Lyrics

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⁷ His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit,
is fill'd abundantly;
And underneath his tongue there is
mischief and vanity.

⁸ He closely sits in villages;
he slays the innocent:
Against the poor that pass him by
his cruel eyes are bent.

⁹ He, lion-like, lurks in his den;
he waits the poor to take;
And when he draws him in his net,
his prey he doth him make.

¹⁰ Himself he humbleth very low,
he croucheth down withal,
That so a multitude of poor
may by his strong ones fall.

¹¹ He thus hath said within his heart,
The Lord hath quite forgot;
He hides his countenance, and he
for ever sees it not.

¹² O LORD, do thou arise; O God,
lift up thine hand on high:
Put not the meek afflicted ones
out of thy memory.

Notes by Rev. John Brown of Haddington

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Continued. (2.) His mournful and shocking representation of the wicked men, who persecuted him, during God’s absence: They proudly gloried in themselves; they counteracted the laws, and contemned the judgments of God; they contradicted and defiled their opposers; they were malicious, treacherous, crafty, hypocritical, and atheistical persecutors, ver. 2-11.
(3.) His earnest supplications for relief to the people of God, attended with the firm faith of obtaining it, ver. 12-18.

 

 

Notes of Devotion

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While I sing these lines, ponder, O my soul, what a privilege it is to enjoy familiar fellowship with God! What abominations lie hid in an evil heart of unbelief! What a mercy, that the Lord hath withheld me from that outrage in wickedness, of which my corrupt nature is capable. Let all my views of sins and of judgments cause me to flee to Jesus for relief. If he prepare my heart to pray, he will surely grant my requests.