The psalmist's zeal for God. PSALMS. 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel! The church complains. PSALM XLIV. from everlasting, and to everlasting. To the chief Musician for the sons of Amen, and Amen. PSALM XLII. ¶ To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. S the hart panteth after the water A brooks, so pateth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Korah, Maschil. WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them, how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they got not the land in posses sion by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto 4 When I remember these things, I pour them. out my soul in me: for I had gone with 4 Thou art my King, O God: comthe multitude; I went with them to the mand deliverances for Jacob. house of God, with the voice of joy and 5 Through thee will we push down our praise; with a multitude that kept holy-day. enemies through thy name will we tread 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? them under that rise up against us. and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why among the heathen. hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourn- 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, ing because of the oppression of the enemy? and dost not increase thy wealth by their 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine price. enemies reproach me; while they say 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our daily unto me, Where is thy God? neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? that are round about us. and why art thou disquieted within me? 14 Thou makest us a by-word among hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise the heathen, a shaking of the head among him, who is the health of my countenance, the people. and my God. PSALM XLIII. 15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath cover Junge against an ungodly nation: Ode- 16 For the voice of him that reproachliverme from the deceitful and unjust man. eth and blasphemeth; by reason of the 2 For thou art the God of my strength: enemy and avenger. why dost thou cast me off? why go I 17 All this is come upon us; yet have mourning because of the oppression of the we not forgotten thee, neither have we enemy? dealt falsely in thy covenant. 3 Ŏ send out thy light and thy truth: 18 Our heart is not turned back, neilet them lead me; let them bring me unto ther have our steps declined from thy way; thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, the place of dragons, and covered us with unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the shadow of death. the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 20 If we have forgotten the name of 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? our God, or stretched out our hands to a and why art thou disquieted within me? strange god: hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, 21 Shall not God search this out? for who is the health of my countenance, and he knoweth the secrets of the heart. my God 29 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all The grace of Christ's kingdom. PSALMS. Confidence of the church in God. the day long; we are counted as sheep for bered in all generations: therefore shall the slaughter. the people praise thee for ever and ever. PSALM XLVI. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. PSALM XLV. To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. M' OD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof Y heart is inditing a good matter: 1shall make glad the city of God, the holy speak of the things which I have place of the tabernacles of the Most High. made touching the King: my tongue is the 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall pen of a ready writer. not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. because of truth and meekness and right- 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, cousness; and thy right hand shall teach what desolations he hath made in the earth. thee terrible things. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and of the King's enemies; whereby the peo-cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth ple fall under thee. the chariot in the fire. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. I 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 11 So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy lord; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. 13 The King's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework; the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. PSALM XLVII. T To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the Chout unto God with the voice of tri- umph. 2 For the LORD Most High is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall Abraham: for the shields of the earth bethey be brought: they shall enter into the long unto God: he is greatly exalted. King's palace. PSALM XLVIII. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy TA Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. children, whom thou mayest make princes G be praised in the city of our God in REAT is the LORD, and greatly to in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remem- the mountain of his holiness; The vanity of worldly riches. PSALMS. God's pleasure is in sincerity. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the abideth not: he is like the beasts that whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides perish. of the north, the city of the great King. 13 This their way is their folly: yet 3 God is known in her palaces for a their posterity approve their sayings. refuge. 4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry 9 We have thought of thy loving-kind-nothing away: his glory shall not deness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. scend after him. 10 According to thy name, O God, so 28 thy praise unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousness. 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her tell the towers thereof. 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death. PSALM XLIX. : T To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. H EAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul, (and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. PSALM L. TA Psalm of Asaph. Tspoken, and called the earth from the HE mighty God, even the LORD, hath rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of his people. understanding. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: those that have made a covenant with me I will open my dark saying upon the harp. by sacrifice. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days 6 And the heavens shall declare his of evil, when the iniquity of my heels righteousness: for God is judge himself. shall compass me about? Selah. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; boast themselves in the multitude of their O Israel, and I will testify against thee: riches; am God, even thy God. 7 None of them can by any means re- 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrideem his brother, nor give to God a ran-fices or thy burnt-offerings, to have been som for him: continually before me. 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 11 Their inward thought is, that their 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell houses shall continue for ever, and their thee: for the world is mine, and the fuldwelling-places to all generations; they ness thereof. call their lands after their own names. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink 12 Nevertheless man being in honour the blood of goats? The hypocrite is rebuked. PSALMS. David describes human depravity. 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High: 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto 15 And call upon me in the day of thee. trouble I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O LORD, open thou my lips; and my 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and would I give it: thou delightest not in castest my words behind thee. burnt-offering. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in mouth shall shew forth thy praise. thy mouth? 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken consentedst with him, and hast been par-spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, Q taker with adulterers. God, thou wilt not despise. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there none to deliver. be 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. PSALM LII. ¶ To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm WHY chief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like aright will I shew the salvation of God. a sharp razor, working deceitfully. PSALM LI. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da-lying rather than to speak righteousness. vid, when Nathan the prophet came unto Selah. him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, Q AVE mercy upon me, O God, accord-thou deceitful tongue. HA ing to thy loving-kindness: accord- 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ing unto the multitude of thy tender mer-ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck cies blot out my transgressions. thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine ini- thee out of the land of the living. Selah. quity, and cleanse me from my sin. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, his strength; but trusted in the abundance and done this evil in thy sight: that thou of his riches, and strengthened himself in mightest be justified when thou speakest, his wickedness. and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 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. PSALM LIII. To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, food. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot none that doeth good. out all mine iniquities. 2 God looked down from heaven upon 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; the children of men, to see if there were any 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. that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have the workers of iniquity no know. David prays for salvation. PSALMS. AVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 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. Selah. 4 Behold, God is mine helper: the LORD is with them that uphold my soul. His confidence in God. magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 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, and 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 noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 18 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. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. 21 The words of his mouth were smooth 5 He shall reward evil unto mine ene-er than butter, but war was in his heart: mies; cut them off in thy truth. his words were softer than oil, yet were 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will they drawn swords. praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and 7 For he hath delivered me out of all he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire the righteous to be moved. upon mine enemies. : PSALM LV. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. PSALM GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and chips AM, LVI hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me; I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. 3 Because of the voice of the enemy:BE merciful unto me, O God; for man because of the oppression of the wicked: would swallow me up; he fighting for they cast iniquity upon me, and in daily oppresseth me. wrath they hate me. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and me up: for they be many that fight against the terrors of death are fallen upon me. me, O thou Most High. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Ohthat I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. I 5 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. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine deceitandguile depart not from her streets. enemies turn back: this I know; for God 12 For it was not an enemy that re-is for me. proached me; then I could have borne it: 10 In God will I praise his word: in neither was it he that hated me that did the LORD will I praise his word. |