† Heb. In the wicked he a Ps. 7. 16. b Ps. 94. 4. + Heb. soul's. Prov. 28. 4. Rom. 1, 32, | Or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD. d Ps. 14. 2. || Or, all his thoughts are, There is no God. Ps. 14. 1. & f Prov. 24. 7. 1 Rev. 18. 7. and gene- 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. 18 P For the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. q 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. k David complaineth of the wicked. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and † deceit and fraud: 'under his tongue is mischief m and || vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: "in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. Rom. 3. 14. + Heb. deceits. 1 Job 20. 12. m Ps. 12. 2. Or, iniquity. • Ps. 17. 11. + Heb. hide themselves. P Ps. 17. 12. Mic. 7. 2. 9 He lieth in wait t secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the Heb. in the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. secret places. 10 He croucheth, and humbleth him- + Heb. He self, that the poor may fall || by his strong ones. q breaketh himself. Or, into his strong parts. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will Job 22. 13. never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, ' lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. T Ps. 73. 11. & 9. 9. Mic. 5. 9. || Or, afflicted. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor + committeth himself unto Heb. leaveth. thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 "Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man seek out his wickedness till thou find none. X : 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 2 Tim. 1. 12. 1 Pet. 4. 19. t Ps. 68. 5. Hos. 14. 3. u Ps. 37. 17. * Ps. 29. 10. & 145.13. & 146. 10. Jer. 10. 10. Lam. 5. 19. Dan. 4. 34. & 6. 26. 1 Tim. 1. 17. Or, establish. 1 Chron. 29. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt || prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the P 82. 3. oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more || oppress. PSALM XI. 1 David encourageth himself in God against his enemies. 4 The providence and justice of God. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 18. Isai. 11. 4. || Or, terrify. David's psalm of thanksgiving. † Heb. that waste me. 9 From the wicked † that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass + Heb. my me about. k 10h They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: our steps they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion + lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, † disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: m enemies h Deut. 32. 15. 11 Sam. 2. 3. + Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin. + Heb. sitting. + Heb. prevent his face. m Isai. 10. 5. | Or, by thy | Or, From 14 | From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, "which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy faceOr, their in righteousness: "I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. PSALM XVIII. David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous blessings. * " Ps. 73. 12. Luke 16. 25. James 5. 5. children are full. ° 1 John 3. 2. P Ps. 4. 6, 7. & 16. 11. & 65. 4. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake Ps. 36, title. unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, a WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. I b Ps. 144. 1. rock. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, † my + Heb. my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. с b Hebr. 2. 13. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is Ps. 76. 4. worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. d 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of tungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. d Ps. 116. 3. + Heb. Belial. | Or, cords. Acts 4. 31. 8 There went up a smoke † out of his + Heb. by his, nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and P. 144. 5. David's psalm of thanksgiving 8 Ps. 99. 1. h Ps. 104. 3. i Ps. 97. 2. * Ps. 97. 3. 1 Ps. 29. 3. m Josh. 10. 10. Ps. 144. 6. Isai. 30. 30. n Exod. 15. 8. Ps. 106 9. ° Ps. 144. 7. | Or, great waters. P Ps. 31. 8. & 118. 5. 91 Sam. 24. 19. + Heb. with. r1 Sam. 26. 23. PSALMS. 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands + Heb. before in his eyesight. his eyes. 1 Kings 8.32. Lev. 26. 23, 24, 27, 28. Prov. 3. 34. | Or, wrestle. " Ps. 101. 5. Prov. 6. 17. * Job 18. 6. Or, lamp, Job 29. 3. Or, broken. S 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down "high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my X darkness. 29 For by thee I have || run through a for God's manifold blessings. troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. d e с Deut. 32. 4. Dan. 4. 37. Rev. 15. 3. Ps. 12. 6. & 119. 140. Prov. 30. 5. | Or, refined. a Ps. 17. 7. b Deut. 32 31, 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. d 2 Sam. 2. 18. Hab. 3. 19. e Deut. 32. 13. & 33. 29. f Ps. 144. 1. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and * setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hathor, with thy made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that † my feet did not slip. + g meekness thou hast multiplied me. 8 Prov. 4. 12. ancles. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and Heb. mine overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast † subdued under + Heb. caused me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: h even unto the LORD, but he |