12 As for me, in my integrity, thou wilt support me, And fix-my-station in thy presence for ever. [G] PSALMS XLII. & XLIII. AS ONE. [See Notes.] I. 1 As the hart crieth after the flowing streams, So my soul crieth after thee, O God. 2 Athirst is my soul for God, for the living Pro tector, When shall I come, and see the face of [A] God. 3 To me my tears have been meat day and night, While it is continually said unto me, where is thy God? * 4 These things I remember, [B] and to my-self I pour out my soul ; * Compare 2 Pet. III, 3, 4. That I am to pass over to the tabernacle,-that I from thee to the house of God, escape * shall Amid the sound of exultation and thanksgiving, The multitude rejoicing. 5 Why wilt thou bow thyself down, O my soul, and disquiet thyself within me? Wait-patiently for God; for I shall yet give him thanks, The preserver of my person, and my God. [C] II. 6 Within me my soul is bowed down; therefore I will remember thee, Concerning the land of Jordan, and the Hermons; concerning the little Hill. 7 Wave calleth unto wave, in addition to the noise of thy water-spouts : Over me are gone all thy breakers and thy billows. * Or, according to another reading, "That I am to pass over "to the tabernacle of the glorious ones, to the house of God.” 8 In the day-time Jehovah will appoint his abun dant-goodness, And in the night his song [E] shall be with me; prayer unto the protector of my life. * 9 I say unto God; my Rock, why hast thou forgotten me! Why go I mourning, while the enemy oppresseth? 10 While the sword is in my bones [F], my enemies insult me, While they say unto me continually, where is thy God? 11 Why wilt thou bow thyself down, O my soul, and disquiet thyself within me? Wait patiently for God, for I shall yet give him thanks, The preserver of my person, and my God. * Or, “ And in the night my constant song is prayer, &c." See Notes. [XLIII]-III. 1 Give sentence for me, O God, and take up my cause; From a nation of no pity [G], from a man of deceit and iniquity, deliver me; 2 For thou art my God, my strengthener; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning while the enemy oppresseth? 3 Send forth thy light and thy truth, Let them lead me; 4 Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy dwellings ; So shall I come to the altar of God, To God, in whom is all my joy, And I shall praise thee upon the harp, O God my God. [H] 5 Why wilt thou bow thyself down, O my soul, and disquiet thyself within me? H Wait patiently for God; for I shall yet give him EPITHALAMIUM. A MYSTIC SONG UPON A KING'S MARRIAGE. MESSIAH, THE BRIDEGROOM; THE CHURCH, HIS BRIDE. [A] THIS Psalm relates to the second advent. The Bridegroom is the conquering, not the suffering, Messiah; the marriage is celebrated after his victories; and the Bride is the Church Catholic, rescued from the persecutions of the antichristian faction, and composed of the two great branches of the church, |