Psalms — Chapter 144
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Verse 2
(kj Sing praife & thankes to thee (1) Thy Goodnes, which agreeth to thy name. PSALME LII, The general ' . . - . . [sdyement. = AS inthe thirteenth Pfalme Chrifts Incarnation is prophecied , after that finne Tae 9 key. abounded inte world : fo here ss foreshewed tha: after general wickednes,5. Chrift wil come to mdge tae bad, 7. and deliuer the good. _Vnrothe end, for (4) Maeleth , (b) vnderftandings of Dauid. (4) Weakenes, or mourning. (6) S.Auguftin expounderh this Pfalmeras an inftru- . Gionto thofe that fuffer perfecution and iniuries , efpecially neere thc end of the world, H « foole hath faid in his hare: There is no God. z, They arecorrupt, and become abominable in iniquities: there is not that doth good, ,3.God hath looked forth from heauen , vpon the children of men : to fee _if there be that vnderitandeth, or feeketh after God,
Verse 4
Generation and generation fhal prayfethy works: andthey shal pro- nounce thy power, ;
Verse 5
They shal fpeakethe magnificence ofthe glorie of thy holines:and shal ae] thy meruelous workes.
Verse 6
(e) Of wonderful and miraculous things, which ftrike terrour into mens minds. 7.They fhal veer the memoric of the aboundanc eof thy fweetnes:and in thy iuftice they fhal reioyce, 8.Our Lord is pitiful and merciful:patient and very merciful, g. Our Lord is {weete to al: and his ( f ) commiferations are ouer al his. works, (t') The effects of Gods mercie inredeeming,and recalling finners , are cmineat” aboueal other workes. ro Let althy works , oLord,confeffeto thee: and let thy (¢) Saints bleffe thee, (g ) Therfore the fanétified hane fpecial caufe to praife God. .
Verse 11
tothe children of men: and the glorie of the magnificence or thy kingdom,
Verse 13
but much more the trium- { phant which 1s eternal. { 14.” Our Lord is faithful in al his words,and holie in al his works,
Verse 14
This verse is not now in the ordinarie Hebrew text, and therefore either the same is defectiue or else this Psalme should seeme not to be composed in a perfect Alphabet in the fountaine tongue. For here it wanteth the letter Nun. But seeing S. Ierome counteth this one of the foure Alphabetical Psalmes, omitting the other three which consist of vnperfect Alphabets, it is very probable that this verse was once in the Hebrew text, as it is both in Greeke and Latin. Whereby amongst other places appeareth that there is no certaintie to correct the Greeke or Latin Bible by the Hebrew which is now extant, but rather by them that may be supplied which the Hebrew wanteth.