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Davids Psalms in metre. Agreeable to the Hebrew, to be sung in usuall tunes. To he [sic] benefit of the churches of Christ. / By the Reverend Mr. John White minister of Gods Word in Dorchester.; Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. White version.
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White, John, 1575-1648.
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me verse 11 The Lord of hosts stands on our part and he doth us defend And our high place is Jacobs God on him we do depend Psalm 47. O Clap your hands with one accord all people and rejoice Be glad and shout aloud to God with a triumphing voice verse 2 For God most high is terrible and he must feared be A great and Universal King O're all the world is he verse 3 And under us he shall subdue the people mightily And all the nations shall bring down under our feet to lie verse 4 He chose a goodly heritage for us the dignity Of his true servant Jacob whom he lov'd most tenderly verse 5 God with his Ark is now gone up with joy and pleasant noise The Lord to Zion his own hill with the loud trumpets voice verse 6 Sing praises to our God sing praise sing praises to our King verse 7 The praise of God the earths great King with understanding sing verse 8 God o're the Heathen reigns and sits upon his holy throne verse 9 The voluntary Princes are made with Gods people one The people of just Abrahams God for all the shields are his And power of all the earth and he highly advanced is Psalm 48. GReat is the Lord and with great praise to be advanced still Within the City of our God upon his holy hill verse 2 Mount Zion is a pleasant place the joy of all the land The City of the mighty God on her North-side doth stand verse 3 A refuge in her palaces well known is God most high For lo the Kings assembled were together they past by verse 5 They viewed it as they went on wondring exceedingly And much astonisht and away they hasted speedily verse 6 There did great terrour seise on them they stood amaz'd with fear Their grief was like a womans pains when she a child doth bear verse 7 Thus doest thou quickly scatter them as if thou do but speak With a strong Eastern winde thou dost the ships of Tarshish break verse 8 I' th' City of the Lord of hosts our God our eyes have seen It now as we have heard it hath in former ages been And so will God establish it verse 9 And till thou do fulfill Thy loving kindnesses we wait within thy Temple still verse 10 According to thy name O God to th' earths end is thy praise Thy right hand is of justice full and righteousnesse always verse 11 Let Zion Mount rejoice because of all thy judgements just And daughters of Jerusalem be glad and in thee trust verse 12 Walk round about all Zion hill and view it well and goe And tell the towrs that thereupon are builded on a rowe verse 13 Consider her fair palaces and mark her bulwarks well That to the age to come ye may her strength and beauty tell verse 14 Because this God is ours our God for evermore is he He will not leave us but our guide he unto death shall be Psalm 49. HEar all ye people hearken all that in the world do dwell verse 2 Both high and low both rich and poor together mark it well verse 3 My mouth to you the precepts sound of wisdome shall impart Of understanding are the thoughts that issue from my heart verse 4 Unto an hidden parable I will incline mine ear And then will open on my harp the wisdome that I hear verse 5 Why should I fear in evil time when mine iniquities Of my footsteps surround me with deserv'd calamities verse 6 The rich men who do make their wealth their only trust and stay And boast themselves of their great store of riches that decay verse 7 None of them can his brothers life redeem by any way Nor can he for him unto God sufficient ransome pay verse 8 The price of life's impossible paid it can never be verse 9 That he should alway live on earth and not corruption see verse 10 For that wise men and fools both die they easily perceive And being dead to other men their wealth behinde they leave verse 11 Yet their deep thought is that their house continue ever shall And their fair dwellings and their lands by their own names they call verse 12 But all in vain for no man shall abide continually In honour here but shall be like unto the beasts that die The Second Part. verse 13 This their ill-grounded folly is apparent in their way And yet their fond posterity approve what they do say verse 14 Like silly sheep in grave they lie and death doth them devour And in the morning shall the just o're them have rule and pow'r Their beauty shall consume away and perish in the grave When for an house in dust they chang'd their sumptuous buildings have verse 15 But God will surely me redeem from pow'r of grave and hell And he at last shall me receive with him in blisse to dwell verse 16 When then a man grows very rich afraid thou must not bee Nor when the glory of his house thou dost encreased see verse 17 For he shall carry nothing hence when death his days doth end Nor shall his glory after him into the grave descend verse 18 Though he his soul did seem to blesse while he on earth did live For when thou to thy self dost well men will thee praises give verse 19 Yet shall he to his Fathers goe that have been dead before To their own generation that light shall see no more verse 20 Man then in honour plac't that is nor wise when he shall die Is no whit better then the beasts that perish utterly Psalm 50. THe mighty God the Lord spake and the earth did call From the Sun rising to the place where it doth set and fall verse 2 And out of Zion hill which by Gods presence there Of beauty the perfection is he shines and doth appear verse 3 Our God shall come and speak and silent shall not bee Before him fire shall waste and storms shall round about him flee verse 4 Then to the Heav'ns above the Lord himself shall call And to the earth below that he may judge his people all verse 5 Together let my Saints to me assembled be Those that by sacrifice have made a covenant with me verse 6 And then the Heavens shall his righteousnesse declare And testifie for God is Judge whose judgements righteous are verse 7 My people Israel hear and I l'e speak openly And unto there will testifie God even thy God am I. verse 8 For want of sacrifice blame thee I never will Nor for burnt-offerings for they are brought before me still verse 9 I need no bullock take for my use from thy stall Of the he-goats out of thy folds I have no need at all verse 10 The beasts are all mine own in forests that abound And all the cattel that upon a thousand hills are found verse 11 The fowls on mountains high are all to me well known And all the wilde beasts of the field are with me as
God verse 10 Because unto the height of Heaven thy mercies great ascend Thy faithfulnesse and constant truth unto the clouds extend verse 11 Exalted be thy name O Lord above the Heavens high And over all the earth advance thy glorious Majesty Psalm 58. YOu that in counsel sit do you consult of what is just And justly judge the sons of men according to your trust verse 2 Yea in your hearts you wickednesse contrive and plot and then Out of the seats of justice weigh out violence to men verse 3 The wicked from the very womb erre out of the right way Yea from the birth in speaking lies they straightway go astray verse 4 In them the poison you may see of serpents to appear And like the adder deaf they are which fast doth stop her ear verse 5 From hearkning to the charmers voice at all although he charm Never so wisely to inchant her that she do no harm verse 6 Break thou their teeth Lord in their mouth wherewith they hurt so sore Yea the great teeth break out O God of young lions that roar verse 7 So let them slide as waters melt that run continually Arrows which they prepare let them as cut in pieces lie verse 8 So let them passe away as snails to nothing melted bee As an untimely birth that they the Sun may never see verse 9 Before your brambles prickles hurt he takes them hence in haste Alive and in his wrath he takes them with his whirlwinds blast verse 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he this vengeance just shall see And in the bloud of wicked men his own feet washt shall bee verse 11 Then shall men say surely there is for righteous men reward Surely he is a God that doth the earth judge and regard Psalm 59. DEliver me O Lord my God from all mine enemies Set me in safety from all those that up against me rise Deliver me O Lord from them that work iniquity Preserve and save me from the men of bloud and cruelty verse 3 They for my soul do lie in wait the mighty join in one Against me Lord not for my sin or my transgression verse 4 They run and do prepare themselves though I gave no offence Awake and from me be not far look our for my defence verse 5 Thou Lord of hosts and Israels God to judge the world awake Spare none that wilfully rebel but on them vengeance take verse 6 At evening they return again like dogs a noise they make They grin they bark the city round about their course they take verse 7 Behold they belch our with their mouths and in their lips are swords And boldly say who doth attend or hearken to your words verse 8 But thou O Lord that hear'st all this shalt laugh at them and smile And in derision thou shalt have the Heathen all the while verse 9 Because mine enemies are so strong therefore with confidence Will I depend and rest on God for he is my defence verse 10 The God whose mercies I have found shall me prevent and he On all mine enemies my desire shall fully let me see The Second Part. verse 11 Slay them not lest it be forgot scatter them by thy pow'r And from their high state bring them down O Lord our shield and towâ—r verse 12 For their mouths sin their wicked words curses and lies withall Which they still utter in their pride let them be snar'd and fall verse 13 Consume consume them in thy wrath that they no more may be And know that God in Jacob rules to the end of th' earth rules he verse 14 At evening let them back return a noise like dogs to make To bark and grin the city round about their course to take verse 15 And let them wander up and down and seek for food to eat And grudge when they do hungry grow and be not fill'd with meat verse 16 But I thy pow'r and mercy too betimes aloud will praise For thou my refuge and defence hast been in troublous days verse 17 Yea I will sing and praises give O thou my strength to thee For God is my defence the God of my mercy is hee Psalm 60. LOrd thou of late hast cast us off and scatt'red us abroad Thou hast been sore displeas'd with us return to us O God verse 2 Thou mad'st the earth and state to quake and it thine anger brake The breaches of it now make up for it doth sorely shake verse 3 Thou shewd'st hard things and brought'st them on the people that are thine Thou hast of great astonistment made us to drink the wine verse 4 But yet to gather them again as many as thee fear A banner thou hast now displaid to make thy truth appear verse 5 Now that thy people whom them lov'st may full deliverance have Preserve them all with thy right hand hear me in that I crave verse 6 God spake thus in his holinesse my joy therein is great I will divide Shechem in parts and Succoth Valley mere verse 7 Gilead I claim as mine by right Manasseh mine shall be Ephraim is of my head the strength Judah gives laws to me verse 8 Moab I will my wash-pot make and Edom over thee I cast my shoe Philistia triumph thou over mee verse 9 Who can unto the Towns of strength Or will me safely bring Who into Edom that strong land will bring me conquering verse 10 Wilt not thou O our God that seem'st us lately to reject Who with our armies when they marcht to go forth didst neglect verse 11 Now give us help our gracious God from trouble set us free For all the help that men can yield we finde most vain to be Now by th' assistance of our God we shall do valiantly For he our enemies shall tread down under our feet to ly Psalm 61. O God when I to thee do cry be pleased me to hear Attend unto me graciously and to my pray'r give ear verse 2 When grief and fear o'rewhelm my heart unto thee will I cry Lead me my God unto the rock that higher is then I. verse 3 In time of danger thou hast been a shelter safe for me A tow'r and place of sure defence from my strong enemie verse 4 Within thy tent for evermore I gladly will abide Under thy wings I trust and will my self in safety hide verse 5 For thou Lord didst accept my vows and all my prayers hear And gavest me an heritage with those that do thee fear The Kings life Lord thou wilt prolong he many days shall see As many generations shall his life extended be verse 7 Before the Lord a dwelling place for ever he shall have Prepare thy mercy and thy truth him to preserve and save verse 8 So ever thankfully will I Sing praises to thy name That all my vows I may perform and daily pay the same Psalm 62. YEt surely my soul waits on God and him depends upon Because all my salvation cometh from him alone