grave's mouth, as when one cutteth e 4 Therefore is my spirit overand cleaveth wood upon the earth. whelmed within me; my heart withe 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O in me is desolate. GOD the Lord in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snare 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 escape. PSALM CXLII.

dI

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. CRIED unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

t3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. A 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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

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5 I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. e 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, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. b 8 Čause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low deliver me from my persecutors; for they are strong-t er than I.

e 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with

me.

PSALM CXLIII.
TA Psalm of David.
EAR my prayer, O LORD,

d 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I 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 b 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 ser

vant.

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PSALM CXLIV. A Psalm of David. LESSED be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;

2 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. c 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the

ear to supplications: son thott makest

in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

c 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 the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

count of him!

t 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 85 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 thy hand from above; rid

me, and deliver me out of great t 7 They shall abundantly utter the waters, from the hand of strange memory of thy great goodness, and children; shall sing of thy righteousness.

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

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

d 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, 9 The LORD is good to all : and O God: upon a psaltery and an in- his tender mercies are over all his strument of ten strings will I sing works. praises unto thee.

r 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless

b 10 It is he that giveth salvation
unto kings: who delivereth David thee.

his servant from the hurtful sword. E 11 They shall speak of the glory
11 Rid me, and deliver me from of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
the hand of strange children, whose power;
mouth speaketh vanity, and their
right hand is a right hand of false-
hood:

13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

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

13 Thy kingdom is an eve:lasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

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

t 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee: and thou givest them their meat in due season.

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

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. 17 The LORD is righteous in all b 15 Happy is that people, that is in his ways, and holy in all his works. such a case: yea, happy is that peo-c 18 The LORD is nigh unto all ple, whose God is the LORD. them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

PSALM CXLV.

David's Psalm of praise.

b 19 He will fulfil the desire of them

I WILL extol thee, my God, O that fear him: he will also hear

King and I will bless thy

name for ever and ever.

d 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; and his greatness is unsearchable.

r4 One generation shall praise thy

their cry, and will save them.
b 20 The LORD preserveth all them
that love him: but all the wicked
will he destroy.

d 21 My mouth shall speak the
praise of the LORD: and let all
flesh bless his holy name for ever
and ever.

PSALM CXLVI.

PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise

the O my

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. p 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he re-b 11 The LORD taketh pleasure turneth to his earth; in that very in them that fear him, in those that day his thoughts perish. hope in his mercy.

b 5 Happy is he that hath the Godd 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusa of Jacob for his help, whose hope is lem; praise thy God, O Zion. in the LORD his God:

r 2 The LORD doth build up Jeru-ye the LORD.
salem: he gathereth together the
outcasts of Israel.

b3 He healeth the broken in heart,
and bindeth up their wounds.

t 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their

E3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: 15 Great is our LORD, and of great praise him, all ye stars of light. power: his understanding is infinite. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of hea6 The LORD lifteth up the meekvens, and ye waters that be above he casteth the wicked down to the the heavens.

10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowls : d 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

d 12 Both young men, and maidens: old men and children.

t 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

let them sing aloud upon their beds. E6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judg ment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CL.

14 He also exalteth the born of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a peo-d ple near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM CXLIX.

1

Pod in his sanctuary: praise

RAISE ye the LORD. Praise

him in the firmament of his power. d 2 Praise him for his mighty acts:

d PRAISE ye the LORD. Sing praise him according to his excellent

the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation

of saints.

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

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. b 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

d 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory:

greatness.

3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the highsounding cymbals.

d 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD

CHAP. I.

The PROVERBS.

the interpretation: the words of the

THE proverbs of Solomon the wise, and their dark sayings.

rael;

son of David, king of Is-d 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools 2 To know wisdom and instruc-despise wisdom and instruction. tion; to perceive the words of un-d 8 My son, hear the instruction of derstanding: thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

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

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

c 5 A wise man will hear, and will 11 If they say, Come with us, let increase learning; and a man of un-us lay wait for blood, let us lurk derstanding shall attain unto wise privily for the innocent without

counsels :

6 To understand a proverb, and

cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive

as the grave; and whole, as those 30 They would none of my that go down into the pit: counsel: they despised all my re

13 We shall find all precious sub-proof. stance, we shall fill our houses with wo* 31 Therefore shall they eat of spoil: the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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

p 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 in the sight of any bird.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. b 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. CHAP. II.

d

wilt receive

18 And they lay wait for their Mmy words, and hide my cove

own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

mandments with thee;

2 So that thou incline thine ear p 19 So are the ways of every one unto wisdom, and apply thy heart that is greedy of gain; which taketh to understanding;

away the life of the owners thereof. 3 Yea, if thou criest after know. E 20 ¶ Wisdom crieth without; ledge, and liftest up thy voice for she uttereth her voice in the streets: understanding;

21 She crieth in the chief place of 4 If thou seekest her as silver, concourse, in the openings of the and searchest for her as for hid gates in the city she uttereth her treasures; words, saying,

c 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

d 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

w 24 ¶ Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded:

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26 I also will laugh at your calamity I will mock when your fear cometh;

b 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous; he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

8 He keepeth the paths of judg ment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand

righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

27 When your fear cometh as b 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, desolation, and your destruction understanding shall keep thee: cometh as a whirlwind; when dis- 12 To deliver thee from the way tress and anguish cometh upon you. of the evil man, from the man that 28 Then shall they call upon me, speaketh froward things; but I will not answer; they shall c 13 Who leave the paths of upseek me early, but they shall not find rightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

me:

e 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;