The prayer of the afflicted. PSALMS. H [EAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day God to be praised for his mercy. 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall when I am in trouble; incline thine ear continue, and their seed shall be establishunto me in the day when I call, answer ed before thee. me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD: and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; PSALM CIII. BLESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. a 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. is 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto chil 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death ;dren's children; The mighty power and PSALMS. wonderful providence of God. 18 To such as keep his covenant, and 19 He appointeth the moon for seasons. to those that remember his commandments the sun knoweth his going down. to do them. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne night: wherein all the beasts of the forest in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth do creep forth. over all. 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM CIV. B X LESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the therein. heavens like a curtain: 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou 3 Who layeth the beams of his cham-mayest give them their meat in due season. bers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his cham bers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth: 28 That thou givest them, they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. I I 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as live: I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: will be glad in the LORD. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CV. GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. of man, and oil to make his face to shine,| 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: and bread which strengtheneth man's seek his face evermore. heart. 5 Remember his marvellous works that 16 The trees of the LORD are full of he hath done; his wonders, and the judgsap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he ments of his mouth; hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. 6 Oye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen 7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. 8 He hath remembered his covenant and over the Israelites. ver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. 40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 13 When they went from one nation to 42 For he remembered his holy promise, another, from one kingdom to another and Abraham his servant. people; 43 And he brought forth his people with 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: joy, and his chosen with gladness: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 44 And gave them the lands of the hea15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, then and they inherited the labour of the and do my prophets no harm. people; 16 Moreover he called for a famine up- 45 That they might observe his statutes, on the land he brake the whole staff of and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. bread. PSALM CVI. 17 He sent a man before them, even Jo-DRAISE ye the LORD. O give thanks seph, who was sold for a servant: unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? 3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people : 0 visit me with thy salvation; 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. nation, that I may glory with thine inhe24 And he increased his people great-ritance. ly; and made them stronger than their 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done 25 He turned their heart to hate his wickedly. people, to deal subtilely with his servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. enemies. 27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works, they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of theirground. 36 He smote also all the first-born in their land, the chief of all their strength. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, 37 He brought them forth also with sil-and Aaron the saint of the LORD. The rebellion of the people, PSALMS. and the anger of God. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, Dathan, and covered the company of and they were brought into subjection Abiram. under their hand. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness : 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CVII. ever. GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is good for his mercy endureth for 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and ex- dwell in. ecuted judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their 38 And shed innocent blood, even the heart with labour; they fell down, and blood of their sons and of their daughters, there was none to help. whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Ca- 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in naan: and the land was polluted with blood. their trouble, and he saved them out of 39 Thus were they defiled with their their distresses. own works, and went a whoring with 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD bands in sunder. kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. David exhorts to praise God. PSALMS. David's confidence in God. 17 Fools, because of their transgression, affliction, and maketh him families like a and because of their iniquities are afflicted. flock. 18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of 42 The righteous shall see it, and remeat; and they draw near to the gates of joice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. death. 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their these things, even they shall understand trouble, and he saveth them out of their the loving-kindness of the LORD. distresses. PSALM CVIII. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, TA Song or Psalm of David. and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the Lions.GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. : 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the heavens: and thy glory above all the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water-springs into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for earth; 6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly · for he it is that shall tread down our ene mies. PSALM CIX. To the chief Musician, APsalm of David. H praise; 35 He turneth the wilderness into a 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the standing water, and dry ground into water-mouth of the deceitful are opened against springs. me: they have spoken against me with a 36 And there he maketh the hungry to lying tongue. dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vine 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. yards, which may yield fruits of increase. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again,they are diminished and brought but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and low through oppression, affliction, and let Satan stand at his right hand. sorrow. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, condemned: and let his prayer become and causeth them to wander in the wilder-sin. ness, where there is no way. 8 Let his days be few; and let another 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from take his office. |