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Psalms Chapter 107

Paratum cor meum.

The prophet praiseth God for benefits received.

107:1. A canticle of a psalm for David himself.

107:2. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and
will give praise, with my glory.

107:3. Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the
morning early.

107:4. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing
unto thee among the nations.

107:5. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto
the clouds.

107:6. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all
the earth:

107:7. That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and
hear me.

107:8. God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will
divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

107:9. Galaad is mine: and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection
of my head. Juda is my king:

107:10. Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe:
the aliens are become my friends.

107:11. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?

107:12. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou,
O God, go forth with our armies?

107:13. O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

107:14. Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies
to nothing.

Psalms Chapter 108

Deus, laudem meam.

David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more
especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just
punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence.

108:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David.

108:2. O God, be not thou silent in my praise: for the mouth of the
wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me.

108:3. They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have
compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me
without cause.

108:4. Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I
gave myself to prayer.

108:5. And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

108:6. Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his
right hand.

Set thou the sinner over him, etc... Give to the devil, that arch-
sinner, power over him: let him enter into him, and possess him. The
imprecations, contained in the thirty verses of this psalm, are opposed
to the thirty pieces of silver for which Judas