The Holy BiblePart 30 out of 7433:30. That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living. 33:31. Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold thy peace, whilst I speak. 33:32. But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just. 33:33. And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom. Job Chapter 34 Eliu charges Job with blasphemy: and sets forth the power and justice of God. 34:1. And Eliu continued his discourse, and said: 34:2. Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me: 34:3. For the ear trieth words, and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste. 34:4. Let us choose to us judgment, and let us see among ourselves what is the best. 34:5. For Job hath said: I am just, and God hath overthrown my judgment. 34:6. For in judging me there is a lie: my arrow is violent without any sin. 34:7. What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 34:8. Who goeth in company with them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men? 34:9. For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him. 34:10. Therefore, ye men of understanding, hear me: far from God be wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty. 34:11. For he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them. 34:12. For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 34:13. What other hath he appointed over the earth? or whom hath he set over the world which he made? 34:14. If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself. 34:15. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return into ashes. 34:16. If then thou hast understanding, hear what is said, and hearken to the voice of my words. 34:17. Can he be healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just? 34:18. Who saith to the king: Thou art an apostate: who calleth rulers ungodly: 34:19. Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands. 34:20. They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand. 34:21. For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps. 34:22. There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity. 34:23. For it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with God. 34:24. He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead. 34:25. For he knoweth their works: and therefore he shall bring night on them, and they shall be destroyed. 34:26. He hath struck them, as being wicked, in open sight. 34:27. Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways: 34:28. So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor. 34:29. For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men? 34:30. Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people? 34:31. Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn. 34:32. If I have erred, teach thou me: if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more. 34:33. Doth God require it of thee, because it hath displeased thee? for thou begannest to speak, and not I: but if thou know any thing better, speak. 34:34. Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man hearken to me. 34:35. But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline. 34:36. My father, let Job be tried even to the end: cease not from the man of iniquity. 34:37. Because he addeth blasphemy upon his sins, let him be tied fast in the mean time amongst us: and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches. Job Chapter 35 Eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach God. 35:1. Moreover Eliu spoke these words: 35:2. Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God? 35:3. For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin? 35:4. Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee. 35:5. Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. 35:6. If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him? 35:7. And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand? 35:8. Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man. 35:9. By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants. 35:10. And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night? 35:11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. 35:12. There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. 35:13. God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one. 35:14. Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him. 35:15. For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly. 35:16. Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge. Job Chapter 36 Eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice and power of God. 36:1. Eliu also proceeded, and said: 36:2. Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. 36:3. I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just. 36:4. For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. 36:5. God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. 36:6. But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. 36:7. He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. 36:8. And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty: 36:9. He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. 36:10. He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. 36:11. If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory. 36:12. But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. 36:13. Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound. 36:14. Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate. 36:15. He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. 36:16. Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. Out of the narrow mouth. . .That is, out of hell, whose entrance is narrow, and its depth bottomless; but figuratively meant here, that is, from his miseries and calamity to be restored to his former state of happiness. 36:17. Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. 36:18. Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. 36:19. Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. 36:20. Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. 36:21. Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. For this thou hast begun to follow after misery. . .Eliu charges Job, that notwithstanding his misery, he does not fear God as he ought: but in his judgment, falls into iniquity. 36:22. Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. 36:23. Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity? 36:24. Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. 36:25. All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. 36:26. Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable. 36:27. He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods: 36:28. Which flow from the clouds that cover all above. 36:29. If he will spread out clouds as his tent, 36:30. And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. 36:31. For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals. 36:32. In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again. 36:33. He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. Job Chapter 37 Eliu goes on in his discourse, shewing God's wisdom and power, by his wonderful works. 37:1. At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place. 37:2. Hear ye attentively the terror of his voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth. 37:3. He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth. 37:4. After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard. 37:5. God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things. 37:6. He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength. 37:7. He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works. He sealeth up, etc. . .When he sends those showers of his strength, that is, those storms of rain, he seals up, that is, he shuts up the hands of men from their usual works abroad, and confines them within doors, to consider his works; or to forecast their works, that is, what they themselves are to do. 37:8. Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den. 37:9. Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north. 37:10. When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly. 37:11. Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light: 37:12. Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth: 37:13. Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found. 37:14. Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God. 37:15. Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds? 37:16. Knowest thou the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect knowledges? 37:17. Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth? 37:18. Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass. 37:19. Shew us what we may say to him: or we are wrapped up in darkness. 37:20. Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up. He shall be swallowed up. . .All that man can say when he speaks of God, is so little and inconsiderable in comparison with the subject, that man is lost, and as it were swallowed up in so immense an ocean. 37:21. But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away. 37:22. Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear. 37:23. We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable. 37:24. Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him. Job Chapter 38 God interposes and shews from the things he hath made, that man cannot comprehend his power and wisdom. 38:1. Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said: The Lord. That is, an angel speaking in the name of the Lord. 38:2. Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words? 38:3. Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me. 38:4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. 38:5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it? 38:6. Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof, 38:7. When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody? 38:8. Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb: 38:9. When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands? 38:10. I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors: 38:11. And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves. 38:12. Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? 38:13. And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it? 38:14. The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment. 38:15. From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken. 38:16. Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep? 38:17. Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? 38:18. Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things? 38:19. Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness? 38:20. That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof. 38:21. Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days? 38:22. Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail: 38:23. Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war? 38:24. By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth? 38:25. Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder: 38:26. That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth: 38:27. That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass? 38:28. Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew? 38:29. Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it? 38:30. The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed. 38:31. Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus? Pleiades. . .Hebrew, Cimah. A cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus or the Bull. Arcturus, a bright star in the constellation Bootes. The Hebrew name Cesil, is variously interpreted; by some, Orion; by others, the Great Bear is understood. 38:32. Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth? 38:33. Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? 38:34. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee? 38:35. Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are? 38:36. Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding? Understanding. . .That instinct by which he distinguishes the times of crowing in the night. 38:37. Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep? 38:38. When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together? 38:39. Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps, 38:40. When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes? 38:41. Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat? Job Chapter 39 The wonders of the power and providence of God in many of his creatures. 39:1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn? 39:2. Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 39:3. They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings. 39:4. Their young are weaned and go to feed: they go forth, and return not to them. 39:5. Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds? 39:6. To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land. 39:7. He scorneth the multitude of the city, he heareth not the cry of the driver. 39:8. He looketh round about the mountains of his pasture, and seeketh for every green thing, 39:9. Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib? 39:10. Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee? 39:11. Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him? 39:12. Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor? 39:13. The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk. 39:14. When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust. 39:15. She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them. 39:16. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her. 39:17. For God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he given her understanding. 39:18. When time shall be, she setteth up her wings on high: she scorneth the horse and his rider. 39:19. Wilt thou give strength to the horse or clothe his neck with neighing? 39:20. Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror. 39:21. He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men. 39:22. He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword. 39:23. Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter. 39:24. Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth. 39:25. When he heareth the trumpet he saith: Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, the encouraging of the captains, and the shouting of the army. 39:26. Doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom, spreading her wings to the south? 39:27. Will the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest in high places? 39:28. She abideth among the rocks, and dwelleth among cragged flints, and stony hills, where there is no access. 39:29. From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 39:30. Her young ones shall suck up blood: and wheresoever the carcass shall be, she is immediately there. 39:31. And the Lord went on, and said to Job: 39:32. Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him. 39:33. Then Job answered the Lord, and said: 39:34. What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Spoken inconsiderately. . .If we discuss all Job's words (saith St. Gregory), we shall find nothing impiously spoken; as may be gathered from the words of the Lord himself, chap. 42, ver. 7, 8; but what was reprehensible in him, was the manner of expressing himself at times, speaking too much of his own affliction, and too little of God's goodness towards him, which here he acknowledges as inconsiderate. 39:35. One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more. Job Chapter 40 Of the power of God in the behemoth and the leviathan. 40:1. And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said: 40:2. Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. 40:3. Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified? 40:4. And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 40:5. Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments. 40:6. Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. 40:7. Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place, 40:8. Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit. 40:9. Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee. 40:10. Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox. Behemoth. . .In Hebrew, behema, which signifies in general an animal; but many authors explain, that here it is put for the elephant. 40:11. His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly. 40:12. He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. 40:13. His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. 40:14. He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword. He will apply his sword. . .This text is variously explained: some explain the sword, the horn given to the animal for his defence: others, the power that God hath given to the animal for his defence: others, the power that God hath given to man to slay him, notwithstanding his great size and strength. 40:15. To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play. 40:16. He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places. 40:17. The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about. 40:18. Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. 40:19. In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes. 40:20. Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? Leviathan. . .The whale or some sea monster. 40:21. Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle? 40:22. Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? 40:23. Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever, 40:24. Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids? 40:25. Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him? 40:26. Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head? 40:27. Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more. 40:28. Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. Job Chapter 41 A further description of the leviathan. 41:1. I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel, for who can resist my countenance? 41:2. Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine. 41:3. I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication. 41:4. Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth? 41:5. Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 41:6. His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another. 41:7. One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them: 41:8. They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated. 41:9. His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning. 41:10. Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire. 41:11. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling. 41:12. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth. 41:13. In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face. 41:14. The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place. 41:15. His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil, 41:16. When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves. Angels. . .Elim, Hebrew: which signifies here, the mighty, the most valiant, shall fear this monstrous fish, and in their fear shall seek to be purified. 41:17. When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate. 41:18. For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 41:19. The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble. 41:20. As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear. 41:21. The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire. Under him. . .He shall not value the beams of the sun; and gold to him shall be like mire. 41:22. He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil. 41:23. A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old. The deep as growing old. . .Growing hoary, as it were with the froth which he leaves behind him. 41:24. There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one, 41:25. He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride. He is king, etc. . .He is superior in strength to all that are great and strong amongst living creatures: mystically it is understood of the devil, who is king over all the proud. Job Chapter 42 Job submits himself. God pronounces in his favour. Job offers sacrifice for his friends. He is blessed with riches and children, and dies happily, 42:1. Then Job answered the Lord, and said: 42:2. I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee. 42:3. Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. 42:4. Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. 42:5. With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee. 42:6. Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes. 42:7. And after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends, because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me, as my servant Job hath. 42:8. Take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust, and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath. 42:9. So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job. 42:10. The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 42:11. And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold. 42:12. And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 42:13. And he had seven sons, and three daughters. 42:14. And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibii. 42:15. And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 42:16. And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and full of days. THE BOOK OF PSALMS The psalms are called by the Hebrews TEHILLIM, that is, Hymns of Praise. The author, of a great part of them at least, was king David: but many are of opinion that some of them were made by Asaph, and others whose names are prefixed in the titles. Psalms Chapter 1 Beatus vir. The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked. 1:1. Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence: 1:2. But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night. 1:3. And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper. 1:4. Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth. 1:5. Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just. 1:6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish. Psalms Chapter 2 Quare fremuerunt. The vain efforts of persecutors against Christ and his church. 2:1. Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? 2:2. The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ. 2:3. Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us. 2:4. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them. 2:5. Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his rage. 2:6. But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment. 2:7. The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. 2:8. Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 2:9. Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 2:10. And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth. 2:11. Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling. 2:12. Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. 2:13. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him. Psalms Chapter 3 Domine, quid multiplicati. The prophet's danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the passion and resurrection of Christ. 3:1. The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. 3:2. Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God. 3:4. But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. 3:5. I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill. 3:6. I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me. 3:7. I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God. 3:8. For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners. 3:9. Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people. Psalms Chapter 4 Cum invocarem. The prophet teacheth us to flee to God in tribulation, with confidence in him. 4:1. Unto the end, in verses. A psalm for David. Unto the end. . .Or, as St. Jerome renders it, victori, to him that overcometh: which some understand of the chief musician; to whom they suppose the psalms, which bear that title, were given to be sung: we rather understand the psalms thus inscribed to refer to Christ, who is the end of the law, and the great conqueror of death and hell, and to the New Testament.--Ibid. In verses, in carminibus. . .In the Hebrew, it is neghinoth, supposed by some to be a musical instrument, with which this psalm was to be sung.--Ibid. For David, or to David. . .That is, inspired to David himself, or to be sung. 4:2. When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my prayer. 4:3. O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying? 4:4. Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him. 4:5. Be ye angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts, be sorry for them upon your beds. 4:6. Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many say, Who sheweth us good things? 4:7. The light of thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart. 4:8. By the fruit of their corn, their wine, and oil, they rest: 4:9. In peace in the self same I will sleep, and I will rest: 4:10. For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope. Psalms Chapter 5 Verba mea auribul. A prayer to God against the iniquities of men. 5:1. Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David. For her that obtaineth the inheritance. . .That is, for the church of Christ. 5:2. Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry. 5:3. Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God. 5:4. For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice. 5:5. In the morning I will stand before thee, and I will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity. 5:6. Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes. 5:7. Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. 5:8. But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear. 5:9. Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight. 5:10. For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain. 5:11. Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord. 5:12. But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee. 5:13. For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will. Psalms Chapter 6 Domine, ne in furore. A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first penitential psalm. 6:1. Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. For the octave. . .That is, to be sung on an instrument of eight strings. St. Augustine understands it mystically, of the last resurrection, and the world to come; which is, as it were, the octave, or eighth day, after the seven days of this mortal life: and for this octave, sinners must dispose themselves, like David, by bewailing their sins, whilst they are here upon earth. 6:2. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath. 6:3. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. 6:4. And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long? 6:5. Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake. 6:6. For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell? 6:7. I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears. 6:8. My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies. 6:9. Depart from em, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 6:10. The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer. 6:11. Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily. Psalms Chapter 7 Domine, Deus meus. David, trusting in the justice of his cause, prayeth for God's help against his enemies. 7:1. The psalm of David, which he sung to the Lord, for the words of Chusi, the son of Jemini. 7:2. O Lord, my God, in thee have I put my trust; same me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 7:3. Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save. 7:4. O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands: 7:5. If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies. 7:6. Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust. 7:7. Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord, my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded: 7:8. And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high. 7:9. The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me. 7:10. The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just 7:11. Is my help from the Lord; who saveth the upright of heart. 7:12. God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day? 7:13. Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 7:14. And in it he hath prepared to instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn. For them that burn. . .That is, against the persecutors of his saints. 7:15. Behold he hath been in labour with injustice: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity. 7:16. He hath opened a pit and dug it: and he is fallen into the hole he made. 7:17. His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown. 7:18. I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high. Psalms Chapter 8 Domine, Dominus noster. God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly exalted by the incarnation of Christ. 8:1. Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David. The presses. . .In Hebrew, Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument. 8:2. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens. 8:3. Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger. 8:4. For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded. 8:5. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 8:6. Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: 8:7. And hast set him over the works of thy hands. 8:8. Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover, the beasts also of the fields. 8:9. The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea. 8:10. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! Psalms Chapter 9 Confitebor tibi, Domine. The church praiseth God for his protection against her enemies. 9:1. Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David. The hidden things of the Son. . .The humility and sufferings of Christ, the Son of God; and of good Christians, who are his sons by adoption; are called hidden things, with regard to the children of this world, who know not the value and merit of them. 9:2. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders. 9:3. I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high. 9:4. When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face. 9:5. For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice. 9:6. Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. 9:7. The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise: 9:8. But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment: 9:9. And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice. 9:10. And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation. 9:11. And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord. 9:12. Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: 9:13. For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor. 9:14. Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies. 9:15. Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion. 9:16. I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid. 9:17. The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands. 9:18. The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God. 9:19. For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever. 9:20. Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight. 9:21. Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Here the late Hebrew doctors divide this psalm into two, making ver. 22 the beginning of Psalm 10. And again they join Psalms 146 and 147 into one, in order that the whole number of psalms should not exceed 150. And in this manner the psalms are numbered in the Protestant Bible. Psalm 10 according to the Hebrews. 9a:1. Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble? 9a:2. Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise. 9a:3. For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed. 9a:4. The sinner hath provoked the Lord, according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him: 9a:5. God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed form his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies. 9a:6. For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil. 9a:7. His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow. 9a:8. He sitteth in ambush with the rich, in private places, that he may kill the innocent. 9a:9. His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: so catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. 9a:10. In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor. 9a:11. For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, not to see to the end. 9a:12. Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor. 9a:13. Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it. 9a:14. Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. 9a:15. Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found. 9a:16. The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land. 9a:17. The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart. 9a:18. To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth. Psalms Chapter 10 In Domino confido. The just man's confidence in God in the midst of persecutions. 10:1. Unto the end. A psalm to David. 10:2. In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow. 10:3. For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart. 10:4. For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? 10:5. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men. 10:6. The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul. 10:7. He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms of winds, shall be the portion of their cup. 10:8. For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness. Psalms Chapter 11 Salvum me fac. The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked. 11:1. Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David. 11:2. Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men. 11:3. They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken. 11:4. May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. 11:5. Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us? 11:6. By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard. 11:7. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times. 11:8. Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation for ever. 11:9. The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men. Psalms Chapter 12 Usquequo, Domine. A prayer in tribulation. 12:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me? 12:2. How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day? 12:3. How long shall my enemy be exalted over Me? 12:4. Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death: 12:5. Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved: 12:6. But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea, I will sing to the name of the Lord, the most high. Psalms Chapter 13 Dixit insipiens. The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ. 13:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no not one. 13:2. The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God. 13:3. They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good: no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes. 13:4. Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread? 13:5. They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear. 13:6. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope. 13:7. Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Psalms Chapter 14 Domine, quis habitabit. What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion. 14:1. A psalm for David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill? 14:2. He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice: 14:3. He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours. 14:4. In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; 14:5. He that hath not put out his money to usury, nortaken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things, shall not be moved for ever. Psalms Chapter 15 Conserva me, Domine. Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death. 15:1. The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee. The inscription of a title. . .That is, of a pillar or monument, staylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument. 15:2. I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods. 15:3. To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them. 15:4. Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for bloodofferings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips. 15:5. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. 15:6. The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me. 15:7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night. 15:8. I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved. 15:9. Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope. 15:10. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption. 15:11. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end. Psalms Chapter 16 Exaudi, Domine, justitiam. A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy. 16:1. The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips. 16:2. Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable. 16:3. Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me. 16:4. That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways. 16:5. Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved. 16:6. I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words. 16:7. Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee. 16:8. From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings. 16:9. From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul: 16:10. They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly. Their fat. . .That is, their bowels of compassion: for they have none for me. 16:11. They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth. 16:12. They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places. 16:13. Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword 16:14. From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance. Divide them from the few, etc. . .That is, cut them off from the earth, and the few trifling things thereof; which they are so proud of, or divide them from the few; that is, from thy elect, who are but few; that they may no longer have it in their power to oppress them. It is not meant by way of a curse or imprecation; but, as many other the like passages in the psalms, by way of a prediction, or prophecy of what should come upon them, in punishment of their wickedness. Ibid. Thy hidden stores. . .Thy secret treasures, out of which thou furnishest those earthly goods, which, with a bountiful hand thou hast distributed both to the good and the bad. 16:15. But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear. Psalms Chapter 17 Diligam te, Domine. David's thanks to God for his delivery from all his enemies. 17:1. Unto the end, for David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said: 17:2. I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: 17:3. The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support. 17:4. Praising, I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies. 17:5. The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. 17:6. The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. 17:7. In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears. 17:8. The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them. 17:9. There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it. 17:10. He bowed the heavens, and came down, and darkness was under his feet. 17:11. And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds. 17:12. And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air. 17:13. At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. 17:14. And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire. 17:15. And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them. 17:16. Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath. 17:17. He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters. 17:18. He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 17:19. They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector. 17:20. And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me. 17:21. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands: 17:22. Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God. 17:23. For all his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me. 17:24. And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity. 17:25. And the Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. 17:26. With the holy thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent: 17:27. And withe the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. 17:28. For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud. 17:29. For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness. 17:30. For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall. 17:31. As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire-tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him. 17:32. For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God? 17:33. God, who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless. 17:34. Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places. 17:35. Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow. 17:36. And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me. 17:37. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened. 17:38. I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed. 17:39. I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. 17:40. And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me. 17:41. And thou hast made my enemies furn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me. 17:42. They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not. 17:43. And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets. 17:44. Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles. 17:45. A people which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me. 17:46. The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths. 17:47. The Lord liveth, and blessed by my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 17:48. O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enraged enemies. 17:49. And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me. 17:50. Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name. 17:51. Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David, his anointed: and to his seed for ever. Psalms Chapter 18 Coeli enarrant. The works of God shew forth his glory: his law is greatly to be esteemed and loved. 18:1. Unto the end. A Psalm for David. 18:2. The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands. 18:3. Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night sheweth knowledge. 18:4. There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices are not heard. 18:5. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world. 18:6. He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: and he as a bridegroom coming out of his bridechamber, Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way: 18:7. His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide himself from his heat. 18:8. The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones. 18:9. The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes. 18:10. The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves. 18:11. More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. 18:12. For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there is a great reward. 18:13. Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: 18:14. And from those of others spare thy servant. If they shall have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot: and I shall be cleansed form the greatest sin. 18:15. And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper and my Redeemer. Psalms Chapter 19 Exaudiat te Dominus. A prayer for the king. 19:1. Unto the end. A psalm for David. 19:2. May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee. 19:3. May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion. 19:4. May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole burntoffering be made fat. 19:5. May he give thee according to thy own heart; and confirm all thy counsels. 19:6. We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the name of our God we shall be exalted. 19:7. The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is in powers. The salvation of his right hand is in powers. . .That is, in strength. His right hand is strong and mighty to save them that trust in him. 19:8. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God. 19:9. They are bound, and have fallen: but we are risen, and are set upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee. Psalms Chapter 20 Domine, in virtute. Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion. 20:1. Unto the end. A psalm for David. 20:2. In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. 20:3. Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips. 20:4. For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. 20:5. He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever. 20:6. His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him. 20:7. For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance. 20:8. For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 20:9. Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee. 20:10. Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them. 20:11. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men. 20:12. For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish. 20:13. For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face. In thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face. . .Or thou shalt set thy remnants against their faces. That is, thou shalt make them see what punishments remain for them hereafter from thy justice. Instead of remnants, St. Jerome renders it funes, that is, cords or strings, viz., of the bow of divine justice, from which God directs his arrows against the faces of his enemies. 20:14. Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power. Psalms Chapter 21 Deus Deus meus.
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