10 The righteous fhall rejoyce in the Lord, and put his truft in him: and all they that are true of heart fhall be glad.

Evening Prayer.

A Pfalm of David, wherein, as he praises God for other Mercies, fo efpecially for plentiful Showers, which therefore probably was compofed after the Three Years Famine,

mentioned 2 Sam. xxi.

TH

Te decet hymnus. Pfal. LXV.

Hou, O God, art praised in Sion and unto thee fhall the vow be performed in Jerufalem.

2 Thou that heareft the prayer; unto thee fhall all flesh come.

3 My mifdeeds prevail againft me: O be thou merciful unto our fins.

4 Bleffed is the man whom thou chooseft, and receiveft unto thee: he fhall dwell in thy court, and fhall be fatisfied with the pleasures of thy houfe, even of [thy holy temple.]

S Thou fhalt fhew us wonderful things in thy righteoufnefs, O God of our falvation: thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad fea.

6 Who in his strength fetteth faft the mountains: and is girded about with power.

7 Who ftilleth the raging of

4 [Thy moft Holy Place, where the Ark ftands.] Pfal. v. 7.

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the

8

Tokens:

'Tis

the very fame word in the Hebrew which is

tranflated Signs, Gen. i. 14. and is meant of the fame things, that is, the Sun, Moon, and Stars, to which we may

the fea and the noife of his waves, and the madness of the people.

8 [They alfo that dwell in the uttermoft parts of the earth, fhall be afraid at thy * tokens: thou that makeft* the out-goings of the morning and evening to praife thee.]

(perhaps) add the Meteors, especially the Thunder; all which are manifeft Tokens and Proofs of the Divine Power.

* The out-goings of the Morning] are the Light and Sun. The out-goings of the Evening are the Moon and Stars. [The remoteft People of the Earth, when they fee and confider the Motions of the Sun, Moon, Stars, Lightning, and Thunder, fhall have fome apprehenfions and fear of thy Power, who haft fo made and order'd the returns of Day and Night, as to provoke Men thereby to praise thee the Author of them.

10 The River of God; that is, the Rain,

or Clouds from whence

the Rain proceeds. Ham. Patrick, Ainf. See Pfalm xxix. 9.

13, 14. In what fenfe

the Hills, Valleys, &c. may be faid to rejoyce. See Pfalm xcvi. 11, 12.

9 Thou vifiteft the earth, and bleffeft it: thou makeft it very plenteous.

10 *The river of God is full of water: thou prepareft their Corn, for fo thou provideft for the earth.

II Thou watereft her furrows, thou fendeft rain into the little valleys thereof: thou makeft it foft with the drops of rain, and bleffeft the increase of it.

12 Thou crowneft the year with thy goodness and thy clouds drop fatnefs.

13 They fhall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness: and the little hills fhall rejoyce on every fide.

14 The folds fhall be full of

fheep:

fheep: the valleys alfo fhall ftand fo thick with corn, that they fhall laugh and fing.

A Song or Pfalm, on occafion of fome remarkable

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Deliverance.

Jubilate Deo. Pfal. LXVI.

Be joyful in God, all ye lands: fing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works: [through the greatnefs of thy power fhall thine enemies be found liars unto thee.]

Power, whereby thou conquereft all that op

2 The miraculous

pofe thee, fhall caufe

many that are Enemies in their Heart to thee, and thy People, to pretend Friendship and Submiffion, as if they hoped to deceive thee, but in vain; for thou findeft out all their Hypocrify, and knoweft their treacherous Intentions.]

3 For all the world fhall worfhip thee: fing of thee, and praise thy Name.

4 O come hither, and behold the works of God: how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men.

5 He turned the fea into dry land: fo that they went through the water on foot; there did [we] rejoyce thereof.

s [Our Forefathers] a common way of fpeaking amongst all

Writers, Hof. xii. 4. juft as if an English-Man fhould fay, We received the Chriftian Faith above Eleven hundred Years ago.

6 He ruleth with his power for ever, his eyes behold the people and [fuch as will not believe,] fhall not be able to exalt themselves.

6 Unbelieving Apoftates.]

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A Pfalm or Song, Bishop Patrick conjectures, that it is that form of words which David used in Blessing the People, 2 Sam. vi. 17, 18. wherein he imitates that form of Bleffing ufed by the Priests on folemn Occafions, Numb. vi. 23, 24, 25.

Go

Deus mifereatur. Pfal. LXVII.

OD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and fhew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us; 2 That [thy way] may be known upon earth: thy faving health among all nations.

3 Let the people praife thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee.

4 O let the nations rejoyce, and be glad for thou fhalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

5 Let the people praise thee, O God: let all the people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increafe: and God, even our own God, fhall give us his bleffing.

7 God fhall blefs us: and all the ends of the world fhall fear him.

2 [Thy true Religi

on.]

A Psalm