Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 32:6

6. For this shall every one that is godly, pray unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be [illegible: 1+ letters]ound : surely in the flood of great waters , they shall not come nigh unto him .

(i. e.) Upon the Encouragement of my Example, and thy great mercy Vouchsafed to me, in Answer to my hurable Confession and Supplication.

Heb. in the time of finding thee; the Pronoun, thee, being easily and fitly repeated out of the next foregoing Clause, (i. e.) While he may be found, as it is expressed, Isa. 55. 6. or while he is near, Psal. 69. 13. in an acceptable and seasonable time, while God continues to offer Grace and Mercy to sinners, before the decree bring forth, Zeph. 2. 2. and Sentence be passed, or executed upon them. By which Clause he seems to intimate the Difference between the Godly, who pray and Cry earnestly to God for Mercy in its season; and the wicked, who will do so when it is too late, and the season is lost.

(i. e.) In the time of great Calamitles, which are frequently Compared to great Waters.

To wit, so as to overwhelm or hurt him. Or, God will set him in an high and safe place, out of the reach of them, as he provided an Ark for Noah, when the Deluge came: to which Peradventure he alludes in this place.

Marginal references: Heb. in a time of finding. Psal. 69. 13. Isa. 55. 6.; Psal. 69. 1, [illegible: 1+ letters].