For God vvill saue his Sion vvhom he loueth And strongly vvill he Iudahs cities build The seruants of the LORD therin shall dvvell verse 36 Their race as heirs therof shall be possessed Who loue and feare his Name vvhich doth excell Shall dvvell therin and bide for euer blessed Psalme Lxx. Prayer O God in vvhom I trust repose Make speedy haste me to deliuer Make hast O Lord of ayd the giuer To send me help against my foes verse 2 Who haue my soul pursevvd and chased Let them vvith shame confounded be Let them that seek to ruin me Be turned back destroyd defaced verse 3 Let them vvho ouer me insult Who say Aha my harmes delighting Be put to shame the vvrongs requiting Which they against my soul consult verse 4 Let them vvith gladnes high be raised And ioy in thee vvho seek thy face Let them that loue thy sauing grace Say euermore the Lord be praised verse 5 O God my only hope and stay Make haste to help me miserable Thou art my ayd be comfortable O Lord make thou no long delay Psalme 71. Prayer IN thee alone O LORD my trust is And in thy holy Name Let me not suffer shame verse 2 Deliuer me Lord in thy iustice And for thy tender pitty From dangers quite acquit me Incline thy eare to me and gard me verse 3 Be my defence and fort Wherto I may resort Thou gau'st expresse charge to safegard me For thou art my tuition My rock and my munition verse 4 From men of vvicked conuersation From hands of crueltie My God deliuer me verse 5 Thou art my God my expectation My trust on thee dependeth From my youth still attendeth verse 6 Euen from the vvomb thou hast sustaind me My shape thou there didst frame From thence by thee I came And euer since thou hast maintaind me Thy goodnes high shall raise thee For euer I vvill praise thee Pause verse 7 As on a monster many gazing With vvonder me behold But thou art my strong hold verse 8 Let me vvith full voyce thee be praising And daily sing the story Of thy eternall glory verse 9 Cast me not off nor quite neglect me When I am aged old My failing strength vphold O do not leaue me nor reiect me When old age doth ore take me O do not thou forsake me verse 10 Because my foes their hate displaying Against me euery day Do bitterly inuay â—nd they vvho seek my souls betraying Do ly in vvait and vvatch me Consulting hovv to catch me verse 11 Come say they none shall him deliuer His God doth him forsake Him novv pursevv and take verse 12 From me far off Lord be thou neuer My God thy help novv send me VVith speedy hastâ— defend me verse 13 Let them be shamed and consumed VVhich to my soul are foes Reproch shall them inclose To vvork me mischiefe vvho presumed verse 14 VVith patience I le attend thee For thou vvilt safe defend me Pause Thy praises more and more resounding verse 15 My mouth to all shall tell Thy iustice doth excell Thy fauours daily so abounding Can neuer be recounted So high they are amounted verse 16 I vvill go forvvard vvell assured Thou Lord vvilt strengthen me That I preseru'd shall be By thy almighty povver secured I vvill declare thy iustice Thine only vvhich my trust is verse 17 Thou from my youth Lord didst instruct me The vvonders thou didst do I haue shevvd hitherto Grovvn aged gray do thou conduct me verse 18 Lord do not thou forsake me VVhen age doth feeble make me Vntill thy strength I haue recounted To all that liuing be And to posteritie verse 19 Thy iustice Lord hath all surmounted O God incomparable Thy vvorks are admirable Pause Lord vvho vvith thee may be compared verse 20 Thou vvhich to me didst shovv Great troubles grief and vvoe Wilt haue thy loue to me declared For my life vvas depriued By thee again reuiued In depths of earth I vvas interred Thou thence didst me release verse 21 My greatnes didst increase To honor thou hast me preferred With comfort me surrounding On euery side abounding verse 22 Therfore my God I le praise thee solely And sing vvith Psaltery Thy honor'd verity Of Israel Lord God most holy VVith thanks I vvill confes thee My harp my song shall blesse thee verse 23 My lips vvith ioy and mirth abounding Thy praise my Lord my King Thy glory high shall sing My soul shall merry make resounding Thy praises high esteemed Who hast my soul redeemed verse 24 My tong also shall vvithout ceasing Thy righteousnes declare To publish shall not spare Thy loue me from my foes releasing Which my soul vvould haue vvounded For shame hath them confounded Psalme 72 Doctrin of politique gouernment VPon the King by thee elected Thy iudgments Lord bestovv His princely Son by thee directed With iustice thine endovv verse 2 That he thy chosen people guiding His iustice may shine bright The poore opprest vvith patience biding By him may haue their right verse 3 Vnto the people shall the mountains Bring peace and quietnes And from the hils as from pure fountains Shall flovv forth righteousnes verse 4 Then shall he iudg the poore distressed Their children he shall saue The vvicked vvho haue them oppressed Sharp punishment shall haue verse 5 Therfore thy loue to thine assureth They shall serue and feare thee As long as Sun and Moone endureth To all eternitie verse 6 He shall come like the rain dovvn povvring Vpon the grasse nevv movvn Dispersing moysture timely shovvring On thirsty ground nevv sovvne verse 7 In his dayes shall the righteous flourish To iustice vvho incline Peace vvith abundance shall them nourish VVhile moone or stars do shine verse 8 His large dominion far extending From sea to sea shall stretch From great Euphrates to earths ending His royall rule shall retch verse 9 All they that dvvell in desert places Shall bovv to him most iust His foes faln dovvn in foul disgraces Shall lick the loathed dust verse 10 The Kings of Tarshish merchants royall The vvealthy Ilands King The kings of Cush remote yet loyall To him shall presents bring Pause verse 11 All other Kings shall fall before him And humbly him obserue And all the Nations shall adore him Submitting him to serue verse 12 For he the needy to him crying Shall heare and set him free The poore vvith present ayd supplying When helper none hath he verse 13 And he vvill spare the poore and needy And pitty on them haue Deliuerance he vvill send them speedy And he their soules vvill saue verse 14 By him their soules shall be redeemed From violence and lyes Their bloud shall dearely be esteemed As precious in his eyes verse 15 And he shall liue they gold shall send him From rich Arabia Prayr shall be made ay to defend him And bles him euery day verse 16 A little corne shall be so taking Though sovvn on tops of hils The fruit therof like Liban shaking The
cleauing to thee it remaineth Thy strength my vveak estate sustaineth And thy right hand vpholdeth me verse 9 But they that seek vvith all their povver My soul to slay or ruin it Fall headlong dovvn earths deepest pit The greedy graue shall them deuovver verse 10 The cruell svvord shall make them fly Bloud-shedding hands shall ouertake them A prey for Foxes they shall make them For vvilde beasts food they torn shallly verse 11 Then shall the King reioyce victorious In GOD vvhom he doth serue and feare All that deuoutly by him svveare In him reioycing shall be glorious But hypocrites vvho craftily Do exercise deceit and lying Their speech to falshood vain applying Their mouthes vvith silence stopt shall be Psalme Lxiiij Prayer LOrd hear my voyce and prayr ascending To me vouchsafe thy gracious eare Preserue my life safe from the feare Of enemies me succour sending My soul defending verse 2 Hide me safe vnder thy protection From secret counsell of all those VVho vvicked plots contriue compose From sinners traitrous insurrection For my deiection verse 3 Their tongs vvith slanders false defiling They vvhet as sharp as piercing svvords They shoot their arrovves bitter vvords Backbiting vvith false speech beguiling They rayle reuiling verse 4 At vpright men to shoot preparing They ly in ambush secretly At vnavvares and suddenly VVithout all fear they shoot not sparing Most boldly daring verse 5 In vvicked purposes they ply them And therein obstinat abide Their talk is closely snares to hide They say ther 's none vvho shall discry them VVho shall espy them Pause verse 6 They seek search practise all sins trying Iniquities hid mysteries Inuenting still nevv villanies Thoughts vvits hearts depth all in them lying Thereto applying verse 7 The LORD shall shoot his shafts confounding At them in vvrath and anger fierce And his sharp arrovves stroke shall pierce Them suddenly vvith plagues abounding Them deeply vvounding verse 8 So shall their ovvn tongs detestable Make mischief on themselues to fall And euery one beholding shall Fly from their vvoes abhominable Insupportable verse 9 All men vvith feare shall make relation Of this vvhich God to pas hath brought Considering vvisely vvhat he vvrought They shall behold vvith admiration His operation verse 10 But righteous men their ioy expressing In God shall in him put their trust And all in heart vpright and iust Shall glory in the Lord him blessing His grace confessing Psalme 65. Thanksgiuing ALl praise on thee O GOD attendeth In Sion peacefully To thee on vvhom our trust dependeth The vovv there paid shall be verse 2 And thou again thy eare applying The prayr of thine dost heare All flesh vnto thy presence flying Before thee shall appear verse 3 Both vvicked deeds and vvords expressionâ— Preuailed against me Our trespasses sins and transgressions By thee shall purged be verse 4 VVhom thou dost chuse that man is blessed VVhom neere thee thou dost take That in thy courts of blisse possessed He may his dvvelling make VVith good things in thy house of glory VVe shall be satisfi d VVith blessings of thy sanctuary Content vve shall abide verse 5 After thy righteous distribution LORD vvho dost vs maintain Thine ansvvers avvfull resolution VVith fear vve doe obtain The earth and ends therof reposeth All confidence in thee Their hope vvhom farthest sea incloseth In ships or Iles that be verse 6 Thou by thy povvr incomparable With strength about bedight Dost hold the mountains firm and stable Fast setled by thy might verse 7 The roaring vvaues of seas inraged Thou makest still to cease The peoples tumults are assvvaged Thou them dost soon appease verse 8 Beholding thy vvorks admirable VVho dvvell in vtmost parts Thy signes and vvonders formidable Do strike vvith fear their hearts Pause The morn sets forth on 's vvay ascending The euen declineth dovvn Their iourneys rising and descending Reioyce thee to renovvn verse 9 To visit this dry land thou daignest And vvatered it thou hast Inriching it thereon thou raynest Thy plenty it doth tast The streams vvhich thy large floud dischargeth The land doth ouer-flovv Thy prouidence our store inlargeth Preparing corne to grovv verse 10 On ridg and furrovv plenty povvring Thy rain doth them redresse Hard earth thou softnest moysture shovvring The springing blades doth blesse verse 11 Thy goodnes largely thou bestovvest Wherevvith the yeare is crovvnd Thy paths drop fatnes vvhere thou goest Thy steps inrich the ground verse 12 Distilling drops of rain abounding On desarts dryed earth The mountains all about surrounding With gladnes ioy and mirth verse 13 The pastures all are clothed ouer VVith flocks of cattell store And plenteous crops of corn do couer The fruitfull dales all ore With shoutings and shrill acclamations Loud peales of ioy they ring With gladnes mirth and exultations Svvet â—ongs of ioy they sing Psalme 66 Thanksgiuing TRiumph and shout vvith ioy abounding In God all people on the earth verse 2 His glorious Name vvith Psalms resounding His vvorthy praise sing ye vvith mirth verse 3 To God say in thy vvorks of vvonder Hovv terrible thou shevvst to be Thy great povvr shall thy foes bring vnder Faining subiection vnto thee verse 4 Thy royall maiesty and glory The earth shall all feare and adore And of thy praised Name the story They all shall sing still more and more Selah verse 5 O come behold and note beholding What vvondrous vvorks from God do flovv To Adams sons more povvr vnfolding And dreadfull acts then they can shovv verse 6 The sea he into dry land turned Euen in a moment suddenly They through the red sea dry foot iourned And there in him reioyce did vve verse 7 The vvorld he vvith his povver svvayeth His eyes the nations do behold The rebell vvho him disobeyeth To boast himself shall not be bold Selah verse 8 O let the Lord our God be blessed By all the people far and neare Let his high praise be so expressed That euery eare the voyce may heare verse 9 For he our souls in life maintaineth Aliue refresht in him vve bide Our feet from falling he sustaineth And vvill not suffer them to slide verse 10 For thou O Lord God hast vs tryed And proued hovv vve are inclinde And as the siluer purified By fiery fornace flames refinde verse 11 Thou broughtest vs to be insnared To be intrapped in the net Afflicting vs thou hast not spared And on our loyns distres hast set Pause verse 12 Men riding on our heads haue mounted As on the back of horse or Asse As beastâ— thou mad'st vs vile accounted Through fire and vvater vve did passe But novv since thou vs here hast placed In such a rich and vvealthy vvay verse 13 I in thy sacred house high graced Will sacrifice and my vovves pay verse 14 The vovves vvhich I to thee addressed And vvhich my lips to thee did make When I vvas grieuously distressed And vvhich my mouth in trouble spake verse 15 I le offer vvhole burnt sacrifices The fat of rams
all that vvork iniquity past sense That hauing got my people in their povver They them as bread do greedily deuovver They call not on the Lord of povver immense Through negligence verse 5 There suddenly great feare did them oppres They vvere cast dovvn vvith horrid consternation For God is in the righteous generation His grace doth saue all them that righteousnes In heart possesse verse 6 Ye vvith reproch the poor and meek despise Ye his designes and counsels haue disgraced Because his trust in God the Lord is placed For refuge he in danger to him flyes On him relyes verse 7 From Sion vvho vvill vnto Israel Saluation send vvhen back the Lord returneth The grieuous thrall vvherin his people mourneth In gladnes then shall ioyfull Iacob dvvell And Israel Psalme 15. Doctrin WHo is it Lord vvhich shall remain Within thy sacred tabernacle To vvhom vvilt thou the fauor daigne Whom shall thy mountain entertain To â—est in holy habitacle verse 2 It shall be he vndoubtedly Who euermore vprightly vvalketh And alvvay vvorketh righteously Who in his hearts sincerity Doth speak the truth vvhen ere he talketh verse 3 Whose tong doth speak no infamy Nor yet malitiously backbiteth Nor doth his neighbour iniury Whose eare vvill heare no obloquy That vvith reproch his neighbour-smiteth verse 4 Within vvhose eyes he that doth beare Himself debosht is scorned euer But they are grac'd vvho God do feare Who doth perform vvhat he doth svveare Though to his losse yet changeth neuer verse 5 Who lends but not for vsury Who vpright iustice exerciseth And sels it not by bribery Who doth these things mou'd shall not be A blest estate him eterniseth Psalme 16. Thanksgiuing prophecy PReserue me Lord be thou my help and ayd For I do trust in thee my hope reposing verse 2 And thou my soul this vnto God hast said Thou art my Lord I am at thy disposing Of all the good thy bounty to me lendeth No benefit at all to thee extendeth verse 3 But to thy Saints on earth vvho ex'lent be All my delight in them is still inlarged verse 4 But they vvho haste to serue strange gods not thee With multitudes of plagues shall be surcharged Nor shall my hands once touch their bloud oblation Nor shall my lips of their name make relation verse 5 My portion Lord thou art the heritance Assign'd to me by thee am I sustained verse 6 Thou art my health my vvealth my lot my chance A pleasant place by thee I haue obtained A goodly seat to me thy grace assureth Which vnto me and mine for ay endureth Pause verse 7 The Lord be praisd vvho hath so prudently â—o me aduice and counsell deep declared My reines my thoughts and my affections he Euen in the night to schoole me hath prepared verse 8 Before me still the Lord I haue propounded â—ince he 's near hand I shall not be confounded verse 9 Wherfore my heart doth ioy vvith thanks and praise My glory makes my spirits glad relation My soul her flesh in hopefull rest dovvn layes With confidence expecting thy saluation verse 10 Thou vvilt not leaue my soul in graue deep buried â—or let thy Saint corruption see interred verse 11 But from the tombe aloft thou vvilt me raise â—o triumph in a glorious resurrection For thou vvilt shevv and guide me to the vvayes Of life vvhere ioyes abound in full perfection Euen in thy paths me to thy presence bringing At thy right hand are pleasures euer springing Psalme 17. Prayer LOrd hear my right and entertain My ernest suit for iustice crying Thy eare vnto my prayer applying I plead vvith lips that do not fain verse 2 Let my doom be by thee avvarded Let it come forth iust Iudg from thee And in thine eyes vvhich all things see Let all the righteous be regarded verse 3 Thou in the night of my distres My heart hast visited and tryed But nothing in me hast discryed Resolu'd my mouth shall not transgres VVhat vvorks so ere men haue pursevved verse 4 Vnto thy Word I haue respect VVhich hath in me vvrought this effect That I destroyers paths eschevved verse 5 Vouchsafe my steps to stay and guide For euer in thy paths approued And neuer let my steps be moued That from thy vvayes I neuer slide verse 6 Thou vvilt me heare thy ansvver daigning O Lord vvhen to thee pray I shall In perill vvhen to thee I call Thine eare vvill heare my iust complaining verse 7 Thou mighty sauer of all those VVho haue their hope in thee reposed Lord let thy mercies be disclosed To saue them from their rising foes verse 8 Let me of safety rest assured Keep me as th' apple of thine eye In shade of thy vvings let me lye Hid there from danger safe secured Pause verse 9 From vvicked men that scape I may From cruell hands that doe oppres me From mortall foes that to distres me Besiege me round be set my vvay verse 10 In their ovvn fat they are inclosed Their mouths vvith speeches proud abound verse 11 Our steps they haue novv compast round Their eyes are dovvn on earth reposed verse 12 12 Like as a Lyon vvhich doth spy His prey runs svvift to seaze it speedy Or Lyons vvhelp vvith hunger greedy In secret caue doth lurking lye verse 13 Raise vp thy selfe him dovvn deiect thou Preuent and disappoint him Lord From vvicked men vvho are thy svvord My soul deliuer and protect thou verse 14 Lord let thy povvâ—rfull hand me saue From men of this vvorlds fading glory VVhich is but vain and transitory Who in this life their portion haue Whose panch thou fill'st vvith thy hid treasure Of sons and daughters full tâ—ey be And leaue to their posteritie The rest of their vvealths plenteous measure But I shall vievv thy gracious sight In righteousnes being iustified I vvakened shall be satisfied With thy most glorious image bright Psalme 18. Thanksgiuing prophecy THee vvill I loue vvith heart pure affection O Lord my strength and my most sure protection verse 2 God is my rock my refuge my defence My Sauiour dear my hope my confidence verse 3 My God my strength the horn of my saluation My trust my shield my strong fortification verse 4 I on the LORD most vvorthy praise vvill call verse 5 And so from all my foes be sau'd I shall The pangs of death did round about dismayme And torrents strong of vvicked men did fray me verse 6 Encompast round vvith sorrovves of the graue The snares of death my life preuented haue verse 7 In my distres I to the LORD applyed My ernest prayrs loud to my GOD I cryed He heard my voyce out of his Temple high And my complaint vp to his eares did flye verse 8 Incontinent the earths foundation quaked His vvrath the hils and mighty mountaines shaked All trembling they exceedingly vvere mou'd For he vvas vvroth and vnto anger mou'd verse 9 His nostrils smoke and vapor from them povvred Out of his mouth the flaming
Doth them obserue and keep Obtaineth great revvard verse 12 The errors of mans life So many are and rife Who can knovv them reuealed Clense me from crimes vnknovvn Lest I be ouerthrovvn By secret sins concealed verse 13 From sins presumptuous bold Thy seruant LORD vvith-hold Let them rot domineer So shall I freedom vvin From guilt of greatest sin And innocent appeare verse 14 Let all my thoughts vvords Which heart or mouth affords Finde gracious acceptation My strength consists in thee Thou hast redeemed me LORD GOD of my saluation Psalme 20. Prayer WHen thou dost pray the Lord attend thee In thy necessity The Name of Iacobs God defend thee In thy aduersity verse 2 He send thee help thy cause maintaining Against thine aduersary He strengthen thee thy state sustaining From Sions Sanctuary verse 3 Let him remember thy oblation Thy offrings vvhen they burn In signe of gracious acceptation Heau ns fire to ashes turn verse 4 According as thy heart desireth Let him to grant be vvilling Thy counsels all vvhich he inspireth Effectually fulfilling verse 5 VVe vvill reioyce in thy saluation And in GODS Name vvill vve Our flags display in exultation Thy prayrs GOD grant to thee verse 6 I knovv the Lord saues his annointed From heau'n his holy tovver Doth hear his prayr and hath appointed Help by his hand of povver verse 7 Our enemies to be victorious In horse and charrets trust But vve inuoke the Name most glorious Of GOD the LORD most iust verse 8 They are cast dovvn and quite amated They headlong fell deiected But vve are raised animated And stand vpright erected verse 9 O LORD do thou saue and defend vs Let him vvho is our King The day vve call an ansvver send vs Which may vs comfort bring Psalme 21. Thanksgiuing THe King O Lord in thy great might Doth ioy vvith exultation Triumphs in thy saluation O vvhat exceeding great delight In him alvvay remains That thy grace him maintains verse 2 Thou freely gau'st him large supply Of all his heart desired And his high state required Thou nothing to him dost deny But strayt he is possest Of that his lips request verse 3 To vnaspired high renovvn Thy goodnes him presented Thy blessings him preuented Thou gau'st to him a royall crovvn Of pure fine gold compos'd Vpon his head impos'd verse 4 He asked only life of thee VVho art God euerliuing And by thy bounteous giuing He life receiu'd perpetually Euen length of blessed dayes VVhich shall endure alvvayes verse 5 VVith honor great he is arayd And vvith high exaltation By meanes of thy saluation Thy bounty hath vpon him layd Imperiall dignity And glorious maiesty verse 6 For thou vvith thy abundant grace VVhereof he is possessed Hast made him euer blessed And thou hast shevved him thy face Thy fauor vvhich he had Made him exceeding glad verse 7 Because the king vvith constancy Vpon the Lord relyeth VVith faith on him affyeth Through mercy and benignity Of God most high approu'd He neuer shall be mou'd Pause verse 8 Thy enemies thy povverfull hand Shall finde out hauing found them Shall punish and confound them Those vvho vvith hate against thee stand Thy povvr thou vvilt imploy To finde out and destroy verse 9 Thou vvhen thy angry heat shall fume As in an ouen shalt burne them And into ashes turne them The Lord in vvrath shall them consume And svvallovv in his ire Deuovvring them vvith fire verse 10 Thou shalt destroy the fruit they breed From off the earth out-race them And finally deface them Thou shalt abolish all their seed Cut off their memory From all posterity verse 11 For they against thee enterprise Mischieuous machinations In their imaginations But they their vvicked vain deuice VVhich they do vndertake Effectuall cannot make verse 12 Therfore thy foes turn back vvith shame Thee to affront not daring Thy shafts on string preparing Their backs as Buts make thou thy aime As marks their faces lay VVheron thy shafts may play verse 13 Be thou exalted mighty LORD In thy ovvn strength and glory So thy renovvned story In songs and Psalmes vve shall record VVe shall the praise recite Of thy great povvr and might Psalme 22. Prayer and prophecy MY GOD my GOD vvhy leau'st thou me distreâ—â— O vvhy hast thou forsaken me opprest Far from my ayd and cryes to thee exprest Thy selfe detayning verse 2 All day my GOD to thee my voyce high straining Thou hear'st me not to me no ansvver daigning All right I call to thee no time restraining â—reâ—â— no space verse 3 Thou holy art and thy ovvn resting place Thy Temple is thy only sauing grace Of Israel and to the faithfull race The crovvn of praises verse 4 Our fathers in afflictions greatest mazes Trusted in thee and in thy loue that blazes Light to the vvorld this from their thraldom raises Their libertie verse 5 Out of this faith they cry'd a lovvd to thee Thy ansvvers their deliuerances be They of their trust in thy fidelitie VVere not ashamed verse 6 But I as if I had not man bin framed Am as a vvorm the scorn of men defamed Reuilde reproacht endure the rage vntamed Of peoples spight Pause verse 7 All they that look vpon my vvretched plight Laugh me to scorn make movves the lip they bite And nod the head insulting at the sight My torments eying verse 8 Vpon his God say they vvas his relying Of vvhich his trust novv is the time of trying Novv let him saue him if that his out crying Approach his eare verse 9 VVhen in her vvomb my mother did me beare From thence to thee thou didst me take and vvhere My infancy suckt natures vigor there Mad'st me belieuing verse 10 Then vvas I cast on thee for my relieving Euen since the time of that my mothers grieuing VVhen from the vvomb thou tookst me succor giuing My GOD thou art verse 11 VVithdravv not thou thy face nor far depart VVhen troubles great do dravv so nigh my hart For there is none but thou that can impart Help that is speeding verse 12 VVith foes vvhose strength and riches are exceeâ— Fierce like youg Buls of high and mighty feeding Like Buls that had on Basaâ—â—hils their breeding I am beset verse 13 Like Lyons fierce vvho vvith sharp honger vvhet Run rampant roare and raue their prey to get Their gaping mouthes they did vvide open set Me to haue eaten verse 14 Like vvater spilt I am vvhile me they threaten And all my bones seeme as in sunder beaten My heart like vvax melts vvith the fires that greaten Vpon my feares Pause verse 15 My moysture like a potsheard dry'd appeares My silent tong to my mouthes roof adheares And in the graue the dead to dust that vveares Thou hast me placed verse 16 Dogs hem me in that haue my footsteps traced The rudest rout that cruell deeds imbraced Inclose me round transfixing they defaced My hands and feet verse 17 VVith leannes all my flesh avvay doth fleet
my ayd alvvay Thou only thou art he That dost deliuer me My God make no delay Psalme 41. Prayer and prophecy HE blessed is that doth compassion shovv To them that are brought lovv He from the Lord of comfort shall not miâ— VVhen he afflicted is verse 2 The Lord vvill him preserue aliue that he On earth shall blessed be He vvill not him deliuer noâ— expose Vnto his furious foes verse 3 VVhen on his bed he lyâ—s vveak sick and sore God vvill his strength restore And turn his couch from all disease and pain To health and ease againe verse 4 Therfore I said in mine infirmitie Haue mercy LORD on me O heal my soul let it recured be For I offended thee verse 5 My foes ill vvords against me hate display While thus of me they say VVhen vvhen vvill death oâ—e take this vvretched vvight And his name perish quite verse 6 Their visits are but comâ—lementing lyes They invvard hate disguise They vvicked thoughts vp heap vvhich strayt they shovv As soone as forth they goe Pause verse 7 Together all they that bare hate to me Against me vvhispering be Against me they conspire and enterprise To hurt me they deuise verse 8 An ill disease say they vvill not him leaue It fast to him doth cleaue Deiected lovv cast dovvn there novv he lyes That neuer more shall rise verse 9 Nay my neere friend to vvhom I did impart The secret of my heart Who ate my bread and did my bounty feel Against me lift his heel verse 10 Therfore O Lord abandond thus of all On me let mercy fall And raise me vp that I may haue the might Their merits to requite verse 11 By this I knovv to me it doth appear That I to thee am deare Because thou dost not make mine enemy To triumph ouer me verse 12 But vvell triumph I may vvhom thou dost stay In my most rightfull vvay Whom thou of thy good grace dost firmly place For ay before thy face verse 13 O bles the Lord the God of Israel His praises euer tell From age to age vvorld vvithout end Amen Amen I say agen Psalme 42. Consolation AS the chased Hart pants braying Seeking some refreshing brooke So my thirsty soul longs praying Zealous on my GOD to looke verse 2 My soul thirsteth eagerly Euerliuing GOD for thee LORD vvhen shall I come before thee In thy presence to adore thee verse 3 Day and night great grief sustaining Briâ—ish teares are all my food VVhile they question me disdaining Where is novv thy God so good verse 4 My heart melts this thinking on Hovv I marching late had gon Leading troups Gods praises singing To his Temple offrings bringing verse 5 VVhy art thou my soul so sory So disquiet so disma'yd Wait on God for still his glory In my song shall be displayd VVhen but vvith one looke of his He shall me restore to blisse verse 6 O my God vvhose grace erecteth See my soul it self deiecteth For my minde on my God thinketh Euen from Hermon mountain high From the land that Iordan drinketh And vvhere Missar hillocks lye verse 7 One deep vvith noise of his fall Other depths of vvoes doth call While my GOD vvith dreadfull vvonders On me vvretch his Tempests thunders Pause All thy flouds ore me abounded All thy billovves ore me vvent Yet on this my hope is grounded That thine anger being spent verse 8 I by day thy loue shall tast Singing shall the night be past Praying praising and thanksgiuing To my God vvhile I am liuing verse 9 I vvill say O GOD my Tovver VVhy am I forgot by thee Why should grief my heart deuovver While the Foe oppresseth me verse 10 Bitter scoffs of haughty ones Wound and pierce me to the bones Whilst my foes aske me deriding Where hath novv your God his biding verse 11 Why art thou my soul so sory So deiected so dismaid Wait on God for still his glory In my songs shall be displayd To him shall my thanks be payd VVho is still my present ayd Whose saluation me hath raised Is my God for euer praised LOrd iudg me make examination Plead thou my cause and set me free From this vniust and cruell Nation Deceitfull in their conuersation From them that deal iniuriously Saue and deliuer me verse 2 My God thou art my strength and tovver From thee vvhy dost thou me exclude Why goe I mourning euery hovver My foes vvho vvould my soul deuovver Oppres me vvith their multitude By them I am pursevvd verse 3 Send out thy light for my instruction And let thy faithfull truth diuine Conduct and saue me from destruction And let them be my introduction Into that sacred hill of thine Me to thy house assigne verse 4 Then vvill I goe vvith mirth and pleasure Vnto the Altar chearfully Of God vvho is my comforts treasure In vvhom my ioy exceedeth measure Vpon the Harp I vvill praise thee Thou LORD art GOD to me verse 5 My soul vvhy then art thou deiected And so disquieted in me Wait thou on God vvith hope erected With patience let him be expected For he by me shall praised be My health my God is he Psalme 44. Prayer LORD GOD of high renovvn and glory Our eares haue heard the ioyous story Which our forefathers haue vs told Of vvondrous vvorkes thou didst of old Hovv thou the heathen didst expell And in that land our fathers planted By thy strong hand therein to dvvell Their foes vvere plagued and supplanted verse 3 For they haue not this land possessed By their ovvn svvord to vvar addressed Nor could the might of their ovvn arme In doubtfull fight saue them from harme But it vvas that right hand of thine And thy strong arme that vvas their Sauer On them thy face vvith light did shine Because thou didst thy people fauer verse 4 O GOD thou art my king most royall To Iacob to thy seruant loyall Help and saluation timely send And him as thou vvert vvont defend verse 5 For if our armies thou dost lead We shall push dovvn them that distres vs And in thy Name vve shall dovvn tread All them that rise vp to suppres vs. verse 6 My bovv I knovv vvill not secure me Nor shall at all my svvord assure me In them no confidence I haue Nor hope that me my armes shall saue verse 7 But it is thou and thou alone Which sauest vs from our distressers And thou hast put to shame each one Who vvere our haters and oppressers Pause verse 8 In God vve all day long do glory And vve record the sacred story Of his all-blessed Name most high Which euermore vve magnify verse 9 But novv hast thou cast vs dovvn lovv Thou dost vs shame and quite reiect vs Thou vvith our armies dost not goe Forth dost not lead vs nor protect vs. verse 10 To turn vs back thou dost novv make vs From enemies that captiue take vs Our hatefull foes giue vs the foil And vvhat they please they take and spoil
verse 11 Thou hast appointed vs to dy As sheepe for slaughter be ordained Thou hast disperst vs that to ly Mongst nations strange vve are constrained verse 12 Thy flock as nothing vvorth thou prisest For nought theâ— selling thou despisest Thou letst them goe at rates so cheap For them no profit thou dost reap verse 13 To them reproch that neer vs bide Thou makst vs be they mock and flout vs They scorn and scoff vs they deride That are our neighbours round about vs. verse 14 VVe to the heathen are a fable Their by vvord common talke and bable When vs the vvicked people see They nod their heads in mockerie verse 15 Confusion mine continually Is in my sight spreds me all ouer And my reprochfull infamie With shame my blushing face doth couer verse 16 Because of his voyce that blasphemeth And at our ebbe so flovving streameth For that the foe in rage and ire To be reueng'd is set on fire verse 17 Yet haue vve not forgotten thee Though this befall vs notvvithstanding Nor haue vve dealt deceitfully Against thy couenant and commanding Pause verse 18 Our harts vvhich long distrest haue mourned Yet are not from thy seruice turned Our steps from thee go not astray Nor do vve vvander from thy vvay verse 19 Though thou hast vvounded vs in place VVhere monstrous Dragons haue their biding And hast vs couerd vvith disgrace VVith deaths shade vs in darknes hiding verse 20 If vve forget the Name eternall Of our good gracious God supernall If vve haue lifted vp our hands To other gods of godles lands verse 21 Shall not our God this search and spy Who all thoughts vvords vvorks vnfoldeth All secrets knovvs vvith piercing eye All harts most invvard parts beholdeth verse 22 Euen for thy sake our bloud is spilled For thee vve all day long are killed And vve are counted but as sheepe Which they for present slaughter keep verse 23 Vp Lord vvhy sleepest thou avvake Arise and let thy povver erect vs For euer do not vs forsake Be not far off nor quite reiect vs verse 24 VVhy is it that thy face thou hidest From vs still absent thou abidest Vnmindfull yet dost thou remain Forgetting our distres and pain verse 25 Dovvn to the dust our soul doth bovv Our vitall spirits grief bereaueth We on the ground ly prostrate novv And to the earth our belly cleaueth verse 26 Arise and shevv vs thy saluation Deliuer vs from tribulation And for thy mercy sake vs free Redeem vs from aduersitie Psalme xlv Doctrin A High designe my feruent heart inflameth Of King diuine heroycall song iâ— frameth Inuention quicke to fluent tong indites VVhich faster flovves then svviftest penman vvrites Thy beauty rare the fons of men exceedeth Past all compare grace from thy lips proceedeth Therefore thy God hath thee foreuer blest And thou of blisse eternall art possest verse 3 Then povverfull Prince aduance thy self all-glorious Vpon thy thigh gird thou thy svvord victorious verse 4 Ride on triumph in thy maiestick might Prosper preuail in vvord of truth and right Thy mercy milde vvith rigorous iustice bideth Thy gracious heart thy vigorous arm still guideth But those thy foes vvhose hearts no loue can vvin Thy hand to fright vvith terrors shall begin verse 5 Then thy sharp darts vpon them all shall thunder And thy foes hearts shall pierce and strike in sunder To thee O King the Nations all shall bend Thy mighty arm thy rule shall far extend verse 6 Thy Throne O GOD for euermore endureth Thy Scepter right through all thy Realme procureth verse 7 Thou louest truth iustice and righteousnes But hatest vvrong deceit and vvickednes VVherfore thy God hath thee his Christ appointed And thee vvith oyle of gladnes hath annointed Much more and far aboue thy fellovves all Whom to partake vvith thee thy loue doth call verse 8 VVith Aloes Mirrh and Cassia svveetly sented Thy robes perfumde are vnto thee presented From palaces of precious iuorie Wherby they haue exhilarated thee Pause Then Ladies fair present attendant duty Kings daughters rare prime paragons of beauty Boue all the Queene thy ioyous louely Bride In Ophir gold doth stand at thy right side verse 10 Fair daughter novv behold a vvhile attend thou Consider vvell thine eares to my vvords bend thou Thy fathers house forget thy peoples guise And natiue rites thou also shalt despise verse 11 So shall the King thy Spouse take greater pleasure In thy pure loue and in thy beauties treasure Him honor thou thy Lord vvith pleasing grace Bovv fair to him his loue intire imbrace verse 12 The Tyrian state shall then vvith other Nations Great Princes shall to thee bring rich oblations verse 13 Kings daughter fair vvithin deckt gloriously VVith robes of gold embroidred gorgeously verse 14 Thus shall O King thy beauteous spouse admired Be brought in robes of Phrygian vvork attired And Virgin troupes her lou'd associates deare Attending shall in thy blest sight appeare verse 15 VVith pleasant mirth and chearfull acclamations Triumphant ioy and glad congratulations She shall be brought vvith all her Princely train The Palace royall shall them entertain verse 16 For Parents left shall children be supplyed VVith royall Sons thy of spring multiplied VVhom Princes in all lands thou shalt ordain VVhose Scepters right and iustice shall maintain verse 17 Therfore vvill I of thy name crovvnd vvith glory From age to age record th' eternall story The people all thy honour high shall raise And celebrate perpetually thy praise Psalme 46 Victory WHen â—s aduersity offendeth God is our refuge vs defendeth In all distres and time of need His help vve finde vvith present speed verse 2 Therfore vve feare no molestation Though moued be the earths foundation Although the mountains high and steep Were throvvn i' th middle of the deepe verse 3 Though surging billovves of the Ocean Roar troubled tost vvith violent motion And though provvd svvelling vvaues do make The mighty mountains high to shake verse 4 In time of troubles fiercely grovving There is a riuer fairely flovving Which shall refresh vvith ioy renovvn Of God most high the sacred Tovvn verse 5 And in the midst of her excelling The LORD eternall hath his dvvelling Nor shall it moue for God vvill send It early ayd and it defend verse 6 The heathen kingdomes vvere inraged Anâ— mou'd to fury vnasvvaged Till they his voyce had heard and felt That vvith the noyse the earth did melt Pause verse 7 But this vvith comfort our hearts cheareth The LORD of hosts vvith vs appeareth The GOD of Iacob most of might Our refuge is for vs doth fight verse 8 Come see in serious contemplation The vvorks of God vvith admiration What he to pas on earth hath brought What desolation there he vvrought verse 9 All cruell vvars and iarrs he ceaseth Throughout the vvorld he them appeaseth He cuts the speares he breaks the bovves And into fire the charrets throvves verse 10 Knovv I am God be pacified My
garners large fulfils The Citizens shall fairly flourish So numerous quickly grovvn As grasse vvhich fruitfull medovvs nourish Millions of blades vnknovvn verse 17 His honord Name renovvned euer In glory high shall raigne And his remembrance failing neuer Shall as the Sun remain All men by him of blisse possessed For euer blesse him shall All Nations shall in him be blessed And him right blessed call verse 18 The Lord God Israels God be praised Who vvonders vvorkes alone verse 19 His glorious Name on high be raised For ay by euery one Recorded be the sacred story Of his renovvned fame Let all the earth fild vvirh his glory For euer blesse his Name Amen Psalme Lxxiij Doctrin YEt sure the LORD is good and kinde To Israel his loue they finde Who be of righteous conuersation And serue him vvith pure adoration verse 2 My steps vvere like to goe astray And neer to misse the rightfull vvay My feet did almost svverue aside And into error neer did slide verse 3 For I enuy'd and vext to see Vainglorious fooles in dignitie VVith grief of heart I vvas annoyed That vvicked men such peace inioyed verse 4 In prosperous state they alvvay stand Vntill their death they feel no pain In health and strength they still remain And all things haue at their command verse 5 VVhen others grieu'd and troubled are They knovv no sorrovv take no care As other men they are not vexed They are not troubled nor perplexed verse 6 VVith pride as vvith a Carkanet VVith ievvels rich they are beset As vvith a garment for defence They armed are vvith violence verse 7 Their eyes do stand out of their head With fatnes they so full are fed They haue more then their hearts desired They are more high then they aspired verse 8 In all their vvayes corrupt they are Their speeches vvicked hearts declare They of oppression boasting tell Their vvords like mountains proudly svvell Pause verse 9 Their mouthes against heau'n they oppose Their lips vvith blasphemies vnclose Their bold tong vncontrouled talketh Throughout the vvorld vnbounded vvalketh verse 10 Gods people vnaduis'd also Do thither turn and vvith them goe Quite tyred out vvith grief and vvoe Drink of their cups vvhich full do flovv verse 11 And this they say th' Almighty one From his so high supernall throne Doth he regard doth he take notice Hath he intelligence that so t is verse 12 Behold the vvicked such as these Their vvealth their might their ioyes increase They still do liue in rest at ease Haue plenteous happines and peace verse 13 And do I as it seems in vain Still in my innocence remain My heart from vvickednes I clensed My hands in righteousnes I rensed verse 14 Yet all day long plagues me torment And early in the morn betimes Am I reproacht vvith grieuous crimes And suffer seuere chastisement verse 15 Yet surely if I this do say Then do I vvrong and falsly lay A scandalous calumniation Vpon the righteous generation verse 16 When this in minde I did reuolue This doubt indeuering to resolue I found it vvas too hard for me The depth therof I could not see verse 17 Till in the Temple of the Lord Consulting vvith his sacred VVord VVhere I their finall end perceiued Of all their comforts vain bereaued verse 18 For thou didst iustly place them all In slipry places soone to fall And suddenly didst cast them dovvn Into destruction hast them throvvn Pause verse 19 Hovv are they brought so suddenly Forlorn in vvoe and misery With terrors errors deadly vvounded For euer finally confounded Thou vtterly dost them deface And root them out from humane race verse 20 Like to a dream vvhich lasteth not But vvhen one vvakes is quite forgot When thou Lord vvakest vve arise Their image vain thou vvilt despise verse 21 My heart imbittred vvas perplexed I in my reins vvas prickt and vexed verse 22 I vvas as bruitish vvithout sense Depriued of intelligence I in thy sight vvas as a beast And in my ovvn account the least verse 23 Yet neuertheles I am vvith thee And so I hope shall euer be For thy right hand me firm vpholdeth VVhich vnto me thy loue vnfoldeth verse 24 The counsell vvhich thou vvilt me giue Shall guide me safely vvhile I liue And after vvhen this life I leaue To glory thou vvilt me receiue verse 25 VVhat help or hope in heau'n â—aue I But only thee vvho dvvelst on high On earth I none but thee desired To thee alone I haue aspired verse 26 No arme of flesh for me preuailes My courage and my heart me failes God is the strength of my poore heart He euer is my choice my part verse 27 For loe all them that thee forsake Destruction quite avvay shall take For thou hast euery one consumed False gods to vvorship vvho presumed verse 28 But as for me I hold it best To dravv neare God to him addrest I trust in God in him I rest By me his vvorkes shall be exprest Psalme 74. Prayer WHy Lord hast thou for euer vs off cast VVhy is thy vvrath and fury so inflamed Against thy flock thy congregation named Thy pasture sheep that thou forgot them hast verse 2 Think thou on thy ovvn people bought of old The rod of thy inheritance esteemed Thy mercy svveet hath dearly it redeemed In Sion mount thy dvvelling thou didst hold verse 3 Stand vp and let thy povvrfull feet stamp dovvn â—hy foes for their perpetuall desolation VVhose sacriledge and vvastfull deuastation Haue all things in thy Temple ouerthrovvn verse 4 Insulting foes a rude tumultuous rout VVith out-cryes fierce and horrid exclamations Make vvar against thy sacred congregations Set banners vp for trophes round about verse 5 As vvorkmen stroâ—g contending for renovvn VVith lofty strokes sharp axes armes of vigor In forrests thick vvith mighty force and rigor Make haste to fell the vvel-grovvn Cedars dovvn verse 6 So novv the posts ingrau'd caru'd curiously The polisht stones in corners of thy Temple They cut and spoil those buildings past example With axes and vvith hammers furiously verse 7 VVith fire they burn vvirh hands prophane pollute Thy Sanctuary dovvn cast ruinated The dvvelling place of thy Name violated All cruelties theron they execute verse 8 Proceed say they come let vs out of hand Destroy them all together they haue burned Gods Temples all and into ashes turned All Synagogues of GOD throughout the land Pause verse 9 Novv vve no signe of vvonted comfort see Nor any hope at all thy fauour shevveth No Prophet novv there is nor one that knovveth Hovv long vve shall endure this misery verse 10 Hovv long O Lord hovv long vvilt thou abide This vile reproch this scoffing aduersary Shall they blaspheme thy Name thy Sanctuary For euermore Both thee and vs deride verse 11 VVhy dost thou thus thy hand from vs vvith-hold Thy mighty right hand thervvith vs defend thou Vs to restore thy povvrfull arme extend thou For euer shall thy bosom it infold verse
them that offend vs He only is the Lord vvhose povver doth defend vs. He is out King alone by vvhom vve are redressed VVho is the holy one of Israel most blessed Pause verse 19 Vnto thy sacred Saint thy mind knovvn thou hast made And thou didst him acquaint vvith thy vvill thou hast said To him in vision this my ayd I haue assigned To one vvho mighty is and him therto inclined I one haue raised high on him my grace conferred verse 20 My seruant Dauid I among my folk preferred verse 21 I nointed haue his head vvith holy oyle that long He shall raign stablished my arm shall make him strong verse 22 That of his enemies fierce raging fell and furious Nor force nor subtilties shall be to him iniurious The sons of vvickednes shall not deuovvr nor vex him They shall not him oppres nor haue povvr to perplex him verse 23 But I before his face his foes vvill quite destroy VVho hate him I 'le disgrace and vvith sore plagues annoy verse 24 My grace truth shall he haue vvith him firmly placed His horn of strength shall be in my Name highly graced verse 25 On seas I 'le set his hand in his povvr comprehended And make his other stand ore Euphrates extended verse 26 Me father he shall call and say my God thou art My rock vvho to me shall saluation sure impart verse 27 Him also make vvill I my first born son celestiall In honor far more high then are the Kings terrestriall verse 28 My grace to him shall last for euer kept assured My faithfull promise past shall stand for him secured Pause verse 29 I 'le propagate his seed to perpetuity Time of his Throne decreed as dayes of heau'n shall be verse 30 But if his children shall my sacred lavves abandon From my iust iudgments fall and loosely run at randon verse 31 If they my statutes blest shall break or haue profaned And keep not my behest and precepts I ordained verse 32 That they t' offend may feare my scorge their sin shall smite With chastisement seuere my strokes on them shall light verse 33 My grace ye◠neretheles they shall not find frustrated To them my faithfulnes shall not be abrogated verse 34 My promise shall remain for euer firm and stable My Word I vvill maintain and keep inuiolable verse 35 Once by my holines to Dauid svvorn haue I That I the truth expres and to him vvill not lye verse 36 His progeny and race shall euer be assured His throne before my face establisht and secured verse 37 While Sun and Moon do shine vvithin the heau'ns enduring As faithfull vvitnes mine my verity assuring Selah verse 38 But thou dost scorn vs novv and vs thou dost reiect Thine ovvn annointed thou in anger dost deiect verse 39 Thy couenant seems made voyd vvith thy ovvn seruant loyall Cast to the ground destroyd profaned his crovvn royall verse 40 His hedg thou hast broke dovvn and fenced habitations To ruin brought orethrovvn his strong fortifications Pause verse 41 By all that pas him by he spoiled is and torne To all the dvvellers nigh he is become a scorne verse 42 The hands thou high dost raise of all our aduersaries The hearts reioyce alvvaies of his foes and contraries verse 43 Of his svvord dravvn to fight the edg thou hast rebated In battel put to flight by thee vvith fear amated verse 44 The glory of his Name thou hast made cease to sound His throne of regall fame thou hast cast to the ground verse 45 Thou shortned hast his dayes of youthfull strength and pleasure And couerd him alvvaies vvith shame in grieuous measure verse 46 Hovv long Lord vvilt thou hide thy self frō vs quite turning For euer shall vve bide thy vvrath like fier burning verse 47 Remember vvell hovv short my life thou dost ordain Why hast thou in this sort made all men be but vain verse 48 VVhat liuing man is he vvhom death shal not deuovver Or vvho his soul can free from graues fast holding povver verse 49 VVhere are thy mercies Lord to vvhich vve vvere inured To svvear thou didst accord to Dauid truth assured verse 50 Remember Lord the scorn vvhich on thy seruants light Hovv in my brest is born the shame reproch and spight verse 51 Of all the multitude they mock vs disappointed They scoffe vvith speeches rude the paths of thy annointed verse 52 Let vs the Lord adore and praise him ceasing neuer The Lord bles euermore Amen Amen for euer Psalme 90. Prayer of Moses LOrd thou hast bin to vs a habitation From age to age in euery generation verse 2 Before the hils or spacious vvorlds creation Long time before thou laidst the earths foundation Before all things receiued form from thee Thou Lord art God from all eternitie verse 3 By thee man to destruction is reduced VVhen thou dost say return ye creatures mortall To dust from vvhence ye vvere at first produced verse 4 A thousand yeares vvith thee vvho art immortall As yesterday are passed in thy sight Or as a vvatch one quarter of the night verse 5 Thy storms driue them avvay and flouds ore-flovving They vanish as a dreame in sleep decayeth As vvhen the morn his early beams displayeth The flovvring gras doth flourish fairly grovving verse 6 I' th morn green grovvn at euen is cut avvay And being movvn is turn'd to vvither'd hay verse 7 For vve are quite consumed and destroyed Through thy iust vvrath and thy deseru'd displeasure We troubled are and fearefully annoyed verse 8 For of our sins the grieuous heaped measure Before thy face appeares before thy sight And thou hast brought our secret sins to light Pause verse 9 For all our dayes are vvasted aye sustaining The heauy vveight of thy iust indignation Our yeares do end like to a brief narration verse 10 Our life is novv cut shorter scarce attaining To seuenty yeares but if by natures strength It eighty reach vve count it vvondrous length Of all our life the flovvr but sorrovv being But grief and pain are our best dayes of vigor Cut quickly off and vve avvay are fleeing verse 11 VVho knovves the force of thy fierce vvrath rigor For as vve are affected vvith thy feare Euen so to vs thine anger doth appeare verse 12 And novv O Lord vouchsafe thou to instruct vs Our dayes to count and times of life svvift flying That vve our hearts to vvisdom true applying It safely may to thee the vvay conduct vs. verse 13 Return O Lord hovv long thy vvrath appease And let thy rage against thy seruants cease verse 14 Replenish vs betimes vvith thy compassion And vvith thy grace that vve vvith mirth and gladnes May all our dayes reioyce in thy saluation verse 15 In lievv of all the times years of sadnes VVherin vve haue so much afflicted been And of the ills vvhich vve haue felt and seen verse 16 O let thy vvork and thy magnificency To seruants thine and their seed be
ayd or succor send me Against the vvicked or defend me Gainst vvorkers of iniquity verse 17 Vnlesse the Lord had vvith his arm My helper bin sau'd me from harm My soul had perisht suddenly verse 18 VVhen I complaind my footing slideth Thy mercy Lord vvhich sure me guideth Did me sustain held me vpright verse 19 VVhen many thoughts do trouble me In anguish and perplexitie Thy comforts svveet my soule delight verse 20 Shall vvicked Tyrants cruell raigning Haue fellovvship vvith thee remaining Their throne mischieuous lavves inuents verse 21 Themselues assembling gainst the iust To lay his honor in the dust They spill the bloud of innocents verse 22 But God the Lord is my defender My refuge is his mercy tender verse 23 He vvill revvard their vvickednes And make their sons themselues oppres And in their ovvn vnrighteousnes The Lord our God shall them suppres Psalme 95. Doctrin COme let vs sing vvith pleasant voyce To God and make a ioyfull noyse Vnto the rock of our saluation verse 2 His presence let vs come before With thanks and praises him adore Sing Psalms to him vvith exultation verse 3 For he the Lord is GOD of might Great King aboue all gods by right verse 4 He in his hands the earth infoldeth Therof the secret places deep VVithin his compas he doth keep The strength of hils he also holdeth verse 5 The sea is his he did it make The land at his hand form did takeâ— All creatures haue of him creation verse 6 Come therfore let vs fall dovvn novv Before the Lord our maker bovv All kneeling yeeld him adoration verse 7 He is our God his people vve And sheep of his ovvn pasture be His hands our safety hath procured If ye vvill heare his voyce to day Obserue ye vvell vvhat he shall say verse 8 Bevvare your hearts be not obdured As vvhen ye did at Meriba And Massa desert disobey verse 9 When in the day of prouocation Your fathers prou'd and tempted me VVhere they my mighty vvorks did see Beholding them vvith admiration verse 10 Tvvice tvventy years thrice tedious space Haue I endur'd this irksom race So long this people vext and grieu'd me I said in heart this people erre Before my vvayes they their 's prefer They haue not knovvn mine nor belieu'd me verse 11 Wherfore in my fierce vvrath and ire VVhich in my brest did flame as fire I svvare this in my indignation Since they my vvords and vvorks forgot Into my rest they enter not Much les shall haue their habitation O Sing to God nevv songs composed To God Sing all on earth reposed verse 2 Sing to the Lord his praise expres His sacred Name praise vve and bles Let his grace daily be disclosed verse 3 Among the heathen shevv his glory To people all his vvonders story verse 4 For God is great and greatly prais'd His feare aboue all Gods is rais'd For other Gods are transitory verse 5 For all the gods of other Nations Are idols vain imaginations But God the Lord vvho is most high The heau'ns hath framed and the sky Prime parcels of his ovvn creation verse 6 Might maiesty attend before him In 's Sanctuary they adore him verse 7 Ye people all vvith one accord Ascribe all glory to the Lord VVith honorable praises store him Pause verse 8 The Lord vvith praise be celebrated His Name vvith glory eleuated With you an offring for him take Into his courts an entrance make VVhich vnto him are consecrated verse 9 Before the Lord your selues assemble To vvorship him do not dissemble Approch to him vvith comly grace In 's Sanctuary at his face Let all the earth both feare and tremble verse 10 Say Nations all the Lord God raigneth His raigne eternally remaineth The vvorld by him shall stablisht be Vnmou'd The people iudg vvill he With iustice vvhich his might maintaineth verse 11 Let heau'n reioyce vvith iubilation Let earth be glad vvith exultation Let all the spacious Ocean rore verse 12 Let fields and forrests vvith their store Ring out their ioyfull acclamation verse 13 Before the Lord vvithout delaying He comes he comes no longer staying To iudg the earth vvith righteousnes And all the vvorld vvith faithfulnes With iustice people all repaying Psalme 97. Doctrin prophecy THe Lord eternall raignes VVho righteousnes maintaines Let all earth lovv and high lands Therof reioyce all Ilands verse 2 Thick clouds obscurity Surround his Maiesty Both iustice and iudgment His thrones establishment On him attendant be verse 3 The fire before him goes the flame consumes his foes VVhich round about them burneth and into ashes turneth verse 4 His lightning flashes make the vvorld inlightned quake Which vvhen the earth did see it trembled fearfully VVith terror it did shake verse 5 As vvax by fiers might so mountains melt at sight Of God the Lord eternall of earth and heau'n supernall verse 6 The heaun's his iustice tell and people all that dvvell On earth his glory see his might and maiesty His bounty doth excell Pause verse 7 Confounded be vvith shame vvho idols serue or frame VVho boast that they haue serued Vain idols grau'n or kerued Let all Gods Saints vvho be him seruing bovv the knee verse 8 VVhen Sion this did hear her ioyes did then appear For them declare did shee Thy iudgments Lord to knovv VVhich thou to them didst shovv Hath brought great consolation to Iudahs generation verse 9 For thou O Lord art high â—boue all the earth and sky Thou art exalted far aboue all gods that are To thee can none come nigh verse 10 VVho loue God loue him still and haters be of ill Abhor all levvd deuices and vvicked enterprises His Saints liues he doth saue Keeps their soules from the graue Puld from the vvicked hand of Tyrants in the land By him they freedom haue verse 11 Novv clearest light is sovvn to be by iust men movvn Delight and ioy he gaineth Whose heart vpright remaineth verse 12 Ye iust your ioyes expres your selues to mirth addres The Lord God praise and bles his gracious Name confes Record his Holines Psalme 98. Doctrin prophecy SIng to the Lord nevv songs delightfull For he great vvondrous vvorks hath done His holy arm of iustice rightfull His right hand victory hath vvon verse 2 The Lord our God hath his saluation Most gratious to all made knovvn And in the sight of euery Nation His iustice openly hath shovvn verse 3 He cald to minde his promise royall His mercy and his verity To Israel his seruant loyall He shevved his fidelity Throughout the vvorld the Lords saluation Hath clearly manifested been verse 4 Therfore to God vvith exultation Let all the earth be ioyfull seen VVith loudest shovvts and shrillest noyses Reioyce and sing vvith instrument verse 5 VVith Harps svveet sound ioyn cheerfull voyceâ— To praise the Lord nevv Psalms inuent verse 6 Before the Lord our King most gracious VVith trumpets and vvith Cornets sound verse 7 With roring noyse let
th' Ocean spacious The vvorld and all therin rebound verse 8 Before the Lord the riuers flovving In signe of ioy shall clap their hands The hils also their gladnes shovving Reioyce together in all lands verse 9 For God the Lord vvho euer liueth To iudg the earth comes speedily He to the vvorld iust iudgment giueth And to the people equity Psalme 99. Consolation GOd the Lord doth raign suprem doth remain People obstinate quake amaz'd therat He doth sit vpon Cherubims his throne Let the earth be moued vvhich his povvr hath proued verse 2 God the Lord is great Sion is his seat He is high ore all people serue him shall verse 3 Let them all giue praise to his Name alvvaies For his great Name solely dreadfull is and holy verse 4 This great King of might loueth iudgment right He makes permanent all iust gouernment He in Iacob vvrought and to pas hath brought Righteousnes prepared iudgment iust declared verse 5 God exalt vvith praise laud the Lord alvvaies Serue him as is meet prostrate at his feet To him be submis for he holy is verse 6 Moses rule maintaining Aaron Priest ordaining Pause He set Samuel vvhere the Priests do dvvell For the people all on his Name to call They to God did pray vvho heard them alvvay When to God they cryed he to them replyed verse 7 From the cloudy sky he spake from on high VVhere his pillar bright gaue them fiery light They did him obey vvalking in his vvay Did vvhat he vvould haue them Kept the Lavv he gaue them verse 8 Lord so good vvast thou vvho to them didst bovv Dovvn thy gracious eare for they ansvvered vvere Thou O God dost liue vvho didst them forgiue Though some vvere corrected for their crimes detected verse 9 Giue the Lord all praise high his honor raise Let vs euermore him serue and adore By his sacred vvill at his holy hill For our God is solely glorious and most holy Psalme 100. Thanksgiuing ALl people dvvelling on the earth Sing to the Lord vvith ioy and mirth verse 2 The Lord adore vvith thankfull voyce Approach his presence sing reioyce verse 3 Knovv ye the Lord is God euen he It is that made vs hath not vve We are his people he doth keep Vs safe as his ovvn pasture sheep verse 4 Then enter in his gates vvith praise And in his courts giue thanks alvvayes Vnto the Lord let vs confes His sacred Name vvith praises bles verse 5 For God is good his clemency His mercy and benignity His truth and his fidelity Endure to all eternity Psalme 101. Doctrin of policy OF mercy milde vvith iudgment iust vniting Novv vvill I sing to thee O Lord inditing The Psalm I sing to thee my God belongs Such Psalms such songs verse 2 In perfect vvayes my feet shall vvalk precisely And I at home my vvorks vvill order vvisely Vntill my heart sincere approach thy sight All blest all bright verse 3 By me ill vvorks shall not be imitated Backsliders deeds by me are euer hated These all of these my heart shall quite disdain Refuse refrain verse 4 My vpright soul shall neuer be acquainted With vvicked men vvhose vvorks vvith sin are tainted From me a levvd and frovvard peruerse heart Shall pack shall part verse 5 Backbiters tongs that vvickedly haue vvounded Their neighbors name by me shall be confounded I neuer could a supercilious looke Once beare once brooke verse 6 My eyes of loue shall euer be reflected On faithfull men to be by me protected The man that liues religiously vvith me Shall honord be verse 7 A fellovv fraught vvith fly dissimulation Shall neuer haue vvith me cohabitation A lyer from my presence presently Shall fall shall fly verse 8 I vvill destroy and that vvith expedition All vvicked men accustomd to transgression Not one of these in Gods all holy land Shall stay shall stand Psalme 102. Comfort TO my prayr O Lord attend thou Gracious eare to my suit bend thou Let my cry come vnto thee Do not hide thy face from me verse 2 In the day I am distressed When I am vvith grief oppressed When I call afflicted needy Daign to me thy succor speedy verse 3 For my life avvay consumeth In the ayr as smoke that sumeth Burnd and parched are my bones As an hearth of mouldred stones verse 4 My sad heart vvith dolour vvasted Like the vvitherd gras is blasted Bread I eat none though they set it Ready for me I forget it verse 5 Long laments my voyce bereauing Dry my skin to my bones cleauing verse 6 Like a Pollican I mone In the vvildernes alone Like an ovvle it selfe that hideth In the deserts vvilde abideth To the vvoods alone retiring Solitarines desiring verse 7 As a sparrovv sole alighted On the house top trembling frighted Or in couert out of sight I vvatch restles all the night verse 8 All the day my foes iniurious Me reproch against me furious To destroy me are inraged Gainst me are by oath ingaged verse 9 Dust and ashes ouer-spred me Which in sted of bread hath fed me All my drink is mingled still VVith the tears my eyes distill verse 10 For thy vvrath and indignation To my trouble and vexation Me on high hath eleuated Dovvn again precipitated verse 11 All my times and dayes assigned Like a shadovv are declined Wasting they avvay do pas I am vvithered like the gras verse 12 But thou Lord our God supernall Art for euermore eternall Thy memoriall dureth euer To all ages failing neuer verse 13 Thou shalt raise thy self arising Povvrfull iustice exercising Thou vvilt shevv thy mercy great On thy Sion thy ovvn seat For if euer thou vvilt saue her Novv is time to shevv thy fauer To compassion be inclined Novv is come the time assigned verse 14 For the stones therof deiected Haue thy seruants much affected Mouldred dust therof doth moue Them to pitty vvhich it loue verse 15 Heathen people thy Name hearing Shall submit thy great Name fearing All the Kings on earth aspiring Shall thy glory see admiring verse 16 When the Lord vvhom vve rely on Shall rebuild his sacred Sion He shall in his glory bright Vnto all appeare in sight verse 17 He vvill hear the supplication Of the poore in tribulation When the destitute complaineth Their complaints he nere disdaineth Pause verse 18 For the future generation Shall be vvrit this declaration That all ages may relate And vvith praise it celebrate People vvhich shall be created To Gods seruice consecrated Shall sing praises and thanksgiuing To the Lord God euerliuing verse 19 For he hath in mercies ample Lookt dovvn from his sacred Temple God did vievv vvith gracious eyes Lovvly earth frem lofty skyes For to heare the prisners groning verse 20 And compassionate their moninge To release their bonds inclined VVhich are vnto death assigned verse 21 That in Sion of Gods glory They may celebrate the story And declare his sacred praise In Ierusalem alvvayes verse 22 VVhen together
thervvith his praise resoundeth verse 14 He maketh gras out of the earth to grovv The bruitish beasts he doth prouide for so And for mans vse the vsefull herbs he planteth That they may till the ground vvhich labor vvanteth verse 15 He maketh vvine vvhich hath a secret art To cure the sad and to make glad mans heart He maketh oyle vvhich makes mens faces shining And bread that breeds hearts strength the povvrs combining verse 16 Of the great Lord the trees are very great In sap in grovvth either for shevv or meat The Cedars high on Libanus that grovveth Gods plants not mans then man 's more goodly shovveth verse 17 In them the birds do make their dovvny nest By natiue skill and take therin their rest As for the storke vvhile other liketh others Amidst the firs her and her yong shee smothers verse 18 For the vvilde Goats vpon the highest hils Their refuge they do make and sport their fils On th' other side among the rocks so stony Thou placest safe the vvilde and fearfull cony Pause verse 19 The changing moone he sets vpon her change From West to East in seasons fit to range He makes the Sun knovv his fixt course neere slovving In th' East his rise i' th West his dovvnvvard going verse 20 He darknes makes and takes avvay the light The glorious day is turnd to obscure night Within their dens the forrest beasts all sleeping Out of their dens then boldly all come creeping verse 21 The Lyons yong that lurke beside the vvay Do rage and rore incessant for their prey These seek their food by meer instinct vvith crying From the strong God their vvant of food supplying verse 22 Yet in the morn at rising of the Sun They gather them in one and homevvard run There in their dens close couching they repose them Till night so that no eye can there disclose them verse 23 VVith break of day man breaks his rest and goes To labour vvhere the field him profit shovves In husbandâ—y vvhose painfull toyle nere endeth Till tovvards euen the shadovv longer tendeth verse 24 O holy Lord vvhat register can hold Thy vvondrous vvorks they are so manifold From vvisdom of thy prouidence proceeding The earth is full of riches thine exceeding verse 25 So likevvise is the deep and spacious Sea Stretching its arms to euery creek and key Where svvim and creep creatures innumerable Both small and great to name them vvho is able verse 26 The goodly ships therin do ride and saile And therin thou hast made the mighty whale There svvims the huge Leuiathan in straying Thy greatnes shevves and in his sportiue playing Pause verse 27 All these all else beasts fishes flying fovvles Avvait on thee for to refresh their soules That thou shouldst giue them meat in meetest season Which else should vvant their food as they vvant reason verse 28 What thou dost please in goodnesse them to giue They gladly take and therby they do liue VVhen once thy hand of bounty is extended All good to thy good creatures is expended verse 29 But vvhen thou hid'st thy face the place of ioy No comfort then all trouble and annoy When thou vvithdravvst their breath life is adiorned And to dead dust is liuing dust returned verse 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit Lord and then In formes and seeds they are remade agen And vvhen they fail vvith force from thee indevved The surface of the old earth is renevved verse 31 The glorious praise of our good gracious Lord From age to age all ages shall record And in his vvorks vvhich he in vvisdom framed He shall reioyce so oft as they are named verse 32 If against earth he bend his angry brovv Therof the strength and pillars trembling bovv If but to touch the hils him vvrath prouoketh For very fear the hils vvith terror smoketh verse 33 So long as God that I shall liue shall please Vnto that God to sing I vvill not cease Yea vvhile I shall in being be protected Vnto my God my Psalms shall be directed verse 34 All my discourse of him and thoughts of heart Shall svveetnes to him to my self impart No sorrovv shall from him my solace seuer My ioying in the Lord shall be for euer verse 35 Men that are giuen to sin be all consum'd None vvicked be on earth except intomb'd Vp vp my soul to God in thanks be raised The vvorlds great God of all the vvorld be praised Psalme 105. Thanksgiuing LEt euery one of vs confessing Giue thanks to God his praise expressing The glory of his sacred Name Among the people all proclaime His honor great and precious Make knovvn his actions glorious verse 2 Sing ye vnto him Psalms resounding Declare his vvondrous vvorks abounding verse 3 Let his great Name your glory be In his renovvned sanctitie With gladnes let the heart and voyce Of them that seeke the LORD reioyce verse 4 Seek God and his omnipotency Ay seek his faces excellency verse 5 Remember his high acts made knovvn The vvondrous vvorks that he hath done The iudgments vvhich pronounced are By his ovvn sacred mouth declare verse 6 Of Abraham the generation Gods faithfull seruants propagation Ye Iacobs children his elect VVhom God as his ovvn doth affect verse 7 He is the Lord our God his grace And iudgments are in euery place verse 8 For of his couenant failing neuer He mindfull is remembring euer The vvord that he did once command To thousand ages firm doth stand verse 9 VVhich to obserue he hath decreed With Abraham fully agreed And vvhich by oath he hath secured Vnto his Isaac firm assured verse 10 To Iacob likevvise sure hath he Established this his decree To Israel confirmed fast This couenant euermore to last verse 11 This saying to them I vvill giue thee The land of Canan to relieue thee Of your inheritance the line Which I vnto you do assigne verse 12 VVhen yet their number vvas but small But strangers there not knovvn at all verse 13 VValking from Nation vnto Nation Hauing no setled habitation From place to place novv here novv there They safe by hâ—m conducted vvere verse 14 Who suffred them no vvrong to take But scourg'd great Princes for their sake verse 15 Commanding touch not mine annointed Nor harm the Prophets I appointed verse 16 He in the land did famin make And there the staffe of bread he brake verse 17 But for his people prouident Before his ovvn a man he sent This Ioseph they did sell ingratefull To seruitude and bondage hatefull verse 18 Where they his feet vvith fetters bound The irons sharp his soul did vvound verse 19 Vntill the time appointed came Gods VVord assigned for the same So vvhen the Lord enough had tryed His faith and patience testified verse 20 The Kings comand vvas straitvvay sent To free him from imprisonment VVho did the people rule and guide For his inlargement did prouide verse 21 And from a seruant him reputed Lord of his houshold constituted And
rule vvith soueraign povvr supernall Amids thy foes amazed at thy sight verse 3 Thy people free to thee most amiable Shall run vvhen thou vvith sacred povvr art cround As morning devv drops so innumerable To thee the youth of thy vvomb shall abound verse 4 The Lord vvhose vvord and promise changeth neuer VVho nere repents hath svvorn great Prince to thee A Priest thou art Melchisdec like foreuer Thou shalt of that eternall order be verse 5 At thy right hand the Lord vvith his saluation Shall thee assist and all thy foes confound In dreadfull day of his fierce indignation Proud Princes heads shall break and Kings shall vvound verse 6 Ore Gentiles all he iustice exercising Shall fill the fields and streets vvith bodies dead Of Monarchs great imperious tyrannising That ruled far and vvide shâ—ll vvound the head verse 7 In thirst and heat pursuing his foes chased He of the brooke shall drink in speedy vvay Therfore shall he exalt his head high raised Victoriously triumph and raign for ay Psalme 111. Praise Thanksgiuing TO God the Lord I vvill confes VVith all my heart him praise and bles Among the righteous congregation His benefits I vvill relate With thanks his glory celebrate And of his praise make declaration verse 2 The vvorks are great vvhich God hath vvrought By euery one they out are sought In them vvho true delight obtaineth verse 3 His deeds shevv glorious Maiesty His iustice and benignity To all eternity remaineth verse 4 By vvonders vvhich the Lord hath done He euerlasting fame hath vvon He gracious is full of compassions verse 5 He hath them fed vvho do him feare His couenant he in minde vvill beare For ay throughout all generations Pause verse 6 He shevved in his peoples sight His actions full of povvr and might The heathens lands vnto them giuing verse 7 Iust truth are all vvorks of his hands And faithfull are all his commands To his in due obedience liuing verse 8 Established they are most sure For euermore they shall endure In truth and righteousnes ordained verse 9 He freedome to his people sent To keep his couenant he is bent At his command it ay remained Most holy euer is his Name Most reu'rend also is the same verse 10 VVho feareth God true vvisdom gaineth Of sauing knovvledg sure are they That his commandments do obey His praise eternally remaineth Psalme 112. Consolation THe man is blest the Lord vvho feareth And to his Lavv affection beareth verse 2 His seed vpon the earth remaining Shall mighty be as Princes raigning The iust and righteous generation Shall euer be a blessed Nation verse 3 Abundant vvealth his house containeth His righteousnes euer remaineth verse 4 Though night a vvhile the iust surpriseth Cleare light to him betimes ariseth He gracious is full of compassion And righteous in his conuersation verse 5 A good man to the needy lendeth Iudiciously his vvords expendeth In all affairs he doth indeuer With iust discretion to perseuer verse 6 He doubtles shall be moued neuer His memory shall last for euer verse 7 He neuer feareth euill rumors He doth not harbor fickle humors His heart is fixt vvhat ere betideth His faithfull trust in God abideth verse 8 His constant heart him feareles guideth He sees his foe to ruin slideth verse 9 His goods he giueth free and speedy Dispersing to the poore and needy To all his iustice neuer ceaseth To do all good himself addresseth The strength and honor he possesseth Shall be exalted still increaseth verse 10 The vvicked man shall ay be vexed And seeing this shall be perplexed Gnashing his teeth in rage and ier Shall melt avaay as fat in fier His hope is crost and lost his hyer He perish shall and his desier Psalme 113. Praise PRaise ye the Lord his seruants all The Name of God right blessed call His Name to praise let all endeuer verse 2 His honor'd Fame let all relate His glorious Name to celebrate And magnifie both novv and euer verse 3 From orient East vnto the West His honor make vve manifest The Name of God the Lord be praised verse 4 Aboue all nations God is high Exalted far aboue the sky Aboue heau'n is his glory raised verse 5 Like to our God vvhom may vve count He only is Lord paramount VVho to his Throne most high ascendeth verse 6 And yet from heau'n to earth belovv All matters there to see and knovv To rule and guide he dovvn descendeth verse 7 The poor vvhich in the dust do ly He raiseth vp to honors high The needy from filth foule defaced verse 8 To high preferment he vp takes To sit vvith Nobles he them makes Among his peoples Princes placed verse 2 By him the vvombs sterility Is changed to fertility Dead hopes by him to life are raised He makes the barren to conceiue With children mothers ioy receiue The Lord our God be euer praised Psalme 114. Thanksguing WHen Israel from out of Egypt vvent And Iacobs house from people strange vvere sent From cruell thrall secured verse 2 Then Iuda vvas his Sanctuary made He Israel for his dominion had Vnto himself procured verse 3 The sea did fly amazed at the sight And Iordans floud did backvvard take his flight To turn his streams constraining verse 4 The mountains high then leaped like the rams And little hils did skip it like the lambs In fearfull plight remaining verse 5 VVhy didst thou fly thou sea in such affright What ayled thee thou Iordan taking flight To turn thy streams constraining verse 6 Ye mountains high vvhy did ye leap like rams Ye little hils vvhy did ye skip like lambs In fearfull plight remaining verse 7 At presence of the mighty Lord of hosts Of Iacobs God thou earth vvith all thy coasts Quake shake ye frighted mountains verse 8 VVho turns the Rocke into a vvater lake Hard stones to streames and from the flint doth make To flovv fresh flouds and fountains Psalme 115. Prayer NOt to vs Lord not to vs vve intreat But to thy Name giue thou the glory great For thy truth and thy fauer verse 2 Why should the proud the heathen mock and ieer VVher 's novv your Godâ— vvhy doth he not appear Wher 's novv your trust your Sauer verse 3 In heau'n our God is all things to him bovv There he doth rule aboue and here belovv He doth vvhat ere he vvilleth verse 4 Their idols vain are gaudy to behold Of siluer fram'd or at the best of gold As hand of vvorkman skilleth verse 5 A mouth they haue but yet are speechles quite And eyes they haue but neuer see the light No life in them remaineth verse 6 Though they haue eares yet do they nothing heare They smell not though their nostrils doe appear Their bulk no sense containeth verse 7 They cannot feel themselues vvith either hand They neuer vvalk vvith feet vvheron they stand Their throat nor sings nor cryeth verse 8 For blockish trunks vvho so vvill may them take As senseles
yet the poore that gleaneth in the field Of vvhaâ—â—s left his little lapfull heapeth verse 8 Nor passenger that passeth by the same shall bid God bles or vvishing say vve bid ye Good luck from God or to them in his Name So much as say God speed your vvork God speed ye Psalme 130. Prayer FRom depth profound distressed in grief and miserie My cryes I haue addressed O Lord my God to thee verse 2 Lord heare my lamentatioÌ„ vouchsafe my voyce to hear And to my supplication bovv dovvn attentiue eare verse 3 Lord if thou mark our errors and vvhat is done amis To suffer thy dread terrors O Lord vvho able is verse 4 But mercy and compassion are euermore vvith thee Therfore vvith adoration thy Name shall feared be verse 5 On God my soul attendeth in him is all my trust My hope and faith dependeth vpon his promise iust verse 6 My soul to God aspireth more earnestly alvvay Then he vvhom vvatching tireth doth look for break of day verse 7 Lay thy firm hopes foundation on God O Israel For in him sure saluation and boundles mercy dvvell He dearly doth esteem thee O Israel by his grace He freely vvill redeem thee and all thy sins deface Psalme 131. Consolation O Lord I haue no haughty minde I haue no lofty looking eye I haue nought dared nor design'd Too great for me too hard too high verse 2 Nay if I haue not meekly milde VVith humblenes my self demeande In quiet silence as a childe That nevvly from the brest is vveand If that I haue not soly set My soul on thee to trust in thee As th'infant taken from the teat Of his ovvn mother minde not me verse 3 Euen so O Israel elect trust in the Lord on him depend His pleasure euermore expect From this time forth vnto the end Psalme 132. Prayer O Lord our God recall to minde Thy seruant Dauids misery Affliction and calamity verse 2 Hovv he by oath himself did binde To Iacobs God vovv'd solemnly verse 3 Behold said he this vovv I make My house shall neuer me inclose Nor on my bed vvill I repose verse 4 My eyes no sleep at all shall take No slumber shall my eye lids close verse 5 Vntill I finde a resting place Where Gods Ark may vvith vs remain VVhere vve the Lord may entertain The God of Iacob and his race Whose might doth Israel sustain verse 6 Because his seat oft changed vvas From time to time as vve heard say It oft had bin at Ephrata From place to place it oft did pas In vvoods and fields vve found it stay verse 7 Novv since this place he liketh best Into his palace vve vvill go Before his footstooll falling lovv verse 8 Arise O Lord into thy rest Thy self and thy Arks strength there shovv verse 9 Cloath thou thy Priests vvith righteousnes Let them from thee glad tidings bring Let all thy Saints reioyce and sing verse 10 Thy seruant Dauid daigne to blesse Refuse not thine anointed King verse 11 The Lord hath svvorn in verity Who vvill not change nor turn from it To Dauid saying I permit That one of thy posterity Vpon thy throne shall euer sit verse 12 My couenant if thy sons obey And this my testimoniall Which vnto them declare I shall Their sons also shall sit for ay Vpon thy Throne imperiall verse 13 For God the Lord hath made his choice Of Zion fair vvhich doth excell verse 14 Saying I haue delight to dvvell Herein I rest here I reioyce For ay this place doth like me vvell verse 15 His poore vvith bread I 'le satisfie VVith all good things they shall abound verse 16 His Priests vvill I inuiron round VVith my saluation there vvill I Make all her Saints their ioyes resound verse 17 There vvill I make to bud and spring The horn of Dauid raised high A lamp of light prepar'd haue I For mine annoynted sacred King Whose glory I vvill multiply verse 18 His enemies vvill I confound VVith shame they shall be cloathd all ore His glorious state vvill I restore And on his sacred head renovvnd His crovvn shall â—ourish euermore Psalme 133. Doctrin BEhold hovv good hovv pleasant amiable And gracious is the loue inuiolable Of brethren vvhich together dvvell verse 2 Resembling right the precious oyntment smell The sacred oyl vvhich Gods lavv did appoint The high Priest Aaron to annoint VVhich plenteously vpon his head vvas poured And to his beard and garment skirts dovvn shovvred VVith svveetest scent perfuming all verse 3 Distilling dovvn like devvs that timely fall On Sion mount and fertile Hermon hill Which all the land vvith fruit doth fill Euen there the Lord his bounty large expressing Will povvr and shovvr his fauor grace and blessing And life eternall giue he vvill Psalme 134. Doctrin YE seruants of the Lord of might VVho in his house do vvatch by night Attending there your selues addres The Lord our God to praise and bles verse 2 VVho in his Sanctuary stand To bles the Lord lift heart and hand To sound his praise your selues prepare And let your voyce his acts declare verse 3 The Lord bles thee for his Name sake VVhose povvr the heau'n and earth did make From Sions mount vvhere he doth raign Thou blessed shalt for ay remain Psalme 135. Doctrin ALl ye seruants of the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 2 Ye that in Gods house do stand There performing his command Ye that in his courts do dvvell Praise his Name vvhich doth excell verse 3 Praise the Lord for good is he Sing his name in Psalmody Nothing can more pleasant be verse 4 He hath chosen graciously Iacob and his Israel He accounteth his ievvell verse 5 For I this do knovv right vvell That the Lord is great and high verse 6 Our God doth all Gods excell He doth in the earth and sky In the riuers and the seas Whatsoeuer he doth please verse 7 He the vapors makes ascend from the earths remotest end He from heau'n the lightning flings Dovvn to earth the raine he brings From his treasures of all kinds He le ts loose the vvrastling vvinds verse 8 All first-born in Egypt land Were slain by his dreadfull hand Firstlings all they dead did find Both of beasts and humane kind verse 9 Egypt in the midst of thee Thou his vvondrous vvorks didst see Pharo and his host he droun'd In the red seas depth profouÌ„d verse 10 Kings and nations he orethrevv Mighty Sihon king he slevv verse 11 Og the King of fat Basan 〈◊〉 all the kings of canaan verse 12 To his people Israel He bequeathed all the land To possesse it there to dvvell This vvas done at his coÌ„mand verse 13 Lord thy name and clemency lasteth to eternity Lord thy euerlasting name Is from age to age the same verse 14 For the Lord of povvr and might VVill his people iudg vvith right When his seruants him displease He his vvrath vvill soon appease verse 15 Idols of
They shall speak of thy endles kingdoms glory And of thy povvr relate the sacred story verse 12 That men may knovv thy mighty acts victorious And of thy realm the maiesty most glorious verse 13 Eternall is thy kingdom and thy raigne Through ages all thy Empire doth remain verse 14 The Lord vpholds the vveake and them that fall Who are bovvd dovvne he rectifies them all verse 15 Expecting thee each creatures eye attendeth Thy plenty great their timely food them sendeth verse 16 Thy bounties hand thou openest freely giuing The full desire of all things that are liuing verse 17 The Lord our God is iust in all his vvayes He holy is in all his vvorks alvvayes verse 18 The Lord is nigh to all that on him call VVho call on him in truth he helps them all verse 19 He them that feare him vvith good things supplyeth Their hearts desire he fully satisfieth Them he vvill heare to him for mercy crying Them he vvill saue to him for succour flying verse 20 The Lord vvill them preserue that in him ioy But vvicked men all he vvill quite destroy verse 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of God alvvay All flesh shall bles his holy name for ay Psalme 146. Thanksgiuing PRaise to God my soul be giuing To the Lord my soul giue praise verse 2 Him I le laud vvhile I am liuing To my God I le sing alvvayes To the Lord my God my King VVhile I am I Psalms vvill sing verse 3 Princes are no sure foundation On their promise no trust haue Nor in Adams generation For themselues they cannot saue verse 4 VVhen no breath they do retain They return to earth again VVith them all their thoughts do perish And their enterprises vain verse 5 Happy vvhom the Lord doth cherish Iacobs God doth him maintain Happy vvho doth place his trust In the Lord his God most iust verse 6 VVho created and sustaineth Heauen and earth by his great might Sea and all that it containeth He hath framed all aright His truth and fidelity He doth keep eternally verse 7 He relieueth the oppressed Giuing sentence on their side For the hungry and distressed He doth food and ayd prouide By him prisners freedom finde He the bondmen doth vnbinde verse 8 God to them that are in blindnes Giueth eyes to see the light God in mercy great and kindnes Makes the crooked vvalk vpright God loues them that iust remain He the righteous doth sustain verse 9 God doth keep and saue the strangers His strong guard doth them attend He doth free them out of dangers Orphans vviddovves doth defend He doth comfort them that grieue He the helplesse doth relieue VVicked men the Lord destroyeth He doth ouerthrovv their vvay verse 10 God his kingdom ay enioyeth God the Lord shall raign for ay Sions God endures alvvayes Vnto God the Lord giue praise Haleluiah Psalme 147. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord such praise is meetest Sing Psalms to God such Psalms are svveetest The Lord to praise sing neuer ceasing His praise is gracefull euer pleasing verse 2 The Lord most gracious full of pity Builds vp Ierusalem his city His Israel disperst deplored He hath assembled and restored verse 3 The contrite broken heart he healeth And comfort vnto them reuealeth Full of compassion them he mindeth He salues their sores their vvounds vp bindeth verse 4 His knovvledg all in all surmounteth The number of the Stars he counteth Them in their order he installeth Them by their proper names he calleth verse 5 Great is our God great is his povver Our refuge of our strength the tovver Is infinite in vnderstanding In might and vvisdom all commanding verse 6 The Lord almighty magnifieth The meek vvhose trust in him relieth He to the ground the vvicked casteth Confounding them to nothing vvasteth verse 7 Sing to the Lord God euerliuing Praise him vvith Harp in Psalms thanksgiuing verse 8 VVho spreadeth clouds the heauens all ouer VVith them the firmament doth couer Prepareth rain vvhich dovvn he shovvreth On earth a main the shovvrs he povvreth The verdant grasse he multiplieth VVhich on the mountains fructifieth verse 9 The beasts vvith food he satisfieth The rauens yong brood vvith meat supplyeth VVhen hatcht they hungry ly a crying Or fledg they forth for food are flying verse 10 God hath no pleasure nor delighteth In strength of horse that fiercely fighteth Svvift running legs vvith prize revvarded He hath nor prized nor regarded verse 11 But God vvhose grace exceedeth measure In them that feare him taketh pleasure VVho on his mercy giue attendance And on his promise haue dependance verse 12 Ierusalem vvho art renovvned Praise thou the Lord vvith glory crovvned Praise thou thy God and him rely on Thou holy mountain sacred Sion verse 13 For he thy gates reedifieth VVith strongest bars them fortifieth And all thy children he hath blessed VVithin thy vvals by thee possessed verse 14 He planteth peace vvithin thy borders There setleth lavves and rightfull orders To satisfie thee he bestovveth The flovvr of finest vvheat that grovveth verse 15 On earth his precept forth he sendeth His mighty povvr on it attendeth His vvord runs very svviftly speeding VVith all celerity exceeding verse 16 He makes the snovv and vvhen it snovveth Like fleeces of vvhite vvoll it shovveth His frost all ouer hoary grovveth VVhich he abroad like ashes strovveth verse 17 The stream to ice congealed lasteth VVhich like to morsels forth he casteth His frosts are so intollerable Them to enduer vvho is able verse 18 And vvhen the vvorld enough hath felt theâ— He sendeth forth his vvord to melt them At his command the vvarm vvind blovveth And then again the vvater flovveth verse 19 His vvord to Iacob he declareth And to obedience him prepareth The lavves and iudgments he ordained To Israel he hath explained verse 20 In such a kind and gracious fashion He hath not dealt vvith any nation For those his iudgments iust and sacred He vnto them hath not declared Psalme 148. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord from heauen on high Praise him ye dvvellers in the sky All ye inhabitants of heau'n To God all praise by you be giu'n verse 2 All ye his Angels high renovvn him Victorious hosts vvith glory crovvn him verse 3 Both Sun and Moon praise ye his Name All stars of light his praise proclaime verse 4 Praise him ye heau'n of heau'ns most high Ye vvaters in the cloudy sky verse 5 Let all his vvorks vvhich vvondrous are The praises of his Name declare verse 6 At his command they vvere created And to his glory consecrated He them establisht firm and sute Ay to continue and endure Their bounds of time and place decreed By him they neuer shall exceed verse 7 Praise him ye Dragons vvhich do keep In caues of earth Whales in the deep verse 8 Fire vapors hail ice frost and snovving Ye tempests storms vvinds boistrous blovving VVhich execute his sacred vvill Praise ye the Lord his vvord fulfill verse 9 O praise