2 All are exhorted to praise God. 11 ver. 15. See Job 37. 10. * Deut. 33. 2, 3, 4. Ps. 76. 1. & 78. 5. & 103. 7. ? Heb. his words. PSALMS. An exhortation to praise God. PSALM CXLIX. The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his love to the church, 5 and for that power which he hath given to the church. Jacob, his statutes and his judg- PRAISE ye the LORD. Sing ments unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments, See Deut. 4. they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. Mal. 4. 4. 32, 33, 34. Rom. 3. 1, 2. 3 Heb. Halle lujah. | Ps. 103. 20, 21. ⚫ 1 Kings 8. 27. 2 Cor. 12. 2. • Gen. 1. 7. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, 'ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the ¦d Gren. 1. 1, 6,|| LORD: for LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 7. Ps. 33. 6, 9. e Ps. 89. 37. & 119. 90, 91. Jer. 31. 35, 36. & 33. 25. 14 'He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, Ephes. 2. 17. a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. C 2 Heb. Hallelujah. a Ps. 33. 3. Isai. 42. 10. b See Job 35. 10. Ps. 100. 3. • Zech. 9. 9. Matt. 21. 5. d Ps. 81. 2. & 150. 4. 3 Let them praise his name 3in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and or, with the harp. e e pipe. • Ps. 35. 27. 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the Ps. 132. 16. meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their Job 35. 10. beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged Heb. in their sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; throat. h Hebr. 4. 12. Rev. 1. 16. 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judg-Deut. 7. 1, 2. ment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CL. 1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 with all kind of instruments. PRAISE ve the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. e 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Ps. 148. 14. 5 Heb. Hallelujah. a Ps. 145. 5, 6. b Deut. 3. 24. 6 Or, cornet, Ps. 98. 6. • Ps. 81. 2. & 149. 3. d Exod. 15. 20. 7 Or, pipe. Ps. 149. 3. e Ps. 33. 2. & 92. 3. 5 Praise him upon the loud 'cymbals: praise him upon the high & 144.9. sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. f Isai. 38. 20. 1 Chron. 15. 16, 19, 28. & 16.5. & 25. 1, 6. ver. 25. 30 They would none of my counPs. 119. 173. sel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Ps. 81. 11. * Job 4. 8. ch. 14. 14. Isai. 3. 11. : Or, ease of the simple. & Ps. 25. 12, 13. * Ps. 112. 7. ach. 4. 21. & 7. 1. 3 Heb. givest thy voice. ch. 3. 14. Matt. 13. 44. * 1 Kings 3. 9, 12. James 1. 5. d Ps. 84. 11. ch. 30. 5. 1 Sam. 2. 9. Ps. 66. 9. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. d CHAPTER II. 1 Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children, Y son, a and direction in good ways. 10 When wisdom entereth into 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, 13 Who leave the paths of upright- 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from 'the strange ch. 5. 20. even from the stranger woman, which flattereth with her words ; 17 " Which forsaketh the guide of See Mal. 2. her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. n 14, 15. 18 For her house inclineth unto ch. 7. 27. 20 That thou mayest walk in the 1 An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7 to 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for MY son, forget not the righteous: he is a buckler to 8 He keepeth the paths of judg- 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. but ? Or, plucked up. a Deut. 8. 1. & 30. 16, 20. 3 Heb. years of life. b Ps. 119. 165. 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake Exod. 13. 9. thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: Deut. 6. 8. d Jer. 17. 1. 2 Cor. 3. 3. 1 Jer. 10. 23. * Rom. 12. 16. ' Job 1. 1. ch. 16. 6. 3 Heb. medicine. 'Heb. water- m Job 21. 24. & 23. 19. & 34. 26. Deut. 26. 2, &c. Mal. 3. 10, &c. Luke 14. 13. • Deut. 28. 8. P Job 5. 17. Ps. 94. 12. Hebr. 12. 5, 6. Rev. 3. 19. a Deut. 8. 5. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. n m charitableness, &c. 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. d C 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. e 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the LORD shall be thy con 9 Honour the LORD with thy sub-fidence, and shall keep thy foot from stance, and with the firstfruits of all 10 So shall thy barns be filled being taken. h 27 ¶ Withhold not good from Rom. 13.7. 2 them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. thereof. no evil. 29 Devise not evil against thy Or, Practise neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man with- Rom. 12. 18. get-out cause, if he have done thee no harm. 13 Happy is the man that find- 14 For the merchandise of it is ch. 8. 34, 35. better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 5 Heb. the man that draweth out under standing. Job 28. 13, Ps. 19. 10. t Matt. 13. 44. u ch. 8. 18. 1 Tim. 4. 8. Matt. 11. 29, 30. * Gen. 2. 9. & 3. 22. * Ps. 104. 24. & 136. 5. ch. 8. 27. Jer. 10. 12. & 51. 15. 6 Or, pre pared. a Gen. 1. 9. 31 ¶ * Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: 'but his secret is with the righteous. m 33 The curse of the LORD is in Lev. 26. 14, ¶ the house of the wicked: but "he blesseth the habitation of the just. Zech. 5. 4. Mal. 2. 2. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the James 4. 6. lowly. 1 Pet. 5. 5. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion Heb. exalt th of fools. CHAPTER IV. 1 Solomon, to persuade obedience, 3 sheweth a Deut. 33. 28. are broken up, and the clouds struction of a father, and at Job 36. 28. drop down the dew. 21 ¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: tend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. the fools. 34. 8. |