God should not be tempted.

PSALMS.

God's judgments upon idolaters. 21 They gather themselves together against the 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the blood. whole earth.

22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickcdness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. PSALM XCV.

An exhortation to praise God. COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

60 come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel the LORD our maker.

need before but God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice,

6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols; worship him, all ye gods.

8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. PSALM XCVIII.

God's salvation towards Israel.
¶ A Psalm.

SING unto the new for he

hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: sight of the heathen.

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth and saw my work. toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this ge-earth have seen the salvation of our God. neration, and said, It is a people that do err in 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the their heart, and they have not known my ways: earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they praise. should not enter into my rest.

5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his won-be joyful together ders among all people.

9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be prais-earth: with righteousness shall he judge the ed: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but

the LORD made the heavens.

world, and the people with equity.

PSALM XCIX.

Honour and majesty are before him; strength The sitteth between the cherubims; let the All nations exhorted to worship God. LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: and beauty are in his sanctuary.

earth be moved.

2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all people.

7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the
people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his
name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holi-for it is holy.
ness fear before him, all the earth.

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name;

ment and righteousness in Jacob.

4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reign-thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgeth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 13 Before the LORD; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

S Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. PSALM C.

An exhortation to praise God
A Psalm of praise

[AKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye

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2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he

mercy. PSALMS. The unchangeableness of God that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to his people, and the sheep of his pasture. loose those that are appointed to death; 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, into his courts with praise: be thankful unto and his praise in Jerusalem; him, and bless his name.

LESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is over-so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. whelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.

15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye minLORD: and all the kings of the earth thy glory.isters of his, that do his pleasure. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute,] and not despise their prayer.

18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

The wonderful providence of God.

PSALMS. God's providence over Abraham, &c.

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who of all his wondrous works. walketh upon the wings of the wind:

4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

60 ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. generations. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth:

15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

19 He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his bour until the evening.

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24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth full of thy riches.

25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great

beasts.

26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

28 That thou givest them, they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 331 will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM CV.

An exhortation to praise God. GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Ca-
naan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a few men in number;
yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
from one kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea,
he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm.

16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the
land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who
was sold for a servant:

18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.

26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom

he had chosen.

27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaining fire
in their land.

33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees;
and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and cater-
pillars, and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and
devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the first-born in their land,
the chief of all their strength.

37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed for the fear of them fell upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

The psalmist prayeth for pardon.

PSALMS.

40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM CVI.

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise ?

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that 1 may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of tliy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise

13 They soon forgat his works, they waited not for his counsel:

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

27 To overthrow their seed also among the na-
tions, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead

God's mercies to Israel 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with: their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them.

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel; and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

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PSALM CVII.

God's providence over all.

GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Such as sit in darknesss and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his

God's providence over seamen, &c.

PSALMS. goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

17 Fools, because of their transgression, and be-valley of Succoth. 'cause of their iniquities are afflicted.

18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

25 for he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they again to the depths: their soul is melted because have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunk-hatred; and fought against me without a cause. en man, and are at their wit's end. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remember38 He blesseth them also, so that they are mul-ed with the LORD; and let not the sin of his motiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.