me to dwell in safetie Lord dost make PSAL. V. To the chief musician on Nehiloth A Psalm of David GIve ear unto my words O Lord my meditation weigh Hear my loud cry my King my God for I to thee will pray Lord thou shalt early hear voice I early will direct My pray'r to thee and looking up an answer will expect For thou art not a God that doth in wickednesse delight Neither shall evill dwell with thee Nor fooles stand in thy sight All that ill-doers are thou hat'st Cut'st off that liars be The bloudy and deceitfull man abhored is by thee But I into thy house will come in thine abundant grace And I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy place Because of those mine enemies Lord in thy righteousnesse Do thou me lead do thou thy way make straight before my face For in their mouth there is no truth their inward part is ill Their throat 's an open sepulchre their tongue doth flatter still O God destroy them let them be by their own counsell quell'd Them for their many sins cast out for they ' gainst thee rebell'd But let all joy that trust in thee and still make shouting noise For them thou sav'st Let all that love thy Name in thee rejoyce For Lord unto the righteous man thou wilt thy blessing yeeld With favour thou wilt compasse him about as with a shield PSAL. VI. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith a Psalm of David LOrd in thy wrath rebuke me not Nor in thy hot rage chasten me Lord pitty me for I am weak Heal me for my bones vexed be My soul is also vexed sore But Lord how long stay wilt thou make Return O Lord my soul set free O save me for thy mercies sake Because those that deceased are Of thee shall no remembrance have And who is he that will to thee Give praises lying in the grave I with my groaning weary am I also all the night my bed Have caused for to swim and I With tears my couch have watered Mine eye consum'd with grief growes old Because of all mine enemies Hence from me wicked workers all For God hath heard my weeping cryes God hath my supplication heard My pray'r received graciously Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes Sham'd and back-turned suddenly Another of the same IN thy great indignation O Lord rebuke me not Nor on the lay thy chastning hand in thy displeasure hot Lord I am weak therefore on me have mercy and me spare Heal me O Lord because thou know'st my bones much vexed are My soul is vexed sore but Lord how long stay wilt thou make Return Lord free my soul and save me for thy mercies sake Because of thee in death there shall no more remembrance be Of those that in the grave do ly who shall give thanks to thee I with my groaning weary am and all the night my bed I caused for to swim with tears my couch I watered By reason of my vexing grief mine eye consumed is It waxeth old because of all that be mine enemies But now depart from me all ye that work iniquity For why the Lord hath heard my voice when I did mourn and cry Unto my supplication the Lord did hearing give When I to him my prayer make the Lord will it receive Let all be sham'd and troubled sore that enemies are to me Let them turn back and suddenly ashamed let them be PSAL. VII Shiggaion of David which he sang unto the Lord concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite O Lord my God in thee do I my confidence repose Save and deliver me from all my persecuting foes Lest that the enemy my soul should like a Lion tear In pieces renting it while there is no deliverer O Lord my God if it be so that I committed this If it be so that in my hands iniquity there is If I rewarded ill to him that was at peace with me Yea ev'n the man that without cause my foe was I did free Then let the foe pursue and take my soul and my life thrust Down to the earth and let him lay mine honour in the dust Rise in thy wrath Lord raise thy self for my foes raging be And to the judgement which thou hast commanded wake for me So shall th' assembly of thy folk about encompasse thee Thou therefore for their sakes return unto thy place on hie The Lord he shall the people judge my judge Jehovah be After my righteousnesse and mine integrity in me O let the wickeds malice end but stablish stedfastly The righteous for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try In God who saves th'upright in heart is my defence and stay God just men judgeth God is wroth with ill men every day If he do not return again then he his sword will whet His bow he hath already bent and hath it ready set He also hath for him prepar'd the instruments of death Against the persecutors he his shafts ordained hath Behold he with iniquity doth travail as in birth A mischief he conceived hath and falshood shall bring forth He made a pit and digg'd it deep another there to take But he is fall'n into the ditch which he himself did make Upon his own head his mischief shall be returned home His violent dealing also down on his own pate shall come According to his righteousnesse the Lord I 'le magnifie And will sing praise unto the Name of God that is most hie PSAL. VIII To the chief musician upon Gittith A Psalm of David HOw excellent in all the earth Lord our Lord is thy Name Who hast thy glory far advanc'd above the starrie frame From infants and from sucklings mouth thou didest strength ordain For thy foes cause that so thou might'st th' avenging foe restrain When I look up unto the heavens which thine own fingers fram'd Unto the moon and to the starres which were by thee ordain'd Then say I what is man that he remembred is by thee Or what the son of man that thou so kind to him should be For thou a little lower hast him then the angels made With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head Of thy hand-works thou mad'st him Lord all under 's feet didst lay All sheep and oxen yea and beasts that in the field do stray Fowls of the air fish of the sea all that passe through the same How excellent in all the earth Lord our Lord is thy Name PSAL. IX To the chief musician upon Muth-labben A Psalm of David LOrd thee I 'le praise with all my heart thy wonders all proclaime In thee most high I 'le greatly joy and sing unto thy Name When back my foes were turn'd they fell and perisht at thy sight For thou maintain'd my right and cause on throne sat'st judging right The heathen thou rebuked hast the wicked over-thrown Thou hast put out their names that they may never more be known O enemy now destructions have an end
righteous in the Lord rejoyce it comely is and right That upright men with thankfull voyce should praise the Lord of might Praise God with harp and unto him sing with the psalterie Upon a ten-string'd instrument make ye sweet melodie A new song to him sing and play with loud noise skilfully For right is Gods word all his works are done in verity To judgement and to righteousnesse a love He beareth still The loving kindnesse of the Lord the earth throughout doth fill The heavens by the word of God did their beginning take And by the breathing of his mouth He all their hosts did make The waters of the seas He brings together as an heap And in store-houses as it were He layeth up the depth Let earth and all that live therein with reverence fear the Lord Let all the worlds inhabitants dread him with one accord For he did speak the word and done it was without delay Established it firmly stood whatever he did say God doth the counsel bring to nought which heathen folk do take And what the people do devise of none effect doth make O! but the counsel of the Lord doth stand for ever sure And of his heart the purposes from age to age endure That nation blessed is whose God Jehovah is and those A blessed people are whom for his heritage he chose The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds all sons of men full well He views all from his dwelling place that in the earth do dwell He forms their hearts alike and all their doings he observes Great hosts save not a King much strength no mighty man preserves An horse for preservation is a deceitfull thing And by the greatnesse of his strength can no deliverance bring Behold on those that do him fear the Lord doth set his eye Ev'n those who on his mercy do with confidence rely From death to free their soul in dearth life unto them to yeeld Our soul doth wait upon the Lord he is our help and shield Sith in his holy Name we trust our heart shall joyfull be Lord let thy mercy be on us as we do hope in thee PSAL. XXXIV A Psalm of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech who drove him away and he departed GOd will I blesse all times his praise my mouth shall still expresse My soul shall boast in God the meek shall hear with joyfulnesse Extoll the Lord with me let us exalt his Name together I sought the Lord he heard and did me from all fears deliver They look'd to him and lightned were not shamed were their faces This poor man cry'd God heard and sav'd him from all his distresses The angel of the Lord encamps and round encompasseth All those about that do him fear and them delivereth O taste and see that God is good who trusts in him is blest Fear God his saints none that him fear shall be with want opprest The lions young may hungry be and they may lack their food But they that truly seek the Lord shall not lack any good O children hither do ye come and unto me give ear I shall you teach to understand how ye the Lord should fear What man is he that life desires to see good would live long Thy lips refrain from speaking guile and from ill words thy tongue Depart from ill do good seek peace pursue it earnestly Gods eyes are on the just his ears are open to their cry The face of God is set against those that do wickedly That he may quite out from the earth cut off their memory The righteous cry unto the Lord he unto them gives ear And they out of their troubles all by him delivered are The Lord is ever nigh to them that be of broken sp'rit To them he safetie doth afford that are in heart contrite The troubles that afflict the just in number many be But yet at length out of them all the Lord doth set them free He carefully his bones doth keep what ever can befall That not so much as one of them can broken be at all Ill shall the wicked slay laid waste shall be who hate the just The Lord redeems his servants souls none perish that him trust PSAL. XXXV A Psalm of David PLead Lord with those that plead and fight with those that fight with me Of shield and buckler take thou hold stand up mine help to be Draw also out the spear and do against them stop the way That me pursue unto my soul I 'm thy salvation say Let them confounded be and sham'd that for my soul have sought Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they and to confusion brought Let them be like unto the chaff that flies before the winde And let the angell of the Lord pursue them hard behinde With darknesse cover thou their way and let it slipperie prove And let the angel of the Lord pursue them from above For without cause have they for me their net hid in a pit They also have without a cause for my soul digged it Let ruine seise him unawares his net he hid withall Himself let catch and in the same destruction let him fall My soul in God shall joy and glad in his salvation be And all my bones shall say O Lord who is like unto thee Which dost the poor set free from him that is for him too strong The poor and needy from the man that spoils and does him wrong False witnesses rose to my charge things I not knew they laid They to the spoiling of my soul me ill for good repay'd But as for me when they were sick in sackcloth sad I mourn'd My humbled soul did fast my pray'r into my bosome turn'd My self I did behave as he had been my friend or brother I heavily bow'd down as one that mourneth for his mother But in my trouble they rejoyc'd gathering themselves together Yea abjects vile together did themselves against me gather I knew it not they did me tear and quiet would not be With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me How long Lord lookst thou on from those destructions they intend Rescue my soul from lions young my darling do defend I will give thanks to thee O Lord within th' assembly great And where much people gathered are thy praises forth will set Let not my wrongfull enemies proudly rejoyce ov'r me Nor who me hate without a cause let them wink with the eye For peace they do not speak at all but craftie plots prepare Against all those within the land that meek and quiet are With mouths set wide they ' gainst me said Ha ha our eye doth see Lord thou hast seen hold not thy peace Lord be not far from me Stir up thy self wake that thou mayst judgement to me afford Ev'n to my cause O thou that art my onely God and Lord. O Lord my God do thou me judge after thy righteousnesse And let them not their joy ' gainst me triumphantly expresse Nor let them say within
but thee O Lord alone And in the earth whom I desire beside thee there is none My flesh and heart doth faint and fail but God doth fail me never For of my heart God is the strength and portion for ever For lo those that are far from thee they quickly perish shall Them that a-whoring from thee go thou hast destroyed all But surely it is good for me that I draw near to God In God I trust that all thy works I may declare abroad PSAL. LXXIV Maschil of Asaph O God why hast thou cast us off is it for evermore Against thy pasture sheep why doth thine anger smoke so sore O call to thy rememberance thy congregation Which thou hast purchased of old still think the same upon The rod of thine inheritance which thou redeemed hast This Sion hill wherein thou hadst thy dwelling in times past To these long desolations thy feet lift do not tarry For all the ills thy foes have done within thy Sanctuary Amidst thy congregations thine enemies do roar Their ensigns they set up for signs of triumph thee before A man was famous and was had in estimation According as he lifted up his axe thick trees upon But all at once with axes now and hammers they go to And down the carved work thereof they break and quite undo They fired have thy Sanctuary and have defil'd the same By casting down unto the ground the place where dwelt thy Name Thus said they in their hearts Let us destroy them out of hand They burnt up all the Synagogues of God within the land Our signs we do not now behold there is not us among A prophet more nor any one that knows the time how long How long Lord shall the enemy thus in reproach exclaime And shall the adversary thus alwayes blaspheme thy Name Thy hand ev'n thy right hand of might why dost thou thus draw back O from thy bosome pluck it out for our deliverance sake For certainly God is my King ev'n from the times of old Working in midst of all the earth salvation manifold The sea by thy great pow'r to part asunder thou didst make And thou the dragons heads O Lord within the waters brake The Leviathans heads thou brake in pieces and didst give Him to be meat unto the folk in wildernesse that live Thou clave the fountain and the floud which did with streams abound Thou dry'dst the mighty waters up unto the very ground Thine onely is the day O Lord thine also is the night And thou alone prepared hast the sun and shining light By thee the borders of the earth were setled every where The summer and the winter both by thee created were That th' enemy reproached hath O keep it in record And that the foolish people have blasphem'd thy Name O Lord. Unto the multitude do not thy turtles soul deliver The congregation of thy poor do not forget for ever Unto thy covenant have respect for earths dark places be Full of the habitations of horrid crueltie O let not those that be opprest return again with shame Let those that poor and needy are give praise unto thy Name Do thou O God arise and plead the cause that is thine own Remember how thou art reproacht still by the foolish one Do not forget the voice of those that are thine enemies Of those the tumult ever grows that do against thee rise PSAL. LXXXV To the chief musician Al-taschith A psalm or song of Asaph TO thee O God do we give thanks we do give thanks to thee Because thy wondrous works declare thy great Name near to be I purpose when I shall receive the congregation That I shall judgement uprightly render to every one Dissolved is the land with all that in the same do dwell But I the pillars thereof do bear up and stablish well I to the foolish people said Do not deal foolishly And unto those that wicked are Lift not your horn on hie Lift not your horn on high nor speak with stubborn neck but know That nor from East nor West nor South promotion doth flow But God is Judge He puts down one and sets another up For in the hand of God most high of red wine is a cup It 's full of mixture he pours forth and makes the wicked all Wring out the bitter dregs thereof yea and they drink them shall But I for ever will declare I Jacobs God will praise All horns of lewd men I 'le cut off but just mens horns will raise PSAL. LXXVI To the chief musician on Neginoth A Psalm or song of Asaph IN Judah's land God is well known his Name 's in Israel great In Salem is his Tabernacle in Sion is his Seat There arrows of the bow he brake the shield the sword the war More glorious thou then hils of prey more excellent art far Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd they slept their sleep outright And none of those their hands did finde that were the men of might When thy rebuke O Jacobs God had forth against them past Their horses and their chariots both were in a dead sleep cast Thou Lord ev'n thou art He that should be fear'd and who is he That may stand up before thy sight if once thou angry be From heav'n thou judgement caus'd be heard the earth was still with fear When God to judgement rose to save all meek on earth that were Surely the very wrath of man unto thy praise redounds Thou to the remnant of his wrath wilt set restraining bounds Vow to the Lord your God and pay all ye that near Him be Bring gifts and presents unto Him for to be fear'd is He. By Him the spirits shall be cut off of those that princes are Unto the Kings that are on earth He fearfull doth appear PSAL. LXXVII To the chief musician to Jeduthun A Psalm of Asaph UNto the Lord I with my voice I unto God did cry Ev'n with my voice and unto me his ear he did apply I in my trouble sought the Lord my sore by night did run And ceased not my grieved soul did consolation shun I to remembrance God did call yet trouble did remain And overwhelm'd my spirit was whiles I did sore complain Mine eyes debar'd from rest and sleep thou makest still to wake My trouble is so great that I unable am to speak The dayes of old to minde I call'd and oft did think upon The times and ages that are past full many years agone By night my song I call to minde and commune with my heart My sp'rit did carefully inquire how I might ease my smart For ever will the Lord cast off and gracious be no more For ever is his mercy gone fails his word evermore Is 't true that to be gracious the Lord forgotten hath And that his tender mercies He hath shut up in his wrath Then did I say that surely this is mine infirmitie I 'le minde the years of the right hand of Him that is most
consum'd and all fruits of their ground He smote all first-born in their land chief of their strength each one With gold and silver brought them forth weak in their tribes were none Aegypt was glad when sorth they went their fear on them did light He spread a cloud for covering and fire to shine by night They askt and he brought Quails with bread of heav'n he filled them He op'ned rocks floods gusht and ran in deserts like a stream For on his holy promise he and servant Abraham thought With joy his people his elect with gladnesse forth he brought And unto them the pleasant lands he of the heathen gave That of the peoples labours they inheritance might have That they his statutes might observe according to his word And that they might his Lawes obey Give praise unto the Lord. PSAL. CVI. GIve praise and thanks unto the Lord for bountifull is He His tender mercy doth endure unto eternitie Gods mighty works who can expresse or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that judgement keep and justly do alwayes Remember me Lord with that love which thou to thine dost bear With thy salvation O my God to visit me draw near That I thy chosens good may see and in their joy rejoyce And may with thine inheritance triumph with chearfull voice We with our fathers sinned have and of iniquity Too long we have the workers been we have done wickedly The wonders great which thou O Lord didst work in Aegypt land Our fathers though they saw yet them they did not understand And they thy mercies multitude kept not in memory But at the sea ev'n the Red-sea provok'd him grievously Neverthelesse he saved them ev'n for his own Names sake That so he might to be welt known his mighty power make When he the Red-sea did rebuke then dryed up it was Through depths as through the wildernesse He safely made them passe From hands of those that hated them he did his people save And from the enemies cruell hand to them redemption gave The waters overwhelm'd their foes not one was left alive Then they believ'd his word and praise to him in songs did give But soon did they his mighty works forget unthankfully And on his counsell and his will did not wait patiently But much did lust in wildernesse and God in desert tempt He gave them what they sought but to their soul he leannesse sent And against Moses in the camp their envy did appear At Aaron they the saint of God envious also were Therefore the earth did open wide and Dathan did devour And all Abirams company did cover in that hour Likewise among their company a fire was kindled then And so the hot consuming flame burnt up these wicked men Upon the hill of Horeb they an idol-calf did frame A molten image they did make and worshipped the same And thus their Glory and their God most vainly changed they Into the likenesse of an ox that eateth grasse or hay They did forget the mighty God that had their Saviour been By whom such great things brought to passe they had in Aegypt seen In Hams land he did wondrous works things terrible did he When he his mighty hand and arm stretcht out at the Red-sea Then said he he would them destroy had not his wrath to stay His chosen Moses stood in breach that them he should not slay Yea they despis'd the pleasant land believed not his word But in their tents they murmured not hearkning to the Lord. Therefore in desert them to slay he lifted up his hand 'mong nations to o'rethrow their seed and scatter in each land They unto Baal-Peor did themselves associat The sacrifices of the dead they did profanely eat Thus by their lewd inventions they did provoke his ire And then upon them suddenly the plague brake in as fire Then Phineas rose and justice did and so the plague did cease That to all ages counted was to him for righteousnesse And at the waters where they strove they did him angry make In such sort that it fared ill with Moses for their sake Because they there his spirit meek provoked bitterly So that he uttered with his lips words unadvisedly Nor as the Lord commanded them did they the nations slay But with the heathen mingled were and learn'd of them their way And they their idols serv'd which did a snare unto them turn Their sons and daughters they to devils in sacrifice did burn In their own childrens guiltlesse bloud their hands they did embrew Whom to Canaans idols they for sacrifices slew So was the land defil'd with bloud They stain'd with their own way And with their own inventions a whoring they did stray Against his people kindled was the wrath of God therefore Insomuch that he did his own inheritance abhore He gave them to the heathens hand their foes did them command Their enemies them opprest they were made subject to their hand He many times delivered them but with their counsel so They him provok'd that for their sin they were brought very low Yet their affliction he beheld when he did hear their cry And he for them his Covenant did call to memory After his mercies multitude he did repent And made Them to be pity'd of all those who them did captive lead O Lord our God us save and gather the heathen from among That we thy holy Name may praise in a triumphant song Blest be JEHOVAH Israels God to all eternitie Let all the people say Amen Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CVII PRaise God for he is good for still his mercies lasting be Let Gods redeem'd say so whom he from th' enemies hand did free And gathered them out of the lands from North South East and VVest They stray'd in deserts pathlesse way no city found to rest For thirst and hunger in them faints their soul VVhen straits them presse They cry unto the Lord and he them frees from their distresse Them also in a way to walk that right is he did guide That they might to a city go wherein they might abide O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men For he the soul that longing is doth fully satisfie VVith goodnesse he the hungry soul doth fill abundantly Such as shut up in darknesse deep and in deathsshade abide VVhom strongly hath affliction bound and irons fast have ty'd Because against the words of God they wrought rebelliously And they the counsell did contemn of him that is most hie Their heart he did bring down with grief they fell no help could have In trouble then they cry'd to God he them from straits did save He out of darknesse did them bring and from deaths shade them take These bands wherewith they had been bound asunder quite he brake O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men
preserve me from the man of violence VVho in their heart mischievous things are meditating ever And they for war assembled are continually together Much like unto a serpents tongue their tongues they sharp do make And underneath their lips there lyes the poyson of a snake Lord keep me from the wickeds hands from violent men me save VVho utterly to overthrow my goings purpos'd have The proud for me a snare have hid and cords yea they a net Have by the way side for me spread they grins for me have set I said unto the Lord Thou art my God unto the cry Of all my supplications Lord do thine ear apply O God the Lord who art the strength of my salvation A covering in the day of war my head thou hast put on Unto the wicked man O Lord his wishes do not grant Nor further thou his ill device lest they themselves should vaunt As for the head and chief of those about that compasse me Ev'n by the mischief of their lips let thou them covered be Let burning coals upon them fall them throw in fiery flame And in deep pits that they no more may rise out of the same Let not an evill-speaker be on earth established Mischief shall hunt the violent man till he be ruined I know God will th'afflicteds cause maintain and poor mens right Surely the just shall praise thy Name th'upright dwell in thy sight PSAL. CXLI A Psalm of David O Lord I unto thee do cry do thou make haste to me And give an ear unto my voice when I cry unto thee As incense let my prayer be directed in thine eyes And the uplifting of my hands as th'ev'ning sacrifice Set Lord a watch before my mouth keep of my lips the door My heart incline thou not unto the ills I should abhor To practise wicked works with men that work iniquitie And with their delicates my taste let me not satisfie Let him that righteous is me smite it shall a kindnesse be Let him reprove I shall it count a precious oyl to me Such smiting shall not break my head for yet the time shall fall VVhen I in their calamities to God pray for them shall VVhen as their Judges down shall be in stony places cast Then shall they hear my words for they shall sweet be to their taste About the graves devouring mouth our bones are scattered round As wood which men do cut and cleave lyes scattered on the ground But unto thee O God the Lord mine eyes uplifted be My soul do not leave destitute my trust is set on thee Lord keep me safely from the snare which they for me prepare And from the subtile grinnes of them that wicked workers are Let workers of iniquity into their own nets fall VVhilst I do by thine help escape the danger of them all PSAL. CXLXII Maschil of David a prayer when he was in the cave I with my voice cry'd to the Lord with it made my request Pour'd out to Him my plaint to Him my trouble I exprest VVhen in me was o'rewhelm'd my sp'rit then well thou knew'st my way VVhere I did walk a snare for me they privily did lay I look'd on my right hand and view'd but none to know me were All refuge failed me no man did for my soul take care I cry'd to thee I said Thou art my refuge Lord alone And in the land of those that live thou art my portion Because I am brought very low attend unto my cry Me from my persecuters save who stronger are then I. From prison bring my soul that I thy Name may glorify The just shall compasse me when thou with me dealst bounteously PSAL. CXLIII A Psalm of David LOrd hear my pray'r attend my suits and in thy faithfulnesse Give thou an answer unto me and in thy righteousnesse Thy servant also bring thou not in judgement to be try'd Because no living man can be in thy sight justify'd For th' enemy hath pursu'd my soul my life to ground down tread In darknesse he hath made me dwell as who have long been dead My sprit is therefore overwhelm'd in me perplexedly VVithin me is my very heart amazed wondrously I call to minde the dayes of old to meditate I use On all thy works upon the deeds I of thy hands do muse My hands to thee I stretch my soul thirsts as dry land for thee Haste Lord to hear my spirit fails hide not thy face from me Lest like to them I do become that go down to the dust At morn let me thy kindnesse hear for in thee do I trust Teach me the way that I should walk I lift my soul to thee Lord free me from my foes I fly to thee to cover me Because thou art my God to do thy will do me instruct Thy sp'rit is good me to the land of uprightnesse conduct Revive and quicken me O Lord ev'n for thine own Names sake And do thou for thy righteousnesse my soul from trouble take And of thy mercy slay my foes let all destroyed be That do afflict my soul for I a servant am to thee Another of the same OH hear my prayer Lord And unto my desire To bow thine ear accord I humbly thee require And in thy faithfulnesse Unto me answer make And in thy righteousnesse Upon me pity take In judgement enter not VVith me thy servant poor For why this well I wot No sinner can endure The sight of thee O God If thou his deeds shalt try He dare make none abode Himself to justifie Behold the cruell foe Me persecutes with spight My soul to overthrow Yea he my life down quite Unto the ground hath smote And made me dwell full low In darknesse as forgot Or men dead long ago Therefore my sprit much vext O'rewhelm'd is me within My heart right sore perplext And desolate hath bin Yet I do call to mind VVhat ancient dayes record Thy works of every kinde I think upon O Lord. Lo I do stretch my hands To thee my help alone For thou well understands All my complaint and mone My thirsting soul desires And longeth after Thee As thirsty ground requires VVith rain refresht to be Lord let my pray'r prevail To answer it make speed For lo my sp'rit doth fail Hide not thy face in need Left I be like to those That do in darknesse sit Or him that downward goes Into the dreadfull pit Because I trust in thee O Lord cause me to hear Thy loving kindnesse free When morning doth appear Cause me to know the way Wherein my path should be For why my soul on hie I do lift up to thee From my fierce enemie In safetie do me guide Because I fly to thee Lord that thou mayst me hide My God alone art thou Teach me thy righteousnesse Thy sp'rit's good lead me to The land of uprightnesse O Lord for thy Names sake Be pleas'd to quicken me And for thy truth forth take My soul from miserie And of thy grace destroy My foes
low The bloudy and deceitfull men shall not live half their dayes But upon thee with confidence I will depend alwayes PSAL. LVI To the chief musician upon Jonath-elemrechokim Michtam of David when the Philistines took him in Gath. SHew mercy Lord to me for man would swallow me outright He me oppresseth while he doth against me daily fight They daily would me swallow up that hate me spitefully For they be many that do fight against me O most hie When I 'm afraid I 'le trust in thee In God I 'le praise his word I will not fear what flesh can do my trust is in the Lord. Each day they wrest my words their thoughts ' gainst me are all for ill They meet they lurk they mark my steps waiting my soul to kill But shall they by iniquitie escape thy judgement so O God with indignation down do thou the people throw My wandrings all what they have been thou know'st their number took Into thy bottle put my tears are they not in thy book My foes shall when I cry turn back I know 't God is for me In God his word I 'le praise his word in God shall praised be In God I trust I will not fear what man can do to me Thy vows upon me are O God I 'le render praise to thee Wilt thou not who from death me sav'd my feet from falls keep free To walk before God in the light of those that living be PSAL. LVII To the chief musician Al-taschith Michtam of David when he fled from Saul in the cave BE mercifull to me O God thy mercy unto me Do thou extend because my soul doth put her trust in thee Yea in the shadow of thy wings my refuge I will place Untill these sad calamities do wholly overpasse My cry I will cause to ascend unto the Lord most hie To God who doth all things for me perform most perfectly From heav'n he shall send down and me from his reproach defend That would devour me God his truth and mercy forth shall send My soul among fierce lions is I firebrands live among Mens sons whose teeth are spears and darts a sharp sword is their tongue Be thou exalted very high above the heav'ns O God Let thou thy glory be advanc'd o're all the earth abroad My soul 's bow'd down for they a net have laid my steps to snare Into the pit which they have dig'd for me they fallen are My heart is fixt my heart is fixt O God I 'le sing and praise My glory wake wake psaltry harp my self I 'le early raise I 'le praise thee 'mong the people Lord 'mong nations sing will I For great to heav'n thy mercy is thy truth is to the sky O Lord exalted be thy Name above the heav'ns to stand Do thou thy glory far advance above both sea and land PSAL. LVIII To the chief musician Al-taschith Michtam of David DO ye O congregation indeed speak righteousnesse O ye that are the sons of men judge ye with uprightnesse Yea ev'n within your very hearts ye wickednesse have done And ye the violence of your hands do weigh the earth upon The wicked men estranged are ev'n from the very womb They speaking lies do stray as soon as to the world they come Unto a serpents poyson like their poyson doth appear Yea they are like the adder deaf that closely stops her ear That so she may not hear the voice of one that charm her would No not though he most cunning were and charm most wisely could Their teeth O God within their mouth break thou in pieces small The great teeth break thou out O Lord of these young lions all Let them like waters melt away which downward still do flow In pieces cut his arrows all when he shall bend his bow Like to a snail that melts away let each of them be gone Like womans birth untimely that they never see the sun He shall them take away before your pots the thorns can finde Both living and in fury great as with a stormy winde The righteous when he vengeance sees he shall be joyfull then The righteous one shall wash his feet in bloud of wicked men So men shall say the righteous man reward shall never misse And verily upon the earth a God to judge there is PSAL. LIX To the chief musician Al-taschith Michtam of David when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him MY God deliver me from those that are mine enemies And do thou me defend from those that up against me rise Do thou deliver me from them that work iniquity And give me safety from the men of bloud cruelty For lo they for my soul lay wait the mighty do combine Against me Lord not for my fault nor any sin of mine They run and without fault in me themselves do ready make Awake to meet me with thy help and do thou notice take Awake therefore Lord God of hosts thou God of Israel To visit Heathen all spare none that wickedly rebell At ev'ning they go to and fro they make great noise and sound Like to a dog and often walk about the city round Behold they belch out with their mouth and in their lips are swords For they do say thus who is he that now doth hear our words But thou O Lord shalt laugh at them and all the Heathen mock While he 's in pow'r I 'le wait on thee for God is my high rock He of my mercy that is God betimes shall me prevent Upon mine enemies God shall let me see mine hearts content Them slay not left my folk forget but scatter them abroad By thy strong pow'r and bring them down O thou our shield and God For their mouths sin and for the words that from their lips do fly Let them be taken in their pride because they curse and lye In wrath consume them them consume that so they may not be And that in Jacob God doth rule to th' earths ends let them see At evening let thou them return making great noise and sound Like to a dog and often walk about the city round And let them wander up and down in seeking food to eat And let them grudge when they shall not be satisfi'd with meat But of thy pow'r I 'le sing aloud at morn thy mercy praise For thou to me my refuge wast and towr in troublous dayes O God that art my strength I will sing praises unto thee For God is my defence a God of mercy unto me PSAL. LX. To the chief musician upon Shushan-eduth Michtam of David to teach when he strove with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah when Joab returned and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand O Lord thou hast rejected us and scattered us abroad Thou justly hast displeased been return to us O God The earth to tremble thou hast made therein didst breaches make Do thou thereof the breaches heal because the land doth shake Unto thy people thou hard
Th'outgoings of the morn and even by thee are joyfull made The earth thou visit'st watring it thou mak'st it rich to grow With Gods full flood thou corn prepar'st when thou provid'st it so Her ridges thou dost water much her furrows settleft With showres thou dost her mollifie her spring by thee is blest So thou the year most liberally dost with thy goodnesse crown And all thy paths abundantly on us drop fatnesse down They drop upon the pastures wide that do in deserts ly The little hills on every side rejoyce right pleasantly With flocks the pastures cloathed be the vales with corn are clad And now they shout and sing to thee for thou hast made them glad PSAL. LXVI To the chief musician A song or psalm ALL lands to God in joyfull sounds aloft your voices raise Sing forth the honour of his Name and glorious make his praise Say unto God How terrible in all thy works art thou Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee shall be constrain'd to bow All on the earth shall worship thee they shall thy praise proclaime In songs they shall sing cheerfully unto thy holy Name Come and the works that God hath wrought with admiration see In 's workings to the sons of men most terrible is he Into dry land the sea he turn'd and they a passage had Ev'n marching through the floud on foot there we in him were glad He ruleth ever by his power his eyes the nations see O let not the rebellious ones lift up themselves on hie Ye people blesse our God aloud the voice speak of his praise Our soul in life who safe preserves our foot from sliding stays For thou didst prove and try us Lord as men do silver try Broughtst us into the net and mad'st bands on our loins to ly Thou hast caus'd men ride o're our heads and though that we did passe Through fire and water yet thou broughtst us to a wealthy place I 'le bring burnt-offrings to thy house to thee my vows I 'le pay Which my lips utter'd my mouth spake when trouble on me lay Burnt-sacrifices of fat rams with incense I will bring Of bullocks and of goats I will present an offering All that fear God come hear I 'le tell what he did for my soul I with my mouth unto him cryd my tongue did him extoll If in my heart I sin regard the Lord me will not hear But surely God me heard and to my prayers voice gave ear O let the Lord our gracious God for ever blessed be Who turned not my pray'r from him nor yet his grace from me PSAL. LXVII To the chief musician on Neginoth A Psalm or song LOrd blesse and pity us shine on us with thy face That th' earth thy way and nations all may know thy saving grace Let people praise thee Lord let people all thee praise O let the nations be glad in songs their voices raise Thou 'lt justly people judge on earth rule nations all Let people praise thee Lord let them praise thee both great and small The earth her fruit shall yeeld our God shall blessing send God shall us blesse men shall him fear unto earths utmost end Another of the same LOrd unto us be mercifull do thou us also blesse And graciously cause shine on us the brightnesse of his face That so thy way upon the earth to all men may be known Also among the nations all thy saying health be shown O let the people praise thee Lord let people all thee praise O let the nations be glad and sing for joy always For rightly thou shalt people judge and nations rule on earth Let people praise thee Lord let all the folk praise thee with mirth Then shall the earth yeeld her increase God our God blesse us shall God shall us blesse and of the earth the ends shall fear him all PSAL. LXVIII To the chief musician A Psalm or song of David LEt God arise and scattered let all his enemies be And let all those that do him hate before his presence flee As smoak is driven so drive thou them as fire melts wax away Before Gods face let wicked men so perish and decay But let the righteous be glad let them before Gods sight Be very joyfull yea let them rejoyce with all their might To God sing to his Name sing praise extoll him with your voice That rides on heav'n by his Name JAH before his face rejoyce Because the Lord a Father is unto the fatherlesse God is the widows judge within his place of holinesse God doth the solitary set in families and from bands The chain'd doth free but rebels do inhabit parched lands O God what time thou didst go forth before thy peoples face And when through the great wildernesse thy glorious marching was Then at Gods presence shook the earth then drops from heaven fell This Sinai shook before the Lord the God Israel O God thou to thine heritage didst send a plenteous rain Whereby thou when it weary was didst it refresh again Thy congregation then did make their habitation there Of thine own goodnesse for the poor O God thou didst prepare The Lord himself did give the word the word abroad did spread Great was the company of them the same who published Kings of great armies foiled were and forc'd to flee away And women who remain'd at home did distribute the prey Though ye have lyen among the pots like doves ye shall appear Whose wings with silver and with gold whose feathers covered are When there th' Almighty scatt'red Kings like Salmons snow 't was white Gods hill is like to Bashan hill like Bashan hill for hight Why do ye leap ye mountains high this is the hill where God Desires to dwell yea God in it for ay will make abode Gods chariots twenty thousand are thousands of Angels strong In 's holy place God is as in mount Sinai them among Thou hast O Lord most glorious ascended up on hie And in triumph victorious led captive captivitie Thou hast received gifts for men for such as did rebell Yea ev'n for them that God the Lord in midst of them might dwell Blest be the Lord who is to us of our salvation God Who daily with his benefits us plenteously doth load He of salvation is the God who is our God most strong And unto God the Lord from death the issues belong But surely God shall wound the head of those that are his foes The hairy scalp of him that still on in his trespasse goes God said my people I will bring again from Bashan hill Yea from the seas devouring deeps them bring again I will That in the bloud of enemies thy foot imbru'd may be And of thy dogs dipt in the same the tongues thou mayest see Thy goings they have seen O God the steps of Majesty Of my God and my mighty King within the sanctuary Before went singers players next on instruments took way And them among the damsels were that did on
unjust For thou O Lord God art my hope and from my youth my trust Thou from the womb didst hold me up thou art the same that me Out of my mothers bowels took I ever will praise thee To many I a wonder am but thou' rt my refuge strong Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praise and honour all day long O do not cast me off when as old age doth overtake me And when my strength decayed is then do not Thou forsake me For those that are mine enemies against me speak with hate And they together counsell take that for my soul lay wait They said God leaves him him pursue and take none will him save Be Thou not far from me my God thy speedy help I crave Confound consume them that unto my soul are enemies Cloath'd be they with reproach and shame that do my hurt devise But I with expectation will hope continually And yet with praises more and more I will thee magnify Thy justice and salvation my mouth abroad shall show Ev'n all the day for I thereof the numbers do not know And I will constantly go on in strength of God the Lord And thine own righteousnesse ev'n thine alone I will record For even from my youth O God by Thee I have been taught And hitherto I have declar'd the wonders Thou hast wrought And now Lord leave me not when I old and gray-headed grow Till to this age thy strength and pow'r to all to come I show And thy most perfect righteousnesse O Lord is very high Who hast so great things done O God who is like unto Thee Thou Lord who great adversities and sore to me didst show Shalt quicken and bring me again from depths of earth below My greatnesse and my pow'r thou wilt increase and far extend On every side against all grief thou wilt me comfort send Thee ev'n thy truth I 'le also praise my God with psalterie Thou holy One of Israel with harp I 'le sing to Thee My lips shall much rejoyce in Thee when I thy praises sound My soul which Thou redeemed hast in joy shall much abound My tongue thy justice shall proclaim continuing all day long For they confounded are and sham'd that seek to do me wrong PSAL. LXXII A Psalm for Solomon O Lord thy judgements give the King his son thy righteousnesse With right he shall thy people judge thy poor with uprightnesse The lofty mountains shall bring forth unto the people peace Likewise the little hills the same shall do by righteousnesse The peoples poor ones he shall judge the needies children save And those shall he in pieces break who them oppressed have They shall thee fear while sun and moon do last through ages all Like rain on mown grasse he shall drop or showres on earth that fall The just shall flourish in his dayes and prosper in his reign He shall while doth the moon endure abundant peace maintain His large and great dominion shall from sea to sea extend It from the river shall reach forth unto earths utmost end They in the wildernesse that dwell bow down before him must And they that are his enemies shall lick the very dust The Kings of Tarshish and the Isles to him shall presents bring And unto him shall offer gifts Sheba's and Seba's King Yea all the mighty Kings on earth before him down shall fall And all the nations of the world do service to him shall For He the needy shall preserve when he to Him doth call The poor also and him that hath no help of man at all The poor man and the indigent in mercy He shall spare He shall preserve alive the souls of those that needy are Both from deceit and violence their soul He shall set free And in His sight right precious and dear their bloud shall be Yea He shall live and giv'n to Him shall be of Sheba's gold For Him still shall they pray and He shall daily be extoll'd Of corn an handfull in the earth on tops of mountains high With prosperous fruit shall shake like trees on Lebanon that be The city shall be flourishing her citizens abound In number shall like to the grasse that growes upon the ground His Name for ever shall endure last like the sun it shall Men shall be blest in Him and blest all nations shall Him call Now blessed be the Lord our God the God of Israel For He alone doth wondrous works in glory that excell And blessed be His glorious Name to all eternitie The whole earth let His glory fill Amen so let it be The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended PSAL. LXXIII A Psalm of Asaph YEt God is good to Israel to each pure hearted one But as for me my steps neer slipt my feet were almost gone For I envious was and grudg'd the foolish folk to see When I perceiv'd the wicked sort enjoy prosperitie For still their strength continueth firm their death of bands is free They are not toil'd as other men nor plagu'd as others be Therefore their pride like to a chain them compasseth about And as a garment violence doth cover them throughout Their eyes stand out with fat they have more then their hearts could wish They are corrupt their talk of wrong both lewd and loftie is They set their mouth against the heav'ns in their blasphemous talk And their reproaching tongue throughout the earth at large doth walk His people oftentimes for this look back and turn about Sith waters of so full a cup to these are poured out And thus they say How can it be that God these things doth know Or can there in the Highest be knowledge of things below Behold these are the wicked ones yet prosper at their will In worldly things they do increase in wealth and riches still I verily have done in vain my heart to purifie To no effect in innocence washed my hands have I. For dayly and all day throughout great plagues I suffered have Yea every morning I of new did chastisement receive If in this manner foolishly to speak I would intend Thy childrens generation behold I should offend When I this thought to know it was too hard a thing for me Till to Gods Sanctuary I went then I their end did see Assuredly thou didst them set a slippery place upon Them suddenly thou castedst down into destruction How in a moment suddenly to ruine brought are they With fearfull terrours utterly they are consum'd away Ev'n like unto a dream when one from sleeping doth arise So thou O Lord when thou awak'st their image shalt despise Thus grieved was my heart in me and me my reins opprest So rude was I and ignorant and in thy sight a beast Neverthelesse continually O Lord I am with thee Thou do'st me hold by my right hand and still upholdest me Thou with thy counsel while I live wilt me conduct and guide And to thy glory afterward receive me to abide Whom have I in the heavens high
Because the mighty gates of brasse in piece she did tear By him in sunder also cut the bars of iron were Fools for their sin and their offence do sore affliction bear All kinde of meat their soul abhors they to deaths-gates draw near In grief they cry to God he saves them from their miseries He sends his word them heals and them from their destructions frees O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men And let them sacrifice to him off'rings of thankfulnesse And let them shew abroad his worke in songs of joyfulnesse Who go to sea in ships and in great waters trading be Within the deep these men Gods works and his great wonders see For he commands and forth in haste the stormie tempest flyes Which makes the sea with rouling waves aloft to swell and rise They mount to heav'n then to the depths they do go down again Their soul doth faint and melt away with trouble and with pain They reel and stagger like one drunk at their wits end they be Then they to God in trouble cry who them from straits doth free The storm is chang'd into a calm at his command and will So that the waves which rag'd before now quiet are and still Then are they glad because at rest and quiet now they be So to the haven he them brings which they desir'd to see O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men Among the people gathered let them exalt his Name Among assembled Elders spread his most renowned fame He to dry land turns water-springs and floods to wildernesse For sins of those that dwell therein fat land to barrennesse The burnt and parched wildernesse to water-pools he brings The ground that was dry'd up before he turns to water springs And there for dwelling he a place doth to the hungry give That they a city may prepare commodiously to live There sow they fields and vineyards plant to yeeld fruits of increase His blessing makes them multiply le ts not their beasts decrease Again they are diminished and very low brought down Through sorrow and affliction and great oppression He upon Princes pours contempt and causeth them to stray And wander in a wildernesse wherein there is no way Yet setteth he the poor on high from all his miseries And he much like unto a flock doth make him families They that are righteous shall rejoice when they the same shal see And ashamed stop her mouth shall all iniquitie Who so is wise and will these things observe and them record Ev'n they shall understand the love and kindnesse of the Lord. PSAL. CVIII A song or Psalm of David MY heart is fixt Lord I will sing and with my glory praise Awake up psaltery and harp my self I 'le early raise I 'le praise thee ' mongst the people Lord 'mong nations sing will I. For above heav'n thy mercy's great thy truth doth reach the sky Be thou above the heavens Lord exalted gloriously Thy glory all the earth above be lifted up on hie That those who thy beloved are delivered may be O do thou save with thy right hand and answer give to me God in his holinesse hath said Herein I will take pleasure Shechem I will divide and forth will Succoths valley measure Gilead I claim as Mine by right Manasseh Mine shall be Ephraim is of My head the strength Judah gives laws for Me. Moab's My washing-pot My shoe I 'le over Edom throw Over the land of Palestine I will in triumph go who is he will bring me to the City fortifi'd O who is he that to the land of Edom will me guide O God thou who hadst cast us off this thing wilt thou not do And wilt not thou ev'n thou O God forth with our armies go Do thou from trouble give us help for helplesse is mans aid Through God we shall do valiantly our foes He shall down tread PSAL. CIX To the chief musician A Psalm of David O thou the God of all my praise do thou not hold thy peace For mouths of wicked men to speak against me do not cease The mouths of vile deceitfull men against me opened be And with a false and lying tongue they have accused me They did beset me round about with words of hatefull spight And though to them no cause I gave against me they did fight They for my love became my foes but I me set to pray Evil for good hatred for love to me they did repay Set thou the wicked over him and upon his right hand Give thou his greatest enemy ev'n Satan leave to stand And when by thee he shall be judg'd let him condemned be And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin when he shall call on thee Few be his dayes and in his room his charge another take His children let be fotherlesse his wife a widow make His children let be vagabonds and beg continually And from their places desolate seek bread for their supply Let covetous extortioners catch all he hath away Of all for which he labour'd hath let strangers make a prey Let there be none to pity him let there be none at all That on his children fatherlesse will let his mercy fall Let his posterity from earth cut off for ever be And in the following age their name be blotted out by thee Let God his fathers wickednesse still to remembrance call And never let his mothers sin he blotted out at all But let them all before the Lord appear continually That He may wholly from the earth cut off their memory Because he mercy minded not but persecuted still The poor and needy that he might the broken-hearted kill As he in cursing pleasure took so let it to him fall As he delighted not to blesse so blesse him not at all As cursing he like clothes put on into his bowels so Like water and into his bones like oyl down let it go Like to that garment let it be which doth himself aray And for a girdle wherewith he is girt about alway From God let his be their reward that enemies are to me And their reward that speak against my soul maliciously But do thou for thine own Names sake O God the Lord for me Sith good and sweet they mercy is from trouble set me free For I am poor and indigent afflicted sore am I My heart within me also is wounded exceedingly I passe like a declining shade am like the locust tost My knees through fasting weakned are my flesh hath fatnesse lost I also am a vile reproach unto them made to be And they that did upon me look did shake their heads at me O do thou help and succour me who art my God and Lord And for thy tender mercies sake safety to me afford That thereby they may know that this is thy Almighty hand And that thou