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increased my affliction, and made me lie down in the ashes; where, while I mourn and weep, they mingle themselves with my bread, as tears do with my drink. Ver. 10. Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.] Because thy anger still continues in great severity against us; for thou hadst lifted me up in glorious hopes, (Ezra, i. 5. ii. 68. iii. 10.), thou hast dashed them all in pieces, (Ezra, iv. 4.-24.), and thereby given me the sorer fall.

Ver. 11. My days are like a shadow that declineth : and I am withered like grass.] And whilst I wait for better times, my life declines apace, like a shadow, which being come near to its utmost length, is ready to vanish: for I have very little strength remaining, but droop and languish, like the dried grass; which is ripe for the mower's hand.

Ver. 12. But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever, and thy remembrance to all generations.] All my comfort is, that though I die, thou abidest to all eternity; and canst hereafter remedy all these evils, which thou dost think fit to redress at present; and wilt, I am confident, for all generations have transmitted down unto us the memorial of thy faithfulness, and the glo-, rious things thou hast done for thy people.

Ver. 13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, yea, the set time is come.] It will not be long before thou dost take pity upon the desolations of Sion, and raise her out of her ruins: for the time prefixed for her punishment being expired, (Jer. xxix. 10. 11.), it is the season now, the appointed season, for thy mercy in her restoration.

Ver. 14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.] For her scattered stones are far more dear to thy pious worshippers, than the goodliest palaces in Babylon; and therefore they cannot look upon her dust and rubbish, without the most sensible grief and commiseration.

Ver. 15. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD and all the kings of the earth thy glory.] Especially when they consider how thy glory suffers thereby whereas the nations who now contemn thee, will stand in awe of thee; O Lord, all their kings and princes will reverence thy glorious power, the fame of which now seems to lie buried in her rains.

Ver. 16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, ke shall appear in his glory.] When they shall see Sion rebuilt, (which the Lord alone can bring about), and his glorious majesty there worshipped with the ancient solemnities;

Ver. 17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.] And the prayers of miserable captives, who were stripped of all, prevail with him, not only for their liberty, but for their entire restitution to their former splendour.

Ver. 18. This shall be written for the generations to come: and the people which shall be created, shall praise the LORD.] This wonderful deliverance shall never be forgotten, but remain upon record to the following generation; who shall transmit the memory of it to their posterity, that they may also look upon themselves as a people created anew to praise the Lord.

Ver. 19. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary: from heaven did the LORD beheld the earth.] Because, in much mercy, he hath been pleased to preserve a miserable nation from utter destruction: and though he be infinitely exalted above all our thoughts, yet the Lord hath graciously condescended to mind the afflicted condition of this distressed country;

Ver. 20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to lose those that are appointed to death.] And to be moved by our groans to deliver us out of a sad captivity; and to revive us, when we had reason to look upon ourselves as dead and hopeless.

Ver. 21. To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praises in Jerusalem:] That we might go, and recount in his temple, the famous things which he hath done; and make the holy city sound with the praises of his power, goodness, and truth, which he hath declared in our restoration.

Ver. 22. When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms to serve the LORD.] When all the people shall be gathered together, there to worship the divine majesty; and other kingdoms join with us unanimously in his service.

Ver. 23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.] I had hopes to have lived to see this blessed time; and thought I had been in the way to it, (Ezra, iii. 8. &c.), but he hath stopt our vigo rous beginnings, (Ezra, iv. 4.), and thereby so sorely afflicted me, that I feel I am like to fall short of my expectations:

Ver. 24. I said, O my God, take, me not away in the midst of my days; thy years are throughout all generations.] Though I prayed most earnestly to him, and said, O my God, who hast so graciously begun our deliverance, take me not away before it be completely finished; but let me see thy promise fulfilled, which thou, who diest not, (as we do), I am sure, wilt not fail to make good.

Ver. 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.] For it cannot be too hard for thee to raise Sion out of her ruins; who hast, many ages ago, created this goodly fabric of heaven and earth by thy eternal word, (Heb. i. 10.)

Ver. 26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.] And thou dost neither decay, nor alter, in process of time, as thy creatures do; some of which shall perish, but thou shalt eternally subsist; and all of them shall grow old, like our garments with long wearing: even the heavens themselves, which now enwrap the earth, as our cloaths do our bodies, shall be folded up, (Heb. i. 12.), and laid aside, like a tattered garment, when thou shalt command that alteration.

Ver. 27. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.] But thou (and thy word) art still the very same; and shalt always continue so, without any the least variation.

Ver. 28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.] Yet all

that I conclude from hence is only this; that, though I do not live to see our perfect restoration, yet, accord. ing to thy unalterable purpose, the temple and Jerusalem shall be rebuilt, and the children of thy servants, who are in great distress, be peaceably settled there; yea, their posterity after them remain unmoveable in thy favour, and enjoy the tokens of thy divine presence among them.

PSALM CIII.

A Psalm of David.

THE ARGUMENT.-The title tells us this psalm is one of David's; and the third, fourth, and fifth verses may satisfy us, that he composed it, after his recovery from a dangerous sickness, to such a vigorous health as the eagles have, when they renew their plumes. To that he alludes, ver 5. as Euthymius and St Hierom understand it. The latter of which says, upon Isaiah, x). that he had often taught, the eagles do no other way return to youth fulness, when they are old, but only mutatione pennarum, by change of their feathers. I have expressed this a little more largely than ordinary in the paraphrase, (as I have done in the rest of the psalm) to fit it the better to their use now, that have escaped the like danger; who should take occasion, when they thank God for such a blessing, to imitate David, in making a thankful commemoration of the rest of his mercies, both to him and to others, both in the present and in past ages. And the more to excite devout souls to this, and that I might make their thankfulness the more affectionate, (if they please to make use of this hymn for that purpose), I have often repeated the beginning of the psalm, which I think refers to the whole; and likewise put it into a little different form, (of a soul actually praising God), without the least alteration

of the sense.

Ver. 1. BLESS the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless bis holy name.] Blessed, for ever blessed, be the Lord of life and health, and all other blessings; blessed be his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness; with my whole heart do I bless him, with my most ardent love, and the devoutest affections of my soul;

Ver. 2. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.] Which shall be every day thus employed, and praise his name with continual pleasure; I will never forget (how shouldst thou prove so ungrateful, O my soul as not) to acknowledge the inestimable benefits I have received from his bounty; which are more than thought can number.

Ver. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who heal eth all thy diseases.] More particularly, I render thee, O Lord, my most hearty thanks, for thy late mercies vouchsafed to me; blessed be thy merciful kindness, that after a short correction for my faults, thou hast graciously pardoned them, and healed all the sores and grievous wounds which they had made.

Ver. 4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies.] Blessed be God, who hath saved me from death; and not only spared my life, but surrounded it most graciously with I know not how many benefits, which make it exceeding delightful to me. (I owe my friends, lovers, and acquaintance, my careful attendants, my warm and quiet habitation, the plentiful estate thou hast given me, the liberal provision thou makest for me, with all the rest of thy mercies, to the bowels of thy tender compassions towards me.)

Ver. 5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.] Blessed be thy almighty goodness, that my mouth (which lately disgusted all things, or was restrained from what it desired, or was prescribed that which was disgustful to it) can now relish its food again, and is satisfied with many good things: I can never sufficiently bless thy goodness, who by this means dost restore my strength, and makest my youth and freshness return like the eagle's. (O that I may with fresh delight and joy be still praising thee! and be lifted up to heaven, (as they are when they have renewed their plumes), in more vigorous love, and affectionate desires and endeavours, to employ all my renewed strength in thy faithful service.)

Ver. 6. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgement for all that are oppressed.] Nor am I alone obliged to my gracious Lord for his singular favour to me; but, blessed be his name, he relieves all those who suffer wrong, and doth justice upon their oppressors, who are too mighty for them.

Ver. 7. He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.] Moses, and the rest of our forefathers, are witnesses of this; whom the Lord delivered, in a stupendous manner, out of the house of bondage:

Ver. 8. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.] And by other methods of his providence towards them, and dealing with them, declared how bountiful his blessed nature is, and how

ready to forgive; forbearing long when men deserve to be punished, and soon releasing them from their pain, when they heartily repent of their folly.

Ver. 9. He will not always chide; neither will be keep his anger for ever.] He doth not love, blessed be his name, to be always chastising us for our faults; and when he doth chastise us, he neither loves to prolong our miseries, nor to inflict them proportionable to our deserts.

Ver. 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.] No, blessed be his holy name, there is mercy even in our punishments; our sufferings are never so great as our sins; but we might justly suffer a great deal more than we do for our faults.

Ver. 11. For as the heaven is high above the earth; so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.] And were we never so obedient, there is not a greater disproportion between the vast circumference of the heavens and this little spot of earth, than there is between his mercies towards us, and our small services.

Ver. 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far bath be removed our transgressions from us.] To those mercies alone it is to be ascribed, that we are not bemoaning ourselves under innumerable miseries; but he hath quite taken away his wrath from us; and, adored be his goodness, perfectly remitted the punishment due to our manifold offences.

Ver. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.] O what bowels of mercy are these! No father can be more indulgent and tender-hearted to his returning children, than the Lord, blessed be his name, is to those who so reform by his chastisements, as to fear hereafter to offend him.

Ver. 14. For be knoweth our frame; be remembereth that we are dust.] He easily relents, and takes compassion on them; considering how frail he hath made them, and how soon of themselves they will moulder into the dust, out of which he took them.

Ver. 15. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so be flourisheth:] For what is man, that the Almighty should contend with him? he looks fresh and fair, but, alas! is as feeble as the grass, and as a flower of the field, whose beauty is far greater than its strength.

Ver. 16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.] Many accidents snatch him away, even in his prime; just as the biting wind, to which the field.flowers are exposed, blasts them on a sudden, and they spring up no more in the place that was adorned with them.

Ver. 17. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; O how uch doth this magnify the wonderful mercy of our God! who designs to be everlastingly kind (blessed be his goodness) to such short-lived creatures as we are; rewarding the faithful services of a few years with eternal life to ourselves, and with many blessings to our posterity in future generations.

Ver. 18. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.] There is no doubt of this; which hath been verified in those who have sincerely kept their faith with him; and not only promised, but constantly performed the obedience they owed him.

Ver. 19. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.] For none can hinder thee, O most mighty Lord, from being as kind as thou pleasest; who art the universal monarch, the blessed and only Potentate, to whom not only - the greatest men on earth, but the highest powers in heaven, are subject.

Ver. 20. Bless the LORD, ye bis angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, bearkening unto the voice of his word.] Let the angels, therefore, who know his greatness, power, and gracious providence, better than I, bless his holy name: let those mighty ones, whose strength surpasses all the powers on earth, and yet never dispute his sacred commands, give praise unto him with all their might, and with the same chearfulness wherewith they obey his word,

nisters of his, that do his pleasure.] Let the whole company of heaven, all the several hosts of those glorious creatures, who have been employed by his majesty so many ways for our good, and understand how much we are beholden to his love, speak good of his name, and bless his mercy, both to themselves and unto us. Ver. 22. Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.] Yea, let every creature, throughout the wide world, proclaim as well as it is able the loving-kindness of the Lord: let none of them be silent, but all with one consent bless his holy name: And thou, O my soul, be sure thou never forget to make one; O fail not to bear thy part in this joyful quire, that daily sing his praise.

PSALM CIV.

THE ARGUMENT.-The foregoing and the following psalm being certainly composed by David, the Greeks, and from them several other ancient interpreters, have ascribed this also to the same author. For which they had this farther reason, that it begins, (as Aben-Ezra observes), just as the foregoing psalm ends; and celebrates the mighty power and goodness of God, in the fabric of the world; as the 103d doth his benefits to himself, and to the rest of the children of men.

As for the occasion of it, we may look upon it as a probable opinion, that when David thought of building a house for the divine service, and God sent Nathan to forbid him, (2 Sam. vii. 5.), he fell not long after into the contemplation of the majes y of God, who having built this great world as his tem ple, netded none of his erecting; though he would be pleased to accept one for the burning sacrifice before him, as Solomon afterwards speaks, 2 Chron. ii. 6. To strengthen this conjecture of mine, it may be observed, that he begins this psalm with such an admiration of God's most excellent perfection, as we meet withal in David's prayer, immediately af. ter God had certified him of his love towards him, ' though he would not let him build him an house, 2 Sam. vii. 22. "Thou art great, O Lord, for there. is none like unto thee." In the same manner he saith here, "O Lord my God, thou art very great;" as he proceeds to demonstrate from his wonderful works. And first he begins with the heavens, the clouds, and the angels; and then comes down to the earth, the sea, the mountains, valleys, fountains, and other inferior things; which depend so much upon the sun, the moon, and heavenly bodies, that all of them together declare the most admirable wisdom of him by whom they were composed, and should excite all mankind to his perpetual praises. Which that we may do the more affectionately, when we use this hymn, I have often repeated the beginning of it, as I did in the foregoing.

Ver. 1.

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my soul, with all thy might, to meditate the praises of the Lord. For the highest of all our thoughts are infinitely below thy greatness, O Lord, my most gracious God; who hast shewn in thy most admirable works, the surpassing excellency of thy majesty; which we can never worthily celebrate with all our praises.

Ver. 2. Who coverest thyself with light, as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain.] The light, which dazzles our eyes with its splendour, is the royal robe wherein thy invisible and incomprehensible brightness appears unto us; and the spacious heavens are the royal pavilion, which thy sovereign power hath extended, like a canopy, for thy majesty, in this great palace of the world.

Ver. 3. Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, who maketh the clouds his hariots, who walketh upon the wings of the wind.] The floor of whose chambers, which the Lord hath laid in the upper region of the air, O how highly is it advanced above the top of the stateliest piles that are raised by earthly monarchs! whose pompous chariots, (whereof they boast), fall infinitely short of those glorious clouds, wherein he makes himself present to us; as their swiftest horses are slow-paced, in comparison with the quick motion, more speedy than the wind, wherewith he visits every part of his dominion.

Ver. 4. Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire.] Into which he sends his angels, (and what king is there that hath such noble ministers?), sometimes in vehement winds, and sometimes in lightning and thunder, whereby they execute his royal pleasure.

Ver. 5. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.] Who hath settled the massy globe of the earth even in the liquid air, upon such firm foundations, that none of those storms and tempests, which beat upon it from without, nor any commotions from within, can ever stir it out of the place he hath fixed for it.

Ver. 6. Thou coveredst it with the deep, as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.] It was all covered over at the first with waters, (Gen. i. 2.), which were so deep, that there was no appearance of the highest mountains;

Ver. 7. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they basted away.] Till thy omnipotent word charged them to retire, (Gen. i. 9.), at which they started back, and suddenly shrunk away; as an affrighted slave doth, when he hears the thunder of his master's threatenings, if his commands be not obeyed. Ver. 8. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.] Immediately the dry land was seen; part of which (by thy wonderful contrivance, O Lord,) rose up in lofty hills; and the rest sunk down in lowly valleys; where thou hast cut channels for the waters to run into the main ocean, the place thou hast appointed for them.

Ver. 9. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.] And there, though they restlessly toss and swell, yet they

cannot get over the shores wherein thou hast inclosed them; nor shall they ever recover their former liberty, to overflow the earth again.

Ver. 10. He sendeth the springs unto the valleys, which run among the bills.] But still, such is the admirable providence of the Lord, they climb, through the hollow places of the earth, up the steepest parts of it; and there break out in springs; which fall down into the valleys, to make brooks and rivers, that run between the hills; which, on either side, send into them fresh supplies to enlarge their streams.

Ver. 11. They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.] Which afford, not only to us, but to all the beasts of the earth, such abun dant refreshment, when they are dry, that even the dull asses, who live in parched desarts, find them out to quench their thirst.

Ver. 12. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.] The birds of the air also delight to resort thither; where having wet their throats, they sit and chaunt their various notes among the thick boughs of the trees, which grow upon the banks.

Ver. 13. He watereth the hills from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy werks.] As for the hills, which constantly thus enrich the lower grounds, he waters them from the regions above; whence dews distil, and showers of rain come pour. ing down, by thy marvellous contrivance, O Lord, unto the satisfaction of them, and of all the rest of the earth.

Ver. 14. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth.] O bless the Lord, my soul, who by this means provideth the beasts with grass and hay; and us with all variety of herbs, and roots, and fruit, and pulse; which he causes to sprout out of the earth, that we may never want what is necessary for our food, or for our physic.

Ver. 15. And wine, that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.] But rather take pleasure and delight in the rich wines, which he produces to cheer the drooping spirits of miserable men; together with oil to anoint their heads, and bread to recruit their strength, when it is spent with toil and labour.

Ver. 16. The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted.] Blessed be the Lord, who by this means also supplies with abundant nourishment the largest trees, which are not planted by the art, nor watered by the care of man, but by his almighty providence, who makes whole forests of them grow, as the cedars in Libanus do, -even upon the most barren and stony mountains.

Ver. 17. Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. In these trees the birds, both small and great, build themselves convenient habitations; and some of them, (as the stork, for instance, who seats her nest on the top of lofty pines and fir-trees), with admirable artifice.

Ver. 18. The high bills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies.] And with no less

safety the wild goats deposit their young, in the tops of those craggy mountains; whither they can climb as easily as the birds fly to the tops of trees: and other feeble creatures creep into the rocks, and there lie secure from the violence that stronger beasts would offer to them.

Ver. 19. He appointeth the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.] By his most wise contrivance, the moon hath her full and her wane; and the sun doth not always shine, but observes a constant time for its going down.

Ver. 20. Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.] And then darkness covering the face of the earth, and inviting us to rest, gives the wolves, and other wild beasts of the forest, (such is thy care, O Lord, of all creatures), who were afraid to venture abroad before, security and confidence, to come out of their lurkingplaces, and seek their food.

Ver. 21. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.] Which the ravening young lions then meet withal, falling upon their prey with a horrible noise; whereby they express the eagerness of their hunger; which is not so sharp and devouring, but, by the divine providence, it finds full satisfaction before the morning.

Ver. 22. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.] When the sun again appearing, and rouzing us out of our sleep, they all return with one consent, and lay themselves

down in their several dens.

Ver. 23. Man goeth forth to his work, and to bis labour until the evening.] And so man, refreshed by the night's repose, goes forth, without any danger, about his business in the fields; and continues his labours till the night call him to rest again.

Ver. 24. O LORD! how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.] O eternal Lord! how many and how great are thy works! and with what admirable wisdom hast thou contrived them all! If we look no farther than this earth, what astonishing variety of good things do we behold, where with thy bounty hath in

riched it!

Ver. 25. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.] And this great and spacious sea, also, which seems to embrace the earth in its arms, is no less full of thy wonderful works: for there swim fish without number; some of which astonish us as much with the art thou hast shewn in their small bodies, as others do with the prodigious greatness of their bulk.

Ver. 26. There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to pay therein.] There the ships sail as swiftly as the fishes swim, fetching us the riches both of sea and land; and there that great leviathan (in forming whom thou hast shewn thy mighty power) finds room enough to tumble up and down, and sport himself in his absolute dominion over all that the sea contains.

Ver. 27. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.] O how liberal is VOL. III.

thy goodness, which provides convenient sustenance for such a vast world of creatures! every one of which, though they know not their benefactor, is duly and seasonably supplied with the food they seek, by the care thou takest of them.

Ver. 28. That thou givest them, they gather thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.] For they only gather what thou, without any care of theirs, dispensest to them; and thou art not sparing of thy blessings, but hast made a most plentiful provision, which thou scatterest every where for them.

Ver. 29. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.] If it fail at any time, by the suspence of thy heavenly influences, all things look most ruefully; they grow weak, nay die, and are dissolved into the elements out of which they were made.

Ver. 30. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.] But then thou sendest forth again thy quickening power, whereby new ones are produced, in the room of those that are dead; just as the earth, after a sharp winter hath made it bare, looks fresh and green again at the return of the spring.

Ver. 31. The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever; the LORD shall rejoice in his work.] Thus the world is still as full as ever it was; and all future ages shall praise, as well as we, the same power, and wisdom, and goodness of the Lord; which appears şo gloriously in all his works, that he himself is still pleased and delighted in the continuance of them; as he was at first in their contrivance, Gen. i. 31.

Ver. 32. He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.] Else they would all soon vanish, and come to nothing; for at his presence the very earth trembles, and the mountains, as our fathers saw at Mount Sinai, are full of fire and smoke.

Ver. 33. I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my Gsd, while I have being.] I will never cease, therefore, to sing the praises of the Lord, who, as he created, so supports and maintains the whole fabric of heaven and earth, and all the creatures contained in them; and I will never forget his particular kindness to me, among the rest, but acknowledge to my very last breath the innumerable benefits I have received from his bounty.

Ver. 34. My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the LORD.] With such affection will 1 praise him, that all my thankful meditations and discourses shall be, I hope, no less pleasing to him, than they shall be to myself; who will take the highest satisfaction in thinking and speaking of the goodness of the Lord; from whom I shall still receive more abundant cause to rejoice in him.

Ver. 35. Let the sinners be confounded out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more; bless thou the LORD, 0 my soul. Praise ye the LORD.] But as for them, whose only pleasure it is to satisfy their brutish lusts, and abuse the many good things they enjoy, (either denying, or never acknowledging him who is the donor of them), they shall utterly perish, and be no E e

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