verse 11 Lord be not absent long to thee alone My dropping Soul for sure Assistance flies On Thee for Help my drooping Soul relies My Griefs are nearer now and stronger grown My Foes unnumber'd my Assistants none verse 12 Not angry Bulls with more ungovern'd Rage Curl'd Bulls of lofty Basan's surly Breed verse 13 Not hungry Lions rouz'd with fiercer Speed Against the daring Hunters Spears engage Than against me this blind malicious Age. verse 14 With cruel Spite they vex and wildly tear My mangled Body and my wounded Mind No sinewy Strength my loos'ning Joints can find Woes swell my throbbing Heart and deadly Care And horrid Pangs approaching Death declare verse 15 What Pray'rs what Cries what melting Tears can I To cool Men's Rage or ease my Torments use My Tongue its Cries their Tears my Eyes refuse And that thou Lord may'st cast thy Thunders by I groan I sweat I bleed and faint and die verse 16 To grieve me more they pierce my Hands and Feet My Hands my bleeding Feet are rudely torn My dying Groans suppress'd by noisy Scorn So greedy Dogs about the Carcase meet And Passengers with surly Snarlings greet verse 17 Stretch'd on this Cross my Bones are all descry'd Their Eyes still dry the stupid Vulgar raise And hard as Rocks on all my Sorrows gaze verse 18 My Robes among themselves my Guards divide And with impartial Lots their Claims decide verse 19 But ô with Haste my God with Haste to me Fly on thy own Salvation's Balmy Wings From that alone my Strength and Safety springs To give me Life let thy Assistance be Swift as my own Obedience was to Thee verse 20 And though my Foes with Dog-like Fury rave My wretched Soul deserted Friendless mourn And all their Swords against my Bosom turn Be thou but mine their swords and teeth shall have A Check and all their Malice find a Grave verse 21 Though Men as Rampant Lions fierce would tear Mytrembling heart tho they 'd withforce control With rabid Force distract my peaceful Soul Be thou but mine I 'll live more free from Fear Than Mariners when Halcyon Calms appear verse 22 Then to my faithful Brethren I 'll declare Thy gracious Actions and thy glorious Name And in thy House thy wondrous Love proclaim verse 23 O ye who in th' Almighty's Favour share Now to his Court with grateful Songs repair Ye who of Israel's Privilege partake By Faith united to the chosen Seed To his bless'd Courts with grateful Songs proceed verse 24 He ne'er would yet his praying Saints forsake Nor to th' Oppress'd himself a Stranger make verse 25 Thy Name I 'll in the great Assemblies praise And there in publick pay my Vows to Thee There all thy Saints my Gratitude shall see My Sacrifice their fainting Hope shall raise And turn their Mourning to their Feasting-Day verse 26 Then those who seek their God their God shall see Their Hearts with no uncertain Tumours swell But in Eternal Joys and Pleasures dwell Where chang'd their happy Hymns of Praise shall be To Angels Tunes and Heav'nly Harmony verse 27 Thee shall the bles'd converted Nations know Earth's utmost Borders dearest Lord be thine To Thee the farthest Pagan Tribes incline To Thee shall all th' enlightned Nations flow And holy Rev'rence and Devotion show verse 28 For God's the King and o'er the Nations reigns verse 29 The Rich the Mighty to his Sceptre bow His Government the naked Poor allow Their God to them his Kindness still retains And gives then Life and then their Lives maintains verse 30 From them shall an immortal Race descend To God devoted and from God be nam'd For sacred Rites and holy Virtues fam'd verse 31 Who downward shall the gladsom Tiding send And his great Acts to future Heirs extend To God the Father and to God the Son And God the Holy Ghost Almighty Three One only God one Glorious Trinity As shall be is and was e'er Time begun Be lasting Glories paid and Homage done PSAL. xxiij As the 100th AMidst a Thousand Wants and Woes My Soul on God for Heâ—p relies My Griefs his pitying Wisdom knows My Wants his pitying Love supplies verse 2 He like a Shepheard gently leads My Soul thro' Truths delightful Ways My Foot sure by his Condust treads And ne're from Paths of Wisdom strays verse 3 As grassy Meads and wholesom Streams New Health on sickly Flocks bestow So in thy Favours quickning Beams I sweetly live and kindly grow verse 4 Thro' Death's dark shades I fearless move By Thee dear God secur'd from Harms Thy very Rod demonstrates Love Thy Staff supports my wearied Arms. verse 5 What tho' an envious World should frown On all my chief Delights from Thee Sweet Wine and Oil my Bowl shall crown And boundless Plenty compass me verse 6 In Thee my God I 'me always blest On Thee my Hopes my Joys depend Then in thy House I 'le fix my Rest My Life in lasting Praises spend Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 10th verse 1 THE Lord 's my Sheepherd I the Sheep Those Soul his Cares in safety keep Through flowery Meads He gently leads Me on where I securely sleep Or by His guidance go Where silent Waters flow verse 3 His Loves his constant Loves refin'd The Errors of my wand'ring Mind For this Name 's sake He brought me back When I from Virtue 's paths declin'd And to his righteous Ways Consines my fleeting Days verse 4 I now no Fears or Danger know Tho' thro' Death's gloomy shades I go Since there with me My God will be From Thee alone my Comforts flow Which to me ever Lord Thy Rod thy Staff afford verse 5 Thou wilt for Me before my Foes A Table nobly stor'd dispose Oils largely shed Around my Head And till the purple Juice o're-flows Thy endless Bounty will My Bowl divinely sill verse 6 Goodness and Mercy both shall be A Portion all my Life for me And then my Rest Supremely blest Within thy sacred House shall be Where to my God and King I 'le endless Praises sing PSAL. xxjv verse 1 THis Earth the World their Hosts and Store To God above belong verse 2 Who rais'd it on the Seas and o're The Waters built it strong verse 3 Yet fix'd in one selected place His own Immortarl Name But ô what Man can find such grace Dear Lord to reach the same What happy Man divinely blest Attend thy Altars there Or of a Seat secure possest Before thy Face appear verse 4 He whose pure Hands are free from Bloody From all Corruptions free Whose honest Heart sincerely good Abliors Hypocrisy Who ne're in Thoughtst or Actions yain His active Soul employ'd Nor falsly swore nor liv'd in pain To make his Promise void verse 5 To such a Man God's goodness will Unfading Blessings give Reward him well and let him still On his Salvation live verse 6 Such with unweary'd Dilligence Seek God's Immortal Name And Israelites by Faith commence And Israeâ—'s portion claim verse
While broke the Sinner's Force remains His cruel Hopes o'erthrown verse 18 God knows the good Man's Ways and makes His Heritage endure verse 19 In spiteful Days from Scandal takes In Famine feeds them sure verse 20 His sinful Foes fly like the Fat Of Lambs in Fumes away verse 21 Those faithless Brutes who borrow that They ne'er design to pay verse 22 The just compassionately give And all their Race is bless'd And when the dinners fall they live Of all the World posses'd verse 23 God's mighty Hand their Steps directs Their Ways their Maker please verse 24 They stumble but their God protects And holds them up with Ease verse 25 Young have I been and now am old But never yet could see The righteous Man to Ruin sold Or his Posterity I ne'er God's holy Saints have known Deserted quite complain Nor off their wretched Chi dren thrown Nor beg their Eread in vain Part 3. verse 26 Good Men are pitiful and kind And all their Seed are bless'd verse 27 Cease then from Sin and bend thy Mind To Good and live at Rest verse 28 The Just the Merciful the Free God's sacred Arms embrace And such in Safety keep but he Cuts off the Sinner's Race verse 29 This Earth to pious Men belongs Where many Years they live verse 30 Their Lips in Wisdom speak their Tongues A righteous Sentence give verse 31 God's Statutes in their Hearts you 'll find Their Steps are firm and sure verse 32 Though wicked Men their Fall design'd Or would their Deaths procure verse 33 Yet God in cruel Hands will ne'er His faithful Friends forsake Nor Goodness like a Judge severe His Anger 's Object make verse 34 Wait then on God observe his Ways And so exa'ted high On Earth thou 't see delightful Days And impious Wretches die verse 35 I've seen a Sinner Great and spread His Boughs like Laurels round verse 36 Yet soon he vanish'd quickly fled Nor could his Place be found verse 37 Observe the good the perfect Man How down in Peace he lies verse 38 While the vile Wretch beneath the Ban Of weighty Curses dies verse 39 God who Salvation to the Just And Might in Danger sends verse 40 From Sinners such as in him trust Sets free assists defends PSAL. xxxviij verse 1 In Fury Lord rebuke me not verse 2 Thy Arrows through my Sides are short On me thy Terrour lies verse 3 Thy Anger makes my Flesh decay Sins make my Bones to waste verse 4 On me a damning Weight they lay And o'er my Head are pass'd verse 5 My Sins make e'ery gaping Wound With foul-Corruption slow verse 6 My Vigour-cutting Pains confound And I all mourning go verse 7 My Loins with horrid Pains are torn My Carcase mortify'd verse 8 My throbbing Heart with Sighs o'er-born My roaring Cries divide verse 9 Yet Lord to Thee are all my Pray'rs To Thee my Sighs are known verse 10 My Strength decays my Heart dcspairs My Sight and Eyes are gone verse 11 My Friends my dear Companions once My Wounds at distance view My Kindred all my Doom pronounce And cruel Strangeness shew Part 2. verse 12 My Foes who seek my Hurt for me Their subtile Snare have set Their Tongues are all to Mischief free Their Studies all Deceit verse 13 But I was deaf and dumb nor could Their cruel Words deny 15 But hop'd my God my Saviour would On my Behalf reply verse 16 I said My God would soon rebuke My Foes insulting Pride Who Pleasure in my Stumbling took And all my Hopes defy'd verse 17 Too near indeed my Fall appear'd My Woes before my Face verse 18 I knew my Trespasses and fear'd My wretched guilty case But now my Sins and guilty Fears I 'll in thy Presence lay Till Sorrows and repenting Tears Shall wash my Guilt away verse 19 My causeless Foes in Might increase And in their Multitude verse 20 Ungrateful who disturb'd my Peace Because I Good pursu'd verse 21 Then leave me not my God my Lord Nor stay too long from me verse 22 But haste thy ready Aids afford And my Salvation be PSAL. xxxix verse 1 I Said When wicked Men were by I 'd watch my sinful Ways For oft my Words at random fly My Tongue unguarded strays verse 2 So I a while in Silence stood And curb'd my hasty Tongue Nay I forbore to ta k of Good Till Sorrow grew too strong verse 3 My Heart within my Bosom glow'd Sad Thoughts inslam'd my Breast At last my Words in Torrents flow'd And thus my Thoughts express'd verse 4 My final Doom Lord let me know How far my Days extend That I may all my Time bestow To weigh my latest End verse 5 Loe Thou hast made my Days a Span A Point compar'd with Thee And all the wretched Race of Man Is empty Vanity verse 6 Man as a Shadow vainly moves And spends himself in vain In vain that useless Wealth improves Which unknown Heirs may gain Part 2. verse 7 On whom then Lord should I rely My Hopes are all in Thee verse 8 Save me from all my Sins that I No Scorn to Fools may be verse 9 The Strokes on me thy Hands had laid I humbly silent bear verse 10 O cure the Wounds thy Strokes have made And ease my wasting Fear verse 11 When us for Sin thy Hands correct Our broken Beauties lie Like Cloth which fretting Moths affect And prove we 're Vanity verse 12 O view my Tears attend my Cry My Supplications hear For like a Stranger here am I As all my Fathers were verse 13 O spare a while my Suff'rings ease My failing Faith restore E'er Death my fainting Spirits seize And I appear no more To Father Holy Ghost and Son One sacred Trinity Who fram'd this Universe alone Eternal Glories be PSAL. xl verse 1 WIth longing Expectation I For God's Compassion stay'd Who bow'd his Ear and heard my Cry When I submissly pray'd verse 2 He rais'd me from the dismal Pit And from the miry Clay And on a Rock secur'd my Feet And then prepar'd my Way verse 3 Then to my Mouth new Songs her gave New Songs of sacred Praise This all shall see and fear and have Just Grounds their Faith to raise verse 4 His Head a Thousand Blessings crown Whose Trust on God relies Who scorns the Sinner's haughty Frown And Men inur'd to Lyes verse 5 Would I my Lord my God pretend Thy wondrous Acts to show Thy Thoughts for us thy Acts transcend Whate'er I think or know verse 6 When Off'rings fail'd thy Wisdom fram'd A Body fit for me By Thee were no Burnt-Off'rings claim'd To purge Iniquity verse 7 Then said I Loe I come Thy Book My Name and Work describes verse 8 To do thy Will my God I took My Flesh from Jacob's Tribes Thy Laws which I in Heart embrace Flow from my grateful Tongue verse 9 Thou know'st Lord how I preach thy Grace To all the list'ning Throng Part 2. verse 10 My Tongue thy Righteousness reveals
who owns the World and all its Plenty Or He who fills this All himself be empty verse 14 But if th' should'st bring a grateful Sacrifice Let humble Praise with holy Incense rise verse 15 Thy Vows made in Affliction justly pay verse 16 And to thy God in deep Afflictions pray And I 'll soon change thy melancholick Story And thy Deliv'rance shall advance my Glory verse 17 But to the Wicked God in Anger turns And thus at him his jealous Fury burns verse 18 Thou whose black Soul Divine Instruction hates In whom my Word no Reverence creates Know thou my Laws are Life to thofe who chuse them But ô how dare thy wretched Lips abuse them PSAL. lj How dar'st thou th' Office of a Priest assume Or in my Cov'nant read thy dismal Doom No Thieves commended in my Laws appear Nor canst thou find Adult'rers pardon'd there Yet with Adulterers and Thieves thy Sentence Thy Words thy Life agree without Repentance verse 19 All Hellish Arts thy Lips thy Tongue pollute Lyes are their Product Falshood all their Fruit. Thy Talk thy Neighbor and thy Friend blasphemes verse 20 Thy Mother's Sons are all thy scornful Themes It s thy whole Study thy affected Fashion To spread vile Scandals with Deliberation verse 21 Thus hast thou done and I in Silence still Ne'er broke thy Rest and never cross'd thy Will So my Existence was at last deny'd Or mine at least by thy vile Nature try'd Like some mean Idol to the World presented And against me all bold Affrents invented But now my Anger 's rouz'd thy Actions all Before my Sight in horrid Order fall See how they stand before thy trembling Eyes And in thy Face thy guilty Conscience flies No Sleep no Rest nor Quiet now befriend thee But Hellish never-ceasing Woes attend thee verse 22 O ye who God forget my Speeches weigh Lest you become my uncheck'd Fury's Prey verse 23 Praise to your Maker's Glory sai fice Be your Words holy and your Actions wise So may your Bliss obtain a long Duration And all be crown'd with my Divine Salvation verse 1 MErcy ô Mercy Lord to me Extend thy Mercy 's Store Let me thy pard'ning Mercy see To clear my sinful Score verse 2 Wash me from my Iniquity And purge me Lord from Sin verse 3 For I my Folly throughly see It racks my Breast within I see I see my Crimes when Sleeps Should seal my weary'd Eyes Me sill awake my Conscience keeps Or frightful Dreams surprize If I with noisie Pleasures try To ease my tortur'd Soul Black Lust and Blood are ever by And all my Joys control verse 4 To thee alone I 've sin'd to thee And trespass'd in thy Sight That justify'd thy Words might be And all thy Dealings right verse 5 Loe I at first was shap'd in Sin In Sin at first conceiv'd To that I 've since a Gaptive been By Hellish Arts deceiv'd verse 6 Thou look'st for inward Truth to me Thy secret Wisdom show verse 7 Purge thou my Soul my Soul shall be More white than Northern Snow verse 8 O let me once again the Voice Of Joy and Gladness hear And let these broken Bones rejoice Which now thy Vengeance bear Part 2. verse 9 From all my sinful Actions past O turn thy angry Face verse 10 Make me a Heart that 's clean at last A Mind renew'd by Grace verse 11 Cast me not wholly off nor take Thy sacred Gifts from me verse 12 Restore thy Saving Health and make My Spirit large and free verse 13 Then I the sinning World shall teach To tread thy perfect Way Conversion and Repentance preach To such as loosely stray verse 14 Save me from Guilt of Blood to me Thy kind Salvation bring And then my Tongue from Fetters free Thy righteous Acts shall sing verse 15 Unseal my Lips and then my Tongue Shall celebrate thy Praise Thy Praise shall be my constant Song As in my fairer Days verse 16 God wo'n't for costly Off'rings call Nor ask for Sacrifice Else should a Thousand Oxen fall And Incense daily rise verse 17 No God demands a nobler Part The Heart 's his Sacrifice A wounded Soul a bleeding Heart His Mercy can't despise verse 18 O now at last thy Favour show To thy selected Place Thy Church now despicably low With lofty Walls embrace verse 19 Then shall a righteous Sacrifice With thee Acceptance gain And humble Hearts and lifted Eyes Thy Altars Flames maintain Another Metre to the old proper Tune verse 1 ROus'd from a deadly sinful Dream With guilty Pangs of Conscience torn I prostrate here without one Beam Of Comfort lie a Wretch forlorn Mercy to me ô Mercy shew A Wretch thy Mercy Lord implores On me ô let thy Mercies flow And wash out all my guilty Scores O wash ô cleanse my Conscience Lord From Falshood Lust and Cruelty verse 3 For now I all my Guilt record And only dismal Objects see Lord how it racks my Soul how strong Guilt 's terrible Convulsion moves What Chains of Woes it drags along How bitter Sin 's Remembrance proves verse 4 Against Thee Thee alone I 've sin'd And boldly trespass'd in thy sight That I thy righteous Truth might find Thy Judgment pure thy Sentence right verse 5 Shap'd in Iniquity at first At first in Sin and Guilt conceiv'd I was originally curs'd My Soul of Innocence bereav'd Hence sprung the fatal Fruit and Hell With Ease my native Proneness won My careless Pride unguarded fell With shameless actual Guilt undone verse 6 If inward Truth Lord pleases Thee O let my Heart thy Wisdom know verse 7 Wash purge me through and l shall be More white more pure than Northern Snow verse 8 So shall I feel thy Beams again Thy Loves shall fill my pardon'd Soul My Bones long justly rack'd with Pain With Balmy Joys be sound and whole To Father Holy Ghost and Son One bless'd one glorious Trinity On whom our Hopes Hepend alone Eternal Praise and Glory bt Part 2. verse 9 From all my Crimes Lord turn thy Face No more my cancell'd Errours view O change my Heart and by thy Grace My Mind with Heav'nly Thoughts renew verse 22 Cast me not off nor from my Breast Thy sacred Influence remove verse 12 But with the saving Pleasures bless'd In Good my forward Soul improve verse 13 Then Sinners I 'll bring home to thee Transgressors shall thy Laws esteem verse 14 From Blood dear Saviour rescue me My Soul from Crimson Guilt redeem verse 15 If thou bless'd Lord my Lips unseal My Tongue thy sacred Name shall raise Thy Love my slowing Songs reveal My Mouth thy righteous Judgments praise verse 16 No bloody Sacrifice with thee No Fumes from steaming Altars rais'd Prevail else num'rous Herds for me Had on a Thousand Altars blaz'd verse 17 A Soul with Sense of Sin depress'd Is Lord thy noblest Sacrifice A broken Heart a contrite Breast Thy tender Mercies ne'er despise verse 18 Lord in thy Love thy Church defend Its ruin'd
Hopes and Walls repair verse 19 So shall our favaur'd Vows ascend With righteous and accepted Pray'r To Father Holy Ghost and Son One bless'd one glorious Trinity On whom our Hopes depend alone Eternal Praise and Glory be PSAL. lij verse 1 AND canst thou yilest Wretch of thy Prevailing Malice boast Think'st thou God's Mercies e'er can die His boundless love be lost verse 2 We know thy Tongue the Razor 's Edge Out-cuts with sharpest Lyes We know thy Heart Hell 's certain Pledge Can only Frauds devise verse 3 Mischief thy every Soul approves But honest Actions hates Thy Tongue no Truth or Justice loves But Lyes on Lyes creates Thy Tongue base Wretch such Language speaks As may the Just devour verse 4 But God thy cruel Pride shall break By his resistless Pow'r He 'll tear thee out and from thy place Root out thy hated Name verse 5 The Just shall see thy strange Disgrace And thus expose thy Shame Loe here 's the Man who lofty grown His God regarded not But Could his favouring Hand disown And God himself forgot 5 But of his mighty Wealth he 'd boast With vast Possessions bless'd In impious Arts he trusted most In Malice fix'd his Rest See where he lies forgot forlorn By all the World despis'd His Name his shatter'd Fortunes torn His Life by Hell surpriz'd verse 7 But like a thriving Olive I In God's bless'd House shall stand And on the Mercies sure relie Of his unchanging Hand verse 8 Through thee I scap'd th' intended Blow And I 'll adore thy Name And with thy Saints thy Mercies show Thy gracious Acts proclaim PSAL. liij verse 1 GOD in his Heart the Fool denies Such Fools the wretched World are grown Corrupt desil'd 7s educ'd with Lyes Not one for sober Practice known verse 2 God from his lofty Seat survey'd The World and all their Actions view'd To see if any duly pray'd Or Wisdom's Lectures understood verse 3 But all were now Apostates aâ—l Corrupt at once and filthy grown Not one would on his Maker call Not one to practice Good was known verse 4 Is all their Sense so lost in Sin That they like Bread my Saints devour In all their Talk God ne'er comes in They ne'er invoke nor own his Pow'r verse 5 Yet now with groundless Fears they fly Their Strength God's weighty Anger breakes With Shame thy fierce Besiegers die God's angry Scorn their Downfall speaks verse 6 O whence may Israel's Safety spring If God his banish'd Tribes restore Then Israel shall triumphant sing And Jacob's Race despond no more Another Metre As the Complaint of a Sinner verse 1 THE Fool the sensless Fool Thus in his Heart hath said God's but an awful Tool By crafty Preachers Made Thus all corrupted are And all in Sins delight But none for Truth declare None ever practice Right verse 2 God from the lofty Sky Look'd down on Earth below To see what Man would try His God to seek or know verse 3 But all Apostates there They 're vile and filthy all None good on Earth appear Nor on their Maker call verse 4 But have the Wretches lost Their Apprehensions quite Against my Saints to boast And with their God to fight Dare they my Israel's Seed Like common Bread devour And on my People feed And scorn my saving Pow'r verse 5 Fear shall their Hearts surprize A senseless groundless Fear And all thy Enemies Who durst in Arms appear Shall crush'd and scatter'd lie By God's revenging Hand And all confounded die Despis'd by God's Command verse 6 Oh when shall Israel's Wealth From Sion's Mount proceed When shall their Saviour's Health Redeem his Captive Seed When that bless'd Time appears Poor Israel shall rejoice And Jacob freed from Fears Exalt his chearful Voice PSAL. liv verse 1 ME Lord with wondrous Might By thy great Name relieve verse 2 O in my Pray'rs dear Lord delight My flowing Words receive verse 3 For cruel Stranger here Against me fiercely rise They hunt my Life who have no Fear Of God before their Eyes verse 4 But see my God for me Among my Friends appears verse 5 He 'll crush my Foes His Truth shall be The End of all my Fears verse 6 To Thee with Sacrifice I 'll then devoutly pray Thy Name shall in my Praises be It 's good thy Praise to pay verse 7 God has my Saviour been From all my Griefs and Woes Through him my longing Eyes have seen My Wish on all my Foes PSAL. lv verse 1 LOrd hear my Pray'rs ô never turn From him Who prays to Thee verse 2 When I in Words distracted mourn O hear ô answer me verse 3 Free me from cruel Foes frorm those Who would oppress me quite Who me with impious Lyes oppose And prosecute with Spite verse 4 My Heart bleeds with its inward Wounds Death's Terrours round me fall verse 5 Fear Trembling Horrour Woe confounds My Thoughts and Actions all verse 6 I cry'd Oh who swift Wings will give Swift as the Doves to me Then would I fly away and live Where I some Rest might see verse 7 I 'd wander far and in my Flight Some lonesom Desart find verse 8 Where I might soon in Safety light From ev'ry stormy Wind verse 9 Lord to confound their pâ—otting Brains Their Tongues and Hearts divide for Strife within the City reigns And cruel Thieves reside Part 2. Such Day and Night their Walls surround Within are Sins and Woes verse 11 All Mischief in their Streets are found And Fraud and Falshood grows verse 12 Had Foes profess'd procur'd my Shame I then had Patience held Had Enemies despis'd my Name I h'd soon my self conceal'd verse 13 But it was he my trusted Guide My Bosom's Partner made In closest Bonds of Friendship ty'd My private Thoughts betray'd verse 14 Oft with a charming sweet Consent Each other 's Souls we read Oft to the Temple jointly went By like Devotions led O let the treach'rous Brute alive To Hell's dark Womb descend Who could with Hellish Art contrive To kill his kindest Friend verse 16 For me to God the Lord I'â—l cry My God shall rescue me verse 17 Each Night each Noon each Morning I His suppliant Slave will be Part 3. verse 18 He 'll hear my Pray'rs my Life redeem From Wars on me design'd For though too strong my Foes might seem My God was always kind verse 19 That God who ever lives shall hear And humble all their Pride Who ne'er were shock'd on Earth with Fear And therefore God defy'd verse 20 They Wars with Men of Peace began And all Agreements broke And Spite through all their Counsels ran Howe'er they softly spoke verse 21 Not Oil nor Butter smoother flow'd Than their deceitful Words Yet Villains ne'er more Malice show'd Nor fought with sharper Swords verse 22 Thy Cares then on thy Master cast His Hand shall set thee free He'â—l always hold the Righteous fast No Time their Change shall see verse 23 The Bloody and Deceitful shall Untimely sink and
Counts verse 5 But his great Might and Actions wise All numbring Art surmounts verse 6 The Lord exalts the lowly Heart But casts the Sinner down verse 7 Then Sing to God a grateful part Your Harps with Praises Crown verse 8 With Clouds He covers all the Skies Which Rains as duely bring And makes the buried Plants to rise The Sun burnt Hills to spring verse 9 He feeds the Beasts and at their Cries For Birds of Prey provides verse 10 But strength of Horse and brawny thighs Of mighty Men derides verse 11 But Loves the Men who fear his Name And for his Mercies wait verse 12 O Sion Salem ô proclaim Thy God's Majestic State Part 2. verse 13 He strengthens all thy Gates and Bars And blesses all thy Seeds verse 14 Thro' Him thy Borders freed from Wars On Wheats pure fatness feed verse 15 He sends his Word his Word on Earth With wondrous swiftness flies verse 16 And gives the Snow its Flaky Birth Which all in Fleeces lies His heavy Frosts like Ashes you Spread o're the Fields behold verse 17 His Ice like Morsels lies and who Can stand his pierceing Cold verse 18 He sends his Word again and streight His Ice his Frosts and Snow Before his Warmer gusts abate And all in Waters flow verse 19 The Lord to Jacobs chosen Race His Sacred Writings gave His Laws his Judgments by his Grace His Israel only have verse 20 So well no other Nation far'd Nor of his sacred Word Nor of his Righteous Judgments heard Praise ye ô praise the Lord PSAL. cxlviij verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord ô Praise the Lord On High his Glories raise verse 2 Ye Angel Armys all record His Name with Joyful Praise verse 3 Sun Moon and lightsome Stars consent To praise his glorious Name verse 4 And Heavens high Throne the Firmament Of Waters praise the same verse 5 Let these advance his Name which He Made by his great Command verse 6 And fix'd 'um by a sure Decree Unmov'd unchang'd to stand verse 7 Him all ye Earth born Dragons praise And each unfathom'd Deep verse 8 Fire Hail Snow Winds which Tempests raise Yet still his Orders keep verse 9 Vast Hills small Hillocks Cedars high And every Fruitful Tree verse 10 Wild Beasts and Tame and Birds which fly And Insects each Degree verse 11 Kings Princes Nations Judges those Who rule the World below verse 12 Youths Virgins such as strength disclose And Heads adorn'd with Snow verse 13 Let all advance their Maker's Name Whose Name excells alone Whose Name is o're the Worlds vast frame On Winds of Glory blown verse 14 He only makes his People great His Saints his Praise record His Israel his near Friends repeat Praise ye ô praise the Lord Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord Above The Skies his Praises sing Let Heaven the Seat of Love With Heavenly Praises ring Of his great Name Ye Angel Host With Reverence boast His Praise proclaim Bright Sun whose Golden Rays Fill all the World with Light Pale Moon bright Stars which blaze Thro' the dark Fields of Night Heavens outmost Frame Vast Deeps which lie Above the Sky His Praise proclaim Let these their Maker Praise By whose Command Divine The Sky its Wealth displays And all those Beautys shine Fix'd by his Will They all stand fast And Orders past With Joy fulfil Ye Dragons Earth-born Race And all ye Deeps profound With every Natural Grace Your Masters Praises sound In Praise agree Fire Clouds Hail Snow And Storms which blow At His Decree Let Soaring Mountains now And smaller Hills descend Fruit Trees before Him bow And stately Cedars bend verse 10 Beasts Wild and Tame Birds airy wings And creeping Things His Praise proclaim verse 11 His Praise all Kings on Earth And Subject Nations show Great Men of Princely Birth And such as Judgment know verse 12 Each-Youthful Tribe Each Virgin Throng With Old and Young His Praise describe verse 13 Let them with one consent Exalt their Maker's Name And various Ways invent To spread his glorious Fame His Name shall rise With Beams divine Thro Earth to Shine And reach the Skyes verse 14 He makes his Israel great And Praise is comely where Before his Mercy Seat His grateful Tribes appear O all accord Who Worship near His Presence there To praise the Lord PSAL. cxlix verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord with Anthems new The great Jehoviah praise His Praise in his Assemblys shew On all his Holy Days verse 2 With Joy let Israel's Faithful Race Their Maker's Power adore And Sion's Heirs with humble Grace Their Monarchs Smiles implore verse 3 Where Harp and Timbrel tun'd invites Let all his Praises sing To th' Meek in whom the Lord Delights Beauty and Safety spring verse 4 Let then each Pious Soul rejoice With lightsom Glories blest And Praise their God whose happy choice Secur'd their Downy Rest verse 5 To them let God's high Praises yield A Ground for all their Joys Then They a two edg'd Sword shall wield Whose very weight destroys verse 6 A Sword whose Point just Vengeance bears To all the Nations round Whose glittering brandish'd Edge with Fears Will all their Hearts confound verse 7 Till They their daunted Kings shall bind With Ease in Slavish Chains And till their Noblest Youth confin'd Strong Fetters weight restrains verse 8 To execute that Ancient Doom Which Holy Books record Such Honour all his Saints assume Praise ye ô praise the Lord PSAL. cl verse 1 O Praise the mighty Lord His Holyness proclaim His wondrous Acts record And praise his awful Name His dreadful might O celebrate His Power and State In Songs recite verse 3 Praise Him with Trumpets sound With sweet Tun'd Harp and Lute Sing all the Chorus round To cheerful Pipe and Flute verse 4 Your Voices raise The King of Kings With sounding Strings And Organs praise verse 5 Wind up the Cymbals high Till with a Shriller sound Wide as the vaulted Sky Your cheerful Notes rebound verse 6 With Spritely Flame Each living thing His Glories sing And Praise his Name Another Metre verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord ô praise the Lord His strength his Holiness adore verse 2 His Name his Might with praise record His Majesty with praise implore verse 3 Praise him with Trumpets Martial sound With Lute and Harp his praise advance verse 4 With Organs and with Timbrels round And Viols and a cheerful Dance verse 5 With high tun'd Cymbals praise his Name His Name to loudest Cymbals Sing And all whom Vital Spirits enflame O praise the World 's Eternal King To Father Holy Ghost and Son One blest one glorious Trinity As is as was e're Time begun So endless praise and Glory be The End of the PSALMS DOXOLOGIES For the 1st Metre of the 1st Psalm c. TO Father Son and Holy Ghost Immense Eternal Three in One By Us and all the Heavenly Host Be Glory pay'd and Homage done For the 2d Metre and all of 8 and
6 Syllables To Father Spirit Son Blest Three In whom we move and Live One undivided Trinity Unceasing Glories give For the 2d Metre of the 8th Psal and all of Ten Syllables To God the Father and to God the Son And God the Holy Ghost blest Trinity As is as was before the World begun Eternal praise Eternal Glory be For the 2d Metre of the 11th Psalm To Father Holy Ghost and Son One God as was e're Time begun As now We see So ever be All Humblest Homage done For the 2d Metre of the 15th Psalm To Father Holy Ghost and Son Blest Three in One Eternal Praise and Glory pay His Word obey As was of Old as still we see And shall when Times extinguish'd be For the 17th Psal and all Two Sixes and Eight and Six To Father Spirit Son One God in Persons three Be Glory paid and Homage done Thro' all Eternity For the 20th and 122d Psalm 1st Metre and proper Tune To that great Lord above The God of Peace and Love In Essence One in Persons Three To Father Spirit Son Each God immense alone One Undivided Trinity To him your Anthems raise And Holy Songs of Praise And Glories pay and Reverence shew So God of old was bless'd Of these he 's still possest And these will when Time 's done be due For the 22d and 124th Psal 2d Metre To God the Father and to God the Son And God the Holy Ghost Almighty Three One only God one Glorious Trinity As shall be is and was e're Time begun Be lasting Glories paid and Homage done For the 23d Psalm 2d Metre To Father Holy Ghost and Son Eternal glorious Three and One Be Glory paid His Word obey'd As was before Times Birth begun As is and still shall be Thro' all Eternity For the 24th Psalm 2d Metre To one great God one mighty Lord One Eternal Trinity The Father the Eternal Word And the Spirits Majesty Wee 'l gladly raise Unceasing praise And his endless Glories sound So Saints of old His Name extold So we 'll keep th' Eternal round For the 29th Psalm or 127th 2d Metre or 48th 2d Metre To Father Holy Ghost and Son One blest one glorious Trinity Who fram'd this Universe alone All Honour Praise and Glories be So 't was of Old at Present too And shall when Time 's run out be due For the 33d Psal 2 Metre To Father Son and Holy Ghost By us and all the Heavenly Host Be equal Glories paid Great Three in One thus blest of old They still their ancient Honours hold And must be still obey'd For the 43d Psal 2d Metre To the Father Spirit Son One glorious Trinity Persons Three in Essence One Eternal Glory be Thus e're Time begun its race The Godhead was obey'd This when Time resigns its place Must to our Lord be paid For the 3d. Metre os the same Psalm To Father Son and Holy Ghost One blest Eternal Trinity By us and all the Heavenly Host Be Praise ascrib'd and Majesty So 't was at first and still shall be When Time expires and Nature 's lost For Psal 45th Metre 3d. c. To that great Lord who rules above The God of Might of Peace and Love In Essence One in Persons Three To Father Holy Ghost and Son Each God Himself immense alone One undivided Trinity To Him with Hearts exalted raise Your Holy Hyms and Songs of Praise And Glories pay and Reverence shew So He before Time's Birth was bless'd Of these He 's now by Right possest And they 'l when Time 's no more be due For the 50th Psal 2d Metre To God the Father and to God the Son And God the Holy Ghost coaequal Three Three Holy Persons but ador'd in One All equal Honours equal Glories be His Glory shone e're Time's first Springs could move it And vast Eternity shall more improve it For the 51st Psal and 137th Psal 2d Metre All Glory to that Mighty Lord Who made the World and all its Host The Father the Begotten Word And the proceeding Holy Ghost As was e're Time's first Race begun As was when Time commenc'd his Score As is and ever shall be done When Nature sinks and Time 's no more For the 53d Rsal 2d Metre To one Almighty Lord One glorious Trinity The Father Spirit Word Eternal Glories be So happy Angels Sung Before the World begun So ever Lord among Thy Servants shall be done For the 58th Psal 3d. Metre To God alone The Mighty Father Mighty Son And Holy Ghost Blest Trinity great Three in One Be Homage done As was before the World begun When th' Angel Host O're Rebel Mates the Conquest wonne So we at present Sing his glorious Praise So All shall Sing when Time it self decays For Psalm 60 and 121st Metre 2d To Father Holy Ghost and Son One God in Persons Three All Praise and Glory be As was before Time's race begun As is now and shall be paid When swift Time its self is laid For Psal 69 2d Metre To Father and Son And Pure Holy Ghost One blest Trinity All Glory be paid As e're Ttime begun By the Heavenly Host And by All must be When Time's motions are laid for Plal. 72 2d Metre To Father Holy Ghost and Son Blest Trinity Great Three in One Be Glory paid and Homage done So 't was before this All was made Nor shall God's Honours ever fade But shall when All 's consum'd be paid For Psalm 76 or 148th Proper Tune To Father Spirit Son The glorious Trinity In Sacred Essence One All Praise and Glory be As now We see As was Time past And shall outlast Eternity For Psalm 85 2d Metre Proper Tune To Father Son and Holy Ghost One blest one glorious Trinity From all the World 's Created Host Eternal Praise and Glories be So 't was e're Time begun And ever shall be done For Psalm 93 2d Metre To Father Spirit Son Eternal Three in One All praise and Glory be As 't was in Times of old And we shall still behold And thro' Eternity For the 95th Psal 2d Metre To the Father Spirit Son God Eternal Three in One Be all Praise and Glory paid When the World in Dust is lay'd For Psal 97. 2d Metre To God the Father God the Son And God the Spirit Three A glorious Trinity In Eternal Essence One. By all the bright Angelic Host above By us the Sons of Grace and Heirs of Love Be Praise and Glory paid As was in days of old As is where God's Command's obey'd And shall as long as Nature Hold And when the World 's consum'd and all its ruins cold For the 98. 2d Metre To Father Spirit Son Eternal Three in One One glorious Trinity Unceasing Glory be As was e're time begun And ever shall be done For the 119th Psal Proper Tune To God the Father God the Son And God the Holy Ghost Be Glory paid and Homage done By all the Heavenly Host By us and all Mankind as was Before Time'e Course begun As is and undecay'd shall pass When Time 's last Moment's run For Psal 127 Metre 2d To Father Holy Ghost and Son One glorious God in persons Three One Undivided Trinity Be glory paid and Homage done 'T was so e're Time's first race begun And shall be when his last is run Si male quid Cecini me Culpa redarguet Ipsum Si bene quid redeat Gloria Sola Deo FINIS
1 IT 's true God to his Israel's kind To those whose Hearts are pure verse 2 Yet all my Confidence declin'd My Faith was scarce secure verse 3 Envy uneasre Envy gain'd An Empire in my Breast To see how impious Mad-men reign'd With Peace and Plenty bless'd verse 4 No racking Pains their Deaths fore-show'd Their Strength no Sickness broke verse 5 They never bore Grief's common Load Nor felt God's angry Stroke verse 6 Hence are they crown'd with haughty Pride And rob'd with Violence verse 7 Their Looks are high their Lusts supply'd Beyond their utmost Sense verse 8 They in excessive Leudness walk And in Oppressions boast And with their thund'ring lofty Talk O'er-awe the neighb ' ring Coast verse 9 Nay Heav'n it self their Words defy And trembling Earth subdue verse 10 And while they make their Treasures fly Allure the hungry Crew verse 11 And yet they cry Can God above Our secret Practice know Can God our gallant Acts reprove Or greater Wisdom show verse 12 Such are the wicked Workers who Can with a prosp'rous Gale And still increasing Riches through The World 's rough Ocean fail Part 2. verse 13 This I observing fondly cry'd I 've cleans'd my Hands in vain In vain my Heart I purify'd And Innocence maintain verse 14 In vain alas my strugling Lust I 've daily mortify'd And grovel'd in Affliction 's Dust By sharp Temptations try'd verse 15 But soon I this Reflection made Should I such Thoughts embrase I must God's Providence upbraid And damn chosen Race verse 16 In vain I trod without a Guide The dark perplexing Maze In vain by Reason's Methods try'd Thy Wisdom's secret Ways verse 17 Till I could to thy Holy Place With humble Thoughts ascend And there their wretched Fortunes trace And read their dismal End verse 18 Oh on what slip'ry Ground they stand How quickly ruin'd all verse 19 And crush'd by thy destroying Hand With Terrours wasted fall verse 23 As Dreams fly off from drowzy Eyes When Sleep the Man forsakes So Thou their Image shalt despise When once thy Fury wakes verse 21 Thus now my Thoughts are satisfy'd Though long perplex'd before Though Grief did then my Heart divide And Pains my Bosom tore Part 3. verse 22 Such Ignorance and Folly then My untaught Soul betray'd And I beneath the Rank of Men With senseless Beasts was laid verse 23 I see I 'm always now with Thee Thy Hand my Life supports verse 24 Thy Counsels Lord my Guide shall be To thy All-glorious Courts verse 25 On whom but Thee dear Lord above Can my Affections be And none on Earth my Soul can love O none compar'd with Thee verse 26 Though here my Flesh my Heart decline Thy Strength my Heart supplies Thou art my God my Part Divine When Time expiring dies verse 27 Loe those whose Vain Affections rove From Thee shall sink and die Those Fools who doat with wanton Love On curs'd Idolatry verse 28 But when I draw to God how nigh His flowing Mercies are On Him I 've fix'd my Trust that I Might all his Works declare PSAL. lxxiv. verse 1 O Why thus absent Lord Shall we No more thy Smiles obtain Shall thy poor Flock eternally Thy Fury's Weight sustain verse 2 O think on those redeem'd of old Those Lands by Thee possess'd With Pity Sion's Mount behold Which once thy Presence bless'd verse 3 O Thou Eternal God to ease Our Desolations haste For cruel Foes thy Temple seize Thy sacred Dwellings waste verse 4 Hark! how their Bands insulting roar Where thy Assemblies met And their triumphant Banners o'er Thy mournful Altars set verse 5 When safe thy glorious Temple stood The curious Carver rais'd Rare Figures on the yielding Wood For Ant and Softness prais'd verse 6 But now those noble Works are all By barb'rous Axes spoil'd verse 7 In Flames those sacred Buildings fall With ruin'd Heaps defil'd verse 8 Nay in their cruel Hearts they say Let 's all at once destroy And on each place of Worship they Devouring Flames employ verse 9 We see our Mystick Signs no more No Prophets speak thy Will And none our Term of Woes explore By Wisdom's sacred Skill Part 2. verse 10 How long Lord shall Reproaches rise From thy insulting Foes How long shall horrid Blasphemies Thy glorious Name expose verse 11 Rouse Lord thy Might make bare thy Arm Stretch out thy dreadful Hand Their bloody Insolence alarm And their Designs withstand verse 12 For Thou' rt our King of old from Thee The World's Salvation flows To Thee its ancient Liberty Poor jacob's Portion owes verse 13 From Thee of old the parting Seas With sudden Haste recoil'd And Israel marching through with Ease The ransack'd Ocean spoil'd verse 14 'T was there the furious Monarch's Heat In mighty Waters dy'd Nor would the rolling Waves retreat From Pharaoh's haughty Pride The King his Lords his Troops were thrown Around the Purp'e Shore A Prey to Wolves and Vultures grown But to be fear'd no more verse 15 Thy Word unseal'd the Springs and made The Rocks their Waters yield And through old Jordan's Bosom laid A spacious Sandy Field verse 16 Thou bid'st the smiling Morning rise And draw'st the gloomy Night And mak'st the Sun adorn the Skies The Moon advance her Light verse 17 Thy Hand has six'd Earth's utmost Bounds With winding Seas embrac'd And Heat and Cold in Yearly Rounds Thy wondrous Wisdom plac'd verse 18 Such were thy wondrous Acts of old O now revive the same Since Foes in Scorn thy Wisdom hold And Fools blaspheme thy Name Part 3. verse 19 Thy mournful Turtle Lord no more To cruel Hands resign Nor pass the poor Afflicted o'er As if they ne'er were thine verse 20 Thy ancient Covenant re-call With our bless'd Fathers made For Rapine now our Quarters all And barb'rous Force invade verse 21 To Thee alone thy Suff'rers cry Dear Lord remove their Shame And though in Woes and Poverty They 'll still exalt thy Name verse 22 Rise Lord thine own great Cause maintain Think how the scoffing Crew How Fools each Day with deep Disdain Thy glorious Name pursue verse 23 Ok ne'er forget th' insulting Voice Of thy triumphant Foes Who Thee with fierce advancing Noise And growing Spice oppose To Eathen Holy Ghost and son One God in Persons Three Be Glory paid and Homage done Through all Eternity PSAL. lxxv verse 1 To Thee great God to thee We offer Thanks and Praise Thy Gpodness We so near us fee In all thy wond'rous Ways verse 2 When I at thy Command The Royal Crown shall wear Through all the Land my righteous Hand With Justice shall appear verse 3 See what Convulsions shake The Tribes and all the Lands And when they shake I only make Its Pillars firmly stand verse 4 I said to Fools of old O cast your Follies by I Sinners told O be n't so bold Nor set your Horns on high verse 5 Ne'er set your Horns so high With such a softy State Nor stubbornly your God defy
House the Sparrows find The Swallows build their Nests Where with their yet unfeather'd Kind The Dam in Safety rests But ah thine Altars wretched I Near them no more can sing While banish'd from thy House I sly Dear Lord my God my King verse 4 Ah happy Souls who in thy House Can live and praise thy Name verse 5 Whose Arms thy Heav'nly strength endows Whose Hearts thy Ways can frame verse 6 Though through the Vail of Tears they go Their Eyes with Sorrows drown'd Yet Blessings on their Teachers slow With Fruit their Pains are crown'd verse 7 From Strength to Strength from Grace to Grace Th' improving Learners go Till them the God of Gods embrace And Rest on them bestow Part 2. verse 8 My Pray'r great God of Hosts receive And kind Affistance bring verse 9 Consider O our Shie'd relieve Thy once anointed King verse 10 For in thy Courts one Day appears More bless'd more swoet to me Than could a Thousand Thousand Years At any Distance be I 'd rather keep thy Temple's Door And fiod thy Presence there Than in a Palace reign secure Where Sins uncheck'd appear verse 11 For God their Sun their Shield to those Will Grace and Glory give Who with his Laws sincerely close And on Obedience live verse 12 Happy ô happy that good Man Great Lord of Hosts must be Who through all Worldly Changes can Unmov'dly trust in Thee To Father Holy Ghost and Son Ono God in persons Three Be Glory paid and Homage done Through all Eternity PSAL. lxxxv verse 1 THY Favours Lord have kind at last To Israel's Captives been verse 2 And all thy People's Follies past And cover'd all their Sin verse 3 Thy gentler Thoughts with tender Love Thy Jealous Furies eas'd And He who pleads for us above Has all thy Wrath appeas'd verse 4 To us ô God our Saviour now From Anger kindly turn Some Limits to thy Wrath allow Which else would always burn verse 5 On us dear God new Life bestow To us new Vigour give verse 6 That we our Joys in Thee may show And in thy Favour live verse 7 To us thy Mercy Lord extend And thy Salvation show verse 8 What God shall answer I 'll attend Who will his Peace bestow On all his own His Saints shall find The Sweets of Heav'nly Peace When they from Sin 's foul Dross refin'd From careless Follies cease God's kind Salvation's always nigh The Wise who fear his Name That Glory o'er our Land may fly And raise our ancient Fame Kind Peace and Righteousness embrace And Truth and Mercy close Truth springs from Earth from Heav'n her Face Impartial Justice shows All Good on us shall God bestow Our Land shall fruitful prove And Justice with a wondrous Flow Before his Face shall move While we who err'd so oft before Bless'd with so sure a Guide From God shall never wander more But in his Paths abide Another Metre As the old 125th proper Tune BLess'd Lord thy kinder Thoughts at last Did Jacob's Captive-Tribes restore And all the People's Follies past Their Sins with Mercies cover'd o'er Thy Jealous Furies eas'd And all thy Wrath appeas'd To us ô God our Saviour now From thy tempestuous Anger turn Shall thy fierce Wrath no Bounders know But through Eternal Ages burn Us Lord again revive And in thy Joys we live To us thy Mercy Lord extend To us thy bless'd Salvation show To God's kind Answer I 'll attend For Peace he 'll on his Saints bestow His Servants shall have Peace When they from Follies cease verse 9 To pious Men Salvation's near That Glory may possess the Land verse 10 Mercy and Truth conjoin'd appear And Peace and Justice Hand in Hand verse 11 From Earth Truth from the Sky Fair Justice casts her Eye verse 12 Our God on us shall Good bestow Our happy Land shall fruitful prove verse 13 And Justice with a wondrous Flow Before his glorious Presence move And we with such a Guide Shall in his Paths abide PSAL. lxxxvj verse 8 LOrd to my Pray'r thine Ears incline For I 'm distress'd and poor verse 2 I'm wholly Lord and only thine Bless'd God my Soul secure verse 3 My God thy faithful Servant save Who hopes thy Grace to see Mercy thy Mercy Lord I crave And daily cry to Thee verse 4 To Thee alone my Heart I raise O make my Soul rejoice verse 5 Love Pardon Mercy are thy Ways Thou hearst my humble Voice verse 6 Lord hear my Pray'rs receive my Cry verse 7 In Woes address'd to Thee verse 8 Thy Might thy wondrous Works out-vye The Gods of Vanity All Nations whom thy Hands have made Shall fall before thy Face And with pure Worship duly pay'd Thy glorious Name embrace For Thou art God thy Works are great Thy self art God alone To me bless'd God thy Ways repeat And make thy Doctrines known I 'll walk in Truth then Lord unite My Heart to fear thy Name My Heart shall then thy Praise recite And all thy Praise proclaim Thy Mercy 's great to me from Hell Thou brought'st my sinking Soul Though Tyrants at me proudly swell And would my Life control No Sence of Thee the Rebels show But Pity Lord we see Grace Patience Mercy Truth we know In plenty dwells with Thee To me dear God with Mercy turn Thy Strength on me bestow To him who 's of thy Hand-maid born Thy kind Salvation show With me some Mark of Favour leave And shame my spiteful Foes When they thy Aid to me perceive And all thy Love disclose PSAL. lxxxvij as the 113 th WHen God in his All-searching Mind To fix his Church on Earth design'd Deep he her strong Foundations laid verse 2 But Sions Mount that sacred Place Tho' well He lov'd all Jacob's Race He his peculiar Darling made verse 3 How vastly wide how wondrous high Shall thy Immortal Glories fly Blest City of th' Eternal King verse 4 When AEgypt Assur Palestine And all th' Arabia's shall be thine And Vows to thy Protector bring Envy in Them no more shall reign But Saints to fill thy blissful Train Shall come from each converted Land verse 5 In Sion yet those Sons of Peace Shall more than other Lands encrease And in her God securely stand verse 6 When God shall all his Saints enrol The Gentiles Tribes shall fill the Scroul From Thee blest God! our Joy shall spirit verse 7 And all the Sons of Harmony Shall tune their chearful Strings to Thee And thy Eternal Praises sing PSAL. lxxxviij verse 1 BLest God of my Salvation I Call Day and Night to Thee verse 2 O hear my Prayer accept my Cry And kindly answer me verse 3 My Soul alas is fill'd with Woes The Grave attends my Fate verse 4 I 'me left by Life and Sense like those Just in a dying state verse 5 Among the slaughter'd dead I ly i th' Grave from Sorrows free Where Men thrust out from Memory Are cut from Earth by Thee verse 6 Down in the Pits