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.

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15 But their own sword, which they have drawn, Shall enter their own heart:

Their bows which they have bent shall break,
And into pieces part.

16 A little that a just man hath:55 1.75
Is more and better far
Than is the wealth of many such

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
The evil time do see;

And when the days of famine are
They satisfy'd shall be.

20 But wicked men, and foes of God,
As fat of lambs, decay;

They shall consume, yea, into smoke
They shall consume away.

21 The wicked borrows, but the same
. Again he doth not pay;

Whereas the righteous mercy shews,
And gives his own away.

22 For such as blessed be of him

The earth inherit shall;

And they that cursed are of him
Shall be destroyed all.

23 A good man's footsteps by the Lord
Are ordered aright;

And in the way wherein he walks
He greatly doth delight.

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24 Although he fall, yet shall he not
Be cast down utterly;

Because the Lord with his own hand
Upholds him mightily.

25 I have been young, and now am old,
Yet have I never seen

The just man left, nor that his seed
For bread have beggars been..

26 He's ever merciful, and lends :
His seed is bless'd therefore.
27 Depart from evil, and do good,
And dwell for evermore.

28 For God loves judgment, and his saints
Leaves not in any case;

They are kept ever: but cut off
Shall be the sinner's race.

29 The just inherit shall the land,
And ever in it dwell:

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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:

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The righteous will he not condemn,
When he in judgment stands.

34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way,
And thee exalt shall he

Th' earth to inherit; when cut off
The wicked thou shalt see.

35 I saw the wicked great in power,
Spread like a green bay-tree:
36 He pass'd, yea, was not; him I sought,
But found he could not be.
37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold
The man of uprightness;

Because that surely of this man
The latter end is peace.

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38 But those men that transgressors are
Shall be destroy'd together;
The latter end of wicked men
Shall be cut off for ever.

39 But the salvation of the just
Is from the Lord above;
He in the time of their distress

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40 The Lord shall help and them deliver
He shall them free and save

From wicked men; because in him
Their confidence they have."

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.

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How heavy, heavy was the hour,
How heavy was the wo,
When Jesus thus his plaint did pour,
While tears with blood did flow!
The cause of grief was human sin ;
The pungent pain was death.

Look here, ye saints, this glass within—
Behold, you're freed from wrath!

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O Lord, rebuke me not;
Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand,
In thy displeasure hot,Ạ
2 For in me fast thine arrows stick,
Thine hand doth press me sore;
3 And in my flesh there is no health,
Nor soundness any more.

This grief I have, because thy wrath
Is forth against me gone;
And in my bones there is no rest,
For sin that I have done.

4 Because gone up above mine head
My great transgressions be;
And, as a weighty burden, they
Too heavy are for me.

5 My wounds do stink, and are corrupt;
My folly makes it so..

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6 I troubled am, and much bow'd down; All day I mourning go.

7 For a disease that loathsome is
So fills my loins with pain,
That in my weak and weary flesh
No soundness doth remain.

8 So feeble and infirm am I,
And broken am so sore,
That, through disquiet of my heart,
I have been made to roar.
9 O Lord, all that I do desire
Is still before thine eye;

And of my heart the secret groans
Not hidden are from thee.

10 My heart doth pant incessantly,
My strength doth quite decay;
As for mine eyes their wonted light
Is from me gone away.

Il My lovers and my friends do stand
At distance from my sore;

And those do stand aloof that were
Kinsmen and kind before.

12 Yea, they that seek my life lay snares Who seek to do me wrong

Speak things mischievous, and deceits
Imagine all day long.

13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not,
I suffer'd all to pass;

I as a dumb man did become,
Whose mouth not open'd was:

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;