14 And through its midst to go Made his own Israel: For certainly, &c. 15 But overwhelm'd and lost 16 To him who pow'rfully 17 To him great kings who smote; 19 Sihon the Am'rites king; 21 Their land by lot he gave; TI 23 Who hath remembered car 24 And us delivered From foes which did us hater roll For certainly, &c tân cổ son of£ £1 file dioten soung chipotl 25 Who to all flesh gives food; PSALM CXXXVII. ALL these things happened unto them for ensamples (or types) to us: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.' 1 Cor. x. 11. See Psal. xliv. &c. 1 ‹ By Babel's streams they sat, and wept “ BY Y Babel's streams we sat, and wept 2 In midst thereof we hang'd our harps 3 For there a song required they, Our spoilers call'd for mirth, and said, 40 how the Lord's song shall we sing If thee, Jerus'lem, I forget, Skill part from my right hand. 6 My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleave, If I do thee forget, Jerusalem, and thee above My chief joy do not set. 7 Remember Edom's children, Lord, Who in Jerus'lem's day, Ev'n unto its foundation, Raze, raze it quite, did say. 8 O daughter, thou of Babylon, Near to destruction ; Bless'd shall he be that thee rewards, 9 Yea, happy surely shall he be PSALM CXXXVIII. FULL of Christ, and consolation to the Christian. See margin. * Our Shepherd sang along his way, THEE will I praise with all my heart, 2 Before the gods: And worship will I'll praise thy name, even for thy truth, 3 Thou didst me answer in the day And thou my fainting soul with strength *Prose Psalms of the Bible. 4 All kings upon the earth that are 5 Yea, in the righteous ways of God 6 Though God be high, yet he respects 7 Though I in midst of trouble walk, I life from thee shall have: 'Gainst my foes' wrath thou'lt stretch thine Thy right hand shall me save. 8 Surely that which concerneth me Lord, still thy mercy lasts; do not [hand; PSALM CXXXIX. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.'-But to the reader, who beholds the glory of God as it shines in the person of Jesus, and beams so brightly forth from the whole face of this divinely glorious Psalm, it would be holding out a taper to the sun, to attempt a formal illustration thereof.-Only, to stop the mouths of gainsayers, let the man of God, who will be taught, reproved, corrected, and instructed in righteousness, by the Scriptures alone, consult the parallels, and read them in the light of the New Testament. A song of God's beloved Son, Triumphing in his Father's ways— To him ascribe the vicťry won! Let ev'ry breath be joy and praise ! LORD, thou hast me search'd and known. And rising up; yea, all my thoughts 3 My footsteps, and my lying down, 4 For in my tongue, before I speak, It is well known to thee. 6 Such knowledge is too strange for me, Too high to understand. 7 From thy Spirit whither shall I go? Or from thy presence fly? 8. Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there; There, if in hell I lie. 9 Take I the morning wings, and dwell In utmost parts of sea; 10 Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead, Thy right hand hold shall me. 11 If I do say that darkness shall Then surely shall the very night 12 Yea, darkness hideth not from thee, To thee the darkness and the light 13 For thou possessed hast my reins, |