God's providence over

PSALM CV.

PSALMS.

Abraham, &c 24 And he increased his people great GIVE thanks unto the LonD;ly, and made them stronger than their call upon bis name: make known enemies.

his deeds among the people.

25 He turned their heart to hate his

2 Sing unto him, aing psalms unto people, to deal subtilly with his serhim talk ye of all his wondrous works.

3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

4 Seek the LORD, and his strength; seek his face evermore.

5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

vants.

26 He sent Moses his servaut, and Aaron whom he had chosen.

27 They showed his signs among them,and wonders in the land of Hain. 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

6 Ó ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the Lond our God; his judg-kings. ments are in all the earth.

8 He hath remembered his covenant 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 m number: yea, very few, and strangers in it.

13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to auother 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 bake the whole staff of bread.

1 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, acho 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 Lond tried him.

20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

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.

34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,

35 And did eat up all the herbs m their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

36 He smote also all the first-bom in their land, the chief of all their strength.

37. He brought them forth also with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they depart ed; 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 Abrabam his servant. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with glad

ness:

21 He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all his substance;
22 To bind his princes at his pleas-bour of the people;
ure, and teach his senators wisdom,

44 And gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the la

45 That they might observe his stat

23 Ismael also came into Egypt; and utes, and keep his laws. Praise ye Jaton sojourned in the land of Ham. Lond.

The history of

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Israel's rebellion.

PSALM CVI.

21 They forgat God their saviour,

PRAISE ye the LORD. O give which had done great things in E

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red

unto the LORD; for he is gypt; good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his Sea. praise ? 3 Blessed are they that keep judg-[destroy them,had notMoses his chosen inent, and he that doeth righteousness stood before him in the breach, to turu at all times. away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

23 Therefore he said that he would

4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy peo- 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant ple: O visit me with thy salvation; land, they believed not his word: 5 That I may see the good of thy 25 But murmured in their tents, and chosen, that I may rejoice in the glad-hearkened not unto the voice of the ness of thy nation, that I may glory LORD. with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

7 Our fathers understood not thy wouders 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.

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 |dend.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and ex [ecuted judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

31 And what was counted unto him 10 And be saved them from the hand for righteousness unto all generations of him that hated them, and redeemed for evermore. them from the hand of the enemy.

32 They angered him also at the wa11 And the waters covered their ene-ters of strife, so that it went ill withi mies; there was not one of them left. Moses for their sakes: 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel;

33 Because they provoked his spirit, 90 that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

31 They did not destroy the nations concerning whom the LORD com

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,and temptedGod in the desert.manded them: 15. And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lond.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram,

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 oy that eateth grass.

35 But were mingled among the hea then, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrified their sons and their daughters unto devils,

38. And shed innocent blood,even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrified unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.

40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lon kindled against his people, inso

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to praise God. uch that he abhorred his own inher-words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High:

44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And be remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to 16 For he bath broken the gates of the multitude of his mercies. brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

20 He sent his word, and healed GIVE thanks unto the LORD,for them, and delivered them from their he is good for his mercy endur-destructions. eth for ever.

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the 30 Then are they glad because they shadow of death, being bound in afbe quiet; so he bringeth them unte fliction and iron;

PSALMS.

David complaineth of his ei emies. for his goodness, and for his wonder- and mete out the valley of Succoth ful works to the children of men! 8 Gilead is mine: Manasseh is mine;

32 Let them exalt him also in the Ephraim also is the strength of my congregation of the people,and praise head; Judah is my law-giver;

him in the assembly of the elders. 9. Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom 33 He turneth rivers into a wilder-will I cast my out shoe; overPhilistia ness, and the water-springs into dry will I triumph.

ground:

10 Who will bring me into the 34.A fruitful land into barrenness, for strong city? who will lead me into the wickedness of them that dwell Edom? therein.

35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into water-springs.

36 And there he maketh the hungry dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield Gruits of increase.

11 Will not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts ?

12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our eneinics.

PSALM CIX.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffer-TTOLD not thy peace, O God of my eth not their cattle to decrease.

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praise;

39 Again, they are diminished and 2 For the mouth of the wicked and brought low through oppression, af the mouth of the deceitful are opened fliction, and sorrow. against me: they have spoken against

3 They compasssed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause,

40 He poureth contempt upon prin-ne with a lying tongue. ces, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the poor ou bigh from affliction, and maketh him fanii-4 For my love they are mine adver lies like a flock. saries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him; and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be come sin.

42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her

mouth.

43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD. PSALM CVIII.

TA Song or Psalm of David. GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I my self will awake early.

31 will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth;

6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer

me.

8 Let is days be few; and let another take his office.

9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the stranger spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him; neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; ana in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be 7 God hath spoken in his holiness, remembered with the LORD; and let I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, not the sin of his mother beblotted out

15 Let them be before the Lond continually,that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

passion of Christ. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning; thou hast the dew of thy youth.

The Lono hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 17 As he loved cursing,so let it come 5 The LORD at thy right band shall unto him; as he delighted not in bless-strike through kings in the day of his ing, so let it be far from him. wrath.

18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine ad

versaries from the Loxo, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

24 My knees are weak through fastug; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

6 He shall judge among the heathen, be shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the beads over many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

PSALM CXI.

PRAISE ye the LORD. I will praise

the Lond with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

3 His work is honourable and glori ous; and his righteousness endureth for ever.

4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious, and full of compassion.

5 He bath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of Ohis covenant.

26 Help me, O LORD my God: save me according to thy mercy; 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD,hast done ît.

6 He hath showed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment: all his commandments

28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; [are sure. but let thy servant rejoice.

8 They stand fast for ever and ever 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed and aredone in truth and uprightness. with shame; and let them cover them- 9 He sent redemption unto his peóselves with their own confusion, as ple: he hath commanded his covewith a mantle. uant for ever: holy and reverend is

30 I will greatly praise the LORD his name. with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understan31 For he shall stand at the right ding have all they that do his com hand of the poor, to save him frōm|mandments: his praise endureth for those that coudemn his soul.

PSALM CX.

TA Psalm of David.

ever.

PSALM CXII.
RAISE ye the LORD. Blessed is

PRAIS

THE LonD said unto my Lord, the man that feareth the LORD, Sit thou at my right hand, until 1 that_delighteth greatly in his com

make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the aridst of thiue enemics.

mandments.

2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.