For he commanded, and they were created. He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass.-Psa. cxlviii. 2-6. XXXII. Praise from the earth. Praise the LORD from the earth, Ye dragons, and all deeps: * Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; Fruitful trees, and all cedars : Creeping things, and flying fowl; Let them praise the name of the LORD: His glory is above the earth and heaven. *Sea-monsters. He also exalteth the horn * of his people, The praise of all his saints; Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.-Psa. cxlviii. 7-14. * The power. XXXIII. Universal praise to the Lord. Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: Praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. *Or. pipe, Margin. What these various musical instruments were is now unknown. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.-Psa. cl. XXXIV. The benefit of waiting on the Lord. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, Ŏ Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, And my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary ? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; XXXV. Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum reproved. Then began he to upbraid* the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,† they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It Sharply reprove. + Two neighbouring corrupt A sign of mourning. heathen cities. shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven,* shalt be brought down to hell:+ for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it Iwould have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. -Matt. xi. 20-24. Possessed of the highest advantages. + Brought down to utter woe and ruin. XXXVI. The gospel revealed to the simple. The heavy-laden invited. At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.+ Even so, Father: for *In their own esteem, as the scribes and Phari+ The humble. sees. |