6 They search out iniquities; 3 they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly 5 shall they be wounded. 1 or, speech. 2 Heb. to hide snares. 3 or, we are consumed by that a search 2 Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious. 3 Say to God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy 8 So they shall make their own tongues Heb. their power shall thy enemies 23 submit themto fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. 1 wound Heb. is si- 2 Heb. Words, or, Matters of selves to thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing to thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. 5 Come and see the works of God: he iniquities.is terrible in his doing towards the chilor, to sing. dren of men. 4 or, after thou hadst made it to 3 5 desire rain. or, thou rain to des. causest cend into the fur roues Zion and to thee shall the vow of performed. 20 thou that hearest prayer, to thee shall all flesh come. 3 2 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there we rejoiced in him." his 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; bellious exalt themselves. Selah. eyes behold the nations: let not the re 8 O bless our God, ye people, and there- make the voice of his praise to be heard: 6 Heb. thou dissolvest it. 7 Heb. the year of thy goodness. 8 Heb. are girded with 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choos-joy. est, and causest to approach to thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the 1 Heb. all ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 6 Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: 7 Who stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. the earth. 2 or, yield 8 They also that dwell in the utter- feigned most parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou obedience. makest the outgoings of the morning and evening 3 to rejoice. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and 4 water-3 Heb. lie. est it thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so 4 Heb. put. provided for it. 10 Thou waterest the ridges of it abundantly: 5 thou settlest, the furrows 9 Who 4 holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou hast brought us into the net; thou hast laid affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a 5 wealthy place. 13 I will go into thy house with burntofferings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have 6 uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer to thee burnt-sacrifices of 7 fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 17 I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the LORD will not hear me : 19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. · PSALM LXVII. Num. 10.35. 1 Heb. from Heb. re- 3 Heb. in a house. 4 Heb. shake out. 5 Heb. con. IET & God arise, let his enemies be Arm it. scattered: let them also that hate 6 Heb. army. Heb. did flee, did flee. him flee 1 before him. 8 many thou sands. 4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: 9 or, even extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy & Eph. 4. 8. habitation. : 6 God setteth the solitary 3 in families he bringeth out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 10 Heb. in the man. 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Si-11 or, red. nai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 9 Thou, O God, didst 4 send a plentiful rain, by which thou didst 5 confirm thy inheritance, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 The LORD gave the word: great was the 6 company of those that published it. 12 or, ye that their com 13 or, with 14 or, the 12 Kings of armies 7 fled apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her fethers with 15 or, he scatyellow gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; a high hill as the hill of Bashan. 16 Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the LORD is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. tereth. bellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. 19 Blessed be the LORD, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to God the LORD belong the issues from death. 21 But God will wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 22 The LORD said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be 11 dipped in the blood of thy enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the LORD, 12 from the fountain of Israel. 27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah 13 and their counsel, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee. 30 Rebuke 14 the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one shall submit himself with pieces of silver: 15 scatter thou the people that delight in war. 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall soon stretch out her hands to God. 32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the LORD; Selah : 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth 16 send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye strength to God: his excellence is over Israel, and his strength is in the 17 clouds. 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power to his people. Blessed be God. PSALM LXIX. 16 Heb. give. 1 David complaineth of his affliction. 13 He prayeth for deliverance. 22 He devoteth his enemies to destruction. 30 He praiseth God with thanksgiving. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 3 Heb. 6 Rom. 15. 3. 4 Heb. drin. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my 3 sins are not hid from kers of thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have bornes reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee have fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. and let them not come into thy right eousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O'God, set me up on high. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with 5 Heb. make thanksgiving, strong haste to Heb. to la. me. Mat. 27. 48. John 19. 29. Rom. 11. 10. 7 Heb. their 8 Heb. let 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak be a dwellagainst me; and I was the song of the 4 drunkards. er. Heb. thy wounded. 13 But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let ishment me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 10 or, pun iniquity. 11 or, meek. 12 Heb. 17 And hide not thy face from thy ser- creepeth. vant; for I am in trouble: 5 hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before thee. a Ps. 40. 13, 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked &c. for somes to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 9. 31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32 The 1 humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that is moveth therein. 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. PSALM LXX. David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, and preservation of the godly. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance. ofAKE haste, & O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 21 They gave me also gall for my 1 Heb. to my food; and in my thirst they gave me help. vinegar to drink. 22 d Let their table become a snare 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no delay. PSALM LXXI. 1 David, in confidence of faith, and experi ence of God's favor, prayeth both for himself, and against the enemies of his soul: 14 He promiseth constancy: 17 He prayeth for per severance: 19 He praiseth God, and prom iseth to do it cheerfully. Na thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: I let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thy ear to before them: and that which should have & Ps. 35. 4. & me, and save me. been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 71. 13. 24 Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let 7 their habitation be desolate; and 8 let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add 10 iniquity to their iniquity: a Ps. 31. 1. Be thou to me for a itation. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou art my hope, O LORD God: thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been sustained from my birth: thou art he that brought me into life: my praise shall be continually of thee. 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like to thee! arm. 5 Heb. with the instrument of psaltery. 1 or, of. 2 Heb. till 20 Thou, who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the there be no depths of the earth. 21 Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 22 I will also praise thee 5 with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: to thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt. moon. 3 Heb. one shall give. Heb. shall be. 5 Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father's name for ever. 1or, A Psalm for Asaph. 2 or, Yet. 3 Heb. clean of heart. Job 21. 7. a Ps. 37. 1. Jer. 12. 1. Heb. fut. 2 He shall judge thy people with right-5 Heb, in the eousness, and thy poor with judgment. trouble of other men. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by right-6 Heb. with. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace 2 so long as the moon endureth. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall be their blood in his sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him s shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name 4 shall endure for ever: 5 his name shall be continued as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is 4 firm. 5 They are not s in trouble as other men; neither are they afflicted like other men. 6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: 7 they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wick edly concerning oppression: they speaks loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Heb. my chastise ment was. 9 Heb. it was eyes. 10 Heb. I 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in know not. vain, and washed my hands in inno cence. thee. 14 For all the day long have I been af-11 Heb. with flicted, and 8 chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, 9 it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places thou didst cast them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; 50; O LORD, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and 10 ignorant: I was as a beast 11 before thee. 1 12 Heb. rock. olations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and ham mers. 73 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us 4 destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? or, A Psalm 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, for Asaph even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy to give in-bosom. struction. 2or, tribe. 3 Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary into the fire. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with 4 Heb.break. thee thou hast held me by my right PSALM LXXIV. 7 Heb.rivers 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast 8 made summer and winter. 18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 Olet not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: 1 The Prophet complaineth of the desolation of the sanctuary: 10 He moveth God to help, in of strength. remember how the foolish man reproachconsideration of his power, 18 of his reproachful enemies, of his children, and of |