Psalms 66

Psalms 66:3

HOw terrible] or how terrible a thy works: [submit, themselves] the Italian, faine with thee, they doe by constraint seeme to acknowledge and worship thee, see Deut. 35. 29. Psalm. 18. 44. and 78. 36. and 8. 15.

Psalms 66:5

Towards the children] the Italian, above the, that is to say, above any power or resistance of theis, or working upon them.

Psalms 66:6

There did we] that is to say, our nation had great occasion to rejoyce exceedingly in those notable miracles, whereof the first was the ending of the Egyptian bondage, and the second the comming into the land of Promise.

Psalms 66:11

Thou broughtest] a description of the peoples calamites, taken from wilde beasts brought into nets and from beasts to draw and carry, and from slaves bound about the body with chaines.

Psalms 66:12

Through fire] namely, thorow extreame dangers and afflictions, sec Isaiah 43:2. [A wealthy place] the Italian, a place of refreshment, or a prosperous and abundant place.

Psalms 66:15

The incense] namely, that part of sacrifices of thanksgiving which was to bee burned, and consequently to vanish away into smok, Lev. 3. 3. 9. 14.

Psalms 66:17

He was] the meaning seemeth to be, that praying to him aloud, I was therewithall assured that I should be heard; whereupon I did conceive, and silently frame within my selfe the praise which I would therefore yeeld unto him in due time.