David's complaint :

n Job 5, 15.

Mat. 26,

59.

p Acts 24, 4.

PSALMS.

He persuadeth to confidence in God. unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is } 7 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! 1Eph. 3, 18 too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from therefore the children of men put their trust under m John 1, him that spoileth him?

11° False witnesses did rise up: they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the spoil

7 Ps. 109, 4. ing of my soul.

Jer. 18, 20.

r Gen. 37,

34.

† Heb.

black,

Mat. 6, 10

the shadow of thy wings.

12.

Jer. 17, 7.

8 They shall be " abundantly satisfied with the fat-n Isa. 65, 13. ness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy o Jer. 2, 18,

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my cloth-light shall we see light.
ing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting,
and my prayer returned unto mine own bosom.

14 I 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 mine adversity they rejoiced, and gath

p Mat. 16,

10 O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that Jam. 1,17. know thee: and thy righteousness to the upright in q Ps. 15, 2 heart.

11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and Ezek. 36, let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they

Lev. 21.1, ered theniselves together; yea, the abjects gatheredare cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

s Psal. 9, 6.

evil-doers, neither a Jer. 12, 1.

be thou envious against the workers of iniquity:

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, b Ps. 90, 5. wither as the green herb.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congrega-and tion: I will praise thee among much people.

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good: so shalt thou Eph. 5,8

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully { dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

17.6, 13. rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

9 For evil-doers shall be cut off: but those that foRev. 14, wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. h Isa. 57, 13 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not 36.

26 Let them be ashamed, and brought to confu-be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and sion together, that rejoice at my hurt: let them be i Ps. 100.29 i clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify

it shall not be.

i Heb. 10,

k Rev. 12,8

11 But the meck shall inherit the earth; and shall 1 Dan. 4,47. delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and

gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

m Ps. 55,16.

13 The LORD shall laugh at him; for he seeth n Psal. 2, 4

that his day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and
have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy,
and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their p

and their bows shall be broken.

own heart,

o 1 Sam. 16 10.

pi Sam.S1 Psalm 7, 15.

16 A little that a righteous man hath is better 9 Pr. 15, 8.

THE transgression of the wicked saith within than the riches of many wicked.

my heart, that there is no fear of God before

Romans his eyes.

S. 13.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until

Luke 12, his iniquity be found to be hateful.

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:

e Pa. 12, 2.

he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

f Jer. 4, 22.

g Micah 2,

1, 2.

4& He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not

b Isa. 65, 2. evil.

5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

31.

2

2 Pet. 2, 9.

Ps. 100,

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

The brevity and vanity of life.

me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous
things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was n 2 Sam. 18 as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

9.

14 Chus I was as a man that heareth not, and in o Ps. 59, 9.

whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God.

16 For I said, Hear me; lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot || slippeth, they mag-Or, i nify themselves against me.

17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

8

moved, Deut. 32,35.

p Ps. 35, 26.

g Gen. 32,

18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be $1. sorry for my sin.

r Pr. 28, 13.

19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong; s 2 Cor. 7, and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

11.

20 They also that render " evil for good are mine Ps. 35, 18. adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. u Ps. 109, 4. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

x Dan. 6, 5,

6.

1 John 3, 12.

22 Make haste † to help me, O LORD my salva- y Ps. 22, 1. tion.

PSALM XΧΧΙΧ.

David's care of his thoughts, and prayer.

34. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun. A Psalm

Heb. 12, shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked

of David.

I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin

not with my tongue; I will keep my f mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

1 Heb. for my help, Psalm 40, L

2 I was dumb with silence: I held my peace, even Heb. a bri d from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

dle, or, muzzle for my mouth,

Mat. 12, 36.

3 My heart was hot within me; while I was mu- Ps. 141, 3. sing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

James 3, 2
Jer. 20, 10.
Col. 45.

d Eccl. 3, 7.

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand- eJer. 20, 14. breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : Job 3,1,2 verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

g Ps. 90, 4.

h Ps. 92, 9. 11 Cor. 7, James 4, 14.

7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope is Luke 12, in thee.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

9 I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; be

cause thou didst it.

10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am con

4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head; assumed by the blow of thy hand.

a 'heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

61 am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disa ease; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

81 am feeble and sore broken: I have roared

i Isa. 5, 30. by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

k Rom. 8, 27.

1 Mat. 6, 6.

9 LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart + panteth, my strength faileth me: Heb. run as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from

neth about, Psal. 40, 12.

ti Luke 23, my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

49.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for

1 Ps. 44, 1.

m Lev. 10,3.

n Job 4, 19

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my o Heb. 11, fathers were. 130 spare me, that I may recover strength, before p Gen. 47, 9. I go hence, and be no more.

13.

q Eccl. 12,5

a lleb. 10, 5.

c Heb. 5, 7,

IWAITED patiently for the LORD; and he in-b
clined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, d Ps. 22, 1

r Phil. 2, 5.

s Luke 22,

42.

LORD, thou knowest.

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy sal1 Rom.3,21. vation : 1 have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

u Rom. 1,

18.

g

The psalmist's real for God.

8 An evil disease say they, cleaveth fast unto him. g Acts 28,4 and now that he lieto, he shall rise up no more.

12.

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trust- h2 Sam. 14, ed, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

Ps. 55, 13.

Jer. 20, 10
John 13, 2.

i Ps. 86. 17.

11 By this I know that thou 'favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in minek Ps. 25 21 integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. PSALM XLII.

David's zeal to serve God in the temple.

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of
* Korah.

AS the hart

panteth after the water-brooks, so

panteth 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?

a Num. 16,
24.
1 Chron. 6,

33.

b Ps. 119, 131.

c John 7,27

d Ps 102, 9.

e Ps. 22, 8.

4 When I remember these things, I pour out my flam. 3, 18 soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, & of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day. g Ex. 23, 14

* Ps. 119, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth

13 De pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven back ward, and put to shame, that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame, that say unto me, Aha, aha!

16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually,

b Ps. 55, 27. The LORD be magrified.

c Gen. 8, 1.

Ps. 19, 18.

Or, weak,

sick, lean,

verse 9.

21.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God; for I Lam. 3, shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Rom. 5, 5, 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jor- 12 Chr. 20 dan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. k Job 1, 16 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy Ps. 88, 7. water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are 1 Ps. 18, 4.

17 But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD think-is eth upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; lsa. 38, 9, and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou

b Mat. 6, 33.

1 Tim. 4, 8.

wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed 19. 38,2. of languishing: thou wilt f make all his bed in his sickness.

Res. turn,

Ps. SO, 11.

4 I said, O LORD, be merciful unto me; heal my

4.2 Chr. 30, soul; for I have sinned against thee.

20.

Ps. 147, 3.

e Ps. 6,2.

Ps. 12, 2.

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me; When shall he die, and his name perish ?

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: Prov. 26,24 his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

25, 26.

7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

11 Why art thou cast down. O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is † the health of my countenance, and my God.

PSALM XLIII.

David prayeth to be restored to the temple.

a

UDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against

JUDGE

n Ps. 32, 7

Heb. the salvations, ances of my

or, deliver

face, Psal. S, &

1023.

O deliver me from the a Ps. 28, 1.

deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost
thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy?

3 O send out thy light and thy
lead me, let them bring me unto thy
thy& tabernacles.

1 Pet. 4, 19. b Isn. 26, 4

Ps. 35, 13.

truth: let them d Ps. 27, 1. Ps. 118,

holy hill, and to

4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

49.

Psal. 2,6.
Heb. 3, 2,

h Isa. 38, 22.

i Psal. 42, 5

PSALMS.

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wicked- 1 Isa. 12, 3.

4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliver-ness: therefore God, thy God. hath anointed thee m Rev. 14, ances for Jacob.

5 Through thee will we push down our enemies; Mal. 4,1, through thy name will we 'tread them under that rise Rev. 14, 19. up against us.

18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah. A

The ornaments of the church.

a Rev 18,

2,3.

20. & 19, 1,

b Ps. 76, 12

c Mal 1,14.

d Dantel 7,

27.

* Pet. 1,4

f Eph. 1,8.

Luke 24,

PSALMS.
exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the
earth.

11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of
Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

God with the voice of triumph:

* shout unto

2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a

great King over all the earth.

3 He shall d 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

th 1 Cor. 14, praises with understanding.

15.

Col. 3, 16.

1 P's. 93, 1.

k Rev. 3, 22.

a Tit. 2, 13.

b Rev. 21, 2

c Isa. 2, 2, 3.

d Rev. 21,

24.

• John 14,2. 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

1 Ps. 44, 1. will establish it for ever. Selah.

m Luke 21,

33.

n Isa. 30,15.

o Deut. 23,

5.

9 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of

Ps. 45, 4, righteousness.

7

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of

4 Rev. 14, 1. Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

r Rev. 19,

1,2,3.

s Rev. 21,

10.

t Isa. 33, 20.

u Ps. 51, 18.

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her:

tell the towers thereof.

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall 12 Peter 2, continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all gene- 22 rations: they call their lands after their own names. m Job 18, 12 Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

19.

n Jer. 17, 15.

13 This their way is their || folly: yet their poster- o Ps. 39, 5. ity approve their sayings. Selah.

p Eccl. 3, 13.

Or, hope,

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have do- Luke 12, 18. minion over them in the morning; and their beauty g Rom. 1. shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

31.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power Jer. 12, 3. of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. s Rev. 2, 25.

16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when Hosea 13, the glory of his house is increased:

14.

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that i Mal. 25, have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, " consider her pal-for God is "judge himself. Selah.

aces; 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.

Worldly prosperity is not to be admired.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy" sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he

To the chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of goats out of thy folds:

Korah.

31.

k Isa. 15, 3.

1 fleb 7, 3,

9.

m 2 Tim. 4,

1.

u Jer. 22

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the P241

ye people; give ear, all ye inhab-cattle upon a thousand hills.

itants of the world :

2 Both low and high, rich and poor together.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the