DR. GIBBS. No fears shall then my soul depress,* (3) He desires God's help be- (4) The doctor has a mighty (5) That is as much as to say, Since those alone the Lord has blest And hears when I [9] complain. Then shall my soul with more divine Than they with stores of corn and wine, And flowing eyes decay; While to my enemies I fear Thus [9] to become a prey. grown If I've not spar'd him, though he's But, Lord, thy kind assistance [3] lend; (9) That is, he is afraid of (1) If he be grown his cause- (2) He gives a thing before (3) But why lend? does he (4) Profane rascal! he makes it a struggle and contention between God and the wicked. Thus, by God's gracious providence [4], I'm still preserv'd secure, Who all the good and just defends DR. SWIFT. (1) Yet in the very verse be- (2) because all nations sub- Poor David never could ac- A criminal like thee, Such wicked poetry. (4) Observe the connexion. Who hast in numbers without |