and feare 64. Through earth O Lord Thy mercies reach Me in Thy statutes teach TETH 65. Thoust hast dealt well with me O Lord According to Thy word 66. Good judgment and true knowledge give For I Thy Lawes believe 67. Before I troubled was I stray'd But now Thy word obey'd 68 All good doth from Thy bounty flow Let me Thy statutes know 69. The proud by Lies would me supplant Who keep Thy Covenant 70. Their heart is swoll'n with fat and ease But me Thy statutes please 71. T is good that by affliction taught To know Thee I am brought 72. Whose Law I in more value hold Then thousand heaps of Gold IOD 73. I have been fashion'd by Thy hand Teach me to understand 74 Who feare Thee shall be glad to see My setled hope in Thee 75. I know Thy judgments Lord are true And my affliction due 76. Yet let Thy comfort I Thee pray Thy servants grief allay 77. In tender mercy me forgive That I with Thee may live 78. Shame them whose pride without a cause Hates me who love Thy Lawes 79. Let those conjoyn'd to me be neare Thy truth who know and feare 80. My heart keep in Thy statutes sound That me no shame confound CAPH 81. My soule for Thy salvation faint Trusts on Thy gratious grant 82. Mine eyes with expectation faile When shall my hopes prevaile 83. Though like a bottle in the smoake Yet Thee I not forsook 84. Shall my short daies of life have end Ere Thou Thy judgment send 85. The proud for me against all right Have digged pits in spight 86. As Thou art faithfull send redresse 'Gainst them who me oppresse 87. They me on earth almost consum'd But I on Thee presum'd 88. O quicken me as Thou art kind So I Thy word shall mind LAMED 89. Thy promise Lord doth ever last In heaven setled fast 90. Thy faith through all successions try'd Doth fixt as earth abide 91. Thou for Thy service did'st ordaine That all things should remaine 92. But that Thy Law was my releif I perisht had through greif 93. Thy precepts in my thought shall live For they my soule revive 94. Save me O Lord for I am Thine And to Thy Law encline 95. Though wicked men would me destroy I make Thy word my joy 96. Which to eternall blisse extends When earth's perfection ends MEM. 97. Thy Law how dearely do I rate All day to meditate 98. Which still before me makes me wise Above mine enemies 99. For studying this I knowledge have More then my teachers gave 100. I understand more then the old 'Cause I Thy precepts hold 101. My feet from evill waies refrain'd Are by Thy word restrain'd 102. I from Thy judgments not depart For Thou hast taught my heart 103. Then hony bred from flowry fields Thy word more sweetnesse yields 104. Through this I understanding gat And waies of falsehood hate NVN. 105. Thy word a lamp is shining bright And to my path a light 106. I in my solemne vowes have sworne Thy statutes to performe 107. I ly perplext with greif and paine Lord quicken me againe 108. O let my Pray'rs Thy audience reach And me Thy judgments teach 109. My soul though death dangers threat Can never Thee forget 110. And though the wicked snares have lay'd From Thee I never stray'd 111. Thy statutes are my chosen part The comfort of my heart 112. And to performe Them I intend Untill my life shall end SAMECH 113. I hate vaine thoughts ill men neglect But I Thy Law affect 114. Thou art my refuge and my shield Whose word doth safety yield 115. Depart ye wicked ones away I will my God obey 116. Uphold me in a life unblam'd Nor let my hope be sham'd 117. Sustaine me Lord so shall my faith Resting on Thee be safe 118. Thou tread'st them downe whose guilefull heart Doth from Thy Lawes depart 119. And like the drosse that 's cast away Mak'st them on earth decay 120. My trembling flesh is full of feare When I these judgments heare AIN 121. Lord leave me not who love the right To my oppressors might 122. Be Thou my surety 'gainst their pride Who have my waies decry'd 123. Mine eyes for Thy salvation faile Untill my hopes prevaile 124. In mercy with Thy servant deale Thy statutes Lord reveale 125. Give me an understanding heart Thy sacred will impart 126. T is time for Thee to bring Thy aid For voyd Thy Law is made 127. I Thy Commandments prâ—tious hold Above refined gold 128 And all Thy precepts justly prize But hate deceit and lyes PE. 129 Thy testimonies wond'rous are My soules delight and care 130. Thy words like beams of light arise To make the simple wise 131. Panting and breathlesse in desire I to Thy lawes aspire 132. Such mercy Lord upon me powre As those who Thee adore 133. Order my steps no sins may staine Nor vices or'e me reigne 134 From man's oppression me redeeme Thy precepts who esteeme 135. Make Thy blest face on me to shine Teach me Thy Lawes divine 136. Rivers of Teares run down mine eyes When men Thy Law despise TSADDI 137. Thou righteous art O Lord my might Thy judgments are upright 138. The Statutes which Thou do'st command Unchang'd and faithfull stand 139. My zeale consumes me when I find Thy Law not kept in mind 140. Thy word is very pure and try'd By me most magnify'd 141. I though despis'd and lightly set Thy precepts not forget 142. Thy righteousnesse no period knew And Thy Commands are true 143. Though troubles me or anguish seize Yet I delight in these 144. Lord in Thy statutes knowledge give And I shall ever live COPH. 145. I cry'd with my whole heart Lord heare Through whom I persevere 146. O save me when to Thee I call So keep Thy Lawes I shall 147. My cryes prevent the dawning light 148. My eyes outwatch the night That I Thy word might meditate My hope and safe Retreit 149. O Lord my voice in mercy heare Me quicken in Thy feare 150. Men bent to mischeif nigh me draw Contemners of thy Law 151. Yet Thou O Lord art neare at hand And true is Thy command 152. For on eternall bases plac't Thy testimonies last RESCH. 153. Consider me in my distresse For I Thy Law confesse 154. Plead Thou my cause and life afford According to Thy word 155. Salvation far from sinners flies For they Thy Lawes despise 156. Thy tender mercies Lord exceed O quicken me with speed 157. Though many foes 'gainst me combine From Thee I not decline 158. With sorrow I transgressors saw Who have not kept Thy Law 159. Lord think how I Thy precepts love Inspire me from above 160. Thy word is true Thy Judgments pure And ever shall endure SCHIN 161. Princes pursue me without cause Yet still I feare Thy Lawes 162. Whose sacred word more glads my mind Then those that treasures find 163. I falshood hate abhorre all lyes But Thy Commandments prize 164. Sev'n
So shalt thou dwelling have and food 4. Delight in Him and for thy hire He give thee will thy hearts desire 5. Commit thy selfe to his sole care By whom our actions crowned are 6. Thine innocence Hee 'l bring to light Cleare as the day or noon-tide bright 7. Rest then on Him nor 'gainst those fret Whose wicked projects prosper yet 8. And cease from wrath least anger may To greater evils thee betray 9. For wicked ones are cut away But good men long on earth shall stay 10. The Sinners vanish in short space Though sought thou shalt not find their place 11. Yet shall the meek unshaken stand Inheriting the promis'd land Their blessings here on earth encrease With plenty crown'd and lasting peace 12. Ill men with fury and despight By plots would circumvent th'upright 13. But God shall laugh and them defie Whose veng full day is comming nigh 14. Their sword is draw'n their bow is bent To slay the just is their intent 15. But by their sword themselves shall dy And all their bowes shall broken ly 16. A good mans lot though small is more Then wicked rich mens wealthy store 17. Destruction shall their armes enfold But God the righteous doth uphold 18. The Lord accounts the just mens age And will prolong their heritage 19. In evill times not sham'd nor griev'd In dayes of famine still reliev'd 20. But Gods enraged enemies Shall vanish as the Smoakes that rise Dissolv'd and melted into fume As doth the fat of Lambs consume 21. The wicked borrow but not pay The good both lend and give away 22. Such as be blest possesse the land The bad cut off and cursed stand Second Part. 23. A good mans steps God orders right Who doth in His commands delight 24. Though fallen he shall rise againe For God's right hand doth him sustaine 25. I have been young and now am old Yet never did my eyes behold The just forsaken or unfed Or see his children beg their bread 26. He mercy shewes and lends in need And ever blessed is his seed 27. Depart from evill and doe well That you with Him may ever dwell 28. God judgment loves His Saints not leaves But sinners of their race bereaves 29. The just His promis'd land possesse And dwell in endlesse Happinesse 30. In judgment and discourses wise A righteous mouth will exercise 31. Gods Law doth in his heart abide Nor shall his goings ever slide 32. Though wicked persons daily wait To shed his blood confederate 33. God lets him not condemned ly Or by a wrongfull sentence dy 34. Wait on the Lord and keep His way That He to life exalt thee may When thou the wicked men shalt see Cut off and quite extinguish'd be 35. I in great pow'r have ill ones seen Like spreading Lawrells fresh and green 36. Yet pass'd he by and soon was gone Not found againe nor thought upon 37. Marke the upright the just intend For such a man in peace shall end 38. But sinners to destruction cast Are in their death cut off at last 39. God to the righteous help doth raise He is their strength in troubled dayes His aid shall save them from th'unjust Because in Him they plant their trust PSAL. XXXVIII Sing this as the Lamentation 1. LOrd let me not in anger wast Nor Thy rebukes in fury tast 2. Thy piercing arrowes deeply wound Thy pressing hand doth me confound 3. My sickly body finds no ease Because my sinne doth Thee displease Nor will that guilt Thou dost detest Afford my troubled conscience rest 4. My sins like to a torrent grow'n My sinking head have overflow'n They burthen me with care and feare And are become too great to beare 5. My sores and wounds corrupted smell My foule offence and folly tell 6. Bow'd downe with trouble and forlorne By night I wake by day I mourne 7. My loynes diseas'd my flesh unsound And all my body seems one wound 8. I feeble am with anguish broake And roare beneath They heavy stroak 9. O Lord Thou know'st my whole desire My hidden groanes to Thee aspire 10. My heart doth pant my vigour dies Of light deprived are mine eyes 11. My friends who late professed love Far from my sore themselves remove My kindred my converses shun Nor come to comfort but look on 12. They who my life seek to ensnare Intent upon my mischiefes are With foule reproaches and false lies My ruin daily they devise 13. But I as those nor heare nor speake Did never into passion breake 14. No angry murmur from me fell Which might my griefes impatience tell 15. For I in Thee my trust repose To heare my moane and quell my foes 16. Who when my foot amisse did goe Triumphed at my overthrow 17. With woes opprest I daily fall My sorrowes are continuall And whilst my faults are in my view They do as oft my paine renew 18. I therefore will those sins confesse And with contrition beg redresse I will the guilt of my offence Wash off with teares of penitence 19. O Lord mine enemies are strong And live to do me further wrong Each day their number doth encrease Who are the haters of my peace 20. They also have against me stood Who make returnes of ill for good Yet know no cause for their despight But that I follow what is right 21. Therefore my sad request I make That Thou wilt never me forsake My God! O never far depart Who my releife and comfort art 22. My sighs and sorrowes look upon Thou God of my salvation Afford thy help in time of need And to my reskue come with speed PSAL. XXXIX 1. I Said my wayes I will intend And least my tongue offend My mouth shall bownd and bridled bee Whilst I the wicked see 2. I dumb awhile and silent stood Ev'n ceasing to speak good Untill at last my grieved heart Was urg'd with sorrowes smart 3. So that my heated breast became For lack of vent a flame And then my tongue these words exprest Breath'd forth from my disrest 4. Lord Let me understand my end How farr my dayes extend That I may know how I am fraile Each moment apt to faile 5. Behold Thou mad'st the dayes of man No longer then a span His age as nothing is and he At best but vanitie 6. Man like a shadow walkes in vaine Wasting his time with paine He heapes up riches yet not knowes What heire shall them dispose 7. And now O Lord on whom shall I Whilst I stay here rely Truly my hope shall wait on Thee My joyes there treasur'd be 8. Deliver me when I transgresse And help me in distresse Let not the foolish me deride Or scorne me in their pride 9. Under Thy scourge I silent lay Prepared to obay I did not murmur at my paine Or of Thy hand complaine 10. Yet now Thy mercies I invoke To take away Thy stroke For I consume and my faint breath Is yeelding up to death 11. When Thou for sin dost man
my imperfect frame By daily growth to figure came 17. O Lord how pretious O how deare Thy purposes and thoughts appeare 18. Which were they summ'd in my account They would the num'rous sands surmount These wonders alwaies present ly Fixt in my thankfull memory And whil'st of them surveies I take My contemplation still must wake 19. O God! Thou shalt the wicked slay Ye bloody men depart away 20. For their fowle tongues Thy honour staine And take Thy sacred Name in vaine 21. Do not I hate and grieve at those Whose proud despight against thee rose 22. With perfect hate I them despise Accounting them mine enemies 23. Search me O Lord and prove my heart Who Judg of all my actions art Do Thou my faith to tryall bring My hidden thoughts examining 24. Look well and all my motions view If I persist in waies untrue And when Thou find'st my feet to stray Reduce me to Thy lasting way PSAL. CXL 1. SAve me from men to evill bent And from the violent 2. Which mischeif in their hearts devise In war and tumult rise 3. Their tongues are like a Serpents whet Their lips in poyson set 4. Lord keep me from the raging foe That would my feet orethrow 5. The proud have hidden nets prepar'd To take my life ensnar'd 6. But I Thou art my God have said O heare and send me aid 7. O God my Lord the strength alone Of my salvation In day of battaile Thou my head Hast safely covered 8. Grant not O Lord their bad desire Least then their pride aspire 9. Let suddaine mischeif cover those Who would my life enclose 10. Let quenchless fire upon them raine Nor let them rise againe 11. No violent man nor evill tongue On earth be stablish'd long 12. I know the Lord will them maintaine Who have afflicted lay'n Their cause regards and doth delight To help the poor to right 13. For this unto Thy Name the just Their thanks acknowledg must And those who live upright and well Shall in Thy presence dwell PSAL. CXLI 1. TO Thee I cry O Lord make hast To heare my voice at last 2. Let my request like Incense rise Or ev'ning sacrifice 3. Set Thou a watch my mouth before And keep my speeches doore 4. Incline not unto ill my heart With sinners to take part Let me not eat of that delights Their wicked appetites 5. But let the righteous me reprove And smite me in his love Like pretious balmes or odours shed Such stroaks not break my head And in my pray'rs I shall them bless In midst of their distress 6 When wicked Judges overthrow'n Ly dash'd against the stone They shall with much contentment heare My words which comfort beare 7. Disperst and scatter'd on the grave Our bones no value have As fallen trees cut downe and cleft Are in their splinters left 8. But though in darknes clos'd I ly On Thee I fix mine eye Thou wilt not leave me in the dust In whom my soul doth trust 9. O keep me from the cruell net Which wicked men have set 10. Let them be snar'd in their own trap But let my soul escape PSAL. CXLII 1. WIth low'd-voic'd cries to God I came And my request did frame 2. I powred out my sad complaint And shew'd Him my restraint 3. Thou when my soul was drown'd in woe My way and path did'st know Yet in that walk my feet did tread Close snares for me were spread 4. I did upon my right hand look But no man knowledg took My soul of help was quite bereft And had no refuge left 5. I therefore cry'd to Thee O Lord And said this faithfull word Thou do'st my Help and Portion stand In the Eternall Land 6. Consider then my great distress Brought low with heaviness From persecuters me defend Unable to contend 7. My soule out of the prison bring That I Thy praise may sing And for this bounty shew'd to me The just shall honour Thee PSAL. CXLIII As Psalme 25. 1. O Lord my Prayer heare Presented in Thy feare With mercy answer my request In humblest words exprest 2. Weigh not in judgments scales Thy servants daily failes For no man living in Thine eye Himself shall justify 3. My foes which do pursue My soule by waies undue Make me in darkness hide my head Like those have long been dead 4. My Spirit faint and worne Is by my griefes oreborne My heart within me desolate Through my dejected state 5. Yet I the daies of old In my remembrance hold Thy wonders past I meditate And all Thy works of late 6. To Thee I stretch my hands Like as the thirsty Lands The fruitfull raines desire to see So thirsts my soul for Thee 7. Heare me O Lord with speed My fainting spirit heed Least if Thou frowne I prove like those The pit of Death doth close 8. O let my longing eare Betimes Thy kindnes heare In Thee I trust reveale that Path Thy truth prescribed hath 9. Lord save me from their spight Who in my wrongs delight To Thee my soul for shelter flies Against hir enemies 10. Teach me to do Thy will That I may please Thee still Let Thy good spirit me direct To live with Thine elect 11. Lord quicken me againe Cleanse Thou my sinfull staine For Thy great Name and justice sake My soul from trouble take 12. I am Thy servant Lord My comfort is Thy word Then of Thy goodnes those destroy Who in my sorrowes joy PSAL. CXLIV 1. BLest be the Lord my strength my might Who taught my hands to fight 2. My rock my shield and helper true My people to subdue 3. Lord what is man or what his race Thy notice should him grace 4. Who is so vaine his daies do fade Like to the passing shade 5. O Lord the arched Heavens bow Come downe to earth below Touch their proud tops and then thy stroak Shall make the mountains smoak 6. From Thy full clouds quick lightning cast And them by scatt'ring wast Let Thy sharparrowes 'gainst them shot Destruction make their lot 7. Send from above Thine hand to save Me from the swelling wave 8. From children strange whose mouth speaks hate Whose right hand acts deceit 9. Then I new Songs will sing to Thee Upon the Psalterie And on the ten-string'd Instrument Ditties of praise invent 10. For God salvation gives to Kings His help to David brings From perill of the Sword and grave He doth His servant save 11. Deliver me from strangers hands Whose mouth against Thee bands Whose right hand falshood doth defend Whose deeds in rapine end 12. Our Sons like plants then fresh in growth Shall flourish in their youth Our daughters like faire columnes be Which we in Temples see 13. Our garners shall be fill'd with store Our sheep bring thousands more 14. Our Oxen strong nor shall restraint Cause in our streets complaint 15. Happy that people and that place Which is in such a case Yea blessed are and happy they Who God their