7 God shall endure for aye; he doth for judgment set his throne;

8 In righteousness to judge the world,
justice to give each one.

9 God also will a refuge be
for those that are oppress'd;
A refuge will he be in times
of trouble to distress'd.

10 And they that know thy name, in thee
their confidence will place;
For thou hast not forsaken them
that truly seek thy face.
11 O sing ye praises to the Lord
that dwells on Zion hill;
And all the nations among
his deeds record ye still.

12 When he enquireth after blood he then rememb'reth them: The humble folk he not forgets that call upon his name.

13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief which I from foes sustain;

Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death dost raise me up again:

14 That I, in Zion's daughters' gates,
may all thy praise advance;

And that I may rejoice always
in thy deliverance.

15 The heathen are sunk in the pit
which they themselves prepar'd,

And in the net which they have hid
their own feet fast are snar'd.

16 The Lord is by the judgment known which he himself hath wrought: The sinners' hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught.

17 They who are wicked into hell each one shall turned be; And all the nations that forget to seek the Lord most high.

18 For they that needy are shall not
forgotten be alway;

The expectation of the poor
shall not be lost for aye.

19 Arise, Lord, let not man prevail;
judge heathen in thy sight:

20 That they may know themselves but the nations, Lord, affright.

PSALM 10.

[men,

In this Psalm of lamentation and woe, we have, (1.) David's mournful complaints of God's withdrawment of his gracious and comfortable presence, ver. 1. (2.) His mournful and shocking representation of the wicked men who persecuted him during God's absence: They proudly gloried in themselves; they counteracted the laws and contemned the judgments of God; they contradicted and defied their opposers; they were malicious, treacherous, crafty, hypocritical, and atheistical persecutors, ver. 2-11. (3.) His earnest supplications for relief to the people of God, attended with the firm faith of obtaining it, ver. 12-18.¶ While I sing these, ponder, O my soul, what a privilege it is to enjoy familiar fellowship with God! What abominations lie hid in an evil heart of unbelief! What a mercy that the Lord hath withheld me from that outrage in wickedness of which my corrupt nature is capable! Let all my views of sin and of judgments cause me to flee to Jesus for relief. If he prepare my heart to pray, he will surely grant my requests.

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HEREFORE is it that thou, O dost stand from us afar? [Lord, And wherefore hidest thou thyself when times so troublous are? 2 The wicked in his loftiness doth persecute the poor:

In these devices they have fram'd
let them be taken sure.

3 The wicked of his heart's desire
doth talk with boasting great;
He blesseth him that's covetous,
whom yet the Lord doth hate.
4 The wicked, through his pride of face,
on God he doth not call;

And in the counsels of his heart
the Lord is not at all

5 His ways they always grievous are;
thy judgments from his sight
Removed are: at all his foes
he puffeth with despite.

6 Within his heart he thus hath said,
I shall not moved be;
And no adversity at all

shall ever come to me.

7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, is fill'd abundantly;

And underneath his tongue there is
mischief and vanity.

8 He closely sits in villages;

he slays the innocent:

Against the poor that pass him by his cruel eyes are bent.

9 He, lion-like, lurks in his den; he waits the poor to take

And when he draws him in his net, his prey he doth him make. 10 Himself he humbleth very low, he croucheth down withal, That so a multitude of poor may by his strong ones fall.

11 He thus hath said within his heart, The Lord hath quite forgot;

He hides his countenance, and he
forever sees it not.

12 O Lord, do thou arise; O God,
lift up thine hand on high:
Put not the meek afflicted ones
out of thy memory.

13 Why is it that the wicked man thus doth the Lord despise? Because that God will it require

he in his heart denies.

14 Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay:

The poor commits himself to thee;
thou art the orphan's stay.

15 The arm break of the wicked man, and of the evil one;

Do thou seek out his wickedness,
until thou findest none.

16 The Lord is king through ages all
ev'n to eternity:

The heathen people from his land
are perish'd utterly.

17 O Lord, of those that humble are
thou the desire didst hear

Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou to hear wilt bend thine ear;

18 To judge the fatherless, and those that are oppressed sore;

That man, that is but sprung of earth, may them oppress no more.

PSALM 11.

Behold here, (1.) David, tempted by his timorous friends to escape to some mountain, and hide himself from the fury of Saul, or of Absalom, as if that were his only safe course, now when his enemies. were exerting themselves to the uttermost, and all things were in disorder and confusion, ver. 1-3. (2.) David baffling the temptation by a resolute profession of his trust in God, as the observer of all men ;— as the holy and righteous punisher of the wicked, and friend of the godly, ver. 1, 4–7.- - Let no temptation decoy me from my duty. Let no danger deter me from it. While JEHOVAH, my reconciled God and Father, manageth and judgeth the world, my safest course is to commit myself to him in well-doing. Let the just vengeance of God upon sinners deter my heart from sinning, and his kindness to his people encourage me in holiness in all manner of conversation.

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To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David,

IN the Lord do put my trust;

how is it then that ye

Say to my soul, Flee, as a bird,

unto your mountain high?

2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow,
their shafts on string they fit,

That those who upright are in heart
they privily may hit.