4 ff. Ō sing unto God, and sing praises unto His Name : Magnify Him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise Him in His Name JAH, and rejoice before Him. 5 m. He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the wíd.ows: Even Gōd - in His hōly hābïtâtion. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of cäptív.ity : But letteth the *runagates continue ïn scârceness. [* rebels.] As of old round Sinai, so now from Zion, Thou pourest out Thy gracious gifts upon Thy people. 7 cr. O God, when Thou wentest forth before the péo.ple: When Thou wentest through the wîld-erness, 8 The earth shōok, and the heavens drōpped, at the prēsence of Gód: Even as Sīnai-also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 9 Thōu O God, sentest a gracious *rain upon Thine ïnhér.itance And refreshedst it, when it was tweary. : 10 Thy *congregation shall dwell thereín: For Thōu O God, hast of Thy goodness prepared for the +pôor 11 f. The Lord gave the word: Great was the company of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discóm-. fited: And they of the household divided the spoil The days of darkness and degradation are passed. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yēt shall ye be as the wings of a dóve: That is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gôld —. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings för théir sake: Then were they as white as snow în Sâlmon. 15 m. As the hill of Basan, sō is *Göd's hill: Even an high hill, as the hill öf Bâsan. [* His Church.] 16 *Why hop ye so, tye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth Him tö ‡dwéll: Yea, the Lord will abīde in it för êver. [Why look up so jealously, tye earthly powers? By His Spirit.] 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thōusands of ángels: And the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sî.nai. Our Lord is gone up, that the Holy Spirit might come down. 18 ff. Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts för mén: Yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord Gōd might dwell ämông them. 19 Praised be the Lörd dái-ly: Even the God who hēlpeth us, and poureth His *benefits üpôn us. [*the gifts of the Spirit.] 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh sälvá-· tion: Gōd is the Lord, by whom we ëscape dèath. His judgements upon them that oppose Him. 21 m. God shall wound the head of His én-emies: And the hairy scalp of such-a-one as goeth on still in his wîck-edness. 22 The Lord hath said, 'I will bring My people again, as I did fröm Bá-san: Mine own will I bring again, as I dīd sometime from the deep of thể sêa 23 ‘That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thïne én·emies : Añd that the tongue of thy dōgs may be red · through the sâme —.' The triumph of the Holy Spirit. 24 It is well seen O God, how Thöu gó-est: How Thōu, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels föllöw áft.er: In the midst are the damsels playing with the tîmbrels. Israel is first called. 26 cr. Give thanks O Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregá⚫tions: From the ground of the hêart -. 27 There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah, their cóun-sel: The princes of Za-bulon, and the princes of Neph.thali. 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength för thée: Stablish he thing O God, that Thōu häst wrought-in-ùs. The heathen, too, shall be gathered in. 29 m. All. Fōr Thy temple's-sake · āt Jërú-salem (:) so shall 1 30 1 When the company of the spear-men, and multitude 31 cr. Thēn shall the princes come out of É-gypt: The 32 f. Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth: +0 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the bëgín- · 34 Ascribe ye the power to Gōd over Ís-rael; His worship, - 35 O God, wonderful art Thōu · in Thy holy plá-ces: Even - i [spiritual strength.] 1 See note to this Psalm in the Daily Psalms. The Holy Spirit is the Breath of God's mouth in Creation and Providence, the Giver of life and light to all living creatures. 'By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the Breath of His mouth.' ff. PRAISE the | Lord, Ō mỹ sóul : O Lōrd my Gōd, Thou art become exceeding glorious; Thou art clothed with majesty and honour. 2 f. Thou deckest Thyself with light as it were with ä går.ment And spreadest out the heavens. līke ä curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of His chambers in the wá-ters: And maketh the clouds His chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wînd 4 He maketh His angels spír.its And His ministers a flamïng fîre 5 He laid the foundations of the earth: That it never should move ät án.y-tìme. 'In the beginning' it was void and dark, and the Spirit was brooding upon the waters which covered it. And the dry land appeared, and there was light. [* stood above.] 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with ä gárment: The waters *stand in the hills 7 At Thy rebuke they *flée : At the voice of Thy thunder. they tare äfrâid —. [* fled. + hasted away.] 8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys beneath Even unto the place which Thou hast appointed for thèm. [* went.] 9 Thou hast set them their bounds which they shall nöt páss; Neither *turn again. to cover the earth [* return.] 10 dim. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of order and fitness. He sendeth the springs intỏ (the-rív.ers: Which run among the hills 11 All beasts of the field drink thereóf: Añnd the wild-asses quench their thîrst 12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their hābïtá-tion; And sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills. fröm äbóve: The earth is filled. with the fruit of Thý works. 15 That He may bring food out of the earth, and wine. that maketh glad the heart of mán: And oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen män's heart -. 16 The trees of the Lord also are full öf sáp: Even the cedars of Libanus. which He hath plânted; 17 Wherein the birds make their nésts: And the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stôrk —. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats: And so are the stony rocks. fōr thể cônies. 19 He appointed the mōon for cērtain séa·sons; And the sun knoweth hïs gó-ing-down. 20 Thōu makest darkness that it may be níght: Wherein all the beasts of the forest dö *môve [* prowl about.] 21 The lions rōar . . . after 21 p. All. The lions roartheir préy [And] do seek ing after their préy (;), do their meat from-Gòd. (H) seek their méat.from-Gòd. 22 The sun ariseth, and they get them away tögéth.er: And lay them down in their 23 Man goeth forth to his wórk And to his labour. until the êvening. (H) dens 23 p. All. Man goeth forth to his work, and to his lá-· bour (:) until the êvening. The Spirit is the Wisdom of God in Providence. 24 cr. Ō Lord, how manyfold are Thy wórks: In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy rîches. 25 Sō is the great and wide sëa ál-so: Wherein are things *creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. [* moving to and fro.] 26 There go the ships, and there is that *Leví-athan: Whom Thou hast made to take his pastime therein. [*the great whale.] |