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8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgements, O Lord.

9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil

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souls (y) of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.

11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous and joyful gladness for such as are truehearted.

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V. I.

7 With trumpets also, and shawms: O shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King.

v.7.

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(b) Upon the propriety of making God the object of worship, on account of his power, his justice, and his attention to the prayers of his servants.

(c)" Between the cherubims." In Solomon's temple, the ark (which was the type of God) was placed between the cherubims, 2 Chron. v. 7, 8. Saying of him, therefore, that he " sitteth be"tween the cherubims," was a figurative mode of expressing that he was the true, all-powerful God.

(d)" Cloudy pillar." This may refer to the time when the Israelites left Egypt, and God went before them in the pillar of a cloud, and spake to them out of the cloud (see Exod. xiii. 21.-Exod. xiv. 1, &c.) or it may apply to the time when Moses went into the cloud, and God delivered him the ceremonial law.

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thy Name: which is great, wonderful, and holy.

4 The king's power loveth judgement; thou hast prepared equity: thou hast executed judgement and righteousness in Jacob.

5 O magnify the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool, for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among such as call upon his Name: these called upon the Lord, and he heard them.

7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar (d): for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.

8 Thou heardest them, O Lord our God: thou forgavest (e) them, O God, and punishedst their own inventions.

9 O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill: for the Lord our God is holy.

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O BE joyful in the Lord, all ye

part of the verse is not easily understood. The reading should perhaps be "thou "wast prevailed on by them to desist "from punishing the people for their "inventions, i. e. their idolatry, apos"tacy," &c. When the golden calf was made, God would have destroyed all the people, had it not been for the intercession of Moses, Exod. xxxii. 10, &c.; and after the rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Numb. xvi. "when "God said unto Moses, Get from you

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consume them as in a moment," Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces, and made an atonement for the people, and caused the plague which was then destroying the people to be stayed. See Numb. xvi. 44 to 50.

(f) See ante, p. 8. where this Psalm also occurs.

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V.II.

lands serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.

4 For the Lord is gracious; his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to ge

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(g) Resolutions (supposed to be David's) for private and public conduct humbly submitted to God, to procure his countenance and favour.

(b) "Know," i.e. countenance. See note on Ps. i. 7.

(i) For “ that I may," the reading should perhaps be "and."

(k) An earnest prayer to God for the re-establishment, of Jerusalem and the Temple. It was probably written either about the end of the Babylonish captivity, or during the opposition the people of the land made to the rebuilding Jerusalem, of which Ezra and Nehemiah give an account. It describes the condition to which the writer was reduced, or in this instance refers to the melancholy state of all the Jews; it alludes to God's

5 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know (b) a wicked person.

6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy. 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach: I will not suffer him.

8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land that they may dwell with me.

9 Whoso leadeth a godly life : he shall be my servant.

10 There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land: that I may (i) root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm cii. (k)

HEAR my prayer, O Lord : and let my crying come unto thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine ears unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon.

promise for bringing them back to Jeru salem, and notices the impression it would make upon the minds of the hea then and of posterity, in turning them to the worship of God, when they should see this promise performed. The Jews were subjected to the king of Babylon about 607 years before the birth of Christ. Some of them were carried thither about 599, and the rest when the temple, the king's house, and every great man's house was burnt with fire (see 2 Kings xxv. and Jer. lii.) about 588, and they remained captive in Babylon 70 years. Their captivity and its duration had both been foretold; and Isaiah had prophesied, Isaiah xliv. 28. that Cyrus should perform the pleasure of the Lord," even saying to Jerusalem, thou

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"shalt be built, and to the temple, thy "foundation shall be laid." This was above 100 years before the event, and long before Cyrus was born. Cyrus (who was king of Persia) afterwards conquered Babylon, and on being apprized of this prophecy, dismissed the Jews, and ordered them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. The account of their return, and of the rebuilding the temple, is set forth in Ezra and Nehemiah. This Psalm was anciently used among the Jews in times of humiliation; it is one of the seven penitential Palms, and is used on Ash Wednesday. 8 (1) Revile me," &c. This may refer to the opposition made to the rebuilding of the temple: Artaxerxes, at the instance of the people of the land, ordered the work to be stopped: but Darius, on finding Cyrus's decree for building it, directed it to proceed, and made another decree for advancing its progress. See Ezra iv. v. vi. It was 91 years after their return from Babylon, before the Jews could rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, Nehem. vi. 15. It appears by Nehem. i. 3. that in the 20th year of Artaxerxes (about 446 years before the birth of Christ) the people were in great affliction and "reproach."

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bringing me back to Jerusalem, and dispirited me by the opposition against me; or it may refer to the great instances of protection God had from early times shewn the nation, till he cast them down by suffering them to be carried into captivity.

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(n) My days are gone," &c. So v. 11. Isaiah xl. 6. 8. "All flesh is grass, "all the goodliness thereof is as the "flower of the field: the grass wither"eth, the flower fadeth: but the word "of our God shall stand for ever." It is not improbable that the passage in Isaiah suggested that in the Psalm, particularly as the attention of the Jews was at this time strongly drawn to Isaiah's prophecies.

(o)" The time," &c. God had stated .13. distinctly by Jeremiah, that the Babylonish captivity should continue 70 years, and that at the end of that time the people should return. In Jer. xxv. 8. II.

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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, this "whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment and these nations "shall serve the king of Babylon seventy "years." And Jer. xxix. 10. "Thus "saith the Lord, that after seventy "years be accomplished at Babylon, I "will visit you, and perform my good "word towards you, in causing you to "return to this place."

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8.15.

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16 When the Lord shall build up Sion: and when his glory shall appear;

17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute : and despiseth not their desire.

18 This shall be written for those that come after and the people, which shall be born, shall praise the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary: out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth

20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death;

21 That they may declare (9) the Name of the Lord in Sion: and his worship at Jerusalem;

22 When the people are gathered together : and the kingdoms also to serve the Lord.

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(s) "O my soul." There is great warmth and vigour in calling upon his soul, and all that is within him (that is, all his faculties,) to join in praising God.

(1) “ An eagle.” The eagle is considered by some as renewing it's strength, and as it were becoming young again when it changes it's feathers. Isaiah probably refers to the same supposition, when he Isaiah xl. 31. They that "wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with "wings as eagles, they shall run and not "be weary," &c.

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