Confidence in prayer.

8 Good and upright is the LORD: Ep.1.9.18. therefore will he teach sinners in 3 or, his cothe way.

9 The meek will he guide in judg ment, and the meek will he teach his way.

venant to make them, know it.

4bring forth.

1 Ps. 124.7,8. m Mi.7.19. n Hab.3. 17

10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such e as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 Forthy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is 9 s great.

12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? lim h shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secretk of the LORD is with them that fear him; and 3 he will show them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the! LORD; for he shall 4 pluck my feet out of the net.

16 Turnm thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart are n enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

19.

hatred of

violence. Ps. 130.8.

PSALM 26. a Ps. 139.23. b Zec. 13.9. c Ps.1.1.

d Ex.30. 19, 20.

e Ps.27.4. 84.1,2. of the taber nacle of

1.

2

thine
honour.

or, Take

not away. 3 men of

18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. 19 Consider mine enemies; for blood. they are many; and they hate me with 5 cruel hatred.

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem o Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

PSALM XXVI.

4

filled with. f Ps.40.2. PSALM 27.

a Mi.7.7,8. 1 approached against.

b Ps.65.4.

e Ps.63.2.

2 or, delight.

David resorteth unto God in con- d Is.4.5,6.

fidence of his integrity.

A Psalm of David.

3 shouting.

JUDGE me, O LORD; for I have

walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

2 Examine a me, O LORD, and prove me; tryb my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes and I have walked in thy truth.

4 Ic have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

5 I have hated the congregation of evil-doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

7 That 1 may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 LORD, I have loved e the habitation of thy house, and the place 1 where thine honour dwelleth.

92 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with 3 bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

12 My footf standeth in an even place in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

PSALM XXVII. David sustaineth his faith by the power of God.

A Psalm of David.

THE LORD a is my light and my I salvation; who shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, 1 came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host should encamp against ine, my heart shall not fear: thongh war should rise against me, in this will be confident.

4 One thing have 1 desired of the LORD, that will I seek after that I may dwell b in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to beholde the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

5 Ford in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: m the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me: he shall set me up upon a rock.

6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of 3 joy; will sing; yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

I

7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with

David blesseth God. my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

84 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will 5 take me up.

4 or, My heart said unto thee, Let my

PSALM XXVIII.

6 David blesseth God: 9 He prayeth

UNTO

for the people.

A Psalm of David. NTO thee will I cry, O LORD, my rock; be not silent 1 to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when a I lift up my hands toward 2 thy holy oracle.

3 Drawb me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5 Because c they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

face seck

thy face. gather me. 6 way of plainness. Ps.26.12. those which observe me, Ps.5.8.

Ep.2.8 PSALM 28. 1 from. 2 or, the oraa Ps. 138.2.

He praiseth God.

PSALM XXIX.

David exhorteth princes to give glory

to God.

A Psalm of David. IVE a unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORDO glory and strength.

2 Give unto the LORD the 2 glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in 3 the beauty c of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon 4 many waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is 5 powerful; the voice of the LORD is 6 full of majesty.

5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

cle of thy sanctuary. b Ps. 125.5. c Job 34.26. 3 or, his. strength of 7 The voice of the LORD 7 divideth salvations. the flames of fire. Ki.8.51.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

or, rule.

8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to 8 calve, and discovereth the forests: and d in his temple 9 doth every one speak of his glory.

10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; e yea, the LORD sitteth Kingf for ever.

11 The LORD will give strength g unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.h PSALM XXX. David praiseth God for his deliver

ance.

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.

I up,

WILL extol thee, O LORD; for

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him. and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

8 The LORD is 3 their strength, and he is the 4 saving strength of his anointed.

9 Save thy people, and bless d thine inheritance: 5 feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

but a mo-
ment in

his anger. 3 in the evening.

4 singing. b Ps. 18.35,36. 5 settled strength for my mountain.

Ps.34.6.

not made my foes to rejoice over me. 20 LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3 O LORD, thou a hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks 1 at the remembrance of his holiness.

5 For 2 his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure 3 for a night, but 4 joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

7 LORD, by thy favour thoub hast 5 made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

8 I cried c to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood,

David craveth God's help. when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turnedd for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

12 To the end that my 6 glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

PSALM XXXI.

David, showing his confidence in God, to me for

craveth his help.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of

David.

a rock of strength.

c Lu.23.46. Ac.7.59.

d Jon.2.8.

Na thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.b 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou 1 my e Ps. 142.3. strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

f Ps. 18. 19. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's g Ps. 102.3, &c sake lead me, and guide ine.

4 Pull me out of the net that they h Job 19.13. have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

5 Intoc thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

2 vessel that perisheth.

6 I have hated them that regard d lying vanities: but I trust in the i Nu.6.25,26.

LORD.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast knowne my soul in adversities;

8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thouf hast set my feet in a large room.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, 7 Job 5.21. for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul 5 or, fenced. and my belly.

10 For g my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies; but especially among my neighbours, h and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

m Job 35.14.

PSALM 32. 1 or, giving instruction.

a Ro.4.6-8.

b 2Co.5.19.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a 2 broken c 1Jno. 1.9. vessel.

13 For I have heard the slander d 1Ti. 1.16. of many; fear was on every side:

He praiseth God. enemies and from them that persecute me.

16 Make i thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be 3 silent in the grave.

18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak 4 grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 Oh how great k is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a 5 strong city.

22 For I said in my haste, I am cut offm from before thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

21 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

PSALM XXXII.

Confession of sins giveth ease to the conscience.

A Psalm of David, 1 Maschil.

BLESSED a is he whose transgres

sion is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth 6 not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my roaring all the day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, Ic will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

2 when thou mayest be found: e surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

7 Thoug art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trou

ble; thou shalt compass me about with songs h of deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will 3 guide thee with mine eye:

9 Be ye not as the horse, i or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

3

h Ex. 15. 1,&c. Re. 15.2,3. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee.

Pr.26.3. k Ps. 16.4. 1Ti.6.10.

1 Je. 17.7,8.

David praiseth God.

17 An horser is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

18 Behold, the eye s of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.t

20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD:u he is our help and our shield. 21 For v our heart shall rejoice in

wicked but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart. PSALM XXXIII.

a Ps.97.12. Phi.4.4.

b Ps. 150.3.4. Ps. 144.9. Re.5.9.

d Ps. 119.64.

6 By ethe word of the LORD weren the heavens made; and all of the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

and generation. Ps.65.4.

o Pr. 15.3. p Pr.22.2.

7 He g gathereth the waters of 9 Ps.44.3-7. the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.hr Pr.21.31. 8 Let all the earth fear ithe LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9 For he spake, k and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The LORD 2 bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: hel maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11 The counsel m of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to 3 all generations.

Hos. 14.3.

s 1 Pe.3.12.

t Ps.37.19. u Ps. 115.9-11. v Zec. 10.7.

Jno. 16.22.

w Is.25.9. PSALM 34. or, Achish. 1Sa.21.13.

a Ep.5.20.

12 Blessed n is the nation whose b 1Co. 1.31. God is the LORD; and the people c Ps. 119.74. whom he hath chosen for his ownd Lu. 1.46,&c.

inheritance.

13 The LORD looketh from heaven; e Lu. 11.9. he o beholdeth all the sons of men. 2 or, flowed. 14 From the place of his habita- f Ps.3.4. tion he looketh upon all the inha- g 2Sa.22.1.

bitants of the earth.

h He.1.14.

i 1 Pe.2.3.

15 Hep fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their k Ps.2.12. works. 11 Pe.3. 10,&c. 16 There q is no king saved by the m 2Ti.2.19. multitude of an host: a mightyn Mat.5.9. man is not delivered by much o Eze. 14.7.8. strength.

his holy name.

22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. PSALM XXXIV.

David praiseth God, and exhorteth others thereto by his experience. A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before 1 Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.

WILL bless the LORD at all a times his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast b in the LORD: the c humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

30 magnify d the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. all my fears. 4 I sought e the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from

5 They 2 looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6 This f poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved g him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel h of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8 O taste i and see that the LORD is good: blessed k is the man that trusteth in him.

9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

12 What man is he that desireth

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

11 Depart m from evil, and do good; seek peace, n and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

16 The face o of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

David prayeth for

17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, p and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18 The LORD is nigh 3 unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth 4 such as be of a contrite spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the! righteous but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be 5 desolate.

22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none q of them that trust in him shall be desolate. PSALM XXXV.

p Is.65.24. 3 to the broken of heart.

4

the contrite of spirit.

5 or, guilty. q Ps-84.11,12. PSALM 35. a La.3.58.

b Ps.71.24.

c Ps. 1.4.
1 darkness
and slip-
periness.

PLEAD

A Psalm of David. LEAD a my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute ine: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let b them be confounded and

put to shame that seek after my

soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff c before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

6 Let their way be 1 dark and slippery and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

knoweth

not of. d 1Th.5.3.

his enemies' confusion.

14 I 7 behaved myself 8 as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

15 But in mine 9 adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects h gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed i upon me with their teeth.

17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my 10 darling from the k lions.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among 11 much people.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies 12 wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. e Pr.22.22,23.20 For they speak not peace: but they devise m deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

La.2.16.

&c.

eth him?

13 Ah, ah,

our soul!

s Ps. 132. 18. 14 righteous

ness.

23 Stir p up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge q me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; r and let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, 13 Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, we have swallowed him up.

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt let them be clothed s with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against

me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my 14 righteous cause: yea, let them t say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And u my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

PSALM XXXVI.

The grievous state of the wicked. To the chief musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. HE transgression of the wicked there is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his