On you and on your Heirs he will increase of Blessings bring verse 15 Thrice happy you who Fav'rites are of this Almighty King verse 16 Heav'ns highest Orb of Glory he hiS Empire 's Seat design'd And gave this lower Globe of Earth a Portion td Mankind verse 17 They who in Death and Silence sleep to him no Praise afford verse 18 But we will bless for evermore our ever-living Lord. Psalm CXVI verse 1 MY Soul with grateful Thoughts of Love intirely is poslest Because the Lord vouchsasd to hear the Voice of my Request verse 2 Since he has now his Ear inclin'd I never will despair But still in all the straits of Life to him address my Prayer verse 3 With deadly Sorrows compass'd round with pains of Hell opprest When Troubles seiz'd my aking Heart and Anguish rack'd my Breast verse 4 On God's Almighty Name I call'd and thus to him I pray'd Lord I beseech thee save my Soul with Sorrows quite dismay'd verse 5 6 How just and merciful is God how gracious is the Lord Who saves the harmless and to me does timely help afford verse 7 Then free from pensive Cares my Soul resume thy wonted Rest For God has wond'rously to thee his bounteous Love exprest verse 8 When Death alarm'd me he remov'd my dangers and my Fears My Feet from falling he secur'd and dry'd my Eyes from Tears verse 9 Therefore my Life 's remaining years which God to me shall lend Will I in praises to his Name and in his Service spend verse 10 11 In God I trusted and of him in greatest Straits did boast For in my Flight all hopes of Aid from faithless Men were lost verse 12 13 Then what Return to him shall I for all his goodness make I 'll praise his Name and with glad Zeal the Cup of Blessing take verse 14 15 I 'll pay my Vows amongst his Saints whose Blood howe'er despis'd By Wicked Men in God's account is always highly priz'd verse 16 By various Ties O Lord must I to thy Dominion bow Thy humble Handmaid's Son before thy ransom'd Captive now verse 17 18 To thee I 'll Off rings bring of praise and whilst I bless thy Name The just performance of my Vows to all thy Saints proclaim verse 19 They in Jerusalem shall meet and in thy House shall joyn To bless thy Name consent and mix their Songs with mine Psalm CXVII verse 1 WIth cheerful Notes let all the Earth to Heav'n their Voices raise Let all inspir'd with godly Mirth sing solemn Hymns of Praise verse 2 God's tender Mercy knows no bound his Truth shall ne'er decay Then let the willing Nations round their grateful Tribute pay Psalm CXVIII verse 1 2 OPraise the Lord for he is good his Mercies ne'er decay That his kind Favours ever last let thankful Isr'el say verse 3 4 Their Sense of his eternal Love let Aaron's House express And that it never fails let all that fear the Lord confess verse 5 To God I made my humble moan with troubles quite opprest And he releas'd me from my Straits and granted my Request verse 6 Since therefore God does on my fide so graciously appear Why should the vain Attempts of Men possess my Soul with fear verse 7 Since God with those that aid my Cause vouchsases my part to take To all my Foes I need not doubt a just Return to make verse 8 9 For better 't is to trust in God and have the Lord our Friend Than on the greatest humane Pow'r for Safety to depend verse 10 11 Tho' many Nations closely leagu'd did ost beset me round Yet by his boundless Pow'r sustain'd I did their Strength confound verse 12 They swarm'd like Bees and yet their Rage was but a short-liv'd Blaze For whilst on God I still rely'd I vanquish'd them with ease verse 13 When all united press'd me hard in hopes to make me fall The Lord vouchsaf'd to take my part and fav'd me from them all verse 14 The Honour of my strange Escape to him alone belongs He is my Saviour and my Strength he only claims my Songs verse 15 Joy fills the Dwelling of the just whom God has fav'd from Harm For wond'rous things are brought to pass by his Almighty Arm. verse 16 He by his own resistless Pow'r has endless Honour won The saving Strength of his Right-hand amazing Works has done verse 17 God will not susser me to fall but still prolongs my Days That by declaring all his Works I may advance his Praise verse 18 When God had sorely me chastiz'd till quite of Hopes bereav'd His Mercy from the Gates of Death my fainting Life repriev'd verse 19 Then open wide the Temple-Gates to which the Just repair That I may enter in and praise my great Deliv'rer there verse 20 21 Within those Gates of God's Abgde to which the righteous press Since thou hast heard and set me safe thy holy Name I 'll bless verse 22 23 That which the Builders once refus'd is now the Corner-stone This is the wond'rous Work of God the Work of God alone verse 24 25 This Day is God's let all the Land exalt their cheerful Voice Lord we be seech thee fave us now and make us still rejoyce verse 26 Him that approaches in God's Name let all th' Assembly bless We that belong to God's own House have wish'd you good Success verse 27 God is the Lord thro' whom we all both Light and Comfort find Fast to the Altar's Horn with Cords the chosen Victim bind verse 28 Thou art my Lord O God and still I 'll praise thy holy Name Because thou only art my God I 'll celebrate thy Fame verse 29 O then with me give thanks to God who still does gracious prove And let the Tribute of our Praise be endless as his Love Psalm CXIX ALEPH. verse 1 HOW blest are they who always keep the pure and perfect way Who never from the sacred Paths of God's Commandments stray verse 2 How blest who to his righteous Laws have still obedient been And have with servent humble Zeal his Favour fought to win verse 3 Such Men their utmost caution use to shun each wicked Deed But in the path which he directs with constant Care proceed verse 4 Thou strictly hast enjoyn'd us Lord to learn thy sacred Will And all our Diligence employ thy Statutes to fulfil verse 5 O then that thy most holy Will might o'er my ways preside And I the course of all my Life by thy Direction guide verse 6 Then with Assurance should I walk from all Confusion free Convinc'd with Joy that all my Ways with thy Commands agree verse 7 My upright Heart shall my glad Mouth with cheerful Praises fill When by thy righteous Judgments taught I shall have learnt thy Will verse 8 So to thy sacred Laws shall I all due Observance pay O then forsakc me not my God nor cast me quite away BETH verse 9 How shall the Young preserve their Ways from all Pollution
great we often have by glad Experience found And seen how he with wond'rous Pow'r above all Gods is crown'd verse 6 For he with unresisted Strength performs his Sov'reign Will In Heav'n and Earth and watry Stores that Earth's deep Caverns fill verse 7 He raises Vapours from the Ground which dois'd in liquid Air Fall down at last in Showrs thro' which his dreadful Lightnings glare verse 8 He from his Store-house brings the Winds and he with vengeful Hand The First-born flew of Man and Beast thro' Egypt's mourning Land verse 9 He dreadful Signs and Wonders shew'd thro' stubborn Egypt's Coasts Nor Pharaoh could his Plagues escape nor all his num'rous Hosts verse 10 11 T was he that various Nations smote and mighty Kings suppress'd Sihon and Og and all besides who Canaan Land possess'd verse 12 13 Their Land upon his chosen race he firmly did entail For which his Fame shall always last his Praise shall never fail verse 14 For God shall soon his People's Cause with pitying Eyes survey Repent him of his Wrath and turn his kindled Rage away verse 15 Those Idols whose false Worship spreads o'er all the Heathen Lands Are made of Silver and of Gold the Work of humane Hands verse 16 17 They move not their fictitious Tongues nor see with polish'd Eyes Their counterfeited Ears are deaf no Breath their Mouth supplies verse 18 As senseless as themselves are they that all their Skill apply To make them or in dang'rous Times on them for Aid rely verse 19 Their just Returns of Thanks to God let gratefull Isr'el pay Nor let the Priests ot Aaron's Race to bless the Lord delays verse 20 Their Sense of his unbounded Love let Levi's House express And let all those that fear the Lord his Name for ever bless verse 21 Let all with Thanks his wond'rous Works in Sion's Courts proclaim Let them in Salem where he dwells exalt his holy Name Psalm CXXXVI verse 1 To God the mighty Lord Your joyfull Thanks repeat To him due prase afford As good as he is great For God does prove Our constant Friend His boundless Love Shall never end verse 2 3 To him whose wond'rous Pow'r All other Gods obey Whom earthly Kings adore This gratefull Homage pay For God c. verse 4 5 By his Almighty Hand Amazing Works are wrought The Heav'ns by his Command Were to perfection brought For God c. verse 6 He spread the Ocean round About the spacious Land And made the rising Ground Above the Waters stand For God c. verse 7 8 9 Thro' Heav'n he did display His num'rous Hosts of Light The Sun to rule by day The Moon and Stars by Night For God c. verse 10 11 12 He struck the First-born dead Of Egypt's stubborn Land And thence his People led With his resistless Hand For God c. verse 13 14 By him the raging Sea As if in pieces rent Disclos'd a middle way Thro' which his people went For God c. verse 15 Where soon he overthrew Proud Pharaoh and his Host Who daring tp pursuo Were in the Billows lost For God c verse 16 17 18 Thro' Desarts vast and wild He led the chosen Seed And famous Princes foil'd And made great Monarchs bleed For God c. verse 19 20 Sibon whose potent Hand Great Ammon's Sceptre sway'd And Og whose stern Command Rich Bashan's Land obey'd For God c. verse 21 22 And of his wondrous Grace Their Lands whom he destroy'd He gave to Isr'el's Race To be by them enjoy'd For God c. verse 23 24 He in our Depth of Woes On us with Favour thought And from our cruel Foes In Peace and Safety brought For God c. verse 25 26 He does the Food supply On which all Creatures live To God who reigns on high Eternal Praises give For God will prove Our constant Friend His boundless Love Shall never end Psalm CXXXVII verse 1 WHEN we our weary'd Limbs to rest Sat down by proud Euphrates Stream We wept with doleful Thoughts opprest And Sion was our mournful Theme verse 2 Our Harps that when with Joy we sung Were wont their tuneful Parts to bear With silent Strings neglecfted hung On Willow-trees that wither'd there verse 3 Mean while our Foes who all conspir'd To triumph in our slayish Wrongs Musick and Mirth of us requir'd Come sing us one of Sion's Songs verse 4 How shall we tune our Voice to sing Or touch our Harps with skilful Hands Shall Hymns of Joy to God our King Be sung by Slaves in foreign Lands verse 5 O Salem our once happy Seat When I of thee forgetful prove Let then my trembling Hand forget The speaking Strings with Art to move verse 6 If I to mention thee forbear Eternal Silence seize my Tongue Or if I sing one chearful Ayr Till thy Deliv'rance is my Song verse 7 Remember Lord how Edom's Race In thy own City's fatal Day Cry'd out her stately Walls desace And with the Ground quite level lay verse 8 Proud Babel's Daughter doom'd to be Of Grief and Woe the Wretched Prey Blest is the Man who shall to thee The wrongs thou lay'st on us repay verse 9 Thrice blest who with Just Rage possest And deaf to all the Parents Moans Shall snatch the Infants from the Breast And dash their Heads against the Stones Psalm CXXXVIII verse 1 WIth my whole Heart my God and King thy praise I will proclaim Besore the Gods with Joy will sing and bless thy holy name verse 2 I 'll worship at thy sacred Seat and with thy Love inspir'd The praises of thy Truth repeat o'er all thy Works admir'd verse 3 Thou graciously inclind'st thine Ear when I to thee did cry And when my Soul was press'd with Fear didst inward Strength supply verse 4 Therefore shall ev'ry earthly Prince thy Name with praise pursue Whom these admir'd Events convince that all thy Works are true verse 5 They all thy wondrous ways O Lord with chearful Songs shall bless And all thy glorious Acts record thy awful Pow'r confess verse 6 For God altho' enthron'd on high does hence the poor respect The Proud far off his scornful Eye beholds with just neglect verse 7 Tho' I with Troubles am oppress'd he shall my Foes disarm Relieve my Soul when most distress'd and keep me safe from Harm verse 8 The Lord whose Mercies ever last shall fix my happy State and mindful of his Favours past shall his own Work complete Pslam CXXXIX verse 1 2 THOU Lord by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down My secret Thoughts are known to thee Known long before conceiv'd by me verse 3 Thine Eye my Bed and Path surveys My publick Haunts and private Ways verse 4 Thou know'st what 't is my Lips would vent My yet-unnutter'd Words intent verse 5 Surrounded by thy Pow'r I stand On every side I find thy Hand verse 6 O Skill for human reach too high Too dazling bright for mortal Eye verse
be with pious care observ'd by Israel's chosen Seed verse 5 This he for a Memorial fix'd When sreed from Egypt's Land Strange Nations barb'rous Speech we heard but could hot understand verse 6 Your burthen Shoulders I reliev'd thus seems our God to say Your servile Hands by me were free'd from lab'ring in the Clay verse 7 Your Ancestors with Wrongs opprest to me for Aid did call With Pity I their Suff'rings saw and set them free from all They fought for me and from the Cloud In Thunder I reply'd At Merihab's contentious Stream their Faith and Duty try'd PART II. verse 8 While I my solemn Will declare my chosen People hear If thou O Isr'el to my Words wilt lend thy list'ning Ear verse 9 Then shall no God besides my self within thy ' Coasts be found Nor shall thqu worship any God of all the Nations round verse 10 The Lord thy God am I who thee brought forth from Egypt's Land 'T is I that all thy just Desires supply with lib'ral Hand verse 11 But they my chosen Race refus'd to hearken to my Voice Nor would Rebellious Isr'el's Sons make me their happy Choice verse 12 So I provok'd resign'd them up to ev'ry Lust a Prey And in their own perverse Designs permitted them to stray verse 13 O that my People wisely would my just Commandments heed And Isr'el in my righteous ways with pious Care proceed verse 14 Then should my heavy Judgments fall on all that them oppose And my avenging Hand be turn'd Against their numerous Foes verse 15 Their Enemies and mine should all before my Foot-stool bend But as for them their happy State should never know an End verse 16 All parts with plenty should abound with sinest Wheat their Field The barren Rocks to please their taste should Richest Honey yield Psalm LXXXII verse 1 GOD In the great Assembly stands where his impartial Eye In state surveys the eartbly Gods and does their Judgments try verse 2 3 How dare you then unjustly judge or be to Sinners kind Defend the Orphans and the Poor let such your Justice find verse 4 Protest the humble helpleis Man reduc'd to deep Distress And let not him become a Prey to such as would oppress verse 5 They neither know nor will they learn but blindly rove and stray justice and Truth the World 's great Props Thro all the Land decay verse 6 Well then may God in anger say I've call'd you by my Nairie I 've said ye are Gods and all ally'd to the most High in same verse 7 But ne'ertheless your unjust Deeds to strict account I 'll call You all shall die like common Men like other Tyrants fall verse 8 Arise and thy just Judgments Lord thro-put the Earth display And all the Nations of the World shall own thy righteous Sway. Psalm LXXXIII verse 1 HOld not thy peace O Lord our God no longer silent be Nor with consenting quiet Looks our Ruine calmly see verse 2 For lo the Tumults of thy Foes o'er all the Land are spread And those who hate thy Saints and Thee lift up their threat'ning Head verse 3 Against thy zealous People Lord they crastily combine And to destroy thy chosen Saints have laid their close Design verse 4 Come let us cut them off say they their Nation quite deface That no Remembrance may remain of Ifr'el's hated Race verse 5 Thus they against thy People's Peace consult with one Consent And diff'ring Nations jointly leagu'd their common Malice vent verse 6 The Ishrm'elites that dwell in Tents with Warlike Edom join'd And Moab's Sons our Ruine vow with Hagar's Race combin'd verse 7 Proud Ammon's Offspring Gebal too with Amalek conspire The Lords of Palastine and all the wealthy Sons of Tyre verse 8 All these the strong Assyrian King their firm Ally have got Who with a pow'rful Army aids th' incestuous Race of Lot PART II verse 9 But let such Vengeance come to them as once to Midian came To Jabin and proud Sifera at Kishon's fatal Stream verse 10 When thy Right-hand their numerous Hosts near Endor did confound And left their Carcaffes for Dung to feed the hungry Ground verse 11 Let alr their mighty Men the Fate of Zeb and Oreb share As Zebah and Zalmunnah so let all their Princes fare verse 12 Who with the same Design inspir'd thus vainly boasting spak In firm possession for selves let us God's Houses take verse 13 To Ruine let them haste like Wheels which downwards swiftly move Like Chass before the Winds let all their scatter'd Forces prove verse 14 15 As Flames consume dry Wood or Heath that on parch'd Mountains grows So let thy fierce pursuing Wrath with Terror strike thy Foes verse 16 17 Lord sliroud their Faces with Disgrace that they may own thy Name Or them confound whose hearden'd Heart thy gentle means disclaim verse 18 So shall the wand'ring World consess that thou who claim'st alone Jehovah's Name o'er all the Earth hast raised thy losty Throne Psalm1 LXXXIV verse 1 O God of Hosts the mighty Lord how lovely is thy Place Where thou enthron'd in Glory shew'ft the Brightness of thy Face verse 2 My longing Soul faints with Desire to view thy blest Abode My panting Heart and Flesh cry out for thee the living God verse 3 The Birds more happy far than I around thy Temple throng Securely there they build and there securety hatch their Young verse 4 O Lord of Host my King and God how highly blest are they Who in thy Temple always dwell and there thy Praise display verse 5 Thrice happy they whose Choice has Thee their sure Protection made Who long to tread the sacred ways that to thy Dwelling lead verse 6 Who pass thro parch't and thirsty Vales yet no Refreshment want Their Pools are fill'd with Rain which thou at their Request dost grant verse 7 Thus they proceed from Strength to Strength and still approach more near Till all on Sion's holy Mount before their God appear verse 8 O Lord the mighty God of Hpsts my just Request regard Thou God of Jacob let my Pray'r be still with Favour heard verse 9 Behold O God for thou alone can'st timely Aid dispense On thy anointed Servant look be thou his strong Defence verse 10 For in thy Courts one single Day t is better to attend Than Lord in any place besides a thousand Days to spend Much rather in God's House will I the Meanest Office take Than in the wealthy Tents of Sin my pompous Dwelling make verse 11 For God who is our Sun and Shield will Grace and Glory give And no good thing will he with-hold from them that justly live verse 12 Thou God whom heavnly Hosts obey how highly blest is he Whose Hope and Trust securely plac'd is ftill repos'd on Thee Psalm LXXXV verse 1 LOrd thou hast granted to thy Land the Favours we implor'd And faithful Jacob's captive Race hast graciously restor'd verse 2 3 Thy People's Sins thou hast absolv'd and all
of our Misdeeds do thou of our just Doom repent verse 14 To satisfie and chear our Souls thy early mercy send That we may all our Days to come in Joy and Comfort spend verse 15 Let happy Times with large Amends dry up our former Tears Or equal at the least the Term of our-afflicted Years verse 16 To all thy Servants Lord let this thy wond rouswork be known And to our Offspring yet unborn thy glorious pow'r be shown verse 17 Let thy bright Rays upon us shine give thou our work success The glorious Work we have in hand do thou vouchsase to bless Psalm XCI verse 1 HE that has God his Guardian made Shall under the Almighty's Shade Secure and undisturb'd abide verse 2 Thus to my Soul of him I 'll say He is my Fortress and my Stay My God in whom I will conside verse 3 His tender Love and watchful Care Shall free thee from the Fowler 's Snare And from the noisom Pestilence verse 4 He over thee his wings shall spread And cover thy unguarded head His Truth shall be thy strong Defence verse 5 No Terrours that surprise by Night Shall thy undaunted Courage fright Nor deadly Shafts that fly by Day verse 6 Nor Plague of unknown Rise that kills In Darkness nor infections Ills That in the hottest season slay verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall die At thy Right-hand ten thousand lie While thy firm health untouch'd remains verse 8 Thou only shalt look on and see The Wicked's dtsmal Tragedy And count the Sinner's mournful Gains verse 9 Because with well-plac'd Confidence Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure Defence And on the Highest dost rely verse 10 Therefore no Ill shall thee besall Nor to thy healthful Dwelling shall Any infectious Plague draw nigh verse 11 For he thro-out thy happy days To keep thee safe in all thy ways Shall give his Angel strict Commands verse 12 And they left thou shouldst chance to meet With some rough Stone to wound thy Feet Shall bear thee safely in their hands verse 13 Dragons and Asps that thirst for Blood And Lions roaring for their Food Beneath his conqu'ring Feet shall lie verse 14 Because he lov'd and honour'd me Therefore says God I 'll set him free And fix his glorious Throne on high verse 15 He 'll call I 'll answer when he calls And rescue him when Ill befalls Increase his Honour and his Wealth verse 16 And when with undisturb'd Content His long and happy Life is spent His End I 'll crown with saving Health Psalm XCII verse 1 HOw good and pleasant must it be to thank the Lord most high And with repeated Hymns of praise his Name to magnifie verse 2 With ev'ry Morning 's early Dawn his goodness to relate And of his constant Truth each Night the glad Effects repeat verse 3 To ten-string'd Instruments we 'll sing with tuneful Psalt'ries joyn'd And to the Harp with solemn sounds for sacred use design'd verse 4 For thro thy wondrous works O Lord thou mak'st my Heart rejoyce The thoughts of them shall make me glad and shout with chearful Voice verse 5 6 How wondrous are thy Works O Lord how deep are thy Decrees Whose winding Tracts in secret laid no stupid Sinner sees verse 7 He little thinks when wicked Men like Grass look fresh and gay How soon their short-liv'd Splendor must for ever pass away verse 8 9 But thou my God art still most High and all thy lofty Foes Who thought they might securely sin shall be o'erwhelm'd with Woes verse 10 Whilst thou exalt'st my sov'reign Pow'r and mak'st it largely spread And with refreshing Oil anoint'st my consecrated Head verse 11 I soon shall see my stubborn Foes to utter Ruine brought And hear the dismal End of those who have against me fought verse 12 But righteous Men like fruitful Palms shall make a glorious show As Cedars that in Lebanon in stately order grow verse 13 14 These planted in the House of God within his Courts shall thrive Their Vigour and their Lustre both shall in old Age revive verse 15 Thus will the Lord his Justice shew and God my strong Defence Shall due Rewards to all the World impartially dispense Psalm XCIII verse 1 WIth Glory clad with Strength array'd The Lord that o'er all Nature reigns The World's Foundations strongly laid And the vast Fabrick still sustains verse 2 How surely stablisht is thy Throne Which shall no Change or Period see For thou O Lord and thou alone Art God from all Eternity verse 3 4 The Floods O Lord lift up their Voice And toss the troubled Waves on high But God above can still their Noise And make the angry Sea comply verse 5 Thy promise Lord is ever sure And they that in thy House would dwell That happy station to secure Must still in Holiness excell Psalm XCIV verse 1 2 O God to whom Revenge belongs thy Vengeance now disclose Arise thou Judge of all the Earth and Crush thy haughty Foes verse 3 4 How long O Lord shall sinful Men their solemn Triumphs make How long their wicked Actions boast And insolently speak verse 5 6 Not only they thy Saints oppress but uprovok'd they spill The Widow's and the Stranger 's Blood and helpless Orphans kill verse 7 And yet the Lord shall ne'er perceive profanely thus they speak Nor any Notice of our Deeds The God of Jacob take verse 8 At length ye stupid Fools your Wants endeavour to discern In folly will you still proceed and Wisdom never learn verse 9 10 Can he be deaf who form'd the Ear or blind who fram'd the Eye Shall Earth's great Judge not punish those who his khown Will defie verse 11 He fathoms all the Thoughts of Men to him their Hearts lie bare His Eye surveys them all and sees how vain their Counsels are PART II. verse 12 Blest is the Man whom thou O Lord in kindness dost chastise And by thy sacred Rules to walk dost lovingly advise verse 13 This Man shall Rest and Safety find in Seasons of Distress Whilst God prepares a Pit for those that stubbornly transgress verse 14 For God will never from his Saints his Favour wholly take His own Possession and his Lot he will not quite forsake verse 15 The World shall then confess thee just in all that thou hast done And those that chuse thy upright ways shall in those Paths go on verse 16 Who will appear in my behalf when wicked Men invade Or who when sinners would oppress my righteous Cause shall plead verse 17 18 19 Long since had I in silence slept but that the Lord was near To stay me when I slipâ— when sad my troubled heart to chear verse 20 Wilt thou who art a God most just their sinful Throne sustain Who make the Law a fair pretence their wicked Ends to gain verse 21 Against the Lives of righteous Men they form their close Design And Blood of Innocents to spill in solemn League combine verse 22