The righteous: for the righteous God 10 In God, who saves th' upright in heart, 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; 14 Behold, he with iniquity Doth travail, as in birth; 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 16 Upon his own head his mischief 17 According to his righteousness And will sing praise unto the name 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. ble 6 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.' 6 6 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 6 6 6 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. 1 Messiah, bless'd for evermore, HOW excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Who hast thy glory far advanc'd 2 From infants' and from sucklings' mouth For thy foes cause, that so thou might'st 3 When I look up unto the heav'ns, Or what the son of man, that thou 5 For thou a little lower hast Him than the angels made; 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, LORD, thee I'll praise with all my heart, 2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy, 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 Thou cities raz'd, perish'd with them 7 God shall endure for aye; he doth 9 God also will a refuge be For those that are oppress'd; 10 And they that know thy name, in thee For thou hast not forsaken them 11 O sing ye praises to the Lord 12 When he enquireth after blood, 13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death 14 That I, in Sion's daughter's gates, 15 The heathen are sunk in the pit |