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THE 
 
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 PSALMS 
 
 O F 
 
 DAVID, 
 
 In METRE: 
 
 Allowed bt the Authority of the General Assem- 
 bly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to bk 
 sung in Congregations and Families. 
 
 WITH AN 
 
 ANALYSIS, 
 
 ©r brief View of the Contents of each Pfalm, taken from the 
 Expedition of Mr. MATTHEW HENRY, Author of 
 the Commentary on the Bible. 
 
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THE 
 
 PSALMS of DAVID. 
 
 P S A L M I. 
 
 This is a pfalm of inftrucYon concerning good and evil, fetting 
 before us iife and death, the bicfiing and the curie, that we 
 may take the right way which leads to happinefs, and avoid 
 that which will certainly end in our mifery and ruin. Th« 
 different character and condition of godly people and wicked 
 people; thofe that ferve God, and thofe that ferve him not, 
 is here plainly ftated in a few words; fo that every man, if 
 he will be faithful to himfelf, may here fee his own face, 
 and then read his own deem. That divinon of the children 
 of men into faints and finners, righteous and unrighteous, 
 the children of God, and the children of the wicked one; 
 as it is ancient, ever fince the ftruggle began between fin 
 and grace, the feed of the woman, and the iced of the ier- 
 pent; fo it is lafting, and will furvive all ether diviilons and 
 fub-diviiions of men into high and low, rich and poor, bond 
 and free; for by this, mens everlafting (late will be deter- 
 mined, and the diftinction will iaft as long as heaven and 
 hell. This pfalm {hews us, (i.) The holinefs and happi- 
 nefsof a godly man, verf. i. i. 3. (2) The finfulnefs and 
 mifery of a wicked man, verf 4. 5. (5.) The ground and 
 rtafon of both, verf 6. Whoever collected the pfalms of 
 David, (probably it was Ezra,) with good reaibn put this 
 pfalm firif, as a preface to the reft, becaufe it is abfolutcly 
 neceffary to the acceptance of our devotions, that we be 
 righteous before God; for it is only the prayer of the up- 
 right that is his delight, and therefore that we be right in 
 our notions of bleilednefs, and in our choice of the way 
 that leads to it. Thofe are not fit to put up good prayers, 
 that do not walk in good ways. 
 
 THAT man hath perfect bleflednefs, 
 who walketh not aftray 
 In counfel of ungodly men, 
 
 nor Hands in iinners way, 
 Nor fitteth in the (corner's chair : 
 2 But placeth his delight 
 
 A 2 Upon 
 
4 P S A L M I. 
 
 Upon God's law, and meditates 
 on his law day and night. 
 
 3 He fhall be like a tree that grows 
 
 near planted by a river, 
 Which in his feafon yields 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 fhall not ftand 
 
 fuch as ungodly are; 
 Nor in th' affembly of the juft 
 fhall wicked men appear. 
 
 6 For why ? the way of godly men 
 
 unto the Lord is known: 
 Whereas the way of wicked men 
 fhall quite be overthrown. 
 
 .PSALM II. 
 
 As the foregoing pfalm was moral, and (hewed us our duty; 
 ib tli is is evangelical, and (hews us our Saviour. Under the 
 type of David's kingdom, which, thouuh of divine appoint- 
 ment, met wich much opposition, but prevailed at hilt, the 
 iotn of the MclHah the Son of David is* prophefitd oi, 
 which is the primary intention and fcopeof the pfalm; and 
 I think there is! vis in it of the type, ami more of the tnti- 
 . ihan in any oi the gofpel-pialrns, for '.here is nothing 
 in it but what is applicable to Chrift ; but fome things that 
 are not at aJiapplicable to David, verf. 6. 7. k 'Thcv 
 ' Son;' verf. 8. • I will give thee the uttermoA puts of the 
 « earth;' and ver£ 12. ' Kits the Son,' it is interpreted of 
 ill, A&siv. 25 — xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5. 1 
 
 I.) The up« to 
 
 the 
 
PSALM II. i 
 
 the kingdom of the MefHah, verf. I. 2. 3. (2.) The I 
 and chaftifing of that oppofition, verf. 4. 5. 
 ting up of the kingdom of Chriir, n : 
 oppofition, verf. 6. (4.) The confirmation and efl 
 men t of it, '.) A promise of the enlr.r 
 
 and fuccefs of it, verf. 8. 9. (6.) A c. station 
 
 to kings a::d princes to yield themfelves; the will:: 
 jecb of this kingdom, vuf. 10. 11. 12. Or thus, W 
 here, (i.J Threat cunced aeainlt the adverfaries 
 
 of Chilli's kingdom, verf I. — 6. (2.) Promifes made to 
 Chrift himfelf the head of tfafs fcinfcdom, vc:f 7. — 9. 
 Counlel given to all to ejpoufe the int 
 
 verf. 10. 11. 12. This pfalm, mer, is 
 
 very fitly prefixed to this book of devotions, L: 
 ncceflarv to our acceptance with God, that <.ve [houid be 
 fu'oject to -the precepts of his law. f~> it is iikewiie, that v. e 
 fhould be fubjedl to the grace pf his goipel, and come to 
 hirn in the name of a Mediator. 
 
 WHY rage the heathen? and vain things 
 why do the people mind? 
 
 2 Kings of the earth do fet themfelves, 
 
 and princes are combined 
 To plot againft the Lord, and his 
 Anointed, faying thus, 
 
 3 Let us afunder break their bands, 
 
 and caft their cords from us. 
 
 4 He that in heaven fits, fhall laugh, 
 
 the Lord fhall fcorn them all. 
 
 5 Then fhall he fpeak to them in wrath, 
 
 in rage he vex them fhall. 
 
 6 Yet, notwithstanding, I have him 
 
 to be my King appointed : 
 And over Sion my holy hill 
 I have him King anointed, 
 
 7 The 
 
6 P S A L M II. 
 
 7 The fure decree I will declare : 
 
 the Lord hath faid to me, 
 Thou art mine only Son, this day 
 I have begotten thee. 
 
 8 Afk of me, and for heritage 
 
 the heathen I'll make thine, 
 And for poffeffion I to thee 
 will give earth's utmoft line. 
 
 9 Thou fhalt, as with a weighty rod 
 
 of iron, break them all ; 
 And, as a potter's fherd, thou fhalt 
 them dafh in pieces fmall. 
 io Now therefore, kings, be wife; be 
 ye judges of the earth. (taught, 
 
 1 1 Serve God in fear, and fee that ye 
 
 join trembling with your mirth, 
 
 1 2 Kifs ye the Son, left in his ire 
 
 ye perifh from the way, 
 If once his wrath begin to burn: 
 blefs'd all that on him ftay. 
 
 PSALM III. 
 
 As the foregoing pfalm, in the type of David in preferment, 
 fhewed us the royal dignity of the Redeemer; fo this, by 
 the example of David in diftrefs, fheus us the peace and holy 
 fecurity of the redeemed; how fafe they really are, and 
 think themfeives to he, under the divine protection. David 
 being now driven out from his palace, from the royal city, 
 from the holy city, by his rebellions ion Abfalcm, (i.) 
 Complains to God of his enemies, verf. i. %. (z.) Confides 
 in God, and encouragcth himfelf in him as his God not- 
 wih (landing, verf. 3. (3.) Recollects the fatisfac'tion he 
 had in the gracious anfwers God rave to his prayers, and 
 
 his 
 
P S A L If III. 
 
 Ms experience of 1 
 
 over his fears, 
 lie prays ar 
 takes to hirr: 
 falvaiicn, v 
 
 Hefs of Gou. 
 
 Lord, how are my foes increas'd ? 
 againil me many rife. 
 
 2 Many fay of my foul, For him 
 
 in God no fuccour lies. 
 
 3 Yet thou my fhield and gkfry art, 
 
 th' uplifter of mine head. 
 
 4 I cry'd, and from his holy hill 
 
 the Lord me anfwer made. 
 
 5 I laid me down and fiept, I wa~ 
 
 for God fuftamed me. 
 
 6 I will not fear though thoufands ten 
 
 fet round againft me be. 
 
 7 Arife, O Lord ; fave me, my God : 
 
 for thou my foes hail ftroke 
 All en the cheek-bone, and the teeth 
 of wicked men haft broke. 
 
 8 Salvation doth appertain 
 
 unto the Lord alone : 
 Thy bleihng, Lord, for evermore 
 thy people is upon. 
 
 F S A L I 
 
8 PSALM IV. 
 
 David was a preacher, a royal preacher, as well as Solomon : 
 many of his pfalms are doctrinal and practical, as well as 
 devotional; the greateft part of this pfalm is fo, in which 
 Wifdom cries to men, to the Tons of men, fas Prov. viii. 4. 
 5.) to receive inftruelion. The title doch not tell us, as 
 that of the former did, that it was penned on any particular 
 occafion, nor are we to think that all the pfalms were occa- 
 fional, though fome were; but that many of them were 
 defigned in general for the inftruction of the people of God, 
 that attended in the courts of his houfe, the a Aiding of their 
 devotions, and the directing of their converfations; fwch a 
 one I take this pfalm to be. Let us not make the prophecy 
 of fcripture to be of more private interpretation than needs 
 mud, 2 Pet. i. 20. Here, (1.) David begins with a fhort 
 prayer, verf. I. and that prayer preacheth. (2.) He directs 
 his fpeech to the children of men; and, I. In God's name 
 reproves them for the difhonour they do to God, and the 
 damage they do to their own fouls, verf. 2. 2. He fets 
 before them the happinefs of godly people for their encou- 
 ragement to be religious, verf. 3. 3. He calls upon them 
 to confider their ways, verf. 4. 4. He exhorts them to ferve 
 God, and truft in him, verf. 5. (3.) He gives an account 
 of his own experiences of the grace of God working in him, 
 J. Enabling him to choofe God's favour for his felicity, 
 verf. 6. 2. Filling his heart with joy therein, verf. 7. 
 3. Quieting his fpirit in the aflurance of the divine pro- 
 tection he was under night and day, verf. 8. 
 
 To the chief mufician on Neginoth, A pfalm of David. 
 
 GIVE ear unto me when I call, 
 God of my righteoufnefs : 
 Have mercy, hear my pray'r, thou haft 
 enlarged me in diftrefs. 
 
 2 O ye the fons 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 Lord 
 
 the godly man doth choofe : 
 
 The 
 
P S A L M IV. 9 
 
 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 Offerings prefent of righteoufnefs ; 
 
 and in the Lord truft ye. 
 
 6 O who will fhew^ us any good ? 
 
 is that which many fay : 
 But of thy countenance the light, 
 Lord, lift on us alway. 
 j Upon my heart beftow'd by thee 
 more gladnefs I have found, 
 Than they, ev'n then, when corn and 
 did mod with them abound, (wine 
 8 I will both lay me down in peace, 
 and quiet fleep will take: 
 Eecaufe thou only me to dwell 
 in fafety, Lord, doft make. 
 
 P S A L M V. 
 
 This pfalm is a prayer, a folemn addrefs to God. at a ^tj 
 when thepfaJmiit. was brought into diftrefs by the malice of 
 his enemies: many fuch times p^il^d over David, nay, there . 
 was icarce any time of his life to which this pfalm may not 
 be accommodated; fur in this he was a type of Cbriit, that: 
 he was continually hefet with enemies; and his powerful 
 and prevalent appeals to God when he was ib bsftt, pointed 
 at ChrihVs dependence on his Father, and triumphs over 
 the powers of darknefs in the midPr of his fufrerings. In 
 this pfalm, (i.) David fcttles a correfpondence between 
 his foul and God, promifin g to pray, and promifing him- 
 felf that G«d would, certainly hear him, verf. I. 2. 5. 
 (2.) He gives to God the glory, and takes to Klinfeif the 
 comfort of God's holinefs, verf. 4. — 6. (3.) He declares 
 
 his 
 
io P S A L M V. 
 
 ifoiiltion to keep dofc to the public worfhip of God, 
 vcif 7. (4.) He prayed, I. For himfelf, that God would 
 him, verf. 8. 2. A?ainft his enemies, that God 
 would deft roy them, verf. 9 10. 3. For all the people of 
 God, that God would give them joy, and keep them Tare, 
 verf. II. 12. And this is all of great ufe to direct us in prayer. 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Nehiloth, A pfaim of David. 
 
 GIVE ear unto my words, O Lord, 
 my meditation weigh. 
 
 2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; 
 
 for I to thee will pray. 
 
 3 Lord, thou fhait early hear my voice; 
 
 I early will dired: 
 My pray'r to thee, and looking up 
 an anfwer will expert. 
 
 4 For thou art not a God that doth 
 
 in wickednefs delight: 
 Neither fhall evil dwell with thee, 
 
 5 Nor fools (land in thy fight: 
 
 All that ill-doers are, thou hatTt; 
 
 6 Cut'il off that liars be: 
 
 The bloody and deceitful man 
 abhorred is by thee. 
 
 7 Eut I into thy houfe will come 
 
 in thine abundant grace: 
 And I will worfhip in thy fear 
 toward thy holy place. 
 S Eecaufe of thofe mine enemies, 
 Lord, in thy righteoufnefs 
 
 Do 
 
P S A L M V. ii 
 
 Do thou me lead; do thou 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 fepulchre, 
 their tongue doth flatter ftill. 
 
 10 O God, deftroy them, let them be 
 
 by their own counfel quell'd: 
 Them for their many fins caft out, 
 for they 'gainft thee rebell'd. 
 
 1 1 But let all joy that truft in thee, 
 
 and ftill make fhouting noife; 
 For them thou fav'ft : let all that love 
 thy name, in thee rejoice. 
 
 1 2 For, Lord, unto the righteous man 
 
 thou wilt thy bleffing yield; 
 With favour thou wilt compafs him 
 about, as with a fhield. 
 
 P S A L M VI. 
 
 David was a weeping prophet as well as Jeremiah, and this 
 pfalm is one of his lamentations: either it was penned at 
 a time, or at lead Calculated for a time of great trouble, 
 both outward and inward. Is any afflicted? is any fick ? 
 let him Gng tl The method of this pfuim is very 
 
 vr.ble, and wl at we fhall often meet with : He begins 
 with doleful complaints, but ends il praifes, like 
 
 Hannah, who went to prayer with a forrdwful fpirit, but 
 when (he had ptayed, went her way, and her countenance 
 was no more fad. Three things the pialnrffl is here com- 
 ing of ; (l.) Sickneis cf ho ;y. (2.; Trouble 0! 
 :lme of Gir, the meritc 1 
 and iicknefs. (3/ The infults of his enemies upon occa- 
 bon of both. X... here, 1. He poors out his complaints 
 
 before 
 
12 P S A L M VI. 
 
 before God, deprecates His wrath, and begs earnclrly for 
 the return of his favour, vcrf. i. — 7. 2. He afTures himfelf 
 of an aufwcr of peace mortly, to his full fatisfatlion, verf. 
 8. 9. 10. This pfalni is like the book of Job. 
 
 To the chief mufician on Neginoth upon Shemir.ith, 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 LORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not, 
 Nor in thy hot rage chaften me. 
 % Lord, pity me, for I am weak. 
 
 Heal mc, /or my bones vexed be. 
 % My foul is alfo vexed fore; 
 
 But, Lord, how long (fay wilt thou make? 
 
 4 Return, O Lord, my foul iet free; 
 
 fave me for thy mercies lake. 
 
 5 Bacaufe thofe that deceafed are, 
 
 Of thee lball no remembrance have; 
 And who is he that will to thee 
 Give praifes, lying in the grave ? 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 1 aifo, all the night, my bed 
 Have caufed for to ftvirtv; and I 
 With tears my couch have watered. 
 
 J Mine eye, conium'd with grief, grows old, 
 
 Becaufe of all mine enemies. 
 8 Hence from me, wicked workers all, 
 
 For God hath heard my weeping cries. 
 .9 God hath my fupplication heard, 
 
 My pray'r received gracioufly. 
 JO Sham'd and fore vex'd be all my foes, 
 Sham'd and back turned fuddenly. 
 
 Another of the fame. 
 
 N thy great indignation, 
 
 O Lord, rebuke me not, 
 Nor on me lay thy chaftning hand 
 
 in thy difpleafure hot. 
 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me 
 
 have mercy, and me fpare: 
 He^l me, O Lord, becaufe thou know'ft 
 
 my bones much vexed are. 
 
 is M y 
 
P S A L M VL 13 
 
 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 lake. 
 
 5 Eecaufe of thee in death there {hall 
 
 no more remembrance be: 
 Of thofe that in the grave do lie, 
 who fhall give thanks to thee? 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 and all the night my bed 
 I caufed for to fwim : with tears 
 my couch I watered. 
 
 7 By reafon of my vexing grief, 
 
 mine eye confumed is; 
 It waxeth old became of all 
 that be mine enemies. 
 S But now depart from me, all ji 
 that work iniquity; 
 For why, the Lord hath heard my voice, 
 when I did mourn and c_ 
 
 9 Unto my ^application 
 
 the Lord did hearing give : 
 When I to him my prayer make, 
 the Lord will it receive. 
 
 10 Let all be iham'd, and troubled fore, 
 
 that en'mies are to me ; 
 Let them turn back, and fuddenly 
 
 ifhamed let them be. 
 
 PSALM 
 
14 PSALM VII. 
 
 art by the title, that this pfulm was penned upon - 
 particular occafion, which was, the malicious imputations 
 
 L'avid was unjultly laid under by fjme of his enemies. 
 Being thus wronged, (i.) He applies himfclf to God for 
 favour, verf. I. z. (2.) He appeals to God concerning his 
 innocency, as to thole I . of he was accufed, verf. 
 
 3-4- 5- (30 l'e prays to God to plead \&i cauie, r.nd judge 
 for him againfi: his pedecutprs, verf. 6. — 9, (4.) He ex- 
 prcfTeth his confidence in Gcd that he would do fo, and 
 would return the d e hcadi of thole that de- 
 
 : it cgainft bim, verf. I c — 16. (5.) He promifcth to 
 give God the glory of his deliverance, verf. 1 7. In this Da- 
 
 , and fliil is in his 
 members thus injured, but will certainly be righted at laft. 
 
 •n of David, which he fang unto the Lord, concerning- 
 the words of Cuih the Ben;:.. 
 
 Lord my God, in thee do I 
 rny confidence repofe: 
 Save and deliver me from all 
 my perfecuting foes. 
 
 2 Left that the enemy my foul 
 
 fhould like a lion tear, 
 In pieces renting it, while there 
 is no deliverer. 
 
 3 O Lord my Gcd, if it he {o y 
 
 that I committed this ; 
 If it be fp, that in my hands 
 iniquity there is; 
 
 4 If I rewarded ill to him 
 
 that was at peace with me; 
 (Yea, ev'n the man that without caufe 
 my foe was, I did free:) 
 
 5 Then let the foe puriue, and take 
 
 ; foul, and my life thruft 
 
 Down 
 
PSALM VII. 15 
 
 Down to the earth, and let him lay 
 mine honour in the duft. 
 
 6 Rile in thy wrath, Lord, raife thyfelf, 
 
 for my foes raging be : 
 And to the judgment which thou haft 
 commanded, wake for me. 
 
 7 So fliall th' affembly of thy folk 
 
 about encompafs thee : 
 Thou therefore, for their fakes, return 
 unto thy place on high. 
 
 8 The Lord he fhall the people judge: 
 
 my judge, Jehovah, be, 
 After my righteoufnefs, and mine 
 integrity in me. 
 
 9 O let the wicked's malice end, 
 
 but ftablilh ftedfaftly 
 The righteous : for the righteous God 
 the hearts and reins doth try. 
 
 I o In God,who faves th 5 upright in heart, 
 
 is my defence and flay. 
 
 I I God juft men judgeth, God is wroth 
 
 with ill men ev'ry day. 
 
 1 2 If he do not return again, 
 
 then he his fword will whet; 
 His bow he hath already bent, 
 and hath it ready fet. 
 
 13 He alio hath for him prepar'd 
 
 the inftrumcnts of death: 
 
 Againft 
 
16 PSALM VII. 
 
 Againft the perfecutors he 
 his (hafts ordained hath. 
 
 14 Behold, he with iniquity 
 
 doth travail as in birth; 
 A mifchief he conceived hath, 
 and falfehood fhall bring forth. 
 
 15 He made a pit, and digg'd it deep> 
 
 another there to take; 
 But he is fall'n into the ditch 
 which he himfelf did make. 
 
 16 Upon his own head his mifchief 
 
 {hall be returned home; 
 His violent dealing alio down 
 
 on his own pate fhall come. 
 1 j According to his righteoufnefs 
 
 the Lord I'll magnify: 
 And will fing praife unto the name 
 
 of God that is moft high. 
 
 P S A L M VIII. 
 
 This pfalm is a folemn meditation on, and admiration of, the 
 and greatnefs of God, which we are all concerned to 
 y and honourably of. It begins and ends with 
 ne acknowledgment of the transcendent excellency 
 of God's name. It is propofeil to be proved, verf. I. 
 is thy name in all the earth!' And then it 
 is repeated as proved (with a q-'od cr,n demon jirandum) in 
 the (aft verie. For the proof of God's glory, he gives in- 
 stances of his goodnefs 10 man; for God's goodnefs is his 
 Gcd is to be glorified, (1.) For making known 
 If and his great name to us, verf. 1. (2.) For making 
 : of the children of men, by them to ferve 
 hie own purposes, verf. 2. (3.) For making even the hea- 
 *. j b(M es ufetfrj) to man, vcrf. 3. 4. (4.) For making 
 
 him 
 
PSALM VHI. 17 
 
 him to have dominion over the creatures in this lower world 
 and thereby placing him but little lower than the angels, 
 vc-tH 5. 6. 7. 8. This pfalm is in the New Tcflanie n ap- 
 plied to Chrifl, and the work of our redemption which he 
 wrought out: the honour given by the children of men to 
 him, compare verf. 2. with Matth. xxi. 16. and the I 
 put upon the children of men by him, both in his humilia- 
 tion, when he was made little low< is, and 
 in his exaltation, when he was crowned with glory and 
 honour, compare verf. 5 6. with Heb. ii. 6. 7. C. I Cor. 
 xv. 27. When we are observing the glory of God in the 
 kingdom of naiure and providence, we mould be led by 
 that, and through that, to the contemplation of his glory 
 in the kingdom of grace. 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Gittith, A pfalm of David. 
 
 HOW excellent in all the earth, 
 Lord our Lord, is thy name ! 
 Who haft thy glory far advanced 
 above the ftany frame. 
 
 2 From infants and from fucklings mouth 
 
 thou dideft ftrength ordain, 
 For thy foes caufe, that fo thou mightft 
 th' avenging foe reftrain. 
 
 3 When I look up unto the heav'ns, 
 
 which thine own fingers fram'd, 
 Unto the moon, and to the fears, 
 which were by thee ordainM; 
 
 4 Then fay I, What is man, that he 
 
 rememb'red is by thee ? 
 Or what the fon of man, that thou 
 fo kind to him fhouldft be ? 
 
 5 For thou a little lower haft 
 
 him than the angels made, 
 
 B With 
 
iS PSALM IX. 
 
 With glory and with dignity 
 thou crowned haft his head. 
 
 6 Of thy hand-works thou mad'ft hirn 
 
 all under's feet didft lay : (lord; 
 
 7 All fheep and oxen, yea, and beads 
 
 that in the field do ftray : 
 
 8 Fowls of the air, fifh of the fea, 
 
 all that pafs through the fame. 
 
 9 How excellent in all the earth, 
 
 Lord our Lord, is thy name ! 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 In this pfalm, (i.) David praifeth God for pleading hi! 
 
 and giving him ri&ory over his enemies, and the enemies 
 of his country, verf. f. — 6. and calls upon others to join 
 with him in hisfongs of praife, verf. II. 12. (z.) He prays 
 to God that he might have ftill farther occafion to praile 
 him, for his own deliverances, and the confufion ot his 
 enemies, verf. 13. 14. 19. 20. (3.) He triumphs in the 
 adurance he had of God's judging the world, verf, 7. 8. 
 protecting his opprefTed people, veif. 9. 10. 18. and bringing 
 his and their implacable enemies to ruin, verf. 15. 16. 17. 
 And this is very applicable to the kingdom of the MeiTiah, 
 the enemies of which have been in part deftroyed already, 
 and ihu.ll be yet more and more, till they all he made his 
 footilool, which we are to aftiire ourfelves of, that God 
 may have the glory, and we may take the comfort. 
 
 To the chief mufician iipcvn Muth-Iabben, A pfalm of David. 
 
 LORD, thee I'll praife with all my heart, 
 thy wonders all proclaim. 
 
 2 In thee, Moft high, Pll greatly joy, 
 
 and fing unto thy name. 
 
 3 When back my foes were turn'd, they 
 
 and peruVd at thy fieht. (fell, 
 
 1 Fo* 
 
PSALM IX. 19 
 
 4 For thou maintain'dft my right and 
 on throne fat'ftjudging right, (caufe, 
 
 5 The heathen thou rebuked haft, 
 
 the wicked overthrown; 
 Thou haft put out their names, that they 
 may never more be known. 
 
 6 O en'my ! now deftruftions have 
 
 an end perpetual: 
 Thou cities raz'd, perifh'd with them 
 is their memorial. 
 
 7 God fhall 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 are opprefs'd; 
 A refuge will he be, in times 
 of trouble, to diftrefs'd. 
 
 I o And they that know thy name, in thee 
 
 their confidence will place: 
 For thou haft not forfaken them 
 that truly fee>k thy face. 
 
 I I O fing ye praifes to the Lord, 
 
 that dwells in Sion hill : 
 And, all the nations among, 
 his deeds record ye ftill. 
 1 2 When he enquireth after blood, 
 he then rememb'reth them: 
 
 B 2 The 
 
 i 
 
20 PSALM IX. 
 
 The humble folk he not forgets, 
 that call upon his name. 
 
 13 Lord, pity me, behold the grief 
 
 which I from foes fuftain, 
 Ev'n thou who from the gates of death 
 doft raife me up again : 
 
 14 That I, in Sion's daughters gates, 
 
 may all thy praife advance : 
 And that I may rejoice always 
 in thy deliverance. 
 
 15 The heathen are funk in the pit 
 
 Whith they themfelves prepared: 
 And in the net which they have hid, 
 their own feet faft are fnarM. 
 
 1 6 The Lord is by the judgment known 
 
 which he himfelf hath wrought: 
 Thefinners hands do make the fnares 
 wherewith themfelves are caught. 
 
 1 7 They who are wicked, into hell 
 
 each one fhall turned be; 
 Arid all the nations that forget 
 to feek the Lord mod high. 
 
 1 8 For they that needy are, fhall not 
 
 forgotten be alway : 
 The expectation of the poor 
 fhall not be loft for ay. 
 
 19 Arife, Lord, let not man prevail: 
 
 judge heathens in thy light: 
 
 20 That 
 
PSALM X. 21 
 
 20 That they may know themfelves but 
 the nations, Lord, affright, (men, 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 The LXX tranflation joins this pfaim with the ninth, end 
 makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a dlfiinct 
 pfalm, and the fcope and ftile is different. In this p&lro, 
 (i.) David complains of the wickednefs of the wicked, and 
 defcribes the mighty pitch of Impiety to which they 
 arrived, to the g-eat difhononr of God, and the pr?i u!ke 
 of his church and people, and the delay of God's a; , 
 
 it them, verf. I. — II. (2 ) Ke prays to God to ap- 
 pear againft them for the relief of his people, and comforts 
 himfeif with hopes that he would do To in dee time, verf. 
 
 ia — 18. 
 
 WHerefore is it, that thou, O Lord, 
 doft ftand from us afar ? 
 And wherefore hideft thou thyfeif, 
 when times fo troublous are? 
 
 2 The wicked, in his loftinefs, 
 
 doth perfecute the poor : 
 In thofe devices they have fram'd, 
 let them be taken fure. 
 
 3 The wicked of his heart's defire 
 
 doth talk with boafting great; 
 He blefleth him that's covetous, 
 w T hom yet the Lord doth hate. 
 
 4 The wicked, through his pride of face, 
 
 on God he doth not call : 
 And in the counfels of his heart 
 the Lord is not at all, 
 
 5 His ways they always grievous are ; 
 
 thy judgments from his fight 
 
 Removed 
 
22 P S A L M X. 
 
 Removed are : at all his foes 
 he puffeth with defpight. 
 
 6 Within his heart he thus hath faid, 
 
 1 fhall not moved be; 
 And no adverfity at all 
 fhall ever come to me. 
 
 7 His mouth with curfing, fraud, deceit, 
 
 is fill'd abundantly: 
 And underneath his tongue there is 
 mifchief and vanity. 
 
 8 He clofely fits in villages : 
 
 he flays the innocent: 
 Againft the poor, that pafs him by, 
 his cruel eyes are bent. 
 
 9 He 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. 
 io Himfelf he humbleth very low, 
 he croucheth down withal, 
 That fo a multitude of poor 
 may by his ftrong ones fall. 
 
 1 1 He thus hath faid within his heart, 
 
 The Lord hath quite forgot : 
 He hides his countenance, and he 
 for ever fees it not. 
 
 1 2 O Lord, do thou arife ; O God, 
 
 lift up thine hand on high: 
 
 Put 
 
P $ A L M X. 23 
 
 Put not the meek afflicted 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 haft it feen, for their mifchief 
 
 and fpite thou wilt repay : 
 The poor commits himfelf to thee, 
 thou art the orphan's ftay. 
 
 15 The arm break of the wdcked man, 
 
 and of the evil one : 
 Do thou feek out his wickednefs, 
 until thou findeft none. 
 
 16 The Lord is King through ages all, 
 
 ev'n to eternity: 
 The heathen people from his land 
 are perifh'd utterly. 
 
 1 7 O Lord, of thofe that humble are 
 
 thou the defire didft hear : 
 Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou 
 to hear wilt bend thine ear : 
 
 18 To judge the fatherlefs, and thofe 
 
 that are opprefled fore; 
 That man, that is but fprung of earth, 
 may them opprefs no more. 
 
 ' 
 
 PSAL 
 
 M 
 
24 PSALM XI. 
 
 In this pfalm \» e have; David's ftruggle with, and triumph 
 over a (trong temptation to diftruft God, and betake him- 
 felf to indirect means for his own fafety in a time of dan- 
 ger. It is fuppo&d to have heen penned when he began to 
 feel the rtfentments of Saul's envy, and had the jave- 
 lin thrown at him once and again; lie was then ad villa to 
 run his country; No, faith he, I truft in God, and there- 
 fore will keep n Obfeivc, (i.) How he repre- 
 fents this temptation, and perhaps parleys with it, verl. I. 
 2. 3. (2.) How he aniwers it, and puts it tu frtebce with 
 the confederation of God's dominion and providence, verf. 
 4 his favour to the righteous, and the wrath which the 
 wicked are referred for, verf. 4. 5. 6. 7. In time of public 
 fears, when the infults of the church's enemies are daring 
 and threatening, it will be profitable to meditate on this 
 
 • pfalm. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfo!m of David. 
 
 In the Lord do put my truft: 
 
 how is it then that ye 
 Say to my foul, Flee as a bird 
 unto your mountain high ? 
 
 2 For lo, the wicked bend their bow, 
 
 their fhafts on firing they fit: 
 That thofe who upright are in heart 
 they privily may hit. 
 
 3 If the foundations be deftroy'd, 
 
 what hath the righteous done? 
 
 4 God in his holy temple is, 
 
 in heaven is his throne: 
 His eyes do fee, his eye-lids try 
 
 5 mens fons. The juft he proves: 
 But his foul hates the" wicked man, 
 
 and him that violence loves. 
 
 6 Snares, fire, and brimftone, furious 
 
 on finners he fhall rain : (ftorms, 
 
 This 
 
PSALM XII. 2 S 
 
 This, as the portion of their cup, 
 doth unto them pertain. 
 7 Becaufe the Lord moft righteous doth 
 in righteoufnefs delight, 
 And with a pleafant countenance 
 beholdeth the upright. 
 
 PSALM XII. 
 
 It is furpofed that David penned this pfalm in Saul's reign, 
 when there was a general decay of honefty and piety both in 
 court and country, which he here complains of to God, and 
 very feelingly, for he himfclf fu aired by the treachery of 
 his faife fnehVis, and the inlolence of his fwora enemies. 
 (i.) He begs help cf God, becaufe there were none among 
 men whom he darft truft. verf. I. 2. (2) Ke foretcls the 
 defrruction of ins proud and threatening enemies, verf. 3.4. 
 (3.) He allures himfelf and others, that how ill foever 
 things went now, verf. 8. God would preferve and fecure to 
 himfeif his own people, verf. 5. 7. and would certainly make 
 good his promiles to them, verf. 6. Whether this pfalm 
 was penned in Saul's reign or no, it is certainly calculated 
 for a had reign, 2nd, perhaps, David in fpirit forefaw, that 
 fome of his ilicceiTcrs would bring things to as ill a pais, as 
 is hc>c defcribed, and treafured up this pfalm, for the ufe 
 of the church then. tcm^ora^ moral 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Sheminith, A pfalm of David. 
 
 ty ELP, Lord, becaufe the godly man 
 JL doth daily fade away; 
 And from among the fons of men 
 the faithful do decay. 
 2 Unto his neighbour ev'ry one 
 doth utter vanity : 
 They with a double heart do fpeak, 
 and lips of flatterv. 
 
 3 God 
 
26 PSALM XIII. 
 
 3 God fhall cut off all flatt'ring 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 opprefs'd, and for the fighs 
 
 of needy, rife will I, 
 Saith God, and him in fafety fet 
 from fuch as him defy. 
 
 6 The w r ords of God are words moft pure;, 
 
 they be like filver try'd 
 In earthen furnace, feven times 
 that hath been purify'd. 
 
 7 Lord,thou fhalt them preferve and keep 
 
 for ever from this race. 
 
 8 On each fide walk the wicked, w r hen 
 
 vile men are high in place. 
 
 PSALM X1IL 
 
 This pfalm is the deferted foul's cafe and cure. Whether it 
 was penned upon any particular occafion, doth not appear ; 
 but in general, (l.) David fadly complains, that God had 
 long withdrawn from him, and delayed to relieve him, 
 verf. i. 2. (2) He earneftly prays to God to confider his 
 cafe, and comfort him, verf; 3. 4. (3.) He allures himftif 
 of an anfwer of peace, and therefore concludes this pfalm 
 with joy and triumph, hecaufe he concludes his deliverance 
 as nrood as wrought, verf. 5. 6. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord, 
 fhall it for ever be ? 
 O how long fhall it be, that thou 
 wilt hide thy face from me? 
 
 ' TT 
 
 2 How 
 
PSALM XIII. 27 
 
 2 Hovr long take coimfel in my foul, 
 
 full fad in heart, lLall I? 
 Row long exalted over me 
 ill all be mine enemy ? 
 
 3 OLord my God, conlider well, 
 
 and anfwer to me make : 
 Mine eyes enlighten, left the fleep 
 of death me overtake ; 
 
 4 Left that mine enemy fhould fay, 
 
 Againft him I prevail'd; 
 And thofe that trouble me, rejoice, 
 when I am mov'd and fail'd. 
 
 5 But I have all my confidence 
 
 thy mercy fet upon : 
 My heart within me fhall rejoice 
 in thy falvation. 
 
 6 I will unto the Lord my God 
 
 fing praifes cheerfully, 
 Becaufe he hath his bounty fhown 
 to me abundantly. 
 
 PSALM XIV. 
 
 It doth not appear upon what ocean on t! 
 nor m n any particular c 
 
 vid penned it when Saul perfecuted him ; others, 
 Abfalom rebelled againft him. But they are mere : 
 
 krh have not certainty enough to warrant us to 
 
 He. in qoofcuipart 
 
 of this pfalm, Rem. fii. lb. wljmd 
 
 4 Ge: I under fin,"' \c\\. 9. and l ail the world is 
 
 gene 1 cf the pravity of the human na- 
 
 il he fin ful nefs 
 
28 PSALM XIV. 
 
 born in ; and the deplorable corruption of a great part of 
 mankind, even of * the world that lies in wickednefs,' 
 I John v. 19. But as in thofe pfalms which are defigned. 
 to difcover our remedy in Chrilt, there is commonly an 
 allufion to David himfelf, yea, and fome paflages that are 
 to be underilood primarily of him, as in Pfal. ii. xvi. xxii. 
 and others; fo in this pfalm, which is defigned to difcover 
 our wound by fin, there is an allufion to David's enemies 
 and perfecutors, and other the opprcfTors of good men at 
 that time, to whom fome paflages have an immediate refe- 
 rence. In all the pfalms, from the 3d to this, (except the 
 8th,) David had been complaining of thofe that hated and 
 perfecuted him, infulted him and abufed him ; now here he 
 runs up all thofe hitter dreams to the fountain, the general 
 corruption of nature, and fees they were not his enemies on- 
 ly, but all the children of men that were thus corrupted. 
 Here is, (i.j A charge exhibited againft a wicked world, 
 vcrf. 1 (2.) The proof of the charge, verf. 2. 3. (3.) A 
 feiious expoftulation with finners, efpecially with perfecu- 
 tors upon it, verf. 4. 5. 6. (4 ) A believing prayer for 
 the falvation of ffrael, and a joyful expectation of it, verf. 7. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 HP HAT there is not a God, the fool 
 JL doth in his heart conclude; 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile, 
 not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 Upon mens fons the Lord from heav'n 
 
 did caft 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 workers of iniquity, 
 
 do they not know at all, 
 
 That 
 
PSALM XV. 29 
 
 That they my people eat as bread, 
 and on God do not call ? 
 
 5 There fear'd they much : for God is 
 
 the whole race of the juft. (with 
 
 6 You fhame the counfel of the poor, 
 
 becaufe God is his truft. 
 
 7 Let Ifr'ePs help from Sion come. 
 
 When back the Lord lhali bring 
 His captives, Jacob {hall rejoice, 
 and Ifrael (hall fing. 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 The fcope of this fhort, hut excellent pfalm, is, to (hew its 
 the way to heaven ; and to convince us, that if we would 
 be happy, we mud be holy and honett. Chrift, whp is 
 himfelf the way, and in whom we miift walk as our way, 
 has alfo fiiewed us the fame way that is here preferred, 
 Matth. xix. 17. 'If thou wilt enter into life, keep the 
 ' commandments.' In this pfalm, (1.) By the qi.. 
 ve: f. I. we are directed and excited to enquire the way. 
 (Z.) By the anfvver to that queftion in the reft of the pfalm, 
 we are defired to walk, verf. z. 3. 4. 5. (3.) By the aiTur- 
 ance given in the clofe of this pfalm, of the iafety and hap- 
 pinefs of thofc who anfwer thefe characters, we are encou- 
 raged to walk in that way, verf. 5. 
 
 A pfaim of David. 
 
 ITHIN thy tabernacle, I 
 who {hall abide with thee? 
 And in thy high and holy 
 who fhall a dweller be? 
 The man that walketh uprightly, 
 and worketh righteouiheis ; 
 
 And 
 
3 o PSALM XV. 
 
 And as he thinketh in his heart, 
 fo doth he truth exprefs. 
 
 3 Who doth not fiander with his tongue, 
 
 nor to his friend doth hurt, 
 Nor yet againft his neighbour doth 
 take up an ill report. 
 
 4 In whofe eyes vile men are defpis'd; 
 
 but thofe that God do fear, 
 He honoureth: and changeth not, 
 though to his hurt he fwear. 
 
 5 His coin puts not to ufury, 
 
 nor take reward will he 
 Againft the guiltlefs. W ho doth thus, 
 fhall never moved be. 
 
 PSALM XVI. 
 
 This pfalm bath Something of David in it, but much more of 
 Chrift; it begins with fuch exprtfiions of devotion, as may 
 be applied to Chrift:; but concludes with fuch confidence 
 oi'a refurreclion, (and To timely a one as to prevent cor- 
 ruption), as muft be applied to Chrift, to him only, and 
 cannot be underftood of David, as both St Peter and St 
 Paul have obferved, Acts ii. 24. — xiii. 36.', for David 
 died, and was buried, and faw corruption. (1.) David 
 fpeaks cf himfelf as a member of Chrifl, and fo he fpeaks 
 the language of all good Chrifiians. profeffing his confi- 
 dfincc in God, verf 1.; his content to him, verf. 2.; his 
 affection tcr the people of God, veif. 3.; his adherence to 
 the true worfhip of God, verf. 4.; and his entire com- 
 placency and fatisfacV.on in God, aucLthe intereft he had in 
 him, verf. 5. 6. 7. (z)Hefntaks of himfclf as a type of 
 Chrift, and fo he fpeaks the language of Chrift himfclf, to 
 whom all the reft or the pfalm. is exprtfsly and at large ap- 
 plied, Ac ~ David fp'.akcth concerning him, 
 (not concerning i.im.ur), ' i foretow the lord always be- 
 4 fore my f; .^nd this he ' fpake being a prophet,' 
 verf. 30, 31.; fpake, (1.) Of the fpecial prefence of God 
 
 with 
 
P S A L M XVI. 31 
 
 with the Redeemer, in his fervices and fcjFeringS, verf. ?. 
 
 Of the p^oipeet which the Redeemer had oi his pWu re- 
 furreelion, and the glory that ihould follow, which carried 
 him cheerfully through his uncJe'rtakirg, verf. 9. 10. 11. 
 
 Michtam of David. 
 
 LORD, keep me : for I truft in thee. 
 2 To God thus was my fpeech; 
 Thou art 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 forrows fhall be multiply'd, 
 
 to other gods that hafte: 
 Of their drink-offerings of blood 
 
 I will no off 'ring make; 
 Yea, neither I their very names 
 
 up in my lips will take. 
 
 5 God is of mine inheritance 
 
 and cup the portion : 
 The lot that fallen is to me, 
 thou doft maintain alone. 
 
 6 Unto me happily the lines 
 
 in pleafant places fell; 
 Yea, the inheritance I got, 
 in beauty doth excel. 
 j I blefs the Lord, becaufe he doth 
 by counfel me conduct: 
 And, in the leaibns of the night, 
 my reins do me inftrudt. 
 
 8 Before 
 
32 PSALM XVII. 
 
 8 Before me ftill the Lord I fet : 
 
 fith it is fo, that he 
 Doth ever (land at my right hand, 
 I fhall not moved be. 
 
 9 Eecaufe of this my heart is glad, 
 
 and joy fhall be expreft 
 Ev'n by my glory: and my flefh 
 in confidence fhall reft. 
 io Eecaufe my foul in grave to dwell 
 fhall not be left by thee; 
 Nor wilt thou give thine holy One 
 corruption to fee. 
 1 1 Thou wilt me fhew the path of life : 
 of joys there is full ftore 
 Eefore thy face, at thy right hand 
 are pleafures evermore. 
 
 PSALM XVIL 
 
 David being in great diftrefs and danger by the malice of his 
 
 enemies, doth in this nfalm by pi aver addrefs himfelf to 
 
 God, his tried refuge, and feeks (belter in him. (i.) He 
 
 -Is to God concerning his integrity, verf. I. — 4. (2.) He 
 
 p. ays to God dill to be upheld in his integrity, and pi 
 
 m the malice of his enemies, verf. 5. — 8. 13. (3.) 
 He gives a character of his enemies, ufing that as a plea with. 
 . r his prefervation. verf. 9. — 12. 14. (4-) He com- 
 forts himfelf with the hopes of his future happinefs, verf. 14. 
 Av.d lorr.e make him in this a type of Chriil, who was per- 
 fectly innocent, and yet was bated and perfected; hut, like 
 David, committeth himfelf and his caufe to him that iiulg- 
 eth righteou%. 
 
 A prayer of David. 
 
 LORD, hear the right, attend my cry, 
 unto my pray'r give heed, 
 
 * That 
 
P S A L M XVII. 33 
 
 That doth not in hypocrify 
 from feigned lips proceed. 
 
 2 And from before thy prefence forth 
 
 my fentence do thou fend : 
 Toward thofe things that equal are, 
 do thou thine eyes intend. 
 
 3 Thou prov'dft mine heart.thou viftt'dft 
 
 bj night, thou didft me try, (me 
 Yet nothing found'il; for that my mouth 
 fhall not fin, p 3 I. 
 
 4 As for mens works, I, by the word 
 
 that from thy lips doth flow, 
 Did me preferve out of the paths 
 wherein deftroyers go. 
 
 5 Hold up my goings, Lord; me guide 
 
 in thofe thy paths divine, 
 So that my foofcfteps may not Hide 
 out of thefe ways of thine. 
 
 6 I called have en thee, O God, 
 
 becaufe thou wilt me hear: 
 That thou may ft hearken to m; 
 to me Incline thine ear. 
 
 7 Th ts loving-kindnefs (how, 
 
 thou that by thy right h a 
 Sav' ittruftinthee,fit>m,t] 
 
 that up againft them Hand. 
 
 8 As th' apple of the eye me keep; 
 
 in thy wings fhade me cl 
 
 C 9 Fi 
 
34 P S A L M XVII. 
 
 9 From lewd oppreffors, compafling 
 
 mc round, as deadly foes. 
 
 10 In their own fat they are inclos'dy 
 
 their mouth fpeaks loftily. 
 ii Our fleps they compafs'd ; and to 
 down bowing fet their eye. (ground 
 1 2 He like unto a lion is, 
 - that's greedy of his prey; 
 Or lion young, which lurking doth 
 in fecret places flay, 
 i j Arife, and difappoint my foe, 
 and caft him down, O Lord : 
 My foul fave from the wicked man, 
 the man which h thv fword. 
 
 14 From men which are thy hand, O 
 
 from wordly men me fave, (Lord, 
 Which only in this prefent life 
 
 their part and portion have : 
 Whole belly with thy treaiure hid 
 
 thou filPft: they children have 
 In plenty, of their goods the reft 
 
 they to their children leave. 
 
 15 But as for me, I thine own face 
 
 in righteoufnefs will fee : 
 And with thy likenefs, when I wake, 
 I fatisfy'd fhail be. 
 
 PSAL M 
 
PSALM XVIII. 3S 
 
 This pfalm we meet with before in the hiftory of David's 
 Tife, 2 Sam. xxii. That was the firft edition of it, here we 
 have it revived, altered a little, and fitted for the fervice 
 of the church. It is David's thank/living for the many- 
 deliverances God had wrought for him, which he defired 
 always to preserve freih in his own memory, and to dif- 
 fufe and entail the knowledge of them. It is an admirable 
 compofiire. The poetry is very fine, the images bell, the 
 exprefTions lofty, and every word proper and fignificant; 
 but the piety far exceeds the poetry ; holy faith, and love, 
 and joy, and praife, and hope, are here lively, active, and 
 upon the wing, (i.) He triumphs in God, verf. I. 2. 3. 
 (2.) He magnifies the deliverances God had wrought for 
 him, verf. 4, — 19. (3.) He takes the comfort of his inte- 
 grity which God had thereby cleared up, verf. 20. — 2-3, 
 (4.) He gives to God the glory of all his achievements, 
 verf. 29. — 42* (5.) He encourageth himfelf with the ex- 
 ::on of what God would farther do for him and his, 
 verf. 43. — 50. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfaltn of D-\:d, the fawant of the 
 Lord, who fpake unto the Lord the words of this fong in the 
 day thai the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his 
 enemies, and from the hand of Saul ; And he faid, 
 
 ^HEE will I love, OLord, my ftrength. 
 2 My fortrefs is the Lord, 
 My rock, and he that doth to me 
 deliverance afford: 
 My God, my ftrength, whom I will truft, 
 a buckler unto me, 
 The horn of my falvation, 
 and my high tow'r is he. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is 
 
 of praifes, will I cry : 
 And then fhall I preferved be 
 fafe from mine enemy. 
 
 4 Floods of ill men affrighted me, 
 
 death's pangs about me went. 
 
 C 2 5 Hell's 
 
3 6 P S A L M XVIII. 
 
 5 Hell's forrows me environed: 
 
 death's fnares did me prevent, 
 
 6 In my diftrefs I call'd on God, 
 
 cry to my God did I: 
 Ke from his temple heard my voice, 
 to his ears came my cry. 
 
 7 TV earth, as affrighted, then didfhake, 
 
 trembling upon it feiz'd; 
 The hills foundations moved were, 
 becaufe he was difpleas'd. 
 ,8 Up from his noftrils came a fmoke, 
 and from his mouth there came 
 Be ;• fire 3 and coals by it 
 
 were turned into flame. 
 9 He alfo bowed down the heav'ns, 
 and thence he did defcend : 
 And thickeit clouds of darknefs did 
 under his feet attend, 
 io And he upon a cherub rpde, 
 and thereon he did fly : 
 Yea, on the Fwift wings of the wind 
 his flight was from on high. 
 
 1 1 He darknefs made his feci % . 
 
 r.bcut him for his tc 
 Dark waters were, and uds 
 
 ivy .' nam'epk 
 
 12 And at the brightng 
 
 ch was before his - 
 
 Hia 
 
PSA L M XVIII. 37 
 
 His thick clouds pafs'd away, hail-fiones 
 and coals of fire did fly. 
 
 13 The Lord God alfo in the heav'ns 
 
 did thunder in his ire, 
 And there the higheft gave his voice, 
 hail-fi:ones and coals of fire. 
 
 14 Yea, he his arrows fent abroad, f 
 
 and them he fcattered ; 
 His lightnings alfo he fhot out, 
 
 and them difcomfited. 
 1 j The waters channels then were feen, 
 
 the world's foundations vaft 
 At thy rebuke difcov'red were, 
 
 and at thy noftrils blaft. 
 
 16 And from above the Lord fent down, 
 
 and took me from below, 
 From many waters he me drew, 
 which would me overflow. 
 
 1 7 He me relieved from my ftrong foes, 
 
 and fuch as did me hate: 
 Becaufe he faw that they for me 
 too flrong were, and too great. 
 
 18 They me prevented in the day 
 
 of my calamity : 
 But, even then, the Lord himfelf 
 a flay was unto me. 
 
 19 He to a place where liberty 
 
 and room ^vas, hath me brought : 
 
 Becaufe 
 
38 PSALM XVIIL 
 
 Becaufe he took delight in me, 
 he my deliv'rance wrought, 
 
 20 According to my righteoufnefs, 
 
 he did me recompence ; 
 He me repaid according to 
 my hands pure innocence. 
 
 2 1 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 him w r as my heart* 
 
 with him upright was I; 
 And watchfully I kept myfelf 
 
 from mine iniquity. 
 24/ After my righteoufnefs the Lord 
 
 hath recompenfed me, 
 After the cleannefs of my hands 
 
 appearing in his eye. 
 25 Thou gracious to the gracious art, 
 
 to upright men upright. 
 2-6 Pure to the pure, froward thou ky th'ft 
 
 unto the frow T ard wight. 
 
 27 For thou wilt the afflided fave, 
 
 in grief that low do lie : 
 But wilt bring down the countenance 
 of them whofe looks are high. 
 
 28 The Lord will light my candle fo, 
 
 that it fhall fhine full bright: 
 
 The 
 
PSALM XVIII. 39 
 
 The Lord my God will alio make 
 my darknefs to be light. 
 
 29 By thee through troops of men I 
 
 and them difcomfit all: (break, 
 And, by my God affifting me, 
 I overleap a wall. 
 
 30 As for God, perfect is his way: 
 
 the Lord his word is try'd: 
 He is a buckler to all thofe 
 who do in him confide. 
 
 31 Who but the Lord is God? but he 
 
 who is a rock and flay? 
 
 32 'Tis God that girdeth me with 
 and perfect makes my way. (ftrength, 
 
 ^^ He made my feet fwift as the hinds, 
 
 fet me on my high places. 
 34 Mine hands to war he caught, mine 
 brake bows of fteel in pieces, (arms 
 3 j The fhield of thy falvation 
 thou didft on me beftow : 
 Thy right hand held me up ; and great 
 thy kindnefs made me grow. 
 36 And in my way, my fteps thou hail 
 enlarged under me; 
 That I go fafely, and my feet 
 are kept from Aiding free. 
 3 j Mine en'mies I purfued have, 
 and did them overtake : 
 
 Nor 
 
4o PSALM XVni. 
 
 Nor did I turn again, till I 
 an end of them did make. 
 
 38 I wounded them, they could not rife: 
 
 they at my feet did fall. (war : 
 
 39 Thou girdeft me with ftrength for 
 
 my foes thou brought'ft down all. 
 
 40 And thou haft given to me the necks 
 
 of all mine enemies: 
 That I might them deftroy and flay 
 who did againft me rife. 
 
 41 They cried out, but there was none 
 
 that w r ould or could them fave : 
 Yea, they did cry unto the Lord, 
 but he no anfwer gave. 
 
 42 Then did I beat them final 1 as duft 
 
 before the wind that flies : 
 And I did caft them out like dirt 
 upon the ftreet that lies. 
 
 43 Thou mad'ft me free from people's 
 
 and heathen's head to be : (itrife, 
 , A people whom I have not known, 
 fhall fervice do to me. 
 
 44 At hearing they fhall me obey ; 
 
 to me they fhall fubmit. 
 
 45 Strangers for fear fhall fade away, 
 
 who in clofe places fit. 
 
 46 God lives, blefs'd be my rock: theGod 
 
 of my health praifed be. 
 
 47 God 
 
P S A L M XIX. 41 
 
 47 God doth avenge me, and fubdues 
 
 the people under me, 
 
 48 Ke laves me from mine enemies : 
 
 yea, thou haft lifted me 
 Above my fd?s ; and from the man 
 cf violence let me free. 
 
 49 Therefore to thee will I give thanks 
 
 the heathen fol :ig: 
 
 And to tk . .?, O Lord } I will 
 
 fmg praifes in a long. 
 
 50 He great deliv'rance gives his king: 
 
 he mercy doth ex; 
 To David, his anointed one, 
 and his feed without end. 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 There r.re two excellent book-, which the ere^t God hath 
 
 pffclifhed for the inflrucY.or. ' ?n of the c. 
 
 of men, arid this pfalrii trea reconi- 
 
 Is them both to oar di; 
 
 the creatures, in which we rr 
 " OadlVi . ' 
 
 fcripturcs, which majves know, n to us ih: will of G 
 
 tetriing r>v,Y dtrti : 
 
 that book, . ui how to 
 
 improve it, *erf. iz. 13. 14. 
 
 To the chief ro,ufician, A pfalrii cf D;. 
 
 THE heav'ns Geu's git :re: 
 
 the fkies his li; ;ks preach. 
 
 2 Day utters fpeech to day, and i: 
 to night dcth knov. ledge teach. 
 
 3 There 
 
42 J> S A L M XIX. 
 
 3 There is no fpeech,nor tongue,to which 
 
 their voice doth not extend. 
 4 Their line is gone through all the earth, 
 their words to the world's end. 
 In them he fet the fun a tent, 
 
 5 Who bridegroom-like forth goes 
 From's chamber, as a ftrong man doth, 
 
 to run his race, rejoice. 
 
 6 From heav'ns end is his going forth, 
 
 circling to th' end again: 
 And there is nothing from his heat 
 
 that hidden doth remain. 
 j God's law is perfect, and converts 
 
 the foul in fin that lies: 
 God's teftimony is moft fure, 
 
 and makes the fimple wife. 
 
 8 The ftatutes of the Lord are right, 
 
 and do rejoice the heart: 
 The Lord's command is pure, and doth 
 light to the eyes impart. 
 
 9 Unfpotted 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 
 to be defired are : (gold, 
 
 Than honey, honey from the comb 
 that droppeth, fweeter far. 
 
 ii More- 
 
P S A L M XIX. , 43 
 
 1 1 Moreover, they thy fervant warn 
 
 how he his life ihould frame : 
 A great reward provided is 
 for them that keep the fame. 
 
 12 Who can his errors underftand? 
 
 cleanfe thou me within 
 
 13 From fecret faults. Thy fervant keep 
 
 from all prefumptuous fin, 
 And do not fufrer them to have 
 
 dominion over me: 
 Then righteous and innocent 
 
 1 from much fin fhall be. (proceed, 
 
 14 The words which from my mouth 
 
 the thoughts fent from my heart, 
 Accept, O Lord ; for thou my ftrength 
 and my Redeemer art. 
 
 PSALM XX. 
 
 It is the wilj of God, that prayers, interceffions, and thanks- 
 givings, fhonld be made in a fpecial manner, for kings, and 
 all in authority; This pfalmisa prayer, and the next a 
 thankigiving for the king; David was a martial prince, 
 much in war. Either this pfalm was penned upon occafion 
 of iorac particular expedition of his, or,, in general, as a form 
 to be ufed in the daily fervfee of the church for him. In 
 
 er to God for aadietite; verf. 9. In this David may well be 
 looked upon as a type of Chriit, to whole kingdom and its 
 Sntcrefts among men, the church was in every age a htfcrty 
 
 weii-v\iiher. 
 
 To 
 
44 PSALM XX. 
 
 To tlic chief muficlan, A pfalm of Datid. 
 
 JEHOVAH hear thee in the day 
 when trouble he doth fend : 
 And let the name of Jacob's God 
 thee from all ill defend. 
 1 O let him help fend from above, 
 out of his fanctuary; 
 From. Sion his own holy hill, 
 let him give ftrength to thee. 
 
 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, 
 
 accept thy facrifice ; 
 
 4 Grant thee thine heart's wifh, and fulfil 
 
 thy thoughts and counfel wife. 
 
 5 In thy falvation we will joy ; 
 
 in cur God's name we will 
 Difplay our banners : and the Lord 
 thy prayers all fulfil. 
 
 6 Now know I, God his king doth fave : 
 
 he from his holy heav'n 
 Will hear him,with the faving (Irength 
 by his own right hand giv'n. ' 
 
 7 In chariots feme put confidence, 
 
 fome horfes trufl: upon : 
 But we remember will the name 
 of our Lord God alone. 
 
 8 We rife, and upright ftand, when they 
 
 are bowed down, and fall. 
 
 9 Deliver, Lord, and let the King 
 
 us hear when we do call. 
 
PSALM XXI. 45 
 
 As the foregoing pfalm \rr.s a prayer for the Iiing, that God 
 would protect and proipcr him ; £o this is a thanksgiving 
 for ihefticcefs God had LLfTedhim with, t^tdfe whom ue 
 have prayed for, we ought to jive thanks for, and pai!;i- 
 cularly for kinrs, in whofc prosperity we ft a re. They are 
 here taught, (i.) To congratulate his victories, and the 
 honour he had atehieved, verf. I. — 6. (z.) To confide in 
 the power of God, jftfr the completing of the ruin of the 
 enemies of his kingdom, vcif 7.— 13. And hi this there is 
 an eye to the Meifiah, the Prince, and the glory of his 
 kingdom ; for to him divers paflagej in thispfaim are rnoie 
 applicable, than to David himlelf. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 THE king in thy great ftrength, O Lord, 
 fhall very joyful be: 
 In thy .falvation rejoice 
 how veh'mently fhafl he ? 
 
 2 Thou haft beftowecl upon him 
 
 all that his heart would have, 
 And thou from him didft not with-hold 
 whatever his lips did crav . 
 
 3 For thou with bleffingshlm prevent^ 
 
 of goodnefs manifold ; 
 And thou haft fet upon his head 
 a crown of pureft gold. 
 
 4 When he defired life of thee, 
 
 thou life to him didft give; 
 Ev'n fuch a length of clays, that he 
 for evermore fhould live. 
 
 5 In that iklvation wrought by thee, 
 
 his glory is made great: 
 Honour and comely mayfly 
 thou k-:.'t upon hin (eg 
 
 iJecau:- 
 
4 6 PSALM XXI. 
 
 6 Eccaufe that thou for evermore 
 
 molt bleffed haft him made : 
 And thou haft with thy countenance 
 
 made him exceeding glad. 
 j Eecaufe the king upon the Lord 
 
 his confidence doth lay, 
 And,through the grace of theMoftHigh, 
 
 fhall not be mov'd away. 
 
 8 Thine hand fhall all thofe men find out 
 
 that en'mies are to thee, 
 Ev'n thy right hand fhall find out thofe 
 of thee that haters be. 
 
 9 Like fiery ov'n thou (halt them make, 
 
 when kindled is thine ire: 
 God fhall them fwallow in his wrath, 
 devour them fhall the fire. 
 
 I o Their fruit from earth thou fhalt de- 
 
 their feed men from among, (ftroy, 
 
 I I For they, beyond their might, 'gainft 
 did plot mifchief and wrong, (thee 
 
 1 2 Thou therefore fhalt make them turn 
 when thou thy fliafts fhall place (back, 
 Upon thy fixings, made ready all 
 to fly againft their face. 
 i 3 In thy great pow'r and flrength, O 
 be thou exalted high: (Lord, 
 
 So fhall we fing with joyful hearts, 
 thy power praiic fhall we. 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM XXII. 47 
 
 The fpirit of Chrift, which was in the prophets, teftines in 
 this pfalm, as clearly and fully as any where elfe in all the 
 Old Teftament, ■ the fuifcringsof Chtiil, and the glory 
 4 that fhould follow,' I Pet. i. II.: of him, no doubt David 
 here (peaks, and not of himfelf, or of any other man. 
 Much of it is exprefsiy applied to Chrift in the new Tcfta- 
 ment, all of it may be applied to him, ana fomc of it muft 
 be underftood of him only. The providences of God con- 
 cerning David were fo very extraordinary, that we may fnp- 
 pofe there were fome wife and good men, who then cou 
 butlookuponhimasahgureof him chat was to come : but the 
 compofure of hispfalms efpecia!ly,in which he found himfclf 
 wonderfully carried out by the Spirit of p.rophefy, far be- 
 yond his own thought and intention, was (we may fuppofe) 
 an abundant fat isf action to himfelf, that he was not only a 
 ' father of the Mefliah, but a figure of him. In this pfaim he 
 fpeaks, (l.) Of the humiliation of Chvifi, verf. I.- -21. 
 Where David, as a type of Chr lit, complains of the very 
 xalamitous condition he was in upon many accounts. I. He 
 complains, and mixeth comforts with his complaints. Com- 
 plains, verf. I. 2.: but comforts himfelf, veri. 3. 4. 5. 
 Complains again, verf. 6. 7. ?.\ but comforts himfelf 
 again, verf. 9. 10. 2. He complains, and mixeth pray- 
 ers with his complaints. Complains of the power and rage 
 of his enemies, verf. 12. 13. 16. 18.; ofhn own bodily 
 weaknefs and decay, verf. 14. 15. 17. Eut prays that 
 God would not be far from him, verf. II. 19.; that he 
 would fave and deliver him, verf. 19. 20. 21. (2.) Of the 
 exaltation of Chrift, that his undertaking fhould be for th« 
 glory of God, verf. 22.-25. 5 f° r the falvatiou and joy 
 of his people, verf. 26. — 29. ; and for the perpetuating of 
 his own kingdom, verf. 33. 31. In finging this pfalm, jre 
 muft keep our thoughts fixed upon Chrift, and b* fo af- 
 fected with his fufferings, as to experience the fellowfhip of 
 them ; and fo affected with his grace, as to experience the 
 power and influence of it. 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A pfalm of David. 
 
 MY God, my God, why haft thou me 
 f or lake n ? why fo far 
 Art thou from helping me, and from 
 my words that roring are? 
 2 All day, my God, to thee I cry, 
 yet am not heard by thee ; 
 
 And 
 
4 3 P S A L M XXII. 
 
 And in the feafon of the night 
 I cannot filent be. 
 
 3 Eut thou art holy, thou that dofl 
 
 inhabit Ifr'el's praife. 
 
 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, theyhop'd, 
 
 and thou didft them releafe. 
 
 5 When unto thee they fent their cry, 
 
 to them d came: 
 
 aufe they put their truft in thee, 
 they were not put to lhame. 
 
 6 Eut as for me, a worm I am, 
 
 and as no man am priz'd: 
 Reproach of men I am, and by 
 the d defpis'd. 
 
 y All that me fee*, laugh me to fcorn: 
 t cut the lip do they, 
 They nod cine: ^eirheadsatme, 
 
 and mocking thus do fay, 
 
 8 This man did truft in God, that he 
 
 would i ? vcQ him by his might: 
 Let him dc b he 
 
 had in lit. 
 
 9 But t] womb 
 
 I was r :r's breafts, 
 
 t make, 
 io And I v.. Ly care, 
 
 ev'n from till nc, 
 
 And 
 
P S A L M XXII. 49 
 
 And from my mother's belly, Lord, 
 my God and guide art thou. 
 
 1 1 Be not far off, for grief is near, 
 
 and none to help is found. 
 
 12 Bulls many compais me; ftrong bulls 
 
 of Bailian me fur round. 
 
 13 Their mouths they op'ned wide on 
 
 upon me gape did they, (me, 
 
 Like to a lion ravening, 
 and roring for his prey. 
 
 14 Like water I'm pour'd out, my bones 
 
 all out of joint do part: 
 Amidft my bowels, as the wax, 
 fo melted is my heart. 
 
 15 Myftrengthislikea potfherd dry'd: 
 
 my tongue it cleaveth faft 
 Unto my jaws; and to the dull 
 of death thou brought me haft. 
 
 16 For dogs have compafs'd me about: 
 
 the wicked that did meet 
 In their aflembly, me inclos'd; 
 they pierc'd my hands and feet. 
 jy I all my bones may tell : they do 
 upon me look and Rare. 
 
 18 Upon my vefture lots they caft, 
 
 and cloaths among them lhare. 
 
 19 But be not far, OLord, myftrength; 
 
 hade to give help to me. 
 
 D 20 From 
 
jo P S A L M XXII. 
 
 20 From fword my foul, from pow'r of 
 
 my darling, let thou free. (dogs 
 
 2 1 Out of the roring lion's mouth 
 
 do thou me fhield and fave : 
 For from the horns of unicorns 
 an ear to me thou gave. 
 
 22 1 will fhew forth thy name unto 
 
 thofe that my brethren are : 
 Amidft the congregation 
 thy praife I will declare. 
 
 23 Praife ye the Lord, who do him fear; 
 
 him glorify, all ye 
 The feed of Jacob ; fear him, all 
 that Ifr'ePs children be. 
 
 24 For he defpis'd not, nor abhorr'd 
 
 th' affli&ed's mifery: 
 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 
 fhall be performed by me. 
 
 26 The meek fhall eat, and fhall befill'd; 
 
 they alio praife fhall give 
 Unto the Lord, that do him feek; 
 your heart fhall ever live. 
 
 27 All ends of th' earth remember fhall, 
 
 and turn the Lord unto : 
 
 All 
 
P S A L M XXII. 51 
 
 All kindreds of the nations 
 to him fhall homage do: 
 
 28 Becaufe the kingdom to the Lord 
 
 doth appertain, as his : 
 Likewife among the nations 
 the governor he is. 
 
 29 Earth's fat ones eat,and worfhip fhall: 
 
 all who to duft defcend, 
 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 
 reckoned in ages all. 
 
 31 They fhall come, and they fhall de- 
 
 his truth and righteoufnefs (clare 
 Unto a people yet unborn, 
 and that he hath d&ne this. 
 
 PSALM XXIIL 
 
 Many of David's pfalms are full of complaints, but this is 
 full of comforts, and the exprefTIons of delight in God's 
 great goodnefs, and dependence upon him. it is a pfalm 
 which has heen fung by good ChrifHans, and will be while 
 the world (lands, with a great deal of pleafure and fatisfac- 
 tion. (I.) The pfalmifl here claims relation to God as his 
 fhepherd, verf. I. (2.) He recounts his experience of the 
 kind things God hath done for him, as his ihepheid, verf. 
 2' 2' 5' (3.) From hence he infers, that he mould want no 
 good, veriei.; that he needed to fear no evil, verf. 4,; 
 that he would never leave or forfakc him in a way of mercy ; 
 and therefore he refolves never to leave or forfake God in a. 
 way of duty, verf. 6. And in this certainly he has an eye, 
 not only to the blcflings of God's providence, which made 
 his outward condition profperous, but to the communicati- 
 D 7, ons 
 
52 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 ons of God's grace, received by a lively faith, and returned 
 in a warm devotion, which fills his ionl with joy unfpeaka- 
 ble. And, as in the foreeoing pfalm, he reprefented Chrift 
 flying for his fheep, fo here he reprel'ents Chriftians receiv- 
 ing the benefit of all the care and tendernefs of that great 
 and good lhephcrd. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 THE Lord's my fhepherd, Til not want. 
 
 2 He makes me down to lie 
 
 In paftures greeji : he leadeth me 
 the quiet waters by. 
 
 3 My foul he doth reftore again; 
 
 and me to walk doth make 
 Within the paths of righteoufnefs, 
 ev'n for his own name's fake. 
 
 4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, 
 
 yet will I fear none ill : 
 For thou art with me, and thy rod 
 and ftafF me comfort ftill. 
 
 5 My table thou haft furnifhed, 
 
 in prefence of my foes : 
 My head thou doft with oil anoint, 
 and my cup overflows. 
 
 6 Goodnefs and mercy all my life 
 
 fhall furely follow me : 
 And in God's houfe for evermore 
 my dwelling-place fhall be. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 This pfalm is concerning the kingdom of JefusChrifl : (i.) His 
 providential kingdom, by which lie rules the world, verf. 
 I. j. '(%.) The kingdom of his grace, by which he rules in 
 
 his 
 
P S A L M XXIV. 53 
 
 his church. I. Concerning the fur>je£ts of that kingdom, 
 their character, verf. 4. 5. 7. their charter, verf. 5. 2. Con- 
 cerning the K->c of that kingdom; and a fummonsto all 
 to give him ad million, verf. 7. 8. 9. ic. It is fuppofed, that 
 the pfalm was penned upon occafion of David's bringing up 
 the ark to the place prepared for it : and the intention of 
 it was, to lead the people above the pomp of external cere- 
 monies to a holy life, and faith in Chrifl:, of whom the ark 
 was a type. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 THE earth belongs unto the Lord, 
 and all that it contains \ 
 The world that is inhabited, 
 and all that there remains. 
 
 2 For the foundations thereof 
 
 he on the feas did lay, 
 And he hath it eftablifhed 
 upon the floods to ftay. 
 
 3 Who is the man that fhall afcend 
 
 into the hill of God ? 
 Or who within his holy place 
 fhall have a firm abode? 
 
 4 "Whofe hands are clean, whofe heart is 
 
 and unto vanity (pure, 
 
 Who hath not lifted up his foul, 
 nor (worn deceitfully. 
 
 5 He from th' Eternal fhall receive 
 
 the blefling him upon, 
 And righteouihefs, ev'n from the God 
 of his falvation. 
 
 6 This is the generation 
 
 that after him enquire, 
 
 O Jacob, 
 
54 P S A L M XXIV. 
 
 O Jacob, who do feek thy face 
 with their whole hearts defire. 
 
 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high, 
 
 ye doors that lad for ay, 
 Be lifted up, that fo the King 
 of glory enter may. 
 
 8 But who of glory is the King ? 
 
 the mighty Lord is this., 
 Ev'n that fame 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. 
 
 Tliis pfalm is full of devout affection to God: the outgoings 
 of holy defires towards his favour and grace, and the lively 
 actings of faith in his promifes. We may learn out of it, 
 (i.) What it is to pray, verf. I. 15. (2.) What we muir. 
 pray for; the pardon of fin, verf. 6. 7. 18.; direction in 
 the way of duty, verf. 4. 5.; the favour of God, verf. 16.; 
 deliverance out of our troubles, verf. 17. 18.; prefervation 
 from our enemies, verf. 20. £1.5 and the falvation of the 
 church of God, verf. 22. (3.) What we may plead in pray- 
 er ; our confidence in God, verf. 2. 3. 5. 20. 21.; our 
 diftrefs, and the malice of our enemies, verf. 17. 19.; our 
 fincerity, verf. 21. (4.) What precious promifes we have to 
 encourage us in prayer; of guidance and initruclion, verf. 
 8. 9. 12.; the benefit of the covenant, verf. 10.; and the 
 pleafure of communion with God, verf. 13. 14. It is cafy 
 
 to 
 
PSALM XXV. ss 
 
 to apply the fevcral pafTages of thispfalmtoourfelves in the 
 finiring of it; for we have often troubles, and always fins 
 to complain of at the throne of grace. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 TO thee I lift my foal. 
 % O Lord, I truft in thee: 
 My God, let me not be aiham'd, 
 nor foes triumph o'er me. 
 
 3 Let none that wait on thee 
 
 Be put to fhame at all ; 
 But thofe that without caufe tranfgrefr, 
 let (hame upon them fall. 
 
 4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; 
 
 thy paths, O teach thou me: 
 J And do thou lead me in thy truth, 
 therein my teacher be : 
 For thou art God that dofl 
 
 to me falvation fend, 
 And I upon thee all the day 
 expecting, do attend. 
 
 6 Thy tender mercies, Lord, 
 
 I pray thee to remember, 
 And loving kindnefTes : for they 
 have been of old for ever. 
 
 7 My fins and fauits of youth 
 
 do thou, O Lord, forget; 
 After thy mercy think on me, 
 And for thy goodnefs great. 
 
 5 God good and upright is: 
 
 the way he'll Tinners (how. 
 
 9 The meek in judgment he will guide, 
 
 and make his path to knew. 
 
 10 The whole paths of the Lord 
 
 are truth and mercy fure, 
 To thofe that do his cov'nant keep, 
 and teftimonies pure. 
 
 11 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 (hall he teach the way that he 
 fhall choofe and (till obferve* 
 Ij His foul (hall dwell at eafe, 
 and his pofterity 
 Shall flourifh Hill, and of thjB earth 
 inheritors (hall be, 
 
 14 With 
 
56 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 14 With thofe that fear him is 
 
 the ftcrct of the Lord: 
 The knowledge of his covenant 
 he will to them afford. 
 
 15 Mine eyes upon the Lord 
 
 continually are fet : 
 For he it is that fhall bring forth 
 
 my feet out of the net. 
 J 6 Turn unto me thy face, 
 
 and to me mercy mow: 
 Becaufe that I am defolate, 
 
 And am brought very low. 
 
 17 My heart's griefs are increas'd, 
 
 me from dilrrefs relieve. 
 
 18 See mine affliction, and my pain, 
 
 and all my fins forgive. 
 
 19 Confider thou my foes, 
 
 becaufe they many are, 
 And it a cruel hatred is 
 
 which they againft me bear. 
 
 20 O do thou keep my foul, 
 
 do thou deliver me; 
 And let me nerer be afham'd, 
 becaufe I truft in thee. 
 
 21 Let upriihtnefs and truth 
 
 keep me, who thee attend. 
 
 22 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrad 
 
 from all his troubles fend. 
 
 Another of the fame. 
 
 TO thee I lift my foul, O Lord : 
 2 My God, I truft in thee : 
 Let me not be alham'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 ways, Lord, fhew; teach me thy 
 
 5 Lead me in truth, teach me ; (paths. 
 
 For 
 
PSALM XXV. 57 
 
 For of my fafcty thou art God, 
 all day I wait on thee. 
 
 6 Thy mercies that moll tender are, 
 
 do thou, O Lord, remember, 
 And loving-kindnefles: 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* 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 8 The Lord is good and gracious, 
 
 he upright is alio : 
 He therefore finners will inftruct 
 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'll clearly teach his way, 
 
 I o The whole paths of the Lord our God 
 
 are truth and mercy furc, 
 To fuch as keep his covenant, 
 and teftimonies pure. 
 
 I I Now for thine own name's fake, O 
 
 1 humbly thee intreat (Lord, 
 To pardon mine iniquity: 
 
 for it is very great. 
 1 2 What man fears God ? him fhall he 
 the way that he fhall choofe. (teach 
 
 13 His 
 
5 S PSALM XXV. 
 
 13 His foul fhall dwell at eafe, his feed 
 
 the earth, as heirs, fhall life. 
 
 1 4 The fecret of the Lord is with 
 
 fuch as do fear his name, 
 And he his holy covenant 
 will manifeft to them. 
 
 15 Towards the Lord my waiting eyes 
 
 continually are let : 
 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 in affliction. 
 
 17 Enlarged the griefs are of mine heart: 
 
 me from diftrefs relieve. 
 
 18 See mine affli&ion and my pain, 
 
 and all my fins forgive. 
 
 19 Confider thou mine enemies, 
 
 becaufe they many are, 
 And it a cruel hatred is, 
 which they againft me bear. 
 
 20 O do thou keep my foul, O God> 
 
 do thou deliver me : 
 Let me not be afham'd ; for I 
 do put my truft in thee. 
 
 21 O let integrity and truth 
 
 keep me, who thee attend. 
 
 22 Re- 
 
PSALM XXVI. 59 
 
 22 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrael 
 from all his troubles fend. 
 
 PSALM XXVI. 
 
 Holy David is in this pfalm putting himfelf upo:i a folemn 
 trial, not by God and his country : but by God and his 
 own confcience, to bo:h which he appeals touching his in- 
 tegrity, verf. I. 2 And for the p. oof of it : 
 (I.) His conftant regard to God and his grace, verf. 3. (3.) 
 His rooted antipathy to fin and fmners, vcrf. 4. 5. (-3.) 
 His fincerc afreccion to the ordinances of God, and his care 
 abeutthem, verf. 6. 7. 3. Having thus proved his integri- 
 ty, (i) He depn im o: the wicked, verf. 9. 10. 
 (z.) He cafts himfelf upon the mercy and grace of God, 
 with a refuiution to held fart his integrity and his hope in 
 God, verf. II. 12. In Zinging this pfalm, we mud teach 
 and admonih ovtrfeUes aid one another, what we muftbe 
 and do, that we may have the favour of God, and comfort 
 in our own confcicnccs; and comfort ourfelves with it as 
 David doth, if we can fay, that in any meafure we have 
 through grace anfwered thefe characters. The learned A- 
 myraldus, in his argument of this pfalm, fuggcrts, that Da- 
 vid is here, by the fpirit of prophefy, carried out to fpeak of 
 himfelf as a type of Chrift, of whom what he here faith of 
 his fpotlefs jnnocency was fully and eminently true, and of 
 him only, and to him we may apply it in tinging this pfalm. 
 ' We are complete in him. 1 
 
 A ffalm of David. 
 
 JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walk'd 
 ^in mine integrity: 
 I trulled alio in the Lord; 
 Aide therefore ihall 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 diflemblers gone, 
 
 5 TO 
 
60 PSA L M XXVI. 
 
 5 TV aflembly of ill men I hale; 
 
 to fit with fuch I fliun. 
 
 6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, 
 
 I'll wafli and purify: 
 So to thine holy altar go, 
 and compafs it will I. 
 
 7 That I, with voice of thankfgiving, 
 
 may publilh and declare, 
 And tell of all thy mighty works 
 that great and wondrous are. 
 
 8 The habitation of thy houfe, 
 
 Lord, I have loved well ; 
 Yea, in that place I do delight, 
 where doth thine honour dwell. 
 
 9 With finners gather not my foul, 
 
 and fuch as blood would fpill : 
 
 I oWhofe hands mifchievous plots, right 
 
 corrupting bribes do fill. (hand 
 
 I I 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 ftand with ftedfaftnefs : 
 Within the congregations 
 th' Eternal I will bleft. 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM XXVII. 6 1 
 
 6ome think David penned this pfalm before his coming to the 
 throne, when lie was in the midft of his troubles, and per- 
 haps upon occafion of the death of his parent?; but the 
 Jews think he penned it when he was old, upon occafion of 
 that wonderful deliverance he had from \\\z (word of the 
 giant, when Abifhai fuccourcd him, 2 Sam. >;xi. 16. 17.; 
 and his people thereupon refolved he fnoukl never >. 
 his life agaiD in battle, kit he ihcul.*] quench the light of 
 Ifrael. Perhaps it was not penned upon any particular oc- 
 cafion, hut it is very exprelfive of the pious and devout af- 
 fections with which gracious fouls are canied out towards 
 God at all times, efpecially in times of trouble. Here is, 
 (i.) The courage and holy bravery of his faith, verf. I. z. 
 3. (2.) The complacency he took in communion with God, 
 and the benefit he experienced by it, verf. 4. 5. 6. (3.) 
 Jiis defire towards God, and his favour and grace, verf. 7. 
 3. 9. II. 12. (4.) His expectations from God, and the 
 encouragement he gives to others to hope in him, verf. 10. 
 23. 14. And let our hearts be thus affected in finging this 
 pfalm. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 THE Lord's my light and faving health, 
 who lhall make me difmay'd? 
 My life's ftrength is the Lord, of whom 
 then lhall I be afraid? 
 
 2 When as mine enemies and foes, 
 
 moft wicked perfons all, 
 To eat my fiefh againft me rofe, 
 they Humbled and did fall. 
 
 3 Againft me though an hoft encamp, 
 
 my heart yet fearlefs is : 
 Though war againft me rife, I will 
 be confident in this. 
 
 4 One thing I of the Lord defir'd, 
 
 and will feek to obtain, 
 
 That 
 
62 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 That 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 I in his holy place 
 may reverently enquire. 
 
 5 For he in his pavilion fhall 
 
 me hide in evil days : 
 In fecret of his tent me hide, 
 and on a rock me raife. 
 
 6 And now, ev'n at this prefent time, 
 
 mine head {hall lifted be 
 Above all thofe that are my foes, 
 
 and round encompafs me: 
 Therefore unto his tabernacle 
 
 I'll facrifices bring 
 Of joyfulnefs, HI fing, yea, I 
 
 to God will praifes fing. 
 
 7 O Lord, give ear unto my voice, 
 
 when I do cry to thee: 
 Upon me alfo mercy have, 
 and do thou anfwer me. 
 
 8 When thou didll fay, Seek ye my face, 
 
 then unto thee reply 
 i Thus did my heart, Above all things 
 thy face, Lord, feek will I. 
 
 9 Far from me hide not thou thy face, 
 
 put not away from thee 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM XXVII. 6y 
 
 Thy fervant 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 fhould 
 
 the Lord will me up take, (leave, 
 
 1 1 Lord, inftruft me in thy way, 
 
 to me a leader be 
 In a plain path, becaufe of thofe 
 that hatred bear to me. 
 
 1 2 Give me not to mine en'mies w T ill ; 
 
 for witnefles that lie, 
 Againft me rifen are, and fuch 
 as breathe out cruelty. 
 
 13 I fainted had, unlefs that I 
 
 believed had to fee 
 The Lord's own goodnefs in the land 
 of them that living be. 
 
 1 4 Wait on the Lord, and be thou ftrong, 
 
 and he fhall ftrength afford 
 Unto thine heart, yea, do thou wait, 
 I fay, upon the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M XXVIII. 
 
 The former part of this pfalm is the prayer of a faint mili- 
 tant, and now in diftreis, verf. 1. 2. 3.; to which is added 
 the doom of God's implacable enemies, vcrf. 4. 5. The 
 latter part of the pfaimis the thanksgiving of a faint-trium- 
 phant, and delivered out of his diltrefTes, verf. 6. 7. 8.; 
 to which is added a prophetical prayer for all God's faith- 
 ful loyal fubjects, vcrf. 9. So that it is hard to fay which 
 •f thefe two conditions David was in when he penned it. 
 
 Some 
 
64 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 Some think he was now in trouble fetking God, hut at the 
 fame time preparing to piaife him for his deliverance, and 
 by faith giving him thanks (or it, before it was wrought. 
 Others think bfc was row in triumph, hut remembered and 
 recorded, tor his own and others benefit, the prayers he 
 made when he was in affliction, that the mercy might reliih 
 the better, when it appeared to be an aniwer to them. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 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 hio;h. 
 
 3 With ill men draw me not away, 
 
 that work iniquity : 
 That fpeak 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 ihall not build, but them deftroy, 
 
 who 'would not underftand 
 The Lord's own works, nor did regard 
 the doing of his hand. 
 
 6 For ever Welled be the Lord; 
 
 for gracioufly he heard 
 
 The 
 
PSALM XXVIII. 6s 
 
 The voice of my petitions, 
 and prayers did regard. 
 
 7 The Lord's my ftrength and ftiield, my 
 
 upon him did rely, (heart 
 
 And I am helped; hence my heart 
 
 doth joy exceedingly; 
 And with my fong I will him praife* 
 
 8 Their ftrength is God alone: 
 He alfo is the faving ftrength 
 
 of his 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. 
 
 It is the probable conjecture of fome very gcod interpreters, 
 that David penned this pfalm upon cecafion, and juft at the 
 time of a great ftorm of thunder, lightening, and rain ; as 
 the eighth pfalm was his meditation in a moon -thine night, 
 and the nineteenth in a iun-fhine morning. It is good to 
 take occafion from the fcnfible operations of God's power 
 in the kingdom of natine, to give glory to him. So ccm- 
 pofed was David, and fo cheerful even in a dreadful tern- 
 peft, when others trembled, that then hepenned this pfalm; 
 for , though the earth be removed, yet will we not fear.' 
 (i.) He calls upon the great ones of the world to give glory 
 to God, verf. I. 2. (2.) To convince them of the great- 
 r.efs of that God, whom they were to adore, he takes no- 
 tice of his power and terror in the thunder and lightning, 
 and thunder-fhowers, verf. 3. 4. 5. 6.; his fovereign do- 
 minion over the world, verf. 10.; and his ipecial favour to 
 his church, verf. II. Great and high thoughts of God 
 thould fill us ia finging this pfalm. 
 
 E A pfalm 
 
P S A L M XXIX. 
 
 A r .\M. 
 
 GIVE ye unto the Lord, ye fons 
 it of the mighty be, 
 All ftrength and glory to the Lord 
 with cheerfulness give ye. 
 2, Unto the Lord the glory give 
 that to his name is due; 
 Mxd in the beauty of holinefs 
 unto Jehovah bov%*. 
 
 3 The Lord's voice on the waters is : 
 
 the Gcd of majefi 
 Doth thunder, and on multitudes 
 of waters fitteth he. 
 
 4 A powerful voice it is that comes 
 
 out from the Lord moil high : 
 The voice of that great Lord is full 
 of glorious majefly- 
 
 5 The voice of the Lternal doth 
 
 aiunder cedars tear: 
 Yea-. God the Lord doth cedars break 
 it Lebanon doth bear. 
 
 6 He makes thern like a calf to fkip : 
 
 ev'n that great Lebanon, 
 And like to a young unicorn 
 Sirion. 
 
 7 ( jice divides the flames of fire: 
 
 8 1 [f doth ihake: 
 
 The 
 
PSALM XXX. 67 
 
 The Lord doth make the wildernels 
 
 of Kadefh all to quake. 
 9 God's voice doth make the hinds to 
 
 it makes the forefts bare : (calve ; 
 And in his temple ev'ry one 
 
 his glory doth declare. 
 
 I o The Lord fits on the floods : the Lord 
 
 fits King, and ever fhall. 
 
 I I TheLord will give his people ftrength 
 
 and with peace bleis them all. 
 
 P S A L M XXX. 
 
 This ii a pfalm of thanksgiving for the great delireranres 
 
 cb God had wrought for David, penned upon ceeahen 
 of the dedicating of his houfe of ceda. 
 
 tj, though there is not any t: that 
 
 has particular to that occafion. Some collect, 
 
 from divers pallaces in the pfalm i - it was pen- 
 
 upon hi.- .V, which 
 
 efit happen - tioti cf his 
 
 ! -d for the deliverances he 
 hid wrought for him verf. 1. : \ \ He .... /pon 
 others to p.-aiie him too, ai jefh them Bo tmft in 
 
 him, veil'. 4. 5 
 
 fecurity, verf. 6. 7. (4.] He r ::d 
 
 complaints he had made in his difrreis, verf. 8. 9. le- 
 an.'. nlejf-tp.be vs. i to God 
 the prellnt comfortable change, verf. 11. 12. in »ng- 
 g this p la i m . we oue h c to re m e n . 
 like deliverance for as, for which 
 ourfelves to praife him, and by which \ 
 depend upon him, 
 A pfalm and fong, a: I bOBfe?of David. 
 
 LORD, I will thee extol, for thou 
 haft lifted me on high, 
 And over me thou to rejoice 
 mad'dft not mine enemv, 
 
 E 2 2 O thou 
 
68 PSALM XXX. 
 
 2 O thou who art the Lord my God, 
 
 I in diftrefs to thee 
 With loud cries lifted up my voice, 
 and thou hall healed me. 
 
 3 O Lord, my foul thou haft brought up, 
 
 and relcu'd from the grave : 
 That I to pit fhould 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 you 
 his holinefs record. 
 
 5 For but a moment lads his wrath; 
 
 life in his favour lies : 
 Weeping may for a night endure, 
 at morn doth joy arife. 
 
 6 In my profperity, I faid, 
 
 that nothing fhall me move. 
 j O Lord, thou haft my mountain made 
 to ftand ftrong by thy love : 
 But when that thou, O gracious God, 
 
 didft hide thy face from me, 
 Then quickly wasmyprofp'rous ftate 
 turn'd into mifery. 
 8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry 
 I caufed to afcend: 
 My humble fupplication 
 I to the Lord did fend. 
 
 9 What 
 
P S A L M XXXI. 69 
 
 9 What profit is there in my blood, 
 
 when I go down to pit? 
 Shall unto thee the duft give praife ? 
 thy truth declare fhall it ? (Lord, 
 
 10 Hear, Lord, have mercy, help me, 
 
 1 1 Thou turned haft my fadnefs 
 Todancing; yea, my fackcloth loosed 
 
 and girded me with gladnefs : 
 
 12 That fmg thy praife my glory may, 
 
 and never iilent be: 
 O Lord my God, for evermore 
 I will give thanks to thee, 
 
 P S A L M XXXI. 
 
 It is probable 
 
 . arly 
 to the fair eicape he hi : : ;. and 
 
 M 
 fide of the hill, and he on the other, and icon after in the 
 cave:. lernefs of En-gedi; 
 
 upon any of thefeocca: 
 
 ture of prayers and praifes, and proftffions of co: . 
 in God, all which do m 
 another. -l. I 
 
 and in that con6Jence prays ford;, 
 preic. 1 — 8. [%.] He complains : - e 
 
 very dcplcrabie condition he was in, and in th; 
 calamities, ftill pray> that God would gfa 
 him againft his perfcc-Jtors, v:.rf. 9. 18. :.; Ife 
 eludes the pfalm with praife and ti 
 
 and encouraging himitif and ethers to tnlfl i 
 verf. 19.-24. 
 
 To t 1 A z (a '. m C : I a 
 
 |N thee, O Lord, I put my irtifft 
 J. fham'd let me never be: 
 
 Accord 
 
70 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 According to thy righteoufnefs, 
 do thou deliver me. 
 
 2 Bow down thine ear tome with fpeed, 
 
 fend me deliverance : 
 To fave me, my ftrong rock be thou, 
 and my houfe of defence. 
 
 3 Becaufe thou art my rock, and thee 
 
 I for my fortrefs take : 
 Therefore do thou me lead and guide, 
 ev'n for thine own name's fake. 
 
 4 And fith thou art my ftrength, there- 
 
 pull me out of the net, (fore 
 
 Which they in fubtilty for me 
 fo privily have fet. 
 
 5 Into thine hands, I do commit 
 
 my fp'rit : for thou art he, 
 O thou Jehovah, God of truth, 
 that haft redeemed me. 
 
 6 Thofe that do lying vanities 
 
 regard, I have abhorr'd : 
 But as for me, my confidence 
 is fixed on the Lord. 
 j I'll in thy mercy gladly joy : 
 for thou my miferies 
 Confider'd hall; thou haft my foul 
 known in adverfities: 
 8 And thou haft not inclofed me 
 within the en'mv's hand; 
 
 And 
 
P S A L M XXXI. 71 
 
 And by thee have my feet been made 
 in a large room to ftand. 
 
 9 O Lord, upon me mercy have, 
 
 for trouble is on me: 
 Mine eye, my belly, and my foul 
 with grief confumed be. 
 
 10 Becaufe my life with grief is fpent, 
 
 my years with fighs and groans : 
 My ftrength doth fail ; and for my fin 
 confumed are my bones. 
 ill was a fcorn to all my foes, 
 and to my friends a fear; 
 And fpecially 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 (landers I of many heard, 
 
 fear compafs'd me, while they 
 Againft me did confult and plot, 
 to take my life away. 
 
 14 But aB 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 
 
72 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 From their hands, that mine enemiea 
 and persecutors be. 
 
 1 6 Thy countenance to fhine do thou 
 
 upon thy fervant make: 
 Unto me give falvation, 
 for thy great mercies fake. 
 
 17 Let me not be afham'd, O Lord, 
 
 for on thee call'd I have: 
 Let wicked men be fham'd, let them 
 be filent in the grave. 
 
 1 8 To filence put the lying lips, 
 
 that grievous things do fay, 
 And hard reports, in pride and fcorn, 
 on righteous men dolay. (them 
 
 19 How great's the goodnefs thou for 
 
 that fear thee keep'ft in ftore ; 
 And wrought'!!: for them that truft in 
 the fons of men before ! (thee 
 so In fecret of thy prefence, thou 
 
 fhalt hide them from man's pride : 
 From ftrife of tongues thou clofely fhalt 
 as in a tent them hide. 
 
 21 All praife and thanks be to the Lord: 
 
 for he hath magnify'd 
 His wondrous love to me, within 
 a city fortify'd. 
 
 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, 
 
 (I in my hafte had faid,) 
 
 My 
 
P S A L M XXXII. 73 
 
 I\ I y 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 ftrength 
 
 unto your heart (hall fend, 
 All ye whofe hope and confidence 
 doth on the Lord depend. 
 
 P S A L M XXXII. 
 
 This pfalm, though it fpeak not of Chrift, as many of the 
 pfalms hitherto we have met with have done, yet it has a 
 great deal of gofpcl in it. the apoftle tells us, that David 
 in this pfalm defences , the bleilednefs of the man unto 
 c whom God imputeth righteoufnefs without works,' Ro .n . 
 iv. 6. We have here a turn man*, (1.) Of gofpei-grace, in 
 the pardon of f:n, ver£ I. Z.; in devine protection, verf. 7.: 
 and devine conduct, verf. S. (3.) Of gofpelduty; to ccu- 
 icisfin, verf. 3. 4-5-; to pray, verfe 6.; to govern our- 
 ieives well, verf. 9. 10. ; and to rejoice in God, verf. II. 
 And the way to obtain theie privileges, is to make con- 
 {clencc of thefc du'ics, which we ought to think of; of the 
 former for our comfort, of the latttr for our quickening, 
 when wefmgthis pfalm. Grotius thinks it was defigncd 
 
 - to be fang on the day of atonement. 
 
 A pf.ilm of David, Mafchil. 
 
 OBleffed is the man, to whom f £ 
 is freely pardoned 
 All the tranigreffion he hath done, 
 whofe fin is covered. 
 2 Blefs'd is the man, to whom the Lord 
 imputeth not his fin. 
 
 And 
 
74 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 And in whofe fp'rit there is no guile, 
 nor fraud is found therein. 
 
 3 When as I did refrain my fpeech, 
 
 and filent was my tongue; 
 My bones then waxed old, becaufe 
 I rorcd all day long. 
 
 4 For upon me, both day and night, 
 
 thine hand did heavy lie ; 
 So that my moifture turned is 
 in fummer'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 trefpafles, faid I; 
 And of my fin thou freely didft 
 
 forgive th' iniquity. 
 
 6 For this fhall ev'ry godly one 
 
 his prayer make to thee; 
 In fuch a time he fhall thee feek, 
 
 as found thou mayeft be. 
 Surely, when floods of waters great 
 
 do fwell up to the brim, 
 They fhall not overwhelm his foul, 
 
 nor once come near to him. 
 n Thou art my hiding-place, thou fhalt 
 
 from trouble keep me free : 
 
 1 hou 
 
P S A L M XXXII. 75 
 
 Thou with fongs of deliverance 
 about fhalt compafs me. 
 
 8 I will inftrud' thee, and thee teach 
 
 the way that thou fhalt go; 
 And, with mine eye upon thee fet, 
 I will direction Ihow. 
 
 9 Then be not like the horfe, or mule, 
 
 which do not underftand: 
 Whole mouth, left they come near to 
 a bridle muft command. (thee, 
 io Unto the man that wicked is, 
 his forrows fhall abound: 
 But him that trufteth in the Lord, 
 mercy fhall 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. 
 
 This is a pfalm of praife : it is probable David was the pen- 
 man of it, but ue are not fold f>, becaufe God would hare 
 us look above the penman of facrcd writ, to that bleiTcd 
 Spirit that moved arftl m. The pfalrniil in this 
 
 p<alm, (i.) Calls upon the righteous to pi aiie God, verf. I. 
 2- 3. (2.) Furri.r.e:h us w It'll mattef for praife. We muft 
 praife God, I. Fcr hjsjpftice, goodnefs, and truth appear-, 
 ing in his word, and In all his works, vcrf. 4. 5. a. For 
 his power appeavina: in the work of creation, verf. 6—9. 
 3. For the foverti^n.y of his providence in the government 
 of the world, veil". 10. II. and again, verf. 13. ---17. 4. For 
 the peculiar favour which he bears to his own chofen people 
 which encoura r jtth therri to tYuft in him, verf. 13. and 
 again, verf. 18.— 22. We nc j ed not be far to feek for pro- 
 per thoughts in finging . . which fo naturally fpeaks 
 
 ' the^pious alFeclions of a devout foui towards God. 
 
76 P S A L M XXXIII. 
 
 YE righteous, in the Lord rejoice: 
 it comely is, and right, 
 That upright men, with thankful voice, 
 fhould praife the Lord of might. 
 
 2 Praife God with harp: and unto him 
 
 fing with the pfaltery, 
 Upon a ten-ftring'd inftrument 
 make ye fweet melody. 
 
 3 A new fong to him fing, and play 
 
 with loud noife fkilfully. 
 
 4 For right is God's word, all his works 
 
 are done in verity. 
 
 5 To judgment, and to righteoufnefs, 
 
 a love he beareth ftill : 
 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 did make. 
 
 7 The waters of the feas he brings 
 
 together as an heap : 
 And in ftarehoufes, as it were, 
 he layeth up the depth. 
 
 8 Let earth, and all that live therein, 
 
 with rev'rence fear the Lord : 
 Let all the world's inhabitants 
 dread him with one accord. 
 
 8 i 9 For 
 
 
P S A L M XXXIIL 77 
 
 9 For he did fpeak the word, and done 
 it was without delay ; 
 Eftabtifhed it firmly flood 
 whatever he did fay. 
 i o God doth the counfel bring to nought 
 which heathen folk do take : 
 And what the people do devife, 
 of none effeft doth make, 
 ii O! but the counfel of the Lord 
 doth ftand for ever fure; 
 And of his heart the purpofes 
 from age to age endure. 
 i % That nation blefled is, whole God 
 Jehovah is: and thofe 
 A blefled people are, whom for 
 his heritage he chofe. 
 
 13 The Lord from heav'n fees and be- 
 
 all fons of men full well. (holds 
 
 14 He views all, from his dwelling-place 
 
 that in the earth do dwell. 
 
 15 He forms their hearts alike; and all 
 
 their doings he obferves. 
 
 16 Great hofts fave not a king; much 
 no mighty man preferves. (ftrength 
 
 1 7 An horfe for prefervation 
 
 is a deceitful thing; 
 And by the greatnefs of his ftrength 
 can no deliv'rance bring. 
 
 18 Behold, 
 
78 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 1 8 Behold, on thofe that do him fear 
 the Lord doth fet his eye: 
 Ev'n thofe who on his meroy do 
 with confidence rely. 
 
 1 9?rom 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. 
 
 21 Sith in his holy name we truft, 
 
 our heart fhall joyful be. 
 
 22 Lord, let thy mercy be on us, 
 
 as we do hope in thee. 
 
 P S A L M XXXIV. 
 
 This pfalm was penned upon a particular occafion, as appears 
 by the title, and yet there is iittle in it peculiar to that oc- 
 cafion, hut that which is general, both by way of thankf- 
 giving to God, and lnftru&ion to us. (i.) He praifeth God 
 for the experience which he and others had had of his good- 
 nefs. veri'.i. — 6. (3.) He encourageth all good people to 
 trufr in God, and to feek to him, verf. 7. — 10. (3.) He 
 gives good eounfel to us all, as unto children, to take heed 
 of fin, afcd to make conscience of our duty both to God and 
 man, verf. 11.-— 14. (4.) To enforce this good eounfel, 
 he fl\ews God's favour to the righteous, and his difpleafure 
 again!! the wicked, in which he lets before us good and evil, 
 the blctung and the curie, verf. 15. to 22. So that in find- 
 ing this pfalm, we are both to give glory to God, and to 
 teach and admoniih ourfelves and one another. 
 
 A pfalm of David, when he changed his benavinuf' before Abi- 
 melech : vho drove him away, and he departed. 
 
 GOD will I blefs all times : his praife 
 my mouth lhall ftill exprefs. 
 2 My foul lhall boaft in God : the meek 
 fhall hear with joyfulnefs. 
 
 3 Extol 
 
PSALM XXXIV. 79 
 
 3 Extol the Lord with me, let us 
 
 exalt his name together. 
 
 4 I fought the Lord, he heard, and did 
 
 me from all fears deliver. 
 
 5 They look'd to him, and lightned were: 
 
 not fhamed were their faces. 
 
 6 This poor man cry 5 d, God heard, and 
 
 him from all his diftrefles. (fav'd 
 
 7 The angel of the Lord encamps, 
 
 and round encompaffeth 
 All thofe about that do him fear, 
 and them delivereth. 
 
 8 O tafte and fee that God is good : 
 
 who trufts in him is blefs'd. 
 
 9 Fear God, his faints: none that him fear 
 
 fhall be with want opprefs'd. 
 io The lions young may hungry be, 
 and they may lack their food: 
 But they that truly feek the Lord* 
 fhall not lack any good. 
 
 1 1 O children, hither do ye come, 
 
 and unto me give ear: 
 I fhall you teach to underftand 
 how ye the Lord fhould fear. 
 
 12 What man is he that life defires, 
 
 to fee good would live long? 
 
 13 Thy lips refrain fromfpeaking guile 
 
 and from ill words thy tongue. 
 
 j ; Depart 
 
So P S J L M XXXIV. 
 
 14 Depart from ill, do good,feek peace, 
 
 purfue it eamefily. 
 
 15 Gcd's eyes are on the juft; his ears 
 
 are open to their cry. 
 
 16 The face of God is let againft 
 
 thofe that do wickedly, 
 That he may quite out from the earth 
 
 cut off their memory. 
 1 7 The righteous cry unto the Lord, 
 
 he unto them gives ear; 
 And they out of their troubles all, 
 
 by him deliv'rcd arc. 
 iS The Lord is ever nigh to them 
 
 that be 01 broken fp'rit : 
 To them he fafety doth afford, 
 
 that are in heart contrite. 
 
 19 The troubles that affiid the juft, 
 
 in number many be: 
 But yet at length cut of them all 
 the Lord doth let 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. 
 
 21 111 fhall the wicked flay: laid wafle 
 
 fhall be, who hate the juft. 
 
 22 The Lord redeems his fervants fouls: 
 
 none rerifh that him tru 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM XXXV. St 
 
 David in this pfalm appeals to the righteous Judge of heaven 
 and earth, againfthis enemies that hatedandpcrfecuted him. 
 It isfuppofed that Saul and his party are the perfons he 
 means, for with them he had the greateft (buggies. (i.)He 
 complains to God of the injuries they did him : t.hey drove 
 with him, fought againft him, verf. i. persecuted him,verf. 
 3. fought his ruin, verf. 4. 7. a ecu fed him Falfely, verf. ir 
 abuied him bafdy, verf. 15. 16. and all his friends, verf, 
 20. and triumphed over him, verf. 21. 25. 26. (2.) He 
 pleads his own innocency, that he never gave them any pro- 
 vocation, verf. 7. 19.; but, on the contrary, had ftudied to 
 oblige them, verf. 12. 13. 14, (3) He prays to God to 
 protect and deliver him, and appear for him, verf. 1. 2. ; to 
 comfort him, verf. 3 ; to be nigh to him, and refcue him, 
 verf. 17. 22. ; to plead his caufe, verf 23. 24.; to defeat all 
 the deligns of his enemies againfl him, verf. 3. 4.; and to 
 difappoint their expectations of his fall, verf. 19. 25. 26.; 
 and, lalrly, to countenance all his friends, and encourage 
 them, verf. 27. (4.) He prophefies the dcftruclion of his 
 perfecutors, verf. 4. 5. 6. 8. (5.) Ke promifeth himfelf 
 that he mall yet fee better days, verf. 9. 10. ; and promifeth 
 God that he will then attend him with his praifes verf. 18. 
 28. In fmeing this pfalm and praying it over, we mult 
 take heed of applying it to any little peevifh quarrels and 
 enmities of our own, and of exprefTing by it any uncharita- 
 ble revengeful refentment of injuries done to us for Chrifl 
 has taught us to forgive our enemies, and not to pray 2gain(l 
 thern, but to pray for them, as he did But, 1. We may 
 comfort ourfelves jwiih the telHmony of our ccnfciences, 
 concerning our innocency, with reference to thofe that are 
 ^py way injurious to us, and with hopes that God will in 
 his own way and time right us, and in the ajean time flip- 
 port us, 2. We ought to apply it to the public enemies of 
 Chrifl: and hiskingdom, typified by David and hiskingdom, 
 to r^fent the indignities done to Chrifl's honour, to pray- 
 to God to plead the juit and injured caufe of Chriftianity, 
 and ferious godlinefs, and to believe that God will in due 
 time glorify his own name in the ruin of all the irreconci- 
 leable enemies of his church, that will not repent to give 
 him glory. 
 
 A pfahi: of David. 
 
 Ple a d, Lord, with thofe that plead, and 
 with thofe that fight with me', (fight 
 2 Of fhield and buckler take thou hold, 
 ftand up mine help to be. 
 
 F 3 Draw 
 
Sz P S A L M XXXV. 
 
 3 Draw alfo out the fpear, and do 
 
 againft them Hop the way, 
 That me purfue: unto my foul, 
 Fin thy falvation, fay. 
 
 4 Let them confounded be, andfham'd, 
 
 that for my foul have fought : 
 Who plot my hurt, turn'd back be they, 
 and to confufion brought. 
 
 5 Let them be like unto the chaff 
 
 that flies before the wind : 
 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. 
 y 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 
 deftrudion let him fall. 
 
 9 My foul in God fhall joy; and glad 
 
 in his falvation be. 
 i o And all my bones fhall fay, O Lord, 
 who is like unto thee, 
 
 Which 
 
P S A L M XXXV. 8 3 
 
 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 ? 
 
 1 1 Falfe witneffes rofe ; to my charge 
 
 things I not knew they laid. 
 
 12 They, to the fpoiling of my foul, 
 
 me ill for good repaid. 
 
 13 But as for me, when they were fick, 
 
 in fackcloth fad I mourn'd: 
 My humbled foul did faft, my pray 'r 
 into my bofom turn'cl. 
 
 14 Myfelf I did behave, as he 
 
 had been my friend or brother : 
 I heavily bow'd down, as one 
 
 that mourneth for his mother. 
 I j But in my trouble they rejoic'd, 
 
 gathering themielves together : 
 Yea, abjeds vile together did 
 
 themielves againil: me gather; 
 I knew it not, they did me tear, 
 
 and quiet would not be. 
 16 With mocking hypocrites at feaits, 
 
 they gnafh'd their teeth at me. 
 1 7H0W long,Lord, look'it thou on? from 
 
 deftruftions they intend (thofe 
 Refcue my foul, from lions young 
 
 my darling fo defend. 
 
 F2 isiwiir 
 
P S A L M XXXV. 
 
 1 8 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, 
 
 within tfe' afiembly great: 
 An d, where much people gath'red are, 
 thy praiics forth will let. 
 
 1 9 Let not my wrongful enemies 
 
 proudly rejoice o'er me: 
 Nor who hate me without a caufe, 
 let them wink with the eve. 
 
 20 For peace they do not fpeak at all, 
 
 but crafty plots prepare 
 Againit all thofe within the land 
 that meek and quiet are. 
 2 1 With mouth fet wide, they 'gainft me 
 Ha, ha, our eye doth fee. (faid. 
 
 22 Lord, thou haft feen, hold not thy 
 
 Lord, be not far from me. (peace : 
 
 23 Sti r up thy felf; wake, that thou mayft 
 
 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 righteoufneis ; 
 And let them not their joy 'gainft me 
 triumphantly exprel's. 
 
 25 Nor let them lay within their hearts 
 
 Ah, we would have it thus : 
 Nor fuffer them to lay, that he 
 is iwallow'd up by us. 
 
 26 Sham'd 
 
P S A L M XXXVL cS* 
 
 26 Sham'd and confounded t;e they all 
 that at my hurt are glad : 
 Let thofe againft me that do boaft, 
 with fhame and fcorn be clad. 
 2 7Let them that love my righteous caufe, 
 be glad, fhout, and not ceafe 
 To fay, The Lord be magnify'd, 
 who loves his fervant's peace. 
 28 Thy righteoufnefs fhall alfo be 
 declared by my tongue; 
 The praifes that belong to thee, 
 fpeak fhall it all day long. 
 
 P S A L M XXXVL 
 
 It is uncertain when, and upon what occafiin, David penned 
 this pfalm, probably, when he was ftruck at. either by 
 Saul, or by Abfalom ; for in it he complains of the malice 
 of his enemies againfr him, but triumphs in the £*uxlnefs of 
 God to him. We are here led to condder, and it will do us 
 good to confider ferioufiy. (1 ) The fin fulnefs of f:n, and 
 how miichievous it is, verf I. — 4. (2.) The goodnefs of 
 God, and how gracious he is, I. To all his creatures in ge- 
 neral, verf 5. 6. 2. To his own people in a fpecial man- 
 ner, verf. 7. 8. 9. With which the plalmifi is encouraged 
 to pray for all the taints, verf. 10 ; for himfelf in particu- 
 lar, and his own prefervation, verf. 11. ; and to triumph 
 in the certain fall of his enemies, verf. 12. Tf in tinging 
 this pfaim. our hearts be duly affected with the hatred of 
 fin, and fatisfaction in God's loving-kindnefs, we fing it 
 with grace and underflanding. 
 
 To the chief rcufieian, ^j5/tf/;« of David, thefervantoftheLoru. 
 
 THE wicked man's tranfgreffion 
 within my heart thus fa) T s, 
 Undoubtedly the fear of God 
 is not before his eyes. 
 
 2 Becaufe 
 
86 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 2 Becaufe himfelf he flattereth 
 
 in his own blinded eye, 
 Until the hatefulnefs be found 
 of his iniquity. 
 
 3 Words from his mouth proceeding, are 
 
 fraud and iniquity: 
 He to be wife, and to do good, 
 hath left off utterly. 
 
 4 He mifchief, lying on his bed, 
 
 mod cunningly doth plot, 
 He fets himfelf in w r ays not good; 
 ill he abhorreth not. 
 
 5 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heav'ns; 
 
 thy truth doth reach the clouds. 
 
 6 Thy juftice is like mountains great; 
 
 thy judgments deep as floods: 
 Lord, thou preferveft man and beaft. 
 j How precious is thy grace ! 
 Therefore in fhadow of thy wings 
 mens fons their truft fhall place. 
 
 8 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 fhall fee. 
 
 io Thy 
 
P S A L M XXXVL 87 
 
 10 Thy loving-kindnefs imto them 
 
 continue that thee know; 
 And fiill on men upright in heart 
 thy righteoufneis bellow. 
 
 1 1 Let not the foot of cruel pride 
 
 come and againft me (land : 
 And let me not removed be, 
 Lord, bv the wicked's hand. 
 
 12 There fall'n are they, and ruined, 
 
 that work iniquities : 
 Caft down they are and never fhall 
 be able to arile. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIL 
 
 This plain? is a ilrmon, and an excellent uieful fermcjn, it is 
 calculated not (as mo(l of the p&lms] for onr devotion, but 
 for our converlation; there is noticing in it of prayer or 
 praife, but it is all inftrudion; it is Mafchil, a tea 
 pfalm ; it is an exposition of fome of the hardeft chapters in 
 the book of providence, the advancement cf the v 
 and the difgrace of the righteous, a iolution of the .' 
 ties that arife thereupon, and an exhortation to carry our- 
 selves as becomes us, under fuch dark difpenfatibus. The 
 
 ries 
 
 work of the prophets [and David was Oi - 
 the law. now the law of Mofes had promifed tern;,.,. 
 fingi to the obedient, and denounced temporal ttiferie 
 againft the difobedient, which principally referred to tht_ 
 body of the people, the nation as a nation, for when they 
 came to be applied to particular perfons, many in (lances oc- 
 curred of Tinners in prosperity, and faints in adverfity; to 
 reconcile thofe iu (lances with the word that God bad fpoken, 
 is the icope of the prophet in this plaim. In which, : 
 forbids us to fret at the profpciity of the wick 
 wicked ways, verf. 1. 7. 8. d rea- 
 
 fo ns wiry we mould not = fcan- 
 
 :.c:er of the ' f. la. 14. I 
 
 with ftan ding their p roi p e r i ty : a n d : 
 of the righje>»sj veri". : 
 deftri;. 
 
88 P S A L M XXXVII. 
 
 2. 9. 10. 20. 35. 36. 38.; and the falvation and protecti- 
 on which the righteous are furc of, from ail the malicious 
 defigns of the wicked, verf. 13. 15. 17. 28. 33. 39. 40. 
 
 3. Becaufeof the particular mercy God has in (tore for all 
 good people, and the favour he (hews them, verf. II. 16. 
 18. 19. 22. 23. 24. 25. 28. 29. 37. (3.) He prefcribes 
 very g^od remedies acainft this fin of envying the profpei ity 
 cf the wicked, and great encouragement to ufc thofe reme- 
 dies, verf, 3. 4. 5. 6. 27. 34. In finging this pfalm, we 
 mud teach and admonifh cne another rightly to underftand 
 the providence of God, and to accommodate our fie Ives to it; 
 at all times carefully to do our duty, and then patiently to 
 Jeave the event with God, and to believe that how black 
 focver things may look for the prefent, it fha.ll be well with 
 them that fear God, that fear before him. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 'OR 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 fhall they; 
 And, like the green and tender herb, 
 they wither fhall away. 
 
 3 Set thou thy truft upon the Lord, 
 
 and be thou doing good; 
 And fo thou in the land fhalt dwell, 
 and verily have food. 
 
 4 Delight thyfelf in God, he'll give 
 
 thine heart's defire to thee. 
 
 5 Thy way to God commit; him truft, 
 
 it bring to pafs fhall he. 
 
 6 And, like unto the light, he fhall 
 
 thy righteoufnefs difplay, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 89 
 And he thy judgment (hall 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 wrath 
 
 fee thou forfake alio : 
 Fret not thyfelf in any wife, 
 that evil thou fhouldft do. 
 
 9 For thofe that evil-doers are, 
 
 fhall be cut off and fall : 
 But thofe that wait upon the Lord, 
 the earth inherit fhall. 
 
 10 For yet a little while, and then 
 
 the wicked fhall not be: 
 His place thou (halt eonfider well, 
 but it thou fhalt not fee. 
 
 1 1 But, by inheritance, the earth 
 
 the meek ones fhall pofiefs: 
 They aifo fhall delight themfelves 
 in an abundant peace. 
 
 12 The wicked plots againft the juft, 
 
 and at him whets his teeth. 
 
 13 The Lord fhall laugh at him,becaufe 
 
 his day he coming feeth. 
 l4The wicked have drawn out the fword, 
 and bent their bow, to flay 
 
 The 
 
9 o P S A L M XXXVII. 
 
 The poor and needy, and to kill 
 men of an upright way. 
 
 1 5 Rut their own i word, which they have 
 
 fhall enter their own heart ; (drawn, 
 
 Their hows which they have bent, fhall 
 
 and into pieces part. (break, 
 
 1 6 A little that a jufl man hath, 
 
 is more, and better far, 
 Than is the wealth of many fuch 
 as lewd and wicked are. 
 
 17 For finners arms fhall broken be; 
 
 but God the jufl fuftains. 
 
 1 8 God knows the jufl: man's days; and 
 
 their heritage remains. (ftill 
 
 i Cj They fhall not be afham'd, when they 
 the evil time do fee; 
 And when the days of famine are, 
 they fatisfy'd fhall be. 
 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, 
 as fat of lambs decay; 
 They fhall confume, yea, into fmoak 
 they fhall confume away. 
 2i The wicked borrows, but the fame 
 again he doth not pay; 
 Whereas the righteous mercy fhows 
 and gives his own away. 
 2 2 For fuch as blefled be of him, 
 the earth inherit fhall; 
 
 And 
 
P S A L M XXXVII. 91 
 
 And they that curfcd are cf him, 
 fhall be deftroyed all. 
 
 23 A good man's footfteps by the Lord 
 
 are ordered aright: 
 And in the wav w herein he walks, 
 he greatly doth delight. 
 
 24 Although he fall, yet fhall he not 
 
 be caft down utterly: 
 Becaufe the Lord with his own hand 
 upholds him mightily. 
 
 25 I have beenyoung, and now am old; 
 
 yet have I never feen 
 The juft man left, nor that his feed 
 for bread have beggars been. 
 
 26 He's ever merciful, and lends: 
 
 his feed is blefs'd therefore. 
 
 27 Depart from evil, and do good: 
 
 and dwell for evermore. 
 2 8For God loves judgment,and his faints 
 leaves not in any cafe; 
 They are kept ever : but cut off 
 fhall be the finner's race. 
 
 29 The juft inherit fhall the land, 
 
 and ever in it dwell. (fpeak: 
 
 30 The juft man's mouth doth wifdorn 
 
 his tongue doth judgment tell. 
 
 31 In's heart the law is of his God, 
 
 his fteps Hide not away, 
 
 32 The 
 
9 2 P S A L M XXXVIL 
 
 32 The wicked man doth watch the juft 
 
 and fccketh him to flay. 
 2$ Yet him the Lord will not forfake, 
 
 nor leave him in his hands; 
 The righteous will he not condemn, 
 
 when he in judgment ftands. 
 34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way 
 
 and thee exalt fhall he, 
 Th* earth to inherit: when cut off 
 
 the wicked thou fhalt fee. 
 3$ I faw the wicked great in pow'r, 
 
 fpread like a green bay-tree. 
 3 6 He pafs'd, yea, was not : him I fought, 
 
 but found he could not be. 
 
 37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold 
 
 the man of uprightnefs : 
 Eccaufe that farely of this man 
 the latter end is peace. 
 
 38 But thofe men that tranfgreffors arc 
 
 fhall be deftroy'd together, 
 The latter end of wicked men 
 fhall be cut off for ever. 
 ^9 But the falvation of the juft 
 is from the Lord above; 
 He, in the time of their diftrefs, 
 their ftay and ftrength doth prove. 
 40 TheLord fhall help, and them deliver: 
 he fhall them free and fave 
 
 From 
 
PSALM XXXVIII. 93 
 
 From wicked men, becaufe in him 
 their confidence they have. 
 
 P S A L M XXXVIII. 
 
 This is one of the penitential pfalms; it is fall of grief And 
 
 complaint from the beginning to the end: David's fins and 
 his afflictions are the came of his grief, ana the matter of 
 his complaints. It mould Teem he fcras now lick, and in 
 pain, which minaed him of his fins, and helped to humble 
 him for them; he was at the fame time defcrted by his 
 friends, and perfecuted by his enemies ; fo that the pfalm is 
 calculated for the depth of dirt refs, and a complication of 
 calamities. He complains, (I.) Of God's difpleafure, and 
 of his own fin, which provoked God againft him, verf. I, — 5. 
 (2.) Of his bodily ficknefs, verf. 6. — 10. (3 ) Of theun- 
 kindnefs of his friends, verf. II. (4.) Of the injuries which 
 his enemies did him, pleading his good carriage towards 
 them, yet confefling his fins againit God, verf. I2\ to 20. 
 Laftly, Heconcludesthe plalm withearneii prayers to God, 
 for his gracious prefence and help, ver-£ il. 22. In iinging' 
 this pfalm, we ought to be much affected with the maligni- 
 ty of fin ; and if we have not fuch troubles as arc here de- 
 fcribed, we know not how foon we may have, aud therefore 
 muft fingofthem byway of preparation ; and we know 
 that others have them, and therefore we mult ling of them 
 by way of fympathy. 
 
 A pfalm of David to bring to remembrance, 
 
 IN thy great indignation, 
 O Lord, rebuke me not; 
 Nor on me lay thy chaining hand 
 in thy difpleafure hot. 
 
 2 For in me faft thine arrows Hick, 
 
 thine hand doth prefs me fore. 
 
 3 And in my flefh there is no health 
 
 nor foundnefs any more. 
 This grief I have, becaufe thy wrath 
 is forth againft me gone; 
 
 And 
 
94 P S A L M XXXVIII. 
 
 And in my bones there is no reft, 
 for fin that I have done. 
 
 4 Becaufe gone up above mine head 
 
 my great tranfgreffions be; 
 And, as a weighty burden, they 
 too heavy are for me. 
 
 5 My wounds do (link, 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 loins with pain, 
 That in my weak and wearv flefh 
 no fbundnefs doth remain. 
 
 8 So feeble and infirm am I, 
 
 and broken am fo fore; 
 That, through difquiet of my heart, 
 I have been made to roar. 
 
 9 O Lord, all that I do defire, 
 
 is ftill before thine eye: 
 And of my heart the fecret groans 
 not hidden are from thee, 
 io My heart doth pant inceffantly, 
 my Itren^th doth quite decay: 
 As for mine eyes, their wonted light 
 is from me gone away. 
 1 1 My lovers and my friends do ftand 
 at diftance from mv fore: 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XXXVIII. 95 
 
 And thofe do ftand aloof that were 
 kinfmen, and kind before. 
 
 1 2 Yea, they that feek my life, lay ihares: 
 
 who feek to do me wrong, 
 Speak things mifchievous, and deceits 
 imagine all day long. 
 
 13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not, 
 
 I fuffer'd all to pais : 
 I as a dumb man did become, 
 whofe mouth not op'ned was. 
 
 1 4 As one that hears not, in whofe mouth 
 
 are no reproofs at all. 
 
 15 For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God, 
 
 thou'lt hear me when I call. 
 
 1 6 For 1 faid, Hear me, left they iliould 
 
 rejoice o'er me with pride : 
 And o'er me magnify themfelves, 
 when as my foot doth Aide. 
 
 17 For I am near to halt, my grief 
 
 is ftill before mine eye. 
 
 18 For I'll declare my fin; and grieve 
 
 for mine iniquity. 
 
 19 But yet mine en'mies lively are, 
 
 and ftrong are they befide; 
 And they that hate me wrongfully, 
 are greatly multiply 'd. 
 
 20 And they for good that render 113, 
 
 as en'mies mc withftood: 
 
 Vr 
 
9 6 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 Yea, ev'n for this, bccaufe that I 
 do follow what is good. 
 
 2 1 Forfake me not, O Lord : my God, 
 
 far from me never be. 
 
 22 O Lord, thou my falvation art, 
 
 hafte to give help to me. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 David feems to have been in a great tofs when he penned this 
 pfalm, and upon fome account or other very uneafy; for it 
 is with fome difficulty that he conquers his paflion, and 
 cooipofbth lis fpirit to take that good counfel himfelf which 
 he had given to others, Pfal. xxxvii. to ' reft in the Lord,* 
 and wait patently for him, without fretting; for it is eafier 
 to i^ivc the goccl advice, than to give the good example of 
 qoietnefs under affliction. What was the particular trouble 
 which gaveoccallcn for the conflict David was now in, doth 
 not appear. Perhaps it was the'dtath of fome dear friend 
 or relation that was the trial of his patience, and that fug- 
 ged ed to him thefe meditations of mortality; and at the 
 fame time it Ihould feem to be himfelf was weak and ill, and 
 under foine prevailing diftemper. His enemies, Iikewife, 
 were feeking advantages againit him, and watched for his 
 halting, that they might have (omething to reproach him 
 for; thus aggrieved, (I.) He relates the ftruggle that was 
 in his brealt between grace and corruption, between pafflon ■ 
 and patience, xerl. I. %. 3. {%.) He meditates upon the 
 doctrine or man's frailty and mortality, and prays to God 
 to it.liruc't him in it, verf. 4. 5. 6. (3.) He applies himfelf 
 to God for the pardon of his (ins, the removtal of his afflic- 
 tion, and lengtheneing cut of his life, till he was ready for 
 ., vetf. 7. — 13. This is a funeral pfalm, and very 
 proper for the occafion. In fmging of it, we ihould get our 
 . doly tttcded with the brevity, uncertainty, and cala- 
 mitous (late ofluiman life; and thofe on whofe comforts 
 God has by death made breaches, will find this pfalm of 
 great ufe to them, in orr'er to their obtaining what we ought 
 to aim much at, under inch affliction, which is to get it 
 fandtificd to us for olt ipiritual benefit, and to get cur 
 :o the holy will of God in it. 
 
 To 
 
PSALM XXXIX. 97 
 
 To the chief mufician, fven to Jeduthun, A pfalm of David. 
 
 ISaid, I will look to my ways, 
 left with my tongue I fin : 
 In fight of wicked men, my mouth 
 with bridle I'll keep in. 
 
 2 With filence 1 as dumb became, 
 
 I did myfelf reftrain 
 From fpeaking good; but then the more 
 increafed was my pain. 
 
 3 My heart within me waxed hot, 
 
 and while I mufing was, 
 The fire did burn: and from my tongue 
 thefe words I did let pafs. 
 
 4 Mine end, and meafure of my days, 
 
 O Lord, unto me fhow 
 What is the fame; that I thereby 
 my frailty well may know. 
 
 5 Lo, thou my days an hand-breadth 
 
 mine age is in thine eye (mad'ft, 
 As nothing : fure, each man at beft 
 is wholly vanity. 
 
 6 Sure, each man walks in a vain fhow, 
 
 they vex themfelves in vain : 
 He heaps up wealth, and doth not know 
 to whom it fhall pertain. 
 
 7 And now, O Lord, what wait I for ? 
 
 my hope is fix'd on thee. 
 
 G 8 Free 
 
98 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 8 Free me from all my trefpafles, 
 
 the fool's fcorn make not me. 
 
 9 Dumb was I, opening not my mouth, 
 
 becaufe this work was thine. 
 
 I o Thy ftroke take from me: by the blow 
 
 of thine hand I do pine. 
 
 I I When with rebukes thou doft correct 
 
 man for iniquity, 
 Thou waft'ft his beauty like a moth: 
 fure each man's vanity. 
 
 1 2 Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears, 
 
 and pray'rs not filent be : 
 I fojourn as my fathers all, 
 And ftranger am with thee. 
 
 1 3 O fpare thou me, that I my ftrength 
 
 recover may again, 
 Before from hence I do depart, 
 and here no more remain. 
 
 PSALM XL. 
 
 It mould feem David penned this pfalra upon occafion of his 
 
 deliverance, by the power and goo<lnefs of God, from fome 
 
 and preffing trouble, by which he was in danger of 
 
 ; overwhelmed: probably it was fome trouble of mind, 
 
 ife cf fia; and bf God's difpieaiure againft 
 
 .vcritwas, the fame Sph it that indited 
 
 for that (iejlverance, was in him at the fame tunc 
 
 a :;:.:,:,;- p y, tefttfyiftg oft!:- ri of Chrift, 
 
 .and tile glory that fhqnld follow; -re, he 
 
 f ChriiVs undertaking, and the difcharge 
 that mull bcapi " 
 
 cnty; - : ' - lovv rar tne primes * nat ! 
 
 . and the pi\.- 
 
 lied to hirii, it 
 
 that mujft be applie<Lt» Chnft 
 cn jy; ihc praifes that here co before 
 
 i that follow, may 
 
 .._i, it will be worth 
 
 while tc coulidcr, In thi^pfi 1$ God's 
 
P S A L M XL. 99 
 
 Favour to him, in delivering him out of his deep diftrefs, 
 with thankfulnefs to his praife, verf. I.— 5. (z.) Thence 
 he takes occafion to fpeak of the work of our redemption 
 by Chrift, verf. 6. 10. (3.) That gives him encouragement 
 to pray to God for mercy and grace, both for himfelf and 
 for his friends, verf. II. — 17. If in fihging this pfalm we 
 mix faith v;ith the prophefy of Chrilr, and join in fir.cerity 
 with the praifes and prayers here offered up, we make me- 
 lody with onr hearts to tie Lord. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 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 fhall fee it, and fhall fear, 
 and on the Lord rely. 
 
 4 O blefled is the man whofe truft 
 
 upon the Lord relies; 
 Refpetting 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 tous-ward far 
 
 above all thoughts are gone: 
 I ft order none can reckon them 
 
 to thee ; if them declare, 
 
 2 And 
 
ioo P S A L M XL. 
 
 And fpeak of them I would, they more 
 than can be numb'red are. 
 
 6 No facrifice nor offering 
 
 didft thou at all defire, 
 Mine ears thou bor'd:fin-ofPring thou, 
 and burnt, didft not require. 
 
 7 Then to the Lord thefe were my words, 
 
 I come, behold and fee: 
 Within the volume of thy book 
 it written is of me: 
 
 8 To do thy will I take delight, 
 
 thou my God that art : 
 Yea, that moft holy law of thine 
 
 1 have within my heart. 
 
 9 Within the congregation great 
 
 I righteoufnefs did preach : 
 Lo, thou doft know, O Lord, that I 
 refrained not my fpeech. 
 io I never did within my heart 
 conceal thy righteoufnefs : 
 I thy falvation have declared, 
 and fhown thy faithfulnefs : 
 Thy kindnefs which moft loving is, 
 
 concealed have not I, 
 Nor from the congregation great 
 have hid thy verity. 
 1 1 Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me 
 O do thou not reftrain: 
 
 Thy 
 
PSALM XL. ioi 
 
 Thy loving-kindnefs and thy truth, 
 let them me ftill maintain. 
 
 12 For ills part reck'ning compafs me, 
 
 and mine iniquities 
 Such hold upon me taken have, 
 I cannot lift mine eyes: 
 7 v. than hairs are on mine head; 
 
 thence is my heart difmay'd. 
 
 13 Be pieafed, Lord, to refcue me:i 
 
 Lord haften 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 wifti me ill. 
 
 15 For a reward of this their fhame, 
 
 confounded let them be, 
 That in this manner fcoffing fay, 
 Aha, aha, to me. 
 
 16 In thee let all be glad and joy, 
 
 who feeking thee abide: 
 Who thy falvation love, fay ftill, 
 The Lord be magnify'd. 
 
 17 I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord 
 
 of me a care doth take : 
 Thou art my help and Saviour, 
 my God, no tarrying make, 
 
 PSALM 
 
102 PSALM XLI. 
 
 God's kindnefs and truth have often been the fupport and 
 comfort of the faints, when they have had moft experience 
 of mens unkindnefs and treachery ; David here found them 
 lb upon a fick-hed, when he found his enemies very barba- 
 rous, hut his God very gracious, (i.) He here comforts 
 himfelf in his communion with God under his fickncfs, by 
 faith receiving and laying hold of God's promifes to him, 
 verf. I. 2. 3.; and lifting up his heart in prayer to God, 
 verf. 4. (^.) He here represents the malice of his enemies 
 againft him, their malicious cenfures of him, their fpiteful 
 reflections upon him, and their infolent carriage towards 
 him, verf. 5. — 9. (3.) He leaves his eafe with God, not 
 doubting but that he would own and favour him, verf. 10. 
 II. ; and fo the pfalm concludes with a doxology, verf. 13. 
 3s any afflicted with ficknefs ? let him fing the beginning of 
 the pfalm : Is any perfecuted by enemies, let him fing the 
 latter end of it: and we may any of us, in finging of it, 
 meditate upon both the calamities and comforts of good 
 people in this world. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 LESS ED 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, 
 
 on earth he blefs'd fhall live; 
 And to his enemies defire 
 thou wilt him not up give. 
 
 3 God will give ftrength, when he on bed 
 
 of languifhing doth mourn : 
 And in his ficknefs fore, O Lord, 
 thou all his bed wilt turn. 
 
 4 I faid, O Lord, do thou extend 
 
 thy mercy unto me: 
 O do thou heal my foul, for why, 
 I have offended thee. 
 
 5 Thofe 
 
PSALM XLI. 103 
 
 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, 
 
 'gainft me my hurt devife. 
 
 8 Mifchief, fay they, cleaves fait to him; 
 
 he ly'th, 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 
 againft me lifted high. 
 
 10 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 I know that certainly 
 
 I favoured am by thee : 
 
 Becaufe my hateful enemy 
 
 triumphs not over me. 
 
 1 2 But as for me, thou me uphold'ft 
 
 in mine integrity : 
 And me before thy countenance 
 thou fett'ft continually. 
 
 13 lne 
 
io4 PSALM XLL 
 1 3 The Lord, the God of Iirael, 
 
 be blefs'd for ever then, 
 From age to age eternally. 
 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
 PSALM XLIL 
 
 If the book of pfaJms be, as fome have (tiled it, a mirror or" 
 looking-glafs of pious and devout affections, this pfalm in 
 particular deferves as much as any one pfalm, to be fo in- 
 titled, and is as proper as any other to kindle and excite 
 fuch in us; gracious defires are here i'tiong and fervent: gra- 
 cious hopes and fears, joys and forrows, are here draggling, 
 but the pleafing paflion comes off a conqueror; or we may 
 take it for a conflict between fenfe and faith; fenfe 
 objecting, and faith anfwering, (i.) Faith begins 
 with holy defires towards God, and communion with 
 him, verf. I. 2. (2.) Senfe complains of the darknefs and 
 cloudinefs of the preient condition, aggravated by the re- 
 membrance of the former enjoyments, verf. 3. 4. (3.) 
 Faith filenceth the complaint with the affurance of a gnod 
 i flue at laft, verf. 5. (4) Senfe renews its complaints of 
 the prefent dark and melancholy ftate, verf. 6 7. (5.) Faith 
 holds up the heart notwithstanding, with liGpe that the day 
 will dawn, verf. 8. (5.) Senfe repeats its lamentations, 
 verf. 9. 10. and fjghs out the fame remonftrance it had 
 before made of its grievances. (7.) Faith gets the laft word, 
 verf. 11. for the filencing of the complaints of fenfe; and 
 though it be almoft the fame with that, verf. 5. yet now it 
 prevails and carries the day. The title doth not tell us who 
 was the penman of the pfalm, hut mod probably it was 
 David ; and we may conjecture it was penned by him at a 
 time when either by Saul's perfecution, or Abfalom's re- 
 bellion, he was driven from the fanctuary, and cut offfrom 
 the priviledge of waiting upon God in publick ordinances. 
 The ftrain of it is much the fame with Pfal. lxiii. and 
 therefore we way prefume it was penned by the fame hand, 
 and upon the fame, or a like occafion. In finging it, if we 
 be either in outward affliction, or inward diftrefs, we may 
 accommodate to ourfelves the melancholy expreffions we 
 find here; if not, we muft, in finging them, fympathize 
 with thofe, whofe cafe they fpeak too plainly, and thank 
 Cod it is notour own cafe; but thofe ?pallages in it, whicli 
 exprefs and excite holy defires towards God, and depen- 
 dence on him, we rnuft carneftly endeavour to bring our 
 minds up to. 
 
 To 
 
PSALM XLIL 105 
 
 To the chief mnfician, Mafchil w for the fons of Korah. 
 
 LI K E as the hart for water-brooks 
 in thirft 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 thirft:; when {hall I near 
 Unto thy countenance approach, 
 and in God's fight appear? 
 
 3 My tears have unto me been meat, 
 
 both in the night and day, 
 While unto me continually, 
 Where is thy God ? they fay. 
 
 4 My foul is poured out in me, 
 
 when this I think upon; 
 Eecaufe that with the multitude 
 
 I heretofore had gone : 
 With them into God's houfe I went, 
 
 with voice of joy and praife; 
 Yea, with the multitude that kept 
 
 the folemn holy days. 
 
 5 O why art thou caft down, my foul, 
 
 why in me fo difmay'd ? 
 Trufl God, for I fhall praife him yet, 
 his count'nance is mine aid. 
 
 6 My God, my foul's caft down in me: 
 
 thee therefore mind I will 
 
 From 
 
io6 PSALM XLIT. 
 
 From Jordan's land, the Hermonites, 
 and ev'n from Mizar hill. 
 
 7 At the noife of thy water-fpouts, 
 
 deep unto deep doth call : 
 Thy breaking waves pafs over me, 
 yea, and thy billows all. 
 
 8 Kis loving-kindnefs yet the Lord 
 
 command will in the day, 
 Kis fongs with me by night: to God, 
 by whom I live, I'll pray. 
 g And I will fay to God my Rock, 
 Why me forgett'ft thou fo ? 
 Why, for my foes opprefTion, 
 thus mourning do I go ? 
 
 10 'Tis as a fword within my bones, 
 
 when my foes me upbraid; 
 Ev'n when by them, Where is thyGod? 
 'tis daily to me faid. 
 
 1 1 O why art thou call down, my foul? 
 
 why, thus with grief oppreft, 
 Art thou difquieted in me ? 
 
 in God ftill hope and reft; 
 For yet I know I fhall him praife, 
 
 who gracioufly to me 
 The health is of my countenance, 
 
 yea, mine own Gcd is he. 
 
 PSALM 
 
PSALM XLIII. 107 
 
 This pfalm, it is likely, was penned upon the fame occafion 
 with the former, and having no title, may be looked upon as 
 an appendix to it ; the malady preient.lv Xf turning, he had 
 immediate recourie to the lame remeay, became he had en- 
 tered it in his book with a prohatmm eft upon it, The fecond 
 verfe of this pfalm Is almoil the very fame with the ninth 
 verfe of the foregoing pfalm, as the fifth of thus is exactly 
 the fame with the eleventh of chat. Chrift himfelf, who had 
 the Spirit without meafure, when there was occafion, pray- 
 ed a fecondand third time, * faying the fame words,' Matth. 
 xxvi. 44. In this pfalm, (1.) He appeals to God concern- 
 ing the injuries that were done him by his enemies, verf. I. 
 2. (2.) He prays to God to reftore to him the free enjoy- 
 ment of publick ordinances again, and promifcth to make 
 a good improvement of them, verf. 3. 4. (3 ) He endea- 
 vours to (till the tumult of his own fpirit, with a lively hope 
 and confidence in God, verf. 5. which if we labour after in 
 finging this pfalm, we fing with grace in our hearts. 
 
 JUdge me, O God, and plead my caufe 
 againft th' ungodly nation; 
 From the unjuft and crafty man, 
 O be thou my falvation. 
 
 2 For thou the God art of my ftrength ; 
 
 why thrufts thou me thee fro? 
 For th' enemies opprefnon, 
 why do I mourning go ? 
 
 3 O fend thy light forth, and thy truth; 
 
 let them be guides to me, 
 And bring me to thine holy hill, 
 ev'n where thy dwellings be. 
 
 4 Then will I to God's altar go y 
 
 to God my chiefeft joy; 
 Yea, God, my God, thy name to praife 
 my harp I will employ. 
 
 5 Why 
 
108 PSALM XLIII. 
 
 5 Why art thou then caft down, my foul? 
 
 what fhould difcourage thee? 
 And why with vexing thoughts art thou 
 difquieted in me? 
 Still truft in God, for him to praife 
 
 good caufe I yet fhall have ; 
 He of my countenance is the health, 
 my God that doth me fave. 
 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 We are not told either who was the penman of this pfaJm, or 
 when, and upon what occafion, it was penned; upon a me- 
 lancholy occafion we are fure, not fo much to the penman 
 himfelf. then we could have found occafions enough for it 
 in the hiftory of David and his afflictions, but to the church 
 of God ill general ; and therefore if we fuppofc it penned by 
 David, yet we muft attribute it purely to the Spirit of pro- 
 phefy, and muft conclude that that Spirit (whatever he had) 
 had in view the captivity of Babylon, or the fufferings of the 
 Jewifli church under Antiochus; or rather the afflicted (late 
 of the chriirian church, in its early days, to which, verf. 
 1%. is applied by the apoltle, Rom. viii. 36. and indeed 
 in all its days on earth, for it is its determined lot, that it 
 muft enter into the kingdom of heaven through many tri- 
 bulations. And if we have any gofpel-pfalms pointing at 
 the priviledges and comforts of Chrifrians, why mould we 
 Hot have one pointing at their trials and exercifes ? It is a 
 pfalm calculated for a day of falling and humiliation, upon 
 occafion of fome publick calamity, either prelTIng or threat- 
 ening. In it the church is taught, (1.) To own with thank- 
 fulnefs, to the glory of God, the great things God had done 
 for their fathers, verf. I. to 8. (2. ) To exhibit a memorial 
 cf their prefent calamitous (late, verf. 9. — 16. (3.) To file 
 a proteflation of their integrity and adherence to God not- 
 withdandfng, verf. 17. to 22. (4.) To ledge a petition at 
 the throne of grace for fuccour and relief, verf. 22. — 26. 
 In finging this pfalm, we ought to give God the praife of 
 what he has formerly done for his people, to reprefentour 
 own grievance^, or fympathize with thofe parts of the 
 church that are in difrrefs, to engage ouifelves, whatever 
 happens, to cleave to God and duty, and then cheerfully 
 to wait t h e event. 
 
 To 
 
PSALM XLIV. 109 
 
 To tbe chief mufician for the Tons of Korah, rvlafchil. 
 
 OGod, we with cur ears have heard, 
 our fathers have us told 
 What works thou in their days hadft 
 ev'n in the days of old. (done, 
 
 2 Thy hand did drive the heathen out, 
 
 and plant them in their place; 
 Thou didft afflict the nations, 
 but them thou didft increafe. 
 
 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. 
 
 4 Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord, 
 
 deliverances command. 
 
 5 Through thee we fhall pufh. down our 
 
 that do againft us ftand : (foes 
 
 We, through thy name, fhall tread down 
 
 that ris'n againft us have. (thofe 
 
 6 For in my bow I fhall not truft, 
 
 nor fhall my fword me fave. 
 
 7 But from our foes thou haft us favM, 
 
 our haters put to fhame. 
 
 8 In God we all the day do boaft, 
 
 and ever praife thy name. 
 
 9 But now we are caft off by thee* 
 
 and us thou putt-fl to lhame: 
 
 And 
 
no PSALM XLIV. 
 
 And when our armies do go forth, 
 thou go'ft not with the fame. 
 
 10 Thou mak'ft us from the enemy, 
 
 faint-hearted, to turn back : 
 And they who hate us, for themfelves 
 our fpoils away do take. 
 
 1 1 Like fheep for meat thou gaveft us: 
 
 'mong heathen caft we be. 
 
 1 2 Thou didft for nought thy people fell, 
 
 their price enrich'd not thee. 
 
 13 Thou mak'ft us a reproach to be 
 
 unto our neighbours near; 
 Derifion and a fcorn to them 
 that round about us are. 
 
 14 A by-word alfo thou doft us 
 
 among the heathen make : 
 The people, in contempt and fpite, 
 at us their heads do fhake. 
 
 15 Before me my confuiion 
 
 continually abides; 
 And of my bafhful countenance 
 the fhame me ever hides. 
 
 16 For voice of him that doth reproach 
 
 and fpeaketh blafphemy; 
 By reafon of th* avenging foe, 
 and cruel enemy. 
 
 17 All this is come on us; yet w r e 
 
 have not forgotten thee, 
 
 Nor 
 
PSALM XLIV. 1 1 1 
 
 Nor falfely in thy covenant 
 behav'd ourfelves have we. (turn'd, 
 
 1 8 Back from thy way our heart not 
 
 our fteps no ftraying made: (place, 
 
 19 Though us thou brak'il in dragons 
 
 and cover'dft with death's fhade. 
 
 20 If we God's name forgot, or firetch'd 
 
 to a ftrange god our hands: 
 
 21 Shall not God fearch this out? for he 
 
 heart's fecrets underfiands. 
 
 22 Yea, for thy fake we're kill'd all day, 
 
 counted as fiaughter-fheep. 
 
 23 Rife, Lord, call us not ever off; 
 
 awake, why do ft thou fleep ? 
 
 24 O wherefore hideft thou thy face? 
 
 forgett'ft our cafe diftrefs'd, 
 
 25 And our oppreffion? For our foul 
 
 is to the duft down prefs'd; 
 Our belly alio on the earth, 
 faft cleaving hold doth take. 
 
 26 Rife for our help, and us redeem, 
 
 ev'n for thy mercies fake. 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 This pfalm is an illuftnous prophefy of Me ffi ah the prince; it 
 is all over gofpel, and* points at him only as a bridegroom 
 cfpoufmg the church to himfelf, and as a king ruling in ir ? 
 and ruling for it : and it is probable our Sa-.inur has refer- 
 en.ee to this pfalm, when he compares £jk kingdom of hea- 
 ven more than once, to a nuptial folemmty , the fofemnity 
 of a royal nuptial, Mattr* xxii. 2. — xxv.L We have no 
 rtaiou to think it has any reference to Solomon Vm«rruge 
 
 *it* 
 
ii2 PSALM XLV. 
 
 with Pharaoh's daughter; if I thought it had reference to 
 any other than the myftica! marriage between Chrift and 
 his church, I would rainer apply it to fomeof David's mar- 
 riages, becaufe he was* a man of war, fuch a one as the 
 Bridegroom here is described to be winch golomM Hds not: 
 but 1 take it to be purely and only meant of Jefus Chrift; 
 of him fpeaketh th.e prophet this, of him, and of no other 
 man ; and to him, verf. 6. 7. is applied in the New Tefta- 
 ment, Heb. i. 8. nor can it be underftoodof any other. The 
 preface fpeaks the excelhncy of the fong, verf. 1. The pfalm 
 /peaks, (i.) Of the royal brilegroom, who is Chrift. I v 
 Thetranfcendant excellency of his perfen, verf. 2. 2. The 
 glory of his victories, verf. 3. 4. 5. 3. The righteoufnefs of 
 his government, verf. 6. 7. 4. The fplendor of his court, 
 verf. 8. 9. (%.) Of the royal bride, which is the church. 
 I. Her confent gained, verf. 10. n. 2. The nuptial fo- 
 lemnized, verf. 12. to 15. (3.) The iflue cf this marriage, 
 verf. 16. 17. In fingingthis pfalm, our hearts muft be fill- 
 ed with high thoughts of chril't, with an entire fubmifljon 
 to, and fatisfacrion in his government, and earned defire of 
 the enlarging and perpetuating of his church in the world, 
 
 To the chief roufician upon Shofi.annim, for the fons of Ko- 
 ran, Mafchil, A long of loves. 
 
 T\/T Y heart brings forth a goodly thing: 
 -*- -*- my works 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 ftor£ 
 Of grace infusM : God therefore thee 
 hath blefs'd for evermore, 
 
 3 O thou that art the mighty Orft, 
 
 thy fword gird on thy thigh : 
 Ev'n with thy glory excellent, 
 and with thy majefiy. 
 
 4 For meeknefs,truth, and righteoufnefs, 
 
 in ftate ride profpVoufly: 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XLV. n 5 
 
 And thy right hand fhall thee inftruft 
 in things that fearful be. 
 
 5 Thine arrows fharply pierce the hearts 
 
 of th' enmies of the King; 
 And under thy fubjeftion 
 the people down do bring. 
 
 6 For ever and for ever is, 
 
 O God, thy throne of might : 
 The fceptre of thy kingdom is 
 a fceptre that is right. 
 
 7 Thou lovelt right, and hateft ill : 
 
 for God, thy God moft high, 
 Above thy 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 palaces, 
 
 whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 Among thy women honourable, 
 
 kings daughters were at hand : 
 Upon thy right hand did the queen 
 in gold of Ophir ftand. 
 io O daughter, hearken and regard, 
 and do thine ear incline; 
 Likewife forget thy father's houfe, 
 and people that are thine. 
 1 1 Then of the King defir'd fhall be 
 thy beauty veh'mently: 
 
 H Becaufe 
 
ii 4 PSALM XLV. 
 
 Becaufe he is thy Lord, do thou 
 him worfhip reverently. 
 
 1 2 The daughter there of Tyre fhall be 
 
 with gifts and offerings great: 
 Thofe of the people that are rich, 
 thy favour fhall intreat. 
 
 1 3 Behold, the daughter of the King 
 
 all glorious is within j 
 And with embroideries of gold 
 her garments wrought have been. 
 
 14 She fhall be brought unto the King- 
 
 in robes with needle wrought: 
 Her fellow-virgins following, 
 fhall unto thee be brought. 
 
 15 They fhall be brought with gladnefs 
 
 and mirth on ev'ry fide, (great, 
 Into the palace of the King, 
 and there they fhall abide. 
 
 1 6 Inftead of thofe thy fathers dear, 
 
 thy children thou mayft take, 
 And in all places of the earth 
 them noble princes make. 
 
 1 7 Thy name rememb'red I will make, 
 
 through ages all to be : 
 The people therefore evermore 
 fhall praifes give to thee. 
 
 Antfhcr 
 
PSALM XLV. 115 
 
 Another of the fame. 
 
 MY heart inditing is 
 good matter in a fong : 
 I ipeak the things that I have made, 
 
 which to the King belong : 
 My tongue mall be as quick 
 
 his honour to indite. 
 As is the pen of ar.y fcribc 
 that uieth fa ft to write, 
 a Thou'rt faireft of all men. 
 
 grace in thy Jips doth flow: 
 And therefore bleffibgs evermore 
 on thee doth God bellow. 
 $ Thy fword gird en thy thigh, 
 thou that art moft of might; 
 Appear in dreadful majeity, 
 and in thy glory bright. 
 
 4 For meekneis, truth, and right, 
 
 ride proip'roully in ft ate : 
 And thy right hand ftiall teach to thee 
 things terrible and great. 
 
 5 Thy (bafts Ihail pierce their hearts 
 
 that foes are to the King, 
 Whereby into fubjeclion 
 
 the people thou ihalt bring, 
 
 6 Thy royal feat, O Lord, 
 
 for ever Hi all remain '. 
 The feeptre of thy kingdom doth 
 all righteouineis maintain. 
 
 7 Thou lov'ft right and hat'ft ill: 
 
 for God thy God molt high, 
 Above thy fellows hath with th' oil 
 
 of joy anointed thee. 
 S Of myrrh and ipices fweet. 
 
 a imell thy garments had? 
 Out of the iv'ry palaces 
 
 whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 And in thy glorious train, 
 
 kings daughters waiting (land: 
 
 And thy fair queen, in Opbir-gold* 
 
 doth ftand at thy right hand. 
 
 10 O daughter, take good heed, 
 
 incline, and give good ear: 
 Thou muft forget thy kindred all, 
 and father's houfe molt dear. 
 XI Thy beauty to the King 
 ihail then delightful be : 
 And do thou humbly worfhip him, 
 becaufc thy Lord is he. 
 
 Ha I* The 
 
 1 
 
n6 PSALM XLV. 
 
 *2 The daughter then of Tyre 
 there with a gift fhall be, 
 And all the wealthy of the land 
 fhalL make their fuit to thee. 
 13 The daughter of the King 
 all glorious is within; 
 And with embroideries of gold, 
 her garments wrought have bceiw 
 J4 She cometh to the King 
 
 10 robes with needle wrought : 
 The virgins that do follow her 
 (hall unto thee be brought. 
 15 They lhall be brought with joy,. 
 and mirth on ev'ry fide, 
 Into the palace of the King, 
 and there they fhall abide. 
 26 And in thy fathers (lead, 
 
 thy children thou mayft take, 
 And in all places of the earth, 
 them noble princes make. 
 17 I will (hew forth thy name 
 to generations all : 
 Therefore the people evermore 
 to thee give praifes fhall. 
 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 
 This pfalm encoungeth us to hope and truft in God, and hi* 
 power and providence, anil gracious prefence with his 
 church in the word of times, and directs us to give him the 
 glory of what he has done for us, and what he will do: 
 probably it was penned upon occafion of David's victories 
 over the neighbour nations, z. Sam. viii. and the reft which 
 God gave him from all his enemies round about. We are 
 here taught, (1.) To take comfort in God, when things 
 look very black and threatening, verf. I. — 5. (2.) To 
 mention to hispraife the great things he has wrought for 
 his church againft its enemies, verf. 6. — 9. (3.) To aiTnre 
 ourfeives, that God, who hath glorified his own name, will 
 glorify it yet again, and to comfort ourlelves with that, 
 verf, 10, 11. We may, in finging it, apply it either to our 
 fpirituaj enemies, and the encouragement we have to hope 
 that through Chrilt we (hail be more than conquerors over 
 them ; or to the publick enemies of ChrihVs kingdom in the 
 world, and their threatening infults, endeavouring to pre- 
 serve a holy fecurity and ferenity of mind, when they feem 
 moft formidable. It is faid of Luther, that when he heard 
 any difcouraging news, he would fay, Come, let us fing 
 the forty-fjxth pfalm. 
 
 T» 
 
PSALM XLVI. 117 
 
 To the chief mufician for the Tons of Korah, A fong upon. 
 Alamoth. 
 
 GOD is our refuge andourftrength, 
 in ftraits a prefent aid. 
 
 2 Therefore, although the earth remove, 
 
 we will not be afraid : 
 Though hills amidft the fea be caft. 
 
 3 Though waters roring make, 
 And troubled be ; yea, though the hills 
 
 by fwelling feas do fhake. 
 
 4 A river is, whofe ftreams do glad 
 
 the city of our God : 
 The holy place, wherein the Lord 
 moft High hath his abode. 
 
 5 God in the midft of her doth dwell; 
 
 nothing fhall her remove : 
 
 The Lord to her an helper will, 
 
 and that right early, prove. 
 
 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuoufly, 
 
 the kingdoms moved were: 
 
 The Lord God uttered his voice, 
 
 the earth did melt for fear. 
 
 7 The Lord of hofts upon our fide 
 
 doth conftantfy remain : 
 The God of Jacob's our refuge, 
 us fafely to maintain. (works 
 
 8 Come, and behold what wondrous 
 
 have by the Lord been wrought : 
 
 Come, 
 
n8 PSALM XLVL 
 
 Come, fee what defolations 
 
 he on the earth hath brought. 
 
 9 Unto the ends of all the earth 
 
 wars into peace he turns : 
 The bow he breaks, the fpear he cuts, 
 in fire the chariot burns, 
 
 10 Be ftill, and know that I am God; 
 
 among the heathen I 
 Will be exalted, I on earth 
 will be exalted high. 
 
 1 1 Our God, who is the Lord of hofts, 
 
 is ftill upon our fide: 
 The God of Jacob our refuge 
 for ever will abide. 
 
 PSALM XLVIL 
 
 The fcope of this pfalm is to ftir us up to praife God, to ftir 
 up all people to do it ; and, (i.) We are directed in what 
 manner to do it ; publicly, cheerfully, and intelligently, 
 verf. I. 6. 7. (2) We are furnifhed with matter for praife.' 
 I. God's majefty, verf. %. 2. His fovereign and univerfal 
 dominion, verf. 2. 7. 8. 9. 3. The great things he had 
 done, and would do for his people, verf. 3. 4. 5. many 
 fuppofe, that this pfalm was penned upon occafion of the 
 bringing up <*f the ark to mount Sion, which verf. 5. feems 
 to refer to; * God is gone up with a fhout : ' but it looks fur- 
 ther to the afcenfion of Chrift into the heavenly Sion, after 
 he had finilhtd his undertaking on e^rth, and toihefctting 
 up of his kingdom in the world, to which the heathen 
 inould become willing fubjetts. in Tinging this pfalm, we 
 are to give honour to the exalted redeemer, to rejoice in 
 his exaltation, and to celebrate hispraifes, confefllngthat he 
 is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 
 
 T« 
 
PSALM XLVII. n 9 
 
 To the chief raufician, A pfalm for thefonsof Xorah. 
 
 AL L people, clap your hands, to God 
 with voice of triumph fhout : 
 
 2 For dreadful is the Lord moft high ; 
 
 great King the earth throughout. 
 
 3 The heathen people under us 
 
 he furelv fhall fubdue, 
 And he fhall make the nations 
 under our feet to bow. 
 
 4 The lot of our inheritance 
 
 choofe out for us fhall he, 
 Of Jacob whom he loved well, 
 ev'n the excellency. 
 
 5 God is with fhouts gone up, the Lord 
 
 with trumpets founding high. 
 
 6 Sing praife to God, fing praife, fing 
 
 praife to our King fmg ye. (praife, 
 
 7 For God is King of all the earth, 
 
 with knowledge praife exprefs. 
 
 8 God rules the nations, God fits on 
 
 his throne of holinefs. 
 
 9 The princes of the people are 
 
 affembled willingly; 
 Ev'n of the God of Abraham 
 
 they who the people be. 
 For why ? the fhields that do defend 
 
 the earth, are only his: 
 They to the Lord belong ; yea, he 
 
 exalted greatly is. 
 
i2o PSALM XLVni. 
 
 This pfalm, as the two former, is a triumphant fong; fome 
 think it was penned on occafion of Jehofhaphat's victory, 
 % Chron. xx; others, of tlie rout given to Sennacherib, 
 when his army laid fiege to Jerufalern in Hezekiah's time; 
 but, for ought I know, it might be penned by David, upon 
 occafion of lbme eminent victory obtained in his time ; yet 
 not fo calculated for that, but that it might ferveany other 
 the like occafion in after times, and be applicable alfo to 
 the glories of the gofpel-church, of which Jerufalern was a 
 type, efpecially when it mall come to be a church-trium- 
 phant, * the heavenly Jerufalern,' Heb. xii. 22. * the Je- 
 * rufaiem which is above,' Gal. iv. 26. Jerufalern. is here 
 praifed, (1.) For its relation to God, verf. I. 2. (2.) For 
 God's care of it, verf. 3. (3.) For the terror it ftrikes upon 
 3ts enemies, ver. 4. — 7, (4) For the pleafure it gives to its 
 • friends, who delight to think, 1. Of what God has done, 
 doth, and will do, forit, verf. 8. 2. Of the gracious dif- 
 coveries he makes of himfelf, in and for that holy city, 
 verf. 9. 10. 3. Of the effectual provifion which is made for 
 itsfafety, verf. II. 12. 13. 4. Of the afTurance we have 
 of the perpetuity of God's covenant with the children of 
 JSion, verf. 14. In flnging this pfalm, we mud be affected 
 with thepriviledge we have as members of thegofpel church, 
 and muft exprefs and excite our fincere good-will to all its 
 interefts. 
 
 A fong and pfalm for the fons of Korah. 
 
 GREAT is the Lord, and greatly he 
 is to be praifed ftill 
 Within the city of our God, 
 upon his holy hill. 
 
 2 Mount Sion Hands moft beautiful, 
 
 the joy of all the land ; 
 The city of the mighty King 
 on her north fide doth ftand. 
 
 3 The Lord within her palaces 
 
 is for a refuge known. 
 
 4 For lo, the kings that gathered were, 
 
 together by have gone. 
 
 5 But 
 
PSALM XL VIII. 121 
 
 5 But when they did behold the fame, 
 
 they wondering would not ftay: 
 But, being troubled at the Tight, 
 they thence did hafte away: 
 
 6 Great terror there took hold on them, 
 
 they were poffefs'd with fear, 
 Their grief came like a woman's pain, 
 when fhe a child doth bear. 
 
 7 Thou Tarfhifh {hips with eaft-wind 
 
 8 As we have heard it told; (break'ft: 
 So in the city of the Lord 
 
 our eyes did it behold : 
 In our God's city, which his hand 
 for ever ftablifh will. 
 
 9 We of thy loving-kindnefs thought, 
 
 Lord, in thy temple ftill. 
 
 10 O Lord, according to thy name, 
 
 through all the earth's thy praife: 
 And thy right hand, O Lord, is full 
 of righteoufnefs always. 
 
 1 1 Becaufe thy judgments are made 
 
 let Sion mount rejoice ; (known, 
 Of Judah let the daughters all 
 fend forth a cheerful voice. 
 
 12 Walk about Sion, and go round; 
 
 the high tow'rs thereof tell. 
 
 13 Confider ye her palaces, 
 
 and mark her bulwarks well; 
 
 That 
 
122 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 That ye may tell poflerity. 
 14 For this God doth abide 
 
 Our God for evermore; he will 
 ev'n unto death us guide. 
 
 PSALM XLIX, 
 
 This pfalm is a fermon, and fo is the next. In moir of the 
 pfalms we have the penman praying or praifing; in thefe 
 we have him preaching; and it is our duty in finging pfalms, 
 to teach and admonifth ourfelves, and one another. The 
 icope and defign of this difcourfe, is to convince the men 
 of this world of their fin and folly, in fetting their hearts 
 upon the things of this world, and fo to perfuade them to 
 leek the things of a better world; as alio to comfort the 
 people of God, in reference to their own troubles, and the 
 grief that arifeth from the profpeiity of the wicked. (1-) la 
 the preface, he propofeth to awaken wordly people cut of 
 their fecurity, verf. I. a. 3.; and to comfort him felf, and 
 other godly people, in a day of diftrefs, verf. 4. 5. (2.) In 
 the reft of the pfalm, (i.) He endeavours to convince fin- 
 ners of their folly in doting upon the wealth of this world, 
 by ihewing them, I. That they cannot with all their wealth 
 fave their friends from death, verf. 6. — 9. 2. They cannot 
 fave themfelves from death, verf. 10. 3. They cannot fe- 
 cure to themfelves a happinefs in this world, verf. 11. 12. 
 Much lefs, 4. Can they fecure to themfelves a happinefs in 
 the other world, verf. 14. (2.) He endeavours to comfort 
 himfelf, and other good people, I. Againft the fear of 
 death, verf. 15. 2. Againft the fear of the profpering 
 power of wicked people, verf. 16. — 20. In finging this 
 pfalm, let us receive thefe inihuctions, and be wife. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm for the fons of Korah. 
 
 "EAR this all people, and give ear, 
 jl all in the world that dwell: 
 
 2 Both low and high, both rich and poor. 
 
 3 My mouth {hall wifdom tell : 
 My heart {hall knowledge meditate. 
 
 4 I will incline mine ear 
 
 To 
 
PSALM XLIX. 123 
 
 To parables, and on the harp 
 my fayings dark declare. 
 
 5 Amidft thofe days that evil be, 
 
 why fhould I, fearing, doubt? 
 When of my heels th' iniquity 
 fhall compafs me about. 
 
 6 Whoe'er they be that in their wealth 
 
 their confidence do pitch, 
 And boaft themfel ves, 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 
 fufficient ranfom pay: 
 
 8 (Their fours redemption precious is, 
 
 and it can never be) 
 
 9 That (till he fhould for ever live, 
 
 and not corruption fee. 
 
 I o For why ? he feeth that wife men die, 
 
 and brutifh fools alfo 
 Do perifh, and their wealth, when dead, 
 to others they let go. 
 
 I I Their inward thought is, that their 
 
 and dwelling-places fhall (houfe, 
 Stand through all ages ; they their lands 
 
 by their own names do call. 
 1 2 But yet in honour fhall not man 
 
 abide continually: 
 
 But 
 
i2 4 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 But paffing hence, maybe compared 
 unto the beafts that die. 
 
 13 Thus, brutifh folly plainly is 
 
 their wifdom, and their way; 
 Yet their poftei-ity approve 
 what they do fondly fay. 
 
 14 Like iheep they in the grave are laid, 
 
 and death lhall them devour; 
 And, in the morning, upright men 
 
 fnall over them have pow'r; 
 Their beauty, from their dwelling, fhall 
 
 confume within the grave. 
 1 5But from hell's handGod will me free, 
 
 for he fhall me receive. 
 
 16 Be thou not then afraid, when one 
 
 enriched thou doft fee, 
 Nor when the glory of his houfe 
 advanced is on high. 
 
 17 For he fhall carry nothing hence, 
 
 when death his days doth end : 
 Nor fhall his glory after him 
 into the grave defcend. 
 
 1 8 Although he his own foul did blefs, 
 
 whilft he on earth did live : 
 (And when thou to thyfelf doft well j 
 men will thee praifes give) 
 
 19 He to his father's race fhall go, 
 
 they never fhall fee light. 
 
 20 Man 
 
PSALM L. 12$ 
 
 20 Man honour'd, wanting knowledge, 
 like beafts that periih quite. (is 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
 This pfalm, as the former, is a pfalm of initru£lion, not of 
 prayer or praiie ; it is a pfalm of reproof and admonition, 
 in frnging of which we are to teach and admoniih one ano- 
 ther. In the foregoing pfalm, after a general demand of 
 attention, God by his prophet deals, verf. 3. with the chil- 
 dren of this world, to convince them of their fin and folly, 
 in letting their hearts upon the wealth of* this world; in 
 this pfalm. : preface, he deals with thofe that 
 
 were in profelnon the church's children, to cons ince them 
 of their nn and folly, in placing their religion in ritual ser- 
 vices, ' ;ne'"s j a.,d 
 as iure a way to ruin as the other. This aim is intended, 
 I. Asa reproof to the c (c that rerted 
 in the eternal performances of their religion, and were re- 
 m:fs in the more excellent duties of prayer and praifi 
 thofe that expounded the law to ethers, but iived wicked 
 lives themselves. 2. As a prediction oi 
 the ceremonial law, and of the introducing of a fpiritoaJ 
 way of worihip, in and by the kingdom of the &! 
 John iv. 23. 24. 3. As a repreientation of the nay i>t 
 Judgment, in which God will call men to an account con- 
 cerning their obfervance of thofe things 
 thus been taught; men fhall be judged • according n 
 ' is written in the hooks;' and thercf, re Chrut is fitly re- 
 prefentcd fpeaking as ajndge, then when he freaks as a 
 lawgiver. Here is, (1.) The glorious appeal 
 Prince that gives law and judgment, irerf. i. — 6. (2.) In- 
 ftruclion given to his worihippers to turn their ucrihees in- 
 to prayers, verf. 7 — 15. (3.) A rebuke to thole that pre- 
 tend to worihip God, but live in difobedience to hft 
 mands, verf. 16. — 20.; their doom read, verf. 21. %%.\ 
 and warning given to all to look to their c'oi \ 
 well as to their devotions, verf. 23. And theie inftn 
 and admonitions we mud take to c 2 to ore 
 another in Tinging this pfalm. 
 
 A pfalm of Aiaph. 
 
 THE mighty God the Lord 
 hath fpoken, and did call 
 The earth from rifmg of the ft uXJ r\ • 
 
 to where he hath his fail. 
 % From out of Sion hill, 
 which of excellency, 
 
 And 
 
ii6 PSALM L, 
 
 And d is, 
 
 God Qrined 
 5 Onr G: net 
 
 ke:p . I 
 Be:" sat ftorms 
 
 in be. 
 
 4 Unto the 
 
 he from i call, 
 
 And to : _: he 
 
 may Judge his people 
 
 5 Togc r fet-i 
 
 unto me gather'd be, 
 Theft tl ■ :ve made 
 
 a covenant with me. 
 
 6 And then the he?.. 
 
 his rlfbteoofiiefe declare: 
 Beca. is ht 
 
 i. are. 
 
 7 Ify ear, 
 
 I from os 
 Aral teftifr, 
 
 God, ev'n 
 
 8 I, : rice, 
 
 II the by, 
 N ; - : : > m f 
 
 the ; 
 
 9 Til tal : ooa ::s, 
 
 fold of thine. 
 [o Foi . cattle ail 
 
 aland hiils ire n 
 II T;. high, 
 
 ire . 
 V" i:h in the fields do jy. 
 
 I . ;.- ire ill mine owil 
 Z2 Then, if were, 
 
 Dot tell it thee: 
 Ere: ibd rnlnefi all, 
 
 - ...-■- belongs tn n-.e. 
 
 rulls? 
 or eoats blood ill I ? 
 
 . -.rou to God, and pay 
 : ' u . . 
 Ijj A;-. . 
 
 in trouble then 
 I uili deliver thee, and thou 
 m y 
 ■ 
 Gcc 
 Should!! thon declare: how dar'll thou take 
 r. s Btb ; I; 
 
P S A L M L. 127 
 
 17 Sith thou inftruclion hat'ft, 
 
 which fhould thy ways direct : 
 And, Sith my words behind thy back 
 thou caft'ft and doft reject. 
 
 18 When thou a thief didft fee, 
 
 with him thou didft confent; 
 and with the vile adulterers 
 partaker on thou went. 
 
 19 Thou giv'ft thy mouth to ill, 
 
 thy tongue deceit doth frame. 
 
 30 Thou fitt'ft and 'gain ft thy hrother ipeak'M, 
 
 thy mother's fon doft mame. 
 
 31 Becaufe I filence kept, 
 
 while thou thefe things haft wrought; 
 That I was altogether like 
 
 thyfelf hath been thy thought: 
 Yet I will thee reprove, 
 
 and fet before thine eyes 
 In order ranked thy mifdeeds, 
 
 and thine iniquities. 
 2% 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 (hew him God's falvation, 
 
 that orders right his way. 
 
 Another of the fame, 
 
 HP HE mightyGod the Lord hath fpoke 
 and called the earth upon, 
 Ev'n from the rifing of the fun, 
 unto his going down. 
 
 2 From out of Sion, his own hill, 
 
 where the perfection high 
 Of beauty is, from thence the Lord 
 hath fhined glorioufly. 
 
 3 Our God fhall come, and fhall no more 
 
 be filent, but fpeak out: 
 
 Before 
 
128 P S A L M L. 
 
 Before him fire (hall wafte, great ftormi 
 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 fhow. 
 
 5 Let all my faints together be 
 
 unto me gathered: 
 Thofe that by facrifice with me 
 a covenant have made. 
 
 6 And then the heavens fhall declare 
 
 his righteoufnefs abroad : 
 Becaufe the Lord himfelf doth come, 
 
 none elfe is judge but God. 
 .7 Hear, O my people, and I'll fpeak; 
 
 O Ifrael by name, 
 Againft the I will teftify, 
 
 God, ev'n thy God I am. 
 
 8 I, for thy facrifices few, 
 
 reprove thee never will; 
 Nor for burnt-ofPrings to have been 
 before me off'red ftill. 
 
 9 I'll take no bullock, nor he-goats, 
 
 from houfe nor folds of thine. 
 i o For beafts of forefts, cattle all 
 
 on thoufand hills, are mine. 
 1 1 The fowls are all to me well known, 
 
 that mountains high do vield : 
 
 And 
 
PSALM L. 129 
 
 And I do challenge as mine own 
 the wild beafts of the field. 
 
 12 If I were hungry, I would not 
 
 to thee for need complain; 
 For earth, and all its fulnefs, doth 
 to me of right pertain. 
 
 13 That I, to eat the flefh of bulls, 
 
 take pleafure, doft thou think ? 
 Or that Tneed, to quench my third, 
 the blood of goats to drink? 
 
 1 4 Nay, rather unto me thy God, 
 
 thankfgiving offer thou ; 
 To the Mod 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 thou 
 my name fhalt glorify. 
 
 1 6 But God unto the wicked faith, 
 
 Why fhouldft thou mention make 
 Of my commands? howdar'ftthouin 
 thy mouth my cov'nant take? 
 
 1 7 Sith it is fo, that thou doft hate 
 
 all good inftru&ion : 
 And fith thou caft'ft behind thy back, 
 and flight'ft my w r ords each one. 
 
 1 8 When thou a thief didft fee, then 
 thoujoin'dftwithhimiufm, (ftraight 
 
 I And 
 
i3o P S A L M L. 
 
 And with the vile adulterers 
 thou haft partaker been. 
 
 19 Thy mouth to evil thou doft give, 
 
 thy tongue deceit doth frame. 
 
 20 Thou fitt'ft, and 'gainft thy brother 
 thy mother's ion to ihame. (fpeak'ft, 
 
 2 1 Theie things thou wickedly haft done, 
 
 and I have iilent been ; 
 Thou thought'ft that I was like thyfelf, 
 and did approve thy fin: 
 But I will fharply thee reprove, 
 
 and I will order right 
 Thy Tins and thy tranlgreffions, 
 in prefence of thy fight. 
 
 22 Confider this, and be afraid, 
 
 ye that forget the Lord, 
 Left I in pieces tear you all, 
 when none can help afford. 
 
 23 Who off'reth praile, me glorifies: 
 
 I will fhew God's falvation 
 To him that ordereth aright 
 his life and converfation. 
 
 P S A L M LL 
 
 Though David permed this pfalm upon a very particular 00 
 caiior . 
 
 it is the molt eminent of the penitential pfalrcs, an- 
 exprc: and deiires of a repen: 
 
 I: '- ;. :y indeed, that in our devout aHdrctfes to G: 
 Ihould have any thing eiie to do but to praife God, ft 
 is the work of heaven; but we nal rk for our- 
 
 >cs ; by our own £ns and fclli v.e to the 
 
 thrc 
 
PSALM LI. 131 
 
 throne of grace in the p^fture of penitents, to confefs our 
 fins, and fiue for the grace of God ; and if therein we would 
 take with us words, we can no where find any more appo- 
 fite than in this pfaim, which is the record of David's re* 
 pentance for his fin, in the matter of Uriah, which was 
 thegreatefi: blemifh upon his characlcr ; ail the red: of his 
 faults were nothing to this; it is laid of him, I Kings xv. 
 5. that l he turned not afide from the commandment of 
 • the Lord all the days of his life, fave on ly in the matter 
 f of Uriah the Hittite.' In this pfalm, (1.) He confefTeth his 
 fin, verf. 3. — 6. (2.) He prays earnerfly for the pardon of 
 his fin, verf. I. 2. 7. 8. (3.) For peace of confidence, 
 verf. 8. 12. (4.) For grace to go and fin no more, verf. 
 10. II. 14. (5.) For liberty of accels to Gcd, verf. 15. 
 (6) He promifeth to do what he could for the good of the 
 fouls of others, verf. 13.; and for the glory of God, verf. 
 16. 17. 19. And laftly, concludes with a prayer for Sion 
 and Jerufalem, verf. i3. Thofc whole confidences charge 
 them with any grofs fin, fhould, with a helieving regard 
 to Jefus Chrift, the Mediator, again and again pray over 
 this pfalm; nay, though we have not been guilty of adul- 
 tery and murder, or any the like enormous crime, yet in 
 finging it, and praying it over, we may very fenfibly ap- 
 ply it all to ourfelves, which if we do with fuitable affecti- 
 ons, we fhall through Chrift find mercy to pardon, and 
 grace for feafonable help. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David, when Nathan the 
 prophet came unto him, afier he had gone in to Bath-iheba. 
 
 AFTER thy loving-kindnefs, Lord, 
 have mercy upon me: 
 For thy companions great, blot out 
 all mine iniquity. 
 
 2 Me cleanfe from fin, and throughly 
 
 from mine iniquity: (wafh 
 
 3 For my tranfgreffions I confefs, 
 
 my fin I ever fee. 
 
 4 'Gainft thee, thee only have I fmn'd, 
 
 in thy fight done this ill, 
 
 I 2 That 
 
r 3 2 PSALM LL 
 
 That when thou fpeak'ft thou may ft be 
 and clear in judging ftill. (juft, 
 
 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 fhalt make me know 
 within the hidden part. 
 
 7 Do thou with hyflbp fprinkle me, 
 
 I fhall be cleanfed fo; 
 Yea, wafh thou me, and then I {hall 
 be whiter than the fnow. 
 
 8 Of gladnefs and of joyfulnefs 
 
 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 fm. 
 
 10 Create a clean heart, Lord, renew 
 
 a right fp'rit me within. 
 
 1 1 Caft me not from thy fight, nor take 
 
 thy holy Spirit away. 
 
 12 Reftore me thy falvation's joy; 
 
 with thy free Sp'rit me ftay. 
 i 3 Then will I teach thy ways unto 
 thofe that tranigreflbrs be; 
 
 And 
 
PSALM LI. 133 
 
 And thofe that finncrs are, (hall then 
 be turned unto thee. 
 
 14 O God, of my falvation God, 
 
 me from blood-guiltinefs 
 Set free : then fhall my tongue aloud 
 fing of thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 15 My clofed lips, O Lord, by thee 
 
 let them be opened, 
 Then fhall thy praifes by my mouth 
 abroad be publifhed. 
 
 16 For thou defir'ft not facrifice, 
 
 elfe would I give it thee; 
 Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering 
 at all delighted be. 
 
 17 A broken fpirit is to God 
 
 a pleating facrifice : 
 A broken and a contrite heart, 
 Lord, thou wilt not defpife. 
 
 1 8 Shew kindnefs, and do good, O Lord, 
 
 to'Zion thine own hill: 
 The walls of thy Jerufalem 
 build up of thy good will, (pleafe, 
 
 19 Then righteous off 'rings (hall thee 
 
 and off 'rings burnt, which they, 
 With whole burnt-off 'rings, and with 
 fhall on thine altar lay. (calves 
 
 PSALM 
 
i 3 4 PSALM LII. 
 
 David, no doubt, was in very great grief, when he faid to 
 Abiathar, I Sam. xxii. 22. ' 1 have occafioned the death of 
 ' all the perfcns of thy father's houfe,' which were put to 
 death upon Doeg's malicious information : to give fome 
 vent to that grief, and to gain fome relief to his mind under 
 it, he penned this pfalm, wherein, as a prophet, and there- 
 fore with as good an authority as if he had been now a 
 prince upon the throne, (i.) He arraigns Doeg for what he 
 had done, verf. i. (2.) He accufeth him, convicts him, and 
 aggravates his crimes, verf. 2. 3. 4. (3.) He paffeth fentencc 
 upon him, verf. 5. (4.) He forctels the triumphs of the 
 righteous in the execution of the fentence, verf. 6. 7. (5.) 
 He comforts himfelf in the mercy of God, and the aiTurance 
 he had that he mould yet praife him, verf. 8. 9. In the 
 finging this pfalm, we fhould conceive a deteflation of the 
 fin of lying, forefee the ruin of thofe that perfift in it, and 
 pleafe ourfelves with the aiTurance of the prefervation of 
 God's church and people, in fpite of all the malicious de- 
 figns of the children of Satan, that father of lies. 
 
 To the chief mufician, Mafchil, A pfalm of David, when Doeg 
 the Edomite came and told Saul, and faid unto him, David 
 is come to the houfe of Ahimelech. 
 
 ■^THY doft thou boaft, O mighty man, 
 of mifchief and of ill ? 
 The goodnefs of almighty God 
 endureth ever ftill. 
 
 2 Thy tongue mifchievous calumnies 
 
 devifeth fubtilly, 
 Like to a rafor {harp to cut, 
 working deceitfully, 
 
 3 111 more than good, and more than 
 
 thou loveft to fpeak wrong : (truth 
 
 4 Thou loveft all devouring words, 
 
 O thou deceitful tongue. 
 
 5 So God fhall thee deftroy for ay, 
 
 remove thee, pluck thee out 
 
 Quite 
 
PSALM LIT. 135 
 
 Quite from thy houfe, out of the land 
 
 of life he ihdl thee root. 
 6 The righteous {hall it fee, and fear, 
 
 and laugh at him they fhall. 
 J Lo, this the man is, that did not 
 
 make God his ftrength at all: 
 But he, in his abundant wealth, 
 
 his confidence did place: 
 And he took ftrength unto himfelf 
 
 from his own wickednels. 
 
 8 But I am in the houfe of God 
 
 like to an olive green : 
 My confidence for ever hath 
 upon God's mercy been. 
 
 9 And I for ever will thee praife, 
 
 becaufe thou haft done this: 
 I on thy name will wait, for good 
 before thy faints it is. 
 
 P S A L M LIII. 
 
 God fpeaketh once. . and it were 
 
 even then percei. 
 
 for this is the Tame almoit 1 ctfa the fourteenth 
 
 pfalm. The fcope of it is to convince us of ou 
 us a bluftiing and to fe: 1 m ; and 
 
 this is what we arc io hardly u r.ecd 
 
 of line upon line to this purpofe, 
 in z word, is compared to a hammer, the ftiol 
 rnuil be frequently repeated. God, by the pfalm ::: 
 (I.) Shews us how bad we are, verf. I. ':., I 
 us by his own certain knowledge, verf. 2. 5. 
 fpeaks terror to perfecutors, the worft of finners, verf. 4. 
 
 1 ytrople 
 verf. 6. Some little variation there 
 
 : lis, feut none confiderable, only:. • 5. 6. 
 
1 36 PSALM LIII. 
 
 there, and verf. 5. here, where fome expreiTions there ufed, 
 are here left out, concerning the fhame which the wicked 
 put upon God's people, and inftead of that, is here fore- 
 told the fhame which God would put upon the wicked : 
 which alteration, with fome others, he made by divine di- 
 rection, when he delivered it the fecond time to the chief 
 mufician. Ih Tinging it, we ought to lament the corruption 
 of the human nature, and the wretched degeneracy of the 
 world we live in, yet rejoicing, in hope of the great fal- 
 vation . 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Mahalath, Mafchil, A ffalm of 
 David. 
 
 THAT there is not a God, the fool 
 doth in his heart conclude: 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile ; 
 not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 The Lord upon the fons of men 
 
 from heav'n did caft 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; 
 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 
 
 with trembling all difmay'd, 
 Whereas there was no caufe at all, 
 why they Ihould be afraid : 
 
 For 
 
PSALM LIV. 137 
 
 For God his bones that thee befieg'd 
 
 hath fcatter'd all abroad ; 
 Thou haft confounded them, for they 
 
 defpifed are of God. 
 6 Let Ifr'ePs help from Zion come. 
 
 When back the Lord fhall bring 
 His captives, Jacob fhall rejoice, 
 
 and Ifrael fhall fing. 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 The key of this pfalm hangs at the door, for the title tells us 
 upon what occafion it was penned, when the inhabitants of 
 Ziph, men of Judah, (types of Judas the traitor,) betray- 
 ed David to Saul, by informing him where he was, and 
 putting him in a way how to feize him. This they did 
 twice, I Sam. xxiii. 19. — xxvi. 1. and it is upon record 
 to their everlafting infamy. The pfalm isfweet; the form- 
 er part of it, perhaps, was meditated when he was in hisdif- 
 trefs, and when the danger was over was put into writing, 
 and the two lafi: verfes added, which fpeak his thankful- 
 nefs for the deliverance; which yet might be written in 
 faith, even then when he was in the midft of his fright. 
 Here, (1.) He complains to God of the malice of his ene* 
 mies, and prays for help againft them, verf. 1. %. 3. (2.) 
 He comforts himfelf with an afiurance of the divine favour 
 and protection, and that in due time his enemies fhould be 
 confounded, and he delivered, verf. 4. — 7. What time wc 
 are in diftrefs, we may comfortably fing this pfalm. 
 
 To the chief mufician on Neginoth, Mafchil, A pfalm of 
 David, when the Ziphims came and faid to Saul, Doth not 
 David hide himfelf with us? 
 
 SAVE me, O God, by thy great name, 
 and judge me by thy ftrength : 
 
 2 My prayer hear, O God ; give ear 
 
 unto my words at length. 
 
 3 For they that ftrangers are to me 
 
 do up againft me rife ; 
 
 Oppreffors 
 
*38 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 Oppreflbrs feek my foul, and God 
 let not before their eyes. 
 
 4 The Lord my God my helper is, 
 
 lo, therefore I am bold : 
 He taketh part with ev'ry one 
 that doth my foul uphold. 
 
 5 Unto mine enemies he fhall 
 
 mifchief and ill repay : 
 O for thy truth's lake cut them off, 
 and fweep them clean away. 
 
 6 I will a facrifice to thee 
 
 give with free willingnefs: 
 Thy name, OLord, becaufe 'tis good, 
 with praife I will confefs. 
 
 7 For he hath me delivered 
 
 from all adverfities : 
 And his defire mine eye hath feen 
 upon mine enemies. 
 
 PSALM LV. 
 
 It is the conjecture of many expofitors, that David penned 
 this pfalm upon occafion of Abfalom's rebellion, and that 
 the particular enemy he here fpeaksof, that dealt treacher- 
 cuily with him, was Ahitophel; and fome will therefore 
 make David's troubles here typical ofChrift's fufferings, 
 and Ahitophel's treachery a figure of Judas's, becaufe they 
 both hanged themfelves ; but there is nothing in it that is 
 particularly applied to Chriit in theNewTeflament. David 
 was in great diltrefs when he penned this pfalm. (i.) He 
 prays, that God would manifest his favour to him, and 
 pleads his own forrow and fear, verf. I. — 8. (2.) He prays, 
 that Gcd would manifeil his difpleafure again ft his enemies, 
 and pleads their great wickednefs and treachery, verf. 9. 
 15.; and again, verf. ao. 21. (3.) He afTures himfelf, that 
 Gcd would in due time appear for him againft his enemies, 
 
 comforts 
 
PSALM LV. 139 
 
 comforrs himfelf with the hopes of it, and encourageth 
 others to truft in God, verf. 16. — 19.; and again, verf. 
 22. 23. In Tinging this pfulm. we may, if there be occafion, 
 apply it to our own troubles; if not, we may fympathize 
 with'thofe to whofe cife it comes nearer, iorefecing that 
 there will beat laft indignation and wrath to the perfecu- 
 tors, ialvation and joy to the persecuted. 
 
 To the chief mufician on Neginoth, Mafchil, A pfalm of 
 Davit. 
 
 LORD, hear my pray'r, hide not thyfelf 
 from my intreating voice: 
 
 2 Attend and hear me, in my plaint 
 
 I mourn and make a noife. 
 
 3 Becaufe of th' en'my's voice, and for 
 
 lewd mens oppreffion great: 
 On me they caft 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 
 
 overwhelmed me withal. 
 
 6 O that I 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 off I wander would, 
 
 and in the defert ftay : 
 
 8 From windy ftorm, and temped I 
 
 would hafte to fcape away. 
 
 9 O Lord, on them deftru£tion bring, 
 
 and do their tongues divide : 
 
 For 
 
i4c PSALM LV. 
 
 For in the city violence 
 and ftrife I have efpy'd. 
 
 10 They day and night upon the walls 
 
 do go about it round : 
 There mifchief is, and forrow there 
 in midft of it is found. 
 
 1 1 Abundant wickednefs there is 
 
 within her inward part; 
 And from her ftreets deceitfulnefs 
 and guile do not depart. 
 
 12 He was no foe that me reproached, 
 
 then that endure I could ; 
 Nor hater that 'gainft me did boaft, 
 from him me hide I would. 
 ijBut thou, man,who mine equal, guide, 
 and mine acquaintance waft. 
 
 14 We join'd fweet counfels, to God's 
 
 in company we paft. (houfe 
 
 15 Let death upon them feize, and down 
 
 let them go quick to hell ; 
 For wickednefs doth much abound 
 among them where they dwell. 
 
 1 6 I'll call on God : God will me fave. 
 
 17 I'll pray and make a noife 
 
 At evening, morning, and at noon; 
 and he fhall hear my voice. 
 
 18 He hath my foul delivered, 
 
 that it in peace might be, 
 
 From 
 
P S A L M LV. 141 
 
 From battle that againft me was, 
 for many were with me. 
 
 19 The Lord fhall hear and them affli£t, 
 
 of old who hath abode : 
 Becaufe they never changes have, 
 therefore they fear not God. 
 
 20 'Gainft thofe that were at peace with 
 
 he hath put forth his hand : (him 
 The covenant that he had made, 
 by breaking he profan'd. 
 
 2 1 More fmooth than butter were his 
 
 while in his heart was war; (words 
 His fpeeches were more foft than oil, 
 and yet drawn fwords they are. 
 
 22 Call thou thy burden on the Lord, 
 
 and he fhall thee fuftain; 
 Yea, he fhall caufe the righteous man 
 unmoved to remain. 
 
 23 But thou, O Lord my God, thofe 
 
 in juftiee fhalt overthrow, (men 
 And in deftrudtion's dungeon dark 
 
 at lafl fhalt lay them low : 
 The bloody and deceitful men 
 
 fhall not live half their days ; 
 But upon thee with confidence 
 
 I will depend always. 
 
 PSALM 
 
142 P S A L M LVT. 
 
 It feems by this and many other pfalms, that even in times 
 of thegreatcil trouble and diftrefs, David never hung his 
 harp upon rces, never unftrung it or laid it by; 
 
 but when s and fears were greateff, yet ftill he was 
 
 in tune for Tinging God's praifes. He was in imminent 
 peril when he penned this pfalm, at lead when he meditated 
 it ; yet even then bis meditation of God was fweet. (I.) 
 He complains of the malice of his enemies, and begs mercy 
 for hirr.fcif, and jufrice againft them, verf. I. 2. 5. 6. 7. 
 (2.) He confides in God, being aflured that he took his 
 part, comforting himfelf with this, that therefore he was 
 fcfc and Ihould b^ victorious, and that while he lived he 
 mould praife God, vcif. 3. 4. 8. — 13. How pleafently may 
 a sood Christian, in fingfng this pfalm, rejoice in God, and 
 praife him tor what he will do, as well as for what he hath 
 done! 
 
 To the chief muncian, upon Jonnath-elem-rechokim, Mich- 
 tarn of David, when the Philiftines took him in Gath. 
 
 ^ HEW mercy, Lord, to me, for man 
 L> 5 would fwallow me upright: 
 He me oppreffeth, while he doth 
 againft me daily fight. 
 
 2 They daily would me fwallow up 3 
 
 that hate me fpitefully; 
 For they be many that do fight 
 againft me, O Moil High. 
 
 3 When I'm afraid, Til truft in thee: 
 
 4 In God I'll praife his word; 
 
 I will not fear what flefh can do, 
 
 my truft is in the Lord. 
 
 5; Each day they wreft my words, their 
 
 'gainft me are all for ill. (thoughts 
 
 6 They meet, they lurk, they mark my 
 
 waiting my foul to kill. (fteps, 
 
 7 But 
 
PSALM LVL 143 
 
 7 But fhall they by iniquity 
 
 efcape thy judgment fo? 
 O God, with indignation down 
 do thou the people throw, (been 
 
 8 My wanderings all what have they 
 
 thou know'ftj their number took; 
 Into thy bottle put my tears : 
 are they not in thy book? 
 
 9 My foes fhall, 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 praiied 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 
 my feet from falls keep free, (fav'd, 
 To walk before God in the light 
 
 of thofe that living be ? 
 
 P S A L M LVII. 
 
 This pfalm is very like that which goes next be: 
 ..Uon, when t)iw\ 
 blc, and in temptation 
 
 I to me :' the method al 
 He begins with prayer and complaint : yet not wi 
 fome 
 
 He c: h joy and praife, verf. 7. —II 
 
 may take crecr:o:i and « 
 \ and m obf • 
 to God in finging thispiaiia. 
 
 To 
 
144 PSALM LVII. 
 
 To the chief mufician, Al-tafchith, Michtam of Darid, when 
 he fled from Saul in the cave. 
 
 E merciful to me, O God, 
 thy mercy unto me 
 Do thou extend, becaufe my foul 
 
 doth put her truft in thee : 
 Yea, in the lhadow of thy wings 
 
 my refuge I will place, 
 Until thefe fad calamities 
 do wholly overpafs. 
 
 2 My cry I will caufe to afcend 
 
 unto the Lord moll high, 
 To God, who doth all things for me 
 perform molt perfe&ly. 
 
 3 From heav'n he {hall fend down, and 
 
 from his reproach defend, (me 
 That would devour me: God his truth 
 and mercy forth {hall fend. 
 
 4 My foul among fierce lions is, 
 
 I fire-brands live among; 
 Mens ions, whofe teeth arefpearsand 
 a fliarp fword is their tongue, (darts, 
 
 5 Be thou exalted very high 
 
 above the heav'ns, O God; 
 Let thou thy glory be advane'd 
 o'er ail the earth abroad. 
 
 6 My foci's how'ddown; for they a net 
 
 have laid, my fteps to fnare: 
 
 Into 
 
PSALM LVII. 145 
 
 Into the pit which they have digg'd 
 for me, they fallen are. 
 
 7 My heart is fix'd, my heart is fix'd, 
 O God, I'll fing and praife. 
 
 8 My glory, wake, wake pfalt'ry, harp ; 
 
 myfelf I'll early raiie. 
 
 9 I'll praife thee 'mong the people, Lord, 
 
 'mong nations ling will I. 
 
 10 For great to heav'n thy mercy is, 
 
 thy truth is to the fky. 
 
 1 1 O Lord, exalted be thy name, 
 
 above the heav'ns toftand: 
 Do thou thy glory far advance 
 above both lea and land. 
 
 PSALM LVIIL 
 
 It is the probable conjecture of fome ( Amyraldus particular- 
 ly) that before Saul b^gan to profecute David by force ot 
 arms, and raited the militia to leize him, he formed a pro- 
 ceis againft him bycourfe of law, upon which he was con- 
 demned unheard, and attainted as a tn itor by tne 
 council, or fupreme court of Judicature, and then pro- 
 claimed an outlaw, qui caput gcrlt lu£inuth % whom any man 
 might kill, and no ni3n might protect; and upon occafion 
 of pafling this bill of attainder, which the elders did to 
 curry favour with Saul, David penned this pfalm : where- 
 in, (l. He deicribes their fin, and aggravates that, fer£ 
 I. — 5. (2.) He imprecates and forctels their rain, and the 
 judgment which the righteous God would bring upon them 
 for their injuftice, verf. 6 — 9. Which would redound, I. 
 To the comfort of the faints, verf. 10. 2. To the^lory 
 of God, verf. 11. Sin appears here both exceeding unfni 
 and exceeding dangerous, and God a juft avenger of wrong, 
 h which we ihould be arreted in fm^ir.j this p aim. 
 
146 PSALM LV1IL 
 
 To the chief mufician, A!-tafchith, Michtam of Davii 
 
 DO ye, O congregation, 
 indeed fpeak righteoufnefs ? 
 O ye that are the fons of men, 
 judge ye with uprightnefs ? 
 a Yea, ev'n within your very hearts 
 ye wickednefs have done; 
 And ye the vi'lence of your hands 
 do weigh the earth upon, 
 
 3 The wicked men eftranged are 
 
 ev'n from the very womb; 
 They fpeaking lies, do ftray, as foon 
 as to the world they come. 
 
 4 Unto a ferpenfs poifbn like 
 
 their poifon doth appear; 
 Yea, they are like the adder deaf, 
 that clofely ftops her ear : 
 
 5 That fo fhe may not hear the voice 
 
 of one that charm her would, 
 
 No not though he moft cunning were, 
 
 and charm moft 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. 
 y Let them like waters melt away, 
 which downward ftiil do flow: 
 
 In 
 
PSALM LVIII. 147 
 
 In pieces cut his arrows all, 
 when he {hall bend his bow, 
 
 8 Like to a ihail that melts away, 
 
 let each of them be gone ; 
 Like woman's birth untimely, that 
 they never fee the fun. 
 
 9 He fhall them take away, before 
 
 your pots the thorns can find, 
 Both living, and in fury great, 
 as with a ftormy wind. 
 
 10 The righteous, when he vengeance 
 
 he fhall be joyful then : (fees, 
 
 The righteous one fhall wafh his feet 
 in blood of wicked men. 
 
 1 1 So men fhall fay, The righteous man 
 
 reward fhall never mifs; 
 
 And verily upon the earth 
 
 a God to judge there is. 
 
 P S A L M LIX. 
 
 This pfalm is of the fame nature and fcope with fix or feven 
 foregoing pfalms; they are all David's complaints of the 
 malice of his enemies, and of their curfed and cruel defigns 
 againft him : his prayers and prophecies again!! them ; and 
 his comfort and confidence in God as hi* God ; the firft is 
 the language of nature, and may he a! lowed ; the fecond 
 cf a prophetical fpirit, looking forward to Chrilt, and the 
 enemies of his kingdom, and therefore not to be drawn in- 
 to a precedent; the third of grace, and a mod holy faith, 
 -which ought to be imitated by every cne of us. In this 
 pfalm, (1.) He prays tc God to defend and deliver him 
 from his enemies, repreienting them as very ill men, bar- 
 barous, malicious, and atheiftical, verf. I. — 7. (2.) He 
 forelees and foretels the deftruction of his enemies, which 
 he would give to God the glory of, verf. 8. — 1 7. As far 
 Ki' as 
 
143 PSALM LIX. 
 
 as it appears that any of the particular enemies of God's 
 people fall under thefe chambers, we may in finging this 
 pfalm read their doom, and forefee their ruin. 
 
 To the chief mufician, Al-tafchith, Michtam of David : 
 when Saul fent, and they watched the houfe to kill him. 
 
 MY God, deliver me from thofe 
 that are mine enemies ; 
 And do thou me defend from thofc 
 that up againft me rife. 
 
 2 Do thou deliver me from them 
 
 that work iniquity; 
 And give me fafety from the men 
 of bloody cruelty. 
 
 3 For lo, they for my foul lay wait: ' 
 
 the mighty do combine 
 Againft me, Lord, not for my faulty 
 nor any fin of mine. 
 
 4 They run, and without fault in me 
 
 themfelves do ready make: 
 Awake to meet me with thy help, 
 and do thou notice take. 
 
 5 Awake, therefore, Lord God of hofts, 
 
 thou God of Ifrael, 
 To vifit hqathen all : fpare none 
 that wickedly rebel. 
 
 6 At ev'ning they go to and fro; 
 
 they make great noife and found 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 about the city round. 
 
 7 Behold, 
 
PSALM LIX. 149 
 
 7 Behold, they belch out with their 
 
 and in their lips are fw.ords; (mouth, 
 For they do fay thus, Who is he 
 that now doth hear our words ? 
 
 8 But thou, O Lord, fhalt laugh at them, 
 
 and all the heathen mock, 
 
 9 While he's in power, I'll wait on thee; 
 
 for God is my high rock. 
 
 10 He of my mercy that is God, 
 
 betimes fhall me prevent: 
 Upon mine en'mies God {hall let 
 me fee mine heart's content. 
 
 1 1 Them flay not, left my folk forget; 
 
 but fcatter them abroad 
 By thy flrong pow'r ; and bring them 
 O thou our fhield, and God. (down, 
 
 12 For their mouth's fin, and for the 
 
 that from their lips do fly, (words 
 Let them be taken in their pride, 
 becaufe they curfe and lie. 
 
 13 In wrath confume them, them con- 
 
 that fo they may not be ; (fume, 
 And, that in Jacob God doth rule, 
 to th' earth's ends let them fee. 
 
 14 At ev'ning let thou them return, 
 
 making great noife and found 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 about the city round. 
 
 1 5 And 
 
150 PSALM L1X. 
 
 15 And let them wander up and down, 
 
 in feeking food to eat; 
 And let them grudge when they fhall not 
 be fatisfied with meat. 
 
 16 But of thy pow'r I'll fing aloud, 
 
 at morn thy mercy praife : 
 For thou to me my refuge waft, 
 and tow'r in troublous days. 
 
 1 7 O God, that art my ftrength, I will 
 
 fing praifes unto thee; 
 For God is my defence, a God 
 of mercy unto me. 
 
 PSALM LX, 
 
 After many pfalms which David penned in a day of diftrefs, 
 this comes, which was calculated for a day of triumph ; it 
 was penned after he was fettled in the throne, upon occa- 
 fion of an illuftrious victory which God blefled his forces 
 -with over the Syrians and Edomites: it was when David 
 -was in the zenith of his profperity, and the affairs of his 
 kingdom feem to have been in a better poflure than ever 
 they were either before or afcer. See 2. Sam. viii. 3. 13. I 
 Chron. xviii. 3. 12. David, in profperity, was as devout as 
 David, in adverfity. In this pfalm, (1.) He reflects upon 
 the ill Hate of the public interefts for many years, in which 
 God had been contending with them, verf. I. 2. 3. (2.) He 
 takes notice of the happy turn lately given to their affairs, 
 verf. 4. (3) He prays for the delverance of God,s Ifrael 
 from their enemies, verf. 5. (4) He triumphs in the hope 
 of their victories over their enemies, and begs of God to 
 carry them on and complete them, verf. 6. — 12. In fing- 
 jng this pfalm, we may have an eye both to the acts of the 
 church, and to the date of our own fouls, both which have 
 their ftruggles. 
 
 To the chief mufician, upon Shufhan-edutb, Michtam of Da- 
 rid, to teach when he drove with Aram-naharaim, and 
 with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and fmote of Edom 
 in the valley of fait, twelve thoufand. 
 
 O Lord, 
 
PSALM LX. xji 
 
 OLord, thou haft rejected us, 
 and fcatter'd us abroad, 
 Thou ji aft difpleafed be. 
 
 return to us, O God. 
 
 2 The earth to tremble thou haft made, 
 
 therein didft 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 lent; 
 And thou haft cauied us to drink 
 wine of aftoniihment. 
 
 4 And yet a banner thou haft giv'n 
 
 to them who thee do fear: 
 That it by them, becaufe of truth, 
 difplayed may appear. 
 
 5 That thy beloved people may 
 
 delivered be from thrall, 
 Save with the pow'r of thy right hand, 
 and hear me when I call. 
 
 6 God in his holinefs hath fpo] 
 
 herein I will take pleafure : 
 Shechem I will divide, and forth 
 will S *s valley meaiure, 
 
 j Gilead I claim as mine by right, 
 Manaueh mine lhall be; 
 Ephraim is afminehc 
 
 Judah gives laws for me. 
 
 8 Moab's 
 
i 5 2 PSALM LX. 
 
 8 Moab's my wafhing pot, my fhoe 
 
 I'll over Edom 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 ? 
 io O God, which hadeft us caft off, 
 this thing wilt thou not do ? 
 Ev'n thou, O God, which dideft not 
 forth with our armies go. 
 
 1 1 Help us from trouble; for the help 
 
 is vain which man fupplies. 
 
 1 2 Thro'God we'll do great ads; he fhall 
 
 tread down our enemies. 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 
 David in this pfalm, asin many others, begins with a fad 
 heart, hut concludes with an air of pleafantncfs; hegins 
 with prayers and tears, but ends with fongs ofpraife. Thus 
 the foul, by being lifted up to God, returns to the enjoy- 
 ment of itfelf. It fhouM fcem David was driven out and 
 baniflied when he penned this pfalm, whether by Saul or 
 Abfalom is uncertain : fome think by i^bfalom, becaufehe 
 calls himfelf the king, verf. 6. but that refers to the King 
 Meffiah. David in this pfalm refolves to perfevere in his 
 duty, encouraged thereto both by experience, and by his 
 expectations. (i 3 ) Ke will call upon God, becaufe God 
 had protected him, verf. I. i. 3, (2.) He will call upon 
 God, becaufe God had provided well for him, verf. 4. 5. 
 (3.) Ke will praife God, becaufe he had an ailurance of the 
 continuance of God's favour to him, verf 6. 7. 8. So that 
 in finging this pfalm, we may find that which is very ex- 
 prefliveboth of our faith and of our hope, of our prayers 
 and of our praifes: and fome pafla^es in this pfalm are ve- . 
 ry peculiar. 
 
 To 
 
PSALM LXI. 153 
 
 To the chief mufichn v :h, A pfalm of David. 
 
 OGod, give ear unto my cry, 
 unto my pray'r attend. 
 
 2 From th' utmoft corner of the land 
 
 my cry to thee I'll lend, 
 What time my heart is overwhelmed, 
 
 and in perplexity : 
 Do thou me lead unto the rock 
 
 that higher is than I. 
 
 3 For thou haft for my refuge been 
 
 a fhelter by thy powY; 
 And, for defence againft my foes, 
 thou haft been a ftrong 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 thole thy name that fear. 
 
 6 A life prolong'd for many days 
 
 thou to the King {Halt give : 
 Like many generations be 
 
 the years which he fhall live. 
 
 7 He in God's preience hi 
 
 for evermore fhall have: 
 
 Odo 
 
154 PSALM LXIL 
 
 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 my vows, I may 
 each day perform the fame. 
 
 PSALM LXIL 
 
 This pfalm has nothing in it directly, either of prayer or 
 praife ; nor doth it appear upon what occafion it was pen- 
 ned, nor whether upon any particular occafion, whether 
 i mournful or joyful. But in it, (i.) David with a great deal 
 
 of pleafure profelfeth his own confidence in God, and de- 
 pendence upon him, and encourageth himfelf to continue 
 waiting on him, verf. I. 7. (2.) With a great deal of 
 carneftnefs he excites and encourageth others to trufl: in 
 God likewifc, and not in any creature, verf. 8. — 12. And 
 in finging it, we ihould'fHr up ourfeives to wait on God. 
 To the chief mufcian, to Jeduthun, A pfalm of David. 
 
 MY foul with expectation 
 depends on God indeed: 
 My ftrength and my falvation doth, 
 from him alone proceed. 
 
 2 He only my falvation is, 
 and my ftrong rock is he: 
 
 He only is my fure defence ; 
 much mov'd I fhall not be. 
 
 3 How long will ye againft a man 
 plot mifchief ? ye fhall all 
 
 Ee flam; ye as a tott'ring fence 
 fhall be, and bowing wall. 
 
 4 They only plot to cafe him down 
 from his excellency : 
 
 They 
 
PSALM LXII. 155 
 
 They joy in lies ; with mouth they blefs, 
 
 but they curfe inwardly. 
 t My foul, wait thou with patience 
 upon thy God alone: 
 On him dependeth all my hope 
 and expectation. 
 
 6 He only my falvation is, 
 
 and my ftrong rock is he; 
 He only is my fure defence : 
 I fhall not moved be. 
 
 7 In God my glory placed is, 
 
 and my falvat?on fure : 
 In God the rock is of my ftrength, 
 my refuge mod fecure. 
 
 8 Ye people, place your confidence 
 
 in him continually; 
 Before him pour ye out your heart : 
 God is our refuge high. 
 
 9 Surely mean men are vanity, 
 
 and great men are a lie; 
 In balance laid, they wholly are 
 more light than vanity. 
 
 10 Truft ye not in oppreffion, 
 
 in robb'ry be not vaiiii 
 On weal th fet not your hearts, when as 
 increafed is your gain. 
 
 1 1 God hath it fpoken once to me, 
 
 yea, this I heard again, 
 
 That 
 
156 P S A L M LXTII. 
 
 That power to almighty God 
 alone doth appertain. 
 1 2 Yea, mercy alio unto thee 
 belongs, O Lord, alone: 
 For thou according to his work 
 rewarded: ev'ry one. 
 
 P S A L M LXIII. 
 
 This pialm has ip it as much of warmth and livel\ 
 
 as any :: David's p faints in fo liti As the 
 
 : out of 
 a prii eteft of D- 
 
 .nned, as this was, in a wildernsfs. That 
 
 r.o.ccs; theft . 
 thee. ; and the p 
 
 appetite. Yet it is not 
 
 his heart i ; v 
 His dell re towards God, ver . I. :. 
 God, verf. ;. 4. 
 
 His fccret communion with God, vttC. 6. 5 
 joyful dependance upon God, verf. 7. 8. (6 
 Gcd over his enemies, and in the 
 his 01 f«£ 9. la. 11. A devout and pi. 
 
 1 u lit falm, fo na- 
 
 ; and an un- 
 fan£t.f 
 vine t . of finsing it with underftand- 
 
 A pfafm of Da iin the wildernefs of Judah. 
 
 T ORD, thee my God I'll early feek : 
 JLj my ioul doth thiril for thee; 
 My tieih longs in a dry parch'd land, 
 
 wherein no waters be: 
 2 That I thy power may behold, 
 
 and brightnefs of thy face, 
 
P S A L M LXIII. 157 
 
 As I have feen thee heretofore, 
 within thy holy place. 
 
 3 Since better is thy love than life, 
 
 my lips thee praife fhall 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 fhall my mouth, with joyful lips, 
 fing praifes unto thee. 
 
 6 When I do thee upon my bed 
 
 remember with delight, 
 
 And when on thee I meditate 
 
 in watches of the night, 
 
 7 In fhadow of thy wings I'll joy, 
 
 for thou mine help haft been. 
 
 8 My foul thee follows hard ; and me 
 
 thy right hand doth fuftain. 
 
 9 Who feek my foul to fpill, fhall fink 
 
 down to earth's loweft room. 
 
 I o. They by the fword fhall be cut off, 
 
 and foxes prey become. 
 
 I I Yet fhall the king in God rejoice; 
 
 and each one glory fhall 
 That fwear by him : but ftopt fhall be 
 the mouth of liars all. 
 
 PSALM 
 
158 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 Tie whole pfalm has a reference to David's enemies, perform 
 tors, and flanderers; many fnch there were and a great deal 
 of trouble they gave him, almoft all his days, fo that we 
 neetl not guefs at any particular occafion of penning this 
 pfalm: (l.) He prays to God to preferve him from their 
 malicious defigns againft him, verf. I. 2. (2.) He gives 
 a very ill character of them, as men marked for ruin by 
 their own wiekednefs, verf. 3.-6. (3.) Efy the fpirit of 
 prophefy he fortels their deftruttion, which would redound 
 to the giory of God, and the encouragement of his people, 
 verf.. 7. — io. In finging this pfaim, we muft obferve the 
 effect of the old enmity that is in the feed of the woman, 
 againft the feed of theferpent; and adure ourfelves, that 
 theferpent's head will be broken at laft, to the honour and 
 joy of the holy feed. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David, 
 
 WHEN I to thee my prayer make. 
 Lord, to my voice give ear; 
 My life fave from the enemy, 
 of whom I ftand in fear. 
 
 2 Me from their fecret counfel hide 
 
 who do live wickedly; 
 From infurre&ion of thofe men 
 that work iniquity. (whet, 
 
 3 Who do their tongues with malice 
 
 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 fliot: 
 Yea, fuddenly they dare at him 
 to fhoot, and fear it not. 
 
 5 In ill Encourage they themfelves : 
 
 and their fnares clofe do lay, 
 
 Together 
 
PSALM LXIV. 159 
 
 Together conference they have; 
 Who {hall 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. 
 
 j God {hall an arrow {hoot at them, 
 and wound them fuddenly. 
 
 3 So their own tongue {hall them con- 
 all who them fee fhall fly. (found, 
 
 9 And on all men a fear {hall fall, 
 
 God's works they {hall declare; 
 For they fhall wifely notice take 
 what thefe his doings are. 
 
 10 In God the righteous {hall rejoice, 
 
 and truft upon his might; 
 Yea, they fhall greatly glory all, 
 in heart that are upright. 
 
 P S A L M LXV. 
 
 In this pfalm we are directed to give to God the glory of his 
 power and goodnefs, which appears, (i.) In the kingdom 
 of grace verf. I.; hearing. prayer, ver£ 2.; pardoning Gn, 
 ▼erf. 3. ; fatisfying the fouls of the people, verf. 4. • protect- 
 ing and Supporting them, verf. 5. (5.) In the kingdom of 
 providence, fixing the mountains, verf. 6.: calming the Tea, 
 verf, 7. ; preserving the regular fuccefiion of day and night, 
 yt,C 8.; and making the earth fruitful, verf. 9. to-13. 
 Thefe are bleflings we are all indebted to God for, and 
 .therefore may eafily accommouate this pfalm to ounclres ia 
 fingins of it. - 
 
 To 
 
160 PSA L M LXV. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm cwdfonz of David. 
 
 PRAISE waits for thee in Sion, Lord ; 
 to thee vows paid fhall be. 
 O thou that hearer art of pray'r, 
 all flefh fhall come to thee. 
 
 3 Iniquities, I muft confefs, 
 
 prevail againfi: me do: 
 But as for our tranfgrefTions, 
 them purge away fhalt thou. 
 
 4 Blefs'd is the man whom thou doft 
 
 and makTt approach to thee ; (chufe, 
 That he within thy courts, O Lord, 
 
 may ftill a dweller be. 
 We furely fhall be fatisfy'd 
 
 with thy abundant grace, 
 And with the goodnefs of thy houfe, 
 
 ev'n of thy holy place. 
 
 5 O God of our falvation, 
 
 thou, in thy righteoufnefs, 
 By fearful works unto our pray'rs 
 
 thine anfwer doft.exprefs : 
 Therefore the ends of all the earth, 
 
 and thofe afar that be 
 Upon the fea, their confidence, 
 
 O Lord, will place in thee. 
 
 6 Who, being girt with pow'r,fetsfaft, 
 
 by his great Hrength, the hills: 
 
 7 Who 
 
PSALM LXV. 161 
 
 7 Who noife of feas, noife of their waves, 
 
 and peoples tumult ftills. 
 
 8 Thofe in the utmoft parts that dwell, 
 
 are at thy figns afraid : 
 Th* outgoings of the morn and ev'n 
 by the are joyful made. 
 
 9 The earth thou vifit'ft, watering it, 
 
 thou mak'ft it rich to grow 
 With God's full flood; thou corn pre- 
 when thou provid'ft it fo. (par'ft, 
 io Her riggs thou water'ft plenteoufly, 
 her furrows fetteleft: 
 With fhow'rs thou doft her mollify, 
 her fpring by thee is bleft. 
 
 1 1 So thou the year mod liberally 
 
 doft with thy goodnefs crown ; 
 And all thy paths abundantly 
 on us drop fatnefs down, 
 
 1 2 They drop upon the paftures wide, 
 
 that do in deferts lie, 
 The little hills on ev'ry fide 
 rejoice right pleafantly. 
 
 13 With flocks the paftures clothed be, 
 
 the vales with corn are clad ; 
 Andnowtheyfhoutandfingto thee, 
 for thou haft made them glad. 
 
 L PSALM 
 
102 P S A L M LXVI. 
 
 This is a thankfgiving pfalm; and it is of fiich a general ufe 
 and application, that \vc need not fuppofe it peanc 
 any partial la* occaGon. All people arc here called . 
 praife God, (i ) For the general inftances ofl 
 dominion and power in the whole creation, v^ri". I. — 7. 
 (2.) For the fpceial tokens of his favour to the church, his 
 peculiar people, verf. 8. — 13. And then, (3. 
 id praifeth God for his own experiences of his goodncis U> 
 him in particular, efpecially in an! rs, verf. 
 
 13. — 20. If we have learned in ei - 1 give thanks 
 
 for ancient and modern merci( 
 cies, we (ball know how to Gng this pi... 
 underflanding. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A fong ir pfalm. 
 
 ALL lands, to God in joyful founds 
 aloft your voices raife. 
 
 2 Sing forth the honour of his name, 
 
 and glorious make his praife. 
 
 3 Say unto God, How terrible 
 
 in all thy works art thou ? 
 Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee 
 fnall be conftrain'd to bow. 
 
 4 All on the earth fhall worihip thee, 
 
 they fhall thy praife proclaim 
 In fongs : they fhall fing cheerfully 
 unto thy holy name. 
 
 5 Come, and the works that God hath 
 
 with admiration fee: (wrought 
 In's working to the fons of men 
 moft terrible is he. 
 
 6 Into dry land the fea he turn'd, 
 
 and they a paifage had, 
 
 Ev'n 
 
PSALM LXVI. 163 
 
 Ev'n marching through the flood on foot 
 there we in him were glad. 
 
 7 He rulcth ever by his pow'r, 
 
 his eyes the nations fee: 
 O let not the rebellious ones 
 lift up themfelves on high. 
 
 8 Ye people, blefs our God; aloud 
 
 the voice (peak of his praife: 
 
 9 Our foul in life who fafe preferves, 
 
 our foot from Aiding ftays. 
 
 I o For thou didil prove and try us. Lord, 
 
 as men do iilver try : 
 
 I I Brought'ft us into the net, and mad'ft, 
 
 bands on our loins to lie, 
 1 2 Thou haft caus'd men ride o'er our 
 and though that we did pais (heads : 
 Through fire and water, yet thou 
 us to a wealthy place, (broughtft 
 13m bring bur nt-off 'rings to thy houle; 
 to thee my vows I'll pay, 
 
 14 Which my lips utter'd, my mouth 
 
 when trouble on me lay. (ipake, 
 
 15 Burnt facrifices of fat rams, 
 
 with incenfe, I will bring; 
 Of bullocks and of goats I will 
 prefent an offering. 
 
 16 All that fear God, come here, I'll tell 
 
 what he did for my foul. 
 
 L 2 1 7 I with 
 
1 64 PSALM LXVIL 
 
 17 I with my mouth unto him cry'd, 
 
 my tongue did him extol. 
 
 1 8 If in my heart I fin regard, 
 
 the Lord me will not hear : 
 
 19 But furely God me heard, and to 
 
 my pray'rs voice gave ear. 
 
 20 O let the Lord, our gracious God^ 
 
 for ever bleffed be, . 
 Who turned not my pray'r from him, 
 nor yet his grace from me. 
 
 P S A L M LXVH. 
 
 This pfalm relates to .the church, and is calculated for the 
 puhiic. Here is, (1.) A prayer for the proiperity of the 
 church of Ifrael, veif. I. (2.) A prayer for the converfion 
 of the Gentiles, and the bringing of them into the church, 
 verf. %. 3. 4. 5. (3.) A prefpect of happy and glorious 
 times when God (hall do this, verf. 6 7. Thus was the 
 pfalmift carried out hy the fpirit of prophefy, to foretel the 
 glorious eftate of the chriftian church, in which Jews and 
 Gentiles Ihould unite into one flock; the beginningof which 
 hlefTcd work ought to be the matter of our joy and praife, 
 and the completing of it, of our prayer and hope, in find- 
 ing this pfalrn. 
 
 To the chief mufieian on Neginoth, A pfalrn or £0115, 
 
 LORD, biefs and pity us, 
 thine on us with thy face; 
 a That th' earth thy way, and nations ail 
 may know thy faving grace. 
 
 3 Let people praife thee, Lord, 
 
 let people all thee praife. 
 
 4 O let the nations be glad, 
 
 in longs their voices raifc. 
 Thou'lt juftly people judge, 
 on eaith rule nations all. 
 
 5 Let people praife thee, Lord, let them 
 
 praiic thee, both great and fmall. 
 
 6 The earth her fruit thall yield, 
 
 our God ihall bieffine fend. 
 r God (hall us blefs, men -(hall him fear 
 
 unto earth's utmoft ejid. Another 
 
PSALM LXVII. 165 
 
 Another of the fame., 
 
 LORD, unto us be merciful, 
 do thou us alfo blefs; 
 And gracioufly caufe fhine 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 faving health be fliown. 
 
 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 fhalt people judge , 
 and nations rule on earth. 
 
 5 Let people praife thee, Lord, let all 
 
 the folk praife thee with mirth. 
 
 6 Then fhall the earth yield her increafe, 
 
 God, our God blefs us fhall. 
 y God fhall us blefs, and of the earth 
 the ends fhall fear him all. 
 
 PSALM LXVIIL 
 
 This is a moft excellent pfalm, hut in many places the genu- 
 ine ienie is not eafy to come at ; for in this, as in ibme 
 other fcriptures, there are things dark and hard to be un- 
 derftood. It doth not appear when, or upon what occafion, 
 David penned this pfalm; but probably it was when Gcd 
 having given him reft from all his enemies round about, he 
 brought the ark (which was both the token of God's pre- 
 sence, and a type of ChruTs mediation) from the houie of 
 Obed-edom, to the tent he had pitched for it in Zion ; for 
 the firft words are the prayer which Mofes ufed at the re- 
 moving 
 
1 66 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 moving cf the ark, Numb. x. 35, From this he is led, hf 
 the fp'uit of prophefy, to fpeak glorious things concerning 
 the MclTiah, his afccnfion into heaven, and the fetting up 
 of his kingdom in the world, (i.) He begins with prayer, 
 both againft God's enemies, verf. I. %. ; and for his people, 
 verf. 3. (2.) He proceeds to praife, which takes up the 
 reft of the pfalm, calling upon all to praiie God, verf. 4. 
 26. 32.; and fuggefting many things as matter for praife, 
 I. The greatnefs and goodnefs of God, verf. 4. 5. 6. 2. 
 The wonderful works God had wrought for his people for- 
 merly, bringing them through the wildernefs, verf. 7. 8.; 
 fettling them in Canaan, verf. 9, 10. ; giving them victory 
 over their enemies, verf. II. 13. ; and delivering them out 
 of the hands of their oppreiTors, verf. 13. 14. 3. Thefpe- 
 cial prefence of God in his church, verf. 15. 16. 17. 4. 
 The afcenfion of Chrift, verf. 18.; and the falvation of 
 Ms people by him, verf. 19. 20. 5. The victories which 
 Chrift would obtain over his enemies, and the favours he 
 would beftow upon his church, verf. 21. f— 2&. 6. The en- 
 largement of the church by the accefHon of the Gentiles to 
 it, vtrf. 29. 30. 31. And fo he concludes the pfalm with 
 an awful acknowledgement of the glory and grace of God, 
 verf. 32. — 35. With all thefe great things we Ihould en- 
 deavour to be duly affected in fmging this pfalm. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm cr fong of David, 
 
 LET God arife, and fcattered 
 let all his en'mies be; 
 And let all thofe that do him hate, 
 before his prefence flee. 
 
 2 As fmoke is driv'n, fo drive thou them* 
 
 as fire melts wax away, 
 Before God's face let wicked men 
 fo perifh and decay. 
 
 3 But let the righteous be glad, 
 
 let them before God's fight 
 Be very joyful; yea, let them 
 rejoice with all their might. 
 
 4 To 
 
PSALM LXVIIT. 167 
 
 4 To God fing, to his name fing praife: 
 
 extol him with your voice, 
 That rides on heav'n by his name J AH, 
 before his face rejoice. 
 
 5 Becaufe the Lord a father is 
 
 unto the fatherlefs : 
 God is the widow's judge, within 
 his place of holinefs. 
 
 6 God doth the folitary fet 
 
 in families : and from bands 
 The chain'd doth free, but rebels do 
 inhabit parched lands. 
 
 7 O God, w T hat time thou didft go forth 
 
 before thy peoples face; 
 And when through the great wildernefs 
 
 thy glorious marching was : 
 
 8Then at God's prefence fhook the earth, 
 
 then drops from heav'n fell ; 
 
 This Sinai fhook before the Lord, 
 
 the God of Ifrael. 
 
 9 O God, thou to thine heritage 
 
 didft fend a plenteous rain; 
 Whereby thou, when it weary was, 
 didft it refrefh again. 
 
 10 Thy congregation then did make 
 
 their habitation there: 
 Of thine awn goodnefs for the poor, 
 O God, thou didft prepare. 
 
 11 The 
 
1 68 PSALM LXVIIL 
 
 1 1 The Lord himfelf did give the word, 
 
 the word abroad did fpread : 
 Great was the company of them 
 the fame who published. 
 
 12 Kings of great armies foiled were, 
 
 and forc'd to flee away, 
 And women, who remained at home, 
 did diftribute the prey. 
 
 1 3 Though ye have lien among the pots, 
 
 like doves ye fhall appear, 
 Whofe wings with filver, and with gold 
 whofe feathers cov'red are. (kings, 
 
 14 When there th' Almighty fcatt'red 
 
 like Salmon's fnow 'twas white. 
 
 15 God's hill is like to Bafhan hill, 
 
 like Bafhan hill for height. 
 
 16 Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? 
 
 this is the hill where God 
 Defires to dwell ; yea, God in it 
 for ay will make abode. 
 
 1 7 God's chariots twenty thoufand are, 
 
 thoufands of angels ftrong; 
 In's holy place God is, as in 
 mount Sinai them among. 
 
 1 8 Thou haft, O Lord, moft glorious 
 
 afcended up on high, 
 And in triumph victorious led 
 captive captivity: 
 
 Thou 
 
PSALM LXVIII. 169 
 
 Thou haft received gifts for men, 
 
 for fuch as did rebel; 
 Yea, ev'n for them, that God the Lord 
 
 in midft of them might dwell. 
 
 19 Blefs'd be the Lord, who is to us 
 
 of our falvation God, 
 Who daily with his benefits 
 us plenteoufly doth load. 
 
 20 He of falvation is the God, 
 
 who is our God mod ftrong; 
 And unto God the Lord from death 
 the iffues do belong. 
 
 2 1 But furely God (hall wound thehead 
 
 of thofe that are his foes : 
 The hairy fcalp of him that ftill 
 on in his trefpafs goes. 
 
 22 God faid, My people I will bring 
 
 again from Bafhan hill, 
 Yea, from the feas devouring deeps 
 them bring again I will : 
 
 23 That in the blood of enemies 
 
 thy foot imbrew'd may be; 
 And of thy dogs dipt in the fame, 
 the tongues thou mayeft fee. 
 
 24 Thy goings they have feen, O God, 
 
 the fteps of majefty 
 Of my God, and my mighty King, 
 within the fan&uary. 
 
 25 Before 
 
i -o P S A L M LXVIII. 
 
 25 Before went fingers, players next 
 
 on instruments took wav. 
 And them among the damfels were 
 that did on timbrels play. 
 
 26 Within the congregations 
 
 blefs God with one accord; 
 From IfraTs fountain do ye blefs, 
 and praife the mighty Lord. 
 
 27 With their prince little Benjamin, 
 
 princes and counfel there 
 Of Judah were, there Zebulun's 
 and Napht'li's princes were, (ftrong 
 
 28 Thy God commands thy ftrength: make 
 
 what thou wrought'ft for us, Lord. 
 
 29 For thy houfe at Jerufalem, 
 
 kings fhall thee gifts afFord. 
 
 30 The Ipearmens hoft, the multitude 
 
 of bulls, which fiercely look, 
 Thofe calves, which people have forth 
 
 O Lord our God, rebuke, (lent, 
 Till ev'ry one fubmit himfelf, 
 
 and filver-pieces bring : 
 The people that delight in war 
 fperfe, O God and King. 
 
 3 1 Thofe that be princes great, fhall then 
 
 come out of Egypt lands, 
 And Ethiopia to God 
 fhall fcon ftretch out her hands. 
 
 2 Oall 
 
 0' 
 
PSALM LXVIII. 171 
 
 32 O all ye kingdoms of the earth, 
 
 fing praiies to this King, 
 For he is Lord that ruleth all, 
 unto him praifes fing. 
 
 33 To him that rides on heav'ns of hea- 
 
 which he of old did found ; (v'ns, 
 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 mod high. 
 35 Thou'rt from thy temple dreadful, 
 
 IfraTs own God is he, (Lord, 
 Who gives his people ftrength and 
 
 O let God bleffed be* (pow'r : 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 David penned this pfalm when he was in affliction ; and in it, 
 (i.) He complains of the great diftrefs and trouble he was 
 in, and earneftly hegs of God to relieve and fuccour him, 
 yerf. 1. 21. (2.) He imprecates the judgment of God upon 
 his perfecutors, verf. 22. — 29. (3.) He concludes with the 
 voice of joy andpraifc, in an afTurence that God would help 
 and fuccour him, and would do well for the church, verf. 
 30. — 36. Now, in this David was a type of Chrift, and 
 divers paflages in this pfalm are applied toChrift in iheNew 
 Telrament, and are fa id to have their aecomplif'- 
 liim, verf 4. 9. 21. and verf. 2*. refers to the enemies of 
 Chrift. So that (like the xxiid pfaim) it begins with the 
 humiliation, and ends with the exaltation of Chrift, one 
 branch of which was the deRrudtion of the Jcwifti nation 
 for perfecuting him, which the imprecations here are pre- 
 dictions of. And in llnging this pfalm, we mutt have l;i eye 
 to the fufTerings of Chriit, and the glory that followed ; 
 not forgetting the fufTerings of Chriftiarts too, and the glory 
 
 that 
 
172 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 that ftiall follow them ; for it may lead us to think of the 
 ruin referred for the perfecutors, and the reft referved for 
 the perfecuted. 
 
 To the chief mnfician upon Shofhannim, A ffalm of David. 
 
 AV E me, O God, becaufe the floods 
 do fo environ me, 
 That ev'n into my very foul 
 come in the waters be. 
 
 2 I downward in deep mire do fink, 
 
 where Handing there is none : 
 I am into deep w r aters come, 
 where floods have o'er me gone. 
 
 3 I weary with my crying am, 
 
 my throat is alfo 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 hairs upon my head, 
 
 in number more they be: 
 They that w r ould me deftroy, and arc 
 
 mine en'mies wrongfully, 
 Are mighty : fo, w r hat I took not, 
 
 to render fore'd was I. 
 
 5 Lord, thou my folly know'ft, my fins 
 
 not cover'd are from thee. 
 
 6 Let none that w T ait on thee be fham'd, 
 
 Lord God of hofts, for me : 
 
 OLord 
 
P S A L M LXIX. 173 
 
 O Lord the God of Iirael, 
 
 let none, who fearch do make, 
 And feek thee, be at any time 
 confounded for my fake. 
 j For I have borne reproach for thee, 
 my face is hid with fhame. 
 
 8 To brethren ftrange, to mother's fons 
 
 an alien I became. 
 
 9 Becaufe the zeal did eat me up, 
 
 which to thy houie 1 bare; 
 And the reproaches caft at thee, 
 
 upon me fallen are. 
 1 o My tears and falls, t'affiict my fouI 5 
 
 were turned to my fhame. 
 z 1 When fackcloth I 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 finking do me keep; 
 Free me from thole that do me hate, 
 and from the waters deep. 
 
 15 Let 
 
 L 
 
174 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 15 Let not the flood on me prevail, 
 
 whofe water overflows ; 
 Nor deep me fwallow, nor the pit 
 her mouth upon me clofe. 
 
 16 Hear me, O Lord, becaufe thy love 
 
 and kindnefs is moil good; 
 Turn unto me, according to 
 thy mercies multitude. 
 
 1 7 Nor from thy fervant hide thy face; 
 
 I'm troubled, foon attend. 
 
 1 8 Draw near my foul, and it redeem; 
 
 me from my foes defend. 
 
 19 To thee is my reproach well known, 
 
 my fhame, and my difgrace : 
 Thofe that mine adverfaries be, 
 are all before thy face. 
 
 20 Reproach hath broke my heart, I'm 
 
 of grief; I look'd for one (full 
 To pity me, but none I found ; 
 comforters found I none. * 
 
 21 They alfo bitter gall did give 
 
 unto me for my meat : 
 They gave me vinegar to drink, 
 when as my thirft was great. 
 
 22 Before them let their table prove 
 
 a fnare ; and do thou make 
 Their welfare and prefperity 
 a trap themfelves to take. 
 
 23 Let 
 
 
P S A L M LXIX. 175 
 
 23 Let thou yes fo darkned be, 
 
 that fight may them fcrfake: 
 And let their loins be made by thee 
 continually to ihake. 
 
 24 Thy fury pour thou out on them, 
 
 and in )n: 
 
 And let tl hful anger, Lord, 
 
 faft hold take them upon. 
 
 25 All wafte and defolate let be 
 
 their habicati 
 And in their tabernacles all 
 inhabitants be none. 
 
 26 Becaufe him they do perfecute, 
 
 whom thou didft finite before ; 
 
 They talk unto the grief of thofe 
 
 whom thou haft wounded fore. 
 
 27 Add thou iniquity unto 
 
 their former wickednefs : 
 And do not let them come at all 
 
 into thy righteoufnefs. 
 2S 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 become exceeding poor 
 
 and forrowful am I : 
 By thy falvation, O my God, 
 
 let me be fet on high. 
 
 30 The 
 
i 7 6 P S A L M iXIX. ' 
 
 30 The name of God I with a fong 
 
 moft cheerfully will praife ; 
 And I, in giving thanks to him, 
 his name fhall highly raife. 
 
 31 This to the Lord a facrifice, 
 
 more gracious fhall prove, 
 Than bullock, ox, or any beaft, 
 that hath both horn and hoof. 
 3 2\Vhen this the humble men fhall fee, 
 it joy to them fhall give: 
 O all ve that do feek the Lord, 
 your hearts fhall ever live. 
 3 3 For Good the poor hears, and will not 
 his prifoners contemn. 
 
 34 Let heav'n, and earth, and feas him 
 
 and all that move in them, (praife, 
 
 35 For God will Judah's cities build, 
 
 and he will Sion fave; 
 That they may dwell therein, and it 
 in fure poiTeffion have. 
 *6 And they that are his fervants feed 
 inherit fhall the fame; 
 So fhall they have their dwelling there, 
 that love his bleffed name. 
 
 P S A L M LXX. 
 
 This pfahn is adapted to a ftate of affliction ; it i^ copied al- 
 jroft word for word from another pialm; a: . 
 for that reaibn is entitled, ' A pfalm to bring to remem- 
 * bjancc,' for it may beef ufi 
 
 pi aycrs 
 
PSALM LXX. 
 
 77 
 
 prayers we have formerly made to God, upon the like oc- 
 casions, which may be done with new affections. David 
 here prays that God would fend, (r.) Help to himfelf, 
 verf. r. 5. (2.) Shame to his enemies, verf. %. 3. (3.) Joy 
 to his friends, verf, 4. Thefe five vcrfes were the five laft 
 verfes of Pfal. xi. He feems to have intended this mort 
 prayer to be both for himfelf and as a falve for every fore, 
 and therefore to be always in mind, and in finging we may 
 apply it to our particular troubles, whatever they are. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David, to bring to rejnem- 
 brance. 
 
 LOrd, hafte me to deliver, 
 with fpeed, Lord, fucconr me. 
 S Let them that for my foul do feek 
 fham'd and confounded be : 
 
 Turn,d back be they, and fhara'd, 
 that in my hurt delight. 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha, that fay., 
 
 their ihaming to requite. 
 
 4 In thee let all he glad, 
 
 and joyMhat feek for thee: 
 Let them who thy falvation love, 
 fay (till, God praifed be. 
 
 ^ I poor and needy am, 
 
 come, Lord, and make no (lay: 
 My help thou and deliv'rer art, 
 Q Lord, make no delay. 
 
 Another of the fame. 
 
 MAKE hafte, O God, me to preferve, 
 with fpeed, Lord, fuccour me. 
 2 Let them that for my foul do feek, 
 iham'd and confounded bej 
 
 M Let 
 

 ifg P S A L M LXX. 
 
 Let them be turned back, and fham'd, 
 that in my hurt delight. 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha, that iay> 
 
 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 ftill, God praifed be. 
 
 5 But I both poor and needy am, 
 
 come, Lord, and make no ftay; 
 My help thou and deliverer art* 
 O Lord, make no delay. 
 
 P S A L M LXXI. 
 
 David penned this pfalm in his old sge, as appears by feveral 
 parages in it ; which makes many chink that it was penned 
 at the time of Abialom's rebellion; for that was the great 
 trouble of his latter days: it might be occasioned by She- 
 fca's infurre£tion, or fome trouble that happened to him in 
 that part of his life, of which it was foretold, that the 
 fvvord fhould not depart from his hcufe. But he is not over 
 particular in representing his cafe, becaufe he intended it 
 tor the general ufe of God's people in their affliction, espe- 
 cially thofe they meet with in their declining years; for 
 this pfalm, above any other, is fitted for the uie of the 
 old difciples of Jefus Chrifh (i.) He beeins the pfalm with 
 believing prayers; with prayers that God would deliver him, 
 and ' fave him,' veif. 2. 4.; and not 4 call him oil,' veil. 
 9.; or be ' far from him,' verf. 12.; and that his enemies 
 might be put to (name, verf. 13. He pleads his confidence 
 in G -->.], veils 1. 3. 5. 7.; the experience he had had of 
 help from Gad, xcii. 6.; and the malice of kis enemies 
 againft hirti, verf. 10. 11. (2.) He concludes the pfalm 
 with believiag prahes, vtrf. 14. &c. Never was iris hope 
 inofe efiablnhec, vuf. 16. 18. 20. 21. Never were his 
 joys a bid tliaokfgivings more enlarged, verf. 15. 19. 2Z. 
 23. 24. He is in an ecftafy of joyful praife, and in the ting- 
 ing of it we Pnould liave our faith in God encourage-d, and 
 our hearts raiie his iioly nan: v. 
 
 O Lord, 
 
 
PSALM LXXL 179 
 
 OLord, 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 righteoufnefs, 
 
 from thee deliv'rance have; 
 Caufe me eicape, incline thine ear 
 unto me, and me fave. 
 
 3 Be thou my dwelling rock, to which 
 
 I ever may refort : 
 Thou gav'ft commandment me to fave, 
 for thou'rt my rock and fort. 
 
 4 Free me, my God, from wicked hands, 
 
 hands cruel and unjuft. 
 
 5 For thou, O Lord God, art my hope, 
 
 and from my youth, my truft. 
 
 6 Thou from the womb didft hold me 
 
 thou art the fame that me (up ; 
 Out of my mother's bowels took, 
 I ever will praife thee. 
 
 7 To many I a wonder am; 
 
 but thou'rt my refuge ftrong. 
 
 8 Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praife 
 
 and honour, all day long, i 
 
 9 O do not caft me off, when as 
 
 old age doth overtake me; 
 And, when my ftrength decayed is, 
 then do not thou forfake me. 
 
 M 2 10 For 
 
1S0 S P S A L M LXXI. 
 
 10 For thofe that are mine enemies? 
 
 againft me fpeak with hate : 
 And they together counfel take, 
 that for my foul lay wait. 
 
 1 1 They faid, God leaves him ; him pur- 
 
 and take: none will him fa ve. (fue 
 
 12 Be thou not far from me, my God: 
 
 thy fpeedy help I crave. 
 
 13 Confound, confume them, that unto 
 
 my foul are enemies : 
 Clothed be they with reproach and fhame 
 thafdo my hurt devife. 
 
 14 But I with expectation 
 
 will wait continually; 
 And yet with praifes more and more 
 I will thee magnify. 
 
 15 Thy juftice and falvation 
 
 my mouth abroad fliall fhow* 
 Ev*n all the day; for I thereof 
 the numbers do not know. 
 
 16 And I will conftantly go on 
 
 in ftrength of God the Lord : 
 And thine own righteoufnefs, ev'n thine 
 alone, I will record, 
 
 17 For, even from my youth, QGod, 
 
 by thee I have been taught : 
 And hitherto I have declared 
 the wonders thou haft wrought. 
 
 18 And 
 
PSALM LXXI. 181 
 
 1 8 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 fhow. 
 
 19 And thy moft perfed righteoufnefs, 
 
 O Lord, is very high, 
 Who haft fo great things done : O God, 
 who is like unto thee ? 
 
 20 Thou, Lord, who great adverfities, 
 
 and fore to me didft fhow, 
 Shalt quicken, and bring me again 
 from depths of earth below. 
 
 2 1 My greatnefs,and my pow'r,thou w r ilt 
 
 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 pfaltery: 
 Thou holy One of Ifrael, 
 with harp I'll fing to thee. 
 
 23 My lips fhall much rejoice in thee, 
 
 when I thy praifes found : 
 My foul, which thou redeemed haft, 
 in joy fhall much abound. 
 
 24 My tongue thy jufticefhal I proclaim, 
 
 continuing all day long : 
 For they confounded are, and fham'd, 
 that feek to do me wrong. 
 
 PSALM 
 
182 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 The foregoing pfalm was penned by David when he was old, 
 and, it mould feem, fo was this too ; for Solomon was now 
 franding fair for the crown; that was his prayer for himlelf, 
 this for his ion and iucceilor; and with thefe two, the pray- 
 ers of David the fon of JeiTe are ended, as we find in the 
 clofe of this pfalm. If we have but God's prefence with us 
 while we live, and good hopes concerning thofe that lhall 
 come after us, that they fhall be praifmg God on earth, 
 when we are praifmg him in heaven, it is enough. This is 
 intitled. A pfalm for Solomon: it is probable, David dicta- 
 ted it, or rather it was by tke blefled Spirit dictated fen him, 
 when a little before he died, by divine direction he fettled 
 the fucceflicn, and gave orders to proclaim Solomon king, 
 I Kings i. 30. But though Solomon's name is here made 
 ufe of, Chrift's kingdom is here prophefied of, under the 
 tvpeand figure of Solomon's. David knew what the divine 
 oiacle was, That * of the fruit of his loins, according to 
 * the fleih, he would raife up Chrifl: to fit on his throne,' 
 Adts ii. 30. And to him he here bare witnefs, and with 
 the profpect of the gloriesof his kingdom he comforted him- 
 felf in his dying moments, when he forefavv that his honfe 
 would not be fo with God, not fo great, not (o good, as he 
 wifhed. David in fpirit, (i.) Begins with a fhort prayer 
 for his fuecefTbr, verf. I. (2.) He pafTeth immediately into 
 a long prediction of the glories of his reign, verf. 2. — 17. 
 And, (3.) He concludes with praife to the God of Ifrael, 
 verf. iS. 19. 20. In finging this pfalm, we muft have an 
 eye to Chrilt, praifing him as a King, and pleafing ourfelves 
 with our happinefs as his fubjects. 
 
 A ffalm for Solomon. 
 
 OLord, thy judgments give the king, 
 his fon thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 2 With right he fhall thy people judge, 
 
 thy poor with uprightnefs. 
 
 3 The lofty mountains fhall bring forth 
 
 unto the people peace; 
 Likevnfe the little hills the fame 
 fhall do by righteoufnefs. 
 a The people's poor ones he fhall judge, 
 the needy's children fave: 
 
 And 
 
PSALM LXXIL 
 
 And thofe fliall he in pieces break, 
 who them opprefled have, 
 j They (hall thee fear, while fun and 
 do laft, through ages all. (moon 
 
 6 Like rain on mown grafs he fhall drop, 
 
 or fhow'rs on earth that fall. 
 
 7 The juft fhall flourifh in his days, 
 
 and proiper in his reign: 
 He fhall, while doth the moon endure, 
 abundant peace maintain. 
 
 8 His large and great dominion fhall 
 
 from fea to fea extend : 
 It from the river fhall reach forth 
 unto earth's utmoft end. 
 
 9 They in the wildernefs that dwell, 
 
 bow r down before him mud: 
 And they, that are his enemies, 
 fhall lick the very dult. 
 
 10 The kings of Tarfhifh, and the ifies 
 
 to him fhall prefents bring; 
 And unto him fhall offer gitts 
 Sheba's and Seba's king. 
 
 1 1 Yea all the mighty kings on earth 
 
 before him down fhall fall; 
 And all the nations of the world 
 do fervice to him fhall. 
 
 12 For he the needy fhall preferve, 
 
 when he to him doth call; 
 
 The 
 
184 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 The poor alfo, and him that hath 
 no help of man at all. 
 
 13 The poor man and the indigent, 
 
 in mercy he fhall fpare; 
 He fhall preferve alive the fouls 
 of thofe that needy are. 
 
 14 Both from deceit and violence, 
 
 their foul he fhall fet free; 
 And in his fight right precious 
 and dear their blood fhall be. 
 
 15 Yea, he fhall live, and giv'n to him 
 
 fhall be of Sheba's gold; 
 For him flill fhall they pray, and he 
 fhall daily be extolPd. 
 
 1 6 Of corn an handful in the earth 
 
 on tops of mountains high, (trees 
 With profp'rous fruit fhall fhake, like 
 
 on Lebanon that be. 
 The city fhall be flourifhing, 
 
 her citizens abound 
 In number fhall, like to the grafs 
 
 that grows upon the ground. 
 
 17 His name for ever fhall endure, 
 
 laft like the fun it fhall : 
 Men fhall be blefs'd in him, and blefsM 
 all nations fhall him call. 
 
 1 8 Now blelfed be the Lord our God, 
 
 the God of Ifrael, 
 
 For 
 
PSALM LXXIII. 185 
 
 For he alone doth wondrous works, 
 in glory that excel. 
 19 And blelfed be his glorious name 
 to all eternity; 
 The whole earth let his glory fill : 
 Amen, io let it be. 
 
 20. The prayers of David the fon of JefTe are ended. 
 
 P S A L M LXXIII. 
 
 This pfalm, and the ten that next follow it, carry the name 
 of Afaph in the titles of them; if he was the penman, of 
 them, (as many think,) we rightly rail them pialms of 
 Alaph: if he was only the chief mufician, to whom they 
 were delivered, our marginal reading is right, which calls 
 them pfalms for Alaph. It is probable he penned them ; for 
 we read of the words of David, and of Afaph the leer, 
 which were ufed in praifing God in Hezekiah's time, % 
 Chron. xxix. $o. Though the ipirit of propriety, by fa- 
 crcd longs, defended chiefly ^n David, who is therefore 
 Ailed the fweet pfalmiir. of Ilrael; yet God put fomeof that 
 fpirit upon thofe about him. This is a pfalm of great uie; 
 it gives us an account of the conflict which the pfalmift had 
 with a ltrcng temptation to envy the profperity of wicked 
 people. He begins his account with a faered principle 
 which he held fait, and by the help of which he kept his 
 ground, and carried his point, verf. I.: and then tells us 
 (l.) How he got into the temptation, verf. 2. — 14. (2.) 
 How he got out of the temptation, andgained'a victory over 
 it, verf. 15. — ZO, (3.) How he got by the temptation, 
 and was the better for it, verf. 21. — 28. And if, in fin g- 
 ing this pfalm, we fortify curfelves again It the like temp- 
 tation, we do not ufe it in vain. The experiences of others 
 ihould be our inltructions. 
 
 A pfalm of Afaph. 
 
 YET God is good to Ifrael, 
 to each pure hearted one. 
 
 2 But as for me, my fteps near flipt, 
 
 my feet were almoft gone. 
 
 3 For I envious was, and grudg'd 
 
 the fooliih folk to fee, 
 
 When 
 
i36 psalm Lxxirr. 
 
 When I perceiv'd the wicked fort 
 enjoy profperity. 
 
 4 For ftill their ftrength continueth fit mj 
 
 their death of bands is free : 
 
 5 They are not toil'd as other men, 
 
 nor plaguM as others be. 
 
 6 Therefore their pride, like to a chain, 
 
 them compaffeth about; 
 And, as a garment, violence 
 
 doth cover them throughout. 
 j Their eyes ftand out with fat, they have 
 
 more than their hearts could wifh. 
 3 They are corrupt, their talk of wrong 
 
 both lewd and lofty is. 
 9 They fet their mouth againft the hea- 
 
 in their blafphemous talk; (v'ns 
 And their reproaching tongue through- 
 
 the earth at large doth walk. (out 
 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 ones, 
 
 yet profper at their will 
 
 In 
 
 
PSALM LXXIII. 187 
 
 In wordly things, they do incrcale 
 in wealth and riches ftill. 
 Ij I verily have done in vain 
 my heart to purify: 
 To no effect in innocence 
 walhed my hands have L 
 14 For daily, and all day throughout, 
 great plagues I fuffer'd have ; 
 Yea, ev'ry morning I of new 
 did chaftifement receive, 
 T$ If in this manner foolifhly 
 to fpeak I would intend, 
 Thy children's generation, 
 •behold, I fhould offend. 
 16 When I this thought to know, it was 
 
 too hard a thing for me: 
 
 1 j Till to God's fan&uary I went, 
 
 then I their end did fee. 
 
 1 8 Affuredly 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 fleeping doth arife; 
 
 So 
 
1 88 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'ft, 
 their image fhalt defpife. 
 
 2 1 Thus grieved was my heart in mc, 
 
 and me my reins oppreft: 
 
 22 So rude was I, and ignorant, 
 
 and in thy fight a beaft. 
 
 23 Nevertheless continually, 
 
 O Lord, I am with thee : 
 Thou doft me hold by my right handj 
 and ftill upholdeft me. 
 
 24 Thou, with thy counfel, while I live, 
 
 wilt me conduct and guide; 
 And to thy glory afterward 
 receive me to abide. 
 
 25 Whom have I in the heav'ns high, 
 
 but thee, O Lord, alone? 
 And in the earth, whom I defire 
 
 befides thee, there is none. 
 2 6 My fiefh 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 perilh {hall : 
 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 
 
 
P S A L M LXXIV. 189 
 
 In God 1 trnft, that all thy works 
 I may declare abroad. 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 This pfalmdoth fo particularly describe the deftruc'Hon of Je- 
 rufalemand the temple, by Nebuchadnezzar and the army 
 of the Chaldeans, and can fo hardly be applied to any other 
 event we meet with in the Jewiih hifrory, that interpreters 
 incline to think, either it was penned by David, or Afaph 
 in David's time, with a prophetical reference to that lad 
 event; which yet is not fo probable; or, that it was pen- 
 ned by another Afaph, that lived at the time of the capti- 
 vity, or by Jeremiah, (for it is of a peace with his lamen- 
 tations,) or fome other prophet, and.after the return out 
 of captivity, was delivered to the fons of Afaph, who were 
 called by his name, for the publick fervice of the chinch: 
 and that .was the mod eminent family of the fingers in 
 Ezra's time. See Ezra ii. 41. & in. 10. Neitf. xi. 17. 22. 
 £z xii. 35. 46. The deplorable cafe of the people of God 
 at that time is here fpread before the Lord, and left with 
 him, The prophet, in the name of the church, (1) Puts in 
 complaining pleas of the miferies they (hftered, for the 
 quickening of their defires in prayer, verf. 1. — ri. (1.) 
 He puts in comfortable pleas for the encpuraging of their 
 faith in prayer, verf. 12. — 17. (3.) Ke conclude, 
 divers petitions to God for deliverances, Terf. 18. — 23. h> 
 finging it, we muft be affected with the former deflations 
 of the church, for we are members of the fame body, and 
 may apply it to any preient diftreifes or deviations of any 
 part of the chriftian church. 
 
 Mafcbil of Aia; 
 
 OGod, why haft thou caft us off? 
 is it for evermore ? 
 Againft thy pafture-fheep why doth 
 thine anger fmoke fo fore? 
 2 O call to thy rememberance 
 thy congregation, 
 Which thou haft purehaied of old; 
 (till think the ititsSb upon: 
 
 I he 
 
190 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 The rod of thine inheritance, 
 which thou redeemed haft; 
 
 This Sion hill, wherein thou hadft 
 thy dwelling in times paft. 
 
 3 To theie long defolations 
 
 thy feet lift, do not tarry : 
 For all the ills thy foes have done 
 within thy fan&uary. 
 
 4 Amidii thy congregations 
 
 thine enemies do rore: 
 Their enfigns they fet up, for figns 
 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 
 thev break and quite undo. 
 
 7 They fired have thy fanttuary, 
 
 and have defil'd the fame, 
 By calling 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 fynagc^ues 
 of God within the land. 
 
 9 Our 
 
P S A L M LXXIV. 191 
 
 Our figns 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, fhall the enemy 
 
 thus in reproach exclaim ? 
 And fhall the adverfary thus 
 always blafpheme thy name? (might, 
 
 1 1 Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of 
 
 why doft thou thus draw back? 
 
 from thy bofom pluck it out, 
 for our deliverance fake, 
 
 12 For certainly God is my King, 
 
 ev'n from the times of old, 
 Working in midit of all the earth 
 falvation manifold. 
 
 1 3 The fea, by thy great power, to part 
 
 afunder thou didft make: 
 And thou the dragons heads, O Lord, 
 withih the waters brake. 
 
 14 The leviathan's heads thou brak'ft 
 
 in pieces, and didft give 
 
 1 *:.: to be meat unto the folk 
 in wildernefs that live. 
 
 1 fF\ -jvw clav'ft the fountain and the flood 
 
 :ch did With ftrearns abound: 
 Thou hty waters up, 
 
 unto the Vv : ;- hi -nd. 
 
 16 Thine 
 
192 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 1 6 Thine only is the day, O Lord, 
 
 thine alfo is the night: 
 And thou alone prepared haft 
 the fun and fhining light, 
 
 1 7 By thee the borders of the earth 
 
 were fettled ev'ry where : 
 The fummer and the winter both 
 by thee created were. 
 
 1 8 That th' enemy reproached hath, 
 
 O keep it in record ; 
 And that the foolifh people have 
 blafphem'd thy name, O Lord. 
 
 1 9 Unto the multitude do not 
 
 thy turtle's foul deliver: 
 The congregation of thy poor 
 do not forget for ever. 
 
 20 Unto thy covenant have refpedt: 
 
 for earth's dark places be 
 Full of the habitations 
 of horrid cruelty. 
 
 21 O let not thofe that be opprefs'd, 
 
 return again with fhame: 
 Let thofe that poor and needy are, 
 give praife unto thy name. 
 
 22 Do thou, O God, arife, and plead 
 
 the caufe that is thine own : 
 Remember how thou art.reproach'd 
 ftill by the foolifh one. 
 
 23 Do 
 
P S A L M LXXV. i 9j 
 
 23 Do not forget the voice of thofe 
 that are thine enemies: 
 Of thofe the tumult ever grows, 
 that do againft thee rife. 
 
 P S A L M LXXV. 
 
 Though thispfalm is attributed to Afaph in the title, yet it 
 En fo exactly agree wi:h David's circum fiances at his com- 
 ing to the crown after the death of Saul, that mod inter- 
 preters apply it to that juncture, and fnppofe that either 
 tph penned it in the perion of David, as his poet-laureat ; 
 probably, the fubftance of the pfalm was fome fpeech which 
 David made to a convention of the (rates, at his aceefllon 
 to the government, and that Afaph turned it into verfe, 
 and publithed it in a poem, for the better fpreading of it 
 among the people; or that David penned it, and delivered 
 it to Afaph as precentor of the temple. In this pfalm, (1.) 
 David returns God thanks for bringing him to the throne, 
 rf. 1. 9. (1.) He.promifctb to lay out himfelf for the 
 publick good, in theufeor the power God had given him, 
 verf. 2. x, ic. (3.) He checks the infolence ot thofe that 
 oppofed his coming to the throne, verf. 4. 5: (4.) He 
 ietcheth a reafon for ail this from God's fovereign domini- 
 on in the affairs of the children of men, werf. 6. 7. 3. In 
 finging this pfalm, we muft give to God the glory of all the 
 revolutions of dates and kingdoms, believing that they are 
 all according to his counie!, and he will make them all to 
 work for the good of his church. 
 
 To the chief mufician, Altafchith, A pfalm orfeng of Afaph. 
 
 TO thee, O God, do we give thanks, 
 we do give thanks to thee : 
 Becaufe thy wondrous works declare 
 thy great name near to be. 
 2 I purpofe, when I fhall receive, 
 the congregation, 
 That I fhall judgment uprightly 
 render to ev'ry one. 
 
 N 3Diffolved 
 
i 9 4 P S A L M LXXV, 
 
 3 Diffolved is the land, with all 
 
 that in the fame do dwell; 
 But I the pillars thereof do 
 bear up, and *ftablifh welL 
 
 4 I to the foolifh people faid, 
 
 Do not deal foolifhly ; 
 And unto thofe that wicked are, 
 Lift not your horn on high. 
 
 5 Lift not your horn on high, nor fpcafc 
 
 6 with ftubborn neck. But know, 
 That nor from eaft, nor weft, nor fouth> 
 
 promotion doth flow. 
 
 7 But God is judge: he puts down one, 
 
 and fets another up. 
 
 8 For in the hand of God mofl high 
 
 of red w T ine is a cup : 
 'Tis full of mixture; he pours forth, 
 
 and makes the wicked all 
 Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; 
 yea, and they drink them fhall. 
 8 But I for ever will declare, 
 
 I Jacob's God will praifc. 
 io All horns of lewd men I'll cut off; 
 but juft mens horns will raife. 
 
 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 Thrs pfalm items to have been penned upon occafton of fome 
 great victory obtained by the church over fome threatening 
 enemy or other, and deffgned to grace the triumph. The 
 LXX. call it, A fong upon the Ally nans; from whence 
 
 many 
 
 
P S A L M LXXVI. 195 
 
 many good interpreters conjecture., that it was penned when 
 lacherih's army, then befieging Jeiufalem, was entire- 
 ly cut oiFby a deftroying angel, in Hez^kiah's time ; and 
 n the pfalm are very applicable to that work 
 of w. here was a religious triumph upon occafion 
 
 in Jeholhaphat's time, which might as> 
 c the fubjeci of this pfalm, 3 Chron. xx. 2,8. Audit 
 >f Afaph, becaufe always fung by the 
 fons v Or it might be penned by Afaph that lived 
 
 in Davids time, upon occafion of the many triumphs with 
 which Gou delighted to honour that reign. Upon occafion 
 of- this dory, whatever it was, (I.) The pfal mill 
 
 congratulates the happinefs of the church, in having God 
 fo nigh, verf. 1. 2. 3. (2 ) He celebrates the glory of God's 
 power, which this was an illuitriousinftance of, yerf. 4. 5. 
 6. (3 He infers from hence what reafon ail have to fear be- 
 fore him, verf. 7. 8. 9. And, (4.) What reafon his peo- 
 ple have to trull in him, and to pay their vows to him, 
 10. 11. 12. It is a pfalm proper for a thankfgiving 
 day, upon the account of publick fuccefles, and not impro- 
 per at other times, becaufe it is never out of feafon to glorify 
 God for the great things he has done for his church former- 
 ly efpecially for the victories of the redeemer over the pow- 
 ers of darknefs, which all thofe Old Teftament victories 
 were types of, at lead, thofe that are celebrated in the 
 pfalms. 
 
 To the chief muhcian on Negiooth, A pfalm or fong of Afaph. 
 
 I 
 
 N Judah's land God is well known, 
 his name's in Ifr'el 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 art far. (fpoil'd, 
 
 5 Thofe that were ftout of heart, are 
 
 they flept their fleep outright; 
 And none of thofe their hands did find 
 that were the men of might. 
 
 N 2 6 When 
 
196 P S A L M LXXVL 
 
 6 When thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, 
 
 had forth againft them paft, 
 Their horfes and their chariots both 
 were in a dead fleep caft. 
 
 7 Thou, Lord, ev'n thou art he that 
 
 be fear'd, and who is he (fhould 
 That may ftand up before thy fight, 
 if once thou angry be ? 
 
 8 Fromheav'n thou judgment caus'd be 
 
 the earth was ftill with fear, (heard, 
 
 9 When God to judgment rofe, to fave 
 
 all meek on earth that were, 
 i o Surely the very wrath of man 
 unto thy praife redounds : 
 Thou to the remnant of his wrath 
 wilt fet reftraining 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 fear'd is he. 
 
 1 2 .By him the fp'rits lhall be cut off 
 
 of thofe that princes are : 
 Unto the kings that are on earth, 
 he fearful doth appear. 
 
 P S A L M LXXVII. 
 
 according to the method of many other pfalms, 
 - with forrowful complaints, but ends with comforta- 
 ble encouraviea-icnts. The complaints feem to be of per- 
 fojr;l^ritvanccSj but ;'*e encour^emtnU relate to the pub- 
 
 tick 
 
PSALM LXXVII. 197 
 
 lick concerns of the church, fo tliat it is not certain, whe- 
 ther U n a perfonalor apuhlick account: if 
 they v groaning under, it 
 teacheth u-, t God has wrought for his church, in 
 general, may be improted for the comfort of particular be- 
 lievers; if it was fome pubiick calamity that he is here la- 
 menting, his fpeaking of it fo feelingly, as if it had been 
 fome particular trouble of his own, (hews how much we 
 
 . lay to heart the intqrefts of the church of God, and 
 make them our own. One of the rabbins faith, this pfalm 
 is fpoken in the diaiecl of the captives; and therefore fome 
 
 it was penned in the captivity in Babylon. (1.) The 
 
 pfalmift complains here of the dec t ich his 
 
 troubles made upon his fpirits, and the temptation he was 
 
 in to defpair of relief, vei\f. I. — 10. (z.) He encourageth 
 
 .if to hope that it wculd be well a; laft, by the re- 
 
 ranceof God's former appearances for the help of his 
 people, oi which he gives feveral in (lances, yerf. II. to 20. 
 In ilnging this pfalm, we muft take (hame to curfelves for all 
 s of God, and of hisprovidence and promife, 
 and give to him the glory of his power and goodhefs, by a 
 thankful commemoration of what he has done for us for- 
 rly, and a cheerful dependence on him for the future. 
 
 To the chief mufician, to Jeduthun, A pfalm of Afaph. 
 
 UNTO the Lord I with my voice, 
 I unto God did cry 
 Ev'n with mv voice, and unto me 
 his ear he did apply. 
 
 2 I in my trouble fought the Lord; 
 
 my fore by night did run, 
 And ceafed not: my grieved foul 
 did confolation fhun. 
 
 3 I to remembrance God did call, 
 
 yet trouble did remain; 
 And overwhelmed my fpirit was, 
 whilft I did fore complain. 
 
 4 Mine 
 
198 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 4Mine eyes, debarred from reft and fleep, 
 thou makeft ftill to wake : 
 My trouble is fo great, that I 
 unable am to fpeak. 
 
 5 The days of old to mind I calPd, 
 
 and oft did think upon 
 The times and ages that are paft 
 full many years agone. 
 
 6 By night my fong I call to mind, 
 
 and commune with mv heart, 
 My fp'rit did carefully inquire 
 how I might eafe my fmart. 
 j For ever will the Lord caft off* 
 and gracious be no more ? 
 
 8 For ever is his mercy gone? 
 
 fails his word evermore? 
 
 9 Is't true, that to be gracious 
 
 the Lord forgotten hath? 
 And that his tender mercies he 
 hath fhut 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 moft high. 
 1 1 Yea, I remember will the works 
 performed by the Lord : 
 The wonders done of old by thee, 
 I furely will record, 
 
 1 2 I gjfo 
 
P S A L M LXXYIL 199 
 
 ill alfo will of all thy works 
 my meditation mal 
 And of thy doings to difcourfc 
 great pleafure 1 will take. 
 
 13 O God, thy way mofl holy is 
 
 within thy fanctuary: 
 And what God is fo great in pow'r, 
 as is our God mod high ? 
 
 14 Thou art the God that wonders doft 
 
 by thy right hand mod ftrong; 
 Thy mighty pow'r thou haft declared 
 the nations among. 
 
 15 To thine own people with thine arm 
 
 thou didft redemption bring; 
 To Jacob's fons, and to the tribes 
 of Jofeph that do fpring. 
 
 16 The waters, Lord, perceived thee, 
 
 the waters faw thee well ; 
 And they for fear afide did fiec; 
 the depths on trembling fell. 
 ijTht clouds in water forth were pour'd 5 
 found loudly did the fky; 
 And fwiftly through the world abroad 
 thine arrows fierce did fly. 
 18 Thy thunder's voice alongft the hea- 
 a mighty noife did make : (v'n 
 1 By lightnings lightned was the world, 
 th' earth tremble did and fhake. 
 
 19 Thy 
 
2oo PSALM LXXVTL 
 
 19 Thy way is in the fea, and in 
 
 the waters great thy path ; 
 Yet are thy footfteps hid, O Lord, 
 none knowledge thereof hath. 
 
 20 Thy people thou didft fafely lead 
 
 like to a flock of fheep, 
 By Mofes 5 hand, and Aaron's, thou 
 didft them conduct and keep. 
 
 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 This pfalm is hiftorical ; it is a narrative of the great mercies 
 God had bellowed upon Ifrael ; the great fins wherewith 
 they had provoked him, and the many tokens of his dif- 
 pleafure they had been under for their fins. The pfalmift 
 began, in the foregoing pfalm, to relate God's wonders of 
 old, for his own encouragement in a diiv?- ult time there 
 he broke offobruptly, but here refumes the fubject, for the 
 edification of the church, and enlargeth much upon it, 
 fhewing not only how good God had been to them, which 
 ■was an earned: of further finifhing mercy; but how bafely 
 they had carried themfelves to God, which juftified him in 
 correcting them as he did at this time, and forbade all com- 
 plaints. Here is, (1.) The preface to this church-hiftory, 
 commanding the attention of the prefent age to it, and re- 
 commending it to the ftudy of the generations to come, 
 verf. 1.— 8. (2.) The hiflory itfelf from Mofes to David; 
 it is put into a pfalm or fong, that it might be the better 
 remembered, and tranfmitted to pofterily ; and that the 
 finging of it might affect them, with the things here rela- 
 ted, more than they would be with a bare narrative of them. 
 The general fcopeof this pfalm we have, verf. 9. 10. 11.; 
 where notice is taken of the prefent rebukes they were un- 
 der, verf. 9.; the fin which brought them under thofe re- 
 bukes, verf. 10. ; and the mercies of God to them formerly, 
 which aggravated that fin, verf. IX. As to the particular?, 
 we are here told, I. What wonderful works God had 
 wrought for them, in bringing them out of Egypt, verf. 12. 
 16.; providing for them in the witdernefs, verf. 23. — 29; 
 plaguing and ruining their enemies, verf. 43. to 53.; and 
 at length putting them in polTeMion of the land of promife, 
 verf. 54. 55. 2. How ungrateful they were to God for his 
 favours to them, and how many and great provocations they 
 
 were 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 201 
 
 were guilty of. How they murmured agajnft God. aj 
 - tru ft e counterfeit 
 
 ance and fubmjjtipn when hcpimilhed them, veil. 34 — 37-> 
 thus him, veil*. 40. 41. 42. ; how 
 
 they affronted God with their idolatries aftef they 1 
 to Canaan, How God ' 
 
 nifhed them for their Gns, verf 21. 22. in the wib 
 making their fin their punifnment, verf. 29. to 33. ; and 
 now of late when the ark was taken by the Philiftines, 
 verf 59. — 64. 4. How graciouilyGod had fpared them, and 
 returned in mercy to them, notwithflan " 
 tions. He had forgiven them formerly, verf. 38. 39; And 
 now of late had removed the judgments they had brought 
 upun thcmfelves, and brought them under a happy elta- 
 bliibment both in church and ftate. verf. 65. to 72. As 
 the general fcope of this pfalm may be of uie to us in the 
 fingingofit, to put us upon rec Heeling what God has done 
 for us, and for his church formerly, and what we ha\ - 
 Sgain ft him ; fo the particulai be of -ufe to 
 
 warning againll thole fins of unbeii titu.de, which 
 
 I of old was not i 
 which was prefer ved for our I 
 ed unto them for enfamples, '. 1 Cor. x. 11. Heb. 
 
 ifchil of Afcph. 
 
 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 ipeak a parable, 
 
 and fayings dark of old: 
 
 3 The fame which we have heard and 
 
 and us our fathers told, (known, 
 
 4 We alio will them not conceal 
 
 from their pofterity: 
 Them to the generation 
 to come declare will we : 
 
 The 
 
202 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 The praifes of the Lord our God, 
 and his almighty ftrength, 
 The wondrous w orks that he hath done, 
 we will fhew forth at length. 
 
 5 His teftimony and his law 
 
 in Ifr'el he did place, 
 And charg'd our fathers it to fliow 
 to their fucceeding race. 
 
 6 That fo the race which was to come, 
 
 might well them learn and know; 
 And fons unborn, who fhould arife, 
 might to their fons them fhow. 
 
 7 That they might fet their hope in God, 
 
 and fuffer not to fall 
 His mighty works out of their mind, 
 but keep his precepts all : 
 
 8 And might not, like their fathers, be 
 
 a ftiff rebellious race, 
 A race not right in heart; with God 
 whofe fp'rit not ftedfafl was. 
 
 9 The fons of Ephraim,w r ho nor bows, 
 
 nor other arms did lack, 
 
 When as the day of battle was, 
 
 they faintly turned back. 
 
 10 They brake God's covenant, and re- 
 
 in his commands to go. (fus'd 
 
 1 1 His w r orks and wonders they forgot, 
 
 which he to them did ihow. 
 
 12 Things 
 
r S A L M LXXVIII. 203 
 
 I 2 Things marvellous he brought to 
 their lathers them beheld (pafs ; 
 Within the land of Egypt done, 
 yea, ev'n in Zoan's field. 
 
 13 By him divided was the fea, 
 
 he caus'd them through to pafs ; 
 And made 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. 
 
 15 In defert rocks he clave, and drink 
 
 as from great depths fupply'd. 
 iGHefrom the rock brought ftreams 5 like 
 made waters to run down, (floods 
 
 1 7 Yet finning more, in defert they 
 
 provok'd the higheft One. 
 
 1 8 For in their heart they tempted God, 
 
 and, fpeaking with iniftruft, 
 They greedily did meat require 
 to fatisfy their luft. 
 
 19 Againft the Lord himfelf they fpake, 
 
 and murmuring faid thus, 
 A table in the wildernefs 
 can God prepare for us ? 
 
 20 Behold, he fmote the rock, and thence 
 
 came ftreams and waters great; 
 But can he give his people bread? 
 and fend them fiefh to eat ? 
 
 2 1 The 
 
204 PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 2 1 The Lord did hear, and waxed wroth* 
 
 fo kindled was a flame 
 'Gainft Jacob, and 'gainft Ifrael 
 up indignation came. 
 
 22 For they believ'd not God, nor truft 
 
 in his falvation had : (mand, 
 
 23 Though clouds above he did comm- 
 
 and heav'ns doors open made; 
 
 24 And manna rain'd on them, and gave 
 
 them corn of heav'n to eat. 
 
 25 Man angels food did eat, to them 
 
 he to the full lent meat. 
 
 26 And in the heaven he did caufe 
 
 an eaftern wind to blow; 
 
 And by his power he let out 
 
 the fouthern wind to go. 
 
 27 Then flelh as thick as dull he made 
 
 to rain down them among ; 
 And feather'd fowls, like as thefand 
 which ly'th the fhore along. 
 
 28 At his command, amidft their camp 
 
 thele fhow'rs of flelh down fell, 
 All round about the tabernacles, 
 and tents where they did dwell. 
 
 29 So they did eat abundantly, 
 
 and had of meat their fill ; 
 For he did give to them what was 
 their own defire and will. 
 
 30 They 
 
P S A L M LXXVIII. 205 
 
 «;oThey from their lull had not eflrang'd 
 
 their heart and their defire; 
 But while the meat was in thei r mouths, 
 which they did fo require, 
 
 3 1 God's wrath upon them came, and flew 
 
 the fatteft of them all ; 
 So that the choice of Ifrael, 
 overthrown by death, did fall. 
 
 32 Yet, notwithftanding of all this, 
 
 they finned Hill the more : 
 And, though he had great wonders 
 belie v 5 d him not therefore, (wrought 
 
 33 Wherefore their days in vanity 
 
 he did confume and wafte; 
 And by his wrath their wretched years 
 away in trouble pall. 
 34. But when he flew them, then they did 
 to feek him Ihew defire : 
 Yea, they returned, and after God 
 right early did inquire. 
 
 35 And that the Lord had been their rock 
 
 they did remember then ; 
 Ev'n that the high almighty God 
 had their redeemer been. (him 
 
 36 Yet with their mouth they flatter'd 
 
 and fpake but feignedly; 
 And they unto the God of truth 
 with their falfe tongues did lie. 
 
 37 For 
 
2o6 PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 3 j For though their words were good, 
 
 with him was not fincere: (their heart 
 
 Unftedfaft and perfidious 
 they in his covenant were. 
 
 38 But full of pity, he forgave 
 
 their fin, them did not flay: 
 Nor ftirr'd up all his wrath, but oft 
 his anger turn'd away. 
 
 39 For that they were but fading flefh 
 
 to mind he did recal, 
 A wind that pafleth 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 ? 
 
 4 1 Yea, turning back, they temptedGod, 
 
 and limits fet upon 
 Him, who in midft of Ifr'el is 
 the only holy One. 
 
 42 They did not call to mind his pow'r, 
 
 nor yet the day when he 
 Delivered them out of the hand 
 of their fierce enemy. 
 
 43 Nor how great figns in Egypt land 
 
 he openly had wrought, 
 What miracles in Zoan's field 
 his hand to pals had brought 
 
 44 How 
 
PSALM LX . 2c 7 
 
 44 HOW Likes and rivers ev'ry where 
 
 he turned into blood; 
 So that no man nor bead could drink 
 
 of Handing lake or flood. 
 4j He brought among them fwarms of 
 
 which did them fore annoy; (flies, 
 And divers kinds of filthy frogs 
 
 he fent them to deftroy. 
 46 He to the caterpiller gave 
 
 the fruits of all their foil; 
 Their labours he delivered up 
 
 unto the locufts fpoil. 
 4^-Their vines with hail, their fycamoreb 
 
 he with the froft did blaft. 
 
 48 Their beads to hail he gave, their 
 
 hot thunder-bolts did wafte. (flocks 
 
 49 Fierce burning wrath he on them caft, 
 
 and indignation ftrong, 
 And troubles fore, by fending forth 
 ill angels them among. 
 
 50 He to his 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-born all 
 
 he Imote down ev'ry where; 
 Amongft the tents of Ham, ev'n thofe 
 chief of their ftrength that were. 
 
 52 But 
 
2o8 P S A L M LXXVIIL 
 
 52 But his own people like to fheep 
 thence to go forth he made; 
 And he amidft the wildernefs 
 them as a flock did lead. 
 $3 And he them fafely on did lead, 
 fo that they did not fear : 
 Whereas their en'mies by the fea 
 quite overwhelmed wdrei 
 
 54 To borders of his fan&uary 
 
 the Lord his people led, 
 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 he did divide, 
 And made the tribes of Ifrael 
 
 within their tents abide. 
 
 56 Yet God moft high they did provoke, 
 
 and tempted ever ftill, 
 And to obferve his teftimonies 
 did not incline their will. 
 
 57 But like their fathers turned back, 
 
 and dealt unfaithfully : 
 Aiide they turned, like a bow 
 that (hoots deceitfully. 
 
 58 For 
 
PSALM LXXVIIL 209 
 
 58 For they to anger did provoke 
 him with their places high; 
 And with their graven images 
 mov'd him to jealoufy. 
 
 59\VhenGod heard this,he waxed wroth 
 and much loth'd Ifr'el then: 
 
 60 So Shiloh's tent he left, the tent 
 
 which he had plac'd with men : 
 
 61 And he his ftrength delivered 
 
 into captivity, 
 He left his glory in the hand 
 of his proud enemy, 
 
 62 His people alfo he gave o'er 
 
 unto the fw T ord's fierce rage : 
 So fore his wrath inflamed was 
 againft his heritage. (men: 
 
 63 The fire confum'd their choice young 
 their maids no marriage had. (fword, 
 
 64 And when their priefts fell by the 
 
 their wives no mourning made. 
 
 65 But then the Lord arofe, as one 
 
 that doth from fleep awake; 
 And like a giant that by wine 
 refrefh'd, a fhout doth make. 
 
 66 Upon his en'mies hinder parts 
 
 he made his itroke to fall; 
 And fo upon them he did put 
 a fhame perpetual. 
 
 O 67 More* 
 
2io PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 67 Moreover, he the tabernacle 
 
 of Jofeph did refufe : 
 The mighty tribe of Ephraim 
 he would in no wife chufe. 
 
 68 But he did chufe Jehudah's tribe 
 
 to be the reft above; 
 And of mount Sion he made choice* 
 which he fo much did love. 
 
 69 And he his fanduary 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 fheep 
 was pleafed him to take. 
 
 71 From waiting on the ewes with young 
 
 he brought him forth to feed 
 Ifrael his inheritance, 
 
 his people Jacob's feed. 
 j 2 So after the integrity 
 
 he of his heart them fed; 
 And by the good fkill of his hands 
 
 them wifely governed. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX, 
 
 This pfalm, if penned with any particular event in view, is 
 with mo(t probability made to refer the deftruction of Jeru- 
 salem and the temple, nnd the woful l.avock made of the 
 Jewifh nation by the Chaldean; undci Nebuchadnezzar. It 
 

 P S A L M LXXXI. 2 1 1 
 
 is fet to the fame tunc, as ! may fey J with the lamentations 
 ci Jeremiah, and that weeping prophet borrows two verfes 
 out of it, verf. 6. 7. and makes ufe of them in his pray- 
 er, Jer. x. IS Some think it was penned long before by 
 thefpirit of prophefy, prepared for the ufe of the church, 
 in that cloudy and cLrk. day : others, that it was penned 
 then by the lpirit of prayer, either by a prophet named 
 Afaph, or fome other prophet for the Tons of Afaph. What- 
 ever the particular occafion was, we have here, (1.) A re- 
 presentation of the very deplorable condition that the peo- 
 ple of God were in at this time, verf. 1. — 5. (2.} A pe- 
 tition to God for fuceour and relief ; that their enemies 
 pnigHt&C reckoned with, verf. 6. 7. 10. iz.; that their 
 fins might he pardoned, verf. 8. 9.: and that they miaht 
 be delivered, verf. 11. :.) A plea taken from the readi- 
 nefs of his people to praiie him. vcri. 13. In times of the 
 church's peace and profperity, this pfalm may, in the ling- 
 givc us ocealion to hlels G.d. that we are not 
 thus trampled on and infulted; but it is efpecially ieaion- 
 able in a day of treading down a">d perplexity, for the ex- 
 g of our defires towarus God, and the encouragement 
 of our faith in him as the church's patron. 
 
 A pfalm of Afaph. 
 
 OGod, the heathen enter'd have 
 thine heritage, by them 
 Defiled is thy houfe : on heaps 
 they laid Jerufalem. 
 
 2 The bodies of thy fervants they 
 
 have caft forth to be meat 
 To ray 'nous fowls, thy dear faints flefh 
 they gave to hearts to eat. 
 
 3 Their blood about Jerufalem 
 
 like water they have ihed : 
 And there was none to bury them, 
 when they were flam and dead. 
 
 4 Unto our neighbours a reproach 
 
 moft bale become are we : 
 
 O 2 A fcorn 
 
212 PSALM LXXDt 
 
 A fcorn and laughing-ftock to them 
 that round about us be. 
 
 5 How long, Lord, fhall thine angerlaft? 
 
 wilt thou ftill keep the fame? 
 And fhall thy fervent jealoufy 
 burn like unto a flame ? 
 
 6 On heathens pour thy fury forth, 
 
 that have thee never known, 
 And on thofe kingdoms which thy name 
 have never call'd upon. 
 
 7 For thefe are they who Jacob have 
 
 devoured cruelly, 
 And they his habitation 
 have caufed wafte to lie. 
 
 8 Againft us mind not former fins : 
 
 thy tender mercies fhow, 
 Let them prevent 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 
 
 let him to them be known, (God ? 
 When thofe who fhed thy fervants blood 
 
 are in our fight o'erthrown. 
 ii O let the pris'ners fighs afcend 
 
 before thy fight on high: 
 
 Preiervc 
 
PSALM LXXX. 213 
 
 Preferve thofe in thy mighty powV, 
 that are defign'd to die, 
 
 12 And to our neighbour's bofom caufc 
 
 it fev'nfold render'd be, 
 Ev'n 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 praife. 
 
 PSALM LXXX, 
 
 This pfalm is much to the fame purpofe with the next fore- 
 going; feme think it was penned npbn occafion'of the de- 
 viation and captivity of the ten tribes, as the foregoing 
 pfalm of the two. But many were the dillrefles of the If- 
 rael of God, many perhaps which are not recorded in the 
 iacred hiftory, fome whereof might give occafion for the 
 drawing up this pfalm, which, is proper to be fung in the 
 day of Jacob's trouble; and if, in tinging of it, we exprefs 
 a true love to the church, and a hearty concern for its in- 
 tereft, -with a firm confidence in God's power to help it out 
 of its greateft diltreffes, we make melody with our hearts to 
 the Lord. The pfalmift her., (1.) Begs for the tokens of 
 God's prefence with them, and favour to them, verf. I. 2,'_ 
 3. (a.) He complains of the prefent rebukes they were 
 under, verf. 4.-7. (3.) He illuftrates the prefent def- 
 lations of the church, by the comparifon of a vine and a 
 vineyard which had flourifned, hui was now deftroy °d, vcri. 
 8. — 16. (4.) He concludes with prayer to God for the pre- 
 paring of mercy, verf. 17. 18. 19. This, as manv pfdsvs 
 oefore and after, relate to the pubiick intere'fts of God's lf- 
 rael, which ought to lie nearer to our hearts, than any fe- 
 cular intereft of our own. 
 
 To the chief mufician, upon Shofhannim Eduth, A pfalm of 
 Afaph. 
 
 EAR, Ifr'els fhepherd, like a flock 
 thou that doft Jofeph guide ; 
 
 Shine 
 
 H 
 
214 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 Shine forth, thou that doft between 
 the cherubims abide. 
 
 2 In Ephraim's and Benjamin's, 
 
 and in Manafleh's light, 
 O come for our falvation, 
 
 ftir up thy ftrength and might. 
 
 3 Turn us again, O Lord our God, 
 
 and upon us vouchiafe 
 To make thy countenance to fhine, 
 and fo we fliall be fafe. 
 
 4 O Lord of hofts, almighty God, 
 
 how long fhall kindled be 
 Thy wrath againft the prayer made 
 by thine own folk to thee? 
 
 5 Thou tears of forrow giv'ft to them, 
 
 inftead of bread, to eat: 
 Yea, tears inftead of drink thou giv'fl 
 to them in meafure great. 
 
 6 Thou makeft us a ftrife unto 
 
 our neighbours round about: 
 Our enemies among themfelves 
 at us do laugh and flout. 
 y Turn us again, O God of hofts, 
 and upon us vouchfafe 
 To make thy countenance to fhine, 
 and fo we fliall be fafe. 
 8 A vine from Egypt brought thou haft, 
 by thine out-ftretched hand : 
 
 And 
 
P S A L M LXXX. 215 
 
 And thou the heathen out didft caft, 
 to plant It in their land. 
 
 9 Before it thou a room didft make, 
 
 where it might grow and (land; 
 Thou caufedft it deep root to take, 
 and it did fill the land, 
 
 10 The mountains vail'd were with its 
 
 as with a covering; (fhacle, 
 
 Like goodly cedars were the boughs 
 which out from it did fpring. 
 
 1 1 Upon the one hand, to the fea 
 
 her boughs fhe did out fend; 
 On th' other fide, unto the flood 
 her branches did extend. 
 
 12 Why haft thou then thus broken down 
 
 and ta'en her hedge away, 
 So that all paflengers do pluck, 
 and make of her a prey ? 
 
 13 The boar who from the foreft comes, 
 
 doth wafte it at his pleafure; 
 The wild beaft of the field alio 
 devours it out of meafure. 
 
 14 O God of hofts, we thee befeech, 
 
 return now unto thine : 
 Look down from heav'n in love, behold 
 and vifit this thy vine; 
 
 1 5 This vineyard which thine own right 
 
 hath planted us among, (hand 
 
 And 
 
216 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 And that fame branch, which for thy felf, 
 thou haft made to be ftrong. 
 
 1 6 Burnt up it is with flaming fire, 
 
 it alfo is cut down : 
 They utterly are perifhed 
 when as thy face doth frown. 
 
 1 7 O let thy hand be Hill upon 
 
 the man of thy right hand, 
 The Son of man, whom for thyfelf 
 thou madeft 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 fhine, 
 and fo we fhall be fafe. 
 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 This pfalm was penned, as is fuppofed, not upon oceafion of 
 any particular providence, but for the folemnity of a parti- 
 cular ordinance, either that of the new moon iu general, 
 or that of the feaft of trumpets, on the new moon of the 7th 
 month, Lev. xxiii. 24. Numb. xxix. I. When David by 
 the ipirit, introduced the finging of pfalms into the temple 
 fervice, this pfalm was intended for that day, to excite and 
 aflifl: the proper devotions of it. All the pfalms are profi- 
 table; but if one pfalm be more fuitable than another to the 
 day, and the oblervances of it, we Qjould chocfe that. The 
 two great intentions of our religious aflemblies, and which 
 we ought to have in our eye, in our attendance on them, 
 are aniwered in this pfalm, which are to give glory to God, 
 and to receive instruction from God; to behold the beauty 
 of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple ; accordingly, by 
 
 this 
 
PSALM LXXXI. 217 
 
 this pfalm, we arc aflirted, on ourfolemn feaft days, (1.) 
 In praiiing God, for what he is to his people, verf. 1. %. 3.; 
 and has done for them, verf. 4. — 7. (a.) In teaching and 
 admoni(hing one another, concerning the obligations we lie 
 under to God, verf. 8. 9. 10. ; the danger of revolting 
 from him, verf. II. 12. ; and the happinefs wc ihould have, 
 ifwe would but keep clofe to him, verf. 13.— 16. This though 
 ipeaking primarily of Ifrael of old, is written for our learn- 
 ing, and is therefore to be fung with application. 
 
 To the chief mufician upon Gittith, A pfalm of Afaph. 
 
 SING loud to God our ftrength : with 
 to Jacob's God do ling. (joy 
 
 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 Ifr'el and a law 
 
 of Jacob's God was this. 
 
 5 To Jofeph this a teftimony 
 
 he made, when Egypt land, 
 He traveled through, where ipeech I 
 I did not underftand. (heard 
 
 6 His fhoulder I from burdens took, 
 
 his hands from pots did free. 
 j Thou didft in trouble on me call, 
 and I delivered thee; 
 In fecret place of thundering 
 
 I did thee anfwer make ; 
 
 And at the ftreams of Meribah 
 
 of thee a proof did take, 
 
 8 O thou 
 
2i8 PSALM LXXXL 
 
 3 O thou my people, give an ear, 
 I'll teftifv to thee: 
 To thee, O Ifr'el, if thou wilt 
 but hearken unto me. 
 
 9 In midft of thee there fhall not be 
 
 any firange god at all : 
 Nor unto any god unknown 
 thou bowing down (halt 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 wide. 
 
 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. 
 
 12 So to the luft of their own hearts 
 
 I them delivered : 
 And then in counfels of their own 
 they vainly wandered. 
 
 13 O that my people had me heard, 
 
 Ifr'el my ways had chofe! 
 
 14 I had their en'mies foon fubdu'd, 
 
 my hand turn'd on their foes. 
 
 15 The haters of the Lord, to him 
 
 iubmiffion fhould have feign'd : 
 Eut as for them, their time fhould have 
 for evermore remained. 
 
 16 He 
 

 PSALM LXXXII. 219 
 
 16 He fhould have alio fed thein with 
 the finett of the wheat: 
 Of honey from the rock, thy fill 
 I fhould have made thee eat. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIL 
 
 This pfalm is calculated for the meridian of princes, courts, 
 and courts of jnltice, not in Ifracl only, but in other ca- 
 tions, yet it was probably penned primal iiy for the sft of 
 the magiftrates of Ifracl, the great Sanhedrim, and others 
 their elders that were in places of power, and, perhaps, by 
 ^David's direction. This pfalm is defigned to make kings 
 wife, and ! to inftrod the judges of tiie earth, ' as PfaJ. ii- 
 IO.; to tell them their duty, as-2 Sam. xxii. 3..; and tell 
 them of their faults, as Pfal. Iviii. I. We hztt here, (1.) 
 The dignity of magistracy, and its dependence upon God, 
 verf. I. (z.) The duty of magistrates, verf. 3. 4. (5. 
 degeneracy of bad magiftrates, and the mifchief the/ do, 
 verf. 2. 5. (4) Their doom read, verf. 6. 7. (5.) The de- 
 fire and prayer of ail good people, that the kingdom of 
 God may be fet up mere and more, verf. 8. Though ma- 
 gittrates may moft clofcly apply this pfalm to themfelves, 
 yet we may any of us fing it with underdanding, when wc 
 glory to God, in fingingof it, as prtfiding in all pnb- 
 lick affairs, providing for the protection of injured innocen- 
 cy, and ready to punilh the moft powerful injuftice, and 
 which we comfort ourfelves with the belief of his prefent 
 goverument, and with the hopes of his future judgment. 
 
 A pfalm of Afaph. 
 
 IN gods aflembly God doth (land : 
 he judgeth gods among. 
 
 2 How long, accepting perfons vile, 
 
 will ye give judgment wrong? 
 
 3 Defend the poor and fatherlefs: 
 
 to poor opprefs'd do right. 
 
 4 The poor and needy ones fet free : 
 
 rid them from ill mens might. 
 
 They 
 
22o PSALM LXXXII. 
 
 5 They know not, nor will underftand; 
 
 in darkncfs they walk on : 
 All the foundations of the earth 
 out of their courfe are gone. 
 
 6 I faid that you are gods, and arc 
 
 fons of the Higheft all : 
 
 7 But ye fhall die like men, and as 
 
 one' of the princes fall. 
 3 O God, do thou raife up thyfelf, 
 the earth to judgment call: 
 For thou, as thine inheritance, 
 fhalt take the nations all. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 This pfalm is the lafl of thofe that go under the name of A« 
 faph ; it is penned, as mod of thofe, upo» a public account, 
 with reference to the infults of the chnrch's enemies, that 
 fought its ruin ; fome think it was penned upon occafion 
 of the threatning defcent which was made upon the land 
 of Judah in Jehofhaphat's time, by the Moabites and A- 
 jnonites, thcfe children of Lot here fpoken, of verf. 8. who 
 were at the head of the alliance and to whom all the other 
 ftates are here mentioned, were auxiliaries: we have the 
 ftory, 2 Chron. xx. I. where it is laid, the children of Mo- 
 ah and Ammon and others hehMes them, invaded the land. 
 Others think, it was penned with reference to all the con- 
 federacies of the neighbour-nations againft Ifrael, from firfl 
 to laft. The pialmilt here makes an appeal and application, 
 (i.) To God's knowledge, by a remonitrance of their de- 
 figns and endeavours to deftroy Ifrael, verf. I. — 8. (2.) To 
 God's jufrice and jealoufy, both for his church, and fur his 
 own -honour, by an earned prayer for the defeat of their at- 
 tempt, that the church might be preferved, the enemies 
 humbled and God glorified, verf. 9 — 18. This, in the fing- 
 ing of it, we may apply to the enemies of the gofpcl churcii, 
 all Antichriftian powas and factions, reprefenting to God 
 their confederacies againft Chrift and his kingdom, and re- 
 joicing in hopes that all their projects will be baffled, and the 
 gates of hell ihall not prevail againft the church. 
 
 A fonsr 
 
PSALM LXXXIII. 221 
 
 A fong or pfalm of Alaph. 
 
 KEEP not, O God, we thee intreat, 
 O keep not filence now: 
 Do thou not hold thy peace, O God, 
 and ftill no -more be thou. 
 
 2 For lo, thine enemies a noife, 
 
 tumultuoufly have made: 
 And they that haters are of thee, 
 have lifted up the head, 
 
 3 Againft thy chofen people they 
 
 do crafty counlel take, 
 And they againft thy hidden ones 
 do confultations make. 
 
 4 Come, let us cut them off, faid they* 
 
 from being a nation; 
 That of the name of Ifr'el 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, 
 
 Moab's, and Hagar's line. 
 y Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, 
 Philiftines, thofe of Tyre; 
 
 8 And Affur join'd with them: to help 
 
 Lot's children they confpirc. 
 
 9 Do to them, as to Midian, 
 
 Jabin at Kifon ftrand; 
 
 io And 
 
222 psalm Lxxxnr. 
 
 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 ther princes all : 
 
 12 Who fald, For our poffeffion 
 
 let us God's houfes take. 
 
 13 My God, them like a wheel, as chaff' 
 
 before the wind, them make. 
 
 14 As fire confumes the wood, as flame 
 
 doth mountains fet on fire; 
 ijChafe 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. 
 1 j Let them confounded be 5 and vex'd, 
 
 and perifh in their fhame: 
 1 8 That men may know, that thou to 
 
 alone doth appertain (whom 
 
 The name Jehovah, doft moft high 
 
 o'er all the earth remain. 
 
 P S A L M LXXXIV. 
 
 Though David's name he not in the title of thispfalm, yet 
 ue have reafon to think he was the penman of it, becaufe 
 it breathes fo rr.uch of his excellent ipirit, and is fo like to 
 the f;x;y-ti..:«i p;aim, which \*.as penned by him ; it is iup- 
 . that Davie! penned this p'alm, when he was forced 
 In- Abfalonvs rebellion to quit his city, which he lamented 
 il fence from, not fo much becaufe it was the royal city, 
 as becaufe it was the holy city ; witnefs this pialm, which, 
 
 contains 
 
P S A L M LXXXIV. 223 
 
 > of a gracious foil! afcer God 
 and ci 
 
 it ma] n or long for the^abbath- 
 
 lies. The piaimi 
 devotion cxpreffeth bis i'o the 
 
 f God ; his faluc for them, verf. 1. ; dcfire to- 
 on vidion of t:ie . 
 
 ; and his : 
 his own happinefs To very much in the c 
 
 T 
 conviction of the happinefs of thofcthat nut thei 
 : 
 ievoot affections working towards David 
 
 had, and then the fin.-:. 
 
 To the chief mv ::th, A pialm for the 
 
 [ >rah. 
 
 HOW lovely is thy dwelling-place, 
 O Lord of holts, to me ! 
 The tabernacles of thy gr; 
 
 how pleaiant, Lord, they be! 
 
 2 My thinly foul longs veh'meAtly, 
 
 yea, faints thy courts to fee : 
 My very heart and flefh cry out, 
 O living God, for thee. 
 
 3 Behold, the iparrow findeth out 
 
 an houie wherein to reft; 
 The (wallow alio for herfelf 
 
 hath purchaled a flfeft, 
 Ev'n thine own altars, where (he fafc 
 
 her young ones forth may bring; 
 O thou Almighty, Lord of hofts, 
 
 who art my God and King. 
 
 4 LMeiVd 
 
224 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 4 BlefsM are they in thy houfe that dwell, 
 
 they ever give thee pfaife. 
 
 5 Blefs'd is the man whofe ftrength thou 
 
 in whofe heart are thy ways.^ (art, 
 
 6 Who paffing thorough Bacca's vale, 
 
 therein do dig up wells; 
 
 Alfo the rain that falleth down 
 
 the pools w?th water fills. 
 
 7 So they from ftrength unweary'd go 
 
 ftill forward unto ftrength, 
 Until in Zion they appear 
 before the Lord at length. 
 
 8 Lord God of hofts, my prayer hear : 
 
 O Jacob's God, give ear. 
 
 9 See, God our fhield, look on the face 
 
 of thine anointed dear, 
 io 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. 
 
 1 1 For God the Lord's a fun and fhield : 
 
 he'll grace and glory give: 
 And will with-hold no good from them 
 that uprightly do live. 
 
 1 2 O thou that art the Lord of hofts, 
 
 that man is truly bleft, 
 
 Who by aflured confidence 
 
 on thee alone doth reft. 
 
 PSALM 
 
P S A L M LXXXV.. 225 
 
 interpreters are generally of opinion, that this pfalm was pen- 
 ned after the return of the Jews out of their capt'n 
 Babylon, when truy f.iii remained under forre tokens of 
 God's difpleai'ure, which they here pray fc r A of. 
 
 And nothing appears to the contrary, but that it, might 
 be penned then, as well as Pfal. exxxvii. They are the 
 publick wterefts that lie near the pir.lmift's heart, here, 
 and the pfalm is penned for the great congregation. The 
 church was herein a deluge, above were t w were 
 
 waves, every thing was dark and difmal ; the church is like 
 Noah in the ark, - and death, between hope, and 
 
 fear; being lb, fl." Hereisthedovefent forth in prayer. The 
 petitions are, againftlin and wrath, verf. 4.; and for mer- 
 cy and grace, verf. 7. : the pleas are taken from former fav- 
 ours, verf. 1. 2. 3.; and prefent diflrefles, vcrl! 5. 6. (2.) " 
 Here is the dove returning with an olive branch iqf peace 
 and good tidings: the pfalm if I: cxpeclsher return, verf. 8.; 
 and then recounts the favours to God's Ifrael, which by the 
 fpirit of prophefy he g4ve ailurance of to others, and by the 
 fpirit of faith he took the ailurance of to himfelf, verf. 9.— 
 Ij. In Gnging this pfalm, we may he afUfted in our prayers 
 to God, both for his church in general, and for the land of 
 our nativity in panicuiar. The former part wiJ! be cf ufc 
 to direct our defives; the latter to encouraee our faith and 
 bepe in thofe prayers. 
 
 To the chief muficiajn, A pfalm for the tons of ICcrah. 
 
 OLord, 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. 
 3TI10U took'ft oft all thine ire, & turn'dft 
 
 from thy wrath's furioufnefs. 
 
 4 Turn us, God of our health, and caufe 
 
 thy wrath 'gainft us to ceafe. 
 
 P c Shall 
 
226 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 5 Shall thy difpleafure 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. 
 
 8 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 foolifhnefs, 
 
 9 To them that fear him, furely near 
 
 is his falvation; 
 That glory in Our land may have 
 her habitation. 
 i o Truth met with mercy, righteoufnefs 
 and peace kifs'd mutually, (oufnefs 
 
 1 1 Truth fprings from earth, and righte- 
 
 looks down from heaven high. 
 
 1 2 Yea, what is good the Lord fhall give : 
 
 our land fhall yield increafe. 
 
 13 Juftice, to fet us in his fteps, 
 
 fhall go before his face. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 This pfalm is entitled a prayer of David ; probably it was not 
 penned, upon any particular oceafion, but was a prayer he 
 often ufed himfelf, and recommended to others fov their 
 ufe, especially in a day of affliction. Rlany think that Da- 
 vid 
 
P S A L M LXXXVL 227 
 
 vid penned this prayer as a type of Chrift, ' who, in th4 
 * days of his flel"h, offered up (Irons cries,' Hch. v. 7. Da- 
 vid in this prayer, (according to the nature of that duty,) 
 (i.) Gives glury to Go], verf. 3. 9. 10. 1:. I.}. [z.) 
 Seeks for grace and favour from God; that God would hear 
 his prayers, verf. 1. 6. 7.; pteferve and lave him, and he 
 merciful to him, verf. z. 3. 16. ; that he would give him 
 JayJ and sracz, and ftrengtb^ and put honour upon him, 
 verf. 4. II. I/.; lie p'e.-ch God's eoodnefs, vcrf. 5. 15.; 
 andthe malice c'f Ms enemies, verf. 14, !n finding- this, we 
 muft, as «David d;J, lift up oui fouls to God with applica- 
 tion. 
 
 A prayer of David. 
 
 OLord, do thou bow down thine ear, 
 and hear me gracioufly: 
 Becaufe I fore afflicted am, 
 and am in poverty. 
 
 2 Becaufe Urn holy, let my foul 
 
 by thee preferred be : 
 O thou my God, thy fervant fave 
 that puts his truft in thee, 
 
 3 Sith unto thee I daily cry, 
 
 be merciful to me. 
 
 4 Rejoice thy fervant 5 s foul: for, Lord, 
 
 I lift my foul to thee. 
 
 5 For thou art gracious, O Lord, 
 
 and ready to forgive; 
 And rich in mercy, all that call 
 upon thee, to relieve. 
 
 6 Hear, Lord, m y pray 'r : unto the voice 
 
 of my requeft attend. 
 
 7 In troublous times I'll call on thee: 
 
 for thou wilt anfwer fend. 
 
 P 2 2 Lord, 
 
2 28 P S A L M LXXXVI. 
 
 8 Lord, there is none among the gods 
 
 that may Vv T ith thee compare, 
 And like the works which thou haft done 
 not any work is there. (come 
 
 9 All nations whom thou mad'ft, {hall 
 
 and worfhip reverently 
 Before thy face: and they,*0 Lord, 
 thy name fhall glorify. 
 io Becaufe thou art exceeding great, 
 and works by thee are done 
 Which are to be admir'd ; and thou 
 art God thyfelf alone. 
 
 1 1 Teach me thy way, and in thy truth* 
 
 O Lord, then walk will I: 
 Unite my heart, that I thy name 
 may fear continually. 
 
 1 2 O Lord my God, with all my heart 
 
 to thee I will give praife: 
 And I the glory will afcribe 
 unto thy name always. 
 
 13 Becaufe thy mercy toward me 
 
 in greatnefs doth excel; 
 And thou delivered haft my foul 
 out from the loweft hell. 
 
 14 O God, the proud againft me rife, 
 
 and violent men have met, 
 That for my foul have fought ; and thee 
 before them have not let. 
 
 15 But 
 
PSALM LXXXVT. 229 
 
 15 But thou art full of pity, Lord, 
 
 a God moil gracious : 
 Long-fuffering, and in thy truth 
 and mercy plenteous. 
 
 16 O turn to me thy countenance, 
 
 and mercy on me have : 
 Thy fervant ftrengthen, and the fon 
 of thine own handmaid fave, 
 
 1 7 Shew me a fign for good, that they 
 
 which do me hate, may fee, 
 Andbeafham'd; becaufe thou, Lord, 
 didft help and comfort me. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVII. 
 
 The foregoing pfaJrp was very plain and eafy, but in this, are 
 things dark, and hard to be underftood, It is an encomium 
 of Sion, as a type and figure of the gofpel-chuich, to which 
 what is here ipoken, is very applicable. Sion, for the tem- 
 ple's fake, is here preferred, (i.) Before the red eft. 1 
 of Canaan, as being crowned with (pedal tokens of God's 
 favour, verf. I. 2. 3. (2.) Before any other place or coun- 
 try whatfoever, as being replerrifhed with mere en 
 men, and with a greater plenty of divine blefTings, verf. 4« 
 7. Some think it was penned to exprefs the joy of God's 
 people when Sion was in a fiourifliing ftate; olhers think it 
 was penned to encourage their faith and hope > when 
 was in ruins, and was to be rebuilt after the car 
 though no man cared for her, Jer. xxx. 17. 
 whom no man feeketh after,' yet Goi ha 
 for her, and fpoken glorious things of her ^ which 
 all have their perfection and accomplifnmcnt in the 
 church ; to that therefore we mult have an eye in . 
 thispfalm. 
 
 U 
 
 A pfalm or fong for the fens of Koran. 
 
 PON the hills of holineis 
 he his foundation fets. 
 
 n r 
 
 - — 
 
2 3 o PSALM LXXXVII. 
 
 2 God, more than Jacob's dwellings all, 
 
 delights in Zion's gates. 
 
 3 Things glorious are faid of thee, 
 
 thou city of the Lord. 
 
 4 Rahab and Babel, I, to thofe 
 
 that know me, w r ill record : 
 Behold ,ev'n Tyrus, and with it 
 
 the land of Paleftine, 
 And likewife Ethiopia: 
 
 this man was born therein. 
 
 5 And it of Zion lhall be faid, 
 
 This man, and that man there 
 Was born : and he that is moft high 
 himfelf fhall ftablifh her. (count 
 
 6 When God the people writes, he'll 
 
 that this man born was there. 
 
 7 There be that fing, and play: and all 
 
 my well-fprings in thee are. 
 
 P S A L M LXXXVIII. 
 
 This pfalm is a lamentation; one of the mofr. melancholy of 
 all the pfalms, and it doth not conclude as ufually the me- 
 lancholy pfalms do, with any of the leaft: intimation of com- 
 fort, or joy, but from firfl: to laft, it is mourning and wo. 
 It is not upon a publick account that the pfalmift here com- 
 plains; here, is no mention of the afflictions of the church, 
 but only upon a perfbnal account, efpecially trouble of 
 mind, and the gfrief imprefled upon hisfpirits, both by his 
 outward afflictions, and by the remembrance of his fins, and 
 the fear of God's wrrth. It is reckoned among the peni- 
 tential pfalms, and it is well when cur fears are thus turned 
 into the right channel, and we take occafion from our world- 
 ly grievances, to forio.w after a godly fort, in this pfalm, 
 we have, (i.) The great prefiuie of fpirit that the pfalmift 
 was under, verf. 5. — 6, (2-.) The wrath of God, which 
 
PSALM LXXXVIII. 231 
 
 was the caufe of that prefliire, verf. 7. 15. 16. 17. (3.) 
 The wickednefs of his friends, verf. 8. iS. (4.) The ap- 
 plication he made to God by prayer, I. 2. 9. 13. (5.) His 
 humble expoftulations and pleadings with God, verf. 10. 
 12. 14. Thoic who arc in trouble of mind, may fing tM, 
 pfalm feelingly; thole that are not, ought tofingit thank- 
 fully, blefllng God that it is not their cafe. 
 
 A fong or pfalm for the fons of Korah, to the chief mufician 
 upon Mahalath Leannoth, Mafchil of Pieman the Ezrahite. 
 
 [^ORD God, mySaviour, day and night 
 before thee cry'd have I. 
 
 2 Before thee let my prayer come : 
 
 give ear unto my cry. 
 
 3 For troubles great do fill my foul: 
 
 my life draws nigh the grave. 
 
 4 Pm counted with thofe that go down 
 
 to pit, and no ftrength have. 
 
 5 Ev'n free among the dead, 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 pit, 
 
 in deeps and darkfome caves. 
 
 7 Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou haft 
 
 me prefs'd with all thy waves. 
 
 8 Thou haft put far from me my friends: 
 
 thou mad'ft them to abhor me : 
 And I am fo fhut up, that I 
 find no evafion for me. 
 
 9 By reafon of afflidion 
 
 mine eve mourns dolefully : 
 
 10 
 
232 PSALM LXXXVITI. 
 
 To thee, Lord, do I call, and ftretch 
 my hands continually. 
 
 10 Wilt thou fhew wonders to the dead? 
 
 fhall they rife and thee blefs ? 
 
 1 1 Shall in the grave thy love be told? 
 
 in death thy faithfulnefs ? 
 
 12 Shall thy great wonders inthedark, 
 
 or fhall thy righteoufnefs 
 Be known to any in the land 
 of deep forgetfulnefs ? 
 
 1 3 But, Lord, to thee I cry'd, my pray Y 
 
 at morn prevent fhall thee. 
 
 1 4 Why, Lord, doll thou caft offmy foul? 
 
 and hid'ft thy face from me? 
 
 15 Diftrefs'd am I, and from my youth 
 
 I ready am to die: 
 Thy terrors I have borne, and am 
 diftra£ted fearfully. 
 
 16 The dreadful fiercenefsof thy wrath 
 
 quite over me doth go; 
 Thy terrors great have 1 cut me off, 
 they did purfue me fo. 
 
 1 7 For round about me ev'ry day 
 
 like water they did roul; 
 And, gathering together, they 
 have compafled my foul. 
 1 8 My friend thou haft put far from me, 
 and him that did me love; 
 
 And 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 233 
 
 And thofethat mine acquaintance were 
 to darknefs didft remove. 
 
 P S A L M LXXXIX. 
 
 Many pfalms that I c -impUint and ji^ycr, ei 
 
 joy and praife ; but this begins with joy and 
 eiidsuith lad complaints and | 
 recounts Gods former favours, and 
 ratio 
 
 certain when it v 
 a time when the houif or" Da 
 thir. k it was at the tttn 
 
 king Zedekiah was in:"... >uchad- 
 
 nexzar, and then they rr.akr 
 but that the pfalm was fet to the 
 the ion of Zerah, called Malchil; 
 penned by 
 
 mon, who outliving that glorious prince, thus lament 
 great >ne to thehoideot I next reign, 
 
 by the revolt of: t, in the j >y- 
 
 ful pleafant partof the . toGod/aod takes 
 
 comfort to tends : and this hedptl 
 
 briefly, mentioning God'smercy and truth, verf. 1. . sndhis 
 cover 1 : but more largely in U 
 
 rerfes, 1.) He adores the glory and - 
 
 God, rerf. 5. — 14 (z.) He pieaiV. 
 
 rted into comn - him, 
 
 verf. 15. — 18. (3.) He builds all his hope Of 
 venant with David, as a type of Chriit, rerf 19 — ; 
 In the melancholy part of the pfainr 
 
 cal3mitci:s:la«te of the prince and royal f-v j — 45.; 
 
 expo(iu!ates with God upon it, veri~. 4 
 eludes with p r _*-:r forTedrcii, :. In fjnj ; . 
 
 p fa ! m . w c m u ft h a v e : - ; ; 
 in his covenant with the Redeemer, 
 the ofHicted parts of the chinch. 
 
 Mafchil of Ethan the I 
 
 ■O OD's mercies I will ever fins:: 
 
 and with mv mouth I fhall 
 
 Thy faithfulnefs make fq bt I:::own 
 
 2 For 
 
 to generations all. 
 
234 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 2 For mercy fhall be built, faid I, 
 
 for ever to endure : 
 Thy faithfulnefs ev'n in the heav'ns 
 thou wilt eftablifh fure. 
 
 3 I with my chofen One have made 
 
 a covenant gracioufly; 
 And to my fervant whom I lov'd, 
 to David {worn have I : 
 
 4 That I thy feed eftablifh fhall 
 
 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 himfelf compare ? 
 Who is like God among the fons 
 of thofe that mighty are ? 
 n Great fear in meeting of the faints 
 is due unto the Lord: 
 And he, of all about him, fhould 
 with revVence be adorM. 
 8 O thou that art the Lord of hofts, 
 what Lord in mightinefs 
 Is like to thee, who compafs'd round 
 art with thy faithfulnefs ? 
 
 9 Ev'n 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 235 
 
 9 Ev'n in the raging of the fea 
 
 thou over it doit reign : 
 And when the waves thereof do fwell, 
 thou ftilleft them again. 
 
 10 Rahab in pieces thou didft break, 
 
 like one that flaughter'd is; 
 And with thy mighty arm thou haft 
 difpers'd thine enemies. 
 
 1 1 The heav'ns are thine, thou for thine 
 
 the earth doft alio take: (own 
 The world, and fulneis of the fame, 
 thy pow'r did found and make. 
 
 12 The north and fouth from thee alone 
 
 their firft beginning had : 
 Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill 
 Ihall in thy name be glad. 
 
 1 3 Thou haft an arm that's full of pow V, 
 
 thy hand is great m might : 
 And thy right hand exceedingly 
 exalted is in height. 
 
 14 Juftice and judgment of thy throne 
 
 are made the dwelling-place: 
 Mercy, acccmpany'd with truth, 
 fhall 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 lhall go. 
 
 16 They 
 
ttf PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 16 They in thy name {hall all the day 
 
 rejoice exceedingly: 
 And in thy righteoufnefs fhall they 
 exalted be on high. 
 
 1 7 Becaufe the glory of their ftrength 
 
 doth only ftand 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 faidft, I help upon 
 A firong 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. (be : 
 
 2 1 With whom my hand fhall ftablifh'd 
 
 mine arm fhall make him ftrong. 
 
 22 On him the foe fhall not exa£t, 
 
 nor fen of mifchief wrong. 
 
 23 I will beat down before his face 
 
 all his malicious foes : 
 Iwiii them greatly plague, who do 
 with hatred him oppofe. 
 
 24 My 
 
PSALM LXXXTa. ifj 
 
 24 My mercy and my faithful nefs 
 
 with him yet ftill ihall be : 
 And in my name his horn and pow'r 
 men fhall exalted fee. 
 
 25 His hand and pow'r fhall reach afar, 
 
 I'll fet it in the fea ; 
 And his right hand eftabliflied 
 fhall in the rivers be. 
 
 26 Thou art my Father, he fhall cry, 
 
 thou art my God alone; 
 And he fhall fay, Thou art the rock 
 of my falvation. 
 
 27 I'll make him my firft-born, more 
 
 than kings of any land* (fogk 
 
 28 My love I'll ever keep for him, 
 
 my cov'nant fail fhall ftand. 
 
 29 His feed I by my pow'r will make 
 
 for ever to endure; 
 And, as the days of heav'n, his throne 
 fhall ftable be and fure. 
 
 30 But if his children fhaH fcrfake 
 
 my laws, and go aftray, 
 And in my judgments fhall not walk, 
 but wander from my way; 
 
 3 1 If they my laws break, and do not 
 
 keep my commandements: 
 
 32 I'll viiitthen their faults with rods, 
 
 their fins with chauiiements. 
 
 33 Yet 
 
233 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 33 Yet I'll not take my love from him, 
 nor falfe my promife make. 
 
 34My covenant I'll not break,nor change 
 what with my mouth I fpake. 
 
 35 Once by my holinefs I fware, 
 
 to David Til not lie, 
 
 36 His ked and throne {hall as the fun 
 
 before me laft for ay. 
 
 37 It, like the moon, fhall ever be 
 
 eftablifh'd ftedfaftly; 
 And like to that which intheheav'n 
 doth witnefs faithfully. 
 
 38 But thou, difpleafed, haft call off, 
 
 thou didft abhor and lothe, 
 With him that thine anointed is 
 thou haft been very wroth. 
 
 39 Thou haft thy fervant's covenant 
 
 made void, and quite caft by; 
 Thou haft prof an'd his crown, while it 
 caft on the ground doth lie. 
 
 40 Thou all his hedges haft broke down, 
 
 his ftrong-holds down haft torn. 
 
 41 He to all paflers by a fpoil, 
 
 to neighbours is a fcorn. 
 
 42 Thou haft fet up his foes right hand, 
 
 mad'ft all his en'mies glad : 
 
 43 TurnM his fword's edge, and him to 
 
 in battle haft not made. (ftand 
 
 44 His 
 
P S A L M LXXXIX. 239 
 
 44 His glory thou haft made to ceafe, 
 
 his throne to ground down caft; 
 
 45 Short'ned his days of youth, and him 
 
 with fhame thou cover'd haft. 
 
 46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thy- 
 
 for ever in thine ire ? (felf, 
 
 And fhall thine indignation 
 burn like unto a fire? 
 
 47 Remember, Lord, how (hort a time 
 
 I fhall on earth remain: 
 O wherefore is it fo, that thou 
 haft made all men in vain? 
 
 48 What man is he that liveth here, 
 
 and death (hall never fee ? 
 Or from the power of the grave 
 what man his foul fhall free? 
 
 49 Thy former loving-kindnefTes, 
 
 O Lord, where be they now r ? 
 Thefe w T hich in truth and faithfulnefs 
 to David fwom haft thci- 
 
 50 Mind, Lord, thy fervant's fad *e- 
 
 how I in bofom bear (proach ; 
 The fcornings of the people all, 
 who ftrong and mighty are. 
 
 51 Wherewith thy raging enemies 
 
 reproach'd, O Lord, think on; 
 Wherewith I ye reproach'd the 
 
 of thine anck^ed Cue. (fteps 
 
 r 2 AH 
 
2 4 o PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 52 All bleffing to the Lord our God 
 let be afcribed then : 
 For evermore fo let it be. 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
 P S A L M XC. 
 
 The foregoing pfalm was fuppofcdto be penned as late as the 
 captivity in Babylon; this, it is plain, was penned as early 
 as the deliverance out of Egypt, and yet they are put dole 
 together in this collection of divine fongs. This pfalm was 
 penned by Mofes, as appears by the title, the mod ancient 
 penman of facred writ. We have upon record a praifing 
 
 of his, Exod. xv. which is alluded to Rev. xv. 3.; 
 and an inirrucliiig long of his, Deut. xxxii.: hut this is of 
 a different nature from both, for it is called a prayer. It is 
 fuppoied that this pfaim was penned upon oce-afion of the 
 fentence parted upon Jlracl in the wildernefs, for their un- 
 belief, murmuring and rebellion, that their carcafes mould 
 fall in the wildernefs, that they (hould be wafted away by a 
 feries of miferies for thirty-eight years together, and none 
 of them that were then of age lhould enter Canaan. This 
 was calculated for their wanderings in the wildernefs, as that 
 other fong of Mofes, Deut. xxxi. 19. 21. was for their 
 fettlereent in Canaan. We have the (lory to which this 
 pfalm fcems to refer, Numb xiv. Probably, Mofes pen- 
 ned this prayer to be daily uied, either by the people in their 
 tents, or at leafl, by the priefls in the tahernacle-fervice, 
 during that tedious fatigue of theirs in the wildernefs. In 
 it, (1.) Moies comforts himfelf, and his people, with the 
 eternity of God, and their intereft in him however, verf. I. 
 2. (2.) Pie humbles himfelf, and his people, with the 
 consideration of the frailty of man, verf. 3. — 6. (3.) He 
 
 ti himfelf and his people, to the righteous fentenceof 
 God palled upon them, verf. 7. — 11. (4.) He commits him- 
 felf and his people to God, by prayer, for divine mercy and 
 and the return of God's favour, verf. 12. — 17. 
 Though it feems to have been penned upon this particular 
 oceafion, yet it is very applicable to the frailty of human 
 life in general; and, in fmgingofit, we may eafily apply 
 it to the years of our paflage through the wildernefs of this 
 world; and it furnifluth us with meditations and prayers 
 very fuitabl nnity of a funeral. 
 
 A prayer 
 
PSALM XC. 241 
 
 A prayer of ?.Toies the man of God. 
 
 LORD, thou haft been our dwelling- 
 in generations all. (place 
 
 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 doft unto deftru&ion 
 
 man that is mortal turn : 
 And unto them thou fayft, Again, 
 ye fons of men, return. 
 
 4 Becaufe a thoufand years appear 
 
 no more before thy fight 
 
 Than yefterday, when it is paft, 
 
 or than a watch by night. 
 
 5 As with an overflowing flood 
 
 thou carry 'ft them away: 
 They like a fieep are; like the grafs 
 that grows at morn are they. 
 
 6 At morn it flourifnes and grows, 
 
 cut down at even doth fade. 
 
 7 For by thine anger we're confum'd, 
 
 thy wrath makes us afraid, 
 
 8 Our fins thou and iniquities 
 
 doft in thy prefence place, 
 
 'cL And 
 
241 PSALM XC 
 
 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 fpend. 
 i o Threefcore and ten years do fum up 
 our days and years, we fee : 
 Or if, by reafon of more ftrength, 
 
 in fome fourfcore they be : 
 Yet doth the ftrength of fuch old men 
 
 but grief and labour prove; 
 
 For it is foon cut off, and we 
 
 fly hence, and foon remove. 
 
 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 {hall it be? 
 Let it repent thee now for thofe 
 that fervants are to thee. 
 
 14 O with thy tender mercies, Lord, 
 
 us early fatisfy; 
 
 So 
 
PSALM XC. 243 
 
 So we rejoice fhall all our days* 
 and ftill be glad in thee. 
 
 15 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 w r ork and pow'r appear 
 
 thy fervants face before, 
 And fhew unto their children dear 
 thy glory evermore. 
 
 1 7 And let the beauty of the Lord 
 
 our God be us upon: 
 Our handy-works eftablifh thou, 
 eftablifh them each one. 
 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 Some of the ancients were of opinion, that Mofes was the 
 penman, not only of the foregoing pfalm, which is exprefs- 
 ly faid to be his, but alfo of the eight that next follow it; 
 l> nt that cannot be, for Pfal. xcv. is exprefsly laid to be 
 penned by David, and long after Mofes, Heb. iv. 7. And 
 it is probable, this pfalm alio was penned by David : it is 
 a writ of protection for all true believers, not in the name 
 of king David, or under his broad feal; he needed it him- 
 felf, efpecially if the pfalir. was penned, as fome conjecture 
 it was, at the time of the peftilence, which was fent for his 
 numbering the people; but in the name of the King of 
 kings, and under the broad feal of heaven. O'nl-rve, (I ) 
 The pfalmifTs awn refo'ution to take God for his keeper, 
 verf. 3.; from which he gives both direction and encou- 
 ragement to others, verf. 9. (%.) The gromifes which are 
 here made in God's name toall thofc that do fo inlincerity. 
 I. They (hall be taken under the peculiar care of heaven, 
 verf. 1. 4. 2. They fhall be delivered from the malice of 
 the powers of darknefs, verf. 3. — 6.; and that by a difiin- 
 guiihing prefervatioa, verf. 7. 8. 3. They thall be the 
 <i % charge 
 
244 PSALM XCI. 
 
 charge of the holy angels, verf. 19. n. 4. They fhall 
 triumph over their enemies, verf. 13. 5. They fhail be 
 the fpecial favourites of God himfelf, verf. 14. 15. 16. 
 In fogtag this, we muft fiielter ourfelves under, and then 
 folate ourfelves in the divine protection. Many think, that 
 to Chriil, as Mediator, thefe promifes do primarily belong, 
 If. x!ix. 2.; not becatife to him the devil applied one of 
 thefe p rem it':.?, Matin, iv. 6. But becauie to him they 
 are very applicable, and coming through him, they arc 
 more fweet and fure to all believers. 
 
 HE that doth in the fecret place 
 of the Mod High refide, 
 Under the fhade of him that is 
 th' Almighty fhall abide. 
 
 2 I of the Lord my God will fay, 
 
 He is my refuge ftill, 
 He is my fortrefs, and my God, 
 and in him truft I will. 
 
 3 Afluredly he fhall thee fave, 
 
 and give deliverance 
 From fubtle fowler's fnare, and from 
 the noifome peftilence. 
 
 4 His feathers fhall thee hide, thy truft 
 
 under his wings fhall be: 
 His faithfulnefs fhall be a fhield 
 and buckler unto thee. 
 
 5 Thou fhalt not need to be afraid 
 
 for terrors of the night : 
 Nor for the arrow that doth fly 
 by day, while it is light: 
 
 6 Nor for the peftilence, that w r alks 
 
 in darkneis fecretlv: 
 
 Nor 
 
PSALM XCI. 245 
 
 Nor for deftru&ion, that doth wafte 
 at noon-day openly. 
 
 7 A thoufand at thy fide fhall fall, 
 
 on thy right hand fhall lie 
 Ten thoufand dead ; yet unto thee 
 it fhall not once come nigh. 
 
 8 Only thou with thine eye fhalt look, 
 
 and a beholder be; 
 And thou therein the juft reward 
 of wicked men fhalt fee. 
 
 9 Became the Lord, who conftantly 
 
 my refuge is alone, 
 Ev'n the Mod High is made by thee 
 thy habitation. 
 
 10 No plague fhall near thy dwelling 
 
 no ill fhall theebefal: (come, 
 
 1 1 For thee to keep in all thy ways 
 
 his angels charge he fhall. 
 
 12 They in their hands fhall bear thee 
 
 ftill waiting thee upon; (up, 
 
 Left thou at any time fhouldft dafh 
 thy foot againft a ftone. 
 
 13 Upon the adder thou fhalt tread, 
 
 and on the lion ftrong : 
 Thy feet on dragons trample fhall, 
 and on the lions young. 
 
 14 Becaufe on me he let his love, 
 
 HI fave and fet him free : 
 
246 PSALM XCIL 
 
 Becaufe my great name he hath known, 
 I will him fet on high. 
 
 15 -He'll call on me, I'll anfwer him, 
 
 I will be with him ftill, 
 In trouble to deliver him, 
 and honour him I will. 
 
 1 6 With length of days unto his mind 
 
 I w r ill him fatisfy; 
 I alfo my falvation 
 wall caufe his eyes to fee. 
 
 PSALM XCIL 
 
 Jt is a groundiefs opinion of fomeof the Jewifh writers, who 
 are ufua!ly free of their conjectures, that this pfalm was 
 penned, auditing by Adam in innocency, on the rirft Sab- 
 bath. It is inconfiitent with the pfalm itillf, which fpeaks 
 of the workers of iniquity, when as yet fin had not entered. 
 It is probable, it was penned by David, and being calcula- 
 ted for the Sabbath-day, (1.) Praife, the bufinefs of the 
 Sabbath, is here recommended, verf. I. 2. 3. (2.) God's 
 works, which gave occafion for the Sabbath, are here cele- 
 brated, as great and unfearchable in general, verf. 4. 5.6. 
 In particular, with reference to the works both of provi- 
 dence and redemption, thepfalmift fings unto God both of 
 mercy and judgment, the ruin of finners, and the joy of 
 faints, three times eounterchanged. 1. The wicked Ihallpe- 
 rifh, verf. 7.; but God iseternai, vtrf. 8. 2- God's enemies 
 (hall be cut off, but David fhall be exalted, verf. 9. 10. 
 3. David's enemies lhall be confounded, verf. II.; but all 
 the righteous fball be fruitful and flourifrin;:, verf. 12. — 15. 
 In ilnging this pfalm, we muit take pleafure in giving to 
 God the glory due to his name, and triumph in his works. 
 
 A pfalm cr fong for the Sabbath-day. 
 
 O render thanks unto the Lord 
 it is a comely thing, 
 And to thy name, O thou Moft High, 
 due praife aloud to fing. 2 Thy 
 
 T 
 
PSALM XCII. 247 
 
 2 Thy loving-kindnefs to fhew forth, 
 
 when Ihines the morning-light; 
 And to declare thy faithfulnefs 
 witk plcafure ev'ry night. 
 
 3 On a ten-ftiinged inftrument, 
 
 upon the pfaltery; 
 And on the harp with folemn found, 
 and grave fweet melody. 
 
 4 For thou, Lord, by thy mighty work 
 
 haft made my heart right glad : 
 And I 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 brutiih man it knoweth not; 
 
 fools underftand not this. 
 
 7 When thole that lewd and wicked are, 
 
 fpring quickly up like grafs, 
 And workers of iniquity 
 
 do flourifh all apace; 
 It is that they for ever may 
 
 deftroyed be and flain : 
 
 8 But thou, O Lord, art the Mod High, 
 
 for ever to remain. 
 
 9 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, 
 
 thine en'mies perifh fhall: 
 The workers of iniquity 
 fhall be difperfed all. 
 
 10 But 
 
248 PSALM XCIL 
 
 10 But thou fhalt, like unto the horn 
 
 of th' unicorn, exalt 
 My horn on high: thou with frefh oil 
 anoint me alfo fhalt. 
 
 1 1 Mine eye fhall alfo my defire 
 
 fee on mine enemies: 
 Mine ears fhall of the wicked hear, 
 that do againft 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 houfe of God 
 
 are planted by his grace, 
 They fhall grow up and flourifh all 
 in our God's holy place. 
 
 14 And in old age, when others fade, 
 
 they fruit ftill 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 
 is altogether free. 
 
 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 Tiiis lhort pfalm fets forth the honour of the kingdom of God 
 among men, to his glory, the terror of his enemies, and 
 the comfort of all his loving lubjec'ts. And it relates both to 
 the kingdom of his providence, by which he upholds and 
 
 governs 
 

 PSALM XCIII. 249 
 
 rns the world, and efpecially to the kin^.^m of his 
 
 grace, by which he fecures the church, Modifies and pre- 
 
 ! it. The ad minift ration of bo< gdoms is put 
 
 into the hands of the Mefliah, and to him, doubtlefs, the 
 prophet here bears witnefs, and to his kingdom, fptakir.5 
 of it as prefent, becaule lure; and becaufe, as the eternal 
 Word, even before his incarnation, he was Lord of all. 
 Concerning God's kingdom glorious tilings are here fpo&en. 
 (1.) Have other kings their royal robes : fo has he, verf. I. 
 (2.) Have they their throne? lb has lie, verf. z. (3.) Have 
 they their enemies whom they lubdue and triumph over? 
 fo has he, verf. 3. 4. (4.) Is it their honour to be faith- 
 ful and holy? fo is it his, verf. 5. In finging this pfalm, 
 we forget curfelves, if we forget Chrift to whom the Fa- 
 ther has given all power both in heaven and in earth. 
 
 THE Lord doth reign, and cloth'd is 
 with majefty mod bright : (he 
 His works do fhew him cloth'd to be, 
 
 and girt about with might. 
 The w r orld is alio ftablifhed, 
 that it cannot depart. 
 
 2 Thy throne is fix'd of old, and thou 
 
 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 Lord, that is on high, 
 
 is more of might by far, 
 
 Than noife of many waters is, 
 
 or great fea-billows are. 
 
 5 Thy teitimonies ev'ry one 
 
 in faithfulneis excel; 
 And holineis for ever, Lord, 
 thine houie becometh well. 
 
250 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 This pfalm was penned when the church of God was under 
 hatches, oppreiTed and perfecuted; and it is an appeal to 
 God, as the Judge of heaven and earth, and an addrefs to 
 him, to ^ppearfor his people, againft his and their enemies. 
 Two things this pfalm fpeaks, (i.) Conviction and terror 
 to the periccutors, verf. I. — n. (hewing them their dan- 
 ger and folly, and arguing with them. (2.) Comfort and 
 peace to the perfecuted, verf. 12. 23.; alluring them both 
 from God ; spromife, and from the pfalmilVs own experience, 
 that their troubles would end well, and God would in due 
 time appear to their joy, and the confufion of thole that fet 
 themfelves againft them. In finging this pfiim, we muft 
 look abroad up m the pride of oppreiTors, ukha holy in- 
 dignation.- and the tears of the opprefled. with a holy com- 
 parison ; but at the fame time, look upwards to the righte- 
 ous Judge, with an entire fa tis faction, and look forwards 
 to the end of all thefe. things, with a pleafing hope. 
 
 OLord God, unto whom alone 
 all vengeance doth belong: 
 O mighty God, who vengeance own'ft, 
 fhine forth, avenging wrong. 
 i Lift up thyfelf, thou of the earth 
 the fov'reign Judge that art: 
 And unto thofe that are fo proud 
 a due reward impart. 
 
 3 How long, O mighty God, {hall they 
 
 who lewd and wicked be, 
 How long fnall they who wicked are, 
 thus triumph haughtily ? (them 
 
 4 How long fliall things raoft hard by 
 
 be uttered and told ? 
 And all that work iniquity 
 to boaft themfelves be bold ? 
 
 5 Thy folk they break in pieces, Lord, 
 
 thine heritage opprefs. 
 
 6 The 
 
PSALM XCIV. 251 
 
 6 The widow they, and ftrangers flay, 
 
 and kill the fatherlefs. 
 
 7 Yet fay they, God it fhall not fee, 
 
 nor God of Jacob know. 
 
 8 Ye brutiih people, underftand; 
 
 fools, when wife will ye grow? 
 
 9 The Lord did plant the ear of man, 
 
 and hear then fhall not he? 
 He only form'd the eye, and then 
 fhall he not clearly fee? 
 
 10 He that the nations doth correct, 
 
 fhall he not chaftife you? 
 He knowledge unto man doth teach, 
 and fhall himfelf not know ? 
 
 1 1 Man's thoughts to be but vanity, 
 
 the Lord doth well difcern. 
 
 12 Elefs'd is the man thou chaft'neft, 
 
 and mak'ii thy law to learn. (Lord, 
 
 1 3 That thou mayft give him reft from 
 
 of fad adverfity, (days 
 
 Until the pit be digg'd for thofe 
 that work iniquity. 
 
 14 For fare the Lord will not caft off 
 
 thofe that his people be, 
 
 Neither his own inheritance 
 
 quit and forfake will he. 
 
 15 But j zni unto righteoufnefs 
 
 fhall yet return again; 
 
 And 
 
252 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 And all fhall follow after it, 
 that are right-hearted men. 
 
 1 6 Who will rife up for me, againft 
 
 thofe that do wickedly ? 
 Who will ftand up for me, 'gainft thofe 
 that work iniquity? 
 
 17 Unlefs the Lord had been my help, 
 
 when I was fore oppreft, 
 Almoft my foul had in the houfe 
 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 fellowfhip with thee, 
 Which mifchief, cunningly contriv'd, 
 doth by a law decree? 
 
 2 1 Againft the righteous fouls they join, 
 
 they guiltlefs blood condemn. 
 
 22 But of my refuge God's the rock, 
 
 and my defence from them. 
 
 23 On them their own iniquity 
 
 the Lord fhall bring and lay, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM XCV. 253 
 
 And cut them off in their own fin; 
 our Lord God fhall them flav. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 For the expounding of this jSfahri, we may borrow a great deal 
 of light from the apoltie's difcourte, Heb. iii. ar.d iv.; 
 where it appears both to have been penned by David, and 
 to have been calculated for the days of the MefEah ; for it 
 is there feid expresfly, Ileh. iv. 7. that the day here ipo- 
 ken of, verf. 7. is to be underftood of the gofpel day, in 
 which Godfpeaks to us by his Son, in a voice which we are 
 concerned to hear, and propofeth to us a reft:, befides that of 
 Canaan. In fjnging of pialms, it is intended, (1.) That 
 we (houldmake melody unto the Lord, and that we are here 
 excited to no, and affifttd in doing; being called upon to 
 praiie God, verf. 1. 2. as a great God, verf. 3. 4. 5. an,d a? 
 our gracious benef:<fror verf. 6. 7. (2.) 1 hat wc feould 
 teach and admonifh omTelves, and one another: andweare 
 here taught and warned to hear God's voice, verf. 7. : and 
 rot to harden our hearts, as the Jfraelites in the wild 
 did, verf. 8. 9. left we fall under God's wrath, and fall 
 fhort of his reft, as they did, verf. 10. it. This pfalm mull 
 be fung with an holy reverence of God's foajefty, and a 
 dread of his juftice, with a defire to pleafe him, and a feai* 
 to offend him. 
 
 OCome, let us fing to the Lord: 
 come, let us ev'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 u^fing pfalms to him with 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 of hills is his. 
 
 5 To 
 
254 P S A L A* XCV. 
 
 5 To him the fpacious fea belongs, 
 
 for he the fame did make : 
 The dry land alfo from his hands 
 its form at firft did take. 
 
 6 O come, and let us worfhip him, 
 
 let us bow down withal, 
 And on our knees before the Lord, 
 
 our maker, let us fall. 
 y For he's our God, the people we 
 
 of his own pafture are, 
 And of his hand the iheep; to-day 
 
 if ye his voice w r ill hear, 
 
 8 Then harden not your hearts, as in 
 
 the provocation, 
 As in the defert, on the day 
 of the tentation : 
 
 9 When me your fathers tempt'd, and 
 
 and did my working fee : (prov'd, 
 io Ev'n for the fpace of forty years 
 
 this race hath grieved me: 
 I faid, This people errs in heart, 
 
 my ways they do net know. 
 1 1 To whom I fware in wratl^ that to 
 
 my reft they fhould not go. 
 
 P S A L m XCVL 
 
 This pfalm is pare of that pfalro whicli was delivered into the 
 hands of Afaph and his bretbertn, I Citron, xvi. 7. ; by 
 which it appears, both that David '-as the penman of it, 
 and thai i. has reference to the bringing up of the ark to 
 
 the 
 
PSALM XCVI. i SS 
 
 the city of David ; whej ai ma.'e firft, 
 
 and this afterwards taken < ut of it, or Efiis ma Ic firft, and 
 afterwards borrowed to make up tndt, i> Dot certai;. 
 this is certain, that tbo the translation of 
 
 the ark, it lo<,ks further to the kingdom of Chriir, and is 
 defigneu", to celebrate the z\ >rics ot that kingdom, cfpccially 
 the acceffion of the Gfcfitiles to it. Here is, : I.; A call 
 given to all people to ; fo worfhip him, and give 
 
 glory to him, as a great and glorious I I. to 9. 
 
 (2.) Notice given to all people . >vern- 
 
 ment andjudgment, w\ to be the matter of uni- 
 
 verluljoy, verf. 10. — 13. in frngiBg this pfar.11. wfc 1 
 have our hearts filled with great and high thoughts of the 
 glory of God, and the grace of the gofptl, and with an erf- 
 tire latisfatlion in Chrids iV. ercign dominion, and in the- 
 expectation of the judgment to come. 
 
 OSing a new fong to the Lord, 
 fing all the earth to God. 
 
 2 To God fing, blefs his name; fhewftill- 
 
 his faving health abroad. 
 
 3 Among the heathen nations 
 
 his glory do declare; 
 And unto all the people {how 
 his works that wondrous are. 
 
 4 For great's the Lord, and greatly he 
 
 is to be magnify'd : 
 Yea, worthy to be fear'd is he 
 above all gods beiide. 
 
 5 For all the gods are idols dumb 
 
 which blinded nations fear; 
 But our God is the Lord, by whom 
 the heav'ns created were. 
 (ipreat honour is before his face, 
 and majefty divine: 
 
 Strei 
 
256 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 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 you 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: 
 Likewife let all the earth throughout 
 tremble his face before. 
 io Among the heathen fay, God reigns: 
 the world fhall ftedfaftly 
 Be fixM from moving, he fhall judge 
 the people righteoufly. 
 
 1 1 Let heav'ns be glad before the Lord, 
 
 and let the earth rejoice: 
 Let feas, and all that is therein, 
 cry out, and make a noife. 
 
 1 2 Let fields rejoice, and ev'sy thing 
 
 that fpringeth of the earth : 
 Then woods, and ev'ry tree fhall fmg 
 with gladnefs and with mirth 
 
 13 Before the Lord; becaufe he comes, 
 
 to judge the earth comes he: 
 
 He'll 
 
PSALM XCVn. 257 
 
 He'll judge the world with righteouf- 
 the people faithfully. (nefs, 
 
 P S A L Af XCVII. 
 
 This pfa'm dwells opon tl : C;n-c fi to the 
 
 fame tunc with the foregoing piairn. Chrifl 
 and the Omega of both; 
 
 to be fung to his honour ; and we make nothing of them, if 
 we do not in them m with our hearts to the 
 
 Lord Jenis. He it is that reigns to the joy of all mankind, 
 verf. 1. : and his government rrbr to his e- 
 
 nemies; for he is a Prince of inflexible ji rrefifti- 
 
 ble power, verf. 2. — 7. (2.) Comfort to his friends, and 
 loyal fubjecls, arifing fi 
 
 he takes of his people, and the provilion he makes for them, 
 
 o. — 12. In fingiuc ihis pfalm, we rauft be affected 
 
 the glory oftl I :mer. mull dread the lot 
 
 of his enemies, and think ourielves happy, if we arc of thole 
 
 that kifs the Son. 
 
 GOD reigneth, let the earth be glad, 
 and iiles rejoice each one. 
 
 2 Dark clouds him compafs, 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 world; 
 
 earth faw, and fhopk throughout. 
 
 5 Hills, at the preience of the Lord, 
 
 like wax did melt away: 
 Ev'n at the prefence of the Lord 
 of all the earLh, I fay. 
 
 6 The heav'ns declare his righteoufnefs, 
 
 all men his glory fee. 
 
 R All 
 
258 PSALM XCVIL 
 
 7 All who ferve graven forages, 
 
 confounded let them be : 
 Who do of idols boaft themfelveSy 
 
 let ihame 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 rejoic'd, O Lord, becaufc 
 thy judgments did appear. 
 
 9 For thou, O Lord, art high above 
 
 all things on earth that are: 
 Above all other gods thou art 
 exalted very far. 
 io Hate ill, all yc that love the Lord: 
 his faints fouls keepeth he, 
 And from the hands of wicked men 
 he fets 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 are in heart upright. 
 
 12 Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice; 
 
 exprefs your thankfulnefs, 
 When ye into your memory 
 do call his holinefs. 
 
 PSALM 
 
P S A L M XCVIII. 259 
 
 This pfalm is to the fame purpofe with the two foregoing 
 pfalms; it is a prophefy of the kingdom of the Median, the 
 letting it up in the world, and the bringing in of the Gen- 
 tiles to it. The Chaldeeintitles it, -A prophetic pfalm. It 
 fets forth, (1.) The glory of the redeemer, verf. I. %. 3. 
 (a.) The joy of the redeemed, verf. 4. — 9. If we in a right 
 manner give to Chriit this glory, and upon right grounds, 
 take to ourfelves this joy in finging this pfalm, we fing it 
 with underftanding. A nd if they then, who faw Chritt's 
 day at a diftance, and in the promiie only, mull rejoice and 
 triumph thus ; much more reafon have we to do fo, that fee 
 thefe things accomplished, and fhare in the better things 
 provided for us, Heb. xi. 40. 
 
 A pfalm. 
 
 OSing a new fong to the Lord, 
 for wonders he hath done : 
 His right hand and his holy arm 
 him vi&ory hath won. 
 
 2 The Lord God his falvation 
 
 hath caufed to be known : 
 His juftice in the heathens fight 
 he openly hath fhown. 
 
 3 He mindful of his grace and truth 
 
 to Ifr'el's houfe hath been: 
 And the falvation of our God 
 all ends of th' earth have feen. 
 
 4 Let all the earth unto the Lord 
 
 fend forth a joyful noife : 
 Lift up your voice aloud to him, 
 fing praifes, and rejoice. 
 
 5 With harp, with harp, and voice of 
 
 unto Jehovah fing, (pfalms, 
 R 2 6 With 
 
26o P S A L M XCVIII. 
 
 6 With trumpets, cornets, gladly found 
 
 before the Lord, the King. 
 
 7 Let feas, and all their fulnefs rore; 
 
 the world, and dwellers there. 
 
 8 Let floods clap hands ; and let the hills 
 
 together iov declare 
 
 9 Before the Lord ; becaufe he comes ; 
 
 to judge the earth comes he: 
 He'll judge the world with righteouf- 
 his folk with equity. ■ (nefe, 
 
 P S A L M XCIX. 
 
 Still we are celebrating glories of the kingdom of God among 
 men, and are called upon to praffe Mm, as in the for* 
 pialms; but thofe pfalms looked forward to the times of 
 the gofpel, and prbphefied of the graces and comforts of 
 thofe times; thispfalm feems to dwell more upon the Old- 
 Teitament dilpenfation, and the manifestation of God's 
 glory and grace in that. Let not men, in expectation of 
 the Mefliah's kingdom, and the evangelical worfhip, ne- 
 glect that divine i ley were then under, and the 
 ordinances that were then given them, but in them ice God 
 reigning, and worfhip before him, according to the law of 
 Mofes, Prophecies of good things to come, mufr not leiien 
 our efteem of good things preterit. To Jfrael indeed per- 
 tained the promiies which they mi but to them 
 pertained alio the giving of . . the fervice of God, 
 which they muft alio dutifully and e end to, 
 Rom. ix. 4. And this they are called to do, in this plalm; 
 where yet there is much of Cbrift, for the government of 
 the church was in the hands .fore he 
 was incarnate; and befides, the ceremonial fervices were 
 types and figures of ev« ] I e people of i£- 
 rael are here reel God, and to wor- 
 fhip before him, in consideration of theft two things. (1.) 
 The happy cor.i' under, 
 both in iacred and civil things, verf. I, — -5. (fc.) Somein- 
 ftahces of the happy adminiiira/ verf. 6. — 9. 
 Iji finging of this. jifalm, we ;altthc 
 name of God, as : . 
 
 We have much more teafon to do. 1 red un- 
 
 der the law. TIT cter- 
 
PSALM XCIX. 261 
 
 r T T K 5 eternal Lord doth reign as King, 
 Jt let all the people quake : 
 He fits between the cherubims, 
 let th' earth be mov'd and fhake. 
 
 2 The Lord in Zion great, and high 
 
 above all people is. 
 
 3 Thy great and dreadful name (for it 
 
 is holy) let them blefs. 
 
 4 The King's ftrength alfo judgment 
 
 thou fcttleft equity, (loves ; 
 
 Juft judgment thou doft execute 
 in Jacob righteoufly. 
 
 5 The Lord our God exalt on high, 
 
 and reverently do ye 
 Before his footftool worfhip him: 
 the holy One is he. 
 
 6 Mofes and Aaron 'mongft his priefts, 
 
 Samuel with them that call 
 Upon his name : thefe call'd on God, 
 and he them anfwer'd all. 
 
 7 Within the pillar of the cloud 
 
 he unto them did fpeak : 
 The teftimonies he them taught, 
 and laws they did not break. 
 SThou aniwer'dft them,OLord ourGod: 
 thou waft a God that gave 
 Pardon to them, though on their deeds 
 thou wouldeft vengeance have. 
 
 9 Do 
 
i6z PSALM C. 
 
 9 Do ye exalt the Lord our God, 
 and at his holy hill 
 Do ye him worfhip : for the Lord 
 our God is holy ftill. 
 
 PSALM C. 
 
 t is with good reafon that many fing this pfalm very fre- 
 quently in their religious afTamblies, for it is very proper 
 both to exprefs and to excite pious and devout affections to- 
 wards God in our approach to him in holy ordinances; and 
 af our hearts go along with the words, we (hall make melo- 
 dy in it to the Lord. The Jews fay, it was penned to be 
 fung with their thank-offerings; perhaps it was *, but we 
 fay, that as there is nothing in it peculiar to their ceconomy, 
 fo its beginning with a call to all lands topraife God, plain- 
 ly extends it to the gofpel church. Here, (i.) We are cal- 
 led upon to praife God, and rejoice in him, verf. I. a. 4. 
 (2.) We are furnifhed with matter for praife; we mud 
 praife him, confidering his being and relation to us, verf. 
 3.; and his mercy and truth, verf. J. Thefe are plain and 
 common things, and therefore the more fit to be the mat- 
 ter of devotion. 
 
 A pfalm of praife. 
 
 ALL people that on earth do dwell, 
 Sing to the Lord with cheerful 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, loud, and blefs his name always, 
 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 firmly flood, 
 And (hall from age to age endure. 
 
 Another 
 
P S A L M C. 263 
 
 A.:::hr cf the fame. 
 
 OA11 ye lands, unto the Lord 
 make ye a joyful noife, 
 
 2 Serve God with gladnefs; him before 
 
 come with a iinging voice. 
 
 3 Know ye the Lord, that he is God, 
 
 not we, but he, us made ; 
 We are his people, and the fheep 
 within his pafture fed. 
 
 4 Enter 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. 
 
 P S A L M CI. 
 
 rid was for certain the penman of this pfa!m, and it has in 
 k the genuine fpirit of the man after God's own heart; it 
 (oleinn vow he m?.de to God when he took upon him 
 the charge cf a family,, and of the kingdom. Whether it was 
 penned when he entered upon the government, immediate- 
 :.r the death of Saul, as ibme think, or when he be- 
 to reign over ail Ilrael, aud brought up the ark to the 
 city of David, a- k is not material ; it is an ex- 
 
 cellent plan, or model for the good government of a court, 
 or the keeping up of virtue and piety, and, hy that means, 
 rrood order in it; but it is applicable to private families ; it 
 dm. It inftriKts all that are in any 
 iphe-re of ; bcr larger or narrower, to ufe their 
 
 power fo, as to make it a terror to evii-doers, but a praife 
 to them that ral fcope of 
 
 David's vex, verf 1. : rticuiars of it, that 
 
 he would detert and difcottntenanc icrof '.\icked- 
 
 nels, 
 
264 PSALM CI. 
 
 ncfs, vcrf. 3. 4. 5, 7. 8,; and that he would favour and 
 encourage fuch as were virtuous, verf. 6. Some think this 
 may fitly be accomodated to Chrift, the Son of David, who 
 governs his church, the city of the Lord, by thefe rules, 
 and who loveth righteoufnefs, and hateth wickednefs. fn 
 finging this pfalra, families, both governors and governed, 
 ihould teach and admonifh, and engage themielves, and one 
 another, to walk by the rule of it, that peace may be upon 
 them, and God's prefence with them. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 Mercy will and judgment fmg ; 
 Lord, Iwill fing to thee. 
 
 2 With wifdom, in a perfect way, 
 
 fhall my behaviour be : 
 
 when in kindnefs unto me, 
 wilt thou be pleas'd to gome? 
 
 1 with a perfect heart will walk 
 
 within my houfe at home. 
 
 3 I will endure no wicked thing 
 
 before mine eyes to be : 
 I hate their work that turn afide, 
 it (hall not cleave to me. 
 
 4 A ftubborn and a froward heart 
 
 depart quite from me fhall: 
 A perfon giv'n to wickednefs 
 I will 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 
 
PSALM CI. 
 
 6 Upon the faithful of the land 
 
 mine eyes fhall be, that they 
 May dwell with me : I ine fervs 
 
 that walks in perfecl way. 
 
 7 Who of d worker is, 
 
 in my houfe fhall not dwell : 
 And in my pretence fhall he not 
 remain, that lies doth tell. 
 
 8 Yea, all the wicked of the land 
 
 early deftrby will I; 
 All from God's city to cut off, 
 that work iniquity. 
 
 P S A L M CIL 
 
 Some think D fai 
 
 Ndjcmiah, or 
 
 prop' it for the ule of tl 
 
 captivity in Babylon, beeanfi 
 
 of Si time let for the 
 
 Daniel underfcood by books, .; orperh:.;^ 
 
 pfrlmi ■•. '..ich he cor, 
 
 cf in I but (as in Pfa!. . 
 
 and elfewhc ith theconfi- 
 
 derationofC ity and 
 
 perp.. iiftrtfled and thrc. 
 
 But it is cleai 
 
 Hen. i. ii. i%. is reference to the day s of 
 
 the M 
 
 afflictions of his < c In the pfa tm, we 
 
 [A makes, ei- 
 . or i:i the name cf the ehurcli, 
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 !e comfort •. :. From 
 
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 and 
 
266 PSALM CII. 
 
 and the comfortaMe part of thepfalm will be the more com, 
 foi table to us in finging of it. 
 
 A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pour- 
 eth out his complaint before the *Lord. 
 
 OLord, 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 hafte. 
 
 3 For as an hearth my bones are burnt : 
 
 my days like fmoke do wafte. 
 
 4 My heart within me fmitten is, 
 
 and it is withered 
 Like very grafs ; fo that I do - 
 forget to eat my bread. 
 
 5 By reafon of my groaning voice, 
 
 my bones cleave to my (kin. 
 
 6 Like pelican in wildernefs 
 
 forfaken I have been: 
 y I like an owl in defert am, 
 
 that nightly there doth moan. 
 I Watch, and like a fparrow am 
 on the houfe-top alone. 
 8 My bitter en'mies all the day 
 reproaches call on me : 
 And being mad at me, with rage 
 againft me fworn they be. 
 
 9 For 
 
PSALM CII. 267 
 
 9 For why, I afhes eaten have, 
 
 like bread, in forrow deep: 
 
 My drink I alio mingled have 
 
 with tears that I did weep. 
 
 10 Thy wrath and indignation 
 
 did caufe this grief and pain : 
 For thou haft lift me up on high, 
 and caft me down again. 
 
 1 1 My days are like unto a {hade, 
 
 which doth declining pafs : 
 And I am dry'd and withered, 
 ev'n like unto the grafs. 
 
 12 But thou, Lord, everlafting art, 
 
 and thy remembrance mall 
 Continually endure, and be 
 to generations all. 
 
 13 Thou (halt arife, and mercy have 
 
 upon thy Zion yet : 
 The time to favour her is come, 
 the time that thou haft fet. 
 
 14 For in her rubbifh and her ftones 
 
 thy fervants pleafure take; 
 Yea, they the very duft thereof 
 do favour for her fake. 
 
 15 So fhall the heathen people fear 
 
 the Lord's moft holy name; 
 And all the kings on earth fhall dread 
 thy glory and thy fame. 
 
 16 When 
 
-68 PSALM CII. 
 
 1 6 When Zion by the mighty Lord 
 
 built up again fhall be, 
 
 In glory then, and majeily, 
 
 to men appear fhall he. 
 
 1 7 The prayer of the deftitute 
 
 he furely will regard, 
 Their prayer will he not defplfe, 
 by him it ihall be heard. 
 
 1 8 For ge ls yet to come 
 
 this fhall be on record : 
 So fhall the people that fhall be 
 created, praife the Lord. 
 rg Ke from his fan£iuary's height 
 hath downward caft his eye: 
 And from his glorious throne in heaV'n 
 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: 
 
 21 T. : Sion may declare 
 
 moft holy name, 
 And pub!:!:: in Jertifalem 
 the praifes of the fame. 
 
 22 \ e people gather fhall 
 
 in ith one accord, 
 
 When ms fhall affembltfd be 
 
 to ft jheft Lord. 
 
 23 My 
 
P S A L M CII. 269 
 
 -23MV wonted ftrength and force he hath 
 abated in the way; 
 And he my day icd: 
 
 24 Thus therefore did I 
 
 My God, in mid-time of ray 
 
 take thou me noL 
 From age to age et 
 
 thy years endute 
 
 25 The firm foundation of the earth 
 
 of old time thou haft laid : 
 The heavens alio are the work 
 which thine own hands have made. 
 
 26 Thou {halt for evermore endure: 
 
 but they (hall periin all; 
 Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old, 
 
 like to a garment, fhall: 
 Thou as avefturefhalt them change, 
 
 and thev fhall changed be. 
 
 27 But thou the fame art, and thy years 
 
 are to eternity. 
 
 28 The children of thy fervants fhall 
 
 continually endure, 
 And in thy fight, O Lord, their feed 
 fhall be eftablifh'd fure. 
 
 LOrd, hear my pray'r, and let my cry 
 Have lpeedy ace -ee. 
 
 2 In day of nv 
 
 O hide not thou thy fr.ee From me: 
 
 Hear when I call Co 
 
 An anfwer fpeedHy return. 
 
270 PSALM CIL 
 
 3 My days like fmoke confume away, 
 And, as an hearth, my bones do burn. 
 
 4 My heart is wounded very fore, 
 And whithered, like grafs, doth fade: 
 1 am foigetful grown therefore 
 
 To take and eat my daily bread. 
 
 5 By reafon of my fmart within, 
 
 And voice of my mod grievous groans, 
 
 My flefh confumed is, my (kin, 
 
 AH parch 'd doth cleave unto my bones. 
 
 6 The pelican of wildernefs, 
 The owl in defert I do match : 
 
 7 And fparroW-like, companionlefs, 
 Upon the houfe's top, 1 watch. 
 
 2 I all day long am made a fcorn, 
 Reproach'd by my malicious foes: 
 The mad men are againft me fworn, 
 The men againft me that arofe. 
 
 9 For I have afhes eaten up, 
 
 To me as if they had been bread; 
 And with my drink I in my cup 
 Of bitter tears a mixture made. 
 
 10 Becaufe thy wrath was not appeas'd, 
 And dreadful indignation: 
 Therefore it was that thou me rais'd 
 And thou again didft caft me down. 
 
 IX My days are like a (hade alway, 
 
 Which doth declining fvviftly pafs : 
 
 And I am withered away 
 
 Much like unto the fading grafs. 
 13 But thou, O Lord, malt ftill endure, 
 
 from change and all mutation free, 
 
 And, to all generations, fure 
 
 Shall thy remembrance ever be. 
 
 13 Thou malt arife, and mercy yet 
 Thou to mount Zion (halt extend: 
 Her time for favour which was fet 
 Behold, is now come to an end. 
 
 14 Thy faints take pleaiure in her (tones, 
 Her very daft to tnem is dear. 
 
 15 All heathen lands, and kingly thrones 
 On earth, thy glorious name mail fear. 
 
 16 God in his glory (hall appear, 
 When Zion he builds and repairs. 
 
 17 He (hall regard and lend his ear, 
 Unto the needy *s humble pray'rs: 
 
 Th* affli&ed's prayer he will not fcorn. 
 %% All times this (hall be on record, 
 And generations yet rnborn 
 Shall ptaife and magnify the Lord. 19 He 
 
PSALM CIII. 271 
 
 10 He from his holy place look'd down, 
 The earth he view'd from heav'n on high : 
 
 2J To hear the pris'ners mourning groan, 
 And free them that are doom'd to die: 
 
 21 That Zion, and Jerus'lem too 
 
 His name and praife may well record; 
 
 22 When people, and the kingdoms do 
 Afle;:.blc all to praife the Lord. 
 
 23 My ftiength he weakned in the way, 
 My days of life he fhortened. 
 
 24 My God, O take me not away 
 In mid-time of my days, I faid : 
 Thv years throughout all ages laft. 
 
 25 Of old thou haft eftablilhed 
 
 The earth's foundation firm and fad: x 
 
 Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made, 
 
 26 They perim (hall, as garments do, 
 But thou (halt evermore endure : 
 
 As vultures, thou fhalt change them fo ; 
 And they fhail all be changed Aire. 
 
 27 But from all changes thou art free, 
 Thy endlefs years do lad: for ay. 
 
 28 Thy fervants. and thrir feed who be, 
 Eftablifh'd fhall before thee ftay. 
 
 PSALM CIII. 
 
 This pfalm calls more for devotion than expofition; it is a 
 moll: excellent pfalm of pruife, and of general ufe. The 
 pfalmift, (i.) Stirs up himfelfand his own foul to praife 
 God, verf. I. 2. ; for his favour to him in particular, verf. 
 3. 4. 5. ; to the church in general, and to all good men, to 
 whom he is and will be jult, and kind, and conitant. verf. 
 6.— 18.; and for his government of the world, verf. 19. (2) 
 He defires the aflifrance of the holy angels, and all the 
 works of God in praifmg him, verf. 20. 21. 22. In ringing 
 this pfalm, we mud:, in a fpecial manner, get our hearts 
 affected with the goodnefs of God, and enlarged in love and 
 thankfulnefs. 
 
 A pfihn of David. 
 
 OThou my foul, blefs God the Lord, 
 and all that in me is 
 Be ftirred up, his holy name 
 to magnify and blefs. 
 
 2 Blefs, 
 
,2j2 PSALM cm. 
 
 2 Blefs, O my foul, the Lord thy God, 
 
 1 not forgetful be 
 Of all his gracious benefits 
 he hath beftow'd on thee. 
 
 3 All thine iniquities who doth 
 
 moil graciouily forgive : 
 Who thy difeafes all and pains 
 doth -heal, and thee relieve. 
 
 4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou 
 
 to death mayft 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 Mofes, he his a£ts 
 
 made known to Ifr'ePs fons. 
 
 8 The Lord our God is merciful, 
 
 and he is gracious, 
 Long-fufFering, and flow to wrath, 
 in mercy plenteous. 
 
 9 Ke will not chide continually, 
 
 nor keep his anger ftill. 
 io With us he dealt not as we finn'd, 
 nor did requite our ill. 
 
 ii For 
 
PSALM CHI. 273 
 
 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. 
 
 1 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 dear; 
 Like pity fhews the Lord to fuch 
 as worfhip him in fear. 
 
 14 For he remembers we are duft, 
 
 and he our frame w r ell knows. 
 
 15 Frail man, his days are like the grafs, 
 
 as flow'r in field he grows. 
 
 1 6 For over it the w r ind doth pafs, 
 
 and it away is gone; 
 And of the place where once it was, 
 it fhall no more be known. 
 
 17 But unto them that do him fear, 
 
 God's mercy never ends : 
 And to their childrens children ftill 
 his righteoufnefs extends : 
 
 1 8 To fuch as keep his covenant, 
 
 and mindful are alway 
 Of his moft juft commandements, 
 that they may them obey. 
 
 S * 19 The 
 
274 P S'A L M CIII. 
 
 19 The Lord prepared hath his throne 
 
 in heavens firm to ftand : 
 And ev'ry thing that being hath> 
 his kingdom doth command. 
 
 20 O ye his angels that excel 
 
 in ftrength, blefs ye the Lord, 
 Ye who obey what he commands, 
 and hearken to his word. 
 
 2 1 O blefs and magnify the Lord, 
 
 ye glorious hofts of his,. 
 
 Ye minifters, that do fulfil 
 
 whatever his pleafure is. 
 
 22 O blefs the Lord, all ye his works? 
 
 wherewith the world is ftor'd 
 
 In his dominions ev'ry where 1 
 
 my foul, blefs thou the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CIV. 
 
 It is very probable that thfs pfalm was penned by the fame 
 hand, and at the fame time with the former; for as that 
 ended, this begins, with, * Blefs the Lord, O my foul,' 
 and concludes with it too, verf. 3$. The ftile indeed is 
 fomewhat different, becaufe the matter is fo; the fcope if 
 the foregoing pfalm was to celebrate the goodnefs of God, 
 and his tender mercy and companion, to* which a foft and 
 fwect ftile was moft agreeable; the fcope of this is to cele- 
 brate his greatnefs and majefty, and fovereign dominion, 
 which ought to be done in the moft lofty drains of poetry, 
 David in the former pfalm, gave God the glory of his co- 
 venant mercy and love to his peopb; in this he gives bi:n 
 the glory of his works of creation and providence, his do- 
 minion over, and his bounty to all the Creature*. God is 
 there praifed as the God of grace, here as the God of na- 
 ture. And this pfalm is wholly beftowcd on that fubject; 
 not as Pial. xix. which begins with it, but paficth from it 
 to the conftdcration of the divine law; norasPfal. viii. 
 
 which 
 
PSALM CIV. 275 
 
 which fpeaks of this but prophetically, and with an eye to 
 Chrift. This noble poem is thought by very competent 
 judges, not only for piety and devotion, (that is paft dif- 
 putc,) but for flight of fancy, brightness of ideas, fuiprif- 
 ing turns, and all the beauties and ornaments of exprcf- 
 fion, far to excell any of the Greek or Latin poets upon 
 any fubjett of this nature. Many great things the pfalmift 
 here gives God the glory of ; (1.) the fplendour of his ma- 
 jefty in the upper world, verf. 1. — 4. (2.) The creation 
 of the fea, and the dryland, verf. 5. — 9. (3.) The pro- 
 vifion he makes for the maintenance of all the creatures ac- 
 'cording to their nature, verf. 10. — 18,; and again, verf. 
 27. 28. (4.] The regular courfe of the fun and moon, 
 verf. 19. — 24. (5) The furniture of the fea, verf. 25. 26. 
 (6.) God's, fovcreign power over all the creatures, verf. 29. 
 32. And laftly, he concludes with a pleafant and firm re- 
 lblution to continue praifing God, verf. ^3- 34- 35' With 
 which we mould heartily join in finging this pfalm. 
 
 BLefs God, my foul : O Lord my God, 
 thou art exceeding great, 
 With honour and with majefty 
 thou clothed art in ftate. 
 
 2 With light, as with a robe, thyfelf 
 
 thou covered about; 
 And, like unto a curtain, thou 
 the heavens ftretcheft 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 flaming fire his minifters, 
 
 his angels fp'rits doth make. 
 
 5 Who earth's foundations did lay, 
 
 that it fhould never fhake. 
 
 S 2 6 Thou 
 
2j6 PSALM CIV. 
 
 6 Thou didft it cover with the deep, 
 
 as with a garment fpread : 
 The waters flood above the hills, 
 when thou the word but faid. 
 
 7 But at the voice of thy rebuke 
 
 they fled, and would not flay: 
 They at thy thunder's dreadful voice 
 did hafte them faft aw r ay. 
 
 8 They by the mountains do afcend, 
 
 and by the valley-ground 
 Defcend, unto that very place 
 
 which thou for them didft found. 
 
 9 Thou haft a bound unto them fet, 
 
 that they may not pafs over, 
 That they do not return again 
 the face of earth to cover, 
 io He to the valleys fends the fprings, 
 
 which run among the hills : 
 1 1 They to all beads of field give drink, 
 
 wild affes drink their fills. 
 i aBy them the fowls of heav'n fhall have 
 their habitation, 
 Which do among the branches fing 
 with delegation. 
 13 He from his chambers watereth 
 the hills, when they are dry'd: 
 With fruit andincreafeof thy works 
 the earth is latisfy'd. 
 
 14 For 
 
P S A L M CIV. 277 
 
 14 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 : 
 1 j And wine, that to the heart of man 
 doth cheerfulnefs impart, 
 Oil that his face makes fhine, and bread 
 that ftrengtheneth his heart. 
 
 1 6 The trees of God are full of fap, 
 
 the cedars that do ftand 
 In Lebanon, which planted were 
 by his almighty hand. 
 
 1 7 Birds of the air, upon their boughs, 
 
 do choofe their nefts to make: 
 As for the ftork, the fir-trees fhe 
 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. 
 
 1 9 He fets the moon in heav'n, thereby 
 
 the feafons to difcern : 
 From him the fun His certain time 
 of going down doth learn. 
 2oThou darknefs mak'ft, 'tis night; then 
 of forefts creep abroad. (beads 
 2 1 The lions young rore for their prey, 
 and feek their meat from God. 
 
 22 The 
 
278 PSALM CIV. 
 
 22 The fun doth rife, and home they 
 
 down in their dens they lie. (flock, 
 
 23 Man goes to work, his labour he 
 
 doth to the evening ply. 
 
 24 How manifold, Lord, are thy works! 
 
 in wifdom wonderful 
 Thou ev'ry one of them haft made; 
 earth's of thy riches full. 
 
 25 So is this great and fpacious fea, 
 
 wherein things creeping are, 
 Which numb'red cannot be; andbeafts 
 both great and fmall are there. 
 
 26 There fhips go; there thoumak'ftto 
 
 that leviathan great. (p^ a y 
 
 2 yThefe all wait on thee, that thou mayft 
 in due time give them meat. 
 
 28 That which thou giveft unto them, 
 
 they gather for their food; 
 Thine hand thou op'neft lib'rally, 
 they filled are with good. 
 
 2 9 Thou hid'ft thy face,they troubled are 
 
 their breath thou tak'ft away; 
 Then do they die, and to their duft 
 return again do they. (forth 
 
 30 Thy quick'ning fp'rit thou fendeft 
 
 then they created be : 
 And then the earth's decayed face 
 renewed is by thee. 
 
 31 The 
 
PSALM CIV. 279 
 
 31 The glory of the mighty Lord 
 continue fhall forever: 
 The Lord Jehovah fhall rejoice 
 
 in all his works together, 
 [ arth, as affrighted, trembleth all, 
 
 if he on it but look; 
 And if the mountains he but touch, 
 they prefently do fmoke. 
 
 33 I will fing to the Lord mod high, 
 
 fo long as I fhall live ; 
 And while I being have, I fhall 
 to my God praiies give. 
 
 34 Of him my meditation fhall 
 
 fweet thoughts to me afford ; 
 And as for me, I will rejoice 
 
 in God, my only Lord. 
 2$ From earth let finners be confum'd, 
 
 let ill men no more be: 
 O thou my foul, blefs thou the Lord. 
 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CV. 
 
 Some of the pfalms of praife are very fhort, others very long, 
 to teach us, that in our devotions, we mould be more ob- 
 fervant howour hearts work, than how the time pafTcth : 
 and neither oveiftretch ourlelves, by coveting to be long, 
 roroverftint ourlelves by coveting to be (bore; but either 
 the one or the other, as v.e find in our hearts to pray. This 
 Is a long pfalm; the general fcope is the fame uith mod of 
 theplaims, to fet forth the ^bry of God, but the fubject 
 matter is particular. Every :ime we come to the throne of 
 frace. we nay, if we pleafe, furnifh ourfelves out of the 
 word of 3od, (out of the hiftory of the New Teftament, as 
 
 this 
 
s8o P S A L M CV. 
 
 this owt of the hiflory of the Old,) with new fongs, with 
 freih thoughts, fo copious, To various, fo inexhauftible is 
 the fubjett. In the foregoing pfalm, we are taught to 
 praife God for his wondrous work of common providence, 
 with reference to the world in general. In this, we are di- 
 rected to praife him for his fpecial favours to his church. 
 We find the eleven firft verfes of this pfalm in the begin- 
 ning of that pfalm which David delivered to Afaph to be 
 ufed (as it fhould feem) in the daily fervice of the fanttu- 
 ary, when the ark was fixed in the place he had prepared 
 for it ; by which it appears, both who penned it, and when, 
 and upon what occafion it was penned, I Chron. xvi. 7. &c. 
 David, by it, defigned to inftrucT: his people in the obli- 
 gations they lay under to adhere faithfully to their holy re- 
 ligion. Here is the preface, verf. 1. — 7. and the hiftory 
 itfclf, in feveral articles, (1.) God's covenant with the pa- 
 triarchs, verf. 8.«^-U. (2.) His care of them while they 
 were (hangers, verf. n. — 15. (3.) His raifing up Jofeph 
 to be the fhepherd and ftone of Ifrael, verf. 16. — 22. (4.) 
 The increafe of Ifraelin Egypt, and their deliverance out of 
 Egypt, verf. 23.-38. (5.) The care he took of them in 
 the wildernefs. and their fettlerrent in Canaan, verf. 39. 
 to 45. In finging this, we mull: give to God the glory of 
 his wifdom and power, his goodnefs and faithfulncfs; muft 
 look upon ourfelves as concerned in the affairs of the Old- 
 TeOament church, both becaufe to it were committed the 
 oracles of God, which are our treafure, and out of it Chrift 
 arofe, and thefe things happened to it for enfamples. 
 
 Give thanks to God; call on his name; 
 to men his deeds make known. 
 
 2 Singye tohim,fingpfalms; proclaim 
 
 his wondrous works each one. 
 
 3 See that ye in his holy name 
 
 to glory do accord : 
 And let the heart of ev'ry one 
 rejoice, that feeks the Lord. 
 
 4 The Lord almighty, and hisftrength, 
 
 with ftedfaft hearts feek ye : 
 
 His 
 
PSALM CV. 281 
 
 His bleffed and his gracious face 
 
 feek ye continually, 
 c 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 fervant well 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 moft righteous judgments arc 
 in all the earth abroad. 
 
 8 His covenant he rememb'red hath, 
 
 that it mav ever Hand : 
 To thoufand generations 
 the word he did command. 
 
 9 Which covenant he firmly made 
 
 with faithful Abraham, 
 
 And unto Ilaac, by his oath, 
 
 he did renew the fame. 
 
 10 And unto Jacob, for a law r , 
 
 he made it firm and fure, 
 A covenant to Ilrael, 
 which ever fhould endure. 
 
 1 1 He laid, Til give Canaan's land 
 
 for heritage to you : 
 
 While 
 
282 PSALM CV. 
 
 12 While they were ftrangers there, and 
 
 in number very few. (few, 
 
 13 While yet they went from land to land 
 
 without a fure abode; 
 And while, through fundry kingdoms, 
 did wander far abroad. (they 
 
 14 Yet notwithftanding fuffer'd he 
 
 no man to do them wrong : 
 Yea, for their fakes, he did reprove 
 kings, who were great and ftrong. 
 
 15 Thus did he fay, Touch yenotthofe 
 
 that mine anointed be, 
 Nor do the prophets any harm 
 that do pertain to me. 
 
 16 He callM for famine on the land, 
 
 he brake the ftaff of bread. 
 
 17 But yet he fent a man before, 
 
 by whom they fhould be fed : 
 Ev'n Jofeph, whom unnaturally 
 fell for a flave did they. 
 
 1 8 Whofe feet with fetters they did hurt, 
 
 and he in irons lay; 
 
 19 Until the time that his word came 
 
 to gve him liberty : 
 The word and purpofe of the Lord 
 did him in prifon try. 
 2oThen fent the king, and did command 
 that he enlarged fhould be : 
 
 He 
 
PSALM CV. 283 
 
 He that the people's ruler was, 
 did fend to fet him free. 
 
 21 A lord, to rule his family, 
 
 he raisM him, as moft fit; 
 To him of all that he poflefsM 
 he did the charge commit: 
 
 22 That he might at his pleafure bind 
 
 the princes of the land; 
 And he might teach his fenators 
 wifdom to underftand. 
 
 23 The people then of Ifrael 
 
 down into Egypt came: 
 And Jacob alfo fojourned 
 within the land of Ham. 
 
 24 And he did greatly by his pow'r 
 
 increafe his people there; 
 And ftronger than their enemies 
 they by his bleffing were. 
 
 25 Their heart he turned to envy 
 
 his folk malicioufly, 
 With thofe that his own fervants were 
 to deal in fubtlety. 
 
 26 His fervant Moles he did fend, 
 
 Aaron his chofen one. 
 
 27 By thefc his figns and wonders great 
 
 in Ham's land were made known. 
 
 28 Darknefs he fent, and made it dark: 
 
 his word they did obey. 
 
 29 He 
 
284 PSALM CV. 
 
 29 He turn'd their waters into blood, 
 
 and he their fifh did flay. 
 
 30 The land in plenty brought forth 
 
 in chambers of their kings, (frogs 
 
 3 1 His word all forts of flies and lice 
 
 in all their borders brings. 
 
 32 He hail for rain, and flaming fire 
 
 into their land he fent: 
 
 3 3 And he their vines and fig-trees fmote 
 
 trees of their coafts he rent. 
 
 34 He fpake, and caterpillars came, 
 
 locufts did much abound ; (fum'd, 
 
 35 Which in their land all herbs con- 
 
 and all fruits of their ground. 
 
 36 He fmote all firft-born in their land, 
 
 chief of their ftrength each one. 
 3 7 With gold &filver brought them forth 
 
 weak in their tribes were none. 
 3 8 Egypt was glad when forth they w^ent 
 
 their fear on them did light. 
 39 He fpread a cloud for covering, 
 
 a fire to fhine by night. 
 4oThey afk'd,& he brought quails: with 
 
 of heav'n he filled them, (bread 
 
 41 He op'ned rocks, floods gufh'd and 
 
 in deferts like a ftream. (ran 
 
 42 For on his holy promife he, 
 
 and fervant Abraham, thought. 
 
 43 With 
 
PSALM CV. 285 
 
 43 With joy his people, his elect 
 
 with gladnefs forth he brought, 
 
 44 And unto them the pleafant lands 
 
 he of the heathen gave : 
 That of the people's labour they 
 inheritance might have. 
 
 45 That they his ftatutes might obferve 
 
 according to his word: 
 And that they might his laws obey- 
 Give praife unto the Lord. 
 
 P S A L ]f CVI. 
 
 We muil give glory to God by making confcfiion. not only of 
 his goodnefs, but our own badnels, which tfrve as foils to 
 each other : our badnefs makes his goodnefs appear the 
 more illuflrions, as his goodnefs makes our badnefs the 
 more heinous and fcandalous. The foregoing pfalm was 3 
 hiftory of God's goodnefs to If.ael: this is a hiftory ef their. 
 rebellions and provocations, and yet it begins and ends 
 with hallelujah ; for even forrow for iin muft not put us out 
 of tune for praifing God. Some think it was penned a: the 
 time of the captivity in Babylon, and the difpcrfion of the 
 Jewifh nation thereupon, becaufe of that prayer in the clofe, 
 verf. 47. I rather think it was penned by David, at the 
 fame time with the foregoing pfalm, becaufe we nnd the 
 firft verie and the two lait in that pfalm, which David deli- 
 vered to Afaph, at the bringing up of the ark to the place 
 he had prepared for it, I Chron. xvi. 34. $5. 36. ■ Gather 
 ' us from among the heathen ;' for, we may fuppofe, in 
 Saul's time, there was a great difperfion of pious Israelites, 
 when David was forced to wander. In the pfaim, we have, 
 (I.) The preface to the narrative, fpeaking honour to God, 
 verf. 1. 2. ; comfort to the faints, verf. 3. ; and the deft re of 
 the faithful towards God's favour, verf. 4. 5 [%.) The nar- 
 rative itfelfofthe fms of lfrael, aggravated by the great 
 things God did for them, an account of whk« is in:. 
 ed» Their provocations at the Red fea. vcri. 6. — 15. ; lim- 
 ing, verf. 13. 14. 15.; mutinying, verf 16 17. l3. ; wor- 
 (hiping the golden calf, verf. 19. — 23. murmuring, verf. 24, 
 57. ; joning themfelvcs to Baal-peor, verf. 28. — 51. ; quar- 
 relling with RJbfei, verf. 3;. 33.: incorporating thei 
 
 with 
 
286 PSALM CVI. 
 
 with the nations of Canaan, verf. 34. — 39.; to which ti 
 added, an account how God had rebuked them for their 
 fins, and yet faved them from ruin, verf. 40. — 46. (3.) 
 The conelufjou of the pfalm with prayer and praife, verf. 
 47. 4S. It may be of ufe to us to fingthis pfalm, that bein$ 
 put in mind by it of our fins, the fins of our land, and the 
 fins of our fathers, we may be humbled before God, and yet 
 notdefpair of mercy, which even rebellious Ifrael often found 
 with God. 
 
 GIVE praife and thanks unto the 
 for bountiful is he, (Lord, 
 
 His tender mercy doth endure 
 unto eternity. 
 
 2 God's mighty works who can exprefs? 
 
 or (hew forth all his praife ? 
 
 3 Blefled are they that judgment keep, 
 
 and juftly do always. 
 
 4 Remember me, Lord, with that love, 
 
 which thou to thine doft bear ; 
 With thy falvation, O my God, 
 to viiit me draw near: 
 
 5 That I thy chofens good may fee, 
 
 and in their joy rejoice : 
 And may with thine inheritance 
 triumph with cheerful voice. 
 £ 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 
 didft work in Egypt land, (Lord, 
 
 Our 
 
PSALM CVI. 287 
 
 Our fathers, though they faw, yet them 
 they did not underftand : 
 
 And they thy mercies multitude 
 kept not in memory, 
 
 But at the fea, ev'n the Red fea, 
 provok'd him grievoufly. 
 
 8 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, 
 
 then dried up it was : 
 Through deeps, as through the wilder- 
 he fafely made them pafs. (nefs, 
 
 10 From hands of thofe that hated them 
 
 he did his people fave: 
 And from the en'mies cruel hand 
 to them redemption gave. 
 
 1 1 The waters overwhelm'd their foes; 
 
 not one was left alive. 
 
 12 Then they believ'd his word, and 
 
 to him in fongs did give. (praife 
 
 13 But foon did they his mighty works 
 
 forget unthankfully, 
 And on his counfel and his will 
 did not wait patiently : 
 
 14 But much did luft in wiidernefs, 
 
 and God in defert tempt. 
 
 15 He 
 
*88 PSALM CVL 
 
 1 5 He gave them what they fought, but 
 
 their foul he leannefs fent. (to 
 
 1 6 And againft Mofes, in the camp, 
 
 their envy did appear ; 
 At Aaron they, the faint of God, 
 envious alio were. 
 
 1 7 Therefore the earth did open wide, 
 
 and Dathan did devour, 
 And all Abiram's company 
 did cover in that hour. 
 
 1 8 Likewife among their company 
 
 a fire was kindled then; 
 And fo the hot confuming flame 
 burnt up thofe wicked men. 
 
 19 Upon the hill of Horeb they 
 
 an idol-calf did frame, 
 A molten image they did make, 
 and worfhipped the fame. 
 
 20 And thus their glory, and their God* 
 
 moft vainly changed they 
 Into the likenefs of an ox 
 that eateth grafs or hay. 
 
 2 1 They did forget the mighty God 
 
 that had their Saviour been, 
 By whom fuch great things brought to 
 they had in Egypt feen. (pafs 
 
 2 2lnHam*s land he did wondrous works 
 things terrible did he, 
 
 When 
 
PSALM CVI. 289 
 
 When he his mighty hand and arm 
 ftretch'd out at the Red fea. 
 
 23 Then faid he, He would them deftroy, 
 
 had not, his wrath to flay, 
 His chofen Mofes flood in breach, 
 that them he fhould not flay. 
 
 24 Yea, they defpis'd the pleafant land, 
 
 believed not his word: 
 
 25 But in their tents they murmured, 
 
 not hearkening to the Lord. 
 
 26 Therefore in defer t, them to flay, 
 
 he lifted up his hand : 
 2 7'Mong nations to o'erthrow their feed, 
 and fcatter in each land. 
 
 28 They unto Baal-peor did 
 
 themfelves alfociate; 
 The facrifices of the dead 
 they did profanely eat. 
 
 29 Thus, by their lewd inventions, 
 
 they did provoke his ire; 
 And then upon them fuddenly 
 the plague brake in as fire. 
 
 30 Then Phineas rofe, and jurtice did; 
 
 and fo the plague did ceafe: 
 
 31 That to all ages counted was 
 
 to him for righteou fuels. 
 
 32 And at the waters where they drove, 
 
 thev did him angrv make, 
 
 T In 
 
2 9 o P S A L M CVI. 
 
 In ilich fort, that it fared ill 
 with Mofes for their fake: 
 
 33 Eecaufe they there his fpirit meek 
 
 provoked bitterly, 
 So that he utter'd with his lips 
 words imadvifedly. 
 
 34 Nor, as the Lord commanded them* 
 
 did they the nations flay: 
 2,5 But with the heathen mingled were, 
 
 and learn'd of them their way. 
 3 6 And they their idols ferv'd, which did 
 
 a fnare unto them turn. 
 
 37 Their fons and daughters they to de- 
 
 in facrifice did burn. (v'ls 
 
 38 In their own childrensguiltlefs blood 
 
 their hands they did imbrue, 
 Whom to Canaan's idols they 
 
 for facrifices flew : 
 So was the land defil'd with blood. 
 
 39 They ftain'd with their own way. 
 And with 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, 
 
 4 1 He gave them to the heathen's hand; 
 
 their i im command. 
 
 42 Their 
 
PSALM CVI. 291 
 
 42 Their en'mies them opprefs'd, they 
 
 madefubjccl to their hand, (were 
 
 43 He many times delivered them; 
 
 but with their counfel fo 
 They him provok'd, that for their fin 
 they were brought very low. 
 
 44 Yet their affliction he beheld, 
 
 when he did hear their cry : 
 
 45 And he for them his covenant 
 
 did call to memory: 
 After his mercies multitude 
 
 46 He did repent: and made 
 Them to be pity'd of all thofe 
 
 who did them captive lead. 
 
 47 O Lord our God, us fave, and gather 
 
 the heathen from among, 
 That we thy holy name may praife 
 in a triumphant fong. 
 
 48 Blefs'd be Jehovah, Ifr'ePs God, 
 
 to all eternity: 
 Let all the people fay, Amen. 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 The pfalmift having, in the two foregoing pfalms, celebrated 
 the wifdom, power, and goodnefs of God in his dealings 
 with his church in particular, here obferves fome of the in- 
 ftanccs of his providential care of the children of men in 
 general, especially in their difrrelTes; for he is not only 
 King of faints, but King of nations, net only the God nf 
 Ifracl, hut the God of the whole earth, and a common Fa- 
 ther to all mankind. Though this may efpecially refer to 
 T 2 IfracHtcs 
 
292 PSALM CVII. 
 
 Israelites in their perfonal capacity, yet there were thofr 
 that pertained not to the commonwealth of Ifrael, and yet 
 were worfhippers of the true God; and even thofe that wor- 
 shipped images, yet had fome knowledge of a fupreme Nu- 
 men, to whom, when they were in earneft, they looked a- 
 bove alt their falfe Gods. And of thefe, when they prayed 
 in their diftrefks, God tock a particular care, (I.) He in- 
 ftancesinfomeof the mofr common calamities of human life; 
 and Ihews how God fuccours thofe that labour under them, in 
 anfwer to their prayers, z. Banifhment and difperfion, verf. 
 I. — 9. 2. Captivity and imprifonment, verf. 10. — 16. 3. 
 Sick nets anddiftemper of body, verf. 17. — 22. 4. Danger 
 and diftrefsat fea, verf. 23. to 32. And thefe are put for 
 all the like perils, in which thofe that cry unto God have 
 ever found him a very prefenthelp. (2.) He inftanceth in 
 the varieties and viciflitudes of events, concerning nations 
 and families; in all which God's hand is to be eyed by his 
 own people, with joyful acknowledgments of his goodnefs, 
 verf. 33.— 43- When we are in any of thefe, or the like 
 difTrefles, it will be comfortable to ling thispfalm with ap- 
 plication; but if we he not, others are and have been, cf 
 whofe deliverance it becomes us to give God the glory, for 
 we are members one of another. 
 
 PRAISE God, for he is good : for ftili 
 his mercies lading be. 
 
 2 Let God's redeem'd fay fo, whom he 
 
 from th' en'my's hand did free : 
 
 3 And gathered them out of the lands, 
 
 from north, fouth, eaft, and weft. 
 
 4 They ftray'd in deferts pathlefs way, 
 
 no city found to reft. 
 
 5 For thirft and hunger in them faints 
 
 6 their foul. When ftraits them prefs. 
 They cry unto the Lord, and he 
 
 them frees from their diftrefs* 
 
 7 Them alfo in a way to walk, 
 
 that right is, he did guide, 
 
 That 
 
PSALM CVIL 293 
 
 That they might to a city go, 
 wherein they might abide. 
 
 8 O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for his goodnefs, then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the fons of men ! 
 
 9 For he the foul that longing is, 
 
 doth fully fatisfy, 
 With goodnefs he the hungry foul 
 doth fill abundantly. 
 
 10 Such as fliut up in darknefs deep, 
 
 and in death's fhade abide, 
 Whom ftrongly hath affliction bound, 
 and irons fail have ty'd : 
 
 1 1 (Becaufe againft the word of God 
 
 they wrought rebellioufly, 
 And they the counfel did contemn 
 of him that is moft high:) (grief, 
 I 2 Their heart he did bring down with 
 they fell, no help could have. 
 
 13 In trouble then they cry'd to God, 
 
 he them from ftraits did fave. 
 
 14 He out of darknefs did them bring, 
 
 and from death's fhade them take: 
 
 Thofe bands wherewith they had been 
 
 afunder quite he brake, (bound, 
 
 15 O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for his goodnefs, then, 
 
 And 
 
294 PSALM CVII. 
 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the fons of men ! 
 
 1 6 Becaufe the mighty gates of brafs 
 
 in pieces he did tear, 
 By him in funder alfo cut 
 the bars of iron were. \ 
 
 17 Fools, for their fin, and their offence, 
 
 do fore affli&ion bear. 
 
 1 8 All kind of meat their foul abhors, 
 
 they to death's gates draw near. 
 
 19 In grief they cry to God, he faves 
 
 them from their miferies. (them 
 
 20 He fends his word, them heals, and 
 
 from their definitions frees. 
 
 2 1 O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for his goodnefs, then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the fons of men ! 
 
 22 And let them facrifice to him 
 
 , offerings of thankfulnefs, 
 And let them fhew abroad his works 
 in fongs of joyfulnefs. 
 
 23 Who go to fea in fhips, and in 
 
 great waters trading be, 
 
 24 Within the deep thefe men God's 
 
 and his great w r onders fee. (works 
 
 25 For he commands, and forth in hafte 
 
 the ftormy tempeft flies, 
 
 Which 
 
P S A L M CVII. 205 
 
 V. Hi ch makes the fea with rolling wa\ e s 
 
 aloft to fwell and rife. (depths 
 2 ^hey mount to heav'n, then to the 
 
 they do go down again; 
 Their foul doth faint, and melt away 
 ith trouble and with pain. 
 2 7 They reel and ftagger like one drunk, 
 
 at their wits end they be: 
 2S Then they to God in trouble cry, 
 
 who them from ftraits doth free. 
 
 29 The florin is changM into a calm, 
 
 at his command and will, 
 So that the waves which rag'd before, 
 now quiet are and Hill. 
 
 30 Then are they glad, becaufe at reft 
 
 and quiet now they be ; 
 So to the haven he them brings, 
 which they defir'd to fee. 
 
 31 O that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praife, for his goodnefs, then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the fons of men ! 
 
 32 Among the people gathered, 
 
 let them exalt his name; 
 Among affembled elders fpread 
 his moft renowned fame. 
 ^^ He to dryland turns water-fprings, 
 and floods to wildcrnefs; 
 
 34 For 
 
296 PSALM CVIL 
 
 34 For fins of thofe that dwell therein, 
 
 fat land to barrennefs. 
 
 35 The burnt and parched wildernefs 
 
 to water-pools he brings, 
 The ground that was dry 'd up before, 
 he turns to water-fprings. 
 
 36 And there, for dwelling, he a place 
 
 doth to the hungry give, 
 That they a city may prepare 
 commodioufly to live. 
 
 37 There fow they fields, and vineyards 
 
 to yield fruits of increafe. (plant, 
 
 38 His bleffing makes them multiply, 
 
 lets not their beafts decreafe. 
 
 39 Again they are diminiihed, 
 
 and very low brought down, 
 Through forrow and affliction, 
 
 and great oppreffion. 
 4.0 He upon princes pours contempt, 
 
 and caufeth them to ftray, 
 And wander in a w T ildernefs, 
 
 wherein there is no way. 
 
 41 Yet fetteth he the poor on high 
 
 from all his miferies, 
 And he, much like unto a flock, 
 doth make him families. 
 
 42 They thatare righteous fhall rejoice, 
 
 when they the fame fhall fee; 
 
 And, 
 
PSALM CVIII. 297 
 
 And, as afhamed, flop her mouth 
 
 fhall all iniquity. 
 43 Whofo is wife, and will thefe things 
 
 obferve, and them record, 
 Ev'n they fhall underftand the love 
 
 and kindneis of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVIII. 
 
 This pfalm begins with praife, and concludes with prayer, 
 and faith is at work in boih. (1.) David here gives thanks 
 to God for mercies to himklf, verf. 1. 5. (2.) He prays 
 to God for mercies for the land, pleading the promifes of 
 God, and putting them in fuit, verf. 6. — 13. The former 
 part is taken out of Pfal. Ivii. 7. &c. the latter out of Pfal. 
 lx. 5. &c. and both with very little variation ; to teach us, 
 that we may, in prayer, ufe the fame words that we have 
 formerly ufed, provided it be with new affections. It inti- 
 mates likewife that it is not only allowable, but fometimes 
 convenient, to gather fome verfes out of one pfalm, and 
 fome out of another, and to put them together to be fnng 
 to the glory of God. In finging this pfalm, we mud give 
 glory to God, and take comfort to ourfelves, 
 
 A fong cr pfalm of David. 
 
 MY heart is fix'd, Lord, I will fing, 
 and with my glory praife. 
 •2 Awake up, pfaltery and harp, 
 myfelf I'll early raife. 
 
 3 I'll praife thee 'mong the people, Lord, 
 
 'mong nations fing will I. 
 
 4 For above heav'n thy mercy's great, 
 
 thy truth doth reach the fky. 
 
 5 Be thou above the heavens, Lord, 
 
 exalted glorioufly: 
 
 Thy 
 
298 PSA L M CVIII. 
 
 Thy glory all the earth above 
 be lifted up on high. 
 
 6 That thofe who thy beloved are, 
 
 delivered may be : 
 O do thou fave with thy right hand, 
 and anfwer give to me. 
 
 7 God in his holinefs hath faid, 
 
 Herein I will take pleafure, 
 Schechem I will divide, and forth 
 will Succoth's valley meafure. 
 
 8 Gilead I claim as mine by right, 
 
 Manaffeh mine lhall be, 
 Ephra'm is of my head the ftrength, 
 Judah gives laws for me. 
 
 9 Moab's my wafhing-pot, my (hoe 
 
 I'll over Edom throw: 
 Over the land of Paleftine 
 I will in triumph go. 
 ioO who is he will bring me to 
 the city fortify'd ? 
 O who is he that to the land 
 of Edom will me guide ? 
 
 1 1 O God, thou w T ho hadft caft us oft, 
 
 this thing wilt thou not do? 
 And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, O God, 
 forth with our armies go ? 
 
 12 Do thou from trouble give us help: 
 
 for helplefe is man's aid. 
 
 13 Through 
 

 P S A L M CIX. 299 
 
 13 Through God we fhall do valiantly: 
 our foes he ihall down tread. 
 
 P S A L M CIX. 
 
 Whether David penned t n when he was perfecuted 
 
 by Saul, or when his ion Abialom rebeihd arainlt hi:n, or 
 upon occafion of fbihe other tiouhle that was gwen him, is 
 uncertain; and whether the particular enemy he prays a- 
 gainfc was Saul, or Doeg, or Ahitophel, or fome other not 
 mentioned in the ftory, we cannot determine ; but it is cer- 
 tain, that in penning it he had an eye to Chriir, his {offer- 
 ings ami his periecu:o:-s for that imprecation, verf. S. is 
 appii.i to Judas, Acts i. 20. And the reft of the prayers 
 hercagainft His enemies were the exprcflions not of paflion, 
 but of the fpirit of prophecy. (1.) He lc-dgeth a complaint 
 in the court or heaven, of the nralice and hale ingratitude of 
 his enemies, and with it an appeal to the righteous God, 
 ver£ 1. — 5. (2.) He prays a gain ft his enemies, and devotes 
 them to deitructiort, retf. 6. to 20. (3.) Fie prays for him- 
 iclf, that God would help and fuecohr him in his lo-.v con- 
 dition, verf. 21. — 29. (4.) He concludes with a jtfyful ex- 
 pectation that God would appear for him, verf. 50. 31. In 
 h malm, we mu'.t comfort ourfeives 
 : forefigbt of the certain dcftru<fiion of all the enemies 
 ofChrift and his church, and the certain falvatica of ail 
 thoft that t r ult in God, and keep clofe to him. 
 
 To the ciii-'f mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 OThou the God of all my praife, 
 do thou not hold thy peace. 
 
 2 For mouths of wicked men, to (peak 
 againft me, do not ceafe; 
 
 The mouths of vile deceitful men 
 
 againft me open'd be: 
 And with a falie and lying tongue 
 
 they have accufed me, 
 
 3 They did befet me round about 
 with words of hateful fpite: 
 
 And 
 
3oo PSALM CIX. 
 
 And though to them no caufe I gave, 
 againft me they did fight. 
 
 4 They for my love became my foes : 
 
 but I me fet to pray, 
 
 5 Evil 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 greateft enemy, 
 ev'n Satan, leave to ftand. 
 
 7 And when by thee he fhall be judg'd, 
 
 let him condemned be; 
 And let his pray'r be turn'd to fin, 
 when he fhall call on thee. 
 
 8 Few be his days, and in his room 
 
 his charge another take. 
 
 9 His children let be fatherlefs, 
 
 his wife a widow make. 
 io His children let be vagabonds, 
 and beg continually : 
 And, from their places defolate, 
 feek bread for their fupply. 
 
 1 1 Let covetous extortioners 
 
 catch all he hath away : 
 Of all for which he laboured hath 
 let ftrangers make a prey. 
 
 1 2 Let there be none to pity him : 
 
 let there be none at all 
 
 That 
 
PSALM CIX. 301 
 
 That on his children fatherlefs 
 will let his mercy fall. 
 
 13 Let his pofterity from earth 
 
 cut off for ever be, 
 And in the following age their name 
 be blotted out by thee. 
 
 14 Let God his father's wickednefs 
 
 ftill to remembrance call: 
 And never let his mother's fin 
 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 Becaufe he mercy minded not, 
 
 but perfecuted ftill 
 The poor and needy, that he might 
 the broken hearted kill. 
 
 17 As he in curfing pleafure took, 
 
 (o let it to him fall : 
 As he delighted not to blefs, 
 fo blefs him not at all. 
 
 1 8 As curfing he like cloaths put on ; 
 
 into his bowels fo, 
 Like water, and into his bones, 
 like oil, down let it go. 
 
 19 Like to the garment let it be 
 
 which doth himielf arrav, 
 
 And 
 
3 o2 JP S A L M CIX. 
 
 And for a girdle, wherewith he 
 is girt about alway. 
 
 20 From God let this be their reward 
 
 that en'mies are to me, 
 And their reward, that fpeak againft 
 my foul malicioufly. 
 
 21 But do thou, for thine own name's 
 
 O God the Lord, for me : (fake, 
 Sith good and fweet thy mercv is, 
 from trouble fet me free. 
 
 22 For I am poor and indigent, 
 
 afflicted fore am I, 
 My heart w r ithin me alfo is 
 wounded exceedingly. 
 
 23 I pais like a declining {hade, 
 
 am like the locuft toft. 
 
 24 My knees through fading weakened 
 
 my fleih hath fatnefs loft. (are, 
 
 25 I alfo am a vile reproach 
 
 unto them made to be : 
 And they that did upon me look, 
 did fhake their heads at me. 
 
 26 O do thou help and fuccour me, 
 
 who art my God and Lord : 
 And, for thy tender mercies fake, 
 fafety to me afford : 
 
 27 That thereby they may know, that 
 
 is thy almighty hand; (this 
 
 And 
 
PSALM CIX. 303 
 
 And that thou, Lord, haft done the fame, 
 they may well under (land. (Lord, 
 
 28 Although they curfe with foite, yet, 
 blefs thou with loving voice: 
 
 Let them afhanVd be when they rile: 
 thy fervant let rejoice. 
 
 29 Let thou mine adverfaries all 
 with fhame be clothed over: 
 
 And let their own conftifion 
 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 fhall ftand at his right hand 
 who is in poverty, 
 
 To fave him from al i thofe that would 
 condemn his foul to die. 
 
 P S A L M CX. 
 
 This pfalm is pure eofpel; it is or-ly and wholly concerning 
 . Memah, promifed to the faihers, and expected 
 by them; it is plain the Je' A 'S of eld. even the wrorft of 
 , io underload it, however tfre modern Jews hare en- 
 ured to pervert it, and to iob us of it ; for when the 
 Lord Jefus propefed a qudtion to the Pharifets upon ths 
 pords of thrs pfalm, where he takes it for granted, tha: 
 David in Spirit calls Chrift his Lord, though he w^rc his 
 Son, they chore rather to fay nothing, and to own them- 
 fdyes gravelled, than to make it a quelHon, whether Pa : L 
 I fptz* 01 the Mciaar, or no; for they freely 
 a truth, though they forfee it wHl turn to 
 their own <j a., iyx. Of kim there- 
 
 tie prophet net'. 
 
 . ui our Redeemer, execute: t \a F- 
 fies 
 
304 ■ PSALM CX. 
 
 flee of a Prophet, of a Prieft, and of a King, both in his 
 Hate of humiliation and exaltation; and of each ofthefe we 
 have here an account, (i.) His prophetical office, verf, 2. 
 (2.) His prieftly office, verf. 4. (3.) His kingly office, verf. 
 !• 3- 5* 6- (4-) His cfrates of humiliation and exaltation, 
 verf. 7. In fmging this pfalm, we mult adr faith upon 
 Chrift, fubrr.it ourfelves entirely to him, to his grace and 
 government, and triumph in him as our Prophet, Prieft, 
 and King 1 , by whom we hope to be ruled and taught, and 
 faved forever; and as the Prophet, Prieft, and King of the 
 whole church, who lhali reign till he has put down all op- 
 pofing rule, principality and pjwer> and delivered up the 
 kingdom to God the Father. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 TH E Lord did fay unto my Lord, 
 Sit thou at my right hand, 
 Until I make thy foes a ftool 
 whereon thy feet may ftand. 
 
 2 The Lord fhall out of Zion fend 
 
 the rod of thy great pow'r: 
 In midft of all thine enemies 
 be thou the governor. 
 
 3 A willing people, in thy day 
 
 of pow'r, fhall come to thee, 
 In holy beauties from morn's womb; 
 thy youth like dew fhall be. 
 
 4 The Lord himfelf hath made an oath, 
 
 and w 7 ill repent him never, 
 Of th 5 order of Melchizedek 
 thou art a prieft for ever. 
 
 5 The glorious and mighty Lord, 
 
 that fits at thy right hand, 
 
 Shall, 
 
P S A L M CXL 305 
 
 Shall, in his day of wrath, ftrike through 
 kings that do him withftand. 
 
 6 He fhall among the heathen judge, 
 
 he (hall with bodies dead 
 The places fill: o'er many lands 
 he wound fhall ev'ry head. 
 
 7 The brook that runneth in the way 
 
 with drink fhall him fupply: 
 And for this caufe, in triumph he 
 fhall lift his head on high. 
 
 P S A L M CXL 
 
 This, and clivers of the pfalms that follow it, ft err. to have 
 been penned by David for the fcivice of the church, in their 
 folemn fealts, and not upon any particular occafion. This 
 is a pfalm of praife, the tit le of it is Hallelujah, Praife ye 
 the Lord; intimating, that we mull addreis ourfelves to the 
 ufe of this pfalm, with hearts difpofed to praife God. It \i 
 composed alphabetically, each fentence beginning with a fe- 
 verai letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order exactly : and 
 two fentences to each verfe, and three a-piece to the two 
 lad. Thepfalmiil exhorting to praife God, (1.) Setshim- 
 fclf for an example, verf. 1. (2.) Furnithes us with mat- 
 ter for praife from the works of God : 1. The greatne-fs of 
 his works, and the glory of them. %. The righteoufnels of 
 them. 3. The goodnels of them. 4. The power of them . 
 5. The conformity of them to his word of promife. 6. The 
 perpetuity of them. Tbefe obfervatioiis are intermixed, 
 verf. 2. — 9. (3 ) He reorn mends the holy fear of God, 
 and conicientious obedience to his commands, as the mod 
 acceptable way of praihng God, verf. 10. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. With my whole 
 I will God's praife declare, (heart 
 Where the affemblies of the juft 
 and congregations are. 
 
 U 2 The 
 
3 o6 P S A L M CXI. 
 
 2 The whole works of the Lord our God, 
 
 are great above all meafure, 
 Sought out they are of ev'ry one 
 that do therein take pleafure. 
 
 3 His work mod honourable is, 
 
 moil: glorious and pure: 
 And his untainted righteoufnefs 
 for ever doth endure. 
 
 4 His works moft wonderful he hath 
 
 made to be thought upon: 
 The Lord is gracious, and he is 
 full of compaffion. 
 
 5 He giveth meat unto all thofe 
 
 that truly do him fear : 
 And evermore his covenant 
 he in his mind will bear. 
 
 6 He did the power of his works 
 
 unto his people fhow, 
 When he the heathen's heritage 
 upon them did beftow. 
 j His handy-works are truth and right; 
 all his commands are fure. 
 
 8 And done in truth and uprightnefs, 
 
 they evermore endure. 
 
 9 Lie fent redemption to his folk, 
 
 his covenant for ay 
 He did command : holy his name 
 and rev'rent is alway. 
 
 io Wifdom's 
 
PSALM CXII. 307 
 
 10 Wifdom's beginning is God's fear: 
 good underftanding they 
 Have all, that his commands fulfil: 
 his praife endures for ay. 
 
 P S A L M CXII. 
 
 This pfalm is compufed alfhabetilly as the former is, and i^ 
 (like the former) entitled, Hallelujah ; though it treats of 
 the happinefs of the faints, becaufe it redounds to the glory 
 of God; and whaever we have the pleafure of, he muit 
 have the praife of. It is a comment upon the laft verie cf 
 the foregoing pfalm, and fully (be w s. hew much it is our 
 wifdom to ' fear God, and do his commandments. 1 We have 
 here, (1.) The character of t-.c r jrv.eous, verf. 1. (2.) The 
 hleiTdnefs of the righteous. [I ] There is a bleffing entailed 
 on their polleiity, verf. 2. [z ] There is a biefllng conferred 
 upon themfelves, I. Profpeiity outward and inward verf. 
 3. 2. Comfort verf. 4. 3. W&Iom, verf. 5. 4. Stability, 
 verf. 6. 7. 3. 5. Honour, verf. 6.9. (3.) The mifery of 
 the wicked, verf. 10. So that here is good and evil fet before 
 us, the bleding and the curie. In fmg ; ng this pfalm, we 
 mutt not only teach and admonifh ourfelves and one another 
 to anfwer the characters here giver, of the happy, but com- 
 fort and encourage ou'felvcs and one another, with the pri- 
 vilege and comforts here fecured to the holy. 
 
 PRaife ye theLord. The man is blefs'd 
 that fears the Lord aright, 
 He who in his commandements 
 doth greatly take delight. 
 1 His feed and off-fpring powerful 
 fhall be the earth upon : 
 Of upright men blefled fhall be 
 the generation. 
 3 Riches and wealth fhall ever be 
 within his houfe in ftore: 
 
 U2 And 
 
3 o8 PSALM CXIL 
 
 And his unfpotted righteoufnefs 
 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 fhew% 
 
 and doth to others lend ; 
 
 He with difcretion his affairs 
 
 will guide unto the end. 
 
 6 Surely there is not any thing 
 
 that ever fhall him move : 
 The righteous man's memorial 
 fhall everlafting prove. 
 
 7 When he fhall evil tidings hear* 
 
 he fhall not be afraid: 
 His heart is fix'd, his confidence 
 upon the Lord is ftay'd. 
 
 8 His heart is firmly ftabliihed, 
 
 afraid he fhall not be, 
 Until upon his enemies 
 he his defire ihall fee. 
 
 9 He hath difpers'd, giv'n to the poor; 
 
 his righteoufnefs fhall be 
 To ages all; with honour fhall 
 his horn be raifed high. 
 io The wicked fhall it fee, and fret; 
 his teeth gnafh, melt away: 
 
 ' What 
 
PSALM CXIII. 309 
 
 What wicked men do mod defire 
 fhall utterly decay. 
 
 P S A L M CXIII. 
 
 This pfalm begins and ends with Hallelujah; I 
 
 ntd to promte the £reat and good work 
 ofprainng God. i'i.) Wc are here calh I urged 
 
 to praife Go.-l, re - We are here iurnirne<i 
 
 matter for praffe, and w mouths; 
 
 in Gnging which, we rr.Lit, with hoJy fear and love, give to 
 God the glory of 1. The e'L ;• and great- 
 
 ness, verf, 4, 5. 2. The col c< and 
 
 goortnefs, verf. 6. — 9. which very 
 thcr, that we may be duly affected with I 
 
 PRaife God. Ye fervants of the Lord, 
 O praife, the Lord's name praife. 
 
 2 Yea, blefled be the name of God 
 
 from this time forth always; 
 
 3 From rifmg fun to where it lets, 
 
 God's name is to be prais'd. 
 
 4 Above all nations God is high, 
 
 'bove heav'n's his glory rais'd. 
 
 5 Unto the Lord our God, that dwells 
 
 on high, who can compare ? 
 
 6 Himfelf that humbleth things to fee 
 
 in heav'n and earth that are ? 
 
 7 He from the duft doth raife the poor, 
 
 that very low doth lie, 
 And from the dunehill lifts the man 
 opprefs'd with poverty: 
 
 8 That he may highly him advance, 
 
 and w r ith the princes fet, 
 
 With 
 
3 io PSALM CXIV. 
 
 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. 
 
 The deliverance of Ifrael out of Egypt gave birth to their 
 church and nation, which were then founded, then formed; 
 that work of wonder ought therefore to be had in everlafting 
 remembrance: God gloried in it in the preface to the ten 
 commandments, and Hof. xi. I. ' Out of Egypt have I 
 ■ called my Son.' In this pialm it is celebrated in lively 
 ftreams of praife; it was fitly therefore made a part of the 
 great hallelujah, or fong of praife, which the Jews were wont to 
 ling at the clofe of the pallover fupper. It muft never be 
 forgotten, (i.) That they were brought out of flavery, 
 verf. I. (4.) That 3od fet up his tabernacle among thera, 
 verf. %. (3.) That the fea and Jordan were divided before 
 them, verf. 3. 5. (4.) That the earth (hook at the giving 
 the law, when God came down on mount Sinai, verf. 4. 
 6. 7. (5.) That God gave them water out of the rock, verf. 
 8» In fmging this pfaim, we muft acknowledge God's power 
 and goodnefs in what he did for Ifrael, applying it to the 
 much greater work of wonder, our redemption by Chrift, 
 and encouraging ourielves and others, to truft in God in 
 the greateft ftrcights. 
 
 WHEN Ifr'el out of Egypt went, 
 and did his dwelling change, 
 When Jacob's houfe went out from thofe 
 
 that were of language ftrange ; 
 2 He Judah did his fan&uary, 
 his kingdom Ifr'el make. 
 The fea it faw, and quickly fled; 
 Jordan was driven back. 
 
 4 Like 
 
PSALM CXV. 311 
 
 4 Like rams the mountains, and like 
 
 the hills fkipp'd to and fro. (lambs 
 
 5 Ofea, why fledd'ft thou? Jordan, back 
 
 why waft thou driven fo? 
 
 6 Ye mountains great, wherefore was it, 
 
 that ye did Ikip like rams ? 
 
 And wherefore was it, little hills, 
 
 that ye did leap like lambs ? 
 
 7 O at the prefence of the Lord, 
 
 earth, tremble thou for fear, 
 While as the prefence of the God 
 of Jacob doth appear, 
 
 8 Who from the hard and ftony rock 
 
 did (landing water bring, 
 And by his pow'r did turn the flint 
 into a water-fpring. 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 Many ancient translations join this pfalm to that which goes 
 next before it, the Septuagint particularly, and the vulgar 
 Latin; hut it is in the Hebrew a ^itlincl pfalm. In it, we 
 are taught to give glory, (1.) To God, and not to our- 
 fclves, verf. I. (2.) To God, and not to idols, verf. 2. 
 to 8. We rcuft give glory to God, I. By trufting in him, 
 and in his promiie and hlelTing, verf. 9. — 15. 2. By hlelT- 
 ing him, verf. 16. 17. iS. Some think this pfalm was pen- 
 ned upon occafion of Tome great diftrefs and trouble that 
 the church of God was in, when the enemies were infolent 
 and threatening, in which cafe the church cloth not fo 
 much pour out her complaint to God, as place her confi- 
 dence in Gcd, and uiuiY;nh in doing fo ; and with fuch an 
 holy triumph v,e onzhi to fng this plalm. 
 
 NOT unto us, Lord, not to us, 
 but do thou glory take 
 
 Unto 
 
3 i2 PSALM CXV. 
 
 Unto thy name, ev'n for thy truth, 
 and for thy mercy's fake. 
 
 2 O wherefore fhould the heathen fay. 
 
 Where is their God now gone? 
 
 3 But our God in the heavens is, 
 
 what pleas'd him he hath done. 
 
 4 Their idols filver are and gold 
 
 work* of men's hands they be. 
 
 5 Mouths have they, but they do not 
 
 and eyes, but do not fee. (fpeak ; 
 
 6 Ears have they, but they do not hear; 
 
 nofes, but favour not. 
 y 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 Ifr'el, truft thou in the Lord : 
 
 he is their help and fhield. 
 io O Aaron's houfe, truft in the Lord : 
 their help and fhield is he. 
 
 1 1 Ye that fear God truft in the Lord : 
 
 their help and fhield he'll be. 
 
 1 2 The Lord of us hath mindful been, 
 
 and he will blefs us ftill, 
 He will the houfe of Ifr'el blefs, 
 blefs Aaron's houfe he will. 
 
 1 3 Both fmall and great that fear the 
 
 he will them furely blefs. (Lord, 
 
 14 The 
 
P S J L M CXVI. 313 
 
 1 4 The Lord wi II you, you and your feed, 
 ay more and more increafe. 
 
 15 O blefled are ye of the Lord, 
 
 who made the earth and heav'n. 
 
 ^Theheav'i-^ev'nheav'nsareGod'sibut 
 earth to men's fons hath giv'n. (he 
 
 17 The dead, nor who to iilence go, 
 
 God's praiie do not record. 
 
 18 But henceforth we for ever will 
 
 blefs God. Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 P S A L M CXVI. 
 
 This is a thankfgiving pfalm ; it is not certain, whether Da- 
 vid penned it upon any particular occafion, or upon a ge- 
 neral review of the mauy gracious deliverances God had 
 wrought for him out of fix troubles, and feven, from which 
 he takes rife for many very lively exprefTions of devotion, 
 love, and gratitude; and with the like pious affections onr 
 fouls mould be lifted up to God in tinging it. Obferve, (1,) 
 The great diftrefs and danger that the pfalmift was in, 
 which a 1 molt drove him to defpair, verf. 3. ic. II. (2.) 
 The application he made to God in that didrefs, verf. 4. 
 (3.) 1 he experience he had of God's goodnefs to him in au- 
 iwer to prayer; God heard him, verf. I. 2.; pitied him, 
 verf. 5. 6.; delivered him, verf. 8. (4.) His care what ac- 
 knowledgments be Ihould make of the goodnefs of God to 
 him, verf. 12. 1. He will love God, verf. 1. 2. He will con- 
 tinue to call upon him, verf. 2. 13. 17. 3. He will reft in 
 him, verf. 7. 4. He will walk before him, verf. 9. 5. He 
 will pay his vows of thankigiv-r j, in which he will own the 
 tender regard God had to him. and this puhlickly, verf. 
 13. 14. 15. and verf. 17. iS. 10. Luilly, He will conti- 
 nue God s faithful fexvant to his life's and, verf. 16. Thefe 
 r.re fuch breathings of a holy foul, as befpeak it very happy. 
 
 I Love the Lord, becaufe my voice 
 and prayers he did hear. 
 
 2 I, while 
 
3 i4 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 2 I, while I live, will call on him, 
 
 who bowM 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 the Lord 
 
 then did I call; and fay, 
 Deliver thou my foul, O Lord, 
 I do thee humbly pray. 
 
 5 God merciful and righteous is: 
 
 yea, gracious is our Lord. 
 6God faves the meek: I was brought low, 
 
 he did me help afford. 
 j O thou my foul, do thou return 
 
 unto thy quiet reft, 
 For largely, lo, the Lord to thee 
 
 his bounty hath expreft. 
 
 8 For my diftreffed foul from death 
 
 delivered was by thee; 
 Thou didft my mourning eyes from tears 
 my feet from falling free. 
 
 9 I in the land of thofe that live 
 
 will walk the Lord before. 
 io T did believe, therefore I fpake: 
 
 I was afflicted fore. 
 ill laid, when I was in my hafte, 
 
 that all men liars be. 
 
 1 2 What 
 
PSALM CXVII. 3 1 ? 
 
 12 What fliall I render to the Lord, 
 
 for all his gifts to me? 
 
 13 I'll of falvation take the cup 
 
 on God's name will I call. 
 
 14 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord, 
 
 before his people all. 
 
 1 5 Dear in God's light is his faints death. 
 
 16 Thy fervant, Lord, am I, 
 
 Thy fervant fure, thine handmaid's fon: 
 
 my bands thou didft untie. 
 1 7 Thank-off 'rings I to thee will give, 
 
 and on God's name will call. 
 18 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord, 
 
 before his people all : 
 1 9\Vithin the courts of God's own houfe 
 
 within the midft of thee, 
 O city of Jerufalem. 
 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. 
 
 P S A L M CXVIL 
 
 This pfaim is ihort and fweet; I doubt the reafon v. hy we 
 it Co oft as we do is for the fhortr.cf; of it ; but if we 
 rightly understood and con fide red it, we would ling it oft- 
 ner for the iweetnefs of it, cfpcciaUy to us finners of the 
 Gentiles, on whom it cads a very favourable eye. llzrs is, 
 (1. A foleom call to all nations to praife God, verf. 1. 
 [■%.) Proper matter for that praife fugjeflfd, vol", z. Wc 
 are focn wear,- indeed of wcii-doir.j, it in finging this plain, 
 we keep not up thofe pious and devout attectiens with 
 which the fpirituaJ iacrific< of praife cv.rht to be kJ 
 and kept burn: 
 
 Give ye praife unto the Lord, 
 all nations that be: 
 
 Likewiie, 
 
3 i6 PSALM CXV1IL 
 
 Likewife, ye people all, accord 
 
 his name to magnify. 
 2 For great to us-ward ever are 
 
 his loving kindncffes : 
 His truth endures for evermore. 
 
 The Lord O do ye blefs. 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 It is probable David penned this pfalm when he had, after 
 many a (term, weathered his point at laft, and gained a 
 full pofTeflion of the kingdom to which he had been anointed. 
 He then invites and ftirs up his friends to join with him, 
 not only in a cheerful acknowledgment of God's goodnefs, 
 and a cheerful dep en dance upon that goodnefs for the fu- 
 ture, but in a believing expectation of the promifed Mel- 
 t3Ah v of whofe kingdom, and his exaltation to it, his were 
 typical : to him, it is certain, the prophet here bears wit- 
 nefs in the latter part of the pfalm; Chrift himfelf applies 
 it to himfelf, Matth. xxi. 42. and the former part of the 
 pfalm may fairly, and without forcing, be accomodated to 
 Jum and his undertaking. Some think it was firft calculated 
 for the folcmnity of the bringing of the ark to the city of 
 David, and was afterwards dwg. at the feaft of tabernacles. 
 Jn it, (l ) David calls upon all about him, to give to God 
 the glory of his goodnefs, verf. 1. — 4. (2.) He encourag- 
 eth himfelf and others to troft in God, from the experience 
 he had had of God's power and pity in the great and kind 
 things he had done for him, verf. 5. — 18. (3 J He gives 
 thanks for his advancement to the throne, as it was a fi- 
 gure of the exaltation of Chrift, verf. 19. to 23. (4.) The 
 people, the priells. and the pfalmilt himfelf, triumph in 
 the profpeS: of the Redeemer's kingdom, rerf, 24. — 29. In 
 Tinging this pfalm, we mui! glorify God for his goodnefs to 
 us, and efpecially his goodnefs to us in Jefiis Chrift. 
 
 Praife the Lord, for he is good : 
 his mercy lafteth ever. 
 2 Let thofe of Ifrael now fay, 
 His mercy failetK never. 
 
 3 Now 
 
P S A L M CXVIII. 317 
 
 3 Now let the houfe of Aaron fay, 
 
 his mercy lafteth ever. 
 
 4 Let thole that fear the Lord now fay, 
 
 his mercy faileth never. 
 
 5 I in diftrefs call'd on the Lord: 
 
 the Lord did anfwer me. 
 He in a 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 do, 
 I fhall not be difmay'd. 
 
 7 The Lord doth take my part with them 
 
 that help to fuccour me; 
 Therefore on thofe that do me hate 
 I my defire fhall fee. 
 
 8 Better it is to truft in-God, 
 
 than truft in man's defence. 
 
 9 Better to truft in God, than make 
 
 princes our confidence. 
 
 10 The nations joining all in one, 
 
 did compafs me about : 
 But in the Lord's moft holy name 
 I fhall them all root out. 
 
 1 1 They compafs'd me about, I fay, 
 
 they compafs'd me about: 
 But in the Lord's moft holy name 
 I fhall them all root out. 
 
 12 Like 
 
3 i 8 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 1 2 Like bees they compafs'd me about, 
 
 like unto thorns that flame 
 They quenched are : for them fhall I 
 deftroy in God's own name. 
 
 1 3 Thou fore haft thruft,that I might fall: 
 
 but my Lord helped me. 
 
 14 Gcd my falvation is become, 
 
 My ftrength and fong is he. 
 
 15 In dwellings of the righteous 
 
 is heard the melody 
 Of joy and health: the Lord's right 
 doth ever valiantly. (hand 
 
 16 The right hand of the mighty Lord 
 
 exalted is on high: 
 The right hand of the mighty Lord 
 doth ever valiantly. 
 I j I fhall not die, but live, and fhall 
 the works of God difcover. 
 
 18 The Lord hath me chaftifed fore: 
 
 but not to death giv'n over. 
 
 1 9 O fet ye open unto me 
 
 the gates of righteoufnefs : 
 
 Then will I enter into them, 
 
 And I the Lord will blefs. 
 
 20 This is the gate of God, by it 
 
 the juft fhall enter in. 
 
 21 Thee will I praife, for thou me 
 
 and haft my fafety been, (heard'ft, 
 
 22 That 
 
PSALM CXVIII. 319 
 
 2 2 That ftone is made head corner-itone, 
 which builders did defpife. 
 
 23 This is the doing of the Lord, 
 
 and wondrous 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 profperity. 
 
 26 Blefled is he, in God's great name, 
 
 that cometh us to fave : 
 We, from the houie which to the Lord 
 pertains, you bleffed have. 
 
 27 God is the Lord, who unto us 
 
 hath made light to arife ; 
 Bind ve unto the altar's horns, 
 ' with cords, the facrifice. 
 
 28 Thou art my God, I'll thee exalt; 
 
 my God, I will the praiie, 
 
 29 Give thanks to God for he is good ; 
 
 his mercy lafts always. 
 
 P S A L M CXIX. 
 
 This is a plalm by itfelf, like none of the reft; it 
 all, and fnines brighteft in this couiteilation. 
 longer than any of them ; more than t ft ice as lone zs any 
 of them. It is not making long prayers *hat Cl 
 but making rhem for a preteqee ; which intimates, that 
 they are in themfelves good and commendable. It teems to 
 me to be a collection of David's pious and devout ejacula- 
 tions, the fhort and fudden breathings and elevations of his 
 foul to God, which he wrote down as they occurred, and, 
 towards the latter end of hi; time, gathered 1 
 Lis<hy-book where they fa} fcattWed, added to the. 
 
3 2o PSALM CXIX. 
 
 ny like words, and digeded them into this pfal.r, in which 
 there is feldom any coherence between the verfes, but, like 
 Solomon's proverbs, it is a ched of gold ring§, not a chain 
 of gold links. And we may not only learn, by ' the pfal raid's 
 example, to aecudom ourfclvcs to fueh pious ejaculations, 
 which arc an excellent means of maintaining condant com- 
 munion with God, and keeping the heart in frame for the 
 more folemn exercifes of religion, but ve muft make ufe of 
 the pfalmifTs words, both for the exciting and for the ex- 
 pre/fing of our devout affections : and it is true what fome 
 have faid of this pfaim, He that (hall read it confiderately, 
 it will either warm him, or fhame him. (i.) The compo- 
 fure of it is lingular and very nice. It is divided into twen- 
 ty-two parts, according to the number of the letters of the 
 Hebrew alphabet, and each part con fills of eight verfes; all 
 thevedesof the fir'ft part beginning with Aleph, all the 
 verfes of the fecond with Beth, and fo on, without any flaw, 
 throughout the whole pfalm. Archbifhop Tiilotfon faith, 
 It feems to have' more of poetical ikill and number in it, 
 than we at this diftance can eafily nnderdand. Some have 
 called it the feint's alphabet ; and it were to be wilhed wc 
 had it as ready in our memories, as the very letters of our 
 alphabet, as ready as our ABC. Perhaps the penman 
 found it of u(c to himfclf, to obeferve this method, as it 
 obliged him to fink for thoughts, and fearch for them, that 
 he might fill up the quota of every part; and theletterhe was" 
 to begin with, might lead him to a word which might fudged 
 a good fentence; and all little enough to raife any thing that 
 is good in the barren foil of our hearts. However, it would be 
 or me to the learners, a help to them, both in committingit 
 to metro, y, and in calling it to mind, upon occafion, by the 
 letter the iirft word would be got, and that would bring in 
 the whole verie . thus young people would the eafier learn it 
 by heart, and retain it the better even in old age. If any 
 cenfure it aschildiih and triffiing, becaufe acrodics are now 
 quite out of faihion, let them know that the royal pfalmid 
 defpifetn their cenfure; he is a teacher of babes, and if 
 this method may be beneficial to them, he can eafily doop 
 to it; if this be to be vile, he ' will yet be more vile/ 
 (z.) The general fcope and defign of it is to magnify the 
 law, 'dr.il make it' honourable; to fct foith the excellency 
 and ufefulnefs of divine revelation, and to recommend it 
 tons, not only for ti^e entertainment, but for the govern- 
 ment of ourfclvcs, by the pfalmrd's own example, who 
 i'peaks by experience of* the benefit of it, and of the good 
 im predion s made upon him by it- for which he praifeth 
 God, and carneftiy prays, from r?rd to lad, for the conti- 
 nuance of God's grace with him, to direc't and quicken him 
 in the WAy of his duty. These are ten ll vera 1 words by 
 
 which 
 
PSALM CXIX. 321 
 
 which divine revelation is called in this pfalm ; and they 
 arc upon the matter fynonimous, «ach of them expreflive 
 of the whole compafs of it. hoth that which tells us what 
 from us, and that which tells us what we may 
 : and of the fyftein ol religion which is 
 founded upon it, and guided by it. The things contained 
 in the icripture, an J drawn Iron. : called, I. 
 
 God's law, becaufe they are enacted by hiru as our Sove- 
 %. His way becaufe they are the rule both of his 
 providence and our obedience. 3. his testimonies, becaufe 
 they are folemnly declared to the world, and attefted be- 
 yond contradiction. 4 His comma- ■:;: ufe given 
 with authority, afld (as the word flgnjfics) lodged with us 
 as a trulU 5. His precepts, becaofe prescribed to us, and 
 not left indirferent. 6. His word or faying, becaufe it is 
 the declaration of his mind and Chrift the efTential, eter- 
 nal Word, is all in all in it. 7. His judgments, becaufe 
 framed in infinite auie by them, we muft 
 both juc.e and he iu'L-al. R. His righteoufnefs, becaufe 
 it is all holy, juft, and good, and the rule and ftandard of 
 rightebufneis 9. His '". land 
 determined, and of perpetual obligation, ic. His truth cr 
 faithfulnefs, becaufe the principles upon which the divine 
 law is built, are eternal truths. And I think there is but 
 one ve-rfe (it is verf. 122.) in all this long pfalm, in which, 
 there is not one or other of thefe ten words; only in three 
 or four they are ufed concerning God's providence, or Da- 
 vid': practice, as ▼erf. 75. 84. 121. and verf. 132. They 
 arc called God's name. The great efteem and affection. 
 David bad for the word of God, is the more admireable, 
 conhdering how little he had of it, in companion with what 
 we have; no more, perhaps, in writing, than the firft books 
 
 :es, which were hut the damning of this day; which 
 may lhanie us who enjoy the full difcoveries of divine reve- 
 lation, and yet are fo cold towards it. In fmging this pfalm, 
 there is work for all the devout affections of a fanctified foul : 
 fo copious, Co various is the matter of it. We here find that 
 in which we muft give glory to God, both as our rata; and 
 great benefactor; and that in which we are to teach and 
 admonifh ourfeives and one another, io many are the in- 
 ltrttctions which we here find about a religious life; and to 
 comfort and encourage ourfeives and one another, fo many 
 are the fweet experiences of one- that lived fuch a life. Here 
 j or other to iuit the cafe of every Chriftian. Is 
 any articled? is any merry? each will find that here that 
 is proper for them. And it is fo far from being a tedious 
 
 tion oi the fame thing, as may fecm to thofe who look 
 over it Curforily, that if we duly meditate upon it, we (hall 
 
 dxnoft every vcrfc has a new thought, and fom< 
 
 X in 
 
322 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 in it very lively. And this, as many other of David's 
 pfalms teach us to be fententious in our devotions, both 
 alone, and when others join with us; for ordinarily the af- 
 fections efpecially of weaker Chriitians, are more likely to 
 be raifed and kept by (hort expreffions, the fen fe of which 
 lies in a little room, than by long and laboured periods. 
 
 ALE P H. The i ft Part. 
 
 BLefled are they that undefiPd 
 and ftraight are in the way, 
 Who ia the Lord's moft holy law 
 do walk and do not ftray. 
 
 2 Blefled are they who to obferve 
 
 his ftatutes are inclined, 
 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 haft commanded us to keep 
 
 thy precepts carefully. 
 
 5 O that thy ftatutes to obferve 
 
 thou wouldft my ways direct ! 
 
 6 Then lhall I not be fham'd, when I 
 
 thy precepts all refpeft. 
 y Then with integrity of heart 
 thee will I praife and blefs, 
 When I the Judgments all have learn'd 
 of tl\y pure righteoufnefs. 
 8 That I will keep thy ftatutes all 
 firmly refolv'd have I: 
 O do not then moft gracious God, 
 forfake me utterly. B E T H* 
 
PSALM CXIX. 323 
 
 BETH. The 2d Part. 
 
 9 By what means fhall a young man 
 
 his way to purify? (learn 
 
 If he according to thy word 
 thereto attentive be. 
 
 10 Unfeignedly thee have I fought 
 
 with all my foul and heart: 
 O let me not from the right path 
 of thy commands depart. 
 
 1 1 Thy word I in my heart have hid, 
 
 that 1 offend not thee. 
 
 12 O Lord, thou ever bleifed art: 
 
 thy ftatutes teach thou me. 
 1 3The j udgments of thy mouth each one 
 my lips declared have. 
 
 14 More joy thy teftimonies way 
 
 than riches all me gave. 
 
 15 1 will thy holy precepts make 
 
 my meditation, 
 And carefully I'll have refpect 
 Unto thy ways each one. 
 
 16 Upon thy ftatutes my delight 
 
 fhall conftantly be let : 
 And bv thv grace I never will 
 thy holv word for .. 
 G TM E L. The" 3d Part. 
 
 17 With me thy fervant, in thy grace, 
 
 deal bountifully, Lord, 
 
 X '2 That 
 
324 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 That by thy favour I may live, 
 and duly keep thy word, 
 )8 Open mine eyes, that "of thy law 
 the wonders I may fee. 
 
 19 I am a ftranger on this earth, 
 
 hide not thy laws from me. 
 
 20 My foul within me breaks, and doth 
 
 much fainting ftill endure, 
 Through longing that it hath all times 
 unto thy judgments pure. 
 
 2 1 Thou haft rebuk'd thecurfed proud, 
 
 who from thy precepts fwerve. 
 2 2 Reproach and fhame remove from me 
 
 for I thy laws obferve. 
 23 Againft me princes fpake with fpite, 
 
 while they in counfel fat : 
 But I thy fervant did upon 
 
 thy ftatutes meditate. 
 2 4 My comfort, and my heart's delight, 
 
 thy teftimonies be, 
 
 /And they in all my doubts and fears 
 are counfellors to me. 
 D ALET H. The 4th Part. 
 
 25 My foul to duft cleaves: quicken me 
 
 according to thy word, (heardft: 
 
 2 6 My ways I fhew'd, and me thou 
 
 teach me thy ftatutes, Lord. 
 
 27 lhe 
 
PSALM CXIX. 325 
 
 ay The way of thy commandcmcnts 
 make me aright to know : 
 So ail thy works that wondrous are 
 I (hall to others fhow. 
 
 28 My foul doth melt, and drop away, 
 
 for heavmefs 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 verity : 
 Thy judgments that moft righteous 
 before me laid have L 
 
 3 1 I to thy teftimonies cleave : 
 
 fhame do not on me caft. 
 
 32 I'll run thy precepts way, when thou 
 
 my heart enlarged haft. 
 
 BE. The 5th Part. 
 
 ^^ Teach me, O Lord, the perfect way* 
 
 of thy precepts divine, 
 
 And to obferve it to the end 
 
 I fhall my heart incline. 
 
 34 Give underftanding unto me, 
 
 fo keep thy law fhall I, 
 
 Yea 
 
3 26 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 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 : 
 
 for good thy judgments be, 
 
 40 Lo, for thy precepts I have long'd ; 
 
 in thy truth quicken me. 
 
 VAU. The 6th Part. 
 
 41 Let thy fweet mercies alfo come, 
 
 and vifit me, O Lord ; 
 Even thy benign falvation, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 42 So fhall I have wherewith I may 
 
 give him an anfwer juft, 
 Who fpitefully reproacheth me : 
 for in thy word I truft. 
 
 43 The 
 
P S A L M CXIX. 327 
 
 43 The word of truth out of my mouth 
 
 take thou not utterly; 
 For on thy judgments righteous 
 my hope doth ftill rely. 
 
 44 So {hall I keep for evermore 
 thy law continually. 
 
 45 And fith that I thy precepts feek, 
 
 I'll walk at liberty. 
 
 46 I'll fpeak thy word to kings, and I 
 
 with fhame fhall not be mov'd: 
 
 47 And w r ill delight myfelf always 
 
 in thy laws which I lov'd. 
 
 48 To thy commandments which I lov'd 
 
 my hands lift up I will : 
 And I will alfo meditate 
 upon thy ftatutes ftill. 
 
 Z A IN. The 7th part. 
 
 49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word 
 
 thou to thy fervant fpake, 
 Which for a ground of my lure hope, 
 thou caufedft me to take. 
 
 50 This word of thine my comfort is 
 
 in mine affliction : 
 For in my ftraits I am revived 
 by this thy word alone. 
 
 51 The men whofe hearts with pride are 
 
 did greatly me deride : (ftufPd, 
 
 Yet 
 
328 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Yet from thy ftraight commanded 
 I have not turn'd afide. (ments 
 
 52 Thy judgments righteous, O Lord, 
 
 which thou of old forth gave, 
 I did remember; and myfelf 
 by them comforted have. 
 
 53 Horror took hold on me, becaufe 
 
 ill men thy law forfake. 
 
 54 I in my houfe of pilgrimage 
 
 thy laws my fongs do make. 
 
 55 Thy name by night, Lord, I did mind, 
 
 and I have kept thy law. 
 $6 And this I had: becaufe thy word 
 I kept, and flood in awe. 
 
 CHETH. The 8th Part. 
 
 57 Thou my fure portion art alone, 
 
 which I did choofe, O Lord : 
 I have refolvM, and faid, that I 
 would keep thy holy word* 
 
 58 With my whole heart I did intreat 
 
 thy face and favour free : 
 According to thy gracious word 
 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 turned I. 
 
 60 I 
 
P S A L M CXIX. 329 
 
 60 I did not ftay, nor linger long, 
 
 as thofe that flothful are; 
 But haftily thy laws to keep 
 myfelf I did prepare. 
 
 61 Bands of ill men me robb'd; yet I 
 
 thy precepts did not (light. 
 
 62 I'll rife at midnight the£ to praife, 
 
 ev'n for thy judgments right. 
 
 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. 
 
 T ET H. The 9th Part. 
 
 65 Well haft thou with thy fervant dealt, 
 
 as thou didft promife give. 
 
 66 Good judgment me, and knowledge 
 
 for I thy word believe. (teach : 
 
 67 Ere I afflicted was, I ftray'd; 
 
 but now I keep thy word. 
 
 68 Both good thou art, and good thou 
 
 teach me thy ftatutes, Lord, (doft: 
 
 69 The men that are puftup with pride 
 
 again ft me fcrg'd a lie; 
 Yet thy commandements obferve 
 with my whole heart will I. 
 
 70 Their hearts, through worldly eafe 
 
 asfatasgreefetheybe: (and wealth 
 
 But 
 
33? PSALM CXIX. 
 
 But in thy holy law I take 
 delight continually. 
 
 71 It hath been very good for me, 
 
 that I afflidted was, 
 That I might well inftru&ed be, 
 and learn thy holy laws, 
 
 72 The word that cometh from thy 
 
 is better unto me (mouth 
 
 Than many thoufands, and great fums 
 of gold and filver be. 
 
 JO D. The 10th Part. 
 
 73 Thoumad'ftandfafhion'dftme: thy 
 
 to know, give wifdom, Lord; (laws 
 
 74 So who thee fear fhall joy to fee 
 
 me trufting in thy word. 
 
 75 That very right thy judgments are 
 
 I know, and do confefs, 
 And that thou haft afflided me 
 in truth and faithfulnefs. 
 
 76 O let thy kindnefs merciful, 
 
 I pray thee, comfort me, 
 As to thy fervant faithfully 
 w r as promifed by thee. 
 
 77 And let thy tender mercies come 
 
 to me, that I may live: 
 Becaufe thy holy laws to me 
 fweet delectation give. 
 
 78 Lord, 
 
PSALM CXIX. 331 
 
 78 Lord, let the proud afhamed be, 
 
 for they without a caufe 
 With me perveriely dealt; but I 
 will mule upon thy laws. 
 
 79 Let fuch as fear thee, and have known 
 
 thy ftatutes, turn to me. 
 
 80 My heart let in thy laws be found; 
 
 that fham'd I never be. 
 
 C AP H. The nth Part. 
 
 8 1 My foul for thy falvation faints : 
 
 yet I thv word believe. 
 
 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, I fay, 
 
 when wilt thou comfort give? 
 
 83 For like a bottle I'm become 
 
 that in the imoke is fet, 
 I'm black and parch'd with grief: 
 thy ftatutes not forget. (yet I 
 
 84 How many are thy tenant's days? 
 
 when wilt thou execute 
 Juft judgment on thole wicked men 
 that do me perfecute? 
 S$ The proud have digged pits for me, 
 which is againft thy laws. 
 
 86 Thy words allfaithful are: help me 
 
 purfu'd without a caufe. 
 
 87 They {o confum'd me, that on earth 
 my life they fcarce did leave: 
 
 Thv 
 
33 2 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Thy precepts yet forfook I not, 
 but clofe to them did cleave. 
 
 88 After thy loving-kindnefs, Lord, 
 
 me quicken and preferve: 
 The teftimony of thy mouth 
 fo (hall I flill obferve. 
 
 LAMED. The 12th Part. 
 
 89 Thy word for ever is, O Lord, 
 
 in heaven fettled faft. 
 
 90 Unto all generations 
 
 thy faithful nefs doth laft. 
 The earth thou haft eftablifhed, 
 and it abides by thee. 
 
 91 This day they ftand as thou or- 
 
 for all thy fervants be. (dain'dft; 
 
 92 Unlefs in thy moft perfect law 
 
 my foul delights had found, 
 I fhould have perifhed, when as 
 my troubles did abound. 
 
 93 Thy precpts I will ne'er forget: 
 
 they quic'kning to me brought. 
 
 94 Lord, I am thine, O fave thou me: 
 
 thy precepts I have fought. 
 
 95 For me the wicked have laid wait, 
 
 me feeking to deftroy : 
 
 But I thy teftimonies true 
 
 confider will with joy. 
 
 96 An 
 
PSALM CXIX. 233 
 
 96 An end of all perfedtion 
 
 here have I feen, O God: 
 But as for thy commandement, 
 it is exceeding broad. 
 
 MEM, The 1 3th Part. 
 
 97 O how love I thy law ! it is 
 
 my ftudy all the day. 
 
 98 It makes me wifer than my foes: 
 
 for it doth with me flay. 
 
 99 Than all my teachers now I have 
 
 more underftanding far : 
 Becaufe my meditation 
 thy teftimonies are, 
 
 100 In underftanding I excel 
 thofe that are ancients : 
 
 For I endeavoured keep 
 all thy commandements. 
 
 101 My feet from each ill way I ftay'd, 
 that I may keep thy word, 
 
 102 I trom thy judgments have not iwerv'd, 
 
 for thou haft taught me, Lord. 
 
 103 Howiweet unto my tafte, O Lord, 
 are all thy words of truth! 
 
 Yea, I do find them iweeter far 
 than honey to my mouth 
 1 04 1 through thy precept s-that are pure, 
 
 do underftanding get: 
 
 I there- 
 
334 PSALM CXIX. 
 I therefore ev'ry way that's falfe 
 with all my heart do hate. 
 
 NUN. The 14th Part. 
 
 105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, 
 
 and to my path a light. 
 ic5 I fworn have, and I will perform, 
 
 to keep thy judgments right. 
 
 107 I am with fore affii&ion 
 ev'n overwhelmed: O Lord, 
 
 In mercy raife and quicken me, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 108 The free will-ofPrings of my mouth 
 
 accept, I thee befeech, 
 And unto me thy fervant, Lord, 
 thy judgments clearly teach. 
 
 1 09 Though ftill my foul be in my hand, 
 thy laws I'll not forget. 
 
 1 10 I err'd not from them, though for 
 the wicked fnares did fet. (me 
 
 in I of thy teftimonies have 
 
 above all things made choice, 
 To be my heritage for ay : 
 for they my heart rejoice. 
 112 I carefully inclined have 
 my heart ftill to attend, 
 That I thy ftatutes may perform 
 alway unto the end, 
 
 SAMECH. 
 
P S A L M CXIX. M5 
 SAMECH. The 15th Part. 
 
 113 I hate the thoughts of vanity: 
 but love thy law do I. 
 
 114 My lhield and hiding-place thou 
 I on thy word rely. (art : 
 
 1 15 All ye that evil doers are, 
 from me depart away; 
 
 For the commandments of my God 
 I purpoie to obey. 
 
 1 16 According to thy faithful word 
 uphold and ftablilh me, 
 
 That I may live, and of my hope 
 afhamed never be. 
 
 1 17 Held thcu me up, fo fhall I be 
 in peace and fafety ftill: 
 
 And to thy ftatutes have refpe£t 
 continually I will. 
 
 118 Thou tread'il: down all that loveto 
 falfe their deceit doth prove (ftray : 
 
 119 Lewd men like drois away thou 
 therefore thy law I love. (puttYt: 
 
 120 For fear of thee my very flefh 
 doth tremble, all diimaid; 
 
 And of thy righteous judgments, Lord, 
 my foul is much afraid. 
 A IN. The 1 6th Part. 
 
 121 To all men I have judgment done, 
 performing juftice right: Then 
 
336 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Then let me not be left unto 
 my fierce oppreffors might* 
 
 122 For good unto thy fervant, Lord, 
 
 thy fervant's furety be : 
 From the oppreffion of the proud 
 do thou deliver me. 
 
 123 Mine eyes do fail with looking long 
 
 for thy falvation, » 
 
 The word of thy pure righteoufnefs 
 while I do wait upon. 
 
 124 In mercy with thy fervant deal, 
 thy laws me teach and iliow. 
 
 125 I am thy fervant, wifdom give, 
 
 that I thy laws may know. 
 
 126 'Tis time thou work, Lord : for they 
 
 made void thy law divine. 
 
 127 Therefore thy precepts more I love 
 than gold, yea, gold, mod fine, 
 
 128 Concerning all things thy corn- 
 all right I Judge therefore ; (mands 
 
 And ev'ry falfe and wicked way 
 I perfedly abhor. 
 
 P E. The 17th Part. 
 
 229 Thyftatutes, Lord, are wonderful: 
 my foul them keeps with care. 
 
 1 30 The entrance of thy w 7 ord gives light 
 makes wife who fimple are. 
 
 131 My 
 

 P S A L M CXIX. 337 
 
 131 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 are wont to do to thofe 
 thy name who truly love. 
 
 133 O let my footfteps in thy word 
 aright ftill ordered be : 
 
 Let no iniquity obtain 
 dominion over me. 
 
 1 34 From man's oppreflion fave thou 
 fo keep thy laws I will. (me: 
 
 135 Thy face make on thy fervant fhine : 
 
 teach me thy ftatutes ftill. 
 
 136 Rivers of waters from mine eyes 
 did run down, when I faw 
 
 How wicked men run on in fin, 
 and do not keep thy law. 
 
 TSADDL The 18th Part. 
 
 137 O Lord, thou art moft righteous* 
 thy judgments are upright. 
 
 138 Thy teftimonies thou command'ft, 
 moft faithful are, and right. 
 
 139 My Zeal hath ev'n confumed me : 
 
 becaufe mine enemies 
 
 Y Thv 
 
338 PSALM CXJX 
 
 Thy holy words forgotten have, 
 and do thy laws defpife. 
 
 140 Thy word's moft pure: therefore 
 thy fervant's love is fet. (on it 
 
 141 Small and defpis'd I am: yet I 
 thy precepts not forget. 
 
 142 Thy righteoufnefs is righteoufnefs 
 which ever doth endure ; 
 
 Thy holy law, Lord, alfo is 
 the very truth moft pure. 
 
 1 43 Trouble and anguifh have me found 
 
 and taken hold on me : 
 Yet in my trouble my delights 
 thy juft commandments be, 
 
 144 Eternal righteoufnefs is in 
 thy teftimonies all : 
 
 Lord, to me underftanding give, 
 and ever live I fhall. 
 
 KO P H. The 19th Part. 
 
 145 With my whole heart Icry'd, Lord, 
 I will thy word obey. (hear : 
 
 146 I cry'd to thee, 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 
 
PSALM CXIX. 339 
 
 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, (nigh 
 
 150 Who follow mifchief, they draw 
 they from thy law are far. 
 
 151 But thou art near, Lord : mod firm 
 all thy commandments are. (truth 
 
 152 As for thy teftimonies all, 
 of old this have I try'd, 
 
 That thou haft furely founded them 
 for ever to abide. 
 
 RE AH. The 20th Part. 
 
 153 Confider mine affliction, 
 in fafety do me fet, 
 
 Deliver me, O Lord : for I 
 thy law do not forget. 
 
 1 54 After thy word revive thou me : 
 fave me, and plead my caufe. 
 
 155 Salvation is from finners far: 
 for they feek not thy laws. 
 
 156 O Lord, both great and manifold 
 thy tender mercies be : 
 
 Y 2 According 
 
uo PSALM CXIX. 
 
 o 
 
 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. 
 1 5 8 1 faw tranfgreflbrs, and was griev'd : 
 for they keep not thy word, 
 
 159 See how I love thy law: as thou 
 art kind, me quicken, Lord. 
 
 1 60 From the beginning all thy word 
 hath been moft true and lure : 
 
 Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one 
 for evermore endure. 
 
 SCH IN. The 21ft Part. 
 
 161 Princes have perfecuted me, 
 although no caufe they faw; 
 
 But ftill of thy moft holy word 
 my heart doth ftand in awe. 
 
 162 I at thy word rejoice, as one 
 of fpoil that finds great ftore. 
 
 163 Thy law I love: but lying all 
 I hate and do abhor. 
 
 164 Sev'n times a day it is my care 
 to give due praife to thee : 
 
 Becaufe of all thy judgments, Lord, 
 
 •which righteous ever be. 
 
 165 Great 
 
PSALM CXIX. 341 
 
 165 Great peace have they who love thy 
 
 offence they (hall have none, (law : 
 
 166 I hop'd for thy falvation, Lord, 
 and thy commands have done. 
 
 167 My foul thy teftimonies pure 
 obferved carefully: 
 
 On them my heart is fet, and them 
 I love exceedingly. 
 
 168 Thy teftimonies and thy laws 
 I kept with fpecial care: 
 
 For all my works and ways each one 
 before thee open are. 
 
 T AU. The 2 2d Part. 
 
 169 O let my earned pray'r and cry 
 come near before thee, Lord : 
 
 Give underftanding unto me 
 according to thy word. 
 
 1 70 Let my requeft before thee come : 
 after thy word me free. 
 
 171 My lips fhall utter praiie, when 
 haft taught thy laws to me. (thou 
 
 1 72 My tongue of thy mod bleffed word 
 
 fhall fpeak, and it confefs : 
 Becaufe all thy commandements 
 are perfect righteoufnefs. 
 
 173 Let thy ftrong hand make help to 
 
 thy precepts are my choice, (me : 
 
 174 I 
 
342 PSALM CXX. 
 
 1 74 I long'd for thy falvation, Lord : 
 and in thy law rejoice. 
 
 1 75 O let my foul live, and it fhall 
 give praifes unto thee : 
 
 And let thy judgments gracious 
 be helpful unto me. 
 
 176 I like a loft fheep went aftray, 
 thy fervant feek, and find : 
 
 For thy commands I fuffer'd not 
 to flip out of my mind. 
 
 PSALM CXX. 
 
 This pfalm is fuppofcd to have been penned by David upon 
 occafion of Doeg's accufing him and the priefts to Saul, be- 
 caufe it is like Pfal. Hi. which waspennedon that occafion; 
 and becaufe the pfalmift complains of his being driven out 
 of the congregation of the Lord, and his being forced 
 among barbarous people. (I.) He prays to God to deliver him 
 from the mifchiefs defigned him by falfe and malicious 
 tongue?, verf. I. 2. (2) He threatens the judgments of 
 God againft fuch, verf. 3. 4. (3.) He complains of his ill 
 neighbours that were quarrelfome and vexatious, verf. 5. 6. 
 7. In finging this pfalm, we may comfort ourfelves in re- 
 ference to the fcourgeof the tongue, when at any time we 
 fall unjuftly under the lafh of it, that better than we have 
 fmaited for it. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 IN my diftrefs to God I cry'd, 
 and he gave ear to me. 
 
 2 From lying lips, and guileful tongue, 
 
 O Lord, my foul fet free. 
 
 3 What fhall be giv'n thee? or what 
 
 be done to thee falfe tongue ? (fhall 
 
 4 Ev'n 
 
PSALM CXXI. 343 
 
 4 Ev'n burning coals of juniper, 
 
 fharp arrows of the ftrong. 
 
 5 Wo's me, that I in Mefech am 
 
 a fojourner fo long, 
 That I 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 CXXI. 
 
 Some call this the foldier's pfalm, and think it was penned 
 in the camp, when David was jeoparding his life in the 
 high places of the field, and thu: trufied God to cover his 
 head in theday of battle Otherscall ft the travellers pfalm, 
 (for there is nothing- in it of military dangers), and think 
 David penned it when he was going abroad, and defigned 
 it, pro vehiciihy for a good man's convoy and companion in 
 a journey or voyage. But we need not thus appropriate it, 
 where-ever we are, at home or abroad, we are expofed to 
 danger more than we are aware of; and this pfalm directs 
 and encouragerh us to repofe ourfelves and our confidence 
 in God, and by faith to put ourfelves under his protection, 
 and commit ourfelves to his care., which we inuft. do, with 
 an entire refignation and facisfaclion. In finging this pfalm, 
 (I.) David here aflures himfelf of help from God, verf. I. 
 2. (z.) He aflures others of it, verf. 3. — 8. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 I to the hills will lift mine eyes, 
 from whence doth come mine aid. 
 
 2 My fafety cometh from the Lord, 
 
 who heav'n and earth hath made. 
 
 3 Thy foot he'll not let Aide: nor will 
 
 he (lumber that thee keeps. 
 
 4 Behold 
 
344 PSA L M CXXII. 
 
 4 Behold, he that keeps Ifrael, 
 
 he (lumbers not nor fleeps. 
 
 5 The Lord thee keeps : the Lord thy 
 
 on thy right hand doth ftay . ({hade 
 
 6 The moon by night thee {hall not 
 
 nor yet the fun by day. (fmite ; 
 j The Lord {hall keep thy foul : he {hall 
 
 preferve thee from all ill, 
 8 Henceforth thy going out and in 
 
 God keep for ever will. 
 
 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 This pfalm feems to have been penned by David for the ufe 
 of the people of Ifrael, when they came up to Jerufalem to 
 worfhip at the three folemn feafts. It was in David's time 
 that Jerufalem was firft chofen to be the city where God 
 ^ould record his name. It being a new thing, this, among 
 other means, was ufed to to bring the people to be in love with 
 Jerufalem, as the holy city, though it was hut the other day 
 in the hands of the Jebufites. Obferve (i.) The joy with 
 which they were to go up to Jerufalem, verf. I. ^. (2.) 
 The great efteem they were to have of Jerufalem, verf 3. 
 4- 5« (3-) The great concern they were to have for Jeru- 
 falem, and the prayers they were to put up for its welfare, 
 verf. 6. — 9. In finging this pfalm, we mult have an eye to 
 the gofpel-church, which is called the * Jerufalem that is 
 ' from above. 
 
 A fong of degrees of David. 
 
 Joy'd, when, To the houfe of God 
 go up, they faid to me. 
 
 2 Jerufalem, within thy gates 
 
 our feet {hall ftanding be. 
 
 3 Jerus'lem as a city is 
 
 compactly built together: 
 
 5 Unto 
 
P S A L M CXXIII. 345 
 
 5 Unto that place the tribes go up, 
 the tribes of God go thither; 
 To Ifr'els teftimony, there 
 
 to God's name thanks to pay. 
 
 5 For thrones of judgment, ev'n the 
 
 of David's houfe, there ftay. (thrones 
 
 6 Pray that Jerusalem may have 
 
 peace and felicity : 
 Let them that love thee, and thy peace, 
 have ftill prosperity. 
 
 7 Therefore I wiih that peace may ftill 
 
 within thy walls remain, 
 And ever may thy palaces 
 profperity retain. 
 
 8 Now, for my friends and brethrens 
 
 peace be in thee, I'll fay. (fake 
 
 9 And for the houfe of God our Lord, 
 
 I'll feek thy good alway. 
 PSALM CXXIII. 
 
 This pfalm was penned at a time when the church of God was 
 brought low and trampled upon; ibme think it was when 
 the jt^s were captives in Babylon ; though that was not 
 the only time that they were in felted over by the proud. 
 The pfalrr.ifi: begins as if he fpoke for himielf only, verf. I. 
 hut preftntiy fpeaks in the name of the church. Here is, 
 r.) Their expectation of mercy from God, verf. I. %. 
 (l.) Their pica for mercy with God, verf. J. 4. In finging 
 it, we mufr. have our eye up to God's favour with a holy con- 
 cern, and then an eye down to mens reproach with a holy 
 contempt. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 Thou that dwelled in theheav'ns, 
 I lift mine eyes to thee. 
 
 2 Be- 
 
346 PSALM CXX1V. 
 
 2 Behold, as fervants eyes do look 
 
 their matters hand to fee, 
 As handmaid's eyes her miftrefs hand : 
 
 ib 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 : 
 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. 
 
 David penned this pfalm (we fuppofe) upon occafion of feme 
 great deliverance which God wrought for him and his peo- 
 ple from fome very threatening danger, which was likely to 
 have involved them all in ruin ; whether by foreign invafion, 
 or inteftine infurreclion, is not certain ; whatever it was, he 
 feems to have been himfelf much affected, and very defirous 
 to affect others, with the goodnefsof God, in making a way 
 for them "lo efcape : to him he is careful to give all the glo- 
 ry, and takes none to himfelf, as conquerors ufe to do. (i.) 
 He here magnifies the greatnefs of the danger they were in, 
 and of the ruin they were at the brink of, verf. I. — 5. (2.) 
 He gives God the glory of their efcape, verf. 6. 7. compared 
 with verf. 1. 2. (3.) He takes encouragement from thence 
 to truft in God, verf. 8. In fmging this pfalm, befides the 
 application of it to any particular deliverance wrought for us 
 and our people, in our days, and the days of our fathers, we 
 may have in our thoughts the great work of our redemption 
 by Jefus Chrift by which we were refcued from the powers 
 of darknefs. 
 
 A fong of degrees of David. 
 
 * AD not the Lord been on our fide, 
 may Ifrael now fay : 
 
 2 Had 
 
 H 
 
PSALM CXXIV. 347 
 
 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 'gainft us did flame: 
 
 4 Waters had cover'd us, our foul 
 
 had funk beneath the ftream. 
 
 5 Then had the waters, fwelling high, 
 
 over our foul made way, 
 
 6 BlefsM « be the Lord, who to their 
 
 us gave not for a prey. (teeth 
 
 7 Our foul's efcaped as a bird 
 
 out of the fowler's fnare; 
 The fnare afunder broken is, 
 and we efcaped are. 
 
 8 Our fure and all-fufficient help. 
 
 is in Jehovah's name, 
 His name who did the heaven create, 
 and who the earth did frame. 
 
 Anciher of the fame, 
 
 OW Ifrael 
 
 may fay, and that truly, 
 If that the Lord 
 
 had not our caufe maintain'd : 
 
 2 If that the Lord 
 
 had not onr right fuftain'd, 
 When cruel men 
 
 againft us furioufly 
 Rofe up in wrath, 
 
 to make of us their prey. 
 
 3 Then cerUinly 
 
 they had devourM us all, 
 And f wallow' J quick, 
 
 for ought thai we could deem; 
 Such was their rage, 
 
 as we might well cfteem: 
 
 4 And 
 
 N 
 
348 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 4 And as fierce floods 
 
 before them all things drown, 
 So had they brought 
 
 our foul to death quite down. 
 
 5 The raging dreams, 
 
 with their proud fuelling waves, 
 Had then our foul 
 
 o'erwhclmed in the deep; 
 
 6 But bieft he God, 
 
 who doth us fafely keep, 
 And hath not giv'n 
 
 us for a living prey 
 Unto their teeth, 
 
 and bloody cruelty. 
 
 7 Ev'n as a bird 
 
 out of the fowler's fnare 
 Efcapes away, 
 
 £n is our foul fet free; 
 Broke are their nets, 
 
 and thus efcaped we. 
 
 8 Therefore our help 
 
 is in the Lord's great name, 
 Who heav'n and earth 
 
 by his great pow'r did frame. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 This fliort pfalm may be fummed up in thofe words of the pro- 
 phet, If. iii. 10. II. 'Say ye to the righteous, It (hall be 
 * well with him. Wo to the wicked, it (liall be ill with him.' 
 Thus are life and death, the blefling and the curfe, fet be- 
 fore us often in the pfalms, as well as in the law and the 
 the prophets, (i.) It is certainly well with the people of 
 God; for, I. They have the promifes of a good God, 
 that they (hall be fixed, verf. I. and fafe, verf. %. and not 
 always under hatches, verf. 3. (2.) They have the pray- 
 ers of a good man, which (hall be heard for them, verf. 4. 
 a. It is certainly ill with the wicked, and particularly with 
 the apoftares, verf. 5. Some of the Jewifh rabbins are of 
 opinion, that it has reference to the days of the Mefliah ; 
 however, we that are members of the gofpel church may 
 certainly, in finging this pfalm, take the comforl of thefe 
 promifes, and the more, if we (rand in awe of the threat- 
 ening. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 THEY in the Lord that firmly truft, 
 fliall be like Zion hill, 
 
 Which 
 
P S A L M CXXV. 349 
 
 Which at no time can be removed, 
 but flandeth ever lVill. 
 
 2 As round about Jerufalem 
 
 the mountains ftand alway, 
 The Lord his folk doth compafs fo, 
 from henceforth and for ay, 
 
 3 For ill mens rod upon the lot 
 
 of juft men fhall not ly: 
 Left righteous men ftretch forth their 
 unto iniquity. (hands 
 
 4 Do thou to all thofe that be good 
 
 thy goodnefs, Lord, impart; 
 And do thou good to thole that are 
 upright within their heart. 
 
 5 But as for fuch as turn afide 
 
 after their crooked way, 
 God fhall lead forthwith wicked men : 
 on IPrel peace fhall flay. 
 
 PSALM. CXXVI. 
 
 It was with reference to fome great and furprifing deliverance 
 of the people of God, out of bondage and diftrefs, that this 
 pfalm was penned; mod likely their return out of Babylon 
 in Ezra's time. Though Babylon be not mentioned here, 
 as it is Pfal. exxxvii. yet their captivity there was the mcfr. 
 remarkable captivity both in itfclf, and as their return out 
 of it was typical of our redemption by Chrill. Probably it 
 was penned by Ezra, or fome of the prophets that came up 
 with the rirQ. We read of fingers of the children of .' 
 that famous pfalm ill that returned then, Ezra ii. 41. It 
 being a fong of afcents, in which twice the fame th;- 
 repeated with advancement, verf. 2. 3. and veif. 4. 5.; 
 it is put here among the reft of the nulir.s that bear that 
 title, (r.) Thole that were returned. out or t 
 here called upon to be thankful, verf. I. s. J. (a.) Thofe 
 
350 PSALM CXXVII. 
 
 that were yet remaining in captivity are here prayed for, 
 verf. 4. and encouraged, verf. 5. 6. Tt will be eafy, in 
 fingingthispfalm, to apply it either tc any particular deliver- 
 ance wrought for the church, or cur own land, or to the 
 great work of ourfalvation by Chrift. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 (back 
 
 WHen Zions bondage God turn'd 
 as men that dream'd were we 
 
 2 Then fill'd w T ith laughter was our 
 
 our tongue with melody : (mouth, 
 
 They 'mong the heathen faid, The Lord, 
 
 great things for them hath wrought. 
 
 3 The Lord hath done great things for 
 
 whence joy to us is brought, (us: 
 
 4 As ftreams of water in the fouth, 
 
 our bondage, Lord, recall. 
 
 5 Who fow in tears, a reaping time 
 
 of joy enjoy they fhall. 
 
 6 That man who bearing precious feed, 
 
 in going forth doth mourn, 
 He doubtlefs,bringing back his Iheaves 
 rejoicing fhall return. 
 
 PSALM CXXVII. 
 
 This is a familypfalm, as divers before were (late poems, and 
 church-poems. It is intitled (as we read it) for Solomon, 
 dedicated to him by his father. He having a houfe to build, 
 a city to keep, and ftsd to rajfe up to his father, David di- 
 rects him to look up to God, and to depend upon his pro- 
 vidence, without Which all his wifdom, care, and induftry 
 would not ferve. Some take it to hare been penned by So- 
 lomon himfelf, and it may as well be read, A fong of So- 
 Jomon, and he wrote a great many: and they compare it 
 with his Ecclefiaftes, the icope of both being the fame, to 
 (hew the vanity of worldly care; and how necefikry it is 
 
 that 
 
PSALM CXXVII. 351 
 
 that we keep in with God. On him we muft depend, (1.) 
 For wealth, verf. 1. 2. (1.) For heirs to ie^ve it to, verf. 
 3. 4. 5. In finging this pfalm, we muft have our eye up un- 
 to God for fuccefs in all our undertakings, and a hic-fllng 
 upon all our comforts and enjoyments, becaufe every crea- 
 ture is that to us, and no more than he makes it to be. 
 
 A fong of degrees for Solomon. 
 
 EXcept the Lord do build the houfe, 
 the builders lofe their pain: 
 Except the Lord the city keep, 
 the watchman watch in vain. 
 
 2 'Tis vain for you to rife beumes, 
 
 or late from reft to keep, 
 To feed on forrow's bread : fo gives 
 he his beloved fleep. 
 
 3 Lo, children are God's heritage: 
 
 the womb's fruit his reward. 
 
 4 The fons of youth as arrows are, 
 
 for ftrong mens hands prepared, 
 
 5 O happy is the man that hath 
 
 his quiver fill'd with thofe: 
 They unafhamed in the gate 
 lhall fpeak unto their foes. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 This, as the former, is a pfalm for families. • In tba| we arc 
 taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the 
 blelling of God, in this we are- taught, that the only way 
 to obtain that blefhng, which will make our families com- 
 fortable, is to live in the fear of God, and in obedience to 
 him. They that do fo in general, they lhall be bleiTed, 
 verf. I. a. 4. In particular, (1.) They lhall be prcfperous 
 and fuccefsful in their employments, verf. 2. (2.) Their 
 relations lhall be agreeable, verf. 3. (3.) They lhall live 
 to fee their families brought up, verf. 6. (4) They Hull 
 
 have 
 
CXXVIII. 
 
 A long of degrees. 
 
 Lefs'd is each one that fears the 
 and walketh in his ways. (Lord, 
 
 2 For of thy labour thou fhalt eat : 
 
 and happy be always. 
 
 3 Thy wife fhall as a fruitful vine, 
 
 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 bleffed fhall he be. 
 
 5 The Lord (hall out of Zion give 
 
 his bleffing unto thee; 
 Thou fhalt Jerus'lem's good behold 
 whilft thou on earth doft dwell. 
 
 6 Thou fhalt thy childrens children fee, 
 
 and peace on Ifrael. 
 
 P S A L M CXXIX. 
 
 This pfalm relates to the pnblick concerns of Goo's Ifrael : if 
 is not certain when it was penned, probably when they 
 were in captivity in B.ibylon, or about the time of their re- 
 turn, (i.) They look back with thankfulnefs for the for- 
 mer deliverances Gori had wrought for them, and th 
 thers, out of many oifhefRsthty ftacl been in from time to 
 time, vtr:i I. — *. with "ajbcliev- 
 
 prayer for, znd •: ion of all the 
 
 .. ies of .Zion, vtrf. J. S. In find g this j "aim, we 
 
 may 
 
PSALM CXXIX. 353 
 
 may apply it both ways to the gofpel Ifrael, which, like th C 
 Old Teftament Ifrael, has weathered many a ftorm, and is 
 ftill threatened by many enemies. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 OFT did they vex me from my youth, 
 may Ifr'el now declare: 
 
 2 Oft did 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 mower cannot find; 
 Nor can the man his bofom fill, 
 whofe work is (heaves to bind. 
 
 8 Neither fay they who do go by, 
 
 God's bleffing on you reft : 
 We, in the name of God the Lord, 
 do wifh you to be bleft. 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 This pfalm relates not to any temporal concern, either per- 
 gonal or public, but it is wholly taken up in the affairs of 
 the foul. It is reckoned one of the feven penitential pfalms, 
 which have fometimes been made ufc of by penitents upon 
 their admifTion into the church ; and in fingingit, we are 
 all concerned to apply it to ourfelves, the pfalmift here 
 Z cxprcfleth 
 
54 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 e::p:-:f!kh, (i.) His dcfire towards God, verf. I. 2. (z.) 
 His repehtance Ixfo/c God, verf. 3. 4. (3.) His attend- 
 ance upon God, verf. 5. 6. (4.) His expectations from God, 
 verf. 7. 8. And as in water face anfwers to face, ib doth 
 the heart of one humble penitent to another. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 Ord from the depths to thee I cry'd. 
 2 My voice, Lord, do thou hear : 
 Unto my {applications voice, 
 give' an attentive ear, 
 3Lord,\vho£hallftand, if thou, OLord, 
 fhouldft mark iniquity? 
 
 4 But yet with thee forgivenefs is; 
 
 that fear'd thou mayeft be. 
 
 5 I wait for God, my foul doth wait, 
 
 my hope is in his word, (watch, 
 
 6 More than they that for morning 
 
 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 And from all his iniquities 
 
 he Ifr'el fhall redeem. 
 
 PSALM CXXXL 
 
 This pfalm is David's profeflion of humility; but humbly 
 made with thankfulnefs to God, for his grace, and not in 
 vainglory. It is probable enough, that (as mofl interpre- 
 ters fugged) David made this proteftatiou in anfwer to the 
 
 calumnies 
 
PSALM CXXXI. Ms 
 
 calumnies of Saul and his courtiers, who reprefented David 
 as an ambitious, afpiringman, who, under a pretence of a 
 divine appointment, fought the kir : of his 
 
 heart. Bu: be appeals to God, that, on the contrary 
 He aimed at nothing h'. . verf. i (2.) He was 
 
 Very ea(y id ev< . ted him, 
 
 verf. 2. And therefore, 3 ) Ke enConraj id peo- 
 
 ple totrult in God, as he did, verf. 3. Some have made it 
 an objection againlt finging I at there arc 
 
 many who c •' &c. 
 
 It is tiue there are; but we may ! I e fame pur- 
 
 pofe that we read it, to teach a-.-.d admonilh ourfelres, and 
 one another to he, with repentance that we 
 
 have come fbort of being (b, ar.d humble prayer to God for 
 his grace to make u= fo. 
 
 A (bng of degrees of David. 
 
 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 I furely have myfelf behav'd 
 
 with quiet fp'rit and mild, 
 As child of mother wean'd : my foul 
 is like a weaned child. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord let all the hope 
 
 of Ifrael rely, 
 Ev'n from the time that prefent is 
 unto eternity, 
 
 PS A L M CXXXIL 
 
 It is probable, this pialrn was penned by Solomon to be fung 
 at the dedication of the temple, which he built according 
 to the charge his father gave him, I Chron. xxviii. 2. &c. 
 Having fulfilled his trait, he begs of God to own what he 
 had done. (1.) He had built this houfe for the honour and 
 fervice of God ; and when he brings the ark into it, the 
 token of God's prefence, he defires God himfelf would come 
 and take poiTcflion of it, verf. 8. 9. 10. With thefe words 
 Z % Solomon 
 
3S 6 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 Solomon concluded his prayer, 2 Cbron. vi. 41. 43. (2.) 
 He had built it in pursuance of the orders he had received 
 from his father; and therefore his pleas to enforce thefe pe- 
 titions, refer to David. I. He pleads David's piety to- 
 wards God, verf. I. — 7. a. He pleads God's promife to 
 David, verf. II. 18. The former introduceth his petition, 
 the latter follows it as an anfwer to it. In finging this pfalm, 
 we mull have a concern for the gofpel-church, as the temple 
 of God, and a dependence upon Chrift, as David our king, 
 in whom the mercies of God are fure mercies. 
 
 A fong of degrees. 
 
 DAVID, and his affliaions all, 
 Lord, do thou think upon : 
 
 2 How unto God he fware, and vow'd 
 
 to Jacob's mighty One, 
 
 3 I will not come within my houfe, 
 
 nor reft in bed at all : 
 
 4 Nor fhall mine eyes take any fleep, 
 
 nor eye-lids flumber fhall, 
 
 5 Till for the Lord a place I find, 
 
 where he may make abode ; 
 A place of habitation 
 
 for Jacob's mighty God. 
 
 6 Lo, at the place of Ephratah 
 
 of it we underftood : 
 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 reft: 
 
 th' ark of thy ftrength, and thou. 
 
 90 
 
PSALM CXXXII. 357 
 
 9 O let thy priefts be clothed, Lord, 
 
 with truth and righteoufnefs : 
 And let all thofe that are thy faints 
 fhout loud for joyfulnefs. 
 
 10 For thine own fervant David's fake, 
 
 do not deny thy grace, 
 Nor of thine own anointed One. 
 turn thou away the face. 
 
 1 1 The Lord in truth to David fware, 
 
 he will not turn from it, 
 I of thy body's fruit will make 
 upon thy throne to fit. 
 
 12 My covenant if thy fons will keep, 
 
 and laws to them made known ; 
 Their children then fhall alfo fit 
 for ever on thy throne. 
 
 1 3 For God of Zion hath made choice : 
 
 there he defires to dwell. 
 
 14 This is my reft: here ftill I'll ftay, 
 
 for I do like it w r ell. 
 
 15 Her food I'll greatly blefs : her poor 
 
 with bread will fatisfy. 
 
 1 6 Her priefts I'll clothe with health: her 
 
 fhall fhout forth joyfully, (faints 
 
 17 And there will I make David's horn 
 
 to bud forth pleafantly : 
 For him that mine anointed is 
 a lamp ordain'd have L 
 
 18 As 
 
358 P S A L M CXXXIL 
 
 1 8 As with a garment I will clothe 
 with fhame his en'mies all : 
 But yet the crown that he doth wear, 
 upon him flourifh fhall, 
 
 PSALM CXXXIIL 
 
 This pfalm is a brief encomium of unity and brotherly love, 
 which, if we did not fee the miferies of difcord among men, 
 we would think needlefs ;' but we cannot fay too much, it 
 were well enough if we could fay enough, to perfuade peo- 
 ple to live together in peace. The conjecture fome make is 
 well enough of the kind, that David penned it upon occali- 
 on of the union between the tribes, when they all 
 met unanimoufly to make him king. It is a pfalm of gene- 
 ral ufe to ail focieties, lefTer and larger, civil and facred. 
 Here is, (l.) The doctrine Jail down of the happinefs of bro- 
 therly love, verf. I, (2.) The illustration of that doctrine in 
 two fimilicudes, verf. 2. 3. The proof of it in a good reafon 
 given for it, verf. 3. And then we are left to make the ap- 
 plication, which we ought to do in fmging of it, provoking 
 ourfelves and one another to holy love. The contents of 
 this pfalm in our Bibles is fhort, but very proper; it is the 
 benefit of the communion of faint;*. 
 
 A fong of degrees of David. 
 
 Ehold how good a thing it is, 
 and how becoming well, 
 Together fuch as brethren are 
 in unity to 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 defcendj 
 
 For 
 
P S A L M CXXXIII. 359 
 
 Fotthere the bleffing God commands, 
 
 life that fhall never end. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 This is the laft of the fifteen fongs 
 . 
 is fitly made the conelniion of them : for the defign of it is 
 to Air up the minifters togo on with thei: night, 
 
 re over. So^rc m;.kc this 
 
 n to be a dialogue, (i.) In the twofiiii veifes, the 
 
 tsor Levites that fat up ai ..tch of 
 
 >ufe of the Lord, are called opon to fpeud their time 
 
 - they were upon the guard, net in idle talk, but in the 
 
 a&s of devotion, (z.) In the laft verfe, they that were thus 
 
 I upon to praifc God, pray far him that gave them the 
 
 pried, or the captain of the 
 
 : they who did that fervice did mutually 
 
 r, and pray for one another. In Tinging 
 
 nuft both ftir up ourfelyes to give glory to 
 
 God, and encourage ourfclves to hope for mercy and grace 
 
 from him. 
 
 A firog of degrees. 
 
 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 heav'n and earth did frame. 
 
 P S A L M CXXXV. 
 
 This is one of the hallelujah-pfalms; that is the title of it, 
 and that is the Amen of it, both its Alpha and its Om:ga, 
 (i.) It begir.s with a call to praife God particularly a 
 
 mts of the Lord, to praife him, 2s in the fore- 
 going piaim, verf. i. 2. 3. (z.) 1 to furniih us 
 with matter for praife. God is to be praifed, I. As the 
 God of Jacob, vcif. 4. a. AstheGodof gotis, verf. 5. 
 
 3. As 
 
360 <P S A L M CXXXV. 
 
 3. As the God of the whole world, verf. 6. 7. 4. As a 
 terrible God to the enemies of Ifrael, verf. 8. — 11. 5. As 
 a gracious God to Ifrael, both in what he had done for them, 
 and what he would do, verf. 12. 13. 14. 6. As the only 
 living God, all other gods being vanity and a lie, verf. 15. 
 18. (3.) It concludes with another exhortation to all per- 
 sons concerned to praife God, verf. 19. 20. 21. In fing- 
 ing this pfalm, our hearts muft be filled, as well as our 
 mouths, with the high praifes of God. 
 
 PRaife ye the Lord, the Lord's name 
 his fervants, praife ye God. (praife, 
 
 2 Who ftand in God's houfe,in the courts 
 
 of our God make abode. 
 
 3 Praife ye the Lord, for he is good, 
 
 unto him praifes fing : 
 Sing praifes to his name, becaufe 
 it is a pleafant thrng. 
 
 4 For Jacob to himfelf the Lord 
 
 did choofe of his good pleafure, 
 And he hath chofen Ifrael 
 for his peculiar treafure. 
 
 5 Becaufe I know alTuredly 
 
 the Lord is very great, 
 And that our Lord above all Gods 
 in glory hath his feat. 
 
 6 What thing 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 
 
P S A L M CXXXV. 361 
 
 With railli he lightnings makes: and 
 
 doth from his treafuresiend (wind 
 
 8 Egypt's firft-born from man to beaft 
 
 9 who fmote. Strange tokens he 
 
 On Pharaoh and his iervants fent, 
 Egypt, in midft of thee. 
 
 10 He fmote great nations, flew great 
 
 1 1 Sihon of Hefhbon king, (kings: 
 And Og of Bafhan, and to nought 
 
 did Canaan's kingdoms bring: 
 
 12 And for a wealthy heritage 
 
 their pleafant land he gave, 
 An heritage which Iirael 
 
 his chofen folk ihould have. 
 
 13 Thy name, O Lord, fhall ftill en- 
 
 and thy memorial (dure 
 
 With honour fhall continu'd be 
 to generations all. (judge 
 
 14 For why, the righteous God will 
 
 his people righteoufly, 
 Concerning thofe that do him ferve 
 himfelf repent w T ill he. 
 
 15 The idols of the nations 
 
 of filver are and gold, 
 And by the hands of men is made 
 their fafhion and mold. 
 
 16 Mouths have they, but they do not 
 
 eyes, but they do not fee. (fpeak; 
 
 1 7 Ears 
 
362 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 17 Ears have they, but hear not: and in 
 
 their mouths no breathing be. 
 
 1 8 Their makers are like them : fo are 
 
 all that on them rely. 
 
 19 O Ifr'el's houfe, blefs God: blefs 
 
 O Aaroiis family. (God, 
 
 20 O blefs the Lord, of Levi's houfe 
 
 ye who his fervants are; 
 And blefs the holy name of God, 
 all ye the Lord that fear. 
 
 2 1 And bleifed be the Lord our God 
 
 from Zion's holy hill, 
 Who dwelleth at Jerufalem. 
 The Lord, O praife ye ftill. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 Thefcope of this pfalm is the fame with that of the foregoing 
 pfalm, but there is fomething very fmgular in the compofure 
 of it for the latter half of each verfe is the fame repeated 
 throughout the pfalm, * for his mercy endureth for , ever,' 
 and yet no vain repetition. It is allowed, that fuch burdens 
 or keepings, as we call them, add very much to the beauty 
 of a fong, and help to make it moving and affecting ; nor 
 can any verf. contain more weighty natter, or more wor- 
 thy to be thus repeated than this, that ' God's ■ mercy en- 
 dureth forever;' and the repetition of it here twenty fix 
 times intimates, (1 ) That God's mercies to his people are 
 thus repeated and drawn, as it were, with a continuando from 
 the beginning to the end, with a progrefs and advance in in- 
 finitum. (2.) That in every particular favour, we ought to 
 take notice of the mercy of God, and to take notice of it as 
 enduring ftill, the fame now that it has been, and enduring 
 for ever, the fame always that it is. (3.) That the ever- 
 lasting continuance of the mercy of God is very much his 
 honour, and that which he glories in, and very much the 
 faints comfort, and that which they glory in It is that 
 which therefore our hearts ihouid be Cull of and greatly af- 
 fected with, 10 as that the molt frequent mention of it, in- 
 
 ftead 
 
P S A L M CXXXVI. 363 
 
 Read of cloying us, fln>i because it will 
 
 be the (object o\ our pr This mod excel- 
 
 lent v r c\ cr/ U 
 
 mago I, not only by 
 
 the k-epctiti in of it here, but by the fignal tokens of divine 
 accept . >f it both in 
 
 ime, 2 Chron. v. 1 thefe words, 
 
 ' for k hi> mercy en lureth for pas filled with 
 
 a cloud : an J in Jehofhaphat's time, when they fang thefe 
 were!- God gave them ri&ory, 2 Chron. xr. 21. 22. which 
 /hould make us 1 mercies furedoth ftili en- 
 
 , dure eternally.' We n.u r praife God, I As irreat and good 
 in himfelf, verf. 1. 2. 3. 2 ) As the Creator of the world, 
 verf. 5 — ^. (3.) As lfrael's Go'd and Saviour, verf. 10. to 
 22. (4; AsoarReAee Astheereat 
 
 Benefactor of the whole creation, and God over all blefled 
 forevermore, verf. 25. 26. 
 
 P S A L M CXXXVI. 
 
 Give thanks to God, for good is he: 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 2 Thanks to the God of gods give ye: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 3 Thanks give the Lord of lords unto: 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 3 Who only wonders great can do: 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 5 Who by his wifdom made heav'ns 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. (high : 
 
 6 Whoftretch'd the earth above the fea : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 7 To him that made the great lights 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. (fhine: 
 
 8 The fun to rule till day decline: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 9 The 
 
364 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 9 The moon and ftars to rule by night : 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 10 Who Egypt's firft born kilPd out- 
 
 for his grace faileth never, (right : 
 
 1 1 And Ifr'el brought from Egypt land : 
 for mercy hath he ever, (ftrong hand : 
 
 12 With ftretch'd out arm, and with 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 13 By whom the Red fea parted was: 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 14 And through its midft made Ifr'el 
 
 for his grace faileth never, (pafs : 
 
 1 5 But Pharaoh and his hoft did drown : 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 1 6 Who through the defert led his own : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 17 To him great kings who overthrew: 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 18 Yea, famous kings in battle flew: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 19 Ev'n Sihon king of Amorites: 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 20 And Og the king of Bafhanites : 
 
 for his grace faileth never 
 
 2 1 Their land in heritage to have : 
 
 (for mercy hath he ever.) 
 
 22 His fervant Ifr'el right he gave: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 23 In 
 
P S A L M CXXXVI. 36s 
 
 23 In our lowftate who onus thought: 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 24 And from our foes our freedom 
 for his grace faileth never, (wrought : 
 
 25 Who doth all flefh with food relieve: 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 26 Thanks to the God of heaven give : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 Another cf the fame. 
 
 PRATSE God, for he is kind, 
 His mercy lafts for ay. 
 Z Give thanks with heart and mind 
 To God of gods alway : 
 For certainly 
 His mercies dure 
 Mod firm and fure 
 Eternally. 
 
 3 The Lord of Lords praife ye, 
 
 Whole mercies (till endure. 
 
 4 Great wonders only he 
 
 Doth work by his great pow'r: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 5 Which God omnipotent, 
 
 By might and uifdom high, 
 The heav'n and firmament 
 Did frame, as we may fee : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 6 To him who did out-ftretch 
 
 This earth fo great and wide, 
 Above the water reach, 
 Making it to abide; 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 7 Gre3t lights he made to be, 
 
 For his grace laftcth ay. 
 
 8 Such as the fun we fee, 
 
 To rule the lightfome day: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 9 Alfo the moon Jo clear, 
 
 Which (hineth in our fifeht, 
 The ftars that do appear, 
 To guide the darkfome night ; 
 For certainly, &c t 
 
 10 To 
 
2,66 P S A L M CXXXVI. 
 
 10 To him that Egypt f;rote, 
 
 Who did his meflage fcorn: 
 And in his anger hot 
 Did kill all their Sift-born : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 11 Thence Ifr'el out he brought : 
 
 for his grace lafteih ever. 
 IS With a ftrong hand he wrought, 
 And ftretcht-otitt arm deliver: 
 For certainly. 8zc. 
 
 13 The fea he cut in two; 
 
 for his grace lafteth ft ill. 
 
 14 And through its midft to go 
 
 Made his* own Jfrael : 
 For certainly, ire* 
 
 15 But overwhelmed and loft 
 
 Was proud king Pharaoh, 
 With all his mighty hoft, 
 And chariots there alfo: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 16 To him who powerfully 
 
 His chofen people led, 
 Ev'n thiough the defert dry, 
 And in that place them fed 2 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 17 To him great kings who fmotcj 
 
 For his grace hath no bound. 
 
 18 Who flew, and fpared not 
 
 Kings famous and renown'd % 
 For certainly, &c. 
 go Sihon th' Amorites kings 
 /For his grace lafteth ever. 
 
 20 Oi? alf<> who did reign 
 
 The land of Balkan over: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 21 Tru-ir land by lot he gave: 
 
 Fo.r his grace faileth never. 
 
 22 Thai Ifr'el might it have 
 
 In heritage for ever; 
 For certainly, &c. 
 21 Who bath remembered 
 Us in our low eftate; 
 24 And us delivered 
 
 From fees which did us hate: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 2$ Who to all flefn gives food: 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 26 Give thanks to God mod: good, 
 The God of heav'n for ever; 
 
 For certainly, &c. P SA L M 
 
P S A L M CXXXVIT. 367 
 
 There are divers p fa 1ms which ai* thought to have been pen- 
 ned in the latter days of thejewifh church, when prophecy 
 was near expiring, and the 
 
 rca( lv '.up; but none of them appears To plainly 
 
 to be of a late date, as this here, which was penned 
 the people of God were captives in Babylon, ai 
 faked over by their proud opprcflbrs ; pi -as to- 
 
 wards tne latter end of the:: for now the 
 
 the destruction of E:\: on apace, verf. 8. 
 
 which would be their .1: It is a mournful pfalm, a, 
 
 lamentation ; and the Septuagiot make it one of the lamen- 
 tations of Jeremiah, naming him fc 1 of it. Here, 
 (i.) The melancholy captives cannot enjoy them 
 verf. 1. 2. (2.) They cannot humour their proud op- 
 preflbrs, verf. 3. 4. (3.) They cannot forget Jernfalem, 
 verf. 5. 6. (4.) They cannot forgive £dom and Babylon, 
 verf. 7. 8» . In finging this pfalm, we mufl be much af- 
 fected with the concernments of the church, especially that 
 part of it that is in affliction, hying the for rows of ( 
 people near our hearts, comforting ourielves in the pro- 
 fpe<ft of the deliverance of the church, and the ruin of its 
 enemies indue time, I ut carefully avoiding ail perfonalani- 
 mofities, and not mixing the leaven of malice with our Sa- 
 crifices. 
 
 BY Babel's ftreams we fat and wept. 
 when Zion we thought on. 
 
 2 In midft thereof we hang'd our harps 
 
 the willow -trees upon. 
 
 3 For there a fong required they 
 
 who did us captive bring; 
 Our fpoilers call'd for mirth, and 
 A fong of Zion fing. (faid, 
 
 4 O how the Lord's fong fhall we fing 
 
 within a foreign land ? 
 
 5 If thee, Jerus'lem, I forget. 
 
 fkill part from my right hand., v 
 
 6 My tongue to my mouth's roof let 
 
 if I do thee forget, (cleave, 
 
 Jerufalem, 
 
368 PSALM CXXXVIL 
 
 Jerufalem, 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 deftru£tion, 
 Blefs'd {hall he be that thee rewards, 
 as thou to us haft done. 
 
 9 Yea, happy furely fhall he be, 
 
 thy tender little ones, 
 Who fhall lay hold upon, and them 
 fhall dafh againft the ftones. 
 
 PSALM. CXXXVIII. 
 
 It doth not appear, nor is it material to enquire, upon what 
 occafion David penned this pfalm; hut in it, (i.) He looks 
 back with thankfulnefs upon the experiences he had had of 
 God's goodnefs to him, verf. i. %. 3. (2.) He looks for- 
 ward with comfort, in hopes, I. That others would go on 
 to praife God like him, verf. 4. 5. 2. That God would 
 go on to do good to him, verf. 6. 7. 8. In fmging this 
 pfalm, we mud, in like manner, devote ourfelves to God's 
 praife and glory, and repofe ourfelves in his power and 
 goodnefs. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 THEE will I praife with all my heart, 
 I will fing praife to thee 
 2 Before the gods : and worfhip will 
 toward thy fan&uary; 
 Pll praife thy name, ev'n for thy truth, 
 
 and 
 
PSALM CXXXVIII. 369 
 
 and kindnefs of thy love: 
 For thou thy word haft magnify'd 
 all thy great name above. 
 
 3 Thou didft me anfwer in the day 
 
 when I to thee did cry : 
 And thou my fainting foul with 
 didft ftrengthen inwardly, (ftrength 
 
 4 All kings upon the earth that are, 
 
 fhall give thee praife, O Lord, 
 When as they from thy mouth fhall 
 thy true and faithful word, (hear 
 
 5 Yea, in the righteous ways of God 
 
 withgladnefs they fhall fing: 
 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 off knoweth he. 
 
 7 Though I in midft of trouble walk, 
 I life from thee fhall have ; (thine hand, 
 
 'Gainft my foes wrath thou'lt ftretch 
 thy right hand fhall me fave. 
 
 8 Surely, that which concerneth me, 
 
 the Lord will perfect make : 
 Lord, ftill thy mercy lafts : do not 
 thine own hands works forfake. 
 A a PSALM 
 
370 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 Some of the Jewifh doctors are of opinion, that this is the 
 mofr. excellent of all the pfalms of David ; and a very pious 
 devout meditation it is upon the dpelrine of God's omni- 
 fcience, which we (hould therefore have our hearts fixed 
 upon, and filled with, in finging this pfalm. (i.) This doc- 
 trine is here altcrtedand fully laid down, verf. I. — 6. (a.) 
 It is confirmed by two arguments. I. God is every where 
 prefent, therefore he knows all, verf. 7. — 12. 2. He made 
 us, therefore he knows us, verf. 13. 16. (3.) Some infer- 
 ences are drawn from this doctrine. I. It may fill us with 
 pleafing admiration of God, verf. 17. 18. 2. With a holy 
 dread and deteftation of fin and finners, verf 19. 22. 3, 
 With a holy fatisfaelion in our own integrity, concerning 
 which we may appeal to God, verf. 23. 24. This great 
 and felf evident truth, that God knows our hearts, and the 
 hearts of all the children of men, if we did but mix faith 
 with it, and ferioufly confider it, and apply it, would have 
 a great influence upon our holinefs, and upon our comfort. 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 (known. 
 
 OLord, thou haft me fearch'd, and 
 2 Thou know'ft my fitting down 
 And rifing up ; yea, all my thoughts 
 afar to thee are known. 
 
 3 My footfteps, and my lying down, 
 
 thou compafleft 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 laid on me thine hand. 
 
 6 Such knowledge is too ftrange for me : 
 
 too high to underftand. 
 
 7 From 
 
P S A L M CXXXIX. 371 
 
 y From thy fp'rit whither fhall I go? 
 or from thy prefence fly ? 
 
 8 Afcendl heav'n, lo, thou art there; 
 
 there, if in hell I lie. 
 
 9 Take I the morning's wings, and dwell 
 
 in utmoft parts of fea : 
 
 10 Even there, Lord, fhall thy hand me 
 
 thy right hand hold fhall me. (lead, 
 
 11 If I do fay, that darknefs fhall 
 
 me cover from thy fight : 
 Then furely fhall the very night 
 about me be as light. 
 
 1 2 Yea, darknefs hideth not from thee ; 
 
 but night doth fhine as day : 
 To thee the darknefs and the light 
 are both alike alway. 
 
 13 For thou poffeffed haft my reins: 
 
 and thou haft cover'd me, 
 When I within my mother's womb 
 inclofed was by thee. 
 
 14 Thee will I praife, for fearfully 
 
 and ftrangely made I am; 
 Thy works are marv'lous, and right 
 my foul doth know the fame, (well 
 
 15 My fubftance was not hid from thee, 
 
 when as in fecret I 
 Was made ; and in earth's loweft parts 
 was wrought mod curioufly. 
 
 A a 2 16 Thine 
 
372 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 1 6 Thine eyes my fubftance did behold 
 
 yet being unperfeft, 
 And in the volume of thy book 
 
 my members all were writ, 
 Which after in continuance 
 
 were fafhion'd ev'ry one, 
 When as they yet all fhapelefs were, 
 
 and of them there was none. 
 
 1 7 How precious alfo are thy thoughts, 
 
 gracious God, to me ! 
 
 And in their fum how pafling great 
 and numberlefs they be ! 
 
 1 8 If I fhould count them, than the fand 
 
 they more in number be : 
 What time foever I awake, 
 
 1 ever am with thee. 
 
 1 9 Thou, Lord, wilt lure the wicked flap 
 
 hence from me, bloody men. 
 
 20 Thy foes againft thee loudly fpeak, 
 
 and take thy name in vain. 
 
 2 1 Do not I hate all thofe, O Lord, 
 
 that hatred bear to thee ? 
 With thofe that up againft thee rife 
 can I but grieved be? 
 
 22 With perfect hatred them I hate: 
 
 my foes I them do hold, (heart : 
 
 23 Search me, O God, and know my 
 
 try me, my thoughts unfold. 
 
 24 And 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. 373 
 
 24 And fee if any wicked way- 
 there be at all in me. 
 And in thine everlafting way 
 to me a leader be. 
 
 PSALM CXL. 
 
 This and the four following pialms are much of a piece, and 
 the lcope of them the fame with many that we met with in 
 the beginning and middle cf the book of Pialms, but few 
 of late. They were penned by David (as it fhould feem) 
 when he was perfecuted by Saul; one of them is laid to be 
 his prayer when he was in the cave, and it is probable all 
 the reft were penned about the fame time. In this pfalm, 
 (I.) David complains of the malice of his enemies, and 
 prays to God to prcferve him from them, verf. I. — 5. (a.) 
 Heencourageth himfelf in God, as his God, verf. 6. 7. (3.) 
 He prays for, and prophefies thedeftruclion of his perfecu- 
 tors, verf. 8.— II. (4.) He aflures all God's articled peo- 
 ple that their trobles would in due time end well, verf. 12- 
 13. with which afTurence we mull comfort ourfelves and 
 one another in finging this pfa.'m. 
 
 To the chief mufician, A pfalm of David. 
 
 ORD, from the ill and froward man 
 X— i 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 aflembled are 
 continually together. 
 
 3 Much like unto a ferpent's tongue 
 
 their tongues they fharpdo make: 
 And underneath their lips there lies 
 the poilbn of a fnake. 
 
 4 Lord) 
 
374 PSALM CXL. 
 
 4 Lord,keep me from the wicked's hands 
 
 from violent men me fave, 
 Who utterly to overthrow 
 my goings, purposed 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 I faid unto the Lord, Thou art 
 
 my God : unto the cry 
 Of all my fupplications, 
 Lord, do thine ear apply. 
 y O God the Lord, who art the ftrength 
 of my falvation ; 
 A cov'ring in the day of war 
 my head thou haft put on. 
 B Unto the wicked man, O Lord, 
 his wifhes do not grant, 
 Nor further thou his ill device, 
 left they themfelves fhould vaunt. 
 g As for the head and chief of thofe 
 about that compafs me, 
 Ev'n by the mifchief of their lips 
 let thou them covered be. 
 io Let burning coals upon them fall, 
 them throw in fierv flame: 
 And in deep pits, that they no more 
 may rife out of the fame. 
 
 ii Let 
 
PSALM CXL. 375 
 
 1 1 Let not an evil fpeaker be 
 
 on earth eftablifhed: 
 Mifchief fhall hunt the violent man 
 till he be ruined, 
 
 1 2 I know God will th' afflieted's caufe 
 
 maintain, and poor mens right. 
 
 13 Surely the juft fhall praife thy name, 
 
 th' upright dwell in thy fight. 
 
 PSALM CXLL 
 
 David was in diftrefs when he penned this pfalm ; it is moft 
 Jikely purfued by Saul, that violent man. Is any diftreiT- 
 ed : let him pray; David didfo, and had the comfort of it. 
 (1.) He prays for God's favourable acceptance, verf. 1. 2. 
 (2.) For his powerful afliftance, verf. 3. 4. (3.) That 
 others might be inftrumental of good to his foul, as he ho- 
 ped to be to the fouls of others, verf. 5. 6. (4.) That he 
 .and his friends being now brought to the laft extremity, 
 God would gracioufly appear tor their relief and refcue, 
 verf. 7. — 10. The mercy and grace of God are as uecefla- 
 ry to us as they were to him, and therefore we fhould be 
 humbly earned for them in figging this pfalm. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 OLord, I unto thee do cry, 
 do thou make hafte to me ; 
 And give an ear unto my voice, 
 when I cry unto thee. 
 
 2 As incenfe let my prayer be 
 
 directed in thine eyes; 
 And the uplifting of my hands 
 as th' ev'ning facrifice. 
 
 3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth, 
 
 keep of my lips the door. 
 
 4 My 
 
376 PSALM CXLL 
 
 4 My heart incline thou not unto 
 
 the ills I fhould abhor. 
 To pradtife wicked works with men 
 
 that work iniquity: 
 And with their delicates my tafte 
 
 let me not fatisfy. 
 
 5 Let him that righteous is me fmite, 
 
 it fhall a kindnefs be; 
 Let him reprove, I fhall it count 
 
 a precious oil to me : 
 Such fmiting fhall not break my head; 
 
 for yet the time fhall fall, 
 When I in their calamities 
 
 to God pray for them fhall. 
 
 6 When as their judges down fhall be 
 
 in ftony places caft, 
 Then fhall they hear my words, for 
 fhall fweet be to their tafte, (they 
 
 7 About the grave's devouring mouth 
 
 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 truft is fet on thee. 
 
 9 Lord, keep me fafely from the fnare 
 
 which they for me prepare, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM CXLI. 377 
 
 And from the fubtile grins of them 
 that wicked workers are. 
 io Let workers of iniquity 
 into their own nets fall. 
 Whilft I do by thine help efcape 
 the danger of them all. 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 This pfalm is a prayer, the fubfhnce of which David offered 
 up to God, when he was forced by Saul to take ftielter in 
 a cave, and afterwards penned it in this form. Here is, 
 (l.) The complaint he makes to God, verf. 1.2. ; of the 
 fubtlety, (trength, and malice of his enemies, verf. 3. 6.; 
 and the coldneis and indifferency of his friends, verf. 4. 
 (a.) The comfort lve takes in God, that he knew his cafe, 
 verf. 3. ; and was his refuge, verf. 5. His expectation from 
 God, that he would hear and deliver him, verf. 6. 7. (4.) 
 His expectation from the righteous, that they would jciu 
 with him in praifes, verf. 7. Thofe that are troubled in 
 mind, body or eftate, may in fmging this pfalm, (if they 
 fing it in fome meafure with David's fpirit) both warrant 
 his complaints, and fetch his comforts. 
 
 Mafchil of David, A prayer when he was in the cave. 
 
 IWith my voice cry'd to the Lord, 
 with it made my requeft : 
 
 2 Pour'd out to him my plaint, to him 
 
 my trouble I expreft. ^(fp'rit^ 
 
 3 When in me was o'erwhelm'd my 
 
 then well thou knew'ft my way : 
 Where I did walk a fnare for me 
 they privily did lay. 
 4llook'donmy right hand, and view'd, 
 but none to know me were; 
 
 All 
 
378 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 All refuge failed me : no man 
 did for my foul take care. 
 
 5 I cry'd to thee, I faid, Thou art 
 
 my refuge, Lord, alone, 
 And in the land of thofe that live 
 Thou art my portion. 
 
 6 Becaufe I am brought very low, j 
 
 attend unto my cry : 
 Me from my perfecutors fave, 
 who ftronger are than I. 
 
 7 From prifon bring my foul, that I 
 
 thy name may glorify: 
 The juft fhallcompafs me, when thou 
 with me deaPft bounteoufly. 
 
 PALM CXL1II. 
 
 This pfalm, as thofe before, is a prayer, and full of complaints 
 of the great diftrefs and danger he was in, probably when 
 Saul perfeeuted him. Ke did not only pray it that afflic- 
 tion, but he prayed very muchj and very often, not the fame 
 over again, but new thoughts. In this pfalm, (i.) He com- 
 plains of his troubles, through the opprellion of his enemies, 
 verf. 3. and the weaknefs of his fpirit under it, which was 
 ready to fink notwith (landing the likely courfe he took to 
 iupport himfelf, verf. 4. 5. (a.) He prays, and prays ear- 
 neftly, verf. 6. I. That God would hear him, verf. 1. 7. 
 2, That he would not deal with him according to his (ins, 
 verf. 2. 3. That he would not hide his face from him, 
 verf 7. but rnanifeft his favour to him, verf 3. 4. That 
 he would guide and dire<ft him in the way of his duty, verf. 
 8. 9. 10. and quicken him in it, verf. II. 5. That he 
 would deliver him out of his troubles, verf 9. 10. ir. 6, 
 That he would in due time reckon with his perfecutors, 
 verf iz. We may the eafier accommodate this pfaim to 
 ourfelves in the (inging of it, becaufe moft of the petitions 
 in it are for fpiritual bleillngs, which we all need at all times, 
 mercy and grace. 
 
 A pfalm 
 
P S A L M CXLTII. 379 
 
 A pfaliu of David. 
 
 LORD, hear my pray'r, attend my 
 and in thy faithfulnefs (fuits: 
 Give thou an anfwer unto me, 
 and in thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 2 Thy fervant alfo bring thou not 
 
 in judgment to be try'd: 
 Becaufe no living man can be 
 in thy fight juftify'd. 
 
 3 For th' en'my 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'rit is therefore overwhelmed 
 
 in me perplexedly: 
 Within me is my very heart 
 amazed wondroufly. 
 
 5 I call to mind the days of old, 
 
 to meditate I ufe 
 On all thy works : upon the deeds 
 I of thy hands do mufe. 
 
 6 My hands to thee I ftretch : my foul 
 
 thirds, as dry land, for thee. 
 
 7 Hafte, Lord, to hear, my fpirit fails: 
 
 hide not thy face from me, 
 Left like to them I do become 
 that go down to the duft. 
 
 8 At 
 
3 8o PSALM CXLIIL 
 
 8 At morn let me thy kindnef6 hear. 
 
 for in thee do I truft : 
 Teach me the way that Ifhould walk, 
 I lift my foul to thee. 
 
 9 Lord, free me from my foes : I flee 
 
 to thee to cover me. 
 
 10 Becaufe thou art my God, to do 
 
 thy will do me inftru£t: 
 Thy fp'rit is good, me to the land 
 of uprightnefs condudt. 
 
 1 1 Revive and quicken me, O Lord, 
 
 ev'n for thine own name's fake: 
 And do thou for thy righteoufnefs, 
 my foul from trouble take. 
 
 12 And of thy mercy flay my foes, 
 
 let all deftroyed be 
 That do afflidt my foul : for I 
 a fervant am to thee. 
 
 Another of the fame. 
 
 OH, hear, my pray'r, Lord, 
 And unto my defire 
 To bow thine ear accord, 
 I humbly thee require; 
 And in thy faithfulnefs 
 Unto roe anfwer make, 
 And in thy righteoufnefs 
 Upon me pity take. 
 % In judgment enter not 
 With me thy fervant poor; 
 For why, this well I wot, 
 No finner can endure 
 The fight of thee, O God, 
 If thon his deeds fhalt try, 
 He dars make none abode 
 Hirofcli to juftify. 
 
 3 Behold, 
 
PSALM CXLIII. 381 
 
 3 Behold, the cruel foe 
 Me perfecutes with fpite, 
 My foul to overthrow : 
 Yea, he my life down quite 
 Unto the ground hath imote, 
 And made me dwell full low 
 In darknefs, as forgot, 
 
 Or men dead long ago. 
 
 4 Therefore, my fp'rit much vex'd 
 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 ftrctch my hands 
 To thee my help alone, 
 For thou well understands 
 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, 
 Left I be like to tfiofe, 
 That do in darknefs lit, 
 
 Or him that downward goes 
 Into the dreadful pit. 
 
 8 Becaufc I truft in thee, 
 
 Lord, caufe me to hear 
 Thy loving-kindnefs f frec, 
 When morning doth appear: 
 Caufe me to know the way 
 Wherein my path mould be, 
 For why, my foul on high 
 
 1 do lift up to thee. 
 
 9 From my fierce enemy 
 In fafety do me guide; 
 Becaule I flee to thee, 
 
 Lord, that thou may'ft me hide: 
 
 10 My God alone art thou, 
 Teach me thy righteoufnefs: 
 Thy fp'rits good, lead me to 
 The land of uprightnefs. 
 
 II O 
 
382 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 11 O Lord, for thy name's lake, 
 Be pleas'd to quicken me: 
 And for thy truth forthtakc 
 My foal from mifery. 
 
 12 And of thy grace deftroy 
 My foes and put to fhame 
 All who my foul annoy : 
 For I thy fervant am. 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 The four preceding pfalms feem to have been penned by 
 David before accetfion to the crown, when he was perfecuted 
 by Saul ; this feems to have been penned after, when he was 
 ftill in trouble, (for there is no condition in this world pri- 
 vileged with an exemption from trouble), the neighbouring 
 nations molefling him, and giving him disturbance, efpeci- 
 aliy the Philiftines, 2 Sam. v. 17. In this pfalm, (1.) He 
 acknowledged, with triumph and thankfulneis, the great 
 goodnefs of God to him, in advancing him to the govern- 
 ment, verf. f. — 4. (2.) He prays to Gcd to help him againft 
 the enemies that threatened him, verf. 5. — 8. and again, 
 ▼erf. II. (3.) He rejoiceth in the aiTurance of victory over 
 them, verf. 9. 10. (4.) He prays for the profperity of his own - 
 kingdom, and pleafeth himfelf with the hopes of it, verf. 
 12. — 15. In finging this pfaim, we may give God 
 the glory of our fpiritual privileges and advancements, and 
 fetch in help from him againft cur fpiritual enemies : may 
 pray for the profperity of our fouls of our families, and of 
 our land; and, in the opinion of fomeof the Jewifh writers, 
 may refer the pfalm to the Meffiah and his kingdom. 
 
 A pfalm of David. 
 
 Blefled ever be the Lord, 
 who is my ftrength and might, 
 Who doth inftrudt my hands to war, 
 my fingers teach to fight. 
 2 My goodnefs, fortrefs, my hightow'r. 
 deliverer, and fhield, 
 In whom I truft : who under me 
 my people makes to yield. 
 
 3 Lord, 
 
PSALM CXLIV. 3 8j 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, that thou of him 
 
 doft fo much knowledge take? 
 Or fon of man that thou of him 
 fo great account doft make? 
 
 4 Man is like vanity : his days 
 
 as fhadows pafs away, (touch thou 
 
 5 Lord, bow thy heav'ns, come down ; 
 
 the hills, and fmoke fhall they. 
 
 6 Caft forth thy lightnings, fcatter them : 
 
 thine arrows fhoot, 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 mouth fpeaks vanity; 
 And their right hand is a right hand 
 
 that works deceitfully. 
 
 9 A new fong I to thee will fing, 
 
 Lord, on a pfaltery: 
 I on a ten-ftring'd inftrument 
 will praifes fing to thee. 
 io Ev'n he it is, that unto kings 
 falvation doth fend : 
 Who his own fervant David doth 
 from hurtful fword defend. 
 1 1 O free me from ftrange childrens 
 whofe mouth fpeaks vanity, (hands; 
 And their right hand a right hand is 
 that works deceitfullv. 
 
 12 That 
 
384 PSALM CXLIV, 
 
 1 2 That as the plants our foils may be 
 
 in youth grown up that are ; 
 Our daughters like to corner-ftones, 
 carv'd like a palace fair : 
 
 13 That, to afford all kind of ftore, 
 
 our garners may be fill'd ; 
 That our fheep thoufands, in our ftreets 
 ten thoufands they may yield : 
 
 14 That ftrong our cxen be for work; 
 
 that no inbreaking be, 
 Nor going out; and that our ftreets 
 may from complaints be free. 
 
 15 Thofe people bleffed are, who be 
 
 in fuch a cafe as this : 
 Yea, bleffed all thofe people are, 
 whofe God Jehovah is. 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 The five foregoing pfalms were all of a piece, all full of pray= 
 ers; this, and the five that follow it to the end of the book, 
 are all of a piece too, all full of praifes; and though this 
 only is entitled David's pfalm, yet we have no reafon to 
 think but that they were all his, as well as all the foregoing 
 prayers. And it is obfervable, (».) That after five pfalms 
 of prayer, follow fix pfalms of praife ; for thofe that are 
 much in prayer, mail not want matter for praife : and thofe 
 that havefped in prayer, muii abound in praife. Our thankf- 
 givings for mercy, when we have received it, fhould even 
 exceed our fupplications for it, when we are in purfuit of it. 
 David in the laft of hi* begging pfalms, had promifed to 
 praife God, Pfal. cxliv. 9. and here ne performs hispro- 
 mifc. (a.) That the book of Pfalms concludes with pfalms 
 cf praife, all praife; for praife is the conclufion of the whole 
 matter, it is that in which all the pfalms centre. And it 
 intimates, that God's people, towards the end of their life, 
 ftiould abound much in praise, and the rather becaufe at the 
 
 end 
 
PSALM CXLV. 385 
 
 end of their life they hope to remove to the world of ever- 
 lafting praife; and the nearer they come to heaven, the 
 more they tbould acculrom themfelves to the work of heav- 
 en, This is cm • , !ms which are eompofed alpha- 
 betically, as P.al. xxv. and . that it might be 
 the eaficr committed to memory, and kept in mind. The 
 Jewifh writers juftly extol this pfalm as a flarof the firft 
 magnitude in this bright conilellation ; and fome of them 
 have an extra- g concerning it, not much unlike 
 fome of the Pupim fupcrftitions, That whofcever will Ting 
 this pfalm confnmtly three times a day, fhall certainly be 
 happy in the world to come. In this pialm, I. David en- 
 gageth himfclf and others to praife God, vcrf. 1. 2. 4 — .7. 
 10. 11. 12. 2. He faltciis upon thofc tilings that are pro- 
 per matter for praife : God's greatnefs, verf. 3. ; hi? good- 
 nefs, verf. 8. 9.; the prools of both in the adminiftration 
 of his kingdom, verf. 13.; the kingdom 1 of providence, 
 verf. 14. 15. 16.; the kingdom of grace, verf. 17. — 20.; 
 and then he concludes with a refolution to continue praifing 
 God, verf. 21.; with which refolution our hearts muft be 
 filled and fixed in finging this pialm. 
 
 David's pfalm of praife. 1 
 
 I'LL thee extol, my God, O King, 
 I'll blefs thy name always. 
 
 2 Thee will I blefs each day, and will 
 
 thy name for ever praife. 
 
 3 Great is the Lord, much to beprais'd : 
 
 his greatnefs fearch exceeds. 
 
 4 Race unto race fhall praife thy works, 
 
 and fhow thy mighty deeds. 
 
 5 I of thy glorious majefty 
 
 the honour will record, 
 I'll {peak of all thy mighty works, 
 which wondrous are, O Lord, 
 
 6 Men of thine ads the might fhall fhow, 
 
 thine adls that dreadful are 
 
 B b And 
 
386 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 And I, thy glory to advance 
 thy greatnefs will declare. 
 
 7 The mem'ry of thy goodnefs great 
 
 they largely fhall exprefs, 
 With fongs of praife they fhall extol 
 thy perfed righteoufhefs. 
 
 8 The Lord is very gracious, 
 
 in him compaffions flow; 
 In mercy he is very great, 
 and is to anger flow. 
 
 9 The Lord Jehovah unto all 
 
 his goodnefs doth declare : 
 And over all his other works 
 
 his tender mercies are. (Lord, 
 io Thee all thy works fhall praife, O 
 and thee thy faints fhall blefs. 
 
 1 1 They fhall thy kingdom's glory fhow 
 
 thy pow'r by fpeech exprefs. 
 
 1 2 To make the fons of men to know 
 
 his a£ts done mightily, 
 And of his kingdom th' excellent 
 and glorious majefty. 
 
 1 3 Thy kingdom fhall for ever ftand, 
 
 thy reign through ages all. 
 
 1 4 God raifeth all that are bow'd down, 
 
 upholdeth all that fall 
 
 15 The eyes of all things wait on thee, 
 
 the giver of all good, 
 
 And 
 
PSALM CXLV. 3 8 7 
 
 And thou in time convenient 
 beftows on them their food. 
 
 1 6 Thine hand thou open'ft lib'rally, 
 
 and of thy bounty gives 
 Enough to fatisfy the need 
 of ev'ry thing that lives. 
 
 17 The Lord is juft in all his ways, 
 
 holy in his works all. 
 
 18 God's near to all that call on him, 
 
 in truth that on him call. 
 
 19 He will accomplifh the defire 
 
 of thofe that do him fear : 
 He alfo will deliver them, 
 and he their cry w r ill hear. 
 2 o The Lord preferves all who him love, 
 
 that nought can them annoy : 
 ] But he all thofe that wicked are 
 
 will utterly deftroy. 
 2 1 My mouth the praifes of the Lord 
 to publifh ceafe fhall never: 
 Let all flefh. blefs his holy name 
 For ever and ever. 
 
 Another of thefamc. 
 
 OLord, that arc my God and King, 
 The will I magnify and praiie, 
 
 I will thee blefs, and gladly fing 
 
 Unto thy holy name always, 
 a Each day I rife, I will thee blefs, 
 
 And praife thy name time without end* 
 3. Much to be prais'd, and great God is, 
 
 His greatnefs none can comprehend. 
 4 Race fhall thy works praiie unto race, 
 - The mighty afts fhow done by thee, 
 
3 88 
 
 PSALM CXLV, 
 
 5 I will fpeak of thy glorious grace, 
 And honour of thy majefty, 
 
 Thy wondrous works I will record. 
 
 6 By men the might fhall be extoll'd 
 , Of all thy dreadful arts, O Lord *. 
 
 And I thy greatnefs will unfold. 
 
 7 They utter ihall abundantly 
 
 The mem'ry of thy goodnefs great. 
 And (hall fmg praifes cheerfully, 
 Whilft they thy righteonfnefs relate. 
 
 8 The Lord our God is gracious, 
 Companionate is he alfo, 
 
 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. 
 
 10 Thy works all praife to thee afford, 
 Thy faints, O Lord, thy name (hall blefs., 
 
 11 The glory of thy kingdom fhow 
 Shall they, and of thy power tell. 
 
 12 That fo mens fons his deeds may know 3 
 His kingdom's grace that doth excel. 
 
 13 Thy kingdom hath no end at all, 
 It doth through ages all remain. 
 
 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 
 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 doft fend 
 Sufficient food them to relieve. 
 
 56 Yea, thou thine hand doft open widc y 
 And ev'ry thing doft 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. 
 
 19 God will the juft defire fulfil 
 
 Of fuch as do him fear and dread: 
 
 Their cry regard, and hear he willy 
 
 And fave them in the time of need. 
 30 The Lord preferves all, more and lef», 
 
 That bear to him a loving heart : 
 
 But workers all of wickednefs. 
 
 Deftroy will he, and clean fubvert. 
 %\ Therefore my mouth and lips I'll frame 
 
 To fpeak the praifes of the Lord 5 
 
 To magnify his holy name 
 
 For ever let all flelh accord, This 
 
PSALM CXLVI. 389 
 
 This, and all tlie reft of the pfalms that follow, begin and 
 end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's 
 praifeintoa little compafs ; for in it we praife him by his 
 name Jah, the contraction of Jehovah. In this excellent 
 pialm of praife, (i. ; The pfalmilt engagcth himielfto praife 
 God, verf. I. 2. (2.) He engageth others to truft in him, 
 which is one neceiTary anil acceptable way of prailing him. 
 And, 1. He ("hews why we fhculd not trull in men, verf. 3, 
 4. 2. Why wc mould truft in God, verf. 5. becaufe of his 
 power in the kingdom of nature, verf. 6. his dominion in 
 the kingdom of providence, verf. 7. and his grace in the 
 kingdom of the Mefliah, verf. 8. 9. that eve; lading king- 
 dom, verf. 10. to which many of the Jewiih writers refer 
 this pfalm, and to which therefore we ihoulJ have an eye in 
 the fingingof it. 
 
 PRaife God. The Lord praife, O my 
 2 I'll praife God while I live: (foul. 
 While I have being, to my God 
 in fongs I'll praifes give. 
 
 3 Truft not in princes, nor man's fon, 
 
 in whom there is no ftay. 
 
 4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns : 
 
 that day his thoughts decay. 
 
 5 O happy is that man, and blefs'd, 
 
 whom Jacob's God doth aid, 
 Whofe hope upon the Lord doth reft, 
 and on his God is ftaid : 
 
 6 Who made the earth, and heavens high, 
 
 who made the fwelling deep, 
 And all that is within the fame : 
 who truth doth ever keep : 
 
 7 Who righteous judgment executes 
 
 for thofe oppreiVd that be. 
 
 Who 
 
390 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 Who to the hungry giveth food : 
 God fets the pris'ners free. 
 
 8 The Lord doth give the blind their 
 
 the bowed-down doth raife : ( fight: 
 The Lord doth dearly love all thofe 
 that walk in upright ways. 
 
 9 The ftranger's fhield, the widow's 
 
 the orphan's help is he: (ftay 
 But yet by him the wicked's way 
 turn'd upfide down fhall be. 
 
 10 The Lord fhall reign for evermore, 
 
 thy God, O Zion, he 
 Reigns to all generations. 
 Praife to the Lord give ye, 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 This is another pfalm of praife; fome think it was penned af- 
 ter the return of the Jews from their captivity ; but it is Co 
 much of a piece with Pfal. cxlv. that I rather think it was 
 penned by David, and what isfaid, verf. 2. 13. may well 
 enough be applied to the firfl building and fortifying of Je- 
 rufalem iD his time, and the gathering in of thofe that had 
 been outcaftsin Saul's time. The Septuagint divide it into 
 two, and we may divide it into the firftand fecond part, but 
 both of the fame import. (1.) We are called upon to praife 
 God, verf. 1. 7. 12. (2,) We are fumilhed with matter for 
 praiie, for God is to be glorified, I. As the god of nature, and'fo 
 he is very great, verf. 4. 5. 8. 9. 15. — 18. 2. As the God 
 of grace comforting his people, veri. 3. 6.— II. 3. As the 
 God of Ifrael, Jerufalem, and Zion, fettling their civil ftate, 
 verf. a. 13. 14. and efpecially fettling religion among them, 
 verf. 19. 20. It is eafy, in finging this pfalm, to apply it 
 to ourfelves, both as to perfonaland national mercies, were 
 it but as eafy to do it with fuitabie affections. 
 
 Raife ye the Lord : for it is good 
 praife to our God to fingj 
 
 For 
 
 p 
 
PSALM CXLVIL 391 
 
 For it is pleafant, and to praife 
 it is a comely thing. 
 
 2 God doth build up Jerufalem : 
 
 and he it is alone 
 That the difpers'd of Ifrael 
 doth gather into one. 
 
 3 Thofe that are broken in their hearts, 
 
 and grieved in their minds, 
 He healeth, and their painful wounds 
 he tenderly up-binds. 
 
 4 He counts the number of the ftars : 
 
 he names them ev'ry one. 
 
 5 Great is our Lord, and of great pow'r : 
 
 his wifdom fearch can none. 
 
 6 The Lord lifts up the meek, and cafts - 
 
 the wicked to the ground. 
 
 7 Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks : 
 
 on harp his praifes found; 
 
 8 Who covereth the heav'n with clouds, 
 
 who for the earth below 
 Prepareth rain, who maketh grafs 
 upon the mountains grow. 
 
 9 He gives the beaft his food, he feeds 
 
 the ravens young that cry. 
 
 10 His pleafure not in horfe's ftrength, 
 
 nor in man's legs, doth lie. 
 
 1 1 But in all thole that do him fear 
 
 the Lord doth pleafure take, 
 
 In 
 
392 PSALM CXLVII, 
 
 In thofe that to his mercy do 
 by hope themfelves betake. 
 
 1 2 The Lord praife, O Jerufalem : 
 
 Zion, thy God confefs. 
 
 1 3 For thy gates bars he maketh ftrong : 
 
 thy fons in thee doth blefs. 
 
 14 He in thy borders maketh peace, 
 
 with fine wheat filleth thee. 
 
 1 5 He fends forth his command on earth; 
 
 his word runs fpeedily. 
 
 16 Hoar froft, like afhes, fcatt'reth he: 
 
 like wool he fnow doth give. 
 
 17 Like morfels caftech, forth his ice: 
 
 who in its cold can live? 
 
 1 8 He fendeth forth his mighty word, 
 
 and melteth them again : 
 His wind he makes to blow, and then 
 the waters flow amain. 
 
 19 The do&rine of his holy word 
 
 to Jacob he doth fhow, 
 His ftatutes and his judgments he 
 gives Ifrael to know. 
 
 20 To any nation never he 
 
 fuch favour did afford : 
 For they his judgments have not 
 O do ye praiie the Lord, (known, 
 P S A L M CXLVIII. 
 
 This pfalm is a mod folemn and earned: call to all the crea- 
 tures, according to their capacity, to praife their Creator, 
 
 and 
 
P S A L M CXLVIII. 
 
 393 
 
 and to (hew forth Ms eternal pow< 
 viribl? things of which are mai 
 feen : and thereby the nfalnvi; 
 affection to the duty of praife ; 
 
 God is praifed, is very dc , 
 
 and therefore doth ail be can 
 
 tli is pleafant work, yea II come aftei 
 
 uhofe hearts muft he rery dead and c< I 
 raifed and enlarged in praifing God by tl 
 divine poetry, which we find in this pfi 
 upon the higher bottle, the creatui s thai in the 
 
 upper world, to praifethe Lord, both trw : intel- 
 
 lectual beings, and a;e cap able of ■ rerf. I. 
 
 2. and tbofc that are not, and are therefoi >f doing 
 
 it only objectively, verf. 5. — 6. (I spoil the 
 
 lower houfe, the creatui Id, both thofe 
 
 that can only ninifter matter or praii f 7 — - 
 
 thofe that being endued with r capable of ol 
 
 up this facriflce, verf. II. — 13. efpecially his own people, 
 who have more caufe to do it, and are more concerned to do 
 it, than any other, verf. 14. 
 
 PRaife God. From heavens praife the 
 in heights praife to him be. (Lord: 
 
 2 All ye his angels, praife ye him: 
 
 his hofts all, praife him ye. 
 
 3 Opiaifeyehim, both fun and moon: 
 
 praife him, all ftars of light. 
 4Yeheav'nsofheav'ns, him praife, and 
 above the heavens height, (floods 
 
 5 Let all the creatures praife the name 
 
 of our almighty Lord: 
 For he commanded, and they were 
 created by his word. 
 
 6 He alfo, for all times to come, 
 
 hath them eftablifh'd fure : 
 
 He 
 
394 PSALM CXLVIII. 
 
 He hath appointed them a law, 
 which ever fhall endure. 
 
 7 Praife ye Jehovah from the earth, 
 
 dragons, and ev'ry deep. 
 
 8 Fire, hail, fnow, vapour, ftormy wind, 
 
 his word that fully keep. 
 
 9 All hills and mountains, fruitful trees, 
 
 and all ye cedars high. 
 ioBeafts and all cattle, creeping things, 
 and all ye birds that fly. 
 
 1 1 Kings of the earth, all nations ; 
 
 princes, earth's judges all. 
 
 1 2 Both young men, yea, and maidens 
 
 old men, and children fmall. (too, 
 
 1 3 Let them God's name praife : for his 
 
 alone is excellent, (name 
 
 His glory reacheth far above 
 the earth and firmament. 
 
 14 His people's horn, the praife of all 
 
 his faints, exalteth he: 
 Ev'n Ifr'ePs feed, a people near 
 to him. The Lord praife ye. 
 
 Another of the fame, 
 
 THE Lord of heav'n confefs, 
 On high his glory raife. 
 a Him let all angels blefs, 
 Him all his armies praife. 
 
 3 Him glorify, 
 
 Sun, moon, and ftars: 
 
 4 Ye higher fpheres, 
 And cloudy iky. 
 
 5 From 
 
PSALM CXLVIII. 395 
 
 5 From God your beings arc, 
 Him therefore famous make: 
 You all created were, 
 
 When he the word but fpake. 
 
 6 And from that place, 
 Where fix'd 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 fmall, 
 Trees low and tall : 
 
 10 Beafts wild and tame, 
 
 All things that creep or fly. 
 
 11 Ye kings, ye vulgar throng, 
 All princes mean or high. 
 
 12 Both men and virgins young, 
 
 Ev'n young and old 
 
 13 Exalt his name; 
 Fcr much his fame 
 Should be extol'd. 
 
 O let God's name be praisM 
 Above both earth and Iky: 
 
 14 For he his faints hath rais'd, 
 And fet their horn on high; 
 
 Ev'n thole that be 
 Of Ifr'el's race 
 Near to his grace. 
 The Lord praife ye. 
 
 PSALM. CXLIX. 
 
 The foregoing pfalm was a hymn of praife to the Creator; 
 this to the redeemer : it is a pfalm of triumph in the God of 
 Ifrael and over the enemies of Ifrael. Probably it was pen- 
 ned upon occafion of fome victory which Ifrael was blefTed 
 and honoured with. Some conjecture trnt it was penned 
 when David had taken the drong hold of Zion, and fettled 
 his government there : but it looks further to the king- 
 dom of the median, who, in the chariot of the eve»lalting 
 gofpel, goes forth conquering and to conquer. To him, and 
 his graces and glories, we mud have an eye in finging this 
 pfalm, which fpeaks, (i.) Abundance of joy to all the peo- 
 ple of God, verf. I. — 5. (%;) Abundance of terror to the 
 j^oudeft of their enemts, verf. 6. — 9. 
 
 Praife 
 
396 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 PRaife ye the Lord: unto him fing 
 a new fong, and his praife 
 In the affembly of his faints 
 in fweet pfalms do ye raife. 
 
 2 Let Ifr'el in his Maker joy, 
 
 and to him praifes fing : 
 Let all that Zion's children are, 
 be joyful 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 pleafure 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 fharp two-edged fword : 
 
 7 
 
 To execute the vengeance due 
 
 o v 
 
 upon the heathen all, 
 And make deferved punifhment 
 upon the people fall j 
 
 8 And 
 
397 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 8 And ev'n with chains, as pris'ners 
 their kings that them command, (bind 
 Yea, and with iron fetters ftrong, 
 
 the nobles of their land; 
 
 9 On them the judgment to perform 
 
 found written in his word: 
 This honour is to all his faints. 
 O do ye praife the Lord, 
 
 PSALM CL, 
 
 The firft: and laft of the pfalms have both the fame number of 
 ▼erie-~, are both fhort, and very memorable; but the fcupe 
 of them is very different; the firft pfalm is an elaborate in- 
 ltruction in our duty, to prepare us for the comforts of our 
 devotion; this is all rapture and tranfport, and perhaps, 
 was penned on purpofe to be the conclufion of thole, facred 
 fongs, to (hew what is the defign of them all, and that is, 
 to aflifr. us in praifing God. The pfalmifl: had been himfelf 
 fu'l of the praifes of God, and here he would fain fi'l all the 
 world with them: again and again he calls, ' Praife the 
 1 Lord, prai r e him, praife him,' no lefs than thirteen times 
 in thefe fix lhort verles. He fhews, (i.) For what, and upon 
 whnt account God is to be praifed, verf. i. i. (2.) How, 
 and with what exprefllons of Joy God is to be praifed, verf. 
 3. 4. 5. (3.) Who mud praife the Lord ; it is every one's 
 bufineis, verf. 6. In fmging this pfalm, we fhould endeav- 
 our to get our hearts much affected with the perfections of 
 God, and the praifes with which he is and fnall be for ever 
 attended, throughout all ages world without end. 
 
 PRaife ye the Lord. God's praife 
 his fan&uary raife: (within 
 
 And to him in the firmament 
 of his pow'r give ye praife. 
 2 Becaufe of all his mighty ads, 
 with praife him magnify: 
 
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 O praife him, as he doth excel 
 in glorious majefty. 
 
 3 Praife him with trumpet's found : his 
 
 with pfaltery advance. (praife 
 
 4 With timbrel, harp, ftring'd inftru- 
 
 and organs, in the dance, (ments, 
 
 5 Praife him on cymbals loud: him 
 
 on cymbals founding high, (praife 
 
 6 Let each thing breathing praife the 
 
 Praife to the Lord give ye. (Lord. 
 
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