perpetuall Thou cities raz'd perisht with them is their memoriall God shall endure for ay he doth for judgement set his throne In righteousnesse to judge the world justice to give each one God also will a refuge be for those that are opprest A refuge will he be in times of trouble to distrest And they that know thy Name in thee their confidence will place For thou hast not forsaken them that truly seek thy face O sing ye praises to the Lord that dwels in Sion hill And all the nations among his deeds record ye still When he enquireth after blood he then remembreth them The humble folk he not forgets that call upon his Name Lord pitie me behold the grief which I from foes sustain Ev'n thou who from the gates of death dost raise me up again That I in Sions daughters gates may all thy praise advance And that I may rejoyce alwayes in thy deliverance The heathen are sunk in the pit which they themselves prepar'd And in the net which they have hid their own feet fast are snar'd The Lord is by the judgement known which he himself hath wrought The sinners hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught They who are wicked into hell each one shall turned be And all the nations that forget to seek the Lord most hie For they that needy are shall not forgotten be alway The expectation of the poor shall not be lost for ay Arise Lord let not man prevail judge heathens in thy sight That they may know themselves but men the nations Lord affright PSAL. X. VVHerefore is it that thou O Lord dost stand from us afar And wherefore hidest thou thy self when times so troublous are The wicked in his loftinesse doth persecute the poor In these devices they have fram'd let them be taken sure The wicked of his hearts desire doth talk with boasting great He blesseth him that 's covetous whom yet the Lord doth hate The wicked through his pride of face on God he doth not call And in the counsels of his heart the Lord is not at all His wayes they alwayes grievous are thy judgements from his sight Removed are at all his foes he puffeth with despight Within his heart he thus hath said I shall not moved be And no adversity at all shall ever come to me His mouth with cursing fraud deceit is fill'd abundantly And underneath his tongue there is mischief and vanity He closely sits in villages he slayes the innocent Against the poor that passe him by his cruell eyes are bent He Lyon-like lurks in his den he waits the poor to take And when he draws him in his net his prey he doth him make Himself he humbleth very low he croucheth down withall That so a multitude of poor may by his strong ones fall He this hath said within his heart the Lord hath quite forgot He hides his countenance and he for ever sees it not O Lord do thou arise O God lift up thine hand on hie But not the meek afflicted ones out of thy memorie Why is it that the wicked man thus doth the Lord despise Because that God will it require he in his heart denies Thou hast it seen for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay The poor commits himself to thee thou art the orphans stay The arm break of the wicked man and of the evill one Do thou seek out his wickednesse untill thou findest none The Lord is King through ages all ev'n to eternity The heathen people from their land are perisht utterly O Lord of those that humble are thou the desire didst heare Thou wilt prepare their heart and thou to heare wilt bend thine eare To judge the fatherlesse and those that are oppressed sore That man that is but sprung of earth may them oppresse no more PSAL. XI To the chief musician A Psalm of David I in the Lord do put my trust how is it then that ye Say to my soul flee as a bird unto your mountain hie For lo the wicked bend their bow their shafts on string they fit That those who upright are in heart they privily may hit If the foundations be destroy'd what hath the righteous done God in his holy Temple is in heaven is his throne His eyes do see his eye-lids try mens sons The just he proves But his soul hates the wicked man and him that violence loves Snares fire and brimstone furious storms on sinners he shall rain This as the portion of their cup doth unto them pertain Because the Lord most righteous doth in righteousnesse delight And with a pleasant countenance beholdeth the upright PSAL XII To the chief musician upon Sheminith A Psalm of David HElp Lord because the godly man doth dayly fade away And from among the sons of men the faithfull do decay Unto his neighbour every one doth utter vanitie They with a double heart do speak and lips of flatterie God shall cut off all flattering lips tongues that speak proudly thus Wee 'l with our tongue prevail our lips are ours who 's Lord ov'r us For poor opprest and for the sighs of needie rise will I Saith God and him in safety set from such as him defy The words of God are words most pure they be like silver try'd In earthen furnace seven times that hath been purify'd Lord thou shalt them preserve and keep for ever from this race On each side walk the wicked when vile men are high in place PSAL. XIII To chief musician A Psalm of David HOw long wilt thou forget me Lord shall it for ever be O how long shall it be that thou wilt hide thy face from me How long take counsel in my soul still sad in heart shall I How long exalted over me shall be mine enemy O Lord my God consider well and answer to me make Mine eyes enlighten lest the sleep of death me overtake Lest that mine enemie should say against him I prevail'd And those that trouble me rejoyce when I am mov'd and fail'd But I have all my confidence thy mercy set upon My heart within me shall rejoyce in thy salvation I will unto the Lord my God sing praises chearfully Because he hath his bountie shown to me abundantly PSAL. XIV To the chief musician A Psalm of David That there is not a God the fool doth in his heart conclude They are corrupt their works are vile not one of them doth good Upon mens sons the Lord from heaven did cast his eyes abroad To see if any understood and did seek after God They altogether filthy are they all aside are gone And there is none that doeth good yea sure there is not one These workers of iniquity do they not know at all That they my people eat as bread and on God do not call There fear'd they much for God is with the whole race of the just You shame the counsel of the poor because God is his trust Let Israels help from Sion come When back the Lord
work is there All nations whom thou mad'st shall come and worship reverently Before thy face and they O Lord thy Name shall glorify Because thou art exceeding great and works by thee are done Which are to be admir'd and thou art God thy self alone Teach me thy way and in thy truth O Lord then walk will I Unite my heart that I thy Name may fear continually O Lord my God with all my heart to thee I will give praise And I the glory will ascribe unto thy Name alwayes Because thy mercy toward me in greatnesse doth excell And thou deliver'd hast my soul out from the lowest hell O God the proud against me rise and violent men have met That for my soul have sought and thee before them have not set But thou art full of pity Lord a God most gracious Long-suffering and in thy truth and mercy plenteous O turn to me thy countenance and mercy on me have Thy servant strengthen and the son of thine own hand-maid save Shew me a signe for good that they which do me hate may see And be asham'd because thou Lord didst help and comfort me PSAL. LXXXVII A Psalm or song for the sons of Korah UPon the hills of holinesse He his foundation sets God more then Jacobs dwellings all delights in Zions gates Things glorious are said of thee thou City of the Lord. Rahab and Babel I to those that know me will record Behold ev'n Tyrus and with it the land of Palestine And likewise AEthiopia this man was born therein And it of Zion shall be said This man and that man there Was born and He that is most high himself shall stablish her When God the people writes He 'll count that this man born was there There be that sing and play and all my well-springs in thee are PSAL. LXXXVIII A song or psalm for the sons of Korah to the chief musician upon Mahalath Leannoth Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite LOrd God my Saviour day and night before thee cry'd have I. Before thee let my prayer come give ear unto my cry For troubles great do fill my soul my life drawes nigh the grave I 'm counted with those that go down to pit and no strength have Ev'n free among the dead like them that slain in grave do ly Cut off from thy hand whom no more thou hast in memory Thou hast me laid in lowest pit in deeps and darksome caves Thy wrath lies hard on me thou hast me prest with all thy waves Thou hast put far from me my friends thou mad'st them to abhor me And I am so shut up that I finde no evasion for me By reason of affliction mine eye mourns dolefully To thee Lord do I call and stretch my hands continually Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead shall they rise and thee blesse Shall in the grave thy love be told in death thy faithfulnesse Shall thy great wonders in the dark or shall thy righteousnesse Be known to any in the land of deep forgetfulnesse But Lord to thee I cry'd my pray'r at morn prevent shall thee Why Lord dost thou cast off my soul and hid'st thy face from me Distrest am I and from my youth I ready am to dy Thy terrours I have born and am distracted fearfully The dreadfull fiercenesse of thy wrath quite over me doth go Thy terrours great have cut me off they did pursue me so For round about me every day like water they did roul And gathering together they have compassed my soul My friend thou hast put far from me and him that did me love And those that mine acquaintance were to darknesse didst remove PSAL. LXXXIX Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite GOds mercies I will ever sing and with my mouth I shall Thy faithfulnesse make to be known to generations all For mercy shall be built said I for ever to endure Thy faithfulnesse ev'n in the heav'ns thou wilt establish sure I with my chosen one have made a covenant graciously And to My servant whom I lov'd to David sworn have I That I thy seed establish shall for ever to remain And will to generations all thy Throne build and maintain The praises of thy wonders Lord the heavens shall expresse And in the congregation of saints thy faithfulnesse For who in heaven with the Lord may once himself compare Who is like God among the sons of those that mighty are Great fear in meetings of the saints is due unto the Lord And He of all about Him should with reverence be ador'd O thou that art the Lord of hosts what Lord in mightinesse Is like to thee who compast round art with thy faithfulnesse Ev'n in the raging of the sea thou over it dost reign And when the waves thereof do swell thou stillest them again Rahab in pieces thou didst break like one that slaughtered is And with thy mighty arm thou hast disperst thine enemies The heav'ns are thine thou for thine own the earth dost also take The world and fulnesse of the same thy pow'r did found and make The North and South from thee alone their first beginning had Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill shall in thy Name be glad Thou hast an arm that 's full of pow'r thy Hand is great in might And thy right hand exceedingly exalted is in height Justice and judgement of thy Throne are made the dwelling place Mercy accompani'd with truth shall go before thy face O greatly blest the people are the joyfull sound that know In brightnesse of thy face O Lord they ever on shall go They in thy Name shall all the day rejoyce exceedingly And in thy righteousnesse shall they exalted be on hy Because the glory of their strength doth only stand in thee And in thy favour shall our horn and pow'r exalted be For God is our defence and He to us doth safety bring The Holy One of Israel is our Almighty King In vision to thy holy-one thou saidst I help upon A strong one laid out of the folk I rais'd a chosen one Ev'n David I have found him out a servant unto Me And with my holy oyl My King anointed him to be With whom My hand shall stablisht be Mine arm shall make him strong On him the foe shall not exact nor son of mischief wrong I will beat down before his face all his malicious foes I will them greatly plague who do with hatred him oppose My mercy and my faithfulnesse with him yet still shall be And in My Name his horn and pow'r men shall exalted see His hand and pow'r shal reach afar I 'le set it in the sea And his right hand established shall in the rivers be Thou art my father he shall ery thou art my God alone And he shall say Thou art the rock of my salvation I 'le make him My first-born more high then Kings of any land My love I 'le ever keep for him My cov'nant fast shall stand His seed I by My pow'r will make for ever to endure
thy glory and thy fame When Zion by the mighty Lord built up again shall be In Glory then and Majesty to men appear shall He. The prayer of the destitute he surely will regard Their prayer will he not despise by him it shall be heard For generations yet to come this shall be on record So shall the people that shall be created praise the Lord. He from his Sanctuaries height hath downward cast his eye And from his glorious Throne in heav'n the Lord the earth did spy That of the mournfull prisoner the groanings he might hear To set them free that unto death by men appointed are That they in Zion may declare the Lords most holy Name And publish in Jerusalem the praises of the same When as the people gather shall in troups with one accord When Kingdoms shall assembled be to serve the highest Lord. My wonted force and strength he hath abated in the way And he my dayes hath shortened Thus therefore did I say My God in mid-time of my dayes take thou me not away From age to age eternally thy years endure and stay The firm foundation of the earth of old time thou hast laid The heavens also are the work which thine own hands have made Thou shalt for evermore endure but they shall perish all Yea every one of them wax old like to a garment shall Thou as a vesture shalt them change and they shall changed be But Thou the same art and thy years are to eternitie The children of thy servants shall continually endure And in thy sight O Lord their seed shall be establisht sure Another of the same LOrd hear my pray'r and let my cry Have speedie accesse unto thee In day of my calamity O hide not Thou thy face from me Hear when I call to thee that day An answer speedily return My dayes like smoke consume away And as an hearth my bones do burn My heart is wounded very sore And withered like to grasse doth fade I am forgetfull grown therefore To take and eat my daily bread By reason of my smart within And voice of my most grievous groans My flesh consumed is my skin All parcht doth cleave unto my bones The Pelican of wildernesse The Owl in deserts I do match And Sparrow-like companionlesse Upon the houses top I watch I all day long am made a scorn Reproach'd by my malicious foes The mad men are against me sworn The men against me that arose For I have ashes eaten up To me as if they had been bread And with my drink I in my cup Of bitter tears a mixture made Because thy wrath was not appeas'd And dreadfull indignation Therefore it was that thou me rais'd And thou again didst cast me down My dayes are like a shade alway Which doth declining swiftly passe And I am withered away Much like unto the fading grasse But thou O Lord shalt still endure From change and all mutation free And to all generations sure Shall thy remembrance ever be Thou shalt arise and mercy yet Thou to mount Zion shalt extend Her time for favour which was set Behold is now come to an end Thy saints take pleasure in her stones Her very dust to them is dear All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth thy glorious Name shall fear God in his glory shall appear When Zion he builds and repairs He shall regard and lend his ear Unto the needies humble pray'rs Th' afflicteds pray'r He will not scorn All times this shall be in record And generations yet unborn Shall praise and magnifie the Lord. He from his holy place look'd down The earth he view'd from heav'n on hie To hear the prisoners mourning groan And free them that are dam'd to die That Zion and Jerusalem too His Name and praise may well record When people and the Kingdoms do Assemble all to praise the Lord. My strength he weakned in the way My dayes of life he shortened My God O take me not away In mid-time of my dayes I said Thy years throughout all ages last Of old thou hast established The earths foundation firm and fast Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made They perish shall as garments do But thou shalt evermore endure As vestures thou shalt change them so And they shall all be changed sure But from all changes thou art free Thy endlesse years do last for ay Thy servants and their seed who be Establish'd shall before thee stay PSAL. CIII A Psalm of David O thou my soul blesse God the Lord and all that in me is Be stirred up his holy Name to magnifie and blesse Blesse O my soul the Lord thy God and not forgetfull be Of all his gracious benefites he hath bestow'd on thee All thine iniquities who doth most graciously forgive Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal and thee relieve Who doth redeem thy life that thou to death may not go down Who thee with loving kindnesse doth and tender mercies crown Who with abundance of good things doth satisfie thy mouth So that ev'n as the Eagles age renewed is thy youth God righteous judgement executes for all oppressed ones His way to Moses he his acts made known to Israels sons Lord our God is mercifull and he is gracious Long suffering and slow to wrath in mercy plenteous He will not chide continually nor keep his anger still With us he dealt not as we sin'd nor did require our ill For as the heaven in its height the earth surmounteth far So great to those that do him fear his tender mercies are As far as East is distant from the VVest so far hath He From us removed in His love all our iniquitie Such pity as a father hath unto his children dear Like pity shews the Lord to such as worship Him in fear For He remembers we are dust and He our frame well knows Frail man his dayes are like the grasse as flowr in field he grows For over it the winde doth passe and it away is gone And of the place where once it was it shall no more be known But unto them that do Him fear Gods mercy never ends And to their childrens children still His righteousnesse extends To such as keep his covenant and mindfull are alway Of His most just commandements that they may them obey The Lord prepared hath His Throne in heavens firm to stand And every thing that being hath His Kingdom doth command O ye his Angels that excell in strength blesse ye the Lord Ye who obey what he commands and hearken to his word O blesse and magnifie the Lord ye glorious hosts of his Ye ministers that do fulfill what e're his pleasure is O blesse the Lord all ye his works wherewith the world is stor'd In his dominions every-where my soul blesse thou the Lord. PSAL. CIV BLesse God my soul O Lord my God thou are exceeding great With Honour and with Majestie thou clothed art in state With light as with a robe thy self thou coverest about And like
Lord hast done the same they may well understand Although they curse with spite yet Lord blesse thou with loving voice Let them asham'd be when they rise thy servant let rejoice Let thou mine adversaries all with shame be cloathed over And let their own confusion them as a mantle cover But as for me I with my mouth will greatly praise the Lord And I among the multitude His praises will record For He shall stand at his right hand who is in povertie To save him from all those that would condemn his soul to die PSAL. CX A Psalm of David THe Lord did say unto my Lord Sit thou at My right hand Untill I make thy foes a stool whereon thy feet may stand The Lord shall out of Zion send the rod of thy great pow'r In midst of all thine enemies be thou the Governour A willing people in thy day of pow'r shall come to thee In holy beauties from morns womb thy youth like dew shall be The Lord himself hath made an oath and will repent him never Of th' order of Melchisedek Thou art a Priest for ever The glorious and mighty Lord that sits at thy right hand Shall in his day of wrath strike through Kings that do Him withstand He shall among the heathen judge He shall with bodies dead The places fill o're many lands He wound shall every head The brook that runneth in the way with drink shall Him supply And for this cause in triumph He shall lift His head on hie PSAL. CXI PRaise ye the Lord with my whole heart I will Gods praise declare Where the assemblies of the just and congregations are The whole works of the Lord our God are great above all measure Sought out they are of every one that do therein take pleasure His work most honourable is most glorious and pure And his untainted Righteousnesse for ever doth endure His works most wonderfull He hath made to be thought upon The Lord is gracious and He is full of compassion He giveth meat unto all those that truly do Him fear And evermore His Covenant He in his minde will bear He did the power of His works unto His people show When He the heathens heritage upon them did bestow His handy-works are truth and right all His commands are sure And done in truth and uprightnesse they evermore endure He sent redemption to His folk His Covenant for ay He did command Holy His Name and reverend is alway Wisdoms beginning is Gods fear good understanding they Have all that His commands fulfill His praise endures for ay PSAL. CXII PRaise ye the Lord. The man is blest that fears the Lord aright He who in His commandements doth greatly take delight His seed and off-spring powerfull shall be the earth upon Of upright men blessed shall be the generation Riches and wealth shall ever be within his house in store And His unspotted righteousnesse endures for evermore Unto the upright light doth rise though he in darknesse be Compassionate and mercifull and righteous is he A good man doth his favour shew and doth to others lend He with discretion his affairs will guide unto the end Surely there is not any thing that ever shall him move The righteous mans memoriall shall everlasting prove When he shall evill tidings hear he shall not be afraid His heart is fixt his confidence upon the Lord is staid His heart is firmly stablished afraid he shall not be Untill upon his enemies he his desire shall see He hath disperst giv'n to the poor his righteousnesse shall be To ages all with honour shall his horn be raised high The wicked shall it see and fret his teeth gnash melt away What wicked men do most desire shall utterly decay PSAL. CXIII PRaise God ye servants of the Lord O praise the Lords Name praise Yea blessed be the Name of God from this time forth alwayes From rising Sun to where it sets Gods Name is to be prais'd Above all nations God is high 'bove heav'n His glory rais'd Unto the Lord our God that dwells on high who can compare Himself that humbleth things to see in heav'n and earth that are He from the dust doth raise the poor that very low did ly And from the dung-hill lifts the man opprest with poverty That He may highly him advance and with the Princes set With those that of His people are the chief ev'n Princes great The barren woman house to keep He maketh and to be Of sons a mother full of joy Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CXIV VVHen Isra'l out of Aegypt went and did his dwelling change When Jacobs house went out from those that were of language strange He Judah did His Sanctuary His Kingdom Israel make The sea it saw and quickly fled Jordan was driven back Like rams the mountains and like lambs the hills skipt to and fro O sea why stedst thou Jordan back why wast thou driven so Ye mountains great wherefore was it that ye did skip like rams And wherefore was it little hills that ye did leap like lambs O at the presence of the Lord earth tremble thou for fear While as the presence of the God of Jacob doth appear Who from the hard and stonie rock did standing water bring And by His pow'r did turn the flint into a water spring PSAL. CXV NOt unto us Lord not to us but do thou glory take Unto thy Name ev'n for thy truth and for thy mercies sake O wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God now gone But our God in the heavens is what pleas'd Him He hath done Their idols silver are and gold work of mens hands they be Mouths have they but they do not speak and eyes but do not see Ears have they but they do not hear noses but savour not Hands feet but handle not nor walk nor speak they through their throat Like them their makers are and all on them their trust that build O Isra'l trust thou in the Lord He is their help and shield O Aarons house trust in the Lord their help and shield is He. Ye that fear God trust in the Lord their help and shield He 'll be The Lord of us hath mindfull been and He will blesse us still He will the house of Isra'l blesse blesse Aarons house He will Both small and great that fear the Lord He will them surely blesse The Lord will you you and your seed ay more and more increase O blessed are ye of the Lord who made the earth and heaven The heav'n ev'n heav'ns are Gods but He earth to mens sons hath given The dead nor who to silence go Gods praise do not record But henceforth we for ever will blesse God Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXVI I Love the Lord because my voice and prayers He did hear I while I live will call on Him who bow'd to me His ear Of death the cords and sorrows did about me compasse round The pains of hell took hold on me I
grief and trouble found Upon the Name of God the Lord then did I call and say Deliver Thou my soul O Lord I do thee humbly pray God mercifull and righteous is yea gracious is our Lord. God saves the meek I was brought low He did me help afford O thou my soul do thou return unto thy quiet rest For largely lo the Lord to thee His bounty hath exprest For my distressed soul from death delivered was by Thee Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears my feet from falling free I in the land of those that live will walk the Lord before I did believe therefore I spake I was afflicted sore I said when I was in my haste That all men liars be What shall I render to the Lord for all His gifts to me I 'le of salvation take the cup on Gods Name will I call I 'le pay my vows now to the Lord before His people all Dear in Gods sight is His saints death Thy servant Lord am I Thy servant sure Thine hand-maids son my bands Thou didst unty Thank-offerings I to Thee will give and on Gods Name will call I 'le pay my vows now to the Lord before His people all Within the courts of Gods own house within the midst of thee O City of Jerusalem Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CXVII O give ye praise unto the Lord all nations that be Likewise ye people all accord His Name to magnifie For great to us-ward ever are His loving kindnesses His truth endures for evermore The Lord O do ye blesse PSAL. CXVIII O praise the Lord for He is good His mercy lasteth ever Let those of Israel now say His mercy faileth never Now let the house of Aaron say His mercy lasteth ever Let those that fear the Lord now say His mercy faileth never I in distresse call'd on the Lord the Lord did answer me He in a large place did me set from trouble made me free The mighty Lord is on my side I will not be afraid For any thing that man can do I shall not be dismaid The Lord doth take my part with them that help to succour me Therefore on those that do me hate I my desire shall see Better it is to trust in God then trust in mans defence Better to trust in God then make Princes our confidence The nations joyning all in one did compasse me about But in the Lords most Holy Name I shall them all root out They compast me about I say they compast me about But in the Lords most Holy Name I shall them all root out Like Bees they compast me about like unto thorns that flame They quenched are for them shall I destroy in Gods own Name Thou sore hast thrust that I might fall but my Lord helped me God my salvation is become my strength and song is He. In dwellings of the righteous is heard the melody Of joy and health the Lords right hand doth ever valiantly The right hand of the Mighty Lord exalted is on hy The right hand of the Mighty Lord doth ever valiantly I shall not die but live and shall the works of God discover The Lord hath me chastised sore but not to death given over O set ye open unto me the gates of righteousnesse Then will I enter into them and I the Lord will blesse This is the gate of God by it the just shall enter in Thee will I praise for thou me heardst and hast my safety bin That stone is made head corner-stone which builders did despise This is the doing of the Lord and wondrous in our eyes This is the day God made in it wee 'll joy triumphantly Save now I pray thee Lord I pray send now prosperity Blessed is He in Gods great Name that cometh us to save We from the house which to the Lord pertains you blessed have God is the Lord who unto us hath made light to arise Binde ye unto the altars horns with cords the sacrifice Thou art my God I 'le thee exalt my God I will thee praise Give thanks to God for He is good His mercy lasts alwayes PSAL. CXIX × ALEPH. The first part BLessed are they that undefil'd and straight are in the way Who in the Lords most holy Law do walk and do not stray Blessed are they who to observe His statutes are inclin'd And who do seek the living God with their whole heart and minde Such in his wayes do walk and they do no iniquity Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts carefully O that thy statutes to observe thou wouldst my wayes direct Then shall I not be sham'd when I thy precepts all respect Then with integrity of heart thee will I praise and blesse When I the judgements all have learn'd of thy pure righteousnesse That I will keep thy statutes all firmly resolv'd have I O do not then most gracious God forsake me utterly ב BETH The 2. part By what means shall a young man learn his way to purifie If he according to thy Word thereto attentive be Unfainedly Thee have I sought with all my soul and heart O let me not from the right path of thy commands depart Thy word I in my heart have hid that I offend not thee O Lord thou ever blessed art thy statutes teach thou me The judgements of thy mouth each one my lips declared have More joy thy testimonies way then riches all me gave I will thy holy precepts make my meditation And carefully I 'le have respect unto thy ways each one Upon thy statutes my delight shall constantly be set And by thy grace I never will thy holy word forget ×’ GIMEL The 3. part With me thy servant in thy grace deal bountifully Lord That by thy favour I may live and duely keep thy word Open mine eyes that of thy Law the wonders I may see I am a stranger on this earth hide not thy Laws from me My soul within me breaks and doth much fainting still endure Through longing that it hath all times unto thy judgements pure Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud who from thy precepts swerve Reproach and shame remove from me for I thy Laws observe Against me Princes spake with spite while they in councell sat But I thy servant did upon thy statutes meditate My comfort and my hearts delight thy testimonies be And they in all my doubts and fears are counsellers to me ד DALETH The 4. part My soul to dust cleaves quicken me according to thy word My ways I shew'd and me thou heardst teach me thy statutes Lord. The way of thy commandements make me aright to know So all thy works that wondrous are I shall to others show My soul doth melt and drop away for heavinesse and grief To me according to thy word give strength and send relief From me the wicked way of lies let far removed be And graciously thy holy Law do thou grant unto me I chosen have the perfect way of truth and verity Thy judgments that most
dead to others they let go Their inward thought is that their house and dwelling places shall Stand through all ages they their lands by their own names do call But yet in honour shall not man abide continually But passing hence may be compar'd unto the beasts that dy Thus brutish folly plainly is their wisedome and their way Yet their posteritie approve what they do fondly say Like sheep they in the grave are laid and death shall them devour And in the morning upright men shall over them have pow'r Their beautie from their dwelling shall consume within the grave But from hells hand God will mee free for he shall me receive Be thou not then afraid when one enriched thou dost see Nor when the glory of his house advanced is on hie For he shall carry nothing hence when death his dayes doth end Nor shall his glory after him into the grave descend Although he his own soul did blesse whilst he on earth did live And when thou to thy self dost well men will thee peaises give He to his fathers race shall go they never shall see light Man honour'd wanting knowledge is like beasts that perish quite PSAL. L. A Psalm of Asaph THe mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call The earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall From out of Sion hill which of excellency And beautie the perfection is God shined gloriously Our God shall surely come keep silence shall not He Before Him fire shall waste great storms shall round about Him be Unto the heaven's clear He from above shall call And to the earth likewise that He may judge his people all Together let my saints unto me gathered be Those that by sacrifice have made a covenant with me And then the heavens shall his righteousnesse declare Because the Lord himself is He by whom men judged are My people Israel hear speak will I from on hie Against thee I will testifie God ev'n thy God am I. I for thy sacrifice no blame will on thee lay Nor for burnt-offrings which to me thou off'redst every day I 'le take no calf nor goats from house or fold of thine For beasts of forrests cattell all on thousand hills are mine The fowls on mountains high are all to me well known Wilde beasts which in the fields do ly ev'n they are all mine own Then if I hungry were I would not tell it thee Because the world and fulnesse all thereof belongs to me Will I eat flesh of buls or goats bloud drink will I Thanks offer thou to God and pay thy vows to the most hie And call upon me when in trouble thou shalt be I will deliver thee and thou my Name shalt glorifie But to the wicked man God saith my laws and truth Shouldst thou declare how darst thou take my covenant in thy mouth Sith thou instruction hates which should thy wayes direct And sith my words behinde thy back thou casts and dost reject When thou a thief didst see with him thou didst consent And with the vile adulterers partaker on thou went Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill thy tongue deceit doth frame Thou sits and ' gainst thy brother speaks thy mothers son does shame Because I silence kept while thou these things hast wrought That I was altogether like thy self hath been thy thought Yet I will thee reprove and set before thine eyes In order ranked thy misdeeds and thine iniquities Now ye that God forget this carefully consider Lest I in pieces tear you all and none can you deliver Who so doth offer praise me glorifies and I Will shew him Gods salvation that orders right his way Another of the same THe mighty God the Lord hath spoke and call'd the earth upon Ev'n from the rising of the sun unto his going down From out of Sion his own hill where the perfection hie Of beauty is from thence the Lord hath shined gloriously Our God shall come and shall no more be silent but speak out Before him fire shall waste great storms shall compasse him about He to the heavens from above and to the earth below Shall call that He his judgement may before his people show Let all my saints together be unto me gathered Those that by sacrifice with me a covenant have made And then the heavens shall declare His righteousnesse abroad Because the Lord himself doth come none else is judge but God Hear O my people and I 'le speak O Israel by name Against thee I will testifie God ev'n thy God I am I for thy sacrifices few reprove thee never will Nor for burnt-offrings to have been before me offred still I 'le take no bullock nor hee-goats from house nor folds of thine For beasts of forrests cattell all on thousand hills are mine The fowls are all to me well known that mountains high do yeeld And I do challenge as mine own the wilde beasts of the field If I were hungry I would not to thee for need complain For earth and all its fulnesse doth to me of right pertain That I to eat the flesh of bulls take pleasure dost thou think Or that I need to quench my thirst the bloud of goats to drink Nay rather unto me thy God thanksgiving offer thou To the most high perform thy word and fully pay thy vow And in the day of trouble great see that thou call on me I will deliver thee and thou my Name shalt glorifie But God unto the wicked saith why should thou mention make Of my commands how dar'st thou in thy mouth my covenant take Sith it is so that thou dost hate all good instruction And sith thou casts behinde thy back and slights my words each one When thou a thief didst see then straight thou joyn'd with him in sin And with the vile adulterers thou hast partaker bin Thy mouth to evill thou dost give thy tongue deceit doth frame Thou sitst and ' gainst thy brother speak'st thy mothers son to shame These things thou wickedly hast done and I have silent bin Thou thought that I was like thy self and did approve thy sin But I will sharply thee reprove and I will order right Thy sins and thy transgressions in presence of thy sight Consider this and be afraid ye that forget the Lord Left I in pieces tear you all when none can help afford Who offereth praise me glorifies I will shew Gods salvation To him that ordereth aright his life and conversation PSAL. LI. To the chief musician A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he had gone in to Bath-sheba AFter thy loving kindnesse Lord have mercy upon me For thy compassions great blot out all mine iniquitie Me cleanse from sin and throughly wash from mine iniquitie For my transgressions I confesse my sin I ever see ' Gainst thee thee onely have I sinn'd in thy sight done this ill That when thou speaks thou may be just and clear in judging still Behold I in iniquity was