Resembling that of Heav'n above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet accord and hearty Love It 's like the precious Ointment pour'd On A aron's consecrated Head Which first ran down his Face and thence Unto his costly Vesture spread Like Dews that visit every Hill Or as the fruitfull Show'rs of Rain Tho' first on higher Grounds they fall Descend and water all the Plain None can express the Joys that meet Where Love and Amity abound Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace Their prosp'rous State with blessing crown'd PSALM CXXXIII Another Metre O Happy Companies on Earth Resembling Heav'n above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet Accord and Love It 's like the precious Ointment pour'd Upon the High-priest's Head Which first ran down his Beard and thence T' his costly Garments spread Like Dews that visit every Hill Or fruitfull Show'rs of Rain Tho' first on higher Grounds they fall Thence water all the Plain None can express the Joys that meet Where mutual Love is found Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace Their State with blessing crown'd PSALM CXXXIV As the 100 Psalm YE Servants of th' Eternal Lord Who early at his Temple wait And there your late attendance give See that his Name ye celebrate And as that Holy place requires Pure hands in your Devotions raise To all your other Off ' rings joyn The gratefull Sacrifice of Praise God the great Maker of the World As great in Goodness as in Pow'r Give gracious Answerd to thy Pray'rs And blese his People every Hour PSALM CXXXIV Another Metre YE Servants of the Lord above Who at his Temple wait See that before the rising Sun His Name ye celebrate And in that Holy place pure hands In your Devotions raise To all your other Off ' rings joyn The Sacrifice of Praise The Lord that made the World as great In Goodness as in Pow'r Give ear to thy requests and bless His People every Hour PSALM CXXXV YE Servants of th' Almighty Lord That Heav'n and Earth did frame Who at his House and Altar wait Praise ye his Glorious Name O let the Goodness of the Lord Your best Affections raise Your inward Pleasure will increase Together with your Praise Ye Isra'elites have greatest cause To praise him and rejoyce You that are dearer unto God His Treasure and his Choice In him do all Perfections meet His greatness knows no bound What e'er by other Gods is claimed In him alone is found His Pow'r created all at first His Pleasure rules them still His uncontrolled mind the Heav'n The Earth and Seas fulfil By undiscerned Force he makes The Vapours to arise Which frame the Clouds where Fire unquench'd Mingled with Water lies From thence the dreadfull lightnings burst And rains are poured down He brings his boist'rous winds and storms From Treasuries unknown He the first-born of man and beast At once in Egypt slew Whose King and Court by fearfull plagues His wond'rous Power knew Part II. He smote great Nations and slew Kings That Potent Sceptres sway'd Sihon and Og ' mong these for War The greatest Figure made All Can'an's Kingdoms too at last With all their Kings he smote Whose rich and pleasant Land became Our Heritage and Lot Supported by such glorions Works Thy Fame can never die But thy Memorial shall endure To all Eternity Tho' God's offending People may Under oppression mourn He 'll take their part and all his wrath Shall into kindness turn The Heathen Idols Silver are Or Gold at best and thence Derive their worth but are no Gods Since void of Life or Sense For tho' the Maker forns an Eye A Mouth or other part He cannot give them Sight or Breath Motion or Life by Art Fond men with hands to make a God To which our Knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have Sense like you O House of Isr'ael bless the Lord Ye Priests his praise proclaim Bless him ye Levites and let all That fear him do the same 21 From Sion may his Songs of praise Sound forth with sweet accord He in this Holy City dwells O praise this Highest Lord. PSALM CXXXV Another Metre As the 148 Psalm YE Servants of the Lord That Heav'n and Earth did frame Who at his Altar wait Praise ye his Glorious Name His Goodness do's To this invite His praise will give The best delight Ye Isr'aelites are bound Greatly your God to bless Who unto Jacob did Such special Love express Whose Children still To God are dear His Treasure and Peculiar care In him all Glories meet His Greatness knows no bound What other Gods do claim In him alone is found Who as at first He all things made Still rules o'er all By all obey'd All things in Heav'n above Are subject to his Will The Earth and Seas below His pleasure do fulfil At his Command From the World's End Vapours to frame The Clouds ascend The dreadfull Flashes thence Of pointed Lightnings fly Those Fires remain unquench'd Tho' mix'd with Rains they lie He brings forth Winds That loudly blow From Treasuries Which none can know Part II. He the First-born of Man And Beast in Egypt slew Whose King and Court by plagues His wond'rous Power knew Great Nations then And Kings he smote Sihon and Og Of greatest note The Fate of Can'an's Kings And Kingdoms was the same All conquer'd and their Land Our Heritage became Thy Name and thy Memorial For ever Lord Continue shall Tho' God's own People may Suffer when they offend At last their Sorrows will In their Salvation end He 'll take the part Of those that mourn And all his wrath To kindness turn The Heathen Idols are Of vile Materials made Tho' by Man's Art with Gold Or Silver overlaid He forms a Mouth An Eye or Ear Which cannot speak Nor see nor hear Fond men to what their hands Have made their Knees to bend Much more to trust in what Cannot it self defend Brutes that have Life Are better for You without Sense Like Statues are O Isr'ael bless the Lord Ye Priests his praise proclaim Let Levi's House and all That fear him do the same From Sion sing With one accord There God resides Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXXXVI As the 148 Psalm GIve thanks unto the Lord Who is so kind and good Whose Mercies firmly last As they have ever stood To this great King All Gods do bow Angels above And Pow'rs below His works our wonder raise The Heav'ns his wisdom made And he th' outstretched Earth Above the Waters laid He made the Sun The Day 's great Light The Moon and Stars To rule the Night Egypt ' s First-born he smote And by his pow'rfull Hand He brake off Isr'ael's Yoke And brought them from that Land His Mercies shown To Ages past Eternally Shall spring and last The parted Sea made way For Israel to pass There the pursuing Host Of Phar'oh drowned was His People through The Desert led By Miracles Were daily fed Kings that oppos'd their way
guide me here And hence to Glory bring There 's none in Heav'n or Earth on whom I can rely like thee When my ' heart and hopes here fail my stay And Portion thou wilt be But those that are from Godestrang'd Or unto Idols bow Shall meet thy fierce displeasure here And utter overthrow God is my chiefest good it 's best To keep to him most nigh His Truth and Mercy I shall praise When I on him rely PSALM LXXIV As the 100 Psalm WIll God for ever cast of those Whom for his own we know he For ever shall his Anger smoak Against his once beloved Flock Let not thy purchase Lord thy Lot So dearly bought be quite forgot But thy old dwelling call to mind Sion to which thou hast been kind Visit with Speed and view with pity The lasting ruines of our City Or in thy Holy House alone What mischief th' Enemy has done Where we were wont thy Name t' adore With rage they impiously roar Their Banners there set up we see In Token of their Viotory As men in lopping off thick boughs So here they freely deal their blows Carv'd work in which such skill wasshown An Axe's stroak at once hews down The House by being God's that claims To be untouch'd they turn to flames And level with the Ground thus lain Is made by wicked hands profane They have design'd such is their spight To root out our Religion quite Our Synagogues for this imploy'd Not one is left but all destroy'd And as if God had left us we No tokens of his Presence see No Prophet now to us do's send To tell us when our woes shall end Part II. How long Lord wilt thou bear with those Who Trust in thee to Scorn expose And hear'st what blasphemies they speak That thou to save us art too weak Why Lord dost thou that hand withdraw That kept thine Enemies in awe Exert thy pow'r and all will see Their Folly who contend with thee We thy Protection seem to claim Of old our King and still the same What strange Salvation in times past Has this Land seen that now lies waste The parted Sea retir'd in haste Ope'ning a way thro' which we pass'd On its return th' Egyptian host Stern as Sea-Monsters all were lost Phar'oh and all his Captains drown'd And spewed out no grave they found But in the Bellies of wild Beasts And Fowls which on them made their feasts From an hard Rock cleft by a Rod Streams flow'd and shew'd the pow'r of God Again a flowing Stream do's stop And a great River's dried up Part III. The Reg'ular changes that we see Of Day and Night were made by thee The proper Light that either needs From Sun and Moon by turns proceeds Th' Earth's Limits and its various Climes Diff'rence of Seasons And of times The Summer's heat and Winter's cold That fruitful this decay'd and old These Changes wisely order'd were So ' are those in our Condition here But Fools still prosp'rous grow so proud They now blaspheme thy Name aloud Oh may thy Church thy Turtle-Dove Mournful yet chast thy pity move To Birds of prey expose her not Tho' poor too dear to be forgot Thy Cove'nant made to us respect Can'aan to give and to protect Now all its dwellings doleful lie With rapine fill'd and cruelty O let not the oppress'd complain Their pray'rs and trust in God are vain T' a good estate the helpless poor That they may praise thy Name restore Delay not Lord much less decline To plead our cause since ours is thine For these Fools Scoffs at our distress Reproach thy Providence no less Forget not then th' insulting cries And Tumult of thine Enemies Whose Pride if it unpunish'd go Their insolence will higher grow PSALM LXXV WE 'll never cease to thank our God For his preserving Care For that thy pow'rful help is near Thy wondrous works declare What good men long so much to see When settled in my throne Disorders then shall be reform'd And equal Justice done The Lands Confusions had dissolv'd The people's Hearts with fear The Pillars of the Government By me supported were The Fools I caution'd not to be So madly insolent Nor stifly proud as if t' outbrave Ev'n Heav'n it self they meant Promotion comes not from this Coast Nor that by lucky chance God the great Sov'reign puts one down Another to advance He deals out plagues to men his hand Pours out a dreadful Cup Full of strange mixture and with sad Ingredients made up Some bitter drops the good may tast But God reserved hath For wicked men the bottom dregs And larger draughts of wrath But I will celebrate and sing For ever Lord thy praise And more cut off the wicked's pow'r And that of good men raise PSALM LXXVI As the 100 Psalm NOne knows like Judah God so well Nor his Renown like Israel Jerusalem's his place of rest And Sion's with his Presence blest There lay the Arrows broke the shield The Sword and Arm that did it wield Thou for the Slaughters of that day Art more renown'd than Hills of prey They that with courage us'd t' invade Themselves a prey to us are made Seiz'd with death's sleep which none withstands Their mighty men could find no hands Chariots and Horse their ruine prov'd Both at thy check remain'd unmov'd When God is wroth men think in vain Courage or Conquests to maintain When he from Heav'n his Sentence pass'd And rose to save the meek in haste Th' approach our foes with terrour fill'd And all their rage becalm'd and still'd Thus man's outrageous wrath and spite Raises God's praise t' a greater height All whose remains not yet express'd Shall at his pleasure be suppress'd Vow then to God as well as pray And what you vow with conscience pay Let all around their presents bring T' express their fear of this great King Men's height no privilege can plead He 'll humble them or strike them dead Monarchs that to the world give Law Before him stand with trembling awe PSALM LXXVII As the 100 Psalm IN my distress my pray'rs and cries To God that heard me I renew'd And in the Night when others rest With hands spread out to him I su'd All comfort I refus'd my thoughts Of God how kind h' had been before And what our Miseries now were Disturb'd and overwhelm'd me more Mine Eyes to sleep I could not close Tho' grief had lock'd my Lips up fast All I could do was to recount Thy wonders wrought in Ages past I call'd to mind the Songs of Praise I made from former dangers free'd Debated with my self how well God's past and present ways agre'ed Will God said I quite call us off Nor follow us with one kind thought Are all his Springs of Goodness dry And must his promise stand for nought Has Mercy lain so long difus'd That God to shew it has forgot Or 's so provok'd our Miseries To look on but regard them not This pain'd me sore that such a
good men and their race Those that his Laws and Cov'nant keep His favour will embrace Circled with Light the Lord has plac'd His Throne in Heav'n above Whose sov'reign Empire do's extend O'er all that live and move Bless God ye Angels who in strength And services transcend Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers Who all his Will attend All ye his works in every place Subject to his controll Bless ye your Maker and with them Joyn in his praise my Soul PSALM CIV As the 100 Psalm MY Soul for ever bless the Lord To this his Greatness do's invite Honour and Majesty 's his Robe His beauteous vesture splendid Light He as a Tent the Heav'ns extends Whose rooms on liquid waters stay Clouds are his Chariot and the winds way With their wing'd wheels mete out his Angels as swist as air as bright As flames with quick obedience move To publish and effect below His pleasure giv'n in charge above The Earth's Foundations are unknown No Pillars rais'd its weight to bear And yet no Pow'r can make it move Tho' it hangs loose in fluid air The Earth's first Cov'ring was the Deep Whose Waves the highest Hills surpass'd Till at thy Check and Thunder's voice They shrank and fled away in haste The Mountains by hid ways they climb Thence to the lower Vales descend Till in the Sea from whence they came At last their winding courses end In vain the Ocean's swelling Pride Threatens again the Earth to cover Its fixed bounds no rising Tides Without new leave can e'er pass over Part II. He from the Hills through secret Veins Causes the chrystal Springs to burst They glide thro' Vallies where the Beasts And the wild Asses quench their thirst There Birds are taught with curious Art Their Nests in shady boughs to raise And by their chearfull Notes reprove Our silence in our Maker's praise Nor can the higher grounds which gape For thirst complain that they 're forgot Clouds big with show'rs on them distill And water every barren plot By his Command th' enriched Earth Food for all Creatures do's produce The Grass springs up to serve the Beasts And Herbs for Man's peculiar use Rich wine that chears Man's heart and oil That makes his Countenance look bright Bread the support of Life all made To serve our needs or our delight Trees that on barren Hills are plac'd Need not be watered by our care Where Lebanon do's highest rise Cedars are ever fresh and fair There Birds obtain secure retreat Storks for their dwelling chuse the Pine Wild-Goats find refuge in the Hills Conies in Rocks they undermine Part III. The Moon whose varied Face we see Measures the seasons of the year And having run his daily course The Sun knows when to set and where Darkness as well as Day thou mak'st 'T is Night that brings wild-Beasts abroad Fierce Lions roaring for their prey By hunger taught seek meat from God At the Sun's rise these scatter'd Beasts Crowd to their Dens with hasty flight Men share the Day whose work begins And ends together with the Light Great God! how various are thy works Created all with wond'rous skill Thy Blessings Lord inrich the Earth And the Sea 's spacious bosom fill Whose yielding waves the Ships divide There Fishes move of different size And there the great Leviathan Do's play and Man's attempts despise These all wait humbly to receive Thine alms of seasonable food And what thine opened hand bestows They gather and are fill'd with good Part IV. If God but in displeasure frown The whole Creation needs must mourn If he with-holds his breath or theirs They die and to their Dust return His quick'ning Spirit when it breaths All things with Life and Joy endues His pow'rful word that made the earth At first its face again renews Whilst this world's frame and order lasts God's Glory never can be less And what his wisdom made so good His favour will delight to bless But let not sinful Man presume God's dreadful anger to provoke Whose Look can cause the Earth to quake Whose touch make proudest hils to smoak The great imployment of my Life Shall be to praise this mighty Lord To meditate his Love and Works The sweetest pleasure will afford While Sinners from the Earth consume No place or thought regards them more Bless thou thy Maker O my Soul Let Heav'n and Earth his Name adore PSALM CIV Another Metre BLess thou the Lord my Soul to this His Greatness do's invite Honour and Majesty 's his Robe His Vesture splendid Light He as a Tent the Heav'ns extends Whose rooms on waters stay Clouds are his chariot and the winds Wing'd wheels mete out his way Angels as swift as air as bright As flames attend and move His pleasure to effect below That 's giv'n in charge above The Earth's Foundations are unknown Its weight no Pillars bear Yet none can move it tho' it hangs Loose in the yielding air The Earth's first cov'ring was the deep Whose waves the hills surpass'd Till at thy check and thunder's voice They shrank and fled in haste The Mountains by hid ways they climb Thence to the Vales descend Till in the Sea whence first they came Their winding courses end In vain the Ocean's swelling Pride Threatens the Earth to cover Its fixed bounds no rising Tides Can without leave pass over Part II. He from the Hills by secret Veins Makes chrystal springs to burst The wat'red Vallies give all Beasts Drink to allay their thirst There Birds are taught their artfull Nests In shady boughs to raise Whose chearfull Notes our silence shame In our Creatour's praise Nor can the higher grounds which gape For third say they 're forgot Clouds big with show'rs on them distill And water every plot By his Command th' enriched Earth Do's food For all produce The grass springs up to serve the beasts And herbs for humane use Rich wine that chears Man's heart and oil That makes his face look bright Bread the support of Life all serve Our needs or our delight The Trees on barren Hills will thrive unwat'red by our care Cedars i' th' heights of Lebanon Are ever fresh and fair There Birds find sure retreat the Stork Dwells in the losty Pine Wild Goats in Hills Conies are safe In Rocks they undermine Part III. The Moon 's oft varied face do's show The seasons of the year After his daily course the Sun Knows when to set and where Darkness as well as Light thou mak'st Night brings wild Beasts abroad The hungry Lions roar for prey And seek their meat from God At the Sun 's rising to their Dens They croud with hasty flight Men share the Day whose work 's begun And finish'd with the Light Great God! how various are thy works All made with wond'rous skill Thy Blessings Lord enrich the Earth And Seas large bosom fill There go the Ships and there do move Fishes of different size There great Leviathan do's play And Man's attempts despise These all wait to receive
and night My Cries to thee can tell Yet God is holy and remains The Praise of Israel Our Fathers found thy ready help When they on thee rely'd Their Hopes in thee were never sham'd Nor fervent Pray'rs deny'd But like a despicable Worm Not like a Man I 'm us'd Trod under-foot and thus in Scorn By vilest Men abus'd To own and save him he believ'd That God would now appear Let him deliver him and show That he to God is dear But from my Mother's womb by thee At first I was releas'd I was thy Charge when yet I hung Upon my Mother's Breast From my Infant Age I have been cast Entirely on thy Care And of thy Loving kindness had Lord an unusual Share 11 And now when other Succours fail In this distress appear O do not thou withdraw thy self When trouble is so near Those that beset me are like Bulls Armed with rage and pow'r No hungry Lion is more fierce Or readier to devour Part II. I 'm weak as water and my bones From one another start As wax before the fire dissolves So fails my fainting heart My Moisture's so dry'd up to move My tongue scarce strength I have To tell my griefs I seem like one Just fitted for a Grave Mine Enemies like greedy Dogs Round to inclose me meet And with inhumane Cruelty Have pierc'd my Hands and Feet My flesh with grief consum'd my bones May all be told with ease This moves no pity but their Eyes With this sad sight they please My Garments they divide and Lots Upon my Vesture cast Lord let thy Pow'r now interpose And to my Succour haste Save from their Sword my Life from what Their Malice else employs Which like the Teeth and Paws and Horns Of Savage beasts destroys To all my Brethren I 'll declare The greatness of thy Name And in th' Assemblies of thy Saints Thy Goodness thus proclaim All ye that are of Jacob's Seed And Servants of the Lord Let him be glorify'd and prais'd And with due fear ador'd He did not with disdain behold Th afflicted's Miseries Nor in displeasure hid his Face But always heard their Cries Part III. The Praises due to thee O Lord Shall in thy Church be paid Before thy Saints those Vows perform'd That in distress I made The longings of the poor and meek Thy Goodness shall supply Thou shalt revive their fainting hopes Who on thy Strength rely The Gentiles by his kindness won Shall turn unto the Lord By all the Kindreds of the Earth His Name shall be ador'd The Lord is King and under him Princes their Scepters sway All Nations to his Rule submit And Homage to him pay The Rich with plenty fill'd the poor That wallow in the Dust Both shall adore and thee alone Their great Preserver trust A chosen Seed shall to their Race His Righteousness declare All own this Work of God's and tell How great his Mercies are PSLAM XXIII As the 100 Psalm GOD is my shepherd who will see That all my wants be still supply'd I shall not be expos'd to wrong Nor left to stray without a Guide The Pastures are both fresh and green Where I have Ease and sweet Repast The Streams are cool and quiet where I quench my thirst and please my tast His Comforts which revive my Soul Life's tedious Journey pleasant make And in the Peaceful ways of Grace He leads me for his Goodness sake Tho' I should walk where black despair And Sorrow cast a dismal Shade Thy Power and thy tender Care Would chase my Fears and make me glad Thou spread'st my Table where my foes Behold thy Bounty and repine To see rich Oils anoint my Head To see my Cup o'erflow with Wine Surely the Goodness of the Lord Shall still surround me all my Days I will frequent thy House and there Display thy Love and sing thy praise PSALM XXIII Another Metre THE Lord my watchful Shephesd is I to his Flock belong I shall not stray without a Guide Nor be expos'd to wrong The Pastures they are fresh and green Where I have food and Ease He leads me to the quiet stream Where I my thirst appease His Comforts which refresh my Soul Life's Journey pleasant make He guides me in his righteous Paths For his own Goodness sake Tho' I should walk where black despair Reflects a dismal Shade Thy Rod and Staff would chafe away My fears and make me glad In presence of my foes thou spread'st My Table who repine To see rich Oils anoint my Head My Cup o'erflow with Wine Surely the Goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days I will frequent his House to shew His Love and sing his Praise PSALM XXIV THE Earth's the Lord 's to him belong All creatures it contains His gracious Care to all the World Extends o'er which he reigns He did upon the floating Seas The Earth's great Fabrick lay And on th' unstable Floods he made Her fixt Foundation stay Into that Hill where God resides Who shall admitted be Lord who within thy Holy Place May stand and worship thee He whose unspotted hands no crimes Whose heart no stains defile Whose Tongue blasphemes not God nor swears His Neighbour to beguile This is the Worshipper alone Whom God delights to bless On whom he 'll faithfully bestow His promis'd Happiness These as God's People may with hopes Of Favour seek his Face And as true Proselytes be join'd To Jacob's faithful Race Ye Gates and Everlasting Doors Be open and make room Lift up your Heads and you shall see The King of Glory come If you demand what King is this That 's with such Glory crown'd It is the mighty Lord in Fight For Victcories renown'd Ye Gates and Everlasting Doors Be open and make room List up your heads and you shall see The King of Glory come If you demand what King is this Whose Glories so excell God who commands the Heav'nly Hosts Comes now with us to dwell PSALM XXV TO God I make my Pray'r In him my trust repose O let me not become a Scorn Or triumph to my Foes Let no Events cast down Their Souls who wait on thee Let Disappointments shame their hopes That deal perfidiously Lord set thy ways before Mine Eyes in clearer Light And teach me always to perform What 's pleasing in thy Sight From the straight Paths of Truth Ne'er let me go astray On thee my Saviour I wait To teach and guide my way Lord call to mind that Love Thou didst of Old express How thou hast graciously reliev'd Thy Servants in distress Into my youthful sins No strict Inquiry make Those early faults O Lord forgive For thine own Goodness sake Part II. God who is Good and Just Will erring Souls instruct Their wandring Steps to the safe paths Of Vertue will conduct The Humble Souls hell guide And teach the Meek his way Kindness and Truth express to such As his just Laws obey Incourag'd by thy Grace For Mercy I intreat Pardon my sins O Lord that
provide Our needs are all supply'd The hardned ridges of the field Soft'ned by showers yield It s seed by clods thus gently press'd Springs up by fresh rain bless'd The fruitful year rich blessings crown Which fatning Show'rs drop down The wilderness refresht with rain Tho' parch'd now Springs again The little Hills new garments wear In youthful green appear Flocks are the cloathing of the plain The Vales spread o'er with grain All Nature seems to shout and sing Welcome t' a hopeful spring PSALM LXVI LET all the Earth with joy resound To God their Voices raise Extol him in their Songs and make Him Glorious by their Praise Proclaim his mighty works in which Such terrour do's appear As makes his Foes to crouch and feign Obedience thro' their fear Ev'n all the Earth shall worship thee And sing unto thy Name Who see the wonders thou hast done To raise and spread thy Fame He turn'd the Sea into dry Land The swelling Flood made way For Israel to pass Who there His Glories did display He views the Nations and his Rule Do's o'er the World extend Then let not men rebel for pride Will in their ruine end Let all the people bless the Lord And loudly sing thy Praise Thou great Preserver of our Lives And Guide of all our ways Part II. Through severe tryals we have pass'd In grievous straits distress'd Like Beasts of burden have been us'd With heavy loads oppress'd Insolent Tyrants as vile Slaves Have trod us under feet But through all dangers we are brought Where Ease and Plenty meet I 'll go into thine house O Lord And thankful Offerings lay Before thine Altar and the Vows I made in trouble pay To honour him from whom all good Do's come I 'll spare no cost I 'll offer what he do's require And what will please him most Ye that are pious come and hear What God for me has done His Mercies shew'd to me will be For your Instruction When I with grief opprest to him My fervent cries did raise He heard me graciously and turn'd My sighing into praise God will not favour me if I Iniquity regard But he inclin'd his Ear to me And my Petitions heard O let the Glorious Name of God Be ever magnifie'd Who neither did reject my Pray'r Nor his own Grace deny'd PSALM LXVII As the 25 Psalm SHew Mercy to us Lord Bless us with gifts divine O let the Glories of thy Face On us thy Servants shine May thy hid ways be known Thy Fear on Earth abound And thy Salvation over all The Heathen World resound Let all in Psalms of Praise Their grateful thoughts express Let all the people round the World Thy mighty Name confess The Nations now may sing Their Joys since God do's reign He rules with Wisdom this great Judge Will Righteousness maintain Let all in Psalms of Praise Their grateful thoughts express Let all the people round the World Thy mighty Name confess Then shall th' enriched Earth With Plenty overflow And God on all his other Gifts His Blessing will bestow His Blessings showr'd on us Our happy Days shall crown His Pow'r and Goodness all the World With humble Fear shall own PSALM LXVIII As the 100 Psalm LET the great God arise and then His scattered foes will flee for fear Vanish like smoke and melt like wax Before the Fire when he draws near But let the just rejoice and praise His Name to which all Pow'r belongs He rides on High above the Clouds Let him be rais'd too in your Songs He pities Orphans Widows wrongs He rights bring chained Pris'ners out He for the desolate provides But plagues the RebelsLand with drought Lord when thou brought'st thy people forth From Egypt with a Mighty hand And led'st them thro' the Wilderness To bring them to the Promis'd Land The Heav'ns before thy Lightnings dropt The Earth did with thy Thunder quake Mount Sinai when the Lord came down Did from its firm Foundation shake In that dry Wilderness thou sent'st A plenteous rain at their complaint Ev'n Bread was rained down from Heav'n For their Refreshment who were faint Thy numerous people with their flocks Found a convenient dwelling there And by thy bounty Lord the poor With all things needful furnish'd were Part II. When God had giv'n them Victories A female Army 't was their use Met the returning Conquerours And in their Songs thus told the News All the great Captains of their Hosts Have left the field with hasty flight And left rich spoils all shar'd by us Women who were too weak to fight Tho' you in Egypt's servile works Sull'ied among the Pots have lien Your Armies Wings like those of Doves Victorious now shall brightly shine And so it was for when the Kings On this Side Jordan conquer'd were They as illustrious as the Snows On Salmon's Hill did then appear And when on th' other Side the Lord Your Conquests also did advance Th' high Hill of Basan then became A part of God's Inheritance But be not proud ye lofty Hills As if God meant with you t' abide Sion's the Hill which he hath chose Therein for ever to reside Thousands of Angels there attend And God is where that Host appears Sinai had once his presence now To Sion th' Honour he transferrs Part III. Like a great Conquerour our God Ascended is above the Skies And after him in triumph draws As Spoils his captiv'd Enemies He scattered his various Gifts Around to make his Bounty known Ev'n Rebels had a share ' mongst whom He dwells and they his kindness own God that heaps daily benefits On us shall have our praising Songs He is our Saviour to whom The Pow'r of Life and Death belongs In his just Vengeance he shall wound The Heads of all that him resist On whom no Methods of his Love Prevail who still in sin persist God is resolv'd the Victories Of former Ages he 'll renew As great as those in Bashan's Land And the Red Sea his People knew Thine Arms shall so victorious be And such a Slaughter shall be made That in thine Enemies blood the Dogs Their tongues may dip and thou mayst wade All know the Pomp with which God made His entrance to the Holy place Singers and Players Virgins too With Timbrels the procession grace Who as they went along all join'd Their Voices and this Song they sung In your assemblies bless the Lord All ye that are from Jacob sprung The Tribes all with their Princes came Judah and Benjamin lay near But the remote too Zobulun And Nephthali attended there Part IV. This Union which thy God has made O Israol has made thee strong Confirm it Lord and what 's begun So happily continue long Such Blessings on Jerusalem Shall from thy Temple there come down That by rich Presents thither brought Kings shall themselves thy subjects own Check that fierce Prince like a wild beast With rage to War against us bent With Captains furious as Bulls Souldiers as Heifers insolent Prancing
to improve my Songs will add Sweet Instruments of praise My chearful tongue and lips Shall loudly bear a part In praising thee when tun'd and rais'd By a most thankful heart This shall be my great work To celebrate thy Fame Who hast redeemed me and brought Mine Enemies to shame PSALM LXXII As the 100 Psalm Lord may the king with mighty skill And Grace to judge aright be bless'd Then equal Justice shall have place And the poor injur'd be redress'd Then shall the happy people peace And undisturbed quiet gain When Rulers high and low their rights And their just Liberties maintain He the best use of pow'r shall learn To crush the proud oppressors might And save the helpless poor from those Who in their Miseries delight Thy never-ceasing righteous Rule Thy lasting Honour shall procure And all shall thee observe and fear As long as Sun and Moon endure By his mild Government on all Such welcome blessigs shall come down As show'rs on thirsty ground distill Or gentle rains on grass new-mown The righteous in his days shall thrive The Moon it self shall sooner cease To fill and wain than his just reign Fail to be blest with lasting peace Part II. His Empire shall not be confin'd Within Judaea's bounds but stretch It self from Sea to Sea as far As th' Earths Inhabitants do reach Dwellers in loansome desarts shall To own and do him homage meet His Enemies shall lick the Dust By low prostrations at his feet The Kings of Tharsis and the Isles Tho' distant far shall presents bring Princes from happy Arabs Land With Gifts shall honour this great King Yea by all Kings of th' Earth shall he With Low Submissions be ador'd All Nations Tributaries be And serve him as their Sov'reign Lord. Mercy shall gain him this regard As a known Patron of the poor Who saves them when they cry in vain To other helps and his implore Hell spare them and their case forlorn Will pity and when subtle spite Or violence their ruine seeks Dear shall their blood be in his Sight Part III. His Reign shall long and prosp'rous be The East rich Off rings shall present All men shall pray for his long Life And praise his Righteous Government Plenty shall every where abound The Corn on barren Mountains sown Shall Spring so thick the fruit shall shake And make a noise like Lebanon The Earth thus blest the people too Shall fruitful be and flourishing The Cities Numbers shall increase Like Grass or Flowers in the Spring Whilst the Sun's brightness lasts his fame In all succession shall survive All Nations shall him blessed call And Blessings all from him derive Bless'd be the Sov'reign Lord the God Of Israel whose stupendious Acts Of Pow'r our wonder and whose Grace Our Love and Gratitude attracts Oh may the Glorious Name of God For ever be advanced then His Glories fill the Earth and all Join in his Praise and say Amen PSALM LXXIII As the 100 Psalm CErtain it is that God is kind To those that are sincerely good But yet my Faith was at a loss My feet did stagger where I stood I saw the wicked's prosperous state My envy at those Fools did rise That when a healthful Age was past A quiet Death should close their Eyes Exempt from Plagues and Miseries That others seek t' escape in vain They 're cover'd o'er with Violence And pride surrounds them like a chain Pamper'd with Ease and Luxury Their Body thrives looks fresh and fair Their Wealth rolls in with a full tide Beyond their hopes without their Care Such is their lofty pride t' oppress They make no Scruple feel no shame Dare Heav'n it self with blasphemies And freely blast the good Man's Name This gives disturbance to his mind And Passion makes his tears to flow Doubts rise within him whether God Discerns or minds things done below Th' ungodly are the prosp'rous men Thrive in the World and riches gain I 've wash'd mine hands in Innocence And cleans'd my heart says he in vain For every Morn renews my Plagues And I whole Days in Sorrow spend But stay thus speaking I against The Faith of all good Men offend Part II. I oft consider'd with my self Th' unequal ways of Providence I found them hard to be resolv'd And doubts long kept me in suspence At God's House I at last enquir'd And there did my mistakesamend Before I onely view'd their way But now I understood their end I saw the slippery precipice On which their tottering feet were plac'd And with what terrours they were seiz'd When down to sudden ruine cast Their Happiness was like a dream Which waking quickly vanishes Lord what a stupid Beast was I To vex my self at their Success For all this while I was thy care By thee sustain'd tho suffering Thy Counsels here shall guide me still And afterward to Glory bring Lord there is none in Heav'n or Earth On whom I can rely like thee For when my heart and hopes here fail My Stay and Portion thou wilt be But those that are from God estrang'd Or unto hateful Idols bow Shall furely their own ruine meet And a deserved Overthrow God is my chiefest Good 't is best To keep me to my God most nigh Then I his Mercy and his Truth Shall praise when I on him rely PSALM LXXIII Another Metre IT 's sure that God is kind to those That are sincerely good But yet my Faith was at a loss I staggered where I stood Viewing bad men tho' foolish here To prosper envy rose To see an easy Death an Age Of health and vigour close From troubles freed that other men Strive to escape in vain They boast in violence and pride Surrounds them like a chain Pamper'd with Luxury and Ease Their looks are fat and fair Their wealth flows in beyond their hopes And oft without their Care T' opprese the weak their lofty pride No scruple feels nor shame They dare Heav'n to blaspheme and blast Freely the Good man's Name This gives disturbance to his thoughts And makes his tears to flow And now he doubts whether God knows Or minds what 's done below Th' ungodly are the prosp'rous men Grow rich and thrive amain I 've wash'd my hands in Innocence And cleans'd my heart in vain For every Morn my plague's renew'd In grief whole days I spend But stay such words against the Faith Of all good men offend Part II. I oft debated with my self God's ways of Providence I found the search too hard and doubts Long kept me in suspence Till coming to God's House I there Did my Mistakes amend Before I view'd their way but now I understood their end I saw the slippery precipice On which their feet were plac'd And with what terrours seiz'd when down To sudden ruine cast Their happiness was like a dream Which waking vanishes Lord what a Beast was I to vex My self at their Success For still I was thy care by thee Sustain'd tho' suffering Thy Counsels they shall
take Example by me to be worse State-reason and a private End Serv'd by ill projects shall not bend The Laws against the Rule of Right The man whose sroward heart is press'd Ungodly Counsels to suggest shall never be my Favourite The privy Slanderer I 'll not brook Nor on the proud vouohsafe to look Unless to note him for disgrace But men of clear Integrity And unsuspected Honesty Shall be advanc'd to highest place None shall by tricks and sly decoit By lyes and little arts grow great Or be in mine Affairs imploy'd Justice shall not Offenders spare But wicked Doers by my care Shall from God's City be destroy'd PSALM CII LORD hear the pray'rs and mournful cries Of mine afflicted state And with thy Comforts chear my Soul Before it be too late My days consume away like smoak Mine anguish is so great My Bones are not unlike an Hearth Parched and dry with Heat This makes my vital Spirits fail And flag like withered Grass Mine appetite to food 's so lost My meals I Over-pass Such is my grief I little else Can do but sigh and groan So wasted is my flesh I 'm lest Nothing but skin and bone Like th' Owl and Pelican that dwell In deserts out pf sight I sadly to bemoan my self In solitude delight The wakeful Bird that on House tops Sits without company And spends the night in dolesul cries Lives such a life as I. My pleased Enemies expose My miseries to scorn So set against me with mad rage My ruine they have sworn Th' ashes I roll in when I eat Are tasted with my Bread And with my Drink are mix'd the tears I plentifully shed Thy wrath against us so severe Do's not remit at all By dashing all the hopes thou 'st rais'd I 've had the sorer fall Part II. My days like the declining shades Make haste and fly away As Flow'rs before the scorching Sun They wither and decay But thou Lord ever shalt remain The same thou ever wast And the memorial of thy Truth Shall to all Ages last The years for Sion's punishment Prefix'd expiring are God's time to favour her 's at hand Her ruines to repair These hopes to see her built again Make us her stones to prize Her heaps of rubbish and of dust Are precious in our Eyes The Heathen Kings who scorn us now Will then thy Name revere Whose pow'r when Sion is restor'd Will gloriously appear The captive poor that now bemoan Their miseries in vain Shall then be heard and their lost state And liberties regain This Mercy to the following Age Shall stand upon record And their Posterity tho' yet Unborn shall praise the Lord. Part III. The Lord who in his Heav'nly Throne Advanced is so high Yet casts on our afflicted state A favourable eye Hell give that wish'd for liberty The groaning pris'ners crave And those that look upon themselves As doom'd to die will save That they the Glories of his Name May in nis Temple raise And in Jerusalem aloud His Truth and Goodness praise When all his saved people there Shall meet with one accord And other Kingdoms joyn with us In worshipping the Lord. But mine afflictions such decays Of age and strength had made My hopes to see those happy days Fell short and thus I pray'd Lord take me not away before My better days be past Thine undeclining years beyond All generations last Th' unknown Foundations of the Earth Of old by thee were laid The fair and beauteous Heavens shew The work thy hands have made These all shall perish and wax old Like garments thrown aside But tho' they change thy years ne'er fail Thou dost the same abide Thy kindness to the good is firm Thy word to them is sure Tho' strange events may change the world Their Race shall still endure PSALM CIII As the 100 Psalm BLess thou the Lord my soul his Name Let all the pow'rs within me bless O let not his pasl favours lie Forgotten in unthankfulness It 's he that pardons all thy sins He that in sickness makes thee sound It 's he redeemed from the Grave Thy Life with Love and Mercy Crown'd It 's he that fills thy mouth with good And all thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagles makes thine Age To a renewed youth arise From his strict Justice sure relief Oppressed Innocence will find Moses and Isr'el knew his ways And kind Intentions of his mind Abundant Mercies flow from God Love is his nature and delight Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides Intends not to destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay From Rules Justice never swerves And when he punishes our faults The measure 's less than sin deserves As Heav'n is far above the Earth So his Rewards exceed our Love Farther than East is from the West His Pardon does our sins remove Part II. A father's pity to his child Resembles God's tho' shorter far For he considers our weak frame That onely quickned Dust we are Man's days are like the Grass or Flow'r That in the Field its Beauty shows But fades with every blasting wind And then its former place none Knows But God's eternal Truth and Love Is to good Men and to their Race Those that his Laws and Cov'nant keep His favour ever will embrace Circled with glorious Light his Throne The Lord has plac'd in Heav'n above Whose mighty ' pow'r and sov'reign Rule Extends o'er all that live and move Bless God ye Angels who in strength And ready services transcend Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers Who all to doe his Will attend All ye his works that subject are In ev'ry place to his controll Bless ye your Maker and with them Joyn in his Praises O my Soul PSALM CIII Another Metre MY Soul bless thou the Lord his Name All pow'rs within me bless O never let his favours be Lost in unthankfulness It 's he forgives thy sins and do's Thy sicknesses remove It 's he redeems thee from the Grave And crowns thy Life with Love It 's he that fills thy mouth with good Thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagles makes thine Age To a new Youth arise From his strict Justice sure relief Wrong'd Innocence shall find Moses his ways and Israel knew Th' Intentions of his mind The Lord is kind and Goodness is His nature and delight Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides Would not destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay From Justice never swerves And when he punishes our faults It 's less than sin deserves As Heav'n do's far exceed the Earth So his Rewards our Love Farther than East is from the West He do's our sins remove Part II. A father's pity to his child Than God's is lesser far For he considers our weak frame And knows that Dust we are Man's days are like the grass or flow'r Fresh when it s newly blown But fades with every blasting wind Whose place no more is known But God is true and ever kind To
thine alms Of seasonable food They gather what thine hand bestows And all are fill'd with good Part IV. If God but in displeasure frown All Creatures needs must mourn If he with-holds their breath they die And to their Dust return His quick'ning Spirit when it breaths All things with Life endues His pow'rful word that made the Earth Its face again renews Whilst this world's frame and order lasts God's fame will ne'er be less And what his wisdom made so good Will still delight to bless But let not sinful Man presume God's anger to provoke Whose Look can cause the Earth to quake His Touch make Hills to smoak My Life 's great bus'ness shall be this To praise this mighty Lord To meditate his Love and works The sweetest Joys afford While Sinners from the Earth consume No place regards them more Bless thou the Lord my Soul his Name Let Heav'n and Earth adore PSALM CV O Let us all give thanks to God And call upon his Name His gracious and his mighty works To all the world proclaim Let us in Songs and sacred Hymns Our great Creator bless And what his pow'rful hand has wrought Our joyful tongues express Count it your honour that ye know And bear his sacred Name And when you worship this great Lord Take pleasure in the same Within his Sanctuary let Your Pray'rs to him be made Your hopes upon his favour rest And his almighty aid O let the works that he has done Your admiration move Think on the judgments of his mouth And wonders of his Love This Charge to you belongs who are Of faithful Abr'am's race And Jacob's Off-spring call'd who stood In God's especial Grace We glory that this mighty Lord Us for his people owns Whose Judgments make th' amazed Earth To tremble when he frowns His Cov'nant with his people made He ever call'd to mind And will his Promises fulfill To ages still behind Part II. That Cov'nant which the Lord of old With our first fathers made And oft by Oath renew'd to them And to their seed thus said On thee I Can'an's Land bestow This which we now possess To bring them into which his Care Shew'd that he meant no less For tho' when first our fathers came One family they were Whose number too was very few And they mere strangers there Tho' weak who in a setled place No fixt Estate enjoy'd But forc'd from this to th' other Land Might soon have been destroy'd He suffered none to injure them When Sojourners they were But Kings that meant to do them wrong Met with rebukes severe Let none attempt these persons harm So dear to God and great Touch not said he my anointed ones Nor Prophets rudely treat When after this in all the Lands A famine long prevail'd And Bread the great support of Life When Corn was wanting fail'd He sent out Joseph to provide For Jacob now grown old But he that was to save his house First as a Slave was fold Part III. To Egypt brought and falsly charg'd Joseph's in prison cast The Calumny more pain'd him than The Chains that held him fast There by unfolding hidden fates Great fame he had acquir'd This Phar'oh hearing try'd him too And found him one inspir'd He quickly set him free and made Him Ruler of the Land The management of all affairs He ' intrusted in his hand His greatest Princes to command And punish he had leave All the wise Senatours from him Instructions must receive Now Jacob's house to Egypt came As Phar'oh did invite And grew so as t' exceed their foes In Number and in Might This makes them jealous and to hate Those they receiv'd with joy Whom first by subtil Arts they would Diminish then destroy Moses and A'ron when God saw Their Bondage heavier grow Were sent to Phar'oh with demand To let his people go The mighty works which they perform'd And wonders in that Land Show'd that what e'er they said or did Was by Divine command Part IV. He three days darkness black as Hell Over all Egypt drew In which and all the other plagues God's Orders they pursue He turn'd their waters into blood Which all their Fish destroy'd Numberless Frogs o'erspread the Earth And the King's rooms annoy'd Infinite Swarms of Flies and Lice O'er all the Country came Instead of Rain he gave them Hail Mix'd with devouring Flame This Storm not onely from the Trees Their pleasant Fruits beat down But all the Fig trees too and Vines Were broke and overthrown By his Command numberless Hosts Of various Locusts pass O'er all the Land and with strange haste Devour'd their Herbs and Grass In the same Night all their First-born Smote by an Angel dye The prime of all their strength and prop Of every Family Part V. Loaded with Egypt's wealth their Land In haste the people quit Not one in all their Tribes so weak For travel was unfit Gladness at their departure thence Th' Egyptians hearts did fill For fear as the last Plague their Sons The next themselves might kill He spread a Cloud which skreen'd them from The scorching Sun by day But was so bright withal it serv'd By night to shew their way He then provides delicious fare For that vast multitude Great flights of Quails and Bread showr'd down From Heav'n to be their food An opened Rock their Drink supply'd Whence Streams gush'd out so fast They ran and follow'd them thro' all The parched grounds they pass'd The Lord these wonders to make good His word to Abr'am wrought When he from slavery his Race With joy and triumph brought He fix'd them in a quiet Seat In Can'an's pleasant Land Stor'd with all good by others pains And planted to their hand That by his kindness thus oblig'd And bless'd so many ways His Laws they might with care observe The Lord for ever praise PSALM CVI. As the 100 Psalm BY chearful Praises to his Name That God is good to all proclaim Whose Mercies shown to ages past To all succeeding times shall last Who can the Pow'r of God set forth Or praise his wonders to their worth They 're happy who with constant care In righteous works imployed are May I be one of those and find God always good to me and kind When thou deliv'rest thine elect From Dangers do not me neglect Their good secured may I see And share in their felicity And when thou dost their state advance Glory with thine Inheritance We the degenerate Off-spring are Of fathers that great sinners were Who thy great wonders minded not In Egypt wrought or soon forgot Their unbelief when newly sav'd At the Red Sea fresh wonders crav'd There God his Glory to advance Gave them a new deliverance The Sea 's ungovernable course He check'd by his word 's greater force Their way thro' the vast Deep was dry Such as thro' sandy deserts lie O'er their pursuing Enemy He gain'd a noble victory The Sea return'd on Phar'oh's Host With violence and all were lost Part II. Then they
his People to possess The Heathens pleasant Land Faithful and Just are all his Works His Word no less is sure When once his Promise is engag'd Performance is secure Isr'el from slavery redeem'd His Holiness did know Their foes the terrour of his Name Felt in their overthrow To fear the Lord true wisdom is And he that strives to please His Maker understands him best Whose praise shall never cease PSALM CXII As the 100 Psalm BLest is the Man that fears the Lord Whose pleasure 't is to doe his Will His seed shall be renown'd on Earth His happy Race shall flourish still His house with plenty shall be fill'd And as his wealth and stores increase His bounty is enlarg'd no fear Of future want do's make it less When troubles fall unto his share They 'll in his greater comfort end What kindness God on him bestows The same to others he 'll extend He lends assistance to the poor Discreetly orders all his way Nothing shall move this righteous Man Or make his memory decay No news of threatning danger can His confidence in God displace He with undaunted courage looks His foes securely in the face God his diffusive charity With sutable rewards will crown Not onely those above bestow But honour here and great renown Mean while the wicked shall repine With indignation at his bliss And melt away with grief to see This Man obtain what they shall miss PSALM CXII Another Metre O Happy Man that fears the Lord And joys to doe his Will His seed shall be renown'd on Earth His race shall flourish still His house with plenty shall be fill'd And as his stores increase His bounty is enlarg'd no fear Of want do's make it less When troubles fall unto his share They 'll in his comfort end What kindness God on him bestows To others he 'll extend He lends assistance to the poor Discreetly guides his way Nothing shall move this Man or make His memory decay His trust in God no threatning news Of danger can displace He with undaunted courage looks His En'mies in the face God his diffusive charity With great rewards will crown Both those above bestow and here Honour and great renown Mean while the wicked shall repine With envy at his bliss Consume with grief to see this Man Obtain what they shall miss PSALM CXIII YE servants of th' eternal King To God your chearful praises sing Whose Name be blest for evermore His goodness over all is great Where e'er the Sun do's rise or set Since all are blest let all adore O'er all the Earth the Lord do's reign And Heav'n's too narrow to contain His Glories that are infinite Let not poor borrowed greatness dare With his Perfections to compare Who dwells in uncreated Light He condescends so far to know Th' affairs of mortals here below As well as those in Heav'n above To shew how he o'er all things sways He from the dust the poor do's raise And from his vile estate remove From thence advances him on high To unexpected dignity And sets him a royal Throne When age and nature doth despair He makes the barren womb to bear O therefore praise this God alone PSALM CXIV As the 113 Psalm WHen the great God had Isr'el's seed From Egypt and oppression freed He then declar'd himself their King Whose bright appearance as they pass'd The Sea beheld and fled in haste Jordan retir'd unto its spring Sinai when God came down did shake Th' adjoyning mountains all did quake And like affrighted Rams did skip The little hills could not forbear By trembling too to shew their fear Like Lambs that round their Mothers trip What ail'd the Sea thus to shrink back Or Jordan its old banks forsake So cross to Nature's fixed Laws Why should great Mountains skip like Rams And little hills like frighted Lambs Why seems it strange when God's the cause Not Hills alone when he is near But the whole Earth may quake for fear As into strange Convulsions thrown For Rocks into a wat'ry Lake And Flints into a Fountain brake When God would make his Power known PSALM CXV As the 100 Psalm NOT unto us Lord not to us But to thy Name the praise we owe To thy free goodness and thy truth The springs whence all our blessings flow Why should the Heathen ask in scorn Where is the God whom ye adore In Heav'n he reigns but do's on Earth What e'er his Will ordain'd before Silver and Gold their Idols are And all their worth derive from thence With no Divinity inspir'd Since they are void of life and sense For tho' the Maker forms an Eye A Mouth or any other Part He cannot give them sight or breath Nor lively motion by his art Fond Men to think your hands can make A God to which our knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have sense as much as you O Isr'el in the living God Repose your trust and confidence He 'll help you to subdue your foes In dangers he 'll be your defence Let A'ron's house on God rely To you he 'll be an help and shield Trust in him ye that fear the Lord Whose care and aid will safety yield He who in ages past was kind In after times will be no less He th' house of Israel will save The Priests of A'ron's house will bless He 'll bless all pious worshippers Of low as well as high degree And largely heap his benefits On you and your posterity O happy state thus to be blest By him that made both Earth and Heav'n His throne in Heav'n is plac'd the Earth In kindness he to Man has giv'n The silent Grave cannot declare Thy wonders nor proclaim thy praise We 'll now begin that blessed work Which shall continue all our days PSALM CXV Another Metre LORD not to us but to thy Name We give the praise we owe To thy free goodness and thy truth Whence all our blessings flow Why should the Heathen ask us Where 's That God whom you adore In Heav'n he reigns but do's on Earth What he ordain'd before Silver and gold their Idols are Their worth derive from thence With no Divinity inspir'd Since void of life or sense For tho' the Maker forms an Eye A Mouth or other Part He cannot give them sight or breath Motion or Life by art Fond Men with hands to make a God To which our knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have sense like you O Isr'el in the living God Repose your confidence To quell your foes he 'll be your help In dangers your defence Let A'ron's house on him rely He 'll be your help and shield All that fear God trust him whose care And aid will safety yield He that before was kind will be In after times no less The house of Isr'el he will save The Priests of A'ron's bless He 'll bless all pious Worshippers Of low or high degree And heap his benefits on you
time to do't's but short Ch. 19.v.1 Salvation to our God belongs Glory and Honour are his due His Pow'r supreme and all proclaim His Judgments to be just and true v. 2 He the great Whore has judg'd which did Corrupt with Idols every Land And has aveng'd the crying Blood Of his slain Servants at her hand v. 6 Now let both Heav'n and Earth aloud Their praising Hallelujah's sing For the Lord God Almighty reigns And shews himself a glorious King v. 17 In Honour of the Lamb of God Let 's triumph on his Nuptial day The time is come and his chast Bride Stands ready drest in rich Array HYMN V. Te Deum As the 25 Psalm O God we praise thee and we own Thee to be Lord and King alone All the whole Earth doth worship thee Thou Father from Eternity To thee all Angels loudly cry The Heav'ns and all the Pow'rs on high Cherubs and Seraphins proclaim And cry thrice Holy to thy Name Lord God of Hosts thy presence bright Fills Heav'n and Earth with beauteous light The Apostles glorious Company The Prophet's Fellowship praise thee The crowned Martyrs Noble Host The Holy Church in every Coast Thine infinite perfections own Father of Majesty unknown Giving all Adoration Unto thy true and onely Son And to the Holy Ghost from whom As the sole Spring our Comforts come O Christ thou glorious King we own Thee to be God's Eternal Son Who our Deliv'rance to obtain Did'st not the Virgins Womb disdain When Death 's sharp sting destroy'd by thee Gave thee a glorious Victory Heav'ns Gate that Entrance had deny'd To all Believers opened wide Part II Thou Lord at God's Right hand art plac'd And with thy Father's Glory grac'd And we believe the Day will come When thou as Judge shall pass our doom Promote we pray thy Servants good Redeemed with thy precious Blood Among thy Saints make them ascend To Glory that shall never End Thy People with Salvation crown Bless those O God that are thine own Govern and list them up on high Thee Lord we dily magnify Thy Name we worship and adore Ever when time shall be more Vouchsafe this Day to keep us pure From Harms and wilfull Sins secure O let thy Mercy Lord descend On us whose hopes on thee depend Lord since my Trust is fixt on thee O let me ne'er confounded be The Angels Doxology Luke 2. 14. As the 25 Psalm GLory to God in Heav'n above Let th' Earth below with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Greatest Good-will towards Men exprest To the common Tunes GLory to God in Heav'n above Let th' Earth with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Good-will tow'rds Men exprest As the 25 Psalm GLory to God in Heav'n Let th' Earth with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Good-will tow'rds Menexprest Gloria Patri As the 25 Psalm TO thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost whom we adore Be Glory as it was of Old Is now and shall be evermore To the common Tunes TO thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost we give Glory that was of Old is now And shall this World survive As the 25 Psalm TO thee O Father Son And Holy Ghost we give Glory that was of Old is now And shall this World outlive FINIS AN EXPLICATION OF Some WORDS Of less Common Use For the Benefit of the Common People Words less common Their Signification ACquired OBtained Audacious Bold daring Benignity Kindness bounty Celebrate Make renowned Climes Country's differing in length of days Congratulate Give one joy Defamation Discredit Detracting Lessening ones credit Diffusive Spreading wide Dissipate Disperse scatter Enhance Raise the value Enterr Bury Evade Escape Exert Put forth Fluid Yielding Ignominy Disgrace Impetums Hasty violent Infest Annoy molest Invoke Call upon Lower Sphere Meaner Estate Obnoxious Faulty guilty Orbs Spheres Bodies of round form Recesses Places out of view Revere To reverence Rude Mass Unshapen matter Splendid Bright shining Stupendious Astonishing Suppliant Petitioner Theam Matter of Discourse Traduce To slander defame Transfer To remove carry Uncessant Never ceasing Undeclining Not changing Unexhausted Never drawn dry A TABLE To find any PSALM Knowing its Beginning A. Psalm All People round the Earth your Ears 2n Met. 49 All the Earth's Praises to thy Name 8 As by Euphrates Streams we sat 137 B. Psalm EEhold my troubles Lord 70 Behold O Lord my sinfull Soul 2d Met. 51 Behold O Lord with savage Rage 79 Blest be the Lord the God of Might 144 Blest Fountain of my Joys for thee 2d Met. 42 Blest is the Man that fears the Lord 112 Blest is the Man whose fear of God 128 Blest is the Man whose tender Sense 41 Blest is the Man whose vertuous Steps 1 Bless thou the Lord my Soul his name 103 Bless thou the Lord my Soul to this 2d Met 104 By cheerfull Praises to his Name 106 C. Psalm CErtain it is that God is kind 73 Come let us all unite our Joys 95 Come let us with united Joys 2d Met. 95 D. Psalm DIvinely now inspir'd I 'll sing 45 Do not O Lord in our disiress 83 E. Psalm EArly O Lord my fainting Soul 63 F. Psalm FAlsly accus'd to thee I fly 17 Fools in their hearts have said no God 2d Met. 14 G. Psalm GIve thanks unto the Lord 136 God is my Saviour and my Light 27 God is my Shepherd who will see 23 God reigns let all the Earth rejoyce 2d Met. 97 God that so gracious a regard 2d Met. 116 God who my kind preserver is 34 Great Judge of all the World be thou 2d Met. 43 Great Praises to the greatest Lord 48 Great shepherd of good Jacob's Race 80 H. Psalm HAD not the Lord our Cause espous'd 24 Hear me O Lord my sure Defence 28 Hear me O Lord the great Support 4 He 's happy whom no wicked Mens 2d Met. r He that has God for his retreat 91 He who makes God his sure retreat 2d Met. 91 How beauteous is the place where thou 84 How long shall I complain like one 1st 2d Met. 13 How well are we imploy'd topraise 2d Met. 147 I. Psalm Iall my Love on thee bestow 18 If thou Lord dost not rise and help 12 I 'll list mine Eyes unto the Hills 121 In Just displeasure for our Sins 60 In my distress my Pray'rs and Cries 77 I trust in God why should I then 11 It 's sure that God is kind to those 2d Met. 73 I was resolv'd t' observe my ways 2d Met. 39 I will extoll thy sacred Name 145 L. Psalm LET all give thanks to God above 107 Let all the Earth their Voices raise 1 2 Met. 96 Let all the Earth with joy resound 66 Let all the Nations of the Earth 100 Let all the Nations of the World 117 Let all the People round the Earth 49 Let none be envious when he sees 37 Let none be troubled to behold 2d Met. 37 Let th' Earth
rejoyce since God do's reign 97 Let the Great God arise and then 68 Lord bow thine Ear to my requests 86 Lord every Age and Race has seen 1 2 Met. 90 Lord hear me and from wicked Foes 64 Lord hear my Pray'r and do not hide 55 Lord hear my words attend the moans 5 Lord hear the Pray'rs and mournfull Cries 102 Lord hear the silent Moans and Sighs 2d Met. 5 Lord I can suffer thy Rebukes 6 Lord I can well endure when thou 2d Met. 6 Lord if thou do'st not come and help 2d Met. 12 Lord I have no aspiring Thoughts 131 Lord let me know that happy Man 15 Lord look upon my sinfull Soul 51 Lord may the King with mighty Skill 72 Lord not to us but to thy Name 2n Met. 115 Lord save me from mine Enemies 59 Lord save me from the Man who bears 140 Lord since I trust in thee alone 57 Lord since my glorying is in thee 109 Lord thy Rebukes I can endure 38 Lord when I have to do with thee 139 M. Psalm MAintin O Lord my injur'd Rights 35 May no defeated hopes disgrace 31 Mercy and Judgment Lord I 'll sing 101 My God my God why thus withdrawn 22 My God since thou hast rais'd me up 30 My heart O God is now prepar'd 108 My People to my words give Ear 78 My Soul's hest Pow'rs I will engag 11 My Soul bless thou the Lord his Name 2d Met 103 My Soul doth wait on God 62 My Soul for ever bless the Lord 104 My Soul on God relies 71 My Soul to praise the highest Lord 146 N. Psalm NOne knows like Judah God so well 76 Not unto us Lord not to us 115 O. Psalm O. all ye People clap your hands 47 O blest Employment of our Lives 147 O blest Societses'on Earth 133 G God my Saviour Night and Day 88 O God the Spring of all my Joys 42 O happy Companies on Earth 2d Met. 133 O happy Man that fears the Lord 2d Met. 112 O happy Man whom God forgives 32 O let us all give thanks to God 105 O Lord how joyfull is the King 21 O my good God in thee I trust 1 2 Met. 7 O praise the Lord whom Ages past 118 O thou that in a glorious Throve 123 O what a plesant Work it is 92 P. Psalm PLac'd on the Holy Hills God's Seat 87 Plead thou my Cause O thou that know'st 26 Plung'd into Depths of Misery 1 2 Met. 130 Praise God and let your Songs be new 149 Praise God within that sacred Place 150 Praise him to whom all Pow'r belongs 81 Praises in Sion wait for thee 1 2 Met. 65 Preserve me Lord in thi s distress 16 R. Psalm REgard O Lord my Pray'r and Cry 61 Regard the fervent Pray'rs I make 143 Rojoyce ye Righteous in the Lord 2d Met. 33 Remember all the troubles Lord 132 Render and oft your thanks repeat 2d Met. 136 Renew your Songs to God and tell 98 Rescue my Life in Mercy Lord 56 Resolv'd I was with care t' observe 39 S. Psalm SAve me O God or else I 'm drown'd 69 Save me O God thy glorious Name 54 Shew mercy to us Lerd 67 Since God so tender a Regard 116 Since thou hast rais'd me I 'll extoll 2d Met. 30 T. Psalm TH' Almighty Lord is our Defence 46 The Earth's the Lord 's to him belong 24 The Fools believe no God 53 The Fools believe there is no God 14 The Glorious Empire of the Lord 29 The Heavns whose beauteous Frame we see 19 The Lord do's reign and clothes himself 2d Met. 93 The Lord do's reign and like a King 93 The Lord do's reign and on his Throne 99 The Lord my woatchfull Shepherd is 2d Met. 23 The Lord to thy requests give ear 20 The mighty God and Lord of all 50 The Wonders Lord thon did'st of old 44 They that in God their confidence 125 They that repose their trust in God 2d Met. 125 Thou great Avenger of all wrongs 135 Thou Righteous Judge of all the World 43 Thrice happy are those upright Men 119 Thus spake the Lord unto his Son 1 2 Met. 110 Thy Mercy Lord has chang'd our doom 85 Thy sacred Name I will advance 2d Met. 145 'T is good with Patience to attend 40 To God I make my Pray'r 25 To God whose care I 've ever been 120 To laud the heav'nly King 148 To magnisy the Lord my Soul 138 To my importunate requests 141 'T was no small Joy many to hear 122 U. Psalm VAin mighty Man to vaunt it so 52 Unless God prosper it all cost 127 W. Psalm WE 'll never cease to thank our God 75 We that are Isr'alites may say 129 What Numbers Lord against me rise 3 Whtn God from bondage set us free 126 When God redeem'd our captive State 2d Met. 126 When I behold a Wicked Man 36 When Lord I deal with thee in vain 2d Met. 139 When the Great God had Ifr'els Seed 114 Why do the Heathen Nations rage 2 Why Lord do'st thou so far withdraw 10 Will God for ever cast off those 74 With all my Soul I 'll bless the Lord 9 With cheerfull heart I 'll ever sing 89 With fervent Cries I did implore 142