usest to do unto those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy tes 134 Deliver me from the op-timonies. pression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. TZADDI. 137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. 149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. 139 My zeal hath consumed are truth. me, because mine enemies. have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 152 Concerning thy testimo. nies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. RESH. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. 156 Great are thy tender 144 The righteousness of mercies, O LORD: quicken thy testimonies is everlast-me according to thy judg. ing: give me understanding, ments. and I shall live. 157 Many are my persecu tors and mine enemies; yet understanding according to do I not decline from thy tes- thy word. timonies. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. 159 Consider how I love thy precepts quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 165 Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them. 166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. PSALM 120. 1 David prayeth against Doeg, 3 reproveth his tongue, 5 complaineth of his necessary conversation with the wicked. A Song of degrees. LORD, and he heard me. N my distress I cried unto 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the 2 Our feet shall stand with in thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. palaces. 3 He will not suffer thy foot 7 Peace be within thy walls, to be moved he that keep-and prosperity within thy eth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. PSALM 122. 1 David professeth his joy for the church, 6 and prayeth for the peace thereof. A Song of degrees of David. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. est in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our I WAS glad when they said God, until that he have unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have upon HEY trust in the for we are exceedingly filled TLXD that res mount with contempt. Zion, which cannot be re4 Our soul is exceedingly moved, but abideth for ever. filled with the scorning of 2 As the mountains are those that are at ease, and round about Jerusalem, so with the contempt of the the LORD is round about his proud. people from henceforth even for ever. ' PSALM 124. The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance. A Song of degrees of David. IF it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the rightcous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: 4 Then the waters had over-but peace shall be upon Israel. whelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. PSALM 125. 1 The safety of such as trust in God, 4 A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked. A Song of degrees. PSALM 126. 1 The church, celebrating her incredi- A Song of degrees. again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in | bour of thine hands: happy the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bring-4 Behold, that thus shall the ing his sheaves with him. PSALM 127. 1 The virtue of God's blessing. 3 Good children are his gift. A Song of degrees for Solomon. man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all EXCEPT the LORD build the days of thy life: the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, or sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. PSALM 129. 1 An exhortation to praise God for A Song of degrees. he giveth his beloved sleep. Micted me from my 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM 128. youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5 Let them all be confoundfollowed and turned back that hate Zion. The sundry blessings which BLE walketh in his ways. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth 2 For thou shalt eat the la-up: |