served for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. lay snares for me: and they that seek my 9 or, goings. hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speak-10 eth wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his 9 steps shall slide. 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. or, a green tree that grow. eth in its own soil. 1 Heb.peace, wearied. 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his 2 Heb. way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. with me. 35 I have seen the wicked in great 3 Heb. is not power, and spreading himself like 10 a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold 4 or, my the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. neighbor is. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the s or, thee do time of trouble. I wait for. 40 And the LORD will help them, and deliver them: he will deliver them from 6 or,answer. the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. PSALM XXXVIII. David moveth God to take compassion on his pitiful case. ¶ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 7 Heb. for 8 Heb. being strong. LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasten me in thy hot dis-9 Heb. for pleasure. my help. 1 2 For thy arrows stick fast in me, and a 1 Chr. 25.1. thy hand falleth heavy upon me. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. Heb. a bri. dle, or, muzzle for my mouth. 4 For my iniquities have gone over 2 Heb. troumy head: as a heavy burden they are too bled. heavy for me. 5 My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am 2 troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a lothsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 3 or, what here. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For 5 in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt 6 hear, O LORD my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. 17 For I am ready 7 to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But my enemies sare lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation. PSALM XXXIX. 1 David's care of his thoughts. 4 The consid I that sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was 2 stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue. 4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how 3 frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether & vanity. Se lah. 6 Surely every man walketh in s a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgres&sions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of thy hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest 7 his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. which is to in him, to O deliver me 2 from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, 3 my exceeding joy: yes, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my 1 Heb. as soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 1 The church, in memory of former favors, 7 complaineth of her present evils. 17 Professing her integrity, 24 she fervently pray-a Ps. 79. 4. eth for succor. To the chief Musician for the sons of 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us 1 like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people a for naught, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 a Thon makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. 14 & Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. 17 All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our 3 steps declined from thy WE have heard with ove told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; Rom. 8. 36. how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they obiained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a 1 or, of in. favor to them. 4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, nei-3 ther shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom. 10 The duty of the church, and its benefits. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, 1 Maschil, A Song of loves. MI speak of the things which I have Y heart 2 is inditing a good matter: made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy maJesty And in thy majesty 3 ride prosperously because of trath and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thy arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the peo-| ple fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of justice. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made thee glad. 9 Kings daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand stood the queen in gold of Ŏphir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thy ear; forget also thy own people, and thy father's house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy lord; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat 4 thy favor. 13 The king's daughter is all glorious 5 within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought to the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought to thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make prin-1 or, of. ces in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. PSALM XLVI. 1 The confidence which the church hath in God. G very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth shall be removed, and though 3 or, the the mountains shall be carried into 2 the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters shall roar and be a disturbed, though the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah. 4 There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises 2 with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 3 The princes of the people are assembled, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God: he is greatly exalted. PSALM XLVIII. The ornaments and privileges of the church. REAT is the LORD, and greatly to G be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they wondered; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. 9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 2 Heb. set your heart 12 Walk about Zion, and go round to her bulher: number her towers. warks. |