23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and tEx. xvi. 14. had given them of the corn of heaven. 25 * Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. 26 He caused an east wind + to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and ed fowls like as the sand of the sea: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their about their habitations. John vi. 31. Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty, Pciii. 20. + Heb. to go. feather-Heb. foul camp, round 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; of wing. 30 They were not estranged from their lust. But " while u Num. xi. 33. their meat was yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and § smote down the || chosen men of Israel. 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he up all his wrath. his anger away, and did not stir 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. to bow. Heb. made теп. 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, Or, rebel and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them + from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: against him. + Or, from affliction. Heb. set. 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their x Ex. vii. 20. floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which de- y Ex. viii. 24. voured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. z Ex. viii, 6 a Ex. x. 13. b Ex. ix. 23. Or, lightnings. Heb. He weighed a 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with +frost. 48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. ။ 50 | He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave *their life over to the pestilence; 51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. 53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: d d Ex. xiv. 27, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 28. & xv. 10. + Heb. covered. e Josh. xiii. 7. f Deut. xxxii. 21. g 1 Sam. iv. 11. + Heb. praised. 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. 65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder part: he put them to a perpetual reproach. 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath * established for ever. * Heb. founded. 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from 1 Sam. xvi, the sheepfolds: i 71+From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Psalms composed by David after his Accession, of which the Date and the Occasion are uncertain. PSALM VI. 11, 12. +Heb. From after. 1 Chro, xi, 2, + Or, upon the cighth: See 1 David's complaint in his sickness. 8 By faith he triumpheth over his enemies. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chas-1.x, ten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? k 1. 1 Ps. xxx. 9. & lxxxviii. 11, & cxv. 17. & cxviii. 17. Is. 6 I am weary with my groaning; § all the night make I xxxviii. 18. my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Or, every night. 8 m Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the m Matt. vii. LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. PSALM VIII. God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 23. & xxv. 41, Luke xiii. 27, 2 "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou n Matt. xxi. ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou Heb. mightest still the enemy and the avenger. founded. m Job. vii. 17. Ps. cxliv. 3. Heb. ii. 6. n 1 Cor. xv. 27. *Heb. flocks and oxen all of them. +Or, upon the eighth. + Or, Save. Heb. an 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 m What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; " thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 * All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the sea. 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! PSALM XII. 1 David, destitute of human comfort, craveth help of God. 3 He comforteth himself with God's judgments on the wicked, and confidence in God's tried promises. To the chief Musician † upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with § a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the Heb. great tongue that speaketh || proud things: heart and an heart. things. * Heb. are with us. 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? * 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in +Or, would safety from him that +puffeth at him. ensnare him. o2 Sam. xxii. 31. Ps. xviii. 30. & cxix. 140. Prov. Xxx. 5. + Heb. him: that is, every one of them. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when § the vilest men vilest of the are exalted. Heb. the sons of men are exalted. p Gen. i. 6. *Or, without these their voice is heard. + Heb. with out their voice heard. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 12 David prayetk 1 The Pheavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice q Rom. x. 18. is not heard. + Or, Their rule, or, direc tion. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 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. + Or, re 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, +converting the Or, doctrine. 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. storing 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. Heb. truth, 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than r Ps. cxix. 72, much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and § the honey comb. r 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 me: 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. PSALM XXIII. David's confidence in God's grace. t A Psalm of David. 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: leadeth me beside the ‡ still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths righteousness for his name's sake. 127. Prov. viii. 19. 8 Ps. cxix. 103. Heb. the dropping of honeycombs. t Is. xl. 11. Jer. xxiii. 4 he Ezek. xxxiv, of 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, "I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 23. John x. 11. 1 Pet. ii. 25. + Heb. pastures of tender grass. Heb. waters of quietness. u Ps. iii. 6. & xxvii. 1. & cxviii. 6. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou § anointest my head with oil; my cup Heb. makest 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 || for ever. fat. || Heb. to length of days. |