So that the waves which rag'd before
now quiet are and still.

30 Then are they glad because at rest
and quiet now they be;
So to the haven he them brings,
which they desir'd to see.

31 0 that men to the Lord would give
praise for his goodness then,
And for his works of wonder done
unto the sons of men!
32 Among the people gathered,
let them exalt his name;
Among assembled elders spread
his most renowned fame.

33 He to dry land turns water-springs;
and floods to wilderness;

3+ For sins of those that dwell therein, fat land to barrenness.

35 The burnt and parched wilderness
to water-pools he brings;

The ground that was dry'd up before,
he turns to water-springs.

36 And there, for dwelling, he a place
doth to the hungry give,

That they a city may prepare
commodiously to live.

37 There sow they fields, and vineyards plant
to yield fruits of increase.
38 His blessing makes them multiply,
lets not their beasts decrease.

39 Again they are diminished, and very low brought down, Through sorrow and affliction, and great oppression.

40 He upon princes pours contempt, and causeth them to stray, And wander in a wilderness wherein there is no way.

41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from all his miseries,

And he, much like unto a flock,
doth make him families.
42 They. that are righteous shall rejoice,
when they the same shall see;

And, as ashamed, stop her mouth
shall all iniquity.

43 Whoso is wise, and will these things
observe, and them record,
Ev'n they shall understand the love
and kindness of the Lord.

PSALM CVIII.

A Song or Psalm of DAVID.

The first five verses of this Psalm are taken from Psalm vii. 7-12 and contain praises and thanksgiving to God. The other eight are taken from Psalm 1x. 5-12. and contain prayers for, and hopes of promised mercies.

Never scruple, my soul, to think, or to sing, or to pray over, the same subjects of importance; but let there be always a newness of affection, newness of spiritual vigour.

Y heart is fix'd, Lord; I will sing,
and with my glory praise.

MY

2 Awake up, psaltery and harp;

myself I'll early raise.

3 I'll praise thee 'mong the people, Lord; 'mong nations sing will I:

4 For above heav'n thy mercy's great, thy truth doth reach the sky.

5 Be thou above the heavens, Lord,
exalted gloriously:

Thy glory all the earth above.
be lifted up on high.

6 That those who thy beloved are
delivered may be :

O do thou save with thy right hand,
and answer give to me.

7 God in his holiness hath said,
herein I will take pleasure,
Shechem I will divide, and forth
will Succoth's valley measure.
8 Gilead I claim as mine by right:
Manasseh mine shall be ;

Ephraim is of my head the strength;
Judah gives laws for me.

9 Moab's my washing pot; my shoe
I'll over Edom throw :

Over the land of Palestine
I will in triumph go.

10 O who is he will bring me to
the city fortify'd?

O who is he that to the land
of Edom will me guide?

11 O God, thou who hadst cast us off,
this thing wilt thou not do?

And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, O God, forth with our armies go?

12 Do thou from trouble give us help; for helpless is man's aid.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly; our foes he shall down tread.

PSALM CIX.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of DAVID.

Probably David penned this Psalm, with a view to Doeg or Ahitophel; and hence it is much like the 41st, 52d, 55th, 124th, and 140th. But the Holy Ghost herein hath a mediate respect to Jesus and to Judas the traitor; Acts i. 20. Observe, (1) the Psalmist's bitter,complaints of his enemies as spiteful, deceitful, false, restless, unjust, ungrateful; ver. 1-5. (2) His fearful denunciations of divine vengeance against his distinguished foe; that he should be delivered into the hand of Satan; should have his prayers rejected, his life shortened, his subtsance wasted, and his posterity rendered miserable; ver. 6 -20. (3) His lamentation over his inward trouble, his approaching death, his instability of condition, pining sickness, reproach of enemies; and his prayers for mercy to himself, confusion to his enemies, and glory to his God; ver. 21-29. (4) His triumph in God, as his supporter and deliverer amidst all his troubles; ver. 30, 31.

While I sing, let me be affected with the sufferings of my Redeemer, and with the misery of these Jews and others, who abandon themselves to be his obstinate opposers. Let me implore, and by faith foresee the complete ruin of all my spiritual enemies; and the full redemption of my soul, and of the whole mystical body of Christ, notwithstanding all our sinful poverty and plagues.

THOU the God of all my praise,
do thou not hold thy peace;

2 For mouths of wicked men to speak
against me do not cease.

The mouths of vile deceitful men against me open'd be :

And with a false and lying tongue they have accused mé.

3 They did beset me round about with words of hateful spite:

And though to them no cause
against me they did fight.

I gave;

4 They for my love became my foes; but I me set to pray.

5 Evil for good, hatred for love, to me they did repay.

6 Set thou the wicked over him, and upon his right hand Give thou his greatest enemy, ev'n Satan, leave to stand.

7 And when by thee he shall be judg'd, let him condemned be;

And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin
when he shall call on thee.

8 Few be his days, and in his room
his charge another take.

9 His children let be fatherless,
his wife a widow make.
10 His children let be vagabonds,
and beg continually;

And, from their places desolate,
seek bread for their supply.

11 Let covetous extortioners
catch all he hath away:

Of all for which he labour'd hath
let strangers make a prey.
12 Let there be none to pity him :
let there be none at all

That on his children fatherless
will let his mercy fall.

13 Let his posterity from earth
cut off for ever be,

And in the following age their namé be blotted out by thee.