4 Have all the workers T of iniquity no know ledge? who eat up my N people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There b were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor; because the LORD is his refuge. 7c Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 3 LORD, who shall d abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,and speak eth the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is con a Heb. stinking. b Heb. they feared a fear. c Heb. Who will give, &c. d Heb. sojourn. temned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD: he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent: he that doeth these things, shall never be moved. XVI. a Michtam of David. PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee: 3 but to the saints, that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied, that bhasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the 8 LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall drest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in a Or, A golden Psalm of David. b Or, give gifts to another. c Heb. of my part. d Heb. dwell confidently. אָדָם XVII. A Prayer of David. HEAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart, thou hast visited me in the night, thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips, I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. : 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 marvellous lovingkindness, O thou d that savest by thy right hand, them which put their trust in thee, from those that rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye hide me under the shadow of D 9 From the wickede that oppress me, from f my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth: 12 g Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, a Heb. justice. b Heb. without lips of deceit. c Heb. be not moved. d Or, that savest them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand. e Heb. that waste me. f Heb. my enemies against the soul. 8 Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin. 7 10 b Heb. prevent his face. e Or, their children are full. XVIII. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverTer: my God, my strength, in whom I will trust, my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of 8 ungodly men made me 5 afraid. 5 The h sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my 3 • Heb. sitting. cry came before him, I even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke a out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth de voured, coals were kind- 12 172 led by it. 9 He bowed his thick clouds passed, 19 hail stones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered: at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.16 He sent from above,he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LoRD was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also: into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The : LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and a Heb. by his. b Or, great waters. |