Thou and the ark of thy great strength thy temple to invest verse 9 O let thy priests be all array'd with right'ousness throughout And let thy gracious saints be made for very joy to shout verse 10 For David's sake thy servant known O do not turn away The face of thine anointed one that unto thee doth pray The second part verse 11 The Lord in truth to David sware and will not turn from it Out of thy loins shall come thine heir upon thy throne to sit verse 12 If thy seed keep my covenant and laws that I make known Thy children then shall never want heirs to enjoy the throne verse 13 For God hath chosen Sion hill desiring there to dwell verse 14 This is my rest and dwelling still for I have kep't it well verse 15 Her meat I 'll bless abundantly wherewith she shall be fed And I will also satisfy her poor with store of bread verse 16 And I will also clothe her priests with saving health and grace And with the voice of joyfulness her saints shall shout apace verse 17 There will I make his horn to bud ev'n David's horn to spring I have ordain'd a lamp so good for my anointed king verse 18 His adversaries all of them then will I clothe with shame But on himself his diadem shall flourish with great fame Psalm CXXXIII To the 100 Psalm Tune BE-hold how good and full of bliss and what a plea-sant thing it is When bre-thren do most lov -- ing-ly to -- ge -- ther dwell in a --- mi -- ty verse 2 It 's like the precious ointment shed upon the top of Aaron's head Which drencht his beard and from his crown ev'n to his garment's skirts ran down verse 3 Like pearly dew of Hermon hills or which on Sion mount distills Where God poures down his blessings store blessâ—ngs of life for evermore Psalm CXXXIV Southwel Tune BE -- hold ye here at hand ye ser-vants of the Lord Which in his house by night do stand praise him with one ac ---- cord verse 2 Lift up your hands on high within his holy place And kneeling in humility bow down before his face verse 3 The Lord shall they say still that made both heav'n and earth Bless Isra'l out of Sion hill with favours thence pour'd forth Psalm CXXXV London Tune PRaise ye the Lord praise ye the name of God with one ac ---- cord O praise him and ex-toll his fame ye ser -- vants of the Lord. verse 2 O ye that are admitted thus within his house to stand And in the courts of our God's house are plac't by his command verse 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good sing praises to his name For it is sweet to be employ'd his praises to proclaim verse 4 For God hath chosen to himself Jacob of his own pleasure And hath elected Israel for his peculiar treasure verse 5 For well I know the Lord is great and that this Lord of ours Transcends all Gods and hath his seat above all sov'reign pow'rs verse 6 Whatever thing the Lord did please he did effect and do In heav'n in earth and in the seas and all deep places too verse 7 He causeth vapours to arise from earth's remotest ends Lightnings and rain and winds likewise he from his treasury sends verse 8 Who smote the very first increast throughout all Egypt land All the first born of man and beast with his revenging hand verse 9 Who sent his signs and wonders great into the midst of thee O Egypt upon Pharo's seat and all his family verse 10 Who did the mighty nations smite and potent kings he slew verse 11 As Sihon that strong Amorite whom there he overthrew And next unto the Amorites was Og of Bashan king And all the realms of the Canaanites he did to ruine bring verse 12 And the inher'tance of their land he gave it full and free Into his people Isra'l's hand their heritage to be verse 13 Thy name for ever doth endure and thy memorial Lord All generations shall be sure to keep on firm record verse 14 For lo the Lord is fully bent his people's judg to be And of his servant's punishment repent himself will he The second part verse 15 The idols of the heathen lands are silver and of gold They are the work of workmen's hands and such as men did mould verse 16 They have a mouth yet spake they not and eyes but want their sight verse 17 Have ears but never hear a jot their mouths are breathless quite verse 18 Such sensless stocks their makers are that did these idols frame And such is each idolater that trusteth in the same verse 19 But bless the Lord with one accord O house of Israel And all the praises of the Lord let Aarons house forth tell verse 20 O bless the Lord his praise confess O ye of Levi's tribe And ye that fear the Lord no less due praise to him ascribe verse 21 From out of Sion hill let them for ever bless the Lord Who dwelleth at Jerusalem his praise do ye record Psalm CXXXVI To the 148 Psalm Tune GIve laud un ---- to the Lord for ve --- ry good he is The God of gods re ---- cord and praise that Name of his for cer -- tain-ly His mer -- cies shall en-dure to all E -- ter -- ni -- ty Give thanks O ev'ry one unto the King of Kings For he and he alone hath wrought such wondrous things for c. To him whose skill profound did make the heavens clear And set the seas their bound and made dry land appear for c. To him that did display those great and glorious lights The sun to rule by day the moon and stars by nights for c. The Second part Give thanks to God most high who smote with pow'rful hand In Egypt gen'rally the first-born of the land for c. And from them in that land brought Isra'l clearly out With stretcht-out arm and hand that brought the work about for c. To him that did divide the red sea into parts And there did Isra'l guide to pass with joyful hearts for c. Amidst it they did go but Pharaoh and his host The Lord did overthrow upon the red-sea coast for c. The Third part Give God his praises due and thankful thoughts express Who led his people through the howling wilderness for c. Great kings the Lord did smite and famous kings he slew King Sihon th' Amorite and Og of Bashan too for c. And gave in open veiw the land where they did dwell An heritage unto his people Israel for c. Who did remember us when our estate was low And hath redeemed us from the oppressing foe for c. To him give praises due who gives all flesh their food O give ye thanks unto the God of heav'n so good for certainly his mercies shall endure to all Eternity Psalm CXXXVII St. Marys Tune HArd by
do slay and kill the fatherless verse 7 And yet dare they presume to say the Lord shall never see This Jacob's God whom they applaud shall no discerner be verse 8 O understand ye people rude some knowledge now discern Ye fools among the multitude at length begin to learn verse 9 Shall he not hear that plants the ear and also shall not he That form'd the eye so cur'ously be able for to see verse 10 He that doth heathen men chastise shall not that God correct He that doth teach men to be wise is there in him defect verse 11 The lord can tell and knows full well what thoughts we entertain For he doth scan the thoughts of man and finds them all but vain The second part verse 12 Blest is the man whom thou O Lord dost fatherly chastise And out of thy most holy word dost teach him to be wise verse 13 That thou most blest maist give him rest till stormy times be past And till the ditch be digg'd in which the wicked shall be cast verse 14 For sure the Lord will not reject the people whom he takes The heritage to him select at no time he forsakes verse 15 But sure regress to right'ousness shall judgment have again And joyning then true-hearted men shall wait upon her train verse 16 Who will rise up in my defence against the vile and leud Who will for me stand up against the wicked multitude verse 17 But that the Lord did help afford against these wicked men I had almost giv'n up the ghost and dwelt in silence then verse 18 But when I said my foot doth slide I now am like to fall Thy Mercy Lord thou didst provide and stay me therewithal verse 19 But in the crowd and multitude of various thoughts which roul Within my brest thy comforts rest and do delight my soul. verse 20 Lord shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee Which frameth mischeif to oppress ev'n by a flat decree verse 21 They gather all against the soul of right'ous men and good And as for them they dare condemn the innocentest blood verse 22 But lo the Lord that saves all his is my defence on high My God my rock and refuge is and unto him I fly verse 23 He 'll recompence their own offence and take them in their sin The Lord I say our God shall slay and cut them off therein Psalm XCV Ely Tune COme let us sing with joy -- ful noise to our sal -- va -- tion's su --- rest rock With Psalms of praise and shouts of joys to our God's pre-sence let us flock verse 3 A God of kings of great command A King of Gods indeed he is verse 4 The earth 's great deeps are in his hand the strength of hillsare also his verse 5 Dry land and seas even both of these his holy hands did form and frame verse 6 O come adore with bended knees the Lord our makers blessed name verse 7 For he 's our God and none but he we are his folk and pasture stock The sheep of his own hand are we he is our shepherd we his flock verse 8 If ye will hear his voice this day then harden not your stubborn heart As at Massah and Meribah ye prov'd me in the desart part verse 9 When me your faithless fathers prov'd and tempting saw my power displaid verse 10 I forty years was griev'd and mov'd with this lewd race and thus I said They err in heart now more and more and have not known my path most blest verse 11 To whom therefore in wrath I swore they should not enter in my rest Psalm XCVI London Tune SIng ye with praise un-to the Lord new songs of joy and mirth Sing to the Lord with one ac-cord all peo --- ple of the earth verse 2 Yea sing unto the Lord I say and magnify his name From day to day his health display and gospel-grace proclaim verse 3 Declare his glory do not spare to let the heathen know How great and rare his wonders are among all people shew verse 4 For God a great God doth appear and greatly prais'd must be And ev'ry where be had in fear above all Gods must he verse 5 For all the Gods of heathen lands dumb idols do appear But God's own hands and quick commands made the celestial sphere verse 6 Before him honour stands in sight with majesty and grace Adored might and beauty bright are in his holy place verse 7 Ye people give unto the Lord let ev'ry stock and tribe Unto the Lord with joint accord glory and strength ascribe verse 8 Give glory to the Lord the king due to his name on high Devoutly bring an offering and to his courts draw nigh verse 9 O worship ye the Lord with fear in beauties holy place O earth appear from far and near before his awful face verse 10 Tell heathen men the Lord doth reign the world confirm'd shall be Nor shall again a shake sustain so just a judge is he verse 11 O let the heavens rejoyce therefore and let the earth be glad The sea shall roar and all her store triumphant joys shall add verse 12 Yea let the field and ev'ry thing therein lift up their voice The trees shall sing the woods shall ring and mutually rejoyce verse 13 Before the Lord for lo he comes the earth to judge and try To us he comes with right'ous dooms of truth and equity Psalm XCVII St. Marys Tune THe Lord doth reign as sov'-reign king let all the earth re -- joyce The mul -- ti -- tude of Isles shall sing with glad and plea -- sant voice verse 2 Dark pitchy clouds and shady night are round about his throne Most perfect judgement truth and right dwell with the holy one verse 3 A dreadful fire before him goes and as it burneth out With furious flames consumes his foes and en'mies round about verse 4 His lightnings did so brightly blaze and to the world appear Whereat the earth did look and gaze amaz'd with dread and fear verse 5 The hills like wax did melt and thaw and could no longer stand When they God's glor'ous presence saw the Lord of sea and land verse 6 The heavens high declare and shew his justice all abroad That all the world may see and know the glory of our God verse 7 Confusion to all those shall come on graven gods that call That boast themselves of Idols dumb ye gods adore him all verse 8 Mount Sion heard with great applause and was affected much And Judah's daughters joy'd because thy judgements Lord were such verse 9 For thou O Lord art set on high and Idols under-trod And thou exalted wond'rously above each other God verse 10 Hate evil ye that love the Lord he saves his Saints dear souls He saves them from this wicked world and adverse power controuls verse 11 And light is sown for right'ous men and each shall reap his part And gladness great springs
up for them that are of upright heart verse 12 Rejoyce ye right'ous in the Lord much joyfulness express And give him thanks when ye record his perfect holiness Psalm XCVIII London Tune SIng to the Lord a new made song for he hath mar -- vels done His ho -- ly hand and arm most strong the vi ---- cto --- ry have won verse 2 The Lord almighty hath made known his saving health and might His truth he openly hath shown in all the heathen's sight verse 3 Tow'rds Isra'ls honour'd house hath he remembred truth and grace The earth did his salvation see declar'd in ev'ry place verse 4 Make joyful noise unto the Lord all dwellers on the earth Make noises loud his praise record with songs of joy and mirth verse 5 O sing unto the Lord I say and with the harp rejoyce With solemn harp his praise display and psalms melodious voice verse 6 With trumpets shrill express your joys with sound of cornet sing And make a very joyful noise before the Lord the king verse 7 O let the sea with billows swell and all its fulness roar The world likewise and all that dwell upon the spacious shore verse 8 Let floods clap hands with one accord let hills express their mirth And join in joys before the Lord who comes to judge the earth verse 9 With right'ousness and judgement then shall he the people try And justly judge a world of men with truth and equity Psalm XCIX St. Davids Tune THe Lord doth reign as king of kings let all the peo --- ple quake He sits up -- on the Che --- ru-bims let th' earth be mov'd and shake verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwell is wondrous high and great The people he doth far excell and sits in highest seat verse 3 Let all men praise and magnify thy great and dreadful name For it excells in sanctity and most deserveth fame verse 4 The princely power of our king loves judgement truth and right Thou rightly rulest every thing in Jacob through thy might verse 5 The Lord our God exalt ye now and worship him alone Before his footstool bend and bow for he 's a holy one verse 6 Moses and Aaron with his priests and Samuel on him call Among his Saints these made requests and he did answer all verse 7 He in the cloudy pillar spake and shew'd to them his will The laws and statutes he did make they labour'd to fulfil verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them hear and wast a pardoning God Thy mercy did to them appear though thou didst use thy rod. verse 9 The Lord our God exalt you still bow down before his throne And worship at his holy hill for he 's a holy one Psalm C. A Proper Tune ALl peo -- ple that on earth do dwell sing to the Lord with chearful voice Him serve with fear his praise forth-tell come ye be -- fore him and re-joyce verse 3 The Lord ye know is God indeed without our aid he did us make We are his flock he doth us feed and for his sheep he doth us take verse 4 O enter then his gates with praise and in his courts do ye proclaim Your thankfulness to him always and ever bless his holy name verse 5 Because the Lord our God is good his mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood and shall from age to age endure Psalm CI. Lowath Tune MEr -- cy and judgement are my song which Lord I 'le sing to thee And wise-ly walk in per -- fect way un --- til thou vi --- sit me And I will walk with upright heart within my house O Lord verse 3 Not any thing will I behold that is to be abhorr'd I hate their work that turn aside to me it shall not cleave verse 4 I will not own a wicked man the froward heart I leave verse 5 I 'le cut him off that slandereth his neighbour secretly I 'le not endure the proud in heart nor him that looketh high verse 6 I will look out the faithful men that they may dwell with me And whoso walks in perfect way my servant he shall be verse 7 Whoso is bent to use deceit I will abandon quite The liar I will not abide to tarry in my sight verse 8 The wicked I will soon destroy and rid the land of them And cut away the wicked ones from God's Jerusalem Psalm CII Bristol Tune LOrd hear my pray'r and let my cry come spee -- di --- ly to thee In day of my ca -- la -- mi -- ty hide not thy face from me Incline thy gracious ear to me in this my day of need And when I call and cry to thee Lord answer me with speed verse 3 For like as smoak consumes away so do my days expire My bones are burnt and do decay like to a hearth with fire verse 4 My heart is smitten like the grass quite withered and dead And I alas do quite let pass to eat my needful bread verse 5 By reason of my doleful groans and pain that I am in My grief breaks forth so that my bones do cleave unto my skin verse 6 Lo I am like a Pelican in mournful wilderness And like a hated owl I am in deserts comfortless verse 7 I watch and am quite desolate and sparrow-like alone Which separated from her meat on houses top doth moan verse 8 Mine enemies have all the day reproached me with scorn And mad men in their frantick way are all against me sworn verse 9 So that I have instead of bread the ashes eaten up And with my drink the tears I shed are mingled in my cup. verse 10 Because of thy severity and of thy angry frown For thou hast lifted me on high and then hast cast me down verse 11 The days wherein my life doth pass are like a flitting shade And I am like the withering grass which instantly doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord shalt still endure for ever constantly And thy remembrance shall stand sure to all posterity The second part verse 13 Thy tender bowels now shall stir to bring poor Sion home For lo the time to favour her yea the set time is come verse 14 For even in her very stones thy servants take delight The ruines under which she grorns find favour in their sight verse 15 And so the heathen every where shall reverence thy name And all the kings on earth shall fear thy glory and thy fame verse 16 When as the Lord builds up again fair Sion's broken wall His glory shall appear most plain and visible to all verse 17 The prayer of the destitute he shall regard and prize Their earnest and their humble suit the Lord will not despise verse 18 And this for ages yet to come shall rest upon record People created in the womb shall one day praise the Lord. verse 19 For from his sanctuaries height the Lord doth cast his eye
shall check With corpses he shall strew the ground and heads of many countries wound Filling the places with the dead verse 7 And he shall make no longer stay But drink the torrent in the way therefore shall he lift up the head Psalm CXI London Tune Ap-plaud the Lord whom I will praise with my whole heart and might Both in the se -- cret of the just and in the church-es sight verse 2 Great are the works of our great God and every one no doubt Delighting in them from their heart with care do search them out verse 3 His work most honourable is and glorious no less Unto eternity endures his truth and right'ousness verse 4 Surely he made his wondrous works still to be had in mind Choice favours hath the Lord in store and he is good and kind verse 5 To them that fear his holy name he giveth meat good store Jehovah will be mindful of his cov'nant evermore verse 6 Clearly hath he declar'd to his his works of powerfulness Leaving to them the heritage which heathens did possess verse 7 Most perfect are his handy-works his judgments very pure Not one of his commandements but are exceeding sure verse 8 Stablisht they are for evermore so that they cannot fade And ev'n in truth and right'ousness each one of them is made verse 9 Plent'ous redemption he hath sent to make his people free So is his cov'nant evermore confirm'd by his decree Know ye that holy is his name and to be had in dread verse 10 Religious fear of God likewise is wisdom's well-spring head Sound understanding have they all that carefully endeavour To practise his commandements his praise endures for ever Psalm CXII St. Marys Tune PRaise ye the Lord for blest are such as fear the Lord a -- right And love his laws ex-ceed-ing much and do them with de -- light verse 2 His seed shall multiply on earth and prosper mightily And God shall pour his blessings forth on his posterity verse 3 Of wealth and riches in his house there shall be plenteous store His memorable righteousness endures for evermore verse 4 Unto the man immaculate in darkness riseth light Gracious he is compassionate and every way upright verse 5 A good man shews much kind respect and lends to him that needs And with discretion will direct all his affairs and deeds verse 6 Surely he shall not moved be while time to time can add In everlasting memory the right'ous shall be had verse 7 For any evil tidings told he shall not be afraid His faithful heart which makes him bold on God is firmly staid verse 8 His heart is so established afraid he shall not be Till his desire accomplished upon his foes he see verse 9 He hath dispensed liberally and given to the poor He shall to perpetuity be stil'd a right'ous doer Exalted high his horn shall be with honour thus atchiev'd verse 10 The wicked man this thing shall see and be extreamly griev'd Yea he shall gnash his teeth for spite and pining melt away And his desire shall perish quite the wicked man's I say Psalm CXIII A Proper Tune YE chil-dren which do serve the Lord Praise ye his name with one ac-cord Both now and e --- ver bless his name Ev'n from the ri --- sing of the sun Till it re -- turn where it be-gun ex -- tol and mag -- ni --- fy his fame The Lord all peo -- ple doth sur-mount His glit -- t'ring glo -- ry we may count a -- bove the hea -- vens to ex-tend For who in all the world a-broad Is like un -- to the Lord our God whose dwel-ling doth all height transcend verse 6 He doth abase himself we know things to behold both here below And also in the heavens high verse 7 The poor and needy sort he brings Even from the dust to sit with kings in thrones of princely majesty verse 8 Among his people thus doth he Place them with princes in degree E'vn them that from the dunghil came verse 9 The barren he doth make to bear and with great joy her seed to rear praise ye therefore his holy name Psalm CXIV Oxford Tune WHen Is -- r'el went from E -- gypt land And Ja -- cobs house by pow'r-ful hand from peo -- ple of a bar-b'roustongue Ju-dah was then his ho -- ly place And Is --- ra'l his do-mi -- nion was who led them safe -- ly all a -- long verse 3 The sea saw that and fled amain and Jordan wheel'd about again And forced back his waves profound verse 4 The rocky mountains skipt like rams The little hills like timorous lambs and could not stand their stedfast ground verse 5 What ail'd thee O thou sea to fly what drove you back so hastily Ye rouling waves of Jordan's floud verse 6 What made you mountains skip like rams and you O little hills like lambs To quake and tremble as ye stood verse 7 Tremble O earth before the face of that great God of Jacob's race Tremble before him awfully verse 8 He turns hard rocks to standing lakes And fountains of hard flint he makes by his great power and majesty Psalm CXV Bristol Tune LOrd not to us Lord not to us do thou the glo-ry take Ev'n for thy mer-cy mar-vel-lous and for thy truth 's dear sake verse 2 Why should the heathen utter this now where 's their God say they verse 3 But our God in the heavens is what he will do he may verse 4 Their idols gold and silver be which men's own hands did make verse 5 Lo they have eyes but cannot see and mouths but never spake verse 5 Have ears but do not hear a jot noses but feel no scent verse 7 Proportion'd hands but handle not and feet but never went Nor through their throat can give a call verse 8 And like these idols just Their makers are and so are all that in them put their trust verse 9 O Isra'l trust thou in the Lord thy help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in his word a help and shield to thee verse 11 And ye that fear the Lord each one be careful that ye build Your confidence on him alone who is your help and shield verse 12 The Lord hath thought upon us well his people he will bless Ev'n all the house of Israel and Aaron's house no less verse 13 Whoever fear the Lord therefore he 'll bless them great and small verse 14 God shall increase you more and more you and your children all verse 15 You are the blessed of the Lord whose quick commandment came And made the heavens at a word and earth's inferiour frame verse 16 The heav'n even the heavens high are all of them the Lord's But he to man's posterity the spacious earth affords verse 17 The dead indeed praise not the Lord they give him no renown Nor any do his praise record to silence that go down verse 18 But
we that are alive therefore will bless the living Lord. From this time forth for evermore do ye his praise record Psalm CXVI Lincoln Tune I Love the Lord un-feigu-ed -- ly be -- cause he pleas'd to hear My sup -- pli-ca -- tion and my cry with an at --- ten --- tive ear Be-cause he hath in-clin'd the same so gra-ciou -- sly to me Therefore will I call on his name whilst I a --- live shall be verse 3 The pangs of death did wind about and compassed me round The pains of hell had found me out trouble and grief I found verse 4 Then did I call most earnestly upon the Lord 's great name Release my soul O Lord said I I humbly crave the same verse 5 The Lord 's a very gracious one and full of right'ousness And tenderer compassion no bowels can express verse 6 The Lord preserveth carefully all those that simple be For I was sunk in misery and he recover'd me verse 7 Return my soul that art set free return unto thy rest For largely hath the Lord to thee his benefits exprest verse 8 Because that thou my soul art freed which else in death had slept Mine eyes from tears delivered my feet from falling kept verse 9 Now will I walk before the Lord as always in his sight Among the living to record his praise in land of light verse 10 For I believed help would come therefore I spake no less Though I was plunged for a time in very deep distress The second part verse 11 At other times in haste I said rush all men liars be verse 12 O then what shall I give to God for all his gifts to me verse 13 The cup of sweet salvation lo I will take it up And God's great name I 'le call upon with that same blessed cup. verse 14 The solemn vows which I did vow unto the Lord most high Those will I pay and offer now whilst all his saints stand by verse 15 Of great account undoubtedly and precious in God's eyes The death of his dear saints shall be when any of them dies verse 16 Truly I am thy servant Lord I am thy hand-maid's son Thy servant that obeys thy word whose bonds thou hast undone verse 17 To thee Lord will I sacrifice the sacrifice of praise To call upon thy name likewise my thankful voice I 'le raise verse 18 The vows I say which I did vow unto the Lord most high I will among his people now perform them openly verse 19 In God's own courts I 'le offer them there in thy house O Lord In midst of thee Jerusalem his praise do ye record Psalm CXVII London Tune O Praise and mag -- ni -- fy the Lord ye na --- tions ev ' -- ry one And ye O peo -- ple all a-broad his glo -- rious praise make known verse 2 For his compassions plent'ously he doth to us afford His truth is to eternity O magnify the Lord. Palm CXVIII St. Marys Tune GIve thanks to God for he is good his mer --- cies still en -- dure Let Is --- ra'l say this ve --- ry day his mer -- cies still are sure verse 3 Let Aaron's house confess this day his mercy still prevails verse 4 Let them that fear the Lord now say his mercy never fails verse 5 I call'd on God in my distress and largely he reply'd verse 6 I fear not man do what he can for God is on my side verse 7 Whoer'e they be that succour me the Lord takes part with those And I my full desire shall see upon my hateful foes verse 8 It is far better to depend upon the Lord alone Then to repose our confidence in any mortal one verse 9 Better it is to trust in God and cast on him our care Than to repose our trust in those that powerful princes are The second part verse 10 All nations compast me about but in God's name alone I trust that I shall easily destroy them every one verse 11 They compast me about I say they compast me about But in the name of God shall I destroy and root them out verse 12 They swarm'd like bees but are extinct as thorns that fiercely flame For soon I shall destroy them all in God's almighty name verse 13 My foe thou hast thrust sore at me thinking to make me fall But so the Lord assisted me that I escaped all verse 14 The Lord is all my fortitude he is the song I sing And is become the rock from whom my saving health doth spring verse 15 The voice of saving health and joy in just men's dwellings is The Lord 's right hand doth valiantly ev'n that right hand of his verse 16 The right hand of the Lord I say it is exalted high The Lord 's right hand none can withstand it works so valiantly verse 17 I shall not die for I shall live and living shall declare The works of our almighty Lord how wonderful they are The third part verse 18 The Lord indeed that chast'neth me hath chastened me sore Yet hath not he abandon'd me to death when at death's door verse 19 Open to me the sacred court the gates of right'ousness And thither I will now resort God's praises to confess verse 20 Set open this most blessed gate of God the Lord I say That right'ous men may enter in for none have right but they verse 21 Lord I will praise thy holy name for when to thee I prai'd Thou heardst my voice and art become my rock of saving aid verse 22 The stone which by the builders was refused with disgrace Is now become the corner stone and set in chiefest place verse 23 This is the work of our great God and wondrous in our eyes verse 24 This is the day the Lord hath made to fill our hearts with joys verse 25 Save now I do beseech thee Lord I pray thee earnestly Ev'n now afford thy help O Lord and send prosperity verse 26 Blessed be he that comes to us in God's great name alone And we from Sion's sacred house do bless you every one verse 27 The light we see it is the Lord's who thus the day adorns Come bind the sacrifice with cords unto the altar's horns verse 28 Thou art my God whom I 'le exalt my God whom I will praise verse 29 Give thanks to God for he is good his mercy lasts always Psalm CXIX The first part to St. Marys Tune O Bles -- sed are the in --- no-cent and per --- fect in the way Who from the Lord 's comman-de-ments do ne --- ver go a --- stray verse 2 Blessed are they that care to keep his testaments intire And such as for the Lord do seek with all their heart's desire verse 3 They practise no iniquity but in God's ways they go verse 4 And we must serve thee uprightly for thou hast charg'd us so verse 5 O that my ways were made direct and to thy statutes fram'd verse 6 Which
do For surely they shall be like Chaff which winds blow off and drive away verse 5 Therefore th' ungodly race in judgment shall not stand Nor sinners have a place with Saints at Christ's right hand verse 6 For God well knows the just mens path but theirs in wrath he overthrows Psalm II. Windsor Tune WHy rage the hea -- then fu --- rous-ly and peo -- ple plot vain things The earth-ly Kings their pow'rs ap -- ply and ru --- lers with the Kings God and his Christ oppose they do and thus presume to say verse 3 Come let us break their bands in two and cast their cords away verse 4 But lo the Lord that dwells on high and doth in heaven abide Shall laugh at this conspiracy and their attemps deride verse 5 Then shall he also speak to those in wrath and furious heat And very sorely vex his foes in his displeasure great verse 6 Yet have I set my king saith he upon my holy hill Inthron'd with glorious dignity to reign in Sion still verse 7 I 'le publish the decree and say the Lord hath said to me Thou art my son and lo this day I have begotten thee verse 8 Ask me and I will give to thee the priv'ledge of thy birth For thine shall all the nations be and utmost parts on earth verse 9 Thine iron rod shall crush them all and thou shalt lift it up To dash thy foes in pieces small like to a potters cup. verse 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings ye judges of the land Be well instructed in the things ye ought to understand verse 11 See that you do your selves imploy in Gods true service here Mix trembling alwayes with your joy and worship him in fear verse 12 O kiss the son of God I say lest ye excite his wrath And so be made to miss the way and perish from the path For if his anger ne're so small be kindled in his brest Then happy happy are they all that on their Saviour rest Psalm III. Lincoln Tune O Lord how much do they in-crease that rise to trou -- ble me And they that do di-sturb my peace how ma ---- ny Lord they be How ma --- ny of my soul have said pre --- su --- ming to pre -- sage There is for him no hope of aid tho God him --- self in-gage verse 3 But thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead My glory and magnificence and thou holdst up my head verse 4 My prayer to thee I did address and cry'd to God most high And from his hill of holiness he heard me graciously verse 5 I laid me down most quietly I slept and rose again Because I knew assuredly the Lord did me sustain verse 6 And though ten thousand of my foes were round about me laid And came on purpose to oppose I will not be afraid verse 7 Rise Lord my God on thee I call save thine anointed one For thou hast smote mine enmies all upon the bare cheek-bone Thou brok'st the teeth of impious men verse 8 Salvation comes from thee Upon thy chosen people then thy blessing sure shall be Psalm IV. St. Marys Tune HEar me O God my right'ous-ness when I to thee re -- pair Thou hast en -- larg'd me from di-stress in mer --- cy hear my pray'r verse 2 O sons of men how long will ye my dignity despise How long will ye love vanity and follow after lies verse 3 But know that God makes special choise of saints for his own sake And he will surely hear my voice when I my prayers make verse 4 Then stand in aw and cease to sin but set your selves apart And silent on your beds begin to commune with your heart verse 5 For incense offer innocence and righteousness present And wholly put your confidence in God omnipotent verse 6 who 'l shew us any good they say many are muttering thus Thy countenance O Lord display and let it shine on us verse 7 For thou hast made this heart of mine more joyful and more glad Then when they brought in corn and wine and great increase have had verse 8 In peace therefore will I lie down and take my rest full well For thou O Lord and thou alone dost make me safely dwell Psalm V. Lowath Tune O Lord un -- to my words give ear my me --- di --- ta --- tion weigh My King my God my cry -- ing hear for un --- to thee I pray verse 3 At morning thou shalt hear my cry at morning I 'le direct My prayer unto thee on high and patiently expect verse 4 For thou art not a God that will with sin delighted be No wickedness nor any ill shall ever dwell with thee verse 5 Within the view of thy pure eye the foolish shall not rest All workers of iniquity thy nature doth detest verse 6 Thou shalt destroy them that are prone to utter tales and lies God will abhorr the bloody one and such as fraud devise verse 7 But to thy house will I draw near in thine abundant grace And worship in thy holy fear towards thy holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousness because of all my foes And thy strait paths lest I transgress before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouth no truth appears their heart with mischief throngs Their throats are open sepulchres they flatter with their tongues verse 10 Destroy them Lord destroy them all let them be overthrown And into just destruction fall by counsels of their own And let them be cast out and quell'd for their excessive sin For they have wickedly rebell'd against the Lord therein verse 11 But let O Lord all those rejoyce that put their trust in thee Let them with shouts lift up their voice and ever joyful be Let them likewise that love thy name which is their confidence Be ever joyful in the same since thou art their defence verse 12 For to the righteous man no doubt thou wilt thy blessing yield And ever compass him about with favour as a shield Psalm VI. Bristol Tune O Lord my God re -- buke me not when thou shalt an --- gry be When thy dis-plea-sure wax-eth hot then do not cha -- sten me verse 2 O Lord have mercy on my soul for I am wond'rous weak Lord I beseech thee make me whole for ev'n my bones do break verse 3 My soul is also vexed sore but Lord how long a space verse 4 Return O Lord my soul restore and save me of thy grace verse 5 For none can praise or think on thee when dead in grave they lie verse 6 And now my groaning wearieth me so near to death am I. All night I make my bed to swim my couch with tears o'reflows verse 7 Mine eyes consum'd with grief wax dim because of all my foes verse 8 Ye workers of iniquity go from me every one For God hath heard me graciously when I did
weep and moan verse 9 The supplications which I made the Lord did entertain And he that heard me when I pray'd will hear me yet again verse 10 Let all mine enemies therefore be vext with shame thereby Let them return and be full sore ashamed suddenly Psalm VII Martyrs Tune O Lord my God I do re-pose my con --- fi -- dence in thee O save me from my fu -- rious foes and now de --- li -- ver me verse 2 Lest like a lion he should tear and piece-meal rend my soul While there is no deliverer his fury to controul verse 3 O Lord my God if I did this if my hands be not free verse 4 If I rewarded him amiss that was at peace with me Yea Lord I have delivered and let him safely go That without cause hath injured and us'd me as a foe verse 5 Else let my foe pursue to slay and take my soul unjust Let him tread down my life and lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Rise Lord in wrath thy self address because mine en'mies rage Awake for me in righteousness ev'n as thou didst engage verse 7 So shall the congregation close about thee generally Return then for the sakes of those and sit inthorn'd on high verse 8 The Lord shall judge the people sure judge me O Lord likewise According as my heart is pure and upright in thine eyes verse 9 Set wickedness her period but stablish stedfastly The righteous men O righteous God who heart and reins dost try verse 10 And my defence even all I crave is of the Lord alone Who alwayes will be sure to save the upright-hearted one verse 11 God judgeth righteous men be sure and God though he delay Is angry with the wicked doer yea doubtless every day verse 12 Unless he speedily repent his glittering sword is whet His angry bow the Lord hath bent and hath it ready set verse 13 He hath prepared deadly darts determining to shoot Sharp arrows at the viperous hearts of those that persecute verse 14 Behold he travelleth in birth with his iniquity Conceiving mischief and brings forth no better then a lie verse 15 He made a pit and digged it and mighty pains did take And now is fallen into the Pit which he himself did make verse 16 Upon his own head shall reboun his mischiefs spite and hate His violent dealing shall come down and light upon his pate verse 17 Unto the Lord give thanks will I for all his righteous ways And to the name of God most high sing chearful songs of praise Psalm VIII St. Marys Tune O Lord our Lord how ex -- cel-lent is thy name eve --- ry where Be-hold thou hast thy glo --- ry plac't a -- bove the star --- ry sphere verse 2 Weak babes and sucklings thou hast sent thy power and praise to show To still thereby the Enemy and the avengeful foe verse 3 When I behold attentively the heav'ns which thou didst frame The moon on high and starry skie which by thine ord'nance came verse 4 What 's man or mans posterity think I what wondrous love He should of thee remembred be or vis'ted from above verse 5 For thou hast made him little lower then Angels in degree And didst him crown with great renown and glorious dignity verse 6 Thou mad'st him have dominion o're the works which thou hast wrought And by thy care all creatures are to his subjection brought verse 7 All oxen sheep and fowl with these and cattle him obey What e're the field or air can yield and fishes of the Sea verse 8 What ev'r is in the paths of Seas or passeth through the same verse 9 O Lord our Lord all Lands record the glory of thy name Psalm VIII Metre 2. To the 148 Psalm Tune O Lord our Sovereign Lord of how ex -- cel -- ling worth Thy Name must we Re -- cord in all the spa-cious Earth Whose glo -- ry bears a stamp Di-vine with beams to shine a -- bove the spheres verse 2 Out of the Infant mouth of babes and sucklings small Thou hast ordain'd thy truth with strength to conquer all To lay them low that bear ill will and for to still th'avengeful foe verse 3 Thy heavens there on high when Lord I think upon verse 4 The Moon and Starry Skie the Works which thou hast done Lord what is Man or what 's his Seed that thou shouldst heed so poor a span verse 5 Thou madest him to be of an inferiour state To Angels in degree yet to participate And didst him Crown with Glory great to sit in seat of high Renown verse 6 Thou gav'st him absolute dominion over all And all things at his feet in bound obedience fall To him they yield all Oxen Sheep and beasts that keep i'th'open field verse 7 The fowls of all the Air and Fishes of the Seas Which have a thorow-fare to pass there as they please O Lord our Lord th' excelling fame of thy great Name all lands Record Psalm IX London Tune O Lord I 'll praise thy ho --- ly name with true and hear --- ty zeal Thy won-drous works will I pro-claim and none of them con-ceal verse 2 In thee with gladness I 'le rejoyce and to thy Name will I In songs of praise lift up my voice O thou that art most high verse 3 When as mine adversaries shall be turned back with shame Ev'n at thy presence they shall fall and perish by the same verse 4 For thou O Lord thou shalt alone maintain my righteous cause Thou sitest in thy righteous throne to judge by righteous laws verse 5 Thou hast rebuked heathen men the wicked are destroy'd Thou hast put out the name of them and made it ever void verse 6 O en'my all 's accomplished destructions now are done The cities thou hast ruined they and their mem'ry's gone verse 7 But God the true eternal one for ever shall abide He hath prepar'd his Princely throne just judgment to decide verse 8 And he will judge the world alone in justice faithfully And minister to every one in truth and equity verse 9 The Lord moreover will become a refuge for th' opprest In times extreamly troublesome he 'l be a place of rest verse 10 In thee will all men trust repose that know thy faithful name For thou hast not forsaken those that duly seek the same The second part verse 11 Sing praises to the holy one that doth in Sion dwell The glorious deeds that he hath done among the people tell verse 12 When he inquireth narrowly for blood which they have spilt He calls to mind the poor mens cry and their oppressors guilt verse 13 Lord pitty me think on my grief caus'd by mine en'mies hate Thou that dost raise me with relief from deaths destructive gate verse 14 That I in Sions daughters gates may all thy praise record For thy salvation consolates my thankful heart O Lord. verse 15 The heathen sink into the pit that they
the wisdom of the poor and would his counsel shame Because he makes himself secure by faith in God's great name verse 7 But O that all that we hear tell the Lord would once fulfill Namely his word to Israel from out of Sion hill When God his peoples bondage turns that freedom once is had Then Jocob shall rejoice that mourns and Isr'el shall be glad Psalm XV. St. Marys Tune WHo shall a -- bide Lord teach us still with -- in thy tents of grace And who with -- in thy ho -- ly hill shall have a dwel -- ling place verse 2 The man that walketh uprightly and worketh right'ousness And doth from hearts integrity the very truth express verse 3 That hurts his neighbour in no sort nor slandreth with his toungue Nor taketh up a false report to do his neighbour wrong verse 4 The man in whose discerning eyes vile persons are abhorr'd But them he highly magnifies that truly fear the Lord. verse 5 That keeps his cov'nant faithfully though he the loss sustain Nor putteth out to usury to get unlawful gain verse 6 That will not for a world be brib'd the blameless to betray He that doth these things here prescrib'd be mov'd he never may Psalm XV. Metre 2. Oxford Tune LOrd who shall have a dwel-ling place I' th' Ta -- ber -- na --- cle of thy grace thy ho --- ly hill who shall pos-sess The Man that walk -- eth up -- right -- ly And work -- eth no in --- i --- qui --- ty shall sure -- ly have that hap -- pi --- ness The man that walks in God's true fear and speaks the truth with heart sincere According to his just intent he that back-bites not with his tongue Nor doth his neighbour any wrong is such a man as here is meant verse 2 That takes not up an evil fame reproachful to his neighbour's name Nor useth no Injurious word he that doth look with just disdain Upon vile persons and profane but honors them that fear the Lord. That to his promise goes not cross although engaged to his loss Nor puts out Coyn to Usury nor takes reward against the Just He that doth thus may boldly trust not to be mov'd eternally Psalm XVI Lowath Tune LOrd save me for I trust in thee sin --- cere --- ly from my heart Con-fes-sing thee my Lord to be and so in -- deed thou art My goodness unto thee I know can never have extent verse 3 But to the saints that live below and to the excellent verse 4 In whom my whole delight is plac't but questionless all those That after other Gods make hast shall multiply their woes verse 5 The blood of their drink-offering I 'le not present the same Nor move my lips in mentioning of their detested name verse 6 The Lord is mine inheritance and portion of my cup Of mine allotted maintenance thou art the holder up verse 7 The lines are fall'n successively and happily to me A goodly heritage have I a pleasant place to see The second part verse 8 I Bless the Lord unfeignedly who counsell'd me aright So that my reins instructed me in seasons of the night verse 9 I still conceiv'd the Lord to stand before me as my guide Since he doth stand at my right hand I know I shall not slide verse 10 Therefore my heart and tongue are glad and both rejoice in this The certain hope my flesh hath had of everlasting bliss verse 11 Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell nor wilt thou suffer me Thy holy one belov'd so well corruption for to see verse 12 The path of life thou wilt shew me for there are all the treasures And joys at thy right hand there be and everlasting pleasures Psalm XVII Bristol Tune LOrd hear the right at -- tend my cry un --- to my pray'r give heed That doth not in hy -- po -- cri -- sy from feign -- ed lips pro-ceed verse 2 And let my sentence uncontroul'd proceed with power from thee And let thy right'ous eyes behold the things that equal be verse 3 My heart thou hast examined by night thou didst inquire Thou hast me prov'd and visited and tri'd me as by fire Yet by thy searching thou shalt find in me no wickedness For I am purpos'd in my mind my mouth shall not transgress verse 4 Concerning works of men profane thy lips did guide me so That from the paths I did refrain wherein destroyers go verse 5 Uphold my goings Lord my guide in all thy paths divine So that my footsteps may not slide out of those ways of thine verse 6 I have with comfort call'd on thee for thou O God wilt hear Incline thy self to answer me and to my speech give ear verse 7 Thy wonderfull kind love disclose O thou whose strong right arm Saves all believers from their foes that rise to do them harm The second part verse 8 Preserve me Lord from hurtful things as th' apple of thine eye And under covert of thy wings defend me secretly verse 9 From wicked men that tyrannize let thy hand help me out And from my deadly enemies that compass me about verse 10 In their own fat they are enclos'd and bear themselves so high That with their mouth they are dispos'd to speak presumptuously verse 11 They have encompassed us round in our own footsteps now And down unto the very ground they bend their lowring brow verse 12 Like th' eager lion that doth long to take his prey in chase And as it were a lion young that lurk's in secret place verse 13 Arise and disappoint him then and cast him down O Lord Defend my soul from wicked men which are thy cutting sword verse 14 From worldly men thy help I crave from men which are thy hand Which in this life their portion have and do not see beyond Thy hidden stores their bellies fill with many children blest They spend their substance at their will and leave their Heirs the rest verse 15 But I in righteousness abide beholding thy sweet face And waking shall be satisfi'd with th' image of thy grace Psalm XVIII Lincoln Tune O Lord my strength I will love thee The Lord 's my rock and fort My safe de --- li --- ver -- er is he my God and my sup -- port My strength and sta -- tion most se-cure in whom my trust shall be The horn of my sal -- va -- tion sure and my high tow'r is he verse 3 Upon the Lord's name I will call who is most worthy praise So shall I scape my en'mies all with safety all my days verse 4 The pangs of death did me inclose whereby I was dismai'd The floods of wicked men arose and made me much afraid verse 5 The pangs of hell which dreadful be did compass me about The snares of death prevented me and made me to cry out verse 6 Then did I call in my distress upon the Lord most high And to my
God with earnestness I did send out my cry And from his temple graciously the Lord my voice did hear Before him also came my cry yea even to his ear verse 7 Then shook the trembling earth for fear and dreadful terrors seiz'd Upon the hills foundations there because he was displeas'd verse 8 Out of his nostrils went a smoak and from his mouth there came Devouring fire which did provoke the sulph'rous coals to flame The second part verse 9 Th' Almighty Lord the heavens bow'd and downward did descend Beneath his feet a sable cloud of darkness did extend verse 10 A cherub-chariot did him bear whose plumes he made his sail The winds his winged coursers were and darkness was his veil verse 11 Dark his pavillion dark the Skie dark waters dusky clouds Compose an airy canopie wherein himself he shrouds verse 12 A brightness did before him flame which did thick clouds dispell Then down the battering hail-stones came and coals of fire there fell verse 13 The Lord from heav'n in thunder spoke the voice of God most high Did make the stormy hail-stones smoke and coals of fire to fly verse 14 Yea and he let his arrows fly and put his foes to flight He shot out lightnings and thereby discomfitted them quite verse 15 Then were the water-channels seen and worlds foundations vast Disclos'd at thy rebuke so keen and at thy nostrils blast verse 16 The Lord did send from heav'n on high he took and drew me out From waters of adversity which compass'd me about verse 17 He sav'd me from my potent foe and safely set me free From such as sought my overthrow and were too strong for me verse 18 They did prevent me craftily in that most dang'rous day That threatned my calamity but God was still my stay verse 19 He brought me to a spacious place by his great pow'r and might And sav'd me freely of his grace for I was his delight verse 20 According to mine innocence was my reward made sure The Lord did give me recompence because my hands were pure The third part verse 21 For in the ways of God have I continually trod And have not ever wickedly departed from my God verse 22 For unto all his statutes still I had a great respect And no part of his holy will did I at all reject verse 23 Yea I was also most upright before the Lord most high And kept my self as in his sight from mine iniquity verse 24 Therefore the Lord rewarded me as I had done aright And as my hands were clean and free from sin in his eye-sight verse 25 The merciful thou wilt requite with mercy in their kind And they that are themselves upright the like of thee shall find verse 26 Unto the pure thy purity thou wilt O Lord declare And thou wilt deal as frowardly with those that froward are verse 27 For Lord thou wilt those people save whom sharp afflictions tri'd And wilt bring down all those that have the lofty looks of pride verse 28 For thou wilt make my candle burn and shine exceeding bright The Lord my God will surely turn my darkness into light verse 29 For I ran through a troop by thee and safely scap'd them all And by my God assisting me have I leapt o're a wall The fourth part verse 30 As for the Lord his way is pure the word of God is tri'd He is a buckler safe and sure to all that can confide verse 31 For who except the Lord alone a God esteem'd may be And who a mighty rock but one and our Jehovah's he verse 32 'T is God that by his power and might strongly girds up my loins And makes me take my way aright to perfect my designs verse 33 He makes my feet to be as swift as are the hindes in pace And I must count it as his gift that gains me each high place verse 34 He taught my hands all Warlike skill my fingers how to fight So that a bow a bow of steel is broken by my might verse 35 Thou gav'st me thy salvations shield to arm me most compleat And thy right hand hath me upheld thy favour made me great verse 36 Thou hast enlarg'd with liberty my stepping place so wide That both my feet stood stedfastly and did not slip aside verse 37 I overtook my foes that fled for I pursu'd apace Nor till they were extinguished did I forsake the chase verse 38 Mine enemies I did so greet with blows not dealt in vain That down they fell beneath my feet and could not rise again The fifth part verse 39 For thou hast girt me powerfully to battle with my foes And hast subdu'd them under me that up against me rose verse 40 Also the necks of all my foes were given me by thee That I might quite destroy all those that greatly hated me verse 41 They cri'd and called earnestly but there was none to save Yea even to the Lord most high but he no answer gave verse 42 Then like the dust that 's blown about when boist'rous winds do meet I beat them small and cast them out as dirt into the street verse 43 Thou sav'dst me from seditious hands the heathens head to be I shall be serv'd by forrein lands and folk unknown to me verse 44 As soon as they do hear of me forthwith they shall obey Submissive shall the strangers be and yield themselves straitway verse 45 The strangers till they do submit shall soon fall off and fade Their secret places they shall quit they shall be so afraid verse 46 O blessed be my rock of pow'r that ever doth abide And let the Lord my Saviour be highly magnifi'd verse 47 'T is God that hath avenged me my people he subjects verse 48 My Saviour from my foes is he my person he protects Yea thou hast set me o're them all that did my hurt conspire And sav'd me from that tyrant Saul whom fury set on fire verse 49 Therefore will I give thanks to thee among the heathen Lord In songs of praise with melody will I thy name record verse 50 Deliv'rance great he gives indeed and mercy keeps in store For David and his sacred seed and that for evermore Psalm XIX London Tune THe Hea-vens give to un -- der-stand the glo --- ry of the Lord The o --- pe -- ra -- tions of his hand the fir --- ma-ments re --- cord verse 2 Day unto day hath made it known and night to night declar'd verse 3 And speech or language there is none where their voice is not heard verse 4 Their line is gone throughout the earth their words as far extend And there 's his royal tent set forth the sun to comprehend verse 5 Which as a bridegroom bravely clad doth leave his lodging-place And gyant-like with gesture glad sets out to run his race verse 6 He reacheth heavens vast extreams making his course compleat And nothing can by any means be hidden from his heat verse 7
The Law of God is very pure the soul it purifies His testimones are most sure making the simple wise The second part verse 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and consolate the mind His precepts pure affording light to eyes by nature blind verse 9 God's fear is clean from all defects and always doth endure His judgments just in all respects and truth itself 's no truer verse 10 Far more then many treasur'd summs of gold to be embrac't Far sweeter then the hony-combs or hony to the taste verse 11 Thy servant is forewarn'd thereby thy precepts to regard And he that keeps them carefully shall get a great reward verse 12 But who can understand and see the error of his thoughts Lord cleanse me and deliver me from all my secret faults verse 13 Thy servant also Lord restrain from all presumptuous crime And let them have no power to reign in me at any time And then I shall be most upright being restrain'd by thee I shall be blamless in thy sight and great transgressions flee verse 14 O let my mouth O let my heart in all I think or say Be pleasing to thee Lord that art my saviour strength and stay Psalm XX. Lowath Tune THe Lord now hear thee gra -- cious-ly in this di --- stress-ful day The name of Ja cob's migh-ty God be thy de -- fence and stay verse 2 And from the sanctuary send assistance in thy need And out of Sion strengthen thee and make thee strong indeed verse 3 Remember all the offerings which thou hast brought entire And now accept the sacrifice which thou hast made by fire verse 4 Thy hearts desire he 'll grant to thee and all thy counsels bless And make them be accomplished with sutable success verse 5 Lord we rejoyce in thy defence and in thy name and aid Of our great God our banners shall be cheerfully displaid The Lord fulfill all thy desire and grant what thou dost crave verse 6 And now I know that God most high doth his anointed save And he will hear him graciously from his most holy heav'n With saving strength of his right hand which shall to him be given verse 7 Some trust in chariots some in horse but we will think upon The name of thee the Lord our God and trust to that alone verse 8 Lo we do rise and stand upright but they bow down and fall verse 9 Save Lord and let our heavenly king now hear us when we call Psalm XXI St. Marys Tune O Lord in thy sal -- va -- ti --- on The king shall much de --- light With joy -- ful ex -- al -- ta -- ti -- on in thy great strength might verse 2 For what his heart desir'd to have thou grantedst every thing And what his lips of thee did crave was not deni'd the king verse 3 With thy good blessings manifold thou hast him early sped And set a crown of perfect gold upon his royal head verse 4 And when he asked life of thee thereof thou mad'st him sure And gav'st it to eternity for ever to endure verse 5 His glory is exceeding great in thy salvations aid Honour and Majesty compleat thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Thy blessings ever-flowing streams thou didst to him impart Thy countenance with chearful beams doth greatly glad his heart verse 7 Because the King unfeignedly doth put his trust in thee And through thy mercy O most high remov'd he shall not be verse 8 But thy Almighty hand O Lord shall find out all thy foes And all that have thy name abhorr'd thy right hand shall disclose verse 9 And make them like a fiery hearth ev'n in thy wrathful hour The Lord shall swallow them in wrath and fire shall them devour verse 10 Their fruit shalt thou abolish then destroying their increase And from among the sons of men shall cause their seed to cease verse 11 For they intended ill to thee strongly persuaded too T' accomplish that iniquity which they could never do verse 12 For these things thou shalt make them fly turning their backs in chase Charging thy bow strings readily against thine en'mies face verse 13 In thy peculiar strength O Lord thy matchless glory raise So shall our chearful Songs Record thy pow'rs deserved praise Psalm XXII Bristol Tune MY God my God wherefore hast thou for --- sook me O where -- fore Art thou so far from help-ing me when I do cry and roar verse 2 To thee my God even all day long I do both cry and call All night I cannot hold my tongue yet hear'st thou not at all verse 3 But Lord thou art the holy one and in that place dost dwell Where always thou inhabitest the praise of Israel verse 4 Our fathers in the time forepast did put their trust in thee They trusted and their faith held fast and thou didst set them free verse 5 They were deliver'd evermore by calling on thy name And for the faith they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I alas am not a man a despicable worm A meer reproach of Men I am whom all the people spurn verse 7 All they that see me laugh at me and scornfully do they Shoot out their lips and shake their head And thus in scorn they say verse 8 He trusted that the Lord would be his Saviour by his might Let him deliver him since he took in him such delight verse 9 But Lord thou knew'st me in the womb and thou didst take me thence When I was on my mothers breast thou wast my confidence verse 10 And I was câ—st upon thy care even from my birth till now And from the womb that did me bear my God and Guide art thou The second part verse 11 O Lord depart not now from me in this my present grief Since I have none to be my help none else to send relief verse 12 For many bulls have compass'd me and compassed me round The strongest bulls that use to be on Bashans fatning ground verse 13 They gape upon me greedily to kill me if they may Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 Like water I am powred out my joynts asunder part As wax with fire runs all about so sorrow melts my heart verse 15 My strength is like a potsherd dri'd my tongue cleaves to my jaws I am brought down to dust of death and thy hand is the cause verse 16 And many dogs do compass me the wicked when they meet Conspire against me cursedly they peirce my hands and feet verse 17 Yea I may reckon every bone on me they gaze and stare verse 18 Upon my vesture lots are thrown and they my garments share verse 19 Therefore I pray thee be not far from me in my great need But rather since thou art my strength to help me Lord make speed verse 20 And save me from the cruel sword by thy almighty pow'r Preserve my dear and
darling soul from dogs that would devour verse 21 And save me from the lions mouth as thou hast answer'd me When from the horns of unicorns I made my Prayer to thee The third part verse 22 I will declare thy name O Lord unto my brethren dear Amidst the Church I will record thy praise that they may hear verse 23 O ye his saints that fear the Lord set forth his praise and fame Let Jacobs seed and Israels for ever fear his name verse 24 For he despis'd no poor mans case nor set his cause aside Nor from him ever hid his face but heard him when he cri'd verse 25 Therefore in congregations great my praise shall be of thee And I will pay my vows O Lord where all thy saints shall see verse 26 The meek shall eat and be suffic'd and those that do endeavour To know the Lord shall praise his name their hearts shall live for ever verse 27 And all the ends of all the earth shall readily record And call to mind his works set forth and turn unto the Lord. The kindreds of the nations all shall worship in his sight verse 28 For he must govern great and small all nations are his right verse 29 All fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship the most high And they that stoop and lick the dust ready to starve and die verse 30 A seed of saints shall serve the Lord accounted and foreknown A generation of the Lords which he himself doth own verse 31 They shall come forth and there declare his righteousness to those That born in after ages are that God did thus dispose Psalm XXIII St. Marys Tune MY Shep-herd is the Lord most high I shall be well sup -- ply'd In Pa-stures green he makes me lye by si -- lent wa --- ters side verse 3 He doth restore my soul that strays and then he leads me on To walk in his most right'ous ways for his names sake alone verse 4 Yea though through deaths dark vale I go yet will I fear no ill Thy rod and staff refresh me so and thou art with me still verse 5 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foe With oyl thou dost anoint my head my cup doth overflow Surely thy goodness and thy grace shall always follow me And my perpetual dwelling place thy holy house shall be Psalm XXIII Metre 2. Stanford Tune THe Lord my Shep -- herd is and he that doth me feed Since he is mine and I am his what com -- for t can I need He makes me to lie down up --- on the flow-ry grass Then to the streams he leads me on where wa --- ters gent --- ly pass verse 3 And when I go astray he doth my Soul reclaim Conducting me in his right way for his most holy Name verse 4 Yea though the paths I trod through Deaths dark Vale should be I would not fear for there 's my God a staff of strength to me verse 5 And in mine en'mies sight thou mak'st me sit and dine Anoint'st my head in foes despite and fill'st my Cup with Wine verse 6 Surely thy grace and love shall measure out my days And from thy house I 'll not remove nor there from thee my praise Psalm XXIV St. David's Tune THe Earth is God's the peo -- ple his the World and all her Goods He rou-â—â—d -- ed it up -- on the seas and fixt it on the floods verse 3 Who shall ascend God's sacred hill and who may make account To stand and to continue still within his holy mount verse 4 Whose hands and heart are clean and free and spotless in thine eye Whose soul affects not vanity nor swears deceitfully verse 5 For such a one the Lord shall bless and he shall surely have The rich reward of right'ousness from God that doth him save verse 6 For such do seek the Lord indeed this is the godly race O Jacob this is sure the seed of them that seek thy face verse 7 Ye everlasting doors stand ope ye gates lift up your head And give the king of glory scope within your courts to tread verse 8 Who is this great and glorious king his royal name record The strong and ever conquering almighty glorious Lord. verse 9 Ye everlasting doors and gates lift up your heads on high And then the prince of potentates shall enter in thereby verse 10 Who may this king of glory be set down that name of his The Lord of hosts and none but he the king of glory is Psalm XXV Southwel Tune I lift my heart to thee my God and Guide most Just Now suf -- fer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes rejoyce nor triumph over me verse 3 Yea let not any be asham'd that duly wait on thee Let them be all asham'd which causlesly transgress verse 4 Shew me thy ways Lord teach thou me thy paths of right'ousness verse 5 Lord lead me in thy truth and teach me in thy way Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait all day verse 6 I pray thee Lord remember thy mercies manifold And thy compassions plentiful for they have been of old verse 7 My youthfull sins and faults O keep not on record In mercy for thy goodness sake remember me O Lord. verse 8 The Lord is good and just and therefore takes delight To teach poor sinners in his way that they may go aright verse 9 The meek the Lord will guide in judgment not to swerve The meek and humble he will teach his ways how to observe verse 10 For all the ways of God are truth and mercy still To them that keep his covenant and do obey his will The second part verse 11 And now for thy name sake O Lord I thee intreat To pardon my iniquity for it is very great verse 12 Who ever fears the Lord the Lord will let him know The perfect path of right'ousness wherein he ought to go verse 13 In goodness evermore his soul shall sweetly rest And by his whole posterity the earth shall be possest verse 14 The secret of the Lord shall all that fear him know His Council and his covenant he to his saints doth show verse 15 Mine eyes continually upon the Lord are staid To pluck my feet out of the net which for my soul is laid verse 16 Behold me Lord in love and pity my distress For I am sore afflicted Lord and left quite comfortless verse 17 The troubles of my heart are every day increast O bring me out of my distress and let me be releast verse 18 See my affliction Lord my anguish and my pain And take my sins so clean away that none of them remain verse 19 Consider Lord my foes how they increase and swarm And how they hate me cruelly that never did them harm verse 20 O keep my harmless soul and Lord deliver me And let me never be asham'd because I trust in thee verse 21
Let my integrity and uprightness defend And keep me safe because O Lord on thee I do depend verse 22 And now O Lord redeem and bring thine Israel out Of all the straits and miseries that compass them about Psalm XXVI Bristol Tune JUdge me O Lord for I am just and blame -- less I a-bide In thee like-wise I put my trust there -- fore I shall not slide verse 2 Prove me my God I thee desire and search me secretly Try me with thy refining fire my heart and reins O try verse 3 Thy loving kindness Lord my God before my face I lay And in the paths of truth have trod and kept that holy way verse 4 I do not hold society with men whose deeds are vile I will not come in company with them that practice guile verse 5 The congregation of the lewd I do detest and hate And with the wicked multitude I will not be a mate verse 6 In innocency I will wash and purify my hands Then will I hasten to the place where thy pure altar stands verse 7 That I may publish and proclaim with voice of joy and praise And tell of thy most worthy fame in all thy works and ways verse 8 The habitation of thy house Lord I have loved well And that same place so glorious where thy renown doth dwell verse 9 O gather not my soul with them in sin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much blood to spill verse 10 Within whose hands mischievousness and wickedness abides And their right hand it is no less replenished with bribes verse 11 But as for me walk on I will in mine integrity Redeem me and be merciful unto me O most high verse 12 My foot stands in an even place and here I will record And shew before the churches face the praises of the Lord. Psalm XXVII Dublin Tune THe Lord 's my sa-ving health and light why should I be dis -- maid He is my life my strength might why should I be a --- fraid verse 2 When as the sons of wickedness my foes and en'mies all Came on me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and did fall verse 3 Though hosts against me pitch their tent my heart shall fear no foes But in this case be confident though wars against me rose verse 4 One thing I have desir'd of God which I will seek for still That I may have a blest abode in Sions sacred hill That I may there spend all my days beholding God's sweet face Inquiring after blessed ways within his holy place verse 5 For he shall in the evil hour me in 's pavillion hide And make his sacred tent my tow'r where I shall safe abide verse 6 And now behold my head shall be exalted and renown'd Above my foes that compass me in all the circuits round Therefore will I bring to his tent the sacrifice of joy And songs of praise will I present unto the Lord most high verse 7 Hear me O Lord when as I cry with earnest voice to thee Have mercy on me O most high and kindly answer me verse 8 When as thou said'st my face seek ye instructed by thy grace My heart made answer unto thee Lord I will seek thy face verse 9 Hide not thy face O Lord I pray hide not thy face from me In anger do not put away thy servant Lord from thee Thou wast my helper heretofore O do not leave me quite Forsake me not for evermore O God my saving might verse 10 When Parents both forsook their son and cast me off together The Lord took care when they had done a better friend than either verse 11 Teach me O Lord thy way to know and graciously dispose That in a plain path I may go because of all my foes verse 12 Give me not over to my foes for most maliciously False witness are against me rose that breath out cruelty verse 13 And surely I had fainted quite but that I hop't to see Thy goodness in the land of light dispensed unto me verse 14 Wait on the Lord couragiously he is thy strength and stay Thy heart with faith to fortify wait on the Lord I say Psalm XXVIII Bristol Tune TO thee I cry O Lord my rock thine an -- swer let me have Lest by thy si-lence I be like to dead men in their grave verse 2 O hear the voice of my request now that to thee I cry When tow'rds thy holy oracle I lift my hands on high verse 3 O draw me not with wicked men to act the sinners part That speak unto their neighbours peace while mischief fills their heart verse 4 Give them according to their deeds and mischief of their hearts O recompence their handy-works and render their deserts verse 5 Since they regarded not God's works nor what his hands have wrought He shall not build but break them down and bring them all to nought verse 6 Blessed for ever be the Lord because that he hath heard My voice and supplications which I to him preferr'd verse 7 The Lord 's my strength and fortitude my safest sheild is he My heart reposed trust in him and he hath holpen me Therefore my heart exceedingly doth triumph and rejoyce And with sweet songs of praise to him will I lift up my voice verse 8 God is the strength of Israel and lo the Lord alone He is the Saviour and the strength of his anointed one verse 9 Lord save thy people powerfully and bless thine heritage Feed them likewise and raise them high henceforth from age to age Psalm XXIX Oxford Tune GIve to the Lord ye migh-ty ones Give to the Lord your crowns Thrones his strength glo --- ry to con-fess As-cribe due glo --- ry to his name Worship the Lord his praise proclaim in beau-ty of his ho -- li -- ness verse 3 Heark you may hear his ratling cloud the God of glory thunders loud This is the voice of God most high the Lord on many waters is verse 4 And that loud sounding voice of his is full of power and Majesty verse 5 Heark how his voice with terror speaks yea and the Lord the cedars breaks The cedars of mount Lebanon verse 6 Like wanton calves he makes them skip Like a young unicorn they trip mount Lebanon and Syrion verse 7 The flames of lightning they divide the fire doth flash on every side His thundering voice effects no less verse 8 The thundering voice of God doth make The mighty desarts move and quake it shakes all Paran wilderness verse 9 The voice of God so very strong doth cause the hindes to cast their young And the bare forrests to appear while his renown by every tongue Is through his holy temple sung and these works celebrated there verse 10 For God sits king upon the floud yea from the first his kingdom stood And it shall never never cease verse 11 The Lord that is our strength and tower Will give his people
ample power the Lord will bless his church with peace Psalm XXX St. Marys Tune I Will ex -- tol thee O most high for I am rais'd by thee Thou hast not made mine en -- e -- my to tri -- umph o --- ver me verse 2 O Lord my God to thee I cri'd for succour and relief And graciously thou didst provide to heal me of my grief verse 3 Thou brought'st my soul up from the pit thou kept'st me Lord alive From them that are gone down to it while safely I survive verse 4 O ye his saints sing to the Lord and thankfully confess Unto his name when ye record his perfect holiness verse 5 His wrath is in a moment past life from his favour springs Though weeping for a night may last the morning comfort brings verse 6 And I in my prosperity did confidently say Surely I shall live happily and see no evil day verse 7 So very strongly by thy grace my mountain Lord was laid Then didst thou hide away thy face and I was soon dismai'd verse 8 Then in my tribulation to thee Lord did I cry And made my supplication unto the Lord most high verse 9 What gain is in my blood when I unto the grave go down Can dust praise thee and testify thy truth and thy renown verse 10 Lord I beseech thee hear me now in that which I have pray'd Have mercy on me and be thou my all sufficient aid verse 11 To joyful dancing thou hast turn'd my sorrows dolefull noise My sackcloth loos'd wherein I mourn'd and girt me round with joys verse 12 To th' end my tongue may sing thy praise and never silent be O Lord my God even all my days will I give thanks to thee Psalm XXXI Lincoln Tune IN thee O Lord I put my trust O put me not to shame De -- li -- ver me as thou art just ev'n for thy righ -- t'ous name Bow down thy ear and hear me now de ---- li --- ver me with speed My ca -- stle and strong rock art thou to save me at my need verse 3 For Lord thou art my fort and tower which I for safety take Then lead and guide me by thy power O God for thy names sake verse 4 Pull me out of the net which they for me have closely laid Because thou art my strength and stay to whom I fly for aid verse 5 The spirit which thou gav'st to me I to thy hands commit For thou Lord God of truth art he that hast redeemed it verse 6 All such as set their heart on lies I utterly abhorr'd Detesting all such vanities I trusted in the Lord. verse 7 Thy mercies great do make me glad my joyes do overflow For thou hast weigh'd what cares I had and known my soul in woe verse 8 Thou hast not Lord deliver'd me into mine en'mies hand But in a place of liberty hast made my feet to stand The second part verse 9 Lord pity me do thou condole for I am in distress Mine eye my belly and my soul Consume with heaviness verse 10 My life is spent with misery my years with sighs decay Strength fails me through iniquity my bones consume away verse 11 I was a scorn to all my foes chiefly to neighbours nigh A fear to friends for even those see me without and fly verse 12 Like to a dead man out of mind so am I quite forgot And disregarded of mankind as 't were a broken pot verse 13 For many slanders have I heard and fear on all sides lay While they devised and conspir'd to take my life away verse 14 But yet I trusted to thy pow'r O Lord my God said I Thou art my God and Saviour on whom I do rely verse 15 My times are all at thy dispose do thou then set me free From bloody hands of all my foes that follow after me verse 16 Upon thy faithful servant make thy gracious face to shine And save me for thy mercies sake for I am one of thine verse 17 Lord let me never be abasht for I thy succour crave But let the wicked ones be dasht and silenc't in the grave verse 18 Let lying lips in silence die which speak the worst they can Most proudly and contemptuously against the righteous man verse 19 O Lord how great felicity hast thou laid up for them That fear thy name and trust in thee before the sons of men verse 20 Thou hid'st them in thy secret eye from haughty tyrants wrongs Kept in thy secret canopie from all the strife of tongues verse 21 O blessed be the Lord above that succour'd me so far And shew'd me such exceeding love in a strong town of war verse 22 I said in haste I am remov'd and cut off from thine eyes Yet was I so of thee belov'd thou heardst my doleful cries verse 23 O love the Lord all ye his saints for he the faithful guards And the proud man with punishments he plent'ously rewards verse 24 Be strong and God shall stay your heart be confident ye just And surely God shall take your part since ye on him do trust Psalm XXXII Lowath Tune BLes -- sed O bles -- sed man is he whose sin God pas --- eth by And hid is his in -- i -- qui -- ty from God 's all --- see ---- ing eye verse 2 Blessed is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin Whose heart hath all deceit abhorr'd and guile's not found therein verse 3 For while I no confession made but silent kept my Tongue My bones as if with age decay'd with roaring all day long verse 4 Thy hand on me was burdensome the day and night throughout So that my moisture did become like Summers parching drought verse 5 Then I confest my sin to thee and all my faults reveal'd My trespass and iniquity no longer I conceal'd I said I will to God confess what all my sins have been Then thou forgav'st the wickedness and guilt of all my sin verse 6 Hence all good men shall pray to thee what time thou maist be found Sure when great floods of water be he safely stands his ground verse 7 O God thou art my hiding place from straits thou sets me free And with sweet songs of saving grace thou dost encompass me verse 8 I will instruct thee saith my God and teach thee in the way My watchful eye shall be thy guide lest thou shouldst go astray verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth if that the corb it wants from harm thou canst not rule verse 10 For certainly to men unjust shall miseries abound But him that in the Lord doth trust shall mercy compass round verse 11 O all ye right'ous men rejoyce and in the Lord delight With joyful shouts lift up your voice all ye whose hearts are right Psalm XXXII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune O Hap-py man whom God forgives and hides what he has done a --
miss Owns him as if he had not sinn'd whose heart sin -- cere and up-right is verse 3 My woes increas'd while I suppress'd my guilt no quiet I could get verse 4 Thy wrath did press me like a weight and scorch'd me like the Summers heat verse 5 I then resolved to disclose my crimes and open all my wound I humbly did confess my sins to thee and easy pardon found verse 6 This Mercy shall invite good men in season to implore thine aid Then tho' their troubles like a flood should rise they need not be afraid verse 7 Thou Lord shall be my safe retreat to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and in songs of Victory I 'll thee confess verse 8 I 'll counsel sinners to obey verse 9 And not be like the Horse or Mule Whose fury till they 're broke or tam'd No Rein can guide no Curb can rule verse 10 Such sinners meet with heavy stroaks verse 11 While those that trust in God shall prove The happy men then let the just Rejoice and Triumph in his Love Psalm XXXIII London Tune YE righ-t'ous in the Lord re-joice for praise be-comes the saints Praise God with psalt'ry harp and voice and ten-string'd In -- stru -- ments verse 3 Sing to the Lord aloud with praise with skilful songs and new verse 4 For lo his word his works and ways are faithful just and true verse 5 Justice and judgment he doth love ev'n this most right'ous Lord And with his goodness from above the earth is richly stor'd verse 6 The word of his eternal truth compos'd the spangled skie And by the breathing of his mouth the hoasts of heav'n on high verse 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in a house of store verse 8 Let all the earth submit with fear to this almighty Lord And all the nations every where ev'n tremble at his word verse 9 For he but spake and it was done and when his word was past His ordinances thus begun and evermore stands fast verse 10 The counsel of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But Gods own counsels do remain they stand for ever sure The thoughts which his heart doth retain from age to age endure The second part verse 12 That nation's blest whose God 's the Lord foreknown in his decree And chosen of his own accord his heritage to be verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortal birth verse 14 Beholding from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth verse 15 Alike he frames and fashioneth the hearts of great and small Their works he well considereth and judgeth of them all verse 16 No num'rous host can save a king it is not strength that can Deliverance from danger bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vain and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his great strength and might verse 18 But lo the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just And those that fear him faithfully and in his mercy trust verse 19 To save their precious souls alive from deaths destructive pow'r And store of wholsome food to give when famine would devour verse 20 Our soul doth wait with patience for God the holy one He is our help and our defence he is our shield alone verse 21 For lo our heart in him shall joy because we can proclaim That we have trusted stedfastly in his most holy name verse 22 Lord let thy mercy and thy grace upon us ever be Accordingly as we do place our confidence in thee Psalm XXXIV St. Marys Tune AT all times I will mag-ni -- fy and bless the li --- ving Lord My thank-ful mouth con-ti-n'-al -- ly his prai --- ses shall re -- cord verse 2 My soul shall boast in God's great name with glad and glor'ing voice The humble men shall hear the same and mightily rejoyce verse 3 O magnify the Lord with me and let us all endeavour Him to exalt in high degree and praise his name together verse 4 I sought the Lord with fervent cries and he my voice did hear The Lord deliv'red me likewise from all my painful fear verse 5 The saints lookt up to him on high and by this means they came To be enlightned gloriously their face receiv'd no shame verse 6 This poor man cry'd the saints shall say the Lord did hear his call And for his troubles he made way to help him out of all verse 7 The angel of the Lord most high encampeth ev'ry where Deliv'ring them continually that walk in God's true fear verse 8 O taste ye saints and tasting see that God's a gracious one O happy happy man is he that trusts in him alone verse 9 O fear the Lord ye saints of his fear him with one accord For never any want there is to them that fear the Lord. verse 10 Young lions lack and shall endure sharp hungers mortal sting But they that fear the Lord are sure to want for no good thing The second part verse 11 Come Children with alacrity unto my words give ear And I will teach you perfectly the Lords true filial fear verse 12 What man unto long life aspires and loveth many days To see the good that he desires let him observe these ways verse 13 Thy tongue all evil must exclude thy lips must guile eschew verse 14 Depart from evil and do good seek peace and peace pursue verse 15 For on the right'ous ev'ry where the Lord doth set his eye And opens his attentive ear to their uncessant cry verse 16 the Lord hath set his countenance against the wicked race To cut off their rememberance on earth from ev'ry place verse 17 The right'ous cry the Lord doth hear and ends their troubles quite verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near and saves the soul contrite verse 19 Full many are the miseries of just and right'ous men But out of all adversities the Lord deliv'reth them verse 20 And by a special providence he keepeth ev'ry bone That none by any violence is broken no not one verse 21 But evil shall the wicked slay and whosoever hate The right'ous for their right'ous way shall soon be desolate verse 22 The Lord doth graciously redeem his servants souls each one And none do put their trust in him that shall be overthrown Psalm XXXV Bristol Tune LOrd plead my right'ous cause with those that are with me at strife O fight a-gainst my mor -- tal foes that fight a -- gainst my life verse 2 Lay hold O Lord upon the lance the buckler and the shield Stand up for my deliverance and for me fight the field verse 3 Draw out the sword and stop the way of those that follow me And to my soul in mercy say thy sav'our I will be verse
4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and fly with shame that think to work me ill verse 5 As chaff doth fly before the wind so let them fly apace And let God's angels come behind to prosecute the chase verse 6 Bring them in dark and slipp'ry way that they may surely fall And let God's angel make no stay but persecute them all verse 7 For causelesly within a pit a net for me they hid Ev'n for my soul they digged it and this they causeless did verse 8 Let him be ruin'd unawares and taken in the net Yea taken in those very snares which his own hand hath set verse 9 And then my soul shall joy in thee thy help O Lord to find And thy salvation then shall be as musick to my mind verse 10 And all my bones shall thus confess Lord who is like to thee That sav'st the poor man from distress when foes too pow'rful be Yea thou deliv'rest by thy pow'r the poor and needy man From him that seeketh to devour and spoil him if he can The second part verse 11 False witness did against me rise with evidence untrue And charg'd me with iniquities whereof I nothing knew verse 12 For good they did reward me ill to th' spoiling of my Soul But as for me I used still their sorrows to condole verse 13 I put on sackcloath for these men My soul did fast and mourn And into mine own bosome then my prayer did return verse 14 Ev'n for my foe I made my moan as for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe vile abjects met to plot They gather'd when I did not know they tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts both seen and suffer'd be Rescue my soul in this sad state from their destructive paws And bring my darling desolate even from the lions jaws verse 18 And then will I give thanks to thee in great assemblies Lord And in the thickest throngs that be will I thy praise record The third part verse 19 Let not my wrongful enemies lift up their horn on high Nor let them wink with scornful eye that hate me causelesly verse 20 For not a word of peace they say but closely take in hand Deceitful matters to betray men quiet in the land verse 21 Yea and their mouths are open'd wide against me spitefully Aha aha mine enemies cry'd we saw it with our eye verse 22 O Lord thou canst not choose but see O do not hold thy tongue O Saviour be not far from me Lord be not absent long verse 23 Stir up thy self and undertake my judgment to decide My God my Lord ev'n now awake and let my cause be tri'd verse 24 According to thy equity judge me O Lord my God And let them not joy over me while I am under trod verse 25 Nor suffer them in heart to say ah we would have it thus Nor let them say he 's made a prey and swallow'd up by us verse 26 Let bashful shame upon them fall and let confusion sad Be brought at once upon them all that at my hurt are glad Let them be cloath'd with infamy let shame confound their face That do so proudly magnifie themselves in my disgrace verse 27 But let them shout and triumph still with gladness and applause That favour me and bear good will unto my right'ous cause Yea let them say continually extoll'd be God above His servants true prosperity that doth so truly love verse 28 And I most gladly will express thy praise with grateful tongue And celebrate thy right'ousness O with praises all day long Psalm XXXVI St. Marys Tune UN -- god -- ly mens in ---- i -- qui -- ties do make me think and say God 's fear is not be -- fore his eyes that goes this wick --- ed way verse 2 For in his own deluded eye that man himself doth flatter Until that his iniquity be found a hateful matter verse 3 His words are full of wickedness and framed to deceive But wisdom truth and right'ousness he doth forsake and leave verse 4 He plotteth on his bed by night his mischiefs to fulfil He sets himself in ways not right and he abhors no ill verse 5 O Lord thy mercy doth ascend above the heavens high So doth thy faithfulness extend unto the starry skie verse 6 Thy right'ousness is like the hills the greatest not the least Thy judgments a deep Ocean fills thou savest man and beast verse 7 How excellent Lord is that grace and love that from thee springs Therefore the sons of men do place their trust in thy spread wings verse 8 With fatness of thine house on high thou shalt thy saints suffice And make them drink abundantly the river of thy joys verse 9 Because the spring of life most pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we shall be sure eternal light to see verse 10 O then continue thy sweet grace to them that have thee known And let thy right'ousness embrace the upright hearted one verse 11 But let not Lord the foot of pride against thy servant stand Nor let me ever fall or slide by any wicked hand verse 12 Lo there the wicked workers fall they fall before our eyes They are cast down and never shall be able more to rise Psalm XXXVII Windsor Tune FRet not thy self nor be in-cens'd for such as will trans-gress Nor be thou en -- vi -- ous a-gainst the Sons of wick ---- ed -- ness verse 2 For they shall soon be cut away like to the tender grass And like green herbs they shall decay and wither as they pass verse 3 Trust in the Lord and put thy hand to actions that be good So shalt thou dwell within the land and be assur'd of food verse 4 Also delight thy self in God and he shall let thee have Thy hearts desire accomplished whatever thou dost crave verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in his name And then according to his word he will effect the same verse 6 And he shall publish and display thy justice as the light And make thy judgment as noon day to shine exceeding bright verse 7 Rest on the Lord with patience stay fret not thy self a jot For him that prospers in his way and speeds his wicked plot verse 8 Let not rash anger in thee rise all wrath forsake and shun Fret not thy self in any wise that evil should be done verse 9 For evil doers shall be destroy'd by God's revenging hand But they that daily wait on God they shall enjoy the land verse 10 For lo within a little space the wicked shall be gone Yea and thou shalt not find his place though pondering thereupon verse 11 But meek men shall possess the earth with
men are meer vanity at best estate esteem'd verse 6 Sure each man walks in vainest show sure they are vext in vain He heaps up wealth and knows not who shall gather all his gain The second part verse 7 And now O Lord what wait I for my hope is all in thee verse 8 Save me from all my sins lest I a scorn to fools should be verse 9 But I was silent at these things I speak not but was dumb Because I knew my sufferings from thy good hand did come verse 10 Remove from me thy scourge and plague which I cannot withstand I am consumed by the blow of thy correcting hand verse 11 When thy rebukes correct for sin it makes mans beauty die Like garments where the moth hath been sure all are vanity verse 12 Lord hear my prayer attend my cry regard my tears that fall I sojourn as a stranger here as did my fathers all verse 13 O spare me Lord and give me breath my strength to me restore Before I go from hence by death and shall be seen no more Psalm XL. Dublin Tune WIth ex -- pect -- a -- tion for the Lord I wait --- ed pa -- tient --- ly At length to me he did ac -- cord and heark -- ned to my cry verse 2 He brought me from a dreadful pit and from the miry clay And on a rock he set my feet establishing my way verse 3 He taught my mouth new songs to frame our God to magnifie Many shall see and fear his name and on the Lord rely verse 4 O blessed man whose hearts repose is God for all supplies Respecting not the proud nor those that turn aside to lies verse 5 O Lord my God many are these great works which thou hast wrought Many the gracious purposes which are to us ward thought None can sum up how great they be and when I would express Declare and speak of them to thee I find them numberless verse 6 No sacrifice nor no such thing dost thou at all desire Burnt-offering or sin-off'ring thou dost of none require verse 7 But thou hast opened mine ears then lo I come said I The volume of thy book declares of me apparently verse 8 My God I come to do thy mind and do it with delight Yea in my heart thy law I find for there thou didst it write The second part verse 9 Thy justice and thy right'ousness in great resorts I tell Behold my tongue no time doth cease O Lord thou know'st full well verse 10 Thy justice I have not conceal'd my heart could not with-hold Thy faithfulness I have reveal'd and thy salvation told verse 11 With hold not thou thy tender love from me O Lord therefore Let truth and mercy from above preserve me evermore verse 12 For Lord with mischiefs manifold full sore beset am I My sins on me do take such hold I even droop and die And surely many more they be than hairs upon my head Therefore my heart quite faileth me and is discouraged verse 13 But of thy mercy gracious Lord be pleas'd to set me free And with great speed do thou afford salvation unto me verse 14 Let them sustain rebuke and shame that seek my soul to kill Drive back my foes and blast their fame that work or wish me ill verse 15 Let this reward their shame repay confounded let them be Whoever say aha aha in way of scorn to me verse 16 Let such as seek thy name be glad and joy in thee always Let such as love thy saving aid say still to God be praise verse 17 But poor and needy Lord am I yet not of God forgot Thou art my help and sure supply my God O tarry not Psalm XLI St. Marys Tune THe Man is blest that pru -- dent-ly doth of the poor cake care For God will sure de --- li -- ver him when great -- est dan -- gers are verse 2 The Lord will keep him safe alive and bless him in the land And thou wilt not deliver him into his en'mies hand verse 3 Upon his bed of languishing the Lord will hold his head And in his sickness strengthen him and make ev'n all his bed verse 4 O Lord said I do thou extend thy mercy unto me And heal my soul for I have sin'd and sore offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies speak ill of me and say when shall he die That so his name and memory may perish utterly verse 6 And if he come to visit me he doth but vainly gloze His heart heaps up iniquity and tells it where he goes verse 7 My hateful foes ly whispering and jointly they combine Against me to devise my hurt is all their main design verse 8 An evil and mischievous thing say they cleaves to him sore And now that he lies languishing he shall rise up no more verse 9 Yea Lord my peaceful friend of whom I was so confident That at my table eat my bread his heel's against me bent verse 10 But Lord be merciful to me and raise me up again That I may justly recompence the doings of these men verse 11 And that thou favour'st me O Lord by this good sign I see Because my foe may not insult nor triumph over me verse 12 But I in my integrity am stablisht by thy grace And thou for ever settest me before thy glorious face verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel be prais'd eternally From age to age for evermore Amen Amen say I. Psalm XLII Oxford Tune LIke as the thir-sty heart doth pant when he doth brooks of wa-ter want so sighs my soul O Lord for thee My soul thirsts for the li -- ving God when shall I en -- ter his a-bode his beams of beau-ty there to see verse 3 Tears are my food both right and day while where 's my God they daily say verse 4 My very soul in tears I shed when I remember how in throngs We fill'd his house with praise and songs and I their solemn dances led verse 5 My soul why art thou so deprest so tost and troubled in my breast O hope in God for evermore for yet again shall I confess His favours with much thankfulness and comforts which he shall restore verse 6 Yet now my soul within me faints my God consider my complaints For I will think upon thee still ev'n from the vale where Jordan flows Where Hermon his high forehead shews and also from the little hill The second part verse 7 Deep unto deep with noise do call when as thy spouts of water fall And while thy dreadful tempest raves for all thy floods falls from the skies And billows after billows rise to swallow me amidst the waves verse 8 Yet will the Lord by day command his loving-kindness near at hand His songs by night shall lodge with me as Musick sweet amidst my cares And then will I present my prayers God of my life ev'n unto thee verse 9 And say my God my rock O why am
In fathers stead thou shalt have sons by new and heavenly birth And make those sons most mighty ones and chief in all the earth verse 17 To ages all I 'le keep in store the mem'ry of thy name Thy praise therefore for evermore shall all the earth proclaim Psalm XLVI Dublin Tune God is our hope on whom we wait our strength and re --- fuge near A pre-sent help in ev'-ry strait There-fore we will not fear verse 2 No though the earth should be displac't and though the mountains steep Into the very sea be cast and bur'ed in the deep verse 3 Yea though the sea great noise doth make and restless roars and raves And though the very mountains shake with swelling of her waves verse 4 There is a river flows apace and maketh glad thereby The City of God the holy place and tents of the most high verse 5 The Lord is in the midst of her be mov'd she never may The Lord shall help her and confer that help by break of day verse 6 The heathen raged fur'ously the kingdoms moved were His voice he utter'd from on high the earth did melt for fear verse 7 The Lord of hosts of Israel is evermore with his And lo out tow'r impregnable the God of Jacob is The second part verse 8 Come see and ponder in your thought the works of God's own hand What desolations he hath wrought in sight of all the land verse 9 He ceaseth wars now ev'ry where which kingdoms did conspire He breaks the bow he cuts the spear the chariot burns with fire verse 10 Be still and understand saith he that I am God alone Among the heathen I will be the high exalted one On earth I will be magnifi'd in all my might and power verse 11 The Lord of hosts is on our side and Jacobs God's our tower Psalm XLVII London Tune YE peo -- ple all with one ac -- cord clap hands and joyn in joys Shout ye and sing un -- to the Lord with most tri --- um-phant noise verse 2 For he 's a high and dreadful one to be ador'd with fear A mighty king in all the earth exalted far and near verse 3 For us shall this almighty king subdue the heathen lands And people in subjection bring to Israels commands verse 4 Our heritage where we must dwell shall he select alone A glorious lot for Israel his wel-beloved one verse 5 God is ascended up on high with shouts which shake the ground The Lord is gone up gloriously with trumpets chearful sound verse 6 Sing praise to God sing praise with mirth sing praises to our king verse 7 For God is king of all the earth all skilful praises sing verse 8 God reigneth universally over the heathen lands Sits on his throne of sanctity and all the earth commands verse 9 The princes of the lands abroad do all of them flock hither All people serving Abrahams God they and their kings together For lo the shields of all the earth belong to God most high He is exalted and set forth exceeding glor'ously Psalm XLVII Metre 2. To the 148 Psalm Tune LEt all in sweet ac -- cord clap hands and voi --- ces raise In ho -- nour of the Lord and loud --- ly sing his praise For God most high is King of Kings and rules all things with Ma-je -- sty verse 3 Whole Nations of our foes he throws beneath our feet verse 4 A happy lot he chose for us as he thought meet The dignity of Israel belov'd so well by the most high verse 5 God is gone up on high with shouts and trumpets sound Ascending glor'ously verse 6 O let him be renown'd His praises sing and loudly raise your voice to praise our Heav'nly King verse 7 For God is Sovereign King and Lord of all the Earth With understanding sing and set his praises forth verse 8 God reigns alone o're Heathen men sitting upon his holy Throne verse 9 The Princes gather there the Princes of all Lands And people far and near whom Abraham's God commands The shields are his throughout the Earth of so great worth Jehovah is Psalm XLVIII St. Davids Tune GReat is the Lord his praise no less for so must we re -- cord Here in his hill of ho -- li -- ness and ci --- ty of our Lord. verse 2 Mount Sion is a beaut'ous thing the whole earth's joy and pride The city of the mighty king is on her northern side verse 3 The Lord within her palace there is known a refuge nigh verse 4 For lo the kings assembled were together they past by verse 5 They saw it and they marvelled for there they durst not stay But troubled and astonished they made great haste away verse 6 Great terrour there fell on our foes and grievous pangs of pain And sharp as women in their throwes at any time sustain verse 7 And as a fur'ous eastern wind puts Tarshan ships to wrack Such fur'ous force our foes did find when thy hand drove them back The second part verse 8 Now have we seen what we have heard recorded in our coasts Touching the city of the Lord the sov'reign Lord of hosts The city of our God to wit where this was testifi'd That God himself will stablish it for ever to abide verse 9 And these thy sure compassion Lord thy kindness and thy grace Most quietly did we record within thy holy place verse 10 For like thy name so is thy praise as far as land extends And store of right'ousness always thy right hand comprehends verse 11 Therefore let Sion plent'ously of heav'nly joys partake And Judah's daughters leap for joy for thy just judgment sake verse 12 Walk forth and compass Sion mount and round about her go Her stately tow'rs distinctly count and all their numbers know verse 13 Mark ye her bulwarks very well her palaces regard That ye may certifie and tell the ages afterward verse 14 For this God doth and will abide our God to our last breath For ever he will be our guide and our support till death Psalm XLIX Dublin Tune All dwel-lers here on earth give ear all peo -- ple heark-en hither All gen ' -- ral-ly both low and high both rich and poor toge -- ther. verse 3 My mouth behold shall now unfold and wisdom shall relate Yea and my heart and inward part shall knowledge meditate verse 4 I will incline this ear of mine a parable to hear And open my deep mistery upon my harp most clear verse 5 Why should the day of grief dismay and make me fear and doubt When steps of my iniquity shall compass me about verse 6 Concerning those that trust repose in wealth and worldly store And make their brags of golden bags though they have nothing more verse 7 There 's not a man of them that can his brother's soul redeem Nor for him may a ransome pay sufficient in esteem verse 8 For that 's of too great price to
Psalm LIII Dublin Tune THere is no God the fool doth say at least his heart saith so Cor-rupt are they and vile their way and all good works for -- goe verse 2 The sons of men th' Almighty view'd from heaven to descry If any of them understood and sought God faithfully verse 3 They are revolted gen'rally a most corrupted brood None treads the paths of piety nor any one doth good verse 4 Are all so brutishly misled that wicked paths have trod They eat my people like to bread they have not call'd on God verse 5 But lo they were affrighted sore and mightily dismaid Although there was no cause wherefore to make them so afraid For ev'n thy strong besiegers bones the Lord disperst abroad And thou hast sham'd those wicked ones because despis'd of God verse 6 O that the sweet salvation then which Isr'el waits for still Were fully come to all good men from out of Sion hill For surely when the Lord sets free his captives now so sad Then Jacob shall most joyful be and Isr'el shall be glad Psalm LIV. Martyrs Tune SAve me O God by thy great name and judge me by thy strength At-tend my pray'r re-ceive the fame and hear my words at length· verse 3 For strangers do against me rise oppressors seek my Bloud And do not set before their eyes the fear of thee O God verse 4 Lo God 's my help and stands with those that do uphold my heart verse 5 He shall reward my env'ous foes according to desert Destroy them in thy right'ousness verse 6 And freely I 'le accord With sacrifice thy name to bless for it is good O Lord. verse 7 For now hath God deliver'd me from all perplexing woes And let mine eyes most plainly see his will upon my foes Psalm LV. Bristol Tune O God un -- to my pray'r give ear and do not hide thy face But un --- to my re quest give ear now su --- ing for thy grace verse 2 Attend unto me graciously and hear my doleful cries I mourn with thoughts of misery and make a troubled noise verse 3 Because my en'mies voice grows high because leud men oppress They cast on me iniquity in wrath and spitefulness verse 4 My heart within me laboureth of pain that makes me sick The terrors of untimely death are fall'n upon me thick verse 5 Trembling and fearfulness do fall on me in ev'ry part And horrour coming therewithal hath over-whelm'd my heart verse 6 O! that I had the faculty of flying like a dove Then would I fly away said I and to some rest remove verse 7 Lo then I 'd wander wide and stay in desarts far to find verse 8 And hasten my escape away from tempest storm and wind The second part verse 9 Destroy O Lord do thou divide and separate their tongues For I have in the city spy'd strife violence and wrongs verse 10 Both day and night they go about upon the city wall Mischief and sorrow both break out within the midst of all verse 11 There is abundant wickedness within her very heart And from her streets deceitfulness and guile do not depart verse 12 For it was not an enemy that us'd me with such scorn For then I could more easily the injury have born Nor was it he that hated me that lift his horn so high For then I would have hidden me where he should not espie verse 13 But it was thou a man that hast thy self so magnifi'd Though my acquaintance once thou wast my equal and my guide verse 14 We did consult with sweet content in most familiar kind And to the house of God we went in company combin'd The third part verse 15 Let death seize on them speedily and send them quick to hell For there is all iniquity among them where they dwell verse 16 But as for me my care shall be upon my God to call And then shall he give ear to me and send me aid withall verse 17 Evening and morning and at noon I 'le pray and cry aloud And doubt not to be heard as soon his ear 's so easily bow'd verse 18 He hath preserv'd my soul in peace from battel in array For there was found a great increase with me that very day verse 19 My God shall hear and punish them he that of old abides But God's not fear'd of wicked men because no change betides verse 20 He hath put forth his treach'rous hands against his peaceful friends And broke his cov'nants solemn bands to serve his wicked ends verse 21 While he gave forth smooth butter'd words his heart was bent to spoil And though his words were naked swords they seem'd more soft then oyl verse 22 Cast on the Lord thy burthen then he shall thy soul sustain For he will not let righteous men be mov'd but still remain verse 23 But they shall all be overthrown that wickedness commit For thou O God wilt bring them down into destructions pit To bloody and decitful ways who e're addicted be Shall not continue half their days but I will trust in thee Psalm LVI Southwell Tune HAve mer -- cy Lord on me whom man would make a pre◠Be -- hold how he op -- pres -- seth me con -- tend -- ing ev ' -- ry day verse 2 They that mine en'mies be would daily me devour For infinite against me fight O thou of highest pow'r verse 3 What time soever Lord I am of foes afraid Lo then will I trust faithfully in thy assured aid verse 4 In God I 'le praise his word in God my trust shall be And placed there I will not fear what flesh can do to me verse 5 My words they utter wrong and wrest them ev'ry day Their thoughts are still to work me ill in whatsoe're they say verse 6 They all together throng they hide themselves likewise My steps they watch and ly at catch my soul for to surprize verse 7 Shall they escape so well in this their wicked path Upon them frown and Lord cast down this people in thy wrath verse 8 Thou dost my wandrings tell let down thy bottle Lord And put in there each briny tear are they not on record verse 9 When I shall cry to thee it puts to sudden flight My daunted foe and this I know for God defends my right verse 10 Thro'God's enabling me his word will I proclaim Yea in the Lord will I record his words due praise and fame verse 11 In God alone have I repos'd my trust for aid Let mortal man do what he can I will not be afraid verse 12 Thy vows upon me lie Lord I must pay the same And I always will render praise unto thy holy name verse 13 For thou my soul hast freed from death so near at hand And wilt not thou uphold me now and make my feet to stand That I may still proceed to walk as in thy sight And spend my days unto thy praise with them that live in
light Psalm LVII Dublin Tune BE mer -- ci -- ful to me O Lord be mer ---- ci -- ful to me Be -- cause my soul be -- lieves thy word and puts her trust in-thee Yea to the shadow of thy wings I will for refuge fly Untill these lamentable things shall quietly pass by verse 2 I 'l cry to God with earnest breath ev'n unto God most high Who faithfully accomplisheth my competent supply verse 3 And he shall send from heaven high and save me by his power From his reproach and obloquy that would my soul devour verse 4 God shall send forth his truth and grace though now my soul doth dwell And lodge among a wicked race set all on fire of hell Degen'rate sons of men I mean whose fury being stirr'd Their teeth are spears and arrows keen their tongue a sharpned sword The second part verse 5 Be thou exalted O great God above the starry skie And far above the earth abroad thy glory set on high My en'mies have prepar'd a net my steps to overthrow verse 6 My soul for which the same was set is bow'd down very low And they have also dig'd a pit before me in the way But falling in the midst of it themselves are made the prey verse 7 My heart is fixed stedfastly my heart is fixt O God And I will sing with melody and spread thy praise abroad verse 8 Awake my glory up I say my harp and lute awake And I will wake before the day sweet melody to make verse 9 Thy praise O Lord will I set forth where throngs of people be Among the nations of the earth will I sing praise to thee verse 10 Because thy mercy doth ascend unto the heavens high Thy truth as largely doth extend unto the cloudy skie verse 11 O God let thy exalted name above the heavens stand Advance thy glory and thy fame above the sea and land Psalm LVIII Martyrs Tune O Con -- gre-ga-tion put in trust and men of mor --- tal seed Are all your judg-ments true and just and are they so in --- deed verse 2 Nay in your hearts ye do devise to bind the cruel bands And in the Earth ye exercise the vi'lence of your hands verse 3 The wicked from the very womb have erred on this wise Into the world no sooner come but go astray by lies verse 4 Such as the serpents poison is such poison just is theirs And as the adder stoppeth his just so they stop their ears verse 5 For the deaf adder will not hear the charmers charming voice But deaf to all his charms appear though they were ne're so choise verse 9 Lord break their teeth within their mouth the great teeth of the stout Of the fierce lions in their youth O God ev'n break them out verse 7 As weak as water let them be and when he aim's to shoot Let all his whole artillery drop broken at his foot verse 8 As snails within the shell consume so Lord consume them quite And like abortives from the womb which never see the light verse 9 Before the pots can feel the thorns his fury shall let drive And with his whirwinds angry storms take them away alive verse 10 The just shall joy it doth them good to see thy vengeance then And he shall wash his feet in bloud of the ungodly men verse 11 So that a man shall surely say sure just men have reward And there 's a God that doth repay and justice doth regard Psalm LIX St. David's Tune MY God do thou de -- li --- ver me from all mine e --- ne -- mies And save me from their ty -- ran-ny that do a -- gainst me rise verse 2 From workers of iniquity in mercy set me free From all their bloudy cruelty my God deliver me verse 3 For lo they lie in wait for me the mighty do combine Against me undeservedly and for no fault of mine verse 4 They run and do themselves prepare when I no fault do make Awake to help me by thy care and perfect notice take verse 5 Most mighty God of Israel awake to judge the earth Spare none that wilfully rebell but pour thy vengeance forth verse 6 Lo they return at evening-tide and as a hungry hound They make a noise on ev'ry side and trace the city round verse 7 Their mouths belch out great blasphemy lo in their lips are swords For who say they doth stand so nigh that he should hear our words verse 8 But thou O Lord shalt laugh at them and they shall be despis'd For thou shalt scorn the heathen men and all th'uncircumcis'd verse 9 Because of his great strength and pow'r Lord I will wait on thee For God is my defence and tow'r to which I always flee verse 10 The God from whom my mercy flows shall me betimes prevent And let me see upon my foes my very hearts content The second part verse 11 Lord bring them down but slay them not disperse them by thy pow'r And let it never be forgot O Lord our shield and tow'r verse 12 For wicked words and blasphemies O trap them in their pride And for the curses and the lies which from their lips do slide verse 13 Consume in wrath consume them quite that men may apprehend Thou rul'st in Jacob by thy might to th' earths remotest and. verse 14 Let them return at evening-tide and like a hungry hound Make a great noise on every side and trace the city round verse 15 Wand'ring abroad with weary feet seek up and down for meat And howl when they are hunger-bit and have not what to eat verse 16 But I with early diligence will sing aloud thy praise Who wast my refuge and defence in all my dang'rous days verse 17 O thou my strength I 'le sing to thee to praise thy love and pow'r Who art a gracious God to me my strong defence and tow'r Psalm LX. Lowath Tune O God thou didst us once for -- sake and we were scat-ter'd then Thou wast dis-pleas'd but O be-take thy self to us a --- gain verse 2 The earth sore broken with thy hand doth tremble Lord and quake O heal the breaches of our land for it doth bow and shake verse 3 Things that were hard and rigorous thou hast impos'd on thine And thou hast given drink to us of stupifying wine verse 4 Yet gav'st thou them that feared thee the banner of thy aid Because of truth and veritie to be on high displai'd verse 5 Now Lord that thy beloved land delivered may be Save with the pow'r of thy right hand and harken unto me verse 6 In holiness Jehovah speak with joy I go about All Shechem to divide and take and Succoth vale mete out verse 7 Manasseh must to me subcribe and Gil'ad stand in aw My chiefest strength is Ephraims tribe and Judah gives my law verse 8 On Edom I will set my foot my wash-pot Mo'b shall be And thou O Palestina shout and
that because of me verse 9 But who will lead me all the way unto the city strong And who will guide me that I may to Edom go along verse 10 Thou Lord that hadst cast off our coast and thou O God ev'n thou That lately wentst not with our hoast wilt thou not guide me now verse 11 The help of man is vanity Lord help us in distress verse 12 Through God we shall do valiantly he shall our foes suppress Psalm LXI To the 119 Psalm Tune RE -- gard O Lord when I com-plain and make my suit to thee Let not my pray'r as-cend in vain but give good ear to me For from the earths re-mo --- test part I cry for some re --- lief To thee O Lord when as my heart is o --- ver-whelm'd with grief Conduct me to that rock of pow'r that higher is than I verse 3 For thou wast my safe hope and tow'r against the enemy verse 4 And in thy tabernacle still I gladly will abide Under thy secret wings I will continually confide verse 5 The vows that did my soul engage Lord thou hast heard the same And gav'st me to the heritage of those that fear thy name verse 6 To thine anointed thou didst give prolonged days to see The many years that he shall live the longest age shall be verse 7 Before the Lord he shall abide for ever to endure Thy truth and mercy O provide which may preserve him sure verse 8 So will I sing from day to day the praises of thy name That having vow'd I daily may to thee perform the same Psalm LXII Bristol Tune MY soul with ex -- pect-a --- ti -- on de -- pends on God in -- deed Be-cause my whole sal-va --- ti --- on doth still from him pro -- ceed verse 2 He only is my rock of pow'r my saving health is he He is my high defence and tow'r much mov'd I shall not be verse 3 How long a time will ye devise and labour what you can To act mischievous villanies against a harmless man Ye shall be sure of recompence for God shall slay you all Ye shall be like a tottering fence and as a bowing wall verse 4 His excellency to subvert they only do devise They bless with mouth but curse in heart and take delight in lies verse 5 But thou my soul still wait upon the high and holy one Because my expectation doth come from him alone verse 6 He only is my rock of power and my salvation prov'd He is my high defence and tower I shall not once be mov'd verse 7 In God is my salvation and glor'ous dignity God is my strength and station my rock and refuge nigh verse 8 At all times trust in him alone ye saints with one accord pour out your hearts before his throne our refuge is the Lord. verse 9 Sure mean men are but vanity and great men are a ly Wholly more light than vanity if them you weigh and try verse 10 Trust not in wrong and injury in robb'ry be not vain If wealth and riches multiply set not your heart on gain verse 11 Once God hath spoke yea and again twice have I heard this said That power doth only appertain unto the mighty God verse 12 And also that compassion belongs O Lord to thee And thou rewardest every one just as his actions be Psalm LXIII To the 119 Psalm Tune O God my God I 'le seek to thee with ear --- ly care and haste Fâ—r Lord my ve -- ry soul in me doth thirst of thee to taste And in this bar -- ren wil --- der-ness where wa -- ters there are none My flesh doth great-ly long for thee and thee I wish a ---- lone verse 2 That I might see thy glor'ous pow'r and brightness of thy face As I have seen it heretofore within thy holy place verse 3 Because the loving-Kindness Lord which is in thee alwayes Is better to thy saints then life my lips shall give thee praise verse 4 Thus will I bless thee all my days and celebrate thy fame My hands I will devoutly raise in thy most holy name verse 5 With marrow and with fatness fill'd my very soul shall be My mouth shall joyn with joyfull lips in giving praise to thee verse 6 When on my bed I do record thy love with sweet delight And meditate on thee O Lord I' th watches of the night verse 7 Because thou Lord has been my healp I will lift up my voice And in the shadow of thy wings I greatly will rejoyce verse 8 My soul doth press hard after thee and follows thee apace And thy right hand upholdeth me while I pursue the chase verse 9 But they that seek my soul to slay shall certainly descend Into the inwards of the earth by some unhappy end verse 10 The sword shall shed their guilty bloud and they shall fall thereby And be the portion and the food of foxes when they die verse 11 But God's anointed shall rejoyce his servants all shall glory In God that shall strike dumb my foes and stop their lying story Psalm LXIII Metre 2. Oxford Tune O God my gra-cious God to Thee My Morn-ing Pray'rs shall of -- err'd be For thee my thir-sty soul doth pant My faint-ing flesh im-plores thy grace With-in this dry and bar-ren Place Where I re-fresh-ing wa-ters want verse 2 O to my longing Eyes once more that Veiw of glor'ous Pow'r restore Which thy Majestick House displays verse 3 Because to me thy wondrous love Than life it self does dearer prove my lips shall always speak thy praise verse 4 My Life while I that Life enjoy in blessing God I will employ With lifted Hands adore his Name verse 5 My Soul 's Content shall be as great As theirs who choicest Dainties eat while I with Joy his praise proclaim verse 6 When down I lie sweet Sleep to find Thou Lord art present to my mind And when I wake in dead of Night verse 7 Because thou still dost succour bring Beneath the shadow of thy wing I rest with safety and delight verse 8 My soul when Foes would me devour cleaves fast to Thee whose matchless Pow'r In her Support is dayly shown verse 9 But those the Right'ous Lord shall slay That my Destruction wish and they that seek my Life shall lose their own verse 10 They by untimely ends shall die their flesh a prey to Foxes lie But God shall fill the King with Joy verse 11 Who thee confess shall still rejoyce Whilst the false Tongue and lying Voice Thou Lord shalt silence and destroy Psalm LXIV Lincoln Tune VOuch-safe O Lord to hear my cry and to my pray'r give ear Preserve my life from th'-ene -- mie of whom I stand in fear Lord hide me from the se --- cret snare that wick --- ed men de --- vise From them that wick-ed work-ers are and do a -- gainst me rise verse 3 who whet their tongues like sharpest swords and
bend their speeches so That they may shoot their bitter words as arrows from their bow verse 4 That they may shoot in secrecy the perfect man to hit They do shoot at him suddainly and do not fear a whit verse 5 With courage they in ill proceed and commune how to lay Their privy snares in hope to speed for who shall see say they verse 6 They search out shrew'd iniquities they search with utmost art Their inward thought how deep it lies in ev'ry wicked heart verse 7 But God shall let his arrows fly to shoot at them therefore And with an arrow suddainly shall they be wounded sore verse 8 So shall they make their tongues to fall upon themselves that day And it shall make beholders all for fear to flee away verse 9 All men shall fear that see this thing they shall Gods works declare Most prudently considering what these his doings are verse 10 The right'ous shall in God delight confiding in his name And all that are in heart upright shall glory in the same Psalm LXV Southwell Tune O God praise wait -- eth still for thee in Si --- on hill The vow will we per -- form to thee and rea --- di ---- ly ful --- fil verse 2 O thou whose titles are the God that hearest pray'r The God to whom all flesh shall come to thee we do repair verse 3 Our sins have born great sway and much against us say But as for these Lord thou shalt please to purge them all away verse 4 O blessed man is he whom thou dost choose to thee And mak'st resort unto thy court a dweller there to be Where all that do abide shall fully be supply'd With grace of which the house is rich which thou hast sanctify'd verse 5 By fearful things displai'd in justice for our aid O God of our protecting pow'r thy answer shall be made Who art our confidence and all the earths defence And also theirs whom th' ocean bears and all the coasts far hence verse 6 Whose strength sets fast the hills and girt with pow'r he stills verse 7 The sea that raves with boist'rous waves and mens rebellious wills verse 8 Thy signs affright the stout that dwell the earth throughout Thou dost display the break of day and mak'st the ev'ning shout verse 9 Thou visitest the land wat'ring it with thine hand Gods river which makes th' earth so rich pours down at thy command It doth with water flow and corn thou dost bestow When as thou hast by thy fore-cast provided for it so verse 10 Her ridges all aloft thou water'st very oft Her surrows all thou mak'st to fall with show'rs thou mak'st it soft verse 11 Her budding thou dost bless thy goodness Lord no less Doth crown the year and ev'ry where thy paths drop fruitfulness verse 12 They drop on desarts wide thy pastures are supply'd While rain distills the little hills rejoice on ev'ry side verse 13 The pastures flocks forth bring with corn the valley's spring And cover'd o're with stock and store they shout for joy and sing psalm LXVI London Tune O all ye lands in God re-joyce Sing forth his praise and fame Ex -- tol him both with heart and voice and glo --- ri --- fy his name verse 3 How terrible O Lord say ye in all thy works thou art Thy foes are forc'd to yield to thee though with a feigned heart verse 4 To thee shall all the earth bow down and sing to thee O Lord Thy holy names reserv'd renown in songs shall they record verse 5 The works of God O come and see ye shall acknowledg then How terrible his actions be unto the sons of men verse 6 He turn'd the sea to firm dry land and where the ships do swim We went on foot as on the sand there we rejoyc't in him verse 7 He rules with pow'r for ev'rmore his eyes all lands espy Let not rebellious men therefore exalt themselves on high The second part verse 8 O all ye people bless our God and let the chearful voice Of his due praise be heard abroad while we in him rejoice verse 9 Who setting dangers all aside our soul in life doth stay And suff'ring not our foot to slide upholds us in our way verse 10 But thou hast tri'd and prov'd us yet ev'n as the skilful tryer Doth prove his Silver casting it into the hottest fire verse 11 Thou broughtest us into the net where we intangled were And great afflictions very great thou mad'st our loins to bear verse 11 Thou mad'st fierce men ride o're our heads we went through flames and floods But now thou hast thy people led to places stor'd with goods The third part verse 13 Lord I will go into thy house burnt-off'rings I will bring And I will pay thee all my vows fulfilling ev'ry thing verse 14 The vows which with my mouth I speak in all my grief and smart The vows I say which I did make in anguish of my heart verse 5 I 'le offer thee burnt-sacrifice incense and fat of rams And I will offer thee likewise fat bullocks goats and lambs verse 16 Come forth and hearken ev'ry one that fears the living Lord What he for my poor soul hath done I will to you record verse 17 I call'd upon his sacred name this mouth to him did cry My tongue likewise extoll'd his fame with great alacrity verse 18 I also watch't least any way my heart should sin regard For then I knew when I did pray my pray'r should not be heard verse 19 But God hath heard me verily and did full well attend Unto my pray'r and fervent cry which did to him ascend verse 20 All praise to him to him I say that always had regard And nev'r put my pray'r away nor sent me home unheard Psalm LXVII Southwell Tune HAve mer --- cy on us Lord and grant to us thy grace And un -- to us do thou af -- ford the bright-ness of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may know the way to godly wealth And all that live on earth below may see thy saving health verse 3 Let all the world O God give praise unto thy name O let the people all abroad extoll and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let all rejoice with mirth For thou shalt justly judge and guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the world O God give praise unto thy name O let the people all abroad extoll and laud the same verse 6 Then shall the earth increase great store of fruit shall fall And God our God shall grant us peace and greatly bless us all verse 7 Yea God shall bless us all and earth both far and near And people all in general of him shall stand in fear Psalm LXVIII To the 119 Psalm Tune LEt God om-ni --- po-tent a-rise his scat-t'red foes to chase And let his hate -- ful e --- ne-mies fly from his an ---- gry
face As dri-ven smoak dis-pel them quite as fire makes wax to fry So let them pe -- rish in his sight that work in --- i ----- qui -- ty But let the just be fill'd with joy rejoicing in his sight Yea let them most exceedingly rejoice with great delight Sing unto God and sound his praise who back't the vaulting skie By Jah his name his honour raise and let your joys go high verse 5 A father of the fatherless and judge of widows case Is God whose throne of holiness is in the highest place verse 6 He stores the solitary cell he frees the chain'd and bound But le ts rebellious people dwell and starve in barren ground The second part verse 7 O God when thou wast in the head of all thy peoples host When marching thou their camp didst lead along the desart coast verse 8 The earth did at thy presence quake in drops the heavens fell Thy sight made Sinai's hill to shake O God of Israel verse 9 O God thou didst the drought asswage sending a plent'ous rain Whereby thy weary heritage was well refresht again verse 10 Thy congregation settled there for thou didst it restore Thou of thy goodness didst prepare a dwelling for the poor verse 11 God gave the word of victory and presently there came Innumerable company that published the same verse 12 The kings of armies overcome were forc'd to flee away And ev'n she that stay'd at home helpt to divide the prey The third part verse 13 Though ye have lien among the pots ye shall be to behold As wings of doves with silver spots and plum'd with yellow Gold verse 14 When the Almighty in our sight gave kings the overthrow Victorious Isra'l shin'd as bright as doth the Salmon snow verse 15 The hill whereon Jehovah dwells as Bashen hill we count A lofty hill that paralels the height of Bashan mount verse 16 Ye higher hills why leap ye so for this must be the hill Which God doth for his dwelling know and so he ever will verse 17 God's char'ots twenty thousand are myriads of chief account The Lord 's among them as it were in Sina's holy mount verse 18 Thou hast ascended up on high and thou O Christ didst then Lead captive our captivity receiving gifts for men Yea ev'n for rebellious men thou didst those gifts receive That God the Lord might dwell with them and they rebellion leave verse 19 Blessed be God that doth us load with daily favours thus Ev'n that God that hath bestow'd salvation upon us verse 20 For our God is the God alone that doth salvation give And those that under death do groan by him alone do live verse 21 But God shall wound his en'mies head and in his kindled wrath Shall make his hairy scalp to bleed that holds his sinful path The fourth part verse 22 I 'le bring again the Lord did say from Bashan when I please I 'le bring my people safe away even from the deepest seas verse 23 That thou mayst dip thy foot in blood of adversaries slain And bathing in the crimson flood thy dogs their tongues may stain verse 24 For they have seen O God this thing they saw thy steps divine The goings of my Lord my king within his sacred shrine verse 25 In first place went the singing men the minstrels next aspire The damsels with the timbrels then made up the sacred choir verse 26 O bless the Lord his praise forth tell where all the church doth meet Ev'n from the spring of Israel sound forth his praises sweet verse 27 There little Benjamin doth run and Judah's companie The Princes too of Zebulon and those of Napthali verse 28 Thy God by his supreme command hath strengthened thee thus Strengthen O God by thy good hand what thou hast wrought for us verse 29 Thy temple at Jerusalem shall then cause forreign kings To bring to thee their diadem and all their precious things The fifth part verse 30 Rebuke the spear-mens company and that unruly crew Of bulls and calves till gen'rally they pay their tributes due Till each man silver plate presents disperse and scatter far All those tumultuous malecontents that take delight in war verse 31 Then shall the lords of Egypt land to thee their presents bring The Black-moores shall stretch out their hand unto their heav'nly king verse 32 Sing unto God most joyfully ye kingdoms of the earth O sing unto the Lord most high and sing his praise with mirth verse 33 The heav'ns of heav'ns of old which backs like some well manag'd steed Hark how his voice in thunder cracks a mighty voice indeed verse 34 Ascribe ye strength to our great God whose excellency rare Is over Isr'el plainly shew'd whose strength the clouds declare verse 35 O God thou art a dreadful one and so thou dost appear From heav'n thy high and holy throne and in thy temple there For Isr'els God and Saviour he is the very same That gives his people strength and pow'r and blessed be his name Psalm LXIX Bristol Tune SAve me O God of thy free grace for now the bil -- lows roul And pres-sing on come in a -- pace in --- to my ve --- ry soul. verse 2 I sink in deepest mire and mud where is no standing ground I am o'rewhelmed with the flood whose waters do abound verse 3 Uncessant crying wear'eth me my throat is hoarse likewise While O my God I wait for thee with sick and famisht eyes verse 4 And they that hate me causlesly I reckon to be moe Then are the very hairs I think which on my head do grow And they that would destroy me Lord my wrongful foes are they And mighty so that I restor'd what I took not away verse 5 O God thou know'st my foolishness and thou dost fully see If I have done unright'ousness it is not hid from thee verse 6 Let none that wait upon thy name Lord God of hosts I pray Let none of them be put to shame for my sake any way verse 7 Because for thy sake Lord alone I suffer this disgrace For thy sake Lord and not my own hath shame o'respread my face verse 8 A stranger now I am become to brethren of my own One mother bare us in her womb yet am I as unknown verse 9 For zeal hath quite consumed me which to thy house I bear And the reproaches cast at thee are fall'n to be my share The second part verse 10 When I did weep when I did fast for chast'ning of my soul That in a scoff at me they cast and did reproach me foul verse 11 I put on sackcloth to my shame for they my deed condemn And when I wore it I became a proverb unto them verse 12 They that did sit within the gate discourst of these as crimes And drunkards as they quaffing sat did put me in their rimes verse 13 But as for me O Lord my pray'r waits the propitious hour Let me thy bount'ous mercies
share and prove thy saving pow'r verse 14 Deliver me out of the mire and me from sinking keep From those that do my hurt desire and from the waters deep verse 15 Let not the flood prevail a whit whose water overflows Nor deep devour me nor the pit her mouth upon me close verse 16 Hear me O Lord for thou art still both loving kind and good Thy tender mercies on me spill and drown me in that flood verse 17 And from thy servant do not hide thy face in this my need I am opprest on ev'ry side O hear me Lord with speed verse 18 Unto my troubled soul draw nigh redeem and set it free And from mine en'mies tyranny do thou deliver me verse 19 Thou know'st all my reproach and shame thou seest my great disgrace Mine en'mies which procure the same are all before thy face The third part verse 20 My heart is broke with obloquy and I am full of grief I look't for some to pity me but no man gave relief verse 21 In vain on comforters I think when gall they gave for meat And gave me vinegar to drink when as my thirst was great verse 22 O turn their table to a snare and that which should have been For to have made them well to fare a trap to take them in verse 23 Let darkness be before their eyes and let them still mistake Yea and enforce their guilty loins continually to shake verse 24 Pour out thine indignation still with force on them to fall And let thine anger terrible take hold upon them all verse 25 And let their habitation be desolate and waste And in their empty tents not one inhabitant be plac't verse 26 For lo they persecute him much whom thou hast smote before And talk unto the grief of such as thou hast wonnded sore verse 27 Add therefore sin unto their sin and let them still transgress And let them never enter in into thy right'ousness verse 28 O let the book of life be rac't and thence their names be took And never with the just be plac't in that most blessed book verse 29 But I am poor and full of grief Lord to my soul draw nigh Let thy salvation give relief and set me up on high verse 30 I will take up a joyful song God's praises to proclaim Extoll him with a thankful tongue and magnify his name verse 31 And this shall please the Lord likewise and make a better proof Then ox or bull in sacrifice that hath both horn and hoofe verse 32 Hereat the humble shall be glad to see it with their eye And lo your heart that seeks for God shall live and never die verse 33 For lo the Lord doth hear the cries which his poor servants make Those pris'ners he doth not despise that suffer for his sake verse 34 Therefore let heaven his praises sing the earth and all the seas And also every kind of thing that lives and moves in these verse 35 For surely God will Sion save and Jadah's cities rear That dwelling houses men may have and large possessions there verse 36 His servants seed the faithful race inheriting the same And it shall be the dwelling-place of them that love his name Psalm LXX To the 51 Psalm Tune MAke haste O Lord and set me free make haste O God and suc -- cour me Con-found them with con-founding shame that seek my soul to hurt the same Let them be turned backward still turn'd back with shame that wish me ill verse 3 Reward their shame that say Aha and let confusion be their pay verse 4 All that seek thee and all that love salvation coming from above Full glad in thee let them abide still saying God be magnifi'd verse 5 But I am needy weak and poor make haste to help me Lord therefore My help and my deliverer thou art O Lord do not defer Psalm LXXI Lowath Tune O Lord I put my trust in thee when plun -- ged in di -- stress Let no con-fu -- sion seize on me nor shame my soul op -- press verse 2 Defend me in thy right'ousness and rescue me with speed Encline thine ear with readiness and save me at my need verse 3 Be thou my rock where I may have all times a safe resort 'T was thy command thy saint to save O thou my strength and fort verse 4 Save me my God from wicked men and from their strength and pow'r From folk unright'ous and from them that cruelly devour verse 5 On thee O God my hopes attend and upon none beside My youth did upon thee depend as it 's most faithful guide verse 6 Thou hast upheld me from my birth thou tookest care of me Ev'n from the womb thou brought'st me forth my praise still waits on thee verse 7 Indeed I seem a prodigie to many carnal eyes But my strong refuge is on high on him my hope relies verse 8 Therefore my mouth shall daily sing the glory of thy name And let it not speak any thing but of thy praise and fame The second part verse 9 My God O cast me not away when age my limbs doth shake And when my vigour doth decay do not my soul forsake verse 10 For they that bare me causless hate against me speak full ill And they that for my soul lay wait conspire against me still verse 11 Lay hands upon him now they said and let us all fall on For there is none to be his aid his God from him is gone verse 12 Therefore O God that seest my need far from me do not be But Lord my God make haste make speed to help and succour me verse 13 Confound them and consume them all that do against me rise Let scorn and shame upon them fall that do my hurt devise verse 14 But I on thee my hopes have set and laid them up in store Nor will I ever thee forget but praise thee more and more verse 15 I will do nothing all the day but shew thy righteousness All day thy saving joys display for they are numberless verse 16 Assisted by thy strength O God I will go safely on Thy right'ousness I 'le spread abroad thy right'ousness alone verse 17 For from my tender inafncy O God thou hast me taught And I have told continually what wonders thou hast wrought verse 18 Forsake me not now I am old now that my hairs grow white Till unto this age have told and shew'd the next thy might The third part verse 19 Thy right'ousness O God exceeds in the most high degree Thou hast performed wondrous deeds who can compare with thee verse 20 Thou who hast shew'd me troubles sore ev'n thou my life shalt save And though I were intomb'd restore and bring me from the grave verse 21 My greatness thou shalt much increase my comforts shall abound And with thy comforts and thy peace thou shalt inclose me round verse 22 I will instruct each warbling string to make thy praises known Yea O
my God thy truth I 'le sing O Israel's holy one verse 23 A multitude of joys shall throng about my lips to sit While my glad soul breaths out a song to him that ransom'd it verse 24 My tongue shall also now proclaim thy justice all day long For they are quell'd and brought to shame that seek to do me wrong Psalm LXXII To the 119 Psalm Tune LOrd give thy judg-ments to the king that ju --- stice may be done And give the skill of go-vern-ing un --- to his prince --- ly son Then shall he go-vern up -- right-ly and do thy peo --- ple right Then shall he judge with e -- qui-ty the poor that have no might verse 3 The very mountains he shall bless to bring the people peace The little hills by right'ousness shall yeild a great increase verse 4 And he shall judge the indigent and save the poor and weak And the oppressor fraudulent in pieces he shall break verse 5 and then from age to age shall they regard and fear thy might So long as sun doth shine by day or else the moon by night verse 6 He shall descend as soaking rain upon the mowen grass As show'rs that water hills and plains whatever way they pass verse 7 The just shall flourish in his days and all shall be at peace Untill the very moon decays and all it's motions cease verse 8 He shall be Lord of sea and land from shore to shore throughout From sea to sea on either hand and all the earth about verse 9 All those that in the deserts dwell before him bow they must His enemies he will compell to stoop and lick the dust verse 10 The kings of Tarshish and the Isles Sheba and Seba's king Shall come with presents many mlies and gifts to him shall bring verse 11 Yea all the kings and higher powers shall kneel before his throne All nations and their governours shall serve this king alone verse 12 For he the needy one shall save when unto him they call The poor I say and them that have no help of man at all The second part verse 13 Most mercifully he shall spare the poor whom power controuls And he will ever have a care to save poor needy souls verse 14 From violence and thral shall he their abject souls redeem And in his sight their bloud shall be of singular esteem verse 15 And he shall live till they bring store to him of Sheba's gold He shall be prays'd for evermore and daily be extoll'd· verse 16 Handfulls of corn shall grow upon the pregnant mountain tops The fruit shall shake like Lebanon of that same little crop The Citizens of Sion hill shall flourish as the grass And in great peace and plenty still their happy days shall pass verse 17 His name shall last and be in mind till sun's surcease and rest And as a blessing to man-kind all lands shall call him blest verse 18 Praise ye the Lord of hosts and sing to Isra'ls God each one For he doth ev'ry wondrous thing yea he himself alone verse 19 And blessed be his glorious name to all eternity Let th' earth be filled with his fame Amen amen say I. Psalm LXXIII Martyrs Tune TO Is --- ra'l tru --- ly God is good to each pure-heart -- ed one But as for me I scare -- ly stood my feet were al --- most gone verse 3 For I was galled grievously and mov'd with envy then Beholding the prosperity of these ungodly men verse 4 For in their death no bands there are their strength is firm and sure verse 5 They have no plagues no grief nor care which other men indure verse 6 Pride therefore like brave Ornaments doth compass them about And like a garment violence doth cover them throughout verse 7 Their eyes stand out with very fat of wealth they have such store What heart can wish nor only that but ev'n a great deal more verse 8 Corrupt they are and very vain and with unbridled tongue Oppression proudly they maintain and highly boast of wrong verse 9 Against the heavens all along their daring mouth dares talk And their unbridled lavish tongue throughout the earth doth walk verse 10 Therefore God's people oft come up and here they turn about Since waters of so full a cup to them are poured out The second part verse 11 And thus they say how can it be that God should ever know And the most high discern and see the things that are so low verse 12 Behold these the ungodly are that seem to live in peace And prosper in the world so far whose riches still increase verse 13 Then said I I may gather hence that I with too much pain Have wash'd my hands in innocence and cleans'd my heart in vain verse 14 For I was plagued for my sin ev'n all day long O God And ev'ry morning I have been chastised with thy rod. verse 15 But when I had conceiv'd all this I still refrain'd my tongue Lest I should censure saints amiss and do thy children wrong verse 16 Then I bethought me how I might this matter understand But lo the labour was too great for me to take in hand verse 17 Till in thy house I did attend and there O Lord and then I understood the wretched end of these ungodly men verse 18 For surely in a slippery place thou causedst them to sit To cast them down with great disgrace into Destruction's pit verse 19 A moment brings their misery O great and wondrous change They are consumed utterly with terrours great and strange verse 20 Ev'n as a dream in fancies brow from waking senses flies Lord when thou awak'st thou shalt their Image quite despise The Third part verse 21 Yet thus my heart was griev'd hereby and pain my reins opprest verse 22 So rude and ignorant was I and in thy sight a beast verse 23 Nevertheless I do remain continually with thee By thy right hand thou dost sustain and firmly holdest me verse 24 Thy counsels Lord which I regard are my most faithful guide And thou shalt take me afterward to heav'n glorify'd verse 25 For whom have I in heav'n but thee nor is there any one In all the earth desir'd of me except thy self alone verse 26 My flesh doth fail me very sore but God upholds my heart He is my strength for evermore my portion and my part verse 27 For they that far estranged be lo they and ev'ry one That go a whoring Lord from thee shall quite be overthrown verse 28 But now for me 't is best of all near thee my God to dwell I trust in God and that I shall of all thy wonders tell Palm LXXIV Dublin Tune WHy art thou Lord so far from us in all this dan -- ger deep Why doth thine an --- ger kin --- dle thus a --- gainst thy pa -- sture sheep verse 2 From times of old remember still where thy possessions fell The purchas 't place of Sion
hill where thou wast wont to dwell verse 3 Perpetual ruine's here begun come help and come apace See what thy foes have lewdly done within thy holy place verse 4 Amidst thy congregation here thine en'mies rage and roar And set for signs their ensigns there where thou wast serv'd before verse 5 A man was famous formerly for hewing down thick trees By lifting up his ax on high to fetch his blow at these verse 6 But now they rend and rase as fast and all at once are broke The curious carved work defac't with ax and hammer's stroke verse 7 Thy holy house they set on flame defil'd and cast to ground The dwelling-place of thy great name where once thou wast renown'd verse 8 They said in heart come on let us destroy them out of hand And they have burnt up ev'ry house of God in all the land verse 9 Our signs are lost our prophets gone thine oracles are dumb Among us all there is not one konws when an end shall come The second part verse 10 How long Lord shall the enemy breath such reproach and shame Lord shall our foes perpetually blaspheme thy sacred name verse 11 Wherefore O Lord withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand O from thy bosome pluck it now thy en'mies to withstand verse 12 For God is Isra'ls king of old who hath salvation wrought And all the earth may well behold what help to his he brought verse 13 Thou by thy strength didst part the seas where liquid water spreads And in the very depth of these thou brok'st the dragons heads verse 14 Leviathans heads thou didst divide although their strength was great And thus thy people were suppli'd i' th wilderness for meat verse 15 The flood and fountain Lord most high thy power did cleave in two And mighty rivers thou mad'st dry that Isra'l might go through verse 16 The shining day and shady night peculiarly are thine Thou hast O Lord prepar'd the light and caus'd the sun to shine verse 17 The earth with all the ends and coasts thy mighty hand did frame Both summer's heat and winter's frosts by thine appointment came The third part verse 18 O Lord let this remembred be how great reproach and shame The en'my dares to cast on thee how fools blaspheme thy name verse 19 Thy turtles soul which many hate do not to them deliver Thy congregations poor estate do not forget for ever verse 20 Regard thy cov'nant rid and clense dark corners of our land So full of cruel Robbers dens as ev'ry where they stand verse 21 O let not those that are opprest return again with shame But help the needy and distress't and let them praise thy name verse 22 Arise O Lord and still maintain the cause that is thy own Remember well how fools disdain and daily scorns are thrown verse 23 Forget not Lord how great it grows how insolent how high The tumults of thy rebell foes increase continually Psalm LXXV St. Marys Tune O God we ren-der thanks to thee to thee we give the same For by thy won-drous works we see the near --- ness of thy name verse 2 When I the congregation call an upright judge I 'le be verse 3 The earth 's dissolv'd the men and all her pillars hold by me verse 4 But I admonish'd them the while ye wicked fools said I Be not so vain be not so vile nor lift your horn so high verse 5 Presumptuous horns do not advance nor speak with haughty mouth verse 6 Promotion doth not come by chance from east or west or south verse 7 But God is sovereign judge alone and there can be no other He at his pleasure pulls down one and setteth up another verse 8 For in God's hand there is a cup the liquor that it hath Is wine as red as blood fill'd up with mixtures of his wrath He pours it out and he will make the wicked of the land Wring out the very dregs and take and drink them at his hand verse 9 To Jacobs God I will each day declare fresh songs of praise verse 10 The wicked's horns I 'le cut away but right'ous mens I 'l raise Psalm LXXVI To the 100 Psalm Tune IN Ju --- dah God is known to his his name is great in Is -- ra --- el His san -- ctu'-ry at Sa --- lem is he doth in Si --- on-moun-tain dwell verse 3 The bows and arrows brake he there the battle shield and sword and spear verse 4 Thou art more glor'ous ev'ry way and excellent then mounts of prey verse 5 The stout of heart are over-thrown and they have slept their sleeps last night And of the mighty men not one hath found his hands wherewith to fight verse 6 O God of Jacob thy reproof spoil'd rattling wheel and thund'ring hoof Chariot and horse at thy fierce blast into a sleep of death are cast verse 7 Thou thou alone art worthy fear for who may stand before thine eyes Who dares approach who dares appear when once thy burning wrath doth rise verse 8 From heav'n thou mak'st thy judgments heard the silent earth was sore afraid verse 9 When God arose to Judgment then to save on earth all humble men verse 10 Mans wrath shall surely praise thy name henceforth held in by thy restraints verse 11 O make your vows and pay the same unto the Lord your God ye saints verse 12 Let all about him presents bring to him that daunts the proudest king To him I say whose fear compells and princes spirits curbs aud quells Psalm LXXVII To the 119 Psalm Tune I with my voice to God did cry my sad e-state to see My voice did cry to God on high and he gave ear to me I sought him in my wo --- ful day my sore still ran all night My wea -- ry soul did put a --- way all com -- for t and de --- light verse 3 I thought on God in my distress yet trouble did remain And overwhelm'd with heaviness my soul did sore complain verse 4 Mine eyes from sleep thou dost restrain and mak'st me still to wake I am so vext and full of pain my speech doth me forsake verse 5 Then thought I on the days of old the years of antient times Wherein Gods mercies manifold did overflow our crimes verse 6 My song by night I call'd to mind I commun'd with my heart My soul made earnest search to find some word to ease my smart verse 7 Alas said I what will the Lord cast off and not restore And from henceforth will he afford no favour any more verse 8 Is all his mercy ceas't and gone must that no more prevail The promise of the holy one shall that for ever fail verse 9 Hath God forgotten to express his mercies wonted measure Is his dear love and tenderness shut up in his displeasure verse 10 Then said I my infirmity doth cause these doubts and fears I will recall what the most high hath done in former
unmindful of his hand and of that famous day When from the foe in forreign land he brought them safe away verse 43 What signs likewise by him were done which were in Egypt shown And mighty wonders many a one within the fields of Zoan verse 44 How he had turn'd the rivers there to dismal streams of blood So that the thirsty passenger abhorr'd the chrystall flood The fifth part verse 45 He sent of flies of divers sorts amongst them to devour And to destroy them in their courts he join'd the frogs in pow'r verse 46 He let the caterpillars eat the fruit of all their soil And gave their labours hopeful sweat to be the locusts spoil verse 47 Their pleasant vines with hail-stone show'rs were beaten down and lost And all their spreading sycamores were perish'd with the frost verse 48 Their cattle also he assaults with batt'ring show'rs of hail And with the burning thunder-bolts he did their flocks assail verse 49 Fierce anger wrath and discontent he let as fiercely fall By evil Angels which he sent to vex and plague them all verse 50 He making way for his fierce wrath spar'd not their soul from death But made the pestilence a path to force their dying breath verse 51 He smote in Egypt in one night the first born from the dam The very chief of all their might within the tents of Ham. verse 52 But made his people safely pass the danger of the deep And led them in the wilderness like to a flock of sheep verse 53 He led them safe and free from fear amidst the briny waves But overwhelm'd their en'mies were the seas became their graves verse 54 And them unto the borders brought of his most sacred land The mountains which himself had bought by pow'r of his right hand verse 55 The heathen too he did expell and did their lands assign An heritage to Israel dividing it by line And made his tribes dwell in their tents verse 56 Yet tempt they God most high And kept not his commandements but griev'd him vehemently verse 57 Unfaithfully they backwards slide their fathers dealt just so And they likewise were turn'd aside like a deceitful bow verse 58 With places which they built on high they did the Lord displease And moved him to jealousie with graven images The sixth part verse 59 When God heard this as he must needs he was exceeding wroath And Isra'l which had done such deeds he did abhor and loath verse 60 So that the tents of Shiloh were forsaken by him then The tents which he had placed there among unworthy men verse 61 And sent into captivity his ark in forreign land And gave his beauteous dignity into his en'mies hand verse 62 He gave his people to be slain by the devouring sword And caus'd his wrath to scorch amain the her'tage of the Lord. verse 63 The fire of his increasing rage consumes their young men brave And honourable marriage their maidens might not have verse 64 Yea by the sword their priests did fall and yet alas there went No widows to the funeral their sad deaths to lament verse 65 But then the Lord awoke anon as one from sleep doth start And shouted like a mighty man when wine hath chear'd his heart verse 66 And smote his foes i'th'hinder parts to their perpetual shame A vile disease for vile deserts which on his enemies came verse 67 And Joseph's tabernacle was wholly refus'd by him And yet he chose not in those days the tribe of Ephraim verse 68 But chose the tribe of Judah there even Sions sacred mount Above all other places dear and high in his account verse 69 And there his holy temple plac't like pallaces on high And like the earth which he set fast to all eternity verse 70 He chose his servant David too and from the folds of sheep He took him other work to do a flock of souls to keep verse 71 From following the great-belli'd ewes the Lords own flock to feed His people Isra'l and the Jews that were of Jacobs seed verse 72 So David fed them faithfully and govern'd all the land After his hearts integrity and with a skilful hand psalm LXXIX Lowath Tune THe hea-then Lord come in a -- main thine he ---- ri -- tage to waste Thy ho -- ly tem -- ple they pro -- fane Je --- ru ---- sa --- lem is rac't verse 2 Dead bodies of thy servants dear make rav'nous fouls a feast And thy saints flesh hurl'd here and there to ev'ry savage beast verse 3 Their blood about Jerusalem like water it is shed And none was left to bury them when they were slain and dead verse 4 Our neighbours near do us deride and mock us to our face And round about on ev'ry side they load us with disgrace verse 5 How long Lord shall it ever be before thy wrath expire And shall thy kindled jealousy for ever burn like fire verse 6 'Gainst heathen men that know thee not Lord let thine anger flame And let it be the kingdom's lot that calls not on thy name verse 7 For they have greedily devour'd thy servant Jacob's race And quite laid waste with fire and sword his antient dwelling-place verse 8 O think not on our former crimes prevent us be not slow With tender mercy shew'd betimes for we are very low The second part verse 9 Help us O God our strength and stay thine honour lies at stake Save us and purge our sins away merely for thy names sake verse 10 Why say the heathen where 's their God be known then in their sight Revenge on them thy servants blood which they have spilt in spite verse 11 The pris'ners throbbing sighs receive admit their mournfull cry And by thy sovereign pow'r reprieve the men condemn'd to die verse 12 And let our neighbours have restor'd into their bosoms bold The scorns they cast on thee O Lord restore them seven-fold verse 13 So we thy flock and heritage will ever bless thy name And spread thy praise from age to age and celebrate thy fame Palm LXXX Dublin Tune O Shep-herd thou that dost pro-vide for Is ---- ra'ls tribe and stock And dost the seed of Ja --- cob guide and lead'st him like a flock Thou glor'ous God that dwell'st between the cherubims on high Give ear and let thy light be seen to shine forth glor'ously verse 2 In Ephraims and Manasses sight and Benjamins appear In all our sight stir up thy might to save us Lord draw near verse 3 Turn us O God to thee again for we too long have swerv'd Cause thou thy face on us to shine and we shall be preserv'd verse 4 Lord God of hosts how long shall we be left to this despair How long Lord wilt thou angry be at thy own Peoples pray'r verse 5 Thou giv'st thy people tears for bread and tears likewise for drink Their table thus is overspread their cup's fill'd to the brink verse 6 Thou mak'st us in our neighbours
eyes meer subjects of debate With laughter do our enemies behold our sad estate verse 7 Turn us again Lord God of Hosts and cause as we have crav'd Thy face to shine on Isra'ls coasts and then we shall be sav'd The second part verse 8 A noble vine of Israel thou didst from Egypt bring The heathen folk thou didst expell and plant it there to spring verse 9 Thou mad'st it room for Isra'ls sake by thy almighty hand And caused'st it deep root to take and lo it fill'd the land verse 10 The hills and mountains all abroad were cover'd with its shade And like the cedar-trees of God her branches were displaid verse 11 Her boughs extending far and wide unto the sea she sent And to Euphrates river side her other branches went verse 12 Why hast thou then with great decay broke down her hedges so That all that pass along the way do pluck her as they go verse 13 And it is wasted by the boar that cometh from the wood The wild beasts of the field great store devour it for their food The third part verse 14 Lord God of hosts we beg of thee return again to thine Look down from heav'n behold and see and visit this thy vine verse 15 The vineyard and the branches young which thy right hand hath set And for thy self hast made so strong do not O Lord forget verse 16 It 's burnt with fire it is cut down and in a wasting case At thy rebuke Lord at the frown of thy displeased face verse 17 Uphold Lord with Authority the man of thy right hand The son of man made strong by thee and for thy cause to stand verse 18 So will we not go back at all from thee O Lord most high Then quicken us and we will call on thy name constantly verse 19 Lord God of hosts our hearts incline and turn us now again And cause thy face on us to shine and safe shall we remain psalm LXXXI London Tune O Sing a-loud with chear-full voice to God our strength and stay And make a ve -- ry joy -- full noise to Ja -- cob's God this day verse 2 O take a psalm for melody and bring the timbrell hither The pleasant harp and psaltery and join them all together verse 3 Blow up the trumpet this new moon a duty not the least At times appointed to be done upon our solemn feast verse 4 For this was made a statute law for Israel of old And such as God himself did draw for Jacob's sons to hold verse 5 This he ordain'd in Josephs house passing through Egypt land Where I did hear the barbarous but did not understand verse 6 I eas'd him of the burden there that on his shoulders lay His hands likewise deliver'd were from making pots of clay verse 7 O Isra'l thou didst call on me in thy distressful case I rescu'd and I answer'd thee in thunders secret place I prov'd thee also in the way where thou would'st needs prove me Ev'n at the streams of Meribah I try'd and proved thee The second part verse 8 O my dear people come and hear and I 'le declare to thee O Isra'l if thou wilt give ear and hearken unto me verse 9 There shall be in thee no strange God nor ev'r at all shalt thou Adore the Gods that are abroad to whom the Gentiles bow verse 10 For I the Lord thy God am he who thee from Egypt led Inlarge thy mouth in pray'r to me and thou shalt sure be sped verse 11 But though that I did Isra'l chuse my own select to be yet Isra'l did my voice refuse and would have none of me verse 12 So then I gave them up unto their own hearts wandring thought To do as they desir'd to do as their own counsels taught verse 13 O that my people had compli'd and heark'ned unto me And Isra'l had not walkt aside but kept to my decree verse 14 I should have soon subdu'd their foes and turn'd my pow'rfull hand To the subversion of all those that durst against them stand verse 15 The haters of the Lord be sure had made a low submission But Isra'ls time should still indure and in a blest condition verse 16 With finest of the wheat should he have fed his chosen flock I would have satisfied thee with honey from the rock Psalm LXXXII To the 119 Psalm Tune IN the as-sem -- bly of the saints the Lord him -- self doth stand And sit --- eth in the Judgment seat with Judg -- es of the land How long shall par --- ti --- a ---- li -- ty pre -- vail a --- mong you then To make you judge un-right-ous-ly and fa -- vour wick -- ed men verse 3 Defend the poor and fatherless too weak for worldly might Aid such as suffer great distress and see ye do them right verse 4 The weak and poor deliver ye and needy of the land And rid them from the tiranny of ev'ry wicked hand verse 5 They know not nor will understand but walk without the light All the foundations of the land are out of order quite verse 6 I said indeed that ye were Gods and sons of God most high And that ye had a mighty odds by princely Majesty verse 7 But ye as common men shall die and ye shall fall one day As fell those people formerly whom vengeance swept away verse 8 Arise O Lord thy self advance just judgment to pursue The earth is thine inheritance all nations are thy due Psalm LXXXIII St. Marys Tune O God no long-er hold thy peace but now thy si --- lence break This still tran-qui -- li -- ty sur-cease and raise thy self to speak verse 2 For now behold thine enemies do rage tumultuously And those that hate thee do arise and lift their heads on high verse 3 Most crafty counsel they have ta'ne against us all at once Consulting how to work the bane of all thy holy ones verse 4 Come let us cut them off said they and leave no root behind So that the name of Isra'l may no more be had in mind verse 5 For they have all with one consent consulted as one man Confed'rate and against thee bent with all the pow'r they can verse 6 The tents of all the Edomites and many other mens The Ishmaelites and Moabites and all the Hagarens verse 7 Gebal and Ammon do conspire and Amaleck combines With the Inhabitants of Tyre and with the Philistines verse 8 Assur is also join'd with them and all of them indeed Have join'd against Jerusalem with Lots incestuous seed The second part verse 9 Do to them Lord as in that day when Midians hoast was strook As to Jabin and Sisera which fell at Kishon brook verse 10 Which miserably perished at Endor where he found There carcasses all scattered as dung upon the ground verse 11 Like Zeeb and Oreb O compell their noble peers to fall As Zeba and Zalmunna fell so let their Princes all
verse 12 Those namely that have spoken thus come on and let us take The houses of the Lord to us and them our houses make verse 13 Make them I pray thee O my God like wheels that still turn round Or like the stubble blown abroad when whirlwinds sweep the ground verse 14 And as the fire consumes a wood with fierce and furious flame And mountains where the trees once stood are singed with the same verse 15 So let thy whirlwind furiously pursue them Lord full fast And let thy tempests terrify and fright them with thy blast verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they may humbly beg thy grace and seek thy glorious name verse 17 Yea let them all confounded be and troubled day and night Yea bring them all to infamy and let them perish quite verse 18 That men may know that thou alone whom we Jehovah call In all the earth the only one art highest over all Psalm LXXXIV Oxford Tune O Lord of hosts how love -- ly fair thy sa -- cred ta -- ber-na -- cles are Ev'n where my soul doth long to be Yea and my spi --- rit pines a -- way With-in thy courts to come and pray my flesh and heart cry out for thee verse 3 O living God methinks I miss the sparrows and the swallows bliss so happily inhabiting for they may build their nests full throng and near thine Altar lay their young O Lord of hosts my God my King verse 4 O blessed are all those that may dwell in thy house both night and day for they will ever give thee praise verse 5 And blest the man whose strength 's in thee who though he cannot present be yet sets his heart on thy sweet ways verse 6 Ev'n their 's that passing Baca's vale dig wells to serve when waters fail or use the pools which rain doth fill verse 7 From strength to strength they travel there until at last they all appear before the Lord in Sion hill The second part verse 8 O thou that art the God of War whose all the hoasts of creatures are depending on thy soveraignty vouchsafe thou Lord my pray'r to hear listen and lend a gracious ear O God of Jacob's family verse 9 O God our sav'our and our shield that dost to us protection yield behold us with a kind aspect and now be pleas'd to look upon the face of thine anointed one and let thy beams on him reflect verse 10 For in thy courts I count one day a thousand others to out-weigh nay I had rather keep a door within the house of the most high then dwell with all prosperity in sinners tents for evermore verse 11 For God's a son and shield divine and doth with grace and glory shine and gives all good things to the just verse 12 Blest is the man O Lord of hoasts that only thine assistance boasts and hath in thee repos'd his trust Psalm LXXXV St. Davids Tune LOrd thou hast dealt most fa-vour-r'bly with thy be --- lo --- ved land And Ja -- cob's hard cap-ti ---- vi -- ty brought back with pow'r -- ful hand verse 2 Thy peoples foul iniquities which they have lived in Thou Lord hast cover'd from thine eyes and pardon'd all their sin verse 3 Thy furious wrath thou didst asswage which did so fiercely burn And from the fury of thy rage thou didst in mercy turn verse 4 O God of our salvation turn us likewise to thee And cease thine indignation and no more angry be verse 5 Wilt thou be angry still with us and evermore contend Wilt thou draw out thine anger thus untill all ages end verse 6 O wilt thou not again revive the people of thy choice That being so restor'd alive they may in thee rejoice verse 7 Do thou O Lord thy mercy show apparent in our sight And on thy Church do thou bestow thy saving health and might The second part verse 8 I 'le hear what God the Lord will say for he will speak of peace So that his saints and servants may their former follies cease verse 9 Sure his salvation is at hand to those that do him fear That glory may adorn our land and be a dweller there verse 10 Mercy and truth have sweet access and both together meet And perfect peace and righteousness with mutual kisses greet verse 11 Eternal truth and verity out of the earth shall spring Justice looks down from heav'n on high an heav'n on earth to bring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall here bestow abundant grace and peace And make our land to overflow with plentiful increase verse 13 Before his face shall justice go and where the way was dim Shall now direct our foot-steps so that we may follow him Psalm LXXXVI St. Marys Tune O Lord bow down thy gra-cious ear to my com-plaint and cry And now O Lord in mer -- cy hear for poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because I have receiv'd such grace from thee O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 O be thou merciful to me O Lord I humbly pray Because I call and cry to thee and do it ev'ry day verse 4 And fill thy servants soul with joy that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul and mind verse 5 For thou art very good O Lord in pard'ning very free And art with plent'ous mercy stor'd tow'rds all that call on thee verse 6 Therefore O Lord when I do pray regard and give good ear Mark well the words that I do say my supplication hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain Because I know and plainly prove thou answer'st me again verse 8 For like to thee O Lord is none among the powers divine Nor are the works of any one to be compar'd with thine The second part verse 9 All nations made by thy great might and all thy hands did frame Shall come and worship in thy sight and glorify thy name verse 10 For Lord thou art a mighty one and thou dost wond'rous deeds And thou O Lord art God alone from whom such pow'r proceeds verse 11 Teach me the way of truth most right and I 'le observe the same And unto thee my heart unite that I may fear thy name verse 12 I will praise thee unfeignedly O Lord my God that art And I will ever glorify thy name with all my heart verse 13 Because thy mercies shew'd to me in greatness do excell My soul by thee hath been set free out from the lowest hell verse 14 O God the proud against me rise and throngs of vi'lent men Have sought to make my soul their prize but thee they mind not then verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind suff'ring no little space Compassions store in thee we find and plentious truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me and pity me and
let thy servant have The strength that is bestow'd by thee thy hand-maid's son to save verse 17 And shew me some good token now that hateful foes may see And be asham'd because that thou dost help and comfort me Psalm LXXXVII Windsor Tune THe ground-works of God's ci ---- ty fair are ve --- ry strong -- ly stai'd Up -- on the ho --- ly moun-tains are his firm foun -- da ---- tions laid verse 2 God loves the gates of Sion best his grace doth there abide He loves them more than all the rest of Jacob's tents beside verse 3 Most glor'ous things are said of thee O city of the Lord. verse 4 Rahab and Babylon shall be thy converts on record All those that know me with desire hereof shall hear me tell How Ethiope Palastine and Tyre were born in Israel verse 5 And it shall be of Sion said this and that man she bore And the most high will be her aid and strength'n for evermore verse 6 Counting the Gentile with the Jew and booking ev'ry heir The singers and Musicians too and all my springs are there Psalm LXXXVIII Martyrs Tune LOrd God of my sal-va -- tion dear to thee I us'd to pray And bring my sup -- pli --- ca-tion here be -- fore thee night and day verse 2 Now let my prayer have access before thee O most high Incline thine ear with readiness and hearken to my cry verse 3 For Lord my soul is fill'd with woe such sorrow now I have My very life is brought so low that it doth touch the grave verse 4 And I am counted one of them that to the pit descend And to be one among those men whose strength is at an end verse 5 As free among the slain and dead lodg'd in oblivion's land No more by thee remembered but cut off from thy hand verse 6 Thou laist me in the lowest Pit in darkness and deep caves verse 7 Thy wrath lies hard upon me yet I 'm prest with all thy waves verse 8 My friends thou hast put far from me and made them loath me sore I am shut up in misery and can come forth no more verse 9 By reason of my misery mine eye sheds many a tear Lord I have daily call'd on thee to thee my hands I rear verse 10 Intend'st thou Lord said I to show thy wonders to the dead Shall dead men rise again that so thy praises may be spread verse 11 Shall we thy loving-kindness Lord within the grave express Or can destruction best record thy truth and faithfulness verse 12 Shall we in darkness understand thy wonders manifold And in oblivion's cloudy land thy right'ousness behold verse 13 But these my prayers and my cries to thee O Lord I sent And early e're the morning rise my pray'rs shall thee prevent verse 14 Why then Lord is my soul I say thus long cast off by thee And wherefore dost thou hide away thy gracious face from me verse 15 I am afflicted like to die suff'ring from youth to age I am distracted whilst that I indure such wrath and rage verse 16 The fierceness of thy furious wrath is gone quite o're my head And I do seem as one cut off with too much fear and dread verse 17 They came about me ev'ry way as waters breaking out And altogether ev'ry day they compass'd me about verse 18 And thou hast separated far from me my friends and lovers And those that mine acquaintance are a cloud of darkness covers Psalm LXXXIX St. Marys Tune TH'e -- ter -- nal mer-cies of the Lord my song shall still ex -- press My mouth shall con-stant-ly re-cord his truth and faith --- ful -- ness verse 2 For mercy shall be built said I for ever to endure In heav'n it self thy verity shall be establish't sure verse 3 I made a cov'nant saith the Lord with David mine elect And to my servant past my word and sware to this effect verse 4 Thy seed will I establish sure that it can never fall And build thy throne up to endure to generations all verse 5 The heav'ns shall praise thy wonders Lord and all thy faithfulness Thy Congregations shall record and all thy saints confess verse 6 For who in heav'n can any way with our Lord God compare Which of the glor'ous angels may so bold comparison dare verse 7 In saints assemblies evermore must God have dread and fear With rev'rence must they all adore that unto him draw near verse 8 Lord God of hosts what Lord is else with such great power crown'd Thy faithfulness who parallels in all the circuits round verse 9 The restless raging of the seas thou rulest at thy will Their swelling waves thou dost appease and mak'st them calm and still verse 10 Thou brok'st in pieces Egypts land like one that slaughter'd lies Thou hast with thy almighty hand disperst thine enemies The second part verse 11 The heav'ns and the earth are thine the world so richly stor'd With all the fulness found therein thou founded'st them O Lord. verse 12 The north and south no being had before thou didst them frame Tabor and Hermon shall be glad rejoycing in thy name verse 13 O God thou hast a mighty arm of sovereign command Strong is thy hand thy power is firm and high is thy right hand verse 14 Justice and judgement on thy throne retain their dwelling-place Mercy and truth conjoyn'd in one shall go before thy face verse 15 Blest is the people that doth know and hear the joyful sound Thy beams shall light them as they go and shine about them round verse 16 They in thy name shall all the day rejoyce exceedingly And in thy righteousness shall they be lifted up on high verse 17 For of their strength thou art the crown and of thy grace thou canst And wilt procure with great renown our horn to be advanc't verse 18 For Lord thou dost defend us well from ev'ry hurtful thing The holy one of Israel is our almighty king The third part verse 19 In vision to thy saint was said for then thou mad'st it known Lo I my helping hand have laid upon a mighty one I have exalted very high one that is chosen forth Of all the people generally and one of greatest worth verse 20 My servant David I have found and on his honour'd head In token that he should be crown'd my sacred oyl I shed verse 21 With whom my hand shall go along to stablish him full sure My arm shall also make him strong that he may still indure verse 22 The enemy shall not oppress nor make of him a prey Nor shall the son of wickedness afflict him any way verse 23 I will beat down and quell his foes and do it in his sight And I will greatly plague all those that do him hate and spite verse 24 But lo my faithfulness and grace to him shall be the same His horns shall have the highest place exalted in my name verse 25 And I
are brought as swiftly as a breath or thought verse 10 Our Age to seventy years is set if to another stage we get And unto fourscore years arrive we rather sigh and groan than live The second part verse 11 Lord who with due reflection hath thought on the terrors of thy wrath Wrath that is equal to our dread and strikes so often sinners dead verse 12 Oh that the sence of our last end th' uncertainties this life attend May more excite our fear of thee and a wise care of piety verse 13 When Lord shall thy displeasure cease when wilt thou give our troubles ease Now we are humble and repent shew pity to us and relent verse 14 Oh let that Mercy come at last we long impatiently to taste verse 15 And in proportion to our tears let gladness crown our future years verse 16 Since Acts of Grace thy Glory are and please thee most do thou appear In these to us and to our Race verse 17 Shew us the beauties of thy Face Afford thy Light to guide our way that we may never go astray All our good undertakings bless and prosper with desir'd success Psalm XCI Dublin Tune WHo dwel-leth in the se --- cret place of him that is most high In sha -- dow of th'al-migh-ty's grace a --- bides con --- ti --- n'al --- ly verse 2 Thus of the Lord I will report my gracious God is he He is my refuge and my fort in whom my trust shall be verse 3 He surely shall be thy defence both from the fowler's snare And from the noisom pestilence which doth infect the air verse 4 His feather'd wings shall cover thee and be thy confidence His truth thy trusty shield shall be and buckler for defence verse 5 Thou shalt not need to be afraid for terrors of the night Nor for the arrow be dismaid that flies in open sight verse 6 Nor shalt thou fear the pestilence that walks in darksom way Nor that destructive violence that wasts at height of day verse 7 And at thy side as thou dost stand a thousand dead shall be Ten thousand strook at thy right hand and yet thou shalt be free verse 8 Only shalt thou stand by and see beholding with thine eyes What wicked men's reward shall be for their iniquities The second part verse 9 Because thou mad'st the Lord most high thy dwelling-place to be The same to whom I always fly to shield and succour me verse 10 There shall no evil thing befall to thee in any case Nor shall there any plague at all come nigh thy dwelling-place verse 11 For he shall charge his heavenly host to bear thee in their arm And watch the way wherein thou goest and keep thee safe from harm verse 12 And they must be thy guard and guide O dear beloved one Lest that thy foot should slip aside or dash against a stone verse 10 The lion thou shalt tread upon the aspe and lion's whelp The dragon thou shalt trample on by God's great power and help verse 14 Because he set his love on me therefore saith God will I Deliver him and set him free from all adversitie I 'le set him up in high degree because he knew my name verse 15 With prayer he shall call on me I answering the same His horn with honour I will raise be with him in temptation verse 16 Suffice him with the length of days and shew him my salvation Psalm XCII St. Marys Tune TO praise the Lord most thank-ful -- ly it is an ex-c'llent thing And to thy name O thou most high sweet Psalms of praise to sing verse 2 To shew the kindness of the Lord before the morning light Thy truth and justice to record when it doth draw to night verse 3 Upon an instrument likewise whereto ten strings are bound Upon your harps and psalteries with sweet and solemn sound verse 4 For thou hast made me to rejoyce in things atchiev'd by thee And I triumph in heart and voice thy handy work to see verse 5 How great O Lord who can express thy works and thoughts profound Which are a deep so bottomless that none can search or sound verse 6 The brutish man discerns no whit nor sees thy mighty hand Unconstant fools are far unfit this thing to understand verse 7 When wicked men as grass do spring and evill doers all Appear most fat and flourishing it shews their utter fall Then is their final ruine nigh and even at the door verse 8 But thou O Lord thou art most high and that for evermore The second part verse 9 For lo O Lord behold and see behold thy foes shall fall The workers of iniquity shall be dispersed all verse 10 But like unto an unicorn with high advanced head So shalt thou Lord exalt my horn and fresh Oyl on me shed verse 11 The harm I wish my wicked foes mine eye shall surely see The same mine ear shall hear of those that rise to trouble me verse 12 But like the palm the just shall be so flourish and come on And like unto the cedar tree that grows in Lebanon verse 13 Those that within the house of God are planted by his grace In our God's courts shall spread abroad and flourish in that place verse 14 And in their age much fruit shall bring and fat as e're was seen And pleasantly both bud and spring with boughs and branches green verse 15 The Lord's uprightness to express who is a rock to me And there is no unright'ousness in him nor none can be Psalm XCIII London Tune THe Lord doth reign with roy --- al -- ty a --- ray'd in beau --- ty bright The Lord is cloath'd with ma -- je -- sty and girds him -- self with might The world is fixt and still must hold for thou decreed'st the thing verse 2 Thy throne 's established of old thou art eternal king verse 3 The floods have lifted up O Lord the floods whose tempest raves Have lifted up their voice and roar'd verse 4 The floods lift up their waves The Lord on high is mightier far than many waters noise Yea mightier than the waters are when foaming billows rise verse 5 Thy testimonies precious are kept on sure record And holiness becomes thy house for evermore O Lord. Psalm XCIV Martyrs Tune O Lord to whom it doth be-â—â—ng just ven-geance to re --- p O God the pu -- nish --- er of wrong do thou thy self dis -- play verse 2 Thou judge of all in general thy self no longer hide Arise dispence a recompence to all the sons of pride verse 3 How long O Lord how long I say shall wicked men oppress How long a time shall such as they triumph in wickedness verse 4 How long shall they pronounce and say hard things not to be born And all that ply iniquity still boast themselves with scorn verse 5 Thy people Lord they break and bray thy her'tage they oppress verse 6 Widows and strangers they
From heaven did his perfect sight the spacious earth discry verse 20 To hear the prisoners doleful groans and lamentable cry And to relieve oppressed ones that are condemn'd to die verse 21 That so the Lord 's most holy name may be declar'd to them And they proclaim his praise and fame in all Jerusalem verse 22 When as the people far and nigh shall all be gather'd there And kingdoms most unan'mously to serve the Lord in fear verse 23 But while I waited in the way my strength he hath decai'd Yea he hath shortened my day then thus to him I said verse 24 O! Take me not away my Lord in midst of all my days Thy years all ages shall record thy time no whit decays verse 25 The earth's foundation thou hast laid of old as now it stands The glorious heavens thou hast made the work of thine own hands verse 26 But they shall perish and decay while thou continuest still They shall wax old and wear away ev'n as a garment will As vestures thou shalt change their frame and changed they shall be verse 27 But thou art evermore the same thy years no end shall see verse 28 And Lord thy faithful servants race for ever shall endure Their seed likewise before thy face shall be establisht sure Psalm CIII To the 119 Psalm Tune BLess thou the li-ving Lord my soul his glo -- r'ous praise pro-claim Let all my in-ward pow'rs ex-toll and bless his ho ---- ly name For-get not all his be ---- ne -- fits but bless the Lord my soul Who all thy tres-pas-ses re -- mits and makes thee sound and whole verse 4 Who did redeem and set thee free from death's infernal place With loving kindness crowned thee and with his tender grace verse 5 Who fills and satisfies thy mouth with all good things of his And makes thee to renew thy youth just as the Eagle's is verse 6 The Lord doth fully execute I justice and right'ousness And judgement for the destitute whom wicked men oppress verse 7 To Moses he did first reveal the way that they should go And made the sons of Israel his mighty acts to know verse 8 The Lord is merciful we know and graciously enclin'd To anger he is very slow compassionate and kind verse 9 Contin'ally he will not chide nor evermore contend His anger shall not long abide but quickly have an end verse 10 He doth not unto us dispence as our deserts have been Nor giveth us a recompence according to our sin verse 11 For as the heav'n is far above the earth's infer'our frame So is his mercy and his love to them that fear his name verse 12 As far as is the sun's uprise in distance from his fall So far our foul iniquities he sep'rates from us all The second part verse 13 As fathers are compassionate unto their children dear So doth the Lord commiserate his saints that do him fear verse 14 For he doth know our brittle frame our mould and fashion just He well remembers whence we came and that we are but dust verse 15 And as for man his days alas do soon decline and yield He flourisheth but as the grass or flower of the field verse 16 For it is gone and quickly too when some bleak wind goes o're And then the place whereon it grew shall never know it more verse 17 But unto all eternity God's goodness doth endure To ages all successively his right'ousness stands sure verse 18 To such as keep his covenants and fear his holy name Remembring his commandements to execute the same verse 19 The Lord within the heavens high hath firmly fixt his throne And over all things gen'rally his kingdom rules alone verse 20 All ye his angels bless the Lord ye that in strength excell That do his precepts with regard minding his word so well verse 21 Bless ye the Lord O! bless him still O all ye hosts of his His Ministers that do fulfil what e're his pleasure is verse 22 O bless the Lord ye works of his wherewith the world is stor'd Where ever his dominion is my soul bless thou the Lord. Psalm CIII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune BLess thou the Lord my soul his name let all the pow'rs with-in me bless O let not his past fa -- vours lie for-got -- ten in un-thank -- ful-ness verse 3 It 's he that pardons all thy sins He that in sickness makes thee sound verse 4 It 's he redeemed from the grave Thy Life with Love and Mercy crown'd verse 5 It 's he that fills thy mouth with good and all thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagle makes thine Age To a renewed youth arise verse 6 From his strict Justice sure relief oppressed Innocence will find verse 7 Moses and Isr'el knew his ways and kind intentions of his mind verse 8 Abundant Mercies flow from God love is his nature and delight verse 9 Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides intends not to destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay from rules of Justice never swerves verse 10 And when he punishes our faults the measure 's less than sin deserves verse 11 As Heav'n is far above the Earth so his Rewards exceed our Love verse 12 Farther than East is from the West his pardon does our sins remove The second part verse 13 A father's pity to his child resembles God's tho shorter far verse 14 For he considers our weak frame that onely quickned Dust we are verse 15 Man's days are like the Grass or flow'r that in the field its beauty shows verse 16 But fades with every blasting wind and then its former place none knows verse 17 But God's eternal truth and love is to good men and to their race verse 18 Those that his laws and cov'nant keep his favour ever will embrace verse 19 Circled with glor'ous Light his throne the Lord has plac't in heav'n above Whose mighty pow'r and sov'reign rule extends o'er all that live and move verse 20 Bless God ye Angels who in strength and ready services transcend verse 21 Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers who all to do his will attend verse 22 All ye his works that subject are in ev'ry place to his controul Bless ye your Maker and with them joyn in his praises O my Soul Palm CIV Dublin Tune O Bless the Lord my soul and say my God thou art full great Bright ho-nour is thy rich ar --- ray and ma --- je -- sty thy seat verse 2 With light thou cov'rest thee about as with a princely robe And like a curtain stretchest out the bright celest'al globe verse 3 With watery seas his roof he ciels and there his rafters binds He makes the clouds his chariot-wheels and walks on winged winds verse 4 He makes his winged messengers of pure spirit'al frame He makes his glor'ous ministers a burning fiery flame verse 5 He laid the whole foundation of all the earth so sure That still it keeps its
station and ever shall endure verse 6 Which first was cover'd with the flood as with a garment large The waters o're the mountains stood until they heard thy charge verse 7 And then at thy rebuke they fled thy thund'ring voice they fear'd Hasting away for fear and dread and straight dry land appear'd verse 8 And now dispersed far and wide by hill and dale they go Unto the place thou didst provide to that same place they flow verse 9 Their passage now thou dost restrain and settest them their bound That they may never turn again to cover all the ground The second part verse 10 The Lord doth send the fruitful springs into the vales below And all along the hills he brings their fruitful streams to flow verse 11 And they give drink to every beast which in the field doth ly Wild asses there among the rest do quench their thirst thereby verse 12 By them the feathered nation do comfortably house And have their habitation to sing among the boughs verse 13 And from his chambers richly stor'd he wat'reth all the hills The fruit which these thy works afford the earth with plenty fills verse 14 For cattle he makes grass to spring and herbs for man's own use Conven'ent food for every thing he makes the earth produce verse 15 To glad man's heart he makes the soil bring forth the grape for wine Hearts strength'ning bread and suppling oil to make his face to shine verse 16 The trees of God though many a one no moisture ever want The Cedars of mount Lebanon which he himself did plant verse 17 Wherein the birds do make their nests the stork too as for her She hath her house wherein she rests upon the stately firr verse 18 For wilder goats the mountains tops are made a refuge fit And in the clefts of hollow rocks the little conies sit verse 19 He did appoint the changing moon the seasons for to shew And when his time is to go down the sun doth likewise know verse 20 Thou makest darkness and behold dark night is over-spread And then the forrest beasts are bold to creep forth to be fed verse 21 The lion and the lion's whelp come roaring all abroad After their prey and seek their help and sustenance from God verse 22 The sun ariseth in the skie they flock together then And lay them down most quietly within their secret den verse 23 Then man goes forth with chearful mind his labours to begin And ply's his work of every kind till evening calls him in The third part verse 24 How many are thy works O Lord in wisdom all compos'd The earth by thee is richly stor'd with treasures there inclos'd verse 25 So is this great and spacious deep replenisht therewithal Where things innumerable creep and beasts both great and small verse 26 The ships also here make their way Leviathan here keeps Whom thou hast made to sport and play within the tumbling deeps verse 27 On thee do all these creatures wait expressing their desires That thou maist give them needful meat when as the time requires verse 28 That which thou giv'st as thou seest best they gather for their food Thy lib'ral hand thou openest and they are fill'd with good verse 29 Thou hid'st thy face and by and by in misery they mourn Thou tak'st away their breath they die and to their dust return verse 30 Thy spirits pow'r thou sendest forth they are created then And so the face of all the earth thereby renews agane verse 31 The glory of the Lord most high for evermore shall be And in his works of majesty greatly rejoyce shall he verse 32 His look can make the earth to quake and if he gently stroke The mountains lo his touch doth make those very mountains smoke verse 33 Unto the Lord will I sing praise while I have life and breath And glorify him all my days and honour him till death verse 34 My thought of him shall be so sweet as nothing else can be And all the streams of joy shall meet when Lord I think on thee verse 35 Let sinners perish from the earth and lewd men be no more But let my soul God's praise set forth praise ye the Lord therefore Psalm CV St. Marys Tune O Ren -- der thanks un -- to the Lord and call up --- on his name A-mong the peo-ple O re-cord his deeds de -- serv -- ing fame verse 2 Sing unto him whose pow'r exceeds sing psalms to him with joy To talk of all his wondrous deeds your busie tongues imploy verse 3 O make your boasts with one accord in God's most holy name Let ev'ry soul that seeks the Lord be joyfull in the same verse 4 Seek ye the Lord for him enquire his strength and power implore His face and favour O! desire and seek it evermore verse 5 What he hath wrought to mind recall in each myster'ous deed His wonders and the judgments all which from his mouth proceed verse 6 O ye the seed of Abraham who served with respect Ye children which of Jacob came his chosen and select verse 7 He is indeed the Lord our God his judgments are set forth And manifested all abroad throughout the spacious earth verse 8 He calls to mind his covenant whatever he engages The word of his commandement unto a thousand ages verse 9 Which covenant the Lord did make to Abraham the first heir The solemn Oath which he did take and unto Isaac sware verse 10 And he confirm'd the same as well to Jacob for a Law A cov'nant which from Israel he never would withdraw verse 11 Saying I will my Church advance and give into her hand The lot of her inheritance ev'n Canaan's fertile land verse 12 When they of faithful Isra'ls seed but few in number were Yea but a very few indeed and also strangers there verse 13 When shifting habitation they went at God's command From nation unto nation flitting from land to land verse 14 He did not suffer any man to wrong them where they came But for their sakes he soon began the mighty kings to blame verse 15 Saying to those that sate in thrones let no presumptuous arm Once touch my dear anointed ones nor do my Prophets harm verse 16 He call'd for famine on the land and brake the staff of bread verse 17 But he beforehand sent a man by whom they should be fed Ev'n Joseph for a servant sold subjected to controul verse 18 Whose feet the heavy chains did hold the iron pierc't his soul. verse 19 Until the time and period which Joseph had foretold Try'd was he by the word of God as fire doth try the gold verse 20 Then gave the king commandement that loosed he should be The ruler of the people sent to loose and set him free verse 21 He made him ruler of his house and Lord of Egypt's land And all his substance precious committed to his hand verse 22 To bind his disobedient peers his princes
the shortning of his life verse 33 Because their provocations his patient spirit stirr'd So that he utter'd with his lips an unadvised word verse 34 They did not utterly destroy the nations of the land Concerning whom the Lord most high did give a strict command verse 35 But were among the heathen spread whose works they learned there verse 36 And all their idols worshipped which were to them a snare verse 37 Yea they did slay in sacrifice their daughters and their sons Off'ring to devil-deities their harmless little ones verse 38 Their sons and daughters blood they shed whom they with guilty hand To Canaan's idols offered and blood defil'd the land verse 39 Thus was it their own works and deeds that did defile them so And with their own inventions a whoring they did go verse 40 Therefore the anger of the Lord against his folk did flame His own inher'tance he abhorr'd by reason of the same verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gave them for a prey Their hateful foes rul'd over them and forc'd them to obey verse 42 Their enemies with cruelty opprest them in the land And they were humbled shamefully under their en'mies hand verse 43 He did release them many times but they provok'd him so What with their counsels and their crimes that they were brought full low verse 44 He did regard them ne'ertheless and had a gracious eye To their affliction and distress whenas he heard their crie verse 45 His cov'nant he for them renew'd repenting in his mind According to the multitude of his compassions kind verse 46 He made them to be favoured and pitied of all those By whom they were as captives led when they were bitter foes verse 47 Save Lord our God and gather us from heathens now a days That we thy holy name may bless and triumph in thy praise verse 48 Bless Isra'ls God the Lord most high and let all flesh record His praises to eternity amen praise ye the Lord Psalm CVII Lowath Tune O Ren-der thanks un -- to the Lord for good and kind is he Be -- cause his mer -- cy doth en-dure to all e -- ter ---- ni ---- ty verse 2 Let the redeem'd in ev'ry land the Lord 's redeem'd say so Those whom he rescu'd from the hand of their injur'ous foe verse 3 And gather'd them out of the land both from the east and west And from the north and from the south unto a place of rest verse 4 In wilderness they wandered in solitary way And found no place inhabited nor town wherein to stay verse 5 Hungry and thirsty all the while not having what to eat So that their very soul began to faint for want of meat verse 6 Then did they cry unto the Lord when trouble did oppress Whose favour did relief afford to them in their distress verse 7 And led them forth the readiest way that they may go and find A city and a dwelling-place according to their mind verse 8 Let them therefore praise God's great name for his great goodness then And for his works of wondrous fame to all the sons of men verse 9 For he doth fully satisfy the longing soul with food And filleth every hungry soul with blessings that are good verse 10 Ev'n such as sit in shade of death and in dark dungeons ly Whom sharp affliction hampereth and iron bands do ty verse 11 Because they did rebelliously transgress against God's word And did contemn that counsellor who is the highest Lord. verse 12 Therefore he did their heart bring down with labour and with pain And down they fell and there was none to help them up again verse 13 Then did they cry unto the Lord when anguish did oppress And he did save them speedily out of their deep distress verse 14 From shade of death and darksom night which they lay groaning under He brought them out to life and light and brake their bands in sunder The second part verse 15 O! that all men would praise the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 16 For he hath broken pow'rfully the brazen doors and gates And cut in sunder forceably the iron barrs and gates verse 17 Fools fall into affliction by falling into sin And through their own iniquities they are ensnar'd therein verse 18 Their soul whom sickness visiteth abhorrs all kind of meat And they draw near the gates of death their sickness is so great verse 19 Then in their trouble they do cry unto the Lord for aid Who saveth them from their distress according as they prai'd verse 20 He sent his word of power supreme and did them heal and save And graciously deliver'd them ev'n from the very grave The third part verse 21 And Oh! that men would praise the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice of praise unto the Lord And with the shouts of joy likewise his wondrous works record verse 23 They that descend to sea in ships and follow for their gain Their necessary merchandize upon the watery main verse 24 These men do God's rare works behold and none so well as these Do see his wonders manifold within the deepest seas verse 25 For by the word of his command he makes fierce winds to rise And lifteth up the rouling waves unto the very skies verse 26 They mount to heav'n and then they roul down to the deeps below And by and by their very soul doth melt because of woe verse 27 They reel and stagger too and fro like drunkards in their fits And like unto distracted men are put besides their wits verse 28 Then in their trouble did they cry unto the Lord for aid Who did redress their misery according as they prai'd verse 39 The storm is chang'd into a calm by his command and will So that the raging waves thereof are now exceeding still verse 30 Now winds and waves do rage no more which they are glad to see And so he brings them to the shore where they desir'd to be verse 31 Oh! render Praises to the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 32 And in the congregation great let them exalt his name And in the honour'd Elder 's seat advance his praise and fame The fourth part verse 33 The Lord did make it barren soil where floods did once abound And turns the very water-springs to dry and thirsty ground verse 34 A fruitful land to barrenness he turns because of sin When he rewards the wickedness of those that dwell therein verse 35 Again the very wilderness to standing pools he brings And turns the dry and desert ground to plenteous water-springs verse 36 And there he makes the hungry dwell that so they may provide And get them cities furnisht well wherein they may abide verse 37 That they
may plant the pleasant vines and sow the fruitful field And may receive the rich increase which every year shall yield verse 38 Such blessings are on thee conferr'd that they are much increast So that of all the numerous herd they do not loose a beast verse 39 Yet for their sin they are brought low and minished again Expos'd to wicked tyranny affliction grief and pain verse 40 He pours on great ones great disgrace and causeth them to stray In solitary desert place where is no beaten way verse 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high and him from harm doth keep And multiplies his family like to a flock of sheep verse 42 This thing the right'ous shall descry rejoycing in the same And it shall force iniquity to stop her mouth with shame verse 43 Whoso hath wisdom from above these matters to record Ev'n they shall understand the love and kindness of the Lord. Psalm CVIII Windsor Tune O God my heart is now pre-par'd so al --- so is my tongue I will ad-vance my voice O Lord and praise thee with my song verse 2 Awake my viol and my harp sweet melody to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake verse 3 Among the people shall thy praise be published by me Among the heathen folk O Lord will I sing praise to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great unto the heavens high Also thy truth extends it self unto the clearest skie verse 5 Above the starry firmament extol thy self O God And Lord display upon the earth thy glory all abroad verse 6 And that thy dear beloved ones delivered may be Save them O Lord by thy right hand and therein answer me The second part verse 7 God in his holiness did speak my joy I cannot hide The vale of Succoth I 'le mete out and Sechem I 'le divide verse 8 Gilead is mine Manasseh mine and Ephraim's tribe together Shall be the chief of all my strength and Judah my law-giver verse 9 My servile wash-pot Moab is on Edom I will tread And in my triumphs with a shout Philistia shall be led verse 10 But who will undertake to be my leader and my guide To Edom and the city there so strongly fortifi'd verse 11 Lord wilt not thou that didst cast off our armies heretofore And with the hosts of Israel wilt thou go forth no more verse 12 Lord give us help from trouble then because no other can And it is very vanity to hope for help from man verse 13 We shall do very valiant acts assisted by our God And by his power our enemies shall all be under-trod Psalm CIX Bristol Tune O God my praise hold not thy peace For false and wick --- ed tongues A-gainst me speak and ne -- ver cease their cla -- mours lies and wrongs verse 3 With words of spight and causless fight they compass me alway verse 4 Ev'n for my love my foes they prove but I make haste to pray verse 5 They did reward me ill for good and hate for love they show verse 6 Therefore set thou some tyrant lewd to triumph o're my foe verse 7 Let Satan stand at his right hand and when his doom comes in Appoint that he condemned be and turn his prayer to sin verse 8 His office let another take cut short his wicked life verse 9 His children wretched orphans make with widow-hood vex his wife verse 10 Let all his sons be vagabonds and beg for to be fed In places that are desolate let them seek out their bread verse 11 Let the unjust extortioner catch all he hath away And that which he hath laboured for let be the stranger's prey verse 12 Stir up no Friend that may extend relief in his distress And let there none have pity on his children fatherless verse 13 Cut off his whole posterity before thy wrath asswage Their name extinguish utterly in the ensuing age verse 14 His father's fault let that be brought before the Lord for ever His mother's crime by length of time let be extinguish't never verse 15 Before the Lord continually let them be all brought forth That he may cut their memory for ever from the earth verse 16 Since he forgot and cared not compassion to impart But sought to break the poor and weak and slay the broken heart verse 17 As he lov'd cursing and despite let it come to him so As blessings did not him delight so let it from him go verse 18 And as he had arrai'd and clad himself with curses vile Let it like drink within him sink and soak his bones like oyl verse 19 Let it be to him like the coat that never is laid by And like a girdle girt about his loins continually verse 20 Let God dispence a recompence mine en'mies to controul That are incen'st to speak against mine inoffensive soul. The second part verse 21 O God the Lord do thou for me ev'n for thine own name's sake Because right good thy mercies be my freedom undertake verse 22 For I indeed do stand in need with misery sore distrest My grieved heart with wounds do smart and bleeds within my breast verse 23 I'm gone like sun's declining shade like wandering Locusts tost verse 24 My knees through fasting weak are made my flesh her fat hath lost verse 25 Yea I became to them a shame on me they gaze and stare verse 26 Their heads they nod help Lord my God and me in mercy spare verse 27 That they may know it is thy hand for thou hast done the deed verse 28 And when they curse do thou command a blessiing to succeed Let shame surprise my foes that rise my soul for to destroy But yet afford thy servant Lord abundant cause of joy verse 29 And let mine adversaries all be cloathed with disgrace Let shame and self confusion fall upon mine en'mies face So that their own confusion may cover them throughout As if it were a mantle there to compass them about verse 30 And I will greatly praise the Lord with joyful mouth and tongue Yea and I will his praise record amidst the thickest throng verse 31 For he shall stand at our right hand and for our sake controul The doom of them that would condemn the poor man's harmless soul. Psalm CX Oxford Tune THe Lord un -- to my Lord thus spake Sit at my right hand till I make a ve -- ry foot-stool of thy foes The Lord shall send from Si -- on 's tow'r The sov'-reign scep-tre of thy pow'r rule thou a-midst them that op-pose verse 3 Thy people shall come willingly in day of thine authority Within fair Sion's sacred walls where thy first converts shall abound As thick as dew upon the ground which from the womb of morning falls The unrepenting God thus swore thou art a priest for evermore By order of Melchizedek verse 5 And God at thy right hand shall slay Proud kings in that his wrathful day verse 6 And all the heathen he
when I gen'rally respect I shall not be asham'd verse 7 With upright heart I 'le give thee praise and keep thy laws aright verse 8 When I have learn'd thy right'ous ways O do not leave me quite The second part To St. Marys Tune verse 9 What may a young man think to do to cleanse his way O Lord Surely by taking heed thereto according to thy word verse 10 Lord I have sought thee from my heart and from my heart I pray That I may not at all depart or wander from thy way verse 11 I hid thy word within my heart that I might not transgress verse 12 Teach me thy ways for Lord thou art renown'd with blessedness verse 13 The judgements of thy mouth divine I with my lips have told verse 14 Rejoycing in those ways of thine more than in heaps of gold verse 15 Upon thy precepts I will muse thy ways will I respect verse 16 Thy statutes with delight peruse and not thy word neglect The third part To the Proper Tune DEal boun-t'ously in gifts of grace with me thy ser --- vant Lord That I may live and run my race and keep thy ho ----- ly word O -- pen O Lord and clear mine eyes that I may see and know The won-der -- ful great my-ste-ries which from thy sta -- tutes flow verse 19 I do confess my self to be a stranger here on earth O do not hide thy laws from me but clearly set them forth verse 20 My soul doth break with fervency and only for this cause Of longing so continually after thy sacred laws verse 21 As for the proud presumptuous men which from thy statutes stray Thou hast O Lord rebuked them and cursed is their way verse 22 As for reproaches and contempts remove them Lord from me For I have kept the testaments which I have learnt of thee verse 23 And though great princes also sate thy servant to condemn Thy statutes I did contemplate and boldly spake of them verse 24 Thy testimonies also are my very hearts delight Nor need I other counsellers to guide my ways aright The fourth part To St. Marys Tune verse 25 My soul doth cleave unto the dust vouchsafe thou gracious Lord To quicken me as thou art Just and hast ingag'd thy word verse 26 O Lord I have acknowledged my secret ways to thee And thou thereto hast hearkened thy statutes teach to me verse 27 Make me O Lord to see and search thy precepts perfect way So shall I have thy wondrous works to talk of every day verse 28 But now my soul doth melt away for heaviness O Lord Vouchsafe to be my strength and stay according to thy word verse 29 The way of lying vanity from me O Lord withdraw And grant me very graciously the knowledge of thy law verse 30 For I have chose the way most true thy Judgments are my aim verse 31 Thy testaments I stuck unto Lord put me not to shame verse 32 And I will run with full consent the way thou giv'st in charge When with thy sweet incouragement thou shalt my heart enlarge The fifth part To the Proper Tune verse 33 Instruct me Lord to apprehend thy precepts perfect way And I shall keep it to the end ev'n to my dying day verse 34 Make me O Lord to understand and I shall keep thy law Yea to observe thy full command my heart shall not withdraw verse 35 Thy path-ways let me never miss but keep thy laws intire No other pleasure do I wish nor greater thing desire verse 36 Unto thy precepts bend my mind let those alone entice And let me never be inclin'd to wicked avarice verse 37 Avert mine eyes from vanity the lure whereon they gaze And by thy spirit quicken me in thy diviner ways verse 38 And as thou hast ingag'd thy word so ratify the same Unto thy faithful servant Lord who vows to fear thy name verse 39 The carnal fear of obloquy from me O Lord repell For thou dost judge with equity and therein dost excell verse 40 Behold Lord with what eagerness thy precepts I pursue Vouchsafe then in thy right'ousness to quicken me anew The sixth part To the Proper Tune verse 41 And now let thy campassion come unto me O Lord And shew me thy salvation according to thy word verse 42 And so shall I sufficiently answer his words unjust Whoe're he be that taunteth me for in thy word I trust verse 43 And let not Lord the word of truth nor let thy Judgements just Be wholly ta'ne out of my mouth for in them do I trust verse 44 And so shall I continually thy laws for ever keep verse 45 And walk at large by this discharge for I thy precepts seek verse 46 Thy testaments will I recite to kings and fear no shame verse 47 And in thy laws will I delight for I have lov'd the same verse 48 Lifting my hands to thy commands which I have lov'd so well And for this cause will mind thy laws and of thy statutes tell The seventh part To St. Marys Tune verse 49 Remember Lord the faithful word unto thy servant told And whereupon thou causedst me to build my hope so bold verse 50 And only this my comfort is in time of my distress Because thy word shall quicken me in all my heaviness verse 51 Lo they deride that swell with pride and scorn me very much Yet have not I declin'd thy law for fear of any such verse 52 I did record thy judgments Lord thy judgments wrought of old And meditating thereupon took comfort and grew bold verse 53 Yet horrid crimes like stormy times have taken hold on me Because lewd men forsake the law which is ordain'd by thee verse 54 Yet every where thy statutes were my comfortable song In places of my pilgrimage where I have past along verse 55 I did record thy name O Lord by night and kept thy laws verse 56 And this I had by keeping them and for no other cause The eight part To St. Marys Tune verse 57 Thou art my part and portion even thou O Lord alone I said that I would carefully observe thy words each one verse 58 Thy favour free I did intreat with my whole heart O Lord Then grant to me thy mercies free according to thy word verse 59 To thy decrees I turn'd my feet when pondering my ways verse 60 Haste I have made and not delay'd to keep thy holy laws verse 61 And tho' the bands of wicked men have made of me their prey Yet have I not thy laws forgot as careless of thy way verse 62 At midnight I will wake and rise to render thanks to thee Because thy word and judgements Lord so just and right'ous be verse 63 With all that fear thy holy name I am companion still Of such as seek thy laws to keep and precepts to fulfill verse 64 Thy mercies great O gracious Lord do fill the earth with store Teach me the way how to obey thy statutes
precepts of my God verse 116 According to thy word proclaim'd my soul in life uphold And let me never be asham'd of this my hope so bold verse 117 Uphold thou me and then shall I be very safely kept And to thy laws continually I will have due respect verse 118 And thou hast trodden down all those that from thy statutes stray For their deceit will soon disclose the falshood of their way verse 119 And all the wicked of the earth as dross thou dost remove The laws therefore which thou setst forth I do intirely love verse 120 For I do tremble Lord to tell what vengeance thou wilt take Thy judgements are so terrible they cause my flesh to quake The sixteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 121 I have done right to other men and followed right'ousness Then leave me not O Lord to them that would my soul oppress verse 122 A surety for thy servant be engaged for my good And let proud men's oppressing me be by thy power withstood verse 123 But all this while mine eyes do fail thy saving health to see Untill thy right'ous word prevail to help and succour me verse 124 According to thy mercy Lord with me thy servant deal And the commandments of thy word to me O Lord reveal verse 125 I am thy servant give me skill and make me understand That I may know thy holy will and practise thy command verse 126 It 's time for thee to work O God and no time to withdraw For wicked men have undertrod and quite made void thy law verse 127 Therefore I love thy statutes more than gold digg'd from the mine Yea I prefer them far before the gold that is most fine verse 128 Therefore I judge all thy decrees in all things to be right False doctrines and all heresies I hate as opposite The seventeenth part To the Proper Tune verse 129 O Lord how very wonderful thy testimonies are And for this cause to keep thy laws my soul doth take great care verse 130 The very entrance of thy words doth give thy servants light And maketh them though simple men to understand aright verse 131 My mouth I opened and did pant with zeal as hot fire Because that these thy just decrees inflam'd me with desire verse 132 Look on me in thy mercy Lord and grant me of the same As usually thou dost apply t'wards them that love thy name verse 133 Order my foot-steps in thy word and all my lusts controul And let no sin have entrance in to lord it o'r my soul. verse 134 Release me from oppression and injuries of men And so shall I more chearfully observe thy precepts then verse 135 And let thy gracious countenance on me thy servant shine And make me wise in mysteries that truly are divine verse 136 For Lord I weep whole seas of tears and 't is my constant course And all because they break thy laws without the least remorse The eighteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 137 O Lord thou art a right'ous God a right'ous God indeed And upright all thy judgements are which from thy mouth Proceed verse 138 Thy precepts Lord which thou dost press and giv'st us charge to do Are perfect rules of right'ousness and very faithful too verse 139 My zeal hath quite consumed me it was so very hot Because my wicked enemies have all thy words forgot verse 140 Thy word indeed is very pure as silver try'd by fire Therefore thy servant will be sure to love it most entire verse 141 And though l am of small account and scorn'd by carnal minds Yet do not I forget those laws to which my duty binds verse 142 An everlasting righ'ousness thy right'ousness must be And Lord thy law can be no no less than perfect verity verse 143 Trouble and anguish very great on me have taken hold Yet thy commandments unto me far greater joys unfold verse 144 Eternal are thy just decrees to me vouchsafe and give An understanding heart in these and I shall surely live The nineteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 145 With my whole heart I cri'd to thee O Lord hear thou my prayer Thy statutes shall be kept by me with diligence and care verse 146 I cri'd to thee in my distress Lord save and succour me And I will keep with faithfulness the words of thy decree verse 147 I did prevent the dawning day so early was my cry I made thy holy word my stay and waited patiently verse 148 The watches of the night so late my wakeful eye prevents That I might sweetly meditate on thy commandements verse 149 O let my humble voice be heard in loving kindness free According to thy judgements Lord vouchsafe to quicken me verse 150 Behold O Lord how near they draw that wicked plots pursue But they are far off from thy law in every thing they do verse 151 But thou O Lord art near at hand and universally Whatever things thou dost command are perfect verity verse 152 And as concerning thy decrees I understand of old That thou O Lord hast founded these eternally to hold The twentieth part To the Proper Tune verse 153 Consider my adversity and now deliver me For I forget not carelesly the word that comes from thee verse 154 O plead my cause with equity and rescue me O Lord Restore my soul and quicken me according to thy word verse 155 But surely thy salvation Lord from wicked men withdraws It is too far for them to seek that do not seek thy laws verse 156 Great are thy tender mercies Lord which in thy bowels strive According to thy gracious word my drooping soul revive verse 157 Mine enemies are many Lord my persecutors many Yet have not I swerv'd from thy word for slavish fear of any verse 158 But I was greatly griev'd O Lord when I with sorrow saw How these perfidious wicked men would not observe thy law verse 159 But as for me consider Lord how much thy laws I love And in thy kindness quicken me with favour from above verse 160 For from the first to last O Lord thy word is true and sure Thy right'ous judgements every one perpetually endure The one and twentieth part To the 100 Psalm Tune PRin -- ces have per -- se-cu -- ted me ma -- li-tious-ly with-out a cause Yet stands my heart in fear of thee so much thy word my con-science aws verse 162 I have rejoiced at thy word as one that finds the richest prize verse 163 And I do love thy way O Lord but hate and loath the way of lies verse 164 Seven times a day I give thee praise ev'n for thy right'ous judgement's sake verse 165 Great peace have they that love thy ways and no offence they need to take verse 166 Lord I have hop't for thy defence and thy commandments I have done verse 167 My soul hath kept thy testaments and loves them dearly ev'ry one verse 168 Thy precepts I have kept with care thy testimonies
I pursue For all my ways and actions are before thee ever in thy view The two and twentieth part To the Proper Tune verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and cry have quick access to thee And give me knowledge graciously as thou hast promist me verse 170 O let my supplication before thee be preferr'd And grant me thy salvation according to thy word verse 171 And then my lips shall be prepar'd to utter thankful praise When unto me thou hast declar'd and taught me all thy ways verse 172 My tongue shall utter and express the praises of thy word For thy commands are right'ousness ev'n all of them O Lord verse 173 Then let thy helping hand prevail when perils do oppose For leaving other helps that fail thy precepts I have chose verse 174 And I O Lord have long'd to see thy saving health and might And Lord thy law affecteth me with very great delight verse 175 O let my soul in safety live and it shall give thee praise And unto me thy judgements give to help me all my days verse 176 I went astray like wandring sheep O seek thy servant yet For thy commandements to keep I do not quite forget Psalm CXX Oxford Tune I cri'd to God in my di-stress Who did a rea --- dy ear address to hear my pray'r and send me aid Lord save my soul I thee in-treat From ly ---- ing lips and tongue's de-ceit thus fer -- vent -- ly to him I prai'd verse 3 But ah what shall be done to thee Thou tongue as false as false can be what shall be giv'n thee for thy part verse 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty sure With burning coals of Juniper such shalt thou have such as thou art verse 5 But woe is me that must perforce As far as Meshech have recourse to be a tedious sojourner As banished from Israel That I must be constrain'd to dwell within the tents of Kedar here verse 6 My soul hath dwelt this many a day With him that hates a peaceful way and is to quietness averse verse 7 I am for peace I love no jars But when I spake they were for wars and by disswasion grew more fierce Psalm CXXI Dublin Tune UP to the hills I lift mine eyes from whence my suc --- cour came My help ev'n from the Lord doth rise that heav'n and earth did frame verse 3 And not a whit will he permit thy foot to slide or fall For surely he that keepeth thee he slumbers not at all verse 4 Lo he that keepeth Israel he slumbers not nor sleeps verse 5 The Lord thy keeper shades thee well at that right hand he keeps verse 6 That neither may the sun by day have any pow'r to smite And hurt thee by his influ'ncy nor yet the moon by night verse 7 The Lord shall save thee from all harm thy soul shall be secure The Lord I say with pow'rful arm shall keep thee safe and sure verse 8 Thy going out is brought about with safety by his pow'r Thy coming in secur'd by him henceforth for evermore Psalm CXXII Oxford Tune I did ex-ceed-ing-ly re-joyce To hear the for-ward peo-ples voice in off'r-ing of their own ac --- cord For in this man -- ner did they say Come let us up and take a -- way un -- to the tem-ple of the Lord. verse 2 Within thy gates Jerusalem our feet shall come and stand in them to worship and to offer there verse 3 Jerusalem is built so neat Compact together and compleat the like there is not any where verse 4 The holy tribes with one accord The tribes I say of God the Lord to Isra'l's testimony came Thither they went on solemn days To worship and to offer praise unto the Lord 's most holy name verse 5 For there are stately thrones erect Erected there for this respect for judgement and for equity Which thrones of right do appertain To David's house which there must reign to judge the people right'ously verse 6 O pray therefore and do not cease but pray for our Jerus'lem's peace they that love thee shall prosper well verse 7 Peace be within thy wals say I I wish as much prosperity within thy palaces to dwell verse 8 My brethren and companions dear Make me now say let peace be here I wish it heartily to thee verse 9 The temple of our God no less Makes me to seek thy happiness as much as ever lies in me Psalm CXXIII Bristol Tune TO thee O Lord to thee a-lone do I lift up mine eyes O thou the high and lof -- ty one that dwell'st a --- bove the skies verse 2 Behold as servants look unto their Lord and Master's hand And as the eyes of Maidens do their mistresses attend So do our eyes attend and wait upon the Lord our God Till he do us commiserate that here are undertrod verse 3 Have mercy on us O most high have mercy on our woes For we are fill'd exceedingly with foul contempt of foes verse 4 Our soul is fill'd exceeding much with scornings and contempt Of those that are at ease and such as are most insolent Psalm CXXIV St. Marys Tune HAd not the Lord our Cause espous'd his Peo --- ple now may say Had not the Lord en-gag'd his pow'r to suc --- cour us that Day When wicked Men with cruel wrath inflam'd against us rose verse 3 Too feeble all our pow'rs had been their Fury to oppose verse 4 To their devouring Jaws our Life had been an easy prey verse 5 Their rage like an impetuous stream had swept us quite away verse 6 Blest be the Lord who chose this way his Mercy to enhance Then when our Dangers loudest call'd to send Deliverance verse 7 We lay like poor intangled Birds caught in the Fowler 's net God's pow'r has broke their snares and we at liberty are set verse 8 Since all our help lies in his name that Earth and Heaven made Our future hopes shall all depend on his Almighty Aid Psalm CXXIV Metre II. A Proper Tune NOw Is -- ra -- el may say and that tru-ly If that the Lord had not our cause maintain'd If that the Lord had not our right sustain'd When wick-ed men against us fu --- riously Made their up-roar and said we all should die Now long ago they had devour'd us all And swallow'd quick as we may well suppose Such was the wrath of our enraged foes As in great floods when show'rs excessive fall Our souls had been o'erwhelm'd and past recall The roaring waters and imperious flood Had long ago o'erwhelm'd us in the deep But blest be God that did us safely keep And gave us not a prey as case then stood Into their teeth that thirsted after blood Just as a bird deludes the Fowler 's game And scapes away right so it fares with us The snare is broke and we are scaped thus Our help is in the Lord our Saviour's Name Whose pow'rful word did earth heav'n
the brooks of Ba -- by-lon we sat down weep -- ing there when Si --- on hill we thought up -- on each thought in -- forc'd a tear verse 2 Amidst it there green willows were whereon our harps we hung For they that led us captives there requir'd of us a song verse 3 And they that wasted us that day did ask and urge us thus Sing one of Sion's songs said they and make some mirth for us verse 4 How shall we ever tune our tongue to sing at your command The Lord Jehovah's sacred song here in a forreign land verse 5 If I forget thee in my heart O Salem's sacred hill Let my right hand forget her art and forfeit all her skill verse 6 Yea let my tongue cleave to my jaws if thou shalt be forgot Yea and above my chiefest joys if I prefer thee not verse 7 Lord think on Edom's sons we pray whom we so spiteful found That said in sad Jerus'lem's day rase rase it to the ground verse 8 Daughter of Babel thou must be destroy'd and ruin'd thus Happy is he that doth to thee as thou hast done to us verse 9 He shall be blessed for his pains that takes thy little ones And dasheth out their Infant 's brains against the pavement stones Psalm CXXXVIII To the 100 Psalm Tune WIth my whole heart I praise thee now be-fore the Gods thy praise I sing To-wards thy ho --- ly house I bow to praise thy name O heav'nly king Ev'n for thy loving kindness Lord and for thy truth so often try'd For thou hast magnifi'd thy word yea more than all thy name beside verse 3 Thou answer'st me that very day wherein I did so call and cry Thou strengthened'st me and wast my stay my soul thou strengthened'st inwardly verse 4 All kings on earth shall give thee praise when from thy mouth they hear thy words verse 5 Yea singing walk along thy ways such fame such great fame is our Lord's verse 6 Though God be high above all things the lowly he regardeth much But on the proud contempt he brings and afar off he knoweth such verse 7 Although I walk in danger's path thou shalt revive me and extend Thy hand against my en'mies wrath and thy right hand shall me defend verse 8 The Lord will perfect my affairs so firm and sure thy mercy stands Neglect not thou thy wonted cares to keep the works of thine own hands Psalm CXXXIX Dublin Tune O Lord thou hast me search'd known My sit --- ting down thou know'st My ri -- sing up my thoughts each one thou seest when di ---- stant most verse 3 Thou compassest my path my bed and all my ways dost note verse 4 There 's not a word my tongue hath said but thou dost fully know 't verse 5 Behind before thou hast beset and on me laid thy hand verse 6 Such knowledge is too great to get too high to understand verse 7 Whither O whither shall I go and from thy spirit flie Where shall I hide me high or low from thy all-seeing eye verse 8 If I should climb to heav'n on high or make my bed in hell Thou art in heav'n assuredly thou art beneath as well verse 9 If on the morning wings I fled the utmost seas beyond verse 10 There by thy hand I should be led and held by thy right hand verse 11 And if I say the darkness sure shall hide me from thy sight The darkness which is most obscure about me shall be light verse 12 Yea darkness hides not from thy sight but night as day shines clear To thee the darkness and the light do both alike appear verse 13 For Lord my reins most secret room possessed is by thee And in my mother's narrow womb Lord thou hast cover'd me verse 14 I 'le praise thee that hast made me thus of rare and fearful frame Thy handy-works are marvellous my soul well knows the same verse 15 My substance was not hid from thee when secretly compos'd And curiously thou formedst me in earth's dark caves inclos'd verse 16 Thine eye did see my substance rude thy book nam'd ev'ry limb Which by degrees were fashioned when yet was none of them verse 17 How precious also unto me are thy sweet thoughts become O God how very great they be in gross and total summ verse 18 If I should count them they are more in number than the sand And I when I awake therefore am still at thy right hand verse 19 Surely thou wilt the wicked slay O God spare none of them Therefore from me depart I say O all ye bloody men verse 20 For lo they utter all their spight O Lord in thy disdain Thine adversaries set thee light and take thy name in vain verse 21 Do not I hate thine enemies and that for hateing thee And those that do against thee rise am not I griev'd to see verse 22 Yea Lord I hate them perfectly I count them my own foes verse 23 Search me O God my conscience try my heart and reins disclose verse 24 And see if I do go astray in any course of sin Shew me the everlasting way and lead me Lord therein Psalm CXXXIX Metre II. To the 100 Psalm Tune LOrd when I have to do with thee in vain I seek to be con-ceal'd Thou know'st me per -- fect -- ly to thee My ve -- ry thoughts are all re-veal'd verse 3 Both when I sit and when I rise my walking and my lying down verse 4 To thee my works and all my words better than to my self are known verse 5 On ev'ry side within the reach of thine incircling Arm I lie verse 6 Whose force I neither can resist nor scape the notice of thine Eye verse 7 Whither can I retire and find a place where God dos never come verse 8 His glories I should meet in heav'n his pow'r had I in Hell a Room verse 9 Could I remove to th' utmost Sea wing'd with the swiftest morning ray verse 10 Thy hand that thither must support my flight would my abode betray verse 11 If o'er my sins I think to draw the blackest curtains of the night verse 12 All will be clear to thee for what we darkness call to thee is light verse 13 My inmost Reins by thee possest with all th' affections seated there To thee that mad'st those hidden Springs within the womb must needs appear verse 14 In all thy works O Lord I see the footsteps of thy wond'rous skill And to excite my praise I find within my self more wonders still The Second part verse 15 Unseen by all when form'd within the dark Recesses of the womb Before the fine Embroidery of parts was to perfection come verse 16 In that rude Mass thou didst discern the daily growth of ev'ry part And what th' eternal mind had fram'd was copied out with curious Art verse 17 Lord I admire the various thoughts and the wise counsels of thy mind Their Sum is infinite yet
all are dear to me because they 're kind verse 18 Their number 's greater than the Sand which whilst my busy thoughts run o'er I sleep and find when I awake I 'm only where I was before verse 19 I 'm sure that their destruction's near who wickedly 'gainst me combine Hence then ye bloody-minded men nor your own ruine seek in mine verse 20 Thy Foes they are who use thy name intended mischiefs to disguise And boldly call God in to vouch for all their calumnies and lies verse 21 Do not I Lord detest and hate Such as oppose thy Laws and thee verse 22 I loath them perfectly and count my self their utter Enemy verse 23 Lord since my thoughts accuse me not of living in a false disguise I 'm less afraid to undergo the tryal of thy piercing eyes verse 24 Search me and where thou seest that I unwillingly have done amiss Correct my errors and reduce my wandrings to the way of bliss Psalm CXL Martyrs Tune FRom work-ers of in --- i -- qui-ty O Lord be my de -- fence Pre-serve thou me and set me free from men of vi --- o -- lence verse 2 Whose hearts imagine villany and gathered they are And do comply continually in purposes of War verse 3 They whet their tongues as darts of death like to the serpent fly The poys'nous breath of adders deaf under their lips doth ly verse 4 Keep me O Lord from wicked hands and from my furious foe Those firebrands whose purpose stands my steps to overthrow verse 5 A snare for me the proud did hide and they have spread a net And cords they ty'd by th' high-way side and gins for me they set verse 6 Therefore unto the Lord said I thou art my God alone O Lord most high attend my cry and supplication verse 7 O God the Lord thou dost bestead my soul with saving might And thou my head hast covered in day of bloody fight verse 8 Grant not O Lord grant not a jot the wicked man's desire O further not his wicked plot lest that should lift them higher verse 9 As for their head of all the throng that compass me about Let mischief sprung from their own tongue quite cover them throughout verse 10 Let burning coals upon them fall and cast them in the fire And let them all in deep pits fall whence they may not retire verse 11 Let there be no establishment for lewd tongues here below Evil shall hunt the violent unto his overthrow verse 12 I know God will maintain by might the cause of the distrest And will not slight the poor man's eight but help him when opprest verse 13 Surely the right'ous ev'ry where thanks to thy name shall give And all that bear a mind sincere shall in thy presence live Psalm CXLI Dublin Tune TO thee O Lord I call and cry make haste and come to me And bow thine ear at -- ten -- tive-ly now when I cry to thee verse 2 O let my pray'r be now set out as incense in thine eyes And lifting up of hands devout as evening sacrifice verse 3 And set a careful watch before my hafty mouth O Lord And of my lips keep thou the door against each evil word verse 4 Incline my heart to no misdeed with them that wicked are Nor let me ever dare to feed of their delicious fare verse 5 But let the right'ous smite me Lord for that is good for me And his reproof and sharpest word a sov'reign balm shall be Such smiting shall not break my head for yet my pray'rs likewise Shall willingly be offered in their calamities verse 6 Their judges being overthrown as on the stony street Then shall they hear my words each one for they are very sweet verse 7 But now about the graves they leave our bones all scatter'd round As wood which one doth cut and cleave lies scatter'd on the ground verse 8 But Lord mine eyes are unto thee my trust is in thy grace O God the Lord then leave not me in so forlorn a case verse 9 O keep me safely from the snare they laid to take me in And from the gins of those that are such practisers of sin verse 10 And in their own devised net Lord let the wicked fall Ev'n in the net which they did set whil'st I escape withall Psalm CXLII Martyrs Tune I Cri'd un -- to the ho -- ly one with ear --- nest voice and cry I made my sup --- pli -- ca-tion known un -- to the Lord most high verse 2 I pour'd out my complaint and cry before his gracious face I shew'd before him readily my deep distressful case verse 3 When Lord my spirit sunk in woe my path was known to thee And in the way where I did go they laid close snares for me verse 4 I look't on my right hand and saw but none would know me there Refuge did fail and quite withdraw none for my soul did care verse 5 I cri'd to thee O Lord and said thou art my refuge then Thou art my portion and my aid i'th'land of living men verse 6 Attend my cry for I am low and Lord deliver me From them that persecute me so and are too strong for me verse 7 My soul from prison Lord set free thy name to glorify The right'ous then shall stock to me when I thy bounty try Psalm CXLIII Windsor Tune LOrd hear my pray'r and hum-ble suit thy wil --- ling ear ad --- dress And an -- swer me in e --- qui -- ty in truth and faith ---- ful --- ness verse 2 And into judgment or dispute thy servant do not call For with thee can no mortal man be justifi'd at all verse 3 My foes my soul do persecute my life to ground is trod My dwelling made in darksome shade as men long dead O God verse 4 Therefore my burden'd spirits shrink my heart is desolate verse 5 And wisely weighs the ancient days thy works I meditate verse 6 On all thy handy works I think to thee I stretch my hands My soul in me thirsts after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Lord hear me soon my spirits sink and now left I should be Like them that go to th' pit below hide not thy face from me verse 8 Cause me to hear of thy kind love before the break of day Cause me to know what way to go for thou art all my stay verse 9 I lift my soul to thee above Lord save me from my toe I fly to thee to shelter me no other God I know verse 10 Thy spirit is good let that sweet dove thy servant's soul instruct In thy command and to the Land of uprightness conduct verse 11 Lord for thy name's sake quicken me and that this very thing May well express thy right'ousness my soul from trouble bring verse 12 And of thine own benignity and for thy goodness sake Cut off all those that are my foes and vengeance on them take
Destroy'd and ruin'd let them be that do my soul oppress For I serve thee religiously with all submissiveness Psalm CXLIV St. Davids Tune BLes-sed for e --- ver be the Lord who is my strength and might Who taught my hands to use the sword my fin -- gers for to fight verse 2 My goodness and my fort likewise my shield of saving pow'r My Saviour from mine enemies and my exalted tow'r In whom I put my confidence for it is only he That bringeth to obedience the people under me verse 3 Lord what is man that thou shouldst take such knowledge of him here The son of man that thou should'st make account of him so dear verse 4 Sure man is like to vanity his days decline and fade And pass away most hastily like to a flitting shade verse 5 Lord bow the heavens and come down and do but gently stroke The mountains with an angry frown and they shall quickly smoak verse 6 Cast forth thy lightning from the skies and all thy foes disperse And to destroy thine enemies shoot forth thy lightnings fierce verse 7 Send from above thy hand that saves And rid me as I stand And snatch me from the mighty waves and from strange children's hand verse 8 Whose mouth doth utter words devis'd and fraught with falshood great And their right hand is exercis'd in cunning and deceit verse 9 New songs to thee will I present my psalt'ry shall agree And on a ten-string'd instrument will I sing praise to thee verse 10 'T is he that unto kings extends salvation's welcome pledge His servant David he defends from sword's offensive edge verse 11 Release and rid me speedily from hands of sinners vile Whose subtle mouths speak vanity their right hands full of guile verse 12 That so our sons may thrive apace as plants in youth do grow Like polisht stones of some fair place so may our daughters show verse 13 Our garners full as they can hold with every kind of thing And in our streets the flock and fold may many thousands bring verse 14 Let not our labouring oxen faint nor enemy invade No leading captive no complaint within our streets be made verse 15 O blessed people would we say with such like blessings stor'd Yea rather blessed people they whose God is God the Lord. Psalm CXLV London Tune THee will I praise my God and King and e ---- ver bless thy name And all my days I 'll give thee praise and still ex --- toll thy fame verse 3 Great is the Lord in ev'ry thing and greatly must we praise That name of his whose greatness is unsearchable always verse 4 One age shall still be publishing to that which next succeeds Thy worthy praise in all thy ways thy mighty works and deeds verse 5 And I Lord will discourse and treat what glory thou hast won The fame of the great majesty that hast such wonders done verse 6 Thy might likewise shall men repeat and deeds of dreadful fame Nor will I spare for declare the greatness of thy name verse 7 The memory of thy goodness great they largely shall express And shall in songs with joyful tongues declare thy right'ousness verse 8 The Lord is good to all indeed his tender love and grace verse 9 His creatures all in general do taste in ev'ry place verse 10 Lord all thy works thy praise shall spread and thee thy saints shall bless verse 11 They shall proclaim thy kingdom's fame and thy great pow'r express verse 12 To publish all his mighty deeds and make mankind to know How gloriously in majesty his kingdom shines below The second part verse 13 A kingdom of eternity thy kingdom is O Lord And thy alone dominion all ages shall record verse 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall and makes the crooked straight verse 15 And Lord on thee continually the eyes of all things wait verse 16 In seasons due thou feed'st them all thy opened hand doth bring To satiate the appetite of ev'ry living thing verse 17 Righteous is God in all his ways holy in all he doth verse 18 And nigh to all that on him call in uprightness and truth verse 19 He will fulfil the heart's desire of them that do him fear He will likewise attend their cries and save them ev'ry where verse 20 And all that love him doth the Lord preserve in ev'ry place But will destroy ev'n utterly all the ungodly race· verse 20 My mouth shall speak the Lord's due praise and let all flesh endeavour Thus to proclaim his holy name from age to age for ever Psalm CXLVI St. Davids Tune PRaise ye the Lord my soul give praise un ---- to our heav'n -- ly king While life and breath pro-long my days his prais --- es will I sing verse 3 Trust not in men magnificent nor in man's mortal seed Whose pow'r is not sufficient to help you in your need verse 4 Because his breath doth soon depart then turns he to his clay And all the counsels of his heart do perish in that day verse 5 Blessed and happy is the man whom Jacob's God doth aid And on the Lord his God alone his faith is firmly staid verse 6 In him that made both earth and skie and all in sea or shore And keeps his promise faithfully and will do evermore verse 7 With justice always he proceeds for such as suffer wrong The poor and hungry soul he feeds and breaks the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doth give the blind their sight the lame to limbs restore The Lord doth in his saints delight and loves them evermore verse 9 He helps the widows in distress and strangers sad in heart He doth defend the fatherless and ill men's ways subvert verse 10 The Lord shall reign eternally thy God O Sion hill Shall reign to all posterity O praise him praise him still Psalm CXLVII To the 100 Psalm Tune PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet the prais -- es of our God to sing For the im-ploy-ment is most sweet and praise a ve --- ry come -- ly thing verse 2 The Lord doth build Jerusalem gathers th'out casts of Isra'l's bounds verse 3 He healeth broken-hearted men and bindeth up their bleeding wounds verse 4 The number of the stars he tells and all their names he doth recite verse 5 Great is the Lord his pow'r excells his wisdom is most infinite verse 6 Poor humble souls the Lord doth raise but treads the wicked to the ground verse 7 Sing to the Lord our God sing praise praise him with harps harmonious sound verse 8 Who with thick clouds o're spreads the skie prepared rain on earth distills And makes the earth to fructify with store of grass on highest hills verse 9 He giveth to the beast his food and feeds the raven's brood that begs verse 10 The strength of horse doth him no good nor takes he pleasure in man's legs verse 11 The Lord doth take delight in them that in his faithful fear abide
And taketh pleasure in those men that in his mercy do confide The second part verse 12 O praise the Lord Jerusalem praise thou thy God O Sion hill verse 13 Who makes thy bars and strengtheneth them to keep thy gates in safety still Thy children in thee he hath blest verse 14 He maketh in thy borders peace He fills thee also with the best and finest of the fields increase verse 15 He sends out his command on earth his word doth very swiftly post verse 16 The snow like wool he giveth forth he spreads like ashes hoary frost verse 17 He casteth out his ice like crust his pinching cold who can sustain verse 18 He sends his word and melt they must and into water turn again His pow'r doth cause the wind to blow whereby the ragged water flows verse 19 His word to Jacob he doth show his laws and judgment Isra'l knows verse 20 He dealt not so with other lands as for the judgments of the Lord No heathen people understands do ye therefore his praise record Psalm CXLVIII London Tune PRaise ye the Lord praise ye the lord ev'n from the hea -- vens high Ev'n from the heights his praise re -- cord a ---- bove the star --- ry sky verse 2 His angels all his praise begin and all his hosts of might verse 3 Praise him both sun and moon praise him O all ye stars of light verse 4 Ye heav'n of heaven's lofty sphere him praise and magnify Ye waters also that be there above the heavens high verse 5 O let them praise the mighty name of our almighty Lord For he commanded and they came created at his word verse 6 He hath establisht them to be and that for evermore He hath ordained a decree which they shall not pass o're verse 7 Praise God from th' earth all in your kind ye dragons and all deeps verse 8 Fire hail snow vapour stormy wind his word that fully keeps verse 9 All hills and mountains fruitful springs all trees and cedars high verse 10 All beasts and cattel creeping things and all the fowl that fly verse 11 Kings of the earth and people there princes and judges all verse 12 Young men and maidens ev'ry where old men and children small verse 13 O let them praise the Lord's great name for that excells alone His glory is above the frame of earth and heav'n's high throne verse 14 And he exalts his people's horn his people he doth raise His dearest saints from Isra'l born O give the Lord his praise Psalm CXLVIII Metre II. A Proper Tune YE bound-less Realms of Joy Ex -- alt your Ma -- ker's Fame His praise your song em -- ploy A-bove the star -- ry Frame Your voices raise ye Che --- ru-bim And Se -- ra-phim To sing his praise verse 3 Thou Moon that rul'st the Night And Sun that guid'st the Day Ye glitt'ring stars of Light To him your homage pay His praise declare ye Heav'ns above And Clouds that move in liquid air verse 5 Let them adore the Lord And praise his holy Name By whose almighty word They all from nothing came And all shall last fom Changes free His firm Decree stands ever fast verse 7 Let Earth her Tribute pay Praise him ye dreadful Whales And Fish that through the Sea Glide swift with glitt'ring Scales Fire Hail and snow and misty Air And Winds that where he bids them blow verse 9 By hills and Mountains all In grateful Consort join'd By Cedars stately tall And Trees for Fruit design'd By ev'ry Beast and creeping thing And Fowl of Wing his Name be blest verse 11,12 Let all of Royal Birth With those of humbler frame And Judges of the Earth His matchless Praise proclaim In this Design let Youths with Maids And hoary heads with children join verse 13 United zeal be shown His wond'rous Fame to raise whose glorious Name alone Deserves our endless praise Earth's utmost ends his power obey His glorious sway the sky transcends verse 14 His chosen Saints to grace He sets them up on high And favours Isra'l's Race Who still to him are nigh O therefore raise your grateful voice And still rejoyce the Lord to praise Psalm CXLIX To the 119 Psalm Tune PRaise ye the Lord and sing new songs God 's prais-es to de-clare O praise him in the thick-est throngs where saints as -- sem --- bled are Let Is --- ra'l joy and tri-umph still and of their ma -- ker sing And let the sons of Si --- on hill be joy -- ful in their king verse 3 Let them extol his praise and fame in dances when they meet Let them sing praises to his name with harp and timbrel sweet verse 4 For lo the Lord his dear delight doth in his people place And he will make the meek shine bright with saving health and grace verse 5 O let the gracious saints rejoyce whom glory doth invest Let them sing praise with loudest voice as on their beds they rest verse 6 Let the high praises of the Lord be in their mouth contain'd And let a double edged sword be put into their hand verse 7 To execute great plagues and pains upon the heathen lands verse 9 To bind their stately kings with chains their Lords with iron bands verse 9 To execute on them the doom found written in his word This honour to all saints doth come praise ye praise ye the Lord. Psalm CL. Stanford Tune PRaise God praise God most high with -- in his sa --- cred tow'r I' th' fir --- ma-ment of large ex -- tent where he de -- clares his pow'r O praise him thank-ful --- ly for his al -- migh -- ty deeds His praise forth shew ac-cord-ing to his great -- ness which ex -- ceeds verse 3 O magnify the Lord with stately trumpets sound With psalteries and harps likewise that he may be renown'd verse 4 Do ye his praise record among them in the dance With timbrels flutes organs and lutes his praises to advance verse 5 Let the loud cimbals ring his praise to magnify Praise him upon the silver one that soundeth loud and high verse 6 Let ev'ry breathing thing be ready to record The praise and fame of God's great name Amen praise ye the Lord. Psalm CL. Metre II. London Tune PRaise God with-in that sa-cred place where he his Grace be -- stows Your wond'ring thoughts to hea -- ven raise where he his Glo --- ry shows verse 2 Let all his mighty acts of pow'r your inward passions move That your acknowledgments may suit the Greatness of his Love verse 3 Musicks soft notes and louder sounds verse 4 Of instruments imploy verse 5 T' excite Devotion and attend the triumphs of your joy verse 6 Since all to this Creator owe that breath by which they live Let ev'ry thing that breaths to him their cheerful praises give The End of The Psalms A Table of the Psalms with the Names of the Tunes to each Psalm Psalms The Tunes Names Psalms The Tunes Names Psalms The Tunes Names 1 S. Davids 31 Lincoln 61 To the 119 1 To the 148 32 Lowath 62 Bristol 2 Windsor 32 To the 100 63 To the 119 3 Lincoln 33 London 63 Oxford 4 S. Marys 34 S. Marys 64 Lincoln 5 Lowath 35 Bristol 65 Southwell 6 Bristol 36 S. Marys 66 London 7 Martyrs 37 Windsor 67 Southwell 8 S. Marys 38 Bristol 68 To the 119 8 To the 148 39 Windsor 69 Bristol 9 London 40 Dublin 70 To the 51 10 Lincoln 41 S. Marys 71 Lowath 11 Lowath 42 Oxford 72 To the 119 12 Windsor 43 S. David's 73 Martyrs 13 Stanford 44 Lincoln 74 Dublin 14 Windsor 45 S. Marys 75 S. Marys 15 S. Marys 46 Dublin 76 To the 100 15 Oxford 47 London 77 To the 119 16 Lowath 47 To the 148 78 S. Marys 17 Bristol 48 S. Davids 79 Lowath 18 Lincoln 49 Dublin 80 Dublin 19 London 49 To the 100 81 London 20 Lowath 50 Lincoln 82 To the 119 21 S. Marys 51 Proper 93 S. Marys 22 Bristol 51 To the 100 84 Oxford 23 S. Marys 52 Lowath 85 S. Davids 23 Stanford 53 Dublin 86 S. Marys 24 S. David's 54 Martyrs 87 Windsor 25 Southwell 55 Bristol 88 Martyrs 26 Bristol 56 Southwel 89 S. Marys 27 Dublin 57 Dublin 90 Windsor 28 Bristol 58 Martyrs 90 To the 100 29 Oxford 59 S. Davids 91 Dublin 30 S. Marys 60 Lowath 92 S. Marys 93 London 2 p. S. Marys 127 Oxford 94 Martyrs 3 p. To Proper 128 S. Marys 95 Ely 4 p. S. Marys 129 Lincoln 96 London 5 p. To Proper 130 To the 119 97 S. Marys 6 p. To Proper 130 To the 148 98 London 7 p. S. Marys 131 Martyrs 99 S. David's 8 p. S. Marys 132 Lincoln 100 proper 9 p. To Proper 133 To the 100 101 Lowath 10 p To proper 134 Southwell 102 Bristol 11 p To the 100 135 London 103 To the 119 12 p To Proper 136 To the 148 103 To the 100 13 p To proper 137 S. Marys 104 Dublin 14 p To Proper 138 To the 100 105 S. Marys 15 p To proper 139 Dublin 106 S. David's 16 p To Proper 139 To the 100 107 Lowath 17 p To proper 140 Martyrs 108 Windsor 18 p To proper 141 Dublin 109 Bristol 19 p To proper 142 Martyrs 110 Oxford 20 p To proper 143 Windsor 111 London 21 p To the 100 144 S. David's 112 S. Marys 22 p To proper 145 London 113 Proper 120 Oxford 146 S. David's 114 Oxford 121 Dublin 147 To the 100 115 Bristol 122 Oxford 148 London 116 Lincoln 123 Bristol 148 Proper 117 London 124 S. Marys 149 To the 119 118 S. Marys 124 proper 150 Stanford 119 First part to S. Marys 125 Lowath 150 London   126 To the 113   The Basses to each Tune in this Book The Bass to Bristol Tune The Bass to St. David's Tune The Bass to Dublin Tune The Bass to Ely Tune The Bass to Lincoln Tune The Bass to London Tune The Bass to Lowath Tune The Bass to Martyrs Tune The Bass to St. Marys Tune The Bass to Oxford Tune The Bass to the 51 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 100 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 113 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 119 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 124 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 148 Psalm Tune The Bass to Stanford Tune The Bass to Southwell Tune The Bass to Windsor Tune FINIS