cleauing to thee it remaineth Thy strength my vveak estate sustaineth And thy right hand vpholdeth me verse 9 But they that seek vvith all their povver My soul to slay or ruin it Fall headlong dovvn earths deepest pit The greedy graue shall them deuovver verse 10 The cruell svvord shall make them fly Bloud-shedding hands shall ouertake them A prey for Foxes they shall make them For vvilde beasts food they torn shallly verse 11 Then shall the King reioyce victorious In GOD vvhom he doth serue and feare All that deuoutly by him svveare In him reioycing shall be glorious But hypocrites vvho craftily Do exercise deceit and lying Their speech to falshood vain applying Their mouthes vvith silence stopt shall be Psalme Lxiiij Prayer LOrd hear my voyce and prayr ascending To me vouchsafe thy gracious eare Preserue my life safe from the feare Of enemies me succour sending My soul defending verse 2 Hide me safe vnder thy protection From secret counsell of all those VVho vvicked plots contriue compose From sinners traitrous insurrection For my deiection verse 3 Their tongs vvith slanders false defiling They vvhet as sharp as piercing svvords They shoot their arrovves bitter vvords Backbiting vvith false speech beguiling They rayle reuiling verse 4 At vpright men to shoot preparing They ly in ambush secretly At vnavvares and suddenly VVithout all fear they shoot not sparing Most boldly daring verse 5 In vvicked purposes they ply them And therein obstinat abide Their talk is closely snares to hide They say ther 's none vvho shall discry them VVho shall espy them Pause verse 6 They seek search practise all sins trying Iniquities hid mysteries Inuenting still nevv villanies Thoughts vvits hearts depth all in them lying Thereto applying verse 7 The LORD shall shoot his shafts confounding At them in vvrath and anger fierce And his sharp arrovves stroke shall pierce Them suddenly vvith plagues abounding Them deeply vvounding verse 8 So shall their ovvn tongs detestable Make mischief on themselues to fall And euery one beholding shall Fly from their vvoes abhominable Insupportable verse 9 All men vvith feare shall make relation Of this vvhich God to pas hath brought Considering vvisely vvhat he vvrought They shall behold vvith admiration His operation verse 10 But righteous men their ioy expressing In God shall in him put their trust And all in heart vpright and iust Shall glory in the Lord him blessing His grace confessing Psalme 65. Thanksgiuing ALl praise on thee O GOD attendeth In Sion peacefully To thee on vvhom our trust dependeth The vovv there paid shall be verse 2 And thou again thy eare applying The prayr of thine dost heare All flesh vnto thy presence flying Before thee shall appear verse 3 Both vvicked deeds and vvords expressionâ— Preuailed against me Our trespasses sins and transgressions By thee shall purged be verse 4 VVhom thou dost chuse that man is blessed VVhom neere thee thou dost take That in thy courts of blisse possessed He may his dvvelling make VVith good things in thy house of glory VVe shall be satisfi d VVith blessings of thy sanctuary Content vve shall abide verse 5 After thy righteous distribution LORD vvho dost vs maintain Thine ansvvers avvfull resolution VVith fear vve doe obtain The earth and ends therof reposeth All confidence in thee Their hope vvhom farthest sea incloseth In ships or Iles that be verse 6 Thou by thy povvr incomparable With strength about bedight Dost hold the mountains firm and stable Fast setled by thy might verse 7 The roaring vvaues of seas inraged Thou makest still to cease The peoples tumults are assvvaged Thou them dost soon appease verse 8 Beholding thy vvorks admirable VVho dvvell in vtmost parts Thy signes and vvonders formidable Do strike vvith fear their hearts Pause The morn sets forth on 's vvay ascending The euen declineth dovvn Their iourneys rising and descending Reioyce thee to renovvn verse 9 To visit this dry land thou daignest And vvatered it thou hast Inriching it thereon thou raynest Thy plenty it doth tast The streams vvhich thy large floud dischargeth The land doth ouer-flovv Thy prouidence our store inlargeth Preparing corne to grovv verse 10 On ridg and furrovv plenty povvring Thy rain doth them redresse Hard earth thou softnest moysture shovvring The springing blades doth blesse verse 11 Thy goodnes largely thou bestovvest Wherevvith the yeare is crovvnd Thy paths drop fatnes vvhere thou goest Thy steps inrich the ground verse 12 Distilling drops of rain abounding On desarts dryed earth The mountains all about surrounding With gladnes ioy and mirth verse 13 The pastures all are clothed ouer VVith flocks of cattell store And plenteous crops of corn do couer The fruitfull dales all ore With shoutings and shrill acclamations Loud peales of ioy they ring With gladnes mirth and exultations Svvet â—ongs of ioy they sing Psalme 66 Thanksgiuing TRiumph and shout vvith ioy abounding In God all people on the earth verse 2 His glorious Name vvith Psalms resounding His vvorthy praise sing ye vvith mirth verse 3 To God say in thy vvorks of vvonder Hovv terrible thou shevvst to be Thy great povvr shall thy foes bring vnder Faining subiection vnto thee verse 4 Thy royall maiesty and glory The earth shall all feare and adore And of thy praised Name the story They all shall sing still more and more Selah verse 5 O come behold and note beholding What vvondrous vvorks from God do flovv To Adams sons more povvr vnfolding And dreadfull acts then they can shovv verse 6 The sea he into dry land turned Euen in a moment suddenly They through the red sea dry foot iourned And there in him reioyce did vve verse 7 The vvorld he vvith his povver svvayeth His eyes the nations do behold The rebell vvho him disobeyeth To boast himself shall not be bold Selah verse 8 O let the Lord our God be blessed By all the people far and neare Let his high praise be so expressed That euery eare the voyce may heare verse 9 For he our souls in life maintaineth Aliue refresht in him vve bide Our feet from falling he sustaineth And vvill not suffer them to slide verse 10 For thou O Lord God hast vs tryed And proued hovv vve are inclinde And as the siluer purified By fiery fornace flames refinde verse 11 Thou broughtest vs to be insnared To be intrapped in the net Afflicting vs thou hast not spared And on our loyns distres hast set Pause verse 12 Men riding on our heads haue mounted As on the back of horse or Asse As beastâ— thou mad'st vs vile accounted Through fire and vvater vve did passe But novv since thou vs here hast placed In such a rich and vvealthy vvay verse 13 I in thy sacred house high graced Will sacrifice and my vovves pay verse 14 The vovves vvhich I to thee addressed And vvhich my lips to thee did make When I vvas grieuously distressed And vvhich my mouth in trouble spake verse 15 I le offer vvhole burnt sacrifices The fat of rams
all the nations Meet in frequent congregations And the kingdomes povvr combined Ioyn to serue the LORD inclined Pause verse 23 He my strength i' th vvay abated And my dayes abreuiated verse 24 In such sort that then I said O my God my only ayd In my mid age do not take me Quite avvay nor yet forsake me For thy years endure for euer Through all ages fayling neuer verse 25 Thou hast layd the earths foundation And by thy hands operation Thou the heau'ns hast framd and made verse 26 They shall quite consume and fade But thou shalt endure remaining Euer blessed state retaining They shall all grovv old appearing As a garment torne vvith vvearing As a robe so shall their fashion By thee suffer alteration From their former shape estrang'd They shall certainly be chang'd verse 27 As for thee O Lord supernall Thou art still the same eternall Thou art infinite transcending Thy yeares neuer shall haue ending verse 28 Children of thy seruants loued Shall continue firm vnmoued Thy grace shall them all sustain Their race euer shall remain And their seed from them proceeding Their posterity succeeding Shall for euer dvvell before thee In thy presence to adore thee Psalme Ciij MY soul praise thou the LORD for euer blessed Let all that is vvithin my povvr possessed His holy Name extoll and magnifie verse 2 Of all his gifts so gratious great and many VVhich he on thee bestovvd forget not any But bles the Lord my soul him glorifie verse 3 Him euer bles vvho euer gracious liueth VVho all thy sins defaceth and forgiueth VVhen vveak and sick he makes thee strong and sound verse 4 VVhose loue thy life from hatefull death protecteth Who euer thee most tenderly affecreth Hath thee vvith grace and boundles bounty crovvnd verse 5 VVith all good things vvho thy mouth satisfieth VVherby thy 〈◊〉 vvith vigor he supplyeth And he renevvs as th' eagles so thy youth verse 6 The Lord it is vvhose iudgment iust redresseth The vvronged poore against him that oppresseth Relieuing them in righteousnes and truth verse 7 To Moses he did teach his vvaies and shevv them So manifest all Israel might knovv them And his great acts so vvondrous so renovvnd verse 8 The Lord to grace and mercy soone inclineth To vvrath is slovv his anger soone declineth In mercy he doth plenteously abound verse 9 If he giue place to vvrath small time abiding Yet vvill he not continue alvvaies chiding Nor vvill he long keep anger in his heart verse 10 Our ill vvrought vvorks he hath not ill regarded Nor vvith sins due our sinfull souls revvarded Nor deales vvith vs according to desert verse 11 Aboue the earth as heau'n is high and spacious So is the Lord in mercy great and gracious To all that feare him and on him do rest verse 12 The Lord vvho vs hath chosen and approued Hath all our sins and trespasses remoued As far from vs as th' East is from the VVest Pause verse 13 As to his childe the fathers loue extendeth His pitty milde although it him offendeth So doth the Lord them pitty vvho him feare verse 14 For God the Lord creator of each creature Doth vvell record our frailty and our feature In minde doth beare hovv soone to dust vve vveare verse 15 And euery day mans life is altogether Like gras or hay vvhich instantly doth vvither As fragrant flovvrs do flourish on the green verse 16 But vvhen theron the storm or cold vvind blovveth They soone are gone their place no more them knovveth They faile and fall they shall no more be seen verse 17 But as for God his mercy ay remaineth His childrens state he euermore sustaineth Who vvorship him vvith feare in verity verse 18 VVho in their brests his hests and statutes treasure VVho truly knovv and doe his vvill and pleasure His iustice is to all posterity verse 19 VVithin the sky most high suprem supernall The Lord hath plac d his regall Throne eternall And rules the vvorld by his imperiall might verse 20 Ye Angels povvrs most potent most obedient To vvork his vvill by all meanes most expedient Publish proclaime his honors glorious right verse 21 O ye his hosts most valiant most victorious His Ministers praise ye his Name all glorious You that are prest addrest to do his vvill verse 22 Let all his vvorks in euery place applaud him Yea let my heart my minde my spirit laud him And all vvithin me prise and praise him still Psalme 104. Praise BLes thou the Lord my soul O Lord my God Thy greatnes far exceedeth all abroad Thou maiesty most glorious daily vvearest VVith honor thou most beautifull appearest verse 2 VVith light most bright resplendant euery morn As vvith a robe thy self thou dost adorn The firmament bedeckt vvith stars extending Like curtains dravvn forth by thy povvr transcending verse 3 Thou layest fast thy lofty chamber beames Vpon the seas and vvaters gushing streames Thou on the clouds vvhich in the ayre are byding Triumphant com'st as on a chariot ryding And vvhen to vvalk it is thy sacred minde Thou marchest on the vvings of euery vvinde verse 4 Thy Angels all are Spirits of thy ovvn framing Thy Ministers are like a fier flaming verse 5 Foundations of the earth so vastly round On bases thou didst set so fastly found That thou hast made it euer firm and stable No povvr but thine to moue it shall be able verse 6 And this same earth thou vnderneath the deep As vnderneath a mantle close dost keep Whilst thou great God didst cause the vvatry fountains To rise and flovv and stand aboue the mountains verse 7 But then as soone as thy rebuke they heard They past avvay and fled as all afeard And at the voyce of thy most dreadfull thunder They haste avvay each one their vvay a sunder verse 8 Vp by the hils they high ascend a main Dovvn by the dales they lovv descend again Vntill in their ovvn place they be surrounded Which at the first for them thy vvisdom founded Pause verse 9 Beyond the bounds vvhich for them thou hast set The surging vvaues restraind can neuer get Lest if they should at any time pas ouer The surface of the earth they vvould recouer verse 10 Into the Vales belovv thou daignst to bring The vvholsom svveet cleare vvater of the Spring VVhich midst the hils a pleasant murmur keepeth VVhilst through the vales the silent current creepeth verse 11 The riuers store of vvater drink doth yeeld To euery beast that rangeth in the field And the smooth brook vvhich here and there still passes Doth quench the thirst of vvilde and sauage asses verse 12 By these the fovvls of heau'n do take delight To make their nests abiding day and night By thee each bird melodious notes aduances Amidst the trees yong tender slender branches verse 13 From chambers high among the clouds he fils VVith shovvrs of rain enricht the fertill hils Yea the vvhole vvorld vvith his vvorks fruits aboundeth And satisfi'd
their vvayes There do the tribes of God ascend To Israels ark vvhere they intend To giue God thanks his Name to praise verse 5 For there are seates of iudgment plac't The thrones of Dauids house high grac't Are there establisht failing neuer verse 6 Pray for Ierusalem that peace May flourish there and neuer ceasâ— VVho loue thee they shall prosper euer verse 7 Let peace and ioy dvvell plenteously VVithin thy vvals and fortresses And in thy royall Palaces And houses all prosperity verse 8 For my deare friends and brethren sake VVhich dvvell in thee this prayr I make Let peace vvithin thee be assured verse 9 Euen for the house of God the Lord For thee vvill vve vvith one accord Seeke all the good may be procured Psalme 123. Prayer TO thee O Lord vvhose throne is in the skyes Do I lift vp mine eyes As seruants loe distressed by disaster Haue recourse to their Master As handmaids on their Mistres hand attending So vve on God depending Attend the Lord till he most gracious Haue mercy vpon vs. verse 3 O Lord our God to vs be gracious Haue mercy vpon vs For vve are fild vvith scorn intollerable Contempt insufferable verse 4 Our tired soules exceeding ill are vsed VVith bitter scoffs abused By th' rich at ease the proud ore vs do vant Disdainfull arrogant Psalme 124. Thanksgiuing LEt Israel novv say and make it knovvn Vnles the Lord of hosts had fought for vs. verse 2 Vnles the Lord his mighty povvr had shovvn In our defence vvhen men most furious Their forces ioynd vs to haue ouerthrovvn verse 3 They had deuourd vs quick in gulf profound When their fierce vvrath inâ—am'd thirsting for bloud verse 4 Against vs rag'd euen then the bolstrous floud Had vs orevvhelmd and sunke vs to the ground The surging vvaues and storms our souls had drovvnd verse 5 The vvaters proud then ouer vs had gone VVe had bin lost and all quite cast avvay verse 6 But blessed be the Lord our God alone Who left vs not nor gaue vs as a prey Vnto their teeth vvho sought our soules to slay verse 7 Like as a bird escaped hath the snare That secretly the subtle fovvler layd The net is broke and vve escaped are verse 8 Our help is in the Name of God vvhose ayde Our safety is vvho heau'n and earth hath made Psalme 125. Doctrin WHo trust in God and him rely on Reposing confidence Alone in his defence They shall stand sure like to mount Sion Vnmou'd remaining failing neuer But biding euer verse 2 As mighty mountains fortifying Ierusalem inclose The Lord is so to those That do his vvill on him relying The Lord vvill keep him safe assured Euer secured verse 3 The rod of vvicked men remaineth Not long vpon the iust But he on vvhom they trust Them safe deliuerance speedy daigneth Lest they be forced by oppression vnto transgression verse 4 To good men Lord grant thy saluation And vvho vpright abide verse 5 But they that turn aside With sinners shall haue due damnation Let Israel of peace possessed Be euer blessed Psalme 126. Praise WHen Sions sad captiuity The Lord returnd to liberty Amaz'd tvvixt sudden ioy and feare Much like to them that dream vve vvere verse 2 Our tears grones vvho long had mourned To songs of ioy and laughter turned The heathen people vvere afraid God vvonders vvrought for vs they said verse 3 T is truth the Lord our God hath vvrought Great vvorks for vs surpassing thought Of all our ioyes he is the ground In him alone our ioyes abound verse 4 Lord let those captiues be returned Which yet in thrall long time haue mourned As streams refresh the parched South As vvelcom shovvrs in time of drouth verse 5 They that in tears do sadly sovv Shall reap in ioy full crops shall movv verse 6 Who going forth in time of need Sovving vvith teares the precious seed Shall home return all sadnes ceasing And making merry ioyes increasing Great store receiue vvhich haruest yeelds Bring vvaighty sheaues from fertile fields Psalme 127. Doctrine VNles the Lord the house doth build The builders cost and care is vain Their charge is lost and all their pain Though stuffe be strong and men be skilled Vnles the Lord the city gard In vain men vvatch in vain they vvard verse 2 In vain so early vp ye are In vain ye goe so late to bed In vain ye pain both hand and head In vain so homely hard ye fare Vnles God bles vvake they or sleep Whom he doth loue he safe vvill keep verse 3 Lo also vvhen a man is blest VVith hopefull issue of his ovvne His heirs to vvhat he hath possest It is the gift of God alone God onely of his goodnes giues The vvomb due fruit that after liues verse 4 And vvhen the children men become Of body strong and stout of minde So apt and actiue in their kinde That arrovves to the head dravvn home With strongest arm and nimblest slight Seem not more terrible in fight verse 5 He happy is vvho hath fulfill'd His quiuer vvith such shafts as these For in the tryall of their pleas They shall not be abasht nor illd Nay they shall make their foes asham'd Before the Iudg and iustly blam'd Psalme 128. Doctrin BLessed is vvhosoeuer doth fear the Lord of might And truly doth indeuer to vvalk his vvaies aright verse 2 For thou shalt in thy calling of thy hands labour eat And all things fair befalling thy vvelfare shall be great verse 3 Thy vvife vvith timely â—eeming â—hall multiply thy line About thy chamber seeming a fresh and fruitfull vine Thy children all assembling thy table round about Yong oliue plants resembling that fairly spring and sprout verse 4 Lo thus the man is blessed vvho feares the Lord of might To them this is expressed vvho vvorship him aright verse 5 From Sion God almighty shall giue thee blessings store Thou shalt see Salems City to flourish euermore verse 6 Thou shalt see vvith his blessing thy sons posterity And Israel possessing peace and prosperity Psalme 129. Thanksgiuing OFt from my youth novv Israel may say They haue beset me round sore assailed verse 2 Oft from my youth they haue sought euery vvay My ouerthrovv but neuer yet preuailed verse 3 And yet I beare the tokens and the track Of their despight delighting in my sorrovvs For on the ridg of my bare naked back The plovvers plovvd and eared vp long furrovvs verse 4 But God is iust and the iniurious snares Of vvicked men he hath cut quite in sunder verse 5 Confounding shame he for them all prepares That vvrong his Saints or vvould bring Sion vnder verse 6 They shall be like vnto the gras that grovves On tops of vvals or battlements of tovvers Which vvithers soone though for a vvhile it shovves But dryes and dyes or ere it beareth flovvers verse 7 Of vvhose increase and all that it doth yeeld He filleth not his hand vvho so it reapeth Nor
subdue me Yea let him cast my life avvay And in the dust my honour lay verse 6 Arise O Lord vvith expedition In vvrath to vvorke my foes perdition And vvatch for me both day and night Till I obtain my promis'd right verse 7 So multitudes of people pressing Shall come to thee freely confessing Thee Lord and King and Iudg supreme Then rouse thy self for loue of them verse 8 And thou of all men Iudg supernall Novv iudg thou me my God eternall According to my innocence Sincere and cleer free from offence Pause verse 9 The vvickeds rage to cease constrain thou The righteous iust confirm sustain thou For God most iust the reins doth try All thoughts all hearts he doth discry verse 10 The Lord is my defence assured My shield vvherby I am secured VVho saueth by his povver and might All those that are in heart vpright verse 11 The Lord is iust and iustice giueth To euery one that iustly liueth God threatens them that disobey To vvrath prouoked euery day verse 12 But if hard hearted not relenting He vvil not turn Gods vvrath preuenting Then he his svvord vvill sharper vvher His bovv is bent and ready set verse 13 His instruments of death destroying Prepared are his shafts imploying Against them vvho inflam'd vvith spight In persecuting take delight verse 14 Behold iniquity he vveaued VVith mischief great vvhich he conceiued In trauell painfull he brought forth A lying issue nothing vvorth verse 15 A pit he digged darke and deeply A bloudy caue descending steeply To haue intrapt my harmles foot But he himself is faln intoo'r verse 16 The euill that he hath proiected Vpon himself shall be reflected His cruelty and fell despight On his ovvn head shall surely light verse 17 Therfore vvill I extoll the iustice Of God the Lord in vvhom my trust is Him vvill I praise and magnifie The glorious Name of God most high Psalme 8. Thanksgiuing ETernall God our Lord incomparable Hovv excellent is thy Name admirable Ore all the vvorld thy glory manifold Is far aboue the highest heau'ns extold verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of babes and sucklings tender Thou hast confirmd thy mighty povver to render Thy enemies confounded and by those To stop the mouthes of thy reuengefull foes verse 3 VVhen I behold in sacred contemplation The heau'ns the vvorks of thy high hands creation The Sun the Moon and all the Stars about In their due place so orderly set out verse 4 Lord think I then as in my self amazed O vvhat is man that thou O Lord art pleased To visit him or vvhat is all mankinde That thou vouchsafâ—st to keep them in thy minde Pause verse 5 For thou hast made him but a little vnder Thy Angels bright thy ministers of vvonder Thou hast vvith vvealth and honor girt him round And thou hast him vvith glory richly crovvnd verse 6 Thou hast ordaind him Lord and ruler ouer Thy handy vvorks vvhich all the vvorld doth couer And all therin as to thee seemed meet Thou hast subdevvd beneath his regall feeâ— verse 7 Both Oxen Sheep and euery kinde of cattell VVhich on the hils or on the playns imbattell The sauage beasts vvhich in the forrests breed And vvhich in fields or in the foulds do feed verse 8 The vvinged fovvls through ayrie regions flying Fish in the Seas and riuers multiplying Through vvatry paths vvhat passeth great or small Thou vnto man hast them subiected all verse 9 Eternall God our Lord incomparable Hovv excellent and O hovv admirable Is thy great Name vvith praises most deuout To be extold the spacious vvorld throughout Psalme 9. Thanksgiuing WIth all my heart O Lord most high I vvill extoll and magnifie All thy great vvorks incomparable VVhich vvondrous are and admirable verse 2 In thee O Lord I vvill reioyce VVith chearfull heart and chearfull voyce O thou most high thy Name relating I le sing and praise it celebrating verse 3 Because by thy almighty might Mine enemies are put to flight Dovvn shall they fall vvith fear surrounded And at thy presence all confounded verse 4 For thou hast daignd my friend to stand Thou hast vouchsaft to take in hand My guiltles cause thy Throne ascending As righteous Iudg my cause defending verse 5 Thou hast rebukt the heathen rout The vvicked ruind raced out Their fame their name extinct for euer Repriued or reuiued neuer Pause verse 6 Proud foe vvhers novv our threatned spoil Our cities leueld vvith the soil And are their names vvith them consumed Hast thou preuaild as vvas presumed verse 7 No no the Lord on high doth raign VVhose kingdom euer shall remain His regall throne he hath prepared VVhere iudgment iust shall be declared verse 8 Loe he vvill iudge and iustly too The vvorld and all that vvorldlings doe Yea he vvith equall doome vvill duly All people censure iust and truly verse 9 God vvill the refuge be and ayd Of the opprest and ouerlaid Their refuge and sure consolation Euen in the midst of tribulation verse 10 And they that knovv thy holy Name VVill put their vvhose trust in the same For vvho himself to thee betaketh Thy mercy Lord neuer forsaketh Pause verse 11 Sing thankfull praises to the Lord Who dvvels in Sion and record His high exploits to nations telling His great and glorious acts excelling verse 12 When he of guiltles bloud inquires Remembring them he it requires And neuer doth forget the crying Of the opprest on him relying verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on me distrest Consider hovv I am opprest By those that hate me thou that euer From gates of death dost me deliuer verse 14 That I in Sion may declare Thy praises all past all compare Reioycing vvith intire affection In thy saluation and protection verse 15 The heathen folk into the pit Are faln themselues that digged it Yea their ovvn feet are fast insnared In hidden nets themselues prepared verse 16 And therby hath the Lord bin knovvn For hauing such a iudgment shovvn In that the vvicked are surprised Euen in the snare themselues deuised Pause verse 17 The vvicked all shall suffer vvrack And headlong into hell fall back And all the nations God forgetting Their mindes vpon him neuer setting verse 18 For th' humble hearted poor shall not Be euerlastingly forgot Nor shall the meek in tribulation For euer lose their expectation verse 19 Arise O Lord and let not still The proud preuail and haue their vvill But vnto iudgment bring before thee The Gentiles vvhich do not adore thee verse 20 O Lord vvhose povvr is euery vvhere Strike thou the nations all vvith fear And make them knovv O God immortall They are but men but mould but mortall Psalme x. Of prayer and comfort WHy dost thou Lord vvithdravv from vs thy grace Why standest thou from vs departed far Why hidest thou the fauor of thy face In troublous times of need and grieuous care verse 2 Inflam'd vvith rage and pride the vvicked are To vex the poor but let them
all that vvork iniquity past sense That hauing got my people in their povver They them as bread do greedily deuovver They call not on the Lord of povver immense Through negligence verse 5 There suddenly great feare did them oppres They vvere cast dovvn vvith horrid consternation For God is in the righteous generation His grace doth saue all them that righteousnes In heart possesse verse 6 Ye vvith reproch the poor and meek despise Ye his designes and counsels haue disgraced Because his trust in God the Lord is placed For refuge he in danger to him flyes On him relyes verse 7 From Sion vvho vvill vnto Israel Saluation send vvhen back the Lord returneth The grieuous thrall vvherin his people mourneth In gladnes then shall ioyfull Iacob dvvell And Israel Psalme 15. Doctrin WHo is it Lord vvhich shall remain Within thy sacred tabernacle To vvhom vvilt thou the fauor daigne Whom shall thy mountain entertain To â—est in holy habitacle verse 2 It shall be he vndoubtedly Who euermore vprightly vvalketh And alvvay vvorketh righteously Who in his hearts sincerity Doth speak the truth vvhen ere he talketh verse 3 Whose tong doth speak no infamy Nor yet malitiously backbiteth Nor doth his neighbour iniury Whose eare vvill heare no obloquy That vvith reproch his neighbour-smiteth verse 4 Within vvhose eyes he that doth beare Himself debosht is scorned euer But they are grac'd vvho God do feare Who doth perform vvhat he doth svveare Though to his losse yet changeth neuer verse 5 Who lends but not for vsury Who vpright iustice exerciseth And sels it not by bribery Who doth these things mou'd shall not be A blest estate him eterniseth Psalme 16. Thanksgiuing prophecy PReserue me Lord be thou my help and ayd For I do trust in thee my hope reposing verse 2 And thou my soul this vnto God hast said Thou art my Lord I am at thy disposing Of all the good thy bounty to me lendeth No benefit at all to thee extendeth verse 3 But to thy Saints on earth vvho ex'lent be All my delight in them is still inlarged verse 4 But they vvho haste to serue strange gods not thee With multitudes of plagues shall be surcharged Nor shall my hands once touch their bloud oblation Nor shall my lips of their name make relation verse 5 My portion Lord thou art the heritance Assign'd to me by thee am I sustained verse 6 Thou art my health my vvealth my lot my chance A pleasant place by thee I haue obtained A goodly seat to me thy grace assureth Which vnto me and mine for ay endureth Pause verse 7 The Lord be praisd vvho hath so prudently â—o me aduice and counsell deep declared My reines my thoughts and my affections he Euen in the night to schoole me hath prepared verse 8 Before me still the Lord I haue propounded â—ince he 's near hand I shall not be confounded verse 9 Wherfore my heart doth ioy vvith thanks and praise My glory makes my spirits glad relation My soul her flesh in hopefull rest dovvn layes With confidence expecting thy saluation verse 10 Thou vvilt not leaue my soul in graue deep buried â—or let thy Saint corruption see interred verse 11 But from the tombe aloft thou vvilt me raise â—o triumph in a glorious resurrection For thou vvilt shevv and guide me to the vvayes Of life vvhere ioyes abound in full perfection Euen in thy paths me to thy presence bringing At thy right hand are pleasures euer springing Psalme 17. Prayer LOrd hear my right and entertain My ernest suit for iustice crying Thy eare vnto my prayer applying I plead vvith lips that do not fain verse 2 Let my doom be by thee avvarded Let it come forth iust Iudg from thee And in thine eyes vvhich all things see Let all the righteous be regarded verse 3 Thou in the night of my distres My heart hast visited and tryed But nothing in me hast discryed Resolu'd my mouth shall not transgres VVhat vvorks so ere men haue pursevved verse 4 Vnto thy Word I haue respect VVhich hath in me vvrought this effect That I destroyers paths eschevved verse 5 Vouchsafe my steps to stay and guide For euer in thy paths approued And neuer let my steps be moued That from thy vvayes I neuer slide verse 6 Thou vvilt me heare thy ansvver daigning O Lord vvhen to thee pray I shall In perill vvhen to thee I call Thine eare vvill heare my iust complaining verse 7 Thou mighty sauer of all those VVho haue their hope in thee reposed Lord let thy mercies be disclosed To saue them from their rising foes verse 8 Let me of safety rest assured Keep me as th' apple of thine eye In shade of thy vvings let me lye Hid there from danger safe secured Pause verse 9 From vvicked men that scape I may From cruell hands that doe oppres me From mortall foes that to distres me Besiege me round be set my vvay verse 10 In their ovvn fat they are inclosed Their mouths vvith speeches proud abound verse 11 Our steps they haue novv compast round Their eyes are dovvn on earth reposed verse 12 12 Like as a Lyon vvhich doth spy His prey runs svvift to seaze it speedy Or Lyons vvhelp vvith hunger greedy In secret caue doth lurking lye verse 13 Raise vp thy selfe him dovvn deiect thou Preuent and disappoint him Lord From vvicked men vvho are thy svvord My soul deliuer and protect thou verse 14 Lord let thy povvâ—rfull hand me saue From men of this vvorlds fading glory VVhich is but vain and transitory Who in this life their portion haue Whose panch thou fill'st vvith thy hid treasure Of sons and daughters full tâ—ey be And leaue to their posteritie The rest of their vvealths plenteous measure But I shall vievv thy gracious sight In righteousnes being iustified I vvakened shall be satisfied With thy most glorious image bright Psalme 18. Thanksgiuing prophecy THee vvill I loue vvith heart pure affection O Lord my strength and my most sure protection verse 2 God is my rock my refuge my defence My Sauiour dear my hope my confidence verse 3 My God my strength the horn of my saluation My trust my shield my strong fortification verse 4 I on the LORD most vvorthy praise vvill call verse 5 And so from all my foes be sau'd I shall The pangs of death did round about dismayme And torrents strong of vvicked men did fray me verse 6 Encompast round vvith sorrovves of the graue The snares of death my life preuented haue verse 7 In my distres I to the LORD applyed My ernest prayrs loud to my GOD I cryed He heard my voyce out of his Temple high And my complaint vp to his eares did flye verse 8 Incontinent the earths foundation quaked His vvrath the hils and mighty mountaines shaked All trembling they exceedingly vvere mou'd For he vvas vvroth and vnto anger mou'd verse 9 His nostrils smoke and vapor from them povvred Out of his mouth the flaming
seat Thunders ore the vvaters great verse 4 Gods most mighty voice preuaileth Euer povverfull neuer faileth Gods voyce all subdevveth vnder Full of maiesty and vvonder verse 5 VVhen the voyce of God doth speake Strong tall Cedars it doth breake VVhen the Lord his voyce extends It the Leban Cedars rends verse 6 By the roots torn vp he shakes them Like a Calf to skip he makes them Leban mounts and Shiryon danced Like yong Vnicornes they pranced verse 7 Gods voyce dreadfull doth abide Flames of fire it doth diuide verse 8 Deserts it to tremble makes Kadesh vvildernes it shakes verse 9 His voyce Hindes so terrifieth That their fruit abortiue dyeth His voyce forrests flying ouer Suddenly doth them discouer They that in his Temple be Speak his praises ioyfully All that in his house do dvvell Of his glorious acts do tell verse 10 God his mighty povver shovveth On the floud that ebbs and flovveth Sitting on his throne supernall God the Lord is King eternall verse 11 VVherfore God the Lord of might VVill maintain his peoples right God his people vvill increase He vvill bles them all vvith peace Psalme 30. Thanksgiuing I VVill exalt thee Lord vvith praise For thou from troubles didst me raise And hast not suffered them that be My foes to triumph ouer me Therefore thou shalt be magnified And euer highly glorified verse 2 O Lord my God I cry'd to thee And thou to health restoredst me verse 3 Lord vvhen for ayd I thee besought Thou from the graue my soule hast brought Thou hast kept me aliue reuiu'd me From going dovvn the pit repriu'd me verse 4 Ye Saints vvho God so good haue found Sing Psalms to him his praise resound His holines commemorate verse 5 For he his vvrath doth mitigate VVhich in a moment is appeased His anger suddenly is ceased But vvho are vvith his fauor grac't Blest life inioy vvhich ay shall last Though euening sorrovves cause ye vveep And grief all night ye restles keep Yet vvhen the morning light appeareth Refreshing ioy vvith comfort cheareth Pause verse 6 When I vvas in prosperity I said I neuer mou'd shall be verse 7 For euer I am safe and sure Thou LORD vvhose fauor doth endure Hast by thy grace to me applyed My mountain strongly fortified VVhen thou didst hide from me thy face I troubled and afflicted vvas verse 8 Then vnto thee O LORD I prayd Complaining to my God I said verse 9 VVhat profit by my bloud is gotten VVhen in the graue I shall ly rotten VVhat vvorthy praise shall dust afford Shall ashes glorifie thee Lord Can rottennes thy truth declare verse 10 Vouchsafe O LORD to hear my prayr On me take thou commiseration LORD be my helper my saluation verse 11 Then thou to ioy my griefe didst turn And vvhen in sackcloth I did mourn Thou tookst it off and girtst me round VVith pleasures pure thy praise to sound verse 12 Il◠sing thy praise LORD ceasing neuer My God I le giue thee thanks for euer Psalmē xxxj Prayer IN thee alone O Lord my trust is My hope is in thy Name Let me not suffer shame But me deliuer in thy iustice VVhen trouble me assaileth For thy vvord neuer faileth verse 2 VVith tender pitty and compassion Bovv dovvn thy care to me Me soone from dangers free Be thou my strong fortification From troubles all secure me Of thy defence assure me verse 3 Thou art my fortres and my tovver VVhere I may safe abide For thy Name sake me guide verse 4 Pull me out by thy mighty povver From nets they hide to take me Thou art my strength safe make me verse 5 My soul into thy hands I tender Thou hast redeemed me Lord God of veritie verse 6 I trust in thee Lord my defender All vanities defying I hate them that loue lying verse 7 I vvill be glad in thy saluation Thy mercy doth me fill VVith ioy praise thee I vvill Thou hast knovvn me in tribulation My troubled soul hast vievved And hovv it vvas pursevved verse 8 Thou hast not let me be inclosed VVithin their cruell povvr That vvould my soul deuovvr My fee◠from bands thou hast vnlosed And to me being gracious Mad'st my roome large and spacious verse 9 Haue mercy LORD my soul relieuing For in distres am I Consumed is mine eye And fretted sore vvith pain and grieuing My soul vvith grief doth languish My belly pines vvith anguish verse 10 My life is spent vvhile I bevvaile me With grief in sighs and teares Consumed are my yeares Because of sin my strength doth fail me So long affliction lasteth That all my bones it vvasteth Pause verse 11 My enemies that hatred beare me Haue sought me to defame Reproaching me vvith shame My neighbours and acquaintance feare me They that vvithout did spy me Far off avvay did fly me verse 12 I am as dead and deep interred Quite out of minde forgot Or as a broken pot For many great ones me deterred I heard their shamefull rayling On all sides feare assayling verse 13 In all their crafty consultation Against me they conspire To kill me they desire But my trust is in thy saluation I said O LORD eternall Thou art my GOD supernall verse 14 In thy hands are my times decreed From my fierce enemy Do thou deliuer me From my foes hands let me be freed From all that do distres me And cruelly oppres me verse 15 On me thy seruant shine refulgent In fauor shevv thy face O saue me by thy grace verse 16 In mercy be to me indulgent LORD let no shame light on me For I do call vpon thee But let the vvicked be ashamed And in the silent graue Their mouthes stopt let them haue verse 17 Their lips strike dumb that lyes haue framed Who righteous men reuiled With slanders foul defiled verse 18 What goodnes great incomparable Hast thou for them in store Which thee in feare adore Thou hast vvrought vvonders admirable For them to all disclosed Who trust in thee reposed verse 19 Before thee in thy habitation Thou safely vvilt them hide From foes outragious pride Thy Tents shall daign them preseruation Kept safe by thy preuention From slandrous tongs contention verse 20 The LORD be praisd magnified For vvondrous svveet and kinde To me I him do finde For in a City fortified He hath kept me immured In time of vvar secured verse 21 I rashly said in my vexation I am depriued quite Of thy al-blessing sight But thou didst heare my supplication VVhen vnto thee I cryed My suit vvas not denyed verse 22 Ye Saints loue ye the LORD all-blessed For he the faithfull gards The proud vvith scorn revvards verse 23 Ye meek of courage be possessed Their hearts GOD fortifyeth Whose trust in him relyeth Psalme xxxij Prophecy IN blessed state he euermore remaineth VVho of his sins forgiuenesse free obtaineth VVhose trespasses shall neuer be reuealed And vvhose offence shall euer be concealed verse 2 Thrice happy is that man to be reputed
might my right is knovvn and tryed Ore all the heathen I vvill raign On earth exalted I 'le remain verse 11 In brief this is our consolation The LORD of hosts is our saluation The God of Iacob gracious iust Our refuge is in vvhom vve trust Psalme 47. Reioycing PEople of all Lands Ioyfull clap your hands Praising God our King Shout triumphant sing VVith a strong shrill voyce Chearefully reioyce verse 2 For the LORD most hig Far aboue the sky Is of dreadfull might Terrible in fight Monarch ouer all Kings terrestriall verse 3 He the people shall Vnto vs make thrall He them dovvn belovv Vnder vs doth throvv Nations shall submit Themselues at our feet verse 4 He our heritance Chosen doth aduance Iacobs excellence Is in his defence Whom he hath approu'd And intirely lou'd verse 5 Our God vp is gon Mirthfull marching on With triumphant noise High expressing ioyes In the LORD reioyce With the trumpets voice verse 6 Sing praise to the Lord Psalms to him accord Praise to our God sing Sing praise to our King verse 7 GOD is ouer all Kings terrestriall Psalms instructing vvell Sing ye that excell verse 8 God raigns and commands All the heathen lands He doth sit vpon His high holy Throne verse 9 Peeres and Princes ioyn And vvith them combine Who themselues declare That they people are Of him that became God of Abraham For God sole soueraign Doth keep and retain In his povverfull hands All shields of all lands His fame high is rais'd His great Name be prais'd Psalme 48. Thanksgiuing GReat is the LORD in this his seat His praises are exceeding great In our God's city his ovvn dvvelling His sacred mountain high excelling verse 2 Sion mountain is in place Full of beauty full of grace Northvvard being scituated To the great King consecrated All the earth therevvith delighted To reioyce there are inuited verse 3 In Sions palace God is knovvn For refuge and deliuerance shovvn verse 4 For lo the Kings their forces ioyned They marched there in league combined verse 5 When they had therof the sight They amazed tooke their flight They and all their troupes astounded Terrifyde vvith fear confounded verse 6 So great horror them agasted Quite avvay they headlong hasted Such trembling fright hold on them tooke That they like traueling vvomen shooke verse 7 Thy eastern tempests storms like thunder Their Tarshish nauy tore in sunder verse 8 VVondrous acts such as vve heard Like hath novv to vs appeard In the city high renovvned VVith the LORD of hosts name crovvned VVhere remaines the sacred dvvelling Of the LORD our GOD excelling Pause The LORD vvill it establish sure For euermore it shall endure verse 9 In midst LORD of thy habitation Thy mercies are our meditation verse 10 LORD according to thy Name And the greatnes of the same So is thy great praise transcending To earths vtmost ends extending Iustice plentifull redoundeth In thy right hand it aboundeth verse 11 Let all in Sions sacred mount Be glad and let the ioyes surmount Of Iudahs daughters amiable For all thy iudgments admirable verse 12 VValk about fair Sions mount Tovvers built thereon recount verse 13 Vievv the Forts vvith circumspection Mark the Pallaces perfection That ye may make the relation To each future generation verse 14 For this God is our God for ay Is euer our defence and stay He is and vvill be our protection In life and death all our direction Psalme 49. Doctrin TO this my speech all people giue good eare All dvvellers in the earth attentiue heare verse 2 The noble and the base both rich and poore All famous and obscure both high and lore verse 3 My mouth shall speak of vvisdom prudent speach My hearts discourse shall vnderstanding teach verse 4 I vvill incline my eare to heare reuealed VVith harp exprest my parable concealed verse 5 VVhy should I feare vvhen euill dayes approach VVhen on me grief and trouble doe incroch And vvhen my sins and foes vvhich do abound Me close at heeles pursevving shall surround verse 6 VVho of his vvealth and povver is confident And boasteth of his riches insolent verse 7 His brothers life cannot saue nor redeeme it Nor ransom pay at vvhich God doth esteem it verse 8 Too deare the price is their souls to release For him to pay it shall for euer cease verse 9 That euer he might liue perpetually And in the pit corruption neuer see verse 10 For he obserues the vvise and prudent dyes They perish as the bruitish fool likevvise At length their strength health vvealth breath death bereaueth All he did ovvn to heirs vnknovvn he leaueth verse 11 Their invvard thought vvhich busieth most their brain Is that their house for euer may remain Their dvvellings to eternize and their fames From age to age their lands do beare their names verse 12 But man by no meanes can himselfe assure That he being in honor shall endure He bideth not nor long this life enioyeth Him like to beasts that perish death destroyeth Pause verse 13 This is their vvay vvhich to no other end But vanity and foolishnes doth tend Their children yet all trained to their trade Approue applaud and laud vvhat they haue said Selah verse 14 Slain as the sheep they in the graue are put Death on their flesh feeding himself doth glut But the vpright all in the morning glorious Dominion shall haue ouer them victorious Their beauty shall be vvasted in the graue Quite from the place vvhere they their dvvelling haue But God vvill me redeem from povvr of hell For he shall me receiue vvith him to dvvell verse 16 VVhen one grovves rich fear not nor him enuy VVhen honors of his house do multiply Selah verse 17 For vvhen he dyes he nought avvay shall carry His glory shall not vvith him goe not tarry verse 18 VVho in this life himselfe doth gratulate And to himself doth good they celebrate verse 19 He shall goe to his fathers out of sight In place obscure and neuer see the light verse 20 The man vvhose state in vvorldly honour flovves But knovvledg vvants still sensuall senceles grovves Nor vnderstands at all vvhat he enioyeth Is like brute beasts vvhom sudden death destroyeth Psalme l. Doctrin THe mighty GOD the LORD eternall blest Hath spoke and cald the earth from East to VVest verse 2 From Sion fair in perfect beauty bright Our God hath shin'd and shovvd forth glorious light verse 3 Our God vvill come his Maiesty reuealing His sentence iust in silence not concealing Before him fire deuouring shall abound About him stormes and tempests shall surround verse 4 To heauen aboue for vvitnes he vvill call And earth beneath to iudg his people all verse 5 My gracious Saints assemble ye combined With me in league by sacrifice assigned verse 6 The heauens shall shevv his righteousnes and might For God himself is Iudg most iust and right Sela. verse 7 My people heare to Israel speak vvill I I am thy GOD to
Psalme 53. Doctrin THe foole in heart the holy God denyes They are corrupt in all their enterprises To be abhord in all their exercises Good vvorks none do nor therunto aduise All are vnvvise verse 2 The Lord from heau'n the sons of men lookt on To see if there vvere any vnderstanding To vvorship him obeying his commanding He searcht mankinde to see if any one Sought God alone verse 3 But vvhen he had them fully searcht and tride He found they vvere become abhominable In all their vvorks corrupt and dâ—testable Not one doth good none follovv God their guide All vvander vvide verse 4 Are all that vvork iniquity past sense That hauing got my people in their povver They them as bread vvith greedy iavves deuovver They call not on the Lord of povver immense Through negligence verse 5 VVhere no dread vvas they vvere brought in great feare For God the Lord the bones of them hath scattred VVho thee besieg'd and those thy vvals haue battred Thou hast them sham'd of God despis'd they vvere Quite cast off there verse 6 From Sion vvho vvill vnto Israel Saluation send vvhen back the Lord returneth The grieuous thrall vvherein his people mourneth In gladnes then shall ioyfull Iacob dvvell And Israel Psalme 54. Prayer LORD GOD almighty saue thou me By thy great Name my soule sustain thou And by thy strength my cause maintain thou And vouchsafe thou my Iudg to be verse 2 O hear me vvhen to thee I pray Thy sacâ—ed eare to me dovvn bend thou And gratiously O Lord attend thou â—o all the vvords that I shall say verse 3 For strangers vp against me rise And mighty Princes tyranizing Do seek my soul to spoil surprising They set not God before their eyes Selah verse 4 Behold my helper God me gards The LORD vvith them for ay remayneth Whose faithfull loue my soul sustaineth Them vvith his presence he revvards verse 5 Euen he it is that vvill distres With their ovvn mischiefs my enuyers Deal vvith them as thy truth requires Them all cut off and quite suppres verse 6 Then shall I vvith alacrity Bring sacrifices acceptable And praise thy Name most honourable Replenisht vvith benignity verse 7 Because from grief he set me free Me from all trouble he inlarged My foes vvith vengeance he surcharged Mine eyes on them my vvill did see Psalme 55. Prayer O LORD heare thou my poore petition Hide not thy eyes at my contrition Do not despise my deprecation verse 2 But bend thy gracious eare to me My cryes oh heare my sorrovv see Regard my mournfull meditation verse 3 For vvhy my furious foes take pleasure To vex perplex me out of measure The vvicked vvork me vilde vexation VVith most malitious madnes they Foul blots and spots vpon me lay VVith much despightfull imputation verse 4 My soul vvith fear doth faint and tremble The pains and pangs of death assemble And me oh me haue so surrounded verse 5 That dreadfull direfull shiuerings mâ—ke My heart each vitall part to quake In vvoe I am vvound vp and vvounded verse 6 Then this I vvisht thus to relieue me O that some one Doues vvings vvould giue me Wherby from dangers vvhich inclose me verse 7 I might escape and fly avvay Into some desart there to stay Selah VVhere I might rest and safe repose me verse 8 Then from those storms blasts loud-blovving Fast vvould I fly svviftly be going Timely to seek some safe protection verse 9 Their tongs O LORD diuide forth pull For I haue seen their city full Of rage and vvrongs most foul infection With vvickednes like vvals inclosed VVithin vvithout of sin composed verse 10 They night and day are bout it vvalking All guilt and guile are in her streets verse 11 Deceit debate there slyly greets There shameles sins are stoutly stalking Pause verse 12 But had my enemy thus vs'd me And thus reproachfully abus'd me I could it better haue endured Or had it been my open foe That raisâ—d himself to bring me lovv I might haue hid my self immured verse 13 But it vvas thou my deare befriended VVhose loue to guide me had pretended VVith vvhom in secret oft I talked verse 14 In consultation ioy'd to meet And mutually took counsell svveet And to Gods house together vvalked verse 15 Therfore shall sudden death dispatch them Hels gaping mouth aliue shall catch them For vvith them violence remaineth And in their dvvellings holdeth place verse 16 But I vvill call to God for grace The Lord me saues and safe maintaineth verse 17 My prayers I to him applyed At euen morn noone to him I cryed Who heard my suit nor did deny me verse 18 In peace from vvaâ—s he set me free From bloudy battell saued me For heau'ns angelike host stood by me verse 19 God vvill me heare vvho changeth neuer Who ruled hath and raigned euer Selah But he shall punish them deiecting Because that they no change do finde Therfore Gods fear they do not minde With hearts obdurate him neglecting verse 20 They on their friends lay hands iniurious Against the peacefull raging furious Their cou'nant they haue violated verse 21 VVhen from his mouth vvords slyly sooth And seem as butter soft and smooth War in his heart is meditated Dissembling deep vvith hony speeches With crovvching creeping sly beseeches His ollyvvords like svvords haue vvounded verse 22 But cast thy care vpon the LORD For he svveet succour vvill afford The iust shall neuer be confounded verse 23 Bloud-thirsty homicides pernicious Deceitfull iuglers vildly vitious Thou Lord vvilt bring to dire perdition They shall not liue out half their dayes But thy sure help my hope shall raise And I vvill trust in thy tuition Psalme lvj Prayer HAue mercy LORD on me for certainly The cruell man at once vvould svvallovv me He fights against me daily furiously Oppressing me each houre verse 2 My enemies vvould daily me deuoure And many fight gainst me vvith all their povver O GOD most high in thee I trust my tovver To thee in feare I fly verse 4 I le praise the LORD for my trust doth rely Vpon his Word assur'd secur'd therby What man can doe no vvhit affrayd am I For I shall be defended verse 5 What euer I to do or speak intended To vvrest against me daily they contended And all their thoughts to this are chiefly bended That mischief me they might verse 6 With ioyn'd consent and most malitious spite They vvatch my steps in ambush day and night To haue me in their povvr they vse their might At my life they haue aymed verse 7 Shall they escape vvithout rebuke vnblamed By vvicked plots and stratagems they framed Confound their hope O LORD make them ashamed In thy vvrath them dovvn cast Pause verse 8 My vvandrings to and fro thou numbred hast And stored vp my teares none fall in vvast Writ in thy book their memory shall last VVhen I to God haue cryed verse 9 His gracious eare to me he hath applyed My foes he
12 Lord it is thou vvho from antiquitie My royall King hast bin thou hast me guided Thou hast for me saluation sure prouided Throughout the earth from danger didst me free verse 13 Thou didst diuide the Sea by thy great might The Dragons in the vvaters thou hast killed The shores along and riuers thou hast filled VVith monsters huge slain in the main out-right verse 14 Thou gau'st the flesh of those sea monsters king To them that dvvell in desarts to deuovver verse 15 And thou hast made by thy almighty povver From out hard rocks clear fountains fresh to spring verse 16 The torrents strong streame thou hast dride vp quite The day the night at thy command abideth Created vvere they by thy hand that guideth The shining Sun and comfortable light verse 17 T is thou alone vvho after thine ovvn vvill The borders of the earth hast scituated The summer thou and vvinter hast created And all thy vvorks thy pleasure do fulfill Pause verse 18 Do not O Lord forget our enemies Thy glory hovv they haue reprocht reuiled Hovv vvith their tongs the foolish haue defiled Thy sacred Name vvhich they blaspheme despise verse 19 Thy Turtle true vvith multitudes beset Of vvicked foes thy Doue thy Deare thy ievvell Commit not thou to their hands vvho are cruell For euer do not thou the poore forget verse 20 Consider thou thy gracious couenant made For novv the earth is full of caues obscured Wherin lurke theeues to bloud and spoil inured VVho vvith all rage and fury vs inuade verse 21 O let not thou the poore returne vvith shame Refuse not thou the cryes of men oppressed Let not the poore be euermore distressed But giue them cause to sing and praise thy Name verse 22 A rise O Lord implead improue thy right Remember hovv the foolish folk defame thee Hovv senselesly they do reproach and blaine thee From day to day thy honor they despite verse 23 Forget not LORD the vprores the loud cryes Of those thy foes vvith fury fierce inraged The tumults rude increase still vnassvvaged Of enemies vvho vp against thee rise Psalme 75. Thanksgiuing and Doctrin LOrd our God vve vvill praise thee We vvill praise thee for thy Name And the glory of the same Neer and deer appeares to be This thy vvondrous vvorks declare VVhich for vs performed are verse 2 VVhen I ore the people raign Iustly shall I iudg the same verse 3 Though the earth be out of frame And all that therin remain I shall set them right again All the pillers I sustain Selah verse 4 To the foolish this said I Do not bear your selues so bold You that vvickednes vphold Lift not vp your horn so high verse 5 Set not vp so high your horn Speak notvvith such pride and scorn verse 6 For of this yourselues assure That preferment comes not forth From the East VVest South or North Being come is not secure verse 7 God is Iudg of high renovvn He sets vp and he puts dovvn verse 8 God holds in his hand of povvr Flagons flovving vvith red vvine He the mixture doth assigne And therof he forth doth povvr Wicked men out of this cup Shall vvring dregs and drink them vp verse 9 But for euer I vvill sing To the God of Iacob praise Of his honor frame my layes verse 10 Wicked horns I off vvill vvring But exalt the glorious might Of all those that vvalk vpright Psalme 76. Thanksgiuing IN Iuda GOD the LORD is knovvn He there hath vvoon eternall fame In Israel of great renovvn And glory is his mighty Name verse 2 In Salem is his house excelling In Sion is his sacred dvvelling verse 3 He brake the main battalions there VVithout compare his forces are Bovves shafts svvords spears shields shiuered vvere By his hands thunderbolts of vvar Selah verse 4 More excellent art thou victorious Then mounts of prey O thou most glorious verse 5 The stout of heart the haughty minde All spoiled are haue slept their sleep None of the mighty men could finde Or hands or hearts themselues to keep verse 6 O God of Iacob thy face frovvned Both horse and charriot slept and drovvned verse 7 Thou art of vvondrous dreadfull might Thee all do fear and only thee For vvho can stand before thy sight VVhen angry thou beginst to be verse 8 From heau'n vvas heard thy iudgment thundring The earth did fear vvith silent vvondring verse 9 VVhen God arose in maiestie To iudgment giuing sentence iust Then vvere the meek on earth set free And saued vvho in him did trust Selah verse 10 For vvhen mans vvrath most fiercely burneth It to thy greater glory turneth But of that rage vvhat doth remain Thou vvilt restrain vvithout delay verse 11 Make vovves to God ye thankfull train VVhat hearts haue vovved let hands pay You that are sau'd by his safe guiding VVho round about him haue your biding From dangers freed bring offrings free To God vvith thanks rich presents beare Who neer and deer vnto him be VVhom all that feared are do feare verse 12 VVho Princes pride prunes off dovvn smiteth Terrestriall Kings vvith terrors frighteth Psalme 77. Doctrin WIth my voyce to God I cryed To him I my plaints applyed I to God my voyce did reare He to me gaue gracious care In the day I vvas distressed To the LORD I me addressed verse 2 Nightly sorrovves did not cease Hands erected sought release Former comforts vvhich I vsed My sad soul hath novv refused verse 3 God remembring grief I found still my troubles did abound VVith my hearts desire vnfained I vnto my God complained Grief my soul did ouerthrovv Being ouervvhelmd vvith vvoe verse 4 Thou my eyes didst hold from sleeping Night and day avvake them keeping Much amazement me assayld That to speak my tong me fayld verse 5 Then vvith better thoughts inspired Dayes of old long since expired I considering thought vpon Ancient yeares times past and gon verse 6 I to minde those songs recorded Which my tuned Harp afforded Of Gods mercy iustice might Meditated in the night In my serious meditation I had much communication With my heart much talk I found Soundly I my soul did sound verse 7 VVill the Lord novv quite reiect vs VVill he neuer more protect vs Is his mercy euer gone Will he neuer heare our mone verse 8 Will the Lord be absent euer VVill he shevv his fauor neuer Neuer shall his grace preuail Shall his Word for euer fail Pause verse 9 Hath our God our sole Defender Quite forgot his mercy tender Can it be that our God hath Selah Shut his mercy vp in vvrath verse 10 And I said my grief expressing This my vveaknes is confessing But recall to minde vvill I Yeares of Gods right hand most high verse 11 I le record the sacred story Of Gods actions full of glory All thy vvonders vvrought of old To remembrance shall be told verse 12 Of thy vvorkes the obseruation Shall be all my meditation My discourse shall be
I' th desart grieue him by their vvickednes Pause verse 41 Yet they again their former sins attempted Vngraciously their gracious GOD they tempted And limited the GOD of povvr vnbounded The holy one of Israel they bounded verse 42 They quite forgot his hand the day that he From all their foes did set them safe and free verse 43 In Egypt he vvrought vvonders admirable In Zoan fields shevvd signes reformidable verse 44 For all their pooles and riuers of cleare vvater He turnd to bloud and filthy gory matter That they became so loathsom did so stink Although their thirst increas'd they could not drink verse 45 Of vermin svvarâ—us so thick he sent among them That greedily did them deuovvr and stong them Them he vvith frogs corrupted and annoyed verse 46 Their fruits and trees he gaue to be destroyed And their increase to Locusts of the field Their vvorks he did to caterpillers yeeld verse 47 Their fruitfull Vines vvith hail he stroid and vvasted Their Sycomores vvith frosts and tempests blasted verse 48 He to the hayle gaue vp their heards inclosed To thunderbolts he all their flocks exposed verse 49 On them he cast rhe fiercenes of his ire His furious vvrath against them burnt like fire On them he tooke iust vengeance for offending Enrag'd among them euill angels sending verse 50 He to his vvrath a ready vvay prepared Their soul from death he nor vvith-held nor spared From Pestilence their life he did not saue But their vvilde beasts he to the morain gaue Pause verse 51 Their first born he throughout all Egypt killed Their firstlings all vvith deadly stroke he thrilled In all Chams tents of all their youth the flovver And prime of all their strength did death deuovver verse 52 But his ovvn folke like to a flock of sheep I' th vvildernes he safe did guide and keep verse 53 He led them safe vvithout all feare secured To drovvn their foes the vvaters he procured And them of feare their foes of life depriued verse 54 They neer vnto his holy place arriued To borders of this mountain he them brought Which his right hand had purchased and bought verse 55 Before them he the heathen people chased His people he in their possessions placed To Israels tribes their lands by lot assigned Yet they vvere still to stubbornes inclined verse 56 For they the most high tempting did prouoke His statutes they neglecting quite forsooke verse 57 For they turndback vnfaithfully departing From his decrees as their forefathers starting Aside like to a bovv deceitfull proued verse 58 They him to vvrath vvith their high places moued They him prouokt to irefull iealousie With idols vain and grau'n imagery Pause verse 59 VVhen God heard this his anger vvas exceeding To shevv his vvrath inflamed vvas proceeding He Israel abhorred and disdained verse 60 He Shilo left vvhere he had long remained In sacred Tent diuine vvhich he did place Among fraile men vvho vvere of earthly race verse 61 He yeelded vp his strength to be captiued The beauty of his glory vvas depriued By force of foes his people to the povver verse 62 Of bloudy svvords he gaue them to deuovver So deadly vvas his dreadfull anger mou'd Against his ovvn inheritance approu'd verse 63 Their choise yong men his vvrathfull flame destroyed Their Virgins praise nor nuptiall feast inioyed Nor vvere they grac'd nor giu'n in vvedlock sacred verse 64 Their Priests did fall by murdring svvord massacred Their vviddovvs these euents did not bevvail For them their life or sense or heart did fail verse 65 But yet the Lord not vtterly forsaking His once belou'd as one from sleep avvaking As after vvine a Champion strength renevveth verse 66 With shovvts and strokes his flying foes pursevveth His enemies so he behinde them smites With pain and shame deserued them requites Pause verse 67 Also the tent of Ioseph he refused Nor as his choise the tribe of Ephraim vsed verse 68 The royall tribe of Iuda he elected Fair Sions mount vvhich he lou'd and affected verse 69 His sacred house he builded in that place As palaces that be of highest grace His palace there his holy habitation He stablished vpon a sure foundation Like to the earth vvhich he for euer founded To his elect so hath his loue abounded verse 70 He of his seruant Dauid choise did make And from the folds of sheep he did him take verse 71 From keeping evves that pregnant vvere he brought him And faithfully to feed his sheep he taught him Iacob to him and Israel he committed His heritage and therunto him fitted verse 72 Who feeding them intire his heart did bide With vvisdom them his faithfull hand did guide Psalme Lxxix Prayer THe heathen haue thy heritage obtained Thy holy house O Lord they haue prophaned Ierusalem thy sacred habitation On heaps is laid and brought to desolation verse 2 Thy Saints dead bodies they To fovvls of heau'n for prey Haue cast vvithout the city Thy seruants flesh made food For vvild beasts of the vvood Inhumane voyd of pitty verse 3 Thy Saints about Ierusalem vvere killed Their bloud despis'd vpon the ground vvas spilled Like vvater streames on euery side it flovved A graue on their dead corpses none bestovved verse 4 VVho neer to vs abide Reproch vs and deride They scoffe and scorn and flout vs. VVe falsly are condemd Disgraced and contemd By them that dvvell about vs. verse 5 Hovv long vvith vs Lord vvilt thou be displeased For euermore vvilt thou nere be appeased And shall thy vvrath inflam'd nere be assvvaged Like fire still burns thy iealousse inraged verse 6 Those Nations ouerthrovv That neuer thee did knovv On them thy vvrath dovvn povver And on those kingdoms all Who neuer yet did call Vpon thy Name of povver verse 7 For Iacob they haue eaten and deuoured And on his race destruction they haue povvred They desart quite haue made his habitation His dvvelling place haue brought to desolation verse 8 Our sins remember not O let all be forgot VVhich euer vve committed Make haste our souls to saue Thy mercy let vs haue For vve are lovv submitted Pause verse 9 Assist thou vs O GOD of our saluation Because of thy Names glorious exaltation Deliuer vs for our safegard prouide thou For thy Name sake all our offences hide thou verse 10 Why should the heathen say VVhere is their God I pray To them vvho God regard not In our sight make him knovvn By vengeance on them shovvn Thy seruants bloud vvho spar'd not verse 11 O let the sighs of prisners poore tormented Before thy face vvith fauour be presented According to the greatnes of thy povver Saue them aliue vvhom death threats to deuovver verse 12 Our neighbours to repay Seau'n-fold do not delay Into their bosom render Reproch and infamie Thervvith they raild on thee Thy self O Lord remember verse 13 So shall vve all thy people seruants loyall The pasture sheep of thee our shepheard royall Thy praises sing in an eternall story
For vvhom thy secret loue prouideth They plot mischieuous machinations verse 4 Come let vs all their land inuade And cut them all quite off they said That they may cease be a Nation That they confounded and ashamed May Israel no more be named But lose their names commemoration verse 5 For they together counsell take Against thee they a league do make The Edomites and Ishmalitish verse 6 The Moabitish generation And those that be of Hagars nation verse 7 The Gebalites and Ammonitish VVith them doth Amalec conspire The Philistims and they of Tyre Together haue their forces ioyned verse 8 Assyrian Ashur hath applyed His arm of strength and fortified The sons of Lot vvith them combined Selah verse 9 So in thy anger deal vvith them As once thou didst vvhen Kishon strem The Midianites drovvnd and destroyed As Sisera and Iabin flying verse 10 Were slain at Endor putrifying Became as dong the fields annoyed Pause verse 11 Make thou their Nobles like Oreb Their Kings and them like to Zeeb Like Zeba and Salmana Princes verse 12 Who said come let vs novv addres vs Of all Gods houses to posses vs And them adioyn to our Prouinces verse 13 My God make them like rovvling vvheels As chaffe or stubble tumbling reeles Which circling round the vvhirlvvind turneth verse 14 As fuell vvhich the forrests beareth The fire consumes flame scorching seareth The mountain tops to povvder burneth verse 15 So them Lord vvith thy storm surround And suddenly consume confound With tempests of thy fury fierie verse 16 Their faces fill vvith shame distained That they therby may be constrained After thy Name to make inquirie verse 17 Let them be sham'd their hope make voyd Let them be vtterly destroyd And make them knovv this vnderstanding That thou alone art God eternall Dread sou'raigne Lord supreme supernall Heau'n earth and all therin commanding Psalme 84. Prayer LOrd God of hosts hovv louely fair Hovv svveet thy dvvelling places are Hovv pleasing and hovv amiable My longing soul faints vvith desire That to thy courts I might aspire VVhose beauty is so admirable My heart my flesh doth pant and cry The liuing God to come more nigh verse 3 The Sparrovv findes a house to rest The svvallovv vvith her yong do nest Near to thy Altar safe abiding Lord God of hosts my God my King O vvhen vvilt thou me thither bring My steps vnto thy Temple guiding verse 4 They all in thy house blessed be There still they vvill be praising thee Selah verse 5 Blest is the man vvhose strength thou art To vvhom thou fauor vvilt impart Their heart to thy path-vvayes applying verse 6 They pas the vale vvhere berries grovv Through places dry vvhere teares do â—ovv On thee the vvell of life relying Deep pits they dig in thirst and pain For springs to fill and shovvrs of rain Pause verse 7 From strength to strength they forvvard go Till Sion they attain vnto Before the Lord their God appearing verse 8 Lord God of hosts vvhose povvr and might Doth guide and gouern all by right Grant my request my prayer hearing Lord God of Iacob vvhen to thee I make my suit giue eare to me Selah verse 9 O God our shield behold the face Of thy annointed look vvith grace For better is one dayes abiding With thee then thousands elsevvhere be Much rather vvould I choose for me To keep thy gates therat residing Then lord it vvith the vvicked train Chief in their Palace to remain verse 11 For God the Lord is gracious He is a sun and shield to vs Our God vvill giue grace and saluation With glory high to be extoll'd And no good thing vvill he vvith-hold From men of vpright conuersation verse 12 Lord God of hosts that man is blest VVhose hope and trust in thee doth rest Psalme 85. Doctrin LOrd to thy land thy grace thou didst declare Thou Iacob hast freed from captiuity verse 2 Thy peoples sins by thee all cou'red are Thou hast forgiuen them their iniquity verse 3 Thou tookst avvay thy anger and thy rage The fiercenes of thy vvrath thou didst assvvage verse 4 O God of our saluation vs returne Cease thou thy vvrath against vs vvhich doth burn verse 5 From age to age shall still thy vvrath remain For euer vvilt thou vvith vs angry be verse 6 VVhy vvilt thou not reuiue vs once again That people thine may all reioyce in thee verse 7 Eternall God to vs thy mercy shovv Thy sauing health on vs daigne to bestovv VVith fauor thine vouchsafe vs to embrace Once more let vs inioy thy glorious grace verse 8 Novv vnto God the Lord vvill I giue eare That I may knovv vvhat he to vs vvill say He vvill speak peace to vvhom he loue doth beare And he his Saints from sins relaps vvill stay verse 9 To them that feare him and to them that fly To him for ayd is his saluation nigh VVhich to his ovvn is surely neare at hand That glory may inhabit in our land verse 10 His mercy and his truth together meet Iustice and peace each other kissing greet verse 11 And faithfulnes out of the earth shall rise And righteousnes shall look dovn from the skyes verse 12 The Lord shall giue that vvhich is good vvith peace And fruitfull make the land yeeld large increase verse 13 In brief before him in his righteous vvay All shall go right and strait not one shall stray Psalme 86. Prayer TO my humble supplicatioÌ„ Lord giue eare acceptatioÌ„ Hear me novv so vveak so poor That ah I can beare no more verse 2 Saue my life O my defeÌ„der for my holy heart is tender Saue thy seruant Lord most iust for in thee alone I trust verse 3 After thy svveet vvonted fashion shovvr dovvn mercy and coÌ„passion On me for incessantly vnto thee O Lord I cry Send O Lord reuiuing gladnes To my soul opprest vvith sadnes Which froÌ„ clog of earth set free vving'd vvith zeale flyes vnto thee verse 5 To thee rich in mercies treasure And in goodnes vvithout measure Neuer failing help to those vvho on thy sure help repose verse 6 Let thy eares vvhich haue bin closed To my prairs be novv vnclosed That my cryes may entrance gain entred may thy grace obtain verse 7 As I haue so vvill I euer in my stormy time perseuer Vnto thee to pray and cry for thou hearst me instantly verse 8 No God else is comparable vnto thee none else is able Once to couÌ„terfeit but one of the vvorks that thou hast done verse 9 Nations all thy hand did fashion And of this round globe each Nation With bovvd knee shall com before thee and thy great name adore verse 10 For thou darter of heau'ns thunders Thou art great and vvorkest vvonders Other gods are vvood and stone thou the liuing God alone verse 11 Teach me Lord thy vvay conduct me Walking in thy truth instruct me Knit my heart to thee sincere thy most sacred name to feare verse 12 Lord my
God thou shalt be praised With my heart to heau'n vpraised And vvhile I haue breath to liue Thanks to thee my breath shall giue verse 13 For vvheÌ„ iustice I deserued thy svveet mercy me preserued Rescuing me from deaths sharp clavvs And from hels deep svvallovving lavves verse 14 Lord the proud vvith malice endles band against me help Vsing vvithout feare of thee fraud or force to ruin me verse 15 But thy might their malice passes And thy grace thy might surpasses Svvift to mercy slovv to vvrath bound nor end thy goodnes hath verse 16 Thy kind looks no more deny me But vvith eyes of mercy eye me Me thy seruaÌ„t giue at length easing ayd or bearing strength verse 17 Some good gracious token shevv me That my foes vvho seek t'orethrovv me May be sham'd or vext to see thee to help and comfort me Psalme 87. Prayer and prophecy ON sacred hils and mountains her foundations The Lord hath layd they neuer shall remoue verse 2 Fair Sions gates the most high God doth loue Aboue the rest of Iacobs habitations verse 3 What glorious things throughout the vvorld reported Are said of thee thou City of the Lord Selah verse 4 Of Babylon and Rahab I 'le record And mention them among my friends consorted The Tyrians Mores Philistims euery nation Shall citizens becom and natiues there verse 5 It shall be said of Sion that in her All people had their birth and education verse 6 The Lord vvhose Word most sure he doth rely on His Sion vvill establish by his might The people there recounting he vvill vvrite The Nations and all others born in Sion Selah verse 7 VVith instruments and voyces ioyfull singing His honor high they all shall euer sound Thus saith the Lord in Sion shall abound My fount of grace for euer freshly springing Psalme 88. Prayer ETernall Lord my Sauer dear Both day and night my cryes implore thee O let my prayer come before thee Vnto thy presence entring near Incline to heare thy eare applying To my sad plaints and rufull crying verse 3 My soul is fild vvith misery My life dravves to the graue neer ending verse 4 VVith them that dovvnvvard are descending In dungeon deep account they me To help my self I am vnable A strengthles man poor vveak vnstable verse 5 Among the dead become as free As if some murdrous hand had slaine me And that the graue did entertain me As if thou hadst forgotten me As thy remembrance me had balked As from thy hand I vvere defalked verse 6 I' th lovvest pit thou hast me layd In darknes deep vncomfortable verse 7 Thy heauy vvrath insupportable To ouerpres me thou hast made VVith all thy vvaues thou hast me vexed With storms and tempests me perplexed Selah verse 8 Me far from my acquaintance all Thou hast remou'd they care not for me VVhom late they lou'd they novv abhor me And thou hast shut me vp in thrall Close prisner made in such a tovver From vvhence to scape I haue no povver Pause verse 9 Through anguish vvasted vvas my fight O Lord to thee my griefe vnfolding I daily call my hands vpholding verse 10 Wilt thou to dead men shevv thy might And vvilt thou them vvith povver enable To knovv thy vvonders admirable Selah Shall dead men rise to magnifie Thee vvith vvhom none may be compared verse 11 And shall thy kindnes be declared By them that in the graue do ly Shall they vvhom thou hast quite destroyed To praise thy iustice be imployed verse 12 Shall thy great vvonders vvrought be shovvn Where darknes euermore remaineth I' th land vvherin obliuion raigneth verse 13 Shall there thy righteousnes be knovvn VVith these my cryes Lord I implore thee My earely prayr shall come before thee verse 14 Lord vvhy dost thou my soul reiect And hid'st thy face from me in anguish verse 15 Afflicted from my youth I languish Expiring present death expect Enduring thy affrighting terrors Distracted still vvith doubtfull errors verse 16 Thy â—uries fierce pas ouer me Thy horrors feares dismay confound me verse 17 Like vvater-flouds about surround me On euery side continually The dread of them doth make me tremble VVho to beleaguer me assemble verse 18 My knovvn acquaintance are estrang'd My fellovv friends vvhich me haue loued From me far off thou hast remoued Their former loue to hate is chang'd They in my grief no fauor shovv me In darknes hid they vvill not knovv me Psalme 89. Prayer THe mercies of the Lord I le sing continually To ages all record his truths fidelity verse 2 For this is truth most sure it cannot be denyed His grace doth ay endure establisht verified As heau'n perpetually keepes course inuariable So his fidelity much more is firm and stable verse 3 Th' eternall Lord hath said vvith my ovvn folk elect I haue a couenant made and svvorn it to effect On Dauid and his race vvho is my seruant loyall verse 4 I vvill bestovv my grace and bles vvith blessings royall His throne I vvill aduance and build his habitations For his inheritance throughout all generations verse 5 The heaun's O Lord shal praise thy vvondrous acts diuine Thy faithfulnes alvvaies among thy Saints shall shine verse 6 For vvho is there so high aboue the clouds declared Remaining in the sky vvith thee to be compared Or vvho the children are of mighty States supernall May they vvith thee compare vvho art the Lord eternall verse 7 The Lord vvith fear renovvn'd among his Saints vvil be To all about him round most reuerend is he verse 8 O Lord of armies might thy strength is admirable VVith thee in povvrfull fight vvhat lord is comparable Thy avvfull maiesty is all about surrounded With faithfull constancy vvhich euer hath abounded Pause verse 9 In thee alone it lyes to rule the raging seas When vvaues therof arise thou them dost soone appease verse 10 Proud Egypt thou struckst dovvn al vvounded ruinated Thy foes thou hast orethrovvn thy arm them dissipated verse 11 Both heau'n earth are thine The vvorlds store thou hast founded By thy great povvr diuine by thy might vnbounded verse 12 The north east south vvest by thee vvere plac'd made West Tabor Hermon east in thy Name shall be glad verse 13 A mighty arm thou hast thy hand is strong prepared That thy right hand is plac'd on high thou hast declared verse 14 Iudgment and equity thy royall throne sustaineth Thy truth and clemency before thy face remaineth verse 15 That people blessed is vvho knovv the ioyfull sound Their hopes do neuer mis their comforts do abound Lord they their vvalk shal frame in light of thy face shining verse 26 Reioycing in thy Name from morn till dayes declining Thy iustice to confes They shall be dignified And in thy righteousnes on high be magnified verse 17 For if vve strength obtain vve shall thee glorifie Thy fauor if vve gain our might shall rise on high verse 18 Vs ayd he doth afford against
declared verse 17 Of God the Lord O let the excellency Appeare on vs and on our vvorks prepared All our designes and vs guide and direct Our handy vvorks establish and protect Psalme 91. Doctrin WHo in the house of God most high For his defence resideth verse 2 And to th' Almighties shade doth fly In safety sure abideth Of God the Lord this say I must He is my sure saluation In him my God I hope and trust My strong fortification verse 3 For from the subtle fovvlers snare He vvill thee free for euer From euils that contagious are He vvill thee safe deliuer verse 4 He vvith his feathers thee vvill hide His vvings vvill safegard yeeld thee His truth vvill thee defend and guide And as a buckler shield thee verse 5 Thou shalt not feare the darkest night Of horrors terrifying Nor yet the arrovv by day light That deadly vvoundeth flying verse 6 Nor for the vvalking pestilence That in the dark annoyeth Nor for the plague vvhose violence At noone day light destroyeth verse 7 On both sides though ten thousand fall All dangers quite shall cleare thee Therof haue thou no feare at all It shall not once come neare thee verse 8 Thine eyes shall only this obserue And see it vvorth regarding The vvicked shall as they deserue Receiue their full revvarding Pause verse 9 Since thou the mighty Lord hast made Thy refuge thy saluation To God most high this vvord hast said Thou art my habitation verse 10 No euill shall to thee befall Of this be vvell assured The plague shall not approach at all In thy tent rest secured verse 11 For he his Angels vvill command To them this charge expressing To keep thee that thou safe maist stand In all thy vvayes thee blessing verse 12 They in their hand thee vp shall beare VVith them in safety biding Lest thou thy foot do dash or teare Against a stone dovvn sliding verse 13 Thou Lyons Adders shalt dovvn tread Their povvr to hurt bereauing And trample on the Dragons head No harm at all receiuing verse 14 I vvill him free because on me He all his loue bestovveth I vvill exalt him high for he Feares me and my Name knovveth verse 15 VVhen he inuokes me I vvlll heare And ansvver him distressed I vvill release him free from feare VVith honor make him blessed verse 16 Of long life he shall haue his fill To his ovvn contentation Make him to see my loue I vvill And shevv him my saluation Psalme XCij. Consolation TO God giue thanks confessing It is a gracious thing Thy Name most high to sing In Psalms thy praise expressing verse 2 I' th morn betimes prepared Thy mercies forth to shevv verse 3 Thy faithfulnes most trevv Each night shall be declared VVith many strings abounding vpon the Polyphon Lute and Psalterion vvith song and harp svveet sounding verse 4 Thou hast me recreated Lord by thy Word diuine In handy vvorks of thine I 'le shovvt exhilerated verse 5 Lord vvhat magnificency is in all thou hast vvrought And hovv profound thy thought in vvisdoms excellency verse 6 This knovvledge is not gained by men of shallovv vvit The vnvvise do not knovv it fooles haue not this attained verse 7 That vvhen the vvicked flourish as the grasse do grovv Though they in vvealth do flovv vvho vvickednes do nourish Yet soon i th pit infernall they fall perpetually verse 8 But thou eternally art Lord supreme supernall Pause verse 9 Lo Lord thy foes shal perish gainst thee vvho be imployd And they shall be destroyd vvho vvicked vvorks do cherish verse 10 But thou vvilt high erect me and as an Vnicorn Thou vvilt exalt my horn aloft and still protect me My head shall be annointed vvith fresh oyle and my eyes verse 11 Shall see my enemies of their hope disappointed My eares as I desired shall hear the ouerthrovves Of my rebellious foes against me vvhich conspired verse 12 The righteous generation as Palm shall flourish fair And grovv as Cedars are of Lebanon plantation verse 13 VVho in Gods house haue dvvelling And by him planted vvere Shall fairely flourish there in our Gods courts excelling verse 14 More fruitfull still increasing Though they be aged old Them fat and strong behold to flourish neuer ceasing verse 15 Gods righteousnes reuealing in him my rock I trust For he is euer iust vvithout iniurious dealing Psalme 93. Consolation THe Lord doth raign in soueraign royalty Is cloath'd vvith strength and highest maiesty VVith povvr hath girt himselfe supreme hath prou'd The vvorld he set so sure shall not be mou'd verse 2 Establisht is thy Throne eternally O God thou art from all eternity verse 3 The flouds O Lord haue lifted vp their voyce The surging vvaues mount vvith impetuous noyse verse 4 Though seas do rore and boistrous billovvs beat Incountring fierce i' th Ocean outrage threat Thy countermand O Lord becalms the sea The skyes declare thy povver more then they verse 5 Eternall Lord most faithfull and most sure Thy sacred Lavves and testimonies dure For euermore O Lord thy sanctity Adornes thy house to all eternity Psalme 94. Consolation O Lord to vvhom reuenge pertaineth The God vvho vengeance iust ordaineth Of all the earth thou Iudg suprem O let thy iustice shine forth clear verse 2 Aduance thy self in povvr appear Cast dovvn the proud revvard thou them verse 3 Hovv long shall vvicked men shevv gladnes Hovv long triumph vvith merry madnes verse 4 Lord shall their railing speeches loud Not cease to vtter crueltie And all that vvork iniquity Themselues still vanting grovv so proud verse 5 Thy people Lord they haue oppressed Thy sacred heritage distressed They rob and spoile it all they may verse 6 The vviddovv and the stranger they Do murther and the Orphan slay Not sparing any yet they say verse 7 The Lord shall neither see nor knovv it To Iacobs God not any shovv it He marks not vvhat vve enterprise verse 8 But O ye bruitish in the Land Among the people vnderstand When vvill ye learn O ye vnvvise verse 9 VVho planted hath the eare for hearing VVho made the eyes for sight appearing Shall he not heare shall he not see verse 10 VVho all the Heathen scourged hath Shall he not make them feare his vvrath Who giues all knovvledge knovves not he Pause verse 11 The LORD doth knovv mans cogitations Discouers his imaginations Knovvs all his thoughts but vanity verse 12 O blest vvhom thou Lord keepst in avv VVhom thou dost teach out of thy Lavv The vvay to all felicity verse 13 To giue him quietnes assured From euill dayes at rest secured From troubles and aduersity Vntill there digged be a pit For vvicked men to fall in it Revvarding their impiety verse 14 For God his people so affecteth That them he leaues not nor reiecteth Nor vvill his heritage forsake verse 15 Return to iustice iudgment shall Who be of heart vpright they all To follovv it their vvay shall take verse 16 Who vvill me
th' Ocean spacious The vvorld and all therin rebound verse 8 Before the Lord the riuers flovving In signe of ioy shall clap their hands The hils also their gladnes shovving Reioyce together in all lands verse 9 For God the Lord vvho euer liueth To iudg the earth comes speedily He to the vvorld iust iudgment giueth And to the people equity Psalme 99. Consolation GOd the Lord doth raign suprem doth remain People obstinate quake amaz'd therat He doth sit vpon Cherubims his throne Let the earth be moued vvhich his povvr hath proued verse 2 God the Lord is great Sion is his seat He is high ore all people serue him shall verse 3 Let them all giue praise to his Name alvvaies For his great Name solely dreadfull is and holy verse 4 This great King of might loueth iudgment right He makes permanent all iust gouernment He in Iacob vvrought and to pas hath brought Righteousnes prepared iudgment iust declared verse 5 God exalt vvith praise laud the Lord alvvaies Serue him as is meet prostrate at his feet To him be submis for he holy is verse 6 Moses rule maintaining Aaron Priest ordaining Pause He set Samuel vvhere the Priests do dvvell For the people all on his Name to call They to God did pray vvho heard them alvvay When to God they cryed he to them replyed verse 7 From the cloudy sky he spake from on high VVhere his pillar bright gaue them fiery light They did him obey vvalking in his vvay Did vvhat he vvould haue them Kept the Lavv he gaue them verse 8 Lord so good vvast thou vvho to them didst bovv Dovvn thy gracious eare for they ansvvered vvere Thou O God dost liue vvho didst them forgiue Though some vvere corrected for their crimes detected verse 9 Giue the Lord all praise high his honor raise Let vs euermore him serue and adore By his sacred vvill at his holy hill For our God is solely glorious and most holy Psalme 100. Thanksgiuing ALl people dvvelling on the earth Sing to the Lord vvith ioy and mirth verse 2 The Lord adore vvith thankfull voyce Approach his presence sing reioyce verse 3 Knovv ye the Lord is God euen he It is that made vs hath not vve We are his people he doth keep Vs safe as his ovvn pasture sheep verse 4 Then enter in his gates vvith praise And in his courts giue thanks alvvayes Vnto the Lord let vs confes His sacred Name vvith praises bles verse 5 For God is good his clemency His mercy and benignity His truth and his fidelity Endure to all eternity Psalme 101. Doctrin of policy OF mercy milde vvith iudgment iust vniting Novv vvill I sing to thee O Lord inditing The Psalm I sing to thee my God belongs Such Psalms such songs verse 2 In perfect vvayes my feet shall vvalk precisely And I at home my vvorks vvill order vvisely Vntill my heart sincere approach thy sight All blest all bright verse 3 By me ill vvorks shall not be imitated Backsliders deeds by me are euer hated These all of these my heart shall quite disdain Refuse refrain verse 4 My vpright soul shall neuer be acquainted With vvicked men vvhose vvorks vvith sin are tainted From me a levvd and frovvard peruerse heart Shall pack shall part verse 5 Backbiters tongs that vvickedly haue vvounded Their neighbors name by me shall be confounded I neuer could a supercilious looke Once beare once brooke verse 6 My eyes of loue shall euer be reflected On faithfull men to be by me protected The man that liues religiously vvith me Shall honord be verse 7 A fellovv fraught vvith fly dissimulation Shall neuer haue vvith me cohabitation A lyer from my presence presently Shall fall shall fly verse 8 I vvill destroy and that vvith expedition All vvicked men accustomd to transgression Not one of these in Gods all holy land Shall stay shall stand Psalme 102. Comfort TO my prayr O Lord attend thou Gracious eare to my suit bend thou Let my cry come vnto thee Do not hide thy face from me verse 2 In the day I am distressed When I am vvith grief oppressed When I call afflicted needy Daign to me thy succor speedy verse 3 For my life avvay consumeth In the ayr as smoke that sumeth Burnd and parched are my bones As an hearth of mouldred stones verse 4 My sad heart vvith dolour vvasted Like the vvitherd gras is blasted Bread I eat none though they set it Ready for me I forget it verse 5 Long laments my voyce bereauing Dry my skin to my bones cleauing verse 6 Like a Pollican I mone In the vvildernes alone Like an ovvle it selfe that hideth In the deserts vvilde abideth To the vvoods alone retiring Solitarines desiring verse 7 As a sparrovv sole alighted On the house top trembling frighted Or in couert out of sight I vvatch restles all the night verse 8 All the day my foes iniurious Me reproch against me furious To destroy me are inraged Gainst me are by oath ingaged verse 9 Dust and ashes ouer-spred me Which in sted of bread hath fed me All my drink is mingled still VVith the tears my eyes distill verse 10 For thy vvrath and indignation To my trouble and vexation Me on high hath eleuated Dovvn again precipitated verse 11 All my times and dayes assigned Like a shadovv are declined Wasting they avvay do pas I am vvithered like the gras verse 12 But thou Lord our God supernall Art for euermore eternall Thy memoriall dureth euer To all ages failing neuer verse 13 Thou shalt raise thy self arising Povvrfull iustice exercising Thou vvilt shevv thy mercy great On thy Sion thy ovvn seat For if euer thou vvilt saue her Novv is time to shevv thy fauer To compassion be inclined Novv is come the time assigned verse 14 For the stones therof deiected Haue thy seruants much affected Mouldred dust therof doth moue Them to pitty vvhich it loue verse 15 Heathen people thy Name hearing Shall submit thy great Name fearing All the Kings on earth aspiring Shall thy glory see admiring verse 16 When the Lord vvhom vve rely on Shall rebuild his sacred Sion He shall in his glory bright Vnto all appeare in sight verse 17 He vvill hear the supplication Of the poore in tribulation When the destitute complaineth Their complaints he nere disdaineth Pause verse 18 For the future generation Shall be vvrit this declaration That all ages may relate And vvith praise it celebrate People vvhich shall be created To Gods seruice consecrated Shall sing praises and thanksgiuing To the Lord God euerliuing verse 19 For he hath in mercies ample Lookt dovvn from his sacred Temple God did vievv vvith gracious eyes Lovvly earth frem lofty skyes For to heare the prisners groning verse 20 And compassionate their moninge To release their bonds inclined VVhich are vnto death assigned verse 21 That in Sion of Gods glory They may celebrate the story And declare his sacred praise In Ierusalem alvvayes verse 22 VVhen together
shall this behold Therin take ioy and pleasure Bad men their tongs shall hold perplexed vvithout measure verse 43 VVho vvisdom true attaineth And vvill these thingâ— obserue Of Gods grace knovvledg gaineth That he the Lord may serue Let men vvith thanks confes Gods mercies fauourable To Adams race expres Gods vvorks most admirable Psalme 108. Prayer O God my heart is firm prepard In Psalms thy praise shall be declar'd My glory sing his vvorthy praise My Lute my Harp your selues vpraise verse 2 Before the day do davvn avvake Right early I this taske vvill take With heart and hand my voyce concenting Betimes i' th morning day preuenting verse 3 O Lord I vvill thee celebrate Among the people I 'le relate With my vvhole hearts affections Thy praise among the nations verse 4 Because thy great benignity Thy mercy and thy verity Aboue the heau'ns most high ascendeth Aboue the cloudy sky extendeth verse 5 Exalt thy self O God most high Thy glory ore the earth and sky verse 6 Thy ovvn beloued saue and free With thy right hand and ansvver me verse 7 For vvhy the Lord to vs hath said In holines I vvill be glad Diuiding Shechem at my pleasure The vale of Succoth I vvill measure verse 8 Of Galaad land both vaâ—e and mount As my possession I account Manassa rich that vvealth of thine Without all doubt becommeth mine To me doth Ephraim belong The chief part of my army strong And I the kingdom vvill deliuer To royall Iuda my Lavv-giuer verse 9 The Moabites shall then submit For seruile base employments fit As they deserue such is their lot Vnder my feet to vvash my pot And as for Edom this I 'le doe I ouer it vvill cast my shoe Ore Palestina that proud nation I vvill triumph vvith exultation verse 10 But vvho vvill lead me novv along Into the city builded strong For sure defence vvhere I may bide VVho into Edom vvill me guide verse 11 Wilt thou O God not this effect Who vs thy people didst reiect And thou O God vvouldst not instruct vs Nor lead our armies nor conduct vs. verse 12 Novv giue thou vs help from distres Against those vvho vvould vs oppres Saue vs for there is none that can On earth vain is the help of man verse 13 God giues vs valor to preuaile Against all those that vs assaile And he vvill by his mighty povver Tread dovvn them vvho vvould vs deuoure Psalme 109. Prayer O Lord God of my praise and glory From me in silence do not tary verse 2 From false tongs levvdly lovvdly lying Against me vntruths multiplying Their mouthes deceitfull novv sâ— cope Me falsly to condemn they hope verse 3 VVith vvords malitious they surround me With vvar pernicious to confound me verse 4 For loue vvhich I on them bestovved Their hate against me they haue shovved But I to pray my self addrest For succor causelesly distrest verse 5 My good vvill they vvith ill requited My loue to them their hate excited verse 6 The vvicked one vvhich doth deuovver Shall therfore ouer him haue povver His enemy shall ready stand Perniciously at his right hand verse 7 VVhen he before the Iudg is proued As guilty he shall be remoued When he his prayr shall haue erected VVith shame it shall return reiected verse 8 His dayes a number small shall make Another shall his office take Pause verse 9 His Orphans all shall be oppressed His vviddovv euermore distressed verse 10 His children vagabonds be taken And vvandring lurke in streets forsaken In secret beg from gate to gate And lurke in corners desolate verse 11 His goods by vs'rers shall be snared His toyles be spoyles by robbers shared verse 12 VVhen he in vvant is like to perish In mercy no man shall him cherish Nor shall there any for his sake On his poor Orphans pitty take Pause verse 13 His race and all his generation Shall suffer vtter extirpation And in the age that next doth follovv Obliuion shall his black name svvollovv verse 14 The Lord shall euer mindefull be Of his fathers iniquity Forgetfulnes shall neuer smother The vvickednesses of his mother verse 15 The Lord shall giue them pardon neuer They shall be odious to him euer He shall them put to endlesse shame From earth shall cut their hatefull name verse 16 For he had no commiseration Nor minded poor mens tribulation But on the needy vvhich did languish Perplexed in extremest anguish His fury he did execute Their life to death did persecute verse 17 In cursing others he delighted With curses he shall be requited He blessing hated neuer loued From him shall blessing be remoued verse 18 Himself vvith cursed furious vvrath As vvith a garment cloath'd he hath Into his belly like to vvater Throughout his bovvels it shall scatter verse 19 Into his bones still penetrating Like corsiue oyl them macerating As garments giâ—t about his vvaste Close to him alvvaies sticking fast verse 20 This shall to my foes be avvarded The Lord vvill haue them thus revvarded He vvill confound them that annoy me Whose slandrous tongs seek to destroy me But thou O Lord for thy Names sake Be good to me some pitty take Pause verse 21 Thou Lord of goodnes art the giuer Of thy great mercy me deliuer verse 22 For I am needy and oppressed My heart is vvounded and distressed verse 23 Like to a shadovv I decline At euen vvhen light doth cease to shine From place to place tost I betake me Leap like a locust they do make me verse 24 My knees are feeble grovvn vvith fasting My flesh avvay from bones is vvasting My ioynts all fleshles naked are And all my body leane and bare verse 25 I their reproches haue endured Their scoffs to beare I am inured Beholding me in anguish painfull At me they shake their heads disdainfull verse 26 My Lord my God O ayd thou me In mercy let me saued be verse 27 Let them all knovv thou Lord didst do it That thou didst set thy hand vnto it VVe this deliuerance had not gained If thy might had not vs sustained verse 28 Though they their curse on vs bestovv That thou dost bles vs let them knovv VVhen they arise vvith rage inflamed Cast thou them dovvn abasht ashamed Thy seruant raise vvith ioy abounding verse 29 But cloth my foes vvith shame confounding By themselues let them couer'd be As vvith a cloke of infamy verse 30 Lord vvith my mouth I vvill confes thee In great assemblies I vvill bles thee I 'le praise thee for thy excellency verse 31 For thou by thy omnipotency VVilt ayd the poore him saue from them VVhich vvickedly his soule condem Psalme 110. Doctrin prophecy THe mighty Lord vnto my Lord declared His sacred minde to him these vvords he spake At my right hand take thou thy seat prepared Vntill thy foes thy footstool I shall make verse 2 From Sion hill to thee the Lord eternall Shall send the rod and scepter of thy might And thou shalt
yet the poore that gleaneth in the field Of vvhaâ—â—s left his little lapfull heapeth verse 8 Nor passenger that passeth by the same shall bid God bles or vvishing say vve bid ye Good luck from God or to them in his Name So much as say God speed your vvork God speed ye Psalme 130. Prayer FRom depth profound distressed in grief and miserie My cryes I haue addressed O Lord my God to thee verse 2 Lord heare my lamentatioÌ„ vouchsafe my voyce to hear And to my supplication bovv dovvn attentiue eare verse 3 Lord if thou mark our errors and vvhat is done amis To suffer thy dread terrors O Lord vvho able is verse 4 But mercy and compassion are euermore vvith thee Therfore vvith adoration thy Name shall feared be verse 5 On God my soul attendeth in him is all my trust My hope and faith dependeth vpon his promise iust verse 6 My soul to God aspireth more earnestly alvvay Then he vvhom vvatching tireth doth look for break of day verse 7 Lay thy firm hopes foundation on God O Israel For in him sure saluation and boundles mercy dvvell He dearly doth esteem thee O Israel by his grace He freely vvill redeem thee and all thy sins deface Psalme 131. Consolation O Lord I haue no haughty minde I haue no lofty looking eye I haue nought dared nor design'd Too great for me too hard too high verse 2 Nay if I haue not meekly milde VVith humblenes my self demeande In quiet silence as a childe That nevvly from the brest is vveand If that I haue not soly set My soul on thee to trust in thee As th'infant taken from the teat Of his ovvn mother minde not me verse 3 Euen so O Israel elect trust in the Lord on him depend His pleasure euermore expect From this time forth vnto the end Psalme 132. Prayer O Lord our God recall to minde Thy seruant Dauids misery Affliction and calamity verse 2 Hovv he by oath himself did binde To Iacobs God vovv'd solemnly verse 3 Behold said he this vovv I make My house shall neuer me inclose Nor on my bed vvill I repose verse 4 My eyes no sleep at all shall take No slumber shall my eye lids close verse 5 Vntill I finde a resting place Where Gods Ark may vvith vs remain VVhere vve the Lord may entertain The God of Iacob and his race Whose might doth Israel sustain verse 6 Because his seat oft changed vvas From time to time as vve heard say It oft had bin at Ephrata From place to place it oft did pas In vvoods and fields vve found it stay verse 7 Novv since this place he liketh best Into his palace vve vvill go Before his footstooll falling lovv verse 8 Arise O Lord into thy rest Thy self and thy Arks strength there shovv verse 9 Cloath thou thy Priests vvith righteousnes Let them from thee glad tidings bring Let all thy Saints reioyce and sing verse 10 Thy seruant Dauid daigne to blesse Refuse not thine anointed King verse 11 The Lord hath svvorn in verity Who vvill not change nor turn from it To Dauid saying I permit That one of thy posterity Vpon thy throne shall euer sit verse 12 My couenant if thy sons obey And this my testimoniall Which vnto them declare I shall Their sons also shall sit for ay Vpon thy Throne imperiall verse 13 For God the Lord hath made his choice Of Zion fair vvhich doth excell verse 14 Saying I haue delight to dvvell Herein I rest here I reioyce For ay this place doth like me vvell verse 15 His poore vvith bread I 'le satisfie VVith all good things they shall abound verse 16 His Priests vvill I inuiron round VVith my saluation there vvill I Make all her Saints their ioyes resound verse 17 There vvill I make to bud and spring The horn of Dauid raised high A lamp of light prepar'd haue I For mine annoynted sacred King Whose glory I vvill multiply verse 18 His enemies vvill I confound VVith shame they shall be cloathd all ore His glorious state vvill I restore And on his sacred head renovvnd His crovvn shall â—ourish euermore Psalme 133. Doctrin BEhold hovv good hovv pleasant amiable And gracious is the loue inuiolable Of brethren vvhich together dvvell verse 2 Resembling right the precious oyntment smell The sacred oyl vvhich Gods lavv did appoint The high Priest Aaron to annoint VVhich plenteously vpon his head vvas poured And to his beard and garment skirts dovvn shovvred VVith svveetest scent perfuming all verse 3 Distilling dovvn like devvs that timely fall On Sion mount and fertile Hermon hill Which all the land vvith fruit doth fill Euen there the Lord his bounty large expressing Will povvr and shovvr his fauor grace and blessing And life eternall giue he vvill Psalme 134. Doctrin YE seruants of the Lord of might VVho in his house do vvatch by night Attending there your selues addres The Lord our God to praise and bles verse 2 VVho in his Sanctuary stand To bles the Lord lift heart and hand To sound his praise your selues prepare And let your voyce his acts declare verse 3 The Lord bles thee for his Name sake VVhose povvr the heau'n and earth did make From Sions mount vvhere he doth raign Thou blessed shalt for ay remain Psalme 135. Doctrin ALl ye seruants of the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 2 Ye that in Gods house do stand There performing his command Ye that in his courts do dvvell Praise his Name vvhich doth excell verse 3 Praise the Lord for good is he Sing his name in Psalmody Nothing can more pleasant be verse 4 He hath chosen graciously Iacob and his Israel He accounteth his ievvell verse 5 For I this do knovv right vvell That the Lord is great and high verse 6 Our God doth all Gods excell He doth in the earth and sky In the riuers and the seas Whatsoeuer he doth please verse 7 He the vapors makes ascend from the earths remotest end He from heau'n the lightning flings Dovvn to earth the raine he brings From his treasures of all kinds He le ts loose the vvrastling vvinds verse 8 All first-born in Egypt land Were slain by his dreadfull hand Firstlings all they dead did find Both of beasts and humane kind verse 9 Egypt in the midst of thee Thou his vvondrous vvorks didst see Pharo and his host he droun'd In the red seas depth profouÌ„d verse 10 Kings and nations he orethrevv Mighty Sihon king he slevv verse 11 Og the King of fat Basan 〈◊〉 all the kings of canaan verse 12 To his people Israel He bequeathed all the land To possesse it there to dvvell This vvas done at his coÌ„mand verse 13 Lord thy name and clemency lasteth to eternity Lord thy euerlasting name Is from age to age the same verse 14 For the Lord of povvr and might VVill his people iudg vvith right When his seruants him displease He his vvrath vvill soon appease verse 15 Idols of
the Gentils are Bought and sold as other vvare Made of siluer or of gold VVhich the vvorkmans hand doth mould verse 16 Mouths they haue yet speechles be Eyes they haue yet cannot see verse 17 Eares they haue yet heare no sound Nostrils vvhere no breath is found verse 18 Like in nature like in name To them are they vvho them frame They haue all as little sense vvho in them haue confidence verse 19 Bles the Lord O Israel Ye that in his house do dvvell Aarons house your selues addresse God the Lord to praise and blesse verse 20 House of Leui yeeld him praise Magnifie his name alvvayes All that loue and feare the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 21 Blesse the Lord for euermore Out of Sion him adore Where his glory high excels In Ierusalem vvho dvvells Psalme 136. Thanksgiuing PRaise the Lord to him confes Giue him thanks for his goodnes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 2 To the God of Gods giue praise Giue him praise and thanks alvvaies For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 3 To the Lord of Lords giue praise Giue him glorious thanks alvvayes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 4 Giue him praise and thanks each one VVho doth vvonders great alone For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 5 Giue him thanks his praise relate Heau'n his vvisdome did create For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 6 Praise him vvho the earth out spread Ore the vvaters stablished For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 7 In the heau'n he made great lights Shining therin dayes and nights For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 8 He the Sun made vvith his rayes Domineering ore the dayes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 9 Moon and stars of lesser lights To command and rule the nights For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 10 He did smite vvith povvrfull hand In their first born Egypt land For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 11 He brought thence his Israel VVho long there opprest did dvvell For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 12 VVith strong hand and stretcht out arm He protected them from harm For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 13 He the red sea did diuide Seeming vvals on euery side For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 14 And vvhile so it standing vvas Through it safe did Israel pas For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 15 Pharoh and his army dround Follovving in sea profound For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 16 He did lead his people in VVildernes of Shur and Sin For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 17 Giue thanks to the Lord of might Praise him vvho great Kings did smite For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 18 Killing Kings incontinent By his povver euident For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 19 Sihon King of Amorites He slevv by his Israelites For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 20 Og the King of Basan land Dyed by his dreadfull hand For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 21 Then their land avvay he gaue That his people it might haue For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 22 To his seruant Israel To possesse it there to dvvell For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 23 VVhen in ill estate vve stood He remembred vs for good For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 24 Our distressers he destroyd Freedom vve by him inioyd For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 25 All his creatures he doth feed Nourishing them at their need For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 26 To the Lord the God of heau'n Let all thanks and praise be giuen For his great benignity dureth to eternity Psalme 137. Complaint BY Euphrates vve captiue sat lamenting Proud Babels streams vvith streaming tears augmenting O Sion dear vvhen vve remembred thee verse 2 In midst of thrall abiding exiles vve VVith hearts grief pang'd vvith flouds of plaints oreflovving Our harps vve hang d on vvillovv plants there grovving verse 3 Then they vvhose rage and fury vs captiued Importun'd vs to sing our ioyes depriued Insulting bid vs Sion songs expres verse 4 Alas said vve hovv can vve here addres Our mournfull hearts to sing the songs ordained To praise our God in strangers land prophaned verse 5 Let my right hand disus'd forget for euer All harping skill if I do not perseuer Ierusalem thee in my minde to beare verse 6 To my mouths roof let my tong fast adhere Nere let me be vvith any ioyes endevved Vntill I see thy former ioyes renevved verse 7 Remember Lord hovv Edoms race inflamed With rage against Ierusalem exclamed That dismall day vvhen it quite vvaste vvas layd Remember hovv inhumanly they said Sack kill spoil burn turn all to desolation Race dovvn to ground demolish the foundation verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babel be destroyed Thrise happy he vvhose povvr shall be imployed As thou hast vs more vvretched thee to make verse 9 May they be blest vvhose zealous hand shall take From brests impure thy brauling brats and brain them And dash their bones gainst stones till they haue slain them Psalme 138. Thanksgiuing WIth all my heart I vnto thee Will thankfull be Thy goodnes praising VVhere mighty States assembled be I 'le sing of thee Thy Name high raising verse 2 And in thy sacred Temple I Will magnifie Thy Name renovvned Adoring thee for mercy thine And truth diuine VVith glory crovvned verse 3 For thou aboue all thy Name Lord Thy sacred VVORD Hast magnified VVhen I did cry thou didst heare me My soule by thee Was fortified verse 4 All Kings on earth shall thee renovvn VVith praise shall crovvn Thee LORD most blessed VVhen thou to heare shalt them incline Thy Word diuine By thee expressed verse 5 They in the vvayes of God my King Shall vvalk and sing His sacred story Confessing that the Lord of might Doth shine most bright In grace and glory verse 6 For though the Lord be God most high his gracious eye The meek respecteth The proud a far off he doth knovv their fall doth shovv He them deiecteth verse 7 Though I in great distres be toyld tost and turmoyld Nevv life thou giu'st me Thy rightfull hand quite ouerthrovves my spitefull foes But thou relieu'st me verse 8 Thou vvilt accomplish this for me for thy mercy Endureth euer This vvork vvhich novv thou hast begun till it be done Forsake it neuer Psalme 139. Consolation O God thou hast me search'd and try'd VVhat is in me thou hast espy'd And vnto thee is throughly knovvn verse 2 My rising vp and lying dovvn What thought so ere my heart conceiued By thee a far off is perceiued verse 3 VVhere so I goe or dovvn do ly Still thee I see approching nigh My vvayes and paths all thou dost fan Familiarly them out dost scan
They shall speak of thy endles kingdoms glory And of thy povvr relate the sacred story verse 12 That men may knovv thy mighty acts victorious And of thy realm the maiesty most glorious verse 13 Eternall is thy kingdom and thy raigne Through ages all thy Empire doth remain verse 14 The Lord vpholds the vveake and them that fall Who are bovvd dovvne he rectifies them all verse 15 Expecting thee each creatures eye attendeth Thy plenty great their timely food them sendeth verse 16 Thy bounties hand thou openest freely giuing The full desire of all things that are liuing verse 17 The Lord our God is iust in all his vvayes He holy is in all his vvorks alvvayes verse 18 The Lord is nigh to all that on him call VVho call on him in truth he helps them all verse 19 He them that feare him vvith good things supplyeth Their hearts desire he fully satisfieth Them he vvill heare to him for mercy crying Them he vvill saue to him for succour flying verse 20 The Lord vvill them preserue that in him ioy But vvicked men all he vvill quite destroy verse 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of God alvvay All flesh shall bles his holy name for ay Psalme 146. Thanksgiuing PRaise to God my soul be giuing To the Lord my soul giue praise verse 2 Him I le laud vvhile I am liuing To my God I le sing alvvayes To the Lord my God my King VVhile I am I Psalms vvill sing verse 3 Princes are no sure foundation On their promise no trust haue Nor in Adams generation For themselues they cannot saue verse 4 VVhen no breath they do retain They return to earth again VVith them all their thoughts do perish And their enterprises vain verse 5 Happy vvhom the Lord doth cherish Iacobs God doth him maintain Happy vvho doth place his trust In the Lord his God most iust verse 6 VVho created and sustaineth Heauen and earth by his great might Sea and all that it containeth He hath framed all aright His truth and fidelity He doth keep eternally verse 7 He relieueth the oppressed Giuing sentence on their side For the hungry and distressed He doth food and ayd prouide By him prisners freedom finde He the bondmen doth vnbinde verse 8 God to them that are in blindnes Giueth eyes to see the light God in mercy great and kindnes Makes the crooked vvalk vpright God loues them that iust remain He the righteous doth sustain verse 9 God doth keep and saue the strangers His strong guard doth them attend He doth free them out of dangers Orphans vviddovves doth defend He doth comfort them that grieue He the helplesse doth relieue VVicked men the Lord destroyeth He doth ouerthrovv their vvay verse 10 God his kingdom ay enioyeth God the Lord shall raign for ay Sions God endures alvvayes Vnto God the Lord giue praise Haleluiah Psalme 147. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord such praise is meetest Sing Psalms to God such Psalms are svveetest The Lord to praise sing neuer ceasing His praise is gracefull euer pleasing verse 2 The Lord most gracious full of pity Builds vp Ierusalem his city His Israel disperst deplored He hath assembled and restored verse 3 The contrite broken heart he healeth And comfort vnto them reuealeth Full of compassion them he mindeth He salues their sores their vvounds vp bindeth verse 4 His knovvledg all in all surmounteth The number of the Stars he counteth Them in their order he installeth Them by their proper names he calleth verse 5 Great is our God great is his povver Our refuge of our strength the tovver Is infinite in vnderstanding In might and vvisdom all commanding verse 6 The Lord almighty magnifieth The meek vvhose trust in him relieth He to the ground the vvicked casteth Confounding them to nothing vvasteth verse 7 Sing to the Lord God euerliuing Praise him vvith Harp in Psalms thanksgiuing verse 8 VVho spreadeth clouds the heauens all ouer VVith them the firmament doth couer Prepareth rain vvhich dovvn he shovvreth On earth a main the shovvrs he povvreth The verdant grasse he multiplieth VVhich on the mountains fructifieth verse 9 The beasts vvith food he satisfieth The rauens yong brood vvith meat supplyeth VVhen hatcht they hungry ly a crying Or fledg they forth for food are flying verse 10 God hath no pleasure nor delighteth In strength of horse that fiercely fighteth Svvift running legs vvith prize revvarded He hath nor prized nor regarded verse 11 But God vvhose grace exceedeth measure In them that feare him taketh pleasure VVho on his mercy giue attendance And on his promise haue dependance verse 12 Ierusalem vvho art renovvned Praise thou the Lord vvith glory crovvned Praise thou thy God and him rely on Thou holy mountain sacred Sion verse 13 For he thy gates reedifieth VVith strongest bars them fortifieth And all thy children he hath blessed VVithin thy vvals by thee possessed verse 14 He planteth peace vvithin thy borders There setleth lavves and rightfull orders To satisfie thee he bestovveth The flovvr of finest vvheat that grovveth verse 15 On earth his precept forth he sendeth His mighty povvr on it attendeth His vvord runs very svviftly speeding VVith all celerity exceeding verse 16 He makes the snovv and vvhen it snovveth Like fleeces of vvhite vvoll it shovveth His frost all ouer hoary grovveth VVhich he abroad like ashes strovveth verse 17 The stream to ice congealed lasteth VVhich like to morsels forth he casteth His frosts are so intollerable Them to enduer vvho is able verse 18 And vvhen the vvorld enough hath felt theâ— He sendeth forth his vvord to melt them At his command the vvarm vvind blovveth And then again the vvater flovveth verse 19 His vvord to Iacob he declareth And to obedience him prepareth The lavves and iudgments he ordained To Israel he hath explained verse 20 In such a kind and gracious fashion He hath not dealt vvith any nation For those his iudgments iust and sacred He vnto them hath not declared Psalme 148. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord from heauen on high Praise him ye dvvellers in the sky All ye inhabitants of heau'n To God all praise by you be giu'n verse 2 All ye his Angels high renovvn him Victorious hosts vvith glory crovvn him verse 3 Both Sun and Moon praise ye his Name All stars of light his praise proclaime verse 4 Praise him ye heau'n of heau'ns most high Ye vvaters in the cloudy sky verse 5 Let all his vvorks vvhich vvondrous are The praises of his Name declare verse 6 At his command they vvere created And to his glory consecrated He them establisht firm and sute Ay to continue and endure Their bounds of time and place decreed By him they neuer shall exceed verse 7 Praise him ye Dragons vvhich do keep In caues of earth Whales in the deep verse 8 Fire vapors hail ice frost and snovving Ye tempests storms vvinds boistrous blovving VVhich execute his sacred vvill Praise ye the Lord his vvord fulfill verse 9 O praise
his Name ye mountains all Ye fruitfull trees and cedars tall verse 10 Beasts of the earth both vvilde and tame All creeping creatures praise his Name Ye fetherd fovvls i' th ayr svvift flying Praise ye the Lord him magnifying verse 11 All Kings and people euery vvhere Earths Princes Iudges vvhich rule beare verse 12 Men vvomen children yong and old verse 13 To praise the Lord your ioyes vnfold His Name is high aduanc't alone Ore heau'n and earth his glories knovvn verse 14 His peoples horn he high erecteth His Saints to praise him he affecteth The children of his Israel To him most deare and neare do dvvell Psalme Cxlix Thanksgiuing SIng to the Lord nevv songs excelling All in the Church of his Saints dvvelling Sing praises in your congregation To God vvith adoration verse 2 Let Israel in songs relate His high praise vvho did him create Let Sions sons reioyce and sing And triumph in their King verse 3 His Name to praise vvith ioy abounding Let Timbrels Fife and Flute be sounding Praise him vvith Harps svveet strings according His praise in Psalms recording verse 4 God in his people pleasure takes His people his delight he makes VVith his saluation dravving nigh The meek to dignifie verse 5 His gracious Saints in glorious measure Shall be all glad vvith ioy and pleasure Vpon their beds in iubilation Shall shout vvith exultation verse 6 Their mouths vvith shrill notes shall abound The Lords praise high to raise and sound They vvith their tvvo edg'd svvord in hand In arms compleat shall stand verse 7 To be reueng'd on euery Nation Their foes to plague vvith desolation To punish them for their offences VVith condigne recompences verse 8 Their conquerd Kings captiue to take Their vanquisht Princes prisners make In strongest holds them to restrâ—in In irons them to chain verse 9 On them the iudgment iust avvarded To execute as t is recorded His Saints are to this honor raised The Lord our God be praised Psalme 150. Praise LEt vs all Gods praise expres Praise him in his holines Praise him in the firmament Of his povver permanent And his high magnificency verse 2 Praise him in his greatnes shevvd In his goodnes multitude VVitnessing his excellency verse 3 Praise him ioyning vvith the noyse Both of Trumpets and Hautboyse Praise him in the Psaltery And the Harps svveet harmony Laud the Lord vvith praise abounding verse 4 Timbrel Taber Fife and Flute Organ Sagbut Cornamute Laud the Lord his praise resounding verse 3 Praise to him for his goodnes Let the Cymbals loud expres Viall Virginall and lute Let nor string nor breath be mute Him to praise let all indeuer verse 6 All his vvorks aboue beneath VVhat so ere doth moue or breath Praise the Lord most blessed euer The Song of Simeon Luke 2. NOvv let thy seruant Lord. According to thy Word In peace depart contented verse 2 2 For novv my eyes haue vievv'd Before all people shevv'd Thy sauing health presented verse 3 To be a shining light To all the Gentils sight This grace thou hast declared And Israel to crovvn VVith honor and renovvn This glory hast prepared Decalogue Exod. 20. LIft vp your hearts to God addressed All people hear vvhat he doth say Giue ear vnto his word expressed And his commandments all obay I am saith he thy God eternall From Egypt I deliuerd thee From cruell seruitude infernall Therfore haue thou no God but me commandment 2 No image make thou to adore it Of any thing in earth or sky To vvorship or to bovv before it Because a iealous God am I. commandment 3 Gods sacred Name in vain take neuer Let no oathes false or vain be vsd For he vvill hold him guilt â—â—â—er Who hath his sacred Name abus d. commandment 4 Six dayes in labour profitable Spend thou and thine the seuenth in rest For God from his vvorks admirable Repos'd the seuenth made holy blest commandment 5 Thy Father and thy Mother honor That thou long dayes mayst happy liue I' th laud vvherof thou art the ovvner And vvhich to thee thy God doth giue commandment 6 Thou shalt not kill mans life destroy not commandment 7 Adultrous thoughts and acts eschevv commandment 8 Nor rob nor steale goods stoln enioy not commandment 9 Beare no false tales speak euer true commandment 10 Thou shalt not in thy heart desier Thy neighbours house nor vvife to gaiâ— Nor any seruant he doth hyer Nor ought that to him doth pertain Haue mercy on vs Lord most blessed Inspire vs vvith thy grace diuine VVrite in our hearts thy Word expressed To keep thy lavves our hearts incline FINIS