Psalms — Chapter 57
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Verse 1
occafion,and to the fame purpofe asthe former, (6) to exhort the iuftand innocentto patience, (c) by Dauids memorable example.
Verse 2
(d) Few arc fo wicked,but they fpeake and pretend iuft things:
Verse 3
(f) hands torge iniultice, . (e)But neither thinke wel,(f) nor doe wel,but both contrarie,which feyned fan- {étitie is double iniquitie.
Verse 4
finners that flatter and incite King Saul,feeme.to haue fpent al their lize from their infancie in malice. 5-T hey a OF PSALMES. rape ean we s. They haue furie according to the fimilitude of (bk) aferpent: as of tne afpe that is deafe, and ftoppeth his cares. — (h) Their furie is vnquiet , til they may wound the innocent with their poifonful fting, (4) neither wilthey harken to good admonitions, but {top their cares likean afpe , that layeth one eare clofe to the cround , & ftoppeth the other with his tafic.
Verse 7
(k) But God wil breake their cruel force , (1) though tt feemeth moft ftrong and anfuperable. { 8, They fhal cometo nothing as water running downe ; hehath (m) bent his bow til they be weakened, (m) Gods iuft dezermination of punishing the wicked ftil remaineth bent and readie, though execution be fome while differred. g. As (n) waxe that melreth , {hal they be taken away: (0) fyre hath falne on them,and they haue not feen the funne, (nm) That force and power which 1s now inuincible , hardand ftrong like a lions ftrongeft teeth, shal then be as impotent and fort aswaxe: (c) Gods wrath, like fre, the moft torcible element, shal fal vpon them,and they shal be caft into vtter darke- nes, depriued of the funne and al comfortable light. 10, Betore your (p) thornes did ynderf{tand the old bryar: as liuing fo in wrath he fwalloweth them, (p) Before their malice can bring to cffe@ the great mifchiefs which they -plotre and purpofe, God fuddainly curteth them off, before they tully vnderftand of either ficknes or death, cafteth.them as it were alinc into hel. 11, The iuft(q) shal reicyce whenhe fhal ice reucnge: he shal wash his chandsin the bloud.of a tinner. (q) The iuft reioyce in the punishment of the wicked for three caufes, firft in zele of iuftice , ‘conforming his wil and mind to Gods iudgement; fecondly , for that himfelte through Geds mercie hath efcaped that terrible demnation; thirdly , for that he isnow delivered trom moleftation, and continual tribulation. 12, And man fhal fay : If certes there be truite to the iuft: (r) thereisa God certes iudging them on the earth, (r) The iuft feeing ,or by faith knowing -what punishment remaineth for the wicked, is therby aflured that the good shal reape fruit for his wel-doing , and that in the meane time God ruleth and iudgeth onthe earth, though as yet it appearerh. not fo eujdently. presen 03 “PSAL ME poner wa Another prayer of Diuid in dan- ver, ines. key. TIO THE BOOR PSALME LVIITL Folie Dausd( being befteged invais owne honfe by men fent to kil him) confidently prayeth God to deliwer tim, 6, and al faithful nations.in Like danger: 7. and praifeth God.