endure 3 Ere that the world was made or wrought thy seat was set on hie Beyond all times that can be thought thou art eternally 4 The flouds O Lord the flouds doe rise they swell against the shore And raise the waves in such a wise they make the waters rore 5 Yet though the storms appear in sight though seas doe rage and swell The Lord is strong and more of might for he on high doth dwell 6 And look what promise he doth make his houshold to defend For just and true they shall it take all times without an end OR THy testimonies precious are kept on sure record And holinesse becomes thy house for evermore O Lord PSAL. XCIIII 1. M. 1 p. O Lord thou dost revenge all wrongs that pow'r belongs to thee Since vengeance then to thee belongs declare that all may see 2 Set up thy self for thou of right the earth dost judge and guide Reward the proud and men of might according to their pride 3 How long shall wicked men bear sway by lifting up their voice How long shall wicked men I say thus triumph and rejoyce 4 How long shall they with brags burst out and proudly prate their fill Shall they rejoyce and be so stout whose works are ever ill 5 Thy flock O Lord thine heritage they spoil and vex full sore Against thy people they do rage still daily more and more 6 The widows which are comfortlesse and strangers they destroy They slay the children fatherlesse and none doth put them by 7 And when they take these things in hand this talk they have of thee Can Jacobs God this understand tush no he cannot see 8 O folk unwise and people rude some knowledge now discern Ye fools among the multitude at length begin to learn 9 Shall not the Lord that made the ear the Lord that made the eye What shall not he both see and hear ev'n all things perfectly 10 The Lord doth all the world correct and makes them understand Shall he not then your deeds detect how can ye scape his hand The second part I. M. 11 THe Lord doth know the thoughts of man his heart he seeth plain The Lord I say mens thoughts doth scan and findeth them but vain 12 But Lord that man is happy sure whom thou doest keep in aw And through correction doest procure to teach him in thy Law 13 Whereby he shall in quiet rest when times of trouble are When wicked men shall be supprest and fall into the snare 14 For sure the Lord will not refuse his people for to take His heritage whom he did chuse he will no time forsake 15 Untill that judgement be decreed and justice play her part That all may follow her with speed that are of upright heart 16 But now on my side who shall stand against the cursed train Or who shall rid me from their hand that wicked works maintain 17 Except the Lord had been mine aid mine enemies to repell My soul and life had now been laid almost as low as hell 18 When I did say my foot doth slide I now am like to fall Thy goodnesse Lord thou didst provide to stay me up withall 19 When with my self I mused much and could no comfort finde Then Lord thy goodnesse did me touch and that did ease my minde 20 Lord shall the thrones of wickednesse have fellowship with thee Which make a Law for to oppresse and plead it s thy decree 21 Lo they consult against the life of righteous men and good And in their counsels they are rife to shed the guiltlesse blood 22 But yet the Lord he is to me a place of sure defence He is my God to him I flee my strength and confidence 23 Their mischiefs on themselves shall fall and taken in their crimes The Lord our God shall slay them all and cut them off betimes PSAL. XCV the Col. 6 COme let us bow and praise the Lord before him let us fall And kneel to him with one accord the which hath made us all 7 For why he is the Lord our God for us he doth provide We are his flock he doth us feed his sheep and he our guide 8 To day if ye his voice will hear then harden not your heart As ye provok't him many a yeer within the desert part 9 Whereas your fathers tempted me my power for to prove My wondrous works when they did see yet still they would me move 10 Twice twenty yeers they did me grieve and I to them did say They erre in heart and not beleeve they have not known my way 11 Wherefore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should never tread the path to enter in my rest PSAL. XCVI the Col. SIng ye with praise unto the Lord new songs of joy and mirth Sing unto him with one accord all people on the earth 2 Among the heathen folk declare his honour round about To shew his wonders do not spare ev'n all the world throughout 3 Tell all the world from first to last the Lord doth reign above Yea he hath set the earth to fast that it can never move 4 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To judge the nations every one with equity and right PSAL. C. 1. M. ALl people that on earth do dwell Sing to the Lord with cheerfull voice 2 Him serve with fear his praise forth-tell Come ye before him and rejoyce 3 The Lord ye know is God indeed Without our aid he did us make We are his flock he doth us feed And for his sheep he doth us take 4 O enter then his gates with praise Approach with joy his courts unto Praise laud and blesse his Name alwaies For it is seemly so to do 5 For why the Lord our God is good His mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood And shall from age to age endure PSAL. CIII 1. Coll. MY soul doth magnifie the Lord my spirit do the same And all the secrets of my heart praise ye his holy Name 2 Give thanks to God for all his gifts shew not thy self unkinde And suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy minde 3 Who gave thee pardon for thy fault and thee restor'd again And healed thy infirmitie and eas'd thee of thy pain 4 That did redeem thy life from death from which thou could not flee His mercy and compassion both he did extend to thee 5 That fill'd with goodnesse thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the eagle casts her bill whereby her age renu'th 6 The Lord with justice dothrepay all such as be opprest So that their sufferings and their wrongs are turned to the best 7 His waies and his commandements to Moses he did show His counsels and his valiant acts the Israelites did know 8 The Lord is kinde and mercifull when sinners do him grieve The slowest to conceive a wrath and readiest to relieve PSAL. CIII 2.
and rose again For why I knew assuredly the Lord did me sustain 6 Although ten thousand hem'd me in I would not be afraid For thou art still my Lord and God my Saviour and mine aid 7 Rise up therefore save me O Lord for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheeks and teeth of these transgressors all 8 Salvation only doth belong to thee O Lord above Thou dost bestow upon thy folk thy blessing and thy love PSAL. 4. The first Metre O God that art my righteousnesse Lord hear me when I call Thou hast set me at libertie when I was bound in thrall 2 Have mercy Lord therefore on me and grant me my request For unto thee uncessantly to cry I will not rest 3 O mortall men how long will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and follow after lies 4 Know ye that good and godly men the Lord doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse 5 Sin not but stand in aw therefore examine well your heart And in your chamber quietly see ye your selves convert 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnesse I say And see that in the living Lord you put your trust alway 7 The greater sort crave worldly goods and riches do embrace But Lord grant us thy countenance thy favour and thy grace 8 For thou O Lord hast made my heart more joyfull and more glad Then when they brought in corn and wine and great increase was had 9 In peace therefore lie down will I taking my rest and sleep For only thou alone O Lord Wilt me in safety keep PSAL. 5. The second Metre O Lord consider my complaint incline thine ear to me 2 And hear my voice my King my God I make my prayer to thee 3 Hear me betimes Lord tarry not for I will have respect My prayer early in the morn to thee for to direct 4 And I will wait with patience on thee my â—od alone Thou art not pleas'd with wickednesse and ill with thee dwels none 5 And in thy sight shall never stand these wicked fools O Lord Vain workers of iniquity thou alwayes hast abhorr'd 6 Thou shalt destroy the flatterers and them that utter lies Bloud-thirsty and deceitfull men will God abhor likewise 7 Therefore will I come to thy house trusting upon thy grace And reverently will worship thee toward thy holy place 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousnesse for to confound my foes And in what way I ought to walk before my face disclose 9 For in their mouth there is no truth their hearts are foul and vain 10 Their throat 's an open sepulchre their tongues do fawn and feign 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought Subvert them in their heaps of sin which have rebellion wrought 12 But they that put their trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And render thanks for thy defence and give thy Name the praise 13 For thou wilt blesse and magnifie the righteous man no doubt And with thy grace as with a shield wilt compasse him about PSAL. 7. The Collect. O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Save me from them that seek my soul and fully set me free 2 Lest like a lion fierce and fell he tear and rend my soul While there is no deliverer his fury to controul 3 O Lord my God if I have done the thing that is not right Or else if I be found in fault or guilty in thy sight 4 And to my friend rewarded ill or left him in distresse Which hath pursued me wrongfully and did my soul oppresse 5 Then let my so pursue my soul and let him take and tread My life even down unto the ground and lay mine honour dead 6 O thou that art of all men judge now judge my righteous cause According to my righteousnesse and thy most righteous laws 11 I take my help to come of God in all my pain and grief He doth preserve the pure in heart and sends them sweet relief 15 Behold the wicked travelleth with mischief in his minde Conceiving sin and wickednesse and bringeth forth the winde 16 He digs a ditch and delâ—es it deep in hope to catch his brother But he shall fall into the pit that he dig'd up for other 17 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischief that he wrought shall fall upon his head 18 I will give thanks to God therefore that judgeth righteously And with a song will praise the Name of him that is most high PSAL. 8. The first Metre O Lord our Lord how wonderfull is thy Name every where Whose fame surmounts in dignity above the starrie sphere 2 Even by the mouths of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is seen thy graces they disclose 3 And when I see the heavens high the works of thine own hand The Sun and Moon and all the stars in order as they stand 4 What thing is man Lord think I then that he should be in minde Or what is mans posterity to whom thou art so kinde 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then Angels in degree And thou hast also crowned him with highest dignitie 6 Thou hast preferâ—'d him to be Lord of all thy works of wonder And hast set all things at his feet that he should keep them under 7 As oxen sheep and all beasts else that in the fields do feed 8 Fowls of the air fish of the sea and all that therein breed 9 Therefore O Lord that art out Lord must I repeat the same How excellent in all the earth is thy most glorious Name PSAL. 9. The Collect. VVIth heart and mouth unto the Lord will I sing laud and praise And speak of all his wondrous works and them declare alwaies 2 I will be glad and much rejoyce in thee O Lord most high And with my songs extoll thy Name above the starrie skie 3 Because my foes are driven back and put to shamefull flight They fall down flat and are destroyed by thy great power and might 7 Know then that he which is above for evermore shall reign And in the seat of equity true judgement will maintain 9 He is protector of the poor what time they be opprest He is their succour in distresse their refuge and their rest 11 Sing Psalms therefore unto the Lord that dwels in Sion hill Publish among the nations all his noble acts and will 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of poor oppressed 〈◊〉 Forgetting not the afflicted heart but heaâ—s their sighs and groans 15 He lets the heathen fall into the pit that they prepar'd And in the net that they did set are they themselves insnar'd 18 But sure the Lord will not forget the poor mans grief and pain The patient people never look for help of God in vain 19 O Lord arise lest men prevail
Lord will take your part sith ye on him do trust PSAL. XXXII 2. M. THe man is blest whose wickednesse is covered and hid The man is blest whom God forgives what ever sins he did 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not offence Which in his heart hath hid no guile nor hardned impudence 3 For whilst that I kept silence still and sought to hide my sinne My bones did wear and waste away with pain that I was in 4 For night and day thy hand on me did so oppresse my heart That all my bloud and humours moist to drinesse did convert 5 I did therefore confesse my faults and all my sins discover Then thou O Lord didst me forgive and all my sins passe over 6 The humble man shall pray therefore to thee in happiest hour So that the flouds of waters great on him shall have no pow'r 7 When trouble and adversity do compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my joy and thou dost help me out 8 Come hither I will teach to thee the paths of pietie And I will guide thee carefully with mine observant eye 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a rain or bit from harm thou canst not rule 10 The wicked man shall wail in wo and greatest griefs sustain But unto him that trusts in God much mercy shall remain 11 Be joyfull therefore in the Lord ye just lift up your voice And ye of pure and perfect heart be glad and much rejoyce PSAL. XXXIII 1. Col. YE righteous in the Lord rejoyce it is a seemly sight That upright men with thankfull voice should praise the Lord of might 3 Sing to the Lord and give him praise with joyfull songs and new For lo his word his works and ways are perfect just and true 5 To judgement equity and right he hath a great good will And with his gifts he doth delight the spacious earth to fill 7 The waters of the seas he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in an house of store 10 The counsels of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought 11 But his decrees continue still they never slack nor swage The motions of his minde and will take place from age to age The second Collect. 12 BLessed are they to whom the Lord as God and guide is known Whom he doth chuse of meer accord to take them as his own 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortall birth Considering from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth 16 A King that trusteth in his host thereby shall not prevail The mighty man whose strength is most for all his strength shall fail 17 An horse for safety of a man is to be reckon'd vain By strength of horse none ever can deliverance obtain 18 But lo the eyes of God attend to shield and save the just And all that fear for to offend and in his mercy trust 20 Wherefore our souls have confidence in God our strength and stay He is our shield and our defence to drive all darts away 22 Now therefore let thy goodnesse Lord still present with us be As we do still with one accord repose our trust in thee PSAL. XXXIIII 1. C. I Will give laud and honour both unto the Lord alwayes My moving tongue for evermore shall speak unto his praise 2 I do delight to laud the Lord in heart in soul and voice That mortifi'd and humble men may hear and so rejoyce 3 Therefore see that ye magnifie with me the living Lord And let us now exalt his Name and all with one accord 4 For I my self besought the Lord he answered me again And graciously deliver'd me from all my fear and pain 5 Who so they be that him behold shall see his light most clear Their countenance shall not be dasht they never need to fear 6 Poor David cri'd unto the Lord the Lord did hear his call The Lord did hear and help him too out of his troubles all 7 The Angel of the Lord doth pitch his tents about them round To save all such as fear the Lord and keep them safe and sound 8 Taste and consider well therefore that God's a gracious one O happy man that trusts in him and ev'n in him alone PSAL. XXXIIII 2. C. 14 TUrn back thy face from doing ill and do the godly deed Inquire for peace and quietnesse and follow it with speed 15 For lo the eyes of God above upon the just are bent His ears likewise do hear the plaint of all the innocent 16 But he doth frown and bend his brows upon the wicked train And cuts from earth their memory that none of them remain 17 But when the just do call and cry the Lord doth hear them so That out of pain and misery he lets them timely go 18 The Lord is kinde and straight at hand to such as are contrite He also saves the sorrowfull and humbled in his sight 19 Full many be the miseries of just and righteous men But out of all adversities the Lord delivereth them 21 But sin shall slay the wicked man which he himself hath wrought And such as hate the righteous man shall soon be brought to nought 22 But them that fear the living Lord he keepeth safe and sound And such as put their trust in him no malice shall confound PSAL. XXXV the C. LOrd plead my cause against my foes confound their force and might Fight on my part against all those that seek with me to fight 2 Lay hold upon the spear and shield thy self in armour dresse Stand up for me and fight the field to help me from distresse 3 Gird on thy sword and stop the way mine enemies to withstand Unto my soul be pleas'd to say I am thy help at hand 4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and flee with shame that seek to work me ill 9 Let all their waies be void of light and slippery like to fall And send thine Angel with thy might to persecute them all 7 And then my bones shall speak and say my parts shall all agree O Lord what pow'r dost thou display what man is like to thee PSAL. XXXVI 1. M. THe wicked with his works unjust doth thus perswade my heart He serves not God he serves his lust and sets Gods fear apart 2 Yet doth he joy in his estate to walk as he began So long till he deserves the hate the hate of God and man 3 His words are wicked vile and naught his tongue no truth doth tell Yet at no hand will he be taught which way he may do well 4 When he should sleep then doth he muse his mischiefs to fulfill No wicked waies doth he refuse nor nothing that is ill 5 But Lord thy goodnesse doth ascend above the heavens hie So doth