John Trapp on Psalms 65:8
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Psalms65:8
Verſ. 8. They alſo that dwell in the uttermoſt parts, &c.] And are therefore Duri, horridi, immanes, latrociniis dediti, omnium deni que peſſimi; not further diſtant from the Sun than from all Humanity, except the Sun of Righteouſneſs ſhine upon them, as he hath done upon us here in England.
Are afraid at thy tokens] Thy notable Works, thine Executions.
Thou makeſt the out-goings of the morning, &c.] That is, the inhabitants of Eaſt and Weſt, or the viciſſitudes of day and night, whereby men are occaſioned to praiſe and glorifie God. See Jer. 31.35. The Jews at this day, as they are bound to ſay over an hundred Benedictions every day, ſo theſe two among the reſt; When they go forth in a morning they ſay,R. Solom. in loc. Bleſſed bee He who hath created the greater Lights: And in the evening they ſay, Bleſſed be He who cauſeth the darkneſs of the night.
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