PSALM XLIX. 1 An earnest persuasion to build the faith of 1 or, of. To the chief Musician, A Psalm 1 for Hall TEAR this, all ye people; give ear, ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor| together. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 a I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall encompass me? 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: Matt. 13. 35. 2 Heb. to generation ration. their delight in 4 or, strength. 5 or, the grave be itation to of them. 6 Heb. from the hand of the grave. 7 or, hell. Job 27. 19. 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, a Heb. and not see corruption. in his life. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person 9 Heb. the perish, and leave their wealth to others. soul shall 11 Their inward thought is, that their go. houses shall continue for ever, and their 1 or, for dwelling places 2 to all generations; they Asaph. call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity 3 approve their sayings. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their 4 beauty shall consume 5 in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul 6 from the power of 7 the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though 8 while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 199 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. PSALM L. 1 The majesty of God in the church. 5 His TA Psalm 1 of Asaph. the rising to the setting of the sun. De 14. 9. 5. 10. Job. 1. 14. Ps. 21. 1. 26. 26. Rom. 2. 21. 22. 3 Heb. thy 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beanty, God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are 2 mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: a for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the Most High: 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 16 But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and 3 hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget 4 Heb. thou God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. cording to the multitude of thy tender 1Heb warm mercies, blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. me. Lev. 14. 6. 2 or, a 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother 1 conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part 3 Heb. bloods. thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter 4 or, that d Is. 57. 15. 1 Sam. 22. 9. 1 or, and the 14 Deliver me from 3 blood-guiltiness, deceitful O God, thou God of my salvation: and tongue. my tongue shall sing aloud of thy right eousness. 15 O LORD, open thou my lips; and 2 Heb. beat my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice: 4 else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt-offering. 17 d The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar. PSALM LII. 1 David, condemning the spitefulness of Doeg, HY boastest thou thyself in mis- WH ness of God endureth continually. thee down. 3 or, sub- a Ps. 10. 4. Rom. 3. 10 a 1 Sam. 23. 19. & 26. Heb. those that ob serve me. 1. and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, 1 O thou deceitful tongue. 5 God shall likewise 2 destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his 3 wickedness. 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. PSALM LIII. 1 David describeth the corruption of a natural man: 4 He convinceth the wicked by the light of their own conscience: 6 He glorieth in the salvation of God. To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. TH HE a fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread! they have not called upon God. 5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. 620 that the salvation of Israel were' come out of Zion! when God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM LIV. 1 David complaining of the Ziphims, prayeth for salvation. 4 Upon his confidence in God's help, he promiseth sacrifice. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, a when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? AVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. SA 3 For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. 4 Behold, God is my helper: the LORD is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He will reward evil to 1 my enemies; cut them off in thy truth. 6 I will freely sacrifice to thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath seen its desire upon my enemies. PSALM LV. 1 David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case: 9 He prayeth against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he com plaineth: 16 He comfortelh himself in God's preservation of him, and the confusion of his enemies. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, tion. 1 Heb. cov. ered me. 2 Heb. a cording to my rank. man ac. 3 Heb. Who sweetened my souneet. 2 Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath 1 overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest. 5 4 or, the region of the dead. or, with there are whom also no changes, yet they fear not God. 6 Heb. he hath pro 7 Lo, then I would wander far off, and faned. remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that magnified himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him : 13 But it was thou, 2 a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance. Ps. 37. 5. Matt. 6. 25. Luke 12. 22. Pet. 5. 7 or, gift. Home" and deceit. of bloods 9.Heb. shall not half their days. 14 3 We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in com-1or, A goldpany. en Psalm of David. 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into 4 hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. upon God: 16 As for me, I will call and the LORD will save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice. 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. 19 God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. 5 Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: 6 he hath broken his covenant. 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his a 1 Sam. 21. 11. heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. 22 a Cast thy 7 burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved. 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: 8 bloody and deceitful men 9 shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. PSALM LVI. 1 David praying to God in confidence of his word, complaineth of his enemies: 9 He pre fesseth his confidence in God's word, and promiseth to praise him. To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, 1 Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. E merciful to me, O God: for man Bwould swallow me up, he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 2 My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they are many that fight against me, O thou Most High. 3 In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me. 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. Shall they escape by iniquity; in thy anger cast down the people, O God. 8 Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 9 When I cry to thee, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. the LORD will I praise his word. 10 In God will I praise his word: in 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do to me. 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from falling, that I may walk before God from death: wilt thou not deliver my feet in the light of the living? Bful to me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yes, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities are overpast. E merciful to me, O God, be merci 2 I will cry to God most high; to God that performeth all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me 2 from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. 6b They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen themselves. Selah. 7My heart is 3 fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: Í myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: I will sing to thee among the nations. 10 & For thy mercy is great to the hea-ness. vens, and thy truth to the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the 5 or, be the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. PSALM LVIII. 1 David reproveth wicked judges, 3 describeth the nature of the wicked, 6 and devoteth them to God's judgments, 10 at which the righteous will rejoice. To the chief Musician, 1 Al-taschith, Michtam of David. O ye D% indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge upright ly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from their charmer never 80 skilful. 6 Heb. as 7 1 living as wrath. Heb. fruit or, Destroy David. 1 Sam. 19. 11. and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go about the city. *7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is 4 my defense. 10 The God of my mercy will 5 succor me: God will let me see my desire upon 6 my enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O LORD our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume birth: they go astray 2 as soon as they 2 Heb. set me them, that they may not be: and let them are born, speaking lies. on high. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder 3 Heb. to. that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, 5 charming never so wisely. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut 5 in pieces. 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. meet me. & 73. 11. & 94.7. 4 Heb. my high place. or, meet me with aid. 6 Heb. my observers. 7 Heb. to eat. 8 or, if they are not satisfied, will stay 11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is 7 a reward for the righteous: ve-1 or, a goldrily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. en Psalm. PSALM LIX. a 2 Sam. 8.3, 13. 1 David prayeth to be delivered from his ene- To the chief Musician, 1 Al-taschith, Ps. 44. 9. 2 Heb. broken. know that God ruleth in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah. 14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go about the city. 15 Let them wander up and down 7 for food, 8 and grudge if they are not satisfied. 16 But I will sing of thy power; yes, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 To thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy. PSALM LX. 1 David complaining to God of former judg ment, 4 now upon better hope prayeth for deliverance: 6 Comforting himself in God's promises, he craveth that help on which he trusteth. To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; a when he strove with Aram-nabaraim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. GOD, & thou hast cast us off, thou hast 2 scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. 2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal its breaches; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shown thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou hast given a banner to them 7 In God is my salvation and my glo that fear thee, that it may be displayed Ps. 108. 6, ry: the rock of my strength, and my rebecause of the truth. Selah. 5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, 3 triumph thou because of me. 9 Who will bring me into the 4 strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 10 Wilt thou not, O God, who a hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, who didst not go out with our armies? 11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the 5 help of man. 3 4 5 &c. or, triumph thou over me, (by an irony.) fuge, is in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye peo ple, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree are vaniHeb. cityty, and men of high degree are a lie: to of strength. be laid in the balance, they are 5 altogethPs. 44. 9. & er lighter than vanity. 108. 11. Heb. sal. vation. 1 or, make my refuge. 12 Through God we shall do valiant-generation and gener ly: for he will tread down our enemies. ation. PSALM LXI. 1 David fleeth to God upon his former experi of his because het perpetual service to him, 1 or, only. To the chief Musician upon Neginah, 2 Heb. is HEA A Psalm of David. EAR my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. lent. si 2 From the end of the earth will I cry 3 Heb. high to thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: place. lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. 4 Heb. in their in. ward parts. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my Vows: thou hast given me the heritage 5 or, alike. of those that fear thy name. 6 2 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: 6or, and his years 3 as many generations. 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. 8 So will I sing praise to thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. PSALM LXII. 1 David professing his confidence in God, dis- To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery, if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that 6 power belongeth 10 God. 12 Also to thee, O LORD, belongeth mercy for a thou renderest to every man according to his work. PSALM LXIII. 1 David's thirst for God: 4 His manner of blessing God: 9 His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety. TA Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for and i thirsty land, 2 where no water is; thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with 3 marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. 9 But those that seek my soul to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 104 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM LXIV. 1 David prayeth for deliverance, complaining of his enemies: 7 He promiseth himself to see such an evident destruction of his ene mies, that the righteous shall rejoice at it. T To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of Heb. fat. HEAR you as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellence: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse 4 inwardly. Selah. 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be |