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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 55:7
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness, etc.] So David did when he fled from Absalom, (<101523>2 Samuel 15:23,27,28 16:1,2); so gracious souls desire to be; not in the wilderness of the people; but to be solitary as in a wilderness, clear of the company of wicked men, as Jeremiah wished for, (<240902>Jeremiah 9:2); and that they might be more at leisure for and given up unto spiritual devotion, and be secure from their enemies: and as this may be applied to Christ, it shows the wickedness, cruelty, and barbarity of the men of that generation among whom he lived; that he chose rather to be in the wilderness, among wild beasts, than to dwell among them, (<401717>Matthew 17:17) (<235308>Isaiah 53:8); some apply this to the state of the primitive church under Jewish persecution, when it fled from Judea, and settled in the wilderness of the Gentiles; the preachers of the word being scattered abroad by the windy storm and tempest of persecution, and the Gospel taken from the Jews, and carried to a nation bringing forth the fruit of it, where it has remained ever since. With this may be compared the state of the church under Rome Pagan, in (<661206>Revelation 12:6,13,14). Selah; on this word, (see Gill on “<190302>Psalm 3:2”).
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