took'st me out of the womb and thou didst make me rest In hope on thee when I did hang upon my mothers brest verse 10 Ev'n from the womb and brest I was cast wholly upon thee And from my mothers belly thou art still a God to mee The Second Part. verse 11 O be not thou far off from me since trouble is so nigh For if thou leave me there is none to help or stand me by verse 12 Many strong bulls have compast me that I cannot get out Yea the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about verse 13 They gap'd and open'd wide their mouths upon me in that day Like rav'ning roaring Lions when they set upon their prey verse 14 My loins are loos'd and I pour'd out as water spilt decay Mine heart within my bowels doth like waxe melt quite away verse 15 My strength is like a potsherd dri'd my tongue that cleaveth fast Unto my jaws and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 For many dogs have compast me the wicked men in bands Assembled have and me inclos'd they peirc'd my feet and hands verse 17 I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me all verse 18 They part my garments and casts lots to whom my coat shall fall verse 19 Therefore be not thou far from me O Lord in time of need O thou my strength and onely stay to help me now make speed verse 20 Deliver now my soul and life from the sword by thy pow'r Mine onely one my darling dear from dogs that would devour verse 21 Pluck me out of the Lions mouth O Lord and set me free Thou from the horns of Unicorns already hast heard me The Third Part. verse 22 Unto my brethren then will I declare and shew thy name And in the middest of the great assembly praise the same verse 23 Praise him all ye that fear the Lord him do you magnifie You Jacobs seed and fear him all Israels posteritie verse 24 For he hath not despis'd nor loath'd th'afflicteds misery Nor from him hid his face but hath heard him when he did cry verse 25 In the great Congregation my praise shall be of thee In presence of stâ—â—â— as him fear my vows perform'd shall bee verse 26 The meek that eat shall be suffie'd and they that seek his face Shall praise the Lord your heart shall still live quick'ned by his grace verse 27 The ends of th' earth shall turn to God and this to heart shall lay The kindreds of the Nations him shall worship in that day verse 28 The Kingdomes and Dominions unto the Lord belong And onely he hath rule and pow'r the nations all among verse 29 The fat and rich men of the earth shall eat and worship all The poor that to the dust go down shall bow and on him call verse 30 Ev'n those that cannot save their lives a seed that him obeys God's generation shall be call'd and so esteem'd always verse 31 And those his righteousnesse and truth shall openly declare To children after to be born that these his doings are Psalm 23. MY shepherd is the living Lord and he that doth me feed I cannot then want any thing whereof I stand in need verse 2 In pastures green of tender grasse he makes me down to ly And leads me gently by the streams that run so quietly verse 3 He quickens and restores my soul and safely leads me on In right ways and in safe streight paths for his name sake alone Though I walk through the vale of death yet will I fear none ill For thou art with me and thy rod and staff comfort we still verse 5 A table thou prepar'st for me in presence of my foe Mine head with oil thou dost anoint my cup doth overflow verse 6 Goodnesse and mercy all my days shall surely follow me And ever in the house of God my dwelling place shall be Psalm 24. THe Lords is all the earth and all the store thereof is his The world with all that dwell therein his own possession is verse 2 For he hath founded it upon the swelling seas to stand And stablisht it upon the flouds that flow beneath the land verse 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of God the Lord most high Or stand in his most holy place to dwell continually verse 4 The clean of hands and pure of heart who unto vanity Hath not lift up his soul nor yet hath sworn deceitfully verse 5 A plenteous blessing of all good he from the Lord shall have Faithful and righteous dealing from the God that doth him save verse 6 Of those that seek to him this is the generation O Jacobs God that do thy face seek and attend upon verse 7 Lift up your heads ye gates and doors that everlasting bee You shall by you the entring of the King of glory see verse 8 This King of glory who is he the Lord of strength and might Mighty in battel who subdues all that against him fight verse 9 Lift up your heads ye gates and doors that everlasting bee You shall by you the entring of the King of glory see verse 10 But who of glory is the King the Lord of hosts is he That is the King to whom most due all praise and glory be Psalm 25. O Lord I do lift up my soul and heart to thee verse 2 I trust in thee O Lord my God let no shame come to mee verse 3 Let not my foes have cause to triumph over mee Let none of them be made asham'd that alwaies wait on thee Let them be made asham'd that trespasse without cause verse 4 Shew me thy holy ways O Lord teach me thy paths and laws verse 5 Lead me forth in thy truth and teach me I thee pray Of my salvation thou art God on thee I wait alway verse 6 Thy tender mercies Lord think on and keep in minde Thy loving kindnesses of old that I may daily finde verse 7 My sins and faults of youth forget and think on mee According to thy mercy Lord and for thy goodnesse free verse 8 God is exceeding good upright and faithful too Therefore will he the sinners teach the way that they should goe verse 9 Those that are meek in heart in judgement he will guide He will instruct in all his ways the meek and void of pride verse 10 The ways of God are truth and mercy to preserve All those that keep his Covenant and precepts do observe verse 11 Now for thy holy name O Lord I thee intreat To grant me pardon for my sin which is exceeding great The Second part verse 12 What man is he that fears the Lord him in the way That he should choose to walk therein he will teach day by day verse 13 His soul in goodnesse shall continue quietly The earth shall be an heritage to his posterity verse 14 All those that fear the Lord his secret blessing know His covenant to them he doth by tri'd experience
mine eyes and sight Quicken me by the spirit of life to vvalk thy vvays aright verse 38 Confirm thy faithful promise Lord which thou hast made to mee Who am thy servant and desire to fear and honour thee verse 39 Reproach and shame vvhich I do fear turn thou away from mee Who am thy servant and desire to fear and honour thee verse 40 Behold for thy precepts I long and love them to obey Quicken me in thy righteousness that them fulfill I may VAU The Sixth Part. verse 41 Thy mercies great and manifold let me obtain O Lord Let me thy saving health enjoy according to thy Word verse 42 So shall I stop the slanderous mouths of leud men and unjust Who me with scorn reproach because I in thy words do trust verse 43 The word of truth out of my mouth do not take utterly For on thy judgements righteous my hope and trust rely verse 44 Then shall I thus encouraged thy laws continually Observe yea keep them whilst I live for evermore will I. verse 45 Then shall I in a plain safe way walk on at liberty For thy Commandements to seek my self I do apply And of thy testimonies I will speak and not forbear Before the face of greatest Kings no shame shall make me fear verse 47 And walking in obedience to thy just laws will I Joy and delight my self for I have lov'd them tenderly verse 48 Yea all my strength will I lift up to vvalk in the right way Of thy statutes and I therein will meditate alway ZAIN The seventh part verse 49 Thy Word unto thy servant past remember carefully Upon vvhich thou hast caused me in hope still to rely verse 50 This word my only comfort is when troubles do me grieve When I am in distress it doth me quicken and relieve verse 51 The proud and scornful men had me in great derision Yet from obedience to thy law I have not swarv'd or gone verse 52 But then O Lord thy judgements old I called back to minde Whereby I comforted my self and cause from grief did find verse 53 Horrour hath taken hold on me and made mine heart to quake Because of all the wicked ones that do thy law forsake verse 54 While in this house of pilgrimage I absent am from thee Thy statutes still have been my songs and joy of heart to mee verse 55 In the night season I thy name remembred have O Lord While others in their beds did sleep and I have kept thy Word verse 56 This comfort which I thus enjoy I have bestowed by thee Because thy precepts carefully have been observ'd by me CHETH The eighth part verse 57 I for my portion and my lot have taken thee O Lord I said and purpos'd in my heart that I would keep thy word verse 58 With my whole heart I thee besought thy favour to afford Be merciful unto me now according to thy word verse 59 My former ways I thought upon and course of life I tri'd And to thy laws I turn'd my feet and did not go aside verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as those that slothful are But speedily thy laws to keep I did my self prepare verse 61 The cruel bands of vvicked men have made of me their prey Yet vvould I not thy laws forget nor from them go astray verse 62 At midnight vvill I rise from sleep to blesse and praise thy name Thy righteous judgements are so great and of such wondrous fame verse 63 Of all those that do sear thy name companion am I And of those chat observe and keep thy precepts faithfully verse 64 Thy mercies great most gracious Lord the earth throughout do fill O teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy vvill TETH the ninth Part. verse 65 With me who thine own servant am thou hast dealt well O Lord Thy bounty thou hast shew'd to me according to thy Word Teach me good knowledge how to walk and good discretion give For I do thy Commandements approve and them believe verse 67 Before thine hand did me afflict I err'd and went astray But now I keep thy holy Word and by it guide my way verse 68 Thou Lord art good and gracious and good doth from thee flow Then of thy goodness teach me how thy statutes I may know verse 69 The proud and vvicked men have forg'd against me many a lie Yet thy Comwandements still observe with all my heart vvill I. verse 70 Their hearts by ease as fat as grease sensless and careless be But in thy law do I delight and that is sweet to me verse 71 it was exceeding good to me that thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy law thy rod did me direct verse 72 The law which from thy mouth proceeds is better unto me Then thousands of tho purest gold and finest silver be JOD The tenth part verse 73 Thine hands have made fashioned me thy breath hath made me live That I may thy Commandments keep me understending give verse 74 Those that do fear thee will be glad when they my state do see Because I by thy word have learn'd to put my hope in thee verse 75 I know and do confess O Lord thy judgements righteous be And that in very faithfulness thou hast afflicted me verse 76 Thy loving kindness now O Lord let for my comfort be According to thy word unto thy servant help thou me verse 77 Thy tender mercies unto me let come that I may live For consolation and delight thy law to me doth give verse 78 Make thou the proud asham'd for they vex me vvithout a cause But I vvill meditate upon thy precpts and thy laws verse 79 Let those that do thee truly fear turn and rejoice with me And those that know thy laws let us together joyful be verse 80 And in thy righteous statutes Lord still let my heart be sound And then I may assured be no shame shall me confound CAPH The eleventh part verse 81 My soul for thy salvation saints until I it obtain Yet doth my hope upon thy words my fainting soul sustain verse 82 Mine eies do fail while on thy word I vvait and thus do say O when wilt thou me comfort Lord why dost thou thus delay verse 83 I like a bottle am become that in the smoak is set Though worn out by afflictions thy law do not forget verse 84 How many are thy servants daies may I yet live to see When thou wilt judgement execute on those that trouble mee verse 85 The proud have digged pits for me that I therein might fall Which are against thy law both they and all their works vvithall All thy Commandements faithful are and so esteem'd by me They persecute me wrongfully thou Lord mine helper be verse 87 These men on earth had me almost consumed utterly But I did not thy precepts just forsake unfeignedly verse 88 After thy loving kindness Lord quicken me speedily Then all the statutes of thy
worldly men despised in their sight Thy precepts yet forget I not but do in them delight verse 142 Thy righteousness most stedfast is and ever shall endure Thy law is also truth it self most constant and most sure verse 143 Trouble and anguish have me found and taken hold on me Yet in this trouble my delight thy just Commandments be verse 144 Eternal righteousness have all thy testimonies give To me knowledge of them then I shall comfortably live KOPH The nineteenth part verse 145 To thee vvith my whole heart I cri'd hear me most gracious Lord And then will I thy statutes keep and vvill obey thy Word verse 146 I in my trouble cri'd to thee do thou me safe preserve And I thy testimonies then vvill carefully observe verse 147 The dawning of the morning I prevented vvith my crie For in my trouble did my hope upon thy Word relie verse 148 Mine eies in waking do prevent the watches of the night That I might meditate upon thy word of truth and light verse 149 After thy loving kindness hear my voice when I do crie According to thy Word O Lord quicken me graciously verse 150 Those that in waies of mischief walk and do pursue me hard Draw high and they do not thy law nor equitie regard verse 151 But thou art near to me and canst their mischief soon prevent And all thy laws and promises shall prove true in event verse 152 This of thy testimonies I have known in times long past That them for ever to endure thou firmly founded hast RESH The twentieth part verse 153 Consider mine affliction Lord from trouble free me set For I in thy most holy law to walk do not forget verse 154 Plead my cause and deliver me and do my right maintain According to thy promises quicken thou me again verse 155 Salvation sure is far away from those that wicked are For they thy statutes do not keep nor for thy laws do care verse 156 O Lord both great and manifold thy tender mercies be According to thy judgements then in mercie quicken me verse 157 Many my persecutors are and enemies of mine Yet from thy testimonies just mine heart doth not decline verse 158 I greatly grieved was when I the leud transgressors saw Because they did not keep thy Word but sinn'd against thy law verse 159 Consider how I dearly love thy precepts and thy Word After thy loving kindness then quicken thou me O Lord. verse 160 From the beginning all thy Word hath been most true and sure Thy righteous judgements everie one for ever shall endure SCHIN The 21. part verse 161 Princes hate persecuted me although no cause they saw But still of thy most holy Word mine heart doth stand in aw verse 162 In thy most pure and holy Word as much rejoice do I As he vvho lighting on great spoil is made rich suddenly verse 163 From lying waies which I abhor and hate I do remove But thy most pure and holy law of truth I dearly love verse 164 Deserved praises I do give sevâ—n times a day to thee Because thy judgements righteous are and they have holpen me verse 165 Great peace and safety they shall have which do thy statutes love No danger shall their blessed state empair or once remove verse 166 O Lord for my salvation I only hope in thee And strive alwaies thy laws to keep which thou commandest me verse 167 Thy testimonies hath my soul observed carefully On them my heart is set and them I love exceedingly verse 168 Thy laws and thy Commandments I keep with special care For all my waies and works I know before thee open are TAU The 22 part verse 169 Let my complaint and crie come near before thy presence Lord Right understanding give thou me acording to thy Word verse 170 And let my supplications come and have access to thee According to thy faithful Word O Lord deliver me verse 171 From a full heart my thankful lips shall utter forth thy praise when thou shalt make me understand thy statutes and thy waies To speak of thy most holy Word my tongue shall never cease For thy Laws and Commandements are perfect righteousness verse 173 Let now thy hand and mighty power me succour and relieve For I thy precepts chose that I after thy laws might live verse 174 I long'd O Lord exceedingly for thy salvation And thy Law is my whole delight and meditation verse 175 O let my soul live and it shall give praises unto thee And let thy faithful judgements Lord still help and succour mee verse 176 Like a lost sheep I went astray thy servant seek and finde For thy Commandements I do retain still in my minde Psalm 120. IN my distresse unto the Lord I did complain and cry And he forthwith inclin'd to me and heard me graciously From lying lips O Lord my soul deliver and set free From double and deceitful tongues O Lord deliver mee verse 5 What shall to thy false tongue be done or giv'n thou slanderer verse 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty man and coals of Juniper verse 5 O woe is me that I must thus sojourn so long a space In Mesech and must dwell in tents vvith Kedars cursed race verse 6 With him that hateth peace my soul is forc'd long to abide verse 7 For peace I am but when I speak for war they do provide Psalm 121. SHall I look up unto the hills and safety thence expect From whence doth come the help that me in danger shall protect verse 2 My help only from God doth come who earth and heaven did frame verse 3 He staies thy feet that nothing can remove away the same verse 4 He slumbers not at all that doth thy soul in safety keep Behold he that keeps Israel shall not slumber once or sleep verse 5 The Lord thy God thy keeper is and he doth alwaies stand To be a shadow of defence to thee on thy right hand verse 6 Neither the Suns bright burning beams by day shall once thee smite Nor shall the Moons cold influence hurt thee in the dark night verse 7 The Lord alone shall thee preserve safely from evils all Yea he thy soul continually preserve in safety shall verse 8 God shall himself thy going our and comming in defend From this time forth for evermore till time itself do end Psalm 122. I Joy'd in heart when thus to me they spake and fram'd their talk Unto the house of God the Lord together let us walk Our feet that once throughout the land had wandred all abroad In the gates of Jerusalem have found a sure abode verse 3 The buildings of Jerusalem in one compacted be And in religious government her peoples hearts agree verse 4 Thither the Tribes of God go up the Tribes with one accord Before the Ark of Israel do blesse and praise the Lord. verse 5 There are erected Judgement seats the thrones of equity The thrones which God to David gave and his posterity
heart that upright are verse 3 If the foundations of the State Judgment and Justice too Be thus destroy'd the righteous man alas what shall he do verse 4 God in his holy Temple is the Heaven is his Throne His eys behold his eye-lids try mens children everyone verse 5 Jehovah such as righteous are in tryal doth approve But hates a wicked man and such as violence do love verse 6 Snares fire brimstone and dreadful storms from heaven rain shall he On wicked men and of their cup their portion this shall be verse 7 Because the righteous Lord doth still in righteousness delight His eys with favor do behold all such as be upright Psalm 12. HElp now O Lord for godly men continually decay The faithful from the sons of men are taken quite away verse 2 Each man unto his neighbor speaks false lyes and vanity And from a double-heart they talk with lips of flattery verse 3 But such smooth flattering lips the Lord will cut off sudainly And that proud tongue that uttereth such swelling words and high verse 4 For with our tongues we will prevail in pride of heart they say Our tongues are ours who is our Lord that we should him obay verse 5 Now for the poor mens spoils saith God and groans of men in need I le rise and from those scorners them in safety set with speed Gods words are pure and faithful all like silver that is try'd And in an earthen furnace hath seven times been purifi'd verse 7 And thou hast promis'd Lord to help and to preserve each one For evermore in peace from this ill generation verse 8 The wicked walk on every side and wax exceeding bold The vilest of the sons of men when they advanc'd behold Psalm 13. O Lord how long for evermore shall I forgotten be How long wilt thou thy self withdraw and hide thy face from me verse 2 How long shall I in grief of spirit with mine own soul advise And how long shall mine enemy thus up above me rise verse 3 Hear me O Lord my God my state weigh and consider well Lighten mine eys O Lord lest I in sleep of death do dwell verse 4 Lest thus mine enemies vaunt and say o're him I shall prevail And all my foes rejoyce when I am mov'd and like to fail verse 5 But on thy mercy and free grace is all my trust and stay And in the Lords salvation shall my soul rejoyce alway verse 6 And I will sing to thee O Lord and make the people know Thy name when thou thy grace to me shalt bountifully shew Psalm 14. THere is no God the fool hath said in heart corrupt they are Their works most vile and to do good not one takes any care verse 2 The Lord beheld from Heaven high the whole race of mankind To see if any one were wise or sought his God to find verse 3 They all are gone aside and are most filthy there is none Amongst them all doth any good there is not any one verse 4 These workers of iniquity are they so blinded all Eating my people up as bread not one on God doth call verse 5 Yet there for all their confidence great terror on them fell For in the generation of just men God doth dwell verse 6 The hopes and counsels of the poor you shame and set at nought Because he staid himself on God and help from him hath sought verse 7 But who shall give salvation Lord O that thou wouldst fulfil Thy promise made to Israel from out of Zion hill When God his people brings again and sets his captives free Then Jacob greatly shall rejoyce and Israel glad shall be Psalm 15. WIthin thy Tabernacle Lord who shall inhabit still Or whom wilt thou accept to dwell in they most holy hill verse 2 The man that doth uprightly walk and worketh righteousness And in his heart speaks truth without fraud or deceitfulness verse 3 Who with his tongue backbiteth not nor doth his fellow wrong Nor takes up false reports to hurt his neighbour with his tongue verse 4 Who a vile person doth despise but such as fear the Lord He honors swears to his own hurt yet goes not from his word verse 5 That upon biting usury his mony hath not lent Nor doth bribes or rewards receive to hurt the innocent verse 6 Who so observeth all these things to do them faithfully He shall not from his happy state be mov'd eternally Psalm 16. LOrd keep and save me for on thee alone mine heart it stai'd verse 2 My soul thou hast said to the Lord thou art my God mine aid My goodness reacheth not to thee but to the Saints that dwell verse 3 On earth my whole delight is set on them that do excell verse 4 Their sorrows shall be multipli'd that vex themselves in vain And to make haste to other Gods in blind zeal take great pain Their drink-offeings of blood which God abhors I will not bring Nor in my lips take up the name of that accursed thing verse 5 The Lord the part and portion is of mine inheritance And of my cap thou doest my lot maintain and it advance verse 6 The lines that did set out my part in pleasant places fell The heritage assign'd to me doth in all things excell verse 7 Gods counsel mov'd me to this choice and not mine own sore-sight Him will I bless he makes my reins to teach me every night verse 8 I set the Lord before me still he is my strength and stay Because he is at my right hand my state shall not decay verse 9 Therefore my heart within was glad my tongue my joys exprest My flesh when I ly down in grave shall in assurance rest verse 10 Because thou wilt not alwayes leave my soul in grave to be Nor wilt permit thine Holy One corruption to see verse 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life for in thy presence is Fulness of joy at thy right hand is everlasting bliss Psalm 17. HEar my right cause O Lord attend when I cry and complain And hear my pray'r which cometh forth from lips that do not fain verse 2 And from thy presence let a just decree come forth for me With favour let thine eyes behold the things that equal be verse 3 Thou visitedst me in the night and prov'dst my heart and mind And thou hast me as metals tri'd yet shalt no falshood find The words which with my mouth I speak shall not in any wise Exceed or vary from the thoughts which in mine heart do rise verse 4 As for the works of men the word that from thy mouth proceeds Hath kept me from destroyers paths and following their deeds verse 5 Sustain my goings in thy paths and in that prosperous way Which thou preparest that my feet slip not nor state decay verse 6 Upon thee have I call'd O God for thou wilt surely hear My Prayer then accept and to my speech incline thine ear verse 7 Thy marvellous
Psaltery unto him praises sing Sing to him with an instrument that hath a tenfold string verse 3 Sing to the Lord a new fram'd song aloud with skill him praise verse 4 Because his words are true and right are all his works and ways verse 5 The righteous Lord loves righteousnesse and judgement doth him please And the whole earth to fill with good his mercy doth not cease verse 6 By the commanding Word of God the Heavens created were And by his powerful breath the hosts that therein do appear verse 7 He gathers up into an heap the waters of the Seas The depths he in their chanel safe as in a store-house layes verse 8 Let therefore all the earth below reverence and fear the Lord Let all the dwellers in the world still tremble at his Word verse 9 He onely spake the word and all was done that he did will He gave command and it stood fast and so continues still verse 10 The counsels of the Heathen all the Lord doth bring to nought The multitude he doth defeat in their device and thought verse 11 But the deep counsels of the Lord shall stand for ever fast The wise thoughts of his heart shall to all generations last The Second Part. verse 12 The Nation 's blest to whom the Lord as their own God is known And those whom as an heritage he chose to be his own verse 13 The Lord from Heaven the sons of men beholds and looks upon verse 14 The dwellers of the earth from high his habitation verse 15 He fashions all their waies alike as well the high as low And he their works considereth and all their waies doth know verse 16 The numbers of a mighty host cannot preserve a King Neither can any mans great strength to him deliverance bring verse 17 An horse is a vain thing to save his rider in the fight Neither can he deliver one by his great strength and might Behold the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just As many as do fear his name and on his mercy trust verse 19 That he from death and dangers deep their soul may safely free And them alive in famine keep when others pined bee verse 21 Our soul still waiteth for the Lord and doth on him depend He always is at hand our help and shield us to defend verse 22 Surely in God our heart is glad in him it doth delight For in his holy name we have our trust and in his might verse 23 Let thy mercy O Lord our God upon us ever bee As we at all times do depend and onely trust in thee Psalm 34. I Will at all times blesse the Lord and him will magnifie And with his praises shall my mouth be fill'd continually verse 2 My soul in God shall make his boast by whom relief she had The humble men shall hear thereof and be exceeding glad verse 3 O magnifie the Lord with me and spread abroad his fame Together with one heart and voice let us extoll his name verse 4 In my distresse I sought the Lord he did my prayer hear And graciously delivered me from all that I did fear verse 5 This mov'd his Saints to look unto and flock to him apace They came not back asham'd but were inlightned by his grace verse 6 This poor man cry'd unto the Lord he heard his prayer said they And him delivered out of all his troubles in that day verse 7 Gods Angel doth encamp about all those that do him fear And safely doth deliver them from dangers that are near verse 8 O taste and see that God is good and gracious every way Blessed is he that maketh him his trust and only stay verse 9 All ye his Saints his holy ones fear ye the living Lord For nothing shall they want that him do fear and keep his word The lions young may hungry be and want their needful food But those that truly seek the Lord shall not want any good The Second Part. verse 11 Come near therefore my children dear and to my words give ear I will teach you the perfect way how you the Lord shall fear verse 12 What man desireth life and loves in long life good to see verse 13 From evil keep thy tongue thy lips from speaking guile keep free verse 14 Depart from ill do good seek peace pursue it speedily verse 15 Gods eyes are on the righteous man his ears do hear their cry verse 16 But against such as evil work the Lord doth set his face That their accursed memory in earth may have no place verse 17 But such as good and righteous are the Lord hears when they cry And them out of their troubles all delivers speedily verse 18 The Lord is nigh at hand to them that are in heart contrite And saves such as are much cast down and broken in their spirit verse 19 Many are the afflictions a righteous man endures But out of all deliverance the Lord to him assures verse 20 The bones of all such men are so preserved Lord by thee In all their sufferings not one of them shall broken bee verse 21 But evil shall the sinners slay because he evil wrought And those that hate Gods Saints shall be to desolation brought verse 22 Whereas the Lord his servants souls redeems and setteth free So that of all that trust in him none desolate shall bee Psalm 35. PLead thou my cause O Lord with them that strive with all their might Against me fight with them for me that do against me fight verse 2 Shew thy self now in arms the shield and buckler take to thee And stand up for my help O Lord and shew thy self for mee verse 3 Draw out the sword and spear and stop the way of those that me Pursue and say unto my soul I will thy Saviour be verse 4 Confound them and put them to shame that seek my soul to spill Turn them back and confound them all that think to work me ill verse 5 As chaff before the whirling winds so let mine enemies bee And let the Angel of the Lord pursue and make them flee verse 6 Let all their way be dark let them in slippery places fall And let the Angel of the Lord chase and destroy them all verse 7 For without cause they hid for me a net me to ensnare In pits which they without a cause did for my soul prepare verse 8 Let unawares destruction come upon him let the net Ensnare his own feet which for me he privily had set verse 9 Then shall my soul be joyful in the Lord it shall rejoyce In his salvation all my bones shall say with joyful voice Who 's like the Lord that sav'st the poor from him that is too strong For him the poor and weak from him that spoils and doth him wrong The Second Part. verse 11 My crafty foes against me rise to witnesse things untrue And to accuse me they devise of things I never knew verse 12 For good which
I to them had done they recompence me ill And cruelly they practised and sought my soul to spill verse 13 But as for me when they were sick in sackcloth clad I mourn'd Fasting with humbled soul I pray'd my pray'r to me return'd verse 14 To him I did behave my self as to a friend or brother And heavily bowed down as one that mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they in mine affliction glad against me gathered were Smiters at secret meetings me with their false tongues did teare verse 16 With scoffing hypocrites at feasts these men assembled be They mock me with their bitter jests they gnash their teeth on me verse 17 But Lord how long wilt thou look on from their spoils rescue mee And let my soul my darling be from lions kept by thee verse 18 In the great Congregation then will I give thanks to thee And where the multitudes resort my praise of thee shall bee The Third Part. verse 19 Let not them over me rejoice that hate me wrongfully Nor let my causlesse foes in joy and scorn wink with their eye verse 20 For they speak not of peace but-take deceitful plots in hand Against all such as harmlesse are and quiet in the land verse 21 And now their mouths they open wide in scorn and spite at mee So so our hearts desire on him say they our eye doth see verse 22 All this O Lord thine eye hath seen no longer silent stand O Lord be thou not far from me withhold not still thine hand verse 23 Raise and stir up thy self and to my judgement Lord awake My just God and my Lord do not my righteous cause forsake verse 24 After my righteousnesse my God now let me judged be And suffer not mine enemies to triumph over me verse 25 In their proud hearts let them not say so would we have it be Let them not boast O Lord that they have wholly swallow'd me verse 26 Shame and confusion come to those that at my hurt are glad They that against me vaunt themselves with shame let them be clad verse 27 Let them be glad and shout for joy that favour my just way And let the Lord be magnified let them all always say verse 28 Who in his servants prosp'rous state takes pleasure and my tongue Shall of thy righteousnesse still talk and thy praise all day long Psalm 36. THe wicked mans transgressions within mine heart doe say Before his eyes there is no fear of God in all his way verse 2 For fondly he sooths up himself in his own eyes to finde And follow on his wicked ways which he should hate in 's minde verse 3 His mouth speaks words of wickednesse and of deceit and guile He wholly leaves off to be wise or do good all the while verse 4 And mischief lying on his bed he doth contrive and plot He sets himself in ways not good ill he abhorreth not verse 5 Thy goodnesse and thy mercy Lord are in the Heavens high Thy truth and faithfulnesse reach up unto the cloudy skie verse 6 Thy righteousnesse like mountains high and thy wise judgements bee Like the great deep both man and beast preserved are by thee verse 7 How precious is thy kindnesse Lord to sons of men alway Under the shadow of thy wings therefore they rest and stay verse 8 With fatnesse of thy house they shall be fill'd abundantly With streams of thy sweet pleasures still thou dost them satisfie verse 9 For of true life the fountain is for ever found with thee We in thy light and favour shall true light and comfort see verse 10 Extend thy loving kindnesse Lord to men that thee do know To men that are upright in heart to them thy justice show verse 11 Against me let not haughty men march with their lofty pace Nor let the hands of wicked men remove me from my place verse 12 Behold there are they faln down flat that work iniquities They are cast down and never shall have power again to rise Psalm 37. FRet not thy self at wicked men when great in power they bee Nor be thou envious at those that work iniquitie verse 2 For like the grasse that is cut down so shall their state decay And as the green herb from the earth shall wither quite away verse 3 Trust thou on God the Lord alone to do good take good heed Abide thou in the promised land and by faith live and feed verse 4 And in the Lord delight thy self love him with all thine heart What ere thy soul shall then desire he will to thee impart verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord by faith on him depend And he shall bring thine enterprise to a desired end verse 6 Then shall he shew thy righteousnesse clear like the shining light The judgment which approves thy cause as noon day shall be bright verse 7 In silence rest on God for him wait patiently and stay Fret not thy self because of him that prospers in his way Because of any man that brings his wicked works to passe verse 8 Cease anger wrath forbear fret not thy self in any case verse 9 To do ill for ill doers shall be quite cut off but all That patiently wait on the Lord the earth inherit shall The wicked after a short time shall not be any more Thou shalt not finde him in his place where he remain'd before verse 11 But meek and humble men the earth shall quietly possesse And shall delight themselves in store of peace and plenteousnesse The Second part verse 12 The wicked doth against the just his crafty plots devise He gnasheth in despight at him his teeth in furious wise verse 13 But all the while the patient Lord laughs at him scornfully Because he sees his woful day comes on him suddenly verse 14 The wicked have drawn out their sword and they have bent their bow The man that is upright to kill and poor to overthrow verse 15 But their sword into their own hearts shall enter suddenly Their bow which they have bended shall in pieces broken lie verse 16 A little that a righteous man enjoyes is better farre Then unto many wicked men their stores of riches are verse 17 Of wicked and ungodly men the Lord shall break the arms But shall the just and righteous men deliver from all harms verse 18 The days and states of righteous men God doth regard and see And their possession in the Land shall everlasting bee verse 19 In evil times he shall not be asham'd or terrifi'd When some in times of famine starve he shall be satisfi'd verse 20 The wicked and Gods enemies all shall utterly decay They shall consume like fat of lambs and as smoak passe away verse 21 The wicked borrows at his need but never cares to pay Whereas the righteous mercy shews and freely gives away verse 22 For such as God the Lord shall blesse inherit shall the land But those that he doth curse shall be cut off by his own
spare a little give me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seen no more Psalm 40. I Waited long and sought the Lord and patiently did bear At length to me he did incline and he my cry did hear verse 2 He took me from a dangerous pit out of the miry clay And on a rock he set my feet and stablished my way verse 3 He in my mouth put a new song unto our God of praise Many shall see it and shall fear and trust in God alwayes verse 4 Blest is that man that makes the Lord his trust and onely stay Nor doth the proud regard nor such as to lies turn away verse 5 O Lord my God full many are the wonders done by thee And so are all thy thoughts of grace to us-ward as men see None can in order them recount unto thee more they are Then can be numbred up if I would strive them to declare verse 6 Offerings accustom'd thou dost not nor sacrifice desire Sin-offerings thou didst not command nor offerings made by fire verse 7 Mine ears thou op'nest then said I lo now I come to thee For in the Volume of thy book 't is so foretold of mee verse 8 My whole delight and pleasure is my God to do thy will Thy Law within mine heart I fixt that I might it fulfill verse 9 Thy righteousnesse I publish and in great assemblies tell Lo I have not refrain'd my lips O Lord thou know'st full well The Second part verse 10 Within mine own heart I have not conceal'd thy righteousnesse But thy salvation have declar'd thy truth and faithfulnesse Thy loving kindnesse I hid not that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the Church I show verse 11 Thy tender mercies now O Lord do not withhold from me Let truth and loving kindnesse me preserve continually verse 12 I am encompast round about with evils manifold My sins and mine iniquities on me have taken hold They press me down that I cannot look up for they are more Then all the hairs upon mine head my heart fails me therefore verse 13 But of thy mercy gracious Lord be pleas'd to set me free With speed O Lord do thou afford thy saving help to mee verse 14 Together them shame and confound that seek my soul to spill Let them be driven back with shame that wish me hurt or ill verse 15 For a reward unto their shame let them quite wasted be That in scorn and rejoycing say Aha aha to me verse 16 Let them in thee be glad and joy who thee do seek alwaies Let such as thy salvation love say still to God be praise verse 17 Yet the Lord thinks upon me still though poor and weak I be Thou art my God my Saviour stay not O Lord from me Psalm 41. BLessed is he that poor weak mens condition wisely weighs And them relieves the Lord shall him set free in evil days verse 2 The Lord will him Preserve alive and blesse him in the land And thou wilt not deliver him into his enemies hand verse 3 Him will God strengthen on the bed of his pining disease And in his sicknesse thou wilt make his bed and give him ease verse 4 I said when I was griev'd O Lord be merciful to mee And heal my soul for by my sin I have offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies speak ill of me when shall he die they say So that his name from off the earth may perish quite away verse 6 When he to see me comes he speaks smooth words but in his heart Doth heap up mischief which he tells when he doth forth depart verse 7 My foes against me do conspire and whisper secretly Concerning me to work my hurt they plot maliciously verse 3 Some fearful plague doth cleave to him say they and some strange pain And surely now he lieth down he shall not rise again verse 9 Yea my familiar friend whom I trusted assuredly That eat bread with me lift his heel against me scornfully verse 10 But Lord be merciful to me and up again me raise That I may justly them requite according to their waies verse 11 By this I know that certainly I favour'd am by thee That now mine enemy hath no cause to triumph over mee verse 12 But as for me thou me upholdst in mine integritie Thou sett'st me thee before and hast me ever in thine eye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel blest from everlasting be To everlasting yea Amen Amen gladly say we Psalm 42. Like as the hinde after the brooks of waters pants and brays So my soul panteth after thee O Lord my God always verse 2 My soul for God the living Lord doth thirst uncessantly O when before the Lord my God come and appear shall I verse 3 Tears flowing from mine eyes have been my meat both night and day While to my soul continually where is thy God they say verse 4 My soul in me is poured out when this I think upon How I with the great multitude into Gods house had gone With them into Gods house went I with voice of joy and praise With the great multitude that kept the solemn holidays verse 5 Why art thou now cast down my soul what doth disquiet thee Wait still on God for him I shall yet praise for helping mee verse 6 My God my soul 's cast down therefore upon thee think I will From Hermonites and Jordans land and from the little hill verse 7 At thy great water spouts loud noise deep unto deep doth call And over me come furiously thy waves and billows all verse 8 Yet God his mercies will command by day by night with me Shall be his song and pray'r to God God of my life is he verse 9 Thus will I say to God my rock why me forgett'st thou so And why do I thus mourning walk oppressed with my soe verse 10 They wound my soul as with a sword within my bones when me My foes reproach and say my God where is he where is he verse 11 Why art thou now cast down my soul why thus with grief opprest Art thou disquieted in me in God still hope and rest verse 12 For yet I know I him shall praise who graciously to me The health is of my countenance yea mine own God is he Psalm 43. Against th'ungodly plead my cause O Lord and judge for me And from the man of frauds and wrongs save me and set me free verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God why dost thou cast me by Why mourn I for th' oppression of my strong enemy verse 3 Send out thy mercy and thy truth that they may lead me still And may me to the Temple guide and to thine holy hill verse 4 Then will I to Gods Altar goe to God my joy alwaies Yea on my harp O God my God will I set forth thy praise verse 5 Why art thou now cast
mine own verse 12 If hunger could me pinch yet would I not complain To thee because the world is mine and all it doth contain The Second Part. verse 13 That I the flesh of bulls will eat canst thou once think Or else that I to quench my thirst the bloud of goats will drink verse 14 Nay rather to the Lord thanksgiving offer thou To the most high perform thy word and duly pay thy vow verse 15 And call thou on my name when trouble thee dismaies And then will I deliver thee and thou shalt give me praise verse 16 But what hast thou to doe to wicked men saith God To take my cov'nant in thy mouth or laws declare abroad verse 17 Seeing it doth appear thou hat'st instruction And hast my words behinde thee cast them not to think upon verse 18 When thou a thief dost see thou join'st with him in sin And with unclean adulterers thou hast partaker been verse 19 Thy mouth thou usest still to evil to apply And slie deceits thy tongue doth join together cunningly verse 20 Thou sitt'st and speak'st to wrong thy brother in his name And thine own mothers son thy tongue by slanders doth defame verse 21 These things thou thus hast done and I have silent been Thou thought'st that I was like to theâ— and did delight in sin But I will thee reprove for thine iniquities And I will them in order set plainly before thine eyes verse 22 Consider wisely this you that forget the Lord Lest he do you in pieces tear when none can help afford verse 23 Who so doth offer praise he truly honours mee And he that orders right his way shall Gods salvation see Psal 51. O Lord have mercy upon me After thy loving kindnesses Blot out my sins according to Thy tender mercies numberlesse verse 2 Wash me from mine iniquitie And throughly cleanse me from my sin verse 3 I knowledge my transgressions My sins before him still have been verse 4 Against thee thee alone I sinn'd And did those evils in thy sight To justifie thee when thou speak'st And clear thee when thou judgest right verse 5 Behold when I was born with pain I was stain'd with iniquity My mother that did bring me forth Before in sin conceived me verse 6 Behold thou in the inward parts Desirest uprightnesse alone And wisdome in the secret of My soul to me thou didst make known verse 7 With hyssop purge me now O Lord And then I shall be clean and bright And if thou wash me thoroughly More then the snow I shall be white verse 8 Of joy and gladnesse cause thou me To hear again the pleasant voice That so the bones that thou hast now By sorrow broken may rejoice verse 9 From the beholding of my sin O Lord turn thou away thy face And all my deeds of wickednesse Blot out and utterly deface The Second part verse 10 O Lord create in me an heart Clean and unspotted in thy sight And do within me Lord renue A spirit constant free and right verse 11 Cast me not from thy presence out Nor take thy holy Spirit away verse 12 The joy of thy salvation Restore to me again I pray With thy free Spirit me still uphold verse 13 Transgressors then shall learn of mee Thy righteous ways yea sinners then Shall be converted unto thee verse 14 Thou God of my salvation O God from blouds deliver mee Then of thy truth and righteousnesse My tongue aloud shall sing to thee verse 15 My lips which now fast closed are Do thou Lord open graciously My mouth shall then set forth thy praise When it is set at liberty verse 16 For thou desir'st not sacrifice That I should it present to thee Nor in burnt-offerings dost delight That thou should'st them accept of mee verse 17 A broken spirit is to God An acceptable sacrifice A broken and a contrite spirit O Lord thou never wilt despise verse 18 Do good in thy good pleasure Lord To Zion and her still sustain The walls of thy Jerusalem Build thou up now and still maintain verse 19 The sacrifices which they then Shall freely offer up to thee In truth and uprightnesse of heart Thou shalt accept most graciously With burnt-off rings of sundry sorts With whole burnt-off'rings in that day They shall their bullocks offer up And them upon thine Altar lay Psalm 52. O Mighty man in wickednesse why dost thou boast with pride Be sure the goodnesse of the Lord for ever shall abide verse 2 Thy tongue speaks mischief which thine heart deviseth wickedly And like unto a rasor sharp it works deceitfully verse 3 In evil more then any good thine heart doth take delight And lying rather then to speak and utter what is right verse 4 O thou deceitful tongue thou lov'st words that devour and waste verse 5 But God shall justly cut thee down for evermore at last Thee shall he take away and pluck out of thy dwelling place Yea from the land of life shall he pluck up thy root and race verse 6 The righteous man shall this behold and tremble in that day And have him in derision and thus of him shall say verse 7 Behold the man that made not God his strength but trusted in His store of riches and himself did strengthen in his sin verse 8 But like to a green Olive tree within Gods house am I For in his mercy great shall be my trust continually verse 9 And I because thou this hast done to praise thee will not cease And still will wait upon thy name for this thy Saints doth please Psalm 53. THere is no God the fool hath said in 's heart corrupt they are Their works most vile and to do good not one takes any care verse 2 The Lord beheld from Heaven high the whole race of mankind To see if any one were wise or sought his God to find verse 3 They all are gone aside and are most filthy there is none Amongst them all doth any good there is not any one verse 4 These workers of iniquity are they so blinded all Eating my people up as bread not one on God doth call verse 5 There were they with great fear possest and stood all as dismaid Even where there was no cause at all why they should be afraid For God his bones that thee besieg'd hath scattered all abroad Thou hast consumed them for they rejected are of God When God his people brings again and sets his captives free Then Jacob greatly shall rejoice and Israel glad shall bee Psalm 54. SAve me O God by thy great name by thy strength judge thou me verse 2 Lord hear my pray'r give ear unto the words I speak to thee verse 3 Oppressors for my soul do seek strangers against me rise And God the Lord they have not set at all before their eyes verse 4 But lo my God doth give me aid the Lord is straight at hand With them that do uphold my soul the Lord doth ever stand
come and presents bring with them verse 30 Rebuke the Archers company wanton calves bulls of might Till they pay tribute scatter those that do in wars delight verse 31 Then shall the Lords of Egypt come and presents with them bring Arabians shall stretch out their hands unto their God and King verse 32 Sing ye aloud unto the Lord ye Kingdomes of the earth Sing ye unto the Lord our God praises with joy and mirth verse 33 Who on the highest Heavens rides which of old framed were From whence he sends a mighty voice a dreadful voice to hear verse 34 Ascribe ye strength unto the Lord his excellency he On Israel shews and in the clouds his strength he makes us see verse 35 Dreadful out of his holy place and Israels God is he Who gives his people strength and power God therefore blessed be Psalm 69. SAve and preserve me O my God with speed deliver me The waters so encrease that to my soul they entred be verse 2 I sink in deep mire where I feel no standing come am I Into the depths where waves do me o'reflow continually verse 3 And I with crying wearied am my throat therewith is dry Mine eyes do fail while on my God I wait continually verse 4 Those men that for no cause at all do hatred bear to me More then the hairs that are upon mine head in number be And mighty are my causlesse foes who gladly would me slay Then did they force me to restore what I took not away verse 5 Mine errours and my foolishnesse Lord thou dost know and see My sins and all my trespasses cannot be hid from thee verse 6 Let them not for my sake be sham'd O Lord that wait on thee Nor those that seek thee Israels God for me confounded be verse 7 Because I onely for thy sake do suffer this disgrace And for thy sake and not mine own shame covers all my face verse 8 Ev'n unto mine own brethren I a meer stranger became And as an alien unto my mothers children am verse 9 The fervent zeal hath me consum'd that to thine house I bear The scorns wherewith they thee reproach upon me lighted are The Second Part. verse 10 Then humbled I my soul with tears and fasting and was clad verse 11 In sackcloth they reproached me a proverb me they made verse 12 Those that sit in the gate on me a railing sentence pass And I the subject of the songs of beastly drunkards was verse 13 But Lord in an accepted time my prayer is to thee Lord in thy saving truth and in great mercy hear thou mee verse 14 Free me out of the filthy mire my feet from sinking keep Save me from such as hate my soul and out of waters deep verse 15 Let not the flouds me overflow nor the depths swallow me And let not the pits mouth below upon me closed be verse 16 Good is thy kindnesse and thy love therefore to me give ear Turn to me for the multitude of thy mercies most dear verse 17 O do not from thy servant hide or turn thy face away I troubled am on every side hear me with speed I pray verse 18 Unto my troubled soul draw nigh redeem and set it free Because of all mine enemies save and deliver mee verse 19 Thou hast known my reproach shame and my dishonour seen Mine adversaries all of them before thee still have been verse 20 My heart is broken with reproach my soul is full of grief I lookt but found no comforter nor one to give relief The Third Part. verse 21 They bitter gall in stead of meat unto me given have When I was thirsty for my drink sharp vinegar they gave verse 22 Let their own table when they eat become to them a gin And that be made a trap whieh for their welfare should have been verse 23 Let both their eyes and minde be dark that they may nothing see Make their loins shake continually wherein their strength should bee verse 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them fearfully And let thy burning anger seise and still upon them lie verse 25 And let their stately palaces be desolate within Those Towns without inhabitant which had their dwelling been verse 26 For him whom thou sinot'st with thy rods they persecuted more They talk unto the grief of those whom thou didst wound before verse 27 In thy just judgement leave them Lord to adde sin unto sin To thy truth and thy righteousnesse let them not enter in verse 28 Out of the book of living men blotted be they by thee And never let them in the roul of just men written bee verse 29 But full of sorrows and of grief and weak and poor am I O God let thy salvation now set me up on high verse 30 Then will I praise the name of God with songs and melody And with thanksgiving shall my tongue him greatly magnifie The Fourth Part. verse 31 This sacrifice shall please the Lord that more accept shall he Then Bull or Oxe with hoofs and horns if they were brought by me verse 32 The meek and humble shall be glad and joy when this they see All that seek God your heart shall live and full of comfort bee verse 33 Because the Lord the poor doth save when they their prayer make And doth not cast off those that are made pris'ners for his sake verse 34 Let the high Heav'ns and all the earth unto him praises give The spacious seas with ev'ry thing that there doth move and live verse 35 For surely God will Zion save and Judahs cities build That men may them possesse and dwell and have their houses fill'd verse 36 And his own servants godly seed inherit shall the fame And they shall have their dwelling there that love his blessed name Psalm 70. O God my God from my distresse be pleas'd to set me free With speed O Lord do thou afford thy saving help to mee verse 2 Together shame them and confound that seek my soul to spill Let them be driven back with shame that think or wish me ill verse 3 For a reward unto their shame let them destroyed be That in scorn and rejoycing say aha aha to me verse 4 Let them in thee be glad and joy who seek thy face always Let those that thy salvation love say still to God be praise The Lord yet still doth think on me though weak and poor I be Thou art my God my Saviour stay not Lord long from me Psalm 71. O Lord I put my confidence and trust in thee alone Let me not be at any time put to confusion verse 2 In justice Lord deliver me and help to set me free Save and preserve me and incline thy gracious ear to mee verse 3 Be thou my strong dwelling whereto I may all times resort Thou didst command to save me Lord thou art my rock and fort verse 4 Out of the hand of wicked men O Lord deliver me Out of the power of
Doth the most high full knowledge take of things done here below verse 12 Behold those the ungodly are who live in outward peace And they do prosper in the world in riches they increase verse 13 Then said I verily my heart in vain cleansed have I And to abstain from sin my hands have washt in purity verse 14 For notwithstanding this I still am plagued every day And ev'ry morning chastisements thou dost upon me lay verse 15 If I should thus conclude against the generation I Of thine own children should offend and trespasse grievously verse 16 But when I thought to search the depth of this great mystery It was too hard a task for me and painful in mine eye verse 17 Until at last I me betook unto Gods sanctuary And there out of Gods Word I learn'd what their last end should be verse 18 Verily slippery places thou didst choose to set them on And by thine hand didst cast them down into destruction verse 19 How into desolations are they brought suddenly With fearful terrours are they all consumed utterly verse 20 Like as a dream when one awakes doth vanish from his eyes So Lord thou when thou risest up their shadow wilt despise The Third Part. verse 21 Yet thus was my weak heart a while disquieted in vain Through indignation my reins were pricked with great pain verse 22 So ignorant was I and like a fool besotted quite And without understanding was like a beast in thy sight verse 23 Neverthelesse I do remain continually with thee When I was weak by my right hand thou fast haft holden mee verse 24 Thou by thy faithful counsel wilt me always safely guide And after me receive with thee in glory to abide verse 25 In Heaven whom have I but thee to rest upon alone And on the earth that I desire besides thee there is none Mine heart and flesh doth fail me both but God doth fail me never For he is of mine heart the strength my portion he for ever verse 27 For lo they that go far from thee shall perish quite and fall Those that a whoring go from thee thou hast destroyed all verse 28 But surely it is good for me still to draw near to God In the Lord God I trust that I may shew thy works abroad Psalm 74. O Lord why hast thou cast us off for ev'r in dangers deep Why doth thy burning anger smoak against thy pasture sheep verse 2 Think on thy Congregation which of old was purchased Thine heritage which was by thee by thy rod measured Which thou from cruel bondage by thy pow'r redeemed hast This mount Zion where thou hast dwelt so long in ages past Lift up thy feet now to tread down and ruine utterly Thy foes that in thine holy place have wrought thus wickedly verse 4 For where thy Congregations were thine enemies roar and cry And they for signs of triumph have their ensigns set on high verse 5 A man was famous once as he had labour'd painfully To fell down and to square thick trees thine house to beautifie verse 6 But now at once most spitefully they labour to deface With ax and hammer carved works of thy most holy place verse 7 Thy Temple they have burne with fire and cast down to the ground Defiling it the place where once thy name dwelt much renown'd verse 8 Thus in their hearts they say Let us destroy them out of hand They have burnt up the Synagogues of God throughout the land verse 9 We see no more our wonted signs our Prophets all are gone To tell us when these plagues shall end amongst us there is none The Second Part. verse 10 How long shall these oppressors Lord reproach thus scornfully Shall these thine enemies blaspheme thy name perpetually verse 11 why dost thou still turn back thine hand the right hand of thy strength Pluck it out of thy bosome now and make an end at length verse 12 For God from the beginning is my King that rules alone He in the midst of all the earth doth work salvation verse 13 Thou didst divide and break the sea by pow'r of thy command The heads of Dragons in the flouds thou brakest with thine hand verse 14 The head thou brak'st in pieces of Leviathan so great And to the people dwelling in the desart mad'st him meat verse 15 Out of cleft rocks fountains and flouds thou brought'st out plenteously The mighty flouds of Jordans streams thou madest to be dry verse 16 The shining day and the dark night thine and thine onely are The bright Sun and his glorious light thou only didst prepare verse 17 Thou all the borders of the earth hast set by thy decree The Summers heat and Winters cold they both are made by thee verse 18 Remember that thy foes O Lord reproach'd thee scornfully That foolish people have thy name blasphem'd most wickedly verse 19 Thy Church thy Turtles soul do not to wild beasts Lord deliver The Congregation of thy poor do not forget for ever verse 20 Respect thy faithful Covenant for each dark lurking den Of th' earth is now replenisht with dwellings of cruel men verse 21 O let not those that are opprest be turned back with shame But let the poor and needy ones have cause to praise thy name verse 22 Arise O Lord why sitt'st thou still thine own cause plead and try Remember how the foolish thee reproach continually verse 23 The voice forget not of thy foes for these that openly In tumults up against thee rise increase continually Psalm 75. TO thee O Lord do we give thanks to thee we thankful are For that thy name and pow'r is near thy wondrous works declare verse 2 When I th' assembly undertake uprightly judge I shall verse 3 The earth and dwellers are dissolv'd I stay her pillars all verse 4 To those disturbing fools I said deal not so foolishly And to the proud and wicked men lift not your horn on high verse 5 Advance not your proud horn aloft against the Lord most high And against his holy decree speak not presumptuously verse 6 For honour and promotion comes neither from the East Nor from the South can be procur'd nor purchas'd from the West verse 7 But God that governs all the world is the great Judge alone He pulls down one and setteth up another in the throne verse 8 God takes into his hand a cup the wine therein is red Ready to drink with mixture much and fully tempered Of this he poureth out and gives to drink to all about The dregs the wicked of the earth shall drink and wring them out verse 9 But I for ever will declare and publish all abroad Thy glorious praises I will sing to thee O Jacobs God verse 10 And all the horns of wicked men shall be cut off by me But the horns of the righteous shall highly exalted be Psalm 76. GOd is in Judah known and there he hath advanc'd his fame Among his people Israel great is his
day of battel thou my head hast cover'd safe alone verse 8 Grant not O Lord what evil men desire most wickedly Destroy their wicked plots lest they themselves do magnifie verse 9 As for the head and chief of those about that compass me With mischief out of their own lips Lord let them cover'd be verse 10 Cast them into the fire and let coals burning on them fall Cast them into deep pits from whence they may not rise at all verse 11 Let not an evil speaker be confirm'd on earth below The violent shall evil haunt unto his overthrow verse 12 I know that God the Lord the cause of men in misery Will still maintain the right of those that poor and needy be verse 13 Surely the righteous shall have cause thy name to bless and praise And in thy presence the upright shall dwell and live always Psalm 141. O Lord unto thee do I cry come to me speedily Give ear with favour to my voice when I to thee do cry verse 2 As incense let my prayer be set forth before thine eyes And the up-lifting of mine hands as th' evening sacrifice verse 3 O Lord God a continual watch set thou my mouth before And of my lips that they may not trespass keep thou the door verse 4 Turn not my heart to any ill to work a wicked deed With wicked workers let not me upon their dainties feed verse 5 But let the righteous smite me that a kindness is to me Let him reprove me that to me a precious oyl shall be Which shall not break or wound my head my prayer yet shall be Presented unto God for them in their calamity verse 6 When Judges me pursuing shall in stony places fall My words shall then seem savoury and men shall hear them all verse 7 About the graves devouring mouth our bones lye scatter'd round As chips of wood which men do cut lye scatter'd on the ground verse 8 But O my Lord and God mine eyes still look up unto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soul forsaken be verse 9 Lord keep me safely from the snare which they for me prepare And from the subtil gins of them that wicked workers are verse 10 Into the nets which they have set let all the wicked fall Whilest I for whom they them prepar'd escape from them withall Psalm 142. IN my distress unto the Lord I with my voice did cry I supplication with my voice made to the Lord on high verse 2 My sad complaint I poured out before him in my cry My trouble I before him shew'd and great perplexity verse 3 My heart orewhelmed was in me my path was known to thee In ways where I did walk a snare they closely laid for mee verse 4 I lookt and view'd on my right hand but I of none was known All refuge wholly failed me for my soul car'd not one verse 5 Then cry'd I to the Lord and said my hope thou only art And in the land of living men my portion and my part verse 6 Hear thou my cry I am brought low in mercy set me free From those that do me persecute and are too strong for mee verse 7 My soul from prison bring that I may praises give to thee The saints shall compass me about when thou art good to me Psal 143. LOrd hear my pray'r attend my sute sent up in great distress And answer me now in thy truth and in thy righteousness verse 2 And do not with thy servant Lord in judgement plead at all For justifi'd be in thy sight not one that liveth shall verse 3 My enemy hath pursu'd my soul my life to ground hath thrown And made me in the dark to dwell like men dead long agone verse 4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelm'd and pressed down in me My heart in me is desolate and doth no comfort see verse 5 I call to minde the days of old on all thy works I thought Upon the works I meditate which thine own hands have wrought Behold to thee most gracious Lord I now stretch out my hands My soul doth greatly thirst for thee like dry and thirsty lands verse 7 Hear me with speed my spirit doth fail hide not thy face from me Lest like to them that do go down into the pit I be verse 8 In thee I trust thy kindness make me evâ—ry morning finde Shew me the way wherein to walk to thee I life my minde verse 9 From all mine enemies O Lord safely deliver me To hide my self under thy wings Lord unto thee I flee verse 10 Thou art my God thy spirit is good teach me to do thy will And in a plain and even ground Lord do thou lead me still verse 11 Quicken me Lord for thy names sake raise me out of distress And out of trouble bring my soul ev'n for thy righteousness verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes let all destroyed bee That do afflict my soul for I a servant am to thee Psalm 144. BLessed for ever be the Lord my only strength and might Which doth instruct my hands to war my fingers too to fight verse 2 My goodness sort deliverer my tower and shield is he In him I trust he doth subdue mine enemies under me verse 3 Lord what is man that thou of him dost so much knowledge take Or son of man that of him thou so great account dost make verse 4 Man is like vanity his days away like shadows sly verse 5 Lord bow the heavens and come down with power and majesty The mountains touch and they shall smoak verse 6 Thy lightnings cast abroad And scatter them thine arrows shoot and them destroy O God verse 7 And from above send down thine hand rid and deliver me From the great waters from the hand of strangers see me free verse 8 Whose mouth and tongue speak nothing else but foolish vanity Their right hand is a right hand full of fraud and treachery verse 9 I a new song will sing to thee O God on Psaltery And on ten-stringed instruments to thee sing praise will I. verse 10 It is he onely that to Kings timely salvation sends His servant David he alone from hurtful sword defends verse 11 From strangers hand me rid and save whose mouth talks vanity And their right hand a right hand is of fraud and subtilty verse 12 That as a plant our sons may be in youth grown to a tree Our daughters as carv'd corner stones like a fair palace be verse 13 Our garners with provisions may of all sorts full be found Sheep in our streets with thousands and ten thousands may abound verse 14 Our Oxen be to labour strong that none do us invade There be no going out no cry within our streets be made Happy that people are that be in such a case as this Happy that people are whose God the Lord Almighty is Psalm 145. THee will I laud my God O King and blesse thy name always verse