live according to thy promises 108 Makâ— acceptable what my mouth does voluntarly offer to thee And teach me thy judgments 109 My * Expli My life is allâ—ays in danger soul is allways in my hands And I have not forgotten thy law 110 The sinners have lay'd a snare for me But I have not deviated from thy precepts 111 I have made thy law to be my inheritance for ever Because it is the joy of my heart 112 I have disposed my heart allways to keep thy Commandments Because the reward is great SAMECH 113 I have hated the unjust And I have loved thy law 114 Thou art my helper and my protector And I build my hope upon thy word 115 Depart from me all you that are wicked For I will make the law of my God my whole inquiry 116 Receive me into thy protection according to thy word and I shall live And let me not be confounded in failing of my expectation 117 Help me and I shall be safe And I will allways Meditate upon thy just decrees 118 Thou hast despised all that depart from thy law Because their thoughts are unjust 119 I have look'd upon all sinners of the earth as Prevaricaters Therfor have I lov'd thy testimonys 120 Penetrat my flesh with thy fear For thy judgments are terrible to me AIN 121 I have proceeded with justice and equity Give me not up to thos who calumniat me 122 Receive thy servant into thy good protection Let not the proud oppress me with calumnies 123 My eyes languish in expectation of thy saving mercy And of the decrees of thy justice 124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy Teach me thy ordinances 125 I am thy servant give me understanding that I may know thy will 126 It is time for thee O Lord now to act They have annull'd thy law 127 Thy precepts are dearer to me then gold and Topazes 128 Therfor have I directed my steps according to thy Commandments And have detested all wicked ways PHE. 129 Thy testimonys are wonderfull Therfor has my soul searched into them 130 The manifestation of thy words gives light And affords understanding to litle ones 131 I Have open'd my mouth and panted Because I longed for thy Commands 132 Turn thine eyes towards me and have mercy on me As thou usually hast on thos who love thy name 133 Set my steps right in the way of thy precepts And let no injustice rule over me 134 Deliver me from the Calumnies of men That I may keep the Commandments 135 Let thy countenance shine upon thy servant And teach me thy ordinances 137 Fountains of tears have flow'd from my eyes Because they have not kept thy law TSADE 137 Thou art just O Lord And thy judgments are full of equity 138 Thou hast commanded the keeping of thy laws which are justice and truth it self 139 My zeal has consum'd me because my enemys have forgott thy words 140 Thy words are sincere and try'd by fire And thy servant has lov'd them 141 J am litle and contemptible yet have I not forgott thy precepts 142 Thy justice is eternall justice Thy law is truth it self 143 Affliction and distress are come upon me And I still meditate upon thy precepts 144 The equity of thy law is eternall Give me understanding and I shall live COPH. 145 I have cry'd out with my whole heart Hear me O Lord I will seek thy law 146 To thee I have cry'd out Preserve me that I may keep thy Commandments 14â— I have made hast and I have cry'd out betimes Because all my hope is in thy promises 148 My eyes before the morning are lifted up to thee That I may meditate upon thy law 149 Hear my voice O Lord according to thy mercy And according to thy justice give me life 150 They who persecute me approche to iniquity and are at a great distance from thy law 151 Thou O Lord art near at hand And all thy ways are truth it self 152 From the beginning I have known that thou hast established for ever the testimonys of thy law REZ 153 See how low J am brought and deliver me For I have not forgott thy law 154 Judge my cause and redeem me Give me life according to thy promise 155 Salvation is far from sinners Because they have not observed thy just law 156 Many are thy mercys O Lord According to the equity of thy judgment give me life 157 Many are they who persecute and afflict me But I have not declined from thy precepts 158 I have beheld the breakers of thy law And I have pyned with greif because thy transgressed thy ordinances 159 See O Lord how I have loved thy Commandments Let thy mercy make me live 160 Truth is the principle of thy words The justice of thy judgments is eternal ZIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without cause And my heart is kept in fear by thy words 162 I will how ever rejoyce in thy decrees like one who finds rich spoyles 163 I have hated and abominated iniquity But I have loved thy law 164 Seven times in the day I have offer'd praises to thee for the rightiousnes of thy judgments 165 Much peace is enjoyed by thos who love thy law And nothing shall make them fall 166 O Lord I have waited for thy saving mercy And I have loved thy Commandments 167 My soul has kept thy precepts And has ardently loved them 168 Thy Laws and thy ordinances I have carefully observed Because all my ways are seen by thee TAU 169 Let my prayer have accesse to thee O Lord Give me understanding according to thy word 170 Let my petition come before thee Deliver me according to thy promise 171 My lipps shall sing hymnes when thou shalt vouchafe to teach me thy ordinances 172 My tongue shall publish thy words Because thy precepts are justice it self 173 Hold out thy hand to save me Because I have chosen thy law 174 O Lord I have earnestly sought thy saving mercy And thy law is my meditation 175 My soul shall live and praise thee And thy judgments will support me 176 I have wandered like a Lost sheep seek thy servant for I have not forgott thy Commandments PSALME CIX Ad Dominum cum tribularer This Psalme and fourteen more that follow are called by The Title of graduall tho the reason does not appear why they are so call'd David seemes to have made this Psalme in the time of his banishment he begs of God to deliver him from the treachery of his Enemies and deplores his exile amongst barbarous people 1 I call'd out to Our Lord in my affliction Psalm 119. And he heard me 2 Deliver my soul O Lord from unjust lipps And from the deceitfull tongue 3 What will be the just reward of a deceitfull tongue 4 The peircing Arrows of the mighty desolating coals 5 I greive because my banishment is prolonged I have dwelt with the Inhabitants of Cedar My soul has been a long
and has taken me into his protection from a deluge of water he has drawn me out 20 He has rescued me our of the hands of my powerfull enemys and of those who hated me for they were become too mighty for me 21 They first sett upon me in the day of my affliction but our Lord became my protector 22 He has set me at liberty he has sav'd me because he lov'd me 23 Our Lord will render to me according to my justice and according to the cleanes of my hands 24 Because I have kept the ways of our Lord and have not been guilty of impiety towards my God 25 For all his judgments are before my eyes and I have not rejected his just laws 26 And I will keep my self unspotted before him and will watch my self least I fall into iniquity 27 Our Lord will render to me according to my justice and will recompense me according to the cleanes of my hands in his sight 28 * Heb. vvith the mercifull thou vvilt be mercifull With the holy thou wilt be holy and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent 29 * Heb. and vith the sincere thou vvilt be sincere And with the elect thou wilt be elect and with the pervers thou wilt * Heb. vvrestle be perverted 30 For thou wilt save the people that are humble and thou wilt humble the eyes of the proud 31 'T is rhou o Lord that dost light my lamp my God! illuminat my darknes 23 By thee J shall be delivered from temptation and in the strength of my God I will make my way over the wall 33 The ways of my God are clean without spot the words of our Lord are tryd as it were by fire he is the protector of all that hope in him 34 For who is God but our Lord or what God is there but our God 35 The God who has begirt me with fortitude and made my ways to be free from blemish 36 Who has bestowd on my feet the swiftnes of staggs and has seated me on high places 37 Who hath taught my hands to fight in battel and has made my arms like a bow of brass 38 And thou hast given me o Lord thy protection for my security and thy right hand has held me up 39 Thy discipline has thorowly amended me and by that I will allways be instructed 40 Thou hast widen'd my steps under me and hast made my feet to tread firm 41 I will pursue my enemies and catch them and will not go back till they are defeated 42 I will break them nor shall they stand before me they shall fall under my feet 43 For thou hast given me strength and inabled me for war and has brought under me all those that rose up against me 44 Thou hast made my enemies turn their backs to me and all that hate me thou hast destroyd 45 They cryd out for help but there was none to save them to our Lord they cryd but he did not hear them 46 And I will bruse them as small as dust before the wind and like dirt in the streets they shall be cast out 47 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people thou wilt establish me chief over nations 48 A people whom I did not know have serv'd me as soon as they heard of me they obeyd me 49 The degenerate have been false to me the degenerate children are grown rotten they have halted and are gone out of the way 50 Our Lord liveth and blessed be my God let the God of my safety be exalted above all things 51 Thou who hast revenged my cause and subdued nations under me thou who hast deliverd me from all my enraged enemies 52 Thou wilt likewise raise me above those who rise up against me from the injust men thou wilt rescue me 53 Therfore o Lord J will make known thy glory amongst the nations and to thy name I will sing a Psalm 54 May he still increase the safety of his king may he shew mercy to David his anointed and to his seed for ever PSALME XVIII Coeli enarrant gloriam This Psalm consists of two parts in the first wee are taught that the power and glory of God may be knowen by contemplating the celestiall bodies and especially the sun In the second part is described the perfection and efficacy of the Divine law The Psalm concludes with a prayer for the pardon of hidden sins 1 THe heavens speak the glory of God Psalm 18 and the firmament sets forth the works of his hands 2 Each day relates it to the next day and night to night imparts the knowledge of it 3 Not in words or speches whose voice is not heard 4 For the sound of them is gone thorow the whole earth and their words from one end of the world to the other 5 He has placed his tabernacle in the sun and he himself is like a bridegroom comming out of his wedding chamber 6 He setts forth with triumph as a gaint to run his career from one end of the heavens he begins his progres 7 And proceeds to the other end and the whole world do's feel his warmth 8 The law of our Lord is perfect without blemish it converts souls the testimony of our Lord is faithfull it gives wisdom to litle ones 9 The decrees of our Lord are just they comfort the heart the precepts of our Lord are bright they illuminat the eyes 10 The fear of our Lord is holy and remains for ever the judgments of our Lord are true and justifyd in themselves 11 And are more to be desired then gold and all pretious stones and more delitious then hony and the hony comb 12 Therfore thy servant carefully keeps them and for keeping of them great is the reward 13 But who is he that well knows his trangressions Cleanse me o Lord from my hidden sins and from the contagion of strangers preserve thy servant 14 If they have not dominion over me then I shall become pure and shall be cleansed from the greatest sin 15 Then will the words I speak become pleasing to thee as also the meditation of my heart which is allways in thy sight 16 Thou o Lord art my helper and my Redeemer PLALME XIX Exaudiat te Dominus It is beleeved that David composed this Psalm to be sung by the people when he was ready to march against the Ammonites It contains a prayer for the happy succes of his war 1 MAy our Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation Psalm 19 may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee 2 May he send thee succour from his Sanctuary and defense out of Sion 3 May he be mindfull of thy sacrifice and may thy holocaust be gratefull to him 4 May he give thee the desire of thy heart and prosper all thy designs 5 Wee shall rejoyce in thy safety and wee shall have glory in the name of our God 6 May our Lord grant all
distributed to men 20 That even amongst those who were unbelievers Our Lord God may come to dwell 21 Blessed be our Lord from day to day he who is the God of all our safety will make our journy prosperous 22 Our God is the God who has the power to save The Lord our Lord has the dominion of death 23 But God will crush the heads of his Enemies The proud heads who go on in their iniquitys 24 Our Lord has said I will bring you out of Basan I will fetch you out of the bottome of the sea 25 That thy foot may be dipp'd in the blood of thine Enemy And thy dogs may lick it with their tongues 26 They have seen O God! thy marches The marches of my God and my king who resides in his holy place 27 The Princes went before and the singers of canticles in the middle of the virgins that play'd upon timbrels 28 Bless God the Lord in your assemblies you that spring from the fountains of Israel 29 There was the youth of Benjamin in an extasy of mind 30 The Princes of Judah that were their Leaders The Princes of Zabulon and the Princes of Nephtali 31 Exert thy power O God Confirm what thou hast wrought in us 32 From thy temple in Jerusalem Kings shall offer presents to thee 33 Tame the wild beasts shelter'd amongst the reeds A people resembling a herd of bulls and heffers That conspire to drive out those who have been try'd like siluer 34 Scatter the nations that love war The Embassadors will come out of Egipt Ethiopia will go before and lift up their hands to God 35 Yee king domes of the earth sing praises to God sing to our Lord sing to God who is ascended above the highest heaven toward the East 36 Behold he hath made his voice to be a voice of power Give glory to God for what he hath done in Israel his magnificence and mightines have been manifested in the Clouds 37 God is wonderfull in his Saints The God of Israel will give strength and vertue to his people Blessed be God PSALME LXVIII Salvum me fac Deus Many of the fathers and of the best interpreters have thought this Psalme made by David in a prâ—phetiâ—k viâ—w of the passion of Iesus-Christ of the establishment of the Church and the ruine of the Iews In which sense the Apostles themselues have explicated many places of it 1 SAve me Psalm 68. O God! For the waters have enter'd even into my soule 2 Jam stuck fast in deep mud where I feel no bottome 3 I have faln into the depth of the sea And the tempest hath owerwhelm'd me 4 Jam tired with crying out my throat is grown hoarse my eyes have fail'd me Whilst I waite for succour from my God 5 They who hate me without cause are become more in number then the hairs of my head 6 My Enemys who persecute me unjustly are strengthen'd What I never took I was forced to pay 7. O God! thou knowest my folly and my sins are not hid from thee Psalm 86. 8 O Lord the Lord of hosts let not those who waite for thee be ashamed upon my account 9 Let me be no cause of confusion to those who seek thee O God of Israel 10 For I have sustained reproche for thee Confusion has cover'd my face 11 I have been made a stranger to my brethren And an alien to the sons of my mother 12 For the zeale of thy house has devour'd me And the outrages of those who insulted thee are fall'n upon me 13 I humbled my soule with fasting And this was made a reproche to me 14 I chang'd my garments and put on sackcloth and I became their fable and their jest 15 In all their meetings at the Citty gates their whole discourse was against me And the drinkers of wine made me the subject of their songs 16 But I O Lord will offer my prayer to thee This is the time of shewing thy goodnes 17 Hear me according to thy great mâ—rcy And according to the truth of thy promises to save me 18 Draw me out of this mire that I may not allways stick in it Deliver me from those who hate me and from the bottome of the waters 19 Let not the tempest drown me noâ— the deep abyss swallow me up Nor let the mouth of the well into which I am thrown be shutt upon me 20 Hear me O Lord for thou art mercyfull and benign According to thy boundles compassion look towards me 21 Turn not thy face from thy servant Quickly hear me for I am greivously afflicted 22 Have a care of my soule and deliver it Rescue me in regard of my Enemys 23 Thou knowest the reproches the shame and the confusion which I suffer 24 All those who afflict me are in thy sight My heart has been still prepared for reproch and misery 25 And I have long waited for some body to take part in my greif and ther was not any that did it I look'd for a comforter but he was not to be found 26 And they have given me gall for my meat And when I thirsted they gave me vineger to drink 27 Let their table become a snare to them a revenge upon them and an occasion of their fall 28 Let their eyes be darkned that they may not see make their backs stand allways bent 29 Powre forth thy wrath upon them And let them feel the rigour of thy indignation 30 Let their place or dwelling become a deâ—ert And let their tents be without inhabitants 31 Because they have fall'n upon him who was wounded by thee And have added to the pains of my wounds 32 Lay to them iniquity upon iniquity And let them have no share in thy justification 33 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and let them not be inroll'd amongst the just 34 I am poor and full of sorrow Thy mercy O God! hath protected me 35 I will praise the name of God in canticles And with praises I will magnify his glory 36 And they will be more acceptable to him then the offering of a young calf with hoofs and horns newly sprouted 37 Let the poor behold and rejoyce seek God and your soule shall live 38 For our Lord has heard the poor And he has not despised his captives 39 Let the heavens and the earth praise him The sea and all that it contains 40 For God will save Sion And the towns of Judah shall be built 41 And his servants shall dwell there And have it for their inheritance 42 And the race of his servants shall possess it And all who love his name shall dwell in it PSALME LXIX Deus in adjutorium The subject of this Psalme aud almost the very words are 〈◊〉 same with that of the 39 to the title of whâ—â—h the Reader is reâ—err'd 1 COme to my assistance Psalm â—9 O God! Make hast O Lord to succor me 2 Let them be confounded and struck
me 5 Wonderfull is thy knowledge concerning me It is above my reach And I can not comprehend it 6 Whither can J go to be concealed from thy spirit And whither shall I fly to be out of thy sight 7 If I go up to heaven thou art ther If I go down into hell ther also thou art 8 If I take wings early in the morning to go and dwell in the extremest parts of the sea 9 Even thither thy hand will conduct me And thou wilt hold me with thy right hand 10 I then said perhaps darknes will cover me But I found that night was not dark to the but discover'd me to thee in my pleasures 11 For darknes hides nothing from thee to whom the night is no lesse illuminated then the day The Darknes of the one and the light of the other are both alike to thee 12 For thou hast possessed my Reins Thou didst receiue me from my Mothers womb 13 I will praise thee because thou hast in a terrible manner shewn thy power Thy works are wonderfull and my soul is penetrated with them 14 Ther is not a bone within me form'd by thee in a secret place that is hid to thee And my whole substance was known to thee when it lay below in the earth 15 Thy eyes beheld me when I was but half finished All will be register'd in thy book They will be form'd from day to day And non of them will be missing 15 But I see my God! how exceedingly thou hast honour'd thy freinds how firmly thou hast established their dominion 17 If I go to reckon them I find they exceed in number the grains of sand I have rose up and J am still with thee 18 O God! since thou wilt destroy sinners Depart from me all you men of blood 19 Because you say within your selves In vain they will take possession of thy Cittys 20 Have I not O Lord hated thos who hate thee And been almost consum'd with Zeal against thy enemies 21 I hated them with a perfect hatred And they became my Enemies 22 Search me O Lord and sound my heart Examine me And look into all my ways 23 And see if J am in any way of iniquity And lead me right in the way of eternity PSALME CXXXIX Eripe me Domine This Psalme seemes to have been made by the holy prophet David when he saw himself beseiged on all sides and persecuted to death by Saul 1 DEliver me Psalm 139. O Lord from the wicked man From the unjust man deliver me 2 They who formed wicked dessigns in their heart have made continuall war against me 3 They have sharpned their tongues like serpents The poison of aspes lyes under their lips 4 Preserve me O Lord from the hand of the sinner Deliver me from unjust men 5 Who have dessign'd to supplant me and make me fall The proud have Lay'd a secret snare for me 6 They have spred their nets and have sett their traps in my way 7 I have sayd to our Lord Thou art my God O Lord hear the voice of my prayer 8 O Lord by whose power I have been saved Who hast covered my head in the day of battell 9 O Lord do not deliver me up against my will to the sinner They have designs against me forsake me not least their pride should triumph over me 10 All their circumventions and studyed Calumnies of their lips will return upon themselves 11 Burning coals will fall upon them Thou wilt cast them into the fire They will sink under their misery 12 The lauish tongue shall not thrive upon the earth And the unjust man will make a wretched end 13 I know that our Lord will do justice to the afflicted And that he will revenge the cause of the poor 14 The just shall praise thy name And the upright of heart shall enjoy thy presence PSALME CXL Domine clamavi It is beleived that this Psalme was made by David upon the same occasion and near the same time with that which went before 1 O Lord Psalm 140. I have cry'd out to thee Vouchafe to hear me Listen to my voice when I call upon thee 2 Let my prayer like incense ascend to thee as an evening sacrifice receive the holding up of my hands 3 Place a watch O Lord upon my mouth and a door to gard my lipps 4 Suffer not my heart to be inclin'd to words of malice to seek excuses for my sins 5 I will have nothing to do with the workers of iniquity nor with any thing that is pleasing to them 6 The just man will admonish me with charity and will reprehend me But let not the sinner grease my head with his oyl of flatery 7 For I will still pray against the things which they delight in Their Judges shall be splitt upon the rock and swallow'd up 8 They will hear my words at last because thâ—y are powerfull As clods of the earth are borken by the plow and scatter'd about the ground 9 So are our bones dispersed even to the brink of the grave Wherfor to thee O Lord my Lord I lift up my eyes I have putt my hope in thee Let not my life be taken away 10 Preserve me from the snare which they have layd for me And from the trapps of the workers of iniquity 11 Sinners shall fall into their own net stand alone till the time of my passage comes PSALME CXLI Voce mea ad Dominum This Psalme contains Davids prayer â—hen he was in the Cave beseiged by Saul He setts forth the greatnes of the danger he was in he expects and hopes for his deliverance only from God 1 I Have raised my voice Psalm 141. and cry'd out to our Lord I have raised my voice And prayed to our Lord. 2 I powre forth my prayer in his presence And I lay before him all my sufferings 3 Whilst my spirit sinks down within me But thou O Lord knowest all my stepps 4 In the way J used to walk they have layd a hiden snare for me 5 I look'd about on my right hand and I considered And ther was no body that knew me 6 I can not escape by flying away And ther is not any that takes care to save my life 7 O Lord I have cryed out to thee I have sayd thou art my hope Thou art my portion in the land of the living 8 Be attentive to my prayer For J am humbled to the last extremity 9 Deliver me from thos who persecute me Because J am overpower'd by them 10 Deliver my soul out of this prison that J may praise thy name The just wait for me expecting the releif thou wilt give me PSALME CXLII Domine exaudi This Psalme David made when God punished him by the rebellion of his son Absolon for his former sins of adultery and murder He humbles himself before God and begs his pardon and mercy And by his example teaches all sinners how they ought to humble themselves