is bowed down: they have diggcd a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

The theme is the Mercy and Truth of God (Ps. LXI: 7 and John I: 17). They are the sure ground of confidence under all circumstances. The Divine Power, exercised always according to Mercy and Truth, is above all things both in heaven and earth. This in connection with lions in verse 4 suggests the hieroglyph of the Divine strength, which is a girl closing the mouth of a lion without any visible exercise of force. This female agent sug-gests the intuitive power of the Spirit. It is having the heart fixed on God (verse 7) that does this —“nothing doubting “; not driven by the wind,” as St. James says.

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