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For unbelief in Tophet ends,

And everlasting woe;

Whereas Messiah's aithful friends
With him to heav'n shall go.

GIVE

VIVE ear unto my words, O Lord,
My meditation weigh.

2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; For I to thee will pray.

3 Lord, thou shalt early hear

I early will direct

my voice :

My pray'r to thee; and, looking up,
An answer will expect.

4 For thou art not a God that doth
In wickedness delight;

Neither shall evil dwell with thee, 5 Nor fools stand in thy sight. All that ill-doers are thou hat'st; Cutt'st off that liars be: The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee.

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7 But I into thy house will come
In thine abundant grace;
And I will worship in thy fear
Toward thy holy place.

8 Because of those mine enemies,
Lord, in thy righteousness
Do thou me lead; do thou thy way
Make straight before my face.

9 For in their mouth there is no truth,
Their inward part is ill;

Their throat's an open sepulchre,
Their tongue doth flatter still.

10 O God, destroy them; let them be
By their own counsel' quell'd:
many sins cast out,
For they 'gainst thee rebell'd.

Them for their

11 But let all joy that trust in thee,
And still make shouting noise;
For them thou sav'st: let all that love
Thy name in thee rejoice.

12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man
Thou wilt thy blessing yield:
With favour thou wilt compass him
About, as with a shield.

PSALM VI.

In this Psalm also, there is only one speaker; and he, as being himself altogether free from unrighteousness, has authority to say, 'Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.'-These words, cited from this and other Psalms, are spoken by the Lord, Matth. vii. 23. If any dubiety still remain in your mind concerning the person who saith these things, consult Heb. v. 7. Phil. ii. 6. John v. 22. Matth. vii. 23. and xxv. 41.

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When smitten by his Father's rod,
In his deep agony,

Oppress'd, and lab'ring with the load
Of our iniquity,

Behold, the Lamb of God implores
Deliv'rance not in vain :

Both death and hell he overpow'rs,
And loads his foes with pain.

ORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not;
Nor in thy hot rage chasten me.

2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak:
Heal me, for my bones vexed be.

3 My soul is also vexed sore:

But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make? 4 Return, O Lord, my soul set free; O save me, for thy mercies' sake.

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5 Because those that deceased are

Of thee shall no remembrance have;
And who is he that will to thee
Give praises lying in the grave?
6 I with my groaning weary am,
I also all the night my bed
Have caused for to swim; and I
With tears my couch have watered.

7 Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old, Because of all mine enemies.

8 Hence from me, wicked workers all; For God hath heard my weeping cries. 9 God hath my supplication heard, My pray'r received graciously. 10 Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my Sham'd and back turned suddenly.

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Another of the same.

1 TN thy great indignation, O Lord, rebuke me not;

foes,

Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand
In thy displeasure hot.

2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me
Have mercy, and me spare:
Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st
My bones much vexed are.

3 My soul is vexed sore: but, Lord,
How long stay wilt thou make?

4 Return, Lord, free my soul; and save Me, for thy mercies' sake.

5 Because of thee in death there shall
No more rememb'rance be:

Of those that in the grave do lie,
Who shall give thanks to thee?

6 I with my groaning weary am,
And all the night my bed

I caused for to swim; with tears my couch I watered.

7 By reason of my vexing grief
Mine eye consumed is;

It waxeth old, because 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

9 Unto my supplication

cry.

The Lord did hearing give;
When I to him my prayer make,
The Lord will it receive.

10 Let all be sham'd and troubled sore
That en'mies are to me;
Let them turn back, and suddenly
Ashamed let them be.

PSALM VII.

IF the following paraphrase* of this Psalm, as spoken in the person of Messiah the Lord, shall not seem to carry its own evidence in its bosom, the considerate reader will be pleased to consult, among others, these few parallels, with their respective evidences, viz. Psal. ix. x. xviii. xxxv. xliv. and xciv.

Messiah pleads his innocence,
And prays his cause may fail,
If e'er he gave a just offence,
Or harm'd the public weal;
But, lo, the Lord attests his cause,
And magnifies the same;

* See Note, page 94.

While sin on sinners vengeance draws,
And clothes them o'er with shame.

10 LORD my God, in thee do I
My confidence repose:

Save and deliver me from all
My persecuting foes;
2 Lest that the enemy my soul
Should, like a lion, tear,

In pieces rending it, while there
Is no deliverer.

3 0 Lord my God, if it be so
That I committed this;

Iniquity there is:

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4 If I rewarded ill to him

That was at peace with me;

(Yea, ev'n the man that without cause My foe was I did free ;)

5 Then let the foe pursue and take
My soul, and my life thrust

Down to the earth, and let him lay
Mine honour in the dust.

6 Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, For my foes raging be;

And, to the judgment which thou hast
Commanded, wake for me.

7 So shall th' assembly of thy folk
About encompass thee:

Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return
Unto thy place on high.

8 The Lord he shall the people judge;
My judge, JEHOVAH, be,
After my righteousness, and mine
Integrity in me.

90 let the wicked's malice end;

But stablish steadfastly