John Trapp on Psalms 99

PSAL. XCIX.

VErſ. 1. The Lord reigneth] Even the Lord Chriſt, as Pſal. 97.1.

Let the people tremble] Let them ſerve the Lord with fear, and rejoyce with trembling; by the people ſome underſtand the Jews, and by the Earth all other Nations; let there bee a general ſubjection yeelded to the Scepter of his Kingdom.

Verſ. 2. The Lord is great in Zion] In his Church he giveth many great teſtimonies of his power and preſence, and is therefore magnified by his people.

And he is high above all people] In the things wherein they deal proudly he is above them, Exod. 18.11.

Verſ. 3. Let them praiſe thy great and terrible Name] Nomen illud Majeſtativum; Some hereby underſtand the name Jehovah, of which Joſh. 7. What wilt thou do to thy great Name? And Jer. 44. I have ſworn by my great Name. But Gods Name is uſually put for Gods ſelf.

For it is Holy] And therefore to be ſanctified in righteouſneſs, Iſa. 5.16.

Verſ. 4. The Kings ſtrength alſo loveth judgement] i.e. abeſt à Tyrannide. God abuſeth not his Kingly power to Tyranny, but Joyneth it with his Juſtice and Uprightneſe. Regiment without Righteouſneſs is but robbery with authority. The Ara bick hath it, Magnificentia Regis eſt, ut diligat aequitatem.

Verſ. 5. Exalt the Lord our God] Have high apprehenſions of him, and anſwerable expreſſions: Set him up, and ſet him forth to the utmoſt.

And worſhip at his footſtool] i.e. At his Temple, ſaith the Chaldee: At the Ark of the Covenant, ſay the Rabbins, Auſtin interpreteth it of Chriſts humanity; which although of it ſelf, it is not to be adored, becauſe it is a creature, yet as it is received into unity of perſon with the Divinity, and hath a Partner-agency with the God-head according to its meaſure in the works of Redemption and Mediation, 1 Tim. 2.5. it is to be worſhipped. But how hard driven was that ſecond Synod of Ni[illegible: 1 letter]e, when they abuſed this Text, among many others, to prove the worſhipping of Images and Pictures?

Verſ. 6. Moſes and Aaron among his Prieſts] or chief Officers, as 1 Chron. 18.17. Moſes was, if not a Prieſt, yet a continual Interceſſor for the people, and a type of Chriſt the great Mediator of his Church. Aben-Ezra calleth him Cohen bacco[illegible: 1 letter]ani[illegible: 2 letters], the Prieſt of Prieſts; And Philo writing his life, concludeth, This was the life and death of Moſes the King, the Lawgiver, the prophet, and the chief Prieſt.

And Samuel] A man that could do much with God like wiſe, Jer 15.1. and is therefore (as ſome conceive) called Pethuel, that is, a perſwader of God, Joel. 1.1.Alſted.

Verſ. 7. They kept his teſtimonies] And ſo ſhewed that they called upon God with a true heart, in full aſſurance of faith, Heb. 10.22.

Verſ. 8. Thou waſt a God, &c.] A ſin pardoning God, Neb. 5[illegible: 1 letter].17. So thou waſt to them under the Law, ſo thou wilt be to thoſe under the Goſpel.

Though thou tookeſt, &c.] Though Moſes might no[illegible: 1 letter] enter for his unbeleef, and Samuel ſmarted for indulging his ſon[illegible: 1 letter].

Verſ. 9. Exalt the Lord] Verſus amaelaus. See Verſ. 5.