The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the ...

12. Many bulis have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16. For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21. Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23. Ye that fear the LORD, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

25. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before

them that fear him.

26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied;

they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4. Yea, though I walk through the valley' of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

PSALM XXIV.

The citizens of God's spiritual kingdom. A Psalm of David. 1.THE earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein:

2. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place?

4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even 27. All the ends of the world shall remem-lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the ber, and turn unto the LORD; and all the King of glory shall come in. kindred of the nations shall worship before thee.

28. For the kingdom is the LORD's; and he is the governor among the nations.

29. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and none can keep alive his own soul.

30. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation.

31. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

PSALM XXIII.

David's confidence in God's grace.

A Psalm of David.

10. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

PSALM XXV. David's confidence in prayer. A Psalm of David.

1.TINTO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my 1. soul.

2. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph

over me.

3. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

4. Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:

1.THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall for thou art the God of my salvation; on 1. THE T not want.

thee do I wait all the day.

6. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mer- || thy house, and the place where thine honour cies, and thy loving-kindnesses; for they have veen ever of old.

7. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

8. Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

9. The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.

10. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

dwelleth.

9. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men ;

10. In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12. My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord. PSALM XXVII.

David sustaineth his faith by the power of God. A Psalm of David.

11. For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon THE LORD is my light and my salva

mine iniquity; for it is great.

12. What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose:

13. His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

14. The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his

covenant.

15. Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

16. Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

17. The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18. Look upon mine affliction, and my pain and forgive all my sins.

19. Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20. O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. 21. Let integrity and uprightness preserve for I wait on thee.

me;

22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

PSALM XXVI.

David resorteth unto God in confidence of his integrity. A Psalm of David.

UDGE me, O LORD; for I have walkJUDGE ed in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. 2. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

3. For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes; and I have walked in thy truth.

4. 1 have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

5. I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6. I will wash my hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

7. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8. LORD, I have loved the habitation of

tion; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2. When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

3. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

4. One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

5. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me: he shall set me up upon a rock.

6. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

7. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and an

swer me.

8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

9. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

11. Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

12. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

13. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land. of the living.

14. Wait on the LORD; be of good cou- | and in his temple doth every one speak of rage, and he shall strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

PSALM XXVIII.

6 David blesseth God: 9 He prayeth for the people. A Psalm of David.

his glory.

10. The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

11. The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with

UNTO NTO thee will I cry, O LORD, peace. rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

4. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

3. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. 6. Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7. The LORD is my strength and my shield: my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him.

8. The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. 9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance feed them also, and lift them up

for ever.

3. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth; the LORD is upon many waters.

4. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5. The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

6. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

8. The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

9. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests:

PSALM XXX.

David praiseth God for his deliverance.

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. hast lifted me up, and hast not made 1. WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou

my foes to rejoice over me.

2. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

5. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

6. And in my prosperity I said, I shal! never be moved.

7. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

8. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.

9. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

10. Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

11. Thou hast turned for me my mourncloth, and girded me with gladness; ing into dancing: thou hast put off my sack

12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

PSALM XXXI.

David, shewing his confidence in God, craveth his help.
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;

me in thy righteousness.

2. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.

3. For thou art my rock and my fortress: therefore, for thy name's sake, lead me and guide me.

4. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; for thou art my strength.

5. Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. 6. I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy :

for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; 8. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

9. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

10. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

13. For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14. But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

15. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

17. Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 18. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

20. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man; thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21. Blessed be the LORD; for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, when I cried unto thee.

23. O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

24. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

2. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old: through my roaring all the day long. 4. (For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me) my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

7. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8. I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

9. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

10. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

11. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

PSALM XXXIII.

God is to be praised for his goodness. EJOICE in the LORD, O ye righteous; for praise is comely for the

upright.

2. Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery, and an instrument of ten strings.

3. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise:

4. For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.)

6. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made: and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.

8. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him:

9. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

10. The LORD bringeth the counsel of the

heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all gene

rations.

12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

13. The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15. He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considcreth all their works.

16. There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

17. A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20. Our soul waiteth for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

21. For our heart shall rejoice in him; because we have trusted in his holy name.

22. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

PSALM XXXIV.

David praiseth God, and exhorteth others thereto by his experience.

"I'

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. WILL bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

3. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

5. They looked unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed.

6. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his

troubles.

7. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

10. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14. Depart from evil, and do good; seek) peace, and pursue it. the

15. The eyes of the LORD are upon righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

20. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21. Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

PSALM XXXV. David prayeth for his own safety, and his enemies' confusion.

A Psalm of David.

PLEAD my cause, O LORD, with them

that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

2. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

3. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

6. Let their way be dark and slippery; and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 9. And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

10. All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

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11. False witnesses did rise up: they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

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