“God shall shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; All that see them shall flee away. And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; For they shall wisely consider of His doing. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in Him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.” (Ps. lxiv. 7‐10.) “Christ is coming! let Creation From her groans and travail cease; Let the glorious proclamation Hope restore, and faith increase. Christ is coming, Come, thou blessed Prince of peace.” This brings us to the first of the three constellations or sections of this chapter, which takes up this subject of praise to the Conqueror. 1. LYRA (The Harp). _Praise prepared for the Conqueror._ “Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion” (Ps. lxv. 1). And when the waiting time is over, and the Redeemer comes forth, then the praise shall be given. “We give Thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, which art, and which wast, because thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and didst reign” (Rev. xi. 17, R.V.). “Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour unto Him” (Rev. xix. 7). The Twenty‐first Psalm should be read here, as it tells of the bursting forth of praise on the going forth of this all‐ gracious Conqueror. “The King shall rejoice in Thy strength, O LORD; And in Thy salvation how greatly shall He rejoice!... Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies; Thy right hand shall find out all that hate thee.... Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from the earth; And their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against Thee; They imagined a mischievous device which they are not able to perform, Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back (Heb. _Margin, __“__set them as a butt__”_), When Thou shalt make ready Thine arrows upon Thy strings [_And shoot them_] against the face of them. Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength; SO WILL WE SING AND PRAISE THY POWER.” (Ps. xxi. 1, 8, 10‐13.) Beautifully, then, does _the harp_ come in here, following upon the going forth of this victorious Horseman. This Song of the Lamb follows as naturally as does the Song of Moses in Ex. xv. 1: “I will sing unto the LORD, for He hath triumphed gloriously.” [Illustration] Plate 13: LYRA (the Harp) Its brightest star, α, is one of the most glorious in the heavens, and by it this constellation may be easily known. It shines with a splendid white lustre. It is called _Vega_, which means _He shall be exalted_. Its root occurs in the opening of the Song of Moses, quoted above. Is not this wonderfully expressive?