Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 36:9

9. For with thee is the fountain of Life : in thy light , shall we see light .

(i. e.) In thy Power to give it, and in thy presence to be enjoyed.

Which notes, 1. Causality. It is in God as in a Fountain, and from him is derived to us, 2. Abundance, 3. Excellency. Water is sweetest in the Fountain: and Fountains were rare and highly prized in those hot Countries.

Of that Glorious and Blessed, and endless Life, which alone is worthy of the Name of Life, this Life being onely a passage to Death, and a Theater of great and manifold Calamities. Although it be true, that God is the Fountain, both of Natural and Spiritual Life.

In the light of thy Countenance, or glorious Presence, which then shall be fully manifested unto us, when we shall see thee clearly, and Face to Face, and not through a Glass, and darkly, as we now see, 1 Cor. 13. 12. Comp. Psal. 17. 15.

(i. e.) Enjoy, as seeing frequently signifies; of which see on Psal. 34. 12:

The light of Life, as it is called, Io[illegible: 1+ letters]. 8. 12. Light in this Branch being the same thing with Life in the former, (i. e.) Joy and Comfort, and Happiness, which is oft signified by Light, as the contrary is by Darkness. See Iob 29. [illegible: 1+ letters]. Psal. 27. 1. Isa. 9. 2. There we shall have pure Light▪ without any mixture of Darkness. The word Light, is Elegantly repeated, in another signification; in the former Clause, it is Light discovering, in this Light discovered or enjoyed.