David glorieth in PSALMS. the salvation of God. but I will reprove thee, and set them else would I give it: thou delightest in order before thine eyes. uot in burnt-offering. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest 1 tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 17 The sacrifices of Godare a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto nie: and to him that orderetli his con-[Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusaversation aright, will I show the sal-lem. vation of God. PSALM LI. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with To the chief Musician, A Psalm of burnt offering and whole burnt-offerDavid, when Nathan the propheting: then shall they offer bullocke came unto him, after he had gone in upon thine altar. to Bath-sheba. PSALM LIL To the chief Musician, Maschil, Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to tho house of Abimelech, * Wash me thoroughly from mine WHY boastest thou thyself in mis iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. chief, O mighty man? the good 3 For I acknowledge my transgres-ness of God endureth continually. sions; and my sin is ever before me. 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like Against thee, thee only, have a sharp razör, working deceitfully. sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; 3 Thou lovest evil more than good, that thou mightest be justified when and lying rather than to speak right thou speakest, and be clear when eousness. thou judgest. Selah. 4 Thou lovest all-devouring words, 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; O thou deceitful tongue. and in sin did my mother conceive me. 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the ever he shall take thee away, aud nward parts; and in the hidden part pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Jand root thee out of the land of the 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall living. Selab. be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sine, and plot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 8 But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. TH PSALM LIII. T To the chief Musician upon Maha lath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, they, and have done abominable ini O God, thou God of my salvation;quity: there is none that doeth good. and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy | 2 God looked down from heaven uprighteousness. 15 O Lond, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice, on the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up my people as They eat bread: they have not called upou God. against his enemies. come upon me, aud borror hath over whelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest 7 Lo, then would I wander far of, and remain in the wilderness. Selali. There were they in great fear, 8I would hasten my escape from the where no fear was ; for God hath scat-windy storm and tempest. tered the bones of him that encamp 9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide theit eth against thee: thou hast put them tongues: for I have seen violence and 10 shame, because God hath despised strife in the city. them. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief aso and sorrow are in the midst of it.. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 12 For it was not an enemy that re Maschil, A Psalm of David, when proached me; then I could have borne the Ziphims came and said to Saul, it neither was it he that hated me Doth not David hide himself with that did magnily himself against me ; us? then I would have hid myself from (AVE me, O God, by thy name,and bim : 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selahi. 4 Behold, God is my helper the LORD is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine 'enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. 13 But it was thou,a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company, 15 Let death seize upon them, ana let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at Inoon, will 1 pray and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice. 7 For he bath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. PSALM LV. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, pleation. IS He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. 19 God shall hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selab Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 20 He hath put forth his hands against hide not thyself from my such as at 2 Attend unto me, and hear me : 1 mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the euemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. broken his covenant. 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war zeus in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction;bloody fand deceitful men shall not live out are half their days; but I will trust in thee. 4 My heart is sore pained within me; and the terrors of death are fidlen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling David complaineth of PSALM LVI. PSALMS. his dangerous case. even the sons of men, whose teeth are ¶ To the chief Musician upon Jonath-spears and urrows, and their tongue a elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, sharp sword. when the Philistines took him in 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the Gath. heavens; let thy glory be above all E me, O God: for earth. B merciful unto mow me up; heo They have prepared a net for my fighting daily oppresseth ine. 2 Mine euemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most High. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. steps; my soul is bowed down they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen them selves. Selah. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; 1 will sing and give praise. 4 In God I will praise his word, in 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psalGod I have put my trust; I will nottery and harp: I myself will awake fear what flesh can do unto me. Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. early. 9 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens,and thy truth unto the clouds. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the Thine anger cast down the people, O|heavens; let thy glory be above all the God. earth. PSALM LVIII. 8Thou tellest my wanderings: put hou my tears into thy bottle: are they T To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, not in thy book ? Michtam of David. the 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall Dengregation? do ye judge up When un balet, is it for God is for me. 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death : will not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk be fore God in the light of the living? PSALM LVII. rightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,| 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their Michtam of David, when he fled mouth: break out the great teeth of from Saul in the cave. the young lions, O LORD. BE merciful unto me, O God, be 7 Let them melt away as watere 8 As a snail which melt-th, let every one of them pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. merciful unto me for my soul which run continually : when he trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow bendeth his boto shoot his arrows, of thy wings will I make my refuge, let them be as cut în pieces. until these calamities be overpast. 21 will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things för me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, be shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 4 My soul is among lions; and I lie 10 The righteous shall rejoice when ven among them that are set on fire,[he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash Ile pras eth PSALMS. for deliverance his feet in the blood of the wicked.[morning; for thou hast been my de 11 So that a man shall say, Verily fence and refuge in the day of my there is a reward for the righteous: trouble. verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. PSALM LIX. ¶ To the chief Musician, A.-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saulsent, and they watched the house to kill him. ELIVER me from mine enemies, that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of inquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lono God of hosts, the God of Israel,awake to visit all the heathen; be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee; for God is my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me sce my desire upon mine enemies. 17 Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. PSALM LX. ShuTo the chief Musician upon sban-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when be strove with Aramnabaraim, and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of Salt twelve thousand. GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. 2 Thou hast made the earth to trem ble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. 5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice: I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; Philistia, triumph thou because of me. 9 Who will bring me into the strong 11 Slay them not, lest my people for- city? who will lead me into Edom? get: scatter them by thy power; and 10 Will not thou, O God, which hadst bring them down, O Lond our shield. cast us off? and thou, Ű God, which 12 For the sin of their mouth, and didst not go out with our a cmies? the words of their lips, let them even 11 Give us help from trouble; for be taken in their pride; and for curs-vain is the help of man. ing and lying which they speak. 12 Through God we shall do valiant13 Consume them in wrath,consumely; for be it is that shall tread down them, that they may not be: and let our enemies. them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 14 And at evening let them return; PSALM LXI. T To the chief Musician upon Neginah, 4 Psalm of David. [EAR my cry, O God; attend un and et them make a noise like a dog, to my prayer. and round about the city. 15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satislied 2 From the end of the earth will 1 cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is 16 But 1 will sing of thy power; yea,|bigher than 1. I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the 3 For thou hast been a shelter for I will abide in thy tabernacle for eth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee ever; I will trust in the covert of thy in a dry and thirsty land, where no wings. Selah. 5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name, Thou wilt prolong the king's life; and his years as many generations. 7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve bim. 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my Vows. PSALM LXII. ¶ To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, TRUL water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory,so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 Because thy loving-kindness is bet ter than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: 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-watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will 1 rejoice. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: 2 He only is my rock and my salvathy right hand upholdeth me. tion; he is my defence; I shall not De greatly greatly moved. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you; as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering sence. 4 They only consult to casthim down from his excellency; they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selali. 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salva 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10 They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swearetli by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM LXIV. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of tion: he is my defence; 1 shall not be HEAR my voice, O God, in m prayer: preserve my life from moved. & Trust in him at all times; ye pcople, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot 9 Surely men of low degree are van- their arrows, even bitter words; ity, and men of high degree are a lie: 4 That they may shoot in secret at to be laid in the balance, they are alto-the perfect: suddenly do they shoot gether lighter than vanity. at him, and fear not. 10 Trust not in oppression, and be come not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God. 12 Also unto thee, O LORD, belong ith mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. PSALM LXIII. 5 They encourage themselves in an Jevil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6 They search out iniquities; they Accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be ↑ A Psalm of David, when he was in wounded. the wilderness of Judalı. 8 So they shall make their own tongue |