PSALM XXXII. THE 1st and 2d verses of this Psalm are explained by the apostle, Rom. iv. 6. as describing the blessedness of those to whom God imputeth the righteousness of the Messiah without their own works. The 3d, 4th, and 5th verses, parallel to Psal. xxxviii. 2. xxxix. 2. xl. 12. cii. 3-12. express the experience and behaviour of the Messiah himself, bearing, in patient sufferance and pain, the sins of his own elect, which he confessed as his own iniquities, (namely by imputation), till he bore them all for ever away in his own body on the accursed tree: so that they were not forgiven or remitted to him the SURETY, till they were blotted out and done away in his own blood.-The 6th verse shews the benefit from thence accruing to the people of God, viz. safety and access to God in all their tribulation, through which they pass into the kingdom, by that new and living way, which God hath consecrated for them through the veil, that is to say, the flesh of HIS SON. The 7th verse, compared with the marginal references,* denotes the personal confidence and hope of the Messiah himself, persevering in the doing and suffering of his Father's will, till he should bring judgment to victory, and, by his Father's love, be compassed evermore around with the whole multitude of his redeemed, singing songs of deliverance, Selah!-From the 8th verse to the end, the Psalm assumes the majesty of the One eternal divine Instructor, GOD. I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye,' &c.IS this language for David? or for any but the GOOD SHEPHERD of Israel alone? who can say, I lay down my life for my sheep, and I take it up again: I know my sheep, and am known of mine; *Prose Psalms of the Bible. they hear my voice, and they follow me; and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.' Here David, as th' apostle tells, BLESSED is the man to whom All the transgression he hath done, 2 Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord And in whose sp'rit there is no guile, 3 When as I did refrain my speech, 4 ♦ For upon me both day and night 5 I thereupon have unto thee I will confess unto the Lord And of my sin thou freely didst P 170 THE PSALMS, 6 For this shall ev'ry godly one His prayer make to thee; In such a time he shall thee seek, Surely, when floods of waters great They shall not overwhelm his soul, 7 Thou art my hiding-place, thou shalt 8 I will instruct thee, and thee teach way And, with mine eye upon I will direction show. thee set, 9 Then be not like the horse or mule, Which do not understand; Whose mouth, lest they come near to thee, 10 Unto the man that wicked is But him that trusteth in the Lord 11 Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, All ye that upright are in heart, PSALM XXXIII. THIS Psalm is spoken by no particular person, being a song of praise, ordained and given of the Holy Ghost to be sung, as all Psalms were appointed, unto God and our Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, equally and universally by every individual of the whole innumerable multitale of all tongues, kindreds, nations, and languages, who believe on his name: so also the following, ri. N xxi. xxiv. and perhaps one full third more of the Psalms; which require only to be read, that they may be discovered. How blessed are they who have caught, or rather have been caught, by this spirit of praise! In due season they shall be caught up by their Lord to dwell with him in the third heavens, and shall descend no more. Ye righteous, in the Lord exult; 1 YE righteous, in the Lord rejoice ; That upright men, with thankful voice, Upon a ten-stringed instrument 3 A new song to him sing, and play 4 For right is God's word, all his works Are done in verity. 5 To judgment and to righteousness The loving-kindness of the Lord 6 The heavens by the word of God And by the breathing of his mouth 7 The waters of the seas he brings And in storehouses, as it were, 8 Let earth, and all that live therein, 10 God doth the counsel bring to nought And what the people do devise -11 O but the counsel of the Lord 12 That nation blessed is, whose God - A blessed people are, whom for 13 The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds All sons of men full well : 14 He views all from his dwelling-place That in the earth do dwell. 15 He forms their hearts alike, and all Their doings he observes. 16 Great hosts save not a king, much strength No mighty man preserves. 17 An horse for preservation Is a deceitful thing; |