And by the greatness of his strength 18 Behold, on those that do him fear 19 From death to free their soul, in dearth 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. 6 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 That knowledge only bears account But that to God and glory guides, 1 G My YOD will I bless all times; his praise 2 My soul shall boast in God: the meek 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 All those about that do him fear, 8 O taste and see that God is good : 9 Fear God his saints: none that him fear Shall be with want oppress'd. 10 The lions young may hungry be, 11 O children, hither do ye come, I shall you teach to understand 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 That he may quite out from the earth 17 The righteous cry unto the Lord, And they out of their troubles all The Lord is ever nigh to them 17 To them he safety doth afford 19 The troubles that afflict the just But yet at length out of them all 20 He carefully his bones doth keep, That not so much as one of them 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. 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. 6 Whose wounded heart for sinners bleeds, Those only live to him who turn ; But they who pierc'd him only mourn : Who for his love became his foes; 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, 3 Draw also out the spear, and do be. 4 Let them confounded be, and sham'd That for my soul have sought : [fight Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they, 5 Let them be like unto the chaff 6 With darkness cover thou their way, 7 For without cause have they for me 8 Let ruin seize him unawares; Himself let catch; and in the same 9 My soul in God shall joy; and glad 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, My humbled soul did fast, my pray`r 14 Myself I did behave as he Had been my friend or brother ; |