their vvayes There do the tribes of God ascend To Israels ark vvhere they intend To giue God thanks his Name to praise verse 5 For there are seates of iudgment plac't The thrones of Dauids house high grac't Are there establisht failing neuer verse 6 Pray for Ierusalem that peace May flourish there and neuer ceasâ— VVho loue thee they shall prosper euer verse 7 Let peace and ioy dvvell plenteously VVithin thy vvals and fortresses And in thy royall Palaces And houses all prosperity verse 8 For my deare friends and brethren sake VVhich dvvell in thee this prayr I make Let peace vvithin thee be assured verse 9 Euen for the house of God the Lord For thee vvill vve vvith one accord Seeke all the good may be procured Psalme 123. Prayer TO thee O Lord vvhose throne is in the skyes Do I lift vp mine eyes As seruants loe distressed by disaster Haue recourse to their Master As handmaids on their Mistres hand attending So vve on God depending Attend the Lord till he most gracious Haue mercy vpon vs. verse 3 O Lord our God to vs be gracious Haue mercy vpon vs For vve are fild vvith scorn intollerable Contempt insufferable verse 4 Our tired soules exceeding ill are vsed VVith bitter scoffs abused By th' rich at ease the proud ore vs do vant Disdainfull arrogant Psalme 124. Thanksgiuing LEt Israel novv say and make it knovvn Vnles the Lord of hosts had fought for vs. verse 2 Vnles the Lord his mighty povvr had shovvn In our defence vvhen men most furious Their forces ioynd vs to haue ouerthrovvn verse 3 They had deuourd vs quick in gulf profound When their fierce vvrath inâ—am'd thirsting for bloud verse 4 Against vs rag'd euen then the bolstrous floud Had vs orevvhelmd and sunke vs to the ground The surging vvaues and storms our souls had drovvnd verse 5 The vvaters proud then ouer vs had gone VVe had bin lost and all quite cast avvay verse 6 But blessed be the Lord our God alone Who left vs not nor gaue vs as a prey Vnto their teeth vvho sought our soules to slay verse 7 Like as a bird escaped hath the snare That secretly the subtle fovvler layd The net is broke and vve escaped are verse 8 Our help is in the Name of God vvhose ayde Our safety is vvho heau'n and earth hath made Psalme 125. Doctrin WHo trust in God and him rely on Reposing confidence Alone in his defence They shall stand sure like to mount Sion Vnmou'd remaining failing neuer But biding euer verse 2 As mighty mountains fortifying Ierusalem inclose The Lord is so to those That do his vvill on him relying The Lord vvill keep him safe assured Euer secured verse 3 The rod of vvicked men remaineth Not long vpon the iust But he on vvhom they trust Them safe deliuerance speedy daigneth Lest they be forced by oppression vnto transgression verse 4 To good men Lord grant thy saluation And vvho vpright abide verse 5 But they that turn aside With sinners shall haue due damnation Let Israel of peace possessed Be euer blessed Psalme 126. Praise WHen Sions sad captiuity The Lord returnd to liberty Amaz'd tvvixt sudden ioy and feare Much like to them that dream vve vvere verse 2 Our tears grones vvho long had mourned To songs of ioy and laughter turned The heathen people vvere afraid God vvonders vvrought for vs they said verse 3 T is truth the Lord our God hath vvrought Great vvorks for vs surpassing thought Of all our ioyes he is the ground In him alone our ioyes abound verse 4 Lord let those captiues be returned Which yet in thrall long time haue mourned As streams refresh the parched South As vvelcom shovvrs in time of drouth verse 5 They that in tears do sadly sovv Shall reap in ioy full crops shall movv verse 6 Who going forth in time of need Sovving vvith teares the precious seed Shall home return all sadnes ceasing And making merry ioyes increasing Great store receiue vvhich haruest yeelds Bring vvaighty sheaues from fertile fields Psalme 127. Doctrine VNles the Lord the house doth build The builders cost and care is vain Their charge is lost and all their pain Though stuffe be strong and men be skilled Vnles the Lord the city gard In vain men vvatch in vain they vvard verse 2 In vain so early vp ye are In vain ye goe so late to bed In vain ye pain both hand and head In vain so homely hard ye fare Vnles God bles vvake they or sleep Whom he doth loue he safe vvill keep verse 3 Lo also vvhen a man is blest VVith hopefull issue of his ovvne His heirs to vvhat he hath possest It is the gift of God alone God onely of his goodnes giues The vvomb due fruit that after liues verse 4 And vvhen the children men become Of body strong and stout of minde So apt and actiue in their kinde That arrovves to the head dravvn home With strongest arm and nimblest slight Seem not more terrible in fight verse 5 He happy is vvho hath fulfill'd His quiuer vvith such shafts as these For in the tryall of their pleas They shall not be abasht nor illd Nay they shall make their foes asham'd Before the Iudg and iustly blam'd Psalme 128. Doctrin BLessed is vvhosoeuer doth fear the Lord of might And truly doth indeuer to vvalk his vvaies aright verse 2 For thou shalt in thy calling of thy hands labour eat And all things fair befalling thy vvelfare shall be great verse 3 Thy vvife vvith timely â—eeming â—hall multiply thy line About thy chamber seeming a fresh and fruitfull vine Thy children all assembling thy table round about Yong oliue plants resembling that fairly spring and sprout verse 4 Lo thus the man is blessed vvho feares the Lord of might To them this is expressed vvho vvorship him aright verse 5 From Sion God almighty shall giue thee blessings store Thou shalt see Salems City to flourish euermore verse 6 Thou shalt see vvith his blessing thy sons posterity And Israel possessing peace and prosperity Psalme 129. Thanksgiuing OFt from my youth novv Israel may say They haue beset me round sore assailed verse 2 Oft from my youth they haue sought euery vvay My ouerthrovv but neuer yet preuailed verse 3 And yet I beare the tokens and the track Of their despight delighting in my sorrovvs For on the ridg of my bare naked back The plovvers plovvd and eared vp long furrovvs verse 4 But God is iust and the iniurious snares Of vvicked men he hath cut quite in sunder verse 5 Confounding shame he for them all prepares That vvrong his Saints or vvould bring Sion vnder verse 6 They shall be like vnto the gras that grovves On tops of vvals or battlements of tovvers Which vvithers soone though for a vvhile it shovves But dryes and dyes or ere it beareth flovvers verse 7 Of vvhose increase and all that it doth yeeld He filleth not his hand vvho so it reapeth Nor
seat Thunders ore the vvaters great verse 4 Gods most mighty voice preuaileth Euer povverfull neuer faileth Gods voyce all subdevveth vnder Full of maiesty and vvonder verse 5 VVhen the voyce of God doth speake Strong tall Cedars it doth breake VVhen the Lord his voyce extends It the Leban Cedars rends verse 6 By the roots torn vp he shakes them Like a Calf to skip he makes them Leban mounts and Shiryon danced Like yong Vnicornes they pranced verse 7 Gods voyce dreadfull doth abide Flames of fire it doth diuide verse 8 Deserts it to tremble makes Kadesh vvildernes it shakes verse 9 His voyce Hindes so terrifieth That their fruit abortiue dyeth His voyce forrests flying ouer Suddenly doth them discouer They that in his Temple be Speak his praises ioyfully All that in his house do dvvell Of his glorious acts do tell verse 10 God his mighty povver shovveth On the floud that ebbs and flovveth Sitting on his throne supernall God the Lord is King eternall verse 11 VVherfore God the Lord of might VVill maintain his peoples right God his people vvill increase He vvill bles them all vvith peace Psalme 30. Thanksgiuing I VVill exalt thee Lord vvith praise For thou from troubles didst me raise And hast not suffered them that be My foes to triumph ouer me Therefore thou shalt be magnified And euer highly glorified verse 2 O Lord my God I cry'd to thee And thou to health restoredst me verse 3 Lord vvhen for ayd I thee besought Thou from the graue my soule hast brought Thou hast kept me aliue reuiu'd me From going dovvn the pit repriu'd me verse 4 Ye Saints vvho God so good haue found Sing Psalms to him his praise resound His holines commemorate verse 5 For he his vvrath doth mitigate VVhich in a moment is appeased His anger suddenly is ceased But vvho are vvith his fauor grac't Blest life inioy vvhich ay shall last Though euening sorrovves cause ye vveep And grief all night ye restles keep Yet vvhen the morning light appeareth Refreshing ioy vvith comfort cheareth Pause verse 6 When I vvas in prosperity I said I neuer mou'd shall be verse 7 For euer I am safe and sure Thou LORD vvhose fauor doth endure Hast by thy grace to me applyed My mountain strongly fortified VVhen thou didst hide from me thy face I troubled and afflicted vvas verse 8 Then vnto thee O LORD I prayd Complaining to my God I said verse 9 VVhat profit by my bloud is gotten VVhen in the graue I shall ly rotten VVhat vvorthy praise shall dust afford Shall ashes glorifie thee Lord Can rottennes thy truth declare verse 10 Vouchsafe O LORD to hear my prayr On me take thou commiseration LORD be my helper my saluation verse 11 Then thou to ioy my griefe didst turn And vvhen in sackcloth I did mourn Thou tookst it off and girtst me round VVith pleasures pure thy praise to sound verse 12 Il◠sing thy praise LORD ceasing neuer My God I le giue thee thanks for euer Psalmē xxxj Prayer IN thee alone O Lord my trust is My hope is in thy Name Let me not suffer shame But me deliuer in thy iustice VVhen trouble me assaileth For thy vvord neuer faileth verse 2 VVith tender pitty and compassion Bovv dovvn thy care to me Me soone from dangers free Be thou my strong fortification From troubles all secure me Of thy defence assure me verse 3 Thou art my fortres and my tovver VVhere I may safe abide For thy Name sake me guide verse 4 Pull me out by thy mighty povver From nets they hide to take me Thou art my strength safe make me verse 5 My soul into thy hands I tender Thou hast redeemed me Lord God of veritie verse 6 I trust in thee Lord my defender All vanities defying I hate them that loue lying verse 7 I vvill be glad in thy saluation Thy mercy doth me fill VVith ioy praise thee I vvill Thou hast knovvn me in tribulation My troubled soul hast vievved And hovv it vvas pursevved verse 8 Thou hast not let me be inclosed VVithin their cruell povvr That vvould my soul deuovvr My fee◠from bands thou hast vnlosed And to me being gracious Mad'st my roome large and spacious verse 9 Haue mercy LORD my soul relieuing For in distres am I Consumed is mine eye And fretted sore vvith pain and grieuing My soul vvith grief doth languish My belly pines vvith anguish verse 10 My life is spent vvhile I bevvaile me With grief in sighs and teares Consumed are my yeares Because of sin my strength doth fail me So long affliction lasteth That all my bones it vvasteth Pause verse 11 My enemies that hatred beare me Haue sought me to defame Reproaching me vvith shame My neighbours and acquaintance feare me They that vvithout did spy me Far off avvay did fly me verse 12 I am as dead and deep interred Quite out of minde forgot Or as a broken pot For many great ones me deterred I heard their shamefull rayling On all sides feare assayling verse 13 In all their crafty consultation Against me they conspire To kill me they desire But my trust is in thy saluation I said O LORD eternall Thou art my GOD supernall verse 14 In thy hands are my times decreed From my fierce enemy Do thou deliuer me From my foes hands let me be freed From all that do distres me And cruelly oppres me verse 15 On me thy seruant shine refulgent In fauor shevv thy face O saue me by thy grace verse 16 In mercy be to me indulgent LORD let no shame light on me For I do call vpon thee But let the vvicked be ashamed And in the silent graue Their mouthes stopt let them haue verse 17 Their lips strike dumb that lyes haue framed Who righteous men reuiled With slanders foul defiled verse 18 What goodnes great incomparable Hast thou for them in store Which thee in feare adore Thou hast vvrought vvonders admirable For them to all disclosed Who trust in thee reposed verse 19 Before thee in thy habitation Thou safely vvilt them hide From foes outragious pride Thy Tents shall daign them preseruation Kept safe by thy preuention From slandrous tongs contention verse 20 The LORD be praisd magnified For vvondrous svveet and kinde To me I him do finde For in a City fortified He hath kept me immured In time of vvar secured verse 21 I rashly said in my vexation I am depriued quite Of thy al-blessing sight But thou didst heare my supplication VVhen vnto thee I cryed My suit vvas not denyed verse 22 Ye Saints loue ye the LORD all-blessed For he the faithfull gards The proud vvith scorn revvards verse 23 Ye meek of courage be possessed Their hearts GOD fortifyeth Whose trust in him relyeth Psalme xxxij Prophecy IN blessed state he euermore remaineth VVho of his sins forgiuenesse free obtaineth VVhose trespasses shall neuer be reuealed And vvhose offence shall euer be concealed verse 2 Thrice happy is that man to be reputed
might my right is knovvn and tryed Ore all the heathen I vvill raign On earth exalted I 'le remain verse 11 In brief this is our consolation The LORD of hosts is our saluation The God of Iacob gracious iust Our refuge is in vvhom vve trust Psalme 47. Reioycing PEople of all Lands Ioyfull clap your hands Praising God our King Shout triumphant sing VVith a strong shrill voyce Chearefully reioyce verse 2 For the LORD most hig Far aboue the sky Is of dreadfull might Terrible in fight Monarch ouer all Kings terrestriall verse 3 He the people shall Vnto vs make thrall He them dovvn belovv Vnder vs doth throvv Nations shall submit Themselues at our feet verse 4 He our heritance Chosen doth aduance Iacobs excellence Is in his defence Whom he hath approu'd And intirely lou'd verse 5 Our God vp is gon Mirthfull marching on With triumphant noise High expressing ioyes In the LORD reioyce With the trumpets voice verse 6 Sing praise to the Lord Psalms to him accord Praise to our God sing Sing praise to our King verse 7 GOD is ouer all Kings terrestriall Psalms instructing vvell Sing ye that excell verse 8 God raigns and commands All the heathen lands He doth sit vpon His high holy Throne verse 9 Peeres and Princes ioyn And vvith them combine Who themselues declare That they people are Of him that became God of Abraham For God sole soueraign Doth keep and retain In his povverfull hands All shields of all lands His fame high is rais'd His great Name be prais'd Psalme 48. Thanksgiuing GReat is the LORD in this his seat His praises are exceeding great In our God's city his ovvn dvvelling His sacred mountain high excelling verse 2 Sion mountain is in place Full of beauty full of grace Northvvard being scituated To the great King consecrated All the earth therevvith delighted To reioyce there are inuited verse 3 In Sions palace God is knovvn For refuge and deliuerance shovvn verse 4 For lo the Kings their forces ioyned They marched there in league combined verse 5 When they had therof the sight They amazed tooke their flight They and all their troupes astounded Terrifyde vvith fear confounded verse 6 So great horror them agasted Quite avvay they headlong hasted Such trembling fright hold on them tooke That they like traueling vvomen shooke verse 7 Thy eastern tempests storms like thunder Their Tarshish nauy tore in sunder verse 8 VVondrous acts such as vve heard Like hath novv to vs appeard In the city high renovvned VVith the LORD of hosts name crovvned VVhere remaines the sacred dvvelling Of the LORD our GOD excelling Pause The LORD vvill it establish sure For euermore it shall endure verse 9 In midst LORD of thy habitation Thy mercies are our meditation verse 10 LORD according to thy Name And the greatnes of the same So is thy great praise transcending To earths vtmost ends extending Iustice plentifull redoundeth In thy right hand it aboundeth verse 11 Let all in Sions sacred mount Be glad and let the ioyes surmount Of Iudahs daughters amiable For all thy iudgments admirable verse 12 VValk about fair Sions mount Tovvers built thereon recount verse 13 Vievv the Forts vvith circumspection Mark the Pallaces perfection That ye may make the relation To each future generation verse 14 For this God is our God for ay Is euer our defence and stay He is and vvill be our protection In life and death all our direction Psalme 49. Doctrin TO this my speech all people giue good eare All dvvellers in the earth attentiue heare verse 2 The noble and the base both rich and poore All famous and obscure both high and lore verse 3 My mouth shall speak of vvisdom prudent speach My hearts discourse shall vnderstanding teach verse 4 I vvill incline my eare to heare reuealed VVith harp exprest my parable concealed verse 5 VVhy should I feare vvhen euill dayes approach VVhen on me grief and trouble doe incroch And vvhen my sins and foes vvhich do abound Me close at heeles pursevving shall surround verse 6 VVho of his vvealth and povver is confident And boasteth of his riches insolent verse 7 His brothers life cannot saue nor redeeme it Nor ransom pay at vvhich God doth esteem it verse 8 Too deare the price is their souls to release For him to pay it shall for euer cease verse 9 That euer he might liue perpetually And in the pit corruption neuer see verse 10 For he obserues the vvise and prudent dyes They perish as the bruitish fool likevvise At length their strength health vvealth breath death bereaueth All he did ovvn to heirs vnknovvn he leaueth verse 11 Their invvard thought vvhich busieth most their brain Is that their house for euer may remain Their dvvellings to eternize and their fames From age to age their lands do beare their names verse 12 But man by no meanes can himselfe assure That he being in honor shall endure He bideth not nor long this life enioyeth Him like to beasts that perish death destroyeth Pause verse 13 This is their vvay vvhich to no other end But vanity and foolishnes doth tend Their children yet all trained to their trade Approue applaud and laud vvhat they haue said Selah verse 14 Slain as the sheep they in the graue are put Death on their flesh feeding himself doth glut But the vpright all in the morning glorious Dominion shall haue ouer them victorious Their beauty shall be vvasted in the graue Quite from the place vvhere they their dvvelling haue But God vvill me redeem from povvr of hell For he shall me receiue vvith him to dvvell verse 16 VVhen one grovves rich fear not nor him enuy VVhen honors of his house do multiply Selah verse 17 For vvhen he dyes he nought avvay shall carry His glory shall not vvith him goe not tarry verse 18 VVho in this life himselfe doth gratulate And to himself doth good they celebrate verse 19 He shall goe to his fathers out of sight In place obscure and neuer see the light verse 20 The man vvhose state in vvorldly honour flovves But knovvledg vvants still sensuall senceles grovves Nor vnderstands at all vvhat he enioyeth Is like brute beasts vvhom sudden death destroyeth Psalme l. Doctrin THe mighty GOD the LORD eternall blest Hath spoke and cald the earth from East to VVest verse 2 From Sion fair in perfect beauty bright Our God hath shin'd and shovvd forth glorious light verse 3 Our God vvill come his Maiesty reuealing His sentence iust in silence not concealing Before him fire deuouring shall abound About him stormes and tempests shall surround verse 4 To heauen aboue for vvitnes he vvill call And earth beneath to iudg his people all verse 5 My gracious Saints assemble ye combined With me in league by sacrifice assigned verse 6 The heauens shall shevv his righteousnes and might For God himself is Iudg most iust and right Sela. verse 7 My people heare to Israel speak vvill I I am thy GOD to
I' th desart grieue him by their vvickednes Pause verse 41 Yet they again their former sins attempted Vngraciously their gracious GOD they tempted And limited the GOD of povvr vnbounded The holy one of Israel they bounded verse 42 They quite forgot his hand the day that he From all their foes did set them safe and free verse 43 In Egypt he vvrought vvonders admirable In Zoan fields shevvd signes reformidable verse 44 For all their pooles and riuers of cleare vvater He turnd to bloud and filthy gory matter That they became so loathsom did so stink Although their thirst increas'd they could not drink verse 45 Of vermin svvarâ—us so thick he sent among them That greedily did them deuovvr and stong them Them he vvith frogs corrupted and annoyed verse 46 Their fruits and trees he gaue to be destroyed And their increase to Locusts of the field Their vvorks he did to caterpillers yeeld verse 47 Their fruitfull Vines vvith hail he stroid and vvasted Their Sycomores vvith frosts and tempests blasted verse 48 He to the hayle gaue vp their heards inclosed To thunderbolts he all their flocks exposed verse 49 On them he cast rhe fiercenes of his ire His furious vvrath against them burnt like fire On them he tooke iust vengeance for offending Enrag'd among them euill angels sending verse 50 He to his vvrath a ready vvay prepared Their soul from death he nor vvith-held nor spared From Pestilence their life he did not saue But their vvilde beasts he to the morain gaue Pause verse 51 Their first born he throughout all Egypt killed Their firstlings all vvith deadly stroke he thrilled In all Chams tents of all their youth the flovver And prime of all their strength did death deuovver verse 52 But his ovvn folke like to a flock of sheep I' th vvildernes he safe did guide and keep verse 53 He led them safe vvithout all feare secured To drovvn their foes the vvaters he procured And them of feare their foes of life depriued verse 54 They neer vnto his holy place arriued To borders of this mountain he them brought Which his right hand had purchased and bought verse 55 Before them he the heathen people chased His people he in their possessions placed To Israels tribes their lands by lot assigned Yet they vvere still to stubbornes inclined verse 56 For they the most high tempting did prouoke His statutes they neglecting quite forsooke verse 57 For they turndback vnfaithfully departing From his decrees as their forefathers starting Aside like to a bovv deceitfull proued verse 58 They him to vvrath vvith their high places moued They him prouokt to irefull iealousie With idols vain and grau'n imagery Pause verse 59 VVhen God heard this his anger vvas exceeding To shevv his vvrath inflamed vvas proceeding He Israel abhorred and disdained verse 60 He Shilo left vvhere he had long remained In sacred Tent diuine vvhich he did place Among fraile men vvho vvere of earthly race verse 61 He yeelded vp his strength to be captiued The beauty of his glory vvas depriued By force of foes his people to the povver verse 62 Of bloudy svvords he gaue them to deuovver So deadly vvas his dreadfull anger mou'd Against his ovvn inheritance approu'd verse 63 Their choise yong men his vvrathfull flame destroyed Their Virgins praise nor nuptiall feast inioyed Nor vvere they grac'd nor giu'n in vvedlock sacred verse 64 Their Priests did fall by murdring svvord massacred Their vviddovvs these euents did not bevvail For them their life or sense or heart did fail verse 65 But yet the Lord not vtterly forsaking His once belou'd as one from sleep avvaking As after vvine a Champion strength renevveth verse 66 With shovvts and strokes his flying foes pursevveth His enemies so he behinde them smites With pain and shame deserued them requites Pause verse 67 Also the tent of Ioseph he refused Nor as his choise the tribe of Ephraim vsed verse 68 The royall tribe of Iuda he elected Fair Sions mount vvhich he lou'd and affected verse 69 His sacred house he builded in that place As palaces that be of highest grace His palace there his holy habitation He stablished vpon a sure foundation Like to the earth vvhich he for euer founded To his elect so hath his loue abounded verse 70 He of his seruant Dauid choise did make And from the folds of sheep he did him take verse 71 From keeping evves that pregnant vvere he brought him And faithfully to feed his sheep he taught him Iacob to him and Israel he committed His heritage and therunto him fitted verse 72 Who feeding them intire his heart did bide With vvisdom them his faithfull hand did guide Psalme Lxxix Prayer THe heathen haue thy heritage obtained Thy holy house O Lord they haue prophaned Ierusalem thy sacred habitation On heaps is laid and brought to desolation verse 2 Thy Saints dead bodies they To fovvls of heau'n for prey Haue cast vvithout the city Thy seruants flesh made food For vvild beasts of the vvood Inhumane voyd of pitty verse 3 Thy Saints about Ierusalem vvere killed Their bloud despis'd vpon the ground vvas spilled Like vvater streames on euery side it flovved A graue on their dead corpses none bestovved verse 4 VVho neer to vs abide Reproch vs and deride They scoffe and scorn and flout vs. VVe falsly are condemd Disgraced and contemd By them that dvvell about vs. verse 5 Hovv long vvith vs Lord vvilt thou be displeased For euermore vvilt thou nere be appeased And shall thy vvrath inflam'd nere be assvvaged Like fire still burns thy iealousse inraged verse 6 Those Nations ouerthrovv That neuer thee did knovv On them thy vvrath dovvn povver And on those kingdoms all Who neuer yet did call Vpon thy Name of povver verse 7 For Iacob they haue eaten and deuoured And on his race destruction they haue povvred They desart quite haue made his habitation His dvvelling place haue brought to desolation verse 8 Our sins remember not O let all be forgot VVhich euer vve committed Make haste our souls to saue Thy mercy let vs haue For vve are lovv submitted Pause verse 9 Assist thou vs O GOD of our saluation Because of thy Names glorious exaltation Deliuer vs for our safegard prouide thou For thy Name sake all our offences hide thou verse 10 Why should the heathen say VVhere is their God I pray To them vvho God regard not In our sight make him knovvn By vengeance on them shovvn Thy seruants bloud vvho spar'd not verse 11 O let the sighs of prisners poore tormented Before thy face vvith fauour be presented According to the greatnes of thy povver Saue them aliue vvhom death threats to deuovver verse 12 Our neighbours to repay Seau'n-fold do not delay Into their bosom render Reproch and infamie Thervvith they raild on thee Thy self O Lord remember verse 13 So shall vve all thy people seruants loyall The pasture sheep of thee our shepheard royall Thy praises sing in an eternall story
God thou shalt be praised With my heart to heau'n vpraised And vvhile I haue breath to liue Thanks to thee my breath shall giue verse 13 For vvheÌ„ iustice I deserued thy svveet mercy me preserued Rescuing me from deaths sharp clavvs And from hels deep svvallovving lavves verse 14 Lord the proud vvith malice endles band against me help Vsing vvithout feare of thee fraud or force to ruin me verse 15 But thy might their malice passes And thy grace thy might surpasses Svvift to mercy slovv to vvrath bound nor end thy goodnes hath verse 16 Thy kind looks no more deny me But vvith eyes of mercy eye me Me thy seruaÌ„t giue at length easing ayd or bearing strength verse 17 Some good gracious token shevv me That my foes vvho seek t'orethrovv me May be sham'd or vext to see thee to help and comfort me Psalme 87. Prayer and prophecy ON sacred hils and mountains her foundations The Lord hath layd they neuer shall remoue verse 2 Fair Sions gates the most high God doth loue Aboue the rest of Iacobs habitations verse 3 What glorious things throughout the vvorld reported Are said of thee thou City of the Lord Selah verse 4 Of Babylon and Rahab I 'le record And mention them among my friends consorted The Tyrians Mores Philistims euery nation Shall citizens becom and natiues there verse 5 It shall be said of Sion that in her All people had their birth and education verse 6 The Lord vvhose Word most sure he doth rely on His Sion vvill establish by his might The people there recounting he vvill vvrite The Nations and all others born in Sion Selah verse 7 VVith instruments and voyces ioyfull singing His honor high they all shall euer sound Thus saith the Lord in Sion shall abound My fount of grace for euer freshly springing Psalme 88. Prayer ETernall Lord my Sauer dear Both day and night my cryes implore thee O let my prayer come before thee Vnto thy presence entring near Incline to heare thy eare applying To my sad plaints and rufull crying verse 3 My soul is fild vvith misery My life dravves to the graue neer ending verse 4 VVith them that dovvnvvard are descending In dungeon deep account they me To help my self I am vnable A strengthles man poor vveak vnstable verse 5 Among the dead become as free As if some murdrous hand had slaine me And that the graue did entertain me As if thou hadst forgotten me As thy remembrance me had balked As from thy hand I vvere defalked verse 6 I' th lovvest pit thou hast me layd In darknes deep vncomfortable verse 7 Thy heauy vvrath insupportable To ouerpres me thou hast made VVith all thy vvaues thou hast me vexed With storms and tempests me perplexed Selah verse 8 Me far from my acquaintance all Thou hast remou'd they care not for me VVhom late they lou'd they novv abhor me And thou hast shut me vp in thrall Close prisner made in such a tovver From vvhence to scape I haue no povver Pause verse 9 Through anguish vvasted vvas my fight O Lord to thee my griefe vnfolding I daily call my hands vpholding verse 10 Wilt thou to dead men shevv thy might And vvilt thou them vvith povver enable To knovv thy vvonders admirable Selah Shall dead men rise to magnifie Thee vvith vvhom none may be compared verse 11 And shall thy kindnes be declared By them that in the graue do ly Shall they vvhom thou hast quite destroyed To praise thy iustice be imployed verse 12 Shall thy great vvonders vvrought be shovvn Where darknes euermore remaineth I' th land vvherin obliuion raigneth verse 13 Shall there thy righteousnes be knovvn VVith these my cryes Lord I implore thee My earely prayr shall come before thee verse 14 Lord vvhy dost thou my soul reiect And hid'st thy face from me in anguish verse 15 Afflicted from my youth I languish Expiring present death expect Enduring thy affrighting terrors Distracted still vvith doubtfull errors verse 16 Thy â—uries fierce pas ouer me Thy horrors feares dismay confound me verse 17 Like vvater-flouds about surround me On euery side continually The dread of them doth make me tremble VVho to beleaguer me assemble verse 18 My knovvn acquaintance are estrang'd My fellovv friends vvhich me haue loued From me far off thou hast remoued Their former loue to hate is chang'd They in my grief no fauor shovv me In darknes hid they vvill not knovv me Psalme 89. Prayer THe mercies of the Lord I le sing continually To ages all record his truths fidelity verse 2 For this is truth most sure it cannot be denyed His grace doth ay endure establisht verified As heau'n perpetually keepes course inuariable So his fidelity much more is firm and stable verse 3 Th' eternall Lord hath said vvith my ovvn folk elect I haue a couenant made and svvorn it to effect On Dauid and his race vvho is my seruant loyall verse 4 I vvill bestovv my grace and bles vvith blessings royall His throne I vvill aduance and build his habitations For his inheritance throughout all generations verse 5 The heaun's O Lord shal praise thy vvondrous acts diuine Thy faithfulnes alvvaies among thy Saints shall shine verse 6 For vvho is there so high aboue the clouds declared Remaining in the sky vvith thee to be compared Or vvho the children are of mighty States supernall May they vvith thee compare vvho art the Lord eternall verse 7 The Lord vvith fear renovvn'd among his Saints vvil be To all about him round most reuerend is he verse 8 O Lord of armies might thy strength is admirable VVith thee in povvrfull fight vvhat lord is comparable Thy avvfull maiesty is all about surrounded With faithfull constancy vvhich euer hath abounded Pause verse 9 In thee alone it lyes to rule the raging seas When vvaues therof arise thou them dost soone appease verse 10 Proud Egypt thou struckst dovvn al vvounded ruinated Thy foes thou hast orethrovvn thy arm them dissipated verse 11 Both heau'n earth are thine The vvorlds store thou hast founded By thy great povvr diuine by thy might vnbounded verse 12 The north east south vvest by thee vvere plac'd made West Tabor Hermon east in thy Name shall be glad verse 13 A mighty arm thou hast thy hand is strong prepared That thy right hand is plac'd on high thou hast declared verse 14 Iudgment and equity thy royall throne sustaineth Thy truth and clemency before thy face remaineth verse 15 That people blessed is vvho knovv the ioyfull sound Their hopes do neuer mis their comforts do abound Lord they their vvalk shal frame in light of thy face shining verse 26 Reioycing in thy Name from morn till dayes declining Thy iustice to confes They shall be dignified And in thy righteousnes on high be magnified verse 17 For if vve strength obtain vve shall thee glorifie Thy fauor if vve gain our might shall rise on high verse 18 Vs ayd he doth afford against
iust are all thy Lavves and lore That I may liue to vnderstand them make me 19. KOPH Thee haue I call'd vpon vvith my vvhole heart Vouchsafe O LORD an ansvver soon to giue me Thy statutes I vvill keep from them nere part verse 146 Yea euen on thee I call vvhen troubles grieue me Preserue me safe and then obserue vvill I Thy precepts lust O saue thou and relieue me The early day preuenting I did cry To thee my hope vpon thy vvord depended My trust vpon thy promise doth rely verse 148 More vigilant then vvatchmen I attended To meditate vpon thy holy vvord To exercise therein I haue intended Thy gracious eare in mercy me afford Reuiue thou me restore my life decayed According to thy custom gracious Lord. verse 150 Hovv near they are vvho dangerous plots haue layed Thou seest and knovvst them giuen to vvickednes And hovv far from thy doctrine they haue strayed Thou Lord art near to help in all distres And on firm truth all thy commands are grounded And thou hast them ordaind in righteousnes verse 152 I knovv thy lavves antiquity vnbounded Of thy Decrees yeares shall be numberles For euermore to last thou hast them founded 20. RESH Vexations of my heart do thou behold Free me for I thy lavv haue not neglected But stedfastly in minde I do it hold verse 154 Plead thou my cause and let me be protected O saue me by thy sacred vvord alone Reuiue thou me and let me be erected Vain is the vvay that vvicked men haue gone From safety far off far from their saluation Because of thy iust Statutes they keep none verse 156 Thy mercies mild vvith thy commiseration Are manifold O Lord and very great Reuiue me by thy Iudgments declaration Vngodly men my foes in vvrathfull heat Are many strong still seeking to confound me Yet from thy vvayes my steps I do not set verse 158 Transgressors I did vievv vvhich did surround me Their sins against thee I vvith grief behold Because thy lavv they keep not vvoe doth vvound me Vieâ— Lord my loue hovv I myself vnfold Vnto thy lavv most vvorthily beloued Reâ—iue me by thy mercies manifold verse 160 Thy vvord is truth originall approued Thy Iudgments iust eternally entold Do all endure for euermore vnmoued 21. SCHIN VVithout a cause though Princes hatred beare Against me vvhom they cruelly pursued Yet still my heart of thy lavv stands in feare verse 162 I vvith more ioy by thy vvord am endevved Then they vvho vvith great spoils enriched be Thy Sayings haue my ioyes much more renevved VVho lying vse most odious are to me Deceit and fraud abhorring I haue hated But dearly loue the lavves ordain'd by thee verse 164 Seau'n times a day thy praise is celebrated For Iudgments thine most righteous and thy grace Thy Name to laud my layes are consecrated VVho loue thy lavv and thy vvord do embrace Are blessed vvith great peace by them enioyed And no affront shall their content deface verse 166 I trust thou vvilt not let me be destroyed Lord I for thy saluation hope and craue Thy Statutes I to do am still employed VVholly to keep thy lavves my self I gaue Them to obserue I haue my self applyed I loue them best by them thou vvilt me saue â—68 All thy Decrees vvhich thou hast testified Thy Precepts and thy Statutes kept I haue For all my vvayes to thee are knovvn and tryed TAV YEeld me such grace that my cryes may ascend Before thy face O Lord let them come neare thee Me by thy Word true vnderstanding send verse 170 O let my prayr approach thine eare O heare me According to thy gracious sauing Word Deliuer me that I may loue and feare thee Yeeld laud my lips shall and to thee afford Due thanks and praise most vvorthily deserued VVhen thou thy lavves to teach me shalt accord verse 172 My tong shall sound thy sayings iust obserued For iustice all is vvhich thou dost command Most vvorthy still in minde to be preserued Yeeld me thy ayd reach me thy helping hand For I haue of thy Precepts made election VVhich I desire to knovv and vnderstand verse 174 Thy grace to gaine O Lord giue me direction For I haue longd thy sauing health to see Thy Lavv delights me vvins my hearts affection Yet let my soul liue that it may praise thee And let thy lavves vvhich neuer haue decayed Be still my ayd and helpfull vnto me verse 176 Though like a lost sheep somtime I haue strayed Thy seruant seek restored let me be For in my heart thy Word hath euer stayed Psalme 120. Prayer Complaint WHen sharp afflictions me oppressed I to the Lord my prayr addressed He heard me vvhen to him I cryed And me vvith timely ayd supplyed verse 2 Novv also Lord my soul deliuer From lying lips of the deceiuer Preserue my life safe from the vvrong And harm of the deceitfull tong verse 3 Deceitfull tong tell me vvhat profit Or vvhat exceeding gain comes of it Hovv canst thou get so great aduantage By this thy soothing smoothing language verse 4 Thy vvords like svvords pierce bone and marrovv As vvhen the strong shoots his sharp arrovv The vvounds of thy inuenom'd tong Like coles of Iuniper burne long verse 5 O vvoe is me vvho am constrained To stay in Mesechs tents detained O painfull long peregrination In cruell Kedars habitation verse 6 My soul vvith them hath irksom byding VVhich hate to loue loue to be chiding Imbracing strife and enmity Abhorring peace and amity verse 7 Them seeking to haue pacified The more their rage is multiplied VVhen I my minde for peace declared Then they themselues for vvar prepared Psalme 121. Comfort VP to the hils I lift mine eyes From vvhence comes help to me verse 2 My help Lord comes from thee VVhose povvr hath made the earth and skyes He hath them surely founded On him my hope is grounded verse 3 He vvill not let thy footing slide For he that doth thee keep Nor slumber vvill nor sleep verse 4 Behold vvho Israel doth guide VVith vvatchfull eye him keepeth He slumbers not nor sleepeth verse 5 The Lord doth keep thee from all harm The Lord at thy right hand Thy shade thy shield doth stand verse 6 And gard thee safe vvith his right arm Nor Sun nor Moon shall smite thee Nor day nor night afright thee verse 7 The Lord vvill keep thy soul from ill VVhen thou comst in or out verse 8 What ere thou goest about Shall by his blessing prosper still And all thou dost indeuer The Lord vvill bles for euer Psalme 122. Consolation WHen I did hear the peoples voyce Say let vs goe vvith one accord Into the Temple of the Lord O hovv my heart it did reioyce verse 2 Our vvilling feet novv vvalk the vvay VVithin thy gates vvhere vve shall stay Ierusalem thou city blessed verse 3 Ierusalem novv built doth seem A city of most high esteeme VVithin it self of peace possessed verse 4 The people thither bend
They shall speak of thy endles kingdoms glory And of thy povvr relate the sacred story verse 12 That men may knovv thy mighty acts victorious And of thy realm the maiesty most glorious verse 13 Eternall is thy kingdom and thy raigne Through ages all thy Empire doth remain verse 14 The Lord vpholds the vveake and them that fall Who are bovvd dovvne he rectifies them all verse 15 Expecting thee each creatures eye attendeth Thy plenty great their timely food them sendeth verse 16 Thy bounties hand thou openest freely giuing The full desire of all things that are liuing verse 17 The Lord our God is iust in all his vvayes He holy is in all his vvorks alvvayes verse 18 The Lord is nigh to all that on him call VVho call on him in truth he helps them all verse 19 He them that feare him vvith good things supplyeth Their hearts desire he fully satisfieth Them he vvill heare to him for mercy crying Them he vvill saue to him for succour flying verse 20 The Lord vvill them preserue that in him ioy But vvicked men all he vvill quite destroy verse 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of God alvvay All flesh shall bles his holy name for ay Psalme 146. Thanksgiuing PRaise to God my soul be giuing To the Lord my soul giue praise verse 2 Him I le laud vvhile I am liuing To my God I le sing alvvayes To the Lord my God my King VVhile I am I Psalms vvill sing verse 3 Princes are no sure foundation On their promise no trust haue Nor in Adams generation For themselues they cannot saue verse 4 VVhen no breath they do retain They return to earth again VVith them all their thoughts do perish And their enterprises vain verse 5 Happy vvhom the Lord doth cherish Iacobs God doth him maintain Happy vvho doth place his trust In the Lord his God most iust verse 6 VVho created and sustaineth Heauen and earth by his great might Sea and all that it containeth He hath framed all aright His truth and fidelity He doth keep eternally verse 7 He relieueth the oppressed Giuing sentence on their side For the hungry and distressed He doth food and ayd prouide By him prisners freedom finde He the bondmen doth vnbinde verse 8 God to them that are in blindnes Giueth eyes to see the light God in mercy great and kindnes Makes the crooked vvalk vpright God loues them that iust remain He the righteous doth sustain verse 9 God doth keep and saue the strangers His strong guard doth them attend He doth free them out of dangers Orphans vviddovves doth defend He doth comfort them that grieue He the helplesse doth relieue VVicked men the Lord destroyeth He doth ouerthrovv their vvay verse 10 God his kingdom ay enioyeth God the Lord shall raign for ay Sions God endures alvvayes Vnto God the Lord giue praise Haleluiah Psalme 147. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord such praise is meetest Sing Psalms to God such Psalms are svveetest The Lord to praise sing neuer ceasing His praise is gracefull euer pleasing verse 2 The Lord most gracious full of pity Builds vp Ierusalem his city His Israel disperst deplored He hath assembled and restored verse 3 The contrite broken heart he healeth And comfort vnto them reuealeth Full of compassion them he mindeth He salues their sores their vvounds vp bindeth verse 4 His knovvledg all in all surmounteth The number of the Stars he counteth Them in their order he installeth Them by their proper names he calleth verse 5 Great is our God great is his povver Our refuge of our strength the tovver Is infinite in vnderstanding In might and vvisdom all commanding verse 6 The Lord almighty magnifieth The meek vvhose trust in him relieth He to the ground the vvicked casteth Confounding them to nothing vvasteth verse 7 Sing to the Lord God euerliuing Praise him vvith Harp in Psalms thanksgiuing verse 8 VVho spreadeth clouds the heauens all ouer VVith them the firmament doth couer Prepareth rain vvhich dovvn he shovvreth On earth a main the shovvrs he povvreth The verdant grasse he multiplieth VVhich on the mountains fructifieth verse 9 The beasts vvith food he satisfieth The rauens yong brood vvith meat supplyeth VVhen hatcht they hungry ly a crying Or fledg they forth for food are flying verse 10 God hath no pleasure nor delighteth In strength of horse that fiercely fighteth Svvift running legs vvith prize revvarded He hath nor prized nor regarded verse 11 But God vvhose grace exceedeth measure In them that feare him taketh pleasure VVho on his mercy giue attendance And on his promise haue dependance verse 12 Ierusalem vvho art renovvned Praise thou the Lord vvith glory crovvned Praise thou thy God and him rely on Thou holy mountain sacred Sion verse 13 For he thy gates reedifieth VVith strongest bars them fortifieth And all thy children he hath blessed VVithin thy vvals by thee possessed verse 14 He planteth peace vvithin thy borders There setleth lavves and rightfull orders To satisfie thee he bestovveth The flovvr of finest vvheat that grovveth verse 15 On earth his precept forth he sendeth His mighty povvr on it attendeth His vvord runs very svviftly speeding VVith all celerity exceeding verse 16 He makes the snovv and vvhen it snovveth Like fleeces of vvhite vvoll it shovveth His frost all ouer hoary grovveth VVhich he abroad like ashes strovveth verse 17 The stream to ice congealed lasteth VVhich like to morsels forth he casteth His frosts are so intollerable Them to enduer vvho is able verse 18 And vvhen the vvorld enough hath felt theâ— He sendeth forth his vvord to melt them At his command the vvarm vvind blovveth And then again the vvater flovveth verse 19 His vvord to Iacob he declareth And to obedience him prepareth The lavves and iudgments he ordained To Israel he hath explained verse 20 In such a kind and gracious fashion He hath not dealt vvith any nation For those his iudgments iust and sacred He vnto them hath not declared Psalme 148. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord from heauen on high Praise him ye dvvellers in the sky All ye inhabitants of heau'n To God all praise by you be giu'n verse 2 All ye his Angels high renovvn him Victorious hosts vvith glory crovvn him verse 3 Both Sun and Moon praise ye his Name All stars of light his praise proclaime verse 4 Praise him ye heau'n of heau'ns most high Ye vvaters in the cloudy sky verse 5 Let all his vvorks vvhich vvondrous are The praises of his Name declare verse 6 At his command they vvere created And to his glory consecrated He them establisht firm and sute Ay to continue and endure Their bounds of time and place decreed By him they neuer shall exceed verse 7 Praise him ye Dragons vvhich do keep In caues of earth Whales in the deep verse 8 Fire vapors hail ice frost and snovving Ye tempests storms vvinds boistrous blovving VVhich execute his sacred vvill Praise ye the Lord his vvord fulfill verse 9 O praise