PSALM 128 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a description of the blessedness of good men. The psalmist showeth the happy state of such as fear God, in his labour, PSALMS 128:1,2, wife, and children, PSALMS 128:3, He shall also see the good of Jerusalem, and peace upon Israel, PSALMS 128:4. No text fr... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT EAT THE LABOUR OF THINE HANDS; thy labour shall not be vain and fruitless, and the fruit of thy labours shall not be taken away from thee, and possessed by others, as God threatened to the disobedient, DEU 28, but enjoyed by thyself with comfort and satisfaction. WELL WITH THEE, both in t... [ Continue Reading ]
AS A FRUITFUL VINE; like the vine for fruitfulness; or like that sort of vines known by this name for its eminent fruitfulness, as some trees amongst us are for the same reason called _the great bearers. By the sides of thine house_, where the vines are commonly planted for support and other advanta... [ Continue Reading ]
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OUT OF ZION; from the ark in Zion, and with those spiritual and everlasting blessings which are to be had no where but in Zion, and from the God who dwelleth in Zion, and with all other mercies which thou shalt ask of God in Zion. THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM; the prosperity of that city to which thou belo... [ Continue Reading ]
Not only upon Jerusalem, and the parts adjacent, but upon all the tribes and people of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]