3 Let me not be drawn away [A] with the impious, and with the dealers in vanity, With those who speak kindly* with their neighbours, while mischief is in their hearts. 4 Render unto them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their prac tices; Render unto them according to the works of their hands, Requite unto them their desert. 5 Truly they take no consideration of the works of Jehovah, And of the operation of his hands. ORACULAR VOICE. He shall demolish them and build them not. [B] THANKSGIVING. 6 Blessed be Jehovah, For he hath heard the voice of my entreaty. * Courteously, peaceably. 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; On him my heart hath-placed-trust, and I am helped; My flesh hath-resumed-its-bloom [C], and from my heart I will praise him. 8 Jehovah is the strength of his people, And the strengthener of the salvation of his 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; Govern them, and exalt them for ever. PSALM XXIX. AN ODE OF DAVID. THIS 29th Psalm, taken literally, seems to describe the effect of a great storm, from which, however, the people of Israel were providentially protected. But I have no doubt that the storm is mystical, describing the violent conflict between the Gospel and its opponents in the latter ages. This is evident, I think, from the 1st verse, and from the end of the psalm :-from the first verse, in which the sons of the mighty, the great potentates of the earth, are called upon to submit to Jehovah, and to worship him; and-from the conclusion of the psalm, which describes the final submission of the whole world, God's controul and direction of the whole tumult, his final victory, and his promise that he will give his people, that is, the spiritual Israel, the blessings of peace. The voice of Jehovah is the preaching of the gospel, more particularly the renewed preaching in the latter ages. See Bishop Horne's most excellent comment upon this psalm. 1 Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye sons of Idolatry, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and might. 10 2 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory of his name, Prostrate yourselves before Jehovah in the pomp of holiness..*. 3 3 The voice of Jehovah over the waters! * See Ps. XXVI, 9. & CX, 3. The God of glory gives [his] thunder, 4 The voice of Jehovah in all its force! The voice of Jehovah in all its majesty ! 5 The voice of Jehovah shivers the cedars, Even Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon 6 Even like a calf he maketh them to skip, ; Lebanon and Sirion like the calf of the buffalo. 7 The voice of Jehovah striketh out the forked flame of fire.* 8 The voice of Jehovah terrifies the wilderness, Jehovah terrifies the wilderness of Cades. 9 The voice of Jehovah makes havoc of the oaks, And strippeth bare the forests. And in his temple All this proclaims his glory. *« Hewed out pointed flames of fire." Mudge. 10 Jehovah is seated high over the raging flood; Yes: Jehovah is seated King for ever. 11 Jehovah shall give strength unto his people, Jehovah shall give his people the blessing of peace. PSALM XXX. [See Notes.] PSALM XXXI. MESSIAH PRAYS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM THE PERSECUTION OF HIS ENEMIES. 1 O Jehovah, with thee I have-taken-shelter, Let me not be-brought-to-shame for ever; Deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Incline thine ear unto me speedily; Deliver me; be thou my rock of strength, My castle of defence [A] to save me. |