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6 Come and see the works of Gal: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot. there did we rejoice in him.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his choosest,and causest to approach unto eyes behold the nations: let not the re thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: bellious exalt themselves. Selab. we shall be satisfied with the goodness] 8 O bless our God, ye people, and of thy house, cven of thy holy temple. nake the voice of his praise to be 5 By terrible things in righteousness beard; wilt thou answer us, O God of our sal-9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and vation; who art the confidence of all suffereth not our feet to be moved. the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with

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7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our oins.

12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our beads; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

13 1 will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

14 Which my lips have uttered, and 9 Thou visitest the earth, and water-my mouth hath spoken, when I was in est it; thou greatly enrichest it with trouble. the river of God, which is full of wa-. 15 1 will offer unto thee burnt-sacriter: thou preparest them corn, when fices of fatlings, with the incense of thou hast so provided for it. rams; 1 will offer bullocks with goats Selab.

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof:

11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upen the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills rejoice on every side.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing,

16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Loan will not bear me : 19 But verily God bath ber he bath attended to the v prayer.

20 Blessed be God, whi turned away my prayer, i from me.

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PSALM LXVII.

PSALMS.
remoxing of the ark.
11 The LORD gave the word: great

¶ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, was the company of those that published it.

A Psalm or Song.
OD be merciful unto us, and bless

upon us.

Selah.

2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

12 Kings of armies did flee apace:

the spoil.

13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her

3 Let the people praise thee, O God: [feathers with yellow gold. let all the people praise thee.

14 When the Almighty scattered 40 let the nations be glad and sing kings in it, it was white as snow in for joy; for thou shalt judge the peo-Salmon.

ple righteously, and govern the nations 15 The hill of God is as the hill of upon earth. Bashan; a high hill, as the hill of

Selab.

5 Let the people praise thee, O God; Bashan. let all the people praise thee.

16 Why leap ye, ne high hills? this 6 Then shall the earth yield her in-is the hill chich God desireth to crease: and God, even our own God,[dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell shall bless us. in it for ever,

7 God shall bless us; and all the 17 The chariots of God are twenty ends of the earth shall fear him. thousand, even thousands of angels; the LORD is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

PSALM LXVIII.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm or
Scng of David.

ET God arise, let his enemies be

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18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast

also that hate received for men, ven, Jor the

2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad; let! them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5 A father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows, is God in bis holy habitation.

rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the LORD belong the issues from death.

21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his tres|passes.

22 The LORD said. I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea : 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 24 They have seen thy goings, O 7 O God, when thou wentest forth God; even the goings of my God, my before thy people, when thou didst King, in the sanctuary.

6 God setteth the solitary in famiies: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

march through the wilderness: Selab: 25 The singers went before, the play8 The earth shook, the heavens also [ers on instruments followed after; dropped at the presence of God; even jamong them were the damsels playing Sinai itself was moved at the presence with timbrels.

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of God, the God of Israel.

26 Bless ye God in the congregations, O God, didst send a plentiful even the LORD, from the fountain of by thou didst confirm thine Israel.

when it was weary. 27 There is little Benjamin with their congregation hath dwelt'ruler, the princes of Judah and their u, O God, hast prepared council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali,

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28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

for deliverance.

9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon

29 Because of thy temple at Jerusa- | me. lem shall kings brig presents unto| thee.

30 Rebuke the combany of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the LORD; Selah:

33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice,and that| a mighty voice.

34 Ascribe ye strength unto God : his excellency is over Israel, and his Etrength is in the clouds.

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my re proach.

11 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate epeak against me; and 1 was the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time : O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink : let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters,

15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Hear me, O LORD, for thy lovingkindness is good; turn unto me accord ing to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

35 O God, thou art terrible out of
thy holy places: the God of Israel is
he that giveth strength and power
unto his people. Blessed be God. 17 And hide not thy face from thy
PSALM LXIX.
servant; for I am in trouble: hear

To the chief Musician upon Sho-me speedily.
shannin, APsalm of David.
|AVE me, O God; for the waters
are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is
no standing: I am come into deep wa-
ters, where the floods overflow nie.
3 I am weary of my crying : my
throat is dried: mine eyes fail while
I wait for my God.

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me, because of Imine enemies.

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour : mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach bath broken my heart ; fand I am full of heaviness; and 1 lookjed for some to take pity,but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

4 They that bate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being| 21 They gave me also gall for my mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty meat; and in my thirst they gave me then I restored that which I took not vinegar to drink.

22 Let their table become a snare be away. 6 O God, thou knowest my foolish-fore them: and that which should ness; and my sins are not hid from have been for their welfare, let it be thee. come a trap.

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts,be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. SI am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25 Let their habitation be desolate ; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to

Davia prayeth

PSALMS.

for perseverance.

the grief of those whom thou hast thou hast given commandment to save wounded. me; for thou art my rock and my for

27 Add miquity unto their iniquity: tress. and let them not come into thy right

eousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magaify him with thanksgiving.

31 This also shall please the Lono better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see this, and be glad; and your heart shall live that seek God.

33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein:

35 For God will save Zior, and will build the cities of Judah; that they may dwell there, and have it in possession

36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

PSALM LXX.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked; out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou art my hope,O LordGod; thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art be that took nie out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: 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.

14 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 know not the numbers thereof.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. MAK TAKE haste, O God,to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lono, 2 Let them be ashamed and confoun- 16 I will go in the strength of the ded that seek after my soul: let them Lord Goo: I will make mention of be turned backward, and put to con-thy righteousness, even of thine only. fusion, that desire my hurt. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from

3 Let them be turned back for a remy youth; and hitherto have I deward of their shame that say, Aha,aha!|clared thy wondrous works.

4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice 18 Now also, when I am old and and be glad in thee: and let such as grey-headed, O God, forsake me not, love thy salvation say continually, Let until I have shown thy strength unto God be magnified. this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

5 But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD,make no tarrying.

PSALM LXXI.

In thee, Over be put to put my trus
N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high,who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee?

20 Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21 Thou slialt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. 3 Be thou my strong babitation; 22 I will also praise thee with the whereunto I may continually resort:psaltery, even thy truth, O my God:

The prosperity

PSALMS.

23 My lips small greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

of the wicked unto thee will I sing with the harp, O[tains; the fruit thereof shall shake like shou Holy One of Israel. Lebanon; and they of the city skull flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

for

24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: they are confounded, for they brought unto shame, that seek hurt.

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PSALM LXXII

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my

19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be Offilled with his glory. Amen, and

¶ A Psalm for Solomon. IVE the king thy judgments, God, and thy righteousness uuto| Amen. the king's son.

20 The prayers of David the son of

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PSALM LXXII. TA Psalm of Asaph. to such as are of a clean heart. ПRULY God is good Israel, evon Two as argon torach ever

2 But as for me, my feet were almost

4 He shall judge the poor of the peo-gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. ple, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth.

7 lu his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

S 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 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 before him; all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

9 They set their mouth against the beavens, and their tongue 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 doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

12 Behold, these are the ungodly, 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, who prosper in the world; they inand shall save the souls of the needy.crease in riches.

14 He shall redeem their soul from 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart deceit and violence and precious in vain, and washed my hands in shall their blood be in his sight.

innocency.

15 And he shall live, and to him shall 14 For all the day long have I been be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer plagued, and chastened every morn also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

ing.

-15 1f I say, I will speak thus; behold,

16 There shall be a handful of corn in 1 should offend against the generation the earth upon the top of the moun-[of thy children.

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