questionless Are sure and alter never Pure holiness Doth seemly dress Thy house O Lord for ever PSAL. LXXXXIV New staffe tune The insolence and cruelty of tyrants the All-seeing eye and All-judging power of God O Lord to whom it doth belong Just vengeance to repay O God the punisher of wrong Do thou thy self display verse 2 Thou Judge of all In generall Thy self no longer hide Arise dispence A recompence To all the sonnes of pride verse 3 How long shall wicked men how long Triumph as Lords and Kings verse 4 How long shall they with spitefull tongue Pronounce and speak hard things The multitude Of sinners lewd How long shall boasting use verse 5 Thy folk in rage Thine heritage How they afflict and bruise verse 6 Poor widows strangers orphans they VVith murd'rous hands have smote verse 7 The Lord yet shall not see they say Nor Jacobs God shall note verse 8 Ye rude among The brutish throng O understand discern Ye foolish men Why when why when Will ye be wise and learn verse 9 Shall he that form'd both ears and eies Not he both see and hear verse 10 Not he correct that doth chastise The heathen every where Not he discern That makes man learn verse 11 The Lord discovers plain The thoughts of man Which he doth skan And finds them meerly vain 2. Part. Argument The blessing of sanctifi'd affliction The destruction of the wicked in their sinnes verse 12 THe man whom thou dost Lord chastise Is infinitely blest VVhom by thy Law thou makest wise That thou maist give him rest verse 13 Even when there come Times troublesome Till dangerous days be past And till the ditch Be dig'd in which The wicked shall be cast verse 14 For sure the Lord will not reject The people whom he took The heritage to him select Shall never be forsook verse 15 But sure regress To righteousness Shall judgement have again And joyntly then True-hearted men Shall wait upon her train verse 16 But who against lewd men shall rise Or who for mee 's at hand 'Gainst workers of iniquities In my behalf to stand verse 17 But that the Lord Did help afford My soul had very nigh In silence dwelt verse 18 But when I felt My foot to slip awry Thy mercies Lord did me uphold verse 19 In various thoughts which roll VVithin my brest so manifold Thy comforts glad my soul. verse 20 Lord shall the thrones Of wicked ones Have fellowship with thee When as the same Lewd mischief frame By purposed decree verse 21 Against the righteous souls they flock They guiltless bloud condem ' verse 22 But of my refuge God's the rock And my defence from them verse 23 Hee 'l recompence Their bold offence And take them in their sin The Lord I say Our God shall slay And cut them off therein PSAL. XCV To short staffe tune An exhortation to praise God the maker and governor of the world the Shepherd and Saviour of the Church A dehortation from rebellion and hardness of heart like our unbeleeving forefathers that were debarred entrance into Canaan O Come sing we a song A joyfull noise be made With joint accord Before the LORD Our rock of saving aid verse 2 Into his presence throng Hearts truly thankfull bring And make a noise Exciting joyes Sweet Psalms unto him sing verse 3 Great King great God he is Whose pow'r all Gods transcends The spacious lands Are in his hands verse 4 The deeps he comprehends The strength of hills is his The Sea in his command He made the same His hands did frame The dry and solid land verse 6 O come bow down all we Before him let us fall Let us adore And kneel before The Lord that made us all verse 7 Our God and Shepheard's he His folk and flock are we This day give ear His voice to hear If yee obedient be verse 8 And harden not your heart As once at Meribah Yee did transgress In Wilderness In that temptation day As in the desert part verse 9 Your fathers tempted me And prov'd my might Each Israelite My wonders they did see verse 10 I forty yeers was griev'd VVith this lewd race and said They are indeed An erring seed In heart and judgement straid Nor known nor have believ'd verse 11 Wherefore I sware in wrath And did protest That to my rest They should not tread the path PSAL. XCVI Coventry tune The incomparable majestie of the true God COmpose new songs and sing the same To God ô all the earth verse 2 Sing forth his fame And glorious Name All men of mortall birth From day to day ô do not spare His saving health to show verse 3 His wonders rare And fame declare That Nations all may know verse 4 For God a great God doth appear And greatly prais'd must be And every where Be had in fear Above all Gods must he verse 5 For all the Gods that Nations name Are Idols ev'ry one The Lord this same Most glorious frame Of heaven made alone verse 6 Before him honour stands in sight With majestie divine Adored might And beautie bright In 's Sanctuary shine verse 7 Ye people give unto the Lord Let every stock and tribe Unto the LORD With joint accord Glory and strength ascribe 2. Part. Argument He magnifies God for the hopefull revelation of the Gospel the joy of all creatures verse 8 GIve God the glory as the thing Due to his Name most high Devoutly bring An offering And to his courts draw nigh verse 9 Adore the LORD in beautie cleer Of his most holy place Earth far and near O stand in fear Before his awfull face verse 10 Let heathen know Jehovah reigns Be bold to say the word He Earth sustains That it remains And never shall be stirr'd He righteously shall judge the Earth verse 11 Let heavens rejoice therefore Let all the Earth Be fill'd with mirth And seas swift billows rore verse 12 Let fields and fruits shew high degrees Of mirth with one accord And then shall these The woodland trees verse 13 Rejoyce before the LORD For lo he doth himself address And judgement he pursu'th To judge all flesh With righteousness And people with his truth PSAL. XCVII Davids tune The majestie of Christs kingdome the confusion of Idolaters and great harvest of joyes promised to the godly LEt earth rejoice God reigns alone Let num'rous Iles be glad verse 2 In truth judgement dwels his throne With clouds and darkness clad verse 3 A fire his foes consuming quite There goes before his feet verse 4 His lightnings gave the world their light The earth did quake to see 't verse 5 The hills like wax did melt and thaw Before the earths great Lord verse 6 And all the world his glory saw The heav'ns his truth record verse 7 Who worship graven Images Confusion on them fall That boast of
ages all His Name do ye still magnifie PSAL. CXLVII To 1. French tune God is glorified for the works of his admirable providence and specially for favours to his Church in his Word and Ordinances PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet The praises of our God to sing For it is an employment sweet And praise a very comely thing verse 2 The Lord doth build Jerusalem The outcasts gleans of Israels bounds verse 3 The broke in heart he healeth them And bindeth up their bleeding wounds verse 4 The number of the starres he tells And all their names he doth recite verse 5 Great is the Lord his pow'r excells His understanding infinite verse 6 Poor humble souls the Lord doth raise But treads the wicked to the ground verse 7 Sing to the Lord with thanks praise And with the harps harmonious sound verse 8 Who with thick clouds orespreads the skie Prepared rain on earth distills And makes the earth to fructifie With store of grass on highest hills verse 9 Who to the beast doth food allot And feeds young ravens when they call verse 10 The strength of horse delights him not Nor yet the legs of champion tall verse 11 Who fear him he delights in them And such as on his grace rely verse 12 Praise praise thy God Jerusalem Thy God ô Sion magnifie verse 13 Thy children in thee he hath blest Strengthned the barrs w ch bar thy gates verse 14 Of wheat he fills thee with the best And in thy borders peace creates verse 15 He sends out his commandment full His word through th' air most swiftly posts verse 16 He gives us snow like gentle wool He spreads like ashes hoary frosts verse 17 His ice like morsells casts about His pinching cold who can sustain verse 18 His pow'rfull Word he sendeth out And makes the waters melt again His pow'r doth cause the winds to blow Whereby the rugged waters flows verse 19 His Word to Jacob he doth show His laws and judgments Israel knows verse 20 He dealt not so with other lands As for the Judgments of the Lord No heathen people understands Do ye therefore his praise record PSAL. CXLVIII Old England tune The creatures in their kinde praise God how much more his people obliged by his benefits PRaise ye the LORD praise ye the Lord From heavens lofty frame Him from on high O magnifie verse 2 All Angels praise his Name O all his hoasts his praise record verse 3 O praise him Moon and Sunne Ye stars of light That shine so bright The like of you be done verse 4 Ye heav'ns of heav'ns that are so high Praise him with full consent And waters ye On high that be Above the firmament verse 5 O let them praise and magnifie The LORDS almighty Name For lo they were Created there When his commandment came verse 6 He hath estâ—blisht them also For ever and for ever So firm decree Ordained hee That they shall pass it never verse 7 Praise ye the Lord from earth below Dragons and every deep verse 8 Fire vapour snow Hail-storms that blow His word that firmly keep verse 9 All mountains high and fruitfull trees All hills and Cedars tall verse 10 Ye fowl with wings And creeping things Ye beasts and cattell all verse 11 Kings Princes people all degrees Ye Judges of the earth verse 12 Young men and maids Children and babes And men of elder birth verse 13 The Lords great Name still praised be For that alone excells And far more high Then earth or skie His glitt'ring glory dwells verse 14 The praise of all his Saints is he His people neer alli'd From Israel born He exalts their horn The Lord be magnifi'd PSAL. CXLIX Magnificat tune The triumphs of the Church in memoriall of great deliverances and the subjection of the adversaries PRaise ye the Lord sing to the Lord A new composed song His memorable praise record His gathered Saints among verse 2 Let joyfull Israel shout and sing In their Creators Name Let Sions children in their King Triumphant joyes proclame verse 3 In dances let them praise his Name The harp before him bring And joyn the timbrell to the same VVith these his praises sing verse 4 For lo the Lord exceedingly In Israel doth delight The meek he 'l richly beautifie With robes of saving might verse 5 In glory let the Saints be joy'd Sing lowd upon their bed verse 6 And their religious mouths imploy'd The Lords high praise to spread And let a double edged sword Be put into their hands verse 7 T' inflict the vengeance of the Lord Upon the heathen lands T' impose the peoples punishments verse 8 Their Kings in chains to bind Their noble Peers and Presidents In iron links confin'd verse 9 To execute upon them all The judgment on record Such honour to the Saints doth fall Praise ye praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CL. To London short tune An exhortation to praise God with instruments of musick typing the melodie of Christians affections PRaise praise the Lord most high Within his Sanctu'rie In topmost tow'r Of his great pow'r With praise him magnifie verse 2 Praise him for acts renown'd With excellency crown'd According to His greatness do verse 3 Praise him with trumpets sound O praise him cheerfully VVith harp and psaltery verse 4 And let the dance His praise advance And timbrells melody Praise him with joynt consents Of stringed instruments The organs bring verse 5 Lowd cimballs ring Each one his praise presents High-sounding cymballs ring verse 6 Let every breathing thing The praise record Of this great Lord And HALLELUJAH sing FINIS THE TABLE Affliction MOderated Psal. 30 Ps. 118 ver 18. Sanctified Ps. 94. ver 12. Ps. 119. ver 67. Consisting with Gods love Ps. 89. 4 part Ps. 99. ver 8. Angels Serving God Ps. 103. 2. p. Ps. 104. 1. p. For the godly Ps. 34. 1. p. Ps. 91. 2. p. Age. Prayer for succour in old age Ps. 71. 2. 3. p. Atheism Described Ps. 14. 53. Cursed Ps. 28. ver 5. Ps. 104. v. 35. Ps. 107. ult Blessings On the ground Ps. 65. 2. p. Ps. 67. upon the godly Ps. 112. Babylonian Bondage Ps. 102. 1. p. Ps. 106 last p. Recovered Ps. 85. 1. p. Ps. 126. Backsliding Ps. 119. 22. p. Church Selected Ps. 95. 135. 1. p. Called Ps. 100. Corrupted 106. 2. p. c. Afflicted Ps. 74. 79. 80. Restored Ps. 85. 1. p. Ps. 102. 2. p. Preserved Ps. 124. 129. Priviledges thereof Ps. 65. 1. p. ps 87. Christ. His kingdom opposed Ps. 2. Raised ibidem His perfection Ps. 45. His offices Ps. 110. His Gospel government Ps. 72. 97. 98. 99. Complaints Of miseries personall Ps. 38. 88. 69. 1â— p. Ps. 25. 2. p. Of miseries Nationall Ps. 74. 79. 80. Conscience Ps. 18. ver 21. Creation and Creatures All of God Ps. 33. 1. And governed Ibidem Ps. 103. 2. p. Ps. 119. ver 91.
VVe did consult with sweet content In most familiar kind And to the house of God we went In unitie combin'd 3. Part. Argument Prayer prevails against persecutors provision and protection promised to the godly verse 15 LEt death seize on them speedily And send them quick to hell For there is all iniquitie Among them where they dwell verse 16 But as for me on God I 'l call Defended by his might verse 17 I 'l pray and cry aloud withall At morning noon and night The LORD shall hear me when I pray verse 18 For he preserv'd me whole From battell marshal'd in aray And bent against my soul. For there was many a one with me verse 19 The LORD will surely hear He that abides of old even he And it shall cost them dear Since they no sudden changes see They fear not the most high verse 20 He hath laid hands on such as be With him at unitie He brake the Cov'nant on his part verse 21 His words did fairly sooth While cruell warre possest his heart No butter was so smooth His speeches were more soft then oil Yet pierc't like swords drawn out verse 22 O cast on God thy carefull toil He shall provide no doubt The righteous to be under-trod He never will permit verse 23 But thou wilt bring them down ô God Into destructions pit To bloudy and deceitfull wayes Who ere addicted bee Shall not continue half their dayes But I will trust in thee PSAL. LVI London short tune David maketh God his refuge shewing the crueltie and subtilty of his adversaries HAve mercy LORD on me Whom man would make a prey Behold how he Oppresseth me Contending every day verse 2 They that mine enemies be Would daily me devour For infinite Against me fight O thou of highest pow'r verse 3 What time I am afraid Lo I will trust in thee verse 4 His word will I Still magnifie In God inabling me In Gods assured aid I have repos'd my trust I fear not you What ye can do That are but mortall dust verse 5 My words they utter wrong And every day they wrest Their thoughts are still To work me ill What ever they suggest verse 6 Lo they together throng Themselves they closely hide When as they watch My soul to catch They mark me every stride 2. Part. Argument The sins of the wicked and sufferings of the Saints are for our comfort and their confusion verse 7 SCape they by sins of theirs Nay rather let them fall In angry frown By thee cast down verse 8 Thou tell'st my wandrings all O bottle up my tears These in thy book are plain verse 9 I know when I To thee shall cry My foes shall turn again For God is on my side verse 10 In Gods most holy Name His word will I Still magnifie In God I 'l praise the same verse 11 On God have I reli'd I will not fear for ought That ever can By mortall man Against my soul be wrought verse 12 Thy vows are on me LORD I 'l render praise to thee verse 13 Since thou didst save My soul from grave When death arrested mee O wilt not thou accord To keep my feet upright To walk with grace Before thy face With them that live in light PSAL. LVII To Dutch bass tune David makes God his refuge in great dangers O Lord vouchsafe vouchsafe thy grace Be mercifull to me For my distressed soul doth place Her confidence in thee Yea to the shadow of thy wings I will for refuge fly Untill these lamentable things Be passed quietly verse 2 I 'l cry to God with earnest breath Even unto God most high VVho faithfully accomplisheth My competent supply verse 3 From heaven shall Jehovah send And by his mighty pow'r From their reproach my soul defend That would the same devour God shall send forth his truth and grace verse 4 I lodge in Lions den My soul is pris'ner in a place Among enraged men I lodge with men whose teeth are spears And arrows are their words And those envenom'd tongues of theirs Are like to sharp'ned swords 2. Part. Argument David extends his thanksgivings for deliverance to the coasts of the Gentiles verse 5 O God let thy exalted Name Above the heavens stand Advance thy glory raise thy fame Above both sea and land verse 6 They lai'd a net they dig'd a ditch My soul to take and drown VVithin the very mid'st of which Themselves are fallen down verse 7 My heart is fixt ô God my heart Is fixt upon the thing I 'l praise thy Name with all my art verse 8 My glory wake and sing Awake my Harp and Psaltery My self will early wake verse 9 Among the people LORD will I Thy praises undertake And by my song shalt thou be prais'd Among the heath'nish crowds verse 10 Thy mercy is to heaven rais'd Thy truth doth reach the clouds verse 11 O God let thy exalted Name More high then heaven stand Advance thy glory rear thy fame Above the sea and land PSAL. LVIII Martyrs tune He inveigheth against ungodly Governours and great ones shewing their corruption obstinacy and utter destruction DO ye O Congregation Speak righteousness indeed O humane generation Do ye with truth proceed verse 2 Yea ye in heart work wickedness Ye tyrannize on earth verse 3 Prone are the wicked to digress Estrang'd even from their birth As soon as they be born they erre By lies they go astray verse 4 Such as a Serpent hath in her Such pois'nous breath have they Deaf Adder-like that as shee lies Stops close her wilfull ear verse 5 That charme the charmer nere so wise His voice she will not hear verse 6 O let the eager tusk that hangs Each side their mouth be burst Break out ô God the cruell fangs Of these young Lions curst verse 7 Melt them as running waters flow And when the tyrant heeds To shoot his shafts from bended bow Be they as broken reeds verse 8 So let them pass away on earth As snailes to slime do run Or like a womans timeless birth And never see the Sun verse 9 Before they feel your thornes to prick The Lord shall them disperse The dead and dry the keen and quick As with a whirl-wind fierce verse 10 The just shall see the vengeance then Rejoycing much to see 't And in the bloud of wicked men Victorious wash his feet verse 11 Sure righteous men reap vertues fruits Men shall acknowledge so Sure he is God that executes Just judgement here below PSAL. LIX To new staffe tune A prayer against persecutors describing their villanous and ravenous dispositions FRom all my cruell enemies My God deliver me From them that do against me rise My strong defender be verse 2 Me from the lewd Vain multitude And bloudy men defend verse 3 For lo they lie In secrecie My soul to apprehend The mighty men with one accord Against me do combine
from youth to age I am distracted while that I Indure such wrath and rage verse 16 Thy fierce displeasure o'r me goes Thy terrours cut me down verse 17 And every day they me inclose As streams that threat to drown They all together me invade verse 18 Thou sep'rat'st friend and lover And darkness with it's misty shade Doth my acquaintance cover PSAL. LXXXIX Dutch tune Ethan magnifies Gods love and faithfulness to the house of David verse 1 MY song for ever shall express The mercies of the Lord My mouth shall all his faithfulness From age to age record verse 2 For mercy shall said I be built For ever to indure Thou in the very heavens wilt Thy truth establish sure verse 3 I with my chosen have agreed To faithfull David swore verse 4 My servant I will fix thy seed To stand for evermore To ages all thy throne I 'l raise verse 5 And heav'n shall find a tongue Thy wondrous faithfulness to praise Thy gathered Saints among verse 6 In heaven who may any way With our Lord God compare VVho of the glorious Angels may So bold compar'son dare verse 7 The Saints assemblies that are his Must greatly fear his Name And all that round about him is Must reverence the same 2. Part. Argument Gods goodness to the Church in creation and government of the world verse 8 O Lord of hosts what god excels Like thee with great pow'r crown'd Thy faithfulness who parallels In all thy circuits round verse 9 The restless raging of the seas Thou rulest at thy will Her swelling waves thou dost appease And mak'st it calm and still verse 10 Thou brok'st in pieces Egypts land Like one that slaught'red lies Thou hast with thine almighty hand Disperst thine enemies verse 11 The heavens and the earth are thine The world and all inclos'd Thou foundest by that pow'r divine verse 12 Which North and South compos'd Tabor and Hermon wondrously Shall in thy Name delight verse 13 Thy hand is strong thy right hand high Thy arm is full of might verse 14 Justice and Judgement on thy throâ— Retain a dwelling place Pure truth and mercy joyn'd in one Shall go before thy face verse 15 That people blessed we record That knows the joyfull sound Thy countenances light ô Lord Shall safely them surround verse 16 Even them thy righteousness shall raise And they shall take delight verse 17 In thy great Name that is their praise And glory of their might Thy favour such that shall there spring Our horns advancement thence verse 18 For Israels holy one 's our King The Lord is our defence 3. Part. Argument Prophecies and promises to Davids house recorded verse 19 IN vision to thy Saint was said For then thou mad'st it known Lo I my helping hand have laid Upon a mightie one verse 20 A chosen Israelite I crown'd With holy Oil have I My servant David whom I found Anointed purposely verse 21 Mine hand shall stablish his success Mine arm shall make him strong verse 22 No foe no sonne of wickedness Shall crush or do him wrong verse 23 I 'l crush his foes before his face Plague them that do him hate verse 24 But will my faithfulness and grace With him perpetuate â—is horn shall be exalted high By my great Names command verse 25 I 'l stretch to th'Seas his soveraigntie To th'river his right hand verse 26 Thou art my Father he shall cry So invocate my Name My God my rock my sure supply Whence my salvation came verse 27 Him my first-born will I advance All earthly Kings above verse 28 And ever grant continuance Unto him of my love My cov'nant shall with him stand fast verse 29 His seed shall still endure And I will make his throne to last As dayes of heaven sure 4. Part. Argument He shews that God corrects his people but never casts them off verse 30 IF Davids seed forsake my Law Not execute my will verse 31 If from my precepts they withdraw Not my commands fulfill verse 32 They shall be sure that I their God Their wickedness and sin With scourges of a smarting rod To visit will begin verse 33 But of my loving kindness yet I will not him bereave Nor will my faithfulness permit To take a finall leave verse 34 My cov'nant with my chosen King By me shall ne'er be broke Nor will I alter any thing Which once my lips have spoke verse 35 Once by my holiness I swore To David I 'l not lie verse 36 His seed shall last for evermore His throne before mine eye verse 37 Like Sun and Moon it shall be fixt For ever they shall be Heavens faithfull witnesses betwixt My chosen King and me 5. Part. Argument He complains of great distress besall'n the house of David seeming to disprove Gods promises verse 38 BUt thine anointed now abhor'd Thou hast cast off in wroth verse 39 Made void thy servants cov'nant Lord The cov'nant of thy troth By casting down to ground thou hast Profan'd his sacred crown verse 40 Of his strong holds made wofull waste His hedges all broke down verse 41 All passengers do him destroy He is in en'mies scorn verse 42 And all his foes thou mad'st to joy And liftest up their horn verse 43 Yea thou hast turn'd and blunted quite His swords puissant edge And for to stand it out in fight Thou hast not been his pledge verse 44 His glory thou hast caus'd to cease And cast his throne to ground verse 45 His youthfull days thou didst decrease And him with shame confound 6. Part. Argument He prays for restauration of Davids kingdome considering Gods faithfull promises and the greatness of the adversaries verse 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy face Shall thy continuall rage Flame out as fire so long a space verse 47 O think of my short age Why hast thou made all men in vain verse 48 What man draws vitall breath That shall his soul from grave detain And not at all see death verse 49 Thy former loving kindnesses Which thou didst swear and vow To David in thy righteousness O Lord where are they now verse 50 Remember Lord thy Saints reproach What taunts my bosome bears VVhich all the mighty people broach Thine en'mies taunts are theirs verse 51 Wherewith they have reproacht the ways Of thine anointed King verse 52 To God be everlasting praise Amen Lord grant the thing PSAL. XC London long tune Moses prays God the eternall stay of the Church to sanctifie the many mortalities of Israel in the Wilderness for their sinnes LOrd thou hast been our dwelling place In generations all Thou wast ere there was forme or face Of creature great or small verse 2 Before the mountains had their birth The world or smallest clod Of all this vast and spacious earth Thou art eternall God verse 3 But as for man that 's made of clay He 's
Lord disclose To them most clear That do him fear And he to them his covenant shows verse 15 Mine eyes on God are ever set By whose great help I make no doubt My feet to get Out of the net For he shall surely pluck them out verse 16 Turn thee to me compassionate Affliction hath me over-charg'd Behold my state Is desolate verse 17 And troubles of my heart inlarg'd O bring me out of my distress verse 18 Behold th' affliction I am in What painfulness Doth me oppress And Lord forgive me all my sin verse 19 Consider my malicious foes For very many such there be Rank hatred shows It self in those And cruelly they hated me verse 20 O keep my soul from them that plot And unto me deliverance send O let me not Be sham'd a jot For on thy name do I depend verse 21 Let innocence and uprightness Preserve me for I trust in thee Lord grant redress Of all distress verse 22 That Israel so redeem'd may be PS AL. XXVI To the 2. French tune Argument Davids integrity and love to the ordinances he avoydeth the ungodly way and unhappy end of the wicked MY righteous judgement Lord decide For I in innocence abide Still walking just In God I trust And therefore sure I shall not slide verse 2 My heart examine prove and try My secret reins O Lord descry verse 3 Thy kind love lies Before mine eyes And walked in thy truth have I. verse 4 I have not with vain persons sate For hypocrites I am no mate verse 5 The multitude Of sinners leud I verily detest and hate I do not sit with wicked bands verse 6 In innocence I wash my hands So I no doubt VVill press about The place whereon thine Altar stands verse 7 VVith thankfull voyce there to declare And publish all thy wonders rare Such love did I Continually Unto thy habitation bear verse 8 O Lord I love that dwelling place The house of thy frequented grace verse 9 My soul joyn not With sinners lot Nor yet my life with bloody race verse 10 Within whose hand is villany Their right hand full of bribery verse 11 But as for me I 'll constant be Walking in my integrity Redeem me grant me Lord thy grace verse 12 My foot is in an even place I will record Thy praise O Lord Before the congregations face PSAL. XXVII To Martyrs tune 1. part Argument Davids care to serve God is his crown and comfort against all adversaries and afflictions THe Lord 's my saving health and light Why should I be dismaid He of my life 's the strength and might Why should I be afraid verse 2 When as mine enemies and my foes Most wicked persons all To eat my flesh against me rose They stumbling down did fall verse 3 Tho hosts against me pitch their tents Should fear my heart surprise No I will be thus confident Tho wars against me rise verse 4 One thing of GOD I have desir'd Which I will seek for still That I till life be quite expir'd May dwell in Sions hill That there within his house I may The Lords faire beauty view Enquiring for the blessed way VVithin his Temple true verse 5 In tabernacles of his grace He shall securely lock And hide me in their secret place And set me on a rock In his pavilion shall he me In troublous times inclose verse 6 And now my head shall lift up be Above my neighbouring foes I therefore to his tents professe My offrings for to bring A sacrifice of joyfulnesse VVill I present and sing Yea to the LORD sing praise will I verse 7 Lord hear me when to thee VVith earnest voice I call and cry Have mercy answering me 2. Part. Argument The sweet ecchoes of a gracious heart the providence of God to the Saints in want of worldly friends verse 8 WHen as thou said'st seek ye my face My heart said unto thee I 'l seek thy face Lord grant thy grace verse 9 And hide thee not from me In anger cast me not away Nor leave thy servant quite Forsake me not thou wast my stay O God my saving might verse 10 When parents leave will God provide verse 11 To me thy wayes disclose And in a plain path be my guide Because of all my foes verse 12 Deliver not to enemies To have their will on me False witnesses against me rise That breath out cruelty verse 13 And surely I had fainted then But that I hop'd to see Here in the land of living men GODS goodness shew'd to me verse 14 Wait on the LORDS assistant Name Thy heart with courage stay And he shall fortifie the same Wait on the LORD I say PSAL. XXVIII To York tune Argument He prayeth for the Church and curseth the wicked hypocrites and atheists O LORD my rock I cry to thee To me ô be not dumbe Lest if to me thou silent be I like dead men become verse 2 My supplications audible Hear when I call to thee When tow'rd thy holy Oracle My hands up-lifted be verse 3 With wicked doers devoid of grace O draw me not away Which speak their neighbours fair to face But secretly betray verse 4 Repay their deeds and handy-works Indeavours and desarts With all their wickedness that lurks In their malicious hearts verse 5 Since they Gods works did not regard Nor what his hands fulfill'd Destruction sure is their reward God shall them never build verse 6 Blessed be God because he heard My supplications voice My hearts repose and help conferr'd Which make it much rejoyce verse 7 The LORD' 's my strength my shield my tow'r I 'l sing his praise alone verse 8 The LORD' 's their strength Saviour Of his anointed one verse 9 Thine heritage LORD bless and keep So that it perish never Nor onely keep but feed thy sheep And lift them up for ever PSAL. XXIX To Davids tune Argument Potentates exhorted to praise the supream King for the wonders of nature and the people of God for their perpetuall protection YE mighty to the LORD give you Deserved strength and fame verse 2 O give the LORD the glory due To his most facred Name In beauteous place of holiness VVorship the Lord most high verse 3 VVho doth his pow'rfull voice express In waters of the skie Lord God of glory's thunders fly From elements watry tow'r verse 4 Gods voice is full of Majesty Gods voice is full of pow'r verse 5 God thundring voice let fall thereon Breaks down the Cedars tall The Lord in thee ô Lebanon Makes Cedar trees to fall verse 6 He makes them skip as young calves do VVith tottering earth-quakes torn Mount Lebanon and Syrion too Like youngling Unicorn verse 7 Gods voice doth flames of fire divide verse 8 The Lord's voice deserts shakes Yea Kedesh desert terrifi'd VVith his dread thunder quakes verse 9 God's voice doth through the forests pierce And hindes to
calve compells And all his house his praise reherse Each tongue his glory tells verse 10 The Lord upon the floods sits King His kingdome shall not cease verse 11 The Lord will strength to Israel bring And blesse his Church with peace PSAL. XXX Dutch tune Argument David magnifies Gods everlasting mercies by his happy recoveries from momentany miseries LOrd I 'l extoll thee with my voice For I 'm advanc'd by thee Thou hast not made my foes rejoice Nor triumph over mee verse 2 To thee my God complain'd I have Thou Lord hast made me whole verse 3 And from the all-devouring grave Brought back my gasping â—oul That I to pit should not go down Thou sav'dst my life O Lord verse 4 Sing ô ye Saints the Lords renown His holiness record verse 5 His anger in a moment's past Life from his favour springs Tho weeping for a night may last The morning comfort brings verse 6 In my prosperitie I said I shall not moved be verse 7 So strongly was my mountain laid And favour'd so by thee Thou didst thy face obscure and hide And trouble did invade verse 8 Then LORD to thee to thee I cri'd And supplication made verse 9 What profit is there in my bloud VVhen I to pit go down Shall from the dust thy praises bud Shall dust thy truth renown verse 10 LORD I beseech thee hear me now In that which I have pray'd Have mercy on me and be thou My all-sufficient ayd verse 11 To joyfull dancing thou hast turn'd My sorrows dolefull noise My sackcloth loos'd wherein I mourn'd And girt me round with joys verse 12 To th' end my tongue may sing thy praise And never silent be O Lord my God through all my dayes Will I give thanks to thee PSAL. XXXI To Oxford tune Argument David resignes himself to God IN thee ô LORD I put my trust O put me not to shame Deliver me as thou art just By that most righteous Name verse 2 O down to me thy quick ear bow With speed deliverance send A rock of strength an house be thou Thy Servant to defend verse 3 For LORD thou art the rock tower VVhereto I me betake Then lead and guide me by thy power O GOD for thy Names sake verse 4 Pull me from close nets laid for me In thee my strength doth stand verse 5 My Spirit I commit to thee And to no other hand Lord God of truth I 'm thy redeem'd verse 6 All them have I abhorr'd That lying vanities esteem'd But I trust in the LORD verse 7 I in thy mercies will be glad Yea much rejoyce in those For thou hast weigh'd what cares I had And known my soul in woes verse 8 Thou hast not in mine enemies hand Inclos'd me by thy doom But made my stedfast feet to stand In large and spacious room 2. Part. Argument New persecutions renew his supplications verse 9 IN mercy send me Lord relief Whom troubles great befall My mournfull ey 's consum'd with grief My belly soul and all verse 10 My life my yeers my strength my bones Have all together fail'd Consum'd and spent with sighs grones Of wickedness bewail'd verse 11 I was a scorn to all my foes And to my friends a fear And specially reproach't by those That were my neighbours near When seen without they from me fled verse 12 And I am quite forgot As men are out of mind when dead I 'm like a broken pot verse 13 For many slanders have I heard On every side was fear While they together have conferr'd And all against me were They thought to take my life away verse 14 In thee my trust did stand Thou art my God I us'd to say verse 15 My times are in thy hand From persecuting foes of mine And enemies hands me take verse 16 Thy face let on thy servant shine Save me for mercies sake verse 17 Since LORD I call'd upon thy name From shame thy servant save Let wicked men be put to shame And silence in the grave verse 18 These lying lips silence and choak That with contempt and pride Such grievous things have lewdly spoke And righteous men bely'd 3. Part. Argument The great happiness of the Saints in this life verse 19 HOw great thy treasur'd mercies be For them that fear thy name And wrought for them that trust in thee Where men behold the same verse 20 Thy secret presence from mans pride Shall keep them safe and sure Thy close pavilion shall them hide From strife of tongues secure verse 21 The Lord his kindness hath dispenc'd To me in wondrous sort As in a City strongly fenc'd His name be blessed for 't verse 22 I said in haste thou hast cast mee Off from before thine eyes Yet heardst thou when I cry'd to thee My supplications cryes verse 23 O all yee precious Saints of his The LORD sincerely love For every true believer is Preserved from above He plenteously rewards proud doers verse 24 Take courage and he shall Confirm that valiant heart of yours O yee believers all PSAL. XXXII To Cambr. old tune Argument The free forgiving grace of God and benefit of penitent confession O Blessed man is hee Whose sins God passeth by verse 2 And covering them reputes him free From all iniquity Whose spirit entertains no guile verse 3 For while I held my tongue My weary bones wax'd old the while Through roaring all day long verse 4 Thine hand on me was burthensome Each day and night throughout My nat'rall moysture is become As sommers parching drought verse 5 Confessing humbly then did I My sins to thee reveal And did not mine iniquity In any point conceal I said I will to God confess What all my sins have bin And thou forgav'st the wickedness And guilt of all my sin verse 6 Hence all good men thy grace shal crave VVhat time thou mayst be found Nor rising flood nor roaring wave Them ever shall surround verse 7 And hiding place I have of thee Thou shalt preserve from wrongs And round about encompass mee VVith sweet salvations songs 2. Part. Argument He profers to direct Saints and sinners unhappy they that brutishly reject his counsell verse 8 I Will direct thee faithfully The way that thou shalt go And guide thee with my watchfull eye That I may teach thee so verse 9 O be not like the horse and mule By reason nothing led VVhose mouth the bit and bridle rule Lest they too neer thee tread verse 10 For certainly to men unjust Shall miseries abound But him that in the Lord doth trust Shall mercy compasse round verse 11 O all yee righteous men rejoyce And in the Lord delight VVith joyfull shouts lift up your voyce All yee whose hearts are right PSAL. XXXIII York tune 1. Part. Argument The admirable stability of Gods works and counsels in the Trinity of persons YEe righteous in the LORD rejoice For praise
my pray'r O Jacobs God give ear verse 9 O look on thine anointeds face O Lord our shield behold verse 10 For in thy Courts a days short space Excells a thousand-fold In thy fair Temple I profess I 'd rather keep a dore Then in the tents of wickedness Have dwelling evermore verse 11 For God the Lord to Israel is A constant Sun and Shield He will vouchsafe his grace to his And glory freely yield From them that walk in upright way No good thing hold will he verse 12 Lord God of hoasts how blest are they That put their trust in thee PSAL. LXXXV Martyrs tune He praiseth God for deliverance from the Babylonian captivitie praying God to make it compleat LOrd thou hast dealt most favourably With thy beloved land And Jacobs hard captivitie Brought back with pow'rfull hand verse 2 Thou to thy people Lord didst please To seal a pardon free Their grievous sins and trespasses Are covered all by thee verse 3 Thy vehement wrath thou hast allayd Fierce anger turn'd to peace verse 4 Turn us ô God our saving ayd Thine anger tow'rds us cease verse 5 Wilt thou be angry evermore And not thy wrath recall Wilt thou draw out thy wrath so sore To generations all verse 6 Lord shall not we by pow'r divine Again revived bee That so the people that are thine May much rejoice in thee verse 7 Lord grant us thy salvations aid Thy mercy let appear verse 8 Of God the Lord what shall be said That will I gladly hear He to his Saints and people deer Will utter words of peace But let them take a warning here And former follies cease 2. Part. Argument He prophecies honour and happiness to the Church in token of the good things of the Gospel verse 9 SAlvation sure is neer at hand To them that do him fear That glory may invest the Land And be a dweller here verse 10 Now truth and mercy both do meet And both in one consist Now righteousness and peace do greet And mutually have kist verse 11 Justice from heaven shall look down While truth from earth shall spring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall Israel crown With gifts of each good thing Our land shall yeeld her fruits no doubt verse 13 The righteousness of God Shall go before and point us out The way that he hath trod PSAL. LXXXVI London long tune The transcendent goodness and greatness of God incouraging prayers LOrd bow thy ear and hear my plaint A needy wretch and poor verse 2 Since thou hast made me for a Saint My troubled soul secure O thou my God thy servant save verse 3 Be mercifull to mee Who trust in thee and daily crave And call and cry to thee verse 4 Rejoyce O Lord thy servants heart I lift my soul to thee verse 5 For good and gracious Lord thou art And to forgiveness free To all that call upon thy Name Most rich in mercies fruits verse 6 O Lord attend the prayers I frame Mark well my voyce and suits verse 7 I 'l call for thou wilt answer me In my most troublesome time verse 8 Among the gods is none like thee Nor any works like thine verse 9 All nations which thy hands did frame Thee Lord shall come before And there to glorifie thy name Submissively adore verse 10 For thou art God yea God alone Thy pow'r great wonders doth verse 11 O Lord to me thy way make known I 'l walk in all thy truth 2. Part. Argument As before UNite my heart to fear thy name verse 12 Then Lord my God will I Applaud and magnifie the same To all eternity verse 13 For tow'rds my soul in every deed Thy mercy doth excell Which thy peculiar pow'r hath freed Even from the lowest hell verse 14 The proud are risen for my fall My souls destruction sought By violent men assembling all On thee they have not thought verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind Suffâ—ing no little space Compassions store in thee we find And plenteous truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me that I may live Thy grace to me extend Thy strength unto thy servant give Thy handmaids sonne defend verse 17 Some good apparent sign afford That hatefull foes may see And be asham'd because thou Lord Didst help and comfort mee PSAL. LXXXVII Coventry tune The happy priviledges of the Church typed by Sion SIons foundations edifice In holy mountains lies verse 2 Whose gates Gods love Doth far above All Jacobs dwelling prize verse 3 O city of God thy structures frame Obtains a glorious name verse 4 Rahab for one And Babylon I to my friends will name Philistia Ethiop Tyre lo there verse 5 This man was made an heir And Sion they Shall point and say Did this and that man bear The high'st himself shall stablish her verse 6 And this mans birth refer To Sion mount So make his count When hee shall register verse 7 As well the voyce of him that sings As him that tunes the strings Of musick sweet Therein shall meet In thee are all my springs PSAL. LXXXVIII To sinners tune Heman in the deep dungeon of affliction destitute of all outward comforts maketh lamentable complaint I Cry'd before thee day and night Lord God my saving aid verse 2 O let my cries come in thy sight And all the pray'rs I pray'd Incline thin ear unto my cry verse 3 My soul is fill'd with woes My life unto the grave drawes nigh Because opprest with those verse 4 Numbred with them that pass down-right The path to pit they tread I 'm like a man that hath no might verse 5 And free among the dead Even like slain men's my present state Which in the grave do rot Which from thy hand are separate And utterly forgot verse 6 Thou hast me laid in lowest caves Beneath deep darkness barr'd verse 7 Afflicting me with all thy waves Thy wrath doth press me hard verse 8 My ' quaintance far remov'd thou hast And made them me abhor As one whom now shut up so fast There 's no redemption for 2. Part. Argument Hee humbly sues for redress of his grievous afflictions while there was yet hope MIne eye laments a burd'nous load Of sorrows multipli'd Lord I have stretch'd my hands abroad To thee I daily cry'd verse 10 Intend'st thou Lord said I to shew Thy wonders to the dead Shall dead men rise again that so Thy praises may be spread verse 11 Shall we thy loving kindness Lord Within the grave express Shall in destruction men record Thy truth and faithfulness verse 12 Shall we in darkness understand Thy wonders manifold And in oblivions cloudy land Thy righteousness behold verse 13 I' th' morning I to thee will pray Yea Lord I cry'd to thee verse 14 Why dost thou cast my soul away Why hide thy face from mee verse 15 I am afflicted like to die Suffring
voice With thine inheritance 2. Part. Argument Our disobedience and ingratitudo instanced and exemplifi'd by Israel and humbly confessed verse 6 WE into sins have run The father and the son Transgressing by INIQUITIE VVe wickedly have done verse 7 The wonders which thy hand Perform'd in Aegypt land Our fathers old Who did behold Yet did not understand Thy mercies many a one They did not think upon But at the Sea Provoke did they The red Sea scor'd it on verse 8 Yet letting them alone He sav'd them every one For his Name sake That he might make His mighty power known verse 9 The red Sea on each side At his rebuke was dri'd Through depths profound As desert ground He did his people guide verse 10 Their Saviour he did stand Against their haters hand Redeeming those From hand of foes That rul'd them at command verse 11 The waters drown'd their foes Not one was left of those verse 12 His words the men Beleeved then His praise their songs compose verse 13 His works they soon forgot For 's counsels waited not verse 14 In Wilderness Their lusts excess Restraining not a jot 3. part Argument The judgements of God upon Corah and shamefull Idolatry of Israel IN deserts God they tempt verse 15 At their requests content Quails to bestow With leanness tho Into their soul 't was sent verse 16 As they in camp abide Good Moses they envi'd On Aaron too They envie drew Whom God had sanctifi'd verse 17 The earth asunder clave Became a swallowing grave VVhere Dathan and Abiram stand And unto all they have verse 18 And in their company Fire kindled suddenly The flame caught then Those wicked men Which were burnt up thereby verse 19 In Horeb were they bold To make a calf of gold And worshipped An image dead Which they did melt and mould verse 20 Thus they their glory pass Into a molten mass Of Oxes rude Similitude A beast that eateth grass 4. Part. Argument Gods vehement wrath against Israel pacifi'd by Moses intercession their incredulitie and contempt of the promised land verse 21 OF God their Saviours might They were forgetfull quite VVhose pow'r and dread Accomplished Great things in Aegypts sight verse 22 He wrought with wondrous hand In Hams accursed land Dread things were they At that red Sea Perform'd by his command verse 23 Therefore he said that he Would their destruction be Had not alone His chosen one Good Moses been so free He stood to save them each Before him in the breach To turn away His wrath that day Lest them destruction reach verse 24 Yea they in careless wise That pleasant land despise And entertain His words as vain And deeming them but lies verse 25 But murmured in their tents And gave not their consents With willing ear The voice to hear Of his commandements verse 26 He lifted up his hand That he would them withstand To overthrow That people so Within the desert land verse 27 Their seed to overthrow And scatter them also In forein lands And tyrants hands To serve a heathen to 5. Part. Argument The corporall and spirituall adultery of Israel The zeal of Phinehas their provoking of Moses to passion and lenitie to the Canaanites verse 28 TO Baal the God of Peor Themselves adjoined were They are likewise The sacrifice Of those dead Idols there verse 29 Thus did they him provoke To fiercest angers stroke So hatefull their Inventions were The plague upon them broke verse 30 Then Phinehas rose to aid With justice he repaid Their foulest facts This part he acts And so the plague was stay'd verse 31 'T was deemed righteousness Which that act did express And ages all For ever shall Esteem it for no less verse 32 At Meribah they spake And him they angry make So discontent That ill it went With Moses for their sake verse 33 His Spirit they provoke Rash speeches from him broke Such errour slips From hasty lips So unadvis'd he spoke verse 34 They were advertised And charg'd to smite them dead Yet did not they Those Nations slay verse 35 But were among them spread The works which heath'nish are To learn they did not spare verse 36 And there they serv'd Their Idols carv'd Which were to them a snare 6. Part. Argument The horrid Idolatries of Israel the dreadfull judgement of God for the same verse 37 YEa they did sacrifice Their little girls and boyes Daughters nor Sons Their blind zeal shuns To Devill-Deities verse 38 And innocent bloud they shed Which sons and daughters bled Whom they likewise In sacrifice To Canaan Idols led verse 39 VVith bloud they stain'd the land VVith works of their own hand VVhich they invent A whoring went Defil'd with that foul brand verse 40 The wrath of God therefore Against them kindled sore So that the Lord His own abhor'd Such blame his her'tage bore verse 41 He left them in the hands And under the commands Of heathen men Whose hatred then They felt in forein lands verse 42 Their enemies also Opprest and brought them low His people were Subjected there Under a forein fo 7. Part. Argument Gods mercifull compassions to his distressed people he taketh heart to pray for deâ—â—erance from present calamities verse 43 HE sav'd them many times Yet their unjust designes Provok't him so They were brought low For their abhorred crimes verse 44 But never a whit the less Their pitifull distress He did regard When as he h'ard Their cry in bitterness And he to mind did call His cov'nant for them all verse 45 His mercies shew'd Their multitude For he repents their thrall verse 46 He made them pitied there Of all whose slaves they were verse 47 Lord God our stay Now save we pray Thy people ev'ry where Gather thy flock that strays 'Mong heathen now adays That we may fame Thy holy Name And triumph in thy praise verse 48 Bless Israels God most high To all eternitie And people then Say all Amen The Lord to magnifie PSAL. CVII To Dutch tune That God is magnifi'd for his admirable providence over captives and planters O Give ye thanks unto the Lord Who doth with goodness flow VVith everlasting mercies stor'd verse 2 Let Gods redeem'd say so VVhom he redeem'd from enemies hand verse 3 And gathered them to rest From North and South in every Land And from the East and West verse 4 No Citie they for dwelling found They wandred in the ways Of solitary desert ground verse 5 Where thirst and hunger slays Their weary souls did in them faint verse 6 When trouble on them seis'd Unto the Lord they made complaint Who their distresses eas'd verse 7 He led them forth by straitest ways To Cities of abode verse 8 O then that men would give God praise For all his mercies show'd And for his works and wondrous deeds To men of mortall kind verse 9 Who longing souls with goodness feeds And fills the
verse 10 Thy hand shall lead me there There thy right hand shall hold me fast verse 11 And if I say dark night Shall cover me with skies ore-cast All shall surround with light verse 12 Yea darkness hides not from thy sight But night as day shines clear To thee the darkness and the light Do both alike appear verse 13 For thou hast powerfully possest My reins most secret room And covered in the secretest My mothers narrow womb verse 14 I 'l praise thee that hast made me thus Of rare and fearfull frame Thy handy-works are marvellous Well knows my soul the same verse 15 My substance was not hid from thee When secretly compos'd Most curiously thou formedst mee In earths dark caves inclos'd verse 16 Thine eye saw my rude substance there Thy book my members nam'd VVhich in continuance fashioned were Whiles yet they were not fram'd 2. Part. Argument David acknowledges Gods exceeding goodnesse shews his dislike of the wicked and approves his heart to God verse 17 HOw precious I thy thoughts account O God how great 's their summe verse 18 The sands in number they surmount If they to reckoning come And whensoever I awake Lord I am still with thee verse 19 And know that thou revenge wilt take On them that wicked be Surely O God thou wilt them slay Therefore say I to them Depart from me depart I say O all yee bloudy men verse 20 For lo thy foes against thee spake With blasphemous disdain Thine enemies are bold to take Thy sacred Name in vain verse 21 Do not I hate thine enemies And that for hating thee And them that do against thee rise Am not I griev'd to see verse 22 I hate them with a perfect hate I count them foes of mine verse 23 Search me O God and know my state My heart and thoughts untwine verse 24 And see if I do go astray In any course of sin Set ope the everlasting way And lead me LORD therein PSAL. CXL Cambridge old tune A prayer against persecutors expressing their malice and experience of Gods deliverance LORD save me from the violent Preserve me from the lewd verse 2 VVhose heart so bent A vile intent Against me have pursu'd Continually for warres they throng Serpentine-Adder-like verse 3 With sharp'ned tongue And poyson strong Between their lips they strike verse 4 Preserve me from ungodly hands And from my furious fo Hells fier-brands Whose purpose stands My steps to overthrow verse 5 The proud that they my soul might get Close snares and cords did hide They spread a net They grins have set Hard by the high-way side verse 6 I said to God it doth appear Thou art my God alone LORD bow thine ear That thou mai'st hear My supplications grone verse 7 O God the Lord thou didst me stead My soul with saving might And thou my head Hast covered In day of bloudy fight 2. Part. Argu. As before verse 8 O Do not do not grant a jot The wicked mans desire O further not His wicked plot Lest that should lift him higher verse 9 As for the head of all the throng That do me round inclose With mischief sprung From their own tongue The LORD shall cover those verse 10 Let fall upon them burning coals And cast them in the fire In deepest holes Whence damned souls They never may retire verse 11 Let no blasphemer impudent Be stablish't here below Mischief shall sent The violent And hunt to overthrow verse 12 Their cause will he maintain I know That is the most of might That undergo Such storms of wo And poor mens lawfull right verse 13 Surely the righteous every where Thanks to thy Name shall give And all that bear A mind sincere In thy safe presence live PSAL. CXLI Martyrs tune David sues for acceptation of his person and prayers for direction of his words and works to avoyd the inticings of the wicked and to obtain the reproof of the righteous He prays for them against the wiles of the wicked To thee O Lord I call and cry Make haste make haste to me Give ear unto my voice when I Cry earnestly to thee verse 2 O let my prayer be now set out As incense in thine eyes And lifting up of hands devout An evening sacrifice verse 3 Lord set a watch to guard my lips And keep my mouth from sin verse 4 That wicked works and fellowships My soul partake not in Incline my heart to no misdeed With them that wicked are Nor let me ever dare to feed Of their delicious fare verse 5 Suffer the righteous smiting me Which I shall kindness deem And his reproof an oil shall be Of singular esteem Such smiting shall not break my head For still I 'l pray to thee VVhen as they shall be hard bestead With great calamitie verse 6 Their Judges being overthrown In dang'rous stony ground Shall make them hear my words each one For they full sweetly sound verse 7 The graves devouring mouth is found With our dead bones bestrew'd As chips belitt'ring all the ground When wood is cleft and hew'd verse 8 Lord God mine eyes are fixt on thee Leave not my soul depriv'd I trust in thee O save thou me verse 9 From their close snare contriv'd From wicked workers setting grins verse 10 O let the wicked fall Even in their own devised gins While I escape withall PSAL. CXLII To sweet tune David in the cave of Adullam prays to God in that desperate condition expecting deliverance to Gods glory and comfort of the faithfull WIth voice with voice cries devout To God the Lord I made request verse 2 Before him my complaint powr'd out I shew'd the Lord my case distrest verse 3 My spirit overwhelm'd and spent My private path was known to thee Ev'n in the way wherein I went They laid a secret snare for me verse 4 On my right hand I lookt and star'd But there was no man would me know For my poor soul no creature car'd All refuge fail'd of things below verse 5 I cri'd to thee ô Lord I sayd Among the living in the land Thou art my portion and my ayd And all the help I have at hand verse 6 Attend unto my earnest sute For I am brought exceeding low Save me from them that persecute Too hard for me too strong a fo verse 7 My soul from prison Lord bring out That I may render praise to thee The just shall compass me about When thou dealst bounteously with me PSAL. CXLIII To old England tune the latter part twice An humble confession of sin and complaint of suffering a prayer for pardon deliverance and the Spirit of grace LOrd hear my prayer and humble suit Thy willing ear address Yea answer mee By thy decree Of truth and faithfulness verse 2 Against thy servant no dispute Nor action let be tri'd Before thee can No mortall man Be ever justifi'd verse