every night,

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the barp with a solemn sound.

4 For thou, LORD,bast made me glad through thy work: I will triumpli in the works of thy hands.

of the afflicted

PSALM XCIV.

belongeth; O God, to whom ven

LORD God, to whom vengeance

geance belongeth, show thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak bard things? and all the work. ers of iniquity boast themselves ? 5 They break in pieces thy people,O LonD, and afflict thy heritage. 7 When the wicked spring as the 6 They slay the widow and the stran grass, and when all the workers of in-ger, and murder the fatherless. iquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish nan knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

8 But thou, LORD, art most high for

evermore.

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies ehall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn: 1 shall be anointed with fresh oil.

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies; and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,shall he not see?

10 He that chastiseth the heathen. shall not be correct? he that teachett. man knowledge, shall not he know ? 1 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lond, and teachest hin

12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a ce-out of thy law; dar in Lebanon.

13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God,

13 That thou mayest give Dim rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will be forsake his in

14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flour-heritance. ishing;

15 But judgment shall return unto 15 To show that the LORD is upright: righteousness; and all the upright in he is my rock, and there is no unright-heart shall follow it.

eousness in him.

PSALM XCIII.

16 Who will rise up for me agains! the evil-doers? or who will stand up

HE LORD reigneth; he is clothed for me against the workers of iniqu Twith majesty the LORD is cloth-ty?

ed with strength, wherewith he hath 17 Unless the LORD had been my girded himself: the world also is es-help, my soul had almost dwelt in si tablished, that it cannot be moved. lence.

2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

The floods have listed up, O LORD,
Hoods have lifted up their voice;
da lift up their waves.
on high is mightier than
waters, yea, than
of the sea.

are very sure: ho-
house, O Lord,

18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, bald me up. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

The majesty of

PSALMS

God's kingdom. 22 But the LORD is my defence; and junto his name: bring an offering my God is the rock of my refuge. and come into his courts.

23 And he shall bring upon them 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty their own iniquity, and shall cut them of holiness: fear before him, all the off in their own wickedness: yea, the carth, LORD our God shall cut them off.

COME,let us sing unto the Lono; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. *..

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3 For the LoRo is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

10 Say among the heathen that the Loup reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

4 In his hand are the deep places of 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, the earth; the strength of the hills is for he cometh to judge the earth: he his also. shall judge the world with righteous5 The sea is his, and he made it;ness, and the people with his truth. and his hands formed the dry land, PSALM XCVIL

6 O come, let us worship and bowTHE LORD reigneth: let the earth down,

our Maker.

be glad thereof.

7 For he is our God; and we are the|| 2 Clouds and darkness are round
people of his pasture, and the sheep about him: righteousness and judg
of his hand. To-day, if ye will hear ment are the habitation of his throne.
bis voice,
3 A fire goeth before him, and burn-

8 Harden not your heart, as in the leth up bis enemies round about.
provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness :

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

4 is lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled. 6 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Load, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his righteous.

10 Forty years long was 1 grieved with this generation, and said, it is a people that do err in their heart, andness, and all the people see his glory. they have not known my ways: 11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. PSALM XCVI.

SING unto the Lono a new song; sing unto the LORD all the earth. 2 Sing unto the LORD,bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

9 For thou, Lono, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 Ye that love the Lond, hate evil. 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 LonD,ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

PSALM XCVIII.
T A Psalm,

SING unto the LORD a new song;
for he hath done marvellous

8 Give unto the Lond the glory due things: his right hand, and his holy

A prayer of

then.

PSALMS.

the afflicted arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: 2 The LORD hath made known his come before his presence with singing salvation: his righteousness bath he 3 Know ye that the LORD he is Ĝod openly showed in the sight of the hea-fit is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the 3 He hath remembered his mercy sheep of his pasture. and bis truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lond, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

5 Sing unto the Lond with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

6 With trumpets and sound of cornet nake a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the peo ple with equity.

PSALM XCIX.

THE LORD let the pen
HE LonD reigneth; let the people

cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and
he is high above all people.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

PSALM CL.

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
perfect way, O when wilt thou come
unto me? 1 will walk within my
house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set no wicked thing before nine eyes: 1 hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave tc me.

4 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person, neighbour, bin 5 Whoso privily slandereth his

that bath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faith3 Let them praise thy great and ter-ful of the land, that they may dwell rible name; for it is holy. with me: he that walketb in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

4 The king's strength also loveth judgment: thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tellethlies shall not tarry in my sight.

5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and] 8 I will early destroy all the wicked worship at his footstool; for he is holy. of the land; that I may cut off all 6 Moses andAaron among his priests, wicked doers from the city of the and Samuel among them that call upon LORD. his name: they called upon the LORD, and he answered them,

7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

PSALM CII.

TA Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. 8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our "EAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. God: thou wast a God that forgavest 2 Hide not thy face from me in the them, though thou tookest vengeance day when I am in trouble; incline of their inventions. thine ear unto me: in the day when 9 Exalt the Loud our God, and wor-I call, answer me apeedily.

ship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

PSALM C.

¶ A Psalm of praise.

3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

4 My heart is smitten, and withered

MAKE a joyful noise unto the like grass; so that I forget to eat my

LORD, all ye lands.

for las mercy.

5 By reason of the voice of my groan-¡ 27 But thou art the same, and thy ing my bones cleave to my skin. years shall have no end

61 am like a pelican of the wilder ness; 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

28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

PSALM CIII.

¶ A psalm of David.

day; and they that are mad against BLESS the LORD, O my soul; and

me are sworn against me.

9 For I 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 Loan, shalt endure forever; 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 coine.

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 pris oner; to loose those that are appoint ed to death;

21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and bis 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.

that is within ine, bless his

holy name.

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 loving-kindness and tender inercies; 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 oppress

ea.

7 He made known bis ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The Load 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 be removed our transgres sions from us.

13 Like as a father pitieth his chil dren, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth our frame; be remembereth that we are dust. 15.4s for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourish

elli.

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy 17 But the mercy of the LORD is years are throughout all generations. from everlasting to everlasting upon 25 Of old hast thou laid the founda-them that fear him, and his righteoustion of the earth: and the heavens are ness unto children's children; the work of thy hands.

18 To such as keep his covenant,and 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt to those that remeniber his cominandendure: : yea, all of them shall wax oldments to do them.

like a garment; as a vesture shalt 19 The LORD hath prepared hu thou change them, and they shall be throne in the heavens; and his king changed: dom ruleth over all.

God's glory

PSALMS

is eternal. 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which that excel in strength, that do his he hath planted: commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the LORD, O my soul.

PSALM CIV.

17 Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-tress are het house.

18 The high bills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the couies.

19 He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is Onight wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

LESS the Lord, O my soul. LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. ·

2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers 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 gave drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst,

12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

13 He watereth the hills from bis chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy 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;

15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and breadwhich strength eneth man's heart.

16 The tress ofthe Lond are full of

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 unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. 24 0 Lond, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches.

25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping muume rable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom tnou hast made to play therein.

27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

28 That thou givest them they gath er: thou openest thy 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 apirit, 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.

33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my God while 1 have my being.

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I 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 Loud O my Praise ye the Lonu.

soul.