SHIGGAION, Shigionoth, or Sigaion1. This Word is found in the Hebrews, in the Title of Psalm vii. and in Habakkuk iii. 1. The Septuagint have translated it by Psalm, or Canticle; but Aquila and Symmachus have render’d it by Ignorance, or Sins of Ignorance. Theodotion, in Habakkuk, has it, for voluntary Sins2: but there is reason to doubt whether his Text be very intire. However it be, some think Shiggaion is an Instrument of Musick; others, that it is a certain Air or Tune, to which this Psalm was sung. Others translate it, The Error of David; others, The Secret of David; others, The Delight of David; and others again, The Disquiet of David. We think it ought to be translated, A Song of Trouble, or, A Song of Consolation of David. The Arabick Word Schaga, signifies to be in Trouble; and the Hebrew Word Schagah, or Shagah, to rejoyce, to be comforted. See our Preface to Psalm vii.
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