1 For unbelief in Tophet ends, And everlasting woe; Whereas Messiah's aithful friends GIVE VIVE ear unto my words, O Lord, 2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; For I to thee will pray. 3 Lord, thou shalt early hear I early will direct my voice : My pray'r to thee; and, looking up, 4 For thou art not a God that doth Neither shall evil dwell with thee, 5 Nor fools stand in thy sight. All that ill-doers are thou hat'st; Cutt'st off that liars be: The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee. 6 7 But I into thy house will come 8 Because of those mine enemies, 9 For in their mouth there is no truth, Their throat's an open sepulchre, 10 O God, destroy them; let them be Them for their 11 But let all joy that trust in thee, 12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man PSALM VI. In this Psalm also, there is only one speaker; and he, as being himself altogether free from unrighteousness, has authority to say, 'Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.'-These words, cited from this and other Psalms, are spoken by the Lord, Matth. vii. 23. If any dubiety still remain in your mind concerning the person who saith these things, consult Heb. v. 7. Phil. ii. 6. John v. 22. Matth. vii. 23. and xxv. 41. L When smitten by his Father's rod, Oppress'd, and lab'ring with the load Behold, the Lamb of God implores Both death and hell he overpow'rs, ORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not; 2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak: 3 My soul is also vexed sore: But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make? 4 Return, O Lord, my soul set free; O save me, for thy mercies' sake. K 5 Because those that deceased are Of thee shall no remembrance have; 7 Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old, Because of all mine enemies. 8 Hence from me, wicked workers all; For God hath heard my weeping cries. 9 God hath my supplication heard, My pray'r received graciously. 10 Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my Sham'd and back turned suddenly. IN Another of the same. 1 TN thy great indignation, O Lord, rebuke me not; foes, Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand 2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me 3 My soul is vexed sore: but, Lord, 4 Return, Lord, free my soul; and save Me, for thy mercies' sake. 5 Because of thee in death there shall Of those that in the grave do lie, 6 I with my groaning weary am, I caused for to swim; with tears my couch I watered. 7 By reason of my vexing grief It waxeth old, because of all 8 But now, depart from me, all ye For why? the Lord hath heard my voice, When I did mourn and 9 Unto my supplication cry. The Lord did hearing give; 10 Let all be sham'd and troubled sore PSALM VII. IF the following paraphrase* of this Psalm, as spoken in the person of Messiah the Lord, shall not seem to carry its own evidence in its bosom, the considerate reader will be pleased to consult, among others, these few parallels, with their respective evidences, viz. Psal. ix. x. xviii. xxxv. xliv. and xciv. Messiah pleads his innocence, * See Note, page 94. While sin on sinners vengeance draws, 10 LORD my God, in thee do I Save and deliver me from all In pieces rending it, while there 3 0 Lord my God, if it be so Iniquity there is: hands 4 If I rewarded ill to him That was at peace with me; (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause My foe was I did free ;) 5 Then let the foe pursue and take Down to the earth, and let him lay 6 Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, For my foes raging be; And, to the judgment which thou hast 7 So shall th' assembly of thy folk Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return 8 The Lord he shall the people judge; 90 let the wicked's malice end; But stablish steadfastly |