111

rowing one of the 's from the next Word (which may be fpared) and render AND THEY WHO HATE US SPOIL US UNTO DEATH: or one of the n's may well be fuppofed to have dropt, if three concurred. The next Verse and V. 22. feem to prove this to be the true Lection.

[ מאכל

V. 11. Thou hast given us like Sheep appointed for Meat: 183 n Being now reduced to read, the Imperative, the Conftruction must be — MAKE US then MEAT LIKE SHEEP. The Senfe is hereby more emphatical; and is exactly parallel to that Paffage in Hofea, where he fays GIVE THEM (O Lord) a mifcarrying Womb, and dry Breafts. IX. 14. with only this Difference; that the Imperative is here used for the Preter, and there for the Future. This Place may also be confidered as ironical; like that well known Sarcasm in Eccl. XI. 9. Rejoice, O young Man, &c.

- and haft fcattered us among the Heathen.

-a[ ובגוים זריתנו :

ther SINCE THOU HAST CAST US AWAY AMONG THE HEA

THEN. The copulative Particle is here used as Gen. XV. 2. Ruth.I.21. and the Verb as Ifa. XXX. 22.

WITHOUT GAIN.

V. 12. Thou felleft thy People for nought]
and doft not increafe thy Wealth by their Price.

Rather [במחיריהם :

V. 16. For the Voice

in the next Period.

AND DOST NOT PROFIT BY &c.

V.23.caft us not off for ever. TURN NOT AWAY FOR EVER:

ולא רבית

Rather [מקול

[אל תזנח לנצח

דבקה לארץ בטננו :

[ קומה עזרמה לנו

V. 25. -our Belly cleaveth unto the Earth. Rather OUR BODY. See the Note, Pf. XXXI. 9.

- ARISE,

V. 26. Arife for our Help: ] Rather BE THOU OUR HELP: for the fecond Perfon of the Preter admits of the paragogic.

PSALM XLV.

[רחש לבי דבר טוב

V. 1. My Heart is inditing a good Matter; — ab wnn] Rather, I think --- MY HEART MEDITATES A GOOD SUBJECT: for 2 has a very extenfive Signification. This Pfalm feems to be an Epithalamium

Epithalamium on Solomon's Marriage with the Egyptian Princess. Thus
Claudian, Junonis thalamos audaci promere cantu
Mens congefta jubet.

I fpeak of the Things which I have made touching the King: TSN TON] Rather perhaps I WILL ADDRESS MY COM

POSITION TO THE KING. ·

[לשוני עט

my Tongue is the Pen - ] Rather

-as THE PEN.

- גבור הודך והדרך

V. 3. Gird thy Sword upon thy Thigh, O moft mighty, with thy Glory and thy Majefty.] This latter Hemistic — ought I think to be thus rendered-O thou MIGHTY IN THY GLORY AND THY MAJESTY.

V. 4.

because of Truth, and Meekness, and Righteousness:

A

A Perfon not acquainted with the Genius of [דבר אמת וענוה צדק

gy the Hebrew would doubtlefs conclude that the copulative Particle before the laft Word had been omitted by the Negligence of Tranfcribers. But when we find innumerable Paffages, where, when three Words are united in a Sentence as in this Place and V. 8, the Copula is conftantly affixed to the fecond, inftead of the third, what other Conclufion can be drawn, but that this is an Idiom? Qu. therefore, whether in all fuch Cafes the Particle might not properly be removed in a Verfion from the fecond to the third Place?

V. 5. Thine Arrows are sharp in the Heart of the King's Enemies: whereby the People fall under thee. "D"

חציך שנונים עמים תחתיך

There is no Pafiage in Scripture that can juftify [בלב אויבי המלך :

fuch an extraordinary Tranfpofition of the Words as that which we have before us in our Verfion. All the ancient Verfions read as we now do and each Hemiftic feparately conveys a clear and diftinct Senfe, thus --- THINE ARROWS PENETRATE INTO THE PEOPLE UNDER THEE: THE KING'S ENEMIES FAIL IN HEART. See

in this Senfe, Deut.VI. 7,8. and the fame Phrase, 1 Sam. XVII.32. 8 b bobs - Let no Man's Heart fail: see alío Neh. VI. 16.

V. 8. All thy Garments smell of Myrrh, and Aloes, and Caffia,

ought not the Verb Subftantive rather . [ואהלות קציעות כל בגדתיך

Qu.

to be here fupplied with the Prepofition 2, thus - -MYRRH, ALOES, AND CASSIA are in ALL THY GARMENTS? The Order of the Words favours this Conjecture.

out of the Ivory Palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

מן

-This Place ought I think to be rendered [מן היכלי שן מני שמחוך :

brought ouT OF THE IVORY WARDROBES, IN ORDER TO PLEASE
THEE. For no Palace was ever I believe built of Ivory; and here are
more than one supposed to be mentioned. Whereas a Wardrobe, orna-
mented with Ivory, might not improperly be called by this Name; in
the fame manner as we call a Repofitory for Things of great Value by
the Name of Cabinet. In this Senfe I understand what is faid of the
Ivory Houfe, which Ahab made, 1 Kings XXII. 39. For n'a, a Houfe,
is used for "a Place, or Cafe, wherein any Thing lieth, is contained,
or laid up," as Taylor well obferves. Ezekiel gives the Name of House
to CHESTS of rich Apparel. Ch. XXVII. 24. So does Euripedes,
- εκ δ' ελάσα κεδρίνων δόμων

Επητα, κοσμοντ' ευπρεπως ήσκησατο.

And Homer makes ufe of a Word of the fame Sound and Signification
to express this Idea, (whence fome think that are derived from

(היכלי

Ηδ' αρ' εφ' υψηλης σανιδος βη, ενθαδε χηλοι

Εςασαν, εν δ' apa moi Fuadra sμатa neтo. Odyf. Lib. XXI.
τησι Рисобка рата кито.
As to dwelling Houses; the most I think we can fuppofe in regard to
them is, that they might have Ornaments of Ivory, as they fometimes
have of Gold, Silver, or other precious Materials: thus Homer,

δωματα ηχήεντα

Χρυσε τ', ηλεκτροτε, και αργυρό, ηδ' ελέφαντος.

V. 11. for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him. 7978 817 S
with the old Verfion

Rather [והשתחוי לו:

THOU HIM.

AND REVERENCE

V. 12. And the Daughter of Tyre shall be there with a Gift, even the rich among the People fhall intreat thy Favour. na 3 a

Rather [פניך יחלו - עשירי עם:

- יחל - ועשירי

AND THE DAUGHTER OF
TYRE SHALL INTREAT THY FAVOUR WITH HER GIFT, EVEN
THE RICH AMONG THE PEOPLE. I read here
For the Verfe cannot be well conftrued, if this Lection be not admit-
ted. For the Riches of the Tyrian Merchants, see Isa. XXIII. 8.
Ezek. XXVII. throughout.

Rather [פנימה

כבודה בת מלך

V. 13. The King's Daughter is all glorious within ; — na 1712) THE KING'S DAUGHTER is GLORIOUS in HER COUNTENANCE, OF IN HER OUTWARD APPEARANCE; which Sense would better fuit the next Hemiftic, as well as the whole Context: for mental Accomplishments are not touched upon. See 5 thus used, Pf.XI.7.

PSALM XLVI.

V. 3. Though the Waters thereof roar, and be troubled : 11] Rather, I think

זהמן

LET THE WATERS THEREOF

ROAR; LET THEM BE TROUBLED.

PSALM XLVII.

V.7. For God is the King of all the Earth; fing ye Praifes with

אלהים זמרו משכיל :. .Underftanding Rather [כי מלך כל הארץ

SING YE A

FOR HE IS THE KING OF ALL THE EARTH: SING
PSALM to GOD. I render, a Pfalm, because it is a common
Title to several of the Pfalms, and feems to denote one of a particular
Kind, which cannot now be ascertained. See XXXII, XLII, XLIV, &c.
and the concluding Note on the Titles.

V. 9. The Princes of the People are gathered together, even the People of the God of Abraham: for the Shields of the Earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

כי נדיבי עמים נאספו - עם אלהי אברהם Rather - THE PRINCES OF THE [לאלהים מגני ארץ - מאד נעלה :

PEOPLE ARE GATHERED BEFORE THE GOD OF ABRAHAM:
THE RULERS OF THE EARTH are THE LORD's, who Is GREATLY
EXALTED. y is thus rendered, 1 Sam. II. 21. 2 Sam. VI. 7. 1 Kings
XV. 14. and 12, Hof. IV. 18.

V. 5. They faw it, and fo they marvelled, they were troubled, and

Rather - THEY [המה ראו כן - תמהו נבהלו נחפזו: .bafted away

SAW it was SO; THEY WERE TROUBLED, THEY WERE TERRI-
FIED, THEY HASTED AWAY. An Afyndeton, and a fine Climax..

V. 7. Thou breakeft the Ships of Tarshish with an Eaft Wind.

-Tarbie is frequently mentioned in Scrip [קדים תשבר אניות תרשיש :

ture; and various are the Places which are fuppofed to be meant by it but it is clear to me that it was a City in Spain. For Strabo fays that Tartaus in Spain was a Place of great Wealth, and that the Phoenicians poffeffed it. The fame Author, Ariftotle, Pliny, and Po

lybius,

lybius obferve, that it produced Silver, Tin, Iron, and Lead; to which Aristotle adds, that the Phoenicians traded to Tartaffus for Silver. And we read in Ezekiel, XXVII. 12. Tarfhifh was thy Merchant by reafon of the Multitude of all kinds of Riches: with Silver, Iron, Tin, and Lead, they traded in thy Fairs. Polybius fays, that the Carthaginians were not to fail beyond Tagonov, and Stephanus, that Taponov was a City near the Straits of Gibraltar.

Rather [כשמך אלהים כן תהלתך - על קצוי ארץ :

V. 10. According to thy Name, O God, fo is thy Praife unto the Ends of the Earth: -: --- AS THY NAME is, so is THY PRAISE, UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

V. 14. For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our

כי זה אלהים אלהינו – עולם ועד הוא ינהגנו .Guide even unto Death [ (על מות :

b)] Rather-FOR GOD HIMSELF IS OUR GOD; HE WILL BE OUR GUIDE FOR EVER AND EVER. has this Senfe, Judg.V. 5. I pass over the two last Words, not only because the Pfalm is complete without them, but because I am perfuaded they do not belong to it. They are not acknowledged by any of the ancient Verfions, except the Syriac and there they may have been taken from the Title of the next Pfalm, which it has in common with fome others; fee Pf. XLVI.

V. 5.

Rather [ עקבי יסבני :

when the Iniquity of my Heels fhall compafs me about? when THE INIQUITY OF THOSE THAT SUPPLANT ME COMPASSETH ME ABOUT? No Idea can be fixed to the Wickedness of the Heels; whereas 'apy is the regular Participle present from py, To fupplant, deceive, or trip up the Heels of another..

לעולם

V.8. and it ceaseth for ever. :by S] Thefe Words are I think improperly connected with those that immediately precede, viz. For the Redemption of their Soul (or of his Soul, according to the old Verfions) is precious. Thofe ought I think to make Part of the foregoing Verse, and the next Verfe begin with thefe, thus . BUT HE WILL CEASE FOR EVER, THOUGH HE WOULD LIVE TO ETERNITY, AND NOT SEE CORRUPTION. The Verb fignifies to be in a State of utter Ceflation; to be lifeless, or dead. Ifa. XXXVIII. 11. Pf. XXXIX. 4.