Job submats himself to God. PSALMS. God accepts and blesses him. 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, 10 And the LORD turned the captivity and that no thought can be withholden of Job, when he prayed for his friends also the LORD gave Job twice as much as from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel with-he had before. out knowledge? therefore have I uttered! 11 Then came there unto him all his that I understood not; things too wonder-brethren, and all his sisters, and all they ful for me, which I knew not. that had been of his acquaintance before, 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will and did eat bread with him in his house: speak: I will demand of thee, and de-and they bemoaned him, and comforted clare thou unto me. him over all the evil that the LORD had 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing brought upon him: every man also gave of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. him a piece of money, and every one an 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and re-jear-ring of gold. pent in dust and ashes. 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end 7 T And it was so, that after the LORD of Job more than his beginning: for he had spoken these words unto Job, the had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thouLORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My sand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, wrath is kindled against thee, and against and a thousand she-asses. thy two friends: for ye have not spoken 13 He had also seven sons, and three of me the thing that is right, as my ser-daughters. vant Job hath. 14 And he called the name of the first, 8 Therefore take unto you now seven Jemima; and the name of the second, bullocks and seven rams, and go to my Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenservant Job, and offer up for yourselves a happuch. burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. 15.And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons sons, even four generations. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD COM- 17 So Job died, being old and full of manded them: the LORD also accepted Job. days. 1 The Book of PSALMS. PSALM I. WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel, together, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displea sure. 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath against the LORD, and against his Anointed, is kindled but a little. Blessed are all saying, they that put their trust in him. The security of God's protection. PSALM III. PSALMS. David prays against his enemies. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight ¶ A Psalm of David, when he fled from thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody up against me. trouble me? many are they that rise and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy 2 Many there be which say of my soul, house in the multitude of thy mercy and There is no help for him in God. Selah. in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for temple. me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast brokep the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the thy blessing is upon thy people. PSALM IV. LORD: 8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre ; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the right To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Aeous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. HEAR Psalm of David. [EAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged T me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. PSALM VI. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot dis pleasure. 201 Oye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart am weak: O LORD, heal me: for my bones him that is godly for himself: the LORD are vexed. will hear when I call unto him. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune O LORD, how long? with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PSALM V. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, Gr sider my meditation. IVE ear to my words, O LORD, con 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: Oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. PSALM VII. ¶ Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that per 4 For thou art not a God that hath plea-secute me, and deliver me: sure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. God's glory magnified by his works. PSALMS. David praises God's judgment. 30 LORD my God, if I have done this; over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! PSALM IX. thyself because of the rage of mine ene-T To the chief Musician upon Muth-lab- I ben, A Psalm of David. 7 Soshall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes there-marvellous works. fore return thou on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. PSALM VIII. T. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy thy glory above the heavens. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and over.. 60 thou enemy! destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise 2 Out of the mouth of babes and suck-in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will lings hast thou ordained strength because rejoice in thy salvation. of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, 5 For thou hast made him a little lower and all the nations that forget God. than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 439 十 David prays against the wicked. PSALMS. Providence and justice of God. 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: they make ready their arrow upon the let the heathen be judged in thy sight. string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. PSALM X. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the HY standest thou afar off, O LORD? LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes bewhy hidest thou thyself in times of hold, his eyelids try the children of men. 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but WHY trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth perse- the wicked and him that loveth violence cute the poor: let them be taken in the his soul hateth. devices that they have imagined. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's fire and brimstone, and a horrible temdesire, and blesseth the covetous, whom pest: this shall be the portion of their cup. the LORD abhorreth. 7 For the righteous LORD loveth right4 The wicked,through the pride of his eousness; his countenance doth behold countenance, will not seek after God: God the upright. is not in all his thoughts. HE PSALM XII. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy T To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, judgments are far above out of his sight: A Psalm of David. as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. TELP, LORD; for the godly man He hath said in his heart, I shall not ceaseth; for the faithful fail from be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. among the children of men. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit 2 They speak vanity every one with and fraud: under his tongue is mischief his neighbour: with flattering lips and and vanity. with a double heart do they speak. 8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand forget not the humble. : 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. PSALM XIII. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when God? he hath said in his heart, thou wilt the vilest men are exalted. not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou behold-To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. est mischief and spite, to requite it with How long wilt thou forget me ou thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. hide thy face from me? OW 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked, 2 How long shall I take counsel in my and the evil man: seek out his wicked-soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how ness till thou find none. long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my the heathen are perished out of his land. God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of sleep of death; the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. IN PSALM XI. 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he PSALM XIV. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. hath dealt bountifully with me. N the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your TTo the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. mountain? HE fool hath said in his heart, There ountarlo, the wicked bend their bow, Tiso God. They are corrupt, they His hope and integrity. David describes a citizen of Zion. PSALMS. have done abominable works, there is none 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in that doeth good. hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy 2 The LORD looked down from heaven One to see corruption. upon the children of men, to see if there 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: were any that did understand,and seek God. in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy 3 They are all gone aside, they are all right hand there are pleasures for evertogether become filthy: there is none that more. doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no PSALM XVII. knowledge? who eat up my people as HE [EAR the right, O LORD, attend unto they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. 5 There 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. 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. 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were 3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou come out of Zion! when the LORD bring-hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried eth back the captivity of his people, Jacob me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. that my mouth shall not transgress. PSALM XV. TA Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy taberna, cle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh 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 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 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand 4 In whose eyes a vile person is con-them which put their trust in thee from temned; but he honoureth them that fear those that rise up against them. 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. PSALM XVI. PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee 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. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are enclosed 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 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast. him down: deliver my soul from the wickled, which is thy sword: 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that 14 From men which are thy hand, O hasten after another god: their drink-of- LORD, from men of the world, which have ferings of blood will I not offer, nor take their portion in this life, and whose belly up their names into my lips. thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they 5 The LORD is the portion of mine in-are full of children, and leave the rest of heritance and of my cup: thou maintain-their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in 6 The lines are fallen unto me in plea- righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I sant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. awake, with thy likeness. 71 will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. est my lot.. 8 I have set the 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 rest in hope. PSALM XVIII. T 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, WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my for |