Another Mâ—re as Mr Sandys's 17th verse 1 LOrd how Illustrious is thy Sacred Name How bless'd great God of Hosts Eternal King Whose Honours all the lower World proclaim Whose Honours all the Heav'nly Armies sing verse 2 Yet when the Foes blind with malicious Rage Affront thy Honours or thy Name defie Poor Babes weak Infants on thy Part engage And quickly make the boasting Monsters fly More Strength more Truth from Infant-Language flows Than haughty Learning or presuming Pride The meanest Wretch by thy best influence grows A faithful Preacher a victorious Guide verse 3 When I survey the never-resting Skies Whose moving Arch thy curious Fingers spread When to the Changing Moon I raise my Eyes The Stars with inexhausted Brightness fed verse 4 Lord what 's poor Man or Man's polluted Race So pity'd yet so kindly own'd by thee How could he hope for such unbounded Grace That for his sake God should Incarnate be verse 5 Yet God for our Iov'd sakes our Nature took Beneath Himself beneath his Angels found Tho God-like Beauties grac'd his Heav'nly Look His Sacred Head Majestick Glories crown'd verse 6 Where-e'er He mov'd submissive Nature bow'd His Handy-works their great Creator knew And to adore his Feet th' impatient Croud On the swift Wings of just Obedience flew verse 7 Before Him savage Brutes their Fierceness laid On Him rough Lions fawn'd and Panthers gaz'd Weak Sheep with hungry Wolves all fearless play'd And with fierce Tygers Kine securely graz'd verse 8 On lofty Trees around his Glorious Head With strange Delight the feather'd Chorus hung O'er Him their fanning Pinions gently spread And in their native Tunes his Praises sung When o'er the Seas their King triumphant pass'd Beneath his Feet the Billows silent lay The finny Herd his wondrous Foot-steps trac'd And with their Silver Scales describ'd his Way verse 9 Thy Honours thus the Lower World proclaim Thy Honours thus all Nature's Armies sing Lord how illustrious is thy Sacred Name How bless'd great Lord of Hosts Eternal King PSAL. ix As the First verse 1 I 'LL praise the Lord with Heart and Voice His great his wondrous Actions praise verse 2 In Thee O highest God rejoice Thy Name in Songs Triumphant raise verse 3 My Foes shall turn their Backs and fall And sink before thy Glorious Face verse 4 Thy righteous Bar has judg'd 'em all And now my Cause obtains the place verse 5 Thy Hand o'erturns the Nations round Thy Hand the sinful World subdues Their Names Eternal Blots confound And dark Forgetfulness pursues verse 6 O Enemy presume no more To lay huge Towns and Countries waste Thy Rage our burning Cities bore Thy Rage their very Names defac'd verse 7 But our Eternal God appears His Bar prepar'd for Judgment stands verse 8 The World His righteous Sentence hears His wise Decrees and just Commands verse 9 The Lord their Refuge saves the Poor With mighty Cares and Woes oppress'd verse 10 His Saints live in His Help secure And in his constant Presence bless'd Part 2. verse 11 To Sion's God your Praises sing His Acts through all the World declare verse 12 When He his Quest for Blood shall bring He 'll grant the Poor's accepted Prayer verse 13 Thou who my Soul from Death couldst raise My Suff'rings Lord in Mercy view verse 14 I 'll then thy Name in Sion praise And Joys in thy Salvation shew verse 15 In their own Pits the Gentiles fall Their own strong Nets their Feet have caught verse 16 Their own false Hearts have trap'd 'em all So wisely God's Designs are wrought verse 17 The Wicked all shall sink and those Whose Heath'nish Souls their God forget verse 18 But Suff'rers sha'n't for ever lose Their Hopes or all in Darkness set verse 19 Rise Lord ô let not Men prevail But rise and judge the Nations round verse 20 Till all their Hearts with Terrour fail Not Gods but Men and mortal found PSAL. x. verse 1 WHY Lord ô why so far from me In my afflicted State verse 2 When Sin and haughty Pride agree And all our Woes create verse 3 O let their Arts themselves ensnare Who boast of Crimes they love Who bless the Covetous and dare What God abhors approve verse 4 His God the prosp'rous Sinner scorns God ne'er his Thoughts employs verse 5 The World beneath his Greatness mourns Which all Her Peace destroys Thy Judgments Lord exalted far Above his Sense appear Which makes him scorn his Foes in War And puff at Dangers near verse 6 His Heart concludes I 'm great no Ill Can change my certain State verse 7 His Mouth Fraud Lyes and Curses fill His Tongue mischievous Hate verse 8 Close in his Lurking-holes he lies To kill the Innocent Blood revels in his furious Eyes On their Destruction bent verse 9 He like some Lion Couchant lies To seize the trembling Prey And would God's holy Saint surprize And tear their Souls away A thousand Traps and Snares he sets Where harmless Vertue goes And to the Tangled in his Nets No Truth nor Mercy shows Part 2. verse 10 Sometimes the Wicked hangs his Head And feigns Humility That by his harmless Air mis-led The Meek may fall and die verse 11 God if there 's any God he says Forgets what Mortals do He can't discern our crafty Ways Our secret Actions view verse 12 Up Lord stretch out thy pow'rful Hand Afflicted Souls to save verse 13 For why should Fools against thee stand Thy dreadful Vengeance brave Why should they cry God minds it not verse 14 O let thy piercing Sight Look through their dark mischievous Plot Re-pay their secret Spite On Thee the Poor for Help depend To Thee sad Orphans fly verse 15 Break wicked Arms their Malice end And Sin it self shall die verse 16 The Lord for ever reigns his Arms Our Land from Gentiles freed verse 17 He hears the Meek their Courage warms And makes their Prayers succeed verse 18 He helps the Fatherless and Poor And quells the Sinner's Rage Left they our Ruins to procure Shoold all their Force engage PSAL. xj verse 1 IN God my Hope securely stands Why then should Wretches cry Fly fly to Hills or foreign Lands Like Birds affrighted fly verse 2 See how the Wicked bend their Bows And Nock their Arrows sure That they with unexpected Blows May Death to thine procure verse 3 And since Hopes best Foundations are By wicked Hands destroy'd Oh how shall Men of Justice fare Or how their Force avoid verse 4 God in his Holy Temple sits Enthron'd above the Sky And all the Faults weak Man commits His pierceing Eye-lids try verse 5 He proves the Just but hates all those Who Sin and Rapine love verse 6 On them Snares Flames and Sulphur throws And Terrors from above verse 7 For God who 's infinitely Just In Justice takes Delight And Upright Men may safely trust In His reviving Sight Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 4th verse 1 MY Faith is fix'd on God most High Why then should Fools to
enthron'd his Glory fare verse 18 Lord when thou took'st thy Seat on high Both Death and Hell were Captives led Thy Gifts made stubborn Hearts comply And Rebels own their sacred Head verse 19 O bless'd be God from Day to Day Who us with bounteous Goodness loads verse 20 Our Saving Health our Lord our Stay Our Guide from Death's obscure Abodes verse 21 But finful Fools his thoughtless Foes God in their Heads their Vitals wounds verse 22 I too says God will rescue those Whom Bashan or the Sea surrounds My Friends shall live at large and free Ill us'd restrain'd oppress'd no more verse 23 Their Steps o'er bleeding Foes shall be Where Dogs shall lick the streaming Gore Part 3. verse 24 My God my King thy glorious Ways Are oft with awful Wonder view'd When in thy House on Holy Days Thou meet'st the suppliant Multitude verse 25 First all the charming Voices move Then those who touch the tuneful Strings The Damsels next their Fingers prove And loud the merry Timbrel rings verse 26 Praise God in all Assemblies praise Your God ô all of Israel's Race verse 27 Let Benjamin his Anthems raise Whom first the Regal Ensigns grace verse 28 With Him let Judah's Head combine And all the Tribes their Leaders bring Till Mid-land Tribes and Coasters join And All then Maker's Glories sing verse 29 Strength Lord on us thy Hand bestows O let our Graces stronger be While Strength from Salem's Temple flows Great Kings shall offer Gifts to Thee verse 30 Rebuke th' Egyptians Force confound The Brutes in Idol-worship strong Those who in Pride and Wealth abound And who for Wars and Tumults long verse 31 To God then mighty Kings shall fly From Egypt and Arabian Lands And cast their Crowns and Sceptres by And raise to him their suppliant Hands verse 32 Sing sing to God his Praise unfold His Name yee Earthly Kings adore verse 33 He rides above the Skies of old And speaks in Thunders dreadful roar verse 34 Ascribe to God all Strength and Might VVho o're his Israel's Lot presides VVhose Power and whose Majestic light Above the highest Orb resides verse 35 VVhat Terrours in that secred Place Israel's Eternal God surround The Saints his Might and Courage grace His Name be still with Praises crown'd PSAL. lxix verse 1 O Save me Lord Thy Floods prevail The Floods my Strength controul verse 2 The Mud the rugged VVaves assail And sink my fainting Soul verse 3 To Thee till weary'd quite I cry My Throat grows hoarse and dry My very Ey strings Crack while I On Thee for Help rely verse 4 More than my Hairs my Foes increase And they whose causeless Hate Pursue my Soul and break my Peace Are strong and Fortunate To lay their Spite I paid with Care VVhat ne'er was due from me verse 5 Thou Lord my Follies know'st nor are My Faults conceal'd from Thee verse 6 Thro the let none endure Disgrace VVho on thy Love depend None blush thro' me who seek thy Face Or for thy Grace attend verse 7 For thy Name 's sake I suffer scorn To all Reproach confin'd verse 8 My Mother's Sons my Brethren born To me are grown unkind Part 2. verse 9 Lord for thy House with zealous Flame My Soul consumes and dies And those who dare affront thy Name My Heart with grief surprize verse 10 I fast my falling Tears succeed But I 'me reproach'd for all verse 11 I Sack-cloth wear my Sack-cloth weeds Among their Proverbs fall verse 12 Where all the senseless Rabble sit I 'me made their constant Theme Each Drunkard tries his brutish Wit My Glories to blaspheme verse 13 In thy accepted Time dear Lord Receive my Soul's address With Mercy by thy faithful Word My cruel Foes repress verse 14 From miry Deeps Lord raise my Head From mighty Waters save verse 15 And from the stormy Tempests dread And from the gaping Grave Let not the Floods devour me quite Nor Whirlpools swallow me verse 16 But in thy Mercies Lord delight And hear my Prayers to Tnee Part 3. With Pitty view my mournful Case And ease my dismal Woes verse 17 From me ô never hide thy Face When Sorrows round me close verse 18 Draw near redeem my Soul from those Who in my Fall delight verse 19 My shame reproach and all my Foes Are ever in thy sight verse 20 Shame breaks my Heart my panting Soul For Comfort looks in vain No Friends my mournful State condole Nor feel my dreadful Pain verse 21 They gave me bitter Gall to eat Sharp Vinegar to drink verse 22 But let thy Wrath their Joys defeat Their spiteful Pleasures sink O let thy Curse a deadly snare Of all their Plenty make And when their Souls for Mirth prepare All Mirth their Souls forsake verse 23 O let their Eyes be dark their Loins With strange Diseases shake verse 24 Till Wrath with utmost Fury joins And they of both partake Part 4. verse 25 Let all their lofty Palaces Their Tents deserted ly verse 26 For they on thy Afflicted press And Wounds to Wounds apply verse 27 Punish their Sins with Sins nor let Them Righteousness behold verse 28 Their Names i' th' Book of Life unset Nor with the Just enroll'd verse 29 But me oppress'd with mighty Woes Thy Health dear God shall raise verse 30 And Songs I 'll to thy Name compose And ever sing thy Praise verse 31 And these shall Thee my God much more Than Firstling Bul'ocks please verse 32 The Humble who thy Face implore Shall see 't and live at Ease Joys shall their happy Hearts possess At this triumphant Sight Their Souls shall wondrous Mirth express Their Lives supream Delight verse 33 God hears the Poor and Bond-men call And sends Deliverance verse 34 Then let Heav'n Earth and Seas and all Their Hosts his Praise advance verse 35 God saves his own and they in Peace Within their Countries rest verse 36 And there their happy Heirs increase Who love their Maker best PSAL. lxx verse 1 HAst'e Lord ô haste to aid And set thy Servant free verse 2 Asham'd let all those Fools be made Who seek to ruin me With Shame confound them all Who would my Life destroy verse 3 And when they think I 'm like to fall Express unmanly Joy verse 4 But where Men seek thy Face Let constant Joys reside Let those who love thy saying Grace Say God be magnify'd verse 5 But I am weak and poor O haste to help me Lord And as thou oft hast done before Thy speedy Aids afford PSAL. lxxj verse 1 IN Thee dear Lord I only trust From Shame ô keep me free verse 2 And as thy Promises are just Hear help and rescue me verse 3 Be thou my mighty Fortress where I when oppress'd may fly Thou art my Rock my Fort in Fear I on thy Word rely verse 4 Save me my God from impious Hands From Fraud and Violence verse 5 In Thee my Hope my Safety stands My Lord my Youth's Defence verse 6 I
Service can stay That Man in thy Sight And Temple may dwell Thy Altars draw near Thy Favours enjoy And in Thee delight And be satisfy'd well With Goodness and there All his Service employ verse 5 By terrible Things In Righteousness shown Thou ' It answer our Cares Our Saviour to be Our Confidence springs From thy Goodness alone Whence Strangers make Pray'rs And rough Sailers to Thee verse 6 The Mountains stand fast Fix'd strongly by Thee Thy powerful Arm Has girt'em secure verse 7 Loud Storms are soon past For thy Fury we see Mad People can charm And their Quiet procure verse 8 Thy Wonders and Signs All Nations afright Where Comets e'er blaze Or Earth-quakes can tear The Morning which shine And the dark gloomy Night Rejoice in thy Praise And thy Glories declare verse 9 Thou visit'st the Earth Its Waters abound Vast Rivers with Wealth The Countries o'erflow Thence Corn has its Birth And the Fie'ds With it crown'd New Vigour and Health On the Nations bestow verse 10 The highest ridg'd Field Thy Water partakes The Furrows Jaid low Are drench'd with the same The Clods quickly yield Earth its Hardness forsakes The Crops which they show Then God's Blessing proclaim verse 11 By Thee the rich Year With Goodness is crown'd And all thy bless'd Ways Pure Fatness distil verse 12 Rich Pastures appear All the Desarts around All ecchoing Praise From each neighbouring Hill verse 13 With Thousands of Sheep The Pastures are clad The Valleys with Corn Are cover'd quite o'r Hence Nature may keep Now its Revels and glad With Praises adorn Both her Lord and her Store PSAL. lxvj as the 113th verse 1 IN God ô all ye Lands rejoice verse 2 Let ev'ry Man's triumphant Voice Advance his Name his Glories sing verse 3 How dreadful Lord thy Works appear Thy Terrours make thy Foes with Fear To Thee their forc'd Submissions bring verse 4 To Thee the Nations round shall bend Thy Name shall in their Songs ascend Above the Clouds above the Skies verse 5 Come see God's Operations here How when his dreadful Works appear Their Terrours Humane Hearts surprize verse 6 When from Egyption Bondage He His Israel's happy Race set free God through the Seas contriv'd a Road Where fenc'd by Watry Walls they went Safe o'er a spacious Continent And all their Hearts with Joys o'erslow'd verse 7 God by his Pow'r Eternal reigns His Look the Rebel-World restrains And beats their swelling Humours down verse 8 O all ye serious People bâ—ess That God whose Name our Tongues confess His Name with losty Praises crown verse 9 The Lord our Souls in Safety keeps He never slumbers never sleeps He ne'er permits our Feet to slide verse 10 Yet as the Silver 's oft refin'd When for the noblest Works design'd Our Sou s as oft his Hands have try'd verse 11 We fell in strong perplexing Snares Our Strength funk down with weighty Cares Our Heads we bow'd to conqu'ring Foes verse 12 But through Affliction 's scorching Heat Through Floods of Tears thy Mercies great Convey'd us to a sweet Repose Part 2. verse 13 My Thanks his Temple now shall see verse 14 I 'll pay my Vows dear Lord to Thee My Vows in Times of Danger sign'd verse 15 My upright Mind my Heart sincere My guiltless Hands shall Favour there More than a Thousand Oxen find verse 16 Come hear me all that fear the Lord O hear while I with Praise record What for my Soul his Hands have wrought verse 17 I cry'd his Name I rais'd on high verse 18 Yet had my Heart been faulty I His Smiles alas had vainly sought God reads the inward Parts and views What Ways the righteous Soul pursues And hears his earnest Pray'rs and Cries But Hypocrites whose various Arts Divide their glosing Tongues and Hearts Are odious to his piercing Eyes verse 19 But God has heard my Pray'rs and He With Favour gently answer'd me His Ears to my Petitions bow'd verse 20 O bless'd be He whose gracious Ear His suppliant Servant's pray'rs would hear And Mercy to his Pray'rs allow'd PSAL. lxvij verse 1 TO us with Mercy free Lord shew thy glorious Face O let thy happy Servants see Thy Blessing and thy Grace verse 2 That all the Earth may know Salvation's certain Way Thy Truth to all the Nations show Thy saving Health display verse 3 Let all the World ô God Exalt thy glorious Name O let the Nations all abroad Thy wondrous Praise proclaim verse 4 To Thee with loud Applause The govern'd World shall sing When Thou shalt all by equal Laws To righteous Judgment bring verse 5 Let all the World ô God Exa't thy glorious Name O let the Nations all abroad Thy wondrous Praise proclaim verse 6 Then shall the fruitful Land It s ancient Burthen show And on our selves from God's free Hand Shall endless Blssings flow verse 7 Then God shall bless us all And at his awful Feet With Fear the farthest Tribes shall fall And to his Laws submit PSAL. lxviij As the 100th verse 1 LET God arise his angry Foes Will quickly turn themselves to Flight Their Malice can't his Wrath oppose Nor bear the Terrours of his Sight verse 2 But as Smoak flies before the Wind As Wax dissolves before the Fire So Impious Men their Weakness find And by his Frowns consum'd expire verse 3 But holy Men with joyful Hearts Before their God shall Praises sing Sing then ye Saints sing all your Parts Exalt the great Celestial King verse 5 See where your God triumphant rides His Name with boundless Glory shines In Him each raptur'd Soul confides And gladly in his Praise combines verse 6 For Widows Tears and Orphans Cries God like a Judge and Father cares Starves Rebels makes the Captives rise And fills the lonesom House with Heirs verse 7 Lord when thou led'st thy People o'er The barren Wilds and Defart-Lands Earth's Bosom strong Convulsions tore And Heav'n dissolv'd at thy Commands verse 8 A Thousand Dewy Sweats distill'd Nay Sinai too supreamly bless'd Great Israel's God with Terrours fill'd With Light 's immoderate Beams Oppress'd verse 9 But cooling Dews and fruitful Rains On thy exhausted Canaan flow'd verse 10 which now thy People entertains Thy Goodness on thy Flock bestow'd Part 2. God gave the Word and out in haste All Nature's ready Armies flew And spoke God's Will and as they pass'd Did all opposing Force subdue God's Houshold then with Spoils grew fair Of routed Hosts and flying Kings As Doves which feem to cut the Air With Silver Plumes and Golden Wings verse 13 On that great Day though back before Among the Brick-Kilns newly laid verse 14 They more than Sal'men's Whiteness bore When in his Snowy Robes array'd verse 15 God's Sion Bashan's Pride our-vies And God in Sion's Hill delights verse 16 Why then should other Hills despise What God 's own Residence invites verse 17 A Thousand Thousand Chariots steer'd By fiery Angels round Him wait As once in Sâ—nai's Mount appear'd When there