A.C. 1019. * Heb. to him. 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 串 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according + Heb. before to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. his eyes. 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with Or, wrestle. the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. Ps. xviii. 26. Or, candle. || Or, broken a troop. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou art my § lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have || run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD *Or, refined. is ✶ tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? + Heb. riddeth, or, looseth. Heb. equalleth. § Heb. for the war. || Heb. multiplied me. *Heb. ankles. 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my + way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. 35 He teacheth my hands § to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy gentleness hath made me great. # 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them +Heb. caused that rose up against me hast thou + subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. to bow. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the A.C. 1019. earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 串 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as Heb. Sons soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. of the stran ger. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid feigned obeout of their close places. 47 The LORD Îiveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. dience. Heb. lic. 48 It is God that §avengeth me, and that bringeth down Heb. giveth the people under me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me thou hast delivered me from the violent man. C avengement for me. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. c Rom. xv. 9. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. PSALM XVIII. David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous blessings. 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 deli- *2 Sam, xxii. vered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, 1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, † my strength, in whom I will trust; my + Heb. my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. rock. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 d The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of a Ps. cxvi. 3. ungodly men made me afraid. + Heb. Belial. 5 The § sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares Or, cords. of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire | Heb. by his. out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. A.C. 1019. * Or, great waters. + Heb. with. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright + before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands Heb. before in his eye-sight. his eyes. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with Or, wrestle. the froward thou wilt § shew thyself froward; | Or, lamp, *Or, broken. e Ps. xii. 6. & cxix. 140. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my || candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Prov. xxx. 5. LORD is +tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. + Or, refined. 31 f For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock A.C. 1019. save our God? f Deut. xxxii. 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh 39,1 Sam. ii. my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 2. Ps. lxxxvi. 8. Is. xlv. 5. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentle-Or, with thy ness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that + my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. meekness thou hast multiplied me. + Heb. mine ancles. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against Heb. caused me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. * 44 § As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out to bow. of their close places. 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let God of my salvation be exalted. stranger. * Or, yield feigned obe the dience. + Heb. lic. 47 It is God that ‡ avengeth me, and § subdueth the Heb.giveth people unto me. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the || violent man. avengements eth. || Heb. man of violence. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, & Rom. xv. 9. among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more. 1 CHRONICLES XX. VER. 4, to the end. 4¶ And it came to pass after this, that there *Or, confess. h 2 Sam. xxi. 18. + Or, continued. arose war at § Gezer with Heb. stood. Or, Gob. A.C. 1019. the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of † the giant: and they were subdued. * Or, Saph. + Or, Rapha. Called also Jaare-oregim, 2 Sam. XXI. 19. i2 Sam. xxi. 20. Heb. a man of measure. to the giant, 1 Sam. xvi. 9. 1017. 5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. 6 And yet again' there was war at Gath, where was § a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. 7 But when he slew him. defied Israel, Jonathan the son of † Shimea David's brother 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. SECTION XII. David numbers the People. 2 SAMUEL XXIV. VER. 1-10. 1 65 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Satan, See Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 1 Chro. xxi. 1. 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which Or, Compass. was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5¶And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the || Or, valley. || river of Gad, and toward Jazer: * Or, nether land newly inhabited. 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon. 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 65 David's motive for numbering his people was pride of heart. It is curious "God to observe the different phraseology of Scripture: in this verse it says, moved him;" in another part, that Satan provoked him; and it is again decid edly spoken of as his own act, for which he was not only accountable, but punished. |