Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 138:6

6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly ; but the proud he knoweth afar off .

Unto such as are mean and obscure in the world, to me a poor contemptible shepherd, whom he hath preferred before great Princes, and to such as are little in their own eyes.

But as for the great men of the world, who are lifted up in pride, he looks upon them as they do upon others, with s[illegible: 1+ letters]orn and contempt, and at a great distance, as disdaining to admit them into his presence. But the words may be, and by divers Interpreters are rendred otherwise, And he who is high or the lo[illegible: 1+ letters]ty one from afar (i. e. from his high and holy place, even the highest Heavens where he dwells, notwithstanding that distance) doth know them, or will owne them. So this is the repetition of the former sentence, as is very usual in this Book. And this seems best to suit as with the [illegible: 1+ letters]oregoing, so also with the following words, and thus all will be understood of one and the same sort of persons.

Marginal references: Psal. 113. 5, 6. Isa[illegible: 1+ letters]. 57. 15.; Heb. he seeth; Jam. 4. 6. 1 Pet. 5. 5.; Or, and.