THE PSALMS.

Day 28.

9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy chil­dren( 1) and throweth them against the stones.

PSALM 138.( s) Confitebor tibi.

( 2) I WILL

thanks unto thee, O with my whole heart: even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

2 I will worship toward thy holy tem­ple( 3), and praise thy Name, because of thy loving- kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name, and thy Word, above all things.

3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me and enduedst my soul with much strength.

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord for they have heard( 4) the words of thy mouth.

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord that great is the glory of the Lord( 5). 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off( 6).

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me( 7): thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furious­ness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

8 The Lord shall make good( 8) his loving­kindness toward me: yea, thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of thine own hands( 9).

1. Prophetic of the wrath of heaven, ex­ecuted by Cyrus. ( Is. 13. 16.)

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and thanksgiving, for the protection of the Most High.

3. The mansion of Thy sanctity, in the Heb.; the Temple

was not built in Da­vid's time.

4.For they shall hear; prophetic of the call­ing of the Gentiles. 5. They shall rejoice in the Gospel.

6." The proud He knoweth afar off," He keepeth at a dis­

tance.

7." Thou wilt revive me;" preserve me

alive.

8." Will perfect." 9. We that are his own, shall surely en­

dure for ever.

s. This Psalm, composed by David, is said, by the Septua-. gint, to have been made use of by Haggai and Zecchariah at the rebuilding of the Temple. It is an acknowledgment of God's goodness to him, in advancing him from a low and af. flicted condition to the royal dignity.

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