Therefore O Lord make plain the way wherein I ought to go verse 9 Their Mouth vents nothing but Deceit their Heart is set on Wrong Their Throat is a devouring Grave they flatter with their Tongue verse 10 By their own Counsels let them fall oppress'd with loads of Sin For they against thy righteous Laws have harden'd Rebels been verse 11 But let all those who trust in thee with Shouts their Joy proclaim Let them rejoice whom thou preserv'st and all that love thy Name verse 12 To righteous Men the righteous Lord his Blessing will extend And with his Favour all his Saints as with a Shield defend PSALM VI. verse 1 THy dreadful Anger Lord restrain and spare a Wretch forlorn Correct me not in thy fierce Wrath too heavy to be born verse 2 Have Mercy Lord for I grow faint unable to endure The Anguish of my aking Bones which thou alone canst cure verse 3 My tortur'd Flesh distracts my Mind and fills my Soul with Grief But Lord how long wilt thou delay to grant me thy Relief verse 4 Thy wonted Goodness Lord repeat and ease my troubled Soul Lord for thy wond'rous Mercy 's sake vouchsafe to make me whole verse 5 For after Death no more can I thy glorious Acts proclaim No Pris'ner of the silent Grave can magnifie thy Name verse 6 Quite tir'd with Pain with Groaning faint no hope of Ease I see The Night that quiets common Griefs is spent in Tears by me verse 7 My Beauty fades my Sight grows dim my Eyes with weakness close Old Age o'ertakes me whilst I think on my insulting Foes verse 8 Depart ye Wicked in my wrongs ye shall no more rejoice For God I find accepts my Tears and listens to my Voice verse 9 10 He hears and grants my humble Pray'r and they that wish my Fall Shall blush and rage to see that God protects me from them all PSALM VII verse 1 O Lord my God since I have plac'd my Trust alone in thee From all my Persecutors Rage do thou deliver me verse 2 To save me from my threatning Foe Lord interpose thy Pow'r Lest like a salvage Lion he my helpless Soul devour verse 3 4 If I am guilty or did e'er against his Peace combine Nay if I have not spar'd his Life who sought unjustly mine verse 5 Let then to persecuting Foes my Soul become a Prey Let them to Earth tread down my Life in Dust my Honour lay verse 6 Arise and let thine Anger Lord in my Defence engage Exalt thy self above my Foes and their insulting Rage Awake awake in my behalf the Judgment to dispense Which thou hast righteously ordain'd for injur'd Innocence verse 7 So to thy Throne adoring Crouds shall still for Justice fly O! therefore for their sakes resume thy Judgment-seat on high verse 8 Impartial Judge of all the World I trust my Cause to thee According to my just Deserts so let thy Sentence be verse 9 Let wicked Arts and wicked Men together be o'erthrown But guard the Just thou God to whom the Hearts of both are known verse 10 11 God me protects nor only me but all of upright Heart And daily lays up Wrath for those who from his Laws depart verse 12 If they persist he whets his Sword his Bow stands ready bent verse 13 Ev'n now with swift Destruction wing'd his pointed Shafts are sent verse 14 The Plots are fruitless which my Foe unjustly did conceive verse 15 The Pit he digg'd for me has prov'd his own untimely Grave verse 16 On his own Head his Spite returns whilst I from Harm am free On him the Violence is fall'n which he design'd for me verse 17 Therefore will I the righteous ways of Providence proclaim I 'll sing the Praise of God most High and celebrate his Name PSALM VIII verse 1 O Thou to whom all Creatures bow within this earthly Frame Thro' all the World how great art Thou how glorious is thy Name In Heav'n thy wond'rous Acts are sung nor fully reckon'd there verse 2 And yet thou mak'st the Infant-Tongue thy boundless Praise declare Thro' thee the Weak confound the Strong and crush their haughty Foes And so thou quell'st the wicked Throng that thee and thine oppose verse 3 When Heav'n thy beauteous work on high employs my wond'ring Sight The Moon that nightly rules the Sky with Stars of feebler Light verse 4 What 's Man say I that Lord thou lov'st to keep him in thy mind Or what his Off-spring that thou prov'st to them so wond'rous kind verse 5 Him next in Pow'r thou didst create to thy Celestial Train verse 6 Ordain'd with Dignity and State o'er all thy Works to reign verse 7 They jointly own his pow'rful sway the Beasts that prey or graze verse 8 The Bird that wings its airy way the Fish that cuts the Seas verse 9 O Thou to whom all Creatures bow within this earthly Frame Thro' all the World how great art Thou how glorious is thy Name PSALM IX verse 1 TO celebrate thy Praise O Lord I will my Heart prepare To all the list'ning World thy Works thy wond'rous Works declare verse 2 The Thought of them shall to my Soul exalted Pleasure bring Whilst to thy Name O thou most High triumphant Praise I sing verse 3 Thou mad'st my haughty Foes to turn their backs in shameful flight Struck with thy Presence down they fell they perish'd at thy sight verse 4 Against insulting Foes advanc'd thou didst my Cause maintain My Right asserting from thy Throne where Truth and Justice reign verse 5 The Insolence of Heathen Pride thou hast reduc'd to Shame Their wicked Offspring quite destroy'd and blotted out their Name verse 6 Mistaken Foes your haughty Threats are to a period come Our City stands which you design'd to make our common Tomb. verse 7 8 The Lord for ever lives who has his righteous Throne prepar'd Impartial Justice to dispense to punish or reward verse 9 God is a constant sure Defence against oppressing Rage As Troubles rise his needful Aids in our behalf engage verse 10 All those who have his Goodness prov'd will in his Truth confide Whose Mercy ne'er forsook the Man that on his Help rely'd verse 11 Sing Praises therefore to the Lord from Sion his Abode Proclaim his Deeds till all the World confess no other God PART II. verse 12 When he enquiry makes for Blood he calls the Poor to mind The injur'd humble Man's Complaint relief from him shall find verse 13 Take pity on my Troubles Lord which spiteful Foes create Thou that hast rescu'd me so oft from Death's devouring Gate verse 14 In Sion then I 'll sing thy Praise to all that love thy Name And with loud Shouts of grateful Joy thy saving Pow'r proclaim verse 15 Deep in the Pit they digg'd for me the Heathen Pride is laid Their guilty Feet to their own Snare are heedlesly betray'd verse 16 Thus by the just Returns he makes the mighty Lord is known While wicked
to diff'rent Realms may'st send to govern ancl protect verse 17 Whilst this my Song to future times transmits thy Glorious Name And makes the World with'one consent thy lasting Praise proclaim PSALM XLVI GOD is our Refuge in Distress A present Help when Dangers press In him undaunted we 'll conside verse 2 3 Tho' Earth were from her Centre tost And Mountains in the Ocean lost torn piece-meal by the roaring Tide verse 4 A gentler Stream with Gladness still The City of our Lord shall fill the Royal Seat of God most High verse 5 God dwells in Sion whose fair Towers Shall mock th' Affaults of Earthly Pow'rs while his Almighty Aid is nigh verse 6 In Tumults when the Heathen rag'd And Kingdoms War against us wag'd he thunder'd and dispers'd their Powers verse 7 The Lord of Hosts conducts our Arms Our Tower of Refuge in Alarms our Fathers Guardian-God and ours verse 8 Come fee the Wonders he hath wronght On Earth what Desolation brought verse 9 How he has calm'd the jarring World He broke the warlike Spear and Bow With them their thund ring Chariots too into devouring Flames were hurl'd verse 10 Submit to God's Almighty Sway For him the Heathen shall obey and Earth her Sov'reign Lord confess verse 11 The God of Holts conducts our Arms Our Tower of Refuge in Alarras As to our Fathers in Difsress PSALM XLVII verse 1 2 O All ye People clap your hands And with triumphant Voices sing No force the mighty Power withstands Of God the universal King verse 3 4 He shall opposing Nations quell and with succefs pur Battels fight Shall fix the Place where we must dwell the Pride of Jacob his Delight verse 5 6 God is gone up our Lord and King with Shouts of Joy and Trumpets Sound To him repeated Praises sing and let the chearful Song go round verse 7 8 Your utmost Skill in Praise be shown for him who all the World commands Who sits upon his righteous Throne and spreads his Sway o'er Heathen Lands verse 9 Our Chiefs and Tribes that far from hence to serve the God of Abr'am came Found Him their constant sure Defence How great and glorious is his Name PSALM XLVIII THE Lord the only God is great and greatly to be prais'd In Sion on whose happy Mount his sacred Throne is rais'd verse 2 Her Towers the Joy of all the Earth with beauteous Prospect rise On her North-side the Almighty Kings imperial City lies verse 3 God in her Palaces is known his Presence is her Guard verse 4 Confed'rate Kings withdrew their Siege and of Succefs despair'd verse 5 They view'd her Walls admir'd and fled with Grief and Terror struck verse 6 Like Women whom the sudden Pangs of Travail had o'retook verse 7 No wretched Grew of Mariners appear like them forlorn When Fleets from Tarshish wealthy Coasts by Eastern Winds are torn verse 8 In Sion we have seen perform'd a Work that was foretold In pledge that God for times to come his City will uphold verse 9 Not in our Fortresses and Walls did we O God conside But on the Temple fix'd our Hopes in which thou dost reside verse 10 According to thy Sov'reign Name thy Praise through Earth extends Thy powerful Arm as Justice guides chastises or defends verse 11 Let Sion's Mount with Joy resound her Daughters all be taught In Songs his Judgments to extol who this Deliv'rance wrought verse 12 Compass her Walls in solemn Pomp your Eyes quite round her cast Count all her Towers and see if there you find a Stone displac'd verse 13 Her Forts and Palaces survey observe their Order well That with Allurance to your Heirs this Wonder you may tell verse 14 This God is ours and will be ours whilst we in him conside Who as he has preserv'd us now till Death will be our Guide PSALM XLIX verse 1 2 LET all the list'ning World attend and my Instruion hear Let High and Low and Rich and Poor with joint Consent give Ear verse 3 My Mouth with sacred Wisdom fill d shall good Advice impart The sound Result of prudent Thoughts digested in my Heart verse 4 To Parables of weighty Sense I will my Ear incline Whilst to my tuneful Harp I sing dark Words of deep Design verse 5 Why should my Courage fail in times of Danger and of Doubt When Sinners that would me supplant have compass'd me about verse 6 Those Men that all their Hope and Trust in Heaps of Treasure place And boast and triumph when they see their ill-got Wealth increase verse 7 Are yet unable from the Grave their dearest Friend to free Nor can by Force or Bribes reverse th' Almighty Lord's Decree verse 8 9 Their vain Endeavours they maust quit the Price is held too high No Sums can purchase such a Grant that Man should never die verse 10 Not Wisdom can the Wise exempt nor Fools their Folly save But both must perish and in Death their Wealth to others leave verse 11 For tho' they think their stately Seats shall ne'er to Ruin fall But their remembrance last in Lands which by their Names they call verse 12 Yet shall their Fame be soon forgot how great fo'er their State With Beasts tneir Mernory and they shall share one common Fate PART II. verse 13 How great their Folly is who thus absurd Conclusions make And yet their Children unreclaim'd repeat the gross Mistake verse 14 They all like Sheep to slaughter led the Prey of Death are made Their Beauty while the Just rejoice within the Grave shall fade verse 15 But God will yet redeem my Soul and from the greedy Grave His greater Pow'r shall fet me free and to himself receive verse 16 Then fear not thou when Worldly Men in envi'd Wealth abound Nor tho' their prosp'rous House increase with State and Honour Crown'd verse 17 For when they 're summon'd hence by Death they leave all this behind No shadow of their former Pomp within the Grave they find verse 18 And yet they thought their State was blest caught in the Flatt rers Snare Who with their Vanity comply'd and prais'd their worldly care verse 19 In their Forefathers Steps they tread and when like them they die Their wretched Ancestors and they in endless Darkness lie verse 20 For Man how great foe're his State unless he 's truly wise As like a sensual Beast he lives so like a Beast he dies PSALM L. verse 1 2 THE Lord hath spoke the mighty God Hath sent his Summons all abroad From dawning Light till Day declines The list'ning Earth his Voice hath heard And he from Sion hath appear'd Where Beauty in Perfection shines verse 3 4 Our God shall come and keep no more Misconstru'd silence as before But wasting Flames before him send Around shall Tempests fiercely rage While he does Heav'n and Earth engage His just Tribunal to attend verse 5 6 Assemble all my Saints to me Thus runs the great Divine Decree That in my lasting Cov'nant
On you and on your Heirs he will increase of Blessings bring verse 15 Thrice happy you who Fav'rites are of this Almighty King verse 16 Heav'ns highest Orb of Glory he hiS Empire 's Seat design'd And gave this lower Globe of Earth a Portion td Mankind verse 17 They who in Death and Silence sleep to him no Praise afford verse 18 But we will bless for evermore our ever-living Lord. Psalm CXVI verse 1 MY Soul with grateful Thoughts of Love intirely is poslest Because the Lord vouchsasd to hear the Voice of my Request verse 2 Since he has now his Ear inclin'd I never will despair But still in all the straits of Life to him address my Prayer verse 3 With deadly Sorrows compass'd round with pains of Hell opprest When Troubles seiz'd my aking Heart and Anguish rack'd my Breast verse 4 On God's Almighty Name I call'd and thus to him I pray'd Lord I beseech thee save my Soul with Sorrows quite dismay'd verse 5 6 How just and merciful is God how gracious is the Lord Who saves the harmless and to me does timely help afford verse 7 Then free from pensive Cares my Soul resume thy wonted Rest For God has wond'rously to thee his bounteous Love exprest verse 8 When Death alarm'd me he remov'd my dangers and my Fears My Feet from falling he secur'd and dry'd my Eyes from Tears verse 9 Therefore my Life 's remaining years which God to me shall lend Will I in praises to his Name and in his Service spend verse 10 11 In God I trusted and of him in greatest Straits did boast For in my Flight all hopes of Aid from faithless Men were lost verse 12 13 Then what Return to him shall I for all his goodness make I 'll praise his Name and with glad Zeal the Cup of Blessing take verse 14 15 I 'll pay my Vows amongst his Saints whose Blood howe'er despis'd By Wicked Men in God's account is always highly priz'd verse 16 By various Ties O Lord must I to thy Dominion bow Thy humble Handmaid's Son before thy ransom'd Captive now verse 17 18 To thee I 'll Off rings bring of praise and whilst I bless thy Name The just performance of my Vows to all thy Saints proclaim verse 19 They in Jerusalem shall meet and in thy House shall joyn To bless thy Name consent and mix their Songs with mine Psalm CXVII verse 1 WIth cheerful Notes let all the Earth to Heav'n their Voices raise Let all inspir'd with godly Mirth sing solemn Hymns of Praise verse 2 God's tender Mercy knows no bound his Truth shall ne'er decay Then let the willing Nations round their grateful Tribute pay Psalm CXVIII verse 1 2 OPraise the Lord for he is good his Mercies ne'er decay That his kind Favours ever last let thankful Isr'el say verse 3 4 Their Sense of his eternal Love let Aaron's House express And that it never fails let all that fear the Lord confess verse 5 To God I made my humble moan with troubles quite opprest And he releas'd me from my Straits and granted my Request verse 6 Since therefore God does on my fide so graciously appear Why should the vain Attempts of Men possess my Soul with fear verse 7 Since God with those that aid my Cause vouchsases my part to take To all my Foes I need not doubt a just Return to make verse 8 9 For better 't is to trust in God and have the Lord our Friend Than on the greatest humane Pow'r for Safety to depend verse 10 11 Tho' many Nations closely leagu'd did ost beset me round Yet by his boundless Pow'r sustain'd I did their Strength confound verse 12 They swarm'd like Bees and yet their Rage was but a short-liv'd Blaze For whilst on God I still rely'd I vanquish'd them with ease verse 13 When all united press'd me hard in hopes to make me fall The Lord vouchsaf'd to take my part and fav'd me from them all verse 14 The Honour of my strange Escape to him alone belongs He is my Saviour and my Strength he only claims my Songs verse 15 Joy fills the Dwelling of the just whom God has fav'd from Harm For wond'rous things are brought to pass by his Almighty Arm. verse 16 He by his own resistless Pow'r has endless Honour won The saving Strength of his Right-hand amazing Works has done verse 17 God will not susser me to fall but still prolongs my Days That by declaring all his Works I may advance his Praise verse 18 When God had sorely me chastiz'd till quite of Hopes bereav'd His Mercy from the Gates of Death my fainting Life repriev'd verse 19 Then open wide the Temple-Gates to which the Just repair That I may enter in and praise my great Deliv'rer there verse 20 21 Within those Gates of God's Abgde to which the righteous press Since thou hast heard and set me safe thy holy Name I 'll bless verse 22 23 That which the Builders once refus'd is now the Corner-stone This is the wond'rous Work of God the Work of God alone verse 24 25 This Day is God's let all the Land exalt their cheerful Voice Lord we be seech thee fave us now and make us still rejoyce verse 26 Him that approaches in God's Name let all th' Assembly bless We that belong to God's own House have wish'd you good Success verse 27 God is the Lord thro' whom we all both Light and Comfort find Fast to the Altar's Horn with Cords the chosen Victim bind verse 28 Thou art my Lord O God and still I 'll praise thy holy Name Because thou only art my God I 'll celebrate thy Fame verse 29 O then with me give thanks to God who still does gracious prove And let the Tribute of our Praise be endless as his Love Psalm CXIX ALEPH. verse 1 HOW blest are they who always keep the pure and perfect way Who never from the sacred Paths of God's Commandments stray verse 2 How blest who to his righteous Laws have still obedient been And have with servent humble Zeal his Favour fought to win verse 3 Such Men their utmost caution use to shun each wicked Deed But in the path which he directs with constant Care proceed verse 4 Thou strictly hast enjoyn'd us Lord to learn thy sacred Will And all our Diligence employ thy Statutes to fulfil verse 5 O then that thy most holy Will might o'er my ways preside And I the course of all my Life by thy Direction guide verse 6 Then with Assurance should I walk from all Confusion free Convinc'd with Joy that all my Ways with thy Commands agree verse 7 My upright Heart shall my glad Mouth with cheerful Praises fill When by thy righteous Judgments taught I shall have learnt thy Will verse 8 So to thy sacred Laws shall I all due Observance pay O then forsakc me not my God nor cast me quite away BETH verse 9 How shall the Young preserve their Ways from all Pollution