the Lord's prevailing Name To God I humbly pray'd Thy Help thy Favour Lord I claim My soul dear Saviour aid verse 5 The Lord is kind and righteous too And Mercy freely shows verse 6 He helps the weak and swiftly flew To save my soul from Woes verse 7 Turn then my Soul return to Rest The Lord was kind to thee verse 8 Thro' him I ' scap'd Death's cold Arrest My Eyes from Tears are free He Keeps my Feet from Falls and I My Woes by him survive verse 9 And in return I 'll gratefully As in his Presence live Part 2. verse 10 So I believ'd and so I spoke But sore afflicted I verse 11 Thus out in hasty Passion broke Men sure are sold to lye verse 12 But what Returns Lord shall I make For all thy Loves to me verse 13 Thy Blessed Cup with Praise I 'll take And duly call on Thee verse 14 My Vows to God I 'le offer here Abroad in open Light verse 15 The Death of all his Saints is dear In their Redeemer's Sight verse 16 Lord I 'm thy Servant humbly I My self thy Servant own Thy Handmaid's Son from Slavery By Thee discharg'd alone verse 17 To Thee the Sacrifice of Praise My Sacrifice shall be And in the Lords great Name I 'le raise My suppliant Hands to Thee verse 18 Here Lord to Thee I 'le pay my Vows In all the People Sight verse 19 In Salem in thy holy House O praise the Lord of Might PSAL. cxvij verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord Ye Nations all around His Goodness thro' the World record His glorious Acts resound verse 2 On us and all our Race His Mercy largely flows His Truth no Time can e're deface Nor Force his Power oppose Or thus verse 1 PRaise God! ô praise our mighty Lord Ye Nations all around His Goodness thro' the W'or'd record His wondrous Acts resound verse 1 For on our selves and all our Race His Mercy largely flows His Truth no Time can e're deface Nor Force his Arm oppose PSAL. cxviij verse 1 THe Lord the great Jehovah praise He 's good in all his Ways His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Goodness ne're decays verse 2 Let Jacob's long protected Race Adore his wondrous Grace His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time resigns his Place verse 3 Let Aaron's sacred Helts proclaim The Lords exalted Name His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Goodness still the same verse 4 O ye who God's Commands obey With grateful Praises say His Mercies sure unchanged endure His Mercies ne're decay verse 5 In Straights I call'd on Him and He From Streights soon set me free verse 6 To God I 'm Dear and ne're can fear What Man can do to me verse 7 The Lord among my kindest Friends His own Assistance sends My longing Eye shall soon descry My Foes expected Ends. verse 8 In God the Lord it 's better far To trust our Hopes and Care Then to repose our Hopes in those Who wretched Mortals are verse 9 In God the Lord it 's better far To fix our Hopes and Care Then to repose our Trust in those Who mighty Princes are Part 2. verse 10 I When the Nations round me ply'd In God their Strength defy'd verse 11 They compassed me but easily I so their Force out-vy'd verse 12 Tho' me like Bees they closely ply'd Like blazing Thorns they dy'd In Gods great Name I quench'd their Flame And all their Strength defy'd verse 13 Oft hast thou push'd unmanly Foe To work my overthrow But thro' Gods-Aid tho' oft afraid I still in Safety go verse 14 God by his Might has made me strong My God 's my daily Song Salvation He ordain'd for me Who to himself belong verse 15 Sweet Tunes of Joy and Health abide Where righteous Men reside Gods Hand is grown renown'd alone For Deeds of Valour-try'd verse 17 His Hand 's alone deserv'dly nam'd His Hand on high proclaim'd His Hand is grown renown'd alone For valiant Actions fam'd verse 17 I still shall live and still declare How great his Actions are verse 18 I felt his Rod but still my God My Life wou'd kindly spare verse 19 Let the wide Gates of Righteousness Now grant me free access I 'le gladly there with Thanks appear And God my Saviour bless Part 3. verse 20 Gods House his holy Gates are near The Righteous enter there verse 21 I 'le praise the Lord his Help record Who would his Suppliant hear verse 22 That Solid Rock that Noble Stone Off by the Builders thrown Now all the Coines securely joyns And makes the Building One. verse 23 The Lords great Work it was and we Amaz'd the Wonder see verse 24 God made this Day now Joys shall sway And Mirth triumphant be verse 25 Hear Lord ô save at last and make Our favour'd Actions take Our Business bless with kind Success Lord for thy Mercy 's sake verse 26 O blest be He who kindly came In Gods Almighty Name You who before his House adore To you we wish same verse 27 Us God the Lord with Light supplies O bind the Sacrifice With Cords it nigh his Altars tie Till there it bleeds and dies verse 38 Thou Lord art God alone to me I 'le Praises sing to Thee By me thy Name thy glorious Fame Shall still exalted be verse 29 The Lord our great Jehovah praise He 's good in all his Ways His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Mercy ne're decays PSAL. cxix Aleph 1. Beth 2. verse 1 BLest are the Men whose perfect Ways Gods purer Laws confine verse 2 Who keep his Word and all their Days To Him in Heart incline verse 3 No Sins to such can pleasing be As by his Orders move verse 4 And thou commandedst Lord that we Thy Rules should keep and love verse 5 Oh that my Footsteps guided sure Could by thy Statutes tread verse 6 Then should I live from Shame secure When thy Commands I read verse 7 I 'le praise thee with an upright Heart When I thy Judgments know verse 8 I 'le keep thy Laws ô ne're depart To me no Stranger grow verse 9 How may a Youth his Ways improve If he thy Word obey verse 10 To Thee with all my Soul I move O never let me stray verse 11 I in my Bosom hide thy Word From Sin to guard my Heart verse 12 To me b'est God thy Grace afford And all thy Laws impart verse 13 Thy Judgments Lord my Soul esteems My ready Lips declare verse 14 To me thy Word more pleasing seems Then noblest Treasures are verse 15 I on thy Precepts meditate Thy Laws before me set verse 16 Thy Statutes all my Joys create Thy Words I ne're forget Gimel 3. Daleth 4. verse 17 Oh let me live my God be kind So I thy Words shall keep verse 18 Unclose my Eyes by Nature blind To view thy Wonders deep verse 19 O don't from me a Stranger Lord Thy Testimonies hide verse 20 For constant Cares to get thy Word My longing
appear And all the Mount command verse 7 Come let 's approach the place before His holy Altars bow And at his glorious Feet adore And due Submission show Part 2. verse 8 Rise Lord thy Arke of Glory raise Assume thy chosen Seat And on thy flock which humbly prays Thy Blessings Lord repeat verse 9 Thy Priests with Righteousness invest Thy Saints for Joy shall sing verse 10 For Davids sake his Offspring blest To Crowns and Scepters bring verse 11 The Lord to David sware of old His Oath in Truth was made Thy Seed shall still the Kingdom hold From Heirs to Heirs convey'd verse 12 And if thy Sons with prudent Care My Covenant observe And from those Rules my Laws declare Shall never vainly swerve I too will them as Kings support And thy continued Line On Salems Throne in Judae's Court From Age to Age shall shine verse 13 Sion is Gods Election where Hee 'l hold his Residence verse 14 Here will I always dwell and here My long'd for Rest Commence verse 15 I 'le their Provisions largely bless Their Poor with plenty cloy verse 16 Their Priests with my Salvation dress And fill their Saints with Joy verse 17 There Davids Branches ever strong Shall fill the Regal Line The Lamp of my Anointed long With settled Lustre shine verse 18 Shame shall his envious Foes surround But his iâ—lustrous Head With starry Beams of Glory crown'd Fresh Honours round him shed PSAL. cxxxiij verse 1 HOw sweet how charming is the Sight Where prudent Christians move In peaceful Ways and all delight To wear the Chains of Love Then Kindness fills their tender Hearts And shoots thro all their Eyes Each Tongue a Love unfeign'd imparts And Love's their Exercise verse 2 So when those fragrant Oils of old The Head of Aaron crown'd And down his Head the Ba som roll'd And drench'd his Garments round From him the pleasant Odours thro' The Tabernacle flow'd And on the sacrificing Crew A thousand Sweets bestow'd verse 3 And as soft Rains and pearly Dews On Sion's Mount distill And Clouds their Silver Drops diffuse On Hâ—moâ—'s fruitful Hill So God where Men his Peace maintain His Blessing largely sends And Love to all that heavenly Train From Age to Age extends Another Metre as the 148. SWeet Peace blest Charity How soft thy heavenly Charms When that uniting Tye The Souls of Brethren arms And soars above Rough Nature's Jars And sinful Wars On Wings of Love More sweet than Balsams shed By Gods divine Command On Aaron's sacred Head Which all his Garments stain'd And thence distill'd Gods holy Place With heavenly Grace And Odours fill'd verse 3 More sweet than those soft Dews Which ancient Hermon crown'd Or Drops which Clouds diffuse Gods holy Mount around And all below Kind warmth prevails And pleasant Dales With Plenty flow verse 3 Where such sweet Concord reigns The God of Peace descends The Church and State maintains And every Tribe defends His Blessings fall And Life and Ease And lasting Peace Extends to all PSAL. cxxxiv. verse 1 YE who before the Lord In nightly turns adore With Praise his wondrous Acts record His gracious Smiles implore verse 2 Up toward his holy Place Your Hands devoutly raise And all those happy Hours embrace To sing his glorious Praise verse 3 For he at whose Command The World from Nothing rose Great Blessings with a liberal Hand On all his Church bestows PSAL. cxxxv verse 1 O Praise the Lord ye Saints his Name With grateful Anthems raise verse 2 Who in his House your Stations claim And fill his Courts with Praise verse 3 Praise ye the Lord the gracious Lord For 't is a pleasant Thing When Men with Thanks his Name record With Thanks his Praises sing verse 4 For God himself his Israel chose His own peculiar Care verse 5 Vain Gods in vain his Strength oppose With him in vain compare verse 6 Thro' the vast Deeps Seas Earth and Skies God acts his pleasure all verse 7 He bids the cloudy Vapours rise And he commands their Fall Fierce Lighthings on his pouring Rains At his Commands attend Rough Winds he from his Treasures dreins VVhich thence in Storms ascend God the First-born from Man to Beast Thro trembling Egypt slew Him by his dreadful Plagues opprest Distracted Egypt knew Pharaoh and all his Armies dy'd Beneath his weighty Hand verse 10 He many mighty Kings destroy'd And many a fruitful Land verse 11 Sihon and Og and all who reign'd Of Canaan's Reaâ—ms possest verse 12 Till Israel's Race their Kingdoms gain'd And there secur'd their Rest Part 2. verse 13 Thy Name and thy Memorial Lord From Age to Age endures verse 14 Thy Justice all thy Saints record VVhile that their Peace procures For God for all their Sufferings griev'd And their afflicted Case VVill them from cruel Foes reliev'd VVith tend ' rest Loves embrace verse 15 Idols for Gods the Gentiles blind Of Gold and Silver use VVhose Mouths were ne're for Speech design'd VVhose Eyes the Light refuse verse 16 No sound could over-reach their Ears No Breath their Lives declare verse 17 Dull as their Gods their Slaves appear And such their Makers are verse 19 The Lord ô ye of Israel's Race O Aaron's House proclaim verse 20 Ye Levites ye who seek his Grace O Praise his sacred Name verse 21 With Blessings from his holy Hill His Name and Acts record Whose Glories all his Churches fill Praise ye ô praise the Lord PSAL. cxxxvj verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord verse 2 The God of Gods adore His Mercies sure unchang'd endure A never-failing Store verse 3 O praise the Lord of Lords verse 4 Who Wonders works alone His Mercies sure unchang'd endure To endâ—ess Ages known verse 5 Praise Him whose curious Hand Stretch'd out the lofty Skies His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When all expiring lies verse 6 He made firm Land above The mighty Waters rise His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time and Nature dies verse 7 Praise Him whose Wisdom first Set up the glorious Light His Mercies sure unchang'd endure As that immensely bright verse 8 The Sun to rule the Day verse 9 The Moon and Stars the Night His Mercies sure unchang'd endure In all the Nations sight verse 10 He all their eldest Hopes Thro' Egypt's Land destroy'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure O're all his Works employ'd verse 11 Thence with an out-stretch'd Arm verse 12 He lead his Israel's Race His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time resigns his Place Part 2. verse 13 Praise Him whose powerful Hand Made mighty Seas divide His Mercies sure unchang'd endure Thro' endless Ages try'd verse 14 VVho thro' the sandy Deeps All Israel's Armies lead His Mercies sure Unchang'd endure In all his Actions read verse 15 But o're proud Pharaoh's Host Returning VVaves prevail'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure On all his own Entail'd verse 16 VVho thro' the Desert wilde His People march'd secure His Mercies sure unchang'd endure And as his Nature pure verse
vex me cry As Birds afraid By Noises made Hence to the Mountains fly verse 2 For loe the Wicked bend their Bows Their Arrows on the strings dispose At Men upright In Woes dark Night They make their deadly Blows verse 3 Ill Men by Force and Art have thrown The Governments Foundations down Where then ô where Can those appear VVho Truth and Justice own verse 4 God in his Holy Temple reigns The Lord enthron'd on High remains And with His Eyes Severely tries VVhat Sins the Soul retains verse 5 Hee 'l try and vindicate the Just But His Eternal Vengeance must With Death pursue That Impious Crew Who dare in Rapine trust verse 6 Thick Snares hot Flames and Sulphur shall Like dismal Storms on Sinners fall Strange Terrors will Their Fancies fill And Fears confound them all verse 7 The righteous God in Actions Right Has ever fix'd his whole Delight Onely the Man Whd's Righteous can Procure his favouring sight PSAL. xij verse 1 O Help me Lord for Goodness now And Truth from Earth are flown None Honesty nor Mercy show They 'r all Deceiful grown verse 2 All double Hearts and Tongues employ When with their Friends they speak verse 3 But God will Lying-lips destroy And haughty Boasters break verse 4 Who say Come let our Tongues be free Our Words at Random fly And when we use that Liberty What Lord shall ask us why verse 5 But to relieve their misery To hear the Needy's cry I 'le rise says God and set him free From Scorn and Cruelty verse 6 And Lord Thy Promises are pure As Silver oft refin'd verse 7 And will thy happy Saints secure From Men to Vice enclin'd verse 8 The Wicked proudly stalks and swells But when Exalted high Grief on each Humane visage dwells And Blushes Crimson Dye PSAL. xiij verse 1 LOst in Oblivion Lord shall I No more behold thy Face verse 2 Must all my Thoughts distractedly And Woes my Heart embrace Still shall my Foes my strength assail And still above me rise verse 3 Lord hear me and e're Death prevail Unclose my failing Eyes verse 4 O never let my haughty Foes Presume they 've conquer'd me If they my smallest Trip disclose They 'l all Triumphant be verse 5 But in thy mercy Lord I trust Thy saving Health adore verse 6 And sing to Thee whose Bounty must My doubting Soul restore PSAL. xiv verse 1 THe wicked Fool 's misguided Heart The World 's great God denies Hence all from Ways of Virtue start And horrid Crimes devise verse 2 God from above the World surveys And Humane Actions reads To see who common Sense obeys And God or Goodness heeds verse 3 But all from God's pure Ways decline And in his Nostrils stink None None at all on Truth 's Divine Or sober Virtues think Their Throats like gaping Graves appear Exâ— Septuaginta Their oily Tongues deceive Their Lips more dealy Poisons bear Then biting Aspies leave Their Mouths with bitter Curses stor'd Their Feet to Murders fly Destruction all their Paths afford And certain Misery No Ways of Charity or Peace Their Pride or Malice knows And they as still their Crimes encrease No Fear of God disclose verse 4 But can the Sons of Sin so loose Their Understanding power That they like Bread my Saints abuse And all at once devour To God no Sense can make them pray verse 5 Tho' where no Ground appears Their Souls a thousand Terrors sway And causless senseless Fears But God who loves the Righteous Race Among the Just remains verse 6 And while Ill Men their Hope disgrace He still their Hope sustins verse 7 Oh whence sliall Israeâ—'s safety rise If God their mournful State Restore in Them the kind surprize Will boundless Joys create PSAL. XV. verse 1 HOw blest how glorious is the Place Where thy great Name resides How blest the Man whom there thy Grace From impious Crouds divides But Lord what Gifts can six him there What wondrous Virtues raise His Soul to love thy House and there To sing thy daily Praise verse 2 He only can with Hopes be blest Of that Coelestial State Who hides no Envy in his Breast Nor deadly lurking Hate But all his Thoughts are fix'd and true And all his Actions right Faith to his Word is always due His Lips in Truth delight No Falshood e'er perverts his Heart No Lyes defile his Tongue verse 3 Nor dares he with malicious Art Contrive his Neighbour's Wrong He scorns those Tales by Malice rais'd To blast his fragrant Name And all those senseless Scandals blaz'd Against his rising Fame Part 2. verse 4 That harden'd Wretch who proudly flights His great Creator's Laws Whose Wit against his Maker fights And backs a Godless Cause That vile that despicable Slave His nobler Thoughts despise But smiles the Good shall always have And Kindnefs in his Eyes No Loss no Gain his Justice bows His Words Assurance speak He 'll ne'er his Oaths nor sacred Vows Nor just Engagements break verse 5 Boundless and wide his Bounty flows And vile Extortion hates Large as Men's Wants his Mercy grows And all their Wealth creates He loves the Innocent and strives Their Vertues to protect From him no Bribe can buy their Lives Nor Falshood gain Respect Thus shall he reach thy holy Place There grow and flourish there And in the Glories of thy Face No Loss nor Dangers fear Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 7th verse 1 BLess'd Lord how glorious is the Place Thy Altars grace How is that holy Temple bless'd By Thee possess'd But Ô what happy Man is he Who there a daily Guest may be verse 2 He 's only of that Bliss secure Whose Life is pure Who never lets Contagions Sin Prevail within For Right and Justice only cares And from his Heart the Truth declares verse 3 He 'll never slander never lye Nor will his Eye With Malice or an envious View His Friend pursue Nor to his Neighbour's Hurt proceed Or break his Peace by Word or Deed. verse 4 He will if Men in Sin delight Abhor their Sight And with a just Contempt despise Their shameless Lyes But Rev'rence and Respect afford To such as love and fear the Lord. If to his Neighbour's Profit e'er He kindly swear Though to himself a Prejudice From thence may rise Falshood on him shall ne'er prevail His Gain but not his Faith may fail verse 5 He 'll if Extortion rais'd it hate A vast Estate And won't for Bribes quit the Defence Of Innocence The Man whose Life is thus approv'd Shall ne'er by Fears or Pains be mov'd PSAL. xvj As the First verse 1 PReserve me Lord who trust in Thee verse 2 To God my thankful Heart has said Thou art my Lord but canst not be More bless'd by my Submissions made verse 3 I with unbounded Bliss delight In Saints in such as Goodness mind verse 4 But Sorrows multiply'd shall light On Men to other Gods inclin'd I 'll ne'er though kindly call'd partake Of their detested
love thy Beauties more And thou his Deity adore And to his Heav'nly Will submit verse 12 Nor shall thy Beauties slighted lie Thy Service in Oblivion die But through the farthest Regions fam'd To thee shall Tyrian Dames resort And wealthy Princes make their Court To thee by thy Renown inflam'd verse 13 Fair are thy Eyes but fairer far Thy Soul a Thousand Beauties there Thy Diamonds and Rubies stain verse 14 When in Embroider'd Robes they bring Thy Majesty to meet thy King Attended with thy Virgin-Train verse 15 Bless'd by the ravish'd Croud they 'll move Bless'd by thy King 's exalted Love Thou 'lt in his Starry Palace reign verse 16 For thy old Stock a lovely Race Of Princely Youths thy Marriage grace And Royal Crowns and Empires gain verse 17 The Name great King I 'll Celebrate Thy Majesty and glorious State I 'll sing in never-dying Verse The World shall thy bright Throne adore The Suppliant World thy Grace implore Thy Spousals bless and praise rehearse PSAL. Xlvj. verse 1 GOD is our Hope our Strength our Aid When greatest Danger 's near verse 2 Whence for those dreadful Changes made On Earth we scorn to fear Though Mountains torn from ev'ry Shoar Into the Seas be hurl'd verse 3 And swelling Waves with threatning Roar Assault the trembling World verse 4 Yet near God's House and those fair Walls Which round his City go Refreshing Springs with gentler Falls And easie Windings flow verse 5 God in his House resides no Force No Strength his Walls can move God guards it Malice can't divorce It from his earliest Love verse 6 When he in dreadful Thunder spoke The frighted Nations heard The Kingdoms felt the fatal Stroke And Earth dissolv'd appear'd verse 7 With us the Lord of Hosts remains To us his Care extends With us the God of Jacob reigns And all our Coast defends verse 8 Come see the mighty Works which He Through all the World has wrought What wondrous Desolations He On ev'ry Land has brought verse 9 He makes the Noise of Battels cease And breaks the Spears and Bows And to the Flames to keep the Peace The ratling Chariot throws verse 10 Be still with humble Silence know I 'm God and only I To me the Nations round shall bow And raise my Glories high verse 11 With us the Lord of Hosts remains His Care to us extends With us the God of Jacob reigns And us from Ills defends PSAL. xlvij verse 1 WIth Hands and Hearts accod All People praise the Lord With Triumph's Voice in him rejoice His wondrous Name record verse 2 For He the Lord most High With dreadful Majesty A Monarch reigns and Earth restrains With his commanding Eye verse 3 He makes the People all Beneath our Empire fall The Nations meet to kiss our Feet And us their Masters call verse 4 But us He chose that we His Heritage might be His Favours grace the faithful Race Whose Wealth He loves to see verse 5 Our Lord 's gone up on high With Trumpets toward the Sky verse 6 Sing Praises sing to our great King With Songs and Praises vye verse 7 With Understanding raise Earth's mighty Monarch's Praise verse 8 Whose sacred Throne the Nations own Whose Will the VVorld obeys verse 9 To God his Servants now VVith neighb'ring Princes bow While He though high continually Defends our Earth below PSAL. xlviij verse 1 GReat is our Lord and greatly prais'd In Sion's sacred Hill On which immortal Buildings rais'd That glorious Mountain fill verse 2 Fair is its Sight the Pleasures vast It gives to distant Lands And on its Northern Quarters plac'd God's holy Temple stands verse 3 God in her Palaces is great A certain Refuge known verse 4 And angry Kings who fiercely met Are off as swiftly gone They saw admir'd and terrify'd From thence distracted flew Fear seiz'd 'em all and o'er their Pride Pangs as of Child-birth drew Though mighty Navies close combin'd For our Destruction meet He breaks them with his stormy VVind And scatters all the Fleet. Oft have we heard and oft have seen In thy bless'd Residence How Thou great God of Hosts hast been Thy City's strong Defence Secur'd by Thee it ne'er decays And in thy Temple we Thy Everlasting Mercies praise And sing dear Lord to Thee Great is thy Name thy Praises great Through all the VVorld resound Thy Name with Righteousness compleat Thy Hand with Justice crown'd verse 1 Let Sion's Mount rejoice and sing And Judah's Daughters dance Such Blessings Lord thy Judgments bring So much their Peace advance verse 2 VValk Sion round quite round her go Her Bulwark's Numbers find Her Battlements and Ramparts know Her stately Buildings mind Then let unborn Posterity Your wondrous Records have For God's our God for ever He Our Souls from Death shall save Another Metre As the 112th verse 1 OUR Lord is great and greatly prais'd From Salem's Walls and Sion's Hills verse 2 That sacred Mount which nobly rais'd Our happy Land with Glory fills That Temple guilds her Northern sides Where God the King of Kings resides verse 3 God in her Palaces is known A strong Defence and Refuge sure verse 4 See how th' assembling Kings are flown Nor could the glorious Sight endure verse 5 They saw and what they saw admir'd But off on Terrour's Wings retir'd verse 6 They felt such horrid Pangs and Throws As Women in their Child-birth feel By Land they met God's angry Blows verse 7 By Sea their shatter'd Navies reel By furious Eastern Tempests toss'd Till all their Strength and Pride are lost verse 8 Within God's holy City we Have seen what oft we'd heard of old The Lord of Hosts her Strength will be His Hand her lasting Walls uphold verse 9 Thy ancient Love and Kindness Lord We in thy holy House record Thy Name Earth's utmost Borders know As far great God thy Praises fly Thy Hands Eternal Justice show Let Sion's Mount then cheerfully Let Judah's Virgin-Daughters sing The Judgments of their glorious King verse 12 Walk Sion's Rounds her Towers describe Observe how strong her Bulwarks are The Palaces of Judah's Tribe Let those to come with theirs compare They 'll read God here and only He So good so sure a Guide could be PSAL. xlix verse 1 ALL People Nations all which o'er The World your Tribes extend verse 2 The High the Low the Rich the Poor My sacred Songs attend verse 3 My Mouth shall Wisdom speak my Heart Of Knowledge meditate verse 4 My Harp mysterious Truths impart And Things of ancient weight verse 5 Why should I fear in dangerous days By sinful Men distress'd verse 6 Who on their Lands and crafty Ways And mighty Treasures rest verse 7 Yet all their Wealth and all their Store Can't one lost Soul redeem Nor God to bate their sinful Score Their largest Gifts esteem verse 8-9 Nay though they live a Thousand Years The Grave 's expected Prey Such Price a Soul's Redemption bears As they can ne'er repay verse 10
From ev'ry threat'ning Storm verse 8 And I his Praise in Songs will spread And daily Vows perform PSAL. lxij verse 1 BUT still on God my Saviour I With humble Silence wait verse 2 My Rock my Health who sets me high And then confirms my State verse 3 How long shall your base Plots assail My Life Your selves shall fall And like old tott'ring Fences fail Or like some batter'd Wall verse 4 They fain would thrust my Glories down And old in Lyes they grow Their Language Oily Blessings crown Their Hearts with Curies flow verse 5 But still on God my Saviour I With humblest Silence wait verse 6 My Rock my Health who sets me high And then secures my State verse 7 God 's my Salvation Glory All My Strength my Hope my Trust verse 8 Pour out your Hearts with Faith ô call On Him ye suff'ring Just Our God's a Guard who ne'er can fail verse 9 But Men are Vanity Nay that against 'em turns the Scale They 're all an empty Lye Those Men by Providence depress'd And those exalted high The Rich the Poor the Worst the Best Are all an empty Lye verse 10 O ne'er in Wrong nor Force confide Nor swe'ling Thoughts disclose Nor on your Treasures multiply'd Your care'ess Hearts repose verse 11 Once God hath spoke and twice have we His Declaration heard That Might belongs to God and He Will for his Might be fear'd verse 12 And Mercy Lord is only thine And thy impartial Hand Will as Men's various Works incline Their due Rewards command PSAL. lxiij us the rooth verse 1 BEfore the Morning-blushes rise To Thee dear God I lift my Eyes For thou alone my God shalt be To Thee my thirsty Soul aspires Thy Smiles my longing Flesh desires Where I no Springs of Comfort see verse 2 As oft within thy holy Place I met of old thy quick'ning Grace I 'd now thy Strength and Glory view verse 3 More swift than Life thy Mercies flow And I with chearful Lips would show Thy Works thy ancient Praise renew verse 4 Thy Works with Blessings I 'll proclaim Whi'e Life shall last and in thy Name My Hands and Heart devoutly raise verse 5 Sweet Marrow 's Juice the Taste invites But more in Thee my Soul delights And Thee my joyful Lips shall praise verse 6 In Bed I think on Thee dear Lord Thy Loves I through the Night record And on thy Goodness meditate verse 7 From Thee my Health and Safety springs And shadow'd by thy glorious Wings I 'll all thy Works with Joy relate verse 8 To Thee my steady Soul adheres Thy Hand my strong Support appears verse 9 But those who would my Life betray Shall sink in Death's Eternal Shade verse 10 Their Lives to cruel Swords be made And Wolves and savage Beasts a Prey verse 11 Then in his God the King shall be Exalted high the World shall see His flowing Joys and all who swear To him shall in their Oaths be bless'd And Lying Lips with Shame suppress'd No more to blast his Crown appear PSAL. lxiv. verse 1 LOrd hear my Voice in Pray'r secure My Life From angry Foes verse 2 From Sinners Plots ô hide me sure And wicked Workers Blows verse 3 Sharp though they whet their temper'd Swords Their Tongues are sharper far And out they shoot their bitter Words Like Shafts prepar'd for War verse 4 In dark Retreats the Plotter lies To wound the perfect Heart And fearlese there with bo'd Surprize He throws his deadly Dart. verse 5 Mischief's their Life to mischief they Encouragements apply And talk of spreading Snares and say Who can our Snares descry verse 6 Deep are their Hearts their Counsels deep And all their Thoughts profound And all a Search for Mischief keep And practise Mischief found verse 7 But God with more surprizing Darts Their wounded Hearts shall reach verse 8 Their Tongues shall soon betray their Hearts Themselves themselves impeach verse 9 Aloof the wond'ring World shall stand And all around with Fear Acknowledge God's revenging Hand And all his Acts revere verse 10 Then shall the Just in God rejoice Their Faith more strongly raise And each good Man exalt his Voice To sing his Maker's Praise PSAL. lxv as the rooth PRaise Lord in Sion waits for Thee To Thee our holy Vows we pay Thou hear'st us whence in Misery verse 2 To Thee the suppliant World shall pray verse 3 My Sins are Lord too strong for me But Thou sha't all my Sins forgive verse 4 O happy 's he whose Eyes may see Thy House and in thy Presence live When him Devotion kindly warms His inward purer Joys abound His Soul with bless'd Re igion's Charms Is in thy sacred Temple crown'd verse 5 What though a Thousand Dangers rise To us our sure Salvation springs From Thee thy Flock for Shelter flies To thy protecting Mercy 's Wings For us thy dreadful Judgments move And scatter all our Fears and Woes Whence all in Thee their Trust improve Where Earth extends or Water flows verse 6 Thy Might the lofty Mountains rais'd And Pow'r thy wondrous Throne surrounds And at thy Voice the Seas amaz'd Laid down their Billows roaring Sounds verse 7 Thy Terrours smooth the Wat'ry Plain And all the murm'ring Nations quell When ruffling Storms disturb the Main And stubborn Hearts with Madness swell Part 2. verse 8 When earth is shock'd and Comets blaze And thy prodigious Signs appear At them the trembling Nations gaze And them at utmost distance fear The blushing Dawn the Morning-Skies Through all the World thy Praise proclaim And when Night 's gloomy Shadows rise They celebrate thy glorious Name verse 9 Thy Eyes the lower World survey Thy Hand their various Need supplies Thy Dews and Rains prepare the Way For Grass and Herbs and Plants to rise What mighty Treasures Lord hast Thou Within thy wat'ry Chambers laid Whence all our vast Provisions now Our Corn and Wine and Oil 's convey'd verse 10 The rising Grounds thy Fountains make Their wealthy Crops and Fatness yield The lower Lands thy Smiles partake Thy Blessing warms the springing Field verse 11 The joyful Year with Goodness crown'd Owes all its Plenty Lord to Thee Thy Clouds with fat'ning Drops abound And we their large Production see verse 12 The barren Wiâ—ds the burning Sands Those cooâ—ing Drops in Season bless The dancing Hillocks join their Hands And Mirth and Gratitude express verse 13 Huge Flocks the fruitful Pastures yield Huge Crops the burthen'd Valleys bring Joys eccho through the chearful Field And all their Maker's Praises sing Another Metre to the old 104th proper Tune verse 1 IN Siou's bless'd Gares Lord Praise waits for Thee To Thee holy Vows Shall justly be paid verse 2 Thy Goodness creates All our Confidence we By 't mov'd in thy House Our Petitions have made verse 3 Man 's impious Art Against me prevails O purge O remove Our Follies away verse 4 How happy 's his Part Whom thy Mercy ne'er fails Thy Choice can approve And thy
enthron'd his Glory fare verse 18 Lord when thou took'st thy Seat on high Both Death and Hell were Captives led Thy Gifts made stubborn Hearts comply And Rebels own their sacred Head verse 19 O bless'd be God from Day to Day Who us with bounteous Goodness loads verse 20 Our Saving Health our Lord our Stay Our Guide from Death's obscure Abodes verse 21 But finful Fools his thoughtless Foes God in their Heads their Vitals wounds verse 22 I too says God will rescue those Whom Bashan or the Sea surrounds My Friends shall live at large and free Ill us'd restrain'd oppress'd no more verse 23 Their Steps o'er bleeding Foes shall be Where Dogs shall lick the streaming Gore Part 3. verse 24 My God my King thy glorious Ways Are oft with awful Wonder view'd When in thy House on Holy Days Thou meet'st the suppliant Multitude verse 25 First all the charming Voices move Then those who touch the tuneful Strings The Damsels next their Fingers prove And loud the merry Timbrel rings verse 26 Praise God in all Assemblies praise Your God ô all of Israel's Race verse 27 Let Benjamin his Anthems raise Whom first the Regal Ensigns grace verse 28 With Him let Judah's Head combine And all the Tribes their Leaders bring Till Mid-land Tribes and Coasters join And All then Maker's Glories sing verse 29 Strength Lord on us thy Hand bestows O let our Graces stronger be While Strength from Salem's Temple flows Great Kings shall offer Gifts to Thee verse 30 Rebuke th' Egyptians Force confound The Brutes in Idol-worship strong Those who in Pride and Wealth abound And who for Wars and Tumults long verse 31 To God then mighty Kings shall fly From Egypt and Arabian Lands And cast their Crowns and Sceptres by And raise to him their suppliant Hands verse 32 Sing sing to God his Praise unfold His Name yee Earthly Kings adore verse 33 He rides above the Skies of old And speaks in Thunders dreadful roar verse 34 Ascribe to God all Strength and Might VVho o're his Israel's Lot presides VVhose Power and whose Majestic light Above the highest Orb resides verse 35 VVhat Terrours in that secred Place Israel's Eternal God surround The Saints his Might and Courage grace His Name be still with Praises crown'd PSAL. lxix verse 1 O Save me Lord Thy Floods prevail The Floods my Strength controul verse 2 The Mud the rugged VVaves assail And sink my fainting Soul verse 3 To Thee till weary'd quite I cry My Throat grows hoarse and dry My very Ey strings Crack while I On Thee for Help rely verse 4 More than my Hairs my Foes increase And they whose causeless Hate Pursue my Soul and break my Peace Are strong and Fortunate To lay their Spite I paid with Care VVhat ne'er was due from me verse 5 Thou Lord my Follies know'st nor are My Faults conceal'd from Thee verse 6 Thro the let none endure Disgrace VVho on thy Love depend None blush thro' me who seek thy Face Or for thy Grace attend verse 7 For thy Name 's sake I suffer scorn To all Reproach confin'd verse 8 My Mother's Sons my Brethren born To me are grown unkind Part 2. verse 9 Lord for thy House with zealous Flame My Soul consumes and dies And those who dare affront thy Name My Heart with grief surprize verse 10 I fast my falling Tears succeed But I 'me reproach'd for all verse 11 I Sack-cloth wear my Sack-cloth weeds Among their Proverbs fall verse 12 Where all the senseless Rabble sit I 'me made their constant Theme Each Drunkard tries his brutish Wit My Glories to blaspheme verse 13 In thy accepted Time dear Lord Receive my Soul's address With Mercy by thy faithful Word My cruel Foes repress verse 14 From miry Deeps Lord raise my Head From mighty Waters save verse 15 And from the stormy Tempests dread And from the gaping Grave Let not the Floods devour me quite Nor Whirlpools swallow me verse 16 But in thy Mercies Lord delight And hear my Prayers to Tnee Part 3. With Pitty view my mournful Case And ease my dismal Woes verse 17 From me ô never hide thy Face When Sorrows round me close verse 18 Draw near redeem my Soul from those Who in my Fall delight verse 19 My shame reproach and all my Foes Are ever in thy sight verse 20 Shame breaks my Heart my panting Soul For Comfort looks in vain No Friends my mournful State condole Nor feel my dreadful Pain verse 21 They gave me bitter Gall to eat Sharp Vinegar to drink verse 22 But let thy Wrath their Joys defeat Their spiteful Pleasures sink O let thy Curse a deadly snare Of all their Plenty make And when their Souls for Mirth prepare All Mirth their Souls forsake verse 23 O let their Eyes be dark their Loins With strange Diseases shake verse 24 Till Wrath with utmost Fury joins And they of both partake Part 4. verse 25 Let all their lofty Palaces Their Tents deserted ly verse 26 For they on thy Afflicted press And Wounds to Wounds apply verse 27 Punish their Sins with Sins nor let Them Righteousness behold verse 28 Their Names i' th' Book of Life unset Nor with the Just enroll'd verse 29 But me oppress'd with mighty Woes Thy Health dear God shall raise verse 30 And Songs I 'll to thy Name compose And ever sing thy Praise verse 31 And these shall Thee my God much more Than Firstling Bul'ocks please verse 32 The Humble who thy Face implore Shall see 't and live at Ease Joys shall their happy Hearts possess At this triumphant Sight Their Souls shall wondrous Mirth express Their Lives supream Delight verse 33 God hears the Poor and Bond-men call And sends Deliverance verse 34 Then let Heav'n Earth and Seas and all Their Hosts his Praise advance verse 35 God saves his own and they in Peace Within their Countries rest verse 36 And there their happy Heirs increase Who love their Maker best PSAL. lxx verse 1 HAst'e Lord ô haste to aid And set thy Servant free verse 2 Asham'd let all those Fools be made Who seek to ruin me With Shame confound them all Who would my Life destroy verse 3 And when they think I 'm like to fall Express unmanly Joy verse 4 But where Men seek thy Face Let constant Joys reside Let those who love thy saying Grace Say God be magnify'd verse 5 But I am weak and poor O haste to help me Lord And as thou oft hast done before Thy speedy Aids afford PSAL. lxxj verse 1 IN Thee dear Lord I only trust From Shame ô keep me free verse 2 And as thy Promises are just Hear help and rescue me verse 3 Be thou my mighty Fortress where I when oppress'd may fly Thou art my Rock my Fort in Fear I on thy Word rely verse 4 Save me my God from impious Hands From Fraud and Violence verse 5 In Thee my Hope my Safety stands My Lord my Youth's Defence verse 6 I
Sleep Or high with sprightly Wines inflam'd verse 66 God struck his Foes their Wounds were deep And their Eternal Shame proclaim'd verse 67 Yet for their Sins He Joseph's Fields And Ephrain's Tribe though fruitful scorns verse 68 His Rest more happy Judah yields His House lov'd Sion's Mount adorns verse 69 There high his lofty Turrets rise And all the Town beneath command And deep the vast Foundaticm lies As Rocks the solid Buildings stand verse 70 Then from his Sheep and meaner Cares verse 71 Our God his Servant David takes And him his Israel's King declares His holy Nation 's Pastor makes verse 72 That nobler Flock with faithful Art He watches feeds and safely folds And with an upright prudent Heart Our happy Church and State upholds PSAL. lxxix As the 130th verse 1 LOrd the Heathen-Troops have spoil'd Thy bless'd lnheritance And thy holy House desil'd And still their Arms advance Salem's Walls on Heaps are laid verse 2 Thy murther'd Servants lie Preys to Wolves and Vultures made Beneath the open Sky verse 3 See a spacious Crimson Flood By dying Martyrs shed Salem's Streets with flowing Blood And mangled Corpses spread verse 4 Jacob's Tribes alas are grown Their nearest Neighbour's Scorn Out to vile Derision thrown By cruel Scoffs o'er born verse 5 Ah how long dear Lord how long Shall thy fierce Fury burn verse 6 O on all the Godless Throng Thy weighty Vengeance turn Let the Gentile-Nations all Who ne'er acknowledge Thee Underneath thy Judgments fall And just Severitie verse 7 They with cruel Teeth devour Poor Jacob's wretched Race And Destruction's Tempest pour On Israel's Dwelling-place verse 8 All our Sins bless'd God forgive And speedy Mercy show For by Thee alone we live Though now reduc'd so low Part 2. verse 9 Lord to our Assistance fly From Thee our Safety springs Honour to thy Name Most High Such Saving Mercy brings verse 10 Why Ô why should Heathens cry Now where's their mighty God Let them now the Lashes try Of thy revenging Rod Grant that Lord our longing Eyes Thy just Revenge may see While the Blood of Martyrs cries So loud great God to Thee verse 11 Let the Pris'ners Sighs ascend Before thy Majesty And with mighty Pow'r defend The Souls condemn'd to die verse 12 To our Neighbours Lord repay Their base reproachful Spite Such who in the Scorners Way And Blasphemies delight verse 13 So shall we thy Flock thy Sheep For ever praise thy Name And through endless Ages keep Thy everlasting Fame Or thus verse 1 DEar Lord the Heathen Bands have spoil'd Thy bless'd Inheritance And have thy holy House defil'd And still their Arms advance Poor Salem's Walls in Heaps are laid Thy murther'd Servants lie As Preys to Wolves and Vultures made Beneath the open Sky verse 3 See Lord a spacious Crimson Flood By dying Martyrs shed And Salem's Street's with flowing Blood And mangled Corpses spread verse 4 Sad Jacob's Tribes alas are grown Their barb'rous Neighbours Scorn And to Derision vilely thrown By cruel Scoffs o'er-born verse 5 But ah how long dear Lord how long Shall thy fierce Furies burn verse 6 At last on all the Godless Throng Thy weighty Vengeance turn O let the Gentile Nations all Who ne'er acknowledge Thee Beneath thy heavy Judgments fall And just Severity verse 7 For they with cruel Teeth devour Poor Jacob's wretched Race And total Desolation pour On Israel's Dwelling-place verse 8 O all our Sins bless'd Lord forgive And speedy Mercy show For by thy Mercy Lord we live Though now reduc'd so low Part 2. verse 9 Now Lord to our Assistance fly From Thee our Safety springs For G'ory to thy Name Most High Such saving Mercy brings verse 10 And why Ô why should Heathens cry Now where's their boasted God Let them too all the Scourges try Of thy revenging Rod Permit bless'd Lord our longing Eyes Thy just Revenge to see While yet the Blood oiF Martyrs cries So loud great God to Thee verse 11 O let the Pris'ners Sighs ascend Before thy Majesty And with Almighty Pow'r defend The Souls condemn'd to die verse 12 And to our Neighbours Lord repay Their base reproachful Spite To such as in the Scorners Way And Blasphemies delight verse 13 And so shall we thy Flock thy Sheep For ever praise thy Name And through Eternal Ages keep Alive thy glorious Fame PSAL. lxxx verse 1 HEar gracious Shepherd Thou whose Love Like Flocks thy Israel guides Shine forth Ô Thou whose Strength above The Cherubs Wings resides verse 2 Before our drooping Nation rouze Great God thy wondrous Might And with thy saving Strength espouse Thy ancient People's Right verse 3 Change Lord Ô change our mournful State And let thy Beams Divine Our Health and Safety to create With doubled Lustre shine verse 4 How long great God of Hosts shall we Thy Fury's Heat sustain How long thy People Lord to Thee Address their Pray'rs in vain verse 5 Tears are our Meat our Drink is Tears verse 6 When they our Spoils divide Our Neighbours quarrel and our Fears Malicious Foes deride verse 7 Change Lord Ô change our mournful State And let thy Beams Divine Our Health and Safety to create With doubled Lustre shine Part 2. verse 8 Of old from Egypt's fruitful Soil Thy Hands a Vine remov'd And made the Ganaanites recoil And here the Plant improv'd verse 9 Large was its Room and large its Root Through all the Country spread And with the weighty Purple Fruit It bow'd its noble Head verse 10 Its Shade the Mountains cover'd o'er Its Arms like Cedars stood verse 11 Down to the Seas its Branches bore And reach'd Euphrates Flood verse 12 Oh why are all her Fences gone Her Fruits by all destroy'd verse 13 Her Roots by Forest-Boars o'erthrown And savage Beasts annoy'd verse 14 Turn Lord of Hosts Ô turn at last And from thy lofty Skies On thy poor Vineyard void and waste O cast thy gentler Eyes verse 15 The Vineyard which thy mighty Hand In Canaan planted first And made its Branches strongly stand By Peace and Favour nurs'd verse 16 But now the Boughs are scorch'd the Trunk By cruel Hands cut down Thy People's Hopes and Vigour sunk Beneath thy angry Frown verse 17 Smile Lord Ô turn thy gracious Eyes On him that 's rais'd by Thee With Strength to ease our Miseries And set the Bond-men free verse 18 So we 'll no more from Thee decline Nor thy Commands transgress Our Hopes our Lives shall all be thine Thy Name we 'll daily bless verse 19 Change Lord Ô change our mournful State And let thy Beams Divine Our Health and Safety to create With doubled Lustre shine Psal 1xxxj As the 100th or Mr. Sandys's 8th verse 1 TO God our Strength your Voices raise Aloud the God of Jacob praise verse 2 A Psalm to th' merry Timbrel suit The pleasant Harp or charming Lute verse 3 The Moon her Infant-Horns displays Let 's feast on these appointed Days And with the shriller Trumpet 's
House the Sparrows find The Swallows build their Nests Where with their yet unfeather'd Kind The Dam in Safety rests But ah thine Altars wretched I Near them no more can sing While banish'd from thy House I sly Dear Lord my God my King verse 4 Ah happy Souls who in thy House Can live and praise thy Name verse 5 Whose Arms thy Heav'nly strength endows Whose Hearts thy Ways can frame verse 6 Though through the Vail of Tears they go Their Eyes with Sorrows drown'd Yet Blessings on their Teachers slow With Fruit their Pains are crown'd verse 7 From Strength to Strength from Grace to Grace Th' improving Learners go Till them the God of Gods embrace And Rest on them bestow Part 2. verse 8 My Pray'r great God of Hosts receive And kind Affistance bring verse 9 Consider O our Shie'd relieve Thy once anointed King verse 10 For in thy Courts one Day appears More bless'd more swoet to me Than could a Thousand Thousand Years At any Distance be I 'd rather keep thy Temple's Door And fiod thy Presence there Than in a Palace reign secure Where Sins uncheck'd appear verse 11 For God their Sun their Shield to those Will Grace and Glory give Who with his Laws sincerely close And on Obedience live verse 12 Happy ô happy that good Man Great Lord of Hosts must be Who through all Worldly Changes can Unmov'dly trust in Thee To Father Holy Ghost and Son Ono God in persons Three Be Glory paid and Homage done Through all Eternity PSAL. lxxxv verse 1 THY Favours Lord have kind at last To Israel's Captives been verse 2 And all thy People's Follies past And cover'd all their Sin verse 3 Thy gentler Thoughts with tender Love Thy Jealous Furies eas'd And He who pleads for us above Has all thy Wrath appeas'd verse 4 To us ô God our Saviour now From Anger kindly turn Some Limits to thy Wrath allow Which else would always burn verse 5 On us dear God new Life bestow To us new Vigour give verse 6 That we our Joys in Thee may show And in thy Favour live verse 7 To us thy Mercy Lord extend And thy Salvation show verse 8 What God shall answer I 'll attend Who will his Peace bestow On all his own His Saints shall find The Sweets of Heav'nly Peace When they from Sin 's foul Dross refin'd From careless Follies cease God's kind Salvation's always nigh The Wise who fear his Name That Glory o'er our Land may fly And raise our ancient Fame Kind Peace and Righteousness embrace And Truth and Mercy close Truth springs from Earth from Heav'n her Face Impartial Justice shows All Good on us shall God bestow Our Land shall fruitful prove And Justice with a wondrous Flow Before his Face shall move While we who err'd so oft before Bless'd with so sure a Guide From God shall never wander more But in his Paths abide Another Metre As the old 125th proper Tune BLess'd Lord thy kinder Thoughts at last Did Jacob's Captive-Tribes restore And all the People's Follies past Their Sins with Mercies cover'd o'er Thy Jealous Furies eas'd And all thy Wrath appeas'd To us ô God our Saviour now From thy tempestuous Anger turn Shall thy fierce Wrath no Bounders know But through Eternal Ages burn Us Lord again revive And in thy Joys we live To us thy Mercy Lord extend To us thy bless'd Salvation show To God's kind Answer I 'll attend For Peace he 'll on his Saints bestow His Servants shall have Peace When they from Follies cease verse 9 To pious Men Salvation's near That Glory may possess the Land verse 10 Mercy and Truth conjoin'd appear And Peace and Justice Hand in Hand verse 11 From Earth Truth from the Sky Fair Justice casts her Eye verse 12 Our God on us shall Good bestow Our happy Land shall fruitful prove verse 13 And Justice with a wondrous Flow Before his glorious Presence move And we with such a Guide Shall in his Paths abide PSAL. lxxxvj verse 8 LOrd to my Pray'r thine Ears incline For I 'm distress'd and poor verse 2 I'm wholly Lord and only thine Bless'd God my Soul secure verse 3 My God thy faithful Servant save Who hopes thy Grace to see Mercy thy Mercy Lord I crave And daily cry to Thee verse 4 To Thee alone my Heart I raise O make my Soul rejoice verse 5 Love Pardon Mercy are thy Ways Thou hearst my humble Voice verse 6 Lord hear my Pray'rs receive my Cry verse 7 In Woes address'd to Thee verse 8 Thy Might thy wondrous Works out-vye The Gods of Vanity All Nations whom thy Hands have made Shall fall before thy Face And with pure Worship duly pay'd Thy glorious Name embrace For Thou art God thy Works are great Thy self art God alone To me bless'd God thy Ways repeat And make thy Doctrines known I 'll walk in Truth then Lord unite My Heart to fear thy Name My Heart shall then thy Praise recite And all thy Praise proclaim Thy Mercy 's great to me from Hell Thou brought'st my sinking Soul Though Tyrants at me proudly swell And would my Life control No Sence of Thee the Rebels show But Pity Lord we see Grace Patience Mercy Truth we know In plenty dwells with Thee To me dear God with Mercy turn Thy Strength on me bestow To him who 's of thy Hand-maid born Thy kind Salvation show With me some Mark of Favour leave And shame my spiteful Foes When they thy Aid to me perceive And all thy Love disclose PSAL. lxxxvij as the 113 th WHen God in his All-searching Mind To fix his Church on Earth design'd Deep he her strong Foundations laid verse 2 But Sions Mount that sacred Place Tho' well He lov'd all Jacob's Race He his peculiar Darling made verse 3 How vastly wide how wondrous high Shall thy Immortal Glories fly Blest City of th' Eternal King verse 4 When AEgypt Assur Palestine And all th' Arabia's shall be thine And Vows to thy Protector bring Envy in Them no more shall reign But Saints to fill thy blissful Train Shall come from each converted Land verse 5 In Sion yet those Sons of Peace Shall more than other Lands encrease And in her God securely stand verse 6 When God shall all his Saints enrol The Gentiles Tribes shall fill the Scroul From Thee blest God! our Joy shall spirit verse 7 And all the Sons of Harmony Shall tune their chearful Strings to Thee And thy Eternal Praises sing PSAL. lxxxviij verse 1 BLest God of my Salvation I Call Day and Night to Thee verse 2 O hear my Prayer accept my Cry And kindly answer me verse 3 My Soul alas is fill'd with Woes The Grave attends my Fate verse 4 I 'me left by Life and Sense like those Just in a dying state verse 5 Among the slaughter'd dead I ly i th' Grave from Sorrows free Where Men thrust out from Memory Are cut from Earth by Thee verse 6 Down in the Pits
verse 9 With plenteous Doles his lib'ral Hand The needy Poor supp'ies His Righteousness shall ever stand His Strength with Honour rise verse 10 Ill Men enrag'd his Happiness With envious Eyes shall view And gnash and pine and deep Distress Their blasted Hopes pursue PSAL. cxiij Proper Tune verse 1 O Praise the Lord his Praises sing Ye Servants of th' Eternal King verse 2 Bless ever bless his sacred Name verse 3 From the first Bâ—ushes of the Day Till Night her sable Wings display His Name 's immortal Praise proclaim verse 4 The Lord o'er all the Nations reigns The Lord 's illustrious Glory stains The brightest Star the clearest Sky verse 5 What Man what God would we compare With Him whose lofty Dwellings are Above all Heav'ns exalted high verse 6 Yet thence his Providential Eyes Survey the never-resting Skies And all our humble World below verse 7 He helps the Wretched from the Floor And from the Dung-hill lifts the Poor His Goodness and his Strength to show verse 8 Thence He exalts their meaner Fate To Majesty and Princely State And bids'em Crowns and Sceptres claim verse 9 He makes the barren Womb conceive O'er-joy'd a youthful Race to leave O praise ô ever praise his Name Another Metre verse 1 PRaise God! ô praise the Lord Ye Saints with one Accord His hoIy Name with Praise proclaim His holy Acts record verse 2 His Name with Praise attend Till Time it self shall end verse 3 His Fame display from dawning Day Till Night's dark Shades descend verse 4 God's o'er the Nations high His Glories pass the Sky verse 5 What God 's ador'd as our great Lord Or with his Height can vye verse 6 Yet condescending He Through Heav'n and Earth can see verse 7 The Poor to raise who spend their Days In Want and Miserie verse 8 His Smiles with Honour grace Those who the Dust embrace With Kings to vye in Majesty And rule his chosen Race verse 9 At his All-quick'ning Word The barren Womb 's restor'd With Joy t' embrace a lively Race Praise then ô praise the Lord PSAL. cxiv verse 1 WHen Israel's Tribes when Jacob's Race From barb'rous Egypt went verse 2 Then Judab was his holy Place Israel his Government verse 3 The Seas and Jordan saw their God Advancing in their Head The Seas amaz'dly parting stood And Jordan backward fled verse 4 The Mountains at the dreadful Sight Leap'd up like frighted Rams The Hills with the surprizing Fright Skip'd like the trembling Lambs verse 5 What terrify'd the parting Seas That they divided stood What Fears could Jordan's Currents seize Or turn his hasty Flood verse 6 What made the lofty Mountains leap So like the frighted Rams The little Hills on crouded Heaps To run like trembling Lambs verse 7 Ne'er ask the Cause When Jacob's God Appears with Glories crown'd His dreadful Looks his awful Nod The trembling World confound verse 8 And when his thirsty Nation prays He turns the Rocks to Springs And from dry Flints by wond'rous Ways Unceasing Fountains brings Another Metre As the 113th verse 1-2 Isreal of old their Maker chose His Empire and his Name 's Repose And more than all the Nations lov'd And with his own Almighty Hand From cruel Egyst's barb'rous Land Their happy Tribes in Peace remov'd verse 3 The Sea his marching Armies view'd The Sea a while as doubtful stood But soon with wild Amazement fled Old Jordan's Streams with headlong Haste Astonish'd Merom's Waves re-pass'd And backward flew to find their Head verse 4 The Mountains Vast which proudly bore Their Heads above the Clouds before Like Rems from their Foundations leap'd The lesser Hills as frighted Lambs Run trembling to their helpless Dams Beneath their Parent-Mountains crept verse 5 What made the Seas divided fly What made old Jordan's Waters try With backward Streams to find their Spring verse 6 What made the Mountains leap like Rams The lesser Hills like trembling Lambs Close to their Parent Mountains cling verse 7 Slightly alas they mov'd or fear'd At him the World amaz'd appear'd The World before its Maker quakes His look who now in Jacob reigns And there his holy House maintains The settled frame of Nature shakes verse 8 Let then the Seas desert the Shore Let Jordan's Banks be fill'd no more Let barren Sands around us ly Our God can change with wondrous ease The Flints to Springs the Rocks to Seas And all his Peoples Wants supply PSAL. cxv verse 1 To us dear Lord to us no Praise But to thy Name is due For Mercy lays thy gracious Ways And all thy Words are true verse 2 Why should the foolish Gentiles cry Where 's He whom God they call verse 3 Our God's on High above the Sky And acts his Pleasure all verse 4 Their Gods of other Tempers are Fine Silver weighty Gold And Men With care such Gods prepare And then their Gods uphold verse 5 They ne're could speak and ne're could see Tho' made with Mouths and Eyes verse 6 And louder he than Storms must be Who can their Ears surprise The strongest Stench the noblest Sweet Their Nostrils can't invade verse 7 Their Hands can't meet nor feel their Feet Were ne're for walking made With all abusive Scorns appear Before their Deities Yet shan't you there one Murmur hear So still their Anger lies verse 8 Wise as their senseless Gods are those Who first advanc'd the Trade And such are those whose Souls repose On what their Hands have made Part 2. verse 9 O ye of Jacob's wiser Seed On God securely trust He 'll help with speed in times of need And ever shield the just verse 10 O ye of Aaron's sacred Breed On God securely trust He 'll help with speed in times of need And ever shield the Just verse 11 Ye who With Fear your Maker heed In him securely trust He 'll he'p with speed in times of need And still defend the Just verse 12 The Lord has Kept us still in mind His Priests shall all be blest Our Tribes shall find his Blessings kind On all their Dwellings rest verse 13 The Lord will all his Servants bless The Rich Poor Young and old verse 14 And Happiness with vast access Shall you and yours uphold verse 15 You 're by that great Creator blest Who bade theWorld to rise verse 16 And who possest of sacred Rest Lives high above the Skies verse 17 O're Earth and all that Earth contains For mortal Men design'd Man freely reigns and God maintains The Gift to them resign'd verse 18 The Dead nor those can blaze thy Fame Who sink to silence down verse 19 But we thy Name with Praise proclaim And endless Blessings crown PSAL. cxvi verse 1 THe Lord who heard my Voice and Prayer My Lord my Love shall be verse 2 On him I 'll call with constant Care Who bow'd his Ear to me verse 3 The Chains of Death engag'd me round Me hellish Pains surpriz'd And Troubles oft and Anguish found And Sorrows exercis'd verse 4 Then in
Lord from Ills shall keep thee free Thy Soul from Harms secure verse 8 Go out come in he 'll follow thee His Loves unchang'd endure Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 ABove the Hills I raise my Eyes And thence assur'd expect That God should me protect verse 2 From God my certain Aid shall rise From that God whose Word gave Birth To the Skies and humbler Earth verse 3 No stumbling shall thy Feet surpize Thy Guardian never sleeps verse 4 That God who Israel keeps Can never shut his wakeful Eyes verse 5 But with his Protection blest Thou beneath his Shade shalt rest verse 6 The scorching Sun's directest Beams Unhurt thy Head shalt bear And no Distemper fear Nor shall the Moon 's malignant Gleams Poisonous Vapours us'd to kill With her Midnight Dews distil verse 7 The Lord from Harms shall keep thee free And all those I is controul Which might affect thy Soul verse 8 Go out come in he follows thee And with Goodness thee secures Which from Age to Age endures PSAL. cxxij verse 1 WIth Joy I heard the Captives cry Gods House is all our Quest verse 2 Our wearied Steps shall chearfully In Salem's Entrance rest verse 3 As where sweet Peace and Beauty join So Salem's Buildingss grow verse 4 And there God's holy Tribes combine And to his Presence flow There Israels Testimony stands And Gods great Name they praise verse 5 The Throne of Justice there commands And David's Offspring sways verse 6 O pray for Salem's Peace may those Who love thee prosper still verse 7 May Peace thy Battlements compose Thy Houses Plenty fill verse 8 For my dear faithful Brethrens sakes O may thy Joys encrease And where my God his Dwelling makes I 'll seek thy Wealth and Peace Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 I Heard with inward Joys The Captives cheerful Cries Gods holy House is all our Quest Our often wand'ring Feet In one Design shall meet And in the Gates of Salem rest verse 3 As where the Sweets of Peace With curious Arts increase So Salem's happy Buildings rise verse 4 For there the Tribes ascend And Israel's God attend And Thanks and Praises sacrifice verse 5 There stands the Judgment-seat There David once was great And still it s to his Offspring due verse 6 O pray for Salem's Peace O may thy Friend's encrease And good Success their Loves pursue verse 7 May Peace and Wealth abound Thy Walls and Houses round And for my fairhful Brethrens sakes Thy Cause I 'le countenance Thy Good and Peace advance Where God his glorious Dwelling makes PSAL. cxxiij verse 1 UP toward thy Dwelling-place the Skies Almighty Lord to Thee We raise our sad despairing Eyes Consum'd with Misery verse 2 As some poor beaten Slave would watch His Master's angry Hands Or some corrected Maid dispatch Her Mistresses Commands Yet view each Look each turning Glance To find if Pitty there Would in their smoother Brows advance Or in their Eyes appear So justly we chastis'd for Sins In patient Silence wait Till God once more appeas'd begins To raise our mournful State verse 3 Pity ô pity Lord our Woes O hear our earnest Cries And let thy Vengeance silence those Who our sad State despise verse 4 Enough dear Lord enough we 've born The scoffing World's Abuse And all that Insolence and Scorn Which Pride and Wealth produce PSAL. cxxiv verse 1 HAd not the Lord our Cause maintain'd Sing now and show a grateful Mind verse 2 Had not the Lord our Right sustain'd When Men of Blood our Fall design'd verse 3 Our Land had been at once dovour'd All swallow'd by the barbarous Foe verse 4 As Brooks by mighty Rains o're-pour'd At once the Neighbouring Meads o'reflow verse 5 Thus had our happy Days been past Our Hopes our Joys our Souls Destroy'd Our Foes yet scarce appeas'd at last Or their inhuman Entrails cloy'd verse 6 But blest ô ever blest be He Whose careful Love our Souls redeem'd And us from cruel Hands set free His Name be prais'd his Works esteem'd verse 7 We ' scap'd as little Birds escape When just beneath the Fowler 's Hand Our God disclos'd the Fatal Trap And we through Him in Safety stand verse 8 Let then the cruel World combine And Malice private Plots devise Our Help 's at hand our Hope divine On God who made the World relies Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 THis grateful Song may shew a grateful Mind Had not the mighty God our Cause maintain'd verse 2 Had not our gracious Lord our Right sustain'd When cruel Men with barbarous Oaths combin'd And to destroy our hated Land design'd verse 3 Their Rage which for a proper Morsel sought Their bloody Throats wide as Hell's dreadful Gate Had gorg'd our Church swallow'd down the State verse 4-5 The Deeps the swelling Waves which proudly wrought A Flood quite o're our Souls at once had brought verse 6 O blest be God who sav'd the trembling Prey verse 7 Our Souls as Birds from crafty Fowlers freed And broke the Snares and our Escape decreed verse 8 Our Souls for Help on Him alone shall stay Who made the worlds and whom the worlds obey PSAL. cxxv verse 1 THey fix'd as Sion's Mount endure Who in their Maker trust verse 2 As Mountains salem's Walls secure So God secures the Just verse 3 Ill Men shan't o're the Good prevail Or in their Quarters rest Lest they beneath Temptations fail Above their Strength opprest verse 4 Be good and kind dear Lord to those Who Peace and Goodness love To such thy gentle Smiles disclose Whose Hearts are fix'd above verse 5 But those who tread in Ways perverse Gods just Revenge shall find who 'll Peace among his own disperse And to his Saints be kind Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 THose who on God have fix'd their Trust Unmov'd like Sion's Mount endure verse 2 As Mountains Salem's Walls secure So God Himself secures the Just His Mercies endless store Shall last when Time 's no more verse 3 He checks the Wickeds angry Course When they his holy Saints assail They may but never long prevail Lest Faith crush'd by unequal Force Should faintly quit the Field And to the Tempter yield verse 4 To those dear God who Goodness love To Men of upright Hearts be kind While those the Sinners Portion find Who stubborn and perversely move But on God's Israel Shall Peace eternal dwell PSAL. cxxvj. verse 1 WHen Home the Lord his Captives lead At first it seem'd a Dream verse 2 But Joy was quickly round us spread And Praise our glorious Theam The very Gentile Nations round Cry'd out at once amaz'd See how God's Favours there abound How soon his Friends are rais'd verse 3 God's Loves to us indeed abound Our Joys are truely great verse 4 That Work which Lord thy Hands have found O let thy Hands compleat So Judah's long deserted Lands Shall more Refreshment know Then where soft Streams thro' Southern Sands With constant Coolness flow verse
Voice In God our Strength our King rejoice verse 4 For this by his supream Commands A Statute firm in Jacob stands A Monument of Love since He From Egypt's Bondage set them free There we when God our Help appear'd An unknown awful Language heard verse 6 Through Me said God thy Burthen ceas'd And I thy Hands from Pots releas'd verse 7 Thou pray'dst in suff'ring Times to me And I in Mercy answer'd thee From the dark Closets of the Sky Where Thunder 's secret Treasures lie At Meribah thy native Pride I with-prodigious Waters try'd verse 8 Hear then my People hear the Law Which I for thy Direction draw Part 2. verse 9 With thee no Foreign God shall be To such thou ne'er shalt bend the Knee To such no guilty Worship pay Nor Off rings on their Altars lay verse 10 For I 'm the Lord thy God my Hand First led thee out from Egypt's Land Let me thy largest Wishes know My Gifts shall still as largely flow verse 11 But they my People disobey'd And Israel no Submissions paid Their Hearts no kindest Acts could gain No Love their wandring Steps restrain verse 12 I then the wilful Fools resign'd To Ways to which their Hearts inclin'd Such Ways as they 'd themselves invent At once their Crime and Punishment verse 13 Oh had my People wisely weigh'd My Laws and my Commands obey'd verse 14 My Hand had quickly humbl'd those Who durst their thriving State oppose verse 15 Those Men who durst affront their Lord Had been as Lyars all abhorr'd Consum'd destroy'd and bury'd quite In dark Oblivion's gloomy Night But Israel of my Love posses'd Had been to endless Ages bless'd verse 16 Their Bellies purest Wheats had fill'd And Honey from the Rocks distill'd To Father Spirit Son bless'd ' Three One only God one Trinity As is as was e'er Time begun Be Praise and endless Homage done Amen Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 A Loud to God our Strength aloud With chearful Voices sing To Jacob's God through all the Croud Let hearty Praises ring verse 2 A Psalm to merry Notes compose And let the Timbrels sound While pleasant Harps their Sweets disclose And Lutes maintain the Round verse 3 See where the Moon her Horns displays With Infant-Beauty dress'd Your solemn Joys with Trumpets raise At that appointed Feast verse 4 For this your God ordain'd of old To Israel's faithfol Race And we must still the Laws enroll'd By Jacob's God embrace verse 5 This was to them from Bondage clear'd His Pledge of endless Love When they an unknown Language heard From rending Clouds above verse 6 Thy Shoulders I said God releas'd And made from Labours free Through me thy weary'd Fingers ceas'd From Bricks and Slavery verse 7 To Me thou pray'dst and I appear'd And ready Aids apply'd And thee through gloomy Thunders heard At Massab's Waters trv'd verse 8 Hear me my dearest People hear To thee I 'll testifie If Israel's Race my Words can bear And with my Laws comply Thy Seed no other God shall own No Sacrifice allow To Gods by other Nations known Nor to their Idols bow verse 10 I only live thy Lord thy God Who thee from Egypt freed And I 'll my largest Stores afford To serve thy utmost Need. verse 11 But they my People careless all My just Commands refus'd My Israel from their Vows could fall And all my Loves abus'd verse 12 So I their Slight with Slight repay'd And let the Fools pursue Their foolish Ways and as they stray'd Returnrd their Wages due verse 13 Oh had my People's Thoughtless Seed my kind Advice obey'd Nor by their own false Hearts mis-led From Ways of Wisdom stray'd verse 14 I then had quickly crush'd their Foes And turn'd my dreadful Hand Against the wretched Heads of those Who durst against them stand verse 15 God 's Haters soon had sunk betray'd By Lyes themselves had fram'd But Mine had been a Nation made Through endless Ages fam'd verse 16 I had their hungry Souls supply'd With Wheat 's pure Fatness fill'd And them with Honey satisfy'd From flowing Rocks distill'd PSAL. lxxxij verse 1 GOD sits the Judge where mighty Kings Their secret Counsels hold verse 2 How dare ye then unrighteous Things And wicked Laws uphold verse 3 The Weak the Orphans Cause decide Th' afflicted Soul relieve verse 4 The Poor by long Oppressions try'd From Wicked Hands retrieve verse 5 To Fools alas I vainly speak Who on in Darkness reel Through whom Earth's strong Foundations break Apd strange Convulsions feel verse 6 I've said You all are Gods and all The Sons of God most High verse 7 But must like meaner Princes fall Like common Mortals die verse 8 Arise thy Justice Lord declare And o'er the World advance For all the scatter'd Nations are Thy just Inheritance PSAL. lxxxiij verse 1 LOrd unconcern'd no longer prove Nor wrap'd in Silence lie verse 2 Our Foes who hate Thee siercely move And bear their Heads on high verse 3 Against thy People all combin'd Their secret Counsels take And those who thy Protection find Their hated Objects make verse 4 Come on they cry let Israel bear No more a Nation 's Name Let 's from Time's largest Records tear Their long-detested Claim verse 5 In Mischief thus their Hearts agree And horrid Plots design Leagu'd in a strong Conspiracy Against thy self and thine verse 6 See Lord What Tents o'er-spread the Field Where Edom takes his Place What Bands fierce Moab's Countries yield And Agar's slavish Race verse 7 Gebal and Amnon's Companies Curs'd Amalek commands And Palestine's Battalion lies With Tyre's assisting Bands verse 8 With these proud Assur's Forces join And Ammon's Side embrace And Desolations all design On Abraham's faithful Race Part 2. verse 9 Bless'd Lord for us at last appear And let thy daring Foes The Lot of ruin'd Midian bear Who durst the Saints oppose As Sisera's and Jabin's Hosts Near Kishon's Torrents dy'd verse 10 In Endor slain and all the Coasts With Blood for Dung supply'd verse 11 Let all their Valiant Captains slain With Zeeb and O reb dwell Where Zeba's and Zalmunna's Train With all their Princes fell verse 12 For thus the boasting Wrethes said Come let 's at once go seize The Tents their God inhabited His sacred Palaces verse 13 Lord hurl them off as Chaff before The rapid Whirlwind flies verse 14 As Flames through ancient Forests roar Or Mountain-Shrubs surprize verse 15 So them with fiercest Storms pursue With Tempests terrifie verse 16 Till they with Shame their Errours view And to thy Service fly verse 17 Else let them all confounded lie Crush'd with Eternal Shame And know God only rules on high By Great Jehovah's Name PSAL. lxxxiv verse 1 AH how my Soul thy Dwelling-place Great Lord of Hosts admires Ah how thy Courts thy glorious Face My longing Soul desires verse 2 In Thee the God of Life alone My Flesh my Heart rejoice To see thy sacred Earthly Throne And hear thy Heav'nly Voice verse 3 Around each