13 For I have heard the flander of many, fear was on every fide, while they took counfel together against me, they devifed to take away my life.

14 But I trufted in thee, O LORD: I faid, Thou art my God.

Is My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that perfecute me.

16 Make thy face to fhine upon thy fervant: fave me for thy mercies fake.

17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be filent in the grave.

God is to be praifed.

8 I will inftru&t thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

9 Be ye not as the horfe, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whofe mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, left they come near unto thee.

10 Many forrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trufteth in the LORD, mercy fhall compafs him about.

I Be glad in the LORD, and rejoyce, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all je that are upright in heart.

PSAL. XXXIII.
Ejoyce in the LORD,

Let the lying lips be put to filence: Royale comely for the upright.

which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuoufly against the righteous.

19 O how great is thy goodnefs, which thou haft laid up for them that fear thee, which thou haft wrought for them that truft in thee, before the fons of men!

20 Thou shalt hide them in the fecret of thy prefence from the pride of man :: thou shalt keep them fecretly in a pavilion from the ftrife of tongues.

21 Bleffed be the LORD; for he hath hewed me his marvellous kindness in a frong city.

22 For I faid in my hafte, I am cut off from before thine eyes nevertheless, thou heardeft the voice of my fupplications, when I cried unto thee.

23 O love the LORD, all ye his faints: for the LORD preferveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

24 Be of good courage, and he fhall frengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

PSA L. XXXII.

A Pfalm of David, Mafchil.
Leffed is he whofe tranfgreffion is for-

Beived, beye on is covered.

2 Bleffed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whofe Spirit there is no guile.

3 When I kept filence, my bones.waxed old, through my roaring all the day long. 4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moiffure is turned into the drought of fummer. Selah.

s I acknowledge my fin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid: I faid, I will confefs my tranfgreffions unto the LORD, and thou forgaveft the iniquity of my fin. Selab.

for

2 Praife the LORD with harp : fing unto him with the pfaltery, and an inftrument of ten ftrings.

3. Sing unto him a new fong, play skil fully with a loud noife.

4 For the word of the LORD is right: and all his works are done in truth.

5 He loveth righteoufnefs and judg ment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made: and all the hofts of them, by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the fea together, as an heap: he layeth up the depth in ftore-houfes.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world ftand in awe of him.

9 For he fpake, and it was done; be commanded, and it ftood faft.

10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

II The counfel of the LORD ftandeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12 Bleffed is the nation whofe God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath chofen for his own inheritance.

13 The LORD looketh from heaven: he beholdeth all the fons of men. 14From the place of hishabitation he look eth upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Is He fashioneth their hearts alike: be confidereth all their works.

16 There is no king faved by the mul titude of an hoft: a mighty man is not delivered by much ftrength.

17 An horfe is a vain thing for fafety neither shall he deliver any by his great ftrength.

18 Behold the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him: upon them that hope in his mercy:

6 For this fhall every one that is godly, pray unto thee,in a time when thou mayeft be found: furely in the flouds of great waters, they fhall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my hiding place, thou fhalte 8. eve me from trouble: thou shalt com- 19 To deliver their foul from death, and about with fongs of deliverance, to keep them alive in famine. 20. Our

The priviledges of the godly.

Pfalms.

20 Our foul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

21 For our heart fhall rejoyce in him:

22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee,

PSAL. XXXIV. A Pfalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech: who drove him away, and he departed. LORD all

I Wail left continually be in my mouth. 2 My foul fhall make her boaft in the LORD: the humble fhall hear thereof, and be glad.

3 O magnifie the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4 I fought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

They looked unto him, and were lightned: and their faces were not afhamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him; and faved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8 O tafte and fee,that the LORD is good: bleffed is the man that trufteth in him. 9 O fear the LORD, ye his faints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and fuffer hunger: but they that feek the LORD fhall not want any good thing.

II Come ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12 What man is he that defireth life, and loveth many days, that he may fee good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from fpeaking guile.

14 Depart from evil, and do good:: feek peace, and purfue it.

Is The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their

cry.

16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart: and faveth fuch as be of a contrite fpirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righ teous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21 Evil fhall flay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous fhall be defolate. 22 The LORD redeemeth the foul of his fervants: and none of them that truft in him shall be defolate.

Davids complaint and prayer.
PSAL.

XXXV.

A Pfalm of David.
my caufe, O LORD, with them

Plead
them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of fhield and buckler, and ftand up for mine help.

3 Draw out alfo the fpear, and ftop the way, againft them that perfecute me: fay unto my foul, I am thy falvation. confounded and

fhame that feek after foy loud : le put to be turned back and brought to confufion that devife my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chafe them. 6 Let their way be dark and flippery,and let the angel of the LORD perfecute them.

7 For without caufe have they hid for me their net, in a pit, which without caufe they have digged for my foul.

8 Let deftruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he hath hid, catch himfelf: into that very deftruction let him fall.

9 And my foul fhall be joyful in the LORD it fhall rejoyce in his falvation.

10 All my bones fhall fay, LORD, who is like unto thee, which delivereft the poor from him that is too ftrong for him, yea, the poor, and the needy from him that fpoileth him?

11 Falle witneffes did rife up, they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the fpoiling of my foul.

13 But as for me, when they were fick, my cloathing was fackcloth: 1 humbled my foul with fafting, and my prayer returned into mine own bofom.

141 behaved my felf as though he had been my friend,or brother:I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Is But in mine adverfity they rejoyced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themfelves together againft me, and I knew it not, they did tear me, and ceafed not.

16 With hypocritical mockers in feafts: they gnafhed upon me with their teeth.

17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on? refcue my foul from their deftructions, my darling from the lions.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great. congregation: I will praife thee among much people.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoyce over me neither let them wink with the eye, that hate me without a caufe.

20 For they fpeak not peace, but they devife deceitful matters against them axe quiet in the land.

The grievous eftate of the wicked.

Pfalms. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide againft me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath feen it.

22 This thou haft feen, O LORD, keep not filence: O LORD, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thy felf, and awake to my judgment, even unto my caufe, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, aecording to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoyce over me.

25 Let them not fay in their hearts, Ah, fo would we have it: let them not fay, We have fwallowed him up.

David perfwadeth to patience. PSAL. XXXVII. A Pfalm of David. Ret not thy felf becaufe of evil do neither be thou envious again workers of iniquity.

2 For they fhall foon be cut down the grafs, and wither as the green herb

3 Truft in the LORD, and do good fhalt thou dwell in the land, and ve thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thy felf alfo in the LORD; he thall give thee the defires of thine he 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD: alfo in him, and he thall bring it to pal 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to 6 And he fhall bring forth thy righ confufion together, that rejoyce at mine oufnefs as the light, and thy judgmen hurt let them be cloathed with fhame the soon-day.

and dishonour, that magnifie themselves, 7 Reft in the LORD and wait patient againft me.

27 Let them fhout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous caufe: yea, let them fay continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the profperity of his fervant."

28 And my tongue fhall fpeak of thy righteoufnefs, and of thy praife all the day long,

PSA L. XXXVI.

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David the fervant of the LORD.

him: fret not thy felf becaufe of him profpereth in his way, becaufe of the who bringeth wicked devices to pal 8 Ceafe from anger, and forfakewa fret not thy felf, in any wife to do ev

9 For evil doers fhall be cut off: those that wait upon the LORD, they inherit the earth.

to For yet a little while, and the w ed shall not be yea, thou fhalt dilige confider his place, and it shall not be But meek inherit ca

fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his 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 wife, and to do good.

4 He devifeth mischief upon his bed: he fetteth himself in a way that is not good, he abhorreth not evil.

s Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

6 Thy righteoufness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preferveft man and

beast.

7 How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their truft under the fhadow of thy wings. 8 They fhall be abundantly fatisfied with the fatness of thy houfe and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light ball we fee Eight.

Io O continue thy loving kindnefs unto them that know thee, and thy righteoufnefs to the upright in heart.

11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the icked remove me..

dance of peace.

12 The wicked plotteth against the and gnasheth upon him with his tee 13 The LORD fhall laugh at him, feeth that his day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn o fword, and have bent their bow down the poor and needy, and to fuch as be of upright converfation

15 Their fword fhall enter into thei heart, and their bow fhall be broken

16 A little that a righteous man b better than the riches of many wicke 17 For the arms of the wicked f broken: but the LORD upholdeth the

teous.

18 The LORD knoweth the days upright: and their inheritance fill ever.

19 They fhall not be afhamed in the time: and in the days of famine they be fatisfied.

20 But the wicked fhall perish, an enemies of the LORD fhall be as the lambs, they fhall contume: in:0 fhall they confume away.

21 The wicked borroweth, and not again: but the righteous fheweth cy, and giveth:

There are the workers of iniquity inherit the earth, and they that be 22 For fuch as be bleffed of his they are caft down, and shall not of him, shall be cut off.

orife

Pfalms. David moveth God to compaffion. mine head: as an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds ftink, and are corrupt: becaufe of my foolishness.

6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly, I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loyns are filled with a loathfome difeafe and there is no foundness in my flesh.

8.I am feeble and fore broken: I have roared by reafon of the difquietness of my heart.

30 The mouth of the righteous fpeaketh wifdom; and his tongue talketh of 12 They alfo that feek after my life, judgment. lay fnares for me: and they that feek my hurt, fpeak mifchievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long."

that I fin not with my tongue: I will LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: keep my mouth with a bridle, while the neither me in

and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am..

s Behold, thou haft made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his beft ftate is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain fhew: furely they are difquieted in vain he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who fhall gather them.

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

8 Deliver me from all my tranfgreffions, make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; becaufe thou didst it.

Io Remove thy ftroke away from me: I am confumed by the blow of thine hand. II When thou with rebuke doft corret man for iniquity, thou makeft his beauty to confume away like a moth: furely 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 ftranger with thee, and a fojourner, as all my fathers were. 13 O fpare me, that may recover ftrength before I go hence, and be no

more.

I

PSA L. XL.

:

God's care of the poor.

faithfulness and thy falvation: I have no concealed thy loving kindness, and thy truth from the great congregation.

II Withhold not thou thy tender mer. cies from me, O LORD: let thy loving kindness, and thy truth continually pre ferve me.

12 For innumerable evils have compaffed me about, mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, fo that I am not able to look up they are mo than the hairs of mine head, therefore my heart faileth me.

13 Be pleafed, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make hafte to help me.

14 Let them be afhamed,and confounded together, that feek after my foul to deftroy it: let them be driven backward and put to fhame, that with me evil.

Is Let them be defolate for a reward of their fhame, that fay unto me, Aha, aha.

16 Let all thofe that feek thee, rejoyce and be glad in thee: let fuch as love thy falvation, fay continually, The LORD be magnified.

17 But I am poor and needy, yet the LORD thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer, make no tarrying, O my God.

PSA L. XLI.

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David.
Leffed is he that confidereth the

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. Be the LORD will deliver him in

Waited patiently for the LORD,and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up alfo out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and fet my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3 And he hath put a new fong in my mouth, even praife unto our God: many fhall fee it, and fear, and fhall truft in the LORD.

4 Bleffed is the man that maketh the LORD his truft: and refpe&teth not the proud, nor fuch as turn afide to lies.

5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou haft done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:if I would declare and speak of them, they are mo than can be numbred.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not defire, mine ears haft thou opened: burnt offering and fin-offering haft thou not required.

7 Then faid I, Lo, I come: in the volame of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

91 have preached righteoufnefs in the great congregation; lo,I have not refrain 1 my lips, O LORD, thou knoweft.

I have not hid thy righteoufnefs
my, heart, I have declared thy

time of trouble.

2 The LORD will preferve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be bleffed upon the earth, and thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD will ftrengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his fickness.

4 I faid, LORD, be merciful unto me; heal my foul, for I have finned against thee.

s Mine enemies fpeak evil of me: When fhall he die, and his name perish?

6 And if he come to fee me,he fpeaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to it felf, when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

7 All that hate me, whisper together against me: againft me do they devise my hurt.

8 An evil difeafe, fay they, cleaveth faft unto him: and now that he lieth, he fall rife up no more.

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trufted, which did eat of my bread, hath lift up his heel againft me.

10 But thou, LORD, be merciful un-to me, and raife me up, that I may requite them.

11 By this I know that thou favoureft me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

32 And as for me, thou upholdeft: me

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