11 For they intended evil against thee they imagined a mischievous device which they are not able to perform 12 Therefore ‖ Or thou shalt set them as a â—utt shalt thou make them turn their †Heb. shoulder 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 1 David complaineth in great discouragement 9 He prayeth in great distrâ—ss 23 He praâ—seth God ¶ To the chief musician upon ‖ Or the hinde of the morning Aâ—jeleth Shâ—har A psalm of David MY * Mat. 27.46 Mark 15.34 God my God way hast thou forsaken me why art thou so far †Heb. from my salvation from helping me and from the words of my roaring 2 O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night-season and †Heb. there is no silence to me 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 cryed 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 * Mat. 27.39 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they †Heb. open shoot out the lip they shake the head saying 8 * Mat. 27.43 †Heb. he rolled himself on the LORD He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him let him deliver him ‖ Or if he delight in him seeing he delighted in him 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb thou ‖ Or keeptst me in safety 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 †Heb. not a helper none to help 12 Many bulls have compassed me strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round 13 They †Heb. opened their mouths against me gaped upon me with their mouths as a ravening and a roaring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are ‖ Or sundred out of joynt my heart is like wax it is melted in the midst of my bowels 15 My strength is dried up like a potsheard 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 inclosed me * Mat. 27.35 Mar. 15.24 Luke 23. â—3 John 19.23.27 they pierced my hands and my feet 17 I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me 18 * Luke 23.34 John 19.24 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 haste thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword †Heb. my onely one my darling †Heb. from the hand 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 * Hebr. 2.12 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 glorifie him and fear him all ye the 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 â—e of thee in the great congregation I will pay my vow 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 for ever 27 * Psal 2.8 72.11 86.9 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 LORDS and he is the governour among the nations 29 All they that be fat upon 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 shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born that he hath done this PSAL. XXIII Davids confidence in Gods graâ—e ¶ A psalm of David THE LORD is * Isa 40.11 Jerem. 23.4 Ezek. 34.23 John 10.11 1 Pet. 2.25 my shepherd I shall not want 2 He maketh me to lie down in †Heb. pastures of tender grass green pastures he leadeth me beside the †Heb. waters of quietness 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 * Psal 3.6 and 118.6 I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou †Heb. makest fat anointest my head with oyl 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 †Heb. to length of days forever PSAL. XXIV 1 Gods lordship in the world 3 The citizens of kisspiritual kingdom 7 An exhortation to receive him ¶ A psalm of David THe * Deu. 10.14 Job 41.11 Psal 50.12 1 Cor. 10.26 28. earth is the LORDS and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein 2 * Job 28.6 Psal 1â—4 5 and 135.6 For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods 3 * Psal 15. â— Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD and who shall stand in his holy place 4 * Isa 33.15 16. †Heb. the clean of hands 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 ‖ Or O God of Jacob. O Jacob. 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 this King of glory the LORD strong and mighty the LORD mighty in battel 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 hosts he is the King of glory Selah PSAL. XXV 1 Davids confidence in prayer 7
saw it and †Heb. it was evil in his eyes it displeased him that there was no judgement 16 ¶ And he saw that there was no man and wondred that there was no intercessour * Ch. 63.5 therefore his arm brought salvation unto him and his righteousness it sustained him 17 * Ephes 6.14 17. 1 Thes 5.8 For he put on righteousness as a breast-plate and an helmet of salvation upon his head and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloke 18 * Ch. 63 6. According to their †Heb. recompences deeds accordingly he will repay fury to his adversaries recompence to his enemies to the islands he will repay recompence 19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west and his glory from the rising of the sun when the enemy shall come in * Rev. 12 15. like a flood the spirit of the LORD shall ‖ Or put him to flight lift up a standard against him 20 ¶ And * Rom. 11.26 the redeemer shall come to Zion and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob saith the LORD 21 As for me this is my covenant with them saith the LORD My spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed nor out of the mouth of thy seeds seed saith the LORD from henceforth and for ever CHAP. LX. 1 The glory of the church in the abundant access of the Gentiles 15 and the great blessings after a short affliction ARise ‖ Or be enlightned for thy light cometh shine for thy light is come and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee 2 For behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the LORD shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee 3 And the * Rev. 21.24 Gentiles shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising 4 Ch. 49.18 Lift up thine eyes round about and see all they gather themselves together they come to thee thy sons shall come from far and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side 5 Then thou shalt see and flow together and thine heart shall fear and be enlarged because the ‖ Or nois◠of the se◠shall be turned toward thee abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee the ‖ Or wealth forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah all they from Sheba shall come they shall bring * Ch. 61.6 gold and incense and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee the rams of Nebaieth shall minister unto thee they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar and I will glorifie the house of my glory 8 Who are these that flie as a cloud and as the doves to their windows 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me and the ships of Tarshish first * Gal. 4.26 to bring thy sons from far their silver and their gold with them unto the name of the LORD thy God and to the holy One of Israel because he hath glorified thee 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls and their kings shall minister unto thee for in my wrath I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee 11 Therefore thy gates * Re. 21 25. shall be open continually they shall not be shut day nor night that men may bring unto thee the ‖ Or wealth forces of the Gentiles and that their kings may be brought 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish yea those nations shall be utterly wasted 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee the fir-tree the pine-tree and the box together to beautifie the place of my sanctuary and I will make the place of my feet glorious 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall * Rev. 3.9 bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet and they shall call thee The city of the LORD the Zion of the holy One of Israel 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated so that no man went through thee I will make thee an eternal excellency a joy of many generations 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles and shalt suck the breast of kings and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy saviour and thy redeemer the mighty One of Jacob. 17 For brass I will bring gold and for iron I will bring silver and for wood brass and for stones iron I will also make thy officers peace and thine exactours righteousness 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land wasting nor destruction within thy borders but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation and thy gates Praise 19 * Rev. 21.23 22. ◠The sun shall be no more thy light by day neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory 20 Thy sun shall no more go down neither shall thy moon withdraw it self for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light and the days of thy mourning shall be ended 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous they shall inherit the land for ever the branch of my planting the work of my hands that I may be glorified 22 A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation I the LORD will hasten it in his time CHAP. LXI 1 The office of Christ 4 The forwardness 7 and blessings of the faithful THE * Luke 4.18 spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to blinde up the broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them hat are bound 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourn 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion to give unto them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that they might be called trees of righteousness the planting of the LORD that he might be glorified 4 ¶ And they shall * Chap. 58.12 build the old wastes they shall raise up the former desolations and they shall repart the waste cities the desolations of many generations 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks and the sons of the alien shall be your plowman and your vine-dressers 6 But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD men shall call you the ministers of our God * Chap. 60.6 ye
because of the truth Selah 5 * Psal 108.6 c. That thy beloved may be delivered save with thy right hand and hear me 6 God hath spoken in his holiness I will rejoyce I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth 7 Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head Judah is my law-giver 8 Moab is my washpot over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia ‖ Or Triumph thou over me by an ironie triumph thou because of me 9 Who will bring me into the †Heb. city of strength strong city who will lead me into Edom 10 Wilt not thou O God which * Ps 44.9 108.11 hadst cast us off and thou O God which didst not go out with our armies 11 Give us help from trouble for vain is the †Heb. salvation help of man 12 Through God we shall do valiantly for he it is that shall tread down our enemies PSAL. LXI 1 David fleeth to God upon his former experience 4 He voweth perpetual service unto him because of his promises ¶ To the chief musician upon Negmah A psalm of David HEar my cry O God attend unto my prayer 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the rock that is higher then I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever I will ‖ Or make my refute trust in the covert of thy wings Selah 5 For thou O God hast heard my vows thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name 6 †Heb. thou shalt aâ—d days to the days of the king Thou wilt prolong the kings life and his years †Heb. at generation and reberation as many generations 7 He shall abide before God for ever O prepare mercy and truth which may preserve him 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever that I may daily perform my vows PSAL. LXII 1 David professing his confidence in God discourageth his enemies 5 In the same confidence be encourageth the godly 9 No trust is to be put in worldly things 11 Power and mercy belong to God ¶ To the chief musician to Jeduthun A psalm of David ‖ Or onely TRuly my soul †Heb. is silent waiteth upon God from him cometh my salvation 2 He onely is my rock and my salvation he is my †Heb. high place defence I shall not be greatly moved 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man ye shall be slain all of you as a bowing wall shall ye be and as a tottering fence 4 They onely consult to cast him down from his excellency they delight in lies they bless with their mouth but they curse †Heb. in their inward parts inwardly Selah 5 My soul wait thou onely upon God for my expectation is from him 6 He onely is my rock and my salvation he is my defence I shall not be moved 7 In God is my salvation and my glory the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God 8 Trust in him at all times ye people pour out your heart before him God is a refuge for us Selah 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a he to be laid in the balance they are ‖ Or alike altogether lighter then vanity 10 Trust not in oppression and become not vain in robbery if riches increase set not your heart upon them 11 God hath spoken once twice have I heard this that ‖ Or â—reâ—th power belongeth unto God 12 Also unto thee O Lord belongeth mercy for * Job 34.11 Pro. 24.12 Jer. 32.19 Ezek. 7.27 Matth. 16.27 Rom. 2.6 2 Cor. 5.10 Ephes 6.8 Col. 3.25 1 Pet. 1.17 Rev. 22.12 thou rendrest to every man according to his work PSAL. LXIII 1 Davids thirst for God 4 His manner of Hessing God 9 His confidence of his enemies destruction and his own safety ¶ A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah O God thou art my God early will I seek thee my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and †Heb. weary thirsty land †Heb. without water where no water is 2 To see thy power and thy glory so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary 3 Because thy loving kindness is better then life my lips shall praise thee 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live I will lift up my hands in thy name 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with †Heb. fatness marrow and fatness and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips 6 When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night-watches 7 Because thou hast been my help therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce 8 My soul followeth hard after thee thy right hand upholdeth me 9 But those that seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth 10 †Heb. they shall make him run cut like water by the hands of the sword They shall fall by the sword they shall be a portion for foxes 11 But the king shall rejoyce in God every one that sweareth by him shall glory but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped PSAL. LXIV 1 David prayeth for deliverance complaining of his enemies 7 He promiseth himself to see such an evident destruction of his enemies as the righteous shall rejoyce at it ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David HEar my voice O God in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity 3 * Psal 11.2 Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows even bitter words 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not 5 They encourage themselves in an evil ‖ Or speeth matter they commune †Heb to hide snares of laying snares privily they say Who shall see them 6 They search out iniquities ‖ Or we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched they accomplish †Heb. a searth searched a diligent search both the inward thought of every one of them and the heart is deep 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow suddenly †Heb. their wound shall be shall they be wounded 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves all that see them shall flee away 9 And all men shall fear and shall declare the work of God for they shall wisely consider of his doing 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD and shall trust in him and all the upright in heart shall glory PSAL. 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that hate him 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him and in my name shall his horn 〈◊〉 exalted 25 I will set 〈◊〉 â—and also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers 26 He shall cry unto me Thou art my Father my God and the rock of my salvation 27 Also I will make him my first-born higher then the kings of the earth 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the days of heaven 30 It his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgements 31 If they †Heb. profane my statutes break my statutes and keep not my commandments 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes 33 Nevertheless my loving kindness †Heb. I will not make void from him will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faâ—thfulness †Heb. to lie to fail 34 My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness †Heb. if I lie that I will not lie unto David 36 * 2 Sam. 7.16 Luke 1.33 Joh. 12.34 His seed shall endure for ever his throne as the sun before me 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven Selah 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred thou hast been wroth with thine anointed 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant thou hast profaned his câ—own by casting it to the ground 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges thou hast brought his strong holds to ruine 41 All that pass by the way spoil him he is a reproach to his neighbours 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries thou hast made all his enemies to rejoyce 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battel 44 Thou hast made his †Heb. brightness glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortned thou hast covered him with shame Selah 46 How long LORD wilt thou hide thy self for ever shall thy wrath burn like fire 47 Remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men in vain 48 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave Selah 49 Lord where are thy former loving kindnesses which thou * 2 Sam. 7 1â— swarest unto David in thy truth 50 Remember Lord the reproach of thy servants how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people 52 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached O LORD wherewith they have reproached the foot-steps of thine anointed 52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore Amen and amen PSAL. XC 1 Moses setting forth Gods providence 3 complains of humane fragility 7 divine chastisements 10 and brevity of life 12 He prayeth for the knowledge and sensible experience of Gods good providence ¶ ‖ Or a prayer being a psalm of Moses A Prayer of Moses the man of God LOrd thou hast been our dwelling-place †Heb. in generation and generation in all generations 2 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God 3 Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men 4 * 2 Pet. 3.8 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday ‖ Or when he hath passed them when it is past and as a watch in the night 5 Thou carriest them away as with a floud they are as a sleep in the morning they are like grass which ‖ Or is changed groweth up 6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up in the evening it is cut down and withereth 7 For we are consumed by thine anger and by thy wrath are we troubled 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy countenance 9 For all our days are †Heb. turned away passed away in thy wrath we spend our years ‖ Or as a meditation as a tale that is told 10 †Heb. as for the days of our years in them are seventy years The days of our years are threescore years and ten and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years yet is their strength labour and sorrow for it is soon cut off and we flie away 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger even according to thy fear so is thy wrath 12 So teach us to number our days that we may †Heb. cause to come apply our hearts unto wisdom 13 Return O LORD how long and let it repent thee concerning thy servants 14 O satisfie us early with thy mercy that we may rejoyce and be glad all our days 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evil 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants and thy glory unto their children 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands upon us yea the work of our hands establish thou it PSAL. XCI 1 The state of the godly 3 Their safety 9 Their habitation 11 Their servants 14 Their friend with the effects of them all HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall †Heb. lodge abide under the shadow of the Almighty 2 I will say of the LORD He is my refuge and my fortress my God in him will I trust 3 Sureâ—y he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noysom peâ—tilâ—nâ—e 4 He shall â—over thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou tâ—â—â—â— his truth shall be thâ— shâ—â—ld and buâ—â—ler 5 Tâ—oâ— shalt noâ—â—e afraid for the terrour by night nor for the arrow that flâ—â—th â—y day 6 Noâ— for the pestilâ—nce that walketh in darkness nor for the destruction that wasteth at noâ—n-day 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee 8 Onely with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked 9 Because thou hast made the LORD which is my refuge even the most High thy habitation 10 There shall no evil befal thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling 11 * Mat. 4.6 Luke 4.10 For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foot against a stone 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and ‖ Or asp adder the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet 14 Because he hath
have peace 13 * Levit. 26.16 Deut. 28.38 Micah 6.15 Hag. 1.6 They have sown wheat but shall reap thorns they have put themselves to pain but shall not profit and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD 14 ¶ Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit Behold I will * Deut. 30.2 Chap. 32.37 pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them 15 And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them again every man to his heritage and every man to his land 16 And it shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of my people to swear by my name The LORD liveth as they taught my people to swear by my Baal then shall they be built in the midst of my people 17 But if they will not * Isa 60 12. obey I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation saith the LORD CHAP. XIII 1 In the â—â—pe of a lineâ— girdle kidden at Euphrates God prefigureth the destruction of his people 12Vnder the parable of the bottles filled with wine he foretelleth their drunkenness in misery 15 He exhorteth to prevent their future judgements 22 He sheweth their abominations are the cause thereof THus saith the LORD unto me Go and get thee a linen girdle and put it upon thy loyns and put it not in water 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD and put it on my loyns 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time saying 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got which is upon thy loyns and arise go to Euphrates and hide it there in a hole of the rock 5 So I went and hid it by Euphrates as the LORD commanded me 6 And it came to pass after many days that the LORD said unto me Arise go to Euphrates and take the girdle from thence which I commanded thee to hide there 7 Then I went to Euphrates and digged and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it and behold the girdle was marred it was profitable for nothing 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 Thus saith the LORD After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem 10 This evil people which refuse to hear my words which walk in the ‖ Or stubb â—nness imagination of their heart and walk after other gods to serve them and to worship them shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing 11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loyns of a man so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah saith the LORD that they might be unto me for a people for a name and for a praise for a glory but they would not hear 12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Every bottle shall be filled with wine and they shall say unto thee Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine 13 Then shalt thou say unto them Thus saith the LORD Behold I will fill all the inhabitants of this land even the kings that sit upon Davids throne and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness 14 And I will dash them †Heb. a man against his brother one against another even the fathers and the sons together saith the LORD I will not pity nor spare not have mercy †Heb. from destroying them but destroy them 15 ¶ Hear ye and give ear be not proud for the LORD hath spoken 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before he cause * If. 8.22 darkness and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains and while ye look for light he turn it into the shadow of death and make it gross darkness 17 But if ye will not hear it my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride and * La. 1.2 16 and 2.18 mine eye shall weep sore and run down with tears because the LORDs flock is carried away captive 18 Say unto the king and to the queen Humble your selves sit down for your ‖ Or head-tires principalities shall come down even the crown of your glory 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up and none shall open them Judah shall be carried away captive all of it it shall be wholly carried away captive 20 Lift up your eyes and behold them that come from the north where is the flock that was given thee thy beautiful flock 21 What wilt thou say when he shall †Heb. visit upon punish thee for thou hast taught them to be captains and as chief over thee shall not sorrows take thee as a woman in travail 22 ¶ And it thou say in thine heart * Ch 5.19 and 16.10 Wherefore come these things upon me for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered and thy heels ‖ Or shall be violently taken away made bare 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots then may ye also do good that are †Heb. caught accustomed to do evil 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness 25 This is thy lot the portion of thy measures from me saith the LORD because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in falshood 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face that thy shame may appear 27 I have seen thine adulteries and thy neighings the lewdness of thy whoredom and thine abominations on the hills in the fields wo unto thee O Jerusalem wilt thou not be made clean †Heb. after when â—et when shall it once be CHAP. XIV 1 The grievous famine 7 causeth Jeremiah to pray 10 The Lord will not be intreated for the people 13 Lying prophets are no excuse for them 17 Jeremiah is moved to complain for them THe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning †Heb. the words of the dearths or restraints the dearth 2 Judah mourneth and the gates thereof languish they are black unto the ground and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters they came to the pits and found no water they returned with their vessels empty they were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads 4 Because the ground is chapt for there was no rain in the earth the plowmen were ashamed they covered their heads 5 Yea the hind also calved in the field and forsook it because there was no grass 6 And the wilde asses did stand in the high places they snuffed up the wind
deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressour and do no wrong do no violence to the stranger the fatherless nor the widow neither shed innocent bloud in this place 4 For if ye do this thing indeed * Ch. 17.25 then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting ‖ Heb. for David upon his throne upon the throne of David riding in chariots and on horses he and his servants and his people 5 But if ye will not hear these words I swear by my self saith the LORD that this house shall become a desolation 6 For thus saith the LORD unto the kings house of Judah Thou art Gilead unto me and the head of Lebanon yet surely I will make thee a wilderness and cities which are not inhabited 7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee every one with his weapons and they shall cut down thy choice cedars and cast them into the fire 8 And many nations shall pass by this city and they shall say every man to his neighbour * Deu 29.24 1 Kin. 9.8 Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city 9 Then they shall answer Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and worshipped other gods and served them 10 ¶ Weep ye not for the dead neither bemoan him but weep sore for him that goeth away for he shall return no more nor see his native countrey 11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum The son of Josiah king of Judah which reigned in stead of Josiah his father which went forth out of this place He shall not return thither any more 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive and shall see this land no more 13 ¶ Wo unto * Le. 19.13 Deu. 24.14 15. Hab. 2.9 him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness and his chambers by wrong that useth his neighbours service without wages and giveth him not for his work 14 That saith I will build me a wide house and †Heb. throughâ—ired large chambers and cutteth him out ‖ Or my wâ—â—â—â— windows and it is cieled with cedar and painted with vermilion 15 Shalt thou reign because thou closest thy self in cedar did not thy father eat and drink and do judgement and justice and then it was well with him 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy then it was well with him was not this to know me saith the LORD 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness and for to shed innocent bloud and for oppression and for ‖ Or incursion violence to do it 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah they shall not lament for him saying Ah my brother or ah sister they shall not lament for him saying Ah Lord or ah his glory 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem 20 ¶ Go up to Lebanon and cry and lift up thy voice in Bashan and cry from the passages for all thy lovers are destroyed 21 I spake unto thee in thy †Heb. prosperities prosperity but thou saidst I will not hear this hath been thy manner from thy youth that thou obeyedst not my voice 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastours and thy lovers shall go into captivity surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness 23 O †Heb. inhabitress inhabitant of Lebanon that makest thy nest in the cedars how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee the pain as of a woman in travail 24 As I live saith the LORD though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand yet would I pluck thee thence 25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Caldeans 26 And I will cast thee out and thy mother that bare thee into another countrey where ye were not born and there shall ye die 27 But to the land whereunto they †Heb. lift up their mindâ— desire to return thither shall they not return 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure wherefore are they cast out he and his seed and are cast into a land which they know not 29 O earth earth earth hear the word of the LORD 30 Thus saith the LORD Write ye this man childless a man that shall not prosper in his days for no man of his seed shall prosper sitting upon the throne of David and rusing any more in Judah CHAP. XXIII 1 He prophesieth a restauration of the scattered flock 5 Christ shall rule and save them 9 Against false prophets 33 and mockers of the true prophets * Ezek. 34.2 WO be unto the pastours that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture saith the LORD 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastours that feed my people Ye have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not visited them behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the LORD 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countreys whither I have driven them and will bring them again to their folds and they shall be fruitful and increase 4 And I will set up * Ch. 3.15 Ezek 34.11 c. shepherds over them which shall feed them and they shall fear no more nor be dismayed neither shall they be lacking saith the LORD 5 ¶ Behold * Isa 4.2 40.11 Ch. 33.14 15. Dan. 9.24 Joh. 1.45 the days come saith the LORD that I will raise unto David a righteous branch and a king shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth 6 * Deu. 33.38 In his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called †Heb. Jehoâ—aâ—â—sidâ—enu THE LORD OUR RIGH TEOUSNESS 7 Therefore behold * Ch. 16.14 15. the days come saith the LORD that they shall no more say The LORD liveth which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 8 But The LORD liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north countrey and from all countreys whither I had driven them and they shall dwell in their own land 9 ¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets all my bones shake I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath overcome because of the LORD and because of the words of his holiness 10 For the land is full of adulterers for because of ‖ Or cursing swearing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the wilderness
O thou that dwellest in the land the time is come the day of trouble is near and not the ‖ Or eâ—bo sounding again of the mountains 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee and accomplish mine anger upon thee and I will judge thee according to thy ways and will recompense thee for all thine abominations 9 And mine eye shall not spare neither will I have pity I will recompense †Heb. upon thee thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth 10 Behold the day behold it is come the morning is gone forth the rod hath blossomed pride hath budded 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness none of them shall remain nor of their ‖ Or tumule multitude nor any of ‖ Or their tumultuous persons theirs neither shall there be waiting for them 12 The time is come the day draweth near let not the buyer rejoyce nor the seller mourn for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold †Heb. though their life were yet among the living although they were yet alive for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof which shall not return neither shall any strengthen himself ‖ Or aâ—â—se life is in his iniquity in †Heb. his iniquity the iniquity of his life 14 They have blown the trumpet even to make all ready but none goeth to the battel for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof 15 The sword is without and the pestilence and the famine within he that is in the field shall die with the sword and he that is in the city famine and pestilence shall devour him 16 ¶ But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys all of them mourning every one for his iniquity 17 All * Is 13.7 Jer. 6.24 hands shall be feeble all knees shall †Heb. go into water be weak as water 18 They shall also * Is 15.2 3. Jer. 48.37 gird themselves with sackcloth and horrour shall cover them and shame shall be upon all faces and baldness upon all their heads 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold shall be †Heb. for a separation or uncleanness removed their * Pr. 11.4 Zeph. 1.18 Ecclus 5.8 silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD they shall not satisfie their souls neither fill their bowels ‖ Or because their iniquity is their stumbling-block because it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity 20 ¶ As for the beauty of his ornament he set it in majesty but they made the images of their abominations and of their detectable things therein therefore have I ‖ Or made it unto them an unclean thing set it far from them 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil and they shall pollute it 22 My face will I turn also from them and they shall pollute my secret place for the ‖ Or burâ—lers robbers shall enter into it and defile it 23 ¶ Make a chain for the land is full of bloudy crimes and the city is full of violence 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen and they shall possess their houses I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease and ‖ Or they shall inbâ—rit their holy places their holy place shall be defiled 25 †Heb. cutting off Destruction cometh and they shall seek peace and there shall be none 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief and rumour shall be upon rumour then shall they seek a vision of the prophet but the law shall perish from the priest and counsel from the ancients 27 The king shall mourn and the printe shall be clothed with desolation and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled I will do unto them after their way and †Heb. with their judgements according to their deserts will I judge them and they shall knew that I am the LORD CHAP. VIII 1 Ezekiel in a vision of God at Jerusalem 5 is shewed the imaze of jealousie 7 the chambers of imagery 13 the mourners for Tammuz 16 the worshippers towards the sun 18 Gods wrath for their idolatry ANd it came to pass in the sixth year in the sixth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth as I sat in mine house and the elders of Judah sat before me that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me 2 Then I behold and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire from the appearance of his loyns even downward fire and from his loyns even upward as the appearance of brightness as the colour of amber 3 And he * Dan. 5.5 put forth the form of an hand and took me by a lock of mine head and the spirit hit me up between the earth and the heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north where was the seat of the image of jealousie which provoketh to jealousie 4 And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there according to the vision that I * Ch. 1.25 saw in the plain 5 ¶ Then said he unto me Son of man lift up thine eyes now the way towards the north so I lift up mine eyes the way toward the north and behold north-ward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousie in the entry 6 He said furthermore unto me Son of man seest thou what they do even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here that I should go far off from my sanctuary but turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations 7 ¶ And he brought me to the door of the court and when I looked behold a hole in the wall 8 Then said he unto me Son of man dig now in the wall and when I had digged in the wall behold a door 9 And he said unto me Go in and behold the wicked abominations that they do here 10 So I went in and saw and behold every form of creeping things and abominable beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel pourtrayed upon the wall round about 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan with every man his censer in his hand and a thick cloud of incense went up 12 Then said he unto me Son of man hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark every man in the chambers of his imagery for they say * Ch. 9.9
The LORD seeth us not the LORD hath forsaken the earth 13 ¶ He said also unto me Turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORDs house which was towards the north and behold there sat women weeping for Tammuz 15 ¶ Then said he unto me Hast thou seen this O son of man turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations then these 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDs house and behold at the door of the temple of the LORD between the porch and the altar were about five and twenty men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east and they worshipped the sun toward the east 17 ¶ Then he said unto me Hast thou seen this O son of man ‖ Or Is there any thing lighter then to commit Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here for they have filled the land with violence and have returned to provoke me to anger and lo they put the branch to their nose 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury mine * Ch. 5.11 and 7.4 eye shall not spare neither will I have pity and though they * Pr. 1.28 Isa 1.15 Jer. 11.11 Mic. 3.4 cry in mine ears with a loud voice yet will I not hear them CHAP. IX 1 A vision whereby is shewed the preservation of some 5 and the destruction of the rest 8 God cannot be intreated for them HE cried also in mine ears with a loud voice saying Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand 2 And behold six men came from the way of the higher gate †Heb. which is turned which lieth toward the north and every man †Heb. a weapon of his breaking in pieces a slaughter-weapon in his hand and one man among them was clothed with linen with a writers inkhorn †Heb. upon his loyns by his side and they went in and stood beside the brasen altar 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub whereupon he was to the threshold of the house and he called to the man clothed with linen which had the writers inkhorn by his side 4 And the LORD said unto him Go through the midst of the city through the midst of Jerusalem and †Heb. mark a mark set * Ex. 12.7 Rev. 7.3 a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof 5 ¶ And to the others he said in †Heb. mine ears mine hearing Go ye after him through the city and smite let not your eye spare neither have ye pity 6 Slay †Heb. to destruction utterly old and young both maids and little children and women but come not near any man upon whom is the mark and begin at my sanctuary then they began at the ancient men which were before the house 7 And he said unto them Defile the house and fill the courts with the slain go ye forth and they went forth and slew in the city 8 ¶ And it came to pass while they were slaying them and I was lest that I fell upon my face and cried and said Ah Lord GOD wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem 9 Then said he unto me The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great and the land is †Heb. filled with full of bloud and the city full of ‖ Or wresting of judgement perversness for they say * Ch. 8.12 The LORD hath forsaken the earth and the LORD seeth not 10 And as for me also mine * Ch. 5.11 and 7.4 and 8.18 eye shall not spare neither will I have pity but I will recompense their way upon their head 11 And behold the man clothed with linen which had the ink-horn by his side †Heb. returned the word reported the matter saying I have done as thou hast commanded me CHAP. X. 1 The vision of the coals of fire to be scattered over the city 8 The vision of the cherubims THen I looked and behold in the * Ch. 1 22. firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire-stone as the appearance of the likeness of a throne 2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen and said Go in between the wheels even under the cherub and fill †Heb. the hollow of thine hand thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims and scatter them over the city And he went in in my sight 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house when the man went in and the cloud filled the inner court 4 Then the glory of the LORD †Heb. was lifted up went up from the cherub and stood over the threshold of the house and the house was filled with the cloud and the court was full of the brightness of the LORDs glory 5 And the * Ch. 1.24 sound of the cherubims wings was heard even to the utter court as the voice of the almighty God when he speaketh 6 And it came to pass that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen saying Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubims then he went in and stood beside the wheels 7 And one cherub †Heb. sâ—ot forth stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims and took thereof and pat it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen who took it and went out 8 ¶ And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a mans hand under their wings 9 And when I looked behold the four wheels by the cherubims one wheel by one cherub and another wheel by another cherub and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a * Ch. 1.16 beryl-stone 10 And as for their appearances they four had one likeness as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel 11 When they went they went upon their four sides they turned not as they went but to the place whither the head looked they followed it they turned not as they went 12 And their whole †Heb. fresh body and their backs and their hands and their wings and the wheels were full of eyes round about even the wheels that they four had 13 As for the wheels ‖ Or they were called in my hearing Wheel or Galgal it was cried unto them in my hearing O wheel 14 And every one had four faces the first face was the face of a cherub and the second face was the face of a man and the
third the face of a lion and the fourth the face of an eagle 15 And the cherubims were lifted up this is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar 16 And when the cherubims went the wheels went by them and when the cherubims lift up their wings to mount up from the earth the same wheels also turned not from beside them 17 When they stood these stood and when they were lifted up these lift up themselves also for the spirit of the living creature was in them 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubims 19 And the cherubims lift up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out the wheels also were besides them and every one stood at the door of the east-gate of the LORDs house and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Châ—bar and I knew that they were the cherubims 21 Every one had four faces apiece and every one four wings and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar their appearances and themselves they went every one straight forward CHAP. XI 1 The presumption of the princes 4 Their sin and judgement 13 Ezekiel complaining God sheweth him his purpose in saving a remnant 21 and punishing the wicked 22 The glory of God leaveth the city 24 Ezekiel is returned to the captivity MOreover the spirit lift me up and brought me unto the east-gate of the LORDs house which looketh east-ward and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah princes of the people 2 Then said he unto me Son of man these are the men that devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city 3 Which say ‖ Or It is not for us to build sauses near It is not * 2 Pet. 3.4 near let us build houses this city is the caldron and we be the flesh 4 ¶ Therefore prophesie against them prophesie O son of man 5 And the spirit of the LORD fell upon me and said unto me Speak Thus saith the LORD Thus have ye said O house of Israel for I know the things that come into your minde every one of them 6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it they are the flesh and this city is the caldron but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it 8 Ye have feared the sword and I will bring a sword upon you saith the Lord GOD. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof and deliver you into the hands of strangers and will execute judgements among you 10 Ye shall fall by the sword I will judge you in the border of Israel and ye shall know that I am the LORD 11 This city shall not be your caldron neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof but I will judge you in the border of Israel 12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD ‖ Or â—â—ick have â—ot walked for ye have not walked in my statutes neither executed my judgements but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you 13 ¶ And it came to pass when l prophesied that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died then fell I down upon my face and cried with a loud voice and said Ah Lord GOD wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 15 Son of man thy brethren even thy brethren the men of thy kindred and all the house of Israel wholly are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said Get ye far from the LORD unto us is this land given in possession 16 Therefore say Thus saith the Lord GOD Although I have cast them far off among the heathen and although I have scattered them among the countreys yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countreys where they shall come 17 Therefore say Thus saith the Lord GOD I will even gather you from the people and assemble you out of the countreys where ye have been scattered and I will give you the land of Israel 18 And they shall come thither and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence 19 And * Jer. 22.29 Chr. 36.26 I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within you and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give them an heart of flesh 20 That they may walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances and do them and they shall be my people and I will be their God 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations I will recompense their way upon their own heads saith the Lord GOD. 22 ¶ Then did the cherubims lift up their wings and the wheels besides them and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is on the east-side of the city 24 ¶ Afterwards the spirit took me up and brought me in vision by the spirit of God into Caldea to them of the captivity so the vision that I had seen went up from me 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me CHAP. XII 1 The type of Ezekiels removing 8 It shewed the captivity of Zedekiah 17 Ezekiels trembling sheweth the Jews desolation 21 The Jews presumptuous proverb is reproved 26 The speediness of the vision THe word of the LORD also came unto me saying 2 Son of man thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house which have eyes to see and see not they have ears to hear and hear not for they are a rebellions house 3 Therefore thou son of man prepare thee ‖ Or instruments stuff for removing and remove by day in their sight and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight it may be they will consider though they be a rebellious house 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight as stuff for removing and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight †Heb. as the â—â—ings feâ—th of captivity as they that go forth into captivity 5 †Heb. Dig for thee Dig thou through the wall in their sight and carry out thereby 6 In their sight shalt thou hear
day and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night and I will †Heb. cut â—ff deâ—troy thy mother 6 ¶ My people are †Heb. cut off destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no priest to me seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God I will also forget thy children 7 As they were increased so they sinned against me therefore will I change their glory into shame 8 They eat up the sin of my people and they †Heb. lift up their soul to their iniquity let their heart on their iniquity 9 And there shall be * Isa 24.2 like people like priest and I will †Heb. visit upon punish them for their ways and †Heb. cause to return reward them their doings 10 For they shall eat and not have enough they shall commit whoredom and shall not increase because they have left off to take heed to the LORD 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks and their staff declareth unto them for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err and they have gone a whoring from under their God 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains and burn incense upon the hills under oaks and poplars and elms because the shadow thereof is good therefore your daughters shall commit wheredom and your spouses shall commit adultery 14 ‖ Or shall I not c. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom nor your spouses when they commit adultery for themselves are separated with whores and they sacrifice with harlots therefore the people that doth not understand shall ‖ Or be punished fall 15 ¶ Though thou Israel play the harlot yet let not Judah offend and come not ye unto Gilgal neither go ye up to * 1 King â—2 29 Beth-aven nor swear The LORD liveth 16 â—or Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer now the LORD will â—eeâ— them as a lamb in a large place 17 Ephraim is joyned to idols let him alone 18 Their drink †Heb. â—â—â—e is sowre they have committed whoredom continually her †Heb. â—â—eldâ— rulers with shame do love Give ye 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings and they shall be ashame because of their sacrifices CHAP. V. 1 Gods judâ—ements against the priests the people and the princes of Israel for tâ—â—â—r manifold sins 15 until they repent HEar ye this O priests and hearken ye house of Israel and give ye ear O house of the king for judgement is toward you because ye have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor 2 And the revolter are profound to make slaughter ‖ Or 〈◊〉 c. though I have been †Heb. a 〈◊〉 a rebuker of them all 3 I know Ephraim and Israel is not hid from me for now O Ephraim thou committest whoredom and Israel is defiled 4 †Heb. they will not give ‖ Or their doings will not suffer thâ—m They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them and they have not known the LORD 5 And the pride of Israel doth testifie to his face therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity Judah also shall fall with them 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD but they shall not finde him he hath withdrawn himself from them 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD for they have begottâ—n strange children now shall a moneth devour them with their portions 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah cry aloud at Beth-aven after thee O Benjamin 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound thereâ—oâ—â— I will pour out my wrath upon them like water 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgement because be willingly walked after the commandment 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Judah as ‖ Or a worn rottenness 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound then went Ephraim to the Assyrian and sent ‖ Or to the king of Jareb or to the king that sâ—ould plead to king Jareb yet could he not heal you nor cure you of your wound 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion and as a young lion to the house of Judah I even I will tear and go away I will take away and none shall rescue him 15 ¶ I will go and return to my place †Heb. till they be guilty till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face in their affliction they will seek me early CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to repentance 4 A complaint of their untowardness and iniquity COmâ— and let us return unto the LORD for he hath torn and he will heal us he hath smitten and he will binde us up 2 * 1 Cor. 15.4 Afâ—er two days will he revive us in the third day he will raise us up and we shall live in his sight 3 Then shall we know if we follow on to know the LORD his going forth is prepared as the morning and he shall come unto us as the rain as the latter and former rain unto the earth 4 ¶ O Ephraim what shall I do unto thee O Judah what shall I do unto thee for your ‖ Or mercy or kindness goodness is as a morning cloud and as the early dew it goeth away 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets I have slain them by the words of my mouth ‖ Or that the judgements might be c. and thy judgements are as the light that goeth forth 6 For I desired * 1 Sam â—5 22 Eccles 5.1 Mat. 9.13 12. â— mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God mâ—re then burnt-offerings 7 But they ‖ Or like Adam like men have transgressed the covenant there have they dealt treacherously against me 8 Gâ—â—ead is a city of them that work iniquity and is ‖ Or â—unning â—or bloud polluted with â—lâ—â—d 9 And as troups of robbers wait for a man so the company of priests murder in the way †Heb with one shoulder or to Sâ—eâ—hem by consent for the commit ‖ Or enormity Jewdness 10 I â—ave seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel there is the whoredom of Ephraim Israel is defiled 11 Also O Judah he hath set an harvest for thee when I returned the captivity of my people CHAP. VII 1 A reproof of manifold sins 11 Gods wrath against them for their hypocrisie WHen I would have healed Israel then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered and the
make thee a laughing-stock to thine enemies that malign thee 32 Take not pleasure in much good cheer neither be tied to the expense thereof 33 Be not made a beggar by banquetting upon borrowing when thou hast nothing in thy purse for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life and be talked on CHAP. XIX 2 Wine and women seduce wise men 7 Say not all thou hearest 17 Reprove thy friend without anger 22 There is no wisdom in wickedness A Labouring man that is given to drunkenness shall not be rich and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little 2 Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent 3 Moths and worms shall have him to heritage and a bold man shall be taken away 4 * Josh 22.11 He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded and he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul 5 Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his life 6 He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife and he that hateth babbling shall have less evil 7 Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee and thou shalt fare never the worse 8 Whether it be ‖ Or of friend or foe to a friend or foe talk not of other mens lives and if thou can't without offence reveal them not 9 For he heard and observed thee and when time cometh he will ‖ Or shew his hatred hate thee 10 If thou hast heard a word let it die with thee and be bold it will not burst thee 11 A fool travaileth with a word as a woman in labour of a childe 12 As an arrow that sticketh in a mans thigh so is a word within a fouls ‖ Or heart belly 13 * Lev. 10.17 Mat. 18.15 Admonish a friend it may be he hath not done it and if he have done it that he do it no more 14 ‖ Or reprove Admonish thy friend it may be hath not said it and if he have that he speak it not again 15 Admonish a friend for many times it is a slander and beleeve not every tale 16 There is one that slippeth in his speech but not ‖ Or willingly from his heart and who is he that hath not offended with his * Jam. 3.2 tongue 17 ‖ Or reprove Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him and not being angry give place to the law of the most High 18 The fear of the Lord is the first step ‖ Or of receiving him to be accepted of him and wisdom obtaineth his love 19 The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of life and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the tree of immortality 20 The fear of the Lord is all wisdom and in all wisdom is the performance of the law and the knowledge of his omnipotency 21 If a servant say to his master I will not do as it pleaseth thee though afterward he do it he angreth him that nourisheth him 22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence 23 There is a wickedness and the same an abomination and there is a fool wanting in wisdom 24 He that hath small understanding and feareth God is better then one that hath much wisdom and transgresseth the law of the most High 25 There is an exquisite subtilty and the same is unjust and there is one that turneth aside to make judgement appear and there is a wise man that ‖ Or judgeth justi fieth in judgement 26 There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head ‖ Or in black sadly but inwardly he is full of deceit 27 Casting down his countenance and making as if he heard not where he is not known he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware 28 And if for want of power he be hindred from sinning yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil 29 A man may be known by his look and one that hath understanding by his countenance when thou meetest him 30 A mans attire and excessive laughter and gate shew what he is CHAP. XX. 1 Of silence and speaking 10 Of gifts and gain 18 Of slipping by the tongue 24 Of lying 27 Of divers advertisements THere is a reproof that is not ‖ Or seasonable comely again some man holdeth his tongue and he is wise 2 It is much better to reprove then to be angry secretly and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt 3 How good is it when thou art reproved to shew repentance for so shalt thou escape wilful sin 4 As is the lust of * Chap. 30.20 an eunuch to deflower a virgin so is he that executeth judgement with violence 5 There is one that keepeth silence and is found wise and another by much babbling becometh hateful 6 Some man holdeth his tongue because he hath not to answer and some keepeth silence * Ecâ—les 3.7 knowing his time 7 A wise man will hold his * Ch. 32.4 tongue till he see opportunity but a babbler and a fool will regard no time 8 He that useth many words shall be abhorred and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated 9 There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things and there is a gain that turneth to loss 10 There is a gift that shall not profit thee and there is a gift whose recompence is double 11 There is an abasement because of glory and there is that lifteth up his head from a low estate 12 There is that buyeth much for a little and repayeth it seven-fold 13 * Chap. 6. â—â— A wise man by his words maketh himself beloved but the ‖ Or pleasant conceits graces of fools shall be ‖ Or lost or spilt poured out 14 The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it neither yet of the envious for his necessity †Gr. for his eyes are many for one to receive for he looketh to receive many things for one 15 He giveth little and upbraideth much he openeth his mouth like a crier to day he lendeth and to morrow will he ask it again such a one is to be hated of God and man 16 The fool saith I have no friends I have no thank for all my good deeds and they that eat my bread speak evil of me 17 How oft and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn for he knoweth not aright what it is to have and it is all one unto him as if he had it not 18 To slip upon a pavement is better then to slip with the tongue so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily 19 ‖ Or an unpleasant fellow An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise 20 A
ye throughout all ages that none that put their trust in him shall be overcome 62 Fear not then the words of a sinful man for his glory shall be dung and worms 63 To day he shall be lifted up and to morrow he shall not be found because he is * Psal 146.4 returned into his dust and his thought is come to nothing 64 Wherefore ye my sons be valiant and shew your selves men in the behalf of the law for by it shall you obtain glory 65 And behold I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel give ear unto him alway he shall be a father unto you 66 As for Judas Maccabeus he hath been mighty and strong even from his youth up let him be your captain and ‖ Or sâ—â—ht ye the battel of the people fight the battel of the people 67 Take also unto you all those that observe the law and avenge ye the wrong of your people 68 Recompense fully the heathen and take heed to the commandments of the law 69 So he blessed them and was gathered to his fathers 70 And he died in the hundred fourty and sixth year and his sons buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modin and all Israel made great lamentation for him CHAP. III. 1 The valour and fame of Judas Maccabeus 10 He overthroweth the forces of Samaria and Syria 27 Antiochus sendeth a great power aâ—ainst him 44 He and his fall to fasting and prayer 58 and are encouraged THen his son Judas called Maccabeus rose up in his stead 2 And all his brethren helped him and so did all they that held with his father and they fought with cheerfulness the battel of Israel 3 So he gat his people great honour and put on a breast-plate as a giant and girt his warlike harness about him and he made battels protecting the host with his sword 4 In his acts he was like a lion and like a lions whelp roaring for his prey 5 For he pursued the wicked and sought them out and burnt up those that vexed his people 6 Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him and all the workers of iniquity were troubled because salvation prospered in his hand 7 He grieved also many kings and made Jacob glad with his acts and his memorial is blessed for ever 8 Moreover he went through the cities of Juda destroying the ungodly out or them and turning away wrath from Israel 9 So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth and he †Gr. gathered together received unto him such as were ready to perish 10 Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together and a great host out of Samaria to fight against Israel 11 Which thing when Judas perceived he went forth to meet him and so he smote him and slew him many also fell down slain but the rest fled 12 Wherefore Judas took their spoils and Apollonius sword also and therewith he fought all his life long 13 Now when Seron a prince of the army of Syria heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war 14 He said I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him who despise the kings commandment 15 So he made him ready to go up and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him and to be avenged of the children of Israel 16 And when he came near to the going up of Bethoron Judas went forth to meet him with a small company 17 Who when they saw the host coming to meet them said unto Judas How shall we be able being so few to fight against so great a multitude and so strong seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day 18 Unto whom Judas answered * 1 Sam. 14.6 2 Chron. 14 11. It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few and with the God of heaven it is all one to deliver with a great multitude or a small company 19 For the victory of battel standeth not in the multitude of an host but strength cometh from heaven 20 They come ‖ Or unto us against us †Gr. in multitude of pride or envy and iniquity in much pride and iniquity to destroy us and our wives and children and to spoil us 21 But we fight for our lives and our laws 22 Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face and as for you be ye not afraid of them 23 Now assoon as had lest off speaking he leapt suddenly upon them and so Seron and his host was overthrown before him 24 And they pursued them †Gr. in the going down from the going down of Bethoron unto the plain where were slain about eight hundred men of them and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines 25 Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren and an exceeding great dread to fall upon the nations round about them 26 Insomuch as his fame came unto the king and all nations talked of the battels of Judas 27 Now when king Antiochus heard these things he was full of indignation wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm even a very strong army 28 He opened also his treasure and gave his souldiers pay for a year commanding them to be ready †Gr. at every need whensoever he should need them 29 Nevertheless when he saw that the money of his treasures sailed and †Gr. that the collectours of tribute in the countrey were few that the tributes in the countrey were small because of the dissention and plague which he had brought upon the land ‖ Or for the taking away of the laws in taking away the laws which had been of old time 30 He feared †Gr. that he should not have that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before for he had abounded above the kings that were before him 31 Wherefore being greatly perplexed in his minde he determined to go into Persia there to take the tributes of the countreys and to gather much money 32 So he left Lysias a noble man and one of the bloud royal to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt 33 And to bring up his son Antiochus until he came again 34 Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces and the elephants and gave him charge of all things that he would have done as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem 35 To wit that he should send an army against them to destroy and root out the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem and to take away their memorial from that place 36 And that he should place strangers in all
all the woman died also 33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she for seven had her to wife 34 And Jesus answering said unto them The children of this world marry and are given in marriage 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage 36 Neither can they die any more for they are equal unto the angels and are the children of God being the children of the resurrection 37 Now that the dead are raised * Exod. 3.6 even Moses shewed at the bush when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jâ—â—ob 38 For he is not a God of the dead but of the living for all live unto him 39 ¶ Then certain of the scribes answering said Master thou hast well said 40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all 41 And he said unto them * Matth. 22.42 How say they that Christ is Davids son 42 And David himself saith in the book of psalms * Psal 110.1 the LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand 43 Till I make thine enemies thy foâ—tstool 44 David therefore calleth him Lord how is he then his son 45 ¶ Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples 46 * Matth. 23.5 Beware of the scribes which desire to walk in long robes and love greetings in the markets and the highest seats in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts 47 Which devour widows houses and for a shew make long prayers the same shall receive greater damnation CHAP. XXI 1 Christ commendeth the poor widow 5 He foretelleth the destruction of the temple and of the city Jerusalem 25 The signs also which shall be before the last day 34 He exhorteth them to be watchful ANd he looked up * Mark 12.41 and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two ‖ See Mark 12.42 mites 3 And he said Of a truth I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast in more then they all 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had 5 ¶ * Matth. 24.1 And as some spake of the temple how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts he said 6 As for these things which ye behold the days will come in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down 7 And they asked him saying Master but when shall these things be and what signe will there be when these things shall come to pass 8 And he said Take heed that ye be not deceived for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and the time draweth near go ye not therefore after them 9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions be not terrified for these things must first come to pass but the end is not by and by 10 * Matth. 24.7 Then said he unto them Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven 12 But before all these they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons being brought before kings and rulers for my names sake 13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony 14 * Matth. 10.19 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate before what ye shall answer 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist 16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren and kinsfolks and friends and some of you shall they cause to be put to death 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake 18 * Matth. 10.30 But there shall not an hair of your head perish 19 In your patience possess ye your souls 20 * Matth. 24.15 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies then know that the desolation thereof is nigh 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains and let them which are in the midst of it depart out and let not them that are in the countreys enter thereinto 22 For these be the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled 23 But wo unto them that are with childe and to them that give suck in those days for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations and Jerusalem shall be troden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled 25 ¶ * Matth. 24.29 And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity the sea and the waves roaring 26 Mens hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powers of heaven shall be shaken 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory 28 And when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh 29 And he spake to them a parable Behold the fig-tree and all the trees 30 When they now shoot forth ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand 31 So likewise ye when ye see these things come to pass know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand 32 Verily I say unto you This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away 34 ¶ And take heed to yourselves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeting and drunkenness and cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth 36 Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man 37 And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple and at night he went out and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives 38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple for to hear him CHAP. XXII 1. The Jews conspire against Christ. 3 Satan prepareth Judas to betray him 7 The apostles prepare the pasâ—â—over 19 Christ instituteth his holy supper 21 covertly
He prayeth for remission of sins 16 and for help in affliction ¶ A psalm of David UNto thee O LORD do I lift up my soul 2 O my God I * Psal 22. â— 31.1 and 34.8 Isa 28.16 Rom. 10.11 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 cause 4 * Psal 27.11 and 86.11 119. 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 * Psal 103.17 106.1 107.1 Jer. 33.11 †Heb. thy bowels 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 judgement 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 †Heb. shall lodge in goodness shall dwell at ease his seed shall inherit the earth 14 * Prov. 3.32 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him ‖ Or and his covenant to make them know it and he will shew them his covenant 15 Mine eyes are ever towards the LORD for he shall †Heb. bring forth 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 my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins 19 Consider mine enemies for they are many and they hate me with †Heb. hatred of violence 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 and uprightness preserve me for I wait on thee 22 Redeem Israel O God out of all his troubles PSAL. XXVI David resorteth unto God in confidence of his integrity ¶ A psalm of David JUdge me O LORD for I have walked in mine integrity I have trusted also in the LORD therefore I shall not slide 2 * Psal 7.9 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 * Psal 1.1 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 innocency 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 †Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour where thine honour dwelleth 9 ‖ Or take not away Gather not my soul with sinners nor my life with †Heb. men of bloud bloudy men 10 In whose hands is mischief and their right hand is †Heb. filled with 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 1 David sustaineth his faith by the power of God 4 by his love to the service of God 9 by prayer ¶ A psalm of David THe LORD is * Mic. 7.8 my light and my salvation whom shall I fear * Ps 118.6 the LORD is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid 2 When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes †Heb. approached against me came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell 3 * Psal 3.6 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 ‖ Or the delight the beauty of the LORD and to enquire 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 †Heb. of shouting 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 ‖ Or my heart said unto thee Zet my face seek thy face c When thou saidst Seek ye my face my heart said unto thee Thy face LORD will I seek 9 Hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou hast been my help leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation 10 When my father and my mother forsake me then the LORD †Heb. will gather me will take me up 11 * Psal 25. â— and 86.11 and 119. Teach me thy way O LORD and lead me in †Heb. a way of plainness a plain path because of †Heb. those which observe me 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 bad fainted unless I had beleeved to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living 14 * Ps 31.24 Isa 25.9 Hab. 2.3 Wait on the LORD be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I say on the LORD PSAL. XXVIII 1 David prayeth earnestly against his enemies 6 He blesseth God 9 He prayeth for the people ¶ A psalm of David UNto thee will I cry O LORD my rock be not silent †Heb. from me to me * Psal 143.7 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 ‖ Or towards the oracle of thy sanctuary toward thy holy oracle 3 Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity * Psal â—2 2 Jer. 9.8 which speak peace to their neighbours but mischief is in their hearts 4 Give them according
and their glory shall not be blotted out 14 Their bodies are buried in peace but their name liveth for evermore 15 * Chap. 39.10 The people will tell of their wisdom and the congregation will shew forth their praise 16 * Gen. 5.24 Heb. 11.5 Enoch pleased the Lord and was translated being an example of repentance to all generations 17 * Gen 6.9 7.1 Heb. 11.7 Noah was found perfect and righteous in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange for the world therefore was he left as a remnant unto the earth when the floud came 18 An * Gen. 9.11 everlasting covenant was made with him that all flesh should perish no more by the flood 19 Abraham was a * Gen. 12.2 3. 15.5 17.4 great father of many people in glory was there none like unto him 20 Who kept the law of the most High and was in covenant with him he established the covenant in * Gen. 21.4 his flesh and when he was proved he was found faithful 21 Therefore he assured him by an * Gen. 22.16 17 18. Gal. 3.8 oath that he would bless the nations in his seed and that he would multiply him as the dust of the earth and exalt his seed as the stars and cause them to inherit from sea to sea and from the river unto the utmost part of the land 22 With Isaac did he establish likewise for Abraham his fathers sake the blessing of all men and the covenant 23 And made it rest upon the head of * Gen. 27.28 28.14 Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing and gave him an heritage and divided his portions among the twelve tribes did he part them CHAP. XLV 1 The praise of Moses 6 of Aaron 23 and of Phinees ANd he brought out of him a merciful man which found favour in the sight of all flesh even * Exod. 11.3 Moses beloved of God and men whose memorial is blessed 2 He made him like to the glorious saints and magnified him so that his enemies stood in fear of him 3 By his words he caused the wonders to cease and he made him * Exod. 7.8 9 10. chapters glorious in the sight of kings and gave him a commandment for his people and shewed him part of his glory 4 * Num. 12.3 He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness and chose him out of all men 5 He made him to hear his voice and brought him into the dark cloud and * Exod. 19.7 gave him commandments before his face even the law of life and knowledge that he might teach Jacob his covenants and Israel his judgements 6 He * Exod. 4.14 exalted Aaron an holy man like unto him even his brother of the tribe of Levi. 7 An everlasting covenant he made with him and gave him the priesthood among the people †Gr. he blessed he beautified him with comely ornaments and clothed him with a robe of glory 8 He put upon him perfect glory and strengthned him with †Gr. vessels or instruments rich garments with breeches with a long robe and the ephod 9 And he compassed him with pomegranates and with many golden bells round about that as he went there might be a * Exod. 28.35 sound and a noise made that might be heard in the temple for a memorial to the children of his people 10 With an holy garment with gold and blue silk and purple the work of the embroiderer with a breast-plate of judgement and with Urim and Thummim 11 With twisted scarlet the work of the cunning workman with precious stones graven like seals and set in gold the work of the jeweller with a writing engraved for a memorial after the number of the tribes of Israel 12 He set a crown of gold upon the mitre wherein was engraved Holiness an ornament of honour a costly work the desires of the eyes goodly and beautiful 13 Before him there were none such neither did ever any stranger put them on but onely his children and his childrens children perpetually 14 Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually 15 Moses consecrated him and anointed him with holy oyl this was appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant and to his seed so long as the heavens should remain that they should minister unto him and execute the office of the priest-hood and bless the people in his name 16 He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord incense and a sweet savour for a memorial to make reconciliation for his people 17 * Deut. 17.10 21.5 He gave unto him his commandments and authority in the statutes of judgements that he should teach Jacob the testimonies and inform Israel in his laws 18 * Numb 16.1 Strangers conspired together against him and maligned him in the wilderness even the men that were of Dathans and Abirons side and the congregation of Core with fury and wrath 19 This the Lord saw and it displeased him and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed he did wonders upon them to consume them with the fiery flame 20 * Numb 17.8 But he made Aaron more honourable and gave him an heritage and divided unto him the first-fruits of the increase especially he prepared bread in abundance 21 For they did eat of the sacrifices of the Lord which he gave unto him and his seed 22 * Deut 12.12 18.1 2. Howbeit in the land of the people he had no inheritance neither had he any portion among the people for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance 23 * Num. 25.11 12 13. 1 Mac. 2.54 The third in glory is Phinees the son of Eleazar because he had zeal in the fear of the Lord and stood up with good courage of heart when the people were turned back and made reconciliation for Israel 24 Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever 25 According to the covenant made with David son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda that the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed 26 God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness that their good things be not abolished and that their glory may endure for ever CHAP. XLVI 1 The praise of Joshua 9 of Caleb 13 of Samuel JEsus * Numb 27.18 Deut. 34 9 Josh 1.2 12.7 the son of Nave was valiant in the wars and was the successour of Moses in prophesies who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them that he might set Israel in their inheritance 2 How great glory gat he when he
did lift up his hands and stretched out his sword against the cities 3 Who before him so stood to it for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him 4 * Josh 10.12 13 14. Did not the sun go back by his means and was not one day as long as two 5 He called upon the most high Lord when the enemies preassed upon him on every side and the great Lord heard him 6 And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battel to fall violently upon the nations and in the descent of Bethoron he destroyed them that resisted that the nations might know all their strength because he fought in the sight of the Lord and he followed the mighty One 7 In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy he and Caleb the son of Jephunne in that they withstood the congregation and withheld the people from sin and appeased the wicked murmuring 8 * Numb 26.65 Deut. 1.35 36. And of six hundred thousand people on foot they two were preserved to bring them into the heritage even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey 9 The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb which remained with him unto his old age so that he entred upon the high places of the land and his seed obtained it for an heritage 10 That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord. 11 And concerning the judges every one by name whose heart went not a whoring nor departed from the Lord let their memory be blessed 12 Let their bones * Chap. 4â— 10 flourish out of their place and let the name of then that were honoured be continued upon their children 13 * 1 Sam. 10 1. 16.13 Samuel the prophet of the Lord beloved of his Lord established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people 14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation and the Lord had respect unto Jacob. 15 By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision 16 He called upon the mighty Lord when his enemies preassed upon him on every side when he offered the * 1 Sam. 7.9 sucking lamb 17 And the Lord thundred from heaven and with a great noise made his voice to be heard 18 And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines 19 And before his long sleep he made * 1 Sam. 1â— 3 protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed I have not taken any mans goods so much as a shoe and no man did accuse him 20 And after his death * 1 Sam. 28.18 19. he prophesied and shewed the king his end and lift up his voice from the earth in prophesie to blot out the wickedness of the people CHAP. XLVII 1 The praise of Nathan 2 of David 12 of Solomon his glory and infirmities 23 of his end and punishment ANd after him rose up * 2 Sam. 12.1 Nathan to prophesie in the time of David 2 As is the fat taken away from the peace-offering so was David chosen out of the children of Israel 3 ‖ Or He smote lions He played with * 1 Sam. 17.34 lions as with kids with bears as with lambs 4 * 1 Sam. 17.49 50 51. Slew he not a giant when he was yet but young and did he not take away reproach from the people when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling and beat down the boasting of Goliath 5 For he called upon the most high Lord and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warriour and set up the horn of his people 6 So the people honoured him with * 1 Sam. 18.7 ten thousands and praised him in the blessings of the Lord in that he gave him a crown of glory 7 For * 2 Sam. 5.7 he destroyed the enemies on every side and ‖ Or â—â—â—temned brought to nought the Philistines his adversaries and brake their horn in sunder unto this day 8 In all his works he praised the holy One most high with words of glory with his whole heart he sung songs and loved him that made him 9 * 1 Chr. 16.4 He set singers also before the altar that by their voices they might make sweet melody and daily sing praises in their songs 10 He beautified their feasts and set in order the solemn times ‖ Or pâ—â—fectly until the end that they might praise his holy name and that the temple might sound from morning 11 * â— Sam. 12.13 The Lord took away his sins and exalted his horn for ever he gave him a covenant of kings and a throne ‖ Or of a kingdom of glory in Israel 12 After him rose up a wise son and for his sake he dwelt at large 13 * 1 King â— 21 24. Solomon reigned in a peaceable time and was honoured for God made all quiet round about him that he might build an house in his name and prepare his sanctuary for ever 14 * 1 King 2.29 30. How wise wast thou in thy youth and as a floud filled with understanding 15 Thy soul covered the whole earth and thou filledst it with dark parables 16 Thy name went far unto the islands and for thy peace thou wast beloved 17 * 1 King 4.31 32. The countreys marvelled at thee for thy songs and proverbs and parables and interpretations 18 By the name of the Lord God which is called the Lord God of Israel thou didst * 1 King 12.27 gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead 19 * 1 King 11.1 Thou didst bow thy loyns unto women and ‖ Or. in by thy body thou wast brought into subjection 20 Thou didst stain thy honour and pollute thy seed so that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children and wast grieved for thy folly 21 * 1 Kin. 12.15 16.17 So the kingdom was divided and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom 22 * 2 Sam. 7 15. But the Lord will never leave off his mercy neither shall any of his works perish neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob and out of him a root unto David 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and of his seed he left behinde him Roboam even the foolishness of the people and one that had no understanding who * 1 Kin. 12.10 11 13 14. turned away the people through his counsel There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat who * 1 King 12.28 30. caused Israel to sin and shewed Ephraim the way of sin 24 And their sins were multiplied exceedingly that they were driven out of the land 25 For they sought out all wickedness till the vengeance came upon them CHAP. XLVIII 1 The praise of Elias 12