John Trapp on Psalms 101:5

Verſ. 5. Whoſe privily ſlandereth his neighbour] Heb. Him that in ſecret, tongue-ſmiteth his fellow-friend, will I ſuppreſs. This David purpoſed to do, but this hee did not ſo throughly in the caſe of poor Mepbibeſ[illegible: 1 letter]eth, belyed by falſe Zita; his reſolution was Maledices & maleficot à ſe depellere, to drive away from him ſycophants, back-byters,Sorices & tineas palatii appellabat Conſtan. Mag. flatteres; but there is a great ſympathy betwixt Princes, and ſuch Peſts, thoſe Harpye[illegible: 1 letter], and gaping Crows of Courts, as one calleth them. David promiſeth fair to purge and diſempeſter his houſe and Court of ſuch, and to cut them off, ſecundum leges regni, according to the Laws of the Kingdome, as Aben-Ezra gloſſeth.

Him that bath ax bigh look] Pride will ſit and ſhew it ſelf in the eyes aſſoon as any where. A man is ſeen what he is, in oculis, in poculis, in loculis, ſay the Rabbins, See Prov. 6.17.

And a proud heart] Heb. a wide, or broad heart, that thinketh great things of himſelf, and ſeeketh great things for himſelf.

I will not ſuffer] Heb. I will not, ſc. away with, or endure at any hand. The Greeks, Leguntocal pro ucal. and after them others read, I will not eat with them; and by large of heart, they underſtand belly-gods, men of large appetites, ſuch as were the two ſons of Eli, Belialiſts, and Hellicones.