Lyrics

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¹² When he enquireth after blood,
he then rememb'reth them:
The humble folk he not forgets
that call upon his name.

¹³ LORD, pity me; behold the grief
which I from foes sustain;
Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death
dost raise me up again;

¹⁴ That I, in Sion's daughters' gates,
may all thy praise advance;
And that I may rejoice always
in thy deliverance.

¹⁵ The heathen are sunk in the pit
which they themselves prepar'd;
And in the net which they have hid
their own feet fast are snar'd.

¹⁶ The LORD is by the judgment known
which he himself hath wrought:
The sinners' hands do make the snares
wherewith themselves are caught.

¹⁷ They who are wicked into hell
each one shall turned be;
And all the nations that forget
to seek the Lord most high.

¹⁸ For they that needy are shall not
forgotten be alway;
The expectation of the poor
shall not be lost for aye.

¹⁹ Arise, LORD, let not man prevail:
judge heathen in thy sight:
²⁰ That they may know themselves but men,
the nations, LORD, affright.

Notes by Rev. John Brown of Haddington

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To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben,
A Psalm of David.

Continued. (1.) David’s hearty thanksgivings to God, for his pleading of his cause against his and his country’s enemies, and for giving him a complete victory over them, ver. 1-6, and his excitement of others to join with him therein, ver. 12.
(2.) His triumph in God as the righteous judge of the world, protector of his people, and the destroyer of his implacable enemies, ver. 15-18.
(3.) His requests for further grounds of praising God as his own deliverer, and the confounder of his enemies, ver. 15-18.

 

 

Notes of Devotion

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While I sing these subjects, let me chiefly consider the blessings of redemption, the victories of my Redeemer over sin, death, and hell; and believe that I, through him, shall be more than a conqueror. Let the ruin of transgressors effectually admonish me to stand in awe of God, and at the furthest distance from sin.