David's vow and profession. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the judge the earth: with righteousness shall wood rejoice The judge the world, and the people with PSALM XCIX. 13 Before the LORD; for he cometh, for equity. he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. TH PSALM XCVII. HE LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth. THE LORD reigneth; let the people rubims; let the earth be moved. 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all people. 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he 6 The heavens declare his righteous-answered them. ness, and all the people see his glory. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy 7 Confounded be all they that serve pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the graven images, that boast themselves of ordinance that he gave them. idols; worship him, all ye gods. 8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the God; thou wast a God that forgavest them, daughters of Judah rejoiced because of though thou tookest vengeance of their thy judgments, O LORD. inventions. 9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: holy. he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. PSALM XCVIII. PSALM C. Mall 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgivhe hath done marvellous things: his ing, and into his courts with praise: be right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten thankful unto him, and bless his name. him the victory. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is 2 The LORD hath made known his sal- everlasting; and his truth endureth to all vation: his righteousness hath he openly generations. shewed in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. PSALM CI. TA Psalm of David. WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a per 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, fect way. O when wilt thou come unto all the earth: make a loud noise, and re- me? I will walk within my house with a joice, and sing praise. perfect heart. 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. eyes: I hate the work of them that turn 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet aside; it shall not cleave to me. make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath a The prayer of the afflicted. PSALMS. God to be praised for his mercy. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shal! wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall when I am in trouble; incline thine ear continue, and their seed shall be establishunto me in the day when I call, answered before thee. me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and bones are burned as my PSALM CIII. TA Psalm of David. O soul: all 4 My heart is smitten, and withered B that is within me, bless his holy name. like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 9 For have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD: and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness anto children's children; The mighty power and PSALMS. wonderful providence of God. 18 To such as keep his covenant, and| 19 He appointeth the moon for seasons: to those that remember his commandments the sun knoweth his going down. to do them. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is 19 The LORD bath prepared his throne night: wherein all the beasts of the forest in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth do creep forth. LESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them ail: the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that 2 Who coverest thyself with light as leviathan, whom thou hast made to play with a garment: who stretchest out the therein. heavens like a curtain: 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou 3 Who layeth the beams of his cham-mayest give them their meat in due season. bers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot who walketh upon the wings of the wind: 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the Leld: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 lie watereth the hills from his cham bers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 28 That thou givest them, they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. I I 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as live: I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: will be glad in the LORD. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CV. GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him talk ye of all his wondrous works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth: 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. of man, and oil to make his face to shine, 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: and bread which strengtheneth man's seck his face evermore. heart. 5 Remember his marvellous works that 16 The trees of the LORD are full of he hath done; his wonders, and the judgsap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he ments of his mouth; hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. 60 ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen 7 He is the LORD our Cod: his judgments are in all the carth. 3 He hath remembered his covenant God's providence over Abraham, PSALMS. for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Jo seph, who was sold for a servant: 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron, 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. enemies. and over the Israelites. ver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen and they inherited the labour of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CVI. PRAISE ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inhe 24 And he increased his people great-ritance. ly; and made them stronger than their 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done 25 He turned their heart to hate his wickedly. people, to deal subtilely with his servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works, they 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and waited not for his counsel: caterpillars, and that without number, 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wil35 And did eat up all the herbs in their derness, and tempted God in the desert. land, and devoured the fruit of theirground. 15 And he gave them their request; but 36 He smote also all the first-born in sent leanness into their soul. their land, the chief of all their strength. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, 37 He brought them forth also with sil-and Aaron the saint of the LORD. The rebellion of the people, PSALMS. and the anger of God. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, Dathan, and covered the company of and they were brought into subjection Abiram. under their hand. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all 25 But murmured in their tents, and the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ever. PSALM CVII. GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is good for his mercy endureth for 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague 4 They wandered in the wilderness in brake in upon them. a solitary way; they found no city to 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and ex-dwell in. ecuted judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 31 And that was counted unto him for 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in righteousness unto all generations for their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 33 And shed innocent blood, even the 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and blood of their sons and of their daughters, there was none to help. whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Ca- 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in naan: and the land was polluted with blood. their trouble, and he saved them out of 39 Thus were they defiled with their their distresses, own works, and went a whoring with 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD bands in sunder. kindled against his people, insomuch that 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sander. |