transgressors effectually admonish me to stand in awe of God, and at the furthest distance from sin. ORD, thee I'll praise with all my heart, thy wonders all proclaim. 2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy and sing unto thy name. 3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell, and perish'd at thy sight; 4 For thou maintain'dst my right and cause, on throne satt'st, judging right. 5 The heathen thou rebuked hast, the wicked overthrown; Thou hast put out their names, that they may never more be known. 60 en'my! now destructions have an end perpetual : Thou cities raz'd; perish'd with them is their memorial. 7 God shall endure for ay; he doth for judgment set his throne: 8 In righteousness to judge the world, justice to give each one. 9 God also will a refuge be for those that are oppress'd; A refuge will he be, in times of trouble, to distrest. 10 And they that know thy name, in thee For thou hast not forsaken them 11 O sing ye praises to the Lord, And all the nations among, 12 When he enquireth after blood, he then remembreth them: The humble folk he not forgets, that call upon his name. 13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief which I from foes sustain; Ev'n thou who from the gates of death 14 That I, in Sion's daughters' gates, 15 The heathen are sunk in the pit, 16 The Lord is by the judgment known, 17 They who are wicked, into hell, And all the nations that forget 18 For they that needy are, shall not The expectation of the poor shall not be lost for ay. 19 Arise, Lord, let not man prevail ; judge heathens in thy sight: 20 That they may know themselves but men, the nations, Lord, affright. PSALM X. In this Psalm of lamentation and woe, we have (1) David's mournful complaints of God's withdrawment of his gracious and comfortable presence, ver. 1. [2] His mournful and shocking representation of the wicked men who persecuted him during God's absence: They proudly gloried in themselves; they counteracted the laws, and contemned the judgments of God; they contradicted and defied their opposers; they were malicious, treacherous, crafty, hypocrital, and atheistical persecutors, ver, 2-11. [3] His earnest supplications for relief to the people of God, attended with the firm faith of obtaining it, ver. 12-18. While I sing these, ponder, O my soul, what a privilege it is to enjoy familiar fellowship with God! What abominations lie hid in an evil heart of unbelief! What a mercy, that the Lord hath withheld me from that outrage in wickedness, of which my corrupt nature is capabie! Let all my views of sins and of judgments cause me to flee to Jesus for relief. If he prepare my heart to pray, he will surely grant my requests. W HEREFORE is it, that thou, O Lord, And wherefore hidest thcu thy self, when times so troublous are? 2 The wicked in his loftiness, doth persecute the poor: In these devices they have fram'd let them be taken sure. The wicked of his heart's desire doth talk with boasting great; He blesseth him that's covetous, whom yet the Lord doth hate. 4 The wicked, through his pride of face, on God he doth not call: And in the councils of his heart the Lord is not at all. His ways they always grevious are; 6 Within his heart he thus hath said, 7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, 8 He closely sits in villages: Against the poor, that pass him by, 9 He, lion-like, lurks in his den: He hides his countenance, and he 12 O Lord, do thou arise; O God, out of thy memory. 13 Why is it that the wicked man thus doth the Lord despise D Because, that God will it require, 14 Thou hast it seen, for their mischief, The poor commits himself to thee, 15 The arm break of the wicked man, Do thou seek out his wickedness, 16 The Lord is king through ages all, The heathen people from his land 47 O Lord, of those that humble are Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou 48 To judge the fatherless, and those That man, that is but sprung of earth, PSALM XI. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Behold here (1) David, tempted by his timerous friends to escape to some mountain, and hide himself from the fury of Saul, or of Absalom, as if that were his only safe course now, when his enemies were exerting themselves to the uttermost, and all things were in disorder and confusion, ver. 1-3. (2) David baffling the temptation by a resolute profession of his trust in God, as the observer of all men; as the holy and righteous punisher of the wicked, and friend of the godly, ver. 4-7. Let no temptation decoy me from my duty. Let no |