The zeal of David. PSALMS. His complaint. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: loving-kindness: O LORD, quicken me let not the proud oppress me. according to thy judgment." 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for ever. for they have made void thy law. 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. PE. 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. 152 Concerning thy testimonies I have known of old that thou hast founded them RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies: yet do I not decline from thy 131 I opened my mouth, and panted: testimonies. for I longed for thy commandments. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was 132 Look thou upon me, and be mer-grieved; because they kept not thy word. ciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: those that love thy name. quicken me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness. 133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes. 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. TSADDI. 137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. 139 My zeal hath consumed me; because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 165 Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them. 166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. thee. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting testimonies: for all my ways are before righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me yet thy commandments are my delights. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding accord 144 The righteousness of thy testimo-ing to thy word. nies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. KOPH. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous ness. 173 Let thy hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.j 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. IN m PSALM CXX. TA Song of degrees. N my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue ? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Wo is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. PSALM CXXI. TA Song of degrees. I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is shade hand. The church gives thanks. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. PSALM CXXIV. TA Song of degrees of David. F it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. TA Song of degrees. HEY trust in the LORD shall be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Dogood,O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. of the tnto the testimony of Israel. W to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. PSALM CXXVI. WHEN the LORD turned again the 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, them that dream. the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. TA Song of degrees. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. X5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless NTO thee lift up mine eyes, O thou come again with rejoicing, bringing his UNTO that dwellest in the heavens. sheaves with him. A The blessings of the godly. EX PSALM CXXVII. PSALMS. David's care for the ark. 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. TA Song of degrees for Solomon. XCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: ex-wait, and in his word do I hope. cept the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that bath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM CXXVIII. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour in thy hands happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's TA Song of degrees. MANY 2 Many a time have they afflicted me 6 My soul waiteth for the LORD more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. PSALM CXXXI. TA Song of degrees of David. ORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. PSALM CXXXII. afflictions: 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, from my youth: yet they have not pre-and the ark of thy strength. vailed against me. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with right 3 The ploughers ploughed upon my eousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. back: they made long their furrows. 4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them all be confounded and ed back that hate Zion. 10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto turn-David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the 12 If thy children will keep my covehouse-tops, which withereth afore it grow-nant and my testimony that I shall teach them; their children also shall sit upon eth up: 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his thy throne for evermore. hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by, say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. PSALM CXXX. TA Song of degrees. 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provi sion: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will also clothe her priests with OUT of the depths have I cried unto salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud thee, O LORD. 2 LORD, hear my voice: let thine ears for joy. 17 There will I make the horn of Dabe attentive to the voice of my supplications. vid to bud: I have ordained a lamp for 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark ini-mine anointed. quities, O LORD, who shall stand? 18 His enemies will I clothe with Of the communion of saints. PSALMS. An exhortation to thanksgiving shame but upon himself shall his crown not; eyes have they, but they see not. flourish. PSALM CXXXIII. TA Song of degrees of David. 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant them: so is every one that trusteth in them. it is for brethren to dwell together 19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew the LORD. that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. PSALM CXXXIV. TA Song of degrees. Bservants of the LORD, which by night EHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye stand in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. PSALM CXXXV. ever. PSALM CXXXVI. GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good for his mercy endureth for : 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the LORD of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever. 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the above the waters: for his mercy endureth name of the LORD: praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, 3 Praise ye the LORD; for the LORD is good; sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself,and Israel for his peculiar treasure. 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries: 8 Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast: 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants: 10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan : 12 And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak for ever. 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born: for his mercy endureth for ever: 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: 12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 To him which led bis people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: 20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: 21 And gave their land for a heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: 22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever. 24 And hath redeemed us from our The Jews' constancy in captivity. PSALMS. Of God's all-seeing providence. enemies for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mine up-rising, thou understandest my mercy endureth for ever. thought afar off. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM CXXXVII. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Y the rivers of Babylon, there we sat B down, yea, we wept, when we re-but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. membered Zion. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and be 2 We hanged our harps upon the wil-fore, and laid thy hand upon me. lows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning, 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. PSALM CXXXVIII. TA Psalm of David. WILL praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously 2 I will worship toward thy holy tem-wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. ple, and praise thy name for thy loving- 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast yet being unperfect; and in thy book all magnified thy word above all thy name. my members were written, which in con3 In the day when I cried thou answer- tinuance were fashioned, when as yet there edst me, and strengthenedst me with was none of them. strength in my soul. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise unto me, O God! how great is the sum of thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD for great is the glory of the LORD. them!. 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, am still with thee. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O he respect unto the lowly: but the proud God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody he knoweth afar off. men. vain. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 20 For they speak against thee wickthou wilt revive me thou shalt stretch edly, and thine enemies take thy name in forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. PSALM CXXXIX. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlast |