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The Rev.DAVID DICKSON,
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PSAL M I.
This Pi aim touch rth, That no xjpgod!;.- man if LlefTeJ, but the godly man only, ver. i, i. which i-p.oved by three realon*: l!hc firft, beqaufe Cod doth bid-: ihe godly even in this life with grace to bring forth good woiks profitable to them- felvcs and other?,, in every irate of life, ver. 3. But all that the wicked do for making themfelves happy, (ha!) be blafted, and found to be mere vanity, ver, 4. Another teafon is, becanfc afier this life the Wicked fhall be fecludcd from the prcfence of God, and fociety of life godly at the Day of Judgment, ver. 5. The third re'afon, confirmin* both the former, i?, hecaufe God approveth the way of the d will make the end of the way of jhe ungodly, defti action, ver. 6.
1 JTpH AT man hath perfed bleiTed.
J_ who walketh not ailray In counfel of ungodly men, nor ftands in iinners' way, Nor fitteh in the (corner's cha;r :
2 But place th his delight Upon God's law, and meditates
on his law day and Right*
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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 prcfper well.
4 The wicked are not fo :
But like they are unto the chaff, - v hich wind drives to and fro.
5 In judgment therefore fhall not ftand
fuch as ungodly are ■, Nor in th' aflembly of the juft fhalljvicked men appear.
6 For whj r the way of godly men •
unt^the Lord is known : Whereas the way of wicked men (hall quite be ovei thrown.
P S A L M II.
That this Pfalm doth mainly, if not only, ccncen C appeareth by this, That it hath not To much as L . name in the iafeription, a'btit he did write it, and by Ac>» iv. 25, 26, Inhere it is apntorriate to Chrill. This Pi'aim hath two raits-, in the former is let do^n the (lability of ChritTs kingdom, againft all the enemies thereof, ver. 1, 2, 3. Fiift, Became God the Father taketh part with his Son, againll all his enemies, and will eflablilh Chi ill's kingdom, maugre them all, ver. 4, 5, 6. Secondly, Be- caafe in the Covenant of Redemption the Fatbei hath pro- mifed to ths Sen, enlargement of his kingdom and victory over all his emmie?, vcjr y, 8, 9. In the latter pait of ibe Pfalm, the Piophet delivereth the ui'e ©f thudoclrine in an exhortation to greet and Ima!!, tc repent of the:, and to believe in Ch: ill, ver. ic, 11, 11.
i "TT7HY rage the heathen r and vain things
* * why do the people mind ? 4t Kings of the earth do fet themfelves, and princes are combin'd,
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To plot againft the Lord, and his anointed, laying thus,
3 Let us afunder break their bands,
and caft their cords from us.
4 He that in Heaven fits, mall laugh :
the Lord mall fcorn them all.
5 Then mail hefpeak to them in wrath,
in rage he vex them mall.
6 Yet notwithstanding I have him
to be my King appointed : And o'er Zion my holy hill, I have him King anointed.
7 The fure decree I will declare .
the Lord hath faid to me, , Thou art mine only Son, this day I have begotten thee.
8 Afk of me, and for heritage
the heathen I'll make thine : And, for poffeflion, I to thee will give earth's utmofl line.
9 Thou (halt, as with a weighty rod
of iron, break them all ; And, as a potter's fherd, thou fhalt them dafh in pieces fmall. i o Now therefore, kings, be wife, be taught, ye judges of the earth :
1 1 Serve God in fear, and fee that ye
join trembling with your mirth..
12 Kifs ye the Son, left in his ire
ye peri ill from the way, If once His wrath begin to* burn : bleft ail that on him flay. A z
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PSALM III.
A Tjalm of David, when he fed from Abfa- lom his Son.
This Pfa!m holdeth forth a notable procf and benefit of Faith in David's expeiience; who when bis own Ion Abalom rebelled againft him, and forced him to flee for fear of his life ; did, Pirft, Lay before the Lord his pitiful condition, ver. i, 2. Secondly, He lettled his faith on God, prayed and obtained a comfortable anl'wer, was quiet and reTOlLed in foul and body, and made confident agasnft all fears pof- fible, ver. 3, 4, 5, 6. Thi:d!y, He continueth in Prayer, confirming his faith from former exre ience, ver. 7. And, Laftly, He giveth foith the ue of his experience to the Church's edification in a gcneial docliine, ver. 8.
ir\ Lord, how are my foes increas'd ? ^-^ againft me many rife.
2 Many lay of my foul, For him
in God no fuccour lies.
3 Yet thou my fhield, and glory 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 flept ; I wak'd,
for God fuftained me.
6 I will not fear, thcT thoufands ten
' fet round againft me be.
7 Arife, O Lord, fave me, my God ;
for thou my foes hail ftrokje All on the cheek-bone ^ and the teetli
of wicked men haft broke. 3 Salvation doth appertain
unto the Lord alone : Thv bleiling, Lord, for everrr
thy people is upon.
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P S A L M IV.
To the chief ' Mufician, on Nigwoth, d Pfalm of David.
Another experience of David, as fen example of a Chriftian erer, unjultly perlisfiuted and feorned for his piety by profane enemies, ftich W Sn'bl, and Ws: court iere were : Wherein, Firft, He fetleih dnwn his p'.-iyc,-, ver. 1. Se- condly, linn being comfoited in God, he iniulteih over his enemies, and glorteih in God's favour, ver. i,: 3; VcActoy, }'c ■ ,-xhoj icth K'S enemies to flepehtafice, and faith in God, ver. 4, 5. Fourthly, He piefeireth the bleffednefs of his te above whatsoever, the wo.Lly man can enjoy, ver. 6, •;, 8.
i /~> IVE ear unto me when I call, ^-* God of my righteou fuels : Have mercy, hear my pray'r, thou hall enlarg'd 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 chufe : The Lord, when I on him do call, to hear will not refufe.
4 Fear, and fin not : talk with your heart
on bed, end filent be.
5 OfPrings prefent of righteoufneis,
and in the Lord truft ye.
6 O who will fhew us any good P
is that which many fay : But of thv our. tenance the light Lord, lift on us alway.
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7 Upon my heart, beftow'd by thee,
more gladnefs I have found, 4 Than they, ev'n then, when corn and wine did raoft with them abound.
8 I will both lay me down in peace,
and quiet fleep will take : Becaufe thou only me to dwell in fafety, Lord, doft make.
P S A L M V. '
To the chief Mufidan^ upon Nehi/oth, a ~ PJaltn of David.
David, as a type of Ch.ift, and one of the number of bis ■ffiicted followers, fet forth in his affliction, as an example of cxerciie to others in after a^e«, doth p. ay fot himfclf, »nd againft bi« enemies, ui ng inn dry arguments to ftrengih- en hifnfelf in his hope to be heaid : Firft, From the giace of God bellowed on bimfelf to nfe the means, ver. I, x, 3. Secondly, tr<m the juft'cc of Gcd againft his wicked ene- mies ver 4, 5, 6. Thirdly, f.orn hic own fled aft pui pole and defite to continue in Go^'s iciv.ee, and to walk lb oprightly, as the enemy fha.l not have advantage of him by his miicarriage, ver. 7, 8. Fouithly, From the ripenela of fin in his adverfaries, which did prepare them for iud^en riefbuction, rer. 9, 10. Fifthly, Fiom the certain hope of ioy, and defence, and lpi.itual bfeffing to be beftowed on hirafejf arid all believers, out of the tree iove and fa- vour of God toward them, ver. [I, 12.
i /^IIVE ear unto my words, O Lord, VJ my meditation weigh.
2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God;
for I to thee will pray.
3 Lord, thou flialt early hear my voice,
I early will direct
pray r to thee, and looking up an aniwer will expect
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4 For thou art not a God that doth
in wickednefs delight: Neither fhall evil dwell with thee :
5 nor fools Hand in thy fight : All that i!l-doers are thou hat'ft, .
§ cutt'ft off that liars be : The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee.
7 But I into thy houfe will come
in thine abundant grace: And I will worlhip, in thy fear, towards thy holy place.
8 Becaufe of thofe mine enemies,
Lord, in thy righteoufnefs, 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 (till.
10 O God, deftroy them, let them be,.
by their own counfel, quelPd: Them, for their many fins, call out, for they 'gainft thee rebell'd.
11 Bat let all joy that trufl in thee 5
and Hill make (houting noife : For them thou fav'ft 5 let all that love thy 'name, in thee rejoice.
12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man
thou wilt thy blefling yield -, With favour thou wilt compais him about, as with a fhield. A4
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PSALM VI.
To the chief Mufician on Neginoth, upon Shemineth, a Pfalm of David.
Another experience of David, ufeful to be known by all the children of God, who are fubject to the like exercile -y wherein David, being under the fenl'e of the Lord's heavy hand, upon his body and Ipiiit, piayeth for the removal of itit wrath, ver. i , 2, 3. Next piayeth for the renewed !rc!in«; and experience of God's mercy towards him, laying forth his lamentable condition before the pitiful eye of God, ver. 4, 5, 6, 7. After which, being heaid and eomfoited^ in the third place, he defieth and triumpheth over all hi* enemies, ver. 8, 9.
1 T ORD, in thy wrath, rebuke me not, -*— ' Nor in thy hot rage chaften me. z Lord, pity me, for I am weak : Heal me, for my bones vexed be.
3 My foul is alfo vexed fore,
But, Lord, how long ftaywilt thou make ?
4 Return, O Lord, my foul fet free :.
0 fave me for thy mercies' fake.
5 Becaufe thofe that deceafed are, Of' thee fhall no remembrance haver And who is he that will to thee Give praifes, lying in the grave ?
6 I with my groaning we.ary am,
1 alfo, ail the night my bed Have caufed for to" fwim : and I With. tears my couch have watered.
7 Mine eye, confum'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 hear^d; My pray'r received graciouily.
10 Shr.m'd and lore vex'd be all my fb< Sham'd and back-turned fuddenlj.
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Another of the fame. t il N_thy great indignation,. * O Lord rebuke me not ; Nor on me lay thy chaining han ], in thy dHpieafure hot.
2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me
have mercy, and me fpare : Heal me, O Lord, becaufe thou know'it my bones much vexed are.
3 My foul is vexed fore, but, Lord,
how long flay wilt thou make ?
4 Return, Lord, free my foul ; and fave
me, for thy mercies' fake.
5 Becaufe of thee in death there mail '
no more remembrance be : Of thofe that in the grave do ly, who mail 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 eld, becaufe of all that be mine enemies.
8 But now depart from me, all ye
that work iniquity ; For why, the Lord hath heard my voice, when I did mourn and cry. o Unto my fupplication,
the Lord did hearing give; When I to him my prayer make^ the Lord will it receive. A 5
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10 Let all be fham'd and troubled fore, that en'mies are to me ; Let them turn back, and- fuddenly afhamed let them be.
PSALM VII. Shiggaion of David, which he fung unto the Lord, concerning the Words of Cujh the Benjaminite.
The Prophet as a t\pe of Chrift myftical, and an example of Christian? differing, being flandeied of t-reafon againll his Prince, by one or the com tiers; Firft, Flieth to God /or delivery, ver. i, 2. Secondly, Cleateth his innocence, ver. 3, 4, 5. Thirdly, Requefteth the Lord to judge between him and his enemies, ver. 6, 7, 8, 9. And, Fomth- Jy, In prayer is made confident that the Lord will plead for him againft his enemies, ver. 10, 11, iz, 13, and will return their devi'.ed .mhchief againft: him, upon their own head, ver. 14, 15, 16. Whe.eupon, in the laff. place, he promifeth praile to God for his righteous Judgmefit, ver. 17.
1 (~\ Lord, my God, in thee do I ^-^ my confidence repofe \
Save and deliver me from all my perfecuting foes.
2 Left that the enemy my foul
mould like a lion tear, In pieces renting it, while there is no deliverer.
3 O Lord my God, if it be fo,
that I committed this ; If it be fo 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).
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5 Then let the foe purfue, and take
my foul, and my life thruft Down to the earth, and let him lay mine honour in the duft.
6 Rife, in thy wrath, Lord, raife thyfelf,
for my foes raging be : And to the judgment which thou haft commanded, wake for me,
7 So- mail th' aflembly 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. g O let the wicked's malice end, but 'itablilli ftedfaftly The righteous ; for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try. io In God, who faves the upright in heart, is my defence and ftay:
1 1 God juft men judgeth ; God is wroth
with ill men ev'ry day.
12 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 iniLuments of death : Again ft the per fecu tors he his fhafts ordained hath,
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14 Behold, he with iniquity
doth travail as in birth'; A mifehief he conceived hath, : falfrjood (hail 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 mifehief
mall he returned home ; His vilent dealing alio down on his own pate mail come.
17 According to his righteoulneis
the Lord I'll magnify ; An iftg praife unto the name
of God that is moll high.
P S A L M VIII.
To the chirj "Mufician ttj 'Krf
David.
To the en.! \Y.z P.^-phe: tray cotbtncud the glory of God's
grace towaids man: He firfl a.'mi.cih his gi.-..y ib ihe
ice, wkicfa are able lo :top
the : . . ■ . . rer. i, i.
fee e all
. . he btð out tbij gfitte naa, in ihe inca ni;i;n,
Bomiliatii n, and exhahattoq
for . in Ch. ill, to thtir rieht
■ . ai.d over the vifibic ^ =., 6, 7, 3. and
iiion 0: Goc\ gloij ia th, vcr. 9.
1 TTOW excellent in all the earth, <*— * Lord, our Lord, is thy name I Who haft th "ar advaoe'd
above the Harry frame.
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2 From infanta and from fucklings mouth
thou dideft ftrength ordain, For thy foes caufe, that Co thou might'ft 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 itars, which were by thee ordain'd :
4 Then fay I, What is Man, that he
remembred is by thee ? Or what the fon of man, that thou fo kind to him fhould'ft be ?
5 For thou a little lower haft
him than the Angels made,
With glory and with dignity,
thou crowned haft his head.
6 Of thy hand-works thou mad'ft him lord,
all under's feet didft lay j
7 All fheep and oxen, yea, and beafts
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 ! P S A L M" IX. To the chief Mufici&n upon Muih Labben, a Ffalm of David.
Here is David's Song of Prane toC.d; firft, for his own expedience of God's goodnefe towards himftlf, and God'3 righteous Judgment againft his enemies, ver, 1, 2,, 3, 4. Secondly, for the Lard's ;eadinefs to do the like woik in favour of all the godly, va. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Thirdly, He exhorteth the godly to praife God with h»m, vpr. 1 ;, iz, Fourthly, he p:aycth for h.s own delivery out of H i =. present dtftrefc, ver. 13, 14. Fifthly, He hath alfurartce of the ove. throw of all his enemies, ver. 15, 16, 17. 18. And lait of all, foi the execution of this overthrow, he heartily Draveth. ver. 1 q. 10.
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i T ORD, thee I'll praife with all my heart, *■— ' thy wonders all proclaim.
2 In thee, raoft high, I'll greatly joy,
and fing unto thy name.
3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell
and periuYd at thy fight.
4 For thou maintain'dft my right andcaufej
on throne fatt'ft judging right.
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 deftructions have
an end perpetual : Thou cities raz'd, periuYd 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,
jufttce to give each one.
9 God alfo will a refuge be
for thofe that are oppreft ; A refuge will he be, in times
of trouble, to diftreft. i o And they that know thy name, in thee
their confidence will place; * For thou haft not forfaken them
that truly feek'thy face. 1 1 O fing ye praifes to the Lord,
that dwells in Zion hill, And all the nations among
his deeds record ye frill.
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1 2 When he enquireth after blood,
he then remembreth them : The humble folk he not forgets, that call upon his name.
1 3 Lord, pity me, behold the grief
which I from foes fuftain, Ev'n thou who from the gates of death doth raife me up again :
14 That I, in Zion'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,
which they themfelves prepar'd : And in the net which they have hid, their own feet raft are fnar'd.
1 6 The Lord is by the judgment known
which he himfelf hath wrought :
The finners' hands do make the fnares
wherewith themfelves are caught.
1 7 They, who are wicked, into hell
each one mall turned be ; And all the nations that forget to feek the Lord raoft high.
18 For they that needy are, (hall not
forgotten be alway : The expectation of the poor fhali not be loft for ay.
19 Arife, Lord, let not man prevail ;
judge heathens in thy fight.
20 That theymayknow themfelves but men,
the nation's, Lord, affright.
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PSALM X.
Thi- Pi'alm wanteth an infc:iption, and that in God's «ifdom, that b^'ng lei's reftri&ed to a particular man's cafe, it may b of moie general u'e, whenfeever the godly find thcmiclve; in a condition where unto thi< Piaye<- may be tollable and efpeciaU| in time • f general perfecutiojx. The Prophet here eompl&Tneth to God, and era vet h ju ticc a- gain". the perfecuto s or bit people, becau e o" the intole- rablc wickedoefs a ' the onp reffor, ver. i, :, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Secondly, Hep.avcth for haftening of the delivery of the Lord's people, and fa haitning of judgment Dpon the pei ccutorR, for vindication o: the elorv of God's juftice agaiaft hie eacmie-, a-ui of bjs mere) to hi- pi ver. iz, 13, 14, 15. Thirdly, He profefletb his confidence that he fhail be heard, and fo glorifieth God, ver. 1 5, 17, 18.
1 "\T 7Herefore is it, that thou, O Lord,
V V d0ft ftand from us afar ?
And- wherefore hideft thou thyfelf,
when times (o troublous are ?
2 The wicked, in his loftlnefs,
doth perfecute the poor : In thefe devices they have fram'd, let them be taken fure.
3 The wicked of his heart's defire
doth talk with boaffing great; He bleffeth him that's covetous, whom yet the Lord doth hate.
4 The wicked, through his pride of face,
on God he doth not c?\\ : And in the counfeis of his heart the Lord is not at all.
5 His ways they always grievous are^
thy judgments from his fight Removed are: at all his foes he puffeth with defpite.
6 Within his heart he thus hath, laid,
I (hall not moved be :
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And no adverfity at all i mall 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 pais 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.
10 Himfelf he humbleth very low,
he croucheth down witha1, 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.
12 O Lord, do thou arife-, O God,
lift up thine hand on h:gh : Put not the meek afflicted ones out of thy memory.
13 Why is it that the wicked man
thu<; doth the Lord defpife ? Becaufe, that God will it require, he in his heart denies
14 Thou haft it feen, for their mifch'-rf
and fpite thou wilt repay :
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The poor commits himfelf to thee, thou art the orphan's ilay.
1 5 The arm break of the wicked man,
and of the evil one : Do thou feek out his wickednefs, until thou findeft none.
16 The Lord is King thro' ages all,
ev'n to eternity : The heathen people from his land are perifli'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 fatherlefsj and thofe
that are oppreffed fore, That man, that is but fprung of earth, may them opprefs no more.
PSALM XI.
To the chief Mufician, a Pjalm of David.
David, as an example of a Chiiftian under the trial of his faith in time of trouble, and tempted to defperation, refitted the tempta ion how desperate feever his condition feemrd, yer. 1, 2. And difputeth for the confirmation of his o'.rn faith, ver. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
1 T In- the Lord do put my truft ; A 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 firings they fit : That thofe who upright are in heart they privily may hit.
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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 men's fons. The juft he proves: But his foul hates the wicked man,
and him that vi'lence loves.
6 Snares, fire and brimftone, furious ftorms
on finners lie fhall rain : This, as the portion of their cup, doth unto them pertain.
7 Becaufe the Lord moil: righteous doth
in righteoufnefs delight: And with a pleafant countenance beholdeth the upright.
PSALM XII.
To the chief Mujkian upon Sheminiih, a I)alm of David.
The Prophet having oblei veri, as is let down, ver. 8. how wickednefs liftcth up the head in all the land, when the places of power and tru.t do come into the hands of naughty and vile men, doth give direction by his own example unto the godly, firft, To have their recourle to God by prayer, while they are borne down by the wicked in fuch an ill time, ver. j, z. And next how to comfort them- felves by the word of G. d, pronouncing the femence of jul'tice upon all loofe-tongue>1 men, ver. 3, 4. And pro- mifiag delivery to the cpprelTed godiy, a:sd prefervation or" the Church in all generations, ver 5, 6, 7. Howfoever he fufter wicked men to bear rule fometimes, and wicked- nels to abound by that mean, ver. 8.
iTIELP, Lord, becaufe the godly man A A doth daily fade away ; And from among the fons of men the faithful do decay.
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2 Unto his neighbour ev'ry one
doth utter vanity : They with a double heart do fpeak, and lips of flattery.
3 God mall cut off all flatt'ring lips,
tongues that (peak proudly, thus :
4 We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips
are ours : who's Lord o'er us ?
5 For poor oppreft, and for the fighs
of needy, rife will I, Saith God, and him in fafety fet from fuch as him defy,
6 The words of God, are words moil pure,
they be !ik<e filver try'd In earthen furnace, (even times that hath been puiify'd.
7 Lord, thou fh lit them prefer ve and keep
for ever from this race.
8 On each fide walk the wicked, when
vile men are high in place. PSALM XIII. To the chief Muficiar. , a Palm of David.
Another Ch-iftian expe.;ence, wherein David under the lene of defection, layeih forth his lamentable cafe before the Lord, ver. ,, 2,. p,ayeth for relief, ver, 3, 4. And by faiih is rer'refhed and comforted, ver. 5, 6.
1 1_JOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord, ■** fhall it for ever be ? O howiong mall it be, that thou wilt hide thy face from me ? 2 How long take counfel in my foul, frill fad in heart, mall I ? Plow long exalted over me, mail be mine enemy f
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3 O Lord my God, confider well,
and anfwer to me make : Mine eyes enlighten, left the ileep of death me overtake ;
4 Left that mine enemy mould 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 ihall rejoice in thy falvation.
6 I will unto the Lord my God
fmg praifes chearfully, Becaufe be hath his bounty mown to me abundantly.
PSALM XIV.
To the chief Mufcian^ a Pjahn of David.
David looking on the Conftitmion of the vifible Church, and feeing the gteat body of the people l)ing in their na- tural itate, working iniquity, and hating the truly godly amongft them, even to the death, ver. ] , 2, 3. Com- foiteth the godly, firft, by the care the Lord hath of them, in pleading their cauie againft the ungodly, ver. 4, 5, 6. And next, by giving hope of better dav^for the godly, when after lore plagues come on that peopie, Cluift fhouhi ma- nifeft hitnfelf to- them, ver. 7.
i /T>HAT there is not a>God, the fool A doth in his heart conclude ; They are corrupt, their works are vile, not one of them doth good. 2 Upon mens' fons the Lord fiom heav'n did caft his eyes abroad ; To fee if any underftood and did feek after God,
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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 they my people eat as bread and on God do not call ?
5 There fear'd they much : for God is with
the whole race of the juft.
6 You (hame the counfel of the poor ;
becaufe God is his truft.
7 Let Ifra'i's help from Zion come :
when back the Lord fhall bring His captives, Jacob fhall rejoice, and Ifrael mall fing.
PSALM XV.
A Pfalm of David.
The Prophet for diftinguiflw; of the true Members of the Church, from thofe who were only outwaiJIy I'rofelTorf, afketh of the Lord how the one may be known fiom the other ? ver. i. And recciveth anlwer to the queftion, ver. 2, 3, 4, 5-
i 1X7ITHIN thy tabernacle, Lord, * V who fhall abide with thee ?-* And in thy high and holy hill who fhalJ a dweller be ?
2 The man that walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteoufhefs ; And, as he thinketh in his heart, fo doth he truth exprefs.
3 Who doth not flander with his tongue,
nor to his friend doth hurt,
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Nor yet againft his neighbour dotli
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. Who doth thus,
ihall never moved be.
PSALM XVI.
Michiam of David.
David, in this Pfalm, finding himfelf in the ftate of grace, prayeth for prefe; vation in general, in relation unto all dangers and evils in body and foul, and whatfoever other evil, from which a godly man, with allowance of God's word might pray to be preicrved. His only realon to af- faire himfelf to be heird, is becaufe he had gotten grace to truft in God. The finccrity of which faith in God he proveth by iimdty evidence*, ver. i, 2, 3, 4. In the fecond place, He climbeth up to the comfo.t and joy of believing; and all the grounds of joy whereupon he goeth, do ferve both to confirm his faith, and to give him al- furance of the granting of his prayer, ver. 5, 6, 7, 8, o, 10, n.
i T ORD, keep me : for I truft in thee.
2 -■— ' To God thus was my fpeech : Thou art my I ,ord, 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 (hall be multiply 'd
to other gods that hafte :
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Of their drink offerings of blood
•I will no orT'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 rr?e thou doft maintain alone.
6 Unto me happily the lines
in pleafant places fell -,
Yea, the inheritance I got,
in beauty doth excel.
7 I biefs the Lord, becaufe he doth
by counfel me conduct : And, in the feafons of the night, my reins do me inftrucl.
8 Before me Bill the Lord I kt :
fith it is fo that he Doth ever ftand at my right h-v I mail not moved be,
9 Becaufe of this my heart is glad,
and joy fhall be expreft Ev'n by my glory : and my flefh in confidence mall reft, ro Becaufe 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 (hew the path of life : of joys there is full ftore Before thy face, at thy right hand are pleasures evermore.
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PSALM XVII.
A Prayer of David.
This Pfalm, according to the infcription. thereof, U a Prayer of David, mixed with lundry reafons for helping ; wherein, firit, He craveth in general juitice in the contioverfy be- tween him and' his oppreffors, ver. i, a, 3, 4. Secondly, More fpecially, he requefteth for a wife carriage of himlelr under his exercife, ver. 5, 6. Thirdly, Prayeth for pro- tection and prefervation from his enemies, ver. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, iz. Fourthly, For difappointment to his enemies, and for delivery of himfelf from them, ver. 13, 14.. And clofeth comfortably in confidence of a good anlwer and hope of iatisfa&ory happinefs, ver. 15.
1 T ORD, hear the right, attend my cry, -*-' unto my pray'r give heed,
That doth not, in hypocrify, • from feigned lips proceed.
2 And from before thy prefence forth
my fentence do thou fend : Toward thefe things that equal are do thou thine eyes intend.
3 Thou provd'ft mine heart, thou vifit'dftme
by night, thou didft me try, Yet nothing found'ft : for that my mouth fhall not fin, purpos'd I.
4 As for mens' works, I, by the word
that from thy lips doth flow, Did me prefer ve out of the paths wherein deftroyers go.
5 Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide
in thofe thy paths divine. So that my footlteps may not Aide out of thefe ways of thine,
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6 I called have on thee, O God,
becaufe thou wilt me hear : That thou may'ft hearken to my voice, to me incline thifte ear.
7 Thy wond'rous loving-kindnefs fhow,
thou that by thy right hand Sav'ft them that truft in thee, from thofe that up againft them ftand.
8 As th' apple of the eye, me keep ;
in thy wings fhade me clofe :
9 From lewd oppreffors,. comparing
me round, as deadly foes.
I o In their own fat they are inclos'd ;
their mouth fpeaks loftily.
I I Our fteps they compaft ; and to ground
down bowing fet their eye.
12 He like unto a lion is
that's greedy of his prey, Or lion young, which lurking doth in fecret places ftay.
1 3 Arife, and difappoint my foe,
and cafi: him down, O Lord ; My foul fave from the wicked man, the man which is thy fword.
14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord,
frcm worldly men me fave, Which only in this prefent life
their part and portion have : Whofe belly with thy t.eafure hid
thou filPfl : they children have In plenty, of their goods the reft
they to their children leave.
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,15 But as for me, I thine own face in righteoufnefs will fee: And with thy likenefs, when I wake- I fatisfy'd mall be. ,
PSALM XVIIL
To the chief Mufician, a Pfalm of David the fervant of the Lord, who Jpake unto the Lord the words of this Song, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he /aid,
David in this Pfalm ts a Type of (Thrift, and fellow partaker of the fufferings of Chriit in hi* myllica! members, and of deliveries and victories over his and their enemies, being now fettled in the kingdom, praifeth God for hjs mar- vellous mercies ; and as a Type of Chrift, he piophefietb. of the enlargement and ftability of his own kingdom, and of" Chrift's Kingdom, reprefemed thereby ; and firit o- bligeth himfelf thankfully to depend upon God, whatfocver enemies he fhall have to deal with, ver. i, z, 3. Secondly, -He giveth a reafon of his relblution, from the experience of the Lord's delivering of him out of his deepeft diftreffes, ve>. 4, 5. to ver. 19. Thirdly, He amplifieth this mercy,, acknowledging than this was a fruit of his faith, and righ- teous dealing with his par ty-adverfary ; the like whereof every Believer might expect, as weH as he for time coming, by reaion o thi-r his by-gane large experience, from ver. zo, to ver. 30. Fourthly, He praifeth God in particular, for the experience he hath had in time by-goae in warlaie, and victories in battle, to ver. 43. Fifthly, As a Type of Chriit he pomiieth to himfelf the enlargement of his own kingdom, and prophcfieih of the enlargement, of Chrift's kingdom among the Gentile?, tor which he praifeth God unto the end of the Pialm, ver. 43, 44, 45, 46", 47, 43, 49, 50.
i nr Hee will I love, O Lord, my ftrength. 2 * My fortrefs is the Lord, My rock, and lie that doth to me deliverance afford :
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igth, wh . trait,
a buckler unto me, The horn of my falval and my hisrh tov/'r is he. 3 Upon the Lord, who v. of praifes, will I cr Ajqd then (ball I preferred be iafe from mine enemy. .1 F. yds of ill men affrighted me, death's pangs about me v
5 Hell's forrows me inviro:
.hares did me
6 In my diilrefs I calJ'd on God,
to my God did I : He from his temple hea- rs came my c - Th1 earth, as affig .ike,
trembling upon it feiz'd : The hills' foundation i were,
becnufe he was di
8 Up from hi ne a fmoke,
and from his mouth there came Devouring fire: and cor were to
9 He alio b: heav'ns,
and thence he did deicend : And rhickeit clouds of d under his : i o And he upon a
i thereon he did fly : Yea, on the f the winc^
his : m high.
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/ 1 1 He darknefs made his fecret place • about him for his tent Dark waters were, and thickeft clouds of th' airy firmament.
12 And at the brightnefs of that light
which was before his eye, His thick clouds paft away, hail ftbnes 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-ftones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he his arrows fent abroad,
and them he fcattered : His light'nings alfo he (hot out, and them difcomfited.
15 The water's channels then were feenj
the world's foundations vail At thy rebuke difcover'd were, and at thy noftrils' blaft.
1 6 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 reliev'd from my ftrong foes,
and fuch as did me hate : Becaufe he faw that they for me too ftrong 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.
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19 He to a place where liberty
and room was, hath me brought : Becaufe he took delight in me, he my deliv'rance wrought.
20 According to my righteoufnefs
he did me recompenfe, He me repaid according to my hands' pure innocence.
21 For I God's ways kept, from my God
did not turn wickedly.
22 His judgments were before me, I
his laws put not from me.
23 Sincere before him was my heart,
with him upright was I ; f 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.
26 Pure to the pure, froward thou kyuYft
unto the froward wight.
27 For thou wilt the afflicted 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 ib,
that it fhall iliine full bright : The Lord my God will alfo make my darknefs to be light.
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29 By thee thro' troops of men I break,
and them difcomfit alls And, by my God afiifting 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 ftay ?
32 'Tis God that girdeth me with ftrength,
and perfect makes my way. 22 He made my feet fwift as the hinds,
fet me on, my high places. 34 Mine hands to war he taught, mine arms
brake bows of fteel in pieces.
25 The fhield of thy falvaticn
thou didft on me beftow : Thy right hand held me up, and. great thy kindnefs made me grow.
26 And in my way, my fteps thou haft
enlarged under me : That I go fafely, and my feet are kept from Aiding free. 57 Mine en'mies I purfued have, and did them overtake : 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. 29 Thou girdeft me with ftrength for war, my foes thou brought'ft down all. B4
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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 would or could them fave : Yea, they did cry unto the Lord, but he no anhver gave.
42 Then did I beat them lmall as duft
before the wind that flies : Vvl I did caft them out like dirt upon the ftreet that lies.
43 Thou mad'ft me free from people's ftrife,
and heathen's head to be : A people whom I have not known,
fhall fervice do to me. 44. At hearing-they fhall me obey :
to me they mall fubmit. 45 Strangers, for fear, fhall fade away,
who in dole places fit. 4.6 God lives, bleft be mv rock : the God
of my health praifed be.
47 God. doth avenge me, and fubdues
the people under me.
48 He laves me from mine enemies :
yea, thou haft lifted me Above my foes : and from- the man of vi'lence fet me free.
49 Therefore, to thee wiil I give tha
the heathen folk among : And to thy name, O Lord, I will fing praifes in a fong.
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50 He great deliv'rance gives his king;
he mercy doth extend • To David, his anointed One,
and his feed without end.
PSALM XIX.
To the chief Mufician-y a Pjalm of David.
This Pfalra is a fv/eet contemplation of the glory of God'c wifdom, power and goqfjneis, fhining in the vvoiks of crea- tion, ver. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. And of the glory of his holinefs and rich grace, fnining thro' his word and ordinances in his Church, ver. 7, 8, 9, 10. Whereof the Prophet having proof, prayeth to have the right ufe and benefit, ver.v n, 12, 13, 14.
i HP HE Heav'ns God's glory do declare : ■*> the fkies his hand- works preach.
2 Day utters fpeech to day, and night
to night doth knowledge teach.
3 There is no fpeech, nor tongue to which
their voice doth not extend.
4 Their line is gone thro' 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'n's end is his going forth,
circling to the end again : And there is nothing from his heat that hidden doth remain.
7 God's law is perfect, and converts
the foul in fin that lies : God's teftimony is moll fure, and makes the fimple wife.
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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 judgements of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
I o Theymore than gold*,yea,much finegold,
to be defired are ■ Than honey, from the honey-comb that droppeth, fweeter far.
I I Moreover they thy fervant warn
how he his life fh^uld frame ■ A great reward provided is for them that keep the fame.
1 2 Who can his errors underftand ?
0 cleanfe thou me within
13 From fecret faults. Thy fervant keep
From all prefumptuous fin. And do not fuffer them to have
dominion over me : Then righteous and innocent
1 from much fin mail be.
1 4 The wordswhichfrommymouthproceed,
the thoughts lent from my heart, Accept, O Lord, for thou my ftrength and my Redeemer art.
PSALM XX.
To the chief Mufician^ a Pfahn of David.
Thi< Pialm was indited to the Church in the form r f a Prayer for the King- of I;>atl, but with a fpecial eye upon, and relation unto Chrift, the King of Ifraei ; in re/pect of whom
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this Prayer is a Prophecy, and a form of bJeffing of Chrift, and praying for his Kingdom, whereof the Kingdom of ^ Iirael was a Type, and the Kings thereof are Types of Chi id. Not that the kingdom in every condition was figu- rative, or every King a Type of him; but as the Priefts being taken not feveraliy, one by one, but together, fha- dowed foith in fomething, Chrift in the office of his Prieft- hood : fo the Kings, not ever-y one, but taken together, fhadowed forth in iorr.ething, Chrift in his Royal office, and their kingdom refembled his kingdom in his vifible Church in fome thing?, and in hir, invifible Church in other fome things, leaving roonf to lbme perl'ons, both among the Priefts and Kings, to be more fpecially Types than any of the reft in common, ver. i, Z, 3, 4, 5. After which the Church's confidence to be heard is fet down, and their gloriation in God over their enemies, with dependence on God for ialvation in all difficulties and ftraits, vcr, 69 7> 8, 9-
i TEHOVAH hear thee in the day J when trouble he doth fend, And let the name of Jacob's God thee from all ill defend. t O ht him help fend from above, out of his fancluary : From Zion 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 our 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 itrength? by his own right hand giv'n,
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7 In chariots fome put confidence,
fome horfes trull upon : But we remember will the name of our Lord God alone.
8 We rife, and upright Hand, when they
are bowed down and fall.
9 Deliver, Lord, and%let the King
us hear when we do call.
PSALM XXI.
To the chief ' Mufician, a PJalm of David.
As the former Pialm was a Prayer for the prefervation-of the kingdom of IiraeJ, in relation to the kingdom of Chrift, ieprefented By it : lo this Pialm is a form of thanklgiving unto God by the Church, for bleffing of the kingdom of Iliad, representing the blefling and caufe of thank'giving,
* to be found iri Chiift, and ai<; kingdom, wherein a number of good things are fet forth, heaped upon the King, ver. 1, a, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. And a number of miieries fet forth, heaped on the head of his enemies, ver. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. For both which the Lord is glorified, ver. 13. The reafon why the former Pialm and this are referred in fo many particulars unto Chrift, is, becaufe the verity of thefe things here fpoken of, is to be fought in Chiift, and his Kingdom ; for but in fome few only o': the Kings, and in fome few times of the kingdom only, was the fliadow of what is here fpoken of to be found, when the whole bifto: y is confulted,
1 HR HE king in thy great itrength,OLord,
*• mail very joyful be ; In thy falvation rejoice how veh'mently mail he ?
2 Thou haft beftowed upon him
all that his heart would have ; Arnd thou from him didft not with-hold whate'er his lips did crave.
3 For thou with bleflings him prevent'ft
of goodnefs manifold ; Arid thou haft fet upon his head a crown of pureft gold.
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4 When he defired life of thee, * thou life to him didft give ;
Ev'n fuch a length of days, that he for evermore mould live.
5 In that falvation wrought by thee,
his glory is made great;
Honour and comely majefty
thou haft upon him let.
6 JBecaufe that thou for evermore
molt blefTed haft him made ; And thou haft with thy countenance made him exceeding glad,
7 Becaufe the king upon the Lord
his confidence doth lay, ,
And thro' the grace of the moil High fhall not be mov'd away.
8 Thine hand (hall 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 firey ov'n thou fhalt them make,
when kindled is thine ire ; God fhall them fw allow in his wrath, devour them fhall the fire.
10 Their fruit from eartlrthou fhalt deftroy
their feed men from among.
1 1 For they, beyond their might, 'gainft thee
did plot mifchief and wrong.
1 2 Thou therefore fhalt makethemturnback
when thou thy fhafts fhalt place Upon thy firings, made ready all to fly againft their face.
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1 3 In thy great pow'r and ftrength, OLord, be thou exalted high ; So (hall we fing with joyful hearts, thy power praife fhall we.
PSALM XXII.
To the chief Muftcian upon Aijekih Shahar, a Pfalm of David.
This Pfalm is a prophecy of Chrift's deepeft filterings, whereof David's exercife is a Type. The agony of fpiri't in Chrift, and wreftling, of David's faith as the Type, is (et down to ver. 22. and the victory, and the outgate to the end of the Pfalm. In the exercife there are three conflicts between fenfe and fat h. The firft conflict, wherein the fene of trouble is fet down, ver. i, z, and faith's wreftling againft it, ver. 3, 4, 5. The fecond conflict, whereia is the fecond affault of fenfe, ver. 5, 7, 8. And faith's wreft- ling againft it, ver. 9, 10, 11. The third conflict, wherein the third atfault of fenfe is ver. Mt 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. and faith's wreftling with it, ver. 19, 20, It. Then -fol- lows the vidtory, fet forth firft in a piomiie of piaife, ver. 22. Secondly, In an exhortation to all the godly, to praife the Lord, with a reafon from his experience, ver. 23, 24; Thirdly, In a reaewed promife of piaife and thanks to the edification of the Church, ver. 25. Fourthly, In a pro- phecy of the inc eafe of God's glory in the earth, as a fruit of Chrift's fufferings and vidtory, ver. 26,17,18,29,30,31.
1 AyTY God, my God, why haft thou me 1V± forfaken ? why fo far ,
Art thou from helping me, and from* my words that roaring are ?
2 All day, my God, to thee I cry,
yet am not heard by thee -, And in the feafon of the night I cannot filent be.
3 But thou art holy, thou that doft
inhabit Ifra'l's praife.
4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd,
and thou didft them releafe.
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5 When unto thee they fent their cry,
to them deliv'rance came : ' Becaufe they put their truft in thee, they were not put to fhame.
6 But as for me, a worm I am,
and as no man am priz'd ; Reproach of men I am, and by the people am defpis'd.
7 All that me fee, laugh me to fcorn :
rtioot out the lip do they, They nod and (hake their heads at me, and mocking, thus do fay, 2 This man did truft in God, that he . would free him by his might : Let him deliver him, fith he had in him fuch delight. g But thou art he out of the womb that didft me fafely take ; When I was on my mother's breafts^ thou me to hope didft make, i o And I was caft upon thy care, ev'n from the womb till now : And from my mother's belly, Lord, my God and guide art thou.
1 1 Be not far off, for grief is near j
and none to j|elp is found.
1 2 Bulls many compafs me : ftrong bulls
of Bafhan' me furround.
13 Their mouths they open'd wide on me,
upon me gape did they, Like to a lion ravening and roaring for his prey.
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14 Like water I'm poured out, my bones
all out of joint do part : Amidft my bowels as the wax, fo melted is my heart.
1 5 My ftrength is like a potfherd dry'd :
my tongue it cleaveth faft Unto my jaws ; and to the duft of death thou brought me haft.
1 6 For dogs have compafs'd me about ;
the wicked that did meet In their affembly, me enclos'd, they piere'd my hands and feet. 1 7 i all my bones may tell : they do upon me look and ftare.
1 8 Upon my vefture lots they caft,
and clothes among them fhare.
1 9 But be not far, O Lord, my ftrength,
hafte to give help to me?
20 From fword my foul, from pow'r of dogs
my darling fet thou free.
21 Out of the roaring lion's mouth
do thou me fhield and fave : For from the horns of unicorns an ear to me thou gave.
22 I will fhew forth thy name unto
thofe that my bretaern 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 Ifrael's children be.
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24 For he defpis'd not, nor abhorr'd
th' amided'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 perform'd by me.
26 The meek fhall eat, and fhall be fili'd : , they alfo praife fhall give
•Unto the Lord, that do him feek : your heart fhall ever live.
27 All ends of the earth remember fhall,
and turn the Lord unto :
All kindreds of the nations
to him fhall homage do.
28 Becaufe the kingdom to the Lord
doth appertain as his : Like wife 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 i
unto the Lord it (hall Be for a generation reckon'd in ages all.
3 1 They fhall come, and they fhall declare
his truth and righteoufnefs Unto a people yet unborn, and that he hath done this,
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PSALM XXIII.
A Pfalm of David.
This Pfalm is the exprefTion of the Prophet's confidence Ia God's gi ace, wherein from the fettling himfelf in the be- lief of our covenanted relation, between God and him, he doth draw fundi y comfortable conclufions and confir- mation.-, of faith from it, concerning the Lord's furnifhing every necefTary good thing to him, ver. i, a For recovery of him from every evil condition, wheiein he may fallv ver. 3. And ."or affifting and comforting him in the gieateft danger he could fall intn, ver. 4. And for making him bleffed in de'pite o. his enemies, ver. 5. And for continuing in God*s grace and fellowship for ever, ver. 6.
i "TPHE Lord's my fhepherd I'll not want.
2 * He makes me down to lie In paftures green ■, he lea'deth 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, tho' 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 doll: 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,.
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PSALM XXIV.
A Pfalm of David.
The Pfalnvlt having in (he fir ft plsice fet down God's Lordfhip in the world, that he may thereby commend the fpecial prerogative of the true Church, ver. i, %, Deicribeth in the next place the true citizens of this fpir.itual kingdom, ver. 3, 4, 5, 6. And exhorteth in the third place all in- corporation*, and in fpecial the vifible Church, to accept the offer of a more entire communication with God in Chrift, that they may enjoy fpirituai privileges of the fub- je£ts of the invilible and Ipiritual kingdom, ver. 7, 8, 9, 10.
1 T^HE earth belongs unto the Lord,
* and all that it contains : The world, that is inhabited,
and all that there remains. w
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 (hall 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 pure;
and unto vanity Who hath not lifted up his foul, nor fworn deceitfully. $ He from th' eternal fhall receive the blefling him upon, And righteoufnefs ev'n from the God of his falvatiori. > This is the generation that after him enquire, O Jacob, who do feek thy face with their whole heart's defire.
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7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high,
ye doors that lafl 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.
10 But who is he that is the King
of glory ? who is this ? The Lord of hofts, and none but he, the King of glory is.
PSALM XXV. A Pfalm of David.
In this Pfalm the Prophet being in danger of his life by his enemies without, and troubled with the lenle of fin within, maketh his prayer for relief from both, mixing meditation with pra%er along the Pfalm, for ftrengthening of his faith: So, fi ft he piayeth from ver. I, to ver. 8. Then meditateth,
< ver. 8, o. 10- In the third room he prayeth again, ver. i r. In the fourth is a new meditation, ver. \z. 13, 14, 15. In the laft roam is a prayenfrom ver. 16. to the end.
x HP O thee I lift my foul. Z * O : ord, I truft in thee : My God, let me not be afham'd, nor foes triumph o'er me. 3 Let none that wait on thee Be put to ihame at all *, But thofe that without caufe tranfgrefs, let lhame upon them fall.
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4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord -,
thy paths, O teach thou me.
5 And do thou lead me in thy truth,
therein my teacher be : For thou art God that doft
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-kindneffes : for they have been of old for ever.
7 My fins and faults of youth
do thou, O Lord, forget; After thy mercy think on me, and for thy goodnefs great.
8 God good and upright is :
the way he'll finners fhow.
9 The meek in judgment he will guide,
and make his path to know.
10 The whole paths of the Lord,
are truth and mercy fure, To thofe that do his cov'nant keep, and teftimonies pure.
1 1 Now for thine own name's fake,
O Lord, I thee intreat To pardon mine iniquity-: for it is very great.
1 2 What man is he that fears
the Lord, and doth him ferve ?
Him fhall he teach the way that he
mall choofe, and {till obfei ve.'
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1 3 His foul (hall dwell at eafe -,
and his pofterity Shall flourifh ftill, and of the earth inheritors fhall be.
14 With thofe that fear him, is
the fecret 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.
1 6 Turn unto me thy face,
and to me mercy fhew *, Becaufe that I am defolate, and am brought very low.
1 7 My heart's griefs are increas'd,
me from diftrefs relieve.
1 8 See mine afTlicYion, 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 never be afham'd, becaufe I truft in thee.
21 Let uprightnefs and truth
keep me, v/ho thee attend
22 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrael
from all his troubles fend.
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Another of the fame.
1 HPO thee I lift my foul, O Lord :
2 «■* My God, I truft in thee : Let me not be afham'd -, let not
my foes triumph o'er me.
3 Yea, let thou none afhamed be,
that do on thee attend; Afhamed let them be, O Lord, who without caufe offend.
4 Thy ways,Lord,fhew; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in truth, teach me : For of my fafety thou art God,
all day I wait on thee.
6 Thy mercies that moll: tender are,
do thou, O Lord, remember, And loving kindneffes : for they have been of old for ever. jy Let not the errors of my youth, nor fms remember'd be : In mercy, for thy goodnefs fake, O Lord, remember me :
8 The Lord is good and gracious,
he upright is alfo : He therefore fipners will initrucl: in ways that they mould 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.
10 The whole paths of the Lord our God
are truth and mercy fure> To fuch as keep his covenant and teftimonies pure.
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1 1 Now for thine own name's fake, OLord,
I humbly thee intreat To pardon mine iniquity, _ for it is very great.
1 2 What man fears God ? him fhall he teach
the way that he mail choofe.
1 3 His foul fhall dwell at eafe : his feed
the earth as heirs fhall ufe. 14. 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 fet : For he it is that fhall bring forth my feet out of the net.
1 6 O turn thee unto me, O God,
have mercy me upon : Becaufe I folitary am, and in affliction.
1 7 Enlarg'd the griefs are of my heart 1
me from diftrefs relieve. 18. See mine affliction, 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 b^afham'd: for I do put my truft in thee.
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21 O let integrity and truth
keep me, who thee attend.
22 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrael
from all his troubles fend.
PSALM XXVI.
A Pfalm of David.
David being opprefled by the Judges of the land, his powerful adverfaries, and being exiled from the Hou'e of God, he appeaieth to God, the lupreme fudge in the teftimony of a good confeience, bearing him witness, fid of his endeavour to walk uprightly as became a believer, ver. i, 2, 3. And, Secondly, Of his keeping himfeif fiom the contagion of evil couniel, finful courfes, and example of the wicked, ver. 4, 5. Thirdly, Of his purpofe ftill to behave himfeif holily and righteouily, out of love to be partaker of the public privileges of the Lord's people in the Congregation, ver. 6, 7, 8. Whereupon he prayeth to be free of the judgment coming on the witked, ver. 9, 10. According as he was purposed to e'ehew their fins, ver. it. And he cloleth his prayer with comfoit and atTurance to be heard, ver, 12.
JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity : I trufted alfo in the Lord, Aide therefore mail not I.
2 Examine me, and d6 me prove ;
try heart and reins, O God.
3 For thy love is before mine eyes,
thy truth's paths I have trod.
4 With perforis vain I have not fat,
nor with diftemblers gone.
5 Th' aflembly of ill men I hate :
to fit with fuch I (huu\ ■6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, I'll warn and purify j So to thine hoi- ta : go, and comp : C
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7 That I with voice cf thankfgiving
may pubiifh and declare, And tell of all thy mighty works that great and wond'rous 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 tinners gather not my foul,
and fuch as blood would ipill :
10 Whofe hands mifchievous plots, right
corrupting bribes do fill. [hand
1 1 But as for me, I will walk on
in mine integrity : Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord, be. merciful to me.
1 2 My foot upon an even place
doth ftand with ftedfaftnefs : Within the congregations th' Eternal I will hlefs.
PSALM XXVII.
A PJalm of Da-cid.
In this Pfalm David fettcth dovva what ufe he had of his faith in God, in the time of his fo.ible ; and, firft how he ftrengthened his fa th per. i, z, 3, 4, 5, 6. And next, how he* prayed upon the a ere aid grounds, ver. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11. Andthiir: atge he had by be-
lieving in God, in the tm\e of hfif exe cile, ver. 1 3. Where- upon be exhort* all the godly to follow hi> example, under hope to be helped, as he was helped, ver. 14.
1 THHE Lord's my light and faving health A who mall make me difmay'd ? My life's ftrength is the Lord, of whom then mall I be afraid ?
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2 When as mine enemies and foes,
moft wicked peribns all, To eat my flefh againft me rofe, they ftumbled and did fall.
3 Againft me though an hoft encamp,
my heart yet fearlefs is : Though war againit me rife, I will be confident in this.
4 One thing I of the Lord defir'd,
and will feek to obtain, That all days of my life I may
within God's houie remain : That I the beauty of the Lord
behold may and admire, And that I in his holy place
may rev'rently enquire.
5 For he in his pavilion (hall
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 -, I'll fing, yea, I
to God will praifes fing.
7 0 Lord, give ear unto my voice,
when I do cry to thee : Upon me alfo mercy have, and do thou anfwer me. C 2
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8 When thou didft fay, Seek ye my face ;
then unto thee reply Thus did my heart, above all tilings thy face, Lord, feek will I.
9 Far from. me hide thou not thy nice,
put not away from thee Thy fervant in thy wrath; thou haft
an helper been to me j O God ot my falvation,
leave me not, nor for fake.
10 Tho' me my parents both mould leave,
the Lord will me up take.
11 O Lord, inftruct me in thy way,
to me a leader be In a plain path, becaufe of thole that hatred bear to me.
1 2 Give me not to mine en'mies will ;
for witnefles that lie, Againft me rifen are, and fuch as breathe out cruelty. f'3 I fainted had, unlefs that I believed had, to fee The Lord's own goodnefs in the land of them that living be. 14 Wait on the Lord, and be thou ftrong, and he mail iirength afford Unto thine heart : yea, &o thou wait, I fay, upon the Lord.
PSALM XXVIII. A Pfalm of David.
In the firft part cf this Pfalm, we have the Prophet's conflict ngainll his enemies, i'uch as in the formei Piajrri ft to be Icen, wherein he prayeih For audience, vcr. i, z. and de-
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livery to hin^felf, ver. 3. and that God would vindicate his own juffic'e againlt his dudainful enemies, ver. 4, 5. In t&e latter parj, lb; Prafhet having gotten comfort in his . 6. and (lengthens his own ;!it reft of ', ver. 7, b\ and piayeth
fqr a bleffing to tbe ChfrrcK, vej 9.
i "T^Q thee fll cry, O Lord my rock, * hold not thy peace to me : Left, I: that to pit defcend,
I by thy filerice be.
2 The voice hear of my humble pray'rs,
when unto thee I cry : When to thy holy oracle I lirt my hands on high.
3 With ill men draw me not away,
that work iniquity : That (peak peace to their friends, while in their hearts doth mifchief lie.
4 Give them according to their deeds,
and ills endeavoured : And as their handy-works deferve, : to them be rendered.
5- God (hall not build, but them deftroy, who would not understand, The Lord's own works, nor did regard the doing of hj> hand.
6 For ever bleiled be the Lord,
for graciouily he heard 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, C J
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And with my fong I will him praife.
8 Their ftrength is God alone, He alio is the faving ftrength
of his anointed One.
9 O thine own people do thou favc,
blefs thine inheritance : Them alfo do thou feed, and them for evermore advance.
P S A L M XXIX.
A Pjalm of David.
David exhorteth P.inccs and g; eat men, to humb'e them'elvej before Cod, and to woilhlp h;m [as he hath commanded) in his public ordinances, vet. 1, z. Fiift, Became he is in- finitely higher than they, an! mote terrible to all men, than they can be to their fubjeits, or inferiors, as the utter- ing of his maj-fiy and power by thunder doth make evident, ver- 3t 4> 5> 6., 7, 8, 9. Secondly, Became he ptfeTeth the means of faving knowledge, even ail his ordinances, -whcicby men may heartily glorify him in their a(femb!ie% ver. 9? Thirdly, i'tcauie he is an everlafting King and Ruler of all the c«eatutes; ver. 10. And Fourthly, Becaufe fuch as do humbly fubr.it themfelves to him, and woifhip -him as his people fhould do, (hall be furnifhed with abilities for every good work, and ihall be abundantly bleffed. *
i /?S IVE ye unto the Lord, ye fons ^~* that of the mighty be, All ftrerigth and glory to the Lord with cheerfulnefs give ye.
2 Unto the Lord the glory give
that to his name is due ^ And in the beauty of holinefs *P^- unto Jehovah bow. ~v-
3 The Lord's voice on the waters is :
the God of Majcfty Doth thunder, and on multitudes of waters iitteth he.
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4 A pow'rful voice it is that comes
out from the Lord moft high -, The voice of that great Lord js full of glorious majefty.
5 The. voice of the Eternal doth
afunder cedars tear : Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break that Lebanon doth bear.
6 He makes them like a calf to (kip :
ev'n that great Lebanon, And, like to a young unicorn, the mountain Sir ion.
7 God's voice divides the flames of fire
8 The defart it doth fhnke :
The Lord doth make the wildernefs
of Kadefh all to quake. g God's voice doth make the hinds to calve,
it makes the foreft bare : And in his temple ev'ry one
his glory doth declare. io The Lord fits on the floods : the Lord
fits King, and ever fhall. 1 1 The Lord will give his people ftrength,
and with peace blcfs them all.
PSALM XXX.
A Pfahn and Song at the Dedication of the Houfe of David.
David praifeth God for his late deliverance from the hand of Abfalom, ver. i, 2, 3. And, Secondly, He exhorteth others to mai:e God alto for his merciec, vet. 4, 5. Thirdly, He confeileth hi- carnal fecurity, and how he was contdted for i', ver. 6, 7. Fourthly, He fheweth how he pra>ed for me.c", ver. 8, 0, 10. And fifthly. He praifeth the Loul ior his g:acious ani'wer, ver. ii, rz,
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t T ORD, I will thee extol, for thou -*— ' haft lifted me on high, And over me thou to rejoice mad'ft not mine enemy.
2 O thou who art the Lord my God,
» I in diftrefs to thee With loud cries lifted up my voice, and thou haft healed me.
3 O Lord, my foul thou haft brought up,
and refcued/rom the grave : That I to pit mould not go down, alive thou didft me lave.
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 lafts 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.
7 O Lord, thou haft my mountain made
to ftand ftrong by thy love : But when that thou, O gracious God,
clidft hide thy face from me, Then quickly was my profp'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
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9 What profit is there in my blood,
when I go down to pit ? Shall unto thee the dull give praife ?
thy truth declare fhall it ? i o Hear, Lord, have mercy, help me, Lord :
1 1 Thou turned hall my fadnefs
To dancing ; yea, my fackcloth loos'd, and girded me with gladnefs :
1 2 That ling thy praife my glory may,
and never filent be : O Lord my God, for evermore I will give thanks to thee.
P SALM XXXI. To the chief Mufician , a Pfahn of Darckl'
Another exercife of David, wherein he being in great danger to be taken by h:s enemies, praycth for delivery, ver. i, z, 3, 4, 5, 6. Secondly, He itrengtheneth his faith by his bv gone experience, ver. 7, 8. Thirdly, In prayer he k)eth out his lamentable condition before God, ver. 9, ic, 11, \z, 13. Fourthly, He wreftleth on in prayer for com- fort and fafety to him!el:, and cinfufion to his enemies, ver. 14, 15, j 6, 17, 1.8. Fifthly, Being delivered and convened by a new experience of God's merciful preferva- tion of him, .he maketh good ufe of it, by praifing God for it, and exhorting the godly to love Gcd and rely on him, ver. 19, 20, zi, a*, 13, 24.
iTN thee, O Lord, I put my trull:, -*■ fham'd let me never be : According to thy rightcoufnefs, do thou deliver me. 2 Bow down thine ear to me with fpeed, fend me deliverance : To fave me, my ftrong rock be thou, and my houfe of defence.
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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, therefore,
pull me out of the net, Which they in fubtilty for me fo privily have fet.
5 Into thine hands I do commit
my fpir'rt ; 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. 7 'I'll in thy mercy gladly joy :
for thou my miferies Confider'ci haft ; thou haft my foul
known in adverfities ;
8 And thou haft not inclofed me
within the en'my's hand : And by thee have my feet been made in a large room to Hand.
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.
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11 I 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.
1 3 For flanders I of many heard,
fear compaft me, while they Againft me did confult and plot, to take my life away.
14 But as for me, 0 Lord, my truft
upon thee I did lay : And I to thee, thou art my God, did confidently fay.
1 5 My times are wholly in thine hand : • do thou deliver me
From their hands, that mine enemies and perfecutors be.
16 Thy countenance to mine do thou
upon thy fervant make : Unto me give falvation, for thy great mercies' lake.
1 7 Let me not be afham'd, O Lord,
for on thee calPd I have: Let wicked men be fham'd, let them be filent in the grave.
18 To filence put the lying lips,
that grievous things do fay, And hard reports in pride and fcorn, on righteous men do lay.
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19 How great's the goodnefs thou for them
that fear thee keep'ft in ftore, And wrought'ft for them that trull in thee, , the fons of men before !
20 In fecret of thy prefence, thou
fhalt hide them from man's pride: From nYife of tongues thou clofely fhalt as in a tent, them hide.
2 1 All praife and thanks be to the Lord :
for he hath magnify 'd His wond'rous love to me, within a city fortify'd.
22 For from thine eyes cut off I am,
(I in my halte had faid -,) My voice yet heard'ft thou, when to thee with cries my moan I made.
23 O ^ove the Lord, all ye his Saints:
becaufe the 1 ord doth guard The faithful, and he plenteoufiy proud doers doth reward.
24 Be of good courage, and he ftrength
unto your hearts fhall fend, All ye whofe hope and confidence doth on the Lord depend.
PSALM XXXII.
A VJahn of David, MnfchiL
David in this Pialm dtfoibeth the blefiednefs of the man juftified by fai(h, by way of geneial do&rine, fet down, ver. 1. 2. Which he cleaieih by his own experience, vu;. 3, 4, 5. Th;n he fheweth (he ufes both of the general do&rine^ and of his own expe-ience ; Firft, for inducing the godly, to go to God by prayer in trouble, ver. 6. Se- indly, lor confirming of hi.<= own faith, ver. y. Thirdly, teaching all men fubmifiion to God, and not to Itrive him when he <ioth coneft or exercife them, ver. 8, 9 ilhly, For believing Id God in all conditions, ver. 10-
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And fifthly, For making the Lord the joy and delight of the juftifird man.
i (~\ Bleffed is the man to whom ^^ is freely pardoned All the tranfgreffions he hath done, whofe fin is covered.
2 Bleft is the man to whom the Lord
imputeth not his fin, " And in whofe fp'rit there is no guile, nor fraud is found therein.
3 When as I did refrain my fpeech,
and filent was my tongue : My bones then waxed old, becaufe y I roared all day long.
4 For upon me both day and night
thine hand did heavy ly : 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 trefpaifes, faid I j 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 may 'ft 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.
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7 Thou art my hiding place, thou fhalt
from trouble keep me free : Thou with fongs of deliverance about mail compafs me.
8 I will inftrucl: thee, and thee teach
the way that thou fhalt go : And, with mine eye upon thee fet, I will direction mow.
9 Then be not like the horfe or mule,
which do not underftand : Whofemouth, leaft they come near to thee, a bridle mun: command.
10 Unto the man that wicked is
his forrow fhall abound : But him that trufteth in the Lord, mercy mall 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 Pfalm, in God's providence, hath no inscription, as alfo many others have none, that we may look upon Holy Scrip- tures as altogether ini'pired of God, and not put price upon it for the writers thereof, whether their name be exp: effed or not. In it there is, firft an exhortation to praheGod, ver. 1,2,, 3. for his powerful, wife, and lighteous government of all things in general, ver. 4, 5. and more efpecially for his powerful guiding the works of Creation, ver. 6", 7. Se- condly, An exhortation, as to praile God, To alfo to fear him, for hi-, omnipotency, and his poweiful over-ruling and difappointing ail the devices of men againlt his Church, and his powerful executing all his own will, ver. 8, 9, 1 o, 11. Thirdly, A proclaiming the bleffednefs of the Lord's Church and people, and of God's praifes'in reaching hi providence over all the world, in favour of hi people, ver. 12, 13, 14, 15. In fpecial, for difappointing and evacuating all vain confi- dences of men great and fmall, who do not truft in him,
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ver. 16, 17. and taking care of fuch as fear him, and truft in him, to deliver them from all evil, ver. iS, 19. Fourthly, The life is let down which the godly do make of this doc- trine and fong of Praife.
t \7E righteous in the Lord rejoice : X it comely is, and right, That upright men with thankful voice mould praife the Lord of might.
2 Praife God with harp j and unto him
fing with the pfaltery, Upun a ten ftring'd inftrument make ye fweet melody.
3 A new fong to him fing, and play
with loud noife lkilfully.
4 For right is God's word : all his works
are done in verity.
5 To judgment and to righteoufnefs
a love he beareth Hill : The loving-kindnefs of the Lord the earth throughout doth fill.
6 The Heavens by the v/ord 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 ftore-houfes, as it were he layeth up the deep.
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,
9 For he did fpeak the word, and done
it was without delay :
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Eftablifhed it firmly ftood whatever he did fay.
10 God doth the counfel bring to nought
which heathen folk do take ; And what the people do devife, of none effect doth make.
11 O ! but the counfel of the Lord
doth ftand for ever fure,
And of his heart the purpofes
from age to age endure.
1 2 That nation bleffed is, whofe God
Jehovah is: and thofe A bleffed people are, whom for his heritage he chofe.
1 3 The Lord from Heav'n fees and beholds
all fons of men full well.
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.
1 6 Great hofts fave not a king: mucliftrength
no mighty man preferves.
1 7 An horie for prefervaticn
is a deceitful thing : And by the greatnefs of his ftrength can no deli v 'ranee bring.
18 Behold, on thofe that do him fear,
the Lord doth fet his eye : Ev'n thofe who on his mercy do with confidence rely
19 From death to free their foul, in dearth
life unto them to yield.
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20 Our foul doth waft upon the Lord :
he is our help and fliield. v
21 Sith in his holy name we truit,
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. A Pfalm of David, when he changed his be- haviour before AbirnelecL\ who drove him away, and he departed.
In this Plalm, David prail'eth God for his delivery from the KiDg of Gath, and cxhorteth others to p.aife God with him, for his expxrience of God's mercy, ver. 1,2, 3, 4, ;, 6. Then for making faither u!e of this mercy, he gives out genera] doctrines concerning God's protection and care of his children, with the ufe theieof, ver. 7, 8, 9, 10. Thirdly, He gives couniel how tc lead a blefled life, ver. it, 12, 13,14. Fourthly, He enforce th his counfel by promifes to the godly, who obey God's counfeJ ; and threatnings to the wicked man, who obeyeth not, ver. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 4o, ■»!-, 22.
if^OD will I blefs all times; his praife vJ my mouth fhall flill exprefs.
2 My foul fhall boaft in God : the meek
fhall hear with joy fulnefs.
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 light'ned were :
not fhamed were their faces.
6 This poor man cry'd, God heard, and fawd
him from all his dinreifes.
7 The Angel of the Lord encamps,
and round encompaffeth All thofe about that do him fear, and them delivered! .
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8 O tafte and fee that God is good :
who trufts in him is bleft.
9 Fear God, his Saints : none that him fear,
mall be with want pppreft.
10 The lions young may hungry be,
and they may lack their food : But they that truly leek the Lord ftnll riot lack any good!
11 O children, hither do ye come;
and unto me give ear : I mall you teach tu undedb.nd how ye the Lord mould fear.
12 What man is he that life defires,
to fee good would live 1 )ng ?
13 Thy lips refrain from fpeaking guile,
and from ill words thy tongue.
14 Depart from ill, do good, feek peace,
purfue it earneftly.
15 God's eyes are on the juft : his ears
are open to their cry.
1 6 The face of God is fet againft
thole that do wickedly, Tnat he may quite out from the earth cut off their memory.
17 The righteous cry unto the Lord,
he unto them gives ear, And they out of their troubles all
by him deliv'red are. 1 7 The Lord is ever nigh to them ■ -
that be of broken ip'rit ; To them he fafety doth afford,
that are in heart contrite.
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19 The troubles that afflict the juft,
i'n number many be : But yet at length out of them all the Lord doth fet him free.
20 He carefully his bones doth keep,
whatever can befall : That not fo much as one of them can broken be at all.
21 111 (hall the wicked flay 1 laid wa$e
fh.ai be, wh-) hate the juft.
22 The Loid redeems his fervahts' fouls:
none perifh that him truft.
PSALM XXXV.
A Fjalm of David.
This Pfalm is a reprefenta ion of Ch id's hotted conteft with hi-- advci.a'ies wherein they a. e about to do then woill againfl hm, and his kingdom ; and he denounceth the h"ttc(t wiath of God againfl then, for thei eve< lading overthrow, let fo; th undei the fhadow of David's contefl with hisirieconcilablc enemies. Whe.ein he p.ayethGod to arifc for him, ver. 1,2, 3. and take order with his defp'ueful enemies, ver. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. which as it may convoi t the fupplicant, fo fhali it ferve alio for God's giory, ver. 9, 10. A main .-ealbn of which petition, is the unjutt and ingratc dealing of his enemies with him, ver. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Whereupon he reneweth hi; petition the fecond time, ver. 17, 18, 19. prelTing bb 10 raer re a fon from the enemies anjud an.i infoknt diipofition, ver. 20, 21. And then renew- eth his petition the third time for himfelf againft hrs enemi^, ver. ii, 23, 24, 25, 26. and for all the favou ers of his caufe, ver. 27, 28.
ipLEAD, 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.
3 Draw alfo out the fpear, and do
a-gainft them flop the way That me purfue : unto my foul, I'm thy falvation, Cay.
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4 Let them confounded be, and fham'd,
that for mv' foul have fought : Who plot mv hurt, turn'd back be they, and to confuficn brought.
5 Let them be like unto the chafT
that flies before the wind :
And let the Angel of the ! 01 d
purfue them hard behind.
6 With darknefs cover thou their Away,
and let it (lipp'ry prove, And let the Angel of the Lord purflie them from above.
7 For without caufe have they for me
their net hid in a pit, They alfo have without a caufe for my foul digged it.
8 Let ruin feize him unawares,
his net he hid withal Himfelf let catch ; and ;n the fame deftruction let him fall.
9 My foul in God fhall joy ; and glad
in his falvation be.
10 And all my bones fhall fay, O Lord,
who is like unto thee. Which doit 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 witneifes rofe^ to my charge
things I not knew they laid.
1 2 They, to the fpoiling of my foul,
me ill for good repaid.
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1 3 But as for me, when they were Tick,
in (ackcloth fad I mourn'd : My humbled foul did fail, my pray'r into mv bofom turn'd.
14 Mvfelf I did behave, as he
had been ray friend or brother : I heavily bow'd down, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in my trouble they rejoie'd,
gath'iing themfelves together: Yea, abjecls vile together did
themfelves againfr. me gather ; I knew it not, they did me tear,
and quiet would not be.
16 With mocking hypocrites, at feafts,
they gnafh'd their teeth at me. 1 7 How long, Lord, look'ft thou on ? from defhuctions they intend, [thole
Refcue my foul, from lions young my darling do defend.
18 I will give thanks to thee.. O Lord,
within th' alfembly great : And, where much people gath'red are, thy praifes forth will let.
19 Let not my wrongful enemies
proudly rejoice o'er me : Nor, who me hate without a caufe, l^t them wink with the eye.
20 For peace they do not fpeak at all :
but crafty plots prepare Againft all thofe within the land that meek and quiet are.
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21 With mouths fet wide, they 'gainft me
Ha, ha, our eye doth fee. [faid,
22 Lord, thou hail feen, hold not thy peace :
Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyfelf ; wake, that thou may'ft
judgment to me afford. Ev'n to my caufe, O thou that art ray only God and Lord.
24 O Lord my God, do thou me judge
after thy righteoufnefs, And let them not their joy 'gainft me triumphantly exprefs.
25 Nor let them fay within their hearts,
Ah, we would have it thus: Nor futter them to fay, that he is fwallowed up by us.
26 Sham'd and confounded be they all
that at my hurt are glad :- Let thofe, againft me that do boaft, with fhame and fcorn be clad.
27 'Let them that love my righteous caufe
.be glad, mout, and not ceafe To fay, the Lord be magnify 'd who loves his fervant's peace. 2'8 Thy righteoufnefs mail alfo be declared by my tongue, The praifes that belong to thee fpeak mall it all day long. PSALM XXXVI. To the chief Mufciap., a Pjalm of David, the Servant of the Lord.
This Plalm hath thiee parts. In the firft, David fets down the pervafeoefs or the wicked in their iinful courts and de-
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vices aga;nft the grd!y 3nd hirnfel", ver. i, 2, 3, 4- In the fecond, He comforts bjmfelf, and doth fettle his faith on the prtufes and properties of God, ver 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Iq the third, He prasfetb in the behalf of God1* childicn, and foi himfclf, to be delivered from the wicked, ver. to, 11, 12.
1 'T'HE wicked man's tranfgreiTion
A "within my hea.t thus fays, Undoubtedly the fear of God is not before his eyes.
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>o do good, hath left oft utterly.
4 He mifchief, lying on his bed,
m >ft cunningly doth plot, He lets himfelf in ways not good ; ill he abhorreth not.
5 Thy mere v, Lord, is in the Heav'ns •
thy truth doth reach the ciouds.
6 Thy jufYtce is like mountains great ±
thy judgments deep as floods : Lord, thou preferveft man and beaft.
7 How precious is thy grace ! Therefore in fhadow of thy wings
mens' fons their truft (hall place.
8 They with the fatnefs of thy hou.fe
mall be well fatisfy'd. From rivers of thy pleafures thou wilt drink to them provide.
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9 Became of life the fountain pure
remains alone with thee : And in that pureft light of thine we clearly light fhall fee.
10 Thy loving-kindnefs unto them
continue that thee know ; And flill on men upright in heart thy righteoufnefs bellow.
1 1 Let not the foot of cruel pride
come and againft me ftand, And let me not removed be,
Lord, by the wicked's hand. ■i2 There falFn are they, and ruined,
that work iniquities : Caft down they are, and never (hall
be able to aiife.
PSALM XXXVII. A Pfalm of David.
This Pfalm tendeth to guard the godly againft the ordinary tenta"tion unto envy, emulation, fetting, and discourage- ment in the way of godlraefr, ariCng from the temporal prosperity of the :;d lhat by eight di-cfrion? or
council: f:om the Lord, eac:> o: them confirmed by re_ mofi of which are enmparifons of the hlefled eftate of the godly at the worft, v. _ .^d at their
bed. Theii ', ver. i, z. the fecond,
ver. 3. the thi.-d, ver. 4. the fouith, ver. 5, 6. the fifth, ver. 7. the fixth, ver. S, 9, i b, 11, 12, to ver. 26". the Seventh, ver. i~, to ver. 33. the eighth direction, ver. 34, to the end.
1 17 OR evil-doei-s fret thou not ™ th-.Telf.unquietly, Nor do thou envy bear to thofe that work iniquity.
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I For, even like unto the grafs,
foon be cut down (hall they, And, like the green and tender herb,
they wither (hall away. 3 Set thou thy truft upon the Lord,
and be thou doing good [ And fo thou in the land (halt dwell,
and verily have food. 4. Delight thyifelf in God: he'll give
thine heart's defire to thee. 5 Thy way to God commit : him truft,
it bring to pais (hall he. $ And like unto the light he (hall
thy rightecufnefs difplay, And he thy judgments (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 alfo : Fret not thyfelf in any wife, that evil thou (hould'ft do.
9 For thofe that evil-doers are,
(haft be cut off and fall : But thofe that wait upon the Lord, the earth inherit (hall.
10 For ye^a little while, and then
the wicked fnall not be : His place thou (halt confider well, but it thou (halt not fee. D
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11 But, by inheritance, the earth
the meek ones fhall poflfeis : They alio fhall delight themfelves in an abundant apeace.
12 The wicked plots againft the juft,
and at him whets his teeth.
13 The Lord fhall laugh at him, becaufe
his day h'e coming feeth.
14 The wicked have drawn out the fword,
and bent their bow, to flay The poor and needy, and to kill men of an upright way.
15 But their own fword which they have
fhall enter their own heart; [drawn, Their bows which they hav.e_ bent fhall and into pieces pari -VSf? [break, iG A little that a juft man hath is more, and better far, Than is the wealth of many fuch as lewd and wicked are.
17 For finners' arms (hall broken be;
but God the juft fuftains.
1 8 God knows the juft man's days, and ftill
their heritage remain?.
19 They fhall not be'aiham'dy^hejfcthey
the evil time do fee ; ";-.j::^; ' And when the days>af"fa*Ktfrie are, they fatisfy'd fhall be.
20 But wicked men, and foes of God,
as fat of lambs decay; They fhall confume : yea, into fmoke they fhall coniume ay, a\ .
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21 The wicked borrows, but the fame
again he doth not pay ; Whereas the righteous mercy mows, and gives his -own away.
22 For fuch as blefled be of him,
the earth inherit mall; And they that cur fed* are of him, mail be deftroyecfall.
23 A good man's footfteps by the Lord
are ordered aright : And in the way whereijf he walks,
he greatly doth delight. 24. Although he fall, yet mail he not
be cart down utterly; Becaufe the Lord, with his own hand,
upholds him mightily.
25 I have been young, and now am old ;
yet have I never leen The juft.rftan left, nor that his feed for bread have beggars been.
26 He;^ ever -merciful, and lends:
his feed is bleft therefore.
27 Depart from evil, and do good ;
and dwell for evermore.
28 For God loves judgment, and his Saints
leaves not in any cafe; They are kept ever : but cut off mail be the fmner's race.
29 The jufr,inherit (hall the land,
and ever in it dwell.
30 Thejuft man's mouth doth wifdcm fpeak,
his tongue doth judgment tell. D 2
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31 In's heart the law is of his God,
his ftepj Aide not away.
32 The wicked man doth watch the juft,
and feeketh him to flay.
22 Yet him the Lord will not for fake, 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 mall he, Th' earth to inherit : when cut off the wicked thou (halt fee.
35 I &w the wicked great in pow'r,
fpread like a green-bay tree. 26 He pad, yea, was not : him I fought, but found he could not be. •
37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold
the man of uprightnefs : Becaufe that furely of this man v-
the latter end is peace.
38 But thofe men that tranfgrelTors are,
fhall be deftroy'd together-, The latter end of wicked men, mall be cut off for ever. $g But the (alvation of the juft is from the Lord above ; He, in the time of their diftrefs, their flay and ftrength doth prove. 40 The Lord fhall help, and Ishem deliver : he fhall them free and fave From wicked men, becaufe in him their confidence they have.
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P S A L M XXXVIII. '
A Pfalm of David, to bring in remembrance.
In thi? Palm, David in trouble both of foul and bod), as an example c . exerciles that Chtfft's followers can
fall into; Firft, Prayeth for the muigation of his .trouble and removal of wrada, ver. i. And fcconclly, Liytth out this icnle of the t ouble which he felt immediately fiom Cod, ver. 2, 3, 4 c, 6, 7, 8. Thirdly, Having put up his con- fu.'cd dernes t./God, for Prayeis, in the fenle of his in~bil ty I . prefs himielr vcr. 9, 10. He lays out hisfenfe of the grief and troubles which he felt from men, and endured wiih gieat patience, \c. 1 r, i*, I3i r4- Fou.thly, He fets down the wreftling he had in prayer to God, becaufe of his perf( cution by hi adverfaru syver 1 5,16, 17,-1 .% 19, 20. And clofeth the Pfalm, not having gotten comfoit for the
' time, ver. 21, ^l.
1 TN thy great indignation, -* O Lord, rebuke me. not :
Nor on me lay thy chaft'ning hand, in thy difpleafure hot.
2 For in me fail thine arrows flick,
thine hand doth prefs me fore.
3 And in ray flefh there is no health,
nor fuundnefs any more : This grief I have, becaufe thy wrath
is forth againft me gone ; And in my bones there is no reft,
for fin that I have done.
4 Becaufe gone up above mine head
my great tranfgreflions be : And, as a weighty burthen, they too heavy are for me.
5 My wounds do ftink, and are corrupt :
my folly makes it fo.
6 I troubled am, and much bow'd down :
all day I mourning go.
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7 For a difeafe that loathfome is Co fills my loins with pain, That in my weak and weary flefh no fcundnefs doth remain. S 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 frill before thine eye : And of my heart the fecret groans not hidden are from thee.
10 My heart doth pant incefTantly,
my ftrength doth quite decay : As for mine eyes, their wonted light is from me gone away.
1 1 My lovers and my friends do ft and
at diftance from my fore : And thofe do ftand aloof that were kinfmen, and kind before.
1 2 Yea, they that feek my life, lay fnares :
who feek to do me wrong, Speak things mifchievous, and deceits imagine all day long.
13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not,
I furTer'd all to pafs: I as a dumb man did become, whofe mouth not open'd 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.
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1 6 For I raid, hear me, left they mould
rejoice o'er me with pride ; And o'er me magnify themfelves, when as my foot doth Hide.
1 7 For I am near to halt, my grief
is ftill before mine eye.
1 8 For I'll declare my fin : and grieve
for mine iniquity.
19 But yet mine en'mies lively are,
and ftrons; are they befide : And they that hate me wrongfully, are greatly multiply'd.
20 And they for good that render ill,
as en'mies me withftood : Yea, ev'n for this, becaufethatl do follow what is good.
21 Forfake me not, (DLord: my God,
far from me never be.
22 O Lord, thou my falvation art,
hafte to give help to me.
PSALM XXXIX.
To the chief Mufcian, even to Jeduihan, a Tjcdm of David.
Another l'uch l.ke hard cxercife as in the former Pfalm, wherein David acknowledged! his infirmity in a paffionate exp:d- fion, when he was in rouble, ver. 1, i, 3, 4- Secondly, He recovereth and comforted himfelf, ver. 5, 6, 7. Thirdly, What was his prayer in this exercife, ver. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
i T faid, I will look to my ways A left with my tongue I fin : In fight of wicked men, my mouth with bridle I'll keep in. D 4
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2 With filence I as dumb became,
I did myfelf reftrain From fpeakihg good \ but then the more increafed was my pain.
3 My heart within me waxed hot,
and while I muting 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 (how, What is the fame ; that I thereby my frailty well may know.
5 Lo, thou my days an hand-breadth mad'ft,
mine age is in thine eye As nothing: fu re 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.
8 Free me from all my trefpalTes,
the fool's fcorn make not me.
9 Dumb was I, op'ning not my mouth,
becaufe this work was thine.
10 Thy ilroke take from me : by the blow
of thine hand I do pine.
1 1 When with rebukes thou doll correct
man for iniquity, Thou waftes his beauty like a moth : fure each man's vanity.
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12 Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears,
and pray'rs not filent be : I fojourn as my fathers all, and ftranger am with thee.
13 O fpare thou me, that I my ftrength
recover may again, Before from hence I do depart, and here no more remain.
PSALM XL.
To the chief Mi/Jicia??, a Pfalm of David.
David as a Type of Chrift in the whole Pfalm, and as an ex- ample of the exeicife o? the godly, giveth thanks for the experience of God's delivering of him out of a notable trou- ble, ver. i, a, 3, 4. In the lecond place, He is led on in his thankfgiving to prail'e God for the great woik of Re- demption by Chrift the ion of God coming into the world, which is the fountain of all other mercies to the Saints, ver. 5, 6, 7, 8. In the third place, David in Type, and Chrift in the accomplifhment, giving account of his prophetical office, intercedeth and prayeth for the evidence of God's favour to himielf perlbnally and myftically confidered, ver. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. and for difappointment of his ene- mies, ver. 14, 15. and for the comfort of all the godly beholding his exercife and his delivery, which he confidently doth expect, ver. 16, 17.
i T 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 a miry clay, And on a rock he fet my feet, eftabliming my way, 5 He put a new fong in my mouth, our God to magnify : Many fhall fee it, and fliall fear, and on, the Lord rely. D 5
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4 O bleffed is the man whofe truft
upon the Lord relies : Refpecting not the proud, nor fuch as turn afide to lies.
5 O Lord my God, full many are
the wonders thou haft done-, Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far
above all thoughts are gone : In order none can reckon them
to thee : if them declare, And fpeak of them I would, they more
than can be numb'red are.
6 No facrifice nor offering
didft thou at all defire ; Mine ears thou bor'd : fm-oflf'ring 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,
0 thou my God that art : Yea, that moft holy law $f thine
1 have within my heart.
9 Within the congregation great,
I righteoufhefs did preach : Lo, thou doft know, O Lord, that I refrained not my fpeech.
10 I never did within my heart
conceal thy righteoufnefs ; I thy falvation have declar'd, and mown thy faithfulnefs :
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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
0 do thou not reftrain :
Thy loving-kindnefs and thy truth, let them me ftill maintain.
1 2 For ills paft reckoning compafs me,
and mine iniquities Such hold upon me taken have,
1 cannot lift mine eyes :
They more than hairs are on mine head, thence is my heart difmay'd.
1 3 Be pleafed, Lord, to refcue me :
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 wifh me ill.
1 5 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.
1 7 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,
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PSALM XLL
To the chief Mujtciariy a Pfalm of David.
David as a Type of Chrift, and one of his affliaed followers, after prayer comforteth himfelf againft the uncharitable Judgment, which the wicked had of him in his afHictioi, ver. 1, i, 3, 4. fn the fecond place, he complaineth or his enemies curled difpifuion againft him, and prayeth to be delivered out of his trouble, vei. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. In the third piace, he is answered comfortably, and praileth God for it, ver. 11, iz, 13.
ipLESSED is he that wifely doth JD 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 bleft mail 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. A 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 that to me are enemies,
of me do evil fay ; When (hall he die, that \o 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.
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7 My haters jointly whifpering,
'gainil me my hurt devife.
8 Mifchief, fay they, cleaves fail to him :
he ly'th, and mail 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, io But, Lord, be merciful to me, and up again me raife, That I may juftly them requite, according to their ways.
1 1 By this I know that certainly
I favour'd 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.
1 3 The Lord, the God of Ifrael,
be bleft for ever then ; From age to age eternally, Amen, yea, and amen.
PSALM XLII.
To the chief Muftchn, Mafchi/, for the Jons of Korah.
In this Pialm David fheweth what was his longing after the fellowfnip of the Saints in their public w.jrihip and fervice of God in the time of his b inifhrrsent, by the perfecution of Saul, vet. i, 2, 3, 4. and how he wreft'.ed with dii- c-iuragement;, by checking himlelf for it, and by p-aying t« God, whe:eby he wa= erected unto hope and cccSdecce to be aniwsred, ver. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, io, 11.
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1 T IKE 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 fhall 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 ■, Becaufe that with the multitude , I heretofore had gone -y
With them unto 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? I why in me fo difmay'd ? Truft God, for I mall 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 Jordan's land, the Hermonites, and ev'n from Mizar hill.
7 At the noife of thy water- fpouts,
deep unto deep doth call : Th) breaking waves pafs over me; yea, and thy billows all.
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8 His loving-kindnefs yet the Lord
command will in the day 5 His fong's with me by night : to God, by whom I live, I'll pray.
9 And I will fay to God my rock,
why me forget t'ft thou fo ? Why, for my foes opprefiion, 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 thy God ? '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 mil hope and reft : For yet I know I (hall him praife,
who gracioufly to me The health is of my countenance,
yea, mine own God is he.
PSALM XLIII.
This Pfalm tende'.h to the fame purpofe with the former; lor David in exile complaineth of hi? peilecutors, and prayeth for delivery, and regrettcth his fad condition, ver. i, a. Prayeth for rettitution unto the liberty of the public ordi- nances, promiiing to praile God at his returning chearfully, ver- 3i 4- and wieftk-th with his discouragements as he did in the foimer Pfalm, ver. 5.
1 IUDGE me, OGod, and plead mycaufe •J againft th' ungod]*r nation; From the unjuft and crafty man O be thou my falvation.
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a For thou the God art of my ftrength -t why thrirfts thou me thee fro' ? For th' enemies' oppreflion, 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,
to God my chiefelt joy : Yea, God, my God, thy name to praife my harp I will employ.
5 Why art thou then call: 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 count'nance is the health,
my God that doth me fave.
PSALM XLIV.
To the chief Mufician, Mafchi/, for the Jons of Korah.
The Church under heavy perfection, Fiift, Strengthened her faith in God before the eater upon her lamentation, ver. i, a, 3, 4, 5, 6", 7, 8. In the fecond place, She layeth forth her fad i'ufferings under the hands of cruel peifecutorp, ver. 9, 10, 11, ri, 13, 14, it. i5. In the third, She profefleth her conftant adherence unto God, and doth avow his truth for time by-paP, and her pvpofe to continue for time to come, ver. 17, 18, 19, 2.0, zi, ^^■ In the laft place. They pray unto the Lord to arife, and relieve them from their cruel perfccutor?, for the glory of both his juftice and mcicy, ver. 2,3, 24, 25.
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1 (~\ God, we with our ears have heard, ^-J Our fathers have us told »
What works thou in their days had'ft done ev'n in the dafS of eld.
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,
deliv'rances comrrr.nd.
5 Thro' thee we fhall pufh down our foes
that do againft us ftand ; v We, thro' thy name, fhall tread down thofe that ris'n againft us (jave.
6 For in my bow I fhall not truft,
nor fhall my fword me fave.
7 But from our foes thou haft us fav'd,
our haters put to fliame.
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'ft to fhame ; 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.
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1 1 Like fheep for meat thou gaveft us :
'mong heathen call we be. j 2 Thou didft for nought thy people fell,
their price enrich d not thee.
1 3 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 alio thou doft us
among the heathen make : The people, in contempt and fpite, at us their heads do make.
15 Before me my ccnfufion
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.
1 7 All this is come on us, yet we
have not forgotten thee, Nor falfely in thy covenant, behav'd ourfelves have we.
1 8 Back from thy way our heart not turn'd,
our fteps no (braying made :
19 Tho' us thou brak'ft in dragon's place,
and cov'redft with death's fhade.
20 If we God's name forgot, or ftretcht
to a ftrange God our hands ;
21 Shall not God fearch this out? for he
heart's fecrets underftands.
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22 Yea, for thy fake we're kill'd all day ;
counted as flaughter-fleep.
23 Rife, Lord, caft us not ever off*
awake, why doft thou fleep ?
24 O wherefore hideft thou thy face,
forgett'ft our cafe diilreft,
25 And our oppreflion ? for our foul
is to the duft down preft : Our belly alfo on the earth, fail cleaving hold doth take.
26 Rife for our help, and us redeem,
ev'n for thy mercies' fake.
PSALM XLV.
To the chkf Mujician upon Sho/hanim, for ihz Jons of Korah, Majchil, a Jong of Loves.
Laying afide what ufeth to be fpoken here of Sc.'omcn's mar- rying of Pharoah's daughter, and o.' fome typical tlvngs therein, (tending to the extenuation of Sc'omon's fault) as conjectural, and ferving nothing to the advantage of that marriage, preiuppofe the conje-Sture did hold, both concern- ing the occafion, and alio what might feem typical in it, becaufe firnilitudes taken from, and types made of what things foever God pleafeth, do ferve to make clear what the Spirit will have taken up about Chrift, or aocst any fp^ritual Anutype ;; but doth not ferve to make ciear'the thing re- fembled by the Antitype from being finful, a- by the Type of Agar, and of the brazen feipent, and of Jonas his pu- nifhment, and lundry other fimilnudes and parables fet down in Scripture doth appear : But we are lure thi- Pfalm is a fong, defcribing the myftical marriage of the Mefliah Chrift Jefus our Lord, and his Chu ch, wherein Chrift the bride- groom is praiied, ver. 1, z, 3, 4, 5, 6", 7, 8, 9. and the Church his ipoufe is inftructed in her duty to him, ver. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. and the end of the fong declared to be the everlafting praife of Chrift, ver. 16, 17.
iA/TY heart brings forth a goodly thing • -I* J- my words that I indite Concern the King : my tongue's a pen of one that fwift doth write.
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2 -Thou fairer art than Tons of men : Into thy lips is ftore Of grace infus'd : God' therefore thee hath bleft for evermore.
3 O thou that art the mighty One, ' thy fword gird on thy thigh : Ev'n with thy glory excellent,
and with thy majefty.
4 For meeknefs, truth and righteoufnefs
in ftate ride profp'rouily'; And thy right hand mall thee inftruct in things that fearful be.
5 Thine arrows fharply pierce the hearts
of -th' enemies of the King ; And under thy fubjeclion 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 loveft 1 ighf, and hatef t ill :
for God, thy God mod high, Above thy fellows have with th' oil of joy anointed thee.
8 Of aloes, myrrh and calTia,
a fmell thy garments had ; Out of th' iv'ry palaces,
whereby they made thee glad.
9 Among thy women honourable
king's daughters were at hand : Upon thy right hand did the Queen in gold of Ophir fland.
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10 O daughter, hearken and regard,
and do thine ear incline j Likewiie forget thy father's houfe, • and people that are thine.
1 1 Then of the King defir'd fhall be
thy beauty veh'mently 5 Becaufe he is thy Lord, do thou
him worfhip rev'rently. iz The daughter there of Tyre fhall be"
with gifts and ufT 'rings great -y Thofe of the people that are rich,
thy favour 111 all in treat.
13 Behold, the daughter of the King
all glorious is within ; And with embro;deries 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: 1
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.
16 Inftead of thofe thy fathers dear,
thy children thou may 'ft 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.
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Another of the fame, i TV yT Y heart inditing is JLVJL good matter in a fong : I fpeak the things that I have made,
which to the King belong : My tongue mail be as quick,
his honour to indite, As is the pen of any fcribe that ufeth fair, to write.
2 Thou'rt fairefl of all men,
grace in thy lips doth flow : And therefore bleffings evermore on thee doth God beftow.
3 Thy fword gird on thy thigh,
thou that art moll of might : Appear in dreadful majefty, and in thy glory bright.
4 For meeknefs, truth and right,
ride profp'roufly in ftate : And thy right-hand mail teach to thee things terrible and great.
5 Thy fhafts mall pierce their hearts
that foes are to the King ; Whereby into fubjedtion the people thou fhalt bring.
6 Thy royal feat, O Lord,
for ever mall remain : The fceptre of thy kingdom doth all righteoufnefs maintain.
7 Thou lov'ft right, and hat'ft ill :
for God, thy God moft High, Abcv- thy rello\vs have with th' oil of joy anointed thee.
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8 Of myrrh, and Tpices fweet
a fmell thy garments had : Out of the iv'ry palace's,
whereby they made thee glad.
9 And in thy glorious train
king's daughters waiting {land : And thy fair Queen, in Ophir 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 moft dear.
»Xhy beauty to the King ftiall then delightful be : And do thou humbly worfhip him becaufe.thy Lord is he.
12 The daughter then of Tyre
there with a gift mail be; "And all the wealthy of the land mail make their fuit to thee.
1 3 The daughter of the King
all glorious is within ; And with embroideries of gold, her garments wrought have been.
14 She cometh to the King
in robes with needle wrought j The virgins that do follow her mail unto thee be brought.
15 They mail be brought with joy,
and mirth on ev'ry fide, Into the palace of the King, and there they mail abide.
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16 And, in thy father's flead",
thy children thou may'ft take; And in all places of the earth them noble princes make.
1 7 I will fhevv forth thy name
to generations all : Therefore the people evermore to thee give praifes (hall.
PSALM XLVI.
To the chief Mufician, for the Jons of Korah, a fong upon Alamoth. ^^
After forae notable delivery of the Church from her eneQH|; the Lord's people do confirm themfelves in their reioiution to truft in God, and aot to be afraid of trouble, becau.e of his comfoi table prefence among them, which ia like unto a river or" continual refreshment, as iite experience did give evidence, vcr. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6". and do exhort all men in the world to ob'erve this his late work, and make ufe of ic 1. for their humiliation, ver. 7, 8, 9, 10. as the Church doih I make u'*e of it for confirmation, ver. 11.
i ("JOD is our refuge, and our ftrength, in itraits a prefent aid.
2 Therefore, altho' the earth remove,
we will not be afraid, Thousjl! hills amidft the feas be call :
3 Though waters roaring make, And troubled be, yea, tho' the hills
by fwelling feas do make.
4 A river is, whofe ftreams do glad
the city of our God : The holy place wherein the Lord moft High hath his abode.
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5 God in the midft of her doth dwell,
nothing (hall her remove : The Lord to her an helper will, and that right early, prove.
6 The heathen rag'd tumultuouflv,
the kingdoms moved were :
The Lord God uttered his voice,
the earth did melt with fear.
7 The Lord of hofts upon our fide
doth conftantly remain ; The Gcd of Jacob's our refuge, us fafely to maintain. ^Xome and behold what wond'rous works
I have by the Lord been wrought : ^Come, fee what defections
he on the earth hath brought. g 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, to Be Hill, and know that I am God:^ among the heathen I Will be exalted. I on e?rth
will be exalted high, i Our God, who is the Lord o^bfts,
is ftill upon our fide • The God of Jacob our refuge, for ever will abide.
PSALM XLVI1. *o the chief Muftcian, a Pfalm for the fifis of Korah, E
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This Pialm is a prophecy of the enlargement of Ch rift's. King, dom, vand of the conjunction of Jews and Gentiles, in one body under Chrift their head and Lord, delivered by way of exhortation to Jews and Gentiles, joyfully to praife the God and Saviour of the people, Jefus Chrift, on whom the P:'al- mift looketh as now acended intoHcaven triumphantly,after the full payment made of the pi ice of redemption, and as going about the gathering in of the redeemed Gentiles, till he bring in the fulnefs of them into one Church with the Jews: The exhortation i« prefixed, ver. i. and repeated ver. 6, 7, The reafons of the exhortation to a Joyful praifing of him are fcven : The firit, ver. 2, The l'econd, ver. 3. The third, ver. 4. The fourth, ver. 5. The fifth, ver. -. The fixth, ver. 8. The feventh, ver. 9.
i A LL people, clap y our hands to God, -^^ with voice of triumph fhouri
2 For dreadful is the Lo.d moll High ;
great King the earth throughout. ^^
3 The heathen people under us
he furely mall fubdue ; And he mail make the nations under our feet to bow.
4 The lot of our inheritance
chufe out for us mall 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 Singyaraife to God, fing praife: fing praife,
p4Pb to our God fing ye.
7 For God is King of all the earth,
with knowledge praife exprefs. S 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 ;
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For why ? the fhields that do defend
the earth, are only his : They to the Lord belong ; yea, he
exalted greatly is.
PSALM XLVIIL
A Song and Pfalm, for thefons of Korah.
In this Pfalm the Lord is magnified for all his raercies beftowed on his Church, (refemblcd by Jerul'alem), ver. I, 2, 3. And in Ipecial for a late meicy manifefted in a p2iTage of hi-s cale to preferve Jerufalem, a Type of the Church univerfal, againft the allault of mighty Kings, ver. 4, 5, 6. The ufes of -which Tnercies'are fet down in number leven : The fit ft, ver. 7. The iecond, ver. 8. The third, ver.o. The fourth, ver. 10. The fifth, ver. 11. The fixth, ver. iz, 13. The
^j^enth, ver. 14.
■^IREAT is the Lord, and greatly he ^K-T is to be praifed ftill, Within the city of our God, upon his holy hill. % Mount Zion Hands moil beautiful, the joy of all the land ; The city of the mighty King on her north fide doth ftand. 5 The Lord within her palaces
is for a refuge known : |.l For lo, the Kings that gather'cWere together by have gone. .^
But, when they did behold the fame,
they wond ring would not flay ; Eut, being troubled at the fights
they thence did hafte away. Great terror there took hold on them,
they were poflefs'd with fear ; Tto* grief came like a woman's pain when fhe a child doth hear. E z
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eaft-wind [break'ft :
7 Thou Tarfhifh fhips with
8 As we have heard it told, 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-kindneis thought,
Lord, in thy temple ftill.
10 O Lord, according to thy name,
thro' all the earth's thy praife -, And thy right hand, O Lord, is full of righteoulhefs always
1 1 Becaufe thy judgments are made kn
let Zion mount rejoice, Of Judah kt the daughters all fend forth a chearful voice. Walk about Zion, and go round :
the high tow 'is thereof tell. Confider ye her palaces, and mark her bulwarks well ; That ye may tell pofterity. 14 For this God doth abide Our God for evermore ; he will
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evjLunto death us guide.
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the fons
"To the chief Mufician, a Pfalmfor of Korah.
This Plalm fets forth the gloriation of a Believer in the grace cf God, aid in his bleifed condition, wherein he is Jifted up above all the wealthy and honourable men in the J -world, who are not reconciled unto God; and this the j Plalmift ddivereth out of bis own feeling and experience. And firft, Becaufe it is a main matter and worlky of a acceptation, he maketh a preface to his gloriation
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3, 4. Then he comcth cut with it, making his boaft in
God, That by faith in God he was lo lecttred againft fin and
v that they (hould not be able -o ma:- his happinefs, ver.
f TkirdJy, He doth pfefei his blefledneft above vrhatfoe-
•'.eaith or riches could \ie!d to a ma-n, ver. 6", 7, 8, 9, 10. and ab >ve whatfoever dominion over air land?, or honour among men could yield to any man, either living or after hi death, either to himfelf or to a.;y of hi* poilertty, ver. n, !i. 13, 14. Four-thiy, He giveth reafon of his gloria1- tii n. becaoXe Heine juilificd by faith, 2nd at |ie?cc with G-. -", he was '.u e of deiiyeiy from every evi , a.id to be received out of his grave ir.to glory aad fci'ov.fnip v.ith God, ver 1 5.
ll •, He gua ump-
[Ui'et him wiien he teth hftnfe f and othe s '. t oublcj a.Ai the v.icktd in
pofterity, ver. 16, 17, 18, 10, 10.
iTTEARthis, all people, an(J give ear ] i~A 'all in the world that dwell : IBpotb low and b;gh, both rich and poor.
My mouth fhall wifdora tell ; My heart fhall knowledge meditate.
I will incline mine car To parables -, and on the harp
my fayings dark declare. Amidft thofe days that evil be,
why fliould I, fearing, doubt ? When o^ my heels th' iniquity
(hall 6ompafs me about. Whoe'er they be that in their wealth
their confidence do pitch, g* And boaft themfelves becaufe they arc
become exceed'ng rich. Yet none of thefe his brother can
redeem by any way, Nor can he unto God for him
fufficient ranf^m pay : (Their foul's redemption precious is, "&nd it can never be).
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9 That Hill he ftiould for ever live,
and not corruption fee. ro For why ? he feeth that wife men die,
and brutifh fools alfo Do perifti, and their wealth, when dead,
to others they let go.
1 1 Their inward thought is,that their houfe
and dwelling-places fhall Stand thro' all ages ; they their lands by their own names do call.
12 But yet in honour fhall not man
abide continually : But, pafling hence, may be compar'd^^ unto the beafts that die.
13 Thus brutifh folly plainly is
their wifdom and their way ; Yet their pofterity approve
what they do fondly fay. 24 Like fheep they in the grave are laid,
and death fhall them devour ; And. in the morning, upright men
fhrll over them have pow'r : Their beauty, from their dwelling, fhall
confume within the grave.
15 But from hell's hand God will me free,
for he (hall me receive.
1 6 Be thou not then afraid, when one
enriched thou doll: 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
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Nor fhall his glory after him into the grave defcend.
18 Although he his own foul did blefs,
whilft he on earth did live, (And when thou to thyfelf doft well, men will thee praifes give).
19 He to his father's race fhall go,
they never fhall fee light. .20 Man honoui'd, wanting knowledge, is like beafts that perim quite.
PSALM L.
A Fj'alm of AJ'aph.
This Pfalm is a citing of the vifible Chnich before God, the Judge of all the earth, (who at laft fhall judge all fklh ia the day of Judgment, and fhall take vengeance on the, wicked),, to compear before the tribunal of God; now in time when mercy may- be had, and now then timeoufly to confider the Lord's controve/fy agah ft finncis in his Church, that they may repent and be laved. Aiid fiifl, The diead- fulnefs of the Judgment is fct down, vei . i, z, 3. Secondly, The citation of the paity, that is, the vifible Church with the wjtneffes, ver . 4, 5, 6. Thirdly, There is a. challenge of fell- work Jufticiariv ?, f-egalifts, md formal Ceremonialilt?,.. who did )<-!' ■ pon outwaid good behaviour, and upon the outward dilcharge of the ordinances, as if the faenfices ©f the law or any performance of external duties, had been fuffici^nt to expiate fin, and jaftify a man, ver. 7, 8, 9, ic, n, 12, 1 J. Fou thly, There i? a direction Unto them hew to come off their legal righteoufnefs, and carnal way of wor- fhip, and to turn themfelves to the right way of woifhipping God in fpirit and truth, ver. 14, 15. Fifthly, There is a challenge of thole who were grofly wicked, ver. 16, 17, 18, 19, zo, zi. And iaftly, There is a direction alio to them to repent, and to give God glory in time, with an encourage- ment to the upright Believer- to go on their way, ver. Zi, z$.
1 npHE mighty God, the Lord A hath fpoken, and did call The earth, from rifing of the fun, to where he hath his fall.
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2 From out of Zion hill,
which of excellency And beauty the perfection is, God fhined glorioufly.
3 Our God mall furely come,
keep filence fhall not he : Before him fire (hall wafte, great ftorms fhall round about him be.
4 Unto the heavens clear
he from above fhall call, And to the earth likewife, that he may ju«Jge his people all. -5 Together let my Saints unto me gather'd be : Thofe that byTacrifice have made a covenant with me.
6 And" then theHeay'ns lhall
his righteoufnefs declare :
Eecaufe the Lord himfelf is he
by whom men judged are.
7 My people Ifra'l hear,
fpeak will I from on High ; Againft thee I will teftify : God, ev'n thy God, am I.
8 I, for thy Sacrifice,
no blame will on thee lay, Nor for burnt-off 'rings, which to me thou off'red'll ev'ry day.
9 I'll take no calf, nor goats,
from houfe or fold of thine.
10 For beafts of forefts, cattle all
on thou land bills are mine:.
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1 1 The fowls on mountains high
are all to me well kown : Wild befits, which in the fields do lye, ev'n they are all mine own.
1 2 Then, if I hungry were,
I would not tell it thee : Becaufe the world, and fulnefs all thereof, belongs to me.
13 Will I eat flefti of bulls?
or goats blood drink will I ?
14 Thanks offer thou to God, and pay
thy vows to the moil High.
15 And call upon me when
in trouble thou fhalt be ; I will deliver thee, and thou my Name fhalt glorify.
16 Eut to the wicked man God faith, My laws and truth
Shouldit thou declare? .how dar'ft thou my cov'nant in thy mouth ? [take
17 Sith thou inftruction hat'ft, which Ihould thy ways direct :
And fith my words behind thy back thou caiVft, and doft reject. |'f 8 When thou a thief didrtYee, th him thou dicfcft confent, And with the vile adulterers partaker on thou went, . 9 Thou giv'ft thy mouth to ill,
thy tongue deceit doth frame. 0 Thou fitt'it and 'gainft thybrotherfpeak'il thy mother's fon doft fhame.
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21 Becaufe I filence kept,
while thou thefe things haft wrought -9 That I was altogether like
thy 1 elf, hath been thy thought : Yet \ will thee reprove,
and fet before thine eyes In order ranked thy mildeeds,
and thine iniquities.
22 Now, ye that God forget,
this carefully confider, Left I in pieces tear you all, and none can you deliver.
23 Whofo doth offer praife,
me glorifies : and I Will fhew him God's falvation, that orders right his way. Another of the fame,
1 npHEmightyGod, the Lord, hath fpokc,
A and call'd the earth upon, Ev'n from the rifing of the fun, unto his going down.
2 From out of Zion his own hill,
where the perfection high Of beauty is, from thence the Lord hath fhined glorioufly.
3 Our God mail come, and mall no more
be fiient, but fpeak out : Before him fire mall wafte, great ftorms- fhill compafs him about.
4 He to the Heavens from above,
and to the earth below Shall carl, that he his judgments may before his people fhow.
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5 Let all m-y Saints 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 thee I will teflify •,. God, ev'n thy God I am. .
8 I, for thy facrifices few,
reprove thee never will, Nor for burnt-orT 'rings to have been before me ofPred frill.
9 I'll take no bullock, nor he- goats,
from houfe nor folds of thine.
10 For beafls of forefts, cattle, all
on thoufand hills are mine.
1 1 The fowls are all to me well known,
that mountains high do yield : 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 -, F01 earth, and all its fulneis, c to me of right pertain.
13 That I to eat the flefh of I
take pleafure, d Or that I need to quencb the blood of goats t
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14 Nay, rather unto me, thy God,
thankfgiving offer thou ; To the moft 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 (halt glorify. \6 But God unto the wicked faith,
Why fhouldft thou mention make Of my commands? how darTt thou in
thy mouth my cov'nant take ?
17 Sith it is fo, that thou doft hate
all good inftruction, And fith thou caft'ft behind thy back, and flight'ft my wo'ras each one.
1 8 When thou a thief didft fee, then ftraight
thou joind'ft with him in fin, And with the vile adulterers thou haft partaker been.
19 Thy mouth to evil thou doft give,
thy tongue deceit doth frame, ao Thou fitt'ft and 'gainft thybrotherfpeak'ft
thy mother's fon to fhame. 2 1 Thefe things thou wickedly haft done,
and I have filent been : Thou thoughtft that I was like thyfelf,
and did approve thy fin : But I will fharply thee reprove,
and I will order right Thy fins and thy tranfgreflions,
in pre fence of thy fight.
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22 Confider this, and be afraid,
ye that forget the Lord, Left I in pieces tear you al% when none can help afford.
23 Who ofT'reti praife, me glorifies :
I will (hew God's falvation To him that ordereth aright his life and converfation.
PSALM LI.
To the chief Mufichw, a Pjahn of J}(mdy when Nathan the Prophet came unto him, afttr he had gone in to Bathjheba,
The P'almift in the lad feme of his guiltincfs, ptaveth for remiffion of fin, with an eye to the Lord's large mercy, ver. 1, 2. and folioweth his petition with a deep and hearty confeffion of his fiafulnefs, ver. 3, 4, 5, 6. Heprayrrhthe fecoad time for remilTi..n of fin, with an eye toward the blood of the Meffiah, ver. 7. and folioweth it with another petition for comfort to hU arrl idled (pirit, ver. 8. He prayeth for remiffion of fins the thi.d time, ve.. 9. and folloveth it with another petition for renewed comfoit of the Holy Spirit, and for removal of felt wrath, with a proirife of making ufe thereof, to the edincaik n of God's people, ver. 10, 11, 12, 13. He prayeth for remiffion of fin the fourth time, and namely of that particular fin, W be re with for the prefent his conlci- ence was moft troubled, ver. 14 and he folioweth it with another petition, for enabling of him for a more fpiritual and fincere manner cf fervjng God hereafter, renouncing all confidence in the external ceremonies of the law, ver. 15, 16, 17. And laft of all, he p. ayeth for mercy to the Church, ver. 1 8, 19.
i A FTER thy loving-kindnefs, Lord, -£* have mercy upon me : For thy companions great, blot out all mine iniquity.
2 Me cleanfe from fin, and th'roughly wafh
from mine iniquity.
3 For my tranfgreilions I confefs:
my fin I ever fee,
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4 'Gainft thee, thee only have I finn'd,
in thy fight done this ill : 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 (halt make me know within the hidden part.
7 Do thou with hyflbp fprinkle me
I (hall be cleanfed fo : Yea, wafh thou me, and then I (hall be whiter than the fnow.
8 Of gladnefs and of joyfu-Inefs
make me to hea* the voice : That fo thefe very bones, which thou haft broken, may rejoice.
9 All mine iniquities blot out ;
thy face hide from my fin.
10 Create a clean heart, Lord, renew,
a right fp'rit me within.
1 1 Caft me not from thy fight ; nor take
thy holy Sp'rit away.
1 2 Reftore me thy Salvation's joy ;
with thy free Sp'rit me ftay.
1 3 Then will I teach thy ways unto
thofe that tranfgreiTors be -, And thofe that fmners are, fhall thea be turned unto thee.
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14 O God, of my falvation God,
me from blood-guiltinefs Set free : then (hall my tongue aloud fing of thy righteoufnefs.
15 My clofed lips, O Lord, by thee
let them be opened ; Then (hall thy praifes by my mouth . abroad be publifhed.
1 6 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 pleafing 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.
1 9 Then righteous offerings fhall thee pleafe,
and off'rings burnt, which they, With whole burnt-ofT'rings, and with fhall on thine altar lay. [calves,
PSALM L1I.
To the chief Mufician, Mafcbil, a Pfahn of
Dwvidy 'when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, and [aid unto him, Da<vid is come to the koufe of Ahimelecb.
The fcope of the Pfalmift is to fhew, that Doeg his enemy had no realon to glory in the favour of the couit, pur«hafcd by his falle anc cruel calumnies againft him, and the Lord's Piielt.% wh:ch he proveth by four reatons : Firft, Ee-cau:"e Gcd's kindness could not be taken away by Doeg's cruel ca- lumnies, ver. 1. Secondly, Becaulc God fluuld root out
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Doee out of the wo: Id for his wicked calumnies ver. 3, 4, c. Thirdly, Beeanfe Docg would be made a laughing-flock and matter of derifion to the Goal , rer. 6, 7. Fourthly, i3e- caul'c mar.gre his maiice, Dai-id fhouid be blefTed as a Be- liever in Gjd, and a t.ue vvorfhipper of him, ver.8. Where- upon he concladetb With praile to God, vcr. 9.
iTT/HY doll: thou boait, O nrvghty man, * * of milchief and of ill? The goodnefs of Almighty God endureth ever Hill.
2 Thy tongue mifchievous calumnies
devifeth fubtilly : Like to a razor, fharp to cut, working deceitfully.
3 111 more than good, and more than truth
thou loveft to fpeak wrong.
4 Thou loveft all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
5 So God (hall thee deftrcy for ay,
remove thee, pluck thee out Quite from thy houfe, out of the land of life he fhall thee root.
6 The righteous fhall it fee, and fear,
and laugh at him they fhall.
7 I.o, this the man is, that did not
make God his itrength at all : But he, in his abundant wealth,
his confidence did place ; And he took itrength unto himfelf
from his own wickednefs. 2 But I am in the houfe of God
like to an olive green : My confidence for ever hath
upon God's mercy been.
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9 And I for ever will thee praife, becaufe thou haft done this : I on thy name will 'wait, for good before thy Saints it is.
PSALM LIII.
To the chief Mufcian, upon Mahalath, Maf- chily a Falm of David
As in the fourteenth mint, fo hue, David comforteth him- felf, and the red of the Godly in their fad lu#erJDgs which they felt fom godlefs men, lying in the mjferable condition of nature, ver. i, 2, 3. The grounds of comfort are three : The firft, Becaufe God was engaged in the lufferings of his ow:i, and would rlead their controversy a^ainff. the wicked, ver. 4. The next, Became G >d'a judgments were to come on all the perfecutor's of the Gx>dly, ver. 5. And the third, Becaufe there is horfe of the full falvation of the Godly in Chrilt, ver. 6. Compai ing thisPfalm withPfalm 14. wherein ?hc cn:r.ity of ll:t sacked agtiaft the Godly, and the com- fort of the godly in that care, in this place a-e the fame which are fet down there ; We Ifarn, that as the Godly may fall ofner than once, in one cafe, ttn«fer one and the fame tentation, feme fort of hard exercife and grief 5 To may they, and (liquid they make u!e of fome comforts, and bring to memo, y the fame doctrines for that end, as theChuich i« taught to d<>, Pialm 14. and here in this Pfalm.
I ~T ~HAT there is not a God, the fool -* doth in his heart conclude : They are corrupt, their works are vile h
not one of them dcth good The Lord upon the fons of men
from Hcav'n did caft his eyes To fee if any one there was,
that fought God, and was wife. They altogether filthy are,
they all are backward gone ; And there is none that doeth good,
no not fo much as one.
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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 mould be afraid : For God his bones that thee befieg'd
hath fcattered all abroad ; Thou haft confounded them, for they
defpifed are of God. $ Let IfraTs help from Zion come :
when back the Lord (hall bring His captives, Jacob mail rejoice,
and Ifrael mail fmg.
PSALM LIV.
To the chief Mii/irian, on Negmoth, Majchily
a Pfalm of David ivben the Zipbims came and /aid to Saul, Dotb not David bide biwfelf nvith us ? David being betrayed by the Zipbims, Firft, Doth make his prayer to God, for delivery, ver. i, 2.. Secondly, He tt'crgthe.ieih his faith by I'ome reafons, ver. 3. Thirdly, He is confident of his own delivery, and of God's judgments on the Ziphims, wherennto he fubfcribes, ver. 4, 5. And laftof all, he promiteth prail'e to God for his own allured deliverance, ver. 6", 7.
i C AVE m?. O God, by thy great name,
& and judge me by thy ftrength. % My prayer hear, O God -, give ear
, unto my my words at length. 3 For they that ftrangers are to me, do up againft me rife ; Oppreffors feck my foul, and God fet not before their eyes.
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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 fake cut them off, and fvveep them clean away.
6 I will a facrifice to thee
give with free willingnefs ; Thy name, O Lord, becaufe 'tis good, with praife I will confefs.
7 For he hath me delivered
from all adverfities ; And his defire mine eye hatli feen upon mine enemies.
PSALM LV.
To the chief Mujirian, on Neginoth, MafcUly a Pfalm of David.
This Pfalm containeth this dofttine, That albeit Ch:i;t and hi*- followers may be m g'eat (traits by the treachery of their pretended friends, yet through God's favour they (hall be delivered, as David felt in experience. The ufe of which
! doctrine is fubjo ned in the end of the Pfalm, which well a^reeth with the Pialmiffs condition in the time of Abfalom's
1 and Actiitophel's conlpi.acy.
The parts of the Pfalm we may make thefe three. In the fi \ is let down his ibrrowful Supplication, to ve . i 6". In the next, hi^ comforting of bimfelf in the Lord his deliverer, to ver. az. In the third, Ufe of his expenencet in the two laft verl'e?.
In his fupplication he prayeth in the firft place for a gracous healing, becaufe of the calumnies and cruelties of his ene- mies, ver. i, 2, 3. In the next place, He letteth down his pitiful condition of mind, ver. 4, 5. Making him to with to be far from the company of thefe confpii ators, v^hich were combined againft him, ver. 6, 7, 8. In the thiid place, he prayeth to God to confound their counfek, becauie the whole city was in an uproar againft him, leaking how to execute their mifchicvous plot, ver. 9, ic, 11. lathe
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. fourth place, he condefcend; upon a more particular reafon of his prayer for confounding their counftls, becaufe the plotter of the confpiiacy had been moil intimate in his fami- liarity, and deep upon his counlel, ver. 12, 13, 14. Where- upon in the latt place by way of prayer, he prophefieth of the curie of God to come upon thern, ver. 15.
In the fecond part of the P.alm he comforteth himfelf in God. Firft, By his reibiution conltantly to depend upon God, and hopeful y to pray. ver. 16, 17. Secondly, By his former experiences of deliverances gi anted to him before, ver. 1 8. Thirdly, Becaufe he was afi'uicd God fhould take order with his enemies for their treacherous breach of covenant, and plaiftering of their malicious defigns with fair pretences, and deep diiTimulation, ver 19, 2,0, S, 1 .
In the third put of the Pia.m are the ufes of this experience, ver. 22, 13.
1 T ORD, hear my pray Y, 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'mv's voice, and for
lewd m^n's oppreflion 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,
o'er whelmed me withal.
6 O that I like a dove had wings!
faid I, then* would i flee 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 defart flay.
8 From windy ftorm, and temper! I
would hafte to 'icape away.
9 O Lord, on them deftrucVion bring,
and do their tongues divide j
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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 ftreers, deceitfulnefs and guile do not depart.
i z He was no foe that me reproach'd, then that endure I could ; - Jfe ^ Nor hater that did 'gainft me doot, from him me hide I would.
13 But thou, man, who mine equal, guide,
and mine acquaintance waff.
14 We join'd fweet counfels toGod's houfe,
in company we paft.
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.
1 7 I'll pray, and make a noife
At ev'ning, morning, and at noon ; and he fhall hear my voice.
1 8 He hath my foul delivered,
that it in peace might t?e, From battle that againft me was : for many v/ere with me. ■19 The Lord fhall hear and them afflict, of old who hath abode :
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Becauie they never changes have, therefore they fear not God.
20 'Gainft thofe that were at peace with him
he hath put forth his hand : The covenant that he had made, by breaking he profan'd.
2 1 More fmooth than butter were his words
while in his heart was war : His fpeeches were more foft than oil, and yet drawn fwords they are.
22 Call: thou thy burthen on the Lord,
and he (hall thee fuftain : Yea, he mail caufe the righteous man
unmoved to remain. -23 But thou, O Lord my God, thofe men
in juftice fhalt o'erthrow, And in deftruct ion's dungeon dark
at laft fhall lay them low : The bloody and deceitful men
fhall not live half their days, But unto thee with confidence
I will depend always.
PSALM LVI.
To the chief Muficiau^ upon Joimth-ekm-
rechokim, Micbtam of David, zv.ben the PbilijUnes
took him in Gatb . David flyiner from Saul to the country of the Philiftine?, (as we read, i Sam. xxi, 13) is apprehended, he prayeth to God, and is delivered. There a;e two parts of the P. aim; In the former part there are three conflicts of David's taith with hi? troubie and centation, and three victories. The firft conflict is in prayer, laying "forth his enemies carriage againft him, ver. i, 2. And his victory by faith, ver. 3, 4. The fecond conflict in his complaint he maketh againft his enemies, ver. 5, 6. And his fecond victory by faith, vei. 7. His third conflict is by laying forth his mournful conaitiga
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before God, with hope to* be regaided, ver. 8. And his third and greateft victory by faich, ver. 9, 10, il. In the Jatter part or" the P. aim is David's obligation, thankfully to acknowledge his merciful delivery, with a petition for grace to perfeveie in the courfe of obedience under God's pro- tection, ver. 12, 13.
i CHEW mercy, Lord, to me, for man & would fwallow me outright. : He me oppreifeth, while he doth againft me daily fight. 2 They daily would me fwallow up, that hate me fpitefully : For they be many that do fight againft me, O moil High, j When I'm afraid, I'll truft in thee.
4 In God I'll praife his word :
I will not fear what fiefh can do, my truft is in the Lord.
5 Eachdav they wreftmy words their thoughts
'gainft me are all for ill.
6 They meet, they lurk, they mark my fteps,
waiting my foul to kill.
7 But (hall they by iniquity
efcape thy judgment fo ? O God, with indignation, down do thou the people throw.
8 My wand'rings all what they have been
thou know'ft, their number took : Into thy bottle put my tears ; are they not in thy book ?
9 My foes mail, when I cry, turn back :
I know't, God is for me.
10 In God his word I'll praife: his word
in God (hall praifed be.
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1 1 In God I truft : I will not fear
what man can do to me.
1 2 Thy vows upon me are, O God :
I'll render- praife to thee.
1 3 Wilt thou net, who from death me fav'd,
my feet from falls keep free, To wafk before God in the light of thofe that living be r
PSALM LVII.
To the chief Mufcian^ Al~tajchiihy Mich tarn of David j when he fiedfromSaulin the cave.
This Plalm of David, a* many oiher his Pfalms, doth reprefent the condition of his fpirit, both in the time of his trouble, and after the delivery : What was his exercife in the cave, and what was his condition after he was delivered out of that danger, -whereof we read, i Sam. xxiv. There are two parts of the Plalm : The full containeth his prayer for deli- verance, which is prelfcd by fix arguments, all ferving to ft>engthen his faith : The firft becaule he trufted in God, ver. 1. The fecund, bgcaufe he rel'olved to infift in prayer till he were heard, ver.' a. The third, Became he hoped certainly to find notable delivery from his extraordinary dan- ger, ver. 3, The fourth, Becaule his enemies were beaftly cruel, ver. 4. The fifth Beca. Te this mercy might contri- bute much to the glorifying of God, ver. 5. The fixth is from the low condition-wheteunto his fpirit is brought, by their crafty and cruel purfuit of him, ver. 6. In the reft of the Pfalm is his thanklgiving, confirming of five parts. The fiift is the acknowledgement of the mercy and delivery granted, ver. 6. The next is his fixt refohvion to praife God for it, ver. 7. The third is the up-ftining of tongue and hand, and the whole man to praife God, ver. 8. The fourth is a promile to tranfmit the knowledge of God's mercy to other nation*, ver. 9. The fifth is the acknow- ledgement of the glory ot this mercy, with a wifh that ic might be more and more i'een and acknowledged, by giving new experience of it, ver. 10, 11.
i T> E merciful to mc, O God, A-* thy mercy unto me Do thou extend, becaufe my foul doth put her truft in thee :
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Yea, in the fhadow of thy wings
my refuge I will place, Until thefe fad calamities
do wholly over pafs. My cry I will caufe to afcend
unto the Lord moft High ; * To God, who doth all things for me
perform moft perfectly. From Heav'n he fhall fend down, and me
from his reproach defend, That would devour me : God his truth
and mercy forth fhall fend. My foul among fierce lions is,
I fire-brands live among ; Mens* fons, whofe teeth are fpears and
a fliarp fword is their tongue [darts, Be thou exalted very high
above the Heav'ns, G God : Let thou thy glory be advanc'd
o'er all the earth abroad. My foul's bow'd down, for they a net
have laid, my fteps to mare : Into the pit, which they have digg'd
for me, they fali'n are. My heart is fix'd, my heart is fix'd,
O God : I'll fing, -and praife. 3 My glory wake, wake pfalt'ry, harp :
myfelf I'll early raife. ) I'll praife thee 'mong the people, Lord,
'mong nations fing will I. ,o For great to Heav'n thy mercy is,
thy truth is to the Iky. F
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1 1 O Lord, exalted be thy name above the Heav'ns to ftand : Do thou thy glory far advance above both fea and land.
PSALM LVIir.
To the chief Muftcian, Al-tafchithy Mkbtam, of David.
The Pfalmift being opprelfed by the calumnies of the courtiers of King Saul, and by the Senatois of the courts of juftice, who fhould have provided aga'mlt the oppreflion of the fubjecls, chargeth them in the firft past of this Pfalm, as rtioft guilty of injuftice done to him, ver. r, 2, 3, 4, 5. In the fecond part, He prayeth againft them, that God would execute judgment upon them, ver. 6, 7, 8. And in the third part, He pronounceth the lentence of their deferred destruction, ver. 9, 10, 11. From this experience of the Prophet, we may fee what ftrong parties, and hard oppofi- tion the Godly may meet with in. the defence of a good caufe, and how neceflary it is in fuch trials to exerciie our faith, and to exalt God above all oppofite powers, that we may be borne out, and get coniolation and victory in the Lord.
1 T^\ O ye, O congregation,
\* indeed fpeak righteoufhefs ?
O ye that are the fons of men,
judge ye with uprightnefs ?
2 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 itray as foon as to the world they come.
4 Unto a ferpent's poifon like
their poifon doth appear ; Yea, they are like the adder deaf, that clofely flops her ear :
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5 That To (he may not hear the voice
of one that charm her would, No, not tho' he moil cunning were, and charm moll: wifely could.
6 Their teeth, O God, within their mouth
break thou in pieces fmall : The great teeth break thou out, O Lord, of thefe young lions all.
7 Let them like waters melt away,
which downward ftill do flow : In pieces cut his arrows all, when he fhall bend his bow.
8 Like to a fnail that melts away,
let each of them be gone : Like woman's birth untimely, that they never fee the fun.
9 He 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 fees, he fhall be joyful then :
The righteous one (hall wafh his feet in blood of wicked men.
11 So men fhall fay, The righteous man reward fhall never mifs :
And, verily, upon the earth a God to judge there is.
PSALM LIX.
To the chief Mufician, Al-tafchifh, Michtam
of David, nvhen Saul feat, and they ivaiched tbe houfe to kill him.
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David inprefent danger of* his life by Saul, (who having David inclofed within the city anf within brs own houfe, thought furely to have killed him, as we read, i Sam. xix. u.) praycth to God for deliverance, ver. 1, z. and tor a rtalon of his prayer, maketh a complaint againll his enemies, ver. 3, 4. In the next place, He prayeth the iecond time for delivery to himfe'f, and judgment againll his enemies, ver. 5. and complaineth ofthem ths Iecond time, ver 6, 7. In the third place, He declareth his confidence to be delivered, ver. 8, 9, 10. In the fourth place, He maketh imprecation againll his enemies for their wickednels, ver. 11, 12., 1 3, 1 4,1 5. And in the laft place, He promueth thanks to God for his delivery, whereof he was allured before it came, ver. 16, 17.
I A/J" Y God, deliver me from thofe lVA that are mine enemies: And do thou me defend from thofe • 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. 5 For lo, they for my foul laid wait ; the mighty do combine Againft me, Lord, not for my fault, 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 heathen 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.
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7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth,
and in their lips are'fwords;
For they do fay thus, Who is he
that now doth hear our words ?
8 But thou, O Lord, (halt laugh at them,
and all the heathen mock.
9 While he's in pow'r, 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 i
but fcatter them abroad By thy ftrong pow'r ; and bring them O thou our fhield, and God. j down
1 2 For their mouth's fin, and for the words
that from their lips do fly, Let them be taken in their pride, becaufe they curfe and lye.
13 In wrath con fume them, themconfume,
that fo they may not be : 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.
15 And let them wander up and down,
in feeking food to eat ; And let them grudge, when they fhall not be fatisfy'd with meat.
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i 6 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, thou art my ftrength, I will fing praifes unto thee : For God is my defence, a Qod of mercy unto me.
PSALM LX. To the chief Mufician, upon Shnjhan-eduth,
Michtam <f David, to teach, nxjben he ft rove ivilh Aram-nabaraim, and with Aram-zobeth* when Jcab returned and/mote of Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thoufand. This Pfaim is a piayc for the vi&oiy of Ifrael over their enemies, indited upon the Prophet when Ifrael was fighting with the Syrians and Edomites. It may be divided into three parts: In the fiift whereof, the Pfalmift prayeth for help more largely, ver. r, z, 3, 4, 5. In the lecoDd part David is made confident of the victory, ver. 6", 7, 8, 9, 10. In the third part he repeateth his prayer more briefly, and his confidence of having the victory, ver. 11, 12.
i^\ Lord, thou haft rejected us, ^-^ and fcatt'red us abroad; Thou juftly haft difpleafed been ; return to us, O God.
2 The earth to tremble thou haft made;*
therein didft breached make : - Do thou thereof the breaches*heal, becaufe the land doth make.
3 Unto thy people thou hard things
haft fhew'd, and on them fent ; And thou haft caufed us to drink ' wine of aftonifhment. :
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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 fpoke,
herein I will take pleafure ; ^ Shechem I will divide, and forth " will Succoth's valley meafure..
7 Gilead I claim as mine by right ;
Manaffeh mine (hall be ; Ephra'm is of mine head the ftrength ; Judah gives laws for me.
8 Moab's my wafning pot; my fhoe
I'll over Edom throw ; And over Paleftina's land I will in triumph go. g O u ho is he will bring me to the city fortify'd ? O who is he that to the land of Edom will me guide ?
10 O God, which hadeft us caft off,
this thing wilt thou not do ? Ev'n thoif, O God, which dideft not forth with our armies go.
1 1 Help us from trouble : for the help
is vain which man fupplies.
12 Thro' God we'll do great acts: he (hall
trend down our enemies
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PSALM LXI.
To the chief Muftcian^ upon Neginoth, a Pfalm of David.
David now in his exile maketh his addrefs to God in a fad condition, ver. i, 2,- 3. And is comforted in the Lord, and perfuaded of hi« prcfent and future happinefs, ver. 4, 5. And of the perpetuity of the Kingdom of Chtifr., repreiented by him, to the comfort of all ChrilVs fubje&s in all ages, ver. 6, 7, 8.
i(~\ God, give ear unto my cry, ^-^ unto my pray'r attend.
2 From th"' utmoft corner of the land
my cry to thee I'll fend. What time my heart is overwhelm'd,
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 pow'r ; 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 thofe 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.
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7 He in God's pretence his abode
for evermore fhall have : O do thou truth and mercy both prepare, that may him fave.
8 And fo wilt I perpetually
fing praife unto thy name ; That, having made my vows, I may each day perform the fame.
PPALM LXII.
To the chief Muftcian^ toJeduthuny a Pfalrft
of David.
This Pfalm is the ifTue of a fore conflict, and inward combat, which David felt from the ftrong opposition of his irrecon- cileable adverfaries, and from the lading troubles which he i'uftained by their perfecution, and by his friends forfaking of him, whereby he was put hard to it what to think or what to do : At length faith in God giveth him vidtory, and maketh him firft to break foith in avowing of his faith and hope in God, ver. i, z. Next, To inl'ult over his enemies as dead men, bccaufe of their finful couiie, ver. 3, 4. Thirdly, To ftrengthen himfelf in his faith and hope, ver. 5, 6, 7. Fourthly, To exhort all men to trull in God, and to depend on him, for reafons fet down, ver. 8, 9. and not to truft in oppreflion and robbery, for reafons fet dowH, ver, 10, 11, iz.
1 AyT Y foul with expectation IVx depends on God indeed : M^ ftrength and my falvation doth from him alone proceed, a He only my falvation is, and my ftrong rock is he ; He only is my fure defence : much mov'd I (hall not be. 3 How long will ye againft a man plot mifchief ? ye fhall all Be flain : ye as a tott'ring fence fhall be; and bowing wall. F 5
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4 They only plot to caft him down
from his excellency : They joy in lyes: with mouth they blefs, but they curfe inwardly.
5 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 firong rock is he : He only is my fure defence j I fh alt not moved be.
7 In God my glory placed is,
and my falvation fure : In God the rock is of my ftrength, my refuge moft 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 lye : In balance laid, they wholly are more light than vanity.
10 Truft ye not in oppreffion,
in robb'ry be not vain : On wealth 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 power to Almighty God alone doth appertain. -
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12 Yea, mercy alfo unto thee belongs, O Lord, alone : For thou according to his work rewardeft ev'ry one.
PSALM LXIII.
A Pfalm of David, when he was in the wil- derness of Jttdah.
We have in this Pfalm David's exercife in his banifhment, when he was hiding himielf from Saul in the wildernels of Judah, wherein is fet down his longing, and prayer after the benefit of the public ordinance?, ver. I, a. and the fruits of a giacious and comfortable anfwer given to his prayer, in number four. The ti.lr. is a relolution to follow fpirituai datu», and in l'pecial to piaiieGod, ver. 3. and to be a conftant fupplican* depending on God, ver. 4. and to take his contentment in God and in his prailes, ver. 5, 6. and joyfully to trull in God s mercy, ver. 7. The iecond f/uit is the acknowledgement of God's power, mftaining him in his adherence unto God, practiitd by him for time part, and purpoled for time to come, ver. 8. The third fruit is confidence of the deduction of his enemies, ver. c, 10. The fouith is aifurance that he (hall receive the Kingdom p.omhed unto him, to the confufion of all fuch as did (lander him as a traitor.
iT ORD, thee my God I'll early feek : -*— ' my foul doth thirft for thee ■, My flefh longs in a dry parch'd land, wherein no waters be :
2 That I thy pow 'r may behold,
and brightnefs of thy face, As I have feen thee heretofore within thy holy place.
3 Since better is thy love than life,
my lips thee praife mail give.
4 I in thy name will lift m\ hands,
and blefs thee while I live.
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5 Ev'n as with marrow, and with fat, my foul mail filled be : Then mall my mouth with joyful lips fing praifes unto thee. 5 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 hall been.
8 My foul thee follows hard : and me
thy right hand doth fuftain.
9 Who feek my foul to fpill, mail fink
down to earth's loweft room.
I o They by the fword mall be cut off,
and foxes prey become.
I I Yet mall the King in God rejoice,
and each one glory mail That fwear by him -, but ftopp'd mail be the mouth of liars all.
PSALM LXIV.
To the chief ' Mufician, a Pfalm of David.
Tns P:'a!ra hath two parts: In the former is David's heavy complaint ur.to God againft his deadly enemies, laid forth before God in fundry particular evidences of their malice, ver. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6. And in the latter part is the Lord's comfortable anlwer unto him, by giving him affurance ©f God's judgment coming en them, to their own and others aftonifhment, and to the comfort of theGodly, ver.7, 8, 9, 10.
ilX7HEN I to thee my prayer make, * V Lord to my voice give ear j My life fave from the enemy of whom I ftand in fear ;
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2 Me from their fecret counfel hide
who do live wickedly ; From infurrection of thofe men that work iniquity :
3 Who do their tongues with malice whet,
and make them cut like fwords -, In whofe bent bows are arrows fet,
ev'n (harp and bitter words : 4. That they may at the perfect man
in fecret aim their fhot -, 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 conference they have, who mall them fee ? they fay.
6 They have fearch'd out iniquities,
a perfect fearch they keep : Of each of them the inward thought, and every heart is deep.
7 God fhall an arrow moot at them,
and wound them fuddenly. S So their own tongue fhall them confound ;
all who them fee fhall fly. 9 And on all men a fear fhall fall ;
God's works they fhall declare ; For they fhall wifely notice take
what thefe his doings are. io In God the righteous fhall rejoice,
and truft upon his might ; Yea, they fhall greatly glory all,
in heart that are upright.
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PSALM LXV.
To the chief Mufician, a Pfalm and Song of David,
This Pfaim is all of God's prai'.es. The propofition that he is to be pi ailed, is let down, ver. 1. The reasons of his praile unto the end, are nine. The fii ft whereof, is, Becau.e he heareth prayer, ver. z. The fecond, Becau e he merclr'uily paidoncth fins, ver. 3. The third, Became of hisgiacious purpole, and powerful profecutioa of the decree of election^. of his own redeemed one?, ver. 4 The fourth, Becaufe of his defending o" his Church in all place*, ver. 5. The fifth, Is from the (Length manifefted in the framing and fettling of the mountains, ver. 6. The fixth, Fiom the wile and powerful over-ruling of all unruly and raging cieatuies, ver. 7. The seventh, Is from his preventing of troubles, which are coming to his Church, by tenifying all nations at the beholding of the tokens of his difpleaJure againft the enemies of his people, ver. 8. The eighth argu- ment is taken from the joyful peace granted fometimes to his people, ver. 8. The ninth argument of God's praile, is from the rich plenty of all neceiTay rood, from year to year, which Cod provideih for maintenance of man and bead, and *lpe- cially of his people Iuael in their land, ver. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
iT)RAISE waits for thee inZion, Lord: ■*- ^ to thee vows paid mall be.
2 O thou that hearer art of pray'r,
all flefli fhall come to thee.
3 Iniquities, I muft confefs,
prevail againft me do : But as for our tranfgrefiions, them purge away malt thou.
4 Bleft is the man whom thou doll chufe,
and mak'fl approach to thee, That he within thy courts, O Lord,
may Hill 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.
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5 0 God of our falvation,
thou in thy righteoufnefs, By fearful works unto our pray'rs
thine anfwer doll 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, fets fait,
by his great ftrength, the hills :
7 Who noife of feas, noife of their waves,
and people's tumult, ftills.
8 Thofe in the utmoft parts that dwell,
are at thy figns afraid : Th' out-goings of the morn and ev'n by thee are joyful made.
9 The earth thou vifit'ft, wat'ring it : thou mak'it it rich to grow WithGod's full flood : thou corn prepar'ft, when thou provid'ft it fo. io Her rigs thou wat'refl plenteoufly : her furrows fetteleft : "With fhow'rs thou doll: her mollify, her fpring by thee is bleft.
1 1 So thou the year moft lib'rally
dofl with thy goodnefs crown ± And all thy paths abundantly on us drop fatnefs down.
12 They drop upon the paftures wide,
that do in defarts ly : The little hills on ev'ry fide rejoice right pleafantly.
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1 3 With flocks the paftures clothed be ; the vales with corn are clad : And now they fhout and fmg to thee, for thou haft made them glad.
PSALM LXVI.
To the chief Mufician, a Song or Pfalm.
This Pfalm being all of praifes, may be divided into three parts. In the firft the Pfalmift exhovteth all the earth to- praife God, ver. i, 2, 3, 4. and that becaufe of the works which God did of old for his people, ver. 5, 6. and becaufe he is able t& do the like when he pleafeth, ver. 7. In the fecond part he exhorts the Church of lfrael living with him in that age, to praife God for the late experience of God's goodnefs towards them, in the delivery granted to them out of their late trials, troubles, and fore vexations, ver. 8, 9, 10, 11, 1 a. In the third place, the Prophet exprefTeth his own parpofe of thankfulnefs unto God for the large experi- ence which he had in particular of God's mercies to hiraielf, from ver. 13. to the end.
1 A LL 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- mall be conftrain'd to bow.'
4 All on the earth (hall worfhip thee,
they (hall thy praife proclaim In fongs ; they (hall 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, moll terrible is he.
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6 Into dry land the Tea he turn'd,
and they a pafTage had ; Ev'n marching thro' the flood on foot, there we in him were glad.
7 He ruleth 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 fpeak of his praife.
9 Our foul in life who fafe preferves,
our foot from Hiding ftays.
I o For thou didft prove and try us, Lord,
as men do filver try :
I I Brought'!! us into the net, and mad'ft
bands on our loins to lie.
1 % Thou haft caus'd men ride o'er our heads ; and tho' that we did pafs Through fire and water,yetthoubrought'(t us to a wealthy place.
13 I'll bring burnt ofPrings to thy houfe:
to thee my vows I'll pay.
14 Which my lipsutter'd, my mouth fpake
when trouble on me lay.
15 Burnt- facrifices of fat rams
with incenfe I will bring : Of bullocks and of goats I will prefent an offering.
1 6 All that fear God, come here, I'll tell
what he did for my foul.
17 I with my mouth unto him cry'd,
my tongue did him extol.
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1 8 If. in my heart I fin regard,
the Lord me will not hear.
19 But furely God me heard, and to
my prayer's voice gave ear.
20 O let the Lord, our gracious God,
for ever bleflfed be, Who turned not my pray'r from him, nor yet his grace from me.
PSALM LXYII.
To the chief Mufician, on Neginoth, a Pfahn or Song.
This Pfalm is a prophetical prayer for a blcfling upon the Church of the Jew-:, for the good of the Gentiles, and en- larging of the Kingdom of Chrift among them. The Petition is propounded, ver. 1, a. In the next place is an acclamation with the Gentile?, glorifying of God at their in-bringing, now foreieen that it fhould come moft certainly, ver. 3, 4. In the third place, the Church of the Jews do appiaud the fecond time the converfion of the Gentiles, and their praifing of God, promising to tBcmleJves, that by that means the increafe of God's b'efTing on them (hall follow, and the en- larging of the Kingdom of God through all the world, ver, 5,6, 7-
i T O R D, blefs and pity us : ■*— ' fhine on us with thy face.
2 That th* earth thy way, and nations all
may know thy faving grace.
3 Let people praife thee, Lord,
let people all thee praife.
4 O let the nations be glad,
in fu'.igs their voices raife : Thou'lt juftly people judge, on earth rule nations all.
5 Let people praife thee, Lord ; let them
praife thee, both great and fmall.
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6 The earth her fruit ftiall yield :
our God fhall bleiling fend.
7 God fhall us blefs, men (hall him fear,
unto earth's utmoft end. Another of the fame. i T ORD, 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 fhown.
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 (halt people judge,
and nations rule on earth, ? Let people praife thee, Lord ; let all
the folk praife thee with mirth. ) Then fhall the earth yield her increafe ;
God, our God blefs us fhall. ' God fhall us blefs ; and of the earth
the ends fhall fear him all.
PSALM LXVIII.
To the chief Mufician, a Pjalm or Song of David.
bis Pfalm is very fuitable to that time, when David having gotten the victory over his enemies round about, did aifem- Die all Iirael, and carried the ark of God, now returned from i.he land of the Philiftines, triumphantly out of the houfe of Dbed-Edom, into the city of David, as a type of Ch.-U'.'»
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afcenfion after the work of Redemption in the word. la which Pialm, after the manner that Mofes prayed unto God, or to Chtift who was to be incanate, when the ark did march, David prayeth here fi-ft againft the Lord's enemies, ver. i, 2. And then for the Lord's people, ver. 3. In the next place, He exhorteth all the Lord's people to praile God, ▼ er. 4. and giveth twelve or thirteen reafons for it: Firft, Becaufe of his mercy to the defolate and afnicted, ver. 5, 6. Secondly, Becaufe of his wonderfulnefs and terriblenefs ia delivering of his people out of bondage, as appeared in his bringing of his people out of Egypt, and thro' the wildernefs, ver. 7, 8. Thirdly, Becaufe of his fatherly care to entertain his redeemed people, as did appear in his nourifhing of hrs Church in Canaan, ver. 9, 10. Fourthly, Becaufe of the vi&ories which he giveth ufuflly to his people, when their enemies do invade them, ver. ii,