espied for them] That is, appointed it for them by my decree, as the most excellent above all other countries: And for the conquest of which I had prepared all things in my secret counsell, as into which I had marched before mine Ark, to give them a secure entrance into it. See Numbers 10:33. glory of all lands] 2 Samuel 1:19. Psalms 48:2. Or, flower. A title of the land of Israel, or Canaan, both here and in the 15. vers. and Daniel 8:9. a pleasant mountain, Daniel 11:16. for Sion or Jerusalem, not onely for its naturall qualities, but also for the singular blessing of God, and by reason that it was chosen to be the seat of his Church, and a figure of the Kingdome of heaven.