7 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy fervant : and teach me thy ftatutes.

8 Mine eyes gush out with water: because men keep not thy law.

Juftus es, Domine.

IGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord and true is thy judgment.

2 The teftimonies that thou haft commanded are exeeeding righteous and true.

3 My zeal hath even confumed me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

4 Thy word is tried to the uttermoft: and thy fervant loveth it.

5 I am fmall, and of no reputation: yet do I not forget thy commandments.

6 Thy righteoufnefs is an everlasting righteousness: and thy law is the truth.

7 Trouble and heavinefs have taken hold upon me; yet is my delight in thy commandments.

8 The righteoufnefs of thy teftimonies is everlasting: O grant me understanding, and I shall Ivie.

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EVENING PRAYER.

Clamavi in toto corde meo.

I Call with my whole heart: hear me, O Lord, I will

keep thy ftatutes;

2 Yea, even unto thee do I call: help me, and I fhall keep thy teftimonies.

3 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee: for in thy word is my trust.

4 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches: that I might be occupied in thy words.

5 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy lovingkindness: quicken me according as thou art wont.

Clamavi in toto corde meo.-4 Prevent] He was beforehand with the light itself; therefore "his eyes prevented the watches;" into which the night was divided by the Jews, he heeded not the watchman's call, but was stirring before it could be given.

6 They draw nigh that of malice perfecute me: and are far from thy law.

7 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord: for all thy commandments are true.

8 As concerning thy teftimonies, I have known long fince that thou hast grounded them for ever.

Vide humilitatem.

Confider mine adverfity, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

2 Avenge thou my caufe, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

3 Health is far from the ungodly: for they regard not thy ftatutes.

4 Great is thy mercy, O Lord: quicken me as thou

art wont.

5 Many there are that trouble me, and perfecute me: yet do I not fwerve from thy teftimonies.

6 It grieveth me when I fee the tranfgreffors: because they keep not thy law.

7 Confider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments: O quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness.

8 Thy word is true from everlasting: all the judg ments of thy righteousness endure for evermore.

Principes perfecuti funt.

PRINCES have perfecuted me without a cause : but

my heart ftandeth in awe of thy word.

2 I am as glad of thy word: as one that findeth 'great spoils.

3 As for lies, I hate and abhor them: but thy law do I love.

4 Seven times a day do I praise thee: because of thy righteous judgments.

5 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law: and they are not offended at it.

Principes.-5 Offended] This offence means ftumbling blocks of any kind. They have an immunity from temptations and fnares; and this is the fecurity which the love of God's commandments will give men, when nothing else will.

6 Lord, I have looked for thy faving health: and done after thy commandments.

7 My foul hath kept thy teftimonies: and loved them exceedingly.

8 I have kept thy commandments and teftimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio.

ET my complaint come before thee, O Lord: give me understanding, according to thy word.

2 Let my fupplication come before thee: deliver me, according to thy word.

3 My lips fhall fpeak of thy praife: when thou haft taught me thy ftatutes.

4 Yea, my tongue fhall fing of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous.

5 Let thine hand help me: for I have chofen thy commandments.

6 I have longed for thy faving health, O Lord: and in thy law is my delight.

70 let my foul live, and it fhall praife thee: and thy judgments fhall help me.

8 I have gone aftray like a fheep that is loft: O seek thy fervant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

MORNING PRAYER.

Pfalm cxx. Ad Dominum.

WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord:

and he heard me.

Appropinquet deprecatio.-8 A fheep] I cannot conclude this pfalm better than with a part of the extract from Merrick, cited by Bishop Horne: "Thinc eyes in me the fheep behold, Whofe feet have wander'd from the fold, That guidelefs, helpless, ftrives in vain To find its fafe retreat again:

Now liftens, if perchance its ear

The shepherd's well-known voice may hear;
Now, as the tempefts round it blow,

In plaintive accents vents its woe."

Pfalm cxx.] This is a prayer against calumniators and malicious perfons, and a complaint of the infelicity of being joined with fuch compaaions. It is called a pfalm of afcents or degrees; because, as it is fup

2 Deliver my foul, O Lord, from lying lips: and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward fhall be given or done unto thee, thou falfe tongue: even mighty and fharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

4 Wo is me, that I am conftrained to dwell with Mefech and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! 5 My foul hath long dwelt among them: that are enemies unto peace.

6 I labour for peace, but when I fpeak unto them thereof: they make them ready to battle.

Pfalm cxxi. Levavi oculos.

I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence

cometh my help.

2 My help cometh even from the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth.

3 He will not fuffer thy foot to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael: fhall neither flumber nor fleep.

5 The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;

6 So that the fun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night.

7 The Lord fhall preferve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that fhall keep thy foul.

8 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out, and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore.

pofed, it was appointed to be fung by the Levites on fome clevated place. The fourteen following pfalms alfo have this name.

4] The pfalmift laments his long continuance among thefe deceitful and malicious men, whom he compares to the wild, barbarous, and idolatrous Arabs, the defcendants of Kedar, the son of Ishmael.

Pfalm exxi.] In this pfalm the prophet introduces a perfon, moft probably an Ifraelite, on his way to Jerufalem, expreffing his truft and confidence in Jehovah, of whofe favour and protection at all times, and in all dangers, the prophet affures him. Lowth fuppofes that the two first verses of this pfalm are spoken by the king, on his approaching as a fuppliant to the ark, preparatory to fome warlike expedition; and that the remainder of the pfalm is the high-prieft's anfwer, delivered from the tabernacle.

6 Moon by night] The moon was fuppofed, at the time of the pfalmift, to have fome malignant power.

Pfalm cxxii. Lætatus fum.

I Was glad when they faid unto me: We will go into

the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet fhall ftand in thy gates: O Jerufalem.

3 Jerufalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord to teftify unto Ifrael, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.

5 For there is the feat of judgment: even the feat of the houfe of David.

6 O pray for the peace of Jerufalem: they fhall profper that love thee.

7 Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions' fakes: I will wifh thee profperity.

9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God: I will feek to do thee good.

Pfalm cxxiii. Ad te levavi oculos meos.

UNTO

NTO thee lift I up mine eyes: O thou that dwelleft in the heavens.

2 Behold, even as the eyes of fervants look unto the hand of their mafters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto

Pfalm cxxii. The author of this pfalm, as we are informed by its title, was David. The subject of it is that joy which the people were wont to exprefs upon their going up in companies to keep a feaft at Jerufalem. It · contains a prayer for a continuance of these peaceable opportunities. 3 Unity in itself "Compact together.". Bib. tranfl.

4 Tribes] They went up three times in the year to Jerufalem.

s] Perhaps these words may denote that his throne, as a king and as a judge, was the fame.

8,9] In thefe concluding verfes the pfalmift declares the two motives which induced him to utter his best wishes, and to ufe his best endeavours, for the profperity of Jerufalem; namely, love of his brethren, whofe happinefs was involved in that of the city; and love of God, who had there fixed the refidence of his glory.

Pfalm cxxiii.] This is a prayer for deliverance from proud, infulting enemies; and an expreffion of full dependence upon God for support.

2] In the Eaft the commands of a fuperior are made known to the fer vant by figns, therefore the latter watches the motions of the hand. The

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