ty: that is, of
injustice, or unjust judges, to have any partnership with thee? Thou who
framest, or makest, labour in commandment, that is, thou who obligest us
to labour with all diligence to keep thy commandments.
93:21. They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn
innocent blood.
93:22. But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
93:23. And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he
will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
Psalms Chapter 94
Venite exultemus.
An invitation to adore and serve God, and to hear his voice.
Praise of a canticle for David himself.
94:1. Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God
our saviour.
94:2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a
joyful noise to him with psalms.
94:3. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
94:4. For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of
the mountains are his.
94:5. For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry
land.
94:6. Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that
made us.
94:7. For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture
and the sheep of his hand.
94:8. To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts:
94:9. As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the
wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my
works.
94:10. Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said:
These always err in heart.
94:11. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that
they shall not enter into my rest.
Psalms Chapter 95
Cantate Domino.
An exhortation to praise God for the coming of Christ and his kingdom.
95:1. A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the
captivity. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the
earth.
When the house was built, etc... Alluding to that time, and then ordered
to be sung: but principally relating to the building of the church of
Christ, after our redemption from the captivity of Satan.
95:2. Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation
from day to day.
95:3. Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all
people.
95:4. For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be
feared above all gods.
95:5. For all the gods of the G
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