The righteous: for the righteous God
The hearts and reins doth try.

10 In God, who saves th' upright in heart,
Is my defence and stay.

11 God just men judgeth, God is wroth With ill men ev'ry day.

12 If he do not return again,

Then he his sword will whet;
His bow he hath already bent,
And hath it ready set:
13 He also hath for him prepar'd
The instruments of death;
Against the persecutors he
His shafts ordained hath.

14 Behold, he with iniquity

Doth travail, as in birth;
A mischief he conceived hath,

And falsehood shall 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 himself did make.

16 Upon his own head his mischief
Shall be returned home;
His vi'lent dealing also down
On his own pate shall come.

17 According to his righteousness
The Lord I'll magnify;

And will sing praise unto the name
`Of God that is most high.

PSALM VIII.

THIS Psalm, similar in spirit and subject to the id with its parallels, as explained, Matth. xi. 25. and xxi. 16. 1 Cor. i. 27. Heb. ii. 6, 7. and 1 Cor.

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xv. 27. clearly ascertains and demonstrates the Lord Jesus Christ also to be the subject of Psalms cxiii. and cxlviii. with others referred to the reader.-As to the meaning or spirit of these universal expressions, All sheep and oxen,' &c. being made subject to Christ, consult Isa. lx, with its parallels, as interpreted in New-Testament language, without figure para according to the words of the Lord, All that the Father hath given me, shall come un'to me'-and All power in heaven and earth is given unto me.'-And, speaking to the Father, John xvii. 4. Thou hast given him (the Son) power over all flesh, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.'

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N. B. As some inconsiderate persons have not been wanting, who have thought proper to controvert the view here given of this Psalm, and most absurdly to apply it to Adam; I shall here quote the words of the prophet, above referred to, at length- The abundance of the sea shall be convert⚫ed unto thee; the forces of the Gentiles shall come ⚫ unto thee. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall shew forth the praise of the Lord. All the flocks of Kedar shall 'be gathered together unto thee; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory;' Isa. lx. 5, 6, 7. To the same purpose in other places, The lion and the ⚫ lamb shall lie down together; and the child shall play on the hole of the asp,' &c.-Meaning, that people of all tongues, kindreds, nations, and languages, barbarians, Scythians, bond and free,' represented by these figures, shall, by the everlasting gospel, be subdued and converted to the kingdom of the Messiah; who, in point of authority, commission, and power, is the Lord and Heir of all things, reigning at the Father's right hand, till his enemies be made his footstool; but all things are not yet ac

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tually subdued by their Lord, nor shall they all in fact be put under him, until the time of the restoration of all things, when the last enemy, death, shall be destroyed, and death and hell shall be cast into the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; when the kingdom shall be delivered up to the Fa>ther, and God shall be all in all.

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Messiah, bless'd for evermore,
Ye sons of God, exalt, adore;
Ascribe to him the glory due;
For he the kingdom won for you:
Behold, his Godhead stands confest,
Of all his Father's pow'r possest:
Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, and all,
Under his feet subjected fall.

HOW excellent in all the earth,

Lord, our Lord, is thy name!

Who hast thy glory far advanc'd
Above the starry frame.

2 From infants' and from sucklings' mouth
Thou didest strength ordain,

For thy foes cause, that so thou might'st
Th' avenging foe restrain.

3 When I look up unto the heav'ns,
Which thine own fingers fram'd,
Unto the moon, and to the stars,
Which were by thee ordain'd;
4 Then say I, What is man, that he
Remember'd is by thee?

Or what the son of man, that thou
So kind to him should'st be?

5 For thou a little lower hast

Him than the angels made;
With glory and with dignity
Thou crowned hast his head.

6 Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him lord, All under's feet didst lay;

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts That in the field do stray ;

8 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,

All that pass through the same. 9 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name!

PSALM IX.

To justify the interpretation of this Psalm, as spoken in the person of the Messiah, according to the paraphrase, *the reader will do well to consider the text; and so let him judge, if it would not be absurd to interpret it otherwise. But, if that does not satisfy him, let him consult the parallels, particularly Psalms xxxv. and lvii.

Exalted to his Father's throne,
And reigning by his pow'r,
Messiah, who the kingdom won,
Shall Antichrist devour :
Nor man, nor spirit shall escape,
Against him who rebel;
For Antichrist, in ev'ry shape,
Must be consigned to hell.

LORD, thee I'll praise with all my heart,
Thy wonders all proclaim.

2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy,
And sing unto thy name.

3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell, And perish'd at thy sight:

4 For thou maintain❜dst my right and cause ; On throne sat'st judging right.

5 The heathen thou rebuked hast, The wicked overthrown;

*See Note, page 94.

Thou hast put out their names, that they

may never more be known.

60 en'my! now destructions have
An end perpetual:

Thou cities raz'd, perish'd with them
Is their memorial.

7 God shall endure for aye; he doth
For judgment set his throne;
8 In righteousness to judge the world,
Justice to give each one.

9 God also will a refuge be

For those that are oppress'd;
A refuge will he be in times
Of trouble to distress'd.

10 And they that know thy name, in thee
Their confidence will place :

For thou hast not forsaken them
That truly seek thy face.

11 O sing ye praises to the Lord
That dwells in Sion hill;
And all the nations among
His deeds record ye still.

12 When he enquireth after blood,
He then rememb'reth them :
The humble folk he not forgets
That call upon his name.

13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief
Which I from foes sustain;

Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death
dost raise me up again;

14 That I, in Sion's daughter's gates,
May all thy praise advance;
And that I may rejoice always
In thy deliverance.

15 The heathen are sunk in the pit
Which they themselves prepar'd ;