Complaint for the church. PSALMS. Exhortation to praise God. Where is their God? let him be known 18 So will not we go back from thee: among the heathen in our sight by the re- quicken us, and we will call upon thy venging of the blood of thy servants which name. is shed: 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come cause thy face to shine; and we shall be before thee; according to the greatness of saved. thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; PSALM LXXXI. ¶ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. 12 And render unto our neighbours seven-fold into their bosom their reproach, SING aloud unto God our strength: wherewith they have reproached thee, O LORD. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. PSALM LXXX. To the chief Musician upon Shoshan- GIVE make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feastday. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a tes land of Egypt: where I heard a language that dwellest between the cherubims, shine timony, when he went out through the forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and that I understood not. Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come 6 I removed his shoulder from the burand save us. den his hands were delivered from the 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy pots. face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of people? thy 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neighbours and our enemies laugh among neither shalt thou worship any strange themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy counte nance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. god. 10 I am the LORD thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So 1 gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 O that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. PSALM LXXXII. G ¶ A Psalm of Asaph. OD standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand: they walk on in darkness. Against church-oppressors. PSALMS. David prays for God's mercies. all the foundations of the earth are out of tars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy you are children of the Most High. house they will be still praising thee. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like Selah. one of the princes. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou in thee; in whose heart are the ways of shalt inherit all nations. PSALM LXXXIII. A Song or Psalm of Asaph. them, 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth KEEP not thou silence, O God: hold the pools. not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer. give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper them off from being a nation; that the in the house of my God, than to dwell in name of Israel may be no more in remem- the tents of wickedness. brance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. PSALM LXXXV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. 18 That men may know that thou, whose 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most fear him; that glory may dwell in our high over all the earth. 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her in 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, crease. and the swallow a nest for herself, where 13 Righteousness shall go before him; she may lay her young, even thine al- and shall set us in the way of his steps. The goodness and power of God. PSALMS. BOW PSALM LXXXVI. : down thine ear, O LORD, hear me for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O LORD: for I cry unto thee daily. 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. A mournful prayer. instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. PSALM LXXXVIII. TA Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath 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; 5 For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto life draweth nigh unto the grave. all them that call upon thee. 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my 6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. 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. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 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 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will far from me; thou hast made me an abomiwalk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear nation unto them: I am shut up, and I canthy name. not come forth. 12 I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 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. 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine 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. A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. HIS LORD loveth the gates of 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 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 prevent thee. 14 LORD, why casteth 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 terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 17 They came round about me daily Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. like water; they compassed me about to 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O gether. city of God. Selah. 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far 4 I will make mention of Rahab and from me, and mine acquaintance into darkBabylon to them that know me: behold ness. Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. PSALM LXXXIX. ¶ 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 Thankfulness for God's mercies. PSALMS. chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, David's complaint and prayer. 27 Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and 28 My mercy will I keep for him for build up thy throne to all generations. Se-evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. lah. 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? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of hea ven. 30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my loving-kindness will 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong not utterly take from him, nor suffer my LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness faithfulness to fail. round about thee? I 34 My covenant will I not break, nor 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: alter the thing that is gone out of my when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest lips. them. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, that I will not lie unto David. as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine as for the world, and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our King. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37.It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. 46 How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyone that is mighty; I have exalted one self? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like chosen out of the people. 20 1 have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. fire? 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. 49 LORD, where are thy former loving kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy_truth? 50 Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. 52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and amen. A Prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy counte nance. 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. ГЕ PSALM XCI. HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Exhortation to praise God. 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wast eth at noon-day 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and 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. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 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 ¶ A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. is 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 a solemn sound. 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: 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. 9 For lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my re-workers of iniquity shall be scattered. fuge and my fortress: my God; in him 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the will I trust. horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the with fresh oil. snare of the fowler, and from the noisome 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on pestilence. mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, my desire of the wicked that rise up against and under his wings shalt thou trust: his me. truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror palm-tree: he shall grow like a cedar in by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by Lebanon. day; 13 Those that be planted in the house of |