Psalm 69-77
1599 Geneva Bible
69 1 The complaints, prayers, fervent zeal and great anguish of David is set forth as a figure of Christ and all his members. 21 The malicious cruelty of the enemies. 22 And their punishment also. 26 Where Judas and such traitors are accursed. 30 He gathereth courage in his affliction, and offereth praises unto God, 32 Which are more acceptable than all sacrifices: whereof all the afflicted may take comfort. 35 Finally, he doth provoke all creatures to praises, prophesying of the kingdom of Christ, and the preservation of the Church, where all the faithful, 27 And their seed shall dwell forever.
To him that excelleth upon [a]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.
1 Save me, O God: for the [b]waters are entered even to my soul.
2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no [c]stay is: I am come into deep waters, and the streams run over me.
3 I am weary of crying: my throat is dry: mine [d]eyes fail, while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a cause, are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, and are mine enemies [e]falsely, are mighty, so that I restored that which I [f]took not.
5 O God, thou knowest my [g]foolishness, and my faults are not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for [h]me: let not those that seek thee, be confounded through me, O God of Israel.
7 For thy sake have I suffered reproof: shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother’s sons.
9 [i]For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon me.
10 I [j]wept and my soul fasted, but that was to my reproof.
11 I put on a sack also: and I became a proverb unto them.
12 They that [k]sat in the gate, spake of me, and the drunkards sang of me.
13 But Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an [l]acceptable time, even in the multitude of thy mercy: O God, hear me in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, that I sink not: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the [m]deep waters.
15 Let not the water flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And [n]hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; make haste and hear me.
18 Draw near unto my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproof and my shame, and my dishonor: all mine [o]adversaries are before thee.
20 Rebuke hath broken mine heart, and I am full of heaviness, and [p]I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.
21 For they gave me gall in my meat, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their [q]table be a snare before them, and their prosperity their ruin.
23 Let their eyes be blinded that they see not: and make their [r]loins always to tremble.
24 Pour out thine anger upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take them.
25 Let their [s]habitation be void, and let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him, whom thou hast smitten: and they add unto the sorrow of them, whom thou hast wounded.
27 Lay [t]iniquity upon their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be put out of the [u]book of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.
29 When I am poor and in heaviness, thine help, O God, shall exalt me.
30 I will praise the Name of God with a song, and magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the Lord better than a [v]young bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and they that seek God shall be glad, and your heart shall live.
33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his [w]prisoners.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him: the seas and all that moveth in them.
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there and have it in possession.
36 The [x]seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
70 1 He prayeth to be right speedily delivered. 2 He desireth the shame of his enemies, 4 And the joyful comfort of all those that seek the Lord.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David, to put [y]in remembrance.
1 O (A)God, [z]haste thee to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let them be [aa]confounded and put to shame, that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their [ab]shame, which say, Aha, aha.
4 But let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee, and let all that love thy salvation, say always, God be praised.
5 Now I am [ac]poor and needy: O God, make haste to me: thou art my helper, and my deliverer: O Lord, make no tarrying.
71 He prayeth in faith, established by the word of promise, 5 And confirmed by the work of God from his youth. 10 He complaineth of the cruelty of his enemies, 17 And desireth God to continue his graces toward him, 22 Promising to be mindful and thankful for the same.
1 In (B)[ad]thee, O Lord, I trust: let me never be ashamed.
2 Rescue me and deliver me in thy [ae]righteousness: incline thine ear unto me and save me.
3 Be thou my strong rock, whereunto I may always resort: thou [af]hast given commandment to save me: for thou art my rock, and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand [ag]of the wicked: out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
5 For thou art mine hope, O Lord God, even my [ah]trust from my youth.
6 Upon thee have I been stayed from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be always of thee.
7 I am become as it were a [ai]monster unto many: but thou art my sure trust.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, and with thy glory every day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of [aj]age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak of me, and they that lay wait for my soul, take their counsel together,
11 Saying, [ak]God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
12 Go not far from me, O God: [al]my God haste thee to help me.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are against my soul: let them be covered with reproof and confusion, that seek mine hurt.
14 But I will wait continually, and will praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall daily rehearse thy righteousness, and thy salvation: [am]for I know not the number.
16 I will [an]go forward in the strength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth even until now: therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works,
18 [ao]Yea even unto mine old age and gray head, O God: forsake me not, until I have declared thine arm unto this generation, and thy power to all them that shall come.
19 And thy [ap]righteousness, O God, I will exalt on high: for thou hast done great things: [aq]O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Which hast showed me great troubles and [ar]adversities, but thou wilt return and revive me, and wilt come again, and take me up from the depth of the earth.
21 Thou wilt increase mine honor, and return and comfort me.
22 Therefore will I praise thee for thy [as]faithfulness, O God, upon instrument and viol: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O Holy one of Israel.
23 My lips will rejoice when I sing unto thee, and my [at]soul which thou hast delivered.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness daily: for they are confounded and brought unto shame, that seek mine hurt.
72 1 He prayeth for the prosperous estate of the kingdom of Solomon, who was the figure of Christ, 4 under whom shall be righteousness, peace, and felicity. 10 Unto whom all Kings and nations shall do homage, 17 Whose name and power shall endure forever, and in whom all nations shall be blessed.
A Psalm [au]of Solomon.
1 Give thy [av]judgments to the King, O God, and thy righteousness to the King’s [aw]son.
2 Then shall he judge thy people in righteousness, and thy poor with equity.
3 The [ax]mountains, and the hills shall bring peace to the people by justice.
4 He shall [ay]judge the poor of the people: he shall save the children of the needy, and shall subdue the oppressor.
5 They shall [az]fear thee as long as the sun and moon endureth, from generation to generation.
6 He shall come [ba]down like the rain upon the mown grass, and as the showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace shall be so long as the moon endureth.
8 His dominion shall be also from [bb]sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the land.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness, shall kneel before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of [bc]Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings [bd]of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall worship him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth: the needy also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall be merciful to the poor and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor.
14 He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence, and [be]dear shall their blood be in his sight.
15 Yea, he shall live, and unto him shall they give of the [bf]gold of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and daily bless him.
16 An handful of corn shall be sown in the earth, even in the top of the mountains, and the [bg]fruit thereof shalt shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall flourish out of the city like the grass of the earth.
17 His name shall be forever: his name shall endure as long as the Sun: all nations shall bless [bh]him, and be blessed in him.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel which only doeth [bi]wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious Name forever: and let all the earth be filled with his glory. So be it, even so be it.
[20] Here end the [bj]prayers of David the son of Jesse.
73 1 The Prophet teacheth by his example that neither the worldly prosperity of the ungodly, 14 nor yet the affliction of the good ought to discourage God’s children: but rather ought to move us to consider our Father’s providence, and to cause us to reverence God’s judgments, 19 forasmuch as the wicked vanish away, 24 and the godly enter into life everlasting, 28 in hope whereof he resigneth himself into God’s hands.
A Psalm committed to Asaph.
1 Yet [bk]God is good to Israel: even to the pure in heart.
2 As for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well near slipped.
3 For I fretted at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are [bl]no bands in their death, but they are lusty and strong.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
6 [bm]Therefore pride is as a chain unto them, and cruelty covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out for fatness: [bn]they have more than heart can wish.
8 They are licentious, and speak wickedly of their oppression: they talk presumptuously.
9 They [bo]set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his [bp]people turn hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they [bq]say, How doth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Lo these are the wicked, yet prosper they always, and increase in riches.
13 Certainly I have cleansed mine heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency.
14 For daily have I been punished, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, [br]I will judge thus, behold the generation of thy children, I have trespassed.
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painful for me,
17 Until I went into the [bs]Sanctuary of God: then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slippery places, and castest them down into desolation.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and [bt]horribly consumed,
20 As a dream when one awaketh! O Lord, when [bu]thou raisest us up, thou shalt make their image despised.
21 Certainly mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a [bv]beast before thee.
23 Yet I was always [bw]with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in [bx]heaven but thee? and I have desired none in the earth with thee.
26 My flesh faileth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my [by]portion forever.
27 For lo, that they withdraw themselves from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that [bz]go a whoring from thee.
28 As for me, it is good for me [ca]to draw near to God: therefore I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
74 1 The faithful complain of the destruction of the Church and true religion, 2 Under the Name of Zion, and the Temple destroyed: 11 and trusting in the might and free mercies of God, 20 by his covenant , 21 they require help and succor for the glory of God’s holy Name, for the salvation of his poor afflicted servants, 23 and the confusion of his proud enemies.
A Psalm to give instruction, committed to Asaph.
1 O God, [cb]why hast thou put us away forever? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Think upon the congregation, which thou hast possessed of old, and on the [cc]rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, and on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy [cd]strokes, that thou mayest forever destroy every enemy that doeth evil to the Sanctuary.
4 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregation, and [ce]set up their banners for signs.
5 He that [cf]lifted the axes upon the thick trees, was renowned as one that brought a thing to perfection:
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast thy Sanctuary into the fire, and razed it to the ground, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.
8 They said in their [cg]hearts, Let us destroy them altogether: they have burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with us that knoweth [ch]how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach thee? shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name forever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thine hand, even thy right hand? draw it out of thy bosom, and [ci]consume them.
12 Even God is my king of old, working salvation [cj]in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the [ck]dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the head of [cl]Leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be [cm]meat for the people in wilderness.
15 Thou brakest up the fountain and river: thou driest up mighty rivers.
16 The [cn]day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made Summer and Winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached the Lord, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.
19 Give not the soul of thy [co]turtle dove unto the beast, and forget not the Congregation of thy poor forever.
20 Consider thy covenant: for [cp]the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruel.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed, but let the poor and needy praise thy Name.
22 Arise, O God: maintain thy [cq]own cause: remember thy daily reproach by the foolish man.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: for the tumult of them that rise against thee, [cr]ascendeth continually.
75 1 The faithful do praise the Name of the Lord, 2 Which shall come to judge at the time appointed: 8 When the wicked shall be put to confusion, and drink of the cup of his wrath. 10 Their pride shall be abated, and the righteous shall be exalted to honor.
To him that excelleth. [cs]Destroy not. A Psalm, or song committed to Asaph.
1 We will praise thee, O God, we will praise thee, for thy Name is near: therefore [ct]they will declare thy wondrous works.
2 [cu]When I shall take a convenient time, I will judge righteously.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: but I will establish the pillars [cv]of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
5 Lift not up your [cw]horn on high, neither speak with a stiff neck.
6 For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,
7 But God is the judge: he maketh low, and he maketh high.
8 For in the hand of the Lord is a [cx]cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drink the dregs thereof.
9 But I will declare forever, and sing praises unto the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I break: but the horns of the [cy]righteous shall be exalted.
76 1 This Psalm setteth forth the power of God, and care for the defense of his people in Jerusalem, in the destruction of the army of Sennacherib: 11 and exhorteth the faithful to be thankful for the same.
To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalm, or song committed to Asaph.
1 God is [cz]known in Judah: his Name is great in Israel.
2 For in [da]Salem is his Tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou art more bright and puissant, than [db]the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are spoiled: they have slept their sleep, and all the men of strength have not [dc]found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast asleep.
7 Thou, even thou art to be feared; and who shall stand in thy [dd]sight, when thou art angry!
8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven; therefore the earth feared, and was still,
9 When thou, O God, arose to judgment, to [de]help all the meek of the earth. Selah.
10 Surely the [df]rage of man shall turn to thy praise; the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrain.
11 Vow and perform unto the Lord your God, all ye that be [dg]round about him; let them bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12 He shall [dh]cut off the spirit of princes; he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
77 1 The Prophet in the Name of the Church rehearseth the greatness of his affliction, and his grievous temptations, 6 Whereby he was driven to this end to consider his former conversation, 11 and the continual course of God’s works in the preservation of his servants, and so he confirmeth his faith against these temptations.
For the excellent Musician (C)Jeduthun. A Psalm committed to Asaph.
1 My [di]voice came to God, when I cried: my voice came to God; and he heard me.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: [dj]my sore ran and ceased not in the night: my soul refused comfort.
3 I did think upon God, and was [dk]troubled: I prayed, and my spirit was full of anguish. Selah.
4 Thou keepest mine eyes [dl]waking: I was astonied, and could not speak.
5 Then I considered the days of old: and the years of ancient time.
6 I called to remembrance my [dm]song in the night: I communed with mine own heart, and my spirit searched [dn]diligently.
7 Will the Lord absent himself forever? and will he show no more favor?
8 Is his [do]mercy clean gone forever? doth his promise fail forevermore?
9 Hath God forgotten to be merciful? hath he shut up his tender mercies in displeasure? Selah.
10 And I said, This is my [dp]death: yet I remembered the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I remembered the works of the Lord: certainly I remembered thy wonders of old.
12 I did also meditate all thy works, and did devise of thine acts, saying,
13 Thy way, O God, is [dq]in the Sanctuary: who is so great a [dr]God, as our God!
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy power among the people.
15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with thine arm, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The [ds]waters saw thee, O God: the waters saw thee, and were afraid: yea, the depths trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water: the heavens gave a [dt]sound: yea, thine arrows went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was round about; the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not [du]known.
20 Thou didst lead thy people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:1 Of Shoshannim, read Ps. 45.
- Psalm 69:1 David signifieth by the waters, in what great dangers he was, out of the which God did deliver him.
- Psalm 69:2 No firmity of stableness to settle my feet.
- Psalm 69:3 Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray.
- Psalm 69:4 Condemning me guiltless.
- Psalm 69:4 They judged me poor innocent as a thief, and gave my goods to others, as though I had stolen them.
- Psalm 69:5 Though I be guilty to theeward, yet am I innocent toward them.
- Psalm 69:6 Let not mine evil entreaty of the enemies be an occasion, that the faithful fall from thee.
- Psalm 69:9 When I saw thine enemies pretend thy Name only in mouth, and in their life deny the same, thine holy Spirit, thrust me forward, to reprove them and defend thy glory.
- Psalm 69:10 My zeal moved me to lament and pray for my salvation.
- Psalm 69:12 The more he sought to win them to God, the more they were against him both poor and rich.
- Psalm 69:13 Knowing that albeit I suffer now trouble, yet thou hast a time wherein thou hast appointed my deliverance.
- Psalm 69:14 He showeth a lively faith, in that that he assureth himself, that God is favorable to him, when he seemeth to be angry: and at hand when he seemeth to be far off.
- Psalm 69:17 Not that he feared that God would not hear him, but that care made him to think that God deferred long.
- Psalm 69:19 Thou seest that I am beset as a sheep among many wolves.
- Psalm 69:20 He showeth that it is in vain to put our trust in men in our great necessities, but that our comfort only dependeth of God: for man rather increaseth our sorrows, than diminisheth them, John 19:29.
- Psalm 69:22 He desireth God to execute his judgments against the reprobate, which cannot by any means be turned, Rom. 11:9.
- Psalm 69:23 Take both judgment and power from them, Acts 1:20.
- Psalm 69:25 Punish not only them, but their posterity, which shall be like unto them.
- Psalm 69:27 By their continuance and increasing in their sins, let it be known that they be of the reprobate.
- Psalm 69:28 They which seemed by their profession to have been written in thy book, yet by their fruits prove the contrary, let them be known as reprobate.
- Psalm 69:31 There is no sacrifice, which God more esteemeth, than thanksgiving for his benefits.
- Psalm 69:33 For as he delivered his servant David, so will he do all that are in distress, and call upon him.
- Psalm 69:36 Under the temporal promise of the land of Canaan, he comprehendeth the promise of life everlasting to the faithful and their posterity.
- Psalm 70:1 Which might put him in remembrance of his deliverance.
- Psalm 70:1 He teacheth us to be earnest in prayer, though God seem to stay: for at his time he will hear us.
- Psalm 70:2 He was assured that the more they raged, the nearer they were to destruction, and he the nearer to his deliverance.
- Psalm 70:3 Hereby we are taught not to mock at others in their misery, lest the same fall on our own necks.
- Psalm 70:5 Because he had felt God’s help before, he groundeth on experience, and boldly seeketh unto him for succor.
- Psalm 71:1 He prayeth to God with full assurance of faith, that he will deliver him from his adversaries.
- Psalm 71:2 By declaring thyself true of promise.
- Psalm 71:3 Thou hast infinite means, and all creatures are at thy commandment: therefore show some sign, whereby I shall be delivered.
- Psalm 71:4 That is, from Absalom, Ahithophel and that conspiracy.
- Psalm 71:5 He strengtheneth his faith by the experience of God’s benefits, who did not only preserve him in his mother’s belly, but took him thence, and ever since hath preserved him.
- Psalm 71:7 All the world wondereth at me because of my miseries: as well they in authority as the common people, yet being assured of thy favor, I remained steadfast.
- Psalm 71:9 Thou that didst help me in my youth, when I had more strength, help me now so much the more in mine old age and weakness.
- Psalm 71:11 Thus the wicked both blaspheme God, and triumph against his Saints, as though he had forsaken them, if he suffer them to fall into their hands.
- Psalm 71:12 In calling him his God, he putteth back the false reports of the adversaries, that said, God had forsaken him.
- Psalm 71:15 Because thy benefits toward me are innumerable, I cannot but continually meditate and rehearse them.
- Psalm 71:16 I will remain steadfast, being upholden with the power of God.
- Psalm 71:18 He desireth that as he hath begun, he would so continue his benefits, that his liberality may have perfect praise.
- Psalm 71:19 Thy just performance of thy promise.
- Psalm 71:19 His faith breaketh through all tentations, and by this exclamation he praiseth the power of God.
- Psalm 71:20 As he confesseth that God is the only author of his deliverance: so he acknowledgeth that these evils were sent unto him by God’s providence.
- Psalm 71:22 He confesseth that his long tarriance was well recompensed, when God performed his promise.
- Psalm 71:23 For there is no true praising of God, except it come from the heart: and therefore he promiseth to delight in nothing, but wherein God be glorified.
- Psalm 72:1 Composed by David as touching the reign of his son Solomon.
- Psalm 72:1 Endue the king with the Spirit of wisdom and justice, that he reign not as do the worldly tyrants.
- Psalm 72:1 To wit, to his posterity.
- Psalm 72:3 When justice reigneth, even the places most barren shall be enriched with thy blessings.
- Psalm 72:4 He showeth wherefore the sword is committed to Kings: to wit, to defend the innocent, and suppress the wicked.
- Psalm 72:5 The people shall embrace thy true religion, when thou givest a King that ruleth according to thy word.
- Psalm 72:6 As this is true in all godly kings, so it is chiefly verified in Christ, who with his heavenly dew, maketh his Church ever to flourish.
- Psalm 72:8 That is, from the red sea to the sea called Syriacum, and from Euphrates forward, meaning, that Christ’s Kingdom should be large and universal.
- Psalm 72:10 Of Cilicia, and of all other countries, beyond the sea, which he meaneth by the isles.
- Psalm 72:10 That is, of Arabia that rich country, whereof Sheba was a part bordering upon Ethiopia.
- Psalm 72:14 Though tyrants pass not to shed blood, yet this godly king shall preserve his subjects from all kind of wrong.
- Psalm 72:15 God will both prosper his life, and also make the people most willing to obey him.
- Psalm 72:16 Under such a king shall be most great plenty, both of fruit and also of the increase of mankind.
- Psalm 72:17 They shall pray to God for his continuance, and know that God doth prosper them for his sake.
- Psalm 72:18 He confesseth that except God miraculously preserve his people, that neither the king nor the kingdom can continue.
- Psalm 72:20 Concerning his son Solomon.
- Psalm 73:1 As it were between hope and despair he bursteth forth into this affection, being assured that God would continue his favor toward such as were godly indeed, and not hypocrites.
- Psalm 73:4 The wicked in this life live at pleasure and are not drawn to death like prisoners: that is, by sickness which is death’s messenger.
- Psalm 73:6 They glory in their pride as some do in their chains, and in cruelty, as some do in apparel.
- Psalm 73:7 Hebrew, they pass the desires of the heart.
- Psalm 73:9 They blaspheme God, and fear not his power and rail upon men, because they esteem themselves above all others.
- Psalm 73:10 Not only the reprobate, but also the people of God oftentimes fall back, seeing the prosperous estate of the wicked, and are overwhelmed with sorrows, thinking that God considereth not aright the estate of the godly.
- Psalm 73:11 Thus the flesh moveth even the godly to dispute with God touching their poor estate, and the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalm 73:15 If I give place to this wicked thought, I offend against thy providence, seeing thou disposeth all things most wisely and preservest thy children in their greatest dangers.
- Psalm 73:17 Until I entered into thy school and learned by thy word and holy Spirit, that thou orderest all things most wisely and justly.
- Psalm 73:19 By thy fearful judgment.
- Psalm 73:20 When thou openest our eyes to consider thy heavenly felicity, we contemn all their vain pomp.
- Psalm 73:22 For the more that man goeth about by his own reason to seek out God’s judgments, the more doth he declare himself a beast.
- Psalm 73:23 By faith I was assured that thy providence did watch always over me, to preserve me.
- Psalm 73:25 He sought neither help nor comfort of any save of God only.
- Psalm 73:26 He teacheth us to deny ourselves, to have God our whole sufficiency, and only contentment.
- Psalm 73:27 That is, forsake thee to seek others.
- Psalm 73:28 Though all the world shrink from God, yet he promiseth to trust in him and to magnify his works.
- Psalm 74:1 The Church of God being oppressed by the tyranny, either of the Babylonians or of Antiochus, prayeth to God by whose hand this yoke was laid upon them for their sins.
- Psalm 74:2 Which inheritance thou hast measured out for thyself as with a line or rod.
- Psalm 74:3 Or, feet.
- Psalm 74:4 They have destroyed thy true religion, and spread their banners in sign of defiance.
- Psalm 74:5 He commendeth the temple for the costly matter, the excellent workmanship, and beauty thereof, which notwithstanding the enemies did destroy.
- Psalm 74:8 They encouraged one another to cruelty, that not only God’s people might be destroyed, but also his religion utterly in all places suppressed.
- Psalm 74:9 They lament that they have no Prophet among them to show them how long their misery should endure.
- Psalm 74:11 They join their deliverance with God’s glory and power, knowing that the punishment of the enemy should be their deliverance.
- Psalm 74:12 Meaning, in the sight of all the world.
- Psalm 74:13 To wit, Pharaoh’s army.
- Psalm 74:14 Which was a great monster of the sea, or whale, meaning, Pharaoh.
- Psalm 74:14 His destruction did rejoice them as meat refresheth the body.
- Psalm 74:16 Seeing that God by his providence governeth and disposeth all things, he gathereth that he will take care chiefly for his children.
- Psalm 74:19 He meaneth the Church of God, which is exposed as a prey to the wicked.
- Psalm 74:20 That is, all places where thy word shineth not, there reigneth tyranny and ambition.
- Psalm 74:22 He showeth that God cannot suffer his Church to be oppressed, except he loose his own right.
- Psalm 74:23 Or, increaseth more and more.
- Psalm 75:1 Read Ps. 57:1.
- Psalm 75:1 He declareth how the faithful shall ever have just occasion to praise God, forasmuch as in their need they shall feel his power at hand to help them.
- Psalm 75:2 When I see my time (saith God) to help your miseries, I will come and set all things in good order.
- Psalm 75:3 Though all things be brought to ruin, yet I can restore and preserve them.
- Psalm 75:5 The Prophet warneth the wicked that they would not set themselves against God’s people, seeing that God at his time destroyeth them that rule wickedly.
- Psalm 75:8 God’s wrath is compared to a cup of strong and delicate wine, wherewith the wicked are made so drunk, that by drinking till they come to the very dregs they are utterly destroyed.
- Psalm 75:10 The godly shall better prosper by their innocent simplicity, than the wicked shall by all their craft and subtlety.
- Psalm 76:1 He declareth that God’s power is evidently seen in preserving his people and destroying his enemies.
- Psalm 76:2 Which afterward was called Jerusalem.
- Psalm 76:4 He compareth the kingdoms full of extortion and rapine to the mountains that are full of ravening beasts.
- Psalm 76:5 God hath taken their spirits and strength from them as though their hands were cut off.
- Psalm 76:7 God with a look is able to destroy all the power and activity of the enemies, were they never so many, or mighty.
- Psalm 76:9 To revenge the wrongs done to thy Church.
- Psalm 76:10 For the end shall show that the enemy was able to bring nothing to pass: also thou shalt bridle their rage that they shall not compass their purpose.
- Psalm 76:11 To wit, the Levites, that dwell about the Tabernacle, or the people among whom he doth dwell.
- Psalm 76:12 The Hebrew word signifieth to vintage, or gather grapes: meaning, that he shall make the counsels and enterprises of wicked tyrants foolish and vain.
- Psalm 77:1 The Prophet teacheth us by his example to flee unto God for help in our necessities.
- Psalm 77:2 Or, mine hand was stretched out.
- Psalm 77:3 He showeth that we must patiently abide, although God deliver us not out of our troubles at the first cry.
- Psalm 77:4 Meaning, that his sorrows were as watchmen that kept his eyes from sleeping.
- Psalm 77:6 Of thanksgiving, which I was accustomed to sing in my prosperity.
- Psalm 77:6 Both the causes why I was chastened, and when my sorrows should have an end.
- Psalm 77:8 As if he should say, It is impossible: whereby he exhorteth himself to patience.
- Psalm 77:10 Though I first doubted of my life, yet considering that God had his years, that is, change of times, and was accustomed also to lift up them, whom he hath beaten, I took heart again.
- Psalm 77:13 That is in heaven, whereunto we must ascend by faith, if we will know the ways of God.
- Psalm 77:13 He condemneth all that worship anything save the only true God, whose glory appeareth through the world.
- Psalm 77:16 He declareth wherein the power of God was declared when he delivered the Israelites through the red sea.
- Psalm 77:17 That is, thundered and lightninged.
- Psalm 77:19 For when thou hadst brought over thy people, the water returned to her course, and the enemies that thought to have followed them, could not pass through, Exod. 14:28, 29.
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