Man's happiness in God's favour. PSALMS. David by faith seeth his defence. bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy bless- make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with ing is upon thy people. Selah. PSALM IV. David prayeth for audience. ¶ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. my tears. 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 [EAR me when I call, O God of my righteous-9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the Hess: thou hast enlarged me when I was in dis LORD will receive my prayer. tress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore 20 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, PSALM VII. and seek after leasing? Selah. David prayeth against his enemies. 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him T Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. "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. LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Ben. jamite. save me from all them that persecute me, LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: and deliver me: 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 30 LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered 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 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake David's profession in prayer. of David. for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded GIVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider my 7 So shall the congregation of the people com 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 righteousness, be cause of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their month; their inward, part is very wickedness; 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. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, 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. PSALM VI. David's complaint in sickness. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot 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! pass 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 ac cording to mine integrity that is in me. 9 O let 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 instru ments 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 is 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. PSALM VIL. On the earth: who hast set thy glory LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies. that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work oi thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: honour. in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the David inciteth to praise God. PSALMS. works of thy hands; thou 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! I PSALM IX. David praiseth God, &c. To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David. WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 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. 60 thou enemy! destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. His confidence in God 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit 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 He 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. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn 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 till thou find none. 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. PSALM XI. The Psalmist's confidence in God. 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the op-IN the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my pressed, 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. 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 snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shal. be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness, 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that his countenance doth behold the upright. they made in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. PSALM XII. David imploreth help from God. Psalm of David. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which ¶ To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A · 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 always 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. W David's complaint of the wicked. THY standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3For the wicked boastethofhis 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: God is not in all his thoughts. 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. HELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the chil dren of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 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, U LORD, thou shal preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. PSALM XIII. David complaineth of delay. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. [OW long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? David's hope in the resurrection. PSALMS. His hope and integrity 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall there are pleasures for evermore. 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. THE PSALM XIV. The depravity of a natural man. ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 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 come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacol shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM XV. A citizen of Zion described. ORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? PSALM XVII. David craveth help of God. A Prayer of David. HEAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not 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 my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shall find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the 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. 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by 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 enclosed 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 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From men 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 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh right- treasure: they are full of children, and leave eousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. the rest of their substance to their babes. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in right. doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a re-eousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, proach against his neighbour. with thy likeness. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. PSALM XVI. PRE PSALM XVIII. A psalm of thanksgiving. · To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words 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, WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and O God for in thee do I put my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. David fleeth to God. Michtam of David. RESERVE me, my trust. 20 my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. I 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 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten floods of ungodly men made me afraid. after another god: their drink-offerings of blood 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the poruon 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. 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 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither 10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly: yea," wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pa PSALMS. Praise for manifold blessings. The word of God's grace vilion round about him were dark waters and the people; and thou hast made me the head of thick clouds of the skies. the heathen: a people whom I have not known 12 At the brightness that was before him his shall serve me. 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. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall oley me: thestrangers shall 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 Iis 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 PSALM XIX. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calami-his seed for evermore. ty: 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. I 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 did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward 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 through 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: 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. 33 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 subdued under me those that rose up against me. God's glory seen in the creation. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, 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 ruu 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, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 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 jever: 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 honey-comb. 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 the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. PSALM XX. The church's confidence in God. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE hear of Jacob defend thee. HE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: name of our God we will set up our banners: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust be'fore the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 13 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anoint. ed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: Daord's confidence of further success. PSALMS. but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 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. A thanksgiving for victory. 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. He praiseth God. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 171 may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the af6 For thou hast made him most blessed for fliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. thy countenance. 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great con7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through gregation: I will pay my vows before them that the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. fear him. 8 Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, nations shall worship before thee. and their seed from among the children of men. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is 11 For they intended evil against thee: they the governor among the nations. imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: Bo will we sing and praise thy power. PSALM XXII. David's prayer in distress. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. PSALM XXIII. A Psalm of David. Mer why art thou so far from helping me,The maketh me to lie down in green pasY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken and from the words of my roaring? 20 my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. 11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax: it is melted in the midst of my bowels. HE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. tures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. PSALM XXIV. God's sovereignty over the world. THE earth is the LORD's, and the fulness there of; the world, and they that dwell therein 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast 8 Who is this King of glory? the LORD strong brought me into the dust of death. land mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. |