16 But of thy pow'r I'll sing aloud;
At morn thy mercy praise:
For thou to me my refuge wast,
And tow'r, in troublous days.
17 O God, thou art my strength, I will
Sing praises unto thee;

For God is my defence, a God
Of mercy unto me.

PSALM LX.

THE same as Psal. xliv, and eviii. all expressive of the passing warfare, afflictions, and sufferings, appointed for the church of Christ in this world; and of the universal glory and triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ, subduing to himself, by the word of his power, people of all tongues, kindreds, nations, and languages, and bringing them into the eternal liberty of the sons of God. See the margin.*

1

Our patience is the source of joy,
When chasten'd by the rod ;
Which our kind Father doth employ·
To glue our hearts to God,
Till light and glory overcome,
And swallow up our fears:

When Jesus comes to bring us home,
He'll wipe away our tears.

LORD, thou hast rejected us,
And scatter'd us abroad;

Thou justly hast displeased been;
Return to us, O God.

2 The earth to tremble thou hast made
Therein didst breaches make:
Do thou thereof the breaches heal,
Because the land doth shake.

3 Unto thy people thou hard things Hast shew'd, and on them sent; And thou hast caused us to drink

Wine of astonishment.

4 And yet a banner thou hast giv'n
To them who thee do fear;
That it by them, because of truth,
Displayed may appear.

5 That thy beloved people may
Deliver'd be from thrall,

Save with the pow'r of thy right hand,
And hear me when I call.
6 God in his holiness hath spoke:
Herein I will take pleasure:
Shechem I will divide, and forth
Will Succoth's valley measure.

7 Gilead I claim as mine by right;
Manasseh mine shall be;

Ephraim is of mine head the strength;
Judah gives laws for me;

8 Moab's my washing-pot; my shoe
I'll over Edom throw;

And over Palestina's land
I will in triumph go.

9 O who is he will bring me to
The city fortify'd?

O who is he that to the land
Of Edom will me guide?

10 O God, which hadest us cast off,
This thing wilt thou not do?
Even thou, O God, which didest not
Forth with our armies go?

11 Help us from trouble; for the help
Is vain which man supplies.

12 Through God we'll do great acts; he shall Tread down our enemies.

PSALM LXI.

SPOKEN by the Lord Jesus Christ, and parallel to Psalm ii.

Let churches sing with Christ their King,
And send aloft their hearts:

He leads their praise, and leads their ways,
And gives them each their parts.
His wings shall hide them who abide
In shelter of his name :
For evermore, the Lord before,

He lives; they do the same.

O GOD, give ear unto my cry ;
Unto my pray'r attend.

2 From th' utmost corner of the land
My cry to thee I'll send.

What time my heart is overwhelm'd,
And in perplexity.

Do thou me lead unto the Rock
That higher is than I.

3 For thou hast for my refuge been
A shelter by thy pow'r;
And for defence against my foes

Thou hast been a strong tow'r.

4 Within thy tabernacle I

For ever will abide;

And under covert of thy wings.
With confidence me hide.

5 For thou the vows that I did make,
O Lord my God didst hear:
Thou hast giv'n me the heritage
Of those thy name that fear.
6 A life prolong'd for many days:
Thou to the king shalt give;
Like many generations be
The years which he shall live,

7 He in God's presence his abode
For evermore shall have:

O do thou truth and mercy both
Prepare, that may him save.

8 And so will I perpetually

Sing praise unto thy name,
That having made my vows, I may
Each day perform the same.

PSALM LXII.

THIS Psalm, spoken also in the person of the Messiah, is evidently one of the same spirit, and line of interpretation, with Psalm xxxiii. xxxiv. and xxxvii. The Lord of Life, the church's Head, Her Life, her Pattern, Joy, and Praise, To God submitted in her stead,

Is the example to her ways:
He glory'd in his Father's will,
Till he fulfill'd it in his death;
That so the church might glory still,
Redeemed by his blood from wrath.

1 MY

Y soul with expectation
Depends on God indeed;

My strength and my salvation doth
From him alone proceed.

2 He only my salvation is,

And my strong rock is he:
He only is my sure defence;
Much mov'd I shall not be.

3 How long will ye against a man
Plot mischief? ye shall all
Be slain; ye as a tott'ring fence
Shall be, and bowing wall.

4 They only plot to cast him down
From his excellency:

They joy in lies; with mouth they bless, But they curse inwardly.

5 My soul wait thou with patience
Upon thy God alone;

On him dependeth all my hope
And expectation.

6 He only my salvation is,
And my strong rock is he;
He only is my sure defence:
I shall not moved be.

7 In God my glory placed is,
And my salvation sure;
In God the rock is of my strength,
My refuge most secure.

8 Ye people, place your confidence
In him continually;

Before him pour ye out your heart :
God is our refuge high.

9 Surely mean men are vanity,
And great men are a lie;
In balance laid, they wholly are
More light than vanity.

10 Trust ye not in oppression,

In robb'ry be not vain ;

On wealth set not your hearts, when as
Increased is your gain.

11 God hath it spoken once to me,
Yea, this I heard again,
That power to Almighty God
Alone doth appertain.

12 Yea, mercy also unto thee

Belongs, O Lord, alone:

For thou according to his work
Rewardest ev'ry one.