Ifai. xlv, 2. 
 
 17. D^blK, &c. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. make this word a verb of 
 the 3d perfon fing. with the affix pronoun, reading probably either DNtTJ, 
 or ^^1p, fufcepit eos. Houb, reads D'VfK, *' T^hey wajled away becaufe 
 of their tranfgreflions." But 60 MSS. reading D'VlJ* fix the fenfe of the 
 word, " Fools, Sec. Green reads with one MS. D'yC'S, and Hare ^y^'Si. 
 
 an'niivoi. ■ 52 MSS. Dn'mjwoi. 
 
 18. See Numb. xi. 31. 
 
 19. See verfes 6 and 13. 
 
 20. " It was neither herb, nor mollifying plaifter that reftored them 
 to health j but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things." Wifd. 
 xvi. 12. 
 
 ISVO'I. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. with Houb. read DObO'l, the D 
 being dropped, as the next word begins with it ; and one MS, at firfl 
 read defedively 0*70'% 
 
 Cjrnrrnjyc. 24 MSS. read Dnn'nt:^^, but the true reading feems to 
 be DD'na'DO. See Ar. 6c Syr. ^ 
 
 ♦ Q^q q 23. This
 
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 22' This is a moft lubllme defcription of a florm at feaj and whether 
 it may relate to Jonah i. or to an earher period is left to the judgment 
 of the learned. »jyiy 3 MSS. with all the Verf. 
 
 25. Plare and others fuppofe that ^DV»^, and tDp- in verfe 29, have 
 changed places. But Seeker inftances Exod. ix. 16. Neh. vi. 7. to prove 
 that ^♦oy^ fignifies, " /le raifed up." 
 
 As yhy. is irregular, and the metre of the Collat. defedtive, we fhould 
 probably read with Syr. D'H 'h'X, " For he commanded, and made a 
 tempeftuous wind to arife — and it lifted up the waves of the fea." See 
 verfe 29. But Seeker would read with 6. T\'h'X both here, and verfe 29. 
 referring to nblVO in verfe 24. and niVD there. 
 
 26. " They go up to the Heavens." i. e. " vel navigantes ; vel fludlus 
 illi." Muis, 6cc. But the following Hemiftich favors the firft fenfe, 
 where perhaps for nvni we (hould read rnvil, *^ for fear."' What can 
 equal the lliortnefs and fublimity of this defcription ? 
 
 27. Nothing can be more defcriptive than this comparifonj but the 
 latter part of this verfe is better rendered according to our marginal ver- 
 fion, •' and all their wifdom isfwalloioedup." Sec Kai. xixi 3. and Segker. 
 Syr. probably reads Vnnnn, " is "oanijlied." 
 
 28. Dn*mpV.201. 44 MSS. Dn'miJl^fJSOl, as in three places before. 
 
 29. Dps or as 6. Ar. ^th. & Vulg. with 2 MSS. Dp»i, is. proba- 
 bly written by miilake, as Seeker obferves, for DK^S as it is found 
 in verfes 33, 35. But fee verfe 25. 
 
 DH'b.^. For the reafons afligned in verfe 25, I would read here alfo 
 with Hare, &c. D'H ''jJl, " and the waves of thefea are ftill." 
 
 30. ^inO. This word occuring no where elfe, it is probably written 
 by miftake for p^a, which one MS. at firfl read, " and he bringeth 
 them to their defired Jlation." 
 
 32. " In the k.zx of the elders" It was cuftomary for the elders to 
 ft in their public affemblies. See John viii. 2. , 
 
 33. This and the following verfe allude probably, as Lorinus obferves, 
 to the deflrucftion of Sodom and Gomorrah.
 
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 ♦K5/)3V 50 MSS. with Houb. 'KV1»1. See Ifai, xli. i8» and 61 MSS, 
 read fo in verfe 35. ■ 
 
 34. See Gen. xix. 24. 
 
 35. This may refer to Exod. xvii. But we have the fame expreffions. 
 Ifai. xli. 18, and nearly the fame Pf. cxiv. 8. " Elfe, fays Seeker, 
 tD'DnKb would feem better." See verfe 33. 
 
 36. ntrvi, more regularly n'Ji'VT i and perhaps for liJlD* we fhould read 
 pilDS " And there he made the hungry to dwell — and prepared a city 
 for habitation." The Ifraelites were miraculoufly fupported forty years 
 in the wildernefs, and were afterwards put in poffeffion of Jeriifalemj 
 and the other cities of the Canaanites. See verfe 7. But if a repetition 
 of the fame fubjeift fhould be thought improper, this fedion may refer 
 to the reinftating of the Jews after the Bahylonijh captivity. 
 
 37. WT^' Syr. & Ar. read iV^N'l, " and they did eat the fruits of 
 the increafe." Or as one MS. reads nanNH, " of the fruits of the land." 
 The land of Canaan was fruitful beyond meafure. See Lev. xxix. 19. 
 
 38. See Deut. vii. 14. 
 
 39. IDya'V Houb. reads iVyO'l before this word according to Ch. 
 and the fenfe and metre feems to require it, " When they tranfgrejfedj 
 then were they diminijlied, and brought low." The laft word being eafily 
 dropped through its likenefs to the former. See Seeker. This may re- 
 fer to the time of the Judges. 
 
 40. The words of this verfe are found in Job. xii. 21, 24; whence 
 with great probability they are fuppofed to have been borrowed. See 
 Pifc. &c. 
 
 DVn'V Perhaps tZiV JTl'l, " He poured cut contempt upon princes— 
 and he made the people to wander in the wildernefs, where there is no way." 
 The firfl fentence referring to the overthrow of Pharaoh ; the latter to the 
 peregrination of the Ifraelites in the wildernefs j to which Warburton 
 fuppofes the author of the Book of Job to allude.— 6. as Seeker obferves, 
 read K*?! j and 2 MSS. read fo in Job xii, 24. 
 
 41. »ilVD.
 
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 4r« ♦Jiyo* .48 MSS. with Hoi«b. read »:V3. See Exod.iii. 1.7. .,&c. 
 
 Ott"!. iEth. fupplies 1^7 after the verb. See our verfioasi and Mudge. 
 But I would read innstro for mnSJ^D, " But he exalteth the poor from 
 afflidlion-^zn^ maketh his family hke a flock." See Green's Vcrf. alfo. 
 
 42. See Exod^ X?. 14. 
 
 43. ")ttlS"1. Syr. & Ar. tranfpofmg the i probably read "ilDiy*, 
 ** Whofo is wife 'will obferve thefe things." See Seeker alfo. 
 
 I^iisn'l. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & FLih, with Hare, &c. pian'l, " and 
 he Jhetll underjiandi &c." 
 
 P S A L M CVIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm is probably compiled from Pf. Ivii. and Ix. See Gro- 
 tius, &c. 
 
 V. 2, 3. From comparing Hare's metre with that of the Collat. in 
 Pf. Ivii. and this and obferving that 1 1 MSS. with Syr. VuJg. & Ar. 
 repeat miV* the lafl: line of the 3d verfe being defedhive in the Collat. I 
 would read this word for P)H with a friend, as in Pf. Ivii. and fupplying 
 ^i*? pOJ alfo with Hare, &c. divide the whole thus, *' O God, my 
 heart is ready, my heart is ready — I will ling and give praife — Awake, 
 my glory, awake lute — and harp : I will awake early." But fee Hare, 
 Green, &c. One MS. at firfl: read m3Dl for 'TDS f]K. See our Bib. 
 Verf. 
 
 4. *' This and the following verfe feem to prove that the meafures of 
 the vcrfes did not depend on the things exprefled only, but on the fyUa~ 
 ties alfo." Lowth's Prel. DilT. on Ifai. p. 47. See alfo p. 25, 26. 
 
 D'OINbl 13 MSS. 
 
 S' bya. Syr. Hare, &c. with 2 MSS. read TV as in Pf. Ivii. 11. 
 ** For thy mercy is unto the Heavens." 
 
 6. See Pf. Ivii. 6. 7. ryv^t^fr^-
 
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 7. nj^'tyin. Houb. reads ♦JJ/'tyin with Syr. & Ar. to corrcTpond with 
 the following verb 'J^J/I, which all the verfions with 80 MSS. read in- 
 Aead of IJJVTj but DV'jyin anfwers better to the preceding words, " Let 
 thy. Right Hund/ave them, and hear thou me." Who was probably im- 
 ploring the Divine Affiftance in the funfluary, 
 
 8. Ityip.l, Rather, ** in his holy place." i. e. ///«■ SanSluary ; " uhi 
 edebantur oracula divinaque refponfa." Lorinus. And David having re- 
 ceived a favorable anfwer, perhaps by Urim and Hhummim, delivers him- 
 felf in a drain expreflive of the fullell: confidence of vidory over his 
 enemies. " I will divide Sichem, &c." See Pf. Ix, 8. 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. with 2 MSS. here, and one in Pf. Ix. read 
 np'^nNI, " and I ivill divide, &c." DIDID 7 MSS. 
 
 9. 'h 2d. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & K\\\. with 30 MSS, read 'bl, as in 
 Pf. Ix. ** And Rph'aim is the Jirength of my head. Sec. See Pf. Ix. 9. 
 
 10. Hare fupplies »n', " Moab JJia/I be my waili pot." Wafhing the 
 feet was a necelTary cuflom in the Eafl: ; and denoted the mofi: abject 
 fervltude. See John xiii, 14. and Harmer's Obf. Vol. II. 
 
 " Over Edom, &c." The throwing of the fliae was a token of taking 
 pofleiTion of a thing. See Gejerus and Ruth. iv. 7. 
 
 "hV' Durell making this word the 2d. perfon fing. imper. renders 
 the words, *' Go up, O Philiftia, triumph." Suppofing them to be ironi- 
 cally fpoken. But 4 MSS, read bv* as in the pre'ceding line. See Pf. 
 Ix. 10. 
 
 11. 'J*?!'. 47 MSS. have 'j'^nV, but from comparing Pf. Ix. ir. it 
 feems that this is an error of the prefs fof 'iVlV, though not noticed 
 as fuch. See Houb. 
 
 -lVn2 -I'y. Hare reads -nV,*J n^n ; and 1 1 MSS. have the lad v^'Ord ; 
 but perhaps we fliould read Tyb, as one MS. has it in Pf. Ix. " into the 
 flrong city." By which fome underfiand the cities of MefopotanHa, 
 Others thofe oi Idumcea. ' 5otne ' take ■ it for ferufalem. Mudge, &c. 
 fuppofe it to be Petro. Hammond, &c. will have to be Rabbah. 
 
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 But the prefent Bilhop of Norwich more probably makes it to be Bgz- 
 rah, and perhaps we fliould read HTal, for TiiSJ. See Ifai. Ixiii. i. 
 
 'jnj. See Pf. Ix. II. 
 
 12. Lowth and others follow 6. Vulg. 6c iEth. Verf. " Wilt not 
 thou, O God, who hadjl caft us oft" — and didjl not go forth with our 
 armies?" See Pf. Ix. 12. 
 
 DM'tK 2d. Syr. Ch. Hare, ccc. with 4 MSS. omit it j and the fenfe, 
 r.nd metre do not require it. 
 
 IJ'nikSn^a 42 MSS. as in Pf. h". 
 
 14. *• For he fliall tread down our enemies." 
 
 P S A L M CIX. 
 
 THAT David was the author of this pfalm is clear from Ads i. 16, 
 20. and the objcdion to the imprecatory parts of it may be obviated by 
 confidering them as prophetical, and all of them, except the firft fentence 
 in the 6th verfe run in the fut. tenfe and fhould be rendered in that 
 manner. See Calovius, Randolph, &c. But Sykes, Kennicott, and 
 others, fuppofe them to have been uttered by David's enemies^ and not 
 himjelf. See Kennicott's 2d Diflert. p. 581. But fee Merrick alfo. 
 
 'nbnn. Ch. and Hammond confider this word as in appofition, " O 
 God, my praife, be not thou filent." And 3 MSS. if not 4, read D'h'^N. 
 But 3 MSS. having 'r)'!?'3r) j the words may be rendered, " O my God, 
 be not lilent unto my prayer." Suppofing, with a friend, an ellipfis of 
 b^. See verfe 4. 
 
 V. 2. The metre of the Collat. being too long, and one MS. of great 
 authority reading D'yt^l for V^'^, perhaps T\tT^ 'SI ihould be omitted, 
 " For the wicked have opened the mouth againft me — they have, &c." 
 A friend fuppofes an ellipfis of 1 before XWoh, but I fufpedl that flK has 
 been dropped from its fimilitude to the preceding word. This was the 
 cafe of David, but much more fo of Chrift. See Matt. xii. 24. 
 
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 3. The metre of the lafl: line in this verfe appearing defedive, may 
 not 'I'K, or fome fuch word, have been dropped, " and mine enemies 
 fight againfl: me without a caufe ?" A friend renders the firft line, ** Arid 
 thoje who /peak hatred, &c." 
 
 4. rh^T) 'iNI. The grammatical conftrudlion, as well as the metre in 
 the Collat. is here evidently defedive. Houb. to fupply the former reads 
 VnDDXI, ** hnX I am Jhpplanted, or overthrown." Durell reads bbi3r)N1. 
 A friend with one MS. ♦jiVbd, conformably to Pf. Ixix. 14. But as 6» 
 Syr. Vulg. Ch. Ar-. & JEth. read 'JKI ; & Syr. and Ifidorus fupplied 
 DTVn, the text might originally Hand thus, tDIVll bVCDS* 'JK% " Not- 
 withftanding / prayed for than." 
 
 5. Should we not read labtT'l for iS'li"! ? See Syr. our Verf. and 
 Gen. xliv. 4. &c. 
 
 6. Whether we confider this and the following verfes as the words 
 of David, or the words of his enemies (See verfe i.) it is probable that 
 we fhould read with one valuable MS. ^pf)m, with the "» converfive ia 
 Hoph. " A wicked perfon Jliall be fet over him," (i. e. to judge him) 
 —and an adverfary fliall fland at his right hand." i. e. to accufe him ac- 
 cording to the cuftom of the Jews. See Gejerus. Perhaps tDfiiiy has 
 been dropped from the end of the firft line through its fimilitude to the 
 following word, " A wicked yW^^, &;c." Tioy* 5 MSS. 
 
 8. imps. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^Eth. with 3 MSS. and Hare 
 in^pfll. See alfo Ads i. 20. whence it is inferred that thefe words were 
 prophetical of fudas See verfe ] . Hammond obferves that fudas and 
 and Ahitophel died in the fame manner. 
 
 10. VIJV Vulg. & ^th. read yiJ, and the copulative 1 feems unne- 
 ceflary. As a friend obferves one MS. fupplies DnV. See our verfions. 
 And this reading ftrengthens the text in the following Hemiftich. 
 
 liymi. Houb. &c. read with 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. ytr\y!y or IB^IA'1, 
 *' et ejjciantur de habit ationihus fuis" Who alfo read another word for the 
 laft, perhaps DmiDti^OD. Syr. omits this verfe.
 
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 11. " typi». lypv. 6. Syr. perhaps dp'." Seeker. —ini» 8 MSS. 
 
 12. "]tr.t5. 40 MSS. IB'IO more regular. ' "-^ "' • •- - 
 
 13. One MS. probably reads with 6. Vulg. Ar. & yEth. ^nR, '" In 
 c//<? generation." 
 
 Dt:::'. o. Vulg. Ar. &£ /Eth. with 16 MSS. l»;2?, " /ifs name" 
 which the context require?. 
 
 14. rnns* 26 MSS. vmns*. See Exod. XX. 5. 
 
 15. DID*. Lorinus and others read i"iDt, " and ///x memory fhall be 
 cut off from the earth." which the following verfe favors, unlefs we 
 render T.iJ with a friend, " they were againjl Jehovah." i. e. the "fa- 
 ther and mother. Sec Jud. xx. 34. 
 
 16. niwy. One MS. omits it, and neither fenfe nor metre require 
 it, *' Becaufe he remembered not mercy." 
 
 ?]nnn 6 MSS. 
 
 18. Houb. and Green tranfpofe the two lafl lines of this x-erfe, and 
 thofe of the next, " As he cloathed himfelf with curfing as with his gar- 
 ment — it Jliall be unto h'mi as the garment, Z^c.-^and for a girdle, zSc. — 
 and it fliall come into his bowels, £cc." 
 
 \^^. Green renders this word marrow; but It may allude only to the 
 cuftom of anointing the body with oil, which may be faid to penetrate 
 the bones. See Muis. NUT 3 MSS. 
 
 19. Girdles were necefTary in the Eaft, where they wore long gar- 
 ments. 
 
 20. " This Jliall be the reward." See verfe i. 
 
 ♦ro:r. Rather with 4 MSS. 'roiir, " of mine adverfary.'" i. e. Doeg, 
 or Ahitophel, See verfe 8. 4 MSS. alfo D'"anm. But a friend renders 
 thus, " This is the doing of mine adverfaries." i. e. The imprecations 
 above mentioned. Perhaps we rtiould, read with one very ant. MS. 
 T\^ for DKr, " This is the doing of thofe who lute Jehovah,— iKni of 
 *^thofe who fpeak, &c!.''' 
 
 21. 'ns* 7\m, '' Deal li-ith me." " The verb is thus ufed 2 Kings 
 xxi. 6. &c." Durell. See alio Gen. xxxlv. 31. Lowth pre.^ers Houbigant's 
 
 reading 
 
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 reading ♦bK nVti'> ** Have refpe5i unto me." If any alteration Is requi- 
 fite, ♦JV'Jl''in is commonly conneded with the following verb, " fave me 
 for thv name's fake." See Pf. vii. i, A friend obferves that Alsx. Verf. 
 & Ar. read 'DK TDn TWVy " Shew kmdnefs unto me." 
 
 Inftead of llto O, I once thought that we fliould read nTlD, " ac^ 
 cording to the multitude, of thy mercy deliver me." See Ch. Ar. and 
 Pf. li. I. &c. 
 
 23. init33D. 6. with 7 MSS. imDjn, •* in its departing." Thefe two 
 Gerunds are often confounded. 
 
 'niyJJ. Syr. Vulg. Hare and one MS. read 'rrnVJil* " and am driven 
 away as the locuft." Alluding perhaps to Exod. x. 19. See alfo Nah. 
 iii. 17. 
 
 24. I'jtJ'D, " My Knees totter." Mudgc. Or, fmite one againjl ano- 
 ther. See Dan. v. 6. 
 
 tyriD. Houb. renders thus, " et caro mea unguento defraudata eft." 
 Similar to which is that ' of Mudge and others, " and my flefli hath 
 cheated or deceived me of its fatnefs." i. e. hath lofl its fatnefs. Seeker 
 conjedbures that 6. who are followed by Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read X\yiJ 
 for lynD. Perhaps we fhould read {i^'inD, " and my flefh is like a potfliera 
 without oil." See Pf. xxii. 15. It was the cuftom in the Eail to keep 
 their oil in earthen veffels. See 2 Kings iv. 5. It feems alfo to have 
 been an aggravation of Job's afflidlions, that inftead of having oil to af- 
 fwage the pain of his wounds, he had nothing but a potJJierd to fcrape 
 himfelf withal. But fee our Bib. Verf. which Seeker thinks juftifiable. 
 
 25. See Matt, xxvii. 39. The conftrudlion of the verbs in the laft 
 Hemiftich being irregular,. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. feem to have 
 read pj;»j'i ^Jisn " they faw me, and/haked, &c." 
 
 27. nnj*. 6. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. with Houb. and 2 MSS. read HDNI, 
 ** and that thou, Jehovah, 6cc." 
 
 28. it^^yi lap. 6. Vulg. & ^th. with Hare, Sec. read '^y ^t3p, 
 " ^hey that rife up againft me, Jliall be ofnamed" See Pf. xviii. 40. 
 And one MS. reads W\1\ Houb. fupplies U after the lirft verb. 
 
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 30. D'l*1. Perhaps, " among the mighty ones'' As oppofed to the 
 poor man in the next verfe. 
 
 31. 'tDDiyO, or as 8 MSS. ♦Dfllli'D. 6. Vulg. Ar. & i£th. with Hare 
 confidering itjlatu abjohto, render it, ♦* to fave his foul from Judges" 
 Houb. 6cc. kippofing it to he Jiatu regim. read y^WTb " to fave him 
 from, thofe that judge his foul." Syr. probably reads DDiySO, " to fave 
 
 his foul from, or in Judgment." Which feems equally pertinent. Sec 
 Ifai. liii. 8. •; -' 
 
 lM2r 6 MSS. 
 
 "iK^fiJ. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 4 MSS. ♦ti^fli, *' tny foul" And 
 by the/joor man in the former Hemiftich he probably. means himfelf. 
 
 P S A L M ex. 
 
 THAT David was the author of this pfalm is probable not only 
 from the title, but from Matt. xxii. 43. and the whole tenor of it feems 
 to prove that it relates folely to the Meffiah. See Rivetus, Patrick, &c.' 
 
 V. I. *• Jehovah faid unto my Lord, fit thou on my right Hand." 
 The right hand being the moft honorable place j and the pfalmift feems 
 to allude to the inveftiture of the MeJJiah in his mediatorial kingdom, 
 (See I Pet. iii. 22.) which was to continue till he had made his foes his 
 footjlool', or as St. Paul exprefles it, '* till be had put all enemies under 
 his feet." Which expreffions are borrowed from the Eaftern cuftom of 
 conquerors putting their feet upon the necks of their enemies. See 
 Gejerus, &c. and Jofh. x. 24. From Our Saviour's reafoning with the 
 Jews, Mark xii. 35. on this verfe, the dodrine of the Trinity is clearly 
 deducible from it. 
 
 xsr\r\ 51 MSS. 
 
 2. nOO, " The rod of thy power" feems to allude to the rod of 
 Mofes, by which he fubdued Pharaoh and his hoft. And the kingdom 
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 Hare's metre In this vcrfe feeming irregular, and that of the Collat. 
 defeftive, the latter might be fupplied by reading ♦ns* at the end of the 
 line, " Rule thou in the midft of thine enemies, O my Lor(f." 
 
 3. It is generally fuppofcd that this verfe, which ftands thus, ^Dlb' 
 
 •jD nb nnti^o DPI,!: t:np mm ^Vn Dvn nn: yy:^* is corrupt, or defec- 
 tive, or both. Mede fuppofes an ellipfis of DV, or IN'n', " Thy people 
 (fliall be) a people of free-prefents, or, JJiall bring the free-will offer- 
 ino-s." Hare, Edwards, Green, and Seeker follow the firft reading, 
 but vary fomething in their tranflation ; the two former fupplying »n' be- 
 fore DVl for the fake of the metre. Houb. reads with 6. Syr. Vulg. 
 Ar. & ^th. and 66 MSS. I'mV, H^nn with Symmachus, &c. and 
 36 MSS. for mna, 'nm: for naiJ, omitting bD l'? with 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 & i^th. ** Tecum lil/eraliter, vel magnifice egi in die roboris tui, in mon- 
 te meo fanSio, ex utero ante Luciferum genui te." And by the moiintainr^ 
 or mountairit he underftands Sinai, and HoreL But Seeker obferves that 
 his verfion requires ^Vl[> "IHl, and propofes in his beautiful fanSliiary. 
 Hare, Edwards, and Green alfo read n">n3, underflanding by it the hills 
 of Zion and Moriah. Kennicott, &c. read '^rn'?' i and Randolph omits 
 "jD *]V. Hare, Edwards, and Green read VdD, placing it before DHIOi 
 ** in montibus fanSiis, iit ros ex ulero." Lowth fuppofing an ellipfis of 
 b\2, gives this fenfe of the words, " P/vp j-ore, qui ex utero aurorje pro- 
 dit, ros tibi erit prolis tua?." For which he cites Pf. iv. 8. Ifai. x. ic; 
 Job. XXXV. 2. ** Which Seeker obferves are good authorities for this 
 ellipfis, with a in this fenfe. Only in them the word is expreffed before it 
 is fupplied, and here the contrary." Mr. Bradley does not think that a 
 can bear the fignification of more than-y but Pifcator, in juftification of this 
 fenfe renders "jND in Job, " major eft quam Dei, vt\ prce jujlitia eft Dei." 
 and refers to Heb. xii. 24. for a fimilar expreffion, where Grotius, &c. 
 read -na^a to. But fee xi. 4. Durell reading "j'^lV, and I*?* (defective 
 for I'Vv) for "^t and obferving that D prefixed to "inty fignifies before, ren- 
 ders the whole thus, ** With thee fhall be free-will oflTerings in the day 
 
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 of tliy power, in the glorious fanSiuary, I haise brought thee forth out of 
 the womb before the morning brought on the dew." Mr. Bradley ^tvi" 
 Acting TsT\l principality (See Ar. &c 6.) T\\t}12, from youth, (See Ecclef. 
 xi. 10.) and making "PD the impcrat. from bVJ, and "l^ the imperat. from 
 *lbs divides and renders thus, *' With thee (fliall be) the principality in 
 tJie day of thy power — In my holy fandtuary from the womb — From 
 youth go cnft off thy childhood^ — *' Perhaps a prophecy, he adds, of the 
 miraculous early knowledge of the Meffiah . See Luke ii. 42." Amongrt: 
 this variety of readings, obierving that 170 MSS. read mnj, that one 
 omits "jb, and another reads '7£3D, the following reading, and divifion 
 of the words is fubmitted to confideration, 
 
 "iVn tDvn \S'i' miTj yy/ 
 
 (Or-intS>. See Seeker) : imV "jDO int^n Dmo trip ^^'ym 
 " Thy people fiaU bring free-will offerings in the day of thy power — 
 to the holy mountains, thine off-fpring fhall be as the dew out of the 
 womb of the morning." See Job xxxviii. 28. and Ifai. Ixvi. 20. Which 
 laft paffage may give feme countenance to the additional reading in the 
 firft fentence, which received its firft completion Adts ii. 41 — 47. And 
 the latter is daily fulfilling by the increafe of the children of God, 
 who are compared to the numberlefs drops of deiv, as the Ifraelites were 
 to the dujl Numb, xxiii. 10. See Gejer. &c. Mr. Bradley indeed ob- 
 ferves that mb» never fignifies off-fpring. — But we have nVl Gen. xi. 
 30. for which Sam. reads tV, probably right, as in 2 Sam. vi. 23. in 
 this fenfej and the feminine feems to be a natural derivative from the 
 verb. " Juventus tua, i. e. juvenes tui. (ad regem Mefliam pertinentes) 
 Abftradum pro concreto." Calov. Hare, Lowth, &c. But Seeker thinks 
 it cannot be interpreted the young men of thy army; and he obferves 
 alfo that children are called the children of God, not of Chriji. 
 
 4. *' Jehovah fwore, 6ec.," This, as Lorinus obferves, from Auguflin 
 and others refers to Gen. xxii. 16. See alfo Heb. vi. 13 — 20. 
 
 \TVO here fignifies a priejl, as is evident from Heb. v. 6—10. But fee 
 
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 'JT^m. 2 MSS. read with Hare, Sec. n*in ; and Kennicott fuppofes 
 the 'inlerted with defign. See i. Dill*. ii8. One MS. alio of good 
 authority reads ^VdT for oVdi, Gen. xiv. 18. " after the order of Mel- 
 chifedec." Becaufe both f>n'e/i and /:i/2g. Gejerus, &c. But fee Seeker 
 in Merr. Append. No. 6. who thinks ♦ may be paragogic. 
 
 5. Here is an apoftrophe, as Gejerus obferves, diredled to Je/iova/i, and 
 as the metre is defedive, and one ant. MS. reads nin* before »J"TN*, the 
 conftrudion feems eafy and regular, *' Je/iova/i, the Lord upon thy 
 right hand — fhall wound kings in the day of his wrath." Or as one ant. 
 MS. "jSN*, " in the day of thy 'wrath." " Reges Cgniiicat reges 6c Gerar, 
 & JEgypti." Houb. The MelTiah is frequently defcribed in Scripture as 
 z triumphant prince. See Gen. iii. 15. Jerem. xxiii. 15. Revel, i. 5. 
 Seeker and Merrick. 
 
 6. Houb. reads DWy with Jerom for nVIA, '* poem's val/ii>us." " lis 
 nempe, in quibus redivivi mortales erunt denique, ut judicentur." And 
 D't^'NT with one MS. 6. Vulg. JEth. & Ch. — Durell reading D'm with 
 all the Verf. gives this fenfe to the words, " He will judge among (i. e. 
 rule over) the nations, after being fatisfied with dead bodies, and having 
 wounded many a chief upon the earth." Edwards after Mudge conh- 
 dering mi as an adverb, renders thus, •* he will crufli the heads of his 
 enemies in great numbers againfl the earth." Green following Le Clerc 
 fupplies thus, " He fhall fill the field of battle with dead bodies — he 
 fhall fmite the Head oi many countries." ** Perhaps, Jliall viake a full 
 number of dead bodies.'* Seeker; who may be confiiltcd for other 
 fenfes of nil. But being inclined to think that this verfe alludes to 
 the deftrudtion of Pharaoh and his hofl in the Red Sea, fupplying 
 mN*:i with Hare, &:c. which might be eafily dropped from its likenefs 
 to r)Vi:i» and reading nm for ni"), the words might bear this fenfe " He 
 fhall judge the nations — he fliall fill tin valleys with dead bodies — he iliall 
 fmite in funder the head or the prince^ over the land of Rahab." See 
 Pf. Ixxiv. 11^. lx>:xvii. 4. Ifai. li. 9. Grot, on Job xxvi. \z. and 
 
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 Newton on propliecy Vol. IIL p. 206. And by the valleys may be nn- 
 derrrood the channels of the Red Sea. See Pi", xviii. 16. 
 
 7. One M5. reads with Syr. Tti'^n, *' his head." See our old Verf. 
 
 As the Mejjiah was to appear in the two-fold charadler of priejl and 
 king, (See verfe 2, 4.. nnd Zech. vi. 13.) by virtue of this double office he 
 was to Jiijjcr as well as to conquer^ and his fufferings were to pave the 
 way to Ins vidories, as Ilaiah has abundantly proved ch. liii. and the 
 pfalmiti, as Caloviiis obferves, " hic brevem lubjungit avawpa>^iacr,v, et 
 quomodo a facerdotio ad illud regnum pervenerit oftendir, nempe, per 
 paffionem ad exaltationem." And this metaphor oi drinkmg of the brook in 
 the ivay may allude to the diftrefTed ftate of the prophet Elijah 1 Kings 
 xvii. 6. who was afterwards carried up into Heaven. Seeker gives it up 
 as inexplicable. Mudge renders the firfl part, " He (i. e. God) Jliall 
 give them drink, &c." Houb. refers it to John xviii. 2. Grotius, &c. 
 to the hafly march of a conqueror, who refrefhes himfelf with the firft 
 flream that he meets with. See Merr. But Calovius and others fuppofe 
 it to denote the multitude and greatnefs of ChrilVs fufferings. See Pf. 
 Ixix. 1,2. From this two-fold character of the MeiTiuh the Jews have 
 been led into that fatal error of two Mefliahs, the one a Juffering, the 
 other, whom they vainly expedt, a triumphant one. 
 
 PSALM CXI. 
 
 THIS is the fourth alphabetical ^(^\m ; the author of which cannot be 
 afcertained. Mollerus afcribes it to David. It is divided into ten verfes 
 or ftanzas, the two laft, as Muis and others have obferved, confifting 
 of three lines. And as Lowth obferves, it \s perfe6ily alphabetical. The 
 fubiedl of it is the A<5ts of Divine Providence exerted in behalf of the 
 Ifraelites. 
 
 H' 'bb'n cannot be confidered as a part of the pfalm. 
 
 V. I. aaV.
 
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 V. I. nn'7. c. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read 'niV, or with Hare 'nS 
 as in Pf. ix. i. " with my whole heart." 
 
 2. tD't^Tn, " Jludied of all who delight in them." See Hammond, 
 &c. The works of God are an inexhaufHble fund of contemplation and 
 wonder. See Rom. xi. 33. 
 
 Xy'irM 43 MSS. 
 
 3. " His work is honor and glory '' i. e. by an hendiadis, lery glorious. 
 See Pf. xxxvi. 4. This probably alludes to the wonders wrought in 
 Egypt, and the promifes made to Abraham. 
 
 4. " He hath acquired a memorial by his wonderful work?," Ham- ' 
 mend. 
 
 T'iiKVo:'?. 51 MSS. rmf^VsjV. 
 
 5. ^ItD, " A prey,'' or '•' meat," may refer, as Vatablus and others 
 fuppofe, either to the Jpoiling of the Egyptians, Exod. xii. 36. according 
 to the covenant made with Abraham, Gen. xv. 14. or to feeding the 
 Ifraelites with Manna. But it flrikes me that J^ltO is written by miftake 
 for n^nn, " He hath given a law unto them that fear him." i. e. the 
 law from Mount Sinai; and for the covenant fee Exod. xix. 5. But a 
 friend refers to Prov. xxxi. 13. Mai. iii. 10. for the text. 
 
 mDt' 19 MSS. 
 
 6. rsrb, " in giving them the heritage of the nations." See Pifcator, 
 &c. the "? bearing fometimes the fenfc of the Gerund in do. See Maf- 
 clef, &c. 
 
 7. The promifes of God, who is the Lord of all the Earth, to Abra- 
 ham, and the wickednefs of the Canaanites, fufficiently juftified their 
 expulfion. See Locke's Fir/l Letter on Toleration. But fee Pf. Ixxviii. 
 ^^. and cv. 11. 
 
 8. D'lJyy, 10 MSS, Xy^^y more regular. Syr. and our Verf. add Y, 
 '• and. Sec." 
 
 9. The Law of God is immutable, and for ever obligatory. 
 
 10. CDH'tyy, or as 16 MSS. Dn'a>1V more regular. But there being 
 no antecedent to anfwer to the affix, Houb. reads according to 6,. n'B^y, 
 
 to
 
 C ^56 ] 
 
 to agree with n^^♦ j rather n*tyiV. Durell reads nj, as the relative to 
 n.'^Sn, " The fear of Jehovah is the excellency of wifdom — Good under- 
 ftandlng fhall be to all that do, or, follow it-— his praife endureth for ever." 
 Jun. and Trem. render ^"2^, " good Juccefs" See Durell alfo on Prov. 
 iii. 4. 
 
 P S A L M CXII. 
 
 THIS is the fifth alphabetical pfalm, which is exadly in the fame 
 form as the laft ; and the fubjea: of it being only an enlargement upon 
 the lalVverfe of that, as Muis, &c. have obferved, the fame author pro- 
 bably compofed both. 
 
 V. 2. '• In the earth" Rather with Green, ** in the land." As it feems 
 to mean the Land of Ifrael, to which the promife of temporal bleffings 
 was limited. 
 
 " His feed." i. e. not according to ihc flejli, but according to thcfpirif. 
 See ChryfoR. " Ha promiffiones temporalium bonorum femper intel- 
 ligends funt cum exceptione cafiigationis & crucis." Muis. 
 
 3. " And his righteoufnefs, &c." may refer to a future flate. 
 
 4. p^l^i^. Houb. fupplies rWTW " gracious, and merciful, and righte- 
 ous is Jehovah." Alex. Verf. fupplies D'nbN T^^7]\ But 4 MSS. Ijup- 
 port Hare, Sec. in reading pn>, " The righteous man is gracious, and 
 merciful." Who, as they furtiier obferve, is the fubje(5t of this pfalm, 
 as "Jehovah was of the kfi. 
 
 5. Notwithftanding what De Dieu ar.d others affirm, the adjecflive 
 often precedes the fubftantive. See Calafio's Concord, under nD. Which 
 Seeker, referring to Ifai. iii. 10. &c. propofes to render here, " Happy is 
 |the man, who, &:c." 
 
 Vim ^'2by. Mudge and others, " will fupfort his matters in judgment ." 
 
 i. e. will carry his caufe.- — Syr. " will fupport his words in judgment." 
 
 c i. e.
 
 C ^bi ] 
 
 i. e. will never utter any thing but what is ftridly true. See Coccius 
 $nd Jerem. iv. 2. But Ar. with Caft. feems moft fuitable to the context, 
 « -will moderate his words in judgment." i. e. will fpeak as favorably as 
 he can of delinquents confidently with truth, contrary to the pradice of 
 the wicked. See Pf. xciv. 21. 
 
 6. See Prov. x. 6. -^^ ^'^ 
 
 7. HDn. 56 MSS. have mD2 ; but the true reading is probably nDl^, 
 according to Syr. and our Bib. Verf. ** His heart is fixed, trujl'mg in Je- 
 hovah." See Calaf. Concord. 
 
 8. NT» and HNT, a beautiful parononiafia. For riN"^' fee Pf. liv. 9. 
 &c. See Pf. xcii. 12. 
 
 9. in3 *lTfl, " ^[fpergity dat." i. e, *' As Noldius very well renders it> 
 fparjtm dat," Hare, &c. — Ch. inftead of reading pn, (or rather i:in) for 
 ]r)J» as Houb. fays, fupplied it, " He hath difperfed /w riches^ he hath 
 given, 6cc." .duoli 
 
 10. HNT. Pifcator and our Bib. Verf. fuppofe the pronoun underftood ; 
 but I confider n as the fern, affix agreeing with pp in the former 
 verfe, a? Gen. xxxviii 15. See alfo Pf. cxxxii. 13. " The wicked A?^^ 
 
 fee it." i. e. The exalted Horn. Or as neutral j the radical of the verb 
 and the pronoun coalefcing. See Pf. cvi. 29. cxxxii. 13. and Lowlh's 
 Prcl. Diff. on Ifai. p. 15. 
 
 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 IT is very uncertain who was the author of this pf^Im ; butasthe^tk 
 and 8th verfes are manifeftly taken from i Sam. ii. 8. and the 9th pro- 
 bably alludes to the hiftory of Hannah, it might be compofcd by Samuel 
 or David, who were fo nearly interefled in the lignal mercies vouchfafed 
 to her. See Lorinus. This and the five following pfalms, called the 
 €reat Hallehijah were fung at the paflbver. See Poole on Matt. xxvi. ^o. 
 
 U u u V. 3.
 
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 v. 3. As the hfl line in this verfe feems defedlive, and the verb fub- 
 ftantive is feparated from the particip. in the foregoing verfe, perhaps ♦n« 
 has been dropped from the end of this through its fimilitude to mn*, or 
 by tranfpofing the words with Green it might begin the line, and then 
 the two verfes would form a beautiful teiracohn, the fr/l line anfwering 
 to the third, and the fecond to ih.z fourth. See Green's verfion. 
 
 V:^7)^ 27 MSS. 
 
 4. *7y 2d. Ar. Syr. and Vulg. Vvi, " cind his "glory, &c." See our 
 Verf. 
 
 5. In this and the following verfe is a moft remarkable hyperbaton, for 
 which fee Houb. Lowth, &c. j and for the ♦ paragogic in the two parti- 
 ciples the former reads the affix % ** Who is like Jehovah our God — who 
 magntfeth him/elf to dwell in the Heavens — who humbleth him/elf to look 
 alfo upon the earth" 
 
 7. 'a»pa. Houb. reads D'pS, as in the parallel place, i Sam. ii. 8. 
 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with one ant. MS. at firft nfltt'KOI, ** and\\i\t\}n. 
 the needy from, &c." 
 
 8. »n'nn'7. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with Houb. 'Q'tt^in'?, '* that 
 he may fet him with princes." Hare reads I'tyinV. The next line feenis 
 redundant. See the parallel place. 
 
 9. 'n^C^IS. Houb. n»:yia. See Pf. Ixviii. 7. 
 
 nnotr. Perhaps naa::^, which improves the antithefis, *♦ He maketh 
 the barren woman a family, — her that was defolate the mother of chil- 
 .dren." See Ifai. liv. i. This, as was obferved verfe i, probably refpefts 
 Hannah, the mother of Samuel. 
 
 Allelujah. This fhould be the title of the next pfalm according to 6. 
 Vulg. Ar. 6c &x\\. with one very antient MS. Hare^ &c. 
 
 PSALM
 
 E ^59 3 
 
 P S A L M CXIV. 
 
 B»Y making n' iVbn the title of this pfahn, the antecedent to his fane-' 
 tuary is fupplied. See Green. It is divided in the Collar, miofour equal 
 parts, confining of two verfcs each ; and is compofed of fynonymous 
 parallels. See Lowth's Prcel. 19. " Hie pfalmus totus conftat lambt- 
 cis." Hare. For the author fee the next pfalm. 
 
 V. I. wb, or as 58 MSS. J^riV. But as this word occurs no where 
 elfe, perhaps it is written for X^'bt " frona a people that mocked." Al- 
 luding perhaps to 2 Kings xviii. 3 — 20. Or to Pf. cxxxvii. 3. All the 
 verfions render it, *' Ex populo barbaro." " And we fhould render it, 
 barbarous^ In Ch. in'll Cignifies qui /ifigua ignot a loquitur ; whence ^^zr- 
 barus, an inhabitant of Barbary." Durell. 
 
 2. min'. The verb being femin.. JuJah muft here fignify the Tribe 
 of Judah, in which the fan6luary of Jehovah, which anfwers to the pa- 
 lace of earthly kings, was ereded. See Pf. Ixxviii. 68. But Houb, 
 reads n'n according to Syr. " JcSus efi Judah fanduarium ejus," 
 
 VN"1{:^'. Syr. Ar. and one MS, "jX-ilT'"!, " and. Ifrael." i. e. The land 
 cf Ifrael, which was the territory of the King Jehovah,, and the firft ad 
 ©f regal power which Jehovah performed as King of Ifrael was conduc- 
 ting the Ifraelites through, and deftroying the Egyptians in, the Red 
 Sea. See Exod. XV. Numb, xxiii. 21, 22. Pf. x. 16. and Vatablus. 
 
 VmblTDID. One MS. reads with Houb. vrcb^DL'ob which, feems to be 
 right. Syr. with one MS. bN")tr'1. See Our VerC 
 
 3. In this and the following verfe we have a very bold but moil beau- 
 tiful profopopoeia. 
 
 niil. Syr. reads inN"1, " faw him." i. e. Jehovah. " and fed," like a 
 vanquiflied enemy, See Green's verfion..
 
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 ©j»1. 23 MSS. Dlin. See v. c. 
 
 " Jordan retreated back." Like a daftardly foe, afraid to face the ad- 
 verfary. 
 
 4. ITpl* ** fuhfilkruntr '* Ex /w/k, non ex hxtitia." Muis. 
 
 niyi-l. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & R^, read mVl.1V See our Verf. And 
 the metre, as well as the conneflion, feems to require this reading. 
 
 5. The apoflrophe in this and the following verfe is trucly fublime. 
 
 6. We muft either fupply O with 6, 8c Syr. before non here, and TTpin 
 in verfe 6 ; or with a friend continue the fenfe of it from the former part 
 of the verfe. See our Verf, 
 
 7. " 'Vin." 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. Grot. &c, read nVin, " The earth 
 trembled, &c." *' Refponfio ad quceflionem, qute prtcccflit." Grot. 
 
 P"7SS probably written by miftakc for T\\\V, as in Job xxviii. tS. where 
 102 MSS. correct the text. 
 One MS. reads 'nVK. See parallel paflages. 
 
 8. ODnn. i6 MSS. have ♦3flinn ; and Hare reads *l3inn. See 6. — 
 Houb. with Ch. '^TXn^ Hare with others Cd:in'7 for D.1K. See Pf. 
 cvii. 35. 
 
 IJ'yab is evidently wrong; we fliould read therefore after 6. Vulg. 
 Syr. Ar. & N.xh. Houb, &c. ^yy&f, ** into firings of water." See 
 I Kings xviii. 5. Or with Ch. Mafclef, 5cc. ^'VS'?, *' into a J^ring" 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 A S the former pfalm ended abruptly ; and this is conneded with it 
 by 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. ^fEth. with 19 MSS. and as the following ejacu- 
 lations fo naturally arife from the conhderation of the wonderful works 
 of Jehovah juft before recited, Lorinus's opinion that it is only a con- 
 t'muation of the former is not improbable. Patrick refers it to 2 Chron. 
 
 XX. 2.
 
 [ 26i ] 
 XX. 2. Some fuppofe It to be written by Mojes at the Red Sea. Others 
 by David in the beginning of his reign. Others by Mordecai and 
 EJlhcr. Others by the three children in the fiery furnace. Perhaps by 
 Hezekiah, or fome one in the Babylonifli captivity. See Pf. cxiv. i . 
 
 V. I. \D. The fenfe, as well as the metre, feems to require ]n% " but to 
 thy name the Glory Jhall be give?!." " This is not difclaiming the merit 
 of a good adion done, but difclaiming a right to a favour afked." Seeker. 
 
 ■]^)D^< biy. 6. Vulg. Ar. & i^th. with Hare, &c. omitting by, read 
 inOKI, " and thj Truth's Sake." Ch. & Syr. with 46 MSS. and Ploiib. 
 read bv\ '* and for, &c." See Pf. cxxxviii. 2. 
 
 2. If the children of Ifrael had been deftroyed by their enemies, who- 
 foever they were, they would then have exulted, ** where is now their 
 God?" whofe promifes to his chofen people have failed. See Deut. ix. 
 28. I would therefore render the verb, *' Why JJ.ould the heathen have 
 
 /aid, &c. ?" 
 
 3. This Is the anfwer to the fuppofed infolent queflion. 
 
 6. Ar. & iEth fupply \nN*^1> at the end of the firli line, and as Syr. 
 and one MS. read im^K, the words might admit of this conflrudtion, 
 *' Our God is in Heaven j and in earth — he doeth whatfoever pleafeth 
 him." Ch. reads *in.!3, in the middle, *' But the habitation of our God 
 Is in the Heavens." 
 
 4. Dn'li'y. o. Vulg. Syr.- &: Ar. with Hare, Sic. read Q'nn '!>>•. 
 But have we not the antecedent in verfe 2d ? Perhaps better, *' Their 
 idols of Jiher and gold (are) the work of men's hand?." 
 
 7. The conflru-flion being irregular, it would add greatly to the beuity, 
 as well as propriety, of this verfe, to read according to o. with a iriciiJ, 
 Cn'? D'T, and DnV D'b,1-|. 
 
 8. DH'try. 30 MSS. have cn»:i"ii/' more regular. 
 
 bD. o. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & .^th. with 13 MSS. b^2^, " and ev;ry on;, 
 who trufteth, &c." 
 
 9. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & .^th. with 7 MSS. Hare, tec. fupply 7X1 
 before Ifrael, and with Hare, fee. we lliould probably read inili, as 
 
 X X X ill
 
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 in vcrfe 2d. " T^he houfe of Ifrael trujleth in Jehovah, &c." Which 
 removes the irregularity of the conftrudion. See Green, &c. 
 
 12. "]ni». Syr. Vulg. & Ar. IJDnn'l, " Jehovah hath been mindful 
 of us, and hath blejjed us." The three next lines contain a beautiful 
 anaphora. 
 
 13. If we compare the metre of the CoUat. with Hare's, it may ap- 
 pear proper to read DH before 'NT, as in the two preceding lines. 
 
 a'bvyn 38 MSS. 
 
 14. Muis and others flippofe m3'l3 to be wanting in the firft line. 
 See Mudge, &c. But perhaps l^Jf, which is frequently joined with the 
 verb, is omitted before DS'bv, " Jehovah fliall Jli// add unto you." Or 
 as 7 MSS. read p\»DV, the true reading might be, Pj'DV f\D\ " Jehovah 
 /kal/ greatly add unto you." 
 
 15. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c i^th. with 12 MSS. TWy^. Othervvife 
 -IS^K may have been omitted through its fimilitude to the verb. 
 
 16. D'Oiy D'Ol^n. Houb. confiders the laft word as a participle, 
 ** The Heavens are appointed for Jehovah." " Perhaps, The Heavens 
 are the Lord's Heavens. Or read as Deut. x. 14." Seeker. Durell 
 reads with all the ant. verfions 'ttltTT, ** Ihe Heaven of Heavens is 
 for Jehovah." See Pf. cxlviii. 4. 1 Kings viii. 27. 2 Cor. xii. 2. 
 
 17. MSS. 41. with Houb. read n"lV. 
 
 n» in this and the following verfe better mn*. See Pf. Ixxxix. 9. 
 
 18. " But we nvill blefs." A friend fuggefts, with others, that 6. 
 Vulg. & Ar, read D"n, ** But we, who are Jiving, &cc." Which greatly 
 improves the antithefis.— n* "hbTl, which concludes this pfalm, is more 
 properly the title of the next according to 6. Vulg. Mih, Lori- 
 nus, &c. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 263 ] 
 
 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 PATRICK and others afcrlbe this pfalm to David, referring for the 
 occafion of it to 2 Sam. xv. &c. Hammond fuppofes it to be written 
 after the captivity from the Chaldaifms, which occur in verfe 7. But 
 is not the fubiedl of it particularly adapted to Hezekiah'^ cafe 2 Kings xx. 
 I,} See Mudgc. Green's diviiion into three parts feems moft regular. 
 
 V. I. 'nn^^?, " fat habeo, I am fatisjiedy Gataker, Lowth, &c. 
 See Amos iv. 5. Edwards according to his verf. reads V^)l^^?. But 
 tranfpofing the word Jeho'vah with Green, and reading with 6. Syr, 
 Vulg. Ar. Mth. Hare, &c. and one MS. bip for ''jip, the words may 
 have this fenfe, ** I love yehcvah, becaufe he hath heard — the voice of my 
 fupplications." 
 
 2. Green, following Hare's metre, tranfpofeR the words of this verfe. 
 Seeker reads after Syr. and Pf. Ivi. x. DVn for 'D'lV But as we have 
 this word Ifai. xxxix. 8. and the metre of the Collat. is deficient, we 
 might read with Syr. inN"lp« for NIpK, " therefore in my days will 
 
 1 call upon him" 
 
 3. ''\)ity\. Mudge and others HifDI, " The cords of death furrounded 
 me — and the fnares of the grave gat hold upon me." See Pf. xviii. 5. 
 
 2 Sam. xxii. 6. 
 
 4. nJK. 46 MSS. KJK, and 47 in verfe 16. 
 
 6. CNflD. From confidering the radix of this word> and comparing 
 Pf. cxix. 130. and Prov. xxii. 3. 1 am induced to think that D'Tlfi is 
 the true reading, though it fo frequently occurs in the firft form ; and 
 this word is generally taken in a bad fenfe, whence the Latin word fa- 
 tuus is derived, as Lorinus obferves ; but here, and Pf. xi».. 7. in a 
 good one 
 
 II V'K'in'. Perhaps V'ti^lH; but fee Mafclef. ch. 23.
 
 [ 264 ] 
 
 7. OTTlia^. All the verfions with 2 MSS. read In the fing. OmJ!:'?, 
 and it is found no where elfe in the plur. Hammond infers from the 
 Chaldee terminations of the pronouns in this ^-erfe, that this pfalm was 
 written after the captivity ; but fee Pf. cxiii. 7. and Lowth's Pnrled. 
 p. 29. 
 
 8. ^li^Qi n)ibn. 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c JEth. reading the verb in the 3d. per- 
 fon more agreeably to the context, Lorinus conjedlures very probably that 
 we fliould read '^ySin \'bn, " For /le hath delivered my foul from death." 
 
 nyai p. 19 MSS. read nVOia. See Jerem. xxxi. 16. 
 DN' 2d. 6, Syr. Ar, & ^th. with 19 MSS, HNI, '* and my feet" 
 Which the connexion, as well as metre, feems to call for. See our Verf. 
 
 9. my"IKa. All the verfions, with Seeker and 2 MSS. read riilNn, 
 In the fing. 
 
 ID. Green tranfpoles the particle »D, " I fpoke, becaufe I believed it." 
 But 2 Cor. iv. 13. iuftifies the prefent pofition of it^ and for this fenfe 
 fee Caft. Lcxic. — 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th, make the following part of 
 the pfalm a diflin6t one. * 
 
 11. 2fD. " Every man is a lie." I. e. A mere nothing. See Mudge, 
 &c. and Pf. xxxix. 5, 11. But 32 MSS. read ItlD, a liar. 
 
 12. ♦mVia.in. Hammond, with Mafclef, makes this a Chaldaifm, 
 Houb. &:c. read vbl.!:in. But perh ps the true reading is vblCin. (See 
 2 Sam. xix. ;-.) " How fliall I return unto Jehovah all his kinanejfes 
 toVards me r" 
 
 13. myit^**. 6, Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 61 MS. read nyiwN 
 " The cup, of Sahatio?i." i. e. " The hibamen, or drink oflering, 
 which bv a Synecdoche is put for the whole facrifice." Mede. Book 2. 
 ch. 9. Or by a metonymy, the cup of Jahation may mean the cup of 
 blcfiiigfor falvation. See i Cor. x. i6. 
 
 14. rniJ. The conftruLlIon is irregular here, and verfe 18. and as Ch. 
 in both places has a verb of the firft perfon fut. perhaps we fliould read 
 n:T:.K, " / t:/// declare them now before aH his people." Unlefs 17,13 
 
 and' 
 
 A
 
 [ 26s J 
 
 and i2^ fliould be thought better, " ie/ore Iwn now, and all his peo- 
 ple." 
 
 •' Ki abundat." Houb. and one MS. omits it. 
 
 15. As this and the three following vcrfes are omitted by fome MSS. 
 as the two laft are almoft a literal repetition of verfes 13, 14. and as verfe 
 14 conncdls fo naturally with verfe 19, may they not be confidered, as an 
 interpolation ? 
 
 ** Precious, &c." What we efleem fo, we do not wantonly difpofe of. 
 See Grotius, &c. 
 
 i6. nJK, or as 47 MSS. NJN\ See verfe 4.-6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 
 omit this word, but in that cafe O would be alfo fuperfluous, perhaps 
 therefore it is written by miftake for r^^T'i, according to our old Verf. 
 " Behold, O Jehovah, thai I am thy fervant." 
 
 ^nOK p- Are not thefe two words written for *inOt*l, " I am thy 
 fervant; in thy truth thou haft broken my bands ?" See Pf. Ixxxvi. 16. 
 Pifc. &c. refer this to i Sam. xxiii. 26. The laft line feeming defed;ive, 
 perhaps HDIdV is written for TlTlDlDb, which is the ufual form ; and 
 in Ifai. xxviii. 22. 3 ant. MSS. have the fem. plur. 
 
 17. 18. See verfes 13, 14. Seeker refers for the firft part of verfe 17, 
 to Lev. vii. 12. 
 
 19. ODins. Buxtorf in his grammar p. 91. makes this a Chaldatfm ; 
 but in his Lexic. fuppofes the '» added for the fake of the metre. Per- 
 haps the true reading is "IDIDI. See Ezck. xxviii. 22, 
 
 rr ^V"7^. Thefe words are probably the title of the next pfalm. Sep 
 6» Vulg. Syr. & i^th. 
 
 PSALM CXVIT. 
 
 HOUB. with 21 MSS. conneds this pfalm with the following. 
 See alfo Kennicott's Gen. DiiT. Cod. 36. and as the Gentiles were as 
 
 Y y y nearly
 
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 nearly intereAed in the Mejfiah as the Je'vos, they are called upon to ce- 
 lebrate Jehovah. See Rom. xv. 11. and Cocceius, &c. 
 
 V. I. D'DSn. 19 MSS. have D'DINH ; Hare reads D»0K'7, perhaps 
 rather D'awb, " all ye people" By whom we are probably to under- 
 hand the Ifraelites, as the former fentence refpefted the Heathen. See 
 Deut. xxxii. 29. where the prepofition DN, or DV, has probably been 
 dropped before IDj; ift. See Kennicolt's Gen. Diff. 84, 5, &c. with 
 Rom. XV. 10. 
 
 PSALM c:^\nfti. 
 
 IT is generally allowed that this pfalm was written by David j..but.as 
 Rivetus obferves, " verius videtur Davidem de fe^ tanquam typOt locu- 
 tum fuiffe ; ita ut prcefertim ad Mejjiam, tanquam antitypum refpexerit. 
 Porro dramaticus eft hie pfalmus." See Hare, &c. 
 
 V. 2. 11DK'. 6. Ar. & iEth. fupplying n'l before Ifrael, we fhould 
 orobably read with Ch. and one MS. of confiderable note nON'» which 
 preferves a moft beautiful anaphora, with which this pfalm abounds, 
 ** Let the Houfe of Ifrael now fay." See Pf. cxv. 10. ^-,(.^. 
 
 5. irriOl. Perhaps ♦iniD3, the next word beginning witl> ♦ , ** Je- 
 hovah anfwered me by my enlargement " Here is a beautiful antithefis. 
 
 ns which occurs fix times in this pfalm, probably only a rabbinical 
 contraftion for mn*. See Pf Ixxxix. 9. 
 
 6. All the verfions with Hare, &c. fupply ntVD, " Jehovah h among thoje 
 who help me." But from comparing Hare's metre with that of the Collat. 
 it feems to be unneceflary, " Jehovah nfor me, I will not fear — what 
 man can, &c." See Rom. viii. 31. 
 
 7. nrya. 6 MSS. nnya, " Jehovah is to me for my helper." See 
 Pf. x. 14. i. e. " folus mihi eft inftar omnium aUorum adjutorum." 
 Rivetus, 6cc. See Pf. liv. 6. 
 
 •' Therefore 
 
 I
 
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 *' Therefore IJliall be able to face thofe who hate me." Green. But 
 
 fee Pf. xci'. 12. — ♦^^:^ly2. 4 MSS. 
 
 8. The laft line of this verfe being defedtive, Hare, &c. would read 
 DIN* pn, as in Pf. cxlvi. 2. and perhaps we may render more literally 
 thus, " To trull in Jehovah is better than confidence in the Son of Man." 
 
 9. *' To truft in Jehovah is better than confidence in princes." 
 
 10. The- grammatical conftrudion of this and the two following verfes 
 is very fingular. 
 
 Db'OK O. 6. Syr. Ar. & ^Eth. omit O, and Gejerus confiders it as 
 an expletive. Lowth as an adverb, " in the name of tlie Lord I (luiU 
 J'urely deftroy them." See Poole alfo. Junius, &c. fuppofe a Metalhefis on 
 account of the metre in the three lines according to our verfions, " But 
 in the name, &c" But this does not feem to be a fufficient reafon for 
 the tranfpofition. Seeker wKlies to make one vQvh out of the tioo words j 
 and as 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. give the verb the /i^ fen fe, which, 
 as the prefent Bifl:iop of Norwich obferves, it fhould bear, perhaps we 
 fhould read with the 1 converfive DV.t3K1, " In the name of Jehovah 
 / have defiroyed them." And one MS. has Db'OND. Unlefs O may be 
 fuppofed to be written for »JK. 
 
 tD^'OK. Lowth reads with 6. Vulg. & Houb. Db^J:l^?, " 1 'will recom- 
 pence them" But this does not feem fufficiently expreflive of the total ex- 
 cifion of the enemy which is implied in verfe 12. See Seeker alfo. 
 
 11. 'J13D. We fhould probably read uniformly 'iUnD in each verfe. 
 But as a repetition in this line feems unnecefTary, perhaps we fliould read 
 mw, " Mifie enemies alfo furrounded me." 
 
 12. Dnm3. 79 MSS. have Dmm^.^ See Ifai. vii. 18. The compa- 
 rifon of bees is moft expreflive of the number^ and the vehemence of Da- 
 vid's foes. See Deut. i. 44. 
 
 1Dy"r, &c. '* Ihey are extin£i as a fire of thorns." i. e. as foon as it 
 is lighted. See Ecclef. vii. 6. The former fimilitude denoted the vio~ 
 knee of the attack ; this iht fuddennefs of the defeat. Houbigant's reading 
 TW^. does not improve the fenfe. 
 
 13. 'jn*m.
 
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 13* 'Jri'm. If we retain the text with Ch. here Is a fudden apoftrp- 
 phe to Sault or fome other perfon. See Munfter, Mudge, 6cc. — 6, Syr. 
 Vulg. & ^th. read by a metathefis ♦D'mi in Niph. " I nvas thrufl fire 
 at." Houb. &:c. read with Ar. wm, " they thrujl fire at me that I 
 mieht fall." Which feems mofl fuitable to the context. 
 
 The laft line beln^ defe<5tive in the metre, perhaps pa has been dropped, 
 " But Jehovah was thejliieldoi my help." See Deut. xxxjii. 29. Or 
 ♦j:iJ21, " my help, end t)iy Jliield." See Pf. xxviii. 7. 
 
 14. nty 2 MSB.— man. AH the verfions, Muis, 6cc. with one MS. 
 read 'ITIDM, " and viy fing." And we fliould read mn» for h». Sec 
 tlie parallel place, Ifai. xii. 2. where for H' mOH we fliould read ♦n'lSP, 
 tlie laft word being evidently redundant. 
 
 15. If the firft line in this verfe according to the Collat. be not an in- 
 terpolation, Hare's metre feems mofl regular, unlefs we omit nyilT'V 
 
 niyy. Houb. reads here, and in the following verfe TWfDV, which the 
 conftru6lion calls for. See Pf. Ixxviii. 54. In this and the two next lines 
 is a mofl beautiful anaphora. 
 
 17. One ant. MS. reads mn» for rr, and it is obfervablc that in the 
 next verfe another ant. MS. reads n* mn% fo that one verfe feems to have 
 taken from the other. 
 
 18. See Prov. iii. 12. Mudge refers thefe words to 2 Sam. xv. 17. 
 Our Bib. Verf. of the laft line is beft ; 11 MSS. reading mO'- 
 
 19. Here begins the facred dialogue in which the king fpeaks tirft ; 
 the door-keepers anfwer in the next verfe. See Mudge, Lowth, 5cc. 
 
 20. \sn3» 5 MSS. 
 
 N^3^? 21 MSS. — Syr. nT"l%V1. St«5 verfe 17. 
 
 21. ** David medium tabernaculum ingrellus hoc videtur cecinilTe." 
 Muis, &c. 
 
 22. That David was a type of Chrift, fee Jerem. xxx. 9. Ezek. 
 xxxiv. 23. Hoi. iii. 5. And the refemblance between them in the /»/<7f<' 
 ind f/iciinnefi of their birth, their JuJ'etwgs and jerficutions, their fins/ 
 
 glory
 
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 g/ory and exaltation is very remarkable. See Munfter, Patrick, &c. Thefe 
 words therefore might be applied to David in an inferior fenfe by the 
 priefl: on his entrance into the tabernacle ; though Calovius and others 
 refer them folely to Chrift. 
 
 " The builders." By thefe we are to underfland Saul and his confe- 
 derates J or the Scribes and Pharifees, &c. See Adls iv. 27. 
 
 23. •* DKt, hoc, i. e. hsec res ; videl. quod lapis tile, &c. (foem. pro 
 neutro) vid. Matt, xxi, 42. Mark xii. 11." Glafs. 
 
 24. This, if applicable at all to David, may refer to i Sam. xvi. 13. 
 or to 2 Sam. vi. 17. and xxi. 22. 
 
 " Which 'Jehovah hath made." i. e. eminent and remarkable. Muis. 
 Or perhaps, " Jehovah hath made this day — we, &c." The priefls, or the 
 people, fpeak here. See Rivetus. 
 
 25. Thefe are the words either of the people, or the priefts. Rivetus. 
 But Grotius makes the King to fpeak in the firfl: part, and the priefls 
 and people in the fecond. See our Verf. 
 
 Na and i<:^J. it is very obfervablc that 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. 
 read neither of thefe words, which begin and end the two lines of this 
 verfe -, but as the omifTion of both would affed the metre, the interjec- 
 tion feeming unnecefTary, and Ar. & Syr. fupplying the affix pronouns, 
 which are wanting, the following readings are fubmitted to conGderation, 
 Hin for {<JN with the plural affix pronouns to the verbs for n final, 
 " Behold, Jehovah hath faved us now — Behold, Jehovah hath delivered 
 us now." According to Ar. Or n: for i*:K, with the verbs as before, 
 " Now hath Jehovah faved us — now hath Jehovah delivered us." The 
 part: tenfe of the verb feems mofl fuitable to the context. Some MSS. 
 begin a new pfalm here. 
 
 26. " We that are of the Houfe of Jehovah, blefs you." i. e. " We 
 priejls" Vatablus, &c. Or perhaps, " We blefs you in the Houfe of 
 Jehovah." Into which David and the people were entered. 
 
 27. This feems to be the anfwer of David and the people to the priefts 
 and Levites. 
 
 Z z z bN.
 
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 ba. Syr. read> li'n'^K, " Jehovah is our Go J, and he hath ihone upon 
 us." See Numb. vi. 25. (where Sam. reads "l»N») and Calaf. Cone. 
 
 " Jin proprie fignificat feftum, five folennitatem ; fed per metonymiam 
 fumitur pro /i^;l3 five viiflima, ut docent Exod. xxiii. 18. Efai. xxix. i. 
 Ampf. V. 21," Grotius, Sec. " K''7E3 Chald. quod Latlnus interpres in 
 Bib. Pol. abfurde 6c fine ulla neceffitate reddir, puerum, quum ea vox, 
 ficut & Heb. nbCD, agnum fignificet, .ut hic Mu. reddit." Poole. 
 
 D'nnyi. 92 MSS. O^mnyn, " Bind the facrifice with cords." But 
 as it was not cuflomary to bind the facrifice to the altar, Houb. follows 
 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. " appoint a feajl with thick bows or leaves, &c." 
 But how can l^iDN bear this fenfe ? From confidering therefore Edwards's, 
 and Green's verfion, which completes the fenfe, perhaps "^y has been 
 dropped before ^y through the fimilitude of the words, " Bind the^- 
 crijice, or lamb, with cords, (which was done previous to flaying of it) 
 Offer it up at the horns of the altar." See Exod. xxx. 10. Seeker re- 
 fers to Le Clerc. 
 
 28. David alone fpeaks here. 
 
 na01")K. 6. Vulg. ^th. with Hare and 7 MSS. read 10DY1K1, " and 
 I will exalt thee." After this 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. repeat the words 
 wc have in verfe 21. but they are omitted by Chryfoftom, Bafil, and 
 others, as Lorinus himfelf acknowledges. 
 
 29. The chorus. 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 MUIS, £cc. afcribe this pfalm to David. Mudge and others think it 
 of a more recent date. The flrufture of it is very fingular, as it confifts 
 of 22 portions, in alphabetical ovd^&v, each containing eight verfes, which 
 begin with the letter of the alphabet in its order. The beft reafon that 
 can be afiigned why each fe(5tion contains eight verfes is, that this was a 
 
 facred
 
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 facred number amongfl: the Jews. See Gen. xvii. 12. Lev. xxiii. 36. 
 and it was had in fo much reverence amongfl: the Grecians, ** quod ad 
 honorem o6fonarti & perfedionem ejus indlcandam, fi quas perfeda efTe ac 
 magnifica vellent, ilia navra dktu dicerent." Thefaur. Ant. Grasc. Vol. IX. 
 p. 1387. 
 
 V. I. DoVnn. 15 MSS. DO'^inn more regular. See Pf. Ixxxiv. 5. 
 
 2. nvj. 27 MSS. nvij. 
 
 VmV. 37 MSB. vnnj^. See I Kings ii. 3. and feveral MSS. con- 
 firm this reading elfewhere. 
 
 More literal with a friend, '• "They Jliall feek him with their ivhole 
 heart " 
 
 3. 6. tranfpofe the negative particle, and for 'bv^ read 'byiS. Syr. 
 
 reads VDlTn, " Verily they do not commit wickednefs — but walk, &c." 
 See Seeker. To fupply the defedt of the metre in the lafl: line, might 
 we read after Ch. D'iD, " in his right ways ? 
 
 4. By reading U*? according to our Bib. Verf. at the end of the firfl; 
 
 line in the Collat. the metre is reftored, " Thou hafl; charged us — dili- 
 gently to keep thy precepts." But fee Hare. 
 
 nni53. 47 MSS. "imps. See Pf. xix. 8. y\'^\ih 4. "IND may per- 
 haps be written for 1^*7, or DblV"?. See verfe 8. 
 
 5. Perhaps ch^)h is dropped at the end of this verfe, '« to keep thy 
 flatutes for ever" "I'pin 4 MSS. 
 
 6. The firfl: line feeming defedive, may not 'Jt? have been dropped 
 after tK from the fimilitude of the words ? 
 
 8. 1ND. Syr. probably lyi, " Thou wilt never forfake me." yy^Tl 
 3 MSS. mOKTN 5 MSS. 
 
 9. Tima. Ch. with 24 MSS. "inm3, '* according to thy words" 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. Sc ^th. with Houb. &c. T")1*T, ** thy words" 
 Hare ^im, fing. Durell, limi, " by taking heed to thy word" But 
 as the metre of the Collat. is defective, perhaps we fhould read *l"in 
 n*^l, *' by keeping the way of thy word." See verfe 33, Or the pro- 
 noun
 
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 noun inK may have been dropped in the middle of the fentence, «* by 
 keeping himfelf according to thy word." niDtyV 3 MSS. It may be in- 
 ferred hence and from verfes 99, 100. that the author penned this pfalm 
 in his youi/t. 
 
 10. ^i^yti^n 5 MSS. See Pf. lix. 11. 
 
 11. *' / /lave hid." Rather with Syr. Ar. & Gej. " / ham laid up." 
 i. e. as the choicejl treafure. 
 
 12. For the metre Hare fupplies DK before "y^T^, or as 7 MSS. 7pin. 
 14. bVD. One very ant. MS. probably reads with Syr. "jyo, " above 
 
 all riches." — But the line appearing defective, perhaps "ip» has been alfo 
 omitted, ** above all precious riches." See Prov. xxiv. 4. 
 
 i(i' ^•^P^2. 3 MSS. have "I'mpini more regular. 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c 
 iEth. with 37 MSS. inm, " thy words." 
 
 17. As the metre of the Collat. which feems the moft natural, is de- 
 feiflive, perhaps miT is loft from the end of the firft line through its limi- 
 litude to rrriN in the beginning of the next, or as Syr. Ar. & Hare with 
 9 MSS. n'nN1> " Be gracious unto thy fervant, "Jehovah — that I may 
 livet 6cc." Or as 20 MSS. read "jim, and 2 bim twice, perhaps the true 
 reading might be. this, the imperat. and infin. coming together, '* Deal 
 bountifully, &c." See our Bib. Verf. Unlefs with Ch. we fupply 21D, 
 *' Do ivell unto thy fervant, &c." See our old Verf. 
 
 18. From the defed in the metre of the Collat. it feems as if Tl^y 
 has been omitted at the end of the firft line, " Open the eyes of thy fer- 
 vant." 
 
 nniinp. Our old Verfion with Mudge, &c. omit the prepofitlon, 
 ** the wonderous things of thy law." But we may render with Syr. 
 " the wonderous things in thy law." i. e. that I may be able to com- 
 prehend the Divine Myfteries contained in it. 
 
 20. nO'lJl. All the verfions with Hammond render this word, in the 
 ChaJd. feufe of it, " hath defired." 
 
 21. 6. Syr. Vulg. & ^th. with 2i MSS. D':nB,*n 
 
 22. Ym-iy 33 MSS. 
 
 23. If
 
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 23. If David was the author of this pfalm thefe words may refer to 
 1 Sam. xxi. 14. 6. read »m. — "]*Tny- One MS. of note reads with Hare, 
 &c. "Tinyi, " but thy fervant." 7pinn 5 MSS. 
 
 24. Hare, &c. fupply the apparent defcd in the lad line by adding 
 I'pin, " thy ftatutes are my counfellors." Houb. reads "jTlpTi, " my 
 Counfellors are thy right eoufnefs." which feems rather than "ypn to be the 
 word, which 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read inflead of 'tt'JwS ; but as the me- 
 tre calls for both of them, & »nVV 'U'J^f is an unufual phrafe, as a friend 
 remarks, as applied to inanimate things, perhaps for 'tl'JK we might read 
 ♦a>JND, •* Thy Jiatutes are above my Counfellors." I'DHy 27 MSS. 
 
 25. 'J'n. A great number of MSS. read here and every where elfe 
 ♦J'TI, which is probably the true reading, the 2d » being put for the 3d 
 radical. See Pf. lix. 17. 
 
 Green fupplies the defe6l of metre in tliis line by adding D'H'^N*, 
 " Quicken me, Gody according to thy word." And it is obfervable that 
 this word occurs only in verfe 115; fo that probably either this, or 
 mnS which appears but feldom, has been dropped in many places ; ani 
 one of them at the end of the next verfe. 
 
 28. ♦ti'fij, " My foul droppeth, &c." But 4 MSS. read »J% " Mine 
 eye, &c." See alio Job xvi. 20. Lam. iii. 48, 49, As a friend obferves, 
 6. & Vulg. Ar. & lEih. from them, read v.v'jtcUv for i'/i'j1a.iiv -^ which the 
 collation of the 6. MSS. will probably reflify. 
 
 29. 'Jjn imim. Ar. reads with Gejerus, &c. in"nnD% " and be 
 gracious unto me according to thy law." Houb. &c. read 'Jin, " and de- 
 clare to me thy law." from n'n, declarare. See verfe 25 for the metre. 
 
 30. 'nnti'. o. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. wiih Hare, TinDty iib, " I have not 
 forgotten thy judgments." Houb. &c. read 'JiCT, " thy judgments are 
 
 my delight." Syr. reads ^n'Cli;, " I am delighted with thy judginents." 
 A friend derives it from the Ar. "ji', '^oluit. But Gejerus, 6:c. think that 
 njliV is underllcod, or rather has been loll, " thy judgments I havo 
 fet before me." See alio our Bih. Verf. Which reading Pf. xvi. S. 
 
 4 A flren'iheiu.
 
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 flrengthen?. 6. Syr. Ar. ^th. with lo MSS. ^aSlTDl, " and thy judg- 
 jtients.' 
 
 32. *' Becaufe thou hajl enlarged my heart" i. e. made me to rejoice. 
 Syr. Hammond, &c. " Enlarging the heart feems to have three fenfes, 
 I Kings V. 0. Ifai. Ix. 5. 2 Cor. v. 11, 12. Perhaps the firfl fhould be 
 chofen here." Seeker. 
 
 2^1. Ch. reads 3pJ/ '^V, " even unto the end." And the metre feems to 
 requires it. See «lfo Hare's Verf. — ypTi 8 MSS. 
 
 34. nb. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & JEth. nb, " with my whole heart." 
 
 nn::::'K\ 5 MSS. nnaty^i, rather nmi2tyNi. 
 
 35. In the lad Hne perhaps 1K3 is wanting. See verfe 167. 
 
 36. " ^nd not to covetoufnefs." " Inclinat Deus in teftimonia lua 5c 
 ad bonum efficienter & per Je ; in avaritiam & mala dejicienter & per acci- 
 dens ; \. e. quia permittit caderej vel fubducit fuam gratiam." Gene- 
 brard. 
 
 37. 'J'n. See vcrfe 25. Houb. reads »jn), which is flrengthened by 
 one very old MS. which has »i»nj, " lead thou me in thy way." See 
 Pf. V. 9. 
 
 38. "JDNT"? "ItTK. 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. omit the firfl word, which 
 makes the metre evidently too fhort. Hammond, &c. fuppofe n'H to be 
 underftood according to Walton^ verjion of Ch. " which 7nay, or will be, 
 to thy fear." Houb. reads lir^KI, *' that I may walk according to thy 
 fear." " But then, as Seeker obferves, it fhould be followed by l, as 
 Prov. ix. 6." Durell renders "it^K, in the imperat. *' guide him to thy 
 fear/' But then it (hould be ^"lty^?• Our Bib. Verf. with Munfler, &c. 
 fupplies anp or fome fuch verb, " who is devoted to thy fear." Green 
 fupplies another fignifying to promote, or adva7ice. See his Verf. But 
 probably i;:^N is dropped from its famenefs to the preceding word, *• who 
 walketh according to thy fear." See Ar. 
 
 40. 'J'n. See verfe 37, and 25. 
 
 ':S| 
 
 41 • 'JNi:i'i 
 
 I
 
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 4U 'JKIl'l II MSS. Several MSS. read the verb and noun in the 
 plur. num. with Syr. and our Bib. Verf. One very ant. MS. reads 
 with Syr. &c Ar. ^DVIJiTn. See our Verf. 
 
 42. nm 'J3"in, or as 7 MSS. 'S"!!!"!, " So fliall I anfwer f/ie reproach- 
 ful in J pecchJ" i. e. the reproachers. See Ifai, xxxiii. 19. and our old 
 
 Verf. 
 
 43. IKD ^V arc probably redundant here, according to the Collat. 
 and their proper place feems to be at th.e end of vcrfe 47. But Hare, &c. 
 remove them to the end of the firll: Hemiftich in the next vcrfe. 
 
 ■JDStyD'?. 6. Vulg. Syr. & J¥..\.h. with Houb. & 73 MSS. TODtt'DV. 
 
 44. The firft line of this verfe fceming defedive, and there being a 
 tautology in the lafl, it appears to me probable that y^T\ has been drop- 
 ped, and that the metre flood originally thus, " So iliall I keep thy law 
 continually — thy Jlatutes for ever and ever." 
 
 45. nin"ll, " at large." See our marginal Verf. i. e. " ixz^ from 
 fear, anxiety, &c." Ainfw. ^mpiD 42 MSS. 
 
 46. Hare's divifion moll regular. I'miyn 26 MiS. Syr. reads, as 
 Seeker obferves, nptyi. 
 
 47. See Hare, &c. and verfe 43. 
 
 48. " My hands alfo will I lift up, &c." Of the ////W^m fen fes men- 
 tioned by Lorinus of thefe words, that of Aben Ezra is moll pertinent, 
 " qui docet effe hunc morem pra cmore aliquem cum honore excipiendi." 
 And the pfalmift perhaps alludes to Mofes receiving the law from God 
 upon Mount Sinai, Exod. xxxi. 18. tmn}* "ItyK. Hare, 6cc. reje<fl 
 thefe words as redundant ; and they feem to be borrowed from the pre- 
 ceding verfe. But fee Seeker. ";»pinn one MS. 
 
 49. -Ql. Vulg. 6. with Hare, 7-in— Alex. Verf. Syr. & Vulg. 
 Houb. &c. ^nm, ♦' thy u-ord, &c." See verfe 16, &c. 
 
 Perhaps we ihould read ♦n'jn', «' for luhich I have waited" See verfe 
 74, 84, 114 , 
 
 50: Confidence
 
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 cc. Confidence in God the only true fource of conlolation in affiidion. 
 Rather with Muis, &c. " that thy word, 6cc." 
 
 CI. 'Ji'bn. All the Verf. with Hare, &c. and 54 MS. ^Jli^'rn i which 
 the conflrudtion requires. 
 
 "innin^. All the Verf. with one MS. "]nmn!:% " Tet have I not, 
 ccc. 
 
 52. The fcriptures, like a true mirror, difplay the juflice of God in 
 the puniihment of finners, and his goodnefs in rewarding the righteou'^. 
 
 53. nflyVT. Perhaps a burning fever , which the peflilential winds in 
 the Eaft occafioned. See Gejerus, Pf. xi, 6. Ixix. 3. 
 
 'ITiy 9 MSS. 
 
 54. nirr, which feems redundant in the next verfe mig!)t be added .v 
 the end of the firft line in this (See the Collat. and Hare) / 
 
 mTDt 66 MSS. and one TpiH- " m.lC might be trandated tnrori 
 very fuitably to the foregoing verfe." Seeker. 
 z^l. One MS. omits mn». See above. 
 
 56. Jun. and Trem. Hare, 6cc. according to Syr. fupply noni after 
 ^b, which the fenfe, as well as the metre, requires, " This hath been 
 my comfort — that I &c." See Seeker. impiJ 40 MSS. 
 
 57. Hare, Lowth, 6cc. fupply the defedl in the firft line by reading 
 nnx after 'p'7n, " Thou art my portion, O Jehovah." Perhaps 'DVOI, 
 *• O Jehovah, my portion and my refuged See Pf. cxlii. 6. The tranf- 
 pofition might be occafioned thro' the alphabetical order. lltttJ''? 4 MSS. 
 
 58. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read 'iV, " with my whole heart." 
 See verfe 34. 
 
 59. The divifion of the Collat. feeming beft, I would add mn% or 
 ta'n'TK, at the end of the ift line. See verfe 25. 7nnV 34 MSS. 
 
 60. niDtyb 3 MSS. 
 
 6 J. 'Jiiy. All the Verf. with 9 MSS. read 'jmy, which the con- 
 ftrui^ion requires. Houb. &c. read 'J^jy, '* The bands of the wicked 
 
 have
 
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 /lave bound me." 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. feem to read 'iimj?, " The 
 fnares of the wicked hanje overthroum me." See Job xix. 6. and MS. 
 121 But our verfions are equally good, 
 inmn. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. "iDlim, " hut I, &c." 
 
 63. noiti'bl 4 MSS. 
 
 64. mn* fliould be probably placed at the beginning or end of the 
 2d line, " O Jehovah, teach me thy ftatutes." "]^pin one MS. 
 
 66. DVa. 0. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & .^Eth. with Hare, &c. read CDVOI. 
 But Seeker fufpedled very probably that mD is crept in from the former 
 verfe, and that CDVO, begins this, " Teach me dijcretion and knowledge." 
 Though, as he obferves, the old verfions have it. 
 
 67. yW. Houb. with 35 MSS. more regularly yssv. See verfe ri8. 
 
 68. 6. Ar. & i^th. fupply mnS and divide the verfe thus, 
 
 mn» msD 
 
 } &c. n»Dai 
 
 *♦ Thou art good, Jehovah — and being gracious teach, &c." See verfe 
 64. 7i5in 3 MSS. 
 
 69. As a friend obferves, 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. feem to have 
 read ni'^ for I'^fiD, " The iniquity of the proud is multiplied againfl me." 
 But the alphabetical order requires the text, and he refers for it to Job 
 xiv. 17. 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & jEth. read a*?, " with my whole heart." And 
 one ant. MS.- l5fJK. See Pf. Ixxviii. 7. 
 
 70. nbnD. One MS. probably reads with Edwards n'jFQ, *' Their 
 heart is fattened with fat" i. e. is fwolen with fat, 
 
 71. Ypin 4 MSS. 
 
 74i A beautiful paronomafia in the two firft words. 
 
 75. Ch. Syr. & Ar. read D'isnif. 
 
 Ch. Vulg. & Ar. read nJIDKm. See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 -J-J' 'ilKIl' 23 MSS. 
 
 78. WU' 16 MSS. 
 
 4 B »iimy,'
 
 C 278 3 
 
 'iiniy* " although they have overthrown me with lying." See IVIudge, 
 and verfe 6i. 
 'JK. c. Sy^ Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. with Houb. »:j«1, "/«//wilI, &c." 
 7Tlp£3a 60 MSS. 
 
 79. IVTV 6. Ar. with Houb, and 12 MSS. read 'yiVI, more fuita- 
 ble to the preceding word. I'DnV 26 MSS. The two Hemiftichs 
 in this verfe feem defedive. See verfe 25. 
 
 80. Tp«inn 3 MSS. 
 
 81. "innV. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. inmbl, " hut I hope, &c." 
 
 82. *• Saying, &c." *' Habet locum profopopoeia, ficut aliis in mem- 
 bris, ita et in oculis." Lorinus. 
 
 ^2>' *»1J3'p^« o. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & i^th. probably read, as a friend re- 
 marks, mpn, " in the froj" Ch. Mudge, &;c. ** in the fmoke." 
 Which feems to be the right fenfe here. See Harmer's Obf. Vol* I. 
 p. 131. and Gen. xix. 28. 
 
 84. HDD. The fenfe, as well as the metre, feeming defedive, might 
 we read |D'-|22 '3, " How bitter are the days of thy fervant ?" For which 
 expreflion fee Amof. viii. 10. And for this fenfe of O fee Taylor's Con- 
 cord. 'flTinn 3 MSS. 
 
 85. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. rendering p^TVU, fabulationes, probably al- 
 fo read TiSD for T\'2» " told me idle Jlories." For as Hammond obferves 
 T(2 will not bear this fenfe. But one MS. reads nnti', and another 
 r\TWt which favors the text. See MSS. alfo in Pf. Ivii. 7. Ch. & 
 Syr. 
 
 86. ♦J'lty, " help thou me." Perhaps 'jny, ** mine enemies perfecute 
 me wrongfully." 
 
 87. "yi^Q. 53 MSS. "jmpS- See Pf. xix. 9. and verfe 40, &c. 
 
 88. See verfe 25. ., 
 
 89. By reading with Syr. nn J* before mnS the irregularity of the 
 metre is adjufted. See Hare and the Collat. and this and the following 
 verfe form that kind of tetracohn mentioned by Lowth, in which ** pof- 
 teriora membra ad priora referenda funt alternatim." Prasl. 19. *• Oh 
 
 Jehovah
 
 [ 279 ] 
 
 Jehovah thou art for ever— thy vsrord is fettled in Heaven." See Prov. iii. 
 19, Seeker was once inclined to read D»JDC'3, and pN3 in the next 
 verfe, but refers to Pf. Ixxxix. 3. 
 
 90. Many MSS. nm nnb ; and 8 -n»ym. 
 
 91. nav. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with Houb. ^^OJf, *' According to 
 thy ftatutes iht d-xy continueth." But what follows favors the text- See 
 
 Pf. cxlviii. 6. &c. Syr. omits the whole verfe. 
 
 92. TK feems to be written for »JN, " /{hould have pcrifhed in mine 
 afflidlion." Syr. omits it. 
 
 93. See verfe 87. ^TlpD 72 MSS. 
 
 94. See I Kings xx. 4. 
 
 "^5- "I'rny, or as 35 MSS.. TDHV. But Syr. & Ar. read I'DHVl, 
 ** but I will confider, &c." Which the fenfe and metre call for. 
 
 96. n'jDn. " Omnis humana potentia, fapientia, &c. finem habet." 
 Tirinus. As the verfions vary in the fenfe of this word I once thought 
 nD3n might be the right one, " I have feen an end of all wifdom — 
 but thy, &c." Syr. & Ar. read nirTT), which the antithefis requires. 
 
 98. I'mva. 6. Vulg. ^th. with Houb. &c. and 37 MSS. *]mifD 
 in the fing. which reftores the grammatical conftrudlion, " Thy command- 
 ment hath made me wifer than mine enemies — for it is ever with me." 
 See verfe 96. 
 
 99. This and the following verfe very applicable to David. 
 
 100. T"npfl 70 MSS. 
 
 1 01. niDtyf? 8 MSS. and feveral ant. MSS. read here, and elfewhere^ 
 IT^W i but there is no authority from the text for it. 
 
 103. As the metre of the Collat. feems moft natural, but the laft line 
 is deficient, I would fupply mpDD at the end, (See Ch.) " How fweet 
 are thy words unto my palate \~—fweeter than honey, &c." See our 
 Bib. Verf. 
 
 imax. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ch. iEth. with Houb. &c. and one MS, 
 ■l'n")»K which the conftrudion requires, or rather "jnilDN. See Pf. xii. 7. 
 Unlefs witji Ar. we read Y^QJ. 
 
 104. Would
 
 r aso J 
 
 104. Would not the metre be more regular by beginning the laft He- 
 
 miftich with ♦n^yd' ? 
 
 105. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. read »mn'njb, " unto my paths:' 
 
 106. 's^'^ld^ 7 MSS. 
 
 107. 'r'n 41 MSS. See verfe 25. 
 
 109, '33:3, " in 7ny hands" i. e. ** In fummis periculis & vitae dif- 
 crimine verfor vid. Judg. xii. 3. i Sam. xix. 5. &c." Muis, &c. Du- 
 rell with a friend reads with 6. Syr. Ar. & i5^th. "J'Mn, *' in thy 
 hands." 
 
 112. The laft line is manifeftly defe(flive. Durell lupplies "1B«K at 
 the beginning, " which are an everlafting reward." If this fenfe be ad- 
 mitted, perhaps n.'Jn, which ends the laft verfe, may have been dropped 
 from the end of this, " they are an everlafting reward." 6. Vulg.' 
 Ar. & ^th. fupplied hv, " propter refrihutionem." ' Ch. reads ly, 
 " even unto the end." See our Verf. alfo. But as this borders upon 
 tautology, may not '3 have been dropped from the beginning, iad' 
 the affix from the noun, •• Jbr their reward is for ever ?" Tpin 
 4 MSS. 
 
 113. CflVD. Hare fuppofes this word to bear the fenfe of D'Vti'fl ; 
 which could not be the word of the text, as it claflies with the aU 
 phaietical order. Green thinks therefore that 6. ^th. & Ar. might 
 read DmiD, Hallet, as fome one obferves, propofes O^shOi which 
 may fignify perver/os. See Caft. Lex. Perhaps the word might be 
 iDnVD, ** The turbulent I hate." But a friend referring W I Kings 
 xviii. 21. renders the text, " I hate opinions," i. e. which may be either 
 true or falfe. 
 
 1 14. See verfe 25. 
 
 115. Should we not read DlifOn "ISKI ? 
 
 116. Rather with 6, and a friend, " and fnake me not ajliamed of my 
 hope."
 
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 117. " nytyKI cum priore verbo nVL^'IN*! elegantem paronomafiam ha- 
 bet." Lorinus. 7pini \J MSS. 
 
 118. Dn*D"in. Houb. renders it, *• Nam vana efi elatio eorum." And 
 Lovvth approves this fenfe. But our Bib. Verf. is not only literal, but 
 affords a very good fenfe, " For their deceit is falfliood." By which ex- 
 preffion the pfalmifl probably alludes to the Lex Talionis amongft the 
 Jews, and the apoftle might refer to this pafTage, 2 Theff. ii. 11, 
 where he fays, " that God fhould fend them ftrong ddujion that they 
 fhould believe a lye." See Durell alfo. But a friend propofmg Dni2"nn, 
 gives this fenfe, " for thou lifteft them up in vain." i. e. that thou 
 maycft cafl: them down again. ^♦i5inD 5 MSS. 
 
 119. mt^'n. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read ♦Dltr'n. But Hare, &c. 
 according to Aq. & Sym. with one MS. of great note more properly 
 natyn, " Thou ejleemejl all the wicked of the earth as drofs." *]»nny 
 21 MSS. 
 
 121. 'ptyivV 5 MSS. 
 
 122. nny may be confidered as the 3d perf. Pyh. " Thy fervant 
 is engaged, or add'iBed to good." See Jerem. xxx. 21. Then this line 
 anfwers to the firft of the former verfe. 
 
 ♦:i5tyv'. All the Verf. Houb. &c. with 31 MSS. 'Jipirr, which is 
 neceffary; and this line anfwers to the laft of the former verfe. See 
 verfe 89. ' ' ' - '. • 
 
 123. l'?^, " Mine eyes long for thy falvation." See Durell, and 
 2 Sam. xiii. 39. 
 
 124. Tpim 2 MSS. See verfe 25. 
 
 125. 7nny 23 MSS. 
 
 126. Adding with Hare, &c. DSt^a and reading with Vulg. Houb. 
 and one MS. niH' for mn^'7, the verfe may be divided thus, « It is time 
 to execute judgment— O Jehovah, they have broken thy law." See Gen. 
 xvii. 14. Hammond follows Ch. & Syr. " It is time to ivorPiip Je- 
 hovah." And for this fenfe a friend refers to Lev. xxii. 14. 
 
 4 C 127. The
 
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 127. The lad line being defedlive, and Syr. fupplying y\\2, per- 
 haps :n has been omitted, " and muc/i fine gold." See Pf. xix. 10. • 
 
 128. 6. Vulg. & JEth. as a friend obfervcs, read 7"np3 b^b p by. 
 Syr. probably reads TinnN* 7T1p3 Vd, ** Therefore I /ove all thy pre- 
 cepts." Which keeps up the antitheCs better, ** but I hate, &c." 
 Syr. 5c Ar. reading "jDl in the 3d place. .;:l ..j 
 
 129. Perhaps we (hould read »b}< at the end of the firil line, " Thy 
 teftimonies are wonderful unto me*" 
 
 130. *T-Q1. Syr. & Ar. with 25 MSS. read "1"I17, " The manifefta- 
 tion, or explanation of thy word giveth light." See 6. Gejerus, &c. al- 
 luding to the Urim and Thummim. I once thought that nnfl might 
 be written for nrfl, and that *]min might be wanting at the end of the 
 laft line, " Thy word enlighteneth the foolijfi — thy law giveth underiland- 
 ing unto the fimple." But it is obferved by a friend that Ch. fupplies 
 DOtrn, ** enlighteneth thofe that are in darknefs." Which reading 
 may alfo fupply the defe6t in the following line, for which purpofe 
 Hare, &c. read 'i»y, *« enlighteneth ot/«^ eyes." See Pf. xix. g. 
 
 131. nSNtyNV 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. with Hare, fupply mi. 
 See alfo our old verfion. But the word may be rendered according to our 
 Bib. Verf. " and panted" or perhaps, ** and /wallowed." Alluding to his 
 eagernefs. See Job v. 5. and Ezek. ii. 8. 
 
 132. 'nmN'? 3 MSS. 
 
 133. The conftrudbion requires Dbt^'. 
 
 134. pnVO 7 MSS. 
 
 135. ^Kn. Houb. more regular TKH. See Pf. xxxi. 17.. 
 
 1»pin 3 MSS. 
 
 136. by. 2 MSS. (one of which is of great note) read IK^K by ; but 
 as this makes the line too long, perhaps we fhould read HDIty for 1'lDtS^. 
 " for them that keep not thy law." And it is probable that 6. Ar. & 
 iEth. read the fame likewife, making it the part. Ben. fing. with the 
 affix pron, of the firfl perfon. Unlefs, as Seeker remarks, i(pu^i» is 
 
 written
 
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 written for £>Wai'; which the Collat. of the c. MSS. will difco- 
 ver. 
 
 137. IK?'!. 6. Syr. Ch. & JEih. read DHiy'lj which the metre, 
 as well as fenfe, requires. See Hare, &c. One MS. ']QSiVt^. 
 
 138. The difficulty of the conftrudion in the prefent text is gene- 
 rally allowed. See Poole, Lowth, 6cc. But as 4 MSS. read □'jiv*? 
 after I'Diy, or as 34 MSS. ^rmv, admitting Hare's metathefis, every 
 thing is fet right, " Thou haft commanded thy teftimonies Jbr ever — 
 they arc very right coufnefs and truth." i. e. moft righteous and true. 
 See Seeker. 
 
 139. There can be little doubt but we fhould read 'jrinOV. See 
 Pf. Ixxxviii. 17. 
 
 140. The metre of the laft line being defective, perhaps IJ^D has 
 been omitted, " Thy word is exceeding pure — and thy fervant lovcth 
 it very much." See verfe 1 67. Unlefs for ^^{D in the firft place we 
 might read t^KO, ** Thy word is tried ijoith the fire— zndiy &c." Al- 
 luding to Exod. xix. 18, See 6. Vulg. £c jEth. 
 
 141. TTipi) 52 MSS. Syr. adds % See our Verf. 
 
 142. The laft line being deficient, perhaps ^J;'7 is omitted, ** and 
 thy law is truth y^r ever." See verfe 25. Syr. reads TOiD\ or feme 
 fuch word for p^5». 
 
 143. Syr. reads *]»r)lVD% which feems right. See our Bib. Verf. 
 . 145. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. &; ;Eth. read 'n*?. "]»pin 4 MSS. 
 
 146. Another inftance of the Tetracolon. See verfe 89. Y^HV 
 24 MSS. 
 
 147. n"inb 53 MSS. See verfe 114, &c. 
 
 148. " T^he -watches." Ch. interprets '\\. oi both watches, the evening 
 and morning. Our verfions confine it to the night laatcheim Ham- 
 mond underftands it of the morning watches, which the former verfe 
 feems to favor. Dimoty}* 39 MSS. 
 
 149. See verfe 43 and 175, with 57 MSS. 'j'^n 49 MSS. 
 
 150. The
 
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 I 50. The antithefis between the two verbs is very well preferved in 
 our verfions. 'Sm 7 MSS. — 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. &; i^th. read iminoi, 
 *• but arc far, &;c." 
 
 151. The metre, as \\ell as fenfe, feems to require »V at the end 
 of the firft line, " Thou art near nnto me Jehovah." *' Illi prope funt, 
 fed tu mihi propior es." Gejer. &c. 
 
 152. "]»rnyD, or as 24 MSS. Yri"nVJ2. Syr. Hare, &c. rejecfl the iJ, 
 as redundant j and Green's verfion is, " I have long fince known, 
 '* that thou haft eftabliilied thy teftimonies for ever." A friend follow- 
 ing 6. renders the text, " I have long fince kxvownfrom thy teftimonies, 
 tliat thou haft founded them for ever." Seeker offers on*^D' for DmD% 
 " for thou Jlialt punijh them for ever." i. e. the perfons mentioned 
 verfe 150. which avoids the irregularity of the pronoun; but the 
 mafc. affix occurs again In verfe 167. 
 
 154. 'iTl. See verfe 25. One ant. MS. reads 'Jin, " he gracious 
 unto me according unto thy word." Which feems moft fuitable to the 
 context ; but one MS. probably reads with Syr. ^niONb'J, *' and be 
 gracious, &c." 
 
 M5- Tpin 5 MSS. 
 
 157. One MS. of good authority with Ar. reads the 1 at the be- 
 ginning of the 2d. line, *' but I declined not." ♦Din 5 MSS. 
 
 158. Dn:Q. 32 MSS. Dn:nn. 
 
 rmUlpDNI. The metre feems to require that we fl:!Ould omit n final. 
 See Pf. cxxxix. 21. 
 
 160. ti^Kl. 6. Vulg. Syr. & /Eth. with Hammond, Hare, &c. 
 " T^he beginning of thy word (or as 6. with one MS. of thy taords, as 
 a friend obferves) is truth." Vatablus, fee. fuppofe the D dropped on 
 account pf the fl^/w<^f//c<j/ order, " From the beginning" See our Verf. 
 Cocceius, &c. render it J'umma, " ^he 'whole of thy word is truth." 
 Jun. and Trem. with Lowth, i5cc. " Thy moft excellent word is 
 truth." See Merrick. Perhaps by a metathelis, " Thy word is the 
 
 excellency
 
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 excellency of truth." As containing the mofl interefling of all truths 
 the knowledge of the one true God. 
 
 IpT;: t3DE?/i:. ('. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & >Eth. with lo MSS. Hare, &c. 
 'DDtt'O, *' and all the judgments of thy right eonfnefs are for ever." Green 
 reads with one MS. pTV YDOtrO, " and all thy laws are right eoufnefs for 
 ever." But fee verfe 164. 
 
 160. " Princes, &c." " Magnates five Saulls, five Abfalomi." Muis. 
 
 161. inatlSI. Ch. with 55 MSS. "]-imD1, " hut my heart feareth 
 becaufe of thy word." Syr. he Ar. read Tim, " but my heart feareth 
 thy word." i. e. he was retrained thereby from doing them any hurt. 
 See I Sam. xxiv. 6. 
 
 162. ^^. 6. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. {yij^'K. Syr. ♦ntl'::'. But perhaps 
 we fhould read \i}yiJ, gaudiens fumt 
 
 163. "jnmn. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & Mt\\. with 9 MS. ^mim, which 
 the antithefis calls for, " but thy law, &c." < 
 
 165. Seeker with Marginal Verf. ** and they (hall have no ftumbling- 
 block." 'nniN*? 9 MSS. 
 
 167. DinNI. As the conflrucftion is here irregular, and the metre 
 defedlive, perhaps we fliould read n3n{<1, (13 being borrowed from 
 the following word) and fupply ypT\, " and loveth thj Jiatutes ex- 
 ceedingly." See verfe 152. 
 
 ynrw 23 MSS. 
 
 168. The Omniprefence of tlie Deity is the mofl forcible motive to 
 a virtuous upright conducft. 
 
 Tmiy 20 MSS. 
 
 169. If we read nin' at the beginning of the 2d line, which is 
 equally proper, this and the following verfe not only atibrd a beau- 
 tiful alternate tetracolon, but likewile a (Iriking homoioteleuton, which 
 our verfions have in fome meafure imitated. 
 
 171. njynn. Houb. reads rUV'^D, w'hich is its ufual form. 
 nbnn. Syr. reads "ibnn, *' thy praifc." Which feems better. 
 7pin 3 MSS. 
 
 4 D Perhaps
 
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 Perhaps rather, " for thou haft taught, t^c." See the next verfes. 
 J 72. ^jrn. Houb. more properly njyn. See verfe 42. 
 
 175. ':"l?y» -ODCi'CI. 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & iEth. read the words in 
 the plur. and 63 MSS. have Y^Stt'OI, and 32 'jniV' ; and as the noun 
 is generally read in the plur. this is probably the true reading. See 
 our old Verf. and verfe 43. 
 
 176. inN. 16 MSS. iniN. 
 
 " Oh Jeek thy fervant." Tbefe words make the firft line of Hare's 
 metre, and the laft of the Collat. too long; if therefore they are retained, 
 fliould not the verfe confift of three lines, inferting mn* at the begin- 
 ning of the 2d, " I have wandered here and there like a loft fheep — 
 O Jehovah feek thy fervant — for, &c. r" But perhaps they are only an 
 interpolation, as one very ant. MS. omits "piV, " I have wandered 
 here and there like a loft flieep — but I do not, &c." It is very ob- 
 fervable that not one of the ifiitia/ letters in this pfalm has been loft, 
 which ftiews how ufeful (he alphabetical o^d^x has been to the preferva- 
 tion of this moft excellent fyftem of religious, and moral precepts, for 
 2400 years, fuppofing it to have been written in the time of the Baby- 
 lonifli captivity; but much longer, if David was the author of it. And 
 this circumftance may account for the many feeming deficiencies at the 
 end of the lines, fuppofing the metre of Kennicott's collation be ad- 
 mitted. See Pref. For as Hare obferves, " fingula; Periodi in hoc pfalmo 
 duobus conftant verfibus, qui longitudine eadem fere funt ac alii." 
 
 P S A L M CXX. 
 
 THIS and the fourteen following pfalms are called fongs of degrees, 
 or a/cents. '* hoc eft, quas caneretur, cum populus in Hierofolymam 
 afcenderet ; nimirum vel ad fefta quotannis celebranda, vel turn cum e 
 captivitate Babylonica reverteretur." Lowth. See Calmet alfo. But 
 Gejerus, &c. fuppofe it to be a mufical term to denote the tone of voice 
 
 in
 
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 in which they were to be fang. See Patrick, and Pf. vi. " Hi pralini 
 fc dicuntur, quod a Levitis decantati effent in quindeclm gradibus. Sin- 
 guli pfalmi fingulis gradibus deftinati funt." Muis, Hammond, &:c. 
 
 V. I. The metre of the two firft verfes, according to Hare, and the 
 CoUat. feeming irregular, may they be divided thus, " In my diftrefs 
 I cried unto Jehovah — and he heard me : Jehovah delivered my foul — 
 from lying lips, &c. r" But fee Lowth's prel. Difl". on Il'ai. p. 26. 
 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c i^th. with 8 MSS. read xmb^\ See our Verf. 
 Patrick, &c. fuppofe thefe words to refer to Doeg. 
 
 3. The firft line of this verfe feems defedtive. Cloppenburgius and 
 others fuppofe D'n'7N, to be underftood, or wanting, " What {hall God 
 give unto thee?" But Hare, &c. read "ipt^ DSlJ'i which the former 
 line ftrongly fupports. 
 
 f)'D'. 50 MSS. have f]'DV more regularly, which confines the verbs to 
 the adive fenfe according to Ch. Syr. Ar. Lowth, &c. — Houb. &c. 
 with one MS. read after 6. Vulg. & JE\\\. P\DV, in Hoph. " What 
 {ball be given unto thee, t/iou lying lip ? — or what fhall be done unto- 
 thee, thou falfe tongue ?" 
 
 4. "TllJl, " The arrows of the Mighty one fharpened." This may be 
 meant of God. See Cocceius and Pf. Ixiv. 3, 7. which pafTages feem 
 with this to allude to the Lex Talionis. 
 
 D'/Sm ''711:1, " with cozh of Juniper." Which, as Vatablus and others 
 alfert, burn long and furious. Arias montanus, 8cc. " with coals of broom." 
 See Harmer's Obf. Vol. II. 426. Syr. " ■with. coolXs of the oak." 6. Vulg. 
 6c iEth. probably read D'^^n, ** cum carbonibus defolatoriis. But as 
 Ar. followed by our old Verf. renders the words burning coals, perhaps 
 it might read with a fmall alteration D'ann D'^jm. See Job xxxvii. xj. 
 Houb. reading 'hrt-ID for '*7n:i DV, gives the words this fenfe, '• The 
 arrows of the Mighty one are renewed — as the coals of the Juniper." 
 See his Verf. 
 
 5. H'W. Probably written for 'iK. See Calaf. Cone.
 
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 *T^"j. u. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 5c ^^ih. with Houb. &c. read nDt^a, " Woe 
 is ir.e, for my fojourning is prolonged.'^ And to the fame purport is 
 Bochart's fenfe of the word taken adverbially, •' T'or I have fojourned for 
 a long time." Gejerus, Hare, &c. read ^{^123, '* Woe is me, that I fo- 
 journ in Mefech." But Muis, &c. undcrftand it proverbially, as they 
 lay in French, •* demeurer et avoir affaire avec des Turcs & Arabes." 
 Some refer this and the following part of the verfe to i Sam. xxv. i. 
 
 6. 'Lr'D: nV. The firft word not being found in 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & 
 ^^th. perhaps the true reading is '{t^Qjn. One ant. MS. has ♦*?. 
 
 KJItt'. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. &• .'^th. with one very valuable MS. read 
 'KJIsy, " 'ivith them who hate peace." Which the metre and the following 
 verfe feem to call for. 
 
 7. Dl'ju. The abftract for the concrete, as in 1 Sam. xxv. 6. Ge- 
 jeru?. But two valuable MSS. read DlVkyb, and this anfwers better, as a 
 friend alfo obferves, to n-PlVjib in the next line j which being too fliort, 
 perhaps 1*2n may have been omitted from its likenefs to ncn, " I was 
 for peace, but when I fpoke — they Jlwuted for battle." See Pf. xlvi. 7. 
 Green reads ♦3> " When I fpeak of peace." 
 
 P S A L M CXXI. 
 
 mbvab. 7 MSS. have mbVJin, conformably to the other 14 pfalms. 
 The metre (hould be all long according to the latter part of the Col- 
 lat. ox Jhort according to Hare, which Lowth follows chieHy. Whe- 
 ther we mufl underfland David fpeaking here, or a perfon going up 
 to the feafls at Jerufalem, or on his return from the Babylonilh capti- 
 vity, bv the hills, or mountains are probably n.eant Zion and Moriah, 
 *' ubi Deus prxfens erat ad opem ferendam." Grotius, &c. who fup- 
 pofes alfo that David compofed it durijig AbfaJom\ rebellion. See Pf. 
 Ixxxvii. I. ex. 3. 
 
 V. I . Lowth
 
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 V. I. Lowth makes the King to fpeak in this and the following 
 verfe, whom he fuppofes to be before the ark, imploring the Divine 
 Aid. See Ptacledt. 30. 
 
 2. nmy 8 MSS. 
 
 3. In this and the following- verfes Lowth makes the high pried to 
 anfwer the king. 
 
 "JK 2d.— 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. with 18 MSS. have hii^, which 
 the connection, as well as the fhort metre, requires, " and he that 
 keepeth thee will not flumber." This and the three following verfes fa- 
 vor the opinion that this pfalm was compofed on the going up to the 
 Jeq/ls, or on the return from the captivity. See verfe 6. 
 
 inaiK^ 5 MSS. with 6. Syr. & Vulg. 
 
 4. noti'. Houb. reads with 67 MSS. "iDlty ; and from comparing 
 Hare's and Lowth's metre, might it not be better to reduce the four lines 
 into three, " Behold he neither flumbereth nor fleepeth — Jehovah t/ie 
 keeper of Ifrael, keepeth thee — Jehovah is thy fhade upon thy right hand ?" 
 
 6. n3D*' 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read ")n3', or ^mDN " non uret te." 
 But Ifai. xlix. 10. favors the text. See Deut. xxviii. 26, 6cc. 
 
 Hare's and Lowth's metre being defedive, and the fenfe imperfedl, 
 we muft either read with the former according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & 
 ^th. riT K*?! for ^'^♦^ ; or, as \h.tfmiting, or burning of the Moon feems 
 to be an improper expreflion, perhaps T^<♦ has been accidentally omitted, 
 " and the Moon JJiall give light by. night." See Ifai. Ix. 19. Which 
 fenfe the fuppofition in verfe 3 may countenance. 
 
 7. Hare, &c. connedt the firft word in the beginning of the next verfe 
 with the laft.line of this, " Jehovah (hall prefcrve thy foul." Several 
 MSS. have IIDli" here and in the next verfe. 
 
 -. 8. Lowth, &c. refer thefe words to the king's going forth to battle. 
 But they may be applicable to the prefervation of the Jews from their 
 enemies on their going to the feajis at Jerufalem. See Exod. xxxiv. 24. 
 
 4 E PSALM 
 
 .-J
 
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 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 IT is thought by fome that this pfalm was compofed by David, as the 
 title fets forth, for the ufe of the people going up to the feajis. See 
 Muis, &c. The metre of the Collat. is long, which is feldom ufed by 
 David, but here it feems preferable to Hare's, who, on account of the 
 metre, brings "nn' from the end of the 3d verfe, where it is fuppofed 
 to be redundant, " Let us go together to the Houfe of Jehovah — And 
 let us, &c." But fee verfe 3. 
 
 V. I. Dnown 9 MSS. 
 
 2. nnOIJ^ 15 MSS. " More literally Jlood, or are Jianding," Seeker, 
 who renders the firft verfe with 6. 6c Ch. ** I was glad amongst, or re- 
 joiced in thoje, 'who, &c." 
 
 3. mirwr. The jy is ufed for ntys*, Judg. vii. 12. and viii. 26. But 
 a friend obferves that the ufe of ^ for "il^K is a proof of the recentnefs 
 of the latter pfalms, where it occurs fo frequently ; and that it is uncer- 
 tain who was the author of the Book of Judges. Houb. reads with 
 
 13 MSS. nnninty. 
 
 nrv, feems to be better conne6ted with the following verfe ; efpe- 
 cially if for DK'Ly we might read D'K^ia?. See the next verfe, and Pf. 
 cxix. 162. 
 
 4. n*. Hare, &c. read mnS ** Rejoicing the tribes go up together, 
 the Tribes of Jehovah, the congregations of Ifrael," Who in full confi- 
 dence of the proteiflion of their eternal King, afl'embled from every 
 part of the land without any fear of moleftation. For this fenfe of 
 nny fee Houb. &c. 
 
 5. As the metre in the Collat. is probably too fliort in the laft line, 
 abiy ly may have been omitted, ♦• the Thrones of the Houfe of Da- 
 vid
 
 C~ 291 ]| 
 
 \\A for ever" See 2 Sam. vii. 16. But why thrones? " D'lc'it. t/irom 
 pro domo, Hvcfatnilia, &cc. in plur. vel, quod throni regales cum d.emor- 
 tuis Regibus combufti funt, tefte Maimonide." Gejerus. Rather per- 
 haps to denote the temporal kingdom of David, and the fpir'itual king- 
 dom of ChriJ}, his Son, which was to fucceed the former, and of which 
 there was to be no end. See Luke i. 32, 33. xxii. 30. 
 
 6. The addrefs of the high prieft perhaps to the people alTembled at 
 Jerufalem.' " In hoc verfu elegans eft paronomafia quatuor vocabulorum." 
 Lorinus. TnmK 5 MSS. And as in moft places there is MS. autho- 
 rity for it, this is probably the true reading. 
 
 .7. I'j'ni, ** within thy fortrefs" Probably the Tow^r of David mtn- 
 tioned Cant. iv. 4. See alfo 2 Sam. y, 9. 
 
 rvb\V. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & i^th. with ii MSS. T\'b^\ *' and tran- 
 quillity within thy palaces." This wifh was peculiarly proper, when they 
 were affembling to pay their homage to Jehovah their king. 
 
 8. NJ. Hare and others for the metre's fake remove this word into 
 the next verfe, but as it has a peculiar emphafis here, it may have been 
 omitted there, ** I will Jiow wifli thee profperity— I will ;;ow feek thy 
 good." All the verfions omit it in both places. Better perhaps mon 
 
 PSALM CXXIIL 
 
 LORINUS attributes this pfalra to David. Patrick afcribes it to 
 Jfaiah on Sennacherib's invafion. See 2 Chron. xxxii. 20. Muis and 
 others refer it to the time of the Babylonijh captivity, or that of Antio' 
 chus. The metre of the CoUat. feems moft eligible, and the title of a 
 Jong of a/cents does not feem to accord with the fubje(ft of it. But fee 
 Pf. cxx. i» 
 
 V. I. ^^^n.
 
 C 292 2 
 
 V. I. ♦nti'»n. One MS. has nti'Vn, which is probably the true reading. 
 See Pf. it. 4. Uftlefs, as 13 MSS. have »aB>Vn, we confider it as a Chal- 
 daij'm. • • ' t- s - 
 
 - 2. »J»V3 2d. Ch. Syr. 6c Ar. with 7 MS5. ♦yy31, " and as the eyes of 
 a maiden, &c." For the explanation of this phrafe fee Muis, and Har- 
 mer's Obf. Vol. II. p.i2j. ^ •• 
 
 3» IJVnt!', " For we- are fitted' with |fr<?j^ contempt." Caft. — Syr. 
 reads liva&S *' For -zf? /hJtM- heard much contempt." This may refer to 
 2 Chron. xxxii. Or to the infults of the Babylonians mentioned Pf. 
 
 cxxxvu. 3. 
 
 4. nil* Perhaps written for nm, and for 13tyfl3 H*? we fliould pro- 
 bably read liti'Sjn.. as one MS. omits rrV with all the verfions, adding 
 with another 7W7\* at the beginning to complete the metre of the Col- 
 lat. " O Jehovah, difgrace hath tilled our foul" Or ai 25 MSS. " our 
 fouls." The following words according to 6. & Vulg. are in apportion 
 *• The fcorn of thofe that are at eafe, the contempt of the proud." which 
 feems moft fuitablc to the luxury, and pride of the Babylonians. See 
 Ifai. xiv. 4. &c. 
 
 ^iaP3VN:i'7. Perhaps, in conformity with the other word, D'^VKiH; 
 which is chara<5leril\ic of the Babylonians. See Ifai. xiii. 11. Unlefs," 
 as the Keri reads D»JV »N:ib feparately, D':v D'NJirT might be better, 
 ♦• the contempt of the proud opprejjors." 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 ) ji asdirJlii A-jviHr 
 
 :-/ni ?' 
 
 .MUIS, &c* afcribe this pfalm to David, agreeably to the title, upon 
 hh x'l^ovy , ONtt Xht Ammonites, 2 Sam.' x.'-'Lbrinus and others re- 
 fer it:. tp the Babylon^ captivity; which verfe 7 ftrongly countenances; 
 and two MSS. (one of note) omit m'?. , * "
 
 C 293 ] 
 
 V. 3. »}K. Hare omits the ♦ here with one MS. but retains it in the 
 two next verfes. Houb. rejeils it in all three; and it would be better 
 to read uniformly j but the final ♦ favors of Chaldaifm ; and, as a friend 
 obferves, it is found no where elfe in this form. 
 
 4. "QV T]hm. " Omnino legendum in Hop/?. *l2Vn bnJ." Houb. 
 •* The flood would have been made to go, 6cc." But a friend obferves that 
 one MS. omits n in the firft word. 
 
 5. niy. Hare, &c. read with Syr. 1*iny, which is the beft method 
 of reftoring the grammatical conflruftion, " Then the proud waters had 
 gone, &c," 
 
 6. Perhaps Beljhaxzar might have meditated the total deftrudion of 
 the Jewifh people in his drunken fit. See Dan. v. 4. 
 
 7. See this probably foretold, Ifai. xiv. 4. and completed Dan. 
 V. 30. &c. 
 
 The metre appearing defedbive, l^nya may have been dropped from 
 the end of this line, through it's likenefs to the following word, " and 
 we are delivered y;-o/« our enemies y 
 
 8. 6. with 7 MSS. nti'lV. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 DEL ANY afcribes this pfalm to David upon his taking polTelfion 
 of Jerufalem ; but it feems equally adapted to the Ifraelites aflembling to- 
 gether at their annual feafts. The metre of the CoUat. is long. 
 
 V. 1. 6. Ar. &c. with 6 MSS. D'niDinn. 
 
 DbW*?. Syr. reads dViV*?!, " but abideth for ever." 
 
 2. n*? 2'2D. Sometimes the relative is ufed with the antecedent, but 
 Syr. reads linD, ** The mountains y«rr(?w;z^ Jerufalem —^W, or/tf, Je- 
 hovah, &c" See our old Verf. Syr. reads alfo :iy\D, or JJD in the 2d 
 place. •* More literally, t/ie mountains are — and the Lord is." Seeker. 
 
 4 F 3. Thefe
 
 C ^94 ] 
 
 3. Thefe words feem to imply that no foreign invader fl>oulc] take 
 poflefTion of the JevviOi territories, agreeable to that promife. Numb, 
 xxxiv. 24. See Cajetan, 6rc. 
 
 4. ni'DH confidered as the 3d perf. agrees better with what follows, 
 " Jehovah doeth good unto thofe, &c." nn'D'H 24 MSS. . 
 
 5. 6. Ar. 6c &th, with Houb. fapply by, " But as for thofe that 
 turn ahde unto their crooked ways." An eafy miftake from the fimili- 
 tude of the two following letters, ♦'^yia 13 MSS. 
 
 D"i'?ll', &c. Hare, &c. rejedl thefe words as fpurious. But as all the ver- 
 fions retain them, as 4 MSS. and two others perhaps, read with Syr. & 
 Ar. Dl'jB'l, and they feem requifite to the metre of the CoUat. they may 
 be authentic. 
 
 P S A L ISI CXXVI. 
 
 THIS pfalm was probably compofed by Ezra, or Nehemia/u See 
 Grotius, &c. 
 
 V. I. ny^ 8 MSS. with Pf. xiv. 7. and Seeker miu', or with one 
 MS. n':it^'. See verfe 4. 
 
 D'abniJ. 22 MSS. D':2bin3 more regular, " ns thofe that dream" 
 Their deliverance was fo great and unexpeded that they thought it a 
 mere vifion. A friend conjectures that 6. Vulg. 6c Ar. read D'CPlJO, 
 ui -rafaxtxhtyivoi. Ch. perhaps DTl'/nr, Jicut agroti. 
 
 2. n'jD'. " Obferva JK hie, ut alias, convertere fut. in prcef. Sic 
 et Exod. XV. I." Muis. See Ixix. 5. 
 
 4. r\y\\J Hiay be, as Houbigant makes it, the participle paffivci but 
 it may be alfo, which he feems not to allow, imperative Kal" Seeker, 
 See Numb. x. 36. A friend reads with one MS. ni'{i'» ** Bring back 
 again our captivity." i. e. " our captives, O Jehovah, to the South, 
 
 as 
 
 1
 
 [ 295 ]" 
 
 as is the courfe of the rivers, to wit, from Babylon which is fituated to 
 the North of JudcEa. The rivers Euphrates, Tygris, &c. run from the 
 North to the South towards the Sea." Should we not rather read n:!'n, 
 or ytu'r\ !* Durell makes it the nominat. cafe, and nS' the {\gn of the 
 genit. " T/ie turning of our captivity , Sec." Syr. probably reads :il1tl', 
 or Hty, " Jehovah hat/t turned again our captivity, as the torrents in the 
 South." Lowth thinks, ** that the image is taken from tlie torrents in 
 the deferts to the South of Judsea — The point of the comparifon feems 
 to be the return and renewal of thefe (not rivers, but) torrents, which 
 yearly leave their beds dry, but fill them again -, as the Jews had left 
 their country defolate, but now flowed again into it," 
 
 5. A proverbial exprefllon according to Muis, &c. But fee the next 
 verfe. 
 
 6. V^^tTi ^t:^!: K:^:, orNiyiJ, as feveral MSS. in both places. " Portans 
 traSfionemfeminis." i. e. " per Hypallagen.y^wf;; tta^ionis. h. e. femen e vafe 
 de coUo fufpenfo extrahendum, et in gyrum projiciendum." Pifcator, 
 &c. — Mudge, &c. " Bearing d f^V^ of feed. "^ " Tra£imn femifiis vocat, 
 propter fulci longitudinem, in quem femen tradlum fpargitur," Boch. 
 " Traham frumenti," Traha eft vas exiguaj molis. Abu. VValid in Hamm. 
 '♦ Parum feminis" Marian. See Poole. Houb. omits the frjl word, 
 rendering thus, •* drawing forth the feed." And Amos ix. 13. to which 
 Mr. Bradley refers, countenances this. But he queries, whether it 
 might not be ptyj3, " from afack ?" A friend with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 
 JEth. and one MS. omits ']ll?D. But if yirn may be confidered as 
 the partic. den. (for which fee Ifai. Iv. 10.) the Avords may bear this 
 conftrudion, " Thefower, who goeth on and weepeth, bearing the mea- 
 fure — fhall coine again with joy, bearing his Jheaves." 
 
 Several MSS. read Nn' KU, and 12 vmr.:VN. Our vcrfions add IDK, 
 " with him." But I do not know upon what authority, though it may 
 poflibly have been dropped from its likenefs to the latl letters of the for- 
 mer word. 
 
 Harmer
 
 L 296 ] 
 
 Harmer fuppofes thit the pfalmift here refers to the cuflom of the 
 Arabs plundering the hufbandman of his feed. See Vol. I. p. 87. 
 
 P S A L U CXXVII. 
 
 SOME afcribc this pfalm to David. Houb. &c. io Solomon accord- 
 inof to the title. Merrick fuppofes it to be a Cradle-hymn. Lorlnus, &c. 
 think it was compofed on the building of the fecorul temple, and D'n 
 may be underftood xarMox"' of the Hoiife of God. See Pf. cxxxiv. i. 
 Though 6. Syr. Ar. & ^th. omit 11, there feems to be an emphafis 
 in it according to Ch. " fruftra laborant tn ca architedli ejus." See 
 Seeker alfo. 
 
 V. I. Hare to fupply the defed in the 4th line of this verfe would 
 either add ^^pt^•, or read in the plural with others according to Syr. 
 & Ar. npty Dni:iu> ** T^he watchmen, &c." But perhaps according to 
 Vulg. riDK may have been loft from the end, ** If Jehovah keep not 
 the city — he that keepeth it watcheth in vain." — A beautiful tetracolon. 
 One MS. and another at firft, TjOtt'*. 
 
 2. This verfe may be well underftood of the afliduity of the Ifraelites 
 in rebuilding the temple and city of Jerufalem. The 2d line is pro- 
 bably too fhort ; perhaps DDn3JyC2 has been loft by fome accident 
 from its fimilitude to the word in the former line, *' and delay to 
 reft in your bed." 
 
 ♦bslkS 4 MSS. more regular. 
 
 p. The prefent Bifliop of Norwich, renders with Noldlus, " furely." 
 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with Hare and others, with 2 MSS. probably, 
 read O, "fir he, &c." Or as Seeker and Green, '♦ ivhereas." which 
 feems to be right. Our verfions have loth. " Membrum hie deeft." 
 Houb. , nn'V.
 
 [ 297 ] 
 
 nn»V. Houb. underftands this of Solomon, Eut 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar, 
 & /Eth. with 2 MSS. have yTTb in the plur. See Ifai. \x. 5, 
 KiKf. 4 MSS. nJtt', doubtlefs right. 
 
 3. The next objed was the repeopling of the land; which wholly 
 depended upon the Divine Bleffing. See Deut. xxviii. 4. 
 
 13{S>. Hare, &c. read nSK', " The fruit of the womb is his gift," In 
 confequencc of the firfl: bleffing apon mankind. Gen. i. 28. 
 
 4. OmVin 01, '* jilnjwcentutts." i. e. " In Juventute geniti." Grot. 
 8cc. " Juvenes." Pifc. &c. And this laft fenfe anfwers better to the next 
 verfe, where ■)i:i correfponds with ^yiy here. 
 
 5. See Pf. i. I, ^ 
 
 DK ift. 9 MSS. with Hare omit it, and for the fake of the metre it 
 may be rejedted, " luho hath filled his quiver with them." i. e. domum 
 Vatab. &c. 
 
 r\11^ ^2, *' hut they /fiall dejlroy, ^c" So Glaffius, Sec. But the ufual 
 fenfe of the verb feems here preferable, ** when they Jhall fpeak with their 
 enemies in the gate." i. e. In the defence of their private rights, or 
 thofe of the fiate. See Muis, &c. Merrick makes "iVK'n to fignify 
 ** in war." referring to Judges v. 8. and he obfcrves, from Du Halde, 
 that it is a common faying at this day in China, " when a fon is born, 
 that a bow and arrow are hung before the gate" 
 
 WO? 12 MSS. and6r D'l'N* 
 
 P S A L M CXXVIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm is naturally conneded with the preceding, and is a 
 moft beautiful Epithalamium. See Patrick, &c. 
 
 V. I. 6. Vulg. Ar. & Mi\\. read the verbs in the plur, But fee 
 Pf. i. I. "ibinn 16 MSS. 
 
 4.G 2. »3,
 
 [ 298 ] 
 
 2. O. 6. Ar. & JEih. omit this word, and it is not neceflary to the 
 fenfe j but Glafiius, &c. tranfpore it, ** Jhr thou flialt eat the labor, &c." 
 A metonymy of the caufe for the effedt. Here is a fudden change of per- 
 Ibns. 
 
 3. As it was, and is ftill, cuflomary in the Eaft to have feparate apart- 
 ments for the ivcmen, " in the fides of thy houje,'' niay as well refer to the 
 ivife, as to the vines. For the former fee Muis, Harmer, &c. Foe 
 the latter Patrick, &c. 
 
 *'. Round about thy tab'e.' Meaning the Olrie Plants, Patrick, &c, 
 Gejerus, Harmer, &;c. refer it to the children -, and fuch tranfpofitions 
 are frequent in the facred writings. 
 
 n'Tlfl 58 MSS. and 60 "hTs'^Zi. 
 
 4. '>^. ^^" ■ Surely thus." Durell, 6cc. But 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. 
 with 5 MSS. omit it. See our old Verf. 
 
 5. The iirft line feeming defedive, -j-^i may have been dropped from 
 the beginning of if, " Jehovah ihall furely blefs thee, &c." See Gen. 
 xxii. 18. &:c. All the Verf. read nX"in% both here and in the next 
 verfe, which feems to be right. Seeker following 6. Vulg. Syr. fie &xk\. 
 offers this fenfe of this and the next verfe, " ^he Lord blefs — and mayeji 
 thou fee — Tea mayefl thou fee — Peace upon Ifrael." 
 
 6. ** Peace upon Ifrael." Hare, &c. rejedt thefe words j but if they 
 are retained we fhould read with Syr. Ar. & Houb. Dl^tyi. See Pf. 
 cxxv. 5. and our Verf. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. ' 
 
 THIS pfalm might be compofed by Ezra^ or Nehemiah, for the 
 confolation of the Jews at the time that their enemies obftrufted the 
 rebuilding of the city and temple. 
 
 V. 1. 
 
 I
 
 C 299 ] 
 
 v. 1. From my youth." i. e. from the time I was In Egypt. See Muis. 
 Bill Bofluet carries it up to Abel. See Dr. Home, the prefent Bitliop 
 of Norwich. Syr. reads mi^ 12*1> " Creverunt oppre fores met." Sec 
 Ch. alfo. 
 
 2. One MS. reads mn"!, perhaps for 12'n. See verfe i. 
 
 3. Thefe words may refer to Exod. i. 11 — 14. 
 
 DDUVdV. S5 MSS. have. OD'^VOb, & 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 
 read the word in the fing. though they give different fenfes to it, Houb. 
 reading ♦:\.i for 'n:i, and Dm^VD DnV, puts this conftrudion upon the 
 words, " fupra tedium meiim molitiones clam fecerunt — in longum 
 duxerunt colloquia fua." But Seeker difapproves of this fenfe, and offers 
 this tranflation of the text, " They have prolonged their ajjiitl ions." That 
 is, the affliSlions canjed by them. As he obferves further, 6. probably 
 read D'yt^^nn for D'C'")!!; or as 11 MSS. DHyiin. more properly. 
 
 4. Hare and Edwards fupply the defedl in the metre of the firll: line 
 by reading pH'il *"ljn, " Jehovah, who is gracious, and righteous." 
 See Pf. cxvi. 4. Perhaps from the likenefs of b to p, which ends the 
 former word, and of rijfp to the next, nVpV may have been dropped 
 from the end, " Jehovah, who is righteous unto the end — hath cut afun- 
 der, &c." Alluding to the cords, wherewith the tafk-maflers fcourged 
 the Ifraelites; or to the deliverance from the BabyloniHi captivity. 
 
 5. In this part of the pfalm the Ifraelites are encouraged not to defift 
 from their undertaking. See Title. 
 
 ** All thofe that hate Zion — fliall be confounded and turned back" j 
 la;")!' 9 MSS. 6 imD'. and 9 '{^iia;. 
 
 6. ** Like the grafs upon the houfe tops." The houfes in the Eaft 
 having ^(2/ roofs, they might carry up their corn fometimes to dry 
 there, and fome of the fcattered grains falling into chinks, might take 
 root, but for want of foil and moifture, prefently wither away. See 
 Gejerus. 
 
 ^^
 
 [ 300 i 
 
 ^ibty njyipli.*. Houb. reads ^Vtyn DTpt:^; but perhaps nD^i5 is ufed 
 adverbially Ezra v. ir. which may prove that this pfalm was written 
 by /lif/i, or at leaft after the captivity. t)Viy may admit of different 
 fenfes. 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEth, with Hammond, &c. render it, ** ^? 
 plucked up." It being the cuftom fometimes when the corn was ripe 
 to pull it up by the roots. Ch. with Mudge, Lowth, &c. ** groweth 
 up-" or as Gejerus, " which withereth, before ;V appears in ear" See 
 Harmer, Vol. II. p. 462. 
 
 7. The laft line being defefblve, perhaps we fliould read liDV lOVD, it 
 being very common to add the verbal noun. See Gen. I. 11. Rather 
 with Pifc. Sec. " Neither he that bindeth up the {heaves, his arm" 
 
 8. The ufual fl^lutation of travellers Xa \}i\^ reapers. See Gejerus, &c. 
 Ruth ii. 4. 
 
 Dnayn. 6 MSS. OnniVn more regular. 
 
 P S A L M CXXX. 
 
 PATRICK and others afcribe this pfalm to David, either when 
 perfecuted by Said, or after his adultery with BathJJwba. Hammond, &c. 
 to fome perfon in the BabyloniJJi captivity, which the laft verfe favors. 
 
 V. I. If the long metre of the Collat. is adhered to, the two firft lines 
 might be reduced into one, efpecially if we omit »JTN ; for which 21 MSS. 
 read mnS which occafions an unneceflary repetition, *♦ Out of the depths 
 have I called unto thee ; O Jehovah, hear my voice 1" 
 
 3. ':iN n*. As 42 MSS. read mn* inftead of the laft word, perhaps 
 the firft fliould be omitted. 
 
 *lDiyn, or as 7 MSS. liatST). " Rigidam hie judicialemq. denotat de- 
 lidtorum obfervatloncm, & quafi confignationem, & fecundum omncs 
 circumftantias examinationem." Gejerus, — 'mv 5 MSS. 
 
 4. O.
 
 C 301 ] 
 
 4. *^, ** But there Is mercy with thee, therefore flialt thou be fearcJ, 
 or reverenced." Grotius, &c. 
 
 N-nn. 13 MSS. ^i^V^, and one Ed. Kn'D, which feems to be moft 
 regular. Ch. reads ns^in. Vulg. "jmiD- 6. & Ar. "iDC Houb. tranfpofing 
 the words in this and the following verfe, and reading with 6. Vulg. & 
 ^th. Tnnp for ♦nnp, gives this fenfe of them, " If thou haft laid up 
 iniquities with thee, f/iaf thou mayejl be feared, O Jehovah who fl^iil 
 ftand ? feeing there Is pardon with thee, / have waited for thee, O Je- 
 hovah." And it is obfervable, fays a friend who adopts this reading, 
 that none of the ant. verfions favor our tranflation. 
 
 5. ^n^\^. Perhaps better nmp, there being an elegance, as well as em- 
 phafis. In the repetition of the verb, " My foul hath earnejlly waited for 
 Jehovah, and I have hoped for his word." i. e. Perhaps for the ful- 
 filling of his promife. See Jerem. xxv. 12. 
 
 Houb. &c. read n'jmn, conneding it with the following words ; and 
 6. reading inm*?, & 2 MSS. "^nnbl, a friend gives this fenfe of the 
 words, ** expedavit anima mea, et in verbo tuo fperavit." 
 
 6. "ipnb Dnnty npi'? Dnatra. 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. with Hare,. 
 &c. for "ipn*? Dnaty read nb'^n ly, ** Anima mea expeiftat dominum 
 ab excubiis matutinis ufque ad noSlem." Hammond, 6cc. render the 
 words, " My foul waitelh for Jehovah every watch of the mortiing." 
 Houb. &c. read nnyb DnOtyV, " from the morning watch even until 
 the eicening watch." But there being an tllipfis of the verb, (unlefs we 
 read nbmn with Houb. 6rc. in the former verfe.) Green omits the two 
 laft words, and reads nmp at the beginning, " My foul waiteth for the' 
 Lord more ardently than thofe who watch for the appearance of the morn- 
 ing." Perhaps the true reading might be nplb DHOIl^'D m.-ti*'.2, '* My 
 foul watcheth for Jehovah, as thofe who watch for the morning." See 
 Jonah ii. 9. alluding either to the city guards, as Muis, or to the priejh, 
 as Patrick, 6cc. Seeker keeps to the prefent reading, pointing;, and 
 tranflation. 
 
 'jiK*?. 41 MSS. rwiyh, 4 Dn!:iJrD, and 5 CDnSltT. 
 
 4 H 7. The
 
 [ 302 ] 
 
 7. The firfl: line of this verfe according to the metre of the Collat. be- 
 ing defective, might we fupply the defeat according to the laft 
 line of the next pfalm, ** Let Ifracl hope in Jehovah from henceforth 
 and for ever?" See Pf. cxxxi. 3. 
 
 8. Hare would either rejefl this verfe, or fupply V2V DH, ** And he (hall 
 redeem his peopU Ifrael from all their fins." But as the metre of the Collat^ 
 does not require this addition, and there does not feem fufficient reafon 
 for rejecting it, perhaps for vniJIV we might read IDUV, ** And he fhall 
 redeem Ihael from all his affli^ion" I. e. The Babylonijh captivity. See 
 Pf. xxii. 24. cxxxii. I. 
 
 P S A L M CXXXI. 
 
 DAVID compofed this pfalm, as Patrick and others fuppofc, in con- 
 fequence of Saul's invidious fufpicions, \ Sam. xviii. 8. Perhaps rather, 
 if he wrote it, of his eldeft brother's rebuke, ch. xvii. 28. The whole 
 hiftory of David fhews that he did not afpire to the kingdom through 
 ambitious views. See i Sam. xx. 8. 
 
 V. I. mbn."\i 29 MSS. 
 
 2. Hare, &c. rejedl the three laft words of this verfe as a faulty re- 
 petition. Houb. followed by Lowth, reads nS^QJ for 'tyW, " like a 
 a weaned child upon her breajl." An unufual fenfe of the word. With- 
 out repeating therefore other fenfes of the words (fee Poole, &c.) giving 
 N*? DK the interrogative fenfe, reading with Seeker according to 6. 
 Vulg. Syr. Ar. & iEth. 'mni^ for ♦nntt^, and with a fmall alteration 
 Ijy for >V in the 2d place, which has occafioned the greateft difficulty, 
 the whole may be rendered thus, " Have I not humbled^ and kept my 
 foul in faience r — As a child that is weaned of his mother, my foul is 
 humble as a weaned child." Mr. Bradley reading "jiv for ''py in both 
 
 places
 
 C 303 ] 
 
 places gives this conf^rudlion, ** As an infant whom his mother has 
 <weaned, as an infant who is weaned is my foul." i. e. innocents 
 
 bV2'\'2 many MSS. in both places. Sec Ifai. xxviii. 9. 
 
 3. This verfe feems improperly placed here. See Hare, Sec. and Pf. 
 
 GXXX. 7. 
 
 ...i . ; daidw ,r<: 
 
 .not AW.o ;nlf»m ?;; 
 
 PSALM CXXXIL 
 
 PATRICK, &c. afcribe this pfalm to Solo^on'.'Yo(i[m^, &c. to David; 
 and if confidered as a continuation of the former, this exclamation na- 
 turally follows what had been faid in verfe 2. 
 
 V. I. DK. All the verfions with one MS. read riNI, tf«/'all his afflic- 
 tion." Or as Patrick, &c. according to 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^Eth. 
 ** and all his humility.'* See Pf. cxxxi. 2. Hare makes it a prepofi- 
 tion, ** with all &c." Mudge approved by Seeker renders, " Re- 
 member to David all &c." 
 
 2. ^tTK, " Who fware, &c." Syr. And this oath might be made, when 
 the ark was with Obed-Edom, from which God abfolved him by the 
 Prophet, 2 Sam. vit. 5 — 13. But fee verfe 5. 
 
 *nJ. Syr. & Ar. with Hare m^i, '< a?2d vowed." Vulg. & Mih, re- 
 peat the word, •* He "vowed a vozv unto the Mighty One of Jacob." 
 Which. Periphrafis for Jehovah occurs Gen. xlix. 24. and might be 
 here ufed, as Muis obferves from Kimchi, ♦* quod domus Santfluarii, 
 five templi, Jacoboin fomno vifa eflet. Gen. xxviii. 17." Or as allud- 
 ing, according to Houb. to Gen, xxxii. 24. who fupplles b^, *' to the 
 Mighty God of Jacob." 
 
 From *<»2K and y2'2i, which are fynonymous, came the Cabiri or the 
 great Gods of the Grecians, and the Abiry of the Druids. See Thef. 
 Antiq. Roman. Tom. v. p. 760. Bryant's Myth. Vol. II. p. 473. and 
 Cooke's Patriarchal and Druidlcal Rellg. 
 
 Q. Here
 
 C 304 ] 
 
 3. Here is a beautiful Anaphora in the three firlV lines of this and the 
 following verfe, that gives likewife an emphafjs tb the expreffions, which 
 Gla/Tius, &c, fuppofe to be hyperbolical ; but Kirjath-jearim being fo 
 near to Jerufalem, the bringing up the Ark thence might be performed in 
 the courfe of a day. See Seeker, Nii^S 13 MSS. 
 
 4. ^QVDyb. 6. Vulg. & j^th. 'tJVSVbl, which the conftruaion, as well 
 as metre calls for, " or flumber &c." 
 
 5. mJ^t^'^. " Enallage numeri." fiochart. See. But as all the 
 verfions have the fing. they probably read DJDU'JD with n final, or 
 ]2Z*0Tlt i unlefs the noun may be feminine in the fing. as well as the 
 plur; and then there will be an antecedent to the following fern, affixes. 
 " Mudge feems rightly to tranflate, " the place of t/ie Lore/, or Jeho- 
 vah, &c." For the pfalm exprefies in the next verfes, firft his hearing 
 news of the, ark, and then his aftual finding it at Kirjath-jearim, i Chron. 
 xiii. 5, 6. which was the completion of his vow. b frequently fignifies,- 
 0/'." Seeker. 
 
 6. mjJ'Ciy. All the Verf. have the fem. affix, and Pifcator refers it 
 to yna, which he fuppofes to be underftood in verfe 5, " for tke Ark 
 of Jehovah." But fee verfe 5. Hieron. &:c. read the verbs with the 
 mafc. affix in, naking the place the antecedent. Rather perhaps ac- 
 cording to Houb. Jehovah, who accompanied the Ark, (See verfes 7, 8.) 
 '* Behold we heard of him at Ephratah." i. e. '* Silo, ubi area diu 
 manfit, in Ephrata:a regione." Junius, 6cc. " Ephrata proprie ell 
 Bethlehem; fed hie accipitur pro tota regione Ephratsa, qu^e extendebatur 
 a Bethlehem Hierofolymam." Tirinus, &c. 
 
 n^l. .24 MSS. read mt^'a, " We found him in the territory of Jear." 
 i. e. at Kirjath-jearim. 
 
 7. Junius, &:c. refer this to the Houfe of Obed-Edom, See verfe 5. 
 Muis, &c. to the temple of Solomon. But why not to the tabernacle 
 which Da'-cid eredled ? 
 
 DnnV 67 MSS. ^,o,Q bojj 
 
 8. " Arife,
 
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 B. ♦' /irife, 'Jehovah, Sec." The ufual expredicn on the removal 
 of the Ark to any different place. See Numb. x. 35. 
 
 y^y 7 MSS. " The Ark of thy Jlrength," h, e. " Omnipotentla; tuae 
 fymboluni." Gejer. See 2 Chron. vi. 41. 
 
 9. ** With right eoufnefs" Alluding to the priefts garments, Exod. 
 xxviii. 2. 
 
 The metre of the laft line being defecftive, we fhould read with 
 9 MSS. and as in the parallel place verfe 16. lJi1» p"^, " and let thy 
 faints fiout aloud for joy." i. e. The Levites, whofe office it was. See 
 Spencer, 6cc. 
 
 ID. " Of thine Anointed" may be fynonymous to thy fervant, and both 
 may be fpoken of David. One MS. TH, as it is written through the 
 firft Book of Chron. 
 
 11. nOK. Gejerus reads with Ch. Syr. & iEth. DIDND, which the 
 conftrudtion requires, " in Truth." 
 
 ** Of the fruit of thy body will I fet upon thy throne." Ch, fupplies 
 the ellipfis by reading *]bD, " will I fet a King, 6cc." But perhaps 
 for *]V we fliould read "jbo, " of the fruit of thy body will I fet a King 
 upon the Throne." Which may refer in the firft place to Solomon, (See 
 2 Sam. vii. 12.) but was fully completed in Jefus. See Ails ii. 30. 
 Though Calovius and others make this promife to rtlzicfolely to Chrift. 
 
 12. ^mv^' 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & iEth. with 45 MSS. have ^nnw 
 ** and my teftimonies." The pronoun it may have the plur. fenfe as well 
 as ni. See Job. xix. 19. 
 
 " For evermore." The temporal kingdom of David continued in the 
 line of David till the birth of Chrift, when the j^/VvVw^/ kingdom com- 
 menced in the perfon of this Son of David, of which there lliall be no 
 end. See Luke i. 32, 33. and PIfcator. 
 
 13. It might have been revealed to David by Jehovah that Zion fhould 
 be hX^ fettled refidence in future, which determined David to build a mag- 
 nificent temple inftead of the tabernacle. See verfe 2. and 2 Sam. vii. 2. 
 
 4 I niN.
 
 [ 3o6 ] 
 
 mK. As all the verfions have the pronoun, n muft be con fide red ac- 
 cording to Houb. as thcfcm. affix agreeing with Zion. See PC cxii. lo. 
 Or nriN, according to the Ch. being dropped through the fimilitude of the 
 letters, may be fupplied after the verb, which the metre feems to want, 
 " He hath defired />, &c." 
 
 14. This declaration of Jehovah might be pronounced at the time 
 that David brought the Ark, the fymbol of the Divine Pretence, into the 
 tabernacle. See i Chron. vi. 31. xvi. i. 
 
 n^DMi. S7 MS3. more regular ^'n'^^?. See Ifai. xxvi. 9. Jcrem. 
 xvii. 16. 
 
 15. nT5f. Houb. reads nniy, I will furely blefs hsr princes." Mr. 
 Bradley reads n'Ti* to the fame purport. Seeker fupports the text from 
 Neh. xiii. 15. But as Ch. reads the particip. in piel inftead of the in- 
 finit. perhaps, we might read ^inD Ty, " Bkjfing I will blefs the city" 
 
 16. n':nDl. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 8 MSB. rviXX^, nor does 
 the fenfe, or metre, feem to require the copulative, " / will cloath her 
 priefts with health." Rather, ivith Jahation. Alluding to Exod. 
 xxiv. 24. — " And her faints." See v. 9. ■ 
 
 17. " The Horn." This was an emblem of regal power. 
 
 . "):, " A lampt or candle." which Solomon is exprefsly called I Kings 
 xi. 36. But this title more peculiarly belongs to that Son of David, who 
 is ^z bright and morning ft ar. See Rev. xxii. 16. Or may we read 
 "Ifj, " I have prepared a Crown for mine anointed f " See the next 
 verfe. 
 
 18. Vl'K 32 MSS. This received its completion in fome meafure 
 2 Sam. XX. 36 — 43, but has been and •will be more eminently fulfilled 
 in that King of Ifrael, whofe kingdom fhall have no end. " 6. legerunt 
 ntJ TO ayla(TiM ixH, ct fignificatloncm fumpferunt a "itj, quod eft, feparare 
 fe ab aliis religione aut voto, iicque fe quodammodo fandtificare." Muis. 
 And a friend propofes thefe queries, '* whether this pafl'age relates to the 
 Mejjiah ? and whether Jefus may hence be called a Nazarcean^ fubmitting 
 
 this
 
 I 
 
 [ 307 ] 
 
 this confrrudtion of the laR words to confidcration, vbvi, ajid from him, 
 (i. e, fprung from David) a Nazarsan fluall flourifh ?" 
 
 PSALM CXXXIII. 
 
 THIS pfalm being probably compofed by fome perfon on the Ifraelites 
 aflembling themfelves together at Jerufalem on their feftivals might be 
 properly ftiled, A Jong of af cents. See Pf. cxx. Mudge, and Lowth's Prte- 
 Icdl. 25. Patrick, &c. fuppofe it rather to be written by David on the 
 conclufion of Abfalom's rebellion. 
 
 V. I. Syr, omits n:n, with 5 MSS. " How good, &c." Hare, &c. 
 omit the 2d nO with one MS. " Behold how good and pleafant it is, &c." 
 ID:i is fuppofed to have an emphafis here. See Muis. But a friend ob- 
 fervcs, 2 MSS. (one of them very ant.) omit it, with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & 
 iEth. 
 
 2. y\^T[- " n fuperlativum fignificat." Gejerus. And the ointment 
 ufed for the undlion of the High Priejl was made of the moft odorife- 
 rous and coftly herbs. See Exod. xxx. 23, 30. It is probable alfo that 
 it was this kind of ointment, with which Mary anointed the Blefled Je- 
 fus, as emblematical of, and preparatory to, his entrance on his Priejlly 
 office by the offering of his body once for all. 
 
 T1». Hare, &c. read ITtT. Houb. "nvty. And ^ might be dropped, 
 the laft word ending with it. 21 MSS. read TiV, and 18. *7")Vti'. See 
 alfo the next line. 
 
 'J3 bVt " to the collar of his garments." See Exod. xxxix. 23. Muis, 
 Patrick, &c. 
 
 3. This verfe has been truly the crux criticorum. Eufebius, &c. as 
 Lorinus obferves, fuppofe the dew to be carried by the wind from Her- 
 man to Zion, but this being improbable, Grotius, Houb. &c. read |}<»jy 
 for p% making that and Hermon to be the fame, according to Deut. 
 iv. 48. Seeker, &c. confider p»5f as an appellative, " As the dew of 
 
 Hermon,
 
 [ 308 ] 
 
 Hermon, that defcendeth upon the dry hills." See Ifai. xxv. 5. Glaf- 
 fius, Lowth, &c. fuppofe an ellipfis of \ or D, before i"|'ty j and a friend 
 obferves, that as feveral MSS. read "rnviy, T may have been tranfpofed 
 from the beginning to the middle of the word, " As the dew of Hermon, 
 and that which fell upon the hill of Sion," Gejerus, &c. fuppofe an ellipfis 
 alfo of the word btD, " and the dew, which fell, &c." See Lowth on Pf. 
 ex. 3. But perhaps pann may be written for \\^r\r\, copia, and by an 
 Hebraifm the words may bear this fenfe, " As the copious dew, which 
 defcendeth upon the mountains of Zion." See Pf. Ixxxvii. i. i Kings 
 xviii. 41. There is a peculiar beauty in comparing the Ifraelites aflem- 
 bled on Mount Zion to the niimberkfs drops of dew that fall down upon 
 it. See Pf. ex. 3. 
 
 Dtl', " For there, &c." This word, as Lowth obferves, neceflari4y 
 refers to Zion, which is a very ftrong objedtion to feveral interpretations 
 of the former part of the verfe. But fee Tirinus, Seeker, &c. 
 
 D»»n. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with one very ant. MS. CD«m, " and Life for 
 evermore." 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 AS Lyranus obferves, this pfalm may be only a continuation of the 
 former, and the Frieji may addrefs the Levites rn the two firft verfes. "Or 
 one company of the Levites the other according to Lowth, who remarks 
 '• that this pfalm is nothing more than the alternate cry of two difterent 
 divifions of the temple watch. The firft watch addreffes the fegond, re- 
 minding them of their duty: the fecond anfwers by a folemU bleffing : 
 the addrefs and the anfwer feem both to be a fet form, which .each 
 divifion proclaimed, or fung aloud at ftated intervals, to notify the time 
 of night." Notes on Ifai. p. 263. 
 
 V. I . Syr. omits n:n, and perhaps rightly. DHDW 9 MSS. 
 
 2. All the verfions with Houb. and 35 MSS. readOD'T, your hands.
 
 I 
 
 [ 309 ] 
 
 Wlp. 6. Syr. Ar. with Houb. &c, t^niA " fo the lanAuary." 
 Perhaps with n local. riUnp. Hare, &c. read Ili^Tp, "to his fanSiuary," 
 and fupply Dty for the fake of the metre, " and blefs the name of Je- 
 hovah." But the long metre of the CoUat. if admitted, renders this un- 
 neceflary. 
 
 3. Here the Levites anfwer the prieft, or one company the other. Sec 
 above. Perhaps rather, " in Zion." See Pf. cxxxv. 21. and Joel iii. 21. 
 
 ni^iy 6. with 9 MSS. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 PATRICK, &c. fuppofe, that this pfalm was compofed on fome 
 very remarkable deliverance of the Ifraelites from their enemies ; but 
 the fubjedt of it feems peculiarly adapted to the celebration of their 
 annual feftivals, in which It was highly proper for them to recite the 
 mercies vouchfafed to them from the "Exod to fettling them in the Land 
 of Canaan, and it might have been compofed for the ufe of the temple 
 on thefe folemn occafions. But fee verfc 9. 
 
 ib'jn 2d. perhaps, " praife //, or him, O ye fervants of Jehovah." 
 See our verfions, and Pf. ii. 12. 
 
 3. rr iVjn. One MS. omits the laft word; but another appearing to 
 have read a third letter, and Syr. omitting Jehovah at the end, the true 
 reading may have been mn' in the firft place, and mn in the 2d. accord-, 
 ing to Syr. ** Praife ye Jehovah ; for he is gooi^.^ 
 
 4. 'JKIiy'. Syr. Ar. & .^th. with our Verf. VN^trn, which the metre 
 feems to want; and as O feems redundant at the beginning of the next 
 verfe perhaps it may be written for np', which might end .this, and hath 
 taken Ifrael, &c." For H' read mn*. See Pf. IxxxI.y. 9. 
 
 5. ON O. Hare omits the laft word as repugnant to the metre ; but 
 in this place it appears to be emphatical. See verfe 4. 
 
 4 K iriHNT
 
 C 3iO ] 
 
 WinNI 20 MSS. which fcems to be the true reading. See Jolli. iii. 
 Ti, 13. Ifai. i. 24. &c. 
 
 6. Vdi. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. 6c ^th. with 23 MSS. Houb. &c. "jDni, 
 *' and in all deep places." See Lowth's Pre). DilT. on Ifai, p. 23. 
 
 7. Jeremiah might borrow thei'e words from the pfalmift. See ch. x. 
 13. and Grotius. CX'LIO 58 MS. 
 
 113D'7i ** w;V/i the rain." h bearing this fenfe. Gen. xlvi. 26. See 
 Gejerus ; who obfcrves, " inter mira Dei opera merito hoc refertur, duo 
 adeo contraria elementa fociari." And the pfalmift probably alludes to 
 Exod. ix. 23. 
 
 KilO. 3 MSS. K'2f10. See Calaf. Cone, 
 
 " Cut of his treafures." " Reliqua tria elementa, ignis, aqua, terra, 
 oculis cernuntur; non vero aer aereique vend, qui ideo reconditi dicu.n- 
 tur." Gejer. 
 
 8. ^y. 36 MSS. nyi, " from man even unto beaft." See Syr. Vulg. 
 & Ar. But one MS. tranfpofes this and the following verfe, which 
 feems to be their natural order. 
 
 9. As 42 MSS. read nms*, and 24. mms*, this is probably the true 
 reading. 
 
 D'DflDV Houb. with 35 MSS. D'HSiai. See Calaf. Cone. 
 
 'D3inn. Perhaps pS* IDIDl, " in the midft of thee, O thou Land oi 
 Egypt." Though there is no other authority for it but our old Verf. 
 and the feeming deficiency of the metre. See Exod. from ch. iv. to ch. 
 xi. But if this be a Chaldaifm, as Gejerus fiippofes, (See verfe 10. 
 and Pf. cxxii. 3.) the date of the Pf. muft be brought to a lower period. 
 
 11. naNH. 10 MSS. mDKn> and fron> Ch. with the other verfions, 
 one may conclude that this is the true reading, which one very ant. MS. 
 has preferved Gen. xv. 16. 
 
 «* And all the kingdoms of Canaan." i. e. 31. See Jofh. xii. 
 
 12. nbn: ift. 5 MSS. n'jm'?. See Pf. cxxxvi. 21. 
 i;5. Many MSS. nm Tn"?. 
 
 ^ 14* ** For
 
 C 311 3 
 
 14. " For Jehovah ivUl avenge his people." So the word Hrauld' 
 be rendered here, and Deut. xxxii. 36. whence this verfe is taken. See 
 Hammond, &c, 
 
 1^. See Pf. cxv. 4, &,c. This and the three following verfes contain 
 a mofl- farcaftical defcription of the idols oi Egypt znd Canaan ; which 
 could not preferve their votaries from deftrudtion. See Deut. xxix. 17. 
 
 17. One MS. reads here as in Pf. cxv. 6. and fupplies verfe 7, which 
 fee. 
 
 i8. DH'tyy. 24 MSS. have DH'^y. 
 
 ^0' 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. JEth. with 12 MSS. b2\ " and tv try one, &c." 
 
 19. Patrick concludes that this and Pf. cxv. were written by the fame 
 perfon on different occafions, the one in a time of diflrefs, the other 
 when it was over ; which gave rife to the variation of the expreffion. 
 But fee verfe i. 
 
 21. ]V5fO. See Pf. cxxxiv. 3. 
 
 pSJ'. 23 MSS. pliy, part. Ben. " dwelling at Jerufalem." 
 
 n» ibbn. 6. Vulg. y^th. Hammond, &c. connect thefe words with- 
 the next Pf. which wants a title. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVI. 
 
 THE argument of this pfalm fo nearly correfponds with that of the 
 former, that it was probably wrote in imitation of that for one of the 
 three great feftivals, with this difference only that an Intercalary verfe, or 
 chorus, is repeated after every hemiftich, and makes, as Lowth obferves, 
 perpetuam torojJw. Lorinus thinks that the latter part of the pfalm has 
 refpedl to the Bahylomjh captivity. It abounds in anaphoras, and alli- 
 terations, and it is obfervable that not one letter of the Intercalary 
 verfe has failed through the whole pfalm. 
 
 V. 2.
 
 C 312 } 
 
 % 2. Jehovah Is fuperlor to all the Gods of the Heathen. See 
 Exod. xviii. 1 1. 
 
 3. ♦J^^**7 "9 MSS. CD'JnKn 10 MSS. See Pf. cxxxv. 5. 
 
 The government of the Jewifh people being a Theocracy, (See i Sam, 
 xiL 12.) Jehovah's fupremacy over all the kings of the earth is here 
 aflerted, and as Lorinus obferves, •* hue forfitan allufit Johannes, appel- 
 lans Chriftum, xegcm regum, ct dominum dominorum." 
 
 4. ntl'yb. 6. with 15 MSS. ntyiV*?, part. Ben. Xyhvx 27 MSS. A 
 beautiful afyndeton in the fix following verfcs. 
 
 5. The formation of the Heavenly Bodies feems to call for a peculiar 
 exertion of wifdom. See Pf. viii. 3. Houb. fuppofes the prep. 3 to 
 have a fuperlative fenfe here. See Pf. Iv. 19. Seeker renders it, in. 
 
 nmyb i8 MSS. 
 
 6. b>', juxta, ** near the waters." Gejerus. Rather, "together 
 with the waters." See Taylor's Cone. 
 
 7. nirivb 24 MSS,. and 41 D'bn.l. 
 
 9. The metre of this verfe, according to the Cpllat, being too long, 
 and that of Hare, &c. dillbnant to the reft of the pfalm, which made 
 Hare himfelf fufpeft that nVbl mbt^ao'7 was an interpolation, it is pro- 
 bable that, mention being made of great lights in the former verfe, 
 DOD131 is an interpolation, ♦• the Moon to rule the night" See Gen. 
 i. 16. 
 
 mbli'S^V. All the Vcrf. Houb. &c. with i6 MSS. nVtl'Oi:':. See 
 verfe 8. and Gen. i. 16. 
 
 10. •* To him, who fmote the Egyptians with their firft born," The 
 plur. affix requires this verfion. See Gen. xliii. 32. 
 
 1 1 . NVVV N'i'Vl would be more regular. See Calaf. Cone. 
 13. in*?. 6. with 33 MSS. imb. 
 
 *' Into parts." Our old Verf. better, " into tivo parts." See Exod. 
 xiv. 22. and Gen. xv. 17. But the antient Jews had a notion that the 
 Tea was divided into tivehe parts according to the number of the tribes. 
 See Muis. 17. D'*:n.l
 
 [ 3^3 J 
 17. to'bni 42 MSS. 
 i8. iv^n'i s MSS. 
 
 19. mOKH 9 MSS. See Pf. cxxxv. ix. 
 
 21. " TAwr hand" This feems to make agalnft the fuppofition that 
 the Ifraelites had a prior right to the Land of Canaan. See Pf. 
 Ixxviii. 55. 
 
 23, 24. As thefc I'crfes feem to have a reference to feme later deli- 
 verance than that from Egyptian bondage, perhaps it might be the re- 
 demption from the Babylonijli captivity, and Ezra or Nehemiah might bor- 
 row from the former pfalm, and make this addition to it. See verfe i. 
 
 'JJp'lD'l, ** et tripuit nos." " Violenter, dilaceratis vinculis,. clauftris, &c." 
 Gejerus. A word very expreflive of the forcible refcue of the Ifraelites 
 by the fudden conquefts of Cyrus. 
 
 25. |m. 27 MSS. with 6. read ^mi, " ivho is the giver, &c." But 
 the proper place of this verfe feems to be after verfe 9, as the Sun and 
 Moon are the grand inftruments of vegetation. 
 
 26. Vk*?. The metre feems to require ♦n'7{<'7. The firfl verfe of Pf. 
 xxxiii. is found in 2 MSS. between the end of this pfalm and the begin- 
 ning of the next. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVU. 
 
 NOTWITHSTANDING this pialm bears the title of David in 
 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. it was compofed by feme perfon during the 
 captivity according to Patrick, &c. Or upon the return from it; as 
 Muis, &c. 
 
 V. I. DYinj, " By the rivers of Babylon, &c." The river £«- 
 phrates in the neighbourhood of the city might be divided into feveral 
 branches, one of which ran through the midft of it. See Prid. Connedt. 
 
 4 L Or
 
 [ 314 ] 
 
 Or there might be feveral cuts made from it to water the diiferent parts 
 of the city. See Bryant. {. 
 
 " We fat down." " Sitting on the ground was a pofture that denoted 
 mourning and deep diftrefs. See Lam. ii. 8." Lowth's Notes on Ifai, 
 
 P- 39- 
 
 2. rOID-, " in the rr.idjl thereof." i. e. of Babylon: and the willows 
 
 might be planted on e.-ich fide of the flream by way of ornament. 
 
 " Our harps" Perhaps the conquerors obliged the Levites to carry 
 their harps to Babylon in derifion of Je/wvah their king. For other rea- 
 fons fee Poole. 
 
 IJ'mniD. This is the only place, where the ifl i appears in the plur. 
 but as it is only once wanting in the fing. and 23 MSS. read lymiJD, 
 that is probably the true reading ; or rather with 2 MSS. iymTJ'3. 
 See alfo MSS. 30, 39, and 245. -• --• 
 
 3, lybVim. Hare, &c. read I^Vn, as in the preceding verfe with 
 r)n::ti'% " We hung them up, for there. Sec." But this tranfpofition 
 has no .authority. Others make it the noun from the fame, verb, 
 " in the fitfpenfiony or hanging up, of our harps." Durell fetching the 
 fenfe from Ar. renders it, " they that laid heaps upon us ; or following 
 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. fie iEth. is inclined to read IJO'^iin. Rather UO'biai. 
 Mudge, &c. after De Dieu fuppofe that by a Chaldaifm C? is changed 
 into n, *' and they that fpoiled us." Ch. favors this reading. Houb. 
 derives it from '^n, Ar. vincire, or from Samar. kVd, " et qui nos afpor- 
 tarunt." Muis from bV', ejulare. See Durell alfo. Others from ^bT\, 
 " and they that were mad upon us." See Pf. cii. 8. Perhaps wc fhould read 
 "li'bbim, " and they that pierced, or wounded us, in joy (faid) ^»^ us the 
 
 fong of Zion." Alluding to their cruel and infolent treatment of, and 
 triumph over them. See MS. 245. and Jerem. 11. 51, ^2. 
 
 Tiya. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & jEth. n'lra, " out of the fongs." " 
 denotat canticum feledlum & eximium. Vid. Pf. xxviii. 7." Gejer. 
 Perhaps tSTI is the true reading. See verfe 4. 
 
 4. " The
 
 C .3'5 3 
 
 4. *' The Johg of Jf/iovalt." i.e. Perhaps fome particular fong ufed 
 at the celebration of the feftivals in honor of Jehovah. See Amos viii. 3, 
 Revel. XV. 3. 
 
 " In the land of a Jlranger," i. e. of a grange Gocf. See our Marg. 
 Verf. Muis, ixc. 
 
 5. ♦:'0» r\2'Z'n. <'. & Vulg. with De Dieu, .Sec. in Nipha!, " Let 
 my right hand i^e forgotten." Syr. & Ar. with Houb. &c. read 'nDJ^D 
 for riDii'n, " Let my right h:ind forget mc." Patrick and others fup- 
 pofe an ellipfis. See our Verf. Perhaps therefore |,1J hath been omitted, 
 " Let my right hand forget to play." See i Sam. xvi. 18. 
 
 6. ^H1 by. AH the verfions, " ?'« t/ie beginning of my joy." Muis. 
 Lowth. &c. with our Bib. Verf. *• Above our chief, or greatejl joy." 
 Our old Verf. omits t^K"! entirely. Durell interprets the lad words thus, 
 *' let me rejoice in bitternefs." i. e. ** May an oppreffive calamity be my 
 doom and only comfort." The fecond fenfe feems beft. 
 
 7. ** Remember, O Jehovah, to the children of Edom the day of 
 Jerufalem." i, e. punifli them for their cruel infults. See Mudge, &c. 
 and Obad.v. 10. " Judicia autem Dei in Idumasos propter hanc imx^'^^Mitioiv 
 habes Jerem. xlix. 7, &c." Grot. 
 
 -nDT 36 MSS. DHlDlNn 9. 
 
 8. mnjyn. Syr. & Houb. with pne MS. m'^^^r^, and as the metre 
 of the Collat. is defecStive, perhaps we iLould add miw'n, which might 
 be dropped from the fmiilitude, " O, daughter of Babylon, who de~ 
 
 firoyefty thou flialt be dejlroyed." Alluding to Ifai. xiv. 4. " Vajlata, 
 i. e. certo exitio deftinata." Muis, &c. But fee Seeker. This and the 
 following verfe feem to have refpedt to the Lex Talionis, Exod. xxi. 24. 
 See Lorinus, &c. 
 
 9. That the Babylonians probably ufed this cruelty to the Ifraelitifh 
 children fee Lam. ii. 11. and Ifai. xiii. i6. 
 
 PSALM
 
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 PSALM CXXXVIU. 
 
 PATRICK, Sec. afcribe this pfalm to Dc-y/V/ agreeable to the title. 
 Lorinus, 6cc. from the ufe of VOM in the 2d verfe infer that it was 
 written after the building of the temple, which argument has no foun- 
 dation. See Pf. V. 8. i Sam. iii. 34 Mudge afcribcs it to Dante/. See 
 Pf. Ivii. I. 
 
 V. I. All the Verf. with Hare, &c. and 4 MSS. fupply mn* in the 
 firft line, " I will praife thee, O 'Jehovah." 
 
 liJ. 6. Syr. Ar. & ^th. have *7i2i, *• even before the Gods, &c." 
 i. e. " before Kings, Glafilus, &c." *' before the Angels" 6. Vulg. Ar. 
 &^th. with Mede, 6cc. Perhaps before thefalfe Gods of the Heathen, 
 amongft whom the pfalmiO: might at this time be ; (See i Sam. xxx. 7.) 
 if David was the author, or Daniel. 
 
 2. " Towards thy holy temple." Wherever the ark was, there was 
 the temple of Jehovah. See 1 Sam. iii. 3. And the pfalmift probably 
 direfled himfelf to that point. See Dan. vi. 10. 
 
 nniD}^ IDtt' b'2 by. if the prefent reading of 6. Ar. Sc JEth. be right, 
 their copy had tnp inftead of the lall: word, ** for thou haft magnified 
 thy holy name above all." But Hammond thinks that for i-,ic:, we fliould 
 read >.cyiov, which the Collat. of the 6. MSS. may fet right. Durell 
 wholly rejedls the word upon their authority, " For thou haft magnified 
 thy name above every thing." And one MS. wants it. Hare, &c. read 
 CC' inftead of it, " thy name ahove every name" See Phil. ii. 9. Syr. 
 reads Dt^ for *lDli', " for thou haft magnified thy Word above every 
 name." Seeker propofes ,"in2K for the laft word, thy Truth, But 
 ■]n").2N1 leems to be right, " for thou haft magnified thy Name and 
 thy Word above all thing.^." See verfe 4, our old Verf. 5c Houb. But 
 
 a friend
 
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 a friend for ^aty ^D conjedures D'tttyn, " for thou haft magnified thy 
 name above the heavens" See Pf. viii. i, cxiii. 4. 
 
 V. 3. »j:jrm, " refpondijli mihi." Syr. See alfo our Verf. and the 
 words may refer to i Sam. xxx. 8. 
 
 'Jimn. 6. Viilg. & Ar. probably read ':il-in, " thou JJ.alt multiply 
 me" 48 MSB. have »Jl'n"in, in Hiph. Houb, reads n'mn. But Syr. 
 probably reads *t^•f):^ flV :nm, " ^«^ //io« /;^/ increafed the flrength o/" 
 my foul" ny 10 MSS. 
 
 4. " When they have heard the words of thy mouth." i. e, " opere 
 nimirum completa." Gejerus. 
 
 5. Omn, " And they fhall fing of the ivays of Jehovah." For 
 n in this fignification fee Cartel's Lexic. Pifcator, &c. But a friend 
 reads with one MS. "n^y'i for T1'j:"1, " et reSle precedent" 
 
 6. Mudge, &-C. place the correfpondence between Dl & pn"iaa, 
 '• Though Jehovah be //%/;, yet he hath relpea to the lowly — and ob- 
 ferveth the haughty, though afar of." Houb. b:c. put it between Qi 
 and mn.!!, " Though Jehovah be high, yet he regardeth the lowly — 
 though he be exalted, he acknowledgeth him afar off." And Green tranf- 
 pofing the two laft words reads J/Ti for VT* •' though he be exalted, 
 yet he owneth (him) from afar." Durell renders the laft line, " but 
 the proud he regardeth with averfoii" R. Nathan, &c. referring to 
 Judg. viii. 1 6, render VT', franget. See Poole. But Ch. & Vulg. 
 probably read there yTT from Wl, frangere, Syr. &; Ar. from yn, in 
 Hiph. " mala officer e." 
 
 7. 'J'nn. 53 MSS. ':"nn. But Houb. reads 'jn:!!, " thoujlialt lead 
 me" See Pf. cxix. 37. 
 
 >]K by. Houb. &c. with 1 1 MSS. tranfpofe thefe words, which re- 
 moves the neceffity of expunging the laft with Hare and Edwards, who 
 to complete their metre infert 'JnK at the end of the 3d line; but as 
 that of Green and the Collat. feems preferable, I would add niH' at the 
 end of the verfe, which might be loft, the next beginning with It, " and 
 
 4 M thy
 
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 right hofnd flaall fave mc, 'Jehovah" Syr. renders the words, /« 
 ira. 
 
 8. •iDri' or as 11 MSS. "nJ2.V. Lowth, &:c. read according to 6. Vulg. 
 Ch. Ar. & /F.th. 'jai', or bmn, " w///, or, W// recompence." Houb. 
 objeding to this reading, and the text on account of the prepofition, 
 (which Seeker obviates) remarks thus, " Syrus \ytiit protexit, ex fcriptionc 
 antiqua pO», proteget. nyn fubjungi folet verbis po, et pi protegere." 
 But Seeker obferves that the firll verb never bears this (cnk ; and Syr. 
 does not feetn to have read either of them, but yu'in or fon,e fuch word, 
 " Dexteram tuam Domine quiefcere fac fuper me." Unlefs Walton's ver- 
 fion be wrong, as Houb. and Seeker agree in their fenfe. Mudge, &c. 
 render the text, " will completely cover me all round." See Cocceius. 
 Green reads \ys, '* Jehovah will be a Jliield around me." Perhaps 
 D"1*J:i» maybe the better reading, " ]t.\\ov^h JJiall confume them for my 
 fake." i. e. The enemies mentioned before. For this fenfe of the verb 
 in Ch. & Syr. See CaH:. Lexicon. Unlefs we read in the 2d. perf. 
 with 6. which agrees better with the context, " Thou JJialt confume them, 
 O Jehovah, &;c." Syr. reads with 15 MSS. ntt'VO, " the -work, &c." 
 
 P S A L M CXXXIX. 
 
 THE title, with all the verfions, afcribes this pfalm to David, but 
 tlie many Chaldaifms in it (See verfe 2, &c.) militate againfl this opi- 
 nion ; and as in the Alex. Verf. there is added, Za^a^/a b tS hxTKo^a^ it might 
 be written perhaps after the captivity. See Mudge. It is a moft beau- 
 tiful compofition j " Et (i primas tenet in Idyllico genere Pf. civ. hie 
 proxime illi alTidet." Lowth's Prided, who with Mudge divides it into 
 Jive parts. Green and the Collat. into Jour. The firft fedion contains 
 a mod fublime defeiiption of the omnifcience of the Deity, 
 
 V. I.
 
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 V. I. vim. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & JEth. with Houb. &:c. read »:vim» 
 *' and known me." Unlefs »r)K, which generally follov/s this verb, has 
 been dropped through its likenefs to the following word. See Calaf. 
 Goncord. 
 
 2. pimOj *' exponatur dc loco remotiffiino, aut tempore" Lorinus. 
 Mere it feems to refer to the latter. See our old verfion, and Seeker. 
 
 3. nnr. ** Thujiftejl my path, &c." Mudge, tic. See alfo our 
 marg. Verf. Munfter, &c. " thou compajj'eft" And from this fenfe of 
 the verb comes If, corona, which alfo feems mofl fuitable here. See our 
 Bib. Verf. and verfe 5. 
 
 ♦yn Cocceius and others (See Poole) fuppofe this word to be a Chal- 
 ' daifm for 'i^a"! ; but a friend with great probability thinks a bed is fo 
 named from the fquare fliape of it, as quadra fignifies id quod eji qua- 
 drat um : See Ezek. i. 9. Lev. xx. 16. He alfo further remarks witk 
 Muis that o-xSivoj not only fignifies, juncus^ but fioream e juncis contextam, 
 Ang. a mattrafs. Grotiu^ fays that this word is written by miflake for 
 xoiTsi'. The Collar, of the 6. MSS. will clear up this. 
 
 4. p. 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^Eth. with one ant. MS. read nDK p. 
 A friend referring to Dan. iii. 18. offers N*? \T\. Perhaps |m, " But 
 Ic, O Jehovah, thou knoweft the whole of it." See our Bib. Verf. and 
 Green's tranflation of the lafl: word. •' Et fi nondum eft fermo in lingua 
 mea, tu tamen Domine nofti omnia, quajutiirafunt, lit qua prceajfcrunt: 
 Tu formafti me, &c." Houb. — 6. Syr. he Ar. dividing the fentences 
 differently, for nba probably read TW nba, or nbvo, " prevaricatio]' 
 
 5. Green's tranfpofition of this and the next verfe probably right; 
 the former referring to the Omniprejence of the Deity treated of in the 
 next fedlion. Our Bib. Verf. as Seeker obferves, feems equally good 
 with that of 6. and Houb. See verfe 4. 
 
 6. n»Nb£). 39 MS^. read riK'^D. probably right. See Caftell. Houb. 
 reads "jnyi n'K'rfln, *' Ihou luiji magnified thy knowledge, 6cc." See 6, 
 and Seeker.
 
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 - . i 
 
 •JDIK, Durell, deriving it from b^D, reads Vl3», " / danft'Ot comprehend 
 h." Which feems moft pertinent. 
 
 7. This feems to allude to Gen. iii. 8". 
 
 "jmiD, *' Jrom thy fpirit." By this exprefllon mofl of the antient 
 fathers, and the generality of modern interpreters underftand xht Holy 
 Ghoji. See Ltorinus, Poole, &c. It is alfo clear fromPf. li. 15, &c. that 
 this per/on of the Trinity was well Jcnown to the Jews in the time of j 
 David. Arid the learned Cudworth has {hewn (See his Intel. Syrt. p. 548. 
 &c.) " that the platonic do(ftrIne of a Divine Triad was derived from a 
 theology of Divine tradition or revelation, or a Divine Cabala afflongft the 
 Hebrews, and from them afterwards communicated to the 'Egyptians, 
 and other nations," Which tradition probably commenced from the 
 creation of the world. In the account of which Mofes makes ufe of this 
 expreffion D'JiVn N"12, where the plaral tioun with the finguhr verfc, as 
 has been obferved by many learned perfons, feems to denote -a plurality 
 ofperfons in the Unity of the Godhead. See Pifcator, Randolph, &c. 
 In the next verfe we read that •' the Spirit of God moved upon the face of 
 the waters." And that by the Spirit of God we ate here to underftand the 
 third perfon in the Trinity is not only fuppofed by mdft of the Greek 
 and Latin Fathers, (See Tirinus) but may probably be inferred from 
 Pf. xxxiii. 6, &c. For though fome learned men fuppofe this cxpreffion 
 only to denote ^Jlrong, or great -wind, (See Grotius, &c.) the idea of a greet 
 wind fitting, or as the word nsma properly fignifies, brooding upon the 
 face of the waters, does not feem here fo confonant. And that the 
 Evangelift in thofe remarkable words, *' The Holy Ghoft (hall come upon 
 thee, and the power of the Higheft Jhall over/liadow thee," (Luke i. i^.) 
 alluded to this paiTage of Genefis is admitted by Grotius himfelf, *' mihi 
 placet fententia putantium tralationem fumptam ab Avibus pullos ex- 
 cludentibusi ut^ ita oilendat Angelus, ea virtute oriturum hunc foetum 
 ■qua mundus ipfe iexordium fumpfit." But if thefe arguments fliould not 
 ^e deemed by fome conclufive, the following paflage in verfe 26. ** Let 
 
 us
 
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 Ks nmke man," more plainly proves ^l plurality ofperfons. For though this 
 mode of expreflion may be fometrmes ufed as a majejlic form of fpeech, 
 it will appear from comparing ch. iii. 22. that this Interpretation cannot 
 be admitted here, as liJD "inK3, as one of iis, relates to the fame as 
 TWVif l^t tis makcy and thofe words cannot be underftood of an indivi- 
 dual perfon. See Chryfoft. Patrick, &c. And that they are not ad- 
 drefled by the Deity to the angels, as Grotius and others affert, is evident 
 from Heb. ch. i. wherfe The Son is exprefsly declared to have made the 
 world in exclufion to the angels \ who, as may appear from compar- 
 ing Gen. iii. 24. with Heb. i. 7. were probably employed by the Divine 
 perfons to guard the tree of life. See Pf. civ. 4. Ainfworth, Sharpeon 
 Cherubim, &c. ** Fades tua hic Filium defignat." Gejer. 
 
 8. pDK. As this verb appears only here, and in Dan. it flrengthens the 
 fuppolition that this pfalm is of recent date. 
 
 D'Dtt'. AH the Vcrf. with one valuable MS. probably read h'^ before 
 it. 
 
 '?^^?ty nWXI. All the Verf. with Houb. &c. read nVlfKI, *' Or jliould 
 I go down to the grave, &c." Vatablus, &c. adhering to the text, fay, 
 " alludit ad id, <:\no6. fepulchrum mortuis eft pro leSio," *' Or if I make the 
 grave my bed, &c." Or as Seeker, ** if I lay the grave, or, place of the 
 deceafed, under fne," i. e. lie down iii it. Green renders 'j'KtJ', HelL 
 
 9. " Videntur mihi hujufce diftichi, plane ficut prioris, duo membra 
 intra fe opponi, non efle alterum alteri eonfequens ; tranfitum diiplicem 
 exprimi, unum ad Orientem, ad occidentefn alterum " Lowth's Prasl. 16, 
 See Green alfo. As the firft Hemiftich feems fhort, we ftiould probably 
 read with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. T^th. & Green KB'K Qt* ; and 5 MSS. read 
 with them n3Dty{<% 
 
 *• Of thefea." i. e. The Mediterranean, which was Weft of Judaea. 
 
 10. As the two members of this verfe anfwer to thofe of the former, 
 and the metre of the laft feems deficient, perhaps nfl, may have 
 been dropped from the middle of it, " Even there (hall thy hand lead 
 
 4 N me
 
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 nie — and here fliall thy right hand hold me up." i. e. that he fhould 
 not fink in the deep waters. 
 
 11. T:!K1. 9 MSS. nDlNI more regular, or perhaps we fliould read 
 -|::ii« DK1, " And if I JJioidd fayr 
 
 'J5lti". The fenfe put upon this verb, as Green obferves,' feems forced, 
 he therefore reads ♦JDt^nS " the darknefs ivill hide me" But ♦JOlt:?' is ftill 
 nearer to the text, " the darknefs ivill fence me.'' See Job. x. ii. Or 
 as a friend 'JDID'. 
 
 'JlJ'l TIN. Our Bib. Verf. gives the literal fenfe of thefe words. 
 " Sed apud Nebienfem contrario fenfu, nox quoque eft Obfciiritas propter 
 me." Lorinus. Green alfo fuppofing this fentence to be fynonymous to 
 the preceding, which Ch. and the following verfe countenance, reads 
 nya ilJy'K, " and the night fhall be hlacknefs around me." Houb. fetch- 
 ing the fenfe from Ar. 6c R\\'\. reads "Jiy ftili nearer to the text, " caca 
 erit fuper me." See Call. Lex. — Seeker is not at all fatisfied about this 
 verfe. 
 
 12. Tt^'n*. 6 MSS. read "yiiXW but the true reading feems to be 
 Tl^n», " Yea, the darknefs is not dark with thee." See our old Verf. 
 
 HD'trnD. Houb. with 56 MSS. nDt^riD, in which form it is found 
 every where elfe ; and the word "]'? feems to be dropped at the end of 
 the line, ** As is the darknefs, fo is the light to thee" See our marg; 
 Verf. 
 
 13. Green connedts this verfe with the former. Lowth, &c. make it 
 a part of the next fedlion, to which it feems more properly to belong, 
 as it fets forth the omnipotence of God in the formation of man, *' the 
 nobleft work of God." 
 
 D'Jp, " Becaufe thou hajl created ray reins." See Lorinus,- &c. 
 
 TT^D. 47 MSS. have 'nv'JD, a ftrong proof of the corruption of the 
 text. See Calaf. Cone. 
 
 " Thou coveredji me" &c. i. e. With a membrane which contains 
 the Fcetus, See Pifcator, &c.
 
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 14- 'n»bflJ mt<"l1J ':: b'J. The critics differ widely in the conftrudtion 
 of thefe words. 32 MSS. read TiNbDJ more conformable to the radix. All 
 the Verf. read n'bSJ, agreeable to which Durell renders thus, " I will 
 praife thee, for thou hajl wonderfully done terrible things." Houb. fup- 
 pofing that O by never bears the fenfe oi for, reads bK for "7^, and 
 TS^VQI for 'D'VdJ, " I will praife thee, O God, for I am awfully made.'* 
 See Svr. alfo 5c Green. But Seeker reading: the verb with Houb. maintains 
 from Noldius this fignitication of the conjundions united. Mr. Bradley 
 reads ^^ with Houb. and the verb according to the Verf. " I will praife 
 thee, O God, for thou hafi wrought terrible things wonderfully." But 
 perhaps >D has been written for "?:), " I will praife thee for all the ter- 
 rible things thou haji ivonderfully done^'' 
 
 15. 'D'li'y. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. in the 2d perf. D'ilT- 
 'ilDpl. 6. & Vulg. probably read 'D^pl, " et fubftantia mea" I 
 
 would read DOpI, or with the T prefixed, " My fubftance was not hid 
 from thee, which thou 7nadeft in fecret — and wroughtejl curioujly in the 
 lower parts of the earth." " Diftindtionem pulcherrimam membroruni 
 comparat operi Phrygionko." Grot. See Lowth alfo Prasl. 8. and Green. 
 " In the loixer parts of the earth." i. e. The wotnh. See Muis, &c» 
 with Job xxxi. 15. Houb. reads 'JD't^y and »:nop1- ' 
 
 16. '/Sb-le This word occurs no where clfe, and Seeker with great 
 probability reads 'a"1Jl> by which a proper noun is fupplied to the plural 
 verbs and affixes, and the tranfpofition and additiojn propofed by Green, 
 &c. rendered unneceffary, " Thine eyes did fee 7}iy bones — and in thy 
 book all of them were written, they were fafhioned daily, when there 
 was not one of them." A friend conjedtures that Hif' may have been 
 omitted from its fimilitude to 1"ili» in the following line. See our Ver- 
 fions. 
 
 *' In thy book" alludes to the method pradtifed ".by human artifts of 
 working by a Jketch or model. See Hammond. 
 
 nv*-.
 
 Y. 324 j 
 
 Tn\f». Durell reads nVS " /."_v members were regiflered." See Job. xvi. 
 7. Houb. fupplying ir\2l gives this fenfe, " Dies mei in fafciculo 
 erant, et ne unus quidem ex iis defidt." See Hammond alfo, and Green, 
 
 17. 'bl. Hare, &c. rightly conclude this word improperly placed, and 
 we fliould probably read with Green 'h 1")p* DD, *' How precious to me 
 are the thoughts of thee, O God." Or with Hare 'bs*, " How precious 
 are the thoughts of thee, my God" 
 
 18. 0"l£)DN. The fut. for the fubjund. Grotius, &c. — &s* rather 
 feems to have Jjeen omitted through its fimilitude to the two firfl: let- 
 ters of the verb. See Gejer. 
 
 ♦nV'pn. z^j MSS. »mV»pn. See Pf. iH. 5. " 1 awake^ and am flill 
 with thee." i. e. am Jltll thinking of thee. Muis, Patrick, &c. — " I am 
 ii\uiry, Sec. i. e. I find it an impradicable attempt, for in the end 
 I am where I began." Durell. — There does not feem to be any connec- 
 tion between the two Hemiftichs of this verfe, as a friend has obferved. 
 Might we then read Ci'pn for 'DVpH, ** Is there any end of them ; for 
 I am yet with thee ?" i. e. thou doft ftill fupport me. 
 
 19. The prefent learned Birtiop of Salifbury conjeflures that this and 
 the three next verfes are mifplaced, and that they might begin the next 
 pfalm, the 23 verfe being more regularly conneded with verie 18, and 
 then this might be divided into three feftions. Otherwife this verfe, 
 according to Muis, begins the lafl: fe<flion, and by an apoftrophe the 
 pfalmiil exprefles his indignation againft thofe who impioufly oppofe 
 their Creator, and deflroy i\\c\v fellow-creatures, who are his work. 
 
 CD^?. De Dieu, &c. *' verily" Gejerus, &c. with Syr. *' Oh that" 
 Houb. 6cc. read *]J^. But the 2d fenfe may be confident with the idea 
 of a theocracy, wherein idolaters may be confidered as rebels. See 
 Chryfoft. 
 
 h'lDpn 22 MSS. and. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. read D'yC'l. Buxtorf. 
 miftakes in faying that mV^* is wrote only once fully in Pf. 1. 21. for 
 
 it
 
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 it Is found here, PC. xvlii. 32. cxiv. 7. Deut. xxxii. 15. Prov. xxx. 5. 
 &c. But one MS. reads ♦^V^?, and fee Pf. cxlv. i . 
 
 *♦ T/ie men of blood (i. e. murderers) JJiall depart from me." 1 being 
 confidered as converfive. Green omitting it, would read 1"lD'. But fee 
 our Bib, Verf. 
 
 ♦ia. 7 MSS. 'jaD more ufual. 
 
 20. Tina'.' 28 MSS. read with Syr. our Verf. &c. "jnaK^i but the 
 text will admit of a very good fenfe. See Houb. 
 
 ")ny mih \XWi. The verfions make little fenfe of thefe words, but 
 all agree with moil of the critics in reading IKt^J. Hare, &c. fupply 
 •jaty, *' Thine enemies take thy "Name in vain." Green to avoid the 
 ellipfis reads by a tranfpofition *l'y"l, " and take thought of thee. i. e. 
 think of thee only for deceit." Houb. reads with a very fmall alteration 
 'y^lfy following which the verfe might be rendered, " Who rebel againjl 
 thee for the fake of wickednefs — they Uft up themfehes againjl thee for 
 the fake of vanity." i. e. by preferringy^^ Gods to the Creator of all 
 things : at which impiety the pfalmift exprefTes his indignation in the fol- 
 lowing verfe. 
 
 21. Kibn. t-j MSS. Nbn. 
 
 n»aaipnm. Hare, &c. with 2 MSS. ^aaipnam, and two others fup- 
 ply a, which is probably right, notwithftanding what Buxtorf afferts. 
 Gram. p. 234, 
 
 ** And am not I grieve dT^ Rather, ** and do not I abhor V See Green, 
 and verfe 22. But, as Seeker obferves, one is tempted to think that this 
 fhould be OaipDi^ i though no verfion or MS. f^wors this interpreta- 
 tion. And for the text he refers to Gen. xii. 3. Pf. xviii. 7.' 
 
 22. " PerfeBione odii, per hypallagen, pro odio perfeBionis," Pif- 
 cator. Thefe words are fpoken in the fpirit of theL^w, which confidered 
 idolaters as r^/^£'/j- againfl the flate. See verfe 19. D'I'kV SS MSS. hs 
 this line feems defedlive according to the Collat. perhaps "ry"? has been 
 dropped at the end, '• They fliall be enemies to me for ever J' i. e. I 
 will have no intercourfe with them. 
 
 4 o 23. 'i3nty.
 
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 23. ♦SV'^B/. 18 MSS. 'finD. See Pf. xciv. 19. But 6. Vulg. Ar. & 
 JEth. probably read 'b'ntt', " my paths" Syr. n;'i>*, " myjieps." Ch. 
 reads a different word from Pf. xciv. 19. 
 
 24. dViV Tm. Hare difTatlsfied with the fenfe of Muis, Le Clerc, &c. 
 reads ty^^, " in the way of peace." ** Via pads viae molejlice optime op- 
 ponitur." " ^i Atduc vnQ ad terminos vita conj'uetos." Houb. But as IVy 
 lignifies an idol, and is fo rendered by Kimchi, &c. (See Poole) *]3"jll 
 may be the true reading, '* And fee if the way of an idol be in me — and 
 lead me in thy way for ever," The affix being eafily omitted through 
 the famencfs of the letters. But Seeker juftifies the text from Pf. i. 6. 
 Jerem. vi. 16. 
 
 P S A L M CXL. 
 
 IT is fuppofed by fome that this pfalm was compofed by David ac- 
 cording to the title, when under perfecution from Saul. See Muis, Pa- 
 trick, &c. 
 
 V. 2, C31KD & ly'KO may be either taken colleSlivelyy as Lorinus and 
 Durell fuppofe j or the violent man may relate to Saul, and the other to 
 Doeg. See Pf. xviii. 47. with Muis, &c. 
 
 'jnjfJD. 6. Vulg. & M\h. with one ant. MSS. read 'JlifJ. See our Bib. 
 Verf. Syr. & Ar. But 2 MSS. with Syr. t^'KOL See our old Verf. 
 
 3. man'jD. One MS. reads rtDn'7D, with Syr. & Ar. It is neceflary 
 with Gejerus to fupply '7^?, or *?, ** Every day they are gathered together 
 
 for battle" See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 4. ysWZV' A ferpent of the moil venomous kind. See Boch. — 6. Vulg, 
 Ar. & E.xki. with the Apoftle in the plur. " of afps." 
 
 5. See verfe 2. 
 
 6. Hare, 6cc. divide this verfe inio four lines. Mudge and the Collat. 
 only into three, though in a different manner ; and as one MS. omits nBn» 
 
 and
 
 [ 327 ] 
 
 and another reads T'b ''b^h, (See 6. Ar. & ^th.) Hare, &c. with Syr. 
 read 'biVJJ, and 30 MSS. lD*{yp10, I would propofe this order, and con- 
 flruction of the words, 
 
 &-C. •]iw 
 
 &c. cs'bnm 
 
 : &c. 'Vjivo 
 ■** The proud have hid a fnare for me — and they have fpread cordsyor my 
 feet — in my path they have laid traps for me." And thefe fynonymous 
 expreflions may denote the great vigilance of his enemies. 
 
 8. '* O 'Jehovah, my Lord, the ftrength of my falvation,'" 
 tlV 16 MSS. and 6 m3D. 
 
 9. Hare, Houb. &c. agree nearly in their corrections and divifion of 
 this, and the next verfe; I fhall therefore only obferve, that 2 MSS. 
 juftify ion' for laiT, and 45 MSS. read lODD* Inftead of lOlDD', and 
 adding D^nbj"? inftead of nbo, which is improperly placed, they may 
 be divided thus, *' Grant not, O Jehovah, the defires of the wicked- 
 Let not his device fucceed God — They lift up the head who furround 
 me— let the mifchief of their own lips cover them." Ar. reads the nega- 
 tive, and a friend remarks perhaps rightly, ** ut ne fuperbiant/* See 
 Hare alfo. 
 
 II. 1E:*0». Houb. with 31 MSS. laia*. Seeker with great probabi- 
 lity reads I'DZD'. 
 
 D'7S\ 58 MSS. dV£3S which the conftrudion requires,- and Vulg. 
 6. with Ar. tfNn *bn:i, " He fhall rain coals of fire upon them — he 
 fhall caft them into pits, that they fhall not rife again." See Pf. xi. 6. 
 But 6. Vulg. Ar. & i^ith. feem to have read DinnD^ formianai, " /« 
 miferiis." Ch, reads DYlDrQ, " in foveas Ititofas" Syr. omits it. And 
 as it occurs no where elfe, may it not be written for rmMDl ? See Pf. 
 cxli. 10. Hab. i. 15, 17. Houb. &c. read according to Vulg. & Alex. 
 Verf. Db'Sn, or oV'SDI, ** "Thou Jlialt cajl them, &c." Or, " But 
 thou, &c.*' 
 
 12. " Vir
 
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 12. ** Fir UngUit eft maledicus." Gejerus and Hunt. Hare not 
 thinking this expreflion ftrong enough reads yci^ for ^IB^"?, «* The Scor- 
 ner" Either of which is applicable to Doeg. But from comparing verfe i 
 and 5 with this, Hare's metr^ with the Collat. and confidering that y-|, 
 which 2 MSS. omit, feems redundant in the 2d line, perhaps this word, 
 or rather yun, fliould be inferted in the firft inftead of \\\>h, " He (i. e. 
 God) will not eftablifli the wicked man in the Landy (i. e. of Ifrael) — he 
 will hunt the 'violent man to deftru^ftion." But one ant. MS. omits 
 
 D»n. 
 
 13. nVT, All the Verf. Houb. &c. with 48 MSS. have »nVT. 
 IDflB'a. All the Verf. Houb. with 4 MSS. DSJ^OI. 
 
 B'i'lK. Houb. with 70 MSS. C3'JV2t*, in which form it is always 
 found, ** / know that Jehovah will maintain— the caufe of the afflided, 
 and the right of the poor." 
 
 14. In this verfe the rewards of the righteous, which were temporal 
 under the theocracy, are contrafted to the punifliments of the wicked, 
 defcribed in verfe 12. 
 
 ** In, or isoith, thy Prefence." i. e. The divine Shechinah, 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 MUIS, Peters, &c. fuppofe that this pfalm was compofed by David 
 
 according to the title, upon his flight to Ac hiJJi, king of Gath, i Sam. 
 
 xxvii. 2. Hammond, &c. refer it to i Sam. xxiv. and perhaps the 
 
 remark on verfe 6. may flrengthen this opinion. Mudge, &c. attribute 
 
 it to Jeremiah, See Jerem. viii. i, 2,41. Seeker remarks that Peters's 
 
 cxpofition and application of this pfalm is admirable, though not quite 
 
 unexceptionable. 
 
 V. 2.
 
 I 
 
 [ 329 ] 
 
 V. 2. niDp. All the Verf. have miJpD, " ns the incenfe." But Cad. 
 reads n"1l3pb, " for incenje." Gejerus obferves that the incenfe was of- 
 fered up in the morning, and is oppofed to the evening facrijice, at the time 
 of offering which (i. e. three o'clock in the afternoon) devout Jews at a 
 diftance from Jerufalem ufed to fend up their prayers to God. See Dan. 
 VI. 10. -■*^ ' 
 
 3. b"!. o. & Vulg. feem to have read r\bl here, as does Ploub. 
 and if with Pifcator, &c. ni>3 be confidered as a noun, the words afford 
 this fenfe, <* Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth — a guard againft, 
 or upon, — the door of my lips." Which are fynonymous expreffions. But 
 fee Hammond, &c. One ant. MS. omits ^y, and another bl. 
 
 4. mbby. 68 MSS. mV'^y. See Calaf Cone. 
 
 trnvtDVrjn, " with their pleajant meats." Durell. But Seeker reads 
 Dn'OyiD*:!!. See Gen. xxvii. 4. &c. Prov. xxxiii. 3. Peters underrtands 
 this of their luxurious idol feafts. See Durell alio. ♦'7V1D 13 MSS. 
 
 5. 'Jab.T- Lowth reads according to Syr. & Ar. 'nnV, " Let the 
 righteous inJlruSl tne" 
 
 IDn. Hare, &c. read with 6. Vulg £c ^th. TDni, *' in kindnefsS' 
 'i' b^? tTN"!. One MS. reads »;:'{<"), which favors the opinion of Ham- 
 mond, Peters, &c. '* Let not the oil of my head, &c." [i. e. with 
 which I was anointed.] But fee Durell's verfion, who obferves alfo, 
 " if this be a prayer of David, the words may be rendered thus, T//o' 
 the righteous kindnefs (fliewn in fparing Saul's life) bruife me and reprove 
 mey let not the anointed head (i. e. Saul) break my head. See i Sam. 
 xxvi. 23, 24." Grotius, &c. render the word, frccftantijjimum. See alfo 
 our Verf. — Hammond tranflates it, " the oil of poifon." i. e. Calumny. 
 Hare, Lowth, &c. read f]»i' yty"), according to 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. 6c 
 yEth. *' Let not the oil of the wicked bedeiv, or anoint, my head." 
 Seeker objeds to this fenfe of the verb. But this reading feems prefe- 
 rable \ though 27 MSS. read N»:». 
 
 'n'jiDm. Hare, 6<c. with one ant. MS. omit thel; but it may be 
 cmphatical, " For my prayer is even yet againfb their kindneJJesJ' i. e. 
 
 4 P verba
 
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 verba adulaioria. See Poole, 6. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. A friend reads 
 'nVlDnn, and gives with fonie of the former readings this ftnfe of the 
 whole, " Let the righteous inllrucSt me in mercy, and reprove me ; but 
 let not the oil of the finner drop on my head; (i.e. flattery) for my 
 prayer is ftill againfl their wicked nefs." 
 
 6. 'i::!,!:'2''3, *' Their judges on the fides of the rock were di/tniffed." 
 i. e. in fafcty. Peters, &c. alluding to i Sam. xxiv. 7. And this feems 
 to be the true fenfe of the word j but perhaps 'n-!2L:>J is the right reading, 
 " Their judges 'u:ere prffer.ved in the fides of the rock — and heard my 
 words, that they were pleafant." See Prov. xvi. 24. and i Sam. xxiv.. 
 9 — 22. Houb. ij::k: for IISVJ, " w^'"<? true." In this verfe Peters ob- 
 ferves, that the kindnefs of David to Saul and his men is oppofed to their 
 cruelty to him, as fet forth in the next. 
 
 CDn'LTDIty 7 AISS. But as one MS. omits JD, might not the true 
 reading be in'Ui314J^, " his judges" i. e. Saul's. 
 
 7. :?pn nb'iDI. As a friend obferves, 6. might read vpn». See Vulg. 
 alio. Durell makes thefe two words nouns, " As Jlireds and chips." But 
 12 MSS. reading nbliD, 5c 11 vpim, Junius, &c. feem right in making 
 iZ'Vy to be underftood. See Ecclef. x. 9. and our Verf. " Jam tantd 
 vi me & meos circumilant, ut mox diftringendi, et membratim difcer- 
 pendi Hmus illorum impetu, nifi tu, Deus, fuccurreris." Junius. See 
 Patrick alfo. Houb. £cc. read Cn'lDVy, or IC'i^VV " their bones," ac- 
 cording to Alex. Verf. Svr. 6c Ar. 
 
 \W\i! 'SV. Peters renders thefe words, " at the mouth, i. e. at the 
 command of Saul." But the pit, or the grave here feems to be oppofed 
 to the ca've in the preceding vct(&. 
 
 8. " But mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah, viy Lord." Houb. 
 reads with 13 MSS. -ji. & n mighr be added from its fimilitude to the 
 following letter. 
 
 9. n5 n»a. 6. Vulg. Ar. & Mlh. read PDO, " a laqaeo." Syr. Ti:, 
 *' a manu laquei" which feems to be right, aid might be rendered "from 
 the power of the fnare," See Pf. xlix. 15.
 
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 m:i'pav i8 MSS. mtyplOI, more regular; but 6. Vulg. Ar. & JEtli. 
 and one MS. with Houb. mtrplDOl, " and from the gins." 
 
 'bno 9 MSS. 
 
 lo. inDDD2. Hare, &c. read with 6. D1J2D01, " info their oun net" 
 Houb. OnO^Ol with Syr. 6c Ar. or rather as Lowth DnnODDl, " into 
 their own nets." 
 
 Trt'. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. conneft this word with the laft fentence, 
 whereas Hare allows that it belongs to the firft; though for the fake of 
 the metre he has placed it in the laft line ; but the Collat. has reftored 
 it to its proper place ; and inftead of repeating *TJ^ with Houb. to fup- 
 ply the metrical defeft, *' ego tejlis ero, donee tranfeam," (to which 
 Lowth obje(fts, as unneceflary) nV has been probably dropped before ly, 
 as they frequently occur together, " Let the wicked fall into their own 
 nets together — let me ever efcape. See our Bib. Verf. Unlefs we read 
 with Ar. and our old Verf. D"nnVK — OJN1, ** and let me ever efcape 
 them." 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 THIS pfalm is generally fuppofed to have been written by David» 
 according to the Hebrew title, 6. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & Mih. when in 
 the cave ; perhaps of Engeddi ; as the next might be compofed when he 
 was in that o^AdulIam. Or vice verfa. For it is not very probable that 
 they were both penned on the fame occafion. But Houb. refers them 
 both to Chriji, 
 
 V. 2. The verbs are in the fut. " I will cry, &c." David there- 
 fore may be fuppofed to be in the cave. See Muis. But Seeker ob- 
 ferves, " that the danger was paft, when this pfalm was penned } and 
 therefore in the title, the tranflation fliould be, u^hen he had' been in the 
 caveJ'^ See verfe 5.
 
 r. 332 J 
 
 mn<. 2d. Houb. reads with one MS. ^na. But if any change be 
 made, perhaps it fliould be ''jj*, (See the preceding word) .'* with my 
 voice will I fupplicate my God." There is no MS. authority for reading 
 'bipn, which feems proper. 
 
 3. IID^N 21 MSS. 
 
 4. riDNl. " T non tam copulat, quam tempus veluti determinat." 
 Gejer. *• Then thou kneweft my path." See our Bib. Verf. Hare re- 
 jeds it with 3 MSS. nilNn 5 MSB. 
 
 The fenfe, as well as metre, feems to require that with Hare, &c. wc 
 fhould read D'KJl, as in Pf. cxl. 6. " have the proudhida fnare for me." 
 Houb. adds a line from Pf. cxliii. 4. 
 
 5. 13'nn. Ch. reads D'nx. 6. Syr, Vulg. Ar. & .'^th. might, as Lo- 
 rinus obferves, read O'llD part. Ben. or rather perhaps D'HJ^V See our 
 old. Verf. But he, after Hieron. with Hare, 6cc. reads I22il, as 51 MSS, 
 have it ; but the word in the text feems to be the regular imperat. See 
 Mafclef, Pf. xlv. 4. and our Marg. Verf. Hare once thought that '7iiDti^ 
 fhould be fupplied after HK'Tl according to Houb. and Jun. " Look on 
 the right hand, and fee on the left." Some word feems wanting to 
 make up the metre of the 2d. line in the Collat. perhaps ^1^ may have 
 been dropped after \'>^\ ^^ but no tnan czrzdi for, &c." See Gen. xxxi. 
 40. Syr. Vulg. and Ch. read with 18 MSS. ]'N1 ; $$ MSS. have tim, 
 but the verfions favor the text. 
 
 6. Syr. reads with one MS. 'pbm, ** and my portion." 
 
 7. Hare for the fake of the metre fupplies ^y in the 2d line ; and the 
 two following feeming too fliort, might we read mn» at the end of the 
 3d line, and add nD after O at the beginning of the 4th, ♦* Deliver 
 me from my perfecutors, Jelwoah — for they exceed me greatly in 
 
 Jirength?" See Prov. xxiv. 5. Amof. ii. 14. I^ah. ii. 2. 'SlinD 
 5 MSS. 
 
 8. i:iD!D23, ** cut of frifon." i. e. The cave, where he was confined. 
 See Muis, &c.
 
 C 333 3 
 »n. Houb. reads with 4 MSS. O, " For the righteous expeSi that thou, 
 &c." borrowing the Ch. fenfe of the verb. See Lowth alfo. But as all 
 the Verf. have the pronoun, perhaps we fhould read '"j, as in Job xxxvi. 
 2. or rather '"^l, ** T/ien fliall the righteous Jlock about me — when thou 
 (halt be gracious unto me, O Jehovah." See verfe 4. 11»n3' 62 MSS. 
 But fee Pf. xxii. 13. Hare's addition of ninS and T\r\Vi, feems proper 
 at the end of the 2d and 4th line. 'jlO.in 25 MSS. 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 PATRICK, &c. refer it to the perfecution oi Abfalom, according to 
 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. But fee Pf. cxlii. i. 
 
 V. I. Houb. &c. divide the metre thus, " O Jehovah hear my prayer 
 —give ear to my fupplications in thy faithfulnefs — anfwer me in thy right- 
 eoufnefs." Rather, /« thy mercy. See Eflay for a new tranflation. *]ni1DK3 
 44 MSS. 
 
 2. Ninn> Hare, &c. read with Syr. K'in> " and briitg not." See Job 
 xiv. 3. But c^j MSS. read ^1T\, which favors the text. Mudge, 6cc. 
 read this verfe in a parenthefis, which feems right. 
 
 3. I'N. 3 MSS. Hare's metre feems moft regular. Better with Syr. 
 & Ar. " as thofe who are for ever dead.'* i. e. without any chance of 
 being reftored to life. See Ifai. xxvi. 14. Lam. iii. 6. 
 
 4. Hare's metre feems preferable. 
 
 5. " The days of old" feem to refer to the miraculous deliverance from 
 Egypt, 
 
 "iVs. 6; Syr. Vulg. Ar. & .^tli. with 12 MSS. ^VVD. See Pf. 
 Ixxvii. 13. 
 
 4 CL , _ 6. As
 
 [ 334 3 
 
 6. As the verb is wanting in the laft fentence of this verfe, Green in 
 his verfion fupplies HKOi?. Durell with Syr. connei^s nS'V with the firft 
 noun, *' Anima mt2.fiUens eft tui ficut terra." See alfo Complut. Verf. 
 
 7. One very valuable MS. reads with Syr. & Ar. ♦:> before nnb3, 
 " Hear me, O Jehovah, y^r my fpirit." See our old Verf. 
 
 n^^^V), ** Left, Sec." The force of the negative is carried on. See 
 above. — n^V 47 MSS. Seeker thinks fomething may be wanting here. 
 See Pf. xxviii. i. 
 
 8. *' In the morning." i. e. " cflerifer, vid. Pf. xc. 14." Vatab. &c. 
 
 npinn 2 MSS. 
 
 Perhaps mn» is dropped after 'nnon, " for in thee do I truft, O Je- 
 hovah." See the Collat. 
 
 9. 'n'DD 1*bt^, *' I have lain hid with thee, or, near thee." Muis, &c. 
 ** Rather, hide me near thee." Durell. — Gejerus fays tliat this verb may 
 fignify the fame as Tl'Dn, which one valuable MS. reads, and a friend 
 adopts ; but 6. Vulg. Ar. 6c iEth. reading, as Seeker obferves, 'DDJ, 
 (which one ant.. MS, authorizes) and 2 MSS. with 6. Ar. & lEih. 
 *yhii O, the metre being deficient, perhaps we fhould read 'flDJ 'illDD 
 " For unto thee do I fee to hide me." See our old Verf. and Green. — Syr. 
 omits the words of the text. 
 
 10. Hare's metre here feems preferable. 
 
 'n^K 42 MSS. See Pf.cxxxix . 19. and cxlv. i. 
 
 pKa 6 MSS. read with Hare, &c. rr\^1, (See Pf. xxvii. 11.) " Let 
 thy good fpirit lead me in a p tain path, or, the path of iiprightnejs." And 
 this reading is ftrengthened by 3 MSS. having "]"n2. But Merrick 
 follows our Bib. Verf. 
 
 11. 'J^nn. 56 MSS. '^''nn, " Treferve me alive." Mudge. 
 
 12. Preferring the metre of the Collat. mn» might be added to com- 
 plete the laft line, *' for I am thy fervant, Jehovah." The preceding 
 verbs fhould be rendered in the fut. being declaratory, not imprecatory. 
 
 nmv 19 MSS. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 335 ] 
 
 P S A L M CXLIV. 
 
 THE follow.'iig pfalms are all eucharijlical. Grotius refers for the 
 fubjedl: of this to i Sam. xvii. according to 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 
 Others fuppofe it a compendium of Pf. xviii. But Patrick, &c. refer 
 it to 2 Sain. v. 
 
 V. 1. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with" 5 MSS. 'mynVKI, *'' and my fotgers."' 
 
 2. nOn, *' Benignitas mea." i. e. *' in vie beneficiis ; abftraiflum pro 
 concreto." Gejerus. Hare reads 'DPID, or ^ptn. See Pf. xviii. i. xci. 2. 
 Durell TlDn, probably right, " My refuge and my fortrefs, &c." Or 
 perhaps, as »n*Dn follows, 'JDn, " My Jlrength." See Ifai. xxxlii. 6. 
 
 MSS. 2, omit "h ; and 'j'j read with Houb. f|Tnn.. 
 
 <Z3y. Muis, &c. with 42 MSS. befides many marginal readings 
 D'DV, who fubdueth the nations under me." See alfo Gen. Difl'. Sedl. 
 26. and verfe 6. 
 
 3. p. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. y^th. with 14 MSS. |m, " or the fan, 
 &CC." ** Exclamatio ab admiratione paavejamaj Dei, quam in fe expertus 
 fuerat." Muis. See Pf. Ixxviii. 70, 71. 
 
 4. nmy. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. y^-th. with Hare, &c. I'lnV, " his days- 
 pajs away like a fhadow." But fee Ch. and our Bib. Verf, Perhaps 
 we fliould read i")nv "lliy, *' his days pafs away like the departing fha- 
 dow." See Pf. cii. 12. 
 
 5. T^ity. Ch. Syr. Ar. Hare, &c. with one ant. MS. if not ano- 
 ther, read DVJty, " Bow the Heavens, &cc." See Pf. xviii. 9. Allud- 
 ing probably to the defcent on Mount Sinai. See Lowth, &c. and Pf. 
 civ. 32. 
 
 6. " And fcatter them." i. e. The nations mentioned verfe 2. v/hence 
 Patrick infers that Pf. xviii. and this were penned on different occa- 
 fions. 
 
 7-
 
 C 336 1 
 
 7. D»2T D»J:I2. Hare with Edwards omits thefe two words, or 
 adds with Green 'JJ^a after them, as in Pf, xviii. 17. for the fake of 
 the metre. But as Durell obferves, O^DO not fuiting well here, unlefs 
 we underftand it with him of g?-eat affliSlions, perhaps tD'DVD might be 
 better, and dividing the verfe into three lines, according to the Collat. 
 ♦jVlfm might be put at the beginning of the 3d line, " Send down 
 thine hand from above — rid me from the mighty nations — and deliver me 
 from the hand of the fons of the ftranger." i. e. from the Fhilijiines. 
 See Hammond, 6cc. Or from Idolaters, See Patrick. 
 
 in*. All the Verf. with 37 MSS. read TT» fing. 
 
 8. Thefe words may allude to the vanity and deceitfulnefs of idols. 
 See Hammond, and Ifai. xliv. 20. Or to the fallliood and ferjury of 
 their enemies. See Mariana, Spencer, &c. Pf. cvi. 26. &c.— Perhaps 
 n^^-N might be better rendered, " For their mouth." The laft part of 
 this and the nth verfe fliould be rendered uniformly. See our Bib. 
 Verf. 
 
 9. Here begins the iirmnw, or triumphant fong in confequence of the 
 vidlory. See Pf. xxxiii. 2. and Pref. 
 
 10. DOboV. Syr. reads "I'joV, " to the king." Rather .with Seeker 
 l^boV, " to his kingt" anfwering to his fervant. See i Sam. ii. 10. which 
 expreflion in Hannah's prayer feems prophetical of David. Houb. 6cc. 
 read with Syr. Vulg. and one MS. *]liy, " thy fervant." 
 
 ** Yi^oin \.]x& iwoxd of the "wicked." Mudge; by whom he underftands 
 JJlibi-benob. But fee verfe i. 
 
 11. Thefe words may bear the pajl fenfe. " He hath freed me, and 
 delivered me, Sec." And this will remove the difficulty with refpedbto.the 
 three following verfes, which Gejerus, Hare, &:c. fuppofe to be fpoken 
 by the Philiftines «aT« nI/Ar.^tv. But Vatablus and others confider them as 
 the words of the Pfalmift. 
 
 12. ni^K. A friend fuggefts that this word may be a verb in the 
 imperat. mood, and that its force fhould be continued to the following 
 verfes, •* Blefs our fons, &c."
 
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 nnT3. o. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & ^th. with 63 MSS. read nvitD, which is 
 better. Houb. prefers mn'O " ficut Oliveta." '• qua", ex adverfo pkn- 
 tationum, cum feria mirifice congruunt." But in the 16 places, where 
 D't appears in the plur. it is always in the 7/mJc. gend. befides that 
 corner ftones were in the highefl eftimation in the Eafl. See Pf. 
 cxviii. 22. 
 
 D'nn. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read n'ilDJ, *' Jicat fmiilitudo." 
 But the true reading is probably DOnn'?, " Our daughters fliall be as 
 the corner Jlones, hewn out for the building of a temple, or palace-" bD'n 
 fignifics both. See Durell, and Lowth's prel. DilT. on Ifai. p. 30. 
 
 13. l3'"lflD. This word appearing no where elfe, perhaps it fliould be 
 li'JIfD, from pt, alimentum. 
 
 1? "jK \M2, " de cibo in cibum." Cocceius, &c. " Our gamers arc 
 full, affording provifions upon prow/ions." Thefe repofitories for corn io 
 common in the Eafl (See Harmer, Vol. II. p. 452) probably took their 
 rife from Jofeph's wife regulations Gen. xli. 35. 6. Vulg. & Ar. read 
 nt "?{* ntO, " burfling forth on this fide, and on that fide" 
 
 yi'W.'i. Houb. reads with 41 MSS. y^Wi, in which form it appears 
 in near 200 places. 
 
 IJ^mVinn, " in our fields" See Seeker, Sec. Job v. 10. and Prov. 
 viii. 26. 
 
 14. If the metre of the Collat. be followed, it is not improbable that 
 pXl is dropped after pfl, from the fimilitude of the words, " Our 
 oxen are flrong for labor, there is no breach in the land." i. e. whereby 
 they may efcape, or be carried away. See Amos iv. 3. As horfes were 
 not permitted to be multiplied in the land of Ifrael under the Mol'aical 
 difpenfation, in order to affert the fupremacy of Jehovah, (See Deut. xvii. 
 16. Pf. XX'. 8.) oxen were of fingular ufe both in agriculture, and other 
 laborious work. But fee Edwards. 
 
 nNl»'< Houb. per n adventitium, reads HJ^^V. But fliould we not 
 rather make it the femin. " and there is no one that goeth forth" i. e. 
 i^ woman j as they are the firfl to take the alarm in cafe of danger. 
 
 4 R " Neither
 
 [ 338 ] 
 
 " Neither is there ar;y one crying in the flrects." Which denotes 
 the grcatefl: tranquility, li'nnmi. 6 MSS. lymnmi more regular. 
 
 15. mn'C The unprecedented ufeofthis exprefTion feems to argue the 
 recentnefs of this pfalm; and the time oi Nehemiah may be as fuitable to 
 it as any. There is no necefllty for fuppofing with fome that the firli 
 line was fpoken by the Philijlines and the next by the Pfalmiji, as both 
 arc adapted to the laft. See verfe 11. 
 
 Muis fuppofes a redundancy of the pronoun, but the words may per- 
 haps be rendered, " Bleiled are the people, ivhofe Jeho'vah is their God." 
 In oppofition to the tutelary Gods of the nations. It may be proper to 
 obferve that 2 MSS. have the fame words, after ntTK ift. which occur 
 in Pf. Ixxxiv. 4. though none of the verlions acknowledge them. Sec 
 Gen. Din*. Sed. 84, 8. 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 THIS is the laft of the alphabetical ^Mms ; and it is very probable frorfi 
 the metre of the Collat. that each verfe conlifted of two Hemiftichs, the 
 one beginning with the letter of the alphabet in its order, the other with 
 the letter % which may prove the impropriety of Hare's divifion of the 
 metre. All the verfions afcribe it to David, with the Heb. title j which 
 one MS. omits, nbnn is found only here, as the title of a pfalm. 
 
 V. I . " I will extol thee, O my God, the King^' The Jewifh go- 
 vernment was a theocracy. 
 
 'm'JK. 52 MSS. read here 'nVtt, and it is obfervable that we have 
 this word, and D'H^N in 2000 places at leaft without the 1. See Pf. 
 cxxxix. 19,. 
 
 3, bblHD 24 MSS. and 20 in'?1Tl'71.
 
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 4. *Tn*1"aA1. 20 MS8. 1»m"niai ; but all the verlions have the frng. as 
 in verfe ii. The conftrudlion requires that we (houldread' with Ar. and 
 a friend T:i' ; unlefs we read iniK'% which agrees better with the fol- 
 iowing verba. 
 
 5* 1"^"''^ T123. By reading TTV 1T11D, there is no neceffity for reading 
 with Hare, &c. 1-QT for nm, '* T/uy Jhall celebrate the majefty of 
 thy glory." Alex. Verf. reads •]^^l^. 
 
 nn'ti^i*. Durell, &c. read with 6. Syr. Vulg. & JEl\\, in'JT', " and 
 they Jliall /peak of the words of thy wonders." i. e. thy wonderful 
 words, alluding probably to Exod. xx. But Green makes this and the 
 T^t verFe to rt//fr«tf/^ J which the lall verfe of the pfalm countenances. 
 
 *^ 7nKbDi. 40 MSS. 7mN'7fl^ 
 
 6. 1»mb"7:n. Houb. omits the « with 42 MSS.j but all the Verf: 
 with 21 MSS. read inblTII fing. 
 
 niliJDK. Houb, 6cc. read with 6. Ch. Vulg. Ar. & Mih. riiinSD''. 
 But fee verfe 5, 
 
 7. The metre in the laft line of this verfe feemihg dcfeftive, might 
 we not fupply pi? See Pf. cxxxii. 16. 
 
 8. "["iK. To preferve the correfpondence in the Hemiftichs according 
 to the Collat; I would read "]"tK1, ** and Jlow to anger." See title. 
 
 9. The fenfe as well as metre, feems to require that we fliould read 
 with Hare, &c. according to 6. & JEih. v'p after b':h> " Jehovah is 
 gracious unto all that wait for him." See I<am. iii, 25. Though Lo- 
 rinus and Seeker objedt' to it; 
 
 10. naiani'. 6 MSS. and 4 at firft, read "llDnnn 
 
 11. The laft Hemiftich appearing defetStive, mn% or D'H*?**, may 
 have been omitted. 
 
 12. Lorinus, &c. read with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. £c iEth»"] inftead of 
 % ** To make known to the fons of men thy mighty ads — and the 
 glorious majefty of thy kingdom." Which is more agreeable to the 
 context. The metre of the Collat. feems to require TfHi which Hare 
 rejefts. See verfe ji VmmiA 24 MSS. 
 
 13-
 
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 13. D'a*?)^. 60 MSS. have C'dViV, and tj. "»ni. 
 
 ^ Notwithftanding what Buxtorf, &c. have afferted, it cannot be 
 doubted that a verfe confiding of two Hemiftichs, beginning, with the 
 letters J and % has been here omitted, which 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. i^th. 
 with one MS. have preferved, (See Grotius, &c. with Gen. Dill. Sicdt. 
 48. &c.) :VLi7a bDl iDm— V-im V^n mn» lONJ^-^-J^/io-y^A /> true in 
 all his licords — and merciful in all his luorks." v v 
 
 14. All the verfions read with one MS. "]0D, and wirfi 6 P]pn. 
 
 D»'7fln. 35 MSS. D'Vsiin. 
 
 15. Hare's metre here is irregular. See verfe i. and that of the CoUat. 
 being too long in the laft line, Dn*? (hould probably be omitted, ac- 
 cording to 6. Vulg. & Pf. civ. 27. See our old verfion. The change 
 of perfons here is very obfervable. ^^m ^^ 
 
 16. The metre of the firft line being defciStive, we fliould either 
 with Hare fupply HDH before HK, which is favored by 6. Vulg. & 
 Syr. or add mn* after "JT, or as 6. with ^j MSS. "^ns ** Thou opened 
 thine hands, Jehovah." which may have been dropped in other places. 
 See verfe 19. 
 
 18. VN"ip. 12 MSS. VN^Ii? more regular. 
 
 bo'?. It would add much to the emphafis, as well as to the literal 
 order of the Pf. to read with 2 MSS. b2b^, and with all the Verf. and 
 21 MSS. imN"lp» *• even to all them that call upon him in truth." 
 
 19. See verfe 16. 
 
 20. noity. All the Verf. with 12 MSS. read naty, and 3 vanW, which 
 the conftru(5tion calls for. - 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 IK — i.' . 3tii oi nv.'j.i.?! u>ii>:n oT ' 
 
 ^j.TJtfE .vtprds, n» rlVbTI, begin and end the five following pfalnis. 
 Muis, ^c. afcribe this to David. Lorinus, &c. bring it down to the 
 
 ^l J,'ii3#; return
 
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 return from tlie BahyhniJJi captivity. Haggai therefore, or Zechariah, may 
 )iavc been the author of it, as 6. Syr. Ar. & iEth. fet forth in the title. 
 See Prideaux and verfe 7. 
 
 2. mn» DK 7 MSS. See verfe i. 
 
 3. " In the Son of Man." i. e. Perhaps Cyrus. See Pf. Ixxx. i8. to 
 whom fome of the Ifraelites might attribute their return from the Baby- 
 lonifh captivity. 
 
 4. niy». 6. Vulg. Ar. & .^th. with Houb. nti'n, " and he Jhall retimiy 
 &c." Or rather lltyn, as 66 MSP. have nw. 
 
 VDjnti'y. 8 MSS. vmJDtyy. " Chalda^us Jer. xviii. 12. loco Hebrsi 
 lymitl'nD cogitationes nojlras, pofuit KiilDi^y. Vid. Dan. vi. 3. Jon. i. 6. 
 TO mnci'y Job xii. 5. a nonnullis per cogitationes redditur." Gejer. 
 
 5. l"Qt:^. Syr. & Ar. read ^yl\V^^, " <?/r^ whofe hope is, &c." Hare 
 reads T\i1i!\if. Hammond, &c. apply the following part of the pfalm to 
 the MeJJiah ; but it has probably fome refpecS likewife to the reftoration 
 from the Bahylonijli captivity. See verfe i. 
 
 6. Let it be obftrved once for all that feveral MSS. with 6. Vulg. & 
 Ar. read the verbs to verfe 9, with the \ as the partic. Ben. but there 
 feems to be no occafion for it. The metre being irregular, perhaps we 
 ihould read 'pK DNI in the firfl line, and omit DN at the beginning of 
 the 2d line. 
 
 t2^^vb has been underflood of the 70 years captivity. See Lorinus. 
 
 7. *' Jehovah loofeth thofe that are hound" " De liberatis captivis 
 Cyri regis juflu exponunt nonnuUi." Lorinus. This and the four fol- 
 lowing lines afford a beautiful Anaphora. 
 
 8. ni53. 6. Ar. & iEth. read n*1in or fome fuch word, '• Jehovah 
 teacheth the blind." But from comparing Ifai. xxxv. 5. xlii. 7, &c. 
 ♦i»y has been probably omitted through its fimilitude to the following 
 word, " Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind." See Munfter, &c. 
 " Mire hsec congruunt ad Chrijli tempora." Grot. 
 
 4 T 9, C3n.1,
 
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 9- Dn;i, " The Jhangers" may be applicable to the Jews in tbeir 
 captivity. See Exod. xxii. 20, and Lorinus. Houb. reads TTTVO, or 
 nny, for "niy*, but the next verb favors the text. 
 
 10. liVo* 35 MSS. and more than 50 MSS. read nm "inV. 
 
 P S A L M CXLVII. 
 
 MUIS, 6cc. conclude from verfe 2 and 13, that this pfalm was com- 
 pofed after the captivity, and Patrick afcribes it to Nehemiah. 6. Syr. 
 Ar. & ^th. make Haggai and Zechariah the authors of it. See Pf. cxivi. i. 
 
 V. I. The conftrudion feems to require that we fhould with Houb. 
 &c. make n^ ib^H, a part of the pfalm, and reading with them, and 
 one MS. T\'Q\ for n~C?, render the words thus, " Praife Jehovah, for he 
 is good — fing praifes to our God for it is pleal'ant — Praife is becoming." 
 Houb. reads with Syr. inNi, " becomes him." And with this reading 
 we might omit D'VJ with one M3. ** for praife becomes him." 
 
 2. " The difperfed of Ifrael." 1. e. The liraelites in Babylon, whither 
 they were led captive. — nJn, 8 MSS. but 6. Vulg. Ar. & i^th. have the 
 partic. which the context favors. 
 
 3. NiDin 23 MSS. with Syr. but fee above. 
 
 4. This verfe probably alludes to Gen. xv. 5. 
 
 5. IJ'JnN 67 MSS. and ij IJilTK, one of which is preferable. 6. Syr. 
 V^ulg. Ar. & .^,th. with 15 MSS. read iniinn'^l. 
 
 7. W, " iterate," Caft. i. c. fing one after another; the chorus on 
 the one fide anfvvering the chorus on the other. See Exod. xv. 21. 
 Ephef. v. 19. and Pref. 
 
 mini. Hare, &c. nyi"inn, " ivith Jhouting." But the text feems pro- 
 per here. See Pf. xxvii. 6. IIJ'Dn 16 MSS. 
 
 8. cd;:; HD^'^n. Perhaps cJTit'n D3i:n. 
 
 6. Vulg.
 
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 6. Vulg. Ar. & -^th. Hare, &c. infert an Hemiftich from Pf. civ. 14. 
 between the lad: line of this and the firfl: of the next verfe ; but Seeker 
 rejects it ; nor does it feem neceflary. One good MS. probably reads 
 •pKH*?, which may help the metre. 
 
 9. The pfalmifl: makes mention of the Crows, or Ravens, as Lorinus 
 obferves, ** quoniam crocitmido declarant famem fuam, efca;que neceflita- 
 tem." But fee Calmet. 
 
 1{«{"lp». Ar. reads iniN^pS " which call upon him." Unlefs we fuppofe 
 the affix and formative 1 to coalefce. See Pf. ii. 12. But 1ty{< may be 
 confidered as a conjunction, •' when they call." See 6. Syr. & Vulg. 
 nmy 29 MSS. 
 
 10. N*? 2d 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. with 36 MSS. Kb% 
 
 n. r\'i'r\. Syr. reads Hi'm, " Sed obleBatur:' And none of the other 
 verfions have the participle. 
 
 12. 6, Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEtli. make this the beginning of a new 
 pfalm : and 6. Ar. & iEth. have in the title, •' Alleluja, Aggcei & Za- 
 charia." See Pf. xlvi. 1. " Sed qua auftoritate conjuncSta disjungant, 
 di^junda contra conjungant, non conftat." Hare. 
 
 13. If 'Nehemiah compofed this pfalm, it muft be after the walls 
 were rebuilt. See Neh. ii. 17. 
 
 14. ibin.t. All the verfions, except Ch. read with one MS. ^'VliS, 
 •' thy borders.'' 
 
 m*7;i7, ** peace." " The abftract for the concrete." Durell. "Deficit 
 v." Pifc. Rather n- See Syr. £c our verf. 
 
 1^. p^?. Gejerus reads with Ch. pK*?. Hare fupplies with Syr. VV- 
 nblirn 26 MSS. with 6. Vulg. & Ar. See verfe 3. 
 
 nina ly, " ujque cito." i. e. celerrime, Buxt. &c. But a friend obferves 
 fy is probably written for "jjr, and fhould be placed before the preceding 
 word. See Syr. and our verfions, which alfo fupply ^^<a, An allulion to 
 the meflengers of kings. 
 
 16. Ther
 
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 1 6. The brevity, aptnefs, and fublimity of the following defcriptions 
 are not to be paralleled in any other author. A mofi: beautiful parononiafia 
 in the 2d line. \nMn 33 MSS. with 6. 
 
 17. D'DiDD. Green deriving this word from DSD, Ugare, with Schul- 
 tens, gives this fenfe, *« Who fendeth forth his ice io bmd up (the wa- 
 ters.)" But as there is no authority to-fupply the ellipfis, the verfion of 
 Caft. and others feems beft, " He fendeth forth his hail like morfels." i. e. 
 of bread, which it refembles in colour ; and perhaps for imp in the 
 next line, we fhould read Tr\^, " who fliall fland before his hailf" Al- 
 luding to 2 Sam. xxii. 15. — liDV 8 MSS. 
 
 18. " And melteth them." i. e. " Gelu frigufq." Fife. &c. Perhaps 
 the hail-Jiones, taking the foregoing fubftantive in the colleSiive fenfe. 
 
 "^V imi. Durell reads ibm nT\, " The -wind bloweth, and the wa- 
 ters ^ow." 6. Syr. Ar. & ii^th. with Houb. read the ^a; as well as 
 the copulative, *' He turneth his wind; ^«^ the waters flow." This may 
 be the better fenfe of ity» here. 
 
 19. 1"iai. 56 MSS. vnn, " liis words." See Exod. xx. i. Vpin 
 4 MSS. 
 
 20. D»D3tyD% 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. VDSty^l, and Durell gives 
 this fenfe of the words, •' nor have his judgments iizJlruSled them." See 
 Jud. viii. 16. Houb. &c. read with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ch. Ar. & ^th. 
 D^nv, *' nor hath he declared his judgments unto them." 
 
 P S A L M CXLVIIL 
 
 THIS pfalm, as Lowth obferves, ** is a beautiful example of the 
 
 fynthetic, or conflruBtve, parallelifm j in which there is a correfpondence 
 
 and equality between different propofitions, in refpeft of the {hape and 
 
 turn of the whole fentence, and of the conflrudtive parts ; fuch as noun 
 
 anfivering to noun, verb to "verb, member to member." See Prel. Difl'. to 
 
 Ifai.
 
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 Ifai. p. 21. It might be compofed by the author of the former, as a dif- 
 fuafivc from Idolatry, which, it is obfervable, the Jews never committed 
 after their returrv from the BabyloniJJi captivity. 
 
 V. I. lb"?!! being repeated y^i;^« times may be intended to denote the 
 perfection of praife, that being a^crd"^ number amongft the Jews. 
 
 p. Perhaps better rendered w, " Praife ye Jehovah in the Heavens." 
 i. e. ye angels^ who dwell there ; (fee Lowth on Pf. Ixviii. 27.) or Jeho- 
 vah dwelling there. See Pf. cxxiii. i. and v. 7* 
 
 2. "iKiy. All the Verf. Houb. &c. with 56 MSS. have Vi^lV. " All 
 ye A/j hojls." SeePf. ciii. 21. 
 
 3. The Sun, Moon, and Stars, are called upon firft to praife God 
 (which they do in a metaphorical fenfe) becaufe they were the firfl: objefts 
 of Idolatry. "ilK. 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read niKI, " and light," 
 But the words may be in conflrudlion. See our Bib. verfion. 
 
 4. " Te Heavens of Heavens." i. e. '• The highejl of thofe Heavens, 
 above fome part of which the waters are here faid to be placed." Ham- 
 mond. Grotius obferves, ** Hebrsi caelum partiuntur in tres regiones, 
 quarum prima eft nubifera, altera ajlrifera, tertia angelifera" See 2 Cor. 
 xii. 2. 
 
 5. This and the next verfe are the flro'ngefl: proofs of the vanity of 
 idolatry. For the addition fee 6. Houb. and our old verfion. 
 
 6. pin 7 MSS. and 48 niy», which may be the fut, in Niph. " and it 
 JJiall not be broken." See our old Verf. — Tigur. Verf. Meibomius, &c. 
 read innVS " and they Jhall not tranfgrefs (it)." See Pf. civ. 9, 
 
 7. Having in the 4th. verfe finlfhed with the waters above the firma- 
 ment, the Pfalmift now proceeds regularly to the waters under the firma- 
 ment. See Gen. i. 9. which are there called Seas, but here Deeps ; and 
 that D'J'iD probably fignifies Whales, and other fea monfters, and not 
 ferpents as Durell fuppofes, fee Gen. i. 21. Ezech. xxxii. 2. DlSinn 
 
 41 MSS. Sec Pf. xxxiii. 7. 
 
 4 U 8. " Firer
 
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 8. " Ftre" i, e. the lightning. Vatab. &c. which accompanies the 
 hail ftorm, though fo oppofite in their natures. See Pf. cxxxv. 7. 
 
 mVD mn. Syr. with our old Verf. myDl; but Pf. evil. 25. Ezek. 
 i. 4. &c. confirm the text. The connection feems to require nm, ** and 
 the ftormy wind." See Ar. 
 
 ns:^. 17 MSS. more properly r\^^)f, in Bert. 6. & Vulg. CD«i:?iy. Ar. 
 ♦tyijr in regim. " the fulfillers of his Word." " Erubefce ergo, homot 
 qui folus Dei legem non obfervas." Tirin. 
 
 9. " Fruitful trees." Rather fruit-trees. Mudge, &c. 
 
 " And all Cedars." comprehending in o«? »fpecies every kind of tree 
 not bearing fruit. See Muis. 
 
 10. The antithefis, if not the metre, is better preferved, by reading 
 with Meibomlus ^0^^J after trm, " the reptile of the earth." Or as 
 Hare, 5<cc. bDl, " and every fowl." 
 
 1 1 . From the inanimate and animate parts of the creation, he proceeds 
 to the rational. 
 
 ♦DSIJy 7 MSS. and feveral read here, as in other places, D'O'W^V. 
 
 12. nbim. All the Verf. with Houb. and 95 MSS. mbinn, a ftrong 
 inftance of the corruption of the text. " And alfo maidens." Emphatical j 
 as having no occafion to be afraid of attending at the annual feafts. -See 
 Gejer. — Hare, &c. rejedt 1, for the fake of the metre. 
 
 13. 1^^^, '* is to be exalted." The Pre-eminence of fehovah above 
 all the celejlial and terrejlrial divinities is aflcrted ; and the proof of it 
 given in the next verfe. 
 
 14. Dl'1, " Becaufe he hath exalted the horn of his people — He fliall 
 be the praife of all his faints, &c." in delivering them from the Baby- 
 lonifh captivity. For this fenfe of % fee Cafl. Lexic. ** When he ex" 
 alteth, &c." Mudge. " ylnd he exalteth." Lowth. 
 
 m'np. 43 MSS. imipi " his kindred people." See AInfworth. The 
 Ifraelites were in the clofeft alliance with Jehovah. See Jerem. xxxi. 
 
 PSALM
 
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 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 MUlS and Patrick afcribe this pfalm to David. Mudge, &c. re- 
 fer it to 2 Chron. xx. 21, 22. Others, according to Gejerus, bring it 
 down to the time of the Mefliah. See Hammond. Mollerus fuppofes 
 it to be written juft before the deliverence from Babylon.. Perhaps rather 
 by TSlehemiah on his conquering the enemies of Ifrael, and fecuring the 
 city of Jerufalem, as recorded, ch. iv. 7 — 18 and vi. 15. 
 
 V. I. " A new fong" may be very well applied to the occafion juft 
 r^icntioned. See Neh. viii. 9. 
 
 2. Vtyjrn. Houb. reads int^Vn. See alfo Deut. xxxii. 15, 6cc. But 
 the true reading feems to be VtyiVl according to 14 MSS. or intyiVl 
 (See MSS. in Job. iv, 17.) " in his tnaker." i. e. God', who formed 
 Ifrael from the wombs of Sarah and Rebecca in a miraculous manner. 
 See Tirinus on Ifai. xliii. 1. 
 
 Rather, " Let the fans of Zion be joyful in their king." The Jewi/h 
 government being a Theocracy, -which commenced at the time of the, 
 departure from Egypt ; and continued in fome degree till the coming of 
 Chriil, as had been foretold by Jacob, Gen. xlix. 10. 
 
 3. biriDi, ** with the pipe." See Pifcator on Exod. xv. 20. our Bib. 
 Marg. Mudge, &c. with Preface. 
 
 «Y)rQ 33 MSS. and 8. nuoi. 
 
 4. ni'l 6. Syr. & Ar. with 3 MSS. 
 
 Perhaps rather, ** He decketh the affiiSied with falvation." As a 
 contraft to the miferable fituation of the Ifraelites in captivity. See 
 Lam. iv. 5. 
 
 5. Might we read DTOD3, " Let the faints rejoice with their glory ?" 
 i. e. their tongues. See Pf. Ivii. 8. and v. 6. 
 
 «* Let
 
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 ♦' Let them fing aloud upon their beds." This may denote the moft pro- 
 found fccurity. See Muis, &c. Or the pfahnift may here allude to their 
 happy releafe from the inceffant watchings mentioned Neh. iv. 23. 
 Green fuppofes that their beds may mean the couches on which they re- 
 clined, when they partook of the eucharijlical facrifices. Durell giving it 
 a metaphorical fignification from the Ar. and referring for this fenfe of 
 hv to Noldius, renders it, *• They will ling aloud from the heart" 
 Some one by Seeker's remark feems to have read DmJ3B'D3, " in their 
 dwellings" And though, as he obferves, Vv doth not favor that reading; 
 this noun with "^y might afford a very good fenfe, " Let them fmg aloud 
 Jor their habitations." which they now enjoyed in peace. 
 
 6. nVfl'fl. " Prima fyllaba geminatur ad augendam fignificationem." 
 Gejerus ; and 8 MSS. reading DVflD feem to confirm it j but fee Prov. v. 4. 
 This may refer to Neh. iv. 13, 14, &c. 
 
 7. See Neh. iv. 7, 8. The force of the verb feems to be carried on 
 to the laft fentence. Syr. reads with 4 MSS. mnDim, which the con- 
 nedion, if not the metre, feems to require. See our. Verfions,. — D'O-iK^^i 
 16 MSS. 
 
 8. *< To hind their kings, &c." " Hoc hyperbolice diflum." Muis.- 
 Unlefs the pfalmift alludes to Ifai. xlv. 14. See Lorinus. "iiDn'j 31 MSS. 
 D'p^tl 49 MSS. as feveral read wherever this word appears. 
 
 9. *' The judgment 'written." Patrick, &c. refer this to Deut, vii. 24. 
 &c. Muis to Deut. xxxii. 42 — 43. Perhaps it may allude to Ifaiah's 
 predidion concerning Cyrus, xiv. 4 — 27. A friend refers to i Cor. vi. 2. 
 and the apoftle might allude to this pafTage. Our old verfion reads 21033, 
 but as Seeker obferves, contrary to the ant. verfions, and without any 
 other authority ; and one MS. reads mflSn, which m^y be emphatical. 
 Durell renders the Epiphonema in the laft line, '* He is an honor among 
 all his faints." But our Bib. Verf. feems equally proper, and i& ex- 
 preffive of God's fignal protedion of his chofen people from the Call 
 of Abraham to their eftablifliment in peace at Jerufalem> beautifully de- 
 fcribed by Nchemiah ix« 4 — 28. 'Sl 
 
 PSALM
 
 [ 349 3 
 
 PSALM CL. 
 
 THIS pfalm feems to be an Epitome of the two preceding, and 
 might be compofed by Nehemiah, or Ezra. It is obfervable, that if we 
 include the title, and the conclufion, the word lb"?!! is repeated twelve 
 times according to the number of the Tribes of Ifrael ; (on which account 
 this number was in great efteem amongft the Ifraelites. See Nurtib. vii. 
 84. I Kings xviii. 31. Mark iii. 14. Rev. vii. 5.) and not thirteen, 
 as Gejerus fays, in allufion to the thirteen attributes of Jehovah, for 
 which he cites, Exod. xxxiv. 6. unlefs WriD in verfe 6 be confidered 
 as one. Nor are there ten inftruments, as Muis probably fuppofes, un- 
 lefs we read "iDlti'l in verfe 3. See Preface. 
 
 V. 1. liy-Tpl, "/or his Holinefs." Ghffius, &c. But our Bib. Verf. 
 feems equally proper, and it may fignify either Heaven, or the Temple. 
 See Gejer. & Houb. 
 
 l?1j; 8 MSS. 
 
 2. vnmn.^n. 30 MSS. vn'mn:Q, and one im"nn:i2. Syr. & Ar. 
 
 inmX13, in the fmg. See Pf. Ixvi. 7. ailD 18 MSS.— Syr. with one 
 MS. probably mn. 
 
 3. "Iflllt'. Probably we fliould read nfllLTI, as J/pDn may denote ano- 
 ther inftrument of the trumpet kind; (See Ezek. vii. 14.) " Praife him 
 with the clarion, and the trumpet." See Title and Preface. 
 
 -IIJOI 12 MSS. 
 
 4. '^inOI, " and 'with the pipe." See Pf. cxlix. 3. t]in2 32 MSS» 
 D'JDl, or as 25 MSS. D'yoi. This word occurring no where elfe, 
 
 it is impoffible to afcertain what kind of inftrument this was, but as 
 Edwards upon the authority of Rabbi Hannafe makes it zjlringed inftru- 
 ment, and the word is probably derived from nJD, to number, probably 
 it was fo called] from the extraordinary number of ftrings, which it 
 
 4 X had
 
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 had, and perhaps the decac/iord mentioned Pf. xxxiil. 2. 2W^ 51. MSS. 
 See Gen. iv. 21. and Preface. 
 
 5. Thefe cymbals had their different names from their different tones, 
 " praife him with the deep toned cymbals — praife him with the Jharp- 
 toned cymbals." Or vice verfa. See Preface. 
 
 6, As the preceding verfes confifl: of tivo Hemiftichs, it is very pro- 
 bably conjedtured by Hare, &c. that an Hemiftich is wanting to com- 
 plete this ftanza, which may be done by fupplying one of thofe two 
 which he propofes, or by adding nDPl DblV*? 0> *' for his mercy endu- 
 reth for ever" See Pf. cxxxvi. 
 
 TV iilT\' " Non alia voce potuit melius obfignari pfalmorum liber 
 quam hac, qus perpetuo nos admoneret, nunquam ut de Dei laudibus 
 conticefcamus, quumque confummaverimus, tunc ut rurfum incipiamus." 
 Muis. 
 
 APPENDIX
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 V. I. After Prov. iii. 18. read, we find alfo HDJ, ♦{i>£)n, and nnv, 
 often. But fee Pf. xli. 2. 
 
 3. by*. lo MSS. more agreeable to the radix. . 
 
 4- 0^3- 53 MSS. 
 
 5. MSS. 31 more regularly IDIp'. 
 
 PSALM IL 
 
 V. I. Several MSS. read CD'Dlf^"?, here and elfewhere. See Prov, xi. 
 26. Ifai. li. 4. 
 
 PSALM IIL 
 
 V. 3. MSS. 16. CnaiK, more regular. 
 
 8. Syr. with 2 MSS. 'Jt^l, " and haft broken." 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 V. 2. Several MSS. read ^y^y here, and elfewhere ; but there is no 
 inftance of this form in the text, if Calafio's Concordance may be de- 
 pended upon, which is not always the cafe. See Pf. lix. 11. fire, 
 
 4- Xbfln 34 MSS. more proper ; and one perhaps K^bsn. See 2 Chron. 
 xxvi. 15, 
 
 5. See Pf. xcix. i 
 
 7. MSS. 19. DnOIK. 
 
 8. Lowth fuppofes an ellipfis of nHJit!^, ** prs gauclio ejus temporis, 
 quo, &c." See Pf. ex. 3. 
 
 P 5 A L M
 
 [ 352 ] 
 
 P S A L M V, 
 
 V. 4. *i"i«ij?X 13 MSS. 
 
 5. yy]^' 45 MSS, more agreeable to the radix. 
 
 .6. '"jyiS 6 MSS. 
 
 8. mil 17 MSS. 
 
 11. Dn'myyi::J3 34 MSS, See Pf. ixxxi. 13. 
 
 12. 'imK 7 MSS. 
 
 PSALM VI. 
 
 5. One MS. reads now with Syr. & Ar. 'JJ/'tT'im, '• and fave 
 me, &c." , 
 
 8. npnv. 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. read 'Dpny, " inveteravi." Syr. 
 npnvi, " ^^ turbatus efi" See our old Verf. 
 
 9. ♦'^nfl 12 MSS. 
 
 PSALM VIL 
 
 3. f^TnO' 5 MSS. After verb add, Seeker thinks they read "p'lfai V** 
 p"lSV 
 
 5. 'JDbliy 31 MSS. 
 
 6. f^n-i' 5 MSS. and 3 DIDnn. 
 
 . 14. After 'pVt*? add, or r^M^r 'pVinV. See MSS. 
 
 P S A L M VIIL 
 
 V. 4. Y^1V35;t? 26 MSS. 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 V. 4. ♦I'K 30 MSS. 
 
 9. DlSty* 8 MSS. D'OW*? 16 MSS. 
 
 II. Tt^in 25 MSS. 
 
 14. 'J3n 22 MSS. as elfewhere. 
 
 21. nn'ti'. The Grammarians fuppofe an Aphcerefis of n at the be- 
 ginning of this and many other verbs of the fame formation. But does 
 not D'ii'n feem to be the true reading ? One MS. reads riDty. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 353 3 
 P S A L M X. 
 
 V. 2. By reading CVtyi all the difficulties with refpeft to the gram- 
 matical conftrudtion are removed, *« By the pride of the wicked the poor 
 is perlecuted — let them, &c." 
 
 6. Many MSS. read "nn nnV. 
 
 9. One MS. reads probably 13D3, and another IDlDl- See alfo 6. Vulg. 
 Ar. & ^th. PjiDn' 8 MSS. 
 
 13. trmn i8 MSS. See V. 15. 
 
 16. See Pf. cxiv. 2. 
 
 18. DIDJyb 13 MSS. and p-)yV 22 MSS. One ant. MS. reads Pi»Din» 
 This verfe is irregularly divided. 
 
 PSALM XI. 
 
 V. 5. 6. with 8 MSS. read lTm\ and render this Hemiftich thus> 
 " but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own foul" 
 
 6. TDO» one MS. and another probably.. 
 
 7. One ant. MS. reads r)p*7!f. 
 
 PSALM XIL 
 
 V. 4. mbnA 41 MSS. 
 
 5. liiltybb 27 MSS. more regular. 
 
 7. mmnD n MSS. 
 
 PSALM XIIL 
 
 V. 6. It feems proper to read buS or Vw. See Pf. xxxvii. 5. 
 
 PSALM XIV. 
 
 V. 4. ♦byifl 6 MSS. 
 
 7. See Pf. xiii. 6. 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 V. I. p3ty' 13 MSS. 
 3. li'isy'? 54 MSS. 
 
 4 Y PSALM
 
 n 354 ] 
 
 PSALM XVL 
 
 V. 10. 31tvn 7 MSS. 
 
 ab 2d. lo MSS. with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & ^th. kH 
 
 PSALM XVIL 
 
 V. 5. *TiJ3n 43 MSS. 
 
 12. nti^V 15 MSS. with 6. Vulg. & ^th. and 6. Vulg. & Ar. feem 
 to read ^IDD, paratus. 
 
 PSALM XVIIL 
 
 V. I. -inK 49 MSS. 
 
 4. bbina. 
 
 12. IDDTD 7 MSS. 
 
 23. vnipim 2 MSS. 
 
 32. mbx. See verfe 47, and Pf. cxxxix. 19. 
 
 42. One MS. reads Vyi- See our verfions. 
 
 49. " From the violent man" i. e. Saul probably. 
 
 P S A L M XLX. 
 
 V. 4. naiN 17 MSS. 
 14. nwn 52 MSS. 
 
 •jKI 5 MSS. Durell renders the laft words, •' frotn fmn'ing greatly" 
 
 PSALM XXL 
 
 V. 9. One ant. MS. reads with 6. Ch. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. 7Ki{y bs"?, 
 (rather with 4 MSS. •J'KJIJ:') *' all them, &c." 
 
 P S A L M XXIL 
 
 V. 2. The Evangelifts read with Ch. 'iDplB', and one MS. ♦^nnDJT, 
 iphy hajl thou forgotten me f 
 18. See Pf. xcii. 12. 
 27. VB'nn 15 MSS. with 6. &c. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 355 ] 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 V. r. ♦niyv 30 MSS. with 6. &c. 
 
 6. After O God read, " It feems as if Jacob fhould be Jehovo." 
 Seeker. 
 
 10. niKni* mn'. This expreffion occurs very frequently ; and, though 
 Gejerus, Lowth, &c. fuppofe an ellipfis of 'nVK, it is obfervable that 
 it is fupphed only once in the text of Ifaiah and Jeremiah, notwithftand- 
 ing thofe words are found in 120 places at lead j (See Calaf. Cone.) and 
 very few MSS. fupport this addition. 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 V. 9. For IS'ISJ/ 2d Syr. reads, 'Oi^i'^y pauper es. 
 
 10. vnnyi 25 MSS. 
 
 11. Inflead of, and we ought, &c, read, 6. 6c Syr. feem to read 
 nbD> Vulg. rhODi but the 1 may be wholly converfive, *' i/iou wilt par- 
 don." 
 
 PSALM xxvn. 
 
 V. 9. Vk 2d. Syr. reads with 2 MSS. ^Kl. See our Bib. Verf. 
 
 PSALM XXXL 
 
 V. 12. ♦VT»'7. 27 MSS. 'VTA'd'?; but fee Pf. Ixxxviii. 9. in Append, 
 and Prov. vii. ^ . 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 V. 5. For Hare, See. read, " Hebr. yale quod non inteliigo; Gr. 
 mT I/xS." Hare. ** I wonder Hare did not underftand »'?{*. (probably a 
 miftake for '"7^) It is the fame with by, concerning" Seeker. Why 
 not, againjl tnyfelff See Vulg. &c. Gejerus, &c. fuppofe It to fignify the 
 fame as riK, and our verfions omit It ; but ftill, &c. 
 
 7* U'li'JD 3 MSS. quite regular. See Pf. Ixxvlii. 7. cxl. 2, 5. 
 
 PSALM xxxin. 
 
 V. 2. Several ant. MSS. read here, and elfe where IliOl, but it is not 
 found fo in the text. After xcii. 4. read. See Preface. 
 
 6. mn»
 
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 6. mrr 121 Here anfwers exadly to the \oyos of St. John i. i. and V£) 
 mi f/ie Jpirity or breath of his mouth feems to be a proper defcription 
 of ihQ procejjion of the Holy Ghofl. See Lorinus, Poole, &c. and John 
 XX. 22. on which Voffius obferves, " Hinc colligitur Spiritum etiam a 
 Filio procedere." 
 
 1 6. mil feveral MSS. in both places, and in the following verfe, 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 V. 13. After yflinn read, or confider 'j-tjnn as a participle, for which 
 fee Buxtorf i perhaps, &c. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 V. 18. One MS. reads with Ar. rWTV "JllK, which feems better, 
 *' I will praife, O Jehovah, &c." 
 
 PSALM XXXVL 
 
 V. 5. nm» 5 MSS. 
 
 PSALM xxxvn. 
 V. 8. mm 26 MSS. 
 
 17. All the verfions with ii MSS. read "j^DI. 
 
 18. One ant. MS. with 6. Vulg. Ar. & ^th. VT. 
 
 19. IK'll* 13 MSS. 
 
 21. \'r\Ti all the verfions with 7 MSS. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIIL 
 
 V. 9. 'nwfli 48 MSS. 
 
 20. 'Kjity 5 MSS. 
 
 21. After '£)"m read. But upon further confideration, though Buxtorf 
 alfo fuppofes a metathefis (See his Gram. p. 516) the text feems equally 
 proper j which Durell, referring to Ifai. i. 23, &c. renders, '* injlead of 
 procuring me good." 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 V. 7. "Tai'' 6 MSS. 
 
 PSALM
 
 [ 357 3 
 P S A L M XL. 
 
 V. 16. CDnaii^n 8 Mss. 
 17 'imK 5 MSS. 
 
 PSALM XLir. 
 V. 6. 'b'mn, agreeable to the parallel paffages, feems to be right. 
 8. All the verfions with 4 MSS. read Nip. 
 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 V. 3. D'OIK*? 14 MSS. 
 10. IJnmr 3 MSS. with Syr. 
 15. D'aiK*?! 20 MSS. 
 22. mpn^ 4 MSS. 
 
 moi'jyn 27 MSS. 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 V. 5. After and others read, with 2 MSS. 
 
 PSALM XLVL 
 
 V. 5. After Altijfimus read. But 41 MSS. read {yiTp. 
 
 PSALM XLVn. 
 V. 4. IIT. " Put. pro prast. Hoc intellige de fubje6tione Cananae- 
 orum." Muis, &c. See Pf. xviii. 48. 
 
 PSALM XLVIIL 
 V. I. After determine read. He divides thus, reading alfo differently, 
 
 &c. bni 
 
 : &c. ")»yi 
 
 &c. nn 
 
 : &c. tyiK'D 
 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 V. 2. ^im'> 15 MSS. 
 
 5. "nJ'31 8 MSS. See Pf. Ixxviii. i. Matt. xiii. 35, Rom. xi. 33. 
 
 4 Z PSALM
 
 C 358 ] 
 
 PSALM L. 
 V. 22. m^JK. One MS. reads D'hVk ; but fee PC. cxxxix. 19. ♦h^W 
 3 MSS. and 18 f\r\m. 
 
 PSALM LL 
 V. 10. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read with one MS. nj^:im. See our Verf. 
 13. See Pf. cxxxix. 7. 
 
 PSALM LIL 
 V. 4. ntynn 7 MSS. and 15 with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. and ^Eth. 
 
 mn. 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 V. 9. See Pf. xcii. 12. 
 
 PSALM LVn. 
 
 V. 10. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with 20 MSS. "j^arKI. See our old Verf. 
 D'OIN*?! 12 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LVIIL 
 
 V. 7. Dinn 5 MSS. 
 9. Ti'jn* 8 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LIX. 
 V. II. After ©*<:. read. See Pf. xcii. 12. 
 
 P S A L M LX. 
 
 V. 14. Several MSS. read here, and Pf. cviii. 14, li'Op; which feems 
 to anfwer better to the verb. See Pf. xliv. 6. 
 
 PSALM LXL 
 
 V. 3. tjiaj/i 3 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 V. 3. ^H^y 4 MSS. 
 
 8. a'DMii 13 MSS. 
 
 PSALM
 
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 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 V. 3. ^njr 3 MSS. 
 
 15. mitop 4 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LXVIIL 
 
 V. 25. tyiipn 4 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 V. 3. n'JIliyi 9 MSS. So alfo many MSS. read, wherever thi';; word 
 occurs. 
 
 31. One MS. reads nW libl-INI, " and I will magnify it, O 'Jehovah, 
 with thankfgiving." 
 
 PSALM LXXIIL 
 
 V. 18. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with 3 MSS. read TsmDth, fing. 
 
 27. 'I'i?'!!^ 9 MSS. which appears to be a miftake for "I'pirn. See 
 Calaf. Cone. 
 
 28. 'JNI. See Pf. xli. 13. 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 V. 18. After njerf. add, unlefs we might read DK for DNf, " Remem- 
 ber the enemy," 
 
 PSALM LXXVL 
 V. 13. 1^^fn♦ 25 MSS. — One very ant. MS. reads NmJ {vVv, " The 
 Moji High is terrible, &c." 
 
 PSALM LXXVIIL 
 V. 12. ]V1V feveral MSS. here, and elfewhere ; but there is no inflance 
 of it in the text. 
 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 V. 20. "iKm 4 MSS. and we Ihould read uniformly in each verfe. 
 
 PSALM LXXXin. 
 
 V. II. pn 15 MSS. and fome of them very antient. See alfo other 
 
 places. 
 
 PSALM
 
 [ 36o ] 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 V. 10. p3tyV 20 MSS. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIIL 
 
 V. 9. Dele more regular, and add, But 'yi'D feems to be the regular 
 part. pah. in Pyh. See Prov. vii. 4. 
 
 19. After dijlrefs read, But one MS. reads with all the verfions 'yTDl.- 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 V. 8. D'trnp 40 MSS. 
 
 10. Nisyi. One MS. reads INd, and .another ant. one Ntyi; Bux- 
 torf fuppofes an aphaerefis of i, but D^^l feems moft conformable to 
 the radix. See Ezek. x. 16. 
 
 12. ni<l'7ai 31 MSS. But fee Pf. xxiv. i. 
 
 13. nK12 one MS. See verfe 12. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 v. I. A great number of MSS. mil "mi, and 7 nnV more ufual. 
 6. Syr. & Ar. read with 13 MSS. niybl. See our old Verf. 
 For Tjth verfe read, 14th. 
 
 PSALM XCVL 
 V. 11. We fliould probably read b'AD, or 'jlAD. See Calaf. Cone, and 
 Pf. xxxvii. 5. 
 
 PSALM XCVIIL 
 V. 6. See Preface. 
 8. Ar. reads ]n'flD, their hands. 
 
 PSALM a. 
 V. 5. imf^. 43 MSS. read int<. 
 8. 'byifl 6 MSS. 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 V. 8. One MS. feems to have read mVpll, which is better. 
 
 PSALM
 
 C 361 3 
 
 P S A L M CV. 
 
 V. 10. pTh one MS. '7^*'^iy'b1 n MSS. with 6. Vulg. & JEth. 
 
 27. vmniK 10 MSS. 
 
 31. Nin'l one MS. 
 
 PSALM CVI.. 
 
 V. 45. ni-!3 14 MSS. 
 
 PSALM CVIL 
 
 V. 30. For pna read nna, and add. One MS. reads ^IHD, but thefe 
 words occurring, &c. 
 
 PSALM cvin. 
 
 V. 4. a'Diti"?! 13 MSS. 
 8. nnbj^K 19 MSS. 
 
 12. D'nbt^ ift. 4 MSS. read D'^'?^^ ^n^?, as in Pf. Ix. 12. 
 
 PSALM CIX. 
 
 V. 29. Two MSS. read D'Diyil i but DDt^ll feems to be right. See 
 Pf. XXXV. 26. Mich. vii. 10. 
 
 PSALM CXIL 
 
 V. 10. pYin^ 5 MSS. 
 
 PSALM CXIV. 
 V. 7. See Pf. cxxxix. 19. 
 
 PSALM CXVL 
 
 V. 4. 'tl^iSJn JobD feems to be the better reading. 
 
 PSALM CXVIIL 
 
 V. 23. One MS. at firft read N^m, with 6. Syr. Vulg. Ar. & /Eth. 
 See our old verfion. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 V. 2. Dna'^uy 17 MSS. 
 
 5. After 6f<r. read, or IJJnNI, as 8 MSS. 
 
 5 A CRITICAL
 
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 CRITICAL REMARKS 
 
 O N T H E 
 
 BOOK OF PROVERB S. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 V. I. "THE Proverbs of Eolomon., the Son of David, King of 
 Ifrael." 
 
 This Title of the following Book is fufficient to recommend it to 
 our moft diligent attention, as being the produdlion of the wifefl of men, 
 who had received his education under the befl: of Fathers ; independent 
 therefore of Divine Infpiration, we might expedl to find in it a rich trea- 
 fure of religious and moral fentiments ; but when we confider this work 
 as the penmanfhip of him, to whom God is exprefsly faid to have given 
 a wife and underjlanding heart, we muft receive it as the oracles of God, 
 which are full of Grace and Truth. The Proverbs might be called 
 CD'bsyD, as commanding affent j as axioms are fliled a|io^viii«of£i/Ta, worthy of 
 remembrance. See Lowth's Preledt. 4. But of the three thoufand which 
 he fpake there is not a third part remaining. Grotius, indeed, who 
 reckons them from the beginning of the tenth chapter, makes them 
 only 658, but in the preceding chapters there are wife maxims of the 
 higheft importance to the prefent and future felicity of mankind. It has 
 
 been
 
 [ 364 ] 
 
 been juflly obferved by many writers, that the admirable inftrudlion they 
 convey is adapted to all ageSf conditions, and ranks of men. Some, in- 
 deed, have maintained that Solomon was not fo much the author as the 
 colkSfor of thefe proverbs; but what is aflerted i Kings iv. 32. feems to 
 be a confutation of this opinion ; and Cornelius a lapide, fpeaking of 
 the antient fages of Greece, obferves, " omnium prior fuit Salomon, adeo- 
 que ipfe nullius fuit difcipulus, fed omnium Magifter." And how great 
 his repute for wifdom was, may fully appear from the vifit of the Queen 
 of Sheba recorded i Kings x. i — 10. where fhe gives the moft ample 
 teflimOny, that the infpiration of the Almighty gave him this fuperior 
 underftanding, and enabled him to compofe fo many, and fo ufeful lef- 
 fons for the benefit of the whole human race ; which, that they might be 
 more eafily and more deeply imprefled upon the mind, are conveyed in a 
 metrical form. See Preface to the Pfalms. The firfl: fix verfes are by 
 way of an exordium to point out the author, together with the ufe and 
 intent of the whole book, which is divided into two principal parts : 
 the firfl: to chap. x. contains an exhortation to wifdom j the fecond to 
 chap. XXX. confifts of thofe religious and moral axioms, which conftitute 
 that wifdom; and though the lafl: chapter gives us the admonition of 
 Bathfliebah to Solomon in the choice of a wife, it probably received its 
 prefent form from his hand, and therefore may be confidered as a part of 
 his work. Others indeed divide it differently. See Poole, Patrick, &c. 
 ♦Vfc:^^ 25 MSS. See Kennicott's Collation. 
 
 2. nVlb, the infinitive ufed potentially, <• that you may know." See 
 Poole. Durell confiders it as the Gerund in do, " Concerning the knowing 
 0/^ wifdom, &c." 
 
 " Wifdom and inftruftion." I. e. religion and morality, which are 
 further particularized in the following verfe. See Poole. 
 
 3. b'2^T^, perhaps for byili^Ty, partic. Ben. " The inflrudtion of the 
 prudent." i. e. Solomon himfelf. See Gen. xlviii 14. The three follow- 
 ing words may be expreffive of righteoufnefs towards God, jujiice to our 
 neighbour, and equity to our fellow creatures ; under which come mercy 
 
 and
 
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 and charity. But fee Durell. More than 50 MSS. read with Houb. 
 Dnjy'OI, in the ufual form. 
 
 4. naiy mufl be heie taken in a good fenfe, and denotes prudence. 
 See Poole. For D»«nfl'7 fee Pf. cxvi. 6. 
 
 5. We fhould either read with 10 MSS. P)Dn, or with 6 Pi'DVI. 
 
 The wife man here fsems to mean a perfon, who witlies to be informed 
 and inflrudled, and takes every method for condudiing himfelf, like a 
 fkilful pilot, through life with fafety. " bin proprie fignificat artem 
 nauticum, & folcrciam gubernandaj navis." [Muis. — Houb. reads with 
 
 30 MSS. mbinnn. 
 
 6. " And the interpretation." In the early ages of the world moral 
 truths were conveyed by apologues and riddles^ as the mofl Ariking me- 
 thod of imprefling them on the mind. See Judg. ix. 7 — 15. xiv. 12. 
 And the word of the text might be ufed to ejcprefs the derifion they were 
 fubjeft to, who could not unravel their hidden meaning. But fee Poole, 
 and Hab. li. 6. 
 
 DDTm. 16 MSS. read DDITm, which the conftrudtion requires; 
 and all the verfions have the plural. See Pf. xlix. 4. 
 
 7. D'tyNT fignifies not only the beginning, but the excellency of wifdom; 
 and the fear of God comprehends the whole of man's duty. See Ecclcf. 
 xii. 13. 
 
 nODn. 6. Ch. Ar. & Syr. read n02m, " But fools, 6cc" And the 
 antithelis, which is very oblervable in this book, feems to require it. 
 See verfe 2. One MS. omits it. 
 
 8. ** My fon." Solomon addreffes himfelf to his hearers as theiry^- 
 ther, (See i John ii. i.) and inculcates the duty of obedience to parents 
 as next in order to that due to God. See Exod. xx. 12. Pietas was ufed 
 by the Latins to exprefs both, 
 
 9. '* jdn ornament of grace." i. e. a graceful ornament; alluding to 
 the decorations of the head, and neck, ufed in the Eaft. See Pf. 
 Ixxiii. 6. < 
 
 5 B TD-uiaV.
 
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 Tni-inj*?. 7 MSS. read -jrnni:iV, which is proper, and all the vcrfions 
 have the fing. 
 
 10. Kan. 36 MSS of Kennic. and 22 of De Roffi read niKn, which 
 is probably right ; but as the fenfe, as well as the metre, feems defeiflive, 
 and one MS. probably fupplies the word nn, perhaps Dnn, or rather 
 OnV, may have been by fome accident dropped, " confent not unto them." 
 See Vulg. and Deut. xiii. 8. Unlefs we read with one MS. of Kennic. 
 Nlin, which Michaelis approves, (SeeDe Roffi) and fupply D1D3, " come 
 not into their ajjembly." See Gen. xlix. 6. 
 
 11. The 2d line of this verfe being defe<flive, it ftrikes me that Dfln 
 from its fimilitude to Dl*? has been dropped, " let us lay wait for the 
 blood of the upright." (See xxix. 10.) which yields proper antecedents 
 to the following plur. relative ; unlefs for the 3d line we read only D"i53, 
 " let us lay wait for the blgod of the innocent." 
 
 12. The firfl part of this verfe alludes to Num. xvi. 30. 
 D'O'Jsm, " et totos cum univerfli fubflantia." Mariana. See Deut. 
 
 xi. 6. But Hodgfon renders it thus, " Let us fwallow them up as the 
 tomb does the living, — and the upright as thofe who go down into the 
 grave." 
 
 13. 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. read NVsil, " and fill, &c." 
 
 15. All the verf. read with 2 ant. MSS. Dm2'nJ2, " from \}ci€\x paths." 
 
 16. To preferve the connexion of this and the three following verfes, 
 would it not be better to read the i8th after this, " But they lay wait 
 for their own blood — they lurk privily for their own lives .?" Thus does 
 Providence fruftrate their wicked counfels, by making them inftrumental 
 to their own deftrudtion. See Pf. xxxvii. 14, 15. ^ISK^V 2 MSS. See 
 vi. 27. for the conflru6tion. 
 
 17. DJn ♦:;. 6. & Ar. read a:n Nb O, " For the net is }ioty &c." 
 But as it does not feem to be the defign of Solomon to fliew the fuccefs 
 of the wicked, perhaps we fliould read DjnD, " As the net is fprinkled 
 (i. e. with feed) in vain — in the fight of any bird — So, 6cc." See-de 
 Dieu in Poole. But a friend reading riKI with 6. & Syr. renders thus 
 
 from
 
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 from Syr. '* For they fpread their net for every bird deceitfully; they 
 lie in wait for their blood ; they conceal themfelves — fuch are the ways 
 of all who work iniquity, and tnke away their lives from the poffefTors of 
 them." 
 
 " mt never fignifies to fpread, but to ffr'mkle." Hunt. Houb. read.s 
 rrifQ with 48 MSS. which feems moft regular. See Calaf. Cone. 
 
 18. Dnti'flj'?. 12 MSS. more regularly tDDIt^'SJ'? ; if plural, as Vulg. 
 
 19. VVa I ft. 8 MSS. Win, which the grammatical confiruftion requires. 
 See XV. 27. trSJ npS " It feduceth the foul:' Hodgfon. 
 
 20. mODIl. All the verfions with 5 MSS. read DDDH, or as it {hould 
 rather be riDDn, which the context requires ; the following verfes contain 
 a moft beautiful profopopceia. 
 
 21. nVOn. 31 MSS. have nVDIH, but 6. read moin or as Houb. monn, 
 " upon the top of the walls" which feems to be right. The two laft 
 lines of this verfe may be very well reduced into one by omitting the 
 two firft words of the 3d line, which feem unnecefTary, and one ant. MS. 
 omits TVl, " in the openings of the gates flie faith — How lonp-, &c." 
 
 22. D'nfl. 7 MSS. more properly CDS. See Pf. cxvi. 6. From this 
 root comes the word fatiius. 
 
 " Scorners," i. e. prefons, who turn the moft facred things into jeft 
 and ridicule \ with whom this prefent age abounds. See verfe 26, and 
 Hodgfon. 
 
 23. Iltrn. SI MSS. with Houb. "Qliyn, more regularly. The fut. 
 for the imperat. 
 
 " My fpirit."' The fpirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord. 
 See Ifai. xi. 2. 
 
 24. " / have Jlretched forth my hands." •' Metaphora a matribus, quae 
 petulantes pueros paffis ulnls ad fe revocant, venlentes complefti paratas." 
 Parous, in Rom. x. 21. *' Hoc eft poematis exemplum parallelifmi fy- 
 nonymi. vid. Ifai. li. 7, 8." Lowth. 
 
 26. ** I will laugh, 6cc." " Nota hic congruam punitlonem, rfus rifui 
 refpondet." Corn, a lap. See verfe 22. One MS. reads with all the verfions
 
 [ 368 ] 
 
 Nnn. 7 MSS. Kim, " When your fear cemeth, &c." lb much con- 
 trary to what }'0u now expedl. 
 
 27. Nni. Several MSS. in both places Nini. Houb. reads Na »D, or 
 iiy^, " mm veniet." 29 MSS. HNItTD. This verfe paints the outward 
 calamities, and the inward horrors, which clofe the fcene of the ungod- 
 ly, in the moft diicnal colours. 
 
 28. The change of ptrlbns here is fcriking, and the meaning of it feems 
 to be, " quafi indignos cenfeat ukeriori colloquio." Gejer. 
 
 'JJ}<np'. 41 MSS. read 'j;iK"ip', bat two MSS.. and one very old 
 one at firft, read with Houb. 'JlN"ip% which is probably right j and the 
 error might eafily arife from the great fimiiitude of the letters. But a 
 friend remarks, that, as all the verbs in the. MSS. have the 3 doubled, 
 the former J mult be paragogic, and the verb may be fingular, with quis 
 underftood, which, is a common ufage. 
 
 »^J"intt'». 33 MSS. have 'JJIIil!:", which flrengthens the former remark, 
 as the firft J is probably redundant. See Houb. 
 
 'JJi^yo*. 38 MSS. have 'JJIKVC'j but one at firfl of good authority 
 
 29. *' Did not choofe." i. e. were utterly averfe to. Gejer. 
 
 30. 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with 3 MSS. read K^l' 
 
 31. This verfe may allude to Pf. Ixxviii. 27—31. 
 Dn'ni'VD^I. 6 MSS. read cn^nViyaOl, more regular. 
 
 32. nn'lt:'^, " Averjo," Syr. & Ch. " fc. ab audiendis monitis fa- 
 pientias." Pifc. See alfo verfe 23. " The backjliding" Durell. 
 
 D»n5. 2 MSS. different from thofe in verfe 22, D'Tlfl. See verfe 4. 
 
 mbtt'l. DiVk'T feems to be the right reading, '* and the profperity, 
 
 &CC." See Job xv. 21. But Seeker from Ch. renders it, *' and the error." 
 
 33. yairi. 6. with 7 MSS. and one old one at firft, ^DW), in Ben, 
 nD3. We fhould probably read r\^2^, as it is ufually written. Inno- 
 cence is the beft fecurity. See i Pet. iii. 13. A friend conjedures 
 
 CHAP.
 
 r. 3^9 ] 
 
 C H A p. II. 
 
 V. I. SOLOMON refumes his addrefs to his hearers. 
 ^SVD. 8 MSS. pfl\fn, " and hide." An allufion to the concealing the 
 moft valuable things infecret repofitorieF. 
 
 2. nton. 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. read T\^TW which the connedion feems to 
 require, " and wilt apply, &c." 
 
 3. DK 'D. ** Alterum abundat." Merc. Unlefs «D is written for 
 •]K, " verily, if &c." " Pergit Solomon in elegante climace." Gejer. 
 Ch. renders DK, matrem. A friend renders the words, For if, &c. and 
 reads with all the verfions, and one MS. nJllD^I. 
 
 4. This verfe alludes to thofe, who fearch the bowels of the earth 
 for filver and gold. 
 
 D'iaCOODI. 43 MSS. D^JlDDaDI. 
 
 5. The diligent feeker of righteoufnefs will be always fure to find it. 
 See Matt. vii. 7- 
 
 6. By reading this and the two following verfes in a parenthefis, the 
 9th verfe naturally connedls with the former. See James i. 5. Here is 
 an ellipfis of the verb fubflantive, which is very common. 
 
 7. n'trin, " true fubftance for the righteous." In oppofition to the pe- 
 rifhable riches of this world. See Matt. vi. 19. But fome one would 
 read with 6. nVltyn, as forming a more perfedl parallelifm, *• He trea- 
 fureth w^ falvation for the righteous." 
 
 " A buckler" i. e. He protedls them from the dangers and difficul- 
 ties they incur in the purfuit of righteoufnefs. See xi. 19. One very 
 old MS. has ].1D1. But Durell renders the word, " he giveth, &c." 
 
 Obn"?. 19 MSS. Obin*?, more grammatical. 
 
 8. mitj'? 14 MSS. " To keep:' i. e. that they may keep the path of 
 judgment, and not be interrupted in their courfe. See i. 2. But Muis 
 and others underltand it of God, •* cuftodiens, five tutas reddens femitas 
 juftitias, ne pii in illis impingant." 
 
 5 C tOSiyD,
 
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 DSti'a, " Trov'identia, Vid. Pf. cxix. 91." Houb. — mmt?. 14 MSS. 
 read with 6. nmK. 
 
 VTDn 26 MSS. with all the verfions and Houb. " and he preferveth 
 the way of his faints" See alfo De Rofli. 
 
 9. See verfe 5. which referred to the firft table of the decalogue, as this 
 does to the fecond. See i. 2. Ch. 6c Syr. confider the three laft words 
 of this verfe as in regim. " et redlitudinem omnium bonarum viarum." 
 And one MS. reads niT'DI. See Durell alfo. But as one ant. MS. omits 
 y\^, perhaps we might read D'^OVD, ** and all upright paths." A friend 
 connedls this verfe with the following, " '^rhen flialt thou underftand, &c. 
 — when wifdom, &c." 
 
 10. In the following verfes he exemplifies the truth of what he had 
 aflerted before. The conftrudion feems to require DV^n. 
 
 11. One MS. reads niD^iTI i and another ant. MS. TlVJn. 
 
 12. " To deliver thee, &c." i. e. That thou mayeft be delivered from 
 tne way of the evil man j fo yi, to correfpond with the following parti- 
 ciples, muft be underftood, and to anfvver to thzjlrange woman in verfe 
 16. See DurelL 
 
 " m33nr» here means full of guile and artifice." Hodgfon. Several 
 MSS. have mDlSnn, wherever this word occurs. 
 
 13. Cnnvn 4 MSS. which muft agree with i^'K, as a colledtive noun, 
 in the preceding verfe according to Gejer. Or, as a friend obferves, the 
 force of D muft be carried on to this^ 
 
 nmK Syr. with 9 MSS, " The path:' See verfe 8. -p-rn one MS. 
 with Syr, and one at firft of De Rofli. 
 
 14. *' And delight y &c." This betrays the higheft degree of obduracy. 
 See Rom. i. 32. 
 
 15. D'lt'pJ'*. The grammatical conftruflion feems to be this, *' Who 
 an ferverfe in their ways — and froward in their paths." ** Hsec vox, 
 Hefychio tefte, Jiotat oblique gradientem cancri more." Gejer. 
 
 nrrmmt^ 13 MSS, more regular. 
 
 16. See verfe 12. 
 
 7r\].
 
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 n*!. " Hebrsi voces eas {peregrinam & meretrkem) tanquam fynony- 
 mas habuerunt ; adeo ut apud eos peregrina tnereiricem, & meretrix pe- 
 regrinam denotaret. Quandoque peregrina meretricem fignificavit, ut 
 Prov. ii. 16." Spencer De Leg. Heb. 
 
 nnDJO feems to denote the adultcrefs, as may appear from the follow- 
 ing part of the context, " wlxich enticeth with her words." 
 
 17. *' 'The guide of her youth." i.e. her hujhand. 
 
 ** The covenant of her God." " Obligationis fuse tefte Deo fadlx, qua 
 obligavit fe quod marito fuo adhsrere velit. vid. Jerem. ii. 2." Pifc. &c. 
 
 nnrvn. 7 MSS. mnvn. 
 
 18. *' Domus ^W metonymice hie ponitur pro eis quos in domo ejus 
 geruntur." Cartw. in Poole. 
 
 " D'NflT fignifies the Giants, whom God deftroyed, Gen. vi." Mede j 
 who underftands by it the infernal regions. See xxi. i6. And Pf. 
 Ixxxviii. ti. 
 
 n'nb.ivo. 30 MSB. n»m'7:ivD. 
 
 19. The conftrudlion requires n'KIl- See 6. r\TV\^ 6 MSS, See verfe 8. 
 
 20. I^n \vdl» " Ambula igitur." Syr. & Tig. Verf. The fut. being 
 ufed for the imperat. as the imperat. is fometimes for the future. See 
 iii. 4. and Hodgfon. ** Ut ambules, (inquam)," Merc. &c. rPTS^ 
 8 MSS. and 3 "naaT). 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 SOLOMON purfues the fame fubjedl with arguments fomethlng 
 different. 
 
 V. I. ** Forget not my law." Total ignorance is better than wilful 
 forgetfulnefs. See 2 Pet. ii. 21. 
 
 2. IS'DV. This verb does not agree with the fem. nouns in the pre- 
 ceding verfe, we fhould therefore read with Syr. and 2 MSS. IDDV in the 
 fut. ISiiph, '* Length of days, 60c. J/ia/I be added unto thee." 
 
 ** Et anni Vita." i. e. ** .per Hypallagen, annofa vita." Pifc. 
 
 3. -jirr. All the verfions with 9 MSS. read lintr, as the conflruflion 
 requires.
 
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 Tm:i"l,"!. Notwithflanding 42 MSS. read more fully ^'Dllini, as all 
 the verfions have the fing. the true reading probably is "imA"»:i. This 
 alludes to Deut. vi. 8. See i. 9. The affix pronouns are here irregular, 
 unlefs we refer them with Vatablus to mercy and truth. 
 
 4. Ni'ai, " and find:' i. e. and thou (halt furely find. The imperat. 
 ufed emphatically for the fut. Gejer. &:c. See ii. 20. 
 
 " ma hyi}\ and good confideration. i. e. favor, efleem." Hod<^fon. 
 
 CD 
 
 " Goodfuccefs. The verb 'jSJ:^ has this fenfe, Deut. xxix. 9. 6cc." Durell. 
 See Pf. cxi. 10. 
 
 6. I'DniK. 14 MSS. with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. TmmN. 
 
 8. y^'iV^. 3 MSS. read *Tni{yb, and if we underftand the navel by this 
 word, it muft be put by a Synecdoche for the whole body. See 6. & 
 Ar. One MS. read at firft yi'^b, " to thy hreafi." Grey reads with 
 Houb. ']-)jj'nb ; Green prefers TiNi:^'?, & Syr. reads one of them, " carni 
 tuae," " to thy fejh." which feems more agreeable to the following 
 noun. See v. 11. and Lowth's Notes on Ifaiah, p. 7. 
 
 9. " Out of thy Jubjlance" i. e. with tithes and offerings; which to 
 withhold 'w&s fiscrilege. See Mai. iii. 8. 
 
 10. See Mai. iii. 9, 10. 
 
 11. \*pn. 28 MSS. and 3 at firft, pP^* ^^^ advice in the preceding 
 verfes related to thofe in profperity, that of this and the next to thofc 
 in afflidion. 
 
 12. The conftrudion of the laft line of this verfe would be made very 
 eafy by reading ii after p, according to our verfion ; but the author to 
 the Hebrews, xii. 5. follows 6. & Ar. which read p ^D, and make 
 nNDT a verb, " fagellat autetn omnem filium, &c." 
 
 DK I ft. is omitted by one MS. and it feems redundant. 
 
 13. niTN. See Pf. i. i. xli. 2. 
 
 Ki'a may be confidered as the part. Ben. — 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. feem 
 to have fupplied "IIS'K, qui invenit. 
 
 D1N1. One very ant. MS. reads t^'J^l, and the fimilitude of the words 
 may have occafioned the omiffion of "lE'N, " and every one that draweth 
 
 out
 
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 out underflanding." See our marg. Verf. " Tanquam metalla ex ter- 
 rx penetralibus, quo etiam to Ni'o refpicit." Merc. See ii. 4. " 6. le- 
 gunt tifHi"] pro tD^K^, & metricae orationls perpetua lex eft, ut eaedera 
 res, variis in membris, variis fint vocabulis defcriptae." Houb. 
 
 15. D":D0. 49 MSS. 3 of De Roffi and the parallel place, &c. read 
 D*J'Ji30, by which Bochart iinderftands Pearls. See Poole, Job xxviii. 18. 
 
 "I'^Qn. One MS. of De Roffi reads with the parallel place D'Vijn, 
 and as he obferves^ none of the verfions have the affix, " and all the things 
 that may be dejired." See viii. 11. 
 
 16. " Sapientia hie more poetico defcribitur, ut Regina, utraque manu 
 prsmia oftentans, &cJ' Gejer. &c. Mr. Bradley reads, with all the 
 verfions, and 5 MSS. nVwO^:'!!. See our Verf. 
 
 18. This alludes to the tree of life in the garden of Eden. 
 
 IK'XD n'DOm, The metre, as well as the conflradtion, feems here ir- 
 regula'-, " Et qui tenent earn beatits. Plurale cum fingulari, forma ea 
 videlicet, qua gaudet verbum "m?j<, ut Pf i. i. cujus formse quam plu- 
 rima excmpla cum fmt, fruftra ea forma abuti velles." Houb. But we 
 do not find \\\& fing^particip^ of this verb with the plur. noun elfewhere. 
 Durell reads mtTNa nOOim " and direSis thofe who retain her." Ch. 
 & Syr. read ontyNJJ, which feems better, " and blejjed are they who re- 
 tain her." See Ifai. ix. 16. Mai. iii. 16. But a friend fuppofes very 
 probably from 6. that mn' has been dropped from the end of the verfe, 
 " and 'Jehovah maketh happy, &cc." which might be occafioned from 
 the next verfe beginning with the fame word. 
 
 1 3 MSS. have nOQinv 
 
 19. Solomon paffes from human to divine wlfdom, which was emi- 
 nently difplayed in the creation of the world, and a (fords an inexhaufti- 
 ble fource of contemplation to the fons of men. 6. Syr. Ar. & Ch. read 
 P131, " and, &c." 
 
 20. This feems to refer to Gen. i. 10. Some fuppofe it to allude to 
 Gen» vii. 11. or Exod. xiv. 21. See Poole. «' PofTet VtD p.o quibufvis 
 guttulis rigantibus accipi." Gejer. See Job xxxviii. 28. 
 
 5 D 21. ir*?'.
 
 L 374 J 
 
 21. Itb'. 1 6 MS3. inb'. — 6. read bin, f-'^ Tap/JL«r, from "^n, /i/rr^j Ch. 
 6c Syr. witli Houb. read bv\ m vikfcat ; but one MS. at firfi: l"?!* ne lii- 
 lefcanty *' Jet them not fee m vile in thine eyes." i. e. ivifdom and difcretioTit 
 which follow ; ov t'at li^orks of God before recited. IViJ 14 MSS. But 
 6. read "lIVJI, " ^w/X-tv/, &;c." which prcferves the antithefis. See iv. 21. 
 
 22. vnn. One old MS. 'H'l, " ^;/(/, or, /or it lliall be, &c." See Syr. 
 TrniTi'?. 2 MSS. •]nn,"in:i'7. See verfe 3. 
 
 23. MSS. 19 read ?j."\n with Houb. more regularly. 
 
 24. This verfe may allude to Deut. xxviii. 67. for what is there ap- 
 plied to a nation may with equal propriety refer to an individual. One 
 valuable MS. reads :30Ji'n. Durell, referring to the ant. verfions, would 
 read "|3trn, " When thou art funk doion, &:c." But did not 6. & Ar. 
 read nc:"n, and Syr. & Vulg. |tr»n ? 
 
 25. DKDD. 19 MSS. tZ!\snfl. See vii. 22. Pf. Ixiv. 8, &c. 
 nN:rai. 20 MSS. DKI&'OI. 5 MSS. Ninn. See Houb. 
 
 26. "I'^DDl. One MS. reads "^^"2, which Job xxxi. 24. flrengthens j 
 or rather "]'7D2n. — 6. read "]0"n b^l, or as a friend fuggefls "jnbOD VD2, 
 by which the metaphor is preferved, " In nil thy ways." What Syr. 
 reads is uncertain. Ch. ")*TVDl, "for a fupport to thee." which alfo agrees 
 with what follows. 
 
 27. vbyi. For the different conftru<ftions of this word fee Poole: 
 " D ominiis honi h'ic iWchuv, qui jus habet in bona nollra ; qualis eft i. 
 qui iis dignus efl, qui ea promerctur. 2. qui alioquin indiget." Gejer. 
 And there were fome forts of perfons fpecihed under the law who had 
 a legal claim upon an llraelite to certain acts of kindnefs and mercy. See 
 Lev. XXV. 35. &c. Deut. xv. 7. to whom the words of the text feem 
 immediately to refer. We have a beautiful anaphora in this and the four 
 following verfes. 
 
 *TT 6. Ch. (5c Ar. with Houb. and many MSS. of both Collations; and 
 b'Nb feems to be the true reading. See Pf. Ixxxviii. 5. 
 
 28. -]';;-|'7. Ch. 6c Syr. with Houb. and feveral MSS. of both Collat. 
 "J'lb, as the conflrudtion requires. See verfe 29. 
 
 29. " That
 
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 4, 29,, *' Ihat he may dwell, &c." 4 MSS. read ti'innn, and 27 iti'». 
 There is. a beau'tjful j?aranomafia in tlie firft Hemiftich of this verfe. 
 
 30. A perfon of a litigious difpolition gives his antagonift fair advan- 
 tages againfl: him, Houb. reads l'"(n with 20 MSS. and this verb is 
 generally found in Hiph. 
 
 31. See Pf. xxxvii.' i. " ^mulationis confequens efl'e folet imitatio." 
 Gejer. 
 
 32. As Syr. & Ar. feem to have read mn* in' the 2d line, " et confa- 
 bulationes Domini cum redtis ;" it ftrikes me that the true reading is 
 
 " But his counfel is with the righteous." " Eos ad arcana fua admittit, 
 quod amoris indicium eft." Cartw. Hodgfon reads with 2 MSS. IJIi'l, 
 *' his favor." 
 
 33. mil feems to be the regular conftrudtion. See Pf, Ixviii. 13. 
 Job viii. 60. 
 
 34. " DK vd\&t.quandoquidem." Gejer. &c. Perhaps rather written 
 for ^K, verily. See i. 26. 
 
 1D"JV'7. Houb. with 28 MSS. and 4 at firft D'UVb, ** but giveth 
 grace to the humble." Rather with Seeker, " but giveth favor, &c." 
 In contradiftiniftion to his contempt of the fcorners. -' 
 
 35. *' But ih'SimQ Jliall exalt fools." i. e. bring jhem into the moft con- 
 fpicuous difgrace. See our Bib. Marg. and Durell. .A beautiful Oxy- 
 moron. Houb. reads D'Jp, according to Ch. & Syr. *' but fools JJiall 
 poffejs fliame." A friend obferves that one MS. omits DHD.. But then 
 there will be a defedt in the metre. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 V. 1 . 001. One ant. MS. reads ♦in. See v. 7. 
 2. npb, " DoSirine." becaufe received from others. 
 
 
 v.jji'iA ^ 
 
 J u 
 
 « V » 1 ... -» 
 
 .n.cc 
 
 '^' 
 
 
 I eJicfij 
 
 
 -'a .oi 
 
 
 ^ 2ic?'{ ■ ': 
 
 
 .oifiiJillnoj 
 
 
 .r'.-cr::' 
 
 
 ^ « i-^
 
 [ 376 ] 
 
 3- " ^*i and p muft be joined in conftru<aion. For the beloved Soa 
 of my Father was I — and moft dear in the eyes of my mother." Hodgfon. 
 See Durell alfo. 
 
 Tn»l, *' et quafi unicus. Notse comparatlonis fajpe fubticentur." 
 Grot. 
 
 'jtjb. Several MSS. of both Collat. ♦3i'?, but there is no necefTity for 
 an alteration. 
 
 4. '^nn. Houb. with 21 MSS. »Jivi. One MS. •2nV1. 
 ^On». 3 MSS. "lirjn' > and 3 -nDtJ'. 
 
 5. If we retain all the text, this verfe might be divided into three 
 lines (See Kennicott's Collat.) but then the fenfe, as well as the metre, 
 feems defedlive, and one valuable MS. & Syr. omit Vni nDBT), " Get 
 wifdom, get underftanding — decline not from the words of my mouth." 
 6. as a friend obferves, omit the firfl line. " Verus ordo eft ille quern 
 lequitur Arabs." Houb. which tranfpofes the fentences in this and the 
 foregoing verfes. 
 
 6. 1-|VJm 6 MSS. 
 
 7. nOi? ift. I would read T\'iy\i according to our Verf. " therefore gtl 
 wifdom." 
 
 8. nVobo, " Exalt her." " fc. laudibus." Pifc. &c. In oppofition 
 to thofe who deride and vilify her. " Sufcipe illam ; fie Aquila." Houb. 
 " 'Tivhie about her. i. e. as a "oine about its fupport." Seeker from 
 Schult. 
 
 9. 1i:iJ:n. 6. Vulg. & Syr. read 1Jj;,n, " with a crown of ^ory Jhe JJiall 
 proteSi thee." Unlels pO will bear this fenfe j but fee Pf. cxxxviii. 8. 
 Ch. " I'by, a crown of glory fliall be upon thee." Perhaps the true 
 reading is "]"?03n, " Jh^ P^all reward thee with a crown of glory." Ar. 
 omits the whole. See i. 9. 
 
 10. CD"n. 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. read "l"n, " and they fhall multiply 
 the years of thy life." This fenfe of the verb preferves the grammatical 
 conftrudtion, which is ftrengthened by one very ant. MS. which reads 
 
 II.
 
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 II. TD^n. Houb. with 31 MSS. "]'nmn, which is more regular. 
 
 13. f\in. Syr, V,u,lg. & Ar. isnn, '* let /^^rnot go."' Seejob xxvii. 6. 
 As Houb. obferves, we Ihould alfo read ^{')^ O T)'£U as the noun is mafc. 
 and one MS. has Kin. 
 
 14. MSS. 7. Kinn. 
 
 15. miyn one MS. and 8 liaVI. The repetition, (hews the iinpoi;tance 
 of the advice^ • :i., . jr;./ 
 
 16. ^b'\^y. Houb. with 24 MSS. iVt^D*, which feems- right. 
 
 18. Notwithftanding all the verfions read mxi, as Green obferves, the 
 1 (hould be omitted, and prefixed to the firfl word of the next verfe to 
 preferve the antithefis, " The path, h.c.-^but the ivaj." Or perhaps 
 by a metathefis we fliould read m^^{ with 4 MSS. though there is no 
 authority of the text for it, adding 1 to the beginning of the next verfe. 
 
 ni13 17 MSS. " Which fliineth more and, more, 6cc." " Ut nempc 
 lux fubinde mane accrefcit, donee confirmetur, et plenus. tandem dies 
 fit in meridie." Merc. Hodgfon renders ly with Durell, as, referring 
 to Nah. i. 10. 
 
 20. One MS. of good authority 'fl nDN"?, " incline thine ear unto 
 the fayings offf7y mouth." See verfe 5. 
 
 21. it'V. One good MS. inV. See iii. 21. One very valuable MS. 
 reads bDa for *lirQ, " keep them with all thy heart." See Pf. cxix. 69. 
 
 22. Dn^N^QV. 31 MSS. DH^N^IDV, more regular; but Houb. with 
 one valuable MS. omits the » witi Ch. and Syr. " For they are life 
 unto him who Jinds them." Which agrees with the following affix; unlefs 
 we read with another MS. and a friend Cityi, " and medicine to all 
 their fiejh" Durell reads lltyi, *' bear tidings of htA\h" ,,..,.■ 
 
 23. Some take the firfl word in a comparative fenfe. See. Poole, and 
 our Marg. Verf. Durell renders the latter Hemiftich, ** The goings 
 
 forth (or the progrefs) of life ; i. e. (as it is, added in the old ve^fion) As 
 the heart is pure or corrupt, fo is the whole courfe of a man's life" 
 
 -nifj 18 MSS. ■■ ' ' ' ' \^ 
 
 24. See Matt. xii. 34. 
 
 5 E mr"?!.
 
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 mtbl. One MS. r)'rh^, more agreeable to the radix. 
 
 25. ^1W\ 32 MSS. ne;'*. See XV. 21. " 'nB'S' ex *1W, quae 
 ante te funt, palpebrae tuae con/piciant." Houb. But then TW> might be 
 better. 
 
 26. bDI, " //^^^ <?//, &c." Or as Hodgfon, '* fo OrnW all, &c," 6. 
 Vulg. Ar. & iEth. read -y^TS with 18 MSS. 
 
 27. One valuable MS. reads with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. IDHV " <^«^ 
 remove." — 6. Vulg. & Ar. add two verfes more, which have no authority 
 of MSS. 
 
 C H A P. V. 
 
 V. 2, THE metre of the firft line being dcfedive, we fhould per- 
 haps fupply mnJD with 6. & Ar. " That thou mayeft preferve good 
 thoughts." -j'lDiy'? 6 MSS. See i. 2. ' 
 
 3. 6. & Vulg. probably fupply nD"lD H^^'Kb a'tTpn Vk, " Hearken 
 not to a deceitful woman." which the caufal particle in this vcrfe feems 
 to require. See Houb. Unlefs we read n£)2D> " The lips of a ftrange 
 woman (or as Durell, of a leii)d woman) drop as the ho?iey comb." Or 
 render it with Hodgfon, *' Although, &c." 
 
 4. " Favo opponitur abfmthium, et oleo gladhis, &c." Cartw.— DVfl'Q 
 2 MSS. See Pf. cxlix. 6. 
 
 5. '71NJJ'. See Pf. xvi. 10. and vii. 27. DITIV 22 MSS. and one very 
 ant. MS. mD bK. 
 
 6. Gejerus's fenfe of this verfe is as pertinent as any, making 
 tfi to fignify non with 6. Syr. & Vulg. " She iveigheth not the path of 
 life — her ways are moveable ; thou canft; not know them." See Durell 
 alfo. 6. Syr. Ch. & Vulg. feem to have read imn, or l^nn, " She 
 doth not walk in the way of life." For other fenfes fee Poole. One ant. 
 MS. reads miK, and 20 n'nib:^^. 
 
 7. "niDn, ^yKl^y DO3. 6. Vulg. & Ar. read, as the context requires, 
 "llDn, VOB'j 'J2, " Now therefore, my fen, hear me — and depart not, &c." 
 See Houb. alfo, 
 
 9. " Thy
 
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 9. *' Thy glory." *' robur five vigorem tuum." Fife. 6cc. See xx. 29. 
 D'lnKb* *• to Jlrangers." i. e. Perfons who would alienate him from 
 
 God by enticing him to fin. Durell, referring to Deut. vii. 10. renders 
 it, " to the idle." 
 
 IDJtt'l. Many MSS. of both Collat. "j'mJtyi j but 5 of Kennic. 
 "]mJlS''1» more regular ftill. 
 
 n?3NV. One MS. with 6. & Syr. DnrDJib in the plur. Perfons, who 
 would have no mercy either on him, or his fubftance. See Prov. xxix. 
 3. Some underftand this of the hufband of the adulterefs. See Pf. i. i. 
 
 10. ^niD one MS. and the prepofition l is probably dropped through 
 its fimilitude to the following letter. 
 
 n'll. 6. & Ar. read IJ^I before this word, " and left thy labours 
 come into the houfe of the ftranger." Ch. & Syr. read the verb in the 
 2d. perf. fing. " and left thou bring" So that probably one of them 
 was originally in the text, though no MS. fupplies it. Houb» reads 
 Nl' nn^;vii & Syr. with 2 MSS. has the noun in the fing. One MS. 
 reads "l^i'Vl, and another at firft TDVJ/V For nn: fee Pf. i. i» 
 
 11. I'lKSJ'l, *• and thy body" This does not feem to be the fenfe of 
 the word here, and as it fometimes fignifies alimentutn, Caftalio's, or Hodg- 
 fon's fenfe feems beft, " when thy tiefti, and thy provifions, or thy re- 
 mainsy are confumed." Unlefs by an Hendiadis we render the words, 
 " when the flefh of thy body is confumed." See Syr. Verf. 
 
 13. blpn. Many MSS. of both Collat. blj?'?, which feems right. 
 
 14. The laft line of this verle but ill accords with what precedes, and 
 to reconcile them Durell renders thus, " in the midji of company and 
 the multitude." Hodgfon making DVO here to fignify a worthlefs man, or 
 criminal, 2. to fignify for, ^7\^ a court of judicature, and Tl^'rij / 
 have appeared, gives this fenfe to the whole, *' As a criminal have I been 
 arraigned, for every kind of offence — before the tribunal, and before the af- 
 fembly." But for mv^ '^Hp "l"ina the follov/ing reading is humbly fub- 
 
 mitted to the confideration of the learned ^:T^V^ \'h\> IIHl, ** Jn a little 
 while I was in all wickednefs — in the midft of JJiame and nakednefs" 
 
 The
 
 C 380 3 
 
 The one being the judicial confequence of the other ; and the puni(h- 
 ment correfponding to the crime. See Ifai. xlvii. 3. 
 
 15. To prevent thefe dreadful effefls of incontinence Solomon pre- 
 fcribes marriage, (See Heb. xiii. 4.) and alludes, as Gejerus obferves, to 
 the cuftom of the Eart: of having wells and ciflerns of water in the houfes, 
 being the greatefl comfort and refrefhment in thofc hot climates. 
 
 16. In Kennic. Collat. there is a vacant fpace at the beginning of the 
 firll line, which may be fupplied by reading with one MS. 11f1£)»l, ** Then 
 fhall thy fountain, 6cc." by which we are probably to underftand the 
 fruitful effefbs of lawful commerce in a numerous offspring, which play 
 m the Jireet. See Menoch, Seeker, &c. But 6. as Capellus and Ken- 
 nicott obferve, read either "jK, or Nb, " Let noty &c." prohibiting the 
 ufe of common proftitutes, which frequent public places. See vii. 12. 
 Houb. prefers p, " ne Je proripiant. Nam Salomon jubet honeftis 
 verbis, ut utatur fua quifque uxore, ne, fi vir ad aquas alienas fitim 
 reftinguat, aqus domeftic^e, minus pot£, nimium exuberent j ac deinde 
 in promifcuos ufas deriventur." De Dieu with Hodgfon takes the words 
 interrogatively, and then we might read lifl£j»n, or fupply DK, " An- 
 non dilpergerentur, &c. ?" lyiiJ' ^j MSB. and 18 TmJ'yD. 
 
 17. " They Jliall be only thine oivn." i. e. thy children Ihall be truly 
 legitimate; or thou flialt be fole pofTeffor of thy ivife. • - 
 
 Dntb, *' and there fhall be 7J0?2e of Jlrangers with thee." 1. e. none 
 of their children. One old MS. reads DHf ; and all the verfions feem to 
 have fupplied ipbn before "jDN*, " and no ftrangers JJiall partake with 
 thee." 
 
 18. " Thy fountain Jliall be blejjed." i. e. in a fruitful offspring. 
 *' 6. i5i«. f. Trn. f. legend. TO. purus." Seek. 
 
 n^NJD. Several MSS. of both Collat. read D^^ly but 2 often figni- 
 fies loith. 
 
 19. The hind and the roe were much efteemed in former ages. 
 See Boch. The comparative adverb feems to be wanting, *' like the 
 loving hind, and the beautiful roe." See Vatablus.
 
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 'yW. Houb. with 17 MSS. 'J\y\\ which is more regular, the firft "i 
 being part of the radix, " . Let her breads, rather /ler love, fatisfy thee, 
 &c." See vii. 18. 
 
 . " With her love" i. e. with the love of her, in oppofition io i\\Qjlrange 
 woman. 
 
 HAtyn. One MS. reads KJit^D ; which 6. feem to have followed. Ch. 
 probably reads IDtyn, incumbe -, which the laft line of the next verfe 
 gives fome countenance to. A friend conjedtures that the text might be 
 originally V1^T\, " let her affedlion ftream on thee at all times — am^ he 
 thou tv^r fatisfed -wlih. her love." As the word in the text properly fig- 
 nifies, to go ajlray, and fhould be fo rendered in the following verfe. The 
 Syr. Verf. pa/cere, alfo favors this conjedure. Durell fetches the fenfe of 
 this word in this, and the following verfe, from Ar. Icetitiam attulit ; tho' 
 he acknowledges, it fignifies to err, or go ajlray, every where elfe. 
 
 20. pn. 29 MSS. p'n. *' Honeftis verbis congrefTum & fceda expri- 
 mit." Merc. 
 
 21. " He pondereth." Rather, weigheth. i. e. in the balances of juf- 
 tice. See xvi. 2. and Ifai. xxvi. 7, vm'jJiyiD 15 MSS. 
 
 22. VmiW* 33 MSS. vmJiy ; and though this word is found 2 Kings 
 vii. 9. and i Chron. xxi. 8. with the double 1, from the number of 
 MSS. which read it with one there, and the ufual reading elfewhere, it 
 is evident that one fhould be omitted ; this being, amongft many others, 
 a plain proof of the corruption of the text. 
 
 "lilDV. This verb is irregular unlefs with Syr. we give it the paffive 
 fenfe, " The wicked man Jliall be taken in his iniquities." Which the 
 context will not well bear ; one MS. at firft read IIDV, and 5 MSS. have 
 lillDb' J but ftill as there is a pleonafm of the pronoun, and the noun 
 is feminine, by reading nil^bn, or with Houb. pt^V, all difficulties 
 are adjufted. 
 
 iriKtSn. As Durell obferves, the Verf. read "iniXtDn in the plur. 
 
 23. Perhaps thus, '* He fhall die, becaufe he would have no inJlruElion 
 -—and Jirayed in the multitude of his folly." mill 4 MSS. 
 
 5 F CHAP.
 
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 •r 
 
 C H A P. VI. 
 
 V. I. TM. All the Verf. with many MSS. of both Collations read 
 "]3D, thy hand. " to dj^ hic repetatur, et in claufulis fequentibus." Bayn, 
 &;c. The iiril part of this chapter fets forth the_ danger of furetiihip 
 even for a /r tend; mupih more then for -ay?r/2«^^r. .rc^Z" 
 
 2. " With the words of thy viotith" The repetition oi thcfe words 
 feems to refer to the t'-joo feveral engagements in the preceding verfe. One 
 very ant. MS. reads. wi^h,o..^Syfj^ y.tiJg-'.^cAlM^mDVjl, *' <ind thou art 
 taken. ' _j.,. jif,, y^.j;^^ yj-jj ni Ltiv Jn^i y. oi tiDOifi Lu:; .•,vi,,u i^^ ;■. ,. 
 
 3. N1£3K'. 6- Vulg. & Ar. feem to have read "i?D1f?; " Do this wiiich / 
 Jay" Perhaps it is redundant. See Ch. Or it may be written from the 
 
 iimilitude of the letters for KJK> " Do this, / pray thee, my fon, that 
 thou mayeft be delivered." .-.r; 
 
 bi'Jm. One very good MS. '^yjnv 
 
 "I'V'I. All the Verf. and many MSS. of both Cgllat. read "]!;% which 
 the context feems to require, r •■ 
 
 Dfl")nn, '^ fubjice te. fc. ante Creditorem." Merc. (Sec. A- friend re- 
 ferring to Pf. Ixviii. 3 1 . renders It, beftir ihyfelf; who alfo reading with 
 6. "ivn:! D'VI n^*?* propofes this fenfe, "Away with all delay, and de- 
 liver thyfelf, when thou art cox\\e into/ the Jiand of -wicked men on account 
 of thy friend ; go, bejlir //^y^^ and roufe thy friend." 
 
 5. TO I ft leaves the fenfe Imperfecfl, and our Verf. has, from the 
 feeming exigentia loci, fupplied Ty, which other learned men have fol- 
 lowed j but as moft of - the verfions read one word only, Durell conjec- 
 tures it Ihould be TVO, " from the hunter." One MS. and probably 
 another of Kennic. and one of De Roffi, with another at firft, read 
 nflJ3j "from thefnare," which agrees better with the verfions. ** Forfan 
 legerunt 6. Ar. Syr. Ch. ID TO, ex compede, vel ex repagulis, qusevo- 
 vabuli 10 poteftas Arab, in lingua nunc eft." Houb. — Hodgfon alfo 
 fetches this fenfe of T from the Ar. . " Efcape like a Doe from the toil." 
 
 6. Idlenefs
 
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 6. Idlenefs is another great caufe of the decreafe of men's fubftance. 
 
 *' Muti animantes funt veri laicorum libri, quibus ad Dei notitiam 
 erudiantur." Cartw. And Bochart obferves from JEVmn of the anfs, " ut 
 in pleniluniis ne no£tu quidem torpeant & quiefcant." 
 
 7. "IB^K might be rendered, " For, or althoughy fhe has no guide," 
 Ch. 6c Syr. read -)>i*p, " no harvejl." 
 
 The laft line of this verfe being defedlive, perhaps n'bj^ has been drop- 
 ped at the end, the force of the negative being continued, " there is no 
 overfeer, or ruler over her." Syr. 6c Ar. have the pronoun. 
 
 IDItt'. 15 MSS. and 16 "^tyiav 
 
 8. There is a coniiderable addition at the end of this verfe in 6. 6c Ar. 
 relative to the induftry of the Bee, which is not noticed by any MS. And 
 Seeker obferves, *' that Gould hath fully proved, that Ants eat no- 
 thing in winter, and lay up nothing for it, why thea not rather mention 
 Bees V But fee Boch. in Poole, and xxx. 25. 
 
 10. Here are a beautiful mimefis, and climax. — Ch. reads DJty, and 
 with 4 MSS. nSJIJn, which feems better, plan 29 MSS. 
 
 11. " So flial/, &CC." Rather, " Therefore, 6cc." It being the ^z/t/w^t 
 of Solomon to the p/ea of the fluggard. See Durell. But 6. 6c Ar. 
 probably read y") "ibtlDD* m-Tn^ naKli 'ohi7:o(or, which fome would render, 
 " as a highwayman." 
 
 ^tt^^{'^. 4 MSS. omit K, and 5 read with Houb. ']tyn> as in other 
 places, " thy poverty," as thy only property. See xxiv. 34. " 6. 
 feem to have read here, and xxiv. 34. i».ia for po, which they trans- 
 late ayyE^^s 2 Sam. xv. 13." Seeker. Did they not rather read nD ^"13* 
 
 uaiif aya&i ^foixii^ ? 
 
 12. Durell's conftruftion feems mofl: appofite, *' A bafe (or worth- 
 lefsj fellow is a wicked man — walking, 6cc." 
 
 13. " Winking." Either by way of token to his comrades, or of 
 mockery at others. Several MSS. of both Collat, have VJ'Vl, ^ vb-l"!!* 
 
 T\'y\D 16 MSS. correfponding to the preceding participles j but 6. Syr. 
 Vulg. A'. 6c Mih. with many MSS. have the verb in each place. 
 
 vm;/i5fNi. 12 MSS. 14. mDsnn.
 
 r. 384 ] 
 
 14. masnn. Ch. reads ^Snna, part. Hithp, ** being perverfe in his 
 heart he devifeth mifchief." See ii. 12. 
 
 D'na. Several MSB. read Avitli the 1, but more infert the ♦. See 
 xviii. 18. 
 
 15. " Suddenly JJmll he be broken." i. e. like the potter's vcflel, which 
 cannot be repaired. See Ifai. xxx. 14. DIKDiJ 13 MSS. 
 
 1 6. A certain number for an uncertain, which, Lowth obferves, ** ele- 
 o-ans eft Hebraici carminis ornamentum. Vid. c. xxx. Ecclef. xi. 2." 
 " 6. & Ar. read \i}ti}» & "inty." Seek. 26 MSS. with all the Verf. 
 
 and Houb. nnvin. 
 
 17. " Eyes of loftinefs." i. e. Pride. " Procedit fecundum ordinem 
 membrorum, a fupremo orfus, & in infimo definens." Merc. mSQIti' 
 6 MSS. 
 
 18. 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c Ar. with 2 MSS. read {^mn. 6. Syr. Ch. & 
 Ar. with 4 MSS. D»V,"\"n. For the conftrudtion fee verfe 27. and vii. 11. 
 
 19. n'fl'. Perhaps nS', or T\^'\\ Jpirantem. See Pf. xxviii. 12. 
 
 20. niVJ. 12 MSS. 
 
 21. The affix is irregular, and though there is no authority for an 
 alteration, we fhould probably read with Houb. miV— H'lU'p, " alliga 
 cam, &c." The O final being eafily miftaken for n. See the next verfe. 
 
 22. ** It Jhall lead thee." i. e. The law. See verfe i. 
 
 mV'pm. One MS. of good authority mV'pnn, the affix has been 
 alfo probably dropt, " and when thou awakejl, it fhall, &c." But Houb. 
 reads with 2 MSS. ii'>rw, " et evigilabis, ilia autem, 6cc." "natyn 3 MSS. 
 
 23. MSS. 20 of Kennic. and a very antient one of De Roffi at firft 
 with all the Verf. read nnDID in the fing. " and the reproof of inftruAion 
 is the way of life." 
 
 24. nV"l 2 MSS. which the grammatical conftrudlion requires j un- 
 lefs we confider it with Merc, as in regim. There feems to be a meta- 
 thefis in the laft Hemiftich, ** from the y?r^;;j-^ woman, which jlattereth 
 with her tongue" See ii. 16. vii. 5. 
 
 25. *' With her eye-lids" i. e. her eyes by a fynecdoche. 
 
 26. The
 
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 26. The metre as well as the conftruflion of the firft line being irre- 
 gular, confidering HJIt with Durell as the partic. Ben. inftead of ^^D ly, 
 I would propofe "iDnS *' For by means of a woman, t/ie Jbrnicator fliall 
 want bread." See Ezek. iv. 17. Unlefs for r\T\\ ntTK '\V1, we might 
 read with a fmall alteration of the letters nilfn ti^'K HVn, " For a whore 
 •will break a tnan down even to a morfel of bread." See the verb in 
 this fenfe Job xxxiv. 24. — •* 6. & Vulg. for nyi read 'yyy, Prethim 
 enim fcorti vix eft unius panis." Seeker. The prefent learned Bilhop of 
 Waterford obferves, that lyflj here fignifies life, ov per/on. See him on 
 Ezek. xiii. 18. 
 
 27. It is obfervable, that in this and the fallowing verfes we have the 
 mafc. noun plur. with the fern. verb. But fee vii. it. 
 
 28. The idea of the Ordeal-Jire feems to have taken rife from this 
 paffage of Proverbs. 
 
 29. Might we read k"?! ny% " So is he that goeth in to a wicked 
 woman, and every one that toucheth htr^ JJiaH not be innocent T' h. e. 
 ** non erit impunis." Pifc. — 5 MSB. with 6. y.nJn» 
 
 30. The metre of the firft line being deficient according to Kenni- 
 cott's Collat. and '2V'\'> '3 feeming improperly placed, perhaps we fhould 
 tranfpofe the words, " They do not difregard a thief, although he is hun- 
 gry — when, &c." i. e. they take all the pains they can to detedl him. 
 Unlefs we might fupply DH^Jl after li.1'7. See our Verf. But Durell 
 reads tfl» for inn», '• Is not a thief taken, when he ftealeth ?" Which 
 feme of the verfions authorize. 
 
 31. " D'nyniy fignificat plenariam & perfedam refb'tutionem." Gejer. 
 even if it requires his whole fubftance. See Exod. xxii. 3. 
 
 32. MSS. 3. read t\N1i ; and one omits riK^Ki but Ch. & Syr. read 
 nB^N:2> which the conftrudion requires. 
 
 ** Dejiroyeth his life." Adultery was a capital crime under the Leviti- 
 cal Law. See Lev. xx. 10. Durell renders the laft words, '• He that 
 hath commerce laith her" 
 
 5 G 34. nan,
 
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 34. nan, perhaps Dan, " For a man is heated with jealoufy — and 
 will not fpare in the day of vengeance." When the .adulterer is brought 
 to his trial. Or. nan, " Jealoufy heatetlu" 
 
 35. MSS. 2. and a valuable one at firft, read "ISO and niT* which 
 may give this fenfe, *' He will not accept the perfon of any ranfomer 
 — nor will he acquiefce, although the gift be multiplied" ^'w^ 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 V. 1. Several MSS. read "nat^, and pSyn. 
 
 6. & Ar. have a verfe at the end of this found no where elfe, " Fill, 
 honora Dominum, et vaiebis ; prseter eum autem ne timeas alterum." 
 
 2. ♦nmm n'm. Houb. reads ^nmn n'nm, " etfit lex mea." maty 
 
 5 MSS. 
 
 3. 'Tnv:iVt?. One MS. omits », with Ch. '^ upon thy fnger" " Ac 
 fi eflet annulus memorialis digito affixus." Gejer. — Syr. reads, " upon 
 thy neck" See iii. 3. But 16 MSS. with 6. Vulg. & Ar- read YniyiVl^. 
 
 The Jews underftanding this literally bound the law upon their arms. 
 See Spencer, &c. 
 
 4. MSS. 6 -na^?, lo^mnK, and 31 jrnai. Houb. would read 'nVliai, 
 " et cognata mea," to correfpond with the preceding noun; but 5 MSS. 
 have VTa% as it is ufually written-. See Pf. Ixxxviii. 9. Append. 
 
 5. See ii. 16. lo"! *C\\ > ■ 
 
 6. The fenfe, as well as the metre, of the ift Hemiftich of this 
 verfe being defective, perhaps WK*! has been dropped at the end through 
 its likenefs to the preceding word, ** For / looked through the window 
 of my houle — through my lattice I beheld — aqd. \ faw." But 6. Syr. 
 6c Ar. make this and the following verfe to refer to the Jlrange woman. 
 
 7. n^nK 5 MSS. more regular. One MS. at firfl: D^'DSn. See Pf. 
 cxvi. 6. 
 
 " Si legeris *iy3 lyjn 'iXl, inter flios adolefcentiae adolefcentem, fiet ora- 
 tio plana & expedita." Houb. — Mr. Bradley doubts this reading. A friend 
 
 demands
 
 C 387 3 
 
 demands another inftance, where D*JH fignlfies inter adolefcentes. Might 
 we then read tsmnil ? 
 
 8. MSS. 6, and cxne very antient at firft, nnjr. See 6. Syr. &c. 
 
 ** Jslear her corner." " Loco fc. obvio, & ad capiendos juvenes ac- 
 commodato." Menoch. 
 
 10. D'tr. Ch. reads n^iTl, which is neceflary. See Pifc. DTlIfJI 30 MSS. 
 6. & Ar. nifVlJl, " whic/i maketh the heart (of young men) to jiee away" 
 But the text feems preferable. 
 
 11. 7\^iy\r\ 25 MSS. " She cannot rejl quiet." Durell. But our Verf. 
 feems preferable, by her vociferations giving notice where fhe is. 
 
 m-nm. 27 MSS. mmOl better, ** but backjlideth." Durell. Rather, 
 ** and wanton" according to Syr. alluding to her frolickfome motions 
 defcribed in the next verfe. 
 
 12. " Without" Rather, " at the door " \. e, ofherhoufe. 51 MSS. 
 with all the Verf. mimn. 
 
 13. Rather, as a friend, ** Jl^e hardeneth her face, and faith unto him." 
 
 14. ♦by, ** aptid me" Jun. & Trem. " Chez moi, at home." 
 Hodgfon. — " Peace Offerings." " Ex his facrificiis convivium inflruere 
 folebant." Mariana. She adds hypocrijy to her iniquity. 
 
 15. "inC'V, " tofeek thy face in the dark." To exprefs her great re- 
 gard for him. See verfe 9. 
 
 16. DnilD. Pifc* would read Dnm02i but D may be confidered 
 as the prepof. or may have been omitted. Durell renders this word 
 blankets ; perhaps rather fiieets. Compare Syr. & Ar. 
 
 miDn, or as 6. Syr. Ar. & R,\S\. miOm, and from the radix of 
 this word, and the efleem in which patch work was in the Eaft (See 
 Gen. xxxvii. 3.) this may be the fenfe of the word here. See Mercer. 
 
 IVON, which is found only here, is fuppofed to be an Egyptian word. 
 See Caft. Lex. But as 6. Vulg. & Ar. render it Jlravi, might not the 
 original word be XO^, paravi, and the words be rendered thus, " I have 
 furniflied my bed with Jlieets — / have alfo decked it with patch work of 
 Egypt?" 
 
 17. D''?nK.
 
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 17. CD'bnJ^i c. read ^lOJp ♦^HKI, and render it, " and my houfcy or 
 tent, with cinnamon." But one old MS. at firft: read ^)^'7^^?, and another 
 of De Rofli at firft m'^HNT, as in Pf. xlv. 9. Cant. iv. 4. and 3 MSS. 
 have D'bnKI* ** and aloes." For an account of thefe odoriferous fpices 
 and plants fee Calmet's Di6t. 
 
 18. Come, let us riot in love, &c." 31 MSS. DHll. 
 
 nobvnJ. One MS. nobVDJ, " let us hide our/elves." Durell renders 
 the text thus, ** Come, let us take our fill of love; let us folace ourfelves 
 it'ith ardent love until the morning." 
 
 19. 6. Syr. & Ar. read ^IL^^i^r^, and with one of De Rofli's MSS. at 
 firft n'13, " For my htijband is not at home." In that cafe l might be 
 joined with ^bn, " hut is gone," Sec. jsima. 6 MSS. pniD, " a journey 
 qf^ length." i. e. a long journey. See 2 Sam. xv. 17. 
 
 20. riDDn 2 MSS. as in Pf. Ixxxi. 3, *' at the day appointed." Perhaps 
 one of the three great feftivals, at which he was obliged to return. See 
 Deut. xvi. \b. Some make it the full, others the new moon. See Pf. 
 Ixxxi. 3. Kin' II MSS. and 4 in'!*?. See Gen. xxxix. 16. 
 
 21. " npV. fign. fermonem fuavem, quo capiuntur & demulcentur animi, 
 & in bonum, et in malum." Merc, ma 6 MSS. 
 
 22. All the verfions with 19 MSS. "]bn, and 24 DIKDfl, but 6. 
 feem to have read »infl, part. Pah. from nDD, xETrpaSei?, infatuatus. 
 " Ke3-?05 eft avis deceptu facilis : hinc a Graecis pro Jlidto ufurpatur. 
 Ariftoph in Pluto." Boch. &c.— " To the Jlaughter:' " quafi ad 
 
 pafcua." Menoch. b'V^ "IDID "JN DDVDI Kl'. " Contextum muti- 
 
 lum & depravalum fic emendamus, &c. 'j'N 0372. VkV 1D11D ^K DVM. bnV, 
 lUe igitur poft earn vadit, veluti Bos, qui ad madlationem fequitur; 
 velut AJinus, qui ad vincula j^uw/^ vadit ; quemadmodum cervus eundo fub- 
 
 Jultat ; donee jecur ejus tranfadigat fagitta; quomodo ^z-uw in retia prae- 
 cipitat, &c. — Similitudines duas priores animalium funt tardorum 
 bardorumqne ; pofteriores, curfu et volatu levium. Quibus rebus per- 
 quam eleganter demonftratur juvenis amore capti nunc levitas, nunc ftu- 
 piditas." Houb. The learned Dr. Hunt likewife reading with 6. Syr. 
 
 Ch.
 
 C 389 ] 
 
 Ch. & At, b'K for Vlt^, iii which he is followed by Seeker, and con- 
 fidering DDV3» as the part. Ben. gives the words this fenfe, " and as the 
 a^g Jkippingy oxrujhing into the fnare." But it is obfcrvable that for the lad 
 word Vulg. reads ti'lDDl, with DDV, or fome other word, " et quafi agnus 
 lafciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula flultus trahatur." — 6. & Ch. read '7'KDT 
 lbD31> ** et ficut cams ad vinculum j etjicut cervus, in cujus jecur, &c." 
 making four beafts with Houb. though of a different kind. Hodgfon 
 renders the third line, " yea, like a fool he rujlieth on to puniQiment." 
 fetching the icni^ of DDV from Ar. ruit, and obferving, that asb'X appears 
 in none of the MSS. collated by Dr. Kennic. it never exifted in the 
 text ; but this argument feems not altogether conclufive, unlefs it can be 
 proved that thefe MSS. and likewife thofe of De Rofli, which have it 
 not, were prior to 6. 6c Vulg. Mr. Bradley in a- fimiiar fenfe, " and as 
 a fool leapeth at corredion." Kin* 13 MSS. 
 
 23. "inSiDj part. Ben. Hunt. See above. 
 
 ** And knoweth not that it Is for his life, or, againft his life /' i. e. 
 The fnare. 
 
 24. D»J2. 6. Vulg. & Ar. read »J2, and the verbs In the fing. 
 " Hearken, &c. O my fon." See v. 7. and the next verfe. 
 
 25. •?« 3d. Ch. Vulg. Syr. &; Ar. with many MSS. of both Collat.- 
 
 '7^<^, " and go not, &c." n'ma'Dn. 34 MSS. 
 
 There Is a remarkable acknowledgment by way of note at the end of 
 this verfe of the corruption of the text in an edition publiflied In Italy by 
 Michaelis Chaim. See Gen. DilT. Sedb. 62 ; and MS, 300 T. 
 
 26. As D'bbn feems to anfwer to D'D-fVl, or rather as 20 MSS. 
 D'Oll^Vlj Dr. Kennlcott's fenfe, which Seeker follows, feems proper, 
 " for fhe hath thrown down vi\2inY foldiers — and her Jlain are all rnlghty 
 men." See i DIff. p. 110. Mr. Bradley doubts this fenfe of the word. 
 
 27. ** To hell" Rather the grave. See v. 5. Though it is true in, 
 both fenfes. 
 
 5 H CHAP.
 
 C 390 ] 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 V. I. BY ivifdom, Calovius, &c. anderftand here the y?f«?«^ perfon 
 in the Trinity. See alfo Matt. xi. 19. Others fuppofe it to be only per- 
 fonified, as in the former chapters, and as contrafted to the harlot in the 
 preceding. See Menoch, &c. Wifd. ix. Ecclus. xxiv. 
 
 2. D»anD 58 MSB. *' on the top of the high places." Alluding to 
 watchmen on the towers. 
 
 " Near the ivay." i. e. where two roads meet to diredt them right. 
 
 n'n, *' in the places of the paths." " I'he houfe of the roads, mean- 
 ing that public central fpot, where the great ftreets and roads meet, at 
 the meetings of the crofs-paths Jlalionsd.*' Hodgfon. If this be the true 
 reading the prepofition is wanting ; and one MS. inftead of the two words 
 reads mi'HJn, " in the paths." But perhaps Ti is the true reading, *' by 
 the fide of the paths flie ftandeth." See verfe 3. Compare vii. 12. 
 
 3. Rather with Durell literally, " By the fide of the gates" Where 
 the greateft concourfe of people was. " K1201 melius, vid. 2 paral. xxiii. 
 13." Houb. 
 
 5. n"? li'in. As we had this verb in the firft Hemiftich, it is proba- 
 ble that we Ihould read "liOn, " and ye fools, prepare the heart." See 
 I Sam. vii. 3. Pf. Ixxviii. S. Unlefs we fupply the affix alfo, ** your heart " 
 One MS. and another at firfl, read "h for nV, " underftand fne." For 
 D'KnS fee Pf. cxvi. 6. 
 
 6. QnU3, *' qu£ in promptu font a *t:i3 coram." Houb. Rather per- 
 haps, principalia, ** principal things." See Cafl. Ley. 
 
 nriDSDI, " And I "will open the lips of uprightnefs ." i. e. I will fpeak 
 right things; the partic. Ben. Pih. being ufed for the fut. But one 
 MS. reads riDDN. Durell confidering a in Dn:^'^ as a prepofition, ren- 
 ders thus, " and will open my lips with equity." Perhaps we fliould 
 read Dntt'' D^13tiS upright lips. See verfe 9. 
 
 7. yiyi. " c. Syr. 6c Ar. legerunt ipw' viendacium, qucd refpondet 
 i-eritati." Houb. ^ 
 
 8. One 
 
 I
 
 C 391 3 
 
 8. One MS. omits this verfe. 
 
 9. ** To him that underjlandeth." i. e. ** ei qui debitutii adhibet in- 
 telligendi iludium. Verbum a<ftionis vel efFedlus pro conatu ponitur." 
 Gejer. See Joh. vii. 17. 'Ki'lD^ 36 MSS. and one Dnt^'DI. See 
 verfe 6. 
 
 10. *' And not fiher.'' " Negatio hic vim habet comparationis im- 
 parium. vid. Exod. xvi. 8. &c." Gejer. 
 
 11. See iii. 15. 
 
 12. *' Nos 'finiDty inveni, ut id conveniat cum KlfDK." Houb. 
 mOTO, " of 'witty inventions^* This expreflion does not comport with 
 
 the dignity of the fubjed: ; and as one MS. reads TytlM^ I w^ould render 
 the words, " the knowledge of difcreiion.'* See i. 4. " The well planning 
 of defgns" Hodgfon. 
 
 13. I would read with Durell, 'DKT, &c. " I fear Jehovah, / hate 
 evil." 
 
 ** And the froward moutir may allude to the harlot. See vii. 13. &c. 
 Hodgfon reads with 2 MSS. ^m.— mOIDnn n MSS. 
 
 14. See ii. 7. Perhaps by an Hendiadis, " Siolid wifdom is mine." 
 See Poole. " '>y^ commodius 'h" Houb. with 6, Vulg. Syr. & Ar. 
 
 "h 2d. One ant. MS. with 6. Syr. & Ar. »Vv 
 
 15. " By me Kings r^/^«." *' fnfl^ ^ reSle ; vt\ feliciter" Gejer. 
 6cc. D'Jnm 19 MSS. 
 
 16. D'lty. An inferior order of governors, who may be called magi- 
 flrates. 
 
 Durell renders the laft Hemiftich, " and the nobles are all governors of 
 the earth." But 6. & Vulg. read IJOflU', and alfo a great number of MSS. 
 of both Collat. read plif for ^'IK, " and all the nohlcs, judge right eotijly." 
 Which anfwers better to the preceding fentence. 
 
 17. rrnriK. All the Verf. with Houb. and feveral MSS. of both Collat. 
 have 'nnK, or as two ftill more regular, 'UniN. Rather, " I will love 
 them that love me." 
 
 'J:^{V^2^ 23 MSS. 'iJlJ^Va'. But the true reading is probably ♦J1K':fO'. 
 See i. 28. 18, The
 
 [ 392 ] 
 
 1 8. The fenfe put upon pny being unufual, perhaps we fliould read 
 "inj^, *•' abundance of v/ealth and righteoufnefs." i. e. abundance of righteous 
 •wealth -y which is the mofl durable. See xiii. ii. and Luk. xvi. ii, 
 
 19. rsav We fliould probably read T31D, part P^//. " My fruit is bet- 
 ter thanyo//.^ gold." See i Kings x. 18. 
 
 " My revenue" Durell, " my produce," which, as he obferves, an- 
 fwers better to my fruit ; which Hodgfon renders, my bounty." 
 
 20. Rather with a friend according to 6. and our Bib. Marg. " I walk." 
 
 21. {y» Ch. reads D':2^, *' years." Ar. probably n^T, " the inheri- 
 tance." " ty' fubfantiam, five opes* Nam B^» eft nomen." Houb. See 
 alfo Gejer. Hodgfon renders it, " It is in my power." See Gen. xxxi. 29. 
 tDn'm")5f1NVi2 MSS. See verfe 17. One MS. perhaps 'imK. 
 
 22. IDm. Hare, &c. with 6. Vulg. & Ar. VDTI, " his ways." But 
 Ch. & Syr. read ixni, *' creaturce Ju(S." 
 
 TNQ. Ch. reads {i^NIS. But this had been expreifed before. Syr. feems 
 to have read h'D, " before all his works." The Wifdom of God being 
 eternal as well as his eflence ; it might be then 'Jtt 'JD, *' / was before 
 all his works." See verfe 23, and Wifd. ix. 9. 
 
 23. One ant. MS. reads DblVa 'JK, which the metre requires. 
 ♦nDD3, ** / ivas anointed." Metaphora a regura inauguratione." Gejer. 
 
 24. MSS. 45 mainn. 
 
 D'O niDJ. 6. & Vulg. tranfpofing thefe words, inftcad of nJ33 
 probably read "liinDJ, " When no fprings of water were burfi forth" 
 which avoids the irregularity of the grammatical conftrudion ; but 
 *m:iDi feems better, " when there were no fountains of water, I was 
 glorified" See John xvii. 5. " CD 'D3J1, et Jlillationes maris, quomodo 
 habetur. Job xxxviii. 16." Houb. 
 
 26. mVim. The various fenfes put upon this word (for which fee 
 Poole.) make its authenticity dubious. " Vulg. et flumina, ex fignificatu 
 Arabico verbi \*Kn, confluere." Houb.— Durell from the fame fource makes 
 it to fignify, '* the grand colle5tion of waters, i. e. which were mixed 
 with the firmament at the creation of the world." By it Hodgfon under- 
 
 ftands.
 
 C 393 ] 
 ftands, l\\t Moon, the SwiyAhz P/anets, the Heavens, " not yet had he 
 made the Earth, and all that furroiindeth it." A friend conjeftures from 
 6. it might be nVVn, ammtov^^ deferfa. But perhaps it may be written for 
 \'5»m, " As yet he had not made the land, nor the gravel — nor the finejl 
 fart of the duft of the globe." Which gives a beautiful gradation, ferving 
 to fliew that it requires as great power to create the fmalleft particle of 
 duft, as the whole earth. 
 
 m"l3y. " Optima fcriptura, mQIJ', arabice, locos eminentes, nondum 
 montium terra cacumina," Houb. — Durell renders the whole, " nor the 
 firft part of the worlds of the univerfe;" as referring to other worlds be- 
 fides, the planetary fyftem, Hodgfon more agreeably to the text, " not 
 yet an atom of the duft of the globe." mSV 2 MSS. See alfo Job xxviii. 6. 
 
 27. MSS. 18 "ipinn, more regular. See verfe 29. Or ippm. 
 
 ** Upon the face of the depth" *' Sermonem hie elTe de ahjjts aquce 
 una cum elemento terrce in (ormum fphcericam redadbis, fatis docet contex- 
 tus." Gejer. But fee Poole. 
 
 28. " The fountains of the deep" ** quia omnes ex ilia voragine de- 
 rivantur." Gejer. X\\Vl. " depofcit itrvn, dum ilk folidabat" Houb. 
 
 29. MSS, 10 Ipin, " It's boundary" Hodgfon. 
 
 30. po^?. Houb. with Ch. nJSf?, niitrita. 6. Vulg. Ar. & Syr. 
 feem to have read nJOIK, difponens, feu componens. See alfo Pf. cxxxvil 5. 
 ** \\'!2'^, faithful, 2 Sam. xx. 19. his companion." Hodgfon. 
 
 D'VLrVty 2 r MSS. But it is better to read with Houb. VVii'VK', " his 
 delight." See Ifai. v. 7. and Randolph's firft Part on the Trinity. 
 
 31. ** Non dubium nVIt^, fuper terrain. Vid. 6. & Vulg." Houb. 
 " With the fons of men." " In quorum, fc. gratiam hie orbis conditus." 
 Merc. 
 
 33. The laft line of this verfe being defedlive, and the verb wanting 
 the noun or affix, perhaps 'DVy is dropped, " and refufe not my counfel." 
 See i. 25. 
 
 34. MSS. 7 VOlty. All the verfions fupply nL^N. 7 MSS. and one old one 
 at firft, lIpK''?; 30, with all the Verf. ♦mnV'T; 7, with an old one at 
 
 5 I firft,
 
 [ 394 3 
 
 firfl-, nVtDiy^ J and 20 with all the Verf. mtltD- This verfe is oppofed to 
 vii. 8. 
 
 35. 'NVa I ft. 8 MSS. with another at firft, 'KlilD more regular, and 
 for the 2d feveral of both Collat. and Vulg. KiD, which the context 
 requires, " He thai Jifjdeth me, findeth life." Unlefs following 6. Syr. 
 & Ar. we read with a friend »N*:fia 'KV1D, " Egreffus met egreffus vita," 
 
 36. MSS. 2 with a good one at firft, ♦NDim. " jBa/ ^^ who faileth to 
 get mej wrongeth, &c. See Jud. xx. 16. When this verb is ufed to 
 fignify finning againjl^ it is followed by a prepofition." Hodgfon. But 
 XX. 2. feems to be an exception to this rule, though Ch. has the pre- 
 pofition. 
 
 '• Love death." " Non intentionaliter, fed confeqiienter" Gejer. 
 
 C H A P. IX. 
 
 V. r. mODn. All the Verf. have the fing. and 3 MSS. read DD^n, 
 which the conftrudion feems to require, or rather nMPT. Syr. as a 
 friend remarks, reads TVI. ** Sept em numerus perfedionis." Merc. As a 
 friend obferves, 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. probably read n3Vn> and in one MS. 
 n is upon a rafure, " Jfie hath ereSled her i^v^n pillars." Houb. 
 reads with 6. & Vulg. D'T122y» " feven pilars." The pillars may denote 
 the (lability of it. 
 
 2. This is oppofed to vii. 14. See xxiii. 30. 
 
 3. Kljsn, perhaps Klpb, " She hath fent her maidens to cry out, or 
 invite." See Vulg. Syr. and verfe 13. 
 
 n^rrnyj; 24 MSS. " Puellas fuas. Quia poftulabat allegorise ratio, ut 
 mulier fervitio fuo fceminas adhiberet." Gejer. But a friend obferves, that 
 Syr. & Ar. probably read 7\'''y}}^» fervosfuos, who were ufually employed 
 on thefe occafions. See Matt. xxii. 3. and for this fenfe of lyj, he re- 
 fers to I Sam. ii. 13, 6cc. — ** Upon the higheft viings of the city." 
 Meaning the turrets which were placed in different parts. Uolefs with 
 Merc. &c. we read »n:i for »£)Jl. 
 
 'i5"lZ2. 44 MSS. with others at firft 'D"na. See verfe 14. 
 
 4. "nD»
 
 C 395 3 
 
 4. mD» 22 MSS. 3 MSS. with all the Verf. IDm, " and ^s for him, 
 &c." See verfe 16. Houb. reads with one MS. & Syr. mDKI, as in 
 verfe \6. But this verfe breaks the connedion, and, as a friend obferves, 
 is improperly inferted here. 
 
 6. D'NDQ. 3 MSS. Cj"nD. See Pf. cxvi. 6. 
 
 7. nOV 6. with 7 MSS. 
 
 *' Getttth himfelf a blot." The force of the preceding verb being car- 
 ried on , Merc. & Houb. according to Ch. read iV DID for IDiQ, ma^ 
 cula eji ei, " // is his difgrace'" By the {corner we are to underftand an 
 abandoned perfon, void of all religious fentiments, and moral virtues. 
 See i. 22. 
 
 8. " Forfan negatio hie comparative exponenda, q. d. Potius corripefa- 
 pientem quam deriforem." Merc. But fee Grot. Matt. vii. 6. 
 
 9. ^n. By rendering this verb with Durell, " direSl a wife man," which 
 fenfe it has Ifai. Ixi. 8. there is no occafion for an additional word. 
 Houb. derives it from niD, docere. See Poole alfo and Ch. which feems 
 to have read ^'7K. 
 
 " A jiiji man" ** non perfeBe, fed inchoate." Gejer. f^'DVI 4 MSS. 
 
 10. " And the knowledge of the holy." i. e. fay fome, of angels. Ra- 
 ther of holy things, in oppofition to profanenefs and immorality. See 
 Job xxviii. 28. and Menoch. Unlefs for D'tt?*Ti>, or as 24 MSS. D'ti'np, 
 we might read \UT\^T\, " and the knowledge of the Holy One, &c." 
 i. e. God. Or may the text be underftood of the Trinity ? See If. vi. 3. 
 Jofh. xxiv. 19. &c. 
 
 11. 12DV1 one valuable MS. with all the Verf. in Hoph. Unlefs we 
 might read the fern. plur. See x. 27. 
 
 12. '* For thyfelf" i. e. iox thy own ^00^, not mine* 6\ Syr. & Ar. 
 by an additional reading give the words this fenfe, " If thou be wife for 
 jhyfelf, thou ihalt be wife alfo for thy neighbours." Houbi. would read 
 ")iVb for •^m'?, " but if thou fcorneft, thou fhalt bear thy fcorning." 
 There is a further addition of three verfes, for which there is no MS. 
 authority -, but, as Durell obferves, they might be inferted in brackets. 
 
 13. nvns.
 
 C 396 ] 
 
 13' nvn5« The force of the frft word being carried on to this, and 
 reading with 6. & Ar. HoVd for HD, the verfe may be thus rendered, 
 '* A foolifh woman is noify — a woman of intrigues , and hath no fenfe of 
 Jhatne" Ch. as a friend obferves, reads niltO for nO. 
 
 14. ♦anD. 32 MSS. 'ZDYia. Ch. reads Dl"lD, or on, " upon a lofty 
 throne." This anfwers to verfe 3. 
 
 15. Ninpb 2 MSS. nnyV 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. with 4 MSS. 
 
 1 6. niD* 2o MSS. mON 9 MSS. as in verfe 4. 
 
 17. *• Stolen waters." See v. 15. " And the bread of fecrecy." So 
 called, becaufe adulterers are obliged to coiiceal themfelves for fear of de- 
 te<flion. 
 
 18. See ii. 18. All the verfions read ♦p^Vm. n'Ninp 26 MSS. which 
 feems more regular ; but fee Buxt. — 6. Syr. & Ar. have an addition of 
 three verfes. 
 
 C H A P. X. 
 
 THE remaining chapters contain fpecial precepts, which are for the 
 moft part enforced by an antithefis. See Grot. 
 
 V. I. " In hoc Difticho antithefis eft verborum." Lowth. But as 
 Houb. obferves, lat^ requires VIN*. " maketh his father glad." Unlefs 
 we read with one MS. 6c 6. DK. 
 
 3. mm, " but he driveth off the mifchief of the wicked, i. e. from 
 the righteous." Durell, who thinks there is no authority for the fenfe 
 of our verfion ; but Pf Hi. 9. feems to fupport it See alfo Pifc. 
 Perhaps rather pm, for which fee Ch. & Syr. " but he driveth away 
 the fubjiance of the wicked." 6. & Ar. read TX'XW but he overturneth 
 //7^/i/>of the wicked." t]nn» 4 MSS. 
 
 4. *' T^he fothful hand maketh poor" Durell. See verfe i, " The 
 hand offraud(^-3\\ make poor." Hodgfon. " ty^'i. W'\, paupertas" Houb. 
 Rather with 9 MSS. a^n, •* maketh a man poor." See xiv. 20. 
 
 5. All the Verf. read DTnJl, which the antithefis requires, and the 
 omiflion might arife from the fimilitude of the letters. " ty»10, cunBator" 
 Houb. • 6. " Of
 
 [ 397 3 
 
 6. « Of thejuji" Rather, of the merciful. 
 
 ** But "violence cover eth the mouth of the wicked" To prefer ve the 
 antlthefis Houb. for »fl reads »3S, ** but violence covereth the face 
 of the wicked." See Gejer. alfo. Durell thus, " but the mouth of the 
 wicked cloketh (or extenuateth) violence." See verfe 12. 
 
 7. *• Shall be a blejing.'* " K form ufed in bleffing others. Seeker." 
 np"»*. 6. Syr. & Ch. read ^VT, extinguetur. See Ecclus. xli. ii. 
 
 8. " But a prating fool Jliall /all." Perhaps, " but a fool Ihall fall by 
 his lips." Ch. reads D'nSB'n. " Dlb', calcitrabit -, ex ling. Syr." Houb. 
 See Hodgfon alfo. 
 
 9. Onn Houb. with 45 MSB. but though it appears no where elfe 
 in the form of the text, yet as there is MS. authority for it, wherever the 
 word occurs, this feems to be the true reading. 
 
 VIV, *• Jhall be known." Rather as Syr. &c. Jlmll be deteSied. Unlefs 
 we might read j;nv, " but he that perverteth his ways, Jhail fuffer evil." 
 See xiii. 20. 
 
 10. MSS. 4 omit this verfe, and the famenefs of expreffion in verfe 8 
 countenances it, as to the laft Hemiftich. See Kennicott's ill DifT.p. 506. 
 and Gen. Diff. § 165. 6 MSS. pip. 
 
 6. Ar. and one MS. of De Roffi at firft: read miiX ** forrows" 
 " Caufeth forrow." Durell, " Jliall be put ta forrow" For which 
 there is no reafon, if we follow the reading of 6. Syr. & Ar. in the 
 next Hemiftich, for which fee Houb. and Kennicott's ift DilT. p. 506. 
 But as thefe learned perfons have not given us thefuppofed text, the fol- 
 lowing is fubmitted to confideration, O)^^ TW)f HOID T\y\TX\. See Job 
 xiii. 10. and Ifai. xxvii. 5. 
 
 11. " But violence covereth the mouth of the ivicked" Perhaps with 
 Ch. *' but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence." See verfe 6 ; 
 where if we read with Houb. it avoids the repetition of the fame fen- 
 tence, efpecially if by a metathelis we might read here ^D' for nD3», 
 *• but the mouth of the wicked poureth forth violence." Which the an- 
 tithefis may favor. See xv. 2. 
 
 5 K 12. nmyn
 
 C 398 3 
 
 r - 
 
 12. ywn 33 MSS. — Vd byi. One MS. of note reads "jai, and the me- 
 tre feems to call for it. The apoftle reads nm, i Pet. iv. 8. 6. Ar. & 
 Syr. differ widely, as Dr. Randolph obferves. 
 
 13. One MS. omits KVDH, and it is not neceffary to the (enfe, or metre, 
 " Ih the lips of him that hath undcrjlanding is wifdofii." 
 
 14. ni~ip, •' exhaurit interior a. fie vertimus ex nnn, haurire." Houb. 
 25 MSS. read 7\'2T\'p^ Durell reading m;? renders it, " produceth deftruc- 
 tion," referring to Ifai. xli. 21. " But misfortune attendeth the loquacity 
 ofafool." Hodgfon. 
 
 15. 1TV. Durell reads rejoining the T to the next word. I would ra- 
 ther read with one MS. at firft tlV, and with him, and another of good 
 authority DDnai, " The wealth of the rich man is a city of Jirength j 
 (i. e. a flrong city) —hut, &c." 
 
 16. DNDnV, ** ad egejlatem, ex Mth. ling. Operse jufti ad vita fub- 
 fidium — proventus impii ad egejlatem." Houb. And Hodgfon obferves that 
 
 D»»n fignl^cs fujlenance, xxvii. 27. Others render it, to puniflnnent . See 
 Zech. xiv. 19. &c. Or we might read perhaps mon'?, " the fruit of the 
 wicked to death:' as oppofed to D»«nb. 2 MSS. with 6. & Syr. DNlim. 
 
 17. miK 10 MSS. But fee Pf. cxix. loi. 
 
 nnyi 19 MSS. — nyno, " erreth frequently :' So the verb in Pik. fig- 
 nifies. 
 
 18. riDDu:. " Lying lips are the tribute of hatred." Durell ; for which 
 d^fe he refers to Numb. xxxi. 28. Gejerus obferves, " Continetur hic 
 turpis linguae abufus, quando quis vel blanditur, intus latente odioj vel 
 calumniando fsvit, odio erumpente." 
 
 19. '^L^'m 44 MSS. The verfe may be rendered, " A tranfgrejfor 
 ceafeth not with a multitude of words — but a prudent man refraineth his 
 hps." m-in 4 MSS. 
 
 20. MSS. 3, with all the verfions, ^^i, as the antithefis requires, " but 
 tJie heart, 6cc." — " CVDD, as the leafi thing." Durell, i. e. as a thing of 
 no value. Hodgfon renders it, " is like drofs." See v. 14. c. & Ar. 
 read ViVy, " defciet," 
 
 21. One
 
 C 399 ] 
 
 21. One MS. of Dc Roffi, and three others at firft read with 6. ivn», 
 fciunt ; but the antithefis fupports the text. 
 
 22. '* The bleffing of Jehovah is that which maketh rich.." Durell. 
 MSS. 44 read t)»DV ; but the Verf. favor the text, " And forrow JJiall 
 
 not be added with it." 
 
 23. " The fenfe of niLt^V is to be imparted to both lines. It is as di- 
 •verjion to a fool to do 'wickedly ; — the like is it to a man ofjenje to 'aB wifely." 
 Hodgfon. 
 
 24. The conftrudtion requires that we fhould read with Houb. \T)),r\. 
 
 25. 6. with 4 MSS. of Kennic. and 4. of De Roffi read mnvi, " When 
 the whirlwind pafleth, then the wicked is no more." But 3 MSS. with 
 Syr. read "iiyD. See Ch. alfo, and our Verf. 
 
 6. & Ar. read IDV, " but the righteous fiall be .ejlablijlied for ever." 
 Should we not read Dbivb, for the fake of the metre? See verfe 30. 
 
 26. *' yls vinegar to the teeth." " Acetum turn nimio frigore, turn 
 acore, fluporem dentibus inducit, ut teflantur Plin, 6cc." Gejer. 
 
 vnbijyV 6 MSS. 
 
 28. nriDty, in Pih. " maketh joyful," " HIJ^D, injiciet pavorem, ex Ar. 
 fignif." Houb. 
 
 29. The firfl Hemiflich might be rendered, " Jehovah hjlrength, or 
 ajlrong tower, to him that is upright in the way," 
 
 nyn 60 MSS. 6. & Ar. feem to have read riKT for *]m, Pfp"?,- &r. 
 Dinb 14 MSS. and 8 'bviiDb. 
 
 31. mDlSnn 12 MSS. See alfo the next verfe. 
 - 32-. pj/T. Durell reads ]ivn', in Hiph. " The lips of the righteous 
 declare what is acceptable." But then it would be more properly |ivnv. 
 Ch. & Syr. probably read with the text. 6. & Ar. ]liDV-|», fillant. 
 One MS. of Kennic. and three of De Roffi, PVT, pafcent, which Houb. 
 had fuggefred. Perhaps we fhould read ]1VTi», the prepofition being un- 
 derftood before the nouns, which frequently happens, " The lips of the 
 righteous are known by courtefy, or kindnefs — but the mouth of the wicked 
 by perverfenefs." See iv. 24. Hodgfon renders the laft word, treacheij, 
 -apeii. 12. C H A P.
 
 C 400 3 
 
 C H A p. XL 
 
 V. I. ** A perfeSi Jione." i. e. of its full weight, with which they 
 were ufed to weigh. See Lev. xix. 36. 
 
 2. D'VIW. The fenfe of this word, which occurs no where clfe, is 
 perhaps befl afcertained from Mich. vi. 8. Nil'! 2 MSS. 
 
 3. nam 3 MSS.— Dn:in 19 MSS.— Oltyi. 24 MSS. with Houb. 
 D"r65^% evidently right. 6. Ch. & Ar. ftrangely miftake the fenfe. 
 
 6. All the Verf. r read Dmni,. except Ch. which has the flag., affix. 
 Dmin 17 MSS. ' ' ■ 
 
 7. DIK is redundant as to the metre, and is not neceffaiy to the fenfe j 
 but 2 MSS. omit VE'T improperly. Tho' as fome one has obferved, the 
 antithefis is better fupported by reading with 6. &; Ar. vh pHS for yeh, 
 '* when a righteous «?^« dieth, his expeftation doth ko/ perifh."' 
 
 *' D'JIK, vanitatum. i. e. vana, expeBatio vana interibit." Houb. 
 ** ]TK Jlrengthy and his expectation of courage faileth." Hodgfon. 
 
 8. The antithefis requires, " but the wicked." 
 
 9. ** By the mouth of the hypocrite his neighbour /hall be dejlroyed," 
 is more literal, though 42 MSS. read n'nty*. " The profane, by his 
 difcourfe, forrw/i/^M his companion." Hodgfon. Some one reads with 6. 
 in*y>, and gives this fenfe of the whole, " by his mouth the hypocrite de- 
 
 Jlroyeth his neighbours i but by the knowledge of the jujl Jliall they (his neigh- 
 hours) he delivered." Which improves the antithefis. 
 
 10. The antithefis requires, *' but when the wicked perifh." xhVT\ 
 6 MSS. 
 
 11. " 5y the bleffing of the upright'^ muft: mean here their prayersy 
 intercefjionsy &c. See Poole. 
 
 12. ** ^i fpernitt ac proinde convitiis profcindit, infipiens eft." Pifc. 
 See Syr. alfo.--ni"an 3 MSS. 
 
 13. ibn 5 MSS. which gives this fenfe, " A tale bearer ivalketh 
 about revealing fecrets." Which is more chara<fleriftic. See Durell alfo, 
 and XX. 19. " 'jOT
 
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 " bO"! 'I'Jin, vir mutabilis. vid. 6. Jer. vi. 28. nam tm^^o^ obliquus, 
 idem valet ac Troixixof." Houb. But from comparing the two pafTages, it 
 is evident they were tranflated by different perfons. 
 
 14. mbinnn 25 MSS. See Job xxxvii. 12. 
 
 \»yV. 6. Syr. & Ar. probably read nVV, in much counfel. But the true 
 reading feems to be D'^'yV- See xv. 22. mil 6 MSS. 
 
 15. O. Glaffius obferves that this word is put for the relative qui, 
 and refers to Gen. iii. 19. iv. 25. and Pf. xc. 4. But thefe proofs be- 
 ing not altogether fatisfadlory, I prefer with a very flight aheration tj:, 
 '• 'whofo is furety for a ftranger, JJiall be utterly undone." See our mar- 
 ginal Verf. and Jerem. xxx. 21. which greatly ftrcngthens this reading. 
 
 ntDIl 23 MSS. which is preferable. " But he, &c." See 6. &c. 
 
 16. Kennicott fupplies two Hemiiilchs in this and the following verfe, 
 agreeable to 6. Syr. & Ar. which preferves the antithefis, (See Seeker 
 alfo) " A gracious woman fupporteth her hujband's honor ; — but Jhe that 
 hateth right eoujnefs, is a throne of difgrace. — The Jlothful, though rich, Jliall 
 come to poverty -y — but the laborious (hall retain their riches." See i Dill', 
 p. 508. Mr. Bradley would read nsy'Nb for KDD, " is a difgrace to her 
 hujhand." 
 
 D'VnyV *•" n'';f1"im, et folUciti ejus, five, procuratores ejus. \. e. illi, qui 
 ad ejus nutum rem familiarem adminiftrant." Houb. Hodgfon renders 
 the text thus, " A gracious womr.n com7nandeth refpe^f — as men of rapine 
 extort plunder," •' 
 
 17. All the verfions with 5 MSS. read TDn. In this verfe is an anti- 
 thefis of words. See x. i. 
 
 18. ntyiV 7 MSS. and 12 j;"i"itl, and V feems to have been dropped 
 before V^^V^ (See- Green's tranflation, in Notes on If. liii.) " To him 
 that worketh wickednefs fhall be. a deceitful recompence — but to him, 
 &c." There is a beautiful paronomafia between np'^y and IDa', and 
 for this fenfe of rhVQ fee Jer. xxii. 13. and Junius. 
 
 19. p, 6cc. This line feems defedive both in fenfe and metre. 
 Seeker reads with 6. Syr. & Ar. ]3, " The Son of Righteoufnefs (i. e. 
 
 5 L the
 
 C 402 ] 
 
 the righteous man) is for life." Vulg. reads HJD, " Righteoufnefs pre- 
 pares, or diredleth, to life." See Durell alfo. A friend offers p3, " qui 
 Jiabilit, &c." But the metre is ftill defedive, might we then read p pin, 
 " The Son of Righteoufnefs (i. e. the righteous man) is prepared, or 
 appointeJ, for life — but he, that purfueth wickednefs, for death ?" Green 
 reads jr^ilf O, ** For he thatfoweth righteoufnefs (foweth it) to life — but 
 he that purfueth wickednefs (purfueth it) to his death." _ . 
 
 20. More literal thus, ** The frovjard in lieart are the abomination of 
 Jehovah — hut the upright in the way, his delight " See Durell alfo. 
 
 21. tV 1*. For the fenfe of thefe words fee Corn, de Lap. in Poole, 
 and Patrick. Durell ingenioufly conjedlures I'b*, " "The poJJerity of the 
 wicked, &c." And fuch tranfitions are not uncommon. Houb. to pre- 
 ferve the antithefis reads yilH, " but the arm of the righteous, &c." 
 See xvi. 5. 
 
 22. " In a fivine' s fnout ." " Refcrt teftls oculatus D. Rauwolf me- 
 dicus, opulentiores Arabum (qui Judsis vicini erant) in altera narium an- 
 nulum geftare aureum." Gejer. " Et fic fcribit Pietro della valie." 
 Lowth. 
 
 23. Ch. reads y]d^, which avoids the grammatical irregularity, ." The 
 defire of the righteous is only Jor good." 
 
 6 MSB. read with 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. mpm as the antithefis requires. 
 One of De Rofli with 6. miK for mny, " but the expedtation of the 
 wicked peri/iieth." See x. 28. 
 
 24. "la^im 5 MSB. " but he that ivithholdeth more than is meet (with- 
 holdeth It) only to poverty." See Pi fc. The metaphor is borrowed from 
 the hujbandman fowing his feed, and St. Paul alludes to it, 2 Cor. ix. 6. 
 " Here there is a kind of double antithefis." Lowth. 
 
 25. nD"Q. Vulg. feems to have read nDll^, qua: beJiedicit. 
 
 Nnv. Several MSB. of both Collations have rnv. See Houb alfo. The 
 fenfe of which our Verf. has well exprclTed. 
 
 26. y:i2 14 MSB. and 5 im2p'. " DIkV non alibi extat." Houb. And 
 21 MSB. read Dx"?. But fee L'ai. li. 4. and in moft places many MSB. 
 fupply 1, both in the fing. and plur. See Pf. ii. i, &c. 27.
 
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 27. nnity 8 MSS. and 11 E'lnV See Pf. vii. 16. 
 
 28. " As a branch:' Literally, as a leaf. See Jer, xvii. 8. " Ellipfis 
 epitheti." Gejer. 
 
 29. IDiy 21 MSS. ** He that dijlurbeth, ^c" fc. " jurgiis, rixis, &c." 
 Gejer. 
 
 30. This alludes to Gen. ii. 9. But Seeker reads ȣ) for nfl, " The 
 mouth of &cc" See X. 11. xv. 14. 
 
 More literal, " and the wife man ivimietb fouls." And may not DDFf 
 here be oppofed to J3l"ny Gen. iii. i. who was the deftroyer of fouls? 
 6. Syr. & Ar. might perhaps read, D'NOn miTflJ inp*7J1, " But the fouls 
 of the ivicked JJiall be taken away." 6. fupply another word, which they 
 render axfioi. Hodgfon renders the whole thus, " The bounty of the righteous 
 is like the tree of life — For it attraSleth the admiration of the wife." 
 
 31. 'D P\K, yea alfo. Durell. The apoflle followed 6. who differ 
 widely from the text ; and it is obfervable that Randolph has not no- 
 ticed this paflage. But 6. Syr. & Ar. reading probably, as a friend 
 conjedlures, yi'^i for pKl, by reading DK for p, (and one MS. had 
 VN at firfl) jrtrv for DbtT*, n3'J«f for O ^IK, and fupplying HNI* after it, 
 the text is reconciled with the verfions, and the apoflle. 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 V. I. nnj^ i(i. 5 MSB. imK. 
 
 2. V'ty)'. " legimus IV'ti^T, afperiim faciei eum. (Deum)" Houb. 
 
 4. ** A "virtuous woman." Literally, a woman of firength, or, courage, 
 that could refift the moft powerful temptations. See xxxi. 10. 
 
 " But Jlie that maketh aJJiamed:' Rather, " but /lie that committeth 
 Piameful things." See Hof. ii. 5. 
 
 5. One MS. of note reads mVlinn% with 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & 
 .^th. " but the counf'lsy &c, 
 
 6. DT
 
 [ 404 ] 
 
 6. DT l*1t*. Ch. Syr. & Vulg. Olb 121K» " The words of the wicked 
 //> in wait for blood." There can be little doubt that this is the true 
 reading, though not authorized by any MS. 
 
 7. ")1fln. Durell reads with Houb. ISDn, which is fupported by Syr. 
 
 6 Ch. Hodgfon confidering it as the imperat. renders it, •• Look round 
 for the wicked ; behold! they are no more." "Iisy* 2 MSS. 
 
 8. To preferve the antithefis perhaps thus, •* For the mouth of his 
 underftanding, or the underftanding of his mouth, a man, &c." Vb"in» 
 
 7 MSS. 
 
 9. ♦* And hath afervant." 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. " and is fervani 
 to himfelf." Which makes the antithefis more ftriking. *• "nny% et an- 
 nona, Praeftat is qui contemnitur, G? habet an?}onam, illi, &c." Houb. 
 
 10. VT 4 MSS. and all the verfions have the verb. n?2K. See v. 9. 
 and Pf. i. i. 
 
 11. "tny 10 MSS. with 6. 
 
 l*? "iDn does not anfwer well to the former Hemitlich, might we 
 then read XZVb IDn, " but he, that foUoweth after vain things, Jhall 
 leant bread?" See xxviii. 19. 
 
 12. One MS. of Kennic. and another of De Roffi at firft read with 
 6. 6c Ar. D^ty*l, and the words may bear this conftrudlion, " The de- 
 fire of wicked men is the net of the evil." i. e. The defl:ru<5lion they in- 
 tend for the righteous falls upon themfelves and their companions. See 
 Pf. XXXV. 8. and i. 18. 
 
 \r\'>. Durell with ^yr. JJiall /hoot forth. But I do not find the verb 
 ufed alone in this fenfe. Merc, and others fupply V"13, *' fliall bring forth 
 its fruit." Perhaps mtD has been dropped, " but the root of the righteous 
 fhall bring forth ^(3(j^." i.e. to themfelves and others. See v. 14. Houb. 
 reading CJ/ ""TVaa for cyi TiVO, and fuppofing that 6. and Ch. read 
 ]n'^f for \rv, tranflates thus " Defiderlum impii quatitt tempejias ; radix 
 juftorum^r»;<z erit." 
 
 13. Syr. & Ar. read vns::'. See xvii". 7. mVJ. " cni* f raits. 
 Lam. i. 3. But ihe jufl man is mver cntcngled" Hodgfon. 
 
 J 4. Cod.
 
 [ 405 ] 
 
 14' " Cod. Orat. 42 legitliDl pro niJO. vid. etiam. c. xviii. 20. et le- 
 gendum ynt^n." Houb. *' His belly Jliall be fatisfied." 
 
 *' A?id the recompetzce. Sec." See xiii. 2. and PL Ixii. 12. 
 
 15. Rather, ** but the wife man hearkneth unto counfel." See 6. 6c Ar. 
 Though 4 MSS. have yoiti', which favors our Verf. 
 
 16. All the Verf. probably read ynv, *' A Fool maketh his wrath 
 known at once," which reftores the grammatical conftru(ftion. For DVl 
 fee Hof. iv. 5. Pf. cxxxviii. 3. 
 
 17. The Verf. and Commentators differ greatly in the tranflation, and 
 expofition of r\y\J2ii n>fl>. Perhaps we ftiould read nJIDNn ȣ3, " The 
 tnouth of truth declareth righteoufnefs." See Ifai. xi. 5. Jercm. vii. 28. 
 for the n prefixed. Hodgfon reads with one MS. pnV, " The truth 
 will a jiijl man declare, and fpeak out." 
 
 1 8. nt3"ll. Merc. &c. read NLDH. See Lev. v. 4. &c.— 2 MSS. of 
 Kennic. at firft, with feveral of De Roffi, RDin, conjidens, fo alfo Theod. 
 But if any variation is necelTary, perhaps nnD might be better, ** There 
 is, that Jlayeth, like the piercings of a fword." i. e. The tongue. 
 
 " Is health." Rather, healeth. 
 
 19. ^y♦A'^^? is probably written for j;."v"i. See Job xx. 5. 
 
 20. " HD^D, acerbitasy quomodo interpretantur 6. Pf. x. 7. Nam 
 fraus non eft oppofita hilaritati -, forfan legendum DIID, amaritudo." 
 
 Houb. " j;"< in this place fignifies difcord. Dijappointed Jhall be their hopes 
 who privately foment quarrels^ Hodgfon. — 'iy"nn 4 MSS. 
 
 21. There is a beautiful paroncmafia in the two Hemiftichs of this 
 verfe. 
 
 22. 'K^lVl 2 MSS. but fome of both Collat. with 6. & Ar. have njyw 
 in the fing. 
 
 24. n'Dl. Durell obferves that this word is ufed in the fenfe oijlacknefs 
 four times in this book. 
 
 25. The verb and the affix are both irregular, and as one MS. reads 
 niri'ty for XMT\W\ perhaps the true reading is IJnPltf, ** Heavinefs in the 
 heart of man depreffeth it." One MS. alfo probably reads UnOty*. 
 
 5 M 26. Durell
 
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 26. Durell obferving that the antithefis is not kept up In the pcefent 
 fenfe of nns deriving it from Tin gives it this fenfe, " The righteous en- 
 deavoureth to find out h.1% friend, i. e. in order to be ufeful to him : or from 
 *nnj. The righteous moveth with adiivity on account of his friend." 6. & 
 Ar. feeni to have read TDO, cognofcetu, " Juftus ejl cognofcens amicum 
 fuum." Hodgfon renders it, " A juft man gaineth pre-eminence over his 
 neighbour." But perhaps we might read ntl>», " A juft man direSieth his 
 neighbour, or friend, — but, &c." The readings of Syr, & Vulg. differ 
 from each other as v/idely as they do from the text. 
 
 27. T^n*. This verb occurring no where elfe, and 6. Syr. & Vulg. ren- 
 dering ii lo differently, as to make it probable thcit they read another word 
 (Syr. perhaps nip') for the text, which Fuller renders, non clathrabit, (i.e. 
 " non clathris autcancellis circumdatis affervabit, quod venando cepit." See 
 Caft. and Houb. alfo) and, it being contrary to the difpofition of the 
 
 flothful man to be employed in hunting, which is a very laborious exer- 
 cife, amongft the various readings (for which fee De Roffi) I would offer 
 1"Q% " The flothful man Jiiall not blefs his food, or, fimll not be bleffed 
 with his food." See the laft word in this fenfe, Neh. xiii. 15. i. e. fhall 
 want bread. See xxiii. 21. 
 
 The two laft words of the 2d Hemiftich fliould be tranfpofed. See 
 Merc, and our Verf. or as Houb. np» pm. See xxiv. 4. Mr. Bradley ob- 
 ferves, that \'"iin is rendered, diligent, 'valuable, precious, gold^ 
 
 28. Our Verf. with Buxtorf confiders the laft Hemiftich as in appO' 
 fition with the former, but all the ant. verfions as in oppofition, and Du- 
 rell, to } referve the antithefis, renders the whole according to Cornel, de 
 Lap. " In the high'way of right eoifnefs is life — but its bye-path leadeth to 
 death" See Hodgfon alfo. Ch. for rQ'Di reads nmv, " but the way ofper- 
 verfenejs,bic." 6. Ar. & Syr. read iomc participle noun in the plur. perhaps 
 D'ln', " hut the way of the contentious, &c." But yi may poffibly have 
 been dropped from its flmilitude to the two lafl letters of the former word, M 
 " but the way of wickednefs is the path unto death." See xxviii. 10. Since ■■ 
 this note was writicn I find that a friend proposes nNDn> " the way of fin 
 leads to death." Glaffius reads '^y for Vn*. CHAP.
 
 L 407 J 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 V. I. nK "»D10. 2 MSS. of Kennic. and one at firfl of De Roffi, read 
 nj3!i>», •* rejoiceth a father." See x. i. One MS. reads VOCyS with 6, 
 Syr. & Ar. *« hearkeneth to his father." Ch. fupplies blp, ** receivcth 
 the inftrudion of a father." De Dieu and Durell confidering noiO as the 
 Particip. Fah. render it, " A wife fon is inJlruSled by his father." But 
 anK feenis to be the true reading " A wife fon loveth inftrudion — but, 
 &c." See xi. i. Which reading fupports the antithefis more ftridlly. 
 
 2. Tranfpofing the words with Durell, I would render the firrt: 
 line thus, " Every good 7nan fhall eat of the fruit of the mouth." i. e., 
 fliall be benefited by inftrudion. 
 
 CDnJill 18 MSS. *' but the foul, or the appetite, of the tranfgreflbrs 
 flmll eat violence." i. e. what fliall prove their deftrudtion. See i. 31. 
 " Antetulimus DJ^n pro DOn, fame inecabit eos ex arab. fignif." Houb. 
 " Anima hic pro appetitu, vel anima appetente." Gejer. It is obferva- 
 ble that 7 MSS. of Kennic. and one at firfl: of De Roffi, with Ch. Syr. 
 & Vulg. read jrntT' for '7DN», '* JJiall be fatisfied." 
 
 3. MSS. 4 read nVlJ, " He that keepeth his mouth." Or as Durell, 
 *' He that ivatcheth over his mouth, &c." *' Attendens de quo, cum 
 quo, quo modo, & loco, & tempore loquatur." Gejer. 
 
 pLTD, One MS. with all the verfions ptyiSI, which the conftrucftion, & 
 antithells require. 
 
 4. Rather, *• T'he Jluggard dejireth, and his foul hath nothing." Durell, 
 " The fluggard defireth, but hath not his will — but the defire of the dili- 
 gent Jliail be fatisfied." 
 
 D'\f"nn 30 MSS. with Houb. 
 
 5. One ant. MS. reads with Ar. IpC HiT, verba iniqua. 
 
 ty'Nl'. Durell fuppofes the Verf. to have read here JJ»nn, perhaps 
 rather ^^'2.'', " but the wicked Jliall be confounded, and put to fliame." 
 See Pf. xl. 14. Jerem. xv. 9. 
 
 6. Dn.
 
 C 4o8 ] 
 
 6. tDD' Ch. Alex. Verf. & Ar. read D»On, and one MS. at firfl: 
 with Alex. Verf. & Ar. D'VSym, " Righteoulnefs preferveth the upright 
 in the way — but fin overthroweth the ■wicked." 
 
 7. For this expreflion ^"2 \^^\ to which our phrafe nothing at all an- 
 fwers, fee 2 Sam. xii. 3. 
 
 {J^B^innO. We fliould read lytynnoi with all the Verf. " but there 
 is, &c." 
 
 8. " But the poor man heareth not rebuke" Various fenfes are put 
 upon thefe words to make them anfwer to the former Hemiftich, for 
 which fee Poole. Durell renders them interrogatively, " doth not the 
 poor hear rebuke ?" Gejerus obferves, " commodo divitiarum opponit 
 commodum paupertatis ;" See Patrick alfo. Or rather he oppofes the dif- 
 advantages of poverty to the advantages of riches. Might we then read 
 T^^'X for n"iyA, " but the poor heareth not of redemption ?" Since this 
 note was written, I find that I partly concur with Houb. in this con- 
 je(fture, who reads nbN-1 NlfD, " fndeth not redemption" 
 
 9. Rather, " The light rejoiceth the righteous" But 6. for the verb 
 read TVi^, ** The light of the righteous is for ever." Which the anti- 
 thefis favors. Houbigant for the antithefis reads with Syr. nD5f» for 
 nStyS " The light of the righteous Jhall fliine." 6. & Ar. read ano- 
 ther verfe here j but no MS. authorizes .it. See xx. 20. 
 
 10. p"i. Durell &c. confider this word with Gejerus as a noun, " A 
 vain man by pride caufeth contention." Whence comes the word raca. 
 See Poole on Matt. v. 22. — 6. Syr. & A r. probably read J/"l, ** A wicked 
 man by &c." 
 
 11. T 'jy. Thefe words, as Durell obferves, will fcarcely bear the 
 fenfe given them by our verfion, he therefore ingenioufly propofes to 
 read n, ** but he that gathereth unto competency." which I cannot think 
 with him the Verf. had j for 6. feem to have read ynhv, ad fe, for thefe 
 two words, adding probably IDPO. Ar. fomething fimilar to this. Syr. 
 plVn. Ch. probably •?! by, *' but he that gathereth yor the poor (hall 
 increafe." And this reading may receive fome countenance from xxviii. 8. 
 
 But
 
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 But Houb. renders them with Vulg. (which rather reads n»n DJ^D) and 
 reads with 6. & Vulg. bniQ for "jinO, ** Divitias cito partes deminuentur 
 — fed quae paulatim colliguntur, &c." " "rnn here means fraud. Wealth 
 dijhonejlly gotten (hall wafte away — but that which is earned by diligence 
 (hall increafe." Hodgfon. 
 pip 19 MSS. 
 
 12. " But the defire coming (i. e. accompliflied) is a tree of life." See 
 Vatab. — Mafclef, &c. confider nbna, as in regim. but then it fl^ould be 
 
 nVno. 
 
 13. We fhould probably read \X1 with 6. *' He that defpifeth the Word 
 (i. e. of God) (Ivall be deftroyed yor it." See Pile, and Deut. xxx. 14. 
 " He that defpifeth a decree (or the \i^w) JJiall be holden (or, bound) to it. 
 See 2 Chron. xxx. 5." Durell. 
 
 nVD. Houb. reads IKlflO, prolationem ejus, nempe verhi. 
 6. Ar. & Syr. fupply a verfe here. See Durell alfo. 
 
 14. Durell reading milD, & 'U'pO DmoV, gives this fenfe, " T^he 
 laws are to the w//? a fountain of life — to the rebellious they are the fnares 
 of death." As a friend obferves, 6. probably read mO' JJ'pIDD VdDI, 
 which fenfe gives an antithefis likewife. Ar. n'D' tJ^plQ Vd^V But 
 one MS. of De Roffi at firft read with Syr. pZSDn, " The law of 10 if do m 
 is a fountain of life." 'tl'p'iao 24 MSS. with Houb. See xiv. 27. 
 
 15. Durell, referring to i Sam. xviii. 14. renders b'2^» conduB, 
 
 ID'N, " but the way of tranfgrefTors is rugged." See Durell ; and the 
 
 paronomafia between the two laft words of the former Hemifticli and 
 
 this may favor the text; but 6. Ch. & Syr. probably read TNn, " is 
 
 for deJiruSlion" Perhaps then DTK might be the word, " their dejlruc- 
 
 tion." Dn:n2 17 MSS. 
 
 16. 6. & Ar. read inbit*, " his folly." Which feems right, t^nfl' 
 4 MSS. 
 
 I'j^ The antithefis feems to require with Houb. b'fl' " A wicked mef- 
 fenger caufeth io fall into, or bringeth into, mifchief." And 7 MSS. have 
 biS'. He alio reads npiT for J^tin, " A lying nicfienger." 'See viii. 7. 
 
 5 N 18. The
 
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 1 8. The conftruaiion requires niD^. See Gejer. naityi i8 MSS. 
 
 19. Durell fuppofes that all the verfions for n'nJ read ni3, or as Houb. 
 mN3. But Ch. & Syr. only feem to read fo, " Defiderium honeftum" 
 Ar. reads D»J10}<, fdeliiim. 6. probably D'TDPr, piorum. Perhaps pnj 
 may be the word with the firfl in regim., and to complete the antithefis, 
 (See Poole) we might read W^:hf " T/ie defire of the prudent is fweet 
 to his foul. — but to depart, &c." 
 
 20. "jVin 27 MSS. 24 D3n\ which are probably right. See Houb. 
 « Shall be dejlroyed." Rather with S}r. " Jliall fuffer evil." Or 
 
 as Houb. ynv in Hoph. " vialus evadct." nVTTl 9 MSS. with 6. A beau- 
 tiful paronomafia. See x. 9. 
 
 21. Rather with De Dieu, " but gcod Jliall repay the righteous." Then 
 the words in each Hemiftich anfwer one another. See x. i. 
 
 22. The antithefis requires, " hit the wealth, &c." 
 
 23. D'tTNI. " Alii, novale pri?2cipi/m; alii, pauperum; nos n»^K1, novale 
 primitiarum. i. e. novale recens excultum." Houb. Durell, according to 
 Vatablus, &c. ** There is much food in the tillage of rulers, or chief 
 men." 7 MSS. with Gejer. X^V^ ; and Hodgfon giving Dfltra the fenfe of 
 inditjiry, renders thus, " 'The poor man who tilleth fliall have food enough 
 — but many through floth are brought to want." But as 6. & Ar. render 
 the text by ju/li, I am induced to think that DnLl?' is the true reading, 
 " Much food is in the tillage of the upright — but there is that is deftroyed 
 fy 'ivrong.'" i. e. by iniquity ; which bringeth a curfe upon men's la- 
 bor. See Deut. xxviii. 16. and for this fenfe of the two laft words fee 
 xvi. 8. and Jerem. xxii. 13. Unlefs we might alfo read jy»j{i for ty»% 
 ** but every one is deftroyed by wrong." — b2M< 12 MSS. 
 
 24. NJty 17 MSS. with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. which the conftrudion 
 requires. — inniXI 4 MSS. more regular. 
 
 "iDia inni:'. It has been obferved, that the pronoun is fometimes af- 
 fixed to the verb inltead of the noun ; of which this may be an inftance. M 
 Otherwife we (hould perhaps read with Ch. "1D13 1*7 "l^k^^ '* mane quse- fl 
 ret ei eruditionem." Houb. &c. read with one MS. 1D1D1 nnii', *' mane 
 
 ft^rgit,
 
 C 411 ] 
 
 Jurgit, (S cqftigat." But then fhould we not read "nDV-SI, as in Deut. viii. 
 5. the only place where the participle of this verb occurs ; ind the pro- 
 noun is ftill Wanting ? 
 
 25. W33, " of his appetite."- Caft. &c. 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 V. I. DDDn 6 MSS. which the conflrudion evidently requires, and 
 the words may be thus rendered, " The ivifdom of wives buildeth the houfe 
 
 * 
 
 — hut fooliJJinefs dejlroyefh it with her hands." But 6. & Ar. read D'Hl 
 131, " Mulieres prudentes cedificant domos." Syr. & Vulg. feem to have 
 read TWtH nDDn, or vice verfa, Mulie?- fapiens, which removes every dif- 
 ficulty. 
 
 2. inn 7 MSS. See Pf. Ixxiii. 11. 
 
 3. Rather with Pifc. ** Pride is as a rod in the mouth of the foolijh. 
 i. e. *' qua laeditur." Unlefs for mK:i we rhight read inU, " In the mouth 
 of the foolifh is the rod of his back." i. e. The tongue. See x. 13. Se- 
 veral MS. read here and Ifai. xi. i. iDin, where only it is found befides. 
 
 Notwithflanding all the Verf. have the plur. and no MS. authorizes 
 the fing. the verb requires that we fhould read hfltyi, *' but the tip of the 
 wife preferveth them." i. e. from pUnifliment. Unlefs w6 read With 
 Houb. D^'^Dtrn. 
 
 4. Oxen were much ufed in the Eaft. but more efpecially in fudcea, 
 as the multiplying of horfes was particularly prohibitfe'd to the Ifradites. 
 See Deut. xvii. 16. The contrafl betweeti "11 and ni is ftriking, ** Vera 
 fcriptio ^1 Dfl}^, non ejl fnnnentum. Vid. vers. 28." Houb. 
 
 5. Perhaps, " A faithful witnefs will never lie — but a falfe witnefs ut^ 
 tereth nothing but lies." See Gejer. &c." 
 
 6. The confl:ru(ftion requires vhyt^. See ii. lo. 
 
 7. "l*?. Durell fuppofes that 6. Syr. & Ar. read *lS» ^D, " Every 
 thing fucceedeth adverfely." But they feem rather to have read only by a 
 
 metathefis
 
 C 412 ] 
 
 metathefis Vs, and though, as he obferves, they certainly read nVT 'bai 
 for DVT ^2\ which affords very little fenfe, the other reading not 
 keeping up the antithefis, I am inclined to think that nVT has alfo 
 been miftaken for DVltyS which will give this fenfe, " Every one is 
 figainjl the foolifh man — but the lips of knowledge are injlruments of 
 fafcty." Gejer. &c. fuppofe an ellipfis of in "Iti'N, " quum 7ion noveris 
 in eo labia, &c." Or ni^'Ki, as Glaflius -, " Go from the prefence of 
 a foolifli man, and in 'whom thou perceiveft not, tScc." See Merrick on 
 Pf. xlv. 7. 
 
 8. Rather, " "T/ie prudent man /y wifdom underdznieth his \v?Ly." And 
 with Durel], *' but folly deceiveth fools." by making them to err. 
 
 9. The conftrudlion requires Gejerus's fenfe of the ift Hemiftich, 
 " Sin deceives^ or expofes, the fooHJh to /corn." Unlefs we read with 
 Mr. Bradley ^'^b'>. 
 
 \''1^. Perhaps nmi, " but the prudence of the upright is, or pro- 
 curethy favor." Houb. reads \b'2) VnKH, " Stulti diverforium eft reatus, 
 vel in reatu." Jf this reading be admitted, we might read n^m for |»ii, 
 " but /^f houfct &c." And it is obfervable that 6. Syr. & Ar. have 
 cm, and 'rim, with the verb and adjedive in the plur. " Domus im- 
 piorum, &c. — Domus autem, &cc." Hodgfon making Dti^K to fignify 
 Jinful men, gives the words this conftrudlion, " Sinners laugh at fools — 
 but betiveen the upright there is tnutual good nvill." 
 
 10. The text affords no antithefis, and The heart knoweth- the bit- 
 ternefs of his foul kttns an harfli expreflion j perhaps then yiv is writ- 
 ten for vnv and VTV may have been dropped at the beginning of the 
 Hemiftich from the fimilitude of the words, ** He, that is knowing in 
 heart, maketh knoivn the bitternefs of his foul — but in his joy he nvill not 
 ajfociate ivith the f ranger." Otherwife we muft take the words in the 
 fenfe of Caft. &,c. •' Animse dolorem aut l.Ttitiam novit fola mens cu- 
 jufque." 
 
 11. Here is a beautiful antithefis of words. See x. i. mfl' is more 
 
 regular. See Calaf. Cone. 
 
 12. OTT.
 
 [ 413 ] 
 
 12. om. 6. Vulg. & Ar. read n^m, or i^m. Ch. Tn, which 
 fecms right. 
 
 1 2. If there was an antithefis in the two parts of this verfe at firft, as 
 in the preceding, to reftore it, might we not fupply O after Ct, and 
 read K'7a» for 1N3', " Even a/t/io' the heart isjil/ed with laughter (i. e. for 
 a time)— yet the end of that joy is forrow ?" See Ecclef. xi. 9. Or per- 
 haps we fhould fupply vn after zh, " Even in laughter the heart of the 
 •wicked is forrowful — and, &c." 
 
 piriJl'n 43 MSS. and I think we fhould read alfo nnDtt'n nnnN*!, which 
 removes the difficulty of the grammatical conftrudion. See Poole. 
 
 14. vbvoi, " etexfeipfo." Gejer. &c. Capellus, &c. with 6. vbbvOOl, 
 ** et de cogitationibus fuis." which anfwers better to his own ways, and 
 helps the metre. " Or as Vulg. and a good man JJiall he above him." 
 Seeker. The antithefis requires, '• but the good man." 
 
 iz^, " But the prudent, &c." *' Non temere perfuafus omnia credit, 
 fed greffum fuum moderator juxta intelligentiam." Bayn. 
 
 16. non 23 MSS. " et confdit." And to preferve the antithefis we 
 might render thus, ** but the fool tranfgrejj'eth, and is confident." Or 
 as a friend, leaps overt, i. e. the bounds of prudence. See Vulg. — 6. & 
 Ar. probably fupply J/^Il, *' mifcetur iniquo." 
 
 ij. By our verfion of the laft Hemiftich the antithefis is wholly loll, 
 which 6. & Ar. reftore by fupplying mm, or DT^iT, and reading Nty» for 
 NJty*, " but the confiderate man beareth many things." i. e. with patience ; 
 or calamities, without repining. Unlefs we read TS^W, " He that is foon 
 angry commit tethfol/y, but the confiderate man hateth it." DIOTD muft be 
 taken in a good fenfe, as in v. 2. viii. 12. See Houb. alfo. 
 
 18. T\T\'y 20 MSS. in Hoph. " are crowned," D»n£) one MS. 
 
 19. " 'The evil are brought to bow before the good; and the wicked, &c. 
 i. e. The wicked are brought low, when they are arraigned before the 
 tribunal of the judge. G^z/^j fignify courts of judicature." Durell. See 
 XXV. 26. 
 
 20. »nmJ<T 2 MSS.. See our marg. Verf. 
 
 5 O ' 21. Rather
 
 [ 414 ] 
 
 21. Rather with Ch. " The Jtnner defpileth his neighbour." Unlefs 
 we read with 7 MSS. KOn. See Pf. i. i. for intTK. 
 
 22. " lyns criminatores /tint, ex fignif. arab. nam fi redderemus, 
 errant, defereremus membrorum focietatem." Houb. But as the prefent 
 text affords no antithefis in the laft Hemiftich, as one ant. MS, reads 
 'tyiin in the ift place, and 4 in the 2d, and as the two firft words oc- 
 cur at the beginning of the 2d Hemiftich in a following verfe found 
 in 6. Syr. & Ar. it is probable that they are borrowed from thence, 
 and that inftead of them we fhould read nSK IDVm^ " Do not they 
 err, who devife evil ? — but thofe, who deviie good, -jaalk in truth." And 
 this remark may ferve alfo to confirm the authenticity of that verfe 
 -omitted in the text, " They that do evil know neither ?nercy nor truth ; 
 — but mercy and truth is with them that do good." See Durell. If we re- 
 tain the prefent text, as a friend obferves, the conftrudion feems to re- 
 quire ♦li'^inV in the 2d place, the b being frequently omitted in this 
 book. See verfe 35. N^n 43 MSS. 
 
 23. " There is profit." Rather with 6. & Vulg. ** There is abun- 
 dance" But it would ftill improve the antithefis, if for nM» we might 
 read D'T, " In all the labor of the hands is abundance." 
 
 Durell reading "110113 V^K for the two laft words of the 2d Hemiftich, 
 would render thus, ** but the talk of the \\^%fcedeth on penury" But for 
 the text fee xi. 24. 
 
 24. " The croion of ivife men is their riches." For the interpretation of 
 thefc words fee Patrick, &c. But as Ar. reads 7\tT\V for Dltry, I have 
 little doubt but that is the true reading ; " Suhtilty, or, prudence, is the 
 crown of the wife." See i. 4. &c. 
 
 6. Syr. Ch. 6c Ar. with 18 MSS. read d'tIKT in the firft place, 
 which the antithefis calls for j and for the 2d Ch. feems to have read 
 D1N5, which gives a better fenfe, ** but the folly of fools is their Grna^ 
 ment." Unlefs cVk, which is nearer to the text, might be the word, 
 •« \s their Jlrength" " cVn cV'DD rb^\ fed malediSlio i\.\Alor\im divi- 
 tia illorum. In qua emendatione opponuntur diviti^ ftultorum divitiis fa- 
 
 pientum."
 
 L 415 J 
 
 pientum." Houb. Some one conjecflures that 6. & Syr. read niWI for 
 rhMi I ft, " ha the 'Way of fools is folly." Durell reads D^lt^O "ltt>J!, 
 " Riches are the crown of the wife — but from the folly of fools cometh 
 folly." 
 
 25. " But a deceitful witnefs fpeaketh lies." Rather with Durell, *• but 
 a deceiver, 6rc." Though, as this does not accord very well with the pre- 
 ceding Hemiftich, perhaps for na'ia we fliould read ni*"\a, " but he 
 that fpeaketh lies is a murderer^ 
 
 26. ^^ He that trufteth'm\\\Q izzx o{ ]&\\o'^2^ is firong" Durell. Which 
 verfion fupplies the antecedent to the following relative ; otherwife I had 
 conjedlured that we fhould read 'Jj; for ly, " The poor man trufteth in, &c." 
 But 1 1 MSS. read nj^, and another tranfpofcs the words riDlD tlV, which 
 favors the text. 
 
 27. See xiii. 14. 
 
 28. " Of the prince, ox, ruler." Though this word appears no where 
 elfe in the fing. the frequent ufe of it in the plur. fufficiently afcertains 
 the fenfe. 
 
 DIK*? 40 MSS. and one mm. 
 
 29. One MS. reads D*3iy for mi- See verfe 17. 
 
 30. 6. & Syr. in the firft part read differently from the text, and fome- 
 thing differently from each other, probably thus, NflID, xt> or, l"? 
 D'SM "11t<. Longanimis "vir cordis, or cordis fui, ffiedicus ; having borrowed 
 the two firff: words from the former verfe. 
 
 :i'7 Dnjyi. The firft v/ord being no where elfe found in the plur. and 
 one MS. having izn^n, perhaps we fliould read nbn "ILi'l. " Cor fi}ians. 
 Tig. Verf. & Jun. <5c Trem. i. e. Vir animo humano etbenefico." 
 Glafs. " The benevolent heart, &c." See Hodgfon alfo, and xv. 4. 
 
 31. ptyiy 6. v.'ith 5 MSS. and 3 with 6. yrW^V. 
 
 32. " In his death" " Infignes calamitatcs & pericula Hcbraei mortem 
 
 vocant" Drus. See Warburton alfo. But 6. Syr. & Ar. probably read 
 
 lani, " in his integrity." Which Seeker thinks preferable ; though he 
 
 admits the former fenfe. 
 
 One 

 
 [ 4i6 ] 
 
 33. One ant. MS. reading y-nn V** greatly corroborates the Verf.-of 
 6. Syr. & Ar. " but it is not known in the inward thoughts of fools" 
 For this fenfe of nnp:i fee Pf. xlix. 1 1 . & Durell. ** Melius forfan ; et 
 W in medio ftultorum cognofcetur." Seeker. *' Melius D^bDD, vel 
 tDrr'jDD, et in mediis eorum medullis (fc. fapientum) manifeftum fe dabit." 
 Houb. — Buxtorf, &c. to avoid an emendation, render it interrogatively, 
 " Et an, 6cc. ?" Bayne from Aben Ez. renders it, frangetur, vel, oh' 
 livioni tradetiir. See Poole. But wherever this fenfe is required, I (hould 
 fufpedt that we fl:iould read the derivatives from VJ/*!, frangere. See Pf. 
 Ixxiv. 5. 
 
 34. D'DIKV 5 MSB. See verfe 28. As a friend obferves with Seeker, 
 6. Syr. & Ar. probably read "iDm, " but fin diminijheth a people." Or 
 rather mNLDn TlDm, " minuunt autem populos peccata" Which fenfe im- 
 proves the antithefis. 
 
 35. B"1DS reftores the conftru6tion. See our Verf. and verfe 22. 
 Durell renders the text, *• but his wrath is that which caufeth Jliame" 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 V. I ft. "A foft anfwer." Rather, " A foft difcourfe, or word" 
 See Ch. Syr. &c. The conftrudtion requires n31. Sec xxv. 15. And 
 2 MSS. read n'l^D ; but the true reading is probably a't^n. 
 
 '* Stirreth up Anger," " Innuit iram inilar flammte afcenderej fi quis 
 verbis afperis, veluti foUibus, fufflet." Bayn. — 6. & Ar. revcrfe the fen- 
 tences, & read very different. 
 
 2. Rather with Mariana, &c. " Knowledge adorneth the tongue of the 
 wife." See 2 Kings ix. 30. Hodgfon thus, ** The tongue of the wife 
 giveth grace to their wifdoni" 
 
 4. Rather with Merc. &c. '* An healing tongue." See xiv. 4. 
 
 Two MSS. of great authority read r\T\, which flrengthens Durell's 
 Verf. " but perverlenefs therein affiiBsth the Jpirit" 
 
 '* Sed
 
 C 417 ] 
 " Sed perverfitas in ea, ejl quaji confraSlio per 'venfum, i. e. quails accl- 
 dere folet ex vento orientally qui vehementiflimus eft. vid. Jerem. xviii. 
 17." Pifc. 6cc. " but a mifchlevous one is like a deftrudlive blajl" 
 Hodgfon. 
 
 5. lOltri 15 MSS. and 60 Dnr. Rather cnV'. Ar. alfo, and one 
 of De Rofli at firft innSID, ** but he that regardeth his reproofs is pru- 
 dent." 
 
 6. Ch. & Syr. read n'll ; and the prepofition was eafily dropped from 
 the famenefs of the letters in this and many other inftances. 
 
 pin 7 MSS. and 4 DNlim with Ch. «* but the revenue of the 
 wicked is troubled." 6. Syr. & Ar. read n^N, or im3i, with the plur. 
 nouns, •' FruSius autem impiorum peribunt." 
 
 7. T\\\ ** difperfe knowledge^' " fcminantis in modum." Mariana. 6. 
 & Ar. read T\T, ligata funt ; which Houb. deriving from *>Vi renders 
 with Symmac. " cujlodient" Ch. IVnV, notam faciunt. Vulg. IV)!', 
 dijfeminabunti which feems right. 
 
 p nV. Our Verf. fupplies ntyy, ** doeth not fo." For which fee 
 2 Sam. xvi. 10. The ant. Verf. render the laft of thefe words diffe- 
 rently. Durell renders it, doth not ejlablijh ity but fufpeifls ^3 might be 
 the word, ** but the heart of the foolifh doth not take^ or receive it" 
 Perhaps p» might be right, " but the heart of the foolifh doth not un^ 
 derjiand it." The labor therefore of the wife man is fruftrated. 
 
 8. See 1 Sam. xv. 22. and Ifai. Ixvi. 3. 
 
 9. The former verfe related to the religious condudl of the hypocrite j 
 this refers to the moral conduft of the wicked, 
 
 10. It is not eaiy to afcertain the reading of Syr. & Ar. but whe- 
 ther the firft Hemiftich is confidered as in appofition, or oppojitiout we 
 fhould read with 6. Syr. Ch. Ar. and 14 MSS. KiltJ^I. 5 MSS. have 
 inyV & 4 nniN*?, and Houb. adds with Vulg. D"n, " that forfaketh 
 the way of life" 
 
 II." Hell and deJlruSiion" Some fuppofe an Hendiadis, " The dejlruc- 
 tive grave" See Merc. & xxvii. 20. But Gejerus, &c. underftand 
 
 5 P ^y
 
 C 418 ] 
 
 by this expreffion the Jlate of the damned. " blNC is the place of de- 
 parted fouJs, and never fignifies the grave. The upper JJieol is for the 
 good, the lower for the bad." Peters. See'verfe 24. But fee Pf. xvi. 10. 
 
 12. One MS. reads nOIH ; but 6. having the p/ur. participle, nOID 
 feems to be the true reading. See ix. 7. — Vxi 6 MSS. with all the Verf. 
 And 1 ends the former word. -T 
 
 13. n'tO'». 50 MSS. The mind affedls the body, and vice verfa. 
 
 14. MSS. 24, with all the Verf. have 'fll for »J3% " Optima emen- 
 datio. vid. x. 6." Houb. 
 
 15. 'JV. 6. & Ar. read D'J^") 'J'y, whence I conclude that D'yi is 
 the right word, and was dropped from its famenefs to that following, 
 " All the days of the wicked IlX^ evil — but a good heart is &c." Which 
 affords a beautiful paronomalia. 
 
 16. " And trouble therewith." i. e. The torment of an accufins; con- 
 fcience. See xviii. 14. ,,..{... 
 
 17. nm{<, or as 20 MSS. nmiN'. The Latin word viaticum anfwers 
 exadly to this. . ;.. . 
 
 19. DDIcIDD 22 MSS. and 47 nblbo. See our marg. Ver.f. 
 
 20. By reading with Syr. TIN*, the two Hemirtichs correfpond better, 
 " A wife fon rejoiceth his father ." See Durell. 
 
 For Hill or as 5 MSS. nil, perhaps we ihould read nii'l^. or with 
 one MS. miD, " but a foolifiiy3;; is M^ //^w^- of his moUier." 5. MSS. 
 with 6. Syr. Ch. & hx. reading V'DD pi. See Kemiic. 2d Dili'. This' 
 verfe affords one inflance out of manv in which the verlion in Walton's 
 Polyglott cannot always be depended upon. 
 
 21. " Vera fcriptio eft vdil IS^KS beatus erit eundo^^i'Mowh. And 
 one MS. reads DDbV. But perhaps we fhould read TXpbi " but a man of 
 Mndcr^zndi'mg wiil be direSied, or, made happy, by iufriiSiion.." .. . 
 
 22. The conftrudtion is very irregular in this verfe, ^fS.ee, PooJe), but 
 as 4 MSS. have nn£i'nS2, if we read "I5n with Houb. as' Jer. xxxiii. 21. 
 it fets every thing right, ** A purpcfe is drfappoiiitcd iox want of counfel — 
 but it is eftabliflied, &c." Unlefs we fuppofe with him that the noun in 
 
 its
 
 C 419 ] 
 its prefent form is fing, though there feems to be no other inftance of 
 
 it.— mna 7 MSS, 
 
 24. One MS. omits rhyt:h, and 6. 6c Ar. read fome very different 
 word. See Durell, and Eccles. iii. 21. 
 
 nno bwii'D. For the laft word 6. read Vt^'V, ac,^. See Ar. " T/ie 
 lower, ,0V inferior JJieoli deftined to bad fouls. See Pf. Ixxxvi. 13." 
 Peters. 
 
 25. " Of the ividoiv." Who is moft expofed to infults and injuries. 
 
 26. " But the pure /peak what is acceptable to him" Durell. — 
 *' DVJ nOK, hone/la confiUa. Quippe IJSK eft confilium capere. vid. 
 xyi. 24." Houb. But this does not keep up the antithefis. Perhaps 
 then we might read by a metathefis, and fmall addition, lOyj DmHD 
 nx:Kl, " hut the words of tlie pure are his delight." See 6. & Ar. QniilDl 
 35 MSS. and 18 DyiJ. .See Pf. xc. 17. 
 
 27. mJnai 43 MSS. with 6. Vulg. & Ar. " Dona luc intellige, 
 non ea, qua; ex liberalitate divitum obtingunt, fed ea, quibus corrumpi 
 folent judices." Pifc. ..'v.v^y.;^ jM >* 
 i 28. my"1. One ant. MS. mi"), " poureth o\xt 7nany things". "Which 
 makes vthe antithefis Wronger. 
 
 29. One MS. of good authority reads pn"l. See Ifai. lix. 9. c. & Ar. 
 add th©' v^rfe, which is found in xvi. 8. 
 
 ■ 30. Durell renders the text thus, " T//^ heart, r-ejoiceth through the 
 light of the eyes ; a?id a good report maketh the body fat." " Hodgfon fup- 
 pofes 2 to be underftood, " ^s the light of the eyes cheereth the heart — 
 fo^a good' reputation filleth the bodies with marrow" But the following read- 
 ing of r\\My^D for nOt^', & Ity^ra for ;ty"in, is fubmitted to confideration, 
 " 'The 'joy: ol the heart is above the light of the eyes — and a good report 
 above the fatnefs oi the body." See Eccles. vii. i. 
 
 T\V'\'^li}^ 7 MSS. with c. Syr. & Ar. 
 
 -31. Durell reading nipm, gives this fenfe, ^' /The ear that, heareth re- 
 proof hath If e, — and abideth, &c." Hodgfon makes D»n here to flgnif/ 
 
 falutary.
 
 [ 420 ] 
 
 falutary, " The ear that lifteneth to falatary admonition — will tarry in fo- 
 ciety with the wife." But for D"n, might we read n*nn, ** The ear 
 that heareth reproof, Jlmll live — and fliall abide, &c. ?" 
 nyaity 8 MSS. 6. & Ar. omit this verfe. 
 
 32. Several MSS. read DND, V^^^^, & nj|?, which the grammatical 
 conftruftion requires. Durell renders the lafl: Hemiftich, " but he that 
 heareth reproof gainet/i a heart." i. e. his own. 
 
 33. For nOlO perhaps we fhould read imtD, ** The fear of Jehovah 
 is the excellency of wifdom." See i. 7. and Pf. cxi. lo. But as Seeker ob- 
 fcrves, 6. read nDSm, '^ inJlruSlion and wifdom." Hodgfon renders thus, 
 " Wijdom tcacheth, that the Lord is to be feared, — and that before honour 
 is humility"- 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 V. I. THE verfions vary greatly in the interpretation of this verfe. 
 " T^he preparations of the heart are in the power of man." See Gejer. 
 ** Senfus, Homo deliberat, fed Java, decernit." Caft. " Man may prepare 
 his thoughts, but the utterance of the tongue, &c." Hodgfon. ** To man 
 belong the inclinations of the heart : but by the Lord is the tongue afjijled. 
 TWCi is the participle Fah." Durell. Might we venture to read D'h'jkV 
 for D1N% ** To Gt?^/ (belong) the difpofngs of the heart, and the anfwer 
 of the tongue is from Jehovah?" See xxi. i. 
 
 2. The conftruftion requires "jm, " Every w^zy of man is pure, &c." 
 See xxi. 2. But Houb. reads iDf. A friend propofes that, or Ot. One 
 MS. reads It:;' for this word, as we have it xxi. 2. 
 
 3.31:1 4 MSS. See Pf. xxxvii. 5. "j'mnK'nD i MS. and 18 1J13». 
 
 4, ** For him/elf J' i. e. " propter gloriam fuam" Pifc. &c. ♦* So as to 
 
 Jerve his oun defigns." Seeker. — Glaflius, &c. render the text, ad refpon- 
 
 fum fuum, i. e. *' God does, or rules, all things, fo as that they agree, 
 
 or anfwer one to another, and even the wicked agree to (or are fitted for) 
 
 the day of evil." EfTay for a new tranflat. &c. 
 
 D:n.
 
 [ 421 ] 
 D:n. Syr. reads -iVJI, " et impius Jervatur" See Durell. Green by a 
 metathefis reads nn DV Vty-)'? DAI. See Seeker alfo. By the evil day 
 may be underftood the day of calamity^ and Solomon may allude to Pha^ 
 raoh. See Exod. ix. i6. 
 
 5. T*? T. *' Etiamfi manum ad manum junxerit , i. e. etfi fuperbiam ha- 
 bet jam otiofam. vid. xi. 21." Houb. Durell reading T W, and dividing 
 differently gives this conftrudion, " Every proud man is an abomina- 
 tion to Jehovah. — the heart, that is lifted up with power, (hall not be 
 deemed innocent." But as this verb is not connedled with the noun elfe- 
 where, if any alteration is neceflary, perhaps we might read 'jlJin'l, " al- 
 though he magnify himflf he Hiall not be held innocent." See verfe 2. Or, 
 as one valuable MS. fupplies yi, according to xi. 21. '* the wicked fhall 
 not be held innocent." Which Syr. probably reads, but gives it a diffe- 
 rent fenfe, " qui extendit manum fuam conix2i fociumfuum," 
 
 6. '* By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for ." " Non autem facrificiis, 
 ut hypocrite putant." Pifc. For llD our Verf. reads i")D, fupplying the 
 antecedent, but I do not know upon what authority. One very valua- 
 ble MS. has DK"^'!, " and the fear of Jehovah is to depart, &c," See 
 verfe 17. " Receditiir a malo." A friend, with Vulg. 
 
 7. V2't* 29 MSB. as it is ufually written. See Pf. xviii. 38. and Buxt. 
 But if we confider it with others, as the partic ben, thea the other read- 
 ing is preferable j unlefs we fuppofe both to have been in ufe. Romaine's 
 Calaf. Cone, does not always cite this word agreeable to the text. A 
 friend and 33 MSS. tD!'b^^$ which is neceffary. See i Pet. iii. 13. 
 
 8. See xiii. 23. nilO 5 MSS. 
 
 9. One MS. perhaps reads ]♦!♦, and another good one with Vulg. has 
 inyit* " but Jehovah underjlandeth his goings," And this fenfe feems 
 more appofite. 
 
 10. DDp. This word being no where elfe taken in a good fenfe, un- 
 lefs in Ifai. iii. 2. perhaps it is written by miftake for tOtyp, the affinity 
 between thefe two words being much greater before the invention of the 
 final letters; for which fee Kennic. Gen. Diff. Se<St. 27. " I'ruth is 
 
 5 Q^ in
 
 [ 422 3 
 in the lips of the king." i. e. of a good king. See Eccles. vii. 28. But 
 fee Gejerus, &c. 
 
 II. See xi. i. " Are the ordinance of Jehovah." Durell. See Exod. 
 XV. 25. — D*Jt^?a^ feems to be the true reading. All the verfions with 
 3 MSS. read iniTVai, ** and, Sec." 
 
 13. One MS. reads with all the Verf. ^b^, ''Righteous lips are the de- 
 light of the king — and he loveth him, that fpeaketh, &c." 6 MSS. having 
 ^tim. Or, " and he loveth the ivord, &c." 
 
 14. There is a beautiful paronomafia in the firfl: line of this verfe, ef- 
 pecially if we read with a friend according to 6, & Ar. mOH 'l^'^O, 
 •' The wrath of a king is a ?nejfenger of death." 
 
 15. " Of the latter rain." Which fell in iht firji month i. e. Nifan, and 
 was of great fervice in filling, and ripening the corn. See Deut. xi. 14. 
 Joel ii. 23. Houb makes it to be the Autumn rain. 
 
 16. nJp. 6. reading 'Jp render it improperly from another root, 
 Noo-j-iai, " 'The nefts." Syr. reads nJlp ; but as HD is omitted by all the 
 N^ti. perhaps XX^i'^'d is the right reading, " The poJJ'eJJion of wifdom is bet- 
 ter than gold." Unlefs with Houb. we read mjp, as in the following 
 Hemiflich. 
 
 17. lOty 64 MSS. and 7 1i*13. See our Verf. Or perhaps we fliould 
 read with Syr. & Ch. n!21tyi, " and he, &c." Hodgfon renders n^DO, 
 «' The chief concern, ^c." The end of this verfe according to the Mafo- 
 rites is the middle of the book. 
 
 18. The firft Hemiflich of this verfe appearing too fhort, we fliould 
 probably fupply 'f}'' at the end of it, which 6. Vulg. & At. read, and 
 which might be omitted from its fimilitude to the firft letters of the fol- 
 lowing word before the ufe of the final letters. See alfo oar Verf. 
 
 19. Rather perhaps, *' Better is an humble fpirit with the poor — than 
 the divifion of the fpoil with the proud." But Houb. reads with many 
 MSS. of both Collat. D'UJ?. See our Verf. 
 
 20. Rather, " he that attendeth to the tvord, (i. e. of God) fhall find 
 good." See Poole, and xiii. 13. 
 
 21. Not- 
 
 4
 
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 21. Notwithftanding what the grammarians fay, I am inclined to 
 think that for DDn"? we fhould read DDfin. See x. 8. Rather, " and 
 the fweetnefs of the lips fliall add injlrii&ion." i. e. " Pondus ei adji- 
 ciet." Grot.-— ti^DV. 29 MSS. 
 
 22. We fhould probably read with Houb. vbj^il'?, as the former word 
 ended with V -, who alfo reads nmOl for "iDIQI, " fed enecabit ftultos fua 
 ftultitia." Which keeps up the antithefis better. 
 
 23. ti'DV 23 MSS. 
 
 24. " Sweetnefs to the foul, and a medicine to the body." Durell. DVIi 
 17 MSS. See xv. 26. 
 
 25. See xiv. 12. 
 
 26. The various interpretations put upon thefe words (for which fee 
 Poole) give a fufpicion that they are corrupted ; Durell thinks the fenfe 
 of them is obvious, " The foul of the afiiSled laboureth within him—'ivhen 
 his mouth (or utterance) prejjeth hard upon him, i. e. when he flrives to 
 give vent to his forrow, but cannot." Houb. conjeftures that 6. read pSK 
 for ?)3iiJ, " praniakt fuper eum os ejus." May it be deemed too bold an 
 alteration to read Dnb for iV, & j5J^{ for i\^\H, " The foul of the labo- 
 ring man workethy^r bread, — becaufe his mouth craveth for it ?" See our 
 Verf. 
 
 27. n^D, *• prepareth evil. See 2 Chron. xvi. 14." Durell, But in that 
 place our marg. Verf. is better, digged. Syr. renders it indeed, aftruitt 
 and might read nJD, with n paragogic. Perhaps n"\l is the right reading, 
 ** The wicked vnz.nfeafis upon evil." See xix. 28. 
 
 28. mDlSnn 14 MSS. For the ] nnal in \T\l^ fee Kennic. Collat. 
 f^lbN. 6. Vulg. & Ar. read D'^l'7^<. Syr. TSl'^K. Ch. IDI^K. " Cunfli 
 
 fignificatus r'i ^^ hic conveniuntj fejungit cnim principes ^fubditis, ma- 
 ritos ab uxoribus, amicum ab amico." Gejer. See xvii. 9. 
 
 29. DDn £yr. renders this word fal/e Exod. xxiii. i. which, as Du- 
 rell obferves, feems to be the true fenfe of it here; otherwife it may be 
 perhaps written for ")nn, " The deceitful man enticeth his neighbour." 
 De Rofli notices one MS. of Kennic. and another of his own reading 
 
 at
 
 [ 424 3 
 
 at firft DSn, which never being ufed alone in a bad fenfe cannot well be 
 admitted here. 
 
 ** ISIol good" i. e. as Gejer. and others have obferved, by a litotes, 
 the ivorji. See xvii. 20, 26. xviii. 5. &c. 
 
 30. nvy. This word being found no where elfe, it is probably written 
 for *lVy. Though 7 MSS. read n^iy. and 10 have niK'n'?. Sec alfo 
 \erfe 28. 
 
 pip 7 MSS. *' biting his lips he completcth mifchief." Vulg. 
 
 31. One MS. of great authority reads O at the beginning of the Jir/l 
 Hemiflich, but its proper place feems to be before the fecond, " xohen 
 it is found in the way of righteoufnefs." Unlefs with 6. Syr, & Ar. we 
 read ")n21, which will bear the fame fenfe. See Caft. and Taylor. 
 
 32. Several MSS. read bwy\, and "TDl'jO, more grammatical. 
 
 33. riN has been always confidered here as the article of the nomina- 
 tive cafe, and one MS. omits it. See Gejer. &c. But as p'ni certainly 
 denotes the infide of the vefTel into which the lots were thrown, 
 it may be a noun in regim. " Theftgn, or the mark of the lot." As each 
 lot had the name of the perfon infcribed on it. See i Chron. xxiv. 7. &c. 
 Gr, if "JDI*^ may be fuppofed to be the fpecies of veffel into which the 
 lots were thrown, deriving it from bVco, tegere, perhaps for Vtiah HJ* 
 we fhould read "jlt:! riDK, '* The lot cometh into the bofom of the 
 cajket." Ar. probably reads this verb. See alfo Ch. & Syr. Which a 
 friend conjedlures might read, iblJl HDK by^'Q p'Fia, ** in finum doloji ca~ 
 det fors ejus" 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 V, 1. Rather, " Better is a dry crufty and quietnefs therewith — 
 than a houfe full oi feajlings "with Jirife" 6, Vulg. & Ar. read in3, 
 or as a friend thinks yy\. Durell confiders the laft words as in regim, 
 contentious facrifices, or feajls, 
 
 2. See Gen. xv. 2, 3. blB^D* 16 MSS. and one pV7n». 
 
 3. Durell
 
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 3. Durell carries the force of the verb to the former Hemiftich, " The 
 fining pot trieth filver. &c." 
 
 4. Simile Jimli gaudet. ^n^?D 2 MSS. regularly. But it is obfervable 
 that for npBT 6. Syr. & Ar. read j^"? pnVl, or -it^'l, " but the righteous 
 hearkeneth not to a naughty tongue." Which Houb. &c. follow. 
 
 5. JinVioMSS. & 2 T^mV, the gramn:\atical conftrudtion alfo re- 
 quires naity, or with all the Verf. T\U\m. 6. have additional readings 
 at the end of this and the following verfe. 
 
 7. "in^. It is not eafy to guefs what Vulg. reads, unlefs it was "nin ; 
 and perhaps 6. Syr. & Ar. pat* ; but if a variation is neceflary "nLy> feems 
 to be the beft reading, *• The lip of uprighinefst &c." See xii. 26. and 
 Job vi. 25. 
 
 8. " Hic Solomon ponit quod ufu venire folet, non quod fit facien- 
 dum." Merc. Hodgfon renders the whole thus, " A bribe is like a beau- 
 tiful gem, in the eyes of him who loveth gifts ; it procureth a manfuccefs in 
 'whatfoever he attempteth. Vyi addiSied to. xxii. 24. i. 19. n33 refpiciat. 
 bOSy^ to caufe fuccefs." Durell takes 1XWT\ in a good fenfe. But fee 
 verfe 23, &c. 
 
 9. " procureth love." Marg. See alfo xi. 27. Hill^l 12 MSS. For the 
 laft word fee xvi. 28. 
 
 10. The marg. Verf. feems better. Houb. reads 'j'DDl HIDOO. 6. Syr. 
 & Ar. read pnD 2*7 for V^Ol* and the laft line probably, HNT n"? 'j'DD 
 n^JI, " Conterunt mins cor prudentis, imprudens autem flagellatus -non 
 
 fentiet." Perhaps for nnn we might read nnK, " One rebuke to a wife 
 man— is more than ftriking a fool an hundred times." 
 
 11. From comparing 6. Syr. & Ar. together with Ch. ^D, or ti"t* 
 feems to be wanting before V\> vl'hich would likewife help the metre, 
 •* Every evil man," or, " The evil man." See our Verf. Unlefs we 
 read ty»K for -jK, which none of the verfions notice, except Ch. See 
 Pf. i. I . for nTDN. 
 
 12. iy"i.i£). The imperat. for the fut. unlefs we read m^^. See 6, Syr. 
 tc Ar. which read difl'erently in the latter part of the Hemiftich. 
 
 5 R ^'^^'
 
 C 426 3 
 
 in. 29 MSS. See i Sam. xvii. 34. The bear was common in that 
 country, and remarkably fierce. See Patrick. 
 
 13. trian 31 MS. *' ty'DH Hifh. intranfitive ufurpatur." Houb. 
 
 14. ICID. The 3 might be eafily dropped from the beginning of this 
 word through the fimilitude of the letters ; but Syr. reads DT for D'O, 
 and as 15 MSS. read "^03, the words might bear this fenfe, '* The be- 
 ginning of flrife is as the letting out cf blood." Which more ftrongly en- 
 forces the following admonition. Ch. reads both words, " Qui efFundit 
 
 Jangiiinem. ficut aquam." But fee 6* and Hodgfon, who renders the whole 
 thus, " He 'who beginneth Jlrife is like him "who letteth out waters j — There- 
 fore meddle not with that ivhich may bring on contention" See Mere. alfo. 
 
 16. Rather with Dureil according to Kennicott's divifion, <* Since he 
 hath no heart to acquire ivifdom" 
 
 17. I^JV. " Multo melius *7VV, utilis erit ; quo modo 6." Houb. " Yea, 
 a~ brother (i. e. the friend) ivill he be in adverfity.'* Hodgfon. 
 
 18. imj^ 4 MSS. with Syr. Ch. reads 11V% " •>:iQ favour. Prov. xix. 6. 
 This is meant by, iiitreat the face ^ i Kings xiii. 6." Hodgfon. 
 
 19. Though three MSS, read in both places nmj>f, the laft is only 
 proper, " He, who loveth flrife, loveth tranfgreffion." Or vice verfa ac- 
 cording to Syr. " W^> iniquitatem, quidni VfltT, ajluentiam, feu copiam 
 divitiarum." Houb. 
 
 innD, ** exalteth his door." " Ofliiim fuim. i. e. vel i. ffidificium fuum. 
 vel, 2. OS fuum. vid. Mich. vii. 5." Gejer. &c. But this word may 
 perhaps be written for in'nS, " he, that exalteth his folly, feeketh de- 
 ftrudion." See a fimilar expreflion xiii. 16. 6. & Ar. omit the whole. 
 Syr. Vulg. & Ch. H'lJlOV Uf^y one MS. at firft. 
 
 20. " Findeth no good." Litotes. MWb:! ISHil. " Periphrafs hi- 
 linguis." Vatab. See i Tim. iii. 8. 
 
 bfl* 46 MSS. more regular. 
 
 21. nVv Houb. with 15 MSS. *• He that begetteth a fool hath forrow, 
 nmnb is here ufed as the nominative cafe." Dureil. But fee xvi. 21. 
 
 OK.
 
 C 427 3 
 ♦nn. Perhaps rather VsiH 2ii' And fome one has obferved properly 
 that blJ has a ftronger meaning than b'DD> and fignifies " a vile jiagi- 
 tious felloiv." See i Sam. xxv. 25. Here is alfo a litotes. 
 
 22. nnJl« This noun appearing no where elfe, and Ch. & Syr. read- 
 ing mi, which anfwers better to the following Hemiftich, this is pro- 
 bably right, '* A merry heart doeth good to the body." Otherwife with 
 Merc. " A merry heart viaketh a medicine effeSluaW But fee Patrick. 
 a'D" 58 MSS. 
 
 23. p»nJ3 41 MSS. with Houb. which may be rendered with 6. & Ar. 
 in the bojom.^ i. e. to bribe the judge. Ox into the bofom. i. e. The judge 
 fecretes it there. See i Sam. viii. 3. •* Iniquus eft, q^ui accipit munus, 
 & qui largitur." Caft. 
 
 24. ♦Jfl. DK, coram. See thefe words in this fenfe Gen. xix. 13, 27. 
 
 ** In the ends of the earth.'" i.e. " quc^rit fapientiam, & non invenit." 
 Vatab. Houb. reads the laft line, nblK IpVl b'DD 'i'VI, " et oculi 
 ftulti turgent Jiultitia." A friend conjedlures from the Vulg. that r\H in 
 the firft line may be written for riTND, " Illuminat faciem frudentisjapi- 
 entid'j fed oculi flulti in extremis terrce. i.e. vagi, et fine luce, figuntur in 
 extremo profpedlus circulo." 
 
 26. Rather with Jun. 6c Trem. " to ftrike princes is contrary to right" 
 Unlefs for bv we read '?^<, or nV, " to ftrike princes is not right." 
 As all the Verf. have the negative. — Houb. reads thus, VVD inj niDn'?, 
 " dum declinat princeps ab cequitate" 
 
 27. As the double participle is unnecclTary, I would read with 44 MSS. 
 ■]{yn. See alfo our Verf. But 17 with all the Verf. have VT. 
 
 Notwithftanding 20 MSS. have npS or with Vulg. and our Verf. 
 ")pn, the text here feems preferable, " and a man ©f underftanding is 
 of a cool fpirit" See Caft. &c. Or as Houb. from the ^th. " moderateth 
 hisfpiritr See Hodgfon alfo. 
 
 28. 6. Syr. & Ar. omit Dl, which is unnecefTary to the i^witt and 
 the metre, 
 
 6 MSS.
 
 C 428 ] 
 
 As 6 MSS. read D£^•|^?, and 3 DDN1, the true reading probably is 
 Q^^Mil. See 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ch. 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 V. I. Durell follows the fenfe of the Belg. Verfion, " T/ie conte/npla- 
 the man Jeeketh that which is defirable — and intermeddleth with allwifdom." 
 See Hodgfon alfo. Patrick and others take the words in a bad fenfe ; and 
 the lad: Hemiftich, as Mercer obferves, favors it. Houb. reads with 6. 
 Vulg. & Ar. ry^^rh for m^?n':', " Captat occafwnes, qui dijfidium parat, 
 nihil relinquit intentatum. Verbum de verbo in omnem rationem volvitur, 
 i. e. omnem lapidem movet. vid. Jud. xiv. 4." 
 
 2. ** But that his heart may difcover itfelf." " Duorum hominum 
 avTiSirav hic fcnfus eft, Philofophum non qu.trere quibus fe ja6tet, fed de- 
 lectari rerum cognitione per fe : at vanos homines nihil addifcere, nifi ut 
 pro lubitu fe oftentent aliis." Grot. And perhaps for mb.inni we fliould 
 read mblinnn, omitting 1*7 with 6. and one MS. or reading with ano- 
 ther llbn, " but in magnifying hiwfelf;" or, " but in magnifying him' 
 
 felfin his heart." *•" In vohendo cor fuum. i. e. temere movendo ac per- 
 turbate." Houb. \*isn» 3 MSS. 
 
 3. Rather, with Seeker, &c. ** When ivickednefs cometh, contempt 
 alfo cometh." As the laft Hemiftich feems to want fome word to 
 complete the fenfe and metre, the following reading is propofed nfl"im 
 ]l'7p Vl DV1, " and with iniquity ignominy and reproach." Seeker ren- 
 ders the text, " and with -oilenefs reproach." 
 
 4. Merc. &c. confider the laft Hemiftich as explanatory of the for- 
 mer, but Durell as ad'ver/ative ; and in this cafe for iQ we fhould per- 
 haps read 'nS, " The words of a foolijii man are as deep waters, (i. e. 
 which no one can reap any benefit from) but the well-fpring of 
 wifdom is as a flowing brook." Of which every one receives the advan- 
 
 tage. 
 
 D'(5it5y
 
 [ 429 ] 
 
 D'plDjr 25 MSS. vniJ 21 MSS. And 6. Ar. Syr. & Vulg. bnjl, and 
 the firll letter might be eafily dropt from the fimilitude to the zL 
 
 3 MSS. of Kenn, and 2 of De Roffi at firft, read with 6. & Ar. 
 CD»»n for noDn, fons VI fee, which, though a common expreffion, does not 
 feem fo pertinent here. 
 
 5. 6. Syr. Ar. 6c Ch. read mi2n'7'l. " »<7r /<? overthrow, &c." Which 
 preferves the antithefis. See xvi. 29. 
 
 6. iKn'. 6. Ar. & Ch. read 1X»1», " A fool's lips ^v//^ him into con- 
 tention." And the 1 may ferve, both for the formative of the verb, and 
 the affix. See Pf. ii. 12. 
 
 mO"l'7no'7 16 MSS. 6. & Ar. read probably, as a friend conjedures, 
 r)T2 "^blDO, *' et OS ejus azi(iax invocat mortem" Syr. perhaps mo'? IDN, 
 " faw ^i^ mortem perducit." But xix. 29. feems to juftify the text ; 
 unlefs munboV may be thought to anfwer better to nn*?, " and his 
 mouth calleth for battle." Which Seeker had once conjecftured might be 
 the true reading. See Vulg- & Ch. 
 
 7. One very ant. MS. reads VJy"i for ijyflO, " and his lips are the fnare 
 of the wicked." 
 
 8. D'Dn'^nOD. Our Verf. follows Merc, &c. who by a metathefis de- 
 rive it from Dbn, contundere, putting the participle for the fubftantive. 
 See Poole, and one MS. of note reads fo. Durell thinking this conftruc- 
 tion harfli, divides, and reads thus, D'QH ♦'^naD, ** The words of the 
 talebearer dejlroy as fJJiaftsJ from the quiver" Ch. perhaps might read 
 lV D»bO:nD, " profternent eum" Hodgfon follows Buxtorf 's fenfe of the 
 vioi^, ficiit hiandientiiim, " The words o/'a whi/pererfeem fuil of kindnefs." 
 6. Syr. and Ar. read very differently, but what cannot be conjedtured. 
 tD'nnV 10D, " The words of a whifperer are as ficords," is fubmitted 
 to confideration, as according better with the laft Hemiftich. See xii. 18. 
 
 ^Dl. Ch. & Syr, read bMiti^, inferni ; which does not fuit here. 6. Vulg. 
 & Ar. are unintelligible. 
 
 9. For CI 6. Vulg. £yr. & Ar. feem to have read ^tt'K, " Whofo Is 
 flothful, &c." 
 
 5 S HDnrii::.
 
 C 430 ] 
 
 nsnno. Several MSS. of Kennic. and De Rofli read with 6. & Ar. 
 KJJiriD, but then we mufl: alfo read with 6. & Ar. b^, or kV, which 
 t'lOes not afford a very pertinent fenfe. *' Eundem exitum habent ^/^^r 
 ^ prociigus." Grot. See i. 19. 
 
 10. " The name of Jelwoah." \. e. Jehovah himfelf. See Gejer. &c. 
 
 11. MSS. 50 have in'3u'01, which connrms our verfion > for want of 
 which authority Durell preferred the reading of Ch. & Syr. " about his 
 habitation" '\V\V 7 MSS. See alfo Syr. Vulg. be Ch. 
 
 J 2. Rather, " but before honor, &c." 
 
 14. 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read ]Xtys or n may be paragogic. 
 
 15. Rather with Durell, ** and the ear of the wife feeketh to know." 
 Unlefs for the fake of the antithefis we might venture to read \ih 
 b'DOn for D'a^n, *' but the ear of the fooUfli loill Jiotfeek knowledge." 
 
 1 6. " The gift tf/'^z ?;;<7;7." i. e. Of one in alow and abjedt flate. See 
 xvii. 8. Gejer. and Pf. xlix. 3. 
 
 17. N2' linn. Perhaps rather Kl'T ^'"11, or as 32 MSS. Km, " He 
 that is firft in a contention feemeth juft," (i. e, maketh his own caufe good) 
 «* but his neighbour (his antagonifl) cometh, and findeth him out." 
 i. e. detedteth the faKliood of his pretenfions. But fee Patrick, Durell 
 making '^'^'Ti the preter. Hiph. reads Kli linn, " He is acquitted, who 
 is firft in his own caufe: but his, 6cc." See Ifai. v. 23. 
 
 18. " Between the mighty^ i. e. Thofe, who obflinately maintain their 
 own caufe ; and it were perhaps to be wifhed that this decifion by Jots 
 was more in ufe to prevent litigious fuits. See Grot, de J. E., 6c P. 
 2. xxiii. 9. 
 
 19. CJIlDIi or as 23 MSS. D'inoi, wanting the affix, perhaps we 
 {hould read VJnDl, *' and /;/} contentions are like the bars of a palace." 
 i. e. They exclude all friendly intercourfe, y^x^i-K^ ^roM/^oi a3£x^iv. See Gejer. 
 &:c. in Poole. Houb. reading Dmiai, gives a contrary fenfe, *' Quafi 
 urbs munita, frater afratre adjutns ; ut vedes arcium, qui fe mutuo amant." 
 See 6, who feem alfo to have read V^^^ HNl for VL^'i)J, a fratre adjutus, 
 Durell renders thus, " A brother is more apt to rebel t\\\r\ a firong city." 
 W^ 3 MSS. 20. 6.
 
 [ 431 ] 
 
 20. 6. & Ar. read mNllDDV See Ch. alfo. Durell reading with 6. 
 & Ar. and one MS. at firft, VnB^S and dividing the words differently, 
 renders them, '* A man Jhall be fatisfied with the fruit of his mouth j 
 — and his belly Jilted with the produce of his lips.'' See xii. 14. xiii. 2. 
 ** Increafe. Produce. Fruit of his mouth, compare Heb. xiii. 5." Seeker. 
 
 21. In the laft Hemiftich 6. Vulg. & Ar. read I'^DKS and one MS. at 
 firft read n^imt^l, which the conlliruftion requires ; unlefs we read with 
 Ch. & Syr. niniKI, " and he who loveth it." 
 
 22. NVa ift fliould be written KlflO. See viii. 35. and for the infer- 
 tion of nniD after nti^SS (which 6. Syr. & Ar. with one MS. probably 
 fupply ; and is further confirmed by the additional verfc which 6. Syr. 
 Vulg. & Ar. have, ^i ejicit muUerem bonam, ejicit bona — qui autem tenet 
 adulteram, fiidtus et impius) fee Kennic. 2 DifT. p. 189. &c. " He that 
 findeth a _gW wife, &c." The fame omiffion feems to have happened. 
 xxii. I. Eccles. vii. i, 28. But fee Durell and Warburton, Vol. III. 
 Serm. 4. 
 
 p'£3'l one MS. more grammatically. 
 
 23. T\IV' This verb fignifies not only to anpivcr, but to fpeah. See 
 XV. I. and the Lexic. — 6. read very differently. 
 
 24. ti"X. Reading with Houb. according to Ch. & Syr. li'S the words 
 might be thus rendered, " // is the part of friends to fliew themfelves 
 friendly — but, &c." Though it is obfervable that one ant. MS. reads 
 ly'KT in the 2d line. 
 
 Wnnnb, iS MSS. but the true reading probably is nvinn*:. See 
 xxii. 24. 
 
 nniK 2 MSS. and the conflrudion feems to require pnn. This verfe 
 is wanting in 6. and Ar. 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 V. I. BY reading with feveral MSS. of Kennic. and De RolTi Syr. 
 & Ar. VDm for VDfiK', and with Syr. "I'^yy for V'D2, the antithefis is 
 
 reflored,
 
 . C 43^ J - 
 
 reftored, as Kennic. has obferved Diflert. ift p. 509, " than he who Is 
 perverle in his ways, though he be rich." See Houb. alfo, who refers to 
 xxviii. 6. But Durell concluding that Syr. & Vulg. read by a tranfpofi- 
 tion psyVS, authorized by one MS. and rendering nStt-', augmentiim, from 
 Ar. gives the words this fenfe, " Better is the poor man, that waliceth 
 'in his integrity, than he that is loaded ivith riches, and is a fool." Hodgfon 
 connedting mfljy with JTI, as well as with typyjo, and giving b'DD the 
 fenfe of wicked, renders thus, " Better is the inexpert in eloquence, who 
 ivalketh in his integrity ; than he, who is Jkiljid with his lips, but waiiteth 
 honejiy." I3inn 13 MSS. 
 
 2. Rendering D.l, " Verily," I would tranflate the reft of the He- 
 miftich with Dr. Hunt, " A foul without knowledge is not good." Ch. 
 Syr. £c Vulg. omit it, with one MS. Houb. reads f],i3, or ^DJ, for {^^flj, 
 *' Non expedit corriicre vel per imprudentiam." A friend is inclined 
 to omit this and the firft word, " In ignorance there is nothing good." 
 Durell making l^'flj to fignify oncfelf according to Syr. renders thus, 
 *' Surely it is not good to be without knowing onefelf" See vi. 26. 
 
 '• And he that hajhth with his feet, finneth." To hajlen with the feet 
 may be oppofed to watching the feet, (See Eccles. v. i.) and may denote 
 an inattention to the moral conduct j but Hunt renders NDin, " and he 
 that hafteth with the feet, wandereth from the mark." See Jud. xx, 16. 
 and Hodgfon, on. viii. 36. who here renders \i, Jltimbletlu. Durell, " but 
 he that haftily goeth with fpies, finneth" or, " is hafty /«/;/> o-o/z/g-j." 
 NDn 6 MSS. with Syr. & Vulg. 
 
 3. ** And, or, when, in his heart he fretteth againft Jehovah." Syr. 
 & Vulg. Imputing his fins and misfortunes to God. See Gejer, &:c." 
 
 4. s^'DV 33 MSS. 
 
 5. *' And he that fpeakeih lies." i. e. In defence and juftification of 
 himfelf. 
 
 6. Rather perhaps, " the nobles will intreat the favor of the prince." 
 
 7. imK^i:.' 43 MSS. which the conftrudion requires. 
 
 O
 
 [ 433 1 
 
 O feems redundant, and 2 MSS. omit ft, but then we fhould read 
 liTi^^a, " even his friends go far from him." See xxi. 27. 
 
 Houb. reads DnnnK ^'y\ " et currit poll eos, nee funt." Seeker 
 gives this, fenle, " He followeth after words, they are nothing, i. e. they 
 give him good vs^ords, and he leeks for a good effedt from them, but in 
 vain." Durell renders this Hemiftich, " he purfueth them, who fay, be 
 not thou noify," Perhaps thus, " he purfueth them faying, we are not they" 
 i.e. thy friends. See Cartw. Two MSS. and one at firft read "i"? for 
 kV. Syr. conneds thefe words with the next verfe. As a friend obferves, 
 one MS. omits DHON j and another omits t^TiD. 
 
 8. nilp 5 MSS. and 1 1 ^'OW, and for NVa"? we fhould probably read 
 Ki'JDS or ^J^{0^^. See 6. Vulg. Syr. Ar. & Houb.— -Durell, ♦• he giveth 
 heed to difcretion, fo as to fnd benefit from it." 
 
 9. This verfe is probably an interpolation. See verfe 5. 
 
 10. jnjyn, " Delicacies:' Durell. Hunt from Ar. ** Authority" Which 
 fenfe anfwers better to the following Hemiflich, if it will bear. But as 
 one ant. MS. reads "nnD -WW* there can be little doubt from comparing 
 xxvi. I, that one word is written for the other, *' Honor is not fecmly 
 for a fool." blt^D 1 3 MSS. 
 
 11. "nny. 9 MSS. 
 
 12. Syr. more literal, " roareth as a lion." ' - 
 
 , ,13* ** Proverbium eft apud Illyricos, cui efi domus fumofay teSIutn per- 
 ftiltanSf & mulier rixofa, eum nihil necejfe efi ire in bellum ; fatis habet belli 
 domifua" Gejer. 
 
 14. " The inheritance of fathers J" " Genitivus efficientis, ut Numb. 
 Jtxvii. 7. &c." Gejer. Rather, " but a prudent, &c" 
 
 16. noty ift. 8 MSS. nDIB'.— 6. Syr. Vulg. Ch., & Ar. ntUI, which, 
 the antithefis requires, if not the metre. mO' 21 MSS. One MS. omits 
 the whole. 
 
 17. lblD:iT 25 MSS. ** ajid his kindnefs fhall t^e recompenced unto 
 him»" See Pf. ciii. 2. ' ' ' 
 
 5 T 18. «* And
 
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 18. " And let not thy foul fpura Jhr his crying." " But incline not 
 thy foul to 'kill him." Merc. &c. *' And give not up thy foul to his re- 
 proach." Houb. with 6. & Syr. *' And incline not thy foul to his dejlruc- 
 tion." i. e. by a foolifh indulgence. Caft. &;c. See alfo our marg. Verf. 
 and xxiii. 13. 
 
 19. ^Tl. i^ MSS. read '7*7:1, with Houb. &c. " One great of wrath." 
 6. Syr. Ar. & Ch. read 13:1, " A viati of wrath, rather perhaps, A man 
 ef violence, beareth punilhment, (i. e. doth not regard it) although 
 thou deliver him, he will add \l again." i. e. commit frefh violence, read- 
 ing the laft verb with 6. Ar. Syr. Vulg. Houb. &c. in the 3d perfon; 
 though 53 MSS. read t^'DID. And a friend prefers this reading, t)»Din 
 *ny iVi'D. Durell thus, " for notivithjlandirtg thou mayell have interpofed, 
 thou muft do it again." .; aioVi -.;..i^o 
 
 20. " Confiliam. h. e. Verbum Dti." Cartw. And one MS. reads 
 mifO> " Hear the commandmerit .*' 
 
 21. " Many are the devices in a mans heart — biit it is the counjel of the 
 Lord that Jliall Jland." DnveW. isrij tPtUCfiL car* ■ 
 
 22. " The defire of a man is his kindyiefs." i. e. " Quod homineni facit 
 defiderabilem, cmnibufqj acccptum, eft mifericordia ejus.t" ; Gejer. See 
 Hunt alfo, who refers to Gen. iii. 6. and 6. But they with' 'Ar. read 
 nNlin. " nDn, fine dubio TiDn, indigentia ejus, '. ut liquet ex ty*l, 
 quod iinfequitur" Houb. Durell, " The defire of a man is that itrpiay 
 Sa ivell with '.him." Others, " The defire of a man is his difgrace^" The 
 firft feems the moft eligible. Unlefs we give mKD the fenfe of decus, zc- 
 cording to.Hodgfon'iipom Calafius ;' or, read rj^^On, *' Tlie glo^ bf .man 
 is his beneficence." 035 .jPjbrnrr ^ \o.^ »* ,i3d:~£/I ..lairO ' .oii' .T .iivxx 
 
 n/*T^:/i5»tr; dofes:<hoirl'jfeera to correfpoftd'iierej-atid Dui-dl *gLV5s. this 
 feiifep •fieVeni'the'pfa'or niaii:/f 7;<z/i/j «o/ ^0 be deceived by a great man" 
 Houb. &:c. read according to 6. & Ar. itD t^'N TtrVD "ILT'- ^a?"*- mm; 
 **>imeli0r -tmfem opaupier I/^i!zr"\griam\ mendax fl'ri;dr.'?l<Bi?t.asr;.the'mT^ere 
 appears too long with this reading, perhaps for 2t3't:"Nai' we fhoiald 
 read inD V!i'")D, " brt a poor ^oo^ man is before, or better than, a wicked 
 ricL^ne.'\ii 23, Durell
 
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 23. Durell divides thus, " The fear of the Lord tendeth to life and 
 plenty — it fhall abide, &c." A friend renders this laft Hemiftich, " and 
 he, who is full of it, fhall lodge where no evil fli all vifit," See alfo Ch. 
 & Syr. "riNT videtur legendum n^^ NT." Seeker. Grey fuppofes bl i'*?' 
 to be an interpolation, " but him that is full (regardlefs of God) evil 
 fhall "jjjit " Perhaps we fhould read ^"2, with 2 MSS. at firfl, " h\xt every 
 evil Ihall vifit him that is full, and murmureth" See ]»V in this fenfe 
 Exod. xvii, 3. 
 
 24. " In his hofom." Rather with Gejer. Hunt, &c. " in the diJJiy 
 or platter." Which exhibits the ftrongeft inftance of indolence. 6. Ch. 
 & Syr. read with the affix, innWl. As Mr. Bradley obferves, nvh"^ 
 feems to be the right reading, 2 Kings ii. 20. Durell renders the text, 
 ** nvhen he reclineth on his fide." 
 
 25. For nDD perhaps we fhould read n^H, '^ fmite a fcorner, and being 
 foolifh he may become wife — but reprove, &c." DHV 39 MSS. See xvii. 
 
 10. " n»Dim, idem atque HDim, et argue ; nifi mavis, noim, et argues" 
 Houb. And the fame mood feems proper in both cafes. But as many 
 MSS. fupply » in a great number of places, and the Maforites read with 
 Tzere where it is omitted, I have ftill my doubts whether noim is not 
 the true reading. See xxi. 11. Hodgfon, who thinks it requifite to the 
 
 fenfe to'ireadtwith 13 MSS. HDim, renders thus, '* A foolijli offender muf 
 by punijliment be made iiife — but a 7nan of fenfe will amend upon admo- 
 nition." 
 
 26. " He that robbeth a father will drive away a mother; the fon that 
 caufeth Jhame is alfo confounded." Durell. " Lege nnn% Qui afHigit 
 patrem, et matri tnokjlus ejl -, ex fignif. Ar," Houb. But reading alfo 
 ^i'flriD for TfiriDI, perhaps by a metathefis thus, " He that wafteth the 
 father, is a fon that caufeth fhame — and he that chafeth away the mother, 
 bringeth reproach." A friend reads mn. 
 
 27. The conftrudtion of thefe words is by no means clear. Some 
 fupply the negative, " Ceafe «£7f, my fon, &c." But there is no autho- 
 riey for it. Others fupply quce eji, ox qucs ducit. See alfo our verfion. 
 
 Mercer,
 
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 Mercer, &c. tranfpofe the words, ** Define, lili mi, aberrate a verbis 
 fcientije, eo ut audire poffis difciplinam." Or they read with a paren- 
 thefis, " Define, fili mi, (ut aufcultes eruditioni) aberrare, &c." Syr. 
 reads nDtl'D bii^ for DVItr'?, " ei ne ohlhifcaris." Ch, reads *7*7A for 'jin, 
 VDJ:;! for yot:^'?, & T\WT\ vh^ for m-lty*?, '* Increafe, my fon, and hear 
 inJiriiSiion — and do not err, &c." Durell making "^tyD to fignify nemas as 
 in XXV. 25. and *iDia the imperat. Fyh. gives this fenfe of the words, 
 " Abftain, my fon, from news ; be thou tnjiru6led againft erring from 
 the words of knowledge." Perhaps for "pin we ihould read Sinn, 
 ** Wilt thou ceafet my fon, to hear inftrudlion — that thou mayejl err, &c." 
 See i. 2. nai^V 3 MSS. 
 
 28. " Sivallows iniquity." Alluding perhaps to a man's taking a falfe 
 oath without any kind of remorfe. 
 
 29. 1J3J 12 MSS. 
 
 CDflJl'. ** Lege talionisyWzV/a (num. plur.) minatur his o^m judicium 
 ludificati funt." Cartw. But Seeker reads with 6. & Ar, D'tDlty, ** Rodi 
 arc prepared, &c." See x. 13. 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 V. I. nam, Syr. & Houb. with 13 MSS. and 4 H-MK^J which the 
 conftrudtion requires. 
 
 '^yO* 6. generally render this word rae^o, and fometimes fKhtrtua^ (once 
 civov Pf. Ixix. 13.) in the former cafe following the Heb. word, and in 
 the latter the fenfe of it ; for as Mercer, &c. obferve, ** fignificat om- 
 nem potum inehriantem (vid. Lev. x. 9.) praeter vinum," Calmet, &c. 
 fuppofe it to have been the palm wine. But fee Grot. &c. Luk. i. 15. 
 
 2. If nO'i< be retained, it muft be taken adlively according to Gejer. 
 ♦* terror, i. e. quern rex iratus incutit aliis." But a friend propofes 
 non for na'N. Seexix, 12. 
 
 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. read with 3 MSS. innvnai, and with 8 VtXiW. 
 
 4. ^^'syyci
 
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 4. f]'y\r\!3 3 MSS. which may be better rendered with Merc. &c. " will 
 not plow in the autumn" quod arandjB terrae 6c fementis tempus." r^TWf 
 7 MSS.. 
 
 Rather perhaps, •* he feeketh in the harveft, and hath nothing." i. e. 
 His crop faileth. " qui non arat, non metet." Caft. Houb. reads 
 ^Kt^l with 25 MSS. 
 
 5. ty»K at the end of the fird Hemiftich feems to be redundant, both 
 on account of the fenfe, as well as the metre, " Counfel in the heart is 
 like deep waters — but a man of underftanding will draw it out." Which 
 words allude probably to the digging of deep wells in the Eaft. D'plOy 
 16 MSS.—" njbT, haurire faciet, m Htph." Houb. 
 
 6. As Houb. obferves, none of the Verf. read the T in 1"rDn, which 
 fhould likewife be written TDH, and one MSS. omitting b;»k, the words 
 might be rendered, " Many a man may be called bountiful," Or, " The 
 bountiful man may be called a great man, but a faithful man, &c." 
 i. e. One who is really fo from a principle of goodnefs. But as a friend 
 remarks, 6. 5c Ar. read alfo Ip'i for Ntj?*, " A bountiful, or a merci- 
 ful man, is a great man, and honourable,'*' 
 
 7. One MS. reads with Ch. HK^NI, " and his children, '&c." "iDinn 
 7 MSS. 
 
 8. ** yf king Jit teth on the throne of judgment — he^ &c" Durell. And 
 4 MSS. read ity. But 6. & Ar. fupply pn^, or nty', which might be 
 eafily dropped from its likenefs to the following word, " An upright 
 king fitting, &c." 
 
 ** Scattereth" " Metaphora a colonis, qui ventilando grana faleam ab 
 illis excernunt." Cartw. " Pulcherrimum hoc : Sedet rex in folio fuo, ut 
 fol in calo, et oculorum fuorum Jplendore dijjipat oninetn nequitiam." A friend. 
 
 9. 6. & Ar. read mNJOnD, and the metre feeming deficient, ^"2 may 
 have been dropped, " I am pure from all Jins" See the line above in. 
 Kennic. Collat. 
 
 10. " Aftone and a /lone" h. e. <* Ementem uti majore, vendentem. 
 minore." Pifc. See xi. i. 
 
 5 U II. Some
 
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 11. Some give this verfe a contrary fenfe, " Ignotus erit puer, &c." 
 See Poole and Patrick. 
 
 12. nyOIC 2 MSS. and 9 nK1"l. Vatab, &c. according to c. & Ar. 
 confider tliem as verbs. " Jova et videt et audit, quippe horuni fen- 
 fuum autor." Call:. 
 
 13. MSS. 6 with all the Verf. and Houb. Vlt:'!, " et fat tare, &c." 
 The fix follovi^ing verfes are wanting in 6. & Ar. 
 
 14. h'bnn' m l*?. Perhaps 'j'rnnn Nin, " and he goeth away, and 
 boafteth himfelf." This verfe might come in more properly after verfe 10. 
 
 15. Rather, *• The lips of knowledge are as gold, and a multitude of 
 rubies, and precious vefTels. " See Bayn. &c. in Poole. 
 
 16. Tig. Verf. is followed by Durell, " Take his garment, ivhen a 
 Jlranger is furety." Which feems better. 
 
 Rather, " and his pledge for Jlrangers ." The lefs known the perfons, 
 the greater the fecurity fliould be. Durell renders it thus, " and take a 
 pledge of him, lohere flrangers are witnejf'es." Green reading ZTW for lyn, 
 here, and xxvii. 13. as the Part. Ben. gives this fenfe of the words, 
 " Take his garment to pledge, ivho is furety for a Jlranger — but take 
 the 7nan himfdf, ivho is furety for a jirange ivowan." Seeker alfo notices 
 Green's reading. Hodgfon obferves, that it is not fupported by any MS. 
 or copy. But fee Lowth in Preface. , Ch. with 30 MSS. nn^J, as in 
 xxvii. 13. See Pifc. &,c. 
 
 17. *' With gravel." " Lapillos arena; panibus mifcere in fuppliciuni 
 folebant. vid. Senec. de Benef. 2. 7." Marian. 
 
 18. " Eftablijli piirpofes by counfcL" Durell. Rather, " Thou Jhalt ejla- 
 blijli purpofes by counfel — and -with Q.d\ict thou Jlialt make ivar." In xxiv. 
 6. as Houb. obferves, we have ntyVD. mblinnm 18 MSS. 
 
 19. I'^n 6 MSS. " A talebearer gocth about revealing fecrets." Sec 
 xi. 13. nmflVl 8 MSS. . 
 
 20. " His lamp.'* i. e. " Filii ejus, qui hicerncc nomine fignificantur." 
 Tirln. &c. Or it may be a metaphorical defcription of the eye, which 
 is explained by an additional reading of 6. adopted by Houb. "JBTI ]1St>'X3
 
 [ 439 ] 
 
 VJ*V pti'^NIj " and the pupil of his eyes JJiall be in utter chirknefs." To 
 which our Saviour may perhaps allude, Matt. vi. 22, 23. Sec alfo the 
 parallel paflage xxx. 17. As the firft Hemiftich feems too fliort, with 
 this addition they might ftand originally thus, " He that curfeth his fa- 
 ther or his mother, his lamp fliall be put out, — and the pupil, &;c." 
 
 21, Several MSS. of both Collat. with Houb. read nVnilS) and one 
 has nVniO, which the fenfe juftifies. 
 
 22. As 17 MSS. read ytyvl, y^l^Vl is probably right. 
 
 23; The great neceffity for it feems to have occafioned the frequent 
 repetition of this precept. In the laft Hemiftich is a litotes. 
 
 24. no. One MS. of note reads with Ch. N^J, " but a man doth not 
 underftand his own way." Syr. & Vulg. read 'D, " but what man un- 
 derftandeth, &c. ?" " Hinc conficitur, deum in omnibus quse aggredimur 
 corjfulendum & invocandum efle, ut reifle nobis fuccedant." Cartw. 
 
 25. {y"Tp vV. " Optime Grffic. Int. cito quid ex propriis fanBificare." 
 Houb. See Menoch. alfo in Poole. " The man is infnared, ivho devoureth 
 an holy thing — when inquiry cometh to be made after vows. t^piO being the 
 part. Pah. and "iplS the gerund." Durell. Hodgfon confiders '^^ii as a 
 verb, dijhdit, and renders thus, " Infnared is he who hath eaten of the of- 
 fering — but reJleBing on his vows, delaycth to perform them." For D'pID 
 
 might we read tymo, and ")pl' for "ipib, " A man, who is reduced to po- 
 verty, will devour that which is holy, and after vows will make iiiquiry T^ 
 i. e. To know how far he is bound to perform them, tyilp 3 MSS. 
 
 26. " A?id bringeth the wheel over them." " Alia metaphora duda a 
 rota triturantium in calidis regionibus ; ut congruat cum praecedente He- 
 miftichio. vid. Ifai. xxviii. 27." Cartw. Hodglon giving n">TID the fenfe 
 of to winnow, renders thus, " A wife king %vinnoweth out the wicked, 
 and the fanning-wheel over them he turncth round" Gejerus, &c. fup- 
 pofe that this kind of punilhment was not in ufe among the Jews; 
 and my learned friend, Mr. Wiatle, Reflor of Brightwell. Berks, thinks 
 " that it is an allufion to the ordinary revolution and ufual viciffitude of 
 things, which a wife ruler can occafionally fo flir diredt, as to make wicked- 
 
 nefs
 
 [ .440 ] 
 nefs recoil on its malicious contrivers. See Pf. vii. 16. The wi/dom of a 
 king difperfeth wicked counjels, and tnaketh them to return on the heads of 
 the defgners" I rather think that for ^fllS, we fhould read 1SK, with 
 one MS. at firfl, " and bringeth his anger upon them." 
 
 27. See Gen. ii. 7. and Rom. ii. 15. " Forfan nOl^'Jn." A friend. 
 It'flin 18 MSS. Ch. & Syr. B,'tjm, " and fearcheth." 
 
 •' Of the belly." i. e. of the hearty by a Synecdoche. 
 
 28. Rather perhaps to vary the expreffion, ** and his Throne is up- 
 holden by clemency" 
 
 29. DmD feems to be the true reading. 
 
 30. For ■p'<'V2T\ yVfl 6. & Ar. probably read iNIp tD^yVSl, or with 
 Ch. lV:i5, which affords a pertinent fenfe, *' Wounds and bruifes befall 
 the wicked man — and plagues in the inward parts of the belly." See alfo 
 Syr. Merc, and Deut. xxviii. 59, 60. But a friend reads with 4 MSS. 
 n"n2n, and with Houb. and 4 MSS. pISD, propofing alfo niDISl, ** Livor 
 'uulnerjs abfiergctur cum dolore, cum cruciatu inteftinorum." Hodgfon ren- 
 ders the whole thus, " The cleanfmg of a foul wound feemeth an evil — 
 
 fo feem Jlripes that fink deeply into the body." But his reference to If. 
 xlii. II. for 1 in the fenfe of as feems to be a miftake. And wherever 
 this fenfe is neceffary, I iliould rather fufpeft that it is written for 2. 
 riT^lin 16 MSS. and 24 plion which is preferable. 
 
 CHAP. XXI. 
 
 V. 1. The metre being very irregular in the firfl Hemiftich, I am in- 
 clined to think that the verfe originally confided of three lines, and 
 that, reading with all the Verf. »:i'733, (the firft letter being eafily drop- 
 ped from its affinity to the 2d) we fhould fupply |V!fn, or fome other 
 word at the end of the firft line, (See Ifai. xxxii. 2.) " As rivulets of 
 water in a dry place — the heart of the king is in the hand of Jehovah — 
 he turneth it, £cc." Alluding to the manner of watering lands in the Eaft. 
 But fee Durell. YiQn» 2 MSS. 
 
 2. See
 
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 2. See V. 21. and xvl. 2. 
 
 3. r\^y. 2 MSS. nwy. See vcrfe ij-, &c. 
 
 4. Houb. reads iV 2m» fuperbia cordis. See 6. & Ar. 
 
 1J. Whether we render this word with all the Verf, &c. " the lamp, 
 or the light, of the wicked" ; or reading with five MSS. TJ, give it the 
 fenfe of our Verf. or the metaphorical one of Pifc. .&c. " the thought of 
 tec." it does not feem to accord with the preceding words. Durell puts 
 this conft;ru(5tion on the words, " He that hath an high look hath alfo a 
 proud heart; and the light of the wicked is finful." Hodgfon renders 
 thus, " A haughty eye, and a puffed up heart — denote an offending fin- 
 ner." A friend fuppofing with Houb. the firft Hemiftich to belong to 
 the former verfe, and that the laft member of this is loft, ingcnioufly of- 
 fers this addition, " The field of the wicked, fin, — produces death as its 
 harveji." referring to James i. 1 5. and to that of the poet, 'Ami oi^^x 
 SavaTov ixKa^mlKi-xM. But perhaps ^J is Written for mi, there being a great 
 fimilarity between the two letters, or rather mJi, as 6. Syr. Vulg. & 
 Ch. have the 1, '* An high look, and a proud heart— ^k^M^ "vow of the 
 wicked is fin." Alex. Verf. reads niNtOn, fins. See xv. 8. 21. 27. • 
 
 5. Durell putting a different conftruftion upon the laff Hemiftich, 
 renders it, " but the inconfiderate lays hold only of want." But I am in- 
 clined to think, that for \*K we fhould read with Vulg. & Houb. "ji'y, 
 ** but oi tvtvy Jlothful man only to want." By which theantithefis is more 
 ftridtly preferved, and perhaps more fo, if we read with Ch. bxw for Vdi, 
 ** but the foot of the flothful, &c." See xiii. 4. xxii. 13. 
 
 6. As 10 MSS. read bj?l3> and one upon a rafure with 6. Ar. & Vulg. 
 ♦{yplDl, (for which I would prefer according to Jarchius '{i^plOl, fee De 
 Roffi) and as the Vatic. 6. reads >]"n for t^i, the words may be thus ren- 
 dered, " He that procureth treafures by a lying tongue — purfueth vanity 
 and the fnares of death." Houb. adds P^Tn, (See Alex. Verf.) " vanita- 
 tevn profequitury propellitur in laqueos mortis." Durell renders thus, 
 " The vain man is driven into the fniires of death." Hodgfon, ** (hall be 
 driven by his dijhone/ly inXo the fnares of death." See Prov. xiii. ii. — 
 m-|^l« 28 MSS. 5 X 7. Of
 
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 7. Of all the fenfes put upon Dm:i', (for which fee the Verf. and Poole) 
 Gejerus's feems the befl:, " The robbery of the VficktA Jliall terrify them." 
 And 21 MSS. readD"):i» in Hiph. which feems better than D"i"nA», which 
 he propofes. But fee Buxt. p. 125. — Rather with Durell, " to do that 
 •which is right." 
 
 8. One MS. of Kennic. and another at firft of De Roffi, read with 
 Ch. Syr. & Vulg. nr, " AJlrnnge man perverteth the way." But as 6. 
 & Ar. read ^K, it may have been dropped after "jm, " A Jlrange man 
 perverteth the way of God." i. e. The idolater, or abandoned perfon. 
 See Durell alfo, and Hodgfon. A friend propofes " Hf, A proud man. 
 See verfe 24. Or ^\, A vile man." 
 
 The metre, as well as the conftrudliion, feems to require ibyfll, " but 
 the pure is upright in his work." Or as 6. Ar. Syr. & Ch. vVvflU plur. 
 
 9. " Than with a contentious woman." See our Bib. Marg. — 17 MSS. 
 Cjna. See verfe 19., 
 
 ")2n, " in domo communi. quam cum ilia communem habet." Merc. &c. 
 •* in domo focietatis. vid. Hof. vi. 9." Gejer. ** Domus junBurce. \. e. 
 jundjta sedificiis, feu fpatiofa." Houb. Perhaps for nnn we (hould read 
 am. See our Verf. A friend alfo concurs in this conjecflural reading. 
 6. Ar. & Vulg. feem to have read D'ln, " et in domo, Sec." Syr. omits 
 thefe words. 
 
 10. " His neighbour." Rather, " his friend." The moft facred tics 
 of friendship cannot bind him. This verfe affords a moft beautiful pa- 
 ronomafia. 
 
 11. Inftead of DDnV, I would propofe DDH, the b having been pro- 
 bably borrowed from the preceding word, and render thus, " Thefoolijh 
 man is made wife by the punijlunent of the fcorner — but the wife man receive th 
 knowledge by inftruBion." Or with one MS. omitting TliJ, " The fcorner 
 is made- wife by punifliment" See xvii. 10. xix. 25. 
 
 12. Durell following the reading of 6. Syr. & Ar. nnb, (rather mnV) 
 gives this fenfe of the words, " The righteous wifely confidereth the 
 heart of the wicked — perverting the wicked to evil." Others following 
 
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 this reading, fupplying «?« in the firft claufe, inftead of the laft as 6. and 
 reading with them t)VDD1, give this fenfe, *' The righteous God under- 
 ftandeth the hearts of the v/\ckt&— and he overthroxDeth the wicke.i for 
 their wickednefs." Grey thinks that yty-) fhould be omitted in the firft 
 line, and be read for j;-)'? in the laft, reading alfo ^X^iy\, " The righteous 
 profpereth in his houfe~^a/ wickednefs overthroweth the wicked." Hodg- 
 fon taking bya in the fenfe oi to proffer, thus, '« When a juft m^xv gheth 
 profperity to the houfe of the wicked— He feduceth bad men into fin." But 
 the text may perhaps be rendered thus, " The righteous getteth wi/dom 
 through the houfe of the wicked — in the perverfion of the wicked to evil." 
 i.e. In obferving the judicial confequences of fin upon the finner, who by 
 his bad example frequently entails fin, the worfl: of evils, on his pofterity. 
 See xi. 3. Merc. &c. A friend reads f^Voa. 
 
 13. DD1K 6 MSS. 
 
 14. nSD». This word occurs no where elfe. 6, Syr. & Ar. by a me- 
 tathefis read "]2n% '* turneth away anger." But the true reading is pro- 
 bably according to Ch. naDS " extinguijlieth anger." See 2 Sam. xxi. 17. 
 and Gejer. Or^flD', ^' appeafeth zngtv." See xvi. 14. 
 
 p'ni 36 MSS. 
 
 1 5. nnnai. ** At pavor eft iniquitatem operantibus. i. e. Judicium 
 facere tam grave eft impiis quam fi quis illos affligeret." Vatab. &c. 
 Which keeps up the antithefis better. See Hodgfon alfo. '"JVISV 7 MSS. 
 
 16. " In the congregation of the dead." i. e. " In ccetu Gehennce." R. 
 Salom. See Mede, Book I. Dift". 7. Gataker on Job xxvi. 5. and ii. 18. 
 XV. II. Vulg. probably reads mi' for niJ', commorabitur, and Syr. CDni% 
 gemet. 
 
 17. MSS. 3. read nniK in the firft place, and one in the 2d, which 
 the conftrudlion calls for. 
 
 18. Rather with Durell, ** T^he wicked is cut off inflead of the righteous.*' 
 See alfo Gejer. xi. 8. and Ifai. xxviii. 18. 
 
 19. See verfe 9. Hodgfon renders ^I5S'^? there, and here wife, which 
 feems better. 
 
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 ZO. Durell omitting the ^ in ]0(^i, renders thus, <* Oil in the dwelling 
 of the wife is a defireable treafure." But it may be ftill better perhaps to 
 read with 6. & Ar. mJS or niJ*, inftead of it, and reduce the three lines 
 of Kennic. metre into two, " A defireable treafure refteth, or abidethy in 
 the habitation of the wife— but the foolifli man fwalloweth it up." " Im- 
 pendendo imprudenter in lufus, equosy venerea^ &c." Gejer. — Hodgfoa 
 renders V2li'1> with Munfter, " and plenty" 
 
 21. Pjin 7 MSS. — ni?li' 2d is certainly improper here, and 6. & Ar. 
 with Houb. omit it, having only " Lfe and -honor-" but perhaps it is 
 written inftead of Itry, " findeth life, riches ^ and honor." See iii. i6. 
 xxii. 4. 
 
 22. Dmi:i 35 MSS. n-)V1 i8, but the true reading is TIVI, or as one 
 Ed. nmm.— ny 5 MSS. &6. & Ar. DHDIO, " the ftrengtb of their con^ 
 
 fdence." See Jer. xlviii. 13. 
 
 23. nmiy 12 MSS. in the firft: place. nnVO 4 MSS. with 6. Syr. Ar. 
 & Ch. "from trouble." 
 
 24. Our Verf. & Houb. follow 6. Vulg. & Ar. which read Tn^l, 
 which feems necelTary to the fenfe and metre ,- but they read likewife 
 \b^. A friend conjedlures alfo that it might be ^bl n'n'. ** The proud^ whofe 
 name is haughty fcorner — may prepare for the rage of pride : i. e. which 
 is referred for it." Durell. Perhaps, ** The proud and haughty (fcorner 
 is his name) — worketh pride with wrath." 
 
 ntyy 34 MSS. But it might be regularly rWW, faciens, notwith- 
 ftanding Houbigant's remark, who would read niyVl : with either of 
 thefe readings might we prefume to read DOlty for laJ!', " The proud 
 and haughty fcorner bringeth deJlruBion, Sec. ?" See Ifai. lix. 6, 7. 
 
 25. " For his hands, &c." Membrorum profopopceia. Gejer, 
 
 26. The fubjedl of the firft Hemiftich may be the idle man in the pre- 
 ceding verfe, and the addition of y^yi propofed by Durell from 6. & Ar. 
 afFeds the metre. See xiii. 4. 
 
 ** But the righteous." i. e. The induftrious, as the antithefis re- 
 quires. See Cartw. and Ephef. iv. 28. But Hodgfon making |n' to be 
 
 the 
 
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 the fut. in Hoph. gives this fenfe" of the words, *' But the jujl man's 
 defires are fully gratified." '\\^W 7 MSS, 
 
 27. As a friend obferves, 6. & Ar. fupply mn', " is the abomination 
 of Jehovah." And one MS. read at firft D^yiD, in Regtm. 
 
 O ^. 6. Ar. Syr. & Vulg. " quoniam." See Gejer. &c. But one 
 MS. omits FjX, and the conftrudlion requires that we fhould read with 
 6. Ar. &; Syr. Ulf^'lS " bccaufe they bring it, &c." 
 
 28. The metre in the firft Hemiftich being defedbive, '\y^ may have 
 been dropped before the verb, ♦' A falfe witnefs fhall fiirely perifh." 
 See Deut. viii. 19. The word VDJ:; not agreeing fo well with the context 
 perhaps we fhould read pO^?, " but a man of veracity fpeaketh for ever." 
 i. e. " Omni tempore & loco fecure teflari poterit." Jun. " loquetiir. i. e, 
 
 fervahitur." Vat. " fpeaketh with fieadinefs, or authority" Durell. 
 '* Omnino revocandum ell: HDJ'? ante nVib, ^/ fufiitice aufcultabit, ad 
 caufam viSiricem deducetur." Houb. — Hodgfon thus, " but let him fpeak 
 who knoweth the fjiatter well." Rather perhaps, *' JJiall be fpoke?i o/" for 
 ever." See Pf. cxii. 6.— yoit:^ 35 MSS. See Durell. 
 
 29. ** Hardeneth his face." i. e. As we fay, brazens it out. See Jerem. v. 3. 
 " but he that is upright, diredeth, or, underftandeth, his way." Several 
 MSS. of both Collat. read with 6. & Ar. ]'!', and alfo om with Vulg. 
 in fing. 
 
 31. See Pf. XX. 7, 8. " CorreBeth" Hodgfon — nVltS^Dn. Hodgfon 
 with our raarg. Verf. " vi5lory." 
 
 CHAP. XXII. 
 
 V. I. All the Verf. with Houb. &c. fupply ntD after Dt!^. See alfo 
 xviii. 22. Ecclef. vii.. i. and it feems redundant according to Syr. at the 
 end of the laft Hemiftich, " A good name is rather to be chofen than 
 great riches. — and favor rather than filver and gold." AH the Verf. with 
 one MS. read fiDDOI. 
 
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 » 
 
 2. " Meet together." *' Utiles funt alter alteri ;" Grot. &c. All the 
 Verf. read TWV^y " ^nd Jehovah made them all." Or as 2 MSS. " is 
 the maker of them all." 
 
 3. The fame paflage occurs in xxvii, 12. with fome fmall variations, 
 which fhould be corrected by this, if it be retained. Many MSS. read 
 here, and there, 'inDJI. The idea feems to be borrowed from the traveller 
 flying from the impending florm. See Gejer. &c. But a friend would 
 render 1"liy, " tranfgrefs" 
 
 4. Reading with our Verf. & Houb. DNTI, I would render according 
 to our Margin, " The reward o? humility and the fear of Jehovah — are 
 riches, and honor, and life." See xxi. 21. Or inverting the fentences 
 with a friend, " Riches, &c" Durell reads ntt'y, " his riches are, &c.** 
 
 5. 6. Ar. Syr. & Vulg. with Houb. read tD'nfil, which is neceflary. 
 All the Verf. have IDIiyi, " l>ut he that keepeth, &c." 
 
 6. "i"i3n 22 MSS. 
 
 lD"n '£) by. Syr. reads l^y^, and Taylor renders with that, *' at the 
 mouth, or entrance of the way," " pro ratione "dice." Gejer. &:c. and the 
 1 feems more properly to belong to the next line j but it ftrikes me alfo 
 that for 'D we fhould read p, *' InAruft a child in the right way — and 
 even when, &c." One MS. reads ;pt'; and the grammatical conftrudion 
 requires "i:OD. 6. & Ar. have not this verfe. 
 
 7. Houb. reads W^Z, in Ting. 
 
 8. Rather with Pifc. &c. " fliall reap trouble." See Pi. xc. 10. Or 
 the wife man may allude to the Lex Talionis. See Pf. Ixix. 28. and 
 Galat. vi. 7. The laft Hemiflich affording no very good fenfe, unlefs 
 we render with our marg. Verf. perhaps for DlC'T we fhould read ^\2'W\, 
 " and he that is outrageous in his anger, fliall be consumed." See xxvii. 4. 
 Houb. reads witho. ^n^ly (rather inniy) " plagatn autem operum fuorum 
 confummabit." Or as others, " and the rod Jliall confume his works," 
 But fee Gejer. 
 
 9. 6. 6c Ar. for ]^y read 'jy, fo that perhaps the true reading js ♦jy'?, 
 " He that is good to the afflidcd, fliall be blefTed." Though we have 
 Vy yi in xxiii. 6. xxviii. 22. 10. For
 
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 10. For 1110 perhaps \nt2, part. Hip/i. " Call out the fcorner, and let 
 f/ie contentious go away — and flrife, &c." 
 
 11. The metre as well as fenfe being defedive, inftead of fupplying 
 tyrhii with Durell, according to Ch. & Syr. I would add mn', as be- 
 ing more ufual, and more agreeable to 6. & Ar. " Jehovah loveth the 
 pure in heart." 
 
 Durell renders the laft Hemiftich after Merc. " and he that hath grace 
 in his lips, the King maketh him his friend" But perhaps we (hould read 
 nil 'Dfli!^ ]m, " but a king is pleafed with the grace of the lips." Which 
 gives an antithefis. Mr. Bradley would read |nn, '* for the grace." But 
 a friend prefers the reading of 6. & Ar. ♦' accepti autem ei funt omnes 
 immaculati." But as they partly retain the words of the text, perhaps ano- 
 ther Hemiftich has been loft, which fliould anfwer this. " He who 
 with purity of heart hath eloquence of lips, is worthy of his Sovereign's fa- 
 lior" Hodgfon. 
 
 12. " Obferve knowledge." " nempe, cum obleftatlone." Gejer. &c. 
 But the context feems to require nyi ty♦^?, " The eyes of Jehovah pre- 
 ferve, or watch over, the man of knowledge." See Pifc. " Knowledge, 
 or the knowing." Hodgfon. 
 
 Rather, *' but he overt hroweth, &c." "[."ni 31 MSS. ** nil, non verba, 
 fed confiiia." Houb. See Durell and our Marg. 
 
 14. Two of De Roffi's MSS. read with all the Verf. in the fing. 
 " of the ftrange woman." — Dty. One MS. CDn ; but 6. Vulg. Ar. & 
 Syr. ni, and 6. Ar. Syr. & Ch. DW1, " and he that is abhorred of Jeho- 
 vah ftiall fall into it." 
 
 T^p^t^y 38 MSS. and 49 bQ\ See xxiii. 27. 
 
 15. n3p'nn». Perhaps rather njpns '' Jiia/l draw it out of him." 
 Dntyi 6. Syr. & Vulg. " but the rod. Sec." 
 
 16. nnnn*?. Syr. feems to have read l"? V\ r\2ir\, auget fuum 
 malum. See 6. alfo 5c Ar. But the text may be rendered with 
 Merc, to multiply to himfelf, or with Durell, to increafe his OMon, (See 
 Hab. ii. 6.) who renders the whole thus, •' He that opprefleth the poor 
 
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 to increaje his own, is as he that giveth to the rich clearly to his own detri- 
 ment." But perhaps we might read mmn'?, or niinb, " He that op- 
 preficth the poor, it fliall be to his own dejolation, and he that giveth to 
 the rich, it fhali be only to want." i. e. Perhaps of the rich man ; fuch 
 finifter benefadions being attended with a curfe to the receiver, as well 
 as the giver. But Hodgfon making ^■>mb to fignify to himfelf, with Cuft. 
 gives this conftrudion to the words, " He who extorteth from the poor to 
 increafe his own wealth, by becoming richer Jhall bring himfelf to poverty" 
 Several MSS. read pjyiV, and ]mO, more regular. Or rather with the 
 Verf. and a friend, |mi1. 
 
 17. " Sunt qui hinc libri tertii proverbiorum initium fumunt j quia 
 novum fit fermonis genus 3 nee finguli femper verficuli fententiam perfi- 
 ciant ; fed faepe bini, terni, aut plures ; fed potius eft Epilogus fuperiorum ; 
 & jam ad generalem admonitionem redit." Merc. See Patrick. — " The 
 words of the wife" Which Solomon had inculcated and enforced in 
 the preceding chapters. See i. 6. By reading 'jn with Ch. which 
 feems neceflary to the fenfe, and inferting it at the end of the laft Hemi- 
 ftich, the metre, which is longer than ufual, will be more complete, 
 ♦* and apply thine heart unto my knowledge, my fon" 
 
 18. 6. Syr. Ar. & Ch. either read lOVJ, as Durell ; orD'JDVJ, as Houb. 
 Ch. & Syr. omit O 2d, which feems redundant. " Becaufe they are plea- 
 
 fant, keep them, &c." The fut. for the imperat. See Bayn. &c. — 1J13» 
 27 MSS. 
 
 19. By inverting the order of the Hemiftichs with Gejerus, and read- 
 ing with one good MS. >JK for nriK, the difficulties of the conftrudlion 
 are removed, " I have made known to thee to-day, even I — that thy 
 truft {hould be in Jehovah." See Syr. Houb. reads with Alex, verlion 
 & Ar. ims for nnx f]N, " I have made known to thee this day his 
 way" Durell would read D"n for DVn, fupply DHK, " them," (viz. 
 the inftrudions of wifdom) and make nHK the imper. •' I have made 
 hfe known to thee ; therefore draw near." But Vat. 6. & Ar. inftead 
 of reading Cn, omit DVH. Hodgfon renders riDK ^^?, ** fo do thou." 
 
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 20. Several MSS. of both Collat. have D'ty'Vii^, and D'trbti^, which all 
 the Verf. render three times, or hi a threefold manner ; which fome ex- 
 plain of the three books of the Proverbs; others, as denoting frequency ^ 
 and other€, excellency. Houb. renders it nudius tertius. But as the laft 
 Hemiftich is defective in the metre, and 6. 6c Ar. read fome other word, 
 perhaps niDDm may have been omitted, ** Have I not written to thee 
 thefe three ways — in counfels, in knowledge, atid tvifdom." rnVJ^IQH 
 45 MSS. 
 
 21. Dtyp. The fenfe of this word from Ch. making a kind of tauto- 
 logy, it is probably written for 'jDtJ' according to 6. & Ar. which alfo 
 read nJ3N1, " underjlanding and the words of truth." Syr. reads by a 
 tranfpolition Dj'B', tranquillitatem. But this fenfe does not accord with 
 the context. 
 
 TnbcyV. One MS. reads ^^nbli^V. Syr. with many MSS. of both Col- 
 lations ^Th'<Dbt or as one "jnbliyV, *' to him that fent thee." Hodgfon ren- 
 ders it, " to thy children." See Cant. iv. 13. Durell thus, " that tJie 
 words might bring back the truth to them that fend thee." But as all the 
 verlions read n/tJK in regim. (See Mafclef. p. 54). perhaps, as fome one 
 propofes, we fliould read alfo *]»'7NK;'7, ** that thou mayeft anfwcr the 
 words of truth to them that ajk thee J' Sec i Pet. iii. 15. 
 
 22. " In the gate" Perhaps better with Hodgfon in judgment ; the 
 gate being the place where it was exercifed. See xxiv. 23^ &c. "jlfjin 
 one MS. 
 
 23. The conftrudlion feems to require CDtJ^flJ D'Vllpj ** and fpoil thofe 
 that fpoil their foul." See Syr. Vu!g. and our Verf. But fcveral MS. 
 have tsn'J'l'lp j and there are inftances, where the affix is joined to the 
 verb, or participle. 
 
 24. ynnn. We fhould probably read nV^DD. See Buxt. Both the 
 verbs fhould be rendered in the fame mood. See Durell. For mon we 
 (hould read non, or as Ploub. DJSn ; as in Ifai. xlii. 25, we fhould read 
 nan in regim. — "^K 5 MSS, as in the preceding Hemiflich. 
 
 25. Two valuable MSS. with all the Verf. vmmKo 
 
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 26. Several MSS. read '^rplDl, and D»im3^3, or as the Vulg. reads the 
 laft word with the copulative i, " Be not thou amongst them that Jlrike 
 hands — «(?r amongft them, &c." See xxiv. 28. and Pf. Ixxv. 6. 
 
 27. One very ant. MS. reads with 6. Syr. & Ar. D^{ O, and as the 
 2d Hemiftich feems too long, nab, which 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar. omit, 
 might be borrowed from the preceding word, *' For ^thou haft nothing 
 to pay— //y/ bed will be taken from under thee." 
 
 28. Before inclofures were fo general, the boundaries of landed pro- 
 perty were afcertained by Jlones ; as is ufual in common fields to this 
 day. See Eftius. :i'Dn 3 MSS. See Deut. xix. 14. This word with many 
 others is orrytted in Calaf. Cone. 
 
 29. iTin. Perhaps this word, which one MS. omits, and is not ne- 
 ceffary to the fenfe, may be written for T\\T\, ** ^hat man, who is dili- 
 gent in bulinefs, — fliall ftand before kings — he fliall not, &c." Houb. 
 reads with 6. & Ar. nm, or nnn, "■ Frojpciens Vir." — DOKTT, or as 
 7 MSS. DOlJrn. If this line, which difturbs the order of the metre, 
 fhould be retained, this word, never occurring in this fenfe elfewhere, 
 may be written for CD'Din, or D'C^nn, " htioxt the poor ." But fee our 
 Bible Marg. Durell renders the two laft words, in obfcurity. 
 
 CHAP. XXIII. 
 
 V. I. This caution naturally follows the foregoing obfervation. See 
 Gejer. 
 
 *• What is before thee." ** Poteft accipi vel de rebtis-f vel de perfonis." 
 Gejer. 
 
 2. \'<'2^. 17 MSS. ;OD, (whence perhaps the word Sica) and 17 with 
 Houb. lyiV^i which occur no where elfe. " Modum adhibe guls tuse, 
 eamq; velut cultro gutturi infixo refraena." Menoch. Houb. &c. Hodg- 
 fou rendering ]OD, fcantinefs, for which he refers to Deut. viii. 9. and 
 vVn, appetite, (See Hab. i. 3.) gives this fenfe, " And put a rejiraint 
 upon thine appetite — if thou be inclined to intemperance." 
 
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 3. The true reading is mj^nn, as one MS. fhews. See xxi. 26. 
 ** Deceitful meat," " Lauti cibi & generofa vina blandiuntur appeti- 
 
 tui; fed mox mordent, ut coluber." Tirin. See veries 31, 32. 
 
 4. Syr. & Ch. with 4 MSS. read ran, or as Houb. jrun, " Come 
 not near the rich." But the text is juftified by the following Hemiftich, 
 where all the Verf. read "inmoi, " and ceafe from thine own underftand- 
 ing." See iii. 5. Durell with this reading gives the words a negative 
 fenfe, " neither ceafe from thine own ivifdom." In which he follows 
 Mercer, " fi te fatiges parandis opibus, defiftes a vera prudentia." 
 Houb. according to 6. & Ar. gives a different reading and fenfe, "jln 
 "inVl T^yb y»-in "jK, *' Ne appropinques ad divitem, dum tu es pauper " 
 The lafl line feeming defedive, perhaps <Jl may have been di-opped from 
 the end of it. 
 
 5. *l'ynn 23 MSS. But the true reading feems to be ^QlVDn, and 
 the exprefTion may be borrowed from a bird's darting down upon its prey j 
 and by reading with Durell 'sm for nJ^V in the 2d line, a proper ante- 
 cedent is fupplied to the relative, " for riches make themfelves wings." 
 Houb. reads tTym> '* et fatues." See 6. A friend conjed:ures p'Vm, as 
 in Ch. it is "^VD, " For when you have fixed your eps upon him, he will dif~ 
 appear ; he will make himfelf wings, &c." Hodgfon renders it " Dojl 
 thou dim thine eyes on them ? how vainly ! 6cc." See Ifai. ix. 1. 
 
 Several MSS. of both Collat. by a tranfpofition read t]1V' i which feems 
 right. And from the word P)iy comes avis. 
 
 6. See verfe 3. and xxii. 9. One ant. MS. omits |»y. 
 
 7. The word lyty occafions great difficulty, no where elfe bearing 
 the fenfe given to it here, and the ant. Verf. afford no help. Durell ren- 
 ders it, •' Fort as he is vile in his foul, &;c." See Jerem. xxix. 17. and 
 Gejer. alfo. But as Ch. Syr. 6c Vulg. read there by a metatheiis D^Vtyi 
 for Cnya^, fo perhaps we fhould read ytiH here, " For as he is wicked 
 in his foul — fo he faith to thee eat and drink — but, Sec." One MS. of 
 Kennic. and another at firft of De Rofli, read "int!', but this word is I 
 believe never applied to the mind. A friend conjedures IB", " ut luiet." 
 
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 8. Ch. & Syr. read -)nS1, " And thy morfel, &c." But if we read 
 "h with Ibme one at the beginning, and fuppofe the words fpoken by 
 the Jioji, they will afford a pertinent fenfe, '* / ivifli thou mayeft vo- 
 mit up thy morfel, which thou haft eaten— that thou mayeft lofe thy 
 fweet words." i. e. recant all thy encomiums upon my elegant enter- 
 tainment. See Poole. «' rmm, idem ac nnntyi; nam verba defediva nV 
 in litera n fspe deficiunt ante crementa fua, ex more vcrboruni n*? ni- 
 hil tibijam proderunt ilia fermonumfacetice, quas, cwn men/a ejus accumberesy 
 adhibiieraSi ut eum obleBares." Houb. 
 
 10. Several MSS. of both CoUat. with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ch. read riW1\ 
 " and into the field." KIID 8 MSS. & 2 i'DD- See xxii. 28. 
 
 1 1 . The fenfe, as well as metre, feems to require that with 6. & Ar. 
 we ihould fupply mn», and MS. 4th reads Kin pm NIH, probably for 
 Nin prn mnS " For Jehovah, their avenger, is ftrong." Unlefs we 
 read TND at the end, " For their avenger is very ftrong." Which Ar. 
 countenances. CdVkIJI 10 MSS. 
 
 13. " When thou beateft him with the rod, &c." The next verfe 
 explains this. Or as 5 MSS. k'ji ** For thoujlmlt beathim with the rod, 
 and he fhall not die." 
 
 14. VlKti'2. ** A morte tam corporis, quam sterna; & hac maxime." 
 Merc. But fee v. 5. Pf. xvi. 10. 
 
 15. 'JK 1D^. Junius &c. fuppofe the verb to be underftood. See 
 our Bib. Marg. ** Ch. legere videtur '^K Di 'l^?! nDtTN, et inauditum 
 eft, ut orationem abfolvat »i^{, redo in cafu pofitum, nullo verbo, quod 
 ab eo regatur, antecedente." Houb. But Ch. reads by a tranfpofition 
 *a*?l 'JK r\12W 'JK X^y.', and as a friend has obferved on Pf. xli. 13. 
 »JN is found in many places, and may be confidered as idiomatical. See 
 Gen. xxvii. 34. Durell and Hodgfon. Though I once fufpe£ted it 
 might be written for »in. 6. Ar. & Vulg. omit both words. 
 
 16. One ant. MS. reads ^r\t^W for TIV'^D, " and my lips Ihall rejoice." 
 Which anfwers better ; but then we fhould read 'mnflti' to agree with 
 the verb. See Cant. v. 13, 
 
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 I J Durell from Taylor renders with Syr. " Let not thine heart of- 
 fe6l Sinners — but always the fear of the Lord." And though Mercer ob- 
 ferves that the verb with n is always taken in a bad fenfe, xxiv. i. fa- 
 vors this conftrudion. 6. & Vulg. read the verb fubftant. after mn» ; 
 *« Omnino fic nn mn»." Houb. " but be thou, 6cc" Ar. reads "^ 
 before DKTl *' but walk thou, &c." " Skne vel deefle aliquid vel 
 abundare DK videtur." Seeker. Hodgfon renders D^f O, but, 
 
 1 8. Mercer &c. for Idk feem to read xy^T], " For lo there h a rc- 
 nvardt Sec." Or ']ii, " For ven'/y, &c." See Pf. Iviii. 12. Hodgfon 
 thus, " For although life muft have an end— yet afTuredly thine hope (hall 
 not be cut off." Perhaps nnnK might here be rendered more literally, 
 a future Jlate. See Peters on Job. 
 
 19. One good MS. reads with Syr. O^Tl, " and guide thine heart in 
 my way, or ways." See verfe 26. 
 
 20. MSB. 6. <NmDl, and 18 'hh'Wi. One, if not more, in both Collat. 
 read with the D, " ficut potatores, &c." — loV. The verfions omit this 
 word, or read another for it, what is uncertain ; our Marg. renders it, 
 " their fiefh." Which Durell not thinking proper tranflates it, " with 
 each other." Perhaps it may be written for ^1yQ, " amongfl: thofe who 
 devour flefli with their mouths." 
 
 21. NllD 32 MSS. with Houb. — " And dvowCmeCs /iia/I put on rags." 
 Caft. &c. 
 
 22. Durell, to improve the antithefis, for nipt propofes X\2'^'^'', " be- 
 caufe fhe gave thee fuck" 
 
 23. '* Buy the truths &c." ** Allegoria eft a mercatoribus qui nego- 
 tiantur, & merces pretiofas magno emunt ac pluris deinceps vendunt." 
 Cartw. noan 19 MSS. But Syr. Vulg. & Ch. read niDOm, " and 
 
 fell not wifdom, &c." Otherwife we fliould carry on the force of the 
 firft verb with Merc. &c. 6. & Ar. omit this verfe. 
 
 24. Many MSS. read with Houb. nOtt'S "fbvi, 'j'.V 'j'l. But for the 
 two lafl words fee Pf. xxxvii. 5. See our Verf. 
 
 6 A 25. "lOKl.
 
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 25. *1!3KV To avoid the tautology, Durell renders this word, " and 
 thy people fliall rejoice." " Emphatice repetitur." Merc. Perhaps it 
 may be written for ^DK, " Thy father fhall rejoice in thee, or with 
 thee" The lafl: Hemiflich feeming defedive, perhaps IKD may have been 
 dropped, '* and flie that bare thee fliall be very gUd." The joy of the 
 mother generally exceeding that of the father. bliHj or "j^^n. feems 
 proper. 
 
 26. Many MSS. of both Collations with all the Verf. and Houb. 
 read by a metathefis nil^D. 
 
 28. Vatab. &c. with the Bib. Marg. " ns a robber" But feveral 
 MSS. of both Collations have t^nni, " She alfo lieth in wait yir /i />r^_y." 
 mnyn one MS. 
 
 29. 'inf^. The meaning of this word is not very clear, Houb. reads 
 »>."IN, which is equally obfcure. 6. Syr. & Ar. might read p^tJ^, tumul- 
 tiis. Perhaps we (hould read TVl^H, or njNl. See Ch. and our verfion. 
 f)lV7Dn 50 MSS. *' Rcdnefs of eyes." i. e. Perhaps bloodjhot eyes, the 
 effed: of Inflammations, &c. D'JHD 16 MSS. 
 
 30. " Mixt wine." " Vinum conditum melle & fpeciebus." Marian. 
 See Ainfw. alfo with Lowth on Cant. viii. 4. 
 
 31. ** When it is red." ** Rubrum in Cananaea nobilius erat." Gejer. 
 See alfo Deut. xxxii. 14. But Harmer renders otherwife. See Pf. 
 Ixxv. 9. — Don 18 MSS. " redtej nam DO efl'et marfupium." Houb. 
 •* When it Jparkkth in the glqfs. Glafs being ufed before the days of So- 
 lomon." Hodgfon. — l^nn'T with Ch. " and moveth it/elf aright" i. e. 
 " defcendit per guttur via redla." Vatab. &c. ** and goeth down f leaf antly." 
 See Green, &c. Syr. renders, ^* fed meditare jujiitiam." 
 
 32. innnK. All the Verf. read by a tranfpofition of the % nnnK% 
 ** for, or, but at the laft, &c."— 'JlViDVDI 17 MSS. See Ifai. xl. 8. By 
 which Bochart underftands the Bafilijk. — {ynfl* 31 MSS, for which fee 
 Boch. 
 
 33. " Strange women." " Vino incalefcit libido." Marian. See ii. 12. 
 •)Hy, " f.all behold with pleafure. See Pf. liv. 7." Durell. See alfo Pf. 
 xcii. 12. mDTflnn 13 MSS. 34. Several
 
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 34. Several MSS. in both places, n^lB^D. A beautiful defcription of 
 the want of fenfe of all danger. 
 
 35. All the Verf. read IDNfTl at the beginning of this verfe, «* And, 
 or, then thou wilt fay , they have, &c." Houb, reads 'nnn, non vidii 
 which Syr. feems to have read ; though he did not think fo. Some one 
 fuppofes the firft part of the verfe to be by way of queftion and anfwer, as 
 well as the laft, " Have they ftricken me ? (as you fay) I am not ill, 
 or the worfe for it. Have they beaten me ? I felt it not." " Rather, 
 •whe?% I Jhall awake I will repeat it ; and will feek it again." Durell. 
 
 ^Jtypl^C >^'D1N. We have two verbs in this form, Hof. i. 6. j but as 
 6. Vulg, & Ch. read the 2d verb there with *? inftead of N, and Syr. 
 Vulg. & Ch. read it here with the "j prefixed, one of thefe readings 
 fhould probably be adopted ; unlefs the K be dropped. See Calaf. 
 Cone, under the word fpK Drunkennefs is the moft incorrigible of 
 all vices. 
 
 C H A P. XXIV. 
 
 V. I. Rather perhaps, *' AffeSi not evil men." See xxiii. 17. The 
 confl:ru6tion requires mxrin. See xxiii. 3. 
 
 2. "rity 12 MSS. We fliould probably read Dn'mnS::^. See MS. 240th, 
 Cant. iv. 3. &c. 
 
 4. " Chambers." i. e. The repofitories, where their gold and precious 
 jewels were preferved. See Hof. xiii. 15. 
 
 5. Durell follows 6. Syr. Ar. & Ch. '* I'he wife is more excellent than 
 the powerful." And obferves that "Q:i is conftrued with 1 in this fenfe, 
 I Chron. v. 2. See Hodgfon alfo. But as the metre in the firft He- 
 miftich feems defedive, and Ch. fupplies mo at the beginning, reading 
 alfo tVD, or as Houb. nya, perhaps n^i may have been dropped from 
 the famenefs of the letters, ** A wife man prevaileth over the powerful-— 
 and a man of imderjlanding is above the mighty in fringth." TVl 15 MSS. 
 
 6. If
 
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 6. If we confult the metre, and compare 6. Syr. & Ar. with the 
 parallel paffage xx. 18. it may appear probable that we (hould omit O 
 and 'iV, " By vjife counfel thou jlialt make war'' --^y^l 4 MSS. See xi. 14. 
 
 mbmnni 20 MSS. and 5 with 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. nVinnna. 
 
 7. The Verf. render the firft Hemiftich varioufly ; but as they all 
 read with 4 MSS. DDDn, in the fing. we fliould alfo probably read nS3K1, 
 or rather n23"), " Wifdom is high to the fool." i. e. He cannot attain it. 
 
 8. Rather by inverting the Hemiftichs, ** They /Jiall call him a mifchie- 
 I'Oiis perfoKi who devtfeth e-vil." 
 
 9. nblK. Syr. & Vulg. read b'lf^, and one MS. D'Vw, one of which 
 feems preferable, " The thought of the foolifli is fin." — D"IJ<V. Does not 
 DM^k'? feem more agreeable to the context, " and the fcorner is an abo- 
 mination to God'?" See iii. 32. 6. & Ar. read differently. 
 
 10. *' Dojl thou faint, &c.? n being interrogative as well as forma- 
 tive." Durell. — The lafl: Hemillich being too fliort, for ny I would 
 propofe TyV, and add likewife "r'ni, which is very like to the next word, 
 " thy ftrength and might are fmall." See thefe words together, Zech. 
 iv. 6, ficc. One MS. read perhaps at firft HDmD, and the true reading 
 is probably "imD- See MS. 93d. TND would complete the metre, " very 
 fmall." 
 
 11. D'mp'? 27 MSB. " Omnes pra^ter Ch. pro Cf* legunt h\!(, ne, 
 qua3 germana fcriptura eft." Houb. Seeker obferves that Grey omitted 
 DK with Ch. *' Deliver, and withhold." 6. Syr. & Ar. fupply another 
 verb, probably *7N;i, redime. But the conjun(5lion and the verb feem to 
 have been tranfpofed for the fake of the metre. See our verfion. 
 
 12. Rather, " Altho thou fayeft, behold we know noi this man." See 
 6. " quis aut qualis fuerit, innocens an reus, aut in quo periculo." 
 Gejer. '* Nin caret antecedente, & cum habeant Cod. Alex. & Rom. 
 Domimis, & Ch. & Syr. Deus, olim fcriptum fuit NIH mri»." Houb. 
 But as the conftrudion is irregular, and u. Syr. cc Ar. read »nyT for 
 WW may not n? IJVT be written for mn' V^\ " Altho' thou fayeft, 
 behold Jehovah kmiveth not — doth not, 6cc. ?" See Pf, xciv. 7. 
 
 pin
 
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 |3in 17 MSS. and 6 n^tlJV which the grammatical conftrudion re- 
 quires ; and perhaps for the laft word we {hould read li'VT " and he that 
 made thy foul, doth not\\Q know it ?" Kin 2d being alfo perhaps written 
 for K^n. See Pf. xciv. 9. 
 
 13. « Honey." See Pf. xix. 10. and Patrick. biDt* 7 MSS. nQl3 4* 
 
 14. Vulg. as Houb. obferves, reads nVT in regim. He alfo reads with 
 Ar. nDN^fS, " inveneris earn" For the latter part fee xxiii. 18. 
 
 15. m^KD 2 MSS. TW7S one ; and all the Verf. with 7 MSS. read '7^i^ 
 in the 2d place, which the metre, as well as connexion, calls for. Des 
 Voeux renders it, •* neither invade his bed" 
 
 16. Rather with Durell, " Though the juft fall feven times, yet laill 
 he rife up again." And with Houb. " but the wiokcAfliall be overwhelmed 
 with evil." — bS' 52 MSS. See xvii. 20. 
 
 17. ^I'K many MSS. of both CoUat. and all the Verf. as the context 
 requires. One MS. reads b'A*- 
 
 18. If we adhere to the prefent text, to complete the fenfe, it may 
 be neceffary to fupply yhv with Gejer. &c. " and he turn away his 
 wrath from him upoti thee." Hodgfon renders the text, " And his 
 wrath be transferred to thee" But as 2 MSS. (one ant.) omit nins and 
 the metre is too long in the firft Hemiftich, perhaps we ihould read ^'V^ 
 for vVvD, " Left he fee it, and it be evil in his eyes — and he turn his 
 wrath upon thee." See 2 Sam. xvi. 8. 
 
 19. bt* 2d. Many MSS. of both Collat. with all the Verf. Vni. 
 
 20. 6. 6c Ar. " For there Hiall be no profperity to the evil man." All 
 the Verf. with 2 MSS. 131, " and the lamp, &c." i. e. His race. See 
 XX. 20. Pf. xxxvii. I, 2. 
 
 21. MSS. 20 with all the Verf. read DV1> " a>id afjociate not with 
 them that are given to change." See i Cor. xv. 33. " Nota, nullum 
 fidele obfequium regi exhiberi pofi'e quod a Dei reverentia feparatur." 
 Cartw. See i Pet. ii. 13 — 17. Durell renders the words, " and be not 
 
 fiirety for unjleady men." See 2 Kings xviii. 23. " D^JIi^ divers. Efth, 
 i. 7. diverfe. iii. 8. Nor 'with fiich as do otherwife hold thou commerce," 
 
 6 B Hodgfon.
 
 C 4S8 3 
 
 Hodgfon. Houb. reads "^bim for "jbXDI, and D'DIV with Ch. & Syr. for 
 D'JIti'j " £t eundo cum iis, qui aberrant, ne commifceari's." 
 
 22. "For their calamity." i. e. Which God and the king fhall inflid. 
 Vatab- &c. Which the former Hemiftich favors ; and it may allude to 
 Numb. xvi. 30. Or as Durell, \ht furety, and the un/leady per/on. Un- 
 lefs we read with a friend according to Syr. and 2 MSS. ♦si,' " and who 
 knovveth the end of their years r" See Ez. ix. 11. 2 Kings x. 21. Or 
 render the words with Houb. " et pervertentem eos ruinam. nit^ Ch. 
 perveriere." Grey reads D'JW, as in verfe 21. See De Dieu. — CWDfl 
 18 MSS. 
 
 23. All the Verf. except Vulg. feem to have fupplied 'Dl!:}*, but 
 nn may have been dropped in the firft Hemiflich of this verfe, " Thefe 
 alfo are the words of the wife." See i. 6. Ecclef. xii. 9, And it might 
 have been occafioned by its fimilitude to the word beginning the 2d, 
 which feems improperly divided in Kennic. Collat. See xxviii. 21. Du- 
 rell fuppofes this line to be an interpolation, as he does the firft verfe of 
 the next chapter. 
 
 24. "1Q1K 8 MSS. and 7 inilpS with Houb. which the conftrudbion 
 requires. See xi. 26. D'OIKb 3 MSS. See Hodgfon. 
 
 25. The conftru(!tion of the firft Hemiftich not being very clear, 
 and the reading of 6. & Ar. uncertain, I would read with Vulg. VDiaVl, 
 & add DV after DVjS ** But the people fhall be delighted with them that 
 rebuke him — and the bleffing of the good fhall be upon them." Which 
 gives an exa<ft antithefis to the former verfe ; and as in one valuable MS. 
 three letters are wanting at the end of the laft line, perhaps W^iH might 
 be the word, " of the good man." See Pf. cxii. 5. What may alfo 
 ftrengthen this conjedure is, that it is not improbable that W^ ^"2 from 
 their umilitude to the two preceding words have deen dropped from the 
 beginning of the next Hemiftich, the metre, as well as the fenfe, of 
 which is deficient. See our Verf. But it muft be obferved that one MS. 
 reads TWP? for aiD, " and the bleffing of Jehovah, &c." 
 
 26. " Every 
 
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 26. " Every man fhall kifs his lips. Sec" The h/s was a mark of 
 honor and refpedt. See Pf. ii. 12. Syr. and Ch. read Drt'nflty, but the 
 conftrudion feems to require mflty. " ply in fut. M//;. etfi in eo fut. 
 i 3 non foleant deficere." Houb. Durell thus, '• He may kifs the lips who 
 giveth a right anfwer," 
 
 27. Hunt had divided this verfe after the manner of Kennic. Collat. 
 rendering the 3d line, " afterwards go, &c." But as the 2d line feems 
 too fhort, I would read Vd before *)b, and add them to the end of it, 
 making "|^^f^, which one very ant. MS. has, with Houb. (who alfo reads 
 n'il) the beginning of the 3d line, '* Prepare thy work without — and 
 make every thing fit for thyfelf in the field — and afterwards thou Jfialt 
 build thine houfe." Which makes Gejerus's remark unneceflary, ** Nota 
 1 ante D'J3 non efle copulativum, fed mere converfivum." 
 
 28. The firft word of the 2d Hemiftich (hould be joined to the firft, 
 and by reading with one very valuable MS. riTlfll, the grammatical diffi- 
 culty (for which fee Poole) is adjufted, " nor deceive with thy. lips." 
 The "1 as Durell obferves, being negative, as the negative particle pre- 
 ceded in the former Hemiftich. See xxii, 26. and Pf. Ixxv. 6. 
 
 29. The 2d line of this verfe being defedive, I would fupply 'JK at 
 the end of it. See Deut. xii. 30. 
 
 31. The conftrudtion feems to require hy for Thv> *' And lo, thorns 
 were over it all." Unlefs we read with Houb. iby ; but then "jy kerns 
 likewife neceffary. See 2 Kings xii. 5. All the Verf. read IDDI, and 
 
 16 MSS. D'Vnn. 
 
 32. The Afyndeton in this verfe beautifully expreffes his aftonifliment 
 and furprife. 
 
 33. A very flriking apoftrophe, containing the anfwer of the floth- 
 ful man to the expoftulations of the wife man, which one MS. fupplies, 
 ** How long wilt thou lye, O fothful man — when wilt thou arife from thy 
 
 fleepr — nJt:^ one MS. nOUH 6 MSS. and 28 pun. See vi. 10. A beau- 
 tiful anaphora. > 
 
 34. One
 
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 34. One ant. MS. reads l^nnaa, and 5 l^nDS, as vi. il. The wife 
 man replies, *' In. the mean time fliall thy poverty come as one that tra- 
 vai/et/i—znd thy want, &c." See Fife. i. e. haftily and irrefiftibly. 
 But Lord Verulam gives the firfl Hemiftich an oppofite fenfe. See Patrick. 
 TnOnDI 15 MSS. and all the Verf. have the fing. See Jud. xix. 20. 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 
 V. T. The Proverbs contained in the preceding chapters had been 
 probably colleded by Solomon himfelf, or fome perfon near his days, 
 out of the three thoufand which he had written, as of the greateft utility 
 to the religious and moral ftate of mankind. Thefe, which follow in 
 this and the following chapters, were added, as the title informs us, by 
 perfons properly qualified for the work, (Gejerus, &c. fuppofe them to 
 have been Ifaiah, Hofea, and Micah) and employed by Hezekiah (who 
 might, have the original in his poflelTion) to feledl the moft valuable of 
 thofe that remained. See Poole, and Patrick. " The general meaning 
 of pny is to remove from one place to another. This feems to fliew that 
 the men of Hezekiah ivent about colleding." Hodgfon. See Durell alfo, 
 who thinks this verfe an interpolation. See xxiv. 23. 
 
 2. " It is the glory of God." It is obfervable that the word D'H"?** 
 has never been ufed before j which Maldonate, who is followed by 
 Durell, underftands oi judges and princes, and one MS. reading DO'^aat 
 firil favors this fenfe, " It is the glory of kings to conceal a matter — and 
 it is the glory of kings to fearch out a matter." i. e. By concealing care- 
 fully their own intentions and counfels, and by finding out the defigns 
 of other men. See Grot, on xxvi. 4. and Pf. Ixxxii. i. If the words re- 
 lpe<5l the Deity, by concealing a matter may be unJerftood pardoning fins. 
 See Ff. Ixxxv. 2. And then we fhould render the laft Hemiftich with 
 Seeker, " but the honor of kings to fearch out a thing." " De rayfleriis 
 divinis intelligo, quae non paflim rcvelat Deus, fed quibiu, & quantum 
 
 vult."
 
 [ 46i 3 
 
 vult." Merc. &c. — A great number of MSS. read in both places nm^, 
 and one IDD, which is more regular. But Houb. reading ^niDn, ren- 
 ders the whole thus, " ^i rem celaty Deum honorat, — qui honorat regejjtj 
 rem invejligabit." 
 
 3. Durell from Noldius makes the two infinitives to have the force of 
 the preter, or prefent tenfe, an ufage frequent amongfl the Greek and 
 Latin authors, " The heavens are high, and the earth deep." 6. Syr. Ch. 
 6c Ar. render fo ; but whether they might not read n emphatical for *? 
 may be doubtful. Though perhaps the words by a tranfpofition may be 
 rendered thus, *' There is no fearching the heaven for height, or the 
 GAXih. for depth, or the heart of kings." ' 
 
 4. Inftead of »Vd, perhaps we fhould read b''7D, which 6. & Ar. fa- 
 vor, and making "i.^-! the 3d perf. plur. Pyh. (See 2 Sam. xx. 13) the 
 words may be rendered thus, ** The drofs is taken away from the filver — ■ 
 and it cometh forth pure unto the refiner." ^yib 4 MSS. 
 
 5. Syr. rendering inn here in the plur. pafT. (See verfe 4.) and reading 
 alfo with 6. & Ar. ^iW^, the words may be rendered, ** Let the 
 wicked be removed from before the king, &c." The wicked anfwers to the 
 drofs in verfe 4. 
 
 6. *' Boajl noi thyfelf in the prefence, &c." Cartw. — 'Jfj'?. *' Omnes 
 in Polyg. legunt ♦Jfj'ja, a coram, et poftulat D verbum." Houb. But 
 fee Taylor, and Durell, with verfe 7. Rather, " in the place of the nobles," 
 i. e. Where they ought to ftand. D'bn.l 3 1 MSS. -novn 2. 
 
 7. bflirniD 2 MSS. in Hoph. ** For it is better to fay to thee, go up 
 higher — than that thou JJiouldeJi be thruft down from the prefence of the 
 prince — whom thine eyes have feen." i. e. by an unbecoming intrufion. 
 See verfe 5. and Luke xiv. 8, &c. But Grotius, &c. connedt the laft 
 line with the following words -, and Durell adding "nm with 6. & Ar. 
 makes it to begin the 9th verfe, " Speak what thine eyes have feen', and 
 difcover not, &c." See Houb. alfo. 
 
 8. y^b. 43 MSS. with all the Verf. and Houb. m"?, ** Go not forth 
 haftily to contention" But 4 MSS. have yrb with cur Verf. ♦* to Jlrive" 
 
 6 C Which
 
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 Which removes the difficulty with refpedl to the following fem. affix ; 
 which Houb. rejefls, as redundant, and prefers N'VID. 
 
 \Sii &c. Some fuppofe an ellipfis here. See our Verf, Durell renders 
 with Munfler, " le/l thou do any thing in the end thereof — whereby thy 
 neighbour may put thee to fhame." But it may be confidered as the 
 imper. mood, as Jun. and Trem. have obferved, or be written for n3fl> 
 " confider what thou fhalt do in the end thereof— when thy neighbour 
 hath put thee to fhame." 
 
 9. m. The grammatical conftrudlion feems to require nil, or inn. 
 But fee Calas. Cone. — Vulg. reads inK'?, " to another." But fee our 
 marg. Verf. As Seeker obferves, hmfelf fliould be omitted in the firft 
 Hemiftich, which Durell conneds with what precedes, fupplying But^ 
 
 10. A friend remarking that "TTDn' appears only in this fenfe here, 
 and Lev. xx. 17. (where with him we (liould read DDn, or perhaps 
 Km) propofes to read, with one MS. at firft, inpn% *' Left he that 
 heareth (i. e. the judge) bring thee to poverty " yow 9 MSS. 
 
 11. '* hike apples of gold." i. e. Oranges; and the words might be bet- 
 ter rendered according to Mercer, &c. *' A word fitly fpoken is like oranges 
 iu a flowered filver bajket." See Efl*ay for a new tranflat. Lowth, &c. 
 
 ■QT 2d. 33 MSS. *Tin, and 6 v:51N- " Sermoni eleganter tribuun- 
 tur rotce, fuper quas circumvolvitur." Merc. 
 
 12. Seeker thus, *' jin ear-ring of gold t and an ornament of fine gold, is 
 a wife reprover, &c." Rather by inverting the fentences, *' A ivife re- 
 prover upon an obedient (or as Durell, unto an attentive) ear is^—as an ear- 
 ring, &c." See verfc 14.— DVDIt:' 4 MSS. 
 
 13. " As z.pot, or, pitcher, of fnovv, &c." Hunt: who obferves alfo 
 that it is the cuAoni to this day in the Eafl to preferve fnow in fuch 
 veflels under ground; and for this fenfe of the word fee Exod. xvi. '^■^^. 
 Durell obferves, that 6. & Syr. read nJa'D, '* As the falling, &c." 
 Hodgfon renders it, " As a can of fnow." One MS. and another pro-' 
 bably, reads VPlbltyV. One MS. omits the laft line of this verfe. 
 
 14. «' Slui
 
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 I4» " ^l jaBat fe alteri benefacere et poffe, et velle, nee tamen facit,^' 
 
 Pifc. See Marian alfo. " DDDl. Nos cum Vulg. nVon, in verbis^ Simi- 
 
 litudo magna eft vcntorum, five pluviae, cum jadtantia verborum." Houb. 
 
 Durell, ** The man who boajleth of a briber &c," Hodgfon, *' who boajieth 
 
 faljly of his liberality.'* 
 
 15. Rather, *' is a prince appeafed." " D"):i hic fignificat iram grave/nt 
 fortem inftar offis." Vatab. &c. But, as it appears no where elfe in this 
 fenfe, may it not be written for ti"), " and a foft tongue breaketh (i. e. 
 fubdueth) anger f" See xv. i, and Pf. Ixxvi. ir. 
 
 16. ** Honey." Under this may be imphed all other delicacies, and 
 pleafures. See Merc. &Ct Perhaps rather, '^ le/l thou be fatiated.'* 
 iriK'pm 5 MSS. 
 
 17. "ipn. " A^^ nimis crebro invlfe eum. Nam res pretiofa3 raro ufurpan- 
 tur. vid I Sam. Hi. i." Gejer. &c. " Legendum cum Vulg. bpH, levem 
 
 fac pedem tuum." Houb. — One ant. M5. reads ^i^JJi^'l, which the con- 
 ftrudion feems to require, " and hate thee." So fhould be omitted, as 
 Seeker obferves. 
 
 18. •' A mawV This word occurring no where elfe, it cannot be de- 
 termined what kind of inflrument it was ; but the radix fliews it to have 
 been a de/lruSiive one. nJlV 6 MSS. 
 
 19. ntonc. Confidering this word as the part. Pah. in Hoph. the whole 
 may be rendered thus, " He, who is coifded in, behaving treacheroujly in 
 the day of trouble is — like a faulty tooth, and a tottering foot." 
 
 20. " Si ullus S. Scripturae locus, hie certe eft obfcuriflimus & difii- 
 cillimus." Gejer. As one MS. therefore at firft read niVD for mVO, the 
 fenfe of which is borrowed from Ch. (though that has another word here) 
 and one valuable MS. for nip has mp, if we fupply ")Di after "inJ, 
 which the fenfe, as well as metre, feems to require, (though one MS. 
 omits this line) and read *Wi for *ny% (See Vulg.) the verfe may be 
 rendered thus, " He that fmgeth fongs to an heavy heart is — as he that 
 maketh naked of a garment in a day offroji — as vinegar poured u^oa nitre." 
 " Ut acetum nitre redditur afperimum, fie moeftus animus carmine exacer- 
 
 batur,"
 
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 batur." Call. See Ecclus. xxii. 6.— Houb. conneaing the firft line of 
 this verfe with the foregoing, and reading mVDI, or mVI, renders thus, 
 " Dens putridus et tibia vacillans, viri improbi in calaniitate prxfidium, 
 ille r el pallium auferet in die frigoris." Dn't^n 30 MSS. 6. Syr. Vulg. 
 Ch. 6c Ar. have an additional verfe. 
 
 21. Water in hot countries was a very defirable thing; but one old MS. 
 reads D*01 1"> '* '^'^-^^ '^^d water." One MS. reads IKilii'. 
 
 22. nnn. 12 MSS. read nmn. Ch. fupplies iy« before nn^. But 6. 
 Syr. & Ar. for nnn nnX read nnnn tJ^K, *• carbones ignis congerei, &c." 
 Or fome other verb. See alfo Rom. xii. 30. And by this expreflion 
 «' of heaping coals of fire upon his head" may be underftood the judg- 
 ments of God upon the implacable and revengeful, alluding to Pf. xviii. 
 12, 13. and the antithefis feems to require this fenfe; for which fee 
 Gejer. from Chryfoft. &c. Durell obferving that nnn never fignifies to 
 hfap, but to take away, propofes this fenfe, " For thou ivilt take aivay 
 the fparks, or coals of fire." i. e. The different degrees of wrath. Hodg- 
 fon gives this conftrudion to the words, *' So JJialt thou place on his head 
 a cenferfull of fire ; and the Lord will accept the peace-offering tf thee." 
 But 6. & Ar. read niD at the end of the 2d Hemiftich, which the me- 
 tre feems to call for, " but Jehovah fhall repay good unto thee." 
 
 23. The verfion of our Bib. Marg. followed by Hunt, &c. feems pre- 
 ferable. See Mercer alfo ; and Peters from comparing this paflage with 
 Job xxxvii. 22. infers that the book of Job was not written by a Jewt 
 as the north-wind injudcea brought rainy but dry weather in Arabia. 
 *' Fentus aquilo. i. e. Caurus." Houb. One very valuable MS. for inD 
 reads "ipB^, ** a lying tongue." Mr. Bradley obferves that inD in Ch. 
 fignifies, to contradict. 
 
 24. MSS, 4. have nitt^*? as in xxi. 9. which fee for the laft word. 
 tD'ina 16 MSS. See vi. 14. 
 
 25. The true reading feems to be nVIOty, (See MS. 145.) ** Good 
 news from a far country is— like cold water, &c." See verfe 21. *' To a 
 
 fainting foul." Seeker. 
 
 26. " A
 
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 26. *• A righteous man bowing before the wicked is — 5cc." i. e. The 
 natural order of things is dillurbed and confounded. See xiv. rg. Gejer. 
 Hunt, &c. fuppofe tOD, or DID, to fignify, vacillans, feu deficiens, a via 
 veritatis. Hunt would fupply p at the beginning of the 2d Hemif- 
 tich, but all the Verf. have the 3 of fimilitude before {'VD, and this 
 letter is probably often dropped through its likenefs to that which follows. 
 Dfln: 5 MSS. 
 
 27. b^'2^ 20 MSS. and 3 nnn ; but the conftrudlion rather requires 
 nnn. This Ihould be taken figuratively. See verfe 16, and Durell, 
 There is great obfcurity in the latter part of this verfe, for the various fenfes 
 of which fee Poole. 6. Ar. Syr. & Ch. for linD DnnD read TQDH nn, 
 •verba glorioja ; which Houb. follows. " Scrutator majejlatis opprimetur a 
 gloria. Vulg. q. 1. "TllDX: ^nD "^pm, vel ^2^a, nee inconcinne. Or per- 
 haps, and he that fearcheth into glory Jhall be overwhelmed. Or, tiortofearck 
 out glorious things or words." Seeker. Durell, uniting D with the laft 
 word, and making it the Gerund, gives this fenfe, " nor to fearch after 
 glory by glorying." Hodgfon reading the firll: noun without the fuffix D, 
 gives the words this fenfe, " It is not well to eat honey to excefs — but in 
 the deeds of virtue to be excejjive, or unbounded^ is glorious." But as 58 
 MSS. have CD"nnD, perhaps we fliould read "niDn 1123, " nor is it an 
 honor to feek honor." See xxiv. 28. Gloria fiigientem fequitur. 
 
 28. nt^K feems redundant, (See MS. 95-.) " A man not ruling his fpi- 
 rit is — like, &c." See Durell. By the Jpirit may be underftood all the 
 
 fenjual afFedtions. See xvi. 32. 
 
 CHAP. XXVI. 
 
 V. 2. Durell with Munfter, &c. *' As the bird wandereth, &c." 
 ** The meaning feems to be, fays he, that evils, natural or moral, owe 
 not their being to chance, like the accidental flight of birds in this or 
 that diredion." But the original vv-ord probably denoting fome particular 
 bird, as Mercer, &c. fuppofe, I would render the words with him, *' As 
 
 6 D the
 
 C 466 3 , 
 
 the Sparrow is rmdefor wandering, as the Sivalloiv, or Turtk Dove, for 
 jlying — fo the curfe cometh not in vain." i. e. Shall as furely be executed, 
 as thofe birds anfwer the end of their creation. Caft. in another fenfe, 
 " ^am facile volant aves, tarn facile vitantur quce quis inique imprecatur'* 
 Houb. for KJan, or as 19 MSS. Nlin, reads Klinn*? in Uithp. " ita 
 malediSlio vana nufpiam confijlet" 6. feem to have read t5>»NV after the 
 verb, «« i,raEJ«Ta< sJ^Ev.', Ar. omits the negative, '' fic malediSlio vanafuper- 
 veniet alicui." 
 
 3. Boch. with all the Verf. and many MSS. of both CoUat. ariDV 
 ** and a fpur." 
 
 4. " According to his folly." h. e. " Probris atque convitlis." Gejer. 
 
 5. " Anfwer a fool, &c." " Tales fententije havriofpami, adhibit^ tem- 
 porum & rerum difcretione, facile conciliantur." Grot. &c. But Ken- 
 nic. to avoid this abfblute contradidion, reads u'ith Syr. & Ch. "JHD^nS, 
 or inOSnn, for in'JIK^, ** Anfwer a fool according to, or in, thine own 
 wifdom" See Difl'. 2d. p. 359. Had his great work of the collation of 
 the MSS. been then completed, he would probably have preferred the 
 reading of one MS. with a much lefs alteration of the text, inVwi, 
 " Anfwer a fool in his folly — left he be wife in his own eyes." 
 
 6. I'or nnsy Don 6. & Ar. read very differently, probably ntyy n*1i3PT 
 TO'TIIO, but as neither of thefe readings affords a very pertinent fenfe, per- 
 haps we fhould read nDK'D "lOm, ** He that fendeth a meffage by the 
 hand of a fool is — as he that cutteth off the feet, and he that givethjirong 
 wine to drink." Both which difable a perfon from delivering a proper 
 meffage. Houb. alfo reads "IDH, '* vinum bibit." Durell's fenfe of the 
 words is the fame with that of Mercer, &c. *' He that fends a meffage by 
 a fool, will as furely fuff'er damage by not haviiig it duly performed, as if he 
 cut off the meffengers feet." Or he would render it with Syr. Some one 
 for Don would read \'Dn, " He that fendeth a meffage by a fool (is like 
 one who) cutteth off the feet (i. e. of his meffenger, and fo prevents his 
 going) and drinketh vinegar; (inftead of wine) which will fet his teeth 
 on edge. See x. 26." Hodgfon making nVpD, the part. Fuh. obtrun- 
 
 catus.
 
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 catust and rendering T\Tm DaiT, a drinker of violence; (See Job xv. 16.) 
 gives this verfion, ** Like one eager after plunder, but ivlwfe feet have 
 been cut of— is he ivho commit teth a difpatch to the hand of a fool" 
 nbity 5 MSS. 
 
 7. Hunt deriving the verb with De Dieu from b"?"!, and making z in 
 rJDflD the prepof. renders thus, «' The legs are weak through lamenefs — 
 fo is a parable in the mouth of fools." " Tollite crura claudi. q. d. Si 
 elevetis tibias claudi, quid ei profueritis." Vatab. &c. " Auferte crura 
 claudi." Marian. So alfo Hodgfon, " take away the legs, &c. That is, 
 they are ufelefs, the lame man might as well be without them." But 
 reading with 16 MSS. D'p1!i'> and l^T with Mercer, or with Durell 
 ibbl, the words might bear this fenfe, ** The legs of the lame are weak — 
 fo, &c." 
 
 8. We Ihould probably read by tranfpofing the 1, IIIVD, though no 
 MS. authorizes it, " u/ls he that bindeth a flone in the fling (i. e, 
 to throw it away) — fo &c." See Bayn. &c. in Poole j where Grotius 
 and others endeavour to explain the Vulg. fenfe of HD^'nOi, " in acer- 
 vum Mercurii." An author, referred to by Seeker, renders, " As he that 
 futteth a precious Jlone in the dirt." 
 
 9. *' Nee fpinam ebrius, nee fententiam ftultus tra<5lare poteft." Cafl. 
 But the laft Hemiflich of this vcrfe feems to be borrowed from verfe 7th, 
 and the verfions differ much in rendering the firfl. 2 MSS. omit the two 
 laft words. " They each expofe themfelves to ridicule." Durell. 
 
 10. There is no authority for our reading, and tranflation, which Va- 
 tablus, &c. follow, and the Verf. afford very little fatisfadion. — 
 Houb. reads b'DD for ^D, and D> T\1V for onnV, " Magna concipiunt 
 
 Jlultus et ebrius — ftultus et ebrius tnare trajiciiint," See Syr. 6c Ch. Some 
 one following 6. reads ntm for '^2m ift, miti'Jl for "iDtyi 2d, and DmiV 
 for DniJ/j " Every fort of fool is very tempejluous. (i. e. occafions much 
 trouble) but their wrath Jhall be broken" Hodgfon making "I3ty fignify, 
 to hire, Vbn, to wound, and n prafeBus, gives this conftrudion, 
 '* Over every one a dejpot exercifeth cruelty — but he fuborneth the profli- 
 gate,
 
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 gate and the ivicked" Durell renders thus " Every one fuffereth tnuch, 
 — Ww either hireth a fool, or hirefh tran/grejfors." Pifc. &c. " A power- 
 ful man (if wicked) afflidls all — and hireth a fool, and hireth tranfgref- 
 fors." As the properell: perfons for his iniquitous purpofes. See Poole and 
 Patrick. But as the firfl: Hemiftich is too fliort, the fgllowing readings 
 and divifion, are fubmitted to conlideration, bVinO for S'jinO, "»31ty for 
 the I ft "lDti>l, and with 7 MSS. '^'y\m for the 2d, " Every drunkard be- 
 . comes very fooliJJi, or mad — the fool and the drunkard are tranfgrefTors." 
 
 Dnn^y. 5 MSS. 
 
 11. Many MSS. of both Collat. read W^, as elfewhere, and 10 7\W, 
 " The fool repeateth his folly." See 2 Pet. ii. 22. Seeker obferves, that 
 6. have a verfe at the end, which is found in Eccluf. iv. 21. 
 
 12. " 'Thou mayejl hope more of a fool than of him. mpD being the 2. 
 P. fat. Kair Durell. 
 
 13. See xxii. 13. There are fx different words fignifying ^ //0/7. See 
 Buxt. Rather perhaps, " hetween the ftreets." So that he could not pafs 
 from 0f2e to the other. 
 
 14. " So doth thefothful man upon his bed." *' Nempe circumagitur, 
 nee inde movetur." Pifc. &c. 
 
 15. See xix. 24. Is not HN^Vjl better, " and, &c. ?" See Vulg. 
 
 16. Rather perhaps, " than feven men, ivho give the wifeji counfel." 
 i. e. Pie is deaf to all admonition. See xi. 22. Seven was zfacred num- 
 ber among the Jews, implying perfection, and multitude. See ix. i, 
 
 17. nnyriD, or as lo MSS. with Ch. n2ynai> but ill accords in this 
 place ; unlefs it will bear the fenfe given to it by Hodgfon of being bufy 
 and ojicioiis, for which he refers to Num. xxii. 18. We fliould perhaps 
 either read with the firft printed copy of the Hagiog. ^'2Vr\^, or with 
 Vulg. n"ivns, omitting "OV with 6. & Ar. which is neither neceffary 
 to the fenfe or the metre, or reading it conformably to the following par- 
 ticiple, " He that troubleth himfelf, or, medd/eth, &c." Syr. for thefe 
 two words probably reads OTiy, ** ^i fagax eji in lite non propria, 
 fimilis, 5cc." 
 
 18. The
 
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 18. The verfions differ widely in tlieir readings of this vcrle. 
 n^nbriDD. This word occurs no where elfe, but is made the part, in 
 
 Hithp. by the Lexicographers from nnb > may it not be written for 
 b'jinnOD ? Seejer. XXV. 16. and Hodgfon. nnVH 29 MSS. and 15 D»(5»r, 
 which for the metre's fake fhould be perhaps placed at the beginninsj of 
 the 2d Hemiftich; unlefs we might read DID ''JDI. See Syr. and Pf. 
 vii. 13. Houb. for mOl reads mo'?, " ad mortem, i. e. mortiferas fa- 
 gittas." But, as Durell obferves, it may be an Hendiadis. 
 
 19. One MS. reads riDID, with 6. & Syr. which is requifite, unlefs 
 we fupply itrtf. 
 
 20. pinty* 22 Mss. 
 
 21. One MS. reads D»nS, which may give this {q,\-\(q, '* As blojls to 
 the coals, and wood to the fire, &c." See xvii. 14. D'JHS 20 MSS. 
 
 22. See xviii. 8. 
 
 23. D*pbl. 10 MSS. tD'p*?n, which makes it not improbable, that wc 
 (hould read D'pbn, the T being a difcontinuation of the n, " Flattering 
 lips and a wicked heart are — like filver of drofs laid upon a potflierd." 
 See xxvi. 28, and Pf. xii. 3. Since this note was written, I find it cor- 
 roborated by fome critical author, who likewife obferves, that 6. feeni 
 to have read fo. Some make fdver of drofs an hypallage for drofs of Jil' 
 •ver ; but it rather fignifies filver purif.id of its drofs, which anfwers bet- 
 ter io flattering lips in contradiftinftion to the potjherd and wicked heart* 
 See Hunt, and verfe 28. 
 
 24. yn^'^l 32 MSS. with Syr. Vulg. Ch. Ar. Houb. &c. From the 
 various interpretations of ")Dr, (for which fee Poole) and from comparing 
 verfe 28. I am induced to read "ipti", " He that hateth, Ijeth with his 
 lips, but, &;c." See 6. who read fome additional word, probably piK, 
 ** deplorans inimicus." 
 
 25. Rather, " Altho his voice is gracious, Sec." Vox fcven, 6cc. Sec 
 verfe 16. " For he is full of abominations in his heart." Durell. 
 Perhaps as one MS. reads xt), 1 may have been mifplaced, " for his 
 
 heart is filled nsoith abominations^' See iiodgfon alfo. 
 
 26. riD^n.
 
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 26. riDOn. All the Verf. fcem to read with Houb. nD3Dj rather than 
 nD'^n as Durell luppofes, (See xvii. 9.) " He that covereth hatred 
 with deceit — his wickednefs fliall be difcovercd in the congregation." 
 i. e. Shall be publickly known feme time or other. See Matt. x. 26. 
 Durell deriving ^INtl'^a from pxt:', renders it, ivith tranquillity. Hodgfon 
 from nxt:*, vajiari, tranflates it, //; private. But the derivation from 
 N^'J, decipere, feems mofl fuitable to the context.— Our verfion reads 
 bD bnp::, " before the lahole congregation." But I know not upon what 
 authority. 
 
 27. Rather, *' it Jliall return upon him." This feems to allude to 
 tlie Lex TaJionis. nilD 7 MSS. and 42 bVlil, which are proper. See 
 6. 6cc. 
 
 28. VD"T. *' Contritos fuos, vel, quos attriturus eft. i. e. Plr lingua 
 fallace." Pifc. 6cc. Durell conjectures that, as all the verfions render it. 
 Truth, they read nVIDl, pure things. But as Ch. has NDJyip, this might 
 induce one to think, that £3Lyp was the original word ; though this dif- 
 fers widely from the text. " Ki^i' legas, idem ac NJ:^», feret contritiones 
 
 fuas, h. e. eas, quas alteri fecerit. Porro rvm^f quod verbum alibi non 
 extat, revocandum ad VPIID, formam folitam." Houb. If thefe readings 
 be admitted, the fenfe agrees better with the context. But fee Patrick. 
 
 CHAP. XXVII. 
 
 V. I. Houb. would read Dv"?, *' in diem. i. e, fufurum. 2 eft prae- 
 fentis temporis." But we have the fame expreffion. Gen. xxx. 33. 
 " May bring forth." *• Dies comparator mulieri gravida, qus nefcit 
 num paritura fit marem, an fceminam ; num vivum, aut mortuum." 
 Gejer. 
 
 2. Rather "lbb^^^ See Job xii. ly. n^J. See Pf. i. i. Append.— kVi 
 2 MSS. which correfponds better with the former Hemiftich. 
 
 3. If 'jlOi fignifies weighty, it feems to bear this fenfe by the figure 
 anti^hrafis, 
 
 4; mnoK.
 
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 4 . nV"1t3}^. o. Syr. & Vulg. having the Jing. we fhould probably read 
 nniDK, orn'liDK, " Wrath is cruel:' 
 
 " But who can /land before envy?" R. Levi relates a ftory of two per- 
 fons, the one covetous, and the other envious ; to whom a certain King 
 promifed to grant whatever they fhould afk, and double to him that 
 aflced laji ; the covetous man would not afk frji, becaufe he hoped for 
 the double portion j nor would the envious, that he might not benefit the 
 other i but at length he requefted that one of his eyes might be taken 
 out, in order to deprive his companion of both. See Poole. 110V» 
 
 5 MSB. 
 
 5. The fenfe, if not the metre, feems to require fome word after 
 n^ADj perhaps pV> (See Job xx. 27. and Hunt) " Reproof, which re- 
 vealeth iniquity, is better — than love which conceakth it." But then we 
 (hould alfo read IHinDO. 
 
 6. minvil, *' are deceitful:' Hunt fetches this fenfe with Houb. from 
 Ar. Durell renders the word with Merc, frequent, or with Schultens, 
 virulent. Perhaps, there being a great fimilitude in the letters, it may be 
 written for miVHil, ** but the kiffes of an enemy are abominable^' See 
 Ifai, xiv. 19. 
 
 7. One MS. read at firft rinn, " defpifeth an honey comb." The con- 
 ftru(ftion feems to require tVti'h^ with Houb. otherwife he propofes npHD* 
 or pDDDj " dulce reddet, vel habebit." 
 
 8. Some take thefe words in a o-W fenfe, fome in a bad one. See 6. 
 
 6 Poole. The latter feems right. '* '\ty\'^12, from his hoifey or pojl" 
 Durell. 
 
 9. There is a difficulty in the conftrudion of the laft Hemiflich, for 
 which fee the verfions, but if we read with Vulg. VT for inv^ and car- 
 rying on the "1 read nifyi for Ts'i'^'Q, all will correfpond, " fo a friend and 
 counfel are the fweetnefs of the foul." i. e. By an Hcndiadis the counfel 
 of a friend. " Et bonis amici confiliis anima dulcoratur." Vulg. A 
 friend propofes \i!Q^. Houb. thus, " Ita viri confilium amico ejus dul- 
 cererit." See Durell alfo. But 6, tranfpoling the words probably read 
 
 thus.
 
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 thus, 1^53 ninyo Vn'l— nb nOti;' mapl pnOI lett^, " Unguentis et vinis, 
 et odoramentis deleSiatur cor ; difrumpitur aiitem a calamitatibus anima." 
 
 10. " Amicum tibi et patri tuo fpeBatum fratri prcefer." Merc, yri 
 19 MSS. with Houb. Our Verf. inferts "for" contrary to the text, 
 Verf. & MSS, See Seeker, mrvn 4 MSS. 
 
 11. " Him that reproacheth me." As being guilty of a negledl in 
 thy education and morals, 'fl'lin 5 MSS. — 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. read 
 I'llTll in the 2d perfon. 
 
 12. See xxii. 3. nriDJl 17 MSS. one D"nfl, and 14 I5r>:vj% with 
 Houb. 
 
 13. See XX. 1 6. " Nee mirum hic pleraque repeti, quia viri Ezechiae, 
 qui h£BC congeflerunt, non adverterunt ad eas parab. quae jam a Salomone 
 fimul inter alias collocatse fuerant, et in unum volumen coaftas." Merc. 
 But fee XXV, i. Houb. &c. read DHDi 'with 4 MSS. as in xx. 16. 
 Seeker renders thus, " and nvhofe pledge is for a flrange woman." 
 
 14. Vulg. reads DOtt^':}, or tziDJi'3, one of which feems right. 
 ** Alludit ad importunos Salutatores, qui ante lucem ad fores potentium 
 verfabantur, et clara voce ingeminabant, Ave falve, &c." Tirin. Sec 
 Durell alfo. Rather, " it fliall be accounted a curfe by him." i. e. The 
 friend, who interprets it in an oppofite light, as intended only for finifter 
 purpofes. Durell thus, ** it fliall be reputed to him a light thing." 
 " Shall have meamiefs imputed to him." Hodgfon. The fenfe fuggefts 
 the divifion of Kennic. Collat. One ant. MS. omits D>3tyn "lp:in. 
 
 15. inJlD. This word, occurring no where elfe, is perhaps written 
 for "lyiD, *' in zjlormy day." See xix. 13. &: xxi. 9. " Vult feries nnB'3> 
 vel imna'J." Houb. Mr. Bradley obferves that Hunt adheres to the text. 
 It is obfervable that this word is formed both from the Niph. and Hithp. 
 conjugations. See Buxt. D'iHJD 16 MSS. 
 
 16. Thefe words connedted with the former may afford a better fenfe 
 with Durell's reading of nn for mi, " Whofoever hideth her, hideth a 
 
 fmell — which the ointment about his right hand proclaimeth." But the 
 conjedlure of an ingenious friend of his, who reads n* *D>*, feems to 
 
 have
 
 C 473 ] 
 have cleared up this difficult paflage, which confidering the metre, and 
 comparing Pf. Ixv. ii. with Pf. cxxxv. 7. might originally fland thus, 
 
 nin pfiir mn* isi' 
 ; Kip Kin r^3* P^'T 
 
 " 'Jehovah hideth the north wind — and calleth forth the plenteous Touth 
 wind." i. e. As he obferves, ** He ruleth over fecond caufes, and direc- 
 teth them to their due effedts." For p3\f fee 6. Ar. & Syr. and for 
 pty in this fenfe, Ifai. xxx. 23. For the text fee Vatab. &c. Houb. 
 for lOty") reads pDJ, " fignatum vianus ejus. Qui cam domi continebit, 
 quaf] qui ventum cohibeat. Nam quidquid propria manu obfignaverit, 
 palam fiat." A friend propofes nJD':f for n'JDV, qui cohihet earn ; and if 
 the words refer to the contentious woman, that is preferable. Hodgfon 
 thus, " 'They who can conceal her, can conceal a /cent — But perfume in 
 a mans hand will difcover itfelf" 
 
 ij. " yis iron fliarpeneth iron" ** Ferrum hie ponitur pro enfe^ five 
 re alia ex ferro fadta." Vatab. 
 
 Perhaps, " fo a man rejoiceth the countenance of his friend." Such 
 a play upon words being very frequent, and for this {zv\{.q fee Exod. xviii. 9. 
 Hodgfon renders thus, " As iron is brightened againjl iron— Jo one 
 friend bright eneth the countenance of another." 
 
 18. " He who keepeth the fig tree." i. e. diligently attends the cul- 
 ture thereof, ni'i: 3 MSS. and 5 nam. 
 
 19. " As in water, &c." " Aquje naturte fpecula." Tirin. Our Verf. 
 follows Vulg. which probably reads ID'OID- 
 
 ** So the heart of mail to man." " In fingulorum vultu, gefiu, ver- 
 bis, &c. legunt affedtus hominum." Tirinus. See Poole. " Ut aqua 
 vultum vultui, fie mens hominem homini, (intellige reddit,)" Cafl-. 
 See Hodgfon alfo. " Haud fane facile eft didtu quo pertineat hoc, et qui- 
 bus coerceri debeat finibus, cum referri pofilt multis modis ad hominum 
 indoles, ingenia, affedtus, amicitias, virtutes, vitia." Lowth. Vulg. 
 feems to have read DnV*? for DIkV, " fo the heart of man is known to 
 
 6 F the
 
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 the prudent:' But 6. Syr. & Ar. for D'.?:, read Dr^T, and Ch. fupplies 
 it, with the negative in both Hemiftichs. Ch. & Syr. alfo probably 
 read CD! N*? for Dixb, " As face \% not like to face, — fo the heart of 
 man is not alike," h. e. " Hominum animi quam maxime invicem va- 
 riant et dilTident." Merc. " D'a"FD, TJt Jimiles funt vultus vultibus." 
 Houb. which a friend follows, or with the negative reads, D'Ql vh'2> 
 All the Verf. read mn*? in the plur. 
 
 20. pilNI 22 MSS. See alfo xv. ii. Ch. and Revel, ix. ii. By the 
 eye may be underftood all the fenfiial afFeftions. 6. & Ar. infert ano- 
 ther verfe after this, which has no authority of MSS. 
 
 21. " So is a 7'ruvi to his praife." For the various explanations of this 
 Hemiftich fee Poole. But Pagninus's tranfpofition of the prepofition 
 which Houb. &c. follow, anfwers better to the former, ** So is the 
 mouth of him that praifeth him to a man." i. e. It tries whether his heart 
 can bear teftimony to thefe commendations -, if not, his adtions are proved 
 bafe and adulterate. Though, as 6. Syr. & Ar. fupply a verb, perhaps 
 Xnyi may have been dropped after t^'NI, " fo is a man proved by the 
 mouth of him that praifeth him." One ant. MS. reads with 6. Syr. Ch. 
 & Ar. rbbna, " of them that praife him." Rather vbbina. See verfe 2. 
 
 22. Durell obferves that here are four words, which may be confi- 
 dered as a^rai ?.sv. and fetching the fenfe of tyjiDD from Ch. 6c Syr. giv- 
 ing alfo the fame fenfe to m£3nn from f\T\, to bruife, and making I'jyi 
 or vbvi, the compound of 1, 'hv, and the affix, he gives this fenfe of 
 the words, " Ihou tnayejl bruife a fool in a fat by means ofjlampings upon 
 him, 6cc.." Caft. renders trnDCn, " graneam" or, ** aream," and this 
 Hunt approves of, as agreeable to the Hebrew word. But, as Durell 
 remarks, the fenfe put upon 'b^a being very uncertain, I apprehend 
 there is a tranfpofition of the words ; and reading msin for misnn, I would 
 offer this conftrucflion of them, " Though thou beatefl a fool in a mor- 
 tar, (which might be a proverbial expreffion for fevere corredion) in 
 the midji of reproachers, his foolillinefs, &c." Since this note was writ- 
 ten I find that Hodgfon fuppofes the fame metathefis, and rendering
 
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 ^DDOn, at the mortar y & msnn, grijl, or ground corn, as 2 Sam. xvii. 
 19. gives this fenfe, " Though thou Jhouldjl chafiife a fool in the grinding 
 houfe, amidjl the workers at the griJl, — yet will he not, &c." referring to 
 Judg. xvi. 21. and Terence's Andria. Houb. reads with 6. Syr. & Ar. 
 TDn, " auferes." 
 
 23. Rather, " the faces o^ thy (heep." " Alludit ad morem paflorum, 
 qui tarn exadte pecudes norunt, ut fingulas potuerint nominatim appellare. 
 vid, Joh. X. 3." Cartw. This advice is applicable a fortiori to civil, and 
 ecclefaflical governors. See i Cor ix. 9. and the next verfe. One copy 
 reads vi^ith 6. Vulg. Ch. & Ar. ri'l^l, " and fet thine heart upon the 
 herds." Houb. reads vv^ith 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. "imvb, upon thy herds. 
 i. e. the greater cattle. Hodgfon renders it, •* on the flocks*' i. e. The 
 goats, or Jheep, 
 
 24. DK1. One MS. reads DX1 kVi, which countenances the negative, 
 probably therefore we fliould read xblj " neither the crown to generation 
 and generation." See 6. & Ar. which read ")")."iD N^l Vn'1, " Quoniatn 
 non in feculum robur et fortitudo, neque tradentur, &cc," Ch. for ")TJ 
 reads DlbST, " neque pax erit." Houb. for "in tDNI reads I^INI, " et 
 thefaurus." Durell making ItJ a verb, renders thus, " neither furely 
 are they appropriated." im 42 MSS. 
 
 25. For nV,"l perhaps we might read nV-l, in Py//. " The hay is cut 
 down, and the tender grafs is feen ; — and the herbs of the mountains are 
 gathered." The mountains in Judaea^ being very fruitful, might abound 
 with wild Thyme, and other falubrious herbs. See Cant. iv. 6. and 
 
 ^ ChropJ xxvi. 10. 
 
 26. Rather, " The Jlieep are for thy cloathing." " The price of the 
 field." They were ufed to barter in the Raft with cattle inftead of mo- 
 ney. See Boch. on Gen. xxxiii. 19. 
 
 27. " Goat's milk." Goats abounded in Judsa on account of its moun- 
 tainous fituation. " For the food of thy houfliold" Perhaps the wife and 
 children in contradiflindtion to the maidens mentioned hereafter, which Syr. 
 omits. *' D"m, and maintenance.'' Seeker, 
 
 CHAP.
 
 [ 476 ] 
 CHAP. XXVIII. 
 
 V. T . 1DJ, Sec. The moft eafy way of reftoring the grammatical con- 
 flruftion is to read with one MS. 6. Viilg. Ar. Houb. &c. d:, or Dli, 
 with another, 6. Syr. Vulg. & Ar. ^I'n, and with 3, and two now, 6. 
 Vulo. & Ar. pn^i"], " The wicked fecf/i, when no one purfueth — i)uf 
 the righteous is bold as a lion." But 2 MSS. if not more, read inLDl', 
 and Syr. & Ch. •C2''W\. 
 
 2. The metre of the lad Hemiftich appearing too long, the common 
 conflrudtion of the words bordering upon tautology, and two MSS. omit- 
 ting VT, which is not necefTary to the fenfe, reading TIN* (See De.ut. vf. 
 2. where we fliould read 1D-|K», or with Sam. pDIKS for p^K') it 
 m\o\\x. be rendered thus, " but by a man of underjlanding Jliall the Jlate 
 he prolonged." The reading of the whole according to 6. & Ar. is pro- 
 bably this, 
 
 " For the tranfgreflion of a land contentions are Jlirred up — but a man 
 of underflanding extinguifneth them." Houb. reading Ity for t^i in the 
 next verfe, which one MS. omits, and bringing it back to the end of 
 this, reading VTl for J-'T, and pL^yn for ptyyi renders thus, *' Propter 
 peccata terras fucceffio principum frequens ; propter homines intelligentes, 
 etaqui cultores, longasvus princeps. 3 Vir potens tenuem opprimens, &c." 
 Durell, " but by a man of underftanding and knowledge the ftate JJiall 
 obtain relief." Hodgfon making D«m to fignify tyrants, yiv according to 
 feveral MSS. the part. Ben. agreeing with nty underflood, and rendering 
 p certe, tranflates thus, " By rebellion in a land tyrants fliall become its 
 rulers — but where a people are wife an able prince Jliall reign long." Mr. 
 Bradley alfo doubts whether p can mean the Jlate. 
 
 3. ptt'VI- 5 MSS. ptriVl but the true reading feems to be according 
 to Vulg. ptt^iy, " A poor man opprejfing the poor." Unlefs with Gejer. 
 
 ^ PJunt,
 
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 Hunt, &c. we underhand *li:i to fignify 'uiribus pollens, ** A man in au' 
 thority, who is poor, and opprefTeth, &c." See Houb. above. Mr. Brad- 
 ley propofes Vti'l for ty"l, '* A mighty man who is wicked, 6cc." 
 
 f]mD 7 MSS. " like a /weeping rain." i. e. In the time of harveji^ 
 which deftroys all the corn. See xxvi. i. 
 
 4. 'liiy 3 MSS. and 7 nJ21iy% more regular. The conftrudion re- 
 quires after Vulg. 13, with him. But fee 6. Ar. & Syr. 
 
 5. It would improve the antithefis if we might read p for Vd, " but 
 they who feek Jehovah underftand what is right" Otherwife it mufl re- 
 fer, as Gejer. obferves, to judgment. See Hodgfon alfo. 
 
 6. lOini 10. MSS. DO"\l, " quam tortuofus hinarum viarum." Ge- 
 jer. &c. But one MS. reads with Ch. V3"n, *' than he that is perverfe 
 in his ways." 
 
 7. min. " Nos frugem bonam, ex fententia, et poteflatate nominis." 
 "Houb. 8 MSS. have r\VT\\ " but he who feedeth, ox ajociates with, glut- 
 tons, fhameth his father." " But he who feedeth parafites." Hodgfon. 
 
 8. There is a beautiful paronomaiia between pin and pn. As this was 
 a breach of the Levitical law, God himfelf, as the defender of the poor, 
 maintained their rights by a fpecial providence. See Ezek. xxii. 12, 13. 
 
 9. VV^t"Q 19 MSS. '* Par pari: qui noluit audire non dignus eft ut 
 audiatur." Bayn. 
 
 10. innjyn 4 MSS. See alfo xxvi. 27. bfl' 34 MSS. 
 
 11. "npn fignifies to Jearch out, and to defpife, and it may be taken in 
 either or both fenfes here. See Hunt. 
 
 12. a^SnS " abfcofiditfe homo." Fife. Hunt, &c. as in verfe 28. And it 
 is obfervable that one MS. reads nnD' j but as this differs widely from the 
 text, perhaps nsn» might be the original word, ** but when the wicked 
 rife, men are ajhamed," The noun being taken in a colleSiive fenfe. A 
 friend conjectures i^ttTI', nudatur. yi^Vl 2 MSS, 
 
 13. Vulg. reads Dim, " and forfaketh M^w." Which the conftruc- 
 tlon calls for. See Houb. alfo. 
 
 14. See Pf. i. I. bS*. 44 MSS. 
 
 6 G 15. " A
 
 [ 478 ] 
 
 ir. «* A ranging bear." Or as Houb. from ^th. " a howlmghe^r." 
 i. e. In fearch of prey. DHU 12 MSS. and 14 im. 
 
 16. All the Verf. read n"i, " The Prince, that wanteth underftanding, 
 aboundeth in oppreffions." An antithefis lying in the two verbs, or ad- 
 5eaives ; and for this fenfe of m fee verfe 20. One MS. reads DJinD, 
 fing. ^yw 3 MSS. which reflores the grammatical conftruftion, but 
 all the Verf. read Kilt:'!, " but he that hateth, &c." Hunt, to preferve 
 the antithefis between the two Hemiftichs, would render the firfl, " The 
 Prince, that wanteth underftanding, fuffers many injuries" and thereby 
 fliortens his life; or the laft according to 6. & Ar. " but he, that hateth 
 covetoufnefs, is long fuffering." But fee Patrick from Vatab. 8cc. Vulg. 
 reads va*' See our verfion. 
 
 IT. The fenfe propofed by Cornelius de Lap. &c. feems the mofl: eli- 
 gible, *' Homo fanguinis effufi reus, ideoque anxius et folicitus, ufque 
 ad foveam, feu fepulchrum fugiet, ne apprehendant in eum." See Hodg- 
 fon alfo. 25 MSS. read ';:>^m, opprejfits, and 66 DIK full; and {:?DJ 
 may here fignify a p erf on. See Jun. and Trem. and vi. 26. I once 
 thought that the text might poffibly ftand thus at firft, n IDOD* (or ^eb^ 
 See MSS.) "JNI Dli' "I'V ly— 'pj Dll •]31K> ns^K, " A man that Jlied- 
 deth innocent blood— xw-sc^ fly to the city, (i. e. of refuge) but they JJiall 
 not prote<51: him." 6. & Ar. read differently, and fupply a verfe for which 
 there is no MS. authority, and It feems to want connedlion. 
 
 18. One MS. reading V'LTV, as the line is defedive, perhaps ityfj: has 
 been omitted, " He that walketh uprightly fliall fave his life," Or we 
 might read D'Dro. See Pf. Ixxxiv. 12. nn^a. Houb. &c. read with 
 Syr. nn'Lri, " lliall fall into the pit." Which feems right. biD' 39 MSS. 
 See verfe 6. 
 
 19. Rather with 6. to keep up the antithefis, *' He, that tilleth his 
 ' land, fiall be filed with bread — but he that folio weth after lain things, or 
 
 perfons, jJiall be filled north poverty" The laft words afford a beautiful 
 oxymoron. See xii. 11. "rmv 8 MSS. 
 
 20. Rather,
 
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 20. Rather, '* A man of veracity, &c." i. e. In his calling and deal- 
 lings, niiaj? 5 MSS. 
 
 21. From the defedt of the metre, and comparing xxiv. 23. DfisyjJl 
 may have been dropped before Kb, ** To have refpedt of perfons in judg- 
 ment is not good." And the force of the negative being carried on, the 
 next Hemiftich may be rendered, " nor for a piece of bread Jliouii a man 
 tranfgrefs," i. e. The moft extreme poverty fhould not induce him to accule 
 or condemn his neighbour falfely. Durell renders the laft Hemiftich in- 
 terrogatively, " and for a piece of bread Jliouid a man tranfgrefs f" Hunt 
 follows 6. & Syr. which probably read "TDO D1K> or ty>K, " T/ie man 
 who refpeBs perfons is not good — for for a piece of bread he will betray a 
 man" But will the laft verb bear this fenfe ? Hodgfon renders the firft: 
 Hemiftich thus, " He doth not well who diJlijigiiiJJieth faces." 
 
 22. " Hath an evil eye." i. e. Envies others. See 6. Vulg. 6c Ar. 
 1JK11'. 35 MSS. *' Sa?pe humanitus, nonnunquam divinitus." Cartw. 
 
 Mr. Bradley obferves that Hunt reads TDn, " and knoweth not that 
 the merciful (hall attain to it." 
 
 23. For the better regulation of the metre, KVO' might be joined to 
 the laft Hemiftich. Syr. reads IJIt^bl. ** with his tongue." 
 
 24. The 2d line of this verfe being defeflive, perhaps we fliould 
 fupply 'V with Syr. at the end of it, " and faith, it is no tranfgreffion 
 in me."> — *iin &c. Rather, *' he is to be ranked with the murderer" See 
 Deut. xxi. 18, &c. 
 
 25. " Shall be ma tie fat." The antithefis does not hold here, and as 
 Vulg. feems to have read KQI'^ perhaps we might read IKflT, '* but he 
 that trufteth in Jehovah, will heal it" i.e. Strife. Seexii«i8. nCDim 16 
 MSS. 
 
 26. VDD, " is a fool." '* Adeoque infel'x" Gejer. Houb. reads 
 b^D, cadet; which improves the antithefis. Though, as a friend ob- 
 ferves, there is no authority for it. 
 
 27. "iDn!2 4 MSS. part. Ben. Pih. " wanteth nothing" — Rather for 
 the fake of the antithefis, '• aboundeth in curfes." See verfe i6. 
 
 28, ll-^*
 
 E 48o 3 
 
 28. 111% or as one MS. at firft miT, " the righteous increafe" This 
 affords a very good fenfe ; but one very valuable MS. reads li*T, '* the 
 righteous JJiall JJiout." See xl. 10. xxix. 6. 
 
 CHAP. XXIX. 
 
 V. I. Ar. confidering D In 7\lVp1^ as a prepofition, gives an oppofitc 
 fenfe of the firft Hemiftich, ** Homo corrigibilis excellentlor ejl homine 
 dura cervicis." And mriDin B^'K may perhaps fignify, A man ivho re- 
 ceiveth reproof. But the ufual acceptation of the words Is moftfultable 
 to vi'hat follow^s. " Metaphora a biibus vel equis, qui dura funt cervlce," 
 Vat. 
 
 2. SWDI 7 MSS. And all the verfions with 3 MSS. D»V{i>-|. 
 
 3. Ch. Syr. 6c Ar. iJin, " fpendeth his fubftance." imN 2 MSS. and 
 5 nyil. See xiil. 20. 
 
 4. One MS. having mi3in, Durell's reading, n'D"in, is very probable, 
 " but the fraudulent man overthroweth It." Though Ch. & Syr. proba- 
 bly read bnv. See 6. alfo. For the fenfe of the word in the text fee 
 Poole. 
 
 5. ^13 22 MSS. and one tranfpofes the words. — " For his feet " I. e. 
 " Se capit adulator.". Vat. & Hunt. 
 
 6. Rather with Syr. Ch. & Durell, " Hhe ivicked man is enfnared by 
 tranfgrejjion." See xll. 13. 
 
 ^IT. ** Tolerablllus eflet p"\S quani habult Syr. cantabit, Sed verier 
 fcrlptio \y\\ exiliitt quam exfequitur Chald." Houb. And one MS. reads 
 
 fo. naiy'i 2 MSS. 
 
 7. 6. Syr. Ar. & Ch. with 9 MSS. Vt^llj which the antlthefis feems 
 to require, " but the wicked will not regard knowledge." Seeker omits the l, 
 
 8. Rather with 6. Syr. Ar. Lowth and our Marg. Verf. " fet a city 
 en fire." Alluding perhaps to Gen. xvili. 28. Or with Pifc. &c. " in- 
 
 fiame a city." I. e. By tumults and difcords. One very valuable MS. 
 for X^ reads X\^^, «* Slanderous men, &c." See James ili. 6. And Ch. 
 
 reads
 
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 reads tJ»2tD 'hb^*, " Jpeak lies." Which accords better with this reading. 
 •' Turn away ivratlu" " tam Dei, quam hominum." Merc. 
 
 9. There is great obfcurity in this verfe, but reading DK for ty♦^{ ifl, 
 which Vulg. gives fome countenance to, with that and one MS. ]»K for 
 y>\^^, and confidering nm with Durell as the Niph. of nnn, (for which 
 fee Mai. it. 5.) the words may bear this fenfe, " If the wife m n con- 
 tend with the foohfh man — whether he be angry, or laugh, he (i. e. the 
 fool) will }20t be afraid" i. e. Neither feverity nor lenity will have any 
 efFe(5t upon him. 6. probably read nm ]»K1 pnti" Ull ^'IN {i"N1— D'VI 
 m(ortD£3iy>) J3iDa?J DSn k;'K, " Vir fapiens judicabit gentesj vir autem 
 nequam fuccenfens deridetur, et non terret." " pnjyJl UIJ, irritatus et 
 derifus." Houb. " A wife man contendeth with a fool, and whether he rage 
 or laugh i he is not difmayed. i. e. will continue to reprove him." Durell. 
 ** When a man of fenfe hath to difpute with a fool ^ — he will conftantly 
 have caufe, either to be angry, or to laugh" Hodgfon, 
 
 TO. Houb. reads n»D"\ for D'OT, " viri fraudis" And as a friend 
 obferves, 2 MSS. have T upon a rafure. 
 
 Rather, •' but the upright are in care for his foul." See Pf. cxlii. 5. 
 ** but the upright feek his efeem." Hodgfon. 
 • II. See a fimilar fentiment, xiv. 33. 
 
 1 2. btyiD 30 MSB. " Qualis eft rex, tales ejus miniftri effe folent." Merc. 
 ^'F'i3*',The fentiment here is fo fimilar to that xxii. 2. that our marg, 
 Verf. feems moft proper, " The poor and the ifiirer meet together" But 
 fee Poole, and Durell, who reads with Syr. *' The poor and opprefedva^ny 
 But the following Hemiftich feems to require an antithefis, and as 
 tD'DDD appears no where elfe, it may perhaps be vyritten for lUDH, ** and 
 the rich man." See Gen. xiii. 2. — 6. 6c Ar. tranfpofe the words, and read 
 differently, Aavtirs km x^sew^eixets. 
 
 " Lighteneth both their eyes." i. e, " Luce Solis, quern oriri facit 
 fuper omnes. Matt. v. 45." Gejer. 
 
 14. The laft Hemiftich appearing too fhort, it might be better to read 
 with one MS. tIh^'ih for IvV, and to tranflate it, '* Jliall eJlabliJJi his 
 throne for ever." 6 H 1 5» O;
 
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 • .i^i 6, Ar. Syr. & Ch. reaxl un*; and the 1 might have beea omitted 
 before the invention of the final letters. 
 
 Rather, ** but an abandoned ch.i\d Ihameth his mother." By whofe in- 
 dulgence he was fpoiled. 
 
 '^16. Rather, •' When the wicked are magnified." See Dan. ii, f3* 
 Here is a beautiful paronomafia. " But the righteous J/iall fee their fall" 
 i. e. •' Cum voluptate, non quidem 1* iiTixatf>v«xiueii, fed ex juftitiae fapien- 
 tiaeque divins admiratione." Gejer. See Pf. xcii. 12. But a, friend xj^n-, 
 ders with 6. &. Ar. xxrdipoSci yhovrai, from KT, timuif. ' ;■ - 
 
 17. " And he fliall give theerefi."'.\. e. From the anxiety and foHicitude 
 of a parent, which nothing can equal. 
 
 18. " Where there is novifion." " Prophetarum inter alia munus erat, Le- 
 gis praecepta inculcare populo." Grot. See 1 Cor. xiv. i. ** Where there is 
 no infirii5iion" Durell. — 6. feem to have read, DV y"l'7 TJlO ]»», " l^on 
 erit enarrator genti iniqua." Ch. 6c Syr. perhaps ■p"l£3» D'b'IV 11*13, 
 " In multitudine iniquorum difrumpitur populus." Durell, *' the people 
 are Jlripped." See alfo our marg. Verf. Rather, " the people go ajlray," 
 See I Pet. ii. 25. naitri 7 MSS. and 8 innt^K- See iii. 13. which laft 
 reading Houb. approves, or imiB'K, " beatwn dicent ilium" But one 
 very^antient MS. reading initi'N*, we may render the words with a friend, 
 " but he that keepeth the \?iVi fliall make it happy," i. e. The people. 
 
 19. c. &: Ar. fupply the adjedive, which is requifite, and perhaps 
 Vs may have been dropped before liy, from the fimilitude of the letters, 
 " A ivicked fervant, &c." 6. & Ar. probably repeat 'D, " far though 
 he underftandeth, yet he will not anfwer." 
 
 20. Seeker omits that is both here, and in verfe 27. 
 
 21. Patrick follows Mercer in the fcnfe of this verfe. Hunt, follow- 
 ing 6. Syr. & Ar. confiders p:3a as the part. Puh. reads lay, and de- 
 rives p30 from px,- luxit, " He, who is nourifiied delicately from child- 
 hood, Jliall be a fervant — and his latter end (hall be grievous" Durell ren- 
 ders the laft Hemiftich, '* fhall have him iveak at laft." For fo, he fays, 
 the word pi3 fignifies in Ar. Houb. for p:D reads vb», contumacem, 
 
 • ■_ - ifpm
 
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 froifi \^b, mttffitare. If our Verf. be followed, which Seeker favors, it 
 ffcpuld be written |»iO. Vulg. feems to have read n"»D for pjD, perhaps 
 then for pJflO, which occurs no where elfe, we might alfo read pnSD, 
 ** He, who giveth hlsjervmit liberty in youth — fhall have him rebellious 
 at th.e laft." 
 
 23. 6. reading mn' aftenu3, perhaps the laft word was written for 
 the former, ** but Jehovah fliall uphold the humble in fpirit." See Pf. 
 xxxvii. 17. and Luke xiv. 11. ^lan* 7 MSS. 
 
 24. \nyO II MSS. more regular. 
 
 Rather perhaps, " he heareth the adjuration, and will not declare." 
 Alluding to the form of adminiftering an oath amongfl: the Jews ; (See Matt. 
 xxvi. 63.) confequently he perjures himfelf to fave his companion. See 
 Grot. &c. Or ag, Hodgfon, who refers to Lev. v..^.^** he heareth the 
 aath but will not confefs." 
 
 25. By reading with Vulg. DTKH T"nn, or as Houb. DTJ^ID l"in, 
 *' ^/ favet ab homine," and with him ti^piail, the grammatical conftruc- 
 tion is reftored, and the antithefis improved, " He that fear eth a man 
 fliall fall into a fnare — but he that trufteth in Jehovah Jhall be exalted,* 
 See Durell, and our Bib. Marg. 6. read Dmin with the verb plur. 
 
 26. Rather perhaps, *' T^he great oiies feek the ruler's favor — but 
 every man's judgment is from Jehovah." Who will not fufFer the poor 
 to be opprefled. Unlefs for ly'K we might read C-'l, or fupply it after, 
 as in I Sam. xviii. 23. " hui i\\t ]u.dgmtnt of the poor man is from Je- 
 hovah." See xxii. 22, 23. and Lowth's Prel. DilTert. on Ifai. p. 19* 
 
 27. Some MSS. of both Collations read with Ch. Syr. & Vulg. 
 CVB'I •} which gives an exadt antitheiis of words* See x. i * 
 
 CHAP* XXX. 
 
 V. I* For the various explanations of this title fee Poole j and as no 
 very good reafon has been afllgned for Solomon's concealing his name, 
 
 as
 
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 as 6 MSS. omit bN'n'Nb 2d, and we have exprefs mention of fuch a per- 
 son Neh. xi. 7. and 64 MSS. read "jDIKI, the opinion of Grotius and' 
 others, that thefe were the friends, or fcholars, of Agur feems as pro- 
 bable as any j and NtyOH might be written for ^\^ii, which 2 MSS. 
 have, (Sec alfo xxxi. 1.) " The words of Agur the fon of Jakeh, 'w/iicA 
 the man fpake unto tthieJ, and Ucal." Houbigant thus, ** Verba Agur 
 filii Jache, Prophetiam dixit vir Ithiel j Ithiel Achali; Ego, &c."Sce 
 Lowth's Praeledt. 18. Durell renders Kli'3, The charge , or kjfon. See 
 Poole alfo, Ifai. xiii. i. But Calovius and others fuppofe that thefe words 
 have a reference to Chrijl. ^-iiii* 
 
 2. ** Surely I zvix WiOxt foolijli than any one." Hodgfon renders 0> 
 'Though, but fee Gejer. &c. A modeft profeflion of ignorance, which the 
 wifeft and beft of men ufually make. See Menoch. and Pf. Ixxiii; ±2. 
 As Seeker obferves, 6. & Ar. for ♦mob n'^I read 'j-roV "7X1, '* But God 
 taught me. Sec." And if this reading be approved of, there is no ne- 
 ceflity for fupplying the negative in the following Hemiftich, with Ge- 
 jer. &c.— D'jynp 17 MSS. Seeix.'rdi-' ''-"'^ ^'"^'^ • • ' 
 
 I ■ ... 
 
 4. n^DtTD 5 MSS. but the true reading feems to be nVctrn^, " who 
 hath bound the waters as in a garment V i. e. The waters above the fir- 
 mament; (See Job xxvi. 8.) alluding to the cuflom in the Eaft of 
 binding their garments about the body. Hodgfon makes it a poetical 
 expreffion for JJiores, with which the fea is furrounded as with a gar- 
 ment. Gejerus makes It to refped: both the waters above, and under the 
 firmament.' s-*"'- •""- "-^"■^•• 
 
 ■'-"•** And what Is his fon s name?" Calovius, &c. underhand this of the 
 eternal Son of God. Others interpret it, " and what is the name of his 
 family?" See Poole and Durell. 6. read V31, ** and what is the name of 
 his fons ?" i. e. The angels; and this reading may perhaps be counte- 
 nanced by Job xxxviii. 7. But Seeker obferves, •* that Grabe hath re- 
 llored Ttxvu, and that there is a remarkable affinity between the firft and 
 laft part of this verfe, and John iii. 13. but to make it complete, it 
 Ihould have been the Son of God, which no copy hath." Vatic. 6. & Ar. 
 
 omit
 
 L 48s 3 
 
 omit yin '^j which do not improve the fenfe or the metre; and if they 
 are retained, fhould wc not read J/T ♦», " and who hioweth what, &c r" 
 
 5. Several MSS. of both Collat. read in D'Dinn b^V, " he is a fhieKl 
 unto all that trujl in him." See Pf. xviii. 30. Or we fliould read witli 
 34 MSS. CD'DinV. One MS. omits m"?}*, and 2 read mn». But fee Pf. 
 cxxxix. 19. 
 
 6. Several very valuable MSS. read ipT), in Kal, otherwife P)»Din 
 would be more regular. 
 
 7. Here is a fiidden apoftrophe addreffed to wo one, it is very probable 
 therefore that as hn begins the 2d Hemiftich, it has been dropped through 
 the famenefs of the letters at the end of the firft, " Two things have 
 I required of thee, God" 
 
 V3Dn. The affix feems wanting here, and as 6. & Ar. fupply ^n, gra- 
 tiam, we (hould probably read pyjSJn, the fem. plur, being ufed neu- 
 trally, " deny me them not, &c." See our Verf. 
 
 8. The metre does not require *il"r in the firft Hemiftich, neither is 
 it neceflary to the fenfe. 
 
 Ji'N"l. 19 MSB. omit K, and 7 read l^H, as elfewhere, and 7 have 
 -iB'iyi. 
 
 'pn, " Sufficient for }ne." Ch. & Syr. And, as Mede obferves, there 
 is a twofold competency, one of nature, and another of condition, to both 
 of which refpe(fl is had here, and Matt. vi. 11. 
 
 9. TUynDl. Ch. & Syr. liJOKI, et negem. See Seeker, and our verfion. 
 6. & Ar. read 'iNT, or as Seeker 'JtnS " and fay, who Jliallfee ntef" But 
 the text feems preferable. See Job xxi. 15. 
 
 DJy ♦ntl'Dm. If we retain this verb, it feems neceflary to fupply Nlt^b 
 with Merc. &c. See Exod. xx. 7. Unlefs we render with Durell from 
 Taylor, " and violate the name of my God." But as Seeker obferves, Ch. 
 reads '^bnNI. See Lev. xviii. 21. &c. " The danger of perjury upon com- 
 mitting of theft was greater among the Jews than amongfl: us, by reafon 
 of a cuftom, or law amongll: them, to tender an oath to thofe who were 
 
 6 I ace ufed
 
 [ 486 ] 
 ■acculed or falpedled of theft, to clear and purge themfelves." Mcde. 
 See xxix. 24. 
 
 10. ^'{y^jn one very ant. MS. See Pf. ci. 5. 
 
 VJnN 4 MSS. but the true reading feems to be MMH, " Do not Jlander 
 a fervant to his majler," The fut. being ufcd for the Imperat. See Pf. ci. 5. 
 & Gejer. 
 
 11. 6. & Ar. fupplying Vl, make the fenfe complete, *• A wicked 
 veneration curfeth their father, &c." 
 
 12. Our Saviour defcribes the hypocrite's in terms very fimilar. Matt, 
 xxiii. 27. 
 
 \V\T\ 2 MSS. but the true reading feems to be pm^ part. Fah. 
 
 13. 1JD*1 na. " Rather furely, lohofe eyes are lofty » na being a re- 
 lative undeclined." Durelj. But perhaps we fliould read iai Q"), '* vvh^fe 
 eyes are highly exalted." i. e. With pride. 
 
 14. vmybno i6 MSS. more regular. This verfe might perhaps be 
 more properly divided into four lines, (See Kennicott's Collat. in verfes 
 
 &c. in 
 
 &.C. NOT 
 
 &;c. "JIDK*? or '73n'7 
 
 &c. IKI 
 
 15. " The horfeleach hath two daughters, crying, give, give," " Duo 
 hsc verba, affer, affer, ejus filias allegorice appellat, quod haec velut ex 
 fe gignat." Merc. Hunt, &c. And might not this proverbial faying have 
 arifen from the horfeleach being 2x1. hieroglyphic al emblem among the Egyp- 
 tians with thefe words ifl'uing out of its mouth to denote the infatiable 
 craving of the covetous man, whom Agur pointedly aims at in this and 
 the following verfe ? But Bochart, followed by Houb. underftanding 
 deftiny to be intended here, makes the two daughters to be the^r^-u^and 
 deJiriiBion ; which, as Hunt obfervcs, feems to want foundation. ** The 
 horfeleach is !uft, its two daughters avarice, and ambition," Calmet. 
 
 " Senfus
 
 C 48/ ] 
 
 ** Senfus eft, cupiditatis, quae velut fanguifuga quaedam eft, duse funt filise, 
 imo tres, feu potius quatuor, quag nunquam fatiantur." Menoch. And 
 Hodgfon rendering ♦riJJ^, iterant, and lupplying D, gives this fenfe of 
 the words, " As the progeny of the horjeleach cry ever, give, give—fo 
 are there three things, ivhich never are fatisjied—yea, Gff." 6. & Ar. read 
 trViy for 'nsr. in ift 66 MSS. uniformly i and 13 with all the verfions 
 nilKI, " even four." 
 
 16. All thefe comparifons are very applicable to the avaricious man. 
 Dm. Hodgfon makes this word to fignify the Gier, or Vulture Eagle, 
 (See Lev. xi. i8.) " The grave, and the ravenous Gier Eagle." But if 
 with others we underftand it of the ivoml>, inftead of nVV, or as 6 MSS. 
 yi^V, we ftiould probably read "ilW part Pah. See Calaf. " Immenfum 
 eft in Jierilibus fceminis concipiendi defiderium, ut ex Rachele difcimus." 
 Cartw. " Sed malim ad mulieres incontinentes referre, quarum libido non 
 expletur." Merc. But fee Patrick and others on this, and the foregoing 
 verfe. 
 
 •' The earth which is not filled with water." i. e. In thofe hot 
 countries. 
 
 17. " nnj?''? radice caret in facris ufitata, eft tamen Ar. 'pi, admonuit." 
 Merc. '* M.2iirQmfenefcentem, fic omnes veteres praeter Vulg. quibus ob- 
 fequimur. vid. Caftel. in np*?." Houb. Hunt fuppofes them to have 
 read DJpT. See xxiii. 22. But as 33 MSS. read DT\[h, and one at firft 
 nnp'j, this is probably the right reading, " and defpileth the inJlruBion 
 of the mother." Vulg. reads r)*T*7, " /'^r/ww matris fuse." mm 40 MSS. 
 and 7 'my. This is a kind of hex talionis, 
 
 18. D'DVT. As 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c Ar. have not the affix, which is un- 
 neceflary, Tsvy feems to be the right reading, 
 
 19. " T^he way of a man with a maid." Or, as the words may be ren- 
 dered,' *• The way of a man in a maid" Which may be underftood of the 
 formation of the /^/«j in the womb. See Pf. cxxxix. 14—16. •* Tan- 
 git facer fcriptor hominis conceptum multis modis mirabilem*" Houb. 
 
 And
 
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 Aiid Lyranus, &c. underftand it of the conception of Chrijl in the Vir- 
 gin. " Via viri, &c. funt artes quibus juvenes alliciunt virgines & fal- 
 lunt." Marian. &c. *• Significat hic incerta efle virginis, aut corruptee, 
 indicia." Grot. But fee Calovius, &c. on riDbV, Ifai. vii. 14. 6. & Syr. 
 read D'Dl'7Vl> or VDl'?^!, in jwventutey or in juventute fua. See Cartw. alfo. 
 
 20. " She wipeth her mouth." " Vide quam cafte Scriptura exprimit 
 res impuriflimas." Gejer. 
 
 21. Houb. with 37 MSS. \dh\L\ or as one MS. rwh\i!. See verfe 29. 
 
 22. " For afervant li-hen he reigneth." The greateft jlaves, when in 
 power, become the greateft tyrants. 
 
 2 J. " For an odious ivor/ian when Jhe is married." Rather, " lahen Jlie 
 gains the authority." " Cum plures haberent uxores, neceffe fuit ut una 
 carior efTet, altera autem dicebatur exofa ; qux fi amorem mariti concilia- 
 ret, turn ilia reliquis intolerabilis exflitit, ob priores ejus contumelias." 
 Cartw. & Hunt. 
 
 Rather with Hunt according to 6. Syr. & Ar. " lohen flie cajleth out 
 her miftrefs." i. e. Ufurps her place ; and for this fenfe of ty-|» fee Buxt. 
 
 24. Would it not be better to read DHn VlIK for DH nvmK ? See 
 Exod. ii, ir, &c. Rather with Vulg. " but they are wiler than the wife." 
 
 25. See vi, 6. 
 
 26. " Ihe conies, &c." " Ihe mountain mice." Boch. &cc. But fee 
 Pf. civ. 18. 
 
 27. \*jfn. " Collegia, I. e. a^minatim ad fruges excidendas, quafi ducem 
 haberet." Merc. See Syr. alfo, and Ch. Hunt from Ar. renders thus, 
 " The locuft hath no king, but goeth forth to battle by the advice of the 
 luhole army" Durell, " yet they go forth all of them to plunder." " Una- 
 quceque fibi dividens, nempe prsdam & fpolia bellica." Boch. But as 
 6 MSS. read \^T\, perhaps for ib^ we fliould read alfo 'b ^D, " but he 
 goeth forth, cutting down every thing for himfelf." See Joel ii. 3, and 
 Numb. xxxi. i^. 
 
 28. n'CDT. Bochart, &c. following 6. (Sc Syr. make this to be a kind 
 of Lizard, not a Spider ; and another word being ufed for the Spider 
 
 elfewherc
 
 ■ C 489 ] 
 
 elfewhere may favor this opinion ; though the Lion is defcribed by fix 
 different words. See xxvl. 13. 
 
 Syr. & Ar. read T\'''l''1y " with her hands." " Manus vocat pedes, 
 quibus is pro manibus utitur." Grot. A friend, referring to i Kings vii. 
 35. propofes this fenfe of the text, " in the corners^' Which anfwers 
 very well to the Spider. 
 
 29. MSS. II read 'n'D'D in the 2d place, conformably to the firft ; 
 but 6. Syr. Vulg. 6c Ar. read 2'tD'?3 ; and this Hemiftich might perhaps 
 be better rendered, *' and the fourth is graceful in walking." 
 
 30. " 'The Lion." i. e. The <jA/ Lion which has a very majeftic appear- 
 ance, and is never daunted. See Pifc. &c. 
 
 31. CD'ina "I'nr. By thefe words have been underftood the Hound, the 
 Cock, the Leopard, the Bee, and the Horfe ; to the laft of which they 
 correfpond befl. But as they feem to be only defcriptive of an animal, 
 which had been probably mentioned before, perhaps "ilti^ from its fimili- 
 tude to the following v\ford may have been dropped, ♦* The Ox girt in 
 the Loyns ;" alluding to its great ftrength. See xiv. 4. This beafl. for 
 its lingular utility was in high eftimation among the Ifraelites. See Deut. 
 xxxiii. 17. Houb. fupplies nfi*2n, " G alius gallinaceus accindtus lum- 
 bos." But it is doubtful whether this word fignifies A Cock, and the 
 conftrudion requires a mafc. Noun. 
 
 ty»n "IK. One MS. and another at firft with Houb. {y»m, which is evi- 
 dently right. Houb. adds \VCi ♦Jfi'? "ibn. " Hircus cum quadam pompa 
 incedit turn cum barbae & fexus fiducia prsit gregem, vid. i^lian. vii. 26." 
 Boch. 
 
 DIpbN. Several MSS. of both Collat. read tlllp ^N feparately, which 
 is probably right ; and for the different fenfes fee Poole. Perhaps they 
 might bear this conftrudion, " and a king at the Jl ending, ox rifmg, of 
 his people." i. e. When he appears in ftate, and they prefent themfelves to 
 do him homage. 6. Ar. & Syr. probably read lOVO laiK, " and a 
 king talking with his people" Houb. reads IDj; Dy "iVn, ** et rex gra- 
 diens cum populofuo." 
 
 6 K 32. The
 
 C 490 ] 
 
 32. The parallel pailages, and the Verf. fupply tD^t^, or rather O^, 
 (Seejobxxi. 5. xl. 4. Mic. vii. 16.) or mn, (See Houb. and Ifai. xi. 8.) 
 and as 6. Syr. Ar. 6c Ch. omit O at the beginning of the next verfe, 
 the D fhould be probably annexed to DSh, Syr. Ch. & Vulg. reading 
 the affix, '* lay the hand upon thy mouth." Durell according to the text, 
 " kt the hand be upon the mouth." 
 
 33. If thefe words be conneded with the forn:ier, and O be retained, 
 it fliould be rendered, " For, &c." See Patrick. But perhaps \'»D O 
 is written for \"03, " As the churning, iac—fo the forcing, &;c." " 1 hie 
 fupplet vicem tS \2, Jic" Gejer. See xvii. 14, 8cc. Tliis verfe contains a 
 rolyptoton, an antanaclafi?, and an anaphora. See Gejer. 
 
 CHAP. XXXI. 
 
 V. I. "JKID*?. Grotius underftands hereby Hezechias. Patrick a prince of 
 fome i^/Z/^T country. " Acquiefcimus in hodierna fcriptura, ut fignificetur 
 rex aliquis, qui regnaret in Mejfa, regione ad Judaes Orientalem plagam 
 fita. vid. Gen. x. 29. Convenit enim in orationis feriem, ut fit KE'D 
 nomen proprium." Houb. But Mercer, &c. fuppofe it to be Solomon t 
 and as Syr. reads bNIS, and 6. *7ND, and this word is read differently in 
 verfe 4th by 6. & Ar. perhaps the true reading is iVo^KDV, " The 
 words of the King from God, which his mother taught him." *? being 
 ufed for the fign of the genitive cafe, as in many of the titles of the 
 Pfalmsj and Solomon might be juftly ftiled, a King from God, as he was 
 deftined for the kingdom of Ifrael from the womb. See 2 Sam. xii. 24, 
 25. " Aiunt Hebraei Salomonem fuiffe oStinominem." Grot. See alfo 
 Merc, and Epifcop. Some one obferving that it makes every thing 
 confiftent, propofes reading Vk IStf, " the words of his mother to the 
 king." One MS. of great antiquity omits Kt^tt with Ar. See xxx. i. 
 
 2. The firft line of this verfe being defeftive, perhaps "^V inK have 
 been dropped, " What Jhall I fay unto thee, my fon ?" See Merc. &c, 
 6. probably read maOT), & Ar. m^*?. It is obfervable that na, re- 
 peated
 
 C 49i ] 
 peated here three times, is found no where elfe through the whole book, 
 which favors the opinion of thofe, who think this and the preceding 
 chapter a later compofition. Vulg. probably reads nn, & in j but the 
 beloved of my vows is a very unufual expreffion, and there is no MS. 
 authority for reading p, or ii, as the word was written before the in- 
 vention of the final letters j though there is a remarkable inftance of T 
 being written for J in the word nysmD^J. See Jer. xxi. 2, &c. and 
 Pf. ii. 12. 
 
 " And what the Jon of my vows ?" The fon of her unlawful commerce 
 being dead, BathJJiehah might well conceive hopes that this born in wed- 
 lock might arrive to the kingdom, and in confequence of this expedta- 
 tion, fhe might make many pious vows unto God, fhould he be pre- 
 ferved to hcrj and this advice might be given to Solomon on his entrance 
 on the regal office. See i Kings i, 11 — 40. 
 
 3. The pernicious confequences of luft had been exemplified in the 
 perfon of his father. See 2 Sam. xii. 10. and fhe might difcover his 
 tendency to this finful paffion. mno'? TDmv " Nos partim ex Ch. partim 
 ex Vulg. min"? TtyD"n, " et dhitias tuas fiUabus regum." Houb. Mr. 
 Bradley conjedures DVPIDV, " for the meats of kings." See Syr. But 
 as one MS. has in upon a rafure, if any alteration is neceffary, perhaps 
 mob might be better, ** nor thy ways to the death of kings." See ii. 
 18. DOVo 5 MSS. See verfe 4. 
 
 4. For bNlD*? perhaps we fhould read bNlj"?, *' It is not for kings to 
 a£i fooUflily." 6. & Ar. probably read *7iyfl "70, '* Do every thing with 
 advice." What they read in the beginning of this and the next line is 
 uncertain, Notwithflanding feveral MSS. of both collations read 'N for 
 IK, the grammatical conftrudtion requires that we fhould read with Du- 
 rell niK, or niK, and for mii', either with him mntJ^, or with 2 MSS. nnc, 
 •• it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to covet ftrong drink." 
 i. e. To excefs. But fee Poole. 
 
 5. Syr. & Ch. read the verbs in the 2d perf. fing. 6. Ar, & Vulg. 
 in the 3d perf. plur. But reading with 4 MSS. & Syr. pplDD, every 
 
 thing
 
 C 492 ] 
 
 thing is fet right, ** Left the lawgiver drink and forget,— and pervert the 
 judgment of all the fons of afflidion." 
 
 6. Not to intoxicate, but to cheer the drooping fpirits. See Bayn. in 
 Poole and Pf. civ. 15. But Mr. Wintle thinks, " that nsty here has a 
 reference to the intoxicating draught that was ufually adminiftered by 
 the Jews to a man juft ready to fuffer death, to the bitter of foul at 
 the point of fuffering by the hands of the executioner, in order to make 
 his departure more eafy. See Matt, xxvii. 34, &c. Thus the 2d claufe 
 will be explanatory of the former." See alfo Q^ in Merc, on laiK*?, in 
 Poole. 
 
 7. -lor' 3 Mss. 
 
 8. None of the Verf. befides the Vulg. read D'^nV j 6. & Ar. read 
 D♦^'7^? with fome other word. Perhaps the true reading is DmVk"?, 
 " Open thy mouth before the Judges — for the judgment of all the fons 
 of deftruftion." i. e. Thofe who deferve it. See Buxt. — fjlbn. " Potius 
 nD''7n, filii vicijptudinis. i. e. ii qui humanarum rerum viciflitudines ex- 
 periuntur." Houb. 
 
 9. One MS. of note reads iDIStS', which may be confidered as the infin. 
 " Open thy mouth to judge righteoufly." 
 
 10. As nothing is fo effedual to prevent ^ young maris, and efpecially 
 a young king's, falling into the moft dangerous vice to youth, which the 
 3d verfe is a caution againft, as a ivife and virtuous wife ; the remainder 
 of the chapter, confifting of 22 verfes, difpofed in alphabetical order for 
 the fake of preferving in memory a point of the greatefl; importance in 
 life, is employed in giving the charadier and defcription of fuch a perfon. 
 See Grot. &c. 
 
 •* b'n proprie eft viri, & militare robur fonat ; hic ad faminam trans- 
 fertur virili animo & virtute infignem." Merc. And the Greek proverb 
 feems to be borrowed hence, r^aixo; e(^S^?; imrvx^'iv « paJioy. See Grot, and 
 xii. 4. — p"in"l1 35 MSS. See Calaf. Cone. & iii. 15. 
 
 11. " And he will have no need offpoil, or rather prey." i. e. Perhaps, 
 he will not want any commerce with other women, alluding to David's 
 
 adultery 
 
 I
 
 [ 493 ] 
 adultery with Bathfhebah, which is beautifully illuftrated in Nathan's 
 parable. See the word in this fenfe, Juclg. v. 30. 
 
 12. This may fignify her return of conjugal fidelity. 
 
 13. An eminent example .of domeftic care and induflry. n'SDl feems 
 to be the right reading. See 6. & Ar. — Syr. reads ni'Syvm, which favors 
 the text. 
 
 14. All the Verf. read in the fing. n'iJ<, " She is as the merchant's 
 Jhip — which bringeth her food from far." i. e. Like that, flie is ftored 
 
 with every neceflary and conveniency. 
 
 15. For f)'iD in the fenfe oi food fee Malac. iii, 10. 
 
 " And a portion to her maidens." i.e. " Penfum, five opus, illo die 
 peragendum." Merc. See 6. Syr. Ar. & Ch. pim 3 MSB, and 13 
 n^miyj*?, which are preferable. 
 
 16. riDDt. " Subdubitamus an olim legeretur ni3T, emit." Houb. All 
 the Verf. with 27 MSS. nVO:, " Jhe planteth a vineyard." But the text 
 may be in Fyh. " with the fruit of her hands a vineyard is planted." i. e. 
 ** Ex lanificio, Unificio, &c." Gejer. 
 
 17. n^nWlt 26 MSS. more regular. See Exod. xii. 11. &:c. 
 
 18. 6. Syr. Ch. & Ar, with 3 MSS. read nV% " and her candle, 
 &c." One MS. of note reads niDn, with Ar. '* and Pie extinguijiieth 
 not her candle by night." — n'?''?^ 31 MSS. which Houb. obferves is 
 more ufual in this book. 
 
 19. One MS. of great antiquity reads mti"01 for ma^Ol, and the 
 fenfe may be the fame. ** "\1lfO dicitur, quafi fufi direSiorium" Gejer. 
 
 20. The firft Hemiflich might perhaps be better rendered, '* She 
 flretcheth out her hand to the affliSied." Induftry is the handmaid to cha- 
 rity. See Ephef. iv. 28. 
 
 21. Better with Vulg. our Bib. Marg. Gejer. &c. " with double Gar- 
 ments." tyinS 40 MSS. 
 
 22. See vii. 16. The good houfewife not only fees that her fervants 
 work, but fets the example herfelf. 
 
 6 L 23. «♦ Her
 
 [ 494 ' ] 
 
 23. " Her hujhand is known in the gates." i. e. Is diftinguifhed from 
 other perfons of flate, when he fitteth in the gates, the place of judg- 
 ment, and of public refort, (See Pf. cxxvii. 5. Job xxix. 7.) by the 
 elegance and richnefs of his garments worked by her. See Fife, and xiv. 
 19. Pf. cxxvii, 5. '• If refpeSied in the ajjembly." Hodgfon. 
 
 24. Girdles were of fingular ufe in the Eajl to tye up their loofe gar- 
 ments. 
 
 ♦jyjDb', " to the merchant." *' Phcenices pofteri Canaan utpote maris 
 accola;, jam olim ex mercatura celebres erant. vid. Ifai. xxiii. 8." Merc. 
 
 niDom 19 Mss. . 
 
 25. More literally, " and jhe Jliall laugh at the time to come." " Ut 
 hyemem, aut tempus famis, aut calamitatis alterius j moris enim eft 
 Scriptura; appellate riders quod contemnas, nee reformides." Merc. I 
 once thought that pilJiTn might be written for "int^m, ** ^nd jlie looketh 
 carefully forward to a future day." Which is the ftrongeft proof of 
 prudence and difcretion. 
 
 26. Rather with Syr. " and on her tongue is the law of kindnefs." i. e. 
 engraved, alluding perhaps to the decalogue, Exod. xxxi. 18. 
 
 27. Rather, " and eateth not the bread of the idle" i. e. of the idle 
 loomen. mD'bn 3B MSS. with Houb. more regular, 
 
 28. As Durell obferves, the laft Hemiltich is too fliort, we muft 
 therefore fupply with him according to Ar, mvi> *' a7id her hulband 
 fraifeth her, and applaudeth her," Or with Merc, Ploub, &c. T^ Dp, 
 " Affurget ei vir ejus, &c." Or for n'^bn'l read n'jVn' TTH', " her huf- 
 band at the fame time praifeth her." See Jun. 6c Trem. Or perhaps add 
 -1?2Nn after nbb.T, *' her hulband /r^;7y2-M /^^r, and faith." See Durell on 
 verle 29. 
 
 30. One MS. at firft read HKT, timens. See Buxt. Religion and vir- 
 tue are the only true foundation of praife, and efteeni. This and the 
 following verfe are a general exhortation to women to cultivate the jjraccs 
 of the mi/id, rather than to Paidy fx/tv/w/ improvements, which are of 
 ihort duration. 
 
 31, The
 
 C 495 3 
 
 ^i. The Imperat. icem'=i here to be ufed for the fut. which is not un- 
 common, " // Jhall be given to her of the fruit of her hands." 5. e. 
 Virtue fhall be certainly rewarded. See iii. 4. 
 
 " And her works Jhall praife her in the gates." Rather perhaps, *' and 
 they Jhall praife her in the gates yor her works." The prepof. D having been 
 dropped through its ending the one word, and beginning the other, 6. 
 & Ar. read rhvi, and bbrw " and her hiifiand Jhall be praifed in the 
 gates." But we had nearly the fame expreffion in verfe 23 ; which 
 would hardly be repeated here. 
 
 I cannot conclude this attempt in more pertinent words than the 
 prayer of Caffiodorus, " quod ex iuo diximus, fufcipe Deus ; quod ex 
 nobis ignoranter protulimus, parce ; et perdue nos ad illam contemplatio- 
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