of blessings; (1) “Length of days” (see Ps. 91:16 note); (2) “Years of life,” i.e. of a life worth living (cp. Pss. 30:5, 42:8); (3) “Peace;” tranquillity inward and outward, the serenity of life continuing through old age till death. Cp. 1 Tim. 4:8. 3. The two elements of a morally perfect character. (1) “Mercy,” shutting out all forms of selfishness and hate. (2) “Truth,” shutting out all deliberate falsehood, all hypocrisy, conscious or unconscious. The words that follow possibly refer to the