the resurrection, and life everlasting.

Michtam of David.

PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do

my trust.

2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the I Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeti to thee;

3 But to the saints that are in the earth to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied hasten after another god: their drink offe of blood will I not offer, nor take up names into my lips.

5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheri and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

6 The lines are fallen unto me in ple places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

7 I will bless the LORD, who hath give counsel: my reins also instruct me in the

seasons.

8 I have set the LORD always before because he is at my right hand, I shall n moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in

vid, in confidence of his integrity, craveth defence of God inst his enemies. 10 He sheweth their pride, craft, and erness. 13 He prayeth against them in confidence of his A Prayer of David.

e.

EAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth out of feigned lips.

Let my sentence come forth from thy ence; let thine eyes behold the things that equal.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast ed me in the night; thou hast tried me, and t find nothing: I am purposed that my th shall not transgress.

Concerning the works of men, by the word y lips I have kept me from the paths of the royer.

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my steps slip not.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear speech.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O that savest by thy right hand them which

deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10 They are inclosed in their own fat: their mouth they speak proudly.

11 They have now compassed us in our they have set their eyes bowing down t earth;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his and as it were a young lion lurking in places.

13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cas down: deliver my soul from the wicked, is thy sword:

14 From men which are thy hand, O I from men of the world, which have their p in this life, and whose belly thou fillest wit hid treasure: they are full of children, and the rest of their substance to their babes.

15 As for me, I will behold thy face in eousness: I shall be satisfied, when I a with thy likeness.

PSALM 18.

David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous bles To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enem from the hand of Saul: And he said,

WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength.

▪n, and my high tower.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy e praised: so shall I be saved from mine nies.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and loods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: nares of death prevented me.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and unto my God: he heard my voice out of temple, and my cry came before him, even his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the dations also of the hills moved and were en, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were led by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came 1: and darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his secret place; his lion round about him were dark waters and x clouds of the skies.

At the brightness that was before him his

them; and he shot out lightnings, and di fited them.

15 Then the channels of waters were and the foundations of the world were d ered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast breath of thy nostrils.

16 He sent from above, he took me, he me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong e and from them which hated me: for they too strong for me.

18 They prevented me in the day calamity but the LORD was my stay.

19 He brought me forth also into a place; he delivered me, because he deli in me.

20 The LORD. rewarded me according righteousness; according to the cleanness hands hath he recompensed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the and have not wickedly departed from my 22. For all his judgments were befor and I did not put away his statutes

me.

23 I was also upright before him, and myself from mine iniquity.

21 Therefore hath the Lopn recomnens