orrow, and brought forth iniquity.

7:16. He hath opened a pit and dug it: and he is fallen into the hole he
made.

7:17. His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall
come down upon his crown.

7:18. I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will
sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

Psalms Chapter 8

Domine, Dominus noster.

God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly exalted
by the incarnation of Christ.

8:1. Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.

The presses... In Hebrew, Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument.

8:2. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For
thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

8:3. Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected
praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and
the avenger.

8:4. For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon
and the stars which thou hast founded.

8:5. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that
thou visitest him?

8:6. Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned
him with glory and honour:

8:7. And hast set him over the works of thy hands.

8:8. Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen:
moreover, the beasts also of the fields.

8:9. The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through
the paths of the sea.

8:10. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!

Psalms Chapter 9

Confitebor tibi, Domine. The church praiseth God for his protection
against her enemies.

9:1. Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.

The hidden things of the Son... The humility and sufferings of Christ,
the Son of God; and of good Christians, who are his sons by adoption;
are called hidden things, with regard to the children of this world, who
know not the value and merit of them.

9:2. I will give lpraise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will
relate all thy wonders.

9:3. I will be glad, and rejoice inthee: I will sing to thy name, O thou
most high.

9:4. When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and
perish before thy face.

9:5. For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on
the throne, who judgest justice.

9:6. Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished;
thou hast blotted out