The goodness and power of God. PSALMS.

A complaint in affliction.

and attend to the voice of my supplications. 4 I am counted with them that go down 7 In the day of my trouble I will call into the pit: I am as a man that hath no upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. strength: 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O LORD; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD; and shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an 12 I will praise thee, O LORD my God, abomination unto them: I am shut up, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy and I cannot come forth.

name for evermore.

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of af

13 For great is thy mercy toward me: fiction: LORD, I have called daily upon and thou hast delivered my soul from the thee, I have stretched out my hands unlowest hell. to thee.

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

15 But thou, O LORD, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

160 turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

PSALM LXXXVII.
TA Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.

HIS foundation is in the holy mountains.

2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer pre vent thee.

14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terres I am distracted.

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

4 I will make mention of Rahab and 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far Babylon to them that know me: behold from me, and mine acquaintance into Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this darkness. man was born there.

5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her.

6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs

are in thee.

PSALM LXXXIX.

T Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

PSALM LXXXVIII. TA Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath and build up thy throne to all generations. Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Selah.

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

PSALMS. David's complaint and prayer.

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. is thine as for the world, and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth 29 His seed also will I make to endure and the world, even from everlasting to for ever, and his throne as the days of everlasting, thou art God. heaven.

countenance.

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is told.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

PSALM XCI.

HE that dwelleth in the secret place tot High shall abide under the

shadow of the Almighty.

An exhortation to praise God.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my

PSALM XCII.

TA Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. ITis Tis a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High.

2 To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

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

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

5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

of 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.

9 For lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my re-lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the fuge and my fortress: my God; in him workers of iniquity shall be scattered. will I trust. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the horn of a unicorn: I shall be anointed snare of the fowler, and from the noisome with fresh oil. pestilence.

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear and under his wings shalt thou trust: his my desire of the wicked that rise up against truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

me.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror 12 The righteous shall flourish like the by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in 6 Nor for the pestilence that walkethin Lebanon.

darkness; nor for the destruction that 13 Those that be planted in the house wasteth at noon-day. of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and our God. ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteous

9 Because thou hast made the LORD ness in him. which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil be fall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

PSALM XCIII.

THE LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself

The blessedness of affliction.

PSALMS. The greatness and goodness of God.

the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

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

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

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

22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in 4 The LORD on high is mightier than their own wickedness; yea, the LORD the noise of many waters, yea, than the our God shall cut them off. mighty waves of the sea. PSALM XCV. us sing unto the

ness becomes the house, O LORD, for O COME le a joyful noise to the Rock 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holi

ever.

PSALM XCIV.

LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew 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 hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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?

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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 he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

II The LORD knoweth the thoughts of

man, that they are vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

of our salvation.

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

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

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it and his hands formed the dry land.

60 come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

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

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and 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 LORD a new song:

sing unto the LORD, all the earth. 2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, 13 That thou mayest give him rest from his wonders among all people. the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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 16 Who will rise up for me against the of the people, give unto the LORD glory evil-doers? or who will stand up for me and strength.

against the workers of iniquity?

8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto 17 Unless the LORD had been my help, his name: bring an offering, and come my soul had almost dwelt in silence. into his courts.

18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy

mercy, O LORD, held me up.

9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts 10 Say among the heathen that the within me thy comforts delight my soul. LORD reigneth: the world also shall be 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have established that it shall not be moved: he fellowship with thee, which frameth mis-shall judge the people righteously. chief by a law? 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the

The majesty of God's kingdom.

PSALMS.

David's vow and profession.

earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let fulness thereof. 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

13 Before the LORD; for he cometh, for equity. he cometh to judge the earth: he shall

PSALM XCIX.

judge the world with righteousness, and tremble: he sitteth between the cheHE LORD reigneth; let the people

the people with his truth.

PSALM XCVII.

TH HE LORD reigneth; let the earth re

joice; 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.

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 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their 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.

PSALM C.
TA Psalm of praise.

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD,

gladness for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

PSALM XCVIII.
TA Psalm.
SING unto the LORD a new song: for

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right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

thankful unto him, and bless his name. 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 per4 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.

4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness there- 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighof; the world, and they that dwell therein.bour, him will I cut off: him that hath a