6 He hath made them fast for ever and
ever: He hath given them a law which shall
not be broken.

7 Praise the LORD upon earth: ye dra-
gons, and all deeps;

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour : wind
and storm, fulfilling His word;

9 Mountains and all hills: fruitful trees
and all cedars;

10 Beasts and all cattle worms and
feathered fowls;

11 Kings of the earth and all people :
princes and all judges of the world;

12 Young men and maidens, old men
and children, praise the Name of the LORD:
for His Name only is excellent, and His
praise above heaven and earth.

13 He shall exalt the horn of His people;
all His saints shall praise Him: even the
children of Israel, even the people that serv-
eth Him.

PSALM 149. Cantate Domino.

[The triumph of God and His people is celebrated
in this Psalm, which must be accepted in a
spiritual sense. At last God is King, and Israel
recognised as His-as His saints; verses 1, 5, 9.]

O SING unto the LORD a new song : let the
congregation of saints praise Him.

2 Let Israel rejoice in Him that made
him and let the children of Sion be joyful
in their King.

:

3 Let them praise His Name in the
dance let them sing praises unto Him with
tabret and harp.

4 For the LORD hath pleasure in His
people and helpeth the meek-hearted.

HALLELUJAH.

1. A new song; in
the regeneration of
His people.

2. Their King; no
longer an earthly
king, as David, but
once again JEHOVAH.
3. Tabret; a varia-
tion of the word tam-
bourine; a musical
instrument played
upon with the fingers.
4. Helpeth, &c.;
the original expresses

the thought more fully, "He will beautify the meek with salvation."

5 Let the saints be joyful with glory : let them rejoice in their beds.

6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hands;

7 To be avenged of the heathen: and to rebuke the people;

8 To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron.

9 That they may be avenged of them, as it is written: Such honour have all His saints.

5. Let the nights of sorrow give place to nights of song.

6. The two-edged sword is the Word of God, which is "quick and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword," Heb. iv. 12. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal," 2 Cor. x. 4.

HALLELUJAH.

PSALM 150. Laudate Dominum.

[THE GREAT CLOSING DOXOLOGY OF THE PSALTER.]

O PRAISE God in His holiness: praise Him in the firmament of His power.

2 Praise Him in His noble acts praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

3 Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet: praise Him upon the lute and harp.

4 Praise Him in the cymbals and dances : praise Him upon the strings and pipe.

5 Praise Him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise Him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath : praise the LORD.

HALLELUJAH.

1. Holiness-i.c., sanctuary.

HALLELUJAH.

6. BREATH. The Hebrew word is that used by Moses to ex"This

press the BREATH which God BREATHED into Adam.-Gen. ii. 7. breath came from God at the beginning, and it is to be given back to Him through all eternity, in everlasting hallelujahs to the Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier Father, Son, and Holy Ghost- three Persons and one God: to whom be all glory, praise, and dominion, now and for evermore. -Bishop WORDSWORTH.

Amen."

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