and my love burn with a most vehement flame; and let my hopes of being forever with him be strong and lively. Let my heart be all wonder at his excellency, fullness and grace ;-all subjection to his government and laws; and my lips filled with his praise and honour all the day. M Y heart bring forth a goodly thing: 2 Thou fairer art than sons of men: Of grace infus'd: God therefore thee 30 thou that art the mighty One, 4 For meekness, truth, and righteousness, in state ride prosp❜rously : And thy right hand shall thee instruct 5 Thine arrows sharply pierce the heart 6 For ever and for ever is, O God, thy throne of might; The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre that is right. 7 Thou lovest right and hatest ill: for God, thy God, most high, Above thy fellows hath with th' oil of joy anointed thee. 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia, 10 O daughter, harken and regard, 11 Then of the King desir'd shall be thy beauty vehemently: Because he is thy Lord, do thou him worship rev'rently. 12 The daughter there of Tyre shall be Those of the people that are rich, 13 Behold, the daughter of the King, shall unto thee be brought. 15 They shall be brought with gladness great, and mirth on ev'ry side, Into the palace of the King, and there they shall abide. 16 Instead of those thy fathers dear, thy children thou may'st take, And in all places of the earth, 1 17 Thy name remember'd I will make, through ages all to be: The people, therefore, evermore M SECOND VERSION. Y heart inditing is good matter in a song; I speak the things that I have made, 2 Thou'rt fairest of all men, Appear in dreadful majesty, 4 For meekness, truth and right, And thy right hand shall teach to thee things terrible and great. Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts that foes are to the King; Whereby into subjection the people thou shalt bring. L 6 Thy royal seat, O Lord, for ever shall remain : The sceptre of thy kingdom doth Of myrrh and spices sweet whereby they made thee glad. 9 And in thy glorious train, king's daughters waiting stand: And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold, doth stand at thy right hand. 10 O daughter, take good heed, incline and give good ear: Thou must forget thy kindred all, and fathers house most dear. 11 Thy beauty to the King shall then delightful be: 12 The daughter then of Tyre 13 The daughter of the king And with embroideries of gold, 14 She cometh to the King in robes with needle wrought: The virgins that do follow her 15 They shall be brought with joy, thy children thou may'st takey Therefore the people evermore PSALM XLVI. To the chief musician, for the sons of KORAH. A song upon Alamoth. In this Psalm, probably composed for celebrating some remarkable victory, we have, (1) bold triumphs of faith in God himself, and the mercies of the new covenant, amidst the most alarming danger and distress, which can be supposed; ver. 1-6. (2) A thankful rehearsal of the great things which God had wrought for the deliverance of his people, and the destruction of their enemies; ver. 6-9. (3) God's heart-composing promise of promoting his own glory in every providence; and faith's expectation of protection and deliverance therefrom; ver. 10, 11. While I sing it, come my soul, encourage thyself in JEHOVAH as thy God, and thy ALL. Come drink abun dantly out of Jesus' heart-gladning RIVER of life, his word, his blood, his spirit, his fulness, his love; and holding fast the beginning of thy confidence unto the end, alway give thanks. G OD is our refuge and our strength, |