Psalms 62

Psalms 62:1

THE title, [to Jeduthn] the Italian, over the children of Iduthun, that is to say, over that company, or squadron of sacred Musiions, which was of the progenie of Ieduthun, 1 Chron. 25. 1. 3. My soul] or, let it bee how it will, my soule hopeth in, &c.

Psalms 62:3

How long] David speaks to his enemies and persecutors: [Will yee imagine mischiefe] the Italian, how long will yee set upon a man, or will yee contrive and imagine mischiefe: [a tottering] that is ready to fall, being shaken, or through age: [Fence] that is dry, and hath no morter to strengthen it, such as your walls that are made about lands or fields.

Psalms 62:4

To cast him] the Italian, to cast this man, namely me, against whom they lay all these plots: [From his excellencie] the Italian, from his heigth, that is to say, from that degree of honour which I now am in, in Sauls Court, and from the Kingdome which I expect according to Gods promise.

Psalms 62:8

Ye people] namely of Israel, [power t] lay open before him, with lamentations and prayer, all your griefes, cares, and desires, with an open heart, and disburthen your selves thereof upon him, 1 Samuel 1:15.

Psalms 62:11

God] hee hath oftentimes revealed by his word, and deeply imprinted in my soule, that he is the Almighty, because that man might trust in him; most loving and kinde to reward with his grace, those which serve him; And most just to punish the wicked. Which are the three heads of this Psalme.