4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb: are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the young children. 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they fhall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. & Pfalm 128. Beati omnes. Leffed are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways, 2 For thou fhalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy fhalt thou be. ! Thy wife fhall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine houfe. 4 Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table. 5 Lo, thus fhall the man be bleffed that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion fhall fo blefs thee: that thou fhalt fee Jerufalem in profperity all thy life long. 7 Yea, that thou shalt fee thy childrens children: and peace upon Ifrael. Palm, 129. Sæpe expugnaverunt. Mup may Ifrael now fay. ANY a time have they fought against me from my youth : 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up: but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: and made long furrows. 4 But the righteous Lord: hath hewn the, fnares of the ungodly in pieces. 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward: as many as have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grafs growing upon the Loufe-tops: which whithereth afore it be plucked up. This Pfalm enumerates the worldly bettings which God Leftows upon the Righteous,, viz. fuccefs in their Labours; happy Wealock; a Houring Offfpring; focial Profperity; and numerous Defcendente. The Prophet here commemorates the dangers and deliverances of the People of God; and toretels certain deftruction to their Enemies. 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand: neither he that bindeth up the fheaves his bofom. 8 So that they who go by fay not so much as, The Lord profper you: we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord. Ο + Pfalm 130. De profundis. UT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. 2 O let thine cars confider well: the voice of my complaint. 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O Lord who may abide it? 4 For there is mercy with thee: therefore fhalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord, my foul doth wait for him: in his word is my trust. 6 My foul fleeth unto the Lord: before the morning watch, I fay, before the morning watch. 7 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he fhall redeem Ifrael: from all his fins. * Pfalm 131. Domine, non eft. ORD, I am not high-minded: I have no proud looks. 2 1 do not exercise myself in great matters: which are too high for me. 3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother: yea, my foul is even as a weaned child. 4 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord: from this time forth for ever more. MORNING PRAYER. § Pfalm 132. Memento, Domine. ORD, remember David: and all his trouble. 2 How he fware unto the Lord: and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob; This is the fixth of the penitential Palms. Herein the Pfalmift implores the Mercy of God, and the pardon of his Sins; and expreffes his confidence in the divine goodness. David folemnly protefls in this Pfalm that he had not entertained proud and haughty thoughts of himself I will not come within the tabernacle of mine houfe: nor climb up into my bed; 4 I will not fuffer mine eyes to fleep; nor mine eye-lids to flumber: neither the temples of my head to take any reft, 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord: an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of the fame at Ephrata: and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle: and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arife, O Lord, into thy refting place: thou, and the ark of thy ftrength. 9 Let thy priefts be clothed with righteousness: and let thy faints fing with joyfulness. 10 For thy fervant Davids fake: turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. II The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David: and he fhall not fhrink from it; 12 Of the fruit of thy body: shall I set upon thy feat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my teftimonies that I fhall learn them: their children alfo fhall fit upon thy feat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chofen Sion to be an habitation for himfelf: he hath longed for her. 15 This fhall be my reft for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 1 will blefs her victuals with increase: and will fatisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health joice and fing. but had always ftudied to live in innocence and hu- Y and her faints shall re his Father's intention of building a Temple to the Lord. See 2 Sam. ix, and compare Verfes viii. ix, and xvi. with 2 Chron, vi. 41. 18 There fhall I make the horn of David to flourish: I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I fhall clothe them with fhame: but upon himself fhall his crown flourish. B Pfalm 133. Ecce, quam bonum ! Ehold, how good and joyful a thing it is: brethren to dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard: even unto Aarons beard, and went down to the fkirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon: which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his bleffing: and life for ever more. B * Pfalm 134• Ecce nunc. Ehold now, praise the Lord: all ye fervants of the Lord; 2 Ye that by night ftand in the house of the Lord: even in the courts of the houfe of our God. 2 Lift up your hands in the fanctuary: and praife the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth: give thee bleffing out of Sion. O Praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord: praise it, 2 Ye that ftand in the house of the Lord: in the courts of the house of our God. 3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious: O fing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 4. For why? the Lord hath chofen Jacob unto himself: and Ifrael for his own poffeffion. The Pfalmift obferving the numerous concourfe and harmony of the People affembled together for the celebration of fome Festival, expreffes his fenfe of fo joyful a fpectacle in this Pfalm. The Pfalmift here exhorts the Levites to be watch ful and diligent in the discharge of their office: im ploring the divine Bleffing upon them. In this Pfalm the Priefts and Levites are particularly excited publickly to celebrate the praifes of God; the Pfalmift commemorating fome of his Works, and describing the vanity of Idols and the folly of Idos latry.. 5 For I know that the Lord is great: and that our God is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth: in the sea, and in all deep places. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world: and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. 8 He fmote the first-born of Egypt: both of man and beast. 9 He hath fent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt: upon Pharaoh, and all his fervants. 10 He fmote divers nations: and flew mighty kings; 11 Sehon king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Basan: and all the kingdoms of Canaan; 12 And gave their land to be an heritage: even an heritage unto Ifrael his people. 13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever: fo doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one generation to another. 14 For the Lord: will avenge his people: and be gracious unto his fervants. 15 As for the images of the heathen, they are but filver and gold: the work of mens hands. 16 They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, but they fee not. 17 They have ears, and yet they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: and fo are all they that put their truft in them. 19 Praife the Lord, ye house of Ifrael: praise the Lord, ye house of Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion: who dwelleth at Jerufalem. |