Job submitteth himself to God: Before CHRIST cir. 1520. * Mat. 18,6. 1Ps. 107,28. Jon. 1, 5, 6. Heb. son of the PSALMS. God accepteth and blesseth him. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as } and against thy twe friends: for ye have not spoken of a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they 1 purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28 The + arrow cannot make him flee: Lam3, 13. stones are turned with him into stubble. m2 Chr. 26, 14. n Ps. 104, 24. Betore me the thing that is right, as my servant Job CHRIST hath. cir. 1520. m Eccl. 12, 12. with 7,5. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks 10. and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and p2Sam.21 offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my ser- Eph. 427. vant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept; o Num. 23 lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have sling-not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my pJames 5, servant Job. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp-pointed things upon the mire. 31. He maketh the "deep to boil like a pot: he Jonah 24. maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. Heb. sons of fierce ness, savageness, or, the 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made suvage, or, without fear. fierce kind, Exod. 5 2. chap. 28, 8. a ch. 40, 5. b Gen. 13, 14. c Ps. 189, 1. d ch. 38, 2. e 1 Tim. 1,7. ( Ps. 131, 1. g ch. 38, 3. h Isa. 55,3. ich. 38, 1. 15. 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Jobch. 1, 2. & more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thou-194 sand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand 1 Tim. 6,17 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowl-yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. edge? therefore have I uttered that I understood 4 Hear, I beseech thec, and I will speak: I will & demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust * Isa. 58, 5. and ashes. 1 Isa. 40, 1, 2 a Ps. 28, 1. b Pr. 4, 14. Ps. 119, 38, 47. 16" After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, 71 And it was so, that1 after the LORD had spo-and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four 23. ken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz PSALM I. generations. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. 1 The BOOK of PSALMS. The happiness of the godly.... The unhappiness of the ungodly. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and d Jer. 17, 8. in his law doth he meditate day and night. e Eccl. 3,11. 3 And he shall be like a tree "planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season: Ps. 123,2. his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he g Isa. 3, 10. doeth shall prosper. h Ps. 15, 4. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff i Luke 21, which the wind driveth away. 28. Rev. 6, 16, 17. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the right k John 10, eous. 14. 1 Prov. 11, 7. 1017, a Acts 4, 25. b Isa. 8, 9, 10. c Rev. 17, 14. 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and 6 Yet have 1 set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8* Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine' inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the Ps. 72, 8. earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt "break them with a rod of iron; ! thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's ves 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the right-sel. eous: but the way of the ungodly shall 1 perish. m Dan. 2, n Rev. 21 10 Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be in- 24 structed, ye judges of the earth. rage, and the people ima-trembling. 28. 11° Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with Hel. 12, 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish P Rev. 6, 18 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in q Isa. 50 16 Jer 17 7 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou David's complaint in sickness. cause of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is ' no faithfulness in their mouth; their 1 Psal. 12, 1 inward part is very wickedness; their throat is m an i Rom. 3, open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 13. 12,26 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by ni Kings their own counsels: cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. o Isa. 65,13 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee ° rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou de- Plsa. 4, 4,5 fendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. PSALM VI. David's complaint in his sickness. k Job 29, 17. hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, . Prov. 21, 81. thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 81 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: "thy bless m Gal. $ &. ing is upon thy people. Selah. Eph. 1, S. PSALM IV. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither 1 David prayeth for audience....2 He reproveth and exhortethO H A Psalm of David. EAR me when I a call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 20 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call e Eph. 4,26. unto him. 19. 4. Stand in awe, and sin not: 'commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness; and put your trust in the LORD. 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any i Jam. 1,17. k good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countePs. 17, 14. nance upon us. I Luke 2,52. m 7 Thou hast put" gladness in my heart, more than 1 Pet. 1,& in the time that their " a chasten me in thy hot displeasure. qZech. 2,0 Ich. 12, 6. 2 Have me rcy upon me, OLORD; for I am weak: b Ps. 41, 4 LORD, "heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercies' sake. in 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: e Hos. 6, 1 d Ps. 90, 13. e Ps. 116, 9 Ps. 30, 9. & 88, 11. Isa. 38, 18. 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make g Song 3, 1. I my bed to swim: I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it h Job 17,7 waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 1 Ps. 19, 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for 115 the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. k Dan. 9, 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the LORD 21,23. will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore 1 Job 6, 20. vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. m Ps. 56, 9 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust; b 1 Pet. 4 save me from all them that persecute me, and 19. deliver me; 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy ;) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, Olay mine honour in the dust. Selah. LORD; in the morning will I † direct my prayer unto 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou g Rev. 21,8. hatest all workers of iniquity. lich. the maw of 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the blools and LORD will abhor + the bloody and deceitful man. deceit. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship Deut. 32, 30. d Acts 23, 1. Ps. 41, 9. f1 Sam. 24, 7. & 26, 10, 17. g Job 19, 3, Hosea 9, 11 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger; lift up thyself, h1sa. 63,15. because of the rage of mine enemies; and awake for 1 2 Sam. 6, me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. 21. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass k Rev. 4, 4 thee about: for their sakes, therefore, return thou 'on 1 Ps. 95, 4. high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: "judge me, O LORD, according to "my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an i Ps. 25,5 toward thy holy temple. 14 h Eph. 1,20. i Mat. 21, 18. ordained; 4 What is * man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? z Rev. 14, 8 13. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he a Rev. 11, executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. || Higgaion. Selah. That is, 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the Meditanations that forget God. Isa. 33, 18, 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: 6 Ps. 12,5 the expectation of the poor shall not perish for cRev. 11,7. ever. 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them din fear, O LORD; that the nations dRev. 6,15. may know themselves to be but men. PSALM X. Selah. 1 David complaineth to God....12 He prayeth for remedy. WHY standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest a Isa. &, 17. thou thyself in times of trouble? b Deut. 32, Isa. 10, 12, 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the 27. angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have is 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the k 1 Cor. 15, works of thy hands: thou hast * put all things under 6 O thou enemy! destructions are come to a per-forget not the humble. Rev. 13, 6. petual end; and thou hast destroyed cities; their k. Rev. 19, memorial is perished with them. 20. 32. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath tke, prepared his throne for judgment; 13o Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. : m Ps. 17,11 n Ps. 94, 7. Ezek. 8, 12 : & 9, 9. Micah 5, 9 o Deut. 32, 40. p Ps. 74, 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor com- 92 Tim. 1. mitteth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the Heb. 13, 2. 8 And he shall judge the world TM in righteousness, 1sa. 4, 6. 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, 0 fleb. 4, a refuge in times of trouble. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. Let. 4, 19 r Hos. 14,3 s Ps. 37, 17 b.Jer. 9, 4,5, Kom. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. PSALM XII. David's confidence in God's tried promises. A Psalm of David. a HELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart, do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the Dan. 7,25 tongue that speaketh proud things; 4 Ex. 15, 54 1st. 37, 10. Ex. 5, 2 (12.33, 19. a Ps. RR, 14 Isaiah 59,2. b 1 Sana. 27, 1. c Eph. 1,18, d Ps. 141, 8. e2 Chr. 20, 12. 37. A citizen of Zion described. PSALM XIV. 1 David describeth the corruption of a natural man....4 He con a God. Mat. 12 THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no works; there is none that doeth good. 34. & 15,19 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the bPs. 33, 15. children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. d 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. cJohn 4,25. d Gen. 1, 31. 20. & 2, 16. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Romar 1, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the f Ps. 53, 5. generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor; because the LORD is his refuge. g Job 12,14 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of h Ps. 110,2. Zion! When the LORD bringeth back the captivity i Jer. 3, 18. of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 4 In whose eyes da vile person is contemned; but d2 Kings he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth 4 Who have said, With our tongue will wed pre-these things shall never be moved. vail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? PSALM XVI. 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of David, in distrust of merits, sheweth the hope of his calling, the needy, 'now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. HOW long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have da prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall 1 Sam. 17, rejoice in thy salvation. Fath. 3, 2 Luke 23, 9. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the Mat. 1, 21. excellent, in whom is all my delight. d Isn. 62, 4. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink-offerings of blood will e Ex. 25, 13. I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance, f Eph. 3, 18. and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. g Acts 26, 16. h Lake 24, 25. 26. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me coun-C 10, sel; my reins also instruct me in the night-seasons. 31. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because k Ps. 110,5 he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re joiceth; my flesh also shall rest in hope: 1 Eph. 1,14 m Acts 3,1 35. o Mat. 7, 14 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither Acts 15, wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see " corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there Mat 25, are pleasures for evermore. 33. a lHosea 7, HE EAR the right, 14. O LORD, attend unto my cry; he did fly upon the wings a give ear unto my prayer, that goeth * not out of Mat. 15, 8. feigned lips. b Ps. 66,13. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 11 He made darkness his secret place: his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick 3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited{clouds passed; hail-stones and coals of fire. Dor me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not c. Dan. 1, 8. Acts 11, 25. transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men. by the word of thy d Rev. 17,5. lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. e Ps. 119.5. Jer. 10, 23. (Ps. 34, 7. & 110,2. 10. 13 The LORD also 'thundered in the heavens, and rot Sam 2, the Highest gave his voice; hail-stones and coals of fire. Psalm 29,3. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered & Deut. 32, them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited 2 them. t Ex. 14, 24. Josh. 10, 10. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the Rev. 19, 15. foundations of the world were discoveredatthy rebuke, u Job 4, 2. LORD, at the "blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me x Rev. 17, 6 I have called upon thee; for thou 'wilt hear me, OO God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou #1 Tim. 4, that & savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 10. b Zech. 2, 8. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my i Rev. 17, 6. deadly enemies who compass me about. k Job 15, 27. 11 Sam. 23, 26. No 24, 8. m Prov. 28, 15. 10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps; they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: a Isa. 10, 5. deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 15. Luke 11, z Isa. 48.2. & 50, 10. a Ps. 118,5. ben 20 Gen. 20,5. c' Gal. 6, 1. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I d Ps. 16, 8. did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept 0. ob 21, 7. men of the world, which have their portion in this { myself from mine iniquity. Luke 16.25 life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid trea- p1 Cor. 13, 12. Cor. 3,18. their substance to their babes. 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself mer 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteous- 1 John $, 2. likeness. a Acts 13, b Ex. 15, 1. 2 Sam. 23,1. Rev. 19, 1, 23. c 1 Sam. 22, 17. d Ps. 116, 1. PSALM XVIII. David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous blessings. TWILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and • Deut. 32, my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the 'horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Ezek. 23,34. e Fs 119, 6 Acts 13, 22 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried ; he is a buckler to all those that trust i pr. 50, 5. in him. : 1. 31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is ab 1 Sam. 2, rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. Psal. 36, 8. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and set- 11sa.58, 14. teth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow m Ps. 144,1. of steel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy n Ps. 5, 12 James 5, 16. ple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. {salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, mActs 4,31. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foun-and thy gentleness hath made me great. n Pral. 2, 5. cause he was wroth. 12. 17, 18 sumed. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and |