God's great power CHAPTER XLI, XLII. B. C. 23 Behold, the drinketh up a B. C. he op 24 He taketh it with his eyes: presseth. his nose pierceth through snares. CA CHAPTER XLI Of God's great power in the leviathan. ANST thou draw out | leviathan with an hook?" or his tongue with a cord †which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou b put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a Or. gin? ch. breast- plate 1. † Heb. † Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd. which thou drownest. 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens'? 6 Shall thy companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his skin with bls.37.29. barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him isin vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 11 Who hath prevented me, Ro. 11. that I should repay him? dwhat- 35. soever is under the whole hea-dEx.19.5. ven is mine. De.10.14. 12 I will not conceal his parts, Ps. 24. 1. nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 1 Or, who behave themselves without fear. & 50. 12. a 1 Co. 10. 26, 28. 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible within. round about. 15 His t scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. Or. + Heb. strong that no air can come between shields. 16 One is so near to another, pieces of them. Ge. 18. 14. Mat. 19.26.Ma. 10. 27. & 14.36. Lu. 18. 27. of thine m the leviathan joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purity themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp-pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. CHAPTER XLII. Job submitteth himself unto God, 1.7 God, preferring Job's cause, maketh his friends subinit themselves, and accepteth him. 10 He magnifieth and blesseth Job. 16 Job's age and death. THENJobanswered the LORD, and said. 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 bWho is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I underthoughtful for me, which I knew not. Or, no stood not; "things too wonder4 Hear, I beseech thee, and 1 will speak: dI will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Ps.40.5. mine eye seeth thee: bch. 38.2.5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now can be hindered. & 131. 1. & 139. 6. dch. 38.3. & 40. 7. 6.ch.40.4. 24. h Ge. 20. 17. Ja. 5. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 7 And it was so, that atter the LORD had spoken these words Ezra 9. unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrathis fNu.23.1. kindled against thee, and against Mat. 5. thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Therefore take unto you now fseven bullocks, and seven rams. and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burntoffering; and my servant Job shall h pray for you: for t him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing 15, 16. 1Jn.5.16. † Heb. his face of person, 1Sa. rejoiceth. † Heb. The 25. 35. Mal.1.8. fallings. God magnifieth and blesseth Job. which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job,when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD tgave Job ktwice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him lall his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.. the Job's age and death. 12 So the LORD blessed latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had " fourteen thousand sheep,and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. 13 "He had also seven sons, and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. 15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 After this Plived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. PSALM I THE BOOK OF The happiness of the godly, 1. 4 The unhappiness of the ungodly. BL PSALMS* Ps. 37. 13.859.8. Pr.1.26. trouble. Lu. 20. 42. Ac. 1. 20. apr. 4.14, Or, 15. Or, bP's. 26.4. Je.15.17. Ps. 119. 35.47,92. dJos.1. Ps. 119. 8. 1.97. Je.17.8. Ez.47.12. g Ac. 13. † Heb. 33. He.l. fade. 5. & 5. 5. fGe.39.3, hPs. 22. 23.Ps.128 QLESSED is the man that D walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth wicked. in the way of sinners, b nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; dand in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not twither; and whatsoever he doeth shall fprosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM 11. The kingdom of Christ, 1. 10 Kings are exhorted to accept it. 2.19.3.10. Job 21. 18. Ps.35. 5. Is. 17. 13. &29.5. Ho.13.3. iP.37.18. Na. 1.7. Ja.10.14. 2Ti.2.19. 27.&72.8. Da. 7. 13, & 89. 27. 14. See shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King fupon my holy hill of Zion. 7 1 will declare the decree: Thou art my Son; this day the LORD hath said unto me, have I begotten thee. 8 bAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 iThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye of the earth. kings: be instructed, ye judges 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. angry, and ye perish from the 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be way, when "his wrath is kindled but a little. "Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. PSALM III. The security of God's protection. TA Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Lo ORD, "how are they increased that trouble me? many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of Ps.34.8. my soul, There is no help for & 84. 12. him in God. Selah. bPs.45. 7. Pr.16.20. Heb. medi tute. Jn. 1. 41. 19.30.18. 3 But thou, O LORD, art ca Je. 5. 5. Je.17.7.Ro.9.33. &10.11. 1 Pe.2.6. 2 Sa. 15, &16,& Lu.19.14. 17, & 18. 1023. 2 Sa. 15. 12. & 16. 15. b2 Sa. 16.8 Ps.11.4 Ps. 71. 11. Ge. 15. L. Ps. 28. 7.& 19 114 PSALMS. Or, about. d Hab. 1. 13. dPs. 27.6. Heb.be- David's complaint in sick near 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:nei ther shall evil dwell with thee. 5 dThe foolish shall not stand tin thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. The security of God's protection. shield for me; my glory, and dthe lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustain-9. fPs.55.23 6 Thou shalt destroy them that ed me. tHeb.the speak leasing: the LORD will I will not be afraid of ten P.48.Pr. man of abhor fthe bloody and deceitful thousands of people, that have 3. 24. blood set themselves against me round hPs. 27.3. cit." and de. about. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O fPs.2.6.& eyes. Le.26.6. my God; ifor thou hast smitten i Job 16. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. PSALM IV. 17. Ps.58. 81Ki.8.29 138. 2. man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude 30, 35, 38. of thy mercy: and in thy fear 10. & 29. Ps.28.2& will I worship stoward thy ho132. 7. & ly temple. 6.La.3.30 +Heb.the Pr.21.31 temple Je. 3. 23. holiness. 1s. 43. 11. of thy Ho. 13. 4. Ps. 25.5. Jon. 2. 9. ↑ Heb. of any of Or, be gracious fast. unto me. in his 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. them. † Heb. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer dthe sacrifices of right-d De. 33. Make eousness, and put your trust in the LORD. righteousness, because of tmine 8 hLead me, O LORD, in thy enemies; imake thy way straight before my face. fin their mouth; their inward 9 For there is no faithfulness part is fvery wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre ; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the mul titude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee "rejoice: let themever shout for joy, because fthou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 6 There be many that say, Who 19.2Sa.15.2Sa.15. thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 bHave mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, cheal me: for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, dhow long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh 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; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 85Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath bheard the voice of my weeping. Ps. 12, title. Ps. 38.1. Je. 10.24. 9 The LORD hath heard my & 46.28. bPs.65.2. bPs. 41.4. supplication; the LORD will recps. 30.5. Ho. 6. 1. ceive my prayer. &88.13& dPs.90.13. Ps.30.9. &.88.11.& 115.17. &118.17.Is.38 130. 6. 18. Or, every night. (Job17.7. Ps.31.9&38.10&88.9. La.5-175Ps.119.115Mt.7.23&25.41.Lu-13.27.hPs.3.4 David prayeth against his enemies. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. PSALM VII. David prayeth against the maliceofhis enemies, professing his innocency, 1. 10 By faith he seeth his defence, and the destruction of his enemies. God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man. Ps.81,&To the chief Musician *upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. LORD our Lord, how "ex Shiggaion of David, which he sang "Hab.3.1/Ps. 148. cellent is thy name in all unto the LORD, concerning the @words of Cush the Benjamite. LORD my God, in thee do 0 I put my trust: "save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2 6Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is inone to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, dif I have done this; if there be "iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy :) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and bawake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thon on high. 84, title. 13. 2 Sa. 16. cir. 1062. Or, bPs.113.4 See Mt. 11.25&21 business. 16.1 Co.1. Ps.31.15 27. Heb. founded bls.38.13 cps.50.22 ↑ Heb. not a deliverer. d2 Sa. 16. 7,8. Sa. 24. f1Sa.24.7. & 26. 9. glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou fordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still dthe enemy and the avenger. vens, the work of thy fingers; 3 When I consider thy heaPs.111.2 the moon and the stars, which f.Job7.17. thou hast ordained; dPs.44.16 Ps. 144.3. He. 2. 6. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, iac-t Heb. cording to my righteousness, and Mybuckaccording to mine integrity that is in me. 90 let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: kfor the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. Re. 2. 23. 1018. ter is up. Ps. 5.11. on God. bPs. 56.2. IPs. 125.4 & 83. 18 Or, + Heb. God is a righte Jus thou hast made my judg ment. † Heb. eousness. in right De.9.14. 64.7. Pr.10.7. " Job 15. 35. Is. 33. destruc Or, The 11.&59.4. tions of Ja. 1. 15. the eneHeb. my are He hath come to digged a a perpe pit. tual end: PEs.7.10 and their Job 4. 8. Ps. 9. 15. cities hast & 10.2.& 35.8.&94. thou de 23.& 141. stroyed, 10. Pr. 5 &c. 16 "His mischief shall return 22. & 26. d Ps. 102. 17 I will praise the LORD ac 8. 1. 11. 91Ki.2.32 Ps.96.13 Es. 9. 25. & 98. 9. 4 fWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the ish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging tright. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast "put out their name for ever and ever. 60 thou enemy! destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorialis perished with them. 7 dBut the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. David complaineth of the wicked. 9 fThe LORD also will be ta refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. PSALMS. hide h Ps.107. PPs.17.12 Or, Mi. 7. 2. the se 11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare i Ge. 9. 5. tHeb. in among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisi-afflicted. cret plation for blood, he remembereth Ps.13.5. ces. & 20.5.& Heb. he them: he torgetteth not the cry 35. 9. breaketh of the humble. IPs. 7. 15, himself. 13 Have mercy upon me, O 16.&35.8. Or, LORD: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth al! thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. & 57.6.& into his 31. ton He prayeth for remedy. 8 He sitteth in the kingplaces of the villages: "in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: "his eyes fare privily set against the poor. 9 PHe lieth in wait fsecretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth,and humbleth 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: "he hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, "lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Ex.7.5. Ps. 73.11.13 Wherefore doth the wicked &14.4,10, & 94. 7. contemn God? he hath said in his That is, & 9. 9. Ez. 8. 12. heart, Thou wilt not require it medita-Mic. 5.9. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou Or, beholdest mischief and spite, to "Ps.19.14flicted. requite it with thy hand the & 92. 3. 1 Heb. poort committeth hunsel unto Job8.13. cleaveth. thee; thou art the helper of the 32T.1.12. fatherless. 1Pe. 4.19. Fs.50. 22. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the works. 12. 5. of his own hands. "Higgaion. Selah. Pa 68. 5. Ho. 14. 3. "Ps.37.17 15 "Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find tHeb.In Ps.29.10 none. 17 The wicked shall be turned the pride into hell, and all the nations "that forget God. 18 PFor the needy shall not always be forgotten: "the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. of the & 146.10. Je. 10.10. he doth La. 5. 19. cute. & 6. 26. ap 7.16. & 9.15,16 Pr. 5. 22. 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judg-bPs. 94.4 20 Put them in fear, O LORD: soul's. that the nations may know them-Pr. 28.4. selves to be but men. Selah. 1Ti. 1. 17. Or, establish V1 Ch.29. 18. Ps.82. 3. 18. 11. 4. Ro. 1. 32. Or, he abhor reth the 4. thoughts are. Ps.64.3. 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. PSALM XI. David encourageth himself in God against his enemies, 1. 4 The provi To the chief Musician, A Psalm of IN the LORD put I my trust: bhow say ye to my soul, Flee dPs.21.12 as a bird to your mountain? Heb.in 2 For lo, the wicked bend darkness their bow, d they make ready Hab. 2. they may privily shoot at the ePs. 82.5. their arrow upon the string, that upright in heart. 20. There is cir. 1060. no God. Ps. 2. 4. Ps. 14.1 1s. 66. 1. & 53. L. Mat.5.34. Pr. 24.1. & 23. 22. Is. 26. 11. AC. 7.49. SPs.12. 5. Re. 4. 2. hps.30.6. hPs.33.13 Ec. 8. 11. & 34, 15, 13. 56. 12. 16. &66.7. iRe.18.7. iGe. 22.1. 5 His ways are always grievous; † Heb. Ja. 1. 12. fthy indgments are far above unto ge- Ge.19.24 out of his sight; as for all his neration Ez.38,22. enemies, he puffeth at them. and ge-Or, 6 He hath said in his heart, Ineration quick shall not be moved: for I shall tnever be in adversity. 7 Hus mouth is full of cursing and faeceit and fraud: lunder his tongue is mischief and vanity. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. 5 The LORD itrieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul ha teth. 6 kUpon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. kRo. 3.14 burning 7 For the righteous LORD "lov† Heb. coals. deceits. Or, eth righteousness; "his counte1.Job20.12 a burn- nance doth behold the upright. mPs.12.2. ing tempest. 1See Ge. 43. 34. 1 Sa. 1. 4. & 9. 23. Ps. Or. 75. 8. Ps. 45. 7. & 146. 8. Job 36. 7. Pa 33. 18 iniquity. & 34. 15. 1 Pe. 3. 12. 501 |