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me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; 11 my darling 12 from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy name to my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship

before thee.

1

ed their
mouths
against

me.
10 or, sun-

dered.

d Matt.27.35.

a

Mark 15. 24. Luke 23. 33.

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

4 Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shades of death, & I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies: thou 3 anointest my head with oil; my cup run

John 19. 23. neth over. 37.

Luke 23.34.

John 19. 24. 11 Heb. my only one.

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Heb. from
Hebr. 2. 12.
Ps. 2. 8. &

the hand.

72.11.&86.9. a Isa. 40. 11.

Jer. 23. 4. John 10. 11.

Ezek.34.23.

1 Pet. 2. 25.

Heb. pas
tures of
tender

grass.
2 Heb. wa-

ters of quietness.

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Heb. makest fat. Heb. to length of days.

a Deut. 10.14. Job 41- 11. Ps. 50. 12. 1 Cor. 10.26. 28.

Job 38. 6. Ps. 104. 5.& 136. 6.

Ps. 15. 1.

d Isai. 33. 15.

16.

28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the na-1 Heb. The tions.

29 All they that are 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. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

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clean of hands.

or, O God of Jacob.

Ps. 22. 5.&

31.1. & 34.8.

Isai. 28. 16. Rom. 10. 11. Ps. 27. 11. & 86. 11. &

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119. 33.

Ps. 103. 17. & 106. 1. &

107. 1.

Jer. 33. 11.

1 Heb. thy bowels.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD 4 for ever. PSALM XXIV.

1

God's lordship in the world. 3 The citizens of his spiritual kingdom. 7 An exhortation to receive him.

¶ A Psalm of David.

HE earth is the LORD's, and the

Tuess thereof, the world, and

they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend upon the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place?

41 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, 2 O Jacob. Selah.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

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

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 hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

PSALM XXV.

1 David's confidence in prayer: 7 He prayeth for remission of sins, 16 and for help in af. fliction.

TA Psalm of David.

T2th my God, 1. trust in thee: let

NO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me,

3 Also, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.

4 Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

6 Remember, O LORD, 1 thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

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 he teach sinners in the way.

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10 All the paths of the LORD are merey and truth to such as keep his covenant & Prov. 3. 32. and his testimonies.

11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, par-3 don my 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 2 shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

14 a The secret of the LORD is with

or, and his make them know it.

covenant to

4 Heb. bring
forth.

5 Heb. ha

PSALM XXVII.

1 David sustaineth his faith by the power of
God, 4 by his love to the service of God, 9 and
by prayer.
TA Psalm of David.

HE LORD is a my light and my sal-
THE
vation; whom shall I fear? the
LORD is the strength of my life; of whom
shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, 1 came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

c

3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:

them that fear him; 3 and he will show tred of vio. though war should rise against me, in

them his covenant.

15 My eyes are ever towards the LORD; for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

lence.

a Ps. 7. 9.

b Ps. 1. 1.

16 Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my dis- of thy

tresses.

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

19 Consider my enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with 5 cruel hatred.

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

PSALM XXVI.

1 Heb. of the
tabernacle

honor.

away.

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 all the days of my life, to behold 2 the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.

6 And now shall my head be lifted 2 or, take not above my enemies around me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices & of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

3 Heb. men

of blood.

4 Heb. filled
with.

a Micah 7. 8.
Ps. 118. 6.

David resorteth to God in confidence of his in-1 Heb. ap.

tegrity.

A Psalm of David.

UDGE me, O LORD; for I have walk

proached
against me.

Ps. 3. 6.

2 or, the de-
light.

Jed in my integrity: I have trusted of

also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

shouting.

4 or, my

heart said to thee, Let my face seek thy face, &c.

Heb. will gather me.

2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy loving-kindness is before my eyes and I have walked in thy truth. 4I have not sat with vain persons, 5 neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evild doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD: 7 That I may publish with the voice of plain. of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth.

92 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with 3 bloody men:

10 In whose hands is mischief, and] their right hand is 4 full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful

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14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

PSALM XXVIII.

1 David prayeth earnestly against his ene mies: 6 He blesseth God: 9 He prayeth for the people.

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TA Psalm of David.

NO thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent 1 to me: a lest, if thou shouldst be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands 2 towards thy holy oracle.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their deeds,

and according to the wickedness of their
endeavors: give them after the work of
their hands; render to them their desert.4
5 Because they regard not the works
of the LORD, nor the operation of his
hands, he will destroy them, and not
build them
up.

6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath
heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength, and my
shield; my heart trusted in him, and I
am helped therefore my heart greatly
rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise

him.

strength.
3 or, his
Heb.
strength of

salvations.
5 or, rule.
Heb. ye
sons of the
mighty.

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2 Heb. the
honor of
his name.

3 or, in his
glorious
sanctuary.

4 or, great 8 The LORD is 3 their strength, and he waters. is the 4 saving strength of his anointed. 5 Heb. in 9 Save thy people, and bless thy inher-power. itance: 5 feed them also, and lift them 6 Heb. in up for ever.

PSALM XXIX.

1 David exhorteth princes to give glory to God, 3 by reason of his power, 11 and protection of his people.

G

A Psalm of David.

IVE to the LORD, O 1 ye mighty, give to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Give to the LORD, 2 the glory due to his name; worship the LORD 3 in the beauty of holiness.

3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon 4 many waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is 5 powerful; the voice of the LORD is 6 full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yes, the LORD breaketh, the cedars of Lebanon.

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

9

majesty.

a Deut. 3, 9.

Heb. cut
teth out.
8 or, to be in
pain.

or, every
whit of it
uttereth,
&c.

1 or, to the
memorial.

is but a mo

2 Heb. there

ment in his

anger.

3 Heb. in the
evening.

ment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure 3 for a night, but 4 joy cometh in the morning.

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

7 LORD, by thy favor thou hast s made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication.

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9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

10 Hear, O LORD, and have merey 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. Ó LORD my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.

PSALM XXXI

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.
Na thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;

in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

4 Pull me out of the net that they 7 The voice of the LORD 7 divideth the Heb. sing. have laid privily for me: for thou art my flames of fire.

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

ing.

5 Heb. set-
tled

9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds 8 to calve, and maketh bare the for-strength ests: and in his temple 9 doth every one for my mountain. speak of his glory.

10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yes, the LORD sitteth king for ever.

11 The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

PSALM XXX.

" Ps 6. 5. &
88. 11. &
115. 17.

6 That is, my
tongue, or,
my soul.

1 David praiseth God for his deliverance: 4
He exhorteth others to praise him by example
of God's dealing with him.
TA Psalm and Song, at the dedication Ps. 22. 5.
of the house of David.

Will extol thee, O LORD; for thou

I hast lifted me up, and hast not made

my foes to rejoice over me.

2 O LORD my God, I cried to thee, and thou hast healed me.

a

Isa. 49. 23.

1 Heb. to me

strength.

56 Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 I was a reproach among all my enof strength. bors, and a fear to my acquaintance: for a rockemies, but especially among my neighthey that saw me without fled from me12 I am forgotten as a dead man out

3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me Luke 23.46. of mind: I am like 2 a broken vessel. alive, that I should not go down to the

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20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: Rom. 4. 7. thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a 5 strong city.

22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.

23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24 Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

PSALM XXXII.

1 Blessedness consisteth in remission of sins.
3 Confession of sins giveth ease to the con-
science. 8 God's promises bring joy.

T1A Psalm of David, Maschil.
LESSED is he whose a transgression

Bis forgiven, those sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3 When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.

2

3

Prov.28.13. Isai. 65. 24. 1 John 1.9.

Heb. in a time of finding.

c Ps. 9. 9.

Heb. I will

counsel

thee, my
eye shall be
upon thee.

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6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

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10 The LORD 2 bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the d Prov. 26. 3. devices of the people of no effect.

11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart 3 to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God Ps. 119. 64. is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not defrustrate.livered by much strength.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drouth of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Prov.19.21. LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity Isai. 46. 10. of my sin. Selah.

generation

and
gene.
ration.

6 For this shall every one that is godly pray to thee 2 in a time when thou may-3 Heb. to est be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh to him. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble; thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8 I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.

9 a Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near to thee. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wick-1

17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy Ps. 65. 4. & name.

144. 15.

Job 36. 7. Ps. 34. 15. 1Pet. 3. 12.

22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
according as we hope in thee.
PSALM XXXIV.

1 David praiseth God, and exhorteth others to
it by his experience. 8 They are blessed that
trust in God: 11 He exhorteth to the fear of
God. 15 The privileges of the righteous.
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3 Draw out also the spear, and stop 1or, Achish, the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.

1 Sam.21.11.

2or, They
flowed to
him.

a 1 Pet. 3. 10.

b Job. 36. 7.
Ps. 33. 18.

4 a Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

6 Let their way be 1 dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7 For without cause they have hid for 1 Pet. 3. 12. me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destrucbroken oftion let him fall.

7 The angel of the LORD encampeth 3 Heb. to the around them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8 O taste and see that the LORD is good blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

11 Come, ye children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12 a What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good!

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18 The LORD is nigh 3 to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth 4 such as are of a contrite spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

4

21 Evil shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous & shall be de-8 solate.

22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

PSALM XXXV.

1 David prayeth for his own safety, and his enemies confusion: 11 He complaineth of their wrongful dealing: 22 By this he inciteth God against them.

TA Psalm of David.

heart.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like thee, who deliverest the poor from Heb. con-him that is too strong for him, even the trite of poor and the needy from him that 3 spoilspirit. eth him?

5 or, shall be
guilty.

a Ps. 40. 14.
& 70. 3.

b Job 21. 18.
Ps. 1. 4.

Is. 29. 5.
Hos. 13. 3.

1 Heb. dark-
ness and
slipperi-

11 4 False witnesses arose; s they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good to the 6 spoiling of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: 17 humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

14 Is behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

15 But in my 10 adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: yes, the abjects assembled themselves against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their 2 Heb.which teeth.

3

ness.

he knoweth
not of.

or, strip-
peth.
Heb. wit
nesses of
wrong.

5 Heb. they

asked me.

6 Heb. de-
priving.
or, afflicted.
Heb.

walked.

9 Heb. as a
friend, as a
brother to

me.
10 Heb.
halting.
11 Heb. my
only one.
Ps. 40. 9,10.

& 111 1.
12 Heb.

strong.

13 Heb.

PLEAD my cause, O LORD, with them falsely.

that strive with me: fight against

them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

17 LORD, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, 11 my darling from the lions.

18 © I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among 12 many people.

19 Let not them that are my enemies 13 wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O LORD, be not far

from me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my LORD.

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts,

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