Ile prays for Solomon. will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy IN thee, O LORD, do I put my t 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou cause me to escape: incline thine ear hast redeemed. unto me, and save me. 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy 3 Be thou my strong habitation, where- righteousness all the day long for they unto I may continually resort: thou hast are confounded, for they are brought unto given commandment to save me; for thou shame, that seek my hurt. art my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, Ŏ 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: son. thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. PSALM LXXII. and thy righteousness unto the king's 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by right eousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the 9 Cast me not off in the time of old sun and moon endure, throughout all geage; forsake me not when my strength nerations. faileth. 6 He shall come down like rain upon 10 For mine enemies speak against me; the mown grass: as showers that water and they that lay wait for my soul take the earth. counsel together. 7 In his days shall the righteous flou11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: per-rish: and abundance of peace so long as secute and take him; for there is none to the moon endureth. deliver him. 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 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 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 my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. to come. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I 15 And he shall live, and to him shall have shewed thy strength unto this gene- be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also ration, and thy power to every one that is shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. is 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee? 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the 17 His name shall endure for ever: his depths of the earth. name shall be continued as long as the 21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all and comfort me on every side. nations shall call him blessed. 22 I will also praise thee with the psal- 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God tery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. The prosperity of the wicked. PSALMS. The desolation of the sanctuary. 19 And blessed be his glorious name and there is none upon earth that I desire for ever: and let the whole earth be filled besides thee. with his glory; Amen, and amen. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but 20 The prayers of David the son of God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Jesse are ended. PSALM LXXIII. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. PSALM LXXIV. Maschil of Asaph. GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 5 They are not in trouble as other men; 2 Remember thy congregation, which neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them thou hast purchased of old; the rod of about as a chain; violence covereth them thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: hast dwelt. they have more than heart could wish. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly desolations; even all that the enemy hath concerning oppression: they speak loftily. done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. the earth. 10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 7 They have cast fire into thy sanctua12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in ry, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground. riches. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us de-. 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.stroy them together: they have burned 14 For all the day long have I been up all the synagogues of God in the land. 9 We see not our signs: there is no plagued, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, more any prophet: neither is there among I should offend against the generation of us any that knoweth how long. thy children. 10 O God, how long shall the adversa16 When I thought to know this, it was ry reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O LORD, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant ; was as a beast before thee. I I 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 463 David rebukes the proud. PSALMS. God's great and gracious works. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle- 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: dove unto the multitude of the wicked: and who may stand in thy sight when forget not the congregation of thy poor once thou art angry? for ever. 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for heard from heaven; the earth feared, and the dark places of the earth are full of the was still, habitations of cruelty. When God arose to judgment, to save 21 let not the oppressed return all the meek of the earth. Selah. ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. PSALM LXXV. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. PSALM LXXVII. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, AT To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. U unto thee O God, do we give thanks. CRIED unto God with my voice, even NTO thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare. 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD: my sore ran in the night and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants 3I remembered God, and was troubled : thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pil-I complained, and my spirit was overlars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. whelmed. Selah. 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. *6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? dotla a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of his promise fail for evermore? mixture, and he poureth out of the same: 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the hath he in anger shut up his tender merearth shall wring them out, and drink them. cies? Selah. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and God! his dwelling-place in Zion. 14 Thou art the God that doest won 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, ders: thou hast declared thy strength the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Jamong the people. Selah. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. than the mountains of prey. Selah. 5 The stout-hearted are spoiled, they 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the. have slept their sleep: and none of the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the men of might have found their hands. depths also were troubled. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both 17 The clouds poured out water: the the chariot and horse are cast into a dead skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also sleep. I went abroad. God's wrath against the PSALMS. incredulous and disobedient. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the said, Can God furnish a table in the wil heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: derness? the earth trembled and shook. 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path waters gushed out, and the streams overin the great waters, and thy footsteps are flowed; can he give bread also? can he not known. provide flesh for his people? 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. G PSALM LXXVIII. mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel: 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. 25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 26 He caused an east wind to blow in 5 For he established a testimony in Ja- the heaven: and by his power he brought cob, and appointed a law in Israel, which in the south wind. he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born: who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; 30 They were not estranged from their lust: but while their meat was yet in their mouths, 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a 31 The wrath of God came upon them, generation that set not their heart aright, and slew the fattest of them, and smote and whose spirit was not steadfast with down the chosen men of Israel. God. 32 For all this they sinned still, and be 9 The children of Ephraim, being arm-lieved not for his wondrous works. ed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, then they sought him and they returned and inwon-quired early after God. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his aw; 11 And forgat his works, and his ders that he had shewed them. 35 And they remembered that God was 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight their Rock, and the high God their Reof their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in deemer. the field of Zoan. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him 13 He divided the sea, and caused them with their mouth, and they lied unto him to pass through; and he made the waters with their tongues. to stand as a heap. 37 For their heart was not right with 14 In the day-time also he led them him, neither were they steadfast in his with a cloud, and all the night with a light covenant. of fire. 38 But he, being full of compassion, for15 He clave the rocks in the wilder-gave their iniquity, and destroyed them ness, and gave them drink as out of the not: yea, many a time turned he his angreat depths. ger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness. 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor The Israelites provoke God's anger. PSALMS. The desolation of Jerusalem the day when he delivered them from the out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in 66 And he smote his enemies in the Egypt, and his wonders in the field of hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual Zoan: reproach. 44 And had turned their rivers into 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle blood and their floods, that they could of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of not drink. Ephraim: 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the them, which devoured them; and frogs mount Zion which he loved. which destroyed them. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high 46 He gave also their increase unto palaces, like the earth which he hath esthe caterpillar, and their labour unto the tablished for ever. locust. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost. 48 He gave up their cattle also to the bail, and their flocks to hot thunder-bolts 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of nis anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; 51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds : 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed "Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. PSALM LXXIX. TA Psalm of Asaph. GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, LORD, wilt thou be angry? for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaith- 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and fully like their fathers: they were turned laid waste his dwelling-place. aside like a deceitful bow. 8 O remember not against us former 58 For they provoked him to anger iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedwith their high places, and moved him to ily prevent us for we are brought very jealousy with their graven images. 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Shiloh, the tent which he placed among 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, men; Where is their God? let him be known 61 And delivered his strength into cap-among the heathen in our sight by the retivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. venging of the blood of thy servants which 62 He gave his people over also unto is shed: the sword; and was wroth with his inhe- 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come ritance. before thee; according to the greatness 63 The fire consumed their young men; of thy power preserve thou those that are and their maidens were not given to mar-appointed to die; riage. 12 And render unto our neighbours se64 Their priests fell by the sword; and ven-fold into their bosom their reproach, their widows made no lamentation. wherewith they have reproached thee, O 65 Then the LORD awaked as one LORD. |