haft magnified thy Name, and
thy word above all things.

4.They have heard.] He fpeaks in the Prophetick Style. See Pfal. cxxxvii. 8. the Hebrew is in the fame Tenfe.

3 When I called upon thee, thou heardeft me: and endued'ft my foul with much ftrength.

4 All the kings of the earth fhall praife thee, O Lord: for *they have heard [the words of thy mouth.]

[What thou didft promise by thy Prophets, and how thou haft perform'd it.]

s[While they are travelling in the way that leads to Jerufalem, (which is a Type of the

5 Yea, they fhall fing [in the ways of the Lord:] that great is the glory of the Lord.

Church of Christ) in order to devote themselves to the Worship of the true God. See Ifai. ii. 23. lx. 3.]

8 [Do not neglect, or lay afide, that Work which thou haft begun, a Work of Mercy which is peculiarly thine, wherein thou chiefly delighteft.] ..

6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he refpect unto the lowly as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.

7. Though I walk in the midft of trouble, yet fhalt thou refresh me: thou fhalt ftretch forth thy hand upon the furioufness of mine enemies, and thy right hand fhall fave me.

8 The Lord fhall make good his loving kindness toward me: yea, thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; [defpife not then the works of thine own hands.]

The

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The Twenty Ninth Day. Morning Prayer. A Pfalm of David, wherein he appeals to God; t fearcher of Hearts, as to the Integrity of his Inter)? ins, notwithstanding the Malite and Reproaches of it

Enemies.

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Domine, probati. Pl. CXXXIX.

Lord, thou haft fearched

me out, and known me: thou knoweft [my down-fitting, and mine up-rifing,] thou underftandeft iny thoughts long before.

2 Thou art abotit my path, and about my bed: and Ipieft out all my ways..

3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue]: but thou, O Lord, knoweft it altogether. 4 [Thou haft fufhioned me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me.]

ter doth

[Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me: I cannot attain unto it.]

1 [What I mufe up, what I refolve upon on, when I fit ftill, and when I rife up, in cr der to proceed to Adi on.]

3 [Which I am ge ing to fpeak, or that at my Tongue's end.]

4 Thou haft fhiped Body, and moulded me and contrived my whicle in thy Hand, as the Petthe Clay, Jer. xviii. 6.

$ E That Wildont whereby thou feeft unit knoweft all things, that Power by which th

art every-where, and doft all things, is what I cannot fufficiety admire, much left comprehend.]]

6 Whither fhall I go then from thy Spirit: or whither fhall I go then from thy prefence?

If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: if I go dowr to hell, thou art there alfo.

8 [If I could move as fwiftly as the light of the rifing Sun, and in an inftant fly from hence, and take up my

12 [My Thoughts and my very Soul are thine, open and naked

to thy Eye: Thou didst

8 [If I take the wings of the morning and remain in the uttermoft parts of the sea ;] abode in the remoteft part of the World.],

9 Even there also fhall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand fhall hold me.

10 If I fay, Peradventure the darkness fhall cover me: then fhall my night be turned to day.

II Yea, the darknefs is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day: the darkness and light to thee are both alike.

12 [For my reins are thine: thou haft covered me in my mothers womb.]

cover my Heart and Vitals with Flesh and Bone in the Mother's Womb, when I was feen by no body but Thee.]

14 [Tho' I am made in a moft artificial man

ner,and had myfirft for-
mation in the womb.]

Ham. Patr. Ainsw..
15, 16. [Thou fawest
my Body, while it was

yet unfinish'd; thou
knewest all my Parts,
as exactly as if they

had been all writ down

in a Book, or Pattern,

fuch as Workmen use to keep for their di

13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that my foul knoweth right well.

14 My bones are not hid from thee: [though I be made fecretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth.]

15 [Thine eyes did fee my fubftance, yet being unperfect: and in thy book were all my members written ;]

16 (Which day by day were fafhioned): when as yet there was none of them.]

rection; (and every part had a gradual and conftant, tho' fmail increafe) thou had'ft, I fay, every part of mine registred in thy Mind, before any one of them had a being.]

7 [How

17 [How dear are thy counfels unto me, O God: O how great is the fum of them!] what a vaft number do they amount!] See 18 If I tell them, they are mo in number than the fand: [when I wake up I am prefent with thee.]

17 [How highly do I value thy gracious Defigns and Intentions towards me, and to [Counfel] in Vocab.

18 [Every Morning when I wake, I look on it as an Instance of

thy Care and Provi

dence over me, that I

am ftill alive, and that mine Enemies have not made away with me, which could not be prevented by any other means, but by having Thee for my conftant Guard and Protector.]

19 [Wilt thou not day the

19 Wilt thou not

wicked, O God: depart from Lord, be pleased to

me ye blood-thirsty men.]
away him who is the Author of all my

rid me of my Fears, once for all, by taking Calamities? I firmly be

lieve thou wilt; and therefore it will be beft for you, all ye Men of Blood, to ceafe from perfecuting me any longer.]

20 [For 'tis not fo much upon my own account, that I expect this at thy hands, that

20 [For they speak unrighteously against thee: and thine enemies take thy Name in vain.] thou should'ft deal thus feverely with mine Enemies, but out of a juft regard to thy Honour, for thefe Men do not stick to blafpheme Thee, as well as flander me: And if they ever do seem feriously to make mention of thy Name, 'tis only in order to do the greater Mischief, under a pretence of Religion.

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee: and am not I grieved with those that rife up against thee?

22 Yea, I hate them right fore: even as though they were mine enemies.

23 Try me, O God, and feek the ground of my heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.

24. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me: and lead me in the way everlasting.

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Pfalm of David, on occasion of the falle Suggestions. of Docg, and the Information of the Ziphites,

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Eripe me, Domine. Prineslas in bob and redan ni o Eliver me, O Lord, from the evil man and presanovaervoether from the wicked

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vt Who [imagine] mifchief in their hearts: and stir up strife the day long.

3 They have harpened their tongues like a felpent adders poifon is under their lips.

4 Keep inc, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly, preferve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow

tako voda na hmy goings.bilan low as 59:f] subtly The proud have laid a fnare for me, and spread a nee abroad with cbrus yeh, and fet traps in my way, and DisI 16 faid unto the Lord, Thou art my God hear the voice of my prayers, Oroni.

7 On whofe Power my Safety depends.] Bee Health in Vocab.

O Lord God,[thou ftrength of my health!] thou haft covered) my

day of battles head in the

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8 Let not the ungodly have his defire, O Lord: let not

8 [Plot, or Defign.] his mifchievous imagination]

fee Vocab.

profperafelt they be too proud.