God both by Sea and Land the dependance of the creatures upon him the wicked are cursed for contempt of his works verse 24 HOw many are thy works O Lord In wisdom all compos'd The earth by thee is richly stor'd VVith treasures there-inclos'd verse 25 So is this great and spacious deep Replenisht therewithall VVhere things innumerable creep And beasts both great and small verse 26 The ships go also here away Leviathan here keeps VVhom thou hast made to sport and play Within the tumbling deeps verse 27 These on thy bounty all depend For seasonable food verse 28 Thy lib'rall hand thou dost extend And they are fill'd with good They gather what thou dost supply verse 29 Thou hid'st thy face they mourn Thou tak'st away their breath they die And to their dust return verse 30 Thy Spirits power thou sendest forth VVhich them anew creates And all the surface of the earth Thy Spirit renovates verse 31 For ever lasts the Lords renown His works his joy provokes verse 32 Earth made to tremble at his frown Hills at his touch to smoke verse 33 I 'l praise the Lord with cheerfull song While I remain alive VVhile I have beeing shall my tongue In his choice praises strive verse 34 My thoughts of him most sweet shall be In God will I be joy'd verse 35 Let workers of iniquitie Be from the earth destroy'd And let the wicked be no more O thou my soul record The praises of the Lord therefore Praise ye praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CV Old England tune An exhortation to seek Gods favour help and succour upon consideration of his wonderfull works expressed all the world â—ver GIve thanks to God call on his Name To men his deeds make known verse 2 Sing sing his praise his works proclame And wonders ev'ry one verse 3 Joy fill their hearts that seek his grace Boast in â—is holy Name verse 4 Sâ—ek seek the Lord his strength face For ever seek the same verse 5 His marv'lous works to mind recall And every wondrous deed His miracles and judgments all Which from his mouth proceed verse 6 O ye his servants Abrahams seed His chosen Jacobs sons verse 7 He is the Lord our God indeed Through th' earth his judgement runs 2. Part. Argument The fidelitie and confirmation of God promises to the faithfull instanced in Israels conduct to Canaan verse 8 HE hath remembred still to do His covenants contents The word which he commanded to A thousand of descents verse 9 Which cov'nant he with Abraham drew And next to Isaac swore verse 10 And for a law confirm'd anew To Jacob as before An everlasting Covenant With Israel firm to stand verse 11 Saying To you I freely grant All Canaans fertile land An heritage allotted you verse 12 When few the people were Their number was exceeding few And also strangers there verse 13 From under on Kings government When travelling along They to another people went verse 14 He let none do them wrong But for their sakes he Kings controll'd Let no presumptuous arm verse 15 Touch mine anointed nor be bold To do my Prophets harm 3. Part. Argument Gods preventing providence to his Church instanced in Israels coming into Aegypt and preservation there verse 16 MOreover then th' Almighty spake That famine should be spread Ore all the Land and wholly brake The succouring staffe of bread verse 17 But Joseph he had sent before Whom for a slave they sold verse 18 Whose feet with fetters they made sore He lodg'd in irons cold verse 19 Untill his words accomplishment By Gods word tri'd was he verse 20 The King the peoples Ruler sent To loose and set him free verse 21 He made him Lord of 's family And ruler of his treasure verse 22 To teach his Senate policy And binde his Peers at pleasure verse 23 Then Israel into Aegypt came And Jacob there found place To sojourn in the land of Ham verse 24 Where they encreast apace He made them stronger then their foes verse 25 And of their foes abhor'd And subtly made them deal with those The servants of the Lord. 4. Part. Argument A memoriall of Gods miracles in Aegypt They are forced to let Israel go with honour and riches verse 26 HIs chosen servants had command Moses and Aaron too verse 27 In Aegypt Hams accursed land Wonders and signes to do verse 28 A darkness he among them sent A cloud of darkness fell Against his flat commandement They no way did rebell verse 29 To bloud he turn'd their streams and springs And all their fishes kill'd verse 30 With frogs the chambers of their Kings Abundantly were fill'd verse 31 Strange flies and lice by his command In all their coasts remain verse 32 He gave them hail in all the land And flaming fire for rain verse 33 Figtrees and Vines in all their coasts He smote and brake the same verse 34 He spake and locusts countless hoasts And Caterpillars came verse 35 Upon their lands green herbs they fed And all their fruits devour verse 36 all Aegypts first-born smote he dead The chief of all their pow'r verse 37 He brought them out hir'd thereunto With gold and silver bribes And not a feeble soul quite through The Israelitish Tribes verse 38 Full glad was Aegypt when they went Their terrour did affright verse 39 He spread a cloud a sheltring tent And fire by night gave light 5. Part. Argument A touch of Gods miraculous mercies to Israel in the Wilderness and Canaan and the end for which they were bestow'd verse 40 THe Lord with Quails his people fed Such as they askt to have And satisfi'd them with the bread Which he from heaven gave verse 41 He opened stony rocks where-out Fresh waters gusht amain And like a river ran about The dry and desert plain verse 42 He on his servant Abraham thought His holy Word and all verse 43 His chosen people thence he brought With joy and festivall verse 44 The heathens labours and their lands on Israel he bestow'd verse 45 To keep his laws and his commands O spread his praise abroad PSAL. CVI. To short staffe tune The great goodnes of God to his chosen people which godly men desire to partake of GIve thanks unto the Lord Who is with goodness stor'd His mercies sure Do still endure His praise do ye record verse 2 VVho can the acts recite Performed by his might VVho can forth-show That men may know His praises infinite verse 3 O blessed blessed they That walk in judgments way And he that doth The works of truth And never goes astray verse 4 O Lord remember mee Even with thy favour free VVhich to thine own Is born alone To them vouchsaf't by thee To visit me draw near VVith thy salvation dear verse 5 Thy chosen good Well understood Let unto me appear In that deliverance VVhich doth thy land advance Let me rejoice With glorying
Extinguish quite his Name verse 14 Let 's fathers fau't To mind be brought Before the Lord for ever His mothers crime By length of time Let be extinguisht never verse 15 Let them be had continually Before the Lord in mind To cut from earth the memory That 's left of them behind verse 16 Who mercy so Forgot to show The poor and needy still VVith fresh pursuits He persecutes The broken heart to kill verse 17 As he lov'd cursing him requite Let it come to him so As blessing did not him delight So let it from him go verse 18 Him cursing had As garments clad His cursing let recoil Let it like drink In 's bowels sink And soke his bones like oil verse 19 Let it be to him as the skirt That covers him alway And like the girdle that is girt About him every day verse 20 Let God dispence This recompence Mine en'mies to controul That are incenst To speak agenst Mine inoffensive soul. 3. Part. Argument Complaints and prayers of the poor and persecuted verse 21 O God the Lord do thou for me Even for thy Names dear sake Because right good thy mercies be My freedom undertake verse 22 For I indeed Do stand in need VVith mis'ry sore distrest My grieved heart With wounds doth smart And bleeds within my brest verse 23 I'm gone like Suns declining shade Like wandring locust toss'd verse 24 My knees through fasting weak are made My flesh her fat hath lost verse 25 Yea I became To them a shame On me they gaze and stare Their heads they nod verse 26 Help Lord my God Me by thy mercies spare verse 27 That they may know this is thy hand That thou hast done the deed verse 28 And when they curse do thou coÌ„mand A blessing to succeed Them when they rise Let shame surprise But make thy servant glad verse 29 With shame be those That are my foes And self-confusion clad O let their mantle be of shame verse 30 But greatly shall my tongue Give God due praise and sing his fame The multitude among verse 31 For he shall stand At his right hand And for his sake controul The doom of them That would condem The poor mans harmless soul. PSAL. CX To Magnificat tune The Kingly Priestly and Propheticall offices of Christ Jesus THe Lord unto my Lord thus spake Sit thou at my right hand Till I thy foes a stool shall make VVhereon thy feet may stand verse 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send Thy pow'rs prevaiâ—ing rod Thy rule shall in the midst extend Of all thy foes ô God verse 3 Thy people when thy Gospel calls Shall yield unto thy pow'r From mornings womb thy first dew falls In sacred beauties bow'r verse 4 The Lord hath sworn nor will repent Thou art for ever call'd A Priest with priest-hood permanent Melchis'dek-like enstall'd verse 5 In day of his fierce anger then The Lord at thy right hand verse 6 Shall strike through Kings and wound chief men In many a heathen land Filling the places where he strook With bodies of the dead verse 7 And in the way drink of the brook And so lift up the head PSAL. CXI To pause tune The Church exhorted to praise God for his marvellous works which are here in part described PRaise ye the Lord I will record His praise with heart sincere Where men upright Themselves unite i th' Congregation there verse 2 Gods works are rare Sought out they are Of all that so delight verse 3 His work 's renown'd VVith glory crown'd His justice infinite His wonders he Hath made to be Retain'd in thankfull mind verse 4 The Lord is known A gracious one Compassionate and kind verse 5 Providing meat For them to eat Thâ—t fear his holy Name He will fulfill His Cov'nant still Still mindfull of the same verse 6 In Israels fight He shew'd his might And did his works advance That he might so On them bestow The heathens heritance verse 7 Works of his hands And his commands Are truth and judgement sure verse 8 They stand full fast And ever last Accomplisht true and pure verse 9 Redemption is Sent down to his His Covenant still the same As he commands It firmly stands O holy reverend Name verse 10 Gods fear 's the thing Doth wisdom bring Good knowledge have all they That do fulfill His holy will His praise endures for ay PSAL. CXII Magnificat tune The great pietie justice and charitie of the Saints the blessing upon them and theirs to the great grief of the wicked PRaise ye the Lord Blessed are such As serve the Lord in fear In his commands delighting much verse 2 His seed shall prosper here The uprights off-spring God shall bless verse 3 And fill his house with store His memorable righteousness Endures for evermore verse 4 Unto the man immaculate In darkness riseth light Hee 's gracious and compassionate In justice exquisite verse 5 A good man shews much kind respect And lends to him that needs And with discretion will direct His thoughts his words his deeds verse 6 Surely to all eternitie He shall not moved be But had in lasting memorie For evermore shall he verse 7 For any evill tidings told He shall not be afraid His faithfull heart which makes him bold On God is firmly stay'd verse 8 His heart is so established Afraid he shall not be Till his desire accomplished Upon his foes he see verse 9 He hath disperst his charitie And given to the poor He shall to perpetuitie Be styl'd a right'ous doer His horn shall high exalted be With honour so atcheiv'd verse 10 The wicked man this thing shall see And be extreamly griev'd Yea he shall gnash his teeth for spite And pining melt away And his desire shall perish quite The wicked mans I say PSAL. CXIII To Coventry tune Gods gracious respects to the creatures His marvellous advancing of mean persons PRaise ye the Lord praise him I say All ye his Saints profest verse 2 Even from this day For ever may His glorious Name be blest verse 3 From Sun to Sun is Gods great Name Of all men to be prais'd verse 4 Surmounts his fame The heavens frame Above all Nations rais'd verse 5 VVith God the Lord who may compare VVho dwells in heaven high verse 6 Yet stoops to care For things that are Both in the earth and skie verse 7 The poor and needy he doth grace verse 8 Whom from the dust he brings And dung-hill base To Princes place To sit inthron'd with Kings verse 9 The barren to keep house makes he So that of children store A mother she Full glad may be Praise ye the Lord therefore PSAL. CXIV Davids tune The rare providence of God to Israel in remove from Aegypt towards Canaan WHen Israel Aegypts bounds forsook Their dwelling to exchange And Jacobs house their journey took From folk of language strange verse 2
draws verse 56 I kept thy word this grace I gain'd Because I kept thy laws 8. Part. 2. French tune Davids contentment in God and in all the godly verse 57 THou Lord my onely portion art I said that I will keep thy Word verse 58 I sought thy favour from my heart Thy promised grace to me afford verse 59 I have considered of my ways And to thy laws my feet â— bent verse 60 I made good haste and shunn'd delays To keep thy just commandement verse 61 The wicked bands have robbed me Yet have I not forgot thy laws verse 62 I 'l rise at midnight praising thee For thy just judgments give me cause verse 63 Who fear thy Name and do thy will Such men I am companion to verse 64 Thy mercies do the whole earth fill Teach me thy laws to know and do 9. Part to 3. first lines of choice tune The speciall goodness of God to his servants and the great benefit of sanctifi'd affliction verse 65 ACcording to thy promise free Lord thou hast dealt full well with me That am thy servant fearing thee verse 66 Teach me good judgment Lord I pray And knowledge of thy word and way For I beleeve what thou dost say verse 67 While unchastised with thy rod I went astray from thee O God But in thy paths I since have trod verse 68 Lord thou art good thy nature 's so And thou dost good thy works do show O teach me Lord thy laws to know verse 69 The proud against me forg'd a lye But my whole heart will I apply To keep thy precepts faithfully verse 70 As fat as grease their heart is grown But Lord the law which thou dost own Is my delight and that alone verse 71 'T was good for me to undergo Th' afflicting hand of God I know That I might learn thy Statutes so verse 72 The law of thy dear mouth I hold Better to me a thousand fold Then heaps of silver and of gold 10. Part. Dutch tune The godly desires and mutuall love of the faithfull verse 73 THy hands have made and fashion'd me Give me thy laws to learn And thy Commandements what they Give knowledge to discern verse 74 All they that see me will be glad When they shall me behold Because I have assurance had In what thy word foretold verse 75 How right ô Lord thy judgments be I understand no less I know thou hast afflicted me Of very faithfulness verse 76 I pray thee let thy mercies kindâ— Come to thy servant Lord For comfort to my troubled minde According to thy word verse 77 With tender mercy me prevent That I may live thereby For lo in thy Commandement Full great delight have I. verse 78 Asham'd let all proud persons be For they without a cause Have most perversly dealt with me But I will mind thy laws verse 79 Turn they to me whose fear thou art And that have known my Name verse 80 In all thy laws make sound my heart That I be free from shame 11 th Part. To sweet tune Davids assurance notwithstanding delay His faithfulness notwithstanding persecution verse 81 MY soul for thy salvation faints But in thy word is all my stay verse 82 My failing eies urge sad complaints When wilt thou comfort me they â—ay verse 83 A wrinkled bottle set in smoke I am rightly compar'd unto But lo the word which thou hast spoke I have not yet forgot to do verse 84 How many are thy servants days When wilt thou judgment execute On them that persecutions raise Against my soul with close pursuit verse 85 The proud have digged pits for me VVhich with thy law do not accord verse 86 All thy commandments faithfull be They persecute me help me Lord. verse 87 Here upon earths malignants coast Their cruel and injurious hands Had ev'n consumed me almost But I forsook not thy commands verse 88 O give thy loving kindness vent To quicken up my fainting mind So shall I keep the Testament VVhich thy most holy mouth assign'd 12 th Part. 1. French tune The stability of Gods Word and works The comfort of the Word in trouble and perfection of it above all things else verse 89 O Lord thy Word is setled sure As sure as heav'n froÌ„ wheÌ„ce it came verse 90 Thy faithfulness doth still endure From age to age it is the same The earth by thee confirm'd abides verse 91 Unto this day continuing still Just as thine ordinance provides For all things do obey thy will verse 92 Had not thy Word been my delight And inward comfort ministred Affliction had destroy'd me quite And I therein had perished verse 93 Of thy commandements therefore I never will forgetfull be But think upon them evermore For thou with them hast quickned me verse 94 LORD save me I belong to thee And I do seek thy precepts still verse 95 The wicked lie in wait for me Intending to destroy and kill But still thy laws I entertain And thereon are my thoughts bestowd verse 96 I see the worlds perfections vain Onely thy laws are wondrous broad The 13 th Part. 1. French tune Gods Word the best School-master and practise the best proof of divine knowledge verse 97 HOw much O Lord I love thy laws All day I meditate on those verse 98 And thy command'ments are the cause That make me wiser then my foes For they are evermore with me verse 99 And make my understanding more Then even my Teachers skill can be For they my meditation store verse 100 I kept thy precepts carefully And so more skill then th' ancients gaind verse 101 To keep thy holy word have I From all lewd ways my feet refraind verse 102 I from thy precepts have not err'd For thou hast taught me wondrous well verse 103 O how have I thy word preferr'd Counting its sweetness to excell No honey to my mouth so sweet verse 104 It is thy precept onely praise That I am made so wise discreet Detesting all erroneous ways The 14 th Part. 1. Strain tune The cleerness of Gods Word Saints desire to keep it praying for assistance and acceptance verse 105 THy word 's a lamp unto my feet A light to guide my paths most meet verse 106 I've sworn and will perform it too Thy righteous judgments I will do verse 107 I am afflicted very sore Lord keep thy word and me restore verse 108 The free-will offrings that I vow'd Let I beseech thee be allowd Lord from my mouth accept theÌ„ each And unto me thy judgments teach verse 109 My soul is ever in my hand Yet I forget not thy command verse 110 The wicked laid a snare for mee Yet err'd I not from thy decree verse 111 Thy Testaments to me I chose A constant heritage of those For they are all and every part The dear rejoicing of my heart verse 112 I evermore my heart did bend To keep thy statutes to the end The 15 th
more I felt none mortall pull so strong before Oh let me still finde favour in those eyes That scatter clouds and where bright Sun-beams rise To the tribunall of so milde a look I will adventure this Oracular book The which elsewhere I have presented twice And at the third time shall not bate the price I care not I although I hear men say Your Psalms are censur'd for Apocrypha I ask no more but when you next consult You please to let them sing Quicunque vult My last ambition is but to present Great gratulation to the Parliament And till this promis'd panegyrick come I leave this begg'ring poetry strook dumb Reader vouchsafe to see and looke and taste a sup of Hymns and creamy afterings made up in the last sheet of all the book with directions given to make all even if the Reader also please to see the titles and the prefaces THE BOOK OF PSALMES IN METRE PSAL. I. To Dutch tune Argument David shews the felicity and fruitfulnesse of the godly the defection and destruction of the wicked THat man is blest and blest agen That doth not walk astray By counsels of ungodly men Nor stands in sinners way Nor sits in seate of scornfull mates verse 2 But in Gods law delights And tâ—ereupon he meditates Continuall daies and nights verse 3 Like planted tree by water-springs Such one shall he be made Which in his season fruit forth-brings Whose leaf shall never fade All shall succeed by him design'd verse 4 Th' ungodly are not so But like the chaff which boyst'rous winde Drives eas'ly to and fro verse 5 Therefore th' ungodly never must Nor any sinner may In Congregation of the Just Stand up at Judgement day verse 6 For lo the way of men upright The Lord with favour knowes Whereas the way shall perish quite Wherein the sinner goes PSAL. II. To Dutch bass tune 1. Part. Argument David prophecies of Christ his kingdome how oppos'd by Jews and Gentiles The derision and destruction of implacable adversaries WHy do the heathen rage and fret And people think vain things verse 2 They rise and are in counsell set Both governours and Kings GOD and his Christ oppose they do And thus presume to say verse 3 Come let us break their bonds in two And cast their Cords away verse 4 The Lord that doth in heaven dwell Their doings shall deride And laugh to scorn his foes that swell with such presumptuous pride verse 5 Then in his wrath the most supream Shall all his foes controul And in displeasure most extream Torment their guilty soul. II. Part. Argument Christ his Dignity Deity and Dominion Kings and great ones for examples sake are exhorted to embrace his Gospel for their own safety verse 6 Upon my Sions holy hill Yet have I plac'd my King verse 7 Thou hast decreed and wilt fulfill And I declare the thing The Lord hath spoken thus to mee Thou art my onely Sonne This day have I begotten thee verse 8 Aske but to have it done All heathen kingdoms I will make The priv'ledge of thy birth And thou shalt in possession take The utmost parts on earth verse 9 To crush thy foes shalt thou lift up Thy weighty iron rod And dash them like a potters cup In pieces small ô God verse 10 Now therefore ô ye Kings take care That ye may understand Be well instructed yee that are The Judges of the Land verse 11 See that the LORD have service done With reverence and respect verse 12 Rejoyce with trembling kisse the Son Lest ye in wrath be checkt So should ye perish from the way If his least anger flame O blessed blessed then are they That trust upon his Name PSAL. III. To Oxford tune Argument David complains of Absolom and his adherents conspiring against him his confidence in God that defends the faithfull and destroys the wicked LOrd how their number multiplies That vex and grieve me sore Yea they that do against me rise Wax hourly more and more verse 2 There 's many of my soul do say His God no help shall yield Nor bring him succour any way verse 3 But Lord thou art my shield Thou art th' uplifter of my Head My glory and my pride My voice to God I uttered verse 4 Unto the Lord I cry'd He heard me from his holy Hill verse 5 I laid me down and slept And wak't again in safety still By him sustain'd and kept verse 6 Although ten thousand of my foes Beset me round about I will not be affraid of those Nor of my safety doubt verse 7 O Lord my God awake arise Defend my righteous Cause For thou hast smote mine enemies Upon the very jawes Break thou the teeth of all the throng That work ungodlinesse verse 8 Salvation doth to God belong Thou dost thy people blesse PSAL. IV. To London long tune Argument David appeals prays to God blames Sauls Courtiers for discrediting his Election of God to the Kingdome Admonisheth them to repent preferreth spirituall desires to carnall and reposeth himselfe in Gods safe protection O God that art my righteousnesse Heare when I call to thee In wofull time of my distresse Thou hast inlarged mee Have mercy and attentive bee Unto the pray'r I frame verse 2 O sonnes of men how long will yee My glory turn to shame How long will yee vain things affect And follow after lies verse 3 Know that the Saint is Gods select And he will hear my cryes verse 4 All sinfull courses set apart And stand in awfull dread In silence commune with your heart Upon your secret bed verse 5 For incense offer innocence And righteousnesse present And wholly put your confidence In God omnipotent verse 6 What way they may themselves advance Great multitudes inquire But Lord thy shining Countenance Is all that we desire verse 7 For thou hast made my heart to feast With sacred comforts more Then worldlings when they were increast With Corne and Wine good store verse 8 I 'l both lie down sweet rest to take And also sleep secure For onely thou ô Lord dost make My dwelling safe and sure PSAL. V. To Cambridge old tune 1. Part. Argument David prays for audience with confidence of successe because though Gods pure Nature hates odious and obstinate sinners yet the Saints have free accesse to the throne of grace O Lord unto my words give ear My meditation weigh verse 2 My King my God my crying hear For I to thee will pray verse 3 I' th morning thou shalt hear my Cry I' th morning I 'l direct My prayer to thee and from on high Thine answer I 'l expect verse 4 For thou art not a God that will With sinne delighted bee No wickednesse nor any ill Shall ever dwell with thee verse 5 Within the view of thy pure Eye The foolish shall not rest All workers of iniquitie Thy Nature doth detest verse
6 Thou shalt destroy them that are prone To utter tales and lies God will abhorre the bloudy one And such as fraud devise verse 7 But to thy house will I draw neer In thine abundant grace And worship in thy sacred fear Towards thy holy place 2. Part. Argument He prays for Gods safe protection and sure direction lest he should fall into the power or practise of the wicked here described the sweet and safe condition of the godly verse 8 LOrd in thy justice be my guide Because of all my foes Thy paths lest I should goe aside Before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouths no faithfulness Nor truth have any room Their inward parts meer wickedness Their throat an open tomb They flatter with dissembling tongue verse 10 O God destroy them all By their own counsels going wrong Let them be sure to fall Cast out in their iniquitie And multitudes of sin For lo they have rebelliously Offended thee therein verse 11 But let them all that trust in thee And love thy holy Name Since they by thee defended bee Be joyfull in the same For gladness let them ever shout verse 12 For thou wilt blessings yeeld And guard the Righteous round about With favour as a Shield PSAL. VI. To Davids tune David complains of his sicknes the impossibilitie to serve God in the state of Death the extremitie of his sorrows malignitie of his adversaries he getteth victory over his temptations O Lord my God rebuke me not When thou shalt angry bee When thy displeasure waxeth hot O do not chasten mee verse 2 O Lord have mercy on my soule For I am wondrous weak Lord I beseech thee make me whole My bones with anguish break verse 3 My soul is also vexed sore But Lord how long a space verse 4 Return ô Lord my soul restore O save mee of thy grace verse 5 For after death can no man have Remembrance Lord of thee Who hopes to thank thee in the grave verse 6 My groaning wearieth mee All night I make my bed to swimme My Couch with teares o're-flowes verse 7 Mine eye consum'd with griefe grows dimme Because of all my foes verse 8 From me yee sinners go away For lo my voice that wept The Lord hath heard the Lord I say verse 9 My prayer will accept God heard my suit at my desire verse 10 Let shame my foes confound With suddain shame let them retire And sore vexations wound PSAL. VII To Coventry tune 1. Part. Argument David being forced out of Jerusalem by Absoloms Conspiracy and rail'd upon by Shimei pleads his own innocency O Lord my God I do repose My confidence in thee From all my persecuting foes Save and deliver mee verse 2 Lest like a Lyon cruelly My soul he piece-meal rend And teare it while no Saviour's by To succour and defend verse 3 O Lord my God if I have done This treasonable act Or if my hands have ere begun So treacherous a fact verse 4 If I to him rewarded ill That was with me at peace Yea I did still by my good will My causlesse foe release verse 5 Then let my foe pursue my soul And take and tread it down Trampling my life with proud controul And bury my renown II. Part. Argument David prays for restauration to his Kingdom to minister just judgement to the people after the example of almightie God verse 6 RIse Lord in wrath lift up thy hand Because my foes so storm The Judgement which thou didst cōmand Awaking now perform verse 7 Then shall th' Assembly generally Themselves to me betake Return therefore and sit on high Even for this peoples sake verse 8 His peoples cause the Lord will trie O let my Judgement bee According to th' integritie And righteousnesse in mee verse 9 O put a finall period To lewd mens wickednesse As for the righteous men ô God Establish them no lesse The righteous God tries heart reins And every secret part verse 10 And my defence is by his means Who saves the upright heart 3. Part. Argument God tries the righteous with wise and just corrections plagues the wicked with dire and dreadfull punishments confounding them in their own cursed Counsells verse 11 WIth Judgement will the Lord be sure The righteous to repay And with the lewd and wicked doer God's angry every day verse 12 Unlesse he speedily repent His glittering sword is whet His angry bow the Lord hath bent And hath it ready set verse 13 He hath prepared deadly darts Determining to shoot Choice arrowes at the vip'rous hearts Of those that persecute verse 14 Behold how with iniquitie He travailes in his thought Conceiving mischief craftily And falshood forth hath brought verse 15 He made a pit in digging which Great pains himself did take And now is fall'n into the ditch Which he himself did make verse 16 Upon his own head shall reboun◠His mischiefe spite and hate His violent dealing shall come down And light upon his pate verse 17 Unto the Lord give thanks will I For all his righteous waies And to the Name of God most high Sing chearfull songs of praise PSAL. VIII To Coventry tune David admires God glory most glorious in weak instruments his goodnes to mankinde giving him dignitie and dominion over the inferiour world which Christ taking our nature subdues and sanctifies to us O Lord our Lord how excellent In all the earth 's thy Name Behold thou hast They glory plac't Above the heavens frame verse 2 Weak babes and sucklings thou hast sent To preach thy power and skill That thou might'st so Th' avengefull foe And adversary still verse 3 When I behold attentively The heavens thy fingers frame The Moon on high And starrie skie Which by thine ord'nance came verse 4 What 's man or mans posteritie Think I what wondrous love He should of thee Remembred bee Or visited from above verse 5 For thou hast made him little lower Then Angels in degree And didst him crown With great renown And glorious dignitie verse 6 Thou mad'st him have dominion ore The works which thou hast wrought Beneath his feet Subjection meet Thou hast all creatures taught verse 7 All oxen sheep and fowl with these And cattell him obey What e're the field verse 8 Or aire can yield And fishes of the Sea What ever 's in the paths of Seas Or passeth through the same O Lord our Lord All lands record The splendor of thy Name PSAL. IX To Davids tune Argument David praiseth God for defence of the Church and destruction of the enemies God the supream King and righteous Judge of the world in whom the faithfull happily conside O Lord I 'l praise thy holy Name With true and hearty zeal Thy wondrous works will I proclame And none of them conceal verse 2 In thee be glad in thee rejoyce And to thy Name will I In songs of praise lift up my voice O thou that art most high
power For who are Lords but wee verse 5 Now for th' oppression of the poor And sighs of needy souls I 'l rise saith God and him secure From scornfull foes controuls verse 6 And we are sure Gods words are pure As silver from the mines In furnace tri'd And purifi'd No less then seven times verse 7 Thy people Lord shall be assur'd Preferved by thy grace They shall for ever be secur'd From this ungodly race verse 8 But all the while The base and vile Are set in place of pow'r On all sides then Do wicked men Seek whom they may devour PSAL. XIII To London short tune Argument He complains of desertion and distresse prays for seasonable reliefe and release apprebendeth confidence and comfort HOw long ô Lord of thee Forgotten shall I bee How long a space Wilt hide thy face For evermore from me verse 2 How long in heart condole Take counsell in my soul With daily care O how long bear Exalted foes controul verse 3 Consider hear my cryes Cleer Lord my God mine eyes Lest sleep of death My last-drawn breath Perpetually surprize verse 4 And lest mine enemy say Lo I have got the day And glad they be That trouble me When put beside my stay verse 5 But I thy mercy made The rock whereon I staid My heart in me Shall joyfull be In thy salvations aid verse 6 Unto the Lord will I Sing praises cheerfully Because I felt How he hath dealt With me most bounteously PSAL. XIV London long tune Argument The corruption of mankinde hatred of the godly deliverance pray'd for and expected in all distressed times THere is no God the fool hath thought Corrupt is all the brood Abominations have they wrought And none of them doth good verse 2 The sonnes of men the Lord did view From Heaven to discern If there were any one that knew Or sought Gods will to learn verse 3 But they are all corrupt and nought They all aside are gone Not one that any good hath wrought No verily not one verse 4 Are workers of iniquitie So brutishly mis-led To eat my people greedily Devouring them like bread Upon the Lord they do not call verse 5 There were they in great fear For God will surely be with all The righteous every where verse 6 Ye sham'd the counsell of the poor Whose faith on God was stay'd verse 7 But oh that Israel might procure From Sion saving ayd When God his peoples bondage turns That freedom once is had Then Jacob shall rejoyce that mourns And Israel shall be glad PSAL. XV. 1. Strain tune Argument The description of a true Isralite LOrd who shall have a dwelling place In Tabernacles of thy grace Thy holy hill who shall possess verse 2 Sure he that worketh righteousness That walks upright and speaks the truth And this even from his heart he doth verse 3 He that backbites not with his tongue Nor doth his neighbour any wrong Nor taketh up tho others broach Against his Neighbour a reproach verse 4 Vile men are in his eyes abhor'd But honoured they that fear the Lord. That changeth not what once he swears Tho he the loss and dammage bears verse 5 That puts not out his coin whereby To gain by biting usury Nor takes reward to circumvent Or prejudice the innocent He that doth these things is approv'd And never shall that man be mov'd PSAL. XVI Oxford tune Argument David professeth and praiseth his interest in God and charity to the Church he disclaimeth merit and idolatry LOrd save me for I trust in thee verse 2 Sincerely from my heart I have acknowledg'd thee to bee My Lord and so thou art My goodness unto thee I know Can never have extent verse 3 But to the Saints that live below The truly excellent In whom my sole delight is plac't verse 4 But questionles all those That after other Gods make haste Shall multiply their woes The bloud of their drink-offering I 'l not present the same Nor move my lips in mentioning Of their detested name verse 5 The Lord is mine inheritance And portion of my cup Of mine allotted maintenance Thou art the holder up verse 6 To me successfully the lines In pleasant places fell The heritage which God assignes To me doth much excell 2. Part. Argument He praiseth God for his Spirit and providence professeth his hope of resurrection and life everlasting verse 7 I Bless the Lord by whose good means I was advis'd aright Yea by his counsell have my reins Instructed me by night verse 8 I set and still conceiv'd to stand The Lord before my face Because he is at my right hand Shall nothing me displace verse 9 With joyes and consolations fresh This therefore fils my brest Glad is my glory and my flesh In certain hope shall rest verse 10 My soul in hell thou wilt not leave Nor ever wilt permit Thy Saints dead body to receive corruption in the pit verse 11 The path of life thou shew'st to mee And joyes abundant store At thy right hand there are with thee And pleasures evermore PSAL. XVII York Tune Argument He prays for audience professing his sincerity LOrd hear the right attend my cry Unto my prayer give heed That doth not in hypocrisie From fained lips proceed verse 2 My sentence let come forth from thee And let thine eyes be mov'd Things equall to behold and see For thou my heart hast prov'd By night thou tri'st me but shalt find In me no wickedness For I am purpos'd in my mind My mouth shall not transgress verse 4 Concerning works of men profane Thy lips did guide me so That from the paths I do refrain Wherein destroyers go verse 5 Uphold my goings Lord my guide In those thy paths divine So that my foot-steps may not slide Out of those paths of thine verse 6 For I have duly call'd on thee Sure thou ô God wilt hear Lord hear my words incline to mee And lend a gracious ear verse 7 Thy wonderfull kind love disclose Oh thou whose strong right arm Saves all that trust in thee from those That rise to do them harm 2. Part. Argument He prays to be delivered from the wicked the scourge of the godly their temporall prosperitie and eternall destruction verse 8 Preserve me Lord from hurtfull things As th' apple of thine eie Oh hide me underneath thy wings verse 9 From lewd mens tyrannie From deadly foes that have intrapt My soul on every side verse 10 In their own fat they are inwrapt Their mouths are fraught with pride verse 11 They have encompassed us round In our own foot-steps now And down unto the very ground They bend their lowring brow verse 12 Like th' eager Lyon that doth long To take his prey in chace And as it were a Lyon young That lurks in secret place verse 13 Lord rise and disappoint him then And cast him
to the ground Defend my soul from wicked men Which are thy sword to wound verse 14 From men ô Lord which are thy hand From worldlings fill'd and cramm'd With temp'rall blessings at command And afterward are damm'd Thy treasures hid their bellies fill With store of children blest They spend their substance at their will And leave their babes the rest verse 15 But I in righteousness abide Beholding of thy face And waking shall be satisfi'd With th' image of thy grace PSAL. XVIII To London long tune Argument David delivered from Saul c. gives thanks and sweetens these thoughts with forepast dangers O Lord my strength I will love thee verse 2 The Lord 's my rock and fort And my DELIVERER is he My God and my support My strength and station most secure In whom my trust shall be The horn of my salvation sure And my high tower is he verse 3 Upon the Lords Name I will call Who is most worthy praise So shall I scape mine enemies all With safety all my daies verse 4 Sorrows of death did me inclose Wherewith I was dismaid The flouds of wicked men arose And made me much afraid verse 5 Sorrows of hell then did I see Set round on every â—ide The snares of death prevented me verse 6 Then to my God I cri'd I call'd upon the Lord most high In my distress and fear He from his Temple heard my cry My words came to his ear 2. Part. Argument David describeth Gods wrathfull judgements under the similitude of those prodigious tempests which he sometimes really executed on his adversaries verse 7 THe earth did tremble then and shake A trembling on it seis'd The mightie hils did also quake Because thou wast displeas'd verse 8 Out of his nostrils went a smoke And from his mouth there came Devouring fire which did provoke Sulphurous coals to flame verse 9 Th' almighty Lord the heavens bow'd And downward did descend Beneath his feet a sable cloud Of darkness did extend verse 10 A Cherub Chariot did him bear Whose plumes he made his sail The winds his winged coursers were And darkness was his vail verse 11 Dark his pavilion dark the skie Dark waters duskie clouds Compose a very Canopie Wherein himself he shrowds verse 12 And at the brightness which did flame Before him in his ire His thick clouds past and with the same Hail-stones and coals of fire verse 13 The Lord in heaven thundred lowd His voice the Lord most high In hail-stones gave and in a cloud Of fire powr'd from the skie verse 14 He sent out arrows from the skie And scattered them by those He shot out lightnings dreadfully Discomfiting his foes verse 15 Then were the water-chanels seen And worlds foundations vast Disclos'd at thy rebuke so keen Even at thy nostrils blast 3. Part. Argument Gods great goodness to his people planting grace in them and then rewarding it verse 16 GOd sent from heaven took me our And drew me from the deep verse 17 From hatefull foes both strong stout He did me safely keep verse 18 My stronger foes prevented me In that so dang'rous day That threatned my calamitie But God was then my stay verse 19 Into a place secure and free My soul he quickly brought Because he took delight in me He my deliverance wrought verse 20 According to mine innocence Was my reward made sure The Lord did give in recompence Because my hands were pure verse 21 For in the waies of God have I Continually trod And have not ever wickedly Departed from my God verse 22 His judgements all before me were His statutes unremov'd verse 23 Before him was my heart sincere Wherein no guile was prov'd From staines of mine iniquitie I kept my Conscience free verse 24 Therefore the Lord abundantly Hath recompenced me According to th' integritie And cleanness of my hands Which he beholding with his eye Exactly understands 4. Part. Argument Gods different dealing with good and bad The military vertue of the Saints verse 25 THe mercifull thou wilt requite With mercy in their kind And they that are themselves upright The like in thee shall find verse 26 Unto the pure thy puritie Thou wilt O Lord declare And thou wilt deal as frowardly With those that froward are verse 27 For Lord thou wilt those people save whom sharp afflictions tri'd And wilt bring down all those that have The loftie looks of pride verse 28 My candle thou shalt surely light This darksome night of mine The Lord my God will make as bright As lightsome day to shine verse 29 I ran through armed troops by thee And safely scap'd them all And by my God assisting me Have I leapt o'r a wall verse 30 As for the LORD his word is tri'd His way is perfect pure To all that have on him reli'd He is buckler sure verse 31 For who except the LORD alone A God esteem'd may be And who a mighty rock but one And our JEHOVAH he verse 32 It is the LORD which girds binds My soul with power so great verse 33 He makes my feet like feet of Hinds And makes my way compleat He sets me on the places high By conquest mine they are verse 34 He taught my hands the facultie Of exercising warre So that a bow compleatly steel'd Is broken by mine arms verse 35 Thou gav'st me thy salvations shield Thy right hand holds from harms Thy gentleness did me advance verse 36 My stepping-place made wide That by no danger of mischance My foot should slip aside 5. Part. Argument David triumphs in his Victories and prophecies of the accesse of the Gentiles to the Church verse 37 I Have pursu'd my foes that fled And also overta'n And till they were extinguished I did not turn again verse 38 They had not strength enough to rise I wounded them so sore Beneath my feet mine enemies Are fall'n in bloudy gore verse 39 Thou girdedst me with fortitude To battell with my foes And under me hast them subdu'd That up against me rose verse 40 Mine en'mies necks into my hand Were given me by thee That I might root out of the land All them that hated mee verse 41 Lowd shrieks and cryes they multipli'd But there was none to save Yea even to the LORD they cri'd But he no answer gave verse 42 As small as dust that 's blown about When boist'rous winds do meet I beat my foes and cast them out As dirt into the street verse 43 Thou hast me Lord delivered From all seditious hands And thou hast made me to be head Of all the heathen lands A people shall my servants be Whose face I never saw verse 44 As soon as they do hear of me They shall obey my law verse 45 The strangers shall be all dismaid The strangers shall submit And fade away and be afraid Where they in secret sit 6. Part. Argument God is
glorified for the victories of Christ and the Church the true seed of David verse 46 O Blessed be my rock of power That ever doth abide And let the Lord my Saviour Be highly magnifi'd verse 47 'T is God that hath avenged me My people he subjects And my Deliverer is he That me from foes protects verse 48 Above them hast thou rais'd my head That did my hurt conspire And me from him delivered VVhom fury set on fire verse 49 Among the heathen for this thing Thy praises I 'l proclame And cheerfull songs of triumph sing To thy victorious Name verse 50 Full great deliv'rance he doth bring And mercy keeps in store For David his anointed King And HIS seed evermore PSAL. XIX To Davids tune 1. Part. Argument The creatures shew Gods glory the Scriptures his grace and saving knowledge THe heavens give to understand The glory of the Lord The operations of his hand The firmaments record verse 2 Night unto night hath knowledg show'n And day with day confer'd verse 3 And speech or language there is none Where their voice is not heard verse 4 Their line doth close and comprehend The vast earth round about Unto the worlds remotest end Their words are passed out The Lord a TABERNACLE there Did for the Sun compose verse 5 Which as a Bridegroom doth appear That from his chamber goes Rejoycing for to run a race Like to a champion stout verse 6 At heavens farthest distant place Begins his going out And he to heavens utmost end His circuit makes compleat And there is nothing can defend Or hide it from his heart verse 7 The law of God is perfect pure The soul it purifies His testimonies are most sure And make the simple wise PSAL. XIX 2. Part. Argument The names and properties of the Scriptures the benefit of obeying them which makes the godly sue for grace verse 8 THe statues of the Lord are right And consolate the mind His precepts pure affording light To eyes by nature blind verse 9 Gods fear is clean from all defects And alwayes doth endure His Judgements just in all respects And truth it self no truer verse 10 Far more then many treasur'd summes Of gold to be embrac't Far sweeter then the hony-combes Or hony to the taste verse 11 They are thy servants monitors How he his life should frame A great reward 's provided for 's If we observe the same verse 12 But who can all his errours see O cleanse my heart within verse 13 From secret faults ô keep thou mee From all presumptuous sin O let it have no Regiment In me at any time And then shall I be innocent And cleer from greatest crime verse 14 The meditations of my heart And every word I say Take in good part ô Lord that art My Saviour strength and stay PSAL. XX. To choice tune Argument David going forth to battell offers sacrifice the Church prays confidently for acceptation and success LORD hear thee in this troublous day The name of Jacobs God defend verse 2 From Sion be thy strength and stay Help from the Sanctuary send verse 3 Thine offrings all in mind be kept He thy burnt Sacrifice accept verse 4 Thy hearts desire he grant thee still And all thy counsels LORD fulfill verse 5 We will rejoyce in thy defence And spread our banners in the name Of thee our God and confidence LORD hear thy prayers and grant the same verse 6 Now know I God will save from harm With saving strength of his right arm And heareth his anointed one From heav'n his high and holy throne verse 7 Some hope in Charets help to find And some in horses hope the same But wee will ever bear in mind The Lord our Gods all-helpfull name verse 8 They are brought down fallen quite But we are ris'n and stand upright verse 9 Save LORD let the King give ear Now when we pray our prayers to hear PSAL. XXI To Dutch tune Argument David gives thanks for victory and the rich blessings of God O LORD in thy salvation The King shall much delight With joy and exultation In thy great strength and might verse 2 For what his heart desir'd to have Thou granted'st every thing And what his lips of thee did crave Was not deni'd the King verse 3 With thy good blessings powred down Thou hast him richly sped And thou hast set a royall crown Of pure gold on his head verse 4 He ask't thee life and thou did'st give To him that blessing prime Even length of dayes that he might live An everlasting time verse 5 He glorieth most exceedingly In thy salvations aid For honour and great majestie Thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Of blessings ever-flowing streams Thou did'st to him impart And with thy countenances beams Rejoyc'd his joyfull heart verse 7 For LORD the King unfainedly Doth put his trust in thee And through thy mercie ô most High Remov'd he shall not be 2. Part. Argument The consuming wrath of Christ against all implacable adversaries verse 8 THy right-hand shall thy foes disclose Thy hand thy haters all verse 9 And fiery ovens shall burn thy foes What time thy wrath shall fall The Lord shall swallow them in fume Fire shall devour them then verse 10 Their fruit shalt thou from earth consume Their seeds from sons of men verse 11 For they against thee did intend A most mischievous thing But cannot bring to passe the end Of their imagining verse 12 Lord thou shalt make them for these things To turn their backs apace Charging thine arrows on thy strings Against their stubborn face verse 13 In thy peculiar strength O Lord Thy matchless glory raise So shall due cheerfull songs record Thy powers deferved praise PSAL. XXII To Oxford tune 1. Part. Argument David complains of desertion and disdainfulness of his enemies remembers to his comfort Gods ancient dealing with the Saints MY God my God wherefore hast thon Forsook me O wherefore Why art so far from helping now When I do cry and rore verse 2 My God I cry even all day long Yet hear'st thou not my moan All night I cannot hold my tongue verse 3 But thou 'rt an only one Thou that inhabit'st Israels praise verse 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee In thee they trusted all their dayes And thou did'st set them free verse 5 They cry'd to thee and by the same A blest deliverance got And trusting in thy holy Name Confounded were they not verse 6 But I 'm not reckned for a man A despicable worm A meer reproach of men I am Whom all the people spurn verse 7 All they that see me laugh O God Shoot out the lip do they And shake their heads with scornfull nod And thus they speak and say verse 8 He trusted that the Lord would be A Saviour for his sake Let him deliver him since he In him delight did take 2. Part. Argument Gods
originall providence to his Saints a complaint of savage adversaries and extreme afflictions verse 9 EVen from the womb which me possest O Lord thou took'st me thence When I was on my mothers brest Thou wast my confidence verse 10 I from the naked womb was cast Upon thy care alone Thou from my mothers belly wast The God my soul doth own verse 11 Be not far from me trouble 's neer And none to help me out verse 12 So many bulls have every where Incompass'd me about Strong Bashan bulls encompassing Prevent me all escape verse 13 Their wide mouths like a ravening And roaring Lion gape verse 14 Like water I am shed and sunk My bones dis-joynted all My heart within my bowels shrunk Like molten wax doth fall verse 15 My strength is like a potsheard dri'd My tongue cleaves to my jawes In dust of death to be and bide Thou dost thy servant cause verse 16 For dogs have me invironed Assembled wicked bands Have me inclos'd and compassed They pierce my feet and hands verse 17 Yea I may reckon every bone On me they gaze and stare verse 18 Upon my vesture lots are thrown And they my garments share verse 19 But Lord my strength make haste to help And be not far from me verse 20 My darling soul from cruell whelp And bloody sword set free verse 21 Lest I by Lions mouths be torn Save and deliver me For from the horns of Unicorns Thou heard'st me pray to thee 3. Part. Argument The relief of the afflicted the dainties of the Gospel conversion of the Gentiles and successions of the Church verse 22 O Lord I will declare thy Name Among my brethren dear And I will spread thy praise and fame In congregations here verse 23 O yee his Saints that fear the Lord Praise him in word and deed Glorifie him with one accord O all yee Jacobs seed Yee seed of Israel do no less But always fear the Lord verse 24 Because th' afflicted souls distress He never hath abhorr'd He did not such a soul despise Nor unaffected hide From him his favourable eies But heard him when he cry'd verse 25 In great resort I 'l spread thy fame And pay my vowes I will Before them all that fear thy Name verse 26 The meek shall eat their fill They shall that seek him praise the Lord Your hearts shall live for ay verse 27 The worlds vast ends shall all record And turn to God shall they All kindred nations shall to thee In humble worship fall verse 28 The kingdoms gods and he shall bee Supreme of nations all verse 29 All sat ones on the earth shall eat And worship him they must And they must bow before his seat That stoop and lick the dust His own soul none can keep alive verse 30 A seed shall serve the Lord A Generation shall survive Which we for his record verse 31 They shall come forth and there declare His righteousnesse to those That born in after ages are That God did thus dispose PSAL. XXIII To the 2. French tune Argument The sure supply of the Saints THe Lord 's my Shepherd to provide No wofull want shall I abide verse 2 In pastures best He makes me rest He leads me by still waters side verse 3 Restores my soul as guide thereto For his names sake in paths most true verse 4 Though I invade Deaths horrid shade That darksome valley walking through Yet I will fear no kind of ill For thou art ever present still VVith me O God They staffe thy rod My heart with heav'nly comforts fill verse 5 My table thou hast furnish't so Even in the presence of my foe Thine ointment spread Upon my head Making my cup to overflow Yea all my lifes continued space verse 6 Surely thy goodness and thy grace Shall follow me Thy house shall be My ever constant dwelling place PSAL. XXIV Dutch Bass tune Argument He exhorts to receive Christ the King of the world describes the Citizens of his spirituall Kingdome THe earth 's the Lords with all her goods And all the worlds contain verse 2 He â—tablish'd it upon the floods And fixt it on the main verse 3 VVho in Gods holy place may stand His hill ascend unto verse 4 The pure in heart and clean in hand VVhose oaths are just and true VVho suffers not his soul to cleave To Idols most abhorr'd verse 5 He shall undoubtedly receive The blessing from the Lord. From God his Saviour he shall speed VVith gifts of saving grace verse 6 O Jacob this thy seekers seed Ev'n theirs that seek thy face verse 7 Yee everlasting doors stand ope Yee gates lift up the head And give the King of glory scope Within your courts to tread verse 8 Who is this glory-crowned King His royall name record In battell always conquering The Strong and mighty Lord. verse 9 Yee everlasting doors stand ope Yee gates lift up your head And give the King of glory scope Within your courts to tread verse 10 Who may this Kingly person be And all the glory his The Lord of hosts and none but he The King of glory is PSAL. XXV To Sweet tune Argument David sueth for Gods protection and pardon of his sins specially those of his youth LOrd I lift up my soul to thee verse 2 In thee my God I trust repose O Let not me Ashamed be Nor over-topt by envious foes verse 3 Put none to shame whom goodness draws To wait upon thy holy name Who break thy lawes Without a cause Let them be rather put to shame verse 4 Shew me thy paths teach me thy way verse 5 Lead in thy truth and teach my heart On thee all day I wait and stay For thou my God and Saviour art verse 6 Thy tender loving kindnesses And thy sweet mercies manifold O Lord now please To think on these For they have ever been of old verse 7 My great transgressions what they be Nor yet my sins of youth record In mercy free Remember mee Even for thy goodness sake O Lord. verse 8 The Lord 's a good and upright one To them therefore that go aside Will he alone His ways make known verse 9 The meeke will he in judgement guide He to the meek will teach his way verse 10 Lo all his paths are truth and grace To such are they As do obey His covenant and his laws imbrace verse 11 Lord I beseech thee earnestly For thy names sake I thee intreat To pardon my Iniquity For it is most exceeding great 2. Part. Argument He prayes for help in affliction and the like for the Church verse 12 WHat man is he whom God indues With grace and care the Lord to please To him God shews What way to choose verse 13 His soule shall also dwell at ease His seed shall have inheritance here verse 14 His secret will the
becomes the Saints verse 2 Praise God with Psaltrie Harp voice And ten-string'd instruments verse 3 A new song to the Lord indite Sing loud and play with skill verse 4 For lo the word of God is right His works all truth fulfill verse 5 Justice and Judgement he doth love His goodness fils all coasts verse 6 The word of God made heav'n above His Spirit all their hoasts verse 7 He watry seas collected keeps And heaps the billows curl'd In storehouses he layes the deeps O fear him all the world verse 8 In awe of him let all men stand That dwell from sun to sun verse 9 For it stood fast at his command He spake and it was done verse 10 The counsels which the heathen take The Lord doth bring to nought And their device doth fruitlesse make VVhat ere the people thought verse 11 The counsell of the Lord stands sure And so for ever shall Th' intentions of his heart endure To generations all 2. Part. Argument Gods speciall and common providence the creatures vanity and Gods All-sufficiency to help in hardest times verse 12 THat nation's blest whose God 's the Lord That people's blest whom he Hath chosen of his own accord His heritage to be verse 13 The Lord looks down from heaven high Beholding all abroad All mortall mans posterity verse 14 From place of his abode In all the earth and all the parts The dwellers he surveys verse 15 Alike he fashioneth their hearts And all their works he weighs verse 16 No num'rous host can save a King Their corp'rall strength saves none verse 17 A horse of save 's a meer vain thing His great strength saves not one verse 18 Behold Gods eye tow'rds them set ope That him in rev'rence have And them that in his mercies hope verse 19 Their souls from death to save To keep alive when death's destroy verse 20 Our soul waits for the Lord He is our help our shield our joy verse 21 In whom our hearts accord Because we have put confidence In his most holy name verse 22 The mercy Lord to us dispence As we hope in the same PSAL. XXXIV To Martyrs tune Argument David by his own practice and experience inciteth to praise and trust in God AT all times I will blesse the Lord Thy praise ô Lord of hoast verse 2 My busie mouth shall still record My soul in him shall boast The humble wondrous glad shall be In hearing of the same verse 3 O magnifie the LORD with me Let 's all exalt his Name verse 4 I sought the Lord he gave good ear And all my terrours dash't verse 5 They look'd to him inlight'ned were Nor was their face abash't verse 6 This poor man cri'd the Lord did hear And all his troubles end verse 7 Gods Angels tents are pitched near Gods children to defend verse 8 O taste and see how good God is Who trusts in him is blest verse 9 O fear the Lord ye Saints of his Such shall not be distrest verse 10 Young Lyons shall be hunger-pin'd Their food shall be so scant But they that seek the Lord to find Not one good thing shall want 2. Part. Argument The way to true happines with the priviledges of the godly and wickeds misery verse 11 COme children hearken unto me Gods fear I teach to you verse 12 Who longs for life good things to see And dayes desires not few verse 13 The lying lips where falshood breeds And wicked words refrain verse 14 Depart from evill do good deeds Seek peace and peace maintain verse 15 Upon the righteous every where God casts intentive eies And opens his attentive ear To their uncessant cries verse 16 'Gainst workers of iniquitie An angry brow he frames To cut from earth the memory Of their detested names verse 17 The righteous cry the Lord doth hear And all their troubles ends verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near And contrite souls defends verse 19 Great are th' afflictions which befall The LORDS most holy ones But God shall help them out of all verse 20 And keepeth all his bones So that not one of them is burst verse 21 But mischief slays the lewd Who hate the righteous shall be curs'd And utterly subdu'd verse 22 The Lord redeems from captive state His servants souls each one And there shall none be desolate That trust in him alone PSAL. XXXV To Oxford tune Argument An earnest prayer against Persecutors LORD plead my righteous cause with those That are with me at strife O fight against my mortall foes That fight against my life verse 2 Lay hold of buckler and of shield My help stand up unto verse 3 Draw out the Spear and keep the field Against them that pursue Say to my soul I 'm thy defence Let shame their hopes controul verse 4 Confusion be their recompence That seek to hurt my soul. Let thy fierce hand them backward strike Confusion may they finde verse 5 Who seek my hurt let them be like The chaff before the winde Let Gods swift Angel make pursuit Close at their heels I say verse 6 Them let Gods Angel persecute In dark and slipp'ry way verse 7 For causlesly within a pit A net for me they hid Even for my soul they digged it And this they causless did verse 8 O let destruction unawares Upon this monster fall And let him having hidden snares Be taken therewithall Even that destruction LORD decree That he fall in the same verse 9 And then my soul shall joyfull be In Gods all-mighty Name And joy in his salvation much verse 10 And all my threat'ned bones Shall say What other God is such VVho saves the needy ones Thou helpest him that stands in need From foes that are too strong The poor from spoilers thou hast free'd And wretched men from wrong 2. Part. Argument The perfidiousness and ingratitude of the wicked verse 11 MOst wicked men against me rise To witness things untrue And charge me with iniquities Whereof I nothing knew verse 12 They did reward my good with ill My love with hate requite And sought my souls destruction still With utmost of their might verse 13 But I their sickness did condole In sackcloth fasted mourn'd The pray'r of mine afflicted soul. Into my bosome turn'd verse 14 I for my foe behaved mee As for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as he That mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe And were together got Base abjects when I did not know They tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts They gnash't their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts Both seen and suffered be Destroying Lyons ô defeat My darling soul defend verse 18 I 'l praise thee in assemblies great Where multitudes attend 3. Part. Argument He prays against the spitefulness of the wicked here described verse 19 LEt not my wrongfull enemies
Lift up their horn on high Nor let them wink with scornfull eies that hate me causlesly verse 20 Deceitfull things they take in hand Against such men they plot As are most quiet in the land For peace they utter not verse 21 Yea they their mouths have op'ned wide Against me spitefully Aha Aha mine en'mies cri'd We saw it with our ey verse 22 This thou hast seen no silence keep Lord from me be not far verse 23 Stir up thy self awake from sleep And come to Judgement-bar My Lord my God move to my cause verse 24 Judge me ô Lord my God According to thy righteous laws Nor suff'r it undertrod verse 25 Nor suffer them in heart to say Ah we would have it thus Nor let them say he 's made a prey He 's swallowed up by us verse 26 With shame confound them gen'rally With self-confusion clad Themselves who'gainst me magnifie And at my hurt are glad verse 27 Let them be glad and shout for joy VVith my just cause that side Yea let them say continually The LORD be magnifi'd VVho joys in 's servants prosp'rous state verse 28 And then my gratefull tongue Thy righteousness shall celebrate VVith praises all day long PSAL. XXXVI To London short tune Argument The vilenes of the wicked the greatness of Gods mercies and the interest of the righteous in him and them together LEwd mens transgressions great Unto my heart descries And makes it clear That there 's no fear Of God before his eyes verse 2 He to his own conceit Grosse flatteries doth propound Untill the sin He liveth in An hatefull thing be found verse 3 The words his mouth hath said Are wickednesse and theft Good things to do And wisdom too Hee hath for ever left verse 4 He mischiefe on his bed Deviseth to fulfill He doth delight In ways not right And he abhors no ill verse 5 Thy mercy heaven at least Thy truth the clouds doth touch verse 6 As mountains steep Or swallowing deep Thy truth and judgement 's such Thou Lord sav'st man and beast verse 7 O God how exc'llent things Thy love thy grace Make mortals place Their trust in thy spread wings verse 8 Full feasted they shall be VVith thy sweet houses fat Thy river which Yeeld pleasures rich They all shall drink of that verse 9 The spring of life 's with thee VVe shall see light in thine verse 10 Never remove From them thy love That know thy name divine Thy love and clemency Let th'upright hearted prove verse 11 No foot of pride Let make me slide Nor wiekcd hand remove verse 12 Works of iniquity Destruction shall surprise Lo there they fall And never shall Be able more to rise PSAL. XXXVII To Martyrs tune Argument The many and happy priviledges of the Saints controlling envie and ingratitude THy minde for sinners nor disturb Nor evill doers envie verse 2 For they like grass and tender herb Are soon cut down and die verse 3 Trust in the LORD and put thy hand To actions that are good So shalt thou dwell within the land And be assur'd of food verse 4 Delight in God abundantly And he shall condesend Thy hearts desire to satisfie verse 5 Thy way to God commend Trust in him and it shall be done verse 6 Thy truth shall burnish bright Thy judgement as the noon-tide Sun Thy righteousness as light verse 7 Rest in the LORD with patience stay Fret not thy self a jot At him that prospers in his way And speeds his wicked plot verse 8 Let not rash anger in thee rise Distemp'ring wrath forsake Fret not thy self in any wise In evill to partake verse 9 For evill doers shall be destroy'd But earth shall sure afford An heritage by them enjoy'd That wait upon the Lord. verse 10 For lo the wicked shall be gone Within a little space Yea thou shalt study thereupon Yet shalt not finde his place verse 11 The lowly shall the earth possess And there they shall delight And bath themselves in blissfulness Of peace most infinite 2. Part. Argument The impotent malice of the wicked and precious priviledges of the godly verse 12 THe wicked plots against th'upright And at him grates his teeth verse 13 But God shall laugh at all his spight Whose day he coming see'th verse 14 The wicked have their sword and bow Drawn out and ready bent The poor and needies overthrow Their mischievous intent And them that uprightly converse To slay with cruell stroke verse 15 But their own hearts their swords shall pierce Their bows shall all be broke verse 16 A portion put in godly hands Though it be small and poor Is better far then house or lands Of many a wicked doer verse 17 The wickeds arms shall all be broke But God's the just mans stay verse 18 He knowes the days of upright folk Their heritage lasts for ay verse 19 They shall not once ashamed be VVhen evill times betide And in the day of scarcitie They shall be satisfi'd verse 20 But lo the wicked shall decay As fat of Lambs consume Gods enemies shall fade away And vanish into fume verse 21 The wicked man on borrowing goes But cares not to repay But still the righteous mercy showes And frankly gives away verse 22 By such as he pronounceth blest The earth shall be enjoy'd And such as he doth curse supprest And utterly destroy'd 3. Part. Argument Many remarkable providences towards the godly verse 23 A Good mans steps the Lord doth guide Delighting in his way verse 24 He shall not sink although he slide For him Gods hand doth stay verse 25 I have been young and now am old Yet to my hoary head The just forsook did ne'r behold Nor HIS seed begging bread verse 26 He kindly lends to him that needs His seed is surely blest verse 27 Depart from evill do good deeds And ever dwell in rest verse 28 The Lord his Saints will not reject For he in Judgement joys He will for ever them protect But wicked seed destroys verse 29 The righteous shall the earth enjoy And therein ever dwell verse 30 Because he doth his mouth imploy VVith oracles to tell His tongue deep judgement doth impart verse 31 And he doth carefull hide His Gods commandment in his heart None of his steps shall slide verse 32 The wicked wait the just to slay But to the hand of them verse 33 God will not leave him as a prey Nor him when judg'd condem ' 4. Part. Argument Holiness tends to happiness wickedness to destruction verse 34 WAit on the Lord and keep his ways And thou rais'd by his hand Shalt see when he the wicked slays And shalt injoy the land verse 35 The wicked I have seen bear sway And spread like Laurell green verse 36 Yet suddenly he past away And could no more be seen I sought but him could no where finde But he of upright ways verse 37 The perfect if yee
thee Did I my sins commit That when thou speak'st and judgest me Thou might'st be clear and quit I did this evill in thy sight Whereby ô Lord thou shalt Be said to pass thy judgement right And I in all the fault verse 5 My shape is sin LORD thou dost see For I am form'd therein My mother hath conceived me Even in the heat of sin verse 6 Lo thou requirest truth sincere In every inward part Thou mad'st me to know wisdome there In secret of my heart verse 7 Purge me with hyssope and I know I shall be clean and free And whiter then the driven snow If also washt by thee verse 8 Oh then let joy and gladnes speak And make me hear their voice That so the bones which thou did'st break May feelingly rejoyce 2. Part. Argument David prays for renewing grace and for the Church which he had scandalized verse 9 LOrd hide thine eies from all my sin And my misdeeds deface verse 10 O God make clean my heart within Renew my mind with grace verse 11 O cast me not away from thee Thy presence shunning mine Nor ever take away from me That holy Spirit of thine verse 12 The joyes of thy salvation LORD Restore to me again And thy free Spirit to me afford My soul for to sustain verse 13 And to transgressors I will teach Thy wayes to penitent men And sinners unto whom I preach Shall be converted then verse 14 From guilt of bloud-shed quit me Lord Thou God and Saviour mine Then shall my song aloud record Thy righteousness divine verse 15 Unlock my lips and then my task Shall be thy praise to show verse 16 For sacrifice thou dost not ask Which else I would bestow Burnt-offring is not thy delight But other sacrifice verse 17 A broken heart a soul contrite Thou wilt not Lord despise verse 18 Of thy good pleasure Sion bless Build up Jerus'lems wall verse 19 Pure sacrifice of righteousness Thou shalt be pleas'd withall Burnt offrings then and those entire In sacrifice shall they With Bullocks fit for holy fire Upon thine Altars lay PSAL. LII To pause tune David condemns all treacherous time-servers and malicious persecutors of the godly who shall surely flourish while these perish utterly WHy dost thou boast Of mischief most O man of mighty pow'r Gods goodness will Continue still Even ev'ry day and hour verse 2 Thou dost incline That tongue of thine To practise mischiefs great Yea it hath been A razour keen In working of deceit verse 3 Thou far above Good things dost love Ill wayes to entertain And righteousness Thou lovest less Then for to lie and fain verse 4 Deceitfull tongue Thou lov'st all wrong And words that do devour verse 5 God shall therefore For evermore Destroy thee by his pow'r He shall I say Take thee away From place where thou dost dwell VVith vengefull hand Thee from the land Of living souls expell verse 6 The righteous there Shall see and fear And laughing at him say verse 7 Lo this is he That could not see To make the Lord his stay But for defence Put confidence In heaps of worldly pelf And in the sin He lived in Incouraged himself verse 8 Like th' Olive green Shall I be seen To have a flourishing place In Gods house still And ever will Betrust me to his grace verse 9 For ever I Will magnifie And on thy Name attend Since thou did'st bring To pass the thing And Saints thy Name commend PSAL. LIII London long tune The corruption of mankind full of persecution and profaneness a prayer for deliverance THere is no God the fool doth say At least his heart saith so Corrupt are they and vile their way And all good works forgo verse 2 The sons of men th' almighty view'd From heaven to descry If any of them understood Or sought God faithfully verse 3 But quite corrupt and far declin'd Is every mothers sonne None no not one doth vertue mind Nor one good action 's done verse 4 Are all so brutishly mis-led That wicked wayes have trod To eat my people like to bread And have not call'd on God verse 5 They fear'd where was no cause of dread To fright those guilty ones For God hath piece-meal scattered Thy strong befiegers bones Because the LORD did them despise Thou putst them to disgrace verse 6 O that to Israel might arise From Sion saving grace The Lord from thraldoms cruell yoke His people setting free Shall Jacobs heart to joy provoke And Israel glad shall be PSAL. LIV. Cambridge old tune A complaint of treacherous adversaries LOrd save me by thy mighty Name Me by thy strength defend verse 2 O hear the humble pray'r I frame And these my suits attend verse 3 For strangers do against me rise Oppressors seek my soul They set not God before their eies Their actions to controul verse 4 Lo God 's my help the Lord 's with those That do my soul maintain verse 5 Their evill to mine envious foes He shall repay again Destroy them in thy righteousness verse 6 And freely I 'l accord With sacrifice thy Name to bless For it is good ô Lord. verse 7 For he hath me delivered From all perplexing woes Mine eye hath seen accomplished His will upon my foes PSAL. LV. Oxford tune David dangerously beset and in grievous perplexitie wishes opportunitie of flight O God unto my prayer give ear Hide not thy face from me verse 2 My supplications daign to hear Attending what they be In my complaint I cry aloud A mournfull noise I make verse 3 Because the adversary proud So insolently spake Because of lewd mens tyrannie VVherewith I am opprest Who charge me with iniquitie And me in wrath detest verse 4 Sore pained is my heart in me Deaths terrors on me fall verse 5 Trembling and fear accompanie They come upon me all And horrour hath o'rewhelm'd me quite verse 6 Oh that I had Doves wings That I might take to sudden flight And rest from these sad things verse 7 Then would I wander wide and stay i th' Wilderness behinde verse 8 I 'd hasten my escape away From tempest storm and winde 2. Part. Argument The base perfidiousness of the wicked verse 9 DEstroy ô Lord divide their tongues For I have seen how rife And how the bloudy Citie throngs VVith violence and strife verse 10 Both night and day they do surround The very walls of it Mischief and sorrow there are found Amidst the same to sit verse 11 In midst thereof is lewdness vile That with the mischief meets Most base deceit and crafty guile Depart not from her streets verse 12 For had a foe these taunts began I could the same have born Or had my hater been the man Who 'gainst me lift his horn Then I from him my head would hide verse 13 But it was thou a man Yea mine acquaintance equall guide This tragedy began verse 14
The Nations of the earth verse 5 Let all that are of humane birth Praise thee and not surcease verse 6 Then shall the fat and fruitfull earth yield plentifull increase Yea God our God shall bless us then verse 7 Great blessings God shall send He shall be fear'd of mortall men To earths remotest end PSAL. LXVIII To Dutch tune David at the remove of the Ark celebrates the greatness and goodness of God LEt God omnipotent arise His scattered foes to chace And let his hatefull enemies Flee from his angry face verse 2 As driven smoke drive them away As fire makes wax to fry So in Gods presence perish they That work iniquitie verse 3 But let the just be glad with joy Before Jehovahs face Let them rejoyce exceedingly And sing unto his grace verse 4 Sing praise to God with cheerfull voice Extoll'd by JAH his Name And in his presence much rejoice That rides on heavens frame verse 5 A father of the fatherless A Judge of widows case Is God in place of holiness From that his dwelling place verse 6 He sets th'alone in families And bringeth out the bound But le ts rebellious enemies Inhabit barren ground 2. Part. Argument A memoriall of Gods miraculous works in the Wilderness and the land of Canaan verse 7 WHen thou to be thy peoples guide O God did'st undertake And marchedst through the desarts wide verse 8 Affrighted earth did quake Then also did the heavens drop 'Cause Israels God was there Yea at thy presence Sinai's top Did move and quake for fear verse 9 Thou Lord did'st send a gracious rain Thine heritage thereby VVas strength'ned and confirm'd again When it was faint and dry verse 10 Thy Congregation dwelt therein O God thou art the doer Thou of thy goodness brought'st us in Provision for the poor verse 11 God gave the word of victorie Immediately there came Innumerable companie That published the same verse 12 Stout Kings of potent Armies fled For they were put to foil And shee at home that tarried Helpt to divide the spoil verse 13 Tho ye have lien among the pots Ye shall be like a Dove VVith checkquerd wings of silver spots And yellow gold above verse 14 When God almighty scattered here Proud Kings that came to kill 's Victorious Israel shin'd as cleer As snow on Salmon hills 3. Part. Argument The happines of Sion excelling Sinai and all other hills because the Temple was there built The glorious acts of Christ for the Church thereby typed verse 15 THe hill wherein Jehovah dwells As Bashan hill we count A loftie hill that parallels The height of Bashan mount verse 16 Why leap yee yee aspiring hills This is that famous hill VVherein the Lord precisely wills To have his dwelling still Yea here to dwell for evermore verse 17 Gods Chariots are not small But thousands yea a thousand score Of pow'rs Angelicall The Lord 's with them as formerly In Sinai's holy ground verse 18 Thou hast ascended up on high And led captiv'tie bound Thou hast received gifts for men Yea those men that rebell That God the Lord might also then Among the Gentiles dwell verse 19 Blessed the God that every day With ben'fits doth us load Even our salvations God I say Who hath them so bestow'd verse 20 He is the God of saving health Even God on whom wee call And unto God the Lord himself Belong deaths issues all verse 21 But God shall wound his en'mies head Their hairy scalp and skin That having lewdly trespassed Dare still persist therein verse 22 I will bring back the Lord did say From Bashan come shall these My people I will bring away From bottoms of the Seas verse 23 That thou mai'st dip thy foot in bloud Of adversaries slain And where thy slaughter'd en'mies stood Thy dogs their tongues may stain 4. Part. Argument The pompous carriage of the Aâ—k to the Tabernacle the resort of great men thereto verse 24 THy goings in thy Sanctuary Thy goings Lord my King The people saw apparently verse 25 Before went those that sing The skilfull play'rs on instrument Close following at their feet Amidst them there the damsells went That tun'd the timbrels sweet verse 26 In great resorts Gods praise ascribe The Lord from Israels spring verse 27 There 's Benjamin that little tribe Together with their King There 's Judahs Princes generally And Counsellors of theirs From Zebulon and Nepthali Each famous Prince appears verse 28 They God by his supream command Thy strength hath founded thus Strengthen O God with thy good hand What thou hast wrought for us 5. Part. Argument The conversion of the Gentiles and confusion of implacable adversaries verse 29 THy Temple at Jerusalem Shall forein Kings allure To come and bring their gifts with them Thy favour to procure verse 30 Rebuke the spear-mens company And that unruly crue Of Bulls and calves till generally They pay their tributes due Till each man silver-plate presents Disperse and scatter farre All these tumultuous male contents That take delight in warre verse 31 Aethiop to God shall stretch her hands And Aegypt send her King verse 32 Sing praise to God ye forein lands To great Jehovah sing verse 33 That rides upon the highest sphere Of heavens fram'd of old And sendeth out his thunders there A mighty voice behold verse 34 Ascribe to God omnipotence His strength in clouds in shown O're Isr'el is his excellence verse 35 Lord thou' rt a dreadfull one The same thy Sanctuary shows Yea Israels God 's the same That strength and pow'r on his bestows And blessed be his Name PSAL. LXIX Oxford tune David in deep affliction prays that no good man might be discouraged by his sufferings which were for the cause of God SAve me O God for to my soul swift waters flow apace verse 2 I sink within a miry hole Where is no standing place In deepest waters I am come Supprest with flouds main force verse 3 My crying is most wearisome My throat is dry and hoarse Mine eyes do fail while hard bestead I for my God do wait verse 4 More foes then hairs upon my head Do bear me causless hate My wrongfull foes are mightie men That seek my soul to slay The things have I restored then VVhich I took not away verse 5 O God my sinne 's not hid from thee My foolishness thou know'st verse 6 Let no man be asham'd through mee O Lord O God of hoast Let none that wait on thee have shame None to confusion sell For my sake none that seek thy Name O God of Israel verse 7 Since for thy sake I suffered scorn My face was fill'd with shame verse 8 To those that were my brethren born A stranger I became My mothers children do with mee As with an aliant deal verse 9 And I am eaten up for thee And with thy houses zeal I bore thy scorners blasphemies
my pray'r O Jacobs God give ear verse 9 O look on thine anointeds face O Lord our shield behold verse 10 For in thy Courts a days short space Excells a thousand-fold In thy fair Temple I profess I 'd rather keep a dore Then in the tents of wickedness Have dwelling evermore verse 11 For God the Lord to Israel is A constant Sun and Shield He will vouchsafe his grace to his And glory freely yield From them that walk in upright way No good thing hold will he verse 12 Lord God of hoasts how blest are they That put their trust in thee PSAL. LXXXV Martyrs tune He praiseth God for deliverance from the Babylonian captivitie praying God to make it compleat LOrd thou hast dealt most favourably With thy beloved land And Jacobs hard captivitie Brought back with pow'rfull hand verse 2 Thou to thy people Lord didst please To seal a pardon free Their grievous sins and trespasses Are covered all by thee verse 3 Thy vehement wrath thou hast allayd Fierce anger turn'd to peace verse 4 Turn us ô God our saving ayd Thine anger tow'rds us cease verse 5 Wilt thou be angry evermore And not thy wrath recall Wilt thou draw out thy wrath so sore To generations all verse 6 Lord shall not we by pow'r divine Again revived bee That so the people that are thine May much rejoice in thee verse 7 Lord grant us thy salvations aid Thy mercy let appear verse 8 Of God the Lord what shall be said That will I gladly hear He to his Saints and people deer Will utter words of peace But let them take a warning here And former follies cease 2. Part. Argument He prophecies honour and happiness to the Church in token of the good things of the Gospel verse 9 SAlvation sure is neer at hand To them that do him fear That glory may invest the Land And be a dweller here verse 10 Now truth and mercy both do meet And both in one consist Now righteousness and peace do greet And mutually have kist verse 11 Justice from heaven shall look down While truth from earth shall spring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall Israel crown With gifts of each good thing Our land shall yeeld her fruits no doubt verse 13 The righteousness of God Shall go before and point us out The way that he hath trod PSAL. LXXXVI London long tune The transcendent goodness and greatness of God incouraging prayers LOrd bow thy ear and hear my plaint A needy wretch and poor verse 2 Since thou hast made me for a Saint My troubled soul secure O thou my God thy servant save verse 3 Be mercifull to mee Who trust in thee and daily crave And call and cry to thee verse 4 Rejoyce O Lord thy servants heart I lift my soul to thee verse 5 For good and gracious Lord thou art And to forgiveness free To all that call upon thy Name Most rich in mercies fruits verse 6 O Lord attend the prayers I frame Mark well my voyce and suits verse 7 I 'l call for thou wilt answer me In my most troublesome time verse 8 Among the gods is none like thee Nor any works like thine verse 9 All nations which thy hands did frame Thee Lord shall come before And there to glorifie thy name Submissively adore verse 10 For thou art God yea God alone Thy pow'r great wonders doth verse 11 O Lord to me thy way make known I 'l walk in all thy truth 2. Part. Argument As before UNite my heart to fear thy name verse 12 Then Lord my God will I Applaud and magnifie the same To all eternity verse 13 For tow'rds my soul in every deed Thy mercy doth excell Which thy peculiar pow'r hath freed Even from the lowest hell verse 14 The proud are risen for my fall My souls destruction sought By violent men assembling all On thee they have not thought verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind Suffâ—ing no little space Compassions store in thee we find And plenteous truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me that I may live Thy grace to me extend Thy strength unto thy servant give Thy handmaids sonne defend verse 17 Some good apparent sign afford That hatefull foes may see And be asham'd because thou Lord Didst help and comfort mee PSAL. LXXXVII Coventry tune The happy priviledges of the Church typed by Sion SIons foundations edifice In holy mountains lies verse 2 Whose gates Gods love Doth far above All Jacobs dwelling prize verse 3 O city of God thy structures frame Obtains a glorious name verse 4 Rahab for one And Babylon I to my friends will name Philistia Ethiop Tyre lo there verse 5 This man was made an heir And Sion they Shall point and say Did this and that man bear The high'st himself shall stablish her verse 6 And this mans birth refer To Sion mount So make his count When hee shall register verse 7 As well the voyce of him that sings As him that tunes the strings Of musick sweet Therein shall meet In thee are all my springs PSAL. LXXXVIII To sinners tune Heman in the deep dungeon of affliction destitute of all outward comforts maketh lamentable complaint I Cry'd before thee day and night Lord God my saving aid verse 2 O let my cries come in thy sight And all the pray'rs I pray'd Incline thin ear unto my cry verse 3 My soul is fill'd with woes My life unto the grave drawes nigh Because opprest with those verse 4 Numbred with them that pass down-right The path to pit they tread I 'm like a man that hath no might verse 5 And free among the dead Even like slain men's my present state Which in the grave do rot Which from thy hand are separate And utterly forgot verse 6 Thou hast me laid in lowest caves Beneath deep darkness barr'd verse 7 Afflicting me with all thy waves Thy wrath doth press me hard verse 8 My ' quaintance far remov'd thou hast And made them me abhor As one whom now shut up so fast There 's no redemption for 2. Part. Argument Hee humbly sues for redress of his grievous afflictions while there was yet hope MIne eye laments a burd'nous load Of sorrows multipli'd Lord I have stretch'd my hands abroad To thee I daily cry'd verse 10 Intend'st thou Lord said I to shew Thy wonders to the dead Shall dead men rise again that so Thy praises may be spread verse 11 Shall we thy loving kindness Lord Within the grave express Shall in destruction men record Thy truth and faithfulness verse 12 Shall we in darkness understand Thy wonders manifold And in oblivions cloudy land Thy righteousness behold verse 13 I' th' morning I to thee will pray Yea Lord I cry'd to thee verse 14 Why dost thou cast my soul away Why hide thy face from mee verse 15 I am afflicted like to die Suffring
from youth to age I am distracted while that I Indure such wrath and rage verse 16 Thy fierce displeasure o'r me goes Thy terrours cut me down verse 17 And every day they me inclose As streams that threat to drown They all together me invade verse 18 Thou sep'rat'st friend and lover And darkness with it's misty shade Doth my acquaintance cover PSAL. LXXXIX Dutch tune Ethan magnifies Gods love and faithfulness to the house of David verse 1 MY song for ever shall express The mercies of the Lord My mouth shall all his faithfulness From age to age record verse 2 For mercy shall said I be built For ever to indure Thou in the very heavens wilt Thy truth establish sure verse 3 I with my chosen have agreed To faithfull David swore verse 4 My servant I will fix thy seed To stand for evermore To ages all thy throne I 'l raise verse 5 And heav'n shall find a tongue Thy wondrous faithfulness to praise Thy gathered Saints among verse 6 In heaven who may any way With our Lord God compare VVho of the glorious Angels may So bold compar'son dare verse 7 The Saints assemblies that are his Must greatly fear his Name And all that round about him is Must reverence the same 2. Part. Argument Gods goodness to the Church in creation and government of the world verse 8 O Lord of hosts what god excels Like thee with great pow'r crown'd Thy faithfulness who parallels In all thy circuits round verse 9 The restless raging of the seas Thou rulest at thy will Her swelling waves thou dost appease And mak'st it calm and still verse 10 Thou brok'st in pieces Egypts land Like one that slaught'red lies Thou hast with thine almighty hand Disperst thine enemies verse 11 The heavens and the earth are thine The world and all inclos'd Thou foundest by that pow'r divine verse 12 Which North and South compos'd Tabor and Hermon wondrously Shall in thy Name delight verse 13 Thy hand is strong thy right hand high Thy arm is full of might verse 14 Justice and Judgement on thy throâ— Retain a dwelling place Pure truth and mercy joyn'd in one Shall go before thy face verse 15 That people blessed we record That knows the joyfull sound Thy countenances light ô Lord Shall safely them surround verse 16 Even them thy righteousness shall raise And they shall take delight verse 17 In thy great Name that is their praise And glory of their might Thy favour such that shall there spring Our horns advancement thence verse 18 For Israels holy one 's our King The Lord is our defence 3. Part. Argument Prophecies and promises to Davids house recorded verse 19 IN vision to thy Saint was said For then thou mad'st it known Lo I my helping hand have laid Upon a mightie one verse 20 A chosen Israelite I crown'd With holy Oil have I My servant David whom I found Anointed purposely verse 21 Mine hand shall stablish his success Mine arm shall make him strong verse 22 No foe no sonne of wickedness Shall crush or do him wrong verse 23 I 'l crush his foes before his face Plague them that do him hate verse 24 But will my faithfulness and grace With him perpetuate â—is horn shall be exalted high By my great Names command verse 25 I 'l stretch to th'Seas his soveraigntie To th'river his right hand verse 26 Thou art my Father he shall cry So invocate my Name My God my rock my sure supply Whence my salvation came verse 27 Him my first-born will I advance All earthly Kings above verse 28 And ever grant continuance Unto him of my love My cov'nant shall with him stand fast verse 29 His seed shall still endure And I will make his throne to last As dayes of heaven sure 4. Part. Argument He shews that God corrects his people but never casts them off verse 30 IF Davids seed forsake my Law Not execute my will verse 31 If from my precepts they withdraw Not my commands fulfill verse 32 They shall be sure that I their God Their wickedness and sin With scourges of a smarting rod To visit will begin verse 33 But of my loving kindness yet I will not him bereave Nor will my faithfulness permit To take a finall leave verse 34 My cov'nant with my chosen King By me shall ne'er be broke Nor will I alter any thing Which once my lips have spoke verse 35 Once by my holiness I swore To David I 'l not lie verse 36 His seed shall last for evermore His throne before mine eye verse 37 Like Sun and Moon it shall be fixt For ever they shall be Heavens faithfull witnesses betwixt My chosen King and me 5. Part. Argument He complains of great distress besall'n the house of David seeming to disprove Gods promises verse 38 BUt thine anointed now abhor'd Thou hast cast off in wroth verse 39 Made void thy servants cov'nant Lord The cov'nant of thy troth By casting down to ground thou hast Profan'd his sacred crown verse 40 Of his strong holds made wofull waste His hedges all broke down verse 41 All passengers do him destroy He is in en'mies scorn verse 42 And all his foes thou mad'st to joy And liftest up their horn verse 43 Yea thou hast turn'd and blunted quite His swords puissant edge And for to stand it out in fight Thou hast not been his pledge verse 44 His glory thou hast caus'd to cease And cast his throne to ground verse 45 His youthfull days thou didst decrease And him with shame confound 6. Part. Argument He prays for restauration of Davids kingdome considering Gods faithfull promises and the greatness of the adversaries verse 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy face Shall thy continuall rage Flame out as fire so long a space verse 47 O think of my short age Why hast thou made all men in vain verse 48 What man draws vitall breath That shall his soul from grave detain And not at all see death verse 49 Thy former loving kindnesses Which thou didst swear and vow To David in thy righteousness O Lord where are they now verse 50 Remember Lord thy Saints reproach What taunts my bosome bears VVhich all the mighty people broach Thine en'mies taunts are theirs verse 51 Wherewith they have reproacht the ways Of thine anointed King verse 52 To God be everlasting praise Amen Lord grant the thing PSAL. XC London long tune Moses prays God the eternall stay of the Church to sanctifie the many mortalities of Israel in the Wilderness for their sinnes LOrd thou hast been our dwelling place In generations all Thou wast ere there was forme or face Of creature great or small verse 2 Before the mountains had their birth The world or smallest clod Of all this vast and spacious earth Thou art eternall God verse 3 But as for man that 's made of clay He 's
hunger-pin'd 2. Part. Argument Gods providence towards poor prisoners sick persons though incurring their miseries by their sins verse 10 SUch as in darkness have abode With shade of death ore-cast VVhom irons and afflictions load VVhich fetters bind them fast verse 11 Because Gods word was scornfully Rebell'd against by them The counsell of the Lord most high Because they did contem ' verse 12 With labour sore he tam'd their pride They fell quite succourless verse 13 In trouble then to God they cri'd He sav'd them from distress verse 14 From shade of death darksom night Which they were subject under He brought them out to life and light And brake their bonds asunder verse 15 O that the Lord might reap due praise For every wondrous deed And goodness show'd in all his waies To mans unworthy seed verse 16 The gates of brass he broke in two And iron bars divide verse 17 Fools for offences which they do Great miseries abide verse 18 Their soul abhors all kind of meat To gates of death draws near verse 19 They cry to God in troubles great He saves them from their fear verse 20 He sent his word and heal'd them then From ruines were they rais'd verse 21 O that the Lord so good to men Were for his goodness prais'd And for his wondrous works likewise To us that mortall are verse 22 And bring him thanks for sacrifice His works with joy declare 3. Part. Argument Gods rare providence over Seamen verse 23 THey that in ships go down to Seas And have affairs to do verse 24 In waters great such men as these Gods wonders see into His works in deeps discern do they verse 25 For he commandeth oft The storming wind to stir the Sea VVhich lifts her waves aloft verse 26 They mount to heav'n and back again Down to the deeps they roll The dangerous trouble they sustain Dissolves their very soul. verse 27 They stagger like to drunken men And reeling to and fro verse 28 Almost besides their senses then They cry to God in wo. He them from their distresses saves verse 29 And doth proud storms asswage Becalms the Seas tumultuous waves And stills their boist'rous rage verse 30 Then have they rest the tempest past And are most joyfull for 't And so he brings them at the last To their desired Port. verse 31 O that the Lord were duly prais'd For all his goodness then And for his mighty wonders rais'd To all the sons of men 4. Part. Argument All sorts exhorted to praise God that raiseth the poor and depresseth the proud the blessedness of such as observe Gods providence verse 32 AMong the people gathered Let them exalt his Name Among assembled Elders spread His most renowned fame verse 33 He springs of waters waterless And rivers deserts makes verse 34 A fruitfull land all barrenness For wicked dwellers sakes verse 35 Dry wilderness again he brings Into a standing VVell Dry desert ground to water-springs verse 36 Wherein the hungry dwell Inhabited Cities to prepare verse 37 To sow each neighb'ring field Plant vineyards with industrious care Increasing fruits to yeeld verse 38 Such blessings are on them confer'd That they are much increast Not suffering them of all the herd To lose a sory beast verse 39 Again they are diminished And brought to low estate Through great affliction suffered Distrest disconsolate verse 40 He on their Princes powres disgrace And causeth them to stray In solitary desert place Where is no beaten way verse 41 Yet saves the poor from misery sets him on safeties rock And makes him up a family Like to a num'rous flock verse 42 This thing the righteous shall behold Rejoycing in the same And all iniquitie controll'd Shall stop her mouth with shame verse 43 Who so hath wisdom from above These matters to record Ev'n they shall understand the love And kindness of the Lord. PSAL. CVIII London short tune David praises God and prays for the enlargement of his kingdom a type of Christs O God I fix my heart My glory bears a part And as my tongue So shall my song Praise thee with musicks art verse 2 VVake harp and psaltery Right early wake will I verse 3 Thy praises Lord Will I record The people standing by I 'l praise thee with my song The nations all among verse 4 To heavens high To clouds of skie His truth and mercies throng verse 5 Exalted be thy Name Above the heavens frame Let earth below The Trumpet blow Of thy renowned fame verse 6 That thy belov'd of thee Delivered may be Thy help command With thy right hand And kindly answer me 2. Part. Argument David hoping to enlarge his kingdom according to Gods promises depends wholly on Gods power verse 7 IN holiness God spake Which doth me joyfull make Shechem my share And Succoth are To measure out and take verse 8 Manasseh Gilead's mine And Ephraim I 'l assign VVhile Judahs tribe My laws prescribe To keep this head of mine verse 9 My washpot Moab shall be Edom I 'l tread on thee Philistia do Thou triumph too And that because of mee verse 10 But who will be my guide To Edom fortifi'd verse 11 Lord wilt not thou Assist us now That hast before deni'd O Lord wilt thou refrain 〈◊〉 Armies to maintain verse 12 Thy help afford In trouble Lord For mortall succour's vain verse 13 VVith Gods assistance crown'd VVe shall do acts renown'd For he it is The pow'r is his That shall our foes confound PSAL. CIX To new staffe tune David fearfully cursing Judas with a propheticall spirit leaves a dreadfull example to deter all false hypocrites and furious persecutors O God my praise my just cause plead verse 2 The lewd deceitfull throng Their mouths have open'd and inveigh'd Against me with false tongue verse 3 VVith words of spight And causless fight They compass me about verse 4 Even for my love My foes they prove But I ply pray'rs devout verse 5 Much hate for love to me they show And ill for good reward verse 6 Some wicked man set ore my so To be a Master hard Let Satan stand At his right hand verse 7 VVhen judgement shall begin Appoint that he Condemned be And turn his pray'r to sin verse 8 His office let another take Cut short his treach'rous life verse 9 His children wretched orphans make VVith widowhood vex his wife verse 10 Let 's children fly Continually Abroad as vagrants base And begging fed Seek out their bread In ev'ry desolate place verse 11 Let merciless extortioners Catch all he hath away And let some greedy foreiners Of 's labours make a prey verse 12 Stir up no friend That may extend Relief in his distress And let there no Man favour show Unto his fatherless 2. Part. Argument as before verse 13 CUt off the race that from him breeds With everlasting shame And in the age that next succeeds
His Sanctu'ry was Judah there He rul'd in Israel verse 3 The sea saw that and fled for fear And Jordan backward fell verse 4 Th' affrighted mountains skipt like rams Low hillocks like young sheep verse 5 What JORDAN reaâ—â—d thy water-dams Why fled the liquid deep verse 6 What made ye ô ye mountains dance Like tim'rous flocks of rams Ye little hills how chance how chance Ye skipt like frighted lambs verse 7 O earth in great Gods presence quake Even Jacobs God that brings verse 8 The stony rock to standing lake The flint to water-springs PSAL. CXV London long tune Great glory appropriated to God the derision of Idols and Idolaters LOrd not to us Lord not to us But give thy Name renown And let thy works miraculous Thy truth and mercies crown verse 2 O wherefore should the heathen cry Now where 's their God become verse 3 Our God he is in heaven high And all he pleas'd hath done verse 4 Their Idols gold and silver be The handy-work of man verse 5 Have eyes and mouths but do not see Nor speak at all they can verse 6 Have ears but do not hear a jot Have noses but no sent verse 7 Proportion'd hands but handle not And feet but never went Their hollow throats no breath goes through verse 8 Their makers like them are And so are all that trust thereto The workâ—man like the ware 2. Part. Argument The Church exhorted to praise God as most interessed in his mercies verse 9 O Isr'el trust in God that must Thy shield and helper be verse 10 In him ô house of Aaron trust Their help and shield is he verse 11 Trust in the Lord your help and shield All ye that do him fear verse 12 His blessing to us he will yield Still mindfull of us here In Isr'els house he 'l bless them all And Aarons house no less verse 13 His fearers all both great and small The Lord will surely bless verse 14 Of you and of your children too VVill God increase the birth verse 15 The blessed of the Lord are you That formed heav'n and earth verse 16 The highest heavens are the Lords Even all the heavens are so But he the spacious earth affords To sonnes of men below verse 17 The dead to silence that go down Do never praise the Lord verse 18 But we will still his Name renown Do ye his praise record PSAL. CXVI To 2. French tune David gives humble thanks for great deliverance from extream temptations I Love the Lord who heard my cry And to my suits good ear did give verse 2 VVhich since to me he did apply I 'l call upon him while I live verse 3 Sorrows of death did me infold Trouble and anguish on me came The pains of hell on me gat hold verse 4 Then call'd I on Jehovahs Name O Lord I pray to thee alone From sorrows pit my soul to pull verse 5 The Lord 's a gracious righteous one Yea and our God is mercifull verse 6 He saves the simple when opprest I was brought low he helped me verse 7 My soul return unto thy rest God hath dealt bounteously with thee verse 8 My soul from death thou didst preserve Mine eyes from tears my feet from falls verse 9 I 'l walk before thee thee to serve Here where the living on thee calls verse 10 I have beleev'd therefore I spoke Tho scorched in afflictions fire verse 11 I said for passion did provoke Tush every man is found a lier 2. Part. Argument David studies true gratitude and celebrates his deliverances in publick verse 12 LOrd what requitall shall I make For all thy benefits to me verse 13 Salvations cup lo I will take And therewithall will call on thee verse 14 My vows to God I 'l render there Yea now in all his peoples eies verse 15 The death of all his Saints sincere The Lord doth very highly prize verse 16 I am thy servant certainly I am a servant of the Lords Thy handmaids son O Lord am I And thou hast loost thy servants cords verse 17 I 'l give thee thanks for sacrifice And on the Lords Name I will call verse 18 I 'l pay my vows to God likewise In sight of these his people all verse 19 In Sions Courts I 'l render them In Gods own house in midst of thee Of thee ô great Jerusalem O therefore praise the Lord with me PSAL. CXVII 1. Strain tune The Gospel truth and grace of God joyfull to all Nations O All ye Nations praise the Lord Ye people all his praise record verse 2 For very great and marvellous His loving kindness is to us His truth endures for evermore O praise his holy Name therefore PSAL. CXVIII York tune An exhortation to praise God as most worthy and to trust in him as most safe THe Lord the Lord is good and kinde O give him thanks therefore Because we do his mercies finde Continued evermore verse 2 Let Israel say this very day His mercies still prevail verse 3 Now let the house of Aaron say His mercies never fail verse 4 Let them that fear the Lord confess His mercies still remain verse 5 I call'd upon him in distress He answered me again verse 6 A spacious place he brought me to The Lord doth take my part For all that man to me can do No fear shall seiz my heart verse 7 God with my helpers takes my part And I fulfill'd shall see VVhat I desired in my heart On en'mies hating me verse 8 It 's better for a mans defence To trust in God alone Then for to put our confidence In any mortall one verse 9 Yea it is better to repose Our confidence in thee Then for to put our trust in those That pow'rfull Princes be 2. Part. Argument The triumphant and typicall victories of David to the great joy of the Church verse 10 ALL Nations compast me about Whom yet I overcame For I shall surely root them out In Gods assistant Name verse 11 They compast me about I say They compast me about But in the Name of God shall they Be all destroy'd no doubt verse 12 Like to a swarm of angry bees They compast me about But like a fire of bramble trees Are soon again put out Yea I shall soon destroy them all In Gods assistant Name verse 13 Thou thrustedst sore to make me fall But God my help became verse 14 The Lord 's become my strength and song And my salvation sweet verse 15 Salvations voice joys sweet tongue In just mens dwellings meet verse 16 The Lords right hand doth valiantly The Lords right hand 's renown'd The Lords right hand 's exalted high With valiant actions crown'd verse 17 I shall not die but still draw breath Gods works to testifie verse 18 Thou didst not give mee ore to death Though sore chastis'd was I. 3. Part. Argument David magnifies God for choosing him a contemptible person to the
Crown praying for the preservation of his kingdom verse 19 OPen to me the righteous gate Then shall thy Courts be trod VVhere I thy praise may celebrate verse 20 This Temple-gate of God Here shall the righteous entrance have verse 21 Thy praises I 'l declare For thou becam'st my rock to save And thou hast heard my pray'r verse 22 The stone the builders have refus'd Is now become the stone VVhich for the corners-head is us'd verse 23 This is Gods art alone This in our eyes is marvellous verse 24 This day which God did make Shall be a day of joy to us Therein delight to take verse 25 Now save O Lord I crave the same O send us good success verse 26 O blessed commers in his Name You from his house we bless verse 27 God is the Lord that light affords Which this high day adorns Then bind the sacrifice with cords Unto the Altars horns verse 28 Thou art my God I 'l spread thy fame My God I 'l spread thy praise verse 29 The Lord is good ô praise his Name His mercies last alwayes PSAL. CXIX 2. French tune The blessedness of true Religion The Saints great desire thereto and prayer against desertion O Blessed blessed are the pure That never from Gods laws depart verse 2 That keep his testimonies sure And seek him with a perfect heart verse 3 They also do no wickedness Walk in his ways and never swerve verse 4 Thou dost a strict command'ment press That we with care thy laws observe verse 5 O that my ways were made direct And to thy statutes rightly fram'd verse 6 VVhen t' all thy laws I have respect Then sure I shall not be asham'd verse 7 With upright heart I 'l give thee praise When I have learn'd thy judgmēts right verse 8 And I will surely keep thy ways O do not Lord forsake me quite 2. Part. Dutch tune The power of the word to curb the lusts of youth The earnest affections of the faithfull to that Word verse 9 HOw may the waies of man be freed From errour in his youth If thereunto he take good heed According to thy truth verse 10 Lord I have sought thee I am sure Even with a perfect heart From paths of thy commandments pure O let me not depart verse 11 I hid thy Word within my heart From sin to keep me free verse 12 A blessed God O Lord thou art Thy statutes teach to me verse 13 Thy mouths decrees my lips declar'd verse 14 I count no worldly treasure With thy commandments waies compar'd To yield so sweet a pleasure verse 15 Upon thy precepts I will muse Much by thy judgments set verse 16 Thy statutes with contentment use And not thy words forget 3. Part. 2. French tune The word of God a good guide and a strengthning comfort against reproach and persecution verse 17 BE moved towards thy servant Lord To deal with me in bounteous wise That I may live and keep thy word verse 18 Yea open thou O Lord mine eies That I the wondrous things may see Which from thy testimonies flow verse 19 Thy statutes do not hide from me That am a stranger here below verse 20 My soul ev'n breaks with fervent thirst Thy judgements having still preferr'd verse 21 The proud thou hast rebuk't and curst VVhich from thy precepts greatly err'd verse 22 Remove from me contempt and shame For I have kept thy just decrees verse 23 While Princes in their counsels blame Thy servant Lord for keeping these But in thy Statutes exquisite Thy servant meditation ply'd verse 24 Thy Testaments are my delight They are my counsell and my guide 4. Part. To 1. Strain tune Davids deep affliction and great affection to the Word but the grace is of God verse 25 MY spirit cleaves unto the dust O quick'n me for thy promise just verse 26 I have declar'd my ways to thee And thou hast heard and noted me verse 27 Teach me thy Statutes I thee pray And let me know thy precepts way So my discourse shall wholly tend Thy works and wonders to commend verse 28 My heart doth melt for very grief Lord for thy promise send relief verse 29 The way of lies from me with-draw And grant me graciously thy law verse 30 I chose the way of truth most right I laid thy judgments in my sight verse 31 Thy testaments I stuck unto Lord shame me not for what I do verse 32 I 'l run the way thou giv'st in charge When as thou shalt my heart enlarge 5. Part. 2. French tune Davids desire of grace and to avoyd temptations verse 33 LOrd teach me in thy Statutes way And I shall keep it to the end verse 34 O give me knowledge that I may With my whole heart thy laws attend Yea I to keep them shall be sure verse 35 Make me therefore to go aright In paths of thy Command'ments pure For therein onely I delight verse 36 Incline mine heart unto thy Law And not to cov'tousnes I pray verse 37 From objects vain mine eies withdraw And quicken me in thy good way verse 38 Thy promise to thy servant prove Who is devoted to fear thee verse 39 My fear'd reproach from me remove For very good thy Judgments be verse 40 Lord I have long'd with earnestness Thy blessed laws to know and do Vouchsafe then in thy righteousness To move and quicken me thereto 6. Part. Southwell tune A prayer for courage in our profession Gods service is perfect freedome verse 41 LORD let thy mercies free Come also unto mee According to Thy promise do And my salvation be verse 42 So shall my answer just Reprove his envious lust Who ever he be That taunteth me For in thy Word I trust verse 43 Let not the word of light My mouth abandon quite For lo the scope Of all my hope Is in thy judgments right verse 44 So keep thy laws shall I For ever constantly verse 45 And I because I keep thy laws Will walk at libertie verse 46 Thy Testaments to name To Kings I will not shame verse 47 Delighting still To do thy will For I have lov'd the same verse 48 I 'l also lift my hands To thy belov'd commands And on them pitch My thoughts to which My strong affection stands 7. Part. London long tune Davids great affection to Gods Word even in his greatest adversitie His night-devotion is commended verse 49 THy promise to thy servant mind Whereon thou mad'st me rest verse 50 This comfort in distress I find Thy word revives my brest verse 51 Tho proud men have me greatly scoft Thy ways I ne'er declin'd verse 52 Thy judgements old I thought on oft And comforted my mind verse 53 I'm seis'd with horrour for this age Which doth thy laws forsake verse 54 And in my house of pilgrimage Thy laws my songs did make verse 55 Thy Name I have in mind retain'd When night her curtain
Part. To sweet tune Davids dislike of the wicked and dread of Gods judgments verse 113 I Hate vain thoughts but love thy laws verse 114 Thou art my hiding place ô Lord My shield when dāger neer me draws And I have hoped in thy word verse 115 Ye evill doers from me depart Your fellowship must needs withstand For I am purpos'd in my heart To keep my righteous Gods cōmand verse 116 My soul in life good Lord uphold As thou hast promised the same That for my expectation bold I never may be put to shame verse 117 O Lord uphold me by thy pow'r And I shall very safely stand And I will have respect each hour To all thy Statutes shall command verse 118 Thou all the lewd hast undertrood Which from thy Statutes go astray verse 119 Whose fraud is falshood them ô God As basest dross thou putst away Therefore I love thy holy laws verse 120 My flesh even quakes for fear of thee And all thy dreadfull judgments cause A trembling fear to rise in me The 16 th Part. 1. Strain tune David professing integritie prays against Tyrants and the iniquitie of the times verse 121 I Do what truth right commands O leave me not to tyrants hands verse 122 For good thy servants suretie be To proud oppressors leave not me verse 123 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail And till thy righteous word prevail verse 124 In mercy with thy servant deal And unto me thy laws reveal verse 125 I am thy servant give me skill That I may know thy blessed will verse 126 It 's time for thee to work O God For they thy laws have undertrod verse 127 Therefore I thy commandments love Yea gold and finest gold above verse 128 Therefore thy laws I estimate In all things right All false ways hate 17 th Part. To 1. French tune The cleerness and sweetness of Gods Word His great desire thereto and extream sorrow for the generall contempt thereof verse 129 THy testamēts are wōderfull Therefore my soul doth keep them right verse 130 The entrance of thy Word gives light And understanding to the dull verse 131 I long'd gaspt panted for thy laws verse 132 Look thou upon me and be kind As those thy usuall dealing find Whom pure affection tow'rd thee draws verse 133 Order my steps by thy good Word From sins dominion set me free verse 134 From mans oppression save thou me So shall I keep thy word ô Lord. verse 135 Thy face let on thy servant shine And in thy statutes make me wise verse 136 Rivers of tears run down my eies Because they keep no laws of thine The 18 th Part. To 1. Strain tune The singular excellencies of Gods Word and ardent zeal of the Saints thereunto verse 137 LOrd thou art a righteous God indeed And righteous judgmēts hast decreed verse 138 Thy words w ch each cōmādmēt mings Are very righteous faithfull things verse 139 My zeal consum'd me 't was so hot Because my foes thy words forgot verse 140 The pureness of thy word is such That I thy servant love it much verse 141 By me they littl ' or nothing set Yet do not I thy laws forget verse 142 Eternall righteousness is thine Thy law is truth the truth divine verse 143 Trouble and anguish on me seis'd Yet thy cōmandments sweetly pleas'd verse 144 To me this understanding give And I eternally shall live 19. Part. To the 3. first lines of choice tune David prays early and earnestly for audience and deliverance comforts himself in the stabilitie of Gods grace and truth verse 145 WIth all my heart I cry and call Lord hear the words w ch I let fall For I will keep thy Statutes all verse 146 O save me Lord I cri'd to thee Thy testimonies then shall be Most faithfully observ'd by me verse 147 I did prevent the dawning day i th' morning did I cry and pray I made thy Word my hope and stay verse 148 Mine eyes prevent the watches late That I might sweetly contemplate And on thy Word might meditate verse 149 According as thy judgments be And after thy compassions free Lord hear my voice and quicken me verse 150 Lo they draw nigh and neer me press That follow after wickedness But from thy law they far digress verse 151 But thou O Lord art very nigh And thy command'ments generally Are perfect truth and equitie verse 152 Thy testimonies alter never I know of old they must persever For thou hast founded them for ever 20 th Part. To London long tune David sollicits for mercy shews the wretchednes of the wicked and stabilitie of the Word verse 153 WEigh mine affliction set me free For I do mind thy laws verse 154 Make good thy word by quickning me Defend me plead my cause verse 155 Salvation from the wicked flies Who never seek thy ways verse 156 But rich are thy benignities Me by thy judgments raise verse 157 Full many be those foes of mine Which persecute me sore Yet did not I thy laws decline Nor go aside therefore verse 158 Transgressours I with sorrow saw Who kept not thy decree verse 159 Consider how I love thy law In kind love quicken me verse 160 Even from the first thy word is known To be a bulwark sure Thy righteous judgments every one Perpetually endure 21. Part. 2. French tune David professes his constancy in a persecuted condition the comforts of the Word and all-seeing eye of God verse 161 PRinces have persecuted mee Maliciously without a cause Yet stands my heart in fear of thee So much thy Word my conscience aws verse 162 As one that finds the richest prize So do I in thy law delight verse 163 I hate and loath the way of lies But love thy laws for they are right verse 164 Sev'n times a day I give thee praise Even for thy righteous judgments sake verse 165 Great peace have they that love thy ways And no offence they need to take verse 166 Lord I have hoped to partake Of thy salvations welcome ayd And thy command'ments for thy sake To execute have not delayd verse 167 My soul hath kept thy laws contents VVhich great affections in me raise verse 168 I kept thy laws and testaments For thou beholdest all my wayes 22. Part. To 2. French tune David sollicites for mercy confessing his back-slidings verse 169 BEfore thee let my cry come neer Thy faithfull promises to prove O give me understanding cleer verse 170 Admit the humble suits I move For me a sure deliverance raise According as thy promise stands verse 171 My lips shall utter thankfull praise When thou hast taught me thy commands verse 172 All thy commands are righteousness I 'l speak of them with cheerfull voice verse 173 O let thy hands my wrongs redress For of thy precepts I made choice verse 174 I long'd for thy salvation LORD And have delighted in thy laws My soul thy praises shall record verse 175 O
let it live for that same cause O let thy judgments give me aid verse 176 Thy poor lost servant seek to find VVho like a wandring sheep have strayd For I thy precepts bear in mind PSAL. CXX To new staffe tune The wickedness and barbarousness of slanderers and incendiaries of mischief I Cry'd in my distresses great To God who did attend verse 2 From lying lips and tongues deceit My soul O Lord defend verse 3 What giv'n shall be Or done to thee False tongue thus us'd to err verse 4 Sharp shafts of his That mighty is With coals of Juniper verse 5 O wo is me that I am fain In Mesech to reside And must in Kedars tents remain And therein still abide verse 6 My soul hath much Converst with such As unto peace are foes verse 7 I peace would make But when I spake They straight to warres arose PSAL. CXXI Davids tune The perpetuall vigilancy of God over his Church I To the hills will lif◠mine eies My help comes from the same verse 2 Even from the Lord my help doth rise That heaven and earth did frame verse 3 He will not slumber thee that keeps Nor thy foot mov'd permit verse 4 Lo Israels keeper neither sleeps Nor slumbers any whit verse 5 The Lord at thy right hand 's thy stay The Lord 's thy shady bow'r verse 6 Nor Moon by night nor Sun by day To smite thee have the pow'r verse 7 From evill God shall keep thee sure And guard thy soul about verse 8 Henceforth for ever to secure Thy going in and out PSAL. CXXII London short tune The religious devotion and mutuall affection of the Saints the honour and priviledges of the Church typed by Jerusalem I Joy when they exhort To Gods house let 's resort verse 2 Behold our feet Shall early meet Jerus'lem in thy port verse 3 Jerus'lems buildings are Like to a Citie fair For form exact And close compact verse 4 Whereto the tribes repair The Lords tribes are the same To Israels Ark they came Each severall tribe There to ascribe Thanksgiving to his Name verse 5 There 's thrones of Davids stem There 's Judgment-thrones for them verse 6 O pray that peace May never cease From fair Jerusalem Thy lovers peace befalls verse 7 Peace be within thy walls Prosperitie Dwell constantly Within thy stately halls verse 8 My pray'r thy peace betakes For friends and brethrens sakes verse 9 I 'l seek thy good For neighbourhood Which our Gods Temple makes PSAL. CXXIII Oxford tune The patient waiting of Saints and opprobrious contempt of adversaries O Thou that dwell'st above the skies I lift mine eyes to thee verse 2 Even as a servant bends his eies His Masters hands to see As hand-maids watch their Mistress hands Our eye of faith even thus Upon our God fast fixed stands Till he commis'rate us verse 3 Have mercy on us ô most high Have mercy on our woes For wee are fill'd exceedingly With foul contempt of foes verse 4 Our soul is fill'd exceeding much With foul contempt and scorn Of those that are at ease and such As have lift up the horn PSAL. CXXIV 2. French tune God is glorified in the salvation of his from the fury and fraud of our adversaries BUt that the LORD may Israel say verse 2 But that the LORD to us did stick VVhen en'mies rose to hunt their prey verse 3 They had devoured Israel quick VVhose kindling fury nothing stopt verse 4 The flouds did rise the waves did roll Our soul had then been over-topt verse 5 The waters proud had drown'd our soul. verse 6 Blessed be God that gave us not Into their cruell teeth a prey verse 7 Like bird from snare of fowler got So is our soul escap't away The snare is broke that held the game By that good means do we evade verse 8 Our help is in Jehovahs Name Who hath both earth and heaven made PSAL. CXXV Davids tune The perpetuall protection of the Church ALL they that on the LORD rely As Sion Mount shall prove Abiding firm perpetually That nothing can remove verse 2 As mountains bound Jerusalem So God is altogether About his people guarding them From this time forth for ever verse 3 The rod of sinners shall not rest Upon the just mens lot Lest righteous men too much opprest Should do they care not what verse 4 To all good men do good ô Lord To men of upright heart verse 5 But such as of their own accord To crooked ways depart VVith workers of iniquitie The Lord shall lead them out But Israel shall undoubtedly With peace be hedg'd about PSAL. CXXVI York tune The Church celebrates her happy return from the captivitie of Babylon praying for the compleating of their deliverance WHen as the Lord brought back again The bondage most extream VVherein poor Sion did remain We were like them that dream verse 2 Our mouth was fill'd with laughter then And singing fill'd our tongue Among amazed heathen men These speeches past along Great things for them and marvellous The Lord hath done indeed verse 3 Yea God hath done great things for us VVhich doth our gladness breed verse 4 O Lord our thraldom turn again As streams in Southern parts verse 5 For they that sow with tears obtain To reap with joyfull hearts verse 6 Who weeping precious seed bears out A pledge behind him leaves To come again with joy no doubt And with him bring his sheaves PSAL. CXXVII Dutch tune The unprofitableness of worldly care The sweet blessings of posteritie EXcept the LORD the house do build Vain pains the builders take Except the LORD the Citie shield In vain the watch-men wake verse 2 Vain 's early rising watching late And eating carefull bread VVhile Gods belov'd in their estate Sleep quietly in bed verse 3 A fruitfull womb God onely grafts And children can bestow verse 4 Young children are like piercing shafts Shot from a Gyants bow verse 5 VVhose quiver is with them repleat Enjoys a happie state Such shall not be asham'd to treat VVith th' enemie in the gate PSAL. CXXVIII To Davids tune The blessings of the godly in provision and posteritie BLessed are all that fear the LORD And walk as God commands verse 2 For thou shalt eat the plenty stor'd By labours of thy hands All welfare shall to thee betide And happie be thy life verse 3 Like fruitfull Vine on thy house-side Lo such shall be thy wife Thy children round about thy board Like plants of Olive tree verse 4 Behold the man that fears the Lord Thus blessed shall he be verse 5 The Lord from Sion unto thee Rich blessings shall convay And thou Jerus'lems good shalt see Unto thy dying day verse 6 Yea with great joy shalt thou behold A plentifull increase Of childrens children being old And Israels stablisht peace PSAL. CXXIX The often assaults sustained by the Church he curseth
the implacable adversaries THey from my youth may Israel say verse 2 They from my youth assail'd And sorely griev'd me many a day But never have prevail'd verse 3 The plowers on my back did plow And made their furrows long verse 4 The righteous Lord hath cut in two The wickeds cords so strong verse 5 All Sions hatefull enemies stop Confound and overthrow verse 6 Make them like grass on houses top Which withereth ere it grow verse 7 Whereof the mower ne'r receives So much as hands can gripe Nor he that bindeth up the sheaves A bosome full grown ripe verse 8 Which never invites the passengers At gathering of the same To say thus much God speed you Sirs We bless you in his Name PSAL. CXXX Oxford tune The depths of sorrow and sin he seeketh succour in Gods mercies and exhorts all thereto OUt of the depths I cri'd to thee verse 2 Lord let my cries be heard And let thine ears attentive be Unto my suits preferr'd verse 3 Such are our sins that none could stand If thou shouldst mark the same verse 4 But there 's forgiveness at thy hand That men may fear thy Name verse 5 I wait for God my soul doth stay I on his Word depend verse 6 My soul waits for him more then they For morning that attend I say more earnestly then those That watch for mornings light verse 7 Let Israel in the Lord repose VVhose mercie 's infinite Redemption in most plenteous wise VVith him is found to be verse 8 From all his scor'd iniquities Shall he set Israel free PSAL. CXXXI Dutch tune Davids meek and quiet spirit waiting upon God by faith exhorteth the Church to follow his example O LORD I have no loftie eies Nor haughty heart have I My soul I do not exercise In things too great and high verse 2 Sure I have shew'd my self as mild And have my self contain'd In silent meekness like a child From his fond mother wean'd Like to a weaned infant just My soul is pacifi'd verse 3 Let Israel in JEHOVAH trust And trusting so abide PSAL. CXXXII York tune Davids zeal to turn the Tabernacle into a Temple He foretels the joy of the people therein and prays for Gods favour KIng Davids case ô LORD record And all his tort'ring care verse 2 To Jacobs mighty God the LORD VVho thus did vow and sware verse 3 Up to my bed I will not climbe Nor come my house amids verse 4 Nor give mine eies a sleeping time Nor slumber to my lids verse 5 Till for the LORD I find a place A place wherein may dwell The mighty God of Jacobs race The God of Israel verse 6 Lo Ephrata this news did yield There heard we of it so VVe found it in the woodland field verse 7 We to his Tents will go And at the footstool of his grace With reverent worship bow verse 8 Rise LORD into thy resting place Thy ARK of strength and thou verse 9 With righteousness thy Priests aray Thy Saints let shout apace verse 10 For DAVIDS sake turn not away Thy Kings anointed face 2. Part. Argument Davids good will is taken for the deed his son Solomon another type of Christ builds the Temple a blessing is promised to Davids seed reigning in Jerusalem verse 11 THe LORD hath unto DAVID sworn VVhich shall not be recall'd VVith children of thy body born Thy throne shall be enstall'd verse 12 If taught my Law and Covenant Thy seed therein persever Their childrens children shall not want To hold the throne for ever verse 13 Because the LORD hath Sion chose His habitation will'd verse 14 This is for ever my repose My dwelling here I 'l build For so have I desir'd to do verse 15 And in abundant wise VVill bless provision thereunto Her poor with bread suffice verse 16 I 'l cloth her Priests with saving grace And make her Saints to shout verse 17 Aloud for joy And in that place Make DAVIDS horn to sprout I have for mine anointed there Ordain'd a shining flame verse 18 A flourishing crown I 'l make him wear But cloth his foes with shame PSAL. CXXXIII 1. Strain tune The commendation and blessing of unitie BEhold how good and full of bliss And what a pleasant thing it is VVhen Brethren do most lovingly Together dwell in unitie verse 2 It 's like the precious ointment shed Upon the top of Aarons head W ch drencht his beard from his crown Even to his garment skirts ran down verse 3 Like pearlie dew on Hermon hills Or which on Sion Mount distills Where GOD powrs down his blessings store Blessings of life for evermore PSAL. CXXXIV Old England tune An exhortation to the Levites to praise God and their blessing and praying for the people BEhold bless ye the LORD of might Ye servants of the Lord VVhich in his house do stand by night All ye his praise record verse 2 Lift up your hands and bless his Name In his most holy hill verse 3 The Lord that heavē earth did frame From Sion bless thee still PSAL. CXXXV To 2. Strain tune The happy election vocation and preservation of the Church by the creator and governor of all things who executed his judgments on our behalf PRaise ye Gods Name His praise proclame O ye his servants spread his fame verse 2 Whose feet have trod The Courts of God The Temple Courts of our great God verse 3 His Name praise ye For good is he And praises very comely be verse 4 His Jacob is And Isr'el his Peculiar and choice treasure is verse 5 The LORD also Is great I know All Gods they are our LORD below verse 6 In heav'n and these Earth deeps and Seas He did what ever did him please verse 7 He vapours sends From earths far ends And rain with lightning makes blends The winds swift wings From treas'ries brings verse 8 And smote all Aegypts first-born things The first increast Of man and beast Even from the greatest to the least verse 9 O Aegypt he In midst of thee Sent tokens that most wondrous be In generall Those judgments fall On Pharaoh and his servants all verse 10 VVho smote and slew And overthrew Great Kings and mighty Nations too verse 11 The Amorite And Bashanite Sihon and OG his hands did smite By him alone Were overthrown The Kings of Canaan every one verse 12 He gave their land To Isr'els hand An heritage at their command verse 13 Thy mem'ry sure And Name endure Not any age shall them obscure 2. Part. Argument Gods gracious reconciliation to his Church the definition of Idols and praise of God verse 14 GOD will repent Our punishment To judge his people he is bent verse 15 Their Gods behold Are form'd of gold And silver which mens hands did mould verse 16 Both mouth and eies They have likewise But blind and speechless Deities Each side an ear But cannot hear No breath doth
in their mouths appear verse 18 Their makers must Be like them just And so are all that in them trust verse 19 The Lords Name bless His praise express Israels and Aarons house no less verse 20 Let Levi frame To do the same And all that fear his holy Name verse 21 From Sion hill Him bless we will That dwells at Salem bless him still PSAL. CXXXVI London short tune A thankfull commemoration of Gods mercies testifi'd in so many miraculous works UNto the LORD ô ye Give thanks for good is he His mercies sure Do still endure For they eternall be verse 2 The God of Gods proclame With praises to his Name His mercies sure Do still endure Eternally the same verse 3 The Lord of Lords most high With praises magnifie His mercies sure Do still endure To all eternitie verse 4 To him that wrought alone Great wonders many a one His mercies sure Do still endure To ages all made known verse 5 To him that formed by His wisdom all the skie His mercies sure Do still endure To perpetuitie verse 6 That did the earth extend The seas to comprehend His mercies sure Do still endure And never have an end verse 7 To him whose pow'r divine Did make great lights to shine His mercies sure Do still endure Not subject to decline verse 8 The Sun to rule and sway The motions of the day His mercies sure Do still endure And never fall away verse 9 The Moon and starres of light He made to rule by night His mercies sure Do still endure For they are infinite 2. Part. Argument A memoriall of Gods mercies to his Church and judgement on our adversaries verse 10 TO him your thanks devote VVho Aegypts first-born smote His mercies sure Do still endure Of everlasting note verse 11 And from among them all Brought Isr'el out of thrall His mercies sure Do still endure And so for ever shall verse 12 With arm out stretched and VVith his Almighty hand His mercies sure Do still endure For they eternall stand verse 13 To him that did divide The Sea on either side His mercies sure Do still endure And evermore abide verse 14 And Isr'els passage made Amidst it to evade His mercies sure Do still endure And never fail nor fade verse 15 But Pharaoh did confound His hoast in red Sea drown'd His mercies sure Do still endure And ever shall abound verse 16 To him that led his own Through deserts all unknown His mercies sure Do still endure As permanent alone verse 17 To him that smote and slew verse 18 Great Kings and famous too His mercies sure Do still endure And so shall ever do verse 19 King Sihon he did smite That Giant Amorite His mercies sure Do still endure Continuing day and night verse 20 And OG of Bashan King He did to ruine bring His mercies sure Do still endure An unexhausted spring verse 21 And did their land engage To be an heritage His mercies sure Do still endure Out-wearing time and age verse 22 That heritage befell His servant Israel His mercies sure Do still endure Times constant parallel verse 23 Who thought on our estate When low and desolate His mercies sure Do still endure And bear eternall date verse 24 Redeeming us from those That were our mortall foes His mercies sure Do still endure A spring that ever flows verse 25 For he provideth meat Whereof all flesh may eat His mercies sure Do still endure For ever most compleat verse 26 The God of heaven therefore With thankfull thoughts adore His mercies sure Do still endure Henceforth for evermore PSAL. CXXXVII Southwell tune Israels excessive lamentation in the Babylonian captivitie the crueltie of the enemies and Gods dreadfull curse upon them BY Babels Rivers deep There sate we down to weep And thinking still On Sion hill Our tunes in teares we steep verse 2 Our harps untun'd unstrung On willow-trees wee hung verse 3 Where they of us Required thus Sing us a Sion-song And even there did they That carried us away In captive state And desolate Urge us to sing and play They mirth of us demand Tho wasted by their hand verse 4 How shall our tongues Tune Sions Songs Here in a forein land verse 5 Jerus'lem if thou be Forgotten here of me In forein land Let my right hand Forget her facultie If I forget thee ever Then let me prosper never But let it cause My tongue and jaws To cleave and cling together verse 6 If for Jerusalem I do not quite contem ' All joys that be And count not thee Above the chief of them verse 7 Remember LORD the spite Shew'd by the Edomite Thus did they say In Salems day Down with it raze it quite verse 8 O daughter Babylon Whose ruine now comes on Oh happie he That does to thee As thou to us hast done verse 9 And blessed be his pains That dasheth out the brains Of little ones Against the stones VVhen Babels judgment raigns PSAL. CXXXVIII Davids tune David praises God for outward and inward mercies proclaming the comforts of the Gospel and his hope of further favours BEfore the Gods thy praise I 'l sing My heart shall have regard verse 2 Thy praise to utter worshipping Thy holy Temple-ward Thy praise for thy compassions tri'd And truth will I proclame For thou thy Word hast magnifi'd Yea more then all thy Name verse 3 That day whereon I cri'd to thee Thou answeredst me again With inward strength thou strength'nedst me My soul for to sustain verse 4 All Kings on earth shall give thee praise VVhen they shall hear thy words verse 5 Yea singing walk along thy wayes Such great fame is our LORDS verse 6 Though God be high he hath respect To such as lowly be But all proud persons doth neglect Sure thou wilt quicken me verse 7 Yea though I walk in midst of woes Thy hand shalt thou extend Against the wrath of all my foes Thy right hand shall defend verse 8 VVhat me concerns will God fulfill Most firm thy mercy stands Forsake not Lord but succour still The work of thine own hands PSAL. CXXXIX The all-seeing eye of God and admirable workmanship of mans creation O Lord thou hast me searcht and known verse 2 My sitting down thou know'st My rising up my thoughts each one Thou see'st when distant most verse 3 Thou compassest my path my bed And all my ways dost note verse 4 There 's not a word my tongue hath said But thou dost fully know 't verse 5 Behinde before thou hast beset And on me lay'd thy hand verse 6 Such knowledge is too great to get Too high to understand verse 7 Where from thy Spirit shall I go Or from thy presence fly verse 8 Make I my bed in hell below Or climb to heaven high Behold thou art in each of these verse 9 If mornings wings me bear To dwell in parts of utmost seas
3 The fo my soul doth persecute My life quite undertrod My dwelling made In darksome shade As men long dead O God verse 4 Orewhelm'd therefore my spirits sink My heart is desolate verse 5 Thy ancient daies Thy works and waies I mind and meditate Of all thy handy-works I think verse 6 To thee I stretch my hands My soul doth burst VVith fervent thirst For thee like thirsty lands verse 7 Lord hear me soon my spirits shrink Hide not thy face from mee Like them that go To pit below Lest I should quickly be verse 8 Cause me to hear of thy kind love When morning doth begin Cause me to know VVhat way to go For thee my trust is in verse 9 I lift my soul to thee above Me from mine enemies save I fly to thee To shelter mee No other God I have verse 10 Thy spirit is good let that sweet dove Thy servants soul instruct In thy command And to the land Of uprightness conduct verse 11 Lord for thy Names-sake quicken me And that this very thing May well express Thy righteousness My soul from trouble bring verse 12 And of thine own compassions free My foes destroy and dam ' Destroy them whole That vex my soul For I thy servant am Thine heritage Lord bless and keep So that c. Ps. 28. ult PSAL. CXLIV York tune Gods wonderfull protection on his people in warre and battell his gracious respects to mankinde the quickned desires of the faithfull to praise God O Blessed be the LORD my might Who in the war-like field My hands and fingers taught to fight verse 2 My goodness Saviour Shield My fort high towr in whom I trust My people that subdues verse 3 Oh what is man that LORD thou doest Such poor acquaintance chuse Or what is mans posteritie Whereof such reckoning 's made verse 4 Sure man is like to vanitie His dayes as fleeting shade verse 5 LORD bow the heavens come down Toucht mountains make to smoke verse 6 Destroy thy foes with angry frown By dreadfull lightnings stroke Destroy them with thy bended bow verse 7 Send help my soul to save Send thy high hand rid save me so From swallowing waters grave Even from the hands of children strange verse 8 Whose mouths of folly treat And their right hand 's a meer exchange Of falshood and deceit verse 9 My songs on Psaltery I 'l present To thee compos'd anew And on a ten-string'd instrument Will sing thy praises due verse 10 T is he that unto Kings extends Salvations welcome pledge His servant David he defends From swords offensive edge 2. Part. Argument A prayer for the flourishing estate of the Cōmon-weal Felicity is placed in God alone verse 11 RElease and rid me speedily From hand of sinners vile Whose subtle mouth speaks vanitie Their right hand full of guile verse 12 Our sons as plants in youth up grown And daughters to us born Let be as some carv'd corner-stone Fair palace to adorn verse 13 Our garners full as they can hold With ev'ry kind of thing Our sheep a thousand thousand fold VVithin our streets may bring verse 14 Our Oxen not in labour faint No en'mie to invade No leading captive no complaint Within our streets be made verse 15 O blessed people would we say VVith such like blessings stor'd O rather blessed people they VVhose God is God the Lord. PSAL. CXLV Old England tune David in a well composed song of praise extolls Gods majestie might and mercy I Will extoll thee Lord my King And ever bless thy Name verse 2 I all my dayes Will bless and praise And never cease the same verse 3 Great God great praises meriting VVhose greatness none can reach verse 4 One age shall praise Thy works and waies To thy succeeding Church Thy mighty acts shall they recite verse 5 And I will here discuss The fame of thy Great Majesty And works miraculous verse 6 Thy actions of such wondrous might Men shall speak of the same They dreadfull are And I 'l declare The greatness of thy Name verse 7 The mem'ry of thy goodness great They fully shall make known In songs express Thy righteousness verse 8 The Lord 's a gracious one The LORD is easie to intreat verse 9 Kind patient good to all His mercies do Extend unto His works in generall verse 10 Thy works shall praise thee every one Thy Saints thy Name shall bless verse 11 They shall proclame Thy Kingdoms fame And pow'rs Almightines verse 12 To make thy mighty actions known To mans posteritie And celebrate The glorious state Of thy supremacy 2. Part. Arg. As before verse 13 THy kingdom wears eternall crown And thy dominion shall Endure and last All ages past verse 14 God holds up all that fall And raiseth all the bowed down verse 15 All eyes do wait on thee Thou givest meat For them to eat When fittest seasons bee verse 16 Thine opened hand doth satisfie Each living things desire verse 17 Gods Justie sways In all his ways His holiness intire verse 18 To all his suppliants God is nigh Even all that call sincere verse 19 He also will Their pray'rs fulfill Who ever do him fear Hee 'l hear their cry and help afford verse 20 And all his lovers true Will God secure But he will sure Destroy the wicked crue verse 21 My mouth shall magnifie the Lord And universall flesh His holy Name And glorious fame Shall ever sound afresh PSAL. CXLVI To both Strain tunes The vain trust in men and happie confidence is Gods salvation who made all things is most gracious to us in his providence THe Lords deserved praise proclame My soul do thou extoll the same verse 2 I while I live Will praises give Unto the Lords Almighty Name Unto my God will I sing praise While breath prolongs my life and daies verse 3 Trust in no King Nor mortall thing They can no help nor succour bring verse 4 For lo there passeth out his breath And he returns to dust of death That very day His thoughts decay And each of them then perisheth verse 5 O happy happy happy one VVho ever Jacobs God hath known To be his ayd Whose hope is stayd Upon the Lord his God alone verse 6 That made the heavens seas and shore The earth and all the num'rous store In liquid seas He made all these And keepeth truth for evermore verse 7 In-judgment he for us proceeds For to avenge oppressors deeds From bondage He Set pris'ners free The Lord likewise the hungry feeds verse 8 The righteous doth the Lord affect The bowed down he doth erect Opening likewise The blind mans eyes verse 9 The strangers doth the Lord protect The Lord relieves the fatherless And helps the widow in distress But in his wrath The sinners path The Lord doth utterly suppress verse 10 The Lord shall reign eternally Thy God O Sion rules on high And so he shall To