againft in our Pfalter, our Liturgy, and our very Creed, are far enough from being faulty in themfelves, and have been thought fo by fome Men, merely because they do not underftand their own Tongue. I have always been of Opinion, That Ignorance, which is generally attended with Self-conceit, is the chief caufe of our Divifions among the common People; and that therefore one very proper ftep toward a Cure, would be the clear Knowledge of our own Language: For how can they poffibly be inform'd in greater Matters, before they are brought truly to understand English. ERRAT A Age 7. line 23. for admonishing read admonish. Page In the Marginal Notes upon the Pfalter. Pfalm 7. verfe 4. before betray'd, read if I have. 10. 9, 10. for ágrá1⁄2w г. áçπd Pf. 14. 10. for Tools r. Fools. Pf. 16. 5. for Idol r. Idols. PL. 26. 13. dele Parenthefis. Pf. 68. 27. after affords infert Pfal. 60.7. PL.74.3. for 6 r. 69. Pf. 75. 5,6. for waverling r. wanton. Pf. 78. 46. againft Lice in the Text r. Flies in the Margin. Pf. 84. 3. 1.11. after built, dele not. Ibid. 1.13. for but r. and Pf. 87.1.1.3, 4. dele See Notes in Vindication. Pf. 95.9.1.t. after of r. my Power, and demanded. Pf. 120.4. 1.4, 5. for fure r. bere. In the Defence of this Tranflation. The running Titles of the first 16 Pages thould be, A brief and general Defence. Page 3. 1. 2. for the r. thu. p. 6. 1. 44. for those r.thefe. p. 7. 25. dele and is exaggerate in the Hebrew. General Note 8. 1. 1o. dele Zain in the Hebrew. In Notes of Defence, Pfal. 22. ver. 32. after Note, for 5, t. 6. Pf. 42. 8. 1. 1. after For danis r. Munfter. Pf. 37. 16. for Vatablus r. Kimhi apud Muis: Pf. 52. 1. ult. r. pursue this fence. Pf.64. 8. r. So Pifcator, &c. after Cachinno. Ib. v. 9. 1. 2. after opus Dei r. Munfter. Pf. 66.2. l. 10. for of r. with. THE Pfalms of David EXPLAIN'D The First Day. Morning Prayer. This Pfalm is a proper Preface to the rest, fhewing that Happiness is the End of good Men, but that Mifery attends the Wicked. B Beatus vir, qui non abiit. Leffed is the Man that hath not [walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor ftood in the way of finners: and hath not fat in the feat of the fcornful.] 2. But his delight is in the law of the Lord and [in his law will he exercife himself day and night.] 3. And he fhall be like a tree planted by the water-fide: [that will bring forth his fruit in due feafon.] good Man fhall bring all his pious defigns 4. [His leaf alfo fhall not wither: and look whatsoever he doth, it shall profper.] Pfal. I. [Followed the Advice of wicked Men; much lefs continued in an evil courfe of Life: nor proceeded fo far as to become a Companion to those who fcoff and jeft at Religion.] 2 [He will continualthe study and practice ly employ himfelf in of this Law.] 3 [For as fuch a Tree always anfwers the hopes of the Planter in bringing forth fuch Fruit, and at fuch times as are proper; fo the to perfection.] 4 [As the Leaf of fuch a Tree in thɔfe warm Countries is ever green; fo the Actions of fuch a Man fhall never die: God fhall remember and reward them, if Man do not.] B S Scat 6*Stand in the Judgment,] that is, Be acquitted at the great Day of final Judgment; scattereth of the earth. away 6 Therefore the ungodly fhall not be able to *ftand in the judgment: neither the fin fo the word ftand] figners in [the_congregation of nifies again, Lu.xx1.36. the righteous.} The great Affembly of God and his Angels, and Saints, when they come to Judge the World,] 1 Cor. vi. 2. Jude 14, 15. 7[Takes notice of, and approves,] Hofea *Perish: viii.4. that is, End in disappointment. 7 But the Lord [knoweth] the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly fhall perifh. * A Pfalm of David, the first occafion whereof feems to have been the affault that was made upon his Perfon and Government, by the neighbouring Heathen Princes and States, 2 Sam. v. and viii. after he was fettled in the Kingdom both of Ifrael and Judah, and had taken the Hill of Sion, 2 Sam. v. 7. But further under the Hiftory of David, it contains a most illuftrious Prophecy of Chrift. Quare fremuerunt gentes? Pfal. II. [Conrrive, Devife.] Sce Vocabulary, 3+Bonds and Cords] fignify that Tyranny and Slavery with which the neighbouring Prin WHY do the heathen fo furiously rage together: and why do the people [imagine] a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth ftand up, and the rulers take counfel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed. 3 Let us break their * bonds afunder: and caft away their *cords from us. ces threatned David and his Subjects: Our Tranflators fuppofed that this Verfe is the Speech of David and his People, and there fore fore they do not fupply [faying] as the other Tranflators have done at the end of the former Verfe. Dr. Ham. approves of this. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven, [fhall laugh them to fcorn: the Lord fhall have them in derifion.] S 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his fore difpleafure. 6 [Yet have I fet my king upon my holy hill of Sion.] him into poffeffion of Sion, which is Glory at the right-hand of the Majefty fhall hereafter be exalted.] 7 * I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath faid unto me: Thou art my Son, *this day have I begotten thee. 4 [Shall defpife them; and our Lord fhall expofe them to the contempt of others.] the Kingdom to David, 6 [I have eftablifh'd (fays God) by putting a Type of that Throne of on high, to which Chrift 7 I will preach the Law,] that is, I David will publish the Divine Law or Decree. See the word [preach] in Vocab. Whereof the Lord hath faid unto me: that is, Concerning which the Lord hath spoken to me, faying, Thou art my Son. All Kings are called the Children of God, Pfal. lxxxii. 6. David was fo in an especial manner, lxxxix. 28. Chrift is the Son of God in the moft eminent and ftrict fenfe. This Day.] If understood of David, muft fignify the time when he took Sion from the Jebusites, when he was effectually confirm'd in his Kingdom; for the Day of Princes acceffion to the Throne, or their Coronation, was by the Ancients call'd the Birth-day of the Empire. When apply'd to Chrift, we are thereby to understand the Day of his Rifing from the dead, Ads xiii. 33. Rom. i. 4. 8 Defire of me, and I fhall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmoft parts of the earth for thy poffeffion. 9 Thou shalt bruife them with a [rod] of iron: and break them in pieces like a potters veffel. B 2 8 and 9 Verses are the fpeech of God to David, and in him to Chrift, to whom they tends itself over all 10 judges] 10 Judges the Hebrews, Tyrians, &c.call'd all fupreme Magiftrates and Generals, Fudges. See Grotius's preface to the Book of Judges. 12 *Kifs: that is, Pay Homage to him by kiffing him, 1 Sam. x. I. * Perish from the right way is a Hebrew Phrafe which feems to be of the fame fignification with that Deut. xxxii. 10 Be wife now therefore, Oye kings: be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. * II Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoyce unto him with re verence. 12* Kifs the Son, left he be angry, and fo ye * perish from the right way: if his wrath be kindled (yea, but a little) bleffed are all they that put their truft in him. 28. viz to perish from Counsel, which is there rendred juftly by our Tranflators to be [void of Counsel;] And by parity of Reafon this fignifies the fame thing here, to be void of good Counsel, or to know not what to do. A Pfalm of David when he fled from Abfalom his Son, 2 Sam. xv. 14, &c. Domine, quid multiplicati? Pfal. III. 3 Worship: that is, my Honour, and Glory, the God from whom I receive all my Power Ord, how are they increased that trouble me: many are they that rife against me.". 2 Many one there be that fay of my foul: There is no help for him in his God. But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my *worship, and the lifter up of my head. and Succefs, and to whom I afcribe all the Honour of it. See [Worship] in Vocabulary. Viz. Sion,where God did in a peculiar manner refide, and which was a Type of Heaven. 4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and he heard me out of his holy hill. † S 6 I will not be afraid for ten thou |