His place thou shalt consider well, But it thou shalt not see. 11 But by inheritance the earthan for mo The meek ones shall possess: They also shall delight themselves In an abundant peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just,ng 4 And at him whets his teeth: 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, because His day he coming seeth. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 15 And bent their bow, to slay, The poor and needy, and to kill Men of an upright way. I 15 But their own sword, which they have drawn, Shall enter their own heart: Their bows which they have bent shall break, 16 A little that a just man hath:55 1.75 As lewd and wicked are. 17 For sinners' arms shall broken be; But God the just sustains. 18 God knows the just man's days, and still Their heritage remains. 19 They shall not be asham'd when they And when the days of famine are 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, They shall consume, yea, into smoke 21 The wicked borrows, but the same Whereas the righteous mercy shews, 22 For such as blessed be of him The earth inherit shall; And they that cursed are of him 23 A good man's footsteps by the Lord And in the way wherein he walks 1 24 Although he fall, yet shall he not Because the Lord with his own hand 25 I have been young, and now am old, The just man left, nor that his seed 26 He's ever merciful, and lends : 28 For God loves judgment, and his saints They are kept ever: but cut off 29 The just inherit shall the land, เ 30 The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak; His tongue doth judgment tell. 31 In's heart the law is of his God, His steps slide not away. 32 The wicked man doth watch the just, And seeketh him to slay. 33 Yet him the Lord will not forsake, Nor leave him in his hands: 1. The righteous will he not condemn, 34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, Th' earth to inherit; when cut off 35 I saw the wicked great in power, Because that surely of this man ག 38 But those men that transgressors are 39 But the salvation of the just Their stay and strength doth' J prove. 4& T 40 The Lord shall help and them deliver From wicked men; because in him PSALM XXXVIII. THIS Psalm also is all spoken in one person, and breathes forth the heaviest pressure and anguish of spirit, supported by the most consummate meekness, patience, and resignation to the will of God: the language is borrowed from the most pungent feel ings of one suffering all manner of distress in body, mind, character, and estate. That Messiah is the person, is demonstrable from the very face of the whole Psalm, compared with all its parallels cited on the margin,* with others, and read in the light of the four Evangelists: so that nothing more particular needs be said in this place; only the reader may especially consult Psalms vi. xl. xix. and lxxxviii. with their illustrations. 1 How heavy, heavy was the hour, Look here, ye saints, this glass within— me This grief I have, because thy wrath 4 Because gone up above mine head 5 My wounds do stink, and are corrupt; Prose Psalms of the Bible. f 6 I troubled am, and much bow'd down; All day I mourning go. 7 For a disease that loathsome is 8 So feeble and infirm am I, And of my heart the secret groans 10 My heart doth pant incessantly, Il My lovers and my friends do stand And those do stand aloof that were 12 Yea, they that seek my life lay snares Who seek to do me wrong Speak things mischievous, and deceits 13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not, I as a dumb man did become, 14 As one that hears not, in whose mouth Are no reproofs at all. 15 For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God, Thou'lt hear me when I call." 16 For I said, Hear me, lest they should Rejoice o'er me with pride; |