124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work; for they have made void thy law. 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Prayers, praises, and PE. PSALM CXIX. a 137 Righteous a art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are 22 righteous and very 23 faithful. 139 My zeal hath 24 consumed me; because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is very 25 pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised; yet do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have 26 taken hold on me; yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. KOPH. PSALM 119. "Ps. 19, 7. 2 Pet. 1, 19. Ex. 4, 31. according to the custom toward those, etc. w Rom. 6, 12. * Luke 1, 74. y Ps. 4, 6. Jer. 9, 1. Jer. 14, 17. Ezek. 9, 4. a Ezra 9, 15. 22 righteous ness. 23 faithful ness. 24 cut me off. John 2, 17. 25 tried, or, refined. Pro. 30, 5. b Pro. 15, 16. Amos 7, 2. Luke 6, 20. 2 Cor. 8, 9. Jas. 2, 5. © Ps. 19, 9. John 17, 17. Eph. 1, 13. 26 found me. 27 Or. that I may keep. d Ps. 63, 1, 6. Ps. 145, 18. professions of obedience. watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 149 Hear my voice, according unto thy loving-kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judg ment. 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked for they seek not thy statutes. 156 28 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness. 160 29 Thy word is true from the beginning and every one of thy Luke 21, 33. righteous judgments endureth for Lam. 5, 1. h1 Sam.24,15. Ps. 35, 1. Micah 7, 9. Job 5, 4. 28 Or, Many. 29 The beginning of thy word is true. 1 Sam.24,11. 1 Sam.26,18. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy Pro. 3. 2. statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, 27 and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night Isa. 32, 17. 30 they shall have no stumbling block. Matt. 11, 25. ever. : SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judg ments. 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and 30 nothing shall offend them. 166 LORD, I have hoped for thy 1 Cor. 1, 18 salvation, and done thy command 31. 1 Cor.2,6-16. 2 Cor. 3, 1218. ments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testi 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173 Let thine hand help me: for Im have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seekthy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. PSALM CXX. David prays against Doeg, whose calumnies had N my distress I cried unto the IN Lord, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Confidence in God. PSALM 119. be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Job 34. 21. Pro. 1, 29. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel Josh. 24. 22. shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. n Isa. 53, 6. 16. Matt. 10, 6. 11. Ezek. 34, 6. PSALM 120. shall the 2 added. 3 Or, It is as a Gen. 10, 2. 4 Or. a man PSALM 121. 1 Or, Shall T mine eyes should my a 1 Sam. 2, 9. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, Isa. 27. 3. thou false tongue? 43 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. a 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn " in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. c Isa 49, 10 d Job 5, 19. Deut. 28, 6. Pro. 3, 6. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for ever 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. The godly profess their confidence in God, NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, UN thou that dwellest in the 7 I am for peace: but when I PSALM 122. heavens. speak, they are for war. Acknowledgments of PSALMS CXXIV.-CXXVIII. PSALM 124. a Gen. 15, 1. Gen. 28, 15. Num. 14,9. Josh. 1, 5. Isa. 41,10,17. Heb. 13, 5. Rom. 8, 31. b Ps. 35, 25. Ps. 57. 9. Pro. 1. 12. Jer. 51, 34. Ex. 18, 4. 2 Sam. 22, 3. PSALM 125. 1 wickedness. Pro. 22, 8. Isa. 14, 5. a Pro. 2, 15. Isa. 59, 8. Phil. 2, 15. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Gal. 6, 16. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. 1 Safety of such as trust in God. 4 Prayer for the godly, and against the wicked. A Song of degrees. HEY that trust in the LORD T shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. PSALM 126. 1 returned the returning of Zion. Hosea 6, 11. a Acts 12, 9. b Job 8, 21. 2 hath mag God's goodness. ing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in 3joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. PSALM CXXVII. 1 The vanity of human endeavours without God's blessing. 3 Children are his gift. A Song of degrees 1 for Solomon. XCEPT the LORD build the Ehouse, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to "eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. b 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a nified to do mighty man; so are children of the youth. with them. Isa. 12, 1-3. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall 2 As the mountains are round not be ashamed, but they shall about Jerusalem, so the LORD is 3Or, singing. speak with the enemies in the round about his people from hence forth, even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked "ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. PSALM CXXVI. 1 The church, celebrating her incredible return out of captivity, 4 prays for, and prophesies the good success thereof. A Song of degrees. WHEN the LORD' turned again a the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then 'was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with sing 4 Sundry blessings which follow those who fear God. A Song of degrees. OLESSED is every one that Beareth the LORD, that walk builders of eth in his ways. it in it. a Gen. 3. 17. b Gen. 33. 5. Deut. 28, 4. 3 hath filled his quiver with them. 4 Or, shall subdue, or, destroy. PSALM 128. a Isa. 3, 10. b Pro. 5, 15. c Ezek. 19. 10. d Ps. 52, 8. Ps. 134, 3. f Gen. 50, 23. Job 42, 16. 2 For a thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have Ruth 2. 4. not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. Ps. 118, 26. 4 The LORD is righteous: he hath PSALM 130. cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion: 6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it groweth up; 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. PSALM CXXX. a Lam. 3, 55. Job 9, 2,3,20. 41 Ki. 8, 40. Jer. 33, 8, 9. Heb. 12, 28. Isa. 26. 8. Or, which watch unto the morning / Isa. 55, 7. 9 Matt. 1, 21. 3 Removal of the ark. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. 4 from henceforth and for ever. PSALM CXXXII. 1 David's prayer at the removing of the ark, 11 LORD remember David, and all his 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, 'an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephra tah; we found it in the fields of the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; PSALM 131. thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. a Rom. 12, 16. 2 wonderful. Matt. 18, 3. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark from now. iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with 10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from thee, that thou mayest be feared. PSALM 132. it; "Of the fruit of 2 thy body will 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. a Ruth 3, 18. € 1 Sam. 7, 1. 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning; I say, more than theyd 1 Chr. 13, 5. that watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. PSALM CXXXI. 1 David, professing his humility, 3 exhorts Israel L to hope in God. A Song of degrees of David. Num. 10, 35. Job 29, 14. Isa. 61, 10. 92 Sam. 7, 12. 1 Ki. 8, 25. 2 Chr. 6, 16. Luke 1, 69. 2 thy belly. 3 Or, surely. A 2 Chr. 6, 41. Hosea 11, 12 ORD, my heart is not haughty, Ps. 92, 10. nor mine eyes lofty: "neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Ps. 148, 14. Ezek 29, 21. 4 Or, candle I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. |