geneva Psalms:90-106
geneva@Psalms:90:1 @ «A Prayer of Moses (note:)Thus the Scripture refers to the prophets.(:note) the man of God.» Lord, thou hast been our You have been as a house and defence to us in all our troubles and travels now this four hundred years. dwelling place in all generations.
geneva@Psalms:90:2 @ Before the (note:)You have chosen us to be your people before the foundations of the world were laid.(:note) mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
geneva@Psalms:90:3 @ Thou (note:)Moses by lamenting the frailty and shortness of man's life moves God to pity.(:note) turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
geneva@Psalms:90:4 @
geneva@Psalms:90:5 @ Thou (note:)You take them away suddenly as with a flood.(:note) carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
geneva@Psalms:90:6 @ In the morning it florisheth and groweth, but in the euening it is cut downe and withereth.
geneva@Psalms:90:7 @ For we are (note:)You called us by the rods to consider the storms of our life and for our sins you shorten our days.(:note) consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
geneva@Psalms:90:8 @ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance.
geneva@Psalms:90:9 @ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we (note:)Our days are not only short but miserable as our sins daily provoke your wrath.(:note) spend our years as a tale [that is told].
geneva@Psalms:90:10 @ The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] (note:)Meaning according to the common state of life.(:note) fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
geneva@Psalms:90:11 @
geneva@Psalms:90:12 @ So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto (note:)Which is by considering the shortness of our life, and by meditating the heavenly joys.(:note) wisdom.
geneva@Psalms:90:13 @ Return, O LORD, (note:)Meaning, will you be angry?(:note) how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
geneva@Psalms:90:14 @ Fill vs with thy mercie in the morning: so shall we reioyce and be glad all our dayes.
geneva@Psalms:90:15 @ Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs, and according to the yeeres that we haue seene euill.
geneva@Psalms:90:16 @
geneva@Psalms:90:17 @ And let the (note:)Meaning, that is was obscured when he ceases to do good to his Church.(:note) beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and For unless you guide us with your Holy Spirit, our enterprises cannot succeed. establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
geneva@Psalms:91:1 @ He that dwelleth in the (note:)He who makes God his defence and trust will perceive his protection to be a most sure safeguard.(:note) secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
geneva@Psalms:91:2 @
geneva@Psalms:91:3 @ Surely he shall deliver thee from the (note:)That is, God's help is most ready for us, whether Satan assails us secretly which he calls a snare, or openly which is here meant by the pestilence.(:note) snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.
geneva@Psalms:91:4 @ He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his (note:)That is, his faithful keeping of promises to help you in your need.(:note) truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.
geneva@Psalms:91:5 @
geneva@Psalms:91:6 @ Nor of the pestilence that walketh in the darkenesse: nor of the plague that destroyeth at noone day.
geneva@Psalms:91:7 @ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and tenne thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come neere thee.
geneva@Psalms:91:8 @ Only with thine (note:)The godly will have some experience of God's judgements against the wicked even in this life, but they will see it fully at that day when all things will be revealed.(:note) eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
geneva@Psalms:91:9 @ For thou hast said, The Lord is mine hope: thou hast set the most High for thy refuge.
geneva@Psalms:91:10 @ There shall none euill come vnto thee, neither shall any plague come neere thy tabernacle.
geneva@Psalms:91:11 @
geneva@Psalms:91:12 @ They shall beare thee in their handes, that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone.
geneva@Psalms:91:13 @ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the (note:)You will not only be preserved from all evil, but overcome it whether it is secret or open.(:note) young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
geneva@Psalms:91:14 @
geneva@Psalms:91:15 @ He shall call vpon me, and I wil heare him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliuer him, and glorifie him.
geneva@Psalms:91:16 @ With (note:)For he is content with that life that God gives for by death the shortness of this life is recompensed with immortality.(:note) long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
geneva@Psalms:92:1 @ «A Psalm [or] Song for the (note:)Which teaches that the use of the Sabbath stands in praising God, and not only in ceasing from work.(:note) sabbath day.» [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
geneva@Psalms:92:2 @ To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the (note:)For God's mercy and fidelity in his promises toward his, bind them to praise him continually both day and night.(:note) morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
geneva@Psalms:92:3 @ Upon an (note:)These instruments were then permitted in the Church as also they are now. (Ed.)(:note) instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
geneva@Psalms:92:4 @ For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy (note:)He shows the use of the Sabbath day: that is, to meditate God's works.(:note) work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
geneva@Psalms:92:5 @ O Lord, how glorious are thy workes! and thy thoughtes are very deepe.
geneva@Psalms:92:6 @ A (note:)That is, the wicked do not consider God's works nor his judgments against them, and therefore most justly perish.(:note) brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
geneva@Psalms:92:7 @ (When the wicked growe as the grasse, and all the workers of wickednesse doe flourish) that they shall be destroyed for euer.
geneva@Psalms:92:8 @ But thou, LORD, [art (note:)Your judgments are most constant against the wicked and pass our reach.(:note) most] high for evermore.
geneva@Psalms:92:9 @ For loe, thine enemies, O Lorde: for loe, thine enemies shall perish: all the workers of iniquitie shall be destroyed.
geneva@Psalms:92:10 @
geneva@Psalms:92:11 @ Mine eye also shall see my desire against mine enemies: and mine eares shall heare my wish against the wicked, that rise vp against me.
geneva@Psalms:92:12 @ The righteous shall (note:)Though the faithful seem to whither and be cut down by the wicked, yet they will grow again and flourish in the Church of God as the cedars do in mount Lebanon.(:note) flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
geneva@Psalms:92:13 @ Such as bee planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courtes of our God.
geneva@Psalms:92:14 @ They shall still bring forth fruit in old (note:)The children of God will have a power above nature and their age will bring forth fresh fruit.(:note) age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
geneva@Psalms:92:15 @ To declare that the Lord my rocke is righteous, and that none iniquitie is in him.
geneva@Psalms:93:1 @ The LORD (note:)As God by his power and wisdom has made and governed the world, so must the same be our defence against all enemies and dangers.(:note) reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
geneva@Psalms:93:2 @ Thy (note:)In which you sit and govern the world.(:note) throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.
geneva@Psalms:93:3 @
geneva@Psalms:93:4 @ The waues of ye sea are marueilous through the noyse of many waters, yet the Lorde on High is more mightie.
geneva@Psalms:93:5 @ Thy (note:)Besides God's power and wisdom in creating and governing his great mercy also appears in that he has given his people his word and covenant.(:note) testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
geneva@Psalms:94:1 @ O LORD God, to whom (note:)Whose office it is to take vengeance on the wicked.(:note) vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, Show by effect that you are judge of the world to punish the wicked. shew thyself.
geneva@Psalms:94:2 @ Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
geneva@Psalms:94:3 @ LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked (note:)That is, brag of their cruelty and oppression, or esteem themselves above all others.(:note) triumph?
geneva@Psalms:94:4 @ They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
geneva@Psalms:94:5 @ They (note:)Seeing the Church was then so sore oppressed, it ought not to seem strange to us, if we see it so now, and therefore we must call to God, to take our cause in hand.(:note) break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
geneva@Psalms:94:6 @ They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murther the fatherlesse.
geneva@Psalms:94:7 @
geneva@Psalms:94:8 @ Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
geneva@Psalms:94:9 @ He that (note:)He shows that it is impossible, but God should hear, see, and understand their wickedness.(:note) planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
geneva@Psalms:94:10 @ He that chastiseth the (note:)If God punishes whole nations for their sins, it is mere folly for any one man or else a few to think that God will spare them.(:note) heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?
geneva@Psalms:94:11 @ The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
geneva@Psalms:94:12 @ Blessed [is] the man whom thou (note:)God has care over his, and chastised them for their own good, that they should not perish for ever with the wicked.(:note) chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
geneva@Psalms:94:13 @ That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
geneva@Psalms:94:14 @ Surely the Lorde will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
geneva@Psalms:94:15 @ But (note:)God will restore the state and government of things to their right use, and then the godly will follow him cheerfully.(:note) judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
geneva@Psalms:94:16 @ Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
geneva@Psalms:94:17 @ Unless the LORD [had been] my (note:)He complains of them who would not help him to resist the enemies, yet was assured that God's help would not fail.(:note) help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
geneva@Psalms:94:18 @ When I said, (note:)When I thought there was no way but death.(:note) My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
geneva@Psalms:94:19 @ In the multitude of my (note:)In my trouble and distress I always found your present help.(:note) thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
geneva@Psalms:94:20 @ Shall the throne of iniquity have (note:)Though the wicked judges pretend justice in oppressing the Church, yet they do not have the authority of God.(:note) fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
geneva@Psalms:94:21 @ They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
geneva@Psalms:94:22 @ But the Lorde is my refuge, and my God is the rocke of mine hope.
geneva@Psalms:94:23 @ And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall (note:)It is a great token of God's judgment when the purpose of the wicked is broken, but most, when they are destroyed in their own malice.(:note) cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off.
geneva@Psalms:95:1 @ O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a (note:)He shows that God's service stands not in dead ceremonies, but chiefly in the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.(:note) joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
geneva@Psalms:95:2 @ Let vs come before his face with praise: let vs sing loude vnto him with Psalmes.
geneva@Psalms:95:3 @ For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all (note:)Even the angels (who in respect to men are thought as gods) are nothing in his sight, much less the idols, which man's brain invents.(:note) gods.
geneva@Psalms:95:4 @ In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the (note:)All things are governed by his providence.(:note) strength of the hills [is] his also.
geneva@Psalms:95:5 @ To whome the Sea belongeth: for hee made it, and his handes formed the dry land.
geneva@Psalms:95:6 @ O come, let us (note:)By these three words he signifies one thing: meaning that they must wholly give themselves to serve God.(:note) worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
geneva@Psalms:95:7 @ For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his (note:)That is, the flock whom he governs with his own hand. He shows how they are God's flock, that is, if they hear his voice.(:note) hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
geneva@Psalms:95:8 @
geneva@Psalms:95:9 @ Where your fathers tempted me, proued me, though they had seene my worke.
geneva@Psalms:95:10 @ Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do (note:)They were without judgment and reason.(:note) err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
geneva@Psalms:95:11 @ Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into (note:)That is, into the land of Canaan, where he promised them rest.(:note) my rest.
geneva@Psalms:96:1 @ O sing (note:)The prophet shows that the time will come, that all nations will have opportunity to praise the Lord for the revealing of his gospel.(:note) unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
geneva@Psalms:96:2 @ Sing vnto the Lorde, and prayse his Name: declare his saluation from day to day.
geneva@Psalms:96:3 @ Declare his glory among all nations, and his wonders among all people.
geneva@Psalms:96:4 @ For the LORD [is] (note:)Seeing he will reveal himself to all nations contrary to their own expectation, they should all worship him contrary to their own imaginations, and only as he has appointed.(:note) great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.
geneva@Psalms:96:5 @ For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD (note:)Then the idols or whatever did not make the heavens, are not God.(:note) made the heavens.
geneva@Psalms:96:6 @
geneva@Psalms:96:7 @ Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and (note:)As by experience you see that it is only due to him.(:note) strength.
geneva@Psalms:96:8 @ Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring (note:)By offering up yourselves wholly to God, declare that you worship him only.(:note) an offering, and come into his courts.
geneva@Psalms:96:9 @ Worship the Lord in the glorious Sanctuarie: tremble before him all the earth.
geneva@Psalms:96:10 @ Say among the (note:)He prophecies that the Gentiles will be partakers with the Jews of God's promise.(:note) heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people He will regenerate them anew with his Spirit, and restore them to the image of God. righteously.
geneva@Psalms:96:11 @ Let the heauens reioyce, and let the earth be glad: let the sea roare, and all that therein is.
geneva@Psalms:96:12 @ Let the field be joyful, and all that [is] therein: then shall all the (note:)If the insensible creatures will have reason to rejoice when God appears, much more we, from whom he has taken malediction and sin.(:note) trees of the wood rejoice
geneva@Psalms:96:13 @ Before the Lord: for he commeth, for he cometh to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the world with righteousnes, and the people in his trueth.
geneva@Psalms:97:1 @ The (note:)He shows that where God reigns, there is all happiness and spiritual joy.(:note) LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the For the gospel will not only be preached in Judea, but through all isles and countries. multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
geneva@Psalms:97:2 @
geneva@Psalms:97:3 @ There shall goe a fire before him, & burne vp his enemies round about.
geneva@Psalms:97:4 @ His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and (note:)This fear does not bring the wicked to true obedience, but makes them run away from God.(:note) trembled.
geneva@Psalms:97:5 @ The mountaines melted like waxe at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
geneva@Psalms:97:6 @ The heauens declare his righteousnes, and all the people see his glory.
geneva@Psalms:97:7 @
geneva@Psalms:97:8 @ Zion heard, and was glad; and the (note:)The Jews will have opportunity to rejoice that the Gentiles are made partakers with them of God's favour.(:note) daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
geneva@Psalms:97:9 @ For thou, Lorde, art most High aboue all the earth: thou art much exalted aboue all gods.
geneva@Psalms:97:10 @ Ye that (note:)He requires two things from his children: the one that they detest vice, the other, that they put their trust in God for their deliverance.(:note) love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
geneva@Psalms:97:11 @
geneva@Psalms:97:12 @ Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the (note:)Be mindful of his benefits and only trust in his defence.(:note) remembrance of his holiness.
geneva@Psalms:98:1 @ «A Psalm.» O sing (note:)That is, some song newly made in token of their wonderful deliverance by Christ.(:note) unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy He preserves his Church miraculously. arm, hath gotten him the victory.
geneva@Psalms:98:2 @ The LORD hath made known his (note:)For the deliverance of his Church.(:note) salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
geneva@Psalms:98:3 @ He hath (note:)God was moved by no other means to gather his Church from the Jews and Gentiles, but because he would perform his promise.(:note) remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
geneva@Psalms:98:4 @ All the earth, sing ye loude vnto the Lord: crie out and reioyce, and sing prayses.
geneva@Psalms:98:5 @ Sing prayse to the Lorde vpon the harpe, euen vpon the harpe with a singing voyce.
geneva@Psalms:98:6 @ With (note:)By this repetition and earnest exhortation to give praise with instruments, and also of the dumb creatures, he signifies that the world is never able to praise God sufficiently for their deliverance.(:note) trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
geneva@Psalms:98:7 @ Let the sea roare, and all that therein is, the world, and they that dwell therein.
geneva@Psalms:98:8 @ Let the floods clap their hands, and let the mountaines reioyce together
geneva@Psalms:98:9 @ Before the Lord: for he is come to iudge the earth: with righteousnesse shall hee iudge the world, and the people with equitie.
geneva@Psalms:99:1 @ The LORD reigneth; let the (note:)When God delivers his Church all the enemies will have reason to tremble.(:note) people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
geneva@Psalms:99:2 @ The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high aboue all the people.
geneva@Psalms:99:3 @ Let them (note:)Though the wicked rage against God, the godly will praise his Name and mighty power.(:note) praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.
geneva@Psalms:99:4 @ And the Kings power, that loueth iudgement: for thou hast prepared equitie: thou hast executed iudgement and iustice in Iaakob.
geneva@Psalms:99:5 @ Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his (note:)That is, before his temple or ark, where he promised to hear when they worshipped him, as now he promises his spiritual presence, wherever his Church is assembled.(:note) footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
geneva@Psalms:99:6 @ Moses and Aaron among his priests, (note:)Under these three he comprehends the whole people of Israel, with whom God made his promise.(:note) and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
geneva@Psalms:99:7 @ Hee spake vnto them in the cloudie pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the Lawe that he gaue them.
geneva@Psalms:99:8 @ Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of (note:)The more liberally God deals with his people, the more he punishes them who abuse his benefits.(:note) their inventions.
geneva@Psalms:99:9 @ Exalt the Lorde our God, and fall downe before his holy Mountaine: for the Lorde our God is holy.
geneva@Psalms:100:1 @ «A Psalm of praise.» Make a (note:)He prophecies that God's benefits in calling the Gentiles will be so great that they will have wonderful opportunity to praise his mercy and rejoice.(:note) joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
geneva@Psalms:100:2 @ Serue the Lord with gladnes: come before him with ioyfulnes.
geneva@Psalms:100:3 @ Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath (note:)He chiefly means concerning spiritual regeneration, by which we are his sheep and people.(:note) made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
geneva@Psalms:100:4 @
geneva@Psalms:100:5 @ For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] (note:)He declares that we should never be weary in praising him, seeing his mercies toward us last forever.(:note) everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
geneva@Psalms:101:1 @ «A Psalm of David.» I will (note:)David considers what manner of King he would be, when God would place him in the throne, promising openly, that he would be merciful and just.(:note) sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
geneva@Psalms:101:2 @ I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. (note:)Though as yet you deferred to place me in the kingly dignity, yet I will give myself to wisdom and uprightness being a private man.(:note) O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
geneva@Psalms:101:3 @ I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate (note:)He shows that magistrates do not do their duties, unless they are enemies to all vice.(:note) the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
geneva@Psalms:101:4 @ A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.
geneva@Psalms:101:5 @ Whoso privily (note:)In promising to punish these vices, which are most pernicious in them that are about Kings, he declares that he will punish all.(:note) slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
geneva@Psalms:101:6 @ Mine eyes [shall be] upon the (note:)He shows what the true use of the sword is, to punish the wicked and to maintain the good.(:note) faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
geneva@Psalms:101:7 @ There shal no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight.
geneva@Psalms:101:8 @
geneva@Psalms:102:1 @ «A Prayer (note:)By which is signified, that even though we are in great misery, yet there is always room for prayer.(:note) of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.» Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my He declares that in our prayer we must lively feel that which we desire, and steadfastly believe to obtain. cry come unto thee.
geneva@Psalms:102:2 @ Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine eares vnto me: when I call, make haste to heare me.
geneva@Psalms:102:3 @ For my days are (note:)These excessive kinds of speech show how much the affliction of the Church should wound the hearts of the godly.(:note) consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
geneva@Psalms:102:4 @ My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget (note:)My sorrows were so great that I did not eat.(:note) to eat my bread.
geneva@Psalms:102:5 @ For the voyce of my groning my bones doe cleaue to my skinne.
geneva@Psalms:102:6 @ I am like a (note:)Always mourning in solitude and casting out fearful cries.(:note) pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
geneva@Psalms:102:7 @ I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.
geneva@Psalms:102:8 @ Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are (note:)Have conspired my death.(:note) sworn against me.
geneva@Psalms:102:9 @ For I have (note:)I have not risen out of my mourning to take my refreshment.(:note) eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
geneva@Psalms:102:10 @ Because of thine (note:)He shows that not only the afflictions moved him, but chiefly the feeling of God's displeasure.(:note) indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
geneva@Psalms:102:11 @ My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.
geneva@Psalms:102:12 @ But thou, O LORD, shalt (note:)Though we are frail, yet your promise is sure, and the remembrance of it will confirm us forever.(:note) endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
geneva@Psalms:102:13 @ Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the (note:)That is, the seventy years which by the prophet Jeremiah you appointed, (Jer_29:12).(:note) set time, is come.
geneva@Psalms:102:14 @ For thy servants take pleasure in her (note:)The more the Church is in misery and desolation, the more the faithful should love and pity it.(:note) stones, and favour the dust thereof.
geneva@Psalms:102:15 @ Then the heathen shall feare the Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of the earth thy glory,
geneva@Psalms:102:16 @ When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear (note:)That is, when he will have drawn his church out of the darkness of death.(:note) in his glory.
geneva@Psalms:102:17 @ And shall turne vnto the prayer of the desolate, and not despise their prayer.
geneva@Psalms:102:18 @ This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be (note:)The deliverance of the Church is an excellent benefit, and therefore he compares it to a new creation for in their banishment the body of the Church seemed to have been dead, which by deliverance was as it were created anew.(:note) created shall praise the LORD.
geneva@Psalms:102:19 @ For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth,
geneva@Psalms:102:20 @ To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are (note:)Who now in their banishment could look for nothing but death.(:note) appointed to death;
geneva@Psalms:102:21 @ That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his prayse in Ierusalem,
geneva@Psalms:102:22 @ When the people are gathered (note:)He shows that Gad's name is never more praised, than when religion flourishes and the church increases: which is chiefly accomplished under the kingdom of Christ.(:note) together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
geneva@Psalms:102:23 @ He (note:)The church lament that they see not the time of Christ, which was promised, but have but few years and short days.(:note) weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
geneva@Psalms:102:24 @ And I sayd, O my God, take me not away in the middes of my dayes: thy yeeres endure from generation to generation.
geneva@Psalms:102:25 @ Thou hast aforetime layde the foundation of the earth, and the heauens are the worke of thine hands.
geneva@Psalms:102:26 @
geneva@Psalms:102:27 @ But thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not fayle.
geneva@Psalms:102:28 @ The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall (note:)Seeing you have chosen your Church out of the world, and joined it to you, it cannot but continue forever: for you are everlasting.(:note) be established before thee.
geneva@Psalms:103:1 @ «[A Psalm] of David.» (note:)He wakens his dulness to praise God, showing that both understanding and affections, mind and heart, are too little to set forth his praise.(:note) Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.
geneva@Psalms:103:2 @ My soule, prayse thou the Lord, and forget not all his benefites.
geneva@Psalms:103:3 @ Who (note:)That is, the beginning and chiefest of all benefits, remission of sin.(:note) forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
geneva@Psalms:103:4 @ Who redeemeth thy life from (note:)For before we have remission of our sins, we are as dead men in the grave.(:note) destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
geneva@Psalms:103:5 @ Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy (note:)As the eagle, when her beak overgrows, sucks blood and so is renewed in strength, even so God miraculously gives strength to his Church above all man's expectations.(:note) youth is renewed like the eagle's.
geneva@Psalms:103:6 @ The Lord executeth righteousnes & iudgement to all that are oppressed.
geneva@Psalms:103:7 @ He made known his ways unto (note:)As to his chief minister, and next to his people.(:note) Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
geneva@Psalms:103:8 @ The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.
geneva@Psalms:103:9 @ He will not always (note:)He shows first his severe judgment, but as soon as the sinner is humbled, he receives him to mercy.(:note) chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
geneva@Psalms:103:10 @ He hath not (note:)Who have proved by continual experience that his mercy has always prevailed against our offences.(:note) dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
geneva@Psalms:103:11 @ For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.
geneva@Psalms:103:12 @ As far as (note:)As great as the world is, so full is it of signs of God's mercies toward his faithful when he has removed their sins.(:note) the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
geneva@Psalms:103:13 @ As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that feare him.
geneva@Psalms:103:14 @ For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.
geneva@Psalms:103:15 @ [As for] (note:)He declares that man has nothing in himself to move God to mercy, but only the confession of his infirmity and misery.(:note) man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
geneva@Psalms:103:16 @ For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.
geneva@Psalms:103:17 @ But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his (note:)His just and faithful keeping of his promise.(:note) righteousness unto children's children;
geneva@Psalms:103:18 @ To such as keep his (note:)To whom he gives grace to fear him, and to obey his word.(:note) covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
geneva@Psalms:103:19 @ The Lord hath prepared his throne in heauen, and his Kingdome ruleth ouer all.
geneva@Psalms:103:20 @ Bless the LORD, ye (note:)In that we, who naturally are slow to praise God, exhort the angels, who willingly do it, we stir up ourselves to consider our duty and wake from our sluggishness.(:note) his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
geneva@Psalms:103:21 @ Prayse the Lord, all ye his hostes, ye his seruants that doe his pleasure.
geneva@Psalms:103:22 @ Prayse the Lord, all ye his workes, in all places of his dominion: my soule, prayse thou the Lorde.
geneva@Psalms:104:1 @ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art (note:)The prophet shows that we do not need to enter into the heavens to seek God, for as much as all the order of nature, with the propriety and placing of the elements, are living mirrors to see his majesty in.(:note) clothed with honour and majesty.
geneva@Psalms:104:2 @ Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.
geneva@Psalms:104:3 @ Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.
geneva@Psalms:104:4 @ Who (note:)As the prophet here shows that all visible powers are ready to serve God: so in (Heb_1:7) the angels also, are obedient to his commandment.(:note) maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
geneva@Psalms:104:5 @ He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shall neuer moue.
geneva@Psalms:104:6 @ Thou coveredst it with the (note:)You make the sea to be an ornament to the earth.(:note) deep as [with] a garment: the If by your power you did not bridle the rage of the waters, the whole world would be destroyed. waters stood above the mountains.
geneva@Psalms:104:7 @ But at thy rebuke they flee: at the voyce of thy thunder they haste away.
geneva@Psalms:104:8 @ And the mountaines ascend, and the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them.
geneva@Psalms:104:9 @ But thou hast set them a bounde, which they shall not passe: they shall not returne to couer the earth.
geneva@Psalms:104:10 @ He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which runne betweene the mountaines.
geneva@Psalms:104:11 @ They give drink to every (note:)If God provides for the beasts, much more will he extend his provident care to man.(:note) beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
geneva@Psalms:104:12 @ By (note:)There is no part of the world so barren where most evident signs of God's blessing do not appear.(:note) them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
geneva@Psalms:104:13 @ He watereth the hills from his (note:)From the clouds.(:note) chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
geneva@Psalms:104:14 @ He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of (note:)He describes God's providential care over man, who not only provides necessary things for him such as herbs and other meat: but also things to rejoice and comfort him such as wine and oil or ointments.(:note) man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
geneva@Psalms:104:15 @ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.
geneva@Psalms:104:16 @ The high trees are satisfied, euen the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
geneva@Psalms:104:17 @ That ye birdes may make their nestes there: the storke dwelleth in the firre trees.
geneva@Psalms:104:18 @ The high mountaines are for the goates: the rockes are a refuge for the conies.
geneva@Psalms:104:19 @ He appointed (note:)As to separate the night from the day, and to note days, months and years.(:note) the moon for seasons: That is, by his course, either far or near, it notes summer, winter and other seasons. the sun knoweth his going down.
geneva@Psalms:104:20 @ Thou makest darkenesse, and it is night, wherein all the beastes of the forest creepe forth.
geneva@Psalms:104:21 @ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat (note:)That is, they only find meat according to God's providence, who cares even for the brute beasts.(:note) from God.
geneva@Psalms:104:22 @ When the sunne riseth, they retire, and couche in their dennes.
geneva@Psalms:104:23 @
geneva@Psalms:104:24 @ O LORD, how (note:)He confesses that no tongue is able to express God's works nor mind to comprehend them.(:note) manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
geneva@Psalms:104:25 @ So is this sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beastes and great.
geneva@Psalms:104:26 @ There goe the shippes, yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
geneva@Psalms:104:27 @
geneva@Psalms:104:28 @ Thou giuest it to them, and they gather it: thou openest thine hand, and they are filled with good things.
geneva@Psalms:104:29 @ Thou (note:)As by your presence all things have life; so if you withdraw your blessings they all perish.(:note) hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
geneva@Psalms:104:30 @ Thou (note:)As the death of creatures shows that we are nothing of ourselves: so their generation declares that we receive all things from our Creator.(:note) sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
geneva@Psalms:104:31 @ Glory be to the Lord for euer: let the Lord reioyce in his workes.
geneva@Psalms:104:32 @ He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they (note:)God's merciful face gives strength to the earth, but his severe countenance burns the mountains.(:note) smoke.
geneva@Psalms:104:33 @ I will sing vnto the Lord all my life: I will prayse my God, while I liue.
geneva@Psalms:104:34 @ Let my wordes be acceptable vnto him: I will reioyce in the Lord.
geneva@Psalms:104:35 @ Let the sinners be (note:)Who infect the world, and so cause it to be that God cannot rejoice in his work.(:note) consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
geneva@Psalms:105:1 @ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: (note:)For as much as the Israelites were exempted from the common condemnation of the world, and were elected to be God's people, the prophet wills them to show themselves mindful by thanksgiving.(:note) make known his deeds among the people.
geneva@Psalms:105:2 @ Sing vnto him, sing prayse vnto him, and talke of all his wonderous workes.
geneva@Psalms:105:3 @ Reioyce in his holy Name: let the heart of them that seeke the Lord, reioyce.
geneva@Psalms:105:4 @ Seek the LORD, and his (note:)By the strength and face he means the ark where God declared his power and his presence.(:note) strength: seek his face evermore.
geneva@Psalms:105:5 @ Remember his (note:)Which he has wrought in the deliverance of his people.(:note) marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the Because his power was declared living by this, as if he would have declared it by mouth. judgments of his mouth;
geneva@Psalms:105:6 @ Ye seede of Abraham his seruant, ye children of Iaakob, which are his elect.
geneva@Psalms:105:7 @ He is the Lorde our God: his iudgements are through all the earth.
geneva@Psalms:105:8 @ He hath alway remembred his couenant & promes, that he made to a thousand generations,
geneva@Psalms:105:9 @ Which [covenant] he (note:)The promise God made to Abraham to be his God, and the God of his seed after him, he renewed and repeated again to his seed after him.(:note) made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
geneva@Psalms:105:10 @ And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,
geneva@Psalms:105:11 @ Saying, (note:)He shows that they would not enjoy the land of Canaan by any other means, but by reason of his covenant made with their fathers.(:note) Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
geneva@Psalms:105:12 @ Albeit they were fewe in nomber, yea, very fewe, and strangers in the land,
geneva@Psalms:105:13 @ And walked about from nation to nation, from one kingdome to another people,
geneva@Psalms:105:14 @ He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved (note:)That is, the king of Egypt and the king of Gerar, (Gen_12:17, Gen_20:3)(:note) kings for their sakes;
geneva@Psalms:105:15 @ [Saying], Touch not mine (note:)Those whom I have sanctified to be my people.(:note) anointed, and do my Meaning, the old fathers, to whom God showed himself plainly, and who set forth his word. prophets no harm.
geneva@Psalms:105:16 @ Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole (note:)Either by sending scarcity or the strength and nourishment of it.(:note) staff of bread.
geneva@Psalms:105:17 @ But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
geneva@Psalms:105:18 @ They helde his feete in the stockes, and he was laide in yrons,
geneva@Psalms:105:19 @ Until (note:)So long he suffered adversity as God had appointed, and till he had sufficiently tried his patience.(:note) the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
geneva@Psalms:105:20 @ The King sent and loosed him: euen the Ruler of the people deliuered him.
geneva@Psalms:105:21 @ He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance,
geneva@Psalms:105:22 @ To bind his (note:)That the very princes of the countries would be at Joseph's commandment, and learn wisdom from him.(:note) princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
geneva@Psalms:105:23 @ Then Israel came to Egypt, and Iaakob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
geneva@Psalms:105:24 @ And he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger then their oppressours.
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