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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 soul in sin that lies:
God's testimony is most sure,
And makes the simple wise.
8 The statutes of the Lord are right,
And do rejoice the heart:
The Lord's command is pure, and doth
Light to the eyes impart.

9 Unspotted is the fear of God,
And doth endure for ever:
The judgments of the Lord are true
And righteous altogether.

10 They more than gold, yea, much fine gold, To be desired are:

Than honey, honey from the comb
That droppeth, sweeter far.

11 Moreover, they thy servant warn
How he his life should frame:
A great reward provided is
For them that keep the same.

12 Who can his errors understand?
O cleanse thou me within
13 From secret faults. Thy servant keep
From all presumptuous sin:

And do no suffer them to have
Dominion over me:

Then, righteous and innocent,

I from much sin shall be.

14 The words which from my mouth proceed, The thoughts sent from my heart,

Accept, O Lord, for thou my strength
And my Redeemer art.

PSALM XX.

THIS Psalm, it is allowed on all hands, is spoken in the person of the church, glorying in, and sympathising with, her King in the day of his calamity; while she breathes forth, at the same time, her fervent hope-inspired desires for his deliverance from all his troubles.-That not David, but his Lord, is the King, is certain from the last words of the Psalm, Save, Lord let the King hear us when we call.' To clothe his saints around with praise,

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And raise them glorious by his fall,
In mercy. to support their ways,

Lo, Jesus fights their battles all-
They, glorying in the Lord their King,
And sympathising with him too,
The travail of his spirit sing,

And plead for him the vict'ry due.

JEHOVAH hear thee in the day

When trouble he doth send :
And let the name of Jacob's God
Thee from all ill defend.

20 let him help send from above,
Out of his sanctuary:
From Sion, his own holy hill,
Let him give strength to thee.

3 Let him remember all thy gifts,
Accept thy sacrifice :

4 Grant thee, thine heart's wish, and fulfil Thy thoughts and counsel wise.

5 In thy salvation we will joy;

In our God's name we will

Display our banners: and the Lord
Thy prayers all fulfil.

6 Now know I God his king doth save:
He from his holy heav'n

Will hear him, with the saving strength
By his own right hand giv'n.

7 In chariots some put confidence,
Some horses trust upon:

But we remember will the name
Of our Lord God alone.

8 We rise, and upright stand, when they
Are bowed down, and fall.

9 Deliver, Lord; and let the King Us hear, when we do call.

PSALM XXI.

SEE the last Psalm, whereof this is evidently a continuation; with this difference only, that here the prayers of the church are wholly turned into triumph and praise.-Consult all the parallels, and especially from the 2d to the 8th verse of the Psalm itself; which no considerate person, either Jew or Gentile, ever yet thought of applying to any but the Messiah alone. For how could they, without falling directly under the charge of blasphemy, and high treason against the King of heaven?

The battle fought, the vict'ry won,
The church, rejoicing in the spoil,
Gives glory to her Lord alone,

And hails him home from all his toil :,
He bought her life with his own death,
And gave her foes to death and hell :
But his fair kingdom did bequeath
Unto his spouse he lov'd so well.

1HE king in thy great strength, O Lord, Shall very joyful be:

In thy salvation rejoice

How veh'mently shall he!

2 Thou hast bestowed upon him

All that his heart would have;

And thou from him didst not withhold

Whate'er his lips did crave. nd

3 For thou with blessings him prevent'st
Of goodness manifold:

And thou hast set upon his head
A crown of purest gold.

4 When he desired life of thee,
Thou life to him didst give;
Ev'n such a length of days, that he
For evermore should live.

5 In that salvation wrought by thee
His glory is made great;
Honour and comely majesty
Thou hast upon him set.

6 Because that thou for evermore
Most blessed hast him made;
And thou hast with thy countenance
Made him exceeding glad.

7 Because the king upon the Lord
His confidence doth lay;

And through the grace of the most High
Shall not be mov'd away.

8 Thine hand shall all those men find out
That en'mies are to thee;

Ev'n thy right hand shall find out those
Of thee that haters be.

9 Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make,
When kindled is thine ire;

God shall them swallow in his wrath,
Devour them shall the fire.

10 Their fruit from earth thou shalt destroy, Their seed men from among:

11 For they beyond their might 'gainst thee Did plot mischief and wrong.

12 Thou therefore shalt make them turn back, When thou thy shafts shall place

Upon thy strings, made ready all
To fly against their face.

13 In thy great pow'r and strength, O Lord,
Be thou exalted high;

So shall we sing with joyful hearts,
Thy power praise shall we.

PSALM XXII.

If the Lord and his apostles knew how to interpret this Psalm, what better than blasphemy, let the honest reader say, is the talking of the commentators, and those who have devised what they call the contents, concerning David complaining, praying, or praising in this place?-Those who desire to know the mind of Christ, will diligently compare with the New Testament not only this, but also all the parallel Psalms, as referred to in the margin,* which, on account of their number, for brevity's sake are here omitted.

The song of Christ, the Well-belov'd,
The Morning-hind let loose,
Whose soul, like flowing water, mov'd,
Of words like these made use,
Deserted by the Lord his God,
And caught by death and hell,
When, underneath the heavy load,
Of human guilt he fell."

1 MY God, my God, why hast thou me
Forsaken? why so 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 season of the night
I cannot silent be.

3 But thou art holy, thou that dost
Inhabit Isr'el's praise.

* Prose Psalms of the Bible.

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