John Trapp on Psalms 138:6

Verſ. 6 Though the Lord bee high, &c.] Even the high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity, Iſa 57.15. See on Pſal. 113.6, 7.

Yet hath hee reſpect unto the lowly] This maketh that Ancient cry out, Videte magnum miraculum. See here a great miracle; God is on high: thou lifteſt thy ſelf up,Aug. de Temp. and he flieth from thee; thou boweſt thy ſelf down, and hee deſcendeth unto thee. Low things hee looketh cloſe upon, that he may raiſe them higher; lofty things he knoweth a far off, that he may cruſh them down lower. The proud Phariſee preſſed as near God as he could; the poor Publican not daring to do ſo, ſtood a loof of; yet was God far from the Phariſee, near, to the Publican. The Lord Chriſt is a door to Heaven,Aug. in Joha[illegible: 1 letter] but a low door: hee who will enter in thereby, humiliet ſe oportet, ut ſano capite intrare contingat, ſaith Auſtin hee muſt needs ſtoop to ſave his head-peece.

But the proud hee knoweth a far off] As not vouchſafing to come anear ſuch loathſome lepers. For pride is like a great ſwelling in the body, apt to putrifie, break, and run with loathſome and foul matter. Hence God ſtands off from ſuch, as odious and abominable; hee cannot abide the ſight of them; Superb[illegible: 1 letter]s à calo longè propellit, as the Chaldee here paraphraſeth, he driveth the proud far enough off from Heaven, yea hee thruſteth them into Hell, to their Father Lucifer, that King of all the children of pride, as Leviathan is called, Job 41.34.