David's delight in God's latv. He prayeth again♬ Doeg. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy teftimonies: for all my ways are before thee. PSALM S. 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. TZADD 1. 137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy teftimonies that thou haft commanded are righteous and very faithful. 139 My zeal hath confumed me; becaufe mine eremies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy fervant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteoufnefs is an everlafting righteoufnefs, and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteoufnefs of thy teftimonies is everlafting: give me understanding, and 7 thall live. KOP H. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my fupplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips thall utter praife, when thou haft taught me thy fta utes. 172 My tongue shall peak of thy word: for ali thy commandments are righteouinefs. 173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chofen thy precepts. -174 I have longed for thy falvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 175 Let my foul live, and it shall praife thee; and let thy judgments help me. 176 I have gone aitray like a loft theep; feek thy fervant; for I do not forget thy commandments. PSALM CXX. 145 1 cried with my whole heart; hear me, 1 David prayeth against Doeg, 3 and reprav O LORD: I will keep thy ftatutes. 146 I cried unto thee; fave me, 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 watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 149 Hear my voice according unto thy loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. 150 They draw nigh that follow after mifchief: they are far from thy law. 15 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou haft founded them for ever. RESH. 153 Confider mine affiction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my caufe, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they feek not thy statutes. 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157 Many are my perfecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy teftimonies. 158 I beheld the tranfgreffors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. • 159 Contider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy loving kindness. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth tor ever. SCHIN. 161 Princes have perfecuted me without a caufe: but my heart ftandeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great fpoil. 163 1 hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praife thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 165 Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing thall offend them. 166 I ORD, I have hoped for thy falvation, and done thy commandments: 167 My foul hath kept thy teftimonies; and I love them exceedingly. eth his tongue. N my diarefs I cried unto the LORD, and I he heard me. 2 Deliver my foul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitiul tongue. 3 What thall be given unto thee? or what fhall be done unto thee, thou falle tongue ? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I fojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My foul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I fpeak, they are for war. PSALM CXXI. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not flumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael shall neither flumber nor fleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy thade upon thy right hand. 6The tun fhall not finite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD thall preferve thee from all evil: he thall preferve thy foul. 8 The LORD fhall preferve hy going out, and thy coming in, from this time torch, and The church's deliverance. PSALM S. The godly biefed. the LORD turned again the cap 5 Fer there are fet thrones of judgment, Hivity of Zion, we were like them the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerufalem: they fhall profper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and profperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and e mpanions' fakes, I will now fay, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God, I will feek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. The godly profess their confidence in God, 3 and pray to be delivered from contempt. A Song of degrees. UN NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellett in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of fervants look unto the hand of their matters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miftrefs; fo our eyes wart upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with finging; then faid they among the heathen, The LORD hath cone great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us, wherenf we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the ftreams in the fouth. 5 They that fow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bear. ing precious feed, thall doubles come a gain with rejoicing, bringing his theaves with him. PSALM CXXVII. 1 The virtue of God's blef ng. 3 Good chil dren are his gift. A Song of degrees for Solomon. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have Except the LORD build the house, they mercy upon us for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our foul is exceedingly filled with the fcerning of thofe that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. PSALM CXXIV. 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 rife up early, to fit up late, to eat the bread of forrows: for fo he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the The church blefeth God for a miraculous de- LORD: and the fruit of the womb is bis liverance. A Song of degrees of David. Fit bad not been the LORD who was on our had, now he LIND 2 If it had not bien the LORD who was on our fide, when men rofe up against us; 3 Then they had fwallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the ftream had gone over our foul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our foul. 6 Bleifed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our foul is escaped as a bird out of the fnare of the fowlers: the fnate is broken, and we are efcaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. The fafety of fuch as truff in God. 4 A prayer for the godly, and again the wicked. A song of degrees. THEY that truit in the LORD bull be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerufalem, fo the LORD is round about his people from henceforth, even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked thall not rent upon the lot of the righ cous; left the righteous put forth their hands unto ini. quity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for fuch as turn afide unto their crooked ways, the LORD fhall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Ifrael. reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man: fo are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they thall not be ashamed, but they shall fpeak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM CXXVIII. The fundry blessings which follow them that fear God. BL ¶ A Song of degrees. Leffed is every one that feareth the 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy halt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wite all be as a fruitful vine by the fides of thine houfc: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Fehold, that thus fhall the man be bleffed that eareth the LORD. 5 The LORD thall bless thee out of Zion: and thou thalt fce the good of Jerufalem all the days of thy lie. 6 Yea, thou shalt fee thy children's chil dren, and peace upon Ifrael. PSALM CXXIX. 1 An exhortation to praise God for faving Ifraelin their great af itlions. The bater of the church are curfed. MA A Song of degrees. ANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Ifrael now fay: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my, youth; yet they have not prevailed a against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. 4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut afunder the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them all be contounded and turned back that hate Zion: 6 Let them be as the grafs upon the housetops, which withereth atore it groweth up; 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his S 4. hands David's care of the ark. 8 Neither do they which go by lay, The hand, nor he that bindeth fheaves his bo- 1 The pfalmift profeffeth his hope in prayer, UT of the depths have I cried unto thee, 2 LORD, hear my voice; let thine ears tions. 3 If thou, LORD, fhouldeft mark iniquities, O LORD, who shall stand? 151 will abundantly blefs her provifion; I will fatisfy her poor with bread. tion; and her faints fhall fhout aloud for joy. 16 I will alfo clothe her priests with falva. 17 There will I make the horn of David but upon himself fhall his crown flourish. The benefit of the communion of faints. 4 Bat Were is forgiveness with thee, that B for brethren to dwell together a unity is thou mayeft be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my foul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6 My foul waiteth for the LORD more than they that watch for the morning; 1 fay, more than they that watch for the morning. 7 Let Ifrael hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Ifrael from all his iniquities. PSALM CXXXI. head, that ran down upon the beard, even 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dow An exhortation to blejs God. David, profel ng bis humility, 3 exhortetb BEHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye fer. Ifrael to hope in God. A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not naughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercife mytelf in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted my felf as a child that is weaned of his mother: my fout is even as a weaned child. 3 Let Ifrael hope in the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. PSALM CXXXII. A Song of degrees. 2 How he fware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob! 3 Surely I will not come into the taber nacle of my houfe, nor go up into my bed; 4 I will not give fleep to mine eyes, or Cumber 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 Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the wood." 7 We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arife, O LORD, into thy reft; thou and the ark of thy ftrength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteeufnefs; and let thy faints fhout for joy. 10 For thy fervant David's fake turn not away the face of thine anointed. The LORD hath fworn in truth unto David, he will not turn from it, Of the fruit of thy body will I fet upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my teftimony that I shall teach them, their children alio thall fit upon thy throne for evermore. vants of the LORD, which by night ftand in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the fanctuary, and bless the LORD. blefs thee out of Zion. PSALM CXXXV. 1 An exhortation to praise God for his mer. cy, s for his power, 8 and for his judg ments. 15 The vanity of idols. 19 an exhortation to bless God. PRAISE ye the LORD. Praife ye the name of the LORD; praise bim, o ye fervants of the LORD. in the courts of the houfe of our God, 3 Praise ye the LORD; for the LORD is himfelt, and Ifrael for his peculiar treafure. he in heaven, and in earth, in the feas, and 7 He cauleth the vapours to afcend from for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings treafuries. 8 Who fmote the first born of Egypt, both of man and beaft. 9 Who fent tokens and wonders into the mighty kings; king of Bathan, and all the kingdoms of an heritage unto Ifrael his people. and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all Exhortation to thanksgiving. PSALMS. 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his fervants. 15 The idols of the heathen are filver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: fo is every one that trufteth in them. 19 Blefs the LORD, O house of Ifrael: biefs the LORD, O houfe of Aaron: 20 Blefs the LORD, O houfe of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, blefs the LORD, 21 Bleffed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerulalem. Praife ye the LORD. PSALM CXXXVI. An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies. Give thanks unto the LORD: for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 30 give thanks to the LORD of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wifdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that ftretched out the earth above the waters, for his mercy endureth for ever. The Jews' conftancy in captivity. PSALM CXXXVII. I The conflancy of the Jews in captivity. B down, yea, we wept, when we remem 7 The prophet curfeth Edom and Bebel. Y the rivers of Babylon, there we fat bered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midft thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a fong; and they that wafted us required of us mirth, faying, Sing us one of the fongs of Zion. 4 How fhall we fing the LORD's fong in a strange land! 5 If I forget thee, O Jerufalem, let my right hand torget her cunning. 6 IfI do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerfualem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerufalem; who faid. Rafe it, rafe it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be deftroyed; happy fall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou haft ferved us. 9 Happy ball he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. PSALM CXXXVIII. 1 David praifeth God for the truth of bis 7 To him that made great lights: for his I Will praife thee with my whole heart: mercy endureth for ever: 8 The fun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and ftars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever: 10 To him that fmote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: II And brought out Ifrael from among them for his mercy endureth for ever: 12 With a strong hand, and with a fretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 To him which divided the Red fea into paris: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Ifrael to pafs through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth tor ever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his hoft in the Red fea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 To him which fmote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever. 18 And flew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 20 And Og the king of Bahan: for his mercy endureth for ever: 21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth tor ever! 22 Even an heritage unto Ifrael his fercant : for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us in our low eftate: for his mercy endureth for ever: 24 And hath redeemed us from our ene mies; for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 26.0 give thanks unto the God of hea ves: for his mercy endureth for ever. before the gods will I fing praife unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praife thy name for thy lovingkindnes and for thy truth: for thou haft magnified thy word above all thy name. 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredit me, and strengthenedit me with ftrength in my foul. 4 All the kings of the earth fhall praife thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. s Yea, they fhall fing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he refpect unto the lowly but the proud he knoweth atar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me thou fhalt ftretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine encmies, and thy right hand fhall fave me. 8 The LORD will perfect that which con. cerneth me thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: torfake not the works of thine own hands. PSALM CXXXIX. David praiseth God for his allfeeing pro vidence. God's allfeeing providence. David's comfort in trouble. cover them. PSALM S. Chou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermont parts of the fea; Joven there thall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand thall hold me. 11 It I fay, Surely the darkness fhall cover me; even the night thall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darknets hideth not from thee; but the night thireth as the day: the darknefs and the light are both alike to thee. 13 For thou hart poteffed my reins: thou haft covered me in my mother's womb. 141 will praise thee; for I am tearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my foul knoweth right well. 15 My fubitance was not hid trom thee, when I was made in fecret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did fee my fubitance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my meribers were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious alfo are thy thoughts unto nie, O God! how great is the fum of them! 18 if I thould count them, they are more In number than the fand: when I awake, I am ftill with thee. 1y Surely thou wilt flay the wicked, O God: depart from me heretore, ye bloody men. * 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not 1 grieved with thofe that rife up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: 1 Count them mine enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And fee if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. PSALM CXL. 1 David prayeth to be delivered from Saul and D preferve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mifchiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a ferpent; adders' poifon is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preferve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings, 5 The proud have hid a fnare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayfide; they have fet gins for me. Selah. 61 faid unto the LORD, Thou art my God hear the voice of my fupplications, LORD. 70 God the LORD, the strength of my fal vation, thou haft covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Grant not, O LORD, the defires of the wicked: further nct his wicked device; left they exalt themselves. Selah. As for the head of thofe that compafs them be caft into the re; into deep pits, 10 Let burning coals tall upon them: let that they rife not up agam. in the earth: evil-fhail hunt the violent man II Let not an evil Speaker be established to overthrow him. 12 I know that the LORD will maintain unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in ¶A Pfalm of David. cry unto thee. as incente; and the lifting up of my hands keep the door of my lips. to practife wicked works with men that 5 Let the righteous fmite me; it fall be ftoney places, they shall hear my words; for mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God iniquity. to Let the wicked fall into their own nets, PSALM CXLII. I make my fapplication. I thewed before him my trouble. in me, then thou koeweit my path. In the but there was no nian that would know me: art my retuge and my portion in the land very low deliver me trom my perfecutors; praife thy name: the righteous shall com- 1 |