Online Bible 1995 March/ROM-1025.iso/olb/gill/4_200.lzh/4_283.TXT

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and to him, as Mediator, should we look, and with
him deal in all our devotions for acceptance with God;
see Jon. if. 4. unless heaven itself is meant, which is
the palace of Jehovah, the habitation of his holiness,
his temple where he dwells, Psal. xi. 4. Hab. if.
And praise thy name, for thy loving-kindness and for thy
truth; which may primarily regard the goodness and
grace of God in promising David the kingdom, and
his faithfulness in making good the promise, and for
both which he was underobligation to praise the name
of the Lord; and holds good with respect to all other
promises: and it may also signify-the free favour and
love of God to his people, which is from everlasting,
is the source of all blessings, and is better than life;
and the faithfulness of God to himself, his perfections,
purposes and promises, council and covenant: it may
be rendered, for thy grace, and for thy truth m, which
both come by Christ, John i. 17. grace may intend
both the doctrine of grace, the Gospel of the grace of
God preached by Christ, and the blessings of grace
which come through him; as justification, pardon,
adoption, sanctification, and eternal life, which are all
of grace, and by Christ: and truth also may signify the
word of truth, or solid substantial blessings, in distinc-
tion from typical ones; or the good things that come
by Christ our tIigh-priest, of which the law was only
a shadow; and these are all of them things the name
of the Lord is to be praised for. For thou hast mag-
nified thy word above all thy name; or above every name
of thine {u}; which Aben Ezra interprets of the glorious
name Jehovah; the word God spake to Moses, the
name in which he made himself known to him, and
to the Israelites, he had not to their fathers, EXod.
iii. 14. and vi. 3. but rather it is to be understood of
God's word of promise, and Iris faithfulness in fulfilling
it; which, though not a greater attribute than any
other, yet is made more known and more illustrious
than the rest; and particularly may regard the pro-
mise of the coming of the Messiah, and of the bless-
ings of grace by him; Jarchi interprets it particularly
of the pardon of sin. It may with propriety be ap-
plied to Christ, the essential Word, that was made
flesh, and dwelt among men; whom God has highly
exalted, and not only given him a name above every
name of men on earth, but also above any particular
name or attribute of his: or however he has magnified
him according ° to every name of his, it being his will
that men should honour the Son as they honour the
Father; or with v every name. along with each of
them; or besides {q} every name; for all these senses
the word will bear. Some render them, as Ben
Melech, thou hast magnified above all things thy
name and thy word; or, as others, thy name by thy
word {r}; see Psal. viii. 1. and lvii. 10, 11. The Tar-
gum is, "the words of thy praise above all thy name-"
or over all thy name: every thing by wbich he has
made himself known in creation and providence; thou
hast magnified thy word, all being done according to
the word said in himself, his decrees and purposes;
or declared in his word and promises, whereby he has
glorified .it.
Ver. 3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me,
&c.] When in distress through Saul's persecution, he
cried to the Lord, and he immediately answered hhn,
and delivered him out of his troubles; and such imme-
diate answers of prayer are to be remembered with
thankfulness: see Psal. xviii. 6. Is.a. lxv. 24. And
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul; put him
good heart and spirit, when before ready to faint;
strengthened his heart and grace in it, particularly
faith, and drew it forth into lively act and exercise
so that he sunk not under the weight of affliction and
trouble, but was filled with courage to withstand his
enemies, and with strength to do the will and work of
God; this is to be understood of inward spiritual
strength; see Ephes. iii. 16.
Ver. 4. All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, 0
Lord, &c.] Or let them confess, or .praise thee {s}; a wish
or prayer. Not only the kings known.to David, as
Kimchi limits it; or that lived in his days, as Hiram
and others; but in the latter day, when they shall come
to Zion, the church, and be nursing fathers to it, and
shall serve and worship the King Messiah, Isa. xlix.
23, and Ix. 3, 11, 16. Psa{. lxxii. 10, 11. When they
hear the words of thy mouth; either the promises of it
fu!filled not only with respect to David; but the Mes-
siah, and his church and people, in the latter day, even
the glorious things spoken thereof: or the doctrines of
the Gospel, which are the words of his mouth, and
more desirable than thousands of gold and silver; and
which, when kings shall hear so as to understand, they
will praise the Lord for them; see Isa. lii. 15. The
Targum is, "the words of thy praise."
Ver. 5. Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord,
&c.] Which are all mercy and truth; ways of plea-
santness, and paths of peace: so the eunuch went on his
way, and in the waysof the Lord rejoicing, Acts viii. 3,0.
Or, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord t; of the ex-
cellency, pleasure, and usefulness of them. _For great
is the glory of the Lord; shewn in the works of crea-
tion; more especially in the person of Christ, and in
the glorious work of redemption and salvation by him;
and of which there will be a great display throughout
thc earth in the latter day, by means of the Gospel, the
great spread of it, and the multitude of persons con-
verted by it; which will make the ways of the Lord
still more pleasant; see Isa. vi. 3.
Vet. 6. Though the Lord be high, &c.] Above all the
earth, and all the nations of it, and the highest of men
in it; above the heavens, and the angels there, who are
his creatures and at his command; above all the bless-
ings and praises of his saints: the perfect knowledge
of him is so high as not to be attained; and his
thoughts and ways are higher than ours, as the hea-
vens are higher than the earth; he is indeed the most
High, higher than the highest; see Psal. cxiii. 4,
According to Arama, here begins the song, "the kings
"of the earth shall sing in the ways of the Lord?

{m} So Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis.
{n} \^Kmv lk le\^ super omne nomen tuum, Cocceius, Michaelis.
{o} Secundum omne nomen tuum, Gejerus.
{p} Cum toto nomine tuo, Junius & Tremellius.
{q} Vel praeter omne nomen tuum, Piscator.
{r} Nomen tuum sermone tuo; so some in Piscator.
{s} \^Kwdwy\^ confiteantur tibi, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.
{t} \^hwhy ykrdb\^ de viis Jehovae, Piscator, Schmidt; so some in
Vatablus.