of thy 33. Teach me, O LORD, the way statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. 34. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 38. Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 39. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. 42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth ine: for I trust in thy word. 43. And take not the word of truth utterly, out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 44. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 45. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46. I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48. My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN. 49. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 50. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. 51. The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined from thy law. 52. I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. 53. Horror hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55. I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. 56. This I had, because I kept thy precepts. CHETH. 57. Thou art my portion, O LORD: 1 have said that I would keep thy words. 58. I entreated thy favour with my whole heart be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59. I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 61. The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. 62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judg edge for 1 have believed thy command ments. 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. 68. Thou art good, and doest good: teach me thy statutes. 69. The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70. Their heart is as fat as grease: but I delight in thy law. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73. Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 74. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 75. I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 76. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 77. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 78. Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79. Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. 80. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. CAPH. 81. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; but I hope in thy word. 82. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83. For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84. How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 85. The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86. All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87. They had almost consumed me upon earth: but I forsook not thy precepts. 88. Quicken me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. LAMED. 89. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 97. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. MEM. 98. Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100. l'understand more than the ancients; because I keep thy precepts. 101. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy word. 102. I have not departed from thy judg ments: for thou hast taught me. 103. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104. Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. NUN. 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 106. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 107. I am afflicted very much quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. 108. Accept, I beseech thee, the free-willofferings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 109. My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110. The wicked have laid a snare for me yet I erred not from thy precepts. 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112. I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. SAMECH. 113. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 114. Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 115. Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116. Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. AIN. 121. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 124. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125. I am thy servant, give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 126. It is time for thee, LORD, to work; for they have made void thy law. 127. Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. 128. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. PE. 129. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. 130. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. 131. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. 132. Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. 133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. 135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. 136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. TSADDI. 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 1 shall keep thy testimonies. 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: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. 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. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee: because of thy righteous 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 PSALM CXXII. testimonies for all my ways are before David professeth his joy for the church, and prayeth therefor. thee. A Song of Degrees of David. TAU. 1. 169. Let my cry come near before thee, O1I WAS glad when they said unto 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. David prayeth against Doeg, and reproveth his tongue. Ν 1.IN my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. LORD. me, Let us go into the house of the 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 the testimony of Israel, to give 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 palaces. 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. 2. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying 1. 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 safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's pro 1. tection. A Song of Degrees. PSALM CXXIII. The godly profess their confidence in God. UNTO thou that dwellest in the heavens. thee lift 1 up mine eyes, O thee lift 1 unto the hand of their masters, and as the 2. Behold, as the eyes of servants look eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. 3. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 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. I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 1.IF it had not been the LORD who was 1.I 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 thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore. 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: 4. Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had 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, and we are escaped. 8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM CXXV. A Song of Degrees, I 'The safety of such as trust in God. 4 A prayer for the godly. 1. Tas mount Zion, which cannot be reHEY that trust in the LORD shall be moved, 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.W A Song of Degrees. THEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2. For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. the sides of thy house: thy olive-plants round about thy table. blessed that feareth the LORD. 5. The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. PSALM CXXIX. An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their 1. MA great afflictions. A Song of Degrees. ANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3. The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows. 4. The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 2. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hathed back that hate Zion: done great things for them. 5. Let them all be confounded and turn 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. 5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall, doubtless, come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 1. PSALM CXXVII. 1 The virtue of God's blessing: 3 Good children are his gift. 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 a 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. 1. PSALM CXXVIII. The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God. B 6. Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it groweth up; 7. Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves,his bosom. 8. Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. 1. PSALM CXXX. The Psalmist professeth his hope in prayer. OUT UT of the depths have I 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. 6. My soul waiteth for the LORD more than they that watch for the morning; I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7. Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. PSALM CXXXI. David professing his humility, exhorteth Israel to hope in God. LESSED is every one that feareth 1. mine eyes lofty: neither do I exer- |