137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. 139 My zeal hath consumed me; because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised yet do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee: save me, and I shall keep thy testi monies. 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 149 Hear my voice, according unto thy loving-kindness: Ŏ LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. and professions of obedience. 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD, and all thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies: yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy loving-kindness. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. Sundry prayers, praises, &c. PSALMS. 164 Seven times a day do I The safety of the godly. A Song of degrees. praise thee, because of thy righ-IN my distress I cried unto the teous judgments. 165 Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them. 166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173 Let thy hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. PSALM CXX. 1 David prayeth against his enemy, by whose calumnies he had been driven to reside among strangers LORD, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Wo is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. PSALM CXXI. The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's protection. I A Song of degrees. WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve The godly profess PSALMS. their confidence in God. thy going out and thy coming | their masters, and as the eyes in from this time forth, and of a maiden unto the hand of even for evermore. her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, 0 LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled PSALM CXXII. 1 David's joy in the people's resort to Jerusalem, the seat of religion and public justice: 6 he prayeth for its peace and prosperity. A Song of degrees of David. I WAS glad when they said with contempt. unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. PSALM CXXIV. The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance. F IF TA Song of degrees of David. the testimony of Israel, to give it had not been the LORD thanks unto the name of the LORD. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy pal aces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: whelmed us, the stream had 4 Then the waters had over gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers the snare is broken, 1 The godly profess their confidence in God, 3 and we are escaped. and pray to be delivered from contempt. UNTO A Song of degrees. NTO thee lift I up mine in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. 1 The safety of such as trust in God. 4 A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked. A prayer for the godly. THE PSALMS. TA Song of degrees. HEY that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. PSALM CXXVI. 1 The church celebrating her incredible return out of captivity, 4 prayeth for and prophesieth her own future joyfulness. TA Song of degrees. THEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue Children are God's good gift. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. PSALM CXXVII. 1 The vanity of human endeavours without God's blessing. 3 Children are God's good gift. TA Song of degrees for Solomon. EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it except the LORD keep the city, the watch man waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM CXXVIII. The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God. with singing: then said they BL among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. ¶ A Song of degrees. LESSED is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy 5 They that sow in tears shall house: thy children like olivereap in joy. plants round about thy table. God's goodness in saving Israel. PSALMS. 4 Behold, that thus shall the Israel exhorted to hope in God TA Song of man be blessed that feareth the OUT of the depths have I OUT of the depths have I LORD. cried unto thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. LORD more than they that watch 6 My soul waiteth for the for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. for with the LORD there is mer7 Let Israel hope in the LORD. cy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. |
