the Apple of the Eye inclose And over me thy shady Wings extend For Impious Men and such as deadly hate My guiltless Soul have compast me about Who swell with Pride inclos'd with their own faâ—â— And words of contumely thunder out Our traced steps intrap as in a Toil Low-couched on the Earth with flaming Eyes Like famish'd Lions eager of their Spoil Or Lions Whelps close lurking to surprise Arise prevent him from his Glory hurl'd My pensive Soul from the Devourer save From men which are thy scourge men of the worâ—â— Who in this Life alone their Portion have Fill'd with thy secret Treasure to their Race They their accumulated Riches leave But I with Righteousness shall see thy Face And rising in thy Image joy receive PSALM XVIII MY Heart on Thee is fix'd my Strength my Power My stedfast Rock my Fortress my high Tower My God my Safety and my Confidence The Horn of my Salvation my Defence My Songs shall thy deserved Praise resound For at my Prayers thou wilt my Foes confound Sorrows of Death on every side assail'd â—nd dreadful flouds of Impious Men prevail'd â—â—rrows of Hell my compast Soul dismay'd â—nd to intrap me deadly Snares were layd 〈◊〉 this Distress I cry'd and call'd upon â—â—e Lord who heard me from his Holy Throne â—â—e trembling Earth in his fierce Anger strook â—â—h ' unfixed roots of airy Mountains shook â—â—oke from his Nostrils flew devouring Fire â—rake from his Mouth Coles kindled by his Ire 〈◊〉 his Descent bow'd Heaven with Earth did meet â—nd gloomy Darkness roll'd beneath his Feet A Golden-winged Cherubin bestrid And on the swiftly flying Tempest rid He Darkness made his secret Cabinet Thick Fogs and dropping Clouds about him set The Beams of his bright Presence these expell Whence showers of burning coles and hailstones fell From troubled Skies loud claps of Thunder brake In Hail and darting Flames th' Almighty spake Whose Arrows my amazed Foes subdue And at their scattred Troops his Lightning threw The Ocean could not his deep Bottom hide The World 's conceal'd Foundations were descri'd At thy rebuke Jehovah at the blast Even of the breath which through thy Nostrils past He with extended arms his Servants saves And drew me sinking from th' inraged waves From my proud foes by his assistance freed Who swoln with hate no less in strength exceed Without his Aid I in that stormy Day Of my affliction had become their prey Who from those straits of danger by his Might Enlarg'd my Soul for I was his delight The Lord according to my innocence And Justice did his saving grace dispence The narrow Path by him prescrib'd I took Nor like the wicked my Great God forsook For all his Judgements were before mine eyes I with his statutes daily did advise And ever walk'd before him void of guile No act or purpose did my soul defile For this he recompenc'd my righteousness And crown'd my innocence with fair success The merciful shall flourish in thy Grace Thy Righteousness the Righteous shall embrace Thou to the Pure thy Purity wilt show And the perverse shall thy averseness know For thou wilt thy afflicted People save The proud cast down down to the greedy grave Thou Lord wilt make my taper to shine bright And clear my darkness with celestial Light Through Thee I have against an Host prevail'd And by thy aid a lofty Bulwark scal'd Gods Path is perfect all his Words are just A Shield to those that in his promise trust What God is their in Heav'n or Earth but ours What Rock but He against assailing Powers He breath'd new strength and courage in the day Of Battel and securely cleer'd my way He makes my feet outstrip the nimble Hind Up to the Mountains where I safety find 'T is he that teacheth my weak hands to fight A Bow of steel is broken by their might Thou didst thy ample Shield before me set Thy Arm upheld thy Favour made me great The passage of my steps on ev'ry side Thou hast inlarged left my feet should slide â—llowed overtook nor made retreat â—till victorious in my Foes defeat â— charg'd with wounds that they no longer stood â—t at my feet lay bathed in their blood â—ou arm'st me with prevailing Fortitude â—â—d all that rose against me hast subdu'd â—â—eir stubborn necks subjected to my Will â—â—at I their blood who hate my Soul might spill â—â—ey cry'd aloud but found no succour near â— thee Jehovah but thou wouldst not hear â—ounded them like dust which Whirle-winds raise â—od under-foot as dirt in beaten wayes â—om Popular Fury thou hast set me free â—mong the Heathen hast exalted me â—hom unknown Nations serve as soon obey â—s hear of me and yield unto my sway â—he Stranger-born beset with horrour fled â—nd in their close Retreats betray their dread â— praise the living Lord the Rock whereon â— build the God of my Salvation â—is he who rights my wrongs the People bends â—o my Subjection from my Foe defends â—hou raisest me above their proud controul â—nd from the violent Marr hast freed my Soul â—he Heathen shall admire my Thankfulness My Songs shall thy immortal Praise express A great and manifold Deliverance God gives his King his mercy doth advance 〈◊〉 his Anointed and will show'r his Grace â—ternally on David and his Race PSALM XIX GOds Glory the vast Heav'ns proclame The Firmament his mighty Frame Day unto Day and Night to Night The wonders of his Works recite To these nor speech nor words belong Yet understood without a Tongue The Globe of Earth they compass round Through all the world disperse their sound There is the Suns Pavillion set Who from his Rosie Cabinet Like a fresh Bride-groom shews his face And as a Giant runs his race He riseth in the dawning East And glides obliquely to the West The World with his bright Rayes repleat All Creatures cherish'd by his heat Gods Laws are perfect and restore The Soul to life even dead before His Testimonies firmly true With Wisdom simple men indue The Lords Commandments are upright And Feast the Soul with sweet delight His Precepts are all Puritie Such as illuminate the Eye The fear of God soil'd with no stain Shall everlastingly remain Jehovah's Judgements are Divine With Judgement he doth Justice joine Which men should more than Gold desire Then heaps of Gold refin'd by Fire More sweet than Honey of the Hive Or Cels where Bees their Treasure slive Thy Servant is inform'd from thence They their Observers recompence Who knows what his Offences be From secret sins O cleanse thou me And from presumptuous Crimes restrain Nor let them in thy Servant reign So shall I live in Innocence Not spotted with that great Offence My Fortress my Deliverer O let the Prayers my Lips prefer And Thoughts which from my Heart arise Be acceptable in thine Eyes PSALM XX. THe Lord in thy Adversity Regard thy cy Great Iacobs God with Safety arm
below Spread their roots and upwards grow Fruit in their Old-age shall bring Ever fat and flourishing This Gods Justice celebrates He my Rock Injustice hates PSALM XCIII NOw great Jehovah reigns With Majesty aray'd His Power all powers restraines By men and gods obey'd The round Earth hung In liquid Air Establish'd there But by his Tongue Thy Throne more old than Time And after as before The Floods in billows clime And foming loudly rore With horrid Noise The Ocean raves And breaks his Waves Against the Skies But thou more to be fear'd More terrible than these Thy Voice in Thunder heard Thy Nod rebukes the Seas Thee Truth renowns Pure Sanctity Eternally Thy Temple crowns PSALM XCIV GReat God of Hosts revenge our Wrong On those who are in Mischief strong Upon thy Foes Inflict our woes For Vengeance doth to Thee belong Judge of the World prevent The Proud and Insolent How long shall they the Just oppress And triumph in their Wickedness How long supplant Ah! how long vaunt And glory in their dire success Thy Saints asunder break Insulting o're the Weak Who Strangers and poor Widows kill The blood of wretched Orphans spill And say Can he Or hear or see Doth God regard what 's good or ill Brute Beasts without a mind O Fools in knowledge blind Shall not th' Almighty see and hear Who form'd the Eye and fram'd the Ear Who Nations slew Not punish you Who taught not know to him appear Dark Counsels secret Fires Vain Hopes and vast Desires But O! thrice blessed he whom God Chastiseth with his gentle Rod Informs and aws By sacred Laws In storms brought to a safe aboad While the Unrighteous shall By winged Vengeance fall For he will not forsake th' Elect Nor who adore his Name reject But Judgement then Shall turn again To Justice and her Throne Erect Who are in Heart upright Shall follow that clear Light What mortal will th' Afflicted aid Defend when impious Foes invade Lord hadst not thou My Soul e're now In silent shades of Death had laid For he my Out-cries heard And from the Centre rear'd When Grief my labouring Soul confounds Thou powrest Balm into her wounds Shall Tyranny With thee comply Who Mischief for a Law propounds Who swarm to circumvent And doom the Innocent But thou O Lord art my Defence My Refuge and my Recompence The Vicious shall By Vices fall By their own Sins be swept from hence God shall cut off their breath And give them up to Death PSALM XCV COme Sing the great Jehovah's Praise Whose Mercies have prolong'd our Dayes Sing with a joyful voyce With bending Knees and raised Eyes Adore your God O sacrifice In sacred Hymns rejoyce Great is the God of our Defence Transcending all in eminence His Hand the Earth sustains The Depths the lofty Mountains made The Land and liquid Plains displaid And curbs them with his Reins O come before his Foot-stool fall Our only God who form'd us all Through Storms of danger led He is our Shepherd we his Sheep His Hands from Wolves and Rapine keep In pleasant Pastures fed The Voice of God thus spake this Day Repine not as at Meribah As in the Wilderness Where your Fore-fathers tempted me Who did my Works of Wonder see And to their shame confess When vex'd for forty years I said This People in their hearts have stray'd Rebellious to command To whom I in my Anger swore That Death should seise on them before They knew this pleasant Land PSALM XCVI NEw composed Ditties sing To our Everlasting King You all you of Humane birth Fed and nourish'd by the Earth Celebrate Jehovah's Praise Daily his Deliveries blase His Glory let the Gentiles know To the World his wonders show O how gracious O how great Earth his Foot-stool Heaven his Seat To be fear'd and honour'd more Than those gods whom Fools adore Idols by their Servants made But our God the Heavens display'd Honour Beauty Power Divine In his Sanctuary shine All who by his Favour live Glory to Jehovah give Glory due unto his Name And his Mighty Deeds proclame Offerings on his Altar lay There your Vows devoutly pay In his beauteous Holiness To the Lord your Prayer address All whom Earths round shoulders bear Serve the Lord with Joy and Fear Tell Mankind Jehovah reigns He shall bind the world in Chains So as it shall never slide And with sacred Justice guide Let the smiling Heavens rejoyce Joyful Earth exalt her Voice Let the dancing Billows rore Ecchoes answer from the Shore Fields their flowry Mantles shake All shall in their Joy partake While the Woods Musicians sing To the ever-youthful Spring Fill his Courts with sacred Mirth He He comes to judge the Earth Justly He the World shall sway And his Truth to men display PSALM XCVII O Earth joy in Jehovah's Reign You numerous Isles clasp'd by the Main Him rolling Clouds and Shades infold Judgement and Truth his Throne uphold Who fiery Darts before him throws With winged flames consumes his Foes His Lightning made a day of night Earth trembled at so fear'd a sight The Mountains at his Presence sweat Like pliant Wax dissolv'd with Heat At his Descension from the Skie Who rules the Worlds great Monarchie The Heavens declare his Righteousness His Glory wondering men confess Let those with shame to Hell descend Whose Knees to cursed Idols bend Whose rocks for Deities implore O all you gods our God adore Rejoycing Sion heard her King Her Daughters of his Judgements sing Thou art exalted above all Mankind and Pow'rs Angelicall Those Saints thy shady Wings protect Who Sin abhor and thee affect For thou hast sown the Seeds of Light And joy which shall invest th' Upright You Just your joyful Hearts elate His blest Memorial celebrate PSALM XCVIII SIng to the King of kings Sing in unusual Laies That hath wrought wondrous things His Conquest crown with Praise Whose Arms alone And sacred Hands Their impious Bands Have overthrown He â—ustice brings to light His saving Truth extends Even in the Gentiles sight To Earths remotest Ends. His Heavenly Grace At full display'd And promise made To Iacobs Race Let all that dwell on Earth Their high Affections raise With universal Mirth And loudly sing his Praise To Musick joyn The warbling Voice Let all rejoyce With Joy divine The sprightly Trumpet sound The shrill-voic'd Cornet bringâ— Let all with Joy abound Before the Lord our King Rore out you Seas You spangled Skies All you comprise Rejoyce with these Floods clap your thronging waves You Hills exalt your mirth He who his People saves Now comes to judge the Earth The round World shall With Justice trie His Equitie Dispenst to all PSALM XCIX LEt our Foes with terrour quake Let the Earths Foundations shake Now the Lord his Reign begins Thron'd between the Cherubins O how great in Sions Towers High above all Mortal Powers Great and terrible his Name Since so holy praise the same
only Hope of those Who thee with Holy Zeal adore Whose all-protecting Arms inclose Their Safety who thy Aid implore PSALM IV. THou Guardian of my Truth and me That from these straits hast set me free O hear my Pray'r Be I Thy Care For Mercy lives in Thee You Sons of Men how long will you Eclipse my Glory and pursue Lov'd Vanities Delight in Lies To Man to God untrue Know God my innocence hath blest And will with soveraignty invest His gentle Ear Prepar'd to hear My never vain request Sin not but fear surcease and try Your Hearts as on your Beds you lie Pure gifts present With pure intent And place your hopes on high But Earthly Minds false Wealth admire And toil with uncontrol'd desire With clear aspect Thy Beams reflect And Heavenly Thoughts inspire O let my Joy exempt from Fears Their Joys transcend when Autumn bears His pleasant Wines On clustred Vines And Grain-replenish'd Ears Now shall the peaceful hand of Sleep In heavenly Dew my senses steep Whom thy large wings O King of Kings In shades of Safety keep PSALM V. TO hear me Lord be thou inclin'd My thoughts O ponder in thy mind And let my cryes acceptance find Thou hear'st my Morning Sacrifice To thee before the Day-Star Rise My Pray'rs ascend with stedfast eyes Thou lov'st no vice none dwells with thee Nor glorious Fools thy Beauty see All Sin-defil'd detested be â—â—ars shall sink beneath thy hate â—ho thirst for Blood and weave deceit â—hy Rage shall swiftly ruinate I to thy Temple will repair Since Infinite thy Mercies are And thee adore with Fear and Prayer My God conduct me by thy Grace For many have my Soul in chase Set thy strait Paths before my Face False are their Tongues their Hearts are hollow Like gaping sepulchres they swallow â—â—wn and betray even those they follow With Vengeance girt these Rebels round In their own counsels them confound Since their Transgressions thus abound Joy they with an exalted Voice That trust in thee who guard'st thy Choice Let those who love thy Name rejoyce Thy Blessings shall in show'rs descend Thy favour as a shield defend All those who righteousness intend PSALM VI. LOrd thy deserved Wrath asswage Nor punish in thy burning Ire Let Mercy mitigate thy Rage Before my fainting Life expire O heal my Bones with anguish ake My pensive Heart with sorrow worn How long wilt thou my soul forsake O pity and at length return O let thy Mercies comfort me And thy afflicted Servant save Who will in death remember thee Or praise thee in the silent Grave Vext by insulting enemies My Groans disturb the peaceful Night My Bed wash'd with my streaming Eyes Through Grief grown old and dim of sight All you of wicked life depart The Lord my God hath heard my cry He will recure my wounded Heart And turn my Tears to tides of Joy Who hate me let dishonour wound Let fear their guilty souls affright With shame their haughty looks confound And let them vanish from my sight PSALM VII O Thou that art my Confidence And strong Defence From those who my sad fall intend Great God defend Lest Lion like if none controul They tear my perse cuted Soul If I am guilty if there be Deceit in me If Ill I ever to my Friend Did but intend Or rather have not succour'd those Who were my undeserved foes Let them my stained Soul pursue With hate subdue Let their proud feet in Triumph tread Upon my head My life out of her mansion thrust And lay my Honour in the dust Against my dreadful Enemies Great God arise Just Judge thy sleeping Wrath awake And Vengeance take Then all shall Thee adore alone O King of Kings ascend thy Throne Judge thou my Foes as I am free So judge thou me Declare thou my integrity For thou dost try The Heart and Reins The Just defend The Malice of the Wicked end God is my Shield he help imparts To sincere hearts The Good Protects but menaceth The Bad with Death Nor will unless they change relent He whets his Sword his Bow is bent Dire Instruments prepared hath Of deadly Wrath And will at those who persecute swift Arrows shoot Who wicked thoughts conceiv'd now great With Mischief travel hatch Deceit Who digg'd a pit first fell therein Caught by his Sin On his own head his outrage shall Like ruins fall But I O thou eternal King Will of thy Truth and Justice sing PSALM VIII LOrd how Illustrious is thy Name Whose Pow'r both Heav'n and Earth proclame Thy Glory thou hast set on high Above the Marble-arched Sky The wonders of thy Power thou hast In Mouths of Babes and Sucklings plac'd That so thou might'st thy Foes confound And who in malice most abound When I pure Heav'n thy Fabrick see The Moon and Stars dispos'd by thee O what is Man or his frail Race That thou shouldst such a Shadow grace Next to thy Angels most renown'd With Majesty and Glory crown'd The King of all thy Creatures made That all beneath his feet hath laid All that on Dales or Mountains feed That shady Woods or Deserts breed What in the Airy Region glide Or through the rowling Ocean slide Lord how illustrious is thy Name Whose Pow'r both Heav'n and Earth proclame PSALM IX THee will I praise with Heart and Voice Thy wondrous Works aloud resound In thee O Lord will I rejoyce Thy Name with Zealous Praises Crown'd My Foes fell by inglorious flight Before thy terrible Aspect Thy powerful Hands support my Right Thou Judgement justly dost direct The Proud are faln the Heathen fly Oblivion shall their names Intomb Destruction O thou Enemy Hath now reciev'd a final Doom Thou Towns and Cities hast destroy'd Their memory with them decayes But God for ever shall abide And high his Throne of Justice raise A righteous Scepter shall extend And Judgement distribute to all He will oppressed Souls defend That in the time of Trouble call Who know thy Name in thee will trust Thou never wilt forsake thine Own Praise Sions King O praise the Just And make his noble Actions known Blood sâ—apes not his revenging Hand He vindicates the Poor mans Cause Lord my insulting Foes withstand And draw me from Deaths greedy Jaws That I may in the Royal Gate Of Sions Daughter raise my Voice Thy ample Praises celebrate And in thy saving health rejoice They faln into the Pit they made Are caught in Nets themselves prepar'd The Lord his Judgements hath display'd The Wicked in their works insnar'd The Wicked down to Hell shall sink And all that do the Lord disdain But God will on the Needy think Nor shall the Poor expect in vain Lord let nor Man prevail arise Th' Insulting Heathen judge O then Let trembling Fear their heart surprize That they may know they are but Men. PSALM X. WIthdraw not O my God my guide In time of
And shield from harm Help from his Sanctuary send And out of Sion thee defend Thy Odors which pure flames consume Be his Perfume May he accept thy Sacrifice Fir'd from the Skies For ever thy indeavours bless And crown thy Counsels with success We will of thy Deliverance sing Triumphant King Our Ensigns in that pray'dâ—for Day With Joy display Even in the Name of God O still May he thy just Desires fulfil Now know I his Anointed He Will hear and free With saving Hand and Mighty Power From his high Tower These trust in Horse in Chariots those Our trust we in our God repose Their wounded limbs with anguish bend To Death descend But we in fervour of the fight Have stood upright O save us Lord thy Suppliants hear And in our aid Great King appear PSALM XXI LOrd in thy Salvation In the Strength which thou hast shown Greatly shall the King rejoyce How will Joy exalt his Voice Thou hast granted his request Of his Hearts desire possest Blest with Blessings manifold Crown'd with sparkling Gems and Gold Praid-for Life thou granted hast Length of Days which never waste By thy Safe-guard glorious made With high Majesty array'd Of resistless Pow'r possest By thy favours ever blest Lo his Joys are infinite Joy reflected from thy sight For the King in God did trust Through the Mercy of the Just He shall ever fixed stand For thy Hand thy own right Hand Shall thy Enemies destroy Who would in thy ruin joy When thy Anger shall awake Them a flaming Furnace make God shall swallow in his Ire And devour them all with fire From the Earth destroy their Fruit Never let their Seed take root Mischievous was their intent All their Thoughts against me bent Thoughts which nothing could perform Let thy Arrows like a Storm Put them to inglorious flight On their daunted faces light Lord aloft thy Triumphs raise While we sing thy Power and Praise PSALM XXII MY God! O why hast thou forsook Why O so far withdrawn thine Aid Nor when I roared pity took My God by day to Thee I pray'd And when Nights Curtains were display'd Yet would'st not Thou vouchsafe a look Yet thou art Holy thron'd on high The Israelites thy Praise resound Our Fathers did on thee relye Their Faith with wreaths of Conquest crown'd They sought and thy Deliverance found They trusted and thy Truth did trie But I a worm no man am made The scorn of men despis'd by all Who shake their Heads make mouths upbraid Let God say they redeem from thrall On whom thy Hopes so vainly call Now let him his Beloved aid Thou drew'st me from the Womb by Thee Confirmed at my Mothers breast When born Thou took'st the charge of me Even from my Birth my God profest O succour me with fear distrest Thou canst alone thy Servant free Incensed Bulls about me stare Strong Bulls of Bashan girt me round Who their inflamed mouths prepare Like ravenous Lions to confound I 'm spilt like water on the ground And all my Bones disjointed are My Heart like Wax within me thaws My vigour as a Pot-sheard dry'd My thirsty Tongue cleaves to my jaws In dust of Death thou do'st me hide Dogs compass me on ev'ry side And multitudes who hate thy Laws My Hands and Feet transfixed are Bones to be told with anguish waste This seen with joy my robes they share Lots on my seamless garment cast My Strength to my redemption haste Nor O be deaf to my sad prayer Let not the Sword thy Servant wound My Dearling from the Dog protect From Lions that in rage abound From Unicorns guard thy Elect. I then my Brethren will direct Among the Saints thy Praise resound O praise him you who fear the Lord You Sons of Iacob God adore Let Israels Seed his praise record For from their crys who help implore His Face he hides not nor the Poor In their Affliction hath abhorr'd I in the great Assembly shall Declare his Works which words exceed And pay my Vows before them all The Meek abundantly shall feed The Faithful praise their Help at need Nor by the stroke of Death shall fall All who behold the Suns Up-rise Shall God profess and serve alone And all the Heathen Families Shall cast themselves before his Throne Because the Kingdom is his own For over all his Empire lies Who in prosperity abound Nor undeserved Honours gain Who poorly creep upon the ground And scarce their needy lives sustain Shall eat and to his easie reign Submit with joys eternal crown'd Their sanctifi'd Posteritie Shall ever celebrate his Name Adopted Sons of the most High They shall his Righteousness proclame And Works of everlasting fame To their believing Progeny PSALM XXIII THe Lord my Shepherd me his Sheep Will from consuming Famine keep He fosters me in fragrant Meads By softly-sliding waters leads My Soul refresh'd with pleasant juice And lest they should his Name traduce Then when I wander in the Maze Of tempting sin informs my ways No terrour can my courage quail Though shaded in Deaths gloomy vail By thy Protection fortifi'd Thy Staff my Stay thy Rod my Guide My Table thou hast furnished Powr'd pretious Odors on my head My Mazer flows with pleasant Wine While all my Foes with envy pine Thy Mercy and Beneficence Shall ever joyn in my Defence Who in thy House will sacrifice Till aged Time close up mine eyes PSALM XXIV THe round and many-peopled Earth What from her womb extract their birth And whom her foodful breast sustains Are his who high in glory raigns The Land in moving Seas hath plac'd By ever-toiling Floods imbrac'd Who shall upon his Mountain rest Who in his Sanctuary feast Even he whose hands are innocent His heart unsoil'd with foul intent Whom swoln Ambition Avarice Nor tempting Pleasures can intice Who only their infection fears And never fraudulently swears The Lord his Saviour him shall bless And cloth him with his Righteousness Such are of Iacobs Faithful Race Who seek him and shall find his Face You lofty Gates your Leaves display You everlasting Doors give way The King of Glory comes O sing His Praise Who is this glorious King The Lord in Strength in Pow'r compleat The Lord in Battail more than great You lofty Gates your Leaves display You everlasting Doors give way The King of Glory comes O sing His praise Who is this glorious King The Lord of Hosts of Victory Is King of glory thron'd on high PSALM XXV ON Thee with Confidence I call To thee my troubled Soul erect Lord let not shame my look deject Nor Malice triumph in my fall Thy Servants save but those confound Who Innocence with slander wound In thy disclosed paths direct Thy Truth that leading Star display O my Redeemer every day My dangers thy relief expect Think of thy Mercies shown of old Thy Mercies more than can be told The sins of my unbridled Youth Nor frail Transgressions call to mind Let
Judgement his great Power affects Yet by Equity directs These celestial Twins imbrace These reflect on Iacobs Race O how holy above all Honour at his Foot-stool fall Moses Aaron heretofore Among those who Mitres wore Samuel by Vow desir'd Among those who were inspir'd These to him their Prayers preferr'd These by him as soon were heard These his Statutes rarely brake Unto these th' Almighty spake In the Pillar of a Cloud To his Service ever vow'd He did their Petitions hear Merciful and yet severe The Holy on his Holy Hill Glorifie and worship still PSALM C. ALL from the Suns uprise Unto his Setting Raies Resound in Jubilees The great Jehovah's Praise Him serve alone In triumph bring Your Gifts and sing Before his Throne Man drew from Man his Birth But God his noble Frame Built of the ruddy Earth Fill'd with caelestial Flame His Sons we are Sheep by him led Preserv'd and fed With tender care O to his Portals press In your divine resorts With Thanks his Power profess And praise him in his Courts How good how pure His Mercies last His Promise past For ever sure PSALM CI. OF Justice I and Mercy sing Which Lord from thee their Fountain spring The Graces that adorn a King Grave Wisdom shall my steps direct No Vice my heart nor Roof infect When wilt thou visit thine Elect No pleasure shall mine eyes misguide Who from the Tract of Virtue slide Just Hate shall from my Soul divide Who mischief in their Hearts contrive Delight in Wrong in Factions strive I from my peaceful Court will drive Who hath his Friend with Slander strook I will cut off nor ever brook A proud Heart and a haughty Look Mine Eyes the Faithful shall observe Those in my Family shall serve Who never from pure Virtue swerve But who are exercis'd in Guile Whose Tongues malicious Lies defile I from my Presence will exile And all the Wicked in the Land Will cut off with a timely Hand Nor shall they in Gods City stand PSALM CII ACcept my Prayers nor to the Cry Of my Afflictions stop thine Ear Lord in the time of Misery And sad restraint serene appear The Sighings of my Spirit hear And when I call with speed reply As Smoak so fleets my Soul away My marrow dry'd as Hearths with heat My heart struck down like withered Hay Through Sorrow I forsake my meat While meagre cares my Liver eat The clinging Skin my Bones display Like Desert-haunting Pelicans In Cities not less desolate Like Screech-Owls who with ominous strains Disturb the Night and day-light hate A Sparrow which hath lost his Mate And on a Pinacle complains Reviling Foes my Honour blast And frantick men my ruin swear For Bread I roll'd-on ashes tast Each drop I drink mixt with a tear For Lord O who thy Wrath can bear Thou raisest and dost head-long cast My Dayes short as the Evening shade As Morning dew consume away As Gâ—ass cut down with Sithes I fade Or like a flower crop'd yesterday But Lord thou suffer'st no decay Thy Promises shall never vade For thou shalt from thy Rest arise Since now th' appointed time draws near And look on Sions miseries Her Walls and batter'd Buildings rear Whose ruins to thy Saints are dear For they her Dust as sacred prise Thy Name then shall the Gentiles praise All Kings thy Honour celebrate For when the Lord shall Sion raise His Glory shall ascend in State So prone to hear the Desolate And succour them in all assaies Unto eternal Memory Our Histories shall this record And all that are created by His pow'rful Hand shall fear the Lord Who doth such Grace to his afford And on the Earth looks from on high To hear the pensive Captives grone The Sons of Death by him unbound His Name again in Sion known That Salem may his Praise resound When in his Service all the Round Of Earth shall there be joyn'd in one Yet Lord amidst these Hopes thou hast Consum'd my strength abridg'd my years Before my Noon of Life be past Let me not die thus drown'd in tears Time wasts not thee which all out-wears Thy happy Daies for ever last Thou mad'st the Earth thou didst display The Heavens in various motion roll'd These and their Glories shall decay But thou shalt thy existence hold They like a Garment shall grow old And in their changes pass away But thou art still the same before The World and after shalt remain You blessed Souls who God adore With Patient Hope your harms sustain For you shall prosper in his Reign And yours subsist for evermore PSALM CIII MY Soul and all my Faculties Jehovah praise sing till the Skies Re-eccho his ascending Fame My Soul O celebrate his Name Nor ever let the memory Of his surpassing Favours die He gently pardons our misdeeds And cures the Wounds which inward bleeds Hath from the Chains of Death unbound With Clemency and Mercy crown'd With Food our Hunger he subdues And Eagle-like our Youth renues His Justice he extends to all Oppressors by his Vengeance fall His sacred Paths to Moses shown His Miracles to Israel known From Him the Springs of Mercy flow Swift to forgive to anger slow For he will not for ever chide Nor constant to his Wrath abide But mildly from his Rage relents And shortens our due Punishments For as the Heavens in amplitude Exceed the Centre they include So ample is his Clemency To all who on his Grace rely As far as the bright Orient Is distant from the Suns Descent So far he sets from his Aspect Their Guilt who him with fear affect And as a Father to his Child So soft so quickly reconcil'd He knows the Fabrick of us all That dust is our Original Man flourisheth like Grass a Flower That blows and withers in an hour By scorching heat by blasting Wind Deflower'd and leaves no print behind But his firm Mercy shall imbrace His Saints for ever and their Race Those who his equal Laws fulfill Remember and perform his Will In Heaven the great Jehovah reigns And governs all that Earth contains You Angels who in strength exceed Who him obey with winged speed You ordred Hosts of radiant Stars O you his flaming Ministers All whom his Wisdom did create Through his large Empire celebrate His glorious Name with sweet accord Joyn thou my Soul to praise the Lord. PSALM CIV MY ravish'd Soul great God thy praises sings Whom Glory circles with her radiant Wings And Majesty invests then Day more bright Cloth'd with the beams of new-created Light He like an all-infolding Canopy Fram'd the vast concave of the spangled Skie And in the Air-imbraced Waters set The Basis of his hanging Cabinet Who on the Clouds as on a Chariot rides And with a reign the flying Tempest guides Bright Angels his attendant Spirits made By flame-dispersing Seraphims obey'd The ever-fixed Earth cloth'd with the Flood In whose calm bosome unseen Mountains stood At his rebuke it shrunk with
smoother farr His Thoughts of Warr Words softer than the fluent Oil Yet bent to Spoil But thou my Soul thy cares impose On God who will redress thy woes The Just he shall confirm with Joy Th' Unjust destroy Those who in blood and fraud delight Shall set in Night Before their Noon of Life be past But I on God my hopes have plac'd PSALM LVI O Lord protect me by thy Power From such as would my Life devour Who merciless Strive to oppress Nor grant me Truce one hour That would devour me every Day And make my chased Life their prey Yet Lord will I On thee relie When Dangers most dismay Thy Promise I will celebrate In constant hope thy Pleasure wait With patience bear Thy Stay nor fear Frail man or his vain hate My words and deeds they daily wrest And in their thoughts my fall digest Unite in ill And lurk to kill My Feet can find no rest O shall they with impunity Escape and thus their sins enjoy Let Death thy rage Alone asswage Them in their guilt destroy My Wand'rings thou hast numbered Even every Tear mine Eyes have shed Thy Vial holds All in the Folds Of thy large Volume read Assur'd that when on God I call My Foes shall by his Fury fall His Promise I Will magnifie His Truth divulge to All. To him my ready Vows will pay My Vows of Thanks both night and day In whom I trust Nor shall th' Unjust My stedfast Hopes dismay For he hath snatch'd me from the Night Of Death and kept my foot upright That I may still Observe his Will And see the cheerful Light PSALM LVII O Thou from whom all Mercy springs Compassionate my Sufferings And pity me That trust in Thee O shelter with thy shady Wings Until these storms of Woe Clear-up or over-blow Thee I invoke O thou Most High Thou All-performer from the Skie Thy Angels send Let them defend My Soul from him that would destroy O send thy Mercy down With Truth thy Promise crown For Salvage Lions girt me round And they whose Malice knows no bound Their cruel Words More sharp than Swords Their Teeth like Spears and Arrows wound To Heav'n thy Glory raise Let Earth resound thy Praise They subtil snares prepared have And bow'd my Souleven to the Grave With wicked wit Have digg'd a pit From which themselves they could not save But justly fell therein Intrapt by their own Sin My ravish'd Heart flames with desire I to the Musick of my Lyre Eternal King Thy Praise will sing Awake my Glory Zeal inspire Awake my Harp and Lute Nor in his Praise be mute To thee before the Morning rise My Lips their Calves shall sacrifice Thy Mercy far The highest Star Thy Truth transcends the lofty Skies To Heaven thy Glory raise Let Earth resound thy Praise PSALM LVIII PErnicious Counsellors Give you Sincere advice to Justice true Or Virtue but in show pursue Your Hearts are still on Mischief bent Your Hands impure and violent Nor favour Truth nor Wrong prevent Even from the womb they blindly stray Born and perverted in one day Lie slander flatter and betray Like Serpents with black poyson swell And charm th' Inchanter ne're so well More deaf than Asps his Charms repel Lord slit their Tongues before they speak Strike out their Teeth which tear the Weak And the young Lions grinders break As Sun-beat Snow so let them thaw And when their weak'ned Bows they draw Let their crack'd Arrows flie like straw Let them like Snails consume away And as untimely Births decay Which never saw the cheerful Day Before their pots can feel the brier God in the Whirl-wind of his Ire Shall blast alive and burn with fire Sin with Revenge at length shall meet The Godly shall rejoyce to see 't And in their blood shall wash their feet Then erring Mortals shall confess There are Rewards for Righteousness And Plagues for such as do transgress PSALM LIX LOrd save me from mine Enemies From those who thus against me rise Like an incensed Flood From those who in Impietie Place their delight and long to die Their hands in guiltless blood Lo for my Soul they lie in wait The Mighty joyn their power and hate Without my blame or crime Without my crime they weapons take And persecute my soul. Awake My God! assist in time Great God of Hosts of Israel These all-oppressing Tyrants quest Nor be to Mercy won At night their mischief they begin Incenst like snarling Dogs they grin And through the City run Behold they vomit bitter words Between their lips they brandish swords Yet say Can these be known But Lord thou shalt their threats deride The empty terrour of their pride And Malice vainly shown I and my strength are in thy Power In thee I trust my Shield my Tower Thy Mercy Lord how great My Foes subjectest to my will Subdue and scatter but not kill Lest we thy Truth forget O be they in their Pride surpris'd Even for the Lies they have devis'd Their curses and close Arts. Consume them from the Land expel To shew God reigns in Israel To Earths remotest parts Hopeless let them return with Night Like grinning Dogs bark but not bite About the City rome Pale meager and half famished Like vagabonds howl they for bread Without or food or home But I before the Day-star spring Will of thy Power and Mercy sing My safety in distress Thou art my Rock my strong Defence My living Verse thy Excellence And Bounty shall express PSALM LX. CAst off and scattered in thine Ire Lord on our woes with pity look The Lands inforc'd Foundations shook Whose yawning ruptures Sighs expire O cure the Breaches Thou hast rent And make Her firmly permanent Our Souls thou hast with sorrow fed And mad'st us drink of deadly Wine Yet now thy Ensigns giv'st to Thine Even when beset with trembling dread That we thy Banner may display Whil'st Truth to Conquest makes our way O hear us who thy Aid implore Lord with thy own Right hand defend To thy Beloved succour send God by his Sanctity thus swore I Succoths Valley will divide In Shechems Spoils be magnifi'd Mine Gilead is Manasseh mine Ephraim my strength in battel bold Thou Iudah shalt my Scepter hold I will triumph on Palastine Base servitude shall Moab waste O're Edom I my shooe will cast Who will our forward Troops direct To Rabbah strongly fortifi'd Or into sandy Edom guide Lord wilt not thou that did'st reject Nor would'st before our Armies goe Now lead our Host against the Foe O then when Dangers most affright Do thou our troubled Souls sustain For loe the help of Man is vain Through Thee we valiantly shall fight Our flying Foes thou shalt tread down And Thine with wreaths of Conquest crown PSALM LXI MY God thy Servant hear O lend a willing ear In exile my sad heart From Earths remotest part O'rewhelm'd with Miseries To Thee for succour cries To that High
I Vices should affect Would not He my Prayers reject But the Lord my Prayers hath heard Which my tongue with tears preferr'd Sourâ—e of Mercy be Thou blest That hast granted my Request PSALM LXVII LOrd show'r on us thy Grace Inrich with Gifts divine Let thy illustrious Face Upon thy Servants shine That all below The arched Skie May Thee and thy Salvation know Let all thy Praise rehearse With one united Voyce Sing in melodious Verse Eternally rejoyce Thy Power obey Whose Justice shall Dispose of All All Scepters sway Let all extol thy Worth Then shall the smiling Earth Her pleasant fruits bring forth Nor ever mourn in Dearth We who implore Thy Blessings find And all Mankind With fear adore PSALM LXVIII LEt God the God of Battail rise And scatter his proud Enemies O let them flee before his face Like smoak which driving tempests chace As Wax dissolves with scorching Fire So perish in his burning Ire But let the Just with joy abound In joyful Songs his Praise resound Who riding on the rowling Sphears The Name of great Jehovah bears Before his Face your joys express A Father to the fatherless He wipes the tears from Widows eyes The single Plants in Families Inlarging those who late were bound While Rebels starve on thirsty Ground When he our numerous Army led And march'd through Deserts full of dread Heaven melted and Earths Centre shook With his majestick Presence strook When Israels God in Clouds came down High Sinai bow'd his trembling Crown He in th' approach of meager Dearth With show'rs refresht the fainting Earth Where his own Flock in safety fed The Needy unto plenty led By Him we conquer Virgins sing Our Victories and Timbrels sing He Kings with their vast Armies foils While women share their wealthy spoils You who among the Pots have lain In Soot and Smoak shall shine again Bright as the silver-feather'd Dove Whose wings with golden Splendor move When he the Kings had overthrown Our Land like snowy Salmon shone Gods Mountain Bashans Mount transcends Though he his many Heads extends Why boast you so ye meaner Hills God with his Glory Sion fills This his beloved Residence Nor ever will depart from hence His Chariots twenty thousand were Which Myriads of Angels bear He in the midst as when he crown'd High Sinai's sanctified ground Lord Thou thy Self hast rais'd on high Thou captivat'st Captivity Deck'd with the trophees of his Foes The gifts receiv'd on his bestows Reducing those who did rebell That both might in his Sion dwell O praised be the God of gods Who his with daily blessings loads The God of our Salvation On whom our hopes depend alone The Controverse of Life and Death Is arbitrated by his Breath He on their heads his Foes shall wound Their hairy scalps whose sins abound And in their trespasses proceed Thus spake Jehovah Iacobs Seed I will from Bashan bring again And through the bottom of the Main That Dogs may lap their enemies blood And they wade through a crimson Flood We in thy Sanctuary late My God my King beheld thy State The sacred Singers march'd before Who instruments of Musick bore In order followed Every Maid Upon her pleasant Timbrel plaid His Praise in your Assemblies sing You who from Israels Fountain spring Nor little Benjamin alone But Iudah from his Mountain-throne The far removed Zebulun And Naphtali which borders on Old Iordan where his stream dilates Joyn'd all their Powers and Potentates For us his winged Souldiers fought Lord strengthen what thy hand hath wrought He that supports a Diadem To Thee divine Ierusalem Shall in Devotion treasure bring To build the Temple of his King Break through their Pikes the multitude Of Bulls with savage strength indu'd Till they with gifts sweet Peace invite But scatter those whom Wars delight Far off from Sun-burnt Meroë From falling Nilus from the Sea Which beats on the Aegyptian shore Shall Princes come and here adore You Kingdoms through the World renown'd Sing to the Lord his praise resound He who Heavens upper Heaven bestrides And on her aged shoulders rides Whose voice the Clouds asunder rends In Thunder terrible descends O praise his Strength whose Majesty In Israel shines his Power on high He from his Sanctuary throws A trembling horror on his Foes While us his Power and Strength invest O Israel praise the Ever-blest PSALM LXIX LOrd snatch me from the raging Floud Now in deep Eddies almost drown'd That struggle in the yielding mud There where no bottom can be found The rising waves my head surround And with their terrors chill my Bloud Tir'd with complaining hoarse and sore Sight fails my long-expecting Eyes My Hairs are not in number more Than my uninjur'd Enemies The great in wrong against me rise I what I never took restore My God Thou know'st my Innocence Let not the faithful blush for me Traduc'd by slanderous Impudence Nor O! let those that call on Thee Their shame in my Confusion see Since Thou art our profest Defence For Thee I suffer Calumnies To Men become a general scorn Deserted by my near Allies By children of my Mother born Through zeal unto thy Honour worn While thy reproach upon me lies I fasted wept in Sack-cloth mourn'd My anguish in my looks exprest Yet this to my derision turn'd By Drunkards sung at every Feast Even Judges at my sorrow jest My Innocence by slander spurn'd Yet shall my Prayers and Sighs ascend Even in an acceptable hour Thy Mercy gracious Lord extend And save by thy Almighty Power Let not the swallowing mud devour Preserve from such a shameful end Deliver from th' insulting Foe My strugling Feet from sinking keep Let not the Billows overflow Nor Whirl-pits suck into their Deep O pity Thou the Eyes that weep And thy Transcendent Mercy show Hear and redeem without delay Nor in my trouble hide thy Face Lest I become a wretched prey To such as have my Soul in chase My shame indignities disgrace And all their crimes before Thee lay Reproach my bleeding heart hath pierc'd Was ever Sorrow half so great Compassion hath her Eyes averst My Grief no comfort could intreat They gave me bitter Gall to eat And Vinegar to quench my Thirst. O be their board a snare to those Prosperity it self a Bait Their Eyes in clouds of darkness close And let them fall by their own weight Pour on them thy Eternal hate With vengeance multiply their woes In Ruins let their Houses lie None in their silent Tents be found That would whom thou hast smit destroy And wounded Souls with slander wound Let their Iniquities abound Nor ever in thy Mercy joy Their names out of thy Volume blot Nor with the Just inthrone their Daies Though poor to misery begot Yet Thou shalt my dejection raise Then will I celebrate thy Praise My thankful Heart no time shall spot This will Jehovah more delight Than Bulls prepar'd for Sacrifice Their guilded Horns with Garlands
suddain dread And from his voices Thunder swiftly fled Then Hills their late concealed Heads extend And sinking Vallies to their Feet descend The trembling Waters through their bottoms wind Till they the Sea their Nurse and Mother find He to the swelling Waves prescribes a bound Lest Earth again should by their rage be drown'd Springs through the pleasant Medows pour their drills Which Snake-like glide between the bordring Hills Till they to Rivers grow where beasts of prey Their thirst asswage and such as man obey In neighbouring Groves the Ayr 's Musicians sing And with their Musick entertain the Spring He from coelestial Casement showers distills And with renew'd increase his Creatures fills He makes the food-full Earth her fruit produce For Cattel Grass and Herbs for humane use The spreading Vine long purple clusters bears Whose juyce the hearts of pensive Mortals chears Fat Olives smooth our brows with suppling Oyl And strengthning Corn rewards the Reapers toil His Fruit affording trees with sap abound The Lord hath Lebanon with Cedars crown'd They to the warbling Birds a shelter yield And wandring Storks in lofty Fir-trees build Wild Goats to craggy Cliffs for refuge flie And Conies in the Rocks dark entrails lie He guides the changing Moons alternate face The Suns diurnal and his annual Race 'T was he that made the all-informing Light And with dark shadows cloaths the aged Night Then Beasts of prey break from their Mountain Caves The roaring Lion pinch'd with hunger craves Food from his hand But when Heavens greatest Fire Obscures the Stars they to their Dens retire Men with the Morning rise to labour prest Toil all the Day at Night return to rest Great God! how manifold how infinite Are all thy Works with what a clear fore-sight Didst thou create and multiply their birth Thy riches fill the far extended Earth The ample Sea in whose unfathom'd Deep Innumerable sorts of Creatures creep Bright scaled Fishes in her Entrails glide And high-built Ships upon her bosome ride About whose sides the crooked Dolphin plays And monstrous Whales huge spouts of water raise All on the Land or in the Ocean bred On Thee depend in their due season fed They gather what thy bounteous Hands bestow And in the Summer of thy Favour grow When thou contract'st thy clouded Brows they mourn And dying to their former dust return Again created by thy quickning breath To re-supply the Massacres of Death No Tract of Time his Glory shall destroy He in th' Obedience of his Works shall joy But when their wild revolts his Wrath provoke Earth trembles and the airy Mountains smoke I all my life will my Creator praise And to his Service dedicate my Daies May he accept the Musick of my Voice While I with sacred Harmony rejoyce Hence you profane who in your Sins delight God shall extirp and cast you from his Sight My Soul bless thou this all-commanding King You Saints and Angels Hallelujah sing PSALM CV TO God O pay your vows invoke his Name And to the World his noble Acts proclame O sing his praises in immortal Verse And his stupendious Miracles rehearse You Saints rejoyce and glory in his Grace His power adore for ever seek his Face Old Abrahams Seed you Sons of the Elect You Israelites O you who God affect Report the Wonders by his finger wrought When in your cause th' inferiour creatures fought Jehovah rules the many-peopled Earth His judgement known to all of humane birth He never will forget his Promise past His Covenants inviolable last Which he to faithful Abraham made before And after to the holy Isaac swore To Iacob sign'd confirm'd to Israel That their large Off-spring should in Canaan dwell When they but few in number wandered In unknown Regions and their Cattel fed He did their lives from violence protect And for their sakes even mighty Princes checkt Touch not said he my Anointed fear to wrong Those sacred Prophets who to Me belong When raging Famine in these Climates reign'd He broke the Staff of Bread which life sustain'd But Ioseph sent before them sold to save His Brethren by whose envy made a slave There for th' Accusers guilt in prison thrown With galling fetters bound for crimes unknown Try'd with affliction at the time decreed At once by Pharoah both advanc'd and freed He of his Houshold gave him the command And made him Ruler over all his Land His Princes to his government Subjects The prudent Youth grave Senators directs Then aged Iacob into Egypt came And sojourn'd in the fruitful Fields of Ham. God in that Land his people multiply'd Their Foes which now their greater strength envy'd Hate what they fear he alienates their hearts To seek their ruin by deceitful Arts. Then Moses on a sacred Embassie And Aaron sent th' Elect of the most High There wrought his dreadful Wonders from the Isle Of Sea-girt Pharo's to the Falls of Nile He bade Cimmerian darkness dim the Day Th' assembled Vapours his commands obey He their seven chanell'd Waters turn'd to Blood The Fishes strangled in their native Flood Frogs from the slimy Earth in Millions spring And skip about the Chambers of the King All parts with swarms of noisome Flies abound And Lice like quickned dust crawl on the ground He storms of killing Hail for Showers bestows And from the breaking clouds his lightning throws Blasts all the Vines and Fig-trees in the Land The Woods with Tempests torn or naked stand Innumerable Locusts these succeed And Caterpillars on their leavings feed They bite the tender Herb the bud and flower And all the verdure of the Earth Devour Their Strength the First-born slew which fill'd their ears With Female screeches and their hearts with fears Then He the Hebrews out of Goshen brought In able health with Gold and Silver fraught Th' Inhabitants whose tears augment the Nile At their departure Joy and Fear exile A Cloud to shade them from the Sun was spread And Nightly by a flaming Pillar led At their request he sends them showers of Quails And Bread from Heaven like Coriander hails Cleaves the hard Rocks from whence a Fountain flows And unknown Rivers to those Deserts shows For he his sacred Promise call'd to mind To Abraham his Friend and Servant sign'd Thus he his People brought from servitude Whose long-felt miseries in joy conclude From hence the Heathen by our Weapons chac'd And us his sons in their possessions plac'd That from his Statutes we might never swerve O praise the Lord and him devoutly serve PSALM CVI. WIth grateful hearts Jehovahs praise resound In goodness great whose Mercy hath no bound What Language can express his mighty deeds Or utter his due praise which words exceeds Thrice blessed they who his commands observe Nor ever from the tract of Justice swerve Great God O with benevolent aspect Even with the love thou bear'st to thine Elect Behold and succour That my ravish'd Eyes May see a period of their miseries Who
Mountains spreads And hoary Frosts like Ashes sheds While solid Floods their course refrain What Mortal can his cold sustain At his Command by Wind and Sun Dissolv'd th' unfetter'd Rivers run His Laws to Iacob he hath shown His Judgements are to Israel known Not so with other Nations deals From whom his Statutes he conceals PSALM CXLVIII Hallelu-jah YOu who dwell the Skies Free from humane miseries You whom highest Heaven imbowers Praise the Lord with all your powers Angels your clear Voices raise Him you Heavenly Armies praise Sun and Moon with borrow'd light All you sparkling Eyes of Night Waters hanging in the air Heaven of Heavens his Praise declare His deserved Praise record His who made you by his Word Made you evermore to last Set your bounds not to be past Let the Earth his Praise resound Monstrous Whales and Seas profound Vapors Lightning Hail and Snow Storms which when he bids them blow Flowry Hills and Mountains high Cedars neighbours to the Skie Trees that fruit in season yield All the Cattle of the Field Salvage beasts all creeping things All that cut the Air with wings You who awful Scepters sway You inured to obey Princes Judges of the Earth All of high and humble birth Youths and Virgins flourishing In the beauty of your spring You who bow with Ages weight You who were but born of late Praise his Name with one consent O how great how excellent Than the Earth profounder far Higher than the highest star He will his to honour raise You his Saints resound his Praise You who are of Iacobs Race And united to his Grace Hallelu-jah PSALM CXLIX TO the God whom we adore Sing a Song unsung before His immortal Praise rehearse Where his Holy Saints converse Israel O thou his Choice In thy Makers Praise rejoyce Zions Sons rejoyce and sing To the Honour of your King In the Dance his Praise resound Strike the Harp let Timbrels sound God in Goodness infinite In his People takes delight God with safety will adorn Those whom men afflict with scorn Let his Saints in glory joy Sing as in their Beds they lye Highly praise the living Lord Arm'd with their two-edged Sword All the Heathen to confound And the Nations bordering round Binding all their Kings with cords Fettring their captived Lords That they in divine pursuit May his Judgements execute As 't is writ such Honour shall Unto all his Saints befall Hallelu-jah PSALM CL. Hallelu-jah PRaise the Lord inthron'd on high Praise him in his Sanctity Praise him for his mighty Deeds Praise him who in Power exceeds Praise with Trumpets pierce the Skies Praise with Harps and Psalteries Praise with Timbrels Organs Flutes Praise with Violins and Lutes Praise with silver Cymbals sing Praise on those which loudly ring Angels â—ll of humane birth Praise the Lord of Heaven and Earth Hallelu-jah FINIS His Travels wherin he relates the History of the Pyramids Athens Greece Eastern Churches Of Doctrine Of Persons As Antiock Turks Priests Ovids Metamorphosis Commentar Virg. Aâ—â— lib. 1. Panegyrick 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tarantula Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus As the 3 d. Cantus Bassus Part 2. Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Part 2. As the 9th Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus Cantus Bassus As the 8. As the 31. Part 2. As the 72. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. As the 8 th Part 2. As the 7. As the 15. 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