25 of thee shall be my praise in the great congre gation; I will pay my vows in presence of them that fear thee. [L] 26 The meek shall eat, and be full fed: They shall praise Jehovah who seek after him.- 27 All the ends of the earth shall recollect, and return unto Jehovah, And all families of the Gentiles shall bow themselves down before him ; [N] 28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's, And he is governor [O] among the Gentiles. 29 All whom earth sustains [P] eat, and bow themselves down; Before him shall kneel all that sink into dust. 30 Both my soul shall live to him, And my seed* shall serve him, It shall be counted to the Lord for a generation. *Christians are sons of God. 31 They shall come and declare his righteousness, Unto a people to be begotten*; for [He] hath done it. PSALM XXIII. [See Notes.] PSALM XXIV. TO THE BELOVED. AN ODE. THIS 24th Psalm opens with a Chorus, proclaiming the divinity of Jehovah, the Creator and Lord of the universe. It then describes, in questions and answers sung by different voices, the sort of righteousness which recommends to Jehovah's favour, which consists not in any ceremonial observances, but in clean hands and a pure heart. And the song concludes with a prediction of the exaltation of Messiah * Born again of water and the spirit. Begotten by the word. (for he is certainly the Jehovah of this psalm) under the image of an entry of Jehovah into his temple. CHORUS. 1 To Jehovah belongeth the earth, and its whole furniture, * The world, and its inhabitants. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, FIRST VOICE. 3 Who shall ascend the mountain of Jehovah, And who shall stand within-the-precincts of his 7? sanctuary SECOND VOICE. 4 The clean in hand, and pure in heart, *Of animals, plants, stones, minerals, &c. literally its fulness, all that it contains. Who hath not carried his soul to vanity, * And hath not sworn to the deceiving of his neigh bour : [A] 5 This man shall obtain blessing from Jehovah, And justification from the God of his salvation. CHORUS. 6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, Of them that seek thy presence †, O God of Jacob. PART II.-SEMICHORUS. 7 O ye gates lift up your heads, And be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors, * i. e. Who hath not placed his trust in false gods. See Bp. Lowth in Merrick's Annotations. † Or, "thy manifestation." Vid. XXI, 7. A SINGLE VOICE. 8 Who is He, this King of Glory? 10 Who is He, this King of Glory? GRAND CHORUS. Jehovah of Hosts. * He is the King of Glory. * "The Lord of Hosts," literally " Jehovah of Hosts," i. e. He who is the principle and foundation of existence to the whole assemblage of created being. The same expression occurs in other places. D |