bed  and  he  silent.     After  the  example  of  the  LXX.  opyi^eaee
KoX  M  ufiapravere,  MT  is  to  be  taken  in  the  sense  of  being  angry.
The  exhortation  "to  be  angry"  passes  into  its  opposite,  in  con-
sequence of  the  condition  thereto  annexed,  as  in  such  a  case  as
theirs  anger  was  inseparable  from  sin.     It  is  substantially  as  if
he  had  said.  Sin  not  through  anger.     The  choiceness  of  the
expressions  employed,  accords  with  the  mild  character  of  the
whole  Psalm,  and  conveys  this  meaning:  I  would  mdeed  per-
mit your  anger,  if  the  only  effect  were  the  injury  which  might
thereby  alight  upon  me  ;  but  since  you  cannot  be  angry  with-
out sinnine,  1  must  warn  you  to  abstain  from  it.     The  turn
given  to  it  by  Augustine,  Luther,  and  others,  is  inadmissible:
■«  Be  angry  if  you  please,  but  see  that  ye  do  not  proceed  so  tar
as  to  think,  sav,  or  do  what  is  hurtful  to  your  soub,  and  so  sm
aaainst  God,  Vourselves,  and  your  neighbours.'      In  the  sup-
posed case,  to  be  angry  and  to  sin  were  one  and  the  same  thing.
