The Coronation of David, Epitome
20 The Argument of both the Pſalmes of the fyrſt ſort.
He firſt vnfoldeth the hard caſe that he was in: which alſo may be a right patterne (being rightly applied) of the estate of many of thoſe that profeſſe the Goſpell. And as Dauid ſo opened his caſe then: ſo is it good for vsus alſo, to open our caſe now.
The fyrſt Pſalme of the firſt ſort.
The Argument.
In the former of theſe two Pſalmes, he ſheweth the rage of the enimie: how they gather themſelues together, how proudly and cruelly they vſe their toongs, how ill and wicked they are in their deedes, and, on his part, how vndeſerued.
The Pſalme.The fyrſt Pſalme.
O God, the proud are riſen agaynſt me, and the aſſemblies of the violent men have ſought my ſoule: and have not ſet thee before them.86.14.
For ſtraungers are riſen up agaynſt me: tyrants ſeeke my ſoule: they have not ſet God before them.54.3.
They gather them together agaynſt the ſoule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent bloud.94.21.
They gathered together and kept themſelves cloſe: they marke my ſteps becauſe they wayt for my ſoule.56.6.
They prate & ſpeake fiercely: al the workers of iniquitie vaunt themſelves.94.4.
They have ſharpened their tongues like a ſerpent: adders poyſon is under their lips.240.3.
For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceit are opened uppon me: they have ſpoken to me with a lying tongue.109.2.
For they ſpeake not as friends: but they imagine deceitfull words agaynſt the quiet of the land:35.2.
With the falſe ſcoffers at banquets, gnaſhing their teeth agaynſt me.35.16.
Behold they bragge in their talke, and ſwords are in their lips, for who, ſay they, doth heare?59.7.
The words of his mouth were ſofter then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were ſwords.55.21.
They ſmite downe thy people, ô Lord, and trouble thine heritage.94.5.
In whoſe hands is wickedneſſe, and their right hand is full of bribes.26.10.
They ſlay the widow and the ſtraunger, and murther the fatherleſſe.94.6.
Yet they ſay the Lord ſhal not ſee, neither wil the God of Iaakob regard it.94.7.
Mine enemies would daylie ſwallow me up, for many fight agaynſt me, ô thou moſt high.56.2.
Which imagine evill things in their heart, and make warre continually.140.2.
And they gaped on me with their mouthes, ſaying, Aha, Aha, our eye hath ſeene.35.21.
For lo the wicked bend their bow, and make readie their arrowes upon the11.2. ſtring, that they may ſecretly ſhoot at them, which are upright in heart.
For the foundations are caſt downe, and what hath the righteous done?11.3.
Many ſay, who will ſhew us any good? but Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon us.4.6.
They go to & fro in the evening: they bark like dogs, & go about the citie.59.6.
Becauſe they have no chaunges, therefore they feare not God.55.9.
Day and night they go about it, upon the wals thereof: both iniquitie and miſchief are in the middeſt of it.10.
Wickedneſſe is in the middeſt therof: deceit and guile depart not from her ſtreates.11.
Mine owne words grieve me daylie: all their thoughts are agaynſt me to do me hurt.56.5.
The proud have layd a ſnare for me, & ſpred a net with cords in my pathway, and ſet grens for me.140.5.
They have layd a net for my ſteps: my ſoule is preſſed downe.57.6.
For lo they have layd want for my ſoule: the mightie men are gathered agaynſt me, not for mine offence nor for my ſinne, ô Lord.59.3.
For without cauſe they have hid the pit & their net for me: without cauſe they have digged a pit for my ſoule.35.7.
Cruell witneſſes did riſe up: they asked of me the things that I knew not.11.
They compaſſed me about alſo with words of hatred, and fought againſt me without a cauſe.109.3.
For my friendſhip they were mine adverſaries, but I gave my ſelf to praies;4.
And they have rewarded me evill for good, and hatred for my friendſhip.5.
They rewarded me evill for good, to have ſpoyled my ſoule.35.12.
In mine aduerſitie they rejoyced, and gathered themſelves together: the abjects aſſembled themſelves agaynſt me, and I knew not: they tare me, and ceaſed not.15.
They run and praepare themſelves without a fault on my part: ariſe therefore to aſſiſt me, and behold.59.4.
The ſecond Pſalme of the firſt ſort.
The Argument.
He vnfoldeth his hard estate in reſpect of himſelfe, and others of the godlier ſort, not only ſhewing that their caſe is hard, but alſo that it is on their part vndeſerued, and that it is greuous vntounto him to hauehave ſo much as his being among them. We alſo may find the ſelfe-ſame meaſure, at the hands of thoſe that are enimies to the Goſpel, and may fruitfully occupie our ſelues, in reſpect thereof, as we are heereby directed.
The Pſalme.The ſecond Pſalme.
AS the Hart brayeth for the rivers of water, ſo panteth my ſoule after thee, ô God.42.1.
My ſoule thirſteth for God, even for the living God: when ſhall I come, and appeare before the praeſence of God?2.
My teares have been my meate day and night, while they daylie ſay unto me, where is thy God.3.
When I remembred theſe things, I powred out my very heart, becauſe I had gone with the multitude, and led them into the houſe of God with the voyce of ſinging, and prayſe, as a multitude that keepeth a feaſt.4.
They going through the drie vale of Baca make wels therein: the rayne alſo ſo covereth the pooles.84.6.
They go frō ſtrength to ſtrength, til every one appeare before God in Sion.7.
Yea the ſparrow hath found her an houſe and the ſwallow a neſt for her, where ſhe may lay her young: even by thine altars, ô Lord of hoſtes, my king, and my God.3.
O God, thou haſt caſt us out, thou haſt ſcattered us, thou haſt been angry: turne agayne unto us.60.1.
Thou haſt made the land to tremble, and haſt made it to gape, heale the breaches thereof: for it is ſhaken.2.
Thou haſt ſhewed thy people heavie things: thou haſt made us drink the wine of giddines.3.
Our bodies lie ſcattered at the graves mouth, as he that heweth wood or diggeth in the earth.141.7.
My God, my ſoule is caſt downe within me, therefore do I remember thee (in all the places of my baniſhment:) from the land of Iorden (on the Eaſt) from Hermon (on the North,) and from the leſſer mountaynes (of Iudeah, on the South.)42.6.
One deepe calleth another deepe, by the noyſe of thy water ſpowts: all thy waves and thy floods are gone over me.7.
My bones are cut aſunder, while mine enemies reproach me, ſaying daylie unto me, where is thy God?10.
My heart trembleth within me, & the terrors of death are falne upon me.55.4.
Feare and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible feare hath covered me.5.
And I ſayd, oh, that I had wings like a dove: thē would I flye away & reſt.6.
Behold I would take my flight farre of, and lodge in the wilderneſſe.7.
I would make haſt for my deliverance, from the ſtormie wind & tempeſt.8.
My ſoule is among Lions: I lie among the children of men that are ſet on fire: whoſe teeth are ſpeares and arrowes, and their tongue a ſharpe ſword.57.4.
Becauſe I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.109.22.
I depart like the ſhadow that declineth, & am ſhakē off, as the graſhoper.23.
My knees are weake through faſting, and my fleſh hath loſt all fatneſſe.24.
I became alſo a rebuke unto them: they that looked upon me, ſhaked their heads.25.
Surely mine enemie did not defame me: for I could have borne it: neither did mine adverſarie exalt himſelf agaynſt me: for I would hauehave hid me from him.55.12.
But it was thou, ô man, even my companion, my guide, and familiar.13.
Which delighteth in conſulting together, and went into the houſe of God as companions.14.
He layd his hands upon ſuch, as bee at peace with him, and he brake his covenant.20.
Yet, when they were ſicke, I was clothed with ſack: I humbled my35.13. ſoule with faſting: and my prayer was turned upon my boſome.
I behaved my ſelf as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my ſelf mourning as one that bewayleth his mother.14.
I have not haunted with vayne perſons, neither kept companie with the diſſemblers.26.4.
I have hated the aſſemblie of the evill, and have not companied with the wicked.5.
Lord, mine heart is not haughtie, neither are mine eyes loftie, neither have I walked in great matters and hid from me.131.1.
Surely I have behaved my ſelf, like one weaned from his mother, and kept ſilence: and I am in my ſelf as one that is weaned.2.
My ſoule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.6.
Wo is me that I remayne in ſo long an exile, and ſtill wander as thoſe that dwell but (only) in tents.5.
I ſeeke peace, and when I ſpeake thereof they are bent to warre.7.
The Argument of thoſe three Pſalmes that are of the ſecond ſort.
Secondarily he praieth for help: beſeeching the Lord; that he will conſider the eſtate they are in, and that himſelfe will giuegive them help, whereunto appertein theſe three Pſalmes that follow.
The fyrſt Pſalme of the ſecond ſort.
The Argument.
In the firſt of theſe Pſalmes he ſtirreth vp the Lord to heare, and to regard his praier: and to addreſſe himſelfe to help. Whereby we alſo may better ſee how (in this caſe of ours) we may powre forth ſuch praiers alſo.
The Pſalme.The third Pſalme.
O Lord, I call upon thee: haſt thee unto me, heare my voyce when I crie unto thee.141.1.
O God, heare my prayer: hearken unto the words of my mouth.54.2.
O Lord God of hoſtes, heare my prayer: hearken ô God of Iaakob.84.8.
Behold, ô God, our ſhield, and looke upon the face of thine annoynted.9.
GiueGive care, ô Lord, unto my Prayer, and hearken unto the voyce of my ſupplication.86.6.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou heareſt me.7.
Thou art my God: heare, ô Lord, the voyce of my Prayers.146.6.
Heare me when I call, ô God, of my righteouſneſſe: thou haſt ſet me at libertie when I was in diſtreſſe: have merciemercy upon me, and hearken unto my Prayer.4.1.
Let my Prayer be directed in thy ſight as incenſe: and the lifting up of my hands as an evening ſacrifice.141.2.
Hold not my toung, ô God of thy prayſe.109.1.
Ariſe, ô Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thy ſelf agaynſt the rage of mine enemies, and awake for me, according to the judgements that thou haſt appoynted.7.6.
O Lord God the avenger, ô God the avenger, ſhew thy ſelf cleerely.94.1.
Exalt thy ſelf, ô judge of the world, and render a reward to the proud.2.
Thou haſt ſeene it, o Lord: keepe not ſilence: be not farre from me, ô Lord.35.22.
Pleade thou my cauſe, ô Lord, with them that ſtriue with me: fight thou agaynſt them, that fight agaynſt me.34.1.
Lay hand upon thy ſhield and buckler, and ſtand up for my helpe.2.
Save me, ô God, by thy name, and by thy power judge me.54.1.
Turne unto me, and have merciemercy upon me: give thy ſtrength unto thy ſeruant, and ſave the ſonne of thy hand-mayd.86.16.
Shew a token of thy goodneſſe towards me, that they which hate me, may ſee it, becauſe thou, ô Lord, haſt holpen me and comforted me.17.
Exalt thy ſelf, ô God, above the heavens, and let thy glorie bee upon all the earth.57.5.11.
Wilt not thou, ô God, (which hadſt caſt us off, and didſt not go forth, ô God, with our armies.)60.10.
GiueGive us helpe agaynſt trouble? for vayne is the helpe of man.11.
O God, thou art my God, earely will I ſeeke thee: my ſoule thirſteth for thee, my fleſh longeth after thee, in a barren and drie land without water.69.1.
Bring out alſo thy ſpeare and ſtop the way agaynſt them that perſecute me: ſay unto my ſoule, I am thy ſaluation.35.3.
So ſhall the congregations of the people compaſſe thee about: for their ſakes therefore returne on high.7.7.
The ſecond Pſalme of the ſecond ſort.
The Argument.
In this ſecond Pſalme enſuing, he doth more ſpecialy direct his praiers againſt the enimies, deſiring God to abate their force, and to bring them downe. This he doth verie earnestlie, and by manie apt ſimilitudes, and other force of ſpeach: notably expreſsing how much he deſireth, on the behalfe of Gods glorie, their vtter deſtruction. And we likewiſe, comming to theſe that are enimies to vsus for the Goſpels ſake, if ſo be that we firmely retaine an vnfeigned louelove of their perſons, and of ſuch good things as are in them (and, in that reſpect pray for them) not only we may in ſuch ſort pray againſt them, in reſpect of the glorie of God: but alſo we ought ſo throughlie to be touched therewith, that how deare ſo euer otherwiſe they are vntounto vsus, yet in this reſpect we ſhould ſpare them nothing at all, to the impeachment of any part of his honour.
The Pſalme.The 4. Pſalme.
LOrd, how long ſhall the wicked, how long ſhall the wicked triumph?94.3.
Even thou, ô Lord God of hoſtes, ô God of Iſrael, awake to viſite all the heathen, and be not mercifull unto thoſe that tranſgreſſe maliciouſlie.59.5.
Let not the wicked have his deſire, ô Lord, performe not his wicked thoughts, leaſt they be too proud.140.8.
Let them not ſay in their hearts, ô, our ſoule reioyce: neither let them ſay, wee have devoured him.35.25.
Break their teeth, ô God, in their mouthes: break the jawes of the young lions, ô Lord.58.6.
They think they ſhal eſcape by iniquitie: ô God, caſt theſe people downe in thy anger.56.7.
Deſtroy, ô Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have ſeene crueltie and ſtrife in the citie.55.9.
Let death ceaſe upon them, let them go downe quicke into the grave: for wickedneſſe is in their dwellings, even in the mids of them.15.
Let him conſume like a ſnaile that melteth: and like the vntimely fruit of a woman that hath not ſeene the Sunne.58.8.
Let them be confounded and put to ſhame, that ſeeke after my ſoule: let them be turned back, and brought to confuſion, that imagine mine hurt35.4.
Let them melt like the waters, let them paſſe away: when he ſhooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.58.7.
As raw fleſh, before your pots feele the fire of thornes: ſo let him carie them away as with a whirl-wind in his wrath.9.
Let them be as chaffe before the wind, & let the Angel of the Lord ſcatter thē.35.5.
Slay them not, leaſt my people forget it: but ſcatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, ô Lord, our ſhield.59.11.
For the ſinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, even for their perjurie and lies that they ſpeake.12.
Conſume them in thy wrath: conſume them that they be no more: & let them know that God ruleth in Iaakob, even unto the ends of the world.13.
Let their way be dark & ſlippery: and let the Angel of the Lord perſecute them35.6.
Let coales fall upon them: let him caſt them into the fire, and into the deepe pits that they riſe not.140.10.
Let deſtruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net, that he hath layd privilie, take him: let him fall into the ſame deſtruction.35.8.
Let the wicked fall into his nets together, whiles I eſcape.141.10.
Set thou the wicked over him, and let the adverſarie ſtand at his right hand.109.6.
Whē he ſhalbe judged, let him be condēned, & let his praier be turned into ſin.7.
Let his dayes be few, and let another take his charge.8.
Let his children be fatherleſſe, and his wife a widow.9.
Let his children bee vagabonds and beg their bread, comming out of their places deſtroyed.10.
Let the extortioner catch al that he hath, & let the ſtraunger ſpoyle his labour.11.
Let there be none to extend merciemercy unto him: neither let there bee any to ſhew merciemercy upon his fatherleſſe children.12.
Let his poſteritie be deſtroyed, and in the generation following let his name be put out.13.
Let the iniquitie of his fathers be had in remembraunce, with the Lord: and let not the ſinne of his mother be done away.14.
But let them alway bee before the Lord, that he may cut off their memoriall from the earth.15.
Let deſtruction be unto him, as a garment to cover him, and for a girdle wherwith he ſhalbe alway girded.19.
Let this bee the reward of mine adverſarie from the Lord, and of them that ſpeake evill agaynſt my ſoule.20.
As for the chiefe of them that compaſſe me about, let the miſchiefe of their owne lips come upon them.140.9.
Let mine adverſaries be clothed with ſhame, and let them cover themſelves with their confuſion, as with a cloake.109.29.
O let the malice of the wicked come to an end: but guide thou the juſt.7.9.
Let them be confounded and put to ſhame together, that rejoyce at mine hurt: let them be clothed with confuſion and ſhame, that lift up themſelves againſt me.35.26.
But let them be joyfull and glad that louelove my righteouſneſſe: yea let them ſay alway, let the Lord be magnified, which loveth the proſperitie of his ſeruant.27.
The third Pſalme of the ſecond ſort.
The Argument.
In the third he prayeth for the praeſeruation of himſelf, and the godlier ſort: as hauing conſecrated themſelues vntounto him: and for that they hauehave deſerued no ſuch thing at their enemies hands, as was by them intended agaynſt them. And as there is, in theſe dayes of ours, good cauſe, as earneſtly for to beg for our ſafetie at the hands of God: ſo may we likewiſe in theſe reſpects bee bold to do it, and hope well of the ſucceſſe that God ſhall giuegive it.
The Pſalme.The fifth Pſalme.
IVdge me, ô God, and defend my cauſe, agaynſt the unmercifull people: deliver me from the deceitfull and wicked man.43.1.
Incline thine care, ô Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and needie.86.1.
Be mercifull unto me, ô Lord: for I crie unto thee continually.3.
O my God deliver me from mine enemies, defend me from them that riſe up agaynſt me.59.1.
Deliver me from the wicked doers, and ſave me from the bloudie men.2.
For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of the wicked: becauſe they have brought iniquitie upon me, and furiouſly hate me.55.3.
Hearken unto me and anſwer me: I mourn in my prayer and make a noyſe.2.
Heare my prayer, ô God, and hide not thy ſelf from my ſupplication.1.
O Lord my God, if I have done this thing: if there bee any wickedneſſe in my hands:7.3.
If I have rewarded evill unto him that dealt friendly with me (yea I have delivered him, that without any cauſe is mine enemie)4.
Then let my enemie perſecute my ſoule, and take me: yea let him tread my life downe upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the duſt.5.
Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thy ſelf: becauſe of the indignations of mine enemies, ariſe up for me in the judgement that thou haſt commaunded.6.
But judge thou me, ô Lord my God, according to thy righteouſneſſe, and let them not rejoyce over me.35.24.
O Lord I have loved the habitation of thy houſe, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.26.8.
Gather not my ſoule with the ſinners, nor my life with the bloudie men.9.
Iudge me, ô Lord, for I have walked in mine innocencie: my truſt alſo hath1. been in the Lord: therefore ſhall I not ſlide.
Ariſe and wake to my judgement, even to my cauſe my God, and my Lord.35.23.
Be mercifull unto me, ô God, for man would ſwallow me up: he fighteth continually and vexeth me.56.1.
Deliver my ſoule; ô Lord from lying lips, and from the deceitfull tung.120.2.
Deliver me, ô Lord, from the evill man: praeſerve me from the cruel man.140.1.
Leaſt he devour my ſoule like a lion, and teare it in peeces while there is none to helpe.7.2.
Keepe me from the ſnare which they have layd for me, and from the grens of the workers of iniquitie.141.9.
Let not them that are mine enemies unjuſtly rejoyce over me: neither let them winke with the eye, that hate me without a cauſe.35.19.
Keepe me, ô Lord, from the hands of the wicked: praeſerve me from the wicked man, which purpoſeth to cauſe my ſteps to ſlide.140.4.
But thou, ô Lord, my God deale with me according to thy name: deliver me (for thy merciemercy is good.)109.21.
Lord, how long wilt thou behold this? deliver my ſoule from their tumult, even my deſolate ſoule from the lions.35.17.
For thou art the God of my ſtrength: why haſt thou put me away? why go I ſo mourning when the enemie oppreſſeth me.43.2.
Helpe me, ô Lord my God: ſave me according unto thy merciemercy.109.26.
And they ſhall know that it is thy hand, and that thou Lord haſt done it.27.
Though they curſe, yet thou wilt bleſſe: they ſhal ariſe and be confounded: but thy ſeruant ſhall rejoyce.28.
Prove me, ô Lord, and trie me: examine my reynes and my heart.26.2.
Teach me thy way, ô Lord, and I will walke in thy trueth: knit my heart unto thee, that I may feare thy name.86.11.
Send thy light and thy trueth: let them leade me: let them bring me unto thy holy mountaine, and to thy tabernacles.43.3.
Set a watch, ô Lord, before my mouth: and keepe the doore of my lips.141.3.
Incline not mine heart unto evill, that I ſhould commit wicked workes, with men that work iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.4.
Let the righteous ſmite me: for that is a benefite: and let not him reprove me, and it ſhall be a precious oyle, that ſhall not breake mine head: for within a while I ſhall even pray in their miſeries.5.
Praeſerve thou my ſoule, for I am mercifull: my God ſave thou thy ſervant that truſteth in thee.16.2.
Rejoyce the ſoule of thy ſervant: for unto thee, ô Lord, do I lift up my ſoule.4.
The Argument of three other Pſalmes that do apperteyne to the third ſort.
Thirdly, he conceiueth good hope in the goodneſſe of God: and doth not only acknowledge the ſame vntounto him: but laboureth alſo to ſtrengthen himſelf therein more and more. VntoUnto which three other Pſalmes likewiſe do apperteyne.
The firſt Pſalme of the third ſort.
The Argument.
In this firſt Pſalme he expreſſeth the confidence that he hath in the goodnes of God, in reſpect of the cauſe that he hath in hand, and notably ſtirreth vp himſelf thervnto: & yet but generally: and more ſpecially after in thoſe two that follow. And wee likewiſe may hereby, not only expreſſe ſuch confidence as we hauehave: but ſee whereunto wee may iuſtly riſe, (our cauſe being now, all one with his then) and how we are to ſtirre vp our ſelues vntounto it.
The Pſalme.The 6. Pſalme.
O Lord my God, in thee I put my truſt: ſave me from al that perſecute me, and deliver me.7.1.
Have merciemercy upon me, ô God, have merciemercy upon me: for my ſoule truſteth in thee, and in the ſhadow of thy wings will I truſt, til theſe afflictions do overpaſſe.57.1.
For thou, ô Lord art a pitifull God and mercifull, ſlow to anger, and great in kindneſſe and trueth.86.15.
Mine eyes looke unto thee, ô Lord God: in thee is my truſt: leave not my ſoule deſtitute.141.8.
For thou Lord art good and mercifull, and of great kindneſſe unto al men that call upon thee.86.5.
My ſoule cleaveth unto thee: for thy right hand upholdeth me.63.8.
Thus I behold thee, as in the Sanctuarie when I behold thy power and glorie.2.
When I was afrayd, I truſted in thee.65.3.
Thy vowes are upon me, ô God: I will render praiſes to thee.56.12.
In God do I truſt: I will not be afrayd what man can do unto me.11.
Whē I crie, thē ſhal mine enemies turne back: this I know, for God is with me.9.
Thou haſt counted my wandrings: put my teares in thy bottel: are not they in thy regiſter.8.
That thy beloved may be delivered, helpe with thy right hand, and heare me.60.5.
And now thou haſt given a banner to them that feare thee, that it may bee diſplayed becauſe of thy trueth.4.
The Lord is in his holy place: the Lords throne is in the heavens: his eyes will conſider: his ey-lids will trie the children of men.11.4.
God judgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God, every day.7.11.
I will walk in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore & be mercifull unto me.26.11.
I will lay me downe and ſleepe alſo in peace: for thou Lord only makeſt me dwel in ſafetie.4.9.
The ſecond Pſalme of the third ſort.
The Argument.
In this Pſalme he doth more ſpecially expreſſe his confidence agaynſt his enemies: that though they be many and mightie, and fiercely bent: yet ſhall they notwithſtanding be ouerthrowne. And in the cauſe that we hauehave in hand, we may in like ſort make that account, if there be no fault in our ſelues: and ſo hereby we are to rayſe vp our ſelues vntounto the like confidence alſo.
The Pſalme.The 7. Pſalme.
IN the Lord put I my truſt: how ſay ye then to my ſoule, flee to your mountaine as a bird?11.1
How long will ye ſay, tuſh the Lord ſhall not ſee: neither ſhall the God of Iaakob regard it.94. 7
Take heed ye unwiſe among the people ô ye fooles, when will ye underſtand?8.
He that planteth the eare, ſhall he not heare? or he that formeth the eye, ſhall he not ſee?9.
Or he that chaſticeth the nations, ſhall he not correct? he that teacheth man10. knowledge, ſhall he not know?
But thou, ô Lord, ſhalt have thē in deriſiō, & thou ſhalt laugh at al the heathē.59.8.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanitie.94.11.
He is ſtrong, but I will wayt upon thee: for God is my defence.59.9.
Behold he ſhall trauaile with wickedneſſe: for he hath conceaved miſchief, but he ſhall bring forth a lye.7.14.
His miſchief ſhall returne upon his owne head, and his crueltie ſhall fall upon his owne pate.16.
My mercifull God will praevent me: God will let me ſee my deſire upon mine enemies.59.10.
The Lord will trie the righteous: but the wicked, and him that loveth iniquitie doth his ſoule hate.11.5.
He hath alſo praepared him deadly weapons: he will ordeyne his arrowes for them that perſecute me.7.13.
Except he turne, he hath whet his ſword: he hath bent his bow & made it ready.12.
VponUpon the wicked he ſhall rayne ſnares, fire, and brimſtone, and ſtormie tempeſt: this is the portion of their cup.11.6.
And thou, ô God, ſhalt bring them downe into the pit of corruption: the bloudie, and deceytfull men ſhall not live halfe their dayes: but I will truſt in thee.55.23.
Therefore they that ſeeke my ſoule to deſtroy it, they ſhall go into the loweſt parts of the earth.63.9.
They ſhall caſt him downe with the edge of the ſword, and they ſhalbe a portion for foxes.10.
He ſhall reward evill unto mine enemies: oh cut them off in thy wrath.54.5.
Through God we ſhall do valiantly: for he ſhall tread downe our enemies.60.12.
God hath ſpoken in his holineſſe: therfore I will rejoyce: I ſhall devide Sichem, and meaſure the valley of Sucoth.60.6.
Gilead ſhall be mine, and Manaſſeth ſhall be mine: Ephraim alſo ſhall be the ſtrength of my head: Iudah is my lawgiuer.7.
Moab is my waſhpot: over Edom will I caſt out my ſhoe: Paleſtina ſhew thy ſelf joyfull for me.8.
Who will leade me into the ſtrong cities? who will bring me into Edom?9.
The third Pſalme of the third ſort.
The Argument.
In this likewiſe he doth more ſpecially expreſſe his confidence, yet not ſo directly of the enemies now: but only on behalfe of himſelf, and others of the godlier ſort: ſhewing that although their caſe bee hard, yet ſhal they not miſcarie: but ſhall hauehave a readie helpe, in their mightie and merciful God. By direction whereof we likewiſe, in the cauſe that we hauehave in hand, and ſo farre as our ſelues are no hinderance vntounto our ſelues, are to rayſe vp our faith vntounto the fulneſſe of this aſſurance that we finde in him.
The Pſalme.The 8. Pſalme.
GReat are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.34.19.
Surely the Lord will not fayle his people, neither will he forſake his inheritance.94.14.
The Angell of the Lord pitcheth round about them that feare him, and delivereth them.34.7.
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, & his eares are open unto their cry.18.
I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and judge the poore.140.12.
Why art thou caſt downe my ſoule, and unquiet within me? wayt on God: for I will yet give him thanks, for the helpe of his praeſence.42.5.
Surely the righteous ſhall praiſe thy name, & the juſt ſhall dwel in thy praeſence.140.13.
For judgemēt ſhal return to juſtice, & al the upright in heart ſhal follow after it.94.15.
For the righteous Lord loveth righteouſnes, his countenāce doth behold the juſt.11.7.
For he will ſtand at the right hand of the poore, to ſave him from them that would condemne his ſoule.109.30.
He keepeth al his bones: not one of them is broken.34.20.
The Lord will graunt his louing kindneſſe in the day, and in the night will I ſing of him, even a prayer unto the God of my life.42.8.
I will ſay unto God which is my rock, why haſt thou forgotten me? why go I mourning when the enemie oppreſſeth me?9.
Bleſſed are they that dwell in thine houſe: they will ever prayſe thee.84.4.
Bleſſed is the man whoſe ſtrength is in thee: and in whoſe heart is thy wayes.5.
Bleſſed is the man whom thou chaſticeſt, ô Lord, and teacheſt him in thy law.94.12.
That thou mayſt give him reſt from the dayes of evill, whileſt the pit is digged for the wicked.13.
The lions do lack, and ſuffer hunger but they which ſeeke the Lord ſhall want nothing that is good.34.10.
Why art thou then caſt downe my ſoule? and why art thou diſquieted within me? wayt on God: for I wil yet give him thanks, he is my praeſent help & my God.43.5.
Behold God is mine helper, the Lord is with them that uphold my ſoule.54.4.
My defence is in God, who praeſerveth the upright in heart.7.10.
The Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rock of my hope.94.22.
He will ſend from heaven, and ſave me, from the reproofe of him that would ſwallow me: God will ſend his merciemercy and his trueth.57.3.
The Lord ſhal judge his people: judge thou me, ô Lord, according to my righteouſneſſe, and according to mine innocencie that is in me.7.8.
For thy louing kindnes is ever before mine eyes: therefore have I walked in thy trueth.26.3.
I will rejoyce in God becauſe of his word: I truſt in God, and will not feare what fleſh can do unto me.56.4.
Thou haſt given me more joy of heart, then they have had, when their wheat and their wine did abound.4.7.
Why art thou caſt downe my ſoule? and why art thou diſquieted within me? wayt on God: for I will yet give him thanks: he is my praeſent help and my God.42.11.
I will call upon God, and the Lord will ſave me.55.16.
Evening, and morning, and at noone day will I pray, and make a noyſe: and he will heare me.17.
He hath delivered my ſoule in peace from the battell, that was agaynſt me: for many were with me.18.
God ſhall heare and afflict them: even he that reigneth of old.19.
O Lord of hoſts, bleſſed is the man that truſteth in thee.84.12.
Let Iſrael wayt on the Lord from hence-forth for ever.131.3.
The Argument.
Fourthly, he vpbraideth his enemies, & triumpheth ouer then, charging them with great malice in heart: and the ſame to breake forth of them plentifully in word, and deede: and withal, that they ſhal certeynly come to confuſion to the comfort of the godly, and to the glorie of God himſelf. A very good courſe for vsus alſo to follow in theſe dayes of ours: and ſuch as we neede not to eſtraunge from our ſelues, whenſoeuer we can finde in our hearts, to clenſe vsus truely from our wonted ſinnes: and in the goodneſſe of this our cauſe to cleaue to the Lord.
The Pſalme.The 9. Pſalme.
IS it true, ô ye congregation I ſpeake ye juſtly? ô ſonnes of men, judge ye vprightly.58.1.
Yea rather, ye imagine miſchief in your hearts: your hands execute crueltie upon the earth.2.
The wicked are ſtraungers from the wombe: even from the bellie have they erred and ſpeake lyes.3.
Their poiſon is even like the poiſon of a ſerpent: like the deaffe adder that ſtoppeth his eare.4.
Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he bee moſt expert in charming.5.
O ye ſonnes of men, how long will ye turne my glorie into ſhame? loving vanitie and ſeeking lyes.4.2.
For be ye ſure that the Lord hath choſen to himſelf a godly man: the Lord will heare when I call unto him.3.
Tremble and ſinne not: examine your owne heart upon your bed and be ſtill.4.
What doth thy deceitfull tung bring unto thee? or what doth it auayle thee?120.3.
It is as the ſharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of Iuniper.4.
Why boaſteſt thou thy ſelf in thy wickedneſſe, ô man of power? the loving kindneſſe of God endureth daylie.52.1.
Thy tongue imagineth miſchief, and is like a ſharpe raſour that cutteth deceitfully.2.
Thou doeſt love evill more then good, and lies more then to ſpeake the trueth.3.
Thou loveſt all words that may deſtroy: ô deceitfull tung.4.
So ſhall God deſtroy thee forever: he ſhall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle: and roote thee out of the land of the living.5.
The righteous alſo ſhall ſee it, and feare, and ſhall laugh at him, ſaying:6.
Behold the man that tooke not God for his ſtrength: but truſted in the multitude of his riches, and put his ſtrength in his malice.7.
He hath made a pit and digged it, and is falne into the pit that he made.57.6.
Becauſe he remembred not to ſhewe merciemercy, but perſecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the ſorowfull hearted to ſlay him.109.16.
As he loved curſing, ſo ſhall it come unto him: and as he loved not bleſſing, ſo ſhall it be farre from him.17.
As he clothed himſelf with curſing like a rayment: ſo ſhall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.18.
For the backbiters ſhall not be eſtabliſhed upon the earth: evill ſhall hunt out the cruel man to deſtruction.140.41.
And in the evening they ſhall go to and fro, and barke like dogges, and go about the citie.59.14.
They ſhall runne here and there for meat, and ſurely they ſhall not be ſatiſfied, though they tarie all night.15.
The righteous ſhall rejoyce when he ſeeth the vengeance be ſhall waſh his feete in the bloud of the wicked.58.10.
And men ſhal ſay, verily there is fruite for the righteous: doubtleſſe there is a God that judgeth the earth.11.
And he wil recompence them their wickedneſſe, and deſtroy them in their owne malice: yea the Lord our God ſhall deſtroy them.94.23.
But I ſhalbe like a greene Oliue tree in the houſe of God: for I truſted in the merciemercy of God for ever and ever.52.8.
But malice ſhall ſlay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous ſhall periſh.34.21.
The Argument.
Fiftly, he calleth on the godly to their further incouragement, ſhewing the great goodneſſe of God towards them, and that, in the way of godlines, whatſoeuer their troubles are, yet notwithſtanding they ſhall neuer fall A very good exerciſe for vsus alſo, in reſpect of the weakneſſe of many, and looſenes of others: & the ſhorter that Dauid is in this matter, and the more thereby we are left to our ſelues, the more carefull we ought to be thereof.
The Pſalme.The 10. Pſalme.
WHo will riſe up with me agaynſt the wicked? or who will take my part agaynſt the workers of iniquitie?94.16.
Come ye children hearken unto me, I will teach you the feare of the Lord.34.11.
Taſt ye and ſee, how gracious the Lord is: bleſſed is the man that truſteth in him.8.
Offer the ſacrifices of righteouſneſſe, and truſt in the Lord.4.5.
Praiſe ye the Lord with me, and let vsus magnifie his name together.34.3.
Feare the Lord ye his ſaints? for nothing wanteth to thoſe that feare him.9.
What man is he that deſireth life, and loveth long dayes, for to ſee good?12.
Keepe thy tung from evill, and thy lips that they ſpeake no guile.13.
Eſchew evill, and do good: ſeeke peace, and follow after it.14.
Caſt thy burden upon the Lord, and he ſhall nouriſh thee: he will not ſuffer the righteous to fall for ever.55.22.
The righteous crie, and the Lord heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.34.17.
The Lord is neere unto them that are of a contrite heart: and will ſave ſuch as be afflicted in ſpirit.18.
Laſt of all, hauing layd all theſe things together before him, he notably acknowledgeth the great goodneſſe of God towards him, and promiſeth thankes and praiſe. And ſo it is our duetie likewiſe, in ſuch ſort to vnfould the goodneſſe towards vsus, in all theſe poynts before rehearſed, as that thereby we ſtirre vp our ſelues, euer to be thankefull more and more. VntoUnto which apperteyne theſe two Pſalmes following.
The firſt Pſalme of the ſixt ſort.
The Argument.
In the former of them he doth no more but promiſe, or ſet downe with himſelf, that he will be thankefull. A good purpoſe in him and ſuch as is as iuſtly deſerued at our hands alſo.
The Pſalme.The 11. Pſalme.
I Will give thankes alway unto the Lord: his praiſe ſhall be in my mouth continually.34.1.
I will give thanks unto the Lord greatly with my mouth, and praiſe him among the multitude.109.30.
I wil praiſe thee, ô Lord my God, withal my heart, yea I wil glorifie thy name for ever.86.13.
And my tung ſhall utter thy righteouſneſſe, and thy prayſe every day.35.28.
That I may declare with the voyce of thanks-giving, and ſet forth al thy wonderous works.26.7.
I will praiſe thee, ô Lord, among the people, and I wil ſing unto thee among the nations.57.9.
So will I give thanks in the great congregation: I will praiſe thee among much people.35.18.
Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift up mine hand in thy name.63 4.
My ſoule ſhalbe ſatiſfied as with marrow and fatnes: and my mouth ſhall praiſe thee with joyfull lips.5.
When I remembred thee upon my bed, and when I thinke upon thee in the night watches.6.
Becauſe thou haſt been my helper, therefore under the ſhadow of thy wings will I rejoyce.7.
Thy loving kindneſſe is better than life: therefore my lips ſhall praiſe thee.3.
For thy merciemercy is great unto the heavens: and thy trueth unto the clowdes.57.10.
For great is thy merciemercy towards me: and thou haſt delivered my ſoule from the loweſt grave.86.13.
For thou haſt delivered my ſoule from death, and alſo my feete from falling that I may walke before God in the light of the living.56.13.
All my bones ſhall ſay, Lord, who is like unto thee, which delivereſt the poore from him that is too ſtrong for him? yea the poore that is in miſerie, from him that ſpoyleth him.35.10.
When I ſayd, my foote ſlideth, thy merciemercy, ô Lord, ſtayed me.94.18.
In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comforts have rejoyced my ſoule.19.
Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowſhip with thee, which forgeth wrōg for a law?20.
My foote ſtandeth in uprightnes: I will praiſe thee, ô Lord, in the congregations.26.12.
O Lord God the ſtrength of my ſaluation, thou haſt covered my head in the day of battell.140.7.
Among the Gods there is none like unto thee: and there is none that can do like unto thy works.86 8.
All nations whom thou haſt made ſhall come and worſhip thee, ô Lord, and ſhall glorifie thy name.9.
For thou art great, and doeſt wondrous things: thou art God alone.10.
O Lord of hoſts, how amiable is thy Tabernacle.84.1.
For a day in thy Courts is better than a thouſand other-where: I had rather be a dorekeeper in the houſe of my God, then to dwell in the tabernacles of wickedneſſe.10.
For the Lord God is the Sunne and ſhield unto us: the Lord will give grace and glorie: and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke uprightly.11.
I will ſing of thy power, and will praiſe thy merciemercy in the morning: for thou haſt been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.56.16.
VntoUnto thee, ô my ſtrength, wil I ſing: for thou art my defence & my merciful God.17.
S. D. G.
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