23 Whoso doth offer praise, Will shew him God's salvation, T SECOND VERSION. (HE mighty God the Lord hath spoke, and call'd the earth upon, Ev'n from the rising of the sun, unto his going down. 2 From out of Zion his own hill, Of beauty is, from thence the Lord, 3 Our God shall come, and shall no more 4 He, to the heavens from above, Shall call, that he his judgments may 5 Let all my saints together be, Those that by sacrifice with me a covenant have made. 6 And then the heavens shall declare Because the Lord himself doth come, Hear, O my people, and I'll speak ; Against thee I will testify, 8 I, for thy sacrifices few, Nor for burnt-off'rings to have been 9 I'll take no bullock, nor he-goats, 11 The fowls are all to me well known that mountains high do yield : And I do challenge as mine own the wild beasts of the field. 12 If I were hungry, I would not For earth, and all its fulness, doth 13 That I to eat the flesh of bulls 14 Nay rather unto me, thy God, thanksgiving offer thou; To the most High perform thy word, and fully pay thy vow. 15 And in the day of trouble great, I will deliver thee, and thou 16 But God unto the wicked saith, why should'st thou mention make Of my commands? how dars't thou in thy mouth my cov'nant take? 17 Sith it is so that thou dost hate all good instruction; And sith thou cast'st behind thy back, 18 When thou a thief didst see, then straight 19 Thy mouth to evil thou dost give, thy tongue deceit doth frame. 20 Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st thy mother's son to shame. 21 These things thou wickedly hast done, and I have silent been; Thou thought'st that I was like thyself,' and did approve thy sin: But I will sharply thee reprove, and I will order right Thy sins and thy transgressions, 22 Consider this, and be afraid, PSALM LI. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of DAVID, when Nathan the Prophet came unto him, after he had gone in unto BATHSHEBA. This Psalm was penned by David, when reproved by Nathan for his adultery with Bathsheba, and for his murder of Uriah, 2 Sam. xii. We have in it, (1) David's Candid and truly sorrowful acknowledgments of his sin, particularly his adultery and murder, as highly dishonourable to God; and of his original sin, as the source there> of; ver. 1-5, 17. (2) His earnest supplications for par don of his offences, and for heart-purifying, and renewing grace; for renewed influences of the Holy Ghost; for peace of conscience, and comfortable fellowship with God for himself; ver. 1, 2, 6-15. and for reformation of, and prosperity to the church, which had been hurt by his sin; ver. 18, 19. (3) His sincere purposes of heart, to improve God's favours to himself, in promoting the instruction of others, and in giving them an honourable pattern of an exact celebration of God's public worship; ver. 13, 14, 15, 16, 19. While I sing this penetential Psalm, let my heart be filled with clear but evangelic views of my aggravated, my unnumbered transgressions; and with deep sorrow and remorse for them. Let me pour forth supplications, strong cries and tears to him who is able to forgive all mine iniquities, and to deliver me from every corruption. Let me wash myself in Jesus' blood, as the fountain opened to men for sin and for uncleanness. A FTER thy loving-kindness, Lord, For thy compassions great, blot out 2 Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash from mine iniquity. 3 For my transgressions I confess, my sin I ever see. 4 'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinn'd; in thy sight done this ill : That when thou speak'st, thou mayst be just and clear in judging still, 5 Behold, I in iniquity was form'd the womb within; My mother also me conceiv'd in guiltiness and sin, M m 6 Behold, thou, in the inward parts, with truth delighted art; And wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part. 7 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, I shall be cleansed so : Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow. 8 Of gladness and of joyfulness make me to hear the voice; That so these very bones, which thou hast broken, may rejoice. 9 All mine iniquities blot out; thy face hide from my sin. 10 Create a clean heart, Lord renew a right sp❜rit me within. 11 Cast me not from thy sight, nor take thy holy Spirit away. 12 Restore me thy salvation's joy, with thy free Sp'rit me stay. 13 Then will I teach thy ways unto those that trangressors be ; And those that sinners are shall then be turned unto thee. 14 O God, of my salvation God, me from blood-guiltiness Set free: then shall my tongue aloud sing of thy righteousness. 15 My closed lips, O Lord, by thee let them be opened; Then shall thy praises by my mouth abroad be published. 16 For thou desir'st not sacrifice, else would I give it thee: |