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PSALM XXV.

To afcertain the meaning of this Pfalm, as attempted in the paraphrafe, and applied as spoken in the perfon of Chrift, (for the whole thereof is fpoken in one perfon), the candid inquirer will carefully confider not only the Pfalm itself, but alfo the parallels, and, of thefe, particularly Pfalmis lxxxvi. and cxliii.

The Man who never lifted up
His foul to any vanity;
Who never drank of folly's cup;
Who never floop'd to raise a lie;
Whofe fin, yet ne'ertheless, was great,
Though fin indeed he never knew;
THE SON OF MAN, for mercy fet,
In mediation, here we view!

To thee my elevated soul,

Jehovah, takes her heav'nly flight;
She fears above th' ethereal pole,

And fings thy praise with fweet delight. 2 My God, my God, in thee I hope; Let not my hope be put to fhame, Left that foes fhould take me up, my And bafely flur thy holy name:

How would my foes exult and laugh,
If I and mine were counted vile,
And drove away from thee, like chaff,

Unbleffed with thy gracious fmile!
3 But well I know, my faints with me
Shall ne'er be cover'd o'er with fhamé,
Because we fly, O God, to thee,

And take our refuge in thy name,

But let confufion on them feize,
Who, with abominable guile,
Prevaricate before thy face,
And meditate a purpofe vile!

4 Thy ways, Jehovah, make me know;

Thy footsteps cause my foul to keep : 5 Then, by thy truth, I'll boldly go:

Thy truth shall never cause me weep.
Thou art my God; direct my way,
And caufe me thy falvation fee;
For I have reckon'd night and day,

Till I fhall come and dwell with thee.
6 Thy mercies, Lord, remember thou,
Thy mercies that have been of old;
And, all my fins cancelled now,

No more the former things unfold.
7 My children have tranfgrefs'd thy law;
But thou haft laid their fins on me:
My righteoufnefs, without a flaw,
Peform'd for them, Jehovah, fee:
According to thy tender love

Remember me, thy fervant dear;
And let thy Surety clearly prove,
His clients from the debt are clear.
8 How good and upright is the Lord!
The finners he will teach his way;
9 He'll lead the humble by his word:

The humble hear what he will fay. 10 Jehovah's paths are pure and plain; Jehovah's teflimonies all

Are balm, to footh the fierceft pain
That can upon my spirit fall.

11 I'll keep thy holy covenant;

Aad, underneath my heavy load Of in and forrow, when I pant, I'll claim thy justice, O my God: I know thou wilt relieve my foul; When mine iniquities fo great, Like floods of fire fhall o'er me roll, Thy love fhall bid the floods retreat.12 Who,

12 Who, who is this that fears the Lord?
That reckons fo upon his love?
That claims the juftice of his word?
And pleads that he shall never move?
Jehovah, furely, shall him teach

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The way that his own foul thall chufe;
His foul fhall dwell beyond the reach
Of mifchiefs which his en'mies mufe:

His feed fhall dwell upon the earth,

The earth and all therein is theirs;
Their fouls fhall never feel a dearth,
For they are God's eternal heirs.
14 The fecret of Jehovah dwells

With those who do Jehovah fear;
He'll fhew his glory that excels

To thofe his love in mind who bear.—

15 Jehovah's always in mine eye,
Becaufe my foul Jehovah frees
From all the ftorms abroad that fly,
And makes them feem a gentle breeze.
16 I cry'd, Have mercy; I'm undone
Unless the Lord his mercy fhew;
Have mercy, Father, on thy Son,
And fhew me now thy mercy

17 The forrows of my heart abound,

due:

And thousands more my heart await;
My foul is dafh'd down to the ground,
And overprefs'd with anguith great:
18 Let all my fins be wafh'd away,

And, with my blood, my forrows go;
For thote who hate me boldly fay,
He falls, and fhall no rifing know.
19 My God preferve thy darling One,

And pluck me from the fiery flame; 20 When thefe confufions all are gone, That I may glory in thy name.

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21 Perfection pure, and innocence,

Jehovah, thou wilt not refuse;
Thy righteoufnefs is my defence:
I come, my God, to pay my vows.
22 Let Ifra'l all in triumph fing,
And Zion found aloud her joys;
For her Redeemer is her King:
Let Zion in her King rejoice.
All glory to the God of peace,
Who bruis'd for us the ferpent's head,
And brought to us eternal grace,
By bringing Jefus from the dead!

PSAL M XXVI.

READ this Pfalm in the light of the glorious gofpel; behold the glory of God as it thines in the face of Jefus; confider the parallels as cited in the margin, and thofe mentioned in the illuftration of the firft Pfalm; and then judge for thyfelf as to the propriety of the interpretation propofed," in the following paraphrafe. It concerns the reader thereof to be in the right, as much as the

writer.

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Meffiah pleads his innocence

And juftice for his fure deforce;
Though juftice try his heart and reins,
Yet juftice nothing there arraigns:
The Surety, therefore, boldly claims
Salvation for his elect names:

His righteoufnefs shall stand for theirs,
Who ftand his legal fons and heirs.

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EHOVAH, judge me, judge me now; Behold, I have perform'd my vow: In my perfection I have walk'd;

Nor fhall my hopes by thee be baulk'd.

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2 Jehovah, fift me, fift me well,

If any evil with me dwell;

Pour out my heart and reins, and show
If any curfed thing fhall flow.

3 For I have walk'd before the Lord,
According to thy holy word;
Behold, I've kept continually
Thy loving kindnefs in mine eye.
4 I have not fat with perfons vain,
Nor own'd the lewd licentious train :
I hate th' affemblies of the vile,

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And fcorn to eat with men of guile.
6 I'll wash mine hands in innocence,
And claim thy nobleft recompence;
I'll at thine altar keep my guard,
And triumph in my juft reward.
7 Lord, I will all thy glory tell,
And on thy name for ever dwell;
I'll lift aloud the voice of praife,
For thou acceptest all my ways.

8 Lord, I have lov'd thy dwelling-place, The manfions of thy love and grace; And there for ever I fhall dwell,

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That I may all thy glory tell.

The ways

of finners I have fhunn'd, Nor fhall be th their sentence funn'd : 10 Their hands are full of evil deeds, For which my grieved spirit bleeds.

II Thou feeft the fervice I have done,
Let perfect love reward thy Son;
Lo, thou my witnefs art, my Judge;
With thee my caufe I'll fafely lodge:
12 For I have walk'd in perfect love,

And therefore never fhall remove;
My foot fhall ftand upon my Rock,
And laugh at ev'ry idle fhock

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