valleys thereof: thou makeft it foft with the drops of rain, and bleffeft the increase of it.

12 Thou crownest the ear with thy goodness: and thy clouds drop fatnefs.

13 They fhall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness: and the little hills fhall rejoice on every fide.

14 The folds fhall be full of fheep: the valleys also shall stand fo thick with corn, that they fhall laugh and fing.

Pfalm 66. Jubilate Deo.

BE joyful in God, all ye lands: fing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works: through the greatnefs of thy power fhall thine enemies be found

liars unto thee.

3 For all the world fhall worship thee: fing of thee, and praise thy Name.

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O come hither, and behold the works of God: how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men.

5 He turned the fea into dry land: fo that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.

6 He ruleth with his power for power for ever, his eyes behold the people: and fuch as will not believe, shall not be able to exalt themselves. 7 O praise our God, ye people: and make the voice of his praise to be heard ;

8 Who holdeth our foul in life: and fuffereth not our feet to flip.

9. For thou, O God, haft proved us: thou also. haft tried us, like as filver is tried.

10 Thou broughteft us into the fhare: and laidft trouble upon our loins.

This is a Pfalm of Thanksgiving, probably occafioned by fome remarkable deliverance of the Jews from captivity: in which the Prophet exhorts all Man.

kind to celebrate God's praifes, and to confider the wonderful works which he had wrought for the welfare of rael..

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11 Thou fufferedft men to ride over our heads: we went through fire and water, and thou broughteft us out into a wealthy place.

12 I will go into thine houfe with burnt offerings: and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble.

13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-facrifices, with the incenfe of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats.

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O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God: and I will tell you what he hath done for my foul.

15 I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue.

16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not hear me.

17 But God hath heard me: and confidered the voice of my prayer.

18 Praised be God, who hath not caft out my prayer: nor turned his mercy from me.

|| Pfalm 67. Deus mifereatur.

OD be merciful unto us, and bless us: and fhew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us;

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2 *That thy way may be known upon earth: thy faving health among all nations.

3 Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praife thee.

4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad: for thou fhalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

If I incline unto wickedness with my Heart, & It appears to have been the opinion of fome of the Jews that God was not difpleafed with wil Thoughts, fo long as they were not brought into action: which opinion is the very Sink of Pharifaifm, and which both Christ and St. Paul often attempted to cleanfe. And, indeed, if we confider that Gea is a Eeing of infinite Purity, that he knoweth the fecrets of our Hearts, ard requires to be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth; we cannot but feppcie that all "Iniquity must be an abomination to him, and render all religicus

fervices unacceptable.

This is an earnest Petition to Ged that he would fupport and protect his Church, and bring all Nations to the knowledge and practice of pure Religion: and is thought to be prophetical concerning the revelation of the Goffel, and the calling of the Gentiles.

*That thy way may be known upon Earth, &c. This is a Petition which, as Chriflians, it becomes us to fer up with fervency. And that this petition may be efectual, we ought to join our fincere endeavours to promote the progress of the Gospel, and the know.

5 Let the people praise thee, O God: let all the people praise

thee.

6 Then fhall the earth bring forth her increafe: and God, even our own God fhall give us his bleffing.

7 God fhall blefs us: and all the ends of the world fhall fear him.

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ET God arife, and let his enemies be fcattered: let them alfo
that hate him flee before him.

2 Like as the fmoke vanifheth, fo fhalt thou drive them away: and like as wax melteth at the fire, fo let the ungodly perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God: let them alfo be merry and joyful.

4 O fing unto God, and fing praifes unto his Name: magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him in his Name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5 He is a father of the fatherlefs, and defendeth the cause of the widows: even God in his holy habitation.

6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an houfe, and bringeth the prifoners out of captivity: but letteth the re runagates continue in fcarcenefs.

O God, when thou wentest forth before the people: when thou wenteft through the wilderness,

8 The earth fhook, and the heavens dropped at the prefence of God: even as Sinai alfo was moved at the prefence of God, who is the God of Ifrael.

9 Thou, O God, fenteft a gracious rain upon thine inheritance: and refreshedit it when it was weary.

ledg of a Redeemer: and fo to let our light shine before Men, that they feeing our good Works, may glcify our Father which is in Heaven, by their converfion to the Truth.

This Pfalm is fuppofed to have been fung upon. removing the Ark of the Lord to Mount Zion: and feveral paffages in it feen to point out the pomp with

which it was attended. From this event David feems

10 Thy congregation' fhall dwell therein: for thou, O God, haft of thy goodnefs prepared for the poor.

11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers.

12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited: and they of the houfhold divided the spoil.

13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet fhall ye be as the wings of a dove: that is covered with filver wings, and her feathers like gold.

14 When the almighty fcattered kings for their fake: then were they as white as fnow in Salmon.

15 As the hill of Bafan, fo is Gods hill: even an high hill, as the hill of Bafan.

16 Why hop ye fo, ye high hills? this is Gods hill, in the which it pleafeth him to dwell: yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thoufand, even thousands of angels and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18*Thou art gone up on high, thou haft led captivity captive, and received gifts for men: yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

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19 Praised be the Lord daily even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us.

20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh falvation : God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.

21 God fhall wound the head of his enemies: and the hairy fcalp of fuch a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.

22 The Lord hath faid, I will bring my people again, as I did

to have form'd hopes of his Kingdom being firmly eftablished. This Pfalm alfo appears to have been partly prophetical, and contains feveral things relating to Jefus Chrift, and his Kingdom. See St. Paul's quotation, Ephef. iv. 8.

Thou art gone up on high, &c. St. Paul quotes this paffage in order to prove that Chrift by his afcenfion into Heaven triumphed over the great Enemies of

Mankind, Death and Satan; by fending down upen his Apcftles fuch extraordinary gifts at the Feast of Pentecoft; whereby they were enabled to caft out Devils in his Name, and turn Men from the power of Sztan to God-and that he by his thus afcending became Lord over the Dead, and had the Keys of Beath and Hades in his Hands, Rev. i. 8. Rom. xiv. 9.

Day xiii. from Bafan: mine own will I bring again, as I did fometime from the deep of the fea.

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies: and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the fame. 24 It is well feen, O God, how thou goeft: how thou, my God, and King, goeft in the fanctuary.

25 The fingers go before, the minstrels follow after: in the midst are the damfels playing with the timbrels.

26 Give thanks, O Ifrael, unto God the Lord in the congregations: from the ground of the heart.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Juda their counsel: the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28 Thy God hath fent forth ftrength for thee: stablish the thing, O God, that thou haft wrought in us,

29 For thy temples fake at Jerufalem: fo fhall kings bring prefents unto thee.

30 When the company of the fpear-men, and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beafts of the people, fo that they humbly bring pieces of filver: and when he hath fcattered the people that delight in war;

31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: the Morians land fhall foon ftretch out her hands unto God.

32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth: O fing praises unto the Lord,

33 Who fitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning: lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a mighty voice.

34 Afcribe ye the power to God over Ifrael: his worship and ftrength is in the clouds.

35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places: even the God of Ifrael; he will give ftrength and power unto his people; bleffed be God.