PSALM I. The Book of PSALMS. a Pr. 4. 14, 15. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; BLESSED is the man that walketh Bor, wicked. for thou hast smitten all mine enemies nota in the counsel of the ẞ ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth' in the seat of the scornful: b Je. 15. 17. c Is. 43. 11. d Job 23.12. upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: 2 But his delight is in the law of the Ps. 115. 13. thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a trees planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM II. WHY do the heathen "rage," and the people imagine a vain thing? f Ps. 119. 97. yor, overscer, Hab. 3. 19. Je. 17. 8. h Mat. 3. 12. i Mat. 25. 41, 46. Job 23. 10. I Pr. 15. 9. m Ac. 4. 25,26. nor, tumultuously assemble. n Ps.46. 6. o De. 33. 19. o meditate. 2 The kings of the earth set themselves," and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed," saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. A Psalm of David, when he fleda from Absalom his son. Ps. 45. 7. r Ps. 3. 5. t Ac. 5. 31. μ Zion, the hill of my holiness. vor, for a. u Mat. 3. 17. 17. 5. PSALM IV. To the y chief Musician on Neginoth, HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness; and put your trust in the LORD. 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PSALM V. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, Ac. 13. 33. GIVE ear to my words, O LORD; con v Hab. 1. 13. π before thine eyes. w Re. 2. 27. * He. 12. 28. pman of bloods and y John 5. 23. Ps. 84. 12. the temple of thy holiness. a2 Sa. XV.. XVIII. Tthose which observe me, Ps. 27. 11. for, stedfastness. x his, i. e. in the mouth of any of LORD, how are they increased that wickedtrouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield y for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept;d I awaked: for the LORD sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. nesses. b Ps. 71. 11. Bor, make them guilty. yor, about. or, from their Is.65.13..16. over, or, protectest. e Ps. 27.1,&c. sider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray: 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteous. ness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in x their mouth; their inward part is very wick edness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. in thee rejoice; let them ever shout for joy, 11 But let all those that put their trust because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Petitions. PSALM VI. PSALMS, VI.-IX. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon с O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hote displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: Oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 Fork in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave' who shall give thee thanks? 6 I am weary with my groaning; the night make I my bed to swim; water my couch with my tears. all a Ps. 81 & 84,| c Je. 10. 24. d Ps. 148. 13. 21.16. 1 Co. 1. 27. Ps. 51. 8. founded. h Ps. 44. 16. Ep. 2.7, 8. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. PSALM VII. Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me; 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; I Ps. 88. 11. m Ps. 144. 3. He. 2.6..9. 8 or, every. 139. 19. p 1 Co. 15. 27. q Ps. 145. 18. ¿flocks and oxen, all u Ps. 83. 18. κ made my 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have deliver-μ ed him that without cause is mine enemy;) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger;" lift up thyself, because of the rage of mine enemies; and awake" for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes, therefore, return thou on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 9 Ohlet the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and ish fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. eousness. v Pr. 10. 7. or, The destruc tions of the enemy are come to a PSALM VIII. Adoration. To the chief Musician upon a Gittith, O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou y ordained strength, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? andtheson ofman,thatthou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thour hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! PSALM IX. To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, I WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou" most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained_my_right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name" for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy! destructions are come to a perpetual end; and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. perpetual end; and their cities hast thou destroyed. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: w Ps. 91. 1, 2. he hath prepared his throne for judgment: 2 Ki. 19. 25, 8 Anda he shall judge the world in &c. righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. y Ps. 44. 23. Ps. 102. 26. a Re.20.12,13. c Pr. 18. 10. Re. 2. 23. π buckler is ePs. 89. 18. por, is a g De. 32. 23. hath dig. h Es. 9. 25. tation. iPs. 19. 14. 92.3. Ps. 50. 22. 364 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. : 16 The LORD is known by the judg ment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget* God. 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O LORD; that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. PSALM X. Is. 41. 17. of the wick- d Pr. 5. 22. Human confidence. To the chief Musician upon ẞ Sheminith, HELP, LORD; for the godly man ceas San heart ð for the faithful fail from among the children of men. WHY standest thou afar off, O LORD? an heart. soul's. why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The Y wicked in his pride doth perse-1 Sa. 2. 3. n great. cute the poor: let them be taken in the Da. 7. 8, 25. devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: A God is not in all his thoughts. the covet ous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD. K with us. λor, all his thoughts are, There is no God, Ps. 14. 1. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and de-μor, would ceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly, as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 Hey croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. fEp. 2. 12. ensnare him. g Ps. 119.140. v unto generation and generation. π deceits. phim: i. e. every one of them. σor, iniquity. Tof the sons of men. hide them selves. X or, overseer. Bin the secret places. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the Shumble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemnh Ps. 88. 14. God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness tillm thou find none. 16 The LORD is King" for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. y breaketh himself. 8 or, into his strong parts i Ec. 8. 11. k Je. 51. 39. or, afflicted. Ps. 37. 17. m 2 Ki. 21.12.. leaveth. blish. 15. n 1 Ti. 6.15,16. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire • Is. 65. 24. of the humble: thou wilt prepare their or, estaheart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; 18 To judge? the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may more oppress. PSALM XI. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. PIs. 11. 4. K stinking. noλor, terrify. μ they feared a fear. q Ps. 53. 5. IN the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The LORD is in his holy temple," the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain σ snares, fire" and brimstone, and an horrible tem Ps. 64. 2..4. vin darkness. Who will give. 8 Ro. 11. 26. t2 Ti. 2. 19. u Hab. 2. 20. ρ sojourn. σor, quick burning coals. Ge. 19. 24. Tor, burning. por, receiv eth, or, endureth. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour with flattering lips, and with double heart, do they speak. a 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things; 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that " puffeth at him. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve Pthem from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. PSALM XIII. To the x chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. PSALM XIV. THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt; they have done abominable works; there is none that doeth good. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor; because the LORD is his refuge. 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were comes out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM XV. A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor tak Confidence in God. PSALMS, XVI-XVIII. eth up a reproach against his neighbour. 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall nevere be moved. PSALM XVI. Michtam of David. PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 20 my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: myh good-h ness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names' into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;" at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. PSALM XVII. A Prayer of David. HEAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goethnot out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved" mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by thed word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. T 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. by thine. Lu. 16. 25. 8 or, their children are full. c Eze.18.8,17 22.12. a1 John 3. 2. e2 Pe. 1. 10. Cor, A golden Psalm, Ps. LVI.. LX. f Ps. 36, title. 2 Sa. XXII. Job 35.7, 8. 0 i Mal. 3. 17. 1 John 4.19. n rock. Hos. 2. 17. m La. 3. 24. my part. n Re.5.11..13. • Ps. 50. 15. Belial. μ or, cords. P Ac. 2.25, &c. Ps.73.23..26 r2 Ch. 30.27. v dwell con fidently. Ac. 3. 15. π by. Mat. 7. 14. u Ps.144.5,&c v Jude 24. w Mat. 25. 33. x Ps. 36. 8. pjustice. Ps. 27. 5. without lips of deceit. z Ps. 97. 2. a Ps. 139. 23. b1 Sa. 7. 10. c Ps. 39. 1, 2. Pr. 13. 3. d Pr.2.10..15. e Ps. 106. 9. be not moved. or, great. x or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand. f1 Sa. 30. 6. Ps. 3. 1..5. 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, B enemies O thou that savest xby thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps; they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Y Like as a líon that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion ing in secret places. lurk 13 Arise, O LORD, 7 disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy' sword: against the soul. g1Sa.24.17,20 y The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is, as a lion that desir eth to ravin. n prevent h Ps. 37. 27. e or, by thy. Is. 10. 5. 366 Thanksgiving for mercies. 14 From men Y which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. PSALM XVIII. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words g of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy" to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke "out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed" the heavens also, and came down and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place: his paviliony round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.h 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, ac God's glory in providence. PSALMS, XIX-XXI. cording to the cleanness of my hands in | 8 before his his eyesight. eyes. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shewy without thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward a thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my candle; the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have run thro' a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried;d he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast x subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them even unto the LORD, but answered them not. he 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a 'people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the * strangers shall A submit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The LORD liveth: and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 47 It is God that " avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.m PSALM XIX. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, their voice heard, or, without these their voice is heard. 8 or, rule, or, direction. a Pr. 3. 34. Pr. 6. 16,17. (or, wrestle. nor, lamp, Job 29. 3. c Pr. 20. 27. e doctrine. Krestoring. broken. μ refined. & Ps. 12. 6. e Pr. 30. 5. 2 Cor. 3. 5. v truth. the dropping of honeycombs. por, with thy meekness Excellency of the Scriptures. Y where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, conLORD is sure, making wise the simple: verting the soul: the testimony of the 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes: 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and themeditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. PSALM XX. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble: the name of the God of Jacob defend thee. 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and y strengthen thee out of Zion. 3 Remember all thy offerings, and 8 accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed: he will hear him from Shis holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 1 8 They are brought down and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. PSALM XXI. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. |