Psalms 139

Psalms 139:2

MY down sitting] or my down lying, that is to say, all mine actions and enterprises, 2 Kings. 9. 27. [A sarre off] before it be effected or framed: Or, from heaven.

Psalms 139:3

Compssest] terms borrowed from huntsmen.

Psalms 139:5

And laid] thou stayest and takest mee, even as a wilde beast that hath been long pursued, and at the last is catcht in the nets.

Psalms 139:6

Too wonderfull] the Italian, so wonderfull that I cannot avoid it; Hebrew, it is wonderfull above me: which some expound, it goeth beyond all my capacity & understanding, asIob 42 3. Psal 4. 5. [I cannot] that is to say, to hide me from it, or to attain unto it.

Psalms 139:9

If I take] Poeticall termes to shew an exceeding swiftnesse, even as the dawning of the day doth presently shew it selfe over all the horizon [Of the Sea] or, of the West.

Psalms 139:10

Lead me] shall alwayes take hold on me to cause me to goe where it will; showing thereby, that divine providence, is not a knowledge that lyeth idle, but an active and effectuall conduct.

Psalms 139:11

Shall cover me] the Italian, shall make mee lie a squat, the Hebrew phrase is taken from beasts which lye a squat, like dogs and huntsmen [The night] that is to say, thou shalt see me as plaine as if it were day.

Psalms 139:13

Possessed] as much as to say, thou knowest and guidest all my thoughts, and most inward and hidden affections, being my Creator, see Psal. 33. 15.

Psalms 139:15

The lowest parts] namely, in this low world.

Psalms 139:16

Were written] or designed; A phrase taken from limners designes and drafts, the meaning is, thou hast already in a manner designed the idea of them, according to which afterwards the work was framed.

Psalms 139:17

How precious] that is to say, I reverence and adore thy holy providence.

Psalms 139:18

When I awake] every morning when I awake I am to come to a new account with thee forthy great benefits; the meaning is, I can neither comprehend them, nor make satisfaction for them.

Psalms 139:19

Surely] I am so certainly perswaded of thine infinite knowledge of every secret thing, and of thy judgement, that it causeth me to abhorre all manner of communication with the wicked, Psal. 26. 5. and 119. 115.

Psalms 139:20

Speak against thee wickedly] the Italian, have named thee in wickednesse, namely, in perjuries and execrations, and other accursed abuses of the name of God.

Psalms 139:24

Wicked way] Hebrew, way of paine or griefe; namely, by which I doe any man wrong.