death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

A magnificent Psalm of almost perfect knowledge. But the failure comes in at verse 48 which shows that the writer has not yet grasped the Truth that Jesus taught, and it is the failure that causes the mournful falling off from verse 38 to the end.

To comment on this Psalm would want a book to itself. The writer seems to have realized the whole thing in the abstract, but to have missed its personal application.

Psalm 90

LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or

191