PSALM, XXXVII. David persuadeth to patience own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to a do good. 4 He deviseth 2 mischief upon hisb bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth e not evil. 5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the 3 great mountains; thy judgments are a great d deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They e shall be 5 abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river f of thy pleasures. 9 For g with thee is the fountain of life: inh thy light shall we see light. 10 O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. PSALM 36. 1 to find his iniquity to hate. a Je.4.22. c Ps.97.10. 3 mountains of God. d Ro. 11.33. 4 precious. 1 Pe.2.7. e Ps.65.4. 5 watered. f Re.22.1,17. g Je.2.13. 6 and confidence in God. 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But f the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked 4 plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay 5 such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into Jno.4.10.14. shall be broken. their own heart, and their bows 2Co.4.6. draw out at length. PSALM 37. a 1Sa. 1.6. Pr.24. 19. b Ps.73.3. stableness. 16 A glittle that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 17 For the arms h of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inherit 11 Let not the foot of pride come in truth, or ance i shall be for ever. 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down,| and shall not be able to rise. PSALM XXXVII. c Is.58.14. 2 Roll thy way upon, Ps.22.8. d Mi.7.8,9. 5 2 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him, and hek Pr. 16.9. shall bring it to pass. 6 And d he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgruent as the noon-day. 73 Rest in the LORD, and wait e 7 or, established. Mi.7.8. m Is.33.16. He. 13.5,6. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.'" 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the 6 fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps k of a good man are 7 ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. be utterly cast down: for the LORD 24 Though he fall, he shall not upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet m have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is 8 ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 28 Forn the LORD loveth judg patiently for him: fret not thyself 8 all the day.ment, and forsaketh not his saints; because of him who prospereth in o 1Pe. 1.5. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake p Is. 14.20. wrath fret not thyself in any wise q Mat. 12.35. to do evil. they are preserved o for ever: but p the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The q mouth of the righteous PSALMS, XXXVIII, XXXIX. David moveth God speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his r r De.6.6. Is.51.7. to take compassion. aloof from my 4 sore; and my 5 kinsmen stand k afar off. 12 They also that seek after my heart; none of his 9 steps shall 9 or, goings. life lay snares for me: and they slide. $ 2 Pe.2.9. 32 The wicked watcheth the t Ro.8.1,34. righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD s will not leave him u ver.7. in his hand, nor condemn t him when he is judged. 31 Wait u on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a 10 green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end w of that man is peace. 38 But a the transgressors shal! be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the rightcous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. v Job 5.3. Is. 14.14-19. 10 or, tree that grow eth in his own soil. that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: w Pr. 14.32. thou wilt 7 hear, O LORD my God. x Mat. 13.30. 16 For I said. Hear me, lest othery Da.3.17-28.wise they should rejoice over me: PSALM 38. when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. a Ps.70, title. b Job 6.4. 1 peace, or, health. c Ps.51.8. d Ezr.9.6. e Is.1.5,6. 2 wearied. f Ps.32.3. g Jno. 1.48. 10 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: hey shall deh La. 5.16,17. liver them from the wicked, and 3 not with. save them, because they trust in him. PSALM XXXVIII. David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case. A Psalm of David, to bring to a re membrance. LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows b stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones c because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mined head as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds e stink and are corrapt because of my foolishness. 61 am 2 troubled; I am bowed Gown greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. i Mat.26.56. 4 stroke. 6 thee do I 7 or, answer. 8 for halting. strong. 10 for my help. PSALM 39. a 1Ch.16.41. Pr.21.23. Ja.3.2,&c. 1a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth. Col.4.5. troubled. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: Ic have roared f by reason of the dis-2 quietness of my heart. 3 or, what time I have here. 9 LORD, all my desire is before g thee; and my groaning is not hidd from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light h of nine eyes, it also is 3 gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends stand Ps.90.4,&c. 4 settled. an image. e Ec.2.18,&c. Lu. 12.20,21. 17 For I am ready 8 to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry m for my sin. 19 But mine enemies 9 are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste 10 to help me, O LORD my salvation. PSALM XXXIX. David's care of his thoughts, and prayer. To the chief Musician, even to a Jedu thun. A Psalm of David. TSAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: 5 will keep 1 my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was 2 stirred. I 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know 3 how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and d mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man 4 at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in 5 a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain he e heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. Obedience is the PSALMS, XL, LXI. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow 6 conflict. of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest 7 his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 1 2 that which best sacrifice. compassed me about: mine iniquities m have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; n they are more than the hairs of desired in mine head: therefore my heart 6 faileth me. is to be him to melt away. PSALM 40. in waiting I waited. a pit of noise. a Ps. 15.4. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be b Ps. 125.5. no more. PSALM XL. 1 The benefit of confidence in God. 6 Obedience is the best sacrifice. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of I David. 1 WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also ont of an horrible pit, out of 2 the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that makethi the LORD his trust, and respecteth a not the proud, nor such as turn aside b to lies. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works c which thou hast done, and thy thoughts d which are to us-ward: 3 they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice e and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou c Job 9.10. d Je.29.11. 3 or, none can order thern unto 4 opened: burnt-offering and sin-1 offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: inf the volume of the book it is written) of ine, weak, or, sick. 2 the day of evil. 3 or, do not thou. 8ig delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is 5 within my bPs.57.32,33. heart. 13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. founded together that seek after 14 Let them be ashamed and con my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha! 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinketh o upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. PSALM XLI. 1 God's care of the poor. 10 David fleeth to God for succour. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. BLESSED a is he that consider. eth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in 2 time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him. and keep him alive: and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and 3 thou wilt not b deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt 4 make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, e LORD, be merciful unto me: heal d my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he come to see me, he e speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad he telleth it. gether against me: against me do 7 All that hate me whisper tothey devise 5 my hurt." 86 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, 7 mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which ƒ did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. 10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest David's zeal PSALMS, XLII, XLIII, XLIV. The church complaineth. 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me for 1 had s or, his pregone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of c joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou 3 cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet 4 praise him 5 for the help of his countenance. d Ps.77.3-10. 6 or, the little hill, e Ps.88.7. off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 30 send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God 3 my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why a art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM XLIV. The church complaineth of her present evils. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah. Maschil. E have heard with our ears, WE hot, but fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their davs, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For a they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because 6 thou hadst a favour unto them. 60 my God, my soul d is castor, killing. them: but thy right hand. and down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from 6 the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves e and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? PSALM 43. 1 or, unmer 2 3 ciful. a man of deceit and iniquity. the gladness of my joy. a Ps.42.5, 11. PSALM 44. a Jos.24.12. 10 As with a 7 sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while b De.1.37. they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? c Hos. 1.7. 11 Why art thou cast down, O my d Ps. 132.18. soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. e Ps.74.1. f La.3.31,32. Le.26.17. De.28.25,64. as sheep of meat. Jause minst an ungodly na- tion: O deliver me from 2 the de- 2 For thou art the God of my strength; why dost thou cast me 2 without riches. h Je.24.9. 4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For c I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them tod shame that hated us. 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. 9 But thou hast cast off, e and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back ƒ from the enemy and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us I like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest g thy people 2 for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and aderision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 15 My confusion is continually be PSALMS, XLV, XLVI. The majesty and grace fore me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, i Ps.8.2. 12. Ps. 119.157. 16 For the voice of him that re- k Da.9.13. proacheth and blasphemeth; by 1 Job 23.11, reason of the enemy i and avenger. 17 Allk this is come upon us; yet 3 or, goings. have we not forgotten thee, neither m Is.35.7. have we dealt falsely in thy coven Ps.23.4. nant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, 1 neither have our 3 steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, m and covered us with the shadow n of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or o stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. o Job 31.26- PSALM 45. a Ps. LXIX. LXXX. 1 or, of instruction. 2 boilet, or, bubbleth up. b Ca.5.9-15. c Lu.4.22. 22 Yea. p for thy sake are we kill-d ed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise.castą us not off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. He.4.12. Re. 1. 16. 3 prosper thou, ride thou. e Re.6.2. f Ps.65.5. g Ps.38.2. h Ps.93.2. He.1.8. 4 or. O God. i Is.61.1. 26 Arise 4 for our help, and re-k 1 Ki. 1.39,40. deem us for thy mercies' sake. PSALM XLV. The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, a for the sons of Korah, 1 Maschil. A song of loves. Y heart 2 is inditing a good M matter: I speak of the things / Ca. 1.3. m Ca.6.8. n LKI.2.19. o De.33.9. Mat. 10.37. P Ca.4.9,&c. q Is.54.5. TPs.95.6. s Is.23. 18. which I have made touching the Ac.21.3-6. king: my tongue is the pen of at Is.60.3. ready writer. 5 face. 2 Thou art fairer b than the child-u Is.61.10. ren of men: grace c is poured into Re. 19.7,8. thy lips therefore God hath bless-v ed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword d upon thy thigh. O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty 3 ride e prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows g are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, h O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Ca. 1.4. y Re. 1.6. PSALM 46. 1 or, of. a PS.XLVIII. LXVI. b 1Ch.15.20. 2 heart of the seas. e Eze.47.1-12. d Re.21.2,3. 3 when the morning appeareth, 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and Ex. 14.24,27. hatest wickedness: therefore 4 God, Ps.30.5. thy God, hath anointed i thee with an high the oil of gladness k above thy fel- place for us. lows. 4 of Christ's kingdom. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9 Kings' daughters m were among thy honourable women: upon thy right n hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget o also thine own people, and thy father's house; 11 Sop shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for q he is thy Lord; and worship r thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre s shall be there with a gift; even the richt among the people shall entreat thy 5 favour. rious within: her clothing is of 13 The king's daughter is all glo wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought v unto the king in raiment of needle-work : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto. thee. 15 With gladness w and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall he thy children, whom thou mayest make princes y in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name z to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. PSALM XLVI. The confidence which the church hath in God. To the chief Musician 1 for the sons of Korah. A Song a upon Alamoth, b OD is our refuge and strength, 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the 2 midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4 There is a river, c the streams whereof shall make glad the city d of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, 3 and that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is 4 our refuge, Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto t |