A meditation upon God's majesty, PSALM CIV. A meditation upon the mighty power: 1. 7 and wonderful providence of God. 31 God's glory is eternal. 33 The prophet voweth perpetually to praise God. RLESS "the LORD, O my soul. DO LORD my God, thou art very great; bthou art clothed with honour and majesty: 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: dwho stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: fwho maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: 4 h Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 5fk Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 61Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the wa-mountters stood above the mountains.ains as 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at cend, the the voice of thy thunder they valleys hasted away. descend. "Ge. 8.5 8They go up by the mount-Job 38. ains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9P Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses fquench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which tsing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth: 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and foil to make his face to shine, and bread 10, 11. 9. 27 These wait all upon thee: that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28 That thou givest them, they they are filled with good. gather: thou openest thine hand, 29 Thou hidest thy face, they Job 34.are troubled: kthou takest away 14,15. Ps. their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 146.4. Ec. 12. 7. 11s.32.15. Ez. 37. 9. P.job 26. † Heb. 10.Ps33.7 shail be. Jer.5.22. mGe. 1. "Ge 9.11, 15. ↑ Heb. seruleth. † Heb. break. † Heb. give a p.147.8 voice. $Ps.65.9, 10. Je.10. 13 & 14. 22. "Ge.1.29, 30.&3.18. & 9.3.Ps. 147. 8. XPs. 136. 25.&147.9 Job 28. 5. Ju.9.13. P. 23. 5. Pr.31.6,7 Heb. to make his which strengthenethman'sheart. 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, face which he hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the firtrees are her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for "the conies. 19 He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. с 20 dThou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein tall the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 31. rit, they are created: and thou 30 Thou sendest forth thy spi renewest the face of the earth. endure for ever: the LORD" 31 The glory of the LORD shall shail rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it "trembleth: "he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 33 PI willsing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have mybeing. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. "Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CV. An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his works, 1. 7 The story of God's providence over Abraham, 16 over Joseph, 23 over Jacob in Egypt. 26 over Moses delivering the Israelites, 37 over the Israelites brought out of Egypt, fed in the wilderness, and planted in Canaan. GIVE thanks unto the Ch.16. O LORD; Call upon his name: 8.-22.18.b make known his deeds among the people. 12. 4. bPs. 145. 4,5, 11. Ps. 77. shine with oil, or, more Nu.24.6. 12.& 119. Pr.30.26 27. bGe.1.14. 12 Job 33. dls.45.7. dPs. 27.8. tHeb.all thebeasts Ps. 77. thereof 11. do trample on the forest. God's care for his servants. PSALMS. vant, ye children of Jacob his fIs. 26. 9. chosen. gLu.1.72. 7 He is the LORD our God: his hGe.17.2. Ps. 78. judgments are in all the earth. & 22. 16, 47. 8 He hath "remembered his &c.& 26. covenant for ever, the werd 3&28.13 Ex. 10. which he commanded to a thou-35. 11, 4, 13, 14. Lu. 1. 73 Ps.78.46. sand generations. 9 h Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, fthe lot of your inheritance: 12 kWhen they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, land strangers in it. He.6. 17. iGe13.15. & 15. 18. † Heb. the cord. kGe. 34. 29.Ps.78. 51 PEX. 12. Ge. 49. 30. De.7. 7.& 26.5. He.119. Ge. 35. Ex. 12. 5. 3. 35. Ge12.17 $Ex. 12. & 20.3.7. 33. O Ge. 41. 54. 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one king-PLe. 26. .1.3.1. 21. Ne. 9. tEx. 13. "Ex. 16. dom to another people; 14 mHe suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, "he reproved kings for their sakes; Ez. 4. 16. 12. "Ge. 45. 5. &50 20. 'Ge. 37. 24.36. 27. Ge. 39. 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. Heb. his soul 16 Moreover he called for a& 40. 15. famine upon the land: he brake the whole "staff of bread. 17 Hesent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: the was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. came in to iron. tGe.41.25 14. Ps. 78. Ex. 17. 6.Nu. 20. 15, 16, 1 11 P's. 78. Co. 10. 4. 7Ge. 15. "Ge. +1 14. *Ge41.40 † Heb. † Heb. singing. posses sion aDe. 6. 10, 11. An exhortation to praise God. rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 "He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 34 "He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, 34 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. born in their land, "the chief of all their strength. 36 PHe smote also all the first 37 "He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. covering; and fire to give light 39 He spread a cloud for a in the night. 40 "The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. the waters gushed out; they ran 41 He opened the rock, and in the dry places like a river. 42 For he remeinbered holy promise, and Abraham his servant. his 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with fgladness: 44 "And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Ge.46.6. Jos. 13. Praise ye the LORD. 20 "The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peo-Ps. 78. ple, and let him go free. 51.&106. 7 &c. Ps. 78. 55. 21 He made him lord of his 22 house, and ruler of all his tsub-Ex. 1.7. De. 4.1, bEx. 1.8, 40. & 6. &c. stance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 21,--25. Ex.3 10. t Heb. &4. 12,14 Hallelu dNu. 16. jah. 5.& 17. Heb. & Hallelu 8,& 9, & 10, & 11, jah. & 12.Ps. 1Ch. 16. 78.43.&c 34. 24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly his with his servants. + Heb. bPs. 107. words of 1. & 118. signs. 25 He sent Moses his servant; Ps. 106. and Aaron dwhom he had cho- 22. Ex. 10. 22. 1.&136.1. CPs.40. 5. dPs. 15.2. Ac.24. 16.Ga. 6. his.99.7. 9. Ex.7.20. Ps. 119. Ps. 78.44. 132. kEx. 8.6. Ps. 78.45. lEx. 8. 17,24. Ps. Le. 26. 78.45. 40. 1 Ki. 30 Their land brought forth Ex. 9. 847. Da. frogs in abundance, in the cham-23,25. Ps. 9. 5. bers of their kings. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 78. 48. ↑ Heb. He gave 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in their all their coasts. rain 32 He gave them hail for hail 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that ddoeth righteousness at all times. 4 f Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me 5 That I may see the good of thy with thy salvation; chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,that I may glory with thine inheritance. 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of hEx. 14. thy mercies; hbut provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them 11, 12. Israel's rebellions, ifor his name's sake, kthat he 10 And he "saved them from 12 P Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works, they waited not for his counsel: the wilderness, and tempted 14 But flusted exceedingly in God in the desert. 15 "And he gave them their request; but tsent leanness into their soul. 16 "They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burn-11. 6. 1, &c. 19 They made a calf in Ho-35, 46. reb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They bforgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; & 3.5, 6. Ju.2.12, Y Ex. 23. 33. De. 7. Is. 57. 5. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 "But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols Ywhich were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, sacrificed unto the idols of Caeven the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they naan: and the land was polluaLe.17.7. ted with blood. Ez.16.20. & 20.26. De.32.17. 39 Thus were they "defiled with 2Ch.11.15 their own works, and dwent a 1Co.10.20 whoring with their own invenbNu35 33 tions. Ez.20.18 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his 30, 31. dLe.17.7. people, insomuch that he abhorNu.15.39. red fhis own inheritance. Ez. 20.30. 78.59.62. &c. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled overthem. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 bMany times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel; and were im-brought low for their iniquity 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when ihe heard their cry: h.Ju.2. 16. Nu. 16. 31,32.De. ed up the wicked. Nu 16. ZEx.32.4. Je.2.11. Ro.1.23. bPs.78.11 12. 45 k And he remembered for ed according to the multitude them his covenant, and Irepent 46 "He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 47 "Save us, O LORD our God, heathen, to give thanks unto thy and gather us from among the Is. 63. 7. holy name, and to triumph in Ezra9.94 Blessed be the LORD God La.3.32. thy praise. 95.11.Ez. 1Ch.16. of Israel from everlasting to The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, in praising God, to observe his manifold providence, 1.4 over travellers, 10 over captives, 17 aver sick men, 23 over seamen, 33 and in divers va rieties of life. also among the nations, and tot Heb. Hallelu scatter them in the lands. jah. To make aps.106.1 28 They joined themselves them fall & 118. 1. also unto Baal-peor, and ate the Le.26.33 & 136, 1. sacrifices of the dead. Ps.44. 11. bPs. 119. Ez.20.23. 68. Mat. Nu.25.2 19. 17. 3.& 31.16 Ps. 106. GIVE thanks untothe LORD, 10. Re2.14 47. Is. 43. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD De.4.3.& 10. for bhe is good: for his mer32.17 Ho.9 dPs. 106, cy endureth for ever. Nu. 25. 5,6.Je.29. 7,8. 14.&31.8, say 80, whom he hath redeemed Nu. 25. 10. Ez.39. from the hand of the enemy; 11, 12, 13. 27, 28. 3 And dgathered them out of God's providence over travellers, the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. PSALMS. † Heb. t 4 They wandered in fthe wil- from the derness in a solitary way; they sea. found no city to dwell in. ever. 40. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soulf De. 32. fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses 7 And he led them forth by the bright way, that they might go to a city of habitation. bPs.22.14 & 119.28. Na. 2. 10. †Heb. 10. all their 5. 15. up. h Ezra 8. iver.6,13, 21. i ver. 15, 21, 31.. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to thek Ps. 34. children of men! 9 For the satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they "rebelled against the words of God, and contemned "the counsel of the Most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 "Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 19. 1Ki. 17. "Ps.73.24 1, 7. Ac.20.27. 19, 28. o Ge. 13. 10.&14.3. 31. t1s. 45. 2. "La.3.39. Ex. 1. 7. 16 For he hath broken the Job 33.8 2Ki. 10. gates of brass, and cut the bars 20, 32. of iron in sunder. 17 Fools, "because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. YJob. 33. t Job 12. zver.6,13, void 28. u ISA.2.8. captives, sick men, seamen, &c. 26 They mount up to the heav. en, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and fare at their wit's end. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also "in the congregation of the people, 33 He "turneth rivers into a and praise him in the assembly of the elders. wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into fbarthem that dwell therein. renness, for the wickedness of 35 PHe turneth the wilderness ground into water-springs. into a standing water, and dry 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are "minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 2Ki. 20. 41 "Yet setteth he the poor on 4, 5. Ps. 147.15,18. Ps. 113.7, high from affliction, and ma 8. Or, after. keth him families like a flock. 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he Mat. 8. 8. saveth them out of their dis-Ps.30.2. tresses. & 103. 3. Job 33. Ps. 78.43 Whoso is wise, and will ob28.30.Ps. serve these things, even they 30.3.&49. Job 22. shall understand the loving& 103. 4. 6 &58.10. 15&56.13 19.P8.52. kindness of the LORD. dver.8,15 Job5.16. 31. 20 He sent his word, and bhealed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 dOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and (declare his works with frejoicing. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. |