To vvhom his sins the LORD hath not imputed Within vvhose soul doth dvvell integrity Free from all fraud guile and hypocrisie verse 3 VVhen silence I did keep from speech long ceasing My hainous sins concealed not confessing My flesh and bones consumed as vvith age And all day long roaring vvith torments rage verse 4 For day and night thy hand me sore distressed Thy heauy plagues incessant me oppressed So vvasted vvas my natiue moisture spent It did the drought of summer represent verse 5 Then I to thee my trespasses confessed And freely my transgressions I expressed LORD I vvill shevv said I my faults to thee And thou forgau'st my sins iniquitie verse 6 For this each one thy grace and glory minding By prayr shall seek thy face in time of finding The vvaues of vvoe to him shall not come neare Afflictions stouds he needeth not to feare Pause verse 7 My refuge sure thou art me secret hiding From trouble thou shalt keep me safe abiding For giuing me deliuerance by thy grace VVith songs of ioy thou vvilt me round imbrace verse 8 Come thou to me that so I may instruct thee And in the vvay that thou shalt goe conduct thee Thee to direct my counsell thou shalt try And I vvill guide thee alvvay vvith mine eye verse 9 Be not like them vvho haue no vnderstanding Like horse and mule vvhom vvithout bit commanding Thou canst not rule vvhose mouth must be restrained With bit or spur to stay or goe constrained verse 10 With many griefs the vvicked shall be vexed With sorrovves great they shall be all perplexed But in the LORD vvho all his trust doth place Compassion shall him compas and imbrace verse 11 Be glad ye iust and in the LORD take pleasure Reioyce in GOD vvho is your comforts treasure All ye that are in faithfull heart vpright Shout ye aloud for ioy vvith true delight Psalme 33. Doctrine WIth ioyfull shouts peals gladly ringing Ye righteous in the LORD reioyce It vvell becoms you his praise singing Praise ye the LORD vvith Harp and voice Making musick meetest Consorts sounding svveetest On the Psalterie VVith ten strings resounding Sing Psalms to him sounding Praise his Name vvith glee verse 3 Sing to the LORD vvith voice melodious In nevv songs shevv his praise your ioyes Play skilfully vvith sounds harmonious Triumphantly vvith lovvdest noyse verse 4 For Gods Word delightfull Is most iust and rightfull His vvorks â—â—thfull bide All things he composeth Faithfully disposeth Them in truth doth guide verse 5 He righteousnes for euer loueth And Iudgment iust doth please his vvill The earth his bounteous mercy proueth The Lords great goodnes doth it fill verse 6 GODS Word heau'n created On high scituated When the vvord he said His mouth on them breathed He their form bequeathed All their Host he made Pause verse 7 The vvaters he vp heaps together VVithin the Sea by povvr diuine The deeps he keeps all flovving thither Stor'd vp vvithin his magazine verse 8 Then let all earth feare him And high reuerence beare him Who is GOD the LORD In the vvorld all dvvelling Feare his povvr excelling Tremble at his vvord verse 9 For vvhat he said it vvas fulfilled It vvas performed readily And vvhat his sacred vvord had vvilled It stood remaining steadily verse 10 Heathen enterprises Counsels and deuises GOD doth dissipate Peoples consultations Wicked machinations He doth nihilate verse 11 The Lords most sacred cogitations Shall stand for euer firm and sure His counsels through all generations And thoughts of his heart ay endure verse 12 Blessed is that Nation People Congregation Whos 's GOD is the LORD VVhom he doth inherit Chosen by his spirit Purchast by his Word Pause verse 13 The Lord our God the heau'n vnfoldeth And looketh dovvnvvard from the sky He all the sons of men beholdeth And on them sets his vvatchfull ey verse 14 From his habitation In high contemplation He beholdeth vvell His eye doth discouer All the earth quite ouer Them vvho there do dvvell verse 15 For he his might povver shovveth Conforming all their hearts alone He vnderstandeth vvell and knovveth Their vvorks considering euery one verse 16 Great Hosts compleat armed Though like Bees they svvarmed Cannot saue a King Strength of man can neuer Him saue or deliuer From deaths killing sting verse 17 He is deceiued vvho accounteth Himselfe to saue by strength of horse Though he in courage fierce surmounteth He none shall saue by his great force verse 10 Lo the Lord ay vievveth Them vvith grace rendevveth VVho vvith feare him serue Who in him affyeth On his grace relyeth He vvill them preserue Pause verse 19 Their souls he vvill keep saue from dying Death shall not them of life depriue With plenteous food them all supplying In famin them to keep aliue verse 20 On the Lord relying To him vve applying Our soules him attend His ayd and his fauer Is our shield and sauer He doth vs defend verse 21 Our heart reioyceth in him solely In him vve ioy vvho is most iust For in his Name vvhich is most holy We setled haue our hope and trust verse 22 Lord our God most gratious Let thy mercy spacious Euer on vs be Let thy might maintain vs And thy grace sustain vs As vve trust in thee Psalme 34. Alphabeticall Doctrin AT all times I vvill bles The Lord my God his vvorthy praise His glory and renovvn alvvayes My mouth shall still expres verse 2 Break forth my souls glad voyce Boast in thy gloriouâ— Sauer deare The faithfull meeke therof shall heare And shall vvith me reioyce verse 3 Come laud the Lord vvith me Him magnifie extoll his Name Let vs him praise and raise his fame Together all ioyntly verse 4 Duely the Lord I sought VVho graciously my suit did heare And freed me soone from all my feare My full deliuerance vvrought verse 5 Euen they that did expect And looke for fauor gaind his grace Shame did not make them hide their face Nor did it them deiect verse 6 For this poor man did call For help at need the Lord did heare And freed him from distres and feare Sau'd him from troubles all Pause verse 7 Gods Angels pitch their tent About them that in feare him serue From all distres them to preserue All dangers to preuent verse 8 Hovv gracious is the Lord Hovv good is he O tast and see He blessed shall for euer be VVho trusteth in his vvord verse 9 Iehouah's children deare Feare ye the Lord but feare no vvant For nothing is or shall be scant To them that him do feare verse 10 In hunger Lyons ly But they that seek God shall not vvant Nor any good to them be scant VVho on the Lord rely verse 11 Keep ye attentiue eare My children deare come neer and learn Tru vvisdom to knovv and discern The Lord your God to feare verse 12 Long life vvho doth desire VVho loueth many dayes to see Of comfort and prosperitie Tru riches to acquire verse 13 Must
For God vvill saue his Sion vvhom he loueth And strongly vvill he Iudahs cities build The seruants of the LORD therin shall dvvell verse 36 Their race as heirs therof shall be possessed Who loue and feare his Name vvhich doth excell Shall dvvell therin and bide for euer blessed Psalme Lxx. Prayer O God in vvhom I trust repose Make speedy haste me to deliuer Make hast O Lord of ayd the giuer To send me help against my foes verse 2 Who haue my soul pursevvd and chased Let them vvith shame confounded be Let them that seek to ruin me Be turned back destroyd defaced verse 3 Let them vvho ouer me insult Who say Aha my harmes delighting Be put to shame the vvrongs requiting Which they against my soul consult verse 4 Let them vvith gladnes high be raised And ioy in thee vvho seek thy face Let them that loue thy sauing grace Say euermore the Lord be praised verse 5 O God my only hope and stay Make haste to help me miserable Thou art my ayd be comfortable O Lord make thou no long delay Psalme 71. Prayer IN thee alone O LORD my trust is And in thy holy Name Let me not suffer shame verse 2 Deliuer me Lord in thy iustice And for thy tender pitty From dangers quite acquit me Incline thy eare to me and gard me verse 3 Be my defence and fort Wherto I may resort Thou gau'st expresse charge to safegard me For thou art my tuition My rock and my munition verse 4 From men of vvicked conuersation From hands of crueltie My God deliuer me verse 5 Thou art my God my expectation My trust on thee dependeth From my youth still attendeth verse 6 Euen from the vvomb thou hast sustaind me My shape thou there didst frame From thence by thee I came And euer since thou hast maintaind me Thy goodnes high shall raise thee For euer I vvill praise thee Pause verse 7 As on a monster many gazing With vvonder me behold But thou art my strong hold verse 8 Let me vvith full voyce thee be praising And daily sing the story Of thy eternall glory verse 9 Cast me not off nor quite neglect me When I am aged old My failing strength vphold O do not leaue me nor reiect me When old age doth ore take me O do not thou forsake me verse 10 Because my foes their hate displaying Against me euery day Do bitterly inuay â—nd they vvho seek my souls betraying Do ly in vvait and vvatch me Consulting hovv to catch me verse 11 Come say they none shall him deliuer His God doth him forsake Him novv pursevv and take verse 12 From me far off Lord be thou neuer My God thy help novv send me VVith speedy hastâ— defend me verse 13 Let them be shamed and consumed VVhich to my soul are foes Reproch shall them inclose To vvork me mischiefe vvho presumed verse 14 VVith patience I le attend thee For thou vvilt safe defend me Pause Thy praises more and more resounding verse 15 My mouth to all shall tell Thy iustice doth excell Thy fauours daily so abounding Can neuer be recounted So high they are amounted verse 16 I vvill go forvvard vvell assured Thou Lord vvilt strengthen me That I preseru'd shall be By thy almighty povver secured I vvill declare thy iustice Thine only vvhich my trust is verse 17 Thou from my youth Lord didst instruct me The vvonders thou didst do I haue shevvd hitherto Grovvn aged gray do thou conduct me verse 18 Lord do not thou forsake me VVhen age doth feeble make me Vntill thy strength I haue recounted To all that liuing be And to posteritie verse 19 Thy iustice Lord hath all surmounted O God incomparable Thy vvorks are admirable Pause Lord vvho vvith thee may be compared verse 20 Thou vvhich to me didst shovv Great troubles grief and vvoe Wilt haue thy loue to me declared For my life vvas depriued By thee again reuiued In depths of earth I vvas interred Thou thence didst me release verse 21 My greatnes didst increase To honor thou hast me preferred With comfort me surrounding On euery side abounding verse 22 Therfore my God I le praise thee solely And sing vvith Psaltery Thy honor'd verity Of Israel Lord God most holy VVith thanks I vvill confes thee My harp my song shall blesse thee verse 23 My lips vvith ioy and mirth abounding Thy praise my Lord my King Thy glory high shall sing My soul shall merry make resounding Thy praises high esteemed Who hast my soul redeemed verse 24 My tong also shall vvithout ceasing Thy righteousnes declare To publish shall not spare Thy loue me from my foes releasing Which my soul vvould haue vvounded For shame hath them confounded Psalme 72 Doctrin of politique gouernment VPon the King by thee elected Thy iudgments Lord bestovv His princely Son by thee directed With iustice thine endovv verse 2 That he thy chosen people guiding His iustice may shine bright The poore opprest vvith patience biding By him may haue their right verse 3 Vnto the people shall the mountains Bring peace and quietnes And from the hils as from pure fountains Shall flovv forth righteousnes verse 4 Then shall he iudg the poore distressed Their children he shall saue The vvicked vvho haue them oppressed Sharp punishment shall haue verse 5 Therfore thy loue to thine assureth They shall serue and feare thee As long as Sun and Moone endureth To all eternitie verse 6 He shall come like the rain dovvn povvring Vpon the grasse nevv movvn Dispersing moysture timely shovvring On thirsty ground nevv sovvne verse 7 In his dayes shall the righteous flourish To iustice vvho incline Peace vvith abundance shall them nourish VVhile moone or stars do shine verse 8 His large dominion far extending From sea to sea shall stretch From great Euphrates to earths ending His royall rule shall retch verse 9 All they that dvvell in desert places Shall bovv to him most iust His foes faln dovvn in foul disgraces Shall lick the loathed dust verse 10 The Kings of Tarshish merchants royall The vvealthy Ilands King The kings of Cush remote yet loyall To him shall presents bring Pause verse 11 All other Kings shall fall before him And humbly him obserue And all the Nations shall adore him Submitting him to serue verse 12 For he the needy to him crying Shall heare and set him free The poore vvith present ayd supplying When helper none hath he verse 13 And he vvill spare the poore and needy And pitty on them haue Deliuerance he vvill send them speedy And he their soules vvill saue verse 14 By him their soules shall be redeemed From violence and lyes Their bloud shall dearely be esteemed As precious in his eyes verse 15 And he shall liue they gold shall send him From rich Arabia Prayr shall be made ay to defend him And bles him euery day verse 16 A little corne shall be so taking Though sovvn on tops of hils The fruit therof like Liban shaking The
garners large fulfils The Citizens shall fairly flourish So numerous quickly grovvn As grasse vvhich fruitfull medovvs nourish Millions of blades vnknovvn verse 17 His honord Name renovvned euer In glory high shall raigne And his remembrance failing neuer Shall as the Sun remain All men by him of blisse possessed For euer blesse him shall All Nations shall in him be blessed And him right blessed call verse 18 The Lord God Israels God be praised Who vvonders vvorkes alone verse 19 His glorious Name on high be raised For ay by euery one Recorded be the sacred story Of his renovvned fame Let all the earth fild vvirh his glory For euer blesse his Name Amen Psalme Lxxiij Doctrin YEt sure the LORD is good and kinde To Israel his loue they finde Who be of righteous conuersation And serue him vvith pure adoration verse 2 My steps vvere like to goe astray And neer to misse the rightfull vvay My feet did almost svverue aside And into error neer did slide verse 3 For I enuy'd and vext to see Vainglorious fooles in dignitie VVith grief of heart I vvas annoyed That vvicked men such peace inioyed verse 4 In prosperous state they alvvay stand Vntill their death they feel no pain In health and strength they still remain And all things haue at their command verse 5 VVhen others grieu'd and troubled are They knovv no sorrovv take no care As other men they are not vexed They are not troubled nor perplexed verse 6 VVith pride as vvith a Carkanet VVith ievvels rich they are beset As vvith a garment for defence They armed are vvith violence verse 7 Their eyes do stand out of their head With fatnes they so full are fed They haue more then their hearts desired They are more high then they aspired verse 8 In all their vvayes corrupt they are Their speeches vvicked hearts declare They of oppression boasting tell Their vvords like mountains proudly svvell Pause verse 9 Their mouthes against heau'n they oppose Their lips vvith blasphemies vnclose Their bold tong vncontrouled talketh Throughout the vvorld vnbounded vvalketh verse 10 Gods people vnaduis'd also Do thither turn and vvith them goe Quite tyred out vvith grief and vvoe Drink of their cups vvhich full do flovv verse 11 And this they say th' Almighty one From his so high supernall throne Doth he regard doth he take notice Hath he intelligence that so t is verse 12 Behold the vvicked such as these Their vvealth their might their ioyes increase They still do liue in rest at ease Haue plenteous happines and peace verse 13 And do I as it seems in vain Still in my innocence remain My heart from vvickednes I clensed My hands in righteousnes I rensed verse 14 Yet all day long plagues me torment And early in the morn betimes Am I reproacht vvith grieuous crimes And suffer seuere chastisement verse 15 Yet surely if I this do say Then do I vvrong and falsly lay A scandalous calumniation Vpon the righteous generation verse 16 When this in minde I did reuolue This doubt indeuering to resolue I found it vvas too hard for me The depth therof I could not see verse 17 Till in the Temple of the Lord Consulting vvith his sacred VVord VVhere I their finall end perceiued Of all their comforts vain bereaued verse 18 For thou didst iustly place them all In slipry places soone to fall And suddenly didst cast them dovvn Into destruction hast them throvvn Pause verse 19 Hovv are they brought so suddenly Forlorn in vvoe and misery With terrors errors deadly vvounded For euer finally confounded Thou vtterly dost them deface And root them out from humane race verse 20 Like to a dream vvhich lasteth not But vvhen one vvakes is quite forgot When thou Lord vvakest vve arise Their image vain thou vvilt despise verse 21 My heart imbittred vvas perplexed I in my reins vvas prickt and vexed verse 22 I vvas as bruitish vvithout sense Depriued of intelligence I in thy sight vvas as a beast And in my ovvn account the least verse 23 Yet neuertheles I am vvith thee And so I hope shall euer be For thy right hand me firm vpholdeth VVhich vnto me thy loue vnfoldeth verse 24 The counsell vvhich thou vvilt me giue Shall guide me safely vvhile I liue And after vvhen this life I leaue To glory thou vvilt me receiue verse 25 VVhat help or hope in heau'n â—aue I But only thee vvho dvvelst on high On earth I none but thee desired To thee alone I haue aspired verse 26 No arme of flesh for me preuailes My courage and my heart me failes God is the strength of my poore heart He euer is my choice my part verse 27 For loe all them that thee forsake Destruction quite avvay shall take For thou hast euery one consumed False gods to vvorship vvho presumed verse 28 But as for me I hold it best To dravv neare God to him addrest I trust in God in him I rest By me his vvorkes shall be exprest Psalme 74. Prayer WHy Lord hast thou for euer vs off cast VVhy is thy vvrath and fury so inflamed Against thy flock thy congregation named Thy pasture sheep that thou forgot them hast verse 2 Think thou on thy ovvn people bought of old The rod of thy inheritance esteemed Thy mercy svveet hath dearly it redeemed In Sion mount thy dvvelling thou didst hold verse 3 Stand vp and let thy povvrfull feet stamp dovvn â—hy foes for their perpetuall desolation VVhose sacriledge and vvastfull deuastation Haue all things in thy Temple ouerthrovvn verse 4 Insulting foes a rude tumultuous rout VVith out-cryes fierce and horrid exclamations Make vvar against thy sacred congregations Set banners vp for trophes round about verse 5 As vvorkmen stroâ—g contending for renovvn VVith lofty strokes sharp axes armes of vigor In forrests thick vvith mighty force and rigor Make haste to fell the vvel-grovvn Cedars dovvn verse 6 So novv the posts ingrau'd caru'd curiously The polisht stones in corners of thy Temple They cut and spoil those buildings past example With axes and vvith hammers furiously verse 7 VVith fire they burn vvirh hands prophane pollute Thy Sanctuary dovvn cast ruinated The dvvelling place of thy Name violated All cruelties theron they execute verse 8 Proceed say they come let vs out of hand Destroy them all together they haue burned Gods Temples all and into ashes turned All Synagogues of GOD throughout the land Pause verse 9 Novv vve no signe of vvonted comfort see Nor any hope at all thy fauour shevveth No Prophet novv there is nor one that knovveth Hovv long vve shall endure this misery verse 10 Hovv long O Lord hovv long vvilt thou abide This vile reproch this scoffing aduersary Shall they blaspheme thy Name thy Sanctuary For euermore Both thee and vs deride verse 11 VVhy dost thou thus thy hand from vs vvith-hold Thy mighty right hand thervvith vs defend thou Vs to restore thy povvrfull arme extend thou For euer shall thy bosom it infold verse
them that offend vs He only is the Lord vvhose povver doth defend vs. He is out King alone by vvhom vve are redressed VVho is the holy one of Israel most blessed Pause verse 19 Vnto thy sacred Saint thy mind knovvn thou hast made And thou didst him acquaint vvith thy vvill thou hast said To him in vision this my ayd I haue assigned To one vvho mighty is and him therto inclined I one haue raised high on him my grace conferred verse 20 My seruant Dauid I among my folk preferred verse 21 I nointed haue his head vvith holy oyle that long He shall raign stablished my arm shall make him strong verse 22 That of his enemies fierce raging fell and furious Nor force nor subtilties shall be to him iniurious The sons of vvickednes shall not deuovvr nor vex him They shall not him oppres nor haue povvr to perplex him verse 23 But I before his face his foes vvill quite destroy VVho hate him I 'le disgrace and vvith sore plagues annoy verse 24 My grace truth shall he haue vvith him firmly placed His horn of strength shall be in my Name highly graced verse 25 On seas I 'le set his hand in his povvr comprehended And make his other stand ore Euphrates extended verse 26 Me father he shall call and say my God thou art My rock vvho to me shall saluation sure impart verse 27 Him also make vvill I my first born son celestiall In honor far more high then are the Kings terrestriall verse 28 My grace to him shall last for euer kept assured My faithfull promise past shall stand for him secured Pause verse 29 I 'le propagate his seed to perpetuity Time of his Throne decreed as dayes of heau'n shall be verse 30 But if his children shall my sacred lavves abandon From my iust iudgments fall and loosely run at randon verse 31 If they my statutes blest shall break or haue profaned And keep not my behest and precepts I ordained verse 32 That they t' offend may feare my scorge their sin shall smite With chastisement seuere my strokes on them shall light verse 33 My grace ye◠neretheles they shall not find frustrated To them my faithfulnes shall not be abrogated verse 34 My promise shall remain for euer firm and stable My Word I vvill maintain and keep inuiolable verse 35 Once by my holines to Dauid svvorn haue I That I the truth expres and to him vvill not lye verse 36 His progeny and race shall euer be assured His throne before my face establisht and secured verse 37 While Sun and Moon do shine vvithin the heau'ns enduring As faithfull vvitnes mine my verity assuring Selah verse 38 But thou dost scorn vs novv and vs thou dost reiect Thine ovvn annointed thou in anger dost deiect verse 39 Thy couenant seems made voyd vvith thy ovvn seruant loyall Cast to the ground destroyd profaned his crovvn royall verse 40 His hedg thou hast broke dovvn and fenced habitations To ruin brought orethrovvn his strong fortifications Pause verse 41 By all that pas him by he spoiled is and torne To all the dvvellers nigh he is become a scorne verse 42 The hands thou high dost raise of all our aduersaries The hearts reioyce alvvaies of his foes and contraries verse 43 Of his svvord dravvn to fight the edg thou hast rebated In battel put to flight by thee vvith fear amated verse 44 The glory of his Name thou hast made cease to sound His throne of regall fame thou hast cast to the ground verse 45 Thou shortned hast his dayes of youthfull strength and pleasure And couerd him alvvaies vvith shame in grieuous measure verse 46 Hovv long Lord vvilt thou hide thy self frō vs quite turning For euer shall vve bide thy vvrath like fier burning verse 47 Remember vvell hovv short my life thou dost ordain Why hast thou in this sort made all men be but vain verse 48 VVhat liuing man is he vvhom death shal not deuovver Or vvho his soul can free from graues fast holding povver verse 49 VVhere are thy mercies Lord to vvhich vve vvere inured To svvear thou didst accord to Dauid truth assured verse 50 Remember Lord the scorn vvhich on thy seruants light Hovv in my brest is born the shame reproch and spight verse 51 Of all the multitude they mock vs disappointed They scoffe vvith speeches rude the paths of thy annointed verse 52 Let vs the Lord adore and praise him ceasing neuer The Lord bles euermore Amen Amen for euer Psalme 90. Prayer of Moses LOrd thou hast bin to vs a habitation From age to age in euery generation verse 2 Before the hils or spacious vvorlds creation Long time before thou laidst the earths foundation Before all things receiued form from thee Thou Lord art God from all eternitie verse 3 By thee man to destruction is reduced VVhen thou dost say return ye creatures mortall To dust from vvhence ye vvere at first produced verse 4 A thousand yeares vvith thee vvho art immortall As yesterday are passed in thy sight Or as a vvatch one quarter of the night verse 5 Thy storms driue them avvay and flouds ore-flovving They vanish as a dreame in sleep decayeth As vvhen the morn his early beams displayeth The flovvring gras doth flourish fairly grovving verse 6 I' th morn green grovvn at euen is cut avvay And being movvn is turn'd to vvither'd hay verse 7 For vve are quite consumed and destroyed Through thy iust vvrath and thy deseru'd displeasure We troubled are and fearefully annoyed verse 8 For of our sins the grieuous heaped measure Before thy face appeares before thy sight And thou hast brought our secret sins to light Pause verse 9 For all our dayes are vvasted aye sustaining The heauy vveight of thy iust indignation Our yeares do end like to a brief narration verse 10 Our life is novv cut shorter scarce attaining To seuenty yeares but if by natures strength It eighty reach vve count it vvondrous length Of all our life the flovvr but sorrovv being But grief and pain are our best dayes of vigor Cut quickly off and vve avvay are fleeing verse 11 VVho knovves the force of thy fierce vvrath rigor For as vve are affected vvith thy feare Euen so to vs thine anger doth appeare verse 12 And novv O Lord vouchsafe thou to instruct vs Our dayes to count and times of life svvift flying That vve our hearts to vvisdom true applying It safely may to thee the vvay conduct vs. verse 13 Return O Lord hovv long thy vvrath appease And let thy rage against thy seruants cease verse 14 Replenish vs betimes vvith thy compassion And vvith thy grace that vve vvith mirth and gladnes May all our dayes reioyce in thy saluation verse 15 In lievv of all the times years of sadnes VVherin vve haue so much afflicted been And of the ills vvhich vve haue felt and seen verse 16 O let thy vvork and thy magnificency To seruants thine and their seed be
ayd or succor send me Against the vvicked or defend me Gainst vvorkers of iniquity verse 17 Vnlesse the Lord had vvith his arm My helper bin sau'd me from harm My soul had perisht suddenly verse 18 VVhen I complaind my footing slideth Thy mercy Lord vvhich sure me guideth Did me sustain held me vpright verse 19 VVhen many thoughts do trouble me In anguish and perplexitie Thy comforts svveet my soule delight verse 20 Shall vvicked Tyrants cruell raigning Haue fellovvship vvith thee remaining Their throne mischieuous lavves inuents verse 21 Themselues assembling gainst the iust To lay his honor in the dust They spill the bloud of innocents verse 22 But God the Lord is my defender My refuge is his mercy tender verse 23 He vvill revvard their vvickednes And make their sons themselues oppres And in their ovvn vnrighteousnes The Lord our God shall them suppres Psalme 95. Doctrin COme let vs sing vvith pleasant voyce To God and make a ioyfull noyse Vnto the rock of our saluation verse 2 His presence let vs come before With thanks and praises him adore Sing Psalms to him vvith exultation verse 3 For he the Lord is GOD of might Great King aboue all gods by right verse 4 He in his hands the earth infoldeth Therof the secret places deep VVithin his compas he doth keep The strength of hils he also holdeth verse 5 The sea is his he did it make The land at his hand form did takeâ— All creatures haue of him creation verse 6 Come therfore let vs fall dovvn novv Before the Lord our maker bovv All kneeling yeeld him adoration verse 7 He is our God his people vve And sheep of his ovvn pasture be His hands our safety hath procured If ye vvill heare his voyce to day Obserue ye vvell vvhat he shall say verse 8 Bevvare your hearts be not obdured As vvhen ye did at Meriba And Massa desert disobey verse 9 When in the day of prouocation Your fathers prou'd and tempted me VVhere they my mighty vvorks did see Beholding them vvith admiration verse 10 Tvvice tvventy years thrice tedious space Haue I endur'd this irksom race So long this people vext and grieu'd me I said in heart this people erre Before my vvayes they their 's prefer They haue not knovvn mine nor belieu'd me verse 11 Wherfore in my fierce vvrath and ire VVhich in my brest did flame as fire I svvare this in my indignation Since they my vvords and vvorks forgot Into my rest they enter not Much les shall haue their habitation O Sing to God nevv songs composed To God Sing all on earth reposed verse 2 Sing to the Lord his praise expres His sacred Name praise vve and bles Let his grace daily be disclosed verse 3 Among the heathen shevv his glory To people all his vvonders story verse 4 For God is great and greatly prais'd His feare aboue all Gods is rais'd For other Gods are transitory verse 5 For all the gods of other Nations Are idols vain imaginations But God the Lord vvho is most high The heau'ns hath framed and the sky Prime parcels of his ovvn creation verse 6 Might maiesty attend before him In 's Sanctuary they adore him verse 7 Ye people all vvith one accord Ascribe all glory to the Lord VVith honorable praises store him Pause verse 8 The Lord vvith praise be celebrated His Name vvith glory eleuated With you an offring for him take Into his courts an entrance make VVhich vnto him are consecrated verse 9 Before the Lord your selues assemble To vvorship him do not dissemble Approch to him vvith comly grace In 's Sanctuary at his face Let all the earth both feare and tremble verse 10 Say Nations all the Lord God raigneth His raigne eternally remaineth The vvorld by him shall stablisht be Vnmou'd The people iudg vvill he With iustice vvhich his might maintaineth verse 11 Let heau'n reioyce vvith iubilation Let earth be glad vvith exultation Let all the spacious Ocean rore verse 12 Let fields and forrests vvith their store Ring out their ioyfull acclamation verse 13 Before the Lord vvithout delaying He comes he comes no longer staying To iudg the earth vvith righteousnes And all the vvorld vvith faithfulnes With iustice people all repaying Psalme 97. Doctrin prophecy THe Lord eternall raignes VVho righteousnes maintaines Let all earth lovv and high lands Therof reioyce all Ilands verse 2 Thick clouds obscurity Surround his Maiesty Both iustice and iudgment His thrones establishment On him attendant be verse 3 The fire before him goes the flame consumes his foes VVhich round about them burneth and into ashes turneth verse 4 His lightning flashes make the vvorld inlightned quake Which vvhen the earth did see it trembled fearfully VVith terror it did shake verse 5 As vvax by fiers might so mountains melt at sight Of God the Lord eternall of earth and heau'n supernall verse 6 The heaun's his iustice tell and people all that dvvell On earth his glory see his might and maiesty His bounty doth excell Pause verse 7 Confounded be vvith shame vvho idols serue or frame VVho boast that they haue serued Vain idols grau'n or kerued Let all Gods Saints vvho be him seruing bovv the knee verse 8 VVhen Sion this did hear her ioyes did then appear For them declare did shee Thy iudgments Lord to knovv VVhich thou to them didst shovv Hath brought great consolation to Iudahs generation verse 9 For thou O Lord art high â—boue all the earth and sky Thou art exalted far aboue all gods that are To thee can none come nigh verse 10 VVho loue God loue him still and haters be of ill Abhor all levvd deuices and vvicked enterprises His Saints liues he doth saue Keeps their soules from the graue Puld from the vvicked hand of Tyrants in the land By him they freedom haue verse 11 Novv clearest light is sovvn to be by iust men movvn Delight and ioy he gaineth Whose heart vpright remaineth verse 12 Ye iust your ioyes expres your selues to mirth addres The Lord God praise and bles his gracious Name confes Record his Holines Psalme 98. Doctrin prophecy SIng to the Lord nevv songs delightfull For he great vvondrous vvorks hath done His holy arm of iustice rightfull His right hand victory hath vvon verse 2 The Lord our God hath his saluation Most gratious to all made knovvn And in the sight of euery Nation His iustice openly hath shovvn verse 3 He cald to minde his promise royall His mercy and his verity To Israel his seruant loyall He shevved his fidelity Throughout the vvorld the Lords saluation Hath clearly manifested been verse 4 Therfore to God vvith exultation Let all the earth be ioyfull seen VVith loudest shovvts and shrillest noyses Reioyce and sing vvith instrument verse 5 VVith Harps svveet sound ioyn cheerfull voyceâ— To praise the Lord nevv Psalms inuent verse 6 Before the Lord our King most gracious VVith trumpets and vvith Cornets sound verse 7 With roring noyse let
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
verse 33 So much milde Moses spirit they vexed That doubting vvhat he enterpris'd Displeas'd his God in minde perplexed VVith vvords impatient vnaduis'd Pause verse 34 Nor vvould they as God did command The Gentiles chase out of their land verse 35 Mongst them vvhom they should not haue spared â—â—ey mixt themselues and learnd their lore verse 36 And vvith their idols vvere insnared Which they did vvickedly adore verse 37 VVith theit ovvn hands most inhumain Their sons and daughters yong vvere slain They sacrific'd their sons and daughters verse 38 To Deuils them they did present To Canaan idols diu'lish slaughters They sacrific'd bloud innocent Such mutders they did execute With bloud the land they did pollute verse 39 Thus their ovvn vvorks themselues defiled Which they did practise and inuent Bevvitching Idols them beguiled A vvhoring after them they vvent verse 40 Therfore the vvrath of God vvas mou'd Against the people he had lou'd That his inheritance he hated verse 41 The force of foes gaue them the foil Vnder the heathen subiugated VVhose rauenous hands of them made spoil Pause verse 42 Their foes vvho hate to them did beare Set ouer them their rulers vvere verse 43 Oft times the Lord did them deliuer But they prouok't him vvickedly VVith their ovvn counsell they vvere euer Brought lovv for their iniquity verse 44 The Lord yet had a gracious eye To their distres and heard their cry And in compassion he relented verse 45 In minde his couenant did repeat Of their affliction he repented According to his mercy great verse 46 Them to be pitty'd he did make Of them that did them captiue take verse 47 O Lord be thou our gracious father And saue vs by thy holy Name Thy people from the heathen gather That they may magnifie thy Fame verse 48 The God of Israel let vs bles Eternally his praise expres Extoll his honor ceasing neuer Let all the people ioyfull say Amen let it be so foreuer The Lord our God praise vve alvvay Psalme 107. Doctrin GIue thanks to God confessing His goodnes giue him praise Vs vvith his mercies blessing VVhich do endure alvvayes verse 2 Let them declare and shovv VVhom God to saue decreed Hovv from their cruell foe he them redeem'd and freed verse 3 He like a louing Father From North lands and from East Together them did gather from South sea and from VVest verse 4 In desarts they did stray and vvander solitary Wheras they found no vvay nor City vvhere to tary verse 5 VVith thirst and hunger vexed In vvants they did remain Their souls vvere sore perplexed Their hearts did faint vvith pain verse 6 In extreme misery they cry'd to God repenting Who heard them and did free Them from grief and tormenting verse 7 He did guide and instruct them And set them in right vvay To Cities did conduct them vvhere they might safely stay verse 8 Therfore let men confes Gods grace incomparable To Adams sons expres his vvonders admirable Pause verse 9 For he hath satisfied the longing soule vvith good The hungry he supplyed vvith plenteous vvholsom food verse 10 They that in darknes sit Whom deaths shade doth inuiron bound in afflictions pit in dungeons chaind vvith iron verse 11 Because that they neglected on Gods Word to rely His counsell they relected vvhose vvisdom is most high verse 12 To labour they vvere bound VVhervvith their hearts he humbled To help them none vvas found When they fell dovvn or stumbled verse 13 Then to the Lord they cryed in trouble and distres He them vvith ayd supplyed their grief he did release verse 14 From iayle he did them take From deaths shade darke obscured Their bonds in sunder brake and chains vvhich they indured verse 15 Gods grace incomparable let men therfore confes His vvonders admirable to Adams sons expres verse 16 He brake the gates of bras And freed them vvith vvonder That they from thence might pas Iron bars he cut in sunder verse 17 The foolish are afflicted for their iniquity VVho are to sin addicted procure their misery verse 18 Their souls all meats abhor No delicates can please them Approching to deaths dore From vvhence none can release them verse 19 Then to the Lord complaining They cry in time of need From troubles all them paining he saueth them vvith speed verse 20 To heale them then he gaue His Word for their instruction Which them did free and saue from ruin and destruction verse 21 Gods mercies and saluation Let men vvith thanks confes For Adams generation Gods vvondrous vvorks expres verse 22 To God vvith feruent zeale giue thankfull sacrifices His vvorks vvith ioy reueale vvhich from the heart arises Pause verse 23 They that in ships are sayling And dovvn the seas descend In vvaters great not fayling their busines to attend verse 24 The vvorks of God they see VVithin the deeps contained VVhose vvorks so vvondrous be they cannot be explained verse 25 VVhen he the vvinde commandeth The storms strait vp arise The vvaue so lofty standeth it seemes to threat the skyes verse 26 To heau'n they vp are tost Strait headlong dovvn are tumbled Their liues seem to be lost their fainting souls are humbled verse 27 They stagger stumble reeling Like him that is in drink VVithout vvit sense or feeling Their spirits dovvn do sink verse 28 But vvhen to God they cry Their great distres lamenting He hears them from on high And saues them death preuenting verse 29 The stormy vvinds he stayeth He makes them calm and still The lofty vvaues he layeth and they obey his vvill verse 30 But vvhen the storms do cease With ioy they are reuiued At their vvisht hauen in peace by him they are ariued verse 31 Gods mercy and saluation let men vvith thanks confes To Adams generation Gods vvondrous vvorks expres verse 32 Among the people met let them exalt his glory Before the Elders set in their great Consistory Pause verse 33 He into flouds conuerteth the thirsty vvildernes And he again reuerteth the streams to thirstines verse 34 The fruitful fertile ground to barrennesse he turneth VVhen peoples sins abound vvhich in the land soiourneth verse 35 VVheras the riuer rangeth a land of drought he makes And desarts dry he changeth to pooles and vvater-lakes verse 36 He seats the hungry there Where they full vvell haue fared In vvhich they cities reare for dvvelling vvell prepared verse 37 There fruitfull vineyards plant they And sovv the fertile fields In that land nothing vvant they Which large reuenevv yeelds verse 38 His mercy doth them bles they greatly are increased Their flocks are numberles their cattell not decreased verse 39 But vvhen he is offended they are becom far les Broke dovvn forlorne vnfriended restrained in distres verse 40 On Princes scorn he layes Shovvrs of contempt he rayneth Interrors errors vvayes to vvalk he them constraineth verse 41 The needy he vp taketh from dust to dignity Like to a flock he maketh their numerous family verse 42 Good men
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
rule vvith soueraign povvr supernall Amids thy foes amazed at thy sight verse 3 Thy people free to thee most amiable Shall run vvhen thou vvith sacred povvr art cround As morning devv drops so innumerable To thee the youth of thy vvomb shall abound verse 4 The Lord vvhose vvord and promise changeth neuer VVho nere repents hath svvorn great Prince to thee A Priest thou art Melchisdec like foreuer Thou shalt of that eternall order be verse 5 At thy right hand the Lord vvith his saluation Shall thee assist and all thy foes confound In dreadfull day of his fierce indignation Proud Princes heads shall break and Kings shall vvound verse 6 Ore Gentiles all he iustice exercising Shall fill the fields and streets vvith bodies dead Of Monarchs great imperious tyrannising That ruled far and vvide shâ—ll vvound the head verse 7 In thirst and heat pursuing his foes chased He of the brooke shall drink in speedy vvay Therfore shall he exalt his head high raised Victoriously triumph and raign for ay Psalme 111. Praise Thanksgiuing TO God the Lord I vvill confes VVith all my heart him praise and bles Among the righteous congregation His benefits I vvill relate With thanks his glory celebrate And of his praise make declaration verse 2 The vvorks are great vvhich God hath vvrought By euery one they out are sought In them vvho true delight obtaineth verse 3 His deeds shevv glorious Maiesty His iustice and benignity To all eternity remaineth verse 4 By vvonders vvhich the Lord hath done He euerlasting fame hath vvon He gracious is full of compassions verse 5 He hath them fed vvho do him feare His couenant he in minde vvill beare For ay throughout all generations Pause verse 6 He shevved in his peoples sight His actions full of povvr and might The heathens lands vnto them giuing verse 7 Iust truth are all vvorks of his hands And faithfull are all his commands To his in due obedience liuing verse 8 Established they are most sure For euermore they shall endure In truth and righteousnes ordained verse 9 He freedome to his people sent To keep his couenant he is bent At his command it ay remained Most holy euer is his Name Most reu'rend also is the same verse 10 VVho feareth God true vvisdom gaineth Of sauing knovvledg sure are they That his commandments do obey His praise eternally remaineth Psalme 112. Consolation THe man is blest the Lord vvho feareth And to his Lavv affection beareth verse 2 His seed vpon the earth remaining Shall mighty be as Princes raigning The iust and righteous generation Shall euer be a blessed Nation verse 3 Abundant vvealth his house containeth His righteousnes euer remaineth verse 4 Though night a vvhile the iust surpriseth Cleare light to him betimes ariseth He gracious is full of compassion And righteous in his conuersation verse 5 A good man to the needy lendeth Iudiciously his vvords expendeth In all affairs he doth indeuer With iust discretion to perseuer verse 6 He doubtles shall be moued neuer His memory shall last for euer verse 7 He neuer feareth euill rumors He doth not harbor fickle humors His heart is fixt vvhat ere betideth His faithfull trust in God abideth verse 8 His constant heart him feareles guideth He sees his foe to ruin slideth verse 9 His goods he giueth free and speedy Dispersing to the poore and needy To all his iustice neuer ceaseth To do all good himself addresseth The strength and honor he possesseth Shall be exalted still increaseth verse 10 The vvicked man shall ay be vexed And seeing this shall be perplexed Gnashing his teeth in rage and ier Shall melt avaay as fat in fier His hope is crost and lost his hyer He perish shall and his desier Psalme 113. Praise PRaise ye the Lord his seruants all The Name of God right blessed call His Name to praise let all endeuer verse 2 His honor'd Fame let all relate His glorious Name to celebrate And magnifie both novv and euer verse 3 From orient East vnto the West His honor make vve manifest The Name of God the Lord be praised verse 4 Aboue all nations God is high Exalted far aboue the sky Aboue heau'n is his glory raised verse 5 Like to our God vvhom may vve count He only is Lord paramount VVho to his Throne most high ascendeth verse 6 And yet from heau'n to earth belovv All matters there to see and knovv To rule and guide he dovvn descendeth verse 7 The poor vvhich in the dust do ly He raiseth vp to honors high The needy from filth foule defaced verse 8 To high preferment he vp takes To sit vvith Nobles he them makes Among his peoples Princes placed verse 2 By him the vvombs sterility Is changed to fertility Dead hopes by him to life are raised He makes the barren to conceiue With children mothers ioy receiue The Lord our God be euer praised Psalme 114. Thanksguing WHen Israel from out of Egypt vvent And Iacobs house from people strange vvere sent From cruell thrall secured verse 2 Then Iuda vvas his Sanctuary made He Israel for his dominion had Vnto himself procured verse 3 The sea did fly amazed at the sight And Iordans floud did backvvard take his flight To turn his streams constraining verse 4 The mountains high then leaped like the rams And little hils did skip it like the lambs In fearfull plight remaining verse 5 VVhy didst thou fly thou sea in such affright What ayled thee thou Iordan taking flight To turn thy streams constraining verse 6 Ye mountains high vvhy did ye leap like rams Ye little hils vvhy did ye skip like lambs In fearfull plight remaining verse 7 At presence of the mighty Lord of hosts Of Iacobs God thou earth vvith all thy coasts Quake shake ye frighted mountains verse 8 VVho turns the Rocke into a vvater lake Hard stones to streames and from the flint doth make To flovv fresh flouds and fountains Psalme 115. Prayer NOt to vs Lord not to vs vve intreat But to thy Name giue thou the glory great For thy truth and thy fauer verse 2 Why should the proud the heathen mock and ieer VVher 's novv your Godâ— vvhy doth he not appear Wher 's novv your trust your Sauer verse 3 In heau'n our God is all things to him bovv There he doth rule aboue and here belovv He doth vvhat ere he vvilleth verse 4 Their idols vain are gaudy to behold Of siluer fram'd or at the best of gold As hand of vvorkman skilleth verse 5 A mouth they haue but yet are speechles quite And eyes they haue but neuer see the light No life in them remaineth verse 6 Though they haue eares yet do they nothing heare They smell not though their nostrils doe appear Their bulk no sense containeth verse 7 They cannot feel themselues vvith either hand They neuer vvalk vvith feet vvheron they stand Their throat nor sings nor cryeth verse 8 For blockish trunks vvho so vvill may them take As senseles
iust are all thy Lavves and lore That I may liue to vnderstand them make me 19. KOPH Thee haue I call'd vpon vvith my vvhole heart Vouchsafe O LORD an ansvver soon to giue me Thy statutes I vvill keep from them nere part verse 146 Yea euen on thee I call vvhen troubles grieue me Preserue me safe and then obserue vvill I Thy precepts lust O saue thou and relieue me The early day preuenting I did cry To thee my hope vpon thy vvord depended My trust vpon thy promise doth rely verse 148 More vigilant then vvatchmen I attended To meditate vpon thy holy vvord To exercise therein I haue intended Thy gracious eare in mercy me afford Reuiue thou me restore my life decayed According to thy custom gracious Lord. verse 150 Hovv near they are vvho dangerous plots haue layed Thou seest and knovvst them giuen to vvickednes And hovv far from thy doctrine they haue strayed Thou Lord art near to help in all distres And on firm truth all thy commands are grounded And thou hast them ordaind in righteousnes verse 152 I knovv thy lavves antiquity vnbounded Of thy Decrees yeares shall be numberles For euermore to last thou hast them founded 20. RESH Vexations of my heart do thou behold Free me for I thy lavv haue not neglected But stedfastly in minde I do it hold verse 154 Plead thou my cause and let me be protected O saue me by thy sacred vvord alone Reuiue thou me and let me be erected Vain is the vvay that vvicked men haue gone From safety far off far from their saluation Because of thy iust Statutes they keep none verse 156 Thy mercies mild vvith thy commiseration Are manifold O Lord and very great Reuiue me by thy Iudgments declaration Vngodly men my foes in vvrathfull heat Are many strong still seeking to confound me Yet from thy vvayes my steps I do not set verse 158 Transgressors I did vievv vvhich did surround me Their sins against thee I vvith grief behold Because thy lavv they keep not vvoe doth vvound me Vieâ— Lord my loue hovv I myself vnfold Vnto thy lavv most vvorthily beloued Reâ—iue me by thy mercies manifold verse 160 Thy vvord is truth originall approued Thy Iudgments iust eternally entold Do all endure for euermore vnmoued 21. SCHIN VVithout a cause though Princes hatred beare Against me vvhom they cruelly pursued Yet still my heart of thy lavv stands in feare verse 162 I vvith more ioy by thy vvord am endevved Then they vvho vvith great spoils enriched be Thy Sayings haue my ioyes much more renevved VVho lying vse most odious are to me Deceit and fraud abhorring I haue hated But dearly loue the lavves ordain'd by thee verse 164 Seau'n times a day thy praise is celebrated For Iudgments thine most righteous and thy grace Thy Name to laud my layes are consecrated VVho loue thy lavv and thy vvord do embrace Are blessed vvith great peace by them enioyed And no affront shall their content deface verse 166 I trust thou vvilt not let me be destroyed Lord I for thy saluation hope and craue Thy Statutes I to do am still employed VVholly to keep thy lavves my self I gaue Them to obserue I haue my self applyed I loue them best by them thou vvilt me saue â—68 All thy Decrees vvhich thou hast testified Thy Precepts and thy Statutes kept I haue For all my vvayes to thee are knovvn and tryed TAV YEeld me such grace that my cryes may ascend Before thy face O Lord let them come neare thee Me by thy Word true vnderstanding send verse 170 O let my prayr approach thine eare O heare me According to thy gracious sauing Word Deliuer me that I may loue and feare thee Yeeld laud my lips shall and to thee afford Due thanks and praise most vvorthily deserued VVhen thou thy lavves to teach me shalt accord verse 172 My tong shall sound thy sayings iust obserued For iustice all is vvhich thou dost command Most vvorthy still in minde to be preserued Yeeld me thy ayd reach me thy helping hand For I haue of thy Precepts made election VVhich I desire to knovv and vnderstand verse 174 Thy grace to gaine O Lord giue me direction For I haue longd thy sauing health to see Thy Lavv delights me vvins my hearts affection Yet let my soul liue that it may praise thee And let thy lavves vvhich neuer haue decayed Be still my ayd and helpfull vnto me verse 176 Though like a lost sheep somtime I haue strayed Thy seruant seek restored let me be For in my heart thy Word hath euer stayed Psalme 120. Prayer Complaint WHen sharp afflictions me oppressed I to the Lord my prayr addressed He heard me vvhen to him I cryed And me vvith timely ayd supplyed verse 2 Novv also Lord my soul deliuer From lying lips of the deceiuer Preserue my life safe from the vvrong And harm of the deceitfull tong verse 3 Deceitfull tong tell me vvhat profit Or vvhat exceeding gain comes of it Hovv canst thou get so great aduantage By this thy soothing smoothing language verse 4 Thy vvords like svvords pierce bone and marrovv As vvhen the strong shoots his sharp arrovv The vvounds of thy inuenom'd tong Like coles of Iuniper burne long verse 5 O vvoe is me vvho am constrained To stay in Mesechs tents detained O painfull long peregrination In cruell Kedars habitation verse 6 My soul vvith them hath irksom byding VVhich hate to loue loue to be chiding Imbracing strife and enmity Abhorring peace and amity verse 7 Them seeking to haue pacified The more their rage is multiplied VVhen I my minde for peace declared Then they themselues for vvar prepared Psalme 121. Comfort VP to the hils I lift mine eyes From vvhence comes help to me verse 2 My help Lord comes from thee VVhose povvr hath made the earth and skyes He hath them surely founded On him my hope is grounded verse 3 He vvill not let thy footing slide For he that doth thee keep Nor slumber vvill nor sleep verse 4 Behold vvho Israel doth guide VVith vvatchfull eye him keepeth He slumbers not nor sleepeth verse 5 The Lord doth keep thee from all harm The Lord at thy right hand Thy shade thy shield doth stand verse 6 And gard thee safe vvith his right arm Nor Sun nor Moon shall smite thee Nor day nor night afright thee verse 7 The Lord vvill keep thy soul from ill VVhen thou comst in or out verse 8 What ere thou goest about Shall by his blessing prosper still And all thou dost indeuer The Lord vvill bles for euer Psalme 122. Consolation WHen I did hear the peoples voyce Say let vs goe vvith one accord Into the Temple of the Lord O hovv my heart it did reioyce verse 2 Our vvilling feet novv vvalk the vvay VVithin thy gates vvhere vve shall stay Ierusalem thou city blessed verse 3 Ierusalem novv built doth seem A city of most high esteeme VVithin it self of peace possessed verse 4 The people thither bend
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
O Lord mine enemies Mightily are multiplied Offring me great iniuries VVith fell hate they me enuyed verse 19 Thou LORD keep my soul vnblamed From all ill deliuer me That I do not blush ashamed My hope euer is in thee verse 20 Vpright and intire keep me For I vvait on thee depending LORD from all aduersitie Saue thy Israel him defending Psalme 26. Prayer O LORD GOD iudg thou me For in integritie I vvalked haue and so abide In God I trust assured Who hath me safe secured Therfore I shall not fall nor slide verse 2 Let thy al-plercing eye O LORD me serch and try Proue thou my reins my heart my minde Of euery cogitation Make strict examination Take notice hovv I am inclinde verse 3 For I thy mercy place Before my eyes thy grace Doth euermore before me bide And in thy truths direction I vvalk vvith circumspection Thy veritie my steps doth guide verse 4 By all meanes I eschevv The levvd inconstant crevv With them I sit not that are vain Who vse dissimulation Within their habitation I neither enter nor remain verse 5 Euen from my heart I hate Th'assemblies congregate Of them that vvorke iniquitie Their courts shall not be hanted Nor vvill I be acquainted Nor bide vvith them that vvicked be Pause verse 6 My hands pure innocent To thee I vvill present Washt cleane and cleare they shall be found And so vvith sacrifices And sacred exercises Thy altar LORD vvill I surround verse 7 That all may heare the noyse Of my thanksgiuing voyce Thy honor I vvill celebrate Thy vvorkes incomparable Thy vvonders admirable To all abroad I vvill relate verse 8 I loued haue O GOD The place of thy abode Of most renovvned high account And vvhere thy Honor dvvelleth The glorious house excelleth My loue thereto doth all surmount verse 9 To thee I humbly pray Take not my life avvay Inuolu'd vvith sinners vild accurst But let my soul be spared When fury is prepared Their bloud to shed vvho bloud do thirst verse 10 Within vvhose traitrous hand Mischieuous plots do stand VVho study falsly to accuse VVhose right hand detestable With bribes abhominable Is filled iustice to abuse verse 11 But I vvith vpright heart VVill vvalk and not depart From my sincere integritie â—â—ign thou so to esteeme me Vouchsafe thou to redeeme me And be thou gracious vnto me verse 12 By thy assisting hand My feet do firmly stand In plained paths of righteousnes I in the congregation VVith thankfull adoration The Lord my God vvill praise and bles Psalme 27. Thanksgiuing THe Lord God is my light and my saluation Then vvho is he that can make me affraid The Lord is my lifes strong fortification VVhat then is he that can make me dismaid verse 2 VVhen vvicked men approached against me To eat my flesh my cruell deadly foes My enemies vvhose hate did me oppose They stumbled then and fell dovvn fearfully verse 3 Though mighty hoasts vvith all their force surround me Yet shall my heart fear nothing nor distrust Though vvars arise and foes seek to confound me Yet confident in this still I vvill trust verse 4 I of the Lord this one thing humbly craue And daily this vvill I seek to obtain That all the dayes of my life vvhich remain In Gods house I may my abiding haue There to behold in sacred contemplation The beauty of hjs Temple I desire To visit there his holy habitation VVith diligence attending to inquire verse 5 For he in time of trouble vvill me hide Within his tent vvhen dangers me assault In secret of his house he vvill exalt And set me safe vpon a rocke to bide Pause verse 6 And novv my head shall be high eleuated Aboue my foes about me circling round Therfore vvill I in Gods house animated Sing sacrifice reioyce his praise resound verse 7 Lord hear my voyce giue eare vnto my cry Grant my request and to me gracious be Haue mercy Lord vvith fauor ansvver me To this my suit vouchsafe thou to reply verse 8 When first thou spakst these vvords of fauor saying Seek ye my face encourag'd by thy grace My heart strait vvays thy iust coÌ„mand obaying This vovv replyd Lord I vvill seek thy face verse 9 Then far from me thy face O do not hide In vvrath from thee thy seruant do not chase My helper thou hast bin in euery place Forsake me not my health my God my guide verse 10 Though Parents both abandon and reiect me The Lord vvill me to his tuition take verse 11 By foes opprest in thy vvay Lord direct me Teach me thy path it plain before me make verse 12 Commit me not vnto mine enemies Let them not vvork on me their ovvn desires False vvitnes rise against me shameles lyers They be and breath out vvâ—ong and cruelties verse 13 My heart vvould faint but that I haue reposed My confidence O Lord vpon thy vvord To see thy grace and goodnes great disclosed Euen in the land of life by thee O Lord. verse 14 Wait thou on God him patiently attend With courage bould quit manfully thy part The Lord thy God make strong thy valiant heart Wait on the Lord for he vvill thee defend Psalme xxvlij Prayer O LORD my strong fortification To thee I make my supplication Be not as deaf or silent to me Lest thy long silence quite vndo me And I my self to them compare That in the graue deep buried are verse 2 Heare thou my voyce to thee directed VVhen I do cry vvith hands erected Tovvards thy most holy place elected verse 3 My God let me not be reiected VVith vvorkers of iniquitie VVith vvicked men destroy not me Whose vvords speak peace but harts malitious Do hide and harbor hate pernicious verse 4 According to their deeds regard them And as their merits are revvard them As they deserue pay them their hire Such vvages as their vvorks require verse 5 Because vvith diligence they learn not To knovv Gods vvorks and them discern not Nor his hands mighty operation He vvill them ruin to desolation His force to fall shall them constrain And neuer build them vp again verse 6 The LORD our God be euer blessed VVho heard my voyce to him addressed verse 7 GOD is my strength he me defendeth My help on him my shield dependeth Therfore my hearts ioy doth abound His praise vvith thanks my song shall sound verse 8 God is their strength and hath appointed Deliuerance to his king anointed verse 9 Saue thou thy people thy ovvn nation Be thou the strength of their saluation Vouchsafe to bles thine heritance Them euer guide feed and aduance Psalme 29. Doctrine ALl ye Princes mighty States Monarchs Kings and Potentates Render to the Lord his right Glory Maiesty and might verse 2 To his Name most honorable Render praises ansvverable VVorship God performe this duty In his house of sacred beauty verse 3 Ore the vvaters roring noyse Is the Lords most mighty voyce God most glorious from his
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
keep his tong from ill Must gard his lips from subtle bayt Of fraudulent and false deceit From speaking any guile verse 14 No ill do thou at all Do good seeke peace and it pursevv verse 15 The eyes of God the iust do vievv His eare doth heare their call Pause verse 16 Opposed hath the LORD His face against ill doers all To cut off their memoriall From earth vvith his ovvn svvord verse 17 Plaining the righteous cry The Lord doth hear vvhen they complain And saueth them from all their pain And all their misery verse 18 Quite broken humbled heart Doth finde the Lord is neare to saue All them that contrite spirits haue And to him soone conuert verse 19 Right iust men and vpright Afflictions many do endure But GOD in vvhom their trust is sure Doth free them by his might verse 20 Safe kept by him alone Both vvhole and sound all his bones be So carefull of them all is he That broke there is not one verse 21 The vvicked shall be slain By euill meanes and desolate They shall be vvho the righteous hate They guilty shall remain verse 22 Vndoubtedly the Lord His seruants soul redeemes and them As guilty he vvill not condem VVhose trust is in his Word Psalme 35. Prayer AGainst my foes Lord plead my right And smite thou them vvho me do smite VVith shield speare compleatly aimed Stand for my ayd saue me vnharmed Charge on them march before my face Block vp their vvay vvho me do chase verse 3 Say to my soul loe I am hee That can and vvill deliuer thee verse 4 Let shame confounding them surround Them backvvard driue and quite confound Them that do seek my soules surprising To mischief me my harm deuising verse 5 Let them like dust be cast avvay As vvith the chaffe the vvinde doth play And let Gods Angell driue and chase Them all abroad from place to place verse 6 Let dark and slipry be their vvay That groping stumbling fall they may And let Gods Angell fiercely chase them Them persecuting quite out-race them verse 7 For vvithout cause they hid for me Pernicious nets of cruelty And causelesly they digd a pit That they might take my soul in it verse 8 Let him be ruind vnavvares Let him be caught in his ovvn snares In nets vvhich he for me intended Let his ovvne feet be apprehended In that destruction let him slide Which he for me did secret hide verse 9 Novv shall my soul right ioyfull be In God that hath preserved me Pause verse 10 My bones shall ioyntly say vvith me O LORD vvho may compare vvith thee Who sau'st the vveak by thy assistance From foes too strong for his resistance Yea the afflicted indigent From spoylers outrage violent verse 11 Against me vvitnes rise vntrevv They charge me vvith vvhat I nere knevv verse 12 VVith ill for good they me repay Seeking to take my life avvay verse 13 Though in their sicknes pain anguish I sackcloth vvore did fast and languish My prayr for them vvhen I did mourne Into my bosom did returne verse 14 Such loue to them I did extend As to my brother or deare friend Bovv'd dovvn vvith grief I far'd as one His mother dead doth vvall and mone verse 15 But vvhen I vvas distrest they sported And to deride me they consorted Against me abiects base did plot Together and I knevv it not Reuiling me vvith open throat They did me teare and ceased not verse 16 Gainst me teeth-gnashing hypocrites And bitter scoffing Parasites Did mock and iear vvith scurrill ieasting To make guests merry at their feasting verse 17 O Lord hovv long vvilt thou looke on Daign thou to saue my only one My soul from their destructions free From Lyons iavves deliuer me Pause verse 18 In midst of great assemblies I VVill praise thy Name O GOD most high In the most frequent congregation Iof thy praise vvill make relation Let not my vvrongfull enemie Reioyce and triumph ouer me Nor let their eye vvith causeles hate VVinke on my poore deplor'd estate verse 20 For they nor think nor speak of peace But to deuise they do not cease Deceitfull plots abhominable To trouble them that are peaceable verse 21 Against me they set open vvide Their mouths that they might me deride And euery one cryes out on me Aha the vvretch our eye doth see verse 22 LORD thou hast seen this hovv it vvas In silence do not let it pas LORD be not far norme forsake thou verse 23 Stir vp thy self my God avvake thou To iudg my cause my God art thou verse 24 O LORD my GOD O iudg me novv According to thy equitie That they reioyce not ouer me verse 25 Among themselues let them not say Ha ha so so be glad vve may VVe haue deuovvrd him quite destroyed verse 26 Let them that at my grief haue ioyed Confounded and disgraced be VVho magnifi'd themselues ore me Let them all ouer be arayd With shame dishonord and dismayd verse 27 But let them all true ioy obtain Who me in my iust cause sustain For euer let them sing resounding Blest be the mighty povvr abounding Of thee O Lord vvhom it doth please To giue vnto thy seruants peace verse 28 My tong thy iustice shall relate All day thy praise I le celebrate Psalme 36. Doctrin THe vvicked man hath so transgrest That in my heart t is manifest He hath Gods fear reiected For so long himself flattereth he verse 2 In his ovvn eyes till his sin be Found hatefull vvhen detected His vvords vniust are fraud and lyes verse 3 He hath surceased to be vvise No good he exerciseth verse 4 On 's bed he mischief doth inuent In vvayes not good to vvalk he s bent No euill he despiseth verse 5 O Lord thy large benignitie Fils heau'n and thy fidelitie To reach the clouds thou daignest verse 6 Thy iust acts highest hils surmount Thy iudgments deepest depth vve count Thou man and beast sustainest verse 7 Hovv precious Lord thy mercies be Therfore men put their trust in thee To thy vvings shade betake them verse 8 The fatnes of thy house shall them Full satisfie to drink the strem Of thy ioyes thou shalt make them verse 9 For our lifes fountain is vvith thee And in thy light vve light shall see VVhich neuer shall haue ending verse 10 To them thy mercy still impart Who knovv thee to the vpright heart Thy righteousnes extending verse 11 Let foot of pride not tread on me Nor vvicked hand make me to flee Nor captiue me surprising verse 12 There are the vvicked ouerthrovvn And irrecouerably cast dovvn Disabled quite from rising Psalme xxxvij Alphabeticall Doctrin AT vvicked men to enuy be not moued Frit not at them vvho vvork iniquitie Nor grieue that their designs haue prosprous proued verse 2 For they shall fall to ruin suddenly Like grasse movv'd dovvn they perish shall for euer And as green herbs shall vvither finally verse 3 Beleeue in God good deeds
vvill turn back all terrifyed This sure I knovv for I haue often tryed That God is still vvith me verse 10 The Lord my God by me shall praised be And of his Word vvill I sing ioyfully Because perform his promise sure vvill he The LORD is my saluation verse 11 On him I trust and build my hopes foundation Therfore I vvill not feare the machination verse 12 Of mortall man My vovves gratification To thee Lord vvill I pay Vnto thee Lord vvill I giue thanks alvvay And I vvill sing thy praises day by day To thee O Lord I vvill confes and say Thou Lord vvilt me deliuer verse 13 From direfull death thou art the only giuer Of safety sure so that my feet shall neuer In danger slide but vpright vvalk for euer In thy life 's lightned vvay Psalme 57. Prayer THy mercy shevv some pitty take on me For O my God my soul doth trust in thee And till these vvoes and troubles be past ouer My soul doth hope thou my defence vvilt be And that vvith thy vvings shade thou vvilt me couer verse 2 Vnto the Lord my God vvho is most high Will I lift vp my voyce and to him cry verse 3 His promise sure vvho keeps vvho by his povver From heau'n vvill saue me from mine enemy Confounding him vvho seeks me to deuovver Selah verse 4 My soul alas distres doth novv compell Mongst Lyons fierce and raging still to dvvell Among men set on fire inflamed fuell Whose teeth are speares and shafts sharp long and fell Whose tongs like svvords do vvound vvith vvords most cruel Pause verse 5 Exalt thy self O God aboue the sky And on the earth aduance thy glory high verse 6 They set a net my steps to haue insnared My humbled soul dovvn bovved lovv doth ly For me my foes a deep pit haue prepared verse 7 Mine enemies before me digd a pit And they themselues are faln dovvn into it Selah Wherfore O God my heart is novv prepared My heart O Lord to praise thee is made fit Thy praises in my song shall be declared verse 8 My glory vvake Harpe Lute avvake I say For I my self vvill vvake ere break of day verse 9 Among the throng in frequent congregations To thee O Lord confessing I vvill pray And praise thy Name O Lord among the Nations verse 10 For mercy thine is as the heau'n most high Thy truth extends vnto the cloudy sky Exalt thy self aboue the heau'n supernall Let all the earth O GOD thee glorifie And sound thy praise O Lord most high eternall Psalme 58. Consolation YE Rulers all to vvhom the trust is Committed to defend the right Against oppressors vvrongfull might Are all your iudgments truth and iustice Ye sons of men haue you regard To all iust iudgment to avvard verse 2 Your mindes on mischief still are musing Your hands vvith vvrongs ye do pollute For cruelties ye execute The Land vvith measures false abusing verse 3 These vvicked men vvho iustice hate From God are strangers alienate Eu'n from the vvomb they haue reiected The truth for error speaking lyes verse 4 Within their brests fell venim lyes VVith poysnous Serpents rage infected And like the Adder deaf vvhose eare He stops because he vvill not heare verse 5 The skilfull charmers voyce not hearing Though of all Charmers chief vvere he verse 6 LORD let their teeth all broken be Within their yavvning mouthes appearing Lord break the Lyons cruell iavves Pull out their fangs cut off their clavves Pause verse 7 Let them as vvater in the riuers Avvay all vnregarded fall verse 8 Their arrovves cut in pieces small Them scatter shatter into shiuers Let them consume avvay as snailes That dry and dy vvhen moysture failes As vvomens fruit vntimely dyeth Nere seeing light abortiue born verse 9 Before the bramble bush or thorn Do prick or burn svvift vengeance flyeth And like a vvhirlvvind them aliue VVith furious force avvay shall driue verse 10 Then shall vvith gladnes mirth pleasure The righteous man right ioyfull be When he the vvicked men shall see Fall vnder vengeance dreadfull measure He in the bloud of vvicked men Shall vvash his feet Man shall say then verse 11 The righteous shall be vvell regarded He shall the fruit and profit gain Of all his labour not in vain With plenty he shall be revvarded For sure there is a God of might That iudgeth all the vvorld by right Psalme lix Prayer MY GOD my enemies surround me Saue me from them that vvould confound me Let me my God defended be From them that rise vp against me verse 2 Deliuer me from all transgressors saue me from them that be oppressors From vvorkers of iniquity From cruell men and bloud-thirsty verse 3 For loe they all my vvayes espying To take my life in vvait are lying Lord mighty men their forces bend Gainst me vvho them did not offend verse 4 With speed prepard they haue intended To punish me vvho nere offended Therfore arise behold and see And vvith thy might assist thou me verse 5 Lord God of hosts vvhose mighty povver Is Israels defensiue tovver The heathen visit thou avvake And on them all due vengeance take To none let mercy be extended Who of meer malice haue offended Selah verse 6 I' th euening they run to and fro About the streets they rambling go â—ike hounds they hovvl their mouthes loud sounding verse 7 Their speech vvith brags and boasts abounding â—ith cruell lips like sharpned svvords For vvho say they do hear our vvords verse 8 But thou LORD vvilt reproue and chide them â—isdainfully thou vvilt deride them â—nd laughing at their lust disgrace â—halt mock the heathen to their face verse 9 Because my strength on thee dependeth On thee alone my soul attendeth For only God defendeth me My high tovvr of defence is he verse 10 The God of mercy is my Sauer He shall preuent me vvith his fauer The Lord vvill surely suffer me On my foes my desire to see Pause verse 11 But suddenly O Lord them slay not That our remembrance soone decay not But by degrees them all abroad Disperse by thy great povver O God Them all vvith shame dovvn lovv deiect thou Thou art our shield vs Lord protect thou verse 12 Because their vvicked mouthes abound In sin their lips vvith lyes resound They in their pride shall be surprised For cursed plots vvhich they deuised For execrations fraud and vvrongs verse 13 Proceeding from their lying tongs In thy fierce anger fury fuming Confound thou them all quite consuming That nothing may them ere restore Destroy them that they be no more That they may knovv in Iacob raigneth The God that euermore remaineth Whose rule and empire doth extend Vnto the vvorlds remotest end Selah verse 14 They in the euening back returning Enraged mad vvith fury burning As dogs do grin bark vvhine and cry About the city rambling pry verse 15 From place to place they shift still changing Sharking for meat in hunger ranging And vvhen
verse 27 There Beniamin vvho of a fevv And little great and mighty grevv The chief of many Nations There royall Iudahs Princes be There zabulon and Nephtaly The Princely congregations Pause verse 28 Thy God he is by vvhose command It is that thou so firm dost stand Thy strong fortification Giue strength to that vvhich thou hast vvrought For vs vvhich thou to passe hast brought O God grant confirmation verse 29 Because so gracious thou vvilt be To thy ovvn Templeâ— vnto thee Shall Kings bring gifts abounding verse 30 Rebuke and scatter by thy might The troupes of spear men armd for fight Their armies huge confounding Knock dovvn the mighty multitude Of Buls and Calues of people rude As in the shambles slay them Who glory in their siluer spoiles And vvho delight in vvars and broyles Defeat disperse dismay them verse 31 Great Lords shall come from Egypt lands The Mores in hast shall stretch their hands And hearts to God thanksgiuing verse 32 Sing to the Lord both Prince King Throughout the vvorld to God Psalms sing And praise God euer liuing Selah verse 33 Praise him vvho rideth mounted on The heau'n of heau'ns his ancient Throne VVhose vvorks are full of vvonder Behold he makes his voyce rebound More dreadfull mighty strong in sound Then loudest noise of thunder verse 34 Ascribe to God omnipotence In Israel his excellence Appeareth admirable His povver let all magnifie His strength is far aboue the sky His might vnutterable verse 35 O God most dreadfull is thy face For thou out of thy holy place Hast all thy foes distressed Thy strength maintains thy peoples right Thou Iacobs God dost giue them might The Lord be euer blessed Psalme 69. Prayer prophecy SAue me O God the vvaters me to drovvn To svvallovv vp my soul the seas are ready I sinke in mire vvhere is no footing steady Plungd in the deep the flouds haue me oreflovvn verse 2 With crying vveak I vveary vveâ—â— and vvall My throat is hoarse vvith dolefull lamentation verse 3 VVith shovvring teares consum d my eyes do fail VVhile on my God I vvait vvith expectation verse 4 Haires on my head in number fevver be Then they that seek vvithout cause to destroy me My foes vvith hate that vvrongfully annoy me Are great and strong preuailing mightily That I restord vvhat I tooke not avvay verse 5 O GOD to thee my folly is reuealed Thou knovvst vvhen hovv and vvhere I vvent astray And from thy sight my sins are not concealed verse 6 LORD GOD of hosts all povvr belongs to thee Wherby thou hast thine ovvne from foes defended With constant hope vvho haue on thee attended O let them not be put to shame for me Lord Israels God O suffer no disgrace For me be fall them that seek thy saluation verse 7 Because for thy sake shame did hide my face And I endur'd reproach and defamation Pause verse 8 A stranger I am in my kindreds sight Me as vnknovvn my brethren haue neglected verse 9 Because so much thy people I affected Zeal of thy house hath me consumed quite Reproches vvhich the vvicked on me cast Are faln on me for thy sake I am blamed verse 10 I chastised my soul did vveep and fast For vvhich I vvas reproched and defamed verse 11 My self I haue vvith sackcloth garments rayde Their by-vvord me the scoffers mock iests breaking verse 12 The proud sit at their gates against me speaking The drunkards sing of me their pastime made While I O Lord my feruent prayer make To thee alone in time of acceptation On me in thy great mercy pitty take Heare me Lord in the truth of thy saluation verse 14 Deliuer me out of this mire profound Let me not sink therin lest it confound me Free me from foes vvho hatefully surround me O let me not in vvaters deep be drovvnd verse 15 Let not the flouds streams me ouerflovv Let not the gulf me svvallovv and deuovver Let none into the greedy graue me throvv Nor let the pit in tomb me in her povver verse 16 Lord ansvver me hear me for thy good grace And for thy loue and kindnes goodnes treasure Accoâ—ding to thy mercies boundles measure Turn thou to me the fauour of thy face verse 17 Thy face from me thy seruant do not hide For I in grief and trouble am distressed Make haste therfore my God my gracious guide To hear my prayt vvhich is to thee addressed Pause verse 18 Dravv neer my soul in my aduersity Redeem my life vvith ransom quite discharge me From spitefull foes from thraldom soon inlarge me And set me free from this captiuity verse 19 Thou my reproch hast knovvn and my disgrace Thou seest my shame and hovv they do oppresse me My enemies are all before thy face And in thy sight they are that do distres me verse 20 Reproch and shame haue broke my grieued heart With heauines and sorrovv sick I languish I lookt but noâ—e I found bemone my anguish None vvould me ayd not one vvould take my part All comfortles amid my troubles great Not one vvas found to succour or to saue me verse 21 And bitter gall they gaue me for to eat And in my thirst sharp vineger they gaue me verse 22 Before them let their table them orethrovv Their pleasures turn to be as snares vnto them Their treasures make as trapfals to vndo them Their ioy to grief their vvelfare change to vvoe verse 23 Let both their eyes so euer darkned be That vvanting sight the light may not auaile them Their vveakned loynes so shake continually That thighs legs and feeble feet may faile them Pause verse 24 Let thy fierce vvrath fast hold vpon them take Pour out on them thy vvrathfull indignation verse 25 Make desolate and voyd their habitation And in their tents let none their dvvelling make verse 26 Because they him to persecute nere cease Whom thou hast smit their strokes haue more abounded His sorrovves their insultings more increase Whom thy ovvn hand afflicted hath and vvounded verse 27 Vpon their sins heap sins shame on their shames Let them into thy righteousnes come neuer verse 28 Wipe them out of thy booke of life for euer And vvith the iust vnvvritten be their Names verse 29 But as for me afflicted making mone Raise thou me vp O God by thy saluation verse 30 That I may sing and praise thy Name alone Extolling thee vvith thankfull gratulation verse 31 And this my song the Lord shall better please Then Ox or Bull that horns and clou'n hoof vveareth verse 32 The humble meek and vvho the Lord God feareth Shall ioy vvhen they do see such things as these All ye that seek the LORD your hearts shall liue verse 33 For God doth hear the poor mans supplication An eare to his ovvn people he doth giue His prishers scorns not in their tribulation verse 34 Let heau'n and earth vnto him praises yeeld Praise him all seas and all that therin moueth verse 35
From age to age Lord of supernall glory Psalme 80. Prayer HEar vs thy Israel vvho feedest VVho like a flock thy Ioseph leadest Vouchsafe to shevv to vs thy grace That vve may vievv thy shining face Thou that dost dvvell in maiesty Betvveen the Cherubs gloriously verse 2 March thou before in might and povver Be Ephraims defensiue tovver Go thou before thy Beniamin Before Manasseh glory vvin Stir vp thy strength thy ayd vve craue Vs novv at length vouchsafe to saue verse 3 To former freedom Lord restore vs Return thou vs and shine before vs Shevv thou to vs thy glorious face And vs inlighten by thy grace Defend thou vs and so shall vve By thy protection saued be verse 4 Lord God of hosts insuperable Hovv long shall thy vvrath formidable Thus smoke against thy peoples prayr verse 5 Thou feedest them vvith bread of care They drink the cups vvhich thou dost fill With teares vvhich from their eyes distill verse 6 VVe are a strife to all about vs Our enemies do mock and flout vs Deriding vs vvith scornfull spight verse 7 Return thou vs O God of might Thy face let shine on vs that vve By grace of thine may saued be Pause verse 8 From Egypt thou a Vine approued Hast brought the heathen hast remoued And planted it them far didst chase verse 9 Mad'st room for it prepard a place VVhere grovving it deep root did take To fill the land thou it didst make verse 10 The shade therof did spred and couer The neighboring hils and mountains ouer The boughs it stretched forth abroad VVere like the Cedar trees of God verse 11 It branches to the sea did send The sprigs to the riuers did extend verse 12 VVhy hast thou broke the hedg vvaste layd it All passengers their prey haue made it verse 13 The sauage Boare out of the vvood Hath rooted all vp vvhere it stood To herds of beasts it seru'd for meat Vntill they it quite vp had eat verse 14 Lord God of hosts insuperable From heau'n return thou fauourable Behold and visit this thy Vine verse 15 So planted by that hand of thine This branch see hovv it is decayd Which for thy self so strong vvas made verse 16 It is cut dovvn destroyd and burned The fire hath it to ashes turned They all shall perish at thy frovvn verse 17 But let thy hand that man renovvn VVho to thy right hand doth belong ' VVhom thou hadst for thy self made strong verse 18 And so shall vve forsake thee neuer Reuiue thou vs and vve shall euer Call on thy Name thy praises sing verse 19 Return vs Lord of hosts our King Let thy face shine on vs that vve By grace of thine may saued be Psalme 81. Thanksgiuing SIng vve vvith loud voyce to God our saluation Make a ioyfull noyse Iacobs God praise vve sing Psalms ioyfully sing vvith exultation verse 2 Sing a ioyfull song holy pleasure taking Instruments among Timbrel Pipe and Flute Psaltry Harp and Lute consort musicke making verse 3 Euery moon in Prime blovv the trumpet sounding At appointed time keep your festiuall Merry make vvith all ioyfull chear abounding verse 4 For to Israel this Lavv he ordained Who in heau'n doth dvvell Iacobs God is he Who did this decree still to be maintained verse 5 Vnto Iosephs seed he this couenant granted VVhen they being freed did from Egypt range Of vvhose language strange they the knovvledge vvanted Pause verse 6 Burdens I did take from their shoulders pained Them I free did make from base labour spar'd From task-masters hard vnder thrall constrained verse 7 Thou distrest didst call I by vvorks of vvonder Set thee free from thrall ansvvering thee vvith grace From the secret place of dark clouds and thunder Yet at Meribah vvaters of contention I thee prou'd vvhich vvay thy heart vvas inclinde Vndermin'd thy minde sounded thy intention verse 8 O my people hear I protest vnto thee Thou to me art deare O my Israel Mark vvhat I shall tell giue good eare vnto me verse 9 No strange gods haue thou from my seruice changing To them do not bovv no false gods adore Nor their ayd implore thee from me estranging verse 10 Thy Lord God am I vvho from Egypt brought thee Thou my povvr didst try I did set thee free From the crueltie of them that ore-vvrought thee Pause Thy mouth open vvide it shall be fulfilled Thou shalt be supplide daily more and more With my blessings store dovvn on thee distilled verse 11 But my people dear vvhom I thus inuited My voyce vvould not hear and my Israel My vvords did repell me their God they slighted verse 12 Then I gaue them ore to their hearts intentions Let them as before vvalk in vvayes vniust To themselues to trust and their ovvn inuentions verse 13 O my folk indeard that ye had obeyed My vvords vvhich ye heard O that Israel VVhom I lou'd so vvell had not from me strayed verse 14 Suddenly all those I vvould haue subdevved VVho had bin thy foes all that theâ— distrest I vvould haue supprest vvith my hand pursevved verse 15 All that hatred beare to rhe Lord supernall Shall submit for feare and their time shall sure Euermore endure it shall be eternall verse 16 I vvith flovvr of vvheat fully had supplide them Fed them vvith svveet meat them vvith hony sild From the rock distild I had satisfide them Psalme 82. Doctrin GOd is amidst the congregation VVhere Princes meet in consultation As Iudg supreme his place hee takes Mongst Iudges vvhom as Gods he makes verse 2 Hovv long vvill ye in place of iustice Avvard such sentence as vniust is Far off from equity ye erre For ye the vvickeds cause prefer Selah verse 3 Do iustice to the poore oppressed Relieue the fatherles distressed The guiltles innocent defend And to the helples succor send verse 4 Make haste them to deliuer speedy VVho are afflicted poore and needy Them free from their oppressors hand Their vvicked cruell foes vvithstand verse 5 But ignorant they doe not knovv it Nor vvill they vnderstand or shovv it They vvalk obscure vvithout remorse That all the earth is out of course verse 6 Although as gods I haue you stiled Be not deceiued nor beguiled For though vnto you this said I Ye children are of the most high verse 7 Yet do not think your selues immortall For ye shall dy as men as mortall As earthly Princes so ye shall From high estate deiected fall verse 8 Arise O GOD iudg thou the Nations And gouern thou all congregations For to inherit appertains To thee all that on earth remains Psalme 83. Prayer IN silence Lord hold not thy peace Delay not thou nor longer cease Defer not Lord be still no longer verse 2 For lo thy foes in tumults rising Exalt themselues thy povvr despising Make head against thee still grovv stronger verse 3 Against thy people they combine Take counsell them to vndermine They meet in secret consultations Against them vvhom thy bosom hideth
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
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
thervvith his praise resoundeth verse 14 He maketh gras out of the earth to grovv The bruitish beasts he doth prouide for so And for mans vse the vsefull herbs he planteth That they may till the ground vvhich labor vvanteth verse 15 He maketh vvine vvhich hath a secret art To cure the sad and to make glad mans heart He maketh oyle vvhich makes mens faces shining And bread that breeds hearts strength the povvrs combining verse 16 Of the great Lord the trees are very great In sap in grovvth either for shevv or meat The Cedars high on Libanus that grovveth Gods plants not mans then man 's more goodly shovveth verse 17 In them the birds do make their dovvny nest By natiue skill and take therin their rest As for the storke vvhile other liketh others Amidst the firs her and her yong shee smothers verse 18 For the vvilde Goats vpon the highest hils Their refuge they do make and sport their fils On th' other side among the rocks so stony Thou placest safe the vvilde and fearfull cony Pause verse 19 The changing moone he sets vpon her change From West to East in seasons fit to range He makes the Sun knovv his fixt course neere slovving In th' East his rise i' th West his dovvnvvard going verse 20 He darknes makes and takes avvay the light The glorious day is turnd to obscure night Within their dens the forrest beasts all sleeping Out of their dens then boldly all come creeping verse 21 The Lyons yong that lurke beside the vvay Do rage and rore incessant for their prey These seek their food by meer instinct vvith crying From the strong God their vvant of food supplying verse 22 Yet in the morn at rising of the Sun They gather them in one and homevvard run There in their dens close couching they repose them Till night so that no eye can there disclose them verse 23 VVith break of day man breaks his rest and goes To labour vvhere the field him profit shovves In husbandâ—y vvhose painfull toyle nere endeth Till tovvards euen the shadovv longer tendeth verse 24 O holy Lord vvhat register can hold Thy vvondrous vvorks they are so manifold From vvisdom of thy prouidence proceeding The earth is full of riches thine exceeding verse 25 So likevvise is the deep and spacious Sea Stretching its arms to euery creek and key Where svvim and creep creatures innumerable Both small and great to name them vvho is able verse 26 The goodly ships therin do ride and saile And therin thou hast made the mighty whale There svvims the huge Leuiathan in straying Thy greatnes shevves and in his sportiue playing Pause verse 27 All these all else beasts fishes flying fovvles Avvait on thee for to refresh their soules That thou shouldst giue them meat in meetest season Which else should vvant their food as they vvant reason verse 28 What thou dost please in goodnesse them to giue They gladly take and therby they do liue VVhen once thy hand of bounty is extended All good to thy good creatures is expended verse 29 But vvhen thou hid'st thy face the place of ioy No comfort then all trouble and annoy When thou vvithdravvst their breath life is adiorned And to dead dust is liuing dust returned verse 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit Lord and then In formes and seeds they are remade agen And vvhen they fail vvith force from thee indevved The surface of the old earth is renevved verse 31 The glorious praise of our good gracious Lord From age to age all ages shall record And in his vvorks vvhich he in vvisdom framed He shall reioyce so oft as they are named verse 32 If against earth he bend his angry brovv Therof the strength and pillars trembling bovv If but to touch the hils him vvrath prouoketh For very fear the hils vvith terror smoketh verse 33 So long as God that I shall liue shall please Vnto that God to sing I vvill not cease Yea vvhile I shall in being be protected Vnto my God my Psalms shall be directed verse 34 All my discourse of him and thoughts of heart Shall svveetnes to him to my self impart No sorrovv shall from him my solace seuer My ioying in the Lord shall be for euer verse 35 Men that are giuen to sin be all consum'd None vvicked be on earth except intomb'd Vp vp my soul to God in thanks be raised The vvorlds great God of all the vvorld be praised Psalme 105. Thanksgiuing LEt euery one of vs confessing Giue thanks to God his praise expressing The glory of his sacred Name Among the people all proclaime His honor great and precious Make knovvn his actions glorious verse 2 Sing ye vnto him Psalms resounding Declare his vvondrous vvorks abounding verse 3 Let his great Name your glory be In his renovvned sanctitie With gladnes let the heart and voyce Of them that seeke the LORD reioyce verse 4 Seek God and his omnipotency Ay seek his faces excellency verse 5 Remember his high acts made knovvn The vvondrous vvorks that he hath done The iudgments vvhich pronounced are By his ovvn sacred mouth declare verse 6 Of Abraham the generation Gods faithfull seruants propagation Ye Iacobs children his elect VVhom God as his ovvn doth affect verse 7 He is the Lord our God his grace And iudgments are in euery place verse 8 For of his couenant failing neuer He mindfull is remembring euer The vvord that he did once command To thousand ages firm doth stand verse 9 VVhich to obserue he hath decreed With Abraham fully agreed And vvhich by oath he hath secured Vnto his Isaac firm assured verse 10 To Iacob likevvise sure hath he Established this his decree To Israel confirmed fast This couenant euermore to last verse 11 This saying to them I vvill giue thee The land of Canan to relieue thee Of your inheritance the line Which I vnto you do assigne verse 12 VVhen yet their number vvas but small But strangers there not knovvn at all verse 13 VValking from Nation vnto Nation Hauing no setled habitation From place to place novv here novv there They safe by hâ—m conducted vvere verse 14 Who suffred them no vvrong to take But scourg'd great Princes for their sake verse 15 Commanding touch not mine annointed Nor harm the Prophets I appointed verse 16 He in the land did famin make And there the staffe of bread he brake verse 17 But for his people prouident Before his ovvn a man he sent This Ioseph they did sell ingratefull To seruitude and bondage hatefull verse 18 Where they his feet vvith fetters bound The irons sharp his soul did vvound verse 19 Vntill the time appointed came Gods VVord assigned for the same So vvhen the Lord enough had tryed His faith and patience testified verse 20 The Kings comand vvas straitvvay sent To free him from imprisonment VVho did the people rule and guide For his inlargement did prouide verse 21 And from a seruant him reputed Lord of his houshold constituted And
sots are they vvho do them make And vvho in them affyeth Pause verse 9 O Israel place thou thy confidence In God thy ayd thy shield and thy defence From perils he vvill vvard thee verse 10 O Aarons house place thou thy confidence In God thy ayd thy shield and thy defence From dangers he vvill gard thee verse 11 VVho feare the Lord place all your confidence And trust in him your helper your defence He is your sure saluation verse 12 The Lord did not forget vs in distres He Israel for euermore vvill bles And Aarons generation verse 13 All those that him do fear the Lord vvill bles Both yong and old the greater vvith the les Shall high be dignified verse 14 Gods mercy grace and great benignity Both vnto you and your posterity Shall still be multiplyed verse 15 Of God the Lord ye euer blessed are VVho heau'n and earth hath made vvhich do declare His povvrfull operation verse 16 The Lord himself inhabiteth high heau'n And all the earth vvith all therin hath giuen To Adams generation verse 17 Thy praise O Lord by deadmen is not shovvn By those vvho in the silent graue go dovvn Thy honor is not raised verse 18 But liuing vve thee liuing Lord adore And vve vvill praise thee euer more and more Therfore the Lord be praised Psalme 116. Thanksgiuing I Loue the Lord because he eare doth giue Vnto my voyce and to my supplication verse 2 Since he inclin'd to hear vvith acceptation Therfore vvill I call on him vvhile I liue verse 3 The pains of death did compas me about With grieuous pangs afflicted I did languish Neere to the graue in dolefull grief and anguish I on the Lords Name cald and cryed out verse 4 O Lord saue thou my soule and set it free Then did I finde the Lord most iust gracious verse 5 The mercies of the Lord are large spacious verse 6 The Lord doth keep thē safe that simple be Cast dovvn vvith grief I vvas brought very lovv He rais'd me vp in safety me inclosing verse 7 Return to rest my soule on him reposing For God on thee doth freely gifts bestovv verse 8 Because my soule from death thou didst release My eyes from teares my slippry feet from sliding verse 9 Before the Lord vvill I vvalk my steps guiding Into the land of life through paths of peace Pause verse 10 I did beleeue and therfore haue I said In my distres afflicted and tormented verse 11 My hasty tong my troubled sense preuented That lyers all men are vain is their ayd verse 12 VVhat shall I to the Lord repay for all His bounty to me vvhat gratification verse 13 I vvill take vp the cup of his saluation And thankfully on Gods Name I vvill call verse 14 Vnto the LORD my vovves novv I vvill pay In presence of his people all redeemed verse 15 The death of Gods deare Saints is high esteemed Most precious in his sight it is alvvay verse 16 Thy seruant Lord thy seruant loe am I Thy hand-maids son to serue thee ay addressed In sorrovvs straits vvhen I vvas sore distressed Thou didst release me all my bonds vnty verse 17 A thankfull heart to thee I offer vvill And call vpon thy Name vvith adoration verse 18 In presence of thy sacred congregation Novv vnto thee vvill I my vovves fulfill verse 19 VVithin the Courts of Gods ovvn house sound vve The praises of his Name vvith glory crovvned In midst of thee Ierusalem renovvned Praise ye the Lord to him a◠thankfull be Psalme Cxvij ALl Nations laud the Lord our God Praise him all people all abroad verse 2 For in his mercies bounteous Hath he exceeded tovvard vs His truth abides eternally Him therfore euer magnifie Psalme 118. Thanksgiuing prophecy TO God giue thanks all praises render Because so gracious good is he For his compassion mercy tender Endureth sure eternally verse 2 Let Israel make declaration And singing publish solemnly That his so great commiseration Most sure endures perpetually verse 3 Let Aarons house and generation Novv say declaring publikely That his great bounty and compassion Endureth sure continually verse 4 Let euery one all vvhosoeuer Doth feare and serue God faithfully Novv say his mercies ay perseuer Enduring euerlastingly verse 5 In great afflictions straits distressed I called on him earnestly He ansvverd me my vvrongs redressed From thrall at large he set me free verse 6 The Lord almighty vvho commandeth Both heauen and earth stands firm for me Me safe defending vvhile he standeth I need not feare mans enmity Pause verse 7 VVith them vvhose help I haue acquired The Lord for me stands stedfastly What I to see haue much desired My foes before my face shall flee verse 8 T is better far to haue affiance In God then in mans amity verse 9 In God 't is best to haue affiance For frail earths greatest Princes be verse 10 All nations me about surrounding Me haue besieg'd perniciously In Gods Name vvith his ayd abounding I shall destroy them vtterly verse 11 They compast me about inclosing On euery side maliciously But in the Name of God reposing I vvill destroy them totally verse 12 Like Bees about me they haue svvarmed Their vvings vvere singed instantly In Gods Name I at all points armed Shall them destroy vndoubtedly verse 13 Against me thou hast rudely rushed That I might fall dovvn suddenly At me vvith all thy povvr hast pushed But God did help me certainly verse 14 The Lord almighty is my povver Of him vvill I sing chearfully He is my refuge and my tovver He keeps me safe assuredly verse 15 The voyce of shovvting and saluation Is heard to sound most ioyfully Within the righteous habitation The Lords right hand doth valiantly Pause verse 16 The Lords right hand is magnified Exalted in most high degree The Lords right hand is dignified His vvorks are vvrought most povvrfully verse 17 Inspite of them that me enuyed I shall not dy but liue to see God 's vvorks declar'd and testified My self vvill shevv them openly verse 18 The Lord seuerely me chastised I must confes deseruedly To my instruction exercised Not to destruction finally verse 19 Ope ye to me the gates of iustice That entring in humility I to the LORD GOD vvho most iust is May render praises thankfully verse 20 This gate so beautifull erected Is God's the Lord of sanctity The righteous in his sight respected Shall enter therin peacefully verse 21 With thanks praise I vvill confes thee Thou gau'st me ansvver graciously For thy saluation I vvill bles thee And for thy great benignity Pause verse 22 The stone vvhich builders had reiected Refusing it disdainfully Is novv the chief and choise selected Adorns the corner gracefully verse 23 To be so done the Lord best thought it He did it most apparently He that vvorks vvonders he hath vvrought it In our sight it shovvs maruelously verse 24 This is the day the Lord hath made it Let vs inioy it
holily Since he vvith brightnes hath arayd it Therin reioyce vve merrily verse 25 Lord saue our King novv vs deliuer From dangers and aduersity Of good succes thou art the giuer O send vs novv prosperity verse 26 VVho in Gods Name doth come is blessed We bid him vvelcome heartily Out of Gods house to you addressed From him vve bles you vvillingly verse 27 God is the Lord his mercy minding He hath giuen vs light plenteously Bring offrings them vvith cords fast binding To th' Altars hornes abundantly verse 28 Thou art my God I vvill confes thee I vvill giue thanks and praise to thee My God I vvill exalt and bles thee VVith voyce and hearts integrity verse 29 To God all glorious praises render Because so gracious good is he For his compassion mâ—â—cy tender Endureth sure eternally Psalme 119. 1. Aleph Consolation ALl they are blest vvho keep the perfect vvay Of vpright life and spotles conuersation VVho in the lavv of God do vvalk alvvay verse 2 O happy they vvho vvith due obseruation Do truly keep his statutes constantly And seek him vvith their vvhole hearts application And they vvhich do not vvork iniquity But vvalking in the vvayes of God perfeuer Alvvay therin persisting stedfastly verse 4 It is thy vvill that each one should endeuer To keep thy lavves thy precepts to fulfill With diligence and prudent strictnes euer Ah that I might by thee be guided still That all my vvayes might alvvayes be directed To keep thy â—ests and to obserue thy vvill verse 6 Then shall I not vvith shame be dovvn delected Hauing regard to thy Commandments all When in my heart I haue them most respected An vpright heart in me on thee shall call By me thy praise vvith thanks shall be expressed VVhen iudgments thine most righteous learn I shall verse 8 I carefully vvill keep thy statutes blessed Thus I intend but vvhen I fail or fall O leaue me not quite when I am distressed 2 BETH BY vvhat means might a yong man prone to ill His vvayes reformâ— by taking heed perseuer Him to conform vnto thy Word and vvill verse 10 VVith all my heart to seek thee I indeuer O let me not from thy Commandments stray And from thy paths O let me vvander neuer Before my eyes and in my heart I lay Thy sacred Word as my most precious treasure Lest I offend thee guide me in thy vvay verse 12 O blessed Lord thy praise exceedeth measure Do thou vouchsafe me in thy lavves to teach That I may knovv and do thy vvill and pleasure Betimes my lips haue publisht and do preach The iudgments of thy mouth most venerable VVhose equity and right to all doth reach verse 14 Thy precepts path is far more delectable Vnto my soule then all the vvorlds rich store Thy vvay to vvalk is vvealth inualuable Bearing in minde thy precepts euermore On them shall be my serious meditation Thy sacred vvayes respecting more and more verse 16 Thy Statutes shall be all my delectation I vvill not be vnmindfull of thy lore Nor of thy Word forget the obseruation 3. GIMEL Confer on me thy seruant sauing grace Deal bounteously vvith me my state sustaining That I may line still thy vvord to embrace verse 18 Taâ—â— thou avvay the vaile my sight restrayning Ope thou â—â—me eyes that I may clearly see The vvonderâ—â—â—â—hy Lavv thy vvill containing Conduct me in the vvay O guide thou me A stranger heer on earth to heauen aspiring From me let not thy lavv concealed be verse 20 The knovvledg of thy iudgments iust inquiring To them alvvay so feruent is my loue My longing soule doth languish them desiring Consuming quite the proud thou dost reproue Them vvith thy curse against thee vvho rebelled Who erring from thy precepts far remoue verse 22 Let all reproch from me be quite repelled From me auert contempt and infamy For I to keep thy vvord my self compelled Conspiring Princes sat accusing me While I thy seruant all my meditations Did bend vpon the Statutes made by thee verse 24 Thy precepts are my ioyes and consolations All my delight thy testimonies bee My counsellers in all my consultations 4. DALETH Deiected lovv my soule cleaues to the dust Such grieuous vvoe doth ouercom and quail me O quicken me for on thy vvord I trust verse 26 I shevv'd my vvayes to thee thou didst not fail me But didst me heare vvhen I to thee did pray Thy Statutes teach me for they most auail me Direct my mind to vnderstand the vvay Of thy decrees and my communication Shall be of all thy vvondrous vvorks alvvay verse 28 My soul doth melt in fire of tribulation According to thy promise me relieue My drooping soul raise vp vvith consolation Diuert me from that vvay vvhich doth deceaue Let me be of thy sacred lavv possessed VVhich gracious gift let me of thâ—â— receiue verse 30 Thy faithfull vvay I choose myself addressed To vvalk therin before me I haue plac't Thy iudgments iust vvhich be for euer blessed Deuoted to thy Precepts I stick fast To them I cleaue firm fixed and vnmoued Lord therfore let me neuer be disgrac't verse 32 When thou my heart vvitâ—â—isdom hast improued And vvith thy Word it more inlarged hast I le run the vvay of thy Decrees approued 5 HE ETernall Lord to me the knovvledge send Of thy Edicts teach me thy statutes solely That I may keep thy Word vnto the end verse 34 Of thy Lavv giue me vnderstanding holy That I may keep it vvithout doubt or dread It to obserue applying my heart vvholy Euen in the paths of thy Edicts to tread Guide thou my steps to follovv thy direction For I delight to goe vvhere thou dost lead verse 36 On thy Edicts I settle my affection Vnto thy lavves do thou my heart incline Expell from me all couetous infection Eyes vvandrers are turn thou these eyes of mine From vanity that they be not allured Grovvn dull reuiue me in that vvay of thine verse 38 Establish thou thy promis'd Word assured To me vvho am thy seruant vnto thee And to thy feare deuoted and inured Expell thou far this my reproch from me And turn avvay the shame that I haue feared For iust are all thy iudgments knovvn to be verse 40 Loe my desire to thy Lavv hath appeared For thy Commands do I seek earnesâ—y And let my heart by iustice thine be châ—ared 6 VAV FVlfill to me thy gracious promise Lord Saluation thine shovv and thy mercy tender Accordingly as thou hast said the vvord verse 42 That vnto them an ansvver I may render VVho me reproch and mock because I make Thy Word my trust vvho art my sole defender From out my mouth thy true Word do not take For iudgment thine is my hopes expectation The vvord of truth O let me not forsake verse 44 From generation vnto generation For euermore and to perpetuall ay I to thy lavv vvill yeeld all obseruation Fair large and vvide shall be my spacious vvay At liberty vvhere I
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
My fainting spirit vvas ouerthrovvn VVhat course I hold vvhere I should goe VVhat path I take thou vvell dost knovv verse 4 And vvhen I vvalked in my vvay They for me secret snares did lay On my right hand I lookt to see If any vvere vvho vvould knovv me VVhen meanes and friends I sought and try'd They me forsook on euery side All hope of succor failed me For my soul none vvould carefull be verse 5 O Lord to thee then I did cry Thou only art my hope said I Thou art my refuge still at hand My portion in the liuing land verse 6 Attend vnto my vvofull cry For very lovv novv brought am I From cruell foes deliuer me Far stronger all then I they be verse 7 My soul out of close prison bring That to thy name I praise may sing The iust about me shall resort For largely thou shalt me comfort Psalme 143. Prayer LOrd hear my prayer and inuocation Giue eare vnto my supplication Me ansvver in thy faithfulnes Relieue me vvith commiseration According to thy righteousnes verse 2 Let not thy seruant terrified VVith horror of his sin be tryed By rigor of thy iudgment right For no man can be iustified That liues in thy al-seeing sight verse 3 My foes my soul haue persecuted Their fury on me executed Struck dovvn my life to earth they haue I dvvell in darknes am reputed As dead long lying in the graue verse 4 Therfore my spirit is distressed VVithin me ouervvhelmd oppressed Amazed desolate perplext Of vvonted comfort dispossessed My heart disconsolate is vext verse 5 In miserable state inthralled The dayes of old to minde I called On all thy vvorks I meditate To comfort me vvith grief appalled The vvorks of thy hands I relate verse 6 To call on thee thy Word requireth My humble heart to thee aspireth VVith stretcht out hands thy grace to gain For thee my thirsty soul desireth As parched lands for shovvrs of rain verse 7 Lord haste thy ansvver fauorable My spirit failes be comfortable Thy face from me O do not hide Lest I become as miserable As they that dovvn the pit do slide verse 8 Betimes to heare thy mercy make me In thee I trust do not forsake me The vvay that I should vvalk shevv me That errors do not ouertake me For I do lift my heart to thee verse 9 O Lord thou art my hope foreuer Me from my enemies deliuer To thee for refuge I do fly Of sure defence thou art the giuer Hid vnder thy shield let me ly verse 10 Teach me to doe thy vvill directed To be by me knovvn and effected Thou art my God my comforts spring By thy good spirit me elected Into the land of iustice bring verse 11 O Lord in vvhom my trust is stayed Reuiue thou me so much decayed For thy Name sake vvhich I profes Let me from trouble be conuayed According to thy righteousnes verse 12 And of thy mercy failing neuer My cruell foes cut off for euer And let thy might them all destroy Who to afflict my soul indeuer For thee to serue is all my ioy Psalme 144. Prayer THe Lord vvho is my strength my God be blessed VVho hath my hands to manage armes addressed VVith vvarlike skill my fingers taught to fight Victoriously conqu'ring my foes to smite verse 2 His fauor is my freedom my saluation My tovvr of strength my strong fortification My only hope my sure defence my shield By him subdevvd to me the people yeeld verse 3 Lord vvhat is man that thou vouchsafst to knovv him That thou such grace such loue dost daign to shovv him VVhat is the son of man that thou shouldst take Such liking of him such account to make verse 4 This earthly man may fitly be resembled Vnto a heap of vanities assembled His dayes are fevv and soon they do decay And as a shade they svviftly pas avvay verse 5 Bovv dovvn the heau'ns O Lord from thence descending The mountains touch they 'l smoake in sunder rending verse 6 Cast lightning forth them scatter and disperse Shoot out thy shafts destroy thou the peruerse verse 7 For my release thy hand from heau'n dovvn send me From vvaters great deliuer and defend me From fearfull fall into the 〈…〉 Of children strange born bred in barbarous lands verse 8 Whose mouth speaks fraud vvhose vvhole discourse is lying Their hands and hearts to vanity applying verse 9 To thee O God my voyce a nevv song sings I 'le sound thy praise vvith harp and lutes ten strings verse 10 He Kings from feare and trouble doth deliuer Of victory he is the only giuer By him is sure his seruant Dauid made Safe and secure from vvounds of trenchant blade verse 11 Deliuer me betimes vouchsafe to saue me From strangers hands vvho in their povvr vvould haue me VVhose mouth doth talk of vanity and lyes And vvhose right hand deceit doth exercise verse 12 Grant that our sons may in their generations Grovv vp in youth as flourishing plantations As louely make our daughters and as fair As pollisht coignes of royall buildings are verse 13 Make thou our fields for one yeeld fiue times tvventy Our garners fill of all sorts stor'd vvith plenty And let our flocks vvhich streets or pastures hold Bring thousands forth increase ten thousand fold verse 14 Do thou make strong our oxen toil enduring Inuasions and excursions spoil procuring Make quite to cease all violence restrain That there may none in all our streets complain verse 15 O happy are the people thus instated Who to the Lord are vvholy consecrated True blessednes hath them for euer cround VVhose God the Lord eternall is renound Psalme Cxlv. Thanksgiuing MY God my King I vvill thee magnifie And bles thy name for euermore vvill I. verse 2 Bles thee I vvill and praise thee euery day And glorifie thy sacred name for ay verse 3 The Lord my God is great and admirable To comprehend his greatnes none is able verse 4 Due praise of all thy vvorks each generation Shall giue and of thy povvr make declaration verse 5 I vvill discourse of thy great dignity And celebrate thy glorious Maiesty I vvill declare the vvonders by thee vvrought And maruelous vvorks vvhich thou to pas hast brought verse 6 And men shall speak of thy povvr testifying Hovv dreadfull are thy actions terrifying I vvill declare thy high magnificency Thy great renovvn and honors excellency verse 7 They shall make knovvn and that abundantly Thy goodnes great most vvorthy memory Thy righteousnes to all doth so abound That they the praise therof shall sing and sound verse 8 The Lord is kinde and full of svveet compassion To anger slovv of much commiseration verse 9 His goodnes God doth vnto all discouer His mercy great extends his vvorks all ouer verse 10 Lord all thy vvorks vvhich thy hands did create Giue thanks to thee thy praise they celebrate Especially thy Saints all thee do bles Most vvorthy praise they all do thee confes verse 11
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
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
fire deuovvred His burning ire like lightning forth did fly That coles of fire euen kindled vvere therby verse 10 He bovvd the heaun's dovvn from thence descended Beneath his feet dark misty clouds extended verse 11 On Cherubins he riding mounted high And on the vvings of svvift vvinds he did fly Pause verse 12 Black gloomy clouds vvith darknes him did couer And as a tent about him hong all ouer verse 13 Aâ—ahining light that bright before him vvas The heaâ—s of clouds disperst avvay did passe Hail mixt vvith fire amaz'd the vvorld vvith vvonder verse 14 The Lord from heau'n threvv forth his bolts of thunder The most high God sent forth his voyce vvhose ire Cast lightnings forth hailstones and coles of fire verse 15 His shafts he shot their troups disperst distrayed His lightnings he threvv forth and them dismaied verse 16 At thy rebuke O LORD and at the blast That vvhirlvvind like thy nostrils forth did cast The chanels void of vvaters vvere espyed Foundations of the vvorld vvere bare discryed verse 17 From heau'n he sent to take me safe to keep And drevv me out of many vvaters deep verse 18 He set me free from my strong foe remoued From hatefull foes too strong for me vvho proued verse 19 Me in distres vnvvares they did preuent But then the Lord my stay me succour sent verse 20 He brought me forth set free in place most spatious Because to me he pleased to be gratious verse 21 As I vvas iust the LORD did me regard And as my hands vvere clean did me revvard verse 22 Because the vvayes of God I had obserued And haue not from him as the vvicked svverued verse 23 His iudgments all before me vvere alvvay His lavves from me I did not put avvay verse 24 I vpright vvas vvith him clear and vnstained And from my sin my self strictly restrained verse 25 GOD did revvard me as I vvas vpright And as my hands vvere clean in his eye sight Pause verse 26 VVith gracious men thou to be gracious louest Good to the good iust to the iust thou prouest verse 27 Pure to the pure kinde thou art to the kinde But frovvard men shall thee as frovvard finde verse 28 For thou vvilt saue thy people poor afflicted But vvilt cast dovvn high lookes to pride addicted verse 29 The LORD my GOD vvill giue my candle light And make my night as day shine clear and bright verse 30 For I brake through the battaile by thy povver By thee my God I leapt ore vvall and tovver The vvay and vvord of God is perfect tride As gold in fire refinde and purifide verse 31 He is a shield and fort of strong resistance To all that trust in him and his assistance verse 32 For vvho is GOD besides the LORD of might Who is a rock but God that iudgeth right verse 33 With strength God girds me high atchieuements daring Before me strayt and clear my vvay preparing verse 34 He makes my feet to run svvift as the Hinde Sets me on high vvhere places safe I finde verse 35 Such vvarlike skill he teacheth me t is vvonder Makes my armes breake a bovv of steel in sunder verse 36 Thou hast giu'n me thy strong saluations shield And thy right hand hath firmly me vpheld Thy gentlenes my errors rectifying Hath made me great in goodnes multiplying verse 37 My steps thou hast made steddy large and vvide From vnderme that my feet did not slide verse 38 My foes I chas'd and ouertooke them flying I turnd not back till they were dead or dying verse 39 I vvounded them they could not rise at all Beneath my feet I made them dovvn to fall Pause verse 40 Thou hast girt me vvith vvarlike strength endevved And vnderme hast all my foes subdevved verse 41 Thou hast giu'n me my foes necks subiugate That I might them destroy that me doe hate verse 42 They cry'd for ayd but there vvas none to saue them They calld to God but he no ansvver gaue them verse 43 Before the vvinde as dust I bet them small I cast them out as dirt i' th street to fall verse 44 Thou hast me sau'd from their rage that inuade me Ore Nations thou to rule as head hast made me A people strange vvhom I did neuer knovv Shall vnto me submissiue seruice shovv verse 45 When they shall heare of me vvithout delaying Strangers shall yeeld me homage-faind obeying verse 46 Strange children vvhich in secret places dvvell To vanish from their sorts feare shall compell verse 47 LIue blessed LORD my strong fortification Exalted be the God of my saluation verse 48 With vengeance iust the LORD my foes pursevvs Aâ—d vâ—der me the people he subdevvs verse 49 I from my foes am freed by thy protection Ore them that make against me insurrection Thou hast me raisd and safe deliuerd me From violence of men that cruell be verse 50 Therfore my GOD among the heathen Nation I le praise thy Name vvith thankfull gratulation verse 51 It is the LORD our GOD omnipotent Who to his King hath great deliuerance sent VVho mercy hath to Dauid his anointed And to his race for euermore appointed Psalme 19. Doctrin THe heau'ns so framed are That they to all declare GOD'S glory doth excell The skyes and firmament Bright clear and permanent His handy vvork doth tell verse 2 Day vnto day doth teach And of the LORD do preach His vvondrous povvr relating Night vnto night doth shovv That euery one may knovv His vvisdome them creating verse 3 Ther is no speech nor land But doth this vnderstand Though it far distant lyes Yet doth it hear the noise Acknovvledging the voice And language of the skyes Their line and vvords extend To earths remotest end Throughout the vvorld directing verse 4 VVherin he for the Sun Built a pauilion Bright radiant rays reflecting verse 5 Who like a braue bridegrom Fresh from his chamber com When he abroad appeares As champion stout of hart Doth ioy to act his part To run his race him cheares verse 6 He setting forth to goe His iourney to and fro From heau ns remotest ending Huge circle runs amain Till he returns again His heat to all extending Pause verse 7 The Lavv of God the Lord Most perfect is his Word The soul vvith life supplyes His testimonies true With vvisdome do indue The simple making vvise verse 8 Of God the LORD of might The statutes all are right The heart vvith ioy relieuing The LORDS comands are pure Directing safe and sure Vnto the eyes light giuing verse 9 The vvorship and the fear Of him do cleane appeare To perpetuitie The iudgments of the LORD With truth and right accord All full of equitie verse 10 They are to be admir'd And more then gold desir'd Then much fine gold beloued Then hony that doth come From dropping hony comb To tast more svveet approued verse 11 Therby also from sins Thâ— seruant vvarnd begins To stand vpon his guard For vvho vvith vvisdom deep
Doth them obserue and keep Obtaineth great revvard verse 12 The errors of mans life So many are and rife Who can knovv them reuealed Clense me from crimes vnknovvn Lest I be ouerthrovvn By secret sins concealed verse 13 From sins presumptuous bold Thy seruant LORD vvith-hold Let them rot domineer So shall I freedom vvin From guilt of greatest sin And innocent appeare verse 14 Let all my thoughts vvords Which heart or mouth affords Finde gracious acceptation My strength consists in thee Thou hast redeemed me LORD GOD of my saluation Psalme 20. Prayer WHen thou dost pray the Lord attend thee In thy necessity The Name of Iacobs God defend thee In thy aduersity verse 2 He send thee help thy cause maintaining Against thine aduersary He strengthen thee thy state sustaining From Sions Sanctuary verse 3 Let him remember thy oblation Thy offrings vvhen they burn In signe of gracious acceptation Heau ns fire to ashes turn verse 4 According as thy heart desireth Let him to grant be vvilling Thy counsels all vvhich he inspireth Effectually fulfilling verse 5 VVe vvill reioyce in thy saluation And in GODS Name vvill vve Our flags display in exultation Thy prayrs GOD grant to thee verse 6 I knovv the Lord saues his annointed From heau'n his holy tovver Doth hear his prayr and hath appointed Help by his hand of povver verse 7 Our enemies to be victorious In horse and charrets trust But vve inuoke the Name most glorious Of GOD the LORD most iust verse 8 They are cast dovvn and quite amated They headlong fell deiected But vve are raised animated And stand vpright erected verse 9 O LORD do thou saue and defend vs Let him vvho is our King The day vve call an ansvver send vs Which may vs comfort bring Psalme 21. Thanksgiuing THe King O Lord in thy great might Doth ioy vvith exultation Triumphs in thy saluation O vvhat exceeding great delight In him alvvay remains That thy grace him maintains verse 2 Thou freely gau'st him large supply Of all his heart desired And his high state required Thou nothing to him dost deny But strayt he is possest Of that his lips request verse 3 To vnaspired high renovvn Thy goodnes him presented Thy blessings him preuented Thou gau'st to him a royall crovvn Of pure fine gold compos'd Vpon his head impos'd verse 4 He asked only life of thee VVho art God euerliuing And by thy bounteous giuing He life receiu'd perpetually Euen length of blessed dayes VVhich shall endure alvvayes verse 5 VVith honor great he is arayd And vvith high exaltation By meanes of thy saluation Thy bounty hath vpon him layd Imperiall dignity And glorious maiesty verse 6 For thou vvith thy abundant grace VVhereof he is possessed Hast made him euer blessed And thou hast shevved him thy face Thy fauor vvhich he had Made him exceeding glad verse 7 Because the king vvith constancy Vpon the Lord relyeth VVith faith on him affyeth Through mercy and benignity Of God most high approu'd He neuer shall be mou'd Pause verse 8 Thy enemies thy povverfull hand Shall finde out hauing found them Shall punish and confound them Those vvho vvith hate against thee stand Thy povvr thou vvilt imploy To finde out and destroy verse 9 Thou vvhen thy angry heat shall fume As in an ouen shalt burne them And into ashes turne them The Lord in vvrath shall them consume And svvallovv in his ire Deuovvring them vvith fire verse 10 Thou shalt destroy the fruit they breed From off the earth out-race them And finally deface them Thou shalt abolish all their seed Cut off their memory From all posterity verse 11 For they against thee enterprise Mischieuous machinations In their imaginations But they their vvicked vain deuice VVhich they do vndertake Effectuall cannot make verse 12 Therfore thy foes turn back vvith shame Thee to affront not daring Thy shafts on string preparing Their backs as Buts make thou thy aime As marks their faces lay VVheron thy shafts may play verse 13 Be thou exalted mighty LORD In thy ovvn strength and glory So thy renovvned story In songs and Psalmes vve shall record VVe shall the praise recite Of thy great povvr and might Psalme 22. Prayer and prophecy MY GOD my GOD vvhy leau'st thou me distreâ—â— O vvhy hast thou forsaken me opprest Far from my ayd and cryes to thee exprest Thy selfe detayning verse 2 All day my GOD to thee my voyce high straining Thou hear'st me not to me no ansvver daigning All right I call to thee no time restraining â—reâ—â— no space verse 3 Thou holy art and thy ovvn resting place Thy Temple is thy only sauing grace Of Israel and to the faithfull race The crovvn of praises verse 4 Our fathers in afflictions greatest mazes Trusted in thee and in thy loue that blazes Light to the vvorld this from their thraldom raises Their libertie verse 5 Out of this faith they cry'd a lovvd to thee Thy ansvvers their deliuerances be They of their trust in thy fidelitie VVere not ashamed verse 6 But I as if I had not man bin framed Am as a vvorm the scorn of men defamed Reuilde reproacht endure the rage vntamed Of peoples spight Pause verse 7 All they that look vpon my vvretched plight Laugh me to scorn make movves the lip they bite And nod the head insulting at the sight My torments eying verse 8 Vpon his God say they vvas his relying Of vvhich his trust novv is the time of trying Novv let him saue him if that his out crying Approach his eare verse 9 VVhen in her vvomb my mother did me beare From thence to thee thou didst me take and vvhere My infancy suckt natures vigor there Mad'st me belieuing verse 10 Then vvas I cast on thee for my relieving Euen since the time of that my mothers grieuing VVhen from the vvomb thou tookst me succor giuing My GOD thou art verse 11 VVithdravv not thou thy face nor far depart VVhen troubles great do dravv so nigh my hart For there is none but thou that can impart Help that is speeding verse 12 VVith foes vvhose strength and riches are exceeâ— Fierce like youg Buls of high and mighty feeding Like Buls that had on Basaâ—â—hils their breeding I am beset verse 13 Like Lyons fierce vvho vvith sharp honger vvhet Run rampant roare and raue their prey to get Their gaping mouthes they did vvide open set Me to haue eaten verse 14 Like vvater spilt I am vvhile me they threaten And all my bones seeme as in sunder beaten My heart like vvax melts vvith the fires that greaten Vpon my feares Pause verse 15 My moysture like a potsheard dry'd appeares My silent tong to my mouthes roof adheares And in the graue the dead to dust that vveares Thou hast me placed verse 16 Dogs hem me in that haue my footsteps traced The rudest rout that cruell deeds imbraced Inclose me round transfixing they defaced My hands and feet verse 17 VVith leannes all my flesh avvay doth fleet
That I can tell my bones yet vvhen I meet My cruell foes their eyes my sorrovves greet VVith scornfull staring verse 18 My garments they among them fall to sharing My seamles coat to cut in pieces sparing They keep it vvhole and try by lots declaring VVhose it shall be verse 19 But O my God be thou not far from me Thou art my strength I only rest on thee Therfoâ—e make haste to let thy seruant see Thy succor speedy verse 20 Saue from the edge of death my grassy reedy And helplesse life my darling poore and needy Let not these dogs so hatefull fierce and greedy At once deuovvr verse 21 From Lyons mouthes that threaten euery hovvr To svvallovv me and from the horned povvr Of Vnicornes guard me thou art my tovvr Of preseruation verse 22 I vvill declare to brethren of my Nation Thy sacred Name and sing of thy saluation In midst of all the holy congregation VVhich thus I le raise verse 23 O ye that feare the LORD exalt his praise Ye Iacobs seed extoll him in your layes And O ye race of Israel let your vvayes Shevv that ye feare him verse 24 For he nere scornd nor hated to vpreare him VVho vvas brought lovv afflicted vvho drevv neare him Nor hid his face from him nor loath'd to heare him VVhen he did cry verse 25 My voyce among the multitude shall fly VVingd vvith thy praise and in the open ey Of those that feare thy Name O Lord vvill I My vovves deliuer verse 26 In feasts of ioy the meek and patient liuer Shall feed his fill and those that seek the giuer Of this high grace shall praise the Lord for euer Your soules liue shall verse 27 Vnto the Lord shall be conuerted all The coasts of earth vvhen they to minde him call And all the tribes of men to thee shall fall In adoration verse 28 For vvith suprem and soueraign exaltation The LORD is crovvnd and euery high gradation Of royaltie is his and ore each Nation He beareth svvay verse 29 All that are rich shall sacrifice and pray All that dovvn to the graue do goe their vvay Shall bovv to him and those that rotting lay Past all reuiuing verse 30 Their seed that are still after them suruiuing His seruants shall become by his atchieuing A people vvho are counted euer liuing Vnto the Lord. verse 31 And they shall of his righteousnes bring vvord To folk vvhose birth shall aftertimes afford And make them knovv that he vvhom they ador'd Deserues belieuing Psalme 23. Thanksgiuing THe liuing LORD me euer louing feedeth My Pastor true my soul novv nothing needeth verse 2 He leads me forth in fields and foulds inclosing Of plenteous food by fountains clear reposing verse 3 My soul reuiues vvhere he me safely leadeth For his Names sake in right paths my foot treadeth verse 4 Though in the vale of deaths shade I vvalk straying There dreadles I shall be vvithout dismaying For LORD vvith me my comfort thou remainest Thou vvith thy rod and staffe my life sustainest verse 5 A table rich vvell furnisht setst before me Euen in the face of foes that hatred bore me VVith precious oyl my head thou hast anointed My cup vvell filld and all things vvell appointed verse 6 Thy fauors thou to me art alvvayes giuing Thou daignst to me such grace vvhile I am liuing That I on thee in thy ovvn house attending Shall praise thy Name O LORD vvorld vvithout ending THe earth belongs vnto the LORD VVith all the store it doth afford VVhat in the vvorld hath scituation verse 2 For on the flouds he plac'd the land VVhich on the vvaters firm doth stand Establisht on a sure foundation verse 3 LORD to thy hill vvho shall ascend VVho shall remain vvorld vvithout end VVithin thy sacred mountain placed verse 4 VVhose hand or heart nought can defile Whose mouth hath neuer svvorn to guile VVhose soul vain things hath not imbraced verse 5 He of the LORD shall sure be blest Of righteousnes shall be possest Euen from the GOD of his saluation verse 6 Of those that Iacobs GOD inquire Who seek his face and him desire This is the blessed generation verse 7 Ye gates your heads aloft vphould Eternall dores yourselues vnfould The king of glory entertaining verse 8 Who is the King so glorious The Lord most strong and valerous The LORD in battell mighty raigning verse 9 Your heads aloft ye Gates vpraise Stand vp eternall Dores alvvayes To entertain the King of glory verse 10 Who is the King so glorious The LORD of Hoasts victorious He only is the King of glory Psalme xxv Alphabeticall Prayer ALl my hearts desire is raised To thee LORD I trust in thee Let me neuer be disgraced Nor my foes ioy ouer me verse 2 By thy grace do thou protect Them from shame vvhich do attend thee But confound vvith shame deiect Them that causelesly offend thee verse 3 Cause me LORD to be instructed In the knovvledge of thy vvay Let me safely be conducted In thy paths that vvalk I may verse 4 Do thou guide me in the vvord Of thy truths cleare declaration For thou art my help O Lord And my daily expectation verse 5 Euer thou art good and gracious Call thy mercy still to minde For thy loue is large and spacious Thou hast euermore been kinde verse 6 Faults and follies of my youth Holy LORD do not remember For thy goodnes and thy ttuth Deale vvith me in mercy tender verse 7 Good and holy in perfection Iust and righteous is the LORD Therefore he vvill giue direction Vnto sinners by his vvord verse 8 He vvill make in iudgment tread Humblemen truly conuerted GOD vvill teach and safely lead In his vvayes the lovvly hearted Pause verse 9 Iustice mercy and saluation Are the paths of God the Lord Vnto those vvhose conuersation Is still guided by his vvord verse 10 Keep me from iniquity For thy Names sake Lord relieue me My sinâ— great and many be Shevv thy mercy and forgiue me verse 11 Let that man be vvell assured VVhoso feares the Lord of might That he shall be taught inured In the vvay he doth delight verse 12 Moued neuer shall he be But at rest in minde and spirit Likevvise his posteritie Shall the plenteous land inherit verse 13 Novv Gods secret is vnsealed Vnto them that him do feare Knovvledge is to them reuealed VVho in heart his couenant beare verse 14 On the Lord my heart is set Alvvayes him my eye beholdeth He my feet dravves from the net If I slide he me vpholdeth verse 15 Poore I am do not forsake me But O Lord shevv me thy face From this great affliction take me Shevv thy mercy and thy grace verse 16 Quit me free from my hearts grief VVhich augmenting doth distres me Send deliuerance and relief From all troubles that oppres me verse 17 Restles grief of my vexations Lord behold and pitty me Many are my molestations Let my sins all pardoned be verse 18 See
to doe perseuer So shalt thou in the land thy dvvelling haue There shall he feed thee faithfull failing neuer verse 4 Delight thy selfe in God vvho doth thee saue Reioyce in him thy comsorts multiplying VVho vvill giue thee all good thy heart doth craue verse 5 Commit thy vvay to God on him relying Trust thou on him vvho for thee by his might Shall it perform vvith thy designes complying verse 6 He shall bring forth thy iustice as the light As at noon day thy righteousnes reflecting Resplendent rayes shall make it shine most bright verse 7 Depend on God vvith patience him expecting Rest in the LORD and fret not discontent At him vvho thriues in 's vvay levvd plots effecting verse 8 From anger cease let mildnes vvrath preuent And be not thou to actions ill addressed Nor vex thy self to do a bad intent verse 9 Extirped quite shall levvd men be suppressed But they that on the LORD vvayt constantly Shall of the land be euer sure possessed verse 10 Stay but a vvhile the vvicked thou shalt see Extinguisht quite mark vvith due obseruation His dvvelling place no vvhere is found to be verse 11 Fair flourishing in setled habitation Meek minded men inherit shall the land In plenteous peace enioy true delectation verse 12 The vvicked plots by fraud or by strong hand To ouerthrovv the iust vpright abiding And vvith his teeth doth gnashing at him stand verse 13 God from his throne shall laugh at him deriding His counsels vain foresees his dismall day VVhen he shall fall dovvne into ruin sliding verse 14 The vvicked dravv their svvords bend bovves to slay The humble poore to bring the needy vnder Quite to confound the vpright in their vvay verse 15 Herein the LORD shall shovv a vvork of vvonder For their ovvn svvords shall their ovvn hearts destroy And their strong bovves shall be all broke in sunder verse 16 That little vvhich the iust man doth inioy More precious is then vvhat the vvicked gaineth Though treasures great vvhich turn to their anoy verse 17 In strength of arme the vvickeds trust remaineth VVhich shall be broke but by his povvr and might Th' eternall Lord the righteous man sustaineth verse 18 God knovves the dayes and times of men vpright And those that be of perfect conuersation VVith heritage eternall vvill requite verse 19 Kept safe from shame in times of tribulation They shall remain from foul reproaches free In famin they shall haue full sustentation verse 20 But vvicked men shall perish vtterly Gods foes shall be as fat of Lambs decaying And into smoke they shall consumed be Pause verse 21 Levvd vvicked men do borrovv not repaying The righteous man his mercy doth expres And freely giues his bounty not delaying verse 22 The land they shall inherit and posses VVhom God doth bles vvith his grace fauorable VVhom he doth curse shall perish in distres verse 23 Man 's faithfull steps are by the Lord made stable And in his vvay doth his delight remain VVhich vnto him is alvvay acceptable verse 24 Though he from fall himself cannot contain Yet shall he not be vtterly deiected Because the Lord his hand vvill sure sustain verse 25 Nor in my youth nor age the iust elected Haue I ere seen to be forsaken quite Nor yet his seed to beg their bread reiected verse 26 Mercy to shevv he euer takes delight To them that need he freely giues and lendeth A blessed state his seed enioyes by right verse 27 Offence eschevv and vvhat to euill tendeth Do vvell and dvvell to perpetuity In place vvhere grace to thee and thine God sendeth verse 28 For iudgment he doth loue and equity Nor leaues his Saints they ay haue preseruation But vvill cut off seed of iniquity Pause verse 29 Perpetually the iust his habitation Shall haue i' th land of his inheritance From euery age to euery generation verse 30 The righteous man in euery circumstance Of his discourse his vvisdom graue discloseth In all his speech he iustice doth aduance verse 31 Quite voyd of doubt he in his heart reposeth Gods sacred Lavv his steps shall neuer slide For it his guide he in his vvay proposeth verse 32 The vvicked man himself doth slyly hide To vvatch the iust his life seekes to bereaue him When first he shall aduantage fit haue spide verse 33 Remaining in his hand GOD vvill not leaue him Nor him condemn vpon his iudgment day But to his grace as innocent receiue him verse 34 On God attend and vvalk thou in his vvay Who vvill exalt thee in thine ovvn land blessed The vvicked thou shalt see cut quite avvay verse 35 Seen vvicked men I haue of povvr possessed Fair flourishing a vvhile like Laurell green Spreading abroad all gallantly addressed verse 36 But vanisht soon as if he had not been I sought for him but seeking could not finde him His dvvelling place could not be found nor seen verse 37 The perfect man behold obserue and minde him For righteousnes the vpright shall defend And blessed peace be in the end assign'd him verse 38 But vvicked men destruction shall attend They finally shall suffer extirpation And vtterly be cut off in the end verse 39 What say I more the LORD is the saluation Of righteous men for he vvill euer be Their hope and strength in time of tribulation verse 40 The Lord shall them deliuer and set free From vvicked men they shall haue preseruation Because they trust in him them saue vvill he Psalme xxxviij Prayer LOrd my God in thy displeasure To the measure Of my sins rebuke not me Neither in thy furies terrors For my errors Let me not chastised be verse 2 For thine arrovves terrifying fiercely flying Piercing deep in me sticke fast Heauily thy hand doth pres me and distres me Prostrate dovvn it doth me cast verse 3 Thy incensed vvrath so raged vnasvvaged That in me no flesh is sound My offences haue perplext me and so vext me That my bones no rest haue found verse 4 My iniquities do couer my head ouer They so great and high appeare Burthen so intolerable that vnable â—s my vveaknes them to beare verse 5 From my stripes and svvelling tumors corrupt humors Stinking putrify and run Since I rashly enterprised vnaduised What I foolishly haue done Pause verse 6 Heauines distres and trouble pres me double Dovvnvvard bovvd I crooked grovv Sorrovves cease not me tormenting that lamenting All day long I mourning goe verse 7 For my reines are fild vvith anguish that I languish Sore diseased full of pain In my flesh vvith inflammations sharp vexations Novv no soundnes doth remain verse 8 Lately strong novv vveak and mamed broken lamed I am bruised very sore Torment vvhich my heart sustaineth me so paineth That for grief I grone and rore verse 9 Lord of mercy I implore thee for before thee Is my vvhole desire made knovvn Thou dost heare my sighs and groning and my moning Is not vnto thee vnshovvn verse 10 My heart trembleth panting shaketh
fainting quaketh Wonted strength from me is gone These my eyes to light inured novv obscured Darkned are sight haue I none verse 11 All my louers to me dearest my friends nearest From my grief departed are My acquaintance late incroaching novv reproaching From me neighbours stand off far Pause verse 12 They that seeke my life a decaying snares are laying Others seeking me to grieue Me vvith speeches vilâ—e abusing still are musing Hovv vvith craft me to deceiue verse 13 Yet I seemed vvithout hearing still appearing As if I vvere deaf become Not a vvord I then did vtter nor once mutter Shut my mouth as mute and domb verse 14 All their foul reproches beating them forbearing As one deaf that nought perceiu'd Their false slanders not reprouing nor disprouing As I vvereof speech bereau'd verse 15 For my hope in thee affyeth and relyeth On thee Lord do I attend Thou O Lord my God eternall high supernall Wilt me hear and answer send verse 16 Giue thou eare vvithout delaying to my praying Lest they triumph ouer me If my feet once fall to sliding by misguiding They ioy at my misery Pause verse 17 By infirmity vnsteddy I am ready Dovvn to halt in feeble plight For my fault I grieue and sorrovv eue and morrovv Euermore before my sight verse 28 Of my sin I le make confession my transgression I vvill open and declare Sins vnfainedly repenting and lamenting They so great and grieuous are verse 19 But my foes vvhich do oppose me and inclose me Merry make strong fortifide They that vvrongfully do hate me grinde and grate me Mightily are multiplide verse 20 They for good vvith ill requite me still despight me Aâ—e my foes and seeke my bloud Therfore they so rate and blame me seek to shame me Cause I do vvhat 's iust and good verse 21 Gracious Lord doe thou not leaue me nor bereaue me Of thy fauour to me deare Far off from me be thou neuer but for euer O my God to me be neare verse 22 Haste thee timely help to send me soone defend me Speedy ayd to me impart Thou art God of consolation my saluation And my Sauer Lord thou art Psalme 39. Consolation I Said I vvill to all my vvayes take heed That I sin not in vvord or deed My tong from speech I strictly vvill restrain VVhile vvicked men vvith me remain And lest my mouth my meaning do vnfould As vvith a bridle I le vvith-hold verse 2 As mute and domb long time I speechles stood Refraind to speak euen vvhat vvas good verse 3 But I perceiu'd my dolour did augment And more heat did my heart torment My zealous thoughts on fire the flame forth brake And vvith my tong these vvords I spake verse 4 Eternall LORD make me to knovv my end And to vvhat length my dayes extend Vntome shovv my frail and vveak estate Behold my dayes abreuiate verse 5 But as an hand bredth thou hast made them be My age is nothing vnto thee Man verily is but meer vanitie VVhen in best state he seems to be Selah verse 6 Doubtles as shades men vanish vvithout rest Themselues in vain they do molest To heap vp vvealth his minde he doth imploy Not knovving vvho shall it inloy Pause verse 7 And novv O Lord for vvhat vvhom vvait I on I hope for thee on thee alone verse 8 From all my sins vouchsafe to set me free And let me not reproched be By fooles nor them permit vvho are vnvvise With scornes and scoffs me to despise verse 9 I hold my peace as I vvere mute becom Nor ope my mouth as I vvere domb Because that all this hath beene done by thee verse 10 Thy heauy plague remoue from me Thy hand such strokes confounding on me lay That fainting I consume avvay verse 11 When thou vvith thy rebukes dost once begin Man to correct and scourge for sin His beauty thou consumest as the moth The garment frets and eates the cloth For euery man doubtlesse vvhat ere he be Is nothing else but vanitie verse 12 LORD hear my prayr to my cry bend thy eares Hold not thy peace at these my teares For I vvith thee as all my fathers vvere A stranger am a soiorner verse 13 Spare me a vvhile and my lost strength restore Ere I goe hence and be no more Psalme 40. Thanksgiuing WHile I did long vvith patient constancy The pleasure of my GOD attend He vnto me his eare did bend And to my cryes he hearkned graciously verse 2 Me from deep pit bemired From dungeon he retired Where I in horror lay And set my feet vpon A stedfast rocky stone And my vveak steps did stay verse 3 And in my mouth a nevv song did accord That to our GOD I might sing praise VVhich many hearing hearts shall raise To fear vvith trust trust vvith fear the Lord verse 4 That man is truly blessed VVhose trust is so addressed And on the LORD relyes Who giueth no respectâ— To them that pride affect And turn aside to lyes verse 5 O Lord our God thy works are manifold And vvonderfull vvhich thou hast done Thy thoughts vvhen vs thou thinkest on In order due to thee cannot be told Their number so surmounting Far passeth our accounting verse 6 If sacrifices vvere Accepted in thine eyes Then vvould I sacrifice But thou didst ope mine eare verse 7 Burnt offrings thou of me didst nor demand For sin Then said I lo behold Me ready here I am enrould VVithin thy book my vvritten name doth stand verse 8 VVhat thy vvill hath ordained To doe vvith heart vnfained My GOD is my delight VVithin the middle part And center of my hart I beare thy lavv vpright Pause verse 9 Thy righteousnes and iustice I did preach VVhere multitudes assembled vvere O Lord thou knovvst hovv vvhen and vvhere That I thy truth refrained not to teach verse 10 Thy constant faithfull dealing Thy mighty ayd reuealing To all I do declare I shovv thy bounty great Thy mercies I repeat VVhere great assemblies are verse 11 Thy tender mercy hold thou not avvay From me O Lord but vvith thy grace And louing kindnes me embrace And let the truth preserue me safe alvvay verse 12 VVoes numberlesse surround me My sinnes do so confound me That vp I cannot looke They moe in number are Then on my head is hair My heart â—â—â—h me forsooke verse 13 Be pleasd to saue me Lord send help vvith haste verse 14 Confound them all at once vvith shame Who my destruction seek to frame VVho vvish me ill driue backe vvith shame disgrac't And let them be destroyed VVho at my vvoes haue ioyed All desolate them lay Their shame vvith shame repay Who in derision say To me aha aha verse 15 But fill their hearts vvith ioy vvho bend their vvayes To seek the beauty of thy face Let them that loue thy sauing grace Say euermore exalt the Lord vvith praise verse 16 Though I be poore and needy Yet God me mindes helpes speedy Thou art
my ayd alvvay Thou only thou art he That dost deliuer me My God make no delay Psalme 41. Prayer and prophecy HE blessed is that doth compassion shovv To them that are brought lovv He from the Lord of comfort shall not miâ— VVhen he afflicted is verse 2 The Lord vvill him preserue aliue that he On earth shall blessed be He vvill not him deliuer noâ— expose Vnto his furious foes verse 3 VVhen on his bed he lyâ—s vveak sick and sore God vvill his strength restore And turn his couch from all disease and pain To health and ease againe verse 4 Therfore I said in mine infirmitie Haue mercy LORD on me O heal my soul let it recured be For I offended thee verse 5 My foes ill vvords against me hate display While thus of me they say VVhen vvhen vvill death oâ—e take this vvretched vvight And his name perish quite verse 6 Their visits are but comâ—lementing lyes They invvard hate disguise They vvicked thoughts vp heap vvhich strayt they shovv As soone as forth they goe Pause verse 7 Together all they that bare hate to me Against me vvhispering be Against me they conspire and enterprise To hurt me they deuise verse 8 An ill disease say they vvill not him leaue It fast to him doth cleaue Deiected lovv cast dovvn there novv he lyes That neuer more shall rise verse 9 Nay my neere friend to vvhom I did impart The secret of my heart Who ate my bread and did my bounty feel Against me lift his heel verse 10 Therfore O Lord abandond thus of all On me let mercy fall And raise me vp that I may haue the might Their merits to requite verse 11 By this I knovv to me it doth appear That I to thee am deare Because thou dost not make mine enemy To triumph ouer me verse 12 But vvell triumph I may vvhom thou dost stay In my most rightfull vvay Whom thou of thy good grace dost firmly place For ay before thy face verse 13 O bles the Lord the God of Israel His praises euer tell From age to age vvorld vvithout end Amen Amen I say agen Psalme 42. Consolation AS the chased Hart pants braying Seeking some refreshing brooke So my thirsty soul longs praying Zealous on my GOD to looke verse 2 My soul thirsteth eagerly Euerliuing GOD for thee LORD vvhen shall I come before thee In thy presence to adore thee verse 3 Day and night great grief sustaining Briâ—ish teares are all my food VVhile they question me disdaining Where is novv thy God so good verse 4 My heart melts this thinking on Hovv I marching late had gon Leading troups Gods praises singing To his Temple offrings bringing verse 5 VVhy art thou my soul so sory So disquiet so disma'yd Wait on God for still his glory In my song shall be displayd VVhen but vvith one looke of his He shall me restore to blisse verse 6 O my God vvhose grace erecteth See my soul it self deiecteth For my minde on my God thinketh Euen from Hermon mountain high From the land that Iordan drinketh And vvhere Missar hillocks lye verse 7 One deep vvith noise of his fall Other depths of vvoes doth call While my GOD vvith dreadfull vvonders On me vvretch his Tempests thunders Pause All thy flouds ore me abounded All thy billovves ore me vvent Yet on this my hope is grounded That thine anger being spent verse 8 I by day thy loue shall tast Singing shall the night be past Praying praising and thanksgiuing To my God vvhile I am liuing verse 9 I vvill say O GOD my Tovver VVhy am I forgot by thee Why should grief my heart deuovver While the Foe oppresseth me verse 10 Bitter scoffs of haughty ones Wound and pierce me to the bones Whilst my foes aske me deriding Where hath novv your God his biding verse 11 Why art thou my soul so sory So deiected so dismaid Wait on God for still his glory In my songs shall be displayd To him shall my thanks be payd VVho is still my present ayd Whose saluation me hath raised Is my God for euer praised LOrd iudg me make examination Plead thou my cause and set me free From this vniust and cruell Nation Deceitfull in their conuersation From them that deal iniuriously Saue and deliuer me verse 2 My God thou art my strength and tovver From thee vvhy dost thou me exclude Why goe I mourning euery hovver My foes vvho vvould my soul deuovver Oppres me vvith their multitude By them I am pursevvd verse 3 Send out thy light for my instruction And let thy faithfull truth diuine Conduct and saue me from destruction And let them be my introduction Into that sacred hill of thine Me to thy house assigne verse 4 Then vvill I goe vvith mirth and pleasure Vnto the Altar chearfully Of God vvho is my comforts treasure In vvhom my ioy exceedeth measure Vpon the Harp I vvill praise thee Thou LORD art GOD to me verse 5 My soul vvhy then art thou deiected And so disquieted in me Wait thou on God vvith hope erected With patience let him be expected For he by me shall praised be My health my God is he Psalme 44. Prayer LORD GOD of high renovvn and glory Our eares haue heard the ioyous story Which our forefathers haue vs told Of vvondrous vvorkes thou didst of old Hovv thou the heathen didst expell And in that land our fathers planted By thy strong hand therein to dvvell Their foes vvere plagued and supplanted verse 3 For they haue not this land possessed By their ovvn svvord to vvar addressed Nor could the might of their ovvn arme In doubtfull fight saue them from harme But it vvas that right hand of thine And thy strong arme that vvas their Sauer On them thy face vvith light did shine Because thou didst thy people fauer verse 4 O GOD thou art my king most royall To Iacob to thy seruant loyall Help and saluation timely send And him as thou vvert vvont defend verse 5 For if our armies thou dost lead We shall push dovvn them that distres vs And in thy Name vve shall dovvn tread All them that rise vp to suppres vs. verse 6 My bovv I knovv vvill not secure me Nor shall at all my svvord assure me In them no confidence I haue Nor hope that me my armes shall saue verse 7 But it is thou and thou alone Which sauest vs from our distressers And thou hast put to shame each one Who vvere our haters and oppressers Pause verse 8 In God vve all day long do glory And vve record the sacred story Of his all-blessed Name most high Which euermore vve magnify verse 9 But novv hast thou cast vs dovvn lovv Thou dost vs shame and quite reiect vs Thou vvith our armies dost not goe Forth dost not lead vs nor protect vs. verse 10 To turn vs back thou dost novv make vs From enemies that captiue take vs Our hatefull foes giue vs the foil And vvhat they please they take and spoil
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
vvith svveet perfume Both Buls and Goats of greatest prises Fire on thy altar shall consume Selah verse 16 All ye that feare the LORD most blessed To vvhat I say attentiue be While by my tong shall be expressed What for my soul performd hath he verse 17 VVhen vvith my mouth to him I cryed His ayd assisted me alvvayes Therfore my toug him magnified And highly did extoll his praise verse 18 If sins aspect my heart affecteth If vvickednes in me remains Me vvith neglect the Lord reiecteth He heares me not my suit disdains verse 19 But certainly the Lord bath heard me Apparent proof therof I finde VVhen I did pray he did regard me Attentiue he my voyce did minde verse 20 My soul praise thou the Lord most blessed VVho faild me not vvhen I did pray VVho from me vvhen I vvas distressed His mercy did not take avvay Psalme 67. Thanksgiuing LOrd God to vs be fauourable To vs vouchsafe thou blessings thine Thy gracious face most amiable Vpon vs make thou bright to shine Selah verse 2 That thy vvay excelling to all on earth dvvelling May be fully knovvn And that thy saluation vnto euery nation May be plainly shovvn verse 3 Thy praise O GOD be magnified By all the people on the earth Thy Name O Lord be glorified By nations all vvith ioy and mirth verse 4 Voyces shâ—ill be singing Shouts of ioy be ringing Their acclamations Thou art Iudg vnto them Thou vvilt iustice do them Guide thou the Nations Selah verse 5 By all the people magnified Be thou Lord for thy gracious peace By people all be glorified verse 6 Then shall the earth yeeld large increase GOD shall blessings send vs Our GOD vvill defend vs And his grace vs giue God shall giue vs blessing All earths ends possessing In his feare shall liue Psalme 68. Of praise publique LEt God the povvrfull Lord arise And let his hatefull enemies VVith fear and dread confounded Be all disperst from place to place Fly from the frovvning of his face VVith gastly terror vvounded verse 2 As smoke by vvindes is suddenly Driuen quite avvay so let them be From Gods high presence banisht As vvax doth melt before the fire So be the vvicked in his ire Consum'd for euer vanisht verse 3 But let the iust before the Lord Be glad his honour to record His vvorthy praise resounding Let them before the Lord reioyce Extolling him lift vp their voyce With mirth and ioy abounding verse 4 Sing to the Lord of high renovvn His sacred Name vvith praises crovvn Whose glory is supernall VVho rideth on the clovvdy sky In royall maiesty most high Iah is his Name eternall verse 5 Before him ioy vvith thankfulnes A father to the fatherles In fauour and compassion A Iudg that vviddovvs right maintainâ— A God that vvith delight remains In 's holy habitation verse 6 God fils the empty family The barren vvith posterity With issue store indevved He frees them that vvith chains are bound Makes Rebels till the desart ground Quite vanquisht and subdevved Pause verse 7 O GOD vvhen marching thou didst goe Before thy people to and fro In vvildernes them trying Selah verse 8 The heau'ns did drop vvith melting heat The earth did quake vvith terror great Thy face them terrifying When God euen Iacobs God drevv neare VVhen he in presence did appeare The mountain Sina moued verse 9 A gracious rain a plenteous shovvr Thou on thy heritage didst povvr Thy bounty it hath proued VVhen it vvas vveary faint and dry Thou didst refresh it vvith supply verse 10 Thy people there remained Thou LORD preparedst for the poore Thou giust them of thy goodnes store Wherby they are sustained verse 11 VVhen thou O GOD didst giue the vvord And ioyfull tydings didst afford Amid thy congregation Fair troups of Virgins pure vvere found VVho vvith triumphant thankfull sound Thereof made declaration verse 12 Strong Kings vvith armies great took flight Fled from the field in feare and fright Their shamed faces hiding Weak vvomen vvont at home to stay Marcht brauely forth and tooke the prey Rich spoiles and lands diuiding verse 13 What though ye haue endured long The fornaces of pots among Besmeared and defaced With moneâ— soot all ouer soild And vvith hard labour ouer-toild Obscured and disgraced Yet you a great change soone shall see For you made louely bright shall be As Doues vvings siluer couer In sight all glorious to behold With fethred plumes of purest gold All glittring burnisht ouer verse 14 VVhen God almighties povvrfull hand Disperst the Kings driuen from the land In fear and terror flying His peoples darknes turnd to light And they became as pure and vvhite As snovv in Salmon lying Pause verse 15 This is the mount of God most high As Basan mount so near the sky As Basan mount excelling verse 16 Why do ye mounts thus leap hop As if ye vvould vs ouertop Against vs proudly svvelling This is the Mount God loues so vvell That therein he is pleas'd to dvvell His fauour it obtaineth The Lord in grace and mercy great Hath this elected for his seat For euer here remaineth verse 17 Gods charrets tvvise ten thousand are Of Angels vvhich his povvr declare Attending he hath millions The Lord among them shevves his face As Sina's Lord in sacred place Possesseth his Pauilions verse 18 Ascending in high maiesty Thou captiue leadst captiuity O God of hosts victorious Thy gracious gifts thou dost impart To men thy seruants for thou art Most bountifull and glorious VVith them vvho of rebellious foes Become thy seruants thou vvith those For ay hast habitation verse 19 The Lord be blessed our strong God VVho vs vvith gifts doth daily load The God of our saluation Selah verse 20 He that is GOD our God vvill be Of our saluation GOD is he Our Sauiour he remaineth The LORD eternall is most strong To him the keyes of Death belong All povver to him pertaineth Pause verse 21 But God vvill vvound vvith povverfull hand The heads of those that him vvithstand In hatefull opposition And he vvill break the hairy pate Of him that sinneth obstinate Procuring self perdition verse 22 The Lord this to his people spake From Basan I again vvill take And bring you by my povver And I vvill lead ye once again Safe through the gulfe the red sea main Shall foes not you deuovver verse 23 That thy feet hauing trampled ore Dead corpses vveltring in their gore In bloud may be imbrevved Of all thy foes that thee vvithstood Dogs tongs shall lick the purple bloud From gaping vvounds issued verse 24 O God thy marches they haue seen My God my King hovv thy vvayes been VVithin thy holy places verse 25 The vangard singers led the vvay The Reer on instruments did play They marcht vvith stately paces On timbrels beating them among Triumphant Damsels sang this song Amid their congregation verse 26 Bles ye the Lord his praise declare O Israel all ye that are Of Iacobs generation
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
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
ouer his possessions all Made him the ruler generall verse 22 His Princes to his minde to tye And teach his Elders policy Pause verse 23 Then into Egypt Israel turned And long time in that land soiorned In Chams land Iacob did abide verse 24 VVhere God his people multiplide And in short time made them more strong Then they that them had hated long verse 25 But from his people he estranged Their hearts from loue to hate them changed That they might exercise their hate Against his people obstinate Who many mischiefes did inuent Against his seruants innocent verse 26 His seruant Moses chief respected He sent vvith Aaron his elected verse 27 He these his faithfull seruants chose Who manifestly shevv'd to those Among them all his signes of fame And vvonders in the land of Cham. verse 28 He darknes sent and them obscured They darknes palpable indured Against his Word vnto them sent Were they not disobedient verse 29 He turnd their riuers into bloud And slevv their fishes in the floud Pause verse 30 He them vvith frogs innumerable Annoyd vvith stinks abhominable In presence chambers of their Kings He sayd the vvord and on them brings verse 31 A mixed svvarm of noysom flyes Throughout their land dust turnd to lice verse 32 For rain he hailstones on them povvred And on their land fire flames he shovvred verse 33 Their Vines and fig-trees he orethrevv And all that in their borders grevv verse 34 The caterpillers at his call Grashoppers numberles did fall verse 35 All fruits and herbs they did deuovver verse 36 Their first born all and euen the flovver Of all their strength vvith deadly vvound He struck and them did quite confound verse 37 His people safe from them he brought With store of gold and siluer fraught Among their troupes the strong vvere many But sick or feeble vvere not any verse 38 Th'Egyptians all vvere very glad VVhen from their land they passage had For feare and avv of them did fall Vpon th' Egyptian dvvellers all Pause verse 39 By day a clovvd he spred them ouer That them from heat the shade might couer A flame of fire he set for light To guide his Israel by night verse 40 When they desired flesh to eat He dainty quails gaue them for meat With bread from heau'n he them relieued verse 41 When drought or thirst them vext or grieued He from the Rock made riuers flovv In desarts dry large streams did goe verse 42 For he his promise did renevv To Abraham his seruant true verse 43 His people forth vvith ioy directed And safe conducted his elected Reioycing vvith triumphant shovvt verse 44 The heathen people he cast out And gaue them their possessions The labours of the Nations verse 45 That they his statutes iust ordained Might duly keep vvith hearts vnfained His precepts strictly to obserue And neuer from his lavves to svverue Then let vs solemnly alvvaies Th' Eternall mighty Lord God praise Psalme 106. Comfort PRaise ye the Lord to him confes Giue thanks to God for his goodnes For his svveet mercy lasteth euer verse 2 VVho can expres Gods povvr and might Or shevv his praise vvhich ceaseth neuer Or vvorthily his acts recite verse 3 O blessed man vvhose vvorks alvvayes â—re iust vvho vvalks in vpright vvayes verse 4 Lord in that loue vvhich thou extendest To thy elect remember me And as thou safely them defendest So let me Lord protected be verse 5 That I may see thy grace diuine Which thou bestovvest vpon thine That of thy mercies boundles measure VVith thy elect I may partake And vvith thy heritage in pleasure And glorious state may merry make verse 6 Our father 's all and also vve Haue sinned and offended thee An vniust peruerse generation Committing vvickednes and sin verse 7 A thankles and forgetfull Nation In Egypt vvhat thy vvorks haue bin Our fathers minded not aright Thy mercies great thy vvondrous might But frovvardly themselues behaued Rebelling at the red sea deep verse 8 VVhere for his Name sake he them saued To shevv his povvr them safe did keep verse 9 At his rebuke the red sea dry'd In haste avvay the vvaters hy'd Through gulf of vvaters deep diuided They passed safe as on dry land As through the desart he them guided verse 10 And sau'd them from their foes strong hand Pause From cruell forces of their foe Pursuing them to ouerthrovv He set them free and them relieued verse 11 For all their foes i' th sea he drovvnd verse 12 And then his vvords they vvell beleeued And sang his praise vvhose help they found verse 13 But all his vvorks they soone forgot For his aduice they vvaited not His counsell iust no time attending verse 14 They burnd vvith lust and levvd desire I' th vvildernes the LORD offending And tempting him prouokt to ire verse 15 Then gaue he vnto them their vvill And their request he did fulfill But leanenes sent their soules consumed verse 16 They Moses in the Campe enuy'd And to rebell gainst him presumed Nor holy Aaron vvould abide verse 17 The earth then Dathan did deuovvr And prou'd Abiram vvith his povvr verse 18 Then in their camp the fier flamed And all the vvicked therin burnd verse 19 Yet they a Calf in Oreb framed And to adore that idoll turn'd Pause verse 20 Their glory so resembled vvas Vnto an Ox that eateth gras Like bruitish beasts vvas their behauior verse 21 Vnthankfull they remembred not The Lord their God and mighty Sauior His vvorks in Egypt they forgot verse 22 His vvondrous vvorks of maruelous might Which all the land of Cham did fright And dreadfull povvr vvhich he declared At the red sea in all their sight verse 23 Therfore the Lord in vvrath prepared Resolued to consume them quite But Moses his elect did see VVhat danger this to them might be Himself betvveen he interposed Gods anger fierce to turn avvay Lest he to ruin them disposed Them all should in his fury slay verse 24 The land of promise they disdaind VVhich vnto them he had ordaind Vpon his Word no trust they builded verse 25 But in their tents did oftrepine Obedience none to him they yeelded Nor hearkned to his vvord diuine Pause verse 26 Therfore he lifted vp his hand Them to destroy in desart land An oath he made there to destroy them verse 27 That their seed might be ouerthrovvn Among the heathen to annoy them And scatter them in lands vnknovvn verse 28 They vvith Baal-Peor did combine Themselues vvith them they did conioyne Eating dead Idols sacrifices verse 29 Wherby to vvrath the Lord they mou'd VVho for their vvicked enterprises With grieuous sore plagues them reprou'd verse 30 Then stood vp Phineas vvhen he knevv Their vvickednes and them he slevv VVhen iudgment he had executed Gods vvrath appeas'd the plague did cease verse 31 And this vvas vvorthily imputed To him alvvay for righteousnes verse 32 But still they caus'd Gods vvrath and ire At Meriba to burn like fire
shall still be vvalking Because I haue thy Precepts sought alvvay verse 46 I vvill be of thy testimonies talking In presence of both Noble Prince and King Not bashfully their honor'd mention balking Fulnes of ioy thy Lavv to me doth bring There in haue I my hearts affection placed From it to me all true delight doth spring verse 48 My hands I lift vnto thy Lavv embraced For vvith thy vvord vvhose vvorthy praise I 'le sing My study and my voyce shall still be graced 7 ZAIN GRant I may proue that thou the Word dost minde VVhich thou to me thy seruant hast declared And vvhich thou madst me vvait and hope to finde verse 50 VVhen I in grief neer death full ill haue fared Thy gracious Word hath me reuiu'd again For me by thee this comfort is prepared Great men in pride vvith all their scornfull traine VVith scoffs and mocks thy seruant haue disdained Yet I to keep thy Lavv did not refrain verse 52 Remembring Lord thy iudgments iust ordained Which vnto vs remained haue of old VVith comfort great I haue my heart sustained Grief horror feare vpon me yet take hold VVhen I behold the vvicked vvho despised Thy gracious Lavv vvhich to them hath bin told verse 54 Thy Lavvs in layes vvith praises high comprised Haue bin my songs mirth musick vnto me My pilgrimage in them I exercised Good gracious Lord I still remembred thee And thy great Name at midnight I haue blessed I did obserue thy Statutes vvatchfully verse 56 Because I kept thy Lavv and am addressed To keep it still for euer this I see Redounds to me of fauor thine possessed 8. HETH Hovv euer men for vvealth haue toild and vvrought O Lord thou art the portion I obtained I vovv to keep the vvord that thou hast taught verse 58 Thy face I sought vvith earnest heart vnfained According to thy vvord and promise made Let thy free grace of me be freely gained Hauing in mind vvell vvay'd my vvayes and trade And vvhat estate I stand in search'd and tryed My course I turn'd and thy Lavves I obey'd verse 60 To keep those Lavves vvhich thou hast testified To please thee best and practice thy commands VVithout delay in hasty speed I â—yed Harmles vnarm'd me armed troops and bands Of vvicked men haue spoil'd of goods depriued Yet in my mind thy lavv still firmly stands verse 62 For iudgments of thy iustice I reuiued At midnight vvill arise for to praise thee And giue thee thanks by vvhom I haue suruiued His faithfull friend I am vvhat ere he be VVho feareth thee and thy behests obserueth I take delight in all such company verse 64 Thy mercy Lord vvhich highest praise deserueth Doth fill the earth in thy lavv teach thou me For me from sin such knovvledg safe preserueth 9. TETH In dealing vvith thy seruant gracious Lord Thy goodnes great thou faithfully hast shevved Thou hast perform'd according to thy vvord verse 66 This I desire that I might be endued VVith knovvledg true and vnderstanding right For I thy lavv beleiu'd and sin eschevved I vvent astray all day till darksome night Of my distresse so heauy on me lighteâ— But novv I keep thy vvord restor'd to light verse 68 Thou goodnes art and to doe good delighted As thou art good so thou all glorious art Teach me thy lavv make me therein clear sighted Informers proud and false haue playd their part Against me lies and forged tales inuenting Thy precepts I do keep vvith all my heart verse 70 They senseles are thy goodnes not resenting Their heart is grosse and fat they vvanton grovv I in thy lavv delight my self contenting It 's good for me that I vvas troubled so Afflicted and distrest in such great measure Thy Statutes I the better learn to knovv verse 72 Then golden heaps high state or sugred pleasures The lavv of thy mouth me more good doth do Much more belou'd incomparable treasure 10. IOD Knit are my ioynts together by thy hand Thou hast in this proportion me composed Make me thy lavv to learn and vnderstand verse 74 VVho fear thee shall be glad to ioy disposed When they shall see that I thy grace obtain Because I in thy vvord my hope reposed Knovvn is it Lord thy iudgments iust remain I knovv it thou hast iustly me afflicted Thy faithfulnes therein appeareth plain verse 76 But novv forgiue me by thy lavv conuicted O let thy grace and mercy comfort send As promise me thou didst to thee addicted Kinde mercies thine in loue to me extend That I may liue still in thy lavv delighting VVhich is my ioy and shall be vvithout end verse 78 Confound the proud me causlesly dispighting For meditate do I continually On thy Decrees their exercise exciting Kindle their loue and let them ioyn vvith me VVho fear thee and haue knovvn thy lavv proclaimed For I delight in their society verse 80 O keep my heart intire in life vnblamed Make me obserue thy statutes perfectly That euer sound I nere be found ashamed 11 CAPH LOng time I vvait still longing for thy Word My heart my soul doth faint for thy saluation For only it can me relief afford verse 82 Vouchsafe to hear my humble supplication My eyes faile for thy Word some comfort daign O vvhen vvilt thou grant me thy consolation Like bottles scorcht in smoke dry'd I remain VVith brinish teares my vvrinckled cheeks polluted Yet fresh in minde thy lavves I still retain verse 84 Hovv many dayes shall I be persecuted For seruing thee vvhen shall thy iudgment be On my foes me pursuing executed Loe hovv deep pits the proud haue dig'd for me In their corrupt proceedings quite contrary To thy iust lavves in them opposing thee verse 86 All thy commands are faithfull neuer vary My foes vvithout cause persecute me still Me to assist delay not long nor tarry Life precious is my life vvho sought to spill Had me on earth consum'd almost destroying Yet ceast I not thy Precepts to fulfill verse 88 Reuiue me by thy mercy vvhich inioying The testament of thy ovvn mouth I vvill Obserue and keep my life therein imploying 12 LAMED MOst mighty Lord in heau'n vvher thou dost raign Is setled sure the vvord of thy saluation For euer there inthron'd it doth remain verse 90 From ages all to euery generation Thy faithfulnes endures the earth shall stand VVhich thou hast set vpon a sure foundation Maintained still by thy Almighty hand They do abide as thou hast them ordained Thy seruants are they still at thy command verse 92 Vnles in thy lavv I delight had gained In my distres I then had perisht quite My ioy in thy Word hath my life sustained My minde thy Lavves all vvhich are iust and â—ight Shall nere forget vvithin my soul ingraued By them thou hast restor'd my life and light verse 94 I am thine ovvne O let thine ovvn be saued O saue thou me for I am only thine For I haue sought thy Precepts them I craued Malicious men