This Pfalm is also thought to have been penned by David, on much the fame fubject with thofe which go before. Dominus regnavit. Pfal. XCIX. Th The Lord is King, be the people never fo unpatient he fitteth * between the Cherubims, be the earth never fo unquiet. 2 The Lord is great in Sion †: and high above all people. 3 They fhall give thanks unto thy Name: which is great, wonderful, and holy. 4 [The kings power loveth judgment, thou haft prepared equity thou haft executed judgment, and righteousness in Jacob.] * Between the Cherubims.] See Pfal.lxxx.1. 2 + Where his Ark is placed, and he is WorShipped. 4 [The Power of our Heavenly King, delights to exercife itself in doing Juftice: Thou, O God, haft provided for us moft equitable Laws, thou haft always govern'd the People of Ifrael in a moft reasonable and righteous manner.] 5 O magnifie the Lord our God: and fall down before his [footftool,] for he is holy 5 [Ark.] Mem. God between the Cheruis reprefented as fitting bims: The Cherubims were over the Mercy-feat, which therefore is called God's Throne. The Mercy-feat was over the Ark, and therefore the Ark is called his Footstool. So Exod. xxv. from the 10th to the 23d. 6 Mofes and Aron among his [priefts, and Samuel among fuch as call upon his Name: thefe called upon the Lord, and he heard them. 7 He fpake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his teftimonies, and the law that he gave them. 8 Thou heardest them, O 6 [Minifters.] Exod. xxxiii. 9, 10, Lord 8 And, that is, when, Mark xv. 25. [And even when thou didft punish them, yet * Lord our God: [thou forgaveft them, O God, and punishedft their own inventions.] thou didst it in Mercy, thou didst abate of that, which thou mightest have in rigour inflicted on them; fo that thou mightest at the fame time be faid to pardon, and yet to punish.] 9 + of Sion. 9 O magnifie the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill† for the Lord our God is holy. A Pfalm of Praife, which used to be fung at the Sacrificing Peace-Offerings which were for a Thanksgiving, Lev. vii. 12, 13. as Grotius, Hammond, and Bishop Patrick obferve from the Chaldee Paraphrafe. Accordingly we Chriftians use it, after having read a Chapter out of the Gospels, in acknowledgment of God's Love to us in Chrift. , Jubilate Deo. Pfal. C. 2 Not only Men, but Heirs of his Promifes, Eph. ii, 10. [Whom he feeds in his own Pafture the Church.] 3 * His Gates, his Courts, that is, the Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: ferve the Lord with gladnefs, and come before his prefence with a fong. 2 Be ye fure, that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we our felves: we are his people, [and the sheep of his pafture. ] 3 O go your way into *his Gate, and the fpacious gates with thanksgiving, and parts of his Temple. into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his performing what he has [truth] endureth from genera 4 [Faithfulness in promifed.] tion to generation. A Pfalm A Pfalm of David after Saul's Death, but before he was fully fettled in the Kingdom, or had removed the Ark to Zion; and 'tis a lively Emblem of the Kingdom of Chrift and his Church, Rev. xix. II, to the 19th. Mifericordiam & judicium. Y fong shall be of [merMcy and judgment:] un Pfal. CI. haft fhew'd to me, and the Judgments with [The Mercy thou which thou haft conmine Ene mies. to thee, O Lord, will I fing. 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the fins of unfaithfulness: there fhall no fuch cleave unto me. 5 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not [know] a wicked perfon. 6 Whofo privily flandereth his neighbour: him will I deftroy. 7 Whofo hath alfo a proud look and high ftomach: I will not fuffer him. 8 Mine eyes look upon fuch as are faithful in the land: that they may dwell with me. 9 Whofo leadeth a godly life: he shall be my fervant. To There fhall no deceitful perfon dwell in my houfe: he that telleth lies, shall not tarry: in my fight. III fhall foon destroy all the ungodly that are in the 3 [When wilt thou vouchfafe me thy gracious Prefence, by enabling me to bring thy Ark to Zion, the place of my own Abode?] s [Own, or Favour.] land: that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. The Twentieth Day. Morning Prayer. A Prayer of the Afflicted, when he is overwhelm'd, and poureth out his Complaint before the Lord. Compofed when the Seventy Years of the Captivity were almost, or altogether expired. The Pious Perfon who Indited it was actually return'd to Jerufalem, and had feen its Ruines, in all probability. See ver. 14. tho' by reafon of Sickness, or fome ill accident in his way thither, he gives himself over for a dead Man, ver.23,11, Fifth Penitential Pfalm. 13 Thou shalt arife, and have mercy upon Sion: [for it is time that thou have mercy upon her: yea, the time is come.] 13 [The 70 Years, which was the time prenx'd for the deliverance of Zion, being now on the point of being expired, Jer. xxix. 10, 14. we begin to expect that show fhouldfi exerr thy felf, and take pity on our defolarions] 14. And why? thy fervants think upon her ftones and it pitieth them to fee her in the duft. Is The heathen fhall fear thy Name, O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy Ma jefty ; 16 When |