David's confidence in God. a Prov. 18. 10. b Ps. 27. 4. c Ps. 17. 8. & 57.1. & 91.4. 1 Or, make my refuge. d Ps. 21. 4. + Heb. PSALMS. wilderness of Judah. His thirst for God. and a strong tower from the enemy. | A Psalm of David, *when he was in the 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 6 +Thou wilt prolong the king's life: Thou shalt and his years † as many generations. 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may add days to the days of the king. + Heb, as ge neration and preserve him. e Ps. 40. 11. generation. 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name Prov. 20. 28. for ever, that I may daily perform my 1048. * 1 Chron. 25, 1, 3. | Or, Only. a Ps. 33. 20. + Heb. is silent. Ps. 65, 1. b ver. 6. Vows. PSALM LXII. 1 David professing his confidence in God discourageth his enemies. 5 In the same confidence he encourageth the godly. 9 No trust is to be put in worldly things. 11 Power and mercy belong to God. To the chief Musician, to *Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. RULY my soul waiteth upon b a 1 Sam. 22. 5. & 23. 14, 15, 16. GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for & 84. 2. & thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; + Heb. 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 c Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: 78.61. I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night 149.5 Tod: from him cometh my salva-stroy it, shall go into the lower parts of tion. 2 He only is my rock and my salvaHleb high tion; he is my † defence; I shall not be greatly moved. place, Ps. 59--9, 17. e Ps. 37. 24 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: d Isai. 30.13. das a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: P. 83. they bless with their mouth, but they ther incard curse inwardly. Selah. + Heb. in parts. f ver. 1, 2. 8 Jer. 3.23. h1 Sam. 1. 15 Ps. 42. 4 Lam. 2. 19. Ps. 18. 2. 1 P.23 $ 11. 40. 15. 17. Rom. 34 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree are vaOr, alike. nity, and men of high degree are a lie: Job 31.25 to be laid in the balance, they are || altoLuke 12. 15 gether lighter than vanity. Ps. 52.7. 1 Tim. 6. 17. m Job 33. 1.4 n Rev. 19. 1. 1 Or. strength. • Pr. 6. 15. 2 103.8. Dan. 9.9 p Job 34. 11. Prov. 24. 12. Jer. 32. 19. 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: 'if riches increase, set not your heart upon n m them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that "|| power belongeth unto God. P 12 Also unto thee, O LORD, belongeth Fizek. 7.27.mercy: for thou renderest to every Mat. 16. 27. man according to his work. PSALM LXIII. Kom 2.6. 1 Cor. 3.8. 2 Cor. S 10. Ephes & & 1 David's thirst for God. 4 His manner of blessing God. 9 His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety. 4-12-25Pet. 1. 17. Hex. 22. 12. + Hab. is silent, Ps. 62. 1. a Isai. 66. 23. b Ps. 38. 4. & 40. 12. † Heb. Words, or Matters of iniquities. 'c Pb. 51. 2. 6.7. Hebr. 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. PSALM LXV. 1 David praiseth God for his grace. 4 The To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song 3 Say unto God, How terrible art b Ps. 65.5. thou in thy works! through the great- P. 18. 44ness of thy power shall thine enemies + submit themselves unto thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing 15 Selah. to thy name. 5 Come and see the works of God: &67. 3. & he is terrible in his doing toward the child| ren of men. h 18. 44. & 81. + Heb. le. d Ps. 22. 27. 117. 1. e Ps. 96 1,2 f Pt. 46, 8 6 "He turned the sea into dry land; god. 14. 21. PRAISE + waiteth for thee, so the they went through the flood on foot: h Josh 3 in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. 20 thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 +Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. d 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the i Ps. 11.4rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and Heb. pst 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choos-suffereth not our feet to be moved. & 79. 9. Isai. est, and causest to approach unto thee, 9. 14. 1 John that he may dwell in thy courts: 'we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 7 O God, "when thou wentest forth 1 P. 107. 34, before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: 40. 13. m Exod. 21. Judg.4. 14- Hab. 3. 13 8 "The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Si16, 18. Judg. nai itself was moved at the presence of 54.64 God, the God of Israel. n Exod. 19. 34-25. the bringing up of the ark. 9.3. Ps. 87. 16 "Why leap ye, ye high hills? this a Ps. 114.4, is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; x Deut. 12. 5, yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. 11. 1 Kings 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the LORD is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 13, 14. 1,2.& 132. y Deut. 33. 16, 17. Dan. 2. 2 Kings 6. 7. 10. Hebr. 12. 22. Rev. ¡Or, even 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou 9. 16. hast led captivity captive: thou hast re- many thouceived gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might Eph.4.8. dwell among them. sands. a Judg. 5. 12. b Acts 2.4, 19 Blessed be the LORD, who daily 33 loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 20 He that is our God is the God salvation; and unto God the Lord long the issues from death. Heb. the in e 1 Tim. 1. 13. of a Ps. 78. 60. be- e Deut. 32. of 21 But God shall wound the head 1 23 That thy foot may be || dipped in and the 24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 39. Prov. 4. 23. Rev. 1. 18. & 20. 1. Hab. 3. 13. f Ps. 110. 6. g Ps. 55-23. 25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; 16. P. 47-5. among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the LORD, || from "the foun- ! Or, ye that tain of Israel. are of the fountain of n Deut. 33. 27 There is little Benjamin with their Israel. ruler, the princes of Judah || and their 28. Isai. 48.1. council, the princes of Zebulun, and the 21 Sam.9. princes of Naphtali. P I Or, with their com 28 Thy God hath commanded thy pany. strength: strengthen, O God, that which pso Ps. 42 thou hast wrought for us. 29 Because of the temple at Jerusalem o Deut. 11. 9 Thou, O God, didst send a plen- shall kings bring presents unto thee. 11, 12. Ezek. tiful rain, whereby thou didst + confirm 30 Rebuke the company of spear+ Heb. shake thine inheritance, when it was weary. men, 'the multitude of the bulls, with 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt there- the calves of the people, till every one firm it. in: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy'submit himself with pieces of silver: SPs. 74 19 goodness for the poor. || scatter thou the people that delight in 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep wa+Heb. depth ters, where the floods overflow me. of waters. e Ps. 6. 6. d Ps. 119. 82, 123. Lai. 38. 14. e Ps. 35. 19. John 15. 25. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolish+ Heb. guilt ness; and my † sins are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GoD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my John 1.11. brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. f Ps. 31. 11. Isai. 53-3 & 7.5. Ps. 119.139. John 2. 17. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath h Sec Ps. 89. eaten me up; hand the reproaches of 50,51. Rom. them that reproached thee are fallen 15.3. i Ps. 35. 13, 14. k1 Kings 9. 7. Jer. 24.9. 1 Job 30. 9. P's. 35. 15, 16. † Heb. upon me. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and 'I was the song of the +drunkards. drinkers of 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto strong drink. thee, O LORD, "in an acceptable time: ms 49.8. O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. & 55. 6. 2 Cor. 6. 2. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and n Ps. 144-7 let me not sink: "let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. o ver. 1, 2, 15. 33. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, Numb. 16. and let not the pit shut her mouth q Ps. 63-3. r P's. 25. 16. & 86. 16. 8 Ps. 27.9. & 102. 2. upon me. 16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. him, the seas, and every thing that build the cities of Judah: that they may & 148 1. & 49 1351. 18 e 9 luni. 55- 12. creepeth. inherit it: and they that love his name PSALM LXX. David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction a 17 And "hide not thy face from thy MAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; S +Heb. make servant; for I am in trouble: +hear me speedily. make haste to help me, O LORD. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let G 502 He praiseth God. them be turned backward, and put to my youth: and hitherto have I declared € Ps. 40. 15. 3 Let them be turned back for a re- d Ps. 40. 17. 5 But I am poor and needy: make 1023 a Ps. 25-2,3& 31. 1. b Ps. 31. 1. PSALM LXXI. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, e Ps. 17.6 and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 + Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: fer a rock of thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my for habitation. e Ps. 44 4 f Ps. 140. 1, 4 g Jer. 17.79. 17. h Pv. 22.9,10. Isai. 46. 3. i Isai. 8. 18. k Ps. 35.28. 1 ver. 18. + Heb. watch, or, obserce. m 2Sam. 17. 1. Matt. 27. L # Ps. 22. 11, 19.35 22. tress. 4 'Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy 10 For mine enemies speak against 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 12 "O God, be not far from me: Omy &21, 22. God, make haste for my help. • Ps. 70. 1. P ver. 24. Ps. a ver. 8, 24. Ps. 35. 28. 1 17, 18. 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 "My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the P&& day; for I know not the numbers thereof. 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great 89.6, 8. and comfort me on every side. 22 I will also praise thee with the a 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. C Heb. with ment of psalPs. 92. 1, 2, the instru tery. 3. & 150.3. a 2 Kings 19. I 9. 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. 22. Isai. 60. P. 103. 4 e ver. 8, 15 d ver. 13 | Or, of. • Ps. 197, A Psalm for Solomon. GIVE the righteousness unto the the king thy judgments, O God, title. king's son. 1015 4. & 32. 1. 2 "He shall judge thy people with 11.2,3, righteousness, and thy poor with judg |