26 They perish shall, as garments dø : But thou shalt evermore endure :

As vestures thou shalt change them so, And they shall all be changed sure. 27 But from all changes thou art free; Thy endless years do last for aye. 28 Thy servants and their seed who be, Establish'd shall before thee stay.

PSALM CIII.

A Psalm of DAVID.

Here, (1) The Psalmist earnestly stirs up himself to praise God, for favours to himself in particular; for pardon of sins, healing of diseases, redemption from death; ver. 1-5. and for his mercies to his people, in revealing his mind to them; pardoning their sins; sympathizing with their weakness; pitying their afflictions; and perpetuating his new covenant mercy towards them and their seed; ver. 6-18. (2) Conscious of his own insufficiency, he requests the assistan ce of angels, and of all the works of God to praise Him who is their Sovereign; ver. 19—22.

Thus, my soul, let all my inward powers be stirred up to praise and thank my Redeemer, for all that he hath done for me, and for his church on earth.

THOU my soul, bless God the Lord; and all that in me is,

Be stirred up, his holy name

to magnify and bless.

2 Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God, and not forgetful be

Of all his gracious benefits

he hath bestow'd on thee.

3 All thine iniquities who doth most graciously forgive; Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal, and thee relieve.

4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou to death may'st not go down: · Who thee with loving-kindness doth and tender mercies crown.

5 Who with abundance of good things, doth satisfy thy mouth: So that, ev'n as the eagle's age, renewed is thy youth.

6 God righteous judgment executes for all oppressed ones.

7 His way to Moses, he his acts made known to Isr'el's sons.

8 The Lord our God is merciful, and he is gracious; Long-suffering, and slow to wrath, in mercy plenteous.

9 He will not chide continually, nor keep his anger still.

10 With us he dealt not as we sinn'd, nor did requite our ill.

11 For as the heaven in its height
the earth surmounteth far:

So great to those that do him fear
his tender mercies are.

12 As far as east is distant from
the west, so far hath he
From us removed, in his love,
all our iniquity.

13 Such pity as a father hath
unto his children dear:

Like pity shews the Lord to such
as worship him in fear.

14 For he remembers we are dust,
and he our frame well knows.

15 Frail man, his days are like the grass, as flow'r in field he grows.

16 For over it the wind doth pass,
and it away is gone;

And of the place where once it was
it shall no more be known.

17 But unto them that do him fear
God's mercy never ends;

And to their children's children still
his righteousness extends.

18 To such as keep his covenant,
and mindful are alway

Of his most just commandements,
that he may them obey.

19 The Lord prepared hath his throne
in heavens firm to stand:

And ev'ry thing that being hath
his kingdom doth command.

20 O

ye

his angels, that excel

in strength, bless ye the Lord;
Ye who obey what he commands,
and hearken to his word.

21 O bless and magnify the Lord,
ye glorious hosts of his ;
Ye ministers, that do fulfil
whate'er his pleasure is.

22 O bless the Lord, all ye his works,
wherewith the world is stor❜d

In his dominions every where :
my soul, bless thou the Lord.

PSALM CIV.

This Psalm was perhaps composed along with the preceding one; and contains, (1) High celebrations of God,

as the God of nature; particularly of his appearances in his heavenly palaces; ver. 1-4. of his creation of the sea and dry land; ver. 5—9. of the provision he makes for his creatures, according to their respective needs; ver. 10-28. and of his sovereign dominion and influence over them; ver. 29-32. (2) Holy resolutions to meditate on, and praise the Lord, in the view of his destruction of the wicked; ver. 33-35.

Lo! how stretched heavens, how refulgent luminaries, how fertile fields, how towering woods, how roaring seas, how ranging brutes, how labouring men, how flaming seraphs, unite their force to awaken my soul, to tune my heart, to the high praises of her REDEEMER! Let me meet my God, my Christ in every view. In every sound, let me hear his voice. In every form let me discern how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Nor let creation's lower plains detain my heart. Let new covenant relations to my unbounded ALL, let redemption through his blood, fix all my thoughts, enrapture all my inward powers; that I may sing anthems, all on fire, to him who loved me, and gave himself for

me.

B

LESS God, my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceeding great;

With honour and with majesty

thou clothed art in state.

2 With light, as with a robe, thyself thou coverest about :

And, like unto a curtain, thou the heavens stretchest out.

3 Who of his chambers doth the beams within the waters lay;

Who doth the clouds his chariot make, on wings of wind make way. 4 Who flaming fire his ministers, his angels sp'rits doth make.

5 Who earth's foundations did lay, that it should never shake.

Thou didst it cover with the deep,
as with a garment spread :
The waters stood above the hills,

when thou the word but said.
7 But at the voice of thy rebuke
they fled, and would not stay:
They at thy thunder's dreadful voice
did haste them fast away.

8 They by the mountains do ascend, and by the valley-ground Descend, unto that very place

which thou for them didst found. Thou hast a bound unto them set, that they may not pass over, That they do not return again the face of earth to cover.

10 He to the valleys sends the springs, which run among the hills:

11 They to all beasts of field give drink, wild asses drink their fills.

12 By them the fowls of heav'n shall have their habitation,

Which do among the branches sing
with delectation.

13 He from his chambers watereth
the hills, when they are dry'd:
With fruit and increase of thy works
the earth is satisfy'd.

14 For cattle he makes grass to grow,
he makes the herb to spring

For th' use of man, that food to him
he from the earth may bring.

15 And wine that to the heart of man
doth cheerfulness impart,