timbrels play Within the congregations blesse God with one accord From Isra'ls fountain do ye blesse and praise the mighty Lord. With their Prince little Benjamin Princes and councell there Of Judah were there Zabulons and Naphtalies Princes were Thy God commands thy strength make strong what thou wrought'st for us Lord. For thy house at Jerusalem Kings shall thee gifts afford The spear-mens host the multitude of bulls which fiercely look Those calves which people have forth sent O Lord our God rebuke Till every one submit himself and silver pieces bring The people that delight in war disperse O God and King Those that be Princes great shall then come out of Egypt lands And Aethiopia to God shall soon stretch out her hands O all ye Kingdoms of the earth sing praises to this King For he is Lord that ruleth all unto him praises sing To him that rides on heav'ns of heav'ns which he of old did found Lo he sends out his voice a voice in might that doth abound Strength unto God do ye ascribe for his excellencie Is over Israel his strength is in the clouds most hie Thou' rt from thy Temple dreadfull Lord Isra'ls own God is he Who gives his people strength and pow'r O let God blessed be PSAL. LXIX To the chief musician upon Shoshannim A Psalm of David SAve me O God because the flouds do so environ me That ev'n into my very soul come in the waters be I downward in deep mire do sink where standing there is none I am into deep waters come where flouds have o're me gone I weary with my crying am my throat is also dry'd Mine eyes do fail while for my God I waiting do abide Those men that do without a cause bear hatred unto me Then are the hairs upon my head in number moe they be They that would me destroy and are mine enemies wrongfully Are mighty so what I took not to render forc'd was I. Lord thou my folly know'st my sins not covered are from thee Let none that wait oh thee be sham'd Lord God of hosts for mee O Lord the God of Israel let none who search do make And seek thee be at any time confounded for my sake For I have born reproach for thee my face is hid with shame To brethren strange to mothers sons an alien I became Because the zeal did eat me up which to thy House I bare And the reproaches cast at thee upon me fallen are My tears and fasts t' afflict my soul were turned to my shame When sackcloth I did wear to them a proverb I became The men that in the gate do sit against me evill spake They also that vile drunkards were of me their song did make But in an acceptable time my pray'r Lord is to thee In truth of thy salvation Lord and mercy great hear me Deliver me out of the mire from sinking do me keep Free me from those that do me hate and from the waters deep Let not the floud on me prevail whose water overflows Nor deep me swallow nor the pit her mouth upon me close Hear me O Lord because thy love and kindnesse is most good Turn unto me according to thy mercies multitude Nor from thy servant hide thy face I 'm troubled soon attend Draw neer my soul and it redeem me from my foes defend To thee is my reproach well known my shame and my disgrace Those that mine adversaries be are all before thy face Reproach hath broke my heart I 'm full of grief I look'd for one To pity me but none I found comforters found I none They also bitter gall did give unto me for my meat They gave me vineger to drink when as my thirst was great Before them let their table prove a snare and do thou make Their welfare and prosperitie a trap themselves to take Let thou their eyes so darkned be that sight may them forsake And let their loins be made by thee continually to shake Thy fury pour thou out on them and indignation And let thy wrathfull anger Lord fast hold take them upon All waste and desolate let be their habitation And in their tabernacles all inhabitants be none Because him they do persecute whom thou didst smite before They talk unto the grief of those whom thou hast wounded sore Adde thou iniquity unto their former wickednesse And do not let them come at all into thy righteousnesse Out of the book of life let them be raz'd and blotted quite Among the just and righteous let not their names be writ But now become exceeding poor and sorrowfull am I By thy salvation O my God let me be set on hie The Name of God I with a song most cheerfully will praise And I in giving thanks to him his Name shall highly raise This to the Lord a sacrifice more gracious shall prove Then bullock ox or any beast that hath both horn and hoof When this the humble men shall see it joy to them shall give O all ye that do seek the Lord your heart shall ever live For God the poor hears and will not his prisoners contemn Let heav'n and earth and seas him praise and all that move in them For God will Judah's cities build and He will Sion save That they may dwell therein and it in sure possession have And they that are his servants seed inherit shall the same So shall they have their dwelling there that love his blessed Name PSAL. LXX To the chief musician A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance LOrd haste me to deliver with speed Lord succour me Let them that for my soul do seek sham'd and confounded be Turn'd back be they and sham'd that in my hurt delight Turn'd back be they Ha ha that say their shaming to requite In thee let all be glad and joy that seek for thee Let them who thy salvation love say still God praised be I poor and needy am come Lord and make no stay My help thou and deliverer art O Lord make no delay Another of the same MAke haste O God me to preserve with speed Lord succour me Let them that for my soul do seek sham'd and confounded be Let them be turned back and sham'd that in my hurt delight Turn'd back be they Ha ha that say their shaming to requite O Lord in thee let all be glad and joy that seek for thee Let them who thy salvation love say still God praised be But I both poor and needy am come Lord and make no stay My help thou and deliverer art O Lord make no delay PSAL. LXXI O Lord my hope and confidence is plac'd in thee alone Then let thy servant never be put to confusion And let me in thy righteousnesse from thee deliv'rance have Cause me escape incline thine ear unto me and me save Be thou my dwelling rock to which I ever may resort Thou gav'st commandment me to save for thou' rt my rock and fort Free me my God from wicked hands hands cruell and
infirm am I and broken am so sore That through disquiet of my heart I have been made to roare O Lord all that I do desire is still before thine eye And of my heart the secret groans not hidden are from thee My heart doth pant uncessantly my strength doth quite decay As for mine eyes their wonted light is from me gone away My lovers and my friends do stand at distance from my sore And those do stand aloof that were kinsmen and kind before Yea they that seek my life lay snares who seek to do me wrong Speak things mischievous and deceits imagine all day long But as one deaf that heareth not I suffered all to passe I as a dumb man did become whose mouth not op'ned was As one that hears not in whose mouth are no reproofs at all For Lord I hope in thee my God thou 'lt hear me when I call For I said hear me lest they should rejoyce ov'r me with pride And ov'r me magnifie themselves when as my foot doth slide For I am near to halt my grief is still before mine eye For I 'le declare my sin and grieve for mine iniquity But yet mine enemies lively are and strong are they beside And they that hate me wrongfully are greatly multipli'de And they for good that render ill as enemies me withstood Yea ev'n for this because that I do follow what is good Forsake me not O Lord my God far from me never be O Lord thou my salvation art haste to give help to me PSAL. XXXIX To the chief musician even to Jeduthun A Psalm of David I Said I will look to my wayes lest with my tongue I sin In sight of wicked men my mouth with bridle I 'le keep in With silence I as dumb became I did my self restrain From speaking good but then the more increased was my pain My heart within me waxed hot and while I musing was The fire did burn and from my tongue these words I did let passe Mine end and measure of my dayes O Lord unto me show What is the same that I thereby my frailtie well may know Lo thou my dayes an hand-bredth mad'st mine age is in thine eye As nothing sure each man at best is wholly vanity Sure each man walks in a vain show they vex themselves in vain He heaps up wealth and doth not know to whom it shall pertain And now O Lord. what wait I for my hope is fix'd on thee Free me from all my trespasses the fools scorn make not me Dumb was I opening not my mouth because this work was thine Thy stroke take from me by the blow of thine hand I do pine When with rebukes thou dost correct man for iniquity Thou wastes his beautie like a moth sure each man's vanity Attend my cry Lord at my tears and pray'rs not silent be I sojourn as my fathers all and stranger am with thee O spare thou me that I my strength recover may again Before from hence I do depart and here no more remain PSAL. XL. To the chief musician A Psalm of David I Waited for the Lord my God and patiently did bear At length to me he did incline my voice and cry to hear He took me from a fearfull pit and from the myrie clay And on a rock he set my feet establishing my way He put a new song in my mouth our God to magnify Many shall see it and shall fear and on the Lord rely O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord relyes Respecting not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies O Lord my God full many are the wonders thou hast done Thy gracious thoughts to us ward far above all thoughts are gone In order none can reckon them to thee if them declare And speak of them I would they moe then can be numbred are No sacrifice nor offering didst thou at all desire Mine ears thou bor'd sin-offring thou and burnt didst not require Then to the Lord these were my words I come behold and see Within the volume of thy Book it written is of me To do thy will I take delight O thou my God that art Yea that most holy Law of thine I have within my heart Within the congregation great I righteousnesse did preach Lo thou dost know O Lord that I refrained not my speech I never did within my heart conceal thy righteousnesse I thy salvation have declar'd and shown thy faithfulnesse Thy kindnesse which most loving is concealed have not I Nor from the congregation great have hid thy verity Thy tender mercies Lord from me O do thou not restrain Thy loving kindnesse and thy truth let them me still maintain For ills past reck'ning compasse me and mine iniquities Such hold upon me taken have I cannot lift mine eyes They more then hairs are on mine head thence is my heart dismaid Be pleased Lord to rescue me Lord hasten to mine aid Sham'd and confounded be they all that seek my soul to kill Yea let them backward driven be and sham'd that wish me ill For a reward of this their shame confounded let them be That in this manner scoffing say Aha aha to me In thee let all be glad and joy who seeking thee abide Who thy salvation love say still the Lord be magnifi'd I 'm poor and needy yet the Lord of me a care doth take Thou art my help and Saviour my God no tarrying make PSAL. XLI To the chief musician A Psalm of David BLessed is he that wisely doth the poor mans case consider For when the time of trouble is the Lord will him deliver God will him keep yea save alive on earth he blest shall live And to his enemies desire thou wilt him not up give God will give strength when he on bed of languishing doth mourn And in his sicknesse sore O Lord thou all his bed will turn I said O Lord do thou extend thy mercie unto me O do thou heal my soul for why I have offended thee Those that to me are enemies of me do evill say When shall he die that so his name may perish quite away To see me if he comes he speaks vain words but then his heart Heaps mischief to it which he tells when forth he doth depart My haters joyntly whispering ' gainst me my hurt devise Mischief say they cleaves fast to him he lyeth and shall not rise Yea ev'n mine own familiar friend on whom I did rely Who ate my bread ev'n he his heel against me lifted hie But Lord be mercifull to me and up again me raise That I may justly them requite according to their wayes By this I know that certainly I favoured am by thee Because my hatefull enemy triumphs not over me But as for me thou me upholdst in mine integrity And me before thy countenance thou setst continually The Lord the God of Israel be blest for ever then From age to age eternally Amen yea and amen PSAL. XLII To the chief musician Maschil for
ever And from our foes our freedom wrought for His grace faileth never Who doth all flesh with food relieve for He hath mercy ever Thanks to the God of heaven give for His grace faileth never Another of the same PRaise God for He is kinde His mercy lasts for ay Give thanks with heart and minde To God of gods alway For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally The Lord of lords praise ye Whose mercies still endure Great wonders only He Doth work by His great pow'r For certainly c. Which God Omnipotent By might and wisdom hie The heav'n and firmament Did frame as we may see For certainly c. To Him who did outstretch This earth so great and wide Above the waters reach Making it to abide For certainly c. Great Lights He made to be For His grace lasteth ay Such as the Sun we see To rule the lightsome day For certainly c. Also the Moon so clear Which shineth in our sight The Stars that do appear To guide the darksome night For certainly c. To Him that Aegypt smote Who did his message scorn And in His anger hot Did kill all their first-born For certainly c. Thence Israel out He brought For His grace lasteth ever With a strong hand He wrought And stretcht out arm deliver For certainly c. The sea He cut in two For His grace lasteth still And through its midst to go Made His own Israel For certainly c. But overwhelm'd and lost Was proud King Pharao With all his mighty host And chariots there also For certainly c. To Him who pow'rfully His chosen people led Ev'n through the desert dry And in that place them fed For certainly c. To Him great Kings who smote For His grace hath no bound Who slew and spared not Kings famous and renownd For certainly c. Sihon th' Amorites King For His grace lasteth ever Og also who did reign The land of Bashan over For certainly c. Their land by lot He gave For His grace faileth never That Israel might it have In heritage for ever For certainly c. Who hath remembered Us in our low estate And us delivered From foes who did us hate For certainly c. Who to all flesh gives food For His grace faileth never Give thanks to God most good The God of heav'n for ever For certainly c. PSAL. CXXXVII BY Babels streams we sat and wept when Zion we thought on In midst thereof we hang'd our harps the willow trees upon For there a song required they who did us captive bring Our spoilers call'd for mirth and said A song of Zion sing O how the Lords song shall we sing within a fora in land If thee Jerusalem I forget skill part from my right hand My tongue to my mouths roof let cleave if I do thee forget Jerusalem and thee above my chief joy do not set Remember Edoms children Lord who in Jerusalems day Ev'n unto its foundation raze raze it quite did say O daughter thou of Babylon near to destruction Blest shall he be that thee rewards as thou to us hast done Yea happy surely shall he be thy tender little ones VVho shall lay hold upon and them shall dash against the stones PSAL. CXXXVIII A Psalm of David THee will I praise with all my heart I will sing praise to thee Before the gods And worship will toward thy Sanctuarie I 'le praise thy Name ev'n for thy truth and kindnesse of thy love For thou thy word hast magnifi'd all thy great Name above Thou didst me answer in the day when I to thee did cry And thou my fainting soul with strength didst strengthen inwardly All Kings upon the earth that are shall give thee praise O Lord When as they from thy mouth shall hear thy true and faithfull word Yea in the righteous ways of God with gladnesse they shall sing For great 's the Glory of the Lord who doth for ever reign Though God be hie yet He respects all those that lowly be VVhereas the proud and lofty ones afar off knoweth He. Though I in midst of trouble walk I life from thee shall have ' Gainst my foes wrath thou'lt stretch thine hand thy right hand shall me save Surely that which concerneth me the Lord will perfect make Lord still thy mercy lasts Do not thine own hands works forsake PSAL. CXXXIX To the chief musician A Psalm of David O Lord thou hast me search'd and known Thou knowst my sitting down And rising up yea all my thoughts afar to thee are known My footsteps and my lying down thou compassest alwayes Thou also most intirely art acquaint with all my wayes For in my tongue before I speak not any word can be But altogether lo O Lord it is well known to thee Behinde before thou hast beset and laid on me thy hand Such knowledge is too strange for me too high to understand From thy sp'rit whither shall I go or from thy presence fly Ascend I heav'n lo thou art there there if in hell I ly Take I the mornings wings and dwell in utmost parts of sea Ev'n there Lord shall thy hand me lead thy right hand hold shall me If I do say that darknesse shall me cover from thy sight Then surely shall the very night about me be as light Yea darknesse hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darknesse and the light are both alike alway For thou possessed hast my reins and thou hast covered me When I within my mothers womb inclosed was by thee Thee will I praise for fearfully and strangely made I am Thy works are marvelous and right well my soul doth know the same My substance was not hid from thee when as in secret I Was made and in earths lowest parts was wrought most curiously Thine eyes my substance did behold yet being unperfite And in the volume of thy book my members all were writ Which after in continuance were fashion'd every one When as they yet all shapelesse were and of them there was none How precious also are thy thoughts O gracious God to me And in their summe how passing great and numberlesse they be If I should count them then the sand they more in number be VVhat time soever I awake I ever am with thee Thou Lord wilt sure the wicked slay hence from me bloudy men Thy foes against thee lewdly speak and take thy Name in vain Do not I hate all those O Lord that hatred bear to thee VVith those that up against thee rise can I but grieved be VVith perfect hatred them I hate my foes I them do hold Search me O God and know my heart try me my thoughts unfold And see if any wicked way there be at all in me And in thine everlasting way to me a leader be PSAL. CXL To the chief musician A Psalm of David LOrd from the ill and froward man give me deliverance And do thou safe