dens do lie verse 24 But then man safely cometh forth and to his labour goes Unto his work wherein the day till evening he bestowes The third part verse 25 O Lord how manifold thy works and numberlesse they be And they in wisdome great have been created all by thee verse 26 The earth is filled with thy store and riches manifold This great wide sea within her womb doth the like treasures hold verse 27 Therein are flocks of creeping things that numbred cannot be There divers sorts of living beasts both great and small we see verse 28 Therein the weighty ships do go and make their pathlesse way There the great Whales do swim which thou hast made therein to play verse 29 These in their divers kinds on thee do wait and all attend That thou sufficient food to them in season due maist send verse 30 Thy hand thou openest wide they with good are satisfi'd But presently they troubled are if thou thy face do hide verse 31 If thou draw in thy breath spirit thou tak'st away their breath They die and quickly do returne unto their former earth verse 32 But if thy spirit thou sendest forth then they created be And then the earths decayed face renewed is by thee The fourth part verse 33 An everlasting glory is thy glory Lord of might Anâ—… in the workes of thy right hand thou greatly shalt delight The Lord from heav'n beheld the earth the earth then trembled much â—…e hills are set on fire and smoak when thou the hills dost touch I will sing gladly to the Lord as long as I shall live 〈◊〉 will sing praises to my God while he doth being give My meditation of the Lord most sweet shall be to me â—…d in my good and gracious God â—…ght joyfull will I be verse 37 But as for sinners from the earth let them consume away â—…d let the wicked be no more that will not thee obey verse 38 But O my soulâ—… blesse thou the Lord thy thankfulnesse expresse â—…nd all ye Saints throughout the world with me him praise and blesse PSAL. CV O Give ye thankes unto the Lord and call upon his Name â—…mong his people shew his works and spread abroad his fame Sing unto him yea joyfully in Psalmes unto him sing â—…alk ye of all the wondrous works of our almighty King 〈◊〉 honour of his holy Name rejoyce with one accord And let the hearts of them rejoyce that truly seek the Lord. verse 4 Seek ye the Lord seek the strength of his eternall might And of his face continually seek to enjoy the sight verse 5 The wondrous works that he hath done keep still in mindfull heart Nor let the judgements of his mouth out of your mind depart verse 6 Ye that of faithfull Abraham his servant are the seed Ye his elect the children that of Jacob do proceed verse 7 Because he and he only is the mighty Lord our God And his most rightfull judgements are through all the earth abroad verse 8 He kept his Covenant still in mind the word which by him was To thousand generations commanded downe to passe verse 9 Which Covenant he most firmly made with faithfull Abraham And unto Isaac by his oath he did renew the same verse 10 And unto Jacob for a Law he made it firme and sure A Covenant to 〈◊〉 which ever should endure verse 11 When thus he said Behold to you I Câ—…ns land will give The lot of your inheritance wherein your seed shall live verse 12 Although their number at that time did very small appeare Yea very small and in the land they then but strangers were The second part verse 13 While yet they walk't from land to land without a sure abode And while through sundry Kingdomes they did wander farre abroad verse 14 Yet while they wandred suffered he no man to do them wrong But for their sakes he did reprove Kings glorious great and strong verse 15 And thus he said Touch ye not those that mine annointed be Nor do the Prophets any harme that do pertaine to me verse 16 He call'd a dearth upon the land he brake the staffe of bread But yet he sent a man before by whom they should be fed verse 17 Even Joseph who before was sold a servant low to be verse 18 Whose feet with fetters they did hurt in irons laid was he verse 19 Untill the time his message came to give him liberty The word and purpose of the Lord did him in prison â—…y verse 20 Then sent the King and loosed him 〈◊〉 this commanded hâ—… That of the people Ruler was he made him to go free verse 21 Yea further of his royall house him Lord did Pharaoh make And gave command that he the rule should of his substance take verse 22 That he might at his pleasure bind the Princes of the land And he might cause his ancient men wisdome to understand verse 23 And whiles the years of famine weâ—… to Egypt Israel came And Jacob as a sojourner liv'd in the land of Ham. verse 24 Yet did he greatly by his power increase his people there That stronger then their enemies all they by his blessing were verse 25 He turned then their heart to hate his people vehemently And even with these his servants deare to deale in subtilty The third part verse 26 His faithfull servant Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did command to them to go his message to disclose verse 27 The message of his fearfull signes to Egypt they did shew And in the cursed land of Ham his wonders great and new verse 28 Darknesse upon them he did send and dark he made thier day verse 29 And his command and mighty word his creatures did obey verse 30 He turn'd their waters into bloud he did their fishes slay Their land brought Frogâ—… even in the place where their King Pharaoh lay verse 31 He spake and at his voice there came great swarmes of noisome Flies And all the quarters of their land were fill'd with crawling Lice verse 32 In stead of mild and fruitfull raine upon them baile he sent And with the haile-affrighting flames of fire consuming went verse 33 He smote their vines he smote the trees whereon their sigs did grow Yea â—…e the trees within their coasts did break and overthrow verse 34 He spake the word and at his word Locusts increased there And Caterpillers numberlesse among them creeping were verse 35 And these within their fruitfull land all the green herbs did eat And these the fruits growne in their ground devoured for their meat verse 36 The first-begotten in their land the Lord with death did smite Yea the beginning and the chiefe of all their strength and might verse 37 With gold silver he them brought from Egypt land to passe And in the number of their Tribes no feeble one there was verse 38 Egypt was glad and joyfull then when they did thence depart For terrour and the feare of
Princes great cut off with power shall he To Kings that hold the highest seat he terrible shall be PSAL. LXXVII I With my voice to God did crie when great my troubles were My voice did cry to God on hie and he to me gave eare verse 2 In griefe I sought the Lord by day my sore still ran by night My wearied soule did put away all comfort and delight verse 3 I to remembrance God did call yet great my griefe did grow I did complaine yet griefe withall my spirit did overflow verse 4 Thou dost from sleep mine eies râ—…strain and mak'st them still to wake I am so vext and full of paine my speech doth me forsake verse 5 Then thought I on the daies of old and ancient times and yeares Which saw Gods mercies manifold amid great griefes and feares verse 6 By night my songs I call'd to mind and with my heart I spake My spirit made earnest search to find what issue thou would'st make verse 7 Will God said I still hide his face and cast me off for ever Will he no more extend his grace and shew his favour never verse 8 For ever is his mercy gone which I have seen before The promise of the Holy One shall it â—…aile evermore verse 9 Is 't true that God forgotten hath now gracious to be His tender mercieâ—… in his wrath wholly shut up hath he verse 10 Then said I Mine infirmity doth cause these doubts and feares I will recall what the most High hath done in former yeares The second part verse 11 The works remember well will I which Gods great might hath done Even his strange workes wrought wondrously in ages past and gone verse 12 Yea my deep meditation of all thy works shall be I in my talk will mention what hath been done by thee verse 13 Thy secret waies are best within thy Sanctuary knowne And who so great a God hath been as our almighty One verse 14 Thou art the God by whose great might wrought many wonders are And plainly in the peoples sight thy strength thou didst declare verse 15 Thy people from captivity thy mighty arme did free Ev'n Jacobs sons their liberty and Josephs had from thee verse 16 The waters Lord perceived thee the waters saw thee well And they for feare aside did flee the depths on trembling fell verse 17 The clouds their water forth did powre a sound came from the skies And then abroad a stormy showre of thy swift arrowes flieâ—… verse 18 In heav'n loud thundring voices were and lightnings light did make In this low world then men did feare and trembling earth did shake verse 19 Thy way is in the sea thy path where thou of old hast gone Was in great waters where none hath thy footsteps seen and knowne verse 20 By Moses and by Aarons hand thou didst lead through the deep Thy people to the promis'd land like to a flock of sheep PSAL. LXXVIII ATtend my people to my Law incline your hearkning eare Unto the words which I shall speak and ponder what you heare verse 2 My mouth shall speak a parable and sayings dark of old verse 3 Which we have heard and known and which our fathers have us told verse 4 We will not hide them from their seed yea those unborne that be Gods praises and almighty strength and wonders teach will we verse 5 To Jacob he a Testimony and Law to Israel gave Which by our fathers to their â—…eed he surely taught would have verse 6 That so the race which was to come might well them learn and know That children yet unborne the same might to their children show verse 7 That they might set their hope in God and suffer not to fall His mighty works out of their mind but keep his precepts all verse 8 And might not like their fathers old be disobedient found Whose heart not right whose spirit with God not stedfast was nor sound verse 9 The men of Ephraim being arm'd and with them carrying bowes Bâ—…ck in the day of battell turn'd and fled before their foes The second part verse 10 They did not that just covenant keep which God to them did give And after his most perfect lawes they did refuse to live verse 11 But they forgat the mighty works which by him wrought had been Yea they â—…orgat those wonders great which Israels eies had seen verse 12 For he had done things marvellous in their foâ—…efathers sight In Egypts land and Zoans field he shew'd his glorious might verse 13 The sea by him divided gave a passage to them all And he did make the waters stand like to an heap or wall verse 14 He led them by a shady cloud by day when it was light And with a shining light of 〈◊〉 he led them in the night verse 15 And in the thirsty wildernesse the stony rockes he clave And as from the great swelling depthâ—… thence drink to them he gave The third part verse 16 He by his might cleare streames 〈◊〉 from the hard rock to flow And thence he caused waters great like rivers down to go verse 17 Yet did they adde more sin to sin against him they transgresse And the most High they did provoke in the great wildernesse verse 18 For in their heart they tempted God and speaking with mitrust They greedily did meat require to satisfie their lust verse 19 Against the Lord himself they spake and said prophanely thus A table in the wildernesse can God prepare for us verse 20 Behold he smote the rock and thence came streams and waters great And can he give his people bread and send them flesh to eat verse 21 The Lord heard this waxed wroth so kâ—…ed was a flame In Jacobs house and anger great up against Israel came verse 22 Because beleeving not in God no trust to him they gave As if his goodnesse and his power them could not feed and save verse 23 Though he unto the clouds above had sent forth his command And he the doores of heaven high had opened with his hand verse 24 And though upon them plenteously he Manna downe did raine And though he gave unto them corne of heav'n them to sustaine verse 25 Then man upon this earth below the Angels food did eat Yea of his bounty to the full downe to them sent he meat The fourth part verse 26 And in the heaven he did cause an East-wind forth to passe And by his all-commanding power brought in a South-wind was verse 27 He raineâ—… flesh on them as dust and feathered fowles like sand verse 28 Amid their camp about their tents it fell by his command verse 29 Then did they eat were well fill'd their owne desire he gave And they from that were not estrang'd which their owne lust diâ—… crave verse 30 But as the meat was in their mouths his wrath upon them fell verse 31 And â—…lew the flower of all their youth and choise of Israel verse 32 Yet fell they to their
sight on hie Those in thy mighty power defend that are condemn'd to die verse 12 And in their bosomes seven-fold paid let our neighbours be For that reproach wherewith most bold they have reproached thee verse 13 So we thy pasture sheep that are thee praise for ever shall And we thy people shall declare thy praise to ages all PSAL. LXXX O Shepherd by whose grace and might kept Israel is and fed Thou by whom Josephs house aright like to a flock is led verse 2 Thou that in mercy dost excell to us thine eare incline Thou between Cherubs that dost dwell upon us brightly shine verse 3 In Ephraim's and Manasseh's sight O let thy strength appeare In Benjamins sight stirre up thy might to save us Lord draw neere verse 4 Turne us again by thy great grace convert us Lord to thee Shew us the brightnesse of thy face and then full safe are we verse 5 Lord God of hosts with heart and tongue we daily pray to thee And with thy peoples praier how long Lord angry wilt thou be verse 6 Thou dost them seed with sorrowes deep their bread with teares they eat And drink the teares that they do weep in measure full and great verse 7 Thou hast us made a strife to those that here our neighbours be They laugh at us that are our fo rs whâ—…n they our sorrowes see verse 8 O take us Lord unto thy grace convert our minds to thee Shew forth to us thy joyfull face and we full safe shall be The second part verse 9 A vine from Egypt brought thou hast by thy out-stretched hand And thou the heathen out didst cast to plant it in their land verse 10 Before it thou a room didst make where it might grow and stand Thou caused'st it deep root to take and it did fill the land verse 11 And with the shadow of the same the mountaines covered were The spreading boughes that from caâ—… like Cedars did appeare verse 12 Why then dost thou thus waste he laâ—… and downe her hedge dost cast That those who passe upon the way this vine do pluck and waste verse 13 The Boat that cometh from the woo doth waste it furiously The wild beast of the field for food devoures it greedily verse 14 O Lord of hostâ—… returne againe we pray thee unto thine From heav'n look downe in love maintaine and visit this thy vine verse 15 That vineyard see with favour now which thy right hand did set The branch which for thy glory thou mad'st strong do not forget verse 16 The burning fire doth it deface thy vine is now cut downe Thy people perish when thy face on them in wrath doth frowne verse 17 Upon the man of thy right hand let thy hand still remaine Upon him whom thou strong to stand didst for thy selfe maintaine verse 18 So will we not go back from thee nor from thy worship fall 〈◊〉 quicken us then gladly we upon thy Name shall call verse 19 O Lord of hosts through thy good grace convert us unto thee â—…hold us with a pleasant face and then full safe are we PSAL. LXXXI SIng unto God our strength might lift up aloud your voice To Jacobs God sing with delight and make a joyfull noise verse 2 Unto you take a Psalme to sing and sing ye chearfully The pleasant Harp and Timbrell bring with the sweet Psaltery verse 3 And with the Trumpets lofty voice let gladnesse be exprest In the new Moon a time of choice and day of solemne feast verse 4 Because this for all Israel was by the most High decreed This Law from Jacobs God did passe unto all Jacobs seed verse 5 In Joseph this ordained was when be from Egypt free verse 6 From men of a strange tongue did pass a tongue not knowne to me verse 7 I from his shoulders took saith he the burden clean away And from the furnace set him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 In trouble thou to me didst cry and I did set thee free And from the secret place on hie of thunder answered thee verse 9 At Meribah I proved thee thy faith I there did try Where waters thou didst aske of me with doubt and grudgingly The second part verse 10 But yet my people now give eare to thee I testifie O Israel if thou wilt me heare and serve obediently verse 11 Then know that surely I in thee will no strange God allow And no strange god shall worship't be to such thou shalt not bow verse 12 For I the Lord thy God am he who thee from Egypt led Thy mouth then open wide to me and full thou shalt be fed verse 13 But though that I did Israel chuse my people for to be To heare my voice he did refuse and he would none of me verse 14 Then did I give them up in wrath by their lust to be led And so in their owne counsells path they vainly wandered verse 15 O that my people would me heare and carefully obey And O that Israel would me feare and walk still in my way verse 16 How soon would I confound their foes and bring them down full low And turn my hand upon all those that would them overthrow verse 17 The haters of the Lord to him themselves down low should cast But my beloved peoples time still flourishing should last verse 18 I would have sed them with the crop of finest of the wheat And made the rock with hony drop that they their fills should eat PSAL. LXXXII GOD in the congregation of mighty men doth stand With earthly gods the Highest One doth stand and judge the land verse 2 To them he saith How long will ye judge thus unrighteously Mens persons though they wicked be accepting partially verse 3 Defend the poore and fatherlesse when they of wrongs complaine Do justice to the comfortlesse the poore mans cause maintaine verse 4 The poore and needy man set free when he doth sue for right Let them by you delivered be from the oppressors might verse 5 But they are blind and will not see in darknesse walk they do The earths foundations shaken be and out of course they go verse 6 I said of you who judges be that gods I would you call I said to you The children ye of the most High are all verse 7 Yet surely die like men ye shall and so to judgement go As any mortall Prince doth fall even ye shall perish so verse 8 Then Lord arise and by thy might the earth to judgement call Because to thee as Lord of right belong the Nations all PSAL. LXXXIII O God no longer silent stand do not thy voice restraine Be still no more let thine owne hand Lord thine owne cause maintaine verse 2 For now behold thine enemies do rise tumultuously Yea they that hate thee do arise and lift their heads on hye verse 3 Against thy chosen people they do crafty counsell take Their heads together do they lay most cruell plots to make
them was fall'n upon their heart The fourth part verse 39 He for a covering spread a cloud and in the time of night To guide them rightly in their way by fire he gave them light verse 40 They asked and he caused Quailes to raine abundantly And with the bread of heaven did he their hunger satisfie verse 41 He opened then the stony rock and waters gushed out Which in the dry and parched ground like rivers ran about verse 42 Because his promise made of old he did remember well And his deare servant Abraham in faith that did excell verse 43 His people thus with joy mirth he forth from bondage brought With gladnesse he his chosen led and for them wonders wrought verse 44 And then to them the pleasant land he of the heathen gave That of the peoples labours they inheritance might have verse 45 That they his statutes might observâ—… and guided by his word The path-way of his lawes might keep praise ye the living Lord. PSAL. CVI. PRaise ye the Lord. O give ye thankes to God for good is he And everlasting to his Saints his grace and mercy be verse 2 What man the mighty acts of God can shew and utter well Who can set forth sufficiently and all his praises tell verse 3 They blessed are that judgment keep and justly do alway With favour of thy people Lord remember me I pray verse 4 And with thy saving health O Lord vouchsafe to visit me That I the great felicitie of thine elect may see verse 5 And with thy peoples joy I may a joyfull mind possesse And may with thine inheritance a glorying heart expresse verse 6 We greatly with our fathers all have sinned every one We have committed wickednesse and 〈◊〉 we have done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast done in Egypt land Our fathers though they saw them all yet did not understand verse 8 Nor they thy mercies multitude did keep in thankfull mind But at the sea even the red sea rebelled most unkind verse 9 Neverthelesse he saved them for honour of his Name That he might make his power knowne and spread abroad his same verse 10 Then the red sea did he rebuke and dried up it was Through deeps as through the wildernesse so made he them to passe verse 11 From hand of those that hated them he did his people save And from the enemies cruell hand to them redemption gave verse 12 The waters overwhelm'd their foes not one was left alive Then they beleev'd his word and praise in songs to him did give The second part verse 13 But quickly they his mighty works forgat unthankfully And on his counsell and his will did not wait patiently verse 14 But lusted in the wildernesse with fond and greedy lust And in the desart tempted God the stay of all their trust verse 15 And then their wanton minds desire he suffered them to have But wasting leannesse there withall into their soule he gave verse 16 And against Moses in the camp their envie did appeare At Aaron though a Saint of God they envious also were verse 17 Therefore the earth did open wide and Dathan did devoure And all Abirams company did cover in that houre verse 18 In their assembly kindled was a hot consuming fire And wasting flame did then burne up the wicked in his irâ—… verse 19 Upon the hill of Horâ—…b they an Idoll Calâ—… did frame A molten Image they did make and worshipped the same verse 20 And thus their glory and their God most vainly changed they Into the likenesse of an Oxe that eateth grasse and â—…ay verse 21 And they their God and Saviour unkindly did forget In Egypt who for them had done things marvellous and great verse 22 Works wondrous in the land of Ham his hand to passe had brought By the red sea his mighty arme things terrible had wrought verse 23 Therefore when Israel sinned thus and erred from his way That he this people would destroy he in his wrath did say verse 24 Did not before him in the breacâ—… his chosen Moses stand To stop his anger lest he should destroy them out of hand The third part verse 25 Yea they despis'd the pleasant land which he had sworne to give And his sure promise and his word these men would not beleeve verse 26 But they did murmure in their tents and there rebelled they Unto the Lords command and voice refusing to obey verse 27 Therefore against them lifted he his strong revenging hand Them in the desart to destroy ere they should see the land verse 28 And to destroy their seed among the Nations with his rod And through the countries of the world to scatter them abroad verse 29 To â—…al-Poor also they themselves adjoyned fast And then the offerings of the dead prâ—…ly they did tast verse 30 Thus with their owne inventions his wrath they did provoke And in his hot inkindled wrath the plague upon them broke verse 31 But Phiâ—…has then stood up with zeaâ—… and sinners bold did slay So judgement he did execute and then the plague did stay verse 32 And this to him for righteousnesse accounted was by grace And so esteem'd for evermore shall be from race to race The fourth part verse 33 And at the waters where they strove they did him angry make They mov'd him so that it went ill with Moses for their sake verse 34 Because with grudging they provok't his spirit so vehemently That he in passion with his lips spake unadvisedly verse 35 Nor as the Lord commanded them did they the Nations slay But with the heathen mixt of them did learne their wicked way verse 36 And did their Idols serve which were their ruine and decay To Divels their daughters their sons then sacrificed they verse 37 And thus bloud innocent they shed yea guiltlesse bloud they shed Of their owne daughters and their sons with blind devotion led verse 38 Whom they to Canaan Idols then offred with wicked hand And so with bloud of innocents defiled was their land verse 39 Thus were they stained with the workes of their owne filthy way And with their owne inventions a whoring they did stray verse 40 Therefore against his people was the Lords wrath kindled sore And even his owne inheritance he therefore did abhorre The fifth part verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gave them for a prey And made their foes their lords whâ—… the were forced to obey verse 42 Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoop as subjects to their hand verse 43 Full oftentimes from thrall had be delivered them before But with their counsell they to wrath provok't him evermore verse 44 Therefore they by their wickednesse were brought full low to lie Yet when he saw them in distresse he hearkned to their crie verse 45 And did for them remember well the covenant which he sware And did regent because in him most plenteous