Faithfull be And keep the Laws transmitted here to Thee Their Throne like Thine shall stand and be as Great VII For I have Sion made my Rest The place which I of all the World love best My house for ever where I choose to dwell All Her Provisions I will bless And thence Her poor shall look for their increase And when they see it wonder how it fell VIII There shall her Priests my Praises sing And with Loud Shouts My Saints their Offrings bring The Horn of David there I 'll make to bud An Horn of Plenty full and green Where some New blossoms ever shall be seen Whose fruit's as generous as the root is good IX There for my King I 'll set a light My eye shall make it burn and keep it bright Obscurity shall on His Foes be cast Cover'd with shame they shall ly down But on His head I 'll put a glorious Crown And I who put it on will hold it fast Psalm CXXXIII Ecce quam bonum quam c. I. BLest day wherein I live to see The Tribes like Brethren all agree Like Brethren striving who shall my best Subjects be II. God has by them restor'd my Crown And they secur'd what was their Own For what on me they pour'd upon themselves fell down III. Th' Annointing Oyl they on me spent On them in Acts of Favour went As if for them as much as me the Oyl was meant IV. Like that which on the High-Priest shed At first it only wet His head But then o're beard and cloaths and all was quickly spred V. Or like those mists which from the Main The sun draws up to send again In dews first on the Hills and then the humble Plain VI. With such th' Almighty loves to dwell And Souls agreed His Praise can tell How on them blessings when on others vengeance fell Psalm CXXXIV Ecce nunc benedicite c. I. PRaise Him Ye Servants of th' Eternal King Who alwayes in His Temple stay Till your loud songs the cheerful Morning bring And having chas'd the Night away Call to attend your Sacrifice the rising day II. And as you praise Him let your thankfull hands Their part in all the Service bear They have their language which He understands Though none beside their voice do's hear For them reserves His eye and for your lips His Ear III. The Lord from Sion on Thy Borders reign Showers like that Heav'n which sends them free Return Thy Blessings on Thee back again Let them Thine own and greater be That Gods who Heav'n and Earth did make all for Thee Psalm CXXXV Laudate nomen Domini c. I. YE Servants of th' Immortal King His Masters of request below To whom when We our just Petitions bring Immediately to Heav'n they go And by your means who there attend I' th' flames which burn the Sacrifice ascend To His Great Name which He delights to raise Though far above your reach direct your Praise II. There 's none like Him so full of love On whom you can your praise bestow And if great Goodness can affection move Then praise His Name for that is so For Jacobs seed He gave His voice And plac'd His Treasure where He made His choice So great that none can contradict His will But when they most resist it most fulfill III. His Pleasure Heav'n and Earth obey And Laws which He first gave them keep He chains the Sea and bounding sands do's lay For mighty fetters on the Deep Causes thick vapours to ascend And in one cloud moist Hail and fire do's blend Out of His Treasures brings th' unruly wind And Captive Tempests with strong Cords do's bind IV. In Egypt when He did begin Thus He their First Born would not spare The Beasts were punisht for their Masters sin Under the Curse because they were His Wonders God before Him sent And thither afterwards in Person went Egypt Thou saw'st His hand i' th mid'st of Thee When Pharaoh who did bear it Would not see V. He mighty Kingdoms overthrew Scattred their Forces slew their Kings And Victory which abroad at Pleasure flew Made serve at home without her wings Sehon and Ogg before Him fell In whose Possessions Faithfull Israel dwell That Promised Land which He their Fathers gave Who from that gift their surest Title have VI. Eternal God like Thee Thy Name Endures to all Eternity And as Its Power is constantly the same So shall Its just Memorial be For Thou wilt for Thy People rise Subdue and Scatter all their Enemies That under yoaks they shall no more remain But to Thy House and City be restor'd again VII Dumb Idols shall not Thee withstand Nor thousand Gods fond men adore For all though fashion'd by the Workmans hand Remain the Clay they were before Dull Clay which neither sees nor hears Though Art has given them eyes and made them ears Most Easy Gods to whom when any cry They therefore grant because they can't deny VIII Without or Speech or breath or sense Though they of All the Organs have In vain is help to be expected thence Where 's not enough themselves to save Blind Deities but blinder they Who knowing it to their own Work will pray Ne're thinking that it cannot to them turn And that one fire will god and Incense burn IX But Thou O Israel Bless Thy Lord O House of Aaron bless His Name And you who serve at th' Altar by His Word With coales from thence encrease your Flame Let joy in every Face appear And bless the Lord whom you have made your Fear From Sion bless Him who reigns King above But at Jerusalem is The God of Love Psalm CXXXVI Consitemini Domino Quoniam c. I. OPraise The Lord for He is Good And let the World His love adore For though His Power may aw them more His Love guards those who are by that withstood His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure II. Praise Him who o're all gods do's reign The God of Gods of Kings the King To whom all Thrones this Homage bring What He first gave them to resign again His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure III. All that We see His hand has done Who makes His Mighty Power appear With wonder strikes us and with fear For His own sake He did it and alone His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure IV. He made the Heav'ns that glorious space Which has no bound and knows no end Whose greatness man can comprehend As little as that God who made the Place His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure V. The Flood at first hid all the Land Till He rais'd it above the Flood Where it unmov'd e're since has stood He stretcht it out by reaching out His hand His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure VI. The Lamps of Heav'n ow all their light To Him who caus'd them first to shine He on them
did up against me rise With charge of Crimes I never knew My good deeds answer'd with indignities And to the death my Soul did close pursue Those for whose griefs I truly mourn'd And pray'd for sick though on my self the prayers return'd VII For my best Friend I could have done no more Nor more had he my Brother been I did as heartily his loss deplore As if I then my Mothers grave had seen Though in my troubles they rejoyce And all my griefs outbrave with their insulting voice VIII Basest of men against me make an head And unawares my Name did tear Scoffs spent on me was all they pay'd for bread And gnashing teeth for their delicious fare And shall it thus for ever be Lord from these Lions save my Soul redeem'd by Thee IX Let not my causless enemies rejoyce Nor me with scornfull looks upbraid Whose hearts are viler than the common voyce And seem for discord only to be made Then I Thy fame to Heaven will raise And in Thy Peoples sight return Thee all the Praise X. On mee with open mouth they railing came And this said they we wisht to see My God behold it too and let a flame Dart from thy sight that they consum'd may be Arise great Judge and come away Stand up nor longer e're Thou pass the sentence stay XI Be Thou our Judge who art my Advocate Nor let my Enemies thus boast So we would have it and 't is now too late For God to help though he in God should trust But let them be to ruin brought Who thus have rais'd themselves thus low of Thee have thought XII But let all those who favour my Just cause Continually with shouting say Blest be Our God who with such equal Laws Peace on His flock chains on His foes do's lay His Righteousness shall be my Song And all my life to praise Him shall not seem too long Psalm XXXVI Dixit injustus ut delinquat c. I. BAse hypocrite think'st thou by this disguise To ' impose on Him who sees thy heart And more than thou its guiles descries Both knows it whole and searches every part Thy wicked words thy thoughts declare And like them both thy actions are Speaking aloud what once to think thou should'st not dare II. They tell me thou dost not th' Almighty fear Though thou would'st have me think thou dost But God do's all thy whisperings hear And could'st thou Him deceive thou then mightst boast At length like fire sin will break out With vengeance which thou shalt not doubt When it like fire shall burn and scatter all about III. To wrong the easie is his chief design Mindless of doing any good This takes up all his thoughts and time And every night he lays new trains for blood But Lord Thy Mercy far extends And the close bounds of Heav'n transcends Without beginning ever was and never ends IV. Thy Righteousness my God do's stand secure Fixt like the everlasting hills Deep as the Sea yet flowes more sure Though nothing its unfathom'd Ocean fills Full from it self no Ebb it knows But into thousand channels flowes And to this deep both Man and Beast its Being owes V. And as Thy Righteousness such is Thy Love Therefore to Thee for help we fly On Thine own wings we tow'rds Thee move And cover'd under them in safety ly This is our comfort while below That we beyond our fears can go And what we shall enjoy in part before hand know VI. For when this wretched life an end shall have And our unpinion'd Souls fly home When freedom shall spring from the grave And death the fertile womb of life become No sorrows then our joy shall spoyl Nor shall we need the day beguile Eternity it self shall seem a little while VII Pleasures and joy eternally shall flow For Thou their Spring shalt ne're decay That Region do's no darkness know For Thou the Suns Sun art Thy self its day A Sun which makes all objects light Without the least allay of night A Sun whereby we may see Thee it is so bright VIII Till Thou art thus enjoy'd some glimps bestow Let from above Thy glory shine Dart but one ray that I may know Though yet I see Thee not that I am Thine Thy Righteousness assign the just Thy Mercy those who on Thee trust And let the proud though rais'd be driven like the dust IX Against Thy servant let him not prevail Nor to offend him raise his foot Let all his Toyls and Engins fail And his hands prove too weak to stir my root But lo hee 's fallen to the ground The Earth did with the shock resound And opening made a way whose tract shall ne're be found Psalm XXXVII Noli aemulari in malignantib c. I. FRet not thy self to see the prosperous state Of him who dearly buyes it with his sin Nor thy content for his abundance hate Thou know'st not how hee 's lasht and torn within The Worm which at the root do's ly And though the Flower look ne're so fair Though hand or Scythe its life should spare By this intestine Enemy Which first assails the heart through all its guards 't will dy II. Ne're envy him but all thy Confidence There only place where it secur'd may be On God who blessings do's around dispense Yet what He gives expects again from Thee Like His Thy goodness must extend For thus Thou shalt the Land possess Thy Land enjoy the fruits of Peace On its ne're-failing stock shalt spend Till there 's no further need and thou to Heav'n ascend III. Let the Almighty be thy love and care Thy Counsellor to whom thou may'st commit All thy distrusts thy troubles griefs and fear And judge that always best which He thinks fit Then to thy prayers shall he incline Grant thy desires and bring about Affairs whose end thou most didst doubt Make thee to His thy will resign That having done His Pleasure thou may'st say'tis thine IV. Then shall thy Justice like the day appear First breaking through the dungeon of the night Backward it looks and sees behind all clear And bids the Sun close follow with his light Thy Righteousness shall be that Sun Which all the Mines of night displayes And all its treasons open layes Clear as his own fair beams at Noon When he has reacht Heav'ns top and half his course has run V. What though thy forward prayers his help outgo And that the time thou hadst prefixt is past Wait still for God the fittest time do's know And what 's deferr'd a while shall come at last Thy murmuring do's but feed thy pain For envy rage and guilt makes way And vice which in no bounds will stay Indulge thy self but to complain Thy hand e're long as much as mouth will need a rein VI. Why should'st thou envy him whose great estate Prepares him only for the greater blow Which shall be swift and certain as his fate And his vast riches to another go They
But on Thy God O Israel trust He only is Thy help and shield O house of Aaron flee to Him that 's Just For He is Thine and help will yield All you who fear th' Almighty Lord Upon Him trust and flee unto His Word For He 's your help and He will be your shield And though you flee it is to gain the field VI. The Lord has mindful of us been And He will all Our joyes restore The house of Israel have His blessing seen And He will bless them more and more The house of Aaron He will bless And all who fear Him shall by ' His love encrease 'Twixt rich and poor He do's no difference know But by His blessing both in numbers grow VII Bless'd of that God who all things made Both Earth and Sea and glorious Heaven High Heav'n's His seat and of Him is afraid But He to Man the Earth has given 'T is there that we admire His Wayes Before the grave shut us up and His Praise There will we bless the God in whom we live And as He life to us Him praises give Hallelujah Psalm CXVI Delexi quoniam exaudivit c. I. I Love Thee Lord with my whole heart For Thou dost my petitions hear Because Thou to me hast inclin'd Thine ear And thus propitious to Thy servant art With new requests I 'll ever prove Thee And shew by that I love Thee II. The pains of death enclos'd me round Grief held my heart and teares my eyes My grave stood open and death thence did rise Trouble and Horror on all sides I found Death it self waited underneath Above the pains of Death III. Yet to the Lord I cry'd and said My God Thy help I now implore Deliver me as Thou hast done before When in my trouble I unto Thee pray'd Though I deserv'd to be deni'd Yet to the Lord I cry'd IV. To wrath He 's slow abounds in love Our sins most ready to forgive The Innocent upon His bounty live In Him they live who reigns their God above He help'd me when I was brought low For He to wrath is slow V. Then to Thy rest my Soul return For God has kindly dealt with Thee Thy feet from sliding life from death set free Nor shall Thy failing eyes in sorrow mourn Thy dayes to praise Him are increas'd Return Soul to Thy rest VI. Lord I believe and therefore speak I knew I should Thy Mercy praise Though when afflicted and in rugged wayes One sorrow did my heart and silence break Then I all flesh the ly did give And yet Lord I believe VII What shall I bring and yield the Lord For all His Favours shown to me A thankful heart my sacrifice shall be I 'll praise Him and rely upon His Word New songs of thanks I 'll to Him sing And this at least will bring VIII My Vowes which in distress I made Before His People will I pay His People shall rejoice that solemn day Whilst those who are His En'mies be afraid When He His plagues upon them throws And do's accept My Vowes IX Dear in His sight His servants are He will Himself repay their wrong Though in forbearing He may seem too long It is more deep to strike and not to spare Nor is the death of the upright Less pretious in His sight X. Lord I am Thine and thine will be Thy Handmaids Son whom Thou did'st save My God Himself a ransome for me gave And to a nobler service set me free Thou brake'st my bonds and made'st me mine And now Lord I am Thine XI This will I bring and yield the Lord For all His Favours shown to me A thankful heart my sacrifice shall be I 'll praise Him and rely upon His Word New songs of thanks I 'll to Him sing And this at least will bring XII My Vowes which in distress I made Before His People will I pay His People shall rejoice that solemn day And where I made them there shall see them pai'd Within the Courts of the Lord's House There will I pay my Vowes Hallelujah Psalm CXVII Laudate Dominum Omnes c. I. ALL you who to the Lord your Beings ow All Nations with His blessings crown'd All people through the World renown'd Sing praises to that God who made you so II. To God whose Mercy do's to all extend Is great to us and good to you And with His Truth do's still renew But like Himself knowes neither bound nor end Hallelujah Psalm CXVIII Confitemini Domino quoniam c. I. TO God's Almighty Name sing praise And you who know how good He is Resign to Him what 's truely His And Arches of His own great Mercies raise For like His Word they have been sure And to Eternity endure II. Israel the great Jehova's choice Who all His fearful Works have seen Who His great Care have alwayes been Let Israel now confess with thankful voice His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure III. Let those who by their place attend And at His Altar daily wait Their own experiences relate Sing as they see the sacred flame ascend His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure IV. And to advance the Blessed King Let all the Righteous with them join And in a service thus Divine Bear their part too and in the Chorus sing His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure V. To God on high for help I cri'd Who from His Temple answer'd me Both heard my prayers and set me free The Lord of Host Himself was on my side I will not fear what man can do Since I 've a God to flee unto VI. With those who help'd me He was seen His Presence brought my greatest aid Nothing shall make me now afraid He 'll be my sword who has my Buckler been And when my Foes shall be o'rethrowne I 'll boast of what His hand has done VII Those who their Care on God do cast And know no other will but His Of sure recruits shall never miss But as a Rock i' th' midst of stormes stand fast On God 't is more secure to trust Than man who must return to dust VIII He never yet did any fail Most sure when most reli'd upon And though His Power subscribes to none He lets weak prayers o're Heav'n and Him prevail On God 't is more secure to trust Than Princes who must turn to dust IX Let Barbarous Nations girt me round And for my ruine all engage My trust is plac'd above their rage And stands unshaken on the higher ground For on the Lord of Hosts I 'll call And in His Name destroy them all X. Round let them compass me and round And for my ruine all engage My Trust is plac'd above their rage And stands unshaken on the higher ground For on the Lord of Hosts I 'll call And in His Name destroy them all XI Let them
at Thy Feet their Scepters down And do their homage to Thee as their King V. God over all whose Throne is set on high Above the Circle of the sky The humble and their proud Oppressors knowes The difference only lies in this Though well known to Him either is When He delivers those He these o'rethrows VI. No! I 'll ne're fear though trouble me surround Most fixt when I shall feel no ground Thou wilt revive me and with Thy Right hand Thy poor afflicted Creature save My Enemies wrath an end shall have And on his ruin I shall firmer stand VII The Lord will perfect what He has begun And finish what is yet undone Thou whose Compassions all Thy Works transcend Care of the Issue also take Nor me Thy handy-Work forsake But with eternal Triumphs crown the end Psalm CXXXIX Domine probasti me c. I. IN vain O God my folly and my pride Make me in vain persume to be By all my shifts conceal'd from Thee When from my self my self I cannot hide Thy day still breaks into my night Still gives me of my self the sight For Thee to see me by shall it not be more bright II. Thou ' hast search'd me Lord and all my life hast known Know'st every Action of my life When with my self or Thee at strife Thou know'st my rising up and lying down My thoughts and heart to Thee are clear Thou art their Judge and alwayes near Do'st see and sentence both before I know what 's there III. Where e're I go in what place e're I stay Whether I wake whether I sleep Thy Spirit by me watch do's keep Is my Companion in the closest way If I but whisper that stands by And though unseen by Mortall eye Takes from my Lips the word and to Thine ear do's fly IV. There 's no avoiding Thee behind before On all sides Thou hast girt me round My God Thy Wisdom's too profound Too deep to fathom higher than I can soar Thy hand first made and fashion'd me Thy Will commands me now to be Being or life I cannot have unless in Thee V. Then whither shall I from Thy Presence fly If up to Heav'n my Way I take Thou Heav'n Thy Residence dost make And to get further off I come more nigh If down to Hell the Devils there Tell me Thou 'rt present by their fear They tell me what I merit by the pains they bear VI. Quick as my thought could I remove me hence And in the furthest East remain Below the Sea some covert gain Thy Sun would shew me as he rises thence If I say darkness and the night Which shut out all shall barr Thy sight That Darkness which is so to me to Thee is light VII Thou art within me too close as my heart Within my heart unknown to me For when that first was made by Thee Thy breath Lord was my best and chiefest part Thou threw'st Thy self in and in vain To fly from Thee my self I pain For ever since Thou dost within my heart remain VIII I know I am Thy Master-piece and all I in the greater World admire Find in my self and something higher Am Heav'n in Perspective and Earth in small By Thee was wonderfully made Nor is Thine Image so decay'd But when I view my self I am of Thee afraid IX Nothing of me not my least part 's unknown Then when I first was wrought below Thy eyes and hands dispos'd me so My Members in Thy book were entred down Entred before all time they were When none of them did yet appear And what Thou then design'dst them now in time they are X. This as I thinkof and what Thou hast done The wondrous pledges of Thy love By whom I live in whom I move My heart is struck as silent as my tongue They pass the Sands upon the Shore And had I told their Number o're Those would more numerous seem than they appear'd before XI But as Thou 'rt gracious Thou art also just And wilt the Wicked Man o'rethrow Teaching him by Thy Power to know How great that God is which he would not trust Down with them Lord destroy them all Let their own Curses on them fall Who on Thy Name but in their Oaths did never call XII Do not I hate them Lord those who hate Thee And are not they my Enemies Who in their rage against Thee rise Thou know'st I hate them and they 're so to me Search me and try me sound my heart It s most retir'd and deepest part And lead me to that life whose Way and Guide Thou art Psalm CXL Eripe me Domine ab c. I. LOrd from the evil man my life defend Nor let his Treasons or his violence His open force or close pretence Work ill to him who do's on Thee depend His thoughts Thou know'st are ever set on Warr And now to give me battle ralli'd are II. Instead of sword he sharpens a false tongue More venemous than that which serpents bear The poyson from an Adders spear Wounds not so mortally nor kills so long O by Thy Power may I his plots withstand For if his tongue 's thus cruel what 's his hand III. The ginns are lai'd and all the toiles are set They are resolv'd my Footsteps to o'rethrow And where they guess I needs must go In the mid-way the proud have spread their net Most Holy Lord Thou art my God I said And now 's Thy time to help since I have pray'd IV. When thousand dangers had begirt me round And all my Foes were ready in the field Thou wer 't my helmet and my shield And sav'dst that head which Thou before hadst crown'd May the desires of all the Wicked fail Lest when I slip they think their hand prevail V. Let them not by my ruin higher rise And judge by the success their cause is good But stain their swords with their own blood And be aveng'd on Thy false Enemies Let burning coals fall on them in Thine Ire And let their own lips help to blow the Fire VI. Then throw them down into the Flame nor more Unless it be to Judgement may they rise And after bear fresh miseries Sharper than all which they endur'd before Let vengeance hunt the violent man to ' his grave And so much earth may he for ' his portion have VII I know the Lord will to the poor do right And plead Himself as well as judge their cause Trying them by such equal laws That their clear'd Innocence shall look more bright So that the Righteous on their God shall stay And in His sight enjoy Eternal Day Psalm CXLI Domine clamavi ad te c. I. MY God when in distress I cry And on my long-wing'd sighes unto Thee fly Make haste to meet me Come away Ah do no longer from me stay But by Thy Presence shew Thou hearst me when I pray II. Let my requests like incense rise Not to o're-cloud but to perfume the skies And when the