the Gentils are Bought and sold as other vvare Made of siluer or of gold VVhich the vvorkmans hand doth mould verse 16 Mouths they haue yet speechles be Eyes they haue yet cannot see verse 17 Eares they haue yet heare no sound Nostrils vvhere no breath is found verse 18 Like in nature like in name To them are they vvho them frame They haue all as little sense vvho in them haue confidence verse 19 Bles the Lord O Israel Ye that in his house do dvvell Aarons house your selues addresse God the Lord to praise and blesse verse 20 House of Leui yeeld him praise Magnifie his name alvvayes All that loue and feare the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 21 Blesse the Lord for euermore Out of Sion him adore Where his glory high excels In Ierusalem vvho dvvells Psalme 136. Thanksgiuing PRaise the Lord to him confes Giue him thanks for his goodnes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 2 To the God of Gods giue praise Giue him praise and thanks alvvaies For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 3 To the Lord of Lords giue praise Giue him glorious thanks alvvayes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 4 Giue him praise and thanks each one VVho doth vvonders great alone For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 5 Giue him thanks his praise relate Heau'n his vvisdome did create For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 6 Praise him vvho the earth out spread Ore the vvaters stablished For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 7 In the heau'n he made great lights Shining therin dayes and nights For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 8 He the Sun made vvith his rayes Domineering ore the dayes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 9 Moon and stars of lesser lights To command and rule the nights For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 10 He did smite vvith povvrfull hand In their first born Egypt land For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 11 He brought thence his Israel VVho long there opprest did dvvell For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 12 VVith strong hand and stretcht out arm He protected them from harm For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 13 He the red sea did diuide Seeming vvals on euery side For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 14 And vvhile so it standing vvas Through it safe did Israel pas For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 15 Pharoh and his army dround Follovving in sea profound For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 16 He did lead his people in VVildernes of Shur and Sin For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 17 Giue thanks to the Lord of might Praise him vvho great Kings did smite For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 18 Killing Kings incontinent By his povver euident For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 19 Sihon King of Amorites He slevv by his Israelites For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 20 Og the King of Basan land Dyed by his dreadfull hand For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 21 Then their land avvay he gaue That his people it might haue For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 22 To his seruant Israel To possesse it there to dvvell For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 23 VVhen in ill estate vve stood He remembred vs for good For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 24 Our distressers he destroyd Freedom vve by him inioyd For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 25 All his creatures he doth feed Nourishing them at their need For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 26 To the Lord the God of heau'n Let all thanks and praise be giuen For his great benignity dureth to eternity Psalme 137. Complaint BY Euphrates vve captiue sat lamenting Proud Babels streams vvith streaming tears augmenting O Sion dear vvhen vve remembred thee verse 2 In midst of thrall abiding exiles vve VVith hearts grief pang'd vvith flouds of plaints oreflovving Our harps vve hang d on vvillovv plants there grovving verse 3 Then they vvhose rage and fury vs captiued Importun'd vs to sing our ioyes depriued Insulting bid vs Sion songs expres verse 4 Alas said vve hovv can vve here addres Our mournfull hearts to sing the songs ordained To praise our God in strangers land prophaned verse 5 Let my right hand disus'd forget for euer All harping skill if I do not perseuer Ierusalem thee in my minde to beare verse 6 To my mouths roof let my tong fast adhere Nere let me be vvith any ioyes endevved Vntill I see thy former ioyes renevved verse 7 Remember Lord hovv Edoms race inflamed With rage against Ierusalem exclamed That dismall day vvhen it quite vvaste vvas layd Remember hovv inhumanly they said Sack kill spoil burn turn all to desolation Race dovvn to ground demolish the foundation verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babel be destroyed Thrise happy he vvhose povvr shall be imployed As thou hast vs more vvretched thee to make verse 9 May they be blest vvhose zealous hand shall take From brests impure thy brauling brats and brain them And dash their bones gainst stones till they haue slain them Psalme 138. Thanksgiuing WIth all my heart I vnto thee Will thankfull be Thy goodnes praising VVhere mighty States assembled be I 'le sing of thee Thy Name high raising verse 2 And in thy sacred Temple I Will magnifie Thy Name renovvned Adoring thee for mercy thine And truth diuine VVith glory crovvned verse 3 For thou aboue all thy Name Lord Thy sacred VVORD Hast magnified VVhen I did cry thou didst heare me My soule by thee Was fortified verse 4 All Kings on earth shall thee renovvn VVith praise shall crovvn Thee LORD most blessed VVhen thou to heare shalt them incline Thy Word diuine By thee expressed verse 5 They in the vvayes of God my King Shall vvalk and sing His sacred story Confessing that the Lord of might Doth shine most bright In grace and glory verse 6 For though the Lord be God most high his gracious eye The meek respecteth The proud a far off he doth knovv their fall doth shovv He them deiecteth verse 7 Though I in great distres be toyld tost and turmoyld Nevv life thou giu'st me Thy rightfull hand quite ouerthrovves my spitefull foes But thou relieu'st me verse 8 Thou vvilt accomplish this for me for thy mercy Endureth euer This vvork vvhich novv thou hast begun till it be done Forsake it neuer Psalme 139. Consolation O God thou hast me search'd and try'd VVhat is in me thou hast espy'd And vnto thee is throughly knovvn verse 2 My rising vp and lying dovvn What thought so ere my heart conceiued By thee a far off is perceiued verse 3 VVhere so I goe or dovvn do ly Still thee I see approching nigh My vvayes and paths all thou dost fan Familiarly them out dost scan
12 Lord it is thou vvho from antiquitie My royall King hast bin thou hast me guided Thou hast for me saluation sure prouided Throughout the earth from danger didst me free verse 13 Thou didst diuide the Sea by thy great might The Dragons in the vvaters thou hast killed The shores along and riuers thou hast filled VVith monsters huge slain in the main out-right verse 14 Thou gau'st the flesh of those sea monsters king To them that dvvell in desarts to deuovver verse 15 And thou hast made by thy almighty povver From out hard rocks clear fountains fresh to spring verse 16 The torrents strong streame thou hast dride vp quite The day the night at thy command abideth Created vvere they by thy hand that guideth The shining Sun and comfortable light verse 17 T is thou alone vvho after thine ovvn vvill The borders of the earth hast scituated The summer thou and vvinter hast created And all thy vvorks thy pleasure do fulfill Pause verse 18 Do not O Lord forget our enemies Thy glory hovv they haue reprocht reuiled Hovv vvith their tongs the foolish haue defiled Thy sacred Name vvhich they blaspheme despise verse 19 Thy Turtle true vvith multitudes beset Of vvicked foes thy Doue thy Deare thy ievvell Commit not thou to their hands vvho are cruell For euer do not thou the poore forget verse 20 Consider thou thy gracious couenant made For novv the earth is full of caues obscured Wherin lurke theeues to bloud and spoil inured VVho vvith all rage and fury vs inuade verse 21 O let not thou the poore returne vvith shame Refuse not thou the cryes of men oppressed Let not the poore be euermore distressed But giue them cause to sing and praise thy Name verse 22 A rise O Lord implead improue thy right Remember hovv the foolish folk defame thee Hovv senselesly they do reproach and blaine thee From day to day thy honor they despite verse 23 Forget not LORD the vprores the loud cryes Of those thy foes vvith fury fierce inraged The tumults rude increase still vnassvvaged Of enemies vvho vp against thee rise Psalme 75. Thanksgiuing and Doctrin LOrd our God vve vvill praise thee We vvill praise thee for thy Name And the glory of the same Neer and deer appeares to be This thy vvondrous vvorks declare VVhich for vs performed are verse 2 VVhen I ore the people raign Iustly shall I iudg the same verse 3 Though the earth be out of frame And all that therin remain I shall set them right again All the pillers I sustain Selah verse 4 To the foolish this said I Do not bear your selues so bold You that vvickednes vphold Lift not vp your horn so high verse 5 Set not vp so high your horn Speak notvvith such pride and scorn verse 6 For of this yourselues assure That preferment comes not forth From the East VVest South or North Being come is not secure verse 7 God is Iudg of high renovvn He sets vp and he puts dovvn verse 8 God holds in his hand of povvr Flagons flovving vvith red vvine He the mixture doth assigne And therof he forth doth povvr Wicked men out of this cup Shall vvring dregs and drink them vp verse 9 But for euer I vvill sing To the God of Iacob praise Of his honor frame my layes verse 10 Wicked horns I off vvill vvring But exalt the glorious might Of all those that vvalk vpright Psalme 76. Thanksgiuing IN Iuda GOD the LORD is knovvn He there hath vvoon eternall fame In Israel of great renovvn And glory is his mighty Name verse 2 In Salem is his house excelling In Sion is his sacred dvvelling verse 3 He brake the main battalions there VVithout compare his forces are Bovves shafts svvords spears shields shiuered vvere By his hands thunderbolts of vvar Selah verse 4 More excellent art thou victorious Then mounts of prey O thou most glorious verse 5 The stout of heart the haughty minde All spoiled are haue slept their sleep None of the mighty men could finde Or hands or hearts themselues to keep verse 6 O God of Iacob thy face frovvned Both horse and charriot slept and drovvned verse 7 Thou art of vvondrous dreadfull might Thee all do fear and only thee For vvho can stand before thy sight VVhen angry thou beginst to be verse 8 From heau'n vvas heard thy iudgment thundring The earth did fear vvith silent vvondring verse 9 VVhen God arose in maiestie To iudgment giuing sentence iust Then vvere the meek on earth set free And saued vvho in him did trust Selah verse 10 For vvhen mans vvrath most fiercely burneth It to thy greater glory turneth But of that rage vvhat doth remain Thou vvilt restrain vvithout delay verse 11 Make vovves to God ye thankfull train VVhat hearts haue vovved let hands pay You that are sau'd by his safe guiding VVho round about him haue your biding From dangers freed bring offrings free To God vvith thanks rich presents beare Who neer and deer vnto him be VVhom all that feared are do feare verse 12 VVho Princes pride prunes off dovvn smiteth Terrestriall Kings vvith terrors frighteth Psalme 77. Doctrin WIth my voyce to God I cryed To him I my plaints applyed I to God my voyce did reare He to me gaue gracious care In the day I vvas distressed To the LORD I me addressed verse 2 Nightly sorrovves did not cease Hands erected sought release Former comforts vvhich I vsed My sad soul hath novv refused verse 3 God remembring grief I found still my troubles did abound VVith my hearts desire vnfained I vnto my God complained Grief my soul did ouerthrovv Being ouervvhelmd vvith vvoe verse 4 Thou my eyes didst hold from sleeping Night and day avvake them keeping Much amazement me assayld That to speak my tong me fayld verse 5 Then vvith better thoughts inspired Dayes of old long since expired I considering thought vpon Ancient yeares times past and gon verse 6 I to minde those songs recorded Which my tuned Harp afforded Of Gods mercy iustice might Meditated in the night In my serious meditation I had much communication With my heart much talk I found Soundly I my soul did sound verse 7 VVill the Lord novv quite reiect vs VVill he neuer more protect vs Is his mercy euer gone Will he neuer heare our mone verse 8 Will the Lord be absent euer VVill he shevv his fauor neuer Neuer shall his grace preuail Shall his Word for euer fail Pause verse 9 Hath our God our sole Defender Quite forgot his mercy tender Can it be that our God hath Selah Shut his mercy vp in vvrath verse 10 And I said my grief expressing This my vveaknes is confessing But recall to minde vvill I Yeares of Gods right hand most high verse 11 I le record the sacred story Of Gods actions full of glory All thy vvonders vvrought of old To remembrance shall be told verse 12 Of thy vvorkes the obseruation Shall be all my meditation My discourse shall be
sots are they vvho do them make And vvho in them affyeth Pause verse 9 O Israel place thou thy confidence In God thy ayd thy shield and thy defence From perils he vvill vvard thee verse 10 O Aarons house place thou thy confidence In God thy ayd thy shield and thy defence From dangers he vvill gard thee verse 11 VVho feare the Lord place all your confidence And trust in him your helper your defence He is your sure saluation verse 12 The Lord did not forget vs in distres He Israel for euermore vvill bles And Aarons generation verse 13 All those that him do fear the Lord vvill bles Both yong and old the greater vvith the les Shall high be dignified verse 14 Gods mercy grace and great benignity Both vnto you and your posterity Shall still be multiplyed verse 15 Of God the Lord ye euer blessed are VVho heau'n and earth hath made vvhich do declare His povvrfull operation verse 16 The Lord himself inhabiteth high heau'n And all the earth vvith all therin hath giuen To Adams generation verse 17 Thy praise O Lord by deadmen is not shovvn By those vvho in the silent graue go dovvn Thy honor is not raised verse 18 But liuing vve thee liuing Lord adore And vve vvill praise thee euer more and more Therfore the Lord be praised Psalme 116. Thanksgiuing I Loue the Lord because he eare doth giue Vnto my voyce and to my supplication verse 2 Since he inclin'd to hear vvith acceptation Therfore vvill I call on him vvhile I liue verse 3 The pains of death did compas me about With grieuous pangs afflicted I did languish Neere to the graue in dolefull grief and anguish I on the Lords Name cald and cryed out verse 4 O Lord saue thou my soule and set it free Then did I finde the Lord most iust gracious verse 5 The mercies of the Lord are large spacious verse 6 The Lord doth keep thē safe that simple be Cast dovvn vvith grief I vvas brought very lovv He rais'd me vp in safety me inclosing verse 7 Return to rest my soule on him reposing For God on thee doth freely gifts bestovv verse 8 Because my soule from death thou didst release My eyes from teares my slippry feet from sliding verse 9 Before the Lord vvill I vvalk my steps guiding Into the land of life through paths of peace Pause verse 10 I did beleeue and therfore haue I said In my distres afflicted and tormented verse 11 My hasty tong my troubled sense preuented That lyers all men are vain is their ayd verse 12 VVhat shall I to the Lord repay for all His bounty to me vvhat gratification verse 13 I vvill take vp the cup of his saluation And thankfully on Gods Name I vvill call verse 14 Vnto the LORD my vovves novv I vvill pay In presence of his people all redeemed verse 15 The death of Gods deare Saints is high esteemed Most precious in his sight it is alvvay verse 16 Thy seruant Lord thy seruant loe am I Thy hand-maids son to serue thee ay addressed In sorrovvs straits vvhen I vvas sore distressed Thou didst release me all my bonds vnty verse 17 A thankfull heart to thee I offer vvill And call vpon thy Name vvith adoration verse 18 In presence of thy sacred congregation Novv vnto thee vvill I my vovves fulfill verse 19 VVithin the Courts of Gods ovvn house sound vve The praises of his Name vvith glory crovvned In midst of thee Ierusalem renovvned Praise ye the Lord to him a◠thankfull be Psalme Cxvij ALl Nations laud the Lord our God Praise him all people all abroad verse 2 For in his mercies bounteous Hath he exceeded tovvard vs His truth abides eternally Him therfore euer magnifie Psalme 118. Thanksgiuing prophecy TO God giue thanks all praises render Because so gracious good is he For his compassion mercy tender Endureth sure eternally verse 2 Let Israel make declaration And singing publish solemnly That his so great commiseration Most sure endures perpetually verse 3 Let Aarons house and generation Novv say declaring publikely That his great bounty and compassion Endureth sure continually verse 4 Let euery one all vvhosoeuer Doth feare and serue God faithfully Novv say his mercies ay perseuer Enduring euerlastingly verse 5 In great afflictions straits distressed I called on him earnestly He ansvverd me my vvrongs redressed From thrall at large he set me free verse 6 The Lord almighty vvho commandeth Both heauen and earth stands firm for me Me safe defending vvhile he standeth I need not feare mans enmity Pause verse 7 VVith them vvhose help I haue acquired The Lord for me stands stedfastly What I to see haue much desired My foes before my face shall flee verse 8 T is better far to haue affiance In God then in mans amity verse 9 In God 't is best to haue affiance For frail earths greatest Princes be verse 10 All nations me about surrounding Me haue besieg'd perniciously In Gods Name vvith his ayd abounding I shall destroy them vtterly verse 11 They compast me about inclosing On euery side maliciously But in the Name of God reposing I vvill destroy them totally verse 12 Like Bees about me they haue svvarmed Their vvings vvere singed instantly In Gods Name I at all points armed Shall them destroy vndoubtedly verse 13 Against me thou hast rudely rushed That I might fall dovvn suddenly At me vvith all thy povvr hast pushed But God did help me certainly verse 14 The Lord almighty is my povver Of him vvill I sing chearfully He is my refuge and my tovver He keeps me safe assuredly verse 15 The voyce of shovvting and saluation Is heard to sound most ioyfully Within the righteous habitation The Lords right hand doth valiantly Pause verse 16 The Lords right hand is magnified Exalted in most high degree The Lords right hand is dignified His vvorks are vvrought most povvrfully verse 17 Inspite of them that me enuyed I shall not dy but liue to see God 's vvorks declar'd and testified My self vvill shevv them openly verse 18 The Lord seuerely me chastised I must confes deseruedly To my instruction exercised Not to destruction finally verse 19 Ope ye to me the gates of iustice That entring in humility I to the LORD GOD vvho most iust is May render praises thankfully verse 20 This gate so beautifull erected Is God's the Lord of sanctity The righteous in his sight respected Shall enter therin peacefully verse 21 With thanks praise I vvill confes thee Thou gau'st me ansvver graciously For thy saluation I vvill bles thee And for thy great benignity Pause verse 22 The stone vvhich builders had reiected Refusing it disdainfully Is novv the chief and choise selected Adorns the corner gracefully verse 23 To be so done the Lord best thought it He did it most apparently He that vvorks vvonders he hath vvrought it In our sight it shovvs maruelously verse 24 This is the day the Lord hath made it Let vs inioy it