9 [O let me not be partaker, either in Guilt or Punishment, with wicked and bloodthirfty Men.] 12 [And in this I'm fure I am right, I have taken the true way; (that is Innocence) and 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy houfe: and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 [O fhut not up my foul with the finners: nor my life with the *blood-thirsty ;] IO In whofe hands is wickedness and their right-hand is full of gifts. II But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me. . 12 [My foot ftandeth right]: I will praise the Lord in the congregations.. Prayer to God, mentioned in the former Verfe.] Evening Prayer. A Pfalm of David in great diftrefs. Bishop Patrick fuppofes the occafion of it might be the Hiftory mention'd 2 Sam. xxi. 16, 17. Pfal. xlix. 19. Dominus illuminatio. Pfal. XXVII. [Joy, Comfort]my falvation; whom then He Lord is my [light] and + As if like Savage Beafts, or Cannibals they intended fhall I fear: the Lord is the ftrength of my life; of whom then fhall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies, and my foes came upon me † to eat up my flesh: they ftumbled, and fell. 3 Though an hoft of men were laid against me, yet fhall not my heart be afraid : and though there rose up war againft me, yet will I put my truft in him. 4 One thing have I defired of the Lord, which I will require even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to vifit his [temple.] 5 For in the time of trouble he fhall hide me in his tabernacle: yea, in the fecret place of his dwelling fhall he hide me, and fet me up upon a rock of stone. 53 77 6 And now fhall he lift up mine head: above mine enemies round about me. 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladnefs: I will fing, and fpeak praises unto the Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me. 9 My heart háth talked of thee t, [Seek ye my face]: thy face, Lord, will I feek. 10 O hide not thou thy face from me nor caft thy fervant away in displeasure. II Thou haft been my fuccour leave me not, neither forfake me, O God of my falvation. 12 When my father and my mother forfake me: the Lord taketh me up.ds 13 Teach me thy way, O 4 [Sanctuary.] Sec Pfal. v. 7. hear thee fay, 9 And Methinks 1often [Seek my Favour.] See Pfal. xxiv. 6. Lord, Lord and lead me in the right way, becaufe of mine enemies, 111 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adverfaries: for there are falfe witneffes rifen up against me, and fuch as fpeak wrong. 15 I fhould utterly have fainted but that I believe verily to fee the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.. 16 O tarry thou the Lord's leifure: be ftrong, and he shall comfort thine heart, and put thou thy truft in the Lord. A Pfalm of David, wherein he prays for help against his Heathen Enemies for 'tis highly probable that the occafion of penning it was thofe Battles with the Philiftines, mentioned 2 Sam. xxi. 18, 19, 20. Ad te, Domine. Pfal. XXVIII. Nto thee will I cry, O U Lord, my ftrength: think no fcorn of me, left if thou make as though thou heareft † By not granting my not, tI become like them that Request. 2 The Mercy-feat] and the Oracle, ftrictly taken are the fame: 'Twas from the Mercy-Seat go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee: when I hold up my hands towards the * mercy-feat of thy holy temple. that God gave his Answers, Exod. xxv. 21, 22. Numb. vii. 89. But fometimes the Oracle fignifies the whole place, where the Ark with the Mercy-Seat flood, 1 Kings vi. 19. This place is here called the Temple by our Translators, as Pfal. v. 7, &c. 30 3 O pluck me not away, neither deftroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers: which fpeak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mifchief in their hearts. 4 Reward them according to their deeds: and according to the wickedness of their own inventions. 5 Recompenfe them after the work of their hands: pay them that they have deferved. 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands therefore fhall he break them down, and not build them up. 7 Praised be the Lord: for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions. 8 The Lord is my strength and my fhield, my heart hath trufted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my fong will I praise him. 9 The Lord is my ftrength: and he is the [wholfome] defence of his Anointed. 10 O fave thy people, and give thy bleffing unto thine inheritance: feed them t, and fet them up for ever. 1 A Pfalm of David, which feems to have been compofed (Says Dr. Ham.) after his fubduing the Heathen Kings, and People mentioned 2 Sam. viii. Bishop Patrick fuppofes that God had interpofed and affifted David in thefe Victories, by causing violent Storms of Thunder and Lightning, by which the Enemy was diforder'd and routed; which, if so, may be the reason of the Pfalmifts So often mentioning the great efficacy of this Meteor. Afferte Domino. Pfal. XXIX. Emblems of your own Power, Ifai. Ix. 7. * Worship; that is, Majefty. See Vocab. 4 * The Voice of the Lord; that is, The Thunder. 5,6 * Libanus is a B mighty, bring young ramst Ring unto the Lord, O ye unto the Lord: afcribe unto the Lord *worship and strength. 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name: worship the Lord with holy worship. 3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters: it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the fea; the *voice of the Lord is mighty in operation: * the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 [The voice of the Lord Mountain of Syria, and breaketh the Cedar-trees: yea, as the Thunder rends the Lord breaketh the Cedars 5,6 [The Thunder makes the tallest Trees that are in *Libanus and Sirion, and even the Mountains themselves to skip like the young |