John Trapp on Psalms 119:116

Verſ. 116 Uphold mee according to thy word] The promiſe is the ſouls ſupport. Turn wee the palm, and not the backſide of the hand to this ſtaff, leaning upon it, praying hard for the accompliſhment of it; and then bee content though wee can ſay but as that holy man Mr. Paul Bain did; I thank God in Chriſt, ſuſtentation I have;Bains Letter[illegible: 1 letter] but ſ[illegible: 1 letter]avities ſpirituall I taſte not any.

And let mee not bee aſhamed of my hope] Let mee not bee defeated, diſappointed, fruſtrated. This, David knew hee ſhould not be (for Spe[illegible: 1 letter] in terrenis incerti [illegible: 1 span]; ſpes in divinis nomen eſt certiſſimi, Heb 11.1 Rom. 5.5.) but yet think fit to ſeek it by prayer, as Eliah foretold abundance of rain, but yet went up to the top of Carmel, and prayed for it, 1 King. 18.41, 4[illegible: 1 letter].