rifing up of the fun, unto the world is mine, and all that is going down thereof. therein. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared, in perfect beauty. 3 Our God fhall come, and fhall not keep filence; there fhall go before him a confuming fire, and a mighty tempeft fhall be stirred up round about him. 4 He fhall call the heaven from above, and the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my faints together unto me; thofe that have made a covenant with me with facrifice. 6 And the heavens fhall declare his righteoufnefs; for God is judge himself. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will fpeak; I myfelf will teftify against thee, O Ifrael; for I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy facrifices, or for thy burnt offerings; becaufe they were not alway before me. I will take no bullock out of thine houfe; nor he-goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beafts of the foreft are mine, and fo are the cattle upon a thousand hills. II I know all the fowls upon the mountains, and the wild beafts of the field are in my fight. 12 if I be hungry, I will not tell thee; for the whole 13 Thinkeft thou that I will eat bulls flesh, and drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer unto God thankf giving, and pay thy vows unto the moft Higheft. 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble; fo will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly faid God, Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth; 17 Whereas thou hateft to be reformed, and haft caft my words behind thee? 18 When thou faweft a thief, thou confentedft unto him, and haft been partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou haft let thy mouth fpeak wickednefs, and with thy tongue thou haft set forth deceit. 20 Thou fattest and spakest against thy brother; yea, and haft flandered thine own mother's fon. 21 These things haft thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughteft wickedly, that I am even fuch a one as thyfelf; but I will reprove thee, and fet before thee the things that thou haft done. 22 O confider this, ye that forget God; left 1 pluck you away, away, and there be none to deliver you. 23 Whofo offereth me thanks and praife, he honoureth me, and to him that ordereth his converfation right, will I fhew the falvation of God. PSALM 51. Ave mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 2 Wash me throughly from my wickednefs, and cleanfe me from my fin. 3 For I acknowledge my faults, and my fin is ever before me. 4 Against thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight; that thou mightest be justified in thy faying, and clear when thou art judged. 5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness; and in fin hath my mother conceived me. 6 But lo, thou requireft truth in the inward parts, and fhalt make me to understand wifdom fecretly. 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyffop, and I fhall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than fnow. 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnefs, that the bones which thou haft broken may rejoice. 9 Turn thy face from my fins, and put out all my misdeeds. 10 Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right fpirit within me. II Caft me not away from thy prefence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again, and ítablish me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then fhall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and finners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltinefs, O God, thou that art the God of my health, and my tongue fhall fing of thy righteoufnefs. 15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall fhew thy praise. 16 For thou defireft no facrifice, elfe would I give it thee; but thou delighteft not in burnt-offerings. 17 The facrifice of God is a troubled fpirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, fhalt thou not defpife. 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; build thou the walls of Jerufalem. 19 Then fhalt thou be pleafed with the facrifice of righteoufnefs, with the burnt-offerings and oblations; then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. PSALM thou canft do mifchief; 2 Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily? 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies thou cutteft like a sharp rafor. 4 Thou haft loved unrighteousness more than goodnefs, and to talk of lies more than righteousness. 5 Thou haft loved to speak all words that may do hurt; O thou false tongue. 6 Therefore fhall God destroy thee for ever; he fhall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. 7 The righteous alfo fhall fee this, and fear, and fhall laugh him to fcorn. 8 Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength; but trufted unto the multitude of his riches, and ftrengthned himself in his wickedness. 9 As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the houfe of God; my truft is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever. 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou haft done, and I will hope in thy Name, for thy faints like it well. PSALM 53. HE foolish body hath faid in his heart, There TH is no God. 2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickedness; there is none that doeth good. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to fee if there were any that would understand, and feek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable, there is alfo none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Are not they without understanding, that work wickednefs, eating up my people as if they would eat bread? they have not called upon God, 6 They were afraid where no fear was; for God hath broken the bones of him that befieged thee; thou haft put them to confufion, because God hath defpifed them. 7 Oh, that the falvation. were given unto Ifrael out of Sion; Oh, that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity! 8 Then fhould Jacob rejoice, and Ifrael fhould be right glad. PSALM Ave me, O God, for thy Name's fake, and avenge me in thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words of my mouth. 3 For ftrangers are rifen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my foul, 4 Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my foul. 5 He fhall reward evil unto mine enemies; destroy thou them in thy truth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O Lord, because it is fo comfortable. 7 For he hath delivered me PSALM 55. H 2 Take heed unto me, and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed. 3 The enemy crieth fo, and the ungodly cometh on fo faft; for they are minded to do me fome mischief, fo maliciously are they fet against me. 4 My heart is difquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I faid, Oh that I had wings like a dove; for then would I flee away, and be at reft. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make hafte to efcape; because of the stormy wind and tempeft. 9 Deftroy their tongues, O Lord, and divide them; for I have fpied unrighteousness, and ftrife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about within the walls thereof; mischief alfo and sorrow are in the midft of it. II Wickednefs is therein, deceit and guile go not out of their streets. 12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me this difhonour; for then I could have borne it. 13 Neither was it mine adverfary that did magnify himfelf against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him. 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend. 15 We took fweet counfel toge together, and walked in the my truft fhall be in thee, O Lord. houfe of God as friends. 16 Let death come haftily upon them, and let them go down quick into the grave; for wickednefs is in their dwellings, and among them. 17 As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord fhall fave me. 18 In the evening, and morning, and at noon-day will I pray, and that inftantly, and he fhall hear my voice. 19 It is he that hath delivered my foul in peace from the battle that was against me; for there were many with me. 20 Yea, even God, that endureth for ever, fhall hear me, | and bring them down; for they will not turn, nor fear God. 21 He laid his hands upon fuch as be at peace with him, and he break his covenant. 22 The words of his mouth were fofter than butter, having war in his heart; his words were fmoother than oil, and yet be they very swords. 23 O caft thy burden upon the Lord, and he fhall nourish thee, and fhall not fuffer the righteous to fall for ever. 24 And as for them, thou, O God, fhalt bring them into the pit of deftruction. 25 The blood-thirfty and deceitful men fhall not live out half their days; nevertheless, PSALM 56. E merciful unto me, O B God, for man goetha bout to devour me; he is daily fighting, and troubling me. 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to fwallow me up; for they be many that fight against me, O thou moft Highest. 3 Nevertheless, though I am fometime afraid, yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praife God, because of his word; I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 They daily mistake my words; all that they imagine is to do me evil. 6 They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my fteps, when they lay wait for my foul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickedness; thou, O God, in thy difpleasure shall caft them down. 8 Thou telleft my flittings, put my tears into thy bottle; are not these things noted in thy book? 9 Whenfoever I call upon thee, then fhall mine enemies be put to flight; this I know, for God is on my fide. |