5 My wounds stink and are corrupt Because of my foolishness. 6 I am 'troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with fa loathsome disease; And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: 9 I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. LORD, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is 'gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends i stand aloof from my 'sore; And my 'kinsmen stand afar off. 12 They also that seek after my life 'lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, m And imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O LORD! do I hope: Thou wilt hear, O LORD my God! 16 For I said, "Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:" When my Pfoot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. 17 For I am ready to halt, And my sorrow is continually before me. 2 Heb. wried. e See Job 30. 28. f Job 7. 5. Job 3. 24. Isa. 59. 11. Heb. not with me. h See Job 19. 18. › Luke 10. 81, 32. 4 Heb. stroke. k Luke 23. 49. 12 Sam. 17. 1-3. m2 Sam. 16. 7, 8. » See 2 Sam. 16. 10. Or, thee do I wait for. • 2 Sam. 16. 12. 7 Or, answer. P Deut. 32. 85. q Bee Job 19. 5. 8 Heb. for halting. Psa. 33, 15. 9 my sin. 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adver saries; Because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! 22 Make haste "to help me, O LORD "my salvation! David's care of his thoughts, 1-3; the consideration of the brevity and vanity of life, 4-6, the reverence of God's judgments, 7-9, and prayer, are his helps to a patient faith, 10-13. To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 I said, I will a take heed to my ways, I will keep 'my mouth with a bridle, 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; 3 My heart was hot within me, 4 C While I was musing the fire burned: Then spake I with my tongue, LORD, make me to know mine end, * 1 Kings 2. 4. 2 Kings 10. 81. b Col. 4. 5. 1 Heb. a bridle, or, muz- 2 Heb. troubled < Jer. 20. 9. And the measure of my days, what it is; 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; And mine age is as nothing before thee: 4 Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah! Surely every man walketh in 'a vain show: Surely they are disquieted in vain: He cheapeth up riches-and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? My hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke h away from me: I am consumed by the 'blow of thy hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, 12 Thou makest 'his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah! Hear my prayer, O LORD! and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, kas all my fathers were. 13 O1spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and m be no more. 3 Or, what time I have here. d See Job 7. 6. • Heb. settled. 5 Heb. an image. 1 Cor. 7. 31. James 4. 14. e Job 27. 17. Eccl. 2. 18, 21, 26. and 5. 14. Luke 12. 20, 21. f Lev. 10. 8. Job. 40. 4, 5. Psa. 33. 18. Lev. 25. 23. 1 Chron. 29. 15, g 2 Sam. 16. 10. Job 2. 10. h See Job 9. 34. • Heb. conflict. 7 Heb. that which is to be de- Psa. 119. 19. 2 Cor. 5. 6. Heb. 11. 13. 1 Peter 1. 17. and 2. 11. * Gen. 47. 9. 1 Job 10. 20, 21. m Job 14. 10-12. PSALM VI ON OCCASION OF DAVID'S SICKNESS AFTER HIS SIN. David's complaint in his sickness, 1–7; by faith he triumpheth over his enemies, 8–10. To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, [or, To the chief Musician on the stringed instruments; [this Psalm to be sung with] an octave or bass accompaniment.] A Psalm of David. a 1 O LORD! rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am weak; But thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6 I am weary with my groaning; 7 Mine deye is consumed because of grief; 8 e Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; The LORD will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: Let them return and be ashamed suddenly. a Psa. 88. 1. Jer. 10. 24. b Hosea 6. 1. See Psa. 88. 11. 1 Or, every night. d Job 17. 7. Psa. 81. 9. 19 e Psa. 119. 115. Mat. 7. 23. and 25. 41. Luke 18. 27. PSALM XLI. ON OCCASION OF DAVID'S SICKNESS AFTER HIS SIN. The reward of those who are merciful to the poor, 1-3; David complaineth of his enemies' treachery, 4-9; he appealeth to God for succour, 10-13. T To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 1 Blessed is he that considereth 'the poor: S And thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, "LORD, be merciful unto me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee." 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, "When shall he die, and his name perish?" C 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: His heart gathereth iniquity to itself; When he goeth abroad he telleth it. 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: Against me do they devise 'my hurt. 8 "An evil disease," say they, "cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more." 9 Yea, 'mine own familiar friend, d (In whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread,) Hath lifted his heel against me. a Prov. 14. 21. 1 Or, the weak, or sick. 2 Heb. in the day of evil. 3 Or, do not thou deliver. Psa. 27. 12. up |