not his heart betray He like one that believes it lives Do's with blasphemous mouth deny The very Being of the Deity And in his works that lye Which he to man dares not to Heav'n profanely gives II. From heav'n th' Almighty God came down to view What He there saw and there could punish too Yet down He came and look'd around He search'd if He might any see Any of His least they should numbred bee To th' Common misery He search'd but not a Just man in the Number found III. Are they all thus O God all gone aside As if from Thee they could their follies hide Are all thus greedy to devour And eat Thy People up like bread Thankless for that and not some judgement dread Like those by quailes once fed Tempting that Heav'n which Manna down before did shower IV. Amids their jollity in fears they were Their meat a trap their table prov'd a snare But God himself defends the Poor Will both their cause and right maintain And though the proud their Innocence would stain The spot shall out again And God who sends them help shall with it that restore V. From Sion Lord may Israels help appear Thence come since all his confidence is there Bring back their long Captivity That Israel may adore Thy wayes And Jacob to Thy Name give all the praise Together strive to raise Thy Honour and admire Thee as thou ought'st to be Psalm XV. Domine quis habitabit c. I. MY God who shall Thy Holy Mount ascend And in Thy House his life and praises spend Blest Soul who always shall be near Nearer than any other can When he his God may see his God may hear And where his God is still be there O tell me who it is or let me see the Man II. 'T is one who from his heart the Truth do's speak Whose company and laws he n'ere do's break His Heart 's the wheel which first do's play And all the other wheels commands Whose motion all the other wheels obey All go when that first leads the way Truth and his heart first move and then his feet and hands III. He dares not his just Neighbour vilifie Nor give his conscience with his mouth the lie Dares not speak fair before his face And once withdrawn retract his fear Sinning to bring another in disgrace But thinks what if 't were his own case And against him less than against himself will hear IV. Whose heart against a wicked man do's rise And shewes true scorn yet pitty by his eyes The good he honours counts them dear Worthy his love and favour too All who in truth my Sacred Name do fear And when he to his Word do's swear What he has sworn though he is sure to lose will do V. He puts not out his Gold to Usury Nor by Extortion into wealth do's flye No bribes will take against the Just Or ballance with those weights his hand Which there inclines where the cause merits most And having thus discharg'd his trust He on my Holy Mount shall dwell and like it stand Psalm XVI Conserva me Domine c. I. PReserve me Lord for unto Thee I flee I who upon thee heretofore have staid And when I saw Thee not have said Thou art my God and though my Good to Thee Can never come yet Thine may reach to mee II. My good like gold to Thee can ne're extend Though it to airy thinness I should beat The distance still would be too great Nor will it's dross let it to Heav'n ascend O may it spread below and know no end III. Spread to the Saints in whom is Thy delight And who as they Thy pleasure be are mine Let others to dumb Idols joyn Their very Idols once shall do them right And though they could not help against them fight IV. I 'l not approach them Lord least for their sake I share the sorrows which on them are laid I of their Offrings am afraid For all who to them sacrifices make Are their own Victims and i' th flames partake V. God is my Portion and maintains my Lot My lines are in a pleasant Country cast My Heritage shall fall at last And in a time when I expect it not God has both given and will secure the Spot VI. His Name I 'l therefore bless who counsel'd me Make Him my meditation every night Till the young Sun brings back the Light As I in His He in my sight shall be Nor shall the Darkness hide His face from me VII Unmov'd I 'l stand His mighty praise to tell My very flesh in certain hope shall rest Of th' Resurrection of the Blest For Lord Thou shalt not leave my Soul in Hell Nor let Thy Holy One with Corruption dwell VIII To the safe paths of Life direct my way Thy Presence where perpetual joyes flow o're Whose Pleasures spring for evermore By those clear streams let me delighted stay And melt away in love as well as they Psalm XVII Exaudi Domine justitiam c. I. GReat God of all th' Earth to Thee I fly And to thy just Tribunals Barr appeal Thou know'st my cause Thou shalt hear my cry And what Thy pleasure on it is reveal Upon Thy sentence I depend Let that my suit and troubles end For Thyne own sake my right maintain Heart did ne're closer joyn with lips nor they less feign II. Lord Thou hast search'd me and my heart hast known Then when conceal'd from all the World but thee The silent Night had left me all alone By Thee examin'd mine own Judge to be In thousand flames I have been try'd But as gold throughly purify'd From thousand flames I came more bright For I before had past Thyne All-discerning sight III. As my heart thought so my lips alwayes spake And with them both my hands did freely joyn With the Destroyer I did ne're partake But alwayes left his paths to follow Thyne Thou wert my rule and Thou my guide When I or slipt or turn'd aside Thus guarded let me ever go For as Thy ways are certain my steps shall be so IV. Lord Thou hast answer'd me when heretofore In my distress I made my Prayers to Thee Incline Thyne ear to my desires once more And as then let me now Thy mercy see Thou whose Almighty hand do's save All those who its protection crave Thy mighty hand for me extend No power but Thyne can to my miseries put an end V. And as the Eye around with guards is sett And safely compass'd in on every side To keep off dangers which may hazard it Display its glory or its beautys hide Under Thy wings so let me lye Secure as under those my Eye For as those guards my eye enclose For safety I am girt for ruin by my foes VI. Riches to them are Shield and Coat of Mayle Whil'st with vile mouth they basely God defie They more than Innocence are their Brazen Wall Which as their own proud thoughts
at Thy Feet their Scepters down And do their homage to Thee as their King V. God over all whose Throne is set on high Above the Circle of the sky The humble and their proud Oppressors knowes The difference only lies in this Though well known to Him either is When He delivers those He these o'rethrows VI. No! I 'll ne're fear though trouble me surround Most fixt when I shall feel no ground Thou wilt revive me and with Thy Right hand Thy poor afflicted Creature save My Enemies wrath an end shall have And on his ruin I shall firmer stand VII The Lord will perfect what He has begun And finish what is yet undone Thou whose Compassions all Thy Works transcend Care of the Issue also take Nor me Thy handy-Work forsake But with eternal Triumphs crown the end Psalm CXXXIX Domine probasti me c. I. IN vain O God my folly and my pride Make me in vain persume to be By all my shifts conceal'd from Thee When from my self my self I cannot hide Thy day still breaks into my night Still gives me of my self the sight For Thee to see me by shall it not be more bright II. Thou ' hast search'd me Lord and all my life hast known Know'st every Action of my life When with my self or Thee at strife Thou know'st my rising up and lying down My thoughts and heart to Thee are clear Thou art their Judge and alwayes near Do'st see and sentence both before I know what 's there III. Where e're I go in what place e're I stay Whether I wake whether I sleep Thy Spirit by me watch do's keep Is my Companion in the closest way If I but whisper that stands by And though unseen by Mortall eye Takes from my Lips the word and to Thine ear do's fly IV. There 's no avoiding Thee behind before On all sides Thou hast girt me round My God Thy Wisdom's too profound Too deep to fathom higher than I can soar Thy hand first made and fashion'd me Thy Will commands me now to be Being or life I cannot have unless in Thee V. Then whither shall I from Thy Presence fly If up to Heav'n my Way I take Thou Heav'n Thy Residence dost make And to get further off I come more nigh If down to Hell the Devils there Tell me Thou 'rt present by their fear They tell me what I merit by the pains they bear VI. Quick as my thought could I remove me hence And in the furthest East remain Below the Sea some covert gain Thy Sun would shew me as he rises thence If I say darkness and the night Which shut out all shall barr Thy sight That Darkness which is so to me to Thee is light VII Thou art within me too close as my heart Within my heart unknown to me For when that first was made by Thee Thy breath Lord was my best and chiefest part Thou threw'st Thy self in and in vain To fly from Thee my self I pain For ever since Thou dost within my heart remain VIII I know I am Thy Master-piece and all I in the greater World admire Find in my self and something higher Am Heav'n in Perspective and Earth in small By Thee was wonderfully made Nor is Thine Image so decay'd But when I view my self I am of Thee afraid IX Nothing of me not my least part 's unknown Then when I first was wrought below Thy eyes and hands dispos'd me so My Members in Thy book were entred down Entred before all time they were When none of them did yet appear And what Thou then design'dst them now in time they are X. This as I thinkof and what Thou hast done The wondrous pledges of Thy love By whom I live in whom I move My heart is struck as silent as my tongue They pass the Sands upon the Shore And had I told their Number o're Those would more numerous seem than they appear'd before XI But as Thou 'rt gracious Thou art also just And wilt the Wicked Man o'rethrow Teaching him by Thy Power to know How great that God is which he would not trust Down with them Lord destroy them all Let their own Curses on them fall Who on Thy Name but in their Oaths did never call XII Do not I hate them Lord those who hate Thee And are not they my Enemies Who in their rage against Thee rise Thou know'st I hate them and they 're so to me Search me and try me sound my heart It s most retir'd and deepest part And lead me to that life whose Way and Guide Thou art Psalm CXL Eripe me Domine ab c. I. LOrd from the evil man my life defend Nor let his Treasons or his violence His open force or close pretence Work ill to him who do's on Thee depend His thoughts Thou know'st are ever set on Warr And now to give me battle ralli'd are II. Instead of sword he sharpens a false tongue More venemous than that which serpents bear The poyson from an Adders spear Wounds not so mortally nor kills so long O by Thy Power may I his plots withstand For if his tongue 's thus cruel what 's his hand III. The ginns are lai'd and all the toiles are set They are resolv'd my Footsteps to o'rethrow And where they guess I needs must go In the mid-way the proud have spread their net Most Holy Lord Thou art my God I said And now 's Thy time to help since I have pray'd IV. When thousand dangers had begirt me round And all my Foes were ready in the field Thou wer 't my helmet and my shield And sav'dst that head which Thou before hadst crown'd May the desires of all the Wicked fail Lest when I slip they think their hand prevail V. Let them not by my ruin higher rise And judge by the success their cause is good But stain their swords with their own blood And be aveng'd on Thy false Enemies Let burning coals fall on them in Thine Ire And let their own lips help to blow the Fire VI. Then throw them down into the Flame nor more Unless it be to Judgement may they rise And after bear fresh miseries Sharper than all which they endur'd before Let vengeance hunt the violent man to ' his grave And so much earth may he for ' his portion have VII I know the Lord will to the poor do right And plead Himself as well as judge their cause Trying them by such equal laws That their clear'd Innocence shall look more bright So that the Righteous on their God shall stay And in His sight enjoy Eternal Day Psalm CXLI Domine clamavi ad te c. I. MY God when in distress I cry And on my long-wing'd sighes unto Thee fly Make haste to meet me Come away Ah do no longer from me stay But by Thy Presence shew Thou hearst me when I pray II. Let my requests like incense rise Not to o're-cloud but to perfume the skies And when the
day resigns to night Let it again receive new light And by my Sacrifices Flames become more bright III. Before my mouth Lord set a guard And let its double gates be alwayes barr'd Keep my heart too and be its guide That to no ill it turn aside And lest I for them long sins flattring pleasures hide IV. The just mans check I can endure His stroke wounds not but do's advance the cure Let him smite me 't shall be instead Of Ointment to refresh my head Ointment which cheares the living and preserves the Dead V. For him I 'll pray as he for me His blowes were balm and so my Words shall be When his curs'd judges overthrown From their great heights shall be cast down And in the plagues they bear see all the wrongs they ' have done VI. Our scatted bones no buriall have Nor know the kind Corruption of the Grave Like th' armes of some great tree they ly Which while its head was rais'd on high Stood the woods glory now the scorn of all pass by VII But still my eyes are up to Thee Thou art my Trust and shal't my refuge be Let not my Soul of succour fail And though the Wicked me assail Let not his open force or hidden plots prevail VIII Break all the snares which he has made Or let them only for himself be lai'd Down in his own pits Let him fall In vain for help or succour call Whilst I for whom he made them have no hurt at all Psalm CXLII Voce mea ad Dominum c. I. MY heart just broke and only strength enough Left to discharge my debt of grief and love Aloud I to th' Almighty cri'd My Lips perform'd the chiefest part For I before had sent my heart And where this first was gon thither I those did guide II. Before my God I empti'd out my prayer And dropt for every word I spake a tear My griefs I did before Him lay And when I knew not what to do Which way I went or where to go He knew my Actions then and did direct my Way III. Better than I He knew what plots were lai'd And all the snares which for my feet they made On my right hand I look'd but there No man my just desires would own On me they look'd as one unknown So far from lending me an hand they stop'd their ear IV. Then to the Lord to Thee again I prai'd And in the dolour of my spirit said Thou my Salvation art below Even here Thou dost my cause defend Even here Thy aids my prayers transcend And Lord though none else will Thou dost my trouble know V. Hear me my God and from my Enemies hand Deliv'rance which Thou only giv'st command Thou see'st they are too strong for me How daily they encrease in power But I Thy wonted helps implore For yet my God they cannot be too strong for Thee VI. From prison bring me that I may declare How ready for Thine Own Thy Mercies are God will deliver me and I Who now unjustly suffer wrong Shall make His praises be my song And all the Just shall triumph in my Victory Psalm CXLIII Domine exaudi orationem meam c. I. GReat Saviour to my mournfull Prayer give ear And of Thy Mercy pittie me O Thou who see'st my troubles hear And as they need so let Thy answer be I know Thou canst do this and more For Thou hast done it heretofore II. Behold my troubles Lord but not my Sins For if Thou once shouldst be severe What heart quakes not when God begins To judge and sets up His Tribunal there What Flesh can in His sight be just Or to His breath expose its dust III. See how the Enemy my Soul persues And how no safety can be found Whilst he his daily wrongs renewes Unless I with the dead dwell under ground Unless a wretched life to save I enter quick into the grave IV. This grieves my heart nor would it longer hold But that on Thee I meditate Remembring what Thou didst of old How Nothing was too hard no time too late I think of what Thy hand has done And take Thy Arm to lean upon V. The thirsty earth with drought consum'd and heat Do's not more gape and long for rain Than I whose thirst is full as great Am restless grown till I see Thee again Hear me my God hear speedily The Earth Thou hear'st and why not me VI. No longer turn Thy glorious Face away Or if I must in darkness sit Let it be such as brings the day And not eternall like that in the pit At night my God give me Thine ear And in the morning let me hear VII Let me Thy Mercies hear for Lord on Thee Alone for Mercie I rely Thy way be pleas'd to shew to me And give me wings that I to Heav'n may fly There I secure shall be at rest Nor of my Trust be dispossest VIII Teach me to do Thy Will for Thou art Mine And lead me to Thy Sacred land Ah quicken me for I am Thine And by Thy strength alone must firmly stand And would Thy Spirit but guide my Way I should not care Lord where it lay IX Now for Thy Mercies sake my troubles end For only Thou know'st what I bear Let on my Foes Thy wrath descend And Thine eye be like theirs too fierce to spare Let them Thy Indignation know But to Thy Servant favour show Psalm CXLIV Benedictus Dominus Deus c. I. SUpream Commander of the Sacred bands Strength of my heart Instructer of my hands Who first didst for me all the Rules of War lay down And made'st that Victory mine which truly was Thine own My shield my Tower and ever Good The Rock where I secure from danger stood Who up on high my head didst raise And at my feet didst for me Mighty Kings subdue Made'st my Own people serve anew Thou who hast all these Wonders done take all the praise II. Lord what is Man that Thou should'st mindfull be Of one who do's so seldom think of Thee Or what am I Thou on me set'st so great a price But little in my Own and less in others eyes Frail Man whose daies away do fly And like Himself are spent in Vanity Man whom one scarce can give a Name So light the Subt'lest vapour which the Sun exhales A Dream or Shaddow turns the scales Man who yet impudently to the World layes claime III. Lord bow Thy Heav'n in bright Flames come down The smoaking Hills with dreadful thunder crown There take Thy standing and on my Proud Enemies throw Destroying lightnings and make seen Thy bloody bow Extend Thy Arm my Saviour be And from the Mighty floods deliver me From Strangers who that love pretend Which I dare never trust their mouths so proudly speak Whose right hands faith they plighted break And swords which they have drawn into their bowels send IV. Then will I to Thy glorious Name sing
he bear Thy light If his own dazles Thyne will strike him blind III. Thou shalt destroy him and his lying tongue Shall to himself alone do all the wrong That blood of other men which he has shed Shall justly fall on his own head Whilst to Thy Temple I will come with praise And make Thy love the subject bee Whence I 'll take wing to mount to Thee And in my flight tow'rds Heav'n Thy glory raise IV. O bring me thither and make strait my way And let me see the snares my Enemies lay Be Thou my guide that I the path may know And lead me where I ought to go I dare not trust them though they seem to bless For even their flatteries poyson have Their tongue is death their throat the grave Wicked their hands their heart is wickedness V. Destroy them Lord but not by Thy right hand That signal justice from their own command By their own secret counsels let them fall And send those plagues for which they call In their transgressions let them be o'rethrown Burst with that pride with which they sweld For against Thee they have rebell'd And let the Curse they suffer be their own VI. But let all those who trust in Thee rejoyce And where their hearts are lift on high their voice Let them be fearless who adore Thy Name Preserv'd by their own heavenly flame For Thou all times the Righteous wilt defend Thy mighty Power shall be his shield Never o'recome hene're shall yield But certain Conquest shall his arms attend Psalm VI. Domine ne in furore tuo c. I. LOrd in Thy wrath rebuke me not Nor in thy fury chasten me For such weak things that furnace is too hot And by my clay no more endur'd can be Than my injustice and repeated wrongs by Thee II. Uphold me Lord for I am weak Whil'st Thou Thy hand dost on me lay My bones are shaken and my heart will break Heal me with Speed and take Thy hand away Or let me know how long and I 'll with patience stay III. Return and for Thy Mercy sake My Soul from this affliction save O now some pitty on thy servant take For Thou in death canst not Thy praises have But they and I shall be forgotten in the grave IV. I weary out the day with sighes And when that 's done the night with tears So vast a deep comes rolling from my eyes That down its tyde my bed it almost bears Yet though it wash my couch it cannot drown my fears V. My eyes are hollow and decayd And from their windows hardly see Quite buried in the graves my tears have made They only shew where they were wont to be So that what age to others grief has done to me VI. But hold why do I thus complain Like one whom God do's never hear For God has heard me and I 'll pray again Avoid Profane avoid least while yo' are near That wickedness which hardens yours should stop His ear VII The Lord has heard me and my tears Have found acceptance in His eyes My sighes already have blown o're my fears And scatter'd with their breath my Enemies So let them fly with shame all who against me rise Psalm VII Domine Deus meus noster c. I. ALmighty God to Thee for help I cry And on Thy Power alone rely Thou hast preserv'd me and once more Thy ancient favours I implore The same which Thou hast granted heretofore Thy hand has rais'd me when brought low In my distress Thou didst Thy mercy show May that strong hand which rais'd me then defend me now Lord from my Enemy deliver me And let my flight from him be but to Thee II. Shouldst Thou withdraw or not let me come near My Soul he would in pieces tear Just like a Lyon having found His helpless prey who looks around And only with his eyes gives the first wound But when he sees the guards are gone And shepheards scattred he falls boldly on And with his paws do's finish what his eyes begun Such would O Lord my certain ruine be Didst not Thou interpose to rescue me III. Yet Lord if I have done this wicked thing For which they charge me to the King Or if for some unworthy end I did but in my thoughts intend Wretch as I was a mischief to my friend Yea if I have not spar'd my foe Who without any cause of mine was so And when thy hand had given him to me let him go Then let my Enemy take my life away And spurn that honour I so low did lay IV. Lord in Thine anger to my cause arise Against my vengefull Enemies Awake and up in Judgement stand The same which Thou dost me command And take both Scales and Sword into Thy hand Then let the Congregation see That they themselves are blind who fancy Thee Filleted as they feign and make their Justice bee Return Thou therefore for their sakes on high That they may know ther 's in Thy hand an eye V. For Thou indeed art Judge and Lord begin With me when Thou hast purg'd my sin Remember my Integrity And after that Thy servant try Who to Thy Bar do's for just judgement fly That wickedness may have an end When thus to every cause Thou shalt attend And let Thy equall sentence upon all descend I 'm sure to be absolv'd at this debate For He that 's Judge shall be my Advocate VI. God shall the Righteous clear and but delay The Wickeds sentence for a day For every day with him He 's griev'd He is not pardon'd but repriev'd Not into favour but on proof receiv'd And if he turns not to the Lord Out from His mouth shall come the dreadful Word His bow 's already bent and He will whet His sword The instruments of death all furbisht are And for the blow th' Almighty arm 's made bare VII But unconcern'd he travayles with his sin And falshood to the birth do's bring Leaves not till having digg'd a pit He falls himself the first in it A just reward and for the maker fit On his own head his sin returns He feels the weight of his own heavy scorns And in a quenchless fire which he first kindled burns So righteous art Thou Lord so just Thy wayes Thy Name to heav'n do's reach so shall my Praise Psalm VIII Domine dominus noster c. I. SOle Monarch of the World Prince of all Powers Fountain of Beings glorious King Who can enough Thy praises sing Who art the Worlds great Lord as well as Ours Fondly by Verse we strive Thy Name to raise When it already is above our highest praise II. Thou and Thy Name alike are excellent And though we something see below The greatest part we cannot know Glorys which are above the Firmament Heav'ns of heav'ns a mean extent would be And low as hell were they in height compar'd to Thee III. Great as Thou art yet sometimes Thou dost love Some glory
be Which from the Righteous Judge of all does go His Judgments are from all injustice free Are Just themselves and make us so The finest gold near them looks wan and pale And hony from the Comb do's of its wonted sweetness fail VI. Gain and reward in them are found Sometimes they are my staff sometimes my guide But Lord how often have I fell to ground And in my secret wandrings gone aside Cleanse me O God and through Thy grace Let not presumptuous sins of me take hold But let my Innocence still keep its place And make me in the Judgment bold Hear me O Thou who my Salvation art That when my'heart moves my lips Thy Spirit may move my heart Psalm XX. Exaudiat te Dominus c. I. SO may Thy God be always near Nay Jacobs God all Thy Petitions hear And when Thy Enemies huge Armies send As if they would Thy land devour And with their numbers Thee ore'power Then may His Name be Thy strong Tower To break their rage and Thee from danger to defend II. From Sion may Thy aids appear Invincible as He who governs there With fire from Heav'n may he Thy Offrings crown And as with every Sacrifice Thy prayers and that again do's rise Till they together reach the skies Let thy God meet them and as they ascend come down III. May He Thy just desires fulfill And always fix Thy counsels to His Will 'T is done O King and in it we rejoyce Let the whole World our shoutings hear What we adore let them all fear Honour Him far and dread him near Let the whole World hear Ours God Himself Thy voice IV. Our God shall hear Thee and His hand Mov'd by His ear deliv'rance shall command From Heav'n He shall His mighty arm unbare Brandish His Sword and make it seen Nothing but blood shall come between And He who has Thy Saviour been Shall be Thy praise as once the subject of Thy prayer V. Let others on their Troops rely Chariots and Horse which Vict'ry can out-fly We on the Name of God will only stay That shall Our Horse and Chariots bee Our Armies and Our Victory Let but us Lord be kept by Thee We shall stand Conquerours when they fall or run away VI. Already they are all brought down But on Thy head God has set fast the Crown May He be still to Thee propitious Always incline a willing ear To His Anoynted still be near And Thy petitions ever hear And as He hears Thee Gracious King mayst Thou hear us Psalm XXI Domine in virtute tuâ c. I. GReat God who Wonders for Our land hast done And sav'd Our King whom Thou mad'st so Again hast set Him on the Throne And made His Fathers foes before Him bow Our King shall in Thy strength rejoyce That He was Thine as well as His own peoples choice II. Thou didst not ever His requests deny Nor to His Vows shut up Thine ear In vain He did not always cry Though Heav'n which saw His wrongs seem'd not to hear For the desires He thither sent Thou with unhop'd for blessings didst at last prevent III. He only sue'd for Life Thou gave'st a Crown And on His head hast set it fast The Royall Diadem never shone With so great lustre or so long to last To Kings which from Him shall proceed Not to His head alone secur'd but to His seed IV. Home Thou hast brought Him and so fixt Him here All say His power is most like Thine The Honours Thou hast made Him bear Have rendred Him and Monarchy Divine That for their Kings Our Sons shall wish Like Him they all may be and all their Reigns like His. V. For in the Lord His confidence He plac'd And up to Heav'n for help did fly And having there His anchor cast Our Seas He knew could never rise so high And that the Ocean which was there Was all Pacifique and no seed for storms did bear VI. In vain from Thee O God His foes would fly And having shun'd His hand scape Thyne But their close walks are in Thine eye And all around them do's Thy glory shine His Enemies Thou count'st Thine own And what His hands reach not by Thine shal be o'rethrown VII Thou on them their own Consciences shalt turn Thy wrath shall on their darkness light For like an Oven it shall burn With flames that scorch and even as Hell affright And when it has rag'd all about Upon the guilty standers by it shall break out VIII But if reserv'd for future misery Thy vengeance here they shall survive 'T is but to see before them dye Those children in whose names they hop'd to live Yet though like them their Names shall rot They still shall want the happiness to be forgot IX For Thee O King the mischief they design'd Which on Thy Fathers head did light And with you both the Crown was joyn'd That was the Cause did animate the fight Whil'st Heav'n was all the while defi'd To see the rule establisht there on earth deny'd X. Heav'n saw the Treasons and did arm'd appear Return'd the darts they up had thrown Now less with feathers wing'd than fear And in all wounds the arrows were their own Lord since Thou ' hast thus preserv'd Our King Uphold His Throne that with Him we Thy praise may sing Psalm XXII Deus Deus meus quare dereliquisti c. I. MY God my God why art thou turn'd away And thus forsak'st me in my agony Shall I in vain for ever pray And pour out fruitless words which reach not Thee All day I cry but Thou seem'st not to hear The night do's witness to my roarings bear Yet though they rend my heart they cannot move Thine ear II. But Holy still and Righteous Lord art Thou And worthy of Thy People Israels praise Who on Our Fathers did'st bestow Freedom from Chains and conduct in their ways On Thee they trusted and to Thee they cry'd Who heard'st their groans conquering out did'st ride Their trust met no reproach nor was their prayer deny'd III. But I 'm a Worm my God and not a Man Reproach of Men and shame o' th' multitude Whose mockings with my grief began And ever grew as that encreas'd more rude With all the antick looks that shew disgrace Distorted mouth and head and riv'led face They me the Common butt for all their scorns did place IV. Let 's see said they with jests more sharp than swords And mortaller than all the wounds they gave Let 's see if yet for all His Words The God on whom He trusts His life will save If He so dearly loves him at his call Why comes He not we challenge Him and all For without that this single conquest would be small V. Yet still in Thee I all my trust have plac'd Who art the God who took'st me from the womb On whom I from the breast was cast And to these years through thousand cares have come To Thee
Thou art Just And in my great escape consult Thy Name Least those who know it not Thy care should blame To my complaint and cries incline Thine ear And by Thy help make me assur'd that Thou dost hear II. Thou art my Rock where till the storm is past Above the floods I shall securely stand At Sea a Rock where all my safety 's plac'd And a strong Tower and Arsenall at land O bring me thither by Thine own Right hand Guide me my God who only art my strength And by the pleasures of the way deceive its length III. Remove the snares which for my feet are laid Thou to whose hands my spirit I resign Of all I am the purchase Thou hast made And so redeem'd I can be only Thine And what 's Thy love or Hatred shall be mine Lyars and their fond vanities I hate But trust in Thee who hast preserv'd my life and state IV. In Thee will I be glad in Thee rejoyce Who hast my troubles seen and heard my cryes To th' Songs my heart begins I 'll tune my Voice And count of all Thy glorious Victories And on their wings to Heav'n in Triumph rise I 'll sing how for me Thou mad'st bare Thy hand And set me in a place where round I might command V. This Thou hast done and these Thy Works I 'll praise But yet my troubles have not their full end Fears and continual snares surround my wayes And grief to th' Earth my soul so low do's bend That scarce in sighs I can to Heav'n ascend Consum'd with care my bones and life decay And in my wasted flesh unwillingly do stay VI. On my wing'd groans away my years do fly And for my sins my strength do's fail Nor am I only scorn'd by my ' Enemy But friends with whom my sorrows should prevail With scoffs he thought too sharp my life assail A Feast I 'm to my own and those who see My miseries afar off less fly the plague than mee VII Like a dead man forgotten in the grave An earthen Vessel all to shivers broke Which Art too late would or repair or save My old acquaintance strangely on me look And tremble as they see me at Thy stroke Traytor the Great ones call me and as so My life they have decreed shall for my treasons go VIII In this sad state to Thee my God I cry Knowing Thou all their Threats canst countermand Their malice by Thy strength I can defie For all my Times are measur'd by Thy hand And in Thy Sacred Roll recorded stand For my deliverance shew Thy Power Divine And for Thine Honours sake upon Thy Servant shine IX Guard me from shame for I have call'd on Thee And make it theirs to whom Thy Name 's unknown Let silence and the grave their portion bee And may all those who on the Just have thrown Reproach find it rewarded with their own Stop lying mouths which use proud things to speak And with their causless envy let them swell and break X. But who enough Thy Goodness can adore Or knows the treasures which thou up hast laid For them who fear Thee in Thy boundless store How glorious they hereafter shall be made O're whom Thy wings already are display'd There shalt Thou hide them from the strife of tongues And on their proudest Enemies return their wrongs XI So was I hid and thus His power have seen Blest be His Name when girt with Foes around He interpos'd Himself and came between In a strong City made me keep my ground And foes too potent for me did confound I 'm lost I said cut off and quite undone Yet when I cry'd was heard by Him I call'd upon XII By my example love Him all His Saints Who for the Faithfull do's so well provide But on the stubborn multiplies restraints His Face for ever from their suit do's hide And on them pours the vengeance they defy'd Chear up all you who on the Lord depend The present Storm in an Eternal Calm shall end Psalm XXXII Beati quorum remissae sunt c. I. HE whose iniquities are purg'd away And he alone indeed is blest Short of True Happiness all others stay And where they cannot have it seek for rest No other path the way to life do's show And only that which leads from sin do's thither go II. Blest is the Man whose faults remitted are To whom the Lord imputes no sin Whose hands are guiltless and Whose heart is clear Without all pure and all refin'd within Whose filthy spots of lust appear no more But now one Royall Purple dyes his Soul all o're III. This when I knew not nor what ease it gave My faults before Thee to confess My grief which could no certain measure have Daily increas'd instead of being less I griev'd indeed and mournfully complain'd Of sins effects ne're thinking that the Cause remain'd IV. Grief and Thy hand upon me night and day Low as the earth did beat me down And all the tears which I had thrown away But dryer left me when their flood was gone Dry as the thirsty earth for want of rain When all the moysture which it gave Heav'n takes again V. At length perceiving all my groans were vain I thought upon some other way To thee I did disclose my sin and pain Thou in return their fury didst allay No sooner I'll confess my sins I said But He who heard forgave them me e're I had pray'd VI. For this shall every Just man thee implore And call when Thou wilt surely hear The Seas which now against him proudly roar May spend their Mouths but never shall come near He is above their reach and shall despise Their greatest rage and scorn them when they highest rise VII Thou art my hiding place my life wilt save And teach me Songs of praise to sing Others who of Thy Wayes no knowledge have Guided my self by Thee I 'll to thee bring Then be not Man more brutish than thy Mule Which thou thy self hast broke and with a Curb canst rule VIII Perpetual sorrows Trouble without ease Is the whole portion of th' Unjust Whil'st thousand Mercies and eternal Peace Encompass those who on th' Almighty trust Mercies and Peace encompass them around With these their feet are stablisht their heads are crown'd IX Rejoyce ye Righteous and shout forth your praise Be glad in Him who is Your King In the Almighty God whose wondrous wayes Give life and spirit to the dullest string He is Your God and Him with praise adore If any to rejoyce have cause sure you much more Psalm XXXIII Exultate Justi in Domino c. I. REjoyce ye Righteous and to God sing praise With all the Numbers Musick can invent The Harp and Lute and ten-string'd instrument And with their sound to Heav'n your voices raise Express your thanks thus and your love And in the Consort joyn with Saints above In Anthems His great Name adore Nothing can please Him better or become you
to be ador'd in fight Who thus canst arm Thy self with light But Lord what are Thy Hands if thus Thou kill'st at sight IV. When from above Thou mak'st Thy voice be heard The Sea stands still and Earth do's shake Even Heav'n it self unloos'd do's quake God thundred from above and they all fear'd The Clouds to make Him way asunder rent An hideous shriek the Mountains sent When God to judge the Meek by them in person went V. Nor do these only Lord Thy Power declare But the fierce wrath of Wicked Man Which Thou dost punish or restrain Whence to get praise amongst thy Wonders are Vow to the Lord and what you vow see pai'd For Vows are debts when once they ' are made And none deserves your praise like Him to whom you prai'd VI. Adore Him all ye lands and tongues around And to Our God your praises sing To Him alone your presents bring And thus with fear seek Him whom Wee have found With God the greatest Kings cannot compare They Crowns but at His pleasure wear And when He Frowns they and their Honours turn to air Psalm LXXVII Voce mea ad Dominum c. I. IN my great trouble to the Lord I cried I cri'd aloud And He was pleas'd to hear And when the night His Face did hide With stretch'd out hands I felt it He was near I prai'd and was resolv'd to pray Refus'd all Comfort but my tears Whose streames I thought my Feavour might allay And as they forc't my heart for passage move His Ears II. Sometimes in groans sometimes in Words I pray'd And fluent as my griefs my sorrows spake But suddenly my speech was stay'd And interrupting sights its order brake And then I could nor speak nor sleep Thou Lord didst hold my eyes and tongue Only my mind its even frame did keep And with weak hands and muttering lips became more strong III. Then of Thy Wonders did I meditate Our Fathers dayes and what their age did see How Thou upheld'st the Tottering State And in their troubles mad'st them trust in Thee Fresh to my mind then came a Song Which heretofore I did reherse An Anthem which had been forgotten long Where my Soul with me joyn'd and thus began the Verse IV. And can it be that God will thus reject Be always angry and ne'r pleas'd again Will He His Flock no more protect But let us ever as this day complain Has He forgotten to be good Or shall His Promise ever cease Who has His Pleasure or His Power withstood That where He shuts up Warr He should imprison Peace V. Hold Soul I said 't is Thy infirmity Makes Thee thus judge of God whose Will shall stand Immovable as it is High Where Thou Thy wings should'st guide to his right Hand Of that think with me and His Power The Wondrous Works which He has done They shall my talk and study be each hour To shew Our children what Our Fathers Us have shown VI. Thy Wayes O God are far above my sight And where Thou hid'st Thy self in Heav'n lie hid Ther 's none like Thee so full of might Whose Power I fear by what Thy hand once did When from above Thou mad'st it bare Israel and Josephs Seed to save When their Redemption did Thy strength declare And Egypt took the Chain to be her Captives slave VII The Waters saw Thee and the Waters fled The Depths were troubled and ran back for fear The Clouds rain'd Seas Heav'n Darkness spread From whence there came a voyce which rocks did tear Th' Earth trembled and the Mountains shook Egypt it self abhor'd the light Which from the flashes came and horror strook More terrible than when three days they felt their night VIII Thou for Thy People didst prepare the way And through those Floods a safe retreat they have Which Thou Thy Glory to display Resolvd'st should after be proud Pharaohs grave Along they went by Thy Command Who of the Sacred Flock took'st Care Moses and Aaron only shew'd Thy Hand For the Great Shepherd Thou and they Thy Heards-men were Psalm LXXVIII Attendite Populus meus c. I. ISrael Gods own Inheritance draw near And what He did to make Thee so now hear Of Ages long since past and armes I sing And to Thy dayes their ancient glories bring Acts which with sound belief would never stand But that all done by the Almighty Hand Our Fathers witness to their Truth did bear And what we hear with wonder saw with fear They told them Us that we might publish down To Childrens Children how His Power was known Such was His charge that late Posterity And Generations which should after be People as yet unborn might know His Wayes And what they learnt their children teach His Prayse That they in Him their Hope might alwayes place His statutes keep and alwayes seek His Face Never forget His Works but still improve His former Favours and His present love That like their Fathers they rebel no more Unless they 'd feel the Wrath their Fathers bore Base stubborn Nation who their God withstood Most cross to Him who alwayes did them good His Wrath this kindled first then made it burn Th' enraged fire on Ephraims Tribe did turn Ephraim which durst the stoutest Foe assail And never of the certain conquest fail But us'd to Come and See and so Prevail So terrible His bow so sure his hand Th' unerring shaft did death at will command Ephraim turn'd back but strove in vain to flie By His own shafts o'retook did wounded lie Worthy thus signally in Warr to fall Whom Peace with all Her Charms could ne'r recall The law they brake that Covenant which they took And without cause that and their God forsook Forgot His Works and their own Worthy Stemm Their Fathers Trust and what He did for them Marvellous things He did in Pharaohs land Zoan still witness of His Plagues do's stand When Israel saw His Wonders all about How He preserv'd them there and brought them out When He no Common Road did make them keep But like His Own their wayes were in the Deep The Deep amaz'd stood up as they pass'd o're Admir'd their suddain fix'd-ness and new shore How in a moment they were rais'd so high And fell not when they saw no storm was nigh By day a Cloud did their great journies hide At night a Sacred Flame the Host did guide Before them pass'd and where their passage lay Not only shew'd but also made their Way Hard Rocks as they went by pierc'd through did groan That fire which dri'd the Deep did melt the stone Out gusht new streams so constant and so strong They made their Channels as they ran along Yet still they sinn'd and tempted Him the more Lack'd meat who only Water begg'd before Nor did they closely think but speak their Sins And with vile Mouth the Murmurer thus begins Can He give Bread too sure if He be God That may as well as streams obey
Time for Thee Lord now to rise For those who should obey Thy Law its rule despise IV. But I disvalue gold with it compar'd And Thy Commandments more than gold And all its chains me in Obedience hold For much above ' it Thou know'st I Them prefer'd Thy Praecepts above All I love And this bless'd Passion by my flight from sin will prove Part. XVII Pe. Mirabilia Testimonla c. I. THY Testimonies Lord are wonderfull Therefore I make Them all my Care The very entrance of Thy Word is fair And with its beams inlightens my dark Soul If such the Porch and Entrance be What Wonders may we in Thy Sanctuary see II. I long'd for Thy Commandments and the air Breath'd thence into my Soul I drew Me thoughts it did my Spirit again renew And clear'd the stoppages which press'd me there Look down and to me be the same As Thou art us'd to be to them who love Thy Name III. According to Thy Word my steps direct Nor let me be by Sin o'rethrown Who just Allegiance to Thy Praecepts own And from sure ruine the Oppres'd protect Let me no more a Captive be To lust since Thou hast broke my Chains and set me free IV. Lord on Thy Servant make Thy Face to shine And me Thy Righteous Statutes teach That I to others may Thy Goodness preach And how like me they too may be made Thine For floods of teares run down my eyes And for Thy Broken Lawes Seas from those Fountains rise XVIII Part. Tsaddi Iustus es Domine c. I. AS Thou art such my God Thy Judgments are Thou Righteous and They all upright Thy Testimonies govern less by Might Than Justice wherewith Thou hast made Them fair And those who to Thy Scepter bow Which is so right and faithfull are themselves made so II. My Zeal has burnt me up and all on fire I faint to see Thy Word forgot Thy Word that 's try'd and from the Fornace hot In sacred flames of love makes me expire And wonder who through cold can dy Who has so hot and pure a fire to warm him by III. Thou know'st I 'm poor despis'd and wondrous low Yet will I not Thy Praecepts leave But even thence hope new vigor to receive How poor and low so e're I may be now Thy Laws and Truth so certain be That what Thou once has promis'd from all change stands free IV. This only was my Comfort in my grief When anguish fast hold of me took That I Thy just Commandments ne're forsook And they which were my love brought me relief That I may ever with Thee live Sound knowledge of Thy Testimonies to me give XIX Part. Coph Clamavi in toto corde c. I. WIth my whole heart in my distress I cry'd Aloud I cry'd but more for fear To break Thy Statutes than my Pains to bear O let me never say'd I be deny'd But rise my God to rescue me And I 'll Thy Testimonies kcep and honour Thee II. The Morning with my Prayer I did prevent For in Thy Word my hope I plac'd The Morning with my cry I bid make haste But e're it came my Vowes I up had sent 'T was then a pleasure not to sleep For all the while Thy word with me the watch did keep III. Lord for Thy Mercy sake to me give eare And in Thy Justice visit me May they agreed my Mighty Saviours be And as I Thine make Thâ—e my Voice to hear O be not farr off from my cry When those who hate Thy Law and Me are come so nigh IV. But chear up Soul see where Thy God do's stand Thy God whose just Commands are True Who with a Word can all Thy Foes subdue And publish His great Victories in all lands Whose Testimonies Thou hast found Eternity alone in its vast Space can bound Part. XX. Resh Vide humilitatem c. I. COnsider my affliction and my Pain And save Me for I keep Thy law Defend my cause and from my Weakness draw Such arguments as may Thy Power maintain For Thy Words sake deliver me The safety like redemption from the grave shall be II. Salvation from the proud is farr away So much they on themselves dâ—pend But never to Thy Statutes Voice attend Which only are my Prop and mighty stay Thy Mercies great and wondrous be Yet Lord according to Thy Judgements quicken me III. Many my Foes against me thousands rise Yet I Thy Testaments obey And others would perswade to take Thy Way Who only are for that my Enemies For them I 'm sure I truely grieve Because they Thy Almighty Word will not believe IV. For my own part like Thee I nothing love Thy Praecepâ—s are my chief delight That I may alwayes think them so let light And an Eternal day break from above Thy Word for ever True has been Nor have Thy Righteous Judgements any variance seen Part. XXI Schin Principes persecuti c. I. PRinces without cause are my Enemies But of Thy Word I stand in aw Lying I hate but have observ'd Thy Law And so their threats and malice can despise And if for them I have a fear Into my heart I look and see a greater there II. Thy Word which is at once my fear and trust Makes me in mighty shouts rejoice As one that finds great spoil or has His Choice For it will make me Lord as Thou art Just For that seven times a day I 'll praise And with Thy righteous Judgements my small Numbers raise III. Great peace to them who love Thy Laws belongs And nothing shall their rest offâ—nd But all their lives they shall in pleasure spend And thence take lofty Subjects for their songs In Thee my God I trust alone And those Commands Thou gav'st me to observe have done IV. My Soul has all Thy Testimonies kept And they have been my purest love I by their conduct did my journies move Nor from the Way which they first shew'd me stept They and Thy Praecepts were my guide Nor did I strive my paths from thy bright face to hide XXII Part. Tau Appropinquet deprecatio c. I. LOrd let my cry at length approach Thine ear And Understanding to me give To know Thy Word and by its rule to live And all the prayers which here I ' have made Thee hear Lord for Thy Word to save me rise And then I may be confident Thou hear'st my cries II. Then shall my song of all Thy Power reherse And of the Change Thy Statutes wrought How by Thy Word I home to Thee was brought And by those steps to Heav'n I 'll raise my Verse For Thy Commandments righteous are And those who make them theirs shall be themselves Thy Care III. May I be so for they have been my Choice And in Thy Praecepts I delight Thy Law 's my Meditation day and night And all times do's my heart employ or voice For Thy Salvation Lord I wait Make hast and come away before it be too late