The miseries of the church. ■ Ps. 77. 20. 22. G IVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, To the chief Musician *upon Gittith, *Ps.8, title. Ex. 25. 20, flock; thou that dwellest between theme a joyful noise unto the God 1 Sam. 4. 4. 2 Sam. 6. 2. Deut. 33.2. Ps. 50. 2. d Num. 2. 2 Heb. come for salvation to us. e ver. 7, 19. Lam. 5. 21. Num.6.25. Ps. 4. 6. & 67.1. 8 Heb. wilt с cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and 2 come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, fand cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the thou smoke, bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. Ps. 74. 1. 8 Ps. 42. 3. & 102.9. Is. 30. 20. h Pa. 44. 13. & 79. 4. i ver. 3, 19. k Is. 5.1,7. Jer. 2. 21. Ezek. 15. 6. & 17.6. & 19. 10. 1 P8. 44. 2. & 78.55. m Ex. 23.23. Josh. 24. 12. 4 Heb. the cedars of God. n Ps. 72.8. o Pa. 89. 40, 41. Is. 5. 5. Nah. 2.2. PIs. 63. 15. q Is. 49. 5. r Ps. 30. 11. & 76.7. PB. 89. 21. t ver. 3,7. 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches "unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Plook down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. PSALM LXXXI. 1 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. 4 God challengeth that duty by reason of his benefits. 8 God, exhorting to obedience, complaineth of their disobedience, which proveth their own hurt. 6 c I removed his shoulder from the burden his hands were delivered from the pots. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of 3 Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 'There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 'I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: "open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would "none of me. 12 °So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 POh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 9 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. against. b Ps. 114. 1. & 10. 12, 13. 18. 48. 18. & 32. 29. q Ps. 18. 45. Rom. 1. 30. 70r, yielded feigned obe dience. Ps. 18. 44. & 66.3. 8 Heb. lied. Deut. 32. P. 147.14. Heb. with 13, 14. the fat of wheat. ■ Job 29. 6. 2 Or, for Asaph. A Psalm of Asaph. Gtion of the mighty; he judgeth Eccles. 6.6. among the gods. b Ex. 21. 6. & 22. 28. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wick-Deut. 1.17. ed? Selah. 2 Chr. 19. 7. Prov. 18. 5. 5 Heb. heart. ? See 2 Chr. 20. 1, 10, 11. 6 Heb. they have been an arm to the children of Lot. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: 'for thou shalt inherit all nations. PSALM LXXXIII. 1 A complaint to God of the enemies' con- A Song or Psalm of Asaph. C 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted dagainst thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. Blessedness of God's service. 17 Let them be confounded and 18 That men may know that thou, PSALM LXXXIV. 1 The prophet, longing for the communion of Ps. 59. 13. To the chief Musician *upon Gittith, * Pa. 8, title. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. H% 2 b My soul longeth, yea, even house, and the swallow a nest for 2 Or, of. 1023. a Ps. 27.4. b P8. 42.1,2. & 63. 1. & 73.26. & 119.20. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in Ps. 65. 4. thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart 6 Who passing through the valley se from strength to 5 For they have consulted together 9 Do unto them as unto the & MiNum.31.7. dianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Judg. 7. 22. b Judg.4.15, 24. & 5. 21. 12 Kings 9. 87. 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, Judg.7.25. and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes 1Judg.8.12, as 'Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 21. 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 mO my God, make them like a wheel; "as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; berry trees make him a well, &c. 2 Sam.5.22, 23, 4 Heb. covereth. 50r,from company. company to e Prov. 4. 18. 2 Cor. 3. 18. 16. Deut. 16. Zech.14.16. Gen. 15.1. ver. 11. would there sit 6 Heb. I choose ra at the threshold. h Is. CO. 19. Gen. 15. 1. Ps. 115. 9, 14. ver. 9. 10, 11. & 119. Prov. 2.7. k P8.34.9,10. 1 Ps. 2. 12. *Ps.42,title. To the chief Musician, A Psalm 15 So persecute them with thy Loable unto thy land: tful Our tempest, and make them afraid with 16 Fill their faces with shame; David's confidence 8 Or, thou hast turned thine anger from waxing hot. Deut. 13.17. c Pa. 80.7. d Ps. 74. 1. & 79.5. & 80.4. . Hab. 3. 2. f Hab. 2.1. h 2 Pet. 2. 20, 21. PSALMS. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath 2 thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 d Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. 8 'I will hear what God the LORD 8 Zech. 9.10. will speak: for she will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 9 Surely 'his salvation is nigh Zech. 2.5. them that fear him; k that glory may dwell in our land. 1 Is. 46. 13. John 1. 14. 1 Ps. 72.3. Is. 32. 17. Luke 2. 14. m Is. 45.8. n Ps. 84. 11. Jam. 1. 17. • Pa. 67.6. p Ps. 89. 14. 3 Or, A prayer, being a Psalm of David. 4 Or, one whom thou favourest. a Is. 26. 3. b Ps. 56. 1. & 57. 1. 6 Or, all the day. © Ps. 25. 1. & 143. 8. d ver. 15. Ps. 130.7. & 145.9. Joel 2. 13. e P8. 50. 15. ? Ex. 15. 11. Ps. 89.6. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; 'righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 m Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 "Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 13 PRighteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. PSALM LXXXVI. 1 David strengtheneth his prayer by the conscience of his religion, 5 by the goodness and power of God. 11 He desireth the continuance of former grace. 14 Complaining of the proud, he craveth some token of God's goodness. 3A Prayer of David. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I unto thee' daily. cry 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou wilt answer me. 8 Among the gods there is none 8 Deut.3.24. like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. b Ps. 22. 31. & 102. 18. Is. 43. 7. 9 h All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before in God's goodness. thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and 'doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. 11 'Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify_thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest 2 hell. 14 O God, "the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after soul; and have not set thee before them. my 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 16 O P turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSALM LXXXVII. 1 The nature and glory of the church. 4 The increase, honour, and comfort of the members thereof. HIS 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of Selah. thee, O city of God. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her and the highest himself shall establish her. 6 The LORD shall count, when he⚫Ps. 22. 30. f writeth the people, that this man up was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. PSALM LXXXVIII. A prayer containing a grievous complaint. A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of *Heman the Ezrahite. 6 5 Or, of. Ezrahite, instruction. 1 Kings 4. giving 31. 1 Chr. 2. 6. 3 For my soul is full of troubles: P8.107.18. and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. d Pg. 28. 1. e Ps. 31. 12. f Is. 53. 8. 2 Or, by thy hand. g Ps. 42.7. h Job 19. 13, 19. Ps. 31. 11. & 142. 4, 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are f cut off 2 from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8 h Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: Lam. 3.7. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 1 The psalmist praiseth God for his covenant, 5 for his wonderful power, 15 for the care of his church, 19 for his favour to the kingdom of David. 38 Then complaining of contrary events, 46 he expostulateth, prayeth, and blesseth God. 'Maschil of* Ethan the Ezrahite. I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my The psalmist praiseth God mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. b 2 Heb. to geneSo ver. 4. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall generation be built up for ever: thy faithful-ration: ness shalt thou establish in the very Ps. 119. 90. heavens. с 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 6 For 'who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? k God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? 9 m Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 P The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and r Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the "joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. b Ps.119. 89. 1 Kings 8. 16. ■ Num. 10. 10. & 23. 21. Ps. 98. 6. x P8. 4. 6. & 44. 3. y ver. 24. or, our shield is of the LORD, and our Holy One king is of the of Israel, zver. 3. 3. Ps. 47.0. 1 Kings 11. |