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John Trapp on Psalms 101:6

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Psalms101:6

Verſ. 6. Mine eyes ſhall be upon the faithful of the land] i.e. Let them live where they will, I will hearken them out, and find them out. The Rabbins ſay, that here David repenteth him of taking into his ſervice and tuition thoſe indebted and diſcontented perſons, men of broken fortunes, and looſe manners, 1 Sam. 22.1, 2. and reſolveth to be better adviſed in the chuſing and uſing of his retinue, when he cometh to the Kingdom, that his Court might be like that of Cyrus, whereof Xenophon ſaith,Cyrop. l. 8 that though a man ſhould ſeek or chuſe blindfold, he could not miſs of a good man. Zonaras mainly commendeth Valentinian the firſt, and Les Armenius, Emperours, for their good choice of both Civil and Military Officers. He condemneth as much Macyinus for the contrary.

He ſhall ſerve me] [non-Latin text not transcribed] he ſhall be of honourable imployment about me, as Joſeph was to Pharaoh, Cromwel to Hen. 8. his Vicar General.

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