And in the net which they have hid 16 The Lord is by the judgment known 17 They who are wicked into hell 18 For they that needy are shall not The expectation of the poor 19 Arise, Lord, let not inan prevail; 20 That they may know themselves but men, The nations, Lord, affright. PSALM X. CONCERNING this Psalm, nothing more needs be said, but that it is evidently a continuation of the last; with this further evidence of its meaning, that it begins in terms precisely parallel with the xxiid Psalm, and issues, like it, in the perfect victory, and eternal reign, of the Messiah with his saints, contrasted with the final and fearful overthrow of all the powers of antichristian darkness; which shall be completely accomplished only at the resurrection of the just, and the restoration of all things, when death and hell shall be cast into the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, and the mediatorial kingdom delivered up to the Father, that God may be all in all, Messiah, suffering for a while, Repels the pow'r, the pride, the guile, But, raised by the Lord, on high, His King for evermore, Gives all his friends, eternally, Aloft with him to soar. 1 WHEREFORE is it that thou, O Lord, Dost stand from us afar? And wherefore hidest thou thyself 2 The wicked in his loftiness In these devices they have fram'd 3 The wicked of his heart's desire 5 His ways they always grievous are; He puffeth with despight. 6 Within his heart he thus hath said, I shall not moved be; And no adversity at all Shall ever come to me. 7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, And underneath his tongue there is 8 He closely sits in villages; He slays the innocent. Against the His cruel poor that pass eyes are bent. him by 9 He, lion-like, lurks in his den; 11 He thus hath said within his heart, 12 O Lord, do thou arise; O God, 13 Why is it that the wicked man He in his heart denies. 14 Thou hast it seen; for their mischief 15 The arm break of the wicked man, Do thou seek out his wickedness, 16 The Lord is king through ages all, The heathen people from his land 17 O Lord, of those that humble are Thou the desire didst hear; Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou To hear wilt bend thine ear; 18 To judge the fatherless, and those That man, that is but sprung of earth, PSALM XI. SEE the illustration of Psalm lxxv. I Messiah's foes against him rise ; And fearless to his mountain flies, ye IN the Lord do put my trust; 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, 3 If the foundations be destroy'd, 4 God in his holy temple is, 5 In heaven is his throne: His eyes do see, his eyelids try Men's sons. The just he proves: But his soul hates the wicked man, And him that vi'lence loves. L 6 Snares, fire and brimstone, furious storms, On sinners he shall rain : This, as the portion of their cup, Doth unto them pertain. 7 Because the Lord most righteous doth PSALM XII. THIS Psalm, like the last, abundantly plain of itself, needs no particular illustration; only the judicious reader will consult the marginal references. The Prince Messiah intercedes HELP, Lord, because the godly man And from among the sons of men 2 Unto his neighbour ev'ry one They with a double heart do speak, 3 God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips, 4 We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips Are ours whose lord o'er us? |