16 For thou defir'ft no facrifice

Which mortals can afford;

No incenfe blazing to the fkies,
Will fatisfy the Lord::

He laughs at their phantaftic dreams
Who think to purge their guilt,

With blood that Imokes in thoufand ftreams,
Though thoufands more were fpilt.

17 A facrificed perfect heart,

A fpirit all contrite,

Which from thy ftatutes ne'er depart,
In these thou wilt delight;

And thefe thou wilt provide for me:
I come to do thy will,

And claim acceptance, Lord, of thee,
Thy laws when I fulfil:

I come not for myself at all,
But those thou gavest me,

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That I may fave them, great and small,

By glorifying thee.

18 Do good, in thy good pleafure, Lord,

Unto thy Zion now;

And let Jerufalem, 'reftor'd,

Be builded row by row.

19 Then fhalt thou, O my God, approve
Their fruits of righteoufnefs;!
For off'rings pure of faith and love modT
Thine altars, Lord, fhall prefs:

The calves which from their lips proceed,
Their holocaufts of praife,

Becaufe thy Lamb for them fhail bleed,
O God, thy fame fhall raife:
To thee, whofe temple is all space,
Whofe altar earth, feas, fkies, H
For all the bleffings of thy grace,L
Let hallelujahs rife.

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PSALM LII.

THIS Pfalm, with all the following to the liv. being exactly parallel in fubject, spirit, and expreffion, to Pfal. ix. x. XXXV. &c. well as thofe cited in the margin, whofe refpective illuftrations may be confulted, efpecially that of Pfal. xxxv. it would be ufing labour in vain to be more particular.

Behold the boats of foolish men,
Converted into pain and shame!
For fhort and lipp'ry is their reign,
Arrefted by the fiery flame.
The righteous glory in their God;
And God, their glory, is their fcreen:
Meffiah is the Olive Good,

And they the branches ever-green!

Mighty man, why doft thou boaft,
Mighty in malice and in guile?!

God's mercies never fhall be loft; I d
On me God's mercies ever fmile...
2 Thy tongue's a dart to ftrike thy head,
Thy tongue's a razor sharp and keen,
To cut thine heart; thine heart fhall bleed
For thy deceit, fo cruel, fo mean.

3 Thy good is only defp'rate ill,

Thy choiceft words are only lies;
Thou only lovest blood to fpill,
And to thy rage, to facrifice... on
4 Thou loveft all devouring words,

Thy mouth's the very mouth of hell: Thy language, worfe than fpears and Twords, The Lord fhall on thyfelf repel.

5 For ever God deftroyeth thee,

He takes and plucks thee by the root; Thou from thy root deftroy'd halt be, Quite from his vineyard rootediouti 1A27

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6" And this the righteous fhall behold, voitoni
And fear their God, as Noah did,
When, in the deluge fent of old, pos
He faw the faithlefs people hid

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And at the Almighty's prowefs fpurn'd! He lean'd upon the fortitude

Of opulence and hoarded gold; He trufted in the multitude

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of finners round him, young and old.

8 But I am like an olive green;

No mildew hall my verdure blanch
Within thy courts, O-God, I'm feen,
With pleasant leaf and fpreading branch:
I'll by thy mercy ever thrive,

And drink the eternal dews of love,
And laugh at all the ftorms that strive
Me from thy dwellings to remove.

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9 I'll praise my Father evermore,pi!
Because he hath achieved this; 2Ĩ
Thy Son, O God, fhall thee adore;
Behold, before thy faints it is!

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WERE there any controverfy concerning the fpeaker in this Pfalm, (which is the fame precisely with the xiv.) the 4th verfe would determine it to be the Lord, the Saviour and King of his people.What is moft material to be here confidered is, the awful description of, and divine verdict concerning the univerfal race of mankind, Jews and Gentiles, in a state of nature, without Chrift, without God, and without hope in the world, with the irretrievable

irretrievable overthrow of all the fearful and unbelieving, the neglecters of the great falvationcontrafted and aggravated by the confideration of the eternally triumphant, joy, and fong of all the Ifrael of God, when their mighty Redeemer fhall deliver them from the bondage of corruption, and tranflate them into the glorious liberty of the fons of God. See Rom, 149, h&qu

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How loft, boa fearful is the fiate'. lol!
Of anbelievers, here defcrib'd,
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Whom fools and, atheilts God dath rate

Whofe confcience by their heart is brib'd!
Repent to day, believe, and live

Elfe thou shalt call on racks in vain,"
To hide thee from the Lord who'll give
Thee up to bell while faints fhall reign!

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HE fool bath faid within his heart,!
There is no God, no God at all;
Corrupt they are in ev'ry part,
And shall into corruption fall:
Th' abominable hated thing,
Iniquity, inftead of good,
Is all the facrifice they bring,
And evil is their daily food.

2 The Lord from heaven bow'd him down,
And look'd on all the fons of men,
To fee if there were any

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O'er whom corruption did not reign;
Who understoood the way divine,

And follow'd after God the Lord;...
Who from his fteps did ne'er decline,
But kept the pure and perfect word:

3 Behold, the verdict is prepar'd,

Concerning each who draweth breath,
As God has on his oath, declar'd,
(An univerfal fcene of death!).
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The Jews and Gentiles, all alike,
Are ev'ry one to idols gone,

And at the very Godhead ftrikeyang ing
By works offllewdness they have done pi
They're ev'ry one, a carcafe vile,RUP
A ftench in noftrils of their God;
Whate'er they touch they do defile,
Like deadly plagues that fly abroad:
There is not one that doeth good,
Nor any understanding hath;
They all delight in practice lewd,
Prefumptuous, proud, and void of faith.
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4 Those workers of iniquity,

Poffefs no knowledge, none at all; Like vultures on my faints who fly,

And never think on God to call.

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5 There, were they ftruck with pain and fear,
Where caufe of danger there was none;
They laughed at my brandifh'd fpear;
Yet by the moth were overthrown:
For God hath fcatter'd all the bones
Of those who built their ramparts
Against the meek afflicted ones,
Who did to him for refuge fly.
Thou haft for ever put to fhame,
O Ifra'l, those whom God defpis'd;
Exult thou in Jehovah's name,

Who Jacob hath fo highly priz'd.

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60 that falvation now were come
For Ifra'l out of Zion hill!
When God his exiles bringeth home,
From those who tyranniz'd at will:
Then Jacob fhall rejoice and fing,
And Ifra'l gladly fhall exult
In Chrift, her high-exalted King,
And all her enemies infult.

PSALM