13 Thou shalt walk over the asp and basilisk,* Thou shalt trample on the young lion, and the dragon. JEHOVAH. 14 Yes. He is united to me, and I will deliver him; I will set him high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him.-I am with him; In distress I will deliver him, and raise him to glory. 16 I will feast him to the full with length of days, And shew him my complete salvation.† * In the names of animals I think it safest to follow the antient interpreters. + The word in the original is plural, to denote the utmost extent of the thing. I have therefore added the word "complete." 4 PSALM XCII. [See Notes.] PSALM XCIII. A HYMN FOR THE SABBATH DAY. 1 Jehovah is King, Jehovah is gorgeously arrayed, [A] He hath girt himself with strength; That it may never move. 2 Thenceforward hath thy throne been established, From eternity art thou. 3 The floods, O Jehovah, raised, The floods raised their voice; The floods lifted up their waves, With the sound of many waters.* * This is the first line of the 4th, but should be joined to the 3d verse.-And are not the floods here mentioned, the fluids of the 4 Mighty are the breakers of the sea! * Mighty on high is Jehovah. 5 Thy oracles are very certain; Holiness is the beauty of thy house, PSALM XCIV. ん MESSIAH COMFORTS HIS afflicted PEOPLE, WITH A PROMISE OF THE FINAL EXCISION OF THE APOSTATE FACTION. THE Whole Psalm naturally divides itself into five stanzas. The first stanza, consisting of the first seven verses, describes the afflicted state of God's people, and implores the divine aid. The second stanza, consisting of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th verses, asserts God's omniscience and omnipresence. The third stanza, consisting of the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th verses, touches on the general consolation to indigested chaos, in wild irregular agitation, before the Creator had reduced it to form and order? Or rather, may they not be mysti cal, the tumults of the rebellious people? be derived from religion in adversity, and, in particular, holds out the hope of the Messiah. In the fifth and last stanza, consisting of the eight remaining verses, the Messiah himself speaks, except in the last line, which is the full chorus. I. FIRST SEMICHORUS. 1 Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Jehovah, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, display thy glory. 2 Set up thy authority, O thou Judge of the earth, Render due recompense unto the haughty. 3 How long shall the impious, O Jehovah, How long shall the impious triumph? 4 Devise and utter perversity, And boast themselves, all the workers of iniquity? 5 They crush thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thine heritage. 6 The widow and the stranger they kill, And the orphans they murder. 7 And they say, Jehovah seeth not, And there is no intelligence in the God of Israel. II. SECOND SEMICHORUS. s Understand, ye stupid among the people, Ye fools, when will ye become wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? 10 He who tutoreth the heathen, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge, [A] 11 Jehovah knoweth the devices of man, [B] That they are vanity. |