Annotations on the Bible Volume 1
6. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof .
7. The law of the LORD is perfect , converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure , making wise the simple .
8. The statutes of the LORD are right rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the LORD is pure , enlightening the eyes .
9. The fear of the LORD is clean , enduring forever : the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether u.
10. More to •… e desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey , and the honey comb .
11. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward .
12. Who can understand his Errors ? cleanse thou me from secret faults .
13. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins , let them not have dominion over m •… : then shall I be upright , and I shall be innocent from the great transgression .
14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight , O LORD my strength and my redeemer . &c.
PSAL. XX.
This Psalm contains a Prayer to be used by the People, both now on the behalf of King David, when he was undertaking some great Expedition, going forth, as is supposed, against the Ammonites, and Syrians, 2 Sam. 10. or some other potent Enemies, and hereafter in like Cases.
To the chief musician, a Psalm of David.
1. THe LORD hear thee in the day of trouble : the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee.
2. Send thee help from the sanctuary : and strengthen thee out of Zion.
3. Remember all thy offerings , and accept thy burnt-sacrifice, S •… lah.
4. Grant thee according to thine own heart , and fulfil all thy counsels .
5. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the Name of our God we will set up our banners : the LORD fulfil all thy Petitions.
6. Now know I , that the LORD saveth his anointed , he will hear him from his holy Heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
7. Some trust in chariots, and some in Horses: but we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.
8. They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright .
PSAL. XXI.
To the chief musician, Psalm of David.
1. THe king shall joy in thy strength a, O LORD, and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice?
2. Thou hast given him his hearts desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness ; thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4. He asked life of thee , and thou gavest it him, even length of days forever and ever .
5. His glory is great in thy salvation : honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him
6. For thou hast made him most blessed forever : thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance .
7. For the king trusteth in the LORD: and through the mercy of the most High, he shall not be moved .
8. Thine hand shall find out all thine Enemies , thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11. For they intended evil against thee : they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform .
12. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back , when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings, against the face of them ?
13. Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength : so will we sing and praise thy Power.
PSAL. XXII.
That question mentioned, Act. 8. 34. is very Proper here, Of whom speaketh the Prophet this (Psalm?) of himself, or of some other Man? It is confessed that David was a Type of Christ, and that many Psalms or passages of the Psalms, though properly and literally understood of David, yet had a farther and Mystical reference to Christ, in whom they were accomplished. But there are some other Psalms or passages in the Psalms, as also some Chapters or passages in other Prophets, especially in Isaiah, who lived not very long after David, which either by those sacred Pen-men, or at least by the Holy Ghost inspiring them, which is one and the same thing, were directly, Primarily and Immediately intended for, and are Properly and literally to be understood of the Messias; though withal there may be some respect and allusion to the state of the Penman himself, who being a Type of Christ, it is not strange if there be many Resemblances between them. And this seems to be the state of this Psalm, which is understood of the Messias, by the Hebrew Doctors themselves, and by Christ himself, and by his Apostles, as we shall see. And there are many passages in it, which were most literally accomplished in him, and cannot in a tolerable Sence be understood of any other, as we shall see in the particular Verses. And therefore, I doubt not, that David, though he had an Eye to his own Condition, in divers passages here used, yet was carried forth by the Spirit of Prophecy beyond himself and unto Christ, to whom alone it truly and fully agrees.
To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar , a Psalm of David.
1. MY God , my God , why hast thou forsaken me ? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring ?
2. O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest me not; and in the night-season, and am not silent .
3. But thou art holy , O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel .
4. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them .
5. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee and were not confounded .
6. But I am a Worm and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people .
7. All they that see me, laugh me to scorn : they shoot out the lip , they shake the head , saying .
8. He trusted on the LORD , that he would deliver him , let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him .
9. But thou art he that took me out of the Womb ; thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mothers breasts .
10. I was cast upon thee from the Womb: thou art my God from my Mothers belly.
11. Be not far from me , for trouble is near ; for there is none to help .
12. Nany bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13. They gaped upon me with their mouths , as a ravening and a roaring lyon.
14. I am poured out like waters , and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15. My strength is dried like a potsherd : and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws ; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death .
16. For dogs have compassed me, the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me, they pierced my hands and my feet .
17. I may tell all my bones : they look and stare upon me .
18. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture .
19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD; O my strength hast thee to help me.
20. Deliver my soul from the sword : my darling from the power of the dog.
21. Save me from the lions mouth, for thou hast heard me , from the horns of the unicorns .
22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23. Ye that fear the LORD, praise him ; all ye the seed of Jacob glorify him; and fear him, all ye seed of Israel .
24. For he hath not despised , nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted: neither hath he hid his face from him , but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation : I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied : they shall praise the LORD that seek him ; your heart shall live forever .
27. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28. For the kingdom is the LORD'S, and he is the governor among the nations .
29. All they that be fat upon the earth , shall eat and worship , all they that go down to the dust , shall bow before him, and none can keep alive his own soul .
30. A seed shall serve him, it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation .
31. They i shall come , and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born , that he hath done this .
PSAL. XXIII.
The matter of this Psalm, gives us some general Discovery of the time of it's writing; which was when David was delivered out of his Distresses, and quietly settled in his Kingdom.
A Psalm of David.
1. THe LORD is my shepherd , I shall no •… want .
2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness , for his names sake .
4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil : for thou ar •… with me, thy rod and thy staff , they comfort me .
5. Thou preparest a table before me, in the presence of mine enemies : thou anointest mine head with oil , my cup runneth over .
6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my Life , and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever .
PSAL. XXIV.
This Psalm is generally and probably thought to have been Composed by David upon that solemn Occasion, of bringing the Ark of God from the House of Obed-Edom, into the Tabernacle which David had built for it, 2 Sam. 6. Wherein he hath a further Prospect even to the Temple which he earnestly desired, and intended to build, and which he knew would be built by his Son. And when this was done, and the Ark brought into it, this Psalm was to be •… ung, and indeed to this time it seems chiefly directed. For David's Psalms were not only used by himself upon the first Occasions for which he made them, but they were committed to the Pre •… of sacred Music, for the use of the Church i •… all succeeding times. And being a Prophet, he speaks, as the Prophets used, of things to come, as if they were already present, and turns his Speech to the Temple, and it's Gates as if they were now built. Moreover because the Tabernacle and Temple and Ark were manifest Types of Christ, and of his Church, and of the Place, and state of Heavenly Glory, David extended his thoughts to them also, or at least the Holy Ghost designed to comprehend them under these Typical Expressions.
A Psalm of David.
1. THe earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof : the world, and they that dwell therein.
2. For he hath founded it upon the seas , and established it upon the floods .
3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD ? and who shall stand in his holy place ?
4. He that hath clean hands , and a pure heart ; who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity , nor sworn deceitfully .
5. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD , and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6. This is the generation of them that seek him , that seek thy face , O Jacob r Selah.
7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye▪ everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in. ,.
8. Who is the King of glory ? the LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle .
9. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in .
10. Who is this King of glory? the LORD of host , he is the King of glory, Selah.
PSAL. XXV.
This Psalm seems to have been Composed, when David was under some straights and pressures, when his outward afflictions were accompanied with inward •… horrors of Conscience for his sins, by which he had forfeited God's favor, and procured these Calamities to himself.
A Psalm of David.
1. UNto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul .
2. O my God, I trust in thee, let me not be ashamed : let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed , let them be ashamed which transgress without a cause .
4. Shew me thy ways , O LORD, teach me thy paths.
5. Lead me in thy truth , and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation , on thee do I wait all the day.
6. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies, and thy loving kindnesses for they have been ever of old .
7. Remember not the sins of my youth , nor my transgressions according to thy mercy remember thou me, for thy goodness sake , O LORD.
8. Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way .
9. The meek will he guide in judgment : and the meek will he teach his way .
10. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth , unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11. For thy names sake , O LORD, pardon mine iniquity: for it is great .
12. What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose .
13. His soul shall dwell at ease ; and his see •… shall inherit the earth .
14. The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant .
15. Mine eyes are ever towards the LORD : for he shall pluck my feet out of the net .
16. Turn thee unto me , and have mercy upon me: for I am desolate and afflicted.
17. The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
18. Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my sins .
19. Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20. O keep my soul and deliver me: let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.
21. Let integrity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 preserve me : for I wait o •… thee.
PSAL. XXVI.
This Psalm was certainly made by David, when he was in Distress, and particularly when he was falsely accused, and defamed by his Adversaries, as he frequently was by Saul, and his Courtiers: and therefore for his Vindication, he makes a solemn appeal to God, and a Protest •… tion of his own Innocency, to which he was forced by their Clamours and Reproaches.
A Psalm of David:
1 JUdge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity : I have trusted also in the LORD : therefore I shall not slide .
2. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me ; try my reins and my heart.
3. For thy loving kindness is before mine eyes : and I have walked in thy truth .
4. I have not sat with vain persons , neither will I go in with dissemblers .
5. I have hated the congregation of evil doers : and will not sit with the wicked.
6. I will wash mine hands in innocence : so will I compass thine altar , O LORD.
7. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving , and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8. LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house , and the place where thine honor dwelleth.
9. Gather not my soul with sinners , nor my life with bloody men.
10. In whose▪ hands is mischief : and their right hand is full of bribes.
11. But as for me, I will walk in mine Integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12. My foot standeth in an even place : in the congregations will I bless the LORD▪
PSAL. XXVII.
It is apparent from the Body of this Psalm, that David was not yet fully delivered from the Trouble which his Enemies gave him, both by their Slaunders and other ways. But whether it belong to that History which is recorded, 2 Sam. 21. 15, 16, 17. as the Jews conceive, whom some others follow, is wholly uncertain, and not necessary for us to know.
A Psalm of David.
1. THe LORD is my light , and my salvation, whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life , of whom shall I be afraid?
2. When the wicked, even mine enemies, and my foes came upon me to •… at up my flesh , they stumbled and fell.
3. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4. One thing have I desired of the LORD , that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my Life , to behold the beauty of the LORD , and to inquire in his temple .
5. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me, he shall set me up upon a rock .
6. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy, I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8. When thou saidst , seek ye my face ; my heart said unto thee , thy face, LORD will I seek.
9. Hide not thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from me, •… ut not thy servant away i •… 〈◊〉 : though •… hast been my help, leave me not, 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 me, O God of my salvation.
10. When my father and my mother forsake me , then the LORD will 〈◊〉 me up .
11. Teach me thy way , O LORD, and lead me in a plain path , because of mine enemies .
12. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breath out cruelty .
13. I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living .
14. Wait on the LORD : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I say, on the LORD.
PSAL. XXVIII.
This Psalm seems to be made upon the same Occasion with the former, and is mixed, as many others of his Psalms are, of Hopes and Fears, of Prayers and Praises.
A Psalm of David.
1. UNto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock, be not silent to me: lest if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit .
2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee: when I lift up my hands towards thy holy oracle .
3. Draw me not away with the wicked , and with the workers of iniquity: which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their heart .
4. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors : give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.
5. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands , he shall destroy them, and not build them up .
6. Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7. The LORD is my strength and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him.
8. The LORD is their strength , and he is the saving strength l of his anointed .
9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance : feed them also, and lift them up forever.
PSAL. XXIX.
It is supposed that this Psalm was made upon the Occasion of some terrible tempest of Thunder, and Rain: which God might possibly send in the time of Battle to assist David, and discomfit his Enemies; as he had done formerly upon like Occasions. It contains an Admonition to the Potentates of the Earth, and especially to those who bordered upon the Land of Israel, that they would own and Worship the true God: which he presseth from the great Majesty, and Power of Israel's God above all other God's, and particularly, from that great and glorious instance thereof in Thunder: which hath struck the proudest Monarchs with the dread of that God, whom at other times they despised.
A Psalm of David.
1 GIve unto the LORD, O ye mighty , give unto the LORD b glory and strength .
2. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness .
3. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters : the God of glory thundereth, the LORD is upon many waters .
4. The voice of the LORD is powerful: the voice of the LORD is full of majesty .
5. The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars : yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon .
6. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Syrion like a young unicorn .
7. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8. The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness : the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh .
9. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve , and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth everyone speak of his glory.
10. The LORD sitteth upon the flood : yea, the LORD sitteth King forever.
11. The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace .
PSAL. XXX.
A Psalm and song , at the dedication of the house of David .
1. I Will extol thee, O LORD, for thou hast lifted me up , and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me .
2. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me .
3. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave : thou hast kept me alive , that I should not go down to the pit .
4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness .
5. For his anger endureth but a moment , in his favor is life : weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning .
6. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved .
7. LORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong , thou didst hide thy face , and I was troubled .
8. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9. What profit is there in my blood , when I go down to the pit ? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10. Hear O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my saccloth , and girded me with gladness .
12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent; O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever.
PSAL. XXXI.
This Psalm was Composed either, when David was in great Distress; Or afterwards in remembrance thereof, and of God's singular Goodness in delivering him out of it, whence it is mixed of Prayers and Praises, of Hopes and Fears. But what those particular Troubles were, which David here speaks, is only matter of Conjecture, and therefore I shall rather omit, than Confidently determine.
To the chief musician, A Psalm of David.
1. IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust, let me never be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness .
2. Bow down thine ear to me, deliver me speedily : be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.
3. For thou art my rock, and my fortress: therefore for thy names sake lead me, and guide me .
4. Pull me out of the net, that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5. Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou hast redeemed me , O LORD God of truth .
6. I have hated them that regard lying vanities : but I trust in the LORD.
7. I will be glad, and rejoice in thy Mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities.
8. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : thou hast set my foot in a large room .
9. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief , yea, my soul , and my belly .
10. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity , and my bones are consumed .
11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbors , and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me .
12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel .
13. For I have heard the slander of many : fear was on every side, while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14. But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God l.
15. My times are in thy hand : deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : save me for thy mercies sake.
17. Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon thee : let the wicked be ashamed , and let them be silent in the grave .
18. Let the lying lips be put to silence , which speak grievous things , proudly and contemptuously against the righteous .
19. O how great is thy goodness , which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men .
20. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues .
21. Blessed be the LORD; for he hath shown me his marvelous kindness in a strong city .
22. For I said in my hast , I am cut off from before thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23. O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful , and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer .
24. Be of good courage , and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
PSAL. XXXII.
A Psalm of David, Maschil .
1. BLessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered .
2. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity , and in whose spirit there is no guile .
3. When I kept silence , my bones waxed old e; through my roaring all the day long .
4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture was turned into the drought of summer , Selah.
5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin , Selah.
6. For this shall everyone that is godly, pray unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be •… ound : surely in the flood of great waters , they shall not come nigh unto him .
7. Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance , Selah.
8. I will instruct thee , and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go : I will guide thee with mine eye .
9. Be ye not as the horse, Or, as the mule which have no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee .
10. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that trusteth in the LORD , mercy shall compass him about.
11. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice ye righteous: and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart.
PSAL. XXXIII.
This Psalm contains a Celebration of God, for his great and glorious Works both of Creation and Providence.
1. REjoyce in the LORD , O ye righteous, for praise is comely for the upright .
2. Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery, and an instrument of ten strings .
3. Sing unto him a new song , play skillfully with a loud noise.
4. For the word of the LORD is right : and all his works are done in truth .
5. He loveth righteousness and judgment : the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD .
6. By the word of the LORD , were the heavens made: and all the host of them , by the breath of his mouth .
7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as an heap : he layeth up the depths in store houses .
8. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world, stand in awe of him.
9. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast r.
10. The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11. The counsel of the LORD standeth forever , the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance .
13. The LORD looketh from heaven: he beholdeth all the sons of men .
14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15. He fashioneth their hearts alike : he considereth all their works .
16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host : a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18. Behold the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him : upon them that hope in his mercy .
19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21. For our heart shall rejoice in him: because we have trusted in his holy name.
22. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us according as we hope in thee.
PSAL. XXXIV.
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech : who drove him away, and he departed.
1. I Will bless the LORD at all times : his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD : the humble shall hear thereof and be glad .
3. O magnify the LORD with me , and let us exalt his name together .
4. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5. They looked unto him , and were lightened , and their faces were not ashamed .
6. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him; and saved him out of all his troubles.
7. The Angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8. O taste and see that the LORD is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9. O fear the LORD , ye his Saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing .
11. Come ye children , hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD .
12. What man is he that desireth life , and loveth many days, that he may see good ?
13. Keep thy tongue from evil , and thy lips from speaking guile .
14. Depart from evil , and do good : seek peace , and pursue it .
15. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous , and his ears are open unto their cry.
16. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil , to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth .
17. The righteous cry o, and the LORD heareth; and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart: and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit .
19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20. He keepeth all his bones ; not one of them is broken .
21. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous , shall be desolate.
22. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants : and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
PSAL. XXXV.
This Psalm was Penned by David, when he was s •… andred and persecuted by Saul and his Servants, as is manifest from the whole Body of it.
A Psalm of David.
1. PLead my cause, O LORD , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2. Take hold of shield and buckler , and stand up for mine help.
3. Draw out also the spear , and stop the may against them that persecute me: say unto my soul , I am thy salvation.
4. Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seek after my soul; let them be turned back , and brought to confusion, that devise my hurt.
5. Let them be as chaff before the wind : and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6. Let their way be dark and slippery , and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7. For without cause have they hid for me their net, in a pit, which without cause they digged for my soul .
8. Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he hath hid, catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9. And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD : it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10. All my bones shall say , LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him!
11. False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not .
12. They rewarded me evil for good , to the spoiling of my soul .
13. But as for me, when they were sick , my clothing was saccloth : I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom .
14. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend, Or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother .
15. But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together : yea, the abjects , gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not ; they did tear me , and ceased not .
16. With hypocritical mockers in feasts : they gnashed upon me with their teeth .
17. LORD, how long wilt thou look on ? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation : I will praise thee among * much people.
19. Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me, neither let them wink with their eye , that hate me without a cause.
20. For they speak not peace : but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land .
21. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me , and said Aha, aha , our eye hath seen it z.
22. This thou hast seen , O LORD, keep not silence b: O LORD, be not far from me .
23. Stir up thyself and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause , my God and my Lord.
24. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness , and let them not rejoice over me.
25. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it : let them not say, we have swallowed him up.
26. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together , that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor, that magnify themselves against me.
27. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause : yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified , which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day long.
PSAL. XXXVI.
This Psalm seems to have been Composed by David, when he was persecuted by Saul and his Courtiers. Upon which occasion he enlargeth his Thoughts further, and Contemplates the sad state and Condition of the World, and of the Church at that time, in which Wickedness of all sorts greatly abounded and seemed to Prosper; and withal, he declares the great Felicity and Safety of God's People, and gives an Account of their supports and Comforts, under the Sence of these public Dis-orders and Mischiefs.
To the chief musician, a Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD .
1. THe transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes .
2. For he flattereth himself in his own eyes , until his iniquity be found to be hateful .
3. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit : he hath left off to be wise, and to do good .
4. He deviseth mischief upon his bed , he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil .
5. Thy mercy , O LORD, is in the heavens , and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds, .
6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy judgments are a great deep : O LORD, * thou preservest man and beast .
7. How excellent is thy loving kindness , O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings .
8. They shall be abundantly satisfied , with the fatness of thy house : and thou shalt make them drink , of the river of thy pleasures .
9. For with thee is the fountain of Life : in thy light , shall we see light .
10. O continue thy loving kindness unto them, that know thee : and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11. Let not the foot of pride come against me , and let not the hand of the wicked remove me .
12. There are the workers of iniquity fallen t: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
PSAL. XXXVII.
The design of this Psalm, is to de •… end the Providence of God, and to satisfy the minds of Men, in that great question, concerning the seeming inequality of God's dispensations, in afflicting good Men, and giving Prosperity to the worst of Men, and to instruct God's People, how to demean themselves in their present Condition, and what supports and Comforts they have in it.
A Psalm of David.
1. FRet not thyself, because of evil doers , neither be thou envious , against the workers of iniquity.
2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb .
3. Trust in the LORD , and do good , so shalt thou dwell in the land , and verily thou shalt be fed .
4. Delight thyself also in the LORD ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart ▪
5. Commit thy way unto the LORD: trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass .
6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light , and thy judgment as the noon-day.
7. Rest in the LORD p, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way , because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8. Cease from anger s, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise, to do evil .
9. For evil doers shall be cut off : but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the Earth .
10. For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be : yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place , and it shall not be .
11. But the meek , shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace .
12. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth .
13. The LORD shall laugh at him , for he seeth that his day is coming.
14. The wicked, have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation .
15. Their sword shall enter into their own heart , and their bows shall be broken.
16. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked .
17. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous .
18. The LORD knoweth the days of the upright : and their inheritance shall be forever .
19. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine, they shall be satisfied.
20. But the wicked shall perish, and the Enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs , they shall consume: into smoke shall they consume away.
21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : but the righteous showeth mercy and giveth.
22. For such as be blessed of him , shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him, shall be cut off.
23. The steps of a good man , are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way .
24. Though he fall , he shall not be utterly cast down ; for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25. I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread .
26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth : and his seed is blessed .
27. Depart from evil, And do good : and dwell for evermore .
28. For the LORD loveth judgment , and forsaketh not his Saints , they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29. The righteous shall inherit the land , and dwell therein forever .
30. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom ; and his tongue talketh of judgment .
31. The law of his God is in his heart , none of his steps shall slide .
32. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33. The LORD will not leave him in his hand , nor condemn him when he is judged.
34. Wait on the LORD , and keep his way , and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it .
35. I have seen the wicked in great power , and spreading himself like a green bay-tree .
36. Yet he passed away , and lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found .
37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace .
38. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together , the end of the wicked shall be cut off .
39. But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD , he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40. And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them because they trust in him.
PSAL. XXXVIII.
This is reckoned one of David' s penitential Psalms. It was Composed upon occasion of some sore Disease, or grievous Calamity; which he rightly judged to be inflicted upon him for his sins.
A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance .
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure .
2. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore .
3. There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there any rest in my bones , because of my sin .
4. For mine iniquities are gone over my head : as an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5. My wounds stink, and are corrupt : because of my foolishness .
6. I am troubled , I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7. For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8. I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart .
9. Lord, all my desire is before thee: and my groaning is not hid from thee .
10. My heart panteth , my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me .
11. My lover and my friends stand aloof , from my sore: and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12. They also that seek after my life, lay snares for me : and they that seek my hurt, speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13. But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man, that openeth not his mouth .
14. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs .
15. For in thee, O LORD, do I hope : thou wilt hear, O LORD my God.
16. For I said , Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me : when my foot slippeth , they magnify themselves against me .
17. For I am ready to halt , and my sorrow is continually before me .
18. For I will declare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin .
19. But mine enemies are lively , and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20. They also that render evil for good , are mine adversaries: because I follow the thing that good is .
21. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
PSAL. XXXIX.
This Psalm was written by David, when his Mind was much discomposed and disquieted, with the Contemplation of the Prosperity of sinners, and the afflictions of the Godly; which being Exemplified in himself and in his Enemies, he speaks of the Case not in general, but as in his own Person.
To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun , A Psalm of David.
1. I Said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth as with a bridle , while the wicked is before me .
2. I was dumb with silence , I held my peace, even from good , and my sorrow was stirred .
3. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing , the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue .
4. LORD , make me to know my end , and the measure of my days, what it is , that I may know how frail I am .
5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth , and mine age is nothing before thee : verily every man at his best State , is altogether vanity , Selah.
6. Surely every man walketh in a vain show : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth •… ot who shall gather them .
7. And now LORD, what wait I for? my hope is in thee .
8. De •… ver me from all my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ; make me not the reproach of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 .
9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it .
10. Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed , by the blow of thine hand.
11. When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity , thou makest his beauty to consume away like a m •… th : surely every man is vanity , Selah.
12. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry, hold not thy peace at my Tears : for I am a stranger with thee , and a sojourner, as all my fathers were .
13. O spare me , that I may recov •… r strength , before I go hence , and be no more.
PSAL. XL.
This Psalm is a Celebration of God's great Goodness and Mercy vouchsafed unto him, and all his People. It is certain and Evident that David speaks some things in this Book of Psalms, in his own Name and Person, and some things in the Name and Person of Christ, of whom he was an eminent Type; and that sometimes he speaks in both these Capacities in the same Psalm; as hath been noted before. And this seems to be the Condition of this Psalm: wherein there are some Passages which cannot belong to Christ, as v. 13. and some which do not properly belong to David, or to that time and state of the Church, but only to Christ, and to the Times of the New Testament, as v. 6, 7.
To the chief musician, A Psalm of David.
1. I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit , out of the miry clay , and set my seat upon a rock , and established my goings .
3. And he hath put a new song in my Mouth , even praise unto our God: many shall see it , and fear , and shall trust in the LORD .
4. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust : and respecteth not the proud , nor such as turn aside to lies .
5. Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered .
6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire , mine ears hast thou opened : burnt offering and sin- offering hast thou not required.
7. Then said I , Lo, I come : in the Volume of the book, it is † written of me :
8. I delight to do thy will , O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart .
9. I have preached righteousness , in the great congregation : •… o I have not refrained my lips , O LORD, thou knowest .
10. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart , I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy loving kindness, and thy truth from the great congregation.
11. With-hold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD : let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me
12. For innumerable evils have compassed me about, mine iniquities have taken hold upon me . so that I am not able to look up : they are more than the hair of mine head, therefore my heart faileth me.
13. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me : O LORD, make haste to help me.
14. Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul k to destroy it: let them be driven backward, and put to shame that wish me evil.
15. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame , that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16. Let all those that seek thee, rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified .
17. But I am poor and needy, yet the LORD thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer, make no tarrying, O my God.
PSAL. XLI.
The Occasion of this Psalm was manifesty, some sore Disease or Affliction, which God had inflicted upon David, and which gave his Enemies Opportunity, to discover their Hatred and Malice against him.
To the chief musician; A Psalm of David.
1. BLessed is he that considereth the poor , the LORD will deliver him , in time of trouble.
2. The LORD will preserve, and keep him alive , and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies .
3. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4. I said LORD, be merciful unto me; heal my soul , for I have sinned against thee .
5. Mine enemies speak evil of me : When shall he die, and his name perish?
6. And if he come to see me , he speaketh vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself , when he goeth abroad he telleth it .
7. All that hate me whisper together against me : against me do they devise my hurt.
8. An evil disease , say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more .
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 favourest me : because mine enemy doth not triumph over me .
12. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity : and settesteme before thy face forever .
13. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, from everlasting, and to everlasting Amen and amen .
PSAL. XLII.
The Penman of this Psalm is uncertain, as not being named in the Title. It was Composed, Either, 1. By David, when he was banished from the house of God, either by Saul's Tyranny, or by Absalom' s Rebellion. Or, 2. By the Sons of Korah, in the time of the Captivity of Babylon. Whence some read the Words of the Title of this Psalm, Maschil of the Sons of Korah. But this is not usual in this Book, to name the Author of a Psalm, so obscurely and indefinitely. For the sons of Korah were a numerous Company, and it is not likely, that either all, or divers of them did join in the Enditing of this and the following Psalms so called. Nor is there any one Psalm where the Author is named, but he is one certain and single Person. And therefore it seems more probable that David Penned this, as it is Confessed, he did some other Psalms which have not his Name in the Title.
To the chief musician, Maschil for the sons of Korah .
1. AS the heart panteth after the waterbrooks , so panteth my Soul after thee , O God.
2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God .
3. My tears have been my meat , day and night, while they continually say unto me; Where is thy God !
4. When I remember these things , I pour out my soul ▪ in me , for I had gone with the multitude , I went with them to the house of God; with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day .
5. Why art thou cast down , O my soul! and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6. O my God, my soul is cast 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 water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me .
8. Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me , and my prayer shall be unto the God of my life .
9. I will say unto God my rock , Why hast thou forgotten me ? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10. As with a sword in my bones , mine enemies reproach me: While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God ?
11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my Countenance , and my God .
PSAL. XLIII.
This Psalm seems to have been Composed by the same Author, and upon the same Occasion, with the former.
1. JUdge me , O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man .
2. For thou art the God of my strength, why dost thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3. O send out thy light and thy truth g; 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 praise thee, O God, my God.
5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my Countenance, and my God.
PSAL. XLIV.
There is no certainty, either Concerning the Author, or the particular occasion of this Psalm. This is evident that it was Composed with respect unto the Calamitous Condition of the Church and People of Israel, whom it supposeth to be in a state of Captivity and Persecution. But whether it was made by David, who foresaw and foretold by the Spirit of God, their future Captivity, and framed this for their use in that •… state; or by some other holy Man of God, when they were actually in this Condition, is not determined, nor necessary to know for the understanding of it.
To the chief musician for the sons of Korah Maschil.
1. WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days , in the times of old.
2. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantest them , how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword , neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance , because th •… hadst a favor unto them.
4. Thou art my King , O God, command deliverances for Jacob.
5. Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6. For I will not trust in my bow , neither shall my sword save me l.
7. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8. In God we boast all the day long: and praise thy name forever Selah.
9. But thou hast cast off , and put us to shame ; and goest not forth with our armies .
10. Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy : and they which hate us spoil for themselves .
11. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat: and hast scattered us among the heathen .
12. Thou sellest thy people for naught , and dost not increase thy wealth by their price .
13. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors: a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14. Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen: a shaking of the head among the people.
15. My confusion is continually before me , and the shame of my face hath covered me .
16. For the voice of him that reproacheth and bsasphemeth ; by reason of the enemy and avenger .
17. All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant .
18. Our heart is not turned back , neither have our steps declined from thy way .
19. Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons , and covered us with the shadow of death .
20. If we have forgotten the name of God , or stretched out our hands to a strange God.
21. Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart .
22. Yea , for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23. Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off forever.
24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face ? and forgettest our affliction and our oppression ?
25. For our soul is bowed down to the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the earth .
26. Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies sake .
PSAL. LXV.
The subject matter of this Psalm is by the Consent both of Jewish and Christian, Amient and Modern Interpreters agreed to be the Messias, and his Marriage with the Church of God. Of which it Treats, Either. 1. Remotely, under the Type of Solomon and his Marriage with Pharaoh's Daughter, of which it is to be Primarily and Literally understood, and then mediately and ultimately of Christ; Or rather, 2. Immediately and directly; although the Words be so ordered, that they carry a manifest Allusion either to that, or some other royal Marriage. Which seems more then probable from the following Arguments; 1. From the great Congruity of the Matter and Style of this Psalm, with that of the Book of Canticles; whereof this seems to be a kind of Abridgement, 2. From the Magnificent preface, v. 1. which seems too sublime and spiritual, for such Carnal and Earthly Matters. 3. And especially from the Matter of the Psalm. For here are many things which do not agree to Solomon; such as the Warlike posture and exploits, v. 3, 4, 5. and the Title of God, v. 6. which is appropriated to Christ, and affirmed to be incommunicable to any mere Creature, Heb. 1. 8. Compare with v. 5. and that numerous Posterity, and the Amplitude of their Dominion, v. 16. and divers other Passages, as we shall see in the Progress.
To the chief musician upon Shoshannim , for the sons of Korah, Maschil. A song of loves .
1. MY heart is enditing a good matter : I speak 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 blessed thee forever.
3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh , O most mighty: with thy glory and thy majesty .
4. And in thy majesty ride prosperously , because of truth and meekness, and righteousness : and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things .
5. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the kings enemies : whereby the people fall under thee .
6. Thy throne, O God , is forever and ever : the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter .
7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : therefore God, thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows .
8. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia : out of the ivory palaces , whereby they have made thee glad .
9. Kings daughters were among thy honorable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir .
10. Hearken , O daughter , and consider, and incline thine ear : forget also thine own people, and th •… •… ers house .
11. So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty : for he is thy Lord , and worship thou him .
12. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift , even the rich amongst the people shall entreat thy favor.
13. The kings daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold .
14. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needle-work: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the King's palace.
16. Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth .
17. I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations : therefore shall the people praise thee forever and ever.
PSAL. XLVI.
The occasion of this Psalm, is thought to be that happy success and settlement, and Peace which God granted to the People of Israel in David 's time, and by his means, 2 Sam. 8.
To the chief musician for the sons of Korah, a song upon Alamoth.
1. GOd is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea .
3. Though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled : though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah.
4. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God : the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall 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 hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge, Selah.
8. Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth .
9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth : he breaketh the bow, and cuteth the spear in sunder, he burneth the Chariot in the fire .
10. Be still , and know th •… t I am God : I will be exalted among the h •… I will be exalted in the earth.
11. The LORD of hosts •… ith us, the God of Jacob is our refuge, Selah.
PSAL. XLVII.
This Psalm may seem to have been Composed upon the occasion of that great Solemnity, of carrying the Ark from the House of Obed-Edom, into the City of Zion; of which s •… e 2 Sam. 6. and 1 Chro. 13. and 16. But as Zion was a Type of the Church, and the Ark a Type of Christ, •… o this hath a further reference, even to Christ's •… scension into Heaven, and as Consequent thereunto, to the spreading of his Kingdom, in all the Parts and Nations of the World. Which is the chief Scope and Design of the Psalmist, or at least of the Holy Ghost, in this Psalm; as will plainly appear from the Words and Matter of it.
To the chief musician, a Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1. O Clap your hands, all ye people , shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2. For the LORD most high is terrible , be is a great King over all the earth .
3. He shall subdue the people under us , and the nations under our feet.
4. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved , Selah.
5. God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King sing praises.
7. For God is the King of all the earth , sing ye praises with understanding .
8. God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9. The princes of the people , are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham : for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted .
PSAL. XLVIII.
This Psalm was Composed upon the Occasion of some eminent Deliverance vouchsafed by God, to the City of Jerusalem, from some potent Enemy, and d •… eadful Danger; Either, that in Johoshaphat 's time, 2 Chron. 20. or that under Hezekiah, 2 Kings 18. and 19. In both which times they were Holy Prophets, by some of whom this Psalm might be made.
A song, and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1▪ GReat is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God , in the mountain of his holiness .
2. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is mount Zion, on the sides of the north , the city of the great king .
3. God is known in her palaces for a refuge .
4. For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5. They saw it , and so they marvelled , they were troubled and hasted away .
6. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain , as of a woman in travail.
7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east-wind .
8. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, God will establish it forever , Selah.
9. We have thought of thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10. According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness .
11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah , be glad, because of thy judgments .
12. Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell the towers thereof .
13. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following .
14. For this God e is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even unto death .
PSAL. XLIX.
This Psalm is Penned upon the same Occasion, with Psal. 39. and 73. to wit, upon the Contemplation of the afflictions of God's People, and of the Prosperity and Glory of ungodly Men. The design is to justify God's Providence in this dark Dispensation, and to show that all things being Considered; good Men have no cause for immoderate Dejection of Spirit, nor wicked Men for glorying in their present Felicities.
To the chief musician; a Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1. HEar this, all ye people , give •… ar all ye inhabitants of the World:
2. Both low and high, rich and poor tother.
3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding ▪
4. I will incline mine ear to a parable , I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5. Wherefor •… should I fear in the days of evil , wh •… n the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about.
6. They that trust in their wealth , and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.
7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother , nor give to God a ransom for him.
8. For the redemption of their soul is precious : and it ceaseth forever .
9. That he should still live forever, and not see corruption .
10. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish , and leave their wealth to others .
11. Their inward thought is , that their houses shall continue forever , and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names .
12. Nevertheless man being in honor , abideth not : he is like the beasts that perish .
13. This their way is their folly ; yet their posterity approve their sayings , Selah.
14. Like sheep they are laid in the grave , death shall feed on them , and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning , and their beauty shall consume in the grave, from their dwelling .
15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave ; for he shall 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 shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him.
18. Though whiles he lived, he blessed his soul : and men will praise thee , when thou dost well to thyself .
19. He shall go to the generation of his fathers , they shall never see light .
20. Man that is in honor and understandeth not , is like the beasts that perish .
PSAL. L.
The design of this Psalm, is partly to reprove and protest against the common Miscarriages of many Professors of Religion, who satisfied their own Consciences, and fancied that they pleased God with their external and Ceremonial performances, notwithstanding their gross neglect of those more necessary and Fundamental duties of Piety, and Justice, and Charity: Partly, to instruct men concerning the Nature of the true and acceptable Worship of God: and Partly, to prepare the Israelites, for and tacitly warn them of that Change, which would be made in the •… outward form and way of God's worship, under and by the Messias, and of the abolition of the legal Sacrifices, which God did not appoint for his own need, nor for his Peoples perpet •… all use.
A psalm of Asaph .
1. THe mighty God, even the LORD hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun, unto the going down thereof .
2. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty , God hath shined e.
3. Our God shall come , and shall not keep silence : a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him .
4. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth , that he may judge his people .
5. Gather my Saints together unto me: those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice .
6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is judge himself, Selah .
7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; O Israel, and I will testify against thee : I am God, even thy God .
8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings , to have been continually before me.
9. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds .
10. For every beast of the forest is mine , and the cattle upon a thousand hills .
11. I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12. If I were hungry , I would not tell thee , for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof .
13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ?
14. Offer unto God thanksgiving , and pay thy vows unto the most High.
15. And call upon me in the day of trouble ; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me .
16. But unto the wicked God saith , What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ?
17. Seeing thou hatest instruction , and castest my words behind thee .
18. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedest with him , and hast been partaker with adulterers .
19. Thou givest thy mouth to evil , and thy tongue frameth deceit .
20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother , thou s •… anderest thine own mothers son.
21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence : thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself : but I will reprove thee , and set them in order before thine eyes .
22. Now consider this, ye that forget God . lest I •… ear you in pieces , and there be none to deliver .
23. Who so offereth praise , glorifieth me : and to him that ordereth his 〈◊〉 •… right , will I show the salvation of God .
PSAL. LI.
To the chief musician a, Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him , after he had gone into 〈◊〉 .
1. HAve mercy upon me , O God, according to thy loving kindness : according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies , blot out f my transgressions.
2. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3. For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my sin is ever before me .
4. Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy fight : that thou mightest be justified , when thou speakest ; and be clear when thou judgest .
5. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity : and in sin did my mother conceive me .
6. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom .
7. Purge me with hyssop , and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8. Make me to hear joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken, may rejoice .
9. Hide thy face from my sins , and blot out all mine iniquities.
10. Create in me a clean heart , O God; and renew a right spirit within me .
11. Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation : and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways , and sinners shall be converted unto thee .
14. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness , O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness .
15. O LORD, open thou my lips , and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
16. For thou desirest not sacrifice , else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt-offering.
17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart O God, thou wilt not despise .
18. Do good in thy good pleasure c unto Zion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem .
19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness ; with burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
PSAL. LII.
To the chief musician Maschil, a Psalm of David •… , when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.
1. WHy boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man ? the goodness of God endureth continually .
2. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp razor, working deceitfully .
3. Thou lovest evil more than good : and lying rather than to speak righteousness , Selah.
4. Thou lovest all devouring words , O thou deceitful tongue.
5. God shall likewise destroy thee forever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place , and root thee out of the land of the living , Selah.
6. The righteous also shall see , and fear , and shall laugh at him .
7. Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength : but trusted in the abundance of his riches , and strengthened himself in his wicedness.
8. But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God : I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
9. I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it : and I will wait on thy name , for it is good before thy saints .
PSAL. LIII.
To the chief musician upon Mahalath a, Maschil, a Psalm of David.
This Psalm some few Words excepted is wholly the same with Psal. 14. and therefore the Reader must resort thither for the Interpretation of it. And it is repeated; Partly, because the matter of it is so important and necessary to be known and considered; and Partly, because there arose some new and suitable Occasion, which made David sing it a second time, and that with some small Alterations. And the Compiler or Compilers of David 's Psalms, had so great a Reverence for their Composer, whom they knew to be guided by divine Inspiration, that they would not lose any of his Fragments, and therefore repeated this Psalm with the Variations which he had made. a This also seems to be the Name of a musical Instrument, or Tune; Wherein, as in the rest of them, it is better to Confess our Ignorance, as the Hebrew Doctors themselves do, than to give way to Vain and groundless Conjectures about them.
1. THe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God: corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doth good.
2. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3. Everyone of them is gone back, they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doth good, no not one.
4. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread; they have not called upon God.
5. There were they in great fear, where no fear was : for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee , thou hast put them to shame , because God hath despised them .
6. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion, when God bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
PSAL. LIV.
To the chief musician on Negiroth, Maschil a Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? .
1. SAve me, O God, by thy Name , and judge me by thy strength.
2. Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3. For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul; they have not set God before them Selah.
4. Behold , God is mine helper: the LORD is with them that uphold my soul .
5. He shall reward evil unto mine Enemies; cut them off in thy truth .
6. I will freely sacrifice unto thee; I will praise thy name, O LORD, for it is good .
7. For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine Enemies.
PSAL. LV.
This Psalm was certainly Composed by David, when he was greatly distressed and Persecuted; Either by Saul, or rather by Absalom, and betrayed by some pretended or former Friend.
To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil, a Psalm of David.
1. GIve ear to my prayer, O God: and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise .
3. Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me , and in wrath they hate me .
4. My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death , are fallen upon me.
5. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove ; for then would I fly away and be at rest i.
7. Lo then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness , Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest .
9. Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues : for I have seen violence and strife in the city .
10. Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof : mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11. Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets .
12. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have born it ; neither was it he that hated me , that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him .
13. But it was thou, a man, mine equal , my guide , and mine acquaintance.
14. We took sweet counsel together , and we walked unto the house of God in company .
15. Let death seize upon them , and let them go down quick into hell ; for wickedness is in their dwellings , and among them .
16. As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD shall save me .
17. Evening and morning, and at noon will I pray and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18. He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me .
19. God shall hear and afflict them , even he that abideth of old , Selah: because they have no changes , therefore they fear not God .
20. He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him : he hath broken his covenant .
21. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart