5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and e Ps. 18.20. lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. ƒ Re.2.23. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, c3 buckler is lift up thyself because of the rage upon. of mine enemies: and awake d for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. g Ps.89.18. 4 or, is a righteous judge. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thouh Mat.3.10. on high. i De.32.23. 8 The LORD shall judge the peo- Ps.45.5. ple: judge me, O LORD, according es to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts f and reins. 10 My 3 defence g is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God 4 judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 Ifh he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. hath digged a pit. Es.9.25. Ec.10.8. PSALM 8. a Ps.81,&84, title. b Ps. 148.13. c Mat. 11.25. 21.16. ICo.1.27. 1 founded. d Ps.44. 16. David praiseth God. 4 What e 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 ho 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thouf hast put all things under his feet: 72 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! PSALM IX. David praiseth God for executing of judgment. To the chief Musician upon Muth labben. A Psalm of David. WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous a works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, thoub most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast 1 maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging 2 right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name c for ever and ever. 6 30 thou enemy! destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; d their memorial is perished with them. 7 Bute the LORD shall endure for ever he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And ƒ he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in upright 9 The LORD also will be 4 a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name g 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 d 2Ki. 19.25, the people his doings. &c. e Ps. 102.26. 4 Re.20.12,13. an high 3 When I consider thy heavens, place. the work of thy fingers, the moon & Pr. 18.10. and the stars, which thou hast or- 5 afflicted. dained; W 2 513 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them : he forgetteth not the cry of the 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: 33 David complaineth to God. PSALMS, X, XI, XII. 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter 6 i. e. mediof Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executethi: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 6 Higgaion.h Selah. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget i God. 18 For the needy k shall not alway 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, 1 O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. PSALM X. 1 David complaineth to God: 12 He prayeth for remedy: 16 He professeth his confidence. tation. λ Ps. 19 14. 92.3. i Ps.50.22. 1 Ps.S3.15, 16. PSALM 10. of the wick- or, all his b Ep.2.12. 6 deceits. WHY standest thou afar off, Oor, iniquity. self in times of trouble? 21 The wicke in his pride doth persecute the poor: let a them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 8 hide them- 9 in the se 10 breaketh 3 For the wicked boasteth of his 2 heart's desire, and 3 blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek 120r,afflicted. after God: 4 God is not b in all his 13 leaveth. 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 5 never be in adversity. 15. d Ps.37. 17. e 2Ki.21.12f1Ti.6.15, 16. g Is.65.24. 14 or, esta blish. h Is. 11.4. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and PSALM II. 15 or, terrify. • deceit and fraud: under his tongue a Ps.64.2-4. is mischief and 7 vanity. 1 in darkness. 8 He sitteth in the lurking-places b 2Ti.2.19. of the villages: in the secret places c Hab.2.20. doth he murder the innocent: his 2 or, quick eyes 8 are privily set against the burning poor. coals. 9 He lieth in wait 9 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 10 croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall 11 by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:c he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God lift up d Ge.19.24. 3 or,burning. PSALM 12. ↑ the eighth, Ps.6, title. an heart 2 and an 3 great. a Sa.2.3. Da.7.8,25. He encourageth himself thine hand: forget not the 12 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 13 committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Breakd thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till e thou find none. 16 The LORD is Kingf for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard g the desire of the humble: thou wilt 14 prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge h the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more 15 oppress. PSALM XI. David encourageth himself in God against his enemies. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. IN TN the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For, lo, the wicked a bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may 1 privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations b be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, c the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eye-lids 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 2 snares, fire d and brimstone, and the portion of their cup. an 3 horrible tempest: this shall be 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. will we prevail; our lips are 4 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 5 puffeth at him. 6 The words of the LORD are b pure words: as silver tried in a fur-6 nace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 6 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest 7 men are exalted. PSALM XIII. 3 David prayeth for preventing grace: David. Ow long wilt thou forget me, 4 with us. or, would b Ps.119.140. 1 him: i. e. of the sons or, overseer. a Ps.8S. 14. b Je.51.39. A citizen of Zion. 73 Oh that the salvation of Israe! were come b out of Zion! When the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. PSALM XV. David describeth a citizen of Zion. ORD, who shall 1 abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor 2 taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is PSALM 14. contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. How wilt ever? How long 1 stinking. 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord give. 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre-b Ro.11.26. vailed 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, be PSALM 15. 1 sojourn. eth, or, 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, a nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never b be moved. PSALM XVI. David, in distrust of merits, showeth the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting. 1 Michtam of David. PRESERI put my trust. RESERVE me, O God: for in 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my a 500dness extendeth not to thee; cause he hath dealt bountifully a Eze. 18.8,173 But to the saints that are in the HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable2 works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did|d La.3.24. understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become 1 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. earth, and to the excellent, ₺ in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrowsshall be multiplied that 2 hasten after another god: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names c into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion d of 3 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 Ie have set the LORD always before me: because he f is at my | right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall 4 rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave g my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path h of life in thy presence is fulness of joy; i at thy right hand k there are pleasures for evermore. David craveth defence PSALM XVII. PSALMS, XVII, XVIII. David craveth defence of God against PSALM 17. his enemies. A Prayer of David. "EAR 1the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out 2 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 a mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth b shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the c 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 3 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 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest 4 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 5 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; 127 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion 8 lurking in secret places. 1 justice. 2 without a Ps. 139.23. b Ps.39.1,2. 4 moved. or, them that rise up s waste. right hand. 6 enemies 1 The likeness (that is, of 8 sitting. 11 by thine. e Lu. 16.25. 12 or, their children are full. ƒ kJno.3.2. 13 Arise, O LORD, 9 disappoint him, PSALM 18. cast him down: deliver my soul a Ps.36, title. from the wicked, 10 which is thy db 2Sa.XXII. sword: 14 From men 11 which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world. c 1Jno.4.19. which have their portion in this e1 rock. life, and whose belly thou fillest d Re.5.11-13. with thy hid treasure: 12 they are e Ps.50.15. full of children, and leave the rest 2 Belial. of their substance to their babes. 3 or, cords. 15 As for me, I will behold thyff2Ch.30.27. face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 4 by. gPs. 144.5,&c. h Ps.27.5. PSALM XVIII. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of |1 Ps. 106.9. n He praiseth God. WILL love c thee, O LORD, my 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my 1 strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy d to be praised: so e shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of 2 ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The 3 sorrows of hell compassed me about 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 ƒ 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 4 out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed g the heavens also, and came down and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion h round about him were dark waters, and thick clouds i of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail-stones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD also thundered k 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 5 many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but m 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 rewardedn me ac1Sa.24.17,cording to my righteousness; ac· 20. cording to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. David praiseth Gal 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 I did not put away his statutes from me. 6 PSALMS, XIX. 23 I was also upright before him, p Pr.3.34. and I kept myself from mine ini-8 or, wrestle. quity.o 24 Therefore hath the LORD re- 4 Pr. 6.16, 17. compensed me according to my 9 or, lamp, righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands 7 in his eye-r Pr.20.27. sight. Job 29.3. 10 broken. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an 11 refined. upright man thou wilt show thy-s Ps. 12.6. self upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward p thou wilt 8 show thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high q looks. 28 For thou wilt light my 9 candler the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. t Pr.30.5. 13 ancles. 29 For by thee I have 10 run through a troop; and by my God 14 caused to have I leaped over a wall 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is 11 tried: s he is a bucklert to all those that trust in him. bow. x Je.11.11. У 15 At the hearing of the ear. 31 For who is God save the LORD? y Is.55.5. or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God u 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 12 thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my 13 feet did not slip.v 16 sons of the stranger. 17 lie, or, yield feigned obedience. 18 giveth avengements for me. 19 destroyeth. 20 man of violence. 21 or, confess. z Ro.11.29. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, PSALM 19. and overtaken them: neither did a Ro. 1. 19, 20 I turn again till they were con-1 without sumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: w they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast 14 subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none! their voice 2 or, rule, or, restoring. for his manifold blessings. to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: ] did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: ay people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 15 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the 16 strangers shall 17 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 It is God that 18 avengeth me, and 19 subdueth the people unto David. THE heavens a declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language 1 where their voice is not heard. 4 Their 2 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 run 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 3 law of the LORD is perfect, 4 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. |