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PREFACE. 
 
 NO part of the Chrifttan Worfhip is more plain!/ 
 warranted by the Oracle* of God, than the Ordi- 
 nances of Singing of Pj alms. The ancient Hebrews 
 pracVifed it at the Red Sea, before their Syftcm of cere* 
 monial worihip was prefcribed them by God, Exod. xv. 
 It was preferred to the moil pompons facrifices, even 
 while the ceremonial observances remained in their 
 vigour, Pfalm lxix. 30, 3t. The divine obligation to 
 it, remained in fall force, when the ceremonial Jaw, 
 with all its rites was aboliihed, Pfalms xlvii. I, 5, 6, 7. 
 Ixvii, 4. c. 1, 4. Eph.v. 19. with ii. 14,15, Col. iii. 
 
 16. with ii, 16, 17. Jamesv.13. We have it enforced 
 with the moll engaging example of the Angels who kept 
 their fir (I eftate, Job xxxviii. 6, 7. Luke ii. 13,14* Rev. 
 
 v. ir, 12. Of Apoftles and Saints, Acts xvi. 25. 
 1 Cor. xiv. 15, Exod. xv. Judges v. Luke i. 1 Sam. ii* 
 Ifa. xxxv. 10. Jer. xxxi. 12. Rev. iv. 8, 9. and v. 9, 10. 
 vii. 10,12. xiv. 3. xv. 3. xix. 1 — 7. Nay of our Re- 
 deemer himfelf, Matthew xzvi. 30. This Exercife, 
 performed in a manner fuited to the dignity of the glo- 
 rified State, will be the everlafling employ of eftablifhed 
 Angels and ranfomed Men, Ifa. xxvi. 19, li. u. Revw 
 v. 9—13- 
 
 Nor is this exercife of inconfiderable ufefulnefs. The 
 whole glories of Jehovah, as made known to creatures 
 and all the wonders of his creating power, his redeeming 
 love, and providential care, belonging to its extenfive 
 theme, it is an excellent means of conveying holy in - 
 flrucYions, Col. iii. 16. of inspiring heavenly affections, 
 Pfalm lvii. 7, 8. of recreating holy fouls, Jamesv.13. 
 and in fine, of bearing up and comforting amiclft grief 
 and trouble, Acts xvi. 25. Pfalm cxix. 54. and hence 
 it is feafonable, not only in this valley of tears, but even 
 in the mod dillrefsful condition, Pfalm ci. 1. Ha b. Hi. 
 
 17, 18. 
 
 It is a duty which ought to be pracVifed by every per- 
 fon in fecret by himfelf, Jamesv.13. Pfalm cxix. 62, 
 164. By tytry Christian family and fociciy, Pf«iin 
 
5v P R E F A C E'. 
 
 « :: v Hi . 15. Acts xvl. 2 5. And in every public worflirp* 
 
 afTembly and congregation, Ifa. xxxv. r, 2, 6, 10. 
 
 and lii- 7, 8, 9. and liv. 1. Eph. v. 19. Col. iii. 16. 
 
 Matthew xxvi. 30. 1 Cor. iiv* 2.6. Rev. v. 9, to. xiv* 
 
 §■ **: 3- 
 
 This duty being of fo much-importance, we ought tc* 
 perform it under the fpe6ial influence of the Holy Ghoft, 
 1 Cor. xiv, 15. John iv. 24. With underflanding of 
 the warrjmtablenefs, matter, manner, and end of our 
 praife, Pfalm. xlvii. 6, 7. 1 Cor xiv. 15. With an holy 
 ardour of affection and vigour of mind, Pfalm Ivii. ro, 
 and ciii. r, 2. Willi grace in our heart, making melody 
 therein to the Lord, Eph. v. 19. Col. iii. 16. In th« 
 name of Chrift as Mediator between God and us, Co). 
 iii 16. 17, 1 Pet.ii. 5. and with an earned aim to glo- 
 rify God, Col. iii. 16. 1 Pet. iv. 11. 1 Cor. x. 31. — ■ 
 The matter ought to be prudently fuited to our occafions 
 and conditions, Pi'alm cxii. 5. Eph. v. 15. Nor ought 
 the melody , or in focial worfliip the harmony of voices 
 lo be overlooked, Pfalm cl. 
 
 No doubt, one may compofe fpiritual hymns for his 
 own and others religious recreation : but to admit forms 
 of human compofure into the dated and public worfhip 
 of God appears to me very improper. ( i ) It is extreme- 
 ly dangerous. Herefies and errors by this means, may, 
 .and often have baen very infenfibly introduced into 
 churches, congregations or families. (2) There is no 
 need of it. The Holy Ghoft hath in the Pfalms of Da- 
 vid, and other fcriptural fongs, furniflied us with lack 
 la rich collection of gofpel doctrines and precious promifes 
 — an ex tell five fund of folid experiences — an exhauftlefs 
 mine of Gofpel grace and Truth — an endlefs variety to 
 fuit every (late or condition, in which either our own 
 foul, or the church of Chrift, can be upon earth. Theie 
 led by him, who fearcheth the hearts, and 
 [ i the deep things of God ; and hence mud be bet- 
 lapted to the cafe of fouls or focieties, than any 
 private compolition whatever. (3) Though the Holy 
 Ghoft nev<r faw meet to leave us a Liturgy of prayers ^ 
 
PREFACE. vh\ 
 
 Twenty-five of the Pfalma have no title at all ; and 
 whether the titles of the reft are of Divine authority is 
 not altogether agreed Bat when it is considered that 
 thefe titles every where appear in the Hebrew originals, 
 and how often they ferve as a key to the pfalm, and are 
 fometimes connected therewith by the accentuating 
 points, there is no real ground to fufpeft the authentici- 
 ty thereof. Nor are interpreters agreed with reipeet to 
 the iignification of fome of the Hebrew words {landing 
 in thefe titles. We think that Maschil always figni- 
 fies that the Pfalm is designed for inflruciion, Pfalms 
 xxxih xlii. xliii. xlv. lii. liii. liv, lv. lxxiv, lxxviii, 
 jxxxviii. izxxix. Mi^htam denotes the precious or 
 golden nature of the Pfalm, as xvi. }vi. — lx. Altas- 
 chitk, that the fcope of the Pfalm is to deprecate de- 
 fraction, lvii. — lix. Muthlabben, that the Pfalm 
 was composed on the occafion of tlie death of his fon y 
 or of Goliath, the duelijl, Pfalm ix, Aijeleth Sha- 
 h\r, that its fubjecl is Jefus Chnit, the Hind of the 
 morning, Pfalm xxii. Jonati-elem-rechokim, that 
 David is therein reprefented as a mute dove among fo~ 
 reiguers, P falm lvi. Shosaknim j Shoshannim- 
 
 they fiiould correfpondiuith thefe of the Greeks or Romans 
 and other nations of the Weft, whofe idioms and manner 
 of 'langtiage are fo remarkably different. It is certain , 
 thBy as little agree with thofe of the dull and in ft pi d 
 rhymes compojed by the Jewifa Rabbins. Some c'f the 
 Pfalms , no doubt, for the more eafy retention thereof in 
 the memory, are compojed cf verjes or fentences begin- 
 ning according to the order of the Hebrew Alphabet, In 
 this order every fentence of the i i \lh and i 1 2th Pfalms 
 begins with a ne lu letter. Almojl every wife of the 2$th 
 . and 145*6 begins in the fame order. But in the 
 .. every eight verfes begin with the fame Hebrew 
 letter in the like alphabetical order. 
 A3 
 
Vrii PREFACE. 
 
 xdutH ; or StfiMAir-EDifTH ; -may either fignify thafc 
 Ghrifl and his people who are ////Vj, or &//*j of the con* 
 gregation ortejlimony, are the fubjecl of it; or that it 
 was lung on an inftrument of fix firings, Pfalm xlv. lx- 
 Ixix. lxxx. as Sheminith denotes an inftrument of 
 eight firings, Pfalm vi. xii. M ah al ath may either fig- 
 tiify the difeafe y andMAHALATH leanoth the afflict- 
 ing difeafe, or Mamalath may fignify a wind inftru- 
 ment of mu fie, Pfalm liii. lxxxviit. Neginath and 
 Neginoth denote ftringed inftruments of mufic, Pfalnis 
 iv. lxi. &c. Mehtloth wind ones, Pfalm v. G i r- 
 tith, a mufical inftrument or tune invented at Gath, 
 Pfalms viii. lxxxi. lxxxiv. ^amoth the virginals t 
 or a fong to be fung by the virgins, Pfalm xlvi. Skic- 
 GaIon, or Shigionoth, may denote the diverjlfied 
 matter or tune of the Pfalm, Pfalm vii. The exxth, 
 and fourteen next following, are called Songs of De- 
 grees, perhaps becaufe they were fung on the different 
 fteps of the Temple ftairs; or were fung at certain halts 
 made by David and the Ifraelites, when they brought 
 up the Ark of God from Kirjath-jearim to JeruGlem ; 
 or were fung by the Hebrews at their different refts, 
 when they came up from the country to their three fo- 
 lemnfeafhs; or were partly fung by the Jews at their 
 different halts, in their return from Babylon* 
 
 The Hebrews divided this book into five^ ending with 
 Pfalm xli. Ixxii. Ixxxix. cvi. <b el. the firft four of u hick 
 are concluded with amen. Interpreters have attempted 
 to arrange or clafs the Pfalms into a variety of different 
 forms : To me it appears not improper, to diftinguifli 
 them into I. Instruct ive, which are either ( i ) Hi s- 
 torical, relating what God had done for the Pfalmifc 
 or for the Jewifli nation, <bc. as Pfalms xviii. lxviii. 
 Ixxviii. civ. cv. cvi. cxiv. exxxv. exxxvi. Moft of 
 which are alfo EuchaR 1 stic. Or (2) Doctrinal, 
 declaring and explaining the principles and duties of re* 
 Jigwn, as Pfalms i. xiv. xv. xix. xxxvi. xxxvii. xlix. 1. 
 liii, lxivlxxvi. lxxvii. Ixxviii. lxxxi Ixxxii. >:c. ci. 
 OKii. cxix, exxvii. exxxi. exxxiii. cx,xxix % II. P*t- 
 
PREFACE. v 
 
 yet from the poetical composition thereof, it is plain he 
 intended thefe Pfalms and Songs for a Standing form of 
 Praife in the church. It is certain they were ufed in this 
 manner under the Old Teftament. The Holy Ghofc 
 hath under the New, plainly directed us to the ufe here- 
 of, Col.iii. 16. Eph» v. to. The Psalms, Hymns, 
 and fpiritual Soncs, there recommended, are plainly 
 the fame with the mizmorim, tehillim and shi- 
 31 1 m, mentioned in the Hebrew titles of Davids Pfalms 
 iii. iv. v. 6t. cxlv. cxx — cxxxiv. 
 
 It hath been pretended, the language and manner of 
 thefe Pfalms, are not fuited to the fpiritual nature of our 
 Gofpel-Worfhip. That, however may as well be urged 
 againft the reading of them, as againft the tinging of 
 them : Nay, againft the reading of a great part of the 
 Old Teftament in our Chriftian YVorflifff. It is certain 
 many padages in the Book of Pfalms, or of other Scrip- 
 ture-Songs, are expreilive of the exercifes of Faith, Re- 
 pentance, Love, or the like graces : which ftiil remain 
 of the fame form as under the Old Teftament. The 
 predictions are either accomplmed, and ^o may be fun# 
 to the honour of Gods mercy and faithfulnefs ; or if not 
 accomplished, maybefungin the hopes, that God will 
 accomplifh them in his time. The hiftory of what God 
 did for his Jewi/h Servants and Church, may be fung 
 with admiration of his love, wifdom, power, and grace 
 therein manife!led> It is further to be confidered, that 
 much of what related to David, or the Jewifii Church, 
 was typical of the character and concerns of Jefiu Chrifh 
 and the Gofpel Church ; and fo ought to be fung with 
 a fpecial application thereto. 
 
 As for thefe Pfalms, which contain denukci at ions 
 of Divine vengeance upon the enemies o\ God and his 
 Church, we are to coniider, that thefe expreiiions were 
 dictated by the infallible Spirit of God; that the objects 
 of them were forefeen to be h -reconcilable enemies of 
 Chriftanuhh Church 5 that tliofe-^ho Gngtbem, only 
 applaud the equity of the doom which God hath juftly 
 pronounced upon fuch pffeiidtrsj and that they are to 
 
vi PREFACE- 
 
 be fung itfth ? full perfuafion of the event, as a certain, 
 avvfujj ana j nit difplay of the glory and tremendous juf- 
 tics of Jehovah. Though we ought, therefore, never 
 to apply them to particular parties or peribns who havc 
 irijured us, yet to decline ufmg them, out of a pretence 
 of charity, is to fuppofe ourfelves wifer than Him, whofe 
 underftanding is infinite, and more merciful than the 
 Father of mercies, who is full of companion, and de- 
 liglneth in mercy. Moreover, as thefe external ene- 
 to defli uction, were in fome fenfe emble- 
 matic of our ipiritual enemies, within or without us, the 
 paiTages may be fung writa application to ourfelves, as 
 directed againft thefe principalities and formers, and 
 Jpiritual wickedrieffes, in high places, with whom we 
 have to v/reftle, while on earth, Enh. vi. ic — 19. * 
 Peter v. 8, 9. Rom. viii. 13, Gal. v. 17 — 24. 
 
 The book cf Pfalms is one of the mod exter.uve and 
 ufefulin holy Scripture, as it is every where fuited 10 
 the cafe of the Saints. It is at firft much mixed with 
 complaints and f implications, and at laft iifues in pure 
 end lading praife. That Heman coinpofed Pfahn 
 lx::>:viii. ] jtxix. and Moles frc, is certain. — 
 
 thefe under the name of Afaph were moftly 
 id by h'm, or only afiigned to be fung by him as a 
 . others were to Jeduthun 
 or to the foti9 oi' Korah, or other chief Muficians, we 
 cam- n Ixxiv. Ixxix. cxxvi. 
 
 and cxx>:vii. appear to have been compofed after the 
 bvguh Captivity to Babylon ; but by whom we know- 
 not. Th^ reft including thefe two marked with the 
 name of Solomon, might be compofed by David the 
 fweet Bfol ael*. 
 
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 cal j B:it 
 
 the laws and nteafuret tj 
 cleui iy % cti tained\ It is no* cieu reafonatft to i 
 
PREFACE. lie 
 
 l>HETic r foretelling events relative to Chnfi or his 
 Church, as Pfalms ii. viii. xvi. xxi. xxii. xxiv. xxix. xl. 
 xlv. xlvii. xlviii. lxvii. lxviii. lxix. lxxii. lxxxvii. 
 Ixxxix. xciii, xcv, xcvi. xcvih xcviii. c, ex. cxvii. exxxii. 
 cxlix not a few of which are alfo Euchakistic III. 
 Consolatory, in which the pfalmift comforts himfelf 
 and others in the promifes, perfections, or works of 
 Go J, as Pfalms iv. xi. xxfti. xxvii. xxxi xxxvii. xlvi. 
 lvjii. lxxiii. xci exxi exxv. exxviii. exxi*. IV. Peti- 
 tory, in which he bewails his own, or the Church's con- 
 dition, and fupplicates deliverance, as Pfalms lii. v. vi. 
 vii. x.xii. xiii. xvi\ xx. xxv. xxvL xxvii, xxv'ii. xxxv. 
 Xxxviii. xli.xlii, xliii. xliv. 11. liv. Iv. lvii- liX. lx lxi. 
 lxiii, Uiv. lx«*. Ixxi. lxxiv. lxxix. Ixxx. lxxxiii. Ixxxv. 
 lxxxvi. IxxxViii. cii. cix. cxx. exxiii. exxx exxxii. cxxxvii. 
 Cxi. cxli. cxlii. cxliii. Seven of thefe in which the pfalmift 
 makes confeflion of his fin, viz- Pfalms vi. xxxii. xxxviii* 
 li. cii. exxx. cxliii. are called peniietIal V* Eu- 
 char i stic, "in which he ftirs up himfelf and others to 
 praife and thank the Lord, for his favours. As Pfalms 
 ix. xviii, xxx. xxxiii. xxxiv lx. Ixv. ■ lxviii. xcix. ciii, 
 eiv. cv* cvi. cvii. cviii.cxi. cxiii- cxv. cxvi. cxvii. cxviii. 
 exxii. exxiv. exxxi. exxxiv. cx*xV. Cxxxvi* Cxxxviii. 
 cxliv. cxlv. cxlvi. cxlvii cxlviii. cxlix ci. But indeed 
 hiltorical narratives, doctrinal inductions, prophecies, 
 *onfolations } fupplications, praifes, and thankfgivings 
 are often fo pleafantly and profitably connected, in the 
 fame Pfalm, that it is difficult to ailign it to one clafs, 
 rather than to another. And, what is historical, 
 as it relates to David and the Jewifh Church, is often 
 typical, and fo prophetic as it relates to Jefus 
 Chrift and the Gofpel-Church or heavenly ftate. Many 
 too, of the supplication refpecting deliverances from, 
 or the deftrucYion of enemies, are to be confidered as 
 real prediction's of the events; they being dictated 
 by the infpiration of Him who caji declare the end frtijpL. 
 the beginning, 
 
The Psalms of DAVID 
 
 IN" METRE. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 Perhaps this Pfalm was added by Ezra, or whoever 
 tlje was the collector of the others into one book* We 
 have reprefented to us in it, ( i ) The character of the 
 godly ; bow holy they are, abftaining from every tetnpt- 
 ation to, or appearance of evil ; and vjith pleafure medi- 
 tating on, and endeavouring to fulfil the -whole law of 
 God, verfe I, 2. and how) happy, planted in the near eft 
 fellowjhip with Jefus, the River of life, they proffer in 
 their lawful attemfts : They never fall from their grace 
 or profejjion ; and the-; jhall ft and with affrobation at 
 the judgment -feat of God, verfe 3. (2) The fenfulnefe 
 and, mifery of thevjicked: How different from, and con- 
 trary to the gody in their inclination, comf anions, exer- 
 cifes and ends ! How light and unfubftantial, as chaff, 
 and ready to be hurled by the forms of infinite wrath, 
 into the defths of hell, as caft and condemned in the 
 righteous judgment of Gcd ! verfe 4., 5. (3) The great 
 ■reafon of the happinefs of faints, and of the mifery of 
 finners. The Lord loveth the righteous, and obferves 
 and approves their inclinations and behaviour ; but as 
 an enemy, he brings deftruclive vengeance upon the wick- 
 
 ed, verfe 6. «[ While I Jing thefe important lines, let 
 
 snyfoul lift uf her eyes to that great pattern of fcrfeclion, 
 Jesus, the man of God's right hand, who vjas holy, 
 harmlefs, undefilcd, and fefarate from jinners ; and 
 who fulfilled all righ'teoufnefs, magnified the lavj, and 
 made it honourable for men— for me. United to his per- 
 fon, cloathed with his right eoujnefs, and all inflamed 
 and animated with his redeeming love, Jhed abroad in 
 my heart, let me examine myfelf as in his fight y let me 
 walk in him as my way* and follow him as my Pattern 
 and Guide : Let ?ne with folemn awe look to, and pre* 
 pare for his laft> his eternal judgment ! 
 
 THAT 
 
*z P S A L M I. 
 
 THAT man hath perfe& bleffedneft, 
 who walketh not afiray 
 In counfel of ungodly men, 
 nor (lands in finners way, 
 Nor fitteth in the (corners chair ; 
 
 2 But placeth his delight 
 Upon God's law, and meditates 
 on his law day and night. 
 
 5 He mall be like a tree that grows 
 
 near planted by a river, 
 Which in his feafon ) ields his fruit, 
 
 and his leaf fadeth never ; 
 And all he doth fhall profper well. 
 
 4 The wicked are not fo ; 
 But like they are unto the chaff 
 
 which wind drives to and fro. 
 
 5 In judgment therefore /hall not Hand 
 
 fuch as ungodly are ; 
 Tsor in th' affembly of the jufr. 
 fhall wicked men appear. 
 
 6 For why ? the way of godly men 
 
 unto the Lord is known : 
 Whereas the way of wicked men 
 mail quite be overthrown. 
 
 « P S A L M II. 
 
 Perhaps this Pfalm relates partly to David* s inflalmcnt 
 on his throne and the viclories over his enemies which at- 
 tended it. Compare Pfalm xviii. 2 Sam. iii. v. viii. x. 
 xviii. XX. But the whole of it refpecls Jefus cur Re- 
 deemer. Behold ( I ) The violent and harmonious , but 
 unfuccefsful oppoftion, which Jews and Genti 'es of all 
 ranks make to the perfon and redempticn-work of the great 
 God my Saviour. . Behold what ruin and woe they draw 
 tipon thc?nfelves by their attempts ! verfe i, — 5, 9. (2) 
 Behold how, notwithflanding all their raging malice and 
 furious oppeftion, Jehovah inflals our Redeemer King 
 in. his Church, aid infallibly fi.xeth him cu his thrones 
 
 avows 
 
PSALM II. rj 
 
 avows him his only begotten Son, and gives unto him the 
 Gentiles for his people ! verfe 6—8. (3) Behold Jeho- 
 vah's demand if ferious ccnfideratkn and fear of joy in, 
 andtrvft, obedience and love to bis exalted Son, verfe 9, 
 
 mmmm .l Zy ^ While Ifing let me remark the horrid '■nature 
 
 tf fn ; let me with broken heart, bewail my neglect of, 
 sChrift. Let me npitb wonder blefs 
 that I have not already peri fed in mine in 
 ty. Let me with carneftrefs .accept that once debafid Re- 
 deemen, as my Saviour, my Sovereign, my Proprietor, 
 my god, and my all. Let me learn to knew bim, re 
 j'jice in him, and with holy awe, commit my whole faU 
 nation , and the falvdtion of my country, nay, of all the 
 ends of the earth to him. 
 
 PSALM II. 
 
 WHY rage the heathen f and vain thing? 
 why do the people mind ? 
 .2 KingPbfctbe earth do fet themfelves, 
 
 and Princes arc combin'd, 
 To ploL again!! the Lord, and his 
 Anointed, faying thus, 
 
 3 Let us afur.der break their bands 
 
 and call their cords from us. 
 
 4 He that in Heaven fits, mall laugh : 
 
 The Lord fhall feern them all m 
 
 5 Then (hall he (peak to them in Wratk? 
 
 in rage he vex them mall, 
 
 6 Yet notvithftanding I have him 
 
 to be my King appointed ; 
 And ov'r Zion my holy hill, 
 I have him King anointed. 
 
 7 The fure decree I will declare : 
 
 The Lord hath faid to me, 
 Thou art mine only fon, this day 
 
 I have begotten thee. 
 & Afkcfme, and for heritage 
 
 the heathen HI make thine ; 
 
 » An* 
 
ii PSALM IIL 
 
 And, ^fpr pofiefpon J to thee 
 
 will give earth's utmoil line. 
 
 9 Thou fhalt, as with a weighty rod 
 
 of iron, break them all: 
 And as a nctter's iheard, thou (halt 
 
 them da(h in pieces final 1. 
 io Now therefore, kings, be wife, be taught, 
 
 ye judges of the carrh. 
 ii Serve God in fear, and fee that ye 
 
 join trembling wiih your mirth. 
 
 12 K'fs ye the fon, left in his ire 
 
 ye per'fh from the w 
 If on :e his wrath Begin to barn : 
 
 bleit all that on him flay. 
 
 P S A L M II r. 
 
 A PMm ot David, wh:n he ifled from Abfalom his fon. 
 
 Having hi I eld the toy al dignity of ;;." Redeemer ', let 
 me here beheld the joy, :■ e Re- 
 
 \ed a mid ft the:,- diftrejjes in* itnlei . 
 , ' from his boh capital and high thr 's re- 
 
 bellious fon, Alfalom, (i) Complains to his God of the 
 number and malice of his ene; l, 2. (2) He 
 
 eneourageth bin-jet f in his God. 
 
 matter of his fafuy, joy, and honour, verje 3, ^3) lie 
 rccollcdis he,-:, on former qc capons , - 
 
 him to his prayers ; hc-i-j ,•', God 
 
 ready to h yant his rtquefts ; hi 
 
 of his 
 trufiing in 
 God, 
 
 fori, 
 .; him 
 . /;/ 
 /, be- 
 
PSALM IV. 15 
 
 rejoice in fire great God my Saviour. Let nie truft in 
 him at all times, that as he bath delivered, and dcih de- 
 iiver, fo he huill deliver me. 
 
 OLOXD, how are my foes increas'd ? 
 agiinit me many rife. 
 
 2 Many fay of my foul, For him 
 
 in God no fticcour lies. 
 
 3 Yet thou my ftiield and glory art ; 
 
 th' ilplifter of mine Lead. 
 
 4 I cry'd, and from his holy hill 
 
 the Lord me anfwer made. 
 
 5 I laiJ me down and flept, I wak'd* 
 
 for God fu (lamed me. 
 
 6 I will not fear tlio' thoufands ten 
 
 fet round againit me be. 
 
 7 Arife, O Lord : fave me, my God : 
 
 for thou my foes haft ftroke 
 Allonge cheek-bone; and the teeth 
 of wicked men haft broke. 
 
 3 Salvation doth appertain 
 
 unto the Lord alone : 
 Thy bailing, Lord, for evermore 
 
 thy people is upon. 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician en Neginetb, A Pialm of David. 
 
 This Pfalm was perhaps comtofd on the fame pecafion 
 as the former, when David fled from Atyalom his fon^ 
 Here ( 1 ) David encouraged by former experience, cajls 
 his burden on the Lord* an tes a merciful deliver- 
 
 ance, <verfe 1 , (2) A men, particular- 
 
 ly fo his perfecutors, he reproves their contempt of God 
 t in, and practice of vanity, 
 fraud and faffehood. He reprefents the happinefs of the 
 Jaints in having God their protector, and ready to hear 
 their requefs. He recommends an holy f Hal avee of God, 
 a careful abftinence from Jin ; a compefed trial of, and 
 (onverfe v;ith their own heart, together vcith a devoting 
 
t6 PS A, L M IV, 
 
 cf thc;nfelves,-and their conduct a:. J /. to the 
 
 Lord s 'Vitfe 2, — 5. (3) To encourage them to the ft ud^ 
 of practical religion, he remarks what Juperlative fatis- 
 fatiion and reft himfelf had found in familiar felloiujbip 
 ivithGod, and in -a believing dependence on him, verjk 
 
 C — 3 q While Ifng, lei me have faith in G^d, as 
 
 my cujh God in Chrift. Let me abhor that levity of mind, 
 that deceitfnlneft, that earthly mindednef* proper to the 
 ungodly, and every remaiu thereof. Lei my foul pant for 
 JeHOVAH. and prefer him to every thing elfe. Let me 
 py faith, lay myfdf dovon in his arms, his bcfm t as all 
 my falvation and comfort; 
 
 ' IVE ear unto me wncn-I calf, 
 _ r Gcd of my righteoufnefs : 
 
 Have mercy, heir my pray'r, thou haft 
 enlarg'd me ia diilrefs. 
 
 2 O ye the Tons of men, how long 
 will ye love vanities ? 
 
 How long my glory turn to fhame, 
 and will ye follow lies ? 
 
 3 But know, that for himfelf the L$rd 
 the godiy man doth chufe: 
 
 The Lord, when I on him do call, 
 to hear will not refufe. 
 
 4 Fear, and fin not : talk with your heart 
 on bed, and filent be. 
 
 5 OfFrings prefent of righteoufnefs ; 
 and in the Lord troll ye. 
 
 6 O who will fhew us any good ? 
 is chat which many (ay : 
 
 But of thy countenance the light, 
 Lord, lift on us alway. 
 
 7 Upon my heart bsftow'd by thee 
 more gladnefs I have found, 
 
 Than they, cv'n then, when corn and wine* 
 did mofl with them abound. 
 
 $ I will both lay me down in peace, 
 and quiet fleep will take ; 
 
 Eecauic 
 
PSALM V. <7 
 
 Becaufe thou only me to dwell 
 in fafety, Lord, doft make. 
 
 P S A L M V. 
 To the chief Mufician upon Nebiloth, A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Here ( I ) the man according to God's hearty in the af 
 fured faith of God's hearing his prayers and hating his 
 fins, fixeth a daily, an early, an earnejl, a. Jleady, a 
 grace-founded correfpondence with God, in his ordinances 
 of meditation, prayer, praife, £sV. verje I — 7. (2) 
 Behold him humbly requejling God's fpecial direction in 
 duties which his enemies had rendered difficult to perform ,• 
 fuppli eating and predicting the ruin of his implacable foss ,• 
 and in the affured faith of obtaining it, imploring comfort 
 
 and profperity to his fellow faints, fyerfe 8, — 12. 
 
 qy While I fing, let my heart and fiejh cry cut, and my 
 foul pant and wait fr the Lord. In the firm faith of 
 infinite mercy toforgiue all my crimes, andwajh out all my 
 finful Jlains, let me blujb at, and dctejl my own abomina- 
 tions. Let me cultivate the c I of efi familiarity with the 
 Lord my God. Let my prayers correfpond with his ftomifes 
 and with the particular conditions of my f elf or other: \ 
 
 IVE ear unto my words, O Lord : 
 my meditation weigh. 
 
 2 Hear my loud cry, my Kiug, my God ! 
 for I to thee will pray. 
 
 3 Lord, thou (halt early hear my voic? ; 
 I early will direct 
 
 My pray'r to thee, and boking up 
 an anfwer will ex peel. 
 
 4 For thou art not a God thit doth 
 in wickednefs delgl.t : 
 
 Neither mall evil dwelt with thec: 
 
 5 Nor fools Hand in thy fight. 
 All that ill doers are thou hatclt : 
 
 6 Cut'ft off that iiars he. 
 The bloody and deceitful man 
 
 abhorred is by thee. 
 
 £ 2 n fiat 
 
 G' 
 
it PSALM Vti 
 
 7 But ] into thine houfe will come. 
 
 in thine :e : 
 
 And I will worihip in thy fear 
 
 towards thy holy place. 
 S B'caufe of thofe mine ener; 
 
 Lord, in thy righteoufnefs 
 Do thou me lead : do thcu thy way 
 
 make ftraight before my face. 
 
 9 For in their mouth there is no truth, 
 
 their inward part is ill : 
 Their throat's an open feoulchre ; 
 
 their tongue doth flatter dill, 
 io O God, delh-oy them, let them be 
 
 by their own counfel qucIFd : 
 Them for their many fms cad out, 
 
 for they 'gainft thee rebelled. 
 
 ii Bit let all joy that truft in thee, 
 
 and (till make fhouting noife : 
 For them thcu iav'it ; let all that love 
 
 thy name, in thee rejoice. 
 12 Fcr, Lord, unto the rightecus man 
 
 thou wilt thy bhiTmg yield: 
 With favour thou wilt co.npafs him 
 
 about, as with a fnield. 
 
 P S A L M VI. 
 
 To the chief Mufician on Neginoib, upon S 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Ob/i 
 
 e felt 
 
 ■ 
 ( \ .' icatiotts ■-' 
 
 (,'ies i 
 
 • '' (3) 
 and 
 
 10, *T i 
 
PSALM VI. 19 
 
 my ajjiiclhns, let me believe that Jefus was ctffliStedfor 
 me. Let me call my Jin to remembrance, fpread my cafe, 
 before him, fill my month with arguments, implore his 
 abundant, free, and fever eign mercy, as my fete and 
 all-comprebenfrue relief Nor let me ever ex peel a corn- 
 fort able anfwer to my prayers, while I cultivate an in- 
 timacy with profane and vsicked men* 
 
 LORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not, 
 nor in thy hot rage chaften me. 
 
 2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak : t 
 
 Heal me, for my bones vexed be. 
 
 3 My foul is alio vexed fore ; 
 
 But, Lord, how long flay wi't thou make! 
 
 4 Return, O Lord, my foul fct free : 
 O five me for thy mercies fake. 
 
 5 Becaufe thofe that deceafed are, 
 Of thee mall no remembrance have : 
 And who is he that will to thee 
 Give praifes lying in the grave ? 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 J alfo all the night my bed 
 Have caufed for to f^vim ; and I 
 With tears my couch have watered. 
 
 7 Mine eye, confum'd with grief, grows old, 
 Becaufe of all mine enemies. 
 
 8 Hence frcm me wicked workers all, 
 For God hath heared my weeping cries. 
 
 9 God hath my fup plication heard ; 
 My pray'r received gracioufly. 
 
 10 Shamed and fore vex'd be all my foes ; 
 Sham'd and back turned fuddeLly. 
 
 Another of the fame. 
 
 "N thy great indignation, 
 
 O Lord, rebuke me not; 
 Nor on me lay thy chartering hand 
 
 in thy difplcaiV-c hot. 
 z Lord, 1 am weak, therefore on mi 
 have mercy, and me fpare : 
 
2c PSALM VII. 
 
 Heal me, O Lord, becaufe thou know'ft 
 my bones much vexed are. 
 
 3 My foul is vexed fore : but, Lord, 
 
 how long ftay wilt thou make ? 
 
 4 Return, Lord, free my foul, and fave 
 me, for thy mercies fake. 
 
 5 Becaufe of thee in death their mail 
 
 no more remembrance be : 
 Of thofe that in the grave do ly, 
 
 who mall give thanks to thee i 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 and all the night my bed 
 I earned for to fwim : with tears 
 my couck I watered. 
 
 7 By reafon of my vexing; grief, 
 
 mine eye confumed is ; 
 
 It waxeth old, becaufe of ail 
 
 that be mine enenies. 
 
 8 But now depart from me, all yc 
 
 that work iniquity ; 
 For why, the Lord hath he ard my voice^ 
 when I did mourn and cry. 
 
 9 Un,to my fup plication 
 
 the Lord did hearing give ; 
 When I to him my prayer make, 
 the Lord will it receive. 
 
 io Let all befham'd and troubled fore 
 
 that cn'mies are to me ; 
 Let them turn back, and fuddenly 
 
 afhamed let them be. 
 
 PSALM VII. 
 
 Shiggaion of David, which he fang unto the Lord, 
 concerning the words of Cujb the Bcnjamite. 
 
 Here accufed of traitorous conj "piracy againjl his Jbvt- 
 reign by King Saul, or by Cujh one of his courtier. /, David 
 (l) Appeals to God, concerning his 'mnocency of that crime 
 
PSALM VII; 21 
 
 *verfe 3 — 5. (2) He fupplicates, that God, as Governor 
 ef the world, and King of Ifrael, vjculd prated him 
 
 from danger, plead his cavfe, and give judgment for 
 him, verfe 1,2,6, 9, (3) In the exercife of faith > he 
 depends on God, to prof eel and deliver him, and to avenge 
 the injuries he had fuftained upon his implacable adver fu- 
 ries, verfe *o, 16. (4) He refolves to afcribe the glory 
 of alibis deliverances to Gcd alcne, verfe 17.——— 
 f[ While 1 fmg, lei me con template the fpotlefs innocency, 
 the fnijhed righteoufnefs of my Redeemer, together ivith 
 the injurious ufage he received from his brethren ef man- 
 kind ; and the fearful ruin vjhich hath befallen, or a- 
 nuaits his incorrigible foes. Let me carefully approve my- 
 
 felf in his fght, vjho fearcheth my heart, and trieih my 
 reins, and vjho muft quickly be my final judge. Let me 
 implore the juft vengeance of heaven, againft my fpiritual 
 enemies. And not unto me, but to his name be the glory 
 andpraife of all my protection and deliverance \ 
 
 LORD my God, in thee do I 
 my confidence repofe : 
 Save and deliver me from all 
 my perfecting foes. 
 
 2 Lei! that the enemy my foul 
 mould like a lion tear, 
 
 In pieces renting it, while there 
 is no deliverer* 
 
 3 O Lord my God, if it be fo> 
 that I committed this ; 
 
 If h be fo, that in my hands 
 iniquity there is ; 
 
 4 If I rewarded ill to him 
 that was at peace with me : 
 
 (Ye, ev'n the man that without caufe 
 my foe was, I did free.) 
 
 5 Then let the foe purfue, and take 
 my foul, and my life thrult 
 
 Down to the earth, and let him lay 
 mine honour in the duft. 
 
 6 Pvife in thy wrath, Lord, raife thy felf, 
 for my foes raging be; 
 
22 r s a ]. \i vn. 
 
 And to th thou haft 
 
 comrhan : for me. 
 
 7 So (hall ' thy folk 
 
 about encompaf: thee : 
 Thou therefore, for. their il.kcs, return 
 
 ilnto thy place on r 
 
 S The Lord I..- le judge: 
 
 my judge, JEHOVAH, be, 
 
 After my right eoufnefs, and mine 
 integrity in me. 
 
 9 O let the wicked's malice end, 
 
 but 'Hablilh ffc&afUy 
 The righteous ; for the r ighteoas God 
 
 the hearts and reins coth try. 
 io In God, who fives th'upiighi in hearts 
 
 is my defence and ft ly. 
 
 1 1 God juft men judgeth, Gcd is wroth 
 
 with ill men tv'ry day, 
 
 12 If he do not return again, 
 
 then he Ids fword will whet : 
 His bow he hath already bent, 
 and hath it ready fet. 
 
 13 He alfo hath for him prepar'd 
 
 the inftruments of death ; 
 Againft the perfect) tors he 
 his ihafts ordained hath. 
 
 14 Behold, he with iniquity 
 
 doth travail as in birth ; 
 A mifchief he conceived hath, 
 
 and falfhood lhaJl bring forth. 
 
 15 He made a pit, and digg'd it dezv, 
 
 another the* e to cake 3 
 But he is felPn into the ditch 
 which he himfelfdid make. 
 
 16 Upon his own head Ids mifchief 
 
 (hall be returned home; 
 His voilent dealing alfo down 
 on his own pate ihall co. 
 
P S A L M VlfT. 23 
 
 17 According to his rigjueoiifaefi 
 
 the Lord, 
 And will ling nc 
 
 cf God that is m - 
 
 P S A L M VIII. 
 
 To the chief Mufi (aim of David. 
 
 This Pfalrn contains r, But fohmn meditation 
 
 uj. c n the glory, the greai ntfs, and tfo grace of God. Let 
 
 (1) IIo'v illuftrious arid wuU-fpread are 
 
 his gli , <ver. 1, 3,9 (2) By how *-;eak 
 
 and infignificant inftruments*, >. ind fprcafs 
 
 marvellous 
 
 con do- 'bounty to mankind, but c Man 
 
 Chnji, in uniting his human nature to his divine per/on, 
 and in giving him ell power in heaven and earth, for 
 
 the benefit of his chefen people, trer, 4, — 3 ^ May 
 
 this Jefus, this name of God in him, be the enthroned in- 
 habitant > the ever la/ling vjonder, and the fpcrlative 
 darling of my heart. Let me vjith the babes cf fern fa- 
 lem, Mat. xxi. pour forth my Hos annas to him that 
 ccmeth in the name of the Lord to five me, Hosa: 
 in the higbejl. Let alt the works of 'nature lead, and ex- 
 cite me to admire their Creator's kindnefs towards men,— 
 Jo-wards fitful and infignificant 
 
 JJ* O W excellent in all the earth, 
 
 Lord, o ; jr Lord, is thy name 5 
 Who ball thy glory ar adrane'd 
 
 abov ' y frame. 
 
 2 From infants' and from fucklmgs' mouth 
 
 thou dideit ftrength ordain, 
 For thy foes' caufe, that \o thou might'il 
 tn' avenging foe reilrain. 
 
 en I look up unto the heav'ns 
 :h thine own fingers fram'd : 
 :o the moon, and to the liars, 
 which were by thee eiduirAi ; 
 
 4 Then 
 
24 PSALM IX. 
 
 4 Then fay I, What is man, tha' he, 
 
 remembered is by thee ? 
 Or what the tor of man, that- thou 
 fo kind to him fruuld'il be ? 
 
 5 For thou a little Tower haft 
 
 him than the angels made ; 
 With glory ard with digni-y 
 thou crowned hill his head. 
 
 6 Of thy hand works thou mad'fl him Lord, 
 
 all under 's feet didft lay : 
 j All iheep ar d oxen, yea, and bcafts 
 that in the field do ftray. 
 
 8 Fowls of the air,* fifn of the fea, 
 
 all that pafs through the fame. 
 
 9 How excellent in all the earth, 
 
 Lord, our Lord, u thy name ! 
 
 PSALM IX, 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon Muth-Labbcn, 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 This Pfalm was perhaps compefed on the occafen j 
 fon Abfalorns death, z Sam. xviii. cr on the occajion of 
 the death of Goliath the champion and dueliefl of Gat h % r 
 Sam. xvii. We have in it, ( i ) David* s hearty thatrhf- 
 g'wings to God for his pleading cf his cuufe again/1 his 
 and his country's enemies and for giving him a complete 
 <vidory over them* ver, i- — 0. and his excitement of o- 
 thers to join with him therein, ver. li, 12 (i) His tri- 
 umph in God as the righteous Judge cf the world, protec- 
 tor of his people, and the dejti yer J his emflacable ene- 
 viies, ver. 7,— 10, K, — 18 (3) His requejis for fur- 
 ther grounds if fraifing God as his tmm deliver ty , 
 
 the confounder tj his enemies, ver 13, 14, 19, 20 
 
 m While J ff-g tbej \ fubje&s, let me chiefly comfider tk t 
 bleffmgs (f re at ft ones cf my Redeemer ever 
 
 fin, death and hi i ; <- /, through /..m, 
 
 Jh all be more than* tV*f4/rW, Let the ruin of tranf 
 
 grejjmr* 
 
f S A L M IX. 
 
 B 
 
 grejffors effectually admonijh me to ft and in awe of God 9 
 end a: tbtftirtkeft diftdkee from Jin. 
 
 GRD, thee I'll praife with all my heart, 
 ./ wonders all proclaim. 
 
 2 In thee, moil High, Til greatly joy, 
 and fing unto thy name. 
 
 3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell, 
 and perifh'd at thy fight ; 
 
 4 For thou maintain'dft my rijghjt and zzufc s 
 on throne fat'i!:, j edging right. 
 
 5 The heathen thou rebuked haft, 
 the wicked overdjAwn ; 
 
 Thou hail put out their name*, that they 
 may never more be known. 
 
 6 O en'mv ! now deflrudlion? have 
 an end perpetual : 
 
 Thou cities raz'd; perilled with them ; 
 u their memorial. 
 
 7 God mail endure for ay ; he doth 
 for judgment fet his throne : 
 
 .8 In righteoufnefs to judge the world, 
 
 juftice to give each one. 
 9 God alfo will a refuge be 
 
 for thofe that a^e oppre.l ; 
 A refuge will he be, in times 
 
 of trouble, to diilreft. 
 
 io And they that know thy name, in thee 
 
 their confidence will place ; 
 For thou hall not forfaken them 
 
 that truly feek thy face. 
 
 1 1 O fing ye praifes to the Lord, 
 that dwells in Sion hill : 
 
 And all the nations amonp- 
 his deeds record ye ft ill, 
 
 12 When he enquireth after blood, 
 he then remembrcth them ; 
 
 The humble folk he not forgets 
 that call upon his name. 
 C 
 
4 PSALM X. 
 
 13 Lord, pity me, behold the grief 
 
 which 1 from furs fuftajn ; 
 Lv'n thou who from the gates of death 
 dell raife me up ag-i.in : 
 
 14 That I, in Sicn's daughters gates, 
 
 may all thy praise advance : 
 And that 1 may rejoice always 
 
 f 5 ;-Tl n are funk in the pit, 
 
 ich ukv tin -'d ; 
 
 ftnd in the nfet w I idi they have hid 
 their own feet felt are fnar'd. 
 
 «6 The Lord is by We judgment kno .va, 
 
 which he himfelf hath wrought: 
 The finners hands do make the p 
 
 wherewich themfelves are caught. 
 ij They, who are wicked, into hell 
 
 each one frail turned be : 
 And ad the nations that forget 
 
 to feck the Lord moil high. 
 
 1 3 For they that needy are, mall not 
 
 forgotten be alway ; 
 The expectation of the poor 
 
 fhal! not be loil for ay. 
 
 19 Arife, Lord, let not man prevail ; 
 
 judge heathens in thy fight : 
 
 20 That they may know themfe'ves but men, 
 
 the nations, Lord, affright. 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 In this Pfalm of lamentation amJ woe, wt have (1) 
 Daviis mournful complaints of God's *wii eni of 
 
 his gracious and comfort obit pn . I. (2) His 
 
 mournful a. id . ■ ing trefenkstion of. men, 
 
 cuted him duping Got bey proudly 
 
 gloried in them) • and 
 
 nied the judgments rf G 
 A us, t react . 
 
 y, hypocritical, and r * .2-— 
 
PSALM Xi *7 
 
 II. (3) His earne.fi: /applications for relief to th? people 
 §f God j attended with the firm faith of obtaining it, ver* 
 
 12 — 18. 9\.JVbile I fing tbefe> ponder, O my fouI 9 
 
 njobat a privilege it is to enjoy familiar fell ovjjkip voith 
 God! What abominations lie bid in an evil heart of 
 mnhelief ! iVhat a mercy, that the Lord hath withheld 
 ene fr . in <u,>>c.kedne/s. of which my corrupt 
 
 :• ! Lei all my vicivs of fins and ofjudg- 
 me ids .0 fee to jefs for relief . If he prepare 
 
 Tfiy heart to prof* he vjill furely grant my requefis, 
 
 WHEREFORE is it, that thou, O Lord, 
 doft (land from us afar $ 
 And wherefore hided tl#u thyfelf, 
 en times (o troublous are ? 
 z The wicked in his loftinefs 
 doth perfecute the poor : 
 In thefe devices they have frani'd, 
 Jet them be taken fure. 
 
 3 The wicked. of his heart's deiire 
 
 ' doth talk with hoafting great ; 
 He bleflcth him that's covetous, 
 
 whom yet the Lord doth hate. 
 
 4 The wicked, through his pi id e of face, 
 
 on God he doth not call ; 
 And in thecounfels of his heart 
 the Lord is not at all. 
 
 5 His ways they always grievous are ; 
 
 thy judgments from his fight 
 Removed a^e : at all his f jes 
 he puffeth with dt fp ite. 
 
 6 Within his heart he thus hath faid, 
 
 I ill al 1 not moved be; 
 And no adverfity at all 
 
 ihall ever come to me. 
 
 7 His mouth with curfing, fraud, deceit, 
 
 is fill'd abundantly : 
 And underneath his tongue there is 
 mifchief and vanity. 
 
 «He 
 
2% PSALM X. 
 
 8 He clofely fits in villages ; 
 
 he flays the innocent : 
 
 Again/l the poor, that pa fs him by, 
 his cruel eyes are bent. 
 
 9 Ke lion- like lurks in his den ; 
 
 he waits the poor to take : 
 And when he draws him in his net, 
 his prey he doth him make. 
 
 10 Himfrlf he humbleth very low, 
 
 he croucheth down withal, 
 That fo a multitude of poor 
 
 may by his itrong ones fall. 
 
 1 1 He thus hath fai cnlvithin his heart* 
 
 The Lord hath quite forgot : 
 He hides his countenance, an a* he 
 for ever fees it not. 
 
 12 O Lord, dothouarlfe; O God, 
 
 lift up thine hand on high ; 
 Put not the meek am* idled ones 
 out of thy memory. 
 
 13 Why is it that the wicked man, 
 
 thus doth the Lord deipife ? 
 Becaufe that God will it require, 
 he in his heart denies. 
 
 14 Thou hail it feen, for their mifchief 
 
 and fpte thou wilt rep^y : 
 
 The poor commits himfelf to thee, 
 
 thou art the orphans flay, 
 
 15 The arm break of the wicked man, 
 
 and of the evil on^ ; 
 Do thou feck out his wickednefs, 
 
 until thou rince.' none. 
 26 The Lord is King through ages all, 
 
 ev'n to eternity : 
 The heathen people from his land 
 
 r.re perirrTd utterly. 
 
 17 O Lord, of thofe that humble are 
 thou the cefirc dicil hear: 
 
P S A L M XT. 29 
 
 Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou 
 
 to hear will bend thine car : 
 18 To judge the fatherlcfs, and thofe 
 
 that are opprerTed lore, 
 That man, that is but fprung of earth, 
 
 may them opprefs no mere. 
 
 PSALM XL 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalrn cf David. 
 
 Behold here (1) David, tempted by his timorous friends 
 to efcape to Jome mountain, and hide him/elf -from the fury 
 of Saul, or of . a & if that were his only fafe 
 
 courfe, itoiv, when his enemies twere exet (elves 
 
 to the uttemiofty a?id all things voire in diforder and con- 
 
 fufion, ver, I, — 3. (2) David baffling the temptation 
 by a refolute profefjion of his truft in God, as the obferver 
 cf all men j as the holy and ptmijhcr cf the 
 
 Vuickedy and friend of the [ r. 1,4 — 7. ff Let 
 
 no tempt at i lefrommyi 
 
 tnefromit. While , II, my reconcile* 
 
 Father, manageih and judged? tk . my faff 
 
 courfe is to commit my f elf to him in well doing. Let the 
 
 juft vengeance of God upt front 
 
 e encourage me to k** 
 in all manner cf con 
 
 I IN the Lcrd do put my trull ; 
 how is it then that ve 
 Say to my foul., Fie 
 
 unto your m gh : 
 
 2 For L\ their bow, 
 
 The r y fit, 
 
 That thofe w] - in heart 
 
 they privily may h 
 
 3 If the foundations be deflroy'd, 
 
 it hath die righteous done.? 
 
 4 God in his holy temple is, 
 
 in heaven is his throne : 
 
 C2 
 
PSALM Xl'f. 
 
 His eyes do fee, his eye-lids try 
 
 5 Mens fons. The jufl he proves 5 
 But his foul hates the wicked man, 
 
 and hirn that violence loves. 
 
 6 Snares. £re and brimftone, furious ftormfe 
 
 on Tinners he fhall rain : 
 
 This, as :he portion of their cup, 
 
 doth unto them pertain. 
 
 7 Becaufe the Lord moll righteous doth 
 
 in righteoufnefs delight, 
 And with a pleafant countenance 
 beholdeth the upright. 
 
 PSALM XII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon Sheminitb, 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 In this Pfalm, which was probably penned, during 
 reign of Saul, ebferve, (i) The times rendered ex- 
 tremely bad by the almoft univerfal death of the godly, the 
 general decay of Piety and honejly, the common prevalence 
 r.fdiffmnlaiicn and fiat tiry ; and by the proud and daring 
 contempt of Cod, and eppreffion of the poor y and by the 
 protection and encouragement of wickednefs, by thofe that 
 hear rule in church cr ftate, ver. 1 — 4, 8. (2) Enough 
 in God to balance the evils of the veorft cf times, 
 ready to help . He will in due time recken with : 
 *. ■ .frainileir injclencc. Ilev.i. 
 
 ve his eppi cf cJ. people. 
 fit 78 and J and h$ n vc I . 
 
 for him fe If, wtr, 1. — 5, 7. flfj In evil times, dc . 
 
 mv fbulf I. God, ft i 
 
 Heft 1 ; * and rcjoiee in his N$<W<$» 
 
 wem ft f| — to me. 
 
 TTTLLP, Lcrd, becaufe the godly man 
 11 doth daily fade awa) ; 
 And from a.r.Dngthe fons of men 
 
 the faithful do dec. 
 2 I ;rhbc\:r every one 
 
 dojh u;:cr vanity : 
 
PSALM XIII. p 
 
 They with a double heart do fpeak, 
 and lips of flattery. 
 
 3 God (hall cut off all flatting lips, 
 
 tongues that fpeak proudly, thus, 
 
 4 We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips 
 
 are ours : who's Lord o'er us ? 
 
 5 For poor oppreit, and for the fighs 
 
 of needy, rife will I, 
 Saith God, and him in fafety fet 
 from fuch as him defy. 
 
 6 The words of God are words moil pure, 
 
 they be like filver try'd 
 In eirthen furnace, feven times 
 that hath been purlfy'd. 
 
 7 Lord, thou (halt them preferve and keep 
 
 for ever from this race. 
 
 8 On each fide walk the wicked, when 
 
 vile men are high in place. 
 
 PSALM XIII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David* 
 
 Here v:e have the Pfalmift flowing in tears, but reap-* 
 inginjoy* Obflerve (l) His extreme diftrefls, occafeoned 
 by God's apparent unkindnefls, and by inward anguijh of 
 Jhuly and irflolence of enemies » ver, f> 2. (i) His fer- 
 vent /applications that God would conflder his cafe, 
 Jlrengtben his faith , direct his goings, and comfort his 
 heart, ver. 3,4. (3) Sudden deliverance, flowing from 
 a fixed tr uft in God, and inducing to a triumphant jny in 
 
 , ver. 5, 6. q Think, my foul, hovj divine 
 
 nvithdrawmeuts, flerflbly perceived, fling a renewed 
 heart ! How changeable the faints Jpiritualframu are, 
 while they continue in this world. Weeping endures for 
 a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And behold, 
 how quickly the prayers of faith are anfwered, and its 
 expectations fulfilled ! 
 
 H 
 
 OW long wilt thou forget me, Lord? 
 fliall it for ever be ? 
 
|t PSALM XIV. 
 
 O how long fhall it be, that thou 
 wilt hide thy f ce from me ? 
 
 2 How long take counfel in my foul, 
 
 ftill fad in heart, mail I ? 
 How long exalted over me 
 ihall be mine enemy ? 
 
 3 O Lord my God, confider well, 
 
 And anfwer to me make : 
 Mine eyes enlighten, left the fleep 
 
 of death me overtake : 
 4. Left that mine enemy mould fay, 
 
 again (I him I pnvail'd ; 
 And, thofe that trouble me, rejoice, 
 
 when I am mov'd and fail'd, 
 
 5 But I have all my confidence 
 
 thy mercy fetupon : 
 My heart within me fliall rejoice 
 in thy falvation. 
 
 6 I will unto the Lord my God 
 
 fing praifes cheerfully, 
 Becaufehe hath his bounty flicwn 
 to me abundantly. 
 
 PSALM XIV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of Davie/. 
 
 This Pfalm reprefents the fearful firf id nefs cf mifcry of 
 mankind a nd the marvellous met I. od of a\ 
 from. B (1) All ^mankind fearfully infected 
 
 ruc;t-. touring, thefoul-debafingat I 
 
 the 1 1 
 mud life, <verfe 1 — 3. (2) latiqns for 
 
 ■:tion, awakening', and , 
 men, &eKA.' — 6. (3) Ci 
 
 &ous, from God's bei 1 efug» 
 
 to them, andf 
 
 5 — 7 %\ ft tfe lines, 1 
 
 0f I- with a br > t and 
 
 weeping . Lit mt 
 
 ■ 
 
PSALM XrV. XV, 33 
 
 groan after and flee to Jefus, the Saviour, the falvation 
 of God. O wretched man that I a?n ! who jh all deliver 
 tne from this abominable life ; from this inward body of 
 death ! Thanks to the Redeemer, who is come to Zion 
 to turn away ungodlinefs from Jacob ! Let therefor* 
 Jacob rejoice, and the Gentiles fing* 
 
 >npHAT there is not a God, the fool 
 
 'L. doth in his heart conclude : 
 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile* 
 not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 Upon men's fons the Lord from heav'n 
 
 did call his eyes abroad ; 
 To fee if any underftood, 
 
 and did feek after God. 
 
 3 They altogether filthy are, 
 
 they all afide are gone ; 
 
 And there is none that doeth good, 
 
 yea, fure there is not one. 
 
 4 Thefe workeis of iniquity 
 
 do they not know at all, 
 
 That they my people ea: as bread, 
 
 and on God do not call ? 
 
 5 There fear'd they much : for God is with 
 
 the whole race of the jufi. 
 
 6 You fhame the counfel of the poor; 
 
 becaufe God is his truft. 
 
 7 Let IfraTa help from Sion come : 
 
 when back the Lord fhall briug 
 His captives, Jacob fhall rejoice, 
 and Ifrael fhall ling. 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 A ?fclm of David. 
 
 Here let me ( i ) With wonder , obferve the happy ft ate 
 of prefent fellowship with God, in his church on earthy 
 and of everlafting fellowjhip with him, in the temple a- 
 hove ; and how fixed the faints are in this their new co- 
 venant fate, ver. 1—5. (2) Let me with felf exami- 
 
34 PSALM XV. 
 
 nation, remark the difcriminating < f fkch a* 
 
 are admitted to that happy ftate 1 v, up- 
 
 right and honeft in all their ways ; are kind to neighbours, 
 they eft f cm others in proportion to wh ^rift's 
 
 image on them ; and thy prefer a good ct 
 
 earthly advantage, ver. 2— 5. mg let 
 
 toe think of my pirfcft and all ji 
 
 paftjed into the heavens ; is entered for me, as the fore- 
 runner* And t having received 
 
 fanftifying furniture, let me walk in him as my way, and 
 
 follow huu as my pattern, denying ungodlinefs and wtr Idly 
 lifts, and living fiber ly, right ccvjly and godly in this pre- 
 
 fent world. Thus ft? all the Father and the fox come v.nto 
 me en earth, and take up their abode with me ; and ft 
 
 Jball I in heaven be for ever with the herd. 
 
 WITHIN thy tabernacle, Lord, 
 who mall abide with thee ? 
 And in thy high and holy hill 
 who fn all a dweller be r 
 
 2 The man that walketh uprightly, 
 
 and worketh lighteoufncfs ; 
 And, as he thinketh in his heart, 
 fo doth he truth exprefs. 
 
 3 Who doth not flander with his tongue, 
 
 not to hi? friends doth hurt : 
 Nor yet againft his neighbour doth 
 take up an ill report. 
 
 4 In whofe eyes vile men are defpib'd; 
 
 but thofe that Gcd do fear, 
 He horoureth : and cbangeth net, 
 though to his hurt he fwe3r. 
 
 jq His coin puts not to ufury, 
 
 nor take reward will he 
 Again II the guiltlefs. Who doth thus 
 
 mall never moved be. 
 
 PSALM XVI. 
 Mich tarn of David. 
 This Pfalm is indeed a Mich t am, a golden P/i 
 
If S A L M XVI. 35; 
 
 Behold the man according to God's heart ( I ) Committing 
 him f elf to God as his Preferver, ver. I. (2) Avowing 
 1 eared love to the people, andftrici adherence to the 
 >ip of God, ver. 3,4.. (3) With great confidence 
 mndjoy claiming Gcd for his fatisfyingpcriion* ver. 2, 5 — 
 J. (4) C( If in and blejjing God for his 
 
 *with him, aWd granting direftiontc 
 and for his certain prefpeel of the eternal enjoyment of him, 
 
 ver. 8 — 1 1 ^T But chiefly Behold! Here "Jefus, the 
 
 vian cf God's right hand, fur rendering hi mf 3 If up to his 
 Father* tfertyic&y in -room of, and for the everlajfing ad- 
 vantage of his elecJ: Behold him, taking out his nevo 
 int -claim to God, as his God and portion for ever ^ 
 *nd as our God and portion in him I Behold hovo, f report- 
 ed of God in bis holy manhood, hefujfers unto a tremendous 
 death, and debafed burial i but being raifed again, he is 
 trvwned -with e t verlafting glory and honour! Behold ! 
 ho-vj the agonies of jujfering, and the pains cf death are 
 fucceeded'ivith fulnejs of joy, and rivers of life and plea- 
 fur es at God's right hand for evermore. Looking to him, 
 let me with patience, run the race that is ft before me p 
 living on, and rejoicing in God, as my All, and jn 
 all ; and looking for the btefjed hope, and glorious ap- 
 pearing of the great God my Saviour. Through him nei- 
 ther Jin nor devils, nor death, nor hell, Jhall be able t$ 
 ^prevent my immediate and everlajling enjoyment of Jeho- 
 vah, as my infinite portion and exceeding joy. 
 
 ORD, keep me ; for I truft in thee, 
 2 To God thus was my fpeech; 
 Thou in my Lord, and unto thee 
 my goodnefs doth not reach : 
 
 3 To faints on earth, to th' excellent 
 where my delight's all plac'd. 
 
 4 Their furrows lhall be multiplied 
 to other gods that hufle : 
 
 Of their drink offerings of blood 
 
 I will no ofPring make ; 
 Yea, neither I their very namei 
 
 up in my lips will take. 
 
 L ( 
 
tG PSALM XVII, 
 
 5 God i$ of mine inheritance 
 
 and cup the poition : 
 The let thai fallen is to me, 
 thou d »j maintain alone« 
 
 6 Unto Lie happily the lines 
 
 Icafou place fell ; 
 Ye.:, -h tnce I yot, 
 
 va beauty uoth excel. 
 
 1 -Lcfr the Lord, becaufe he doth 
 bycounfel me conducl : 
 And in the feafons of the i 
 
 my reins do me inftrucl. 
 
 8 Before me ft 11 the Lord T fet : 
 
 fith it is fo, that he 
 Doth ever fland at my right hund, 
 J ihall not moved be. 
 
 9 Becaufe of ihis my heart is glad, 
 
 an d joy fh al 1 be ex p re ft 
 
 Ev'n by my glory : and my flefh 
 
 in confidence mall reft. 
 
 ro Becaufe my foul in grave to dwell 
 
 fhall no: be left by thee ; 
 Nor wilt thou give thine holy One 
 
 corruption to fee. 
 ii Thou wilt me mew the path of life ; 
 
 of joys there is full ftore 
 Before thy face, at thy right hand 
 
 are pleafures evermore. 
 
 PSALM XVII. 
 
 A Prayer of David. 
 
 Here, in ihe depths cfdijhrf, (\) Dawid apUdls tfi 
 God, concerning the integrity oj g juft* 
 
 nefs of hiscauje, ver. I — 4. flj Hi frays for, cjlablijb- 
 ment in grace within ; for tokens of divine favour from 
 above; and for jrefcrvat ion from his carnal, mar 
 and in/blent, bis rcftlefs and powerful enemies > a 
 ver. 5 — 14. ( 1) He triumphs in the a fared faith of his 
 cvcrhjtihg enjeymentof and conformity to Cod, ver. 15, 
 
P S A L U XVII. r : 
 
 ff Let t i °e I: o k of : was ne 
 
 Twbofe mouth ~j:xs ro guile : Jefns, *wh§ 
 ed all right cc ufnefs for me : i vith- 
 
 rage of Devils and Men, hath fat . 
 at the right hand of God, croi'.. 
 
 Me remember, that he, as the fore- runner, is J 
 entered into the manfions of blifs ; and hah left me an 
 example, that I Jbould follow hijfeps. 
 
 LORD, hear the right, attend my cry, 
 uatc my pray'r give heed, 
 That doth net in hypocrify 
 
 from feigned lips proceed. 
 2 And from before thy prefence forth 
 
 my fentence do thou fend : 
 
 Toward thefe things that equal are, 
 
 co thou thine eyes intend. 
 
 5 Thou prov'dfl: mine heart, thou vifit'rffl me, 
 
 by night thou didit me try, 
 Yet nothing found'fl ; ihr thac my mouth 
 
 Hi all not fin, purpo^d I. 
 
 4 As for men's works, I, by the word 
 
 that from thy iios doth Row, 
 Did me preferve out of the paths 
 wherein de-lroyers go. 
 
 5 Hold up my going, Lord ; me guide 
 
 in thofe thy paths divine, 
 So that my footdeps may not ilide 
 out of thefe ways of thine. 
 
 6 I called have on thee, O God, 
 
 becaufe thou wilt me hear : 
 That thou rnay'il hearken to my fecech, 
 to me incline thine ear. 
 
 7 Thy wond'rous loving, kindnefs ihew, 
 
 thou that by thy right hand 
 Sav'fl them that truft in thee, from thofe 
 
 that up againil them fund. 
 $ As th' apple of the eye me keep : 
 
 in thy wings fhade me clofe, 
 D 
 
P S A L M 
 
 9 From lewd opprcfTors, compafiing 
 
 me round, as deadly fees. 
 
 10 Jn their own fat they are inclos'd, 
 
 their mouth fpeaks loftily, 
 ii Our Reps they compaft, and to ground 
 
 down bowing fet their eye. 
 •i 2 He like unto a lion is, 
 
 that's greedy of his yrey, 
 Or lion young, which lurking doth 
 
 in fecret places ftay. 
 
 1 3 Arife, and difappoint my foe. 
 
 and call him down, O Lord : 
 
 My foul fave from the wicked man, 
 
 the man which is thy fword. 
 
 14 From men which are thy hand, OLcrd, 
 
 from worldly men me fave., 
 Which only in this prefentlife 
 
 their part and portion have : 
 
 Whole belly with thy treafurehid 
 
 thou fill'fl ; they j have 
 
 In plenty, oif t • reft 
 
 they to their c 
 
 15 But as for me, \ thine own face 
 
 in righteoufncT 
 And with thy likenefs, when I wake* 
 1 fatiify'dihallbe. 
 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalro of David, the fervant 
 of the Lord, who fpake unto the Lord the words of 
 this fong, in the dav that the Lord 
 from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand 
 of Saul: And he faid. 
 
 In this 1' 
 
 in Chrijt, 
 -acinus an J 
 
 D 
 
PSALM 
 
 , ver. i — 19. ($} His comfortable refteS> 
 on the integrity, which the Lord had . 
 fain, and on the gracious kindnefs of God, co 
 vpon, v*r. 20— 28. (y) His thankful aj 
 
 all the glory of his noted ex r and 
 
 r, vcr. 29 — 42. ( \) His tri\ faith 
 
 and hope 9 of fm 
 
 ■ . 4--— -50. 
 
 }, in 
 . ng his obedience. 
 feathy in giving him glory at his own r 
 
 g all nations his obedient juljcjis Let 
 
 nie fingthis new fong, in the full ajjurtince of faith, that 
 
 God in Chriji is my All and ix All; and with an 
 
 the confolations ofChri/t, and in the 
 
 fweet reviews of whk dane, what &e dot k> and 
 
 ore 1 :r do, for my foul* 
 
 r r^HEE will I love, O E,oid my ftfength. 
 
 JL 2 My fortrefs is the Lord, 
 
 My rock, ani he that doth to me 
 
 ccliverajice afford : 
 My Gxi, my ilrength, whom I will truft 4 
 
 a buckler unto me> 
 The horn of my ml vaii 
 
 and my high tower is he. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is 
 
 of praifes, will I cry : 
 And then mail I preferved be 
 Cafe from mine enemy. 
 
 4 Floods of ill men affrighted me, 
 
 death's pangs about me went. 
 
 5 Hell's forrows me invironed : 
 
 death's fnares did me prevent, 
 
 i> In my dlftrefs I call'd on Gcd, 
 cry to my God cii I ; 
 
4° P S A L M KV 
 
 He from his 1 2m pie heard my voice, 
 
 to his car: came my cry. 
 7 Th' earth, as affi then did fhake, 
 
 trembling upon it feiz'd ; 
 The hii.s foundations moved were, 
 
 becaufe he was difpleas'd. 
 
 3 Up from his noftrrs came a fmcke, 
 
 and from his month t lie re came 
 Devouring fire, and coals by it 
 
 were turned into flame 
 9 He alfo bowed down the heav'ns, 
 
 and thence he did defcend : 
 And thickeil clouds of darknefs did 
 
 under his feet attend. 
 
 to And he upon a cherub rode, 
 
 and thereon he did fly : 
 Yea, en the f,vif: wings of the wind 
 
 his flight was from en high. 
 j 1 He darknefs made his fe:ret place : 
 
 about iiim for his tent 
 Dark waters were, and chickefl clouds 
 
 of th' airy firmament. 
 
 3 1 And at the brightnefs of that light 
 
 which was before his eye, 
 His thick clouds pad away, hail it ones 
 
 and coals ofhre did fly. 
 
 13 The Lord God alfo in the heav'ns 
 
 did thunder in his ire ; 
 And there the Higher! gave his voice, 
 hail-fiones and coals of fire, 
 
 14 Yea, he his arrows font abroad, 
 
 and red ; 
 
 His ligh hot cut, 
 
 ; them difcomhteJ. 
 
 15 The waters channels then were fcen, 
 
 the world's foundations vait. 
 At thy rebuke difcov'red were, 
 and at thy nollrils blafw 
 
PSALM XVIII. +1 
 
 1 6 And from above the Lord fent down, 
 
 an 1 took me from below, 
 From mary waters lie me drev, 
 which would me overflow. 
 
 17 He me relieved from my ftrong foe?, 
 
 and fuch as did me kite : 
 Becaufe he faw that they for me 
 too ilrorig were, and too great. 
 
 1 8 They me prevented in the day 
 
 of my calamity : 
 Bat even th?n the Lord himfelf 
 a flay was unto me. 
 
 19 He to a place, where liberty 
 
 and room was. hath mc brought: 
 Becaufc he took delight in me, 
 he my deliv'ranee wrought. 
 
 20 According to my rightecu fnefs 
 
 he did me recompenfe ; 
 Pie me repaid according to 
 
 my hands pure innocence. 
 
 21 For I God's ways kept, from my God 
 
 did not turn wickedly. 
 
 22 His judgments were before me, I 
 
 his laws put not from me. 
 
 23 Sincere before Ivm was rr.y heart, 
 
 with hi.n uprighc was I ; 
 And .vatchfi'.Uy I ktpr myfelf 
 
 from mine iniquity. 
 24. After my righteqoihefi the Lord 
 
 hath reco npenfed me, 
 After the cleannefs of my hands 
 
 appearing in his eye. 
 
 *5 Thou gracious to the gracious art, 
 
 to upright men upright.* 
 z6 Pure to the pure, froward thou kyth'ft 
 
 unto the froward wight. 
 *7 For thou wilt the a fueled fave, 
 
 in grief that low do lie : 
 
42 PSALM xvnr. 
 
 Bat vviit bring down the countenance 
 of them whofe looks are high. 
 
 Z% The Lord will light my candle to, 
 that it (hall fhine full Bright : 
 
 The Lord my God will alfo make 
 
 my darknefs to be light. 
 ^9 By thee through troops of men I breaks 
 
 and them dijeomfit all : 
 And, by my God afTiiling me, 
 
 I over- leap a wall. 
 
 30 As for God, perfect is his way : 
 
 hi 3 word is try'd : 
 He 13 a buckler to all thofe 
 whd do in him ccnlide. 
 
 31 Who but the Lord is God? but he 
 
 v ho is a rock and (lay ? 
 
 32 'Tis Gcd that girde:h me wi;h llrength^ 
 
 and perfeel makes my w< 
 
 33 He made my feet ftvift as the hind's, 
 
 fct me on my high places. 
 34. r.line hands to war he taught, mine arms 
 brake bows of fteel in pieces. 
 
 35 The fhield cf thy falvaiion 
 
 thou didil on me bellow : 
 Thy right- Id me up, and great 
 
 thy kindnefs made me grow. 
 
 36 And in my way, my fleps thou haft 
 
 en'arged unoer me ; 
 That 1 go fafely, end my feet 
 are kept from Hiding free. 
 
 37 Mineen'mies I purfued have, 
 
 overtake : 
 Nor did m, till I 
 
 an end of them did make. 
 
 38 I wounded them, they could net rife, 
 
 at ipy feet 
 
 39 Thou glrdeft nu ngth. for war., 
 
 my fo« thou brought.'!* down all. 
 
PSALM XVIIT. 4J 
 
 40 And thou haft given to me the necks 
 
 of ail mine enemies : 
 That I migh- them deiiroy and flay 
 who did again ft me rife. 
 
 41 They cried out, but there was none 
 
 that would or could them fave: 
 Yea, they did cry unto the Lord, 
 but he no an Twer gave. 
 
 42 Then did I beat them fnall, as dufc 
 
 before the wind that flies : 
 
 And I c id c aft them out, like dirt 
 
 upon the ftreet that lies. 
 
 43 Thou mad'ft me free from people's ftrife 
 
 and heathen's head to be : 
 A people, whom I have not known^ 
 
 mail fervicedoto me, 
 44. \t hearing tney (hail me obey ; 
 
 to me tht-y mall fiibxnit. 
 
 45 Strangers for fear fhall fade away, 
 
 who in clofe places fit. 
 
 46 God lives, bleft be my rock: the God 
 
 of my heakh praifed be 
 
 47 God doth avenge me, and fubdues 
 
 the people under me. 
 
 48 He faves me from mine enemies : 
 
 yea, thou haft lifted me 
 Above my foes ; and from the man 
 of vi'ience fet me free. 
 
 49 Therefore to thee will I give thank* 
 
 the heathen folk among : 
 And to thy name, O Lord, I will 
 fing praifes in a fong. 
 
 50 He great deliv'rance gives his King : 
 
 he mercy doth extend. 
 To David, his anointed one, 
 and his feed without end. 
 
 PSALM 
 
44 ? S A L M XIX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 
 
 No-zv the books of God are opened, not for my trial and 
 condemnation in the lajl judgment. b:>.t for my inftru&ion* 
 Let my foul look and read t her eon % ( i ) The book of Cr 
 or. aid Providence, in which ah of God i>. 
 
 mankind in general, concerning the eternal wifAem % 
 cr and goodnefs, of their Maker, ver. i— -6. (i) 
 bock of Infpiration, the fure, the right, the pure, the 
 true, the perfect and powerful oracles, of which infi 
 convert, comfort, and warn the members of 'the chur 
 and in keeping of which there is an c 
 *Oerlafting reward of glory obtained, ver. 7- -ir, (^) 
 What conviction cf fin ! What fupplication for;pardon of 
 it, and prefervaticn from it ; and for the acceptance cf 
 our duties through Jefus blood, doth or ought to enfue upon 
 a proper perufal of thefe volumes of heaven, ver. 12---:.;. 
 ^y While 1 ' Jtng thefe matters, let ?ne, confeious of my own 
 ignorance and folly, in all things confult the mind of God, 
 Let me blujh that my experience cf the powerful 
 cf God's word, is fo fcanty ; and that in me, ft iU dwell 
 fuch fearful remains of finful corruption: L t me cry 
 mightily to God, for the fubduing and dejlruclion thereof 
 
 THE heav'ns God's glory do declare : 
 the fkies his hand- work preach, 
 X Day utters fpeech to day, dnd night 
 to night cotb knowledge teach. 
 v 3 There is ro fpeech, nor tongue, to which 
 their voice doth not extend. 
 
 4 Their line is gone through all the earthy 
 
 their word* to the world's end. 
 
 In them lie fet the fun a tent. 
 
 5 Who bridegroom like forth goes 
 Front's chamber, as a ftrdng man doth 
 
 to run his race, rejoice. 
 
 6 From heav Vs end is t is going forth, 
 
 circling to th' end again : 
 
 And there is nothing from his heat 
 
 that hidden doth remain. 
 
PSALM XIX 45 
 
 7 God's law is perfect, and converts 
 
 the foul in fin that lies : 
 God's teiiimony is moll fure, 
 and makes the fimplc wife, 
 
 8 The itatutes of the Lord are right, 
 
 and do rejoice the heart. 
 The Lord's command is pure, and dotK 
 light to the eyes impart. 
 
 9 Unfpottcd is the fear of God, 
 
 and doth endure for ever : 
 The judgments of the Lord are true, 
 
 and righteous altogether, 
 io They, more than gold, yea, much fine gold 
 
 to be defired are : 
 Than honey, honey from the comb 
 
 that droppeth tweeter far. 
 
 1 1 Moreover, they thy fervant warn 
 
 ho v he his life fhould frame : 
 A great reward provided is 
 
 for them that keep the fame. 
 
 12 Who can his errors imderftand ? 
 
 cleanfe thou me within 
 
 1 3 From fecret faults, Thy fervant keep 
 
 from all prefumptuous tin, 
 
 And do not fufFer them to have 
 
 dominion over me ; 
 Then righteous and innocent, 
 
 1 from much fin ihail be. 
 
 14 The words which from my mouth proceed^ 
 
 the thoughts fent from my heart, 
 Accept, O Lord, for thou my fhength 
 and my redeemer art. 
 
 P S A L M XX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Plalm of David. 
 
 Probably, this Pfcilm was compofed to be a Prayer for 
 Juccefs, in Jims particular ex r f David* J wars. 
 
 fiirs(ljl j t fray for their Kinfy that God would 
 
 7 
 
4^ PSALM XX. 
 
 grant him his requejls ; prctecl, afjift, and 'Jlrengthtn him 
 in his work ; accept his oblations, and fucceed his projects 
 for the public welfare, ver. 1—4. "(z) They triumph 
 tn God as their only Jlrength and deliverer, in whe 1 
 
 Jhall be ?nore than conquerors , ver. C, 6. 
 
 not me forget J ejus, for whomprqytr 
 Jefus, who jhall daily be praifd, a., 
 heareth always : accepts his fcr 
 wvith glory and honour. And let nc 
 VAH as ?ny God : 
 ef all my faith and e 
 
 JEHOVAH he the chy 
 
 v.heii trouble hedc ; 
 And let the name of Jacob's God, 
 thee from A\ ill do: 
 
 2 O let him he] p lend fro n\ above, 
 
 out of his (ancillary ; 
 From Sicn his own holy hill, 
 
 let him give ilrength to thee. 
 
 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, 
 
 accept thy facrifice : 
 
 4 Giant thee thine heart's wiflxj and fulfil 
 
 thy thoughts and counfel wife. 
 
 5 In thy falvation we will joy ; 
 
 in our God's Name we will 
 Difplay our banners ; and the Lord 
 thy prayers ail fulfil. 
 
 6 Now know T, God his king doth five; 
 
 he from his holy heav'n 
 Will hear him, with the laving ilrength 
 by his own right hand giv'n. 
 
 7 In chariots fome put confidence, 
 
 fome horfes truft upon : 
 
 But we remember will the Name 
 
 of our Lord God alone. 
 
 8 We rife, and upright fland, when they 
 
 are bowed down, and fall. 
 q Deliver, Lord, and let the King 
 us hear, when wc do call. 
 
PSALM XXI. 4? 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 
 
 In this Song of than kf giving, obferve (\) Allthejcys* 
 the honours, and happinefs, of King David, founded in 
 the perfections and gracious works of 'God, ver. I — 6. (2) 
 Full afi'urance of the jl ability of David \f throne, and of 
 the dijcovery and definition of his implacable oppofers, 
 ver. 7 --12. ( T,) Eaniejl fuppli cat ions to God, for the 
 txh 'derating difplays of his glory and power, ver. 13 — fl" 
 But chiefly, my joul, behold here, the everlajling honours , 
 
 happinefs, and blifsful influences cf thy Redee?ner ! 
 Behold bow fixed is his kingdom and dignity, in the infi- 
 nite, everlajling, and unchangeable, wifdom, power, 
 
 , equifyy goodvefs and truth of the Mofi High ! Be- 
 hold, what inexpi efjible vengeance kindles upon and de- 
 frays his JewiJJj ; his Heathen ; his Antichriftian ; and 
 ncorrigiblefotsi — Rejoice, my foul, in this God thy 
 Saviour. Rejoice at the ghry wherewith he is crowned ; 
 at the life granted to, and lodged in him; avd in his be- 
 ing made blejjings for evermore to men ; Blejfings for e- 
 re to ME. Andy let the ruinous overthrow cf his 
 ,'; or ether enemies, make mefiandiu awe to provoke 
 him, by prefumpi nous refifal of him, cr rebellion againfi 
 kirn. 
 
 THE king in thy great itrength, O Lord, 
 (hall very joyful be : 
 In thy falvarion rejoice 
 
 how veh'mently fhall he! 
 
 2 Thou haft bellowed upon him 
 
 all that his heart would have, 
 And thou from him didfl not withhold 
 what'er his lips did crave. 
 
 3 For thou with bleffings him prevent'fl 
 
 of goodnefs manifold ; 
 
 And thou haft fet upon his head 
 
 a crown of purefl gold. 
 
 4 When he defired life of thee, 
 
 thou life to him didfl give ; 
 i\ 'n fuch a leng.h of days, that he 
 for evermore fhouid live. 
 
 / 
 
42 P S A L M XXI. 
 
 5 In that felvation wrought by thee 
 
 his glory is made great : 
 Honour and comely majefty 
 thou haft upon him fet. 
 
 6 Becaufe that thou for evermore 
 
 moft blcflcd haft him made : 
 And thou haft with thy countenance 
 made him exceeding glad : 
 
 7 Becaufe the king upon the Lord 
 
 his confidence doth lay, 
 And through tne grice of the melt high 
 lh ill not be roov'd away. 
 
 8 Thine hand (hall all tjhofe men find out 
 
 that cn'mies are to thee, 
 Ev'n thy right hand mail find cut thofe 
 of thte that haters be. 
 
 9 Like fiery ov'n thou "malt the-n make, 
 
 when kindled is thine ire : 
 God fhallthem fwallow in his wrath, 
 
 devour them fhall the fire, 
 jo Their fruit from earth thou fhalt defcroy, 
 
 their feed men from among, 
 
 1 1 For they beyond their might, 'gainft thee 
 
 did plot rnifchief and wrong. 
 
 1 2 Thou therefore fhalt make them turn back, 
 
 when thou thy (hafts fhalt place 
 Upon thy ftrings, made ready all 
 to fly againft their face. 
 
 13 In thy great power and ftrength, O Lord, 
 
 be thou exalted high : 
 So fhall we ling with joyful hearts, 
 thy power praife fhall we. 
 
 PSALM XXII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon Aijelcth Sbahar, 
 A Pfiilm of David. 
 
 Here the debr J exaltation if David, king of 
 
 j lent to, * t\ the 
 
P S A L M XXII. 49 
 
 . : and exaltation of J efts Chrij?, cur blefibM 
 
 ArjELETH Shahar, Hind cf the morning. [i] In 
 
 this deep debafiement, we find ( \) Bitter y but kindly r;;d 
 
 leliez'ing, complaints cf God's wilkdtawmerit , — attended 
 
 earnefl attempts cf faith to quiet the complainer s 
 
 foul under it, — drawn from the ccjid era lion of God's bo- 
 
 and highuefs, and his feafonabh deliverance cf his 
 
 people informer ii?nes> <tohen they cried to him, Vir. i, — 
 
 5, (2) Bitter complaints of men's reproaches and con* 
 
 uous derifion, — attended wlih ftlfiencouragefhents 3 
 
 • : from former experience of God's early and feafon- 
 
 . ire and fr lend jhip, <ver. 6, — 10. (1 ) Bitter com- 
 
 iberfam rage of enemies, c: tended with 
 
 exquifite agonies cf body and mind, and mingled with 
 
 earnejl prayers for God's fpeedy fupports, ajfiftance, and 
 
 powerful deliverance, ver. \\, — 22 — ■ ci While I 
 
 Jing theft, let me behold the -jilenefs, the criminality, the 
 dflruetiue influence, of fin! Let me beheld the foz ere ign* 
 ty of God, who not only four get h every fin w/jom / 
 cei veth, but f pared not his c N L v b :: c c r t e n Sex, hi t 
 deli-vered him up for us all ! Behold, ho~>: he hates ! 
 JIow he pumjheth cur fin ! And what manner cf love he 
 befiowed \tpon us, that we might he called tie fins r*' 
 Gad/ Be ; o!d I hew he cnwmendefb his lo<ve unto us 3 m 
 were yet tinners, Chrifi died for us t 
 Andifjefuii with patience bore fiucb defert ion, repro 
 and difirefis, let me, in the firm faith that he did a>l fir 
 vie ; and that God is tnine, and maketh all things work 
 for my good, fiudy an unhampered r efig nation to his will, 
 
 [ 2 ] By the typical exaltation of David, and the in- 
 
 treafie, happinefis, honour, end duration of his kingdom* 
 
 tie have prefigured the glorious exaltation cf our Redeem- 
 
 er, importing, That he fioould have a church among men / 
 
 that his Father Jhoidd be glorified in tletn as well as in 
 
 him ; — thai his true fubjetls jhould abound in prayer, 
 
 : praife, and fpirituai cemfort, and everlajling life '; and 
 
 I that his church Jhould be enlarged with multitudes, cf 
 
 '. both Jews and Gentiles ; and jhould, to his honour, and 
 
 for his worjhip and fitrvice, continue to all generations, 
 
 fir, 22,-31. -ij While I fing this* kt me trufi, 
 
 ■ E 
 
5 o PSALM XXII. 
 
 and rejoice in. and ple.ad his pro??:ifes, relative to myfclf 
 and bis church. Let me ponder, whether. I have heard 
 his voice, jharcd his faving p'uy y feajlcd on his fpi, . 
 provijlon, and nvotjkippsd hir.i in fpirit, and in truth ? 
 And whether it is iht def.rc cf ' ?ry joul to cauje his name to 
 be rc;ne?nocrcd to all generations, 
 
 MY God, my God, why hall thou me 
 forfaken ? why fo far 
 Art thou from helping me, and from 
 
 my words that roaring are ? 
 2 All day, my God, to thee 1 cry, 
 
 yet am not heard by thee ; 
 And in the feafon of the night, 
 1 cannot iilcnt be. 
 
 3 But thou art holy, thou that do'ft 
 
 inhabit Ifrael's praiie. 
 
 4 Oar fathers hop ? d in thee, they hop'd* 
 
 and thou didil them releafe. 
 
 5 Wh'n unto thee they feat their cry, 
 
 to them d el iv* ranee came : 
 Becaufe they put their truft in thee, 
 they were no; put to iliarne. 
 
 6 But as for me, a worm I am, 
 
 and as no man am priz'd : 
 Reproach of men I am, and by 
 the people am defpis'd. 
 
 7 All that me fee, laugh me to fcorn : 
 
 moot out the lip do they, 
 They nod and ihake their heads at m?, 
 and mockirg thus do fay, 
 
 8 This man did truft in God, that he 
 
 would free him by his might ; 
 Let him deliver him, fith he 
 
 had in him fuch delight. 
 • 9 But thou art he out of the womb 
 
 that did me fofely take : 
 When 1 was on my mother's bread*, 
 
 thou me to hope didrt make. 
 
 
 i 
 
PSALM XXII. Ji 
 
 50 And I was cad upon thy care, 
 
 ev'n from the womb till now : 
 And from my mother's belly, Lord, 
 
 my God and guide art thou. 
 
 11 Be not far off, for grief is near: 
 
 and none to help is found, 
 
 12 Bulls many compafs me ; flrong bulls 
 
 ofBdfhan me {urround. 
 
 1 3 Their mouths they op'ned wide on me, 
 
 upon me gape did they, 
 Like to a lion ravening, 
 
 and roaring for his prey. 
 
 14 Like water I'm pourd out, my bones 
 
 all out of joint depart : 
 Amidft my bowels, as the wax, 
 fo melted is my heart. 
 
 15 My drength is like a potfherd dry'd: 
 
 my tongue it cleavtfth fad 
 Unto my jaws ; and to the dud 
 
 of death thou brought me had. 
 
 16 For dogs have coxnpafs'd me about : 
 
 the wicked that did meet 
 In their aflembly, me inclos'd ; 
 
 they piere'd my hands and feet. 
 
 17 I all my bones may tell : they do 
 
 upon me look and. dare. 
 
 18 Upon my vedure lots they end, 
 
 and cl oaths among them fhare. 
 
 19 But be not far, O Lord, my drength ; 
 
 hade to give help to me. 
 
 20 From fword my foul, frcm pow'r of dogs 
 
 my darling, fet tliou free. 
 
 21 Out of the roaring lion's mouth 
 
 do thou me fhield and fave ; 
 Por from the horns of unicorns 
 an ear to me thou gave. 
 
 22 I will (hew forth thy name unt© 
 
 thofe that my brethren are ; 
 
J* P S A L M XX!f. 
 
 Amidfl the congregation 
 
 thy praife I will declare. 
 
 23 Praife ye the Lord, who do him fear ; 
 
 him glorify, all >e 
 The feed of Jacob ; feir him, all 
 tint Ifr'el's children be. 
 
 24 For he defpis'd not, norabhorr'd 
 
 th' afilicled's mifeiy : 
 Nor from him hid his face, but heard 
 when he to him did cry. 
 
 25 Within the congregation great, 
 
 my praife fhall be of thee : 
 
 My vows before them that him fear 
 
 frail be performed by me. 
 
 26 The meek mall eat, and fhall be fill'd'; 
 
 they alfo praife fhall give 
 
 Unto the Lord, that co him feek ; 
 
 yonr heart fhalkever live, 
 
 27 All ends of th' earth remember mail, 
 
 and turn the Lord unto : 
 All kindreds of the nations 
 to him fliall horragc do : 
 
 28 Becaufe the kingdom to the Lord 
 
 doth appertain, as his : 
 Like wife among the nations 
 the governor he is. 
 
 29 Earth's fit ones eat, and worhhip (hall; 
 
 all who to duftdei'cend, 
 Shall bow to him : none of them can 
 his foul from death defend. 
 
 30 A feed fhall fervice do to him ; 
 
 unto the Lord it fhall 
 Be for a generation 
 
 rcck'ned in ages all. 
 
 31 They (hill come, and they fhall declare 
 
 his truth and rigbteoufnefs 
 U/ito a people yet unborn, 
 
 aiic that he hath done this* 
 
PSALM XXIII. fi 
 
 PSALM XX1IL 
 
 A Pfalm of David* 
 
 Here is the children's Pfalm, ar.d which is, in very 
 deed, a noted Seng, of all the children of God Behold 
 (\) New-covenant re'ation to God, as a full and evcr- 
 lafing fecurity againjl hurtful wants, vcr. I. (2) Plea- 
 J ant experience of God' s acimg up to his nevj- covenant 
 character in dtfoofing of directing, afijling, and feaft- 
 ing, and comforting his people, ver 2, 3 ? 5, (^) J% 'ell- 
 grounded hopes of Gcd f s careful an feafonahle fupplies ; 
 and of his comfortable preface and help, amidjl diftrefs 
 and death ; and cf the perpetual and evcrlafi^g man:- 
 fejlation cf his mercy and grace to us-ward y and cf our 
 endlefs nearnefs to, and immediate enjoyment of him, ver, 
 1,4 5.6 q While I fing, let me think as be- 
 fore God, vjhether I have the experimental knowledge of 
 all ihcfe things. Let 7nyfiulhe as a daughter of the horfe 
 leech, cry i /g ?nightily Give, Give vjhat is good. And 
 tet me in all thefe forms, tajle and Jee that G:d is gQP.d. 
 
 THE Lord's my fhepherd, I'll not wanu 
 2 lie maKes me down to lie 
 In paftures green : he kadeth me 
 
 the qaiec waters by. 
 3 My foul he doth reftore agnin ; 
 
 and me to walk doth make 
 
 Within the pa'hs of righteoufnefs, 
 
 ev'n for his own name's & 
 
 itlivi. 
 
 4. Yra : thongh I walk in death's dark vale, 
 
 yet will I fear none ill : 
 Fcr thou art with me, and thy rod 
 
 and itarTme comfort ft ill. 
 
 5 My table thou hail furnifhed, 
 
 in prefence of my foes ; 
 My h€ad thou dcfl with oil anoint, 
 and my cup overflows. 
 
 6 Goodnefs and mercy all my life 
 
 ftiall furely follow me : 
 
54 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 And in God's houfe for evermore 
 my d'.veliing place iliall be. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Probably this Pfalm was penned for the ufe of the He~ 
 hrev:s f when David brought up the ark cf God to jferu- 
 falem ; or, when Solomon brought it into the temple, 2 
 Sam, vi. i Kings viii. in order to raife their hearts 
 above their external cere mo nits, to a reception of, and 
 'walking in Chrift, who was thereby prefigured Ob- 
 frve ( \) ChrijFs kingdom of nature, comprehending the 
 whole world and all the inhabitants thereof ver I, 2. 
 ( i) J lis kingdom of grace, in the nature of it ; the gra- 
 cious char a Her of its fubjeels ; and their charier to their 
 evcrlofiir.g ht-pplnej) above* ver. 3, — 6. (t ) ) Under the 
 ure cf a call to admit the ark, we have a fclcmn fum- 
 tjjued forth by God, for the- heavens to receive ft /.*«•/ 
 enr glorious and almighty King, into their blifsful abodes 
 - afcenfion : And for us to receive him into cur hearts 
 
 /be: cues below, ver. 7 — 10 ^[ While I fing let 
 
 me be ajfcSied, with the double claim, the Redeemer hath 
 
 c:i me as his creature, and as his ranfomed one, Let me 
 
 try whether J plffcfs the diftinguijhing characters of a real 
 
 ' : And whether I have received an abundance cf 
 
 ft cf Tight eoufiefs, and of blefednefs from the God 
 
 :; falvation. Let me charge, let me roufe up all my 
 
 >rd powers to receive jfefus Chrifi the Lord, as made 
 
 if God, unto me, wifiiom, and righteoufnefs, and ' j. 
 
 fie at ion and redemption 
 
 MIE earth belongs unto the Lord, 
 and a.l that it contains ; 
 The world that is inhabited, 
 
 and all that thcie remains, 
 2* For the foundation- thereof 
 
 he on the Teas did lay, 
 Ard he hath it cltablifhcd 
 upon the floods to Hay, 
 
 T 
 
PSALM XXIV. XXV. 55 
 
 3 Who is the man that (hall afcend 
 
 into the hill of God r 
 Or who within his holy place 
 iliall have a firm abode ? 
 
 4 Whc ft hands are clean, whofe heart is pure, 
 
 and unto vanity 
 Who hath not lifted up his foul, 
 nor fworn deceitfully. 
 
 5 He from th' Eternal fhall receive 
 
 the blefling him upon, 
 And right'oufnefs, ev'n from the God 
 of his falva ion. 
 
 6 This is the generation 
 
 that after him inquire, 
 O Jacob, who do feektny face 
 
 with their whole hearts defire, 
 
 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high, 
 
 \e doers chat lalt for aye, 
 Be lifted up, that fo the King 
 
 of g ! ory enier iruy, 
 $ But who of glory is the king ? 
 
 the mighty Lord is this, 
 Ev'n that fa Tie Lord, that great in might 
 
 and ftrong in battle is. 
 
 9 Ye gates, lift up your heads, ye doors, 
 
 doors that do laft for ay, 
 Be lifted up, that fo the king 
 
 of glory enter may. 
 io But who is he that is the King 
 
 of glory ? who is this ? 
 The Lord of hofts, and none but he, 
 
 the King of glory is. 
 
 PSALM XXV, 
 A Pfalm of David* 
 
 Infnging this Pfalm let meohferve (\) TTJmt ferlouj 
 ivcrk prayer is, <what lifting up effoul ; what dtreSiing 
 •f eyes to God, and fixing them on him, mufl be in 
 
$5 PSALM XXV. 
 
 it, ver. I — 15. (2) What mercies ought to (re prayed 
 for, pardon of fin, ver. 6, 7 — \ 8. direction in duty, ver. 
 4, 5 familiar intimacy vjith God, ver. 16, deliverance 
 from trouble, ver. 17, 18. prefervation from adverfaries, 
 ver. 20. 21. And in fine, jafety and deliverance to the 
 church, ver. 22 ( t t > ) What pleas are proper to f>e ufed 
 in prayer ; as the truft voe have repofed in God, ver. 2, 3, 
 5, — 20, 21, 0#r caw/ divinely ajftcled Jincerity in the 
 Lord's iv ay, ver. 5 1. 0«vr dijlre/s and the malice of our 
 enemies, ver. 2, — 16 '9 J9#/ chiefiy the mercy that is in 
 God, and the glory nxhich redounds to his name from his 
 bejlowing cf nevj covenant favours, ver. 6, 7 — 11 ( \) 
 Strong encouragements to prayers taken from the perfect ions 
 of God's nature ; and from his promifes of inftrudion 
 and direction ; and from the fulnefs and grace of his co- 
 venant ? and from bis delight, in alloiving men familiar 
 
 intimacy and fellovofbip vjitb himfelf ver. 8, — 14 
 
 fj Let thefe things, my foul, be the objett of thy JlricUJl 
 tare and attention, in all thy addrejjes to God. 
 
 TO thee I lift my foul : 
 2 O Lord I truft in thee : 
 My God, let me not be afham'd, 
 nor foes triumph o'er me. 
 
 3 Let none that wait on thee, 
 
 be put to fhame at all ; 
 But thofe that without cauie tranfgrcfj, 
 le. fn-tine upon them fall. 
 
 4 Shew me thy ways O Lord ; 
 
 thy paths O teach thou me : 
 
 5 And do thou lead me in th) truth, 
 
 therein my teacher be ; 
 For thou art Jod that doll 
 
 to me falvation fend, 
 And I upon thee ad ihe day 
 
 expecting, do attend. 
 
 6 Thy tender mercies, Lord, 
 
 I pray thee to remember, 
 And luving-kindneiles : for they 
 have been of old for ever. 
 
PSALM XXV. .57 
 
 7 My fins and faults of youth 
 
 'doth™, OLord, forget; 
 After thy mercy think on me, 
 
 and for thy goodnefs great. 
 
 S God good and upright is : 
 the way he'll linners fhow. 
 
 9 The meek in judgment he will guide, 
 
 and make hts path to know. 
 
 10 The whole paths of the Lord 
 
 are truth and mercy fure, 
 To thofe that do his cov'nant keep, 
 and teftimonies pure. 
 
 1 1 Now for thine own name's fake, 
 
 O Lord, I thee intreat 
 To pardon mine iniquity ; 
 for it is very great. 
 
 12 What man is he that fears 
 
 the Lord, and doth him ferve ? 
 Him fhall he teach the way that he 
 fhall choofe and (liil obferve. 
 
 13 His foul mall dwell at eafe, 
 
 and his pofterity 
 Shall flour ifli ftill, and of the earth 
 inheritors fhall be. 
 
 14 With thofe thac fear him is 
 
 the fecret of the Lord : 
 
 Th* knowledge of his covenant 
 
 he will to then) afford. 
 
 15 Mine eyes upon the Lord 
 
 continu lly are fet : 
 For he it is that fhall bring forth 
 my feet. >ut of the net. 
 
 16 Turn unco rre chv face, 
 
 and to me mercy fhow : 
 Bxaufe that 1 am defolate, 
 and am brought very low. 
 
 17 My heart's griefs are incrcas'd, 
 
 me from diflrefs relieve. 
 
S3 PSALM XXV, 
 
 1 8 See mine affliction, and my pain* 
 
 and all my tins forgive. 
 
 1 9 Confider thou my foes* 
 
 becaufe they many are, 
 And it a crutl hatred is 
 
 which they againfl me bear. 
 
 20 O do thou keep my foul, 
 
 do thou deliver me : 
 And let me never be alham'd, 
 becaufe I trull in thee. 
 
 21 Let uonghtnefs and truth 
 
 ker*p me, who thee attend. 
 
 22 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrael 
 
 from all his troubles fend. 
 
 Another of the fame, 
 
 TO thee I lift my foul, O Lord ; 
 2 My God I trull in thee : 
 • Let me not be afham'd ; let not 
 my foes triumph o'er me. 
 
 3 Yea, let thou none afhamed be 
 
 that do on thee attend : 
 Afhamed let them be, O Lord, 
 who without caufe offend. 
 
 4 Thy way?, Lord fhew; teach me thy paths, 
 
 5 Lead me in truth, teach me : 
 
 for of my fafety thou art God ; 
 all day 1 wait on thee. 
 
 6 Thy mercies, that moll tender are, 
 
 do thou, O Lord, remember, 
 And loving -kincneffes : for they 
 have been of old for ever. 
 
 7 Let not the errors of my youth, 
 
 nor fins remembered be : 
 In mercy, for thy goodnefs fake. 
 
 O Lord, remember me. 
 t The Lord is good and gracious, 
 
 he upright is alio : 
 
P S A L M XXV, 
 
 He therefore finners will initrudl 
 in ways that they fhould go, 
 
 9 The meek and lowly he will guide 
 
 in judgment juft alway : 
 To meek and poor afflicted ones 
 
 he* 11 clearly teach his way. 
 io The whole paths of the Lord our God. 
 
 are truth and mercy fure, 
 To fuch as keep his covenant, 
 
 and tcftimonies pure. 
 
 1 1 Now for thine own name's fake, O Lord* 
 
 I humbly thee entreat 
 To pardon mine iniquity ; 
 for it is very great. 
 
 12 Whatman fears God? him fnall he teack 
 
 the way that he fhall choofe. 
 
 13 His foul (hall dwell at; eafe, his (eed 
 
 the eirth as heirs, mail ufc. 
 
 14 The fecret of the Lord is with 
 
 fuch as do fear his name, 
 And he his holy covenant 
 will mani felt to them. 
 
 15 Towards the Lord my waiting eyes 
 
 continually are fet : 
 For he it is that fhall bring forth 
 my feet out of the net. 
 
 16 O turn thee unto me, O God; 
 
 have mercy me upon : 
 Becaufe I folitary am, 
 and la afrliciion. 
 
 17 EniargM the griefs are of mine heart : 
 
 me from diftrefs relieve. 
 
 1 8 See mine arrlidlion and my paisrj 
 
 and all my fins forgive. 
 
 19 Confider thou mine enemies, 
 
 becaufe they many are ; 
 And it a cruel hatred is, 
 
 which they againfl me bear. 
 
6o PSALM XXVI. 
 
 20 O do thou keep my foul, O God, * 
 
 do thou deliver me : 
 Let me not be aiham'd ; for I 
 
 do put my truit in thee, 
 
 21 O let integrity and truth 
 
 keep me who thee attend. 
 21 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrael 
 from all his troubles fend. 
 
 PSALM XXVI. 
 
 A Pfaim of David. 
 
 Here (i) David folemnly appeals to God, cencerninf 
 his integrity ; his confiant regard to him and his grace ; 
 his regular attendance upon inftituted ordinances ; and 
 his fixed averfion to fin and finners, ver. I — 8. (z) He 
 deprecates from himfirlfi, .the condemnation cfi the v. 
 and his being Jhut up in fiociety *ivith them, ver. g, 10 — 
 (3) Depending on the mercy cfi God, he refiolves to hold 
 fiajl his integrity, and maintain his confident hopes bj 
 
 nal lifie, ver. 11, 12, es\ While I fing, let the psrfieJT 
 
 God man come into my mind* Let me e wajh myfie Ifiin his 
 blood, and fio compafis Gcd y s altar with fib;: gs cfipraifiefior- 
 his favours. Making fiefius' example my pattern ; let 
 his ordinances be my pleafure, and lis people my fide inti^ 
 males and ficnr.iizrs on earth. 
 
 JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walk'd 
 in mine integrity : 
 
 1 trufted alio in the Lord ; 
 
 Hide therefore fhall not I. 
 
 2 Examine me, and do me prove ; 
 
 try heart and reins, O God. 
 
 3 For thy love is before mine eyes, 
 
 thy truth's paths I have trode. 
 
 4. With perfons vain I have not fat, 
 
 nor with difiemblers gone. 
 5 Th' afTembly of ill mm I hate; 
 
 to ut with fuch 1 fhun. 
 
PSALM XXVIL 6i 
 
 "6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, 
 
 I'll warn and purify : 
 So to thine holy altar go, 
 
 and compafs it will L 
 
 7 That I, with voice of thankfgivingv 
 
 may publifh and declare, 
 And tell of all thy mighty works, 
 
 that great and wond'rous are. 
 3 The habitation of thy houfe, 
 
 Lord, I have loved well ; 
 Yea, in that place I do delight, 
 
 where doth thine honour dwell. 
 
 9 With Tinners gather not my fcul, 
 
 and fuch as blood would fpill : 
 io Whofe hands mifchievous plots, right- haki 
 
 corrupting bribes do fill. 
 
 1 1 But as for me, I will walk on 
 
 in mine integrity : 
 Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord, 
 be merciful to me. 
 
 1 2 My foot upon an even place 
 
 doth (land with rtedfartnefs : 
 Within the congregations 
 th' Eternal I will biefs. 
 
 PSALM XXVIL 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 For thy inftruclion, my foul, behold here, ( i) The hc/y 
 courage and un daunted bravery of true faith, amidfl ma- 
 nifold dangers and enemies, ver, I — 3. (z) What car- 
 neftnefs there ought to be ; and what pie afire, proftt, a?>d 
 honour there are in the fudy of familiar fellovcjhip vjitb 
 God, ver. 4, 6. ( '$J Fervent defires with ft r on 7 cries 
 and fuppti cat ions, for the gracious favour, fpiritual pre- 
 
 fence, and faving direclion and protection cf G&d, verfe 
 7 — 12. C4.J Strong and encouraging expectations of help* 
 
 favour and ftrength from God, ver. 10, 13, 14, — ■-■ « v 
 
 F 
 
2 9 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 «|T JTbile lfng, let my foul e?itcr into the very marrczv of 
 thefe matters. Let God himfelf be relied en, as my trufl, 
 Mj Saviour, and my all in all. Let my heart burn 
 fupcrlative dtjircs after the knowledge and c?:joyment 
 cf him. Lei nothing lefs than the mofl familiar communi- 
 on with him here, and the full enjoyment cf him hereafter 
 fetisfy my longings. Let me readily embrace every invi- 
 tation to feek his fact. Amidjl enemies and diftrefles un- 
 numbered, let me always believe in, vuait for, and boajl 
 of God my only Lord. 
 
 THE Lord's my light and faving health, 
 who (hall make me difmay'd ? 
 My life's ftrergth is the Lord, of whom 
 then fnall I be afraid ? 
 
 2 When as mine enemies and foes, 
 
 moil wicked perfons all, 
 To eat my fleih againit me rcfe, 
 they {tumbled and did fall. 
 
 3 Againft me though an hod encamp, 
 
 my heart yet iearlefs is : 
 Though war r.gair.it me rife, I will 
 be confident in this. 
 
 4 One thing I of the Lord defir'd, 
 
 and will feek to obtain, 
 Thi: all days of my life I may, 
 within God's houfe remain. 
 
 That I the beauty of the Lord 
 
 behold may and admire, 
 And that 1 in his holy place 
 
 may rcv'iently enquire. 
 
 5 For he in his pavilion (hall 
 
 me hide in evil days : 
 In fecret oi his tent me hide, 
 and on a rock me raife. 
 
 6 And now, ev'n at this prefent time, 
 
 mine head (hail lifted be 
 Above all thofe that are my foes, 
 and round encompafs me. 
 
P S A L M XXVII. 63 
 
 Therefore unto his tabernacle 
 
 I'll facrifkes bring 
 Of joyfulnefs, I'll fmg, yea, I 
 
 to God will praiies fmg. 
 
 j O Loid, give ear unto my voice, 
 
 when I do cry to thee : 
 Upon me alfo mercy have, 
 
 and do thou anfwer me. 
 
 8 When thou didfl fay, Seek ye my face 
 
 then unto thee reply 
 Thus did my heart, Above all things 
 thy face, Lord, feekwilll. 
 
 9 Far from me hide not thou thy face, 
 
 put not away from thee 
 Thy iervant in thy wrath : thou haft 
 
 an helper been to me. 
 O God of my falvation, 
 
 leave me not, nor forfake. 
 
 10 Though me my parents both (hould leave, 
 
 the Lord will me up take. 
 
 1 1 O Lord, indraft me in the way, 
 
 to me a leader be 
 In a plain path, becaufe of thofe 
 that hatred bear to me. 
 
 12 Give me not to mine en'mies will ; 
 
 for witneffes that lie, 
 
 Againil merifen are, and fach 
 
 as breathe out cruelty. 
 
 13 1 fainted had, unlefs that I 
 
 believed had to fee 
 The Lord's own goodnefs in the land 
 of them that living be. 
 
 14 Wait on the Lord, and be thou flrong, 
 
 and he mail ftrength afford 
 Unto thine heart, yea, do thou wait, 
 ■I fay upon the Lcid, 
 
 PSALM 
 
*4 P S A L M XXVIll. 
 
 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Qbfrve here (i) David ami dfi great diftrefi, earntjt- 
 Jy fupplicatir.g deliverance /rem his God, ver. I — 3. (z) 
 His implacable enemies doomed to the juji punijbmtnt of 
 their Jin, ver 4 5. ($J Him/elf triumphing in God, as 
 
 the hearer 0/ his prayers, and as his protectory help and 
 Jtrengtb, ver. 6 — 8. ( \) His /lemn /application for fal- 
 vaticn and bJc/'cdne/s ; for nouri/hmem t\ honour, andjafe- 
 ty to the people of God y ver. 9. qy While I remem- 
 ber Jejus 0/ Nazareth, whe/e cries in trouble vjere /o 
 vehement ; vuhc/e implacable enemies incur /uch /ear/ul 
 mifery ; and'^who being exalted to the right hand of God, 
 and made full of joy with his countenance, maketh con- 
 tinual inter cejfion for his chofen race y let my fou.1 li/t up 
 her voice to God for rich and everl a/ling bleffings to my/elf 
 and to his church, 
 
 TO thee I'll cry, O Lord, my rock, 
 hold not thy peace to me : 
 Left, like thofe that to pit defcend, 
 I by thy filence be, 
 
 2 The voice hear of my humble pray'rs, 
 
 when unto thee I cry : 
 When to thy holy oracle 
 
 I lift mine hands on high. 
 
 3 With ill men, draw me not away, 
 
 that work iniquity ; 
 That fper.k peace to their friends, while in 
 their hearts doth mifchief lie. 
 
 4 Give them according to their deeds, 
 
 and ills endeavoured : 
 And, as their handy- works deferve, 
 to them be rendered. 
 
 5 God (hall not build, but them deilroy, 
 
 who would net underflanJ 
 The Lord's o.vn wcrks, nor did regard 
 Che doing of his hand. 
 
t 8 A L M XXIX. 65 
 
 S For ever blefled be the Lord, 
 
 for graciouily he heard 
 The voice of my petitions, 
 
 and prayers did regard. 
 
 7 The Lord's my ftrength and fhield, my heart 
 
 upon him did rely ; 
 And I am helped : hence my heart 
 
 doth joy exceedingly ; 
 And with my fong I will him praife. 
 S Their ftrength is God alone : 
 He alfo is the faving ftrength 
 
 of hi3 anointed One. 
 
 9 O thine own people do thou fave, 
 
 blefs thine inheritance : 
 Them alfo do thou feed, and them 
 
 for evermore advance. 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 This Pfalm was probably compofed on the occaflon of a 
 thunder -form. It is a folemn charge frcm heaven to 
 great men to worjhip and glorify God ; who ( i) /•/ his 
 magnificence and power thundereth in the moft terrible, a- 
 /arming, and deft ruclive manner , ver. 1 — 9. (z) Who 
 is fit pr erne governor of the world, and beftoweth ftrength 
 
 And peace on his peculiar people, ver. 10, II, q[ While 
 
 1 fi*g> let ?ne by faith, beheld the glory of God. in' Chrift, 
 and be filled with reverential awe of his power and grace. 
 And while I adore his perfections, admire and praife his 
 excellencies, let Jerufalem come into my ?nind $ and let ma 
 apprehend the prcm/fe, and pour forth a prayer for the 
 remnant v:hich is left. 
 
 IVE ye unto the Lord, ye fons 
 that ofthemighry be, 
 All ftrength and glory to the Lord, 
 with chearfuinefs give ye. 
 
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65 PSALM XXIX. XXX. 
 
 2 Unto the Lord the glory give 
 
 that to his name is due ; 
 And in the beauty of holinefs 
 tnto Jehovah bow. 
 
 3 The Lord's voice on the waters is : 
 
 the God of majefty 
 Doth thunder, and on multitudes 
 of waters fitteth he. 
 
 4 A pow'rful voice it is that comes 
 
 out from the Lord mofl high : 
 The voice of that great Lord is full 
 of glorious majefty. 
 
 5 The voice of the eternal doth 
 
 a fu nder cedars tear : 
 Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break 
 that Lebanon doth bear. 
 
 6 He makes them like a calf to fkip : 
 
 ev'n that great Lebanon, 
 And like to a young unicorn 
 the mountain Sirion. 
 
 7 God's voice divides the flames of fire : 
 3 The defert it doth (hake : 
 
 The Lord doth make the wildernefs 
 
 of Kadefh all to quake. 
 9 God's voice doth make the hinds to calve ; 
 
 it makes the forefts bare : 
 And in his temple ev'ry one 
 
 his glory doth declare. 
 
 io The Lord fits on the floods : the Lord 
 
 fits King, and ever fhall. 
 ; I The Lord will give his people ftrength, 
 
 and with peace blefs them all. 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 A Pfalm and Seng at the dedication of the hou 
 David. 
 
 feof 
 
 In this Pfalm cempofed for the dedication of the new 
 >, which David had built for himfelf at JerufaUm, 
 
PSALM XXX. 67 
 
 2 Sam. V. H . or for the dedication of it, after it had been 
 polluted by AbfaUm, 2 Sam. xvi. He (\) Offers thank f 
 giving to God for the anftvering of his prayers ; the over- 
 throwing of his enemies ; and the preferring of his life, 
 ver. 1 — 3* II, 12. (z) He calls and chargeth others, 
 to praife the Lord on account of the purity of his nature, 
 the Jhort duration of his frowns, and the fweetnefs 
 §f his favours, ver, 4, 5. (^) He remarks, how his 
 carnal fecurity under prosperity had occafoned his fudden 
 fall into divine hidings and frowns, ver. 6, 7. ( \J He 
 recoiled s what fuppli cations he had made to God, in his 
 former diftrefs, ver. 8, — 10. ($) He triumphs in the 
 kindnefs of God towards him y and refclves to praife and 
 
 thank hi?nfor evermore on account of it, ver. II, 1 2. 
 
 ^y While I fing, let me with a grateful heart remember 
 the hordes mercies. Let me remember my own follies j 
 and hew the Lord correcled me for them. Let me look 
 mfter my prayers and wait for an anfwer. And the 
 nearer my end draweth, let my heart and mouth be the 
 tncre abundantly filled with the high praifes of my Ged y 
 and my Saviour* 
 
 ORD, I will thee extol, for thou 
 haft lifted me on high, 
 And over me thou to rejoice 
 mad'ft not mine enemy. 
 
 2 O thou who art the Lord my God, 
 I in diftrefs to thee 
 
 With loud cries lifted up my voice, 
 and thou haft healed me. 
 
 3 O Lord, my foul thou haft brought uj*, 
 and refcu'd from the grave : 
 
 That I to pit lhould not go down, 
 alive thou didft me fave. 
 
 4 O ye that are his holy ones, 
 fing praife unto the Lord : 
 
 And give unto him thanks, when ye 
 his holinefs record, 
 
 5 For but a moment lafts his wrath ; 
 life in his favour lies ; 
 
 u 
 
£» PSALM XXX. XXSft 
 
 Weeping may for a night endurt, 
 at n?orn doth joy arife. 
 
 6 In my prosperity, I faid, 
 
 that nothing (hall me move. 
 
 7 O Lord, thou haft my mountain made 
 
 to Hand ftrong by thy love : 
 
 But when that thou, O gracious God, 
 
 didft hide thy face from me, 
 Then quickly was my profp'rous ftate 
 
 turn'd into mifery. 
 $ Wherefore unto the Lord my cry 
 
 I caufed to afcend : 
 My humble fupplication 
 
 I to the Lord did fend. 
 
 9 What profit is there in my blood, 
 
 when I go down to pit ? 
 Shall unto thee the duft give praife ? 
 
 thy truth declare mall it ? 
 io Hear, Lord, have mercy help me, Lor&> 
 
 1 1 Thou turned haft my fadnefs 
 To dancing ; yea, my fackcloth loos'd, 
 
 and girded me with gladnefs : 
 
 1 2 That fing thy praife my glory may, 
 
 and never filent be ; 
 O Lord my God. for evermore 
 I will give thanks to thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXL 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Plalm of David. 
 
 Ohfervc here (\) David' s folemn prof ejfons of his di* 
 Aendence upon God, and his prayers for fupport and deli- 
 ti'erance, ver. I — 8. (z) His fad complaints of inward 
 grief, bodily vccahiefs, unkindnefs of friends, u*juji cen- 
 furis of enemies, and horror of death, attended with * 
 folemn commitment of hitnfelf to God's mercy and care, 
 and earn eft fupplication for deliverance from enemies, ver. 
 o — l8. ( l) Amidft admiration of God's kindnefs to his 
 people, and thankfgiving for favours to bimfulf he 
 
f $ A L M XXXI. 69 
 
 encourageth himjelf and ethers firmly to truft in God, ver. 
 
 19 — 24. qy While Ifir.g let me be deeply affected with 
 
 my fores, my maladies, and troubles ; And caft ah my 
 burdens on the Lord. In the a fared faith that he is God, 
 even my God, Let me ad?nire his gracious thoughts, words 
 and deeds to me ward j and commit my felf wholly te his 
 care and protection. 
 
 IN thee, O Lord, I put my truft,, 
 lham'd let me never be : 
 According to thy righteoufnefs, 
 do thou deliver me. 
 
 2 Bow down thine ear to me with fpeecj^ 
 fend me deliverance ; 
 
 To fave me, my Itrong rock be thoo> 
 and my houfe of defence, 
 
 3 Because thou art my rock and thee 
 I for my fortrefs take : 
 
 Therefore do thou me lead and guide, 
 ev'n for thy own name's fake. 
 
 4 And fith thou art my flrength, therefore 
 pull me out of the net,. 
 
 Which they in fubtilty for me 
 fo privily have fet. 
 
 3 Into thine hands I do commit 
 
 my fpirit : for thou art he, 
 O thou Jehovah, God of truth, 
 
 that hall redeemed me. 
 
 6 Thofethat do lying vanities 
 regard, I have abhorr'd : 
 
 But as for me my confidence 
 is fixed on the Lord. 
 
 7 I'll in thy mercy gladly joy : 
 for thou my miferies 
 
 Confider'd haft ; thou hail my foul 
 known in adverfnies ; 
 
 8 And thou haft not inclofed me 
 within the en'mies hand : 
 
 And by thee have mine feet been ma«ie 
 in a large room to Hand. 
 
7° PSALM XXXI. 
 
 9 O Lord upon me mercy have, 
 
 for trouble is on me : 
 Mine eye, my belly, and my foul 
 
 with grief confumed be, 
 io Becaufe my life with grief is fpent, 
 
 my years with fighs and groans ; 
 Myftrength doth fail, and for my fin 
 
 confumed are my bones. 
 
 1 1 I was a fcorn to all my foes, 
 
 and to my friends a fear ; 
 And fpecully reproach'd of thofe 
 
 that were my neighbours near : 
 When they me faw, they from me fled, 
 
 12 Ev'n fo I am forgot, 
 
 As men are out of mind when dead : 
 I'm like a broken pot. 
 
 13 For flanders I of many heard, 
 
 fear compafs'd me, w r liile they 
 Againft me did confult and plot 
 to take my life away. 
 
 14 But as for me, O Lord, my truft 
 
 upon thee I did lay ; 
 And I to thee, Thou art my God, 
 did confidently fay. 
 
 15 My times are wholly in thine hand? 
 
 do thou deliver me 
 From their hands, that mine enemies 
 and perfecutors be. 
 
 16 Thy countenance to fhine do thou 
 
 upon thy fervant make: 
 Unto me give falvation, 
 
 for thy gieat mercies fake. 
 
 17 Let me not be afham'd, O Lord, 
 
 fur on thee call'd I have : 
 Let wicked men be fham'd, let them 
 be filent in the grav*. 
 
 18 To filence put the lying lips, 
 
 that grievous things do fay, 
 
PSALM XXXII. 71 
 
 And hard reports, in pride and fcorn, 
 on righteous men do lay. 
 
 19 How great's the goodnefs thou for them 
 
 that /ear thee keep'ft in flore : 
 And wrought'!* for them that truit in thee, 
 the fons of men befoie ! 
 
 20 In fecret of thy prefence, thou 
 
 malt hide them from man's pride : 
 From ftrife of tongues thou cloiely ihalt 
 as in a tent them hide. 
 
 21 All praife and thanks be to the Lordf 
 
 for he hath magnify'd 
 Kis wond'rous love to me, within 
 a city fonify'd. 
 
 22 For from thine eyes cut ofFI am, 
 
 (I in my hafle had faid) 
 My voice yet heard'ft thou, when to thee 
 with cries my moan I made. 
 
 23 O love the Lord, all ye his faints : 
 
 becaufe the Lord doth guard 
 The faithful ; and he plenteoufly 
 proud doers doth reward. 
 
 24 Be of good courage, and he firengtk 
 
 unto your heart will fend, 
 
 All ye whofe hope and confidence 
 
 doth on the Lord depend. 
 
 PSALM XXXII, 
 A Pfalm of David, Mafchil. 
 
 Perhaps this Pfalm rxas cempofed for the great day of 
 the national atonement, on the tenth day of the feventb 
 month , Lev. xvi, . In it obferve ( \) The exceeding riches 
 of the grace of God manifejled in blejfng men vjith for- 
 givenefs of fin, and with protection amidji dangers, and 
 direction in duty, ver. I, 2, 7, 8. (z) The indifpenfiblc 
 duty of them ixho defre nevj covenant blefjings , viz. to 
 acknowledge their offences to God y to implore his favours 
 <vsbich they need ; to v;cilh humbly and circum/pecJly before 
 
o 
 
 yi PSALM XXXII. 
 
 Aim, and to rejoice in him as God and their God, ver. 3—* 
 
 6. 9 — 11 ■ q\ While I am truly confeious of my 
 
 finfulncfs, and deeply affected therewith, let the faith a*d 
 experience of J ejus' full pardon of my fins, and of the 
 U'licattons of his grace, melt my heart, and animatt 
 fHc to every commanded duty* 
 
 BLESSED is the man to whom 
 is freely pardoned 
 All thetrarfgreflions he hath done, 
 whofe fin is covered. 
 
 2 Blcft is the man to whom the Lord 
 imputeth not his fin, 
 
 And in whofe fp'rit there is no guile} 
 nor fraud is found therein. 
 
 3 When as I did refrain my fpeech, 
 and lilent was my tongue : 
 
 My bones then waxed old, becaufe 
 1 roared all day long. 
 
 4 For upon me both day and night 
 thine hand did heavy lie ; 
 
 So that my moifture turned is 
 
 in fummei 's drought thereby 
 
 5 I thereupon have unto thee 
 my fin acknowledged, 
 
 And likewife mine iniquity 
 
 I have not covered : 
 I will confefs unto the Lord 
 
 my trefpaffes, faid I ; 
 And of my fin thou freely didft 
 
 forgive th' iniquity. 
 
 6 For this mall every godly one 
 his prayer make to thee, 
 
 In fuch a time he fhall thee feek 
 
 as found thou mayefl be : 
 Surely, when floods of waters great 
 
 do fwelt up to the brim, 
 They fhall rot overwhelm his foul, 
 
 nor once come near to him. 
 
PSALM XXXUL 73 
 
 7 Thou art my hiding place, thou (halt 
 
 from trouble keep me free : 
 Thou, with fongs of deliverance, 
 
 abcut (hall campafs me. 
 S I will inilrucl: thee and thee teach 
 
 the way that thou (halt go ; 
 And with mine e>e upon thee fet, 
 
 I will direction ihow. 
 
 9 Then be not like the horfe or mule, 
 
 which do not un lerfiand ; 
 Whofe mouth, left they come near to thee,. 
 
 a bridle mud command. 
 io Unto the man that wicked is, 
 
 his farrows fhall abound : 
 But him that trufteth in the Lord 
 
 mercy (hall compafs round. 
 
 1 1 Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, 
 
 in him do ye rejoice ; 
 All ye that upright are in heart, 
 
 for joy lift up your voice. 
 
 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 Contains ajhveet but folemn fummons to praife the Lord 
 (\) For his juftice, goodnefs, and truth manifefted in his 
 njword and works, ver. I — 5. (z) For his power mani- 
 fefted in the work of creation, and in his fiver eign domi- 
 nion over the world, ver. 6, — II, 13, — 17. (*$) For 
 . his fpecial and new)- covenant relations and merciful kind- 
 
 nefs towards his chofen people, ver. 12, 1 8 — 22 
 
 ^t While I Jtng, let me obferve, let me admire, a\d be 
 deeply ajfecled with the blejjings of Creation, Providence, 
 and Redemption. And chiefly let me remember, let me 
 behold, let me glovj with ardent deflre after him, whofe 
 icnes the Lordfo kept, that not on-e of them was broken* 
 
 right'ous in the Lord rejoice, 
 it comely is, and right : 
 That upright men, with thankful voice, 
 fhould praife the Lord of might* 
 
 Y 
 
psalm xxxnr. 
 
 i Praife Gol with harp ; and unto him 
 
 fing with the pfaltery, 
 Upon a ten itring'd inftrument 
 
 make ye fsveet melody. 
 
 3 A new fong to him ling, and play 
 
 with loud noife fkil fully : 
 
 4 For right is God's word ; all his works, 
 
 are done in verity. 
 
 5 To judgment and to right'oufnefs 
 
 a love he bearech frill : 
 The loving- kindnefs of the Lord 
 the earth throughout doth fill. 
 
 6 The heavens, by the word of God 
 
 did their beginning take ; 
 
 And, by the breathing of his mouth, 
 
 he all their hofts oid make. 
 
 7 The waters of the feas he brings 
 
 together as an heap : 
 And, in ilore houfes, as it were, 
 he layeth up the deep. 
 
 8 Let earth, and ail that live therein, 
 
 with rev'rence fear the Lord ; 
 Let all the world's inhabitants 
 dread him with one accord, 
 
 9 For he did fpeak the word, and done 
 
 it was without delay ; 
 Eltabliihed it firmly flood, 
 whatever he did fay, 
 
 io God doth thecounfel bring to noughc 
 
 which heathen folk do take; 
 And what the people do devife 
 
 of none cfFedl dcth make, 
 i x O ! but the counfel of the Lord 
 
 doth Hand for ever fure ; 
 And of his heart the purpofes 
 
 from age to age endure. 
 
 12 That nation ble/Ted is, whofc God 
 Jehovah is, and thofc 
 
PSALM XXXiV. 75 
 
 A blefied people are, whom for 
 
 his heritage he chofe. - , 
 
 13 The Lord from heav'n fees and beholds 
 
 all Tons of men full well. 
 
 14 He views all, from his dwelling-place, 
 
 that on the earth do dwell. 
 
 j 5 He forms their hearts alike, and all 
 their doings he obferves. 
 
 16 Great hods fave not a king, much ftrength 
 
 no mighty man preferves. 
 
 17 An horie for prefervation 
 
 is a deceitful thing : 
 And, by the greatnefs of his ftrength, 
 can no deliverance bring. 
 
 18 Behold, on thofe that do him fear 
 
 the Lord doth fet his eye ; 
 Ev'n thofe who on his mercy do 
 with confidence rely. 
 
 19 From death to free their foul, in dearth 
 
 life unto them to yield. 
 
 20 Our foul doth wait upon the Lord, 
 
 he is our help and fhield. 
 
 2 1 Sich in his holy name we truft, 
 
 our heart (hall joyful be. 
 
 22 Lord, let thy mercy be on us, 
 
 as we do hope in thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 A Pfalm of David, when he changed his behaviour be- 
 fore Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed. 
 
 This Pfalm ivas compofed by David, <uben Achif/j or 
 Abimelecb, king of Gath, drove him from his court as 
 an ideot or madman, 1 Sam. xxi. 10 — 25, Here are 
 ( \ ) David 9 s high praifes to God, for the favours himfelf 
 and others had received, ver. J — 6. (z) His tvarm in- 
 vi tat ions and ftrong encouragements to others to feek after 
 and fear the Lord, and to truji in him for all necefjary 
 fupplies in time or in eternity, ver. 7 — 10. ( '$J Familiar 
 
76 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 ices to children and ethers, to efctftw every thing fit- 
 ful, and make confcUnce of known duty, both .towards 
 God and men, as a means of prefent and future happinefs, 
 Ver. II, — 14. C^J A reprefentation cf the mifery of 
 the veicked, in having God againjl them, as an 
 avenging enemy ; and in having ruin before them, as the 
 juft reward cf their /ins ; and of the happinefs of the 
 godly in having God near to them in every cafe y ready to 
 hear their requefts,' and to protect the?n amidft dangers, 
 and to deliver them from enemies and trouble, ver. 15,— 
 
 2 2. f[ While I fng let my heart be warmed nxiih my 
 
 fitbjeSl. Ccme my foul and walk in this light, in thefejoys 
 ff the Lord. Come, tajie and fee that he is good. Extol 
 bis kindnefs, and iruft him in all things, and on every 
 tec. if on. 
 
 GOD will I blefs all times, his praife 
 toy mouth mall dill exprefs. 
 
 2 My foul mall boaft in God : the meek 
 
 mail hear with joy mine fs. 
 
 3 Extol the Lord with me, let us 
 
 exait his name together 
 
 4 I fought the Lord, he heard and did 
 
 me from all fears deliver. 
 
 5 They look'd to him, and light'ned were: 
 
 not fhamed were their faces. 
 
 6 This poor man cry'd, God heard, and fav'd 
 
 him from all his didrefles. 
 
 7 The angel of the Lord encamps, 
 
 and round encompafleth 
 All thofe about that ^o him fear, 
 and them delivered. 
 
 S O tafle and fee that God is good : 
 
 who trulls in him is blefi. 
 q Fear God his faints ; none that him fear 
 
 (hall be with want oppreft. 
 10 The lions young may hungry be, 
 
 and they may lack their food ; 
 But they that truly feck the Lord, 
 
 fc*ll not lack any good. 
 
PSALM XXXIV. 21 
 
 1 1 O children, hither do ye come, 
 
 and unto me give ear ; 
 I (hall you teach to understand 
 
 how ye the Lcrd mould fear. 
 
 1 2 What man is he that life dcfires, 
 
 to fee good would live long ? 
 
 13 Thy lips refrain from fpeaking guile, 
 
 and from ill words thy tongue. 
 
 14 Depart from ill, do good, feek peace, 
 
 purfue it earneftly. 
 
 15 God's eyes are on the ju ft : hise^rs 
 
 are open to their cry. 
 
 16 The face of God is fet again ft 
 
 thofe that do wickedly ; 
 That he may quite out from the earth 
 cut off their memory. 
 
 17 The right'ous cry unto the Lord, 
 
 he unto them gives ear : 
 And they out cf their troubles all. 
 
 by him deliv'red are. 
 ] 8 The Lord is ever nigh to th'era 
 
 that be of broken fp'rit . 
 To them he fafety doth afford, 
 
 that are in heart contrite. 
 
 19 The troubles that afHicl the juft, 
 
 in number many be : 
 But -yet at length out of them all, 
 the Lord doth fet him free. 
 
 20 He carefully his bones doth keep,. 
 
 whatever can befal : 
 That not fo much as one of them 
 can broken be at all. 
 
 21 III mall the wicked flay ; hid- trade 
 
 (hall be who hate the juit, . 
 
 22 The Lord redeems his fervanu* fju,\% 
 
 none perifh that him truft, 
 
 Gz 
 
79 P S A L M XXXV. 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 In this Pfalm ( \) David complains of the cruelty of 
 his enemies, in f riving. vcitb him — in perfecuting him — 
 in feeking his ruin — and in reproaching, contemning, de- 
 riding and triumphing over him, ver. 1,3,4, 7,11,15, 
 16, 20, 21, 25, 26. (2) He pleads his ovun i.inocency, 
 1 hat he had never given them a?iy provocation ; but amidfi 
 t heir ahufe vf him, and earneftly and affectionately ftudied 
 to promote their vcelfare, ver. 7, 9, 12 — 14. (^) He 
 fupplicates, tb&t'.Qodvuould efpoufe his caufe, protect, de- 
 liver, and con fort his fcul, dejeat the defigns, and dif- 
 appoint the expectations of bis enemies — and that bt 
 would countenance and encourage his friends, ver. 1, 2, 
 4, 17, 22 — 27. ( \) He predicts the dejlruclion of his 
 enemies, and the abounding of his ovun comfort, and in 
 the vieves hereof, rcfolves to thank and praife the Lord, 
 
 ver. 4 — 10, 18, 28' %\ While I ftng, let mc vcitk 
 
 grief and jhame, call to mind the infernal oppoftion, j 
 una ethers Lave made to our all-ccmpajjionate Redeemer, 
 Let me b eve are of e s xpcfing myfef to that vengeance, vchicb 
 is laid up in ft or e\ for his incorrigible enemies. Let me 
 never avenge niyfelf on my injurious neighbours, But a- 
 vitdfl all attacks j com bell or earth, or from my own cor- 
 rupt heart, let nte 'commit all my concerns to him, vch» 
 judgetb right enujly, that be ?nay bring them to pafs 
 
 PLead, Lord, with thofe that plead; and fight 
 with thofe that fight with me. 
 
 2 Of fhield and buckler take thou hold, 
 
 itand up mine help to be. 
 
 3 Draw alfo out the fpear, and do 
 
 again ft them flop the way 
 That me purfue : unto my foul, 
 V&I thy falvation, fay. 
 
 4 Let them confounded be, and fham'd, 
 
 that for my foul have fought : 
 Who plot my hurt, turn'd back be they, 
 and to confuiion brought. 
 Let them be like unto the chaff, 
 that flks before the wind ; 
 
PSALM XXXV, 79 
 
 And let the angel of the Lord 
 purfue them hard behind. 
 
 6 With darknefs cover thou their way, 
 
 and let it flipp'ry prove, 
 
 And let the angel of the Lord 
 
 purfue them from above, 
 
 7 For without caufe have they for me 
 
 their net hid in a pit, 
 
 They alfo have without a caufe 
 
 for my foul digged it. 
 
 8 Let ruin feize him unawares, 
 
 his net he hid withal 
 Himfelf let catch ; and in the fame 
 deftrucuon let him fall. 
 
 9 My foul in God fliall joy ; and glad 
 
 in his falvation be. 
 io And all my bones mall fay, O Lord, 
 who is like unto thee, 
 
 Which doll the poor fet free from him 
 
 that is for him too ftrong, 
 The poor and needy from the man 
 
 that fpoils and does him wrong ? 
 i i Falfe witnefles rofe ; to my charge 
 
 things I not knew they laid. 
 
 12 They, to the fpoiling of my foul, 
 
 me ill for good repaid. 
 
 1 3 But as for me, when they were fick> 
 
 in fackcloth fad I mourn'd : 
 My humble foul did faft, my pray'r 
 into my bofom turn'd. 
 
 14 Mvfelf I did behave, as he 
 
 had been my friend or brother : 
 I heavily bow'd dovvn, as one 
 
 that mourneth for his mother. 
 
 15 But in my trouble they rejoic'd, 
 
 gath'ring themfelves together: 
 Yea, abje&s vile together did 
 
 themfelves againft me gather ; 
 
$0 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 I knew it not, they did me tear, 
 and quiet would not be. 
 
 16 With mocking hypocrites, at feafts 
 
 they gnafh'd their teeth at me. 
 
 17 How long, Lord, look'ft thou on? from thofe 
 
 deftrudlions they intend, 
 Refcue my foul, from lions young 
 my darling do defend. 
 
 1 8 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, 
 
 within th' aflembly great : 
 And where much people gath'rcd are, 
 thy praifes fonh will fet. 
 
 19 Let not my wrongful enemies 
 
 proudly rejoice o'er me : 
 Nor, who me hate withe ut a caufe, 
 let them wink with the eye. 
 
 20 For peace they do not fpeak at all, 
 
 but crafty plots prepare 
 Againfl all thofe within the land 
 that meek and quiet are. 
 
 21 With mouths fet wide, they 'gainfl mc fard, 
 
 Ha, ha, our eye doth fee. 
 
 22 Lord, thou haft feen, hold not thy peace : 
 
 Lord be not far from me. 
 
 23 Stir upthyfelf; wake, that thou may ? ft 
 
 judgment to me afford, 
 
 Ev'n to my caufe, O thou that art 
 
 my only God and Lord. 
 
 24 O Lord my God, do thou me judge 
 
 after thy righteoufnefs ; 
 And let them not their joy 'gainfl mc 
 triumphantly expre fs. 
 
 25 Nor let them fay within their hcartt, 
 
 Ah, we would have it thus: 
 Nor fufTer them to fay. That he 
 is fwallow'd up by us. 
 
 26 ShamM and confounded be they all, 
 
 that at my hurt are glad : 
 
 ; 
 
psalm xxxvr. 1 1 
 
 Let thofe, againft me that do boa(l > 
 
 with fhame and fcorn be clad. 
 17 Let them that love my righteous caufe 
 
 be glad, fhout ; andnotceafe 
 To fay, The Lord bemagnify'd, 
 
 who loves his fervant's peace. 
 
 28 Thy righteoufnefs (hall alfo be 
 
 declared by my tongue ; 
 The praifes that belong to thee, 
 
 fpeak mall it all day long. 
 
 P S A L T/l XXXVI. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David, the fervant 
 of the Lord. 
 
 Obfer<ve here (\) How great is the wickednef of men ! 
 They naturally contemn God y flatter them/elves in Jin ; 
 and abandon t hem/elves to falfbood and ' 7nif chief , <ver. l, 
 4.. (z) How great is the excellency of God, in truth, in 
 righteoufnefs, and in mercy ! And what a fountain of 
 t>refer>vation, fupport, comfort, light, and life, he is to 
 bis people ! <ver. 5, — 9. ($) How, from the excellency 
 undgoodnefsofGod, the Pfalmif draws encouragement, 
 to pray for himf elf and other faints ; — and to triumph in 
 
 the view of his enemies ruin, ver. 10, — 12. fl" 
 
 While Ifng, let me review my natural abominations and 
 wretchednefs, and try, Whether the Lord hath made me a 
 new creature, created in Chrift Jefus unto good works y 
 und whether he hath made me tafle of, admire, and truft 
 in, the exceeding riches of his grace. 
 
 HE wicked man's tranfgreflion 
 within my hearc thus fays, 
 Undoubtedly the fear of God 
 is not before his eyes. 
 
 2 Becaufe himfelf he flatteieth 
 in his own blinded eye, 
 
 Until the hatefulnefs be found 
 of his iniquity. 
 
 3 Words from his mouth proceeding an, > 
 fraud and iniquity : 
 
 T 
 
*2 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 He to be wife, and to do good, 
 hath left off utterly. 
 
 4 He mifchief, lying on his bed 3 
 
 moil cunningly doth plot : 
 He fets himfelf in ways not good, 
 ill he abhorreth not. 
 
 5 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heaven?; 
 
 thy truth doth reach the clouds. 
 
 6 Thyjuftice is like mountains great; 
 
 thy judgments deep as floods : 
 Lord, thou preferveft man and bead. 
 
 7 How precious is thy grace ! 
 Therefore in fhadow of thy wings 
 
 men's fons their trull mall place. 
 
 & They with the fatnefs of thy houfe 
 
 fhall be well fatisfy'd : 
 From rivers of thy pleafures thou 
 
 wilt drink to them provide. 
 9 Becaufe of life the fountain pure 
 
 remains alone with thee : 
 And in that pureft light of thine, 
 
 we clearly light mail fee. 
 
 jo Thy loving kindnefs unto them 
 
 continue that thee know ; 
 And ftill on men upright in heart 
 
 thy righteoufnefs b^ftow. 
 li Let not the foot of cruel pride 
 
 come, and againll me iland : 
 And let me not removed be, 
 
 Lord, by the wicked's hand. 
 
 1 2 There fall'n are they, and ruined, 
 
 that work iniquities : 
 Call down they are, and never (hall 
 
 be able to ahfe. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 1'his Pfalm is wholly of the inJlr«Cli<ve kind. As tb 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 83 
 
 Mofaic [yftem, and the covenant between God and Ifraeh 
 is his peculiar people, promifed remarkable temporal felici- 
 ty, tofuch as were obedient to the law, and denounced 
 temporal miferies againft thofe, that were impious and 
 profane i the Pfalmijt here cautions ageanft ftumbling at 
 particular providences, which might appear contrary to 
 the tenor of that covenant. Here are (\) Plain and ex- 
 frefs warnings againft fret fulncfs at the profperity of the 
 wicked, in their wickednefs, ver. 1, 7, 8. with the 
 arguments and rcafons enforcing the fame, viz. that the 
 thar after of the wicked is ignominious, while that of the 
 righteous is honourable, ver. 12, 1 4, 21, 26, 30, 3 1, 
 32. That the wicked in the 'very height of their prof- 
 perity are near to deftruclion, while the righteous, even 
 in their adverfty, have fpecial protection from God,, and 
 jhall never be ruined, ver. 2, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 
 28, 33, — 40 And that God hath fpecial blejjings in 
 flcre for, and even in this life manifefts diftinguijhed kind- 
 nefsto y the righteoufnefs and their feed, ver. II, 16, 18, 
 19, 22, — 25, 28, 29, 37. (z) Here are proper and 
 effectual re?ncdies to prevent finful fretting at the profperity 
 of the wicked, or troubles of the godly : <viz. Hoping in 
 God as our Saviour delighting in God as our companion^ 
 friend, and portion ; following of him as our Guide / 
 1 departing from evil and doing good ; waiting on the 
 Lord, and keeping his n^ay, ver. 3, — 6. 27, 34.— 
 ; €J Be thou, my foul, an accurate obferver t of the ?natter 
 and circumftances of every providence. Carefully compare 
 them, one with another y and all with the perfeclions, 
 covenant, andpromifes, of God, in order that thou may- 
 eft never be offended thereat. 
 
 FOR evil doers fret thou not 
 thyfelf unquietly ; 
 Nor do thou envy bear to thofe 
 
 that work iniquity. 
 2 For, even like unto the grafs, 
 
 foon be cut down (hall they, 
 .And, like the green and tender herb, 
 they wither (hall away. 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 3 Set thou thy truft upon the Lord, 
 
 and be thou doing good ; 
 And fo thou in the land fhak dwell, 
 and verily have food. 
 
 4 Delight thy felf in God, he'll give 
 
 thine hearts defne to thee. 
 
 5 Thy way to Gcd commit, him truft, 
 
 it bring to pafs fhall he. 
 
 6 And, like unto the light, he fhall 
 
 thy right'oufnefs difplay ; 
 And he thy judgment fhall bring forth, 
 like noon-tide of the day. 
 
 7 Reft in the Lord, and patiently 
 
 wait for him : do not fret 
 For him, who profp'ring in his way, 
 fuccefs in fin doth get. 
 
 8 Do thou from anger ceafe, and wratk 
 
 fee thou for fake alfo : 
 Fret notthyfelf in any wife, 
 that evil thou fhould'ft do. 
 
 9 For thofe that evil- doers are 
 
 fhall be cut off and fall : 
 
 But thofe that wait upon the Lord 
 
 the earth inheiit fhall. 
 
 10 For yet a little while, and the* 
 
 the wicked fhall not be ; 
 
 JHis place thou fhalt confider well, 
 
 but it thou fhalt not fee. 
 
 1 1 But by inherit mce, the earth, 
 
 the meek ones fhall poffefs : 
 They alfo fhall delight themfelvet 
 in an abundant peace. 
 
 12 The wicked plots againft the juft, 
 
 and at him whets his teeth. 
 j 3 The Lord fhall laugh at him, becaufe 
 
 his day he coming feeth. 
 £4 The wicked have draan out the fwordL 
 
 Mid bent their bow, to Qaj 
 
P S A L M XXXVII. S; 
 
 ■ poor and reedy, and to kill 
 men of an upright way. 
 
 15 But their own fword, which they : have drav 
 
 (hall enter their own heart : 
 Their bows which they have ben: fhall break. 
 and into pieces part. 
 
 16 A little that a jufl man hath 
 
 is more, and barter far, 
 
 Than is the wealth of many fuch 
 
 as lewd and wicked are. 
 
 t 7 For tinners arms fhall broken be ; 
 but God the jiift fuftairis. 
 
 18 God knows the juft man's Jays, pud 
 
 their heritage remains. 
 
 19 They fhall net be amam'd, when they 
 
 the evil time do fee ; 
 And when the days of famine are, 
 they fatisfy'd (hall be. 
 
 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, 
 
 as fat of lambs decay, 
 They fhall confume; yea, into fmoke 
 they (hall confum* away. 
 
 2 1 The wicked borrows, but the faibc 
 
 again he doth not pay ; 
 Whereas the right'ous mercy mows, 
 and gives his own away. 
 
 22 Forfuch as blefTed be of him 
 
 the earth inherit mall ; 
 
 And they that curled are of him 
 
 fhall be deitroyed all. 
 
 23 A good man's footfteps by the Lord 
 
 are ordered aright : 
 And in the way wherein he walks, 
 
 he greatly doth delight. 
 24. Although he fall, yet fhall he not 
 
 be call down utterly ; 
 Becaufe the Lord with his own hand 
 
 upholds him mightlv, 
 H 
 
86 P S A L M XXXVI f. 
 
 25 I have been young, and now am old ; 
 
 ye: hive I never it- n 
 Thcjufi man left, nor that his feed 
 for bread have beggars been. 
 
 26 He's ever merciful, and lends : 
 
 h : s feed is bled therefore. 
 zy Depart from evil, and do good, 
 and dwell for evermore. 
 
 28 For God loves judgment, and his faints 
 
 1 ra not in any c 
 They are kept ever : but cut off 
 fhail be the fmner's race. 
 
 29 The juft inherit fhall the land, 
 
 ard ever in it dwell. 
 
 30 Thejuft man's mouth dothwifiom fpeak*: 
 
 his tcngje dcth judgment tell. 
 
 31 In's heart :he law is of his God, 
 
 his ftep-s filde not away. 
 3 1 The wicked man doth waxh thejuft, 
 and lleketh him to flay : 
 
 33 Yet him the Lord will net forfake, 
 
 nor leave him in his hinds : 
 The right'ous will he not condemn, 
 
 when he in judgment (lands. 
 34. W.dt on the Lord, and keep his way, 
 
 and thee exalt fhall he 
 Th' earth to inherit, when cut off 
 
 the wicked thou (hah fee, 
 
 35 I r aw the wicked great in powV, 
 
 fpread like a green bay- tree. 
 
 36 He paft, yea, was not : him I fought, 
 
 but found he could not be. 
 
 37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold 
 
 the man of uprightnefs : 
 Ikcaufe that furely of this man 
 the latter end is peace. 
 
 38 But thofe men tint tranfgreffors are, 
 
 fhall be deftroyed together, 
 
p S A L m xxxvnr. fy 
 
 The latter end of wicked Tien 
 (hall be cut off for ever. 
 
 39 But the falvation of the juft 
 
 is from the Lord above, 
 He, in the tine of their difhefi, 
 
 (irengthdoib prove. 
 
 40 The Lord (hall Help and them celiver : 
 
 he fliiU them fiee and fave 
 From wicked mea : : him 
 
 their confidence they have, 
 
 P 3 A L M XXXVIII. 
 A Pfalm of David, to bring in remembrance. 
 
 This Pfalm appears to have been penned by David, 
 
 under fome remarkable diftrefs, attended 'wutA a deep fenfe 
 of Jin, as the procuring caufe of it. Here are ( \) Davids 
 Jbrroivful complaints of God" 1 s fore difpleofure ; and vf the 
 nv eight of bis own fins, *uer. I — 5. j cf the ficknefi of 
 his body, and diftref of his mind, ver. 6 ; — IC.y of tie 
 unkindnefs of his friends, <ver. 1 1 . and rf the unprovoked 
 injuries, he received from his enemies, who iverefpiteful, 
 cruel, fubtile, unjuft, ungrateful, impious, devilifh, nu- 
 merous, and powerful, <ver. ) z> — 20 • ( z) His remark- 
 Able patience and ref gnat ion, under his troubles, 
 I 3, — 15. ($ ) His fervent fuiplications to God, fir the 
 mitigation of his troubles, wer. I. / and for comfort and 
 fuppcr t under, and fbeedy deliverance from them, *vcr. 1 6, 
 21, 22 ,* attended with candid and ingenious acknow- 
 ledgments of the frfxl caifes thereof, ier, 3, 4, 5, 18. 
 r m all my troubles, let me /earth out, and by faith con- 
 fefs and mourn over the fitful caufe s of them. Lft me 
 take every dijlrefs cut of God's hand j and call on him in 
 ire tine thereof \ thai he may deliver me. 
 
 IN try great indignation, 
 O Lord, rebuke me not: 
 r on me lay thy chaiVning hand, 
 in thy difpleafure ho:. 
 2 For in me fall th : r.e arrows Hick, 
 Thine hard doth prefs me fore. 
 
•8 PSALM XXXVIIF. 
 
 3 And in my flefli there is no hea;:h, 
 
 nor Co u n d n e ! s an y rr. o r e . 
 
 This grief I have, becaufs thy wr..u 
 
 is firth againft me gone ; 
 And in my bones there is no reft, 
 
 for fin that I have dene. 
 
 4 Beciufegone up above mine head 
 
 my great tranfgrcfiicns be ; 
 x^nd as a weighty burden, they 
 too heavy are for me. 
 
 5 My wounds do flink, and are corrupt : 
 
 my folly makes it fo. 
 
 6 I troubled am, and much bow'd down ; 
 
 all day I mourning go. 
 
 7 For a difeafe that loathfome is, 
 
 fo fills my lcins with pain, 
 That in my weak and weary fkfh 
 nofoundnefs doth remain. 
 
 8 So feeble and infirm am I, 
 
 and broken am f ) fore ; 
 That, through difqulet of my heart, 
 I have been made to roar. 
 
 9 O Lord, all that I do defire, 
 
 is dill before thine eye : 
 And of my heart the fee ret groans 
 not hidden are from thee. 
 
 io My heart dcth pant incciTantiy, 
 my ftrcngth doth quite decay : 
 As for mine e$ cs, their wonted light 
 
 is froin mc pjone away, 
 ii Mj and my friends do Hand 
 
 e from my fore : 
 And thofc do Hand aloof that were 
 and kind before. 
 
 12 Yea, they that fetk my life, layfnares: 
 who feck to db me wrong, 
 
 S^eak things rmfehtefOH*, zi\d deceits 
 imagine all day tef 
 
PSALM XXXIX, S9 
 
 1 3 But, as one deaf, that heareth not, 
 
 I fuffer'd all-to pafs : 
 I as a dumb man did become, 
 
 whofe mouth not op'ned was. 
 
 14 As one that hears not, in whofe mouth 
 
 are no reproofs at all. 
 
 15 For, Lord, I hope in th*e ; my God, 
 
 thou'jthear me when I call. 
 
 16 For I faid, Hear me, led they mould 
 
 rejoice o'er me with pride : 
 And o'er me magnify them Tel ves, 
 when as my foot doth Aide, 
 
 17 For I am near to halt, my grief 
 
 is ft ill before mine eye. 
 
 18 For I'll declare my fin ; and grieve 
 
 for mine iniquity. 
 
 19 But yet mine en'mies lively are, 
 
 and llrong are they befide ; 
 And they that hate me wrongfully, 
 are greatly multiply 'd. 
 
 20 And they for good that render ill, 
 
 as en'mies me withftood : 
 Yea, ev'n for this, becaufetha: I 
 do follow what is good 
 
 21 Forfake me net, O Lord : my God, 
 
 far from me never be. 
 
 22 O Lord, thou my ulvation art, 
 
 hafle to give help to me. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, even to Jcduthun, A Pfalm of 
 David. 
 
 Here we have ( 1 ) Violent Or:;ggli;:i in the Pfalmift y $ 
 cujn breaft between grace and corruption ; — between paf- 
 fion and patience, <ver. 1, — 3, 11. (2) Serious views of 
 human frailty, Jhortncfs of life, and felfemptinefs, <ver. 
 4, — 6. (l) Strong cries to God. for per don ofjin, pre- 
 II 2 
 
I 
 
 f)o PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 fervatio* from reproach, and for removal oftrcuble ; far 
 ing and anfwering of prayer ; and for lengthening 
 cut of life, till further preparation for death Jhould be at- 
 tained, *ver. 7, — 13. qy While I fng, let my fivl 
 
 d*ep» for the untendernefs and want of circumfpe&i- 
 on, v: my life ; and for my want of rep gnat ion to God's 
 dfpofing iv ill. Let me be fuitably affiled with thefhort- 
 . vanity, and uncertainty of my temporal life. Let 
 He be a I iv ay ex ore fed in earnefl prayer to, and believing 
 Jrper.de?: ce en. God, as my companion and friend. 
 
 Said, I will look to my ways, 
 left with my tongue I fin : 
 .In fight of kicked men my mouth 
 with bridle Til keep in. 
 
 2 With filence I as dumb became, 
 ] did my felf retrain 
 
 Trcm fpeakir.g goad ; but then the mere 
 increaf:d was my pain. 
 
 ■2 My heart within me waxed hot, 
 
 and while I mufing was, 
 The tire did burn : and from my tongue 
 
 thefe words I did let pafs, 
 <,. Mine end, and meafure of my days, 
 
 O Lord, unto me fhow 
 What is the fame; that I thereby 
 
 my frailty well may knov. 
 
 ^ Lo, thou my days an hand- breath mad'fl, 
 
 mine age is in thine eye 
 As nothing : fure each man at belt, 
 
 is wholly vanity. 
 
 6 Sure each man walks in a vain fhow, 
 they vex themfelves in vain : 
 
 He heaps up wealth, and doth no: know 
 to whom it (hall pertain 
 
 7 And now, OLord, what wait I fcr? 
 my hope is nVd on thee. 
 
 3 Free me from all my trefpa/Tes, 
 the fool': fcorn make not me. 
 
PSALM XL. $* 
 
 9 Dumb was I, op'ningnot my mouth, 
 
 becaufe this work was thine. 
 io Thy ftroke take from me : by the blow 
 
 of thine hand do I pine. 
 
 11 When with rebukes thou doll correft 
 
 man for iniquity, 
 Thou waftes his beauty like a moth : 
 fure each man's vanity. 
 
 12 Attend my cry, Lord, at my tear?, 
 
 and pray'rs not filent be : 
 I fojourn as my fathers all, 
 
 and ftranger am with thee. 
 
 13 O fpare thou me, that I my ftrength 
 
 recover may again, 
 Before from hence I do depart, 
 and here no more remain. 
 
 PSALM XL. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Here vue ha e ve(\) David's hearty acknowledgments 
 pf God's kindnefs, in bringing him out of long and fore 
 ajfliclions, ver. I — 5. (2) His preferring of holy obedi- 
 ence to God, and faithful publication of his truths and 
 praifes, to all ceremonial oblations, ver. 6 — II. (^) 
 His improvement of his former deliverance, as an encou- 
 ragement to fupplicate further mercy and proteclion ; an 
 encouragement to confefs fin and implore the pardon thereof y 
 an encouragement to rejoice in, and praife God for his ex* 
 cellencies and favours ; and to trufl him under affliction, 
 and to comfort himfelf in him ami djl poverty, and finful- 
 nefs, and trouble, ver. 12 — 17. ■ qy But let me here 
 chiffly think ( \ ) Of Jefus the great Shepherd of thefheep 3 
 vjho vuas brought again from his agonies and death, by 
 the blood of the everlafting Covenant > andfet doivn at the 
 right hand of the Majefy on high, that he might receive 
 gifts for men, and that our faith and hope might be in 
 God, ver. 1 — 5. (2 J Let me think of the nevo Covenant 
 tnade between him and his eternal Father, for the redemp- 
 tion of finful men, and of his complete fulfilment of tbz 
 
92 P S A L M XL. 
 
 divine law as the condition thereof, ver. 6 — 10. ($) 
 Let me think ho-iv cur iniquities were charged to his account 
 and punifoed en him, as our furety ! ver. u — 13. ( ^) 
 Let me think hew the unrelenting vengeance of Almighty 
 God overtook his jfewijh betrayers and murderers ; and 
 hath or -will overtake his Heathenijh, Anti-chrijftan or 
 other implacable enemies : and of the joy and con/'olation, 
 nvhich flows from, and through him, to his chojen friends, 
 *ver. 14 — 17. 
 
 I Waited for the Lord my God, 
 and patiently did bear : 
 At length to me he did incline 
 my voice and cry to hear. 
 
 2 He took me from a fearful pit, 
 
 and from the miry clay. 
 And on a rock he fet my feet, 
 eftablifhing my way. 
 
 3 He put a new fong in my mouth, 
 
 our God to magnify : 
 
 Many mall fee it, and mall fear, 
 
 and on the Lord rely, 
 
 4 O blefled is the man whofc truil 
 
 upon the Lord relies : 
 RefpecYmg not the proud, nor fuch 
 as turn afide to lies. 
 
 5 O Lord my God, full many are 
 
 the wonders thou haft done ; 
 Thy gracious thoughts to us- wards far. 
 
 above all thoughts are gone : 
 In order none can reckon them 
 
 to thee : if them declare, 
 And fpeak of them I would, they more 
 
 than can be numbered arc. 
 
 6 No facrifice, nor offering 
 
 did ft thou atalldcftrc, 
 ears thou bor'd : fin- offering thou 
 and burnt didft net require. 
 y Then to the Lord thefe were rny words, 
 1 come, behold and fee : 
 
P S A L M XL. 93 
 
 V/ithin the volume of chy book 
 it written is of me : 
 
 8 To do thy will I take delight, 
 
 thou my God that art : 
 Yea, that moil holy Is w of thine 
 
 1 have within my heart, 
 
 9 Within the congregation great 
 
 I righteoulbefs did preach : 
 Lo, thoa doft know, O Lord, that I 
 refrained not my fpeech. 
 
 io I never did within my heart 
 
 conceal thy righteoufnefs : 
 I thy falvation have declar'd, 
 
 and mown thy faithfulnefs ; 
 Thy kindnefs, which moll loving is, 
 
 concealed have not I, 
 Nor from the congregation great 
 
 have hid thy verity. 
 
 ii Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me 
 
 do thou not retrain : 
 
 Thy loving kindnefs, and thy truth, 
 let them me Hill maintain. 
 
 12 For ills pall reck'ning compafs me, 
 
 and mine iniquities 
 Such hold upon me taken have, 
 
 1 cannot life mine eyes : 
 
 They more than hairs are on mine head, 
 thence is my heart difmay'd. 
 
 13 Be pleafed, Lord, to refcue me : 
 
 Lord hailen to mine aid. 
 
 14 Sham'd and confounded be they all 
 
 that feek my foul to kill : 
 Yea, let them backward driven be, 
 and fham'd, that wilh me ill, 
 
 1 5 For a reward of this their fhame, 
 
 confounded let them be, 
 That in this manner fcofftng fay, 
 Aha, aha, to me. 
 
9+ PSALM XLL 
 
 \G In thee let all be glad, and joy, 
 
 who feeking thee abide : 
 Who thy faivation love, fay ftill, 
 
 The Lord be magnify'd. 
 
 17 Vm poor and needy, yet the Lord 
 
 of me a care doth t alee : 
 Thou art my help and Saviour, 
 
 my God, no tarning make, 
 
 PSALM XLL 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of Daw J. 
 
 This Pfalm contains ( \) A reprefentation of the blejjtd- 
 ■nefs of him tvbo 'wifely confidereih the cafe of the Poor, 
 and afford i them relief, ver. 1 — 3. (2) Duvid's candid 
 acknowledgments of the juflnefs of his afjliclicn, and ear- 
 rteji fuppli cat ions for a merciful deliverance, ver. 4. ( '$) 
 His fad complaints of the malicious, cenforious, and fpite- 
 ful reflexions, and of the infolent carriage of his enemies, 
 ver. 5 — 9. ( ^) His hearty committing of his cafe and 
 way to God, in the affured and triumphant faith of his 
 
 favour, ver. 10 — 13 q\ While I fivg let mine eyes 
 
 be toward the Lord J ejus, who thought on me, in my low 
 eftate. Let me conftder him, who, though he was rich, 
 yet for our fakes he became poor, that we through his po- 
 verty, m>ght be made rich — J ejus, who had not where 
 to lay his head — Jefus, whom his own difciple betrayed / 
 and -ivho through manifold enemies and much tribulation^ 
 entered into the kingdom of God. 
 
 LESSED is he that wifely doth 
 the poor man's cafe confider ; 
 For, when the time of trouble is, 
 the Lord will him deliver. 
 
 2 God will him keep ; yea, fave alive i 
 on earth he bleft (hall live ; 
 
 And to his enemies defire 
 
 thou wilt him not up give. 
 
 3 God will give ftrength, when he on bed 
 of languiihing doth mourn : 
 
 B 1 
 
PSALM XLr. 95 
 
 And, in his ficknefs fore, O Lord, 
 thou all his bed wilt turn, 
 
 4 I laid, O Lord, do thou extend 
 
 thy mercy unto me ; 
 O do thou heal my foul, for why ? 
 I have offended thee. 
 
 5 Thofe that to me are enemies 
 
 of me do evil fay, 
 When fhall he die, that fo his name 
 may perifh quite away ? 
 
 6 To fee me if he comes, he fpeaks 
 
 vain words : but then his heart 
 Heaps mifchief to it, which he tells, 
 when forth he doth depart. 
 
 7 My haters, jointly whifpering, 
 
 'gsinft me my hurt devife. 
 
 8 Mifchief, fay they, cleaves fail to him 
 
 he ly 'ch, and fhall not rife. 
 
 9 Yea, ev'n mine own familiar? friend, 
 
 on whom I did rely, 
 Who ate my bread, ev'n he his heel 
 againfl me lifted high. 
 
 io But, Lord, be merciful to me, 
 
 and up again me raife, 
 That I may juftly them requite 
 
 according to their ways. 
 
 1 1 By this 1 know that certainly 
 
 J favour'd am by thee : 
 Becaufe my hateful enemy 
 triumphs not ever me. 
 
 12 But asfor me, thou me uphold'/* 
 
 in mine integrity : 
 And me before thy countenance 
 
 thou fett'it. continually. 
 33 The Lord, the God of Ifrael, 
 
 be bleil for ever then, 
 £ rom age to age eternally. 
 
 Amen, yea, and amen; 
 
96 PSALM XLII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, Majlbil, for the Tons of AW/-. 
 
 Perhaps this P/alm was compofed by David, when the 
 unnatural rebellion cf Abfahm bad forced bim from the 
 
 fancluary cfGcd, and to take up bis lodging call ward cf 
 Jordan, 2 Lam. XV — xix. We have 1 1 it, (\) Ardent 
 longings after, nearnefs to, and familiar intimacy with 
 God, in bis public ordinances and fanBuary, ver. i, 2. 
 (z) Mournful lamentations and bitter groanings, on ac- 
 count of Gcd y s withdrawment of bis comfortable fmiles f 
 and of the want cf the once enjoyed ordinances of God, and 
 
 fellowjJjip with bis faints ; and eft be troublejbme impref- 
 
 Jtons cf Goa y s wrath j and of bis enemies infolent upbraid- 
 ing of him % and en account cftbe departure and diflanc* 
 cf bis God, ver. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, IO. (^) Believing re- 
 rnembrancc cf God's former favours, ver, 6, and fef- en- 
 couraging bopes cf future ones, ver. 5, 8, 11. 
 
 ^[ Have I experimentally under/hod all tbefe things ! My 
 
 foul, let me charge thee to beware of dijjlmulaticn with 
 Gcd, and cf compajjing bim about with lies, ureter pre- 
 tence of praifing him. Dare not tofng tbefe lines without 
 inward, without ardent longings for the Lord y without 
 earnejl claiming of him as thy own God, upon the founda- 
 tion of his new Covenant grant cf ' him f elf to me, in the 
 go/pel J without affured hopes of his future, his everlajl- 
 jn$r kindnefs to me- ward, 
 
 IKE as the hart for water- brooks 
 in third doth pant and bray ; 
 So pants my longing foul, O God, 
 that come to thee I may. 
 
 2 My foul for God, the living God, 
 doth third ; when (hall I neir 
 
 Unto thy countenance approach, 
 and in God's fight appear r 
 
 3 My tears have unto me been meat, 
 both in the night and day, 
 
 While unto me continually 
 
 where is thy God, they fay r 
 
 4 My foul is poured out in me, 
 when this I think upon • 
 
 L 1 
 
P S A. L M XLIL 57 
 
 Eccaufe that with the multitude 
 1 heretofore had gone : 
 
 With them into God's houfe 1 went, 
 
 wiUi voice of joy and praife ; 
 Yea, with the multitude that kept 
 
 the folemn holy days.. 
 <; O why art trou cafl down, my foul? 
 
 why in me fo difinay'd ? 
 Trufl Gcd, for I fhall praife him yet ; 
 
 his count'nance is mine aid, 
 
 6 My God, my foul's call down in ine; 
 
 thee therefore mind 1 will 
 From Jordan's land, the Hermonites, 
 and ev'n from Mizar-lrilL 
 
 7 At the noife of thy water fpouts 
 
 deep unto deep doth call : 
 
 Thy breaking waves pifs over me, 
 
 yea, and thy billows all. 
 
 8 His loving- kind nefs yet the Lord. 
 
 command will in the day : 
 His fong's with me by nigkt, to God 
 
 by whom I live, I'll pray. 
 g And I will fay to God, my Rock, 
 
 why me forgett'ft thou fo r 
 Why, for my foes oppreffion, 
 
 thus mourning do 1 go ? 
 
 io 'Tis as a fword within my bones, 
 
 when my foes me upbiaid : 
 Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God? 
 
 'tis daily to me faid. 
 1 1 O why art thou call down, my foul? 
 
 why thus with grief oppreft, 
 Art thou difquteted in me ? 
 
 in God Hill hope and reft : 
 
 Fo: yet I know I mail him praife, 
 
 who gracioufly to me 
 'The health is of my countenance; 
 
 ycz, mine own God is he. 
 
 1 ?SA1? 
 
P 3 A L M XLIU. 
 
 Tl ' cbably ccmpcfed on the fame Hi i 
 
 ■as the former ; and contains ( v) David's krong cries to 
 bis God, for help againjl, and deliverance from, hit 
 , and crafty cpprefjbrs, vcr. I — 2. (z) 
 His earnejl longings to be rejiorcd to the enjoyment of his 
 God, in hi: public ordinances, ver. 3, 4. (*) His in- 
 *vjard f, compofed by believing claims cf his God, 
 
 and I n his prom ifes, ver. 5. qy While 
 
 Iftng let my foul be deeply ajfe£ed*voitk the injuries I dai- 
 ly receive from Satan and my own hjis. Let my heart 
 and fiejh cry out for God, the living God, as my God, 
 and mine exceeding joy. And let me Jlill all the tumults 
 of my heart with this. Thai he is my God and my all; 
 
 IMV GCD THAT DOTH ME SAVE. 
 
 JUDGE me, O Gcd, smd plead my caufc 
 againft the ungodly ration : 
 From the ur.iuft and crafty man, 
 O be thou my falvaiion. 
 
 2 For' thou the God a;t of my flrength; 
 
 Why thruiVic thou me thee fro' t 
 For th* enemies opprefTicn, 
 why do 1 mourning go ? 
 
 3 O (end thy light forth, and thy truth ; 
 
 let them be guides to me, 
 And brir.g me to thine holy hill, 
 even where thy dwellings be. 
 
 4 Then will I to God's alfar go, 
 
 to God my ehlefeft joy : 
 Yea, God, my God, thy lume to praife 
 my harp I will employ. 
 
 r y Why art thou then caft down, my foul ? 
 
 what mould difcourage thee r 
 And why, with vexing thoughts art thou 
 
 difquicted in me P 
 Still truit in God, for him to praife 
 
 good caufe I yet ihall have : 
 He of my count'nmce is the health, 
 
 my God that doth mc fcve. 
 
P S A L M XLIV. 99 
 
 To the chief Mufician, for the Sons of Korah, Liafchil. 
 
 This Pfalm <vjas perhaps complfed on the fame occaftoh 
 eis the 6oth, and may have a prophetic vlcvj to the after 
 diftreffes of the Jews in the time of Rchohoam, 2 Chrcn. 
 xii. y of Jehoram, 2 Chron. xxi. ; of Ahaz, 2 Chron. 
 XXVlii. ,• of Hezekiah, % Kings XVlii. xix. ; and during 
 the Chaldean captivity, Syrogrecian cpprejfion, &c\ and 
 all thsfe as typical of the diftrcffes cf the gofpsl church un- 
 der Heathens and Antichriftians. It relates chiefly to the 
 church, and contains (\) Th a nltful acknowledgments of 
 what the Lord had done for her in former periods ; as 
 her God, her King, her joy, her praife, ver. I — 8. — 
 (2) Sorrowful complaints of divine defertion ; and of the 
 prevalent power, cruelty, and derifive contempt of enemies 
 ver. 9 — 16. (\ ) Solemn proteftat 'ion cf continued integri- 
 ty, and of ccnfl ant adherence to the Lord' *s vjay, amidfl 
 ihefe manifold calamities, ver. 17 — 22, C \) Strong 
 cries, vjith fupplications and tears to God, for his merer- 
 ful appearance for, and granting her relief , ver, 23 — 26. 
 Cf In flnging this let me rejoice with them that rejoice, 
 end weep with them that weep. Let me rejoice in what 
 the Lord hath wrought for his people, in any former peri- 
 od : And in all their afjliclions let me be ajflicled. Let 
 me give- the Lord no refl, till he make his church a joy in 
 the whole earth \ 
 
 OGod, we with our cars have hear J, 
 our fathers have us told 
 What woiks thou in their days hadfl done, 
 ev'n in the days of old, 
 
 2 Thy hand did drive the heathen out, 
 
 and plant the in in their place ; 
 Thou didfl aHlict the nations, 
 but them thou didft increaft\ 
 
 3 For neither got their fword the land, 
 
 nor did their arm them fave : 
 But thy right-hand, arm, countenance; 
 for thou them favour gave. 
 
ico PS A L M XLIV. 
 
 4 Thoti art my Xing: for Jacob, Lord, 
 
 dejiv'raaces command. 
 
 5 Thro' thee we mall pufli down our foes 
 
 that do againft us (land. 
 
 We thro' thy name mall tread down thofe 
 that ris'n againft us have. 
 
 6 For in my bow I fhall not truft, 
 
 ncr fhall my fwordme fave. 
 
 7 But from our foes thou hail us favM, 
 
 our haters put to fhame. 
 
 S In God we all the day do boaft, 
 
 and ever praife thy name. 
 
 9 But now we i re cad off by thee, 
 
 and us thou putt'ft to fhame; 
 And when our armies do go forth, 
 thou go' ft not with the fame. 
 
 10 Thou mak'ft us fro:r\ the enemy, 
 
 faint hearted to turn bick : 
 And they who hate us for themfelves 
 our fpoi's away do take. 
 
 ii Like fheep for meat thou gave ft us : 
 
 'mong heathen call we be. 
 12 Thou didft for nought thy people fell, 
 
 their price emich'i not thee. 
 I 3 Thou mak'ft us a reproach to be 
 
 unto our neighbours near ; 
 Derihon and a fcorn to them 
 
 that round about us are. 
 
 14. A by- word alfo thou doft us 
 
 among the he it hen make : 
 The people in contempt and fpite, 
 
 at us their heads do fliakc. 
 1 5 Before me my confuiion 
 
 continually abides ; 
 And of my bafhful countenance- 
 
 the fhame me ever h 
 
 16 For voice of him that do; a . 
 and fpe y ; 
 
P S A L M XLV. 101 
 
 By reafon of th' avenging foe, 
 
 and cruel enemy. 
 17 Ail this is come on u*, yet we 
 
 have not forgotten thee; 
 Nor falily in thy covenant 
 
 behav'd curfelves have we. 
 
 1 3 Back from thy way our heart net turn 
 our fteps no ft raying made, 
 
 19 Tho' us thou brak'it. in dragon's place, 
 
 and cov'redii with death's ihide. 
 
 20 If we Goi's name forgot, o: ftretchU 
 
 to a ilrange God cur hands : 
 
 21 Shall no: God fearcli this out r f^r he 
 
 hearts fecrets undenlands. 
 
 22 Yea, for thy fake we're kili'd all day, 
 
 counted as (laughter- Cheep. 
 
 23 Rife, Lord, caft us not ever oft"; 
 
 awake, why doft thou fleep ? 
 
 24 O wherefore hi deft thou thy face ? 
 
 fcrgett'ft our cafe diftrefs'd, 
 
 25 And our oppreiTun ? For our foul 
 
 i? to the duft down prefs'd ; 
 
 Our belly alio on the car:!?, 
 
 fc& cleaving hold doth take. 
 
 26 Rife for our help and us redeem, 
 
 ev'n for thy mercies' fake, 
 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon Sbojbannim, for the fans of 
 Korab, Mafcbil, A fong of loves, 
 
 /// this song of loves, are celebrated (\) The 
 glories ofjefus our Redeemer, particularly the tranfetnd* 
 ant comelinefs and blejjednefs of his perjon, God man : — - 
 His almighty po-wer in conquering his people, and deftrcy* 
 ing his enemies ; the eternity, firmnefi and equity of his 
 government ; his royal unction with the holy Ghoft above 
 me af ure ; and his jitnefs for his work, and the ff lend or 
 of his court, yer, 1—9. (2 J The glcrits of the redeemed* 
 
ici PSALM XIV. 
 
 their liucniiig Lo J ejus* s propofals cf marriage-unioKwirh 
 f ; their renunciation of all others, for his fake / 
 reverential fubmijjion to, and wor/hip of him* ver. 
 fo, Ii.y their glorious ornaments of right eoufnefs and 
 grace ; and their glorious entrance into the new covenant, 
 and the eternal fate, ver 12 — 15./ their glorious fuc- 
 cejjion and work, for perpetuating the fame of the Re- 
 
 dee me r, ver. 16, 17. f[ In Jigging this feng of the 
 
 Lamb, ht me <witb open face, behold his glory, and be 
 changed into the fame image from glory to glory, as by 
 the Spirit of the Lord. Let my admiration of his excellen- 
 cy fveil to the brim ; and my love burn with a mo/t ve- 
 hement flame j and let my hopes of being for ever with 
 him, be Jlrong and lively. Let my heart be all wonder 
 at his excellency, fulnefs and grace ; and all fubjeclion 
 lo his government and lavos ; and my lips filled with hi; 
 fraife and honour all the day, 
 
 "Y heart brings forth a goodly thing 
 my words that I indite, 
 Concern the King : my tongue's a pen 
 of one that fwift doth write. 
 
 2 Thou fairer art than fons of men : 
 into thy lips is (lore 
 
 Of grace infus'a : God therefore thee 
 hath bleft'd for evermoie. 
 
 3 O thou that art the mighty One, 
 thy ftvord gird on thy thigh : 
 
 Ev'n with thy glory excellent 
 and with thy majeity. 
 
 4 For meek ne Is, truth, and righteous 
 in ftate ride profp'roufly : 
 
 And thy right- hand mall thee inftrflcl 
 in things that fearful be. 
 
 5 Thine arrows fharply pierce the heart 
 of th.' en'mies of the King ; 
 
 And under thy fubjedtion 
 
 the people down do bring. 
 C Fc I for ever is, 
 
 •Hv throne :. 
 
PSALM XLV. iC3 
 
 The fceptre of thy kingdom is 
 a fceptre that is right. 
 
 7 Thou loved right and hatefl ill : 
 
 for God, thy God moil high, 
 Above fhy fellows hath with th' oil 
 of joy anointed thee. 
 
 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and caffia, 
 
 a fmell thy garments had 
 Out of the iv'ry pakce3, 
 
 whereby they made thee glad, 
 
 9 Among thy women honourable, 
 
 king's daughters were at hand ; 
 Upon thy right hand did the queen, 
 
 in gold of Ophir fland. 
 io O daughter, hearken and regard., 
 
 and do thine ear incline ; 
 Likewife forget thy father's houfe, 
 
 and people that are thine. 
 
 1 1 Thcr of the King defir'd fhall be 
 
 thy beauty veh'mendy : 
 Secaufe he is thy Lord, do thou 
 him worfhip rev'rently. 
 
 12 The daughter there of Tyre fhall be 
 
 with gifts ar.d ofPrings great : 
 Thofe of the people that are rich, 
 thy favour (hall intreat. 
 
 i 3 Behold, the daughter of the king 
 
 all glorious is within ; 
 And with embroideries of gold 
 
 her garments wrought have beeiu 
 14 She fhall be brought unto the king 
 
 in robes with needle wrought : 
 Her fellow- virgins following, 
 
 fha!l unto thee be brought. 
 
 I ; They (hall be brought with gladnefs grea?, 
 
 and mirth on ev'ry fide, 
 Into the palace of the king* 
 
 #cr$ ;h.2y lhall abide. 
 
**4 PSALM XI 
 
 1 6 Inllead of thofe thy fathers dear, 
 
 thy children thou may'il take, 
 Ani in all places of the earth 
 them noble princes make. 
 
 17 Thy name rememb'red I will make, 
 
 through ages all to be : 
 The people therefore evermore, 
 mall praifes give to thee. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME. 
 
 MY heart inditing is 
 good matter in a fong ; 
 
 1 fpeak the things that I have made, 
 
 which to the king belong : 
 My tongue fnall be as quick 
 
 his honour to indite, 
 As is the pen of any fcribe 
 
 that uftth fall to write. 
 
 2 Thou'rt faireil of all men, 
 
 grace in thy lips doth Mow : 
 And therefore blefiings evermore 
 on thee doth God bellow. 
 
 3 Thy fworJ gird on thy thigh, 
 
 thou that art moil of might 
 Appear in dreadful majeily, 
 and in thy glory bright. 
 
 4 For mceknefs, truth, and right, 
 
 ride profp'roufly in ilate : 
 And thy light-hand lhall teach to thee 
 things terrible and great. 
 
 5 Thy fhafts lhall pierce their hearty 
 
 that foes are to the king, 
 Whereby into fubje&ion 
 
 the people thou fhalt bring, 
 
 6 Thy royal feat, O Lord, 
 
 for ever (hall remain : 
 The fceptre of thy kingdom dotk 
 all rightcoufneli maintain. 
 
PSALM XLV. 105 
 
 7 Thou lov'ft right, and hatefl ill : 
 
 fcr God, thy God moil high. 
 Above thy fellows hath with th' oil 
 
 of joy anointed thee. 
 
 $ Of myrrh and fpices fweet 
 
 a fmell thy garments had : 
 Out of the iv'ry palaces 
 
 whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 And in thy glorious train, 
 
 king's daughters waiting Hand : 
 And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold,, 
 dcth Hand at thy right- hand. 
 
 10 O daughter, take good heed. 
 
 inclme, and give good ear : 
 Thou mufl fofgft chy kindred all, 
 and tat tier's houfe moft dear* 
 
 1 1 Thy beauty o the king 
 
 mail then delightful be : 
 And do thou humbly worfhip him, 
 becaufe thy Lord is he. 
 
 12 The daughter then of Tyre 
 
 there with a gift fhall be. 
 And all the wealthy of the land 
 mall make their fuit to thee. 
 
 13 The daughter of the king 
 
 all glorious is within ; 
 And with embroideries of gold, 
 
 her garments wrought have been* 
 
 14. She cometh to the king 
 
 in robes with needle wrought ; 
 The virgins that do follow her 
 
 fhall unto thee be brought. 
 
 1 5 They fhall be brought with joy, 
 
 and mirth on ev'ry fide, 
 Into the palace of the king, 
 and there they fhall abide. 
 
 16 And in thy father's Head, 
 
 thj children thou may'ft take^ 
 
\o& PSALM XL VI. 
 
 And in all places of the earth, 
 
 them roble prirces make. 
 17 I will mew forth thy name 
 
 to generations all ; 
 Therefore the people evermore 
 
 10 thee give praifes fhall. 
 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 
 To the chief Mufician for the fons of Korah, A fong 
 upon Alamoth. 
 In this Pfalm, probably compofed for celebrating fome 
 remarkable vicicry, ive have ( 'ij Bold triumphs cf faith 
 in God himfelf and the mercies of the new covenant, a- 
 midft the mojl alarming danger and diftrefs, which can 
 befuppofed, ver 1 — 6. (z) A thankful rehear] al of the 
 great things which Gcd had wrought for the deliverance 
 cf his people, and the deflruclion of their enemies, Y er « 6, 
 — 9- (Z) God's heart compofng promife cf promoting 
 his own glory in every providence, and faith's expectation 
 cf proteclion and deliverance therefroin, ver. 10, II.— 
 ^y While I fingit, come my foul, encourage thy f elf in Je- 
 hovah as thy God , and thy ALL. Come drink abun- 
 dantly out 'of Jefus's heart- gladning river of life, his 
 word, his blood, his Spirit, his fulnefs, his love ; and 
 holding fajl the beginning of thy confidence unto the end, 
 alway give thanks. 
 
 GOD is our refuge and our flrength, 
 in ftraits a pre fen: aid. 
 
 2 Therefore, although the earth remove, 
 
 we will not bz afraid : 
 Though hills amidft the feas be cafl. 
 
 3 Though waters roaring make, 
 
 And troubled be ; yea, though the hill* 
 by fweliing feas do fhakc. 
 
 4 A river is, whofc ftreams do glad 
 
 the city of our God : 
 The holy place wherein the Lord 
 moil high hath his abode. 
 
PSALM XLVIL 107 
 
 5 God in the midft of her doth dwell ; 
 
 nothing mall her remove : 
 The Lord to her an helper will, 
 and that right ezrly, prove. 
 
 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuoufly, 
 
 the kingdoms moved were : 
 The Lord God utter'd his voice, 
 the ear h did melt for fear. 
 
 7 The Lord of hofts upon our fide 
 
 doth conftantly remain : 
 The God of Jacob's our refuge, 
 us fafely to maintain. 
 
 % Come, and behold what wondrous works 
 have by the Lord been v/rought: 
 
 Come, fee what defolations 
 
 he en the earth hath brought. 
 
 9 Unto the ends of all the earth 
 
 wan into peace he turns : 
 The bow he breaks, the fpear he e^ts, 
 in fire the chariot burns. 
 
 10 Be dill, and know that I am God : 
 
 amorg the heathen I 
 Will be exalted, I on earth 
 will be exalted high. 
 
 1 1 Our God, who is the Lord of hoftsj 
 
 is ftill upon our fide : 
 The God of Jacob oar refuge, 
 for ever will abide. 
 
 PSALM XLVIL 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm for the fons of Kcrah. 
 
 This Pfalm was probably compofed on the fame occafion 
 sis the 2/^th. Here is ( \) A revenue ofpraife demanded 
 for God, from all people, Jews and Gentiles, ver. 1—6. 
 (2) A memorial of the grounds of praife, <viz. the ma- 
 jejly of God's nature, ver. 2. The great things he had 
 done, or would do for his people, in fubduing their foes, 
 and providing portions for themfdvtss and in afcending 
 
10S P S A L M XLVII. 
 
 to heaven, to receive gifts, end prepare places for men, 
 ver, 3 — 5. As alfo the high fovereignty and univerfal 
 
 extent of his government, ver 2, 7 — 9 jy While my 
 
 Zips utter this Seng, let all my inward powers labour in 
 viewing, in loving, in admiring, in extolling my great, 
 my glorious — my afcended — my all- governing — all-doin%. 
 and all giving Lord, Jffus Chrijl. 
 
 ALL people clap your hands ; to God 
 with voice of triumph fhout. 
 
 2 For dreadful is the Lord moil high, 
 
 great king the earth throughout. 
 
 3 The heathen people under us 
 
 he furely (hall (ubdue ; 
 And he (hall make the nations 
 under our feet to bow. 
 
 4 The lot of our inheritance 
 
 choofe out for us (hall he, 
 Of Jacob, whom he loved veil, 
 ev'n the excellency. 
 
 5 God is with (houts gone up, the Lord 
 
 with trumpets founding high. 
 i Sing praife to God, fing praife, fing praife ; 
 praife to our king fing ye. 
 
 7 For God is king of all the earth : 
 
 with knowledge praife ex prefs. 
 3 God rules the nations, God fits on 
 
 his throne of holinefs. 
 9 The princes of the people are 
 
 Aflembled willingly ; 
 Ev'n of the God of Abraham 
 
 they who the people be, 
 
 For why ? the (hields that do defend 
 
 the earth are only his : 
 They to the Lord belong : yea, he 
 
 exalted greatly is. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 A Song, and Pfalm for the fons of Korab. 
 This Pfalm. <zv*/ no denbt compofed to celebrate font? 
 
PSALM XLVJ1L . c 
 
 vtmarkahle victory or delivcrar.ee, in the days rf David, 
 Jehojbaphat, 2 Chron. XX. or Hezekiah, 2 Kings xix. 
 We have here ( \) Jerufalem, the capital city cf I, 
 and type of the go/pel church and hca venly /late , ecu b \ 
 for her beauty and her relation to God, as the rejidence cf 
 his temple and ordinances, ver. 1,2. (z) Jehovah, 
 the God of Ijrael, celebrated for his kind ana 'powerful 
 protection of Jerufalem, and for mailing her enemies flee 
 off with much precipitation and terror, ver. 3 — 7. (^) 
 'I he people of God particularly in Jerufalem meditating 
 upon, and celebrating the gracious, and mighty things, 
 which God had, or would do for them y and for his dif- 
 scveries of himfelf to them ; and prom if ng th e mf elves fur e 
 and lafling happinefs in his relation to them, and direction 
 
 cfthem, ver. 8 — 14 ST While I flng thefe, let me be 
 
 deeply affefled with the glory — with the privihges — and 
 chiefly with the God of the Chriftian Church, and cf the 
 new covenant flat e, and of the new Jerufalem, which 
 is above, which is the mother, the deflred city of us alL 
 
 GREAT is the Lord, and greatly he 
 is to be praised ftilJ, 
 Within the city of our God, 
 upon his holy liHL 
 
 2 Mount Zion ftands moft beautiful, 
 
 the joy of all the land ; 
 The city of the mighty king 
 on her north fide doth Hand. 
 
 3 The Lord, within her palaces 
 
 is for a tefuge known. 
 
 4 For lo, the kings that gathered were 
 
 together by have gone, 
 
 5 But, when they did behold the fame, 
 
 they wond'ring, would not (lay : 
 But being troubled at the fight, 
 they thence did hafte away. 
 
 6 Great terror there took hold on them, 
 
 they were pofTefs'd with fear; 
 Their grief came like a woman's pain 
 when fhe a child doth bear. 
 K 
 
no PSALM XLIX. 
 
 7 Thcu Tarfhifh (hips with eafl wind break'ft. 
 
 8 As wfc have heard it told ; 
 So in the city of the Lord 
 
 our eyes did it behold : 
 
 In cur God's city, which his hand 
 
 for ever 'ftablifh will, 
 () We of thy loving- kinunefs thought, 
 
 Lord, in thy temple lliJl. 
 
 10 O Lord, according to thy name, 
 
 through all the earth's thy praiic: 
 And thy right hand, O Lord, is full 
 of righfoufne fs always. 
 
 1 1 Becaufe thy judgments are made known* 
 
 let Zion mount rejoice ; 
 Of Judah let the daughters all 
 fend forth a chearkil voice. 
 
 1 2 Walk about Zion, and go rcund ; 
 
 the high towers thereof tell. 
 
 1 3 Confider ye her palaces, 
 
 and maik her bulwarks well: 
 
 That ye may tell pofterity. 
 14. For this God doth abide 
 Our God for evermore ; he will 
 ev'n unto death us guide. 
 
 PSALM XL1X. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm for the fons of Korab. 
 
 This Pfalm is a mirror calculated to exhibit the empt, 
 ?irfs of all worldly enjoyments* Obfewe ( 1 ) David* s earneft 
 Attempt to awaken all ranks of mankind \ to a firious con 
 federation of this matter, as a point of great importance 
 and univerfal concern, ver. 1 — 4. ( z) His irrefraga- 
 ble proofs of the vanity of earthly enjoyment s, viz. that 
 J hey cannot fave from death , either a man y s felf or his 
 friend ; and that they cannot make men wife or happy in 
 this world ; and far lefs render them happy in the future 
 fiate, ver. 6 — 14.. (^J His attempt to comfort hunfelf 
 and other faints, under the fenfe of their dailf infirmities: 
 
 <•- 
 
 ■ft 
 
 7- 
 
H £ 
 
 PSALM XLIX. in 
 
 and of the chaftifements received on account of their (its ; 
 and againjl the Jlavijh fears of death, and again]} tempt- 
 ations arfjing from the poverty of the wicked, v. r. 5. 15, 
 — 18 ff tVhile I Jingy let me bewail tiiyftnful 
 
 minding of and idolatrous attachment to earthly things. 
 Let me be henceforth as a waned child, fetting my affect i- 
 ins on things above, where Chrifl is at the right- hand of 
 God. Let 710 uncertain riches or honours, but the living 
 God, be the objeSl of all my truji and joy. 
 
 'EAR this, all people, and give ear, 
 all in the world that dwell, 
 
 2 Both low and high, both rich and poor ; 
 
 3 My mouth fhall wlfdom tell ; 
 My heart fhall knowledge meditate, 
 4. I will incline mine ear 
 To parables ; and on the harp 
 
 my fayings dark declare. 
 
 5 Amidft thofe days that evil be, 
 
 why (houid I, fearing, doubt, 
 When of my heels th' iniquity 
 
 fhall compifs rr.e about? 
 € Whoe'er they be that in their wealth 
 
 their confidence do pitch, 
 And boaft themfelves, becaufe they are 
 
 become exceeding rich. 
 
 7 Yet none of thefe his brother can 
 redeem by any way ; 
 
 Nor can he unto God for him 
 fufrkient rarforn pay : 
 
 8 (Their *ouls redemption precious is 
 and it can never be) 
 
 9 That ftill he (hould for ever live, 
 and not corruption fee. 
 
 10 For why ? he feeth that wife men di* r 
 and brutifh fools alfo 
 
 Do perifh ; and their wealth wlrn dead, 
 to others they let go. 
 
<*2 PSALM XUX. 
 
 1 1 Their inward chough t is, that their houfe 
 
 and dwelling places (hall 
 Stand through ail ages : they their lands 
 by their own names do call. 
 
 12 But yet in honour (hall not man 
 
 abide continually : 
 But patting hence, may be compar'd 
 
 unto the beads that cie. 
 33 Thus, brutiih folly plainly is 
 
 their wifdom, and their way; 
 Yet their potter ity approve 
 
 what they co fondly fay. 
 
 14 Like fheep they in the grave are laid, 
 
 and death ihall them devour ; 
 And, in the morning, upright men 
 
 Ihall over them have pow'r ; 
 Their beauty, from their dwelling, Ihall 
 
 con fume within the grave. 
 1 5 But from helPs hand God will me free, 
 
 for he ihall me receive. 
 
 16 Be thou not then afraid, when one 
 
 enriched thou dott fee, 
 Nor when the glory of his houfe 
 
 advanced is on high. 
 1 y For he (hall carry nothing hence, 
 
 when death his days doth end : 
 Nor (hall his glory after him 
 
 iiito the grave defcend. 
 
 3 3 Althorgh he his own foul did blefs, 
 
 whilft he on earth did live : 
 (And when thou to thy (elf doll well, 
 
 men will thee praifes give ) 
 1 9 lie to his father's race ihall go, 
 
 they never (hall fee light. 
 20 Man honour'd, wanting knowledge is 
 
 like beads that perifn quite. 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
P S A L M L. trj 
 
 A Pfalai of Afapk. 
 This Pfalm may be confidered as a rebuke to tie carnal 
 yens, who reft ed in, and boajied of their ekternal cere- 
 monies in worjbipu to the neglecting of the weightier 
 ters of the law, mercy, judgment and faith : or as c 
 di -lion of the coming of Chrijl, to abolijh the ceremonial 
 worjbip, ejecl the Jews from his church, and eftablijh a 
 more pure and fpiritual form of worjbip under the gojpfl: 
 or in fine, as a representation of the laft judgment, — in 
 which Chrijl foall come, to rendtr to every man according 
 to his deeds. Obferue ( \ ) The awful appearance of God 
 our Redeemer, in the fiefh, in power, or in the clouds ; 
 with the gathering of the people to him, ver. i — 6. ( l) 
 An engaging admonition to improve God's new co-venant 
 grant of himfelf'to be our God, as an excitement to ex- 
 change legal ceremonies into prayer , thankfgiving and ho- 
 ly obedience ; or at leaf, to give a remarkable preference 
 to the latter* ver. 7 — 15. (t>) A terrible charge of ' by- 
 pocrijy, fiander, contempt of God's word, and of atheifti- 
 (al imaginations concerning God, laid again]} the wicked 
 with a fearful Jentence of condemnation, founded thereon, 
 ver. 16 — 22 (4.) An alarming warning of danger to 
 the for get ters of God, and encouraging promife to fuch as 
 Jiudy to glorify him, by an holy converfation, ver. 22, 23. 
 fl" Sing this my Jbuly with folemn awe, as fifed before the 
 great fearcher of hearts, and as by faith beholding J ejus 
 in my nature ; Jit ting on his great --white throne, gathering 
 the nations to his bar, rpening the books, and judging 
 mankind out of the things found w it ten therein* 
 
 THE mighty God, the Lord 
 hath fpoken, and did call 
 The earth from rifing of the fun, 
 to where he hith his fall. 
 
 2 From cut ofZionhill, 
 
 which of excellency. 
 And beauty the perfe&ion is, 
 God lhififd glorioufly. 
 
 3 Our God (hail f irely come, 
 
 keep ii aice (hall n jt he j K 2 
 
it'4 P S A L M v 
 
 li: fere him tire (hall wafte, great Hen: a 
 
 ' ihall round about htm be. 
 
 arens clear 
 
 he from above (hall call, 
 
 And to the earth likswifc, that he 
 
 may yidge his people all. 
 
 ogether let my feints 
 unto me g ither'd be, 
 L-*e that by facrifice have ma 
 a covenant with me. 
 • 1 then heavens mail 
 his right'oufnefs declare : 
 Eecaufe thf Lord himfelf is he 
 by whom men judged are. 
 
 7 My people Ifra'l hear, 
 
 fpeak will 1 from on high,. 
 Again:! thee I will teilify, 
 
 God, ev'n thy God am I. 
 % I, for thy facrifice, 
 
 no blame will on thee lay, 
 Nor for burnt ofFrings which to me 
 
 thou offer'dfl ev'ry day. 
 
 9 I'll take no calf, nor goats, 
 
 from houfe or fold of thine. 
 io For beads of forefh, cattle all 
 
 on thoufand hills are mine, 
 -j i The fowls on mountains high 
 
 are all to me well known, 
 Wild bealls, which in the fields do lj.. 
 
 ev'n they are all mine own. 
 
 12 Then, if I hungry were, 
 
 I would not tell it thee : 
 
 "Secaufe the world, and fukiefs all 
 
 thereof, belongs to me. 
 
 13 Will I eat flefh of bulls ? 
 
 or goats blood drink will I ? 
 
 j 4. Thanks offer thou to God, and pay 
 
 thy vowa to ;hc moil High, 
 
PSALM L. 115 
 
 15 And cali upon me, when 
 
 in trouble thou fhalt be, 
 I will deliver thee, and thou 
 my name fhalt glorify. 
 
 16 But to the wicked man 
 
 God faith, My laws and truth 
 ShouJd'ft thou declare ? how dar'ft thou take 
 my cov'nant in thy mcuth ? 
 
 1 7 Sith thou inftru&ion hat'ft, 
 
 which mould thy ways direcl ; 
 And fith my wcrds behind thy back 
 
 thou caft'ft, and doft re ject. 
 1 3 When thou a thief didft fee, 
 
 with him thou didft confent ; 
 And wkh the vile adulterers 
 
 partaker on thou went. 
 
 1 9 Thou giv'ft thy mouth to ill, 
 
 thy tongue deceit doth frame. 
 
 20 Thou fitt'fl and 'gainft thy brother fpeak% 
 
 thy mother's fon doft fhame. 
 
 2 1 Becaufe I file nee kept, 
 
 while thou thefe things haft wrought 5 
 That I was altogether like 
 
 thyfeif, hath been thy thought : 
 
 Yet I will thee reprove, 
 
 and fe: before thine eyes 
 In order ranked thy mifdeeds, 
 
 and thine iniquities, 
 
 22 Now, ye that God forget, 
 
 this carefully confider ; 
 Left I in pieces tear you all, 
 and none can you deliver,, 
 
 23 Whofo doth offer praife, 
 
 me glorifies, and I 
 Will fhew him God's falvation> 
 that orders right his way. 
 
1*6 P S A L M L. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME. 
 
 THE mighty God the Lord hath fpoke, 
 and call'd the earth upon, 
 Ev'n from the rifing of flie fun 
 unto his going down. 
 
 2 From out of Zion his own hill, 
 
 where the perfection high 
 Of beauty is, from rhence the Lord 
 hath fhined glorioufly. 
 
 £ Our God fhall come, and mall no more 
 
 be iilent, but fpeak out : 
 Before him fire frull wafte, great ftorms 
 
 fhall compafs him about. 
 4 He, to the heavens from above, 
 
 and to the earth below, 
 Shall call, that he his judgments may 
 
 before his people lhow. 
 
 3 Let all my faints together be 
 
 unto me gathered : 
 Thofe that by faciince with me 
 a covenant have made. 
 
 6 And then the heavens fhall declare 
 
 his right'oufnefs abroad : 
 
 Becaufe the Lord him felf doth come, 
 
 none elie is judge but God. 
 
 7 Hear, O my people, and I'll fpeak; 
 
 O Ifrael by name, 
 Againft thee I will tctlify, 
 
 God 3 ev'n thy God lam. 
 
 8 I, for th> facrifice* few, 
 
 reprove tnee never will ; 
 Nor for ournt-ofFrings to have been 
 bef >re me oft'' red Hill. 
 
 9 I'll take no bullock, nor he-goat^ 
 
 from houfe nor folds of thine, 
 to For bt-alls offorefls, cuttle all 
 on thouiajia hills, are mine. 
 
 
P S A L M L. 117 
 
 1 1 The fowls are all to mc well known, 
 
 that mountains high do'yield ; 
 And I dj challenge as mine ovn 
 the wild beaib of the field. 
 
 1 2 If I were hungry, I would not 
 
 to thee for need conplain ; 
 For earth, and all its fulnefs, doth 
 to me of right pertain. 
 
 13 That I, to eat the fiem of bulls, 
 
 take pleafure, doft thou think ? 
 Or that I need, to quench my third, 
 the blood of goats to drink ? 
 
 14 Nay, rather unto me thy God 
 
 thankfgiving offer thou ; 
 To the molt High perform thy word, 
 and fully pay thy vow. 
 
 15 And, in the day of trouble great, 
 
 fee that thou call on me ; 
 I will deliver thee, and ihou 
 my name fhalt glorifle, 
 
 1 6 But God unto the wicked faith, 
 
 Why fhould'fl: thou men don make 
 Of my commands ? how dar'ft thou in 
 thy mouth my cov'nant take ? 
 
 17 Sith it is fo. that thou doft hate 
 
 all good inflru&icn : 
 And fith thou cnft'it behind thy back, 
 and flight' it my words each one. 
 
 1 8 When thou a thief did'ft fee, then flraight, 
 
 thou join'dfl with him in fin, 
 And with the vile adulterers 
 thou ball partaker been. 
 
 19 Thy mouth to evil thou do2 give, 
 
 thy tongue deceit doth frame. 
 
 20 Thou fitt'it, and 'gainlt thy brother fpeak'ft 
 
 thy mother's fon to ftiarne. 
 
 21 Thefe things thou wickedly had done, 
 
 and I have filent been ; 
 
ng PSALM LL 
 
 Thou thoughts that 1 wa< 'ike thy fell, 
 
 and did approve thy in : 
 But I will fharply thee reprove, 
 
 and 1 will order right 
 Thy fins and thy tranfgreflionj, 
 
 in prefence of chy iig t. 
 
 22 Confiderthis, and be afraid, 
 
 ye thit forget trie Lord, 
 Left I in pieces tear you all, 
 
 when none can help afford. 
 
 23 Who ofPreth praife me glorifies: 
 
 I will (hew God's falvation 
 To him that ordereth aright 
 his life and convcrfation. 
 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David, when N*~ 
 
 than the Prophet came unto him, af k er he had gone 
 
 in unto Bathjheba. 
 
 This Pfalm was penned by David, when reproved bj 
 Nathan for his adultery with Bathjheba, and for his 
 murder of Uriah, 2 Sam. xii. We have in it (\) Da* 
 wid's candid and truly forrowful acknowledgments of his 
 ftn, particularly his adultery and murder, as highly dijbo- 
 nourable to God; and of his original fin, as the four ce 
 thereof, \ex. I — 5, 17. (z) His earneft fuppli cations 
 for pardon of his offences, and for heart purifying, and 
 renewing grace j and for rer.ewed influences of the Holy 
 Ghofl ; and for peace of conference, and comfortable fel- 
 lowjhip with God for himfelf, ver. I, 2 6 — 15.,' and 
 for reformation of, and profperity to the church, which 
 had been hurt by his fen, ver. 18, 19. (t>) His fencer t 
 purpofes of heart, to improve God's favours to himfelf, in 
 promoting the inflruclion of others, and in giving them an 
 honourable pattern of an exacl celebration of God's pub- 
 lic worjhip, ver, 13, 14, 15, l6, 1 9 *] While I feng 
 
 this penitential Pfalm let my heart be filed with clear but 
 evangelic views of my aggravated, ?ny unnumbered tranf- 
 grejpons ; — and with deep forrovj und rmorfi for them. 
 
P S A L M LI. 119 
 
 Let me pour forth /applications, flrong cries and tears to 
 him nxho is able to forgive all mine iniquities, and to de- 
 liver me from every corruption* Let me <wajh myfelf in 
 J efts' s bloody as the fountain opened to men for fn and 
 for uncleannefs* 
 
 AFTER thy loving kindnefs, Lord, 
 have mercy upon me : 
 For thy ccmpaflions great, blot out 
 all mine iniquity. 
 
 2 Me cleanfefrom Tin, and throughly wafh 
 
 from mine iniquity. 
 
 3 For my tranfgrefiions Iconfefs, 
 
 my fin I ever fee. 
 
 4 'Gainft thee, thee only have I finn'd, 
 
 in thy fight done this ill : 
 That when thou fpeak'ft, thou may'fl bejuft, 
 and clear in judging dill. 
 
 5 Behold I in iniquity 
 
 was form'd the womb within ; 
 My mother alfo me conceiv'd 
 in guiltinefs and fin. 
 
 6 Behold, thou, in the inward parts, 
 
 with truth delighted art : 
 And wifdom thou (halt make me know 
 within the hidden part. 
 
 7 Do thou with hyflbp fprinkle me, 
 
 I (hall be cleanfed fo : 
 Yea, warn thou me, and then I mall 
 be waiter than the fnow. 
 
 S Ofgladnefs and of joyfulnefe 
 
 make me to hear the voice ? 
 That fo thefe very bones, which thou 
 
 haft broken, may rejoice. 
 
 9 All mine iniquities blot out ; 
 
 thy face hide from my fin. 
 
 10 Create a clean heart, Lord ; renew 
 
 a right fp'rit me within. 
 
120 P S A L M LII. , 
 
 1 1 Caft me not from thy Tight : nor take 
 
 thy holy fp'rit away. 
 
 12 Reftore me thy falvation's joy. 
 
 with thy free fp'rit me tf ay 
 
 13 Then will I teach thy ways unto 
 
 thofe tftat tranfgrcflbrs be ; 
 And thole tliat finners are, fliall then 
 be turned unto thee, 
 
 14 O God, of my falvation God, 
 
 me from blood guiltinefs 
 Set free : Then fnall my tongue aloud 
 iing of thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 15 My clofed lipj, O Lord, by thee 
 
 let them be opened ; 
 Then mail thy praifet by my mouth 
 abroad be publifhed. 
 
 16 For thou defir'rt not facrifke, 
 
 elfe wjuld J give it thee : 
 Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering 
 at all delighted be. 
 
 17 A brcken fpirit is to God 
 
 a pleafing facrifice : 
 A brcken and a contrite heart, 
 Lord, thou will not defpife. 
 
 1 8 She w kindnefs and do good, O Lord, 
 
 to Sion thine own hill : 
 The walls of thy Jerufalem 
 
 build up of thy good will. 
 
 19 Then righteous ofPrings fhall#iee pleafe, 
 
 and ofPrings burnt, which they, 
 With whole burnt ofPrings, and with calves* 
 fhall on thine altar lay. 
 
 PSALM LII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, Mafcbil, A Pfalm of David, 
 when Doeg the Edomite, came and told Saul, and 
 faid unto him, David is come to the houfe of Abimi- 
 Uch. 
 
 This Pfalm relates to Doeg the Edomite wbo informed 
 
PSALM LIf. in 
 
 y Ahimdech the high p . 
 
 ,: id in c:-- . 
 
 i Sam. x\'ii. Here ( \) Da-jict charges 1: . noi- 
 
 landing r f the i.i^nifejied an J. e>i erlajling \ 
 
 U ned in Lis ma lice, craft ether 
 
 r, ver. i — >. (z) By the fir*? of pr ; 
 ■is kirn for his r wickcd;z£fs, to from 
 
 g, (~;:d rooted cut of the land ' rf the living, to 
 rreatjcy of ■- of. Gsd, ver. 6. 7. ( ' y) He 
 
 cemfo rts himfclf in 1 he e~uerlajling ?nci ry of God, and ivii h 
 the af • that he jbould) et praife him for his kind* 
 
 8, 9 — V { Learn, G my foul, to deleft ad deceit 
 Learn to imitate the goodnefs of God, vchich 
 ■:<h continually ; and ivhile friends are cut 1 
 il, let n:e hue by faith, on a gracious Gc 
 I U L and 1 N a L L . 
 
 ^JllY dcfl thou born, C mighty n:r.n, 
 of iv \ of ill u 
 
 The goodnefs of Almighty God 
 t^d^r:n^ ever ftill. 
 
 2 Thy tongue mifchievous calumnies 
 devifeth fubtilly : 
 
 Like to a razor, (harp to cut, 
 working de:cufuijy. 
 
 3 III more than good, and more than truth 
 thcu lovefc to {peak wrong. 
 
 4 Thou loved all devouring words, 
 O thou deceitful tongue. 
 
 5 So God fliall thee deltroy for ay, 
 remove thee, pluck thee out 
 
 Quite from thy houfe, out of the land 
 of life he fhall thee root. 
 
 6 The righteous fliall it fee, and fear, 
 and laugh at him they fhall : 
 
 7 Lo, this the man is, that did not 
 make God his ftrength at all : 
 
t2z P S A L M LIN. 
 
 Bu: he in his abundant wealth 
 
 his confidence did place ; 
 And he took iirength unto himfelf 
 
 from his own wickednefs. 
 
 8 But I am in the houfe of God 
 
 like to an olive green : 
 My confidence fcr ever hath 
 upon God's mercy been. 
 
 9 And 1 for ever will thee praife, 
 
 becaufe thou hail dor.e this : 
 1 on thy name will wait, for good 
 before thy faints it is. 
 
 PSALM LIU. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, upon Mahalatb, Mafchil, 
 APfalm of David. 
 
 This PJklm is much the fame as the \\th. It f peals 
 (\) Humbling convictions of their Jinfulncfs of nature and 
 
 fra Slice, to all*nicn, vcr. I — 3. (z) Fearful terrors to 
 them njjj^o perfecute and opprefs the people of God, ver. 4, 
 5. (?>) -Abundant comfort^ in the faluation of God, to 
 his perfecuted faints, ver. 5, 6- ^ Learn, my foul, 
 
 frequently to review thy original and cent railed fit I inefs . 
 Admire the patience and mercy of God towards mankind. 
 Iri'jl net in man, for wherein is he to be accounted of I — 
 In the full affurance of faith, wait patiently for God's 
 
 falvation. 
 
 THAT there is not a God, the fool 
 doth in his heart conclude : 
 They are corrupt, their works arc vile, 
 not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 The Lord upon the fons of men 
 
 from Heaven did cart his eyes, 
 To fee if any one there was 
 
 that fought God and was wife. 
 
 3 They altogether filthy are, 
 
 they all are backward gone ; 
 
PSALM LIV. 123 
 
 And there is none that doeth good, 
 
 no not fo much as one. 
 4. Thefe workers of iniquity 
 
 do they not know at all, 
 That they my people eat as bread, 
 
 and on God do not call ? 
 
 5 Ev'n there they were afraid, and flood 
 
 wich trembling all difmay'd ; 
 Whereas there was no caufe at all 
 
 why they mould be afraid : 
 For God his benes that thee befieg'd 
 
 hath fcatter'd all abroad ; 
 Thcu hall confounded them, for they 
 
 defpifed are of God. 
 
 6 Let IfraTs help from Sion come : 
 
 When back the Lord fhall bring 
 His captives, Jacob fhall rejoice, 
 and Ifrael mall fin g. 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, on Neginotb, Mafcbil, A Pfalm 
 of David, when the Zipbims came and faid to Saul, 
 Doth not David hide himfelf with us. 
 
 Tbis Pfalm was cempfed nvben the Zipbites, ?nen of 
 tbe fame tribe with David, inftigated Saul to deftrcy him, 
 and direcled him bovj to accoinplifh it, 1 Sam. xxiii. — 
 xxvi. // contains (v) David's fir ong cries to bis God, 
 that be would fave and judge bim, and bear bis reque/ls, 
 ver. 1, 2. (z) Bitter complaints of tbe opprejfion, and 
 impiety of bis enemies, ver. 3. ( ^) His triumphant com* 
 folation ofhimfelf, in the view of what Gcdvjas to bim, 
 and would do for him, intermixed with holy refoluticns tQ 
 
 praife him for bis kindnefs % ver. 4 — 7. 1[ While I 
 
 and my lujh % and the me;: of this world, unite to , 
 me, let me call on God. Let me bejlror.g in the Lord, and 
 in the power of his might. Let me rejoice in bim, 
 bath delivered, doth deliver, and in whom J trufi ihet 
 be will deliver me* 
 
iz\ r o A la M .LiV. LV. 
 
 SAVE me, O God, by thy great name, 
 and judge me by thy itrengtli. 
 
 2 My prayer hear, O God ; give ear 
 
 unto my words at length. 
 
 3 For they that ftrangers are to me 
 
 do up again ic me rife ; 
 Opprefibrs feek my foul, and God 
 fet not before their eyes. 
 
 4 The Lord my God my helper is, 
 
 !o, therefore I am bold : 
 He taketh part with ev'ry one 
 that doth my foul uphold. 
 
 5 Unto mine enemies he ihall 
 
 mifchief and ill repay. 
 G for thy truth's fake cut them off, 
 and fwtep ihem clean away. 
 
 6 I will a facrifice to thee 
 
 give with free willingnefs : 
 Thy name, O Lord, becaufe 'tis good* 
 with praile I will confefj. 
 
 7 For he hath me delivered 
 
 from all adverfities ; 
 And his defire mine eye hath icen. 
 upon mine enemies. 
 
 P S A L M LV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, on Ne^inoth, Ma/a 
 
 A PfilmofD/rz-.v/ 
 This P film was probably penned by David, when hr 
 fed j .-lem, fcr fear of Abfalom his fin , z Sam. 
 
 xv xvi. Obj'erve (\ ) David's carneft prayers fcr 
 and favour f rem Gt trcficn, griefs , 
 
 and fears, ver. I — 8, (z) His rsqiufts for the j;>Ji 
 mam, :?rfeon and 
 
 ■ of bis tfiinti 
 i 
 
 . 
 
PSALM LV. 125 
 
 flruclicn cf their enemies y however deceitful an J bloody, 
 
 Ver. 16 — 23 qy While I Jing> behold, my foul ', as 
 
 in a glafs, how J ejus, cur Redeemer, was hated, was 
 betrayed, and murdered, by his brethren cf Judah, 
 Jerufalem, and how the ft arf id vengeav.ee of the Almigh- 
 ty overtook them, on that account. And if 1 am oppref- 
 ed, defamed, or perfecuted, that I know not whither to 
 
 flee : If in cities, or in particular fiends, wickednefs 
 and malice di f cover themfelves, let me fttidy re/tgnation ti 
 the difpofals of Providence, and call upon God in the af- 
 
 fured hopes that he will anfwer in due time. Let me caji 
 all my wants and burdens on him, who is my God, 
 that doth me five, 
 
 LORD hear my pray'r, hide not thyfelf 
 from my intreating voice : 
 
 2 Attend and hear me, in my plaint 
 
 1 mourn and make a noife. 
 
 3 Becaufeof th' en'mies voice, and for 
 
 lewd mens opprefTicn great : 
 On me they cad iniquity, 
 
 and they in wrath me hate. 
 
 4 Sore pain'd within me is my heart : 
 
 death's terrors on me fall. 
 
 5 On me comes trembling, fear and dread 
 
 o'erwhelmed me withal. 
 
 6 O that 1 like a dove had wings, 
 
 faid I, then would I fly 
 Far hence, that I might find a place 
 where I in reft might be. 
 
 7 Lo, then far oft I wander would, 
 
 and in the defart flay : 
 
 8 From windy florm and temped I 
 
 would hafte to 'fcape away. 
 
 9 OLord, on them deftruclion bring, 
 
 and do their tongues divide ; 
 For in the city violence 
 
 and ftrife I have efpy'd. 
 
 Lz 
 
»6 ? S A L Kf t '. 
 
 10 They day and night upon the * 
 
 do go about it round : 
 There rmfchief b, and tbrro.v there 
 
 in midit of it is found. 
 i [ Abundant wiclcednefs there is 
 
 within her inward part ; 
 And from her ftreets dcceitfulnefs 
 
 and guile do not depart. 
 
 I [e was no foe that me rrpreach'd, 
 then that endure 1 could ; 
 :\jrh v.er that did 'gainil meboaft, 
 from him me hide 1 would. 
 
 13 But thou, man, who mine equal, guide : 
 
 and mitie acquaintance waft, 
 
 14 We jot 'd fweei counfels, to God's houfe 
 
 in company we pail. 
 
 15 Let death upon them feiz<\ and down 
 
 let them go quick to hell ; 
 Per wickednefs doth much abound 
 among them where they dwell. 
 
 16 1*11 call on God : God will me lave, 
 
 17 I'll pray, and make a noi'c 
 At evening, morning, and at noon; 
 
 and he mall heir my voice. 
 
 1 ?> He hath my foul delivered, 
 
 that it in peace might be 
 from bauJc that againfl me was, 
 
 for many were with me. 
 19 The lord fhall hear and them afflitt, 
 
 of old who hath abode : 
 Eecaufe they never changes have, 
 
 therefore they fear not God. 
 
 ao 'Gain ft thofe that were at peace with hiu* 
 he hath put forth his hand : 
 
 The covenant that he hath made, 
 by breaking he profan'd. 
 
 %i More frrooth than butter were his worth- 
 while in his heart vra war ; 
 
PSALM LV1. W 
 
 Sfis fpeeches were more ioft than oil, 
 and yet drawn fwords they are. 
 
 22 Cad thou thy burden on the Lord;, 
 
 and he ihall thee fuftain ; 
 Yea, he ihall caufe the righi'ous man 
 unmoved to remain. 
 
 23 But thou, O Lord my God, thofe men 
 
 in juftice malt o'erthrow, 
 
 And in deftruclion's dungeon dark 
 
 at lafl (halt lay them low. 
 
 The bloody and deceitful men 
 
 mail not live half their days ; 
 But upon thee with confidence 
 
 I will depend always. 
 
 PSALM LVL 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon jfonah-relem-echokim, Mich* 
 tarn of David> when the Phi lift ines took him in Gath. 
 
 This Pfalm was penned by David, when the Philif 
 tines apprehended him in Gath, I Sam. xxi. ver. IO — 1 5. 
 And contains ( \) His earnejl fupplications to God, for 
 merciful protection, and deliverance from his enemies, 
 who were barbarous, powerful, crafty, malicious, and 
 reftlefs, ver. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7. ( 2) His ajjured confidence 
 in God, as his own God, who had fpoken good concerni?tg 
 him, and took particular notice of his grievances, ver, 3, 
 4. 8 — II. ($) Firm hopes that his prayers Jhould iffue 
 in the defeat of his enemies, and that his faith would 
 fet him above the flavijh fears of men, ver. 9 — 1 1. ; and 
 that while he paid his vows to God, he jhould have far- 
 ther occafion to praife the Lord, for what he had done, 
 
 and would do for him, ver. 12, 13. ^ Thus let 
 
 me in all my ft raits, have recourfe to God. While his 
 fromifes remain infallible, let me rejoice therein, ana 
 without anxiety cheerfully expert the fulfilment thereof, 
 
 SHEW mercy, Lord, to me, for man 
 would f callow roe outright j 
 
123 PSALM LVII. 
 
 He me oppreiTeth, wh^e he doth 
 againft me <fofy fight. 
 
 2 They daily Would me fwalW up, 
 
 that h; at e me fpitefully ; 
 For tk&y be many that do fight 
 againft me, O moft High. 
 
 3 When I'm afraid, I'll truft in thee : 
 
 4 In God I'll praife his word : 
 1 will not fear what flefh can do, 
 
 my truft is in the Lord, 
 
 5 Each day they wreft my \» ords, their thoughts 
 
 'gain ft me are all for ill. 
 
 6 They meet, they lurk, they mark my ftep«, 
 
 waiting my foul to kill. 
 
 7 But mall they by iniquity 
 
 efcape thy judgments fo ? 
 O God, with indignation down 
 do thou the people throw. 
 
 8 My wand'rings all what they have been 
 
 thou know 'ft, their number took ; 
 Into thy bottle put my tears : 
 are they not in thy book ? 
 
 9 My foes mall, when I cry, turn back, 
 
 I know't, God is for me. 
 
 10 In God his word I'll praife : his word 
 
 in God fhall praifed be. 
 
 1 1 In God I truft, I will not fear 
 
 what man can do to me. 
 
 12 Thy vows upon me are, O God : 
 
 I'll render praife to thee. 
 
 13 Wilt thou not, who from death me fay'd, 
 
 my feet from falls keep free, 
 To walk before God in the light 
 of thofe that living be ) 
 
 PSALM LVII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, Al-tafchith, Michtam oi David 
 when he fled from Saul in the cave. 
 
PSALM LVU. 12? 
 
 This Pfalm was penned by David, when he fied from 
 Saul in the cave, 1 Sam. xxiv. And contains ( \ ) David's 
 earned betaking of bimfdf to God, vpon whom all his 
 dependence was fixed ; towards whom all his dejires 
 were bent ; and from whom only he expected relief, for 
 fnercy amid ft his great troubles , ver. 1, 2. (2) His com- 
 plaints of the cruelty, malice, and calumnious deceit of his 
 inveterate enemies, ver. 3, 4. 6. (]) His believing 
 triumph in God, in which he prepares himfelffor praijing 
 God ; excites himfelf to it ; delights himfelf in it ; and 
 furnifieth himfelf with matter for it, ver. 7 — 10. ( \) 
 Confcious cf his own inability to praije God enough, he 
 leaves it on God, to exalt and glorify himfelf, ver. 5— 
 
 1 1 . q While Ijl»g, let me cry loud for mercy ; 
 
 let me lay my fpiriiual and temporal adverfities before the 
 Lord ; and let me triumph in the God cf my falvation £ 
 and employ him to glorify his name in all the earth, 
 
 E merciful to me, O God, 
 thy mercy unto me 
 Do thou extend, becaufe my foul 
 
 doth put her trull in thee : 
 Yea, in the fhadow of thy wings 
 
 my refuge I will place, 
 Until thefe fad calamities 
 
 do wholly overpafs. 
 
 2 My cry I willcaufe to afcend 
 unto the Lord mod high, 
 
 To God, who dcthall things for me, 
 perform moil perfectly. 
 
 3 From heav'n he (hall fend down, and m2 
 . from his reproach defend, 
 
 That would devour me ; God his truth 
 and mercy forth mall fend. 
 
 4 My foul among fierce lions is, 
 1 firebrands live among, 
 
 Mens fans, vhofe teeth are fpears and darts, 
 a (harp fvvord is their tongue. 
 
 B 1 
 
130 1* S A L M LVIII. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted very high 
 
 above the heav'ns, O God ; 
 Let thou thy glory be advanc'd 
 o'er all the earth abroad. 
 
 6 My fouPs bow'd down : for they a net 
 
 have laid, my fteps to fnare : 
 Into the pit, which they have digg'd 
 for me, they fallen are. 
 
 7 My heart is fixt, my heart is fixt, 
 
 O God, I'll fing and praife. 
 
 8 My glory wake, wake pfaltry, harp ; 
 
 myfelf I'll early raife, 
 
 9 I'll praife thee 'mong the people, Lord, 
 
 'mong nations fing will I : 
 io For great to heav'n thy mercy is, 
 
 thy truth is to the fky. 
 ii O Lord, exalted be thy Name, 
 
 above the heavens to (land ; 
 Do thou thy glory far advance 
 
 above both feaand land. 
 
 PSALM LVIII. 
 To the chief Mufician, Altafehith, Michtam of David. 
 2 'bis Pfalm was probably cempofed by David \ when 
 Saul carried on fotne kind of legal profecution again/} 
 him, which is not mentioned in the bijfery of bis reign. 
 Here ( \) He defer ibes the corruption of tbefe judges* go- 
 vernment, in neglecling to dojujlice, and in readinefs to 
 do injuftice — and the corruption of their nature, with ma- 
 lice, falfnood, and objlinate untraclablenefs, ver. I — 5. 
 ( z) He prays that God would difable them to perpetrate 
 tnif chief ; would defeat their projeds ; and weaken their 
 influence, ver. 6 — 8. ( '$J He predicts their ruin, — cal- 
 culated to promote the comfort of the godly, and the ecu- 
 
 •uiclion cf jinners.- f| While 1 fl>:g, lit me fearcb 
 
 cut my corruptions, and bewail my obflinate reffals cf 
 Jefus Chrift, and the ccunfels cf his word. Let me dread 
 the fpeedy, but awful vengeance of God, if 1 regard ink* 
 quity in my heart t cr irdulge it in my life. 
 
P S A L M LVIII. r 3 % j 
 
 DO ye, O congregation, 
 indeed [peak right'oufnefs ? 
 O ye that are the Tons of men, 
 judge ye with uprightnefs ? 
 
 2 Yea, ev'n within your very hearts 
 
 ye wickednefs have done ; 
 And ye i\\i vi'lence of your hands 
 do weigh the earth upon. 
 
 3 The wicked men eft ranged are 
 
 ev'n from the very womb ; 
 
 They lpeaking lies do ilray, affoon 
 
 as to the world they come, 
 
 4 Unto a ferpent's poifon like 
 
 their poifon do:h appear ; 
 
 Yea, they are like the adder deaf, 
 
 that clofely ftops her ear : 
 
 5 That fo ihe may not hear the voice 
 
 of one that charm her would, 
 No not though he moll cunning were, 
 and char .n mod wifely could. 
 
 6 Their teeth, O God, within their mouth 
 
 break thou in pieces fmall ; 
 The great teeth break thou out, O Lord, 
 of thefe young lions all. 
 
 7 Let them like waters melt away, 
 
 which downward ftill do flow : 
 In pieces cut his arrows all, 
 
 when he mall bend his bow, 
 
 8 Like to a fnail that melts away, 
 
 let each of them be gone : 
 Like woman's birth untimely, that 
 they never fee the fun. 
 
 9 He fnall them take away before 
 
 your pots the thorns can find, 
 Both living, and in fury great, 
 as with a (lormy wind. 
 
 10 The right'ous, when he vengeance fees, 
 
 he fhail be joyful then ; 
 
132 P S A L M LTX. 
 
 The right'ous on? (hail wafh his feet 
 in blood of wicked b 
 
 11 So men (hail fay, The right'ous man 
 
 reward (hall never mifs i 
 And, verily, upon the eaith 
 a Gcd to judge there is. 
 r , 
 
 PSU iVI LIX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, 4l-tdfcbitb y 
 
 when Saul fent, and they \» 3 kill 
 
 him. 
 
 jT^/j Pfabn was penned by Da- font 
 
 meffengers to watch his houfe in order to hill him, 1 ! 
 xix. In it, as in the /even immediate preceding, we 
 have ( \) David'' *s bitter complaints of his enemies, as 
 wicked, barbarous, malicious, and atheifiical, ver. 1 — 7, 
 (z) His prediclory prayers, that G 
 enemies to contempt and derifion ; ma 
 numents of his juft indignation ; deal with them accord- 
 ing to their Jins ; and con fume them in his wrath : 
 even render their fin their punijbment, ver. 8 — 15. ( '$J 
 His holy refclutions to wait upon God, till his 
 Jhculd be executed on them, and then to praife him for his 
 favours, ver. 9, 10. 16, 17.— — ff| While 1 Jing % .. 
 think of the oppofit ion made to David's Lord, and of the 
 unrelenting -vengeance, which hath overtaken his r»< 
 fewijh and Heathen, and fall overt aJtt brifti- 
 
 an and other oppofers. While his honours are trampled 
 under foot , let me wait on, and truft in God, that at lajl 
 I may join in the hallelujahs of his people, 
 the fmoke of his enemies torment <: 
 and ever. 
 
 MY God, deliver me from thofe 
 that are mine enemies ; 
 And do thou mc defend from thofe 
 
 that up againil mc rife. 
 2 Do thou deliver me from them 
 that work iniquity ; 
 
 
P S A L Kl L 
 
 And give me (afety fort the men 
 of bloody cruelty. 
 
 3 For lo, they for my foul by >.,":: 
 
 the mighty do 
 Agamftme, Lord, not for my faulty 
 ncr any fin of mine. 
 
 4 Thryrun, and without fanU in me, 
 
 themlelves do ready make : ^ 
 
 Awake to meet with thy help, ' 
 and do thou notice take. 
 
 5 A wake therefore, Lord God of hefb, 
 
 thou God of IfraeJ, 
 Tovifit heathen all : fpare none 
 that wickedly rebel. 
 
 6 At ev'ningthey go to and fro ; 
 
 they make great noife and found 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 abo at tree city round. 
 
 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth, 
 
 and in their lips are (words ; 
 For they do fay thu.% Who is he 
 
 that now doth hear our words ? 
 3 But thou, O Lord, (hah laugh at the m, 
 
 and all the heathen mock. 
 9 While he's in power I'll wait on thee : 
 
 for Gcd is my highiftock. 
 
 io Hejof my mercy that is God, 
 
 betimes (hall me prevent : 
 Upon mine en'mies God (hall Jet 
 
 me fee mine heart's content. 
 ii Them flay not, left my folk forget; 
 
 but fcatter them abroad 
 By thy ftrong power ; and bring thern down. 
 
 O thou our fhield, and God. 
 
 12 For their mouth's fin, and for the words 
 that from their lips do fiy, 
 
 M 
 
ijf PSALM LX. 
 
 Let I ken in their pri :e ; 
 
 i ec curfe and Lie. 
 
 13 in wrath coofume them, ihcm cor.fume, 
 
 that Co they may not be : 
 And that in Jacob God doth rule, 
 
 tq th* earths ends, let them fee. 
 
 14 At evening let thou *hem return, 
 
 making great noife and found, 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 about the cry round. 
 
 15 And let them wander up and down, 
 
 in feeking food to ea; ; 
 And let them grudge, when they flia.il not 
 be fatisiyd with neat. 
 
 x6 But of thy pow'r I'll fing aloud, 
 
 at morn thy mercy praife : 
 For thou to me my refuge waft, 
 
 and tew'r. in troublous days. 
 1 j O Cod, thou art rny ftrength, I will 
 
 fmg praifes unto thee ; 
 For God is my defence, a God 
 
 of mercy unto me, 
 
 PSALM LX. 
 
 To the chief Mwfician, upon Sbujhan eduth, Mich tarn 
 of David, to teach, when he iirove with Ara m-na- 
 baraim, and with Aram-xobatl\ when Joab returned 
 and fmote of Edom, in the valley of fait, twelve thou- 
 fand. 
 
 This Pfalm was penned by David, during his wars 
 *witb the Syrians and Edcinites, z Sam. viii. Here ( \) 
 lie bewails the tokens of God* s diJpUafurt with lfracl y in 
 the breaking and disjointing of the nation, under Saul 
 <ar.d Ifibojhelh, ver. I — 3, (z) In thankful contempla- 
 tion of the late revival he had given to their affairs by 
 Sis own accejjion to the throne, and victories over the 
 Philijlines, Moabitcs, fe)V. he befeechis God to grant 
 them viclory over, and rejl from ail their other enemies. 
 
PSALM LX. 135 
 
 rer. 4, 5. (^) In the confident expectation of God's 
 
 fulfilment of his promifes, and along with importunate 
 
 /application, he expreffetb his triumphant hopes, that 
 
 God 'would quickly fubdue every enemy, the fortified cities 
 
 0/ Edom not excepted, ver 6 — 12 ■ % In al1 m y di f~ 
 
 trejjed cafes, let me rejoice in the banner the E N s ig N 
 given and di/played to the nations ; and in the faith 0/ 
 God's promife, let me firmly expeSi viclory over every 
 /piritual foe, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God, the 
 full enjoyment of the Canaan that is above. 
 
 OLord, thou haft reje&ed us, 
 and fcatter'd us abroad, 
 Thou iuftly haft difpleafed been ; 
 return to us, O Goi. 
 
 2 The earth to tremble thou haft made; 
 
 therein did ft breaches make : 
 Do thou thereof the breaches heal, 
 becaufe the land doth (hake. 
 
 3 Unto thy people thou hard things 
 
 haft fhew'd, and on them fentj 
 And thou haft caufed us to drink 
 wine of aftonhliment. 
 
 4 And yet a banner thou haft ^iv'n 
 
 to them who thee do fear : 
 That it by them, becaufe of truth, 
 cifplayed may appear. 
 
 5 That thy beloved people may 
 
 deliver'd be from thrall ; 
 Save with the pow'r of thy right hand, 
 and hear me when I call. 
 
 6 God in his holinefs hath fpoke, 
 
 herein I will take pleafare : 
 Shechem I will divide, and forth 
 will Succoth's valley meafure. 
 
 7 Gilead I claim as mine by right, 
 
 ManafTeh mine mall be : 
 Ephra'm is of mine head the ftr* ngth, 
 Judah gives laws for me. 
 
136 PSALM LXL 
 
 8 Moab's my v/aming-pot, my (hoc 
 
 1 y l\ over Edcm throw : 
 And over Paleftina's land 
 I will in triumph go. 
 
 9 O who is he will bring me to 
 
 the city Fortify'd ? 
 O who is he that to the land 
 of Edom will me guide? 
 
 10 O God, which hade it us cad off, 
 
 this thing wilt thou not do ? 
 Ev'n thou, O God, which didefl not 
 forth with our armies go. 
 
 1 1 Help us from trouble ; for the help 
 
 is vain which man fup plies. 
 
 12 Through Gcd we'll do great acls ; he mall 
 
 tr :ad down our enemies. 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 
 To th# chief Muiician upon Neginab, A Pfalm of 
 David, 
 
 Hers ( ij David in commemorating nvhat the Lord bad 
 formerly dene for him, and in the faith of what be bad 
 promtftdy cries to Gcd for comfort and pretention, amid/? 
 :! troubles, vcr. 1 — 4. (2) In the vievo of nvhat 
 Gcd had and would for ever do for him, he fupplicaies 
 necefjary mercies 9 and ref Ives on everlafting praife and 
 
 thankfgivi'iig to Gcd as his bound duty, ver 5, — 8. 
 
 cy So may all providences, dlfrefsful or f filling, had my 
 fid to a thankful patting for Gcd, as tuy all end in 
 
 ALL. 
 
 OGod, give ear unto my cry, 
 nn'.o my pray'r attend. 
 2 From th' utmoft corner of the land 
 
 my cry to thee Til fend. 
 What time my heart is ovcnvhclrr/d 
 
 and in rcrplexity : 
 Do thou me lead unto the Rock 
 that higher is thai I. 
 
P S A L M LXII. 1-7 
 
 y For thou haft for my refuge been 
 
 a (helter by thy pow'r, 
 And, for defence againft my foes, 
 
 thou haft been a-ftron* tow'r. 
 
 4 Within thy tabernacle I 
 
 for ever will abide : 
 And under covert of thy wings, 
 with confidence me hide. 
 
 5 For thou, the vows that I did make, 
 
 O Lord my God, didft hear : 
 Thou haft giv'n me the heritage 
 of thofe thy Name that fear. 
 
 6 A life prolong'd for many days 
 
 thou to the king fhalt give *, 
 Like many generations be 
 
 the years which he (hall live. 
 
 7 He in God's pre fence his abode 
 
 for evermore mall have : 
 O do thou truth and mercy both 
 prepare, that may him fave. 
 
 8 And fo will I perpetually 
 
 fmg praife unto thy name ; 
 
 That, having made ir.y vows, I may 
 
 each day perform the feme. 
 
 PSALM LXII, 
 
 To the chief Mufician, to Jeduthun, A Pfalm of 
 David, 
 
 In this Pfalm, ( i) David foUmnly avows bis manifold 
 relations to God ; his compofed dependence on, fixed trufi 
 in, and quiet waiting for God y and his hopes of the ruin 
 of his enemies, ver. i, — 7. f 2 ) He carneftly eneoura- 
 geth others to trufi in, and call on God, who is infinite 
 in power, mercy, andjufiice; and to beware of trufiing 
 in men, or in outward riches or honours, which are de- 
 ceitful, and unfubftantial, ver. 8, — 12. qy While 
 
 * fi n i> S° tbouy my foid, and do likewife. Be weaned 
 M2 
 
133 PSALM LXIL 
 
 fro?n all dependence on creatures ; but cleave to, and de- 
 fend on, this ail-fujpeient Jehovah, as anfwerable to 
 
 all thy needs — all thy dejtres — all thy enjoying powers* 
 for time and for eternity, — Then, O how fixed in fafety! 
 
 rK.i bow filled with the conflations cf Chrijl. 
 
 "Y fb'ji with expectation 
 
 depends on God indeed: 
 Myftrcngth and my falvation doth 
 from him alone proceed. 
 
 2 He only my falvation is, 
 and my ilrcng reck is he : 
 
 He only is my fure defence; 
 
 much mov'd I Pnall not be. 
 
 3 How long will ye againfl a man 
 plo: mifchief; )cfhaUall 
 
 Be flain, ye as a tott'ring fence 
 fhall be, and bowing wall, 
 
 4 They only plot to cafl him down 
 from his excellency; 
 
 They joy in lies, with mouth they bl 
 but they curfe inwardly. 
 
 My foul, wait thou with patience 
 upon thy God alone : 
 On him dependeth all rny hope 
 and expectation. 
 
 6 He only my falvation is, 
 and my firong rock is he , 
 
 Heorly is my fure defence : 
 
 I mall not moved be. 
 . 
 
 7 In God my glory placed is, 
 and my falvation fure : 
 
 Jn God the rock is of my flrength, 
 my refuge mod fee 
 
 8 Yc people, place your confidence 
 in him continually ; 
 
 Before him pour ye out your heart : 
 God is our refuge high. 
 
PSALM LXIIL *J* 
 
 9 Surely mean men are vanity, 
 
 and great men are a lie : 
 In balance laid, they wholly are 
 more light than vanity. 
 
 10 Trull ye not in oppreflion, 
 
 in robb'ry be not vain ; 
 On wealth fet no'; your hearts, when as 
 increafed is your gain. 
 
 1 1 God hath it fpoken once to me, 
 
 yea, this I heard again, 
 •That power to Almighty God 
 alone ccth appertain. 
 
 12 Yea, mercy alfo unto thee 
 
 belongs, O Loid, alone : 
 For thou according to his work 
 rewardeil ev'ry one, 
 
 PSALM LXIIL 
 
 A Pfalm of David, when he was in the Wildernefs of 
 Judah % 
 
 'ibis Pfalm w as penned by David, while he hid him* 
 f elf from the fury of Saul, in the wildemefs of Judah, 
 i Sam. xxii. 5. — or xxiii. 14. 24, 25 — or xxiv. 1.— • 
 Or when he fed from Abfalom, 2 Sam. xv. xvi. We 
 have ( \) His fir on g faith working in ardent defires after 
 the mofl familiar fellow/hip with God, in public crdinan- 
 ces, ver. 1,2. (z) His fupetlative eftimation of God, 
 iJJ'uing in hearty refolutions to be for ever employed in his 
 praife* ver. 3, 4. ( '3 J His heart-ravijhing fatisfaclion 
 in God, ami djl fecret and fixed meditation on his excellen- 
 cies and love, ver, 5.6. ( ^) His joyful dependence on 
 God, as his Saviour and Portion, ver. 7.8. ($) His 
 U'iumph in God, as his preferver, and the defrayer 
 
 vf his enemies, ver. 9, — 1 1. qj While I fing thefe 
 
 iigh prrifi: of God, let my foul he ftrong in the faith, 
 giving glory to God ; embracing the promift of himfelf, 
 and calling all the fid mfs cf the' Godhead my own. Let 
 me be all in raptures of divine love, and holy delight ♦— 
 
HO PSALM LXIII. 
 
 Let no guile, no corruption, no carnal cart enervate or 
 damp my inward powers. But let all be opened, be ixidt 
 ft retched to grafp my infinite All, the great I Am. 
 
 LORD, thee my God, T'U early feek : 
 my foul doth third for thee, 
 My flefh longs in a dry p?rcli'd land, 
 wherein no waters be : 
 
 2 That I thy power may behold, 
 
 and brightnefs of thy face, 
 As I have feen thee heretofore, 
 within thy holy place. 
 
 3 Since better is thy love than life, 
 
 my lips thee praife (hall give. 
 
 4 I in thy name will lift my hands, 
 
 and blefs thee while I live. 
 
 5 Ev'n as with marrow and with fat,. 
 
 my foul fhall filled be ; 
 Then mail my mouth with joyful lips 
 fing praifes unto thee. 
 
 6 When I do thee upon my bed 
 
 remember with delight, 
 And when on thee 1 meditate, 
 in watches of the night. 
 
 7 Infhadow of thy wirgs I'll joy, 
 
 for thou mine help hail been. 
 
 8 My foul thee follows hard ; and me 
 
 thy right hand doth fuftain. 
 
 9 Who feek my foul to fpill (hall fink 
 
 down to earth's loweft room. 
 io They by the fword (hall be cut orT, 
 
 and foxes prey become. 
 li Yet (hall the king in God rejoice, 
 
 and ea:h one glory fhall. 
 That fwear by him : but ftopt (hall be 
 
 the mouth of liars ail. 
 
PSALM LXIV. 141 
 
 To the chief Muncian, A Pfalm of David* 
 
 I 1 his Pfalm contains ( 1) David's earne fi /applications 
 for prefer<vation from his enemies, who were fo fpiteful 
 in their calumnious reproaches — -fa clofe and fubtile in their 
 malicious plots — and fo indujlrious and aclvve, in execu- 
 ting their cruel projects, ver. I; — 6. (2) His predictions, 
 that God by jujl 'vengeance would quickly render thefc 
 enemies a terror to them/elves and others, and an occa- 
 fon of holy joy, and confidence to the faints, ver. 7, — 10. 
 <* While I Jing, let me commit my fpiritual enemies, into 
 the hand cf God, who is able to defircy them, and will 
 quickly, to my everlajling comfort, tread them all under 
 tnyfeet. 
 
 WHEN I to thee my prayer make, 
 Lord, to my voice give ear 5 
 My life fave from the enemy 
 of whom I fland in fear. 
 
 2 Me from their fecret counfel hide 
 
 who do live wickedly ; 
 From in fur recti on of thofe men 
 that work iniquity. 
 
 3 Who do their tongues with malice whet, 
 
 and make them cut like fwords ; 
 In whofe bent bows are arrows fet, 
 ev'n fharp and bitter words. 
 
 4 That they may at the perfect man 
 
 in fecret aim their fhot : 
 Y«a, fuddenly they dare at him 
 to fhcot, and fear it not. 
 
 5 In ill encourage they themfelves : 
 
 and in their fnares clofe do lay, 
 Together conference they have, 
 
 Who fnall them fee ? they fay. 
 '6 They have fearch'd out iniquities, 
 
 a perfect fearch they keep : 
 Of each of them the inward thought, 
 
 and very heart is deep, 
 
142 PSALM LXV. 
 
 7 God fhall an arrow fhoot at them, 
 
 and wound them fuddenly. 
 
 8 So their own tongue fhall them confound, 
 
 all who them fee fhall fly. 
 
 9 And on all men a fear fhall fall, 
 
 God's works they fhall declare ; 
 For they mail wifely notice take 
 what thefe his doings are. 
 
 io In God the right'ous fhall rejoice, 
 
 and truft upon his might; 
 Yea, they fhall greatly glory all, 
 
 in heart that are upright. 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm and Song of David. 
 
 Here ice are direeled to praife Gcd ( I ) For his kind' 
 nefs manifefied in bis kingdom of grace, in hearing pray- 
 ers ; in pardoning iniquities ; in fatisfying the fouls cf 
 his people with his bhjjings ; and in protecting and fup- 
 
 porting them in every exigence, ver. I, — 5. (2) For his 
 kindnefs in the kingdom of providence, infixing the 
 tains; in calming the feas ; in preferring t 
 
 fuccejjion of day and night ; and in rendering the fields 
 
 fruit fid and the flocks numerous and happy, ver, 6 — 13 
 q\ While I fing, let praife wait, in my foul, 
 
 for. the Lord ; and let me pour cut my heart before him. 
 Under deep fenfc cf guilt and pollution, lei me believe his 
 unbounded forgivenefs and fanttifying influence* y Let me 
 come even to his feat, and enjoy ravijbingfllovcjhip ivith 
 him. Let all my confidence be fixed on him ; and even, 
 in the blejfings of providence, let ?ne dijeern the exceeding 
 riches of his grace. 
 
 PRAISE war.s for thee in Zion, Lord; 
 to thee vows paid fhall be, 
 
 2 O thou that hearer art of pray'r, 
 
 all flefh fhall come to thee. 
 
 3 Iniquities, I rauft confefs, 
 
 prevail againft me do : 
 
P S A L M L J 43 
 
 But as for our tranfgreflions, 
 
 them purge away fhak thou. 
 
 4 Bleil is the man whom thou do*1 choofe 
 
 and mak'ft approach to thee, 
 That he within thy courts, U L 
 
 may (till a dweller be : 
 We furely (hall be fatisfy'd 
 
 with thy abundant grace, 
 And with the goodnefs of thy houfe, 
 
 ev'n of thy holy place. 
 
 5 O God cf our falvation, 
 
 thou in thy righteoufnefs, 
 By fearful works unto our pray'rs 
 
 thine anfwer dolt exprefs : 
 Therefore the ends of all the earth, 
 
 and thofe afar chat be 
 Upon the Tea, their confidence, 
 
 O Lord, will place in thee. 
 
 6 Who, being girt with pow'r, fets fail, 
 
 by his great ftrength, the hills. 
 
 7 Who noife of feas, noife of their waves, 
 
 and people's tumult Hills. 
 S Thofe in the outmoft parts that dwell 
 
 are at thy figns afraid : 
 Th' out- goings of the morn and ev'n 
 
 by thee are joyful made. 
 
 9 The earth thou vifit'fl, wat'ring it, 
 
 thou mak'.'t it rich to grow 
 With God's full flood ; thou corn prepar'it 
 
 when thou provid'fl it fo. 
 io Her ridg's thou wat'refl plent'oufly 
 
 her furrows fetteleft : 
 • With mow 'is thou doit her mollify, 
 
 her fpring by thee is blefh 
 
 ii So thou the year mod lib'rally 
 
 doft with thy goodnefs crown ; 
 And all thy paths abundantly 
 
 on us drop fatnefs down. 
 
i 4 4 PSALM LXVL 
 
 12 They crop upon the paflurea wide, 
 
 that do in deierts [y : 
 The little hills on cv'ry {ide 
 rejoice right pleafamly. 
 
 13 With flocks the pafturcs clothed be, 
 
 the vales with corn are clad ; 
 
 And now they fliout and fmg to thee, 
 
 for thou haft made them glad. 
 
 PSAL M LXVI 
 
 To the chief Muiicinn, A Song or Pfalm. 
 In this Pfalm cf thank/giving, in which tie fate cf 
 Jfrael is to be confdered as typical of that of the po/bel- 
 church and pet pie of Gcd. We have ( \) David, as the 
 mcffinger of Gcd, calling all the nations of mankind, to 
 praife God for his manifeftatkn of his five reign dominion, 
 in his works, fo wonderful in thctrfclves, terrible to his 
 enemies, comfortable to his people, and commanding and 
 
 awful to all men, *ver. \, — 7, And for trying his 
 
 people with afflictions and for fuppor ting under them ; pro- 
 tecting amidft them } and delivering from them, at laf, 
 njer.i, — 12. (z) David as the j'ernjant of Gcd, exem- 
 plifying his own exhortations, in honouring Gcd by cnjiiy 
 oblations j and by thankful declarations of what Goc had 
 done for his foul, particularly in anfwer to his prayers, 
 ver 9 13, — 20. 
 
 ALL lands to God in joyful founds, 
 aloft your voices raife. 
 
 2 Sing forth the honour cf his Name, 
 
 and gloriou3 make his pTaife. 
 
 3 Say unto God, Kow terrible 
 
 in all thy works ait thou ? 
 Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee 
 fhall be conflrain'd to bow, 
 
 4 All on the earth (hall worfhip thee, 
 
 they mail thy praife proclaim 
 In fongs : they (hall fing cheeifuily 
 unto thy holy Name, 
 
P S A L M LXVI. 
 
 5 Come* and ihc works that God hath Wrought 
 
 with admiration Ice : 
 Ins working to the fens or" men 
 mofl: terrible is he. 
 
 6 Into dry land the fcahe turn'J, 
 
 and they a paffagc had. 
 Ev'n marching through the flood on foot, 
 there we in him were glad. 
 
 7 He iuleth ever by his pow'r, 
 
 his eyes the nations fee : 
 O let not the rebellious c 
 
 life up themf@lves.on high, 
 
 S Ye people, blefs cur Gcd : aloud 
 
 the voice (peak of his praife. 
 9 Our foul in life who fafe preferves, 
 
 cur foot from Aiding flays, 
 io For thou didft prove, and try us, Lord 
 
 as men do filver try : 
 ii Brought'!! us into the net, and mad 'ft 
 
 bands on our loins to ly. 
 
 12 Then hall caus'd men ride o'er cur heads, 
 
 and though that we did pafs 
 Through tire and water, yet thou brought' ft 
 us to a wealthy place. 
 
 1 3 I'll bring burnt ofFrings to thy houfe, 
 
 to thee my vows I'll pay. 
 
 14 Which my lips utter'd, my mouth fpake, 
 
 when trouble on me lay. 
 
 15 Burnt- facrirkes of fat rams 
 
 with incenfe I will bring ; 
 Of bullocks and of goats I will 
 prefent an offering. 
 
 16 All that fear God, come hear, I'll tell 
 
 what he did for my foul. 
 
 17 I with my mouth unto him cry'd, 
 
 my tongue did him extol, 
 
 N 
 
46 PSALM LXV1I. 
 
 iS If in my heart I fin regard, % 
 
 the Lord me will not hear ; 
 
 19 Bdt fa rely God me heard, and to 
 
 my prayer's voice gave ear. 
 
 20 O let the Lord, our gracious God, 
 
 for ever blefled be, 
 Who turned not my pray'r from him, 
 nor yet his grace from mc. 
 
 PSALM LXVII. 
 To the chief Muilcian on Nsginoth, A Pildm or Song. 
 
 Here *we h awe ( \) David's prayer for the church of 
 Jfrael, iter. I. (2 J His fupplication for the comforting, 
 and praife producing foread of the gcjpel among the Gen- 
 tiles, ver, 2, — 5. (3J His believing profpeel of the di- 
 vine bleffings and true piety, which fbould attend the fame, 
 
 ver. 6, 7 ^] While I fig, let me requef the fal- 
 
 vation cf IfraeL Let me fupplicate the gathering of the 
 71 aliens /oShiloh. Let me praije the Lord, that already 
 this great vjork is begun ; and that the Lord, who is 
 ?n;gb:y, Jhall fnifi it in his time. 
 
 LORD, blefsand pity us, 
 fliine on us with thy face : 
 
 2 That tV earth thy way, and nations all 
 
 may know thv faving grace. 
 
 3 Let people praife thee, Lord, 
 
 let people all thee praife. 
 4. O let the nations be glad, 
 in fongs their voices raife : 
 
 Thou'lt juflly people judge, 
 on earth rule nations all. 
 
 5 Let people praife thee, Lord, let them 
 
 praife thee, both great and fmall. 
 
 6 The earth her fruit (hall yield, 
 
 our God mall blefling fend. 
 
 7 God lhall us blefs, men fhall him fear 
 
 unto earth's utmoft end. 
 
PSALM LXVII. LXV1II. |47 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME. 
 
 LORD, unto us be merciful, 
 do thou us alfo blefs : 
 And gracioufly caufe mine on us 
 the brightnefs of thy face. 
 
 2 That fo thy way upon the earth 
 
 to all men may be known, 
 Alfo among the nations all 
 
 thy faying health be mown. 
 
 3 O let the people praife thee, Lord,, 
 
 let people all thee praife. 
 
 4 O let the nations be glad, 
 
 and fing for joy always : 
 
 For rightly thou malt people judge, 
 
 and nations rule on earth. 
 
 5 Let people praife thee, Lord, let all 
 
 the folk praife thee with mirth. 
 
 6 Then mail the earth yield her increafe, 
 
 God, our God blefs us mill. 
 
 7 God (hall us blefs, and of the earth 
 
 the ends lhall fear him all. 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm or Song of David. 
 
 Perhaps this Pfalm was ccmpofcd on the fame cccafton 
 as the 2\th and \~jth, <when David brought up the ark of 
 God to that tabernacle, which he had pitched for it in 
 Zion, 2 Sam <ui. We have in it (\) Fervent f applica- 
 tions, that God would fatter and defeat the projecls of 
 his enemies , ver. I, 2. (z) High praifes to him for his 
 infinite greatnefs and grace ; his righteous relieving of 
 the afflicled and opprefijed ; his dire ding of Ifrael in the 
 Arabian defer t ; his manifefting of his glory at Sinai ; 
 his comfortable providing for his people, in the wilder nefs, 
 and in Canaan, ver. 3, — 10: And for the eafy conquefl 
 §f their Canaanitifh enemies ; his fixing his 'lemple en 
 mount Zicn y and forth e afcenfeon of Chr if to glory, to 
 N2 
 
p s a l i\r Lxvirr. 
 
 I i c.r.d J . e tie gtfpcl 
 
 among Jews and Gentiles, by ?neans of the Apojlles ;— 
 nubile the objlinate Jews are fenjcrely punijhed, <ver. 1 1 , 
 -▼32 : And in fine, for his fupreme dominion ; his awful 
 tnajefty y his mighty power y and for the glory of his fane- 
 tuary, and the grace he befiows upon his people, <ver s 33 » 
 
 — 35. «jj While Ifing, let me behold, let mc ad- 
 
 mire, what God is, and hath done for, and to my foul, 
 and to the church cf God, of which I am a member. — 
 Let mc behold, what God hath done, in injlances unnum- 
 leredy in prcfecution of the Covenant he madt with his 
 Eternal Sen, 
 
 ET God arife, and fcattcrcd 
 let all his en'mies he ; 
 And let all thofethat do him hate 
 before his pre fence flee. 
 
 2 As fmoke is driy'n, f> drive thou them 
 as fire melts wax away, 
 
 Before God's face let wicked men 
 fo perilh ar.d deciy. 
 
 3 But let the righteous be glad, 
 let them before God's fight 
 
 Be very joyful ; yea, let then 
 rejoice with all their might. 
 
 4 To God fmg, to his name fing praife: 
 extol him with your voice, 
 
 That rides on heav'n by his name JAF, 
 before his face rejoice, 
 
 5 Becaufe the Lord a father is 
 unto the father! efs : 
 
 God is the widow's judge within 
 his place of holinefs. 
 
 6 God doth the folitary fet 
 in fam'lies : and fxom bands 
 
 The chain'd doth free, butiebels do 
 inhabit parched Ian is. 
 
 7 O God, what time thou did ft go fbrik 
 before thy people'* face j 
 
P S A L M LXVIII. ift 
 
 And when through the great wilcerntfs 
 thy glorious marching was : 
 
 8 Then a: God ? 3 prcfence (hook the eanh, 
 
 then drops from heaven fell ; 
 This Sinai (hook before the Lord, 
 the God of Ifrae!. 
 
 9 O God, thou to thine heritage 
 
 didil fend a plent'ous rain ; 
 Whereby thou, when it weary Xai, 
 didfl it refrefh again. 
 
 10 Thy congregation then did make 
 
 their habitation there : 
 Of thine own goodnefs for the poor, 
 O God, thou d : dit prepare. 
 
 1 1 The Lord himfelf did give the word, 
 
 the word abroad did fpread ; 
 Great was the company of them 
 the fame who publifhcd. 
 
 12 Kings of great armies foiled were, 
 
 and fore'd to flee away, 
 And women, who remain'd at home, 
 did difcribute the prey. 
 
 13 Though ye have ly'n among the pots, 
 
 like doves ye mall appear, 
 Whofe wings with filver, and wiih gold 
 
 whole feathers cover d are. 
 14. When there th' Almighty fcattfr'd kings, 
 
 like Salmon's fno v 'twas white. 
 
 15 God's hill is like to Baman hill, 
 
 like Balhan hill for height. 
 
 16 Whj do ye leap, ye mountains high ? 
 
 this is the hill where God 
 
 Defires to dwell ; yea, God in it 
 
 for ay will make abode. 
 
 17 God's chariots twenty thcufand are, 
 
 thoufands of angels llrong ; 
 In's holy place God is, as in 
 mount Sinai, them among. 
 
ISO PSALM LXVi 
 
 1 8 Thou haft, O Lord, moil glorious 
 
 afcended upon high : 
 And, in triumph vi&orious, led 
 
 captive captivity : 
 Thou haft received gifts for men, 
 
 for fuch as did rebel ; 
 Yea, ev'n for them, that God the Lord 
 
 in midfl cf them might dwell. 
 
 rg Cleft be the Lord, who is to us 
 
 of our fa 1 -/at ion G o J , 
 Who dai'y with his benefits 
 | Ient'oiifly doth load 
 so He of falvation is the God, 
 
 u ho is our God moil ilrcng ; 
 And unto God the Lord from death 
 
 the iilues do belong. 
 
 21 Eat furely God fhall wound the head 
 
 of thofe that are his foes ; 
 The hairy fcalp of him tha: ft ill 
 on in his trefpafs goes. 
 
 22 God *aid, My people I will bring 
 
 again from Baihan hill, 
 Yea, from the fea'a devouring depths 
 them bring again I will. 
 
 23 That in the blood of enemies 
 
 thy foot imbru'd may be ; 
 And of thy dogs dipt in the fane 
 
 the tongues thou may eft fee. 
 2 i Thy goings they have fcen, O God, 
 
 the fteps of majefty 
 Of my God, and my mighty King, 
 
 within the fanchiary. 
 
 25 Before went fingers, players next 
 on inftruments took way ; 
 
 And them among the damfcls were 
 that did on timbrels play. 
 
 2G Within- the congregations 
 blcfs God with one accord ; 
 
PSALM LXVIH. IS 1 
 
 From IfraTs fountain do ye blefs, 
 and praife the mighty Lord. 
 
 27 With their prince little Benjamin, 
 
 princes and council there 
 Of Judah were, there Zebulon's 
 and Napht'li's princes were, 
 
 28 Thy God commands thy ftrength, make ftrong 
 
 what thou wrought'ft for us, Lord, 
 
 29 For thy houfe at Jerufalem 
 
 kings mall thee gifts afford. 
 
 30 The Tpear- mens hoft, the multitude 
 
 of bulls, which fiercely look, 
 Thofe calves which people have forth fent, 
 
 O Lord our God rebuke 
 Till ev'ry one fubmit himfelf, 
 
 and filver pieces bring : 
 The people that delight in war 
 
 difperfe, O God and King. 
 
 3 1 Thofe that be princes great mall thei 
 
 come out of Egypt lands, 
 And Ethiopia to God 
 
 mail foon ftretch cut her hands. 
 
 32 O all ye kingdoms oftheeaith, 
 
 firig praifes to this King, 
 For he is Lord that ruleth all, 
 unto him praifes iing. 
 
 3 3 To him that rides on heav'ns of heav'ns 
 
 which he of old did found ; 
 Lo, he fends forth his voice, a voice 
 
 in might that doth abound. 
 
 34 Strength unto God do ye afcribe ; 
 
 for his excellency 
 Is over Ifrael, his ftrength 
 
 is in the clouds moil high. 
 
 35 Thou'rt from thy temple dreadful, Lord.,- 
 
 IfraTs own God is he, 
 Who gives his people ftrength and pow'r ; 
 O let God blcjftd be, 
 
i$* PSALM LXIX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician upsn Shojbannim, A Puim o< 
 David* 
 
 This Pfalm is much a- kin to the lid, rcpreftniing at 
 on:e the troubles of David and of David's Lord, and the 
 glories which followed. We have in it (\) Bitter com- 
 plaints, of long and fore troubles y of the malice and mul- 
 titude of enemies ; of the unkindnefs of friends ; cf gene- 
 ral contempt : — and thefe mingled with candid acknow- 
 ledgments of guilt, and with fuppli cat ions for God' s gra- 
 cious audience and merciful deliverance, ver. I, — 13. 
 (z) Pleas inffted on, in thefe fupplications, viz* the 
 mercy and truth of God ; the Pfalmif s own great dif- 
 trefs / the infolence and cruelty of his enemies ; and the 
 unkindnefs of his friends, ver. 14, — 21. (1) Predicti- 
 ons of the ruin cf David's, and efpe daily of Chrifs 
 Jewif? enemies ; — importing, That their facrifces and 
 their common food Jhould be curfed to them ; that they 
 Jhould be plagued vjith judicial blindnefs and wrathful 
 difjuiet ; that they fhould be rendered public monuments cf 
 the vengeance of God, — having their church and fate 
 quite unhinged and their land deflated ; and in fine, that 
 their ruin jhould be encreafi,:g, and their recovery almcft 
 impofible, ver. 22, — 28. f^J Under a deep fenfe of his 
 poverty and diftrefs, David and his divine Son celebrate 
 the high praifes of God, and call others to praife him for 
 the deliverances of Jjrael ; but chief y for the ereclion of 
 the gofpeU church, and for the certain, though fill future 
 
 recalling of the Jews into the fame. ver. 29, — 36. 
 
 ^ While I fing. let ?ne behold my Redeemer, charged in 
 law with my fns, and bearing the punijhment thereof 
 Let me learn, with patience, to run the race of holy obe- 
 dience and ofnecef'ary trials ft- before me, looking to Jefus 
 as my pattern, a;:d as the author and jinijher cfmy faith % 
 While I behold the tremendous Jeverity of God's judg- 
 ?nents, again f his ancient people, for rejt cling and mur- 
 dering his Son, let me not be highminded, but fear. 
 
 Let me behold the grace of our Lord J ejus, who, though 
 /•e was rich, yet for our fakes he became poor ; that wc 
 through his poverty might be made rich — And let me be 
 a living and lively member of that church, which is 
 
PSALM LX1X. 153 
 
 1 Lis blood, and bkjjkd in him, *wkb all fpifitu* 
 a I blejjings. 
 
 SAVE me, O God, becaufe the floods 
 do fo environ me, 
 That ev'n unto my very foul . 
 come in the waters be. 
 
 2 T downward in deep mire do fink, 
 
 where (landing there is none : 
 I am into deep waters come, 
 
 where Hoods have o'er me gone, 
 
 3 I weaiy with my crying am, 
 
 my throat is alio dry'd ; 
 Mine eyes do fail, while for my God 
 I waiting do abide. 
 
 4 Thofe men that do without a caufe 
 
 bear hatred unto me, 
 Than are the hai;s upon mine head 
 in number more they be : 
 
 They that would me deflroy, and arc 
 
 mine en'mies wrongfully, 
 Are mighty : fa, what I took not 
 
 to render fore'd was I. 
 
 5 Lord, thou my folly know'ft, my fin* 
 
 not cover'd are from thee. 
 
 6 Let none that wait on thee be fham'd, 
 
 Lord God of hofts, for me. 
 
 O Lord, the God of Ifrael, 
 
 let none, who fearchdo make, 
 And ftek thee, be at any time 
 
 confounded for my fake. 
 
 7 For I have born reproach for thee, 
 
 my face is hid with fhame. 
 
 8 To brethren flrange, to mothers forts 
 
 an alien I became. 
 
 9 Becaufe the zeal did eat me up, 
 
 which to thine houfe I bear ; 
 And the reproaches caft at thee 
 upon me fallen are. 
 
154 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 io My tears and farts, t* a filial my foul, 
 were turned to my fhame. 
 
 1 1 When fackcloth 1 did wear, to them 
 
 a proverb I became. 
 
 1 2 The men that in the gate do fit 
 
 againft me evil fpake ; 
 They alfo that vile drunkards were, 
 of me their fong did make. 
 
 13 But, in an acceptable time, 
 
 my pray'r, Lord, is to thee ; 
 In truth of thy falvation, Lord, 
 and mercy great, hear me. 
 
 14 Deliver me out of the mire, 
 
 from linking do me keep ; 
 
 Free me from thofe that do me hate, 
 
 and from the waters deep. 
 
 15 Let not the flood on me prevail, 
 
 whofe water overflows ; 
 Nor deep me f wallow, nor the pit 
 her mouth upon me clofe. 
 
 16 Hear me, O Lord, becaufe thy love 
 
 and kindnefs is moll good ; 
 Turn unto me, according to 
 thy mercies multitude. 
 
 1 7 Nor from thy fervant hide thy face ; 
 
 I'm troubled, foon attend. 
 
 18 Draw near my foul, and it redeem; 
 
 me from my foes defend. 
 
 1 9 To thee is my reproach well known, 
 
 my fhame, and my diigrace : 
 Thofe that mine adversaries be 
 are all before thy face. 
 
 20 Reproach hath broke my heart, I'm fuE 
 
 of grief ; I look'd for one 
 To pity me, but none I found ; 
 comforters found I none. 
 
 21 They alfo bitter gall did givt 
 
 unto me for my meat ; 
 
PSALM LXIX. 155 
 
 They gave me vinegar to drink, 
 
 when as my thirfl was great. 
 22 Before them let their table prove 
 
 a fnare ; and do thou make 
 Their welfare and profperity 
 
 a trap the mfe Ives to take. 
 
 2 3 Let thou their eyes fo dark'ned be, 
 
 that fight may them forfake? 
 And let their loins be made by thee 
 
 continually to (hake. 
 
 24 Thy fury pour thou out on them, 
 
 and indignation ; 
 And let thy wrathful aiiger, Lord, 
 fad held take them upon. 
 
 25 All wafte and defolate let be 
 
 their habitation ; 
 And in their tabernacles all 
 inhabitants be none. 
 
 26 Becaufe him they do perfecute, 
 
 whom thou did ft fmite before ; 
 They talk unto the grief of thofe 
 whom thou haft wounded fore. 
 
 27 Add thou iniquity unto 
 
 their former wickednefo : 
 And do not let them come at all 
 into thy right* oufnefs. 
 
 28 Out of the book of life let them 
 
 be raz'd and blotted quite ; 
 Among the juft and righteous 
 let not their names be writ. 
 
 29 But now bee me exceeding poor 
 
 and forrowful am I : 
 
 By thy falvation, O my God, 
 
 let me be fet on high. 
 
 30 The name of God I with a fong 
 
 moft ckeer fully will praife ; 
 And I, in giving thanks to him, 
 his name ihall highly raife. 
 
i-j6 P S A L M LXX. 
 
 3 r This to the Lord a facrifke 
 
 more gracious fhall prove, 
 Than bullock, ox, or any beaic, 
 
 that hath both horn and hoof. 
 
 32 When this the humble men fhall fee, 
 
 it joy to them fhall give : 
 
 O all ye that do fee k the Lord , 
 
 your hearts fhall ever live. 
 
 33 For God the poor hears, and will net 
 
 his prifoners contemn. 
 
 34 Let heav'n, and earth, and feas him praift, 
 
 and all that move in them. 
 
 35 For God will Judah's cities build, 
 
 and he will Sion fave ; 
 That they may dwell therein, and it 
 in fure poiTefTion have* 
 
 36 And they that are his fervants feed 
 
 inherit fhall the fame ; 
 So iliall they have their dwelling there 
 that love his blefTed name. 
 
 PSALM LXX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David, to bring 
 in remembrance. 
 This Pfalm is much the fame as the five laft v'erfes of 
 the \Oth. In it David frays f 1 J For divine help to 
 himfelf, ver, 1, 5. (z) For jhame and confufton to his 
 enemies, ver. 2, 3. (3) For joy and comfort to his 
 friends, ver, 4.— ^ While 1 fng, let me apply it 
 to my ovjn troubled circumflances, and fo, in a believing 
 manner, bring them and the Jinful caufes thereof, to my 
 remembrance, 
 
 LORD hafte me to deliver ; 
 with fpeed, Lord fuccour me. 
 2 Let them that for my foul do feek, 
 
 fham'd and confounded be ; 
 Turn'd back be they, and fham'd 
 that in my hurt delight. 
 
PSALM LXX, if: 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, ha, ha, that fay, 
 their {naming to requite. 
 
 4 In thee let sll be glad, 
 and joy that feek for thee: 
 
 Let them \yho thy fa! vat ion love, 
 fay flill, God prsifed be. 
 
 5 I poor and needy am ; 
 come Lord, and make no flay : 
 
 My help, thou and deliverer art, 
 O Lord, make no delay. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME. 
 
 "AKE hade, O God, me to preferve, 
 with fpeed, Lord fuccour me. 
 z Let them that for my foul do feek, 
 
 mam'd and confounded be ; 
 Let them be turned back, and iham'd, 
 
 that in my hurt delight. 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, ha, ha that i^ y 
 
 their fhaming to requite, 
 
 4 O Lord, in thee let all be glad, 
 
 and joy that feek for thee : 
 Let them, who thy falvation love, 
 fay Mill, God praifed be. 
 
 5 But 1 both poor and needy am, 
 
 come, Lord, and make no fray ; 
 My help thou and deliv'rer art, 
 O Lord, make no delay. 
 
 PSALM LXXL 
 
 This Pfalm vjas probably penned on the occaficn of Ab- 
 falom's rebellion, as Pfalm $d, 42^, 43//, or of Shebd 9 * 
 confpiracy, 2 Sam. xx. And contains (i) David's firm 
 confidence in God, encouraged by manifold experiences of 
 his gracious kindnefs, ver. I, 3, 5, 6, 7. (2) His fer- 
 vent prayers that he might never be afiamed ; but might 
 be delivered y mighf find reft in G)d y might havt cQti~ 
 
158 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 Jtant matter of new frafes and thankfgivings a forded 
 him ; might not be forfaken of God in his old age y and 
 night have his numerous, powerful, and crafty enemies , 
 eovfounded with Jha;-c and perplexity, ver 1,-13. J 8- 
 ($J His confident and joyful expectations of God* s further 
 kindnefs, particularly that God would never for fake 9 
 but revive him ; that he would increafe his honour and 
 comfort, and put his enemies to Jhame. — Along herewith, 
 he refolves with admiring rapture, to extol God's righte- 
 oufnefs and falvation, and his new- covenant relation to 
 
 himfelf, and to Ifracl, ver. 14, — 24. fy While I 
 
 jhig, let me be ajfcSfed with my troubles. Let me never 
 flagger at the promife through unbelief, but be Jlrong in 
 thf faith y giving glory to God. 
 
 LORD, my hope and confidence 
 is plac'd in thee alone : 
 Then let thy fervant never be 
 put to confufion. 
 
 2 And let me in thy right'oufhefs, 
 from thee deliverance have ; 
 
 Caufe mc efcape, incline thine ear 
 unto me, and me five. 
 
 3 Be thou my dwelling rock, to which 
 I ever may refort : 
 
 Thou gav'it. commandment me to fave, 
 For thou'rt my rock and fort. 
 
 4 Free mc, my God, from wicked hands, 
 hands cruel and unjuft. 
 
 5 For thou, O Lord God, art my hope, 
 and from my youth, my truit. 
 
 6 Thou from the womb didfl hold me up ; 
 thou art the fame that mc 
 
 Out of my mother's bowels took ; 
 I ever will praife thee. 
 
 7 To many J a wonder am ; 
 but thou'rt my refuge ftrong. 
 
 3 FilTd let my mouth be with thy praife, 
 and honour all day long. 
 
P S A L M LXXL 159 
 
 9 O do net cafl mc off, when as 
 
 old age doth overtake :. 
 And, when my ftrength decayed is, 
 then do not thou for (aire me. 
 
 10 For thole that are mine enemies, 
 
 again ft me fpeak with hate : 
 And they together counfel take, 
 that for my foul lay wait. 
 
 11 They faid, God leaves him: him pur fuj 
 
 and take : none will him fave. 
 
 12 Be thou not far from me, my God : 
 
 thy fpeedy help I crave. 
 
 1 3 Confound, confume them, that unto 
 
 my foul are enemies : 
 Cloth'd be they with reproach and fhame 
 that do my hurt devife. 
 
 14 But I with expectation 
 
 will hope continually ; 
 And yet with praifes more and more 
 I will thee magnify. 
 
 15 Thy juflice and falvation 
 
 my mouth abroad fiiall mow 
 Ev'n ail the day ; for I thereof 
 the numbers do not know,. 
 
 16 And I will conftamly go on 
 
 in ftrength of God the Lord : 
 And thine own right'oufhefs, ev'n thine 
 alone, I will record. 
 
 1 7 For, ev'n from my youth, O God, 
 
 by thee I have been taught ; 
 And hitherto I have declar'd 
 
 the wonders thou haft wrought. 
 
 18 And now, Lord leave me not, when I 
 
 old, and gray-headed grow : 
 Till to this age thy ftrength and pow'r 
 to all to come I (how. 
 
 19 And thy moll perfect right'oufnefs, 
 
 O Lord, is very high, 
 
i6o P S A L M LXXII. 
 
 Who hail fo great things done : O God, 
 who is like unto thee ? 
 
 20 Thou Lord, who great adverfitie3, 
 
 and fore to me did ft (how, 
 Shalt quicken, and bring roe again 
 from depths of earth below. 
 
 21 My greatnefs, and my povv'r thou wilt 
 
 increafe and far extend : 
 On ev'ry fide, againft all grief, 
 thou wilt me comfort fend. 
 
 22 Thee, ev'n thy truth, I'll alio praife, 
 
 my God, with pfalcery : 
 Thou holy one of Ifrael, 
 
 with harp I'll fmg to thee. 
 
 23 My lips fliall much rejoice in thee, 
 
 when I thy praifes found : 
 My foul, which thou redeemed hall, 
 in joy fnall much abound. 
 
 24 My tongue thy juftice mall proclaim, 
 
 continuing all day long : 
 For they confounded are, and fham'd, 
 that feek to do me wrong. 
 
 P S A L M LXXII. 
 
 A Pfalm for Salomon. 
 
 This Pfalm was cempofed by David, about the time 
 $f Solomon* s injtalmtnt in the throne of Ifrael, 1 Kings 
 2. and ii. With refpeel to him, here is (\) Fervent pray- 
 er for proper qualifications to fuvnijh him for government, 
 ver. \*(2.) Predictions of the peace, glory, t faith, 
 
 duration and happir.cfs of his government, ver. 2, — 17. 
 (^ ) Praifes to the God of Ifrael for his mercies to his peo- 
 ple, ver. 1 8, 19. But as our Redeemer is principally 
 inter avt concerning him ( \ ) His furniture of 
 
 I ivly Ghefl above meafure, to qualify him for his 
 'work, ver. 1, (2 ) 7 of his government : hovi 
 
 righteous! ho^w prudent ! hove orderly! hcvj condefc end- 
 ing! and mtrcifui ! how definitive to opprefjors ! bovx 
 
PSALM LXXII. 161 
 
 ejficacioujly productive of real religion ! and bow comfort- 
 able to bis faithful fubjeds, bis adminijlrations are ! 
 vcr. 2, — 9. How ex ten five bis church, among all ranks 
 and nations ! how tender his care of the meant]} of his 
 fubjecls ! bow ??iuch he is revered and adored by them ! 
 bow aftonijhing their increafe, by means of his gofpel truth 
 preached ! and how permanent and ufeful his government! 
 ver. 10, — 17. 5. (^) A folemn afcription of all the 
 praife of thefe wonderful works to God alone, with an 
 earneft requeft and believing expectation, that his glory 
 
 jh all fill the whole earth , vcr. 18, 19. l^Whih I 
 
 jing thefe lofty notes of the dying Pfaimif, let ?ne admire, 
 let me adore, let me fing praifes to fefus my King. Let 
 me rejoice in his highnffs, and in bis extenfive ufefulnefs 
 to me 1 !. 
 
 OLORD, thy judgments give the king; 
 his fon thy right'oufnefs. 
 
 2 With right he ihall thy people judge, 
 
 thy poor vvith uprigh.nefs. 
 
 3 The lofcy mountains fhail bring forth 
 
 unto the people peace ; 
 Like wife the little hills the fame 
 fhalldo, by righteoufnefs. 
 
 4 The people's poor ones he ihall judge, 
 
 the needy's children fave : 
 And thofe (hall he in pieces break, 
 who them oppreffed have. 
 
 5 They fhall thee fear, while fun and moon . 
 
 do laft, through ages all. 
 
 6 Like rain on mown grafs he fhall drop, 
 
 or fhow'rs on earth that fall. 
 
 7 The juit lhall flourifh in his days, 
 
 and profper in his reign : 
 He ihall, while doth the moon endure; , 
 
 abundant peace maintain. 
 g His large and great dominion ihall j 
 
 from fea to fea extend ; 
 
 O2 
 
ifo F S A L M 
 
 It from the ri/er fhall reach forth 
 1 earth's utoioife end. 
 
 9 They ia the wildernefs that dwell 
 
 bow ore him mull: 
 
 Aa 1 they that are his enemies 
 : lick the very d 
 •he kings of Tarmiih, and the ifles, 
 to him (hall p^efents bring, 
 onto him fhall offcf gifts, 
 i's and Seba's king, 
 
 1 1 Yea, all the mighty kings on c: 
 
 before him down (hall fa 
 And all ihe nations of the world 
 
 do fervicc to him fhall. 
 2 2 For he the needy dial I prefer ve, 
 
 when he to him doth call : 
 The poor alfo, and him that hath 
 
 no help of man at all, 
 
 i 3 The poor man and the indigent 
 
 in mercy he mall fpare ; 
 lie ill a II preferve alive the fouls 
 
 of thofe that needy are. 
 14. Eoth from deceit and violence 
 
 their foul he (hall fct free ; 
 And in his fight right precious 
 
 and dear their blood fhall be. 
 
 j 5 Yea, he fiiaU live, and giv'n to him 
 
 (hall be ofSheba'sgold; 
 J ; qt him ftill fhall they pray, and he 
 
 fhall daily be extoli'd. 
 * 6 Of corn an handful in the earth, 
 
 on tops of mountains high, 
 With profp'rous fruit fhall make like trees 
 
 on Lebanon that be. 
 
 The city fhall be flourifhing, 
 
 hercitizens abound 
 In number fliall, like to the grafs 
 
 that £ro;ys upon the ground. 
 
P S A L M LXXI1I. 163 
 
 17 His name forever fhall endure, 
 
 laft like the fun it fhall : 
 
 Men fhall be bleft in him, andbleft 
 
 all nations (hall him call. 
 
 18 Now, blefied be the Lord our God, 
 
 the God of Ifrael ; 
 For he alone doth wondrous works, 
 in glory that excel. 
 
 19 And blefTed be his glorious name 
 
 to all eternity ; 
 The whole Birth let his glory fill : 
 Amen, fo let it be. 
 
 20 The prayers of David the Son of jeffz are ended, 
 
 PSALM LXXI1I. 
 
 A Pfalm of Afaph. 
 
 This Pfahn and the ten following are called Pfislms of 
 Afaph ; but whether, becaufe he compofed mofl of 'them, 
 or becaufe he led the mufic in Jtnging them, is not altoge- 
 ther certain. Here <we have (\) The great foundation 
 cf all religion, viz. the goodnefs of God to his people, 
 firongly afj'erted, ver. 1. (z) The pfalmifP s faith fear- 
 fully fbaken by the conjideraticn of the freedom, prof per ity, 
 plenty, and peaceful-like death of the wicked— which 
 rendered them proud, oppreQive, infolent, atheiflical and 
 profane, <v:hile himfelf was in a manner, confgned to 
 nothing but trouble, ver. 2, — 13. (3) The tempt at 'ion, 
 when it had reduced him to the brink of Atheifm is bro~. 
 ken, by a difcovery of the connecled purpofes and provi^ 
 dences of God, in bis word and ordinances, ver. 14 — 20. 
 ( \) His improvement of his fall and recovery, to promote 
 a deepfenfe of his own meannefs, ignorance and folly ; — > 
 a complete dependence on God as his guide, a cleaving to 
 him as his Portion, infinitely preferable to every thing 
 elfe ; — without whom one is neceffarily miferable, and i?i 
 the enjoyment of whc?n he is affiired of happinefs, and ex- 
 cited to przifc and thankfgiving, ver. 21, — 28 
 
 ^[ While I (tug let me rem^mb^ my own wickednefi and 
 
'"6.4 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 folly ; let me receive inftruclion in duly. Let me cleave 
 to God as my portion j and refolve to draw my light and 
 comfort , from the oracles of bis mouth, and ordinances of 
 bis qrace. 
 
 YET God is good to Ifrael, 
 to each pure hearted one. 
 
 2 But as for me, my fteps near nipt, 
 
 my feet are almoft gone. 
 
 3 For I envious was, and grudg'd 
 
 the fbolifh folk to fee, 
 When I perceiv'd the wicked for: 
 enjoy profperiiy. 
 
 4 For flill their ftrengch continueth firm ; 
 
 their death of bands is free. 
 
 5 They aresnot toil'd as other men, 
 
 nor plagu'd as others be. 
 
 6 Therefore their pride like to a chain, 
 
 them compafTeth about : 
 And, as a garment, violence 
 doth cover them throughout. 
 
 7 Their eyes Hand out with fat ; they have 
 
 mere than their hearts could wifh. 
 
 8 They are corrupt ; their talk of wrong 
 
 both lewd and lofty is. 
 
 9 They fet their mouth againft the heav'ns 
 
 in their blafphemous talk ; 
 And their reproaching tongue throughout 
 the earth at large doth walk. 
 
 io His people oftentimes for this 
 
 look back, and turn about ; 
 Sith waters of fo full a cup 
 
 to thefe are poured out. 
 
 1 1 And thus they fay, How can it be 
 
 that God thefe things doth know ? 
 Or, can there in the higheft be 
 
 knowledge of things below ? 
 
 12 Behold, thefe are the wicked OHCSp 
 
 yet profper at their will 
 
PSALM LXXIII. 165 
 
 In worldly things they do increafe 
 in wealth and riches ftill. 
 
 1 3 I, verily, have dene in vain 
 
 my heart to purify ; 
 To no effect in innocence 
 
 warned my hands have I. 
 
 14 For daily and all day throughout, 
 
 great plagues I fuffer'd have ; 
 Yea, ev'ry morning I of new 
 did chaftifement receive. 
 
 15 If in this manner foolimly 
 
 to fpeak I would intend, 
 Thy children's generation, 
 behold, I mould offend, 
 
 16 When 1 this thought to know, it was 
 
 too hard a thing for me : 
 
 17 Till to God's fancluary I went, 
 
 then I their end did fee. 
 
 18 AiTuredly thou didft them fet, 
 
 a flipp'ry place upon ; 
 Them fuddenly thou caftedft down 
 into deftru&ion. 
 
 19 How in a moment fuddenly 
 
 to ruin brought are they ! 
 With fearful terrors utterly 
 
 they are confum'd away. ' 
 
 20 Ev'n like unto a dream, when one 
 
 from flecping doth arife ; 
 So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'ft,. 
 their image fhah defpife, 
 
 2, 1 Thus grieved was my heart in me P 
 and me my reins oppreft ; 
 
 22 So rude was I and ignorant, 
 
 and in thy fight a bead. 
 
 23 Neverthclefs continually, 
 
 O Lord, 1 am with thee : 
 Thou doft me hold by my right-hand, 
 and ftill upholdeft me. 
 
166 PSALM LXX1V, 
 
 2\ Thou, with thy counfel, while 1 live,, 
 
 wilt me conduct and guide ; 
 And to thy glory afterward 
 
 receive me to abide. 
 
 25 Whom have 1 in the heavens hi^h, 
 
 but thee O Lord, alone ? 
 And in the earth whom I defire 
 befides thee, there is none. 
 
 26 My flefh and heart doth faint and fail, 
 
 but God doth fail me never : 
 For of my heart God is the ftrength, 
 and portion for ever. 
 
 27 For lo, they that are far from thee, 
 
 for ever perifh fhall ; 
 Them that a whoring from thee go, 
 thou haft deftroyed all. 
 
 28 But furely it is good for me, 
 
 that I draw near to God, 
 In God I truft, that all thy works 
 I may declare abroad. 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 Mafchil of Afaph. 
 
 This Pfalrn relates to the dejlrudion of the city and 
 temple of ferufalem by the Chaldeans , or to fame flmilar 
 difafter. In it : we have ( l ) Ihe church* s hitter com* 
 plaints of God* s difpleaf are ; of the outrage of their ene- 
 mies ,* and of the apparent hopelejfnefs cf their cafe, ver. 
 I, — 11. (z) Strong and heart encouraging pleadings 
 with God, upon the account of his relation to them, and 
 of the great things he had done for them ; — and that he 
 was at once their God and the God of nature ; — that 
 therefore he would remember to execute jujl -vengeance 
 upon his fworn enemies, and grant help and relief to his 
 
 covenant people * ver 12 — 23. f[ While I fing 
 
 this, let me admire the fovereignty and holinefs of God, in 
 fo fever ely correcling his own people. And let the broken 
 the deferted condition of the church, in this land, deeply 
 
PSALM LXXIV. 167 
 
 vjfeft my heart, and excite mine earned prayers for her 
 refioration^ 
 
 OGOD, why haft thou cad us off? 
 is it for evermore ? 
 Againft thy pafture-fheep why doth 
 thine anger (mote fo fore ? 
 
 2 O call thou to rememberance 
 
 thy congregation, 
 Which thou haft purchafed of old ; 
 itill think the fame upon. 
 
 The rod of thine inheritance, 
 
 which thou redeemed haft ; 
 This Sion hill, wherein thou hadft 
 
 thy dwelling in times paft. 
 
 3 To thefe long defolaticns 
 
 thy feet lift, do not tarry : 
 For all the ills thy foes have done 
 within thy fancluary. 
 
 4 Amidft thy congregations 
 
 thine enemies do roar : 
 
 Their enfigns they fet up for figMs 
 
 of triumph thee before. 
 
 5 A man was famous, and was had 
 
 in eftimation, 
 According as he lifted up 
 
 his axe thick trees upon. 
 
 6 But all at once with axes now^ 
 
 and hammers they go to, 
 And down the carved work thereof 
 they break, and quite undo% 
 
 7 They fired have thy fanttuary, 
 
 and have dehTd the fame, 
 Bycafting down unto the ground 
 
 the place where dwelt thy name. 
 
 8 Thus faid they in their hearts, Let us 
 
 deftroy them out of hand : 
 They burnt up all the iynagogues 
 of God within the land. 
 
i6S PSALM LXXIW 
 
 9 Our ilgns we do not now behold ; 
 
 there is not us among 
 A prophet more, nor any one 
 
 that knows the time how long. 
 
 10 How long, Lord, {hail she enemy 
 
 thus in rtpro^ch exclaim ? 
 And fliall the adveifaiy thus 
 
 always blafpheme thy name ? 
 si Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might, 
 
 why dolt thou thus draw back ? 
 
 from thy bofom pluck it out, 
 
 for our deliv'rance fake. 
 
 12 For certainly God is my king, 
 
 ev'n from the times of old, 
 Working in mid ft of ail the earth 
 
 falvation manifold. 
 j 3 The fea, by thy great pow'r to part 
 
 afunder thou didft make: 
 And thou the dragon's heads, O Lord, 
 
 within the waters brake. 
 
 14 The leviathan's heads thou brak'ft 
 
 in pieces, and didfl give 
 Him to be meat unto the folk 
 in wildernefs that live. 
 
 15 Thou clav'ft the fountain and the flood, 
 
 which did with ftreams abound : 
 Thou dry 'ft the mighty waters up, 
 unto the very ground. 
 
 16 Thine only is the day, O Lord, 
 
 thine alfo is the night : 
 And thcu alone prepared haft 
 the fun and fhining light. 
 
 1 y By thee the borders of the earth 
 
 were fettled ev'ry where : 
 The fummer and the winter both 
 by thee created were. 
 
 18 That th' enemy reproached hath, 
 O keep it in record ; 
 
"h. O [ orcL 
 
 10, Ur-io the mul : not 
 
 thy . 
 The congregation of li y poor, 
 
 do nos forget for evtr. 
 
 23 L T ntc thy eel: : 
 
 . earth's dark peaces be- 
 Full cf the habitations 
 of horrid cruel 
 
 21 O let net thofc that be ojppreJT'd, 
 
 return E^rin with fhairie : 
 Let thofe that poor and needy are 
 give praife un:o thy name. 
 
 22 Do thou, O Gcd, arife and p 
 
 the cade that is thine own ; 
 Remember how thou ftit jeproach'd 
 
 llili by the foolifh one. 
 
 23 Do not forget the voice of thole 
 
 that are thine enemies : 
 
 Cf thofe the tumult ever grows, 
 
 that do againfr. thee rife. 
 
 PSAL M LXXV. 
 To the chief Mufieian Al-tafchith, A Pfalm or Song 
 
 ofAfaph. 
 
 Here ( ' 1) David returns thanks to God, for advan- 
 cing him to the throne of Ifrael, and refolves to ail for 
 the public welfare* ver. I, — 3. 9, 10. (z) He rebukes 
 the infolence cf fuch as oppofed his advancement 9 which 
 fprungfrom thejovereign difpofal cf God, the judge of the 
 world; and dencunceth their dejlruclicn, ver. 4, — S. — 
 q\ While I fmg let me think of J ejus, whom God hath 
 crowned with glory and honour, and of the infinite daii- 
 ger efoppefing his government. And if he exalt me to the 
 fpiritual honours of his kingdom, let it be my care to glo- 
 rify him and to profit his people. 
 
 P 
 
P S A L M LX 
 
 f | 1 O thee, O Gcd, do we give thinks/ 
 
 JL we do give thanks to thee : 
 
 Decaufe thy v works declsip 
 
 thy great name near to be. 
 
 2 I purpofe, when I lhall receive 
 
 the congregation, 
 That I mall judgment uprightly 
 rendtr to cv'ry cne, 
 
 3 DiiTolvel is the land, with all 
 
 that in the fame do dwell ; 
 ButI the pillars thereof do 
 
 bear up ; >h well. 
 
 4 I to the fcoiiih people faid, 
 
 do not deal Fooiilnly ; 
 And unto tho'b that wicked are, 
 lift net your horn on high. 
 
 5 Lift not your hern en high nor fj 
 
 6 with itubbcrn reck. But know, 
 That not from call, nor well, nor ibu:h, 
 
 promotion doth flow, 
 j But Gcd is judge : he puts down one, 
 
 and lets another up. 
 3 For in the hand of God moil hi^h 
 ;d wine is a cup : 
 
 'Tis.flill of mixture, he pours forth, 
 
 and makes the wicked all 
 Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; 
 
 yea, and they drink thern lhall. 
 9 But I for ever will declare, 
 
 I Jacob's God willpraife. 
 io All horns of lewd men Til cut off; 
 
 but jufl men's horns will raife. 
 
 PSALM LXXVL 
 
 To the chief Mufician on Neginoth, A Pfalm or Soi:g 
 of Ajhph. 
 This Pfalm is near a-kin to the ifith, and was penned 
 cqfion of fo me remarkable -v id cry / but whether in 
 
P I M LXXVI. : i 
 
 *£* /jjj-j 0/ -::, or II 
 
 Chron. xiv. xx. xxxii. is uncertain. We havt 
 ( \) Encouraging congratulations of the church* s happinefs 
 in having God fo manifefted in her, and fo near unto 
 her ; and in having his pcvjer fo employed in her behalf 
 to the advancement cf his ovjn glory, and the dsftruclion 
 of her enemies, vtr. i, — 6. (z) Important inftrucJions 
 hovj fir improve this vis? cry, to the terror cf enemies, the 
 comfort of faints, and the excitement of all to votv to God, 
 and to obey and revere him, ver. 7, — 1 2. y While I 
 
 fng this, let my foul blefs the Lord, that my lot hath been, 
 alvjay cajl in a land of g^fpel light. Let ?ne *with thank- 
 ful heart, remember vuhat he hqth done for this church 
 and land y and give him the pr -ry deliverance. 
 
 Let me never fear the rage of men ; but in every danger 
 and doubt commit my way to God, that he may bring it 
 to fafs. 
 
 IN Judah's land God is well known, 
 his name's in lfra'1 great : 
 
 2 In Salem is his tabernacle, 
 
 in Sion is his feat 
 
 3 There arrows of the bow he brake, 
 
 the fhield, the fword, the war. 
 
 4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, 
 
 more excellent arc far. 
 
 5 Thefe thn were float of heart are fpoiTd, 
 
 they ilept their fleep outright : 
 
 And none of thofe their hands did rind, 
 
 that were the men of might, 
 
 6 When thy reouke, O Jacob's Gcd, 
 
 had forth againft them paii, 
 Their horfes and their chariots both 
 were in a dead fleep call. 
 
 7 Thoa, Lord, ev'n then art he tl 
 
 be fenrY:. 
 That may f 
 if 01 
 
 S Fj c i 
 
 the car:.: 
 
P S A L M LXXVU. 
 
 9 When God to judgment rofe, to fave 
 
 all meek on earth that were. 
 
 10 Surely the very wrath of man 
 
 unto thy praife redounds : 
 Thou to the remnant of his wrath 
 wilt fet retraining bounds* 
 
 1 1 Vow to the Lord your God, and pay; 
 
 all ye that near him be, 
 .Bring gifts and prefents unto him : 
 for to be fcar'd is he. 
 
 12 By him the fp'rits mall be cat off 
 * of thofe that princes are : 
 
 Unto the kings that are on earth 
 he fearful doth appear, 
 
 FSAL M LXXV1I. 
 
 To the chief Muucian to Jeduthun, A Pfalrn of dfapb. 
 
 This Pfahn relates to (\) A moft affliSltS cafe, in 
 which are remarkable, fervent, and incejfant prayers, 
 
 King refilcfnefs, heart-cr \ing meditations, 
 
 melancholy -fears, and almofi defperate out<cries cone 
 
 God, ver. i, — 9. The effectual cure of ibis mournful 
 cafe* I y /ericas meditation on and folemn acknowledgment 
 of the ponver, greatnefs, and grace i 
 and cfthe bolinefs and myftetiou bts pro'vidi 
 
 conduct, particularly in bringing Ifrcel cut of Egypt, and 
 
 'fng than through the •-• . id the promifed land, 
 
 V c r . I O, — 20. ff Wh He I ft rig , let m e far d in 
 
 anve of that God, who fo chafiifeih his f 'inis : 
 
 Let me fmpathize with men oj Ifpirits* Jf™y 
 
 is overwhelmed within me, let me call to 
 gracious character and great works of my G04 • 
 
 :h, cr for 
 
 Urd, I with my voice, 
 >God did cry, 
 Ev'n with my voice, and unto me 
 his car he did apply. 
 
PSALM LXXVII, HI 
 
 2 I in my trouble fought the Lord, 
 
 my fere by night aid rim, 
 And ceafed not : my grieved 
 did confolation ihun. 
 
 3 I to remembrance God did call, 
 
 yet trouble did remain : 
 And cverwhelm'd my fpii i: was, 
 whilfl I did fo in. 
 
 4 Mine eyes, debarr'dfi 
 
 thou makeft fliil to » 
 
 My trouble is fa great, that i 
 
 unable am to freak. 
 
 * 
 
 e days of old to mind I ca [1 
 and oft did think upon 
 The times and ages that are pal* 
 full many years agpne, 
 
 6 By mght ray iong I call to mind, 
 
 and commune with my I 
 My fp r rit did carefully enquire 
 how I might cafe my fmart; 
 
 7 For ever will the Lord cafi c 
 
 and gracious be no more? 
 
 8 For ever is his mercy gone ? 
 
 fails his word evermore f 
 
 9 Is't true, that to be gracious 
 
 the Lord forgotten hath ? 
 And that his tender mercies he 
 hath fliut up in his wrath ? 
 
 io Then did I fay that furely this 
 
 is mine infirmity : 
 I'll mind the years of the right hand 
 
 of him that is moll high. 
 1 1 Yea, I remember will the works 
 
 performed by the Lord : 
 The wonders done of old by thee, 
 
 I furely will record. 
 
 ?2 
 
- PSALM L: 
 
 12 . 
 
 n make, 
 s to difcourfe 
 gr^: 5 I will take, 
 
 i 3 O Go J, thy way in oil hoi/ is 
 wit! -y : 
 
 b fo great in pow'r 
 as is c ghi 
 
 i .«. r ; k3 that workers 
 
 By thy right hand moft ftronj 
 
 r thou haft decked 
 
 the n uions among. 
 15 To thine owft*peop!e, with thine ai 
 thou didft rede mii on bring ; 
 
 To JacobYfons, and to the tribe 3 
 of jofeph that d6 fpring, 
 
 s, Lord, perceived thee, 
 the waters faw thee well : 
 y for fear a fide did i:. 
 the de p?h en trembling fell ; 
 The clou is in water forth were poui 
 found loudly did the fity: 
 A*nd fwiflly through the world abroad, 
 thine arrows fierce did fly. 
 
 18 Thy thunders voice alongft the heav'n 
 
 a mighty noife did make : 
 By light' nings light 'ned was the world. 
 
 th' earth tremble did and (hake. 
 3 9 Thy way is in the fea, and in 
 
 the waw th j 
 
 Yet are thy footiieps hid, O Lord, 
 
 none knowledge thereof I 
 
 20 Thy people thou dieffl fafely I 
 
 Kkei 
 By ? 
 
 didft 
 
P S A L M LXXVIII. if4 
 
 M\{&il of Jfaph. 
 
 h Pfalm is a brief but inftru&i<ue hijlory of the 
 tranj actions between Ifrael and their G:d, for about four 
 hundred and eighty years, from Mofes to David. Here 
 is, (i)The introduction containing a folemn call to an 
 attentive confederation cf God's words and works, in or- 
 der to a faithful tranfmnling cf the knowledge thereof, 
 to pcjlerity, that they might Jet their hope in God, and 
 refrm frc?n their father's vsichednefs, ver. I, — 8. (z) 
 The hijlory it f elf in which are exhibited ( I ) God's fa- 
 vours to Ifrael before their fetilement in Canaan, in 
 plaguing the Egyptians ; in dividing the Red-fea ; in 
 givin? them water from the rock, and manna, from hea- 
 ven ; in bringing them into Cat.aan, notwithstanding of 
 
 unnumbered provocations, particularly their forget- 
 fulnefs of his mighty works, their ing. - atiude for his fa- 
 vours , their mur?n:iring againfl his trying difpenfations, 
 
 eagemefs to futiate their litfls with his benefts, • 
 their impenitent obduracy, or hypocritical repentance un* 
 der his rebukes, ver. g, — 55, (z) Their ingratitude, 
 
 r ery and idolatry, after their entrance into Canaan / 
 with God's righteous refenimcnt thereof, in removing his 
 tabernacle from Sh'loh, and in delivering up his ark, 
 and people into the hand of the Philijiir.es, ver. $6, — 64. 
 ( 1) Gca's merciful return to them, in obliging the Philif- 
 tines by the plague cf emrods, to reftore his ark j and in 
 at length, providing an habitation for it at Jerufalem $ 
 and in raifing up and qualifying David, a defendant of 
 Judah, to govern them in a manner both honourable and 
 happy, ver. 65, — 72. Thefe things are more largely re- 
 corded in the books of Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 
 y^jhi^L. fudges, if and id Samuel, and part of \ft 
 
 Kings- ^ While I Jing them, let me with grief 
 
 and jh ante remember my own, ar.d my father' } s tranfgrefji- 
 cns agaihfi the Lord. Let me adcre the infinite patience, 
 power, and mercy, holinefs and equity of God. Let me 
 blefs bis holy name, for the multitude of his undeferved 
 favours towards n:e, and towards the church, And 
 though he caufe grief, let vie hope, that it; due time It 
 will have companion , 
 
I; 6 P S A L Ivl LXXVIII. 
 
 ATTEND, my people to my law, 
 thereto give thou an ear : 
 The words that from my mouth proceed, 
 attentively do hear. 
 
 2 My mouth fhall fpe ak a parable, 
 
 and fay in gs dark of old ; 
 
 3 The fame which we have heard and known , 
 
 and us our fathers toJd. 
 
 4 We alfo will them not conceal 
 
 from their pofterity : 
 Them to the generation 
 
 to come declare will we : 
 The praifes of the Lord our God, 
 
 and his almighty ftrength, 
 The wond'rous works that he hath done, 
 
 we will mew forth at length. 
 
 5 His tefiimony and his law 
 
 in ifra'l he did place, 
 And charg'd our fathers it to mow 
 to their fucceeding race. 
 
 6 That fo the race which was to come, 
 
 might well them learn and know; 
 And ions unborn who mould arife 
 might to their fons them mow. 
 
 7 That they might fet their hope in God, 
 
 arid fufFer not to fall 
 His mighty works out of their mind, 
 but keep his precepts all ; 
 
 8 And might not like their fathers be 
 fc a flifF rebellious race, 
 
 A race not right in heart, with God ^ 
 whofe fp'rit not ftedfaitwas. 
 
 9 The fons of Ephraim, who nor bows, 
 
 nor other arms did lack, 
 When as the day of battle was, 
 
 they faintly turned back, 
 io They brake God's cov'nantand refus'd 
 
 in his commands to go. 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 17 
 
 1 1 His works and wonders they forgot, 
 
 which he to them did mow. 
 
 12 Things marvellous he brought to pafsj 
 
 their fathers them beheld 
 Within the land of Egypt done, 
 yea ev'n in Zoan's field. 
 
 1 3 By him divided was the fea, 
 
 he caus'd them through to pafs ; 
 And mide the waters fo to ftand ; 
 as like an heap it was. 
 
 14 With cloud by day, with light of fire 
 
 all night he did them guide. 
 
 1 5 In defert, rocks he clave, and drink 
 
 as from great depths fupply'd. 
 
 16 He from the rock brought ilreams like floods 
 
 made waters to run down. 
 
 17 Yet finning more, in defert they 
 
 provok'd the highefl One. 
 
 18 For in their heart they tempted God 
 
 and fpeaking with iniftruft, 
 They greedily did meat require 
 to fatisfy their lull. 
 
 19 Againft the Lord himfelf they fpake, 
 
 and murmuring, faid thus, 
 A table in the wilcernefs 
 
 can God prepare for us ? 
 
 20 Behold, he fmote the rock, and thence 
 
 came fire am s and waters great ; 
 But can he give his people bread ? 
 
 and fend them fiefh to eat ? 
 ^jt^JThe Lord did hear and waxed wroth., 
 
 ^Ho kindled was a flame 
 'Gainft J*cob, and 'gainft Ifrael 
 up indignation came. 
 
 22 For they believ'd not God, nor truft 
 
 in his falvation had. 
 2} Though clouds above he did commands 
 
 and heav'ns doors open made 5 
 
i?8 . P S A L M LXXVII 
 
 24 And minna rainM on them and gave 
 
 them corn of heav'n to eat. 
 
 25 Man angers food did cat to them 
 
 he to the full fent meat. 
 
 26 And in the heaven he did caufc 
 
 an eaftern wind to blow ; 
 And by his power he let out 
 the fouthern wind to go. 
 
 27 Then flefh as thick as duft he made 
 
 to rain down them ationg ; 
 
 Asd feather'd fowls, like as the fand 
 
 which ly'th the fhore along. 
 
 28 At his command, amidft their camp 
 
 thefefhov'rs of flefn down fell, 
 All round about the tabernacles, 
 
 and tents where they did dwell. 
 
 29 So did they eat abundantly, 
 
 and had of meat their fill ; 
 
 For he did give to them what was 
 
 their own defire and will. 
 
 30 They from their lufl had not cflrangM 
 
 their heart and their defire ; 
 But while the meat was in their mouths, 
 which they did fo require, 
 
 31 God's wrath upon them came, and flew 
 
 the fattefl of thern all ; 
 So that the choice of Ifrael, 
 
 o'erthrown by death did fall. 
 
 32 Yet notwithftanding of all this, 
 
 they finned ftill the more ; 
 And though he had great wonders wrought, 
 believ'd him not therefore, 
 
 33 Wherefore their cays in vanity 
 
 he did con funic ar. I 
 And by his wrath their w ars 
 
 away in trouble paft. 
 
 B 
 
 to feck him (h 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 179 
 
 Yea, they returnM, and after God 
 right early did enquire. 
 
 35 And that the Lord had been their rock 
 
 they did remember then ; 
 Ev'n that the high almighty God 
 had their redeemer been. 
 
 36 Yet with their mouth they fiatterd him, 
 
 and fpake but feignedly ; 
 And they unto the God of truth 
 with their folic tongues cid lie. 
 
 37 For tho* their words were good their heart 
 
 with him was not fincere ; 
 Unftedfait and perfidious 
 
 they in his cov'nant were. 
 
 3 8 But full of pity he forgave 
 
 their fin them did not flay : 
 Nor ftirr'd up all his wrath, but of* 
 
 his anger turn'd away. 
 
 39 For that they were but fading fiefh 
 
 to mind he did recal, 
 A wind that pafieth foon away, 
 and not returns at all. 
 
 40 How often did they him provoke 
 
 within the wildernefs ; 
 And in the defert did him grieve 
 with their rebellioufnefs ? 
 
 41 Yea, turning back, they tempted God, 
 
 and limits fet upon 
 Him, who in midfl of Ifra'l is 
 the only holy One. 
 
 42 TJiey did not call to mind his pow'r, 
 
 nor yet the day when he 
 Deliver'd them out of the hand 
 of their fierce enemy. 
 
 43 Nor how*great figns in Egypt land 
 
 he openly had wrought, 
 What mirac$es in Zoan's field 
 his hand to pafs had brought. 
 
I So PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 44 How lakes and rivers everywhere 
 
 he turned into blood ; 
 So tha: no man nor bead could drink 
 
 of flai e or flood. 
 
 45» He brought among them fwarms of flies, 
 
 which dii <;y ; 
 
 And divers kinds of filthy frogs 
 
 he fent them to deftroy. 
 
 46 He to the caterpillar gave 
 
 the fruits of all their foil ; 
 Their labours he deliv 'red up 
 
 unto thf locuil's fr 
 4? Their vines with hail, their fycamores 
 
 he with the froft did blaft. 
 
 48 Their beafts to hail he gave, their flocks 
 
 hot thunder-bolts did wade. 
 
 49 Fierce burning wrath re en themcaiT, 
 
 and indignation ftrong, 
 And troubles fore by fending forth 
 ill angels them among. 
 
 50 He to Ills wrath made way, their foul 
 
 from death he did not fave ; 
 But over to the peftilence 
 
 the lives of them he gave. 
 
 51 In Egypt-land the firft-bornaH 
 
 he fmote down ev'ry where ; 
 Among the tents of Ham ev'n thefe 
 chief of their ftrength that were, 
 
 52 But his own people like to ihecp, 
 
 thence to go forth he made ; 
 And he am id it the wilcernefs 
 them as a flock did lead. 
 
 ^3 And he them fafely on did lead, 
 
 fo that they did net fear : 
 Whereas their enemies by the fea v 
 
 quite overwhelmed were. 
 54. To borders of his fanctuary 
 
 the Lord his people led, 
 
PSALM LXXV11I. i£i 
 
 Ev'n to the mount which his right hand 
 for them had purchafed. 
 
 55 The nations of Canaan, 
 
 by his Almighty hand, 
 Before their face he did expel 
 
 out of their native land ; 
 Which for inheritance to them, 
 
 by line hs did divide, 
 And made the tribes of Ifrael 
 
 within their tents abide. 
 
 56 Yet God moil high they did provoke, 
 
 and tempted ever fliil : 
 And to obferve his teftimonics 
 did not incline their will. 
 
 57 But like their fathers turned back, 
 
 and dealt unfaithfully : 
 Afide they turned, like a bow 
 that fhoots deceitfully. 
 
 5 8 For they to anger did provoke 
 
 him with their places high; 
 And with their graven images 
 
 mov'd him to jealoufy. 
 5 9 When God heard this he waxed wroth. 
 
 and much loath'd Jfra'l then: 
 
 60 So Shiloh's tent he left, the tent 
 
 which he had placed with men : 
 
 6 1 And he his flrength delivered 
 
 into captivity : 
 He left his glory in the liand 
 of his proud enemy. 
 
 62 Kis people alfo he gave o'er 
 
 unto the fword's fierce rage : 
 So fore his wrath inflamed was 
 againft his heritage. 
 
 63 The fire confum'd their choice young men, 
 
 their maids no marriage had ; 
 
i82 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 64 And when their priefts fell by the ("word, 
 
 their wives no mourning made. 
 
 65 But then the Lord arofe as one 
 
 that doth from lleep awake ; 
 And like a giant that by wine 
 
 refrefh'd, a ihout doth make. 
 
 66 Upon his en'mies hinder parts 
 
 he made his itroke to fall ; 
 And fo upon them he did put 
 
 a (ham* perpetual, 
 6 j Moreover he the tabernacle 
 
 of Jofeph did refufe ; 
 The mighty tribe of Ephraim 
 
 he would in no wife chufe. 
 
 63 But he did chufe Jehudah's tribe 
 
 to be the reft above ; 
 And of mount Zion he made choice, 
 
 which he fo much did love. 
 
 69 And he his fancluary built 
 
 like to a palace high, 
 Like to the earth which he did found 
 to perpetuity. 
 
 70 Of David, that his fervant was, 
 
 he alfo choice did make, 
 And even from the folds of Iheep 
 was pleafed him to take : 
 
 71 From waiting on the ews with young, 
 
 he brought him forth to feed 
 lfrael his inheritance, 
 
 his people, Jacob's feed. 
 
 72 So after the integrity 
 
 he of his heart them fed ; 
 And by the good (kill of his hands 
 them wifely governed. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. 
 A Pfalm of Afaph. 
 This Pfalm relates to the baveck made of the Jcwfk 
 
PSALM LXXrX. 183 
 
 capital and nation, by the Chaldeans and Syrogreeians, 
 as typical of the afflictions of the gofpel-church. Obferve 
 (\) How deplorable the condition of thefe people of God 
 •was when their enemies raged againft their dwellings^ 
 perfons and characters ; and their God himfelf long conti- 
 nued the tokens of his juft dijpleafure, ver. 1 — 5* (z ) 
 Their humble, but fervent fupplications, for the juft 
 funijhment of their heathen enemies ; and for divine pity , 
 pardon, and help to themfelves, ver, 6 — 12. (^) The 
 pleas wherewith they enforce their requffts, vix.. God's 
 relation to them, as their God and Shepherd ; and the 
 tendency of what they afked to promote the declarative glo- 
 ry °f h™ name, ver. 1, 6, 9, 10 13 *[ While I 
 
 fing, let my foul have a deep fympathy vjitb the afflicled 
 ?nembers of Chrift : Let me blefs his holy name, that I am 
 not in ffnilar circwnftances. Let me lay before the Lord 
 thefpiritual injuries which Satan and my lujls have done 
 to my foul, and to the church of God ; and let me cry bit- 
 terly for his merciful rifing up to dejiroy them, and to 
 Jhew me hisfalvation. 
 
 OGOD, the heathen ent'red have 
 thine heritage ; by them 
 Denied is thy houfe : on heaps 
 they laid Jerufalem. 
 
 2 The bodies of thy fervants they 
 
 have cart forth to be meat 
 To rav'nous fowls thy dear faint's flefh 
 they gave to beafts to eat, 
 
 3 Their blood about Jerufalem 
 
 lik« water they have fhed : 
 And there was none to bury them 
 when they were (lain and dead. 
 
 4 Unto our neighbours a reproach 
 
 mo ft bafe become are we : 
 A fcorn and laughing- ftock to them 
 that round about us be. 
 
 5 How long, Lord, Hull thine anger 
 
 wilt thou iiiil keep the fame t 
 
184 PSALM LXXX* 
 
 And (hall thy fervent jealoufy 
 burn like unto a flame ? 
 
 6 On heathen pour thy fury forth, 
 
 that have thee never known, 
 And on thofe kingdoms which thy name 
 have never caird upon. 
 
 7 For thefe are they who Jacob have 
 
 devoured cruelly ; 
 And they his habitation 
 
 have caufed wafte to lie. 
 S Againfl us mind not former fins % 
 
 thy tender mercies fhow : 
 Let them pre\ent us fpeedily 
 
 for we're brought very low. 
 
 9 For thy name's glory help us, Lord, 
 
 who haft our Saviour been ; 
 Deliver us for thy name's fake 
 
 O purge away our fin. 
 io Why fay the heathen, Where's their God ? 
 
 let him to them be known, 
 When tho r e who fned thy fervant's blood 
 
 are in our fight o'erthro vn. 
 
 i i O let the pris'ners fighs afcend 
 
 before thy fight on high : 
 Prcferve thofe in thy mighty pow'r, 
 
 that are dellgn'd to die. 
 
 12 And to our neighbours' bofom caufe 
 
 it fev'nf old rend 'red be, 
 Ev'ii the reproach wherewith they have, 
 O Lord reproached thee. 
 
 13 So we thy folk, and pafture fheep, 
 
 fhall give thee thanks always : 
 And unto generations all 
 
 we will fhew forth thy praifc. 
 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon Shtjbannim EJutb, A Pfcfo 
 ef A; 
 
PSALM LXXX. 18; 
 
 This Pfalm relates to tie dijlreffed condition of the 
 Hebrew church and nation , perhaps during the Syrian , 
 Afyrian, or Chaldean invafions, 2 Kings xii. xiii. xv. 
 xvii. xviii. xix. xxiv.xxv. Hers are ( ij Earneft fup- 
 plications for God's fbecial prefence and 'favour, ver. 1 — 
 3. 7. 19. (1) Msumful complaints of the lofting ap- 
 pearances of God's angers of the overflowings of their 
 grief; of abufe and derifion by their neighbours ; aid of 
 the unhinging of their conftitution, which God himfelf 
 had fixed, vjhen he brought them out of Egypt, ver. 4 — 
 *3- ( l ) Further fupplicat ions, that God would confider 
 and pity his vine yard, their church and nation; ajfijl 
 their king, his vine dreffer ; and convert them to, and' 
 
 quicken them in his fervice, ver. 14 — 19. qj IVhile I 
 
 Jing let me be ajfecled with the diflrefjes of God's church. 
 Let me pant for thefulleft manifejiaiions of his glery, and 
 the blejjlngs of his prefence. Let me infift, that his fpirit 
 may glorify J ejus Chrijl iht great man cf his right hand, 
 in taking what is his, and jhe-wing it unto me. 
 
 'EAR, Ifra'ls iiiepherd, like a flock ' 
 thou that do (I Jofeph guide ; 
 Shine forth, O thou that doit between 
 the cherubims abide. 
 
 2 In Ephraim's and Benjamin's, 
 and in ManaiTeh's fight, 
 
 O come for our falvaticn, 
 
 flir up thy ftrength and might. 
 
 3 Turn us again, O Lord our God, 
 and upon us vouchfafe 
 
 To make thy countenance to fliine 
 and fo we (hall be fafe. 
 
 4 O Lord of hofts, Almighty God, 
 how long ihall kindled be 
 
 Thy wrath againft the prayer made 
 by thine own folk to thee ? 
 
 5 Thou tears of forrow giv'il to taeu, 
 inilead of bread to eat ; 
 
186 PSALM LXXX, 
 
 Yea, tears ihftead of drink thougiv'ft 
 to them in meallii e great. 
 
 6 Thcu makeft us a ilrifc unto 
 
 our neighbour's round about : 
 Our enemies among themfelves 
 at us do laugh and flout, 
 
 7 Turn us again O God of hells, 
 
 and upon us vouchfafe 
 To make thy countenance to mine, 
 and fo we mall be fafe. 
 
 8 A vine from Egypt brought thou haft, 
 
 by thine out-ftretched hand : 
 And thou the heathen out didft caft, 
 and plant it in their land, 
 
 9 Before it thou a room didit make, 
 
 where it might grow and fland ; 
 Thou caufedfl it deep root to take, 
 and it did fill the land. 
 
 10 The mountains vaiPd were with its fliade, 
 
 as with a covering ; 
 Like goodly cedars were the boughs 
 which cut from it did fpring. 
 
 1 1 Upon the one hand to the fea 
 
 her boughs lhe did out fend % 
 On th' other fide unto the flood 
 her branches did extend. 
 
 12 Why haft thou then thus broken dowr, 
 
 and ta'en her hedge away, 
 So that all paffengers do pluck, 
 and make of her a piey ? 
 
 j 3 The boar who from the foreft comes. 
 
 doth walle it at his pleafure ; 
 The wild heail of the field alfo 
 
 devours it out of meafure. 
 14. O God of hofts we thee befeech, 
 
 return thou unto thine : 
 Look down from heav'n in love behold 
 
 and yifij this thy vine y 
 
PSALM LXXXI. i5 7 
 
 15 This vineyard which thine own right-hand 
 
 hath planted us among. 
 And that fame branch, which for thyfelf 
 thou haft made to be ftrong. 
 
 16 Burnt up it is with flaming fire, 
 
 it alfo is cut down : 
 They utterly are perifhed 
 
 when as thy face doth frown, 
 
 17 O let thy hand be dill upon 
 
 the man of thy right-hand, 
 The Son cf man, whom for thyfelf 
 thou madefl ftrong to ftand. 
 
 1 8 So henceforth we will not go back, 
 
 nor turn from thee at all : 
 
 O do thou quicken us and we 
 
 upon thy name will call. 
 
 19 Turn us again, Lord God of hofts, 
 
 and upon us vouchfafe 
 To make thy countenance to mine, 
 and fo we (hall be fafe. 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Gittitk> A Pfalmof Afapb* 
 
 This Pfalm was probably compofed for the feafl of 
 Trumpets, on the firft day of the jth month, Lev. xxiiL 
 24. Here are (\) Solemn exhortations to praife God, 
 for what he is to his people ; and for what he hath done 
 for them, ver. 1 — 7. (2) htfiruclions concerning God's 
 new covenant grant of himfelf, and his benefits to men / 
 and their ungrateful refufal thereof ; and the mifery they 
 
 incur, and bappinefs they lofe thereby, ver. 8 — (6.— 
 
 ^ While Ifeng, let my foul confider, what God is to, bath 
 done for, and given to me K — to me/ and let all my in- 
 ward powers Jledfajlly believe his declarations, and ea- 
 gerly embrace his offers. Let my heart be filled with 
 grief that ever I refufed to hear my own gracitus God 
 fpeaking from heaven and offering to me, all tb$ nnjearck* 
 able riches of Qhrifi % 
 
PSALM LXXXr 
 
 SING loud to God our ftrength : with joy 
 to Jacob's God do fing. 
 
 2 Take up a pfalm the pleafant harp, 
 
 timbrel and pfalt'ry bring. 
 
 3 Blow trumpets at new moon what day 
 
 our feaft appointed is. 
 
 4 For charge to ifra'l and a law 
 
 of Jacob's God was this. 
 
 5 To Jofeph this a teftimony 
 
 he made when Egypt land 
 He travell'd through, where fpecch I heard 
 I did not underftand. 
 
 6 His (houlder I from burdens tool: 
 
 his hands from pots did free. 
 
 7 Thou didft in trouble on me call, 
 
 and I deliv'red thee ; 
 
 In fecret place of thundering 
 
 I did thee anAver make ; 
 And at the ftreams cf Men bah 
 
 of thee a proof did take. 
 
 8 O thou my people give an ear, 
 
 I'll teftify to thee : 
 To thee O Ifra'l, if thou wilt 
 but hearken unto me. 
 
 9 In mid ft of thee there mall not be 
 
 any ftrange god at all : 
 Nor unto any god unknown 
 
 thou bowing down (hale fall. 
 
 10 I am the Lord thy God, which did 
 
 from Egypt land thee guide : 
 I'll fill thy mouth abundantly, 
 do thou it open w r ide. 
 
 1 1 But yet my people to my voice 
 
 would not attentive be ; 
 And ev'n my chofen Ifrael 
 
 he would have none of me. 
 %% So to the luft of their own heartt 
 
 I them, delivered ; 
 
PSALM LXXXII. i*$ 
 
 And then in counfels of their own 
 they vainly wandered. 
 
 13 O that my people had me heard, 
 
 Ifrael my ways had chofe ! 
 
 14 I had their enemies foon fubdu'd 
 
 my hand turn'd on their foes. 
 
 1 5 The haters of the Lord to him 
 
 fubmiflion mould have feign'd : 
 But as for them, their time mould have 
 for evermore remain'd. 
 
 16 He mould have alfo fed them with 
 
 the fined of the wheat : 
 Of honey from the rock, thy fill 
 I ihould have made thee eat, 
 
 PSALM LXXXIL 
 
 A Pfalm of Afapb. 
 Ibis Pfalm was probably penned for tbe direction and 
 warning of tbe Jevjijb courts of judicature. It repre* 
 fents (\) Tbe dignity rf Magiftrates, and tbeir depend* 
 ence on God as their fovereign Governor and fudge, ver. 
 1, 6. (2) Tbeir duty, ver. 3,4. ( ^) Ibeir too frequent 
 degeneracy and mifcbie c voufnefs , and the juft punijhment 
 thereof , ver. 2. 5.7. ( \) The faints requeft for the ef- 
 tablifbment of God's kingdom in the vuorld, ver. 8.- 
 qy While I (ing let me Jiani in avue of jehovah's au~ 
 thority andprefence. Let me remember I muft be anfvuer- 
 able to him for all my conducl. Let me be affecled voitb 
 my meannefs and corruption, Let me revere Magiftrates 
 fis the deputies of God on earth. And in every ft at ion in 
 •which God plac'eth me let my care be, in all things to live 
 honeftly, and to cry mightily that the kingdoms of this 
 vjorld may quickly be made the kingdoms of my Lord and 
 •f his Chrift. 
 
 IN gods' afiembly God doth ftand : 
 he judgeth god's among. 
 2 How long, accepting perfcns vils, 
 will ye give judgment wrong r 
 
7 9 o PSALM LXXXIIL 
 
 3 Defend the poor snd fatherlefs : 
 
 to poor opprefs'd do right. 
 
 4 The poor and needy ones let free : 
 
 rid them from ill men's might. 
 
 5 They know not, nor will underftand ; 
 
 in darknefs they walk on, 
 All the foundations of the earth 
 out of their courfe are gone, 
 
 6 I faid that you are gods and are 
 
 fons of the higheft all : 
 
 7 But ye mail die like men, and as 
 
 one of the princes fall. 
 
 $ O God do thou raife up thyfelf, 
 
 the earth to judgment call : 
 For thou, as thine inheritance, 
 
 ihalt take the nations all. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 A Song or Pfalm of Afaph. 
 This Pfalm relates to fome combination cf the heathens 
 around, againjt the Hebrews, either in the days of Da- 
 vid, 2 Sam, viii, or x, orofjebojhaphat, z Chron. xx. 
 And contains ( \) A folemn remonfirance to God concern- 
 ing their malicious defigns againft his church and honour , 
 ver. i — 8, (2) Fervent fupplications to God that he 
 would defeat thefe attempts ; protedi and preferue his 
 church ; humble his enemies, and glorify himfelf in the 
 
 world, ver. 9 — 18 ^f While I fing let me be af- 
 
 fecled with the inward combinations of my own lufts with 
 Satan and the world, and with the joint endeavours of 
 open enemies and naughty profeftbrs againjl the church and 
 inter efts of Chrift g and commit the caufe to God, wbc 
 judgeth righteoufty. 
 
 KEEP not, O God, we thee intreat, 
 O keep not filence now : 
 Do thou not hold thy peace, O God, 
 and flill no more be thou. 
 
PSALM LXXXIII. 191 
 
 2 For lo, thine enemies a noife, 
 
 tumultuoufly have made : 
 And they chat haters are of thee, 
 have lifted up the head, 
 
 3 Againft thy chofen people they 
 
 do crafty counfel take, 
 
 And they againft thy hidden ones 
 
 do con ful tation make. 
 
 4 Come let us cut them off, faid they 
 
 from being a nation ; 
 
 That of the name of Ifrael may 
 
 no more be mention. 
 
 5 For with joint heart they plot, in league 
 
 againft thee they combine. 
 
 6 The tents of Edom, Ifhma'lites, 
 
 Moabs' and Hagars' line, 
 
 7 Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, 
 
 Philiftines, thofe of Tyre ; 
 
 8 And Aflur join'd with them ; to help 
 
 Lot's children they confpire. 
 
 9 Do to them as to Midian, 
 
 Jabin at Kifon ftrand ; 
 
 10 And Sis'ra, which at Endor fell', 
 
 as dung to fat the land. 
 
 1 1 Like Oreb, and like Zeeb make 
 
 their noble men to fall : 
 Like Zeba and Zalmunna-like, 
 make thou their princes all : 
 
 12 Who faid, For our poflefiion 
 
 let us God's houfes take. 
 
 13 My God, them like a wheel, as chaff 
 
 before the wind them make. 
 54 As fire confumes the wood, as flame 
 doth mountains fet on fire : 
 
 15 Chafe and affright them with the ftorm 
 
 and tempeft of thine ire. 
 
 16 Their faces fill with fhame, O Lord, 
 
 that they may feek thy name. 
 
lyz PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 if Let them confounded be, and vex'd, 
 
 and perilh in their fhame : 
 1 8 That men may know, that thou to whom 
 
 alone doth appertain 
 The name jhhovah, doft mod high 
 
 o'er all the earth remain. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 To the chief Mufician upon Gittith, A Pfalm for the 
 fons of Korah. 
 
 This Pfalm is much a-kin to Pfalm 2Jtb, \ld, 43^» 
 +nd 63 d, and might be compofed on the fame occafion with 
 the former , when David e was banijhed from Jerufalem 
 by Ahfalom his fon, 2 Sam. xv. xvi. We have here ( \) 
 David's ardent affe&ion towards the public ordinances 
 of God, and fenfe of their happinefs who enjoyed them, 
 ver. 1 — 7. 10. (z) His heart-burning defere to the God 
 cf ordinances i ver. 8, 9. ($) His affured faith of Gods 
 kindnefs j and perfuafion of the happinefs of fuch as truft 
 in him, ver. 1 1, 12. q[ So let my heart cry out for 
 
 God, the living God. So let me covet earneflly intimate 
 fellowfbip with him in his ordinances. So let me praift 
 his name, and hold on in his way, till I arrive at the 
 Zi on above — So let God be my friend, my pro tec! or, my 
 fupplier, my (lore, and the everlafing rock of my reft. 
 
 HOW lovely is thy dwelling place, 
 O Lord of hofts, to me ! 
 The tabernacles of thy grace ; 
 how pleafant, Lord they be ! 
 
 2 My thirfty foul longs veh'mently, 
 
 yea, faints thy courts to fee : 
 My very heart and flefh cry out, 
 O living God, for thee. 
 
 3 Behold the fparrow findeth out, 
 
 an houfe wherein to reft ; 
 The fwallow alfo for herfelf 
 hath purchafed a neft, 
 
PSALM LXXXIV. if} 
 
 Ev'n thine own altars*, where fee fafe 
 her young ones forth may bring ; 
 
 O thou Almigh:y, Lord of hois, 
 who art my God and King. 
 
 4 Blefs'd are they in thy houfe that dwell, 
 
 they ever give thee praiie. 
 
 5 Blefs'd is the man whole ftrength thou art, 
 
 in whofe heart are thy ways. 
 
 6 Who, pailing thorough Baca's vale, 
 
 therein do dig up wtlls ; 
 Alfo the rain that faileth down 
 the pools with water fills. 
 
 7 So they fron flrength unweary'd ge 
 
 flill forward unto flrength, 
 Until in Sion they appear, 
 
 before the Lord at length. 
 t Lord God of hofts, my prayer hear: 
 
 O Jacob's God, give ear, 
 9 See, God our (hield, look on the face 
 
 of thine anointed dear. 
 
 * To me, it is inconceivable, bow fparrows or fwkl~ 
 lows could fix their .nejls in the altars cf God, which 
 nvere of brafs or rough ft ones, and had a fire perpetually 
 burning upon them, and multitudes of priefts and Le-vites 
 trouding around them. God did not allow cf any trees to 
 he planted near to them* I cannot believe God's taberna- 
 cle or temple was polluted with the nefts and ordure of 
 birds, in the manner of our ruinous churches. Nor, can 
 I fee this idea anfwerable to the context, or fcope cf the 
 Pfalm : Might not the werfe be rather travflated, (i As 
 ** the fp arrow findeth the houfe, and the fw allow the 
 *' ne ft f or herfelf, where Jhe hath put her young ones, my 
 *' foul findeth thine altars, O Lord cf hofts, my King 
 ** and my God :" — i. e. with inexprejjible ardvr I long 
 Jor, and defer e them ; and with ineffable pleafure I ap- 
 proach them, in order to intimate fcllowfnip with my 
 God. Compare ver. I, 2, io. cf this Pfalm +„.tk 
 Pfams xlii, i, 2. — xliii. 3, 4. *o 
 
 R 
 
1^4- PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 10 For in thy courts one day excels 
 
 a thoufand : rather in 
 My God's houfe will I keep a door, 
 
 than dwell in tents of fin. 
 ! i For God the Lord's a fun and fliield : 
 
 he'll grace and glory give : 
 And will with- hold no good from ihem 
 
 that uprightly do live. 
 
 12 O thou that art the Lord ofhofts, 
 
 the man is truly bleft, 
 Who by allured confidence 
 
 on thee alone doth reft, 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 To the chief Mujician, A Pfalm for the Sons of Korah. 
 
 This Pfalm relates to fame remarkable deliverance of 
 the fevjijh nation ; but vohetker that effecled by the ad- 
 vancement of David, to the throne, or that from the Af- 
 fyrian invafion, 2 Kings xix ; or from the Chaldean 
 captivity, Ezrai. is uncertain. It contains ( \) 7 hank* 
 ful acknowledgments of divine favours received, ver. i — 
 3. (2) Supplications that further favours and deliver* 
 ances may be fpeedily bejlovued, ver. 4 — 7, (*$) Firm 
 expectations of a gracious anfuoer, in the coming mediati- 
 on, and blejfings of the MeJJtah, ver. 8, — 13 ■ 
 qj While 1 ftng, let my foul be ajfeclcd vjith the mercies , 
 vuhich I, vchich Britain, ivhich the Church of God, 
 have enjoyed^ Let me be thereby encouraged to plead for 
 More. And, let me, vuithout doubting, credit the prs~ 
 /nifes, and expecl fupply from the fulnefs of Chrift. 
 
 LORD, thou haft been favourable 
 to thy beloved land : 
 Jacob's captivity thou haft 
 
 recall'd with mighty hand. 
 2 Thou pardoned thy people haft 
 
 all their iniquities ; 
 Thou all their trefpaffes and fins 
 haft cover'd from thine eyes. 
 
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PSALM LXXXV. 195 
 
 3 Thou took'itoff all thine ire, ai-d turnd'ft 
 
 from thy wrath's furioufneft. 
 
 4 Turn us, God of our health; andcaufo 
 
 thy wrath 'gainit us toceafe. 
 
 5 Shall thy dLpleafure thus endure, 
 
 againft us without end ? 
 Wilt thou to generations all 
 thine anger forth extend ? 
 
 6 That in thee may thy people joy, 
 
 wilt thou not us revive ? 
 
 7 Shew us thy mercy; Lord, to us 
 
 do thy falvation give. 
 2 I'll hear what God the Lord will fpeak ; 
 
 to his folk he'll fpeak peace, 
 And to his faints : but let them not 
 
 return to focliftinefs. 
 
 9 To them that fear him, furely near 
 
 is his falvation ; 
 That g'ory in our land may have 
 her habitacion. 
 
 10 Truth met with mercy, right'oufneis 
 
 and peace kifs'd mutually : 
 
 11 Truth fp rings from earth, and right' oufnefs 
 
 looks down from heaven high. 
 
 1 2 Yea, what is good the Lord {hall give ; 
 
 our land (hall yield increafe. 
 
 1 3 Juftice, to fet us in his Heps, 
 
 ihall go before his face. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 A Prayer of David, 
 
 This P/alm contains (\) David's fervent fupplicati- 
 $ns, that God would hear his prayers, ver. 1, 6, 7. mer- 
 cifully prefer -<ve and five him , ver, 2, 3, 16. afford him 
 joy, ftrength, and honour, ver. 4,11, 17. (z) His 
 pleas, wherewith he enforceth his prayers, drawn from 
 the goodnefs of Gcd, ver. 5, 13, 15. y Lis own rel 
 to, and trufi in God, ver. 2,4, 16. hi; former ex* 
 
196 PSALM LXXXVI 
 
 perience of God's kindnefs, ver. 17./ and from the ?naU 
 ice of his enemies, ver. 14. (3) Hisafcriptionofpraife 
 to God, as matchlefsy in his nature and work ; as the 
 file object of worjbip j and as great and infinitely graci- 
 ous, ver. 8, 9, 10, 12, 13. of While I fing y let me 
 
 remember , that the Pfalmift hath left me an example, 
 that Ijbouldivatk in his Jleps. 
 
 OLORD, do thou bow down thine ear* 
 and hear me gracioufly ; 
 Becaufe I fore afRicle d am, 
 and am ia povcr r y. 
 
 2 Becaufe I'm holy, let my foul 
 
 by thee prefervee he : 
 O thou my God, thy fervant fave 
 that puts his truil in thee. 
 
 3 Sith unto thee I daily cry, 
 
 be merciful tc me, 
 
 4 Rejoice thy fervant's foul; for, Lor<f, 
 
 J lift my foul to thee. 
 
 5 For thou art gracious, O Lord, 
 
 and ready to forgive ; 
 And rich in mercy, ail that call 
 upon thee to relieve, 
 
 6 Hear, Lord, my pray 'r: unto the voice 
 
 of my requsft attend. 
 
 7 In troublous times i'il call on thee, 
 
 for thou wilt annver fend. 
 2 Lord, there is none among the god 3 
 
 that may with thee compare ; 
 And like the works, which thou hail dene, 
 
 not any work is there. 
 
 9 All nations whom thou mad'flfhall come, 
 
 and worfnip rev'rcntly 
 Bejf, re thy face ; «nd they, O Lord, 
 thy nam fhall glorify. 
 
 10 Be caufe thou ar : exece " i 
 
 and works by thee are done, 
 
PSALM LXXXVII, 197 
 
 Which are to be admir'd ; and thou 
 art God thyfeif alone. 
 
 1 1 Teach n?e thy way, and in thy truth, 
 
 O Lord, then walk will I ; 
 Unite my heart, that I thy name 
 may fear continually. 
 
 12 OLord, my God, with all my heart 
 
 to thee I will give praife j 
 And I the glory will afcribe 
 unto thy name always. 
 
 1 3 Becaufe thy mercy toward me 
 
 in greatnefs doth excel ; 
 And thou delivered hail my foul 
 out from the lowed heil. 
 
 14 God, the proud againit me ri'e ; 
 
 and vi'lent men have met, 
 That for my foul have fought ; and thee 
 before them have no: fet. 
 
 15 But thou art full of pky, Lord, 
 
 a God mod gracious, 
 
 Long-fufFering, and in thy truth 
 
 and mercy plenteous. 
 
 1 6 O turn to me chy countenance, 
 
 and mercy on me have : 
 Thy fervant ftrengthen, and the fon 
 of thine own hand- maid fave. 
 
 17 Shew me a fign for good, that they 
 
 which do me hate may fee, 
 
 And be amam'd, becaufe thou, Lord, 
 
 didft help and comfort me. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIL 
 
 A Pfalm or Song for the fons of Korah. 
 
 "This Pfalm is an encomium upon Mount Zion, as typi* 
 cal of the Gofptl church, (\) For the fake of the TempU, 
 Mount Zion is preferred to every other place in Canaan, 
 , R 2 
 
rut 
 
 in by him, 
 
 vcr. i, — 3. (2) In - r inhabitants, g) t - 
 
 ability^ and more important joys and blefiings, the 
 
 r:f:rr(d to ail other nations, ver. 4 — 7. 
 
 v of relation to 
 as my God. Let me praife him for founding 
 - u ' . unmon. wle Rod: of ages, i 
 
 i carmct prevail 'agair.fi her. Let me rc- 
 '.-.■' glorious prcmifes t7ij.de concerning her, and 
 j'u-pplicate the fpeedy, the remarkable fulfilment thereof— 
 And while 1 with joy draw water out c fher ordinances, 
 her well* of falvatwv, lei me live as an hoy, a chet 
 member of her fociety. . 
 
 TTPOM the hills of holinefs 
 \J he his foundation fcts. 
 
 2 GcA more than Jacob's dwellings all 
 
 delights in Zicn's gates. 
 
 3 Things glorious are {aid of thee, 
 
 thou city of the Lord. 
 a. RahabandvBaheH I'tothofe 
 that know me, will record : 
 
 Behold ev'n T^rus, and with ir 
 
 the land of Puleftine, 
 And like wife Ethiopia ; 
 
 this man was born therein. 
 
 5 And it ofZioR (hall be faiJ, 
 
 T-his man and that man there 
 Was born ; and he that is molt High 
 himfelfihairitablimher. 
 
 6 When God the people writes, he'll CO 
 
 that this man born was there. 
 
 7 There be that fmg, and play ; and all 
 
 my well-iprings in thee are. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIIL 
 
 A Pfalm or Song for the fons of Korah, to the chitf 
 Muficim upon luuhalath Lcan&th* Mafchil of A 
 the E~rahite, 
 
PSALM LXXXVIir. ,c# 
 
 /// this doleful Pfalm, after a 'very Jbort declaration 
 cf bis faith, we have (\) He man* s hitter wailing over 
 bis dijlrejfea 'cafe, that his troubles were great y his body 
 at the point of death y his foul filed with grief; his 
 God hiding and angry y his mind difrefj'ed with terrors / 
 a nd his friends unkind, ver. } , — 9 . 1 4 , — 18. ( 1) His 
 hitter groans to, and expoft illations with God, importing 
 '/'hat he had long cried for mercy, that in death, nothing 
 could be done for him, iff:, ver. 1, 2. 9, — 14. " 
 
 f[ While I fng let me think bow dreadful hell ?nufl be, 
 when even fatherly chafiifements are fo fevers y how 
 dreadful the enormity of fin, which provokes Godfo griev- 
 Qifiy to ajjiicl his dear ejl favourites ; and how neceffdry 
 it is to retain our faith of our relation to God, amidjl the 
 worft of troubles, 
 
 LORD God, my Saviour, day and night 
 before thee cry'd have L 
 
 2 Before thee let my prayer come ; 
 
 give ear unto my cry. 
 
 3 For troubles great do fill my ibul : 
 
 my life draws nigh the grave. 
 
 4 I'm counted with thofe that go down 
 
 to pit, and no ftrength have. 
 
 5 Ev'n fiee among the daad, like them 
 
 that flain in grave do lie : 
 Cut off from thy hand, whom no more 
 thou haft in memory. 
 
 6 Thou haft me laid in loweft pic, 
 
 in deeps and darkfome caves. 
 
 7 Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hafi 
 
 me preft with all thy waves. 
 
 3 Thou haft put far from me my friend Sj 
 
 thou mad'ft them to abhor me ; 
 And I am fo ihut up, that I 
 
 find noevafion forme. 
 9 By rea'fen df afflrdion 
 
 mine eye mourns dolefully ; 
 To -thee, Lord, do I call, and ftretch 
 
 piy hands continuity. 
 
*©e PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 10 Wilt thou fhew wonders to the dead ? 
 
 ihall they rife, and thee blefs ? 
 
 1 1 Shall in the grave thy love be told ? 
 
 in death thy faithfulnefs i 
 
 1 2 Shall thy great wonders in the dark, 
 
 or lhall thy right'oufnefs 
 Be known to any in the land 
 of deep forgetfulnefs ? 
 
 j 3 But, Lord, to thee I cry'd, my pray'r 
 at morn prevent fhall thee. 
 
 14 Why, Lord, doll thou call off my foul ? 
 
 and hidft thy face from me ? 
 
 15 Diilrefl am ], and from my ycuth 
 
 I ready am to die ; 
 Thy tenors I have born, and am 
 diffracted fearfully. 
 
 16 The dreadful fiercenefs of thy wrath 
 
 quite over me doth go : 
 Thy terrors great have cut me off, 
 
 they did purfue me fo. 
 37 For round about me every day 
 
 like waters they did roll : 
 And, gathering together, they 
 
 have com palled my foul. 
 
 18 My friends thou hall put far from me, 
 
 and him that did me love ; 
 And thofe that mine acquaintance were 
 
 to darknefs didfl remove. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX, 
 
 Mafchil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 
 
 This Pfalm voas perhaps compofed on the oeeafon of 
 'Abfalonfs rebellion, 2 Sam. xv. or of the revolt of the 
 ten tribes, from their fubjeclion to the family of David, 
 1 Kings xii. or it relates to the Chaldean opprejjion and 
 captivity, 2 Kings, xxiv. xxv. /// the firft and joyful 
 fart, we have ( ij The foundation of all comfort, hap-' 
 J>inefs, honour and Jl ability, laid in the mercy of God ana 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 201 
 
 his covenant with David, emblematic of that made vuith 
 Jefus Chrift for the redemption of ?nankind, ver. i, — 4, 
 (z) A celebration of the God of the covenant, in his faith- 
 fubiefs, glory , greatnefs y mercy, and equity ; and of his 
 works, ver. 5 — 14. And of the glorious dignity , hap- 
 pinefs and fafety of the covenant people, ver. 15 — 18. — 
 (T)) A bundle of covenant promifes, fecuring proper quali- 
 fications, and ajjijiance and glory to the head of the Coven- 
 ant ; and indefeafible blefjings to his covenant -feed, not- 
 withjlanding their manifold fins aud chajlifements, ver. 
 
 19, — 37. In the id and mournful part, we have (1) 
 
 Grievous lamentation over the difhonour, diftrefs and 
 danger of David's family, ver. 38, — 45. (z) Expofi 
 tulations vuith God, concerning the fame, drawn, from 
 the continuance of ' treuble y the Jhcrtnefs of human life, 
 and certainty of death y the vuith drawment of former 
 hindnefs prcmifed in the covenant ; and the infolent re- 
 proaches of enemies, ver. 46, — 51. (^) A triumphant 
 conclufion cfpraife to God, ver. 52.— ———^[ While 1 
 Jing let me chiefly keep mine eyes on David's Lord. Let 
 me vjifhjoy behold the covenant made vuith him, for our 
 redemption* Let me adore my covenant -G cd, as in him, 
 well p leafed for his righteoufnefs fake, and rendering him 
 and his feed moft blefied for evermore. And as Jefus 1 's 
 fufferings for me, purchajed my eternal happinefs, let ne- 
 ver my own, or the church's troubles weaken my faiih^ 
 or make me drop my fangs ofpraije. 
 
 GOD's meicies I will ever fing, 
 and with my mouth I (hall 
 Thy faithfulnefs make to be known 
 to generations all. 
 
 2 For mercy mall be built, faid I, 
 
 for ever to endure : 
 Thy faithfulnefs, ev'n in theheav'ns, 
 tho a wilt cftabHih furc. 
 
 3 I with my chofen one have made 
 
 a cov'nant gr.icioufly : 
 
 And to my fervant whom I lov'd^ 
 
 to David fworn have I ; 
 
s»z PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 4 That I thy feed eflablifh (hall 
 
 for ever to remain : 
 And will to generations all 
 
 thy throne build and maintain. 
 
 5 The praifes of thy wonders, Lord, 
 
 the heavens fhall exprefs ; 
 And in the congregation 
 
 of faints thy faithfulnefs. 
 
 6 For who in heaven with the Lord 
 
 may once hi mfelf compare ? 
 Who is like God among the fons 
 of thofe that mighty are ? 
 
 7 Great fear in meeting of the faints 
 
 is due unto the Lord ; 
 And he of all about him mould 
 
 with rev'rence be adored. 
 H O thou that art the Lord of hofts, 
 
 what lord in mightinefs 
 Is like to ihee ? who ooTipaft round 
 
 art with thy faith fulnels! 
 
 9 Ev'n in the ragii g of the fea 
 
 thou over it deft reign ; 
 And when the waves thereof do fwell, 
 
 thou ftilleft, them again* 
 io Rahab in pieces thou didft break, 
 
 like one that flaughter'd is : 
 And with thy mighty arm thou had 
 
 difpers'd thine enemies. 
 
 ii The heav'ns are thine, thou for thine own 
 
 the earth doll alfo take : 
 The world, and fulnefs of the fame, 
 
 thy pow'rdid found and make. 
 12 The north and fouth from thee alone 
 
 their full beginning had : 
 Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill 
 
 fhall in thy name be glad. 
 
 j 3 Thou hail an arm that's full of powV, 
 thy hand is great in might : 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. *«3 
 
 And thy right hand exceedingly 
 exalted is in height. 
 
 14 Juflice and judgment of thy throne 
 
 are made the dwelling-place : 
 Mercy, accompany'd with truth, 
 mail go before thy face. 
 
 15 O greatly blefs'd the people are 
 
 the joyful found that know : 
 In brightnefs of thy face, O Lord, 
 they ever on ftall go. 
 
 16 They in thy name fhall all the day 
 
 rejoice exceedingly : 
 And in thy righteoufnefs fhall they 
 exalted be on high. 
 
 17 Becaufe the glory of their ftrengtk 
 
 doth only ft and in thee : 
 And in thy favour fhall our horn 
 and pow'r exalted be. 
 
 18 For God is our defence, and he 
 
 to us doth fafety bring : 
 The holy One of Ifrael 
 
 is our Almighty King, 
 
 19 In vifion to thy holy One, 
 
 thou (aid 'it, I help upon 
 A flrong one laid ; out of the folk 
 I rais'd a chofen one. 
 
 20 Ev'n David, I have found him out 
 
 a fervant unto me ; 
 And, with my holy oil, my king 
 anointed him to be. 
 
 21 With whom my hand fhall 'ftablifh'd be I 
 
 mine arm fhall make him flrong, 
 
 22 On him the foe fhall not exact, 
 
 nor fon of mifchief wrong. 
 
 23 I will beat down before his face 
 
 all his malicious foes : 
 I will them greatly plague, who d# 
 with hatred him oppofe* 
 
20+ PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 24 My mercy and my faith fulnefs 
 
 with him yet flill mail be : 
 And in my name his horn and pow'r 
 men lhall exalted fee. 
 
 25 His hand and pow'r (hall reach afar, 
 
 I'll fee it in the Tea ; 
 
 And his right hand cftablifhed 
 
 (hall in the rivers be. 
 
 26 Thou art my Father, he fhall cry, 
 
 thou art my God alone ; 
 And he mall fay, Thou art the Rock 
 of my falvation. 
 
 27 I'll make him my firft-born, more high 
 
 than kings of any land. 
 
 28 My love I'll ever keep for him, 
 
 my cov'nant fail fhall ftani. 
 
 29 His feed I by my pow'r will make 
 
 for ever to endure ; 
 And, as the days of heav'n, his throne 
 (hall liable be and fure. 
 
 30 But if his children fhall forfake 
 
 my laws, and go aftray, 
 And in my judgments fhall not walk, 
 but wander from my way ; 
 
 51 If they my laws break, and do not 
 keep my commandements : 
 
 32 I'll vifit then their faults with rods, 
 
 their fins with chaftifements. 
 
 33 Yet I'll not take my love from him, 
 
 nor falfe my promife make. 
 
 34 My cov'nant I'll not break, nor change 
 
 what with my mouth I fpake. 
 
 35 Once by my holinefs I fware, 
 
 to David I'll not lie. 
 
 36 His feed and throne fhall as the fun 
 
 before mc 1 lft for ay . 
 
 37 It like the moon fhall ever be 
 
 eftablifh'd ftedfaflly ; 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 2©5 
 
 And like to that which in the heav'n 
 doth witnefs faithfully. 
 
 38 Bat thou difpleafed, had call ofF, 
 
 thou didft abhor *nd lothe, 
 With him that thine anointed is, 
 thou had bcenveiy wroth. 
 
 39 Thou haft thy fervant's covenant 
 
 made void, and quite call by : 
 Thou hall profan'd his crown, while, it 
 call on the ground doth lie. 
 
 40 Thou all his hedges hail broke down # 
 
 his {trong-holds down hall torn. 
 
 41 He to all paffen by a fpcil, 
 
 to neighbours is a fcorn. 
 
 42 Thou hail fet up his foes right hand, 
 
 mad'ft all his en'mies gild : 
 
 43 Turn'd his fword's edge, and him to {land 
 
 in battle hall not made. 
 
 44 His glory thou hall made to ceafe, 
 
 his throne to ground down caft ; 
 
 45 Shjrt'ned his days of youth and him 
 
 with lhame thou cover'd hail. 
 
 46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyfelf 
 
 for ever in thine ire ? 
 And (hall thine indignation 
 burn like unto a fire ? 
 
 47 Remember, Lord, how Ihort a time 
 
 I (hall on earth remain : 
 O wherefore is it fo, that thou 
 hail made all men in vain ? 
 
 48 What man is he that liveth here, 
 
 and death lhall never fee ? 
 Or from the power of the grave 
 what man his foul fhall free ? 
 
 49 Thy former loving kindnefies, 
 
 O Lord, where be they now ? 
 Thefe which in truth and faithfulnefs 
 to David fworn hall thou. 
 S 
 
zc6 PSALM XC. 
 
 50 Mind, Lord, thy fervant's fad reproach : 
 
 how I in bofom bear 
 The (corning* of the people all 
 who fiiong and mighty are. 
 
 5 1 Wherewith thy raging enemies 
 
 reprosch'd, O Lord, think on, 
 Wherewith they have reproach'd die Heps 
 
 of trine anointed One. 
 5 2 All blcflir.gs to the Lord our God, 
 
 let be afcribed then : 
 For evermore io let it be. 
 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 A prayer of Mofes, the Man of Gob. 
 
 Thi s Pfalm was compofed by Mofes, the Man of Go», 
 fame time after God had fentenced the Hebrews to wander- 
 ing and death in thewildemefs, Num. xiv. In it (\) 
 Mofes comforts himfelf and his people with the eternal 
 and unchangeable duration cf Gcd himfelf ', and their in- 
 ter eft in him, vcr I, 2. (2) He humbles himfelf and 
 his people with the confederation of human frailty , ver. 
 3, — 6. ($J He fubmits himfelf and his people to the 
 righteous fentence of God, paj/cd upon them, ver 7,-11. 
 ( \) By prayer he commits himfelf and his people to their 
 gracious and merciful God, and requejh the fanclifed ufe 
 of their awful c heft if extents ; the averting of divine 
 wrath $ the beftowal cf true comforts and joys y the re- 
 turns of his favour, and the pr ogre fs of hii work of mer- 
 cy among their children, ver. 12, — J 7. ^J Let me 
 
 fing this as the tenant of an hour, who hath none afur- 
 ance of his prefent life y — Sing it as rejigged to my let on 
 earth, however aftiiSied y and as atiive in preparation 
 for death ; and committing my f elf and family to the God 
 of truth as our Redeemer, our God, and our everlafting 
 
 ALL. 
 
 LORD, thou haft been our dwelling-place 
 in generation* all. 
 
PSALM XC. 2*7 
 
 2 Before thou ever hadft brought forth 
 
 the mountains great or fmall : 
 Ere ever thou hadft form'd the earth, 
 
 and all the world abroad, 
 Ev'n thou from everlafting art 
 
 to everlafting God. 
 
 3 Thou doll unto deftruction 
 
 man that is mortal turn : 
 And unto them thou fay* ft, Ag tin, 
 ye fons of men, return. 
 
 4 Becaufe a thouland years appear 
 
 no more before thy light, 
 Than yefterday, when it is paft, 
 or than a watch by night. 
 
 5 As wich an overflowing flood 
 
 thou carry 'ft them away : 
 They like a deep are, like the grafs 
 that grows at morn are they. 
 
 6 At morn it flourifhes and grows, 
 
 cut down at ev'n doth fade. 
 
 7 For by thine anger we're con funVd, 
 
 thy wrath makes us afraid. 
 
 $ Our fins thou and iniquities 
 
 doft in thy prefence place, 
 And fett'ft our fecret faults before 
 
 the brightnefs of thy face. 
 9 For in thine anger all our days 
 
 do pafs on to an end ; 
 And, as a tale that hath been told, 
 
 fo we our years do fpcnd. 
 
 io Threefcoreand ten years c'o fum up 
 
 our days and years, we fee : 
 Or if, by reafon of moie ftrength, 
 
 in fome fourfcore they be : 
 Yet doth the ftrength cffuch old men 
 
 but grief and labour prove ; 
 For it is foon cut off, and we 
 
 fly hence, and foon remove. 
 
*o3 P S A L M XCI. 
 
 1 1 Who knows the power of thy wrath ? 
 
 according to thy fear, 
 
 12 So is thy wrath. Lord teach thou us 
 
 our end in mind to bear : 
 And fo to count our days, that we 
 
 our hearts may ftill apply 
 To learn thy wifdom and thy truth, 
 
 that we may live thereby 
 
 13 Turn yet again to us, O Lord, 
 
 how long thus fhall it be r 
 Let it repent thee now, for thofe 
 that fervants are to thee. 
 
 14 O with thy tender mercies, Lord, 
 
 us early fatisfy ; 
 So we rejoice fhall all our days, 
 and ilill be glad in thee. 
 
 1.5 According as the days have been, 
 
 wherein we grief have had, 
 And years wherein we ill have feen, 
 
 fo do thou make us glad. 
 
 16 O let thy work and pow'r appear 
 
 thy fervants face before ; 
 And fhew unto their children dear 
 thy glcry evermore. 
 
 17 And let the beauty of the Lord 
 
 our God be us upon ; 
 Our handy-works e'labliih thou, 
 eitablilh them each one. 
 
 psalm xcr. 
 
 Th'ii Pfalm was perhaps penned on the occafton cf tit 
 pejiilence> infiiSledfox -.gibe people, z Sam. xxiv. 
 
 In it, •while the Pfalmijl, by faith, takes God for his 
 onJon refuge and keeper, ver. 2, — 9. he for the encourage- 
 v:e>:t cf others U do the fame, reprefents, (\) The dignity, 
 extent, and continuance, of their happinefi and fafety 
 nvho hai'c God for their refiJence, ver. I, — 4. ( l) Their 
 prefervat ion from all malice and baleful influence of thj 
 
PSALM XCr. 209 
 
 ^powers ef darknefs, 'while multitudes are ruined thereby, 
 ver. 3>-— 9* ($) Their enjoyment of angels for their 
 guard ; and their triumph over devils and other oppofers, 
 ver. 10, — 12. ( \) Their pofeffion of fpecial favour 
 from, and delightful intimacy with God here, and 
 
 hereafter, ver. 13, — 16. ff In tinging thefe, let 
 
 mine eyes be fixed en J ejus y the Man of God's right hand, 
 iii whom all thefe promt fes were fulfilled to the kighejl ; 
 a?:d, in his name, let me depend on them to he atcomplijhed 
 in myfelf, And let all tie begun experience 1 have had 
 thereof, encourage ?ne to rejoice in hope cf the were abumj- 
 ant mercies and glory ofiQod, 
 
 "E that c'oth in the fe:ret place 
 ef the moil High reficU, 
 Under the (hade of him that is 
 th' Almighty (hall abide. 
 
 2 I of the Lord my God will fay, 
 he is my refuge ilill, 
 
 He is my fortrefs and my God, 
 and in him trull I will. 
 
 3 AlTuredly he (hall thee feve, 
 and give deliveriace 
 
 From fubtil fowler's fnare, and from 
 the noifome peitilence. 
 
 4 His feathers mall thee hide ; thy trull 
 under his wings (hall be : 
 
 His faithfulnefs (hall be a fhield 
 and buckler unto thee. 
 
 5 Thou (halt not need to be afraid 
 for terrors of the night, 
 
 Nor for the arrow that doth fiy 
 by cay wh*le it is light : 
 
 6 Nor for the peitilence that walks 
 in darknefs fecretly, 
 
 Nor for deitru&ion, that doth waftc 
 at noon- day openly. 
 
 7 A thoufand at thy fide ftiall fall", 
 on thy right-hand fhall ly 
 
 fca 
 
* 3 A L M XC 
 
 'l\r. 
 
 S Or ; l ia k loo^C, 
 
 a bfe; 
 
 And tfre i«i;l reward 
 
 ofwkjkefl men Qlalt ice, 
 
 9 • ■ !, who confirm ly 
 
 •;ude by tl 
 thy rubk.uion. 
 
 10 No plaguy ;!.al! ne r thy dwelling coni^ 
 
 no ill ihai! thee befall : 
 
 1 1 For thee to keep in all thy ways 
 
 hia angels charge he (hail. 
 
 i 2 They in their hands flnll bear thee up, 
 
 ftill waiting thee upon ; 
 Left thou at any time mould' ic dafli 
 
 thy foot agahiit. a fior.e. 
 
 1 3 Upon the adder thou (halt tread, 
 
 and on the lion ibong: 
 Thy feet on dragon's trample (hall, 
 and on the lions young. 
 
 14 Eecaufe on me lie fet his love, 
 
 I'll favc and fet him free : 
 Bccaufe my great name he hath known 
 
 I will him fet on high. 
 jj He'll call on me, l 7 Jl anfwer him, 
 
 J will be with him Hill, 
 In trouble to deliver him, 
 
 and honour him I will. 
 
 16 With length of days unto his min<7, 
 
 J will him fatisfy ; 
 I alfo my falvation 
 
 will caufe his eyes to fee. 
 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 A Pfalm or Song for the Sabbath day. 
 Jn this Pfalm or Sougfor the Sabbath-daj, (ij Praifi, 
 
PSALM XCII. 211 
 
 the bujinefs of the Sabbath, is earnejlly recommended, ver. 
 i, — 3. (z) God's works, avbicb are the reajbn of the 
 Sabbath and ground of praije, are celebrated, in their 
 great nefs, and unfearchablenefs, ver. 4, — 6. ( '$) The 
 ruin of Jinners and the felicity of faints are beautifully 
 contrajted. Sinners Jhall per ijb : But God the Portion 
 and Life of faints Jhall endure for ever. Sinners, not - 
 witbjianding their temporary four ijb, jhall be cut off and 
 defroyed. Saints Jhall be exalted and comforted. Sin- 
 ners jhall be confounded and ruined ; but faints, through 
 their union to and fellowjkip with Cbrijl, Jhall projper 
 and flour ijb, to the manifeftation of God' s faith fulnrfs and 
 
 equity, ver. 7, — 15. ^y While I keep the Sabbath of 
 
 the Lord my God, let thefe things deeply affecl my heart : 
 And be it my care, by ajleady con*verj'ation and manifeft 
 gro-ivtb in grace, to verify thefe precious promifes oftb* 
 NeiM 'leftament in Jefus* blood. 
 
 TO render thanks unto the Lord, 
 it is a comely thing, 
 And to thy name, O thou molt High, 
 . due praife aloud to fing. 
 
 2 Thy loving-kindnefs to (hew forth, 
 
 when mines the morning light ; 
 And to declare thy faith fulnefs 
 with pleafure ev'ry night. 
 
 3 On a ten flringed inftrument, 
 
 upon the pfaltecy ; 
 And on the harp with folemn found, 
 and grave fweet melody. 
 
 4 For, thou, Lord, by thy mighty works 
 
 hail made my heart right glad : 
 And 1 will triumph in the works 
 
 which by thine hands were made. 
 
 5 How great, Lord, are thy works! each 
 
 of thine a deep it is. [thought 
 
 6 A brutifh man it knoweth not : 
 
 fools underfiand not this. 
 
 7 When thofe that lewd and wicked are, 
 
 fpring quickly up like grafs, 
 
212 PSALM XC1II. 
 
 And workers ofiniquity 
 do flouriih all apace ; 
 
 It is that they forever may 
 deftroyert be and flain : 
 
 8 But thou, O Lord, art the moft High, 
 
 for ever to remain. 
 
 9 Forlo, thine enemies, O Lord, 
 
 thine en'mies peri fn fnall : 
 The workers ofiniquity 
 ihall be difperfed all. 
 
 10 But thou fhalt, like unto the horn 
 
 of th' unicorn, exalt 
 My horn on high : thou with frem oil 
 anoint me alio fhalt. 
 
 1 1 Mine eye mall alfo my defire 
 
 fee en mine enemies : 
 Mire ears fhall of the wicked hear 
 that do againil me rife, 
 
 12 But like the palm- tree flourifhing 
 
 fhall be the righteous one ; 
 He fhall like to the cedar grow 
 that is in Lebanon. 
 
 13 Thofe that within the hcufe of God 
 
 are planted by his grace. 
 
 They Ihall grow up and flourifh all 
 
 in our God's holy p'ace. 
 
 14 And in old age, when others fade, 
 
 they fruit flill forth fhall bring : 
 They fhall be fat, and full of fap, 
 and ay be flourifhing : 
 
 15 To fhew that upright is the Lord ; 
 
 he is a rock to me, 
 And he from all unrighteoufnefs 
 ia altogether free. 
 
 PSALM XClIf. 
 
 This P/alm is a triumphant celebration of the gwerx* 
 Uitnt o/jgnoYAU, and ofjefus our Rtdwner in(\) Th f 
 
PSALM XCIII. XCIV. 213 
 
 Mwfulnefs, ftrength. ftability, and duration thereof, ver. 
 i t 2. (z) In his triumphant in Stories over all oppofeti- 
 on, ver. 3,4. (-$) In the faithfulnefs and certainty of 
 his words, and the holinefs of his court, ver 5. — ^J While 
 Ifing, let my foul rejoice in the highnefs of my God, an 4 
 in the glories of my Redeemer. 
 
 THE Lord doth reign and cloth'd is he 
 with majefly moft bright : 
 His works do fnew him cloth'd to be, 
 
 and girt about with might. 
 The world is alfo ftablifhed, 
 that it cannot depart. 
 
 2 Thy throne i6 nVd of old, and thoa 
 
 from everlafting art. 
 
 3 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up, 
 
 they lifted up their voice ; 
 The floods have lifted up their waves, 
 and made a mighty noife. 
 
 4 But yet the Lo-d, that is on high, 
 
 is more of might by far, 
 Than noife of many waters is, 
 or great fea- billows are. 
 
 5 Thy teftimonies ev'ry one 
 
 in faithfulnefs excel ; 
 And holinefs forever, Lord, 
 thine houfe becometh well. 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 This is a Pfalm for the aflided people of God, in 
 which ( \) God's jujl vengeance is implored, upon their 
 haughty, aclive, cruel and atheiftical oppreffors, whofe 
 fol'y is expofed from the conf deration of God's works of 
 creation, providence and grace, ver. 1, — Ti, (z) His 
 gracious comforts are prcfented to the perfecuted faints, 
 that he will hlefs them in, and by their ajjliclions ; and 
 give them reft after them, while their enemies are ruined, 
 that God vuill not caft them off, when caft down, but 
 will, in his due time, reduce things to their right courfe 3 
 
2t+ PSALM xcir. 
 
 to verify nvhicb, the Pfalmift produceth part of bit own 
 
 experience, vcr. 12—24 qr While I fing, let 
 
 all revenge be rooted from my heart : All repining at af- 
 fiiSlions be banifhed from my foul. But in every plunge 
 §f adverfity, let me cafl my burden on the Lord, that he 
 may fuftain me and help me in the time of need Let m* 
 rejoice in the ajjured hopes of God y s yet reforming the 
 church, and fp reading his glory among the nations* 
 
 OLORD God, unto whom alone 
 all vengeance doth belong ; 
 O mighty God, who vengeance own'fl 
 ihme forth, avenging wronj*. 
 
 2 Lift up thyfelf, thou of the earth 
 
 the fovereign Judge that art ; 
 And unto thofe that are fo prcud 
 a due reward impart. 
 
 3 How long, O mighty God, mail they 
 
 who lewd and wicked be, 
 How long (hall they who wicked are, 
 thus triumph haughtily ? 
 
 4 How kmg fhall things mod hard by them, 
 
 be uttered and told ; 
 
 And all that work iniquity 
 
 to boaft themfelves be bold ? 
 • 
 
 5 Thy folk they brake in pieces, Lord, 
 
 thine heritage opprefs : 
 
 6 The widow they, and ftranger (lay, 
 
 and kill the facherlefs. 
 
 7 Yet fay they, God (hall it not fee, 
 
 nor God of Jacob know. 
 S Ye brutifh people, underftand ; 
 fools, when wife will ye grow ? 
 
 9 The Lord did pi *nt the ear of man,, 
 
 and hear then mail not he ? 
 \l& only form'd the eye, and then 
 
 fhall he not clearly fee ? 
 vo He that the nations doth correct, 
 
 {hall he not chalhfe you ? 
 
PSALM XCIV *i* 
 
 He knowledge unto man doth teach, 
 and fhall himfelf not know r 
 
 1 1 Man's thoughts to be but vanity, 
 
 the Lord doth well difcern, 
 
 12 Bleft is the man thou chaft'neft, Lord, 
 
 and mak'fl: thy law to learn, 
 
 1 3 That thou may'ft give him reft from days 
 
 of fad adverfity, 
 Until the pit be digged for thofe 
 that w ark iniquity. 
 
 14. For fare the Lord will not caft off 
 
 thofe tha. his people be, , 
 Neither his own inheritance 
 
 quit and forfake will he. 
 
 15 But judgment unto right'oufnefs 
 
 fhall yet return again ; 
 And all fhall follow after it, 
 
 that are right hearted-men. 
 
 16 Who will rife up forme, againft 
 
 thofe that do wickedly r 
 Who will fland up for me. 'gainft thofe 
 that work iniquity ? 
 
 17 Unlefs the Lord had been my help, 
 
 when 1 was fore oppreft, 
 Almoft my foul had in the houfc 
 of filence been at reft. 
 
 1 8 When I had uttered this word, 
 
 (my foot doth flip away,) 
 Thy mercy held me up, O Lord, 
 thy goodnefs did me ftay. 
 
 19 Amidft the multitude of thoughts* 
 
 which in my heart do fight, 
 My foul, left it be overcharg'd, 
 thy comforts do delight. 
 
 20 Shall of iniquity the throne 
 
 have fellowlhip with thee, 
 Which mifchief, cunningly contrived, 
 doth by a law decree i 
 
2i6 PSALM XCV. 
 
 21 Againft the right'ous fouls *hey join, 
 
 they guiltleis blooc condemn. 
 
 22 But of my refuge God's the rock, 
 
 and my defence from them. 
 
 23 On them their own iniquity 
 
 the Lord mail bring and lay, 
 And cut chem off in their own iin, 
 our Lord God (hail them flay. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 This Pfalm contains ( 1 ) Solemn calls to celebrate the 
 fraifes of J ejus and his Father, on account of what be 
 bad done ; and -a; hat he is to us and we to him, ver. I — 
 7. (z) alarming warnings to hear bis 'voice, and not 
 to harden our hearts* as tht Ifraelites in the defert, who 
 on that account were debarred from the promifed land, 
 ver. 7, — 11 f| While I Jing, let me behold the 
 
 glories of my Redeemer, and believe my new covenant 
 relation to him y and while it is yet called to- day, let me 
 beware of being hardened through the deceitfulnefs of fn. 
 Since there is a promife left me of entering into his reft, 
 let me take heed, left 1 Jhould feem to come Jhort of it, by 
 unbelief 
 
 COME let us fing to the Lord,, 
 come, let usev'ry one, 
 A joyful noife make to the Rock 
 of our falvation 
 
 2 Let us before his prefence come, 
 with praife and thankful voice : 
 
 Let us firg pfalms to him wi-h grace, 
 and make a joyful noife. 
 
 3 For God a great God, and great King 
 above all gods he is. 
 
 4 Depths of the earth are in his hand, 
 the ftrength or'hilL is his 
 
 5 To him the fpacious fea beLngs, 
 for he the fame did make : 
 
 The dry land alfo from his hands 
 m form at Aril did take. 
 
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 PSALM XCVI. rt; 
 
 6 O come, and let us worfn'p him, 
 
 let us bow down withal, 
 And on our knees before the Lord 
 
 our Maker let us fail 
 For he's our God. the people we 
 
 of his own pafturesre, 
 And of his hand the fheep ; to cay 
 
 if ye his voice will hear. 
 
 $ Then, harden not your hearts, as in, 
 
 the provocation, 
 As in the defert, on the day 
 
 of the temptation ; 
 9 When me your fathers tempt'd and prov'd, 
 
 and did my working fee : 
 io Ev'n for the fpace of forty years 
 
 this race hath grieved me : 
 
 I faid, This people errs in heart, 
 
 my ways they co not know : 
 ! I To whom I fware in wrath, that to 
 
 my reft they mould not go. 
 
 P S A L M XCVI. 
 
 This Pfalm <vs as part of the hymn fung at the travjla- 
 tion of the ark from the hcufe of Obed-edom, to the city of 
 David, i Chron, xvi. z. 23, — 33>V hut relates to the 
 calling of the Gentiles to our Redeemer. Here are ( 1} 
 Solemn calls to afcribe praifes and glory to our high and 
 great Immanuel, ver. I, — 9. (z) Loud proclamations 
 of J efts'* s eftablijhment of his gofpel church, and of his 
 coming to judge the world, to the great joy of his friends, 
 
 ver. io, — 13. ^ While the fe high praifes of God are 
 
 in my mouth, let my heart behold the glory, believe the 
 promifes, and burn with defire after the enjoyment of 
 Chrif, and of God in him. 
 
 o 
 
 SING a new fong to the Lord, 
 fing all the earth to God; 
 T 
 
-i8 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 / 2 To God fing, blefs his name, fhew itill 
 
 hib faving health abroad. 
 3 Among the heathen nations 
 
 his glory do declare ; 
 And unto all the people fhow 
 
 his works that wondrous are* 
 
 / r For great's the Lord, and greatly he 
 
 is to be magnify'd : 
 Yea, worthy to be fear'd is he 
 
 above all gods bende. 
 
 5 For all the gods are idols dumb 
 
 which blinded nations fear ; 
 But cur God is the Lord, by whom 
 the heavens created were. 
 
 6 Great honour is before his face, 
 
 and majefty divine : 
 Strength is within his holy place, 
 and there doth beauty fhine, 
 
 7 Do you afcribe unto the Lord, 
 
 of people ev'ry tribe, 
 Glory do ye unto the Lord, 
 and mighty pow'r afcribe. 
 
 8 Give ye the glory to the Lord 
 
 that to his name is due : 
 Come ye into his courts, and bring 
 an offering with you. 
 
 9 In beauty of his holinefs 
 
 O do the Lord adore : 
 Like w ife let all the eai th throughout 
 tremble his face before. 
 
 io Among the heathen fay, God reigns : 
 
 the world (hall ftedfaitly 
 Be fix'd from moving, he mall judge 
 
 the people right'oufly : 
 tl Let heavens be glad before the Lord 
 
 and let the earth rejoice : 
 Let feas, and all that is therein, 
 
 cry out, and make a noife. 
 
f S A L M XCVir/ 219 
 
 12 Let fields rejoice, and ev'ry thing 
 
 that fpringeth of the earth : 
 Then woods, and ev'ry tree fhall fing 
 with gladnefs and with mirth 
 
 13 Before the Lord ; becaufe he comes, 
 
 to judge the earth comes he : 
 He'll judge the world with right'oufnefs, 
 the people faithfully. 
 
 PSALM XCVII. 
 
 This Pf ■ -i is of the fame Jlrain with the preceding, 
 
 and contains ( \) Solemn calls to the Gentile nations , to 
 
 r juity ana extent cfjefus's Ne~u Teftament 
 
 it the deftruclion •/ hardened Jews and 
 
 Heut ers, occafioned by the eftahlijhment thereof, 
 
 ver. I, — 7. (2) Reprefentations of the pure and holy 
 
 . , en account of J ejus' s highnefs, and the 
 
 '.'inifejied therein, and of. the care taken 
 
 ; and comfort, ver. 8^ — 12 » $ Join 
 
 ml. Si.'g praifes to thy King j jing 
 fraij ■ tderftanditig* 
 
 GOD reigneth : let the earth be glad, 
 andifles rejoice each one. 
 
 2 D..rk clouds aim com oafs ; and in right 
 
 with judgment dwells his throne. 
 
 3 Fire goes before him, and his foes, 
 
 it burns up round about. 
 
 4 His lightnings lighten did the woiid, 
 
 earth faw, and fhook throughout. 
 
 5 Hills at the prefence of the Lord, 
 
 like wax, did melt away : 
 Ev'n at the prefence of the Lord 
 of all the earth, I fay. 
 
 6 The heav'ns declare his right'oufnefs 
 
 all men his glory fee. 
 
 7 All who ferve graven images, 
 
 confounded let them be. 
 
220 -PSALM XCVIIL 
 
 Who do of idols boaft themfelves, 
 
 let fhame upon them fall : 
 Ye that are called gods, fee that 
 
 ye do him worfhip all. 
 
 8 Sion did hear and joyful was, 
 
 glad Judah's daughters were, 
 They much rejoie'd, O Lord becaufe 
 thy judgment did appear. 
 
 9 For thou O Lord, art high above 
 
 all things on earth that are : 
 Above all ether gods thou art 
 
 exalted very far. 
 13 Hate ill, all ye that leve the Lord ; 
 
 his faints' fouls keepeth he, 
 And from the hands of wicked men 
 
 he lets them fafe and free. 
 
 1 1 For all thofe that be righteous 
 
 fown is a joyful light, 
 And gladnefs fown is for all thofe 
 
 that arc in heart upright. 
 ) 2 Ye rightecus in the Lord rejoice; 
 
 exprefs your thank fulnefs, 
 When ye into your mem :ry 
 
 do call his holinefs. 
 
 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 Ihls Pfalm infijfs on the fame fuljeel, as the two pre- 
 
 , and contains (\) Demand* of praife to the Re- 
 
 deemer, for the wonders he hath wrought % the 'vtclories 
 
 he hath 'icon ; tie dij'ccverics he hath made* and the pro- 
 
 ij ke fulfils > ver. 1, — 3. (z) Demands of univtrfat 
 
 and high rejoicing at the ereSlion and ejlablijhmcnt of his 
 
 Go/pel church s and at his coming in the clouds to judge 
 
 tie wo? Id, ver. j, — 9 qy Wbih my lips utter theft 
 
 lofty ?icies y let my foul, according to this time alfo, fay> 
 What hath the Lord wrought f Wk at is J ejus ? what is 
 I K h 'j ' ' he done for mankind 
 
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 PSALM XCVIU. 221 
 
 while I affuredly believe his return to judgment, let me 
 with ardor look for that blejj'ed hope, and glorious appear* 
 ing of the great God my Saviour. Let my foul with rap* 
 ture t fpring forth to meet his burning chariot wheels* 
 and long to fee creation all on fames. 
 
 SING a new Ton g to the Lord, 
 for wonders he hath done : 
 His right hand and his holy arm, 
 him victory hath won, 
 
 2 The Lord God his falvatiori 
 
 hath caufed to be known : 
 His juiUce in the heathen's fight 
 he openly hath ihewn. 
 
 3 He mindful of his gr?xe and truth 
 
 to ] f'ral's houfc ha:h been : 
 And the faivation cf our God 
 
 all ends cf the earth have feen. 
 
 4 Let all the eanh unto the Lord 
 
 feno forth a joyful noi'e : 
 Lift up your voice aloud to him, 
 fing praifes, and rejoice. 
 
 5 With harp, with harp, and voice of pfalms 
 
 unto JEHOVAH fing. 
 
 6 With trumpets, cornets, gladly found 
 
 before the Lord the King. 
 
 7 Let feas, and all their fulnefs roar, 
 
 the world, anl dwellers there. 
 
 8 Let floods clap hands, and let the hills 
 
 together joy declare. 
 
 9 Before the Lord ; becaufe he comes, 
 
 to judge the earth com >s he ; 
 He'll judge the world with righteoufnefs, 
 his folk with equity. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 This Pfalm is of the fame general nature with the 
 three preceding, and calls men to revere > and wor/bip> 
 Tz 
 
ay ps a l U xax. 
 
 hrid praie tie Meffiab; and bis Father, (\) For fit 
 t- c 'j> gteatnefs, tonr<y\ and equity cf his government, 
 vcr. i, — r. (z) For the inji anas cf his kindncfs to Ifra- 
 //, in ruxarkably regarding and honouring their noted De- 
 liverers and Reformers, ver. 6, — 9 —^ While I feng 
 
 :':!-, let my foul jland in awe cf J e hov ah's great nefs 
 teellencf. Let me call on God in every time cfneed 
 rhut he may arfever and fave me. Let me hope that he 
 will forgive and fubdue, but never that he vcill indulge 
 my traxfgrejfionj. For tie Lord my God is holy. 
 
 Mi' eternal Lord doth reign as King, 
 let all the people quake : 
 He fits between the cherubim?, 
 
 let th* earth be mo/'d and make. 
 
 2 The Lord in Zion great and high, 
 above all people is. 
 
 3 Thy great and dreadful name (fork 
 is holy) let the in hie is, 
 
 4 The King's ftrengih alio judgment loves 3 
 thou feulefl equity, 
 
 jure judgment thou doll execute 
 in Jacob righteouily. 
 
 5 The Lord our God exalt on high r 
 and rev'remFy do ye 
 
 Before his footftool worihip him : 
 the holy One is he. 
 
 6 Mofes and Aaron 'mongft his priefls* 
 Samuel with them that call 
 
 Upon his name : thefe call'd en God 3 
 and he them anfwered all. 
 
 7 Within the pillar of the cloud 
 he unto them did fpeak : 
 
 The teftirfronies he them taught, 
 and laws they did not break. 
 
 3 Thou anfwerMft them, O Lord our God \ 
 
 thou waft a God that gave 
 Pardon to them, though on their deeds 
 
 thou wouldcft vengeance have. 
 
PSALM C. 22y 
 
 ^ Do ye exalt the Lord our God, 
 
 and at his holy hill 
 Do ye him worfhip : for the Loid 
 
 our God is holy (till. 
 
 PSALM C. 
 A Plalm of Praife. 
 
 This Pfalm ( i ) Contains a folernn call to the Gentile* 
 to praife God and rejoice in him, ver. i, — 4. (2.) Fur* 
 uijbtth us with matter cf praife, viz that he is God, 
 and ftands nearly related to us, and that his mercy and 
 
 truth are everlafting, ver. f, — 5. f| Knowing the 
 
 Lord to be my God, let me approach his ordinances, and 
 enter his heavenly palaces, with an heart ra~cijbed with 
 his excellencies and kindnefs, and a mouth filled with his 
 praife. 
 
 ALL people that on earth do dwell, 
 Sing to the Lord with chearful voice, 
 
 2 Him ferve with mirth, his praife forth tell > 
 Come ye before him and rejoice. 
 
 3 Know, that the Lord is God indeed, 
 Without our aid he did us make : 
 We are his flock, he doth us feed, 
 And for his fheep he doth us take. 
 
 4 O enter then his gates with praife, 
 Approach with joy his courts unto : 
 Praife, laud, and blefs his name al^vay^ 
 For it is feemly fo to do. 
 
 5 For why ? the Lord our God is good, 
 His mercy is for ever fure : 
 
 His truth at all times iirmly flood, 
 And (hall from age to age endure, 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAM!, 
 
 OALL ye lands unto the Lord 
 make ye a joyful noife. 
 3, Serve God with glac ?.efs ; him before 
 come with a Engine voice* 
 
224. PSALM cr. 
 
 3 Know ye the Lord, that he is God, 
 
 not we, but he us made ; 
 We are his people, and the Iheep 
 within his pafture fed. 
 
 4 Eater his gates and courts with praife, 
 
 to thank him go ye thither : 
 To him exprefs your thankfulnefs, 
 and blefs his name together. 
 
 5 Becaufe the Lord our God is good, 
 
 his mercy faileth never : 
 And to all generations 
 
 his truth endureth ever. 
 
 PSALM CL 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 'This Pfalm was probably compofed when David ajjum* 
 ed the government of his kingdom , and contains his holy 
 r.folutions (\) To make God' 's mercies and judgments, 
 the co7inecled matter of his fang ; and to walk circum- 
 jpecily before his family, through the affifting pre fence of 
 God, ver. I, 2. (z)'Io purge his family and kingdom, 
 difcour aging and punifhing perfons mifchievous and wick- 
 ed, fanderers, liars, and deceitful workers, and encou- 
 raging the pious, ver. 3 — 8. - y While I fng 
 
 let me remember my faults, and in the jirength of the 
 grace that is in Ghrifl Jefus, form the like holy refoluti- 
 ens, 
 
 I MERCY will and judgment fmg, 
 Lord, I will ling to thee 
 
 2 With wifdom in a perfect way, 
 
 mail my behaviour be: 
 
 when in kindnefs unto me, 
 
 wilt thou be pleafed to come i 
 
 1 with a perfect heart will walk 
 
 within my houfe at home. 
 
 3 I will endure no wicked thing 
 
 before mine eyes to be ; 
 
PSALM CII. 225 
 
 I hate their work that turn afide, 
 it fhall not cleave to me. 
 
 4 A ftubborn and a froward heart 
 depart quite from me mall ; 
 
 A perfon giv'n to wicked nefs 
 I trill not know at all, 
 
 5 I'll cut him off that flandereth 
 his neighbour privily : 
 
 The haughty heart I will not bear, 
 nor him that looketh high. 
 
 6 Upon the faithful of the land 
 mine eyes fhall be, that they 
 
 May dwell with me : he fhall me ferv* 
 that walks in per feci way, 
 
 7 Who of deceit a worker is, 
 in my houfe fhall not dwell : 
 
 And in my prefence fhall he not 
 remain, that lies doth tell. 
 
 8 Yea, all the wicked of the land 
 early deftroy will I : 
 
 All from God's city to cutoff 
 that work iniquity, 
 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed^ 
 and pourech cut his complaint before the Lord, 
 
 This Pfalm relates to fame grievous dijlrefs. — Wherein 
 mre obfervable (\) Bitter complaints of divine hidings 
 \anduurath; of fore bedily troubles. ; of inward griefs 
 and perplexities ; of calumnious repr^ache* ; or fudden 
 changes of condition , and of apparent nearnefs to death , 
 ver. 1, — [|. (z) Seafonable comforts agaihfi theft 
 grievances, fetched in from the eternity and unchangea* 
 blenefs of God. ver 12. Z\ 27 ,* from the deli-verances, 
 fpready and efiablifhment he will grant to his church, in 
 anjhver to the prayers , and for the comfort of his afflidlea* 
 
 people, ver. 13 — 28 fl While I .'; my foul 
 
 if I am extrcijid by my ircubUs ; if thefe of thg i;mfr man 
 
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 226 P S A L M cir. 
 
 hear heavieft on my heart, and if I am a cordial partaker, 
 nvith Zion in her joys and griefs. 
 
 LORD, unto my pray'r give ear, 
 my cry let come to thee ; 
 
 2 And in the day of my diftrefs, 
 hide not thy face from me. 
 
 Give ear to me : what time I call, 
 to anfwer me make hafle 
 
 3 For as an hearth my bones are burnt 
 my days like fmoke do wafle. 
 
 4 My heart within me {mitten is, 
 and it is withered 
 
 Like very grafs : fo thai I do 
 forget to eat my breid. 
 
 5 By reafon of my groaning voice, 
 my bones cleave to my fkin. 
 
 6 Like pelican in wildernefs 
 forfaken I have been. 
 
 7 I like an owl in defertam, 
 that nightly there doth moan, 
 
 I watch, and like a fparrow am 
 on the houfe top alone. 
 
 S My bitter en'mies all the day 
 
 reproaches caft on me : 
 And being mad at me, with rage 
 
 againft me fworn they be. 
 
 9 For why, I afhes eaten have, 
 
 like bread in forrows deep : 
 My drink I alfo mingled have 
 
 with tears that 1 did weep. 
 jo Thy wrath and indignation 
 
 did caufe this grief and pain : 
 For thou haft lift me up on high, 
 
 and call me down again. 
 
 I I My days are like unto a made, 
 which doth declining pafs : 
 
 And I am dry'd and withered, 
 ev'n like unto the grafs. 
 
PSALM CII. "227 
 
 12 But thou, Lord, everlafling art, 
 
 and thy remembrance mail 
 Continually endure, and be 
 to generations all. 
 
 13 Thou fhak arife, and mercy have 
 
 upon thy Zion ye; : 
 The time to favour her is come, 
 the time that thou haft fet. 
 
 14 For in her rubbifh and her flones, 
 
 thy fervanta pleafure take ; 
 Yea, they the very duft thereof 
 do favour for her fake, 
 
 15 So mall the heathen people fear 
 
 the Lord's moil holy name ; 
 And all the kings en earth mail dread. 
 
 thy glory and thy fame. 
 x6 When Zion by the mighty Lord 
 
 built up again mall be, 
 In glory then and majefty, 
 
 to men appear (hall he. 
 
 17 The prayer of the deftitute 
 
 he furely will regard, 
 Their prayer will he not defpife, 
 by him it (hall be heard. 
 
 18 For generations yet to come 
 
 this fhall be on record : 
 So (hall the people that fhall be 
 created praife the Lord. 
 
 19 He from his fanctuary's height 
 
 hath downward caft his eye : 
 And from his glorious throne in heav'a 
 the Lord the earth did fpy : 
 
 20 That of the mournful prifoner 
 
 the groanings he might hear. 
 To fet them free, that unto death 
 by men appointed are : 
 
 2.1 Thac they in Sion may declare 
 tfae Lord's moil holy name, 
 
kit PSALM CIL 
 
 And publifh in Jerufalem 
 the praifes of the fame, 
 
 22 When as the people gather fhall 
 
 in troops with one accord, 
 
 When kingdoms mail affembled be 
 
 to ferve the higheft Lord 
 
 23 My wonted ftrength and force he hath 
 
 abated in the way ; 
 And he my diys hath fnortencd : 
 
 24 Thus therefore did 1 fay, 
 My God, in mid-time of my days 
 
 take thou me not away : 
 From age to age eternally 
 
 thy )ears endure and Hay. 
 
 25 The firm foundation of the earth 
 
 of old time thou hall laid : 
 The heavens alfo are the work 
 
 which thine own harids have mad*- 
 
 26 Thou fhalt for ever more endure : 
 
 but they mail perifh all ; 
 
 Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old, 
 
 like to a garment, fhall ; 
 
 Thou as a veflure fhalt them change, 
 and they fhall changed be ; 
 
 27 But thou the fame ait, and thy yeari 
 
 are to eternity. 
 
 28 The children of thy fervants fhall 
 
 continually endure, 
 And in thy fight, O Lord their feed 
 fhall be eftablifh'd fare. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME 
 
 LORD, hear my pray'r, and let my cry 
 Have fpeedy accefs unto thee. 
 2 In day of my calamity, 
 
 O hide not thou thy face from me: 
 Hear when 1 call to thee, that day 
 An anfwer fpeedily return. 
 
PSALM CIL 
 
 3 My days like fmoke confume awajr, 
 And, a.$ an hearth, my bones do bum* 
 
 4 My heart is wounded very fore, 
 And withered like graft, dcthfadc: 
 J am forgetful gro*n therefore 
 
 To take and eat my daily bread. 
 % Br reafon of my fmart within, 
 
 And voice of my moil grievious groans, 
 
 My fieih con fumed is ; my ikin 
 
 All parch'd, doth cleave unto my bones. 
 
 6 The pelican of wildernefc, 
 The cwi in defart 1 do match : 
 
 7 And fparrow-like companionlefs, 
 Upon the houfe's top 1 watch. 
 
 £ I ail day long am made a icorn, 
 Reproach'd by my malicious foes: 
 The mad men are againfr. rne fsvorn, 
 The men againfi me that arofe. 
 
 9 For I have aflies eaten up, 
 
 To me as if they had been bread ; 
 And with my drink, 1 in my cup, 
 Of bitter tears a mixture mide. 
 
 10 Bccaufe tiy wrath was no: appeas'd, 
 And dreadful indignation : 
 Therefore it was that thou me rais'd, 
 And thou again did ft call me down, 
 
 1 1 My days are like a (hade alway, 
 Which doth declining fviftly pafs : 
 And I am withered avvay, 
 
 Much like unto the fading gra r s. 
 
 12 But thou, O Lord, fhalt frill endure, 
 From change and all mutation free ; 
 And to all generations lure 
 
 Shall thy remembrance ever be. 
 
 53 Thou (halt arife. and mercy yet 
 Thou to mount Z on (halt extend; 
 Ker time for favour which was fet, 
 Behold, is now come to an end. 
 
230 P S A L M CTI, 
 
 14 Thy faints take pleafure in her Hones ; 
 Her very dud to them is dear. 
 
 15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones. 
 On earth, thy glorious name fhall fear. 
 
 1 6 God in his glory (hall appear, 
 When Zion he builds and repairs. 
 
 17 He fhall regard, and lend his ear 
 Unto the neetly's humble prayers. 
 Th' afllifted's prr.y'r he will not fcorn. 
 
 iS All time3 this mall be on record; 
 And generations yet unborn 
 Shall praife and magnify the Lord- 
 
 1 9 He from his holy place look'd down ; 
 The earth he view'd from heav'n on high, 
 
 20 To hear the pris'ners mourning groan, 
 And free them that aie doom'd to die; 
 
 2 1 That Zion and Jerus'lem too, 
 
 His name and praife may well record : 
 
 22 When people, and the kingdoms do 
 AfTemble all to praife the Lord. 
 
 23 My ftrength he weak'ned in the way : 
 My days of life he fhortened. 
 
 24 My God, O take me not away 
 In mid time of my days, 1 faid : 
 Thy years throughout all ages laft. 
 
 25 Of old thou haft eftablifhed 
 
 The earth's foundation firm and faft : 
 Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made* 
 
 26 They peridi fhall, as garments do ; 
 But thou fhalt evermore endure : 
 
 As veftures thou fhalt change them fo; 
 And they fhall all be changed fure. 
 
 27 But from all changes thou art free ; 
 Thy endlefs years do laft for ay. 
 
 28 Thy fervants and their feed who be, 
 EftabliQi'd lhall before thee ftay. 
 
-psalm cirr. 231 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Mere (\) The Pfalmifi earneftly ftirs up hi mf elf to 
 fraife God for favours to himfelf in particular j for par- 
 don of fins, healing of difeafes, redemption from death, 
 ver. 1 > — 5. ; and for his mercies to his people ', in reveal- 
 ing his mind to them; pardoning their fins ; Jympathiz,ing 
 with their weaknefs ; pitying their afflictions ; and per- 
 petuating his new covenant mercy towards them and their 
 feed, ver. 6, — 18. (2) Confcious of his own infufficiency , 
 be requejls the ajfiftance of angels, and of all the works 
 if God to praife him, who is their Sovereign, ver. 1 9,— 
 
 ' 22 ^f Thus, my foul, let all my inward powers he 
 
 fiirred up to praife and thank my Redeemer, for all that 
 be hath done for me, — and for his Church on earth. 
 
 OThou my foul, blefs God the Lord ; 
 and all that in me is, 
 Be fiirred up his holy Name 
 to magnify and blefs. 
 
 2 Blefs, O my foul, the Lord thy God, 
 
 and not forgetful be 
 Of all his gracious benefits, 
 he ruth beilow'd on thee, 
 
 3 All thine iniquities who doth 
 
 moll gracioufly forgive : 
 Who thy difeafes all and pains 
 doth heal, and thee relieve. 
 
 4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou 
 
 to death may 'it not go down : 
 Who thee with loving kindnefs doth 
 and tender mercies crown. 
 
 5 Who, with abundance of good things, 
 
 doth fatisfy thy mouth: 
 So that ev'n as the eagle's age, 
 renewed is thy youth. 
 
 6 God righteous judgment executes 
 
 for all oppreffed ones. 
 
 7 His way to Mtofes, he his afls 
 
 n\2.dc knowa to lfra'ls foils, 
 
232 PSALM CIIL 
 
 8 The Lord our God is merciful, 
 
 and he* is gracious ; 
 Long-fufFering* and flow to wrath, 
 in mercy plenteous. 
 
 9 He will not chide concinually, 
 
 nor keep his anger ftill. 
 io With us he dealt not as we firtn'd* 
 nor did requite our ill, 
 
 1 1 For as the heaven in its height 
 
 the earth furmounteth far : 
 So great to thofe that do him fear 
 
 his tender mercies are. 
 j 2 As far as eaft is diftant from 
 
 the weft ; fo far hath he 
 From us removed, in his love, 
 
 all our iniquity. 
 
 13 Such pity as a father hath 
 
 unto his children deai ; 
 
 Like pity (hews the Lord to fuch 
 
 as wcruiip him in fear. 
 
 14 For he remembers weareduft, 
 
 arid he our frame well knows. 
 
 15 Frail man, his days are iike the grafj 
 
 as ilow'r in field he grows. 
 
 16 For overic the wind doth pafs, 
 
 and it away is gone ; 
 And of the place, where once it v. 
 it mill no more be known. 
 
 17 But unto them that do him fear 
 
 God's mercy never ends ; 
 
 And to their children's children flill 
 
 his riglu'oufnefs extends. 
 
 1 8 To fuch as keep his covenant, 
 
 and mindful are al way 
 Of his moll: juft commandements, 
 that they may then obey. 
 
 his throa* 
 i linn to ihud: 
 
P 3 A L M CLV. 255 
 
 And ev'ry thing that being hath, 
 his kingdom doth com man J. 
 
 20 C ye his angels, that exec! 
 
 in ftrength, blefs ye the Lord ; 
 Ye who rbey what he commands, 
 ar.d hearken to hi* word. 
 
 21 O hlefs and magnifi the Lord, 
 
 ye glorious hcih of his ; 
 Ye min liters, that do fulfil 
 wrate'erhis pleaLre is. 
 
 22 O blefs the Lord all ve his works, 
 
 wherewith 'he world is ftor'd 
 In his dominions every where : 
 my foul blefs thou the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 This Pfalm was perhaps compefed along with the pre- 
 tiding one ; and contains (\) High celebrations of God, 
 us the God of nature ; particularly of his appearances 
 in his heavenly palaces, c uer, i : — 4.. / — of his creation of 
 a and dry land, -ver. $, — 9. y — of the pr.vlfion he 
 for his creatures according to their refpeciive 'needs, 
 ver 10, — 28 y — and of his fovereign dominion and in- 
 fluence o-ver them, <ver. 29, — 32. (zj Holy refolut tons t$ 
 meditate on, and praije the Lord, in the e vie t w of his de- 
 
 firuclion of the wicked, <ver. 33, — 35 ^, Lo I ho<v$ 
 
 Jlretched heavens y bow refulgent luminaries ; hovo fer- 
 tile fields y how towering woods y how roaring feas y 
 bow ranging brutes y bow labouring men y how flaming 
 Seraphs, unite their their force to awaken my foul — to 
 tune my heart, to the high praifes of her Redekm 8 r ! 
 Let 7?ie 7neet my God, my Chrifl, in c 1 In eve- 
 
 ry found, let me hear his voice In every form let mi 
 difcern how great is his goodnffs y and bow great is his 
 Leauty ! Nor let creation s lower plai . my heart* 
 
 Let new covenant- relations to my unbounded All; Let 
 redemption through bis blood fix all bfs, enrap- 
 
 ture all my inward powers ; that I may (1 ig . Inthems, all 
 Bnfire, to Him who loved me, and gave Himfelf for me, 
 U z 
 
B' 
 
 P S A L M CIV. 
 
 LESS God my foul: O Lord my God, 
 thou art exceeding great ; 
 With honour and with majeity 
 thou clothed art in ftate. 
 
 2 With light, as with a robe, thyfelf 
 thou covereil about ; 
 
 And like unto a curtain thou 
 the heavens ftretchefl out. 
 
 3 Who of his chambers doth the beams 
 within the waters lay ; 
 
 "Who doth the clouds his chariot make, 
 on wings of wind make way. 
 
 4 Who Riming fire his miniilers ; 
 his angel's fp'rits doth make. 
 
 5 W r ho earth's foundations did lay, 
 that it mould never fhake. 
 
 6 Thou didft it cover with the deep, 
 as with a garment fpread : 
 
 The waters flood above the hiHs, 
 when thou the word but faid. 
 
 7 .But at the voice of thy rebuke, 
 they fled, and would rot ftay : 
 
 They at thy thunder's dreadful voice, 
 did haile them faft away. 
 
 8 They by the mountains do afcend, 
 and by the valley-ground 
 
 Defcend, unto tha: very place 
 
 which thou for them did ft found. 
 
 9 Thou haft a bound unto them fee, 
 that they may not pafs over ; 
 
 That they do not return again 
 the face of earth to cover. 
 
 io He to the vallies fends the fpring5, 
 which run among the hills : 
 
 11 They to all beafts of field give drink, 
 wild afles drink their fills. 
 
 12 By them the fowls of heav'n fhallhavc 
 their habitation; 
 
PSALM CIV. V§] 
 
 Which do among the branches fing 
 with delectation. 
 
 1 3 He from his chambers watereth 
 
 the hills when they are dry'd : 
 With fruit and increafe of thy works 
 
 the earth is fatisfy'd. 
 1 4. For cattle he makes grafs to grow, 
 
 he makes the herb to fpring 
 For th' ufe of man, that food to him 
 
 he from the earth may bring . 
 
 15 And wine, that to the heart of man 
 
 doth cheer fulnefs impart, 
 Oil that his face makes fhine, and bread 
 that (Irengtheneth his heart. 
 
 16 The trees of God are full of fap, 
 
 the cedars that do Hand 
 In Lebanon, which planted were 
 by his almighty hand, 
 
 17 Birds of the air, upon their bought 
 
 do chufe their nefts to make : 
 Ai for the flork, the fir tree ihe 
 doth for her dwelling take. 
 
 18 The lofty mountains for wild goats 
 
 a place of refuge be : 
 The conies alfo to the rocks 
 do for their fafety flee. 
 
 19 He fets the moon in heav'n thereby 
 
 the feafons to difcern : 
 Fjom him the fun his certain time 
 of going down doth learn. 
 
 20 Thou darknefs mak'ft, 'tis night; then bea& 
 
 of forefts creep abroad. 
 
 21 The lions young roar for their prey, 
 
 and feek their meat from God. 
 
 2Z The fun doth rife, and home they flock> 
 
 down in their dens they lie, 
 >%l Man goes to work, his labour he 
 
 doth to the evening ply, 
 
*3& PSALM CIV. 
 
 24 How manifold, Lord, are thy woiks ! 
 
 in wifdom wonderful 
 Thou ev'ry one of them haft made ; 
 earth's of thy riches full. 
 
 25 So is this great and fpaciou^ fca, 
 
 wherein thirgs creeping are, 
 
 Which nurnb'red cannot be ; and beads 
 
 both great and fmall are there. 
 
 26 There mips go ; there thou mak'fl to play 
 
 that leviathan great. 
 
 27 Thefe all wait on thee, that thou may'fl 
 
 in due time give them meat. 
 
 28 That which thou givefl unto them, 
 
 they gather for their food ; 
 Thine hand thou op'neil lib'rally, 
 
 they filled are with good. 
 2,9 Thou hid'fl thy face, they troubled are; 
 
 their breath thou uk'fl awa v ; 
 Then do they die, and to their dull 
 
 return again do they. 
 
 30 Thy quick'ning fp'ritthou fendeth forth, 
 
 then they created be : 
 And then the earth's decayed face 
 renewed is by thee. 
 
 31 The glory of the m : ghty Lord 
 
 continue (hall for ever : 
 
 The Lord jehovah mall rejoice 
 
 in all his works together. 
 
 32 Earth, a: aflrighted, tremblethaU, 
 
 if he on it but look : 
 And if the mountains he but touch, 
 they prefently do (matte; 
 
 33 I will ling to the Lord moll high, 
 
 fo long as 1 fhall live : 
 And while I being have, 1 (hall 
 to my God praifes give. 
 
 34 Of him my meditation ftull 
 
 fwect thoughts to me aiFord : 
 
PSALM CV. 83? 
 
 And as for me, I will rejoice 
 
 in God my only Lord. 
 35 From earth let fmners be confum'd, 
 
 let ill men no mere be : 
 O thou my foul, blefs thou the Loid : 
 
 praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CV. 
 
 This Pfalm was a part of the folemn hymn fung at the 
 tranjlationofthe ark from the houfe ofObed edom to the 
 city of David, I Chron xvi. ,• and contains ( \ ) Solemn 
 calls to meditate on, feek, magnify, and praife God, whs 
 isfo great, fo gracious, and fo nearly ccnnecled with us, 
 <ver. i, — 7. (z) A narrative of 'the particular mercies of 
 God to Ifrael for the fpace of 4.70 years, as grounds of 
 praife: Particularly (\) His covenant with their patri- 
 archs, ver. 8, — t 1. (z) His care of them, while ft rangers 
 and ftj our tiers, ver. 12, — 15. ( '3 J His advancement of 
 Jcfeph, tobethejhepherdandjloneoflfrael, ver. 16, 22. 
 ( '/\.J His increafmg of them in Egypt, and at laft deliver- 
 ing them from it, in the way of infu cling manifold plagues 
 en the Egyptians, ver. 23, — 38. (z) His care &f them 
 in the wilder nefs, and fettling them in Canaan, as ape* 
 
 cuh ar people to himfelf, <ver 39, — 45. f[ While I 
 
 Jing, let my foul, with affecting wonder, think, what 
 God is to me ; and what he hath done for me, and his 
 Church, in profecution of his covenant engagements with 
 Jefus Chri/f. 
 
 C^l IVE thanks to God, call on his name; 
 7 to men his deeds makekmwn. 
 
 2 Sine ye to him, fing pfalms : proclaim 
 
 his wond'rous works each one, 
 
 3 See that ye in his holy name 
 
 to glory do accord ; 
 And le: the heart of ev'ry one 
 rejoice, that feeks the Lord, 
 
 4 The Lord almighty, and his ftrength, 
 
 with ftcdfcit hearts feck ye : 
 
*j8 P S A L M CV. 
 
 His bleiled and his gracious face 
 feek ye continually. 
 
 5 Think on the works that he hath done, 
 
 which admiration breed ; 
 His wonders and the judgments all 
 which from his mouth proceed. 
 
 6 O ye that are of Abrah'm's race, 
 
 his feivant weU approv'n ; 
 And ye that Jacob's children are. ^ 
 
 whom he choos'd for his own. 
 
 7 Becaufe he, and he only, is 
 
 the mighty Lord our God , 
 And his moil righteous judgments are 
 in all the earth abroad. 
 
 S His covenant he rememb'red hatb, 
 
 that it may ever ftand : 
 To thoufand generations 
 
 the word he did command, 
 9 Which covenant he firmly mad* 
 
 with faithful Abraham* 
 And unto lfaac by his oath, 
 
 he did renew the fame. 
 
 io And unto Jacob, for a law, 
 
 he made it firm and fure, 
 A covenant to Ifrael, 
 
 which ever fhould endure. 
 ii Hefaid, I'll give Canaan's land 
 
 for heritage to you : 
 12 While they were ftrangers there, and few, 
 
 in number, very few. 
 
 j 3 While yet they went from land to land 
 
 without a fure abode ; 
 And while, thro' fundry kingdoms they 
 
 did wander far abroad. 
 14 Yet notwithstanding fufTer'd he 
 
 no man to do them wrong : 
 Yea, for their fakes, he did reprove 
 
 kings, who were great and itrong. 
 
PSALM CV. 239 
 
 15 Thus did he fay, Touch ye not thofc 
 
 that mine anointed be, 
 Nor do the prophets any harm 
 that do pertain to me. 
 
 16 He call'd for fa nine on the land, 
 
 he brake the ftaffof bread. 
 
 1 7 But yet he fent a man before, 
 
 by whom they mould be fed : 
 
 Iv'n Jofeph, whom unnat'rally 
 fell for a ilave did they. 
 
 18 Whofe feet with fetters they did hurt, 
 
 and he in irons lay ; 
 
 19 Until the time that his word came 
 
 to give him liberty : 
 The word and purpofe of the Lord 
 did him in prifon try. 
 
 20 Then fent the king, and did command 
 
 that he enlarged mould be; 
 He that the people's ruler was, 
 did fend to fet him free. 
 
 21 A lord, to rule his family, 
 
 he rais'd him, as mod fit ; 
 To him of all that he pofiefs'd 
 he did the charge commit : 
 
 «2 That he might at his pleafure bind 
 
 the princes of the land ; 
 And he might teach his fenatora 
 
 wifdom to urderftand. 
 
 23 The people then of lfrael 
 
 down into Egypt came: 
 And Jacob alfo fojourned 
 within the land of Ham. 
 
 24 And he did greatly by his power 
 
 increafe his people there ; 
 And ftronger than their enemiea 
 
 they by his bleffing were. 
 «5 Their hearts he turned to enry 
 
 hi* folk malicioufly, 
 
*4o PSALM CV. 
 
 With thofe that his own fervants were 
 to deal in fubtilty. 
 
 26 His fervant Mofes he did fend, 
 
 Aaron his cho r en one. 
 
 27 By thefe his iigns and wonders gr?a: 
 
 in Ham's land were made known. 
 
 28 Darknefs he :ent, and made it dark: 
 
 his word they did obey. 
 
 29 He turn'd their waters into blood, 
 
 and lie their fifh did flay. 
 
 30 The land in plenty brought forth frogfr 
 
 in chambers of their king?. 
 
 31 His wore ail forts of flies and lice 
 
 in all their borders brings. 
 
 32 He hai! for rain, and fla ning fire 
 
 into their land he fent : 
 ^3 And he their Vines and fig-trees fmote, 
 trees of their coalls he rent. 
 
 34 He (pake, and caterpillars came, 
 
 locufts did much abound; 
 
 35 Which in their lar.d all herbs confum'd, 
 
 and all fruits of their ground. 
 
 36 He fmcte ail firil-born in their land, 
 
 chief of their ftrength each one. 
 
 37 With gold and filver brought them fbrthj 
 
 weak in their tribes were none. 
 
 38 Egypt was glad when forth they went, 
 
 their fear on them did light. 
 
 39 He fpread a cloud for covering, 
 
 and fire to ihine by night. 
 
 40 They afk'd and he brought quails : with breai 
 
 of heav'n he filled them. 
 
 41 He opened, rocks, floods gufhM and ram 
 
 in de farts like a dream 
 
 42 For on his holy promife he, 
 
 and fervant A brah'm, tho ighU 
 
 43 With joy his people hi* eled 
 
 with giadnefe forth he brought. 
 
P S A L M C 
 
 n the plea fan: lat 
 he of the heathen gave : 
 That of the people's labour they 
 inheritance liUgHf frat '€- 
 
 45 That they his ttatutes might ob 
 
 according to Sis worJ ; 
 And that they might his laws obey. 
 
 Give praife unto t) e Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CVL 
 
 This Pfalm May be considered as afnpphment 
 ceding* 'ikat exhibited to our view the marvellous 
 c.tjs of God to IfraeL This exhibits the fearful ftbtllions 
 of Ifrael againft their gracious God, IV c haw* ( ' J a 
 preface, afcribing praije to God, and exhibiting comforts 
 to his faints ; and ' requefiiag favours fro ?n God, ver. \, — 
 5. (2.) An alarming toxfefjiote or narrative of JJraePs 
 wickedn'fs againft their God, mtwithfandi^g his mar- 
 vellous hindncjs to tbeitt, — in provoking Hits: at the Red- 
 fea, ver. 6, — 12 / in lifting after feifual gratifications, 
 ver. 13, — 1 5. y in mutinying againft his vicegerents* 
 ver. \6, — 18. y inWorjbipping the golden-calf ver. 19, 
 — 23.; in murmuring co ft e promifediani, ver. 
 
 24 — 27. y in joining with the Muabites and Midiankes, 
 in the worjhip cf Baal-pear, ver. 28, — 31. y in quarrel- 
 ling with Mopes at Kadeth, ver. 33, 3 3 . y in incorporat- 
 ing themfelves with the Canaanites, and imitating their 
 idolatrous and cruel cuftoms, tyer. 34, — 39. {$J An 
 a feeling view of God* s great compajfon to IfraeL, not- 
 withftanding they had provoked him, to inflicl fore and 
 almoft deftruclive puniftimenis upon thetn, ver. 40, — 46. 
 ( \) An affectionate improvement cf his kindnefs, in im- 
 ploring his pQ-iverful deliverance, and afcription of endlefs 
 
 praifes to his name % ver. 47, 48. q While Iftng, 
 
 let my foul be deeply affecled with the dreadful nature of 
 fin, and with men^s obftinacy, nay my own obftinacy there- 
 in. Let me, with amazement, behold the unbounded 
 mercy of God to men y and thai where Jin hath abounded, 
 grace doth much more abound. 
 X 
 
*4* P S A L M CVL 
 
 GIVE praife and thank unto the Lord, 
 for hourtiful i. 
 His tender mucy doth ensure 
 
 2 Gad'J n ighty « can exprefs? 
 
 or (1 
 
 3 L. cut keep 
 
 and juttiy do always. 
 
 4 Remember me, Lcrd, with that love, 
 
 which thou to thine doft bear ; 
 With thy falyatibtt, O my Goc, 
 to rifit me clra.v near : 
 
 5 That J thy chofen's good may fee, 
 
 and in their joy rejoice : 
 And may with thine inheritance 
 triumph with cheerful v^ice. 
 
 5 We with our fathers finned have, 
 
 and of iniquity 
 Too long we have the workers been, 
 
 we have done wickedly. 
 7 The wonders great, which thou, O Lcrd, 
 
 didlt work in Egypt land, 
 Our fathers, though they faw, yet them 
 
 they did not underftand ; 
 
 And they thy mercia, multitude 
 
 kept not in memory ; 
 But at the fea, ev'n the Red fea, 
 
 provok'd him grievoufly. 
 § Neverthelefs, he faved them, 
 
 ev'n for his own name's fake : 
 That fo he might to be well known 
 
 his mighty power make. 
 
 9 When he the Red fea did rebuke, 
 L then dried up it was : 
 
 Through depths, as through the wildemef** 
 
 he fafely made then pais. 
 io From hands of thofe that hated theii 
 Jie did his people fave ; 
 
P S A L 243 
 
 A>jad from the en'my's cruel hani 
 to them redemption gave. 
 
 11 The wafers over whelm'd their foes, 
 
 not one was lefta'ive. 
 
 12 Then they beUev'd his word, and praife 
 
 to him in fongs did give. 
 
 13 Bat loon did they his mighty works 
 
 forget unthankful])', 
 And on his couniel ani his will 
 did not wai. patiently : 
 
 14 But much did lull in wildernefs, 
 
 and God in defert tempt, 
 1 5 He gnvf them what they fought but te 
 t'v irfoul he Jeannefs fent. 
 
 16 And againft Mofes, in the camp, 
 
 their envy did appear ; 
 At Aaron they, the faint of God, 
 envious alfo were. 
 
 1 7 Therefore the earth did open wide, 
 
 and Dathan did devour, 
 And all Abiram's co rtpany 
 did cover in that hour. 
 
 18 Likewife among their company 
 
 a fire was kindled then ; 
 And fo the hot confuming flame 
 burnt up thefe wicked men. 
 
 19 Upon the hill of Horeb they 
 
 an idol calf did frame ; 
 A molten image they did make, 
 and woilhipped the fame. 
 
 20 And thus their glory, and their God, 
 
 moll vainly changed they 
 Into the likenefs of an ox 
 that eateth giafs or hay, 
 
 £ 1 They did forget the mighty God, 
 
 that had their Saviour be?n, 
 
 E/ v lit to pa& 
 
 they had in Egypt feen. 
 
3 A L M C 
 
 2: In Haw's land he did wondrous works, 
 
 things terrible did he, 
 When he his mighty hard and arm 
 
 flretch'd out at the Red Tea. 
 
 23 Then faid he, He would them deftroy, 
 
 had rot, his wrath to flay, 
 His chofen Mofes Hood in breach, 
 
 that them he mould not flay, 
 24. Yea, they defpis'd the pleafant land, 
 
 believed not his word : 
 
 25 But in their tents they murmured, 
 
 not heark'ning to the Lord. 
 
 26 Therefore in defe rt them to flay 
 
 he lifted up his hand : 
 2 7 'IVlong nations to o'erthrow their ke&> 
 and fcatter in each land. 
 
 28 They unto Baal-peordid 
 
 themfelves afibciate ; 
 The facritkes of the de2d 
 they did profanely eat. 
 
 29 Thu3 by their lewd inventions, 
 
 they did provoke his ire : 
 And then upon them fuddenly 
 the plague brake in as fire, 
 
 30 Then Phineas role and juibce did, 
 
 and fo the plague did ctafe. 
 
 3 1 That to all ages counted was 
 
 to him for right'oufnefs, 
 
 32 And a" the waters, where they flrove^ 
 
 they did him angry make, 
 In fuch for:, that it fired ill 
 with Mofes for cheir fake : 
 
 33 Becaufe they there his fpirit meek 
 
 provoked bitterly. 
 So that he utter'd with his lips 
 words un 
 
PSALM CYI. 245 
 
 35 But with the heathen mingled were, 
 
 and learn'd of thern their way. 
 
 36 And they their idols feiv'd which did 
 
 a Hiare unto them turn. 
 
 37 Their Tons and daughters they to dt'ils 
 
 in facrirkedid barn. 
 
 38 In their own children's guiltlefs blool 
 
 their hands they did imbrue, 
 V/hom to Can aan ? s idols they 
 
 for sacrifices (lew : 
 So was the land defii'd with blood. 
 37 Thry ftain'd with their own way, 
 And v/ich their own inventions 
 
 a whoring they did ftray. 
 
 40 Againft his people kindled was 
 
 the wrath of God therefore, 
 Infomuch that he did his own 
 
 inheritance abhor. 
 i.t He gave them to the heathens hand ; 
 
 "their foes did thexn command, 
 
 42 Their en' m ; es the n oppres'd, they were 
 
 made fubj. cl to their hand. 
 
 43 He many times deliver'd them, 
 
 but With their coun el fo 
 They nim provok'd, that Tor their (in 
 
 they were brought very low. 
 44. Vet their affliction he beheld, 
 
 when he did hear their cry : 
 
 45 And ae for them his covenant 
 
 did call to memory. 
 
 After his nercies multitude, 
 
 46 He did repent : and made 
 Them to be pitied of all thofe 
 
 who did them :apdvc lead. 
 
 47 O L^rd our God, us iave, and gather 
 
 the heathen from among, 
 That we thy holy name may praife 
 in a triumphant fong % 
 Xz 
 
246 P S A I, M C* 
 
 " fl be j EHOV MI, IfraTsGod, 
 tor all 
 Let : 
 
 1'raife to trie Lord give ye. 
 
 P S A L M CVI1. 
 
 j PfaJm m :dix to the 
 
 nng 2 I tto'd the p* ■ f God to- 
 
 . es, w bo prefigured his G fpel- 
 c.urcb. This (\) Rtprcfents the prci'yle >ces oj God to 
 tie children of men in general, and calls them to praife 
 him for his kindnefi a>:d mercy therein : Particularly ( ' \ ) 
 In direci'ng and gathering travellers, tinhorn be kadjujt- 
 /. <ver. I ^ — 7 (z)In delivering prifoners 9 
 whew he had juftly confined, *ver 8 — -4, ( ^) In beal- 
 ':e fick, w horn he had juftly plagued, <ver. 15 — zz + 
 ( js.) In relieving mariners, who?n he had juftly hjhrmed, 
 wr, 23. — 30 (5) In changing the condition of terri- 
 tories* perjons, and families, at his plea/ure, to the com- 
 fbrt f his p?rph\ and the refraining oj ' zvichc 'dr. cfs, t ver m 
 5 I — 42. (z) It encourageth men to a careful obfer. 
 
 en cf GW 1 s providences, <vcr. 43 q[ Let ?ne fng 
 
 this., with an heart deeply ajfe.ied 'With tbe~ various pro- 
 evidences of God towards myfi If and others , while we 
 1 walked f-y the way ; been co» fined in pt ijens ; or 
 lain in beds of languijhing ; traverfed the fur face of the 
 depths, or laboured in our rej'pec'tive employments. Let 
 me be a careful ob/erver of providences, and comfort them 
 the oracles of God. with ?ny behaviour and my 
 prayer Sj, and with cue another. So jhall I underjland the 
 lovn.g kindnefs of the Lord, 
 
 PRAISE God. for he i< good : for (till 
 his mercies Iaif:ng be. 
 
 2 Let God's redeemed fay (b. whom he 
 
 from th' cn'mies hand did frim : 
 
 3 And gather' ci them out of tht lands, 
 
 fr m north, fuuth, eait, and wfft. 
 
 4 Ti d '•' defert pathlefs way* 
 
 no C17 icttnd toreit. 
 
r 9 A L M CVIL 247 
 
 p For tfiirft uid hunger in them faint3 
 
 6 Their foul When ftraits them prefs, 
 Tney cry unto the Lord, and he 
 
 them free from their diftrefr. 
 
 7 Them aifo in a way to walk 
 
 that right is he did guide, 
 That they might to a ci:y go, 
 wherein they might abide. 
 
 S O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for hi gxvnefs chen, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 
 un:o the fon^ <>f rr.en ! 
 
 9 For he th* foul that longing is 
 
 dou i d!y (atisfyj 
 With goodnefs he the hungry foul 
 doth fill abundantly 
 
 10 :>uch as (hut up in darknefs deep, 
 
 and in death** (hade abide 
 Whom ftrongty hath affli&ion bound, 
 and irons fait have ty'd. 
 
 1 1 ( Becaufe againft the words of God 
 
 they wrought rtbellioufly, 
 And thev tne counfel did contemn 
 of him that is moll H .g iv ) 
 
 12 Their heart redid brmg doun with grief, 
 
 they fell, no help ciuid have. 
 
 13 In troobie then the) ciy'dtoGod, 
 
 he mem from ftraits did Lve. 
 
 14 lie out cf darknei; did them bring, 
 
 nd r'r m oeatbs ihaiethem take : 
 Tno e baiv s win rewth they had been bound 
 afunJer quite he brake. 
 
 15 O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for hi? good nef then, 
 And for his w< rki> of wonder done 
 
 unto the ions of men ! 
 lb Etc ui- the n :es of biafs 
 
 in piece* he am tear, 
 
248 PSALM CVII. 
 
 By him *n (under alfo cut 
 the >ars of iron were. 
 
 17 Fools r or their fin. and their offence, 
 
 fore affliction h; ar. 
 
 18 All kind o ; ir foul abhors, 
 
 y to death's guc draw ntar. 
 
 19 In gi'ef.hey cry to God, he faves 
 
 from t) eir miferies. 
 
 20 • - fen • Ivs m ofd, them heals, and them 
 
 *r 11 their deft ru ft ions frees 
 
 21 O that rr-en to the Lord would give 
 
 fe for his goodnefs then; 
 And for his works or wonder done 
 
 unto the fons of men ! 
 2 2 And let them ficrifice to hi n 
 
 of7 'rings of thank fulnefs ; 
 -And kt thern fhew abroad his works 
 
 in fongs of joy fain. <«. 
 
 23 Who go to fea in fhips, and in 
 
 gre at w 1 ers rr idifig be, 
 
 24 Within the d£ep thefe men God's works 
 
 and nib great wonders fee. 
 
 25 For he commands, and forth in haftc, 
 
 the itormy tempe t flies, 
 Which makes the fea with rolling waves 
 aloft to fwell and ike. 
 
 26 They mount to heav'n, then to the depths 
 
 they do go down again, 
 Thei) iouldoth famt and melt away 
 . 1 trouble and with pa.n. 
 
 27 They reel anu dagger like one drunk, 
 
 at tntir wi f t end they be. 
 
 28 1 J-en they to God in rouble cry, 
 
 who .hem from llraits Jotu fne. 
 
 29 The ftorm is chang'd into a cabn, 
 
 at his commai d and will, 
 So thai .r.e wav's which rag'd before, 
 now emiu axe and lull, 
 
r s a l M cvir. 24^ 
 
 30 Then are they glad becaufeat reft 
 
 and quiet now they be ; 
 So to the haven he them brings, 
 
 which they defir'd to fee. 
 
 3 [ O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for his goodnefs then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 
 unto the ions of men ! 
 
 32 Among the people gathered 
 
 let them exalt his name ; 
 Among afTembled elders fpread 
 his iroii renowned fame. 
 
 33 He to dry lands turns water- fprings, 
 
 and floods to wildernefs : 
 
 34 For fins ofthofe that dwell therein, 
 
 fat land to barrennefs. 
 
 35 The burn: and parched wildernefs 
 
 to water-pools he brings, 
 The ground, that was dry'd up before, 
 he turns to water fprings. 
 
 36 And there, f>r dwelling, he a place 
 
 d >th to the hunrgy give, 
 That they a city may prepare 
 commodioufly to live. 
 
 37 There fow they fields, and vineyards plant, 
 
 to yield fruits of increafe. 
 
 38 His bleffing makes them multiply, 
 
 lets not their beaih dicreafe. 
 
 39 Again they arediminiihed, 
 
 and very low brought own, 
 Through forrow and affliction, 
 and great op pr^flkm. 
 
 40 He upon princes pour , contempt, 
 
 and cauferhthem to ftr-ty, 
 And wancer in a wildernefs, 
 wherein there is no way. 
 
 41 Yet fetteth he the poor on ruga 
 
 from all ins miieries, 
 
*;• PSALM CVIII. 
 
 And he, much like unto a flock, 
 doth make him families. 
 
 42 They that are righteous (hall rejoice, 
 
 when they the fame mall fee ; 
 And as afhamed, flop her mouth 
 mall all iniquity. 
 
 43 Whofois wife, and will thefe things 
 
 obfeive, and them record, 
 
 Ev'n they mall underftdnd the love 
 
 and kindnefs of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVIII. 
 
 A Pfalm or Song of David. 
 
 The fir ft jive verfes of this Pfalm are taken from Pfalm 
 Ivii. 7, — 1 z ; and contain praifes and thanhfgiving! t* 
 God, The other eight are taken from Pfa*m Ix 5, — . 2 ; 
 and contain prefers for, and hopes of \ promifed mercies — 
 ff Never fcrupie, mifoul, to think, or to fing* or to pray 
 •ver, the fame fubjects of importance ; hut let there be 
 tlways a neamefs of affeSlion nvwaefi of fpiriiual in 
 lour. 
 
 MY heart is nVd, Lord, 1 will fing, 
 and with my glory praife. 
 
 2 Awake, up pfaltery and harp, 
 
 mylelf I'll early raife. 
 
 3 I'll praife thee 'mong the people Lord, 
 
 'monp naims fing uill I : 
 
 4 For above heav'n thy mercy's great, 
 
 thy truth doth reach the fky. 
 
 5 Be thou above the heavn's, Lord, 
 exalted glorioufly : 
 
 r 
 
 Thy glory all the e rth above 
 
 be lifted up on hgh. ^ 
 
 6 That thofe who thy beloved are, 
 
 deliveredmaybe: ^ 
 
 U do i.iou f ve with tiiy r grit hand, 
 
 aud iiniwer give to inc. j^ 
 
PSALM CIX. 251 
 
 7 God in his hoiinefs hath faid, 
 
 Herein J mil take pleasure, 
 Shechem 1 will div ■ ■ rth 
 
 will Succol ' - c. 
 
 \ Gilead I clai 1 by right, 
 
 (hall be, 
 EprnVo. 1 of y wad ;h ltrengtk, 
 
 Judahgivvb Uvsb forme. 
 
 9 Moab's my w?fhing pot, my (hoc 
 
 I'll ove. £ lorri throw : 
 Over the land o P deft iie 
 I will in triumph go. 
 
 10 G who is he wiH bm.g me tm 
 
 the cit> fortify 'd ? 
 O wh 1 is he that io the 1 nd 
 of Edom will me guide ? 
 
 1 1 O God, thou wh > hadft call us oiF, 
 
 this thing wilt thou not do ? 
 And wilt no; thou, ev'n thou, O God, 
 fort hi with our armies go ? 
 
 12 Do thou from trouble give us help : 
 
 forhelplefs is man's aid. 
 
 1 3 Through God we fhall do valiantly : 
 
 our foes he fhall down tread. 
 
 PSALM CIX. 
 
 To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. 
 
 Probably David penned this Pfalm voith a view to 
 Doeg or Ahitophel ; and hence it is much akin to the \\ft 9 
 $2d> 55th, 120th, and \^Qth. But the Holy Ghoji herein 
 hath a mediate refpefl to Jefus and Judas the traitor , 
 Acls i. 20. Obferve ( \) the Pjalmift' 's bitter complaints 
 of his enemies as fpiteful, deceitful, falfe, rejllefs, unjuft, 
 ungrateful, ver. 1, — 5. (2) His fearful denunciations 
 ef divine vengeance againf his dijlinguijhed fee, That 
 he Jhould be delivered into the hand of Satan ; — -Jhould 
 have his prayers rejected, his life Jbortened, his Jul fiance 
 *wafted t andhispoflerity rtuderedmifirable, <ver. 6, — 2#, 
 
o 
 
 c;z PSALM C 
 
 ( "i ) ) His lamentation over his inward trouble, hit nf- 
 froachir.g death , his injlabilitx 
 
 nefs, reproach of enemies , and his prayers former .* 
 himfelf, confujion to his enemies , and glory to his I 
 <t'*r. 2!, — 29. ^4^ /Ki triumph in God, a: h: 
 
 and deliverer, atnidjl all his troubles * ver, 30, 31 
 
 ^y While 1 fing, let me be ajfecled <with the ju fe\ 
 my Redeemer, and nvifb the mifry of theft jeavs and 
 ethers, who abandon fhemjtlves to be his obJUnate o/pofers. 
 Let me implore, and by faith fore/be, the complete ruin of 
 all my fpirilv.al enemies ; and the full redemption tf my 
 foul, and of the whole my/lical body of Chri/i, tipfiwitk* 
 Jlanding all our fitful poverty and plagues. 
 
 Thou the God of all my praife, 
 co thou not hold thy peace. 
 2 For mouths of wicked men, to fpeak 
 
 againfl me do not ce^fe ; 
 The mouths of vile deceitful men 
 
 againft me open'd be : 
 And with a falfe and lying tongue 
 they have accufed me. 
 
 5 They did befet me round about 
 
 with words of hateful fpite : 
 And though to then no caufe 1 gave, 
 
 againft me they did fight. 
 
 4 They for my love became my fa^s : 
 butl rrefet to pray. 
 
 5 Ev : l for good, hatred for love, 
 to me they did repay. 
 
 6 Set thou the wicked over him : 
 and upon his right hand 
 
 Give thou his greateit enemy, 
 
 ev'n Satan, leave to fl.ind. 
 j And when by thee he fh?ll be judr 
 
 let him condemned be ; 
 And let his pray'r be turn'd to fin, 
 
 when he fhali call on thee. 
 
 S Few be his days, and in his room 
 fcis charge another take. 
 
r S A L M CIX. 
 
 9 His children let be f-lherlefs, 
 
 his wife a widow r.. 
 
 10 His children let be vagabonds, 
 
 and beg continually : 
 And, from their places defolate, 
 ftek bread frr their fiipply. 
 
 1 1 Let covetous extortioners 
 
 catch all he hath away : 
 Of all for which helabour'd hath 
 let Grangers make a prey. 
 
 1 2 Let there be none to pity him ; 
 
 let there be none at all 
 That on his children fatherlefi 
 will let his mercy fall, 
 
 i 3 Let his poflerity from eank 
 
 cut off for ever be, 
 And in the following age their name 
 
 be blotted out by thee. 
 
 14 Let God his fathers wiekednefs 
 
 full to remembrance call : 
 And never let his mother's iii* 
 be blotted out at all. 
 
 15 But let them all before the Lord, 
 
 appear continually, 
 That he may wholly from the earth 
 cut off their memory. 
 
 16 Becaufc he mercy minded not, 
 
 but perfecuted ftill 
 The poor and needy, that he might 
 the broken hearted kill. 
 
 17 As he in curing pleafure took, 
 
 fo let it to him fall : 
 As he delighted not to blefs, 
 fo bhfs him not at all. 
 
 18 As curfmg he like clothes put on, 
 
 into his bowels fo, 
 Like water, and info his bones, 
 like oil, down let it go. 
 Y 
 
= 5+ P S A L M C1X. 
 
 19 Like to the garment let it be 
 
 which doth himfelf array, 
 And for a girdte, wherewith be 
 
 is girt about alway. 
 §q From God let this be their reward 
 
 : en'mies are to me, 
 And their reward that fpeak againft 
 
 my foul malicioufly. 
 
 21 But do thou, fcr thine own name's fake, 
 
 O God the Lord, fcr me : 
 Sith good and Tweet thy mercy is, 
 trouble fet me free. 
 
 22 For 1 am poor and indigent, 
 
 afrlidled fore am I, 
 My heart within rre alfo is 
 wounded exceedingly. 
 
 23 I pafs like a declining made, 
 
 am like the locuft toft. 
 
 24 My knees through failing weak'ned are, 
 
 my flcili hath fatnefs loft. 
 
 25 I alio am a vile reproach 
 
 unto them made to be : 
 And they that did upon me look, 
 did make their heads at me. 
 
 26 O *lo thou help and fuccour me, 
 
 who art my God and Lord : 
 And, for thy tender mercies' fake, 
 Pifety to me afford : 
 
 27 That thereby they may know that this 
 
 is thy almighty hand : 
 And that thou, Lord, haft done the fame, 
 they may well under/land. 
 
 28 Although they curfe with fpite, yet Lord, 
 
 blefs thou vrith loving voice : 
 ILet them aiham'd be when they rife : 
 
 thy fervant let rejoice. 
 £9 Let thcu mine adverfaries all 
 
 with flume b£ clothed ever ; 
 
r S A E M CX. . 23-5 
 
 Amd let their own confufion 
 them as a mantle cover. 
 
 30 But as for me, I with my mouth, 
 
 will greatly praife the Lord ; 
 And I among the multitude 
 his praifes will record. 
 
 3 1 For he mall Hand at his right hand 
 
 who is in poverty, 
 To fave him from all thofe that would 
 condemn his foul to die. 
 
 PSALM CX. 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 This Pfalm relates wholly to Jefus Chrijf : And reprs- 
 Jknts Him (\ ) In his glorious offices, as a Prophet, ga- 
 thering the nations by the proclamations of his gofpel, the 
 rod of his ftrength, ver. 2, 5. y as our great Higb Priefl, 
 wer. 4. ; and as our exalted, viclorious, and governing 
 King, ver. 2, 3, 5, 6. (2) In his diverfified ftates of 
 
 debafement and exaltation, <uer. 7. I. 5. ^[ While 
 
 I fing, let mine eyes be fixed, wholly fixed \ on my glorious 
 Redeemer. Behold! hoiv, having by bimfelf purged \mr 
 fins, he fat dovon on the right hand of the Majejly on high! 
 Behold hi?n, by the avord of his grace 1 , fubduing multi- 
 tudes offinfid ?nen to bimfelf 7 Behold him able to fave t» 
 the uttermoft, becaufe he ever liveth to make intercefion 
 for us. And, let my mouth be filled ivith Hallelujahs and 
 Hofannas in the highefi, to Him, ivho by 'water and by 
 klood, comcth in the name of the Lord to fave me. 
 
 TH E Lord did fay unto my Lord, 
 Sit thou at my right hand 
 Until I make thy foes a ftcol 
 
 whereon thy feet may Hand. 
 2 The Lord fhall out of Zion fend 
 
 the rod of thy great pow'r : 
 In midft of all thine enemies 
 be thou the (revere >r. 
 
256 PSALM C 
 
 3 A willing people in thy day 
 
 cf pow'r fhall come to thee, 
 
 In holy beauties from morn's womb : 
 
 thy youth like de^v fhall be. 
 
 4 The Lord himfelf hath made an oath, 
 
 and will repent him never, 
 Of th' order of Melchifedek 
 thou art a pried fcr ever. 
 
 5 The glorious and mighty Lord, 
 
 that {its at thy right hand, 
 Shall in his day of wrath flrike through 
 
 kings that do him withftand. 
 C> He (hall among the heathen judge, 
 
 he fhall with bodies dt ad 
 The places fill : o'er many lands 
 
 he wound fhall ev'ry head. 
 
 7 The brook that runneth in the way 
 
 with drink (hall him fupply : 
 And for this caufe, in triumph he 
 
 fhall lift his head on high. 
 
 PSALM CXL 
 
 In this Pfialn:, c~'i try ft ;:tence of which hegi n 
 tit ex cf the II haul ( \) 
 
 praifi Seated and exemplified y <ver. i. (z) 
 
 r J he grounds of; imfielf 
 
 is gracious and ■\ijlion, a. 
 
 ; and that his works are magnificent, pleafant, 
 righteous, wonderful, per feet y kind, prudent, and 4 
 
 and all conformed to his pi 
 2, — 9. (\) krecm ential 
 
 O. — 
 • 
 licving confiderati on 
 
 nuith that 
 
 -L- Hch ca 
 snotes the fill ml ; 1 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. With my whole heart 
 1 will fife declart 
 
P S A L M CXI. 257 
 
 ere the ruTemblies oflhejufl 
 and congregations are- 
 
 2 The whole works of the Lord our God 
 
 are gren above all meafl: ;■■:-, 
 Sought out they are of ev'ry one 
 
 that doch therein take pleafare. 
 
 3 His work moil honourable Is, 
 
 moil glorious and pure : 
 And his untainted righteoufnefs 
 for ever doth endure. 
 
 4 His works moil: wonderful he hath 
 
 made to be thought upon : 
 The Lord h gracious, and he is 
 full cf compaiTion. 
 
 5 He giveth meat unto all tliofe 
 
 that truly do him frar : 
 And evermore his covenant 
 he in his mind will hoar. 
 
 6 lie did the power of his wcrks 
 
 unto his people fhow, 
 
 When he the heathen's heritage 
 
 upon them did beftow, 
 
 7 His handy works are truth and right ; 
 
 ail his commands are fure. 
 % And done in truth and uprightnefs, 
 
 they evermore endure. 
 9 He fent redemption to his folk 
 
 his covenant for ay 
 He did command : holy his name 
 
 and reverend is alway. 
 
 f o Wifdom's beginning is God's fear : 
 
 good underftanding they 
 Have all that nis commands fulfil: 
 
 his praife endures f jr ay. 
 
 PSALM CXII. 
 
 This Pfalm is ol/u alphabetically compoftd, and contains 
 (1) Invitytiius to fraiji God, w, 1% (ij A deliniati- 
 
 y a 
 
 
£l P S A L M C 
 
 units char a SI er and blejfkdnefs : ; art 
 
 principled, J /hall be 
 
 J, <wi/J? comfort 
 
 ■ 
 and Ji ability ; and Jh all have their pojhrity blcjjcd 
 
 'terthem> <ver 2, — 9. (^) 7 he m 
 
 ver, io «| Whi ■■■; my char after, 
 
 ■ .jcice in h t Llc(]ed in Chrift J f fvs> with 
 
 . tmporalj and cverlajling bikings* 
 
 RAISE ye the Lord. The roan is bkfs'd 
 that fears the Lord aright, 
 lie who in his commandements 
 doth greatly take delight. 
 
 2 His feed and offspring powerful 
 
 mail be the earth upon : 
 Of upright rr.en blefled {hall be 
 the generation. 
 
 3 Iliches and wealth ffiaH ever be 
 
 within his houfe in fcore : 
 And his unfpotted rightcoufnefs 
 endures for evermore. 
 
 4 Unto the upright light doth rife, 
 
 though he in darknefs* be : 
 Companionate and merciful, 
 and righteous is he. 
 
 5 A good man doth his favour (hew? 
 
 and doth to others lend ; 
 He with difcretion his affairs 
 will guicie unto the end. 
 
 6 Surely there is not any thing 
 
 that ever fhall him move : 
 The righteous man's memorial 
 fhall everlailing prove. 
 
 7 When he (hall evil tidings hear, 
 
 he fhall not be afraid : 
 His heart is fix'd, his confidence 
 
 upon the Lord is ftay'd. 
 1 His heart is firmly 'ftablifhed, 
 
 afraid he {hall not be, 
 
PSALM CXill. 25) 
 
 Until upon his enemies 
 he his defire fhall fee. 
 
 9 He hath difpers'd, giv'n to the poor; 
 
 his righteoufnefs flial 1 be 
 To ages all ; with honour fhall 
 his horn beraifed high. 
 
 10 The wicked fhall it fee and fret ; 
 
 his teeth gnafh, melt away : 
 What wicked men do mofl defire 
 fhall utterly decay. 
 
 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 7 his Pfalm with the five immediately following were 
 called the g reat Halleujah, and ufed to be fang at the 
 pa£b<uer /upper, Matt. xxvi. 30. Here (\) IVe are 
 yblemnly called to celebrate the praifes of God, <ver. 1 , — 3. 
 (z) We are plentifully furnijhed with ?natter of praife; 
 *v:z. the heights of 'his glory and ' great nefs, and the depths 
 
 ef his condefcenfion and grace, <ver. 4, — 9. q\ Think, 
 
 O my foul what the Lord hath done for me ! and for mine I 
 and for mankind/ 
 
 PRAISE God. Ye fervants of the Lord, 
 O praife, the Lord's name praife. 
 a Yea, blefTed be the name of God 
 from this time forth always. 
 
 3 From rifing fun to where it fets, 
 
 God's name is to be prais'd. 
 
 4 Above all nations God is high, 
 
 'bove heav'ns his glory rair/d. 
 
 5 Unto the Lord our God that dw«llf 
 
 on high, who cam compare J 
 
 6 Himfelf that humbleth things to fee 
 
 in heav'n and earth that are ? 
 
 7 He from the dull doth raife the poor, 
 
 that very low doth lie, 
 4ad from the dunghill lifts the man 
 ©ppreft'd with poverty ; 
 
z6o F S A 1 M CXIV. 
 
 2 That he may highly him advance, 
 
 • and with the princes let, 
 With thofe that of his people are 
 
 the chief, ev'n princes great. 
 9 The barren woman houfe to keep 
 
 he maketh, and to be 
 Of fons a mother full of joy, 
 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CXIV. 
 
 In this Pjalm, are celebrated (\) God's bringing If 
 rael cut of 'their Egyptian fa-very, ver. [. (i) His fet- 
 ing up his Tabernacle among them, and taking them for 
 bis peculiar people, ver, z. ($) His dividing the Red 
 fea and Jordan before them, ver. 3, 5. (^) His a 
 defcent on Mount Sinai, to give them his .. 4,6, 
 
 7. ( ^) His providing them vsith water fron 
 rocks , vers 8. q While I fing, let my foul be aj^ 
 
 with the grace, the glory, the power of my 
 with the mighty things he hath done for men. 
 the work cf our redemption ; — and be encouraged to trujt 
 Him in the great eft /l raits, 
 
 WHEN Ifra'l rut of Egypt went, 
 and did his dwelling change, 
 When Jacob's houfe went out frcm thofe 
 that wei e of language ft range; 
 
 2 He Judah did his fanttuary, 
 
 his kingdom Ifra'l make, 
 
 3 The fea it law, and quickly fled ; 
 
 Jordan was driven back. 
 
 4 Like rams the mountains, and like lamb* 
 
 the hills ikipp'd to and fro. 
 
 5 O fea, why fled'il thou ? Jordan back 
 
 why waft thou driven fo ? 
 
 6 Ye mountains great, wherefore wai ij 
 
 that ye did fkip like rams ? 
 And wherefore was it, little hill*, 
 that yc did leap like lainbe } 
 
PSALM CXV. 261 
 
 1 O at the prefence of the Lord, 
 
 earth, tremble thou for fear, 
 While as the prefence of die God 
 
 of Jacob doth appear. 
 6 Who from the hai .1 (lony rock 
 
 did Handing water bring, 
 And by his power did turn the flint 
 
 into a water fpring. 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 TJ/is P/a/m infhucls us, ([) To whom glory andpraife 
 ought to u e afcribed: Net to our/elves, but to God's mercy 
 and truth, ver. 1.: Not to lifeUfs, fenfilefs idols, but t§ 
 God, whefe throne is in the heavens, and who doth what- 
 ever he pUafeth, ver, 2, — 2. 15, 16 4 (z) Hotv we art 
 to glorify God, ( \ ) By trujling in him, crediting his pro- 
 mife, and receiving his bleffings, ver, 9, — 15. (1) By 
 
 blefjing him while we live, ver, 17, 18 % Learn, 
 
 my foul, to deny thyfelf; to take up thy crofs and follow 
 Chrifi ; and to keep thy felf from idols* But, fnafo]z- 
 hoy ah, as reconciled in Chrifi, thy portion, thy trufl, 
 thy help, thy Jbield, thy blef/ednefs, thy comfort, thy 
 fraife ; and conftder thine earthly enjoyments as the graci- 
 ous gifts of thy God, and an earned of thy far mort exceed* 
 uig and eternal weight of glory, 
 
 NOT unto us, Lord, not to u^ 
 but do thou glory take 
 Unto thy name, ev'n for thy truth 
 
 and for thy mercy's fake. 
 z O wherefore fhould the heathen fay, 
 Where is their God now gone I 
 
 3 But our God in the heavens is, 
 
 what pleas'd him he hath done. 
 
 4 Their idols fi'ver are and gold, 
 
 work of mens hands they be. 
 
 5 Mouths have they, but they do not fpeik ; 
 
 and eyes, but do r.o fee. 
 
 6 Ears have they, bit they do not heaxj 
 
 nofes, but favour not. 
 
$6z PSALM CXT. 
 
 f Hands, feet, but handle not, nor walk : 
 nor fpeak they through their throat. 
 
 8 Like them their makers are ; and all 
 
 on them their truft that build. 
 
 9 O Tfra'l, truft thou in the Lord : 
 
 he is their help and fhield. 
 to O Aaron's hrrufe. trrft in the Lord : 
 
 their help and fhield is he. 
 II Ye that fear God, truft in the Lord : 
 
 their help and fhield he'll be. 
 
 it The Lord of us hath mindful bees, 
 
 and he "ill blefs us ftill ; 
 He will the houfe of Jfia'l blefj, 
 
 blefs Aaron's houfe he will. 
 1 3 Both (mail and great that fear the Lord* 
 
 he will them luTeljr blefs. 
 14. The Lord will you^ you and your feed 
 
 ay more and more encreafe. 
 
 % 5 O blefTed are ye of the Lord, 
 
 who made the earth and heav'n. 
 
 1 6 The heav'n, ev'n heav'ns are God's, but he 
 
 earth to mens fons hath giv'n. 
 
 17 The dead, nor who to filence go, 
 
 God's praife do not record. 
 
 18 But henceforth we for ever will 
 
 blefs God. Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 This is a Pfalm of ' thankf giving, fomeivbat Jimilar t§ 
 tbe iZtb, $otb, \oth, and lo^d ; and represents (\) The 
 Pfalmift's great dijlrefs and danger, which had almoft 
 driven him todefpair, <ver. 3. 10, 1 i. (z) The application 
 be made to God, by prayer, for relief; and his experience 
 *f God's gracious kittdnefs, in granting his nquejls ; in 
 bearing, pitying, and delivering him, ver. 1, 2.4, 5,6. 
 8. (%) His' fifteen and hearty re '0 make a 
 
 grateful acknov 
 'sir. 1.; continuing to call on him and naive from bit*, 
 
P S A L M CXVI. 263 
 
 ««fff. * . 13. 1 7 • y reft ing in him, ver.j.s walking before 
 him as his devoted few ant, *ver, 9. i6,y public confejfion 
 tf God's tender regard to him, <ver. 12, 15, y andfncere 
 and public paying of bis vows to him, <ver, 10, — 19 — 
 q[ While I Jingy let me think, as before God, what of 
 thefe blejjings I have experience4: What of thefe duties I 
 have earnejlly practifed* If God hath redeemed me from 
 the broken law y — from the loweft hell y from the mouth 
 tf the infernal lion y and from the power of my currupt 
 lufls; — let my foul, and all that is within me, be fir red 
 ttp to blefs his holy name ; and let me never lofe ths heart 
 Mm 'mating imprejjions of his benefits, 
 
 I LOVE the Lord, becaufe my voice 
 and prayers he did hear. 
 z I, while i live, will call on him, 
 who bow'd to me his ear. 
 
 3 Of death the cords and forrows did 
 
 about me compafs round, 
 
 The pains of hell took hold on me : 
 
 I grief and trouble found. 
 
 4 Upon the name of God tfee Lord 
 
 then did I call and fay, 
 
 Deliver thou my foul, O Lord, 
 
 I do thee humbly pray. 
 
 5 Goi merciful and righteous is : 
 
 yea, gracious is our Lord. 
 
 6 God faves the meek : I was brought low, 
 
 he did me help afford. 
 1 
 
 7 O thou my foul, do thou return 
 
 unto thy quiet reft, 
 For largely, lo, the Lord to thee 
 
 his bounty hath expreft. 
 g For my did retted foul from death 
 
 deliv'red wa» by thee ; 
 Thou did ft my mourning eyes from tears , 
 
 my feet from falling free. 
 
 g I intke land of thofj that live, 
 will walk tljc Lord before, 
 
264 PSALM CXYL 
 
 10 I c'id believe, therefore I fpake : 
 
 J was afflicted lore. 
 U I faid when 1 was in my, hafte, 
 
 that all men liar? be. 
 
 12 What mall J render to Lord, 
 
 for all his gifts to me ? 
 
 13 I'll of filiation take the cup 
 
 on God's name will 1 call. 
 
 14 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord 
 
 before his people all. 
 
 15 Dear in God's fight is his faint's death. 
 
 1 6 Thy fervant, Lord am I, 
 
 Thy fervant fure, thine handmaid's fon : 
 my band* thou didil untie. 
 
 17 Thank -ofPrings I to thee will give, 
 
 and on God's name will call. 
 
 18 I'll pay my vows now to the L 3rd, 
 
 before his people all : 
 
 19 Within the courts of God's own houfe, 
 
 within the midit, of thee, 
 O city of Jer ufalem. 
 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CXVII. 
 
 This Pfalm relates to the Go/pel church. Here are (\ ) 
 A jhort, but folemn cell, to the redcc?ned of all nations, 
 to praife their God, <vsr, 1,2. (2 ) Rich matter of praife 
 fuggefted, <uix. the unbounded mercy and ever lafting faith* 
 fulnefs of God ; and hence the fulnefs, kindnefs, and ft a- 
 hility of his covenant prenrf s, and the accomplijhment 
 thereof, vcr. 2. ■■ ^J If the Pfalm be jhort, let me ftng 
 it in the full affurance of faith, an i cart all in* 
 
 flamed with the loving kindnefs, and all enraptured with 
 admiration of the goodnefs cfGcd, towards men, towards 
 the Gentiles , and towards my j 
 
 OGIVE ye praife unto the Lord* 
 all nations that be : 
 Likewife, yc peep :ord 
 
 kis Name to magnify. 
 
PSALM CXVIIft 
 
 2 For great to us ward ever are 
 
 his ioving-kindne fles : 
 His truth endures for evermore, 
 
 The Lord O do ye blzis. 
 
 PSALM CXVIIL 
 
 Tins Pfahn was probably compofed by David, fion aftet 
 
 his advancement to, and fettlement on, his throne, z 
 Sam. V. viii. And contains (\ ) His earncft exhort: 
 to perfons of all ranks, offices, and Jiates, to praije the 
 Lord, for his everlafting mercy and kindnefs % ver. \, — 4., 
 ( z) By a recital of the great and gracious things, v:hich 
 God had done for him, he encourageth bimjelf and others , 
 to trujl in God alone, <vcr. 5, — !8. ( $fjiis than 
 ingsfor God's advancement of him to the throne, nztwiih- 
 Jlanding of all oppofition, — as typical cf the exaltation cf 
 Jefus Chrift, ver. 19, — 23. ( \) His and the pr lefts 
 and people '/ triumph in the expected prefperity cfhis reign ; 
 and of the flour ifl/ing kingdom of Chrift, <ver. 24., — 29 — . 
 qy While I frig, let my foul J oar aloft to Jefus and bis 
 fure mercies. Let ?ne behold him, who, for the fujfenng 
 of death, was made a little lower than the angels, now 
 crowned with glory and honour, having all his enemies 
 put under his feet, but himfelf invefted with all power in 
 heaven and in earthy — and furnifred with all gifts for 
 men j yea for the rebellious alfo, that God the Lord may 
 dwell among them ; and, as the God cf their Jalvat ion , 
 daily load them with his benefits f Let me rejoice in his 
 highnefs, and have my f elf, and all my fervices, bound 
 with cords to his altar, and God forbid 1 Jhould conclude 
 the notes, without entering into the very marrow of the 
 fenfe Thou art MY GOD, Til tbee exalts MX 
 GOD I will thee praife. 
 
 O PRAISE the Lord, for he is good: 
 His mercy lafteth ever. 
 2 Let thofe of lfrael now fay 
 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 5 Now let the houfe of Aaron fay, 
 His mercy lafteth ever, 
 Z 
 
z66 P S A L M CXVIII. 
 
 4 Let ihofl- that fear the Lord now fay, 
 
 His mercy faiieth never. 
 
 5 I in diftrefs call'd on tie Lord : 
 
 the Lord did anfwer me, 
 
 He in ? large place did me fet, 
 
 from trouble made me free. , 
 
 6 The mighty Lord is on my fide, 
 
 I will not be afraid : 
 For any thing that man can co 
 1 fnall net be difmay'd. 
 
 j The Lord doth take my part with them 
 
 that help to fucour me ; 
 Therefore on thbfc that do mc hate 
 
 I my defire (hall fee. 
 
 8 Better it is to trull in God, 
 
 than truft in man's defence ; 
 
 9 Better tp truft in God, than make 
 
 princes our confidence. 
 
 10 The nations, joining all in one, 
 
 did compifs me about: 
 
 But in the Lord's moil holy name 
 
 I mail them all root out. 
 
 1 1 They compafsM me about, I fay, 
 
 they campafs'd me about : 
 But in the Lord's moil holy name 
 I ihall them all root out. 
 
 1 2 Likt bees they compafs'd mc about : 
 
 like unto thorns that flame 
 They quenched are : for them fhall I 
 oy in God's own nai 
 
 13 Thou fore hallthurrr, that I might fall/ 
 
 ■y Lord heiped me. 
 54 God become, 
 
 my ftrength and fong is he. 
 
 m 
 15 In dwellings of the righteous 
 
 is heard the melody 
 Of joy and hea'uh ; the Lord's right hand 
 
 doth ever valiantly. 
 
P S A L M CXVlflT. 267 
 
 fine mighty Lord 
 exalte J is on high : 
 The right-hand of the mighty Lord 
 doth ever valiantly. 
 
 17 I mall not die, but live and fhall 
 
 the works of God difcover. 
 
 1 8 The Lord hath me chaftifed fore, 
 
 but not to death giv'n over, 
 
 19 O fet ye open unto me 
 
 the gates of riglu'oufnefs : 
 Then will I enter into them, 
 and I the Lord will blefs. 
 
 20 This is the gate of God, by it 
 
 the juft fhail enter in. 
 zi The ! will I praife, for thou me heard'ft, 
 and hall my ftiety been. 
 
 22 That Hone is made head Corner ftone, 
 
 which builders did defpife : 
 
 23 This is the doing of the Lord, 
 
 and vvond'rous in our eyes. 
 
 24 This is the day God made, in it 
 
 we'll joy triumphantly. 
 
 25 Save now, I pray thee, Lord, I pray, 
 
 fend now proiperity. 
 
 26 BlefTed is he in God's great name, 
 
 that cometh us to fave. 
 We from the hcufe which to the Lord 
 per tarns, you biefted have. 
 
 27 God is the Lord, who unto us 
 
 hath made light to arife : 
 Bind ye unto the altar's horns, 
 with cords the facrifice. 
 
 28 Thou art my God, I'll thee exalt j 
 
 my God I will thee praife. 
 39 Give thanks to God for he is good . 
 his mercy lafts always, 
 
263 PSALM C 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 This Pfalm is a colleclion of David's precious thoughts, 
 Jbrrowful complaints, humble petitions, and holy refoluti- 
 ens, which it feems, he had wrote down as they occurred, 
 and which in the end of his life, he digejled into the form 
 in which they new ft and, confi/ling of as many parts as 
 there are letters in the Hebrew alphabet, the eight verfes 
 cf each always beginning 'with the fame letter in the ori- 
 ginal. The general fcope of it is to magnify God's word, 
 and make it honourable. To intimate that it informs us 
 (f whatever we ought to expeel from God in the way of 
 gracious donation; and of whatever he may expeel from 
 us in the way cf grateful returns of duty ; it is reprefented 
 under ten different characters, one or other of which is to 
 he found in every verfe, except the \izd and l^zd, — As 
 God's LAW, becaufe framed and publijhed by him as 
 cur Sovereign ;— His COMMANDMENTS, becaufe 
 given with authority and lodged with us as a trufi ; — 
 ///'/ PRECEPTS, becaufe peremptorily prefcribed, and 
 not left as a thing indifferent; — His STATUTES, be- 
 caufe it is fixed and determined, and of perpetual obliga- 
 tion ; — His WORD, becaufe it is the dedaratian cf his 
 Mlind, andChr.fi his effential Word is all, an 
 all therein , — His WAY, bee wife it reprefents Chrifi, 
 the Way, the 'Truth, and the Life, and is the rule of our 
 faith and obedience ;~- His TESTIMONIES, becaufe 
 therein God upon his word, his oath, and writ, dc\ 
 to men the truths ncccjjary to be kri&wn. in order to his 
 honour and their fahvation, as ratified in the death of his 
 Son; — His "JUDGMENTS, becaufe it is framed in in- 
 finite wifdom, and by it we mufi both judge and be judg- 
 ed ; but in*verfe 75, S4.. 121. ^Judgment denotes right e* 
 iiducJ; it is calkJ his RIGHTEOUSNESS, 
 
 ..' lis Truth 
 
 . ..'.y/ the 
 
 ' 
 
 fpit ' f the 
 Let my delight be. in 
 anA 
 
PSALM CXIX. 269 
 
 God honoured. Let God's word be my rule, my food, my 
 armour, my wealth, my comfort ; and God him/elf, as 
 therein re-vealed and be/lowed, be my everlajling and in- 
 finite ALL. 
 
 A L E P H. Part r/?. 
 
 Here ( 1) David marks cut holy ?nen as the only blejjed 
 men, <ver. 1 — 3. (z)Begs that to his own honour and 
 Satisfaction, he may be helped of God to an upright obfer<v- 
 ance of his laws, <ver. 4, — 6. (^) In the faith of 
 God's direclion and ajjiflance, he refl-ves to praife and 
 obey him, <ver. y, 8. k 
 
 BLESSED are they that undenTd, 
 and ftraight are in the way, 
 Who in the Lord's moil holy law 
 do walk and do not ftray. 
 
 2 Bie (Ted are they, who to obferve 
 
 his itatutes are inclin'd ; 
 And who do feek the living God 
 
 with their whole heart and mind. 
 
 3 Such in his ways do walk ; and they 
 
 do no iniquity, 
 
 4 Thou hall commanded us to keep 
 
 thy precepts carefully. 
 
 5 O that thy Ibtutes to obferve 
 
 thou wouldlt my ways dire&. 
 
 6 Then mail I not be fham'd, when I 
 
 thy precepts all refpedl. 
 
 y Then with integrity of heart 
 
 thee will I praife and blefs, 
 When 1 the judgments all have learn'd 
 
 of thy pure right'oufnefs. 
 8 That I will keep thy flatutes all 
 
 firmly refolved have I : 
 O do not then, moft gracious God, 
 
 forfake me utterly, 
 
 Z2 
 
P S A L M CXIX. 
 
 B E T II. Part 2 J. 
 
 the proper 
 
 ver. 9. ( 1) ProfeJJ'eth 
 a 
 fb, — 1 1. (% 
 + regard to God's truths and 
 . And ( j^) ReJokoesHo pi herein, -ver m 
 
 1$; 16. 
 
 sans fliall a young man learn 
 his . rify ? 
 
 If he ace ford 
 
 theieto acte&tive be. 
 
 10 Unfelg : have [ fought 
 
 with all my foul and heart : 
 
 let me not from the right path. 
 
 y commands depart. 
 
 1 1 Thy word I in rny heart have hid, 
 
 that I offend not thee, 
 
 1 2 O Lord, thou ever bleiled art, 
 
 thy ftaiutes veach thou me. 
 j 3 The judgmfcnts.of thy mouth each one 
 
 my lips declared have : 
 j 4 R EHmonies way, 
 
 than riches all me ^ave. 
 
 1 j I will thy holy r make 
 
 my meditation ; 
 And carefully Til haverefpeft 
 
 unto thy ways each one. 
 16 Upon thy ftatutes my delight 
 
 (hall constantly be fet ; 
 And by thy grace I never will 
 
 thy holy word forget. 
 
 G I *<I E L. Part <>L 
 
 (\) With eagtrmfs and long:;: g; cf heart, he fupplt- 
 
 fai , . . . GodU truths* 
 
 I 7 j — ZO, (*J Remarks the juft vengeance of Go/ 
 
PSALM CXJX 2 7 t 
 
 upon fuel as wander from his ways, ver. 21. (^) Sup~ 
 tlicates prefer -vat ion from reproach, as he obferued, me' 
 dilated on, delighted in, and confulted God's word in all 
 his conduct, iter* zz, — 24. 
 
 17 With me thyfervart, in thy grace, \ 
 
 deal bountifully, Lord, 
 That by thy favour I may live, 
 
 and duly keep thy word, 
 lS Open mine eyes, that of thy law 
 
 the wonders 1 may fee, 
 
 19 I am a ftranger on this earth, 
 
 hide not thy la^s from me. 
 
 20 My foul within me breaks, and dot3 
 
 touch fainting ftill endure, 
 Through longing tint it hath all times 
 unto thy judgments pure. 
 
 2 1 Thou haft rebuk 'd the curled proud, 
 
 who from thy precepts fvverve, 
 
 22 Reproach and ftiame remove from me, 
 
 for I thy laws obferve. 
 
 23 Againft me princes fpake with fpite } 
 
 while they in counfel fat : 
 JDut I, thy fervant, did upon 
 thy ftatutf *i meditate. 
 
 24 My comfort, and my heart's delight, 
 
 thy teftimon;c3 be. 
 And they in all my doubts and fears 
 are counfellors to me. 
 
 D A L E T H. Part 4th. 
 
 He (\) Reprefents his dijlrefs, and his behaviour u&~ 
 der it, <ver. 25, 26. ll. 30, 31. (l) Supplicates fpirit* 
 ual quickening, inflruSlion, jlrength, reczitude cf fentU 
 ment, and honour in the Lord's way, <ver. 25,31. (\) 
 Refolves under the influences of heaven^ to be more a^li-vf 
 in holineffy <ver. 3 2 . 
 
 25 My foul to dull cleaves ; quicken m* 
 
 according to thy word, 
 
272 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 26 My ways I fhew'd, and me thou heard'il, 
 
 teach me thy ftatutes, Lord. 
 
 27 The way of thy commandementa 
 
 make me aright to know : 
 So all thy works that wondrous are 
 I (hall to others mow, 
 
 28 My foul doth melt and drop away, 
 
 for heavinefs and grief: 
 - To me, according to thy word, 
 give ftrength and fend relief. 
 
 29 From me the wicked way of lies 
 
 let far removed be : 
 And gracioufly thy holy law 
 do thou grant unto me. 
 
 30 I chofen have the perfect way 
 
 of truth and veiity : 
 Thy judgments that moll righteous arc 
 before me laid have I. 
 
 31 I to thy teftimonies cleave: 
 
 fhame do not on me call. 
 
 32 I'll run thy precepts way, when thou 
 
 my heart enlarged haft. 
 
 H E. Part 5/*. 
 
 He (1) Prays for divine infruclions, fanclifying in- 
 fluence, and quickening grace ; andforiheaccomplijhment 
 of God's promifes to him ; — and againfi covet oufnefs, 
 vanity, and reproach, ver. 33,-40. (l) Enforces hit 
 requefls, from his holy refolutions ; his relation to God / 
 his zeal for his honour ', and his regard to his excellent 
 declarations promifes, and precepts, <utr. 33, 34. 38. 
 
 39 4°« 
 
 33 Teach mc O Lord, the per fed way, 
 
 of thy precepts divine, 
 And to obferve it to the end 
 
 1 mall my heart incline. 
 34. Give undemanding unto me, 
 
 fo keep thy Jaw Ihall I, 
 
PSALM CX\X. 27$ 
 
 Yea, ev'n with my whole heart I fhall 
 obferve it carefully. 
 
 35 In thy laws path make me to go, 
 
 for I delight therein. 
 
 36 My heart unto thy teftimonies, 
 
 and not to greed incline. 
 
 37 Turn thou away my fight and eyes 
 
 from viewing vanity : 
 And in thy good and holy way 
 be pleas'd to quicken me. 
 
 38 Confirm to me thy gracious word 
 
 which I did gladly hear, 
 Ev'n to thy fervant, Lord, who is 
 devoted to thy fear. 
 
 39 Turn thou away my fear'd reproach 1 
 
 for good thy judgments be. 
 
 40 Lo, for thy precepts 1 have long'd : 
 
 in thy truth quicken me. 
 
 V A U. Part 6th. 
 
 Here are (\ ) 7 he prayers he prefented to God, *ver. 
 41, 43. (2 J The graces he exercifed upon God and his 
 word, faith, hope, love, <ver. 42, 43. 47, 48. ( '$) The 
 practice he refolded on, through grace y to keep God 9 s 
 law >• to Jeek and ch ear fully praclife his precepts ; boldly 
 publijh his truth to others ; and to delight in, meditate 
 en, and %ealoufly reduce them to practice, *ver. 44, — 48, 
 
 41 Let thy fweet mercies alfo come, 
 
 and vilit me O Lord : 
 Ev'n thy benign falvation, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 42 So (hall I have wherewith I may 
 
 give him an anfwer juft, 
 Who spitefully reproachech me ; 
 Sor in thy word I truft. 
 
 43 The word of truth out of my mou;h 
 
 take thou not utterly ; 
 
P 5 A L ■ M CXIXI 
 
 For on thy judgments rlghteoua 
 
 my hope doth llill rely. 
 44. So mail I keep for evermore 
 
 thy law continually, 
 
 45 And fith that I thy precepts feek, 
 
 I'll #alk at liberty. 
 
 46 Til fpeak thy word to kings, and L 
 
 with fhame fhall not be mov'd : 
 
 47 And will delight my felf always 
 
 in thy laws, which I lov'd. 
 
 48 To thy commandments, which I lov'd, 
 
 my hands lift up 1 will : 
 And I will alfq meditate 
 upon thy ftatutes flill. 
 
 Z A I N. Part yth. 
 
 Reprefents (v) The comfort he had fou:id in God's word, 
 *ver. 49, 50 52. 54. (z) His deftre that God would 
 fulfil his promifis y <ver. 49. ; and hi \ care to remember, 
 think on, and pruciife God' s truths, <vcr 51, 52. 55, 56. 
 (5) The injurious reproach he fufered from the *W< 
 and his abhorrence of their fin, and dread of their punijh- 
 ment, <ver. 51. 53. 
 
 49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word 
 
 thou to thy fervant fpake, 
 Which for a ground of my fure hope, 
 thou caufed'il me to take. 
 
 50 This word of thine my comfort is 
 
 in mine affliction : 
 For in my (traits I am reviv'd, 
 by this thy word alone. 
 
 5 1 The men whofe hearts with pride are 
 
 did greatly me deride: [flufFd, 
 
 Yet from thy ftraight commandements 
 1 have not turn'd aiide. 
 
 52 Thy judgments righteous, O Lord, 
 
 which thou of old forth gave, 
 T did remember ; and myfelf 
 by them comforted have. 
 
P S A L 1,1 CXFX. *7$ 
 
 53 Horror took hold on me bccauft 
 
 ill men thy law forfake. 
 
 54 I in my houfe of pilgrimage, 
 
 thy laws my fonga do mtke, 
 
 55 Thy name by night, Lou, T did mifid, 
 
 and I have kept thy la*. 
 
 56 And this I had becauie thy word 
 
 J kept* and flood in awe. 
 
 C H E T IT. Part Zth. 
 
 Wc have here (1) The portion he chofe, <ver. 57. (2) 
 The purpofe he formed, ver 57. f$J The prayers he 
 offered up, for favour, mercy, and inftruclisns, *vir> % 580 
 64, ( ^) The penitential care he tock to obey God's lazv, 
 wr. 59, dp, 6 1 . ($) 7 he complaints he uttered, *vet. 6 r. 
 (6) His fervent thankfgi-ving, ver. 62. (j ) His choice 
 companions, ve;\ 631 (%J His deep fen fe of God's abun- 
 dant mercy and grace, ver. 64. 
 
 57 T hcu my fare portion art alone. 
 
 which I did chufe O Lord : 
 
 I have lefoiv'd, and faid, that I 
 
 would keep thy holy word. 
 
 58 With my whole heart I did in treat 
 
 thy face and favour free : 
 According to thy gracious wcrd, 
 be merciful to me, 
 
 59 I thought upon my former ways, 
 
 and did my life well try ; 
 And to thy teftimonies pure 
 my feet then turn'd I. 
 
 60 I did not flay, nor linger long, 
 
 as thofe that flothful are ; 
 But haftily thy laws to keep 
 myieif I did prepare. 
 
 61 Bands of ill men me robb'd ; yet I 
 
 thy precepts did not flight. 
 
 62 Til rife at midnight, thee to praifc, 
 
 ev'n for thy judgment* right* 
 
27 5 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 63 I am companion to all thofe 
 
 who fear, and thee obey. 
 64. O Lord, thy mercy fills the earth : 
 
 teach me thy laws I pray. 
 
 TETH. Part 9 tb. 
 
 Contains (\) Hearty acknowledgments of God's faith- 
 fulnefsandgoodnefs, and of the excellency and ufefulnefs 
 of bis word, ver. 65. 68. 72 (z) Humble acknowledg- 
 ments of the advantage he had received from his aptti- 
 cns, wr. 67. 71. (3J Complaints of the pride, calum- 
 nious reproach, and luxurious Jlupidity, of wicked men, 
 <ver. 69, 70. (\) Supplications for divine inftruaiou, 
 <ver. 66. 68. f$J Declarations of his regard to Gofs 
 word, and refolutions to perfevere in the ohfervance there- 
 of, <ver. 66, — 72. 
 
 65 Well haft thou with thy fervant dealt, 
 
 as thou didfl promife give. 
 
 66 Good judgment me and knowledge teach, 
 
 for I thv word believe. 
 6j Ere I afflicted was, I ftray'd; 
 but now 1 keep thy word. 
 
 68 Both good thou art, and good thou doft ; 
 
 teach me thy itatutes Lord. 
 
 69 The men that are puft up with pride, 
 
 againft me forg'd a lie ; 
 Yet thy commandements obferve, 
 with my whole heart will I. 
 
 70 Their hearts thro' worldly eafe and wealth 
 
 as fat as greafe they be : 
 But in thy holy law 1 take 
 delight continually. 
 
 7 1 It hath been very good for me 
 
 that I afflicted was, 
 That I might well inftru&ed be 
 and learn thy holy laws. 
 
 72 The word that co.meth from thy mouth, 
 
 is better unto me, 
 
p S A L M CXIX. i?f 
 
 Than many thoufands and great fains 
 of gold and filvcr be. 
 
 J O D. Partiof'-r 
 
 Contains (\) Thankful acknowledgments cf God's kind* 
 fiefs, in creation; and of his equity and faith fulv.ef in 
 ajfliaing, vet\ 73. 7 5. (1) Earnef fupflications fcr 
 'Swine inftru8io*> and forfrefc difcoveries of God's mercy ; 
 and for the confufion of enemies , and the comfortable feU 
 lowjhif of friends ; and for an honourable Joundnefs of 
 heart, &tr.f$. 76 77, 79. Be. f$) Holy joy in the comfort 
 of 'fellow faint s, and ejperially in God's mercy and word, 
 ver. 74. 76, 77. ( \) An holy refutation to meditate on 
 rind cleave to God's tejfimonies, amidft perfecutitn, ver.* 
 78. 
 
 73 Thou mad'lUnd fafnion'dft me : thy laws 
 co know, give wifdom, Lord : 
 
 74. So who thee fear, fhatl joy to fee 
 me trufting in thy word. 
 
 75 That very right thy judgnenti arc 
 
 I know, and do contefs ; 
 And that thou haft afllicled me, 
 in truth and faithfulnefs. 
 
 76 O let thy kindnefs merciful, 
 
 I pray thee comfort me, 
 As to thy fervant faithfully 
 was promifed by thee. 
 
 77 And let thy tender mercies come 
 
 to me that 1 may live ; 
 Becaufe thy holy laws to me 
 fweet deleclation give, 
 
 ' 78 Lord, let the proud afhamed be 1 
 
 for they without a caufe, 
 
 With me perverfely dealt ; but I 
 
 will mufe upon thy laws, 
 
 79 Let fuch as fear thee, and have knewx 
 
 thy ilatutes, turn to me. 
 
 80 My heart let in thy laws be found, 
 
 that fliam'd I never be, 
 Aa 
 
t; 3 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 CAPH. Part 1Mb. 
 
 Contains (\) Bitter complaints of great and long dif- 
 trcfs, *vcr. 8 1 — 87. ( z) Fervent fupplicat ions for fpee- 
 dy comfort,, beip, and quickening , <vtr, 82. 86. 88. (£f 
 Pleas, with, thefe fuppli cations are enforced ; as 
 
 that bis diftrefs was become infuppor table ; that his hope 
 *ums in God's word, and he clave to it in his profejjion 
 and practice ; that his life was but fhort, to have fo much 
 cf it fpent in the furnace of affile! ion ; that the malice 
 and f ride of his enemies were excefive £ and, infne, that 
 Cod's loving kindnefs was infinite, vr. 81, — 88. 
 
 8 1 My foul for tin falvation faints ; 
 
 yet 1 thy word believe. 
 
 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word ; J fay 
 
 When wilt thou comfort give ? 
 
 83 For like a bottle I'm become 
 
 that in the fmoke is fet : 
 I'm black and parch'a with grief; yet I 
 thy ftatutes not forget. 
 
 84 How many are thy fervant's days ? 
 
 when wilt thou execme 
 Juft judgment on thefe wicked men 
 that do me perfecute ? 
 
 85 The proud have digged pits for me, 
 
 which is againft thy laws. 
 
 86 Thy words ah faithful are : help me 
 
 purfu'd without a caufe. 
 
 Sj They fo confum'd me, that on earth 
 
 my life thee fcarce did leave : 
 Thy precepts yet forfook 1 not, 
 
 but clofe to them did cleave. 
 88 After thy loving kindnefs, Lord, 
 
 me quicken and prefervc ; 
 The teitimony of thy mouth 
 
 fo mall I (till obferve, 
 
 LAMED. Part \zth. 
 Reprefents (\) The eitrnity and umhangeablenefs of 
 
P S A L M CX1X. 279 
 
 God's word, and works, <vcr. 89, 90,91. (i) The 
 advantage of delighting in and cleaving to God's 
 truths, <ver. 9 2,93. (?) Oc . 'j rntereji in men, a reafon 
 of hisfaving the vbfervers of bis law, <ver\ 94 ( \) 
 Dawa's adherence to God's truths amidfi furious perfe* 
 cution, ver.95. (5 J The Superlative excellency of God's 
 word, above all earthly enjoyments, <ver. 96, 
 
 89 Thy word forever is, O Lord, 
 
 in heaven fettled fail. 
 
 90 Unto all generations 
 
 thy faithfulnefs doth laft. 
 The earth thou haft eftablifhed, 
 and it abides by thee. 
 
 9 1 This day they Hand as thou ordain'it : 
 
 for all thy fervant's be.. 
 
 92 Unlefs in thy moft perfect law, 
 
 my foul delights had found, 
 I mould have perifhed when as 
 my troubles did abound. 
 
 93 Thy precepts I will ne'er forget ; 
 
 they quick'ning to me brought. 
 94. Lord, I am thine, O fave thou me : 
 thy precepts I have fought. 
 
 95 For me c he wicked have laid wait, 
 
 me feeking to deftroy : 
 But I thy teflirnoriies true 
 confider will with joy. 
 
 96 An end of all perfection 
 
 here have I fcen O God : 
 But as for thy commandement 
 it is exceeding broad, 
 
 M E M. Part 13th. 
 Reprefents the Pfalmijl's ardent affeclion to God's law 
 njer, 97. Becaufe (\) 'Thereby he had attained much 
 ufeful knowledge and wifdom, ver. 98.— 100. (2) 
 Thereby he was enabled to refrain from and hate Jin, e ve>\ 
 10 1. 104. (*$) Thereby he was prefer-vcifteady, in the 
 path of his duty, <ver. 10 1, 102. ( \) 1 hereby he obtain* 
 id much comfort to his foul \ yen 103. 
 
? S A L M CXI 
 
 97 O how love I thy law ! it is 
 
 my fludy all *he day. 
 
 98 It makes me wifer than my foes : 
 
 for it doth with me Hay. 
 
 99 Than all my teachers now I have. 
 
 more understanding far : 
 Jiccaufe my meditation 
 thy teftimonies are. 
 
 100 In underftanding I excel 
 thofe that are ancients : 
 
 For I endeavoured to keep 
 
 all thy commandements. 
 ici My feet from e^chill way I fiay'd, 
 
 that I may keep thy word. 
 102 I from thy judgments have not fwerv'd ; 
 
 for thou hall taught me Lord. 
 
 J03 How fweet unto my tafte, O Lord, 
 
 are all thy words of truth ! 
 Yea, J do find them fweeter far 
 
 than honey to my mouth. 
 
 104 I through thy piecepts that are pure, 
 do underftanding get : 
 
 I therefore ev'ry way that's filfe 
 with all my heart do hate. 
 
 N U N. Part H th 
 
 ReprefenN (\) The remarkable uffulnefs of God 9 / 
 *WOrd, <ver. 105. (.2) David y sfolemn dedication of him- 
 f elf to God r s fer-vice, <ver. 106. (3) His recourfe to God 
 by prayer under his afflictions, <ver. 107, 108. (4) His 
 fzithful adherence to Gcd y s way, amidft trouble and per* 
 fetation, <vcr. 109, I ro. (5) His folcmn and deliberate 
 choice of God's word, for his portion and rule, <v?r* 1 1 Ij 
 112. 
 
 105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, 
 and to my path a li?h:. 
 
 ic6 I fv/crn have, and t will perform> 
 to keep t!iy judgments right. 
 
PSALM CXIX. ttr 
 
 107 I am wi;h fore affliction 
 ev'n overwhelmed, O Lord, 
 
 In mercy ralfe and quicken me, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 108 The free-will off'rings of my mouth 
 accept, I thee befeech : 
 
 And unto me thy ferrant, Lord, 
 thy judgments clearly teach. 
 
 109 Tho' ilill my foul be in my hand, 
 thy laws IT1 not forget, 
 
 I I o I err'd not from them, though for me 
 
 the wicked, fnares did fet. 
 
 III I of thy teftimonies have, 
 above all things made choice, 
 
 To be my heritage for aye ; 
 for they my heart rejoice. 
 
 112 I- carefully inclined have, ^ 
 my heart ftiil to attend ; 
 
 That I thy ftatutes may perform 
 alway unto the end. 
 
 SAMECa Part 15/& 
 
 We have here, ( 1 ) David's hatred of fin, and love of 
 God's lazu, ver, 113. (2) His prof iffion of dependence 
 upon God, ver, 114. (3) His debarring of wicked men 
 from his company. ver, 115. (4) His prayer for fupport, 
 comfort, and honour, in the Lord's way, ver, lit, 117. 
 ( 5 ) His forefight of, and trembling at the ruin of the 
 wicked, ver, 118, — 120. 
 
 1 1 3 I hate the thoughts of vanity, 
 but love thy law do I. 
 
 114 My fhield and hiding-place thou art : 
 I on thy word rely. 
 
 115 All ye that evil doers are 
 from me depart away ; 
 
 For the commandments of my God 
 I purpofe to obey. 
 Aa 3 
 
3*4 PS A L M cxix, 
 
 1 1 6 According to thy faithful word* 
 uphold and ? ltabiiih me, 
 
 That 1 may live, and of my hope 
 ailiamed never be. 
 
 117 Hold thou me up, fo mail I be' 
 in peace and fafety ftill : 
 
 And to thy itatutes have refpeft 
 continually I will. 
 
 118 Thou tread'ft down sjl that love to firay 
 falfe their deceit doth prove 
 
 1 19 Lewd men like drofs away thou putt'fl 1 
 therefore thy law I love. 
 
 3 20 For fear of thee my very fie fh. 
 
 doth tremble, all difmay'd ; 
 And of thy righteous judgments, Lord. 
 
 my foul is much afraid. 
 
 A I N. Part \6th. 
 
 Here David (1) Appeals to God for his integrity and 
 equity, 'ver. 121. ( 2 ) Supplicates that God would pro- 
 tect him againft enemies ; grant him merciful deli ut ranee, 
 and facing injlrudlion ; and arife for the maintainance 
 of his own honour, <ver. 121, — 126. (3) Enforces bis 
 .requefs with thefe pleas, That he was God^s fervant y 
 and that he could no longer bear up under trouble, *i*er% 
 112 , — 125. ( 4 ) Profefeth his fuperlative regard to God's 
 law, and hatred of all iniquity, ver % 127. 128. 
 
 121 To all men I have judgment done, 
 performing juilice right ; 
 
 Then let me not be left unto 
 my fierce opprefTors might. 
 
 122 For good unto thy fervant, Lord,, 
 thy fervant's furety be : 
 
 From the oppreflion of the proud 
 do thou deliver me* 
 
 123 Mine eyes do fail with looking long 
 for thy falvation, 
 
 Jhe word of thy pure righteoufnefe 
 while I do wait upojv 
 
PSALM CXIX. its 
 
 124. In mercy with thy fervant deal, 
 thy laws me teach and mow. 
 
 125 1 am thy fervant, wifdom give, 
 that I thy laws may know. 
 
 126 'Tis time thou work. Lord; for they 
 mace void thy law divine. [hive 
 
 127 Therefore thy precepts more I love 
 than gold, yea, gold moil fine, 
 
 128 Concerning all things thy commands 
 all right I judge therefore : 
 
 And ev'ry falfe and wicked way 
 I perfettiy abhor. 
 
 P E, Part 17 th. 
 
 Here David ( 1 ) Declares his efleem of, and regard f*i 
 God's word, ver. 129, — 131../ and his deep concern for 
 meri s violation thereof , ver. \\(>- (i) Supplicates for 
 mercy, direction, prefers at ion, deliverance, fpirituai 
 comfort, and inflrucuon, ver. 132, — 135. 
 
 129 Thy ftatJtes, Lord, are wonderful, 
 my foul them keeps with care. 
 
 130 The entrance of thy word gives light; 
 makes wife who fimple are. 
 
 1 3 1 My mouth I have wide opened 
 and panted earneftly : 
 
 While after thy commandements 
 I long'd exceedingly. 
 
 132 Look on me, Lord, and merciful 
 do thou unto me prove, 
 
 As thou art wont to do to thofe 
 thy name who truly love. 
 
 133 O let my footfteps in thy word 
 aright fhll order'd be ; 
 
 .Let no iniquity obtain 
 dominion over me. 
 
 134. From man's opprefllon fave thou me, 
 fo keep ihy laws I will. 
 
1*4 PSALM CXiX. 
 
 1 35 Thy face make on thy fervant mine f 
 teach me thy ftatutes (till, 
 
 136 Rivers of waters from mine eyes 
 did rundown when I faw 
 
 How wicked men run on in fin, 
 and do not keep ;hy kw 
 
 TS A D D 1. Part iSth. 
 
 Contains (1) Davifs celebration of the right eoufnefs 
 of God's nature and work and of the riohteouf^efs, faith- 
 fulnefs y and purity of his ivord. e ver. 137, 138. 140. -142. 
 144. (1) His avo-voed re?ne?nbrance of zeal for, and 
 delight in God's word notiuithftanding of much contempt 
 and trouble , fujfertd on account of his adherence to it, 
 *ver, 139, — 143 (3) His fervent prayer for fpiritual 
 injlruclion, <ver. 144. 
 
 137 O Lord thou art moil righteous 
 thy judgments are Upright, 
 
 138 Thy teflimonies thou c mmand'ft, 
 molt faithfui :i e and ri^ht. 
 
 139 My zeal hath ev'n confum'd me : 
 bicaufe mine enemies 
 
 Thy holy words forgotten have, 
 and do thy laws defpife 
 
 140 Thy word's moil pure : therefore on it 
 thy fervanfs love is fet. 
 
 141 Small md defpis'd I am : yet I 
 thy precepts not forget. 
 
 142 Thy righteoufneb is righteoufnefs 
 Vhich ever doth endure ; 
 
 Thy holy law, Lord a!fo is 
 the very truth mod pure, 
 
 143 Trouble and anguifh have me found, 
 f and taken hold on me : 
 
 Yet in my trouble my delights 
 
 thy juitcomrrandmenu be, 
 K44 Eternal righteoumefs is in 
 
 thy teftimoruts all ; 
 
P S A L M CXIX. 2S5 
 
 Lord, to me undemanding give, 
 and ever live I fhall. 
 
 KOPH, Part igth. 
 
 Contains ( 1 ) David's importunate fupplications for 
 gracious audience, neceffaryfalvation, and quickening in~ 
 fuence, <ver. 145. 147. 149. (2) His hopes in, and me* 
 ditations on, God's word, as psrf eel ly true and perpetually 
 fable, 1^,147,148.151, 152. (3) /// danger from 
 wicked men, he fees to God for relief <ver. 149, — 15 *• 
 
 1 45 With my whole heart I cry 'd, Lord hear, 
 I will th^ word obey. 
 
 146 I cry'dtothee, fave me, and I 
 will keep thy laws alway. 
 
 147 I of the morning did prevent 
 the dawning, and did cry : 
 
 For all mine expectation 
 did on thy word rely. 
 
 148 Mine eyes did timeoufly prevent 
 the watches of the night, 
 
 That in thy word with careful mind^ 
 then meditate I might, 
 
 149 After thy loving kindnefs hear 
 my voice that calls on thee ; 
 
 According to thy judgment, Lord, 
 revive and quicken me. 
 
 150 Who follow mifchief, they draw nigh r 
 they from thy law are far. 
 
 15 1 But thou art near, Lord ; moil firm truth 
 
 all thy commandments are. 
 152 As for thy teftimonies all, 
 
 of old this have I try'd, 
 That thou hail furely founded them 
 
 for ever to abide. 
 
 RESCH. Part 10th. 
 
 Contains (1) David's cries to God, That he *votJd 
 Sonfider his ajjiiftion, plead his caufe, deliver him, and 
 
236 P. S A L M CXIX. 
 
 quicken his fouly ver. 153, f$p 156. 159. (2) His nd^ 
 berence to, love for, and high eft c cm of, God's word* 
 <ver< 153, 154. 157. i^g, 160. (3) Hisdefcriptionoftht 
 char ad er andmifery of the wicked, ver* 155. 157, i$% m 
 
 153 Confider mine affliction, 
 in fafety do me fet, 
 
 Deliver me, O Lord : for I 
 thy law do not forget. 
 
 154 After thy word revive thou me: 
 fave me and plead my caufe. 
 
 J 5 5 Salvation is from finners far : 
 for they feek not thy laws. 
 
 156 O Lord, both great and manifold 
 thy tender mercies be : 
 
 According to thy judgments juft 
 revive and quicken me. 
 
 157 My perfecutors many are 
 and foes that do combine : 
 
 Yet from thy teftimonies pure 
 my heart doth not decline. 
 
 158 I faw tranfg reflbrs, and was griev'd,* 
 for they keep not thy word. 
 
 159 See how I love thy law: as thou 
 art kind, me quicken, Lord. 
 
 160 From the beginning all thy word 
 hath been moil true and fare : 
 
 Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one 
 for evermore endure. 
 
 SCHIN. Part lift. 
 
 Here ( 1 ) David complains to God cf perfection from 
 princes, ver, 161. (2) Prof efteth his holy awe of , and 
 his delight in % his love to, and careful obfervance of God* s 
 tejlimonies, ar.d his utter det eft ation of faljhood, ver. 162, 
 168. (3) Avows his perfuafton of the happinefs of the 
 .godly, and his own hopes of God's fafoattonj ver* J 65, 
 .166. 
 
PSALM CX1X. 2t ? 
 
 16 i Princes have perfccuted me, 
 
 although no caufe they faw : 
 But ftfll of thy mod holy word 
 
 my heart doth Hand in awe. 
 
 162 I at thy word rejoice, as one 
 of fpoil that finds great ftore." 
 
 163 Thy law I love: but lying all 
 J hate and do abhor. 
 
 164 Sev'n times a dav it is my care 
 to give due praife to thee : 
 
 Becaufe of all thy judgments, Lord, 
 which righteous ever be. 
 
 1 65 Great peace have they who love thy law : 
 offence they (hall have none. 
 
 166 1 hop 'd for thy falvation, Lord, 
 and thy commands have done, 
 
 167 My foul thy testimonies pure, 
 obierved carefully : 
 
 On them my heart is fet, and them 
 I love exceedingly. 
 
 168 Thy teilimonies and thy laws 
 I kept with fpecial care ; 
 
 For all my works and ways each one, 
 before thee open are. 
 
 T A U. Part ud. 
 
 Here are ( 1 ) David's prayers for accefs to God, and 
 - inflrucJion, deliverance ', help, and recovery, from 
 id, ver. 169 170. 173. 175, 176. (2) Hearty pro- 
 lions of his regard to God's word, and to the falvation 
 'rein contained, ver. 169, — 176. (3) His humble 
 fejfion of his wandering from God, ana defire to be 
 wght back, ver. 176. 
 
 169 O let my earned pray'r and cry 
 come near before thee Lord j 
 
 Give underftanding unto me, 
 according to thy word. 
 
r83 PSALM CXX. 
 
 170 Let my requefi before thee come : 
 after thy word me free. 
 
 171 M> lips mail utter praife, when thou 
 hall taught thy laws to me. 
 
 T72 My tongue of thy mod bleded word 
 
 mall fpeak, rnd it confefs : 
 Becaufc all thy eommandements 
 
 are perfect right'oufnefs. 
 
 173 Let thy itrong hand make help to me: 
 thy precepts are my choice. 
 
 174 I leng'e for thy falvation, Lord, 
 and in thy law rejoice. 
 
 175 O let my foul live, and it fr12.ll 
 give praiies unto thee: 
 
 And let thy judgments gracious 
 be helpful unto mc. 
 
 176 I like a loll fneep went aflray* 
 thy fervant feek and find : 
 
 For thy command 1 fuffer'd no; 
 to (lip out of my mind. 
 
 P S A L M CXX. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 Why this Pfalm and the fourteen following are < 
 Songs of Degrees, nve do not certainly knovj. It is plain, 
 fome cf them are fuited to fecret ivorjhip : fo?ne to the fa- 
 mily ; and others to the public affembly. 'This Pfalm, 
 from its ajfnity to the $zd, is fuppofedto refer to Doeg the 
 Edomite, I Sam. xxii. IV e have (\) The PfahnijVs 
 prayer to God for deliverance, from the ruinous influence 
 cf malicious and falfe accufat ions, ver. I, 2. (2) His 
 denunciation of the jufi, fearful, and lafling judgments 
 of God againfl his malicious accufers, *ver. 3, 4. ($) His 
 complaints of his quarrelfome and vexatious neighbours, 
 
 *ver. 5. 7 ^y Never dare, my foul, to utter faljhcod, 
 
 or even truth in a malicious manner. Never dare to rujh 
 upon the fierce and lafling indignation of the Almighty. 
 Never chufe to make thit world, thy country, where Jin 
 
PSALM CXX. CXXT, it 9 
 
 .'. Btt t ye / lejfed a be (fes cfpea 
 , wkenjhd to you ! When Ji 
 
 ; God,.tqGod 9 mh.c 
 n c Joy. 
 
 IN my cWrefsto God I cry'd, 
 and he gave car to mc. 
 z From lying lips, and gdifeful tor.gu:, 
 
 O Lord my foul fet free. 
 3 Whax ihall be giv'a thee r cr what fnall 
 
 be done ;o thee falfe tongue? 
 a Ev'n burning coals of juniper, 
 fharp arrows of the itrong. 
 
 5 Wo's me, that I in Mefncch am 
 
 a fojourner To long ; 
 That 1 in tabernacles dwell 
 to Kedar that belong. 
 
 6 My foul with him that hateth peace 
 
 hath long a dweller been, 
 
 7 I am for peace : but when I fpeak 
 
 for battle they are keen. 
 
 psalm exxr. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 HereflJ In the firm faith of being heard, Davi 
 j -plicate s di<vine help and proteclion, njer. I, 2. ( z) He 
 comforts himfetf and others with the afurance of God's 
 infallible direction and proteclion, <vcr. 3, — 8 — 
 1 ^f While Ifing, let all my confidence be on the Lord. Let 
 my foul truly wait for him, from whom comet h all my 
 ■necefary and expected blejjings. On him be all my bur~ 
 dens, nil my wants, all my cares. 
 
 I To the hills will lift mine eyes, 
 from whence doth come mine aid, 
 2 My fafety cometh from the Lord, 
 
 who heaven and earth hath made. 
 a Thy foot he'll not let Hide, nor will 
 he flunaber that thee keeps, 
 B b 
 
»9* PSALM CXX1I. 
 
 4 Behold, he that keeps Ifrael, 
 
 he (lumbers not, nor deeps, 
 
 5 The Lord thee keeps, the Lcrd thy (hade 
 
 <;n thy right hand doth rtay. 
 
 6 The moon by night thee ihall not finite, 
 
 nor yet the fun by day. 
 
 7 The Lord (hall keep thy foul, he mail 
 
 preferve thee from all ill. 
 
 8 Henceforth thy going out and in 
 
 God keep for ever will. 
 
 PSALM CXXIL 
 
 A Song of Degrees of David, 
 
 This Pfalm appears to have been cempefed for the ufi 
 of the Hebrews at their three folemn feafts, Lev, xxiii. 
 We have in it y ( \) Expreffions of great joy in going up io 
 Jerufalem, ver. i, 2. ( z) High commendations of the 
 beauty, order, fanclity, and honour of Jerufalem, ver. 
 3, — 5. ($) Fbt duty and hap pi nefs offuch as arc really 
 €oncerned for the welfare of JerufaUm* the Church of 
 
 God, ver. 6, — 9, ^J While I fing, let me remember 
 
 the Gofpcl- church, bewail her diforders, fupplicate her 
 welfare ; and fit my heart on the Jerufalem which is 
 above, and into which nothing can enter that defileth or 
 dijlurbs* O when pall my feet Jland there ! When 
 jh all I fee my JESUS, on his great white throne, and 
 Jit with him in his glory. 
 
 IJOY'D when to the houfe of God, 
 Go up, they faid to me, 
 7. Jerufalem, within thy gates 
 our feet lhall Handing be. 
 
 3 Jerus'lem as a city is 
 
 compactly built together : 
 
 4 Unto that place the tribes go up, 
 
 the tribes of God^go thither. 
 
 To IfraTs testimony, there : 
 
 to God's name thanks to pay. 
 
PSALM CXXttl. 291 
 
 r For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones 
 of David's houfe it^rc I 
 
 6 Pray that Jerufaiem may have 
 
 peace and felicity : 
 Let them that love thee, and thy peace, 
 have dill profperity. 
 
 7 Therefore I m(h that peace may flill 
 
 within thy walls remain, 
 And ever may thy palaces 
 
 profperity retain. 
 & Now, for my friends, and brethren's fake, 
 
 Peace be in thee I'll fay, 
 9 And for the houfe of God our Lord, 
 
 I'll feek thy good alway. 
 
 PSALM CXXIII. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 This Pfalm relates to the dijireffed condition of the 
 Churchy and contains (\) Earneji longings for, and 
 believing expectations of merciful deliverances from God, 
 *v*r % 1,1. (i) An improvement of great dijirefs, as a 
 plea for fpeed and remarkable relief <ver. 3,4.—— 
 ^y While I Jing this ■, let me, in the full affurance of 
 faith, cry to God, for the mercies, which my own foul, 
 7ny family, and the church and nation, wherewith I am 
 connected, fo much need. Nor let me accept of a denial 
 of my believing requejis. 
 
 THOU that dwelled in the heav'ns, 
 I lift mine eyes to thee. 
 
 2 Behold, as fe-vant's eyes do look 
 their matter's hand to fee, 
 
 As hand- maid's eyes her miitrefs' hand, 
 
 fo do our eyes attend 
 Upon the Lord our God, until 
 
 to us he mercy fend, 
 
 3 O Lord, be gracious to us, 
 unto us gracious be : 
 
 o 
 
PSALM C 
 
 Becaufe, replenifh'd with contempt 
 
 exceedingly are we. 
 4 Our foul is fill'd with fcorn of thofe 
 
 that at their eafe abide, 
 .And with the infolent contempt 
 
 of thofe that fwell in pride* 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 A Song of Degrees of D< 
 
 .- Pfalm is highly applicable to every r workable 
 deliverance, which God works for his Church, 
 efpecially to the great redemption wrought for his people 
 ly Ckrift. In it, (\) David magnifies the danger they 
 
 were in, <ver. i, 5. (z) Aftrib'es the glory of their 
 
 deliverance to God, 1, 2, 6, 7. {3 J Improves the de~ 
 liver a nee, as an encouragement 'to trujl in God, ver. 8. 
 ^J Let me heboid JEHOVAH as a prefect help in trou- 
 ble* Let my wailing eyes hi towards him, who, not- 
 with/landing all tin combined power and policy cf hell and 
 £arth, is able and ready to pull my feet out of the net* 
 
 *AD not the Lord been on cur fide, 
 may Ifrael now fay : 
 
 2 Had not the Lord been on our fide, 
 when men rofe us to flay : 
 
 3 They had us fwallow'd quick, when as 
 their wrath 'gain it us did flame : 
 
 4 Waters had cov'red us, cur foul 
 had funk beneath the flream* 
 
 5 Then had the waters fwelling high 
 over our foul made way. 
 
 6 Bleft be the Lord, who to their teeth 
 us^ave not for a prey. 
 
 7 Our foul's efcnp'd as a bird 
 out of the fowler's fnare ; 
 
 The fnare afunder broken is, 
 and we efcaped are. 
 
 S Our fire and all fuflicicnt hefji 
 is in JEHOVAH'S name: 
 
PSALM CX-'V. 293 
 
 I lis name who did the heav'ns create 
 and who the earth did frame. 
 
 ANOTHER OY THE SAME, 
 
 ■XTOW Jfrael 
 
 JL S may fay and that truly, 
 
 If that the Lord 
 
 had not our caufe maintain'*! : 
 
 2 If that the Lord 
 
 had not our right fuftaia'd, 
 When cruel men 
 
 againit. us furioufly 
 Rofe up i.i wrath, 
 
 to make of us their prey. 
 
 3 Then certainly 
 
 they had devour'd us all, 
 And fwallow'd quick, 
 
 for ought that we could deem * 
 Such was their rage, 
 
 as we might well efteem : 
 
 4 And as fierce floods 
 
 before them all things drown, 
 So had they brought 
 
 our foul to death quite down. 
 
 5 The raging ftreams 
 
 with their proud ftveiiing waves. 
 Had then our foul 
 
 o'erwhelmed in the deep : 
 
 6 But bled be God, 
 
 who doth us fafely keep 3 
 And hath not given 
 
 us for a living prey 
 Unto their teeth 
 
 and bloody cruelty. 
 
 7 E'vn as a bird 
 
 out of the fowler's fnare 
 
 £ b ± 
 
291 * *' A L M" CXXV. 
 
 Efcapes away, 
 
 fo is our foul fet free ; 
 ' Broke are their nets, 
 
 and thus efcaped we. 
 2 Therefore our help 
 
 is in the Lord's great natne, 
 :o heav'n and earth 
 by his great pow'r did frame. 
 
 psalm exxv; 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 Let me in this Pfalm behold ( \ ) The happinefs sf the 
 faints ; in the fixednefs of their nevj covenant flate ; 
 the fafety cf their condition ; the feafonablenct's of their 
 deliverances ; and the advantage of effectual fervent 
 prayers in their behalf, ver. \ — 4. ( z) The ?nifcry cf 
 the vjicked, particularly of Apoftctes from the v:rys of 
 
 God, ver. 5. f[ Let tne then never be of them that 
 
 dravo back, but cf ''them who believe, to the fixing of 
 their hearty and the faving cf their foul. 
 
 *HEY in the Lord that firmly trull 
 mill be like Zion hill, 
 Which at no time can be ren.ov'd, 
 but ftandeth ever ML 
 
 2 As rcund about Jerufalem 
 the mountains ft.andal.vay, 
 
 The Loid his folk doth compafs fo 
 from henceforth and for ay. 
 
 3 For ill men's rod upon the lot 
 of juft men {hall not ly : 
 
 Left rightVds menftretch forth their handj 
 unto iniquity, 
 
 4 t)o thou to all thofe that be good 
 thy gcodnefs, Lord impart, 
 
 Aid do thou good to thofe that are 
 upright within their heart, 
 
 ^ But as for fuch as turn afide 
 after their crgoked way,, 
 
 T 
 
PSALM CXXVI. CXXVIL 2 9 f 
 
 God mall lead forth with wicked men ; 
 on lfrael peace (hall flay. 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 r l his Pi aim relates to fome remarkable deliverance of 
 the Jevuijh Churchy perhaps from Balyloy, as typical of 
 ihofe of the Go/pel- church y and (\) Reprefents great 
 admiration of and thankfulncfs for, the deliverance, 
 ver. i, — 3. (z) Contains prayers for, and encourage- 
 ments of, faints exercifed vjith tribulations, ver. 4, — 6. 
 ff While I fng t let me admire the Lord's kindnefs to 
 Britain ; — to his Gofpel church ; — to mankind ; — to my 
 foul % Andy in my remaining dijlrefs, perfonal or rela- 
 tive, let me fovj in mourning and fipplication, that 1 
 may reap joyful deliverances, and ever lafling conflations $ 
 through grace, 
 
 THEN Zion/s bondage God turned back 
 as men that dream'd were we. 
 
 2 Then fill'd with Laughter was our mouthy 
 our tongue with melody : 
 
 They 'mong the heathen faid, The Lord 
 great things for them hath wrought. 
 
 3 The Lord hath done great things for us^ 
 whence joy to us it brought. 
 
 4 As ftreams of water in the fouth 
 our bondage, Lord, recal. 
 
 5 Who fow in tears, a reaping time 
 of joy enjoy they lhall. 
 
 6 That man who bearing precious feed;, 
 in going forth, doth mourn, 
 
 He doubtlefs bringing back his fheaves 
 rejoicing (hall return. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIL 
 A Song of Degrees for Solomo/u 
 This Pfalm rtlatts (6 David 1 ; erdfrs for building tfo 
 
 w 
 
E 
 
 296 PSALM cxxvn. cxxvnr. 
 
 temple, 1 Chron. xxii. xxviii. &r to Solomon's aclual 
 building cf it, 2 Chron. ii — vi. It teacheth us conjlant 
 dependence on God, in all our concerns ; particularly in 
 ( i) Profpering our undertakings, or rearing our families, 
 ver. 1. (z) In protecting our refdence and country, 
 *ver. 1. C^J In enticing us without exceffive care or la- 
 hour, <ver. z, ( ^) In giving us agreeable heirs to pofjefs 
 
 our jubfance, <ver. 3, — 5. %\ In my undertakings, let 
 
 me Jet the Lord alixays befcre me ; and depend on his 
 blejfing, osthefourceofmyfuccefs. In all my enjoyments, 
 let my care be to enjoy God him/elf. 
 
 XCEPT the Lord do build the houfe, 
 the builders lofe their pain: 
 Except the Lord the city keep, 
 the watchmen watch in vain. 
 
 2 'Tis vain Tor you to rife betimes 
 
 or late fiom reft to keep, 
 To feed on forrows bread : fo gives 
 he his beloved deep, 
 
 3 Li children are God's heritage, 
 
 the womb\ c fruit his reward. 
 
 4 The fons of youth as arrows are 
 
 for ftrong mers hands prepar'd. 
 
 5 O happy is the man that hath 
 
 his quiver nll'dwiih thofe ; 
 They unafhamcd in the gate 
 ihall fpeak unto their foes. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 7 his ffalm exhibits (\) The comprehensive duty $f 
 mil, particularly married per/ons, <ver+ f, (x) The ad- 
 vantage of ftudying it; viz. fuccefs in employments/ 
 comfort and honour in relations ; joy in the prosperity of 
 God's church, and of their Q<xun cjf fpring, ver. 2,—6> 
 m qj While I fing, let ?ne be ajhamed, be pained, 
 
 §n account of my defciency in holinefs, and of the hurt, 
 tny family and the church of God havj thereby fufiaineA 
 
PSALM CXXVIII. CXXIX. 297 
 
 Let me behold the great gain of true godlinefs, having th% 
 promifes of this life, and of that which is to come. 
 
 BLEST is each one that fears the Lord, 
 and walketh in his ways. 
 
 2 For of thy labour thou fhait eat, 
 
 and happy be always. 
 
 3 Thy wife (hall as a fruitful vine 5 
 
 by thy houfe-fides be found; 
 Thy children like to olive plants 
 about thy table round. 
 
 4 Behold the man that fears the Lord, 
 
 thus blefied (hall he be. 
 
 5 The Lord ihall out of Zion give 
 
 his blefting unto thte : 
 Thou malt Jerus'lem's good behold, 
 whilll thou on earth doll dwell. 
 
 6 Thou fhait thy childrens children fee, 
 
 and peace on lfrael. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 Whether this Pfalm was penned, when David brought 
 up the ark of God to Mount Zion, 2 Sam. vi. y or relates 
 to the Chaldean captivity, is uncertain. In it, the peo- 
 ple of God, ([) Look hack on their oft en- repeated tribu- 
 lations, with thankfulnefs to God for their deliverances 
 'from Egypt, and from their cpprefors, under the Judges, 
 Saul, Gfa <ver. I, — 4. ( z) They look forward, with 
 a believing prayer for, and profpecl of the dejlruclion of 
 
 all their implacable enemies, ver. 5, — 8. fl" While 
 
 Ifi n g> let me not only be ajje tied with what the Lord did 
 for the Jewijh, but chiefly with what he hath done for' 
 the Gofpel- church : And let me, in faith, cry f$r, and 
 expeft, the downfal of Antichrijl, and of all the othtr 
 memies of Chrifl and his Church, 
 
 OFT did they vex me from my youth, 
 may lfra'1 now declare ; 
 
2oS PSA L M CXXW 
 
 2 Cfcdid they vex me from my youth, 
 
 yet not victorious were. 
 
 3 The plowers plow'd upon my back, 
 
 they long their furrows drew. 
 
 4 The righteous Lord did cut the cords 
 
 of the ungodly crew, 
 
 5 Let Zion's haters all be turn'd 
 
 back with confufion. 
 
 6 As grafs on houfes tops be they, 
 
 which fades ere it be grown : 
 
 7 Whereof enough to fill his hand 
 
 the mow*r cannot find ; 
 Nor can the man his bofom fill, 
 whofe work is fheaves to bind. 
 
 8 Neither fay they who do go by, 
 
 God's blefling on you reft : 
 We in the name of God the Lord, 
 do wifh you to be bleit. 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 This Pfalm contains ( \) David's earneft cries to 
 God, out of the depths of corruption, defer t ion, temp t at i- 
 cn, or trouble, <ver. I, 2, (2) His kindly repentance, 
 in the faith of God's merciful forgive nefs, ver, 3, 4. (^) 
 His attentive waiting on God, for his favours, ver, 5, 
 6. ( \) His encouraging cxpeclaticns from God, ver, 
 7» 8. " ' qj While 1 fing, let my foul go and do li&ezvife. 
 While the unbounded mercy and plenteous redemption of 
 'JEHOVAH remain unexhaufled, let my foul cry mightily 
 in every trouble y believe forgivenefs under the deepeft 
 fenfe of guilt y and quietly hope and ' nx ait for the falvati- 
 cn of God Let never hopelefs defpair feel my heart, 
 flgaitifl a God of grace. 
 
 ORD from the depths to thee I cry'd, 
 My voice, Lord, do thou heie; 
 2 Unto my fupplication's voice 
 give an attentive ear. 
 
 L' 
 
PSALM CXXXL 2 99 . 
 
 3 Lord, who (hall fhnd, if thou, O Lord, 
 
 ihould'ft mark iniquity ? 
 
 4 But yet with thee forgivenefs is, 
 
 that fear'd thou may' ft be. 
 
 1 wait for God, my foul doth wait, 
 
 my hope is in his word. 
 
 6 More than they that for morning watch* 
 
 my foul waits for the Lord ; 
 I fay more than they that do watch 
 the morning light to fee. 
 
 7 Let Ifrael hope in the Lord, 
 
 for with him mercies be ; 
 
 And plenteous redemption 
 is ever found with him. 
 
 8 ^nd from all his iniquities 
 
 he ifrael mail redeem, 
 
 PSALM CXXXL 
 
 A Song of Degrees of David. 
 
 This P Calm contains (\) David' 1 s candid prof ejjion §jT 
 his contentment with his lot, <ver. i, 2. (z) His 
 warm encouragement of others to a conftant dependence on 
 
 God, <ver. 3. While I fingit, let me be ajhamed of 
 
 my pride, and of meddling with things above my fphere* 
 Let me dsfire humility > as my great ornament, in every 
 Jlation j and Jludy, like a child of God, weaned fr$m 
 worldly h'fls, toft all my hope on God himfelf 
 
 MY heart not haughty is, O Lord, 
 mine eyes not lofty be ; 
 Nor do I deal in matters great, 
 or things too high for me. 
 
 2 Ifurely have myfelf behav'd 
 
 with quiet fp'rit and mild, 
 As child of mother wean'd ; my fouJ 
 is like a weaned child. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord let all the hope 
 
 of Ifrael xcly. 
 
3oo P S A L M CXXXII. 
 
 E\ 'n from the time that prefent is 
 unto eternity. 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 better this Fjalm ivas penned by Dtvid, %vbtn hf 
 brought up the ark of God from Kirjathjearim y 2 Sam. 
 vi. or for Solomon's dedication of the temple ', i Kings viii. 
 is uncertain* It contains (\) A reprefentation of Da- 
 vid's pious and earneft care to provide a proper lodging 
 for God's ark, ver \, — 7. (2) Earncji prayers fr 
 God's prefence and bhjjings to attend his ark, ver. 8, — 1 o. 
 ($) David's care to provide an habitation for Gcd ; 
 and God's prcmifes to David relating to the profperity and 
 ejiablijbment of his family, efpccialty in the Mejjiah, are 
 pled as arguments to enforce thefe requejls, ver. 1, — 5. 
 
 IO, — 18 q\ While 1 fing, let mv foul, with ardour, 
 
 go §ut after God, -the living God. Let ncthing Icfirthan 
 his prefence in his ordinances fatisfy my defire. Let the 
 ^welfare of his mini/lers and people be matter of my deep 
 concern.^ Let me admire the kindnefs of God, that 1 have 
 Jo many exceeding great and precious promijes to plead up- 
 on : While I fing them, let mc grafp, let me believe the?n, 
 --with my whole heart. 
 
 DAVID and his affliaions all 
 Lo r d do thou think uoon: 
 
 2 How unto God be f^are and vow'd 
 
 to Jacoa's mighty One. 
 
 3 I will not crime within my houfe, 
 
 nor refl in bed at all : 
 
 4 Nor fhall mine eyes take any deep, 
 
 nor eye-Jids dumber irnli ; 
 
 5 Till for the Lord a place 1 find, 
 
 where he may make abode ; 
 A place of habitation 
 
 for Jacob's mighty God. 
 G Lo, at the place of Ephratah 
 
 of it we understood; 
 
PSALM CXXXII. *«* 
 
 And we did find it in the fields, 
 and city of the wood. 
 
 7 We'll go into his tabernacles, 
 
 and at his footftool bow. 
 
 8 Arife, O Lord, into thy red, 
 
 th' ark of thy flrength and thou. 
 g O let thy priefts be clothed Lord, 
 
 with truth and right'oulnefs : 
 And let all thofe that are thy faints 
 
 fhout loud fcr joyfulnefs, 
 
 io For thine own (errant David's fake, 
 
 do not deny thy grace ; 
 Nor of thine own anointed one 
 
 turn thou away thy face. 
 1 1 The Lord in truth to David fware, 
 
 he will not turn from it, 
 
 1 of thy body's fruit will make 
 
 upon thy throne to fit. 
 
 2 2 My cov'nant if thy fons will keep, 
 
 and laws to them made known; 
 Their children then mall alfo fit 
 
 for ever on thy throne. 
 I 3 For God of Zion hath rrade choice j 
 
 there he defires to dwell. 
 14 This is my reft, here Hill I'll Hay, 
 
 for 1 do like it well. 
 
 J5 Her food I'll greatly blefs, her poor 
 with Dread wi)l fatisfy. 
 
 16 Her priefts I'll clothe with health, her faints? 
 
 mall fhout forth joyfully. 
 
 17 And there will I make David's horn 
 
 to bud forth pleafantly : 
 For him that mine anointed is 
 a lamp ordain'd have 1. 
 
 18 As with a garment I will clothe, 
 
 wi f h (hame, his cn'mies all: 
 But yet the crown thar he doth wear 
 upon him flourifh (hall, 
 Cc 
 
S o: PSALM CXXXIII. 
 
 A Song of Degrees of David. 
 This Pfalm was perhaps penned when the Hebrevj 
 tribes concurred to fix David on his throne, or to refiore 
 him to it, 2 Sam. v or xix. Here is ( ' \) a declaration 
 of the excellency and pleafantnefs of brotherly affeSlion, 
 c vcr i. (2) The illuft ration of this in two fmilitudes, 
 ver. 2, 3. ( ^) The great advantage of it, <ver, 3. — 
 q While I fin g, let Jefus 1 love Jhed abroad in my heart 
 ?nake me exemplify my notes. How happy the churches 
 and families where this prevails ! And how blefjcd 
 above all, the Church above, where LOVE, LOVE, 
 for ever reigns. 
 
 BEHOLD, how good a thing it is 
 and how becoming well, 
 Together fuch a c brethren are 
 in unity ,0 dwell, 
 
 2 Like precious ointment on the head, 
 
 that down the beard did flow, 
 Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the fkirts * 
 did of his garments go. 
 
 3 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth 
 
 on Zion hills defcend : 
 For there the blefling God commands 
 life that (hall never end. 
 
 * To imagine, that the facred oil ran down upon, and 
 flained the High Priefi y s robe to the fhirt, or lower parts 
 thereof, to mejeems very inconfftent with the remarkable 
 ileanlinefs prefcribed by the ceremonial inftitutes ; very 
 inconffient vjith the prefcribed finery and beauty of this fa- 
 cred apparel. The Hebrew word PHI ought therefore 
 to have been tranflated not SKIRT but COLLAR or 
 NECK HAND, compare Job xxx j8. Exod. xxviii. 
 
 32. Perhaps too, theHillsofZ ; cninver. 3. denote 
 
 not thefe about Jen fal cm, Pfalm exxv. 2. which food an 
 hundred miles dijlant from Ilermon, but that which is 
 tailed SION, DtUt iv. 48 en which without contra- 
 *er/y. the famed, 'he plentiful, the invigorating x the 
 fructifying dews ofHermcn defcendtd % 
 
P S A L M CXXXIV. 30} 
 
 A Song of Degrees. 
 
 This Pfahn ivas perhaps J enned, when Da vid afrpoi ' - 
 ed the orders of the Priejls and Levites, i Chron. xxiii. 
 — xxvi. In it, vue have (\) The facred vjatchers of 
 the temple ftirred up, to employ their time in praifing God, 
 <ver. I, z. (z) A fervent prayer for the blejjing of God 
 •n them, or on others, ver. 3. " fy While I am in 
 C hr if s church, let me provoke myfelf and others 3 to love 9 
 und to good works. 
 
 BEHOLD blefs ye the Lord, all ye, 
 that his attendants are, 
 Ev'n you that in God's temple be, 
 and praife him nightly there. 
 
 2 Your hands within God's holy place 
 
 lift up and praife his name. 
 
 3 From Zion hill the Lord thee blefs, 
 
 that heaven and earth did fiame. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 This Pfalm contains (\) Earneji exhortations to all 
 concerned to praife the Lord, ver. 1, — 3. 19 — 21. (z) 
 Rich matter for .praife ; — God confdered as the God of 
 Ifrael, ver. 4. As the God of God's, ver. 5. As the 
 God of the vjhole vuorld, ver. 6, 7. As a God terrible 
 to the enemy's of Ifrael, ver. 8, — 1 I. but kind to Ifrael, 
 ver. 12, — [4. And as the only true and living God, be- 
 fore vjhom all others are but vanity and faljhood, vet\ 
 15.. — 18. ■ ■ f[ Come near, my foul, and fing t what 
 fEUOVAH is, and hath done for his church, and vuhat 
 he is to, and hath done for me. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord, the Lord's name praife, 
 his fervants, praife ye God. 
 
 2 Who fland in God's houfe, in the courts 
 
 of our God make abode. 
 
 3 Praife ye the Lord, for he is good 
 
 unto him praifestmg: 
 
 Sing praifes to his name, becmife 
 
 it is a pleaGurt thing. 
 
P4- 
 
 psalm cxxxv; 
 
 4 Tor Jacob to himfelf the Lord 
 
 did chofe of his good pleafure. 
 And he hath chcfen Ifrael 
 
 for hi* peculiar treafure. 
 
 5 Becaufe I know aiTuredly 
 
 the Lord is very great, 
 And that our Lord, above all go Is 
 in glory hath his feat. 
 
 6 What things foever pleas'd the Lord, 
 
 that in the heav'n did he, 
 And in the earth, the feas, and all 
 the places deep that be. 
 
 7 He from the ends of earth doth make 
 
 the vapours to afcend, 
 With rain he lightnings makes, and wind 
 doth from his treafures fend. 
 
 8 Egypt's fir ft born from man to beafl 
 
 9 who fmote. Strange tokens he 
 On Pharoah and his fervants fent, 
 
 Egjpt, in midft of thee. 
 io He fmote great nations, flew great kings £ 
 1 i Sihon of Hefhbon king, 
 
 And Og of Bafnan, and to nought 
 
 did Canaan's kingdoms bring. 
 
 1 2 And for a wealthy heritage 
 
 their pleafant land he gave, 
 An heritage which Ifrael 
 
 his chofen fo-k fnould have. 
 
 13 Thy name, O Lord, ihall full endure, 
 
 in J thy memorial 
 With honour (hall continu'd be 
 to generations all. 
 
 j 4. For why, the righteous God will judge 
 
 his people right'oufiy, 
 Concerning thofe that do him fcrve, 
 
 himfeif repent will he. 
 15 Tne idols of the nations 
 
 of filver arc fend go!d 4 
 
PSALM CXXXVL $o; 
 
 And by the hands of men is made 
 their falhion and mould. 
 
 16 Mouths have they, but they do not fpeak ; 
 
 eyes, but they do not fee : 
 
 17 Ears have they, but hear not, and in 
 
 their mouths no breathing be. 
 
 18 Their makers are like cherii, fo are 
 
 all that on them nly. 
 
 19 O IfraTs houfe, blefs God, blefs Gcd, 
 
 O Aaron's family. 
 
 20 G blefs the Lord of Levi's houfe 
 
 ye who his fervants are ; 
 And blefs the holy name of God. 
 all ve the Lord that fear. 
 
 21 And blefled be the Lord our Gcd, 
 
 from Z ion's holy hi- 1, 
 Who dvyellethat Jerufu!em. 
 
 The Lord, 6 praife ye ftiil. . 
 
 PSALM. CXXXVL. 
 
 This Pfahn is a continued exhortation to praife the 
 Lord, for the perpetual difplays of his mercy. The hear- 
 ty finging of it has been honoured zvith the mojl fignal ap- 
 pearances of God'skindnefs, 2 Chron. V. 13 and XX. 21, 
 22 — We are in it dire Sled to praife God, (\) As great 
 and good in himfelfy <t;*t. t,— 3. ( 1) As the Creator of 
 ail things y ■ ver. 5. — 9. ( ^) As the God and Saviour of 
 Ifraely voho brought them out of Egvpt, through the Red 
 Sea and Wildernefs ; and caji out the nations , and gave 
 them the pofjefjion of Canaan, ver, 10, — 22. ( \) As cur 
 gracious and condefcending Redeemer y ver, 23,-^24. 
 ($ J As the great and fovereign Benefactor of all crea- 
 tures, ver. 2.5^ 26. ^ While I fingity let my heart 
 
 be melted y and' all inflamed with the loving- kindnefs and 
 mercy of God inChrift. Let me behold ', believe, and ad - 
 mire the unbounded extent and everlafling duration there- 
 of 
 
Ge: 
 
 : - 
 
 ■ • 
 o Ztttci'd the earth above tfcc 
 
 7 To mm th it made the grea; lights liaac ; 
 
 . :ce : 
 
 c iBOonar ik by nig 
 
 Be crer. 
 
 for nib erace fki'eth ne »'er. 
 
 i ncd *** : 
 
 - 
 
 *'aikiA nerer. 
 
 drown: 
 
 led kif < 
 
 - 
 
 Tea, famous lcn>«. in bai 
 Urn hcJuu ncrt] rm, 
 
PSALM CXXXV1 $*7 
 
 to And Og the king of B ifhanites : 
 for hib grice faileth never. 
 
 2 1 Their tand in h; ritage to have : 
 
 (for mercy hath he ever) 
 
 22 His fervant fra'J rigfht he gave : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 23 In our low ftate who on us thought : 
 
 for he hath mccy ever. 
 
 24 And from our foes our freedom wrought; 
 
 for hu grace faileth never 
 
 25 Who doth all flefh wi:h food relieve : 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 26 Thanks to the God of heaven give : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME. 
 
 PRAISE God. for he is kind, 
 hi.' me:cy lafh for ay. 
 
 2 Give thinks win heart and mind 
 To God of god. alway : 
 
 For certainly 
 Hit mercie- dure 
 Molt firm and fare 
 Etc null}. 
 
 3 The Lord of lords praife ye, 
 Whofe mercies dill enduie. 
 
 4. Greiu wonders only he, 
 
 Do h work by his g r tat Pow'r : 
 For certainly &c. 
 
 j Which God omnipotent, 
 
 Ev u i^ht and wifdo.n hi:>h, 
 
 T t h av'n and rtrmiment 
 
 Did frame, as we ma> fee: 
 For certainly, Sec. 
 6 To him who did out ftrrch 
 
 Tnis ear.h fo.greu and wide, 
 
 Ah '^ve the waters reacn, 
 
 fyldk.ng it to xbi e ; 
 Ivr urta.n;y, &c, 
 
|tg PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 7 Great lights he made to be, 
 
 'or his grace iaiieth ay. 
 $ Such as the fun we fee, 
 
 To rule the lightfome day : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 9 Alfo the moon fo clear, 
 which fhineth in our fight, 
 The Itars th*t do appear, 
 
 To guide the darkibme night : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 10 To hirn that Egypt fmote, 
 Who did his meffage fcorn, 
 And in his anger hot, 
 
 Did kill all their firft-born : 
 For certainly, &c, 
 
 l i Thence lfra'l out he brought 
 For his grace lafteth ever. 
 
 12 With a ftrong hand he wrought, 
 And ftretch'd out arm deliver ; 
 
 For certainly, Sec. 
 
 1 3 The Tea he cut in two ; 
 For his grace lafteth A ill ; 
 
 14 And through its midfltogo 
 Made his own lfrael : 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 15 But overwhelmed and loii 
 Was proud kkig Pharoah, 
 With all fyis mighty hoft, 
 And chariots there alfo : 
 
 For certaiply, &c. 
 
 16 To him who powerfully 
 His chofen people led ; ! 
 Ev'n through the defert dry, 
 And in that place them fed ; 
 
 For certainly, &c.. ( 
 
PSALM CXXXVIL S°5 
 
 17 To him great king? who fmote, 
 For his grace bath no bound. 
 
 18 Who flew, and {'pared not 
 Kings famous and renown'd: 
 
 For certainly, Sec. 
 
 19 Sihon th' Amorite king : 
 For his grace lafteth ever. 
 
 to Ogalfo who did reign 
 The land of Balhan over : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 2 1 Their land by lot he gave ; 
 
 For his grace faileth never, 
 2 2 That Ifra'l might it have 
 
 In heritage for ever : 
 For cer ainly, &c. 
 
 23 Who hath remembered 
 
 Us in our low eftate : 
 24. And us delivered 
 
 From foes which did us hate: 
 For certainly, Sec. 
 
 25 Who to all flefh gives food : 
 For lis grace faileth never. 
 
 26 Give thanks to God noftgood 
 The God of heav'n for ever : 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 PSALM CXXKVIT. 
 
 This Pfalm <vjas probably compofed in Chaldea. during 
 the captivity, and contains ( 1 ) Grievous bezvai ing of 
 their dijirejs, contempt , and reproach. <ver 1 — 4. ( z) 
 Their tender and affectionate r- membranes oj \ and con- 
 cern for "jerujaiem — the church and ordinance* of G^d, 
 *uer. 5, 6. ( ^) Denunciations rf dejlruclion to the Edo- 
 mites, r Jjho had promoted and tee Chaldeans, i'.' ho had 
 ejjeded their dijirejs and captivity, ver 7, — q ■ 
 ^j While lfi»g, let me blefs the Lord, for what mercy £4 
 in my lot above that cf many others Let the welfre 
 ej God's church iy near my heart. Let me earnejlly dejire 9 
 
B 
 
 310 PSALM CXXXVIT. 
 
 and firmly exfefl, the ruin of all her and my fpiritual 
 foes. 
 
 Y Babel's rtreams we fat and wept, 
 when Zion we thought on. 
 2 Jn midft thereof we hang'd our harp§ 
 
 the willow trees upon. 
 g For there a fong required they, 
 
 who did us captive bring ; 
 Our fpoilers call'd for mirth and faidj 
 
 A fong of Zion fing. 
 
 4 O how the Lord's fong (hall we fing 
 
 within a foreign land ? 
 
 5 If thee Jerus'lem I forget, 
 
 flcill part from my right hand. 
 
 6 My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleave 
 
 if I do thee forget. 
 Jcrufalem and thee above \ 
 
 my chief joy do not fet. 
 
 7 Remember Edom's children, Lord, 
 
 who in Jerus'lem's day, 
 Ev'n unto its foundation 
 
 Raze, Raze it quite did fay. 
 
 8 O daughter thou of Babylon, 
 
 near to deflrudlion : 
 Bleft ihall he be that thee rewards, 
 as thou to us hail done. 
 
 9 Yea, happy (hall he furely be, 
 
 thy tender little ones 
 Who fhall lay hold upon, and them 
 ihall dafh againft the ltoncs. 
 
 psalm cxxxvnr. 
 
 A Pfhlm of Dai id. 
 This Pfahn was perhaps compofed by David, token If 
 ivas neivh advanced to his throne, z Sam. v. 1 Chror. 
 xii. /;/ it ( \ ) He. looks back *toith thankful raj's upi 
 MxpericmehehadhadofGod'sgcodnefstohimy Vtr, I, — 
 
PSALM CXXXVIII. %u 
 
 3. (i) He looks forward with comfort, in hopes (\) 
 That others would go on to praife God like him, ver. 4, 
 5. (2) That God would continue to do good to him, 
 
 ver. 6, 7, 8.- f While 1 fing thefe lofty lines, let 
 
 thefenfe of the unnumbered mercies I have received from 
 God, and the hope of his everlajling loving- kindnefs 9 
 tune and animate my heart, 
 
 I^HEE will I praife with all my heart, 
 I will ling praife to thee 
 
 2 Before the gods : And worfhip will 
 
 toward thy fan&uary. 
 I'll praife thy name, ev'n for thy truth, 
 
 and kindnefs of thy love : 
 
 For thou thy word haft magnify M 
 
 - all thy great name above, 
 
 3 Thoudidft me anfwer in the day 
 
 when I to thee did cry : 
 And thou my fainting foul with ftrength 
 didft ftrengthen inwardly. 
 
 4 All kings upon the earth that are 
 
 (hall give thee praife, O Lord : 
 When as they from thy mouth (hall hear 
 thy true and faithful word. 
 
 5 Yea, in the right'ous ways of God 
 
 with gladnefs they fhall fmg : 
 For great's the glory of the Lord, 
 who doth for ever reign. 
 
 6 Though God be high, yet he refpe&s 
 
 all thofe that lowly be ; 
 Whereas the proud and lofty ones 
 afar offknoweth he. 
 
 7 Though I in midft of trouble walk, 
 
 I life from thee fhaH have : 
 'Gainft my foe« wrath thou'lt ftretch thine hand, 
 
 thy right hand fhalt me fave. 
 9 Surely that which concerneth me 
 
 the Lord will perfect make ; 
 Lord, ft ill thy mercy lafb, do not 
 
 thine own hands works forfakc, 
 
213 PSALM CXXXIX, 
 
 To the chief Mufician, a Pfalm of David. 
 This Pfalm vl as probably penned by David, while he 
 njoas loaded with Jome wile reproaches, and contains (\) 
 His celebrat'un of ( \ ) i he ommfcient knowledge, <ver. 
 1 — 6 (i) l/'e ojnniprefence, ver % 7, — 12, And 
 (t ) ) Creating kindnefs of God. ver. 13, — 16 ( 1) His 
 improvement of thefe in (\) Devout meditation on God, 
 ><ver. 17, 4 8 (2) In aetejlat ion cf wicked men, njer in. 
 •—2 2. (^) lnfotemnprojeffioncf his upright nefs before 
 
 God, i w er. 23, 24.- ^} Let me fng, le: me pray, let 
 
 me live, always, under the decprji impreffions of Gcd f s 
 eye upon me ; his prefence with me y his formation of me > 
 his new* covenant marriage to me ; and his cwrlafting 
 redemption of my fouL Let my nights and my days b, fil- 
 ed up with precious, with fixed, with pleafant thoughts, 
 concerning thefe, and holy improvements of them Let me 
 never make the Lord'' s enemies my intimates. Let a tho~ 
 rough purgation from Jin, and progrefs in holinefs, be the 
 delight, the earnefl defire, of my JouL 
 
 OLord, thou hall me fearch'd and known* 
 z Thou know'ft my fitting down, 
 And rifmg up ; yea all my thoughts 
 afar to thee are known. 
 
 3 My footfteps and my l)irg down, 
 
 thou compaffefl always : 
 Thou alfo mod entirely art 
 
 acquaint with all my ways. 
 
 4 For in my tongue, before I fpeak, 
 
 not any word can be. 
 But altogether, lo, O Lord, 
 it is well known to thee. 
 
 5 Behind, before, thou haft befet, 
 
 and .aid on me thine hand. 
 
 6 Such knowledge is too ft range for me 
 
 to j high to undtrltand 
 
 7 From thy SpYn whrher (hall I go ! 
 
 or from thy prt fence fly ? 
 3 Afcend I h«aven, lo, thou art Jiere ; 
 there, if in hell 1 ly. 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. 5 ! 3 
 
 5 Take I the morning's wings, and dwell 
 
 inutmoft parts of tea; 
 io Ev'n there, Lord, frail thy hand me lead, 
 
 thy right hand hold mall me. 
 
 j I If I do fay that darknefs (hall 
 
 me Cover from thy fight 
 Then furely ihall the very night / 
 
 about me be as l'ght. 
 
 12 Yea,, darknefs hideihnot from thee., 
 
 but night doth mine as day : 
 To thee the darknefs and the light 
 are both alike alw3y. 
 
 13 For thou poiTtiTed hall my reins, 
 
 and thou hail cov'rtd me, 
 When I within my mother's womb 
 inclofcd was by thee. 
 
 14 Thee will I praife for fearfully 
 
 and flrangely made I am ; 
 Thy works are marv'llous, and right well 
 my foul doth know the fame. 
 
 1 5 My fubilance was not hid from thee, 
 
 when as in fecret I 
 Was made; and in earth's loweil parts 
 was wrought moll curiouily. 
 
 16 Thine eye? my fubilance aid behold, 
 
 yet being im per feci : 
 And in the volume of thy book 
 my members all were writ : 
 
 Which after in continuance 
 
 were faihiun'd e\ f ry one, 
 When as they yet all fhapelefs were, 
 
 and of them there was none. 
 17 How precious alfo are thy thought?, 
 
 O gracious God to me ! 
 And in their fum how pa fling great 
 
 and numberlefs they be ! 
 Dd 
 
|*4 PSALM CXL. 
 
 18 If Ifhouldcount them, than the fand 
 
 they more in number be ; 
 What time foever I awake, 
 ] ever am with thee. 
 
 19 Thou Lord, wilt fure the wicked flay : 
 
 hence from me bloody men. 
 
 20 Thy foes againft thee loudly fpeak, 
 
 and take thy name in vain. 
 
 2 1 Do not 1 hate all thoie, O Lord, 
 
 that hatred bear to thee ? 
 With thofe.that up againll thee rife 
 
 can 1 but grieved be ? 
 
 22 With perfect hatred them I hate, 
 
 my foes 1 them do hold. 
 
 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, 
 
 try me, my thoughts unfold : 
 
 24 And fee if any wicked way 
 
 there be at all in me ; 
 And in thine everl tiling way 
 to me a leader be. 
 
 PSALM CXL 
 
 To the chief Muhcian, a Pfalm of David. 
 
 Ibis Pfalm was probably penned by David, when per- 
 fecuieci by Saul ; and perhaps partly relates to Doeg the 
 * Edomite, as Pfalm lii. and cxx. In it (\) Da<vid 
 complains rf the malice of bis enemies, and fupplicates 
 God's prejervatifn Jrcm ihem, <ver. i } — 5. (z) He 
 encourage^b bimfelf in God, as bis God y <ver, 6,7. ( \) 
 lie prays for, and prophefej the dejlruc. ion of all his ene- 
 mies, ver b, — 11 ( \j He ajjures bun {elf and other 
 hi: fit j that all their troubles pall end happily, <ver. 12, 
 
 1 7 — fl Let my troubles f/r me up to jervent prayers, 
 
 and to an earne/l believing on God as my God. Thus 
 I fuck honey out of flinty rocks ; and the malice as 
 nuetl as the ruin of mine enemies, Jhall work for mc att 
 Cxcttdttig audetmial Wiight of ^lory % 
 
P S A L M CXL. 
 
 LORD from ike ill and froward man 
 give me deliverance, 
 And do thou fafe preferve me from 
 the man of violence: 
 
 2 Who in their heart mifchievous things 
 
 are meditating ever : 
 
 And they for war afTembled are 
 
 continually together. 
 
 3 Much like unto a ferpent's tongue, 
 
 their tongues they fharp do make : 
 And underneath their lips there lies 
 the poifon of a fnake. 
 
 4 Lord keep me from the wicked's hands 
 
 from vi'tent men me fave ; 
 Who utterly to overthrow 
 
 my goings purpos'd have. 
 
 5 The proud for me a fnare have hid, 
 
 and cords, yea they a net 
 
 Have by the way fide for me fpread, 
 
 they grins for me have fet. 
 
 6 Ifaid unto the Lird, Thou art 
 
 my God : unto the cry 
 Ofa'lmy implications, 
 
 Lord do thine ear apply. 
 
 7 O God the Lord, who art the ftren^th 
 
 of my falvation ; 
 A cov'ring in the day of war 
 my head thou haft put on. 
 
 8 Unto the wicked man, O Lord, 
 
 his wilhes do not grant, 
 Nor further thou his ill device, 
 
 left they themfelves mould vaunt. 
 
 9 As for the head and chief of thofe 
 
 about that compifs me, 
 Ev'n by the mifchief of their lips 
 
 let thou them cov'rcd be. 
 io Let burning coals upon them fall, 
 
 them throw in fiery flame, 
 
5i6- PSALM CXLf. 
 
 And in deep pits that they no more 
 may rife out of the fame. 
 
 1 1 Let not an evil fpeaker be 
 
 on earth eftablifhed : 
 Mifchief fhall hunt the vi'lent man 
 till he be ruined. 
 
 12 I know Gcd will th' affli&ed's caufe 
 
 maintain, and poor mens right. 
 «3 Surely the juft fhall praifethy name> 
 th' upright dwell in thy fight. 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 
 This Pfalm was likcwife compofed under difirefs and 
 firfecution. In it David prays (\) For God' s kind ac- 
 ceptance cf his prayers, <ver. 1, 2. (l) For his power- 
 ful ajf fiance in keeping his tongue, his hearty and handy 
 in the way of duty, <ver. 3, 4. (^) That others might 
 kt helpful to him, with their feafonable reproofs ; and 
 he to them with his prayers, <ver. ~ , 6. ( \) That when he 
 Gnd his friends were brought to the lafi extremity, God 
 would gracioufy appear for their reli.f, <ver. 7, — 10, 
 €[ Whenever lam afflicted, let me pray. Let me highly 
 prize and kindly receive Chrifiian reproof, and earnefily 
 improve it to my fpiritual advantage. Nor let me ever 
 deftair, on account of the great difirefs of my foul, or of 
 the Church, Is any thing too hard for tie Lord ? 
 
 OLORD, J unto thee do cry, 
 do thou make hafle to me, 
 And give an ear unto my voice, 
 when I cry unto thee. 
 
 2 Asinccnfc let my pray'r be 
 
 directed in thine eyes ; 
 And th' uplif.ing of my hinds 
 as th* evening facrifice. 
 
 3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth 
 
 keep of my lips the door. 
 
 
PSALM CXLL 317 
 
 4 My heart incline thou not unto 
 
 the ills I fhould abhor, 
 To practife wicked works with men 
 
 that work iniquity : 
 And with their delicates my tafle 
 
 let me not fnisfy. 
 
 5 Let him that righteous is me fmite, 
 
 it mall a kindnefs be ; 
 Let hjm reprove, I mall it count 
 
 a precious oil to me : 
 Such fruiting mail not break my head ; 
 
 for yet the time mail fall, 
 When 1 in their calamicics 
 
 to God pray for them mall. 
 
 6 When as their judges down mail be 
 
 in ftony places caft : 
 Then fhall they hear my words, for they 
 fhall fweet be to their tafte. 
 
 7 About the grave's devouring mcuth, 
 
 our bones are fcatter'd round, 
 As wood, which men do cut and cleave 
 lies fcatter'd on the ground. 
 
 8 But unto thee, O God the Lord, 
 
 mine eyes uplifted be ; 
 My foul do not leave deftitute, 
 my trufl is fet on thee. 
 
 9 Lord keep me fafely from the fnares 
 
 which they for me prepare, 
 And from the fubtil grins of them 
 that wicked workers are. 
 
 10 Let workers of iniquity 
 
 into their own nets fall, 
 Whilft I do by thine help efcape 
 the danger of them all. 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 Mafchil oi David ; A Prayer when he wa$ in the Care, 
 
 P. d 4 
 
Jrt P S A L M CXLir. 
 
 Toil Pfalm was fra?ned by David, when obliged b; 
 Saul's per/edition to bide himfelf in a cave, i Sam. xxii, 
 i or xxiv, 3 and contains (\) Bitter complaints of the 
 fubtlety, ftrength, and malice of bis enemies, and of the 
 coldnefs and indifference of his friends, ver. i, — 4. 6. 
 (z) The comfort he took in Go Ts knowing his way, and 
 in recognizing bis claim to God as his Portion, ver. 3, 4, 
 5. ($) His pleafant expectations that his God would 
 deliver him, and that his fellow- faints would join with 
 him in thankfgiving for his deliverance, ver. 6, 7, 
 <fl If all men for fake me, if all men bar raj's me, let me 
 cajl my burdens on the Lord, that he may fujlain me. 
 Let me renew my believing claims to him as my Lord, my 
 God, my Refuge, and my Portion. Let me ref firmly on 
 his characlers, and promifes, for his fympathy, help and 
 deliverance, 
 
 I WITH my voice cry'd to the Lord> 
 with it made my requeft : 
 z Pour'd out to him my plaint to him 
 my trouble lexpreir. 
 
 3 When in me was o'erwhelm'd my fp'rit,, 
 
 then well thou knew'll my way : 
 Where I did walk, a fnare for ire 
 they privily did lay. 
 
 4 I look'd on my right-hand and view'd^ 
 
 but r.one to know me were : 
 All refuge fail'd me, no mm 
 did for my foul take care. 
 
 5 I cry'd to thee, I faid thou ait 
 
 my refuge, Lord alone, 
 And in the laid of thofe that live 
 
 thou art my portion. 
 5 Becaufe I am brought very low 
 
 attend unto my cry ; 
 Me from my perfecutors fave, 
 
 who ftiorigcrare thin I. 
 7 From prifon bring my foul, that I 
 
 thy name may glorify : 
 The juft fliall compafs me, when thou 
 
 with me deal'it bounteoufly. 
 
L ( 
 
 P $ A V M CXLIIL 319 
 
 A Pfalm of David. 
 This Pfalm was probably penned by David, during 
 fhe unnatural rebellion of his fon Abfalom, as Pfal. iii. 
 xlii. xliii. // contains (\) Sad complaints of trouble, 
 and of the Jinking of his Jpirit under it, ver. 3, 4, 5,7. (z) 
 Fervent fupplications y that Gvd voouli hear his prayer, 
 ver. 1,7. Forgive his fns, ver. 2. Manif eft his fa- 
 vours, ver. 6, 7, 8. Direcl him in the way of duty, 
 ver. 8, — 10. Quicken him in it, ver. 11. Deliver hint- 
 out of trouble, ver. 9, 11. And, in fine, punifh his per- 
 fecutors, ver. iz.— — fl" What time my heart it over* 
 whelmed, let God lead me to the Rock that is higher than 
 I. Let me ftudy to have my Jin removed, firft, in order 
 that my troubles may remove in due order, and with a 
 rich blejjing. 
 
 ORD hear my pray'r attend my fuits, 
 and in thy faithfulnefs, 
 Give thou an an Twer unto me, 
 and in thy right'oufnefs. 
 
 2 Thy fervant alio bring thou not 
 in judgment to be try'd : 
 
 Becaufe no living man can be 
 in thy fight juftify'd, 
 
 3 For th' enemy hath purfu'd my foul, 
 my life to ground down tread : 
 
 In darknefs he hath made me dwell, 
 as who have long been dead. 
 
 4 My fp'iit is therefore overwhelmed 
 in me perplexedly ; 
 
 Within me is my very heart 
 amazed wondroufly. 
 
 5 I call to mind the day9 of old, 
 to meditate I ufe 
 
 On all thy works : upon the deeds 
 1 of thy hands d 3 mufe. 
 
 6 My hands to thee I ftretch : my foul 
 thirfts as dry land for thee. 
 
 7 Halle, Lord, to hear, my fpirit fails ; 
 hide no; thy faw from me. 
 
J20 PSALM CXLIII 
 
 Left like to them I do become, 
 that go down to the daft. 
 
 8 At morn let me thy kindnefs hear, 
 
 for in thee do I truft : 
 Teach me the way that I mould walk, 
 I lift my foul to thee. 
 
 9 Lord, free me from my foes, 1 flee 
 
 to thee to cover mc. 
 
 10 Becaufe thou art my God, to do 
 
 thy will do me inftrud : 
 Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the land 
 of uprightnefs conduct. 
 
 1 1 Revive and quicken me, O Lord, 
 
 ev'n for thine own name's fake ; 
 And do thou, for thy right'oufnefs, 
 my foul from trouble take. 
 
 1 2 And of thy mercy flay my foes ; 
 
 let all deftroyed be 
 That doaffliamy foul, for I 
 a fervant am to thee. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME, 
 
 OH, hear my pray'r, Lord, 
 And unto my deiire 
 To bow thine ear accord, 
 1 humbly thee require : 
 And in thy faithfulnefs 
 Unto me anfwer make, 
 And in thy right'oufnefs 
 Upon me pity take, 
 
 2 In judgment er.tcr not 
 With me thy fervant poor ; 
 For why, this well I wot, 
 No fmner can endure 
 The fight of thee, O God, 
 If thou his deeds fhalt try, 
 He dare make none abode 
 Himfelf tojuftify, 
 
PSALM CXLIII. 3*1 
 
 3 Behold, the cruel foe 
 Me perfcciues with fpite, 
 My foul to overthrow : 
 Yea, he my life down quite 
 Unfeo the ground hath fmote, 
 And made me dwell full low 
 Indarknefs, as forgot, 
 
 Or men dead long ago. 
 
 4 Therefore, my fp'rit much vexM 
 O'erwhelm'd is me within : 
 
 My heart right fore perplex'd 
 And defolate hath been. 
 
 5 Yet I do call to mind 
 What ancient days record, 
 Thy works of ev'ry kind 
 I think upon, O Lord, 
 
 6 Lo, I do ftretch my hands 
 To thee my help alcne, 
 For thou well underftands 
 All my complaint and moan : 
 My thirfting foul defires, 
 And longeth after thee, 
 
 As thirfty ground requires 
 With rain refrefh'd to be. 
 
 7 Lord, let my pray'r prevail, 
 To anfwer it make fpeed, 
 For lo, my fp'rit doth fail : 
 Hide not thy face in need ; 
 LeP. I be like to thofe, 
 
 That do in darknefs fit, 
 Or him that downward goes 
 Jnto the dreadful pit, 
 
 S Becaufe I trufl in thee, 
 O Lord caufe me to hear 
 Thy loving kindnefs free. 
 When morning doth appear: 
 Caufe me to know the way 
 Wherein my path mould be^ 
 
tzi PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 For why, my foul on high 
 I do life up to thee. 
 
 9 From my fierce enemy 
 Jn fafety do me guide, 
 Becaufe I flee to thee, 
 
 Lord, that thou may'ft me hide* 
 
 10 My God alone art thou, 
 Teach me thy right'oufnefs : 
 Thy Sp'rit's good, lead me to 
 The land of uprightnefs. 
 
 ii O Lord, for thy name's fake, 
 
 Be pleas'd to quicken me : 
 
 And for thy truth forth take 
 
 My foul from mifery. 
 1 2 And of thy grace deftroy 
 
 My foes, and put to fhame 
 
 All who my foul annoy ; 
 
 For I thy fervant am. 
 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 A Pfalm of David, 
 
 This Pfalm was probably compofed by David upon tbs 
 occafeon of his advancement to the thrcne, i Chron. xii. 
 2 Sam. v. as Pfal. exxxviii. lxxv, &c. /;/ //, we have 
 (\) Thankful acknowledgment of God's relation to him 9 
 and condefcending kindnefs towards him % ver. i, — 4. 
 (2 ) Supplication for divine deliverance from his enemies ■, 
 who ft ill threatened him, ver. 5, — 8. And for profperiiy 
 to his kingdom, ver. 11, — 14. (*$) Triumphant joy in 
 God, as his and their Deliverer, and Portion, ver. 9, 
 10, 15.—^ While I ftng, let me admire the relation, 
 the kindnefs of God 10 me, who am Jo mean, — fo frail,—- 
 fo Jlnful ! Let me rejoice in him, as my ALL in ALL ; 
 and commit my way to him, that he may bring it to pafs. 
 And let every external beneft lead up mj heart to God 
 bimfeif. 
 
 o 
 
 Blefledevcr be the Lord, 
 
 who is my flrength and might, 
 
 _ 
 
PSALM CXLIV. 3 2 3 
 
 Who doth inflruft my hands to war, 
 
 my fingers teach to fight. 
 z My goodnefs, forcrefs, my high tow'r, 
 
 deliverer, and fhield. 
 In whom 1 truft : who under me 
 
 my people makes to yield. 
 
 3 Lord, what is mart, that thou of him 
 
 dofl fo much knowledge take ? 
 Or fonofman, that thou o r him 
 fo great account dofl make ? 
 
 4 Man is like vanity : his days 
 
 as ftiadows pafs away. 
 
 5 Lord, bow thy heav'ns, come down, touch thou 
 
 the hills, and fmoke (hall they. 
 
 6 Caft forth thy lightning, fcatter them : 
 
 thine arrows moot, them rout. 
 
 7 Thine hand fend from above, me fave, 
 
 from great depths draw me out : 
 And from the hand of children ftrange : 
 
 8 whofe mouch fpeaks vanity : 
 And their right hand is a right hand, 
 
 that works deceitfully. 
 
 9 A new fong I to thee will fmg, 
 
 Lord, on a Pfaltery, 
 I on a ten ftring'd initrument 
 will praifes fmg to thee. 
 
 10 Ev'n he it is that, that unto kinge 
 
 falvation doth fend : 
 Who his own fervant David dotk 
 from hurtful fword defend. 
 
 1 1 O free me from ftrange children's handc, 
 
 whofe mouth fpeaks vanity ; 
 And their right, hand a right hand is, 
 that works deceitfully. 
 
 1 2 That as the plants our ions may be 
 
 in youth grown up that are ; 
 Our daughters like to ccrm r flones, 
 carv'd like a palace fair. 
 
yf r PSALM CXLV, 
 
 1 3 That to afford all kind of ftore, 
 
 our garners may be filPd ; 
 That our fheep thoufands, in our flreets 
 
 ten thoufands they may yield. 
 14. That ftrong our oxen be for work, 
 
 that no in-breaking be, 
 Nor going out, and that our flreets 
 
 may from complaints be free. 
 
 15 Thofe people blefledare, who be 
 
 in fuch a cafe as this : 
 Yea, blefTed all thofe people are, 
 
 whofe God J E H O V A H is, 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 David's PfalmofPraife. 
 
 This Pfalm, like the xxv. xxxiv. cxi. cxii. andcxlx. 
 is compofed in an alphabetical form. It, and the Jive 
 <which follow, covjijl of pure praifes to Gcd, without fo 
 much as one complaint or petition. Here (\) David en- 
 gageth himfelf, and enccurageth others to praife God, 
 ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10. ti. (z) He reprefents the 
 grounds of praife, viz. The greatnefs and glory, fovereign 
 power, and eternity of God. ( 1 ) The greatnefs and 
 glory of his works, ver 3,—J» tlj i*> J3» His 
 unbounded goodnefs, mercy and compaJ/icn y ver. 7 , 8, 9. 
 Manifefted in pitying the ajfliiied, providing wh at is ne- 
 cejjary for all creatures, and in his readinefs to hear and 
 anfuuer his pecpti* s prayers, and prefer ve them from evil, 
 and dejlrcy their entmies^ ver. 1 4,— 2C— — %\ In fuch 
 high praifes of God, may all my prayers ijjue at I a ft. 
 Andthenearei L approach to mine end y let my heart and 
 lips be 'he more filed with his praife -and honor all the 
 day White 1 live on tarth, let me publijh the heart en- 
 gaging wonders cf the nature and work of my God, 
 
 I'LL thee extol, my God OKing, 
 Til blef thy rame alwayp. 
 j» Thee will I b'ef* e.xh ray, arid will 
 thy name ior eve/praife. 
 
P S A -L I k .I Ialv, 
 
 3 Great is the Lord, much to be prak'd. 
 
 his greatnefs fearch exceeds 
 
 4 Race unto race mall praifcthy works, 
 
 and (he w thy mrghty deeds. 
 
 5 I of thy glorious majefiy 
 
 the honour will record, 
 I'll fpeak of all thy mighty work*, 
 which wondrous are, O Lord. 
 
 6 Men of thine acls the might fhall ihow* 
 
 thine acls that dreadful are : 
 And I, thy glory to advance, 
 thy greatnefs will declare. 
 
 f] The mem'ry of thy gocdnefs great 
 
 they largely fhall exprefs. 
 With fongs of praife they fhall extol 
 
 thy per feci right'oufnefs. 
 
 8 The Lord is very gracious, 
 
 in him companions flow, 
 In mercy he is very great, 
 and is to anger flow. 
 
 9 The Lord JEHOVAH untoai! 
 
 his goodnefs doth declare : 
 And over all his other works 
 his tender mercies are. 
 
 10 Thee all thy works fhall pratff, O Lore-, 
 
 and thee thy faints fhall blefs. 
 
 1 1 They fhall thy kingdom's glory fhow, 
 
 tby pow'r by fpeech exprefs. 
 
 12 To make the fons of men to know 
 
 his acls done mightily, 
 And of his kingdom th' excellent 
 
 and glorious majefiy. 
 % 3 Thy Kingdom fhall for ever fUnd, 
 
 thy reign through ages all. 
 14 God raifeth all that are bow'd down; 
 
 wpholdevh all that fall. 
 
 E C ' > < 
 
3*6 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 15 The eyes of ail things wait on thee, 
 
 the giver of all good, 
 And thou in time convenient 
 
 beftows on them their food. 
 
 16 Thine hand thou op'neft lib rally, 
 
 and of thy bounty gives 
 Enough to (atisfy the need 
 
 of ev'ry thing that lives. 
 
 1 7 The Lord is jail in all his ways, 
 
 holy in his works all. 
 
 18 God's near to all that ca^l on him, 
 
 in truth chat on him call. 
 j 9 He will accomplish the defire 
 
 of thofe thai do him fear ; 
 He slKd will deliver them, 
 
 and he their cry will hear. 
 
 20 The Lord preferves all who him love, 
 
 thar nought can them annoy : 
 But he all thofe that wicked are 
 will utterly dcilroy. 
 
 21 My mouth the praifea of the Lord 
 
 to publifti ceafe ihall never : 
 Let all fiefh blcfi his holy name 
 for ever and for ever. 
 
 ANOTHER Or THE SAME. 
 
 OLord, thou art my God and King, 
 Thee will 1 magnify and praife, 
 
 1 will thee bleft, and gladly ling 
 Unto thy holy name always. 
 
 2 Each day 1 rife 1 will thee blefs, 
 And praife thy name time without end. 
 
 3 Much to be prais'd, and great God is, 
 Hia greatnefs none can comprehend. 
 
 4 Race fhall thy works praife unto race, 
 The mighty ads fhow, done by thee. 
 
 5 I will fpeak of the glorious grace, 
 And honour of thy majefty ; 
 
PSALM CXLV. 3 2 7 
 
 Thy wondrous works I will record. 
 
 6 By men the might mail be extoll'd 
 Of all thy dreadful afts, O Lord : 
 And I thy greatnefs will unfold. 
 
 7 They utter mall abundantly 
 The mem'ry of thy goodnefs great, 
 And mall fing praifes chearfully, 
 Whilfl they thy right'oufnefs relate. 
 
 8 The Lord our God is gracious, 
 Companionate is healfo, 
 
 In mercy he is plenteous, 
 
 But unto wrath and anger flow. 
 
 9 Good unto all men is the Lord : 
 O'er all his works his mercy is. 
 
 io Thy works all praife to thee afford, 
 Thy faints, O Lord, thy name (hall blefs. 
 
 1 1 The glory of thy kingdom mow 
 Shall they, and of thy power tell. 
 
 12 That fo mens fons his deeds may know, 
 His kingdom's grace that doth excel. 
 
 1 3 Thy Kingdom hath none end at all, 
 It doth through ages all remain. 
 
 14. The Lord upholdeth all thjjj/al!, 
 The call- down raifeth up again. 
 
 15 The eyes of all things, Lord, attend, 
 And on thee wait that here do live : 
 And thou in feafon due dojft fend 
 Sufficient food them to relieve. 
 
 16 Yea, thou thine hand doll open wide, 
 And ev'ry thing doil fatisfy 
 
 That lives, and doth on earth abide, 
 Of thy great liberality. 
 
 17 The Lord is juft in his ways all, 
 And holy in his works each one. 
 
 18 He's near to all that on him call, 
 Who call in truth on him alone. 
 
 tq God will the jufl define f 
 Of fuch as do hi n ; '^zr an 1 
 
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 And 
 
 20 The Lord preferves all, more and lcfs* 
 
 That bear to him a loving heart : 
 
 But workers all of wickednefs 
 
 Deftroy will he, and clean fubvert. 
 
 «i Therefore my mouth and lips I'll frame 
 To fpeak'the praifes of the Lord : 
 To magnify his holy Name 
 For ever let all flefh accord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIi 
 
 Ihis Pfahn contains ( ij Pleafant engagements i 
 encouragements to the hearty and conftant praifes of God, 
 ver. I, 2. 10. (t) Earn eft difuajivet from trufting i?i 
 man, who is fo weak and foort- lived, ver. 3, 4. (3) 
 Powerful perfuafives to truft in God, whofe power and 
 gocdnefs appear fo remarkable in creation, providence and 
 
 redemption, ruer. 5, — ic %\ While I Jtng, he ft ir red 
 
 up, my foul, and all that is within me, to blefs his holy 
 name, — to depend on him alone, who is my Maker, my 
 faithful Friend, my kind and righteous P rot eel or, my 
 bountiful Provider, my Almighty Deliverer, my graci* 
 cus En.'ightner, my feafonable Reftorer, my perpetual Pre* 
 ferver, andth&juft Punijher of my foes ; — my King y— 
 my God ; and mine ALL, 
 
 PRAISE God. The Lord praife, O my foul. 
 2 I'll praife God while 1 live ; 
 While I have being, to my God 
 in {ongs I'll praifes give. 
 
 3 Truft not in princes, nor man's fon 
 
 in whom there is no flay : 
 
 4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns ; 
 
 that day his thoughts decay. 
 
 3 O happy is that man, and bled, 
 
 whom Jacob's God doth aid, 
 Whofe hope upon the Lord doth reft^ 
 
 and on his Cod is ftaid : 
 
PSALM CXLVJI. 3 2 9 
 
 6 Who made the earth, and heavens high, 
 
 who made the fwellirg deep, 
 And all that is within the fame : 
 who truth doth ever keep : 
 
 7 Who right'ous judgment executes 
 
 for thofe opprefl that t>e, 
 Who to the hungry giveth food : 
 God fets the pris'ners free. 
 
 8 The Lord doth give the blind their fight ; 
 
 the bowed down dcth nnfe: 
 The Lord doth dearly love all thofe 
 that walk in upright ways. 
 
 9 The Granger's fhield, the widow's Hay, 
 
 the orphan's help is he : 
 But yet by him the wicked's way 
 
 tr.rn'd upiide down (hall be. 
 io The Lord ihall reign for evermore, 
 
 thy God, O Zion, he 
 P.eigns to ail generations. 
 
 Fraife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CXLVTI. 
 
 This Pfalm was probably penned by David, while h e 
 repaired and fortified Jtrujalem, 2 Sam v. and contains 
 (l) Solemn calls to praij'e God, ver. i, 7. 12. 20. (2) 
 Weighty reafons for praifing God, viz. ( ( ) 7 hat as the 
 God of nature he is infinitely intelligent and great, and 
 the foveteign Manager of all creatures, -ver 4, 5 8.9. 
 15, — 18. (2) As t/.e God of grace, he tenderly com- 
 
 forts, and affectionately delights in his people, ver 3 , 6. 
 IO, 1 1 ( 3 ) As tls-e God of IfraeL J t rufalem and Zion> 
 he fettles their civil and religious fate, vtr 1 13, 4.* 
 19, — 20. ■ ■■ qy When God mantfejls himfelf in Jo 
 
 many things , be ajhamed, my jouL that I dijeem htm in 
 
 fofew. O to fee God' s power and glory in every work of 
 his hand, and e/pecially in every word of bis moutu J and 
 to be fo affected with what he is, anj hath done, and 
 'will do, as, in every thing, to give tvauas. 
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yjo p 3 A L M CXLVIJ, 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord : for it is good 
 praife to cur God to fing ; 
 Tor it is pleafant, and to praife 
 it is a comely thing. 
 
 2 God doth build up Jerufa!em : 
 
 and he it is ale ne 
 That the difpers'd of Israel 
 dcth gather into one, 
 
 3 Thofe that are broken in their hearts 
 
 and grieved in their minds, 
 He heakth, and their painful wounds- 
 he tenderly up binds, 
 
 4 He counts the number of the rtars : 
 
 he names them ev'ry one. 
 
 5 Great is our Lord, and cf great pow'r : 
 
 his wifdem ftarch can none. 
 
 6 The Lord lifts up the meek: and calls 
 
 the wicked to the ground. 
 
 7 Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks : 
 
 en harp his praifes found. 
 
 8 Who covereth the heav'n withclouds^. 
 
 who for the earth below 
 Prepareth rain, who nnketh grafs 
 upon the mountains grow. 
 
 [e gives the bead his fooi, hefced& 
 the ravens young that cry. 
 
 10 Kis pleafure not in horfe's Ilrengtb^ 
 
 nor in man's legs doth ly. 
 
 1 1 But in all thofe that do him fear, 
 
 the Lord doth pleafure take, 
 In thofe that to his mercy do 
 by hope themfelves betake. 
 
 ii The Lord praife, O Jerufalem : 
 
 Zion, thy God confefs. 
 1 3 For thy gates bars he maketh ftrong : 
 
 thy fans in thee doth blefs. 
 1 4. He in thy borders maketh peace • 
 
 with fine wheat filkth thee. 
 
PSALM CXLVI1I. Hi 
 
 15 He fends forth his command en earth, 
 
 his word runs fpeedily. 
 
 16 Hoarfroft, likeafhes, fcatt'reth he ; 
 
 like wool he fnow doth give : 
 
 17 Like morfels ciiteth for.h his ice : 
 
 who in its cold can live ? 
 j 8 He fendeth forth his mighty word, 
 
 and mekeththem agiin: 
 His wind, he makes to bio. v, and then 
 
 the waters flow amain. 
 
 19 The dodlrine of his holy word 
 
 to Jacob he doth mow ; 
 Hi* fta-iuesand his judgments he 
 gives Kraelto knov. 
 
 20 To ary nation never he 
 
 fuch favour did afford ;. 
 For they his judgments have not known, 
 O do ye praife the Lord, 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. 
 
 Here, the Pfalmfl, overwhelmed with enrapturing 
 views of the glory , and fen fe of the goodnefs, of the Lord, 
 zffues forth a folemn call, to all his fellow- creatures, to 
 ajjill him, in his fongs of praife. ( 1 ) 7b the cileftial 
 creatures above, whether intellectual beings or not, ver* 
 1, — 6. (2) 1 the terreflrial creatures below, whether 
 irrational, ver. 7, — 10. 3 or rational, ver. IT, — 13, / 
 hut chiefly to his chofen people, ver. 14. While an- 
 gels and other rational beings actively trumpet forth his 
 honours, and irrational creatures praife him objectively 9 
 in manifeftihg his excellencies marked on them ; Let my 
 foul be ravijhed with his glory, amazed with his grace, 
 and all inflamed with love, in uttering his praife, who, 
 in Chrift, is Mr GOD, and my EXCEEDING 
 JOT. Cry out* all my powers, My God, who is like 
 unto thee ! Is there any work like unto thy work ! 
 
 (RAISE God. From heavens, praife the Lord> 
 in heights praife to him be, 
 
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Hi PSALM CXLVIII, 
 
 2 All ye his angels, praife ye him, 
 
 his hofts all, praife him ye. 
 
 3 O praife ye hirn, both fun and moon, 
 
 praife him all itars of light. 
 
 4 Ye heav'ns of heav'ns him praife, and floods. 
 
 above the heaven's height. 
 
 5 Let all the creatures praife the name 
 
 of our almighty Lord : 
 Fur he commanded, and they were 
 created by his word. 
 
 6 Ke alfo, for all times to come, 
 
 hath them eilablim'd fare : 
 He hath appointed them a law, 
 which ever ihall endure. 
 
 7 Praife ye JEHOVAH from the earth, 
 
 drngons and ev'ry deep : 
 
 8 Fire hail, mow, vapour, flormy wind, 
 
 his word that fully keep. 
 
 9 All hiiis and mountains, fruitful trees, 
 
 and all ye cedars high. 
 
 10 Beaits, and all cattle, creeping things, 
 
 and all ye birds that fly. 
 
 ii Kings of ;he earth, all nations, 
 princes, earth's judges all : 
 
 12 Both young men, yea, and maidens too, 
 
 old men and children fmall. 
 
 13 Let them God's name praife : for his name 
 
 alone is excellent : 
 His glory reacheth far above 
 the earth and firmament. 
 
 14. His people'.* horn, the praife of all 
 
 his famts exaketh he ; 
 Ev'n lfia'ls feed, a people near 
 
 to him. The Lord praife ye. 
 
 ANOTHER OF THE SAME, 
 
 TH E Lord of heav'n confefs, 
 On high his glory raife. 
 
P S A L M CXLVIII. 33* 
 
 n let all ar.pcls blefs. 
 Him all his armies praif*. 
 
 3 Him glorify 
 
 Sun, moon, and liars : 
 
 4 Ye higher fpheres, 
 And cloudy fky. 
 
 5 From God your beings are, 
 Him therefore famous make ; 
 You all created were, 
 When he the word but fpake, 
 
 i And from that place, 
 
 Where hVd you be, 
 By his decree, 
 You cannot pafs. 
 
 7 Praife God from earth below, 
 Ye dragons, and ye deeps : 
 
 8 Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and fnow. 
 Whom in command he keeps. 
 
 9 Praife ye his name, 
 Hills great and (mail, 
 Trees low and tall : 
 
 io Beafis wild and tame, 
 
 All things that creep or fly, 
 
 1 1 Ye kings, ye vulgar throng, 
 All princes mean or high. 
 
 12 Both men and virgins young, 
 
 Ev'n young and old 
 j 3 Exalt his name ; 
 
 For much his fame 
 Should be extoll'd. 
 
 O let God's name be prais'd 
 Above both earth and fky : 
 14 For he his faints hath rais'd, 
 And fet their horn on high ; 
 
 Ev'n thofe that be 
 
 Of IfraPs race 
 
 Near to his grace. 
 
 The Lord praife yt; 
 
334 PSALM CXLiX. 
 
 This Pfalm was perhaps penned by David, when he 
 totk the Jironghold of Zion from thejebufites, — and re- 
 prefents, ( i ) Abundant joys to the people of God, in his 
 relation to them, delight in, and kindnefs towards them, 
 ver. I, — 5. (2) Abundance of terror to the proudejl of 
 their enemies, in their viclory and power over them, ver. 
 6, — 9 ^ While 1 Jing, let mine eyes be fixed on 
 
 Jefus Chrift, going forth in his chariots offalvation, 
 fubduing his enemies to himfelf by the go/pel- rod of his 
 flrength, in the Apofiolic and Milennial period, Rev, XX. 
 2. y and in the chariots of his vengeance, dejlroying his 
 incorrigible oppofers, by the iron rod of his wrath, and 
 tr eta ding them under the feet of his faints.. 
 
 ) RAISE ye the Lord : unto him fing 
 a new fong, and his praife 
 In the afTembly of his faints 
 
 in fwcet pfalms do ye raife. 
 
 2 Let Ifra'l in his Maker joy, 
 and to him praifes fing : 
 
 Let all that Znn's children are 
 be joy ful in their King. 
 
 3 O let them unto his great name 
 give praifes in the dance ; 
 
 Let them with timbrel and with harp 
 in fongs his praife advance. 
 
 4 For God doth pkafure take in thofe 
 that his own people be : 
 
 And he with his falvation 
 the meek will beautify. 
 
 5 And in his glory excellent 
 let all his faints rejoice : 
 
 Let them to him upon their beds 
 aloud lift up their voice. 
 
 6 Let in their mouth aloft be rais'd 
 the high praife of the Lord, 
 
 And let them have, in their right hand, 
 a ftiarp \ iword ; 
 
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 7 To execute the vengeance due 
 
 upon the heathen all, 
 
 And make deferved punifhment 
 
 upon the people fail. 
 
 8 And ev'n with chain?, as pris'ners, bind 
 
 their kings that them command, 
 Yea, and with iron fetters ftrong, 
 the nobles of their land, 
 
 9 On them the judgment to perform 
 
 found written in his word : 
 This honor is to all his faints. 
 O do ye praife the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CL. 
 
 This Pfalm contains thirteen calls to praije God. It 
 directs (i) Who ought to praife him, ver. 6. And (2) 
 Why they foould praife him, viz. 2 hat he dwells with 
 men ; and for his mighty acls ; and his excellent great- 
 nefs, ver . 1, — 2. And (3) How he ought to be prai fed, 
 
 in a public, ear?iejl, and fkilful manner, ver. 1. 3. 
 
 ^.— q\ Dare not, my foul, to finijh thy notes, and 
 
 to conclude the bock, without commencing an heart inefs in 
 the work. Awake then my inward powers, If t me even 
 here, begin my high Hallelujahs and Hofarnas to Him, 
 who loved me, and gave himjelf for me.* 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. God's praife within 
 his fancluary raife : v 
 
 And to him in the firmament 
 
 of his pow'r give ye prai/e, 
 
 2 Becaufe of all his mighty acls. 
 
 with praife him magnify ; 
 O praife him as he doth excel 
 in glorious majefty. 
 
 3 Praife him with trumpets found ; his praift 
 
 with pfaltery advance ; 
 
 4 With timbrel, harp, ftring'd inftruments, 
 
 and oigans in the dance, 
 
PSALM CL. 
 
 5 Fr-ife him on cymbals loud, him praife 
 
 on cymbals (bunding high, 
 
 6 Let each thing breathing praife the Lor \ 
 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
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