6 quick hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain "snares, burning coals. fire and brimstone, and 'an horrible tempest: Or, a burning this shall be the portion of their cup. tempest. 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. 2 XII. To the chief Musician upon *Sheminith, Or, the eighth. *HELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; Or, Suve. for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : with flattering lips, and with "a double heart, and an heart. do they speak. 4 Heb. an heart 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh "proud things: who Heb. great things. have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips *are our own: who is lord over us? Heb. are with us. 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that "puffeth at him. Or, would ensnare him. "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. XIII. To the *chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Heb. him: that is, every one of them. Heb, the vilest of the sons of men are exulted. Or, overseer. 2 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 'lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. XIV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt; they have done abominable works; there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become *filthy: there is Heb. stinking. none that doeth good, no, not one. Heb. they feared a fear. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? 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 generation of the righteous. "Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor; because the LORD is his refuge. 6 give, &c. 7*Oh that the salvation of Israel were Heb. Who will come out of Zion! When the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. XV. A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Heb. sojourn. who shall dwell in thy holy hill? *He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that 3 4 Or, receiveth, backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor "taketh up a reproach against or, endureth. his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but 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 these things shall never be moved. 2 XVI. *Michtam of David. Or, A golden Psalm of David. PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 3 to another. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten Or, give gifts after another god: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 6 part. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inherit- Heb. of my ance, and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 'I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 * 9 confidently. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not Heb dwell leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. "Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. XVII. A Prayer of David. 2 my Heb. justice. not Heb. without come forth lips of deceit. HEAR "the right, O LORD, attend unto cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth out of feigned lips. Let my sentence from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 4 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. * 6 Heb. be not moved. those that rise up against thy right hand. 'I have called upon thee; for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right Or, that savest them which trust in thee from hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 'from the wicked that oppress me, from Heb. that waste me. *my deadly enemies, who compass me 8 Heb. my enemies against the soul. about. They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. "They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12*like Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin. Or, Heb. sitting. Heb. prevent his face. sword. Arise, O LORD, "disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which Or, by thy is thy sword: 4* from men which are thy From men by hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest thine hand. are full. with thy hid treasure: they are full of Or, their children children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. XVIII. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, 2 I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, *my strength, in whom I will trust: Heb. my rock. my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 7 5 4 Heb. Belial. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of *ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows, cords. of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. "In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke "out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth Heb. by his. devoured coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place: his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. "At the brightness that was before him his 8 |