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B22577	An essay towards the rendring the first thirty Psalms of David in metre (of the old version of Thomas Sternhold, and John Hopkins and others.) Less obnoxious to exceptions, than it hath been; by moderate alterations, and amendments. And published, as a specimen of the whole book, done after the same manner, now in the hands of the author, a Divine of the Church of England.	Divine in the Church of England.; Hopkins, John, d. 1570.; Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.	1697 (1697)	Wing E3297A	24,309	63

AN ESSAY TOWARDS The rendring the first Thirty Psalms of David IN METRE OF the Old Version of Thomas Sternhold John Hopkins and Others LESS Obnoxious to Exceptions than it hath been by Moderate Alterations and Amendments And Published as a Specimen of the Whole Book done after the same manner now in the Hands of the Author a Divine of the Church of England LONDON Printed for the Company of Stationers MDCXCVIII AN Advertisement TO THE READER IN this Printed Essay as well as the rest of the Book remaining Unprinted the Author thinks fit hereby to inform the Reader that he hath Governed himself by the measures following 1. That in the whole the old Rhythm where tolerable is generally kept and where not tolerable altered 2. That obsolete Words are changed for such as now are used 3. That in other places where the Language is good the Words are sometimes only transposed either to render the Sense plainer or the Verse smoother 4. In Psalms commonly used especially in the common Tunes there is very little alteration made 5. Where the Sense of the Old Metre varies from that of the New Translation of the Bible it is reduced to it and frequently in such Cases the Words of that Translation are admitted if th● Metre will bear it 6. In some Psalms of ordinary use there is a second Metre added by only adding a word or two in a line 7. And in some Psalms by that Addition to the Old Metre of Eights and Sixes the whole for varieties sake is adapted to a new Tune 8. There are very few Psalms scarcely a thir● part which for all these alterations continue not as they were in the Old Metre only some few Word changed according to the first and second Particular● before mentioned The Reasons inducing the Author to this Adventure and some farther Particulars relating to this Corrected Version are not here added though they are ready because that would have made the 〈◊〉 of this Essay too large and therefore ●he reserv●● them to accompany the entire Copy if it be call●● for THE Psalms of David IN METRE Beatus vir Psalm i. T. S. verse 1 THE Man is blest by ill advice To walk who doth forbear Nor stands with Sinners in their way Nor sits in scorners chair verse 2 But on the Lord 's most holy law Doth fix his chief delight And it to study doth employ His thoughts both day and night verse 3 He shall be like the Tree that grows to water-courses near Which brings forth pleasant fruits to fit the seasons of the year Whose Leaf through drought doth never fall but flourish still and stand Ev'n so shall all things prosper well which this man takes in hand verse 4 But such success ungodly men shall miss in what they do And prove like chaff which from the earth winds scatter to and fro verse 5 Vain therefore are their hopes to stand before God's bar upright No sinners there among the just shall dare appear in sight verse 6 For God the righteous in their way which now he owns will crown Whereas ungodly men in theirs shall perish with his frown Psal i. The same to another Tune verse 1 THE man is blest who walketh not As those advise who wicked are Nor in the way of sinners stand Nor sets himself in scorners Chair verse 2 But on the Law of God the Lord Doth fix his soul 's entire delight And it to study doth employ His musing thoughts both day and night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that grows To constant water-courses near Which duly brings forth pleasant fruit At proper seasons of the year Whose Leaf through drought doth never fall But fresh and green at all times stand Ev'n so shall all things prosper well Which such a man doth take in hand verse 4 But like success ungodly men Shall ne'er obtain in what they do But rather prove like chaff which winds From th' earth do scatter to and fro verse 5 Vain therefore are their hopes to stand Before God's judgment-seat upright Nor shall the sinners with the just At his assize appear in sight verse 6 For God the righteous in their way Which now he owneth then will crown Whereas th'ungodly shall in theirs For ever perish with his frown Quare fremuerunt Psalm ii T. S. verse 1 WHY did the Gentiles tumults raise What rage did heat their brain Why did the Jewish people spend their thoughts on things so vain verse 2 The Kings and Rulers of the earth conspire with one intent Against the Lord and Christ his son by Him from heaven sent verse 3 Let 's break the slavish chains they say which they on us do lay And from us all the cords with which they curb us cast away verse 4 But he that in the heavens dwells their doings will deride And make their feeble pride a scorn throughout his empire wide verse 5 Then shall the Lord provok'd to wrath no longer silent stay But shall in sore displeasure thus to vex the rebels say verse 6 In spite of all your plot or act to cross my fixed will Yet have I set my king upon my Zion's holy hill PART ii verse 7 I will declare the Lord's decree from whence my reign takes date Thou art said he to me my son this day I thee begat verse 8 All people will I give to thee mine heir at thy request The utmost coasts of all the earth by thee shall be possest verse 9 And crush'd by thee thy foes like dirt shall under foot be trod Dissolv'd to dust like potters sherds beneath thy iron rod. verse 10 Ye Kings and Rulers then be wise and in your duty learn'd By whom all causes here are judg'd and right from wrong discern'd verse 11 Take heed ye serve the Lord above possess'd with awful fear And mix your joys with reverence when before him ye appear verse 12 Unto his son your homage with all due devotion pay Lest through his anger justly stirr'd ye perish from the way verse 13 For if the smallest spark of wrath once kindles in his brest You soon will find that only they that trust in him are blest Domine quid Psalm iii. T. S. verse 1 O Lord how are my foes increas'd which vex and grieve me sore verse 2 Against me whilst they rise and say God cannot him restore verse 3 But thou O Lord dost shield me when I greatest dangers dread My glory thou maintain'st and do'st hold up my drooping head verse 4 With strained voice unto the Lord I did devoutly cry And he out of his holy hill did hear me graciously verse 5 I laid me down and quietly I slept and rose again And found my self in safety for The Lord did me sustain verse 6 Whence though ten thousand hem'd me in I would not be afraid No numbers should my courage quell whilst God doth give me aid verse 7 Up then my God and save me when such dangers me befal Who when great

foes against me gnasht their teeth didst crush them all verse 8 Salvation wholly doth belong unto the Lord above From whom his people still partake the blest effects of love Cum invocarem Psalm iv verse 1 O God that art my righteousness attend unto my cry To whom enlarg'd from great distress I own my liberty Like mercy then again to me extend in like distress For I to thee my proved friend do humbly make address verse 2 O sons of men how long will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanity and follow after lies verse 3 This know that God the godly man doth as his treasure chuse Me therefore when on him I call he never will refuse verse 4 Then stand in awe and sin no more set ill designs apart Whiles calmly on your couches laid you commune with your heart verse 5 Present to God the sacrifice of righteousness and stay Your souls with faith on him the rock that never can decay verse 6 The greater sort crave worldly goods and riches have in chase But shine upon us Lord do thou with thine unclouded face verse 7 For thou thereby shalt make my heart more pleas'd by far and glad Than theirs who of their corn and wine the great'st increase have had verse 8 Assur'd whereof lie down will I and take a quiet sleep Whiles thou who never slumb'rest Lord do'st me in safety keep Verba mea auribus Psalm v. T. S. verse 1 INcline thine ear unto my words my meditation mind verse 2 And let my Pray'r my King and God with thee acceptance find verse 3 As thou my voice shalt hear betimes so humbly I expect Thy early help whiles I to thee my early Pray'r direct verse 4 I fix on thee my waiting eyes well knowing thou art one Not pleas'd at all with wickedness and ill with thee dwells none verse 5 And in thy sight ungodly fools shall never stand O Lord All workers of iniquity who ever hast abhorr'd verse 6 Thou shalt to utter ruin bring all such as utter lies The bloody and deceitful man the soul of God defies verse 7 But I thy house will visit Lord depending on thy grace And reverendly worship thee before thy holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousness For watchful are my foes And th' holy way I ought to keep do thou to me disclose verse 9 For truth is far from what they say their hearts foul vices stain Their throat is like an open grave howe'er with tongues they feign verse 10 Lord turn their plots against themselves until destroy'd they be And crusht beneath their load of guilt who rebels are to the● verse 11 But make all those that trust in thee to shout for joy always Let all that love thy holy name give thee their shield the praise verse 12 For thou thy favour wilt encrease toward the righteous still And therewithal as with a shield defend him from all ill Domine nè in furore Psalm vi T. S. verse 1 O Lord in wrath rebuke me not when sin it sets on fire Nor in thy fury chasten me I humbly thee desire verse 2 For I am weak O therefore Lord in mercy me forbear And heal me for my very bones within me crushed are verse 3 My soul is troubled very sore and vexed veh'mently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my malady verse 4 O turn thee to thy wonted grace my down-cast soul up take And save me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For none that lie among the dead of thee remembrance have And who shall give thee thanks O God within the silent grave verse 6 So grievous is my daily moan as makes me wondrous faint And all night long my bed doth swim in tears without restraint verse 7 My sight is dim and waxes old with anguish of my heart Because my deadly foes do still new plots against me start verse 8 But now away from me all ye that work iniquity For now the Lord hath heard the voice of my complaint and cry verse 9 He heard the earnest pray'r whereby I eas'd my troubl'd heart And will me hear again when I new griefs to him impart verse 10 My foes which long have vexed me put still O Lord to shame And make them with defeatment vext turn back the way they came Psalm vi The same in another Metre verse 1 O Lord in wrath rebuke me not I prostrate at thy feet desire Nor in thy fury chasten me Which I by sin have set on fire verse 2 My weakness pleads for pity Lord In tender mercy me forbear And heal me for my very bones Within me sorely vexed are verse 3 My soul is also troubled sore And vexed very grievously But Lord how long wilt thou delay To cure my woeful malady verse 4 Lord turn thee to thy wonted grace And my dejected soul up take O save me not for my deserts But for thy tender mercies sake verse 5 For none that lie forlorn among The dead of thee remembrance have And who shall give thee thanks within The lodgings of the silent grave verse 6 So grievous is my moan by day That I therewith am wondrous faint And all the night I swim my bed In tears which back my sad complaint verse 7 My sight is dim and waxed old Continual grief hath spent it so Whiles they that are my deadly foes Still plot my life to overthrow verse 8 But now away from me all ye Vile workers of iniquity Because the Lord hath heard the voice Of my complaint and bitter cry verse 9 He heard the earnest pray'r wherein I eas'd the troubles of my heart And so will do again when I My griess to him again impart verse 10 The foes which long have vexed me Confound thou Lord and put to shame Till they with sore defeatment vext Turn backward faster than they came Domine Deus mi. Psalm vii T. S. verse 1 O Lord my God I cast my self with confidence on thee From those who closely me pursue save and deliver me verse 2 Lest Lion-like my mighty foe in pieces small me rend Whiles none appears to succour me that can my life defend verse 3 O Lord my God if I have done the thing that is not right Or of the crime they charge on me be guilty in thy sight verse 4 If with my friend I brake the band of peace by treachery Yea rather spar'd I his that sought my life injuriously verse 5 Then let the foe pursue my soul and spill with anger just My life upon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Arise O Lord with juster wrath mine enemies to restrain And judg me by thy righteous laws who wrong from men sustain verse 7 Great numbers then shall come to thee and croud about thy throne Ascend it Lord and for their sakes thence make thy Justice known verse 8 And since thou art of all men Judg pronounce concerning me

presumptuous sins prevail not over me So shall I upright stand and from the great transgression free verse 14 Accept the words I utter and good thoughts conceiv'd in heart To praise thee who my rock of strength and my Redeemer art Psalm xix In another Metre verse 1 THE Heav'ns and Firmament above God's glories wondrously declare The works of his Almighty Hand In them to all conspicuous are verse 2 Those glorious works of God each day Presents to view in various dress And ev'ry night repeats anew Those Prospects which his skill express verse 3 In all the diff'ring languages Men speak the fame of them is heard verse 4 To all the distant coasts of earth God's knowledge thus is still confer'd He built and furnish'd for the sun In them a glorious tiring room verse 5 Who thence as from his chamber doth A bridegroom richly trimm'd doth come And like a strong-limb'd racer looks Who full of hopes to win the prize Before his course begins beholds The race in view with cheerful eyes verse 6 Thence thro' the skies wide compass he His beams disperseth round about And nothing from his piercing heat Is hidden all the world throughout PART II. verse 7 Most perfect is the law of God His testimony ever sure Converting souls and making wise The simple past all other cure verse 8 The statutes of the Lord are just And fill the heart with joys refin'd The Lord's commandment's pure its light Enlightens eyes by nature blind verse 9 God's fear is clean its cleansing pow'r Doth souls from spots for ever free His judgments most compleatly true And righteous altogether be verse 10 Much more desirable than Gold Yea much refined gold they are The honey dropping from the combs In sweetness they excel by far verse 11 By them thy servant is forewarn'd Himself from sins assaults to guard And where they are observed well Th' observers meet with great reward verse 12 But Lord what man the errors knows To which we here obnoxious lye O cleanse me then from faults conceal'd Which tho' I search I can't espy verse 13 But chiefly let presumptuous sins Get no dominion over me So upright I and innocent Shall from the great transgression be verse 14 Accept the words I utter and The thoughts my heart doth muse upon Do Lord who both my rock of strength And my Redeemer art alone Exaudiat te Dominus Psalm xx T.S. verse 1 IN trouble and distress the Lord thy heart's requests fulfil And may the name of Jacob's God O King defend thee still verse 2 Vouchsafe thee from his holy place help suited to thy needs And out of Zion strengthen thee to do illustrious deeds verse 3 Remembring all the sacrifice which thou to him hast done And th' off'ring which thou mak'st by fire look graciously upon verse 4 According to thy heart's desire his bounty answer thee Let what in Council thou decreest by him performed be verse 5 Rejoiced when thou sav'st us we our banners will display In God's great Name but under thee For whose success we 'll pray verse 6 I know the Lord with his right hand will his anointed save And give therewith when need requires again the help he gave verse 7 In charriots some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lord who to his word is just verse 8 Their fall our faith forsees whiles we by God assisted rise verse 9 Still save us Lord and let our king we pray thee hear our cries Psalm xx To another Tune verse 1 IN trouble and adversity The Lord thy just requests fulfil And may the name of Jacob's God Dear sov'reign thee defend from ill verse 2 Vouchsafe thee from his holy place The help proportion'd to thy needs And out of Zion strengthen thee To bring to pass illustrious deeds verse 3 Rememb'ring all the sacrifice By thee to him devoutly done And th' off'ring which thou mak'st by fire May He with favour look upon verse 4 According to thy hearts desire His richest bounties answer thee And what in council thou decreest May it by him performed be verse 5 Rejoiced when thou sav'st us we Our banners will again display In God's great name led on by thee For whose success we still do pray verse 6 Now know I God with wonted grace Again will his anointed save And give from heaven with the same Right hand to him the help he gave verse 7 In charriots some put confidence And some in strength of horses trust But we remember God our Lord Who ever to his word is just verse 8 Their fall our faith foresees while we By God who lifts us up do rise verse 9 Still save us Lord do thou and cause Our king to hear our righteous cries Domine in virtute Psal xxi T.S. verse 1 O Lord how joyful is the king when arm'd with strength from thee How heartily doth he rejoice thereby secur'd to be verse 2 For thou hast given him whate'er it was he did desire Of all his lips did ask to him thou mad'st a grant entire verse 3 Thou do'st prevent him with thy gifts and blessings manifold And on his royal head dost set a crown of purest gold verse 4 He humbly asked life of thee and it thou did'st secure Annexing to it length of days for ever to endure verse 5 Great is his glory through thy help who gav'st him saving aid Great honour and great majesty thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Thou gav'st him all felicity secur'd from all decays And with thy cheerful countenance great joys in him did'st raise PART ii verse 7 Because the King doth firmly trust in God he shall prevail And through his grace that reigns on high preserv'd he shall not quail verse 8 Thy hand O king shall find and seize all such as thee withstand Both find them out and punish them shalt thou with thy right hand verse 9 Thou shalt destroy them when thy wrath doth like an oven fume Yea God's fierce wrath conjoin'd with thine shall wholly them consume verse 10 And thou shalt make from off the earth their issue to decrease Till from among the sons of men their seed do wholly cease verse 11 Because against thee mischiefs great in thought they did project But fail'd at last for want of pow'r what they design'd t' effect verse 12 Whom thou before thee as a mark to shooot at Lord shalt place And from thy charged bow-string aim directly at their face verse 13 Be thou exalted Lord with strength such as to thee belongs And we thy pow'r will magnifie in our triumphant songs Deus Deus mius Psal xxii T.S. verse 1 MY God my God for what by thee forsaken thus am I Why help'st thou not when I to thee with sad complaints do cry verse 2 To thee my God ev'n all day long I earnestly do call Nor cease I all the night and yet thou hear'st me not at all verse 3 Yet thou art holy still and in thy

According to my righteousness and mine integrity PART ii verse 9 Lord cease the rage of wicked men the just support and guide For by the righteous God the hearts and reins of men are try'd verse 10 I own my help to come of God who ever taketh part With all such to preserve them safe as upright are in heart verse 11 The just man and the wicked both the righteous Judg doth try But ev'ry day his wrath against the wicked boyleth high verse 12 If warned he will not repent God whets his sword to smite And bends his bow the obstinate and hard'ned heart to hit verse 13 For execution he prepares his arrows sharp and keen To pierce them through that persecute his Jewels holy men verse 14 My foe with plots doth travel in his wicked head forecast But of the mischief there conceiv'd lo nothing comes at last verse 15 He dig'd a ditch and delv'd it deep in hope to hurt his Brother But fell himself into the pit prepared for another verse 16 Thus wrong recoiling hurts the man From whom it did proceed And all the mischief he contriv'd shall crush its plotters head verse 17 I therefore will give thanks to God that judgeth righteously And with my Song extol the name of him that is most high Domine Deus noster Psal viii T. S. verse 1 O Lord our Lord how excellent thy Name is ev'ry where For thou thy glorious Throne hast set above the heavens clear verse 2 Ev'n by the mouths of sucking babes thou shalt confound thy foes For thou thy mighty power in their weakness can'st disclose verse 3 When I behold the heavens fram'd By thine almighty hand And view the moon and all the stars in order as they stand verse 4 Lord think I what is man of him that thou dost take such care Or what his issue that to them so kind thy visits are verse 5 For thou hast made him little less then angels in degree With glory great and dignity his head is crown'd by thee verse 6 Thou hast prefer'd him to be Lord of all thy works of wonder And at his feet laid all below that he should keep them under verse 7 Tame flocks and herds and beasts that in wild desarts live by prey With fowls of th' air and fish that make in pathless seas their way verse 8 O Lord our Lord how excellent thy works are ev'ry where Most glorious in them doth thy name through all the earth appear Psalm viii The same in a different Metre verse 1 O Lord our Lord how excellent Thy name on earth is ev'ry where Yea thou hast set thy glorious throne Far higher than the heavens clear verse 2 Ev'n by the mouths of sucking babes Thou canst and wilt confound thy foes Who wonted art thy mighty strength In feeblest creatures to disclose verse 3 When I behold the heavens which Are fram'd by thy almighty hand And view the moon and all the stars Where they by thee disposed stand verse 4 Lord think I what is man of him That thou dost take such tender care Or what 's his issue that to them So very kind thy Visits are verse 5 For thou hast made him little less Then heav'nly angels in degree And on his head a glorious crown Bestowed is O Lord by thee verse 6 Thou hast prefer'd him to be Lord On earth of all thy works of wonder And at his feet laid all things there With ample pow'r to keep them under verse 7 Tame flocks and herds and beasts which i● Wild desarts live by daily prey With fowls of th' air and fish which make themselves in pathless seas a way verse 8 O Lord our Lord how excellent Thy works proclaim thee ev'ry where Through all the earth they make thy name Most glorious like thy self appear Confitebor tibi Domine Psal ix T. S. verse 1 WIth heart entire and mouth O Lord I will proclaim thy praise And publish all thy wondrous works thy glorious fame to raise verse 2 I will exceedingly rejovce in thee O God most high And tune my voice thy name to praise in cheerful melody verse 3 Because my foes are driven back and put to shameful flight They fell down flat and were destroy'd before thy presence bright verse 4 My right maintained was by thee by whom my cause was try'd Who justly from thy royal throne gav'st sentence on my side verse 5 Thou didst rebuke the Heathens so the wicked so confound That where they liv'd their memory for ever shall be drown'd verse 6 Proud foe that hast with quick dispatch so many towns destroy'd And hast their names with them defac'd yet be not overjoy'd verse 7 But know when thou hast done thy worst the Lord will ever reign And from his royal judgment-seat the righteous cause maintain verse 8 With justice he will judg the world which tyrants sway with might And with impartial equity give all therein their right verse 9 Protector of the poor he is when wrongfully opprest And will to them a refuge be when e'r they are distrest verse 10 Whence all that know thy name on thee shall boldly Lord rely For thou forsakest none that seek thee in sincerity PART ii verse 11 Sing praising songs unto the Lord that dwells on Zion hill And publishing his glorious deeds the ears of all men fill verse 12 When e'r he makes a search for blood of men unjustly slain The murd'rers guilt and suff'rers cries in mind he will retain verse 13 In mercy Lord the troubles mind which I from foes sustain For from the gates of death hast thou oft rais'd me up again verse 14 In Zion that I may set forth Thy praise with thankful voice And that in thy salvation Lord my soul may still rejoyce verse 15 The heathens are sunk down into the pit themselves prepar'd And in the net they set for me Their own feet fast are snar'd verse 16 The judgments which he executes make God their Author known When tangled in the snare he laid the wicked is o'rthrown verse 17 The wicked shall by God condemn'd be turned into hell That doleful place where ev'ry one that God forgets shall dwell verse 18 For surely God will not forget the poor when they complain Nor shall the needy always look for help of him in vain verse 19 O Lord arise lest men prevail by means of worldly might And let thy heath'nish foes receive their judgment in thy sight verse 20 Lord shoot thy terrour fear and dread into their hearts and then They will themselves mistaken own who went for more than men Ut quid Domine Psal x. T. S. WHat is the cause why thou O Lord Stand'st now so far from thine Not suff'ring in our troubles great thy face on us to shine verse 2 Proud persecutors hunt the poor ev'n as themselves desire Lord take them in the plots which they to execute conspire verse 3 For in his projects wisht success the wicked takes delight And doth

greatly honours them verse 5 His oath and all his Promises who keepeth faithfully Although his bargain such do prove that lose he must thereby verse 6 That shuns oppressing usury to take for money lent Who never will for bribes be bought to wrong the innocent verse 7 The man that by these measures lives with God's dear favour blest From fear of evil safe on him may now and ever rest Psalm xv To another Tune verse 1 WIthin thy Tabernacle who Shall sojourn Lord with thy good will Or whom wilt thou admit to fix His dwelling on thy holy hill verse 2 Ev'n him whose life is uncorrupt Whose works are strictly just and streight Who speaketh truth and in his heart Doth harbour no conceal'd deceit verse 3 Wrongs no man nor by sland'rous tongue Doth injure any person's name Nor willingly false tales receives Which wrongfully impair his fame verse 4 Who vile and vicious persons doth As justly they deserve contemn But where he sees men fearing God Though mean he greatly honours them verse 5 His oath and all his promises Who keeps with all men faithfully Although he find his bargain such That he is like to lose thereby verse 5 Who shuns exacting usury Where money should be freely lent Who never will with bribes be bought To wrong a person innocent verse 7 The man that by these measures lives With God's peculiar favour blest From fear of threaten'd dangers may Upon him now and ever rest Exaudi Domine Psalm xvi T. S. verse 1 LOrd keep me for I trust in thee Soul thou to God hast said verse 2 Thou Lord art mine my all is thine By vow to thee conveigh'd verse 3 3 Which since thou need'st it not I 'll pay thy Saints that here do dwell Whom I entirely love because in vertue they excell verse 4 4 And wish all woes on them may fall that Idol-gods adore Whos 's bloody off'rings I disclaim And do their names abhor verse 5 The Lord alone the portion is of my inheritance Thou fill'st my cup and what thou giv'st preserv'st from all mischance verse 6 The place wherein my lot is fall'n in beauty doth excell And th' heritage thereby assign'd to me doth please me well verse 7 I bless the Lord whose counsel made me understand aright By means whereof my secret thoughts do teach me ev'ry night verse 8 I God have set before me still and trust him with my all For whiles he stands at my right hand no ill can me befall verse 9 A thought which fills my heart and tongue with gladness while I live And will unto my dying flesh an hopeful prospect give verse 10 For surely my departed soul in hell thou wilt not leave Nor quit the body of thy Saint corruption to perceive verse 11 But lead them both thou wilt to life where boundless joys before Thy presence dwell and pleasures at thy right hand evermore Exaudi Domine Psal xvii T. S. verse 1 O Lord give ear when justly I in straits to thee complain And hear the pray'r which comes to thee from lips that do not fain verse 2 And let the judgment of my cause proceed from none but thee Wherein as by impartial view thou find'st it sentence me verse 3 Oft thou my heart hast search'd by night yet there no ill didst find And I resolve my tongue shall ne'r misrepresent my mind verse 4 From all the works likewise of men that are preversly ill And out of their destructive paths thy word hath kept me still verse 5 And still do thou my goings in thy holy paths preserve That from the track I ought to keep my footsteps never swerve verse 6 I oft have call'd on thee in hope thou would'st me hear and aid Blast not that hope but bend thine ear to what my lips have said verse 7 O thou whose right hand from their foes saves all that trust in thee That hand in kindness now extend And wonders do for me verse 8 And keep me Lord as men do keep the apple of their eye That under covert of thy wings in safety I may lie PART ii verse 9 From wicked mens assaults me save who daily we annoy And from my foes surrounding me who would my life destroy verse 10 Who wallow in their worldly wealth as beasts are wont when fat And use their mouths with daring pride to speak they care not what verse 11 To hunt us to destruction they our paths have compast round And fixt to spy our footsteps there their eyes upon the ground verse 12 They act the lion when his prey he eagerly doth chase And sometimes lurk as doth his whelp in some concealed place verse 13 Arise in haste prevent my foe and cast him down O Lord And save me from the wicked whom thou usest as thy sword verse 14 From men by th' hand of whom provok'd thou good men put'st to grief From worldly men whose portion is confined to this life verse 15 Whose bellies from thy stores thou fill'st according to their mind Nor want they heirs t' inherit what their fathers leave behind verse 15 But with a conscience clear behold thy count'nance here I will And shall when wak'd from death of thy full vision take my fill Diligam te Domine Psal xviii T. S. verse 1 O Lord my strength I still am bound to love thee heartily verse 2 Who art my rock and fortress strong in my necessity My God my Fort in which I hope secure defence to have My shield my tower built on high the Horn that doth me save verse 3 When on the Lord I call and give to him deserved praise I shall be safe from all the force mine enemies can raise verse 4 The pangs of death did compass me and great my dangers were Whiles wicked men like swelling waves did put me still in fear verse 5 The strong and twisted cords of hell were round about me set And me at unawares to catch was spred a deadly net verse 6 When thus beset with pain and grief I pray'd to God for grace My cry before him came which he heard from his holy place verse 7 His wrath with power armed then did make the earth to quake Yea at their deep foundations forc'd the mighty hills to shake verse 8 Forth from his nostrils went a smoke and from his mouth a flame So fiercely hot that all it toucht as burning coals became PART ii verse 9 When God descended from above he bow'd the heavens high And underneath his feet o'rspred with darkness was the sky verse 10 His steed a glorious Cherub was whereon he rode in haste And swift as mounted on the wings of all the winds he past verse 11 With darkness compass'd he in it did his pavillion place With waters black in stormy clouds environed he was verse 12 But soon the brightness of his face did make the clouds retire Which breaking hail-stones thence were shot and glowing coals of fire verse 13 From heaven in the frightful