THEIR PEACE OFFERINGS A TRAP: the Verb being understood from the preceding Claufe. This is the usual Sense of ; which in the Text appears to have the redundant; and the Targum omits it: and Table being mentioned feems to determine for that Signification. For it was usual after these Sorts of Sacrifices to feaft upon fome Parts of the Victims. Here we have an Antiptofis. See Job. XXX. 31.

V. 26.

and they talk to the Grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

Aloft all the ancient Verfions read here [ואל מכאוב חלליך יספרו :

150' — AND THEY ADD TO THE GRIEF &c. which is a better Reading, and adopted by our old Verfion.

V. 27. Add Iniquity to their Iniquity: Day by jy man] Qu. ought not to be tranflated, THE PUNISHMENT OF INIQUITY, as in the Margin, and Lam. IV. 6. 1 Sam. XXVIII. 10. or an rendered SUFFER INIQUITY TO BE ADDED?

V. 31. - a Bullock that hath Horns and Hoofs.] i. e. that is of full Age for Sacrifice, which was three at leaft; So Virgil, Ecl. III. V. 87. Fam cornu petat, et pedibus qui fpargat arenam.

And Juvenal, Sat. XII. V.7.

Quippe ferox vitulus, templis maturus et aræ,
Spargendufque mero, quem jam pudet ubera matris
Ducere, qui vexat nafcenti robora cornu.

V. 32. The humble fhall fee this, and be glad: and your Heart fhall live that feek God.

[ראו ענוים - ישמחו דרשי אלהים - ויחי לבבכם:

Rather THE HUMBLE SHALL SEE this

GOD SHALL REJOICE

; THEY THAT SEEK AND YOUR HEART SHALL LIVE.

Thus

V. 1. Make hafte, O God, to deliver me; yn b] There is clearly a Word wanting in this Hemiftic. Now the Word of the Title, which immediately precedes, is very obfcure and feems redundant, viz. in; it might perhaps be a Mistake for 1, REMEMBER: or the Word omitted may have been , be pleafed, as Pf.XL.13.

PSALM
L M LXXI.

V. 15. for I know not the Numbers thereof. :17BD 'ny7' 85 >] V.15 feems to be a Miftake for DD, the Infinitive with the Affix,

and

and

ought to be rendered THOUGH (as Gen. VIII. 21. Exod. XIII.17.) viz. I CANNOT NUMBER THEM, i. e. the feveral Inftances of them.

V. 16. I will go in the Strength of the Lord God:

fo I אבא is often written (בוא the Future of) אבוא As [אדני יהוה

am perfuaded it ought to be here. For thefe Words, as we now read them, will not I doubt bear the Senfe which our Verfion gives them, viz. "I will abide stedfast, being upholden by the Power of God." See the old Verfion. And, though this Senfe were admitted, yet would it be unconnected with the Context. I would therefore read NaN, the Future of, and render I WILL CELEBRATE THE MIGHTY ACTS OF THE LORD GOD: fo this Verb fignifies, 1 Chron. XXV. 1,3. (though improperly rendered prophesy) and 1 has this Senfe, Pf. CVI. 2. CXLV. 4. &c. Or, (retaining the present Reading) thus I WILL GO ON (or, PROCEED) WITH THE MIGHTY ACTS OF THE LORD.

וגם עד זקנה

V. 18. Now also when I am old and graybeaded, This Hemiftic doubtless belongs to the preceding Verfe, and ought to be rendered--- EVEN UNTO OLD AGE AND GRAY HAIRS.

V. 19. Thy Righteoufness alfo, O God, is very high, who haft done

Rather [צדקתך אלהים עד מרום - אשר עשית גדלות: .great Things

--THY RIGHTEOUSNESS ALSO, O God, is A WITNESS ON HIGH, THAT THOU HAST DONE GREAT THINGS. N is thus ufed, Lev. V. 5. 1 Sam. XVIII. 15. This feems to be an Allufion to the Custom of setting up Witneffes in an elevated Place, when they delivered their Evidence in Courts of Juftice, that they might be seen and heard by all.

תרננה

V. 23. My Lips fhall greatly rejoice when I fing unto thee; NOW] Rather MY LIPS SHALL SHOUT FOR JOY &c.

[שפתי כי אזמרה לך

V. 3. The Mountains fhall bring Peace to the People, and the little

ישאו הרים שלום לעם - וגבעות בצדקה: .Hills, by Righteoufnefs

Rather AND THE HILLS RIGHTEOUSNESS: for in p is not acknowledged by most of the ancient Verfions. The Mistake feems owing to pr occurring in the preceding Line.

V.

5. They fhall fear thee as long as the Sun and Moon endure,] So Ovid, Amor. Lib. I. Eleg. 15.

Cum Sole et Luna femper Aratus erit.

[ כרביבים זרזיף ארץ :

V. 6. -as Showers that water the Earth. is an amaλey. and feems to be a Mistake for 'D, the Participle prefent of, which in Syriac fignifies to water, whence comes ja), Pluvia, Imber, Nimbus. In Chaldee has the Sense of , Irrigatio.

[ יפרח בימיו צדיק

V.7. 7. In his Days fhall the righteous flourish: — Most of the ancient Verfions read p, RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is preferable.

V. 16. There shall be an handful of Corn in the Earth-no '7'

יהי

.ABUNDANCE פש or פשת I read here with the Syriac [בר בארץ

This ought [בראש הרים

For an Handful is contrary to the Idea intended to be conveyed.

upon the Top of the Mountains doubtless to be Part of the fecond Hemiftic, thus- UPON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS HIS FRUIT SHALL SHAKE LEBANON.

and they of the City fhall flourish

- Rather [ויציצו מעיר

for

AND HE WILL MAKE IT TO FLOURISH ABOUT THE CITY: for
the latter in 1 feems to be the Affix Pronoun, which has
1
it's Antecedent.

נון The Verb [ינין שמו

V. 17. -bis Name fhall be continued occurs nowhere else: but, as ' fignifies a Son, Critics have fuppofed that this Root must mean to be as a Son, to continue the Father's Name. But I think it can hardly be doubted that the true Reading is

SHALL REMAIN.

and Men fhall be bleffed in him; 12 12"] According to the LXX, Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic Verfions, the Words here

.ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH - כל שבטי לארץ wanting are

V. 20. The Prayers of David &c.] See the Note Job XXXI. 40. If the Pfalms of David end here, how comes it to pass that fo many of them occur afterwards? See CXXXI.-II.-III. &c. It is not worth while to inquire into this Matter, as thefe Places are evidently unauthentic Interpolations: and we might with as much Propriety admit into the Body of the Text the Words that immediately follow thefe,

The Half of הצי הספר or תפלים The third Book, or ספר שלישי .12

the Book, or of the Pfalms, inferted in the Middle of Pf. LXXVIII, and other Mafforetical Fancies. PSALM

V. 4. For there are no Bands in their Death: h miayn 18 >] That is, fays our old Verfion, by Sickness, which is Death's Meffenger: but this may perhaps be better understood of their "not being led "bound to Death," like other Malefactors. The Word occurs nowhere else, except Ifa. LVIII. 6.

cannot I think בריא [ובריא עולם: .but their strength is firm

convey the Idea of Firmnefs. The LXX, Symmachus, Arabic, and Vulgate, feem to have read na, like Bars.

בעמל אנוש אינימו - : are not in Trouble as other Men

V. 5. They in Men: THEY are IN NO HUMAN TROUBLE.

V.7.

they have more than Heart could wish. :aab nrow inay] Rather --- THEY EXCEED THE THOUGHTS OF THE HEART: i. e. "they are 'wicked beyond Conception." The fame Sentiment, probably borrowed from hence, occurs, Jer. V. 28. viz. They are waxen fat, they fhine; yea, they overpass the Deeds of the wicked.

עשק ממרום ידברו : וידברו ברע

V. 8. - and fpeak wickedly concerning Oppreffion: they speak loftily. -] Rather - AND SPEAK OF WICKEDNESS; THEY TALK OF CONTENDING AGAINST THE MOST HIGH; or, THEY TALK INJURIOUSLY AGAINST THE MOST HIGH. The Words which immediately follow establish either of these Senfes.

[ לכן ישוב עמו

V. 10. Therefore his People return hither: According to our present Verfion bis has here no Antecedent: but if the Conftruction of , V. 8. be admitted, THE MOST HIGH will be the Subject.

and Waters of a full Cup

[ ומי מלא

MUCH WATER IS WRUNG OUT TO THEM, viz. the wicked: for the Words fignify literally Waters of Fulness.

V. 14. For all the Day long have I been plagued, and chaftened every

Rather [ואהי נגוע כל היום - ותוכחתי לבקרים : .Morning

FOR I HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY PLAGUED, AND CHASTENED WITH SCOURGES. So a fignifies, Lev. XIX. 20. is fometimes the Sign of the Ablative Cafe. See Noldius.

V. 17.

then underfood I their End.] So the Poet, Abftulit bunc tandem Rufini pæna tumultum, Abfolvitque Deos —. Claud. Lib. I. Cap. 21.

V. 19. How are they brought into Defolation as in a Moment! 78

and render ברנע Read with all the Verfions [היו לשמה כרגע

HOW SUDDENLY ARE THEY IN DESOLATION!

V. 20. As a Dream when one awaketh; 8 pn ibn] Rather - AS A DREAM ON AWAKING, O LORD: for the Verb feems to be in the Infinitive.

fo, O Lord, when thou awakeft, thou shalt defpife their Image. :mian baby ] Rather- THOU WILT DISREGARD THEIR FOOLISH VAIN SHEW.

[בעיר צלמם תבזה:

[אחזת ביד ימיני :

V. 23. - thou haft holden me by my right Hand. ' '2 These Words may be rendered --- THOU HAST TAKEN MY RIGHT HAND BY THE HAND: or, THOU HAST TAKEN HOLD OF MY RIGHT HAND.

V. 2.

PSALM LXXIV.

Rather [גאלת שבט נחלתך

the Rod of thine Inheritance which thou haft redeemed; THE TRIBE &c. as in the Margin; for Mount Zion in the next Hemiftic determines that this Word is to be taken in this Senfe, and that the Tribe hereby meant is Judah's.

V.3. Lift up thy Feet unto the perpetual Defolations: TOYD Mon -UNTO THE TOTAL DESOLATIONS; as Pf.

Rather [למשאות נצח

XLIX. 19.

Rather [כל הרע אויב בקדש :

-even all that the Enemy hath done wickedly in the Sanctuary. SUPPRESS THE EVIL OF THE ENEMY IN THE SANCTUARY. is here confidered as the Imperative of, which has this Senfe, Jer. VI. 11. XX. 9.

V. 5. A Man was famous according as he had lifted up Axes upon the

,יודעך מביא I read [יודע כמביא למעלה בסבך עץ קרדמות : .thick Trees

and render A Man HAS BEEN SEEN BY THEE LIFTING UP AXES AGAINST THE THICKEST PART OF THE TIMBER ON HIGH. That is, I imagine, "against the Beams and Rafters of the "Covering of the Temple."