13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance 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 shall come into his bowels like water, and like cyl 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. 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies: and to thofe [that speak evil againft my foul.] 20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name: for sweet is thy 14 [Refented by.] 18 [Stick as close to him.] 19 [Who endeavour by falle Accufations, to take away my Life.] 22 [I 22 The Evening fhadow doth not vanish fooner than I from the place of my present abode. ] t Which is said to have no Neft. 22 [I go hence like the fhadow that departeth :] and am driven away as the grafhoppert. 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 hand : and that thou, Lord, haft done it. 27 Though they curfe, yet blefs thou: and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let thy fervant rejoyce. 28 Let mine adverfaries be clothed with fhame: and let them cover themfelves with their own confusion, as with a cloak. 29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise him among the multitude. 20 For he fhall ftand at the right-hand of the poor: to fave his foul from unrighteous judges. The Twenty Third Day. Morning Prayer. A Pfalm of David, wherein he speaks of a Perfon much Superior to himself, whom he calls [My Lord] and diftinguishes from God the Father; which Perfon can be no other than the Meffias, of whom he bere Propheftes, not as in other Pfalms, by making himself the Type and Figure of Chrift, but in fuch words as can be applied to none but our Saviour. [T Dixit Dominus. Pfal. CX. He Lord faid unto my Lord: Sit thou on my right-hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.] [The great eternal God hath decreed, fhall, even in his Humane Nature, be Dignity, till he have fubdued all his even Death itself, 1 Cor. xv. 25, 26.] 2 [The Lord fhall fend the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midft among thine enemies.] I To fit at the righthand of God, fignifies to be prefer'd to the very highest degree of Honour, 1 Kings ii. 19. that my Lord the Meffias advanced to the highest most potent Enemies, and is 2 [Sion, or Jerufalem, Alts i. 4. ii. 46. the place from whence the Great God fhall fend forth thy chief Minifters with the Power of working Miracles (which is, as 'twere the Scepter and Enfign of thy Royal Authority) to convert the World; and I wish thou may'ft, and foretel thou shalt erect a Kingdom to thy felf, amidft thy inveterate Enemies, both the Jews and Gentiles.] 3 [In the day of thy powerfhall the people offer thee freewill-offerings with an holy worship]: *the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 3 [When thou fendeft forth thy Army of Apoftles, Evangelists, and Minifters, to fubdue, or convert the World, thou fhalt find abundance of People they have to thee, to at ready, freely to offer themselves, and all The dew of thy birth, is of the Womb of the Morning.] By the Dew, in this very obfcure Text, is moft probably to be underftood the Divine Grace, which defcends from Christ, and is here called the dew of his Birth; that is, whereby he caufes Men to be new-born, or regenerated. The Sentence is thus to be fup ply'd, 23d Day. ply'd, viz. The Dew of thy Birth, is as the Dew of (or from) the Womb of the Morning, or which the Morning brings forth." Mem. The Morning is elsewhere in Scripture reprefented as an Animal with Eye-lids, Fob iii. 9. with Wings, Pfal. cxxxix. 8. So then these words contain the reafon of the former, viz. [For the Divine Bleffing which fhall accompany the Preaching of thy Apoftles, fhall, like the Dew which the Morning produces, fall every-where, in all Countries more or lefs, and fhall be very fruitful, bringing forth Faith and Obedience in abundance, and begetting great numbers of Converts.] + Who was not only Priest, but King also, Gen. xiv. 18. who did not receive his Priesthood by Succeffion or Entail, 4 The Lord fware, and will not repent: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchifedeck t. as thofe of the Line of Aaron, Heb. vii. in both which respects he was a fit Type of Thee, O Meffias! * 5,6 By the King, *Heathen, and Heads over divers Countries,] he means, the Heathen Roman Emperors, Antichrift and his Adherents, and all worldly Powers, who obftinately and maliciously oppofe the Authority of Chrift; for they fhall all 7 [The Meffias, like a thirsty Traveller, or a couragious Soldier in purfuit of his Enemies, 5 The Lord upon thy right hand: fhall wound even*kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He fhall judge among the *heathen; he fhall fill the places with the dead bodies: and smite in funder the *heads over divers countreys. at last be made his Footstool. 7 [He fhall drink of the brook in the way: therefore fhall he lift fhall he lift up his head.] Judg. vii. 4, 5, 6. fhall neglect himself, and take what is next to hand, fatisfy his Thirft out of the Brook which he meets in his way, therefore fhall God exalt him to the highest pitch of Honour and Dignity,] Phil. ii. 9. Halle Hallelujah, or, Praise ye the Lord, that is, A Form of Praife. See Notes in Vindication. This is another of the Alphabetical Pfalms: Every Half-Verfe of the first eight, beginning with a new Letter; but the two last Verfes confist of fix Small Clauses, every one of which begins with a diftinct Hebrew Letter. I Lord with Confitebor tibi. Pfal. CXI. 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. 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.] before inherit.] 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. 5 [Rather than they who fear him should want, he did of old give them Bread from Heaven,] Exod. xvi. 6 [To put them in those poffeffion of Amorites, and other Countries, which the Heathen Nations did See Deut. ii, ii. Josh. x. 7 [Promises or Covenants.] So to Command, ver. 9. fignifies to Promife. See alfo Pfal. cxix. Teth ix. 2. and Caph xi. 6. |