And, as the days of heav'n, his throne
Shall stable be, and sure.

30 But if his children shall forsake
My laws, and go astray,

And in my judgments shall not walk,
But wander from my way;

31 If they my laws break, and do not
Keep my commandements;

32 I'll visit then their faults with rods, Their sins with chastisements.

33 Yet I'll not take my love from him, Nor false my promise make. 34 My cov'nant I'll not break, nor change What with my mouth I spake.

35 Once by my holiness I sware, To David I'll not lie;

36 His seed and throne shall, as the sun, Before me last for aye.

37 It, like the moon, shall ever be
Establish'd stedfastly;

And like to that which in the heav'n
Doth witness faithfully.

38 But thou, displeased, hast cast off,
Thou didst abhor and loathe;
With him that thine anointed is
Thou hast been very wroth.

39 Thou hast thy servant's covenant
Made void, and quite cast by;
Thou hast profan'd his crown, while it
Cast on the ground doth lie.

40 Thou all his hedges hast broke down, His strong holds down hast torn.

41 He to all passers-by a spoil,

To neighbours is a scorn.

42 Thou hast set up his foes' right hand; Mad'st all his en'mies glad:

43 Turn'd his sword's edge, and him to stand In battle has not made.

44 His glory thou hast made to cease, His throne to ground down cast; 45 Shorten'd his days of youth, and him With shame thou cover'd hast.

46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? For ever, in thine ire?

And shall thine indignation

Burn like unto a fire?

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47 Remember, Lord, how short a time
I shall on earth remain :
O wherefore is it so that thou
Hast made all men in vain ?
48 What man is he that liveth here.
And death shall never see?
Or from the power of the grave
What man his soul shall free?

49 Thy former loving-kindnesses,
Ŏ Lord, where be they now?
Those which in truth and faithfulness
To David sworn hast thou?

50 Mind, Lord, thy servant's sad reproach;
How I in bosom bear
The scornings of the people all,
Who strong and mighty are.

51 Wherewith thy raging enemies
Reproach'd, O Lord, think on;
Wherewith they have reproach'd the steps
Of thine anointed one.

52 All blessing to the Lord our God Let be ascribed then:

For evermore so let it be.

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THE sense is obvious.

A song of Moses, man of God,
Inspir'd with heav'nly fire,
Who for the Prince Messiah stood,"
And tun'd his fateful lyre:
The days of man are

but a span,

And fly like shades away;
But ev'ry faithful-hearted one
Shall reign with Christ for aye.

ORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place
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2 Before thou ever hadst brought forth
The mountains great or small;
Ere ever thou hadst form'd the earth,
And all the world abroad;

Ev'n thou from everlasting art
To everlasting God.

3 Thou dost unto destruction

Man that is mortal turn; réa

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And unto them thou say'st, Again, T

Ye sons of men, return.

4 Because a thousand years appear
No more before thy sight
Than yesterday, when it is past,
Or than a watch by night.

5 As with an overflowing flood
Thou carry'st them away?
They like a sleep are, like the grass
That
grows at morn are they.
6 At morn it flourishes and grows,
Cut down at ev'n doth fade,

7 For by thine anger, we're consum'd, Thy wrath makes us afraid.

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8 Our sins thou and iniquities
Dost in thy presence place,
And sett'st our secret faults before
The brightness of thy face.

9 For in thine anger all our days
Do pass on to an end;

And as a tale that hath been told,
So we our years do spend.

10 Threescore and ten years do sum up
Our days and years, we see;
Or if, by reason of more strength,
In some fourscore they be:

Yet doth the strength of such old men
But grief and labour prove;
For it is soon cut off, and we
Fly hence, and soon remove.

11 Who knows the power of thy wrath? According to thy fear

12 So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou us Our end in mind to bear;

And so to count our days, that we
Our hearts may still apply
To learn thy wisdom and thy truth,
That we may live thereby.

13 Turn yet again to us, O Lord,
How long thus shall it be?
Let it repent thee now for those
That servants are to thee.

14 O with thy tender mercies, Lord,
Us early satisfy ;

So we rejoice shall all our days,
And still be glad in thee...

15 According as the days have been,
Wherein we grief have had,

And years wherein we ill have seen,
So do thou make us glad.

16 O let thy work and pow'r appear!
Thy servants' face before;

And shew unto their children dear
Thy glory evermore :

17 And let the beauty of the Lord
Our God be us upon:

Our handy-works establish thou,
Establish them each one.

PSALM XCI.

ALTHOUGH, by applying it directly to Christ, Matth. iv. 6. Satan may be said to have approved himself a better commentator upon this Psalm than many of his ministers; yet it is not upon his authority, but upon that of the prophet of God, Is. xliii. 2. and xlix. 2, &c. that the following paraphrase, and application of the whole Psalm to the Messiah is built.

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Beneath the high, o'er-shading wing
Of the Almighty, safely lodg'd,
Behold, ye saints, behold and sing,
Your surety justify'd when judg'd!
The promises are sure and seal'd,
Confirmed in THE WOMAN'S Seed,
Whose bruised heel the Lord hath heal'd,
For bruising of the Serpent's head!

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E that doth in the secret place
Of the most High reside,
Under the shade of him that is
Th' Almighty shall abide.

2 I of the Lord my God will say,
He is my refuge still,

He is my fortress, and my God,
And in him trust I will.

See Note, page 94.