An exhortation to praise God. The privileges of the godly. 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt • Ps 22, 34 his name together. e 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. PSALMS. Teb. 3, 13. 8 I will 'instruct thee, and teach thee in the way || which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Pr. 26, 3. 9 Be ye not as the "horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held ames3,8. in with "bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. 10° Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Rm 20. Pr. So, 5. Ps. 45, 7. 1 Tim. 4, Ov. 8, 29. Job $8,16. r. 5, 22. Rom. 1,20. 4 For the word of the LORD is ' right; and all his works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; Gen. 1,9. and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses. 8 Let all the earth 'fear the LORD: let all the inh. 3, 20. 4,1 habitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Gen. 1,5. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the R & 31. thoughts of his heart to all generations. Ex. 19, 5. Ir. 15, 3 14 10. L 0 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneththeir hearts alike; he considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the 'multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither sal Judg 1, he deliver any by his great strength. Zech. 12, 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep Pr. 10, 3. them alive "in famine. 7 The angel of the LORD "encampeth round about Gen. $2. them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O'taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed 11 Pet. 2,2 is the man that trusteth in him. 3. k Jer. 17, 7. 90' fear the LORD, ye his saints; for there is "no 1 Heb. 12, want to them that fear him. 28. m Ps. 84.11. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hungern Job 4, 10. but they that seek the LORD shall not want any o 1 Tim. ¤, good thing. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? r 6, 8. p Eccl. 12, 10. q 1Pet.3,10. 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from r Ps. 89, speaking guile. t 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 "The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their * cry. s Ps. 15, 2. t Rom. 12 u Ps. 33, 13 x Lam. 3, 56. y Lev. 17, 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the 10, earth. z Prov. 10,7 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and a Ps. 145,18 delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a bro-bre.51, 19 ken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but Acts 14, the LORD delivereth him out of them all. e 22. d Heb. 2,5 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is e John 18, broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate (Luke 12, the righteous shall be desolate. 20. 22 The LORD 'redeemeth the soul of his servants: Ps. 19, 14and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. PSALM XXXV. David prayeth for his own safety, and his enemies confusion. 1 A Psalm of David. PLEAD my cause, O LORD, with thera that strive L-45, 23 with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up bIsa. 42, 18. for my help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way e Gen. 19,6. against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, d1 Cor. 2, I am thy salvation. David's complaint: PSALMS. He persuadeth to confidence in God. unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is || 7 How 'excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! Eph.3, too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from therefore "the children of men put their trust under m John 1 Job 5, 15. him that "spoileth him? the shadow of thy wings. c Mat. 26, p Acts 24, 4. Ps. 109. 4. Jer. 18, 20. $1. 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the charge things that I knew not. fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoil-drink of the river of thy pleasures. ing of my soul. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my cloth-"light shall we see light. Gen. 37, ing was sacklcoth: 1 humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. Heb. Black, Mat. 6, 10. 2 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down fheavily, as one Lev. 21,1, that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gath 12. Jer. 177. Jer p Mat 18 17. 10 O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that Jan 1, 12. know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in 415,2 heart. 11 Let not the 'foot of pride come against me, and Ezek. 56 let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they Psalm 84 t Job 30, 8. cred themselves together: yea, the abjects gatheredare cast down, and shall not be able to rise. themselvestogether against me, and I knew it not; u Ps. 57, 4. they did "tear me, and ceased not: x Prov. 28, 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they P. 19. gnashed upon me with their teeth. 21. Hab. 1,13. * Psal. 40,9. 17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my a 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully A Pr. 6. 15. rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. & 10, 10. b Ps. 120, 7. e Ps. 22, 13. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against d P 40,15. me, and said, Aha, aha! our eye hath seen it. 22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: 'keep not Psalm 31,7 silence: O LORD, be not far from me. Ezek 25, 2. e Ex. 3, 7. I Pa. 83, 1. 52 Thes. 1, d e 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, 24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy h 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou Eph. & dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. d i 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall di Pet. 1,8 give thee the desires of thy heart. 5t Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. Roll e Micah †el E the Lord 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his silen way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devi- lase, ta ces to pass. 8 Cease from 'anger, and forsake wrath: fret not flark 5,3 thyself in any wise to do evil. Rev. 14, 16. $6. 9 For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not i Heb. 10, 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confu-be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and sion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be it shall not be. Ps. 109 29. clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. THE transgression of the wicked saith within 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until 12,2 his iniquity be found to be hateful. e Ps. 2. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:: Jr. 4, 22 he hath left off to 'be wise, and to do good. cah 2, 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth Isa 65, 2 himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. 5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; P. 7, 19. thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. Mat 5,45. k The happy state of the godly. a 1 3am. 4, PSALMS. The brevity and vanity of life 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the || me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous Mic. 7, 8. 24 Though he "fall, he shall not be utterly cast hand. C d his seed 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have 13 I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor begging bread. ↑ Pa 112, 1 Hat. 6, 93. f 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed 1Pet. 3, 8 is blessed. A Til 2, 12 Psal. 11, 7. 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 23 For the LORD' loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the Hob 18,19. seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The 'mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. m 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 32 The wicked" watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, P nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. r 8 Esth. 3, 3. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and a Jela, 20, 5. t X 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yea, 1 Rav. 12,8. I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. reward. 38But the transgressors shall be destroyed toP1, gether: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. y Isa. 57, 2. 1 4 a Psal 3, 8. a 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the b David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case. b Ps. 6, 1. Jer. 10, 24. c Job 6, 4. c 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy di Pet. 5, 8. hand presseth me sore. Ps. 51, 8. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 28. SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin 24 not with my tongue: I will keep my † mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. Heb. a 2 I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue. 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know a Eccl.3, 7. how frail I am. e Mat 156 James 3 2. c Jer. 20,10 6 Surely every man walketh in 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make 9 I was "dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am conassumed by the blow of thy hand. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: 11, a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt because of my foolishness. James 414 k Luke 12 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. n Job 4, 19 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto n my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am 0 19. a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my Heb fathers were. 13 0 spare me, that I may recover strength, be- Gen 47 a fore I go hence, and be no more. } Ecel. 13, a Heb. 10,5 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he in- br. 57,3, clined unto me, and heard my cry. c Heb. 5, 7 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, dra. 22. a ↑ Heb. digged, sin-offering hast thou not required. ; Ex. 21, 6. 7 Then said I, P Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is P written of me, o 2 Cor. 5, 21. h 12 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I h 28am 1 trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up Ps. 55, 15 his heel against me. 10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. Jer. M. Jean 15, & 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, be- i Ps. 68, 19, cause mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou* upholdest me in mine P., integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. -13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. PSALM XLII. David's zeal to serve God in the temple. To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of a Korah. a Num. 24. 8I delight to do "thy will, O my God: yea, thy AS the hart" panteth after the water-brooks, so chrom law is within my heart. u 9 I have preached righteousness in the great r Phil. 2, 5. congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. 42. Luke 22, t Ron. 3, 21. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have not concealed thy loving-kindness Ps. 119, and thy truth from the great congregation. u Rom. 1, 18. 11. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me Or, p about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, Uer. 5, 20. so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart faileth me. z Ft. 15, 4, 20. à 70, 3. a Ps. 48, 8. & 28, 19. 13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 Let them a be desolate for a reward of their shame, that say unto me, Aha, aha. 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee let such as love thy salvation say continubP.35, 27. ally, The LORD be magnified. b Ps. 112, 181. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: is. when shall I come and appear before God? d e e John 7, d 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy & Ps 102 God? h e Ps. 22, 8, h Lam. $ 14. 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my fLam. 3,19 soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, 1 went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day. Ex. 2,14 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Rom 5, 5. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jor-12 Car 20 dan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy Job 1, water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. k m 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness m Deut. 4 in the day-time, and in the night "his song shall be Mat. 8, 8. with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them & 27, 1. lead me; let them bring me unto thy 'holy hill, Ps 118 and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5' Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my coun e 49. f Pral. 2, 6 Heb. 3, $ h Isa. 38,25 i Psal. 42, The church complaineth. Ex. 12, 26. Ps. 78, 3. Rom. 15, 4. h Deul 7,1. Ezra, 3, 11. e Deut. 8, 17. PSALM XLIV. The church complaineth of her present evils. PSALMS. c The majesty of Christ's kingdom. 16. dSong 4,19 Luke 4, 22 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace c Song & is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath ebles- John 1,16. 1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.sed thee for ever. E have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. WE b a 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they got not the land in possession by their Hosea 1, 7. own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy Deut. 7, 7. countenance, because thou hadsta favour unto them. & 9, 4. Mat. 11, 26. d 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, 'O Most Mighty, e Ps. 1:8, with thy glory and thy majesty. k D 4 And in thy majesty "ride prosperously because 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wicked4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliver-ness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee Ps. 42, & ances for Jacob. with the oil of gladness Pabove thy fellows. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies : Mal. 4, 1, through thy name will we 'tread them under that rise Rev. 14, 12 up against us. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for 13 Thou makest us "a reproach to our neighbours, 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blas4 Psal. 8, 2 phemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy 26. f Rev.19,11 g Isa. 5, 6. i Joha 14, 8 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be a Jer. 33, brought they shall enter into the King's palace. b John 14,2 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, c Gal. 4,26. whom thou mayest make "princes in all the earth. d Luke 19, 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. e PSALM XLVI. The confidence which the church hath in God. 17. 1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A · Song upon Alamoth. a GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present alm.4.4.& help in trouble. c b Gen. 19, 15. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth e1 Peter & d be removed, and though the mountains be carried 14 into the midst of the sea; e d Hab. 3,17. 4. 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troub- e Ps. 93, 3, led, though the mountains shake with the swelling 157,20 thereof. Selah. f Isa. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall g Isa. 8, 6. hmake glad the city of God, the holy place of the b 1 Pet. 1,9 tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. |