Because that I am desolate, And am brought very low. 17 My heart's griefs are increas'd: Me from distress relieve.

18 See mine affliction and my pain, And all my sins forgive.

19 Consider thou my foes,

Because they many are ;
And it a cruel hatred is

Which they against me bear.

20 O do thou keep my soul, Do thou deliver me:

And let me never be asham'd, Because I trust in thee. 21 Let uprightness and truth

eep me, wno tnee attend. 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel From all his troubles send.

Another of the same.

To
O thee I lift my soul, O Lord;
2 My God, I trust in thee :
Let me not be asham'd; let not
My foes triumph o'er me.

3 Yea, let thou none ashamed be
That do on thee attend:
Ashamed let them be, O Lord,
Who without cause offend.

4 Thy ways, Lord, shew; teach me thy paths:

5

Lead me in truth, teach me:

For of my safety thou art God;

All day I wait on thee.

6 Thy mercies, that most tender are,'

Do thou, O Lord, remember, And loving-kindnesses; for they Have been of old for ever.

7 Let not the errors of

my youth,
Nor sins remember'd be ;

In mercy for thy goodness' sake,
O Lord, remember me.

8 The Lord is good and gracious,
He upright is also:

He therefore sinners will instruct
In ways that they should go.

9 The meek and lowly he will guide
In judgment just alway:
To meek and poor afflicted ones
He'll clearly teach his way.

10 The whole paths of the Lord our God
Are truth and mercy sure,

To such as keep his covenant,

And testimonies pure.

11 Now for thine own name's sake, O Lord, I humbly thee entreat

To pardon mine iniquity;

For it is very great.

12 What man fears God? him shall he teach The way that he shall chuse.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease; his seed The earth, as heirs shall use.

14 The secret of the Lord is with Such as do fear his name;

And he his holy covenant

Will manifest to them.

15 Towards the Lord my waiting eyes
Continually are set;

For he it is that shall bring forth
My feet out of the net.

160 turn thee unto me, O God,

Have mercy me upon;

Because I solitary am,
And in affliction.

17 Enlarg'd the griefs are of mine heart; Me from distress relieve.

18 See mine affliction and my pain, And all my sins forgive.

19 Consider thou mine enemies,
Because they many are;
And it a cruel hatred is

Which they against me bear.
20 O do thou keep my soul; O God,
Do thou deliver me:
Let me not be asham'd; for I
Do put my trust in thee.

21 O let integrity and truth
Keep me, who thee attend,

22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel From all his troubles send.

PSALM XXVI.

READ this Psalm in the light of the glorious gospel; behold the glory of God as it shines in the face of Jesus; consider the parallels as cited in the margin, and those mentioned in the illustration of the first Psalm: and then judge for thyself as to the propriety of the interpretation proposed in the following paraphrase. + It concerns the reader thereof to be in the right, as much as the writer.

Messiah pleads his innocence
And justice for his sure defence;
Though justice try his heart and reins,
Yet justice nothing there arraigns:
The Surety, therefore, boldly claims
Salvation for his elect names:

His righteousness shall stand for theirs,
Who stand his legal sons and heirs.

*Prose Psalms of the Bible.

+ See Note, page 94.

1 JUD

JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walk'd
In mine integrity:

I trusted also in the Lord;

Slide therefore shall not I. 2 Examine me, and do me prove; Try heart and reins, O God: 3 For thy love is before mine eyes, Thy truth's paths I have trode.

4 With

persons vain I have not sat,
Nor with dissemblers gone :
5 Th' assembly of ill men I hate;
To sit with such I shun.

6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord,
I'll wash and purify;
So to thine holy altar go,

And compass it will I:

7 That I, with voice of thanksgiving,
May publish and declare,
And tell of all thy mighty works,
That great and wondrous are.
8 The habitation of thy house,
Lord, I have loved well;
Yea, in that place I do delight
Where doth thine honour dwell.

9 With sinners gather not my soul,
And such as blood would spill:

10 Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand

· Corrupting bribes do fill.

11 But as for me, I will walk on

In mine integrity :

Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord,

Be merciful to me.

12 My foot upon an even place

Doth stand with stedfastness :

Within the congregations

Th' Eternal I will bless.

1

PSALM XXVII.

SEE the illustration of Psalm iii.

And rage

Though all the pow'rs of darkness roar,
like seas against the shore,
The Lord's the light, the Lord's the Rock
Of his Messiah and his flock-
Messiah one thing hath desir'd,
And for his people hath acquir'd,
To dwell with God for evermore,
That they his glory may explore.

TH

HE Lord's my light and saving health, Who shall make me dismay'd? My life's strength is the Lord, of whom Then shall I be afraid?

2 When as mine enemies and foes,
Most wicked persons all,

To eat my flesh against me rose,
They stumbled and did fall.

3 Against me though an host encamp,
My heart yet fearless is:

Though war against me rise, I will
Be confident in this.

4 One thing I of the Lord desir'd,
And will seek to obtain,

That all days of my life I may
Within God's house remain.

That I the beauty of the Lord
Behold may and admire,
And that I in his holy place
May rev'rently enquire.

5 For he in his pavilion shall
Me hide in evil days;

In secret of his tent me hide,
And on a rock me raise,