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And by the greatness of his strength
Can no deliv'rance bring.

18 Behold, on those that do him fear
The Lord doth set his eye;
Ev'n those who on his mercy do
With confidence rely.

19 From death to free their soul, in dearth
Life unto them to yield.

20 Our soul doth wait upon the Lord; He is our help and shield.

21 Sith in his holy name we trust, Our heart shall joyful be.

22 Lord, let thy mercy be on us, As we do hope in thee.

PSALM XXXIV.

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In this remarkably instructive Psalm, various are the subjects, and the persons spoken of. That the Messiah is the principal, is evident from the 20th verse,' He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken; as interpreted by the Holy Ghost, John xix. 36. These things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken;' to shew that Jesus was our Passover, who (as it is written, 1 Cor. v. 7.) was sacrificed for us,' according as it had been written, and typified in the figure, Exod. xii. 46. and Numb. ix. 12. Neither shall ye 'break a bone of it but according to all the ordinances of the Passover shall ye keep it.'-That the Lord Jesus Christ, by his Spirit in the prophet, is also the speaker in this Psalm, is evident to the wise discerner, from the very reading of the first five verses thereof, but especially from the address in the 11th verse, 'Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.'

Receive instruction from the fount
Of everlasting truth:

That knowledge only bears account
That flows from Jesus' mouth.
'Tis all but loss and dung besides,
And must be lost away;

But that to God and glory guides,
Which Christ the Lord doth say.

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YOD will I bless all times; his praise
My mouth shall still express.

2 My soul shall boast in God: the meek
Shall hear with joyfulness.

3 Extol the Lord with me, let us Exalt his name together.

4 I sought the Lord, he heard, and did Me from all fears deliver.

5 They look'd to him, and lighten'd were : Not shamed were their faces,

6 This poor man cry'd, God heard, and sav'd
Him from all his distresses.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps,
And round encompasseth

All those about that do him fear,
And them delivereth.

8 O taste and see that God is good :
Who trusts in him is bless'd.

9 Fear God his saints: none that him fear Shall be with want oppress'd.

10 The lions young may hungry be,
And they may lack their food:
But they that truly seek the Lord
Shall not lack any good.

11 O children, hither do ye come,
And unto me give ear;

I shall you teach to understand
How ye the Lord should fear.

12 What man is he that life desires, To see good would live long; 13 Thy lips refrain from speaking guile, And from ill words thy tongue.

14 Depart from ill, do good, seek peace, Pursue it earnestly.

15 God's eyes are on the just; his ears Are open to their cry.

16 The face of God is set against
Those that do wickedly,

That he may quite out from the earth
Cut off their memory.

17 The righteous cry unto the Lord,
He unto them gives ear;

And they out of their troubles all
By him deliver❜d are.

The Lord is ever nigh to them
That be of broken spirit;

17 To them he safety doth afford
That are in heart contrite.

19 The troubles that afflict the just
In number many be;

But yet at length out of them all
The Lord doth set him free.

20 He carefully his bones doth keep,
Whatever can befal;

That not so much as one of them
Can broken be at all.

21 Ill shall the wicked slay; laid waste Shall be who hate the just.

22 The Lord redeems his servants' souls: None perish that him trust.

PSALM XXXV.

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THIS Psalm is one of those which is all spoken in one person; and that the person speaking therein is the SON OF GOD, is evident from his own express testimony, recorded, John xv. 25. Now have they ⚫ both seen and hated both me and my Father. But <this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.' So it is written in the 19th verse of this Psalm, Let not them that are mine enemies • wrongfully' (or falsely) rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye, that hate me without a 'cause.' The history, therefore, of the Lord's sufferings, in their circumstances, connections, and consequences, it is undeniable, is the history of the literal fulfilment, and true interpretation of this Psalm, with a long list of parallels, too many and obvious to be here recited.

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Whose wounded heart for sinners bleeds,
'Gainst sinners also intercedes;

Those only live to him who turn ;

But they who pierc'd him only mourn :
False witnesses against him rose,

Who for his love became his foes;
But men of truth for ever sing,

Who kiss THE SON, and hail their king.

1 PLEAD, Lord, with those that plead; and With those that fight with me.

2 Of shield and buckler take thou hold,
Stand up mine help to

3 Draw also out the spear, and do
Against them stop the way
That me pursue; unto my soul
I'm thy salvation, say.

be.

4 Let them confounded be, and sham'd That for my soul have sought :

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Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they,
And to confusion brought.

5 Let them be like unto the chaff
That flies before the wind;
And let the angel of the Lord
Pursue them hard behind.

6 With darkness cover thou their
And let it slipp'ry prove;
And let the angel of the Lord
Pursue them from above.

way,

7 For without cause have they for me
Their net hid in a pit.
They also have without a cause
For my soul digged it.

8 Let ruin seize him unawares;
His net he hid withal

Himself let catch; and in the same
Destruction let him fall.

9 My soul in God shall joy; and glad
In his salvation be:

10 And all my bones shall say, O Lord, Who is like unto thee,

Which dost the poor set free from him That is for him too strong; The poor and needy from the man That spoils and does him wrong? 11 False witnesses rose; to my charge Things I not knew they laid.

12 They, to the spoiling of my soul, Me ill for good repaid.

13 But as for me, when they were sick,
In sackcloth sad I mourn'd:

My humbled soul did fast, my pray`r
Into my bosom turn'd.

14 Myself I did behave as he

Had been my friend or brother ;

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