1 Ps. 104. 14.

+ Heb. he

oppresseth.

1 Or, Will

any take

him in his

sight, or,

bore his nose

with a gin?

ch. 41. 1, 2.

That is, a

whale, or, a

whirlpool.

CHAP. XLI.

Isai. 27. 1.

+ Heb.

which thou drownest.

2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a

b Isai. 37.29. thorn?

c Rom. 11.

35.

d Exod. 19.

5. 10.

14. Ps. 24.1.

& 50. 12.

1 Cor.

28.

4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

6 Shall thy companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain : shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

in the leviathan.

Before cir. 1520.

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as cor out of a seething pot or caldron.

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

+ Heb. sor гом грек+ Heb, the

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and † sorrow is turned into joy before him. 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined eth together: they are they cannot be moved.

firm in themselves; falls

24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether milstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

26 The sword of him that layeth at layeth him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the || habergeon.

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

| Or, within.

Heb.

strong pieces of shields.

his power, nor his comely proportion.

15 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him || with his double bridle?

14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His + scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

27.145 Lake 1

thought of

hindered.

3 Who is he that hideth counsel 1.0, without knowledge? therefore have I ut- thing can be tered that I understood not; things too beh wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and de-dch clare thou unto me.

5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

71 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

The happiness of the godly.

CHRIST

1.

g Matt. 5

24

Jam. 5. 15,

Before 8 Therefore take unto you now 'secir. 1520. ven bullocks and seven rams, and go f Numb. 23. to my servant Job, and offer up for your selves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will Gen. 20.17. I accept: lest I deal with you after your 16. 1 John 5 folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bil25. 35. Mal. dad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted † Job.

16.

† Heb. kis

face, or, persen, 1 Sam.

1.8.

+ Heb. the face of Job.

Ps. 14. 7. & 126. L

10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: Heb added also the LORD †gave Job twice as much

been to Job unto the double.

as he had before.

11 Then there came unto him all his * Isai. 40. 2. brethren, and all his sisters, and all they

1 See ch. 19.

13.

+ Luke 20. 42. Acts 1.20.

a Prov. 4. 14,

15

1Or, wicked.

P264

Jer. 15. 17.

c Ps. 119. 35, 47, 92.

that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had

The kingdom of Christ. brought upon him: every man also gave HIST him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Before eir. 15:20.

12 So the LORD blessed mthe latter mch. 8.7. Jam. 5. 11. end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six n Seech. 1.3. thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

PSALM I.

1 The happiness of the godly. 4 The unhappiness of the ungodly.

B

LESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the || ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, bnor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Josh. 1.8. LORD; dand in his law doth he meditate Ps. 119. 1,97. day and night.

< Jer. 17. 8. Ezek. 4. 12.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall + Heb. fade. shall not + wither; and whatsoever he 393 doeth shall prosper.

Job 21. 18.

Ικαί. 3. 10. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are #like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

P. 15-5
Isai. 17. 13.

29.5

Hos 13-3.

in Wisd. 5.1.

Pe. 37. 18. Nah. 1. 7.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of John 10 14. the righteous: but the way of the ungodly 2 Tim. 2.19 shall perish.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his 17 wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed& are all they that put their trust in him.

PSALM III.

The security of God's protection. A Psalm of David, * when he fled from

Absalom his son.

a

LORD, how are they increased that

Ps. 34.8. Prov. 16. 20. Isai. 30. 18. Jer. 17.7. Rom. 9. 33. & 10. 11. 1 Pet. 2.6.

2 Sam. 15. & 18.

1023. a 2 Sam. 15. 16. 15.

trouble me? many are they that rise 12. & up against me.

2 Many there be which say of my soul, The There is no help for him in God.

Selah.

C

b 2 Sam. 16.

8. Ps. 71. 11. c Gen. 15. 1, 119. 114.

3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield Pro 28.7

David reproveth and exhorteth his enemies.

His complaint in sickness. d Hab. 1. 13.

d Pa. 27. 6.

e Ps. 34-4

f Ps. 2. 6. &

4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.

43.3. & 99.9. Selah.

Lev. 26.6.

Ps. 4. 8.

Prov. 3.24.

h Ps. 27.3.

5 "I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: i Job 16. 10. i for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

& 29. 17. Ps. 58. 6.

Lam. 3. 30.

k Prov. 21.

Isai. 43.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD:

11. Jer. 3.23. thy blessing is upon thy people.

Hos. 13. 4.

Jonah 2. 9.

Rev. 7. 10. &

19. 1.

Or, over.

seer, Hab. 3. 19.

PSALM IV.

Selah.

1 David prayeth for audience. 2 He reprov

eth and exhorteth his enemies. 6 Man's happiness is in God's favour.

To the || chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

dwell with thee.

5 The foolish shall not stand + in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship & toward + thy holy temple.

+ Heb.before thine eyes. e Rev. 21. 8.

Ps. 55. 23. man of blood

+ Heb. the

and deceit. g 1 Kings 8. 29, 30, 35, 38. Ps. 28. 2. &

132.7. & 138.

+ Heb. the holiness. h Ps. 25. 5.

temple of thy

+ Heb. those

whichobserve

8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of + mine enemies; make me. Ps.27.11. thy way straight before my face.

i Ps. 25. 4. & 97.11:

fast.

1 Or, stedHeb. in the mouth Heb. wick

his mouth, that is, in

of any of

9 For there is no || faithfulness tin their mouth; their inward part is † very edness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 || Destroy thou them, O God; lett them fall || by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their trans- k Luke 11. gressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

11 But let all those that put their trust in thee "rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou + compass him as with a shield.

PSALM VI.

ednesses.

1 David's complaint in his sickness. 8 By crown him. faith he triumpheth over his enemies. To the chief Musician on Neginoth ||*

up-Or

the eighth:

and put your trust in the

6 There be many that say, Who will

shew us any good? 'LORD, lift thou up

26. Ps. 80. 3, the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

g Isai. 9. 3.

h Job 11. 18,

19. Ps. 3. 5.

8 I will both lay me down in peace, i Lev. 25. 18, and sleep: 'for thou, LORD, only makest Deut. 12. 10. me dwell in safety.

19. & 26. 5.

ger, neither chasten me in thy hot

displeasure.

15.21. a Ps. 3. 1. Jer. 10. 24 & 46.2

Hos 6.1.

2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; b P-41-4for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, dhow long?

4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

d Ps. g. 13

88. IL. & 115

5 For in death there is no remem-P3 brance of thee: in the grave who shall 17.& 118.17 give thee thanks?

6 I am weary with my groaning; || all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears..

7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

8 "Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Or, aflict

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, 'lift up

thine hand: forget not the || humble.

His trust in God.

13 Wherefore 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 committeth him-Heb self unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15" Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16*The LORD is King for ever ever: the heathen are perished out his land.

and

of

of

cleaveth,

2Tim. 1. 12.

1 Pet. 4. 19. t Ps. 68.5 Hos. 14.3 Ps. 37.17.

P. 20. 10.

& 145. 13. &

146 10. Jer.

10. 10. Lam.

5.19. Dan.

1 Tim. 1. 17.

1Or, esta

17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire the humble: thou wilt || "prepare their Lor heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

y 1 Chron.

z Ps. 82. 3.

18 To "judge the fatherless and the 2918 oppressed, that the man of the earth may Isai. 11.4 no more || oppress.

Or, terrify.

cir. 1060.

a Ps. 56. 11. b See 1 Sam. 26. 19, 20.

e Px. 64.3.4

2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, dthey make ready their arrow upon the d Ps. 91. 12. string, that they may + privily shoot at the upright in heart.

3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: hhis eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of

men.

5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Heb. in

darkness. e Ps. 82.5

f Hab. 2. 20.

P24 Isai. 66. 1. Matt. 5.34 Acts 7.4 13

&252

Rev. 4.2

& 34.15 & 667.

i Gen. 22 Jam. 1. 13.

k Gen. 19 24. Ezek.3

Or, quick

coofs.

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain || snares, fire and brimstone, and || ang horrible tempest: this shall be the por-10, tion of their cup.

ing tempat

1 See Gen

7 For the righteous LORDTM loveth 43-34-1 righteousness; "his countenance doth behold the upright.

PSALM XII.

1 David, destitute of human comfort, craveth help of God. 3 He comforteth himself with God's judgments on the wicked, and confidence in God's tried promises.

To the chief Musician || * upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

HELP, LORD; for the godly man

ceaseth; for the faithful fail from

among the children of men.

mP

& 146 8 n Job 36 P. 13. 185

3+15 1 Fet

1. От. прев

the eighth

Ps. 6,

& Iasi. 5.1 Mic

bP P

161

heart an

2 They speak vanity every one with He his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

1 Chron. 33

d 1 Sam

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