David prays for deliverance: PSALMS. He exhorts to praise God. 9 But those that seek my soul to destroy 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost et, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest 10 They shall fall by the sword; they the out-goings of the morning and evening shall be a portion for foxes. to rejoice. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest every one that sweareth by him shall glo- it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river ry: but the mouth of them that speak lies of God, which is full of water: thou preshall be stopped. parest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. PSALM LXIV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of 11 Thou crownest the year with thy the wicked; from the insurrection of the goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. workers of iniquity: 12 They drop upon the pastures of the 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, every side. even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; 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 shall they be wounded. 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9 And a 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. PSALM LXV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm and thee, O God, in 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. PSALM LXVI. T To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: 2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. 3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. 5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. PRAISE waiteth for stall the vow be the voice of his praise to be heard: 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make performed. 20 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 9 Which 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. 3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choos- thou laidest affliction upon our loins. est, and causest to approach unto thee, 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall our heads; we went through fire and be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, through water: but thou broughtest us out even of thy holy temple. into a wealthy place. 5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 13 I will go into thy house with burntofferings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt-sacrifices 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I mountains; being girded with power: will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 7 Which stilleth the noise of the scas, 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of and I will declare what he hath done for the people. jmy soul. Prayer at the removing of the ark. PSALMS. 17 I cried unto 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: God to be praised for his works. 12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, be as the wings of a dove cover yet shall ye low gold. 19 But verily God hath heard me; heled with silver, and her feathers with yelhath attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 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 high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, 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. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast re4 O let the nations be glad and sing ceived gifts for men; yea, for the refor joy: for thou shalt judge the people bellious also, that the LORD God might righteously, and govern the nations upon dwell among them. earth. Selah. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. dry land. 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 unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a 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 dipped in the blood of thine 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, 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of even the LORD, from the fountain of Israel. the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 27 There is little Benjamin with their 6 God setteth the solitary in families: ruler, the princes of Judah and their counhe bringeth out those which are bound sel, the princes of Zebulun, and the with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a princes of Naphtali. 28 Thy God hath commanded thy O God, when thou wentest forth be-strength: strengthen, O God, that which fore thy people, when thou didst march thou hast wrought for us. through the wilderness; Selah: 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem 8 The earth shook, the heavens also shall kings bring presents unto thee. dropped at the presence of God: even 30 Rebuke the company of spear-men, Sinai itself was moved at the presence of the multitude of the bulls, with the calves God, the God of Israel. of the people, till every one submit himself 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful with pieces of silver: scatter thou the rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine in-people that delight in war. heritance, when it was weary. 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt there- Ethiopia-shall soon stretch out her hands in: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy unto God. goodness for the poor. 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the 11 The LORD gave the word: great was earth; O sing praises unto the LORD; the company of those that published it. Selah: David complains in affliction: PSALMS. He prays against the wicked. : 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth I am full of heaviness and I looked for send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. some to take pity, but there was none; and 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his for comforters, but I found none. excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. PSALM LXIX. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. SAVE AVE me, O God; for the waters are 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22 Let their table become a snare before them and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and 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 iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. 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 thanksgiving. 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. 31 This also shall please the LORD bet7 Because for thy sake I have borne re-ter than an ox or bullock that hath horns proach: shame hath covered my face. and hoofs. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 32 The 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 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 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O dwell therein. God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. PSALM LXX. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. make haste to help me, O LORD. TAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; 15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded neither let the deep swallow me up, and that seek after my soul: let them be turned let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. backward, and put to confusion, that de 16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy loving- sire my hurt. kindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 18 Draw nighunto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 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 unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. David's confidence in God: PSALM LXXI. He prays for Solomon. PSALMS. IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let One of Israel. me never be put to confusion. 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou cause me to escape: incline thine ear hast redeemed. unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, Ŏ my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of 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 holden up from the womb thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. son. PSALM LXXII. TA Psalm for Solomon. and thy righteousness unto the king's IVE the king thy judgments, O God, 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by right eousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all ge 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength nerations. faileth. 6 He shall come down like rain upon 10 For mine enemies speak against me; the mown grass: as showers that water and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish: and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto 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 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord he crieth; the poor also, and him that GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 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 their 18 Now also when I am old and gray-blood be in his sight. headed, O God, forsake me not; until I 15 And he shall live, and to him shall have shewed thy strength unto this gene-be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also ration, and thy power to every one that is shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. to come. 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is 16 There shall be a handful of corn in very high, who hast done great things: the earth upon the top of the mountains; God, who is like unto thee? the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again. from the depths of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the 21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, sun and men shall be blessed in him: all and comfort me on every side. nations shall call him blessed. 22 I will also praise thee with the psal- 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God tery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. The prosperity of the wicked. PSALMS. The desolation of the sanctuary. 19 And blessed be his glorious name and there is none upon earth that I desire for ever: and let the whole earth be filled besides thee. with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but 20 The prayers of David the son of God is the strength of my heart, and my Jesse are ended. portion for ever. PSALM LXXIII. TR 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 firm. 27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. PSALM LXXIV. Maschil of Asaph. GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke 5 They are not in trouble as other men; against the sheep of thy pasture? neither are they plagued like other men. 2 Remember thy congregation, which 6 Therefore pride compasseth them thou hast purchased of old; the rod of about as a chain; violence covereth them thine inheritance, which thou hast reas a garment. deemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: hast dwelt. they have more than heart could wish. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly desolations; even all that the enemy hath concerning oppression: they speak loftily. done wickedly in the sanctuary. 9 They set their mouth against the hea- 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of vens, and their tongue walketh through thy congregations; they set up their enthe earth. signs for signs. 10 Therefore his people return hither:| and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. riches. 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 thereof at once with axes and ham 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? mers. 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who 7 They have cast fire into thy sanctua prosper in the world; they increase in ry, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in 8 They said in their hearts, Let us devain, and washed my hands in innocency. stroy them together: they have burned 14 For all the day long have I been up all the synagogues of God in the land. plagued, and chastened every morning. 9 We see not our signs: there is no. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, more any prophet: neither is there among I should offend against the generation of us any that knoweth how long. thy children. 10 O God, how long shall the adversa16 When I thought to know this, it was ry reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme too painful for me; thy name for ever? 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst 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; so, O LORD, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee. I 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty 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 made summer and winter. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. |