Psalme of the third sort The Argument In this likewise he doth more specially expresse his confidence yet not so directly of the enemies now but only on behalfe of himself and others of the godlier sort shewing that although their case bee hard yet shal they not miscarie but shall haue a readie helpe in their mightie and merciful God By direction whereof we likewise in the cause that we haue in hand and so farre as our selues are no hinderance vnto our selues are to rayse vp our faith vnto the fulnesse of this assurance that we finde in him The Psalme The 8. Psalme GReat are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them all 34.19 Surely the Lord will not fayle his people neither will he forsake his inheritance 94.14 The Angell of the Lord pitcheth round about them that feare him and delivereth them 34.7 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous his eares are open unto their cry 18. I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted and judge the poore 140.12 Why art thou cast downe my soule and unquiet within me wayt on God for I will yet give him thanks for the helpe of his praesence 42.5 Surely the righteous shall praise thy name the just shall dwel in thy praesence 140.13 For judgemēt shal return to justice al the upright in heart shal follow after it 94.15 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousnes his countenāce doth behold the just 11.7 For he will stand at the right hand of the poore to save him from them that would condemne his soule 109.30 He keepeth al his bones not one of them is broken 34.20 The Lord will graunt his louing kindnesse in the day and in the night will I sing of him even a prayer unto the God of my life 42.8 I will say unto God which is my rock why hast thou forgotten me why go I mourning when the enemie oppresseth me 9. Blessed are they that dwell in thine house they will ever prayse thee 84.4 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee and in whose heart is thy wayes 5. Blessed is the man whom thou chasticest ô Lord and teachest him in thy law 94.12 That thou mayst give him rest from the dayes of evill whilest the pit is digged for the wicked 13. The lions do lack and suffer hunger but they which seeke the Lord shall want nothing that is good 34.10 Why art thou then cast downe my soule and why art thou disquieted within me wayt on God for I wil yet give him thanks he is my praesent help my God 43.5 Behold God is mine helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soule 54.4 My defence is in God who praeserveth the upright in heart 7.10 The Lord is my refuge and my God is the rock of my hope 94.22 He will send from heaven and save me from the reproofe of him that would swallow me God will send his mercie and his trueth 57.3 The Lord shal judge his people judge thou me ô Lord according to my righteousnesse and according to mine innocencie that is in me 7.8 For thy louing kindnes is ever before mine eyes therefore have I walked in thy trueth 26.3 I will rejoyce in God because of his word I trust in God and will not feare what flesh can do unto me 56.4 Thou hast given me more joy of heart then they have had when their wheat and their wine did abound 4.7 Why art thou cast downe my soule and why art thou disquieted within me wayt on God for I will yet give him thanks he is my praesent help and my God 42.11 I will call upon God and the Lord will save me 55.16 Evening and morning and at noone day will I pray and make a noyse and he will heare me 17. He hath delivered my soule in peace from the battell that was agaynst me for many were with me 18. God shall heare and afflict them even he that reigneth of old 19. O Lord of hosts blessed is the man that trusteth in thee 84.12 Let Israel wayt on the Lord from hence-forth for ever 131.3 The Argument Fourthly he vpbraideth his enemies triumpheth ouer then charging them with great malice in heart and the same to breake forth of them plentifully in word and deede and withal that they shal certeynly come to confusion to the comfort of the godly and to the glorie of God himself A very good course for vs also to follow in these dayes of ours and such as we neede not to estraunge from our selues whensoeuer we can finde in our hearts to clense vs truely from our wonted sinnes and in the goodnesse of this our cause to cleaue to the Lord. The Psalme The 9. Psalme IS it true ô ye congregation I speake ye justly ô sonnes of men judge ye vprightly 58.1 Yea rather ye imagine mischief in your hearts your hands execute crueltie upon the earth 2. The wicked are straungers from the wombe even from the bellie have they erred and speake lyes 3. Their poison is even like the poison of a serpent like the deaffe adder that stoppeth his eare 4. Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter though he bee most expert in charming 5. O ye sonnes of men how long will ye turne my glorie into shame loving vanitie and seeking lyes 4.2 For be ye sure that the Lord hath chosen to himself a godly man the Lord will heare when I call unto him 3. Tremble and sinne not examine your owne heart upon your bed and be still 4. What doth thy deceitfull tung bring unto thee or what doth it auayle thee 120.3 It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man and as the coales of Iuniper 4. Why boastest thou thy self in thy wickednesse ô man of power the loving kindnesse of God endureth daylie 52.1 Thy tongue imagineth mischief and is like a sharpe rasour that cutteth deceitfully 2. Thou doest love evill more then good and lies more then to speake the trueth 3. Thou lovest all words that may destroy ô deceitfull tung 4. So shall God destroy thee forever he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle and roote thee out of the land of the living 5. The righteous also shall see it and feare and shall laugh at him saying 6. Behold the man that tooke not God for his strength but trusted in the multitude of his riches and put his strength in his malice 7. He hath made a pit and digged it and is falne into the pit that he made 57.6 Because he remembred not to shewe mercie but persecuted the afflicted and poore man and the sorowfull hearted to slay him 109.16 As he loved cursing so shall it come unto
it 27. Though they curse yet thou wilt blesse they shal arise and be confounded but thy seruant shall rejoyce 28. Prove me ô Lord and trie me examine my reynes and my heart 26.2 Teach me thy way ô Lord and I will walke in thy trueth knit my heart unto thee that I may feare thy name 86.11 Send thy light and thy trueth let them leade me let them bring me unto thy holy mountaine and to thy tabernacles 43.3 Set a watch ô Lord before my mouth and keepe the doore of my lips 141.3 Incline not mine heart unto evill that I should commit wicked workes with men that work iniquitie and let me not eate of their delicates 4. Let the righteous smite me for that is a benefite and let not him reprove me and it shall be a precious oyle that shall not breake mine head for within a while I shall even pray in their miseries 5. Praeserve thou my soule for I am mercifull my God save thou thy servant that trusteth in thee 16.2 Rejoyce the soule of thy servant for unto thee ô Lord do I lift up my soule 4. The Argument of three other Psalmes that do apperteyne to the third sort Thirdly he conceiueth good hope in the goodnesse of God and doth not only acknowledge the same vnto him but laboureth also to strengthen himself therein more and more Vnto which three other Psalmes likewise do apperteyne The first Psalme of the third sort The Argument In this first Psalme he expresseth the confidence that he hath in the goodnes of God in respect of the cause that he hath in hand and notably stirreth vp himself thervnto yet but generally and more specially after in those two that follow And wee likewise may hereby not only expresse such confidence as we haue but see whereunto wee may iustly rise our cause being now all one with his then and how we are to stirre vp our selues vnto it The Psalme The 6. Psalme O Lord my God in thee I put my trust save me from al that persecute me and deliver me 7.1 Have mercie upon me ô God have mercie upon me for my soule trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust til these afflictions do overpasse 57.1 For thou ô Lord art a pitifull God and mercifull slow to anger and great in kindnesse and trueth 86.15 Mine eyes looke unto thee ô Lord God in thee is my trust leave not my soule destitute 141.8 For thou Lord art good and mercifull and of great kindnesse unto al men that call upon thee 86.5 My soule cleaveth unto thee for thy right hand upholdeth me 63.8 Thus I behold thee as in the Sanctuarie when I behold thy power and glorie 2. When I was afrayd I trusted in thee 65.3 Thy vowes are upon me ô God I will render praises to thee 56.12 In God do I trust I will not be afrayd what man can do unto me 11. Whē I crie thē shal mine enemies turne back this I know for God is with me 9. Thou hast counted my wandrings put my teares in thy bottel are not they in thy register 8. That thy beloved may be delivered helpe with thy right hand and heare me 60.5 And now thou hast given a banner to them that feare thee that it may bee displayed because of thy trueth 4. The Lord is in his holy place the Lords throne is in the heavens his eyes will consider his ey-lids will trie the children of men 11.4 God judgeth the righteous and him that contemneth God every day 7.11 I will walk in mine innocencie redeeme me therefore be mercifull unto me 26.11 I will lay me downe and sleepe also in peace for thou Lord only makest me dwel in safetie 4.9 The second Psalme of the third sort The Argument In this Psalme he doth more specially expresse his confidence agaynst his enemies that though they be many and mightie and fiercely bent yet shall they notwithstanding be ouerthrowne And in the cause that we haue in hand we may in like sort make that account if there be no fault in our selues and so hereby we are to rayse vp our selues vnto the like confidence also The Psalme The 7. Psalme IN the Lord put I my trust how say ye then to my soule flee to your mountaine as a bird 11.1 How long will ye say tush the Lord shall not see neither shall the God of Iaakob regard it 94. 7 Take heed ye unwise among the people ô ye fooles when will ye understand 8. He that planteth the eare shall he not heare or he that formeth the eye shall he not see 9. Or he that chasticeth the nations shall he not correct he that teacheth man 10. knowledge shall he not know But thou ô Lord shalt have thē in derisiō thou shalt laugh at al the heathē 59.8 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanitie 94.11 He is strong but I will wayt upon thee for God is my defence 59.9 Behold he shall trauaile with wickednesse for he hath conceaved mischief but he shall bring forth a lye 7.14 His mischief shall returne upon his owne head and his crueltie shall fall upon his owne pate 16. My mercifull God will praevent me God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies 59.10 The Lord will trie the righteous but the wicked and him that loveth iniquitie doth his soule hate 11.5 He hath also praepared him deadly weapons he will ordeyne his arrowes for them that persecute me 7.13 Except he turne he hath whet his sword he hath bent his bow made it ready 12. Vpon the wicked he shall rayne snares fire and brimstone and stormie tempest this is the portion of their cup. 11.6 And thou ô God shalt bring them downe into the pit of corruption the bloudie and deceytfull men shall not live halfe their dayes but I will trust in thee 55.23 Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it they shall go into the lowest parts of the earth 63.9 They shall cast him downe with the edge of the sword and they shal be a portion for foxes 10. He shall reward evill unto mine enemies oh cut them off in thy wrath 54.5 Through God we shall do valiantly for he shall tread downe our enemies 60.12 God hath spoken in his holinesse therfore I will rejoyce I shall devide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 60.6 Gilead shall be mine and Manasseth shall be mine Ephraim also shall be the strength of my head Iudah is my lawgiuer 7. Moab is my washpot over Edom will I cast out my shoe Palestina shew thy self joyfull for me 8. Who will leade me into the strong cities who will bring me into Edom 9. The third
him and as he loved not blessing so shall it be farre from him 17. As he clothed himself with cursing like a rayment so shall it come into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones 18. For the backbiters shall not be established upon the earth evill shall hunt out the cruel man to destruction 140.41 And in the evening they shall go to and fro and barke like dogges and go about the citie 59.14 They shall runne here and there for meat and surely they shall not be satisfied though they tarie all night 15. The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance be shall wash his feete in the bloud of the wicked 58.10 And men shal say verily there is fruite for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that judgeth the earth 11. And he wil recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice yea the Lord our God shall destroy them 94.23 But I shal be like a greene Oliue tree in the house of God for I trusted in the mercie of God for ever and ever 52.8 But malice shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall perish 34.21 The Argument Fiftly he calleth on the godly to their further incouragement shewing the great goodnesse of God towards them and that in the way of godlines whatsoeuer their troubles are yet notwithstanding they shall neuer fall A very good exercise for vs also in respect of the weaknesse of many and loosenes of others the shorter that Dauid is in this matter and the more thereby we are left to our selues the more carefull we ought to be thereof The Psalme The 10. Psalme WHo will rise up with me agaynst the wicked or who will take my part agaynst the workers of iniquitie 94.16 Come ye children hearken unto me I will teach you the feare of the Lord. 34.11 Tast ye and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 8. Offer the sacrifices of righteousnesse and trust in the Lord. 4.5 Praise ye the Lord with me and let vs magnifie his name together 34.3 Feare the Lord ye his saints for nothing wanteth to those that feare him 9. What man is he that desireth life and loveth long dayes for to see good 12. Keepe thy tung from evill and thy lips that they speake no guile 13. Eschew evill and do good seeke peace and follow after it 14. Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee he will not suffer the righteous to fall for ever 55.22 The righteous crie and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles 34.17 The Lord is neere unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be afflicted in spirit 18. Last of all hauing layd all these things together before him he notably acknowledgeth the great goodnesse of God towards him and promiseth thankes and praise And so it is our duetie likewise in such sort to vnfould the goodnesse towards vs in all these poynts before rehearsed as that thereby we stirre vp our selues euer to be thankefull more and more Vnto which apperteyne these two Psalmes following The first Psalme of the sixt sort The Argument In the former of them he doth no more but promise or set downe with himself that he will be thankefull A good purpose in him and such as is as iustly deserued at our hands also The Psalme The 11. Psalme I Will give thankes alway unto the Lord his praise shall be in my mouth continually 34.1 I will give thanks unto the Lord greatly with my mouth and praise him among the multitude 109.30 I wil praise thee ô Lord my God withal my heart yea I wil glorifie thy name for ever 86.13 And my tung shall utter thy righteousnesse and thy prayse every day 35.28 That I may declare with the voyce of thanks-giving and set forth al thy wonderous works 26.7 I will praise thee ô Lord among the people and I wil sing unto thee among the nations 57.9 So will I give thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people 35.18 Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up mine hand in thy name 63 4. My soule shal be satisfied as with marrow and fatnes and my mouth shall praise thee with joyfull lips 5. When I remembred thee upon my bed and when I thinke upon thee in the night watches 6. Because thou hast been my helper therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce 7. Thy loving kindnesse is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee 3. For thy mercie is great unto the heavens and thy trueth unto the clowdes 57.10 For great is thy mercie towards me and thou hast delivered my soule from the lowest grave 86.13 For thou hast delivered my soule from death and also my feete from falling that I may walke before God in the light of the living 56.13 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poore from him that is too strong for him yea the poore that is in miserie from him that spoyleth him 35.10 When I sayd my foote slideth thy mercie ô Lord stayed me 94.18 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart thy comforts have rejoyced my soule 19. Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee which forgeth wrōg for a law 20. My foote standeth in uprightnes I will praise thee ô Lord in the congregations 26.12 O Lord God the strength of my saluation thou hast covered my head in the day of battell 140.7 Among the Gods there is none like unto thee and there is none that can do like unto thy works 86 8. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee ô Lord and shall glorifie thy name 9. For thou art great and doest wondrous things thou art God alone 10. O Lord of hosts how amiable is thy Tabernacle 84.1 For a day in thy Courts is better than a thousand other-where I had rather be a dorekeeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tabernacles of wickednesse 10. For the Lord God is the Sunne and shield unto us the Lord will give grace and glorie and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke uprightly 11. I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie in the morning for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble 56.16 Vnto thee ô my strength wil I sing for thou art my defence my merciful God 17. S. D. G.