PSALMS, LXXII, LXXIII David prayeth persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 11 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for i I know not the numbers thereof. 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, k even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Now also 3 when I am old and gray-headed,O God, forsake me not; until I have showed 4 thy strength unto this generation, and, thy power to every one that is to Cone. 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, m who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! 20 Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt n quicken me again, and shalt bring. me up again from the depths of the earth. 21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 22 I will also praise thee with the 5 psaltery, o even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, p 0 thou Holy One of Israel. i Ps. 139. 17. k Is.45.24,25. Phi.3.9. 3 unto old age and gray hairs. I Is.46.4. for Solomon. of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. d 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon e the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous thine arm. 2 so long as the moon endureth. flourish; and abundance of peace m Is.55.9. n Ho.6.1.2. 5 instrument of psaltery. o Ps. 150.3. P Ps.92.3. a 1 Ki. 1.36,37. Is. 11.2-5. 32.1,17. e Ps.85.11. d Is.51.12,13. Re. 12.10. e 2Sa.23.4. Hos.6.3. 2 till there be no moon. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him: and g his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down i before him: all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliverk the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. needy, and shall save the souls of 13 He shall spare the poor and the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence and precious shall their blood be in his sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him f 1Ki.4.20,24. 3 shall be given of the gold of Ps.$9.25,36. Sheba: m prayer also shall be made Zec.9.10. for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.n g Mi.7.17. h 2Ch.9.21. Mat.2.11. i Is.49.7.23. k Is.41.17. He.7.25. Re.1.18. 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my 3 one shall soul, which thou hast redeemed. give. 21 My tongue also shall talk of thym 2Ch.9.1. righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. n Jude 25. o Hos. 14.5-7. 4 be. 5 as a son to continue his father's name for 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and o they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall 4 endure for ever his name shall be 5 continuled as long as the sun and men shall be blessed p in him: ali nations shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only g doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed r be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled s with his glory. Amen, and amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. PSALM LXXIII. Knowledge of God's purpose, in de stroying of the wicked, and sustain ing the righteous. A Psalm of Asaph. TRULY 2 God is good to Israel, even to such as are 3 of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue e Job 9.27-31. walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return hither and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 11 And they say, How d doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 8 my chas- labour in mine eyes. f Ps.37.38. 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they in-g Is.29.7,8. crease in riches. 13 Verily e I have cleansed my 10 I knew not heart in vain, and washed my 11 with. hands in innocency. 14 For all the day long have Ih Ps.48.14. been plagued, and 8 chastened 12 rock. every morning. 15 if I say, I will speak thus; bei La.3.24. hold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was 9 too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.f PSALM 74. 1 or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them 2 or, tribe. down into destruction. La.2.7,&c. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dreamg when one awaketh; so, O LORD, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. a 3 sent thy sanctuary into the fire. 4 break. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, b Ps.44.4. and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and 10 ignorant: c Ex. 14.21. I was as a beast 11 before thee.. 5 break. 23 Nevertheless I am continually. with thee: thou hast holden me by d Is.51.9, 10. my right hand. Eze.29.3. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy 6 or, whales. counsel, and afterward receive me e Nu. 14.9. to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth. that I desire beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the 12 strength of my heart, and my portion i for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far from! f Ex. 17.5,6. Nu.20.11. g Jos.3. 13,&c. 7 rivers of strength. God's purpose. Maschil of Asaph. GOD why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the 2 rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine a enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the 9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blasplieme thy name for ever? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 12 For God is my king b of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou c didst 5 divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest d the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat e to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave ƒ the fountain and the flood: thou driedstg up 7 mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Declaration of PSALMS, LXXV, LXXVI, LXXVII. 17 Thou hast set all the borders. of the earth: thou hast made 8 sum-, 8 them. mer and winter. h Ps.94.7,8. i Cant.2.14. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the A foolish people have blasphem- & Ge. 17.7.8. ed tay name. 19 Ó deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove i unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the con-, gregation of thy poor for ever. 2) Have respect unto the & cove-, nant for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of eruelty. 210 let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own case: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee 9 increaseth continually. Le.26.45. 25a.23.5. Ps. 106.45. Je.33.20.21 He.8.10. 9 ascendeth. Jon. 1. 3. PSALM 75. 1 or, Destroy not. a Ps.57, title. & 25a.23.3,4. c Zec. 1.21. 4 desert. d 1Sa.2.7,8. e Re. 14.9.10. 1ƒ Ps. 101.8. PSALM 76. 1 or, for. a Ps.48.1,&c. b De 4.7,8. c Ps. 132. 13. d Is.37.35,36. 3 The earth and all the inhabit- e Is.46.12. ants thereof are dissolved: I bear ƒ Je.51.39. un the pillars of it. Selah. g Zec. 12.4. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal noth Je.10.7. foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the c horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the 4 south. i Na. 1.6. Da.3.19,28. m Ps.65.7. 2 to fear. 7 But God is the judge: he d put-n Ps.2.5, 10. teth down one, and setteth up an- PSALM 77. other. 8 For in the hand of the LORD a Ps.62, title. there is a cup, e and the wine is red; 1 or, for. it is full of mixture; and he pour2 hand. eth out of the same: but the dregs Ps. 143.4,5. thereof, all the wicked of the La.3.17,&c. earth shall wring them out, and c De.32.7. drink them. Is.63.11. 9 But I will declare for ever; Id Ps.42.8. will sing praises to the God of Jacob. e Ps.4.4. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut oif: but the horns of f La.3.40. g Ps.74.1. the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM LXXVI. A declaration of God's majesty in the church. To the chief Musician on Neginoth. La.3.31,32. 3 to genera tion and Ah Is.49.15. generation. i Ps.31.22. his k Ps. 111.4. God's goodness. 2 Inc Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. 3 There d brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stout-hearted e are spoiled, they have slept f their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse g are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, h even thou, art to be feared: and who i may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 8 Thou k didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 10 Surely the wrath of man I shall praise thee: the remainder m of wrath shalt thou restrain. 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents 2 unto him that ought to be feared. 12 Hen shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. PSALM LXXVII. The Psalmist showeth what fierce combat he had with diffidence. To the chief Musician, to a Jeduthus, A Psalm 1 of Asaph. I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD: my 2 sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled I complained, and my spirit o was overwhelmed. Selah. I am so troubled that I cannot 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: speak. 5 I have considered c the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song d in the night: I commune e with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent f search. 7 Will the LORD cast off for g ever? and will he be favourable no more? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail 3 for evermore! 9 Hath God forgotten h to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 10 And I said, This i is my infirmi ty: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will remember the works of PSALMS, LXXVIII. Exhortation to preach the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is in the I Ps.68.24. n Hab.3.8, &c the law of God. of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat / his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things m did he in the sight of their fathers, in the sanctuary whom is so great a 4 were pour-land of Egypt, in the field of n Zoan. God as our God! 14 Thou art the God that doesti wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters n saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid the depths also were troubled. ed forth with water. 0 2Sa.22.14. p Is.63.11. PSALM 78. a Ps.74, title. b Is.51.4. 35. c Mat.13.13, 17 The clouds 4 poured out water: d Ex.13.8.14. the skies sent out a sound: thine e De.6.7. arrows also went abroad. 11.19. 18 The voice o of thy thunder was f Ps. 102. 18. in the heaven: the lightningsg Eze.20. 18. lightened the world: the earth h Eze.2.3-8. trembled and shook. 1 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou p leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. PSALM LXXVIII. prepared not their 2 throwing i De.1.41-44. An exhortation both to learn and to k 2Ki. 17.15. preach the law of God. Maschil a of Asaph. NIVEb ear, O my people, to my words of my mouth. 1 Ps. 106. 13. m Ex.VII. XII. 2 I will open my mouth in a cn Is.19.11, 13. parable: I will utter dark sayings o Ex. 14.21. of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, p Ex. 15.8. Nu.20.11. 13 He divided o the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he madep the waters to stand as an heap. 14 In q the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He clave r the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. 16 He s brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking t the Most High in the wilderness. 18 Andu they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God 3 furnish a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he sinote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; 22 Because they believed not in God,and trusted not in his salvation: 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors w of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna 1Co. 10.3,4. upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. $ Ps. 105.41. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law c in u Ex. 16.2,&c Israel,which he commanded our fa- 3 order. thers, that they should make them v Nu.11.1.&c. known to their children: w Mal.3. 10. 6 That the generation to comemight know them, even the children) which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children: 4 or, Every 7 That they might set their hope] in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8 And g might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious h6 generation; a generation that 1 set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God. 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and 2 carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant one did eat 5 g. x Nu.11.18. fowl of wing. Ps. 106.15. 7 made to 8 or, young, 25 4 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 26 He caused an east wind to 5 blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. 27 Her rained flesh also upon them as dust, and 6 feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for y he gave them their own desire; 30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and 7 smote down the 8 chosen men of Israel. 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 38 But he, being full of compassion, h ver. 19,20. tion. the law of God. mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided g them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 58 Forr they provoked him to anger with their high places, and graven images. forgave c their iniquity, and destroy-10 or, afflic-moved him to jealousy with their ed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and d did not stir up all his wrath. 11 set. 39 For he remembered e that theyi ver. 12. were but flesh; a wind that pass-k Ex.7.20. eth away, and cometh not again. 1 Ex.8.6.24. 40 How oft did they 9 provoke g him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited h the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the 10 enemy. 43 How he had 11 wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders i in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies! among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 46 He m gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the focust. 47 He 12 destroyed their vines with n hail, and their sycamore trees with 13 frost. 48 He 14 gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to 15 hot thunderbolts. 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 60 So that he forsook the tabernanacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. m Ex.10.13. 14 shut up. 15 or, light nings. 16 weighed path. 17 or, beasts to the murrain, Ex.9.3-6. Ex. 12.29. p Ex.XIV. XV. 18 covered. a q Jos. 19.51. r Ju.2. 12,20. s 1Sa.4.10,11. 19 praised. t Ps.7.6. 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indig-u Is.42. 13. nation, and trouble, by sending evil v 1Sa.5.6-12. angels among them. w Ge.49.10. x Ps.87.2. 20 founded. y 2Sa.7.8. 21 after. 2 Is.40.11. 50 He 16 made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their 17 life over to the pestilence; 51 And smote all the first-born o in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 53 And p he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea 18 overwhelmed their enemies. 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this a IKI.9.4. PSALM 79. 1 or, for. a La.1.10. P.74.2.7.10 c 2Ki.25.9,10 Mi.3.12. 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not 19 given to marriage. and their widows made no lament61 Their priests fell by the sword; ation. 65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man u that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder part: he put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah. the mount Zion z which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth winch he hath 20 established for ever. 70 He chose David y also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: 71 From 21 following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed z Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity a of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. PSALM LXXIX. The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation of Jerusalem. A Psalm 1 of Asaph. GOD, the heathena are come into thine inheritance; thy b holy temple have they defiled; theyc have laid Jerusalem on heaps. |