yet the poore that gleaneth in the field Of vvhaâ—â—s left his little lapfull heapeth verse 8 Nor passenger that passeth by the same shall bid God bles or vvishing say vve bid ye Good luck from God or to them in his Name So much as say God speed your vvork God speed ye Psalme 130. Prayer FRom depth profound distressed in grief and miserie My cryes I haue addressed O Lord my God to thee verse 2 Lord heare my lamentatioÌ„ vouchsafe my voyce to hear And to my supplication bovv dovvn attentiue eare verse 3 Lord if thou mark our errors and vvhat is done amis To suffer thy dread terrors O Lord vvho able is verse 4 But mercy and compassion are euermore vvith thee Therfore vvith adoration thy Name shall feared be verse 5 On God my soul attendeth in him is all my trust My hope and faith dependeth vpon his promise iust verse 6 My soul to God aspireth more earnestly alvvay Then he vvhom vvatching tireth doth look for break of day verse 7 Lay thy firm hopes foundation on God O Israel For in him sure saluation and boundles mercy dvvell He dearly doth esteem thee O Israel by his grace He freely vvill redeem thee and all thy sins deface Psalme 131. Consolation O Lord I haue no haughty minde I haue no lofty looking eye I haue nought dared nor design'd Too great for me too hard too high verse 2 Nay if I haue not meekly milde VVith humblenes my self demeande In quiet silence as a childe That nevvly from the brest is vveand If that I haue not soly set My soul on thee to trust in thee As th'infant taken from the teat Of his ovvn mother minde not me verse 3 Euen so O Israel elect trust in the Lord on him depend His pleasure euermore expect From this time forth vnto the end Psalme 132. Prayer O Lord our God recall to minde Thy seruant Dauids misery Affliction and calamity verse 2 Hovv he by oath himself did binde To Iacobs God vovv'd solemnly verse 3 Behold said he this vovv I make My house shall neuer me inclose Nor on my bed vvill I repose verse 4 My eyes no sleep at all shall take No slumber shall my eye lids close verse 5 Vntill I finde a resting place Where Gods Ark may vvith vs remain VVhere vve the Lord may entertain The God of Iacob and his race Whose might doth Israel sustain verse 6 Because his seat oft changed vvas From time to time as vve heard say It oft had bin at Ephrata From place to place it oft did pas In vvoods and fields vve found it stay verse 7 Novv since this place he liketh best Into his palace vve vvill go Before his footstooll falling lovv verse 8 Arise O Lord into thy rest Thy self and thy Arks strength there shovv verse 9 Cloath thou thy Priests vvith righteousnes Let them from thee glad tidings bring Let all thy Saints reioyce and sing verse 10 Thy seruant Dauid daigne to blesse Refuse not thine anointed King verse 11 The Lord hath svvorn in verity Who vvill not change nor turn from it To Dauid saying I permit That one of thy posterity Vpon thy throne shall euer sit verse 12 My couenant if thy sons obey And this my testimoniall Which vnto them declare I shall Their sons also shall sit for ay Vpon thy Throne imperiall verse 13 For God the Lord hath made his choice Of Zion fair vvhich doth excell verse 14 Saying I haue delight to dvvell Herein I rest here I reioyce For ay this place doth like me vvell verse 15 His poore vvith bread I 'le satisfie VVith all good things they shall abound verse 16 His Priests vvill I inuiron round VVith my saluation there vvill I Make all her Saints their ioyes resound verse 17 There vvill I make to bud and spring The horn of Dauid raised high A lamp of light prepar'd haue I For mine annoynted sacred King Whose glory I vvill multiply verse 18 His enemies vvill I confound VVith shame they shall be cloathd all ore His glorious state vvill I restore And on his sacred head renovvnd His crovvn shall â—ourish euermore Psalme 133. Doctrin BEhold hovv good hovv pleasant amiable And gracious is the loue inuiolable Of brethren vvhich together dvvell verse 2 Resembling right the precious oyntment smell The sacred oyl vvhich Gods lavv did appoint The high Priest Aaron to annoint VVhich plenteously vpon his head vvas poured And to his beard and garment skirts dovvn shovvred VVith svveetest scent perfuming all verse 3 Distilling dovvn like devvs that timely fall On Sion mount and fertile Hermon hill Which all the land vvith fruit doth fill Euen there the Lord his bounty large expressing Will povvr and shovvr his fauor grace and blessing And life eternall giue he vvill Psalme 134. Doctrin YE seruants of the Lord of might VVho in his house do vvatch by night Attending there your selues addres The Lord our God to praise and bles verse 2 VVho in his Sanctuary stand To bles the Lord lift heart and hand To sound his praise your selues prepare And let your voyce his acts declare verse 3 The Lord bles thee for his Name sake VVhose povvr the heau'n and earth did make From Sions mount vvhere he doth raign Thou blessed shalt for ay remain Psalme 135. Doctrin ALl ye seruants of the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 2 Ye that in Gods house do stand There performing his command Ye that in his courts do dvvell Praise his Name vvhich doth excell verse 3 Praise the Lord for good is he Sing his name in Psalmody Nothing can more pleasant be verse 4 He hath chosen graciously Iacob and his Israel He accounteth his ievvell verse 5 For I this do knovv right vvell That the Lord is great and high verse 6 Our God doth all Gods excell He doth in the earth and sky In the riuers and the seas Whatsoeuer he doth please verse 7 He the vapors makes ascend from the earths remotest end He from heau'n the lightning flings Dovvn to earth the raine he brings From his treasures of all kinds He le ts loose the vvrastling vvinds verse 8 All first-born in Egypt land Were slain by his dreadfull hand Firstlings all they dead did find Both of beasts and humane kind verse 9 Egypt in the midst of thee Thou his vvondrous vvorks didst see Pharo and his host he droun'd In the red seas depth profouÌ„d verse 10 Kings and nations he orethrevv Mighty Sihon king he slevv verse 11 Og the King of fat Basan 〈◊〉 all the kings of canaan verse 12 To his people Israel He bequeathed all the land To possesse it there to dvvell This vvas done at his coÌ„mand verse 13 Lord thy name and clemency lasteth to eternity Lord thy euerlasting name Is from age to age the same verse 14 For the Lord of povvr and might VVill his people iudg vvith right When his seruants him displease He his vvrath vvill soon appease verse 15 Idols of
seat Thunders ore the vvaters great verse 4 Gods most mighty voice preuaileth Euer povverfull neuer faileth Gods voyce all subdevveth vnder Full of maiesty and vvonder verse 5 VVhen the voyce of God doth speake Strong tall Cedars it doth breake VVhen the Lord his voyce extends It the Leban Cedars rends verse 6 By the roots torn vp he shakes them Like a Calf to skip he makes them Leban mounts and Shiryon danced Like yong Vnicornes they pranced verse 7 Gods voyce dreadfull doth abide Flames of fire it doth diuide verse 8 Deserts it to tremble makes Kadesh vvildernes it shakes verse 9 His voyce Hindes so terrifieth That their fruit abortiue dyeth His voyce forrests flying ouer Suddenly doth them discouer They that in his Temple be Speak his praises ioyfully All that in his house do dvvell Of his glorious acts do tell verse 10 God his mighty povver shovveth On the floud that ebbs and flovveth Sitting on his throne supernall God the Lord is King eternall verse 11 VVherfore God the Lord of might VVill maintain his peoples right God his people vvill increase He vvill bles them all vvith peace Psalme 30. Thanksgiuing I VVill exalt thee Lord vvith praise For thou from troubles didst me raise And hast not suffered them that be My foes to triumph ouer me Therefore thou shalt be magnified And euer highly glorified verse 2 O Lord my God I cry'd to thee And thou to health restoredst me verse 3 Lord vvhen for ayd I thee besought Thou from the graue my soule hast brought Thou hast kept me aliue reuiu'd me From going dovvn the pit repriu'd me verse 4 Ye Saints vvho God so good haue found Sing Psalms to him his praise resound His holines commemorate verse 5 For he his vvrath doth mitigate VVhich in a moment is appeased His anger suddenly is ceased But vvho are vvith his fauor grac't Blest life inioy vvhich ay shall last Though euening sorrovves cause ye vveep And grief all night ye restles keep Yet vvhen the morning light appeareth Refreshing ioy vvith comfort cheareth Pause verse 6 When I vvas in prosperity I said I neuer mou'd shall be verse 7 For euer I am safe and sure Thou LORD vvhose fauor doth endure Hast by thy grace to me applyed My mountain strongly fortified VVhen thou didst hide from me thy face I troubled and afflicted vvas verse 8 Then vnto thee O LORD I prayd Complaining to my God I said verse 9 VVhat profit by my bloud is gotten VVhen in the graue I shall ly rotten VVhat vvorthy praise shall dust afford Shall ashes glorifie thee Lord Can rottennes thy truth declare verse 10 Vouchsafe O LORD to hear my prayr On me take thou commiseration LORD be my helper my saluation verse 11 Then thou to ioy my griefe didst turn And vvhen in sackcloth I did mourn Thou tookst it off and girtst me round VVith pleasures pure thy praise to sound verse 12 Il◠sing thy praise LORD ceasing neuer My God I le giue thee thanks for euer Psalmē xxxj Prayer IN thee alone O Lord my trust is My hope is in thy Name Let me not suffer shame But me deliuer in thy iustice VVhen trouble me assaileth For thy vvord neuer faileth verse 2 VVith tender pitty and compassion Bovv dovvn thy care to me Me soone from dangers free Be thou my strong fortification From troubles all secure me Of thy defence assure me verse 3 Thou art my fortres and my tovver VVhere I may safe abide For thy Name sake me guide verse 4 Pull me out by thy mighty povver From nets they hide to take me Thou art my strength safe make me verse 5 My soul into thy hands I tender Thou hast redeemed me Lord God of veritie verse 6 I trust in thee Lord my defender All vanities defying I hate them that loue lying verse 7 I vvill be glad in thy saluation Thy mercy doth me fill VVith ioy praise thee I vvill Thou hast knovvn me in tribulation My troubled soul hast vievved And hovv it vvas pursevved verse 8 Thou hast not let me be inclosed VVithin their cruell povvr That vvould my soul deuovvr My fee◠from bands thou hast vnlosed And to me being gracious Mad'st my roome large and spacious verse 9 Haue mercy LORD my soul relieuing For in distres am I Consumed is mine eye And fretted sore vvith pain and grieuing My soul vvith grief doth languish My belly pines vvith anguish verse 10 My life is spent vvhile I bevvaile me With grief in sighs and teares Consumed are my yeares Because of sin my strength doth fail me So long affliction lasteth That all my bones it vvasteth Pause verse 11 My enemies that hatred beare me Haue sought me to defame Reproaching me vvith shame My neighbours and acquaintance feare me They that vvithout did spy me Far off avvay did fly me verse 12 I am as dead and deep interred Quite out of minde forgot Or as a broken pot For many great ones me deterred I heard their shamefull rayling On all sides feare assayling verse 13 In all their crafty consultation Against me they conspire To kill me they desire But my trust is in thy saluation I said O LORD eternall Thou art my GOD supernall verse 14 In thy hands are my times decreed From my fierce enemy Do thou deliuer me From my foes hands let me be freed From all that do distres me And cruelly oppres me verse 15 On me thy seruant shine refulgent In fauor shevv thy face O saue me by thy grace verse 16 In mercy be to me indulgent LORD let no shame light on me For I do call vpon thee But let the vvicked be ashamed And in the silent graue Their mouthes stopt let them haue verse 17 Their lips strike dumb that lyes haue framed Who righteous men reuiled With slanders foul defiled verse 18 What goodnes great incomparable Hast thou for them in store Which thee in feare adore Thou hast vvrought vvonders admirable For them to all disclosed Who trust in thee reposed verse 19 Before thee in thy habitation Thou safely vvilt them hide From foes outragious pride Thy Tents shall daign them preseruation Kept safe by thy preuention From slandrous tongs contention verse 20 The LORD be praisd magnified For vvondrous svveet and kinde To me I him do finde For in a City fortified He hath kept me immured In time of vvar secured verse 21 I rashly said in my vexation I am depriued quite Of thy al-blessing sight But thou didst heare my supplication VVhen vnto thee I cryed My suit vvas not denyed verse 22 Ye Saints loue ye the LORD all-blessed For he the faithfull gards The proud vvith scorn revvards verse 23 Ye meek of courage be possessed Their hearts GOD fortifyeth Whose trust in him relyeth Psalme xxxij Prophecy IN blessed state he euermore remaineth VVho of his sins forgiuenesse free obtaineth VVhose trespasses shall neuer be reuealed And vvhose offence shall euer be concealed verse 2 Thrice happy is that man to be reputed
verse 27 There Beniamin vvho of a fevv And little great and mighty grevv The chief of many Nations There royall Iudahs Princes be There zabulon and Nephtaly The Princely congregations Pause verse 28 Thy God he is by vvhose command It is that thou so firm dost stand Thy strong fortification Giue strength to that vvhich thou hast vvrought For vs vvhich thou to passe hast brought O God grant confirmation verse 29 Because so gracious thou vvilt be To thy ovvn Templeâ— vnto thee Shall Kings bring gifts abounding verse 30 Rebuke and scatter by thy might The troupes of spear men armd for fight Their armies huge confounding Knock dovvn the mighty multitude Of Buls and Calues of people rude As in the shambles slay them Who glory in their siluer spoiles And vvho delight in vvars and broyles Defeat disperse dismay them verse 31 Great Lords shall come from Egypt lands The Mores in hast shall stretch their hands And hearts to God thanksgiuing verse 32 Sing to the Lord both Prince King Throughout the vvorld to God Psalms sing And praise God euer liuing Selah verse 33 Praise him vvho rideth mounted on The heau'n of heau'ns his ancient Throne VVhose vvorks are full of vvonder Behold he makes his voyce rebound More dreadfull mighty strong in sound Then loudest noise of thunder verse 34 Ascribe to God omnipotence In Israel his excellence Appeareth admirable His povver let all magnifie His strength is far aboue the sky His might vnutterable verse 35 O God most dreadfull is thy face For thou out of thy holy place Hast all thy foes distressed Thy strength maintains thy peoples right Thou Iacobs God dost giue them might The Lord be euer blessed Psalme 69. Prayer prophecy SAue me O God the vvaters me to drovvn To svvallovv vp my soul the seas are ready I sinke in mire vvhere is no footing steady Plungd in the deep the flouds haue me oreflovvn verse 2 With crying vveak I vveary vveâ—â— and vvall My throat is hoarse vvith dolefull lamentation verse 3 VVith shovvring teares consum d my eyes do fail VVhile on my God I vvait vvith expectation verse 4 Haires on my head in number fevver be Then they that seek vvithout cause to destroy me My foes vvith hate that vvrongfully annoy me Are great and strong preuailing mightily That I restord vvhat I tooke not avvay verse 5 O GOD to thee my folly is reuealed Thou knovvst vvhen hovv and vvhere I vvent astray And from thy sight my sins are not concealed verse 6 LORD GOD of hosts all povvr belongs to thee Wherby thou hast thine ovvne from foes defended With constant hope vvho haue on thee attended O let them not be put to shame for me Lord Israels God O suffer no disgrace For me be fall them that seek thy saluation verse 7 Because for thy sake shame did hide my face And I endur'd reproach and defamation Pause verse 8 A stranger I am in my kindreds sight Me as vnknovvn my brethren haue neglected verse 9 Because so much thy people I affected Zeal of thy house hath me consumed quite Reproches vvhich the vvicked on me cast Are faln on me for thy sake I am blamed verse 10 I chastised my soul did vveep and fast For vvhich I vvas reproched and defamed verse 11 My self I haue vvith sackcloth garments rayde Their by-vvord me the scoffers mock iests breaking verse 12 The proud sit at their gates against me speaking The drunkards sing of me their pastime made While I O Lord my feruent prayer make To thee alone in time of acceptation On me in thy great mercy pitty take Heare me Lord in the truth of thy saluation verse 14 Deliuer me out of this mire profound Let me not sink therin lest it confound me Free me from foes vvho hatefully surround me O let me not in vvaters deep be drovvnd verse 15 Let not the flouds streams me ouerflovv Let not the gulf me svvallovv and deuovver Let none into the greedy graue me throvv Nor let the pit in tomb me in her povver verse 16 Lord ansvver me hear me for thy good grace And for thy loue and kindnes goodnes treasure Accoâ—ding to thy mercies boundles measure Turn thou to me the fauour of thy face verse 17 Thy face from me thy seruant do not hide For I in grief and trouble am distressed Make haste therfore my God my gracious guide To hear my prayt vvhich is to thee addressed Pause verse 18 Dravv neer my soul in my aduersity Redeem my life vvith ransom quite discharge me From spitefull foes from thraldom soon inlarge me And set me free from this captiuity verse 19 Thou my reproch hast knovvn and my disgrace Thou seest my shame and hovv they do oppresse me My enemies are all before thy face And in thy sight they are that do distres me verse 20 Reproch and shame haue broke my grieued heart With heauines and sorrovv sick I languish I lookt but noâ—e I found bemone my anguish None vvould me ayd not one vvould take my part All comfortles amid my troubles great Not one vvas found to succour or to saue me verse 21 And bitter gall they gaue me for to eat And in my thirst sharp vineger they gaue me verse 22 Before them let their table them orethrovv Their pleasures turn to be as snares vnto them Their treasures make as trapfals to vndo them Their ioy to grief their vvelfare change to vvoe verse 23 Let both their eyes so euer darkned be That vvanting sight the light may not auaile them Their vveakned loynes so shake continually That thighs legs and feeble feet may faile them Pause verse 24 Let thy fierce vvrath fast hold vpon them take Pour out on them thy vvrathfull indignation verse 25 Make desolate and voyd their habitation And in their tents let none their dvvelling make verse 26 Because they him to persecute nere cease Whom thou hast smit their strokes haue more abounded His sorrovves their insultings more increase Whom thy ovvn hand afflicted hath and vvounded verse 27 Vpon their sins heap sins shame on their shames Let them into thy righteousnes come neuer verse 28 Wipe them out of thy booke of life for euer And vvith the iust vnvvritten be their Names verse 29 But as for me afflicted making mone Raise thou me vp O God by thy saluation verse 30 That I may sing and praise thy Name alone Extolling thee vvith thankfull gratulation verse 31 And this my song the Lord shall better please Then Ox or Bull that horns and clou'n hoof vveareth verse 32 The humble meek and vvho the Lord God feareth Shall ioy vvhen they do see such things as these All ye that seek the LORD your hearts shall liue verse 33 For God doth hear the poor mans supplication An eare to his ovvn people he doth giue His prishers scorns not in their tribulation verse 34 Let heau'n and earth vnto him praises yeeld Praise him all seas and all that therin moueth verse 35
I' th desart grieue him by their vvickednes Pause verse 41 Yet they again their former sins attempted Vngraciously their gracious GOD they tempted And limited the GOD of povvr vnbounded The holy one of Israel they bounded verse 42 They quite forgot his hand the day that he From all their foes did set them safe and free verse 43 In Egypt he vvrought vvonders admirable In Zoan fields shevvd signes reformidable verse 44 For all their pooles and riuers of cleare vvater He turnd to bloud and filthy gory matter That they became so loathsom did so stink Although their thirst increas'd they could not drink verse 45 Of vermin svvarâ—us so thick he sent among them That greedily did them deuovvr and stong them Them he vvith frogs corrupted and annoyed verse 46 Their fruits and trees he gaue to be destroyed And their increase to Locusts of the field Their vvorks he did to caterpillers yeeld verse 47 Their fruitfull Vines vvith hail he stroid and vvasted Their Sycomores vvith frosts and tempests blasted verse 48 He to the hayle gaue vp their heards inclosed To thunderbolts he all their flocks exposed verse 49 On them he cast rhe fiercenes of his ire His furious vvrath against them burnt like fire On them he tooke iust vengeance for offending Enrag'd among them euill angels sending verse 50 He to his vvrath a ready vvay prepared Their soul from death he nor vvith-held nor spared From Pestilence their life he did not saue But their vvilde beasts he to the morain gaue Pause verse 51 Their first born he throughout all Egypt killed Their firstlings all vvith deadly stroke he thrilled In all Chams tents of all their youth the flovver And prime of all their strength did death deuovver verse 52 But his ovvn folke like to a flock of sheep I' th vvildernes he safe did guide and keep verse 53 He led them safe vvithout all feare secured To drovvn their foes the vvaters he procured And them of feare their foes of life depriued verse 54 They neer vnto his holy place arriued To borders of this mountain he them brought Which his right hand had purchased and bought verse 55 Before them he the heathen people chased His people he in their possessions placed To Israels tribes their lands by lot assigned Yet they vvere still to stubbornes inclined verse 56 For they the most high tempting did prouoke His statutes they neglecting quite forsooke verse 57 For they turndback vnfaithfully departing From his decrees as their forefathers starting Aside like to a bovv deceitfull proued verse 58 They him to vvrath vvith their high places moued They him prouokt to irefull iealousie With idols vain and grau'n imagery Pause verse 59 VVhen God heard this his anger vvas exceeding To shevv his vvrath inflamed vvas proceeding He Israel abhorred and disdained verse 60 He Shilo left vvhere he had long remained In sacred Tent diuine vvhich he did place Among fraile men vvho vvere of earthly race verse 61 He yeelded vp his strength to be captiued The beauty of his glory vvas depriued By force of foes his people to the povver verse 62 Of bloudy svvords he gaue them to deuovver So deadly vvas his dreadfull anger mou'd Against his ovvn inheritance approu'd verse 63 Their choise yong men his vvrathfull flame destroyed Their Virgins praise nor nuptiall feast inioyed Nor vvere they grac'd nor giu'n in vvedlock sacred verse 64 Their Priests did fall by murdring svvord massacred Their vviddovvs these euents did not bevvail For them their life or sense or heart did fail verse 65 But yet the Lord not vtterly forsaking His once belou'd as one from sleep avvaking As after vvine a Champion strength renevveth verse 66 With shovvts and strokes his flying foes pursevveth His enemies so he behinde them smites With pain and shame deserued them requites Pause verse 67 Also the tent of Ioseph he refused Nor as his choise the tribe of Ephraim vsed verse 68 The royall tribe of Iuda he elected Fair Sions mount vvhich he lou'd and affected verse 69 His sacred house he builded in that place As palaces that be of highest grace His palace there his holy habitation He stablished vpon a sure foundation Like to the earth vvhich he for euer founded To his elect so hath his loue abounded verse 70 He of his seruant Dauid choise did make And from the folds of sheep he did him take verse 71 From keeping evves that pregnant vvere he brought him And faithfully to feed his sheep he taught him Iacob to him and Israel he committed His heritage and therunto him fitted verse 72 Who feeding them intire his heart did bide With vvisdom them his faithfull hand did guide Psalme Lxxix Prayer THe heathen haue thy heritage obtained Thy holy house O Lord they haue prophaned Ierusalem thy sacred habitation On heaps is laid and brought to desolation verse 2 Thy Saints dead bodies they To fovvls of heau'n for prey Haue cast vvithout the city Thy seruants flesh made food For vvild beasts of the vvood Inhumane voyd of pitty verse 3 Thy Saints about Ierusalem vvere killed Their bloud despis'd vpon the ground vvas spilled Like vvater streames on euery side it flovved A graue on their dead corpses none bestovved verse 4 VVho neer to vs abide Reproch vs and deride They scoffe and scorn and flout vs. VVe falsly are condemd Disgraced and contemd By them that dvvell about vs. verse 5 Hovv long vvith vs Lord vvilt thou be displeased For euermore vvilt thou nere be appeased And shall thy vvrath inflam'd nere be assvvaged Like fire still burns thy iealousse inraged verse 6 Those Nations ouerthrovv That neuer thee did knovv On them thy vvrath dovvn povver And on those kingdoms all Who neuer yet did call Vpon thy Name of povver verse 7 For Iacob they haue eaten and deuoured And on his race destruction they haue povvred They desart quite haue made his habitation His dvvelling place haue brought to desolation verse 8 Our sins remember not O let all be forgot VVhich euer vve committed Make haste our souls to saue Thy mercy let vs haue For vve are lovv submitted Pause verse 9 Assist thou vs O GOD of our saluation Because of thy Names glorious exaltation Deliuer vs for our safegard prouide thou For thy Name sake all our offences hide thou verse 10 Why should the heathen say VVhere is their God I pray To them vvho God regard not In our sight make him knovvn By vengeance on them shovvn Thy seruants bloud vvho spar'd not verse 11 O let the sighs of prisners poore tormented Before thy face vvith fauour be presented According to the greatnes of thy povver Saue them aliue vvhom death threats to deuovver verse 12 Our neighbours to repay Seau'n-fold do not delay Into their bosom render Reproch and infamie Thervvith they raild on thee Thy self O Lord remember verse 13 So shall vve all thy people seruants loyall The pasture sheep of thee our shepheard royall Thy praises sing in an eternall story
shall this behold Therin take ioy and pleasure Bad men their tongs shall hold perplexed vvithout measure verse 43 VVho vvisdom true attaineth And vvill these thingâ— obserue Of Gods grace knovvledg gaineth That he the Lord may serue Let men vvith thanks confes Gods mercies fauourable To Adams race expres Gods vvorks most admirable Psalme 108. Prayer O God my heart is firm prepard In Psalms thy praise shall be declar'd My glory sing his vvorthy praise My Lute my Harp your selues vpraise verse 2 Before the day do davvn avvake Right early I this taske vvill take With heart and hand my voyce concenting Betimes i' th morning day preuenting verse 3 O Lord I vvill thee celebrate Among the people I 'le relate With my vvhole hearts affections Thy praise among the nations verse 4 Because thy great benignity Thy mercy and thy verity Aboue the heau'ns most high ascendeth Aboue the cloudy sky extendeth verse 5 Exalt thy self O God most high Thy glory ore the earth and sky verse 6 Thy ovvn beloued saue and free With thy right hand and ansvver me verse 7 For vvhy the Lord to vs hath said In holines I vvill be glad Diuiding Shechem at my pleasure The vale of Succoth I vvill measure verse 8 Of Galaad land both vaâ—e and mount As my possession I account Manassa rich that vvealth of thine Without all doubt becommeth mine To me doth Ephraim belong The chief part of my army strong And I the kingdom vvill deliuer To royall Iuda my Lavv-giuer verse 9 The Moabites shall then submit For seruile base employments fit As they deserue such is their lot Vnder my feet to vvash my pot And as for Edom this I 'le doe I ouer it vvill cast my shoe Ore Palestina that proud nation I vvill triumph vvith exultation verse 10 But vvho vvill lead me novv along Into the city builded strong For sure defence vvhere I may bide VVho into Edom vvill me guide verse 11 Wilt thou O God not this effect Who vs thy people didst reiect And thou O God vvouldst not instruct vs Nor lead our armies nor conduct vs. verse 12 Novv giue thou vs help from distres Against those vvho vvould vs oppres Saue vs for there is none that can On earth vain is the help of man verse 13 God giues vs valor to preuaile Against all those that vs assaile And he vvill by his mighty povver Tread dovvn them vvho vvould vs deuoure Psalme 109. Prayer O Lord God of my praise and glory From me in silence do not tary verse 2 From false tongs levvdly lovvdly lying Against me vntruths multiplying Their mouthes deceitfull novv sâ— cope Me falsly to condemn they hope verse 3 VVith vvords malitious they surround me With vvar pernicious to confound me verse 4 For loue vvhich I on them bestovved Their hate against me they haue shovved But I to pray my self addrest For succor causelesly distrest verse 5 My good vvill they vvith ill requited My loue to them their hate excited verse 6 The vvicked one vvhich doth deuovver Shall therfore ouer him haue povver His enemy shall ready stand Perniciously at his right hand verse 7 VVhen he before the Iudg is proued As guilty he shall be remoued When he his prayr shall haue erected VVith shame it shall return reiected verse 8 His dayes a number small shall make Another shall his office take Pause verse 9 His Orphans all shall be oppressed His vviddovv euermore distressed verse 10 His children vagabonds be taken And vvandring lurke in streets forsaken In secret beg from gate to gate And lurke in corners desolate verse 11 His goods by vs'rers shall be snared His toyles be spoyles by robbers shared verse 12 VVhen he in vvant is like to perish In mercy no man shall him cherish Nor shall there any for his sake On his poor Orphans pitty take Pause verse 13 His race and all his generation Shall suffer vtter extirpation And in the age that next doth follovv Obliuion shall his black name svvollovv verse 14 The Lord shall euer mindefull be Of his fathers iniquity Forgetfulnes shall neuer smother The vvickednesses of his mother verse 15 The Lord shall giue them pardon neuer They shall be odious to him euer He shall them put to endlesse shame From earth shall cut their hatefull name verse 16 For he had no commiseration Nor minded poor mens tribulation But on the needy vvhich did languish Perplexed in extremest anguish His fury he did execute Their life to death did persecute verse 17 In cursing others he delighted With curses he shall be requited He blessing hated neuer loued From him shall blessing be remoued verse 18 Himself vvith cursed furious vvrath As vvith a garment cloath'd he hath Into his belly like to vvater Throughout his bovvels it shall scatter verse 19 Into his bones still penetrating Like corsiue oyl them macerating As garments giâ—t about his vvaste Close to him alvvaies sticking fast verse 20 This shall to my foes be avvarded The Lord vvill haue them thus revvarded He vvill confound them that annoy me Whose slandrous tongs seek to destroy me But thou O Lord for thy Names sake Be good to me some pitty take Pause verse 21 Thou Lord of goodnes art the giuer Of thy great mercy me deliuer verse 22 For I am needy and oppressed My heart is vvounded and distressed verse 23 Like to a shadovv I decline At euen vvhen light doth cease to shine From place to place tost I betake me Leap like a locust they do make me verse 24 My knees are feeble grovvn vvith fasting My flesh avvay from bones is vvasting My ioynts all fleshles naked are And all my body leane and bare verse 25 I their reproches haue endured Their scoffs to beare I am inured Beholding me in anguish painfull At me they shake their heads disdainfull verse 26 My Lord my God O ayd thou me In mercy let me saued be verse 27 Let them all knovv thou Lord didst do it That thou didst set thy hand vnto it VVe this deliuerance had not gained If thy might had not vs sustained verse 28 Though they their curse on vs bestovv That thou dost bles vs let them knovv VVhen they arise vvith rage inflamed Cast thou them dovvn abasht ashamed Thy seruant raise vvith ioy abounding verse 29 But cloth my foes vvith shame confounding By themselues let them couer'd be As vvith a cloke of infamy verse 30 Lord vvith my mouth I vvill confes thee In great assemblies I vvill bles thee I 'le praise thee for thy excellency verse 31 For thou by thy omnipotency VVilt ayd the poore him saue from them VVhich vvickedly his soule condem Psalme 110. Doctrin prophecy THe mighty Lord vnto my Lord declared His sacred minde to him these vvords he spake At my right hand take thou thy seat prepared Vntill thy foes thy footstool I shall make verse 2 From Sion hill to thee the Lord eternall Shall send the rod and scepter of thy might And thou shalt