fumed by the blow of thine me, he fpeaketh vanity: his hand. II When thou with rebukes doft correct man for iniquity, thou makeft his beauty to confume away like a moth: furely every man is vanity. Selah. heart gathereth iniquity to itself, when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7 All that hate me whifper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 12 Hear my prayer, O 8 An evil disease, say they, Lord, and give ear unto my cleaveth faft unto him: and cry, hold not thy peace at now that he lieth, he shall my tears: for I am a ftrang-rife up no more. er with thee, and a fojourner, as all my fathers were. 13 O fpare me, that I may recover ftrength, before I go hence, and be no more. PSAL. XLI. LESSED is he that confidereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preferve him, and keep him alive, and he fhall be bleffed upon the the earth; and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 9 Yea, mine Own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lift up his heel against me. 10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favoureft me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdeft me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 3 The Lord will strength13 Bleffed be the Lord en him upon the bed of lan-God of Ifrael, from everguifhing thou wilt make lafting, and to everlasting. all his bed in his fickness. Amen, and amen. God, for the living God: | gotten me? why go I mourn 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually fay unto me, Where is thy God?; 4 When I remember thefe things, I pour out my foul in me; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the houfe of God; with the voice of joy and praife, with a multitude that kept holy-day. 5 Why art thou caft down, O my foul? and why art thou difquieted in me? hope thou in God, for I fhall yet praife him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my foul is caft down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfpouts all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day-time, and in the night his fong fhall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 10 As with a fword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me: while they fay daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou caft down, O my foul? and why art thou difquieted within me? hope thou, in God, for I fhall yet praise him, whe is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSAL. XLIII. and plead my caufe aJUDGE me, O God, gainst an ungodly nation O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God.. of my ftrength, why doft thou caft me off? why go I mourning because of the oppreffion of the enemy? 3 O fend out thy light: and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praife thee, O God, my God. 5 Why art thou caft down, O my foul? and why art 9.I will fay unto God my rock, Why haft thou for-thou difquieted within me? hope . hope in God, for I fhall 8 All thy garments fmell yet praife him, who is the of myrrh, and aloes, and health of my countenance, caffia; out of the ivory paand my God. PSAL. XLV. Y heart is inditing a laces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable wo M good matter: I speak men: upon thy right hand of the things which I have made touching the king my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips therefore God hath bleffed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy fword upon thy thigh, O most mighty: with thy glory and thy majefty. did ftand the queen' in gold of Ophir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and confider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. 11 So fhall the king greatly defire thy beauty: for he is thy lord, and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre fhall be there with a gift, even the rich among the people fhall intreat thy favour. 4 And in thy majefty ride profperoufly, because of truth and meeknefs, and righteoufnefs and thy right hand 13 The king's daughter fhall teach thee terrible is all glorious within; her things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's énemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God; is for ever and ever: the fceptre of thy kingdom is a right fceptre. Thou loveft righteoufnefs, and hatest wickednefs: therefore God, thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladnefs above thy fellows. clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She fhall be brought unto the king in raiment of needle-work the virgins her companions that follow her, fhall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing fhall they be brought: they fhall enter into the king's palace. 16 Inftead of thy father's fhall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations therefore fhall the people praise thee for ever and ever. G PSALM XLVI. tions he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to ceafe unto the end of the earth, he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in funder, he burneth the chariot in the fire. to Be ftill, and know that OD is our refuge and I am God: I will be exalted ftrength, a very pre-among the heathen, I will fent help in trouble. be exalted in the earth. 2 Therefore will not we 11 The Lord of hosts is fear, though the earth be re-with us, the God of Jacob moved, and though the is our refuge. Selah. mountains be carried into the midst of the fea. 3 Though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled, though the mountains fhake with the fwelling thereof. Selah. 4 There is a river, the ftreams whereof fhall make glad the city of God: the holy place of the tabernacles of the moft High. 5 God is in the midst of her; fhe shall not be moved: God fhall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hofts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what defola PSALM XLVII. Clap your hands, all ye people, fhout unto God with the voice of triumph: 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He fhall fubdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He fhall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 5 God is gone up with a fhout, the Lord with the found of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, fing praifes: fing praises unto our King, fing praifes. 7 For God is the King of all the earth, fing ye praifes with understanding. Y 8 God 8 God reigneth over the for ever, and not fee corrupheathen: God fitteth upon tion. the throne of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the fhields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. H PSALM XLIX. EAR this, all ye people, give ear all ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor together.. 3 My mouth fhall fpeak of wisdom and the meditation of my heart fhall be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark faying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore fhould I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels fhall compaís me about? 6 They that truft in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches: 7 None of them can by any means redecem his brother, nor give to God a ranfom for, him: 8 (For the redemption of their foul is precious, and it ceafeth for ever.) 9 That he fhould ftill live 10 For he feeth that wife men die, likewife the fool and the brutish perfon perifh, and leave their wealth to others. II Their inward thought is, that their houfes fhall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless, man being in honour, abideth not: he is like the beasts that perifh. 13 This their way is their folly; yet their pofterity approve their fayings. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave, death fhall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty fhall confume in the grave, from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my foul from the power of the grave; for he fhall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. 17 For when he dieth, he fhall carry nothing away: his glory fhall not defcend after |