may plant the pleasant vines and sow the fruitful field And may receive the rich increase which every year shall yield verse 38 Such blessings are on thee conferr'd that they are much increast So that of all the numerous herd they do not loose a beast verse 39 Yet for their sin they are brought low and minished again Expos'd to wicked tyranny affliction grief and pain verse 40 He pours on great ones great disgrace and causeth them to stray In solitary desert place where is no beaten way verse 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high and him from harm doth keep And multiplies his family like to a flock of sheep verse 42 This thing the right'ous shall descry rejoycing in the same And it shall force iniquity to stop her mouth with shame verse 43 Whoso hath wisdom from above these matters to record Ev'n they shall understand the love and kindness of the Lord. Psalm CVIII Windsor Tune O God my heart is now pre-par'd so al --- so is my tongue I will ad-vance my voice O Lord and praise thee with my song verse 2 Awake my viol and my harp sweet melody to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake verse 3 Among the people shall thy praise be published by me Among the heathen folk O Lord will I sing praise to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great unto the heavens high Also thy truth extends it self unto the clearest skie verse 5 Above the starry firmament extol thy self O God And Lord display upon the earth thy glory all abroad verse 6 And that thy dear beloved ones delivered may be Save them O Lord by thy right hand and therein answer me The second part verse 7 God in his holiness did speak my joy I cannot hide The vale of Succoth I 'le mete out and Sechem I 'le divide verse 8 Gilead is mine Manasseh mine and Ephraim's tribe together Shall be the chief of all my strength and Judah my law-giver verse 9 My servile wash-pot Moab is on Edom I will tread And in my triumphs with a shout Philistia shall be led verse 10 But who will undertake to be my leader and my guide To Edom and the city there so strongly fortifi'd verse 11 Lord wilt not thou that didst cast off our armies heretofore And with the hosts of Israel wilt thou go forth no more verse 12 Lord give us help from trouble then because no other can And it is very vanity to hope for help from man verse 13 We shall do very valiant acts assisted by our God And by his power our enemies shall all be under-trod Psalm CIX Bristol Tune O God my praise hold not thy peace For false and wick --- ed tongues A-gainst me speak and ne -- ver cease their cla -- mours lies and wrongs verse 3 With words of spight and causless fight they compass me alway verse 4 Ev'n for my love my foes they prove but I make haste to pray verse 5 They did reward me ill for good and hate for love they show verse 6 Therefore set thou some tyrant lewd to triumph o're my foe verse 7 Let Satan stand at his right hand and when his doom comes in Appoint that he condemned be and turn his prayer to sin verse 8 His office let another take cut short his wicked life verse 9 His children wretched orphans make with widow-hood vex his wife verse 10 Let all his sons be vagabonds and beg for to be fed In places that are desolate let them seek out their bread verse 11 Let the unjust extortioner catch all he hath away And that which he hath laboured for let be the stranger's prey verse 12 Stir up no Friend that may extend relief in his distress And let there none have pity on his children fatherless verse 13 Cut off his whole posterity before thy wrath asswage Their name extinguish utterly in the ensuing age verse 14 His father's fault let that be brought before the Lord for ever His mother's crime by length of time let be extinguish't never verse 15 Before the Lord continually let them be all brought forth That he may cut their memory for ever from the earth verse 16 Since he forgot and cared not compassion to impart But sought to break the poor and weak and slay the broken heart verse 17 As he lov'd cursing and despite let it come to him so As blessings did not him delight so let it from him go verse 18 And as he had arrai'd and clad himself with curses vile Let it like drink within him sink and soak his bones like oyl verse 19 Let it be to him like the coat that never is laid by And like a girdle girt about his loins continually verse 20 Let God dispence a recompence mine en'mies to controul That are incen'st to speak against mine inoffensive soul. The second part verse 21 O God the Lord do thou for me ev'n for thine own name's sake Because right good thy mercies be my freedom undertake verse 22 For I indeed do stand in need with misery sore distrest My grieved heart with wounds do smart and bleeds within my breast verse 23 I'm gone like sun's declining shade like wandering Locusts tost verse 24 My knees through fasting weak are made my flesh her fat hath lost verse 25 Yea I became to them a shame on me they gaze and stare verse 26 Their heads they nod help Lord my God and me in mercy spare verse 27 That they may know it is thy hand for thou hast done the deed verse 28 And when they curse do thou command a blessiing to succeed Let shame surprise my foes that rise my soul for to destroy But yet afford thy servant Lord abundant cause of joy verse 29 And let mine adversaries all be cloathed with disgrace Let shame and self confusion fall upon mine en'mies face So that their own confusion may cover them throughout As if it were a mantle there to compass them about verse 30 And I will greatly praise the Lord with joyful mouth and tongue Yea and I will his praise record amidst the thickest throng verse 31 For he shall stand at our right hand and for our sake controul The doom of them that would condemn the poor man's harmless soul. Psalm CX Oxford Tune THe Lord un -- to my Lord thus spake Sit at my right hand till I make a ve -- ry foot-stool of thy foes The Lord shall send from Si -- on 's tow'r The sov'-reign scep-tre of thy pow'r rule thou a-midst them that op-pose verse 3 Thy people shall come willingly in day of thine authority Within fair Sion's sacred walls where thy first converts shall abound As thick as dew upon the ground which from the womb of morning falls The unrepenting God thus swore thou art a priest for evermore By order of Melchizedek verse 5 And God at thy right hand shall slay Proud kings in that his wrathful day verse 6 And all the heathen he
evermore The ninth part To the Proper Tune verse 65 Thou hast dealt very well with me with me thy servant Lord And I have found thy favour free according to thy word verse 66 Teach me good judgement in thy word and knowledge of thy will For thy commandements O Lord I have believed still verse 67 E're thou didst touch me with thy rod I err'd and went astray But now I keep thy word O God and by it guide my way verse 68 Lord thou art good and thou dost good all graces flow from thee Make then thy statutes understood and practised by me verse 69 For though proud persons did invent against me many a lie Yet kept I thy commandement with heart's sincerity verse 70 Their heart is fatned mightily like lumps of greace congeal'd But my delight and all my joy is in thy laws reveal'd verse 71 But I account it good for me chastised to have been That I may learn thy laws from thee and shun the snares of sin verse 72 The law of thy own mouth I hold far better unto me Than many thousand pounds of gold and silver heaps can be The tenth part To the Proper Tune verse 73 Thy hands have made and fashion'd me thy grace on me bestow To know thy precepts what they be and practise what I know verse 74 Then all that fear thee shall be glad when me they shall behold Because I have assurance had in what thy word foretold verse 75 Yet Lord I know and do confess how just thy judgements be And that of very faithfulness thou hast afflicted me verse 76 I pray thee let thy mercies kind come to thy servant Lord For comfort to my troubled mind according to thy word verse 77 Thy tender mercies bowels Lord O let them come in sight That I may live and keep thy word for therein I delight verse 78 But shame the proud whoe're they be for they without a cause Have most perversly dealt with me but I will mind thy laws verse 79 And now O Lord let every one that truly feareth thee And all that have thy statutes known let them turn in to me verse 80 And let my heart unto thy laws be so sincerely fram'd That I may not have any cause whereby to be asham'd The eleventh part To the 100 Psalm Tune MY soul for thy sal-va -- tion faints but in thy word is all my stay My fail -- ing eves urge sad complaints when wilt thou com-fort me they say verse 83 A wrinkled bottle set in smoke I rightly am compar'd unto But lo the word which thou hast spoke I have not yet forgot to do verse 84 How many are thy servant's days when wilt thou righteous vengeance take On persecutors of my ways and judge them for thy servant's sake verse 85 The proud have digged pits for me with which thy law doth not accord verse 86 For all thy laws are equity they persecute me help me Lord. verse 87 They had consumed me almost with cruel and injurious hands Here upon earth's malignant coast yet I forsook not thy commands verse 88 O give thy loving kindness vent to quicken up my fainting mind So shall I keep the testament which thy most holy mouth hath sign'd The twelfth part To the Proper Tune verse 89 The word which thou hast spoken Lord is permament and sure And like to heavens constant course for ever doth endure verse 90 All ages find thy faithfulness which never slacks nor slides Like as thou hast established the earth and it abides verse 91 According to thy ordinance continuing to this day For all are servants unto thee and do thy word obey verse 92 And if in this thy constant work I had not found delight In my extream affliction Lord I should have perisht quite verse 93 Therefore I never will forget thy precepts to express For thou thereby hast quickened me in all my heaviness verse 94 Continue then to save me Lord for I am one of thine And I have fought with diligence thy precepts most divine verse 95 Though wicked men laid wait for me to kill and to destroy Yet I consider of thy laws and think of them with joy verse 96 For Lord I see there is an end of all perfections here But only thy commandements far larger do appear The thirteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 97 O how I love thy sacred word which doth thy law display It is my meditation Lord and study all the day verse 98 Thou mak'st me by thy laws to be far wiser than my foes For that those laws abide with me and I abide by those verse 99 With all my teachers I compare excelling them in skill Because thy testimonies are my meditation still verse 100 In understanding I out-go the ancients full of days Because I do not only know but also keep thy ways verse 101 I have refrain'd my feet O Lord from every evil way That I may keep thy faithful word and no time go astray verse 102 And from thy sacred judgements Lord I never did depart For thou hast made thy heavenly word distill into my heart verse 103 And Lord in these thy words of truth how sweet a taste I find Sweeter than honey to my mouth thy word is to my mind verse 104 Thy precepts do so well direct and so much skill impart That all false doctrines I reject and hate them in my heart The fourteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 105 Ev'n as a lamp unto my feet so doth thy word shine bright Both night and day it guides my way and to my paths gives light verse 106 And I have sworn most solemnly and will perform it too That I will spare no pains or care thy right'ous laws to do verse 107 I am afflicted very much but quicken me O Lord And let me be reviv'd by thee according to thy word verse 108 The free-will offerings of my mouth I pray thee Lord accept And teach me now which way and how thy judgements may be kept verse 109 My soul is ever in my hand in danger to be lost Yet have I not thy law forgot what ever it might cost verse 110 And though the wicked secretly their subtle snares did lay Yet am not I seduc'd thereby to wander from thy way verse 111 Thy statutes are the heritage whereof I have made choice To my last day for those are they that make my heart rejoyce verse 112 I have inclin'd my heart to keep the laws thou didst decree And will attend them to the end ev'n till I come to thee The fifteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 113 The foolish thoughts of vanity I do detest and hate But in thy holy law do I delight to meditate verse 114 Thou art O Lord my hiding-place and shield of my defence And in the word of thy good grace I put my confidence verse 115 Depart from me ye wicked men that other paths have trod And I shall keep with freedom then the
all are dear to me because they 're kind verse 18 Their number 's greater than the Sand which whilst my busy thoughts run o'er I sleep and find when I awake I 'm only where I was before verse 19 I 'm sure that their destruction's near who wickedly 'gainst me combine Hence then ye bloody-minded men nor your own ruine seek in mine verse 20 Thy Foes they are who use thy name intended mischiefs to disguise And boldly call God in to vouch for all their calumnies and lies verse 21 Do not I Lord detest and hate Such as oppose thy Laws and thee verse 22 I loath them perfectly and count my self their utter Enemy verse 23 Lord since my thoughts accuse me not of living in a false disguise I 'm less afraid to undergo the tryal of thy piercing eyes verse 24 Search me and where thou seest that I unwillingly have done amiss Correct my errors and reduce my wandrings to the way of bliss Psalm CXL Martyrs Tune FRom work-ers of in --- i -- qui-ty O Lord be my de -- fence Pre-serve thou me and set me free from men of vi --- o -- lence verse 2 Whose hearts imagine villany and gathered they are And do comply continually in purposes of War verse 3 They whet their tongues as darts of death like to the serpent fly The poys'nous breath of adders deaf under their lips doth ly verse 4 Keep me O Lord from wicked hands and from my furious foe Those firebrands whose purpose stands my steps to overthrow verse 5 A snare for me the proud did hide and they have spread a net And cords they ty'd by th' high-way side and gins for me they set verse 6 Therefore unto the Lord said I thou art my God alone O Lord most high attend my cry and supplication verse 7 O God the Lord thou dost bestead my soul with saving might And thou my head hast covered in day of bloody fight verse 8 Grant not O Lord grant not a jot the wicked man's desire O further not his wicked plot lest that should lift them higher verse 9 As for their head of all the throng that compass me about Let mischief sprung from their own tongue quite cover them throughout verse 10 Let burning coals upon them fall and cast them in the fire And let them all in deep pits fall whence they may not retire verse 11 Let there be no establishment for lewd tongues here below Evil shall hunt the violent unto his overthrow verse 12 I know God will maintain by might the cause of the distrest And will not slight the poor man's eight but help him when opprest verse 13 Surely the right'ous ev'ry where thanks to thy name shall give And all that bear a mind sincere shall in thy presence live Psalm CXLI Dublin Tune TO thee O Lord I call and cry make haste and come to me And bow thine ear at -- ten -- tive-ly now when I cry to thee verse 2 O let my pray'r be now set out as incense in thine eyes And lifting up of hands devout as evening sacrifice verse 3 And set a careful watch before my hafty mouth O Lord And of my lips keep thou the door against each evil word verse 4 Incline my heart to no misdeed with them that wicked are Nor let me ever dare to feed of their delicious fare verse 5 But let the right'ous smite me Lord for that is good for me And his reproof and sharpest word a sov'reign balm shall be Such smiting shall not break my head for yet my pray'rs likewise Shall willingly be offered in their calamities verse 6 Their judges being overthrown as on the stony street Then shall they hear my words each one for they are very sweet verse 7 But now about the graves they leave our bones all scatter'd round As wood which one doth cut and cleave lies scatter'd on the ground verse 8 But Lord mine eyes are unto thee my trust is in thy grace O God the Lord then leave not me in so forlorn a case verse 9 O keep me safely from the snare they laid to take me in And from the gins of those that are such practisers of sin verse 10 And in their own devised net Lord let the wicked fall Ev'n in the net which they did set whil'st I escape withall Psalm CXLII Martyrs Tune I Cri'd un -- to the ho -- ly one with ear --- nest voice and cry I made my sup --- pli -- ca-tion known un -- to the Lord most high verse 2 I pour'd out my complaint and cry before his gracious face I shew'd before him readily my deep distressful case verse 3 When Lord my spirit sunk in woe my path was known to thee And in the way where I did go they laid close snares for me verse 4 I look't on my right hand and saw but none would know me there Refuge did fail and quite withdraw none for my soul did care verse 5 I cri'd to thee O Lord and said thou art my refuge then Thou art my portion and my aid i'th'land of living men verse 6 Attend my cry for I am low and Lord deliver me From them that persecute me so and are too strong for me verse 7 My soul from prison Lord set free thy name to glorify The right'ous then shall stock to me when I thy bounty try Psalm CXLIII Windsor Tune LOrd hear my pray'r and hum-ble suit thy wil --- ling ear ad --- dress And an -- swer me in e --- qui -- ty in truth and faith ---- ful --- ness verse 2 And into judgment or dispute thy servant do not call For with thee can no mortal man be justifi'd at all verse 3 My foes my soul do persecute my life to ground is trod My dwelling made in darksome shade as men long dead O God verse 4 Therefore my burden'd spirits shrink my heart is desolate verse 5 And wisely weighs the ancient days thy works I meditate verse 6 On all thy handy works I think to thee I stretch my hands My soul in me thirsts after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Lord hear me soon my spirits sink and now left I should be Like them that go to th' pit below hide not thy face from me verse 8 Cause me to hear of thy kind love before the break of day Cause me to know what way to go for thou art all my stay verse 9 I lift my soul to thee above Lord save me from my toe I fly to thee to shelter me no other God I know verse 10 Thy spirit is good let that sweet dove thy servant's soul instruct In thy command and to the Land of uprightness conduct verse 11 Lord for thy name's sake quicken me and that this very thing May well express thy right'ousness my soul from trouble bring verse 12 And of thine own benignity and for thy goodness sake Cut off all those that are my foes and vengeance on them take
weep and moan verse 9 The supplications which I made the Lord did entertain And he that heard me when I pray'd will hear me yet again verse 10 Let all mine enemies therefore be vext with shame thereby Let them return and be full sore ashamed suddenly Psalm VII Martyrs Tune O Lord my God I do re-pose my con --- fi -- dence in thee O save me from my fu -- rious foes and now de --- li -- ver me verse 2 Lest like a lion he should tear and piece-meal rend my soul While there is no deliverer his fury to controul verse 3 O Lord my God if I did this if my hands be not free verse 4 If I rewarded him amiss that was at peace with me Yea Lord I have delivered and let him safely go That without cause hath injured and us'd me as a foe verse 5 Else let my foe pursue to slay and take my soul unjust Let him tread down my life and lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Rise Lord in wrath thy self address because mine en'mies rage Awake for me in righteousness ev'n as thou didst engage verse 7 So shall the congregation close about thee generally Return then for the sakes of those and sit inthorn'd on high verse 8 The Lord shall judge the people sure judge me O Lord likewise According as my heart is pure and upright in thine eyes verse 9 Set wickedness her period but stablish stedfastly The righteous men O righteous God who heart and reins dost try verse 10 And my defence even all I crave is of the Lord alone Who alwayes will be sure to save the upright-hearted one verse 11 God judgeth righteous men be sure and God though he delay Is angry with the wicked doer yea doubtless every day verse 12 Unless he speedily repent his glittering sword is whet His angry bow the Lord hath bent and hath it ready set verse 13 He hath prepared deadly darts determining to shoot Sharp arrows at the viperous hearts of those that persecute verse 14 Behold he travelleth in birth with his iniquity Conceiving mischief and brings forth no better then a lie verse 15 He made a pit and digged it and mighty pains did take And now is fallen into the Pit which he himself did make verse 16 Upon his own head shall reboun his mischiefs spite and hate His violent dealing shall come down and light upon his pate verse 17 Unto the Lord give thanks will I for all his righteous ways And to the name of God most high sing chearful songs of praise Psalm VIII St. Marys Tune O Lord our Lord how ex -- cel-lent is thy name eve --- ry where Be-hold thou hast thy glo --- ry plac't a -- bove the star --- ry sphere verse 2 Weak babes and sucklings thou hast sent thy power and praise to show To still thereby the Enemy and the avengeful foe verse 3 When I behold attentively the heav'ns which thou didst frame The moon on high and starry skie which by thine ord'nance came verse 4 What 's man or mans posterity think I what wondrous love He should of thee remembred be or vis'ted from above verse 5 For thou hast made him little lower then Angels in degree And didst him crown with great renown and glorious dignity verse 6 Thou mad'st him have dominion o're the works which thou hast wrought And by thy care all creatures are to his subjection brought verse 7 All oxen sheep and fowl with these and cattle him obey What e're the field or air can yield and fishes of the Sea verse 8 What ev'r is in the paths of Seas or passeth through the same verse 9 O Lord our Lord all Lands record the glory of thy name Psalm VIII Metre 2. To the 148 Psalm Tune O Lord our Sovereign Lord of how ex -- cel -- ling worth Thy Name must we Re -- cord in all the spa-cious Earth Whose glo -- ry bears a stamp Di-vine with beams to shine a -- bove the spheres verse 2 Out of the Infant mouth of babes and sucklings small Thou hast ordain'd thy truth with strength to conquer all To lay them low that bear ill will and for to still th'avengeful foe verse 3 Thy heavens there on high when Lord I think upon verse 4 The Moon and Starry Skie the Works which thou hast done Lord what is Man or what 's his Seed that thou shouldst heed so poor a span verse 5 Thou madest him to be of an inferiour state To Angels in degree yet to participate And didst him Crown with Glory great to sit in seat of high Renown verse 6 Thou gav'st him absolute dominion over all And all things at his feet in bound obedience fall To him they yield all Oxen Sheep and beasts that keep i'th'open field verse 7 The fowls of all the Air and Fishes of the Seas Which have a thorow-fare to pass there as they please O Lord our Lord th' excelling fame of thy great Name all lands Record Psalm IX London Tune O Lord I 'll praise thy ho --- ly name with true and hear --- ty zeal Thy won-drous works will I pro-claim and none of them con-ceal verse 2 In thee with gladness I 'le rejoyce and to thy Name will I In songs of praise lift up my voice O thou that art most high verse 3 When as mine adversaries shall be turned back with shame Ev'n at thy presence they shall fall and perish by the same verse 4 For thou O Lord thou shalt alone maintain my righteous cause Thou sitest in thy righteous throne to judge by righteous laws verse 5 Thou hast rebuked heathen men the wicked are destroy'd Thou hast put out the name of them and made it ever void verse 6 O en'my all 's accomplished destructions now are done The cities thou hast ruined they and their mem'ry's gone verse 7 But God the true eternal one for ever shall abide He hath prepar'd his Princely throne just judgment to decide verse 8 And he will judge the world alone in justice faithfully And minister to every one in truth and equity verse 9 The Lord moreover will become a refuge for th' opprest In times extreamly troublesome he 'l be a place of rest verse 10 In thee will all men trust repose that know thy faithful name For thou hast not forsaken those that duly seek the same The second part verse 11 Sing praises to the holy one that doth in Sion dwell The glorious deeds that he hath done among the people tell verse 12 When he inquireth narrowly for blood which they have spilt He calls to mind the poor mens cry and their oppressors guilt verse 13 Lord pitty me think on my grief caus'd by mine en'mies hate Thou that dost raise me with relief from deaths destructive gate verse 14 That I in Sions daughters gates may all thy praise record For thy salvation consolates my thankful heart O Lord. verse 15 The heathen sink into the pit that they
4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and fly with shame that think to work me ill verse 5 As chaff doth fly before the wind so let them fly apace And let God's angels come behind to prosecute the chase verse 6 Bring them in dark and slipp'ry way that they may surely fall And let God's angel make no stay but persecute them all verse 7 For causelesly within a pit a net for me they hid Ev'n for my soul they digged it and this they causeless did verse 8 Let him be ruin'd unawares and taken in the net Yea taken in those very snares which his own hand hath set verse 9 And then my soul shall joy in thee thy help O Lord to find And thy salvation then shall be as musick to my mind verse 10 And all my bones shall thus confess Lord who is like to thee That sav'st the poor man from distress when foes too pow'rful be Yea thou deliv'rest by thy pow'r the poor and needy man From him that seeketh to devour and spoil him if he can The second part verse 11 False witness did against me rise with evidence untrue And charg'd me with iniquities whereof I nothing knew verse 12 For good they did reward me ill to th' spoiling of my Soul But as for me I used still their sorrows to condole verse 13 I put on sackcloath for these men My soul did fast and mourn And into mine own bosome then my prayer did return verse 14 Ev'n for my foe I made my moan as for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe vile abjects met to plot They gather'd when I did not know they tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts both seen and suffer'd be Rescue my soul in this sad state from their destructive paws And bring my darling desolate even from the lions jaws verse 18 And then will I give thanks to thee in great assemblies Lord And in the thickest throngs that be will I thy praise record The third part verse 19 Let not my wrongful enemies lift up their horn on high Nor let them wink with scornful eye that hate me causelesly verse 20 For not a word of peace they say but closely take in hand Deceitful matters to betray men quiet in the land verse 21 Yea and their mouths are open'd wide against me spitefully Aha aha mine enemies cry'd we saw it with our eye verse 22 O Lord thou canst not choose but see O do not hold thy tongue O Saviour be not far from me Lord be not absent long verse 23 Stir up thy self and undertake my judgment to decide My God my Lord ev'n now awake and let my cause be tri'd verse 24 According to thy equity judge me O Lord my God And let them not joy over me while I am under trod verse 25 Nor suffer them in heart to say ah we would have it thus Nor let them say he 's made a prey and swallow'd up by us verse 26 Let bashful shame upon them fall and let confusion sad Be brought at once upon them all that at my hurt are glad Let them be cloath'd with infamy let shame confound their face That do so proudly magnifie themselves in my disgrace verse 27 But let them shout and triumph still with gladness and applause That favour me and bear good will unto my right'ous cause Yea let them say continually extoll'd be God above His servants true prosperity that doth so truly love verse 28 And I most gladly will express thy praise with grateful tongue And celebrate thy right'ousness O with praises all day long Psalm XXXVI St. Marys Tune UN -- god -- ly mens in ---- i -- qui -- ties do make me think and say God 's fear is not be -- fore his eyes that goes this wick --- ed way verse 2 For in his own deluded eye that man himself doth flatter Until that his iniquity be found a hateful matter verse 3 His words are full of wickedness and framed to deceive But wisdom truth and right'ousness he doth forsake and leave verse 4 He plotteth on his bed by night his mischiefs to fulfil He sets himself in ways not right and he abhors no ill verse 5 O Lord thy mercy doth ascend above the heavens high So doth thy faithfulness extend unto the starry skie verse 6 Thy right'ousness is like the hills the greatest not the least Thy judgments a deep Ocean fills thou savest man and beast verse 7 How excellent Lord is that grace and love that from thee springs Therefore the sons of men do place their trust in thy spread wings verse 8 With fatness of thine house on high thou shalt thy saints suffice And make them drink abundantly the river of thy joys verse 9 Because the spring of life most pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we shall be sure eternal light to see verse 10 O then continue thy sweet grace to them that have thee known And let thy right'ousness embrace the upright hearted one verse 11 But let not Lord the foot of pride against thy servant stand Nor let me ever fall or slide by any wicked hand verse 12 Lo there the wicked workers fall they fall before our eyes They are cast down and never shall be able more to rise Psalm XXXVII Windsor Tune FRet not thy self nor be in-cens'd for such as will trans-gress Nor be thou en -- vi -- ous a-gainst the Sons of wick ---- ed -- ness verse 2 For they shall soon be cut away like to the tender grass And like green herbs they shall decay and wither as they pass verse 3 Trust in the Lord and put thy hand to actions that be good So shalt thou dwell within the land and be assur'd of food verse 4 Also delight thy self in God and he shall let thee have Thy hearts desire accomplished whatever thou dost crave verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in his name And then according to his word he will effect the same verse 6 And he shall publish and display thy justice as the light And make thy judgment as noon day to shine exceeding bright verse 7 Rest on the Lord with patience stay fret not thy self a jot For him that prospers in his way and speeds his wicked plot verse 8 Let not rash anger in thee rise all wrath forsake and shun Fret not thy self in any wise that evil should be done verse 9 For evil doers shall be destroy'd by God's revenging hand But they that daily wait on God they shall enjoy the land verse 10 For lo within a little space the wicked shall be gone Yea and thou shalt not find his place though pondering thereupon verse 11 But meek men shall possess the earth with
the shortning of his life verse 33 Because their provocations his patient spirit stirr'd So that he utter'd with his lips an unadvised word verse 34 They did not utterly destroy the nations of the land Concerning whom the Lord most high did give a strict command verse 35 But were among the heathen spread whose works they learned there verse 36 And all their idols worshipped which were to them a snare verse 37 Yea they did slay in sacrifice their daughters and their sons Off'ring to devil-deities their harmless little ones verse 38 Their sons and daughters blood they shed whom they with guilty hand To Canaan's idols offered and blood defil'd the land verse 39 Thus was it their own works and deeds that did defile them so And with their own inventions a whoring they did go verse 40 Therefore the anger of the Lord against his folk did flame His own inher'tance he abhorr'd by reason of the same verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gave them for a prey Their hateful foes rul'd over them and forc'd them to obey verse 42 Their enemies with cruelty opprest them in the land And they were humbled shamefully under their en'mies hand verse 43 He did release them many times but they provok'd him so What with their counsels and their crimes that they were brought full low verse 44 He did regard them ne'ertheless and had a gracious eye To their affliction and distress whenas he heard their crie verse 45 His cov'nant he for them renew'd repenting in his mind According to the multitude of his compassions kind verse 46 He made them to be favoured and pitied of all those By whom they were as captives led when they were bitter foes verse 47 Save Lord our God and gather us from heathens now a days That we thy holy name may bless and triumph in thy praise verse 48 Bless Isra'ls God the Lord most high and let all flesh record His praises to eternity amen praise ye the Lord Psalm CVII Lowath Tune O Ren-der thanks un -- to the Lord for good and kind is he Be -- cause his mer -- cy doth en-dure to all e -- ter ---- ni ---- ty verse 2 Let the redeem'd in ev'ry land the Lord 's redeem'd say so Those whom he rescu'd from the hand of their injur'ous foe verse 3 And gather'd them out of the land both from the east and west And from the north and from the south unto a place of rest verse 4 In wilderness they wandered in solitary way And found no place inhabited nor town wherein to stay verse 5 Hungry and thirsty all the while not having what to eat So that their very soul began to faint for want of meat verse 6 Then did they cry unto the Lord when trouble did oppress Whose favour did relief afford to them in their distress verse 7 And led them forth the readiest way that they may go and find A city and a dwelling-place according to their mind verse 8 Let them therefore praise God's great name for his great goodness then And for his works of wondrous fame to all the sons of men verse 9 For he doth fully satisfy the longing soul with food And filleth every hungry soul with blessings that are good verse 10 Ev'n such as sit in shade of death and in dark dungeons ly Whom sharp affliction hampereth and iron bands do ty verse 11 Because they did rebelliously transgress against God's word And did contemn that counsellor who is the highest Lord. verse 12 Therefore he did their heart bring down with labour and with pain And down they fell and there was none to help them up again verse 13 Then did they cry unto the Lord when anguish did oppress And he did save them speedily out of their deep distress verse 14 From shade of death and darksom night which they lay groaning under He brought them out to life and light and brake their bands in sunder The second part verse 15 O! that all men would praise the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 16 For he hath broken pow'rfully the brazen doors and gates And cut in sunder forceably the iron barrs and gates verse 17 Fools fall into affliction by falling into sin And through their own iniquities they are ensnar'd therein verse 18 Their soul whom sickness visiteth abhorrs all kind of meat And they draw near the gates of death their sickness is so great verse 19 Then in their trouble they do cry unto the Lord for aid Who saveth them from their distress according as they prai'd verse 20 He sent his word of power supreme and did them heal and save And graciously deliver'd them ev'n from the very grave The third part verse 21 And Oh! that men would praise the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice of praise unto the Lord And with the shouts of joy likewise his wondrous works record verse 23 They that descend to sea in ships and follow for their gain Their necessary merchandize upon the watery main verse 24 These men do God's rare works behold and none so well as these Do see his wonders manifold within the deepest seas verse 25 For by the word of his command he makes fierce winds to rise And lifteth up the rouling waves unto the very skies verse 26 They mount to heav'n and then they roul down to the deeps below And by and by their very soul doth melt because of woe verse 27 They reel and stagger too and fro like drunkards in their fits And like unto distracted men are put besides their wits verse 28 Then in their trouble did they cry unto the Lord for aid Who did redress their misery according as they prai'd verse 39 The storm is chang'd into a calm by his command and will So that the raging waves thereof are now exceeding still verse 30 Now winds and waves do rage no more which they are glad to see And so he brings them to the shore where they desir'd to be verse 31 Oh! render Praises to the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 32 And in the congregation great let them exalt his name And in the honour'd Elder 's seat advance his praise and fame The fourth part verse 33 The Lord did make it barren soil where floods did once abound And turns the very water-springs to dry and thirsty ground verse 34 A fruitful land to barrenness he turns because of sin When he rewards the wickedness of those that dwell therein verse 35 Again the very wilderness to standing pools he brings And turns the dry and desert ground to plenteous water-springs verse 36 And there he makes the hungry dwell that so they may provide And get them cities furnisht well wherein they may abide verse 37 That they
darling soul from dogs that would devour verse 21 And save me from the lions mouth as thou hast answer'd me When from the horns of unicorns I made my Prayer to thee The third part verse 22 I will declare thy name O Lord unto my brethren dear Amidst the Church I will record thy praise that they may hear verse 23 O ye his saints that fear the Lord set forth his praise and fame Let Jacobs seed and Israels for ever fear his name verse 24 For he despis'd no poor mans case nor set his cause aside Nor from him ever hid his face but heard him when he cri'd verse 25 Therefore in congregations great my praise shall be of thee And I will pay my vows O Lord where all thy saints shall see verse 26 The meek shall eat and be suffic'd and those that do endeavour To know the Lord shall praise his name their hearts shall live for ever verse 27 And all the ends of all the earth shall readily record And call to mind his works set forth and turn unto the Lord. The kindreds of the nations all shall worship in his sight verse 28 For he must govern great and small all nations are his right verse 29 All fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship the most high And they that stoop and lick the dust ready to starve and die verse 30 A seed of saints shall serve the Lord accounted and foreknown A generation of the Lords which he himself doth own verse 31 They shall come forth and there declare his righteousness to those That born in after ages are that God did thus dispose Psalm XXIII St. Marys Tune MY Shep-herd is the Lord most high I shall be well sup -- ply'd In Pa-stures green he makes me lye by si -- lent wa --- ters side verse 3 He doth restore my soul that strays and then he leads me on To walk in his most right'ous ways for his names sake alone verse 4 Yea though through deaths dark vale I go yet will I fear no ill Thy rod and staff refresh me so and thou art with me still verse 5 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foe With oyl thou dost anoint my head my cup doth overflow Surely thy goodness and thy grace shall always follow me And my perpetual dwelling place thy holy house shall be Psalm XXIII Metre 2. Stanford Tune THe Lord my Shep -- herd is and he that doth me feed Since he is mine and I am his what com -- for t can I need He makes me to lie down up --- on the flow-ry grass Then to the streams he leads me on where wa --- ters gent --- ly pass verse 3 And when I go astray he doth my Soul reclaim Conducting me in his right way for his most holy Name verse 4 Yea though the paths I trod through Deaths dark Vale should be I would not fear for there 's my God a staff of strength to me verse 5 And in mine en'mies sight thou mak'st me sit and dine Anoint'st my head in foes despite and fill'st my Cup with Wine verse 6 Surely thy grace and love shall measure out my days And from thy house I 'll not remove nor there from thee my praise Psalm XXIV St. David's Tune THe Earth is God's the peo -- ple his the World and all her Goods He rou-â—â—d -- ed it up -- on the seas and fixt it on the floods verse 3 Who shall ascend God's sacred hill and who may make account To stand and to continue still within his holy mount verse 4 Whose hands and heart are clean and free and spotless in thine eye Whose soul affects not vanity nor swears deceitfully verse 5 For such a one the Lord shall bless and he shall surely have The rich reward of right'ousness from God that doth him save verse 6 For such do seek the Lord indeed this is the godly race O Jacob this is sure the seed of them that seek thy face verse 7 Ye everlasting doors stand ope ye gates lift up your head And give the king of glory scope within your courts to tread verse 8 Who is this great and glorious king his royal name record The strong and ever conquering almighty glorious Lord. verse 9 Ye everlasting doors and gates lift up your heads on high And then the prince of potentates shall enter in thereby verse 10 Who may this king of glory be set down that name of his The Lord of hosts and none but he the king of glory is Psalm XXV Southwel Tune I lift my heart to thee my God and Guide most Just Now suf -- fer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes rejoyce nor triumph over me verse 3 Yea let not any be asham'd that duly wait on thee Let them be all asham'd which causlesly transgress verse 4 Shew me thy ways Lord teach thou me thy paths of right'ousness verse 5 Lord lead me in thy truth and teach me in thy way Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait all day verse 6 I pray thee Lord remember thy mercies manifold And thy compassions plentiful for they have been of old verse 7 My youthfull sins and faults O keep not on record In mercy for thy goodness sake remember me O Lord. verse 8 The Lord is good and just and therefore takes delight To teach poor sinners in his way that they may go aright verse 9 The meek the Lord will guide in judgment not to swerve The meek and humble he will teach his ways how to observe verse 10 For all the ways of God are truth and mercy still To them that keep his covenant and do obey his will The second part verse 11 And now for thy name sake O Lord I thee intreat To pardon my iniquity for it is very great verse 12 Who ever fears the Lord the Lord will let him know The perfect path of right'ousness wherein he ought to go verse 13 In goodness evermore his soul shall sweetly rest And by his whole posterity the earth shall be possest verse 14 The secret of the Lord shall all that fear him know His Council and his covenant he to his saints doth show verse 15 Mine eyes continually upon the Lord are staid To pluck my feet out of the net which for my soul is laid verse 16 Behold me Lord in love and pity my distress For I am sore afflicted Lord and left quite comfortless verse 17 The troubles of my heart are every day increast O bring me out of my distress and let me be releast verse 18 See my affliction Lord my anguish and my pain And take my sins so clean away that none of them remain verse 19 Consider Lord my foes how they increase and swarm And how they hate me cruelly that never did them harm verse 20 O keep my harmless soul and Lord deliver me And let me never be asham'd because I trust in thee verse 21
miss Owns him as if he had not sinn'd whose heart sin -- cere and up-right is verse 3 My woes increas'd while I suppress'd my guilt no quiet I could get verse 4 Thy wrath did press me like a weight and scorch'd me like the Summers heat verse 5 I then resolved to disclose my crimes and open all my wound I humbly did confess my sins to thee and easy pardon found verse 6 This Mercy shall invite good men in season to implore thine aid Then tho' their troubles like a flood should rise they need not be afraid verse 7 Thou Lord shall be my safe retreat to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and in songs of Victory I 'll thee confess verse 8 I 'll counsel sinners to obey verse 9 And not be like the Horse or Mule Whose fury till they 're broke or tam'd No Rein can guide no Curb can rule verse 10 Such sinners meet with heavy stroaks verse 11 While those that trust in God shall prove The happy men then let the just Rejoice and Triumph in his Love Psalm XXXIII London Tune YE righ-t'ous in the Lord re-joice for praise be-comes the saints Praise God with psalt'ry harp and voice and ten-string'd In -- stru -- ments verse 3 Sing to the Lord aloud with praise with skilful songs and new verse 4 For lo his word his works and ways are faithful just and true verse 5 Justice and judgment he doth love ev'n this most right'ous Lord And with his goodness from above the earth is richly stor'd verse 6 The word of his eternal truth compos'd the spangled skie And by the breathing of his mouth the hoasts of heav'n on high verse 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in a house of store verse 8 Let all the earth submit with fear to this almighty Lord And all the nations every where ev'n tremble at his word verse 9 For he but spake and it was done and when his word was past His ordinances thus begun and evermore stands fast verse 10 The counsel of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But Gods own counsels do remain they stand for ever sure The thoughts which his heart doth retain from age to age endure The second part verse 12 That nation's blest whose God 's the Lord foreknown in his decree And chosen of his own accord his heritage to be verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortal birth verse 14 Beholding from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth verse 15 Alike he frames and fashioneth the hearts of great and small Their works he well considereth and judgeth of them all verse 16 No num'rous host can save a king it is not strength that can Deliverance from danger bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vain and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his great strength and might verse 18 But lo the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just And those that fear him faithfully and in his mercy trust verse 19 To save their precious souls alive from deaths destructive pow'r And store of wholsome food to give when famine would devour verse 20 Our soul doth wait with patience for God the holy one He is our help and our defence he is our shield alone verse 21 For lo our heart in him shall joy because we can proclaim That we have trusted stedfastly in his most holy name verse 22 Lord let thy mercy and thy grace upon us ever be Accordingly as we do place our confidence in thee Psalm XXXIV St. Marys Tune AT all times I will mag-ni -- fy and bless the li --- ving Lord My thank-ful mouth con-ti-n'-al -- ly his prai --- ses shall re -- cord verse 2 My soul shall boast in God's great name with glad and glor'ing voice The humble men shall hear the same and mightily rejoyce verse 3 O magnify the Lord with me and let us all endeavour Him to exalt in high degree and praise his name together verse 4 I sought the Lord with fervent cries and he my voice did hear The Lord deliv'red me likewise from all my painful fear verse 5 The saints lookt up to him on high and by this means they came To be enlightned gloriously their face receiv'd no shame verse 6 This poor man cry'd the saints shall say the Lord did hear his call And for his troubles he made way to help him out of all verse 7 The angel of the Lord most high encampeth ev'ry where Deliv'ring them continually that walk in God's true fear verse 8 O taste ye saints and tasting see that God's a gracious one O happy happy man is he that trusts in him alone verse 9 O fear the Lord ye saints of his fear him with one accord For never any want there is to them that fear the Lord. verse 10 Young lions lack and shall endure sharp hungers mortal sting But they that fear the Lord are sure to want for no good thing The second part verse 11 Come Children with alacrity unto my words give ear And I will teach you perfectly the Lords true filial fear verse 12 What man unto long life aspires and loveth many days To see the good that he desires let him observe these ways verse 13 Thy tongue all evil must exclude thy lips must guile eschew verse 14 Depart from evil and do good seek peace and peace pursue verse 15 For on the right'ous ev'ry where the Lord doth set his eye And opens his attentive ear to their uncessant cry verse 16 the Lord hath set his countenance against the wicked race To cut off their rememberance on earth from ev'ry place verse 17 The right'ous cry the Lord doth hear and ends their troubles quite verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near and saves the soul contrite verse 19 Full many are the miseries of just and right'ous men But out of all adversities the Lord deliv'reth them verse 20 And by a special providence he keepeth ev'ry bone That none by any violence is broken no not one verse 21 But evil shall the wicked slay and whosoever hate The right'ous for their right'ous way shall soon be desolate verse 22 The Lord doth graciously redeem his servants souls each one And none do put their trust in him that shall be overthrown Psalm XXXV Bristol Tune LOrd plead my right'ous cause with those that are with me at strife O fight a-gainst my mor -- tal foes that fight a -- gainst my life verse 2 Lay hold O Lord upon the lance the buckler and the shield Stand up for my deliverance and for me fight the field verse 3 Draw out the sword and stop the way of those that follow me And to my soul in mercy say thy sav'our I will be verse
that I was just like thee But know I will reprove thee yet for thy iniquities Thy sins in order I will set most plain before mine eyes verse 22 Now understand and think on this ye that forget the Lord Lest I should tear you piece by piece when none can help afford verse 23 Who offers praise he honors me who guides his ways aright Him will I surely cause to see Jehovahs saving might Psalm LI. A Proper Tune O Lord con -- si -- der my di-stress and now with speed some pi --- ty take Blot out my grie -- vous wick-ed ness good Lord for thy great mer-cies sake verse 2 Wash me O wash me thoroughly and purifie my heart within Wipe off my foul iniquity and cleanse me fully from my sin verse 3 For I acknowledge my offence and my transgressions I confess And daily have a deeper sence of my most heinous wickedness verse 4 Thee thee alone I have contemn'd committing evil in thy sight And if I were therefore condemn'd yet were thy judgments just and right verse 5 Behold O Lord for thou dost know that I receiv'd my shape in sin My mother hath conceiv'd me so and I was bred and born therein verse 6 Also behold Lord thou dost love the inward truth of upright hearts And wisdom coming from above thou wrotest in my inward parts The second part verse 7 Purge me with hyssop O my God and then I shall be clean I know O wash me in my Saviour's blood and I shall be more white than snow verse 8 Make me to hear amidst my moans the sweet and comfortable voice Of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce verse 9 Take all my sins clean off record and hide them ever from thy view verse 10 Create a clean heart in me Lord and a right spirit in me renew verse 11 O cast me not away from thee where I shall never see thy face Nor do thou take away from me thy sweet and sacred spirit of grace verse 12 Restore to me those joys again which I was wont in thee to find And thy sweet spirit let me retain for to uphold my heart and mind verse 13 And then shall sinners learn thy way for they shall all be taught of me And such as now do go astray shall be converted unto thee The third part verse 14 Deliver me O God from blood O God of my salvation dear And then my tongue shall sing aloud and make thy right'ousness appear verse 15 Then open thou my lips O Lord O thou that keepest Davids keys Then shall my busy tongue record and shew forth thy most worthy praise verse 16 For thou desir'st not sacrifice nor is burnt-offerings thy delight For were they valued in thine eyes I would have offered infinite verse 17 A wounded soul that feels its smart is God's approved sacrifice A broken and a contrite heart O God thou never wilt despise verse 18 Now Lord do good in thy good will to Sion and Jerusalem Build Salems walls bless Sion hill of thy good pleasure unto them verse 19 Burnt-off'rings then thou shalt accept and whole burnt-off'rings shall be paid In right'ousness observ'd and kept and bullocks on thy altar laid Psalm LI. Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune LOrd look up -- on my sin -- ful Soul that un -- to thee for mer-cy flies As thy com-pas-sions bound-less are so blot out mine in --- i -- qui-ties verse 2 O wash me throughly from my crimes for thou alone canst make me clean verse 3 With tears I now confess my guilt amaz'd to see how vile I 've been verse 4 Against thee only I have sinn'd and thy tribunal Lord I fear For if arraign'd and judg'd by thee I must be cast and thou be clear verse 5 I was conceiv'd and born in sin too prone and bent to do amiss verse 6 But in 〈…〉 purity to thee and truth of heaâ—â— most pleasing is verse 7 Lord shew me thou art reconcil'd as those with hyssop sprinkled know They are absolv'd thy grace can wash and make me whiter than the snow verse 8 My sins have forfeited the joys and inward peace that once I had Thy pard'ning voice would heal again my broken bones and make them glad verse 9 No longer Lord behold my sins with a severe and angry look O take their stains out of my Soul and blot their guilt out of thy book The second part verse 10 Create in me O God a heart clean and unspotted in thy sight Renew a well composed mind unmov'd from Goodness and upright verse 11 Lord do not cast me from thy sight as one whom thou no more canst Love Nor let thy Spirit whose grace I need tho' grived too much from me remove verse 12 It s saving Comforts and free aids t' uphold my feeble pow'rs afford verse 13 Thus Sinners will be drawn t' amend their ways and turn unto the Lord. verse 14 O save me from the crying guilt of Blood that sin of crimson dye Thy Faithfulness I 'll then proclaim and loudly sing thy Clemency verse 15 My opened Lips shall speak thy praise verse 16 For this thou rather dost desire Than costly Sacrifice of Beasts consumed wholly in the fire verse 17 Thou Lord a broken contrite heart Dost more than bloody off'rings prize This present now I humbly make which God I trust will not despise verse 18 Thy people whom thou lov'st delight to bless defend and succour them Do good to Sion Lord and build the Walls of thy Jerusalem verse 19 The Praises of the right'ous then how kind thou art shall loudly tell And all their choicest Off'rings laid upon God's Altar please him well Psalm LII Lowath Tune WHy glo-riest thou in mis-cheif now O man of migh -- ty pow'r God 's good-ness will con -- ti -- nue still ev'n ev ' --- ry day and hour verse 2 Thy tongue is still devising ill and mischief comes thereby Yea it hath been a rasour keen working deceitfully verse 3 Thy wicked mind is more enclin'd to evil then to good And right'ousness thou lovest less then lies to be pursu'd verse 4 Deceitful tongue thou lov'st all wrong and words that do devour verse 5 God shall therefore for evermore destroy thee by his power He shall I say take thee away out of thy dwelling place And pluck thee out ev'n by thee root from all the living race verse 6 The right'ous there shall see and fear and laugh at him and say verse 7 Lo this is he that could not see to make the Lord his stay But for defence put confidence in heaps of worldly pelf And in the sin he lived in encouraged himself verse 8 But like a green fresh olive seen within God's house am I And in the grace of God will place my trust perpetually verse 9 And I always will give thee praise because thou didst all this And wait upon thy name alone so good to saints it is
Psalm LIII Dublin Tune THere is no God the fool doth say at least his heart saith so Cor-rupt are they and vile their way and all good works for -- goe verse 2 The sons of men th' Almighty view'd from heaven to descry If any of them understood and sought God faithfully verse 3 They are revolted gen'rally a most corrupted brood None treads the paths of piety nor any one doth good verse 4 Are all so brutishly misled that wicked paths have trod They eat my people like to bread they have not call'd on God verse 5 But lo they were affrighted sore and mightily dismaid Although there was no cause wherefore to make them so afraid For ev'n thy strong besiegers bones the Lord disperst abroad And thou hast sham'd those wicked ones because despis'd of God verse 6 O that the sweet salvation then which Isr'el waits for still Were fully come to all good men from out of Sion hill For surely when the Lord sets free his captives now so sad Then Jacob shall most joyful be and Isr'el shall be glad Psalm LIV. Martyrs Tune SAve me O God by thy great name and judge me by thy strength At-tend my pray'r re-ceive the fame and hear my words at length· verse 3 For strangers do against me rise oppressors seek my Bloud And do not set before their eyes the fear of thee O God verse 4 Lo God 's my help and stands with those that do uphold my heart verse 5 He shall reward my env'ous foes according to desert Destroy them in thy right'ousness verse 6 And freely I 'le accord With sacrifice thy name to bless for it is good O Lord. verse 7 For now hath God deliver'd me from all perplexing woes And let mine eyes most plainly see his will upon my foes Psalm LV. Bristol Tune O God un -- to my pray'r give ear and do not hide thy face But un --- to my re quest give ear now su --- ing for thy grace verse 2 Attend unto me graciously and hear my doleful cries I mourn with thoughts of misery and make a troubled noise verse 3 Because my en'mies voice grows high because leud men oppress They cast on me iniquity in wrath and spitefulness verse 4 My heart within me laboureth of pain that makes me sick The terrors of untimely death are fall'n upon me thick verse 5 Trembling and fearfulness do fall on me in ev'ry part And horrour coming therewithal hath over-whelm'd my heart verse 6 O! that I had the faculty of flying like a dove Then would I fly away said I and to some rest remove verse 7 Lo then I 'd wander wide and stay in desarts far to find verse 8 And hasten my escape away from tempest storm and wind The second part verse 9 Destroy O Lord do thou divide and separate their tongues For I have in the city spy'd strife violence and wrongs verse 10 Both day and night they go about upon the city wall Mischief and sorrow both break out within the midst of all verse 11 There is abundant wickedness within her very heart And from her streets deceitfulness and guile do not depart verse 12 For it was not an enemy that us'd me with such scorn For then I could more easily the injury have born Nor was it he that hated me that lift his horn so high For then I would have hidden me where he should not espie verse 13 But it was thou a man that hast thy self so magnifi'd Though my acquaintance once thou wast my equal and my guide verse 14 We did consult with sweet content in most familiar kind And to the house of God we went in company combin'd The third part verse 15 Let death seize on them speedily and send them quick to hell For there is all iniquity among them where they dwell verse 16 But as for me my care shall be upon my God to call And then shall he give ear to me and send me aid withall verse 17 Evening and morning and at noon I 'le pray and cry aloud And doubt not to be heard as soon his ear 's so easily bow'd verse 18 He hath preserv'd my soul in peace from battel in array For there was found a great increase with me that very day verse 19 My God shall hear and punish them he that of old abides But God's not fear'd of wicked men because no change betides verse 20 He hath put forth his treach'rous hands against his peaceful friends And broke his cov'nants solemn bands to serve his wicked ends verse 21 While he gave forth smooth butter'd words his heart was bent to spoil And though his words were naked swords they seem'd more soft then oyl verse 22 Cast on the Lord thy burthen then he shall thy soul sustain For he will not let righteous men be mov'd but still remain verse 23 But they shall all be overthrown that wickedness commit For thou O God wilt bring them down into destructions pit To bloody and decitful ways who e're addicted be Shall not continue half their days but I will trust in thee Psalm LVI Southwell Tune HAve mer -- cy Lord on me whom man would make a pre◠Be -- hold how he op -- pres -- seth me con -- tend -- ing ev ' -- ry day verse 2 They that mine en'mies be would daily me devour For infinite against me fight O thou of highest pow'r verse 3 What time soever Lord I am of foes afraid Lo then will I trust faithfully in thy assured aid verse 4 In God I 'le praise his word in God my trust shall be And placed there I will not fear what flesh can do to me verse 5 My words they utter wrong and wrest them ev'ry day Their thoughts are still to work me ill in whatsoe're they say verse 6 They all together throng they hide themselves likewise My steps they watch and ly at catch my soul for to surprize verse 7 Shall they escape so well in this their wicked path Upon them frown and Lord cast down this people in thy wrath verse 8 Thou dost my wandrings tell let down thy bottle Lord And put in there each briny tear are they not on record verse 9 When I shall cry to thee it puts to sudden flight My daunted foe and this I know for God defends my right verse 10 Thro'God's enabling me his word will I proclaim Yea in the Lord will I record his words due praise and fame verse 11 In God alone have I repos'd my trust for aid Let mortal man do what he can I will not be afraid verse 12 Thy vows upon me lie Lord I must pay the same And I always will render praise unto thy holy name verse 13 For thou my soul hast freed from death so near at hand And wilt not thou uphold me now and make my feet to stand That I may still proceed to walk as in thy sight And spend my days unto thy praise with them that live in
hill where thou wast wont to dwell verse 3 Perpetual ruine's here begun come help and come apace See what thy foes have lewdly done within thy holy place verse 4 Amidst thy congregation here thine en'mies rage and roar And set for signs their ensigns there where thou wast serv'd before verse 5 A man was famous formerly for hewing down thick trees By lifting up his ax on high to fetch his blow at these verse 6 But now they rend and rase as fast and all at once are broke The curious carved work defac't with ax and hammer's stroke verse 7 Thy holy house they set on flame defil'd and cast to ground The dwelling-place of thy great name where once thou wast renown'd verse 8 They said in heart come on let us destroy them out of hand And they have burnt up ev'ry house of God in all the land verse 9 Our signs are lost our prophets gone thine oracles are dumb Among us all there is not one konws when an end shall come The second part verse 10 How long Lord shall the enemy breath such reproach and shame Lord shall our foes perpetually blaspheme thy sacred name verse 11 Wherefore O Lord withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand O from thy bosome pluck it now thy en'mies to withstand verse 12 For God is Isra'ls king of old who hath salvation wrought And all the earth may well behold what help to his he brought verse 13 Thou by thy strength didst part the seas where liquid water spreads And in the very depth of these thou brok'st the dragons heads verse 14 Leviathans heads thou didst divide although their strength was great And thus thy people were suppli'd i' th wilderness for meat verse 15 The flood and fountain Lord most high thy power did cleave in two And mighty rivers thou mad'st dry that Isra'l might go through verse 16 The shining day and shady night peculiarly are thine Thou hast O Lord prepar'd the light and caus'd the sun to shine verse 17 The earth with all the ends and coasts thy mighty hand did frame Both summer's heat and winter's frosts by thine appointment came The third part verse 18 O Lord let this remembred be how great reproach and shame The en'my dares to cast on thee how fools blaspheme thy name verse 19 Thy turtles soul which many hate do not to them deliver Thy congregations poor estate do not forget for ever verse 20 Regard thy cov'nant rid and clense dark corners of our land So full of cruel Robbers dens as ev'ry where they stand verse 21 O let not those that are opprest return again with shame But help the needy and distress't and let them praise thy name verse 22 Arise O Lord and still maintain the cause that is thy own Remember well how fools disdain and daily scorns are thrown verse 23 Forget not Lord how great it grows how insolent how high The tumults of thy rebell foes increase continually Psalm LXXV St. Marys Tune O God we ren-der thanks to thee to thee we give the same For by thy won-drous works we see the near --- ness of thy name verse 2 When I the congregation call an upright judge I 'le be verse 3 The earth 's dissolv'd the men and all her pillars hold by me verse 4 But I admonish'd them the while ye wicked fools said I Be not so vain be not so vile nor lift your horn so high verse 5 Presumptuous horns do not advance nor speak with haughty mouth verse 6 Promotion doth not come by chance from east or west or south verse 7 But God is sovereign judge alone and there can be no other He at his pleasure pulls down one and setteth up another verse 8 For in God's hand there is a cup the liquor that it hath Is wine as red as blood fill'd up with mixtures of his wrath He pours it out and he will make the wicked of the land Wring out the very dregs and take and drink them at his hand verse 9 To Jacobs God I will each day declare fresh songs of praise verse 10 The wicked's horns I 'le cut away but right'ous mens I 'l raise Psalm LXXVI To the 100 Psalm Tune IN Ju --- dah God is known to his his name is great in Is -- ra --- el His san -- ctu'-ry at Sa --- lem is he doth in Si --- on-moun-tain dwell verse 3 The bows and arrows brake he there the battle shield and sword and spear verse 4 Thou art more glor'ous ev'ry way and excellent then mounts of prey verse 5 The stout of heart are over-thrown and they have slept their sleeps last night And of the mighty men not one hath found his hands wherewith to fight verse 6 O God of Jacob thy reproof spoil'd rattling wheel and thund'ring hoof Chariot and horse at thy fierce blast into a sleep of death are cast verse 7 Thou thou alone art worthy fear for who may stand before thine eyes Who dares approach who dares appear when once thy burning wrath doth rise verse 8 From heav'n thou mak'st thy judgments heard the silent earth was sore afraid verse 9 When God arose to Judgment then to save on earth all humble men verse 10 Mans wrath shall surely praise thy name henceforth held in by thy restraints verse 11 O make your vows and pay the same unto the Lord your God ye saints verse 12 Let all about him presents bring to him that daunts the proudest king To him I say whose fear compells and princes spirits curbs aud quells Psalm LXXVII To the 119 Psalm Tune I with my voice to God did cry my sad e-state to see My voice did cry to God on high and he gave ear to me I sought him in my wo --- ful day my sore still ran all night My wea -- ry soul did put a --- way all com -- for t and de --- light verse 3 I thought on God in my distress yet trouble did remain And overwhelm'd with heaviness my soul did sore complain verse 4 Mine eyes from sleep thou dost restrain and mak'st me still to wake I am so vext and full of pain my speech doth me forsake verse 5 Then thought I on the days of old the years of antient times Wherein Gods mercies manifold did overflow our crimes verse 6 My song by night I call'd to mind I commun'd with my heart My soul made earnest search to find some word to ease my smart verse 7 Alas said I what will the Lord cast off and not restore And from henceforth will he afford no favour any more verse 8 Is all his mercy ceas't and gone must that no more prevail The promise of the holy one shall that for ever fail verse 9 Hath God forgotten to express his mercies wonted measure Is his dear love and tenderness shut up in his displeasure verse 10 Then said I my infirmity doth cause these doubts and fears I will recall what the most high hath done in former
eyes meer subjects of debate With laughter do our enemies behold our sad estate verse 7 Turn us again Lord God of Hosts and cause as we have crav'd Thy face to shine on Isra'ls coasts and then we shall be sav'd The second part verse 8 A noble vine of Israel thou didst from Egypt bring The heathen folk thou didst expell and plant it there to spring verse 9 Thou mad'st it room for Isra'ls sake by thy almighty hand And caused'st it deep root to take and lo it fill'd the land verse 10 The hills and mountains all abroad were cover'd with its shade And like the cedar-trees of God her branches were displaid verse 11 Her boughs extending far and wide unto the sea she sent And to Euphrates river side her other branches went verse 12 Why hast thou then with great decay broke down her hedges so That all that pass along the way do pluck her as they go verse 13 And it is wasted by the boar that cometh from the wood The wild beasts of the field great store devour it for their food The third part verse 14 Lord God of hosts we beg of thee return again to thine Look down from heav'n behold and see and visit this thy vine verse 15 The vineyard and the branches young which thy right hand hath set And for thy self hast made so strong do not O Lord forget verse 16 It 's burnt with fire it is cut down and in a wasting case At thy rebuke Lord at the frown of thy displeased face verse 17 Uphold Lord with Authority the man of thy right hand The son of man made strong by thee and for thy cause to stand verse 18 So will we not go back at all from thee O Lord most high Then quicken us and we will call on thy name constantly verse 19 Lord God of hosts our hearts incline and turn us now again And cause thy face on us to shine and safe shall we remain psalm LXXXI London Tune O Sing a-loud with chear-full voice to God our strength and stay And make a ve -- ry joy -- full noise to Ja -- cob's God this day verse 2 O take a psalm for melody and bring the timbrell hither The pleasant harp and psaltery and join them all together verse 3 Blow up the trumpet this new moon a duty not the least At times appointed to be done upon our solemn feast verse 4 For this was made a statute law for Israel of old And such as God himself did draw for Jacob's sons to hold verse 5 This he ordain'd in Josephs house passing through Egypt land Where I did hear the barbarous but did not understand verse 6 I eas'd him of the burden there that on his shoulders lay His hands likewise deliver'd were from making pots of clay verse 7 O Isra'l thou didst call on me in thy distressful case I rescu'd and I answer'd thee in thunders secret place I prov'd thee also in the way where thou would'st needs prove me Ev'n at the streams of Meribah I try'd and proved thee The second part verse 8 O my dear people come and hear and I 'le declare to thee O Isra'l if thou wilt give ear and hearken unto me verse 9 There shall be in thee no strange God nor ev'r at all shalt thou Adore the Gods that are abroad to whom the Gentiles bow verse 10 For I the Lord thy God am he who thee from Egypt led Inlarge thy mouth in pray'r to me and thou shalt sure be sped verse 11 But though that I did Isra'l chuse my own select to be yet Isra'l did my voice refuse and would have none of me verse 12 So then I gave them up unto their own hearts wandring thought To do as they desir'd to do as their own counsels taught verse 13 O that my people had compli'd and heark'ned unto me And Isra'l had not walkt aside but kept to my decree verse 14 I should have soon subdu'd their foes and turn'd my pow'rfull hand To the subversion of all those that durst against them stand verse 15 The haters of the Lord be sure had made a low submission But Isra'ls time should still indure and in a blest condition verse 16 With finest of the wheat should he have fed his chosen flock I would have satisfied thee with honey from the rock Psalm LXXXII To the 119 Psalm Tune IN the as-sem -- bly of the saints the Lord him -- self doth stand And sit --- eth in the Judgment seat with Judg -- es of the land How long shall par --- ti --- a ---- li -- ty pre -- vail a --- mong you then To make you judge un-right-ous-ly and fa -- vour wick -- ed men verse 3 Defend the poor and fatherless too weak for worldly might Aid such as suffer great distress and see ye do them right verse 4 The weak and poor deliver ye and needy of the land And rid them from the tiranny of ev'ry wicked hand verse 5 They know not nor will understand but walk without the light All the foundations of the land are out of order quite verse 6 I said indeed that ye were Gods and sons of God most high And that ye had a mighty odds by princely Majesty verse 7 But ye as common men shall die and ye shall fall one day As fell those people formerly whom vengeance swept away verse 8 Arise O Lord thy self advance just judgment to pursue The earth is thine inheritance all nations are thy due Psalm LXXXIII St. Marys Tune O God no long-er hold thy peace but now thy si --- lence break This still tran-qui -- li -- ty sur-cease and raise thy self to speak verse 2 For now behold thine enemies do rage tumultuously And those that hate thee do arise and lift their heads on high verse 3 Most crafty counsel they have ta'ne against us all at once Consulting how to work the bane of all thy holy ones verse 4 Come let us cut them off said they and leave no root behind So that the name of Isra'l may no more be had in mind verse 5 For they have all with one consent consulted as one man Confed'rate and against thee bent with all the pow'r they can verse 6 The tents of all the Edomites and many other mens The Ishmaelites and Moabites and all the Hagarens verse 7 Gebal and Ammon do conspire and Amaleck combines With the Inhabitants of Tyre and with the Philistines verse 8 Assur is also join'd with them and all of them indeed Have join'd against Jerusalem with Lots incestuous seed The second part verse 9 Do to them Lord as in that day when Midians hoast was strook As to Jabin and Sisera which fell at Kishon brook verse 10 Which miserably perished at Endor where he found There carcasses all scattered as dung upon the ground verse 11 Like Zeeb and Oreb O compell their noble peers to fall As Zeba and Zalmunna fell so let their Princes all
when I gen'rally respect I shall not be asham'd verse 7 With upright heart I 'le give thee praise and keep thy laws aright verse 8 When I have learn'd thy right'ous ways O do not leave me quite The second part To St. Marys Tune verse 9 What may a young man think to do to cleanse his way O Lord Surely by taking heed thereto according to thy word verse 10 Lord I have sought thee from my heart and from my heart I pray That I may not at all depart or wander from thy way verse 11 I hid thy word within my heart that I might not transgress verse 12 Teach me thy ways for Lord thou art renown'd with blessedness verse 13 The judgements of thy mouth divine I with my lips have told verse 14 Rejoycing in those ways of thine more than in heaps of gold verse 15 Upon thy precepts I will muse thy ways will I respect verse 16 Thy statutes with delight peruse and not thy word neglect The third part To the Proper Tune DEal boun-t'ously in gifts of grace with me thy ser --- vant Lord That I may live and run my race and keep thy ho ----- ly word O -- pen O Lord and clear mine eyes that I may see and know The won-der -- ful great my-ste-ries which from thy sta -- tutes flow verse 19 I do confess my self to be a stranger here on earth O do not hide thy laws from me but clearly set them forth verse 20 My soul doth break with fervency and only for this cause Of longing so continually after thy sacred laws verse 21 As for the proud presumptuous men which from thy statutes stray Thou hast O Lord rebuked them and cursed is their way verse 22 As for reproaches and contempts remove them Lord from me For I have kept the testaments which I have learnt of thee verse 23 And though great princes also sate thy servant to condemn Thy statutes I did contemplate and boldly spake of them verse 24 Thy testimonies also are my very hearts delight Nor need I other counsellers to guide my ways aright The fourth part To St. Marys Tune verse 25 My soul doth cleave unto the dust vouchsafe thou gracious Lord To quicken me as thou art Just and hast ingag'd thy word verse 26 O Lord I have acknowledged my secret ways to thee And thou thereto hast hearkened thy statutes teach to me verse 27 Make me O Lord to see and search thy precepts perfect way So shall I have thy wondrous works to talk of every day verse 28 But now my soul doth melt away for heaviness O Lord Vouchsafe to be my strength and stay according to thy word verse 29 The way of lying vanity from me O Lord withdraw And grant me very graciously the knowledge of thy law verse 30 For I have chose the way most true thy Judgments are my aim verse 31 Thy testaments I stuck unto Lord put me not to shame verse 32 And I will run with full consent the way thou giv'st in charge When with thy sweet incouragement thou shalt my heart enlarge The fifth part To the Proper Tune verse 33 Instruct me Lord to apprehend thy precepts perfect way And I shall keep it to the end ev'n to my dying day verse 34 Make me O Lord to understand and I shall keep thy law Yea to observe thy full command my heart shall not withdraw verse 35 Thy path-ways let me never miss but keep thy laws intire No other pleasure do I wish nor greater thing desire verse 36 Unto thy precepts bend my mind let those alone entice And let me never be inclin'd to wicked avarice verse 37 Avert mine eyes from vanity the lure whereon they gaze And by thy spirit quicken me in thy diviner ways verse 38 And as thou hast ingag'd thy word so ratify the same Unto thy faithful servant Lord who vows to fear thy name verse 39 The carnal fear of obloquy from me O Lord repell For thou dost judge with equity and therein dost excell verse 40 Behold Lord with what eagerness thy precepts I pursue Vouchsafe then in thy right'ousness to quicken me anew The sixth part To the Proper Tune verse 41 And now let thy campassion come unto me O Lord And shew me thy salvation according to thy word verse 42 And so shall I sufficiently answer his words unjust Whoe're he be that taunteth me for in thy word I trust verse 43 And let not Lord the word of truth nor let thy Judgements just Be wholly ta'ne out of my mouth for in them do I trust verse 44 And so shall I continually thy laws for ever keep verse 45 And walk at large by this discharge for I thy precepts seek verse 46 Thy testaments will I recite to kings and fear no shame verse 47 And in thy laws will I delight for I have lov'd the same verse 48 Lifting my hands to thy commands which I have lov'd so well And for this cause will mind thy laws and of thy statutes tell The seventh part To St. Marys Tune verse 49 Remember Lord the faithful word unto thy servant told And whereupon thou causedst me to build my hope so bold verse 50 And only this my comfort is in time of my distress Because thy word shall quicken me in all my heaviness verse 51 Lo they deride that swell with pride and scorn me very much Yet have not I declin'd thy law for fear of any such verse 52 I did record thy judgments Lord thy judgments wrought of old And meditating thereupon took comfort and grew bold verse 53 Yet horrid crimes like stormy times have taken hold on me Because lewd men forsake the law which is ordain'd by thee verse 54 Yet every where thy statutes were my comfortable song In places of my pilgrimage where I have past along verse 55 I did record thy name O Lord by night and kept thy laws verse 56 And this I had by keeping them and for no other cause The eight part To St. Marys Tune verse 57 Thou art my part and portion even thou O Lord alone I said that I would carefully observe thy words each one verse 58 Thy favour free I did intreat with my whole heart O Lord Then grant to me thy mercies free according to thy word verse 59 To thy decrees I turn'd my feet when pondering my ways verse 60 Haste I have made and not delay'd to keep thy holy laws verse 61 And tho' the bands of wicked men have made of me their prey Yet have I not thy laws forgot as careless of thy way verse 62 At midnight I will wake and rise to render thanks to thee Because thy word and judgements Lord so just and right'ous be verse 63 With all that fear thy holy name I am companion still Of such as seek thy laws to keep and precepts to fulfill verse 64 Thy mercies great O gracious Lord do fill the earth with store Teach me the way how to obey thy statutes
precepts of my God verse 116 According to thy word proclaim'd my soul in life uphold And let me never be asham'd of this my hope so bold verse 117 Uphold thou me and then shall I be very safely kept And to thy laws continually I will have due respect verse 118 And thou hast trodden down all those that from thy statutes stray For their deceit will soon disclose the falshood of their way verse 119 And all the wicked of the earth as dross thou dost remove The laws therefore which thou setst forth I do intirely love verse 120 For I do tremble Lord to tell what vengeance thou wilt take Thy judgements are so terrible they cause my flesh to quake The sixteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 121 I have done right to other men and followed right'ousness Then leave me not O Lord to them that would my soul oppress verse 122 A surety for thy servant be engaged for my good And let proud men's oppressing me be by thy power withstood verse 123 But all this while mine eyes do fail thy saving health to see Untill thy right'ous word prevail to help and succour me verse 124 According to thy mercy Lord with me thy servant deal And the commandments of thy word to me O Lord reveal verse 125 I am thy servant give me skill and make me understand That I may know thy holy will and practise thy command verse 126 It 's time for thee to work O God and no time to withdraw For wicked men have undertrod and quite made void thy law verse 127 Therefore I love thy statutes more than gold digg'd from the mine Yea I prefer them far before the gold that is most fine verse 128 Therefore I judge all thy decrees in all things to be right False doctrines and all heresies I hate as opposite The seventeenth part To the Proper Tune verse 129 O Lord how very wonderful thy testimonies are And for this cause to keep thy laws my soul doth take great care verse 130 The very entrance of thy words doth give thy servants light And maketh them though simple men to understand aright verse 131 My mouth I opened and did pant with zeal as hot fire Because that these thy just decrees inflam'd me with desire verse 132 Look on me in thy mercy Lord and grant me of the same As usually thou dost apply t'wards them that love thy name verse 133 Order my foot-steps in thy word and all my lusts controul And let no sin have entrance in to lord it o'r my soul. verse 134 Release me from oppression and injuries of men And so shall I more chearfully observe thy precepts then verse 135 And let thy gracious countenance on me thy servant shine And make me wise in mysteries that truly are divine verse 136 For Lord I weep whole seas of tears and 't is my constant course And all because they break thy laws without the least remorse The eighteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 137 O Lord thou art a right'ous God a right'ous God indeed And upright all thy judgements are which from thy mouth Proceed verse 138 Thy precepts Lord which thou dost press and giv'st us charge to do Are perfect rules of right'ousness and very faithful too verse 139 My zeal hath quite consumed me it was so very hot Because my wicked enemies have all thy words forgot verse 140 Thy word indeed is very pure as silver try'd by fire Therefore thy servant will be sure to love it most entire verse 141 And though l am of small account and scorn'd by carnal minds Yet do not I forget those laws to which my duty binds verse 142 An everlasting righ'ousness thy right'ousness must be And Lord thy law can be no no less than perfect verity verse 143 Trouble and anguish very great on me have taken hold Yet thy commandments unto me far greater joys unfold verse 144 Eternal are thy just decrees to me vouchsafe and give An understanding heart in these and I shall surely live The nineteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 145 With my whole heart I cri'd to thee O Lord hear thou my prayer Thy statutes shall be kept by me with diligence and care verse 146 I cri'd to thee in my distress Lord save and succour me And I will keep with faithfulness the words of thy decree verse 147 I did prevent the dawning day so early was my cry I made thy holy word my stay and waited patiently verse 148 The watches of the night so late my wakeful eye prevents That I might sweetly meditate on thy commandements verse 149 O let my humble voice be heard in loving kindness free According to thy judgements Lord vouchsafe to quicken me verse 150 Behold O Lord how near they draw that wicked plots pursue But they are far off from thy law in every thing they do verse 151 But thou O Lord art near at hand and universally Whatever things thou dost command are perfect verity verse 152 And as concerning thy decrees I understand of old That thou O Lord hast founded these eternally to hold The twentieth part To the Proper Tune verse 153 Consider my adversity and now deliver me For I forget not carelesly the word that comes from thee verse 154 O plead my cause with equity and rescue me O Lord Restore my soul and quicken me according to thy word verse 155 But surely thy salvation Lord from wicked men withdraws It is too far for them to seek that do not seek thy laws verse 156 Great are thy tender mercies Lord which in thy bowels strive According to thy gracious word my drooping soul revive verse 157 Mine enemies are many Lord my persecutors many Yet have not I swerv'd from thy word for slavish fear of any verse 158 But I was greatly griev'd O Lord when I with sorrow saw How these perfidious wicked men would not observe thy law verse 159 But as for me consider Lord how much thy laws I love And in thy kindness quicken me with favour from above verse 160 For from the first to last O Lord thy word is true and sure Thy right'ous judgements every one perpetually endure The one and twentieth part To the 100 Psalm Tune PRin -- ces have per -- se-cu -- ted me ma -- li-tious-ly with-out a cause Yet stands my heart in fear of thee so much thy word my con-science aws verse 162 I have rejoiced at thy word as one that finds the richest prize verse 163 And I do love thy way O Lord but hate and loath the way of lies verse 164 Seven times a day I give thee praise ev'n for thy right'ous judgement's sake verse 165 Great peace have they that love thy ways and no offence they need to take verse 166 Lord I have hop't for thy defence and thy commandments I have done verse 167 My soul hath kept thy testaments and loves them dearly ev'ry one verse 168 Thy precepts I have kept with care thy testimonies
I pursue For all my ways and actions are before thee ever in thy view The two and twentieth part To the Proper Tune verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and cry have quick access to thee And give me knowledge graciously as thou hast promist me verse 170 O let my supplication before thee be preferr'd And grant me thy salvation according to thy word verse 171 And then my lips shall be prepar'd to utter thankful praise When unto me thou hast declar'd and taught me all thy ways verse 172 My tongue shall utter and express the praises of thy word For thy commands are right'ousness ev'n all of them O Lord verse 173 Then let thy helping hand prevail when perils do oppose For leaving other helps that fail thy precepts I have chose verse 174 And I O Lord have long'd to see thy saving health and might And Lord thy law affecteth me with very great delight verse 175 O let my soul in safety live and it shall give thee praise And unto me thy judgements give to help me all my days verse 176 I went astray like wandring sheep O seek thy servant yet For thy commandements to keep I do not quite forget Psalm CXX Oxford Tune I cri'd to God in my di-stress Who did a rea --- dy ear address to hear my pray'r and send me aid Lord save my soul I thee in-treat From ly ---- ing lips and tongue's de-ceit thus fer -- vent -- ly to him I prai'd verse 3 But ah what shall be done to thee Thou tongue as false as false can be what shall be giv'n thee for thy part verse 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty sure With burning coals of Juniper such shalt thou have such as thou art verse 5 But woe is me that must perforce As far as Meshech have recourse to be a tedious sojourner As banished from Israel That I must be constrain'd to dwell within the tents of Kedar here verse 6 My soul hath dwelt this many a day With him that hates a peaceful way and is to quietness averse verse 7 I am for peace I love no jars But when I spake they were for wars and by disswasion grew more fierce Psalm CXXI Dublin Tune UP to the hills I lift mine eyes from whence my suc --- cour came My help ev'n from the Lord doth rise that heav'n and earth did frame verse 3 And not a whit will he permit thy foot to slide or fall For surely he that keepeth thee he slumbers not at all verse 4 Lo he that keepeth Israel he slumbers not nor sleeps verse 5 The Lord thy keeper shades thee well at that right hand he keeps verse 6 That neither may the sun by day have any pow'r to smite And hurt thee by his influ'ncy nor yet the moon by night verse 7 The Lord shall save thee from all harm thy soul shall be secure The Lord I say with pow'rful arm shall keep thee safe and sure verse 8 Thy going out is brought about with safety by his pow'r Thy coming in secur'd by him henceforth for evermore Psalm CXXII Oxford Tune I did ex-ceed-ing-ly re-joyce To hear the for-ward peo-ples voice in off'r-ing of their own ac --- cord For in this man -- ner did they say Come let us up and take a -- way un -- to the tem-ple of the Lord. verse 2 Within thy gates Jerusalem our feet shall come and stand in them to worship and to offer there verse 3 Jerusalem is built so neat Compact together and compleat the like there is not any where verse 4 The holy tribes with one accord The tribes I say of God the Lord to Isra'l's testimony came Thither they went on solemn days To worship and to offer praise unto the Lord 's most holy name verse 5 For there are stately thrones erect Erected there for this respect for judgement and for equity Which thrones of right do appertain To David's house which there must reign to judge the people right'ously verse 6 O pray therefore and do not cease but pray for our Jerus'lem's peace they that love thee shall prosper well verse 7 Peace be within thy wals say I I wish as much prosperity within thy palaces to dwell verse 8 My brethren and companions dear Make me now say let peace be here I wish it heartily to thee verse 9 The temple of our God no less Makes me to seek thy happiness as much as ever lies in me Psalm CXXIII Bristol Tune TO thee O Lord to thee a-lone do I lift up mine eyes O thou the high and lof -- ty one that dwell'st a --- bove the skies verse 2 Behold as servants look unto their Lord and Master's hand And as the eyes of Maidens do their mistresses attend So do our eyes attend and wait upon the Lord our God Till he do us commiserate that here are undertrod verse 3 Have mercy on us O most high have mercy on our woes For we are fill'd exceedingly with foul contempt of foes verse 4 Our soul is fill'd exceeding much with scornings and contempt Of those that are at ease and such as are most insolent Psalm CXXIV St. Marys Tune HAd not the Lord our Cause espous'd his Peo --- ple now may say Had not the Lord en-gag'd his pow'r to suc --- cour us that Day When wicked Men with cruel wrath inflam'd against us rose verse 3 Too feeble all our pow'rs had been their Fury to oppose verse 4 To their devouring Jaws our Life had been an easy prey verse 5 Their rage like an impetuous stream had swept us quite away verse 6 Blest be the Lord who chose this way his Mercy to enhance Then when our Dangers loudest call'd to send Deliverance verse 7 We lay like poor intangled Birds caught in the Fowler 's net God's pow'r has broke their snares and we at liberty are set verse 8 Since all our help lies in his name that Earth and Heaven made Our future hopes shall all depend on his Almighty Aid Psalm CXXIV Metre II. A Proper Tune NOw Is -- ra -- el may say and that tru-ly If that the Lord had not our cause maintain'd If that the Lord had not our right sustain'd When wick-ed men against us fu --- riously Made their up-roar and said we all should die Now long ago they had devour'd us all And swallow'd quick as we may well suppose Such was the wrath of our enraged foes As in great floods when show'rs excessive fall Our souls had been o'erwhelm'd and past recall The roaring waters and imperious flood Had long ago o'erwhelm'd us in the deep But blest be God that did us safely keep And gave us not a prey as case then stood Into their teeth that thirsted after blood Just as a bird deludes the Fowler 's game And scapes away right so it fares with us The snare is broke and we are scaped thus Our help is in the Lord our Saviour's Name Whose pow'rful word did earth heav'n