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. 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: 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 accordOing to thy judgment. 137 Righteous art thou, LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. 139 My zeal hath consumed 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. 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, 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 thỷ 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. 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 Ševen 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. : 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 are right commandments eousness. 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 CXX. 1 David prayeth against Doeg, 3 reproveth his tongue, 5 complaineth of his necessary conversation with the wicked. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me in Mesech, that I dwell in the | 2 Our feet shall stand withtents of Kedar ! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. PSALM CXXI. their trust in God's protection. WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot 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. 7 Peace be within thy walls, palaces. 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 CXXII. 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. PSALM CXXIII. 1 The godly profess their confidence in God, 3 and pray to be delivered from contempt. UN A Song of degrees. TNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest 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 mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O the house of the LORD. LORD, have mercy upon us: with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. PSALM CXXIV. The church blesseth God for a mi raculous 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: 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed 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 CXXV. 1 The safety of such as trust in God. 4 A prayer for the godly, and against the wicked. A Song of degrees. O LORD, as the streams in | bour of thine hands: happy the south. shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. PSALM CXXVII. 1 The virtue of God's blessing. 3 Good children are his gift. A Song of degrees for Solomon. EXCEPT the LORD build 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, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the 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 the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. PSALM CXXIX. 1 An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great aflictions. 5 The haters of the church are cursed. A Song of degrees. 3 Lo, children are a heritage MANY a time have they of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: of a mighty man; so are chil-yet they have not prevailed against me. 4 As arrows are in the hand dren of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that bath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. PSALM CXXVIII. 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 confoundThe sundry blessings which followed and turned back that hate them that fear God. |