a judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my 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 and reins. 10 3 My defense is from God, who saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniqui-hath digged ty, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 155 He made a pit, and digged it, & and hath fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. thy glory above the heavens. a pil. d Ps. 9. 15. & 10. 2. Prov. 5. 22. Matt. 21.16. Heb. founded. Job 7. 17. Ps. 144. 3. 1 Cor.15.15. and oren 2Heb. Flocks all of them. 1 Heb. thou hast made my judg ment. 2 Heb. in righteous destructions of the enemy are 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 1 ordained strengthness. because of thy enemies, that thou might-or, The est still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 46 What 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 honor. 6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 72 All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 0 LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! PSALM IX. come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou b Ps. 37. 39. 4 Heb. a high place. Gen. 9. 5. 5 or, afflicted. Ps. 7. 16. d 1 Heb. in the pride of the wicked he doth perse cute. a Ps. 7. 16. & 9. 16. they shall fall and perish at thy pres ence. 4 For 1 thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging 2 right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O 3 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judg ment. 8 And a he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 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 will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the 5 humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of 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 executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 18 For the needy shall not always 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, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Prov. 5. 22 trouble? a 1 David praiseth God for executing judgment: 2 Heb.soul's. 11 He inciteth others to praise him: 13 He 3or, the cov-secute the poor: 2 The wicked in his pride doth perprayeth that he may have cause to praise etous bless the devices that they have imagined. let them be taken in eth himself, he abhor- 3 For the wicked boasteth of his 2 heart's desire, 3 the covet I who praise thee, O LORD, with my LORD,ous, whom the Land a blesseth Will thy wonderful works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. 3 When my enemies are turned back, thoughts are, There is no God. Ps. 14. 1. & 53. 1. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his & 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 ad-5 Heb. to versity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and 7 vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes 8 are pri-8 vily set against the poor. 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 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall 1 by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thy hand forget not the 12 humble. 13 Why 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 to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 7 generation and gener ation. Rom. 3. 14. 6 Heb. deceits. or, iniqui ty Heb. hide themselves. 9 Heb. in the secret places. 10 Heb. He 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man seek out his wicked-3 ness till thou shalt find none. : 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land. breaketh himself. 11 or, into his strong parts. d Ps. 94. 7. 12 or, afflict ed." 13 Heb. leaveth. Ps. 29. 12. & 145. 13. & 146. 10. Lam. 5. 19. 14 or, estub lish. 15 or,terrify. Heb. in darkness. coals. Hab. 2. 20. 2 or, quick burning or, a burning tem pest. 1 or, upon 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the eighth. the humble: thou wilt 14 prepare their 2 or, save. heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the op-3 pressed, that the man of the earth may no more 15 oppress. PSALM XI. 1 David encourageth himself in God against his enemies. 4 The providence and justice of God. IN To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.. Heb. a heart and a heart. . Heb. great things. 5 Heb. are with us. [ELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with 3 a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh 4 proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips 5 are 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 6 puffeth at him. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: a as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when 8 the vilest men are exalted. PSALM XIII. 1 David complaineth of delay in help: 3 He prayeth for preventing grace: 5 He boasteth of divine mercy. To the 1 chief Musician, A Psalm of H LORD for ever? how long wilt [OW long wilt thou forget me, O thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest my enemy say, I have prevail ed 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 to the LORD, because he the LORD I put my trust: how say 6 or, would hath dealt bountifully with me. ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For lo, the wicked 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 be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 a The LORD is in his holy temple, 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 and brimstone, and 3 a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousnes; his countenance beholdeth the upright. PSALM XII. 1 David, destitute of human comfort, craveth help from God: 3 He comforteth himself with God's judgments on the wicked, and confi. dence in God's tried promises. 8 Ps. 18. 30. & 119. 140. Prov. 30. 5. 7 Heb. him, that is, eve ry one of the vilest of the sons T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable 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 understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become 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. 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor 2 taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. c Ex. 22. 25. Lev. 25. 36 1 or, a gol den psalm a Job. 22. 2. 2 other. 3 e Acts 2. 35. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Uphold 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 thy ear to me, and hear my speech. 7 Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou 4 that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. or, give gifts to an Deut. 32. 9. Lam. 3. 24. Heb. of my part. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, Heb. dwell hide me under the shade of thy wings. confidently. 9 From the wicked 5 that oppress me, 5 He that putteth not out his moneyd Acts 2. 21.from my deadly enemies, who encomto usury, nor taketh reward against the & 13. 35. innocent. He that doeth these things 5 or, the re- pass me, 10 They are inclosed 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; shall never be moved. PSALM XVI. 1 David in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry, fleeth to God for preservation: 5 He showeth the hope of his calling, of the res-2 urrection, and life everlasting. TI Michtam of David. RESERVE me, O God: for in thee PRI put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said to the LORD, Thou art my LORD: a my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that a hasten after another god: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion 3 of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night season. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, 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 my soul in 5 hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. PSALM XVII. 1 David, in confidence of his integrity, craveth HE gion of the 4 5 18 EAR 1 the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth 2 not out of feigned lips. 3 Heb. be not moved. savest them in thee that rise waste me. the soul. likeness of is as a lion eth to raven prevent his sword. 11 or, From thine hand. 12 children or, their P. 116. 3. 2 Heb. 3 or, cords. 4 or, the low. 127 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion 8 lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD 9 disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, 10 who is thy sword: 14 11 From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: 12 they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. PSALM XVIII. David praiseth God for his manifold and marvelous blessings. ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my 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 to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of 2 ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The 3 sorrows of 4 hell encompassed me: the snares of death 6 seized me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that 14 my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen 13 The LORD also thundered in the Ps. 12. 6. & under my feet. 119. 140. 39 For thou hast girded me with heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; Prov. 30. 5. strength to battle: thou hast is subdued hail stones and coals of fire. 12 or, 14 Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out light-refined. nings, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered 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 7 many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also in a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 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. Deut. 32. 39. ! Sam. 2. Is. 45. 5. Ps. 86. 8. 13 or, with under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he an2.swered them not. 42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I 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: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. thy meek- ankles. 15 Heb. caused to bow. 16 Heb. at the hearing of the ear. 17 Heb. the sons of the stranger. obedience. 23 I was also upright s before him, 18 or, yield and I kept myself from my iniquity. feigned 24 Therefore hath the LORD recom-19 Heb. lie. pensed me according to my righteous-20 Heb. gir. ness, according to the cleanness of my eth avenge hands in his sight. ments for 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend. me. 21 or, de- 22 Heb. man Rom. 16. 9.1 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted a Gen. 1. 6. 1 or, without people; but wilt bring down high looks. these their 28 For thou wilt light my 10 candle: voice is the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have 11 run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. heard. 2 Heb. with out their voice heard. & Rom. 10. 18. 3 or, Their rule, or, di. rection. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid from 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 20 avengeth me, and 21 subdueth the people under me. 48 He delivereth me from my enemies: yes, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the 2 violent man. 49 Therefore will I 23 give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to thy name. 50 He giveth great deliverance to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever. THE HE a heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth the work of his hands. 2 Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, 12 where their voice is not heard. 43 Their line hath 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 cob i defend thee. 2 Send 2 thee help from the sanctuary, and 3 strengthen thee out of Zion. 3 Remember all thy offerings, and 4 accept thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thy own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all thy petitions. 6 Now I know that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him 5 from his holy heaven & with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen; but we are raised, and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. PSALM XXI. 2 of his right hand. 1 Heb. set him to be Heb. glad blessings. ded him with joy. 3 or, thou shalt set them as a butt. der. Heb. shoul1or, the hind of the morn ing. a Matt. 27.46. 2 Mark 15.34. Heb. from my salva tion. 3 4 Heb. there is no si lence to me. Matt. 27.39. © Matt. 27.43. 5 Heb. He sire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. 3 For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy salvation : honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast 1 made him most blessed for ever: thou hast 2 made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thy hand shall find out all thy enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thy anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. they imagined a mischievous device, 11 For they intended evil against thee: which they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore 3 shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. PSALM XXII. 1 David complaineth in great discouragement: To the chief Musician upon 1 Aijeleth MY & God, my God, why hast thou for saken me? why art thou so far 2 from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and 3 am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried to thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people. 7 All they that see me deride me: they 4 shoot, out the lip, they shake the rolled him- head, saying, self on the LORD. 1 A thanksgiving for victory. 7 Confidence or, if he defor further success. light in him. To the chief Musician, a Psalm of Da-7 or, keepest THE vid. HE king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's de-1 me in safe ty. |