Davids Harp Strung and Tuned, Book 4 [i.e. 5] · Psalm 105
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THE Title of this Pſalm is Alleluja, as is alſo of the two following; and the firſt fifteen verſes of it, were ſung at the bringing up, and ſetling the Ark by David, 1 Chron. 16. The ſcope of it is the ſame with the two former, That we praiſe God: But yet with this difference in the one hundred and third, That he be magnified for his Benefits of Redemption. In the one hundred and fourth, For the Manifeſtation of his Power and Providence, in Creating, Governing, and Suſtaining the World: But in this, For the gracious Covenant he made with Abraham, and in him, with his whole Church.
Two parts there are of the Pſalm.
1. An Exhortation to praiſe God, from ver. 1. to 7.
2. An Enumeration of the Favours God beſtowed to perſwade to it, from ver. 7. to the end.
1. He that loves his Prince truly, The firſt part. He invites to praiſe God, and ſhewes how it is to be done.deſires that others alſo ſhould magnifie and honour him, as well as himſelf: This was David's caſe, he was a true lover of his God, and ſet a true eſtimate upon him, he honour'd and prais'd himſelf, and out of his zeal he calls here upon others to do it, outwardly, and alſo inwardly, both with tongne and heart. He thought all too little, and therefore he comes over this Duty often, and ſhewes indeed how it is to be done. Ver. 1
1. By giving of thanks: O give thanks unto the Lord.1Both outwardly.
2. By Invocation: Call upon his Name.
3. By Annunciation, Make known his deeds among the people.
4. By Voyces and Inſtruments of Muſick: Sing unto him, ſing Pſalms unto him.
5. By frequent Colloquies of his Works: Ver. 2 Talk ye of all his wondrous Works.
6. By boaſting of him: Glory ye in his holy Name, Profeſs that you are happy men, that ever Gods holy Name was made known to you: He that glories, Ver. 3 let him glory in the Lord, 2 Cor. 11.
He hath invited all outwardly to exhibit praiſe, and now he adviſeth that it be done inwardly alſo, with exultation, and gladneſs of heart: He would not have men to think it a tedious work, 2And inwardly.and to be weary of it, but to perform it with joy.
1. Let the heart of them rejoyce: Spiritus ſanctus non canſt niſi de laeto corde.
2. Of them that ſeek the Lord: For indeed they only that ſeek him can rejoyce heartily, they can acquieſce in God and his Promiſes of Grace, Pardon, Acceptance, and have reaſon then to approach him, and praiſe him with glad hearts; others conceive God as angry with them, and then can take no delight in any ſervice they do him.
Which is ſo neceſſary in every one that will with comfort make his approaches to the Throne of Grace, And preſſeth to it.and have his praiſe that he tenders accepted, that the Prophet ſeriouſly urgeth the Duty.
1. Ver. 4 Seek the Lord: All other gods, all impiety, wickedneſs being caſt away, ſeek him.
2. Seek his ſtrength; which at that time was the Ark, a Symbol of his Preſence: And that it be remembred.Seek him in his Church.
3. Seek his Face evermore: His Favour, his Grace, his Reconciliation; ſeek him in his Word, in his Sacraments, &c.
4. Ver. 5 Evermore ſeek him; Jugiter: Now and then is too little, it muſt be our conſtant work.
He hath ſpoken of the Heart, now he comes to the Memory: Memento te, remember, forget not; and the things to be remembred, are: 1. His marvellous works. Ver. 6 2. His wonders. 3. His judgments; which three are the matter of this whole Pſulm, and are after explained according to theſe heads; and in the next verſe he tells us to whom in particular he directed his Memento at that time, which were the Iſraelites, the poſterity of Abraham, and the ſons of Jacob.
Remember his marvellous works, Eſpecially that by Covenant.&c. O ye ſeed of Abraham his ſervant, ye children of Jacob his choſen: Remember that he made Abraham, and choſe Jacob to be his ſervants, gave you Law, and ſhew'd you with what Rites he would be worſhipped; you then may not forget it.
2. The ſecond part.And at the 7th. verſe, the Prophet begins his Narration, and tells the Iſraelites, and in them us, what marvellous works God had done for his people, all which he preſſeth as Arguments, that his people praiſe, honour, worſhip, obey him: There is much reaſon for it; for,
1. 1He is the Lord our God.He is the Lord our God: The ſame Argument prefaced to the Commandments, I am the Lord thy God.
2. Ver. 7 His judgments are in all the Earth: He is a mighty Monarch, and hath all men under his Empire.2A mighty Monarch.
And if neither of theſe move, yet there is another drawn from his many and infinite favours and benefits beſtowed upon you, O you Iſraelites, and indeed the chief upon all mankind, which was the Covanant he promiſed upon the fall of man, That the ſeed of the woman ſhall break the Serpents head, and this he forgot not: He hath remembred his Covenant for ever, the Word which he commanded to a thouſand Generations.
1. 3Eſtabliſhed his Covenant with Abraham, &c.Which Covenant he made with Abraham, and confirmed it by a facrifice, Gen. 15. & 13.
2. And his Outh unto Iſaac, Gen. 26.3, 4.
3. And confirmed the ſame unto Jacob for a Law, and to Iſrael for an everlasting Covenant, Gen. 28.13, 14, 15.
4. With his ſeed.The Form of the Covenant recited, Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; for it was divided to the Tribes by lots.
Which Covenant God made with their fathers, When few, ſtrangen.and them; not out of any merit that could be in them, Deut. 8.4, 5, 6. Joſh. 24.2. For this Covenant and Promiſe was made to them.
1. When they were but a few men in number, yea, very few.
2. And they ſtrangers in the Land; for the Patriarchs did ſojourn only in Canaan.
3. Yea, when they went from one Nation to another, and from one Kingdom to another people, as did Abraham, Gen. 12. and Jacob.
2. Now when they were in this condition few, very few, Strangers, Sojourners, Theſe he protected.Pilgrims, God protected and defended them, which was a ſecond Favour over and above that of the Covenant; for,
1. He ſuffered no man to do them wrong, no not the greateſt; but reproved even Kings for their ſakes; as Pharaoh, Gen. 12. and Abimelech for Abrahams, and Abimelech for Iſaac's, Gen. 26. and Eſau and Laban for Jacobs ſake, Gen. 31. & 32.
2. For he gave a Command to theſe Kings concerning them, Touch not mine Anointed, viz. Abraham, Iſaac, Jacob, who were anointed with the Holy Ghoſt, though not with material oyle: Nor do my Prophets no harm; i.e. the ſame men, for they were Prophets. Abraham foreſaw the bondage of his ſeed in Aegypt, &c. Iſaac foretold what ſhould befall to Eſau's poſterity, Gen. 27. Jacob by a Prophetical Spirit gave his bleſſings, Gen. 49. Of Abraham it is expreſly ſaid, He is a Prophet, and he ſhall pray for thee, Gen. 20.7.
3. Two of theſe mercies, the Covenant and Protection, are already named, and now he goes on, and inſiſts upon the third, from ver. 16. to 23. For which, there was infinite matter of praiſe for the wonderful wiſdom of God, Suſtained them in the Famine which he brought.that brought out of the greateſt evils, the chiefeſt good, by preſerving their lives in Aegyp… in an extream famine; the ſtory is extant in the Book of Geneſis, in the 37. and the following Chapters.
1. Moreover he called for a Famine upon the Land: He called for it, that is, God, this, the Sword, the Peſtilence, &c. come not by chance, they come upon Gods call; thoſe things which to us ſeem to fall accidently, are from his Decree; and they come at his Beck, they riſe againſt us as an Army, that muſt be in readineſs, when called to march and fight.
2. He brake, ſtill it is his doing, the whole ſtaffe of bread, which is the ſtaffe, the ſtay, the upholder of our lives; and this he brake, when he order'd, That for ſeven years there ſhould be nor plowing, nor ſowing, nor earing, nor harveſt, Gen. 45.
3. By this occaſion of the Famine which was to come, in which the Patriarchs were to ſuffer, God provided for their ſuſtenance. He ſent a man, By Joſeph in Aegypt.He ſent a man, virum, a wiſe man before them. God our of Providence ſent him, when he ſuffered him to be ſold to the Iſhmalites, and carried down to Aegypt.
4. He tells us who this man was, Joſeph, ſold by the envy and cruelty of his Brethren, to be a Bond-ſervant; for the Iſhmalites ſold him to Potiphar.
5. And now he comes to his baſe Uſage: 2. His Advancement.
1. By the falſe Accuſation of Potiphar's Wife, that turned her baſe love into hatred, he was caſt into Priſon: Who was firſt ſold, impriſon'dHis feet they hurt with fetters of Iron.
2. He was laid in Iron; or as ſome read, the Iron entred into his Soul: The grief was great that he ſuffered from the Irons; but that which added to his grief, that he ſhould lie under the Aſperſion of ſo foule a Crime.
6. There he lay, Donec, Untill the time that his Word came: So long then he lay in Priſon, and no longer. For a time beſt known to God.God hath then his Donec for his ſervants to ſuffer, and when that Donec comes, they ſhall ſuffer no longer.
1. Ʋntill the time his Word came: His Word, i.e. Gods Word for his deliverance: 2. Or as others, Joſeph's word to the Butler came to paſs.
2. The Word of the Lord tried him; God tried his patience: Or, the Interpretation of the Dreams proving true, were a ſufficient trial, that it was the Word of the Lord which he ſpake. He ſpoke by the Spirit of God.
2. And now followes his Honour and Advancement.
1. But taken thence, and exalted.Pharaoh by his Butler hearing of Joſeph's wiſdom, He ſent and looſed him from Priſon.
2. Even the Ruler of the people let him go free; a work fit for a King.
2. To be the Rulet in Aegypt.And his Advancement followes: To free an Innocent, a ſignal Favour; but to advance him, a greater; this Pharaoh did.
1. Ver. 21 He made him Lord of his Houſe, Majordorno.
2. And Ruler of all his Substance: He was his Treaſurer, Gen. 41.40, &c. Indeed a great Viceroy, a grand Viſier.
3. Ver. 22 The Kings end in it, admirable; not only in the Famine to provide bread to feed their bodies, To feed them. To inſtruct them.but for the good of their fouls alſo.
1. To puniſh the Rebellious: To bind his Princes at his pleaſure.
2. To inſtruct them his Counſellors in that Wiſdom, thoſe Arts, Sciences, Religion, which he excelled in; exalted he was, to teach his Senators the great Counſel of his Kingdom, wiſdom; and it is ſuppoſed, That all the learning in which the Aegyptians excelled, was firſt taught them by Joſeph.
4. Jacob and his Family deſcends thither.The fourth Benefit followes, of God toward his people, from ver. 22. to 37. which was their nouriſhment, their increaſe in Aegypt, their oppreſſion, and deliverance thence.
1. He begins with Jacobs deſcent thither.
1. Iſrael alſo, Joſephs father, went down into Aegypt, read Gen. 45.
2. Sojourns there 222. years.And Jacob with all his family, ſeventy ſouls ſojourned, there then to remain for a time, viz. two hundred and twenty two years in the land of Ham, viz. in Aegypt, ſo called, from Cham the father of Miſraim, that firſt peopled it after the Flood.
2. And multiply.He proceeds with their ſtrange increaſe there; for it is wonderful, that in ſo ſhort a time they ſhould ſo multiply, and grow into ſuch multitudes, Exod. 1.7. at their going out, they were ſix hundred thouſand, beſides children, Exod. 12.37. And he increaſed his people greatly, and made them ſtronger than their enemies, Exod. 1.9.
This was the Occaſion of their Afflictions, Bondage, and Sufferings; for,
1. But are made Bond-men.He turned the Aegyptian hearts to hate his people: i.e. He ſuffer'd them to be turned: For there aroſe another King which knew not Joſeph, Exod. 1.8.
2. Afflicted, and ſubtilly dealt with.And to deal ſubtilly with his ſervants: Come on, ſay they, let us deal wiſely with them, Exod. 1.10. and their wiſe work was:
1. To ſet over them Task-masters to afflict them with their burdens, Exod. 1.11. But when they ſaw, That the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, ver. 12.
2. Then they order'd, That all the male-children ſhould be ſtrangled by the Midwives, ver. 16. And when this way took not neither:
3. Then Pharaoh charged, That every ſon that was born, ſhould be caſt into the River, ver. 22. Thus ſubtilly they dealt, but it hindered not their Multiplications; God ſends Moſes to deliver them.there is no Counſel againſt God.
Now God ſeeing their Affliction, and hearing their Groans, ſent them a Deliverer. Ver. 26
1. Heſent Moſes his ſervant, and Aaron whom he had choſen.
2. By ſigns and wonders which were.They ſhewed his ſigns among them.
1. To the Iſraelites.
2. And wonders in the land of Ham; then to the Aegyptians, of which the Caralogue followes.
1. He ſent darkneſs, and it was dark; and they, i.e. Moſes and Aaron rebelled not against his Word.
2. He turned their waters into blood, and ſlew their fiſh.
3. The Land brought forth Frogs in abundance, in the Chambers of their Kings.
4. He ſpake, and there came divers ſorts of Flies and Lice in all their Coaſts.
5. He gave them Hail for Rain, and flaming fire in their land.
6. He ſmote the Ʋines alſo and Fig-trees, and brake the Trees of their Coaſts.
7. He ſpake, and the Locuſts came, and Caterpillars, and that without number, and did eat up all the herbs in the land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
8. He ſmote alſo the first-born of their Land, the chief of all their ſtrength.
Theſe were the wonders that God wrought in Aegypt by the hand of Moſes and Aaron, for the deliverance of his people, which therefore the Pſalmiſt briefly Records, that they might remember to be thankful, and praiſe him.
5. The fifth Benefit which God beſtowed upon his people, is, He brought them out, and entiched themthat he brought them not out Beggars, but enriched them with the Spoiles of Aegypt; nor in a ſickly, but healthful condition.
1. He brought them forth with ſilver and gold; for they were ſent by God to borrow Jewels: And when they pretend by their example to rob honeſter men than themſelves, whom yet they eſteem no better than Aegyptians, can ſhew ſuch an immediate Commiſſion from God to do it, content I am, that they borrow, and never reſtore; rob and ſpoil whom they pleaſe, till that be ſhewn, they are Thieves and Robbers, and Sacrilegious perſons.
2. Farther; Gave them healthful bodies.whereas they left the Aegyptians afflicted with ſome ſtrange diſeaſe, of which their firſt-born was dead in every houſe, they came forth with healthy bodies. There was not one, no not one feeble perſon among their Tribes, not one among ſix hundred thouſand men.
The terrour of them was ſo great, and the fear of death ſo inſtant, And brought fear upon the Egyptians.that little regarding their Jewels, Gold and Silver; they urged them to be gone, they thruſt them out, as glad at heart they were upon terms rid of them; which the Prophet thus expreſſeth: Aegypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them fell upon them; for Exod. 12. They ſaid, We are all dead men.
6. The ſixth Benefit followes after their departure, which was, After their departure.The Pillar of a Cloud by day, and the Pillar of fire by night: He ſpread a Cloud for a covering, and Fire to give light in the night. Which moſt interpret, As if the Cloud by day did overſhadow them, and keep off the heat of the Sun: He gave them a Pillar of a Cloud and FireAnd therefore the Prophet ſaith, He ſpread it for a covering: But Bellarmine conceives it ſomewhat otherwiſe, grounding his conjecture upon the 13th. of Exodus, ver. 21. And the Lord went before them by day in a Pillar of a Cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a Pillar of Fire to give them light, to go by day and night. This is it then which he judgeth true, That the cloudy Pillar did not cover them, but went before them, to ſhew them the way, till they came to the red Sea, till Pharaoh and his Army followed, and then the Angel of the Lord with this Pillar of a Cloud, interpoſed betwixt the Iſraelites and Pharaohs Army, that they could not come to each other, in which ſenſe, the Cloud might well be ſaid to be ſtretched out for a protection and covering. And he adds, That beſides this Pillar of a Cloud, which was foreign, there might be another Cloud which might protect the Iſraelites from the heat of the Sun in their journey, of which yet there is no mention in Exodus; and this, Hieroms Tranſlation out of the Hebrew ſeems to countenance: Expandit nubem in Tentorum. And the Authour of the Book of Wiſdom, chap. 10. ver. 17. And was unto them a Cover by day.
The ſeventh Benefit, was Quails and Manna.
1. 1Quails.The people asked, and he brought Quails: He means, thoſe given, Exod. 16. not thoſe in the firſt of Numbers, for theſe laſt were given by God in anger, and were no Benefit.
2. 2Manna.And ſatisfied them with the bread of Heaven; that is, with Mann…, which he calls the bread of Heaven, becauſe the ſweet dew whereof it was made, deſcended from the Aire, the Earth had nothing to do in the production of it.
8. 3Waters out of the Rock.The eighth Benefit, the water he gave them to drink out of the Rock; for they travelled through a dry Wilderneſs, where there is great ſcarcity of ſprings and waters, and therefore he opened the Rock, and the waters guſhed out, and they ran in dry places, as a River.
1. He opened the Rock; turned not the Rock into water, as ſome think; but only opened it, and made a paſſage for ſome River which ran in the bowels of the Rock.
2. And this moſt likely; for the waters guſhed out upon the paſſage made for them.
3. And they ran in dry places; for it is conceived they made a new River, by whoſe Banks the Iſraelites journeying, needed not a new Miracle to quench their thirſt.
Now here he interſerts the Reaſon both of the former and the following Benefits, His Covenant the reaſon of all.which was, his Covenant, his Promiſe made to Abraham; for he remembred his holy promiſe, and Abraham his ſervant.
9. For theſe they triumph.that they had Reaſon to exult and triumph at it, as indeed they did, Exod. 15. where Moſes ſings his foreign, for the overthrow of Pharaoh's Hoſt in the red Sea.
And he brought forth his People with joy, and his Choſen with gladneſs.
10. And to make the number of his Benefits compleat, he adds a Tenth, which was, He brings them into Canaan.the Complement of all the reſt, and the exact fulfilling of his promiſe, his introduction of them into Canaan, ejection of the Inhabitants, and the Donation of their Inheritances to his people, which they after poſſeſſed, being enſtated by Joſhna.
And gave them the lands of the Heathen, and they inherited the labour of the people; the Houſes which they built, the Vines which they planted, the Lands which they tilled, fell to them.
For all which Benefits, God requires no more than Obedience from them; this he requires, The end of all, their obedience.as it were his Due, and his Tribute; ſo many Benefits he beſtowed on them, for one end only.
That they might obſerve his Statutes, and keep his Lawes, Hallelujah. So let your light ſhine before men, that they may glorifie your Father which is in Heaven.
A Meditation upon the One hundred and fifth Pſalm, and a Prayer.
O Lord, at firſt, all that thou madeſt, was good; and man, the beſt at things below, perfect in righteouſneſs, excellent in knowledge. But it could not content him to know the Creator, and the Creature; but through curioſity he affected that which thou never …adeſt, the evil of ſin, which he indéed made himſelf, by ſéeking to know it. And this in him defaced thy Image, and brought thy diſpleaſure, and death it ſelf upon him. In Iuſtice thou might'ſt have caſt him off, as thou did'ſt then out of Paradiſe; but thou cameſt to him in the cool of the day, and fréely and mercifully madeſt a prouiſe unto him, That the Seed of the woman ſhould break the Serpents head; Ver. 8 that the bleſſed fruit of the Virgins womb ſhould conquer and break to pieces the head, the wit, the policy, the ſtrength of that firſt enemy of mankind, the Devil. This was thy Covenant made to ſtand for ever; this was thy Word which thou haſt commanded to continue to a thouſand Generations, to all Ages, to all perſons; and this thy Covenant thou madeſt good, when in the fulneſs of time, Thou ſenteſt thy Son made of a woman, made under the Law.
A long Tract of time there was, before the World heard any more newes of it: Age had defaced it, and Antiquity in all like lihood had blotted it out: But that which man had forgotten, Thou, good God, forgetteſt not; to Abraham thy friend thou appeareſt with him, Thou renewedſt thy Covenant, and all his ſeed; Thou eſtabliſheſt with Iſaac with an Oath, and confirmedſt the ſame to Jacob for a fixed Law, and to Iſrael for an everlaſting Covenant, a Covenant to laſt for ever. What thou madeſt with them, Thou confirmedſt, and haſt made good alſo to us, and under a Type of an earthly Canaan, haſt given us an aſſurance of an inheritance in Heaven.
I wonder at thy love, I can never ſufficiently magnifie thy frée Grace, but I bleſs thy Truth; Thou might'ſt juſtly have paſſed by us, when we were polluted in our blood, but even then thou didſt caſt thy skirt over us, and madeſt it the time of love: Offended we had, and deſerved no favour; but thou then out of thy frée Grace did'ſt enter into a Covenant of Pardon and Salvation for us, and confirmedſt it with a Seal and an Oath: And this in thy good time thou performedſt, and made it apparent to all Nations, that it was not ſworn in vain; for out of the ſociety of men thou call'ſt a Church, and out of this Church, Thou choſeſt a Royal Prieſthood, an Holy Nation, a Peculiar People, to whom thou will give the Celeſtial Canaan, the loſt of their inheritance.
Thy Counſel, O God, was wonderful, thy Power, thy Wiſdom infinite, That thou didſt vouchſafe to chooſe out of the whole World one Family, and at firſt but one of that Family, with whom thou madeſt a large and a gracious Covenant, whom thou protectedſt, Not ſuffering any man to do him and his ſeed wrong, but reprovedſt even Kings for their ſakes. They were thy Apointed, and they might not be touched; they were thy Prophets, and they might not be harmed; touched, harmed they might not be, no, no, not when they were few in number, yea, very few; and theſe few ſtrangers in the land: They then went from one Nation to another, from one Kingdom to another people; yet the Charge was, Nolite tangere.
And in them, Thou haſt given us a pledge and pown what thou wilt do for thy Church; in compariſon of the great multitude of profane men and unbelievers, 'tis but a little flock, few in number, yea, very few. In the World theſe are ſtrangers, and they uſed as ſtrangers, they wander up and down in many Kingdoms. Repreſs their wrongs, ſuffer not the Devil and his Im… ments for ever to purſue them, reprove the prondeſt Kings for their … Give forth thy Command, as once thou didſt, and let the Tyrants tremble … it; Touch not my Anointed, and do my Prophets no harm.
And he unto thoſe who will not hear it, what thou waſt unto Pharaoh, and poure down the plagues of Aegypt upon their heads, from ver. 27. to 33.
At this time, There is a King riſen amongſt us, that knowes not Joſeph; Ver. 17 he hath taken Counſel againſt us, and works wiſely and ſubtilly with thy ſervants, as he thinks, to root us out; Joſeph is ſold for a Bond-ſervant, his feet are hurt with fetters, and the iron hath entred into his Soul. This, we hope, is but thy are to try him, to purge out his droſs, and not to conſume him; and now after ſo long a trial, raiſe up the Spirits of Princes to looſe him, frée him from his Exile, and unſufferable injuries by their hands. Make him, O Lord, the Ruler of thy Houſe, and bleſs his ſubſtance. Put power in his hands, To bind Princes at his pleaſure; and give unto him ſo wiſe a heart, That he may teach his Senators wiſdom.
But we pray not for him alone, we pray alſo for our ſelves, who groan under Aegyptian bondage, and a darkneſs that may be felt: Hear our cries, and eaſe our ſorrows; Send Moſes thy ſervant to be our Deliverer, and Aaron whom thou haſt choſen to be our Teacher, that ſo Truth and Peace may be reſtored at once to thy poor afflicted people.
The mercy is great we ask, and far beyond our deſert to crave, and we except not to receive it upon any other Score, than upon thy Holy Promiſe made with thy ſervant Abraham; We are the ſeed of Abraham according to the Spirit, we are the children of Jacob, thy choſen; O remember thy holy Covenant which thou madeſt for ever: Thou art the Lord our God, and thy judgements are in all the Earth: Judge and revenge our cauſe, O Lord, ſo will we remember the marvellous works that thou haſt done, and the wonders, and the judgements of thy mouth: Then,
We will give thanks unto thee, Ver. 1 O Lord, and call upon thy Name; we will make known thy deeds among the people; we will ſing unto thee, yea, we will ſing Pſalms unto thee; we will talk of all thy wondrous works; we will glory in thy Holy Name, and it ſhall be the very joy and rejoycing of our hearts, that we may ſeek the Lord. Séek thée we will hereafter with an honeſt and ſincere heart; and denying all ungodlineſs, and worldly luſts, our endeavour ſhall be, to live righteouſly, ſoberly, and godlily in this preſent world; being conſcious to our own infirmities, we will ſéek thy ſtrength, and we will ſéek it in the place where thine honour dwelleth. Senſible we now are, what grievous afflictions have béen upon us, ſince thy face hath béen turned away, and therefore for the future we will ſéek thy face, thy grace, thy favour evermore.
Be merciful, O Lord, look down from Heaven, remove thy angry Brow, Ver. 45 and look upon us with a chearful and ſerene Countenance; and for it, we vowe our ſelves to be thy Vaſſals and Servants: Return unto thée we will, not only the Tribute of our lips, but the Tribute of our lives; For we will obſerve thy Statutes, and keep thy Lawes: And with a loud voyce, ſing we will, Allelujah, Allelujah, for evermore.