Desolation of the sanctuary. 2 Remember thy congregation, which "thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. PSALM 74 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy dcongregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down & the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. a Ex. 15. 16. 1 Or, tribe. Isa. 63. 17. 2 Or, Destroy not. Ps. 57, title. 3 Or, for. PBB. 46 & 50, titles. b Deu. 4. 7. Ps. 73. 18. Isa 61. 4. 4 Or, take a Mt. 24. 15. Ps. 11. 3. g Ps. 5. 5. Ki. 6. 29. 5 Heb. They have sent thy 7 5They have cast fire into thy sanc-1 tuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name, to the ground. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us 7destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. sanctuary 1 Sa. 2. 3. 6 Heb. desert. k Ps. 83. 4. [ Ps. 50, 6. m 1 Sa. 2. 7. 7 Heb. break. n Job 21. 20. o Ps. 11. 6. 9 We see not our signs: P there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme pLam. 2. 9. thy name for ever? Ezek. 7. 26. Lam. 2. 3. 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy Sa. 2. 1. bosom. 12 For 'God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst 8 divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the 10 dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of "leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up 11 mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast dset all the borders of the earth: thou hast made 12 summer and winter. 18/Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. r Jer. 48. 25. t Ps. 44. 4. Pss. 46 & 50, 10 Or, whales. Isa. 27. 1. Ps. 48. 1, 3. y Job 41. 1. 2 Ex. 17. 6. a Ps. 46. 9. Jos.3. 13, &c. 11 Heb. rivers of strength. Na. 2. 13 d Deu. 32. 8. Ac. 17. 26. e Ps. 121. 3, 4. Jer. 51. 39. Na. 3. 18. 12 Heb. them summer and winter. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: f ver. 2, 22. forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 0 let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee 14 increaseth continually. Na. 2. 13. A Cant. 2. 14. I Ex. 9. 16. Ps. 50, 14. n Ps. 68. 29. 14 Heb. Praise and thanksgiving. PSALM 75 To the chief Musician, 2A1-taschith, UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 2 When I shall 4 receive the congrega. tion I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the 6 south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 8 For "in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM 76 To the chief Musician on "Neginoth, IN *Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. 3 There "brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. than the mountains of prey. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both 9 the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may istand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him "bring presents 13 unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. PSALM 77 I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my 2sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. a Ex. 12. 26. Ps. 39, title. 1 Or, for Pas. 46 & 50, titles. P. 81. 5. d Ps. 86. 7. Ge. 37. 35. h Ps. 143. 5. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was over- Deu. 21. 18, whelmed. Selah. 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, ithe years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song kin the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail 5 for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. 11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is in "the sanctuary: "who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds 6 poured out water: the skies d sent out a sound: "thine arrows also went abroad. 18 9 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. PSALM 78 20. Jer. 5. 23. k Job 35. 10. prepared not their heart. 4 Heb. throwing forth. Ro. 9. 6. 5 Heb. to generation and generation? m Isa. 49, 15. Jer. 10. 19. o Ex. 7-12. p Nu. 13. 22 Ps. 143. 5. Ex. 15. 8. Ex. 13. 21. Ex. 15. 11. w Ex. 17. 6. Nu. 20. 8, 10, 11. y P. 81. 5. e Ex 16. 2, &c. 1 Co. 10. 9. 6 Heb. were poured forth with water. d Ps. 68. 33. e Hab. 3. 11. f Ex. 16. 3. 7 Heb. order. g Ps. 104. 7. Ps. 97. 4. i Ex. 17. 6. Nu. 20. 11. j Hab. 3. 15. k Ps. 78. 53. 18.63 11, 12. m Nu. 11. 1, 10. 8 Or. A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction. Ps. 74, title. n Ps. 49. 1. o Ps. 49. 4. p Mt. 13, 35 g Pro. 1. 6. r Pa. 105. 40. Jn. 6. 31. Ps. 44. 1. 9 Or, Every one did eat the bread of Ps. 103. 20. the mighty. u Deu. 4. 9. Ex. 16. 3. The story of Israel. children, "shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That ƒthe generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8 And might not be as their fathers, ja stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation 3that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God 7furnish a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams Overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of "the corn of heaven. 25 9 Man did eat angels' food; he sent them meat "to the full. The Lord's benefits PSALM 78 1 Heb. to go. Nu. 11. 31. 26 He caused an east wind 1 to blow in the heaven: and by his power he 2 Or, beasts to brought in the south wind. 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and 3 feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; 30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and 5smote down the 6 chosen men of Israel. 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, then they "sought him: and they returned inquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that was their rock, and the high God redeemer. the murrain. a Ex. 12. 29. 3 Heb. fowl b of wing. e Ex. 16. 13 f Ex. 14. 27, 28 & 15. 10. Isa. 11. 9. Ps. 22. 29. 5 Heb. young men. Nu. 14. 29, 35. and their him 36 Nevertheless they did flatter with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his Covenant. 38 But he, being "full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them 9 from the enemy. 43 How he had 10 wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in 9 the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. Jos. 18 1. u Ex. 34. 6. Pa. 105. 4 2 Ps. 103 14,16. against. a l Sa. 4. 11. Eph. 4. 30. d Isa. 42. 13. 1. Sa. 5. 6, 12 & 6. 4 & 14. 20, &c. 9 Or, from affliction. ver. 12. To ver. 51, Pe. 105. 27-36. 10 Heb. set. ver. 12. i Ps. 87. 2. Ex.10.12-15. 1 Sa. 16. 11,12. 12 Heb. after and Israel's unfaithfulness. spared not their soul from death, but 52 But made his own people to go forth dlike sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea 4overwhelmed their enemies. 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by kline, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside Plike a deceitful bow. 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. 63 The fire consumed their young men : and their maidens were not 7given to marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath n Ex.9 23-25.11 established for ever. 13 Heb. killed. 2a. 5. 2. 14 Or, great shut up. 47" He 13 destroyed their vines with hail, 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. 50 18 He made a way to his anger; he Pss. 46 & 50, titles. Lam. 1. 10. Ps. 74. 2. An appeal against the heathen. PSALM 79 have they defiled; "they have laid Jeru-a Jer. 26. 18. salem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was dnone to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not against us 2 former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, " for thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the 3 revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power 5 preserve thou those that are appointed to die; 12 And render unto our neighbours tsevenfold into their bosom their reproach, 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 7to all generations. PSALM 80 To the chief Musician "upon Shoshannim- Mi. 3. 12. Deu. 28. 26. Isa. 5. 5. k Is. 64. 9. 2 Zeph. 1. 18. us. Ge. 49. 22. m Isa. 33. 12. o Lk. 1. 66. P ver. 15. vengeance. r Ps. 102. 20. 4 Heb. thine arm. 5 Heb, reserve te. 4. 15, 24. Lk. 6, 38. 6 Or, for. Ps. 95. 1. 7 Heb. to gene- 1 Ch. 15. 24, z Lev. 23. 24. a Ps. 60, title. 8 Or, for. IVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thoud Ps. 99. 1. Gthat leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest d between the cherubims, shine forth. 29 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and 10 come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 410 LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou 12 be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh among 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 e Ps. 77. 15. 9 Or, against. vation to us. Ps. 60. L 11 Heb. passed away. m Ex. 2. 23. o Ex. 17. 6. P. 42. 3. 13 Or, Strife. 9 Ps. 44. 13. P. 44. 20. Ex. 20. 2. The Lord's favour to Israel. 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 funto 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 burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of Pthy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. PSALM 81 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, SING NING aloud unto God our strength: 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 feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out 9 through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the k burden: his hands 11 were delivered from the pots. 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 13 Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: 0 Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no "strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Mt. 7. 7, 11.." open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. t Inn. 5. 1-7. PSALM 81 YOD 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. 35 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: tall the foundations of the earth are 7 out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fally like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: *for thou shalt inherit all nations. PSALM 83 A Song or Psalm 8 of Asaph. m Ex. 6. 3. Pro. 18. 5. P Pas. 8 & 81, titles. 5 Heb. Judge. 6 Or, of. Ps. 42, title. Ps. 43. 3. r Ps. 42. 1, 2. Pro, 2. 13. t Ps. 11. 3. u Pro. 26. 2. 7 Heb. moved. v Jn. 10. 34. Ps. 49. 12. Ps 42. 5, 11. r Ps. 2. 8. 3 Or, for. z Isa. 62. 7. 9 Or, mulberry trees make him a well, fc. 10 Heb. covereth. a Ps. 28. 1. The courts of the Lord. ites; as to "Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became das 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, 9 Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 13 O my God, make them like a 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: 18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 6 Who passing through the valley of "KEEP not to pen end bend to company. Baca make it a well; the rain also lo fill "hold not thy peace, still, O God. not 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult : and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. Isa. 40. 31. 2 Co. 3. 18. b Ps. 42. 2. c Ps. 27. 5. d Ps. 61. 6. e Ps. 74. 8. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy Jer. 31. 36. hidden ones. 12 Heb. I would choose g Isa.60. 19, 20. Mal. 4. 2. 13 Heb. heart h2 Ch. 20. 1, 10, 11. Ge. 25, 18. 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagar-1 Ch. 5. 10. k Jos. 13. 5. 11 Sa. 15. 2. m 2 Ki. 15, 19. 14 Heb. been an arm to, n Deu, 2, 9. 9 Do unto them as unto the Midian-Judg. 7. 22. eth the pools. 7 They go from 11 strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 80 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 d thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 12I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 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 85 To the chief Musician, A Psalm 6 for the sons of Korah. TORD, thou hast been 15 favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. |