Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
[[A Psalm of David.]] The earth is the LORD'S, and thefulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, thatI have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, andhe will flee from you.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: delivermy soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
[[Maschil of Asaph.]] Give ear, O my people, to my law:incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayingsof old:
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heartaright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.