Or, A Prayer, being & Psalm of David. | Or, one whom thou favourest. a Is. 26. 3. Or, all the day. b Ps. 56. 1. & 57. 1. © PB. 25. 1. & 143. 8. d ver. 15. Ps. m 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 0 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 13 PRighteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. PSALM LXXXVI. The psalmist entreateth God to preserve him; 11 to Confidence in his mercy. 6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. e Ps. 50. 15. 8 'Among the gods there is none like Ex. 15. 11. unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. Ps. 89. 6. g Deut. S. 24. 9 A All nations whom thou hast madeh Ps. 22. 31. & shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: *thou art God alone. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. i Ex. 15. 11. Ps. 72. 18. & 77. 14. k Deut. 6. 4. & 32. 39. Is. $7. 16. & 44. 6. Mark 12 29. 1 Cor. 8. 4. Eph. 4. 6. 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will 1 Ps. 25. 4. & glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest "hell. 27. 11. & 119. 33. & 143. 8. m Ps. 56. 13, & 116. 8. Or, grave. n Ps. 54. 3. 14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my + Heb. ter soul; and have not set thee before them. 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. rible. Ps. • Ex. 94. & 16 Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;, give thy strength unto P. 25. 16. & thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. 69. 16. q Ps. 116. 16. I Or, of. a Ps. 48. 1. 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Ps. 73. 67, teach him his way; 16 and to shew him a token for Zion more than all the dwellings of 4 I will make mention of Rahab 4 Ps. 89. 10. and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her and the Highest himself shall establish her. 6 The LORD shall count, when he 'writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. Ps. 22. 30. Ez. 1S. A SL 1 Chr. 2 fore thee: 6. * Ps. 27. 9. & 51.14. Luke 18. 7. Le Ps. 107. 18. Ps. 28. 1. • Ps. 31. 12. fls. 53. 8. 1 Or, by thy hand. #PB. 42. 7. Job 19. 13, 13. P. S1. IL. & 142. 4. Lam. 3. 7. & P. 38. 10. 1 P. 86. 3. m Job 11. 13. P. 143. 6. @Pa 6. 5. & 30. 9. & 115. 17. & 118. 17. Is. 2.18. • Job 10. 21. Pa. 143. 3. · P P&. 31. 12. b 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are 'cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction LORD, 'I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? Pand thy righteousness in ver. 5. Ecc. the land of forgetfulness? 8. 10. & 9. 5. Ps. 5. S. & 119. 147. Ps. 43. 2. • Job 13. 24. Pa. 13. 1. 1 Job 6. 4. 1 Or, all the day. Ps. 22. 16. * Job 19. 13. Ps. 31. 11. & 10r, A Psalm for Ethan the Earahite, to give instruc tion. •1 Kings 4.31. 1 Chr. 26. 13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 17 They came round about me "daily like water; they "compassed me about together. 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. PSALM LXXXIX. The psalmist recounteth the mercy and faithfulness of God in his covenant made with David: 38 but complaineth that he had east off his anointed, 46 and imploreth him to have mercy. Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne 'to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Thou rulest the raging of the when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 9 sea + Heb, to generation and generation. So ver. 4. Ps. 119. 90. b Ps. 119. 89. God's mercy to David. b Ps. 80, 17. c 2 Sam. 7. 13. d 2 Sam. 7.9. e Ps. 61. 7. f ver. 17. g Ps. 72. 8. & 80. 11. h 2 Sam. 7. 14. 1 Chr. 22. 10. i 2 Sam. 22. 47. k Ps. 2. 7. PSALMS. 24 But my faithfulness and my 27 Also I will make him my firstCol. 1. 15, 18. born, 'higher than the kings of the earth. I Num. 24. 7. m Is. 55, 3. n ver. 34. o ver. 4, 36. P ver. 4. Is. 9. 7. Jer. 33. 17. q Deut. 11. 21. r 2 Sam. 7. 14. + Heb. profane my statutes. s Ps. 119. 53. Jer. 9. 13. t 2 Sam. 7. 14. 1 Kings 11. 31. + Heb. I will not make void from him. + Heb. to lie. u 2 Sam. 7. 13. x Am. 4. 2. 28 m My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and "my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to 30 If his children forsake my law, 32 Then will I visit their transgres- 33 "Nevertheless my lovingkindness † will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. His eternity declared. 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. ness. 44 Thou hast made his glory to +Heb. brightcease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 The days of his youth hast thou with shame. Selah. 47 Remember how short my time 48 What man is he that liveth, and 49 Lord, where are thy former lov- 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 15. Is. 55. S. n Ps. 54. 5. • Ps. 69. 9, 19. 51 P Wherewith thine enemies have P Ps. 74. 22. reproached, O LORD wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. PSALM XC. The psalmist, setting forth God's eternity, 3 com- TA Prayer of Moses the man of God. 34 My covenant will I not break; ingplace in all generations. nor alter the thing that is gone out 35 Once have I sworn Heb. if I lie. holiness that I will not David. y 2 Sam. 7. 16. Luke 1. 33. John 12. 34. ver. 4, 29. z Ps. 72. 5, 17. Jer. 33, 20. a 1 Chr. 28. 9. Ps. 78. 59. e Ps. 74. 7. Lam. 5. 16. d Ps. 80. 12. q Ps. 41. 13. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities be- b Ps. 50. 21. Ps. 44. 13. & him: he is a reproach to his neigh-fore thee, our secret sins in the light bours. away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. m 14 Oh satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. n 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. An exhortation to praise God. 11 For he shall give his angels 1 Ps. 34. 7. & charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands," lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 71. 3. Matt. 4. 6. Luke 4. 10, 11. Heb. 1. 14. m Job 5, 23. Ps. 37. 24. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the||| Or, asp. dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. n Ps. 9. 10. o Ps. 50. 15. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: PI will be with p Is. 43. 2. him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. q 1 Sam. 2. 30. 16 With + long life will I satisfy him, † Heb. length of days, and shew him my salvation. Prov. 3. 2. PSALM XCII. The psalmist exhorteth to praise God, 4 for his great works, 6 for his judgments on the wicked, 10 and for his goodness to the righteous. ¶ A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. a 17 And let the beauty of the LORD is a good thing to give thanks a Ps. 147. 1. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 12 The righteous shall flourish like Ps. 52. 8. the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in Ps. 100. 4. & the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and + flourishing; 135. 2. + Heb. green. God's majesty and holiness. P Deut. 32. 4. q Rom. 9. 14. a Ps. 96. 10. & 97. 1. & 99. 1. Is. 52. 7. Rev. 19. 6. b Ps. 104. 1. c Ps. 65. 6. d Ps. 96. 10. † Heb. from then. e Ps. 45. 6. Prov. 8. 22, &c. f Ps. 65, 7. & 89.9. † Heb. to length of days. + Heb. God of revenges. + Heb. shine forth, Ps. 80. 1. a Deut. 32. 35. Nah. 1. 2. b Ps. 7. 6. e Gen. 18. 25. f Ps. 10. 11, 13. & 59. 7. Ps. 73. 22. & 92. 6. h Ex. 4. 11. Prov. 20. 12. i Job 35. 11. Is. 28. 26. k 1 Cor. 3. 20. 1 Job 5. 17. Prov. 3, 11. PSALMS. geance belongeth, shew thyself. Exhortation to worship him. 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have 21 They gather themselves togeth-r er against the soul of the righteous, and 'condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. PSALM XCV. An exhortation to praise God, 3 for his greatness, 6 O come, let us sing unto the Ps. 100. 1. 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, noise to the rock of our salvation. b Deut. 32, 15 2 Sam. 22.47. + Heb, prevent his face. e Ps. 96. 4. & 97. 9. & 135, 5. whose. 4 In his hand are the deep places + Heb. In of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it : e | Or, the heights of the hills are kis + Heb. Whose the sea is. Gen. 1. 9, 16. 1 Cor. 6. M. 7 For he is our God; and we are Pa. 79. 13, & the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye Heb. S. 7, will hear his voice, h 15. & 4. 7. 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the |