John Trapp on Psalms 19:11

Verſ. 11. Moreover by them is thy ſervant warned] Clearly admoniſhed, or fourbiſhed and brightned, Dan. 12.3. made circumſpect. Gods Teſtimonies were Davids counſellors, Pſal. 119.24. better than ever was Polybius to Scipio, Agrippa to Auguſtus, Seneca to Nero, Anaxagoras to Themiſtocles, Plato to Dio, Alexander to Ariſtotle, or Nigidius to Cicero; Princes of old, had their [non-Latin text not transcribed] Monitores, Remembrancers. David deſired no better than Gods ſtatutes for his learned counſell, and by them hee reſolved to be ruled; for ſo it followeth,

And in keeping of them] Zenophon writeth that in Lycurgus his lawes this was much to be admired, that whereas all men commended them, yet no other City beſides that of Sparta, would ever obſerve them. Men do rather praiſe right things than practiſe them; as it was ſaid of Demoſthenes. But David was of another ſtrain; hee, after a large encomium of Gods Commandements, is ſet upon the keeping of them; and the rather, becauſe

In keeping of them there is great reward] Not only for keeping, but in keeping of them. As every Flower hath its ſweet ſmell; ſo every good action hath its ſweet reflection upon the ſoul: and as Cardan ſaith, that every precious Stone hath ſome egregious vertue; ſo here, Righteouſneſs is its own reward, though few men think ſo, and act accordingly: Haud facilè invenies multis è millibus unum, Virtutem pretium qui putet eſſe ſui.

Howbeit, the chief reward is not till the laſt caſt, till we come to Heaven.Gnekeb[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 word] [non-Latin text not transcribed] apu[illegible: 1 letter] Graeco[illegible: 1 letter]. The word here rendred reward, ſignifieth the heel, and by a Metaphor, the end of a work, and the reward of it, which is not till the end. Sicut opus non eſt uſ que ad mertem perfectum, ſic nec merces, ſaith R. David here; As the work is not done till death; ſo neither is full wages till then to be had.