salvation, and shall bring forth to thee spiritual fruit. And the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. The same idea is repeated. The utmost parts of the earth replaces Gentiles, to show more clearly that all nations are meant, while the Psalmist uses the phrase thy possession instead of thy inheritance. 8. [V. 9] Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, in inflexible justice. And shalt break them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.8 Thou wilt shatter their earthly desires, the sordid doings