John Trapp on Psalms 120:1

PSAL. CXX.

A Song of degrees] A moſt excellent Song. Tremellius rendreth it; and ſo indeed this and the fourteen following are, both for the matter, and for the form or manner of expreſſion which is wondrous ſhort and ſweet, as the very Epigrammes of the Holy Ghoſt himſelf, wherein each verſe may well ſtand for an oracle. And in this ſenſe, Adam Hammahalah, or a man of degrees is put for an eminent or excellent man, 1 Chron. 17.17. Others underſtand it otherwiſe; wherein they have good leave to abound in their own ſenſe; ſith ſine pericul[illegible: 1 letter] hic erratur, an errour here is not dangerous.

Verſ. 1 In my diſtreſſe I cryed unto the Lord] Oration [illegible: 1 span] eſt, ut avis ſi[illegible: 2 letters] alis, Diſtreſs addeth wings to our devotions. Our Saviour being in an agony prayed more earneſtly Luk. 22.44. So do all his members, and eſpecially when they ly[illegible: 1 letter] under the laſh of a lying tongue, as here verſ. 2. Being defamed wee pray, ſaith Paul, 1. Cor; 4.15.

And [illegible: 1 span] ] The effectuall fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much, Jam. 5.16. Z[illegible: 1 letter]ch. 13.9. Hee that prayeth ardently, ſpeedeth aſſuredly, Pſal 91.15. and the unmiſcarrying return of prayer ſhould bee carefully obſerved, and thankfully improved, Pſal. 66. ult.