of it ! Thus go ye, and survey your inheritance. See the state of those who are now possessed of their entire lot. Behold how they feast in the presence of their God ! Think, if you can, what God is to themy; and know, that their hliss is yours, in all its fulness, and for ever. Think how you will then " bless the Lord for giving you counsel." Live then now as persons sensible of their privileges ; and say, as ye may well do, *' The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, and I have a goodly heritage."]
' Rev. xxl. 4, 5.
Ps. xviii. 50. Great deliverance g'wefh he to his King ; and sheiceth mercy to his Anointed, and to his seed for everrnore.
THE Psalm before us is also recorded in the Second Book of Samuel". There it stands, as it was drawn up at first by David for his own immediate use : but here it is inserted, with some slight al- terations and improvements, for the use of the Church in all ages. The title informs us on what occasion it was written, namely, on David's deliverance from the hand of all his enemies, and especially from the hand of Saul. But, as in most of his psalms, so in this, David speaks, not in his own person only, but in the person of the Messiah, whose type he was. It is a composition of very peculiar beauty : the figures are extremely bold, and the poetry is sublime. Of course the expressions are not to be so Hterally taken, as if they were an unadorned relation of facts : some of them are altogether figurative ; and were verified, not at all in the letter, but only in the Spirit : some are more applicable to David himself, and others to Christ: but altogether it is a poem highly wrought, and exquisitely finished. It is our intention to set before you,
I. The diversified import of this psalm —
The psalm admits of a threefold interpretation ;
1. Histo-
• Ch. xxii.