been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will †† Heb. will gather me. take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in †† Heb. a way of plainness. a plain path, because of †† Heb. those which observe me. mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
PSAL. XXVIII.
A Psalm of David.
UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent †† Heb. from me. to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands ‖‖ Or, towards the Oracle of thy Sanctuary. toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8 The Lord is ‖‖ Or, his strength. their strength, and he is the †† Heb. strength of saluations. saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: ‖‖ Or, rule. feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
PSAL. XXIX.
A Psalm of David.
GIVE unto the Lord, O †† Heb. ye sonnes of the mighty. ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
2 Give unto the Lord †† Heb. the honour of his name. the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord ‖‖ Or, in his glorious Sanctuary. in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon ‖‖ Or, great waters. many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is †† Heb. in power. powerful; the voice of the Lord is †† Heb. in majesty. full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the Lord †† Heb. cutteth out. divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds ‖‖ Or, to be in pain. to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple ‖‖ Or, every whit of it uttereth, &c.. doth every one speak of his glory.
10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
11 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
PSAL. XXX.
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
I Will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks ‖‖ Or, to the memorial. at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For †† Heb. there is but a moment in his anger. his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure †† Heb. in the evening. for a night, but †† Heb. singing. joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast †† Heb. settled strength for my mountain. made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.
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