John Trapp on Psalms 42:4

Verſ. 4. When I remember theſe things] viz. My preſent preſſures compared with my former happineſs,Cic. de Fin. 1. 2. Sen. deben. 1.4. c. 22. Miſerum ſanè eſt, fuiſſe felicem. The Epicures held (but I beleeve they did not beleeve themſelves therein) that a man might be cheerful amidſt the moſt exquiſite torments, Ex pr[illegible: 1 letter]teritarum upluptatum recordatione, by the remembrance of his former pleaſures and delights. David found this here but a ſlight and ſorry comfort, though he better knew how than any of them to make the beſt of it; and his delights had been farre more ſolid and cordial.

I pour out my ſoul] See Job 30.16. with the Note.

For I had gone with a multitude] Heb. A thick croud, or throng of good peole, frequ[illegible: 2 letters]ting the publick Ordinances, and David in the head of them. One rendreth it, In umbra vel umbrella, ſicut mos eſt Orientalium ambulare umbrellis contra ardorem ſolis accommodatis.

I went with them to the houſe of God] Lente Itabam, I went with a gentle pace, Greſſ[illegible: 2 letters] grallatorio. He ſpeaketh, ſaith Vatablus, of the order obſerved by the faithful when they went to the Sanctuary, viz. in comely equipage, ſinging praiſe to God,Kimchi in [illegible: 1 word] Radi[illegible: 1 letter]. and confeſſing his goodneſs.