folk for still do last his mercies sure verse 17 Who great and mighty Kings didst smite for still his mercy doth endure verse 18 And who the famous Kings did slay for still do last his mercies sure verse 19 As Sihon King of th' Amorites for still his mercy doth endure verse 20 And the great Og of Bashan King for still do last his mercies sure verse 21 And gave their land an heritage for still his mercy doth endure verse 22 Ev'n to his servant Israel for still do last his mercies sure verse 23 Who thought on us in low estate for still his mercy doth endure And from our enemies us redeem'd for still do last his mercies sure verse 25 Who giveth food unto all flesh for still his mercy doth endure verse 26 O to the Lord of heaven give thanks for still do last his mercies sure Psalm 137. THE Rivers near of Babylon there sate vve mournfully On desolate Zion vve thought and vvept abundantly verse 2 Our Harps once instruments of joy used Gods praise to sound We hang'd aside on vvillow trees vvhich planted there we found verse 3 For there of us a song they ask'd that us did captives bring Our spoilers call'd for mirth and said a song of Zion sing verse 4 Shall vve those sacred songs ordain'd for praises of our God Prophane amongst these heathen vvhere vve scattred lie abroad verse 5 O dearly lov'd Jerusalem O Zions sacred hill If I forget you my right hand shall quite forget her skill verse 6 If I forget thee let my tongue cleave to my palate fast If I joy till Jerusalems sorrows be over past verse 7 Remember Edom Lord who in Jerusalems sad day Cry'd out to the foundations down raze it raze it we say verse 8 Daughter of Babel justly thou ere long destroy'd shalt be Happy the man thy deeds to us who shall reward to thee verse 9 Yea happy shall he be that plucks thy dearest little ones Out of thy bosome to dash out their brains against the stones Psalm 138. WIth my vvhole heart O gracious Lord vvill I give praise to thee Ev'n in the presence of the Gods thou shalt be prais'd by mee verse 2 Towards thy holy Temple I will worship and will praise Thy name for all thy kindness great and for thy truth alwaies For above all thy name thou hast thy truth advanced high verse 3 And faithfully thou answer'st me vvhen I to thee do cry And in my soul thou gav'st me strength verse 4 All Kings on th' earth O Lord Shall praise thee when they of thy mouth shall hear the sacred Word verse 5 Yea for the righteous ways and works of God they all shall sing With joy for great the glory is of God the Lord and King verse 6 Though God be high the lowly still by him respected be Whereas the high and proud of heart afar off knoweth he verse 7 Walking in midst of troubles thou reviv'st me thy right hand Saves me and stops the wrath of all my foes that me withstand verse 8 Thou perfects that which me concerns thy mercy ever stands O Lord then do not thou forsake the work of thine own hands Psal 139. O Lord thou hast me searcht and known verse 2 Thou know'st my sitting down And mine uprising yea my thoughts far off to thee are known verse 3 My paths thou compassest about thou seest when down I lie And art with all my works and ways acquainted perfectly verse 4 No word is in my tongue O Lord but it is known to thee verse 5 Thou me behind beset'st before thou lay'st thy hand on mee verse 6 So great a depth of knowledge is too wonderful for me It is so high that it by me cannot attained be verse 7 From thy all-seeing Spirit to go what place seek out shall I And from thy presence to remove Lord whither should I fly verse 8 To heaven if I mount up aloft lo thou art present there In hell if I do make my bed behold there thou art neer verse 9 Yea let me take the morning wings and in an instant fly And sojourn in th' earths utmost parts which in the sea do ly verse 10 Yet there to lead and order me thine hand stretcht out shall be And even there shall thy right hand soar and take hold on me verse 11 Or if I say the darkness shall me cover from thy sight Then unto thee the darkest night about me shall be light verse 12 Yea darkness hideth not from thee but night as day is bright Before thy peircing eyes alike both darkness are and light The Second Part. verse 13 My reins and my most inward parts possessed are by thee When I was in my mothers womb there hast thou covered me verse 14 Thee will I praise for fearfully and strangely made I am Thy works are marvellous my soul right well doth know the same verse 15 My substance was not hid from thee form'd in a secret place And in the low dark parts of th' earth beneath I fashion'd was verse 16 Thine eyes my shapeless substance saw and written in thy book Were all my parts though yet not made which after fashion took verse 17 How precious and how rare O God are all thy thoughts to me Yea how great is the sum of them if they accompted be verse 18 If I should reckon them the sum above the sand vvould be Each morning when I do awake my thoughts are still with thee verse 19 The wicked and ungodly men Lord surely thou wilt slay Therefore far off ye bloudy men depart from me away verse 20 They speak against thee wickedly words of scorn and disdain Thy enemies blasphemously do take thy name in vain verse 21 Hate I not them Lord who do thee hate as thine enemies Am I not sâ—â—â— grâ—â—ved at those that up against me rise verse 22 I hate them â—â—ch a perfect hate I count them as my foes Search me O Lord and know my heart my thoughts try and disclose verse 24 Consider Lord if wicked way in me there any be And in thine everlasting way direct and lead thou me Psalm 140. FRom evil and ungodly men Lord save me by thine hand And from the man of violence whom I cannot withstand verse 2 Whose hearts within imagining malice and mischiefs are Continually they gathered are together all for war verse 3 For slanders like a serpent they their sharpned tongues have whet And adders deadly poison they under their lips have set verse 4 Keep me O Lord from wicked hands from violence me save Who to destroy me in my paths a wicked purpose have verse 5 The proud a snare and cords have hid and for me spread a net By the way side where I should pass they gins for me have set verse 6 Therefore said I unto the Lord thou art my God alone O Lord hear thou the voice of this my supplication verse 7 O God the Lord thou art the strength of my salvation In
him adore Psalm 105. O Give ye thanks unto the Lord and call upon his name Among his people shew his works and spread abroad his fame verse 2 O sing ye unto him sing psalms unto him joyfully Talk ye of all the wondrous works wrought by his hand most high verse 3 Glory ye in his holy name rejoice vvith one accord Let all the hearts of them rejoice that truly seek the Lord. verse 4 Seek ye the Lord seek ye the Ark of his strength and his face Seek always that yea seek I say his favour and his grace verse 5 The wondrous works that he hath done keep still in mindful heart Let not the judgements of his mouth out of your mind depart verse 6 Ye that of faithful Abraham his Covenant are the seed Ye his elect the children that of Jacob do proceed verse 7 Because he and he only is to us our Lord and God His judgements manifested are in all the earth abroad verse 8 His Covenant he did ever mind the word which by him was To thousand generations commanded was to pass verse 9 Which Covenant he established with faithful Abraham And unto Isaak by his oath he did renue the same verse 10 And unto Jacob for a Law he made it firm and sure A Covenant to Israel which ever should endure The Second Part. verse 11 To them he said I unto thee the Land of Canaan give The lot of your inheritance where you and yours may live verse 12 Although their number at that time did very small appeare And in the Land vvherein they liv'd they then but strangers were verse 13 When they vvent on from land to land without a sure abode And wandred from one kingdome to another all abroad verse 14 Yet all this while he suffered not them any wrong to take But great and mighty Kings he oft rebuked for their sake verse 15 Saying unto them Touch not those that mine anointed be And to the Prophets do no harm that doe belong to me verse 16 When for a famine he did call upon the Land that day When he did wholly break of bread the onely staff and stay verse 17 He sent before them Joseph who was for a servant sold verse 18 Whose feet they hurt vvith fetters he was laid in irons cold verse 19 Until the Word went out at last to give him liberty The Word that from the Lord went out did him in prison try verse 20 Then sent the King and from his bonds to loose him did agree The Ruler of the people gave command to set him free verse 21 And he of his own house did him the sole Commander make And of all his possessions made him the charge to take verse 22 That he might order by his word the Princes of the Land And teach all his great Senators wisdome to understand verse 23 And while those years of famine were to Egypt Israel came And Jacob as a sojourner liv'd in the Land of Ham. The third part verse 24 For all that did he mightily increase his people there That stronger then their enemies they by his blessings were verse 26 Then did he turn their heart to hate his people vehemently And ev'n vvith those his servants dear to deal in subtilty verse 26 He then his servant Moses sent unto King Pharaoh And vvith them Aaron whom he chose to let his people goe verse 27 They shewed his commanded signs amongst them powerfully And with their wonders they the land of Him did terrifie verse 28 Thick darknesse upon them he sent which dark did make the day And his command and pow'rful Word his creatures did obey verse 29 He turn'd their waters into bloud and all their fish did slay verse 30 Their land brought frogs abundantly ev'n where King Pharaoh lay verse 31 He spake and at his voice there came great swarms of noisome flies And all the quarters of their land vvere fill'd with crawling lice verse 32 In stead of milde and gentle rain upon them hail he sent And with the hail affrighting flames of fire consuming went verse 33 He smote the Vines and Fig-trees all which in the land did grow Yea all the Trees within their Coasts did break and overthrow verse 34 He gave command and at his Word the Locust swarmed there And vvasting Caterpillars came which without number were The Fourth Part. verse 35 And they did eat up all the herb in their kind speedily And all the fruits upon the ground devoured utterly verse 36 The first-begotten in their land by death he took away Even the beginning of their strength suddenly in that day verse 37 With store of gold and silver he made them from thence to passe And amongst all their Tribes throughout no feeble person was verse 38 All Egypt was exceeding glad when they did thence depart For then a dreadful fear of them did fall upon their heart verse 39 By day he for a covering spread a cloud and in the night To guide them rightly in their way by fire he gave them light verse 40 They asked and he brought the quails to them abundantly And with the bread of heav'n he did their hunger satisfie verse 41 He opened them the stony rock and waters gushed out Within the dry and parched ground like rivers round about verse 42 Thus dealt he for his promise sake which he remembred still And Abraham who him did serve according to his vvill verse 43 His people thus with joy and mirth he forth from bondage brought His chosen he made glad with all the works which he had wrought verse 44 To them the land possessed by the Heathen then he gave That of the peoples labours they th' inheritance might have verse 45 That they his statutes might observe and guided by his Word Might walk in all his holy laws blesse ye the living Lord. Psalm 106. PRaise ye the Lord O give you thanks to God for good is he And everlasting to his own his grace and mercy be verse 2 Who can shew forth the mighty acts and wonders of our God Who can sufficiently declare his praises all abroad verse 3 Blessed are they that faithfully judgement keep and observe That at all times do righteousnesse and do not from it swerve verse 4 With favour such as to thine own thou shew'st remember me O Lord and thy salvation I pray thee let me see verse 5 That I thy chosens good may see and in their joy rejoice And boasting with thine heritage in joy lift up my voice verse 6 With our rebellious fathers we have sinned every one And trespass'd by iniquity and wickedly have done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hadst done in Egypt land Our fathers though they knew them not yet did not understand Nor did thy many mercies they remember thankfully But at the sea at the red sea provok'd him grievously verse 8 Neverthelesse he saved them for honour of his name That he might make his people know and spread abroad
hand The Third Part. verse 23 A good mans steps are by the Lord well ordered and set right For in the ways of righteous men he greatly doth delight verse 24 And though he fall yet shall he not be cast down utterly Because the Lord with his right hand upholds him carefully verse 25 I have been young and now am old just men nor yet their seed I never yet forsaken saw nor forc'd to beg for need verse 26 But he is ever merciful and lends to such as need And doth behind him blessings leave unto his godly seed verse 27 Wherefore from evil far depart do good and then be sure Of such a dwelling and estate as ever shall endure verse 28 For God loves judgement and his Saints forsakes not utterly But saves them still and will cut off sinners posterity verse 29 Such as are just and righteous shall possesse the promis'd land And there a sure estate shall have which shall for ever stand verse 30 Season'd with wisdome always is a just mans savoury speech Rules of judgement and holinesse his tongue doth daily teach verse 31 The Law of God within his heart is hidden carefully That mans estate shall never fail nor his steps slip awry The Fourth Part. verse 32 The wicked for the righteous man doth watch as for his prey And in his cruel hatred him deviseth how to slay verse 33 But the good Lord will never leave the just man in his hands The righteous he will not condemn when he in judgement stands verse 34 Wait thou on God and keep his way thou shalt exalted bee The land t' inherit and the fall of wicked shalt thou see verse 35 The wicked very great in pow'r flourishing I have seen I saw him spreading out himself like to a lawrel green verse 36 Yet suddenly he past away and could no more be seen I sought him narrowly but could not finde where he had been verse 37 Observe and mark the perfect man the righteous man behold For that mans days will end in peace and blessings manifold verse 38 But the transgressors all of them shall be destroy'd together This is the end of wicked men to be cut off for ever verse 39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord alway In time of trouble and distresse he is their strength and stay verse 40 God shall them keep and set them free from ill men and uniust The righteous he shall surely save because in him they trust Psalm 38. LOrd let not thy rebukes on me in wrath inflicted be And in thy burning anger Lord forbear to chasten me Thine arrows sticking fast in me pain me continually And thine afflicting hand O Lord lies on me heavily verse 3 Because of thy fierce wrath my flesh there is no soundnesse in There is no rest in all my bones through greatnesse of my sin verse 4 Over mine head the chaâ—â—isements of sin like flouds are gone The burthen more then I can bear lies heavy me upon verse 5 My long continued wounds corrupt and stink most loathsomely Because by my great foolishnesse I have provoked thee verse 6 I am with pain made crooked quite and bowed very low And mourning with an heavy heart all the day long I go verse 7 A loathsome sicknesse fills my loins my flesh hath no sound part verse 8 I feeble am and broken sore I roar for grief of heart verse 9 O Lord my God my whole desire present before thee lies My groanings through my great distresse are nor hid from thine eyes verse 10 Mine heart doth pant continually my strength doth fail me quite Mine eyes because of daily grief have wholly lost their sight verse 11 Those that once seem'd to be my friends and lovers stand aloof From my sores all my neighbours yea my kinsmen stand far off The Second Part. verse 12 They that did seek my life laid snares and they that sought the way To do me hurt spake lies and thought on treason all the day verse 13 But I as deaf seemâ—d not to hear or any thing regard And as one dumb spake not at all no word from me was heard verse 14 Thus amongst men I was as one that could not make reply One in whose mouth were not reproofs my self to justifie verse 15 For thou O Lord art all my hope to thee make I my moan Thou wilt hear me O Lord my God on thee I wait alone verse 16 For I said lest mines enemies should triumph over me For when my foot slips they themselves against me magnifie verse 17 For by the greatnesse of my grief ready to halt am I My heavy sorrows are before mine eyes continually verse 18 I still set out before mine eyes all mine iniquity And for my grievous sin how full of fear and care am I verse 19 But all mine enemies lively are and strong their power growes The number of them doth increase that causelesse are my foes verse 20 They also that ungratefully for good requite me ill Mine adversaries are because what 's good I follow still verse 21 Forsake me not O Lord my God be not thou far from me verse 22 O Lord of my salvation make haste to set me free Psalm 39. I Purpos'd in my heart to look carefully to my way That I offend not with my tongue lest it should go astray As with a bit I will restrain my mouth with all my might Not once to whisper all the while the wicked are in sight verse 2 As I resolv'd I silent was and dumb yea I forbore My just defence but then my grief was kindled up the more verse 3 Mine heart grew hot within my breast while I was musing long The fire was kindled up then spake I rashly with my tongue verse 4 By death the measure of my days and end Lord make me know How short they are how frail I am Lord let my death me show verse 5 My days thou hast an hand-breadth made mine age is in thine eye As nothing sure in his best state man is but vanity verse 6 Man walketh like a shade and doth in vain himself annoy In getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enjoy verse 7 And now O Lord for what wait I what here can profit mee Surely on thee my soul depends my hope is all in thee verse 8 Then Lord from my transgressions all do thou deliver me And to the foolish a reproach Lord let me never be verse 9 I was as dumb and to complain no trouble might me move Because I knew it was thine hand who dost afflict in love verse 10 Lord take from me thy scourge plague I cannot them withstand I am consumed by the stroak of thine afflicting hand verse 11 When with rebukes thou dost correct man for iniquity Thou fret'st his beauty like a moth all men are vanity verse 12 Lord hear my sute attend my cry answer the tears that fall I sojourn like a stranger here as did my Fathers all O
spare a little give me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seen no more Psalm 40. I Waited long and sought the Lord and patiently did bear At length to me he did incline and he my cry did hear verse 2 He took me from a dangerous pit out of the miry clay And on a rock he set my feet and stablished my way verse 3 He in my mouth put a new song unto our God of praise Many shall see it and shall fear and trust in God alwayes verse 4 Blest is that man that makes the Lord his trust and onely stay Nor doth the proud regard nor such as to lies turn away verse 5 O Lord my God full many are the wonders done by thee And so are all thy thoughts of grace to us-ward as men see None can in order them recount unto thee more they are Then can be numbred up if I would strive them to declare verse 6 Offerings accustom'd thou dost not nor sacrifice desire Sin-offerings thou didst not command nor offerings made by fire verse 7 Mine ears thou op'nest then said I lo now I come to thee For in the Volume of thy book 't is so foretold of mee verse 8 My whole delight and pleasure is my God to do thy will Thy Law within mine heart I fixt that I might it fulfill verse 9 Thy righteousnesse I publish and in great assemblies tell Lo I have not refrain'd my lips O Lord thou know'st full well The Second part verse 10 Within mine own heart I have not conceal'd thy righteousnesse But thy salvation have declar'd thy truth and faithfulnesse Thy loving kindnesse I hid not that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the Church I show verse 11 Thy tender mercies now O Lord do not withhold from me Let truth and loving kindnesse me preserve continually verse 12 I am encompast round about with evils manifold My sins and mine iniquities on me have taken hold They press me down that I cannot look up for they are more Then all the hairs upon mine head my heart fails me therefore verse 13 But of thy mercy gracious Lord be pleas'd to set me free With speed O Lord do thou afford thy saving help to mee verse 14 Together them shame and confound that seek my soul to spill Let them be driven back with shame that wish me hurt or ill verse 15 For a reward unto their shame let them quite wasted be That in scorn and rejoycing say Aha aha to me verse 16 Let them in thee be glad and joy who thee do seek alwaies Let such as thy salvation love say still to God be praise verse 17 Yet the Lord thinks upon me still though poor and weak I be Thou art my God my Saviour stay not O Lord from me Psalm 41. BLessed is he that poor weak mens condition wisely weighs And them relieves the Lord shall him set free in evil days verse 2 The Lord will him Preserve alive and blesse him in the land And thou wilt not deliver him into his enemies hand verse 3 Him will God strengthen on the bed of his pining disease And in his sicknesse thou wilt make his bed and give him ease verse 4 I said when I was griev'd O Lord be merciful to mee And heal my soul for by my sin I have offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies speak ill of me when shall he die they say So that his name from off the earth may perish quite away verse 6 When he to see me comes he speaks smooth words but in his heart Doth heap up mischief which he tells when he doth forth depart verse 7 My foes against me do conspire and whisper secretly Concerning me to work my hurt they plot maliciously verse 3 Some fearful plague doth cleave to him say they and some strange pain And surely now he lieth down he shall not rise again verse 9 Yea my familiar friend whom I trusted assuredly That eat bread with me lift his heel against me scornfully verse 10 But Lord be merciful to me and up again me raise That I may justly them requite according to their waies verse 11 By this I know that certainly I favour'd am by thee That now mine enemy hath no cause to triumph over mee verse 12 But as for me thou me upholdst in mine integritie Thou sett'st me thee before and hast me ever in thine eye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel blest from everlasting be To everlasting yea Amen Amen gladly say we Psalm 42. Like as the hinde after the brooks of waters pants and brays So my soul panteth after thee O Lord my God always verse 2 My soul for God the living Lord doth thirst uncessantly O when before the Lord my God come and appear shall I verse 3 Tears flowing from mine eyes have been my meat both night and day While to my soul continually where is thy God they say verse 4 My soul in me is poured out when this I think upon How I with the great multitude into Gods house had gone With them into Gods house went I with voice of joy and praise With the great multitude that kept the solemn holidays verse 5 Why art thou now cast down my soul what doth disquiet thee Wait still on God for him I shall yet praise for helping mee verse 6 My God my soul 's cast down therefore upon thee think I will From Hermonites and Jordans land and from the little hill verse 7 At thy great water spouts loud noise deep unto deep doth call And over me come furiously thy waves and billows all verse 8 Yet God his mercies will command by day by night with me Shall be his song and pray'r to God God of my life is he verse 9 Thus will I say to God my rock why me forgett'st thou so And why do I thus mourning walk oppressed with my soe verse 10 They wound my soul as with a sword within my bones when me My foes reproach and say my God where is he where is he verse 11 Why art thou now cast down my soul why thus with grief opprest Art thou disquieted in me in God still hope and rest verse 12 For yet I know I him shall praise who graciously to me The health is of my countenance yea mine own God is he Psalm 43. Against th'ungodly plead my cause O Lord and judge for me And from the man of frauds and wrongs save me and set me free verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God why dost thou cast me by Why mourn I for th' oppression of my strong enemy verse 3 Send out thy mercy and thy truth that they may lead me still And may me to the Temple guide and to thine holy hill verse 4 Then will I to Gods Altar goe to God my joy alwaies Yea on my harp O God my God will I set forth thy praise verse 5 Why art thou now cast
but vvalk in darknesse on All the foundations of the earth out of due course are gone verse 6 I unto you high titles gave and said that Gods you be That of the highest God you are the children all of ye verse 7 But like the rest of mortall men you die and perish must And like to other Princes you shall fall and turn to dust verse 8 Arise O God to judge the earth do thou thy self advance Thou shalt all Nations challenge as thine own inheritance Psalm 83. KEep not thou silence now O God no longer hold thy peace Remove not still O God nor cause thy vvorking hand to cease verse 2 For now behold thine enemies rise up tumultuously And they that hate thee vaunt themselves and lift their heads on high verse 3 For they against thy people have conspired craftily And have against thine hidden ones resolved cruelly verse 4 Come let us cut them off say they that they no more may be A nation nor shall Israels name be kept in memory verse 5 They do all vvith one heart and minde together counsel take Yea against thee O Lord they do their combination make verse 6 There vvere the tents of Edomites there Ismaels children were With them were join'd the Moabites the Hagarens were there verse 7 Gebal and Ammon joined do with Amalek conspire With them the Philistims agree with those that dwell at Tyre verse 8 To them hath Ashur join'd his foree in league with them is he That to Lots children he an aid and arm of strength may be verse 9 As to the Midianites thou didst so deal thou with them here As with Jabin and Sisera the brook of Kison neer verse 10 Which were at Endor slain and there did perish utterly Their bodies in the fields cast out like dung on earth did lie The Second Part. verse 11 Let all their noble men O Lord like Zeb and Oreb fall As Zeba and Zalmunna were make thou their Princes all verse 12 Who proudly said into our hand let us Gods houses take Yea all his houses through the land our own possession make verse 13 But O my God make thou them like to wheels that cannot stay As stubble doth before the winde so let them fly away verse 14 Or as the flame of fire the wood consumeth speedily And on the mountains burns the thorns and briars when they 're dry verse 15 As with a tempest with thy wrath pursue them speedily And vvith thy fury like a storm do thou them terrifie verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they confounded thus O Lord at length may seek thy name verse 17 Let them be to confusion brought and troubled very sore And put to a perpetual shame and perish evermore verse 18 That men may know that thou whose name Jehovah is alone Art most high over all the earth and besides thee is none Psalm 84. HOw lovely is thy dwelling place O Lord of hosts to me Thy Tabernacles glorious more then can expressed be verse 2 My soul within me longs yea faints the Courts of God to see My heart and flesh cry out aloud my living God for thee verse 3 The sparrow findes her out an house the swallow hath a nest Wherein she laies her young but I for my feet finde no rest Thine Altars O thou Lord of hosts my Lord God and my King verse 4 Blest are they that dwell in thine house to thee still praise to sing verse 5 Yea blessed are those men to whom thou art their strength and stay That with their hearts and whole desires to thine house mindes the way verse 6 When through the Valleys dry they go where wells they dig up still The rain from Heaven doth them all most plentifully fill verse 7 From strength to strength they walk on stil unwearied they bear Their travel till before the Lord in Zion all appear verse 8 Hearken O Lord the God of hosts to that which I do pray O God of Jacob give an ear to that which I do say verse 9 O God our shield and our defence Behold and look upon And graciously accept the face of thine anointed one verse 10 Because within thine house one day is better to abide Then in another place to stay a thousand days beside verse 11 Much rather would I keep a door in the house of my God Then dwell in tents of wickednesse as now I do abroad verse 12 For God the Lord our Sun and shield will grace and glory give And no good thing withholds from those that do uprightly live verse 13 O Lord of hosts that man is blest and happy still shall bee Whose heart by faith doth ever rest and firmly trust in thee Psalm 85. O Lord our God unto thy Land thou hast done graciously Thou hast brought Jacob back again from his captivity verse 2 Thou to thy people didst forgive their great iniquities And all their sins which they had done hast cov'red from thine eyes verse 3 Thou all thy wrath hast quite withdrawn which on them heavy lay And from the fiercenesse of thy wrath hast turned clean away verse 4 O God of our salvation return us back again Unto our former state from us O Lord thy wrath refrain verse 5 Why shall thine anger never cease but still lie upon us And shall thy wrath itself extend unto all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not us restore again and quicken us that we Who are thy people evermore in thee may joyful be verse 7 Thy mercy and thy favour Lord shew us and us relieve And thy salvation in thy love unto us freely give verse 8 Now vvill I hear what God will say for he with peace will blesse His Saints and folk but let them not return to foolishnesse verse 9 Surely to such as do him fear is his salvation nigh That glory now may in our land abide continually verse 10 For faithful truth and mercy free shall now together meet And righteousnesse and peace with kisse shall there each other greet verse 11 Truth and uprightnesse on the earth out of mens hearts shall spring And faithfulnesse from Heaven shall look down and blessings bring verse 12 Yea every good thing shall the Lord give to us bounteously And then our lands with fruits shall us abundantly supply verse 13 Before his face shall righteousnesse go forth which shall us lead And in the way shall set us so that we his steps may tread Psalm 86. DO thou O Lord bow downn thine ear and hear me graciously And help me and consider Lord that poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul for I am one that favour'd is by thee O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Be merciful to me O Lord to thee I daily cry verse 4 Rejoice thy servants soul O Lord for unto thee do I verse 5 Lift up my soul thou Lord art good and pardon'st graciously And unto those
I Lord behave my self in quietness and rest verse 3 Let Israel only on the Lord place all their hope and stay Both at this present and henceforth for time to come alway Psalm 132. REmember Davids troubles Lord and how he sware to thee verse 2 And how unto the mighty God of Jacob vowed he verse 3 Surely I vvill not come into mine house or bed at all Nor shall mine eyes take any sleep nor eye-lids slumber shall verse 5 Till for the Lord I choose a place vvhere he may make abode Till I an habitation finde for Jacobs mighty God verse 6 At Shiloh once in Ephraim vve heard it did abide At Kiriath vve found it a vvhile the plains and woods beside verse 7 Into his Tabernacles now vve know vvhither to go There vve before his footstool vvil vvorship him bowing low verse 8 Arise O Lord arise and come into thy place of rest Thou and the Ark from whence thy strength thou dost make manifest verse 9 Let all thy Priests be clothed vvith thy truth and righteousness Let all thy saints be blest that they may shout for joyfulness verse 10 And for thy servant Davids sake do not deny thy grace And of thine own anointed dear turn not away the face The Second Part. verse 11 The Lord to David sware in truth and vvill not turn from it The fruit of thy body vvill I cause on thy throne to sit verse 12 And if thy sons my cov'nant keep and precepts faithfully For ever on thy throne shall sit all their posterity verse 13 For God mount Zion chosen hath to dwell there doth he love verse 14 There do I love to dwell and rest and never to remove verse 15 And there all her provision I will bless abundantly And I all those that needy are with bread vvill satisfie verse 16 I also vvith salvation vvill clothe her Priests gloriously And all her saints shall shout aloud for joy exceedingly verse 17 And there vvill I make Davids horâ— to bud and grow in might For mine anointed I ordainâ—d a shining lamp and bright verse 18 As with a garment I vvill clothe his enemies all vvith shame But on himself his crown shall still flourish and be of fame Psalm 133. HOw pleasant and how good is it how doth that grace excell When in the unity of love brethren together dwell verse 2 'T is like that precious fragrant oyl that once vvas poured out On Aarons head and ran his beard and collar round about verse 3 Like Hermons dew or that vvhich doth on Zions hills descend For there his blessing God commands ev'n life without an end Psalm 134. BEhold and bless the Lord ye servants of his guard Which in the house of God the Lord by night do stand and vvard Lift up your hands and bless the Lord in holiness verse 3 The Lord that earth and heaven made thee out of Zion blesse Psalm 135. PRaise ye the Lord and his great name praise ye vvith one accord O praise him still all ye that be the servants of the Lord. verse 2 All ye that stand in the Lords house aloud his praises sound Praise him all ye that in the Courts of our great God are found verse 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good yea praises to him sing Sing praises to his name because it is a pleasant thing verse 4 For Jacob to himself the Lord of his good vvill chose he And his peculiar treasure he did Israel take to be verse 5 For vvell I know the Lord our God is great in Majesty And that he is above all gods advanc'd exceeding high In heaven and in earth he did vvhat ever him did please And in deep places here below and in the swelling seas verse 7 He from the ends of th' earth doth cause the vapours to ascend For rain he lightnings makes and vvinds doth from his treasures send verse 8 All the first-born he smote with death in the Egyptians land The first-born both of man and beast he slew by hls strong hand verse 9 He hath in thee shew'd vvonders great and tokens vvhich did fall On Egypt on Pharaoh thy King and on his servants all verse 10 He also nations great and strong smote down and overthrew And vvhen his people they oppos'd their mighty Kings he slew The Second Part. verse 11 Sihon King of the Amorites and Og of Bashan King Of Canaan he the Kingdomes all did to subjection bring verse 12 And for an heritage he gave their land to Israel His people for an heritage for them therein to dwell verse 13 Thy name O Lord God shall endure and thy memoriall For evermore shall be preserv'd to generations all verse 14 For the Lord God his people vvill at length to judge arise And vvill repent himself for all his servants miseries verse 15 The idolls vvhich are vvorshipped abroad in Heathen lands They are but gold and silver all the vvork of mens own hands verse 16 A mouth they have but do not speak and eyes but never saw verse 17 And they have ears but nothing hear their mouth no breath doth draw verse 18 As sensless as they be are those that do them form and make And so are all that trust in them and for their gods them take verse 19 But bless the everlasting Lord thou house of Israel Bless thou the Lord O Aarons house vvho onely doth excel verse 20 O all ye holy family of Levi bless the Lord And all ye that do fear the Lord bless him vvith one accord verse 21 Out of Zion his dwelling place let the Lord blessed be Who dwelleth at Jerusalem the living Lord praise ye Psalm 136. PRaise ye the Lord for he is good for still his mercy doth endure verse 2 Give thanks unto the God of Gods for still do last his mercies sure verse 3 Give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for still his mercy doth endure verse 4 Which only doth great vvondrous vvorks for still do last his mercies sure verse 5 Who by his vvisdome made the heavens for still his mercy doth endure verse 6 Who stretch'd the earth above the seas for still do last his mercies sure verse 7 Who made the great and glorious light for still his mercy doth endure verse 8 The Sun to guide and rule the day for still do last his mercies sure verse 9 The Moon and Stars to rule by night for still his mercy doth endure 10 Which Egypt smote in their first-born for still do last his mercies sure verse 11 And Israel brought out from thence for still his mercy doth endure verse 12 With a strong hand and stretch'd out arm for still do last his mercies sure verse 13 Who into parts the Red Sea cut for still his mercy doth endure verse 14 And through the midst made Israel pass for still do last his mercies sure verse 15 But there drown'd Pharaoh and his host for still his mercy doth endure verse 16 Who through the desart led his
day of battel thou my head hast cover'd safe alone verse 8 Grant not O Lord what evil men desire most wickedly Destroy their wicked plots lest they themselves do magnifie verse 9 As for the head and chief of those about that compass me With mischief out of their own lips Lord let them cover'd be verse 10 Cast them into the fire and let coals burning on them fall Cast them into deep pits from whence they may not rise at all verse 11 Let not an evil speaker be confirm'd on earth below The violent shall evil haunt unto his overthrow verse 12 I know that God the Lord the cause of men in misery Will still maintain the right of those that poor and needy be verse 13 Surely the righteous shall have cause thy name to bless and praise And in thy presence the upright shall dwell and live always Psalm 141. O Lord unto thee do I cry come to me speedily Give ear with favour to my voice when I to thee do cry verse 2 As incense let my prayer be set forth before thine eyes And the up-lifting of mine hands as th' evening sacrifice verse 3 O Lord God a continual watch set thou my mouth before And of my lips that they may not trespass keep thou the door verse 4 Turn not my heart to any ill to work a wicked deed With wicked workers let not me upon their dainties feed verse 5 But let the righteous smite me that a kindness is to me Let him reprove me that to me a precious oyl shall be Which shall not break or wound my head my prayer yet shall be Presented unto God for them in their calamity verse 6 When Judges me pursuing shall in stony places fall My words shall then seem savoury and men shall hear them all verse 7 About the graves devouring mouth our bones lye scatter'd round As chips of wood which men do cut lye scatter'd on the ground verse 8 But O my Lord and God mine eyes still look up unto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soul forsaken be verse 9 Lord keep me safely from the snare which they for me prepare And from the subtil gins of them that wicked workers are verse 10 Into the nets which they have set let all the wicked fall Whilest I for whom they them prepar'd escape from them withall Psalm 142. IN my distress unto the Lord I with my voice did cry I supplication with my voice made to the Lord on high verse 2 My sad complaint I poured out before him in my cry My trouble I before him shew'd and great perplexity verse 3 My heart orewhelmed was in me my path was known to thee In ways where I did walk a snare they closely laid for mee verse 4 I lookt and view'd on my right hand but I of none was known All refuge wholly failed me for my soul car'd not one verse 5 Then cry'd I to the Lord and said my hope thou only art And in the land of living men my portion and my part verse 6 Hear thou my cry I am brought low in mercy set me free From those that do me persecute and are too strong for mee verse 7 My soul from prison bring that I may praises give to thee The saints shall compass me about when thou art good to me Psal 143. LOrd hear my pray'r attend my sute sent up in great distress And answer me now in thy truth and in thy righteousness verse 2 And do not with thy servant Lord in judgement plead at all For justifi'd be in thy sight not one that liveth shall verse 3 My enemy hath pursu'd my soul my life to ground hath thrown And made me in the dark to dwell like men dead long agone verse 4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelm'd and pressed down in me My heart in me is desolate and doth no comfort see verse 5 I call to minde the days of old on all thy works I thought Upon the works I meditate which thine own hands have wrought Behold to thee most gracious Lord I now stretch out my hands My soul doth greatly thirst for thee like dry and thirsty lands verse 7 Hear me with speed my spirit doth fail hide not thy face from me Lest like to them that do go down into the pit I be verse 8 In thee I trust thy kindness make me evâ—ry morning finde Shew me the way wherein to walk to thee I life my minde verse 9 From all mine enemies O Lord safely deliver me To hide my self under thy wings Lord unto thee I flee verse 10 Thou art my God thy spirit is good teach me to do thy will And in a plain and even ground Lord do thou lead me still verse 11 Quicken me Lord for thy names sake raise me out of distress And out of trouble bring my soul ev'n for thy righteousness verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes let all destroyed bee That do afflict my soul for I a servant am to thee Psalm 144. BLessed for ever be the Lord my only strength and might Which doth instruct my hands to war my fingers too to fight verse 2 My goodness sort deliverer my tower and shield is he In him I trust he doth subdue mine enemies under me verse 3 Lord what is man that thou of him dost so much knowledge take Or son of man that of him thou so great account dost make verse 4 Man is like vanity his days away like shadows sly verse 5 Lord bow the heavens and come down with power and majesty The mountains touch and they shall smoak verse 6 Thy lightnings cast abroad And scatter them thine arrows shoot and them destroy O God verse 7 And from above send down thine hand rid and deliver me From the great waters from the hand of strangers see me free verse 8 Whose mouth and tongue speak nothing else but foolish vanity Their right hand is a right hand full of fraud and treachery verse 9 I a new song will sing to thee O God on Psaltery And on ten-stringed instruments to thee sing praise will I. verse 10 It is he onely that to Kings timely salvation sends His servant David he alone from hurtful sword defends verse 11 From strangers hand me rid and save whose mouth talks vanity And their right hand a right hand is of fraud and subtilty verse 12 That as a plant our sons may be in youth grown to a tree Our daughters as carv'd corner stones like a fair palace be verse 13 Our garners with provisions may of all sorts full be found Sheep in our streets with thousands and ten thousands may abound verse 14 Our Oxen be to labour strong that none do us invade There be no going out no cry within our streets be made Happy that people are that be in such a case as this Happy that people are whose God the Lord Almighty is Psalm 145. THee will I laud my God O King and blesse thy name always verse