God for his

Pfalms. 14 Yea, he fent out his arrows, and fcattered them ; and he fhot out light nings, and discomfited them.

15 Then the chanels of waters were feen, and the foundations of the world were discovered: at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blaft of the breath of thy noftrils. 16 He fent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my ftrong enemy, and from them which hated me: forthey were too ftrong for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my tay. 19 He brought me forth alfo into a large place: he delivered me, becaufe he delighted in me.

20 The LORD rewarded me, according to my righteoufnefs, according to the cleannefs of my hands hath he recompenfed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his ftatutes from me.

23 I was alfo upright before him: and I kept my felf from mine iniquity.

24 Therefore hath the LORD recompenfed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eye-fight.

25 With the merciful thou wilt fhew thy felf merciful, with an upright man shou wilt fhew thy felf upright.

26 With the pure thou wilt fhew thy felf pure, and with the froward thou wilt fhew thy felf froward.

27 For thou wilt fave the afflicted people: but wilt bring down high looks.

28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee, I have run through a troop and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all thofe that truft in him.

31 For who is God fave the LORD ? or who is a rock fave our God?

32 It is God that girdeth me with ftrength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds feet, and fetteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, fo that a bow of fteel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou haft alfo given me the fhield of thy falvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentlenes hath made me great.

36 Thou haft enlarged my fteps under me, that my feet did not flip.

manifold bleffings.

37 I have purfued mine enemies,, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were confumed.

38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rife: they are fallen under my feet.

39 For thou haft girded me with ftrength unto battel: thou haft fubdued under me thofe that rose up against me.

40 Thou haft alfo given me the necks of mine enemies: that I might destroy, them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to fave them: even unto the LORD, but he anfwered them not.

42 Then did I beat them fmall as the duft before the wind: I did caft them out as the dirt in the ftreets.

43 Thou haft delivered me from the firivings of the people: and thou haft made me the head of the heathen: a people whons have not known fhall ferve me.

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44 As foon as they hear of me, they fhall obey me: the ftrangers fhall fubmit themselves unto me.

45 The ftrangers fhell fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

46 The LORD liveth, and bleffed my rock: and let the God of my falvation be exalted.

47 It is God that avengeth me, and fubdueth the people under me.

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou lifteft me up above thofe that rife up against me: thou haft delivered me from the violent man.

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen: and fing praifes unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king: and fheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his feed for evermore. PSAL. XIX.

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David. T God; and the firmament theweth his handy-work.

He heavens declare the glory of

2 Day unto day uttereth fpeech, and night unto night theweth knowledge.

3 There is no fpeech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world: in them hath he fet a tabernacle for the fun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoyceth as a ftrong man to run a race.

6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

7 The law of the LORD is perfect, co

The church blefeth the king. Plaims. verting the foul: the teftimony of the LORD is fure, making wife the fimple

8 The Atatutes of the LORD are right, rejoycing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightning the eyes.

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

10 More to be defired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: fweeter alfo than hony, and the hony-comb.

11 Moreover, by them is thy fervant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

12 Who can understand his errours? cleanfe thou me from fecret faults.

13 Keep back thy fervant alfo from preEumptuous fins, let them not have dominion over me: then fhall I be upright, and 1 fhall be innocent from the great tranfgreffion.

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy fight, O LORD my ftrength and my redeemer.

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To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David.
"He LORD hear thee in the day of
Trouble, the name of the God of

Jacob defend thee.

2 Send thee help from the fanctuary : and ftrengthen thee out of Zion.

3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-facrifice. Selah.

4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

s We will rejoyce in thy falvation, and in the name of our God, we will fet up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now know I, that the LORD faveth his anointed: he will hear him from his holy heaven, with the faving ftrength of his right hand.

7 Some truft in chariots, and fome in horfes: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

8 They are brought down and fallen, but we are rifen and ftand upright.

9 Save LORD, let the king hear us when we call.

PSA L. XXI.

To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David.
He fhall ftrength,

Davids confidence in judejs

5 His glory is great in thy falvation, ho nour and majefty haft thou laid upon him.

6 For thou haft made him moft bleffed for ever: thou haft made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

7 For the king trufteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the moft High, he shall not be moved.

8 Thine hand fhall find out all thine enemies, thy right hand fhall find out thofe that hate thee.

9 Thou fhalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD fhall fwallow them up in his wrath, and the fire fhall devour them.

10 Their fruit fhalt thou deftroy from the earth, and their feed from among the children of men.

II For they intended evil against thee: they imagine a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

12 Therefore fhalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make rea dy thine arrows upon thy ftrings against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own ftrength: fo will we fing and praise thy power

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PSA L. XXII. To the chief Mufician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Pfalm of David. Y God, my God,why haft thou forfe ken me?why art thou fo far fromhelp ing me,and from the words of my roaring? a O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou heareft not, and in the night-feafon, and am not filent.

3 But thou art holy, ọ thou that inha biteft the praises of Ifrael.

4 Our fathers trufted in thee: they trufted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were de livered: they trufted in thee, and were not confounded.

6 But I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and defpifed of the people. 7 All they that fee me, laugh me to fcorn: they fhoot out the lip, they fhake the head, faying,

8 He trufted on the LORD, that he would deliver him: let him deliver him feeing he delighted in him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of

greatly fhall he rejoyce!

2 Thou haft given him his hearts defire, and haft not withholden the requeft of his lips. Selah.

3 For thou preventeft him with the bleffings of goodness: thou fetteft a crown of pure gold on his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gaveft it Thim, even length of days for ever and ever,

when I was upon my mothers breafts.

Io I was caft upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mothers belly. 11 Be not far from me, for trouble near; for there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have compaffed me:ftrong bulls of Bafhan have befet me round. mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 13 They gaped upon me with their

Pfalms.

Gods lordship in the world. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my evil: for thou art with me, thy rod and bones are out of joynt: my heart is like thy ftaff they comfort me. -wax, it is melted in the midft of my bowels. 15 My Atrength is dried up like a potherd and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws, and thou haft brought me into the duft of death.

the kindreds of the nations fhall worship UN

Io All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, unto fuch as keep his covenant, and his teftimonies.

II For thy names fake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity: for it is great.

12 What man is he, that feareth the LORD? him fhall he teach in the way that he fhall choose.

13 His foul fhall dwell at eafe: and his feed fhall inherit the earth.

14 The fecret of the LORD is with them that fear him: and he will thew them his

covenant.

Is Mine eyes are ever towards the LORD: for he thall pluck my feet out of the net.

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me: for I am defolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my diftreffes.

18 Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my fins.

19 Confider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

20 O keep my foul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed, for I put my truft in thee.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preferve me: for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem Ifrael, O God, out of all his troubles. PSA L. XXVI.

A Pfalm of David. Udge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trufted alfo in the LORD: therefore I fhall not flide.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins, and my heart.

3 Forthy loving kindness is before mine eyes and I have walked in thy truth.

4 I have not fat with vain perfons, neither will I go in with diffemblers.

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He prayeth against his enemies.
PSA L. XXVII.

A Pfalm of David.

He LORD is my light, and my falva

is the ftrength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

I have hated the congregation of evil doers and will not fit with the wicked. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: fo will I compafs thine altar, O LORD.

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh, they ftumbled and fell.

3 Though an hoft should encamp against me, my heart fhall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy houfe, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

9 Gather not my foul with finners, nor my life with bloody men:

4 One thing have I defired of the LORD, that will I feek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the fecret of his tabernacle fhall he hide me, he shall fet me up upon a rock.

6 And now fhall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle facrifices of joy, I will fing, yea, I will fing praifes unto the LORD.

7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy alfo upon me, and anfwer me.

8 When thou faidft, Seek ye my face; my heart faid unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I feek.

9 Hide not thy face far from me, put not thy fervant away in anger: thou haft been my help, leave me not, neither forfake me, O God of my falvation.

10 When my father and my mother forfake me, then the LORD will take me up.

II Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for falle witneffes are rifen up against me, and fuch as breathe out cruelty.

13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to fee the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he fhall ftrengthen thine heart: wait, I fay, on the LORD.

PSAL. XXVIII.
A Pfalm of David.

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Nto thee will I cry, O LORD my

10 In whofe hands is mifchief: and their right hand is full of bribes.

II But as for me, I will walk in mine in egrity: redeem me, and be merciful

unto me.

12 My foot ftandeth in an even place: in he congregations will I blefs the LORD,

thou be filent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my fupplications when I cry unto thee: when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

3 Draw me not away, with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity: which Speak

Why God must be honoured.

Pfalms. David exhorteth to praise God.

fpeak peace to their neighbours, but mifchief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands, render to them their defert.

5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he fhall deftroy them, and not build them up.

6 Bleffed be the LORD, becaufe he hath heard the voice of my fupplications.

7 The LORD is my ftrength, and my fhield, my heart trufted in him, and I am helped therefore my heart greatly rejoyceth, and with my fong will I praife him. 8 The LORD is their ftrength, and he is the faving ftrength of his anointed.

9 Save thy people, and blefs thine inheritance: feed them alfo, and lift them up for ever.

PSA L. XXIX.

A Pfalm of David.

Ive unto the LORD,O ye mighty, give

4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye faints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

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s For his anger endureth but a moment in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my profperity I faid, I fhall never be moved.

7 LORD, by thy favour thou haft made my mountain to ftand ftrong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

8 I cried to thee, O LORD: and unto the LORD, I made fupplication.

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? fhall the duft praife thee? fhall it declare thy truth?

10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

11 Thou haft turned for me my mourning. into dancing: thou haft put off my fackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

12 To the end that my glory may fing praife to thee, and not be filent: O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for

Give unto oro glory and Brength, ever.

2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

The voice of the LORD is upon the

waters: the God of glory thundreth, the LORD is upon many waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is powerful, the voice of the LORD is full of majefty. The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars: yea, the LORD breaketh the ce dars of Lebanon..

6 He maketh them alfo to skip like a calf: Lebanon, and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire:

8 The voice of the LORD fhaketh the wilderness: the LORD fhaketh the wildernefs of Kadesh.

9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hindi to calve, and difcovereth the forefts: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

10 The LORD fitteth upon the floud: yea, the LORD fittech King for ever.

11 The LORD will give ftrength unto his people, the LORD will blefs his people with peace.

PSA L. XXX.

A Pfalm and Song, at the dedication of the houfe of David.

Will extol thee, O LORD, for thou haft lifted me up, and hatt not made my foes to rejoyce over me.

2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou haft healed me.

O LORD, thou haft brought up my foul from the grave: thou haft kept me alve, that I should not go down to the pit;

PSA L. XXXI.
To the chief Mufician, A Pfalm of David.

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thee, O LORD, do I put my truff,

let me never be afhamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear to me, deliver me fpeedily be thou my ftrong rock, for an houfe of defence to fave me.

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3 For thou art my rock, and my for trefs: therefore for thy Names fake lead me, and guide me.

4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my ftrength.

s Into thine hand I commit my fpirit: thou haft redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I truft in the LORD.

7I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy: for thou haft confidered my trouble, thou haft known my foul in adverfities;

8 And haft not fhut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou haft fet my feet in a large room.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for am in trouble 3 mine eye is confumed with grief, yea, my foul and my belly.

10 For my life is fpent with grief, and my years with fighing: my ftrength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bonesare confumed.

11 I was a reproach among all mine ene mics, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did fee me without; fled from me.

12 I am forgotten, as a dead man car mind: I am like a broken vefiel