John Trapp on Psalms 63:11
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Psalms63:11
Verſ. 11. But the King ſhall rejoyce in God] i. e. I ſhall, who am anno[illegible: 3 letters]ed and appointed King after Saul, and therefore doubt not to ſpeak thus of my ſelf, as if I were King already. Wicked men praeſemende ſperant, & sperando [illegible: 1 word], hope groundleſly, and periſh by their preſumption. But true believers tru[illegible: 2 letters] God upon his bare word, and that againſt ſenſe in things inviſible, and againſt reaſon in things incredible, and according to their faith, ſo is it unto them.
Every one that ſweareth by him ſhall glory] By whom? not by the King (though the Egyptians did ſo of old, and the Spaniards at this day in the pride of their Monarches, ſweat by the life of their King) but by God, the ſole and proper object of an oath; for to ſwear by his name in due manner, is a ſpeciall peece of his ſervice, and is here put for the whole. So then, every one that ſincerely ſerveth God ſhall bee glad and thankfull to God that David reigneth; for now [non-Latin text not transcribed] (as the Raven is ſaid to have crouped from the Capitol when Auguſtus came to the Empire) all ſhall go well with them, according to their own hearts deſires.Dio.
But the mouth of them that ſpeak lyes] A fault whereof, Sauls Courtiers were deeply guilty. Some take this for a generall deſcription of all graceleſſe and godleſſe perſons, who are lyars habitually at leaſt; as godly men are right ſwearers, and fearers of Gods name.
Shall be ſtopped] Either with ſhame and confuſion, or with death, as was Sauls and his pick-thanks. Saunders his foul mouth was ſtopped with famine, (as hath been above noted) that had uttered ſo many blaſphemies againſt God, and ſo many lyes againſt men.
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