1. An invocation to praise God for His mercies, especial and universal.
2.( Ez. 4. 12.) The walls were rebuilt, the gates re- erected, of the holy city.
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3." Bindeth up their wounds."( Is. 61. 1.) 4. Figurative of the dispersed state of the Jews, and their re. union at Jerusalem.
2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem( 2): and gather together the out- casts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness( 3).
4 He telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names( 4).
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wisdom is infinite.
6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 70 sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God;
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh the grass to grow upon the moun
5. The watchful care tains, and herb for the use of men( 5);
of Providence over all creation, is evidence to man that He will never fail him, nor forsake him.
THE PSALMS.
EVENING PRAYER.
PSALM 147.( c) Laudate Dominum.
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PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God: yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.
9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle: and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him( 6).
10 He hath no pleasure in he strength of an horse: neither delighteth he in any man's
6. Luke 12. 24.
7. Rather, strength; legs( 7).
He favours men, not for their corporeal, but, for their moral qualities.
11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion.
13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee.
c. This Psalm seems to have been composed just after the restoration from captivity, upon the rebuilding of Jerusalem; many have attributed it to Nehemiah.
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