11 For according to the height of the 12 Over them the birds of the air shall heaven above the earth; he hath strength- dwell: from the midst of the rocks they ened his mercy towards them that fear him. shall give forth their voices.

12 As far as the east is from the west, so 13 Thou waterest the hills from thy upper far hath he removed our iniquities from us.rooms: the earth shall be filled with the 13 As a father hath compassion on his chil-fruit of thy works:

dren, so hath the Lord compassion on them 14 Bringing forth grass for cattle, and that fear him: 14 for he knoweth our frame. herb for the service of men.

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all. 20 Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you 20 Thou hast appointed darkness, and it that are mighty in strength, and execute his is night: in it shall all the beasts of the word, hearkening to the voice of his orders. woods go about. 21 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.

22 Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou|ed together: and they shall lie down in the Lord.

33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: 10 Thou sendest forth springs in the I will sing praise to my God while I have vales between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

11 All the beasts of the field shall drink: but I will take delight in the Lord. the wild asses shall expect in their thirst. 35 Let sinners be consumed out of the

earth, and the unjust, so that they be no people; and to deal deceitfully with his more: 0 my soul, bless thou the Lord. servants.

PSALM CIV.

Confitemini Domino.

26 He sent Moses his servant; Aaron the man whom he had chosen.

27 He gave them power to shew his

A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.

GIVE

people Israel.
Alleluia.

IVE glory to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his deeds among the gentiles.

2 Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.

28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure and grieved not his words.†

29 He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish.

30 Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their kings.

31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and cinifest in all their coasts. 22 He gave them hail for rain, a burning

3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. 4 Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthen-fire in their land. ed: seek his face evermore.

5 Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth.

6 Ove seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations :

9 Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

10 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:

11 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance. 12 When they were but a small number, yea very few and sojourners therein :

13 And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

14 He suffered no man to hurt them: and be reproved kings for their sakes.

15 Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

16 And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.

17 He sent a man before them; Joseph, who was sold for a slave.

18 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, 19 until his word

came.

33 And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig-trees: and he broke in pieces the trees of their coasts.

34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus,§ of which there was no number.

35 And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all the fruit of their ground.

36 And he slew all the first born in their land; the first fruits of all their labour.

37 And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.

:

40 They asked, and the quail came and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.

42 Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.

43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

44 And he gave them the lands of the gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people :

45 That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.

(who is never the author of sin) moved the The word of the Lord inflamed him. 20 Egyptians to hate and persecute his peoThe king sent, and he released him; the ple; but that the Egyptians took occasion of ruler of the people, and he set him at li-hating and envying them, from the sight of berty. the benefits which God bestowed upon

21 He made him master of his house, and them. ruler of all his possession.

+ Grieved not his words: That is, he was 22 That he might instruct his princes as not wanting to fulfil his words or he did himself, and teach his ancients wisdom. not grieve his words, that is, his sons, the 23 And Israel went into Egypt; and Ja-children of Israel, who enjoyed light whilst cob was a sojourner in the land of Cham. the Egyptians were oppressed with dark24 And he increased his people exceed-ness. ingly; and strengthened them over their enemies.

25 He turned their heart to hate his

16.

Cinifes. See the annotation, Exod. viii.

Bruchus, an insect of the locust kind. His justifications. That is, his com• He turned their heart, &c. Not that God mandments; which here and in many other

PSALM CV.

Confitemini Domino.

A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites.

Alleluia.

IVE glory to the Lord, for he is good:

for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises? 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

4 Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people visit us with thy salvation.

5 That we may see the good of thy cho

21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt, 22 wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red sea.

23 And he said that he would destroy them; had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,

To turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them. 24 And they set at nought the desirable land.

They believed not his word: 25 and they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

26 And he lifted up his hand over them, to overthrow them in the desert;

27 And to cast down their seed among

sen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy the nations, and to scatter them in the nation that thou mayst be praised with countries. thy inheritance.

:

28 They also were initiated* to Beelphe6 We have sinned with our fathers: we gor; and ate the sacrifices of the dead. have acted unjustly: we have wrought ini- 29 And they provoked him with their quity. inventions and destruction was multiplied

:

7 Our fathers understood not thy won-among them. ders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies:

And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red sea.

8 And he saved them for his own name's sake, that he might make his power known. 9 And he rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths as in a wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not one of them left.

12 And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

13 They had quickly done: they forgot his works and they waited not for his counsel.

14 And they coveted their desire in the desert and they tempted God in the place without water.

15 And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan; and covered the congregation of Abiron.

18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked. 19 They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.

20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

30 Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him; and the slaughter ceased.

31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

32 They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses was afflicted for their sakes; 33 because they exasperated his spirit.

And he distinguished with his lips.† 34 They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto them.

35 And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works; 36 and served their idols: and it became a stumbling block to them:

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils.

38 And they shed innocent blood; the blood of their sons and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan.

And the land was polluted with blood, 39 and was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions.

40 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inhe ritance.

* Initiated. That is, they dedicated, or consecrated themselves to the idol of the Moabites and Madianites, called Beelphegor, or Baal-Peor. Numb. xxv. 3.

Ibid. The dead, viz. idols without life.

He distinguished with his lips. Moses, by occasion of the people's rebellion and incredulity, was guilty of distinguishing places of the scripture, are called justifica- with his lips; when, instead of speaking to tions, because the keeping of them makes the rock, as God had commanded, he said man just. The Protestants render it by to the people, with a certain hesitation in the word statutes, in favour of their doc-his faith, Hear, ye rebellious and incredulous: trine, which does not allow good works to Can we from this rock bring out water for justify. you? Numb. xx. 10.

41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

42 And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under their hands: 43 many times did he deliver them.

14 And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.

15 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

16 Because he hath broken gates of brass,

But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their and burst iron bars. iniquities.

17 He took them out of the way of their 44 And he saw when they were in tribu-iniquity: for they were brought low for lation: and he heard their prayer. their injustices. 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of

45 And he was mindful of his cove

nant; and repented according to the multi-meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates tude of his mercies.

of death.

46 And he gave them unto mercies, in the 19 And they cried to the Lord in their sight of all those that had made them cap-affliction: and he delivered them out of tives. their distresses.

47 Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among the nations;

That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.

48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.

PSALM CVI.

Confitemini Domino.

All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over men.

Alleluia.

20 He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the great waters :

24 These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

25 He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the waves thereof were lifted up.

26 They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: their soul re-pined away with evils.

IVE glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let them say so that have been deemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and gathered out of the countries,

3 From the rising and from the setting of the sun, from the north and from the sea. 4 They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they found not the way of a city for their habitation.

5 They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.

6 And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7 And he led them into the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

27 They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man: and all their wisdom was swallowed up.

28 And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought them out of their distresses.

29 And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

30 And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them to the haven which they wished for.

31 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

32 And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair

8 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him; and his wonderful works to the of the ancients. children of men.

33 He hath turned rivers into a wilder9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul;ness, and the sources of waters into dry and hath filled the hungry soul with good ground:

things.

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the sha-wickedness of them that dwell therein. dow of death, bound in want and in iron.

11 Because they had exasperated the words of God; and provoked the counsel of the Most High:

12 And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, and there was none to help them.

13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

35 He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry land into water springs. 36 And hath placed there the hungry : and they made a city for their habitation.

37 And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth. 38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

39 Then they were brought to be few:

and they were afflicted through the trou-|ceitful tongues; and they have compassed ble of evils and sorrow.

1 A canticle of a psalm for David himself
M
Y heart is ready, O God, my heart is
ready: I will sing, and will give
praise, with my glory.

3 Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.

4 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

:

me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause.

4 Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

5 And they repaid me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, may he go out con. demned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.

8 May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg: and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

11 May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.

12 May there be none to help him; nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

13 May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out. 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be re

5 For thy mercy is great above the hea-membered in the sight of the Lord : and let vens and thy truth even unto the clouds. not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth: 7 that thy beloved may be delivered.

Save with thy right hand, and hear me. 8 God hath spoken in his holiness:

I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem:

and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles. 9 Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king: 10 Moab the pot of my hope.

Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends.

11 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

12 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off, and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

13 O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

14 Through God we shall do mightily

15 May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth: 16 because he remembered not to shew mercy:

17 But persecuted the poor man and the beggar, and the broken in heart to put him to death.

18 And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and be would not have

blessing, and it shall be far from him.

And he put on cursing like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails,

and like oil in his bones.

which covereth him; and like a girdle with 19 May it be unto him like a garment which he is girded continually.

20 This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord, and who speak evils against my soul.

21 But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me, 22 for I am poor and

and he will bring our enemies to nothing.needy, and my heart is troubled within me.

PSALM CVIII.

Deus laudem meam.

23 I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth; and I am shaken off as locusts.

David in the person of Christ prayeth against his persecutors; more especially the traitor * Set thou the sinner over him, &c. Give Judas: foretelling and approving his just to the devil, that arch-sinner, power over punishment for his obstinacy in sin, and him: let him enter into him, and possess final impenitence.

2

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. GOD, be not thou silent in my praise: for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against

me.

3 They have spoken against me with de

him. The imprecations, contained in the thirty verses of this psalm, are opposed to the thirty pieces of silver for which Judas betrayed our Lord; and are to be taken as prophetic denunciations of the evils that should befal the traitor and his accomplices the Jews; and not properly as curses.