too great and high 2 Thou know'st I have behav'd my self In quietness as low and mild As a child weaned from the breast My soul 's even as a weaned child 3 Upon the Lord let Israel With fullest trust and hope rely Not only now but from henceforth Even un to all Eternity PSALM CXXXII 1 REmember David's troubles Lord 2 Who vow'd to Jacob's mighty God 3 And sware I 'le not come to my house Nor go for rest unto my bed 4 I 'le give mine eyes no sleep until 5 I find a holy place to dwell A habitation for the Lord The mighty God of Israel 6 At Shiloh's place in Ephraim We heard God's holy Ark once stood We found it also in the fields And in the City of the wood 7 We 'll go into his Tabernacle And humbly at his foot-stool bow 8 Arise O Lord unto thy rest Thy holy Ark of strength and Thou 9 Let righteousness be to thy Priests Their cloathing and their comely dress And let thy Saints that worship thee Even shout aloud for joyfulness 10 And for thy servant David's sake With shame turn not away the face Of him whom thou anointed hast And chosen freely by thy grace 11 The Lord to David sware in truth And surely will not turn from it Upon the Throne of Majesty Thy body 's Off-spring I will set 12 My Covenant if thy sons will keep And Laws which I to them make known Their Children also then shall sit For ever on thy Royal Throne 13 For Sion the Lord chosen hath And there to dwell he liketh best 14 This is my chosen dwelling-place This is my worship's fixed rest 15 I her provisions will maintain And it will bless abundantly And I her poor and needy ones With daily bread will satisfie 16 And I her sacred Priests will cloath With my preserving saving grace Her Saints shall shout aloud for joy Before my shining pleased face 17 There I 'le make David's horn of Power To bud forth and afresh to spring And there I have ordain'd a lamp For my anointed sacred King 18 His enemies I will subdue And with just shame I 'le cloath them all But on him and his faithful seed His Royal Crown still flourish shall PSALM CXXXIII 1 BEhold and try how good it is What holy pleasure it doth give When holy brethren serving God In love and unity do live 2 It perfumes like the precious Oyl Which poured was on Aarons head Which down his beard and garments all It s sacred fragrant odour spread 3 As fruitful dews from Hermon hill Which waters all the lower ground And streaming showers from Sion's Mount Make the low Vales with fruit abound So on his flock by Love and Peace God doth his fruitful grace entail Even the fore-taâ—â—e of that blest life Where Love and Peace shall never fail PSALM CXXXIV 1 SEe that ye bless the Lord Ye that his servants are Who in his house by night do stand To serve and praise him there 2 Lift up your hearts and hands To him with one accord In his appointed holy place There glorifie the Lord. 3 The Lord that made the heav'ns The earth and all that live His blessing out of Sion shall Plenteously to you give PSALM CXXXV 1 PRaise ye the Lord Praise his great name All ye his servants Praise your God 2 All you that in the Lord's house stand And in his Courts have your abode 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good Sing praises to his holy name For it is sweet to be employ'd His holy praises to proclaim 4 He to himself hath Jacob chose And Israel his own treasure made 5 I know the Lord our God is great Above all Gods in honour had 6 In heav'n and earth the Lord hath done Whatever his own will did please And also in the deeps below And in the great and swelling Seas 7 From the earth's ends it 's he that makes The vapours upward to ascend He doth make Lightnings for the rain And Winds out of his treasure send 8 Egypt's first-born both man and beast He smote and wondrous tokens he 9 On Pharaoh and his servants sent O Egypt in the midst of thee 10 He smote great Nations slew great Kings 11 Sihon who was of Heshbon King And Og of Bashan and to nought All Canaan's Kingdoms he did bring 12 And gave their Land a heritage Unto his people Israel 13 Thy name Lord everlasting is For ever 's thy memorial 14 For God for his own people will To judge and save them yet arise And will turn and repent himself Of all his servants miseries 15 The Idols which are worshipped Abroad in all the Heathen lands They are of gold and silver made The meer work of the Craftsmens hands 16 A mouth they have but do not speak Eyes have they but they never saw 17 They have ears but they do not hear And mouths which never breath did draw 18 Their makers are even like to them And all that do on them rely 19 Bless ye the Lord O Israel's house Bless God O Aaron's family 20 His servants all of Levi's house Continually bless ye the Lord All every where that do him fear Daily bless God with one accord 21 In Sion God's own chosen place Bless him and there his praise record Who dwelleth at Jerusalem In holiness praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXXXVI The Scots Version 1 PRaise God for he is good His mercy lasts for aye 2 Give thanks with heart and mind To God of Gods alway For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 3 The Lord of Lords praise ye Whose mercies still endure 4 Great wonders only he Doth work by his great power For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 5 Which God Omnipotent By might and mercies high The Heav'ns and Firmament Did frame as you may see For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 6 To him who did out-stretch This earth so great and wide Above the waters reach Making it to abide For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 7 Great Lights he made to be For his grace lafteth aye 8 Such as the Sun we see To rule the lightsome day For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 9 Also the Moon so clear Which shineth in our sight The Stars that do appear To guide the darksome night For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 10 To him that Egypt smote Who did his message scorn And in his anger hot Did kill all their first-born For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 11 Thence Israel out he brought For his grace lafteth ever 12 With a strong hand he wrought And stretch'd-out arm deliver For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure Eternally 13 The Sea he cut in two For his grace lasteth still 14 And through the midst to go Made his own Israel For certainly His mercies dure Most firm and sure
sown And gladness is by God design'd For every upright hearted one 12 Ye righteous in the Lord your God Rejoyce with hearty thankfulness The honourable memory Keep of his perfect holiness PSALM XCVIII 1 SIng a new song to God The things which he hath done Are great and marvellous And make his Greatness known His right hand high And holy arm Did well perform His victory 2 His great salvation The Lord hath well made known And in the heathens sight His righteousness hath shown 3 Toward Israel He mercy hath And his firm truth Remembred well All the ends of the earth God's saving works and ways Have with their eyes beheld 4 With joy sound forth his praise Let all men raise Their loudest voice In him rejoyce And sing his praise 5 Sing to God with the Harp With Psalms and Musick 's voice 6 Trumpets and Cornets sound Make ye a joyful noise Before the Lord The World 's great King With praises sing With sweet concord 7 Let the great Ocean roar Its waves and fulness swell 8 Let all the world praise God And they that therein dwell Let floods applaud And hills rejoyce As with one voice The Lord to laud. 9 God's presence all attend For he is coming forth With truth and righteousness To judge all men on earth The world will he To judgment call And judge men all With equity PSALM XCIX 1 TRemble ye people of the world The righteous Lord doth reign above He sits between the Cherubims The earth below shall quake and move 2 The Lord in Sion is extoll'd He is above all people high 3 His holy great and dreadful name Let all men fear and magnifie 4 Judgment lov'd is the strength of Kings Thou settlest truth and equity Just judgment thou dost execute And rulest Jacob righteously 5 Exalt the Name of God the Lord And at his foot-stool humbly fall He 's holy in true holiness Worship him O ye people all 6 Moses and Aaron with his Priests Samuel and other such as have Call'd on him when to him they pray'd He heard and gracious answer gave 7 Within the cloudy Pillar he Spake unto them his word and will His testimony they receiv'd And kept his holy precepts still 8 Thou answer'dst them O Lord our God And often didst their sins forgive Though oft also thou took'st revenge Of what they did amiss contrive 9 Exalt the name of our Lord God And at his chosen holy hill Worship him in true holiness For God our Lord is holy still PSALM C. 1 ALL people that do dwell Abroad on all the earth Make to the Lord a joyful noise Praise him with holy mirth 2 O serve our glorious Lord With gladness and with joys Before his holy presence come With chearful singing voice 3 Know that the Lord is God It 's he that did us make Not we our selves us as his flock And people he doth take 4 Enter his gates with thanks Into his courts with praise Be truly thankful unto him And bless his name always 5 For God our Lord is good His mercies ever sure And to all generations His truth shall still endure The Old Metre 1 ALL people that on earth do dwell Sing to the Lord with chearful voice 2 Him serve with fear his praise forth tell Come ye before him and rejoyce 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 4 O enter then his gates with praise Approach with joy his courts unto Praise laud and bless his name always For it is seemly so to do 5 For why 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. 1 MErcy and Judgment are my song Of these O Lord I 'le sing to thee 2 I 'le wisely walk in perfect way O Lord when wilt thou come to me I 'le walk within my house and place With a just mind and perfect heart 3 All that is wicked and prophane Shall from before my eyes depart I hate their works that turn aside To me it shall not come or cleave 4 I will not know a wicked man A froward heart I 'le shun and leave 5 I 'le cut him off who slandereth His righteous neighbour secretly I 'le not endure men of proud hearts Nor him that scorns and looketh high 6 Mine eyes shall look to faithful men That they may always dwell with me He that walks in a perfect way My welcome servant he shall be 7 He that is bent to use deceit In my house shall not with me dwell Nor shall he tarry in my sight Who lyes doth use himself to tell 8 The wicked of the land I will Soon root out and their works deface That from the City of the Lord I may cut off their wicked race PSALM CII A Prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed And poureth out his complaint before the Lord. 1 LOrd hearken to my fervent prayer And let my cry come un to thee 2 And now when I in trouble am Hide not thy gracious face from me Bow thine ear to me when I call Hear me and answer speedily 3 My days consumed are like smoak My very bones are burnt and dry 4 My heart within me smitten is And like to grass it 's withered So swallow'd up with grief that I Do even forget to eat my bread 5 By reason of my groaning voice My bones cleave to my withered skin 6 I like mournful Pelican Of the sad wilderness have bin I like an Owl in desart am Who nightly there doth streech and moan 7 I watch and like a sparrow am That sits on the house-top alone 8 My persecuting enemies All day do me reproach and scorn And they that mad against me are Are all against me set and sworn 9 Ashes I eaten have like bread And mingled have my drink with tears 10 Because thine indignation hot And wrath doth cause my pains and fears In mercy thou didst lift me up But thou hast cast me very low 11 My days like shadows do decline And like the wither'd grass I grow 12 But thou art the eternal God And ever dost endure the same Beyond all generations is The memory of thy glorious name 13 Thou wilt arise On Sion thou Wilt timely shew thy mercy great The time to favour her is come The time foretold which thou hast set 14 For in her very ruin'd stones Thy faithful servants pleasure take They love the very dust thereof And therefore for her prayers make 15 So shall the very heathens fear The mighty Lord 's most holy name And all the Kings on earth shall dread Thy glorious Majesty and fame 16 When God his Sion shall build up In glory he 'll to us appear 17 Distress'd mens prayers he 'll regard And not despise but gently hear 18 This for the ages yet to come Shall
written be left on record They that hereafter shall be made Shall gladly serve and praise the Lord. 19 The Lord lookt down on all below Even from his high and holy place The earth unto the Lord of Heaven Is ever seen before his face 20 To hear the prisoners doleful groans And save men falsly judg'd-to die 21 God's name in Sion to declare Him there to praise and magnifie 22 When many people far and nigh Meet there to pray with one accord And when the Kingdoms shall consent To fear and serve the highest Lord. 23 My strength he weakened in the way As shortning my Life 's short day 24 I said By an untimely death Lord take me not in wrath away Through Ages all thou art the same 25 The solid Earth's Foundations laid Thou hast of old Heavens are the Work Which thy own Power and Hands have made 26 They perish shall but thou shalt stand As garments they shall all wax old Thou shalt them change as Men their Cloaths And as a Vesture them up fold 27 But thou art endlesly the same 28 Thy Servants Off-spring shall survive Their Seed established by thee Shall in thy blessed presence live PSALM CIII 1 MY Soul bless thou the glorious God Praise him and celebrate his Fame Let all my inward Powers concur To praise and bless his holy Name 2 Still bless the living Lord my Soul Never do thou sleight or forget Unthankfully his benefits So many undeserv'd and great 3 Thy many great provoking sins His Mercy freely doth forgive He thy Diseases and thy Pains Doth heal or ease and thee relieve 4 He did redeem thy forfeit Life And it from threatned death did free And with his loving kindness great And tender Mercies crowned thee 5 What hast thou wanted that is good To satisfie thy just desire Thy strength like Eagles he renew'd Reviving nature's languid fire 6 God will just Judgment execute For them by man oppress'd that are 7 To Moses and to Israel's seed His ways and acts he did declare 8 Gracious and merciful is God Great is his mercy high and deep 9 He 's slow to wrath he chides not still Nor doth his anger ever keep 10 He hath not dealt with us in wrath According to our hainous sin Nor strictly us rewarded hath As our guilt and deserts have bin 11 But as the great and glorious heav'ns Than this low earth far higher are God's mercy so transcendent is To all that do him truly fear 12 As far as East is from the West So far from us remov'd hath he Our hated and forsaken sin And our bewail'd iniquity 13 As loving Parents taught of God Pity to their dear Children bear The Lord of Love will pity them That serve him with true child-like fear 14 For he remembers flesh is dust Our frail and mortal frame he knows 15 And that the days of man on earth Are like the grass in field that grows 16 There flowers flourish but sharp winds Blast them and they are quickly gone And to the place which they persum'd And beautify'd they are unknown 17 But unto such as do him fear God's boundless mercy hath no end And his sure love and righteousness To Childrens Children doth extend 18 To such as keep his Covenant And his Commandments keep in mind And them sincerely do obey And therein their chief pleasure find 19 The Lord his Throne prepared hath In heaven where Saints his glory see And all the world his Kingdom is And Ruler over all is he 20 You mighty Angels great in strength Must bless the Lord with highest praise Your holiness fulfils his will And readily his voice obeys 21 All ye his great and glorious Hosts For ever bless and praise the Lord You serve the pleasure of his will And all as one obey his word 22 Let all his works through all the world To praise their glorious Lord accord And O my soul bear thou thy part And ever bless and praise the Lord. PSALM CIV 1 MY soul bless thou the living Lord Thou Lord my God art very great With honour and with majesty Thou cloathed art in glorious state 2 The fulgent light thy covering is Appearing in it as thy robes Thou like a curtain dost stretch out The Heavens with all their splendid globes 3 The beams of his great Chambers he Doth in the liquid waters lay The Clouds he makes his Chariots On winged Winds he takes his way 4 Blest Spirits he his Angels makes His Ministers a flaming fire 5 The Earth's Foundations firm he laid That nothing shall them ever stir 6 Like to a Garment with the deep The Earth by thee was covered The Waters stood above the Hills 7 But soon at thy rebuke they fled Thy thunders voice hasts them away 8 They go up by the mountain ground Down by the Valleys they go to The place which thou for them didst found 9 Thou unto them a bound hast set That over it they may not pass That the Earth again may not be drown'd By them as once for sin it was 10 He sends the Springs into the Vales They sweetly run between the Hills 11 They 're drink for all beasts of the Fields There his great thirst the wild Ass fills 12 By these sweet Streams the Fowls of Heav'n Do use to make their dwelling house For them and theirs They chirp and sing Among the pleasant shady Boughs 13 And from his cloudy Chambers he Doth water even the highest Hills And by his satisfying Works The Earth with plenteous fruit he fills 14 He for the Food of Cattle makes The tender Grass spring and suit forth And for Man's service various Herbs And so he brings food from the Earth 15 And Wine which doth exhilerate And Oil which doth smooth and refresh And Bread which strengtheneth Man's Heart And doth repair his wasting flesh 16 The Trees of God are full of Sap The stately Cedars which do stand In Lebanon and planted were Even by his own Almighty hand 17 The beauteous Birds among these Trees By Nature's skill their Nests do make As for the Stork the Firr-trees she Doth for her lofty dwelling take 18 The Mountains high for the wild Goats A place of secure refuge be The Conies in the craggy Rocks Dwell and for safety thither flee 19 The changing Moon he doth appoint The Seasons change to Man to shew The glorious Sun as taught by God Its time to rise and set doth know 20 The dismal darkness thou dost make And then the day gives place to night And in the Forests then come forth Wild beasts that shun Man and the Light 21 The hungry Lyons with their whelps Do then go roaring all abroad After their prey and fiercely seek Their sustenance assign'd from God 22 But when the shining Sun doth rise They get away together then For fear of Man and lay them down For rest and safety in their den 23 Then Man goes forth unto his work When he enjoys desired light His proper
flesh and bones Vexed by sin and by thy wrath 3 My guilty soul doth bear its part With pained flesh in sin and grief Lord do not over-long delay To ease them both with thy relief 4 Return O Lord deliver me Do not this sinful soul forsake Pity and save a humbled wretch For thy own tender mercies sake 5 The lifeless Corps in silent dust Remember not thy holy name In darksome graves who give thee thanks Or do thy glorious praise proclaim 6 My flesh and soul are tired out With painful groans and sinful fears The night I spend in woful moans And wash my bed and Touch with tears 7 My feeble eyes do fail with grief Consumed by my daily woes Untimely dimness closeth them Increased by my cruel foes 8 But workers of iniquity Shall all with shame from me depart For God doth hear my tears and cries And will relieve my grieved heart 9 He hath and will receive my suit Lord tame thy servant's enemies Turn them with humbling grief and shame Who Truth and Righteousness despise PSALM VII 1 O Lord my God in thee I trust Me from my persecutors save 2 Deliver me lest they me tear Like Lions and there 's none to save 3 Lord if this ill deed I have done And guilty be of wickedness 4 If I with hurt did him reward Who liv'd by me in quiet peace Yea Lord thou knowest that I have Vs'd kindly and deliver'd those Who now are causelesly become My cruel persecuting foes 5 Then let me foes me persecute And take my life and let them thrust And tread me down on earth and lay My name and honour in the dust 6 Rise Lord in wrath lift up thy self Because of all mine enemies rage And for that right which thou command'st Do thou thy wakened power engage 7 So shall the peoples lovely crowd About with praise encompass thee For their sakes therefore take thy seat On high to judge and succour me 8 The Lord shall all the people judge Do thou O Righteous Lord judge me According to my righteousness And after mine integrity 9 O let the heinous wickedness Of wicked men come to an end Thou Lord who try'st the hearts and reins The just do thou stay and defend 10 Of God is my defence who saves Men upright in their heart and way 11 As God doth judge the just so he With sin is angry every day 12 If men turn not he 'll whet his sword The bow is vent and ready made The executing instruments Of death he also hath prepar'd 13 Against the Persecutors he His sharpned Arrows doth ordain For such as with iniquity Do travel as it were in pain 14 Mischief in secret they conceived And brought forth fals hood and deceit 15 They made a pit and digg'd a ditch And are themselves fallen into it 16 His mischief upon his own head In time shall be returned home His violent dealing at the last Down up on his own pate shall come 17 I 'le praise the Lord according to His truth and all his righteous ways And to the name of God most high Sing joyful songs of thanks and praise PSALM VIII 1 O Lord our Lord through all the earth How excellent is thy Great name Who hast thy Glory high advanc'd Above the Heavens and starry frame 2 From Infants and from Childrens mouths Thou Wisdomes power didst ordain For thy foes sake that so thou might'st The cruel wrath of them restrain 3 When I consider well the Heav'ns Which thy own hand and power fram'd The Moon and the bright shining Stars All which were by thy word ordain'd 4 Then say I what is man that thou Of him hast daily mindful been And what 's the son of man that thou So much regard'st and visit'st him 5 Thou mad'st him little lower than The blessed Angels in degree And hast with honour crowned him And with some rays of Majesty 6 Thou gavest him dominion O're all these great works of thy hand Thou hast subjected all to him To be at this ruling command 7 The Pasture Flocks the Oxen strong Do all to him obedience yield And thou subjectest unto him The very wild beasts of the field 8 The fowl that flyeth in the air The fish that in the seas do play And whatsoever through the deeps Of the great Ocean makes its way 9 Our Owner and our Governour Art thou the Lord of this great frame How excellent through all the earth Is thy most Holy Glorious name PSALM IX 1 I 'Le praise the Lord with my whole heart Thy wonders I 'le abroad proclaim 2 With gladness I 'le rejoyce in thee Most High and sing unto thy name 3 Mine enemies do turn their back They fall and perish at thy sight 4 Thou sat'st a just Judge on thy Throne And hast maintain'd my Cause and right 5 The Heathen thou rebuked hast The wicked thou hast overthrown Their very names thou hast put out Only to be as odious known 6 O Enemy thy destroying work Is now at last come to an end They ruin'd Cities but to death Their memory did with them descend 7 But God for ever shall endure For Judgment he hath set his Throne 8 He 'll judge the world in righteousness In uprightness he 'll judge each one 9 The Lord will be a high defence For those that are by men opprest In times of trouble he will be A refuge and a secure Rest 10 And they that know thy Name in Thee Their confidence will wholly place For thou didst never them forsake Who truly sought thy saving grace 11 Sing Praises to the Lord most high Who doth in holy Sion dwell The wondrous things which he hath done Among the people daily tell 12 He will at last enquire for blood And then he will remember them And surely he doth not forget The mournful cry of humble men 13 Have mercy Lord think on my grief And wrong which I from them sustain Who hate me Thou that liftest me Vp from the gates of death again 14 That in the gates of Sion's seed I may shew forth thy Glorious praise And in thy great salvation I will trust and rejoyce always 15 The Heathen are sunk in the pit Which they themselves for us had made And in the net which they had hid Justly their own foot is ensnar'd 16 The Lord is by the Judgment known Which he in wisdom justly wrought The wicked's hands did make the snare In which at last themselves are caught 17 To be cast off and turn'd to Hell This is the wicked's final lot And all the Nations of the world That God with fear remember not 18 The needy though a while distrest Shall not by thee be still forgot The expectations of the poor Though long defer'd yet perish not 19 Rise Lord and let not men prevail Who trust in fraud or worldly might Let heathens and ungodly men Be even here judged in thy sight 20 Put senseless ones in fear O Lord That the ungodly
for war A steel bow 's broken by my arms 35 The shield of thy salvation Thou freely didst on me bestow And thy right hand hath held me up Thy gentleness hath made me grow 36 My steps enlarg'd my feet confirm'd 37 I have parsu'd mine enemies Them overtook nor did turn back Till they were fallen and could not rise 38 They wounded are fallen at my feet With strength thou girdest me for war 39 And those that up against me rose To me by thee subdued are 40 Mine enemies necks thou gavest me That I my haters might cut down 41 They cry'd but there was none to save To God but he would not them own 42 I beat them then in pieces small As dust before the wind that flies And I did cast them out as dirt Which in the street despised lies 43 Thou sav'st me from the peoples strife Made'st me the heathens head to be A people whom I have not known Shall subject servants be to me 44 At the first hearing they 'l obey The strangers shall to me submit 45 And they through fear shall fade away Who now in their close places sit 46 The Lord still lives Blest be my Rock Let God my help exalted be 47 God doth avenge me and he doth Subdue the people under me 48 He saves me from mine enemies Above all those thou liftest me That rise against me from the man Of violence thou set'st me free 49 Therefore among the heathen Lord I will with praise my thanks proclaim And unto thee I publickly Will sing the praises of thy name 50 He great deliverance gives his King And mercy to him doth extend To David his anointed one And to his seed even without end PSALM XIX 1 THe Glory of Almighty God The vast and glorious Heav'ns declare Behold the starry Firmament And see what his sublime works are 2 Day unto day doth utter speech Night unto night doth teach God's fear All Nations of whatever tongue These Publick Teachers words may hear 3 Their teaching Character and Line Doth through out all the earth extend 4 Their visible convincing words Go forth the world's utmost end A tabernacle there he set In them for the great glorious Sun 5 Which as a Bridegroom-and strong man Comes forth with joy his race to run 6 From end to end of the vast Heav'n Its rise progress and circuit is Nothing 's hid fron its lively heat Nor potent influence doth miss 7 The Law of God most perfect is Turns sinful souls from vanities God's testimony is most sure And maketh simple sinners wise 8 The Statutes of the Lord are right And do rejoyce the upright heart The Lord's Commandements are pure And light to darkned eyes impart 9 The fear of God is pure and clean And doth in force endure for ever The judgments of the Lord are true Holy and righteous altogether 10 Much more desirable than gold Than much and finest gold they are Than honey and the honey-comb Sweeter to holy souls by far 11 In all his doubts and dangers here They are thy servants guide and guard They that sincerely them observe Shall have a great and sure reward 12 Who can his errors understand O cleanse my life and soul within From secret faults Thy servant Lord 13 Keep thou from all presumptuous sin Let them not have dominion Consent and conquest over me And then from great and damning sin I shall by grace delivered be 14 Lord let the service of my mouth The thoughts and studies of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight Who my Strength and Redeemer art PSALM XX. 1 Lord hear thee in the day When trouble he doth send And let the name of Jacob's God Thy keeper thee defend 2 From his high Sanctuary Let him thy keeeper be And out of Sion let the Lord Support and strengthen thee 3 Thy gifts and offerings Let him remember still And let thy sacrifices find His kind accepting will 4 After thy just desire Let him grant unto thee Let all thy righteous Counsels still By him fulfilled be 5 In thy salvation we Rejoice in the God's name will Our banners we 'll set up The Lord All thy requests fulfil 6 Now know I that the Lord His own anointed saves And with his saving strength from heaven Will grant him what he craves 7 In Chariots some do trust Some Horses trust upon But we remember will the name Of our Lord God alone 8 We raised stand upright They are brought down and fall 9 Save Lord and let our blessed King Hear us when we do call PSALM XXI 1 THe King shall joyful be Lord in thy strength alone How greatly shall his heart rejoice In thy salvation 2 For thou hast given him His own heart's whole desire And nothing hast from him with-held Of what he did require 3 With good thou him prevent'st With blessings manifold And thou upon his head hast set A Crown of purest Gold 4 He asked life of thee Thou it to him dist give Even such a length of days that he For evermore shall live 5 In thy salvation His Glory is made great Honour and Royal Majesty Hast thou upon him set 6 For thou for evermore Most blessed hast him made And with thy gracious countenance Made him exceeding glad 7 Because upon the Lord The King his trust doth lay He through the grace of the most High Shall not be mov'd away 8 Thy hand shall find out all Thine enemies that be Yea thy right hand shall find out those That haters are of thee 9 Make them like hearths of fire In thy revenging hour The Lord shall swallow them in wrath The fire shall them devour 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy From earth their wicked race Among the sons of men their seed Shall find no resting place 11 For they against thee did Mischief plot and intend A wicked purpose which yet they Could not bring to an end 12 Therefore thou shalt make them To turn their backs in chase And make thine arrows on the strings Ready against their face 13 In thine own strength O Lord Thy matchless Glory raise So shall our joyful songs rehearse Thy Power 's deserved praise PSALM XXII 1 MY God my God O why Hast thou forsaken me Why from my roaring voice so far Help and salvation be 2 Thou hear'st me not though I Call to thee day by day And in the seasons of the night I do not cease to pray 3 But thou art holy who Inhabit'st Israel's praise 4 Of old our Fathers trusted thee And thou didst help always 5 They trusted unto thee From thee deliverance came They wholly put their trust in thee And were not put to shame 6 But I am a poor worm Not worth the name of man Ev'n mens reproach and much despis'd I of the people am 7 All they that look on me Laugh me to scorn and they Shoot out the lip and shake the head And thus against me say 8 This man did trust in God To save him
incline and bow thine ear Thy people and thy father's house Forget thou must and count not dear 11 And then thy beauty to the King Shall always very pleasant be And do thou humbly worship him Seeing thy rightful Lord is he 12 The daughter there of wealthy Tyre With a rich gift shall waiting be And all the rich throughout the land Shall humbly make their suit to thee 13 Within doth the King's daughter sit And is all glorious to behold And all her cloaths and ornaments Are richly wrought of purest gold 14 She shall be brought unto the King In splendid robes by needle wrought The Virgins which do follow her With her shall unto thee be brought 15 With gladness great shall they be brought And signs of joy on every side Into the presence of the King The Court where he doth use to bide 16 And thou shalt in thy father's stead Thy numerous blessed off-spring take And in all Countries of the earth Thou shalt them honoured Princes make 17 I will to generations all Thy name and memory extend The peoples joyful praise of thee Shall last and never have an end PSALM XLVI 1 GOd is our refuge and our strength A present help and always near In all our dangers and distress Therefore we will not need not fear 2 Though the whole earth removed were And though the mountains high and steep Be mov'd and carryed from their place And cast into the Ocean deep 3 And though the Seas tempestuous waves Disturb'd a hideous roaring make And though the waters swelling rage Do make the neighbour mountains quake 4 There is a River whose pure streams God's blessed City do make glad The holy place where the most high His dwelling hath and long hath had 5 The Lord is in the midst of her Nothing shall her shake and remove The Lord himself right early will To her a faithful helper prove 6 The heathens rag'd tumultuously The neighbour Kingdoms moved were He uttered his powerful voice The earth did melt as if for fear 7 The Lord himself doth take our part Who doth all hosts and powers command For our sure refuge Jacob's God As our high place doth alway stand 8 Come and behold what wondrous works The Lord himself hath for us wrought What desolations on the earth His dreadful executions brought 9 Through all the earth he makes war cease And into wished peace it turns He breaks the bow he cuts the spear With fire the warlike chariot burns 10 Be still and know that I am God And will o're all exalted be The heathen shall exalt my name And all the earth shall honour me 11 The Lord who doth all hosts command Is ever on his peoples side And our sure refuge Jacob's God Is and for ever will abide PSALM XLVII By W. Barton 1 LEt all with sweet accord Applaud and voices raise In honour of the Lord And loudly sing his praise 2 For God most high Is King of Kings And rules all things With majesty 3 Whole nations of our foes He throws beneath our feet 4 A happy lot he chose For us as he thought meet The dignity Of Israel Beloved well By the most High 5 God is gone up on high With shouts and trumpets sound Ascending gloriously Unto the Lord renown'd 6 His praises sing And loudly raise Your voice to praise Our heav'nly King 7 For God is soveraign King And Lord of all the earth With understanding sing And set his praises forth 8 God reigns alone O're heathen men Sitting upon His holy throne 9 The Princes gather there The Princes of all lands The people far and near Whom Abraham's God commands The shields are his Of all the earth God's name and worth Exalted is PSALM XLVIII 1 GReat is the Lord and greatly he By all is to be praised still Within the City of our God Upon his holy Sion hill 2 Mount Sion's situate beauteously It is the joy of all the earth The City of the great King stands On her side which is towards the North. 3 God in her palaces is known To be a refuge and defence 4 The Kings against her gathered were But past away together thence 5 When viewing it they saw its strength They wondring at it would not stay But being troubled at the sight They quickly thence did hast away 6 Even like a labouring woman's pain Fear seiz'd on them and drove them back 7 As the East-wind doth Tarshish Ships In pieces break and bring to wrack 8 As we have heard so have we seen That God's own chosen Sion's hill And City of the Lord of Hosts God surely will establish still 9 All thy great loving kindness Lord We gladly did commemorate When with thy worshippers we did Within thy Temple daily wait 10 According to thy Name O Lord So great and famous is thy praise To the earth's ends Thy right hand 's full Of perfect righteousness always 11 Because of all thy judgments just Let thy own Sion Mount rejoyce Let Judah's daughters gladness shew With thanks and chearful heart and voice 12 Walk about Sion view her round Her many stately Towers tell 13 Consider her fair Palaces And mark her Forts and Bulwarks well That you may tell posterity 14 For this God is and will abide Our God for ever He will be Even unto death our strength and guide PSALM XLIX 1 HEar this all people and give ear All you that in the world do dwell 2 Both low and high both rich and poor My mouth to you shall wisdom tell 3 My heart shall knowledge meditate I will also incline mine ear 4 To parables And on the harp My sayings dark I will declare 5 Why should I fear in evil days When fruits of mine iniquities Of my own he 'll surround me with Many deserv'd calamities 6 As for those men who in their wealth And worldly treasure put their trust And in their riches multitude And great estates do make their boast 7 None of them can his brother's life Redeem by any means or way Nor can he for him unto God Any sufficient ransom pay 8 To redeem life's impossible And therefore it can never be 9 That he should always live on earth And not common corruption see 10 For that both wise and fools do die They daily see and must perceive And wordly bruitish men at death Their loved wealth to others leave 11 Their inward thought is that their house And stately dwelling-places shall Stand through all ages they their lands Therefore by their own names do call 12 Nevertheless none of them all On earth abide in honour must Their flesh must perish as the beasts That dyes and turns to common dust 13 Thus brutish folly plainly is Their boast and chosen worldly way Yet their deceiv'd posterity Do like and follow what they say 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave And hungry death shall them devour And in the morning upright men Shall over them have ruling power Their strength and
beauty shall consume And it shall perish in the grave When carry'd from their houses they Shall their in dust their dwelling have 15 But God will sure redeem my soul From the hand of death and the grave For he my hope saviour is And he himself will me receive 16 Be not discouraged by fear When wicked men grow great and rich And when the glory of their house Their pomp and pow'r increaseth much 17 For he shall carry nothing hence When certain death his days shall end Nor shall his glory after him Into the loathsome grave descend 18 Though he his flatter'd soul did bless Whil'st he on earth in wealth did live And when thy courses prosperous are Worldly men will thee praises give 19 Yet shall he to his fathers go Who lived here on earth before And shall be laid among the dead Who here shall see the light no more 20 Man that in worldly honour lives And God's Word understandeth not Is nothing better than the beasts That die and in the grave do rot PSALM L. 1 THe Lord the mighty God Spake and the earth did call From the Sun-rising to the place Of its descent and fall 2 Out of holy Sion Beauty's perfection The Lord hath shined unto man 3 Our God shall surely come He shall not silent be Before him fire doth burn And round about he dreadful is By his tempestuous storm 4 And from the heav'ns above His pow'rful voice shall call And to the earth below that he May judge his people all 5 Together let my Saints To me assembled be Those that by sacrifice have made A Covenant with me 6 The heav'ns themselves then shall His righteousness declare For it is the great God himself By whom all judged are 7 My people hear my words And what I testifie Against thee sinful Israel God even thy God am I. 8 For want of sacrifice To me I judge thee not Nor because thy burnt-offerings were Neglected or forgot 9 I 'le take no calf or goats From house or fold of thine 10 The forest-beasts and cattle all On thousand hills are mine 11 The fowls on mountains high Are all to me well known Wild beasts which in the fields abide Are all of them my own 12 And if I hungry were I would not tell it thee For the whole world and Its fulness Doth all belong to me 13 I 'le not eat flesh of bulls Nor goats blood drink will I. 14 Offer true thanks to God and pay Thy vows to the most high 15 And call thou upon me In thy most troublous days And then will I deliver thee And thou shalt give me praise 16 But to the wicked man God saith My word of truth Should'st thou declare how dar'st thou take My Covenant in thy mouth 17 Sith thou instruction hat'st which should thy life direct And my commands behind thy back Dost cast and them reject 18 When thou a thief didst see With him thou then consent'st And with the foul adulterer Thou a partaker went'st 19 Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill Thy tongue deceit doth frame 20 Against thy brother thou dost speak Thy mothers son defame 21 Because I silence kept Whilst thou these things hast wrought That I was such a one as thou Was thine ungodly thought But I will thee reprove And set before thine eyes In order all thy sinful deeds And thine iniquities 22 Now you that God forget In time this well consider Lest I in pieces tear you all And none can you deliver 23 Whoso doth offer praise Doth rightly honour me And he that orders well his ways Shall God's salvation see PSALM LI. 1 AFter thy loving kindness Lord Some pity on a sinner take Blot out my hainous trespasses Good Lord for thy great mercies sake 2 O wash me throughly from my sin Cleanse me from mine iniquities 3 For my transgressions I confess My sin is still before mine eyes 4 Against thee O my God I sin'd And did this evil in thy sight And if I were therefore condemn'd Yet were thy judgments just and right 5 Thou know'st that in iniquity My shape and nature I receiv'd As guilty and defil'd by sin My sinful mother me conceiv'd 6 I know that which thou dost desire Is truth within the secret heart And wisdom thou wilt make me know Even in the hidden inward part 7 With sacred Hyssop purge thou me And then I shall be cleansed so Wash thou me in my Saviour's blood And I shall whiter be than snow 8 Of joy and gladness make thou me To hear again the welcome voice That so the bones which thou for sin Hast justly broken may rejoyce 9 From the beholding of my sin O turn away thy angry face And all my great iniquity Blot out and utterly deface 10 O God create in me a heart Clean and unspotted in thy sight And by thy grace in me renew A spirit sincere and upright 11 And from thy gracious presence Lord Do not this sinner cast away And of thy holy quickning spirit Deprive me not I humbly pray 12 Let the joy of thy saving grace To my sad soul restored be And with thy free enlarging spirit Uphold confirm and comfort me 13 Then I will teach thy holy ways To those that now transgressors be And so ungodly sinful men Shall be converted unto thee 14 O thou the God of all my hopes Deliver me from guilt of blood Then of thy saving righteousness My joyful tongue shall sing aloud 15 Open my lips which by my sin Now silenced and closed are And then shall my enlarged mouth Thy praises publickly declare 16 I know it is not sacrifice Which thou requirest I should bring Else would I give it Nor art thou Delighted with burnt-offering 17 The sacrifice which pleaseth God Is a repenting broken spirit O God thou never wilt despise A heart that 's broken and contrite 18 In thy good pleasure Lord do good To Sion and thy people all Of thy belov'd Jerusalem Do thou build up the broken wall 19 The sacrifice of righteousness Shall then be pleasing unto thee Better than whole burnt-offerings then Shall on thine Altar offered be PSALM LII 1 O Mighty man in wickedness Why boastest thou thy self with pride God's goodness to his people will Surely for evermore abide 2 Thy tongue speaks mischief which thy heart Plots and deviseth wickedly And like a sharpned rasor cuts And works by lies deceitfully 3 Thou lovest evil more than good And lying more than to speak right Thou false tongue all devouring words Thou lovest with cruel delight 4 God shall for ever cut thee down And he shall take thee quite away And pluck thee from thy dwelling-place And from among the living slay PSALM LIII 1 THe lives of fools do tell us that Their hearts no God do truly own Corrupt are they odious their works Of them that do good there is none 2 Upon the wicked sons of men From heav'n God lookt on earth abroad To see if any
My Saviour and my strong high place I shall not greatly moved be 3 How long will ye mischief devise You by the sword at last shall fall You stand but like a tottering fence And like a crazed bowing wall 4 Their consult is to cast him down That 's set by God in dignity They love to lie with mouth they bless But they hate and curse inwardly 5 My soul wait thou only on God For all my hope 's on him alone 6 He 's all my strength help and defence I shall not be mov'd and o'rethrown 7 All my salvation is in God My glory and my dignity He is the Rock of all my strength God is my refuge always nigh 8 At all times put your trust in him Ye people that indeed are his Pour out your hearts before him still For God our certain refuge is 9 Surely low men are vanity And high and great men are a lie Together in the ballance put They lighter are than vanity 10 Trust ye not in oppression then In theft and wrong become not vain Set not your hearts on wealth and on The increase of your worldly gain 11 This God hath spoken once and twice This certain truth I heard again That all disposing Ruling Power To God alone doth appertain 12 And to distribute Mercy doth Belong to thee O Lord alone For thou according to his work Rendrest in time to every one PSALM LXIII 1 O God thou art my God therefore Early I 'le seek near thee to be In an unwater'd weary land My heart and flesh doth thirst for thee 2 That I thy power may behold And see the glory of thy face As I have seen thee heretofore Within thy house and holy place 3 Because thy loving kindness is Better than life and length of days My joyful soul which thou hast sav'd And lips shall ever give thee praise 4 While thou continuest me in life Thus will I daily speak thy praise In worshipping thy holy name My heart and hands I will up raise 5 With thy fat-sweet delights my soul Shall fed and satisfied be My chearful heart with joyful lips Shall offer daily praise to thee 6 When on my quiet bed I thee Seek and remember with delight And when on thee I meditate In silent watches of the night 7 Because to me in all distress Thy helping hand still succour brings Therefore my soul shall still rejoyce Under thy safe and covering wings 8 My soul encourag'd by thy love Thus closely followeth after thee In all my dangers and distress Thy right hand still upholdeth me 9 But they that seek my life shall go Into earth's dark and lowest room 10 The sword let out their guilty souls And they the foxes prey become 11 But let the King rejoyce in God His faithful servants glory shall Who swear by him But God will stop The mouth of perjur'd lyars all PSALM LXIV 1 THe Prayer which to thee I make O God do thou vouchsafe to hear My life save thou from enemies And from all their perplexing fear 2 Hide me from their secret designs Who do live and plot wickedly From insurrection of those men That still do work iniquity 3 Who do their tongues with malice whet That they may cut like sharpned swords In whose bent bows are arrows set To shoot even false and bitter words 4 That they may at the perfect man In secret aim their cruel shot Suddenly do they shoot at him Harden'd in sin they fear it not 5 In ill encourage they themselves And commune how closely to lay Their snares for to entrap the just For who our plots shall see say they 6 They study for iniquity For it they use their greatest art Deep is their inward plotting thought And unknown is their wicked heart 7 God shall an arrow at them shoot And wound them deep and suddenly 8 Their tongues shall fall upon themselves All that see them away shall fly 9 And seeing this all men shall fear And shall God's dreadful works declare For wisely then they shall perceive That these his righteous doings are 10 The righteous shall rejoyce in God And in him wholly put their trust And all that be of upright heart In him shall boldly make their boast PSALM LXV 1 LOrd praise in Sion waits for thee The Vows made by us we 'll perform O thou that hearest sincere pray'r To thee all flesh for help shall come Injuries and iniquities Against me have had much success â—ut thou wilt purge away the sin And guilt of us who did transgress 4 Blessed is he whom thou dost choose To approach nigh to thee his God That in thy holy pleasant Courts He may have his constant abode Our souls shall satisfied be With the goodness and Divine grace Which in thy blessed house abounds Even in thy chosen holy place 5 Thy Justice will by dreadful things An answer to us waiting give God of our help the trust of all On earth or on the sea that live 6 The God of Power who by strength Set'st fast the great and massy hills 7 Who the great noise of sea and waves And raging people's tumult stills 8 Those that in utmost parts do dwell Are at thy dreadful signs afraid Mornings and evenings out-goings By thee sing and are joyful made 9 The earth thou visit'st watering it Enrich'd by thee with fruit to grow By God's full streams Thou Corn prepar'st Having for it provided so 10 Her ridges thou dost water well Her plowed surrows settlest With showers thou dost make it soft Her springing fruit by thee is blest 11 Thus thou the year from time to time Dost with thy bounteous goodness crown And thy high paths do from above On earth drop plenteous fatness down 12 They drop upon the pasture-grounds That lye even in the desart wide The little hills thereby refresh'd Rejoyce with fruit on every side 13 The pastures cloathed are with Flocks The vallies also covered be With Corn Thy blessing is their joy Their fruits sing praises unto thee PSALM LXVI 1 MAke ye a joyful noise to God All people of the spacious earth 2 Sing to the honour of his name His glorious praise do ye set forth 3 Say unto God How-terrible In all thy mighty works art thou Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee Shall be constrain'd to crouch and bow 4 All men on earth shall worship thee Thy praise in songs shall they proclaim They shall sing Psalms of praise unto The honour of thy holy name 5 Come and the works which God hath wrought With fear and admiration see His doings towards the sons of men All great and very dreadful be 6 He turn'd the Sea into dry land And they thereby safe passage had All marching through the flood on foot There singing we in him were glad 7 He ever ruleth by his pow'r His eyes do all the Nations see The Rebels that exalt themselves By him full low shall humbled be 8 Ye people sound forth of our God
hath found out a house The swallow found a nest Where she may lay her young and where Her self and they may rest Even near thy holy Altars they May make their safe abode And why not I seeing thou art My King and only God 4 Blest are they in thy house that dwell They always give thee praise 5 Blessed is he whose strength 's in thee In whose heart are thy ways 6 Who passing as through Bala's vale Make it a place of wells And the descending plenteous rain The pools with water fills 7 Unwearied they forward go Marching from strength to strength Till all in Sion do appear Before the Lord at length 8 Lord God of Hosts my prayer hear O Jacob's God give ear 9 O God our shield look on the face Of thine anointed dear 10 Because one day within thy house Is better to abide Than in another place to stay A thousand days beside Much rather would I keep a door In the house of my God Than in the tents of wickedness To take up mine abode 11 For the Lord God our Sun and Shield Will grace and glory give And no good thing from them with-hold Who uprightly do live 12 O thou that art the Lord of Hosts That man is surely blest Who by a stedfast confidence On thee alone doth rest PSALM LXXXV 1 THou hast been favourable O Lord unto thy land And Israel's sad Captivity Thou brought'st back by thy hand 2 Thy people thou forgav'st The guilt that they were in And by thy free and plenteous gracâ— Didst cover all their sin 3 Thy wrath thou took'st away And didst to mercy turn Even from thine anger terrible That did against us burn 4 O God our Saviour Turn us unto thy peace And cause thine anger that 's gone forth Against us for to cease 5 Shall thy displeasure last Against us without end And to all generations Wilt thou thy wrath extend 6 Wilt thou not us restore And quicken us that we Who are thy people evermore In thee may joyful be 7 Shew us thy mercy Lord Which may thy flock relieve And thy salvation unto us In season freely give 8 I 'le hear what God to us Will speak It will be peace To all his Saints But let not them Return to foolishness 9 Surely to all those who In fear of God do stand His help is nigh that Glory may Dwell always in our land 10 Mercy and truth shall meet And no more parted be And Peace with Righteousness shall greet And blessedly agree 11 Truth here even on this earth Shall spring and prosper well And righteousness from heav'n descend And here among us dwell 12 The Lord shall give what 's good Our land shall yield increase 13 Justice to set us in his way Shall go before his face PSALM LXXXVI 1 BOw down thine ear O Lord Hear me for I am poor 2 And in distress Yet I am thine Preserve my soul therefore My God thy servant save Who doth on thee rely 3 Be merciful to me O Lord Who daily to thee cry 4 Rejoyce thy servant's soul For unto thee O Lord Do I lift up my soul in hope That thou wilt help afford 5 For thou O Lord art good And ready to forgive And rich in mercy and all those That seek thee dost relieve 6 Give ear to my request My praying voice attend 7 I 'le call on thee when troubles come For thou wilt answer send 8 Among the Gods O Lord None may with thee compare Neither among the works they do Any like thy works are 9 All nations made by thee Shall come and reverently Worship before thee our great God And thy name magnifie 10 For thou art high and great And wondrous things hast done Besides thee there 's no other God For thou art God alone 11 Teach me thy truth and way And I 'le walk in the same Unite my heart Lord unto thee To fear thy holy name 12 My God with all my heart To thee will I give praise And I the glory will ascribe Unto thy name always 13 For thy mercy to me In greatness doth excel Thou hast delivered my soul Both from the Grave and Hell 14 The proud against me rise Terrible men are met In troops that seek my life but thee Before them have not set 15 But full of pity Lord And gracious thou art found Thou art long-suffering and in truth And mercy dost abound 16 O turn thee unto me And mercy on me have Strengthen thy servant and the Son Of thine own handmaid save 17 Shew me some sign for good That all my foes may see And be asham'd because thou Lord Dost help and comfort me PSALM LXXXVII 1 UPon the sacred hills He his foundation sets 2 More than all Jacob's dwellings else God loveth Sion gates 3 Great things are said of thee O City of the Lord. 4 Rahab's and Babel's case to those That know me I 'le record It 's said of famous Tyre And land of Palestine And of the Ethiopian land This man was born therein 5 Of Sion't shall be said This man and that man there Was born and he that highest is Himself shall stablish her 6 When God recites their names Who his own people are To their great honour he shall count That this man was born there 7 Singers and those that play On musick there shall be Yea all my springs of holy peace And comfort are in thee PSALM LXXXVIII 1 O God who art my hope and help To thee I cryed night and day 2 Let my cries have access to thee Incline thine ear when I do pray 3 My soul with troubles doth abound My life draws nigh unto the grave 4 Like one that to be buryed goes I am as those that no strength have 5 As a companion of the dead Like those that slain in grave do lye Whom thou hast cut off by thy hand And dost put out their memory 6 Thou lay'st me in the lowest pit And as in deep and darksom caves 7 Thy wrath lyes hard on me and thou Afflictest me with all thy waves 8 My friends thou hast put far from me To them as burdensome I grow In sorrows I am so shut up That forth from thence I cannot go 9 My eye through my affliction mourns I call on thee from day to day To thee O Lord I have stretch'd out My craving hands to thee I pray 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead Shall the dead rise and praise thee here 11 Is thy love praised in the grave Doth death thy faithfulness declare 12 Are thy great works known in the dark Or is thy truth and righteousness Remembred and mention'd in The land of deep forgetfulness 13 But unto thee O Lord I cry My morning's pray'r shall thee prevent 14 Lord why dost thou cast off my soul Why is thy face against me bent 15 Even from my early youth I was Afflicted and as near to die While I thy terrors do endure I almost as distracted lie
them and deliverance gave 11 The waters overwhelm'd their foes Not one of them was left alive 12 And then they did believe his word And praise in joyful songs did give 13 They soon forgat his works and for His Counsels did not wait with trust 14 But in the desart tempted God And there provokingly did lust 15 He granted them their own request But to their souls he leanness sent 16 They envy'd Moses in the Camp And Aaron the Lord 's chosen Saint 17 The open'd earth Dathan devour'd Cover'd Abiram's company 18 A fire among them kindled was The wicked were burnt up thereby 19 In Horeb they did form a Calâ— The molten Image worshipped 20 To the shape of a grazing Ox Their God their Glory they changed 21 Their God and Saviour who had done Great things in Egypt they forgat 22 Wondrous works in the land Ham By the Red-Sea dreadful and great 23 Therefore he said he 'd them cut off Had not lest he should them destroy His chosen Moses in the breach Stood for to turn his wrath away 24 Yea they despis'd the pleasant land And did not yet believe his word 25 But often murmur'd in their Tents And heard not the voice of the Lord. 26 In desart them to overthrow He therefore did lift up his hand 27 Abroad to make their seed to fall And scatter them in every land 28 They joyn'd themselves to Baal-Peor Sacrifice of the dead they eat 29 Thus they provoked him to wrath Their vile-inventions were so great 30 Then did the plague upon them break But Phinehas stood up to slay And execute Judgment on some And so the wasting Plague did stay 31 This so pleas'd God that he to him Imputed it for righteousness And all his generations For this he promised to bless 32 And at the waters where they strove God into just displeasure brake So that even Moses felt his part And was rebuked for their sake 33 Because their provocations great His patient spirit so much stirr'd That he in passion with his lips Did speak an unadvised word 34 Nor as the Lord commanded them Did they the wicked Nations slay 35 But with the heathen mingled were And learnt their wicked works and way 36 And they the heathen's Idols serv'd Which were to them a deadly snare 37 By them their sons and daughters then To Devils sacrificed were 38 In their own Childrens guiltless blood Their guilty hands they did embrew Whom unto Canaan's Idols they For bloody Sacrifices slew So was the land defil'd with blood 39 And they with their own sinful way And with their own inventions thus From God a whoring went astray 40 Therefore against his people then God's wrath was justly kindled more So that his own inheritance He loathed and did it abhor 41 He gave them to the heathen's power Their wicked foes did them command 42 Their enemies them oppress'd who were Before subjected to their hand 43 Many times he deliver'd them But they again provok'd him so By their own Counsels and their crimes That they were brought exceeding low 44 Yet he regarded their distress And heard when they to him did cry 45 His ancient Covenant also he For them did call to memory And he repenting pity'd them After his mercies manifold 46 And made them pityed be of those Who did them as their Captives hold 47 Save us O Lord and gather us The wicked heathens from among To give thanks to thy holy name And praise thee with triumphing song 48 Blest be Jehovah Israel's God Henceforth to all eternity Let all the people joyntly say Amen Praise ye the Lord most high PSALM CVII 1 GIve thanks to God for he is good His mercies everlasting be 2 Let God's redeemed ones say so Whom from their foes hands he set free 3 And gathered them out of the lands From North and South from East and West 4 In pathless desart wandred they And found no City where to rest 5 Hungry and thirsty their souls saint When want and streights do them oppress 6 They in their trouble cry to God He saves them out of their distress 7 He led them forth by the right way And in the desart did them guide That they might to a City go Where quietly they might abide 8 O that all men would praise the Lord For his great goodness to us shewn And for the wondrous works which he For us the sons of men hath done 9 He satisfies the longing soul The hungry soul with good is fill'd 10 Such as in darkness and death's shade Do sit in painful Irons held 11 Because against the words of God They often sin'd rebelliously And the just Counsels did contemn Of him that 's over all most high 12 Their hearts with labour he brought down And they from man no help could have 13 They in their trouble cry'd to God From their distress he did them save 14 From darkness and the shade of death He in compassion did them take And their afflicting Captive bonds In pity he asunder brake 15 O that all men would praise the Lord For his great goodness to us shewn And for the wondrous works which he For us the sons of men hath done 16 For the enthralling gates of brass In pieces he for them did tear And by his hands the Iron bands Asunder also broken were 17 Fools for their own transgressions And for their sins afflicted are 18 Their soul abhors all sorts of meat They to the gates of death draw near 19 They in their trouble cry to God From their distress he doth them save 20 He sent his Word and healed them From danger he deliverance gave 21 O that all men would praise the Lord For his great goodness to us shewn And for the wondrous works which he For us the sons of men hath done 22 And let them sacrifice to him The sacrifice of thankfulness And his great works declare to all And with singing their joy express 23 They that in ships go to the Sea And in great waters business do 24 These see the dreadful works of God And in the deep his wonders view 25 He doth but give out his Command And powerful stormy winds do rise Which makes the Sea in waves to rage And to mount up toward the skies 26 Passengers toss'd up as to heav'n And to the deep cast down again Their troubled Soul in them doth melt While fear doth keep their hearts in pain 27 They reel and stagger to and fro Tost about like to drunken men And in this their distress and fear All their own wit doth fail them then 28 They in their trouble cry to God And he from their distress them saves 29 He makes the storm become a calm And presently doth still the waves 30 Then they with gladness do rejoice Because their danger seemeth past And unto their desired port He safely bringeth them at last 31 O that all men would praise the Lord For the great goodness he hath shown And for
the wondrous works which he For us the Sons of Men hath done 32 And when the people congregate Let them his Name in triumph raise And in the Elders assemblies Let all there celebrate his praise 33 To Desarts he the Rivers turns And water springs into dry ground 34 A fruitful land to barrenness When wickedness doth there abound 35 He desarts turns to water-pools And dry ground into water springs 36 And there he makes the hungry dwell And them to build a City brings 37 To sow the fields and plant vineyards Which may yield them fruit of increase 38 He blesseth them they multiply Their flocks preserveth from decrease 39 But yet in this unconstant state They are diminished again And for their sins they are brought low Opprest afflicted and in pain 40 On Princes he doth pour contempt And wandring causeth them to stay In desart places for their sin Where desolate they find no way 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high From their contempt and miseries And like to great increasing flocks Giveth them prosperous families 42 All this the righteous shall perceive And shall rejoice these things to see And the mouth of iniquity Shall ever stopt and silent be Who so is wise and will these things Observe and in their minds record They shall well understand and taste The loving kindness of the Lord. PSALM CVIII 1 O God my heart is fixt I will sing and give praise 2 My Glory Psaltery Harp and self For this I 'll early raise 3 Among the people all I 'll praise thy name O God Thy praises I will sing among The Nations all abroad 4 For great thy mercy is Above the Heavens high Thy truth and faithfulness doth reach Above the cloudy Skie 5 Above the Heavens O God Be thou exalted high And over all the spacious earth Thy Glory magnifie 6 That thy beloved Ones Delivered may be O save them with thine own right hand And hear and answer me 7 I will rejoice for God Spake from his holy Seat Shechem I will divide and will The Vale of Succoth mete 8 Gilead is only mine Manasseh mine shall be Ephraim is the strength of my Head Juda gives Laws for me 9 Moab my washpot is On Edom I will tread And the Philistine-Nation all In triumph I will lead 10 Who will bring me into The City fortify'd And who will into Edom's Land My conquering Army guide 11 Even he that cast us off And wilt not thou O God Again go forth before our Hosts When â—hey do march abroad 12 From trouble give us help For vain is all Mens aid 13 Through God we shall do valiantly Our Foes he down will tread PSALM CIX 1 O Thou that art God of my praise Neglect me not hold not thy peace 2 For Mouths of wicked lying Men To speak against me do not cease The Mouths of false deceitful Men Against me widely opened be And with a false and lying Tongue Thou knowest they have accused me 3 They did beset me round about With bitter words of hateful spight And though I gave to them no Cause Against me they did speak and fight 4 They for my love became my foes But I did give my self to pray 5 They me with ill for good reward And hatred for my love repay 6 Set over him a wicked Man Let Satan stand at his right hand 7 And let his Prayer become sin Let him when judged be condemn'd 8 Let his days be but few and short His Office let another take 9 Let his Children be Fatherless His Wife do thou a Widow make 10 Let his Children wander and beg And seek their Bread in Desert soil 11 The Extortioner caâ—ch all he hath Let Strangers all his Labours spoil 12 Let none to him Mercy extend Nor pity to his Orphans show 13 Let his Off-spring be quite cut off And the next Age his name not know 14 Let God his Father's Wickedness In Justice to remembrance call Let unto him his Mother's sin Be never blotted out at all 15 But let their sins and them be seen Before the Lord continually That he may cut off from the Earth Their very Name and Memory 16 Because he did not Mercy show But persecute the Weak and Poor That such as were of broken heart He might destroy or break yet more 17 As he in cursing did delight Upon himself so let it come In blessing he delighted not So him let it be still far from 18 As he with cursing cloath'd himself As garments cloath adorned ones As water let it on him come And like to oil into his bones 19 As garments to him let it be Even as his covering and array And as a girdle on his loins Wherewith he girded is alway 20 From God let this be the reward To him that is mine enemy And of them that against my Soul Do evil speak maliciously 21 But for thy own name sake O Lord Do thou in mercy deal with me Thy mercies good therefore O Lord By it let me delivered be 22 I poor and needy am my heart Wounded in me hath comfort lost 23 Like the declining shadow sunk And like the flitting Locust tost 24 My knees with fasting are grown weak My fatness and my flesh are worn 25 To them that see me a reproach They shake their heads at me in scorn 26 Help me O Lord my God and let Thy mercy my deliverance bring 27 That they may know it is thy hand And that the Lord hath done the thing 28 Bless thou whenever they do curse When they rise let them shamed be But let thy faithful Servants all Be glad and still rejoice in thee 29 And let my causless enemies Be cloathed with shame and disgrace And let confusion mantle like Become the covering of their face 30 But with my mouth I daily will Declare the praises of the Lord And among the great multitude His praises I 'll speak and record 31 For he shall stand at the right hand Of the oppressed to controul Their foes and save them from those Men who do condemn the guiltless Soul PSALM CX 1 THE Lord to my Lord said Sit thou at my right hand Till I thy foes a foot stool make Subject to thy command 2 God will from Sion send The rod of thy great power In midst of all thine enemies Be thou the Governour 3 A willing people in Thy reign shall come to thee In holy joys from mourning's womb Thy youth like dew shall be 4 The Lord himself hath sworn And will repent it never Of the order of Melchizedeck Thou art a Priest for ever 5 The great and glorious Lord Who is at thy right hand Shall in his day of wrath strike through Kings who do thee withstand 6 The heathen he shall judge And graves fill with the dead And over many Countries he Shall wound their proudest head 7 He shall drink of the brook That runneth in the way Therefore shall he lift up the head In his triumphing day
PSALM CXI 1 PRaise ye the Lord with my whole heart With joy I will God's praise declare Where upright men assembled be And holy Congregations are 2 The works of God are very great And manifest his glorious might The fruitful study of all them Who do therein place their delight 3 All his work honourable is All glorious steadfast and sure His truth and perfect righteousness Unchang'd for ever do endure 4 His wondrous works he made for man To mind and meditate upon The Lord is very gracious Full he is of compassion 5 To all that do him fear and serve He daily gives convenient food He always true and mindful is His holy Covenant to make good 6 The power of his wondrous works He did unto his people show That heathens land and heritage As his he might on them bestow 7 His hand-work Truth and Judgment are All his Commands are just and sure 8 All done in truth and uprightness They shall from age to age endure 9 His people he redemption sent His Covenant ever is the same Which he commanded which declares To us his holy reverend Name 10 God's fear Wisdom's beginning is Their understanding's sound and sure Who his Commandments truly keep His glorious praise doth still endure PSALM CXII 1 PRaise ye the Lord Blest is that man Who lives in fear as in God's sight To know and practice his Commands Who always greatly doth delight 2 His seed on earth shall be advanc'd The upright Off-spring God will bless 3 His house shall have sufficient store Endless shall be his righteousness 4 In their dark state rejoycing light God to just upright men will raise Gracious and pitiful are such Righteous and true in all their ways 5 A good man's ready to do good And kindly lends to him that needs And he with wise discretion doth Manage affairs and guide his deeds 6 His standing's sure He never shall Be mov'd and brought to misery His precious name shall be preserv'd In sweet and endless memory 7 Whatever evil tidings come He shall not greatly be afraid His steadfast heart by fixed trust Upon the mighty Lord is slay'd 8 His heart is firmly stablished And shall not sink and be dismay'd Till his malignant enemies He sees God's Justice hath repay'd 9 He hath abroad dispers'd his seed And largely given to the poor God shall with honour him advance His righteousness shall ever dure 10 This shall the wicked see and grieve Gnash with his teeth for grief he shall His wealth and he shall melt away His flat'ring hopes shall perish all PSALM CXIII 1 PRaise ye the Lord his servants all Praise our great God with one acoord With joyful hearts and chearful voice Praise the name of the world 's great Lord. 2 Blest be the Lord's renowned name Ever his praise continue shall 3 From East to West through all the world God's Name is to be prais'd of all 4 The Lord in Glory dwells on high And over all the Nations reigns His glory is above the heav'ns No place no limits him contains 5 O who is like to our great God Who from high Glory looketh forth 6 To heav'n and its inhabitants And minds what 's done below on earth 7 He from the dust doth raise the poor And needy from the dunghill brings 8 That he like Princes may them make Even Princes with his people's Kings 9 He to the barren woman doth A numerous family afford A joyful mother maketh her Of many Children Praise the Lord. PSALM CXIV 1 WHen Israel out of Egypt went And Jacob's House by God's strong hand From under those strange Task-masters Whose speech they did not understand 2 Judah he did his Sanctuary And Israel his Dominion make 3 The Sea did see and fled away And Jordan's stream was driven back 4 Like Rams the mountains and like Lambs The little hills skipt to and fro 5 O Sea what made thee thus to flee Jordan why didst thou backward go 6 Ye mountains great what was the cause That made you thus to skip like Rams Ye little hills wherefore was it That you did skip like playing Lambs 7 Tremble O earth before the Lord When Jacob's God his presence shows 8 Which turn'd the Rock to water-pools By whom the flint like fountains flows PSALM CXV 1 NOt unto us Lord not to us But do thou all the glory take To thy great name for thy own truth And for thy saving mercies sake 2 Why should the heathen people say To us where is their mighty God 3 But our God is in heav'n and doth What ever to him seemeth good 4 Their Idols are silver and gold The work of workmen's hands they be 5 They have mouths but they do not speak 6 And eyes have they but do not see Ears have they but they do not hear Noses but smell or savour not 7 Hands feet but handle not nor walk Nor speak they through their mouth or throat 8 Their makers are like them and all Their trust for help on them that build 9 O Israel trust in the Lord He is their only help and shield 10 O house of Aaron trust in God He only is their help and shield 11 You that fear God trust in the Lord Your shield who certain help will yield 12 The Lord hath mindful been of us And he will surely bless us still The house of Israel he will bless Aaron's house also bless he will 13 Both small and great that fear the Lord The Lord will always surely bless 14 You and your Children more and more The Lord will bless and still increase 15 You are the blessed of the Lord Who made both all the earth and heav'n 16 The heav'n of heav'ns is his but earth He to the sons of men hath given 17 The dead who down to silence go Do not in dust God's praise record 18 But we henceforth for ever will Bless our great God Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXVI 1 I Love the Lord who did my voice And earnest supplication hear 2 While I have life I 'le call on him Who bow'd to me his gracious ear 3 The sorrows of expected death My flesh and heart did compass round The pains of Hell took hold on me Trouble and grievous pain I found 4 Upon the name of God my help Then did I daily call and say Deliver thou my grieved soul O Lord I do thee humbly pray 5 Our God is merciful and just Yea very gracious is the Lord 6 He saves the meek I was brought low And he did speedy help afford 7 My soul distrust thy God no more Return by faith to him thy Rest Who largely in thy great distress To thee his bounty hath exprest 8 For my afflicted soul from death Safely delivered was by thee Thou didst mine eyes from mourning tears My feet from dangerous falling free 9 Among the living I will walk By faith as still before the Lord 10 When greatly I afflicted was I did believe and spake this word 11
Now have I found and therefore say All men untrusty lyars be 12 What shall I render to the Lord For all his bounteous gifts to me 13 The joyful cup of saving health I oft and thankfully will take In God I 'le trust on him I 'le call When I my daily prayer make 14 The Vows which I did make to thee My God I thankfully will pay Before thy Church and people all Even now without fraud or delay 15 The death and sufferings of his Saints The Lord doth not slight or despise Whatever tempted men may think Their blood the Lord doth highly prize 16 Lord I thy willing servant am Truly thy service I profess Son of thine hand-maid thou hast loos'd The heavy bonds of my distress 17 To thee my offering shall be The sacrifice of thanks and praise And as my duty and my hope I 'le call on thee my God always 18 The Vows which I did make to thee My God I thankfully will pay Before thy Church and people all Even now without fraud or delay 19 Even in the Courts of God's own house And in the sight and midst of thee O glorious Jerusalem O all his Saints the Lord praise ye PSALM CXVII 1 O All ye Nations of the world Praise ye the Lord always And all ye people every where Set forth his glorious praise 2 For great his love and mercy is Which he doth us afford The Lord's Truth everlasting is Praise ye this glorious Lord. PSALM CXVIII 1 GIve thanks to God for he is good His mercy ever doth endure 2 Let all his Israel now say His mercy ever is most sure 3 Let all the house of Aaron say His mercy to us is for ever 4 Let them all say that fear the Lord That his great mercy faileth never 5 I called on the name of God In all my danger and distress The Lord did hear and brought me forth Into a free and spacious place 6 The mighty Lord is on my side Of men I will not be afraid Whatever mortal man can do At it why should I be dismay'd 7 The Lord himself doth take my part With them that help and succour me Therefore on those that do me hate His justice I shall shortly see 8 It 's better to trust in the Lord Than for to trust to man's defence 9 Better to trust in God than put In Princes any confidence 10 The nations did against me rise And did en compass me about But in the name of God I shall Destroy them all and root them out 11 Numbers did compass me about I say they compass'd me about But in the name of God I shall Cut them all down and cast them out 12 They compas'd me about like Bees But like a hasty thorny flame They quenched are for I shall them Cut down in God's own strength and name 13 They have thrust sore to make me fall But God my help did me relieve 14 The Lord is all my strength and song And will to me salvation give 15 In righteous mens dwellings there is The voice of health and melody For God's delivering right hand Doth always for them valiantly 16 The Lord 's right hand exalted is And valiantly for us it doth 17 I shall not die but live that so God's mighty works I may shew forth 18 The righteous God for my own sin Hath me chastised very sore But yet he did not me forsake But me from threatened death restore 19 Now set ye open unto me The beauteous gates of holiness And I will enter in by them God's publick praises to express 20 This is the gate of God by which The just with me shall enter in 21 I 'le praise thee for thou hast heard me And my help and salvation bin 22 That the head corner-stone is made Which foolish builders did despise 23 And this the Lord 's own doing is And it is wondrous in our eyes 24 This is the great and blessed day Which God himself for us hath made And in it we together will Rejoyce as made by him full glad 25 To save us now to thee we pray We thee beseech O gracious Lord That to thy humbled flock thou wilt Peace and prosperity afford 26 Blessed is he that in God's name Doth come to us with his sweet peace Out of the sacred house of God We do his faithful people bless 27 God is the Lord who hath to us Made his Divine light to arise Bind ye unto the Altar's horns With cords our offer'd sacrifice 28 Thou art my God I 'le thee exalt Thou art my God I will thee praise 29 Give thanks to God for he is good His mercy to us lasts always PSALM CXIX ALEPH 1. 1 BLessed are they that are sincere And pure in life and heart Who walk according to God's Law And not from it depart 2 Blessed are they that give themselves His statutes to observe Seeking the Lord with all their heart And never from him swerve 3 Such men go not so far astray As wickedly to live But to walk in God's holy way Themselves sincerely give 4 It is thy will and just command That with attentive heed Thy holy and divine Precepts We learn and keep indeed 5 O that my ways were so reform'd And guided all by thee That wholly thy statutes to keep I might addicted be 6 Then shall I not ashamed be Or lose my hop'd reward When to all thy Commands I have Obedient regard 7 Then will I praise with upright heart And magnifie thy name When I have learnt thy judgments just So as to keep the same Thy statutes I resolve to keep My Rule I will them make But I am weak let not thy grace Thy servant's soul forsake BETH 2. 9 By what means may a young man best His life learn to amend If he well mark and keep thy Word And do thereto attend 10 Unfeignedly I have thee sought With a devoted heart O let me not from the right way Of thy Commands depart 11 Within my heart and secret thoughts Thy Word I have hid still That I might not at any time Offend thy holy will 12 Blessed art thou most glorious God We magnifie thy name Teach me thy statutes that I may Love and observe the same 13 All the pure judgments of thy mouth I have abroad declar'd My lips to publish thy true Word To others have not spar'd 14 In thy pure testimony 's ways I have rejoyced more Than if of all the wealth on earth I had the greatest store 15 On thy Precepts I never will To meditate neglect And ever to thy holy ways I will have chief respect 16 And in thy statutes true and just My great delight I 'le set I hope O Lord thy holy Word I never shall forget GIMEL 3. 17 According to thy bounty great Deal with thy servant Lord That I may live to do thy work And keep thy holy Word 18 Open the eyes of my dark mind By thy revealing light That thy
Word 5 There God hath placed Thrones of Power To judge his flock in righteousness The promis'd Thrones of David's house Which God 's own Government express 6 Pray for Jerusalem's true peace Lord prosper all her faithful friends 7 Her Courts bless with prosperity Let Peace within her walls defend 8 For my dear holy brethrens sake Who have my faithful comforts bin I 'le daily beg of God for thee Safety without and Peace within 9 And for the sake of God's own house Where we his name must praise and bless With all the powers of my soul I 'le seek thy real happiness PSALM CXXIII 1 LOrd in my lowest state To thee I lift mine eye Whose glorious dwelling is above Even in the heavens high 2 As servants eyes do look Unto their Master's hands And as a maiden doth expect Her Mistresses Commands So on the Lord our God Our eyes do still attend Until to our relief and help His mercy condescend 3 Have mercy on us Lord On us thy mercy show For we are filled with contempt From the insulting foe 4 Our souls fill'd with the scorn Of those that are at ease Are overwhelm'd with the contempt Of the proud foes of peace PSALM CXXIV 1 HAd not the Lord been on our side His Israel must now confess 2 Had not the Lord been on our side When men of blood sought our distress 3 Then they had swallow'd us alive When their hot wrath against us flam'd 4 The waters of their furious rage Over our sinking souls had stream'd 5 Then had these proud insulting waves O'rewhelm'd us with their cruel Laws 6 Blest be the Lord who made us not A prey unto their greedy jaws 7 Our soul like an entangled bird Escap'd out of the Fowler 's snare The snare our pow'rful Lord hath broke Our trembling souls escaped are 8 Our only help we find doth stand In the great name of our great Lord Whose power made the glorious heav'ns The earth and all things by his word PSALM CXXV 1 THey that in God put all their trust Shall firmly stand like Sion hill Which by no changes is remov'd But is the same and standeth still 2 And as about Jerusalem Mountains enclose that holy ground So will the Lord for evermore Himself his people compass round 3 For just mens rights and heritage Wicked men shall not still possess Lest righteous men should then put forth Their tempted hand to wickedness 4 Do good Lord to those that are good To men that are of upright heart But as for such as turn aside In crooked ways by sin pervert 5 The Lord shall lead them forth with those Who love and work iniquity But everlasting blessed peace On God 's true Israel shall be PSALM CXXVI 1 WHen God did lay aside his wrath And Captive Sion did redeem The great surprisal of our joy Made us like men that do but dream 2 Our mouth then fill'd with laughter did By singing our great joy express That God hath done great things for us The heathen enemies did confess 3 That God hath done great things for us We speak with glad and thankful mouth 4 Fully restore thy Captives Lord As streams refresh the scorched South 5 They that do sow in mournful tears Their water'd seed's not cast away But they a multiplyed crop Shall shortly reap with endless joy 6 He that in tears doth now go forth And cast his precious seed on earth With great increase in plenteous sheaves Shall come again with endless mirth PSALM CXXVII 1 EXcept the Lord do build house It 's but vain pains the builders take Except the Lord the City keep It 's but in vain the Watchmen wake 2 It 's vain for you betime to rise And late your selves from rest to keep To eat the bread of grief and care While God's beloved rest and sleep 3 Good Children are God's heritage The womb 's blest fruit is his reward 4 Children of youth like arrows are For Parents strength and joy prepar'd 5 Happy therein is he that hath His house his Quiver full of those For he unshamed in the gate Shall boldly speak unto his foes PSALM CXXVIII 1 BLest is each one that fears the Lord And walketh in his holy ways 2 For thou shalt of thy labour eat And happy shalt thou be always 3 As fruitful Vines by thy house-side So shall thy wife with fruit spring out Thy children like to Olive Plants Shall stand thy table round about 4 Behold the man that feareth God Blest visibly by him shall be 5 The Lord shall out of Sion give A plenteous blessing unto thee Jerusalem's good thou shalt see Whilst thou in life on earth dost dwell Thy Children's Children thou shalt see And promis'd peace on Israel PSALM CXXIX 1 MAny a time may Israel say With thankfulness to God in truth Have wicked men afflicted me Even from my prime and early youth 2 Many a time even from my youth Their cruel hands have me assail'd But for my wished overthrow They have not yet by rage prevail'd 3 The plowers plowing on my back Did long and bloody furrows make 4 But God is just and me preserv'd Their strongest cords he always brake 5 Let wicked men who Sion hate And all their plots confounded be Let them with shame be turned back And not their hop'd successes fee. 6 Let them be like the rootless grass Which grows a while on the house-tops And quickly withereth away Before they reach their wicked hopes 7 This grass fills not the mower's hand The binder finds no fruitful sheaves 8 Nor God nor man on such curs'd weeds A blessing either finds or leaves PSALM CXXX 1 OUt of the horrid woful deeps Where sin and wrath had cast me down To thee O Lord I poured forth My earnest suit and daily moan 2 O thou the Prayer-hearing God This humbled sinner's voice now hear To my loud cries and sad complaints Let pity grant a hearing ear 3 If in strict Justice thou should'st mark And charge on man iniquity Lord who shall stand at thy just bar Or who himself can justifie 4 But with thee there forgiveness is Thy word of grace doth this declare That sinful man may worship thee In joyful hope without despair 5 Therefore for thee O Lord I wait My soul doth daily wait on thee And on thy sure and faithful word My constant hope shall placed be 6 My soul more waiteth on the Lord Than they that watch for morning light More than the watchful man doth long To see a pleasant morning bright 7 O Israel still hope in the Lord Though low and broken be thy case For with the Lord still mercy is And we shall see his pleased face 8 Plenteous redemption with him is The Lord his chosen flock will bless He will redeem them from their sins And from their felt and fear'd distress PSALM CXXXI 1 LOrd I disclaim a haughty mind And an ambitious lofty eye I do not exercise my self In things for me
his Jerusalem Where he as God is truly known He the dispers'd of Israel In time doth gather into one 3 The broken-hearted he doth heal Their wounds up he doth gently bind 4 He tells the number of the stars Calls all things by their names and kind 5 Great is our God and of great power His knowledge hath no end or bound 6 The meek he lifteth up but casts The proud and wicked to the ground 7 Sing forth the praises of the Lord With thankful heart and chearful tongue Let Harp and pleasant melody Be joyned with your praising song 8 He covereth the heav'ns with clouds And for the earth prepareth rain The barren mountains doth refresh That grass on them may grow again 9 He gives the beasts their food and feeds Young Ravens which for food do cry 10 His pleasure not in horses strength Nor in the strong man's legs do lye 11 But in all those who do him fear The Lord himself doth pleasure take And those that in his mercy hope His love and grace will not forsake 12 Jerusalem shall praise the Lord Sion thy God with praise confess 13 Thy bars and gates he strengtheneth Thy Children in thee he doth bless 14 Thy borders he with peace doth bless And fills thee with Wheat 's finest flower 15 His word goes forth through all the earth And swiftly prospers by his power 16 Hoar frost like ashes scattereth he On earth like wool he snow doth give 17 Like morsels he casts forth his ice Who in his extream cold can live 18 He sendeth out his word of power And quickly melteth them again He makes his wind to blow and then The waters flow with plenteous rain 19 The Doctrine of his Holy Word To Jacob he doth clearly show His statutes and his judgments he Makes his own Israel to know 20 He with no nation thus hath dealt His judgments and his holy word To none of them are thus made known Ye therefore praise the glorious Lord. PSALM CXLVIII 1 PRaise ye our glorious Lord Who dwells in heav'n on high Let him be still ador'd Above the starry sky 2 Ye Angels bright And all his host Throughout heav'ns coasts In praise delight 3 Praise him both Sun and Moon And every shining Star 4 Ye Heav'ns which are his Throne His glorious praise declare His praise forth show Ye waters high In clouds that fly And fall below 5 Let all these praise the Lord And magnifie his name He did but speak the word And thereby all things frame He plac'd them fast 6 By his decree They fixed be And ever lasts 7 Praise God on earth below Ye Dragons and all deeps 8 Fire hail clouds wind and snow Which in command he keeps 9 Mountain and hill Fruitful trees all And Cedars tall Praise ye him still 10 All beasts both wild and tame And every creeping thing Praise ye God's glorious name And every bird of wing All men on earth 11 Kings and Judges Greatest Princes Of highest birth 12 Young men and maidens all Praise ye the Lord's great name Old men and children small Let all his praise proclaim O're all the world 13 God's Name alone And Glory known Shall be extoll'd 14 His people he will raise And them exalt on high All his Saints shall him praise And bless continually He is ador'd By Israel Who near him dwell Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXLIX 1 PRaise ye the Lord and sing A new rejoycing song Praise ye our glorious King His holy ones among Where they do meet In holy throngs To sing these songs Sacred and sweet 2 Let Israel rejoyce In him that did them make With chearful heart and voice Let Sion's sons partake And to their King Who them directs And still protects This off'ring bring 3 And let them praise his name With dances grave and meet Yea let them praise the same With Harp and Musick sweet For the upright 4 His people true Whom he fore-knew Are his delight With his salvation he The meek will beautifie 5 Let them all joyful be In his and their Glory To their great King Their resting head Shall on their bed His praises sing 6 Let the high praise of God Be ever in their mouth And let them wield abroad The two-edg'd-sword with truth 7 On heathens all And wicked men God's Judgments then Shall surely fall 8 With chains to bind their Kings Their Lords with iron bands 9 To execute the things On them which God commands God by his Word This honour grants To all his Saints Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CL. 1 PRaise God Prise him where faithful men Do in his holy place draw near Praise him in the high firmament Where his great power doth appear 2 Praise him for all his mighty acts Their glory in his praises tell His Greatness and Perfection praise Which doth all creatures reach excel 3 With Trumpets and shrill Cornet's noise Sound forth his glorious praise on high Praise him with the melodious harp And with the pleasant Psaltery 4 Praise him with Timbrel and with Flute With Organs and string'd Harpsicals With joyful and well-tuned hearts 5 Praise him upon the loud Cymbals On the loud Cymbals praise ye him 6 Let every living thing accord That breath enjoys to give God praise All joyn to praise our glorious Lord. Chap. 3. Lamentations 1 I Am the miserable man Selected by my righteous God To see days of calamity And feel his wrath and chastening Rod. 2 He hath me led and brought into The dismal darkness of the night He doth deny my grieved soul The comforts of the pleasant light 3 Surely against me he is turn'd All day his hand wrings out my groans 4 My wasted flesh my skin made old By tiring pain he breaks my bones 5 His batteries he against me built With gall and travel compass'd me 6 In darkness he hath shut me up Like those that dead and buryed be 7 His chastening hand doth hedge me in And my escape by flight restrains My feeble flesh and galled limbs He fetters with his heavy chains 8 And when thus prest with pain and grief To him I daily cry and shout He seems to turn away his ear And shut my fervent prayer out 9 With hewen stone he hath me enclos'd Led me into a crooked way 10 And he hath us'd me in his wrath As Bears and Lions do their prey 11 He turn'd me from the pleasant way Tore me and made me desolate 12 He bends his bow makes me the mark Which piercing arrows level at 13 The shafts which from his quiver come Enter into and pierce my reins 14 I daily am the peoples song Which me with mocks and scorn disdains 15 With bitterness he filled me With wormwood he hath made me drunk 16 With gravel-stones he brake my teeth My flesh's in ashes roll'd and shrunk 17 Thou set'st my soul so far from peace That I almost all good forgat 18 I said My strength and hope in God Hath fail'd and left me desolate