59:12. Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O
God, go out with our armies?
59:13. Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.
59:14. Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing
them that afflict us.
Psalms Chapter 60
Exaudi, Deus.
A prayer for the coming of the kingdom of Christ, which shall have no
end.
60:1. Unto the end, in hymns, for David.
60:2. Hear, O God, my supplication: be attentive to my prayer.
60:3. To thee have I cried from the ends of the earth: when my heart
was in anguish, thou hast exalted me on a rock. Thou hast conducted me;
60:4. For thou hast been my hope; a tower of strength against the face
of the enemy.
60:5. In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected
under the covert of thy wings.
60:6. For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an
inheritance to them that fear thy name.
60:7. Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to
generation and generation.
60:8. He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who
shall search?
60:9. So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may
pay my vows from day to day.
Psalms Chapter 61
Nonne Deo.
The prophet encourageth himself and all others to trust in God, and
serve him.
61:1. Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David.
61:2. Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my
salvation.
61:3. For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be
moved no more.
61:4. How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were
thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.
61:5. But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst:
they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.
61:6. But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my
patience.
61:7. For he is my God and my saviour: he is my helper, I shall not be
moved.
61:8. In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help,
and my hope is in God.
61:9. Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts
before him. God is our helper for ever.
61:10. But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the
balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.
Are liars in the balances, etc. . .They are so vain and light, that if
they are put into the scales, they will be found to be of no weight;
and to be mere lies, deceit, and vanity. Or, They are liars in their
balances, by weighing things by false weights, and preferring the
temporal before the eternal.
61:11. Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: if riches
abound, set not your heart upon them.
61:12. God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power
belongeth to God,
61:13. And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man
according to his works.
Psalms Chapter 62
Deus Deus meus, ad te.
The prophet aspireth after God.
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