thy servant thou hast profaned his crown by] casting it to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil bim: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

45 The days of his youth hast thou short-1 ened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

46 How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

The state of the godly.

13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

PSALM XCI.

The state of the godly: 3 their safety: 9 their habitation: 11 their servants: 14 their friends; with the effects of them all. H Most High, shall abide under the sha

E that dwelleth in the secret place of the

47 Remember how short my time is: where-dow of the Almighty. fore hast thou made all men in vain!

48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

49 LORD, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by

50 Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants: how I do bear in my bosom the re-night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; proach of all the mighty people;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproach- darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth ed, O LORD; wherewith they have reproach-at noon-day. ed the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and amen.

PSALM XC.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and 1 Moses, setting forth God's providence, 3 com-see the reward of the wicked. plaineth of human frailty, 7 divine chastisements, 10 and brevity of life: 12 he prayeth for the knowledge and sensible experience of "God's good providence.

TA Prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lin all generations.

ORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath we spend our years as a tale that is told.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and re dy away.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he bath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name..

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

PSALM XCII.

1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God, 4 for
his great works, 9 for his judgments on the
wicked, 10 and for his goodness to the godly.

A Psalm or Song for the gabbath-day.
is a good thing to give thanks unto the
LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O
Most High:

2 To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger?through thy work: I will triumph in the Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we ay apply our hearts unto wisdom.

works of thy hands.

5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

The majesty and blessedness

PSALMS.

6 A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth | a fool understand this.

of Christ's kingdom.

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenwhen all the workers of iniquity do flourish; est, O LORD, and teachest him cut of thy it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. Jaw; 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

9 For lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he for-ake his inheritance: 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the 15 But judgment shall return unto righteoushorn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed withness and all the upright in heart shall folfresh oil.

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

low it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

12 The righteous shall dourish like the palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Leba-soul had almost dwelt in silence.

17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my

HE LORD reigneth, he is clothed with

18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the Loan is my defence; and my God' is the rock of my refuge.

23 And he shall bring upon them their own

Tmajesty; the LORD is clothed with iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own

strength, wherewith he hathr girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the

wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

PSALM XCV.

1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 for hits greatness, 6 and for his goodness; & and not to tempt him.

floods have lifted up their voice; the floods O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us

lift up their waves.

4 The LORD on high is mightier than the Boise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. PSALM. XCIV.

1 The prophet, calling for justice, complaineth of tyranny and impiety: 8 he teacheth God's providence: 12 he sheweth the blessedness of affiiction. 16 God is the defender of the afflicted.

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LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth: O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

A How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, Deither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

8 Understand, ye brutish among the people;

and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psaims.

3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my

ways:

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. PSALM XCVI.

1 An exhortation to praise God, 4 for his greatness, 10 for his kingdom, &c.

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?SING unto the LORD a new song: sing

he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not
be correct? he that teacbeth man knowledge,
shall not he know?

unto the LORD, all the earth.

2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Jews and Gentiles

PSALMS.

exhorted to praise God.

4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our praised he is to be feared above all gods. God. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. & Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his Dame: bring an offering, and come into his

courts.

4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth; make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holi-the world, and they that dwell therein. ness: fear before him, all the earth.

10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be gla; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he

cometh to judge the earth; he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with PSALM XCVII.

his truth.

3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up bis enemies round about.

4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.

6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

8 Let the floods clap their bande; let the hills be joyful together

9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall be judge the world, and the people with equity. PSALM XCIX.

The prophet setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion, 7 exhorteth all by the example of their forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill.

THB LORD reigneth; let the people trem

ble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all people.

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name: for it is holy.

4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name, they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. PSALM C.

7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship 1 An exhortation to praise God cheerfully, 3 for him, all ye gods.

8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he

his greatness, 4 and for his power.

A Psalm of praise.

AKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

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2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he preserveth the souls of his saints; he deli-that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we

vereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous, and glad-
ness for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holi

ness.

PSALM XCVIII.

1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews, 4 the Gentiles, 7 and all the creatures, to praise God. A Psalm.

SING unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the LORD is good; bis mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth to all generations.

PSALM CI.

David maketh a vow and profession of godliness.
TA Psalm of David.

I

WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, wi! I sing.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt hou come unto me! I

2 The LORD hath made known his salva-will walk within my house with a perfect tion: his righteousness hath he openly shewed heart. in the sight of the heathen.

3 I will set no wicked thing before mine

3 He hath remembered his mercy and his eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; wrath toward the house of Israel: all the it shall not cleave to me.

4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve

17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

18 To such as keep his covenant, and to 17 He will regard the prayer of the desti-those that remember his commandments to do tute, and not despise their prayer.

18 This shall be written for the generation 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the to come, and the people which shall be created heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. shall praise the LORD.

20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

22 Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my isout

PSALMS.

providence of God. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; A meditation upon the mighty power, 7 and thou takest away their breath, they die, and wonderful providence of God. 31 God's return to their dust. glory is eternal, &c.

BLESS the LORD. O my soul OLOAD my created: and thou renewest the face of the