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An exhortation to worship God our maker.
PSALMS.
The majesty of God's kingdom.


22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.

PSAL. XCV.

1 An exhortation to praise God for his greatness, 6 and for creating and preserving us: 8 and not to tempt him as did Israel in the wilderness.

O Come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let us †† Heb. prevent his face. come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4† Heb. in whose. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: ‖‖ Or, the heights of the hills, are his. the strength of the hills is his also.

5† Heb. whose the sea is. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in the †† Heb. contention. provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath †† Heb. if they enter into my rest. that they should not enter into my rest.

PSAL. XCVI.

1 An exhortation to celebrate the greatness and majesty of God, 10 and to rejoice in his reighteous government of the world.

O Sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.

8 Give unto the Lord the glory †† Heb. of his name. due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9 O worship the Lord‖ Or, in the glorious sanctuary. in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

PSAL. XCVII.

1 The majesty of God's kingdom. 8 The church rejoiceth at God's judgments against idolators, and his universal sovereignty. 10 an exhortation to godliness and joy in the LORD.

THE Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the †† Heb. many, or, great isles. multitude of isles be glad thereof.

2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the ‖‖ Or, establishment. habitation of his throne.

3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord.

9 For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks ‖‖ Or, to the memorial. at the remembrance of his holiness.