God's allseeing providence.

about me.

12 Yea, the darkness 1hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: 3 the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth 5right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, 8 which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

a Ara. 9. 2-4

Ps. 35, 7,

e PM. 142, 3. d Job 26. 6. Job 18. 10. f P. 141. 9. 9 Mal. 4. 2.

h Job 34. 22.

1 Heb, dark

eneth not.

2 Or, let

them not be exalted. 3 Heb, as is the darkness, so is the light. i Pro. 18. 7. Pro. 8. 22. Or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man

6

of tongue), a

wicked man
of violence,

be established

in the earth:
let him be

hunted to his overthrow. 5 Heb. greatly. Or, strength, or, body. Ps. 9. 4. 7 Heb, all of them. 8 Or, what days they should be fashioned. / Ps. 70. 5. m Lk. 1. 10. Rev. 5. 8.

9 Heb.

directed.

Ex. 29. 41. Isa. 11. 4.

Ps. 39. 1.

7 Jude 15.

PSALM 140

ever

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

DELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil

man: preserve me from the 13 violent

man;

Ch. 19. 2. 10 Or, ne kindly, and reprove me: let not their precious oil break. fc. Pro. 9. 8. Ps. 119. 158. t PM. 26. 2. 11 Heb.

Prayers for deliverance.

5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

70 GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked further not his wicked device; 2lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

PSALM 141

A Psalm of David.

TORD, I cry unto thee: make haste Lunto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be 9 set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as "the evening sacrifice.

3 Set Pa watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Let the righteous smite 10 me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 When their judges are overthrown in way of pain, stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

or, grief,

u Jer. 6. 16.

Ps. 53. 5.

w Pa, 25. 15. r Ps. 4, title. 12 Heb. make not my soul bare.

13 Heb. man of violences. Ps. 110. 5. Ps. 56. 6.

14 Heb.
pass over

Ro. 3. 13
Ps 58. 4.

15 See Ps. 32,

title and
margin.

or 24. 1-4. e Ps. 77. 1.

7" Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; 12leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked "fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal 14 escape. PSALM 142

15 Maschil of David; A Prayer d when he was in the cave.

Prayers for deliverance

2 I poured out my complaint before him: I shewed before him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they dprivily laid a snare for me.

421 looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge 3failed me; no man 4 cared for my soul.

5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and h my portion in the land of the living.

1 Or,
My mercy.

a Ps. 91. 2

62 SR. 22. 48. Ps. 18. 47. e Job 7. 17.

P. 110 5.

2 Or,
Look on the
right hand,

and see.
3 Heb.
perished
from me.

Job 11 2

4 Heb.

sought after. ƒ Ps. 18. 9. g Ps. 101. 32. A Ps. 16. 5.

6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. 7" Bring my soul out of prison, that IPs. 27. 13. may praise thy name: the righteous shall P 18. 13, 14. k Ps. 116. 6. Compass me about; for thou shalt deal Ps. 18. 16. bountifully with me. 5 Heb. hands. m Ps. 69. 14 n Ps. 143. 11. o Ps. 18. 41, 45.

HEAR

PSALM 143

A Psalm of David.

EAR my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: "in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And 'enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to Zech. 9. 15. the ground; he hath made me to dwell "in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Ps. 77. 11. 8 Heb. from kind to kind.

4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me: my heart within me is deso-y Job 11. 13. late.

5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, "as a thirsty land. Selah.

7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, 10 lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

9 Heb.

able to bear burdens, or, loaden with flesh. Ps. 42. 2. a Ps. 63. 1.

b Ps. 84. 2.

I

e Den. 33. 29. 10 Or, for am become like, fe.

d Ps. 33. 12 e Ps. 5. 3.

q Ps. 100, title, 11 Heb.

8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness Ps. 25. 4. in the morning; for in thee do I trust: fcause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I 11 flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And of thy mercy "cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

hide me with thee. A Ne. 9. 20. P. 147. 5. Ps. 51. 11, 12

j Ps. 27. 11. Isa. 26. 10.

12 Heb.

and of his greatness there is no search. k Ps. 71. 20. [ Ps. 25. 11. in Isa. 38. 19. л Ps. 51. 5.

o P, 116. 16. 13 Heh, things, or, words. 14 Heb. it,

15 Heb. rock.

16 Heb. to

p 2 Sa. 22. 35.

the war, fo.

and songs of praise.

21 My goodness, and my fortress: my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

3LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as "a shadow that passeth away.

5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

7 Send thine 5 hand from above; "rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

10 It is he that giveth 6 salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

12 That our sons may be "as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, 7 polished after the similitude of a palace: 13 That our garners may be full, affording 8 all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out that there be no complaining in our streets.

15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

I

PSALM 145

David's Psalm of praise.

WILL extol thee, my God, O king: and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; 12and his greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous 13 works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare 14thy greatness.

7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and 1 of great

mercy.

9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

12 To make known to the sons of menj his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is 3 an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and Praiseth up all those that be bowed down.

15 The eyes of all 5 wait upon thee; and "thou givest them their meat in due

season.

16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

a Ex. 34. 6.
1 Heb. great

in mercy.

b Pa. 105. 45. Ps. 100. 5. d Ps. 92. 1. P. 19. 1. ƒ Ps. 135. 3. 7 Ps. 50, 5,

P. 33. 1.

Ps. 102. 16. Deu. 30. 3. Eze. 39. 28. k Ps. 105. 1. 2 Heb. griefs. Ps. 10. 16. 3 Heb. a kingdom of all ages. m Ge. 15. 5.

Isa. 40. 26.

o Pa. 37. 17, 24. 4 Heb. of his understanding there is no number.

p Ps. 146. 8.

Psalms of praise.

thy God, O Zion, unto all generations, Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM 147

PRAISE ye the LORD: for dit is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and h praise is comely.

2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their 2 wounds.

4 He telleth the number of the stars; "he calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: 4 his understanding is infinite.

6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanks giving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who

18 The LORD is nigh unto a them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

8

PSALM 146

PRAISE ye the LORD. "Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3d Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no 10 help.

49 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5 h Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Or.
look unto.

r Ps. 104. 27.

Job 38.

26-28.

Ps. 101. 14.

u Ps. 116. 5.

Or, merciful,

or, bountiful. Deu. 4. 7.

w Job 38. 41. * Ju. 4. 23, 24. y Pr. 97. 10.

Ps. 150. 6.

7 Heb.

Who maketh thy border peace.

Isa. 60. 17, 18.

8 Heb.
Hallelujah.
a Ps. 103. 1.

b Ps. 132. 15.
9 Heb. fat
of wheat.
Ps. 104. 33.
d Ps. 118. 9.

Ps. 118. 8.
Isa. 2. 22.

Job 37. 6. 10 Or, salvation.

7 Ps. 101. 29. h Ps. 14. 15.

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keep-11 Heb. eth truth for ever:

7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. * The LORD looseth the pri

his words. i Ac. 14 15.

Ps. 103. 6. I. 61. 1. 12 Heb. Hallelujah.

P. 106. 1.

Mt. 9. 30.

m Ex. 22.21,22,

tains.

9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 7He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the 9finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth themi: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19 He sheweth 11 his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

n Deu. 10. 18. o Ps. 147. 6.

10 P The LORD shall reign for ever, even p Ps. 10. 16.

him in the heights.

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the

LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and 2flying fowl:

11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is 3 excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM 149

a Isa. 61. 3.

b Ps. 63. 6.

1 Heb. throat.

e He. 4. 12 Rev. 1. 16 & 2. 12.

2 Heb. birds ds. 65. 6. of wing.

e Ps. 105. 45.

3 Heb. exalted. 4 Heb. Hallelujah. f Ps. 11. 4. Ps. 71. 22. 5 Or, cornet. 6 Heb. Hallelujah. Ps. 106. 1. h Ex. 15. 20. i Pa. 89. 5 & 111. 1.

PRAISE ye the LORD. Sing unto the 7 Or, pipe.

LORD a new song, and his praise

in the congregation of saints.

2 Let Israel k rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

3 Let them praise his name 8in Pthe dance let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Isa. 38. 20. k Ps. 85. 6. / Ps. 95. 6.

Ge. 4. 21. 2 Sa. 6. 5.

o1 Ch. 16. 31.

8 Or, with
the pipe.
P Ex. 15. 20.
q Ps. 145. 21.

unto the Lord.

CHAPTER 1

HE "proverbs of Solomon the son of
David, king of Israel;

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

4 To give d subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and 2 discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7 The fear of the LORD is 5 the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay

wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread 4in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20 ¶ 7 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye

Wisdom's threatenings.

a ch. 10. 23. Jer. 11. 15.

love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate know- Ro. 1. 32. ledge ?

23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, dI will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

c ver. 29. ch. 5. 12.

d Joel 2. 28.

e ch. 5. 3, 20. f ch. 6. 24.

Isa. 65. 12

& 66. 4.

h Hos. 2. 15. Mal. 2. 14,

15.

í ch. 7. 27.

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; Ps. 2. 4. I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 k Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, did not "choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

and

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the 2turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me. shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

CHAPTER 2

k Job 27. 9. Isa. 1. 15. Jer. 11. 11 & 14. 12. Eze. 8. 18. Mi. 3. 4. Zech. 7. 13.

Jas. 4. 3.

! Ps. 37. 9.
m Ps. 37. 38.

Ps. 119. 173.

1 Or, plucked up. o Jer. 6. 19. p Deu. 8. 1 & 30, 16, 20.

2 Or, ease of the simple. Ps. 91. 16.1 Heb. years of life.

3

r Ps. 25. 12, 13. 8 ch. 6. 21

& 7. 3.
Cp. . Ex. 13.
9, 16.

Deu. 6. 8.

t Jer. 17. 1. 2 Co. 3. 3.

MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with 4 Or, good thee;

виссеяв. Ps. 111. 10.

2 So that thou incline thine ear untou Ps. 37. 3, 5. wisdom, and apply thine heart to under-vch. 4. 21. standing;

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and 5 liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for "hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Rev. 3. 19.

She preserveth from evil.

14" Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked "shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be 1 rooted out of it.

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

8 It shall be 6health to thy navel, and 7 marrow to thy bones.

9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chasten

correction:

12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man 8that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17k Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.