9 He fent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his Name. Io The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praise of it endureth for ever. Hallelujah, or, Praife ye the Lord, another Alphabetical Pfalm just as the former. Beatus vir. Pfal. CXII. 2 His feed fhall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the faithful fhall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness fhall be in his houfe: and [his * righteousness endureth for ever.] while here in this World, but for ever 4 Unto the godly there arifeth up [light in the darkness:] he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth: [and will guide his words with difcretion. 6 [For he fhall never be. moved: ] and the righteous fhall be had in everlasting re membrance. -7. He will not be afraid of any evil tidings for his heart ftandeth faft, and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is ftablished, and will not fhrink until he fee his defire upon his enemies. 9 He hath difperfed abroad, and given to the poor: and his righteousness remaineth for every [his horn fhall be exalted with honour.] 10 The ungodly fhall fee it, and it fhall grieve him he fhall gnash with his teeth, and confume away; the defire of the ungodly fhall perish. Hallelujah, or, Praife ye the Lord. This Pfalm, with the Five next, ufed to be recited at Table, on the Pafchal-Night, and on other Festivals. PRaife Laudate, pueri. Pfal. CXIII. Raife the Lord, ye [fer- Minifters, and vants] O praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Bleffed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. 3 The Lord's Name is praifed: from the rifing up of the fun, unto the going down of the fame. #4 The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling fo high and yet humbleth whoever elfe have dedicated yourselves to the Service of God.] 6 [Poor, humble, oppreffed Perfon.] Gen. xviii. 10, 11. XXV. 21. XXX. 22, 23. 1 Sam. i. 20. ii. 21. Exod. xiii. 17. himself to behold the things the princes princes of his people. 8. He maketh the barren woman to keep house: and to be a joyful mother of children. Evening Prayer. See Title of Pfalm CXIII. In exitu Ifrael. Pfal. CXIV. 2 Fuda was the Tribe that march'd foremost, Numb. ii. 3. Hen Ifrael came out of WH of Jacob from among the ftrange people, 2 [Juda was his fanctuary: and Ifrael his dominion.] xiv. 14. Exod. xii. 51. and therefore had the bright Cloud of Glory, the token of God's Prefence ftanding juft over them, and fo was the Tribe that God did peculiarly dwell with, as he now alfo doth (Pfalm Ixxviii. 69.) tho' all the whole People of Ifrael then were, and shall continue to be under his Care and Protection.] Exod. xiv. 21, 24. 3 [The fea faw that and Josh. iii. 15, 16. fled: Jordan was driven back.] 3 [The Red-fea, as if it had been fenfible of the Divine Prefence, forfook its Channel, and left a dry Path for the People to march through; as Jordan alfo afterward ftopt its courfe for the People to pafs over.] 4 [All the greater 4 [The mountains skipped. and leffer Hills about like rams: and the little hills Sinai trembled, and leapt, like Lambs, as if like young fheep.] they would run away from the place where they had been fixed.] 5 What aileth thee, O thou fea, that thou fleddeft and thou 3 thou Jordan, that thou waft, driven back?olą nier, grond 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and elit tle hills like young sheep t 7 Tremble thou earth at the prefence of the Lord, at the prefence of the God of Jacob. 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water and the flint-ftone into La fpringing well.] or mat 18h 57 1 bro on hi flum 007 J Some of the Ancients make this Pfalm a part of the former; but in the Hebrew 'tis à diftinct Pfalm, tho' by whom, or on what occafion trasds compofed is uncertain. Podom d.Non nolis, Domine, Pfal. CXV. N Ot unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praife: for thy loving mercy, and for thy truths fake. 2 Wherefore fhallthe heathen fay: Where is now their God? 3 As for our God, he is in heaven: he hath done whatfoever pleased hima odw : 4 Their idols are filver and gold: even the work of mens hands.' They have mouths, and fpeak nora eyes have they and fee nots ET :0.0 6 They have ears and hear not: nofes have they and smell 17 [They who die in War, or in any other extreme danger, have no occafion given them to praise thee for their deliverance. Death forces them to be filent, as to thy Mercies.] walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them: and fo are all fuch as put their trust in them. 9 But thou houfe of Ifrael, trust thou in the Lord: he is their fuccour and defence. 10 Ye houfe of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. II Ye that fear the Lord, put your truft in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he fhall blefs us: even he fhall bless the house of Ifrael, he shall bless the house of Aaron, and 13 He fhall bless them that fear the Lord: both small and great. 14 The Lord fhall increase and you more and more: you your children. 15 Ye are the bleffed of the Lord: who made heaven and earth o 216 All the whole heavens are the Lords: the earth hath he given to the children of men. [The dead praise not 17 thee, O Lord: neither all they that go down into filence.] 18 But we will praise the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord. The |