nor in the son of man, in whom there is no 2 help. 2 or, salva- 4 His breath goeth forth, hed returneth to his earth; in that very d Ec. 12.7. day his thoughts perish. 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 6 Which e made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is which keepeth truth for ever: 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD loosetlig the prisoners: 8 The LORD h openeth the eyes of e Re. 14.7. ħ Mat.9.30. 1 Pe.2.9. i Ps. 147.6. k Pr. 15.25. Job 5. 12,13. Pr.4.19. PSALM 147. a Ps.92.1. the blind the LORD raiseth them i PSALM CXLVII. PRAISE ye the LORD: for it is 1 griefs. derstand ing there is no number. good a to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praisef Job 38.41. is comely. Mat.6.26. Mal.3.16, 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusa- & Is.62.4. lem he gathereth together the outcasts b of Israel. 3 He c healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their 1 wounds. 4 He telleth the numberof thestars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: 2 his understanding d is infinite. 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: e he casteth the wicked down to the ground. 17. h Ps.115.14. praise God. 15 Hei sendeth forth his com mandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He showeth his 5 word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 20 Hem hath not dealt so with any nation; and as for his judg ments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXLVIII. The Psalmist exhorteth to praise God. ORAISE 1ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise a ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens b of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: c for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, 3 Who make dragons, d and all deeps: eth thy bor-8 Fire,and hail; snow,and vapours, der peace. stormy wind fulfilling his word: 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 4 fat of wheat, Ps. 81. 16. i Ps. 107.20. k De.33.3,4. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harps words. unto our God : 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. Į Mal.4.4. 1 Hallelujah. 1Ki.8.27. 2Co.12.2. c Ge.1.1,&c. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens ƒ which cry. 10 He delighteth not in, the · strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The g LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; 3 exalted. praise thy God, O Zion. fEp.2.13,17. 13 For he hath strengthened the PSALM 149. bars of thy gates; he hath blessed 1 Hallelujah. thy children h within thee. Is. 12.4. a Ps. 100.3. 14 3 He maketh peace in thy bor-2 or, with ders, and filleth thee with the 4 finthe pipe. est of the wheat. 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and 2 flying fowl: 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 12 Both young men and maidens; old men and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for e his name alone is earth and heaven. 3 excellent; his glory is above the 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; evenof the children of Israel,a people near funto him. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXLIX. The Prophet exhorteth to praise God for his love of the church. ORAISE 1 ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that a made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their king. 4 Forb the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the b Ps. 147.11. meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their & mouth, and a two-edged c sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CL. 3 throat. PSALM 150. 1 Hallelujah. 2 or, cornet, 3 or, pipe, Ps. 149.3. b 1Ch.15.16, An exhortation to praise God with c Re.5. 13. all kind of instruments. &c. praise God. PRAISE 1ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound a of the 2 trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and 3 dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud b cymbals: praise him upon the highsounding cymbals. 6 Let c every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. The PROVERBS. From the Creation, 3001....Before Christ, 1000.... Year of Solomon, 15. CHAPTER I. 1 The use of the proverbs. 7 An exhortation to fear God and believe his word. Tson of David, king of Israel; HE proverbs a of Solomon the 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 Tob receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and 1 equity; 4 To give subtlety to the simple, ce to the young d man knowledge and 2 discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and 3 the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark e sayings. 7 The fear of the LORD is the 4 beginningƒ of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an 5 ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 10 T My son, if sinners entice thee, consent g thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive B. C. 1000. a 1Ki.4.32. 2 or, ment. 3 or, an elo- h Ps. 1.1. i Ps. 119.101. 6 eyes of every thing m Joel 2.28. as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk h not thou in the way with them; refrain i thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the 6 sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19 Sok are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 20 T 7 Wisdom / crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, Im will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 ¶ Because n I have called, and 66.4. ye refused; I have stretched out Zec.7.11-14 my hand, and no man regarded; 125 But ye have set at nought all Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children. lighth in the frowardness of the wicked; PROVERBS, II, III. my counsel, and would none of my B. C. 1000. reproof: 26 Io also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; o Lu. 14.24. p Ge.6.3. Job 27.9. Is. 1.15. Je. 11.11. 14.12. Eze.8.18. Mi.3.4. 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Thenp shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated q know-s Je.2.19. ledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all myr reproof. 31 Therefores shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the 8 prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shail dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. CHAPTER II. Wisdom promis: th godliness to her children. q Job 21.14. 6.19. or, ease. (CHAP. 2.) c Mat.13.44. diKi.3.9, 12. Ja. 1.5. e 1Sa.2.9. Jude 24. f Ps. 119.99. 15 Whose ways are crooked, i and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the k strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None m that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be 2 rooted out of it. CHAPTER III. An exhortation to obedience, faith, and mortification. g Jno. 12.35. Mes heart a keep my Y son, forget not my law; but thine M 2 So that thou inclineb thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; i Ps. 125.5. k ch.5.20. 7 Mal.2.14. 3 Yea, if thou criest after know-m Ec.7.26. ledge, and 1 liftest up thy voice for 2 or, plucked understanding; up. commandments: 2 Forb length of days, and 1 long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee bind them about thy neck write c them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good 2 understanding in the sight 4 If thou seekest her as silver, c 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 Ford the LORD giveth wisdom : out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. a Is.51.7. De.30.16-20. 1 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for 2 or, success. the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preservethe the way of his saints. d Je. 10.23. Ro. 12.16. 4 watering, e Ex.22.29. Mat. 10.42. g He. 12.5,6. 9 Thenf shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 10 TWhen wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that 5 draweth speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of upi Phi.3.8,9. rightness, to walk g in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and de Re.3.19. h ch.8.35,36. out. k Ps. 19.10. 5 T Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not d unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7T Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be 3 health to thy navel, and 4 marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits e of all thine increase: 10 Sof shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 T Myg son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he Correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 13 T Happy h is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that 5 getteth understanding. 14 Fori the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and k the gain thereof than fine gold. Benefits of wisdom. 15 She is more precious than B. C. 1000. HEAR, ye children, the instrucrubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be com- 1 Job 28.13, pared unto her. &c. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches mm ch.8.18. and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.n 18 She is a tree o of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” 19 The LORD by wisdomp hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are brokeng up, and the clouds drop down ther dew. 21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. n Ps. 119. 165. o Ge.3.22,24. p Je.51.15. 6 or, prepured. q Ge.7.11. Job 36.27. s Le.26.6. t Ps. 127.2. u Ps. 112.7. 1Sa.2.9. * the owners thereof. w Ro. 13.7. Ga.6.10. 24 When s thou liest down, thoux shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt y Le.19. 13. lie down, and thy sleept shall be sweet. 25 Beu not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and v shall keep thy foot from being taken. or, practise z ch.25.8. 9 a man of a Ps.25.14. b Zec.5.4. 27 ¶ Withhold not good from 7 them to whom it is due, w when a c Job 8.6,7. it is in the power of thine hand tod Da. 12.3. do it. 28 Sayy not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 8 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive z not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 T Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret a is with the righteous. 33 T The curse of the LORD is ine the house of the wicked: but c he blesseth the habitation of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise d shall inherit glory: but shame 10 shall be the promo-14 tion of fools. CHAPTER IV. Solomon showeth what instruction he had of his parents. 10 exalteth the fools. (CHAP. 4.) a De.32.2. b ICh.29.1. c 1Ch.28.9. 1 or, she shall thee with a d Ps. 1.1. f Jno. 12.35. 2 medicina. 3 above all tion of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, a forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tenderb and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 Hec taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: 1a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 14 Enter d not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But e the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: theyƒ know not at what they stumble. 20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and 2 health to all their flesh. 23 T Keep thy heart 3 with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee 4 a froward Of whoredom and riot. PROVERBS, V, VI. mouth, and perverse lips put far, B. C. 1000. from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and 5 let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left remove thy foot from evil. CHAPTER V. Solomon exhorteth to the study of wisdom. or, all thy 1 palate. b Ec.7.26. c Ps.55.21. d ch.7.27. Y son, attend unto my wisdom, 2 strength. and bow thine ear to mye He. 13.4. understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For a the lips of a strange woman drop as an honey-comb, and her 1 mouth is smoother than oil : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp c as a two-edged sword. 5 Herd feet go down to death, her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7 Hear me now, therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy 2 wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; e 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How ƒ have I hated instruction, and my heart despised g reproof; f Zec.7.11-14. 5 ch.1.25. 6.23. 12.1. h1 Co.7.2. i Mal.2.14. k Ca.2.9. 7.3-8. 3 water. Į 2Ch. 16.9. Job 31.4. Je. 16. 17. 32.19. Ho.7.2. He.4.13. 5 sin. m ch.10.21. Job 36. 12. (CHAP. 6.) a ch.11. 15, 17.18. 22.26. 1 or, so shalt thou prevail with. b Job 12.7. c ch.24.33,34. 13 And have not obeyed the voiced Job 15.12. of my teachers, nor inclined mine e Is.57.20. ear to them that instructed me ! 2 casteth 14 I was almost in all evil in forth. the midst of the congregation and f Ro. 16. 17. assembly. 15 Drink waters out of thine 5 ch.1.27. own h cistern, and running watersh Je. 19.11. out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. : 18 Let thy fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife i of thy youth. i 2Ch.36.16. of his soul. 4 haughty eyes. k Ps. 18.27. 7 Ps. 120.3,4. Re.22.15. m 2Ki.24.3,4. Is. 1.15. 19 Let k her be as the loving hind n Mi.2.1. and pleasant roe; let her 3 breasts o Is.59.7. satisfy thee at all times; and 4 be p ch.19.9. thou ravished always with her love. q 3Jno.9.10. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet c a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12 TA naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 Hed winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he e deviseth mischief continually; he 2 soweth discord.f 15 Therefore g shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he |be h broken without i remedy. 16 T These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination 3 unto him: 17 4 A proud look,k a lying 1 tongue, and hands m that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart n that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet o that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A p false witness that speaketh lies, and he g that soweth discord among brethren. |