6" When fentence is given upon him, let him be "condemned: and let his prayer be turned into fin.

7" Let his days be few: and let another take his "office.

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8" Let his children be fatherlefs: and his wife a "widow.

9" Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their "bread: let them feek it also out of defolate places. 10"Let the extortioner confume all that he hath: "and let the stranger fpoil his labour.

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11 "Let there be no man to pity him: nor to have "compaffion upon his fatherless children.

12" Let his pofterity be destroyed: and in the next "generation let his name be clean put out.

13" Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in re"membrance in the fight of the Lord: and let not the "fin of his mother be done away.

14" Let them alway be before the Lord: that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth; 15 "And that, because his mind was not to do good: "but perfecuted the poor helpless man, that he might "flay him that was vexed at the heart.

16" His delight was in curfing, and it fhall happen "unto him: he loved not bleffing, therefore fhall it be "far from him.

17" He clothed himself with curfing, like as with a "raiment and it fhall come into his bowels like water, "and like oil into his bones.

18 Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath upon him and as the girdle that he is alway girded "withal."

10 Extortioner] The conduct of the grating creditor and ufurer towards the goods of the debtor is here defcribed, who being delivered to the creditor is racked till he pay the uttermoft farthing. "The ftranger" is the person who lent the money to the Jew, becaufe no Jew was permitted to lend on ufury to a Jew, and thus the ftranger preys on his labour.

18] A part of the preceding imprecations is referred to Judas in the Acts of the Apoftles; "For it is written in the book of pfalms, let his habitation be defolate, and let no man dwell therein, and his bifhopric let another take;" or as in both the verfions of the pfalms, " Let another take his office." It is not faid that these words were spoken by Judas, but that they fhall be fulfilled in Judas.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies and to thofe that fpeak evil againft my foul.

20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name: for fweet is thy mercy.

21 O deliver me, for I am helplefs and poor: and my heart is wounded within me.

22 I go hence like the fhadow that departeth: and am driven away as the grafhopper.

23 My knees are weak through fafting: my flesh is dried up for want of fatnefs.

24 I became alfo a reproach unto them: they that looked upon me fhaked their heads.

25 Help me, O Lord my God: O fave me, according to thy mercy;

26 And they fhall know, how that this is thy hånd: and that thou, Lord, haft done it.

27 Though they curfe, yet blefs thou: and let them be confounded that rife up against me; but let thy fervant rejoice.

28 Let mine adverfaries be clothed with fhame: and let them cover themselves with their own confufion as with a cloak.

29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth: and praife him among the multitude. 30 For he fhall ftand at the right hand of the poor : to fave his foul from unrighteous judges.

19 Let it thus happen] "This is the behaviour of thofe who accufe me before the Lord." The explanation of this verfe by the late learned Mr. Keate cannot be admitted, because it deftroys, as it feems to me, the whole of his preceding illuftration. If David be fuppofed, in the words of this verfe," to retort the calumnies of his enemies that the mischief which they intended for him might fall on their own heads;" by retorting, David must be thought to make all the curfes of his enemies his own. It would ftill remain, on this fuppofition, an imprecating pfalm in the perfon of David, which it does not appear to be.

30] This is opposed to the 5th verfe. The Lord fhall be the advocate of the poor, or accuse the unrighteous judges.

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HE Lord faid unto my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The Lord thall fend the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler, even in the midit among thine enemies.

3 In the day of thy power fhall the people offer thee free-will offerings with an holy worship: the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.

4 The Lord fware, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchifedech.

5 The Lord upon thy right hand: thall wound even kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He thall judge among the heathen; he fhall fill the places with the dead bodies: and fmite in funder the heads over divers countries.

7 He fhall drink of the brook in the way therefore fhall he lift up his head.

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Pfalm cxi. Confitebor tibi.

Will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart: fecretly among the faithful, and in the congregation. 2 The works of the Lord are great: fought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Pfalm cx. This pfalm was compofed by David, not concerning himself, but by way of prophecy of the exaltation of the Meffiah to his kingly office, and which never belonged to David, the office of priest, both which are by him exercised at the right hand of his father, and are the reward of his humiliation and passion.

3 The dew] This part of the verfe has perplexed almost all the commentators. I propofe only to find a probable meaning of the words. "From the womb youth is to thee, thy infancy the dew," is the literal verfion from the Hebrew. Perhaps thefe words denote the effects of the coming of the Meffiah, and the laft claufe contains the fame metaphor as is used by Hofea xiv. 5, "I will be as the dew unto Ifrael."

4] He shall unite in himself the two great offices of priest and king. 7] He fhall refresh himself in hafte from the brook in the way, and continue the purfuit of his enemies.

Pfalm cxi.] This is one of the pfalms which has the title Hallelujah, and celebrates the praises of God for all his works of power and mercy.

2 Sought out] The fecret of the Lord is with them that fear him, his way is plain unto the righteous.

3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath fo done his marvellous works: that they ought to be had in remembrance.

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he fhall ever be mindful of his covenant.

6 He hath fhewed his people the power of his works: that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment: all his commandments are true.

8 They ftand faft for ever and ever: and are done in truth and equity.

9 He fent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wifdom: a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praise of it endureth for ever.

LESSED is the man that feareth the Lord: he hath great delight in his commandments.

2 His feed fhall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the faithful fhall be bleffed.

3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his houfe: and his righteonfnefs endureth for ever.

4 Unto the godly there arifeth up light in the darknefs he is merciful, loving, and righteous.

4] He hath made a name by his wondrous works; "The Lord mereiful and gracious:" this is the name which He has made himself.

10 Beginning] According to Job xxviii. 28, Behold the fear of the Lord that is wildom, and to depart from evil is understanding; the most excellent wildom and understanding. So here beginning means the chief wisdom; no other is to be placed before it.

Pfalm cxii.] This pfalm defcrbes the prefent happiness of the truly pious man, whofe employments tend to the honour of God; who is fo gracious unto his fervants, that there cannot be a greater freedom and blifs than to be in the number of them.

3] The promife of abundance of earthly goods is here made to the per fon and families of the righteous, as well as of eternal rewards in another world.

5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth: and will guide his words with difcretion.

6 For he fhall never be moved: and the righteous fhall be had in everlasting remembrance.

7 He will not be afraid of any evil tiding: for his heart ftandeth faft, and believeth in the Lord.

8 His heart is established, and will not fhrink: until he fee his defire upon his enemies.

9 He hath difperfed abroad, and given to the poor: and his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

10 The ungodly fhall fee it, and it fhall grieve him: he fhall gnafh with his teeth, and confume away; the defire of the ungodly fhall perish.

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Pfalm cxiii. Laudate, pueri.

RAISE the Lord, ye fervants: O praise the Name of the Lord.

2 Bleffed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore.

3 The Lord's Name is praifed: from the rifing up of the fun unto the going down of the fame.

4 The Lord is high above all heathen: and his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling fo high and yet humbleth himself to behold. the things that are in heaven and earth?

6 He taketh up the fimple out of the duft: and lifteth the poor out of the mire ;

7 That he may fet him with the princes: even with the princes of his people.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep houfe: and to be a joyful mother of children.

Pfalm cxiii.] This is a commemoration of the glory and condefcenfion of God, and the great works of his providence to the most afflicted abje&

creatures.

5] Highly as our Lord is exalted above this fyftem, above these heavens and this earth of ours, yet He condefcendeth to regard every thing that paffeth here, and to make us, the inhabitants of this lower world, and for our fakes all the other creatures in it, the objects of his peculiar care and paternal love.