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The creatures 40 Thou hast also given me the necks 8 The statutes of the LORD are right of mine enemies, that I might destroy rejoicing the beart: the commandmen, them that hate me. of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LoRD, but ne answered them not.

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than 43 Thou hast delivered me from the gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweetstrivings of the people; and thoufer also than honey and the boney hast made me the head of the heathen: comb.

a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall sub mit themselves unto me.

45 The strangers shall fade away,and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and 1 shall be innocent from the great transgression.

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14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be accepta48 He delivereth me from mine ene-[ble in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, mies: yea, thou liftest me up aboveland my Redeemer. those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,and wing praises unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for

evermore.

PSALM XIX.
T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.

HE heavens declare the glory of
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his bandy-work.

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them bath be set a tabernacle for the sun;

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as strong man to run a race.

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T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.
THE LORD hear thee in the day o.
trouble; the name of the God of
Jacob defend thee.

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2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. 3 Remember all thine offerings, and accept thy burut-sacrifices. Selab. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the mane of our God we will

set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lond our God.

8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD: let the King hear us when we call.

PSALM XXI.

6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing bid T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of from the heat thereof.

David.

7 The law of the LORD is perfect,con-TonD; and in thy salvation HE king shall joy in thy strength,

verting the soul: the testimony of the

Load is sure, making wise the simple. how greatly shall be rejoice!

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in great distress, 2 Thou hast given him nis heart's de- 7 All they that see me laugh me to sire, and hast not withholden the re-scorn: they shoot out the lip: they quest of his lips. Selah. shake the head, saying,

3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head,

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

ō His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.

8 Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 But thou art be that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasta.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art iny God from my mother's belly.

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 My strength is dried up like a pot sherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous de 16 For dogs have compassed me: the vice, which they are not able to per-assembly of the wicked have enclosed form. me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

12 'Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thing own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesturs. 19 But be not thou far from me, U LouD: O my strength, baste thee to help me.

PSALM XXII. To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth 20 Deliver my soul from the sword ; Shahar, A Psalm of David. my darling from the power of the dog. Y God, my God, why hast thou 21 Save me from the lions' mouth:

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words of my roaring?

22 I will declare thy name unto my

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, brethren: in the midst of the congre but thou hearest not; and in the nightgation will I praise thee. season, and am not silent.

23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him;

3 But thou art holy, O thou that in-all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; habitest the praises of Israel.

and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor ab horred the affliction of the afflicted

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee,and were de-neither hath he hid his face from him; livered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay ury vows before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satis

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His confidence in prayer fied: they shall praise the LonD that the LORD, and righteousness from the seek him your heart shall live for God of his salvation.

ever.

6 This is the generation of them that 27 All the ends of the world shall re-seek him, that seek thy face,O Jacob. member and turn unto the LonD: Selah.

and all the kindreds of the nations 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; shall worship before thee. and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations.

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him and none can keep alive his own soul.

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31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that

8 Who is this King of glory? The Lond strong and mighty, the Lonn mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of host, he is the King of glory Selah

PSALM XXV.
TA Psalm of David.

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shall be born, that he hath done this. UNTO thee, O Lond, do I lift up

PSALM XXIII. TA Psalm of David. THE Lond is my shepherd; I shall

T not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for bis name's suke.

my soul.

2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed; let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

4 Show me thy ways,0 Lond; leach me thy paths.

5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach 4 Yea, though I walk through the me: for thou art the God of my salvalley of the shadow of death, I willvation; on thee do I wait all the day. fear no evil; for thou art with me; 6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender thy rod and thy staff they comfort mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, for they have been ever of old.

ine.

6 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anoinest my head with oil; my cup rumeth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and 1 will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

PSALM XXIV. TA Psalm of David. Tfulness thereof; the world, and HE earth is the LORD's, and the

they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the eeas,and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place?

7 Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

8 Good and upright is the LORD therefore will be teach sinners in the way.

9 The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the LORD are mer Covenant and his testimonies. cy and truth unto such as keep bis

11 Forthy name's sake,OLono, par don mine iniquity; for it is great.

12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

14 The secret of the Load is with

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure beart; who hath not lined up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn de-them that fear him; and he will show ceitfully.

5 He shall receive he blessing from

them his covenant.

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the

David's love

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to God's servina

LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out Loud is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

of the net.

19 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

2 When the wicked,even mine ene mies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and

17 The troubles of my heart are en-fell. larged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me cruel hatred.

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3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:all the days of my life, to behold the let me not be ashamed: for I put my beauty of the Lono, and to inquire in trust in thee. his temple.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. PSALM XXVI.

TA Psalm of David.

JUDGE mic, O LORD; for 1 have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 6 I have hated the congregation of evil-doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency: so will compass thine altar, O LORD:

7 That I may publish with the voice of thauksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 Loxo, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeein me, and be merciful]

unto me.

12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

PSALM XXVII.

TA Psalm of David.

5 For in the time of trouble be shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall be hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

6. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:

therefore will 1 offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; 1 will sing, yea, 1 will sing praises unto the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and

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11 Teach me thy way, O Lond, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemics.

12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

13 Ihad fainted, unless I had believ ed to see the goodness of the LORD un the land of the living.

14 Wait on the LORD, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the LORD. PSALM XXVIII. ↑ A Psalm of David. thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest,

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if thou be silent to me, I become like

HE LORD is my light and my sal-them that go down into the pit. vation; whom shall I fear? the 2 Hear the voice of my supplications

He exhortath to

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give glory to Goa. when I cry unto thee, when I liup 11 The Lond will give strength unto my hands toward thy holy oracle. his people; the LORD will bless his 3 Draw me not away with the wick-people with peace. ed, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neigh-T bours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5 Because they regard not the works of the Load, nor the operation of his hands, be shall destroy them, and not build them up.

6 Blessed be the Lond, because he hath heard the voice of my supplicatious.

PSALM XXX.

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. hast lifted me up, and hast not made WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou my foes to rejoice over me. 20 Lond my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remem brance of his holiness.

6 For his anger endureth bua a mo 1ment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will praise him.

8 The Lond is their strength, and be is the saving strength of his anointed. 9 Save thy people, and bless thine in heritance: feed them also,and lift them up for ever.

PSALM XXIX.

↑ A Psalm of David. IVE unto the Lono, O ye mighty,

strength.

2 Gire unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth; the Loud is upon many waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is powerful, the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young

unicorn,

6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

7 LORD, by the favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thoù didst hide thy face,and I was troubled. 8 I cried to thee, O Lord, and unto the LORD I made supplication.

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the

truth?

10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

PSALM XXXI.
T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.

et re never be ashamed: deliver N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;

7. The voice of the LORD divideth theme in thy righteousness. flames of fire.

8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the Lond shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

2 Bow down thine ear to me: deliver
me speedily: be thou my strong rock,
for a house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my for-
tress: therefore for thy name's sake

9 The voice of the Lond maketh the
hinds to calve, and discovereth the for-lead me, and guide me.
ests; and in his temple doth every one
speak of his glory.

10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit.

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