4 Their sorrows shall be multiply'd

to other gods that haste:

Of their drink-offerings of blood I will no off'ring make; Yea, neither I their very names up in my lips will take. 5 God is of mine inheritance and cup the portion; The lot that fallen is to me

thou dost maintain alone. 6 Unto me happily the lines in pleasant places fell; Yea, the inheritance I got in beauty doth excel.

7 I bless the Lord, because he doth
by counsel me conduct;
And in the seasons of the night

my reins do me instruct.

8 Before me still the Lord I set:
sith it is so that he

Doth ever stand at my right hand,
I shall not moved be.

9 Because of this my heart is glad,
and joy shall be exprest
Ev'n by my glory; and my flesh
in confidence shall rest.

10 Because my soul in grave to dwell shall not be left by thee;

Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One corruption to see.

11 Thou wilt me shew the path of life: of joys there is full store Before thy face; at thy right hand are pleasures evermore.

Did me preserve out of the paths
wherein destroyers go.

5 Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide in those thy paths divine,

So that my footsteps may not slide out of those ways of thine.

6 I called have on thee, O God, because thou wilt me hear: That thou may'st hearken to my to me incline thine ear.

[speech, 7 Thy wondrous loving-kindness show, thou that, by thy right hand, Sav'st them that trust in thee from that up against them stand. [those 8 As th' apple of the eye me keep;

in thy wings shade me close

9 From lewd oppressors, compassing me round, as deadly foes.

10 In their own fat they are inclos'd; their mouth speaks loftily.

11 Our steps they compass'd; and to ground

down bowing set their eye.

12 He like unto a lion is

that's greedy of his prey,

Or lion young, which lurking doth in secret places stay.

13 Arise, and disappoint my foe,

and cast him down, O Lord:

My soul save from the wicked man, the man which is thy sword.

14 From men, which are thy hand, O from worldly men me save, [Lord, Which only in this present life their part and portion have.

Whose belly with thy treasure hid thou fill'st: they children have In plenty; of their goods the rest they to their children leave. 15 But as for me, I thine own face in righteousness will see; And with thy likeness, when I wake, I satisfy'd shall be.

The horn of my salvation,

and my high tow'r, is he.

3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is
of praises, will I cry;
And then shall I preserved be
safe from mine enemy.
4 Floods of ill men affrighted me,
death's pangs about me went;
5 Hell's sorrows me environed;

death's snares did me prevent.

6 In my distress I call'd on God, cry to my God did I; He from his temple heard my voice, to his ears came my cry.

7 Th' earth, as affrighted, then did trembling upon it seiz'd: [shake, The hills' foundations moved were, because he was displeas'd.

8 Up from his nostrils came a smoke, and from his mouth there came Devouring fire, and coals by it were turned into flame.

9 He also bowed down the heav'ns, and thence he did descend;

And thickest clouds of darkness did under his feet attend.

10 And he upon a cherub rode,

and thereon he did fly;

Yea, on the swift wings of the wind his flight was from on high.

11 He darkness made his secret place: about him, for his tent,

Dark waters were, and thickest clouds

of th' airy firmament.

12 And at the brightness of that light, which was before his eye, His thick clouds pass'd away, hailand coals of fire did fly. [stones

13 The Lord God also in the heav'ns did thunder in his ire; And there the Highest gave his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.

14 Yea, he his arrows sent abroad,
and them he scattered;

His lightnings also he shot out,
and them discomfited.

15 The waters' channels then were seen,
the world's foundations vast
At thy rebuke discover'd were,
and at thy nostrils' blast.

16 And from above the Lord sent down, and took me from below; From many waters he me drew, which would me overflow. 17 He me reliev'd from my strong foes, and such as did me hate; Because he saw that they for me

too strong were, and too great. 18 They me prevented in the day of my calamity;

19

But even then the Lord himself
a stay was unto me.

He to a place where liberty
and room was hath me brought;
Because he took delight in me,
he my deliv'rance wrought.

20 According to my righteousness
he did me recompense,
He me repaid according to
my hands' pure innocence.
21 For I God's ways kept, from my God
did not turn wickedly.

22 His judgments were before me, I
his laws put not from me.

23 Sincere before him was my heart;
with him upright was I;
And watchfully I kept myself
from mine iniquity.

24 After my righteousness the Lord
hath recompensed me,

After the cleanness of my hands
appearing in his eye.

25 Thou gracious to the gracious art,
to upright men upright:
26 Pure to the pure, froward thou
unto the froward wight. [kyth'st
27 For thou wilt the afflicted save
in grief that low do lie:

But wilt bring down the countenance of them whose looks are high. 28 The Lord will light my candle so, that it shall shine full bright: The Lord my God will also make my darkness to be light.

29 By thee through troops of men I and them discomfit all;

And, by my God assisting me,

I overleap a wall.

[break,

30 As for God, perfect is his way: the Lord his word is try'd;

He is a buckler to all those

who do in him confide.

31 Who but the Lord is God? but he who is a rock and stay?

32 'Tis God that girdeth me with strength,

and perfect makes my way.

33 He made my feet swift as the hinds, set me on my high places.

[arms 34 Mine hands to war he taught, mine brake bows of steel in pieces.

35 The shield of thy salvation

thou didst on me bestow: Thy right hand held me up, and great thy kindness made me grow.

36 And in my way my steps thou hast enlarged under me,

That I go safely, and my feet
are kept from sliding free.

37 Mine en'mies I pursued have,
and did them overtake;
Nor did I turn again till I

an end of them did make.

;

38 I wounded them, they could not rise they at my feet did fall. [war; 39 Thou girdedst me with strength for my foes thou brought'st down all: 40 And thou hast giv'n to me the necks of all mine enemies;

That I might them destroy and slay, who did against me rise.

41 They cried out, but there was none that would or could them save; Yea, they did cry unto the Lord,

but he no answer gave.

42 Then did I beat them small as dust before the wind that flies;

And I did cast them out like dirt
upon the street that lies.

43 Thou mad'st me free from people's and heathen's head to be: [strife, A people whom I have not known shall service do to me.

44 At hearing they shall me obey, to me they shall submit.

45 Strangers for fear shall fade away, who in close places sit.

46 God lives, bless'd be my Rock; the of my health praised be. [God 47 God doth avenge me, and subdues the people under me.

48 He saves me from mine enemies; yea, thou hast lifted me

Above my foes; and from the man of vi'lence set me free.

49 Therefore to thee will I give thanks the heathen folk among;

And to thy name, O Lord, I will
sing praises in a song.

50 He great deliv'rance gives his king:
he mercy doth extend
To David, his anointed one,
and his seed without end.

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1 THE heav'ns God's glory do declare, the skies his hand-works preach:

2 Day utters speech to day, and night to night doth knowledge teach. 3 There is no speech nor tongue to which

their voice doth not extend:

4 Their line is gone through all the

5

earth,

their words to the world's end.

In them he set the sun a tent; Who, bridegroom-like, forth goes From's chamber, as a strong man to run his race rejoice. [doth 6 From heav'n's end is his going forth, circling to th' end again;

And there is nothing from his heat that hidden doth remain.

7 God's law is perfect, and converts
the soul in sin that lies:
God's testimony is most sure,
and makes the simple wise.

8 The statutes of the Lord are right,
and do rejoice the heart:

The Lord's command is pure, and light to the eyes impart.

[doth

4 Grant thee thine heart's wish, and thy thoughts and counsel wise.

5 In thy salvation we will joy;

in our God's name we will Display our banners: and the Lord thy prayers all fulfil.

6 Now know I God his king doth save: he from his holy heav'n

Will hear him, with the saving strength

by his own right hand giv'n. 7 In chariots some put confidence, some horses trust upon :

But we remember will the name of our Lord God alone.

8 We rise, and upright stand, when they are bowed down, and fall.

9 Deliver, Lord; and let the King us hear, when we do call.

And thou from him didst not withhold

whate'er his lips did crave.

3 For thou with blessings him preof goodness manifold;

[vent'st And thou hast set upon his head a crown of purest gold.

4 When he desired life of thee,

thou life to him didst give;

Ev'n such a length of days, that he for evermore should live.

5 In that salvation wrought by thee
his glory is made great;
Honour and comely majesty
thou hast upon him set.

6 Because that thou for evermore
most blessed hast him made;
And thou hast with thy countenance
made him exceeding glad.

7 Because the king upon the Lord his confidence doth lay;

And through the grace of the most shall not be mov'd away. [High

8 Thine hand shall all those men find that en'mies are to thee; [out Ev'n thy right hand shall find out of thee that haters be.

[those

9 Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make, when kindled is thine ire; God shall them swallow in his wrath, devour them shall the fire.

10 Their fruit from earth thou shalt destroy,

their seed men from among: 11 For they beyond their might 'gainst did plot mischief and wrong. [thee

12 Thou therefore shalt make them turn back,

when thou thy shafts shalt place Upon thy strings, made ready all

to fly against their face.

13 In thy great pow'r and strength, O be thou exalted high;

[Lord,

So shall we sing with joyful hearts, thy power praise shall we.

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1 My God, my God, why hast thou me forsaken? why so far

Art thou from helping me, and from my words that roaring are?

2 All day, my God, to thee I cry, yet am not heard by thee; And in the season of the night

I cannot silent be.

3 But thou art holy, thou that dost inhabit Isr'el's praise.

4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd, and thou didst them release.

5 When unto thee they sent their cry, to them deliv'rance came:

Because they put their trust in thee, they were not put to shame.

6 But as for me, a worm I am,

and as no man am priz'd: Reproach of men I am, and by the people am despis'd.

7 All that me see laugh me to scorn; shoot out the lip do they; [me, They nod and shake their heads at and, mocking, thus do say,

8 This man did trust in God, that he would free him by his might: Let him deliver him, sith he had in him such delight.

9 But thou art he out of the womb that didst me safely take;

When I was on my mother's breasts thou me to hope didst make. 10 And I was cast upon thy care,

ev'n from the womb till now; And from my mother's belly, Lord, my God and guide art thou. 11 Be not far off, for grief is near, and none to help is found.

12 Bulls many compass me, strong bulls of Bashan me surround.

[me,

13 Their mouths they open'd wide on upon me gape did they, Like to a lion ravening and roaring for his prey.

14 Like water I'm pour'd out, my bones all out of joint do part: Amidst my bowels, as the wax, so melted is my heart.

15 My strength is like a potsherd dry'd; my tongue it cleaveth fast Unto my jaws; and to the dust of death thou brought me hast.

16 For dogs have compass'd me about: the wicked, that did meet In their assembly, me inclos'd; they pierc'd my hands and feet.

17 I all my bones may tell; they do
upon me look and stare.
18 Upon my vesture lots they cast,

and clothes among them share. 19 But be not far, O Lord, my strength; haste to give help to me.

20 From sword my soul, from pow'r of my darling set thou free. [dogs

21 Out of the roaring lion's mouth do thou me shield and save: For from the horns of unicorns an ear to me thou gave.

22 I will shew forth thy name unto those that my brethren are; Amidst the congregation

thy praise I will declare.

23 Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear; him glorify all ye

The seed of Jacob; fear him all

that Isr'el's children be.

24 For he despis'd not nor abhorr'd th' afflicted's misery;

Nor from him hid his face, but heard when he to him did cry.

25 Within the congregation great my praise shall be of thee;

My vows before them that him fear shall be perform'd by me.

[fill'd;

26 The meek shall eat, and shall be they also praise shall give Unto the Lord that do him seek: your heart shall ever live.

27 All ends of th' earth remember shall, and turn the Lord unto;

All kindreds of the nations