The Lord of glory dedicates Himself, with all his house, to God, The mercy that his Father show'd : For, when the night of death was o'er, 1LORD, I will thee extol, for thou And over me thou to rejoice 2 0 thou who art the Lord my God, With loud cries lifted up my voice, 30 Lord, my soul thou hast brought up, 4 O ye that are his holy ones, 5 For but a moment lasts his wrath; 6 In my prosperity I said That nothing shall me move. ye 7 O Lord, thou hast my mountain made To stand strong by thy love. But when that thou, O gracious God, Then quickly was my prosp'rous state 8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry I caused to ascend: My humble supplication I to the Lord did send. 9 What profit is there in my blood, Shall unto thee the dust give praise? 10 Hear, Lord, have mercy; help me Lord. Thou turned hast my sadness 11 To dancing; yea, my sackcloth loos'd, 12 That sing thy praise my glory may, O Lord my God, for evermore PSALM XXXI. Of all the memorable things, testified beforehand concerning Christ in the Psalms, there is none recorded in the New Testament, as more remarkably and literally fulfilled than his last words upon the cross, crying with a loud voice, Luke xxiii. 46. 6 · Fa ther, into thy hands 1 commend my spirit:' which words are evidently taken from the prophetic record in the 5th verse of this Psalm. Now, this Psalm being all spoken in one person, this undeniable application of one conspicuous part thereof must infallibly determine the sense of the whole, and consequently, for the same reason, of all the parallels thereof; for which the reader is referred to his own sagacity and taste in such matters, and to the marginal refer ences. * * Prose Psalms of the Bible. Messiah, trusting in his God 1. TN thee, O Lord, I put my trust, According to thy righteousness 2 Bow down thine ear to me with speed To save me, my strong rock be thou, 3 Because thou art my rock, and thee Therefore do thou me lead and guide, 4 And sith thou art my strength, therefore 5 Into thine hands I do commit O thou, JEHOVAH, God of truth, 6 Those that do lying vanities But as for me, my confidence Is fixed on the Lord. 7 I'll in thy mercy gladly joy : For thou my miseries Consider'd hast; thou hast my soul 8 And thou hast not inclosed me And by thee have my feet been made 9 O Lord, upon me mercy have, Mine eye, my belly, and my soul, 10 Because my life with grief is spent, 11 I was a scorn to all my foes, 12 And to my friends a fear; And specially reproach'd of those As men are out of mind when dead: 13 For slanders I of many heard; 14 But as for me, O Lord, my trust And I to thee, Thou art my God, 15 My times are wholly in thine hand : From their hands that mine enemies 16 Thy countenance to shine do thou Unto me give salvation, For thy great mercies' sake. 17 Let me not be asham'd, O Lord, Let wicked men be sham'd, let them 18 To silence put the lying lips, That grievous things do say, 19 How great's the goodness thou for them And wrought'st for them that trust in thee 20 In secret of thy presence thou Shalt hide them from man's pride : From strife of tongues thou closely shalt, As in a tent, them hide. 21 All praise and thanks be to the Lord; For he hath magnify'd His wondrous love to me within 'A city fortify'd. 22. For from thine eyes cut off I am, I in my haste had said; My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee 30 love the Lord, all ye his saints; 4 Be of good courage, and he strength |