1 2% 3THE BOOK OF PSALMS 4The psalms are called by the Hebrews TEHILLIM, that is, Hymns of 5Praise. The author, of a great part of them at least, was king David: 6but many are of opinion that some of them were made by Asaph, and 7others whose names are prefixed in the titles. 8 9% 10BOOK OF PSALMS 1 11The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked. 12 131:1. Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the 14ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of 15pestilence: 161:2. But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall 17meditate day and night. 18 19% 20BOOK OF PSALMS 1 21The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked. 22 231:3. And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running 24waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf 25shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper. 261:4. Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind 27driveth from the face of the earth. 28 29% 30BOOK OF PSALMS 1 31The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked. 32 331:5. Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners 34in the council of the just. 351:6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the 36wicked shall perish. 37 38% 39BOOK OF PSALMS 2 40The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 41 422:1. Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? 432:2. The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, 44against the Lord, and against his Christ. 452:3. Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke 46from us. 47 48% 49BOOK OF PSALMS 2 50The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 51 522:4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall 53deride them. 542:5. Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his 55rage. 56 57% 58BOOK OF PSALMS 2 59The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 60 612:6. But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, 62preaching his commandment. 632:7. The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I 64begotten thee. 65 66% 67BOOK OF PSALMS 2 68The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 69 702:8. Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, 71and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 722:9. Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in 73pieces like a potter's vessel. 74 75% 76BOOK OF PSALMS 2 77The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 78 792:10. And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that 80judge the earth. 812:11. Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling. 82 83% 84BOOK OF PSALMS 2 85The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 86 872:12. Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you 88perish from the just way. 892:13. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all 90they that trust in him. 91 92% 93BOOK OF PSALMS 3 94The prophet's danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the 95passion and resurrection of Christ. 96 973:1. The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. 983:2. Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God. 993:4. But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of 100my head. 101 102% 103BOOK OF PSALMS 3 104The prophet's danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the 105passion and resurrection of Christ. 106 1073:5. I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from 108his holy hill. 1093:6. I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because 110the Lord hath protected me. 111 112% 113BOOK OF PSALMS 3 114The prophet's danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the 115passion and resurrection of Christ. 116 1173:7. I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O 118Lord; save me, O my God. 1193:8. For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without 120cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners. 121 122% 123BOOK OF PSALMS 3 124The prophet's danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the 125passion and resurrection of Christ. 126 1273:9. Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people. 128 129% 130BOOK OF PSALMS 4 131The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence 132in him. 133 1344:1. Unto the end, in verses. A psalm for David. 135Unto the end. . .Or, as St. Jerome renders it, victori, to him that 136overcometh: which some understand of the chief musician; to whom they 137suppose the psalms, which bear that title, were given to be sung: we 138rather understand the psalms thus inscribed to refer to Christ, who is 139the end of the law, and the great conqueror of death and hell, and to 140the New Testament.--Ibid. In verses, in carminibus. . .In the Hebrew, it 141is neghinoth, supposed by some to be a musical instrument, with which 142this psalm was to be sung.--Ibid. For David, or to David. . .That is, 143inspired to David himself, or to be sung. 1444:2. When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was 145in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my 146prayer. 147 148% 149BOOK OF PSALMS 4 150The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence 151in him. 152 1534:3. O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you 154love vanity, and seek after lying? 1554:4. Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the 156Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him. 157 158% 159BOOK OF PSALMS 4 160The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence 161in him. 162 1634:5. Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be 164sorry for them upon your beds. 1654:6. Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many 166say, Who sheweth us good things? 167 168% 169BOOK OF PSALMS 4 170The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence 171in him. 172 1734:7. The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast 174given gladness in my heart. 1754:8. By the fruit of their corn, their wine, and oil, they rest: 1764:9. In peace in the self same I will sleep, and I will rest: 1774:10. For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope. 178 179% 180BOOK OF PSALMS 5 181A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 182 1835:1. Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for 184David. 185For her that obtaineth the inheritance. . .That is, for the church of 186Christ. 187 188% 189BOOK OF PSALMS 5 190A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 191 1925:2. Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry. 1935:3. Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God. 194 195% 196BOOK OF PSALMS 5 197A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 198 1995:4. For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my 200voice. 2015:5. In the morning I will stand before thee, and I will see: because 202thou art not a God that willest iniquity. 2035:6. Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust 204abide before thy eyes. 205 206% 207BOOK OF PSALMS 5 208A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 209 2105:7. Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all 211that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. 2125:8. But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy 213house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear. 214 215% 216BOOK OF PSALMS 5 217A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 218 2195:9. Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct 220my way in thy sight. 2215:10. For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain. 222 223% 224BOOK OF PSALMS 5 225A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 226 2275:11. Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with 228their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: 229according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: for 230they have provoked thee, O Lord. 2315:12. But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice 232for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name 233shall glory in thee. 2345:13. For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as 235with a shield of thy good will. 236 237% 238BOOK OF PSALMS 6 239A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first 240penitential psalm. 241 2426:1. Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. 243For the octave. . .That is, to be sung on an instrument of eight 244strings. St. Augustine understands it mystically, of the last 245resurrection, and the world to come; which is, as it were, the octave, 246or eighth day, after the seven days of this mortal life: and for this 247octave, sinners must dispose themselves, like David, by bewailing their 248sins, whilst they are here upon earth. 249 250% 251BOOK OF PSALMS 6 252A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first 253penitential psalm. 254 2556:2. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy 256wrath. 2576:3. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my 258bones are troubled. 2596:4. And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long? 260 261% 262BOOK OF PSALMS 6 263A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first 264penitential psalm. 265 2666:5. Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's 267sake. 2686:6. For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who 269shall confess to thee in hell? 2706:7. I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I 271will water my couch with my tears. 272 273% 274BOOK OF PSALMS 6 275A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first 276penitential psalm. 277 2786:8. My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst 279all my enemies. 2806:9. Depart from em, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath 281heard the voice of my weeping. 282 283% 284BOOK OF PSALMS 6 285A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first 286penitential psalm. 287 2886:10. The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my 289prayer. 2906:11. Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let 291them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily. 292 293% 294BOOK OF PSALMS 7 295David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 296against his enemies. 297 2987:1. The psalm of David, which he sung to the Lord, for the words of 299Chusi, the son of Jemini. 3007:2. O Lord, my God, in thee have I put my trust; same me from all them 301that persecute me, and deliver me. 3027:3. Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is 303no one to redeem me, nor to save. 304 305% 306BOOK OF PSALMS 7 307David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 308against his enemies. 309 3107:4. O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in 311my hands: 3127:5. If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly 313fall empty before my enemies. 3147:6. Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, 315on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust. 316 317% 318BOOK OF PSALMS 7 319David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 320against his enemies. 321 3227:7. Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders 323of my enemies. And arise, O Lord, my God, in the precept which thou 324hast commanded: 3257:8. And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their 326sakes return thou on high. 327 328% 329BOOK OF PSALMS 7 330David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 331against his enemies. 332 3337:9. The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my 334justice, and according to my innocence in me. 3357:10. The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou 336shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just 337 338% 339BOOK OF PSALMS 7 340David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 341against his enemies. 342 3437:11. Is my help from the Lord; who saveth the upright of heart. 3447:12. God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day? 3457:13. Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath 346bent his bow, and made it ready. 3477:14. And in it he hath prepared to instruments of death, he hath made 348ready his arrows for them that burn. 349For them that burn. . .That is, against the persecutors of his saints. 350 351% 352BOOK OF PSALMS 7 353David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 354against his enemies. 355 3567:15. Behold he hath been in labour with injustice: he hath conceived 357sorrow, and brought forth iniquity. 3587:16. He hath opened a pit and dug it: and he is fallen into the hole 359he made. 360 361% 362BOOK OF PSALMS 7 363David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help 364against his enemies. 3657:17. His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity 366shall come down upon his crown. 3677:18. I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will 368sing to the name of the Lord the most high. 369 370% 371BOOK OF PSALMS 8 372God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly 373exalted by the incarnation of Christ. 374 3758:1. Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David. 376The presses. . .In Hebrew, Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument. 3778:2. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! 378For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens. 3798:3. Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected 380praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and 381the avenger. 3828:4. For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon 383and the stars which thou hast founded. 384 385% 386BOOK OF PSALMS 8 387God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly 388exalted by the incarnation of Christ. 389 3908:5. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that 391thou visitest him? 3928:6. Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast 393crowned him with glory and honour: 3948:7. And hast set him over the works of thy hands. 395 396% 397BOOK OF PSALMS 8 398God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly 399exalted by the incarnation of Christ. 400 4018:8. Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: 402moreover, the beasts also of the fields. 4038:9. The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through 404the paths of the sea. 4058:10. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! 406 407% 408BOOK OF PSALMS 9 409The church praiseth God for his protection 410against her enemies. 411 4129:1. Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David. 413The hidden things of the Son. . .The humility and sufferings of Christ, 414the Son of God; and of good Christians, who are his sons by adoption; 415are called hidden things, with regard to the children of this world, 416who know not the value and merit of them. 4179:2. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will 418relate all thy wonders. 4199:3. I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O 420thou most high. 421 422% 423BOOK OF PSALMS 9 424The church praiseth God for his protection 425against her enemies. 426 4279:4. When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and 428perish before thy face. 4299:5. For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat 430on the throne, who judgest justice. 431 432% 433BOOK OF PSALMS 9 434The church praiseth God for his protection 435against her enemies. 436 4379:6. Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; 438thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. 4399:7. The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities 440thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise: 441 442% 443BOOK OF PSALMS 9 444The church praiseth God for his protection 445against her enemies. 446 4479:8. But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in 448judgment: 4499:9. And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people 450in justice. 4519:10. And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due 452time in tribulation. 4539:11. And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not 454forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord. 455 456% 457BOOK OF PSALMS 9 458The church praiseth God for his protection 459against her enemies. 460 4619:12. Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among 462the Gentiles: 4639:13. For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not 464forgotten the cry of the poor. 465 466% 467BOOK OF PSALMS 9 468The church praiseth God for his protection 469against her enemies. 470 4719:14. Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from 472my enemies. 4739:15. Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may 474declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion. 475 476% 477BOOK OF PSALMS 9 478The church praiseth God for his protection 479against her enemies. 480 4819:16. I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in 482the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the 483very snare which they hid. 4849:17. The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner 485hath been caught in the works of his own hands. 486 487% 488BOOK OF PSALMS 9 489The church praiseth God for his protection 490against her enemies. 491 4929:18. The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget 493God. 4949:19. For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience 495of the poor shall not perish for ever. 496 497% 498BOOK OF PSALMS 9 499The church praiseth God for his protection 500against her enemies. 501 5029:20. Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be 503judged in thy sight. 5049:21. Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know 505themselves to be but men. 506 507% 508BOOK OF PSALMS 9 509The church praiseth God for his protection 510against her enemies. 511 5129a:1. Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us 513in our wants, in the time of trouble? 5149a:2. Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are 515caught in the counsels which they devise. 5169a:3. For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the 517unjust man is blessed. 518 519% 520BOOK OF PSALMS 9 521The church praiseth God for his protection 522against her enemies. 523 5249a:4. The sinner hath provoked the Lord, according to the multitude of 525his wrath, he will not seek him: 5269a:5. God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy 527judgments are removed form his sight: he shall rule over all his 528enemies. 5299a:6. For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from 530generation to generation, and shall be without evil. 5319a:7. His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: 532under his tongue are labour and sorrow. 5339a:8. He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, that he may 534kill the innocent. 5359a:9. His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like 536a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: 537so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. 5389a:10. In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when 539he shall have power over the poor. 5409a:11. For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned 541away his face, not to see to the end. 542 543% 544BOOK OF PSALMS 9 545The church praiseth God for his protection 546against her enemies. 547 5489a:12. Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor. 5499a:13. Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his 550heart: He will not require it. 5519a:14. Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou 552mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou 553wilt be a helper to the orphan. 5549a:15. Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin 555shall be sought, and shall not be found. 556 557% 558BOOK OF PSALMS 9 559The church praiseth God for his protection 560against her enemies. 561 5629a:16. The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye 563Gentiles shall perish from his land. 5649a:17. The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard 565the preparation of their heart. 5669a:18. To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no 567more presume to magnify himself upon earth. 568 569% 570BOOK OF PSALMS 10 571The just man's confidence in God in the midst of persecutions. 572 57310:1. Unto the end. A psalm to David. 57410:2. In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get 575thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow. 57610:3. For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their 577arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart. 578 579% 580BOOK OF PSALMS 10 581The just man's confidence in God in the midst of persecutions. 582 58310:4. For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what 584has the just man done? 58510:5. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. 586His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men. 587 588% 589BOOK OF PSALMS 10 590The just man's confidence in God in the midst of persecutions. 591 59210:6. The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth 593iniquity, hateth his own soul. 59410:7. He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms 595of winds, shall be the portion of their cup. 59610:8. For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance 597hath beheld righteousness. 598 599% 600BOOK OF PSALMS 11 601The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked. 602 60311:1. Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David. 60411:2. Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed 605from among the children of men. 60611:3. They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with 607deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken. 608 609% 610BOOK OF PSALMS 11 611The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked. 612 61311:4. May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that 614speaketh proud things. 61511:5. Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: 616who is Lord over us? 61711:6. By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, 618now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal 619confidently in his regard. 620 621% 622BOOK OF PSALMS 11 623The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked. 624 62511:7. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the 626fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times. 62711:8. Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation 628for ever. 62911:9. The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast 630multiplied the children of men. 631 632% 633BOOK OF PSALMS 12 634A prayer in tribulation. 635 63612:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou 637forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me? 63812:2. How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all 639the day? 64012:3. How long shall my enemy be exalted over Me? 64112:4. Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I 642never sleep in death: 64312:5. Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They 644that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved: 64512:6. But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy 646salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea, I 647will sing to the name of the Lord, the most high. 648 649% 650BOOK OF PSALMS 13 651The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ. 652 65313:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart: 654There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their 655ways: there is none that doth good, no not one. 65613:2. The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, 657to see if there be any that understand and seek God. 658 659% 660BOOK OF PSALMS 13 661The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ. 662 66313:3. They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: 664there is none that doth good: no not one. Their throat is an open 665sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: the poison of 666asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and 667bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and 668unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: 669there is no fear of God before their eyes. 670 671% 672BOOK OF PSALMS 13 673The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ. 674 67513:4. Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people 676as they eat bread? 67713:5. They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for 678fear, where there was no fear. 67913:6. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the 680counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope. 681 682% 683BOOK OF PSALMS 13 684The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ. 685 68613:7. Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord 687shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall 688rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 689 690% 691BOOK OF PSALMS 14 692What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion. 693 69414:1. A psalm for David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or 695who shall rest in thy holy hill? 69614:2. He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice: 69714:3. He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in 698his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a 699reproach against his neighbours. 700 701% 702BOOK OF PSALMS 14 703What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion. 704 70514:4. In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he 706glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, 707and deceiveth not; 70814:5. He that hath not put out his money to usury, nortaken bribes 709against the innocent: He that doth these things, shall not be moved for 710ever. 711 712% 713BOOK OF PSALMS 15 714Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death. 715 71615:1. The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, 717for I have put my trust in thee. 718The inscription of a title. . .That is, of a pillar or monument, 719staylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most 720worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument. 72115:2. I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need 722of my goods. 72315:3. To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my 724desires in them. 72515:4. Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I 726will not gather together their meetings for bloodofferings: nor will I 727be mindful of their names by my lips. 728 729% 730BOOK OF PSALMS 15 731Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death. 732 73315:5. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is 734thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. 73515:6. The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance 736is goodly to me. 737 738% 739BOOK OF PSALMS 15 740Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death. 741 74215:7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, 743my reins also have corrected me even till night. 74415:8. I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, 745that I be not moved. 74615:9. Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: 747moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope. 74815:10. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give 749thy holy one to see corruption. 750 751% 752BOOK OF PSALMS 15 753Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death. 754 75515:11. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me 756with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to 757the end. 758 759% 760BOOK OF PSALMS 16 761A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy. 762 76316:1. The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my 764supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from 765deceitful lips. 76616:2. Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes 767behold the things that are equitable. 768 769% 770BOOK OF PSALMS 16 771A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy. 77216:3. Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast 773tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me. 77416:4. That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the 775words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways. 776 777% 778BOOK OF PSALMS 16 779A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy. 780 78116:5. Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not 782moved. 78316:6. I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline 784thy ear unto me, and hear my words. 785 786% 787BOOK OF PSALMS 16 788A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy. 789 79016:7. Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust 791in thee. 79216:8. From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy 793eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. 79416:9. From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies 795have surrounded my soul: 79616:10. They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly. 797Their fat. . .That is, their bowels of compassion: for they have none 798for me. 79916:11. They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they 800have set their eyes bowing down to the earth. 80116:12. They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a 802young lion dwelling in secret places. 803 804% 805BOOK OF PSALMS 16 806A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy. 807 80816:13. Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul 809from the wicked one; thy sword 81016:14. From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few 811of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden 812stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little 813ones the rest of their substance. 814 815Divide them from the few, etc. . .That is, cut them off from the earth, 816and the few trifling things thereof; which they are so proud of, or 817divide them from the few; that is, from thy elect, who are but few; 818that they may no longer have it in their power to oppress them. It is 819not meant by way of a curse or imprecation; but, as many other the like 820passages in the psalms, by way of a prediction, or prophecy of what 821should come upon them, in punishment of their wickedness. Ibid. Thy 822hidden stores. . .Thy secret treasures, out of which thou furnishest 823those earthly goods, which, with a bountiful hand thou hast distributed 824both to the good and the bad. 825 82616:15. But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I 827shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear. 828 829% 830BOOK OF PSALMS 17 831David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 832 83317:1. Unto the end, for David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to 834the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered 835him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he 836said: 83717:2. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: 83817:3. The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is 839my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn 840of my salvation, and my support. 841 842% 843BOOK OF PSALMS 17 844David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 845 84617:4. Praising, I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my 847enemies. 84817:5. The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity 849troubled me. 85017:6. The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death 851prevented me. 852 853% 854BOOK OF PSALMS 17 855David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 856 85717:7. In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: 858And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came 859into his ears. 86017:8. The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains 861were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them. 86217:9. There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his 863face: coals were kindled by it. 864 865% 866BOOK OF PSALMS 17 867David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 868 86917:10. He bowed the heavens, and came down, and darkness was under his 870feet. 87117:11. And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the 872wings of the winds. 87317:12. And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: 874dark waters in the clouds of the air. 87517:13. At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail 876and coals of fire. 87717:14. And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Highest gave his 878voice: hail and coals of fire. 87917:15. And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he 880multiplied lightnings, and troubled them. 88117:16. Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of 882the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the 883spirit of thy wrath. 884 885% 886BOOK OF PSALMS 17 887David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 888 88917:17. He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many 890waters. 89117:18. He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that 892hated me: for they were too strong for me. 89317:19. They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord 894became my protector. 89517:20. And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because 896he was well pleased with me. 89717:21. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will 898repay me according to the cleanness of my hands: 89917:22. Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done 900wickedly against my God. 901 902% 903BOOK OF PSALMS 17 904David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 905 90617:23. For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have 907not put away from me. 90817:24. And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my 909iniquity. 910 911% 912BOOK OF PSALMS 17 913David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 914 91517:25. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and 916according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. 91717:26. With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou 918wilt be innocent: 91917:27. And withe the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse 920thou wilt be perverted. 92117:28. For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the 922eyes of the proud. 92317:29. For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my 924darkness. 92517:30. For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my 926God I shall go over a wall. 927 928% 929BOOK OF PSALMS 17 930David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 931 93217:31. As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are 933fire-tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him. 93417:32. For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God? 935 936% 937BOOK OF PSALMS 17 938David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 939 94017:33. God, who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless. 94117:34. Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me 942upon high places. 94317:35. Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a 944brazen bow. 94517:36. And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy 946right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto 947the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me. 948 949% 950BOOK OF PSALMS 17 951David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 952 95317:37. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not 954weakened. 95517:38. I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will 956not turn again till they are consumed. 95717:39. I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they 958shall fall under my feet. 95917:40. And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast 960subdued under me them that rose up against me. 96117:41. And thou hast made my enemies furn their back upon me, and hast 962destroyed them that hated me. 963 964% 965BOOK OF PSALMS 17 966David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 967 96817:42. They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he 969heard them not. 97017:43. And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I 971shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets. 972 973% 974BOOK OF PSALMS 17 975David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 976 97717:44. Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou 978wilt make me head of the Gentiles. 97917:45. A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the 980ear they have obeyed me. 98117:46. The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange 982children have faded away, and have halted from their paths. 98317:47. The Lord liveth, and blessed by my God, and let the God of my 984salvation be exalted. 985 986% 987BOOK OF PSALMS 17 988David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 989 99017:48. O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my 991deliverer from my enraged enemies. 99217:49. And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: 993from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me. 99417:50. Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, 995and I will sing a psalm to thy name. 99617:51. Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to 997David, his anointed: and to his seed for ever. 998 999% 1000BOOK OF PSALMS 18 1001The works of God shew forth his glory: his law is greatly to be 1002esteemed and loved. 1003 100418:1. Unto the end. A Psalm for David. 100518:2. The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament 1006declareth the work of his hands. 100718:3. Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night sheweth knowledge. 1008 1009% 1010BOOK OF PSALMS 18 1011The works of God shew forth his glory: his law is greatly to be 1012esteemed and loved. 1013 101418:4. There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not 1015heard. 101618:5. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words 1017unto the ends of the world. 101818:6. He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: and he as a bridegroom 1019coming out of his bridechamber, Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the 1020way: 102118:7. His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to 1022the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his 1023heat. 1024 1025% 1026BOOK OF PSALMS 18 1027The works of God shew forth his glory: his law is greatly to be 1028esteemed and loved. 1029 103018:8. The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony 1031of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. 103218:9. The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the 1033commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes. 103418:10. The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: the 1035judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves. 103618:11. More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and 1037sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. 103818:12. For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there is a 1039great reward. 1040 1041% 1042BOOK OF PSALMS 18 1043The works of God shew forth his glory: his law is greatly to be 1044esteemed and loved. 1045 104618:13. Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: 104718:14. And from those of others spare thy servant. If they shall have 1048no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: and I shall be 1049cleansed form the greatest sin. 105018:15. And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the 1051meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper and my 1052Redeemer. 1053 1054% 1055BOOK OF PSALMS 19 1056A prayer for the king. 1057 105819:1. Unto the end. A psalm for David. 105919:2. May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of 1060the God of Jacob protect thee. 106119:3. May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of 1062Sion. 106319:4. May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole 1064burntoffering be made fat. 106519:5. May he give thee according to thy own heart; and confirm all thy 1066counsels. 1067 1068% 1069BOOK OF PSALMS 19 1070A prayer for the king. 1071 107219:6. We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the name of our God we 1073shall be exalted. 107419:7. The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: now have I known that the Lord 1075hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven: the 1076salvation of his right hand is in powers. 1077The salvation of his right hand is in powers. . .That is, in strength. 1078His right hand is strong and mighty to save them that trust in him. 107919:8. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon 1080the name of the Lord, our God. 108119:9. They are bound, and have fallen: but we are risen, and are set 1082upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall 1083call upon thee. 1084 1085% 1086BOOK OF PSALMS 20 1087Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion. 1088 108920:1. Unto the end. A psalm for David. 109020:2. In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation 1091he shall rejoice exceedingly. 109220:3. Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden 1093from him the will of his lips. 109420:4. For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou 1095hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. 1096 1097% 1098BOOK OF PSALMS 20 1099Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion. 1100 110120:5. He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for 1102ever and ever. 110320:6. His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt 1104thou lay upon him. 110520:7. For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou 1106shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance. 110720:8. For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the 1108most High he shall not be moved. 1109 1110% 1111BOOK OF PSALMS 20 1112Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion. 1113 111420:9. Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find 1115out all them that hate thee. 111620:10. Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy 1117anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour 1118them. 111920:11. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed 1120from among the children of men. 112120:12. For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised 1122counsels which they have not been able to establish. 112320:13. For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou 1124shalt prepare their face. 1125In thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face. . .Or thou shalt set thy 1126remnants against their faces. That is, thou shalt make them see what 1127punishments remain for them hereafter from thy justice. Instead of 1128remnants, St. Jerome renders it funes, that is, cords or strings, viz., 1129of the bow of divine justice, from which God directs his arrows against 1130the faces of his enemies. 113120:14. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and 1132praise thy power. 1133 1134% 1135BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1136Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1137 113821:1. Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David. 113921:2. O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from 1140my salvation are the words of my sins. 1141The words of my sins. . .That is, the sins of the world, which I have 1142taken upon myself, cry out against me, and are the cause of all my 1143sufferings. 114421:3. O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by 1145night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me. 114621:4. But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel. 1147 1148% 1149BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1150Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1151 115221:5. In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast 1153delivered them. 115421:6. They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, 1155and were not confounded. 115621:7. But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast 1157of the people. 115821:8. All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken 1159with the lips, and wagged the head. 1160 1161% 1162BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1163Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1164 116521:9. He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, 1166seeing he delighteth in him. 116721:10. For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from 1168the breasts of my mother. 116921:11. I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou 1170art my God, 117121:12. Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is 1172none to help me. 1173 1174% 1175BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1176Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1177 117821:13. Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me. 117921:14.They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and 1180roaring. 118121:15. I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My 1182heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels. 118321:16. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath 1184cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of 1185death. 118621:17. For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant 1187hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet. 1188 1189% 1190BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1191Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1192 119321:18. They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared 1194upon me. 119521:19. They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they 1196cast lots. 119721:20. But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; 1198look towards my defence. 1199 1200% 1201BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1202Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1203 120421:21. Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the 1205hand of the dog. 120621:22. Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of 1207the unicorns. 120821:23. I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the 1209church will I praise thee. 1210 1211% 1212BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1213Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1214 121521:24. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, 1216glorify him. 121721:25. Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not 1218slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he 1219turned away his face form me: and when I cried to him he heard me. 122021:26. With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in 1221the sight of them that fear him. 122221:27. The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise 1223the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever. 122421:28. All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted 1225to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his 1226sight. 122721:29. For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over 1228the nations. 1229 1230% 1231BOOK OF PSALMS 21 1232Christ's passion: and the conversion of the Gentiles. 1233 123421:30. All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all 1235they that go down to the earth shall fall before him. 123621:31. And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him. 123721:32. There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and 1238the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be 1239born, which the Lord hath made. 1240 1241% 1242BOOK OF PSALMS 22 1243God's spiritual benefits to faithful souls. 1244 124522:1. A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. 1246Ruleth me. . .In Hebrew, Is my shepherd, viz., to feed, guide, and 1247govern me. 124822:2. He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on 1249the water of refreshment: 125022:3. He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of 1251justice, for his own name's sake. 125222:4. For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I 1253will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they 1254have comforted me. 1255 1256% 1257BOOK OF PSALMS 22 1258God's spiritual benefits to faithful souls. 1259 126022:5. Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict 1261me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which 1262inebreateth me, how goodly is it! 126322:6. And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I 1264may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days. 1265 1266% 1267BOOK OF PSALMS 23 1268Who are they that shall ascend to heaven: Christ's triumphant ascension 1269thither. 1270 127123:1. On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the 1272Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell 1273therein. 127423:2. For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon 1275the rivers. 127623:3. Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall 1277stand in his holy place? 127823:4. The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his 1279soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. 128023:5. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his 1281Saviour. 1282 1283% 1284BOOK OF PSALMS 23 1285Who are they that shall ascend to heaven: Christ's triumphant ascension 1286thither. 1287 128823:6. This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek 1289the face of the God of Jacob. 129023:7. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal 1291gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in. 129223:8. Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the 1293Lord mighty in battle. 129423:9. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal 1295gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in. 129623:10. Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the King of 1297Glory. 1298 1299% 1300BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1301A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1302 130324:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted 1304up my soul. 130524:2. In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed. 130624:3. Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on 1307thee shall be confounded. 130824:4. Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. 1309Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths. 1310 1311% 1312BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1313A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1314 131524:5. Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my 1316Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long. 131724:6. Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that 1318are from the beginning of the world. 131924:7. The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According 1320to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 1321 1322% 1323BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1324A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1325 132624:8. The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to 1327sinners in the way. 132824:9. He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his 1329ways. 1330 1331% 1332BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1333A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1334 133524:10. All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek 1336after his covenant and his testimonies. 133724:11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is 1338great. 1339 1340% 1341BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1342A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1343 134424:12. Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a 1345law in the way he hath chosen. 134624:13. His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit 1347the land. 1348 1349% 1350BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1351A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1352 135324:14. The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant 1354shall be made manifest to them. 135524:15. My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet 1356out of the snare. 135724:16. Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and 1358poor. 1359 1360% 1361BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1362A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1363 136424:17. The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my 1365necessities. 136624:18. See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins. 136724:19. Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me 1368with an unjust hatred. 1369 1370% 1371BOOK OF PSALMS 24 1372A prayer for grace, mercy, and protection against our enemies. 1373 137424:20. Deep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I 1375have hoped in thee. 137624:21. The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have 1377waited on thee. 137824:22. Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations. 1379 1380% 1381BOOK OF PSALMS 25 1382David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he may 1383come to worship him in his tabernacle. 1384 138525:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have 1386walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall 1387not be weakened. 138825:2. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart. 138925:3. For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy 1390truth. 1391 1392% 1393BOOK OF PSALMS 25 1394David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he may 1395come to worship him in his tabernacle. 1396 139725:4. I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in 1398with the doers of unjust things. 139925:5. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I 1400will not sit. 140125:6. I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy 1402altar, O Lord: 140325:7. That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy 1404wondrous works. 1405 1406% 1407BOOK OF PSALMS 25 1408David's prayer to God in his distress, to be delivered, that he may 1409come to worship him in his tabernacle. 1410 141125:8. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place 1412where thy glory dwelleth. 141325:9. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with 1414bloody men: 141525:10. In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with 1416gifts. 141725:11. But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and 1418have mercy on me. 141925:12. My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will 1420bless thee, O Lord. 1421 1422% 1423BOOK OF PSALMS 26 1424David's faith and hope in God. 1425 142626:1. The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light 1427and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my 1428life: of whom shall I be afraid? 142926:2. Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My 1430enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have 1431fallen. 1432 1433% 1434BOOK OF PSALMS 26 1435David's faith and hope in God. 1436 143726:3. If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart 1438shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I 1439be confident. 144026:4. One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that 1441I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I 1442may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple. 144326:5. For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he 1444hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle. 144526:6. He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head 1446above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his 1447tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm 1448to the Lord. 1449 1450% 1451BOOK OF PSALMS 26 1452David's faith and hope in God. 1453 145426:7. Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have 1455mercy on me and hear me. 145626:8. My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy face, O 1457Lord, will I still seek. 145826:9. Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy 1459servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O 1460God my Saviour. 146126:10. For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord hath 1462taken me up. 1463 1464% 1465BOOK OF PSALMS 26 1466David's faith and hope in God. 1467 146826:11. Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the right 1469path, because of my enemies. 147026:12. Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for 1471unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to 1472itself. 147326:13. I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the 1474living. 147526:14. Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, 1476and wait thou for the Lord. 1477 1478% 1479BOOK OF PSALMS 27 1480David's prayer that his enemies may not prevail over him. 1481 148227:1. A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my 1483God, be not thou silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become 1484like them that go down into the pit. 148527:2. Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; 1486when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple. 148727:3. Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers 1488of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but 1489evils are in their hearts. 149027:4. Give them according to their works, and according to the 1491wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands 1492give thou to them: render to them their reward. 149327:5. Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the 1494operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build 1495them up. 1496 1497% 1498BOOK OF PSALMS 27 1499David's prayer that his enemies may not prevail over him. 1500 150127:6. Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my 1502supplication. 150327:7. The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart 1504confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, 1505and with my will I will give praise to him. 150627:8. The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the 1507salvation of his anointed. 150827:9. Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule 1509them and exalt them for ever. 1510 1511% 1512BOOK OF PSALMS 28 1513An invitation to glorify God, with a commemoration of his mighty works. 1514 151528:1. A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to 1516the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of 1517rams. 151828:2. Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to 1519his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court. 152028:3. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath 1521thundered, The Lord is upon many waters. 152228:4. The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of the Lord in 1523magnificence. 152428:5. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord shall 1525break the cedars of Libanus. 152628:6. And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and as the 1527beloved son of unicorns. 1528 1529% 1530BOOK OF PSALMS 28 1531An invitation to glorify God, with a commemoration of his mighty works. 1532 153328:7. The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire: 153428:8. The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall 1535shake the desert of Cades. 153628:9. The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover 1537the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory. 153828:10. The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit king 1539for ever. The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will 1540bless his people with peace. 1541 1542% 1543BOOK OF PSALMS 29 1544David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with 1545him. 1546 154729:1. A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house. 154829:2. I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and hast not 1549made my enemies to rejoice over me. 1550 1551% 1552BOOK OF PSALMS 29 1553David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with 1554him. 1555 155629:3. O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and thou hast healed me. 155729:4. Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou hast 1558saved me from them that go down into the pit. 155929:5. Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory 1560of his holiness. 156129:6. For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In 1562the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness. 156329:7. And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved. 1564 1565% 1566BOOK OF PSALMS 29 1567David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with 1568him. 1569 157029:8. O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou 1571turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled. 157229:9. To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my 1573God. 1574 1575% 1576BOOK OF PSALMS 29 1577David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with 1578him. 1579 158029:10. What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to 1581corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth? 158229:11. The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became 1583my helper. 1584 1585% 1586BOOK OF PSALMS 29 1587David praiseth God for his deliverance, and his merciful dealings with 1588him. 1589 159029:12. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my 1591sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness: 159229:13. To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: 1593O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever. 1594 1595% 1596BOOK OF PSALMS 30 1597A prayer of a just man under affliction. 1598 159930:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. 160030:2. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: 1601deliver me in thy justice. 160230:3. Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me 1603a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me. 160430:4. For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name's sake 1605thou wilt lead me, and nourish me. 160630:5. Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for 1607me: for thou art my protector. 1608 1609% 1610BOOK OF PSALMS 30 1611A prayer of a just man under affliction. 1612 161330:6. Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O 1614Lord, the God of truth. 161530:7. Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I 1616have hoped in the Lord: 161730:8. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou hast regarded 1618my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses. 161930:9. And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast 1620set my feet in a spacious place. 1621 1622% 1623BOOK OF PSALMS 30 1624A prayer of a just man under affliction. 1625 162630:10. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled 1627with wrath, my soul, and my belly: 162830:11. For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My 1629strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed. 163030:12. I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my 1631neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without 1632fled from me. 163330:13. I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a 1634vessel that is destroyed. 163530:14. For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While 1636they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my 1637life. 163830:15. But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my 1639God. 1640 1641% 1642BOOK OF PSALMS 30 1643A prayer of a just man under affliction. 1644 164530:16. My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my 1646enemies; and from them that persecute me. 164730:17. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy. 164830:18. Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. 1649Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. 1650 1651% 1652BOOK OF PSALMS 30 1653A prayer of a just man under affliction. 1654 165530:19. Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against 1656the just, with pride and abuse. 165730:20. O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which 1658thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for 1659them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men. 166030:21. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the 1661disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the 1662contradiction of tongues. 1663 1664% 1665BOOK OF PSALMS 30 1666A prayer of a just man under affliction. 1667 166830:22. Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me 1669in a fortified city. 167030:23. But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before 1671thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I 1672cried to thee. 167330:24. O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require 1674truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly. 167530:25. Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that 1676hope in the Lord. 1677 1678% 1679BOOK OF PSALMS 31 1680The second penitential psalm. 1681 168231:1. To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose 1683iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 168431:2. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in 1685whose spirit there is no guile. 168631:3. Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all 1687the day long. 1688Because I was silent, etc. . .That is, whilst I kept silence, by 1689concealing, or refusing to confess my sins, thy hand was heavy upon me, 1690etc. 169131:4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my 1692anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened. 1693I am turned, etc. . .That is, I turn and roll about in my bed to seek 1694for ease in my pain whilst the thorn of thy justice pierces my flesh, 1695and sticks fast in me. Or, I am turned: that is, I am converted to 1696thee, my God, by being brought to a better understanding by thy 1697chastisements. In the Hebrew it is, my moisture is turned into the 1698droughts of the summer. 1699 1700% 1701BOOK OF PSALMS 31 1702The second penitential psalm. 1703 170431:5. I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not 1705concealed. I said I will confess against my self my injustice to the 1706Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin. 170731:6. For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a 1708seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come 1709nigh unto him. 171031:7. Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my 1711joy, deliver me from them that surround me. 1712 1713% 1714BOOK OF PSALMS 31 1715The second penitential psalm. 1716 171731:8. I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this 1718way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee. 171931:9. Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no 1720understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not 1721near unto thee. 1722 1723% 1724BOOK OF PSALMS 31 1725The second penitential psalm. 1726 172731:10. Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass 1728him that hopeth in the Lord. 172931:11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye 1730right of heart. 1731 1732% 1733BOOK OF PSALMS 32 1734An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him. 1735 173632:1. A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise 1737becometh the upright. 173832:2. Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the 1739psaltery, the instrument of ten strings. 174032:3. Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise. 174132:4. For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done 1742with faithfulness. 1743 1744% 1745BOOK OF PSALMS 32 1746An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him. 1747 174832:5. He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of 1749the Lord. 175032:6. By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the 1751power of them by the spirit of his mouth: 175232:7. Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying 1753up the depths in storehouses. 175432:8. Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of 1755the world be in awe of him. 175632:9. For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were 1757created. 1758 1759% 1760BOOK OF PSALMS 32 1761An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him. 1762 176332:10. The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he 1764rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of 1765princes. 176632:11. But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of 1767his heart to all generations. 176832:12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he 1769hath chosen for his inheritance. 177032:13. The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of 1771men. 177232:14. From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon 1773all that dwell on the earth. 177432:15. He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who 1775understandeth all their works. 1776 1777% 1778BOOK OF PSALMS 32 1779An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him. 1780 178132:16. The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be 1782saved by his own great strength. 178332:17. Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the 1784abundance of his strength. 178532:18. Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on 1786them that hope in his mercy. 178732:19. To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine. 1788 1789% 1790BOOK OF PSALMS 32 1791An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him. 1792 179332:20. Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and 1794protector. 179532:21. For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have 1796trusted. 179732:22. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hooped in thee. 1798 1799% 1800BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1801An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1802 180333:1. For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who 1804dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Kings 21.] 180533:2. I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in 1806my mouth. 180733:3. In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and 1808rejoice. 1809 1810% 1811BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1812An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1813 181433:4. O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together. 181533:5. I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all 1816my troubles. 181733:6. Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be 1818confounded. 1819 1820% 1821BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1822An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1823 182433:7. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of 1825all his troubles. 182633:8. The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear 1827him: and shall deliver them. 182833:9. O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that 1829hopeth in him. 1830 1831% 1832BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1833An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1834 183533:10. Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them 1836that fear him. 183733:11. The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that 1838seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good. 183933:12. Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the 1840Lord. 1841 1842% 1843BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1844An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1845 184633:13. Who is the man that desireth life: who liveth to see good days? 184733:14. Keep thy tongue form evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 184833:15. Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it. 1849 1850% 1851BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1852An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1853 185433:16. The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their 1855prayers. 185633:17. But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil 1857things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 1858 1859% 1860BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1861An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1862 186333:18. The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out 1864of all their troubles. 186533:19. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he 1866will save the humble of spirit. 186733:20. Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will 1868the Lord deliver them. 1869 1870% 1871BOOK OF PSALMS 33 1872An exhortation to the praise, and service of God. 1873 187433:21. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he 1875will save the humble of spirit. 187633:22. The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the 1877just shall be guilty. 187833:23. The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them 1879that trust in him shall offend. 1880 1881% 1882BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1883David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1884prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1885 188634:1. For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: 1887overthrow them that fight against me. 188834:2. Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me. 188934:3. Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that 1890persecute me: say to my soul: I am thy salvation. 1891 1892% 1893BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1894David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1895prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1896 189734:4. Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let 1898them be turned back and be confounded that devise evil against me. 189934:5. Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the 1900Lord straiten them. 190134:6. Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the 1902Lord pursue them. 190334:7. For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto 1904destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul. 190534:8. Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him: and let the net 1906which he hath hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall. 190734:9. But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be delighted in 1908his salvation. 1909 1910% 1911BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1912David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1913prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1914 191534:10. All my bones shall say: Lord, who is like to thee? Who 1916deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are stronger than he; 1917the needy and the poor from them that strip him. 191834:11. Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not. 191934:12. They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul. 192034:13. But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed 1921with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be 1922turned into my bosom. 1923 1924% 1925BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1926David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1927prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1928 192934:14. As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please: as one 1930mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled. 193134:15. But they rejoiced against me, and came together: scourges were 1932gathered together upon me, and I knew not. 1933 1934% 1935BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1936David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1937prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1938 193934:16. They were separated, and repented not: they tempted me, they 1940scoffed at me with scorn: they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 194134:17. Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou my soul from 1942their malice: my only one from the lions. 194334:18. I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee 1944in a strong people. 1945 1946% 1947BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1948David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1949prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1950 195134:19. Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: who 1952have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes. 195334:20. For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger 1954of the earth they devised guile. 195534:21. And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well 1956done, well done, our eyes have seen it. 1957 1958% 1959BOOK OF PSALMS 34 1960David, in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors: 1961prophetically foreshewing the punishments that shall fall upon them. 1962 196334:22. Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not 1964from me. 196534:23. Arise, and be attentive to my judgment: to my cause, my God, and 1966my Lord. 196734:24. Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them 1968not rejoice over me. 196934:25. Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our 1970mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up. 197134:26. Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my 1972evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great 1973things against me. 197434:27. Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my 1975justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights 1976in the peace of his servant. 197734:28. And my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day 1978long. 1979 1980% 1981BOOK OF PSALMS 35 1982The malice of sinners, and the goodness of God. 1983 198435:1. Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself. 198535:2. The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin: there is 1986no fear of God before his eyes. 198735:3. For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may 1988be found unto hatred. 1989Unto hatred. . .That is, hateful to God. 199035:4. The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not 1991understand that he might do well. 199235:5. He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every 1993way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated. 1994 1995% 1996BOOK OF PSALMS 35 1997The malice of sinners, and the goodness of God. 1998 199935:6. O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth even to 2000the clouds. 200135:7. Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great 2002deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord: 200335:8. O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of 2004men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings. 2005 2006% 2007BOOK OF PSALMS 35 2008The malice of sinners, and the goodness of God. 2009 201035:9. They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou 2011shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure. 201235:10. For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall 2013see light. 201435:11. Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice to them 2015that are right in heart. 201635:12. Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of 2017the sinner move me. 201835:13. There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast out, and 2019could not stand. 2020 2021% 2022BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2023An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2024wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2025 202636:1. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity. 202736:2. For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green 2028herbs shall quickly fall. 2029 2030% 2031BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2032An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2033wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2034 203536:3. Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou 2036shalt be fed with its riches. 203736:4. Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy 2038heart. 2039 2040% 2041BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2042An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2043wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2044 204536:5. Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it. 204636:6. And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy 2047judgment as the noonday. 2048 2049% 2050BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2051An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2052wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2053 205436:7. Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who 2055prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things. 205636:8. Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil. 205736:9. For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, 2058they shall inherit the land. 205936:10. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou 2060shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it. 206136:11. But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in 2062abundance of peace. 2063 2064% 2065BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2066An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2067wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2068 206936:12. The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him 2070with his teeth. 207136:13. But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day 2072shall come. 207336:14. The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. 2074To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart. 207536:15. Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow 2076be broken. 2077 2078% 2079BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2080An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2081wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2082 208336:16. Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the 2084wicked. 208536:17. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the 2086Lord strengtheneth the just. 208736:18. The Lord knoweth the days of the undefiled; and their 2088inheritance shall be for ever. 208936:19. They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days 2090of famine they shall be filled: 209136:20. Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, 2092presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to 2093nothing and vanish like smoke. 2094 2095% 2096BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2097An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2098wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2099 210036:21. The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth 2101mercy and shall give. 210236:22. For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse 2103him shall perish. 210436:23. With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall 2105like well his way. 210636:24. When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth 2107his hand under him. 2108 2109% 2110BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2111An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2112wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2113 211436:25. I have been young and now am old; and I have not seen the just 2115forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread. 211636:26. He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed 2117shall be in blessing. 2118 2119% 2120BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2121An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2122wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2123 212436:27. Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever. 212536:28. For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: 2126they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the 2127seed of the wicked shall perish. 212836:29. But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for 2129evermore. 2130 2131% 2132BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2133An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2134wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2135 213636:30. The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue 2137shall speak judgment. 213836:31. The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be 2139supplanted. 214036:32. The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to 2141death, 214236:33. But the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him 2143when he shall be judged. 2144 2145% 2146BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2147An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2148wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2149 215036:34. Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to 2151inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see. 215236:35. I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the 2153cedars of Libanus. 215436:36. And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his 2155place was not found. 2156 2157% 2158BOOK OF PSALMS 36 2159An exhortation to despise this world; and the short prosperity of the 2160wicked; and to trust in Providence. 2161 216236:37. Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for 2163the peaceable man. 216436:38. But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the 2165wicked shall perish. 216636:39. But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their 2167protector in the time of trouble. 216836:40. And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue 2169them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him. 2170 2171% 2172BOOK OF PSALMS 37 2173A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third 2174penitential psalm. 2175 217637:1. A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath. 2177For a remembrance. . .Viz., of our miseries and sins: and to be sung on 2178the sabbath day. 217937:2. Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy 2180wrath. 218137:3. For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong 2182upon me. 2183 2184% 2185BOOK OF PSALMS 37 2186A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third 2187penitential psalm. 2188 218937:4. There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no 2190peace for my bones, because of my sins. 219137:5. For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden 2192are become heavy upon me. 2193 2194% 2195BOOK OF PSALMS 37 2196A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third 2197penitential psalm. 2198 219937:6. My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness. 220037:7. I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I 2201walked sorrowful all the day long. 220237:8. For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in 2203my flesh. 2204 2205% 2206BOOK OF PSALMS 37 2207A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third 2208penitential psalm. 2209 221037:9. I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the 2211groaning of my heart. 221237:10. Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not 2213hidden from thee. 2214 2215% 2216BOOK OF PSALMS 37 2217A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third 2218penitential psalm. 2219 222037:11. My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of 2221my eyes itself is not with me. 222237:12. My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against 2223me. And they that were near me stood afar off: 222437:13. And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought 2225evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long. 222637:14. But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as a dumb man not opening 2227his mouth. 222837:15. And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no 2229reproofs in his mouth. 223037:16. For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my 2231God. 223237:17. For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and 2233whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me. 223437:18. For I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is continually before 2235me. 223637:19. For I will declare my iniquity: and I will think for my sin. 223737:20. But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate 2238me wrongfully are multiplied. 223937:21. They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I 2240followed goodness. 224137:22. For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me. 224237:23. Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation. 2243 2244% 2245BOOK OF PSALMS 38 2246A just man's peace and patience in his sufferings; considering the 2247vanity of the world, and the providence of God. 2248 224938:1. Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. 225038:2. I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my 2251tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against 2252me. 225338:3. I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: 2254and my sorrow was renewed. 225538:4. My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall 2256flame out. 225738:5. I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is 2258the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me. 225938:6. Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as 2260nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man 2261living. 2262 2263% 2264BOOK OF PSALMS 38 2265A just man's peace and patience in his sufferings; considering the 2266vanity of the world, and the providence of God. 2267 226838:7. Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in 2269vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these 2270things. 227138:8. And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is 2272with thee. 227338:9. Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a 2274reproach to the fool. 2275 2276% 2277BOOK OF PSALMS 38 2278A just man's peace and patience in his sufferings; considering the 2279vanity of the world, and the providence of God. 2280 228138:10. I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done 2282it. 228338:11. Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made 2284me faint in rebukes: 228538:12. Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his 2286soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted. 228738:13. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my 2288tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as 2289all my fathers were. 229038:14. O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be 2291no more. 2292 2293% 2294BOOK OF PSALMS 39 2295Christ's coming, and redeeming mankind. 2296 229739:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. 229839:2. With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive 2299to me. 230039:3. And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery 2301and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my 2302steps. 230339:4. And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many 2304shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord. 2305 2306% 2307BOOK OF PSALMS 39 2308Christ's coming, and redeeming mankind. 2309 231039:5. Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and 2311who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies. 231239:6. Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in 2313thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have 2314spoken they are multiplied above number. 231539:7. Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast 2316pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not 2317require: 231839:8. Then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written 2319of me 232039:9. That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy 2321law in the midst of my heart. 2322 2323% 2324BOOK OF PSALMS 39 2325Christ's coming, and redeeming mankind. 2326 232739:10. I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not 2328restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it. 232939:11. I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy 2330truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth 2331from a great council. 233239:12. Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy 2333and thy truth have always upheld me. 233439:13. For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have 2335overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the 2336hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me. 2337My iniquities. . .That is, the sins of all mankind, which I have taken 2338upon me. 2339 2340% 2341BOOK OF PSALMS 39 2342Christ's coming, and redeeming mankind. 2343 234439:14. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. look down, O Lord, to help 2345me. 234639:15. Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my 2347soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that 2348desire evils to me. 234939:16. Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me: 'T is 2350well, t' is well. 2351'T is well. . .The Hebrew here is an interjection of insult and 2352derision, like the Vah. Matt. 27.49. 235339:17. Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such 2354as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified. 235539:18. But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art 2356my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack. 2357 2358% 2359BOOK OF PSALMS 40 2360The happiness of him that shall believe in Christ; notwithstanding the 2361humility and poverty in which he shall come: the malice of his enemies, 2362especially of the traitor Judas. 2363 236440:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. 236540:2. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the 2366poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. 236740:3. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed 2368upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. 236940:4. The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his 2370couch in his sickness. 2371 2372% 2373BOOK OF PSALMS 40 2374The happiness of him that shall believe in Christ; notwithstanding the 2375humility and poverty in which he shall come: the malice of his enemies, 2376especially of the traitor Judas. 2377 237840:5. I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have 2379sinned against thee. 238040:6. My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and 2381his name perish? 238240:7. And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart 2383gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same 2384purpose. 2385 2386% 2387BOOK OF PSALMS 40 2388The happiness of him that shall believe in Christ; notwithstanding the 2389humility and poverty in which he shall come: the malice of his enemies, 2390especially of the traitor Judas. 2391 239240:8. All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils 2393to me. 239440:9. They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth 2395rise again no more? 239640:10. For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my 2397bread, hath greatly supplanted me. 239840:11. But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise my up again: and I 2399will requite them. 240040:12. By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because 2401my enemy shall not rejoice over me. 240240:13. But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast 2403established me in thy sight for ever. 240440:14. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. 2405So be it. So be it. 2406 2407% 2408BOOK OF PSALMS 41 2409The fervent desire of the just after God: hope in afflictions. 2410 241141:1. Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core. 241241:2. As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul 2413panteth after thee, O God. 241441:3. My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I 2415come and appear before the face of God? 241641:4. My tears have been my bread day and night, whilst it is said to 2417me daily: Where is thy God? 241841:5. These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I 2419shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the 2420house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one 2421feasting. 2422 2423% 2424BOOK OF PSALMS 41 2425The fervent desire of the just after God: hope in afflictions. 2426 242741:6. Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me? Hope 2428in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my 2429countenance, 243041:7. And my God. My soul is troubled within my self: therefore will I 2431remember thee from the land of Jordan and Hermoniim, from the little 2432hill. 243341:8. Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-gates. All thy 2434heights and thy billows have passed over me. 2435 2436% 2437BOOK OF PSALMS 41 2438The fervent desire of the just after God: hope in afflictions. 2439 244041:9. In the daytime the Lord hath commanded his mercy; and a canticle 2441to him in the night. With me is prayer to the God of my life. 244241:10. I will say to God: Thou art my support. Why hast thou forgotten 2443me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy afflicteth me? 244441:11. Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have 2445reproached me; Whilst they say to me day by day: Where is thy God? 244641:12. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet 2447me? Hope thou in God, for I will still give praise to him: the 2448salvation of my countenance, and my God. 2449 2450% 2451BOOK OF PSALMS 42 2452The prophet aspireth after the temple and altar of God. 2453 245442:1. A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from 2455the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful 2456man. 245742:2. For thou art God my strength: why hast thou cast me off? and why 2458do I go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me? 245942:3. Sent forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and 2460brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles. 246142:4. And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my 2462youth. 246342:5. To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art 2464thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me? 246542:6. Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation 2466of my countenance, and my God. 2467 2468% 2469BOOK OF PSALMS 43 2470The church commemorates former favours, and present afflictions; under 2471which she prays for succour. 2472 247343:1. Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. 247443:2. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to 2475us, The work thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old. 247643:3. Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou 2477didst afflict the people and cast them out. 247843:4. For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: 2479neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, 2480and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them. 248143:5. Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of 2482Jacob. 2483 2484% 2485BOOK OF PSALMS 43 2486The church commemorates former favours, and present afflictions; under 2487which she prays for succour. 2488 248943:6. Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and 2490through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us. 249143:7. For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me. 249243:8. But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put 2493them to shame that hate us. 2494 2495% 2496BOOK OF PSALMS 43 2497The church commemorates former favours, and present afflictions; under 2498which she prays for succour. 2499 250043:9. In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will 2501give praise for ever. 250243:10. But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou , O 2503God, wilt not go out with our armies. 250443:11. Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that 2505hated us plundered for themselves. 250643:12. Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast 2507scattered us among the nations. 250843:13. Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no 2509reckoning in the exchange of them. 251043:14. Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and 2511derision to them that are round about us. 251243:15. Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the 2513head among the people. 2514 2515% 2516BOOK OF PSALMS 43 2517The church commemorates former favours, and present afflictions; under 2518which she prays for succour. 2519 252043:16. All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my 2521face hath covered me, 252243:17. At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the 2523face of the enemy and persecutor. 252443:18. All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten 2525thee: and we have not done wickedly in thy covenant. 252643:19. And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned 2527aside our steps from thy way. 252843:20. For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the 2529shadow of death hath covered us. 2530 2531% 2532BOOK OF PSALMS 43 2533The church commemorates former favours, and present afflictions; under 2534which she prays for succour. 2535 253643:21. If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread 2537forth our hands to a strange god: 253843:22. Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the 2539secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day 2540long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 254143:23. Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to 2542the end. 254343:24. Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our 2544trouble? 254543:25. For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to 2546the earth. 254743:26. Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake. 2548 2549% 2550BOOK OF PSALMS 44 2551The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church. 2552 255344:1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of 2554Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved. 2555For them that shall be changed. . .i.e., for souls happily changed, by 2556being converted to God.--Ibid. The Beloved. . .Viz., Our Lord Jesus 2557Christ. 255844:2. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king: 2559My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly. 2560 2561% 2562BOOK OF PSALMS 44 2563The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church. 2564 256544:3. Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad 2566in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever. 256744:4. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty. 256844:5. With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously, 2569and reign. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right 2570hand shall conduct thee wonderfully. 2571 2572% 2573BOOK OF PSALMS 44 2574The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church. 2575 257644:6. Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the 2577hearts of the king's enemies. 257844:7. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of thy 2579kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness. 258044:8. Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy 2581God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 2582 2583% 2584BOOK OF PSALMS 44 2585The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church. 2586 258744:9. Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory 2588houses: out of which 258944:10. The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The 2590queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with 2591variety. 2592 2593% 2594BOOK OF PSALMS 44 2595The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church. 2596 259744:11. Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget 2598thy people and thy father's house. 259944:12. And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord 2600thy God, and him they shall adore. 260144:13. And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among 2602the people, shall entreat thy countenance. 2603 2604% 2605BOOK OF PSALMS 44 2606The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church. 2607 260844:14. All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden 2609borders, 261044:15. Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be 2611brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee. 261244:16. They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be 2613brought into the temple of the king. 261444:17. Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make 2615them princes over all the earth. 261644:18. They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. 2617Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever. 2618 2619% 2620BOOK OF PSALMS 45 2621The church in persecution trusteth in the protection of God. 2622 262345:1. Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. 262445:2. Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which 2625have found us exceedingly. 262645:3. Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; and 2627the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea. 2628 2629% 2630BOOK OF PSALMS 45 2631The church in persecution trusteth in the protection of God. 2632 263345:4. Their waters roared and were troubled: the mountains were 2634troubled with his strength. 263545:5. The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: the most 2636High hath sanctified his own tabernacle. 2637 2638% 2639BOOK OF PSALMS 45 2640The church in persecution trusteth in the protection of God. 2641 264245:6. God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: God will help 2643it in the morning early. 264445:7. Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: he uttered 2645his voice, the earth trembled. 264645:8. The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector. 2647 2648% 2649BOOK OF PSALMS 45 2650The church in persecution trusteth in the protection of God. 2651 265245:9. Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath 2653done upon earth, 265445:10. Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall 2655destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in 2656the fire. 265745:11. Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the 2658nations, and I will be exalted in the earth. 265945:12. The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our 2660protector. 2661 2662% 2663BOOK OF PSALMS 46 2664The Gentiles are invited to praise God for the establishment of the 2665kingdom of Christ. 2666 266746:1. Unto the end, for the sons of Core. 266846:2. O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice 2669of joy, 267046:3. For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth. 267146:4. He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our 2672feet. 267346:5. He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which 2674he hath love. 2675 2676% 2677BOOK OF PSALMS 46 2678The Gentiles are invited to praise God for the establishment of the 2679kingdom of Christ. 2680 268146:6. God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of 2682trumpet. 268346:7. Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing 2684ye. 268546:8. For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely. 268646:9. God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne. 268746:10. The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of 2688Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted. 2689 2690% 2691BOOK OF PSALMS 47 2692God is greatly to be praised for the establishment of his church. 2693 269447:1. A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of 2695the week. 269647:2. Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of 2697our God, in his holy mountain. 269847:3. With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the 2699sides of the north, the city of the great king. 270047:4. In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her. 2701 2702% 2703BOOK OF PSALMS 47 2704God is greatly to be praised for the establishment of his church. 2705 270647:5. For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they 2707gathered together. 270847:6. So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were 2709moved: 271047:7. Trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in 2711labour. 271247:8. With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of 2713Tharsis. 271447:9. As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of 2715hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever. 2716 2717% 2718BOOK OF PSALMS 47 2719God is greatly to be praised for the establishment of his church. 2720 272147:10. We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 272247:11. According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the 2723ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice. 272447:12. Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; 2725because of thy judgments, O Lord. 272647:13. Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell lye in her towers. 272747:14. Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that 2728ye may relate it in another generation. 272947:15. For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: 2730he shall rule us for evermore. 2731 2732% 2733BOOK OF PSALMS 48 2734The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death 2735or hell. 2736 273748:1. Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. 273848:2. Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants 2739of the world. 274048:3. All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and 2741poor together. 274248:4. My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart 2743understanding. 274448:5. I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on 2745the psaltery. 2746 2747% 2748BOOK OF PSALMS 48 2749The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death 2750or hell. 2751 275248:6. Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall 2753encompass me. 2754The iniquity of my heel. . .That is, the iniquity of my steps or ways: 2755or the iniquity of my pride, with which as with the heel, I have 2756spurned and kicked at my neighbours: or the iniquity of my heel, that 2757is, the iniquity in which I shall be found in death. The meaning of 2758this verse is, Why should I now indulge those passions and sinful 2759affections, or commit now those sins, which will cause me so much fear 2760and anguish in the evil day; when the sorrows of death shall compass 2761me, and the perils of hell shall find me? 276248:7. They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude 2763of their riches, 2764They that trust, etc. . .As much as to say, let them fear that trust in 2765their strength or riches: for they have great reason to fear: seeing no 2766brother or other man, how much a friend soever, can by any price or 2767labour rescue them from death. 276848:8. No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to 2769God his ransom, 277048:9. Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for 2771ever, 2772 2773And shall labour for ever, etc. . .This seems to be a continuation of 2774the foregoing sentence: as much as to say no man can by any price or 2775ransom prolong his life, that so he may still continue to labour here, 2776and live to the end of the world. Others understand it of the eternal 2777sorrows, and dying life of hell, which is the dreadful consequence of 2778dying in sin. 2779 278048:10. And shall still live unto the end. 2781 2782% 2783BOOK OF PSALMS 48 2784The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death 2785or hell. 2786 278748:11. He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: 2788the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave 2789their riches to strangers: 2790He shall not see destruction, etc. . .Or, shall he not see destruction? 2791As much as to say, however thoughtless he may be of his death, he must 2792not expect to escape; when even the wise and the good are not exempt 2793from dying. 279448:12. And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their 2795dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by 2796their names. 2797They have called, etc. . .That is, they have left their names on their 2798graves, which alone remain of their lands. 279948:13. And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared 2800to senseless beasts, and is become like to them. 2801 2802% 2803BOOK OF PSALMS 48 2804The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death 2805or hell. 2806 280748:14. This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards 2808they shall delight in their mouth. 2809They shall delight in their mouth. . .Notwithstanding the wretched way 2810in which they walk, they shall applaud themselves with their mouths, 2811and glory in their doings. 2812 2813% 2814BOOK OF PSALMS 48 2815The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death 2816or hell. 2817 281848:15. They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. 2819And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their 2820help shall decay in hell from their glory. 2821In the morning. . .That is, in the resurrection to a new life; when the 2822just shall judge and condemn the wicked. Ibid. From their 2823glory. . .That is, when their short-lived glory in this world shall be 2824past, and be no more. 282548:16. But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall 2826receive me. 2827 2828% 2829BOOK OF PSALMS 48 2830The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death 2831or hell. 2832 283348:17. Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rick, and when the 2834glory of his house shall be increased. 283548:18. For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his 2836glory descend with him. 283748:19. For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise 2838thee when thou shalt do well to him. 283948:20. He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall 2840never see light. 284148:21. Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been 2842compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them. 2843 2844% 2845BOOK OF PSALMS 49 2846The coming of Christ: who prefers virtue and inward purity before the 2847blood of victims. 2848 284949:1. A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he 2850hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down 2851thereof: 285249:2. Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty. 285349:3. God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep 2854silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be 2855round about him. 285649:4. He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his 2857people. 2858 2859% 2860BOOK OF PSALMS 49 2861The coming of Christ: who prefers virtue and inward purity before the 2862blood of victims. 2863 286449:5. Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before 2865sacrifices. 286649:6. And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge. 286749:7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify 2868to thee: I am God, thy God. 286949:8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt 2870offerings are always in my sight. 287149:9. I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy 2872flocks. 287349:10. For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the 2874hills, and the oxen. 287549:11. I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of 2876the field. 287749:12. If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is 2878mine, and the fulness thereof. 2879 2880% 2881BOOK OF PSALMS 49 2882The coming of Christ: who prefers virtue and inward purity before the 2883blood of victims. 2884 288549:13. Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of 2886goats? 288749:14. Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the 2888most High. 288949:15. And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and 2890thou shalt glorify me. 289149:16. But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my 2892justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth? 289349:17. Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind 2894thee. 289549:18. If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with 2896adulterers thou hast been a partaker. 289749:19. Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed 2898deceits. 289949:20. Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a 2900scandal against thy mother's son: 290149:21. These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest 2902unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and 2903set before thy face. 2904 2905% 2906BOOK OF PSALMS 49 2907The coming of Christ: who prefers virtue and inward purity before the 2908blood of victims. 2909 291049:22. Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you 2911away, and there be none to deliver you. 291249:23. The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way 2913by which I will shew him the salvation of God. 2914 2915% 2916BOOK OF PSALMS 50 2917The repentance and confession of David after his sin. The fourth 2918penitential psalm. 2919 292050:1. Unto the end, a psalm of David, 292150:2. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with 2922Bethsabee. [2 Kings 12.] 292350:3. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And 2924according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity. 292550:4. Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 292650:5. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me. 2927 2928% 2929BOOK OF PSALMS 50 2930The repentance and confession of David after his sin. The fourth 2931penitential psalm. 2932 293350:6. To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that 2934thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art 2935judged. 293650:7. For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my 2937mother conceive me. 293850:8. For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things 2939of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me. 294050:9. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou 2941shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 294250:10. To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones 2943that have been humbled shall rejoice. 2944 2945% 2946BOOK OF PSALMS 50 2947The repentance and confession of David after his sin. The fourth 2948penitential psalm. 2949 295050:11. Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 295150:12. Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit 2952within my bowels. 295350:13. Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit 2954from me. 2955 2956% 2957BOOK OF PSALMS 50 2958The repentance and confession of David after his sin. The fourth 2959penitential psalm. 2960 296150:14. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with 2962a perfect spirit. 296350:15. I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be 2964converted to thee. 296550:16. Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my 2966tongue shall extol thy justice. 2967 2968% 2969BOOK OF PSALMS 50 2970The repentance and confession of David after his sin. The fourth 2971penitential psalm. 2972 297350:17. O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy 2974praise. 297550:18. For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given 2976it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. 297750:19. A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and 2978humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 297950:20. Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the 2980walls of Jerusalem may be built up. 298150:21. Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and 2982whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar. 2983 2984% 2985BOOK OF PSALMS 51 2986David condemneth the wickedness of Doeg, and foretelleth his 2987destruction. 2988 298951:1. Unto the end, understanding for David, 299051:2. When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house 2991of Achimelech. 299251:3. Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity? 299351:4. All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp 2994razor, thou hast wrought deceit. 299551:5. Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather 2996than to speak righteousness. 299751:6. Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. 299851:7. Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, 2999and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land 3000of the living. 3001 3002% 3003BOOK OF PSALMS 51 3004David condemneth the wickedness of Doeg, and foretelleth his 3005destruction. 3006 300751:8. The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say: 300851:9. Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the 3009abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity. 301051:10. But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped 3011in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever. 301251:11. I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I 3013will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints. 3014 3015% 3016BOOK OF PSALMS 52 3017The general corruption of man before the coming of Christ. 3018 301952:1. Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The fool said 3020in his heart: There is no God. 3021Maeleth. . .Or Machalath. A musical instrument, or a chorus of 3022musicians, for St. Jerome renders it, per chorum. 302352:2. They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is 3024none that doth good. 3025 3026% 3027BOOK OF PSALMS 52 3028The general corruption of man before the coming of Christ. 3029 303052:3. God looked down from heaven on the children of men: to see if 3031there were any that did understand, or did seek God. 303252:4. All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together, there 3033is none that doth good, no not one. 3034 3035% 3036BOOK OF PSALMS 52 3037The general corruption of man before the coming of Christ. 3038 303952:5. Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people 3040as they eat bread? 304152:6. They have not called upon God: there have they trembled for fear, 3042where there was no fear. For God hath scattered the bones of them that 3043please men: they have been confounded, because God hath despised them. 3044God hath scattered the bones, etc. . .That is, God has brought to 3045nothing the strength of all those that seek to please men, to the 3046prejudice of their duty to their Maker. 304752:7. Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when God shall 3048bring back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel 3049shall be glad. 3050 3051% 3052BOOK OF PSALMS 53 3053A prayer for help in distress. 3054 305553:1. Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. 305653:2. When the en of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David 3057hidden with us? [1 Kings 23.19] 305853:3. Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength. 305953:4. O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth. 306053:5. For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have 3061sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes. 3062 3063% 3064BOOK OF PSALMS 53 3065A prayer for help in distress. 3066 306753:6. For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my 3068soul. 306953:7. Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in thy 3070truth. 3071 3072% 3073BOOK OF PSALMS 53 3074A prayer for help in distress. 3075 307653:8. I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O God, to 3077thy name: because it is good: 307853:9. For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath 3079looked down upon my enemies. 3080 3081% 3082BOOK OF PSALMS 54 3083A prayer of a just man under persecution from the wicked. It agrees to 3084Christ persecuted by the Jews, and betrayed by Judas. 3085 308654:1. Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. 308754:2. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication: 308854:3. Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and 3089am troubled, 309054:4. At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. 3091For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were 3092troublesome to me. 3093 3094% 3095BOOK OF PSALMS 54 3096A prayer of a just man under persecution from the wicked. It agrees to 3097Christ persecuted by the Jews, and betrayed by Judas. 3098 309954:5. My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen 3100upon me. 310154:6. Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered 3102me. 310354:7. And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly 3104and be at rest? 310554:8. Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the 3106wilderness. 310754:9. I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, 3108and a storm. 3109 3110% 3111BOOK OF PSALMS 54 3112A prayer of a just man under persecution from the wicked. It agrees to 3113Christ persecuted by the Jews, and betrayed by Judas. 3114 311554:10. Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen 3116iniquity and contradiction in the city. 311754:11. Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in 3118the midst thereof are labour, 311954:12. And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its 3120streets. 312154:13. For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with 3122it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would 3123perhaps have hidden my self from him. 312454:14. But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar, 312554:15. Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God 3126we walked with consent. 312754:16. Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. 3128For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them. 3129Let death, etc. . .This, and such like imprecations which occur in the 3130psalms, are delivered prophetically; that is, by way of foretelling the 3131punishments which shall fall upon the wicked from divine justice, and 3132approving the righteous ways of God: but not by way of ill will, or 3133uncharitable curses, which the law of God disallows. 3134 3135% 3136BOOK OF PSALMS 54 3137A prayer of a just man under persecution from the wicked. It agrees to 3138Christ persecuted by the Jews, and betrayed by Judas. 3139 314054:17. But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me. 314154:18. Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and 3142he shall hear my voice. 314354:19. He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: 3144for among many they were with me. 3145Among many, etc. . .That is, they that drew near to attack me were many 3146in company all combined to fight against me. 314754:20. God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is 3148no change with them, and they have not feared God: 3149 3150% 3151BOOK OF PSALMS 54 3152A prayer of a just man under persecution from the wicked. It agrees to 3153Christ persecuted by the Jews, and betrayed by Judas. 3154 315554:21. He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his 3156covenant, 315754:22. They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart 3158hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are 3159darts. 3160They are divided, etc. . .Dispersed, scattered, and brought to nothing, 3161by the wrath of God; who looks with indignation on their wicked and 3162deceitful ways. 316354:23. Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall 3164not suffer the just to waver for ever. 316554:24. But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of 3166destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their 3167days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord. 3168 3169% 3170BOOK OF PSALMS 55 3171A prayer of David in danger and distress. 3172 317355:1. Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance form the 3174sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when 3175the Philistines held him in Geth. 317655:2. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all 3177the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me. 3178 3179% 3180BOOK OF PSALMS 55 3181A prayer of David in danger and distress. 3182 318355:3. My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many 3184that make war against me. 318555:4. From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in 3186thee. 3187The height of the day. . .That is, even at noonday, when the sun is the 3188highest, I am still in danger. 318955:5. In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will 3190not fear what flesh can do against me. 3191My words. . .The words or promises God has made in my favour. 3192 3193% 3194BOOK OF PSALMS 55 3195A prayer of David in danger and distress. 3196 319755:6. All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were 3198against me unto evil. 319955:7. They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As 3200they have waited for my soul, 320155:8. For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break 3202the people in pieces. O God, 3203For nothing shalt thou save them. . .That is, since they lie in wait to 3204ruin my soul, thou shalt for no consideration favour or assist them, 3205but execute thy justice upon them. 3206 3207% 3208BOOK OF PSALMS 55 3209A prayer of David in danger and distress. 3210 321155:9. I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set me tears in thy 3212sight, As also in thy promise. 321355:10. Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall 3214call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God. 321555:11. In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his 3216speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me. 3217 3218% 3219BOOK OF PSALMS 55 3220A prayer of David in danger and distress. 3221 322255:12. In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to 3223thee: 322455:13. Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from 3225falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the 3226living. 3227 3228% 3229BOOK OF PSALMS 56 3230The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises 3231God for his delivery. 3232 323356:1. Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a 3234title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [1 Kings 24.] 3235Destroy not. . .Suffer me not to be destroyed. 323656:2. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth 3237in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity 3238pass away. 323956:3. I will cry to God the most high; to God who hath done good to me. 3240 3241% 3242BOOK OF PSALMS 56 3243The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises 3244God for his delivery. 3245 324656:4. He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a 3247reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth, 324856:5. And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. 3249I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, 3250and their tongue a sharp sword. 325156:6. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above 3252all the earth. 3253 3254% 3255BOOK OF PSALMS 56 3256The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises 3257God for his delivery. 3258 325956:7. They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. 3260They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it. 326156:8. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and 3262rehearse a psalm. 326356:9. Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early. 326456:10. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will 3265sing a psalm to thee among the nations. 326656:11. For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth 3267unto the clouds. 326856:12. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above 3269all the earth. 3270 3271% 3272BOOK OF PSALMS 57 3273David reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their punishment. 3274 327557:1. Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a 3276title. 327757:2. If in very deed ye speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of 3278men. 327957:3. For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice 3280in the earth. 3281 3282% 3283BOOK OF PSALMS 57 3284David reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their punishment. 3285 328657:4. The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray 3287from the womb: they have spoken false things. 328857:5. Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the 3289deaf asp that stoppeth her ears: 329057:6. Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard 3291that charmeth wisely. 3292 3293% 3294BOOK OF PSALMS 57 3295David reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their punishment. 3296 329757:7. God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord 3298shall break the grinders of the lions. 329957:8. They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent 3300his bow till they be weakened. 330157:9. Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen 3302on them, and they shall not see the sun. 3303 3304% 3305BOOK OF PSALMS 57 3306David reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their punishment. 3307 330857:10. Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, 3309as alive, in his wrath. 3310 3311Before your thorns, etc. . .That is, before your thorns grow up, so as 3312to become strong briers, they shall be overtaken and consumed by divine 3313justice, swallowing them up, as it were, alive in his wrath. 3314 3315% 3316BOOK OF PSALMS 57 3317David reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their punishment. 3318 331957:11. The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall 3320wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. 3321Shall wash his hands, etc. . .Shall applaud the justice of God, and take 3322occasion from the consideration of the punishment of the wicked to wash 3323and cleanse his hands from sin. 332457:12. And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there 3325is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth. 3326 3327% 3328BOOK OF PSALMS 58 3329A prayer to be delivered from the wicked, with confidence in God's help 3330and protection. It agrees to Christ and his enemies the Jews. 3331 333258:1. Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of a 3333title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him. [1 Kings 19.] 333458:2. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them 3335that rise up against me. 333658:3. Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody 3337men. 333858:4. For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in 3339upon me: 334058:5. Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity 3341have I run, and directed my steps. 3342 3343% 3344BOOK OF PSALMS 58 3345A prayer to be delivered from the wicked, with confidence in God's help 3346and protection. It agrees to Christ and his enemies the Jews. 3347 334858:6. Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God 3349of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no 3350mercy on all them that work iniquity. 335158:7. They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: 3352and shall go round about the city. 335358:8. Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their 3354lips: for who, say they, hath heard us? 335558:9. But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the 3356nations to nothing. 3357 3358% 3359BOOK OF PSALMS 58 3360A prayer to be delivered from the wicked, with confidence in God's help 3361and protection. It agrees to Christ and his enemies the Jews. 3362 336358:10. I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector: 336458:11. My God, his mercy shall prevent me. 336558:12. God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any 3366time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, 3367O Lord, my protector: 336858:13. For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let 3369them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they 3370shall be talked of, 337158:14. When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and 3372they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, 3373and all the ends of the earth. 3374 3375% 3376BOOK OF PSALMS 58 3377A prayer to be delivered from the wicked, with confidence in God's help 3378and protection. It agrees to Christ and his enemies the Jews. 3379 338058:15. They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: 3381and shall go round about the city. 338258:16. They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they 3383be not filled. 338458:17. But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the 3385morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of 3386my trouble. 338758:18. Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my 3388defence: my God my mercy. 3389 3390% 3391BOOK OF PSALMS 59 3392After many afflictions, the church of Christ shall prevail. 3393 339459:1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription 3395of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, 339659:2. When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab 3397returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand 3398men. 339959:3. O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast 3400been angry, and hast had mercy on us. 340159:4. Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the 3402breaches thereof, for it has been moved. 340359:5. Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink 3404the wine of sorrow. 340559:6. Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may 3406flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered. 340759:7. Save me with thy right hand, and hear me. 3408 3409% 3410BOOK OF PSALMS 59 3411After many afflictions, the church of Christ shall prevail. 3412 341359:8. God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will 3414divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles. 341559:9. Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength 3416of my head. Juda is my king: 341759:10. Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my 3418shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject. 3419The pot of my hope. . .Or my watering pot. That is, a vessel for meaner 3420uses, by being reduced to serve me, even in the meanest 3421employments.--Ibid. Foreigners. . .So the Philistines are called, who 3422had no kindred with the Israelites; whereas the Edomites, Moabites, etc., 3423were originally of the same family. 342459:11. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into 3425Edom? 342659:12. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O 3427God, go out with our armies? 342859:13. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man. 342959:14. Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing 3430them that afflict us. 3431 3432% 3433BOOK OF PSALMS 60 3434A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, which shall have no 3435end. 3436 343760:1. Unto the end, in hymns, for David. 343860:2. Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer. 343960:3. To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart 3440was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me; 344160:4. For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face 3442of the enemy. 3443 3444% 3445BOOK OF PSALMS 60 3446A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, which shall have no 3447end. 3448 344960:5. In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected 3450under the covert of thy wings. 345160:6. For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an 3452inheritance to them that fear thy name. 345360:7. Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to 3454generation and generation. 345560:8. He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who 3456shall search? 345760:9. So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may 3458pay my vows from day to day. 3459 3460% 3461BOOK OF PSALMS 61 3462The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and 3463serve him. 3464 346561:1. Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. 346661:2. Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my 3467salvation. 346861:3. For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be 3469moved no more. 3470 3471% 3472BOOK OF PSALMS 61 3473The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and 3474serve him. 3475 347661:4. How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were 3477thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence. 347861:5. But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: 3479they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart. 348061:6. But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my 3481patience. 348261:7. For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be 3483moved. 3484 3485% 3486BOOK OF PSALMS 61 3487The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and 3488serve him. 3489 349061:8. In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, 3491and my hope is in God. 349261:9. Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts 3493before him. God is our helper for ever. 349461:10. But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the 3495balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. 3496Are liars in the balances, etc. . .They are so vain and light, that if 3497they are put into the scales, they will be found to be of no weight; 3498and to be mere lies, deceit, and vanity. Or, They are liars in their 3499balances, by weighing things by false weights, and preferring the 3500temporal before the eternal. 3501 3502% 3503BOOK OF PSALMS 61 3504The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and 3505serve him. 3506 350761:11. Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: if riches 3508abound, set not your heart upon them. 350961:12. God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power 3510belongeth to God, 351161:13. And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man 3512according to his works. 3513 3514% 3515BOOK OF PSALMS 62 3516The prophet aspireth after God. 3517 351862:1. A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. 351962:2. O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my 3520soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways! 352162:3. In a desert land, and where there is no way, and no water: so in 3522the sanctuary have I come before thee, to see thy power and thy glory. 352362:4. For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips will praise. 352462:5. Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will 3525lift up my hands. 3526 3527% 3528BOOK OF PSALMS 62 3529The prophet aspireth after God. 3530 353162:6. Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth 3532shall praise thee with joyful lips. 353362:7. If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in 3534the morning: 353562:8. Because thou hast been my helper. And I will rejoice under the 3536covert of thy wings: 353762:9. My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received 3538me. 353962:10. But they have fought my soul in vain, they shall go into the 3540lower parts of the earth: 354162:11. They shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall 3542be the portions of foxes. 354362:12. But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised 3544that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak 3545wicked things. 3546 3547% 3548BOOK OF PSALMS 63 3549A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God that he will bring to 3550nought the machinations of persecutors. 3551 355263:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. 355363:2. Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver 3554my soul from the fear of the enemy. 355563:3. Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from 3556the multitude of the workers of iniquity. 355763:4. For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent 3558their bow a bitter thing, 355963:5. To shoot in secret the undefiled. 3560 3561% 3562BOOK OF PSALMS 63 3563A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God that he will bring to 3564nought the machinations of persecutors. 3565 356663:6. They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are 3567resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have 3568said: Who shall see them? 356963:7. They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their 3570search. Man shall come to a deep heart: 3571A deep heart. . .That is, crafty, subtle, deep projects and designs; 3572which nevertheless shall not succeed; for God shall be exalted in 3573bringing them to nought by his wisdom and power. 357463:8. And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their 3575wounds: 3576The arrows of children are their wounds. . .That is, the wounds, 3577stripes, or blows, they seek to inflict upon the just, are but like the 3578weak efforts of children's arrows, which can do no execution: and their 3579tongues, that is, their speeches against them come to nothing. 358063:9. And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them 3581were troubled; 358263:10. And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, 3583and understood his doings. 358463:11. The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and 3585all the upright in heart shall be praised. 3586 3587% 3588BOOK OF PSALMS 64 3589God is to be praised in his church, to which all nations shall be 3590called. 3591 359264:1. To the end, a psalm of David. The canticle of Jeremias and 3593Ezechiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go out. 3594Of the captivity. . .That is, the people of the captivity of Babylon. 3595This is not in the Hebrew, but is found in the ancient translation of 3596the Septuagint. 359764:2. A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to 3598thee in Jerusalem. 359964:3. O hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee. 360064:4. The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: and thou wilt 3601pardon our transgressions. 3602 3603% 3604BOOK OF PSALMS 64 3605God is to be praised in his church, to which all nations shall be 3606called. 3607 360864:5. Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: he shall 3609dwell in thy courts. We shall be filled with the good things of thy 3610house; holy is thy temple, 361164:6. Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the 3612hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off. 361364:7. Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded 3614with power: 361564:8. Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The 3616Gentiles shall be troubled, 361764:9. And they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at 3618thy signs: thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the 3619evening to be joyful. 362064:10. Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; 3621thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, 3622thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation. 3623 3624% 3625BOOK OF PSALMS 64 3626God is to be praised in his church, to which all nations shall be 3627called. 3628 362964:11. Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it 3630shall spring up and rejoice in its showers. 363164:12. Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy 3632fields shall be filled with plenty. 363364:13. The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the 3634hills shall be girded about with joy, 363564:14. The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound 3636with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn. 3637 3638% 3639BOOK OF PSALMS 65 3640An invitation to praise God. 3641 364265:1. Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection. Shout 3643with joy to God, all the earth, 364465:2. Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise. 364565:3. Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the 3646multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee. 3647 3648% 3649BOOK OF PSALMS 65 3650An invitation to praise God. 3651 365265:4. Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a 3653psalm to thy name. 365465:5. Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels 3655over the sons of men. 365665:6. Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass 3657on foot: there shall we rejoice in him. 365865:7. Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; 3659let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. 3660 3661% 3662BOOK OF PSALMS 65 3663An invitation to praise God. 3664 366565:8. O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to 3666be heard. 366765:9. Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be 3668moved: 366965:10. For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as 3670silver is tried. 367165:11. Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on 3672our back: 367365:12. Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire 3674and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment. 3675 3676% 3677BOOK OF PSALMS 65 3678An invitation to praise God. 3679 368065:13. I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee 3681my vows, 368265:14. Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was 3683in trouble. 368465:15. I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt 3685offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats. 3686 3687% 3688BOOK OF PSALMS 65 3689An invitation to praise God. 3690 369165:16. Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what 3692great things he hath done for my soul. 369365:17. I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue. 3694 3695% 3696BOOK OF PSALMS 65 3697An invitation to praise God. 3698 369965:18. If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear 3700me. 370165:19. Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of 3702my supplication. 370365:20. Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his 3704mercy from me. 3705 3706% 3707BOOK OF PSALMS 66 3708A prayer for the propagation of the church. 3709 371066:1. Unto the end, in hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David. 371166:2. May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of 3712his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us. 371366:3. That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all 3714nations. 3715 3716% 3717BOOK OF PSALMS 66 3718A prayer for the propagation of the church. 3719 372066:4. Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to 3721thee. 372266:5. Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people 3723with justice, and directest the nations upon earth. 372466:6. Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give 3725praise to thee: 372666:7. The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us, 372766:8. May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him. 3728 3729% 3730BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3731The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3732prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3733 373467:1. Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. 373567:2. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them 3736that hate him flee from before his face. 373767:3. As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth 3738before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 373967:4. And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted 3740with gladness. 3741 3742% 3743BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3744The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3745prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3746 374767:5. Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who 3748ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: 3749but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, 3750Who ascendeth upon the west. . .Super occasum. St. Gregory understands 3751it of Christ, who after his going down, like the sun, in the west, by 3752his passion and death, ascended more glorious, and carried all before 3753him. St. Jerome renders it, who ascendeth, or cometh up, through the 3754deserts. 375567:6. Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his 3756holy place: 375767:7. God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who 3758bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that 3759provoke, that dwell in sepulchres. 3760Of one manner. . .That is, agreeing in faith, unanimous in love, and 3761following the same manner of discipline. It is verified in the servants 3762of God, living together in his house, which is the church. 1 Tim. 37633.15.--Ibid. Them that were bound, etc. . .The power and mercy of God 3764appears in his bringing out of their captivity those that were strongly 3765bound in their sins: and in restoring to his grace those whose 3766behaviour had been most provoking; and who by their evil habits were 3767not only dead, but buried in their sepulchres. 3768 3769% 3770BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3771The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3772prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3773 377467:8. O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when 3775thou didst pass through the desert: 377667:9. The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of 3777the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. 377867:10. Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and 3779it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect. 3780A free rain. . .the manna, which rained plentifully from heaven, in 3781favour of God's inheritance, that is, of his people Israel: which was 3782weakened indeed under a variety of afflictions, but was made perfect by 3783God; that is, was still supported by divine providence, and brought on 3784to the promised land. It agrees particularly to the church of Christ 3785his true inheritance, which is plentifully watered with the free rain 3786of heavenly grace; and through many infirmities, that is, crosses and 3787tribulations, is made perfect, and fitted for eternal glory. 3788 3789% 3790BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3791The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3792prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3793 379467:11. In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou 3795hast provided for the poor. 3796In it, etc. . .That is, in this church, which is thy fold and thy 3797inheritance, shall thy animals, thy sheep, dwell: where thou hast 3798plentifully provided for them. 379967:12. The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings 3800with great power. 3801To them that preach good tidings. . .Evangelizantibus. That is, to the 3802preachers of the gospel; who receiving the word from the Lord, shall 3803with great power and efficacy preach throughout the world the glad 3804tidings of a Saviour, and of eternal salvation through him. 3805 3806% 3807BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3808The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3809prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3810 381167:13. The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the 3812beauty of the house shall divide spoils. 3813The king of powers. . .That is, the mighty King, the Lord of hosts, is 3814of the beloved, of the beloved; that is, is on the side of Christ, his 3815most beloved son: and his beautiful house, viz., the church, in which 3816God dwells forever, shall by her spiritual conquests divide the spoils 3817of many nations. The Hebrew (as it now stands pointed) is thus 3818rendered, The kings of armies have fled, they have fled, and she that 3819dwells at home (or the beauty of the house) shall divide the spoils. 3820 3821% 3822BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3823The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3824prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3825 382667:14. If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings 3827of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with 3828the paleness of gold. 3829If you sleep among the midst of lots (intermedios cleros, etc.). . .Viz., 3830in such dangers and persecutions, as if your enemies were casting 3831lots for your goods and persons: or in the midst of the lots, 3832(intermedios terminos, as St. Jerome renders it,) that is, upon the 3833very bounds or borders of the dominions of your enemies: you shall be 3834secure nevertheless under the divine protection; and shall be enabled 3835to fly away, like a dove, with glittering wings and feathers shining 3836like the palest and most precious gold; that is, with great increase of 3837virtue, and glowing with the fervour of charity. 3838 3839% 3840BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3841The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3842prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3843 384467:15. When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall 3845be whited with snow in Selmon. 3846Kings over her. . .That is, pastors and rulers over his church, viz., 3847the apostles and their successors. Then by their ministry shall men be 3848made whiter than the snow which lies on the top of the high mountain 3849Selmon. 3850 3851% 3852BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3853The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3854prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3855 385667:16. The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat 3857mountain. 3858The mountain of God. . .The church, which, Isa. 2.2, is called The 3859mountain of the house of the Lord upon the top of mountains. It is here 3860called a fat and a curdled mountain; that is to say, most fruitful, and 3861enriched by the spiritual gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost. 3862 3863% 3864BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3865The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3866prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3867 386867:17. Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is 3869well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end. 3870Why suspect, ye curdled mountains?. . .Why do you suppose or imagine 3871there may be any other such curdled mountains? You are mistaken: the 3872mountain thus favoured by God is but one; and this same he has chosen 3873for his dwelling for ever. 3874 3875% 3876BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3877The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3878prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3879 388067:18. The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of 3881them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place. 3882The chariot of God. . .Descending to give his law on mount Sina: as also 3883of Jesus Christ his Son, ascending into heaven, to send from thence the 3884Holy Ghost, to publish his new law, is attended with ten thousands, 3885that is, with an innumerable multitude of joyful angels. 3886 3887% 3888BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3889The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3890prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3891 389267:19. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; 3893thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not 3894believe, the dwelling of the Lord God. 3895Led captivity captive. . .Carrying away with thee to heaven those who 3896before had been the captives of Satan; and receiving from God the 3897Father gifts to be distributed to men; even to those who were before 3898unbelievers. 389967:20. Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will 3900make our journey prosperous to us. 3901 3902% 3903BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3904The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3905prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3906 390767:21. Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord 3908are the issues from death. 3909The issues from death. . .The Lord alone is master of the issues, by 3910which we may escape from death. 391167:22. But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of 3912them that walk on in their sins. 3913 3914% 3915BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3916The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3917prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3918 391967:23. The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them 3920into the depth of the sea: 3921I will turn them from Basan, etc. . .I will cast out my enemies from 3922their rich possessions, signified by Basan, a fruitful country; and I 3923will drive them into the depth of the sea: and make such a slaughter of 3924them, that the feet of my servants may be dyed in their blood, etc. 392567:24. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the 3926tongue of thy dogs be red with the same. 3927 3928% 3929BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3930The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3931prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3932 393367:25. They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my 3934king who is in his sanctuary. 3935Thy goings. . .Thy ways, thy proceedings, by which thou didst formerly 3936take possession of the promised land in favour of thy people; and shalt 3937afterwards of the whole world, which thou shalt subdue to thy Son. 3938 3939% 3940BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3941The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3942prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3943 394467:26. Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young 3945damsels playing on timbrels. 3946Princes. . .The apostles, the first converters of nations; attended by 3947numbers of perfect souls, singing the divine praises, and virgins 3948consecrated to God. 3949 3950% 3951BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3952The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3953prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3954 395567:27. In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of 3956Israel. 3957From the fountains of Israel. . .From whom both Christ and his apostles 3958sprung. By Benjamin, the holy fathers on this place understand St. 3959Paul, who was of that tribe, named here a youth, because he was the 3960last called to the apostleship. By the princes of Juda, Zabulon, and 3961Nephthali, we may understand the other apostles, who were of the tribe 3962of Juda; or of the tribes of Zabulon, and Nephthali, where our Lord 3963began to preach, Matt. 4.13, etc. 3964 3965% 3966BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3967The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3968prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3969 397067:28. There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of 3971Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of 3972Nephthali. 397367:29. Command thy strength, O God confirm, O God, what thou hast 3974wrought in us. 3975 3976Command thy strength. . .Give orders that thy strength may be always with 3977us. 3978 3979% 3980BOOK OF PSALMS 67 3981The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 3982prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 3983 398467:30. From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to 3985thee. 398667:31. Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls 3987with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried 3988with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars: 3989Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds. . .or the wild beasts, which lie 3990hid in the reeds. That is, the devils, who hide themselves in order to 3991surprise their prey. Or by wild beasts, are here understood 3992persecutors, who, for all their attempts against the Church, are but as 3993weak reeds, which cannot prevail against them who are supported by the 3994strength of the Almighty. The same are also called the congregation of 3995bulls (from their rage against the Church) who assemble together all 3996their kine, that is, the people their subjects, to exclude if they can, 3997from Christ and his inheritance, his constant confessors, who are like 3998silver tried by fire. 3999 4000% 4001BOOK OF PSALMS 67 4002The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 4003prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 4004 400567:32. Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch 4006out her hands to God. 4007 4008Ambassadors shall come, etc. . .It is a prophecy of the conversion of 4009the Gentiles, and by name of the Egyptians and Ethiopians. 4010 4011% 4012BOOK OF PSALMS 67 4013The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 4014prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 4015 401667:33. Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing 4017ye to God, 401867:34. Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he 4019will give to his voice the voice of power: 4020To the east. . .From mount Olivet, which is on the east side of 4021Jerusalem.--Ibid. The voice of power. . .That is, he will make his voice 4022to be a powerful voice: by calling from death to life, such as were 4023dead in mortal sin: as at the last day he will by the power of his 4024voice call all the dead from their graves. 4025 4026% 4027BOOK OF PSALMS 67 4028The glorious establishment of the church of the New Testament, 4029prefigured by the benefits bestowed on the people of Israel. 4030 403167:35. Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power 4032is in the clouds. 403367:36. God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will 4034give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God. 4035 4036% 4037BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4038Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4039the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4040reprobation. 4041 404268:1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. 4043For them that shall be changed. . .A psalm for Christian converts, to 4044remember the passion of Christ. 404568:2. Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul. 4046 4047The waters. . .Of afflictions and sorrows. My soul is sorrowful even 4048unto death. Matt. 26.38. 4049 4050% 4051BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4052Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4053the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4054reprobation. 4055 405668:3. I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure 4057standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath 4058overwhelmed me. 4059 4060% 4061BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4062Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4063the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4064reprobation. 4065 406668:4. I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse, my eyes 4067have failed, whilst I hope in my God. 406868:5. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me 4069without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully 4070persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away. 4071I pay that which I took not away. . .Christ in his passion made 4072restitution of what he had not taken away, by suffering the punishment 4073due to our sins, and so repairing the injury we had done to God. 4074 4075% 4076BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4077Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4078the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4079reprobation. 4080 408168:6. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not 4082hidden from thee: 4083My foolishness and my offences. . .which my enemies impute to me: or the 4084follies and sins of men, which I have taken upon myself. 4085 4086% 4087BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4088Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4089the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4090reprobation. 4091 409268:7. Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the 4093Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, 4094O God of Israel. 409568:8. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my 4096face. 4097 4098% 4099BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4100Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4101the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4102reprobation. 4103 410468:9. I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons 4105of my mother. 410668:10. For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches 4107of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 410868:11. And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to 4109me. 411068:12. And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them. 411168:13. They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank 4112wine made me their song. 4113 4114% 4115BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4116Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4117the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4118reprobation. 4119 412068:14. But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy 4121good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the 4122truth of thy salvation. 412368:15. Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me 4124from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 412568:16. Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water 4126swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 412768:17. Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according 4128to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 412968:18. And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in 4130trouble, hear me speedily. 4131 4132% 4133BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4134Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4135the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4136reprobation. 4137 413868:19. Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my 4139enemies. 414068:20. Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame. 414168:21. In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath 4142expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve 4143together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort 4144me, and I found none. 414568:22. And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me 4146vinegar to drink. 4147 4148% 4149BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4150Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4151the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4152reprobation. 4153 415468:23. Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, 4155and a stumblingblock. 4156 4157Let their table, etc. . .What here follows in the style of an 4158imprecation, is a prophecy of the wretched state to which the Jews 4159should be reduced in punishment of their wilful obstinacy. 4160 4161% 4162BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4163Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4164the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4165reprobation. 4166 416768:24. Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back 4168bend thou down always. 416968:25. Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger 4170take hold of them. 417168:26. Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to 4172dwell in their tabernacles. 417368:27. Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and 4174they have added to the grief of my wounds. 4175 4176% 4177BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4178Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4179the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4180reprobation. 4181 418268:28. Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come 4183into thy justice. 418468:29. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the 4185just let them not be written. 418668:30. But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me 4187up. 4188 4189% 4190BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4191Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4192the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4193reprobation. 4194 419568:31. I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will 4196magnify him with praise. 419768:32. And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth 4198forth horns and hoofs. 419968:33. Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall 4200live. 420168:34. For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his 4202prisoners. 4203 4204% 4205BOOK OF PSALMS 68 4206Christ in his passion declareth the greatness of his sufferings, and 4207the malice of his persecutors the Jews; and foretelleth their 4208reprobation. 4209 421068:35. Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every 4211thing that creepeth therein. 421268:36. For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built 4213up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance. 4214Sion. . .The catholic church. The cities of Juda, etc., her places of 4215worship, which shall be established throughout the world. And there, 4216viz., in this church of Christ, shall his servants dwell, etc. 421768:37. And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that 4218love his name shall dwell therein. 4219 4220% 4221BOOK OF PSALMS 69 4222A prayer in persecution. 4223 422469:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the 4225Lord saved him. 422669:2. O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. 422769:3. Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul: 422869:4. Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame that desire 4229evils to me: Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that 4230say to me: 'Tis well, 'tis well. 4231'T is well, 't is well. . .Euge, euge. St. Jerome renders it, vah, vah! 4232which is the voice of one insulting and deriding. Some understand it as 4233a detestation of deceitful flatterers. 4234 4235% 4236BOOK OF PSALMS 69 4237A prayer in persecution. 4238 423969:5. Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such 4240as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified. 424169:6. But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and 4242my deliverer: O lord, make no delay. 4243 4244% 4245BOOK OF PSALMS 70 4246A prayer for perseverance. 4247 424870:1. A psalm for David. Of the sons of Jonadab, and the former 4249captives. In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to 4250confusion: 4251Of the sons of Jonadab. . .The Rechabites, of whom see Jer. 35. By this 4252addition of the seventy-two interpreters, we gather that this psalm was 4253usually sung in the synagogue, in the person of the Rechabites, and of 4254those who were first carried away into captivity. 4255 4256% 4257BOOK OF PSALMS 70 4258A prayer for perseverance. 4259 426070:2. Deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. Incline thy ear unto 4261me, and save me. 426270:3. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength: that 4263thou mayst make me safe. For thou art my firmament and my refuge. 426470:4. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the sinner, and out of 4265the hand of the transgressor of the law and of the unjust. 426670:5. For thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope, O Lord, from my youth. 4267 4268% 4269BOOK OF PSALMS 70 4270A prayer for perseverance. 4271 427270:6. By thee have I been confirmed from the womb: from my mother's 4273womb thou art my protector. Of thee I shall continually sing: 427470:7. I am become unto many as a wonder, but thou art a strong helper. 427570:8. Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may sing thy glory; 4276thy greatness all the day long. 427770:9. Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength shall 4278fail, do not thou forsake me. 427970:10. For my enemies have spoken against me; and they that watched my 4280soul have consulted together, 428170:11. Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is 4282none to deliver him. 428370:12. O God, be not thou far from me: O my God, make haste to my help. 4284 4285% 4286BOOK OF PSALMS 70 4287A prayer for perseverance. 4288 428970:13. Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; 4290let them be covered with confusion and blame that seek my hurt. 429170:14. But I will always hope; and will add to all thy praise. 429270:15. My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day 4293long. Because I have not known learning, 4294Learning. . .As much as to say, I build not upon human learning, but 4295only on the power and justice of God. 429670:16. I will enter into the powers of the Lord: O Lord, I will be 4297mindful of thy justice alone. 4298 4299% 4300BOOK OF PSALMS 70 4301A prayer for perseverance. 4302 430370:17. Thou hast taught me, O God, from my youth: and till now I will 4304declare thy wonderful works. 430570:18. And unto old age and grey hairs: O God, forsake me not, Until I 4306shew forth thy arm to all the generation that is to come: Thy power, 430770:19. And thy justice, O God, even to the highest great things thou 4308hast done: O God, who is like to thee? 430970:20. How great troubles hast thou shewn me, many and grievous: and 4310turning thou hast brought me to life, and hast brought me back again 4311from the depths of the earth: 431270:21. Thou hast multiplied thy magnificence; and turning to me thou 4313hast comforted me. 431470:22. For I will also confess to thee thy truth with the instruments 4315of psaltery: O God, I will sing to thee with the harp, thou holy one of 4316Israel. 431770:23. My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I shall sing to thee; and my 4318soul which thou hast redeemed. 431970:24. Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; 4320when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me. 4321 4322% 4323BOOK OF PSALMS 71 4324A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by 4325Solomon and his happy reign. 4326 432771:1. A psalm on Solomon. 432871:2. Give to the king thy judgment, O God, and to the king's son thy 4329justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment. 433071:3. Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills 4331justice. 4332 4333% 4334BOOK OF PSALMS 71 4335A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by 4336Solomon and his happy reign. 4337 433871:4. He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the 4339children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor. 434071:5. And he shall continue with the sun and before the moon, 4341throughout all generations. 4342 4343% 4344BOOK OF PSALMS 71 4345A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by 4346Solomon and his happy reign. 4347 434871:6. He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers 4349falling gently upon the earth. 435071:7. In his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace, till 4351the moon be taken away. 435271:8. And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the 4353ends of the earth. 4354 4355% 4356BOOK OF PSALMS 71 4357A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by 4358Solomon and his happy reign. 4359 436071:9. Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall 4361lick the ground. 436271:10. The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the 4363kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts: 436471:11. And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall 4365serve him. 436671:12. For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy 4367that had no helper. 4368 4369% 4370BOOK OF PSALMS 71 4371A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by 4372Solomon and his happy reign. 4373 437471:13. He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls 4375of the poor. 437671:14. He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their 4377names shall be honourable in his sight. 437871:15. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of 4379Arabia, for him they shall always adore: they shall bless him all the 4380day. 438171:16. And there shall be a firmament on the earth on the tops of 4382mountains, above Libanus shall the fruit thereof be exalted: and they 4383of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth. 4384A firmament on the earth, etc. . .This may be understood of the church 4385of Christ, ever firm and visible: and of the flourishing condition of 4386its congregation. 4387 4388% 4389BOOK OF PSALMS 71 4390A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by 4391Solomon and his happy reign. 4392 439371:17. Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before 4394the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all 4395nations shall magnify him. 439671:18. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone doth wonderful 4397things. 439871:19. And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole 4399earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it. 440071:20. The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. 4401Are ended. . .By this it appears that this psalm, though placed here, 4402was in order of time the last of those which David composed. 4403 4404% 4405BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4406The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4407is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4408quickly render to every one according to his works. 4409 441072:1. A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of 4411a right heart! 441272:2. But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped. 441372:3. Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the 4414prosperity of sinners. 441572:4. For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in 4416their stripes. 4417 4418% 4419BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4420The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4421is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4422quickly render to every one according to his works. 4423 442472:5. They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged 4425like other men. 442672:6. Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their 4427iniquity and their wickedness. 442872:7. Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they 4429have passed into the affection of the heart. 4430Fatness. . .Abundance and temporal prosperity, which hath encouraged 4431them in their iniquity: and made them give themselves up to their 4432irregular affections. 4433 4434% 4435BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4436The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4437is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4438quickly render to every one according to his works. 4439 444072:8. They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken 4441iniquity on high. 444272:9. They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath 4443passed through the earth. 444472:10. Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be 4445found in them. 4446Return here. . .or hither. The weak among the servants of God, will be 4447apt often to return to this thought, and will be shocked when they 4448consider the full days, that is, the long and prosperous life of the 4449wicked; and will be tempted to make the reflections against providence 4450which are set down in the following verses. 4451 4452% 4453BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4454The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4455is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4456quickly render to every one according to his works. 4457 445872:11. And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the 4459most High? 446072:12. Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they 4461have obtained riches. 446272:13. And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed 4463my hands among the innocent. 446472:14. And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath 4465been in the mornings. 446672:15. If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the 4467generation of thy children. 4468If I said, etc. . .That is, if I should indulge such thoughts as these. 4469 4470% 4471BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4472The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4473is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4474quickly render to every one according to his works. 4475 447672:16. I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my 4477sight: 447872:17. Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning 4479their last ends. 448072:18. But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were 4481lifted up thou hast cast them down. 4482Thou hast put it to them. . .In punishment of their deceits, or for 4483deceiving them, thou hast brought evils upon them in their last end, 4484which, in their prosperity they never apprehended. 4485 4486% 4487BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4488The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4489is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4490quickly render to every one according to his works. 4491 449272:19. How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to 4493be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity. 449472:20. As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou 4495shalt bring their image to nothing. 449672:21. For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed: 449772:22. And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not. 4498 4499% 4500BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4501The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4502is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4503quickly render to every one according to his works. 4504 450572:23. I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee. 450672:24. Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast 4507conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me. 4508 4509% 4510BOOK OF PSALMS 72 4511The temptation of the weak, upon seeing the prosperity of the wicked, 4512is overcome by the consideration of the justice of God, who will 4513quickly render to every one according to his works. 4514 451572:25. For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire 4516upon earth? 451772:26. For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the 4518God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever. 451972:27. For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast 4520destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee. 452172:28. But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the 4522Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the 4523daughter of Sion. 4524 4525% 4526BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4527A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4528 452973:1. Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto 4530the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture? 453173:2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the 4532beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: 4533mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt. 453473:3. Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what 4535things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 453673:4. And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of 4537thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs, 4538Their ensigns, etc. . .They have fixed their colours for signs and 4539trophies, both on the gates, and on the highest top of the temple: and 4540they knew not, that is, they regarded not the sanctity of the place. 4541This psalm manifestly foretells the time of the Machabees, and the 4542profanation of the temple by Antiochus. 4543 4544% 4545BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4546A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4547 454873:5. And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. 4549As with axes in a wood of trees, 455073:6. They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and 4551hatchet they have brought it down. 455273:7. They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the 4553dwelling place of thy name on the earth. 455473:8. They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let 4555us abolish all the festival days of God from the land. 455673:9. Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will 4557know us no more. 4558 4559% 4560BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4561A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4562 456373:10. How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to 4564provoke thy name for ever? 456573:11. Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the 4566midst of thy bosom for ever? 456773:12. But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in 4568the midst of the earth. 4569 4570% 4571BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4572A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4573 457473:13. Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush 4575the heads of the dragons in the waters. 4576The sea firm. . .By making the waters of the Red Sea stand like firm 4577walls, whilst Israel passed through: and destroying the Egyptians 4578called here dragons from their cruelty, in the same waters, with their 4579king: casting up their bodies on the shore to be stripped by the 4580Ethiopians inhabiting in those days the coast of Arabia. 458173:14. Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to 4582be meat for the people of the Ethiopians. 4583 4584% 4585BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4586A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4587 458873:15. Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast 4589dried up the Ethan rivers. 4590Ethan rivers. . .That is, rivers which run with strong streams. This was 4591verified in Jordan, Jos. 3, and in Arnon, Num. 21.14. 4592 4593% 4594BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4595A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4596 459773:16. Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the 4598morning light and the sun. 459973:17. Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the 4600spring were formed by thee. 460173:18. Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish 4602people hath provoked thy name. 460373:19. Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and 4604forget not to the end the souls of thy poor. 4605 4606% 4607BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4608A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4609 461073:20. Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of 4611the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity. 4612The obscure of the earth. . .Mean and ignoble wretches have been filled, 4613that is, enriched, with houses of iniquity, that is, with our estates 4614and possessions, which they have unjustly acquired. 4615 4616% 4617BOOK OF PSALMS 73 4618A prayer of the church under grievous persecutions. 4619 462073:21. Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and 4621needy shall praise thy name. 462273:22. Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with 4623which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day. 462473:23. Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that 4625hate thee ascendeth continually. 4626 4627% 4628BOOK OF PSALMS 74 4629There is a just judgment to come: therefore let the wicked take care. 4630 463174:1. Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph. 4632Corrupt not. . .It is believed to have been the beginning of some ode or 4633hymn, to the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. St. Augustine and 4634other fathers take it to be an admonition of the spirit of God, not to 4635faint or fail in our hope: but to persevere with constancy in good: 4636because God will not fail in his due time to render to every man 4637according to his works. 463874:2. We will praise thee, O God: we will praise, and we will call upon 4639thy name. We will relate thy wondrous works: 464074:3. When I shall take a time, I will judge justices. 4641When I shall take a time. . .In proper times: particularly at the last 4642day, when the earth shall melt away at the presence of the great Judge: 4643the same who originally laid the foundations of it, and as it were 4644established its pillars. 4645 4646% 4647BOOK OF PSALMS 74 4648There is a just judgment to come: therefore let the wicked take care. 4649 465074:4. The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have 4651established the pillars thereof. 465274:5. I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: 4653Lift not up the horn. 465474:6. Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God. 465574:7. For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert 4656hills: 465774:8. For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth 4658up: 465974:9. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of 4660mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs 4661thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink. 4662 4663% 4664BOOK OF PSALMS 74 4665There is a just judgment to come: therefore let the wicked take care. 4666 466774:10. But I will declare for ever: I will sing to the God of Jacob. 466874:11. And I will break all the horns of sinners: but the horns of the 4669just shall be exalted. 4670 4671% 4672BOOK OF PSALMS 75 4673God is known in his church: and exerts his power in protecting it. It 4674alludes to the slaughter of the Assyrians, in the days of king 4675Ezechias. 4676 467775:1. Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph: a canticle to the 4678Assyrians. 467975:2. In Judea God is known: his name is great in Israel. 468075:3. And his place is in peace: and his abode in Sion: 468175:4. There hath he broken the powers of bows, the shield, the sword, 4682and the battle. 4683 4684% 4685BOOK OF PSALMS 75 4686God is known in his church: and exerts his power in protecting it. It 4687alludes to the slaughter of the Assyrians, in the days of king 4688Ezechias. 4689 469075:5. Thou enlightenest wonderfully from the everlasting hills. 469175:6. All the foolish of heart were troubled. They have slept their 4692sleep; and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands. 469375:7. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they have all slumbered that 4694mounted on horseback. 4695 4696% 4697BOOK OF PSALMS 75 4698God is known in his church: and exerts his power in protecting it. It 4699alludes to the slaughter of the Assyrians, in the days of king 4700Ezechias. 4701 470275:8. Thou art terrible, and who shall resist thee? from that time thy 4703wrath. 4704From that time, etc. . .From the time that thy wrath shall break out. 470575:9. Thou hast caused judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth 4706trembled and was still, 470775:10. When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. 470875:11. For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the 4709remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee. 4710 4711% 4712BOOK OF PSALMS 75 4713God is known in his church: and exerts his power in protecting it. It 4714alludes to the slaughter of the Assyrians, in the days of king 4715Ezechias. 4716 471775:12. Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: all you that are round 4718about him bring presents. To him that is terrible, 471975:13. Even to him who taketh away the spirit of princes: to the 4720terrible with the kings of the earth. 4721 4722% 4723BOOK OF PSALMS 76 4724The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence 4725in his mercy and power. 4726 472776:1. Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of Asaph. 472876:2. I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he 4729gave ear to me. 473076:3. In the days of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up 4731to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be 4732comforted: 473376:4. I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my 4734spirit swooned away. 4735 4736% 4737BOOK OF PSALMS 76 4738The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence 4739in his mercy and power. 4740 474176:5. My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not. 474276:6. I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal 4743years. 474476:7. And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was 4745exercised and I swept my spirit. 4746 4747% 4748BOOK OF PSALMS 76 4749The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence 4750in his mercy and power. 4751 475276:8. Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more 4753favourable again? 475476:9. Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, from generation to 4755generation? 475676:10. Or will God forget to shew mercy? or will he in his anger shut 4757up his mercies? 475876:11. And I said, Now have I begun: this is the change of the right 4759hand of the most High. 4760 4761% 4762BOOK OF PSALMS 76 4763The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence 4764in his mercy and power. 4765 476676:12. I remembered the works of the Lord: for I will be mindful of thy 4767wonders from the beginning. 476876:13. And I will meditate on all thy works: and will be employed in 4769thy inventions. 4770 4771% 4772BOOK OF PSALMS 76 4773The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence 4774in his mercy and power. 4775 477676:14. Thy way, O God, is in the holy place: who is the great God like 4777our God? 477876:15. Thou art the God that dost wonders. Thou hast made thy power 4779known among the nations: 478076:16. With thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob 4781and of Joseph. 478276:17. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were 4783afraid, and the depths were troubled. 4784 4785% 4786BOOK OF PSALMS 76 4787The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence 4788in his mercy and power. 4789 479076:18. Great was the noise of the waters: the clouds sent out a sound. 4791For thy arrows pass: 479276:19. The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened 4793the world: the earth shook and trembled. 479476:20. Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy 4795footsteps shall not be known. 479676:21. Thou hast conducted thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses 4797and Aaron. 4798 4799% 4800BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4801God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4802ingratitude. 4803 480477:1. Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline 4805your ears to the words of my mouth. 480677:2. I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from 4807the beginning. 4808Propositions. . .Deep and mysterious sayings. By this it appears that 4809the historical facts of ancient times, commemorated in this psalm, were 4810deep and mysterious: as being figures of great truths appertaining to 4811the time of the New Testament. 4812 4813% 4814BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4815God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4816ingratitude. 4817 481877:3. How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have 4819told us. 482077:4. They have not been hidden from their children, in another 4821generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his 4822wonders which he hath done. 482377:5. And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How 4824great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same 4825known to their children: 482677:6. That another generation might know them. The children that should 4827be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children. 482877:7. That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works 4829of God: and may seek his commandments. 483077:8. That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and 4831exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: 4832and whose spirit was not faithful to God. 483377:9. The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have 4834turned back in the day of battle. 4835 4836% 4837BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4838God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4839ingratitude. 4840 484177:10. They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not 4842walk. 484377:11. And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders that he had shewn 4844them. 4845 4846% 4847BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4848God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4849ingratitude. 4850 485177:12. Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the 4852land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis. 485377:13. He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the 4854waters to stand as in a vessel. 485577:14. And he conducted them with a cloud by day: and all the night 4856with a light of fire. 485777:15. He struck the rock in the wilderness: and gave them to drink, as 4858out of the great deep. 485977:16. He brought forth water out of the rock: and made streams run 4860down as rivers. 486177:17. And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most 4862High to wrath in the place without water. 486377:18. And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their 4864desires. 4865 4866% 4867BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4868God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4869ingratitude. 4870 487177:19. And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in 4872the wilderness? 487377:20. Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the 4874streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his 4875people? 487677:21. Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled 4877against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel. 487877:22. Because they believed not in God: and trusted not in his 4879salvation. 4880 4881% 4882BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4883God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4884ingratitude. 4885 488677:23. And he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the 4887doors of heaven. 488877:24. And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them 4889the bread of heaven. 489077:25. Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provisions in 4891abundance. 4892 4893% 4894BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4895God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4896ingratitude. 4897 489877:26. He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought 4899in the southwest wind. 490077:27. And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like 4901as the sand of the sea. 490277:28. And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their 4903pavilions. 490477:29. So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them 4905their desire: 490677:30. they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their 4907meat was in their mouth: 490877:31. And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones 4909amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel. 4910 4911% 4912BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4913God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4914ingratitude. 4915 491677:32. In all these things they sinned still: and they behaved not for 4917his wondrous works. 491877:33. And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years in 4919haste. 492077:34. When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and 4921came to him early in the morning. 492277:35. And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high 4923God their redeemer. 492477:36. And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they 4925lied unto him: 492677:37. But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted 4927faithful in his covenant. 4928 4929% 4930BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4931God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4932ingratitude. 4933 493477:38. But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not 4935destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not 4936kindle all his wrath. 493777:39. And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and 4938returneth not. 4939 4940% 4941BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4942God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4943ingratitude. 4944 494577:40. How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to 4946wrath in the place without water? 494777:41. And they turned back and tempted God: and grieved the holy one 4948of Israel. 494977:42. They remembered not his hand, in the day that he redeemed them 4950from the hand of him that afflicted them: 495177:43. How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field 4952of Tanis. 495377:44. And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that 4954they might not drink. 4955 4956% 4957BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4958God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4959ingratitude. 4960 496177:45. He sent amongst them divers sorts of flies, which devoured them: 4962and frogs which destroyed them. 496377:46. And he gave up their fruits to the blast, and their labours to 4964the locust. 496577:47. And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, and their mulberry 4966trees with hoarfrost. 496777:48. And he gave up their cattle to the hail, and their stock to the 4968fire. 496977:49. And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation 4970and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels. 497177:50. He made a way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls 4972from death, and their cattle he shut up in death. 497377:51. And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the 4974firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham. 4975 4976% 4977BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4978God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4979ingratitude. 4980 498177:52. And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the 4982wilderness like a flock. 498377:53. And he brought them out in hope and they feared not: and the sea 4984overwhelmed their enemies. 498577:54. And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: the 4986mountain which his right hand had purchased. And he cast out the 4987Gentiles before them: and by lot divided to them their land by a line 4988of distribution. 498977:55. And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles. 4990 4991% 4992BOOK OF PSALMS 77 4993God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 4994ingratitude. 4995 499677:56. Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept 4997not his testimonies. 499877:57. And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their 4999fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow. 500077:58. They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to 5001jealousy with their graven things. 5002 5003% 5004BOOK OF PSALMS 77 5005God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 5006ingratitude. 5007 500877:59. God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly 5009as it were to nothing. 501077:60. And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he 5011dwelt among men. 501277:61. And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty 5013into the hands of the enemy. 501477:62. And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his 5015inheritance. 501677:63. Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not 5017lamented. 5018 5019% 5020BOOK OF PSALMS 77 5021God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 5022ingratitude. 5023 502477:64. Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn. 502577:65. And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty 5026man that hath been surfeited with wine. 502777:66. And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: he put them to an 5028everlasting reproach. 502977:67. And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the 5030tribe of Ephraim: 503177:68. But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved. 503277:69. And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he 5033founded for ever. 5034 5035As of unicorns. . .That is, firm and strong like the horn of the 5036unicorn. This is one of the chiefest of the propositions of this psalm, 5037foreshewing the firm establishment of the one, true, and everlasting 5038 5039% 5040BOOK OF PSALMS 77 5041God's great benefits to the people of Israel, notwithstanding their 5042ingratitude. 5043sanctuary of God, in his church. 5044 504577:70. And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of 5046sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young, 504777:71. To feed Jacob his servant and Israel his inheritance. 504877:72. And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: and conducted 5049them by the skilfulness of his hands. 5050 5051% 5052BOOK OF PSALMS 78 5053The church in time of persecution prayeth for relief. It seems to 5054belong to the time of the Machabees. 5055 505678:1. A psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathens are come into thy 5057inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made 5058Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit. 505978:2. They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for 5060the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the 5061earth. 506278:3. They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem 5063and there was none to bury them. 506478:4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision 5065to them that are round about us. 5066 5067% 5068BOOK OF PSALMS 78 5069The church in time of persecution prayeth for relief. It seems to 5070belong to the time of the Machabees. 5071 507278:5. How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be 5073kindled like a fire? 507478:6. Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and 5075upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 507678:7. Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place. 5077 5078% 5079BOOK OF PSALMS 78 5080The church in time of persecution prayeth for relief. It seems to 5081belong to the time of the Machabees. 5082 508378:8. Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily 5084prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor. 508578:9. Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O 5086Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake: 508778:10. Lest they should say among the Gentiles: Where is their God? And 5088let him be made known among the nations before our eyes, By the 5089revenging the blood of thy servants, which hath been shed: 509078:11. Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According 5091to the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them 5092that have been put to death. 509378:12. And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the 5094reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. 509578:13. But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give 5096thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation 5097and generation. 5098 5099% 5100BOOK OF PSALMS 79 5101A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former 5102favours. 510379:1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for 5104Asaph, a psalm. 510579:2. Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph 5106like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth 510779:3. Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and 5108come to save us. 5109 5110% 5111BOOK OF PSALMS 79 5112A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former 5113favours. 5114 511579:4. Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved. 511679:5. O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the 5117prayer of thy servant? 511879:6. How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us 5119for our drink tears in measure? 512079:7. Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and 5121our enemies have scoffed at us. 5122 5123% 5124BOOK OF PSALMS 79 5125A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former 5126favours. 5127 512879:8. O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be 5129saved. 513079:9. Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the 5131Gentiles and planted it. 513279:10. Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst 5133the roots thereof, and it filled the land. 513479:11. The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the 5135cedars of God. 513679:12. It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs 5137unto the river. 5138 5139% 5140BOOK OF PSALMS 79 5141A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former 5142favours. 5143 514479:13. Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they 5145who pass by the way do pluck it? 514679:14. The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild 5147beast hath devoured it. 514879:15. Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and 5149visit this vineyard: 515079:16. And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon 5151the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself. 5152 5153% 5154BOOK OF PSALMS 79 5155A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former 5156favours. 5157 515879:17. Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of 5159thy countenance. 5160Things set on fire, etc. . .So this vineyard of thine, almost consumed 5161already, must perish, if thou continue thy rebukes. 5162 5163% 5164BOOK OF PSALMS 79 5165A prayer for the church in tribulation, commemorating God's former 5166favours. 5167 516879:18. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son 5169of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself. 5170The man of thy right hand. . .Christ. 517179:19. And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will 5172call upon thy name. 517379:20. O Lord God of hosts, convert us and shew thy face, and we shall 5174be saved. 5175 5176% 5177BOOK OF PSALMS 80 5178An invitation to a solemn praising of God. 5179 518080:1. Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. 5181For the winepresses, etc. . .Torcularibus. It either signifies a musical 5182instrument, or that this psalm was to be sung at the feast of the 5183tabernacles after the gathering in of the vintage. 518480:2. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob. 518580:3. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery 5186with the harp. 5187 5188% 5189BOOK OF PSALMS 80 5190An invitation to a solemn praising of God. 5191 519280:4. Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your 5193solemnity. 519480:5. For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of 5195Jacob. 519680:6. He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the 5197land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not. 519880:7. He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in 5199baskets. 520080:8. Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I 5201heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters 5202of contradiction. 5203In the secret place of tempest. . .Heb., Of thunder. When thou soughtest 5204to hide thyself from the tempest: or, when I came down to mount Sina, 5205hidden from thy eyes in a storm of thunder. 5206 5207% 5208BOOK OF PSALMS 80 5209An invitation to a solemn praising of God. 5210 521180:9. Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou 5212wilt hearken to me, 521380:10. there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt 5214thou adore a strange god. 521580:11. For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of 5216Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 521780:12. But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to 5218me. 521980:13. So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they 5220shall walk in their own inventions. 5221 5222% 5223BOOK OF PSALMS 80 5224An invitation to a solemn praising of God. 5225 522680:14. If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways: 522780:15. I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on 5228them that troubled them. 522980:16. The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall 5230be for ever. 5231Their time shall be forever. . .Impenitent sinners shall suffer for 5232ever. 523380:17. And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with 5234honey out of the rock. 5235 5236% 5237BOOK OF PSALMS 81 5238An exhortation to judges and men in power. 5239 524081:1. A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: 5241and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods. 524281:2. How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the 5243wicked? 524481:3. Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and 5245the poor. 524681:4. Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the 5247sinner. 5248 5249% 5250BOOK OF PSALMS 81 5251An exhortation to judges and men in power. 5252 525381:5. They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all 5254the foundations of the earth shall be moved. 525581:6. I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most 5256High. 525781:7. But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the 5258princes. 525981:8. Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among 5260all the nations. 5261 5262% 5263BOOK OF PSALMS 82 5264A prayer against the enemies of God's church. 5265 526682:1. A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. 526782:2. O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be 5268thou still, O God. 526982:3. For lo, thy enemies have made a noise: and they that hate thee 5270have lifted up the head. 527182:4. They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people, and have 5272consulted against thy saints. 527382:5. They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not 5274a nation: and let the name of Israel be remembered no more. 527582:6. For they have contrived with one consent: they have made a 5276covenant together against thee, 527782:7. The tabernacle of the Edomites, and the Ishmahelites: Moab, and 5278the Agarens, 527982:8. Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: the Philistines, with the 5280inhabitants of Tyre. 5281 5282% 5283BOOK OF PSALMS 82 5284A prayer against the enemies of God's church. 5285 528682:9. Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to 5287the aid of the sons of Lot. 528882:10. Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: as to Jabin at 5289the brook of Cisson. 529082:11. Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth. 529182:12. Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. 5292All their princes, 529382:13. Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an 5294inheritance. 529582:14. O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the 5296wind. 529782:15. As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning 5298mountains: 529982:16. So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble 5300them in thy wrath. 530182:17. Fill their faces with shame; and they shall seek thy name, O 5302Lord. 530382:18. Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them 5304be confounded and perish. 530582:19. And let them know that the Lord is thy name: thou alone art the 5306most High over all the earth. 5307 5308% 5309BOOK OF PSALMS 83 5310The soul aspireth after heaven; rejoicing in the mean time, in being in 5311the communion of God's church upon earth. 5312 531383:1. Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core. 531483:2. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 531583:3. my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart 5316and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God. 531783:4. For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest 5318for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of 5319hosts, my king and my God. 5320 5321% 5322BOOK OF PSALMS 83 5323The soul aspireth after heaven; rejoicing in the mean time, in being in 5324the communion of God's church upon earth. 5325 532683:5. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall 5327praise thee for ever and ever. 532883:6. Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath 5329disposed to ascend by steps, 5330In his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, etc. . .Ascensiones in 5331corde suo disposuit. As by steps men ascended to the temple of God 5332situated on a hill; so the good Christian ascends towards the eternal 5333temple by certain steps of virtue disposed or ordered within the heart: 5334and this whilst he lives as yet in the body, in this vale of tears, the 5335place which man hath set: that is, which he hath brought himself to: 5336being cast out of paradise for his sin. 533783:7. In the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set. 5338 5339% 5340BOOK OF PSALMS 83 5341The soul aspireth after heaven; rejoicing in the mean time, in being in 5342the communion of God's church upon earth. 5343 534483:8. For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue 5345to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion. 534683:9. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. 534783:10. Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ. 534883:11. For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have 5349chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in 5350the tabernacles of sinners. 5351 5352% 5353BOOK OF PSALMS 83 5354The soul aspireth after heaven; rejoicing in the mean time, in being in 5355the communion of God's church upon earth. 5356 535783:12. For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and 5358glory. 535983:13. He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: 5360O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 5361 5362% 5363BOOK OF PSALMS 84 5364The coming of Christ, to bring peace and salvation to man. 5365 536684:1. Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm. 536784:2. Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the 5368captivity of Jacob. 536984:3. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered 5370all their sins. 537184:4. Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou hast turned away from the 5372wrath of thy indignation. 5373 5374% 5375BOOK OF PSALMS 84 5376The coming of Christ, to bring peace and salvation to man. 5377 537884:5. Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us. 537984:6. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy 5380wrath from generation to generation? 538184:7. Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall 5382rejoice in thee. 5383 5384% 5385BOOK OF PSALMS 84 5386The coming of Christ, to bring peace and salvation to man. 5387 538884:8. Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation. 538984:9. I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak 5390peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are 5391converted to the heart. 539284:10. Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him : that glory 5393may dwell in our land. 5394 5395% 5396BOOK OF PSALMS 84 5397The coming of Christ, to bring peace and salvation to man. 5398 539984:11. Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have 5400kissed. 540184:12. Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down 5402from heaven. 540384:13. For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her 5404fruit. 540584:14. Justice shall walk before him: and ,shall set his steps in the 5406way. 5407 5408% 5409BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5410A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5411 541285:1. A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: 5413for I am needy and poor. 541485:2. Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that 5415trusteth in thee. 5416I am holy. . .I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy service. 5417 5418% 5419BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5420A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5421 542285:3. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day. 542385:4. Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have 5424lifted up my soul. 542585:5. For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to 5426all that call upon thee. 5427 5428% 5429BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5430A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5431 543285:6. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my 5433petition. 543485:7. I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou 5435hast heard me. 5436 5437% 5438BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5439A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5440 544185:8. There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is 5442none according to thy works. 544385:9. All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, 5444O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name. 544585:10. For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God 5446alone. 5447 5448% 5449BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5450A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5451 545285:11. Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: 5453let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name. 545485:12. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I 5455will glorify thy name for ever: 545685:13. For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my 5457soul out of the lower hell. 5458 5459% 5460BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5461A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5462 546385:14. O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of 5464the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their 5465eyes. 546685:15. And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, 5467patient, and of much mercy, and true. 5468 5469% 5470BOOK OF PSALMS 85 5471A prayer for God's grace to assist us to the end. 5472 547385:16. O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy 5474servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. 547585:17. Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be 5476confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me. 5477 5478% 5479BOOK OF PSALMS 86 5480The glory of the church of Christ. 5481 548286:1. For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations 5483thereof are the holy mountains: 5484The holy mountains. . .The apostles and prophets. Eph. 2.20. 548586:2. The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of 5486Jacob. 5487 5488% 5489BOOK OF PSALMS 86 5490The glory of the church of Christ. 5491 549286:3. Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God. 549386:4. I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the 5494foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were 5495there. 5496Rahab. . .Egypt, etc. To this Sion, which is the church of God, many 5497shall resort from all nations. 5498 5499% 5500BOOK OF PSALMS 86 5501The glory of the church of Christ. 5502 550386:5. Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the 5504Highest himself hath founded her. 5505Shall not Sion say, etc. . .The meaning is, that Sion, viz., the church, 5506shall not only be able to commemorate this or that particular person of 5507renown born in her, but also to glory in great multitudes of people and 5508princes of her communion; who have been foretold in the writings of the 5509prophets, and registered in the writings of the apostles. 5510 5511% 5512BOOK OF PSALMS 86 5513The glory of the church of Christ. 5514 551586:6. The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of 5516them that have been in her. 551786:7. The dwelling in thee is as it were of all rejoicing. 5518 5519% 5520BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5521A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5522passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5523 552487:1. A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for 5525Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite. 5526Maheleth. . .A musical instrument, or chorus of musicians, to answer one 5527another.--Ibid. Understanding. . .Or a psalm of instruction, composed by 5528Eman the Ezrahite, or by David, in his name. 552987:2. O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in 5530the night before thee. 5531 5532% 5533BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5534A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5535passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5536 553787:3. Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my 5538petition. 553987:4. For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to 5540hell. 5541 5542% 5543BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5544A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5545passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5546 554787:5. I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a 5548man without help, 554987:6. Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, 5550whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 555187:7. They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in 5552the shadow of death. 555387:8. Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought 5554in upon me. 5555 5556% 5557BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5558A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5559passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5560 556187:9. Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me 5562an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth: 556387:10. My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, 5564O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee. 5565 5566% 5567BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5568A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5569passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5570 557187:11. Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to 5572life, and give praise to thee? 557387:12. Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth 5574in destruction? 557587:13. Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the 5576land of forgetfulness? 557787:14. But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer 5578shall prevent thee. 5579 5580% 5581BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5582A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5583passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5584 558587:15. Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy 5586face from me? 558787:16. I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have 5588been humbled and troubled. 5589 5590% 5591BOOK OF PSALMS 87 5592A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his 5593passion, and alludes to his death and burial. 5594 559587:17. Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me. 559687:18. They have come round about me like water all the day: they have 5597compassed me about together. 559887:19. Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my 5599acquaintance, because of misery. 5600 5601% 5602BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5603The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5604of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5605most grievous afflictions. 5606 560788:1. Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite. 560888:2. The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth 5609thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation. 561088:3. For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the 5611heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them. 5612 5613% 5614BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5615The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5616of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5617most grievous afflictions. 5618 561988:4. I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my 5620servant: 562188:5. Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne 5622unto generation and generation. 562388:6. The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in 5624the church of the saints. 562588:7. For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among 5626the sons of God shall be like to God? 562788:8. God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and 5628terrible above all them that are about him. 5629 5630% 5631BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5632The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5633of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5634most grievous afflictions. 5635 563688:9. O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O 5637Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. 563888:10. Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of 5639the waves thereof. 564088:11. Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the 5641arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies. 5642 5643% 5644BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5645The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5646of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5647most grievous afflictions. 5648 564988:12. Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the 5650fulness thereof thou hast founded: 565188:13. The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall 5652rejoice in thy name: 565388:14. Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy 5654right hand exalted: 565588:15. Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy 5656and truth shall go before thy face: 565788:16. Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, 5658O Lord, in the light of thy countenance: 565988:17. And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy 5660justice they shall be exalted. 5661 5662% 5663BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5664The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5665of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5666most grievous afflictions. 5667 566888:18. For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good 5669pleasure shall our horn be exalted. 567088:19. For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one 5671of Israel. 567288:20. Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have 5673laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of 5674my people. 5675 5676% 5677BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5678The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5679of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5680most grievous afflictions. 5681 568288:21. I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed 5683him. 568488:22. For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him. 568588:23. The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of 5686iniquity have power to hurt him. 568788:24. And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that 5688hate him I will put to flight. 568988:25. And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name 5690shall his horn be exalted. 569188:26. And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the 5692rivers. 569388:27. He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the 5694support of my salvation. 569588:28. And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the 5696 5697% 5698BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5699The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5700of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5701most grievous afflictions. 5702earth. 5703 570488:29. I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful 5705to him. 570688:30. And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne 5707as the days of heaven. 570888:31. And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my 5709judgments: 571088:32. If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments: 571188:33. I will visit their iniquities with a rod and their sins with 5712stripes. 571388:34. But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my 5714truth to fail. 571588:35. Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed 5716from my mouth I will not make void. 5717 5718% 5719BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5720The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5721of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5722most grievous afflictions. 5723 572488:36. Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: 572588:37. His seed shall endure for ever. 572688:38. And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for 5727ever, and a faithful witness in heaven. 572888:39. But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with 5729my anointed. 573088:40. Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast 5731profaned his sanctuary on the earth. 5732 5733Overthrown the covenant, etc. . .All this seems to relate to the time of 5734the captivity of Babylon, in which, for the sins of the people and 5735their princes, God seemed to have set aside for a while the covenant he 5736made with David. 5737 5738% 5739BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5740The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5741of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5742most grievous afflictions. 5743 574488:41. Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his 5745strength fear. 574688:42. All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a 5747reproach to his neighbours. 574888:43. Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou 5749hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 575088:44. Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not 5751assisted him in battle. 575288:45. Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his 5753throne down to the ground. 575488:46. Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him 5755with confusion. 5756 5757% 5758BOOK OF PSALMS 88 5759The perpetuity of the church of Christ, in consequence of the promise 5760of God: which, notwithstanding, God permits her to suffer sometimes 5761most grievous afflictions. 5762 576388:47. How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy 5764anger burn like fire? 576588:48. Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the 5766children of men in vain? 576788:49. Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall 5768deliver his soul from the hand of hell? 576988:50. Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou 5770didst swear to David in thy truth? 577188:51. Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I 5772have held in my bosom) of many nations: 577388:52. Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they 5774have reproached the change of thy anointed. 577588:53. Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it. 5776 5777% 5778BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5779A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5780the days of man. 5781 578289:1. A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge 5783from generation to generation. 578489:2. Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was 5785formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God. 578689:3. Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be 5787converted, O ye sons of men. 5788 5789Turn not man away, etc. . .Suffer him not quite to perish from thee, 5790since thou art pleased to call upon him to be converted to thee. 5791 5792% 5793BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5794A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5795the days of man. 5796 579789:4. For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is 5798past. And as a watch in the night, 579989:5. Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. 5800 5801% 5802BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5803A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5804the days of man. 5805 580689:6. In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he 5807shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, 5808and wither. 580989:7. For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy 5810indignation. 5811 5812% 5813BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5814A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5815the days of man. 5816 581789:8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the 5818light of thy countenance. 581989:9. For all our days are spent; and in thy wrath we have fainted 5820away. Our years shall be considered as a spider: 5821 5822As a spider. . .As frail and weak as a spider's web; and miserable 5823withal, whilst like a spider we spend our bowels in weaving webs to 5824catch flies. 5825 5826% 5827BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5828A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5829the days of man. 5830 583189:10. The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But 5832if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is 5833labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be 5834corrected. 5835 5836Mildness is come upon us, etc. . .God's mildness corrects us; inasmuch 5837as he deals kindly with us, in shortening the days of this miserable 5838life; and so weaning our affections from all its transitory enjoyments, 5839and teaching us true wisdom. 5840 5841% 5842BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5843A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5844the days of man. 5845 584689:11. Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear 584789:12. Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men 5848learned in heart, in wisdom. 584989:13. Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy 5850servants. 585189:14. We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have 5852rejoiced, and are delighted all our days. 5853 5854% 5855BOOK OF PSALMS 89 5856A prayer for the mercy of God: recounting the shortness and miseries of 5857the days of man. 5858 585989:15. We have rejoiced for the days in which thou hast humbled us: for 5860the years in which we have seen evils. 586189:16. Look upon thy servants and upon their works: and direct their 5862children. 586389:17. And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and 5864direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands 5865do thou direct. 5866 5867% 5868BOOK OF PSALMS 90 5869The just is secure under the protection of God. 5870 587190:1. The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid 5872of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob. 587390:2. He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: 5874my God, in him will I trust. 5875 5876% 5877BOOK OF PSALMS 90 5878The just is secure under the protection of God. 5879 588090:3. For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from 5881the sharp word. 588290:4. He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings 5883thou shalt trust. 5884 5885% 5886BOOK OF PSALMS 90 5887The just is secure under the protection of God. 5888 588990:5. His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be 5890afraid of the terror of the night. 589190:6. Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh 5892about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday devil. 589390:7. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right 5894hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. 589590:8. But thou shalt consider with thy eyes: and shalt see the reward 5896of the wicked. 589790:9. Because thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou hast made the most High 5898thy refuge. 5899 5900% 5901BOOK OF PSALMS 90 5902The just is secure under the protection of God. 5903 590490:10. There shall no evil come to thee: nor shall the scourge come 5905near thy dwelling. 590690:11. For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in 5907all thy ways. 5908 5909% 5910BOOK OF PSALMS 90 5911The just is secure under the protection of God. 5912 591390:12. In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot 5914against a stone. 591590:13. Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt 5916trample under foot the lion and the dragon. 591790:14. Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him 5918because he hath known my name. 5919 5920% 5921BOOK OF PSALMS 90 5922The just is secure under the protection of God. 5923 592490:15. He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in 5925tribulation, I will deliver him, and I will glorify him. 592690:16. I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my 5927salvation. 5928 5929% 5930BOOK OF PSALMS 91 5931God is to be praised for his wondrous works. 5932 593391:1. A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day. 593491:2. It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O 5935most High. 593691:3. To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the 5937night: 593891:4. Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a 5939canticle upon the harp. 5940 5941% 5942BOOK OF PSALMS 91 5943God is to be praised for his wondrous works. 5944 594591:5. For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in 5946the works of thy hands I shall rejoice. 594791:6. O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep. 594891:7. The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand 5949these things. 5950 5951% 5952BOOK OF PSALMS 91 5953God is to be praised for his wondrous works. 5954 595591:8. When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of 5956iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever: 595791:9. But thou, O Lord, art most high for evermore. 5958 5959% 5960BOOK OF PSALMS 91 5961God is to be praised for his wondrous works. 5962 596391:10. For behold thy enemies, O lord, for behold thy enemies shall 5964perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 596591:11. But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my 5966old age in plentiful mercy. 5967 5968% 5969BOOK OF PSALMS 91 5970God is to be praised for his wondrous works. 5971 597291:12. My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall 5973hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me. 597491:13. The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up 5975like the cedar of Libanus. 597691:14. They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in 5977the courts of the house of our God. 597891:15. They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be 5979well treated, 598091:16. That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and 5981there is no iniquity in him. 5982 5983% 5984BOOK OF PSALMS 92 5985The glory and stability of the kingdom; that is, of the church of 5986Christ. 5987Praise in the way of a canticle, for David himself, on the day before 5988the sabbath, when the earth was founded. 5989 599092:1. The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is 5991clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established 5992the world which shall not be moved. 599392:2. My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting. 5994 5995% 5996BOOK OF PSALMS 92 5997The glory and stability of the kingdom; that is, of the church of 5998Christ. 5999 600092:3. The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up 6001their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves, 600292:4. With the noise of many waters. Wonderful are the surges of the 6003sea: wonderful is the Lord on high. 600492:5. Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness 6005becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days. 6006 6007% 6008BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6009God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6010A psalm for David himself on the fourth day of the week. 6011 601293:1. The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge 6013hath acted freely. 601493:2. Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to 6015the proud. 6016 6017% 6018BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6019God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6020 602193:3. How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory? 602293:4. Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work 6023injustice? 602493:5. Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have 6025afflicted thy inheritance. 602693:6. They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have 6027murdered the fatherless. 602893:7. And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God 6029of Jacob understand. 603093:8. Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be 6031wise at last. 6032 6033% 6034BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6035God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6036 603793:9. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the 6038eye, doth he not consider? 603993:10. He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that 6040teacheth man knowledge? 604193:11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain. 6042 6043% 6044BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6045God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 604693:12. Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt 6047teach him out of thy law. 604893:13. That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be 6049dug for the wicked. 6050Rest from the evil days. . .That thou mayst mitigate the sorrows, to 6051which he is exposed, during the short and evil days of his mortality. 6052 6053% 6054BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6055God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6056 605793:14. For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he 6058forsake his own inheritance. 605993:15. Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it 6060are all the upright in heart. 6061Until justice be turned into judgment, etc. . .By being put in 6062execution; which will be agreeable to all the upright in heart. 6063 6064% 6065BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6066God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6067 606893:16. Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall 6069stand with me against the workers of iniquity? 607093:17. Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in 6071hell. 6072 6073% 6074BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6075God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6076 607793:18. If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me. 607893:19. According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy 6079comforts have given joy to my soul. 6080 6081% 6082BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6083God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6084 608593:20. Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in 6086commandment? 6087Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, etc. . .That is, wilt thou, O 6088God, who art always just, admit of the seat of iniquity: that is, of 6089injustice, or unjust judges, to have any partnership with thee? Thou 6090who framest, or makest, labour in commandment, that is, thou who 6091obligest us to labour with all diligence to keep thy commandments. 6092 6093% 6094BOOK OF PSALMS 93 6095God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people. 6096 609793:21. They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn 6098innocent blood. 609993:22. But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope. 610093:23. And he will render them their iniquity : and in their malice he 6101will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them. 6102 6103% 6104BOOK OF PSALMS 94 6105An invitation to adore and serve God, and to hear his voice. 6106 6107Praise of a canticle for David himself. 610894:1. Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God 6109our saviour. 611094:2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and make a 6111joyful noise to him with psalms. 611294:3. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 611394:4. For in his hand are all the ends of the earth: and the heights of 6114the mountains are his. 611594:5. For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry 6116land. 6117 6118% 6119BOOK OF PSALMS 94 6120An invitation to adore and serve God, and to hear his voice. 6121 612294:6. Come let us adore and fall down: and weep before the Lord that 6123made us. 612494:7. For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture 6125and the sheep of his hand. 612694:8. To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts: 612794:9. As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the 6128wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my 6129works. 613094:10. Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I 6131said: These always err in heart. 613294:11. And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath 6133that they shall not enter into my rest. 6134 6135% 6136BOOK OF PSALMS 95 6137An exhortation to praise God for the coming of Christ and his kingdom. 6138 613995:1. A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the 6140captivity. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all 6141the earth. 6142When the house was built, etc. . .Alluding to that time, and then 6143ordered to be sung: but principally relating to the building of the 6144church of Christ, after our redemption from the captivity of Satan. 614595:2. Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation 6146from day to day. 6147 6148% 6149BOOK OF PSALMS 95 6150An exhortation to praise God for the coming of Christ and his kingdom. 6151 615295:3. Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all 6153people. 615495:4. For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be 6155feared above all gods. 615695:5. For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made 6157the heavens. 615895:6. Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his 6159sanctuary. 6160 6161% 6162BOOK OF PSALMS 95 6163An exhortation to praise God for the coming of Christ and his kingdom. 6164 616595:7. Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to 6166the Lord glory and honour: 616795:8. Bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and 6168come into his courts: 616995:9. Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved 6170at his presence. 6171 6172% 6173BOOK OF PSALMS 95 6174An exhortation to praise God for the coming of Christ and his kingdom. 6175 617695:10. Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath 6177corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people 6178with justice. 617995:11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea 6180be moved, and the fulness thereof: 618195:12. The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then 6182shall all the trees of the woods rejoice 618395:13. before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he 6184cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and 6185the people with his truth. 6186 6187% 6188BOOK OF PSALMS 96 6189All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of Christ. 6190 619196:1. For the same David, when his land was restored again to him. The 6192Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad. 619396:2. Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are 6194the establishment of his throne. 6195Clouds and darkness. . .The coming of Christ in the clouds with great 6196terror and majesty to judge the world, is here prophesied. 6197 6198% 6199BOOK OF PSALMS 96 6200All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of Christ. 6201 620296:3. A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round 6203about. 620496:4. His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and 6205trembled. 620696:5. The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at 6207the presence of the Lord of all the earth. 6208 6209% 6210BOOK OF PSALMS 96 6211All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of Christ. 6212 621396:6. The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory. 621496:7. Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that 6215glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels: 621696:8. Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, 6217because of thy judgments, O Lord. 621896:9. For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art 6219exalted exceedingly above all gods. 6220 6221% 6222BOOK OF PSALMS 96 6223All are invited to rejoice at the glorious coming and reign of Christ. 6224 622596:10. You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls 6226of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner. 622796:11. Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart. 622896:12. Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the 6229remembrance of his holiness. 6230 6231% 6232BOOK OF PSALMS 97 6233All are again invited to praise the Lord, for the victories of Christ. 6234 623597:1. A psalm for David himself. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: 6236because he hath done wonderful things. His right hand hath wrought for 6237him salvation, and his arm is holy. 623897:2. The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his 6239justice in the sight of the Gentiles. 624097:3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of 6241Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 6242 6243% 6244BOOK OF PSALMS 97 6245All are again invited to praise the Lord, for the victories of Christ. 6246 624797:4. Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and 6248sing. 624997:5. Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the 6250voice of a psalm: 6251 6252% 6253BOOK OF PSALMS 97 6254All are again invited to praise the Lord, for the victories of Christ. 6255 625697:6. With long trumpets, and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise 6257before the Lord our king: 625897:7. Let the sea be moved and the fullness thereof: the world and they 6259that dwell therein. 626097:8. The rivers shall clap their hands, the mountains shall rejoice 6261together 626297:9. At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the 6263earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with 6264equity. 6265 6266% 6267BOOK OF PSALMS 98 6268The reign of the Lord in Sion: that is, of Christ in his church. 6269 627098:1. A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people 6271be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved. 6272Let the people be angry. . .Though many enemies rage, and the whole 6273earth be stirred up to oppose the reign of Christ, he shall still 6274prevail. 627598:2. The lord is great in Sion, and high above all people. 6276 6277% 6278BOOK OF PSALMS 98 6279The reign of the Lord in Sion: that is, of Christ in his church. 6280 628198:3. Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and 6282holy: 628398:4. And the king's honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared 6284directions: thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob. 6285Loveth judgment. . .Requireth discretion.--Ibid. Directions. . .Most 6286right and just laws to direct men. 628798:5. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, for it is 6288holy. 6289Adore his footstool. . .The ark of the covenant was called, in the Old 6290Testament, God's footstool: over which he was understood to sit, on his 6291propitiatory, or mercy seat, as on a throne, between the wings of the 6292cherubims, in the sanctuary: to which the children of Israel paid a 6293great veneration. But as this psalm evidently relates to Christ, and 6294the New Testament, where the ark has no place, the holy fathers 6295understand this text, of the worship paid by the church to the body and 6296blood of Christ in the sacred mysteries: inasmuch as the humanity of 6297Christ is, as it were, the footstool of the divinity. So St. Ambrose, 6298L. 3. De Spiritu Sancto, c. 12. And St. Augustine upon this psalm. 6299 6300% 6301BOOK OF PSALMS 98 6302The reign of the Lord in Sion: that is, of Christ in his church. 6303 630498:6. Moses and Aaron among his priests: and Samuel among them that 6305call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them: 6306Moses and Aaron among his priests. . .By this it is evident, that Moses 6307also was a priest, and indeed the chief priest, inasmuch as he 6308consecrated Aaron, and offered sacrifice for him. Lev. 8. So that his 6309pre-eminence over Aaron makes nothing for lay church headship. 631098:7. He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud. They kept his 6311testimonies, and the commandment which he gave them. 6312 6313% 6314BOOK OF PSALMS 98 6315The reign of the Lord in Sion: that is, of Christ in his church. 6316 631798:8. Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: thou wast a merciful God to 6318them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions. 6319All their inventions. . .that is, all the enterprises of their enemies 6320against them, as in the case of Core, Dathan, and Abiron. 632198:9. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for 6322the Lord our God is holy. 6323 6324% 6325BOOK OF PSALMS 99 6326All are invited to rejoice in God the creator of all. 6327 632899:1. A psalm of praise. 632999:2. Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with 6330gladness. Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy. 633199:3. Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we 6332ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 6333 6334% 6335BOOK OF PSALMS 99 6336All are invited to rejoice in God the creator of all. 6337 633899:4. Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and 6339give glory to him. Praise ye his name: 634099:5. For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth 6341to generation and generation. 6342 6343% 6344BOOK OF PSALMS 100 6345The prophet exhorteth all by his example, to follow mercy and justice. 6346 6347100:1. A psalm for David himself. Mercy and judgment I will sing to 6348thee, O Lord: I will sing, 6349100:2. And I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come 6350to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house. 6351I will understand, etc. . .That is, I will apply my mind, I will do my 6352endeavour, to know and to follow the perfect way of thy commandments: 6353not trusting to my own strength, but relying on thy coming to me by thy 6354grace. 6355100:3. I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the 6356workers of iniquities. 6357 6358% 6359BOOK OF PSALMS 100 6360The prophet exhorteth all by his example, to follow mercy and justice. 6361 6362100:4. The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that 6363turned aside from me, I would not know. 6364100:5. The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I 6365persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I 6366would not eat. 6367100:6. My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the 6368man that walked in the perfect way, he served me. 6369100:7. He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: 6370he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes. 6371100:8. In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I 6372might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord. 6373 6374% 6375BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6376A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6377 6378101:1. The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out 6379his supplication before the Lord. 6380101:2. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee. 6381101:3. Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, 6382incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear 6383me speedily. 6384 6385% 6386BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6387A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6388 6389101:4. For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry 6390like fuel for the fire. 6391101:5. I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I 6392forgot to eat my bread. 6393101:6. Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my 6394flesh. 6395101:7. I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a 6396night raven in the house. 6397A pelican, etc. . .I am become through grief, like birds that affect 6398solitude and darkness. 6399101:8. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the 6400housetop. 6401 6402% 6403BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6404A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6405 6406101:9. All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised 6407me did swear against me. 6408101:10. For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with 6409weeping. 6410101:11. Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up 6411thou hast thrown me down. 6412 6413% 6414BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6415A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6416 6417101:12. My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like 6418grass. 6419101:13. But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all 6420generations. 6421101:14. Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have 6422mercy on it, for the time is come. 6423101:15. For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they 6424shall have pity on the earth thereof. 6425 6426% 6427BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6428A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6429 6430101:16. All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings 6431of the earth thy glory. 6432101:17. For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his 6433glory. 6434101:18. He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not 6435despised their petition. 6436101:19. Let these things be written unto another generation: and the 6437people that shall be created shall praise the Lord: 6438101:20. Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from 6439heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth. 6440 6441% 6442BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6443A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6444 6445101:21. That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that 6446he might release the children of the slain: 6447101:22. That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his 6448praise in Jerusalem; 6449101:23. When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the 6450Lord. 6451101:24. He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the 6452fewness of my days. 6453He answered him in the way of his strength. . .That is, the people, 6454mentioned in the foregoing verse, or the penitent, in whose person this 6455psalm is delivered, answered the Lord in the way of his strength: that 6456is, according to the best of his power and strength: or when he was in 6457the flower of his age and strength: inquiring after the fewness of his 6458days: to know if he should live long enough to see the happy 6459restoration of Sion, etc. 6460101:25. Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto 6461generation and generation. 6462 6463% 6464BOOK OF PSALMS 101 6465A prayer for one in affliction: the fifth penitential psalm. 6466 6467101:26. In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the 6468heavens are the works of thy hands. 6469101:27. They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall 6470grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and 6471they shall be changed. 6472101:28. But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail. 6473101:29. The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed 6474shall be directed for ever. 6475 6476% 6477BOOK OF PSALMS 102 6478Thanksgiving to God for his mercies. 6479 6480102:1. For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that 6481is within me bless his holy name. 6482102:2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for 6483thee. 6484102:3. Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases. 6485102:4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with 6486mercy and compassion. 6487102:5. Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be 6488renewed like the eagle's. 6489 6490% 6491BOOK OF PSALMS 102 6492Thanksgiving to God for his mercies. 6493 6494102:6. The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong. 6495102:7. He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children 6496of Israel. 6497102:8. The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and 6498plenteous in mercy. 6499102:9. He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever. 6500102:10. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded 6501us according to our iniquities. 6502102:11. For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he 6503hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him. 6504 6505% 6506BOOK OF PSALMS 102 6507Thanksgiving to God for his mercies. 6508 6509102:12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our 6510iniquities from us. 6511102:13. As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord 6512compassion on them that fear him: 6513102:14. For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust: 6514102:15. Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he 6515flourish. 6516102:16. For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he 6517shall know his place no more. 6518102:17. But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity 6519upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children, 6520102:18. To such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his 6521commandments to do them. 6522 6523% 6524BOOK OF PSALMS 102 6525Thanksgiving to God for his mercies. 6526 6527102:19. The lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom 6528shall rule over all. 6529102:20. Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in 6530strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders. 6531102:21. Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do 6532his will. 6533102:22. Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, 6534O my soul, bless thou the Lord. 6535 6536% 6537BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6538God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6539 6540103:1. For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, 6541thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty: 6542103:2. And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out 6543the heaven like a pavilion: 6544103:3. Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the 6545clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds. 6546103:4. Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire. 6547103:5. Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be 6548moved for ever and ever. 6549 6550% 6551BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6552God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6553 6554103:6. The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains 6555shall the waters stand. 6556103:7. At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they 6557shall fear. 6558103:8. The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place 6559which thou hast founded for them. 6560103:9. Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither 6561shall they return to cover the earth. 6562103:10. Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of 6563the hills the waters shall pass. 6564 6565% 6566BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6567God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6568 6569103:11. All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall 6570expect in their thirst. 6571103:12. Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of 6572the rocks they shall give forth their voices. 6573 6574% 6575BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6576God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6577 6578103:13. Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall 6579be filled with the fruit of thy works: 6580103:14. Bringing forth grass for cattle, and herb for the service of 6581men. That thou mayst bring bread out of the earth: 6582103:15. And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the 6583face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart. 6584103:16. The trees of the field shall be filled, and the cedars of 6585Libanus which he hath planted: 6586103:17. There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them 6587is the house of the heron. 6588103:18. The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the 6589irchins. 6590 6591% 6592BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6593God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6594 6595103:19. He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going 6596down. 6597103:20. Thou hast appointed darkness, and it is night: in it shall all 6598the beasts of the woods go about: 6599103:21. The young lions roaring after their prey, and seeking their 6600meat from God. 6601103:22. The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall 6602lie down in their dens. 6603103:23. Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the 6604evening. 6605 6606% 6607BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6608God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6609 6610103:24. How great are thy works, O Lord ? thou hast made all things in 6611wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches. 6612103:25. So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are 6613creeping things without number: Creatures little and great. 6614103:26. There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast 6615formed to play therein. 6616 6617% 6618BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6619God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6620 6621103:27. All expect of thee that thou give them food in season. 6622103:28. What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou 6623openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good. 6624103:29. But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou 6625shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to 6626their dust. 6627103:30. Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: 6628and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 6629 6630% 6631BOOK OF PSALMS 103 6632God is to be praised for his mighty works, and wonderful providence. 6633 6634103:31. May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall 6635rejoice in his works. 6636103:32. He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he troubleth 6637the mountains, and they smoke. 6638103:33. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise 6639to my God while I have my being. 6640103:34. Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in 6641the Lord. 6642103:35. Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so 6643that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord. 6644 6645% 6646BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6647A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6648Alleluia. 6649 6650104:1. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his 6651deeds among the Gentiles. 6652104:2. Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous 6653works. 6654104:3. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that 6655seek the Lord. 6656104:4. Seek ye the lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore. 6657 6658% 6659BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6660A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6661 6662104:5. Remember his marvellous works which he hath done; his wonders, 6663and the judgments of his mouth. 6664104:6. O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen. 6665104:7. He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth. 6666 6667% 6668BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6669A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6670 6671104:8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he 6672commanded to a thousand generations. 6673104:9. Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac: 6674104:10. And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for 6675an everlasting testament: 6676104:11. Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of 6677your inheritance. 6678 6679% 6680BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6681A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6682 6683104:12. When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners 6684therein: 6685104:13. And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to 6686another people. 6687104:14. He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for 6688their sakes. 6689 6690% 6691BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6692A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6693 6694104:15. Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets. 6695104:16. And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces 6696all the support of bread. 6697104:17. He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave. 6698104:18. They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, 6699104:19. Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him. 6700104:20. The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, 6701and he set him at liberty. 6702104:21. He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his 6703possession. 6704 6705% 6706BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6707A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6708 6709104:22. That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his 6710ancients wisdom. 6711104:23. And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the 6712land of Cham. 6713104:24. And he increased his people exceedingly: and strengthened them 6714over their enemies. 6715104:25. He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal 6716deceitfully with his servants. 6717He turned their heart, etc. . .Not that God (who is never the author of 6718sin) moved the Egyptians to hate and persecute his people; but that the 6719Egyptians took occasion of hating and envying them, from the sight of 6720the benefits which God bestowed upon them. 6721 6722% 6723BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6724A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6725 6726104:26. He sent Moses his servant: Aaron the man whom he had chosen. 6727104:27. He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the 6728land of Cham. 6729104:28. He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his 6730words. 6731Grieved not his words. . .That is, he was not wanting to fulfil his 6732words: or he did not grieve Moses and Aaron, the carriers of his words: 6733or he did not grieve his words, that is, his sons, the children of 6734Israel, who enjoyed light whilst the Egyptians were oppressed with 6735darkness. 6736104:29. He turned their waters into blood, and destroyed their fish. 6737 6738% 6739BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6740A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6741 6742104:30. Their land brought forth frogs, in the inner chambers of their 6743kings. 6744104:31. He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies and sciniphs in 6745all their coasts. 6746104:32. He gave them hail for rain, a burning fire in the land. 6747104:33. And he destroyed their vineyards and their fig trees: and he 6748broke in pieces the trees of their coasts. 6749104:34. He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there 6750was no number. 6751Bruchus. . .An insect of the locust kind. 6752104:35. And they devoured all the grass in their land, and consumed all 6753the fruit of their ground. 6754104:36. And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of 6755all their labour. 6756104:37. And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not 6757among their tribes one that was feeble. 6758104:38. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay 6759upon them. 6760 6761% 6762BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6763A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6764 6765104:39. He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them 6766light in the night. 6767104:40. They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the 6768bread of heaven. 6769104:41. He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the 6770dry land. 6771104:42. Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his 6772servant Abraham. 6773 6774% 6775BOOK OF PSALMS 104 6776A thanksgiving to God for his benefits to his people Israel. 6777 6778104:43. And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with 6779gladness. 6780104:44. And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed 6781the labours of the people: 6782104:45. That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his 6783law. 6784 6785His justifications. . .That is, his commandments; which here, and in 6786many other places of the scripture, are called justifications, because 6787the keeping of them makes man just. The Protestants render it by the 6788word statutes, in favour of their doctrine, which does not allow good 6789works to justify. 6790 6791% 6792BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6793A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6794 6795Alleluia. 6796105:1. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth 6797for ever. 6798105:2. Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth 6799all his praises? 6800105:3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all 6801times. 6802 6803% 6804BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6805A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6806 6807105:4. Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with 6808thy salvation. 6809105:5. That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in 6810the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance. 6811 6812% 6813BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6814A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6815 6816105:6. We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have 6817wrought iniquity. 6818105:7. Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered 6819not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up 6820to the sea, even the Red Sea. 6821105:8. And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make 6822his power known. 6823105:9. And he rebuked the Red Sea and it was dried up: and he led them 6824through the depths, as in a wilderness. 6825105:10. And he saved them from the hand of them that hated them: and he 6826redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 6827105:11. And the water covered them that afflicted them: there was not 6828one of them left. 6829105:12. And they believed his words: and they sang his praises. 6830 6831% 6832BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6833A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6834 6835105:13. They had quickly done, they forgot his works: and they waited 6836not for his counsel. 6837105:14. And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted 6838God in the place without water. 6839105:15. And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their 6840souls. 6841105:16. And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the 6842Lord. 6843 6844% 6845BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6846A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6847 6848105:17. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the 6849congregation of Abiron. 6850105:18. And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned 6851the wicked. 6852105:19. They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven 6853thing. 6854105:20. And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that 6855eateth grass. 6856105:21. They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in 6857Egypt, 6858 6859% 6860BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6861A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6862 6863105:22. Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red 6864Sea. 6865105:23. And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his 6866chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he 6867should destroy them. 6868105:24. And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not 6869his word, 6870105:25. And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the 6871voice of the Lord. 6872105:26. And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the 6873desert; 6874105:27. And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter 6875them in the countries. 6876 6877% 6878BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6879A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6880 6881105:28. They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices 6882of the dead. 6883Initiated. . .That is, they dedicated, or consecrated themselves to the 6884idol of the Moabites and Madianites, called Beelphegor, or Baal-Peor. 6885Num. 25.3.--Ibid. The dead. . .Viz., idols without life. 6886105:29. And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction 6887was multiplied among them. 6888105:30. Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter 6889ceased. 6890105:31. And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and 6891generation for evermore. 6892 6893% 6894BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6895A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6896 6897105:32. They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and 6898Moses was afflicted for their sakes: 6899105:33. Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with 6900his lips. 6901He distinguished with his lips. . .Moses, by occasion of the people's 6902rebellion and incredulity, was guilty of distinguishing with his lips; 6903when, instead of speaking to the rock, as God had commanded, he said to 6904the people, with a certain hesitation in his faith, Hear ye, rebellious 6905and incredulous: Can we from this rock bring out water for you? Num. 690620.10. 6907 6908% 6909BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6910A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6911 6912105:34. They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto 6913them. 6914105:35. And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their 6915works: 6916105:36. And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them. 6917105:37. And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils. 6918105:38. And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of 6919their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the 6920land was polluted with blood, 6921105:39. And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after 6922their own inventions. 6923105:40. And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he 6924abhorred his inheritance. 6925105:41. And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they 6926that hated them had dominion over them. 6927105:42. And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under 6928their hands: 6929105:43. Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with 6930their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities. 6931105:44. And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their 6932prayer. 6933105:45. And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to 6934the multitude of his mercies. 6935105:46. And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that 6936had made them captives. 6937 6938% 6939BOOK OF PSALMS 105 6940A confession of the manifold sins and ingratitudes of the Israelites. 6941 6942105:47. Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among the nations: 6943That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise. 6944105:48. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to 6945everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it. 6946 6947% 6948BOOK OF PSALMS 106 6949All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 6950men. 6951 6952Alleluia. 6953106:1. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth 6954for ever. 6955106:2. Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he 6956hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the 6957countries. 6958 6959% 6960BOOK OF PSALMS 106 6961All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 6962men. 6963 6964106:3. From the rising and from the setting of the sun, from the north 6965and from the sea. 6966106:4. They wandered in a wilderness, in a place without water: they 6967found not the way of a city for their habitation. 6968106:5. They were hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. 6969106:6. And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he 6970delivered them out of their distresses. 6971106:7. And he led them into the right way, that they might go to a city 6972of habitation. 6973 6974% 6975BOOK OF PSALMS 106 6976All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 6977men. 6978106:8. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful 6979works to the children of men. 6980106:9. For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry 6981soul with good things. 6982106:10. Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in 6983want and in iron. 6984 6985% 6986BOOK OF PSALMS 106 6987All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 6988men. 6989 6990106:11. Because they had exasperated the words of God: and provoked the 6991counsel of the most High: 6992106:12. And their heart was humbled with labours: they were weakened, 6993and there was none to help them. 6994106:13. Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he 6995delivered them out of their distresses. 6996106:14. And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; 6997and broke their bonds in sunder. 6998 6999% 7000BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7001All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7002men. 7003 7004106:15. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his 7005wonderful works to the children of men. 7006106:16. Because he hath broken gates of brass, and burst iron bars. 7007106:17. He took them out of the way of their iniquity: for they were 7008brought low for their injustices. 7009106:18. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even 7010to the gates of death. 7011106:19. And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he 7012delivered them out of their distresses. 7013 7014% 7015BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7016All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7017men. 7018 7019106:20. He sent his word, and healed them: and delivered them from 7020their destructions. 7021106:21. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his 7022wonderful works to the children of men. 7023106:22. And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his 7024works with joy. 7025 7026% 7027BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7028All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7029men. 7030 7031106:23. They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in the 7032great waters: 7033106:24. These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the 7034deep. 7035 7036% 7037BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7038All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7039men. 7040 7041106:25. He said the word, and there arose a storm of wind: and the 7042waves thereof were lifted up. 7043106:26. They mount up to the heavens, and they go down to the depths: 7044their soul pined away with evils. 7045106:27. They were troubled, and reeled like a drunken man; and all 7046their wisdom was swallowed up. 7047106:28. And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he brought 7048them out of their distresses. 7049106:29. And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were 7050still. 7051106:30. And they rejoiced because they were still: and he brought them 7052to the haven which they wished for. 7053 7054% 7055BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7056All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7057men. 7058 7059106:31. Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him, and his 7060wonderful works to the children of men. 7061106:32. And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise 7062him in the chair of the ancients. 7063 7064% 7065BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7066All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7067men. 7068 7069106:33. He hath turned rivers into a wilderness: and the sources of 7070waters into dry ground: 7071106:34. A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them 7072that dwell therein. 7073106:35. He hath turned a wilderness into pools of waters, and a dry 7074land into water springs. 7075106:36. And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for 7076their habitation. 7077106:37. And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded 7078fruit of birth. 7079106:38. And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and 7080their cattle he suffered not to decrease. 7081106:39. Then they were brought to be few: and they were afflicted 7082through the trouble of evils and sorrow. 7083 7084% 7085BOOK OF PSALMS 106 7086All are invited to give thanks to God for his perpetual providence over 7087men. 7088 7089106:40. Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused 7090them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way. 7091106:41. And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families 7092like a flock of sheep. 7093106:42. The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall 7094stop her mouth. 7095106:43. Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand 7096the mercies of the Lord? 7097 7098% 7099BOOK OF PSALMS 107 7100The prophet praiseth God for benefits received. 7101 7102107:1. A canticle of a psalm for David himself. 7103107:2. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and 7104will give praise, with my glory. 7105107:3. Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the 7106morning early. 7107 7108% 7109BOOK OF PSALMS 107 7110The prophet praiseth God for benefits received. 7111 7112107:4. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing 7113unto thee among the nations. 7114107:5. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even 7115unto the clouds. 7116107:6. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over 7117all the earth: 7118107:7. That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and 7119hear me. 7120 7121% 7122BOOK OF PSALMS 107 7123The prophet praiseth God for benefits received. 7124 7125107:8. God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will 7126divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles. 7127107:9. Galaad is mine: and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection 7128of my head. Juda is my king: 7129107:10. Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: 7130the aliens are become my friends. 7131 7132% 7133BOOK OF PSALMS 107 7134The prophet praiseth God for benefits received. 7135 7136107:11. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into 7137Edom? 7138107:12. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off ? and wilt not thou, 7139O God, go forth with our armies? 7140107:13. O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 7141107:14. Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies 7142to nothing. 7143 7144% 7145BOOK OF PSALMS 108 7146David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more 7147especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just 7148punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence. 7149 7150108:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. 7151108:2. O God, be not thou silent in my praise: for the mouth of the 7152wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me. 7153108:3. They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they 7154have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against 7155me without cause. 7156108:4. Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I 7157gave myself to prayer. 7158108:5. And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love. 7159 7160% 7161BOOK OF PSALMS 108 7162David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more 7163especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just 7164punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence. 7165 7166108:6. Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his 7167right hand. 7168 7169Set thou the sinner over him, etc. . .Give to the devil, that 7170arch-sinner, power over him: let him enter into him, and possess him. 7171The imprecations, contained in the thirty verses of this psalm, are 7172opposed to the thirty pieces of silver for which Judas betrayed our 7173Lord; and are to be taken as prophetic denunciations of the evils that 7174should befall the traitor and his accomplices the Jews; and not 7175properly as curses. 7176 7177108:7. When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer 7178be turned to sin. 7179108:8. May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take. 7180108:9. May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 7181108:10. Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let 7182them be cast out of their dwellings. 7183 7184% 7185BOOK OF PSALMS 108 7186David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more 7187especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just 7188punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence. 7189 7190108:11. May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers 7191plunder his labours. 7192108:12. May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless 7193offspring. 7194108:13. May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be 7195blotted out. 7196108:14. May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of 7197the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 7198108:15. May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of 7199them perish from the earth: 7200108:16. because he remembered not to shew mercy, 7201108:17. But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in 7202heart, to put him to death. 7203108:18. And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would 7204not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, 7205like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like 7206oil in his bones. 7207108:19. May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like 7208a girdle with which he is girded continually. 7209 7210% 7211BOOK OF PSALMS 108 7212David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more 7213especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just 7214punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence. 7215 7216108:20. This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and 7217who speak evils against my soul. 7218108:21. But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name's sake: because thy 7219mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me, 7220108:22. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me. 7221108:23. I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am 7222shaken off as locusts. 7223108:24. My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed 7224for oil. 7225For oil. . .Propter oleum. The meaning is, my flesh is changed, being 7226perfectly emaciated and dried up, as having lost all its oil or 7227fatness. 7228108:25. And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked 7229their heads. 7230 7231% 7232BOOK OF PSALMS 108 7233David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more 7234especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just 7235punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence. 7236 7237108:26. Help me, O Lord my God; save me; according to thy mercy. 7238108:27. And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, 7239hast done it. 7240108:28. They will curse and thou wilt bless: let them that rise up 7241against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice. 7242 7243% 7244BOOK OF PSALMS 108 7245David in the person of Christ, prayeth against his persecutors; more 7246especially the traitor Judas: foretelling and approving his just 7247punishment for his obstinacy in sin and final impenitence. 7248 7249108:29. Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be 7250covered with their confusion as with a double cloak. 7251108:30. I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the 7252midst of many I will praise him. 7253108:31. Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my 7254soul from persecutors. 7255 7256% 7257BOOK OF PSALMS 109 7258Christ's exaltation and everlasting priesthood. 7259 7260109:1. A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my 7261right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool. 7262109:2. The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: 7263rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. 7264109:3. With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the 7265brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot 7266thee. 7267 7268% 7269BOOK OF PSALMS 109 7270Christ's exaltation and everlasting priesthood. 7271 7272109:4. The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest 7273for ever according to the order of Melchisedech. 7274109:5. The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his 7275wrath. 7276109:6. He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall 7277crush the heads in the land of many. 7278109:7. He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he 7279lift up the head. 7280 7281% 7282BOOK OF PSALMS 110 7283God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his church. 7284 7285Alleluia. 7286110:1. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council 7287of the just, and in the congregation. 7288110:2. Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his 7289wills. 7290 7291% 7292BOOK OF PSALMS 110 7293God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his church. 7294 7295110:3. His work is praise and magnificence: and his justice continueth 7296for ever and ever. 7297110:4. He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a 7298merciful and gracious Lord: 7299110:5. He hath given food to them that fear him. He will be mindful for 7300ever of his covenant: 7301110:6. He will shew forth to his people the power of his works. 7302110:7. That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: the works 7303of his hands are truth and judgment. 7304 7305% 7306BOOK OF PSALMS 110 7307God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his church. 7308 7309110:8. All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, 7310made in truth and equity. 7311110:9. He hath sent redemption to his people: he hath commanded his 7312covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name: 7313110:10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good 7314understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and 7315ever. 7316 7317% 7318BOOK OF PSALMS 111 7319The good man is happy. 7320 7321Alleluia, of the returning of Aggeus and Zacharias. 7322Of the returning, etc. . .This is in the Greek and Latin, but not in the 7323Hebrew. It signifies that this psalm was proper to be sung at the time 7324of the return of the people from their captivity; to inculcate to them, 7325how happy they might be, if they would be constant in the service of 7326God. 7327 7328% 7329BOOK OF PSALMS 111 7330The good man is happy. 7331 7332111:1. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight 7333exceedingly in his commandments. 7334111:2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the 7335righteous shall be blessed. 7336111:3. Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice 7337remaineth for ever and ever. 7338 7339% 7340BOOK OF PSALMS 111 7341The good man is happy. 7342 7343111:4. To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is 7344merciful, and compassionate and just. 7345111:5. Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall 7346order his words with judgment: 7347111:6. Because he shall not be moved for ever. 7348 7349% 7350BOOK OF PSALMS 111 7351The good man is happy. 7352 7353111:7. The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear 7354the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: 7355111:8. His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look 7356over his enemies. 7357111:9. He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice 7358remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory. 7359111:10. The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with 7360his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. 7361 7362% 7363BOOK OF PSALMS 112 7364God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. 7365 7366Alleluia. 7367112:1. Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. 7368112:2. Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for 7369ever. 7370112:3. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the 7371name of the Lord is worthy of praise. 7372112:4. The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the 7373heavens. 7374 7375% 7376BOOK OF PSALMS 112 7377God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. 7378 7379112:5. Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: 7380112:6. and looketh 7381down on the low things in heaven and in earth? 7382112:7. Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out 7383of the dunghill: 7384112:8. That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his 7385people. 7386112:9. Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother 7387of children. 7388 7389% 7390BOOK OF PSALMS 113 7391God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. 7392 7393Alleluia. 7394113:1. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a 7395barbarous people: 7396113:2. Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 7397113:3. The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. 7398113:4. The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of 7399the flock. 7400 7401% 7402BOOK OF PSALMS 113 7403God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. 7404 7405113:5. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, 7406O Jordan, that thou wast turned back? 7407113:6. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like 7408lambs of the flock? 7409113:7. At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence 7410of the God of Jacob: 7411113:8. Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into 7412fountains of waters. 7413 7414% 7415BOOK OF PSALMS 113 7416God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. 7417 7418113:1. Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory. 7419113:2. For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the Gentiles 7420should say: Where is their God? 7421113:3. But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he 7422would. 7423 7424% 7425BOOK OF PSALMS 113 7426God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. 7427 7428113:4. The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the 7429hands of men. 7430113:5. They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not. 7431113:6. They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not. 7432113:7. They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: 7433neither shall they cry out through their throat. 7434113:8. Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as 7435trust in them. 7436 7437% 7438BOOK OF PSALMS 113 7439God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. 7440 7441113:9. The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper 7442and their protector. 7443113:10. The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper 7444and their protector. 7445113:11. They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their 7446helper and their protector. 7447113:12. The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath 7448blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron. 7449113:13. He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great. 7450 7451% 7452BOOK OF PSALMS 113 7453God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. 7454 7455113:14. May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your 7456children. 7457113:15. Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 7458113:16. The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given 7459to the children of men. 7460113:17. The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go 7461down to hell. 7462113:18. But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for 7463ever. 7464 7465% 7466BOOK OF PSALMS 114 7467The prayer of a just man in affliction, with a lively confidence in 7468God. 7469 7470Alleluia. 7471114:1. I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer. 7472114:2. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will 7473call upon him. 7474114:3. The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell 7475have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: 7476114:4. And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul. 7477 7478% 7479BOOK OF PSALMS 114 7480The prayer of a just man in affliction, with a lively confidence in 7481God. 7482 7483114:5. The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy. 7484114:6. The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he 7485delivered me. 7486114:7. Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful 7487to thee. 7488114:8. For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my 7489feet from falling. 7490114:9. I will please the Lord in the land of the living. 7491 7492% 7493BOOK OF PSALMS 115 7494Continues to express the faith and gratitude of the psalmist. 7495 7496Alleluia. 7497115:10. I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have 7498been humbled exceedingly. 7499115:11. I said in my excess: Every man is a liar. 7500115:12. What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he 7501hath rendered to me? 7502115:13. I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the 7503name of the Lord. 7504 7505% 7506BOOK OF PSALMS 115 7507 7508Continues to express the faith and gratitude of the psalmist. 7509115:14. I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: 7510115:15. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 7511115:16. O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of 7512thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds: 7513115:17. I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will 7514call upon the name of the Lord. 7515115:18. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: 7516115:19. In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O 7517Jerusalem. 7518 7519% 7520BOOK OF PSALMS 116 7521All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth. 7522 7523Alleluia. 7524116:1. O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 7525116:2. For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord 7526remaineth for ever. 7527 7528% 7529BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7530The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7531whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7532 7533Alleluia. 7534117:1. Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth 7535for ever. 7536117:2. Let Israel now say, that he is good: that his mercy endureth for 7537ever. 7538117:3. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for 7539ever. 7540117:4. Let them that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth for 7541ever. 7542 7543% 7544BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7545The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7546whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7547 7548117:5. In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and 7549enlarged me. 7550117:6. The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me. 7551117:7. The Lord is my helper: and I will look over my enemies. 7552117:8. It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have 7553confidence in man. 7554117:9. It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in 7555princes. 7556 7557% 7558BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7559The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7560whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7561 7562117:10. All nations compassed me about; and, in the name of the Lord I 7563have been revenged on them. 7564117:11. Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the 7565Lord I have been revenged on them. 7566117:12. They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among 7567thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them. 7568117:13. Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord 7569supported me. 7570117:14. The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my 7571salvation. 7572 7573% 7574BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7575The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7576whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7577 7578117:15. The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles 7579of the just. 7580117:16. The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right 7581hand of the Lord hath exalted me: the right hand of the Lord hath 7582wrought strength. 7583117:17. I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the 7584Lord. 7585 7586% 7587BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7588The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7589whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7590 7591117:18. The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not 7592delivered me over to death. 7593117:19. Open ye to me the gates of justice: I will go in to them, and 7594give praise to the Lord. 7595117:20. This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it. 7596 7597% 7598BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7599The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7600whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7601 7602117:21. I will give glory to thee because thou hast heard me: and art 7603become my salvation. 7604117:22. The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the 7605head of the corner. 7606117:23. This is the Lord's doing , and it is wonderful in our eyes. 7607117:24. This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and 7608rejoice therein. 7609 7610% 7611BOOK OF PSALMS 117 7612The psalmist praiseth God for his delivery from evils: putteth his 7613whole trust in him; and foretelleth the coming of Christ. 7614 7615117:25. O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good success. 7616117:26. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have 7617blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 7618117:27. The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn 7619day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the altar. 7620117:28. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, and I 7621will exalt thee. I will praise thee, because thou hast heard me, and 7622art become my salvation. 7623117:29. O praise ye the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth 7624for ever. 7625 7626% 7627BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7628Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7629the commandments of God. 7630 7631Alleluia. 7632ALEPH. 7633Aleph. . .The first eight verses of this psalm in the original begin 7634with Aleph, which is the name of the first letter of the Hebrew 7635alphabet. The second eight verses begin with Beth, the name of the 7636second letter of the Hebrew alphabet; and so to the end of the whole 7637alphabet, in all twenty-two letters, each letter having eight verses. 7638This order is variously expounded by the holy fathers; which shews the 7639difficulty of understanding the holy scriptures, and consequently with 7640what humility, and submission to the Church they are to be read. 7641118:1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the 7642Lord. 7643118:2. Blessed are they that search his testimonies: that seek him with 7644their whole heart. 7645His testimonies. . .The commandments of God are called his testimonies, 7646because they testify his holy will unto us. Note here, that in almost 7647every verse of this psalm (which in number are 176) the word and law of 7648God, and the love and observance of it, is perpetually inculcated, 7649under a variety of denominations, all signifying the same thing. 7650118:3. For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways. 7651118:4. Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently. 7652118:5. O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. 7653118:6. Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy 7654commandments. 7655118:7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have 7656learned the judgments of thy justice. 7657118:8. I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake 7658me. 7659 7660% 7661BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7662Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7663the commandments of God. 7664 7665BETH. 7666118:9. By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy 7667words. 7668118:10. With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray 7669from thy commandments. 7670118:11. Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against 7671thee. 7672118:12. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications. 7673118:13. With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth. 7674118:14. I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all 7675riches. 7676118:15. I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy 7677ways. 7678118:16. I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy 7679words. 7680 7681% 7682BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7683Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7684the commandments of God. 7685 7686GIMEL. 7687118:17. Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep 7688thy words. 7689118:18. Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of 7690thy law. 7691118:19. I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from 7692me. 7693118:20. My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all 7694times. 7695118:21. Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from 7696thy commandments. 7697118:22. Remove from me reproach and contempt: because I have sought 7698after thy testimonies. 7699118:23. For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was 7700employed in thy justifications. 7701118:24. For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications 7702my counsel. 7703 7704% 7705BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7706Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7707the commandments of God. 7708 7709DALETH. 7710118:25. My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according 7711to thy word. 7712118:26. I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy 7713justifications. 7714118:27. Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I 7715shall be exercised in thy wondrous works. 7716118:28. My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in 7717thy words. 7718118:29. Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have 7719mercy on me. 7720118:30. I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not 7721forgotten. 7722118:31. I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame. 7723118:32. I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge 7724my heart. 7725 7726% 7727BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7728Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7729the commandments of God. 7730 7731HE. 7732118:33. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: 7733and I will always seek after it. 7734118:34. Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will 7735keep it with my whole heart. 7736118:35. Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have 7737desired. 7738118:36. Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness. 7739118:37. Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me 7740in thy way. 7741118:38. Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear. 7742118:39. Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy 7743judgments are delightful. 7744118:40. Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy 7745justice. 7746 7747% 7748BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7749Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7750the commandments of God. 7751 7752VAU. 7753118:41. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation 7754according to thy word. 7755118:42. So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I 7756have trusted in thy words. 7757118:43. And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: 7758for in thy words, I have hoped exceedingly. 7759118:44. So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever. 7760118:45. And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy 7761commandments. 7762118:46. And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not 7763ashamed. 7764118:47. I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved. 7765118:48. And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: 7766and I was exercised in thy justifications. 7767 7768% 7769BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7770Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7771the commandments of God. 7772 7773ZAIN. 7774118:49. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast 7775given me hope. 7776118:50. This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath 7777enlivened me. 7778118:51. The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from 7779thy law. 7780118:52. I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was 7781comforted. 7782118:53. A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that 7783forsake thy law. 7784118:54. Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of 7785my pilgrimage. 7786118:55. In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept 7787thy law. 7788118:56. This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications. 7789 7790% 7791BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7792Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7793the commandments of God. 7794 7795HETH. 7796118:57. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law. 7797118:58. I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me 7798according to thy word. 7799118:59. I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy 7800testimonies. 7801118:60. I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy 7802commandments. 7803118:61. The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not 7804forgotten thy law. 7805118:62. I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of 7806thy justification. 7807118:63. I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy 7808commandments. 7809118:64. The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy 7810justifications. 7811 7812% 7813BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7814Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7815the commandments of God. 7816 7817TETH. 7818118:65. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy 7819word. 7820118:66. Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have 7821believed thy commandments. 7822118:67. Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy 7823word. 7824118:68. Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications. 7825118:69. The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I 7826will seek thy commandments with my whole heart. 7827118:70. Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy 7828law. 7829118:71. It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn 7830thy justifications. 7831118:72. The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and 7832silver. 7833 7834% 7835BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7836Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7837the commandments of God. 7838 7839JOD. 7840118:73. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, 7841and I will learn thy commandments. 7842118:74. They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad : because I 7843have greatly hoped in thy words. 7844118:75. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth 7845thou hast humbled me. 7846118:76. O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto 7847thy servant. 7848118:77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy 7849law is my meditation. 7850118:78. Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly 7851towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments. 7852118:79. Let them that fear thee turn to me: and they that know thy 7853testimonies. 7854118:80. Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not 7855be confounded. 7856 7857% 7858BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7859Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7860the commandments of God. 7861 7862CAPH. 7863118:81. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I 7864have very much hoped. 7865118:82. My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou 7866comfort me? 7867118:83. For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not 7868forgotten thy justifications. 7869118:84. How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute 7870judgment on them that persecute me? 7871118:85. The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law. 7872118:86. All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, 7873do thou help me. 7874118:87. They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not 7875forsaken thy commandments. 7876118:88. Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the 7877testimonies of thy mouth. 7878 7879% 7880BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7881Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7882the commandments of God. 7883 7884LAMED. 7885118:89. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven. 7886118:90. Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, 7887and it continueth. 7888118:91. By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee. 7889118:92. Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps 7890perished in my abjection. 7891118:93. Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast 7892given me life. 7893118:94. I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications. 7894118:95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have 7895understood thy testimonies. 7896118:96. I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is 7897exceeding broad. 7898 7899% 7900BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7901Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7902the commandments of God. 7903 7904MEM. 7905118:97. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the 7906day. 7907118:98. Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my 7908enemies: for it is ever with me. 7909118:99. I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy 7910testimonies are my meditation. 7911118:100. I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought 7912thy commandments. 7913118:101. I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep 7914thy words. 7915118:102. I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set 7916me a law. 7917118:103. How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my 7918mouth. 7919118:104. By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I 7920hated every way of iniquity. 7921 7922% 7923BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7924Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7925the commandments of God. 7926 7927NUN. 7928118:105. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. 7929118:106. I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy 7930justice. 7931118:107. I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me 7932according to thy word. 7933118:108. The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and 7934teach me thy judgments. 7935118:109. My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten 7936thy law. 7937118:110. Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from 7938thy precepts. 7939118:111. I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: 7940because they are the joy of my heart. 7941118:112. I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, 7942for the reward. 7943 7944% 7945BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7946Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7947the commandments of God. 7948 7949SAMECH. 7950118:113. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law. 7951118:114. Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have 7952greatly hoped. 7953118:115. Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the 7954commandments of my God. 7955118:116. Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me 7956not be confounded in my expectation. 7957118:117. Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on 7958thy justifications. 7959118:118. Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; 7960for their thought is unjust. 7961118:119. I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: 7962therefore have I loved thy testimonies. 7963118:120. Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy 7964judgments. 7965 7966% 7967BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7968Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7969the commandments of God. 7970 7971AIN. 7972118:121. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that 7973slander me. 7974118:122. Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me. 7975118:123. My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of 7976thy justice. 7977118:124. Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy 7978justifications. 7979118:125. I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy 7980testimonies. 7981118:126. It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law. 7982118:127. Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the 7983topaz. 7984118:128. Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated 7985all wicked ways. 7986 7987% 7988BOOK OF PSALMS 118 7989Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 7990the commandments of God. 7991 7992PHE. 7993118:129. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought 7994them. 7995118:130. The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth 7996understanding to little ones. 7997118:131. I opened my mouth, and panted: because I longed for thy 7998commandments. 7999118:132. Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me according to the 8000judgment of them that love thy name. 8001118:133. Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity 8002have dominion over me. 8003118:134. Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy 8004commandments. 8005118:135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy 8006justifications. 8007118:136. My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have 8008not kept thy law. 8009 8010% 8011BOOK OF PSALMS 118 8012Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 8013the commandments of God. 8014 8015SADE. 8016118:137. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right. 8017118:138. Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth 8018exceedingly. 8019118:139. My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy 8020words. 8021118:140. Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved 8022it. 8023118:141. I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy 8024justifications. 8025118:142. Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth. 8026118:143. Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my 8027meditation. 8028118:144. Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, 8029and I shall live. 8030 8031% 8032BOOK OF PSALMS 118 8033Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 8034the commandments of God. 8035 8036COPH. 8037118:145. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy 8038justifications. 8039118:146. I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments. 8040118:147. I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy 8041words I very much hoped. 8042118:148. My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might 8043meditate on thy words. 8044118:149. Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and 8045quicken me according to thy judgment. 8046118:150. They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they 8047are gone far off from thy law. 8048118:151. Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth. 8049118:152. I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: 8050that thou hast founded them for ever. 8051 8052% 8053BOOK OF PSALMS 118 8054Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 8055the commandments of God. 8056 8057RES. 8058118:153. See my humiliation and deliver me for I have not forgotten thy 8059law. 8060118:154. Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy 8061word's sake. 8062118:155. Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought 8063thy justifications. 8064118:156. Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy 8065judgment. 8066118:157. Many are they that persecute me and afflict me; but I have not 8067declined from thy testimonies. 8068118:158. I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept 8069not thy word. 8070118:159. Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou 8071in thy mercy. 8072118:160. The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy 8073justice are for ever. 8074 8075% 8076BOOK OF PSALMS 118 8077Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 8078the commandments of God. 8079 8080SIN. 8081118:161. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath 8082been in awe of thy words. 8083118:162. I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great 8084spoil. 8085118:163. I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law. 8086118:164. Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the 8087judgments of thy justice. 8088118:165. Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is 8089no stumbling. block. 8090118:166. I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy 8091commandments. 8092118:167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies and hath loved them 8093exceedingly. 8094118:168. I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all 8095my ways are in thy sight. 8096 8097% 8098BOOK OF PSALMS 118 8099Of the excellence of virtue consisting in the love and observance of 8100the commandments of God. 8101 8102TAU. 8103118:169. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me 8104understanding according to thy word. 8105118:170. Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according 8106to thy word. 8107118:171. My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy 8108justifications. 8109118:172. My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy 8110commandments are justice. 8111118:173. Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy 8112precepts. 8113118:174. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my 8114meditation. 8115118:175. My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments 8116shall help me. 8117118:176. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy 8118servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments. 8119 8120% 8121BOOK OF PSALMS 119 8122A prayer in tribulation. 8123 8124A gradual canticle. 8125A gradual canticle. . .The following psalms, in number fifteen, are 8126called gradual psalms, or canticles, from the word gradus, signifying 8127steps, ascensions, or degrees: either because they were appointed to be 8128sung on the fifteen steps, by which the people ascended to the temple: 8129or, that in the singing of them the voice was to be raised by certain 8130steps or ascensions: or, that they were to be sung by the people 8131returning from their captivity and ascending to Jerusalem, which was 8132seated amongst mountains. The holy fathers, in a mystical sense, 8133understand these steps, or ascensions, of the degrees by which 8134Christians spiritually ascend to virtue and perfection; and to the true 8135temple of God in the heavenly Jerusalem. 8136 8137119:1. In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me. 8138119:2. O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful 8139tongue. 8140119:3. What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to 8141a deceitful tongue? 8142119:4. The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste. 8143 8144% 8145BOOK OF PSALMS 119 8146A prayer in tribulation. 8147 8148119:5. Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with 8149the inhabitants of Cedar: 8150119:6. My soul hath been long a sojourner. 8151119:7. With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them 8152they fought against me without cause. 8153 8154% 8155BOOK OF PSALMS 120 8156God is the keeper of his servants. 8157 8158A gradual canticle. 8159120:1. I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help 8160shall come to me. 8161120:2. My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 8162120:3. May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber 8163that keepeth thee. 8164120:4. Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel. 8165 8166% 8167BOOK OF PSALMS 120 8168God is the keeper of his servants. 8169 8170120:5. The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy 8171right hand. 8172120:6. The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night. 8173120:7. The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. 8174120:8. May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from 8175henceforth now and for ever. 8176 8177% 8178BOOK OF PSALMS 121 8179The desire and hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom of God, 8180and the peace of his church. 8181 8182121:1. A gradual canticle. 8183I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the 8184house of the Lord. 8185121:2. Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem. 8186121:3. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. 8187121:4. For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the 8188testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. 8189121:5. Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house 8190of David. 8191 8192% 8193BOOK OF PSALMS 121 8194The desire and hope of the just for the coming of the kingdom of God, 8195and the peace of his church. 8196 8197121:6. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and 8198abundance for them that love thee. 8199121:7. Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers. 8200121:8. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace 8201of thee. 8202121:9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good 8203things for thee. 8204 8205% 8206BOOK OF PSALMS 122 8207A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God. 8208 8209A gradual canticle. 8210122:1. To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven. 8211122:2. Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their 8212masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: 8213so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us. 8214122:3. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly 8215filled with contempt. 8216122:4. For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, 8217and contempt to the proud. 8218 8219% 8220BOOK OF PSALMS 123 8221The church giveth glory to God for her deliverance, from the hands of 8222her enemies. 8223 8224123:1. A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with 8225us, let Israel now say: 8226123:2. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up 8227against us, 8228123:3. Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was 8229enkindled against us, 8230123:4. Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up. 8231123:5. Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had 8232passed through a water insupportable. 8233123:6. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their 8234teeth. 8235123:7. Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of 8236the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered. 8237123:8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 8238 8239% 8240BOOK OF PSALMS 124 8241The just are always under God's protection. 8242 8243124:1. A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as 8244mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth 8245124:2. In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round 8246about his people from henceforth now and for ever. 8247124:3. For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of 8248the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity. 8249124:4. Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of 8250heart. 8251124:5. But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with 8252the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel. 8253 8254% 8255BOOK OF PSALMS 125 8256The people of God rejoice at their delivery from captivity. 8257 8258125:1. A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of 8259Sion, we became like men comforted. 8260125:2. Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with 8261joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great 8262things for them. 8263125:3. The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful. 8264125:4. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. 8265125:5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 8266125:6. Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. 8267125:7. But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their 8268sheaves. 8269 8270% 8271BOOK OF PSALMS 126 8272Nothing can be done without God's grace and blessing. 8273 8274126:1. A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, 8275they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he 8276watcheth in vain that keepeth it. 8277126:2. It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have 8278sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to 8279his beloved, 8280It is vain for you to rise before light. . .That is, your early rising, 8281your labour and worldly solicitude, will be vain, that is, will avail 8282you nothing, without the light, grace, and blessing of God. 8283126:3. Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the 8284fruit of the womb. 8285126:4. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them 8286that have been shaken. 8287126:5. Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he 8288shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate. 8289 8290% 8291BOOK OF PSALMS 127 8292The fear of God is the way to happiness. 8293 8294127:1. A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: 8295that walk in his ways. 8296127:2. For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, 8297and it shall be well with thee. 8298127:3. Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy 8299children as olive plants, round about thy table. 8300127:4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 8301127:5. May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good 8302things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 8303127:6. And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel. 8304 8305% 8306BOOK OF PSALMS 128 8307The church of God is invincible : her persecutors come to nothing. 8308 8309128:1. A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my 8310youth, let Israel now say. 8311128:2. Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could 8312not prevail over me. 8313128:3. The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their 8314iniquity. 8315128:4. The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: 8316128:5. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion. 8317128:6. Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth 8318before it be plucked up: 8319128:7. Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth 8320sheaves his bosom. 8321128:8. And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord 8322be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord. 8323 8324% 8325BOOK OF PSALMS 129 8326A prayer of a sinner, trusting in the mercies of God. The sixth 8327penitential psalm. 8328 8329129:1. A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O 8330Lord: 8331129:2. Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of 8332my supplication. 8333129:3. If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it. 8334129:4. For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of 8335thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his 8336word: 8337129:5. my soul hath hoped in the Lord. 8338129:6. From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the 8339Lord. 8340129:7. Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful 8341redemption. 8342129:8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 8343 8344% 8345BOOK OF PSALMS 130 8346The prophet's humility. 8347 8348130:1. A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor 8349are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in 8350wonderful things above me. 8351130:2. If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that 8352is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul. 8353130:3. Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. 8354 8355% 8356BOOK OF PSALMS 131 8357A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David. 8358 8359131:1. A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his 8360meekness. 8361131:2. How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob: 8362131:3. If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go 8363up into the bed wherein I lie: 8364131:4. If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, 8365131:5. Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a 8366tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 8367131:6. Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the 8368fields of the wood. 8369We have heard of it in Ephrata. . .When I was young, and lived in 8370Bethlehem, otherwise called Ephrata, I heard of God's tabernacle and 8371ark, and had a devout desire of seeking it; and accordingly I found it 8372at Cariathiarim, the city of the woods: where it was till it was 8373removed to Jerusalem. See 1 Par. 13. 8374 8375% 8376BOOK OF PSALMS 131 8377A prayer for the fulfilling of the promise made to David. 8378 8379131:7. We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where 8380his feet stood. 8381131:8. Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which 8382thou hast sanctified. 8383131:9. Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints 8384rejoice. 8385131:10. For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy 8386anointed. 8387131:11. The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it 8388void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne. 8389131:12. If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies 8390which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit 8391upon thy throne. 8392131:13. For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his 8393dwelling. 8394131:14. This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I 8395have chosen it. 8396131:15. Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with 8397bread. 8398131:16. I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall 8399rejoice with exceeding great joy. 8400131:17. There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a 8401lamp for my anointed. 8402131:18. His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my 8403sanctification flourish. 8404 8405% 8406BOOK OF PSALMS 132 8407The happiness of brotherly love and concord. 8408 8409132:1. A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it 8410is for brethren to dwell together in unity: 8411132:2. Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the 8412beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment: 8413132:3. As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For 8414there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore. 8415 8416% 8417BOOK OF PSALMS 133 8418An exhortation to praise God continually. 8419 8420133:1. A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye 8421servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts 8422of the house of our God. 8423133:2. In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless 8424ye the Lord. 8425133:3. May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and 8426earth. 8427 8428% 8429BOOK OF PSALMS 134 8430An exhortation to praise God: the vanity of idols. 8431 8432134:1. Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord: O you his servants, 8433praise the Lord: 8434134:2. You that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the 8435house of our God. 8436134:3. Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, 8437for it is sweet. 8438134:4. For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: Israel for his own 8439possession. 8440 8441% 8442BOOK OF PSALMS 134 8443An exhortation to praise God: the vanity of idols. 8444 8445134:5. For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is above 8446all gods. 8447134:6. Whatsoever the Lord pleased he hath done, in heaven, in earth, 8448in the sea, and in all the deeps. 8449134:7. He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made 8450lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores: 8451134:8. He slew the firstborn of Egypt from man even unto beast. 8452134:9. He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: 8453upon Pharao, and upon all his servants. 8454134:10. He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings: 8455134:11. Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and Og king of Basan, and all the 8456kingdoms of Chanaan. 8457134:12. And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to 8458his people Israel. 8459 8460% 8461BOOK OF PSALMS 134 8462An exhortation to praise God: the vanity of idols. 8463 8464134:13. Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy memorial, O Lord, unto all 8465generations. 8466134:14. For the Lord will judge his people, and will be entreated in 8467favour of his servants. 8468134:15. The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of 8469men's hands. 8470134:16. They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they 8471see not. 8472134:17. They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any breath 8473in their mouths. 8474134:18. Let them that make them be like to them: and every one that 8475trusteth in them. 8476134:19. Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of 8477Aaron. 8478134:20. Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: you that fear the Lord, bless 8479the Lord. 8480134:21. Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem. 8481 8482% 8483BOOK OF PSALMS 135 8484God is to be praised for his wonderful works. 8485 8486135:1. Alleluia. Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy 8487endureth for ever. 8488Praise the Lord. . .By this invitation to praise the Lord, thrice 8489repeated, we profess the Blessed Trinity, One God in three distinct 8490Persons, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 8491135:2. Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8492135:3. Praise ye the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8493135:4. Who alone doth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8494135:5. Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth 8495for ever. 8496135:6. Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy 8497endureth for ever. 8498 8499% 8500BOOK OF PSALMS 135 8501God is to be praised for his wonderful works. 8502 8503135:7. Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8504135:8. The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8505135:9. The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth 8506for ever. 8507135:10. Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth 8508for ever. 8509135:11. Who brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth 8510for ever. 8511 8512% 8513BOOK OF PSALMS 135 8514God is to be praised for his wonderful works. 8515 8516135:12. With a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy 8517endureth for ever. 8518135:13. Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for 8519ever. 8520135:14. And brought out Israel through the midst thereof: for his mercy 8521endureth for ever. 8522135:15. And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy 8523endureth for ever. 8524135:16. Who led his people through the desert: for his mercy endureth 8525for ever. 8526135:17. Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8527135:18. And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8528135:19. Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8529135:20. And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8530135:21. And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy 8531endureth for ever. 8532 8533% 8534BOOK OF PSALMS 135 8535God is to be praised for his wonderful works. 8536 8537135:22. For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy 8538endureth for ever. 8539135:23. For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy 8540endureth for ever. 8541135:24. And he redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for 8542ever. 8543 8544% 8545BOOK OF PSALMS 135 8546God is to be praised for his wonderful works. 8547 8548135:25. Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 8549135:26. Give glory to the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for 8550ever. 8551135:27. Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for 8552ever. 8553 8554% 8555BOOK OF PSALMS 136 8556The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon. 8557A psalm of David, for Jeremias. 8558For Jeremias. . .For the time of Jeremias, and the captivity of Babylon. 8559 8560136:1. Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we 8561remembered Sion: 8562136:2. On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments. 8563136:3. For there they that led us into captivity required of us the 8564words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a 8565hymn of the songs of Sion. 8566136:4. How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? 8567 8568% 8569BOOK OF PSALMS 136 8570The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon. 8571 8572136:5. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. 8573136:6. Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I 8574make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy. 8575136:7. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: 8576Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8577136:8. O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall 8578repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us. 8579136:9. Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against 8580the rock. 8581Dash thy little ones, etc. . .In the spiritual sense, we dash the little 8582ones of Babylon against the rock, when we mortify our passions, and 8583stifle the first motions of them, by a speedy recourse to the rock 8584which is Christ. 8585 8586% 8587BOOK OF PSALMS 137 8588Thanksgiving to God for his benefits. 8589 8590137:1. For David himself. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole 8591heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to 8592thee in the sight of the angels: 8593137:2. I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to 8594thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy 8595holy name above all. 8596137:3. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shalt 8597multiply strength in my soul. 8598 8599% 8600BOOK OF PSALMS 137 8601Thanksgiving to God for his benefits. 8602 8603137:4. May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have 8604heard all the words of thy mouth. 8605137:5. And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the 8606glory of the Lord. 8607137:6. For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he 8608knoweth afar off. 8609137:7. If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken 8610me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my 8611enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me. 8612137:8. The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for 8613ever: O despise not the works of thy hands. 8614 8615% 8616BOOK OF PSALMS 138 8617God's special providence over his servants. 8618 8619138:1. Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and 8620known me: 8621138:2. Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up. 8622138:3. Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line 8623thou hast searched out. 8624138:4. And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my 8625tongue. 8626There is no speech, etc. . .Viz., unknown to thee: or when there is no 8627speech in my tongue; yet my whole interior and my most secret thoughts 8628are known to thee. 8629 8630% 8631BOOK OF PSALMS 138 8632God's special providence over his servants. 8633 8634138:5. Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those 8635of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. 8636138:6. Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I 8637cannot reach to it. 8638138:7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from 8639thy face? 8640138:8. If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, 8641thou art present. 8642138:9. If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the 8643uttermost parts of the sea: 8644138:10. Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand 8645shall hold me. 8646138:11. And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be 8647my light in my pleasures. 8648138:12. But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be 8649light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are 8650alike to thee. 8651138:13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from 8652my mother's womb. 8653 8654% 8655BOOK OF PSALMS 138 8656God's special providence over his servants. 8657 8658138:14. I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful 8659are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. 8660138:15. My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in 8661secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. 8662138:16. Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall 8663be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them. 8664138:17. But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: 8665their principality is exceedingly strengthened. 8666138:18. I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the 8667sand, I rose up and am still with thee. 8668138:19. If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart 8669from me: 8670138:20. Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in 8671vain. 8672Because you say in thought, etc. . .Depart from me, you wicked, who plot 8673against the servants of God, and think to cast them out of the cities 8674of their habitation; as if they have received them in vain, and to no 8675purpose. 8676 8677% 8678BOOK OF PSALMS 138 8679God's special providence over his servants. 8680 8681138:21. Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away 8682because of thy enemies? 8683138:22. I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become 8684enemies to me. 8685I have hated them. . .Not with an hatred of malice, but a zeal for the 8686observance of God's commandments; which he saw were despised by the 8687wicked, who are to be considered enemies to God. 8688138:23. Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my 8689paths. 8690138:24. And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in 8691the eternal way. 8692 8693% 8694BOOK OF PSALMS 139 8695A prayer to be delivered from the wicked. 8696 8697139:1. Unto the end, a psalm of David. 8698139:2. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust 8699man. 8700139:3. Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long 8701they designed battles. 8702139:4. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of 8703asps is under their lips. 8704 8705% 8706BOOK OF PSALMS 139 8707A prayer to be delivered from the wicked. 8708 8709139:5. Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust 8710men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps: 8711139:6. The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out 8712cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the 8713wayside. 8714139:7. I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of 8715my supplication. 8716139:8. O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast 8717overshadowed my head in the day of battle. 8718139:9. Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have 8719plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. 8720 8721% 8722BOOK OF PSALMS 139 8723A prayer to be delivered from the wicked. 8724 8725139:10. The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips 8726shall overwhelm them. 8727139:11. Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down 8728into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand. 8729139:12. A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: 8730evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. 8731139:13. I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will 8732revenge the poor. 8733139:14. But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the 8734upright shall dwell with thy countenance. 8735 8736% 8737BOOK OF PSALMS 140 8738A prayer against sinful words, and deceitful flatterers. 8739 8740A psalm of David. 8741140:1. I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when 8742I cry to thee. 8743140:2. Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting 8744up of my hands, as evening sacrifice. 8745 8746% 8747BOOK OF PSALMS 140 8748A prayer against sinful words, and deceitful flatterers. 8749 8750140:3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my 8751lips. 8752140:4. Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. 8753With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the 8754choicest of them. 8755140:5. The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: 8756but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall 8757still be against the things with which they are well pleased: 8758Let not the oil of the sinner, etc. . .That is, the flattery, or 8759deceitful praise.--Ibid. For my prayer, etc. . .So far from coveting 8760their praises, who are never well pleased but with things that are 8761evil; I shall continually pray to be preserved from such things as they 8762are delighted with. 8763 8764% 8765BOOK OF PSALMS 140 8766A prayer against sinful words, and deceitful flatterers. 8767 8768140:6. Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They 8769shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: 8770Their judges, etc. . .Their rulers, or chiefs, quickly vanish and 8771perish, like ships dashed against the rocks, and swallowed up by the 8772waves. Let them then hear my words, for they are powerful and will 8773prevail; or, as it is in the Hebrew, for they are sweet. 8774140:7. As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: 8775Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. 8776140:8. But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my 8777trust, take not away my soul. 8778 8779% 8780BOOK OF PSALMS 140 8781A prayer against sinful words, and deceitful flatterers. 8782 8783140:9. Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from 8784the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. 8785140:10. The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass. 8786I am alone, etc. . .Singularly protected by the Almighty, until I pass 8787all their nets and snares. 8788 8789% 8790BOOK OF PSALMS 141 8791A prayer of David in extremity of danger. 8792 8793141:1. Of understanding for David, A prayer when he was in the cave. [1 8794Kings 24.] 8795141:2. I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made 8796supplication to the Lord. 8797141:3. In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my 8798trouble: 8799141:4. When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this 8800way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me. 8801 8802% 8803BOOK OF PSALMS 141 8804A prayer of David in extremity of danger. 8805 8806141:5. I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that 8807would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath 8808regard to my soul. 8809141:6. I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in 8810the land of the living. 8811141:7. Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me 8812from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. 8813141:8. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the 8814just wait for me, until thou reward me. 8815 8816% 8817BOOK OF PSALMS 142 8818The psalmist in tribulation calleth upon God for his delivery. The 8819seventh penitential psalm. 8820 8821142:1. A psalm of David, when his son Absalom pursued him. [2 Kings 17.] 8822Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: 8823hear me in thy justice. 8824142:2. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight 8825no man living shall be justified. 8826142:3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my 8827life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that 8828have been dead of old: 8829142:4. And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is 8830troubled. 8831142:5. I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I 8832meditated upon the works of thy hands. 8833142:6. I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without 8834water unto thee. 8835 8836% 8837BOOK OF PSALMS 142 8838The psalmist in tribulation calleth upon God for his delivery. The 8839seventh penitential psalm. 8840 8841142:7. Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not 8842away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the 8843pit. 8844142:8. Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I 8845hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have 8846lifted up my soul to thee. 8847142:9. Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled: 8848142:10. Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit 8849shall lead me into the right land: 8850142:11. for thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice. 8851Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble: 8852142:12. And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies. And thou wilt 8853cut off all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. 8854 8855% 8856BOOK OF PSALMS 143 8857The prophet praiseth God, and prayeth to be delivered from his enemies. 8858No worldly happiness is to be compared with that of serving God. 8859 8860A psalm of David against Goliath. 8861143:1. Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and 8862my fingers to war. 8863143:2. My mercy, and my refuge: my support, and my deliverer: My 8864protector, and I have hoped in him: who subdueth my people under me. 8865143:3. Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son 8866of man, that thou makest account of him? 8867143:4. Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow. 8868 8869% 8870BOOK OF PSALMS 143 8871The prophet praiseth God, and prayeth to be delivered from his enemies. 8872No worldly happiness is to be compared with that of serving God. 8873 8874143:5. Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains, and 8875they shall smoke. 8876143:6. Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy 8877arrows, and thou shalt trouble them. 8878143:7. Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me 8879from many waters: from the hand of strange children: 8880143:8. Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the 8881right hand of iniquity. 8882143:9. To thee, O God, I will sing a new canticle: on the psaltery and 8883an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to thee. 8884143:10. Who givest salvation to kings: who hast redeemed thy servant 8885David from the malicious sword: 8886143:11. Deliver me, And rescue me out of the hand of strange children; 8887whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand 8888of iniquity: 8889143:12. Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters 8890decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple: 8891143:13. Their storehouses full, flowing out of this into that. Their 8892sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth: 8893143:14. Their oxen fat. There is no breach of wall, nor passage, nor 8894crying out in their streets. 8895143:15. They have called the people happy, that hath these things: but 8896happy is that people whose God is the Lord. 8897 8898% 8899BOOK OF PSALMS 144 8900A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God. 8901 8902144:1. Praise, for David himself. I will extol thee, O God my king: and 8903I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. 8904144:2. Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for 8905ever; yea, for ever and ever. 8906144:3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his 8907greatness there is no end. 8908144:4. Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall 8909declare thy power. 8910144:5. They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy 8911holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works. 8912144:6. And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and 8913shall declare thy greatness. 8914144:7. They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: 8915and shall rejoice in thy justice. 8916 8917% 8918BOOK OF PSALMS 144 8919A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God. 8920 8921144:8. The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in 8922mercy. 8923144:9. The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all 8924his works. 8925144:10. Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints 8926bless thee. 8927144:11. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of 8928thy power: 8929144:12. To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of 8930the magnificence of thy kingdom. 8931144:13. Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth 8932throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and 8933holy in all his works. 8934 8935% 8936BOOK OF PSALMS 144 8937A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God. 8938 8939144:14. The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are 8940cast down. 8941144:15. The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat 8942in due season. 8943144:16. Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living 8944creature. 8945 8946% 8947BOOK OF PSALMS 144 8948A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God. 8949 8950144:17. The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works. 8951144:18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that 8952call upon him in truth. 8953144:19. He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear 8954their prayer, and save them. 8955 8956% 8957BOOK OF PSALMS 144 8958A psalm of praise, to the infinite majesty of God. 8959 8960144:20. The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he 8961will destroy. 8962144:21. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh 8963bless his holy name forever; yea, for ever and ever. 8964 8965% 8966BOOK OF PSALMS 145 8967We are not to trust in men, but in God alone. 8968 8969145:1. Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias. 8970145:2. Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I 8971will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in 8972princes: 8973145:3. In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation. 8974145:4. His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: 8975in that day all their thoughts shall perish. 8976145:5. Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose 8977hope is in the Lord his God: 8978145:6. Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in 8979them. 8980145:7. Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that 8981suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that 8982are fettered: 8983 8984% 8985BOOK OF PSALMS 145 8986We are not to trust in men, but in God alone. 8987 8988145:8. The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that 8989are cast down: the Lord loveth the just. 8990145:9. The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless 8991and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy. 8992145:10. The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation 8993and generation. 8994 8995% 8996BOOK OF PSALMS 146 8997An exhortation to praise God for his benefits. 8998 8999146:1. Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God 9000be joyful and comely praise. 9001146:2. The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the 9002dispersed of Israel. 9003146:3. Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises. 9004146:4. Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by 9005their names. 9006146:5. Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom 9007there is no number. 9008 9009% 9010BOOK OF PSALMS 146 9011An exhortation to praise God for his benefits. 9012 9013146:6. The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even 9014to the ground. 9015146:7. Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp. 9016146:8. Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the 9017earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the 9018service of men. 9019146:9. Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that 9020call upon him. 9021146:10. He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take 9022pleasure in the legs of a man. 9023146:11. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them 9024that hope in his mercy. 9025 9026% 9027BOOK OF PSALMS 147 9028The church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and 9029favours to his people. 9030 9031Alleluia. 9032147:12. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion. 9033147:13. Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath 9034blessed thy children within thee. 9035147:14. Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the 9036fat of corn. 9037147:15. Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth 9038swiftly. 9039147:16. Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes. 9040147:17. He sendeth his crystal like morsels: who shall stand before the 9041face of his cold? 9042He sendeth his crystal. . .That is, his ice. Some understand it of hail, 9043which is, as it were, ice, divided into particles or morsels. 9044 9045% 9046BOOK OF PSALMS 147 9047The church is called upon to praise God for his peculiar graces and 9048favours to his people. 9049 9050147:18. He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: his wind shall 9051blow, and the waters shall run. 9052147:19. Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments 9053to Israel. 9054147:20. He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his 9055judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia. 9056 9057% 9058BOOK OF PSALMS 148 9059All creatures are invited to praise their Creator. 9060 9061Alleluia. 9062148:1. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high 9063places. 9064148:2. Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts. 9065148:3. Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and 9066light. 9067148:4. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that 9068are above the heavens 9069 9070% 9071BOOK OF PSALMS 148 9072All creatures are invited to praise their Creator. 9073 9074148:5. Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: 9075he commanded, and they were created. 9076148:6. He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath 9077made a decree, and it shall not pass away. 9078148:7. Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye deeps: 9079148:8. Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds, which fulfil his word: 9080148:9. Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars: 9081148:10. Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls: 9082148:11. Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of 9083the earth: 9084148:12. Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the 9085name of the Lord: 9086148:13. For his name alone is exalted. 9087148:14. The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath 9088exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints to the 9089children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia. 9090 9091% 9092BOOK OF PSALMS 149 9093The church is particularly bound to praise God. 9094 9095Alleluia. 9096149:1. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the 9097church of the saints. 9098149:2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of 9099Sion be joyful in their king. 9100149:3. Let them praise his name in choir: let them sing to him with the 9101timbrel and the psaltery. 9102149:4. For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt 9103the meek unto salvation. 9104149:5. The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their 9105beds. 9106 9107% 9108BOOK OF PSALMS 149 9109The church is particularly bound to praise God. 9110 9111149:6. The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged 9112swords in their hands: 9113149:7. To execute vengeance upon the nations, chastisements among the 9114people: 9115149:8. To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles 9116of iron. 9117149:9. To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is 9118to all his saints. Alleluia. 9119 9120% 9121BOOK OF PSALMS 150 9122An exhortation to praise God with all sorts of instruments. 9123 9124Alleluia. 9125150:1. Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: praise ye him in the 9126firmament of his power. 9127150:2. Praise ye him for his mighty acts: praise ye him according to 9128the multitude of his greatness. 9129150:3. Praise him with the sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery 9130and harp. 9131150:4. Praise him with timbrel and choir: praise him with strings and 9132organs. 9133150:5. Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of 9134joy: let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia. 9135