Beauty shines His proudest Shows thy Frowns abate And he to Dust declines When grov'ling in the Dust he lies Thy Smiles his Fortunes raise Weak Man say'st Thou return and rise Weak Man thy Word obeys A Thousand Years no longer last In thy unbounded Sight Than Yesterday so lately past Or its succeeding Night So Floods with rapid Swiftness slide So Dreams in Slumbers fly So Meadow-Greens with chearful Pride Salute the Morning-Sky They slourish with the Morning's Tears And shoot their Branches high But e'er the shady Night appears Are mow'n and scorch'd and die When thy impetuous Anger burns Our Lives are soon consum'd And by thy Wrath 's severe Returns To deep Afflictions doom'd Thou view'st our wretched Actions o'er And thy All-searching Eyes Examine all that secret Score Which now in Darkness lies Far off our flying Days are blown Before thy Fury's Blast Our Years like empty Tales are gone Which scarce one Moment last Part 2. verse 10 Through Seventy Years our common Lives May hold their constant Course And if to Eighty one arrives By Nature's rarer Force Yet his declining batter'd Strength Meer Pains and Sorrow brings And fails and swiftly flies at length On Time's impatient Wings verse 11 But ô what wretched Man can know Thy Anger 's utmost Might Which as thy Fear through all must go With an unbounded Flight verse 12 O teach us Lord to count our Days And so our Hearts apply That we through Wisdom's peaceful Ways May reach Eternity verse 13 Turn Lord at last and grant some Rest To all thy Servants Woes verse 14 Our Hearts with early Mercies bless'd To holy Joys dispose verse 15 O let us now thy Favours share Thy gentler Smiles obtain Proportion'd to our long Despair And Years of constant Pain verse 16 Lord to thy happy Servants now And all thy faithful Race Thy Works thy wond'rous Glories show And send thy quick'ning Grace verse 17 O let our Maker's Beauty here On all our Labours rest Till all our Handy-works appear By thy Protection bless'd PSAL. xcj. verse 1 HE 's safe from Death secur'd from Harms Who to his Maker slies And on his kind protecting Arms For Help and Health relies verse 2 Thou Lord art all my Hope my Trust To God I 'll freely say My strong Defence on Thee it 's just My Hope shou'd firmly stay verse 3 Do Thou the same He 'll rescue thee From Death's surprizing Share And keep thee from th' Infection free Of Pestilential Air. verse 4 He 'll shade thee with his gracious Wings His Feathers o'er thee spread ' While his unfailing Promise brings A Shield to guard thy Head verse 5 What though strange Terrours fill the Night Death's Shafts obscure the Day He 'll guild them both with wholsom Light To keep thy Fears away verse 6 What tho' fierce Plagues through horrid Gloom With wild Destruction reign verse 7 Though Thousands nay the gaping Tomb Ten Thousand Morsels gain Though Death the Day and Night command And gasping Corpses lie Heaps upon Heaps on either Hand And almost Mountain-high verse 8 Thine Eyes shall still securely see How God's revenging Stroke Distinguishes where carelesly Vile Men their God provoke Part 2. verse 9 Since now thy Heart my God alone Thy sacred Refuge made And has it self for Shelter thrown Beneath his saving Shade verse 10 No Mischief shall attempt thee there Nor Mischief-boding Chance No cruel Plague to give thee Fear Shall near thy Tents advance verse 11 For if in those delightful Ways Where God and Nature lead Thy Feet through all thy mortal Days With Care exactly tread He 'll give his Angel-Armies Charge About thy Paths to wait To lay their watchful Guards at large And to secure thy State verse 12 Their Hands shall waft thee gently o'er The Rocks of Sin below Where strong Temptation 's fatal Store And daily Scandals grow verse 13 Let Hell's old Lion roar enrag'd With all th' Infernal Crew And Men in Hell's vile Work engag'd Their pois'nous Arts pursue His Feet shall quickly tread them down Whose Heart my Loves inflame And Freedom shall with Honour crown The Man who knows my Name verse 15 To Me shall he in Dangers cry His Cries I 'll kindly hear Be with him and exalt him high And rid his Life from Fear verse 16 Long Life with ever peaceful Days I 'll on my Friend bestow And to him by a Thousand Ways My kind Salvation show PSAL. cxij. verse 1 HOW bless'd are we thy Praise to sing On all thy Holy Days Great God when all thy Churches ring With thy exalted Praise verse 2 To shew thy Mercies e'er the Sun Unsolds the Morning-Light Thy Truth e'er Clouds have first begun To form the gloomy Night verse 3 When with the Harp and Lute the Voice It s chearful Notes can raise And Organs can with Shalms rejoice To found thy lofty Praise verse 4 Thy Works thy wondrous Works inslame My Soul 's triumphant Joys verse 3 To show thy deeper Counsels Fame Her shrillest Notes employs verse 6 Poor Brutish Man can never know This wondrous Happiness Nor can the Blessing 's Balmy Flow The foolish Heart possess verse 7 His Thoughts to meaner Subjects move And watch the Sinner's Race How they like Summer-Plants improve Their Branches thrive apace Yet think not how when pleasant Blooms Have spread the Wicked o'er They sink beneath their weighty Dooms And live on Earth no more verse 8-9 Thy Foes since Lord Thou reign'st above Thy wretched Foes shall die And those who wicked Actions love Dispers'd confounded lie Part 2. verse 10 But Lord Thou 'lt raise my humble Head With Strength exalt it high On me fresh Oil of Gladness shed And fill my Heart with Joy verse 11 My happy Eyes my Wish shall see On all my angry Foes My Ears shall hear their Doom who me With envious Spite oppose verse 12 The Righteous with a thriving Pride Like Palms their Heads shall raise Their Seed like Cedars multiply'd Which Libanon displays verse 13 Those whom their Maker's skilful Hand His House has p'anted round Shall in his Courts securely stand With constant Verdure crown'd verse 14 Their Sappy Trunks in Hoary Age Shall spring with lively Shoots Their thrifty Leaves long Life presage To their extended Roots verse 15 That they the Lord my Rock may show His Righteous Works declare And make the wiser Nations know How just his Actions are PSAL. xciij verse 1 THE Lord the great Jehovah reigns With Majesty and Glory crown'd The Lord Almighty Strength retains With that like Garments girt around His Hand the World 's vast Frame secures He stays it with his Awful Nod. verse 2 Thy Throne from Days of old endures Thy Self an everlasting God! verse 3 The Floods great God the rolling Croud At Thee like mighty Waters roar And dash like breaking Waves aloud Which threaten all the neighb'ring Shoar verse 4 And let tempestuous Passions raise Their Hearts their swelling Furies high Their utmost maddest Rage obeys That God who
all my Pleasures owe On whom my Soul reviving waits My Lord my God in whose bless'd Gates His Praise my tuneful Harp shall show verse 5 Why then cast down my Soul ô why Thus vex'd in my uneasie Breast To God for Help and Safety fly On his Divine Assistance rest For with my God's Salvation bless'd I yet shall sound his Praises high verse 1 LOrd oft we 've heard our Fathers tell Thy wondrous Works of Old verse 2 How by thy Hand the Gentiles fell And we their Countries hold verse 3 Them their own Swords could ne'er advance Nor Native Valour save Thy Arm thy Love thy Countenance Their Lands and Safety gave verse 4 Thou art my King Salvation Lord For Jacob's Seed command verse 5 We 'll crush our Foes if thou afford Thy kind assisting Hand Their Heads in thy Almighty Name We 'll quickly trample o'er verse 6 And I 'll my Bow 's Defence disclaim And trust my Sword no more verse 7 Thou only sav'st us from our Foes And break'st their Hearts with Shame verse 8 Each Day we 'll with thy Glory close And ever praise thy Name verse 9 But thou hast cast us off and we A strange Disgrace endure Thy Aids no more our Armies see Nor can thy Help procure verse 10 Before their Foes the Dastards fly And we are spoil'd with Ease verse 11 Like scatter'd Sheep dispers'd we lie Where-e'er the Gentiles please verse 12 Thou hast thy wretched People sold Yet not advanc'd thy Gain verse 13 And us in Scorn our Neighbours hold And treat with proud Disdain Part 2. verse 14 We are the Gentiles By-word now At us each shakes his Head verse 15 And while we suffer Shame my Brow A Thousand Blushes spread verse 16 My Shame from Men's soul Blasphemies And black Reproaches grows The Barb'rous Acts and shameless Lyes Of our revengeful Foes verse 17 Yet though we 're this with Woes oppress'd We can't our God forget But in thy Covenant we rest Thy Truth before us set verse 18 Our Hearts have ne'er declin'd from Thee But to thy Judgments true verse 19 Though we the Dragon's Fury see And Death our Steps pursue verse 20 Had we forgot God's glorious Name Or Idol-Gods ador'd verse 21 Wou'd not our God have found the same Our secret Thoughts explor'd verse 22 For Thee we'ere kill'd all Day like Sheep To Slaughter deem'd for Thee verse 23 Wake Lord ô rise no longer sleep No distant Stranger be verse 24 Why Lord are all our Woes despis'd Why hid thy lightsom Face verse 25 While we with Sorrow's Dust disguis'd The Earth forlorn embrace verse 26 O rise With thy Almighty Aid Our sinking State retrieve Our Souls to Sorrow Captives made With Mercy Lord relieve PSAL. xlv verse 1 WArm'd by a Beam of sacred Light I 'll sing a lofty Song The Streins my busie Thoughts indite To our bless'd King belong And though the Pen-man's nimble Hand Flies swiftly o'er his Scrowl More swiftly and with more Command My Tongue attends my Soul verse 2 Fair be the Sons of Humane Race Thou Lord art fairer found Thy Lips distil Celestial Grace With God's due Blessings crown'd verse 3 Ride on thou Prince of wondrous Might Gird on thy dreadful Sword With Majesty and glorious Light And Truth 's All-conqu'ring Word verse 4 May Love and Righteousness attend Thee with assur'd Success Thy dreadful Arms all Fame transcend And all thy Foes depress verse 5 Before thy Pointed Arrows all Thy Foes shall spread the Field And at thy Foot-steps wounded fall And to their Conqu'ror yield Part 2. verse 6 Thy Throne ô God Eternal stands And Right thy Sceptre crowns Bright Justice filâ—s thy righteous Hands Sin dies beneath thy Frowns Mov'd with thy Gifts and Acts Divine Thy God anoints thy Head Thy Joys thy Fellows Joys out-shines On Thee in plenty shed verse 8 Myrrh Aloes and Cassia sweet From all thy Garments flow And round thy Iv'ry Palace meet And all thy Motions show verse 9 Kings Royal Daughters richly dress'd Among thy Maidens stand The Queen with Golden Crowns oppress'd Waits at her Sov'reign's Hand verse 10 Hear me great Queen my Words receive With humbly prudent Care Thy Fondness of thy Fathers leave And of thy Country's Air. verse 11 So shall the King his boundless Love To thy bright Charms allow For He 's the Lord He reigns above To Him ô humbly bow Part 3 verse 12 Then shall the Tyrian Dames resort With Gifts fair Queen to thee The wealthy Men shall make their Court To awful Majesty verse 13 Rich Robes the Royal Princess wears But richer far her Mind An inward Heav'nly Treasure bears By Love and Grace refin'd verse 14 Her they to see her King adorn With all th' Embroid'rer's Art Her Train's by Royal Virgins born Who share her Joys and Heart verse 15 Pleasures around their Bosoms play Their Eyes soft Loves create When to attend their Monarch they On their great Mistress wait verse 16 For Fathers Sons thy Court adorn A gallant sprightly Train Brave Youths to Crowns and Sceptres born And o'er the Nations reign verse 17 Thy Praise ô thou Immortal King I 'll ever thus proclaim And all the joyful World shall sing Thy Godlike Acts and Name Another Metre As the 113th verse 1 TOuch'd with a Beam of Love Divine My Heart my Head my Tongue combine To bless the World's Incarnate King No nimble Pen-man's flying Hand More swiftly can his Quill command Than I my Saviour's Glory sing verse 2 How wondrous bright how Heav'nly fair Dear Lord thy Godlike Beauties are Thy Lips Eternal Sweets distil Hence by thy mighty Father bless'd Thy humble but capacious Breast All Heav'n's immense Endowments fill verse 3 Gird on thy Thigh most mighty Lord Gird on thy dreadful glitt'ring Sword And with Majestick Honours crown'd verse 4 In prosp'rous State triumphant ride Truth Meekness Justice guard thy Side Thy Arm with Terrours brac'd around verse 5 Each Bow then drawn each Arrow loos'd By the Right Hand to Conquest us'd Shall pierce thy stubborn-hearted Foes And all the trembling World shall meet To cast themselves beneath thy Feet O'er-aw'd by thy resistless Blows verse 6 Thy Throne bless'd God for ever stands A righteous Sceptre fills thy Hands To Thee the suppliant Nations bow verse 7 The vertuous Soul thy Favour gains Thy Frown the wicked World restrains And Sinners fly thy threathing Brow Hence God thy God with Joys around Above thy Mates thy Heart has crown'd His Balmy Joys thy Passions warm verse 8 Thy Robes with noblest Odours flow Which from thy lofty palace blow And Sweets thy pleas'd Attendants charm Part 2. verse 9 Among thy Maids of Honour wait Fair Virgins all of Royal State Like bigger Stars i' th' Galaxy And at thy Hand enthron'd is seen Thy charmingly victorious Queen Her Crown pure Gold but purer she verse 10 Hear me illustrious Queen forget Thy native Land's and Father's Seat And for thy King thy Kindred quit verse 11 So shall he
from my Mother's Womb at first By Thee was brought to light And by thy Providence was nurs'd And in thy Praise delight verse 7 Though I a Monster seem to most In Thee my Hopes are strong verse 8 O let thy Honour be my Boast Thy Praise my daily Song verse 9 Cast me not off when elder Days When Age comes creeping on O leave me not when Strength decays And youthful Years are gone verse 10 My Foes Who watch my Soul declare Where they in private meet verse 11 See now how God withdraws his Care And leaves his Favourite Up let us seize him now pursue Where-e'er the Dastard flies He has alas no Help in view None to his Aid will rife Part 2. verse 12 Haste then my God to help me fly No more thy Helps delay verse 13 But let my Foes confounded lie Their Spite with Shame repay verse 14 On Thee I 'll still with Patience wait And praise Thee more and more verse 15 And all thy righteous Acts relate And thy Salvation's Store These all Accounts so far transcend That none their Numbers know verse 16 But Lord I 'll on thy Strength depend Thy Justice only show verse 17 As taught by Thee from Childhood I Thy wond'rous Works have showns verse 18 O let me not deserted lie When weak and ancient grown Lord leave me not when hoary Hairs Invest my aged Head Till to this Age and future Heirs I 'Ve all thy Wonders read verse 19 On high thy righteous Actions shine And great thy Judgments are What Being Lord though cali'd Divine Can e'er with Thee compare verse 20 Thou show'st me mighty Grie'fs and Woes Yet shall thy Smiles revive And from Earth's hollow Deeps below Present my Soul alive verse 21 My Head thy Loves shall greatly raise Thy Comforts guard my round verse 22 And I thy Truth with Songs shall raise And Harp's melodious Sound O Israel's holy God to Thee My Lips will gladly sing My Soul redeem'd from Misery Its Tribute Praises bring verse 24 Thy Righteousness my Tongue shall trace And daily talk of thee Since they are crush'd with dark Disgrace Who sought to ruin me Psal 72. As the 100th or Mr. Sundays's 1â—… verse 1 LOrd to the King thy Judgments give Thy Justice on his Son bestow verse 2 Then shall the Wor'd his Judgments know The Humble by his Justice live verse 3 Then those advanc'd to noblest State Shall all for publick Peace declare The meanest Officers with Care Their Princes Goodness imitate verse 4 He 'll judge the Poor their Off-spring save And break the bold Oppressor's Force verse 5 While Sun and Moon maintain their Caurse His Fear shall ev'ry Heart enslave verse 6 His Goodness like soft Rains and Dews Which on the new-mown Grass descend Shall to the Moon 's last Age extend And Peace abundant Peace diff'use The Righteous in his happy Reign Shall thrive his mighty Empire stretch As far as Lands or Waters reach Or farthest Springs their Streams maintain To Him th' Arabian Troops shall bow His Enemies the Dust embrace And Saba's Kings to court his Grace Their noblest Gifts and Off'rings vow The Isles the Continent shall send Their Kings to kiss his sacred Feet All kings shall in his Worship meet And Nations to his Service bend For He 'll the praying Poor discharge Th' Oppress'd who no Assistance find He 'll to the needy Soul be kind And He 'll the humble Heart enlarge From Violence He 'll set them free From shameless Fraud and base Deceit And in his Sight jn Value great The Blood of all his Saints shall be Long shall He live pure Gold as long To Him th' Arabian Bands shall pay To Him th' obedient World shall pray And Him with daily Blessings throng And though his Truth at first may seem Of meanest Worth and smallest Force 'T will soon with a resistless Course Command the wiser World's Esteem It s Fruit to nobler Heighths shall grow Than Lebanon's immortal Heads More thick than Grass the Valleys spreads Vast Crouds shall to his Doctrine flow verse 17 His Name Eternity possess'd God's Son before reflecting Streams Threw back the Sun 's first Infant-Beams And in Him ev'ry Nation 's bless'd verse 18 All Lands shall bless his sacred Name O bless'd be God the mighty Lord Whose Name old Jacob's Tribes record Whose Name his wondrous Works proclaim verse 19 With Blessings let his Name be crown'd Till Time 's run out and ev'ry Day His Glories through the World display And loud Amens Amens resound Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 5th verse 1 LOrd let the King thy Judgments find Enrich the Prince's Royal Mind Fer Crowns and Governments design'd verse 2 Then shall He Sentence wisely give And safe in his Prerogative Shall all the Poor Afflicted live verse 3 Then Righteousness and Peace shall reign The mighty Men shall Peace maintain And Justice all the Vulgar gain verse 4 He 'll vindicate and save the Poor And all their Race from Harms secure But Tyrants must his Wrath endure verse 5 Him all from Age to Age shall fear As long as Mid-day's Suns appear Or Moons the gloomy Mid-night chear verse 6 Sweet be his Rule and soft his Reign As gentle Dews which cool the Plain Or Show'rs which Grass and Herbs maintain verse 7 The Just shall flourish in his Days Abundant Peace her Head shall raise While Moons shall shine or Stars shall blaze verse 8 His Empire shall be vast and wide As far as Seas Can feel the Tide Or Rivers flow or Winds can ride verse 9 In him th' Arabians wild shall trust His Foes beneath his Foot-stool thrust Shall sall and humbly lick the Dust verse 10 Him shall the Island-Kings obey To Him Black AEthiopians pray And Off'rings on his Altars lay verse 11 Their Kings by Truth convinc'd shall be His Servants and his Slaves and He All Nations at his Feet shall see verse 12 For He the poor Man's Cries shall hear The Suff'rers and Afflicted chear When neither Help nor Friends appear verse 13 He 'll to the Weak in Want be kind The humble and submissive Mind Shall always his Assistance find verse 14 Where Fraud and Wrong triumphant seem He 'l all their fainting Souls redeem And dear their precious Lives esteem verse 15 Long may He live and long may they To Him their Golden Tributes pay And daily praise and daily pray verse 16 Where little Hope or Seed was found May mighty Crops adorn the Ground Like Libanus with Cedars crown'd Their Towns before with Widows fill'd A new and num'rous Off-spring yield Thick as the Grass which shades the Field verse 17 To Him may all the Nations haste His Name with endless Blessings grac'd Beyond the Sun Eternal last verse 18 Bless'd be the Lord our God! May He Whose wond'rous Works we daily see Prais'd by his grateful Churches be verse 19 Bless'd ever bless'd his glorious Name May all the World advance his Fame While we Amen Amen proclaim PSAL. lxxiij verse
Off soon the Shadow flies And both with Beams Divine More bright and strongly shine So all the Nations round Have our Salvation found How God about us waits And all our Health creates verse 4 Let all the Nations round Their Maker's Praises sound O let the Earth rejoice And raise its chearful Voice And all the World combine In Thanks and Songs Divine verse 5 Sing to the Lord ô sing To our Eternal King To well-tun'd Harps ô raise Your Notes of Heav'nly Praise verse 6 O let the Trumpets found Let Cornets Notes rebound And with them loudly sing To our Eternal King verse 7 Let the loud Ocean roar Its Joys from Shoar to Shoar Let Angels bless'd on high With Earth in Praises vye verse 8 O let the Waters sound The ecchoing Hills rebound And with a chearful Noise Express their boundless Joys verse 9 Let All their Joy fulness Before the Lord express For loe He comes with Haste And Awful Glories grac'd His dreadful Summons all To his Tribunal call His Judgment then shall bless The World with Righteousness Truth from his Lips shall flow And all the World shall know Their glorious Judge and see His Love and Equity PSAL. xcix verse 1 CHrist reigns Let all the People round Beneath his Empire quake He sits above the Cherubs crown'd Let Earth's Foundations shake verse 2 The Lord in Sion's great and high Above the People rais'd verse 3 O may his dreadful Majesty His holy Name be prais'd verse 4 Judgment our mighty Monarch loves And Equity prepares And Judgment with his Justice moves In Jacob's bless'd Affairs verse 5 O then exalt the Lord our God Before his Foot-stool bow And spread his wond'rous Works abroad His holy Nature show verse 6 So Moses once and Aaron so Among his Priests appear'd And Samue ' with his Prophets who The God of Jacob fear'd These at his Footstool bow'd and there To him devoutly pray'd And always found his Answers near And all their Faith repaid verse 7 They kept his Testimonies sure His Statute-Laws obey'd And He to Them from Clouds obscure His gentle Answers made verse 8 Sometimes indeed his Wrath severe Their Follies would pursue Yet oft their Cries He 'd kindly hear His Mercies oft renew verse 9 O praise our God's exalted Name Before his A'tars bow Our God our holy Lord proclaim With Praise his Glory show PSAL. c. verse 1 YE who enjoy Salvation's Light To God your Voices raise verse 2 Appear with Gladness in His Sight And Sing your Saviour's Praise verse 3 Our Lord is God indeed it 's He Not We our selves have made Our Shepherd He his People we And in his Pastures laid verse 4 O then approach his Courts his Gates With Thanks and hearty Praise For Praise on his Assembly waits On all his holy Days verse 5 O b'ess his Name for God is good And all his Mercies sure His Truth from Age to Age has stood And shall unchang'd endure Another Metre As the old 100th verse 1-2 O Ye enlighten'd Souls with Praise Before our mighty Lord appear To Him your chearful Voices raise Adore his Name with humblest Fear verse 3 He 's our Almighty God not we But He to us our Substance gave He 's ours we His those Sheep which He Di'd by his own pure Blood to save verse 4 O then approach his Gates with praise And in his Courts his Glories sing On all his own appointed Days Your Sacrisice of Praises sing verse 5 He 's always kind and always good His Favour great his Mercy sure His Truth has ever firmly stood And shall from Age to Age endure PSAL. cj. verse 1 MErcy I 'll sing and Judgment praise And sing my God to Thee verse 2 And wisely walk in perfect Ways O come dear Lord to Me Then with an undissembling Heart I'â—l ever justly move And in my Court in every part Thy sacred Rules improve verse 3 No wicked Actions shall mine Eyes With Satisfaction see And those who things perverse devise Shall ne're be great With Me. verse 4 From Me all froward Fools shall part I 'll none that 's wicked own verse 5 But cut off those whose sland'rous Art Against their Neighbour's shown verse 6 The Heart that 's proud the Look that 's high I 'll ne're at Court endure Eut through the Land my searching Eye Shall faithful Friends procure That Man who treads a perfect Path My Favourite shall be verse 7 But Cheats and those who break their Faith Shall never dwell with Me I 'll bear no Liar in my fight The wicked I 'll destroy verse 8 Till Salem freed from Sinners quite Shall perfect Peace enjoy PSAL. cij A Soul with mighty Woes opprest May thus complaining pray And in deep Sorrows Language drest His weighty Griefs display verse 1 Hear Lord O hear my Prayers and Cries To Me thy Face disclose verse 2 My Soul lost in Affliction dies O heart O ease my Woes verse 3 Grief wasts my Days like Smoke and dries My Bones like Hearths with heat verse 4 My Heart like Grass quite wither'd lies And I forget my Meat verse 5 My Bones break through my shriveling Skin Through my unceasing Groans verse 6 I'm like those doleful Birds which in Wild Desents vent their moans verse 7 Like little Birds which spent with Grief Aboat their Nestlings mourn verse 8 While taunting Foes against my Life With bloody Oaths are sworn verse 9 Ashes my Bread my Drink was Tears While I endur'd thy frown verse 10 Thy I ove once rais'd me up from Fears Thy Wrath now hurts me down verse 11 The Shaddow falls my Life 's weak Flame So sinks like Grass it wains verse 12 But still thou ant thy glorious Name From Age to Age remains verse 13 Rise Lord for Sions help return In time her Woes relieve verse 14 Thy Servants o're her Ruins mourn And for her Ashes grieve verse 15 All Nations then thy Name shall fear All Kings thy Glory see verse 16 When Sions Walls new built appear And Glory springs from thee Part 2. verse 17 God hears the silent Mourner's Prayer O write his Goodness down verse 18 So shall Posterity declare Their mighty God's renown verse 19 God from his Holy Throne his Eye Turn'd down on Earth below verse 20 To save the Men condemn'd to die And let the Prisoners go verse 21 That they in Sions Walls might show His Praise his Name record verse 22 When thither Kings and Kingdoms flow To serve their Mighty Lord verse 23 My Strength my shortned Days he broke Then spare me Lord I pray'd verse 24 Suspend dear Lord thy deadly stroke Thy Years can never fade verse 25 Thy Hands this Earth's Foundations cast And stretch'd the lofty Skies verse 26 They perish but thy Nature lasts And Time it self defies They like a worn-out Garment fail And shall be chang'd for new verse 27 Thou' rt still the same Age can't prevail Nor time thy Steps pursue verse 28 Our Lands shall quickly be suppli'd With
Soul divide verse 21 Thy Judgments break the cursed Proud Who from thy Precepts stray verse 22 Me Lord from flouting Scorners shroud For I thy Words obey verse 23 Great Kings in Council curst my Name But I thy Statutes chose verse 24 Thy Statutes all my Joys enflame My Counsels all compose verse 25 My Soul Lord for thy Promise spare In Dust which prostrate lies verse 26 Thou hear'st how I thy Ways declare O teach and make me wise verse 27 O Make me know thy Precepts so I 'le spread thy Works the more verse 28 My Heart with melting Cares brought low Lord by thy Word restore verse 29 From me all lying Ways remove To me thy Laws impart verse 30 For all the Paths of Truth I love Thy Judgments fill my Heart verse 31 I to thy Laws adhere dear God From Shame my Life discharge verse 32 I 'le run the Ways thy Saints have trod If thou my Heart enlarge He 5. Vau 6. verse 33 Lord teach me thy commanded way And I 'le observe it still verse 34 My Heart let Understanding sway Thy Laws my Heart shall fill verse 35 By thy Commands ô make me tread For them I dearly love verse 36 Let no false Lusts my Heart mislead While by thy Rules I move verse 37 From Vanity ô turn my Eyes And make me live to Thee verse 38 Thy Word on which my Soul relies And fears make good to me verse 39 Reproach from me and Scandal take But Lord thy Judgments give verse 40 I for thy Precepts long ô make Me by thy Justice live verse 41 Thy Mercy thy Salvation too As promis'd Lord bestow verse 42 So shall I hush the scornful Crew And yet more faithful grow verse 43 Never ô never Lord withdraw Thy Word and Truth from me verse 44 So thy just Judgments and thy Law My constant Guides shall be verse 45 My happy Course at last I 'le steer In thy Commands secure verse 46 Thy Testimonies Kings sha'l hear Yet I no shame endure verse 47 I 'le in thy lov'd Commands delight For them my Hands I 'le raise verse 48 Thy Statutes study Day and Night And thy Commandments praise Zain 7. Cheth 8. verse 49 Thy Word once pass'd remember Lord In which thou mad'st me trust verse 50 Thy Word my dropping Soul restor'd verse 51 The scoffing Proud my Soul deride Yet I thy Laws pursue verse 52 With me thy Judgments pass'd abide And all my Joys renew verse 53 I trembled at their dreadful Fate Who from thy Precepts stray'd verse 54 But them I in my banish'd State My daily Musick made verse 55 Lord on thy Name I muse by Night And keep thy Righteous Laws verse 56 Such Blessings from thy favouring Sight A just Obedience draws verse 57 Thou' rt all my Portion Lord I said I 'de keep thy sacred Word verse 58 And for thy Grace devoutly pray'd Thy Grace Dear Lord afford verse 59 I weigh'd my Works and so thy Ways My careful Footstop trac'd verse 60 And that I might thy Laws obey I flew with winged haste verse 61 Tho' impious Bunds my Wealth surprize I can't forget thy Ways verse 62 But I when I at Midnight rise Thy rightéous Judgments praise verse 63 I love their Company who fear Thy Name and keep thy Word verse 64 Thy Mercies round the World appear Thy Statutes teach me Lord Teth 9. Jod 10. verse 65 Lord from thy Hands I Good receive For all thy Words are true verse 66 Teach me since I thy Laws believe Good Sense and Knowledge too verse 67 I sinn'd till by Affliction taught Thy sacred Words to know verse 68 For me all Good thy Hands have wrought To me thy Statutes show verse 69 The Proud assau't my Soul with lies But I sincerely move verse 70 And while their Hearts with Fatness rise Thy Laws entirely love verse 71 Lash'd by thy Rod my Heart enclines To keep thy Laws with Care verse 72 Those Laws which richer far than Mines Of Gold and Silver are verse 73 Thy Hands have made and fashion'd me Thy Judgments make me know verse 74 So thy pleas'd Saints my Care shall see While in thy Paths I go verse 75 I know thy Judgments Lord are just Thy Love afflicted me verse 76 Make good thy Word my Comfort must Alone descend from Thee verse 77 Lord send thy Mercys quickned so I 'le in the Laws delight verse 78 Let shame thy treacherous Proud o're-throw But I 'le thy Laws recite verse 79 O let thy Saints who know thy Will With me as Friends appear verse 80 When my sound Heart thy Statutes fill I no Disgrace can fear Caph 11. Lamed 12. verse 81 Thy Health my longing Soul desires And on thy Promise waits verse 82 And while thy Comforts it requires My Sight with Woes abates verse 83 Dry'd up with Grief my strength appears Yet I thy Laws retain verse 84 How many are thy Servant's days O now my Foes restrain verse 85 The Proud for me their Pitts have made Against thy righeous Law verse 86 Me from their Wrongs by thy kind Aid And Faithful Precepts draw verse 87 Lord They'd consum'd me quite but I Ne're from thy Precepts went verse 88 In Goodness raise my Soul I 'le try To keep thy Testament verse 89 Firm Lord as Heaven thy Promise stands verse 90 Thy Truth from Age to Age The Earth form'd by thy mighty Hands Stands by thy Patronage verse 91 All by thine Ordinance ensur'd To Thee their Service pay verse 92 But Woes rny Ruine had procur'd But that I kept thy Way verse 93 I 'le ne're forget thy Precepts kind Since oft by them reviv'd verse 94 I'm thine ô save me for my Mind Has on thy Precepts liv'd verse 95 The Wicked watch'd to ruine me But I thy Statutes read verse 96 And th' end of all Perfection see But those all Bounds exceed Mem 13 Nun 14. verse 97 Lord how I love thy Laws by those My serious Studies move verse 98 By them I far above my Foes In Wisdom's Rules improve verse 99 Thy Testimonies teach me more Than all my Teachers know verse 100 I by thy Statutes wise before My reverend Elders grow verse 101 My Feet all wicked Ways declin'd To keep thy sacred Word verse 102 Thy Judgments duly uâ—'d my Mind With Heavenly Wisdom stor'd verse 103 Honey to those pure Sweets must yield With which thy Words are blest verse 104 So I with thy wise Precepts fill'd All lying Ways detest verse 105 Thy glorious Words my Footsteps guide And fill my Paths with Light verse 106 I've sworn and as by Oath I 'm tied I 'le keep thy Judgments right verse 107 I 'me much distrest ô by thy Word My fainting Soul revive verse 108 Accept my willing Praises Lord To me thy Judgments give verse 109 Tho' in my Hands my Life I bear I can't forget thy Law verse 110 Nor can the Sinners crafty Snare From that my Soul withdraw verse 111 Thy Will 's th' Inheritance
to Thee verse 3 Thy wond'rous Art curious Hand My private Path displays By Thee my very Sleeps are scann'd And all my various Ways verse 4 What e'r my serious Thought produce Before the Words are fram'd Before my Tongue can find its use Is in thy Ears proclaim'd verse 5 When I my Shape so clean so fair Behind Before survey I know thy Hand thy ski ful Care Thus built my humble Clay verse 6 Would I into thy Secrets pry This Forming Wisdom know verse 7 For me such Skill is far to high And I alas too low Whither O whither then should I Go from thy piercing sight O whither from thy Spirit 's Eye Direct my secret flight verse 8 If I climb high above the sky Thy Throne of Glory 's there If in Hell's gloomy Deeps I lie In Hell thy Powers appear verse 9 If I on Morning's purple Wings Out-strip the fleeting Day And toward the Ocean 's Western Springs Find out an unknown way verse 10 Yet there thy far extended Hand Would lead me out at last And thy Right Hand my Steps command And ever hold me fast verse 11 Nay should I say the gloomy Night Shall sure my Steps conceal Around me soon a glorious Light Would all my Walks reveal verse 12 Should Night condense its darkest Steams One dismal Gloom to frame That Gloom with more than Mid-days Beams Would Night it self enflame Part 2. verse 13 For in my Mother's Womb of old Thy Hand my Reins possest And in a wondrous Covering roll'd Did all my Limbs invest verse 14 Since in my Shape and round me all Thy dreadful Wonders shine My Thoughts shall all my Works recall And in thy Praise combine verse 15 When in the lower Womb embrac'd My curious Texture grew Thy Wisdom all that Darkness trac'd And all my Substance knew verse 16 The Lord my formless Substance view'd And in His Book enroll'd And as each Day with Shape endu'd My growing Members told verse 17 How dear thy Counsels Lord to me How vast their Numbers are The Sands we round the Ocean see Can't with their Summs compare verse 18 On then all Day I closely muse And in my Nightly Dreams They through my Soul themselves diffuse And are my waking Themes verse 19 The Lord shall wicked Men destroy Begone Blood-thirsty Crew verse 20 Who against God your Tongues employ His Name with Lyes pursue verse 21 I with a perfect rage at those Who hate my maker fly verse 22 And such as if my deadly Foes With deadly hate defie verse 23 O search me Try my Heart and see Which way my Thoughts encline verse 24 And all ill Thoughts remove and me Conduct in Paths divine PSAL. cxl verse 1 FRom vile from godless Men Dear Lord O save O rescue me verse 2 Whose Hearts in wicked Plots accord And quarrel constantly verse 3 Their Tongues more pointed much than those Of angry Serpents are Their Lips more Venome far disclose Than fretted Asps prepare verse 4 From Sinners and the Violent Me Lord in peace bestow Whose spite against my ways is bent And would my Steps o'erthrow verse 5 Their Nets their Snares their Ginns they lay With unsuspected Arts And when they quite surround my Way They please their scornful Hearts verse 6 Thou art my God my Lord aâ—one Then to the Lord I said The Prayers the Supplications own By me thy Servant made verse 7 Thou art my strength alone from Thee My safety Lord descends When furious Battels compass me Thy Hand my Head defends verse 8 Lord let not wicked Workers thrive Nor gain their base Design Lest they their Hearts if thou connive To haughty Pride resign verse 9 But as for all that impious Crew Who now my Path surround Let the malicious Lyes they brew Themselves at last confound verse 10 On them let burning Sulphur rain Hot Flames about them fly And they O never rais'd again In dismal Darkness lie verse 11 Ne'er let the dismal Wordy Tool On Earth continue long Let mischief hurt the Griping Fool Who still delights in Wrong verse 12 I know th' afflicted Poor Man's Claim The Lord will still maintain verse 13 The Righteous then shall praise thy Name And in thy Sight remain PSAL. cxli. verse 1 I Call'd on Thee Lord haste and hear And let my Voice my Cries verse 2 As Incense prove my Hands appear As Ev'ning Sacrifice verse 3 Lord by thy Grace my Mouth secure My Lips with Wisdom close verse 4 And let my Heart from Sin be pure And wicked Works oppose Lest I associate with those Who only Sin pursue And feast where luscious Plenty flows Amongst the scornful Crew verse 5 Whene'er I sin with pity may The Good my Sins reprove Their Wounds are kinder far than they Who feign deceitful Love Let those Lord heal my Head as Oil Which heals and molliflies And though my Foes attempt my spoil For them my Pray'rs shall rise verse 6 May their Great Men in rocky Ways Be trampled under so That they my prudent Words may praise And Wisdom's sweetness know verse 7 As Chips from falling Timber fly Or Ploughs tear up the Ground So Lord our Bones unbury'd lie Our emptied Graves around verse 8 To Thee I lift my faithful Eyes O don't my Soul reject But from those Snares my Foes devise My Innocence protect verse 9 Let not the Sinner's crafty Snare Dear Lord entangle me verse 10 But while I ' scape O let his Care His own Confusion be PSAL. clxij verse 1 LOrd from a dismal Place I pray'd I cry'd to Thee verse 2 With earnest Prayers before thy Face I lay'd my Misery verse 3 My Spirits fainted quite But Lord thou know it my Way And how my Foes with active spite Their Snares about it lay verse 4 Where e're I cast my Eyes I stand alass unknown Where e're my Soul for Refuge flies It 's left forlorn alone verse 5 Yet to the Lord I cry'd And said My Hope's in Three Thou Lord while I on Earth abide Shalt all my Portion be verse 6 Lord hear my Cries my Woes My lost Condition view Save me from those too mighty Foes Who now my Life pursue verse 7 O let my Soul be free Thy holy Name to praise The Just with Songs shall compass me When Thou my Head shalt raise Another Metre verse 1 I to the Lord devoutly pray'd To him I cry'd aloud verse 2 And in his sight my Sorrows laid And all my Sufferings show'd verse 3 When my faint Spirit slowly mov'd Thou knewst my certain way How Snares by cruel Arts improv'd About my Footsteps lay verse 4 I look'd for some Assistance round But was alass unknown My wretched Soul no shelter found And was esteem'd by none verse 5 Then I in Prayer to God confest In Thee my Hope 's secure Thou art since I my Life possest My Lot my Portion sure verse 6 O let my Cries thy Ears engage My groaning weakness see Save me from Persecutor's rage Too strong alass
for me verse 7 Lord set my Soul from Prison free To praise thy sacred Name And when the Righteous compass me Thy Bounties I 'le proclaim PSAL. clxiij verse 1 LOrd hear my Prayers accept my Cries In Truth and Righteousness verse 2 And let not Judgments sharp surprize Thy Servant's Soul oppress For when thy searching Eyes begin To try our fading Years Lord in thy sight o'rewhelm'd with Sin The purest Saint appears verse 3 My Soul pursu'd by cruel Foes My Life quite overthrown I ly in Darkness lost like those Who to their Graves are gone verse 4 For this my Spirit faints in me My Heart deserted mourns verse 5 And to my labouring Memory My happier Age returns On all thy Acts I daily muse Thy Works run daily o're verse 6 And as the parching Earth soft Dews So Thee my Hands implore verse 7 I faint ô quickly quickly hear Thy smiles dear Lord I crave Least I like dying Men appear Who just approach the Grave verse 8 Let me thy Mercies early gain For Lord I trust in Thee To Thee I lift my Soul make plain The way of Life to me verse 9 Save me from all my Foes who still To Thee for shelter fly verse 10 Teach me to do thy sacred Will My Lord my God most High O let thy Spirit lead me to The Land of Righteosness verse 11 My Soul with active Life renew And for thy Glory bless Just Lord from Troubles set me free And all my Foes destroy Thy Mercy and thy Help let me Thy Servant Lord enjoy PSAL. clxjv verse 1 BLest be the Lord my strength whose Care And whose victorious Might Instructs my ready Hands for War My Fingers for the Fight verse 2 My Goodness Fort my Raiser He My Saviour and my Shield In Him I trust thro' Him to Me My willing People yield verse 3 Lord what is Man what Man 's weak Race Own'd by the favouring Ey verse 4 Meer Vanity His Age his Grace Like Shadows swiftly fly verse 5 Lord bow thy Heavens come down divide The Hills the Hills shall smoke verse 6 Shoot Lightnings break destroy their Pride With one confounding stroke verse 7 Lord from above thy Arms extend And save and rescue Me From Headstrong Crouds my Crown defend And Forreign Tyranny verse 8 From such whose Lips and Hands in Lyes In Deed and Word agree verse 9 So I 'll new Songs new Tunes devise On Lute and Harp to Thee Part 2 verse 10 The Lord his strong Salvation's Guards On Royal Head bestows And from his Servant David wards The plotting Traitors blows verse 11 Save Me my God! ô rescue Me From Forreign Enemies Whose Words Actions all agree In Treachery And Lies verse 12 So shall our Sons like Plants alive In Water'd Gardens show And with a kindly vigour thrive And daily stronger grow Our Daughters like fair Marble Coines Smooth'd by some Currious hand On which the building sweetly joyns The Roofs securely stand verse 13 All kind of Grain shall largely flow And run our Garners o're Till none by Numbers force can know Our never ending store Our Flocks their Young by thousands near Our very Gates shall lay Ten thousands in the rolling Year About out Pastures play verse 14 Our Cattel to their Work be strong We no Invasions fear No Captives know no Cries among Our peaceful Dwellings hear verse 15 Happy the Tribes must needs become On whom such Favour flows But ô more happy those on whom Their God himself bestows PSAL. cxlv verse 1 THy Name my God my King I 'll raise Above the lofty Skyes verse 2 Each Day thy Holy Name I 'll praise And Psalms of thanks devise verse 3 Great is our Lord his Glory 's great No Bounds his Greatness knows verse 4 And Race to race his Acts repeat His wondrous Works disclose verse 5 I 'll all my serious Thoughts address To search thy wondrous ways verse 6 The World thy Terrors shall confess While I thy Greatness praise verse 7 Thy Righteous Truth the World adores To mind thy Goodness brings And all thy Loves unfailing Stores In grateful Anthems Sings verse 8 Our Lord 's Compassionate and kind To vengeance only slow verse 9 His Goodness all his Creatures find O're all his Mercies flow verse 10 Thee all thy Works ô God shall Praise And celebrate thy Name Thy Saints as gladly all their Days Thy glorious Might proclaim Part 2. verse 11 Thy Might thy Kingdom 's glorious State Thy Servants Talk shall show verse 12 Till all thy valiant Acts relate Thy awful Glories know verse 13 Beyond Times bounds thy Kingdom stands Thy Government endures verse 14 Thy Help supports the weak thy Hand Their timely Ease procures verse 15 To Thee all raise their longing Eyes From Thee they beg their Food verse 16 Thy Bounteous Hand their Wants supplies And satisfies with Good verse 17 How Just blest God how gentle all Thy Ways and Works appear verse 11 Kind to those Souls which on Thee call To those who seek Thee near verse 19 Thou grantst the pious Suppliants Prayers Thou seest thy Servants Tears Thy Hand relieves their Various Cares And Ends their Doubts and Fears verse 20 But all the wicked World shall find Thy Judgments dreadful weight To thy revenging Wrath resign'd And unrelenting Hate verse 21 Thy Name blest God my Songs shall raise Above the lofty Skyes And all to Thee shall pay their Praise Till Times last Moment dyes PSAL. cxlvj. verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord with praise my Soul Thy Maker's Glories raise verse 2 While Breath and Life are in me whole I 'll sing thy lofty Praise verse 3 On Kings on Men of mortal Birth For safety ne'r rely verse 4 Whose Breath goes out who turn to Earth And all whose Counsels dy verse 5 But happy 's He whose Hopes whose Aid On God his Lord depends verse 6 Who Seas Earth Heaven and all things made Whose Promise never ends verse 7 He for the Poor his Judgment shows When prest by Violence Does Prisoners free and Food to those Of Hungry Souls dispence verse 8 God to the Blind gives Sense and Eyes And with his healing Art Sets up the sinking Soul supplies With Love the faithful Heart verse 9 The Widows Orphans Stranger 's cause The Lord himself maintains But o're the Stubborn Sinner draws Destructions fatal Chains verse 10 Thy King thy Lord ô Sion reigns His Actions all record His Throne from Age to Age remains Praise ye ô Praise the Lord PSAL. cxlvij. verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord its good to Sing Our Mighty Maker's praise It s pleasant and a comely thing His Glorious Acts to blaze verse 2 The Lord poor Salem's Walls repairs Her wretched Dust removes And home her wandring Outcasts bears Fenced with his tenderest Loves verse 3 The Lord finds out with pittying Art What Man from Man conceals And gently binds the bleeding Heart Its wounds as gently Heals verse 4 He names the Stars which fill the Skies And all their Number
THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN English Metre Translated from the ORIGINAL And Suited to all the TUNES now Sung in CHURCHES With the Additions of several NEW By LUKE MILBOURNE A Presbyter of the Church of England 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Adag Arab. Thus by the Streams the Spring is clearly shown And the Translation makes the Author known Lord Falkland None can condemn the Wish or Labour spent Good Matter in good Words to represent Bishop King to Mr. Sandys London Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun R. Clavill at the Peacock and B. Tooke at the Middle Temple Gate all in Fleet street J. Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultry and J. Tayler at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard 1698. TO His Highness THE DUKE OF GLOCESTER May it please Your Highness THis little Book wants a Protector And where could it find a Better than in Our other Hope Your Highness has here the greatest King and the best of Poets to excite Your Courage and enliven Your Devotion You have the Wit and Spirit of a Court without the Follies of the present Age Fineness of Thought without Loosness of Fancy Rapture without Extravagance and Piety without the Extreams of Superstition or Idolatry These Hymns contain nothing but what may adorn the Innocence of Youth and the Vigour of a Manly Age. The Masters of Musick may try their Skill here and sing God's Praises in as charming Notes as common and despicable Amours and advance the Love of their Redeemer above all the Atchievments of a fancied Hero From Your Highness's Hand this Work may be acceptable to His most Excellent Majesty and find Admission into the Closet of Your Royal Mother If read by Your Self it will be a Divine Monitor in Your Diversions a Companion in Your Privacy a Support under Uneasiness and a Security to Your Religion Those Holy Truths convey'd through the Channels smooth and easie Verse will with God's Blessing make You wiser than Your Enemies more knowing than any Earthly Teachers and more apprehensive than those of Elder Years May the God of Heaven bless Your Highness's Pregnant Youth with advancing Vertues and unfading Years May He crown You with Love and Honour here and with Love and Happiness hereafter Which is the most earnest Prayer of Your Highness's Most Humble and Most Obedient Servant Luke Milbourne To the Most Reverend Fathers in God the Archbishops the Right Reverend the Bishops and the Reverend Clergy of Great Britain and Ireland especially such as now do or hereafter may represent that whole Body in Convocation The Preface of Luke Milbourne Presbyter and Author of this Translation of the Psalms of David Most Reverend Right Reverend and Reverend Fathers and Brethren THat Psalmody was amongst the Jews a considerable Part of Divine Worship that Book of which this calls it self a Translation is a sufficient Evidence That it was used among Christians of old is unquestionable And perhaps it is no Disparagement either to the Jewish or the Christian Church that a great part of the old Heathen Worship consisted in Singing Hymns and Praises to their Gods There is somewhat so truly Divine and Charming in Well-set Notes and Vocal and Instrumental Harmony they are so apt to chear and revive languid and drooping Spirits so likely to make strong Impressions on the Memory and so extreamly affecting to the devout Soul that as the Agreeableness of their Numbers made Poets of old the sittest Treasures of Divine Knowledge so the Softness and Sweetness of their Notes may make the Masters of Sacred Musick among our selves were but their Lives as Heavenly as their Art the fittest Companions for happy Souls and Blissful Angels With respect to whom our excellent Waller says All that we know of those above Is that they sing and that they love What Thoughts our first Reformers in this Nation had of this part of Divine Worship is not easie to conjecture But whether they judged Singing of Psalms by the whole Congregation no necessary part of a Publick Liturgy or supposed that the Reading Psalms chaunted in Recitative or sung as at present in Cathedrals which seems favour'd by that Title they carry in our Common-Prayer-Book The Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as they are to be Said or Sung in Churches was enough to answer that part of Worship 't is certain they took no Care for any Metrical Translation of those sacred Hymns for publick Use And though some pious and learned Men had taken pains to put them into Verse the setled Liturgy took no notice of the Matter Nor could I ever find any Authentick Allowance for singing them in publick However the Practice of Singing prvail'd here every Day in Imitation the Reformed abroad and certainly tened very much towards the advancing the Reformation it self but after all was only connived at or tolerated And after the Restauration of our Religion and our Government neve◠Authorised or so much as mentioned a◠a Part of our Publick Service And the present and constant Practice of our Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches and our Colleges not to mention the Chape◠Royal and other Places where Choir◠are fixed intimates that such Psalms were never design'd to be setled by Authority Prose-Anthems being there generally sung taken out of the Reading Psalms some short Parts of other Scriptural Hymns some of private Composure and by chance sometimes a Verse or two out of Sternhold and Hopkins as particularly out of the 68th Psalm Let God arise c. Set I think by Mr. Laws Now the Cathedrals being patterns to our Parochial Assemblies at least in the main parts of solemn Worship they having no Example of such a Nature from them could pretend to no Right of Singing Psalms in Verse by the entire Congregation Hence though the great Sir Philip Sidney translated the whole Book of Psalms into Rhyme and the pious Bishop Hall and the renouned Lord Bacon and it may be some others turn'd several particular Psalms into Verse more correct doubtless than the former yet there never was any Motion towards introducing them into Churches And since our Convocations to whom that Work properly belongs never took any such Cognizance of these or of the Ancient Version as to recommend them with the Liturgy to the Parliament our Common Psalmody remains a Matter of Liberty And it never yet was made an Article of Enquiry at any Episcopal Visitation Whether any Psalms were sung or what Versions of them were used in Parochial Churches On this Account it was that whereas no Man better understood his own Supremacy in Ecclesiastical Affairs than Charles the First of blessed Memory yet though he designed the utmost Honour to the Memory of his Father when the new Translation of King James the First was made publick he only allow'd and recommended it to common Use which as Experience shew'd was not enough to break in upon Inveterate Custom or to exclude that which had for so many Years gotten Possession of our Bibles and Common-Prayer-Books
72. 2 d Metre LOrd let the king thy Judgments find Enrich the Prince's Royal Mind For Crowns and Governments design'd Then shall He sentence wisely give And safe in his Pre╌ro╌ga╌tive Shall all the poor af╌flict╌ed live Psalm 76. 1 st Metre GOD 's Name in Judah's known It 's great in Is╌ra╌el His House in Salem's shown His Smiles on Sion dwell For there his Stroke Swords Bows and Shields For Martial Fields and Arrows broke Psalm 81. 1st Metre To God our Strength your Voices raise Aloud the God of Ja╌cob praise A Psalm toth ' mer╌ry Timbrel suit The pleasant Harp or charming Lute Psalm 95. 2d Metre COme O come and let us sing To our Lord and to our King Let us make a joyful Noise To that God whose Love employs Psalm 98. 2d Metre O sing to God the Lord His wond'rous Works record Sing sing an Anthem new Return his Praises due Whose Hand whose ho╌ly Arm Dissolv'd Hell's fa╌tal Charm Psalm 132. REmember Da╌vid's Troubles Lord How in Af╌fli╌ction He With faithful Vows engag'd his Word O Ja╌cob's God to Thee High tho' my lof╌ty Pa╌lace rise With Ce╌dars no╌bly ceil'd And Beds with Golden Ca╌no╌pyes Would downy Slumbers yield ERRATA PAge 7. line 20. for Too read As. p. 12. 1. 6. f. the 〈◊〉 thy p. 35. 1. 4. f. gain r. claim p. 46. 1. 23. f. These r. Whose p. 51. 1. r. after Truth and Mercy dele s. p. 64. 1. 2. r. the voice P. 89 1. 1. r. out-shine 1. 17. f. the r. thy P. 90. 1. 31. f. the r. thy p. 103. 1. 21. r. thou 'dst p. 104 1. 27. r. sacrifice p. 108. 1. 18. f. the r. thy p. 142. 1. 13 f. thy r. the. p. 183. 1. 28. f. the r. thy p. 185. 1. 22. 〈◊〉 sweet 1. ult f. on r. in p. 209. 1. 5. r. skies p. 218. 1. 23 r. bring p. 222. 1. 20. f. the r. thy p. 231. 1. ult r. Wrath d. p. 232. 1. 23. r. betray'd p. 234. 1. 12. f. the' 〈◊〉 tho' P. 238. r. Part 5 th Metre 5th P. 240. 1. 1. r. quickly p. 265. 1. 4. r. And me with p. 266. 1. 7. r. Thy Law 's th◠Truth p. 267. 1. 11. d. p. 292. 1. 7. r. cheer p. 295. 1. 20. d. the. p. 296. 1. 29. r. Thoughts p. 297. 1. 17. f. my r. thy P. 298. 1. 1. f. them r. them p. 309. 1. 6. r. Seed DAVID's PSALMS PARAPHRAS'D IN ENGLISH METRE Agreeably to the TUNES commonly Sung in CHURCHES c. Psal 1. as the 100th or Mr. Sandys's 3d. verse 1 A Thousand Blessings crown his Head Whose Heart all impious Counsel flies And hates those Paths where Sinners tread Who God and all that 's good despise verse 2 But in his great Creator's Laws He spends his happy Days and Nights And thence by Meditation draws Both what instructs and what delights verse 3 All his Designs are just and bless'd His Hopes and ev'ry Action thrives And when his mould'ring Clay 's at rest His fragrant Memory survives So fruitful Trees near gentle Streams Their Burthens to Perfection bring Unhurt by Summer's scorching Beams And flourish with a constant Spring verse 4 But the lost Sinner toils in vain With faithless Joys to please his Mind His Roots his Fruits his cursed Gain All fly like Chaff before the Wind. verse 5-6 Let the last dreadful Trumpet sound The Just his Head undaunted rears While Woes the sinful Soul confound With Terrours rack'd and torn with Fears His Own their mighty Master knows And loves and keeps and wisely guides But Man who sins through various Woes To Hell's dark Pains unminded slides Another Metre Psal 1. verse 1 HAppy thrice happy 's he whose Feet Ne'er took that cursed Way Where Atheists and Blasphemers meet And God and Truth betray Who ne'er stood by to countenance What bold Transgressors dare Nor that he might in Guilt advance Assum'd the Scorner's Chair verse 2 He spends his happy Days and Nights To search his Maker's Laws And thence Instructions and Delights By Meditation draws verse 3 Calmly he looks his Actions o'er Their Justice calmly tries And then on Mercy 's boundless Store For good Success relies So Trees near gentle Rivers plac'd Their Fruits in Season bear With Leaves unfading always grac'd And flourish all the Year verse 4 But off like Chaff God's angry Wind The Godless Croud shall bear verse 5 No Place shall they in Judgment find Nor with the Just appear verse 6 For God with Favour kindly knows The Just and all their Ways But Ruin where the Sinner goes And sure Destrucion sways PSAL. ij verse 1 GOD's wise Decrees are fix'd and strong As his Eternal Throne Why then should Heathen Fools so long His sacred Power disown Vain are their Hopes vain ev'ry Thought And all their Words are vain For what God's mighty Hands have wrought God's mighty Hands maintain verse 2 Weak Kings with flatt'ring Slaves combine And fret with groundless Rage Against their God their Counsels join Against his Christ engage verse 3 Come let us break their Bonds they say Throw off their slavish Yoke Why should we unknown Lords obey Or unknown Pow'rs invoke verse 4 But God who crown'd with Bliss resides Above the lofty Skies Laughs at their Madness and their Pride And scorns their Policies verse 5 From thundring Clouds his dreadful Voice Distracts their trembling Souls And in his Wrath their Plots destroys And thus their Rage controls verse 6 Rave on unhappy Fools confound Your envious Thoughts in vain My King sits high on Sion crown'd And I 'll his Crown maintain Part 2. verse 7 The Son with Love all Heavenly mild His Awful Silence breaks And thus to Pity reconcil'd With gentle Language speaks Hear me ah stupid World declare Th' unchangeable Decree Thus my Eternal Father sware Before Time's Birth to Me. Thou art my Son begot by Me On this Eternal Day verse 8 Ask it and I 'll invest in Thee The whole Creation's Sway. verse 9 To Thee the World when made shall bow Thee all its Host adore All Nations shall thy Rights allow Thy Goodness all implore Thy Rod the Rebel Tribes shall feel Thy Sceptre forc'd obey Crush'd by thy Hand as harden'd Steel Would dash the mould'ring Clay verse 10 Be wise ye Heav'n-born Kings be wise All who on Earth command Adore your Lord with humble Eyes With Awe before Him stand verse 11 Joys but with Fears alloy'd express And early Homage pay Lest in Rebellion's wild Excess You lose the perfect Way verse 12 Bow bow your Necks for if his Wrath In angry Tempests rise Happy ô happy 's he whose Faith On Him secur'd relies PSAL. iij. verse 1 HOW are my Foes dear Lord increase'd What Crouds against me rise verse 2 And to disturb my mournful Breast A thousand Ways devise God is his only Help they cry On God his Hopes depend Yet see that God can Help deny And leave his sinking Friend verse 3 Yet Thou Lord art my Shield my
thy saving Health rejoice verse 2 Since he bless'd Lord his Wishes had And thou hast heard his humble Voice verse 3 Thy Goodness all his Hopes prevents And crowns his Head with envy'd Gold verse 4 He beg'd for Life thy Love consents He long may live and ne'er be old verse 5 Thy great Salvation set him high With all Majestick Glory crown'd verse 6 On him Eternal Blessings lie Thy Heav'nly Joys his Heart surround verse 7 The King on God above relies And in his Mercy firmly stands verse 8 No Foe beyond his Anger flies Nor scapes his long revenging Hands verse 9 Lord when thy dreadful Fury burns Its Flame their Stock at once consumes verse 10 And all their Race on Earth o'erturns And all their wretched Pride intombs verse 11 Against thee they conspir'd and fram'd Such Plots as no Effect could take verse 12 O let them turn their Backs asham'd Thine Arrows sharp against them make verse 13 Exalt thy Might thy Glory Lord Arise exalt thy lofty Name While we with Songs thy Might record And all thy wondrous Acts proclaim PSAL. xxij verse 1 WHY ô my God my God ô why Hast thou Forsaken me How long so distant from my Cry Shall thy Salvation be verse 2 To thee my God I cry by Day To thee by Night I cry With Tears with restless Tears I pray Yet unregarded die verse 3 Yet Thou art holy Lord and pure With faithful Praise ador'd verse 4 Our Father's Hopes in Thee were sure Thy Heâ—p their Souls restor'd verse 5 On Thee they call'd and hop'd in Thee Yet no Disgrace receiv'd Thy Hand procur'd their Liberty And all their Wants reliev'd verse 6 But I a wretched Worm the Name Of Man in vain have born By Men expos'd to common Shame And all the Vulgar's Scorn verse 7 Their Heads their Lips when I appear With Scoffs disdainful move verse 8 Let 's see they cry if God can hear If God his Cause approve God was his Hope in God his Trust On God the Wretch rey'd God if He 'll have him strongly must Espouse his Darling's Side verse 9 But from my Mother's Breasts and Womb Thou wast my God my Guide verse 10 Thy careful Hand my youthful Bloom My Infant Cries supply'd verse 11 So on thy Grace I still depend O never cast me by For daily Woes my Life attend And no Assistant's nigh Part 2. verse 12 Against me Sinners fierce engage And impious Arms prevail verse 13 And me with Lions rampant Rage And open Mouths assail verse 14 My Life runs off like Winter-Streams My Bones disjointed start As Wax before the Sun 's hot Beams So melts my careful Heart verse 15 My Strength quite dries away my Tongue Cleaves to my parching Jaws And I shall soon to Earth belong By Death's determin'd Laws verse 16 For angry Dogs around me meet And all the Godless Crew They pierce my bleeding Hands and Feet And Wounds on Wounds renew verse 17 Each Passenger may tell my Bones While here I rack'd appear And gaze in Scorn while deathful Groans My wasted Vitals tear verse 18 My Robes my cruel Murd'rers seize And carefully divide And for their Shares their doubtful Pleas Impartial Lots decide verse 19 But leave me not my Strength my Lord O fly to resoue me verse 20 My helpless Soul ô from the Sword And bloody Dogs set free verse 21 From Lions Mouths and Brutish Might O save and hear my Prayer verse 22 So I 'l in all thy Church's Sight Thy Name thy Praise declare Part 3. verse 23 O ye who fear the Lord with Praise His happy Smiles implore Ye faithful Seed his Glories raise His sacred Name adore verse 24 He ne'er despis'd nor cast aside The Poor's afflicted Case Nor hid his Face but when I cry'd Bestow'd his wonted Grace verse 25 To thee my God I 'll lofty Praise In Vast Assemblies sing My humblest Vows on holy Days With just Devotion bring verse 26 The Poor shall eat to Fulness there Thy Saints thy Praises found Their joyful Hearts with Heav'nly Cheer And Life Eternal crown'd verse 27 Earth's farthest Bounds to Thee shall bow The World thy Grace proclaim All Nations Thee their God shall know And bear thy sacred Name verse 28 For God above the Nations reigns And o'er the World presides His Word their quiet State maintains And Truth to all divides verse 29 The Rich shall all his Rights allow And just Obedience pay The Poor to him shall gladly bow And his Commands obey Nay those whose drooping Souls draw near The dark devouring Grave Shall at his Name reviv'd appear And his Protection crave verse 30 Their Seed their gracious God shall serve And in his Family Their happy States and Names preserve And all his Goodness see verse 31 They shall his Righteousness to all Succeeding Ages show That those to come on God nay call And all his Wonders know Another Metre As the 124th WHY ô my God ô why my God dost Thou Desert a Soul oppress'd with mighty Woe Thou whose uhbounded Mercies largely flow And ready Help and kind Supports allow To others who beneath their Suff'rings bow verse 2 Crush'd by thy weighty Wrath my dreadful Cries My flowing Tears consume the chearful Light My restless Groans disturb the silent Night Yet still my absent God his Smiles denies For Tears or Groans has neither Ears nor Eyes verse 3 What! Can thy Wrath against a Godless Race Thy Nature change or to thy Servants make Thy Promise fail Can God himself forsake O no! He 's holy still His wondrous Grace The faithful World with Praise and Thanks embrace verse 4 On him our happy Fathers long believ'd Their Faith in him in him their Hopes were sure Their Considence in him from Shame secure verse 5 His ready Arm their pressing Wants reliev'd Their ancient Freedom and their State retriev'd verse 6 But I 'm beneath a Man's exalted Name A trampled Worm a Wretch forgot forlorn Expos'd to all th' insulting Vulgar's Scorn My heavy Woes their scossing Wits inflame And think I merit greater Pains and Shame verse 7 See how they toss their Heads the barb'rous Crew Shoot out their Tongues with pointed Flouts and Jeers Unkind returns for all my sanguine tears With cruel Joys the Rout my Life pursue And my unutterable Torments view verse 8 God was th' Impostors Patron once they cry God was his Strength his Friend his Father too Let 's see what that Almighty Friend can do Let 's see his God through the dividing Sky On rapid Wings to his Assistance fly verse 2 Yet from my Mother's Breasts and Virgin womb Wast thou my God and I was only thine My Birth Conception Nature all Divine verse 10 On Thee I trusted in my early Bloom Thy Image in my Infant-Soul had Room And can I doubt my God's immortal Love Can Seas or Earth again or can the Sky Dissolv'd in one unshap'd Confusion lie Can groundless Hate pursue the spotless Dove Or can unkind Oblivion reign above
verse 11 Lord be not absent long to thee alone My dropping Soul for sure Assistance flies On Thee for Help my drooping Soul relies My Griefs are nearer now and stronger grown My Foes unnumber'd my Assistants none verse 12 Not angry Bulls with more ungovern'd Rage Curl'd Bulls of lofty Basan's surly Breed verse 13 Not hungry Lions rouz'd with fiercer Speed Against the daring Hunters Spears engage Than against me this blind malicious Age. verse 14 With cruel Spite they vex and wildly tear My mangled Body and my wounded Mind No sinewy Strength my loos'ning Joints can find Woes swell my throbbing Heart and deadly Care And horrid Pangs approaching Death declare verse 15 What Pray'rs what Cries what melting Tears can I To cool Men's Rage or ease my Torments use My Tongue its Cries their Tears my Eyes refuse And that thou Lord may'st cast thy Thunders by I groan I sweat I bleed and faint and die verse 16 To grieve me more they pierce my Hands and Feet My Hands my bleeding Feet are rudely torn My dying Groans suppress'd by noisy Scorn So greedy Dogs about the Carcase meet And Passengers with surly Snarlings greet verse 17 Stretch'd on this Cross my Bones are all descry'd Their Eyes still dry the stupid Vulgar raise And hard as Rocks on all my Sorrows gaze verse 18 My Robes among themselves my Guards divide And with impartial Lots their Claims decide verse 19 But ô with Haste my God with Haste to me Fly on thy own Salvation's Balmy Wings From that alone my Strength and Safety springs To give me Life let thy Assistance be Swift as my own Obedience was to Thee verse 20 And though my Foes with Dog-like Fury rave My wretched Soul deserted Friendless mourn And all their Swords against my Bosom turn Be thou but mine their swords and teeth shall have A Check and all their Malice find a Grave verse 21 Though Men as Rampant Lions fierce would tear Mytrembling heart tho they 'd withforce control With rabid Force distract my peaceful Soul Be thou but mine I 'll live more free from Fear Than Mariners when Halcyon Calms appear verse 22 Then to my faithful Brethren I 'll declare Thy gracious Actions and thy glorious Name And in thy House thy wondrous Love proclaim verse 23 O ye who in th' Almighty's Favour share Now to his Court with grateful Songs repair Ye who of Israel's Privilege partake By Faith united to the chosen Seed To his bless'd Courts with grateful Songs proceed verse 24 He ne'er would yet his praying Saints forsake Nor to th' Oppress'd himself a Stranger make verse 25 Thy Name I 'll in the great Assemblies praise And there in publick pay my Vows to Thee There all thy Saints my Gratitude shall see My Sacrifice their fainting Hope shall raise And turn their Mourning to their Feasting-Day verse 26 Then those who seek their God their God shall see Their Hearts with no uncertain Tumours swell But in Eternal Joys and Pleasures dwell Where chang'd their happy Hymns of Praise shall be To Angels Tunes and Heav'nly Harmony verse 27 Thee shall the bles'd converted Nations know Earth's utmost Borders dearest Lord be thine To Thee the farthest Pagan Tribes incline To Thee shall all th' enlightned Nations flow And holy Rev'rence and Devotion show verse 28 For God's the King and o'er the Nations reigns verse 29 The Rich the Mighty to his Sceptre bow His Government the naked Poor allow Their God to them his Kindness still retains And gives then Life and then their Lives maintains verse 30 From them shall an immortal Race descend To God devoted and from God be nam'd For sacred Rites and holy Virtues fam'd verse 31 Who downward shall the gladsom Tiding send And his great Acts to future Heirs extend To God the Father and to God the Son And God the Holy Ghost Almighty Three One only God one Glorious Trinity As shall be is and was e'er Time begun Be lasting Glories paid and Homage done PSAL. xxiij As the 100th AMidst a Thousand Wants and Woes My Soul on God for Heâ—p relies My Griefs his pitying Wisdom knows My Wants his pitying Love supplies verse 2 He like a Shepheard gently leads My Soul thro' Truths delightful Ways My Foot sure by his Condust treads And ne're from Paths of Wisdom strays verse 3 As grassy Meads and wholesom Streams New Health on sickly Flocks bestow So in thy Favours quickning Beams I sweetly live and kindly grow verse 4 Thro' Death's dark shades I fearless move By Thee dear God secur'd from Harms Thy very Rod demonstrates Love Thy Staff supports my wearied Arms. verse 5 What tho' an envious World should frown On all my chief Delights from Thee Sweet Wine and Oil my Bowl shall crown And boundless Plenty compass me verse 6 In Thee my God I 'me always blest On Thee my Hopes my Joys depend Then in thy House I 'le fix my Rest My Life in lasting Praises spend Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 10th verse 1 THE Lord 's my Sheepherd I the Sheep Those Soul his Cares in safety keep Through flowery Meads He gently leads Me on where I securely sleep Or by His guidance go Where silent Waters flow verse 3 His Loves his constant Loves refin'd The Errors of my wand'ring Mind For this Name 's sake He brought me back When I from Virtue 's paths declin'd And to his righteous Ways Consines my fleeting Days verse 4 I now no Fears or Danger know Tho' thro' Death's gloomy shades I go Since there with me My God will be From Thee alone my Comforts flow Which to me ever Lord Thy Rod thy Staff afford verse 5 Thou wilt for Me before my Foes A Table nobly stor'd dispose Oils largely shed Around my Head And till the purple Juice o're-flows Thy endless Bounty will My Bowl divinely sill verse 6 Goodness and Mercy both shall be A Portion all my Life for me And then my Rest Supremely blest Within thy sacred House shall be Where to my God and King I 'le endless Praises sing PSAL. xxjv verse 1 THis Earth the World their Hosts and Store To God above belong verse 2 Who rais'd it on the Seas and o're The Waters built it strong verse 3 Yet fix'd in one selected place His own Immortarl Name But ô what Man can find such grace Dear Lord to reach the same What happy Man divinely blest Attend thy Altars there Or of a Seat secure possest Before thy Face appear verse 4 He whose pure Hands are free from Bloody From all Corruptions free Whose honest Heart sincerely good Abliors Hypocrisy Who ne're in Thoughtst or Actions yain His active Soul employ'd Nor falsly swore nor liv'd in pain To make his Promise void verse 5 To such a Man God's goodness will Unfading Blessings give Reward him well and let him still On his Salvation live verse 6 Such with unweary'd Dilligence Seek God's Immortal Name And Israelites by Faith commence And Israeâ—'s portion claim verse
7 Yee Doors yee Gates Eternal high Your glorious Arches raise Then shall the King of Majesty Come in with lofty praise verse 8 O who'es that great that glorious King It 's God the mighty Lord And wondrous Wars record verse 9 Yee Doors yes Gates Eternal high Your glorious Arches raise Then shall the king of Majesty Come in with lofty praise verse 10 O who 's that great that glorious King It 's God the mighty Lord Of Hosts whose Praise his Subjects sing Whose Honours all record Another Metre As Da Pacem Domine verse 1 THE Earth is God's her Fulness too Earth and all of Earth possess'd verse 2 For on the Seas he pois'd it true On the Floods secur'd its Rest verse 3 But who ô who Can Lord pursue Paths to reach thy sacrecd Hill Or see thy Face In that bless'd Place There unmov'd abiding still verse 4 He only he whose Hands are clean He who purifies his Heart Whose Soul is neither proud nor vain Nor can from his Oaths depart verse 5 All Blessings he From God shall see And his Saviour's Righteousness verse 6 Such such are they Who ev'ry Way After Jacob's Maker press verse 7 List up your Heads ye sacred Gates Doors Eternal open wide Then shall the King of glorious State Through your Ports triumphant ride verse 8 O who is He Whose Majestie Your Angelick Anthems sing The Lord of Might Supream in Fight He 's our Great our Glorious King verse 9 Lift up your Heads ye sacted Gates Doors Eternal open wide Then shall the King of glorious State Through your Ports triumphant ride verse 10 O who is He Whose Majestie Your Angelick Anthems sing The Lord whose Sway All Hosts obey He 's our Great our Glorious king PSAL. xxv verse 1 I Lord to thee my Heart dispose verse 2 My God I trust in thee O save me from insulting Foes And Shame and Infamy verse 3 Let wilful Sinners sink with Shame But keep thy Servants free verse 4 And let thy Faith my Heart inflame Reveal thy Paths to me verse 5 O let thy Truth direct my Ways To me Salvation give To me dear Lord who all my Days In scred Longings live verse 6 Thy never-ending Mercies Lord Thy Bowels Lord re-call verse 7 My youthful Crimes my Sins abhorr'd Forgive forget them all O for thy tender Mercy 's sake With Favour think on me verse 8 The blindest Sinners God will make His righteous Paths to see verse 9 He makes the Meek with Prudence move The Humble kindly draws verse 10 His Ways all Truths and Mercies prove To those who keep his Laws Part 2. verse 11 For thy Name sake a Sinner spare With weighty Guilt oppress'd verse 12 To him who fears thee Lord declare Thy Paths with Safety bles'd verse 13 His Hand on happy Ground shall build His Race the Land shall hold verse 13 T' his Soul with holy Secrets fill'd Will God his Grace uhfold verse 15 To Thee I look dear Lord my Feet From subtile Snares retrieve verse 16 My Sorrows Lord with Mercy meet With Love my Woes relieve verse 17 Increasing Woes distress my Soul O kindly rescue it verse 18 My Sorrows and my Pains controul And all my Sins remit verse 19 Help from my num'rous Foes I crave Who hate me wrongfullie verse 20 My Soul from all Confusion save Because I trust in Thee verse 21 Truth Justice I 'll as Guards esteem And on thy Favours wait verse 22 But Lord thy holy Church redeem From its afflicted State PSAL. xxvj verse 1 JUdge Lord assert my Cause for I Have trod the perfect Way trust in Thee no Dangers nigh Can make my Hopes decay Prove me my God examine well My Reins and search my Heart verse 3 My Eyes on all thy Mercies dwel From Truth I 'll ne'er depart verse 4 The Lyer's Seat my Thoughts abhor My Soul hates Hypocrites verse 5 Ne'er joins with wicked Councils nor In impious Ways delights verse 6 I 'll wash my Hands in Innocence And grateful Off'rings bring verse 7 Of Thee declare my humble Sense And all thy Wonders sing verse 8 Lord I have lov'd thy Temples while In them thy Glories dwell verse 9 O don't my Life to Sinners vile Nor bloody Murth'rers fell verse 10 Whose Hands to any Mischief move Who love large Bribes to see verse 11 So I 'll in all that 's good improve O save ô pity me verse 12 I 'll to the Paths of Righteousness My ready Steps consine And stand where thy great Name to bless Assembling Saints combine PSAL. XXVij verse 1 THE Lord 's my Light my Health Can Poor changing Mortals fear His Smiles my Life and Strength supply And can I saint appear verse 2 When wicked Men my spiteful Foes To eat me up design'd They trip'd and fell but never rose With Ma'ice deadly blind verse 3 What though huge Hosts beset me round My Heart no Fear can know Though War's Alarms about me found My Faith shall stronger grow verse 4 One Grant to keep his House Divine From God I long to hear To see his sacred Beauties shine And serve his Altars there verse 5 He me in dang'rous Times shall hide Within his secret Place A Rest a Rock for me provide verse 6 My Head with Honours grace Above my Foes which press me round While mighty Off'rings I Shall bring with Joys triumphant sound And praise my God most High Part 2. verse 7 Thy Ears Lord to my Cries afford And hear and pity me verse 8 To seek Thee thou command'st me Lord I 'll seek dear Lord to Thee verse 9 O never never hide thy Face In Anger Lord from me My Help of old ô let thy Grace My Guard my Safety be verse 10 Though off by cruel Parents thrown My God will own me still verse 11 To save me from my Foes make known To me thy righteous Will verse 12 O give me not dear Lord a Prey To barb'rous Enemies Who Snares for me by Falshood lay And hunt my Soul with Lyes verse 13 Lord of thy wond'rous Goodness sure My sainting Soul reviv'd Of thy refreshing Love secure While here on Earth I liv'd verse 14 Wait then on God with Courage bold And he 'll exalt thy State Thy Heart with Strength renew'd uphold On him ô humbly wait PSAL. xxviij verse 1 TO Thee my Rock my Lord I cry Thy Answer Lord I crave Left by thy Silence ruin'd I Too soon approach the Grave verse 2 Hear his Petitions when to Thee Thy lowly Servant prays When toward thy Seat of Mercy he His Hands shall humbly raise verse 3 O leave me not with impious Men With wicked Workers who Speak friendliest to their Neighbours when They plot their Overthrow verse 4 On their own wicked Heads at last Their black Designs return And let 'em all beneath the Blast Of self-sown Mischief mourn verse 5 Since they God's mighty Works despise And what his Hands have wrought Let Ruin all their Works surprize To swift Destruction
Lord with all That 's good or sweet are stor'd verse 11 Come then ye Children hear my Call And learn to fear the Lord Part 2. verse 12 Who 's he who loves long Life and fain Would see delightful Days verse 13 Thy Lips from all that 's ill refrain Thy Tongue from guileful Ways verse 14 Ill Works of ev'ry kind decline What 's good and vertuous do And Love and Peace with Flames Divine And constant Care pursue verse 15 God on the Just hath fix'd his Eyes His Ears their Pray'rs attend verse 16 His Frowns against the Wicked rise Their Lives from Earth to rend verse 17 To good Men's Pray'rs He Favour shows And sets them safe from Harms verse 18 But loves the broken Heart and those Whose Souls Repentance warms verse 19 A Thousand Ills the Good surround But God their Force dispels verse 20 And keeps their Bones and Entrails sound And all their Bruises heals verse 21 Ill Men their in-born Malice kills And those who hate the Just verse 22 While God his own with Goodness fills Who on his Mercy trust PSAL XXXV verse 1 LOrd plead my Cause my Battels fight With such as strive with me verse 2 Rise take the Shield defend my Right My mighty Guardian be verse 3 Put on thy dreadful Arms oppose My Persecutors Rage To me thy Saving Health disclose And for my Soul engage verse 4 Let such as hunt my Soul with Shame Their own Confusion see verse 5 With Scorn their Dastard Flight proclaim Who Mischief brew for me verse 6 Like flying Chaff let Angels Force Disporse their angry Crew Their slipp'ry Ways be dark their Course Angelick Arms pursue verse 7 For unprovok'd their Pits they made For me they laid their Snare O let such Woes their Hearts invade As unsuspected are verse 8 O let the Nets for mine design'd Their own Destruction prove While flowing Joys my raptur'd Mind With kind Salvation move Part 2. verse 9 O let my Bones his Praise dec'are Who gives the Poor distress'd verse 10 From savage Foes and deadly Care And bloody Tyrants Rest verse 11 False Witnesses against me rise And unknown Crimes object verse 12 With Ill for Good my Death devise And on my Soul reflect verse 13 Yet when on sickly Beds they groan'd I fasted mourn'd and pray'd Their Pains with kind Concernment own'd To Heart their Sorrows lay'd verse 14 If Mother Brother or my Friend My dearer Self had dy'd No farther could my Griefs extend My Love no more be try'd verse 15 But when I fail'd the Croud my Woes With barb'rous Joy survey'd The Rabble grew my sawcy Foes And us'd the flouting Trade verse 16 With Men of double Hearts combin'd The witty scornful Crew And at my Life with Hate resin'd And gnashing Fury flew verse 17 And canst thou this with Patience see O save my helpless Soul My Darling from their Jaws to free Their Lion-Force control verse 18 So where the great Assemblies are I 'll celebrate thy Name And where the valiant Bands repair Thy lofty Praise proclaim Part 3. verse 19 Let not my Foes rejoice uncheck'd My Causeless Haters smile verse 20 Who Wars with peaceful Men project Whose study'd Words beguile verse 21 They gap'd and cry'd Aha Aha! Our Eyes his Downfall see verse 22 Thou seest ô don 't in Silence stay O stay not long from me verse 23 Awake arise to judge my Cause My God my Lord descend verse 24 O clear me by thy righteous Laws And from Reproach desend verse 25 O lct not scornful Sinners say We have our Heart's Delight Nor let them proudly boast Aha! We have ' devour'd him quite verse 26 Let Shame and Blushes those pursue Who at my Harms rejoice And Horrour and Disgrace subdue The proud insulting Voice verse 27 But those who love my righteous Ways With chearful Spirits sing God loves his Servants Peace ô praise O praise our mighty King verse 28 So shall my Tongue with chearful Air Thy righteous Acts proclaim Thy Justice ev'ry Day declare And praise thy glorious Name PSAL. xxxvj verse 1 WHen th' horrid Acts of impious Fools My sober Censures try My Heart concludes by Reason's Rules Such Brutes a God deny verse 2 Their Consciences no Terrours wound But Sin 's their who'e De'ight Till all their dark Intendments found A gen'ral Hate excite verse 3 Their Taks deceitful all in vain And off their Vertue 's thrown verse 4 Vile Thoughts their very Beds contain In viler Actions shown verse 5 Thy Mercy Lord in Heav'n commands Thy Truth surmounts the Skies verse 6 Thy Righteousness Mountains stands Thy Judgments dark and wise Like some unfathomable Deeps Unbounded Wealth inclose And Man and Beast thy Favour keeps And Health on all bestows verse 7 What Worth thy Mercies Lord contain Beneath thy sacred Wings How safe the Sons of Men remain At Lov 's immortal Springs verse 8 They 're with o'erflowing Mercies fill'd And drink delightful Streams From those Eternal Springs distill'd And feel thy gracious Beams verse 9 From thee Life's lasting Fountains slow Thy Light affords us Light verse 10 O Goodness then and Justice show To those whose Hearts are right verse 11 From wicked Pride Lord set me free My tott'ring State restore verse 12 Till such as work Iniquity Sink fall and rise no more PSAL. xxxvij verse 1 FRet not nor for great wicked Men Thy self of Peace deprive Nor swell with secret Envy when The wicked Workers thrive verse 2 See how green Grass and Herbage dies And painted Flow'rs decay More swift the Sinner's Glory flies And sooner fades than they verse 3 Do good and trust in God and live And Faith and Truth defend verse 4 Delight in him he 'll largely give And all thy Pray'rs attend 5 Walk upright on his Grace recline For his Performance stay verse 6 He 'll make thy righteous Counsels shine Bright as the Cloudless Day verse 7 On God with faithful Silence wait But ne'er for Sinners grieve Nor wicked Men in all their State Secure or fix'd believe verse 8 But Wrath and wrathful Hate refrain Lest Sin on thee prevail verse 9 For Godly Men the World shall gain But Sinners sink and fail verse 10 Wait but a while the Sinner's Race Destroy'd no more shall be Yea thou shalt search to find his Place And not his Dwelling see verse 11 The lowly Hearts shall seize the Earth For their Inheritance There live and with delightful Mirth Abundant Peace advance verse 12 Sinners with gnashing Teeth and Rage Against the Just combine verse 13 God's scornful Smiles their Falls presage He sees their Days decline verse 14 Against the Poor and Righteous fierce Their Bows and Swords they try verse 15 But their own Hearts their Swords shall pierce Their Bows in Splinters fly Part 2. verse 16 On pious Men their humbler State More true Content bestows Than Sinners find when all their State With Pride and Plenty flows verse 17 For God's Almighty Arm sustains And strongly guards his own
While broke the Sinner's Force remains His cruel Hopes o'erthrown verse 18 God knows the good Man's Ways and makes His Heritage endure verse 19 In spiteful Days from Scandal takes In Famine feeds them sure verse 20 His sinful Foes fly like the Fat Of Lambs in Fumes away verse 21 Those faithless Brutes who borrow that They ne'er design to pay verse 22 The just compassionately give And all their Race is bless'd And when the dinners fall they live Of all the World posses'd verse 23 God's mighty Hand their Steps directs Their Ways their Maker please verse 24 They stumble but their God protects And holds them up with Ease verse 25 Young have I been and now am old But never yet could see The righteous Man to Ruin sold Or his Posterity I ne'er God's holy Saints have known Deserted quite complain Nor off their wretched Chi dren thrown Nor beg their Eread in vain Part 3. verse 26 Good Men are pitiful and kind And all their Seed are bless'd verse 27 Cease then from Sin and bend thy Mind To Good and live at Rest verse 28 The Just the Merciful the Free God's sacred Arms embrace And such in Safety keep but he Cuts off the Sinner's Race verse 29 This Earth to pious Men belongs Where many Years they live verse 30 Their Lips in Wisdom speak their Tongues A righteous Sentence give verse 31 God's Statutes in their Hearts you 'll find Their Steps are firm and sure verse 32 Though wicked Men their Fall design'd Or would their Deaths procure verse 33 Yet God in cruel Hands will ne'er His faithful Friends forsake Nor Goodness like a Judge severe His Anger 's Object make verse 34 Wait then on God observe his Ways And so exa'ted high On Earth thou 't see delightful Days And impious Wretches die verse 35 I've seen a Sinner Great and spread His Boughs like Laurels round verse 36 Yet soon he vanish'd quickly fled Nor could his Place be found verse 37 Observe the good the perfect Man How down in Peace he lies verse 38 While the vile Wretch beneath the Ban Of weighty Curses dies verse 39 God who Salvation to the Just And Might in Danger sends verse 40 From Sinners such as in him trust Sets free assists defends PSAL. xxxviij verse 1 In Fury Lord rebuke me not verse 2 Thy Arrows through my Sides are short On me thy Terrour lies verse 3 Thy Anger makes my Flesh decay Sins make my Bones to waste verse 4 On me a damning Weight they lay And o'er my Head are pass'd verse 5 My Sins make e'ery gaping Wound With foul-Corruption slow verse 6 My Vigour-cutting Pains confound And I all mourning go verse 7 My Loins with horrid Pains are torn My Carcase mortify'd verse 8 My throbbing Heart with Sighs o'er-born My roaring Cries divide verse 9 Yet Lord to Thee are all my Pray'rs To Thee my Sighs are known verse 10 My Strength decays my Heart dcspairs My Sight and Eyes are gone verse 11 My Friends my dear Companions once My Wounds at distance view My Kindred all my Doom pronounce And cruel Strangeness shew Part 2. verse 12 My Foes who seek my Hurt for me Their subtile Snare have set Their Tongues are all to Mischief free Their Studies all Deceit verse 13 But I was deaf and dumb nor could Their cruel Words deny 15 But hop'd my God my Saviour would On my Behalf reply verse 16 I said My God would soon rebuke My Foes insulting Pride Who Pleasure in my Stumbling took And all my Hopes defy'd verse 17 Too near indeed my Fall appear'd My Woes before my Face verse 18 I knew my Trespasses and fear'd My wretched guilty case But now my Sins and guilty Fears I 'll in thy Presence lay Till Sorrows and repenting Tears Shall wash my Guilt away verse 19 My causeless Foes in Might increase And in their Multitude verse 20 Ungrateful who disturb'd my Peace Because I Good pursu'd verse 21 Then leave me not my God my Lord Nor stay too long from me verse 22 But haste thy ready Aids afford And my Salvation be PSAL. xxxix verse 1 I Said When wicked Men were by I 'd watch my sinful Ways For oft my Words at random fly My Tongue unguarded strays verse 2 So I a while in Silence stood And curb'd my hasty Tongue Nay I forbore to ta k of Good Till Sorrow grew too strong verse 3 My Heart within my Bosom glow'd Sad Thoughts inslam'd my Breast At last my Words in Torrents flow'd And thus my Thoughts express'd verse 4 My final Doom Lord let me know How far my Days extend That I may all my Time bestow To weigh my latest End verse 5 Loe Thou hast made my Days a Span A Point compar'd with Thee And all the wretched Race of Man Is empty Vanity verse 6 Man as a Shadow vainly moves And spends himself in vain In vain that useless Wealth improves Which unknown Heirs may gain Part 2. verse 7 On whom then Lord should I rely My Hopes are all in Thee verse 8 Save me from all my Sins that I No Scorn to Fools may be verse 9 The Strokes on me thy Hands had laid I humbly silent bear verse 10 O cure the Wounds thy Strokes have made And ease my wasting Fear verse 11 When us for Sin thy Hands correct Our broken Beauties lie Like Cloth which fretting Moths affect And prove we 're Vanity verse 12 O view my Tears attend my Cry My Supplications hear For like a Stranger here am I As all my Fathers were verse 13 O spare a while my Suff'rings ease My failing Faith restore E'er Death my fainting Spirits seize And I appear no more To Father Holy Ghost and Son One sacred Trinity Who fram'd this Universe alone Eternal Glories be PSAL. xl verse 1 WIth longing Expectation I For God's Compassion stay'd Who bow'd his Ear and heard my Cry When I submissly pray'd verse 2 He rais'd me from the dismal Pit And from the miry Clay And on a Rock secur'd my Feet And then prepar'd my Way verse 3 Then to my Mouth new Songs her gave New Songs of sacred Praise This all shall see and fear and have Just Grounds their Faith to raise verse 4 His Head a Thousand Blessings crown Whose Trust on God relies Who scorns the Sinner's haughty Frown And Men inur'd to Lyes verse 5 Would I my Lord my God pretend Thy wondrous Acts to show Thy Thoughts for us thy Acts transcend Whate'er I think or know verse 6 When Off'rings fail'd thy Wisdom fram'd A Body fit for me By Thee were no Burnt-Off'rings claim'd To purge Iniquity verse 7 Then said I Loe I come Thy Book My Name and Work describes verse 8 To do thy Will my God I took My Flesh from Jacob's Tribes Thy Laws which I in Heart embrace Flow from my grateful Tongue verse 9 Thou know'st Lord how I preach thy Grace To all the list'ning Throng Part 2. verse 10 My Tongue thy Righteousness reveals
love thy Beauties more And thou his Deity adore And to his Heav'nly Will submit verse 12 Nor shall thy Beauties slighted lie Thy Service in Oblivion die But through the farthest Regions fam'd To thee shall Tyrian Dames resort And wealthy Princes make their Court To thee by thy Renown inflam'd verse 13 Fair are thy Eyes but fairer far Thy Soul a Thousand Beauties there Thy Diamonds and Rubies stain verse 14 When in Embroider'd Robes they bring Thy Majesty to meet thy King Attended with thy Virgin-Train verse 15 Bless'd by the ravish'd Croud they 'll move Bless'd by thy King 's exalted Love Thou 'lt in his Starry Palace reign verse 16 For thy old Stock a lovely Race Of Princely Youths thy Marriage grace And Royal Crowns and Empires gain verse 17 The Name great King I 'll Celebrate Thy Majesty and glorious State I 'll sing in never-dying Verse The World shall thy bright Throne adore The Suppliant World thy Grace implore Thy Spousals bless and praise rehearse PSAL. Xlvj. verse 1 GOD is our Hope our Strength our Aid When greatest Danger 's near verse 2 Whence for those dreadful Changes made On Earth we scorn to fear Though Mountains torn from ev'ry Shoar Into the Seas be hurl'd verse 3 And swelling Waves with threatning Roar Assault the trembling World verse 4 Yet near God's House and those fair Walls Which round his City go Refreshing Springs with gentler Falls And easie Windings flow verse 5 God in his House resides no Force No Strength his Walls can move God guards it Malice can't divorce It from his earliest Love verse 6 When he in dreadful Thunder spoke The frighted Nations heard The Kingdoms felt the fatal Stroke And Earth dissolv'd appear'd verse 7 With us the Lord of Hosts remains To us his Care extends With us the God of Jacob reigns And all our Coast defends verse 8 Come see the mighty Works which He Through all the World has wrought What wondrous Desolations He On ev'ry Land has brought verse 9 He makes the Noise of Battels cease And breaks the Spears and Bows And to the Flames to keep the Peace The ratling Chariot throws verse 10 Be still with humble Silence know I 'm God and only I To me the Nations round shall bow And raise my Glories high verse 11 With us the Lord of Hosts remains His Care to us extends With us the God of Jacob reigns And us from Ills defends PSAL. xlvij verse 1 WIth Hands and Hearts accod All People praise the Lord With Triumph's Voice in him rejoice His wondrous Name record verse 2 For He the Lord most High With dreadful Majesty A Monarch reigns and Earth restrains With his commanding Eye verse 3 He makes the People all Beneath our Empire fall The Nations meet to kiss our Feet And us their Masters call verse 4 But us He chose that we His Heritage might be His Favours grace the faithful Race Whose Wealth He loves to see verse 5 Our Lord 's gone up on high With Trumpets toward the Sky verse 6 Sing Praises sing to our great King With Songs and Praises vye verse 7 With Understanding raise Earth's mighty Monarch's Praise verse 8 Whose sacred Throne the Nations own Whose Will the VVorld obeys verse 9 To God his Servants now VVith neighb'ring Princes bow While He though high continually Defends our Earth below PSAL. xlviij verse 1 GReat is our Lord and greatly prais'd In Sion's sacred Hill On which immortal Buildings rais'd That glorious Mountain fill verse 2 Fair is its Sight the Pleasures vast It gives to distant Lands And on its Northern Quarters plac'd God's holy Temple stands verse 3 God in her Palaces is great A certain Refuge known verse 4 And angry Kings who fiercely met Are off as swiftly gone They saw admir'd and terrify'd From thence distracted flew Fear seiz'd 'em all and o'er their Pride Pangs as of Child-birth drew Though mighty Navies close combin'd For our Destruction meet He breaks them with his stormy VVind And scatters all the Fleet. Oft have we heard and oft have seen In thy bless'd Residence How Thou great God of Hosts hast been Thy City's strong Defence Secur'd by Thee it ne'er decays And in thy Temple we Thy Everlasting Mercies praise And sing dear Lord to Thee Great is thy Name thy Praises great Through all the VVorld resound Thy Name with Righteousness compleat Thy Hand with Justice crown'd verse 1 Let Sion's Mount rejoice and sing And Judah's Daughters dance Such Blessings Lord thy Judgments bring So much their Peace advance verse 2 VValk Sion round quite round her go Her Bulwark's Numbers find Her Battlements and Ramparts know Her stately Buildings mind Then let unborn Posterity Your wondrous Records have For God's our God for ever He Our Souls from Death shall save Another Metre As the 112th verse 1 OUR Lord is great and greatly prais'd From Salem's Walls and Sion's Hills verse 2 That sacred Mount which nobly rais'd Our happy Land with Glory fills That Temple guilds her Northern sides Where God the King of Kings resides verse 3 God in her Palaces is known A strong Defence and Refuge sure verse 4 See how th' assembling Kings are flown Nor could the glorious Sight endure verse 5 They saw and what they saw admir'd But off on Terrour's Wings retir'd verse 6 They felt such horrid Pangs and Throws As Women in their Child-birth feel By Land they met God's angry Blows verse 7 By Sea their shatter'd Navies reel By furious Eastern Tempests toss'd Till all their Strength and Pride are lost verse 8 Within God's holy City we Have seen what oft we'd heard of old The Lord of Hosts her Strength will be His Hand her lasting Walls uphold verse 9 Thy ancient Love and Kindness Lord We in thy holy House record Thy Name Earth's utmost Borders know As far great God thy Praises fly Thy Hands Eternal Justice show Let Sion's Mount then cheerfully Let Judah's Virgin-Daughters sing The Judgments of their glorious King verse 12 Walk Sion's Rounds her Towers describe Observe how strong her Bulwarks are The Palaces of Judah's Tribe Let those to come with theirs compare They 'll read God here and only He So good so sure a Guide could be PSAL. xlix verse 1 ALL People Nations all which o'er The World your Tribes extend verse 2 The High the Low the Rich the Poor My sacred Songs attend verse 3 My Mouth shall Wisdom speak my Heart Of Knowledge meditate verse 4 My Harp mysterious Truths impart And Things of ancient weight verse 5 Why should I fear in dangerous days By sinful Men distress'd verse 6 Who on their Lands and crafty Ways And mighty Treasures rest verse 7 Yet all their Wealth and all their Store Can't one lost Soul redeem Nor God to bate their sinful Score Their largest Gifts esteem verse 8-9 Nay though they live a Thousand Years The Grave 's expected Prey Such Price a Soul's Redemption bears As they can ne'er repay verse 10
die And in the Pit's Destruction fall But I 'll on God rely PSAL. lvj verse 1 TO me thy Mercy Lord extend For Men wouâ—d me devour Against me all their Forces bend And press me ev'ry Hour verse 2 Each Day my cruel greedy Foes Design'd to swallow me And Armies which my Soul oppose Would my Destruction see verse 3 When-e'er I fear I 'll trust in Thee verse 4 Thy faithful Word I 'll praise Nor will I fear what Hurt to me Poor mortal Man can raise verse 5 Each Day they wrest my Words to work My Fall their Thoughts are bent verse 6 They meet they trace my Steps they lurk Against my Life intent verse 7 But shall they always scape in Sin In Wrath destroy them all verse 8 Thou know'st my dang'rous Flight hast seen My Tears which daily fall O let them ever in thy Sight In Books recorded lie verse 9 But all my Foes shall turn to Flight When I to God shall cry I know 't for God's my Patron dear verse 10 Through Him his Truth I 'll shew verse 11 I 'll trust in God and nothing fear Which mortal Men can do verse 12 To Thee dear God my Vows are made To Thee my Praise I 'll pay verse 13 Who sav'd'st me from Death's gloomy Shade When I in Danger lay And still I hope through God my Feet Shall ever firmly stand My Steps thy saving Favours meet And I possess the Land PSAL. lvij verse 1 MErcy to me Lord Mercy show My Soul depends on Thee Thy Wings till off this Danger blow Shall my Protection be verse 2 To God I 'll cry to God most High Who all my Wishes sends verse 3 Who me from his superior Sky From barbarous Men defends verse 4 His Truth and Mercy God applies To save my drooping Soul Which now with raging Lions lies Who would devour it whole I ly with fiery Men whose Words Like Spears and Darts appear Whose piercing Tongues than sharpest Swords A greater sharpness bear verse 5 Lord raise thy self exalt thy Name Above the lofty Skies And o're this Earths enlightned Frame Lord lift thy glorious Eyes verse 6 My Soul with sorrow sunk dismaid At fatal Nets prepar'd But now my Foes in Pit-falls made For me themselves are snar'd verse 7 My Heart dear Lord 's prepar'd my Heart Is fix'd thy Praise to sing verse 8 Awake my Pride my charming Art To praise thy gracious King verse 9 Awake my Lute my Harp awake And I 'le prevent the Day To God's great Name new Anthems make And to his Glory play verse 10 His Name his wondrous Works will I Among the Nations praise verse 11 And in my Songs above the Sky His Truth and Mercy raise verse 12 Lord raise thy self exalt thy Name Above the lofty Skies And o're this Earth's enlightned Frame O lift thy glorious Eyes PASL. lviij Psalm Iviij As the 100 or as Mr. Sandys's 14. verse 1 WHen you in private Council sit Are all your Consultations just May others your Decisions trust Their Lives to your pure Hands submit verse 2 No wretched Men your tainted Hearts Iniquities alone pursue Earth groans so long opprest by you Your bloody Hands and faithless Arts. verse 3 I long the wicked Race have known All Lyers from the Breasts and Womb. Lyes in then Infant-Souls have room In Lyes their Elder years are grown verse 4 Poor harmless things compar'd with these Black poisonous Toads and Serpents are Nor can the deafest Asp compare With their hard-hearted Policies verse 5 Asps scorn the curious Charmer's Arts And all his Magic Cant defy These won't admit the Sufferer's cry No Tears can move their stubborn Hearts Part 2. verse 6 Lord break their Teeth their dreadful Jaws Who with a brutish Force enrag'd Against weak Innocence engag'd Confound the Poor and Righteous Cause verse 7 As sliding Waters sink and fail So let their Malice quickly dy And when they let their Arrows fly Let neither Bows nor Shafts prevail verse 8 Let them like Snails when melting waste Or like untimely Births decay verse 9 And to thy stormy Wrath give way As Thorns before a fiery blast verse 10 The Righteous then shall droop no more But God's all-righteous Vengeanee view And all the Paths of Joy pursue And wash their Feet in impious gore verse 11 Then all the World convinc'd shall say The Just are Well rewarded now A God at last we must allow A God the lower World to sway Or thus verse 1 WHen you in private Councils sit Are all your Counsels just May Men to you their lives commit Or your Decisions trust verse 2 No wretched Men your tainted Hearts Iniquity pursue Your bloody Hands and faithless Arts Make Earth her Groans renew verse 3 I long their impious Race have known How from the Womb they ly'd Their Infant Years to Falshood prone Their Elder Age supply'd verse 4 Poor harmless things compar'd with these Black poisonous Serpents are With their hard-hearted Policies Deaf Adders can't compare verse 5 Adders defy the Charmer's Arts And all his Cant defy And these with unrelenting Hearts Throw off the Sufferer's cry verse 6 Lord break their Teeth their dreadful Jaws With brutish force enrag'd Against the Poor's afflicted Cause And Innocence engag'd verse 7 As sliding Waters sink and fall So let their Malice dy Nor Jet their shiver'd Bows prevail Or broken Arrow fly verse 8 Let them like Snails when melting waste Or hasty Births decay verse 9 Or as Thorns to a fiery Blast To thy fierce Wrath give way verse 10 The Righteous then shall droop no more But God's just Vengeance view And wash their Feet in impious Gore And joyful ways pursue verse 11 Then all Mankind convinc'd shall see The Just are well repaid A God to Rule the World must be And his Commands obey'd Another Metre As the old 126. proper Tune verse 1 THE Place was dark And far remov'd from fearching Eyes No chearful Light Could break th'impenetrable gloom No starry Spark Could there the dark Cabal surprize But sullen Night At once possess'd the dismal room These sate Sam 's Council there their Plots they said Their Souls more black than Nights prevailing shade Vile Men could you There in a righteous Ballance weigh The Sufferer's Cause And neither Love nor Pride nor Hate Nor Malice shew Did all impartial Justice sway Your equal Laws No Bribes an unknown Right create Did you in that obscure retreat conclude God's piercing Eye your Thoughts and Actions view'd verse 2 Alas 't was vain To look for facred Justice where Triumphant Sin With all its curs'd Attendance reign'd Where Hopes of Gain Could barbarous Violence endear And all had been By secret Wickedness maintain'd Yet such you all great Counsellers have been The Slaves of Tyrants and the Tools of Sin verse 3 When born at first To entertain the World you ly'd And Fraud and Lyes Your Thoughts and Words and Actious fill'd With Poisons nurst Your Looks the Basilisk out-vy'd Your baleful Eyes
From ev'ry threat'ning Storm verse 8 And I his Praise in Songs will spread And daily Vows perform PSAL. lxij verse 1 BUT still on God my Saviour I With humble Silence wait verse 2 My Rock my Health who sets me high And then confirms my State verse 3 How long shall your base Plots assail My Life Your selves shall fall And like old tott'ring Fences fail Or like some batter'd Wall verse 4 They fain would thrust my Glories down And old in Lyes they grow Their Language Oily Blessings crown Their Hearts with Curies flow verse 5 But still on God my Saviour I With humblest Silence wait verse 6 My Rock my Health who sets me high And then secures my State verse 7 God 's my Salvation Glory All My Strength my Hope my Trust verse 8 Pour out your Hearts with Faith ô call On Him ye suff'ring Just Our God's a Guard who ne'er can fail verse 9 But Men are Vanity Nay that against 'em turns the Scale They 're all an empty Lye Those Men by Providence depress'd And those exalted high The Rich the Poor the Worst the Best Are all an empty Lye verse 10 O ne'er in Wrong nor Force confide Nor swe'ling Thoughts disclose Nor on your Treasures multiply'd Your care'ess Hearts repose verse 11 Once God hath spoke and twice have we His Declaration heard That Might belongs to God and He Will for his Might be fear'd verse 12 And Mercy Lord is only thine And thy impartial Hand Will as Men's various Works incline Their due Rewards command PSAL. lxiij us the rooth verse 1 BEfore the Morning-blushes rise To Thee dear God I lift my Eyes For thou alone my God shalt be To Thee my thirsty Soul aspires Thy Smiles my longing Flesh desires Where I no Springs of Comfort see verse 2 As oft within thy holy Place I met of old thy quick'ning Grace I 'd now thy Strength and Glory view verse 3 More swift than Life thy Mercies flow And I with chearful Lips would show Thy Works thy ancient Praise renew verse 4 Thy Works with Blessings I 'll proclaim Whi'e Life shall last and in thy Name My Hands and Heart devoutly raise verse 5 Sweet Marrow 's Juice the Taste invites But more in Thee my Soul delights And Thee my joyful Lips shall praise verse 6 In Bed I think on Thee dear Lord Thy Loves I through the Night record And on thy Goodness meditate verse 7 From Thee my Health and Safety springs And shadow'd by thy glorious Wings I 'll all thy Works with Joy relate verse 8 To Thee my steady Soul adheres Thy Hand my strong Support appears verse 9 But those who would my Life betray Shall sink in Death's Eternal Shade verse 10 Their Lives to cruel Swords be made And Wolves and savage Beasts a Prey verse 11 Then in his God the King shall be Exalted high the World shall see His flowing Joys and all who swear To him shall in their Oaths be bless'd And Lying Lips with Shame suppress'd No more to blast his Crown appear PSAL. lxiv. verse 1 LOrd hear my Voice in Pray'r secure My Life From angry Foes verse 2 From Sinners Plots ô hide me sure And wicked Workers Blows verse 3 Sharp though they whet their temper'd Swords Their Tongues are sharper far And out they shoot their bitter Words Like Shafts prepar'd for War verse 4 In dark Retreats the Plotter lies To wound the perfect Heart And fearlese there with bo'd Surprize He throws his deadly Dart. verse 5 Mischief's their Life to mischief they Encouragements apply And talk of spreading Snares and say Who can our Snares descry verse 6 Deep are their Hearts their Counsels deep And all their Thoughts profound And all a Search for Mischief keep And practise Mischief found verse 7 But God with more surprizing Darts Their wounded Hearts shall reach verse 8 Their Tongues shall soon betray their Hearts Themselves themselves impeach verse 9 Aloof the wond'ring World shall stand And all around with Fear Acknowledge God's revenging Hand And all his Acts revere verse 10 Then shall the Just in God rejoice Their Faith more strongly raise And each good Man exalt his Voice To sing his Maker's Praise PSAL. lxv as the rooth PRaise Lord in Sion waits for Thee To Thee our holy Vows we pay Thou hear'st us whence in Misery verse 2 To Thee the suppliant World shall pray verse 3 My Sins are Lord too strong for me But Thou sha't all my Sins forgive verse 4 O happy 's he whose Eyes may see Thy House and in thy Presence live When him Devotion kindly warms His inward purer Joys abound His Soul with bless'd Re igion's Charms Is in thy sacred Temple crown'd verse 5 What though a Thousand Dangers rise To us our sure Salvation springs From Thee thy Flock for Shelter flies To thy protecting Mercy 's Wings For us thy dreadful Judgments move And scatter all our Fears and Woes Whence all in Thee their Trust improve Where Earth extends or Water flows verse 6 Thy Might the lofty Mountains rais'd And Pow'r thy wondrous Throne surrounds And at thy Voice the Seas amaz'd Laid down their Billows roaring Sounds verse 7 Thy Terrours smooth the Wat'ry Plain And all the murm'ring Nations quell When ruffling Storms disturb the Main And stubborn Hearts with Madness swell Part 2. verse 8 When earth is shock'd and Comets blaze And thy prodigious Signs appear At them the trembling Nations gaze And them at utmost distance fear The blushing Dawn the Morning-Skies Through all the World thy Praise proclaim And when Night 's gloomy Shadows rise They celebrate thy glorious Name verse 9 Thy Eyes the lower World survey Thy Hand their various Need supplies Thy Dews and Rains prepare the Way For Grass and Herbs and Plants to rise What mighty Treasures Lord hast Thou Within thy wat'ry Chambers laid Whence all our vast Provisions now Our Corn and Wine and Oil 's convey'd verse 10 The rising Grounds thy Fountains make Their wealthy Crops and Fatness yield The lower Lands thy Smiles partake Thy Blessing warms the springing Field verse 11 The joyful Year with Goodness crown'd Owes all its Plenty Lord to Thee Thy Clouds with fat'ning Drops abound And we their large Production see verse 12 The barren Wiâ—ds the burning Sands Those cooâ—ing Drops in Season bless The dancing Hillocks join their Hands And Mirth and Gratitude express verse 13 Huge Flocks the fruitful Pastures yield Huge Crops the burthen'd Valleys bring Joys eccho through the chearful Field And all their Maker's Praises sing Another Metre to the old 104th proper Tune verse 1 IN Siou's bless'd Gares Lord Praise waits for Thee To Thee holy Vows Shall justly be paid verse 2 Thy Goodness creates All our Confidence we By 't mov'd in thy House Our Petitions have made verse 3 Man 's impious Art Against me prevails O purge O remove Our Follies away verse 4 How happy 's his Part Whom thy Mercy ne'er fails Thy Choice can approve And thy
Service can stay That Man in thy Sight And Temple may dwell Thy Altars draw near Thy Favours enjoy And in Thee delight And be satisfy'd well With Goodness and there All his Service employ verse 5 By terrible Things In Righteousness shown Thou ' It answer our Cares Our Saviour to be Our Confidence springs From thy Goodness alone Whence Strangers make Pray'rs And rough Sailers to Thee verse 6 The Mountains stand fast Fix'd strongly by Thee Thy powerful Arm Has girt'em secure verse 7 Loud Storms are soon past For thy Fury we see Mad People can charm And their Quiet procure verse 8 Thy Wonders and Signs All Nations afright Where Comets e'er blaze Or Earth-quakes can tear The Morning which shine And the dark gloomy Night Rejoice in thy Praise And thy Glories declare verse 9 Thou visit'st the Earth Its Waters abound Vast Rivers with Wealth The Countries o'erflow Thence Corn has its Birth And the Fie'ds With it crown'd New Vigour and Health On the Nations bestow verse 10 The highest ridg'd Field Thy Water partakes The Furrows Jaid low Are drench'd with the same The Clods quickly yield Earth its Hardness forsakes The Crops which they show Then God's Blessing proclaim verse 11 By Thee the rich Year With Goodness is crown'd And all thy bless'd Ways Pure Fatness distil verse 12 Rich Pastures appear All the Desarts around All ecchoing Praise From each neighbouring Hill verse 13 With Thousands of Sheep The Pastures are clad The Valleys with Corn Are cover'd quite o'r Hence Nature may keep Now its Revels and glad With Praises adorn Both her Lord and her Store PSAL. lxvj as the 113th verse 1 IN God ô all ye Lands rejoice verse 2 Let ev'ry Man's triumphant Voice Advance his Name his Glories sing verse 3 How dreadful Lord thy Works appear Thy Terrours make thy Foes with Fear To Thee their forc'd Submissions bring verse 4 To Thee the Nations round shall bend Thy Name shall in their Songs ascend Above the Clouds above the Skies verse 5 Come see God's Operations here How when his dreadful Works appear Their Terrours Humane Hearts surprize verse 6 When from Egyption Bondage He His Israel's happy Race set free God through the Seas contriv'd a Road Where fenc'd by Watry Walls they went Safe o'er a spacious Continent And all their Hearts with Joys o'erslow'd verse 7 God by his Pow'r Eternal reigns His Look the Rebel-World restrains And beats their swelling Humours down verse 8 O all ye serious People bâ—ess That God whose Name our Tongues confess His Name with losty Praises crown verse 9 The Lord our Souls in Safety keeps He never slumbers never sleeps He ne'er permits our Feet to slide verse 10 Yet as the Silver 's oft refin'd When for the noblest Works design'd Our Sou s as oft his Hands have try'd verse 11 We fell in strong perplexing Snares Our Strength funk down with weighty Cares Our Heads we bow'd to conqu'ring Foes verse 12 But through Affliction 's scorching Heat Through Floods of Tears thy Mercies great Convey'd us to a sweet Repose Part 2. verse 13 My Thanks his Temple now shall see verse 14 I 'll pay my Vows dear Lord to Thee My Vows in Times of Danger sign'd verse 15 My upright Mind my Heart sincere My guiltless Hands shall Favour there More than a Thousand Oxen find verse 16 Come hear me all that fear the Lord O hear while I with Praise record What for my Soul his Hands have wrought verse 17 I cry'd his Name I rais'd on high verse 18 Yet had my Heart been faulty I His Smiles alas had vainly sought God reads the inward Parts and views What Ways the righteous Soul pursues And hears his earnest Pray'rs and Cries But Hypocrites whose various Arts Divide their glosing Tongues and Hearts Are odious to his piercing Eyes verse 19 But God has heard my Pray'rs and He With Favour gently answer'd me His Ears to my Petitions bow'd verse 20 O bless'd be He whose gracious Ear His suppliant Servant's pray'rs would hear And Mercy to his Pray'rs allow'd PSAL. lxvij verse 1 TO us with Mercy free Lord shew thy glorious Face O let thy happy Servants see Thy Blessing and thy Grace verse 2 That all the Earth may know Salvation's certain Way Thy Truth to all the Nations show Thy saving Health display verse 3 Let all the World ô God Exalt thy glorious Name O let the Nations all abroad Thy wondrous Praise proclaim verse 4 To Thee with loud Applause The govern'd World shall sing When Thou shalt all by equal Laws To righteous Judgment bring verse 5 Let all the World ô God Exa't thy glorious Name O let the Nations all abroad Thy wondrous Praise proclaim verse 6 Then shall the fruitful Land It s ancient Burthen show And on our selves from God's free Hand Shall endless Blssings flow verse 7 Then God shall bless us all And at his awful Feet With Fear the farthest Tribes shall fall And to his Laws submit PSAL. lxviij As the 100th verse 1 LET God arise his angry Foes Will quickly turn themselves to Flight Their Malice can't his Wrath oppose Nor bear the Terrours of his Sight verse 2 But as Smoak flies before the Wind As Wax dissolves before the Fire So Impious Men their Weakness find And by his Frowns consum'd expire verse 3 But holy Men with joyful Hearts Before their God shall Praises sing Sing then ye Saints sing all your Parts Exalt the great Celestial King verse 5 See where your God triumphant rides His Name with boundless Glory shines In Him each raptur'd Soul confides And gladly in his Praise combines verse 6 For Widows Tears and Orphans Cries God like a Judge and Father cares Starves Rebels makes the Captives rise And fills the lonesom House with Heirs verse 7 Lord when thou led'st thy People o'er The barren Wilds and Defart-Lands Earth's Bosom strong Convulsions tore And Heav'n dissolv'd at thy Commands verse 8 A Thousand Dewy Sweats distill'd Nay Sinai too supreamly bless'd Great Israel's God with Terrours fill'd With Light 's immoderate Beams Oppress'd verse 9 But cooling Dews and fruitful Rains On thy exhausted Canaan flow'd verse 10 which now thy People entertains Thy Goodness on thy Flock bestow'd Part 2. God gave the Word and out in haste All Nature's ready Armies flew And spoke God's Will and as they pass'd Did all opposing Force subdue God's Houshold then with Spoils grew fair Of routed Hosts and flying Kings As Doves which feem to cut the Air With Silver Plumes and Golden Wings verse 13 On that great Day though back before Among the Brick-Kilns newly laid verse 14 They more than Sal'men's Whiteness bore When in his Snowy Robes array'd verse 15 God's Sion Bashan's Pride our-vies And God in Sion's Hill delights verse 16 Why then should other Hills despise What God 's own Residence invites verse 17 A Thousand Thousand Chariots steer'd By fiery Angels round Him wait As once in Sâ—nai's Mount appear'd When there
enthron'd his Glory fare verse 18 Lord when thou took'st thy Seat on high Both Death and Hell were Captives led Thy Gifts made stubborn Hearts comply And Rebels own their sacred Head verse 19 O bless'd be God from Day to Day Who us with bounteous Goodness loads verse 20 Our Saving Health our Lord our Stay Our Guide from Death's obscure Abodes verse 21 But finful Fools his thoughtless Foes God in their Heads their Vitals wounds verse 22 I too says God will rescue those Whom Bashan or the Sea surrounds My Friends shall live at large and free Ill us'd restrain'd oppress'd no more verse 23 Their Steps o'er bleeding Foes shall be Where Dogs shall lick the streaming Gore Part 3. verse 24 My God my King thy glorious Ways Are oft with awful Wonder view'd When in thy House on Holy Days Thou meet'st the suppliant Multitude verse 25 First all the charming Voices move Then those who touch the tuneful Strings The Damsels next their Fingers prove And loud the merry Timbrel rings verse 26 Praise God in all Assemblies praise Your God ô all of Israel's Race verse 27 Let Benjamin his Anthems raise Whom first the Regal Ensigns grace verse 28 With Him let Judah's Head combine And all the Tribes their Leaders bring Till Mid-land Tribes and Coasters join And All then Maker's Glories sing verse 29 Strength Lord on us thy Hand bestows O let our Graces stronger be While Strength from Salem's Temple flows Great Kings shall offer Gifts to Thee verse 30 Rebuke th' Egyptians Force confound The Brutes in Idol-worship strong Those who in Pride and Wealth abound And who for Wars and Tumults long verse 31 To God then mighty Kings shall fly From Egypt and Arabian Lands And cast their Crowns and Sceptres by And raise to him their suppliant Hands verse 32 Sing sing to God his Praise unfold His Name yee Earthly Kings adore verse 33 He rides above the Skies of old And speaks in Thunders dreadful roar verse 34 Ascribe to God all Strength and Might VVho o're his Israel's Lot presides VVhose Power and whose Majestic light Above the highest Orb resides verse 35 VVhat Terrours in that secred Place Israel's Eternal God surround The Saints his Might and Courage grace His Name be still with Praises crown'd PSAL. lxix verse 1 O Save me Lord Thy Floods prevail The Floods my Strength controul verse 2 The Mud the rugged VVaves assail And sink my fainting Soul verse 3 To Thee till weary'd quite I cry My Throat grows hoarse and dry My very Ey strings Crack while I On Thee for Help rely verse 4 More than my Hairs my Foes increase And they whose causeless Hate Pursue my Soul and break my Peace Are strong and Fortunate To lay their Spite I paid with Care VVhat ne'er was due from me verse 5 Thou Lord my Follies know'st nor are My Faults conceal'd from Thee verse 6 Thro the let none endure Disgrace VVho on thy Love depend None blush thro' me who seek thy Face Or for thy Grace attend verse 7 For thy Name 's sake I suffer scorn To all Reproach confin'd verse 8 My Mother's Sons my Brethren born To me are grown unkind Part 2. verse 9 Lord for thy House with zealous Flame My Soul consumes and dies And those who dare affront thy Name My Heart with grief surprize verse 10 I fast my falling Tears succeed But I 'me reproach'd for all verse 11 I Sack-cloth wear my Sack-cloth weeds Among their Proverbs fall verse 12 Where all the senseless Rabble sit I 'me made their constant Theme Each Drunkard tries his brutish Wit My Glories to blaspheme verse 13 In thy accepted Time dear Lord Receive my Soul's address With Mercy by thy faithful Word My cruel Foes repress verse 14 From miry Deeps Lord raise my Head From mighty Waters save verse 15 And from the stormy Tempests dread And from the gaping Grave Let not the Floods devour me quite Nor Whirlpools swallow me verse 16 But in thy Mercies Lord delight And hear my Prayers to Tnee Part 3. With Pitty view my mournful Case And ease my dismal Woes verse 17 From me ô never hide thy Face When Sorrows round me close verse 18 Draw near redeem my Soul from those Who in my Fall delight verse 19 My shame reproach and all my Foes Are ever in thy sight verse 20 Shame breaks my Heart my panting Soul For Comfort looks in vain No Friends my mournful State condole Nor feel my dreadful Pain verse 21 They gave me bitter Gall to eat Sharp Vinegar to drink verse 22 But let thy Wrath their Joys defeat Their spiteful Pleasures sink O let thy Curse a deadly snare Of all their Plenty make And when their Souls for Mirth prepare All Mirth their Souls forsake verse 23 O let their Eyes be dark their Loins With strange Diseases shake verse 24 Till Wrath with utmost Fury joins And they of both partake Part 4. verse 25 Let all their lofty Palaces Their Tents deserted ly verse 26 For they on thy Afflicted press And Wounds to Wounds apply verse 27 Punish their Sins with Sins nor let Them Righteousness behold verse 28 Their Names i' th' Book of Life unset Nor with the Just enroll'd verse 29 But me oppress'd with mighty Woes Thy Health dear God shall raise verse 30 And Songs I 'll to thy Name compose And ever sing thy Praise verse 31 And these shall Thee my God much more Than Firstling Bul'ocks please verse 32 The Humble who thy Face implore Shall see 't and live at Ease Joys shall their happy Hearts possess At this triumphant Sight Their Souls shall wondrous Mirth express Their Lives supream Delight verse 33 God hears the Poor and Bond-men call And sends Deliverance verse 34 Then let Heav'n Earth and Seas and all Their Hosts his Praise advance verse 35 God saves his own and they in Peace Within their Countries rest verse 36 And there their happy Heirs increase Who love their Maker best PSAL. lxx verse 1 HAst'e Lord ô haste to aid And set thy Servant free verse 2 Asham'd let all those Fools be made Who seek to ruin me With Shame confound them all Who would my Life destroy verse 3 And when they think I 'm like to fall Express unmanly Joy verse 4 But where Men seek thy Face Let constant Joys reside Let those who love thy saying Grace Say God be magnify'd verse 5 But I am weak and poor O haste to help me Lord And as thou oft hast done before Thy speedy Aids afford PSAL. lxxj verse 1 IN Thee dear Lord I only trust From Shame ô keep me free verse 2 And as thy Promises are just Hear help and rescue me verse 3 Be thou my mighty Fortress where I when oppress'd may fly Thou art my Rock my Fort in Fear I on thy Word rely verse 4 Save me my God from impious Hands From Fraud and Violence verse 5 In Thee my Hope my Safety stands My Lord my Youth's Defence verse 6 I
Nor so perversely prate verse 6 For Pow'r and great Renown Not Chance but God bestows verse 7 He gives the Crown and he casts down Who Justice only knows verse 8 Ne'er strive with God to fight He holds the deadly Bowl The dreadful Sight may well affright The wretched guilty Soul What horrid Drugs compound The Crimson baleful Draught The Nations round as guilty found To th' very Dregs are brought verse 9 But still I 'll praife the Lord To Jacob's God I 'll sing And my sharp Sword o'er those abhorr'd For wicked Actions bring verse 10 I 'll make their Stiffness bend While a'l the Just around Through God their Freind shall high ascend With Mirth and Glory crown'd Psal lxxvj as the 148th or as Mr. Sandys's 47 tâ— verse 1 GOD's Name in Judah's known It 's great in Israel verse 2 His House in Salem's shown His Smiles on Sion dwell verse 3 For there his Stroke Swords Bows and Shields For Martial Fields And Arrows broke verse 4 Thy glorious Name 's more bright Than theirs whose num'rous Bands In Violence delight And spoil their Neighbours Lands Who proudly boast No Force can stay Their conqu'ring Way Or guard our Coast verse 5 But Desolation now Their daring Hearts attends And on each drowsie Brow An heavy Sleep descends The Men of Might Grope but in vain Their Swords to gain In that dark Night verse 6 At thy Rebuke they fall And Horse and Charriot lie Profoundly bury'd all In one deep Lethargy verse 7 Thou only Thou Deserv'st our Fear For who can bear Thy angry Brow verse 8 When we thy Judgments heard With Terrours from the Sky The World to what it fear'd Submitted si ently verse 9 Then God arose To fave and seek The patient Meek And crush their Foes verse 10 Man 's hottest Wrath thy Name Great God of Hosts shall praise And though the raging Flame With spreading Fury blaze Yet fuddenly Their Rage restrain'd By thy just Hand Shall sink and die verse 11 Ye who the Lord adore Your Vows before him lay And what was vow'd before With grateful Gladness pay To that great King Whose angry Brow Aws all below Your Off'ring bring verse 12 For his victorious Arm With unresisted Force Fierce Monarchs shall disarm And stop their head-strong Course His Awful Frown Strange Terrour brings On Earthly Kings And casts them down Another Metre applied to our own Cases in this Nation verse 1 GOD's Name i' th' British Isles is known And is in England great verse 2 Bless'd England is his happy Throne His highly favour'd Seat verse 3 Here with his pow'rful Arm He broke The Bow the Sword the Shield His Word alone without a Stroke Secur'd the Martial-Field Though mighty Tyrants mighty Edme With Scandal mix'd may gain Yet Lord thy more illustrious Name No base Reproach can stain verse 5 But sudden Desolations now Those daring Hearts pursue And Sleep on ev'ry drowsie Brow Distils its weighty Dew In vain alas the Man of Might Dreams o'er his former Broils In vain i' th Dark he strives to fight And for a Conquest toils verse 6 At thy Rebuke great God they fall And Horse and Chariots lie Confounded quite and bury'd All In one deep Lethargy verse 7 Thou only Thou art justly fear'd Thy Fury who can stand verse 8 VVhen we thy Heav'nly Judgment heard It hush'd the trembling Land verse 9 VVhen God the patient Meek to save VVith Rising Judgment reign'd verse 10 To Him Man's Rage new Glories gave And He their VVrath restrain'd verse 11 O ye who Britain's Lord adore Your Vows before him lay And what your just Engagements bore VVith grateful Gladness pay verse 12 Your Off'rings make to Him whose Frown Resistless Terrour brings Bold Princes daunts and batters down The proudest Earthly Kings PSAL. lxxvij verse 1 TO God I cry'd I strongly cry'd And He receiv'd my Pray'r The Lord when by Afflictions try'd I sought with earnest Care verse 2 All Night my wretched Soul was pain'd With mighty Woes oppress'd And Sorrows unresisted reign'd In my afflicted Breast verse 3 On God I fix'd my thoughtful Mind But was perplex'd the more My Soul to sad Complaints resign'd Its Burthen hardly bore verse 4 Thy Terrours hold my wakeful Eyes And banish needful Sleeps My wretched Soul Grief 's strange Surprize In heavy silence keeps verse 5 I all my former Years survey'd Those happy Days of old Those Songs in better Seasons made Which God's great Name extoll'd Distractions still by Nights by Days Confus'd my weary'd Mind I mus'd and sought the secret Ways Of Providence to find verse 7 But still unsatisfy'd Icry'd Is God for ever gone 8 Will God his Presence always hide His former Loves disown 9 What! Are his Days of Mercy past His sacred Promise void His Smiles with angry Clouds o'er-cast His Goodness all destroy'd verse 10 At last I said My Follies all These faithless Thoughts create But God can yet my Hopes recall And change my mournful State Part 2. verse 11 I 'le now thy ancient Actions Lord Thy Miracles of old verse 12 And all thy wondrous Works record Thy wise Designs unfold verse 13 Thy Ways tho' dark to Humane Eyes Are holy Lord and pure What God with Thee in Greatness vyes Or can thy Frowns endure verse 14 Thy Works so many Wonders are Thy Might the Nations know verse 15 Thy Arms blest Freedoms welcome Air On Jacob's Race bestow verse 16 The Waters Lord the Waters saw Thy Face ami parting fled The Deeps with one prodigious flaw Display'd their sandy Bed verse 17 The Land unceasing Rains o're-flow'd At thy commanding Voice The pointed Lightnings went abroad With Thunders roaring noise verse 18 Thy ratling Thunders roar'd around And streaks of dismal Light Shot thro' the Air the trembling ground Quak'd With the dreadful fright verse 19 Thy Road was thro' the Seas thy way Thro' mighty Waters made Thy secret Paths could none survey Or where thy steps were laid verse 20 Moses and Aaron thro' the Deep And trackles Deserts lead Thy Tribes and them like tender sheep Securely kept and fed PSAL. lxxviij MY People mark my Precepts well Your Ears to my Discourses bow verse 2 My mouth shall weighty Matters tell And Truths obscure and ancient show verse 3 Which we their happy Sons have known From what our hoary Fathers told verse 4 That we with Praise to all our own Might God's miraculous Acts unfold verse 5 God gave his Laws to Jacob's race And bade our Fathers teach their Seed verse 6 That each descending Age might trace His Will and his Injunctions heed verse 6 That so his sacred Worship might Unmix'd from Age to Age descend verse 7 All trust in God and with delight His Works declare his Laws attend verse 8 That they their Father's Guilt might fly Whose Hearts perversly false rebell'd Let God's prodigious Wonders dy And neither Faith nor Conscience held verse 9 What broke arm'd Ephraim's Archers what So turn'd their coward Backs in fight
House the Sparrows find The Swallows build their Nests Where with their yet unfeather'd Kind The Dam in Safety rests But ah thine Altars wretched I Near them no more can sing While banish'd from thy House I sly Dear Lord my God my King verse 4 Ah happy Souls who in thy House Can live and praise thy Name verse 5 Whose Arms thy Heav'nly strength endows Whose Hearts thy Ways can frame verse 6 Though through the Vail of Tears they go Their Eyes with Sorrows drown'd Yet Blessings on their Teachers slow With Fruit their Pains are crown'd verse 7 From Strength to Strength from Grace to Grace Th' improving Learners go Till them the God of Gods embrace And Rest on them bestow Part 2. verse 8 My Pray'r great God of Hosts receive And kind Affistance bring verse 9 Consider O our Shie'd relieve Thy once anointed King verse 10 For in thy Courts one Day appears More bless'd more swoet to me Than could a Thousand Thousand Years At any Distance be I 'd rather keep thy Temple's Door And fiod thy Presence there Than in a Palace reign secure Where Sins uncheck'd appear verse 11 For God their Sun their Shield to those Will Grace and Glory give Who with his Laws sincerely close And on Obedience live verse 12 Happy ô happy that good Man Great Lord of Hosts must be Who through all Worldly Changes can Unmov'dly trust in Thee To Father Holy Ghost and Son Ono God in persons Three Be Glory paid and Homage done Through all Eternity PSAL. lxxxv verse 1 THY Favours Lord have kind at last To Israel's Captives been verse 2 And all thy People's Follies past And cover'd all their Sin verse 3 Thy gentler Thoughts with tender Love Thy Jealous Furies eas'd And He who pleads for us above Has all thy Wrath appeas'd verse 4 To us ô God our Saviour now From Anger kindly turn Some Limits to thy Wrath allow Which else would always burn verse 5 On us dear God new Life bestow To us new Vigour give verse 6 That we our Joys in Thee may show And in thy Favour live verse 7 To us thy Mercy Lord extend And thy Salvation show verse 8 What God shall answer I 'll attend Who will his Peace bestow On all his own His Saints shall find The Sweets of Heav'nly Peace When they from Sin 's foul Dross refin'd From careless Follies cease God's kind Salvation's always nigh The Wise who fear his Name That Glory o'er our Land may fly And raise our ancient Fame Kind Peace and Righteousness embrace And Truth and Mercy close Truth springs from Earth from Heav'n her Face Impartial Justice shows All Good on us shall God bestow Our Land shall fruitful prove And Justice with a wondrous Flow Before his Face shall move While we who err'd so oft before Bless'd with so sure a Guide From God shall never wander more But in his Paths abide Another Metre As the old 125th proper Tune BLess'd Lord thy kinder Thoughts at last Did Jacob's Captive-Tribes restore And all the People's Follies past Their Sins with Mercies cover'd o'er Thy Jealous Furies eas'd And all thy Wrath appeas'd To us ô God our Saviour now From thy tempestuous Anger turn Shall thy fierce Wrath no Bounders know But through Eternal Ages burn Us Lord again revive And in thy Joys we live To us thy Mercy Lord extend To us thy bless'd Salvation show To God's kind Answer I 'll attend For Peace he 'll on his Saints bestow His Servants shall have Peace When they from Follies cease verse 9 To pious Men Salvation's near That Glory may possess the Land verse 10 Mercy and Truth conjoin'd appear And Peace and Justice Hand in Hand verse 11 From Earth Truth from the Sky Fair Justice casts her Eye verse 12 Our God on us shall Good bestow Our happy Land shall fruitful prove verse 13 And Justice with a wondrous Flow Before his glorious Presence move And we with such a Guide Shall in his Paths abide PSAL. lxxxvj verse 8 LOrd to my Pray'r thine Ears incline For I 'm distress'd and poor verse 2 I'm wholly Lord and only thine Bless'd God my Soul secure verse 3 My God thy faithful Servant save Who hopes thy Grace to see Mercy thy Mercy Lord I crave And daily cry to Thee verse 4 To Thee alone my Heart I raise O make my Soul rejoice verse 5 Love Pardon Mercy are thy Ways Thou hearst my humble Voice verse 6 Lord hear my Pray'rs receive my Cry verse 7 In Woes address'd to Thee verse 8 Thy Might thy wondrous Works out-vye The Gods of Vanity All Nations whom thy Hands have made Shall fall before thy Face And with pure Worship duly pay'd Thy glorious Name embrace For Thou art God thy Works are great Thy self art God alone To me bless'd God thy Ways repeat And make thy Doctrines known I 'll walk in Truth then Lord unite My Heart to fear thy Name My Heart shall then thy Praise recite And all thy Praise proclaim Thy Mercy 's great to me from Hell Thou brought'st my sinking Soul Though Tyrants at me proudly swell And would my Life control No Sence of Thee the Rebels show But Pity Lord we see Grace Patience Mercy Truth we know In plenty dwells with Thee To me dear God with Mercy turn Thy Strength on me bestow To him who 's of thy Hand-maid born Thy kind Salvation show With me some Mark of Favour leave And shame my spiteful Foes When they thy Aid to me perceive And all thy Love disclose PSAL. lxxxvij as the 113 th WHen God in his All-searching Mind To fix his Church on Earth design'd Deep he her strong Foundations laid verse 2 But Sions Mount that sacred Place Tho' well He lov'd all Jacob's Race He his peculiar Darling made verse 3 How vastly wide how wondrous high Shall thy Immortal Glories fly Blest City of th' Eternal King verse 4 When AEgypt Assur Palestine And all th' Arabia's shall be thine And Vows to thy Protector bring Envy in Them no more shall reign But Saints to fill thy blissful Train Shall come from each converted Land verse 5 In Sion yet those Sons of Peace Shall more than other Lands encrease And in her God securely stand verse 6 When God shall all his Saints enrol The Gentiles Tribes shall fill the Scroul From Thee blest God! our Joy shall spirit verse 7 And all the Sons of Harmony Shall tune their chearful Strings to Thee And thy Eternal Praises sing PSAL. lxxxviij verse 1 BLest God of my Salvation I Call Day and Night to Thee verse 2 O hear my Prayer accept my Cry And kindly answer me verse 3 My Soul alas is fill'd with Woes The Grave attends my Fate verse 4 I 'me left by Life and Sense like those Just in a dying state verse 5 Among the slaughter'd dead I ly i th' Grave from Sorrows free Where Men thrust out from Memory Are cut from Earth by Thee verse 6 Down in the Pits
unfathom'd Night Thou throw'st my trembling Soul verse 7 On me thy angry Judgments light And all thy Tempests roul verse 8 Thou mak'st my Friends aloof remain And less than Strangers kind Nor can I Liberty obtain By Chains of Hate confind verse 9 Whole Seas of Tears my mournful Eyes Thro' deep afflictions shed To thee I send my daily Cryes My Hands submissely spread Part 2. verse 10 What Shall thy mighty Works be shown Where Death triumphant Reigns The Dead to make thy Wonders known Shake off their Icy Chains verse 11 What shall the Grave the silent Tomb. Advance thy Mercies Fame Or shall Destructions utmost Doom Thy Faithfulness proclaim verse 12 Or shall thy wordrous Works appear Where all thick Darkness hides Thy Righteousness be publish'd where Forgetfulness presides verse 13 To Thee dear Lord I cry to Thee My morning Prayers are made verse 14 O why 's my Soul cast off to me Thy Beams no more displaid verse 15 From my first Youth afflicted I With constant weakness prest Have born thy Terrors constantly In my Distracted Breast verse 16 Like breaking Seas with mighty Force Thy Terrours bear me down verse 17 And with a vast united Course My baffled Comforts drown verse 18 Thou mak'st my Friends who lov'd me too To mighty Distance fly And those I intimately knew In unknown Darkness ly PSAL. lxxxix Metre first as the 113th verse 1 I 'Le ever sing thy Mercy Lord Thy Truth from Age to Age record My Lips shall praise thy glorious Name verse 2 Thy Mercies everlasting are Thy Truths with Heaven it self compare Thy Faithful Promise I 'le proclaim verse 3 A Covenant long since I made And to my Servant David said My chosen King and firmly swore verse 4 Thy seed Eternally shall stand Thy Royal Scepter'd Heirs command Till Sea and Earth and Times no more verse 5 The Heaven's thy Wonders Lord shall praise Thy Holy Congregation raise Thy Faithful Works above the Skys verse 6 For who above 's compar'd with Thee What God-like Man thy Mate can be What Lord to equal Glories rise verse 7 Gods Presence srikes a reverend Fear Where his Assembling Saints appear And his attending Angels aws verse 8 Great God of Hosts whole strenth like Thine Whose Truth so breaks with Beams divine Receiv'd by every Worlds applause Part 2. verse 9 Thy Hands the mighty Ocean sway And make its angry Waves obey Thy Word its stormy Tempest quells verse 10 By that th' Egyptians wounded dy'd Thy dreadful Arm the gathering Pride Of all thy fiercest Foes dispells verse 11 Thy Hands Heaven's vaulted Arches made Thy Hands this Earth's Foundations laid And all the World with Plenty stor'd verse 12 The North and South thy Creatures are Tabor and Hermon both declare Thy Name and Thee their mighty Lord. verse 13 Thy Arm All-mighty strength endues Thy Hand resistless vigor shews Thy glorious Hand 's exalted high verse 14 Justice and Judgment make thy Throne Thy truth and ancient mercy Known Thy Steps to all the World desory verse 15 Thrice happy they whose Souls are warm'd By holy Trumpets sounds alarm'd And live enlightned Lord by Thee verse 16 They'j always in thy Name rejoice With solemn Musicks moving voice Thy Righteousness their strength shall be verse 17 Such happy Men securely stand And with a settled strength Command But God is still their Strength and Pride Thy Goodness and thy boundless Love Has rais'd our happy Strength above Since thou hast own'd out sinking side verse 18 The Lord is our Defensive shield That Holy One can shelter yield Who 's Israel's God and Israel's King verse 19 But that thou might'st our Hearts uphold A smiling Vision rais'd of old Did thus of thy Anointed sing Part 3 Metre 2. As the 100th verse 20 Help on a pow'rful Arm I 've laid A Man above the Vulgar plac'd My King my Servant David made His Head with holy Unction grac'd verse 21 Him shall my strength'ning Hand secure My Arm his strong support shall be verse 22 No En'my shall his Hurt procure No Sinner his Destruction see verse 23 I 'll dash his Foes before his Face And batter those who hate him down verse 24 With him my Truth and Mercy place And in my Name exalt his Crown verse 25 No Rivers Bank no Ocean's Wall Shall his unbounded Reign confine verse 26 He 'll me his God his Father call His Saving Health his Rock Divine verse 27 And him my First-born Son I 'll make Above Earth's Kings exalted high verse 28 With him my Mercy ne'er shall slake Nor my immortal Cov'nant die verse 29 His Seed shall ever last his Throne Out-shine out-wear the Rolling Skies verse 30 But if his Sons my Laws disown Or e'er against my Judgments rise verse 31 If they my stated Laws prophane My Precepts or Injunctions slight verse 32 With Rods their Follies I 'll restrain Their Sins with Strokes deserv'd requite verse 33 Yet not my Mercies quite remove Nor break my faithful Word of old verse 34 Expose my Covenanted Love Nor change what Prophets once foretold verse 35 Once by my Holiness I 've sworn And can't my David's Hopes deceive verse 36 His Seed to Crowns and Scepters born No Time shall of their Rights bereave verse 37 The Sun the Moon which guild the Skies Those faithful Signs to Mortals known May cease to set and cease to rise But nothing shock his glorious Throne Part 4. Metre 3. verse 38 Such was thy Promise Lord of old But at a distance now Terrours thy dear Anointed hold From thy contracted Brow verse 39 Thou 'st thrown thy sacred Cov'nant by Defil'd his trampled Crown verse 40 Let all his Walls in Ruins lie And trod his Fences down verse 41 Him all who pass may spoil and all His neighb'ring Foes despise verse 42 On him their Troops insulting fall And high their Forces rise verse 43 No Wounds his Edgeless Sword bestows He flies the Martial Field verse 44 His Throne 's cast down nor can his Brows Their former Lustre yield verse 45 His youthful Bloom now fades With Woes And he 's o'erw helm'd with Shame verse 46 How long shall We thy Favour lose And seel thy Fury's Flame verse 47 Think Lord how vain is Man How I Have but a While to live verse 48 What Man now breaths but once must die What Art can Lives retrieve verse 49 Where are thy Mercies Lord of old By Oath to David due verse 50 Think how our Lives to Shame are sold What Scorns thy Friends pursue verse 51 Think how thy Foes black Scandals raise On thy Anointed King verse 52 While we to thy immortal Praise Amens devoutly sing PSAL. xc verse 1 THou Lord from Age to Age hast been Our certain Resting-place verse 2 Before the lofty Hills were seen On Earth's extended Face Before this Earth to Shape was grown Before the World was fram'd Thee Lord the mighty God alone Eternity proclaim'd verse 3 When Man fix'd in a glorious State With thriving
rules above the Sky verse 5 Thy Promises dear Lord are true And all thy Testimonies sure Thy Flocks pure Holiness pursue And ever like thy Self endure Another Metre As the 111th proper Tune verse 1 THE Lord a King remains The great Jehovah reigns With Awful Glories crown'd As with a Robe of Light The Lord with wondrous Might And Strength is girt around By his Divine Commands The World securely stands From Alterations free verse 2 Thy Throne was fix'd of old Thy Deity extoll'd From all Eternity verse 3 Great God th' uncertain Croud Against thy Kingdom loud Like mighty Waters roar And with a surly Spite As breaking Billows fight And shock the neighb'ring Shoar verse 4 But let tempestuous Rage Their furious Hearts engage And Heav'n it self defy His stern Command alone Can beat their Madness down Who ever rules on high verse 5 Thy Testimonies true Thy Promises renew Both faithful both secure Thy Saints with Holiness Shall tow'rds thine A'tars press And ever bless'd endure PSAL. xciv verse 1 GReat God to whom Revenge belongs Great God of Vengeance rise verse 2 The Proud thou mighty Judge of Wrongs With just Rewards surprize verse 3 How long shall wicked Workers Lord Uncheck'd triumphant reign verse 4 Their impious Words and Pride abhorr'd With haughty Boasts maintain verse 5 Lord shall they crush thy People still Afflict thine Heritage verse 6 Their Widows and their Strangers kill Nor spare their Orphans Age verse 7 Yet thus they do and thus they cry Can God our Actions see We Jacob's unknown God defy From his Observance free verse 8 But think ye stupid Fools a while Think well ye senseless Crew verse 9 Can you his sacred Ears beguile Who Ears bestow'd on you What can't he see whose Hands the Eyes Those Orbs of Wonders made verse 10 He whose Hand the World chastise From Your Correction stay'd Can't He who Sense on Man bestows Their secret Thoughts descry verse 11 Men's Hearts alas He throughly knows And knows their Vanity verse 12 Lord happy 's he who taught by Thee Has all thy Laws obey'd verse 13 He in ill Times at Rest shall see The Pit for Sinners made Part 2. verse 14 Our God his Servants can't desert Nor his Inheritance verse 15 But Judgment will to Right convert And upright Souls advance verse 16 who 'll me from wicked Workers save Or my Assistant be verse 17 God only help'd me or the Grave Had quickly silenc'd me verse 18 My Foot ô Lord which seem'd to slide Thy Mercy 's He'p ensur'd verse 19 In Cares and Fears thy Comforts try'd My Soul's Delight procur'd verse 20 Wilt thou support the Tyrant-Crew Who settle Sin by Law verse 21 Whose Armies righteous Souls pursue And Blood of Martyrs draw verse 22 Though such their cruel Practice be My God will raise my State My solid Rock my Refuge He Whose Loves my Faith create verse 23 Our God observes their Wickedness Their Malice He 'll repay With sudden Strokes their Pride repress And cut their Hopes away PSAL. XCV verse 1 O Come your chearful Voices raise To our Eternal King The Lord our strong Salvation praise His Goodness loudly sing verse 2 With Thanks approach his awful sight And pleasant Anthems sing verse 3 The Lord's a God of boundless Might O're all the Gods a King verse 4 Earth's secret Deeps and Mountains high His powerful Hand commands verse 5 The Seas were made by Him and dry He laid the rising Lands verse 6 O come let us our Lord adore And at his Foot-stool low Our humbly bending Knees before Our great Creator show verse 7 For he 's our God his People we And in his Pastures feed Those wandring sheep which kindly He From Death and Darkness freed To day ô hear his Voice to day verse 8 For thus th' Almighty spoke No more your own false Thoughts obey My Wrath no more provoke No more with hardned Hearts refuse My necessary Grace Nor as in former times abuse My Word or Holy Place verse 9 Such Arts your Fathers us'd of old Who all my Wonders saw And many Years perversly bold Despis'd my righteous Law verse 10 At last thus by my self I swore With just Displeasure mov'd This wretched Nation sin the more The more by Goodness prov'd They neither know my self nor know Those Rules to them addrest Nor will I e're their Souls bestow In my Eternal Rest Another Metre As Mr. Sandys's 15th verse 1 COme ô come and let us sing To our Lord and to our King Let us make a joyful Noise To that God whose Love employs All his saving Health and Grace To protect his faithful Race verse 2 Let us all with Thanks and Praise Come before his Glorious Face And our Psalms and cheerful Airs Join with Vows and humble Prayers verse 3 For the Lord our God is great Lofty his Eternal Seat Every God to Him submits He a King above them sits verse 4 All the Earths Foundations deep Solid Rocks and Mountains steep All their strength 's by Him possest And by his Protection blest verse 5 Him the rolling Seas regard By his mighty Hands prepar'd Earth to Him submissly bows And his forming Power avows verse 6 Come ô come let 's all adore And his Footstool kneel before Let us kneel and prostrate all To our Lord and Maker fall verse 7 Hee 's our God our Lord alone We are all his People known Us His Hands securely keep Hee 's the Sheepheard we the Sheep Hear ô hear his voice to Day And that sacred Voice obey verse 8 Humble let your Hearts appear Let no Hardness center there As of o'd your Father's pride All my kindest Cares defy'd When their wandring Armies past Tho' the Deserts sandy waste verse 9 Oft they tempted oft they try'd me Often to Believe deny'd me Tho' my Wonders all they saw Knew my Power and heard my Law verse 10 All their Follies large Arrears Forty tedious rolling Years I with wondrous patience bore But at last in Fury swore 11 These a wretched People are All involv'd in Error 's snare Soon they have my Laws forgot Seen my Works but know them not By my Self my Self alone That 's the greatest Oath that 's known These shall never never blest Enter my Eternal Rest PSAL. xcvj verse 1 NEw Songs to great Jehovah sing Sing all the Earths around Your Blessings to his Altars bring His saving Health resound verse 2 Each Day your active Tongues employ To spread his glorious Name verse 3 Thro' all the Nations round with Joy His wondrous Acts proclaim verse 4 Our Lord is great and greatly prais'd More to be feard then those verse 5-6 Who by Vain Men to Godhead rais'd On Vainer Fools impose Our God stretch'd out the lofty Syes How glorious Majesty How strength with lovely Beauty vyes We in his Temple see verse 7 O give to God ye Nations all Give strength and Glorys due verse 8 On his great Name with Honour call To him with Offering's fue verse
9 Before his Seat of Holiness Let all devoutly bow And Fear before his Face express And to his service vow verse 10 Among the Nations round proclaim The great Jehovah reigns Through Him the World's establish'd frame Unmov'd and Firm remains Hee 'l Judge the People righteously verse 11 Then let the Skys rejoice Let Earth be glad the Ocean high Exalt its roaring Voice verse 12 Let all the Flocks and Fields their Joys Express in various ways And Forrests with a murmuring Noise Their great Creator praise verse 13 He flys to judge the Earth He slies To make the World confess All Justice in His Bosom lies And Truth and Righteosness PSAL xcvij. As the 100th verse 1 THE Lord the Great Messiah reigns No more to Jewish Bounds confin'd Since all the World the Blessing gains Let all express a grateful Mind O let that spacious Continent Which Adam's num'rous Heirs possess And all the Isles with sweet Consent Their Saviour's wond'rous Love consess verse 2 Thick Clouds and gloomy Darkness hide The God from Faithless curious Eyes On Judgment too by Justice try'd His Throne 's Eternal Pillars rise verse 3 Bright Flames before his Prefence fly And melt the Hearts of angry Foes verse 4 His Beams the World with Light supply And trembling Earch its Master knows verse 5 Vain Men blown up with lofty Pride Like Wax before his Flames appear And those whose Thoughts their God defy'd The mighty God of Nature fear verse 6 His Righteousness the bending Skies Aloud with wond'rous Signs declare His glorious Works before the Eyes Of all th' astonish'd Nations are verse 7 Shame be their Lot who Images Adore and in their Idols boast Our God with humblest Worship please Bow to Him all ye Heav'nly Host verse 8 Ziou's and Judah's Daughters true With Joys thy Judgment Lord embrac'd verse 9 The Earth her mighty Maker knew With more than Angel-Glorys grac'd verse 10 O ye who love our Saviour hate All Sin for Him in each Degree He 'll Safety for his Saints create And from the Wicked set them free verse 11 Light 's largely for the Righteous sown And Joys for upright Hearts prepar'd In Him ô let our Joys be shown His Holiness with Thanks declar'd Another Metre verse 1 THE Lord the great Jehovah reigns Let all the Earth rejoice Let all those Isles the Sea contains Exalt a chearful Voice verse 2 Thick Clouds and heavy Darkness hide Our God from Humane Eyes On Righteousness by Justice try'd His Throne 's Supporters rise verse 3 Fierce Flames before his dreadful Face Consume his angry Foes verse 4 His Lightnings fright the World His Place The Earth with trembling shows verse 5 The Hills before Earth's mighty Lord Like Wax dissolving flow verse 6 The Heav'ns declare his righteous Word And All his Glory know verse 7 Shame be their Lot who Gods can make And in their Idols boast But for your God our Saviour take Ye bright Angelick Host verse 8 Zion's and Judah's Daughters heard Thy Judgments Lord with Joy verse 9 For Thou above the Gods art fear'd O'er Earth exalted high verse 10 O ye who love the Lord with Hate All wicked Works pursue For He 'll secure his Servants State From all the sinful Crew verse 11 For upright Hearts true Joys and Light Are sown Ye Righteous all Rejoice and God's All-sacred Might With grateful Thoughts re-call Another Metre to the Notes of the 114 th as translated by Mr. Cowley verse 1 THE Lord a King triumphant reigns Let all the Earth around The Isles with Joys resound God alone a King remains verse 2 Thick Clouds and heavy Darkness round him fly Justice severe and Judgment waiting by His glorious Throne prepare verse 3 Bright Flames before his Face With dreadful Flashes rake the Air And all his Foes malignant Race With all their impious Works one burning Pile embrace verse 4 See how the pointed Lightnings roll With what a dismal Glare They fill the glowing Air Soaring tow'rd the frighted Pole Shock'd with the Vision trembling Nature quakes The shatter'd Earth a strong Convulsion shakes verse 5 The lofty Mountains melt Like Wax before the Fires Whate'er his scorching Fury felt Before the World's great Lord retires And by his awful Frown dissolv'd at once expires verse 6 The Heav'ns his Righteousness declare And all the People see His glorious Majesty How it fills the Purpled Air. verse 7 May Shame deserv'd and dark Confusion seize Those Fools whose Thoughts their empty Idols Fools who absurdly boast In Gods themselves can frame please But ô ye bright Angelick Hosts Adore our Great jehovah's Name And on your bended Knees the God of Gods proclaim verse 8 His Condescensions Sion heard And judah's Daughters too And at the wondrous Shew Extasy'd with Joys appear'd Thy Goodness then before the Nations shone Thy sacred Judgments through the World were known verse 9 But though so lowly now Thy glorious Godhead still Makes all the World submisly bow Bless'd Angels thy Commands fulfil And All Subjection yield to thy Immortal Will verse 10 Ye who the Great Jehovah love With God-like Hatred due All wicked Works pursue Fix your happy Souls above He like a Father guards his faithful Souls And all their Foes and all their Force controls verse 11 But Mirth and Light to all The Just and Good shall shine verse 12 O then your ancient Joys re-call In your Jehovah's Praise combine And all his holy Acts record in Songs Divine PSAL. xcviij verse 1 THE Lord who wondrous Works hath wrought With Anthems new proclaim His Hand his holy Arm hath brought Himself the Conqu'ror's Name verse 2 He makes his great Salvation known To give the Nations Light His Righteousness the Lord hath shown In all the People's Sight verse 3 His Mercies he hath call'd to mind His Truth to Israel's Race And all those Bounds which Earth consin'd His Saving Health embrace verse 4 Sing to the Lord ô Earth aloud Sing chearful Notes around The Lord among the grateful Croud The Lord 's just Praise resound verse 5-6 To God with Harps your Voices raise And Trumpets Martial Sound With ecchoing Cornets let the Praise Of God the King be crown'd verse 7 Let Seas with all their Fulness roar The World and all its Host verse 8 In Him each River's sounding Shoar And lofty Mountain boast verse 9 For now the Lord to Judgment 's near And Earth its Doom shall know His Righteousness the World shall hear His Truth and Justice show Another Metres as Mr. Sandys's 13th verse 1 O Sing to God the Lord His wond'rous Works record Sing sing an Anthem new Return his Praises due Whose Hand whose holy Arm Dissolv'd Hell's fatal Charm Whom we triumphant see And crown'd with Victorie verse 2 The Lord's Salvation Is now more clearly known His Truth and Justice He Makes all the Nations see verse 3 But with his Israel His Mercies ever dwell And though a while a Cloud His Truth and Mercy shroud From their expecting Eyes
thy obedient Race And their well-settled Heirs abide Secure before thy Face PSAL. ciij. As the 100th verse 1 O Praise the Lord with grateful Joy My Tongue my Soul his Praises sing verse 2 O let his Praise thy Powers employ His Loves to kind Remembrance bring verse 3 'T is He forgives thy Sins 't is He Thy Weakness heals thy Plagues removes verse 4 Redeems thy Life from Misery And crowns thee with his tenderest Loves verse 5 With good He fills the Youth and Age Thy Age with vigorous Youth renews verse 6 His Arms for Saints opprest engage His just Revenge their Foes pursues verse 7 He to his Israels Race of old By Moses made his Precepts known He by our Jesus still unfolds His Will and Goodness towards his own verse 8 Our Lord is kind his Mercies great His Vengance not his Mercy slow verse 9 He 'll not too oft his Strokes repeat Nor let his Anger alway glow verse 10 So with our se'ves He dealt our Crimes Though foul with Rods he gently lasht His pittying Eyes a thousand times Our still repeated Follies past verse 11 His Goodness so surrounds his own As Skies enclose our humb'er Earth verse 12 From us our Sins are farther thrown Then Sun-set's from the Mornings Birth Part 2. verse 13 More love to pious Souls he shows Then Fathers to their Darling Heirs verse 14 Our frailer Constitution knows Our mouldring Dust as gently spares verse 15 Weak Man like early Birds may rise Or Grass which shades the cheerful Plains verse 16 But struck with blasting Winds he dies And neither House nor Name remains verse 17 But Gods unfailing Grace pursues The Just and all their faithful Seed verse 18 Who on his Sacred Covenant muse And all his righteous Precepts heed verse 19 On high our God has fixt his Throne And thence his boundless Empire guides And o're the Subject World alone His Arbitrary Will presides verse 20 Praise Him ye Angel-flames whose Might Does in compleat Obedience shine verse 21 O praise Him all ye Sons of Light Bless'd Ministers of Love Divine verse 22 O all his Works your Maker praise Praise through his spacious Empire sing While I with grateful Anthems raise New Honours to my Glorious King PSAL. civ As the 100th verse 1 O Praise the Lord my tuneful Soul How great blest God how wondrous great What Majesty what Glories roll About thy Everlasting Seat verse 2 Light robes Thee with her Radiant Streams Thy Curtains are th' expanded Skies verse 2 Floods bear thy Chambers weighty Beams On humble Clouds thy Chariot flies God walks on groaning Winds in State verse 4 Attended with his Angel-Bands And Scrvant-Flames around him wait And fly to bear his great Commands verse 5 He Earth's Foundations strongly laid A well-pois'd never moving Load verse 6 A wavy Deep its Covering made Which o're the highest Mountains flow'd verse 7 But off the head-long Waters flew When his commanding Thunders roar'd verse 8 They took their place and strait in view Sweet Plains appear'd and Mountains soard verse 9 The Floods their Bounds appointed know Earth fears no more th' encroaching Deep verse 10 Through Valleys Crystal Fountains flow And round the Mountains softly creep verse 11 To Them the Savage Creatures fly And kindly cool their thirsty Flame verse 12 The Birds above them sing on high And there their curious Buildings frame Part 2. verse 13 His Rains refresh the parching Hills And make our Earth with Fruits abound verse 14 Thence Grass the hungry Cattel fills And Herbs for Men are useful found Through Him rich Corn o're-spreads the Fields verse 15 And Wine to chear our ' drooping Hearts Fat shining Juice his Olive yields His Bread a Vital Strength imparts verse 16 Sap feeds the lofty Cedar-Groves verse 17 Where Birds of Prey their Eieries raise verse 18 The Goat on Rocky Mountains roves Through Rocks the Coney breaks her Ways verse 19 The Moon the Sun their Seasons know And when to rise and when to fall verse 20 Nights gloomy clouds our World o'reflow And out the Forrest-Rangers crawl verse 21 The Wolves the Tygers howl for prey And loud the hungry Lions roar God for their Diet finds a way And feeds them with his secret Store verse 22 But when the Sun appears they fly And to their unknown Dens repare verse 23 And Men their business safely ply Till Night again o're-clouds the Air. verse 24 How various Lord how wisely fram'd Great God thy Works of Wonder are Thy Riches are through Earth proiclaim'd verse 25 Thy Wealth th' unfathom'd Seas declare Part 3. There Fishes great and small in strange Unnumber'd Numbers cut their Way verse 26 There Navies float and Monsters range And Whales in boundless Oceans Play verse 27 These All blest God depend on Thee Of Thee they beg their timely Food verse 28 Thy Gifts they catch thy Hands are free And All are fill'd with needful Good verse 29 Thou hid'st thy Face affrighted They Sink down to Dust and Dust remain verse 30 Thy Spirit commands the Dead obey And rise and fill the World again verse 31 God's Glory lasts He pleas'd reviews His Works his Looks his dreadful Stroke verse 32 Convulsions through the World diffuse And make the trembling Mountains smoak verse 33 To God my mighty Lord I 'll sing While Health or Life or Breath remains verse 34 My Heart in Him with Joys shall spring I 'll praise his Name in lofty Strains verse 35 He 'll soon confound the Sinner's Race And impious plotting Fools control And all their Stock on Earth deface O bless Ô praise the Lord my Soul PSAL. CV as the 100th or Mr. Sandys's 8th verse 1 O Praise the Lord invoke his Name His Acts through ev'ry Tribe proclaim verse 2 Sing sing aloud your Anthems raise Through all the World his Wonders praise verse 3 Him and his holy Name adpre His Smiles with chearful Hearts implore verse 4 And seek the Lord his Strength embrace And ever seek his glorious Face verse 5 O ye of Abr'ham's faithful Seed O ye of Jacob's chosen Breed verse 6 His strange his dreadful Acts relate And on his Judgments meditate verse 7 He 's our great God our Lord alone His Judgments through the World are known verse 8 His Covenant his Word of old Shall through a Thousand Ages hold verse 9 What He to Abraham spoke before What He to Isaac firmly swore verse 10 And as law on Israel laid And thus his lasting Cov'nant made verse 11 To you rich Canaan's Land I 'll give Where you its lawfal Heirs shall live verse 12 Though then their Seed were weak and small Add despicable Strangers all verse 13 When they a Thousand Movements made And round the neighb'ring Countries stray'd verse 14 He them against the World maintain'd And Ill-designing Kings restrain'd verse 15 From Wrongs be my Anointed free Let no malicious Injurie My Prophets or my Friends approach Or on my chosen Sons encroach Part 2. verse 16 Sharp
That we may sing thy Praise and fall With Thanks before thy Glorious Face verse 48 The God of Israel's Name record His Piaise from Age to Age refound And let the joyful Tribes around Sing out Amen ô praise Lord PSAL. cvij. Part 1. Metre 1. verse 1 O Praise the Lord Exa't his Name His Goodness celebrate Let Age to Age resound his Fame His bounteous Acts relate verse 2 Sing to His Name ye whom from Chains His peaceful Arm redeem'd O be his Praise in grateful Streins His glorious Works esteem'd verse 3 He from Earth's utmost Quarters drew His lsrael's scatter'd Race verse 4 And the wild Desarts wandring thro' They found no Resting-place verse 5 Tho'pinch'd with Hunger scorch'd with Thirst Their wasting Spirits fail'd Yet with their pittying God at first Their humble Cries prevail'd verse 6 Thro'all their Streights his careful Hand Was their unfailing Guide verse 7 And smooth'd their Ways and made their Bands In well-built Towns reside verse 8 O praise his Goodness Praise his Name His wond'rous Mercies praise Thro' all the World his Acts proclaim His boundless Glories raise Part 2. Metre 2. verse 9 Praise God! His Springs we see Relieve the thirsty Soul The hungry Wretch revives when He Bestows his plenteous Dole verse 10 But when they foolish all his gracious Laws abus'd Despis'd their Maker's gentlest Call And Love's soft Voice refus'd verse 11 Then he the stubborn Crew In weighty Fetters chain'd Death's Chains around the Rebels flew And Woes their Souls restrain'd verse 12 Yet when oppress'd they bow'd Beneath the dismal Weight And when in vain they begg'd aloud For Men to ease their State verse 13 When to their God they cry'd And at his-Footstool laid Their pressing Griefs and mortify'd The softhing Rebe's pray'd verse 14 He cleared the Skies above And every Slave unchain'd And with warm Beams of gentlest Love The Sufferers entertained verse 15 O praise O praise his Name His bounteous Acts declare Let all Mankind with Thanks proclaim How great his Mercies are Part 3. Metre 3. As the 100th verse 16 Praise God! At his Command the Gates Of massive Brass their Leaves unfold No Bars of Steel nor sturdy Grates Against his powerful Words can hold verse 17 When Fools ' for Sins afflicted griev'd And with their Sins their Judge provok'd verse 18 No Meats their Appetites reliev'd Nor cas'd their Hungers stickly Stroke Their Stomachs loath'd bless'd Angels Food Sweet Manna dropping from the Skies And Quails disturb'd their curdling Blood Till Nature sunk without Supplies verse 19 Yet when the fainting Sinners pray'd He heard and heard them when they cry'd God's Word their dying Swoons allay'd And Appetites and Food supply'd verse 20 New Life new Spirits he bestow'd Where fading Nature's Force declin'd To them his healthful Favours show'd And their distemper'd Blood refin'd verse 21 O praise our God! Exalt his Name Above the Skies exalt his Name verse 22 Your Thanks with Sacrifice proclaim And Trophies to his Goodness raise Part 4. Metre 4. as the 148th verse 23 Such whose bold Courage o're The restless Ocean flies And fail from Shore to Shore For wealthy Merchandise verse 24 Such Men may fee How wondrous there God's Works appear How powerful He. verse 25 For if in Storms he speak The swelling Tempest roars And foaming Billows break And lash the bounding Shores While Wind and Tide On rolling Seas Where-e'er they please Triumphant ride verse 26 Now high the towring Fleet On Watry Mountains rise As if the Clouds they 'd meet Or brave the threatning Skies Now down they come Steep tumbling all With dreadful Fall To meet their Doom verse 27 Strait every shatter'd Sail. Reels here and staggers there While horrid Storms prevail And Courage yields to fear All Hopes are lost And in Black Night Ships guideless quite At random toss'd verse 28 But when on God they call He hears their mournful Cries verse 29 Loud Storms in Silence fall And Light remounts the Skies Rough Billows slake And gentle Gales Swell all their Sails Their Port to make verse 30 There with Delights unseign'd The wearied Sailers rest New Life and Safety gain'd Warms every fainting Breast Joys sweeter tast And the dear Shore Is va'u'd more For Dangers past verse 31 O praise O praise the Lord His Bounteous Actions praise Let all the World record His Mercy 's wond'rous Ways verse 32 In thickest Throngs Where Princes are His Loves declare With grateful Songs Part 4. Metre 4 As the 113th verse 33 O praise the Lord At his Commands Fair Streams desert the hirsty Lands And Springs no more their Waters yield verse 34 His Curse for Humane Crimes destroys Their blooming Hopes and ripening Joys And sows with barren Salt the Field verse 35 Yet for his own dear Servant's sakes He turns vast Lands to standing Lakes And makes the Sands with Waters flow verse 36 And then their hungry Troops he guides And thro' the new-rais'd Fields divides And makes new Towns and Cities grow verse 37 With noblest Grains they sow their Fields Rich Wines the grateful Vineyard yields Their Crops are full profound their Peace verse 38 God's Blessing on their Labours waits Their crowding Offspring throng their Gates And all their pregnant Flocks encrease verse 39 But when his ancient Love 's abus'd His Counsels his Commands refus'd A suddain Change o'returns their State Down falls their haughty Pride their Race Incessant Wars And Plagues desace Expos'd to every Neighbour's Hare verse 40 Their Princes with Contempt he treats Confounds them in their proud Conceits And lets their Hopes bewildred fall verse 41 Then to the Poor despis'd before Transfers his favouring Mercies store And feeds and multiplies them all verse 42 Admire ye living Saints with Joy While silent impious Atheists ly Admire his Providential Ways verse 43 Let wise Men all their Thoughts confine To meditare on Works Divine And sing their great Protector 's praise PSAL. cviij As the 110th verse 1 MY Heart is fix'd ô God my Heart Is fix'd thy losty Praise to sing I 'me ready with my noblest part To praise my everlasting King verse 2 Awake my Harp awake my Lute While I prevent the Morning's light verse 3 And thy dear Praises prosecute In all the wondring Nations fight verse 4 Swist are the Clouds and high the Skies Above our Thoughts and Measures far But higher Lord thy Mercies rise More swift thy Truths vast Conguests are verse 5 Lord o're the Skies thy Brightness show Let all the Earth thy Glories see verse 6 O hear ô save thy Servant so I 'le rescue those belov'd by Theo. verse 7 God swore once by his Holiness And by his Oath my Joy maintains I 'le quick Shichcm's Fields possess And measure Succoth's fruitful Plains verse 8 Fair Gileads mine Manasses too My Head on Ephraim's strength relies The Scepter 's Royal Indah's due My Kingdom He with Laws supplies verse 9 Moab my meanest Slave shall be And Edom prostrate at my Feet And conquere'd Palestina
me With humble Tribute gladly meet verse 10 Whoe'l me thro' Cities fortify'd Or Edom's rocky Frontiers lead verse 11 Lord let thy Help so long deny'd At last our fainting Armies head verse 12 Up Lord in times of Danger aid For Humane Helps are only shows verse 13 And valiant thro'thy Influence made Wee 'l trample o're our vanquish'd Foes PSAL. cix verse 1 O Thou dear God of all my Praise No longer silent go verse 2 For sinful Men in sinful Ways And Traitors bolder grow Against me-they their Rage excite Their Tongues with Falshood whet verse 3 And me with Words of deadly spite And causeless Hate beset verse 4 They for my kindness prove my Foes But I in silence pray verse 5 Malice to Goodness they oppose And Love with Hate repay verse 6 Make Him some wicked Tyrant's slave Let Satan bind his hands verse 7 And Sins severest Sentence have When He in judgment stands verse 8 Nay let his very Prayers be Sin verse 9 His Days be dark and few That Office fix another in Which to himself was due No Father let his Children see His widow'd Wife go mourn verse 10 His Off-spring common Vagrants be Expos'd to Want and Scorn Their Bread from cruel Hands intreaty verse 11 The Griping-Usurers trade Seize all his Wea'th and every Cheat His Pains and Gains invade verse 12 No Mercy let his Cries engage Nor all his Orphan race verse 13 But sink'um all in one short Age Their very Names deface Part 2. verse 14 In God's revenging Presence let Their Father's Crimes remain No length of Time or Years forget Their Mother's viler stain verse 15 Let them God's sleeping Vengeance move Their Memory to destroy verse 16 Since Grace could ne'er his Soul improve Not Love his Thoughts employ But the dear Man to Sorrows born With humblest Thoughts inclu'd The broken Heart with Anguish torn His bloody Hate pursu'd verse 17 Cursing and hellish Words he lov'd His Lot may Curses be His Heart no Blessings e'er approv'd Let him no Blessing see verse 18 He Curses for a Garment us'd And with their poisonous draught His Bowels washt like Oil diffus'd Quite thro' his Bones they wrought verse 19 May He no other Garments wear But Curses closely bound And Curses for a Girdle bear To gird him duely round verse 20 Be this the Just reward of those From God's revenging Hand Whose spiteful Words my Life oppose And who against me stand verse 21 But Lord for thy Names sake appear My Party kindly own Thy Mercy 's Goo'd ô let it here To vescue Me be shown Part 3. verse 22 For wretched and afflicted I With inward Wounds decay verse 23 And like an Evening Shadow fly Or Locusts hurld away verse 24 My Knees with tedious Fastings fail And all my Leanness see verse 25 My Foes with brutish scorn assail And shake their Heads at me verse 26 Help ô My God! ô save Me show Thy farmer Mercies now verse 27 That all thy Love to me may know Thy Helps dear Lord allow verse 28 Then let them Curse me stil on me Thy Blessings Lord bestow Let Them their own Confusion see But me thy gladness know verse 29 When great they seem like some large Cloke Let Shame be round them roul'd verse 30 And I 'le thy Name in Crouds invoke Thy Praise at large unfold verse 31 For God still by the Poor Mans side With sure assistance stands His Soul with saving Wings to hide From partial Judges Hands PSAL. CX verse 1 SIT here on my Right Hand the Lord Thus to my Lord has said Till thou shalt see thy Foes abhor'd Beneath thy Footstool lay'd verse 2 From Sions Hill thy regal claime Thy Scepter first shall rise Thence Reign and with thy awful Name Command thy Enemies verse 3 When thy Prodigious Might appears Thy ready Armies move And Preach those happy gladsome years The Reign of boundless Love Tho' at a mighty distance now The careless People stand To Thee they'I then as swiftly flow And own thy ruling Hand Wash'd from their Crimes and snowy white Their Tempers undefild And cloth'd with Innocence and Light And like their Matter mild These Conquests first belong'd to Thee E're dewy Mornings rose Or Time cou'd thro' Eternity Thy sacred Birth disclose verse 4 Then by himself thy Father swore And shook his awful Throne And when swift Time shall be no more He'el that Engagement own Thou' rt an Eternal Priest to Thee There 's no succeeding Heir And like Melchisedes shalt be And Crown and Miter wear verse 5 The Lord shall in his angry Day Rebellious Kings destroy verse 6 Among the Gentiles fierce'y sway And fill his own with Joy But where bo'd Opposition reigns The slughter'd Corpses round And dying Kings shall spread the Plains And stain the purple Ground verse 7 But he before the Conquest gain'd The Rage of Thirst shall know With Sorrow's streams be entertain'd And drink of deadly Woe Till all those Difficulties past His Glory 's largely spread And all shall see the Crown at last On his victorious Head PSAL. cxj. O Praise the Lord my Heart prepare To praise the mighty Lord Where-e'er his bless'd Assemblies me Will I his Name record verse 2 Great are his Works and earnestly By Men of Wisdom sought verse 3 His Works are all with Majesty And comely Beauty wrought His Righteousness eternally Shall with his Works endure verse 4 In grateful Minds his Clemency And his Compassions sure verse 5 For those who fear his sacred Name The Lord at large provides His ancient Covenant the same Still in his Thoughts abides verse 6 The Might where with his Works are wrought He to his People shows And Portions from the Gentiles brought On them at large bestows verse 7 His Works in Truth and Judgment done His Precepts just and sure verse 8 As first in Righteousness begun Through ev'ry Age endure verse 9 The Lord his People once redeem'd And gave them lasting Laws And still his holy Name esteem'd Our Veneration draws verse 10 True Wisdom springs from Godly Fear An Understanding pure Will in Obedience best appear And its just Praise endure PSAL. cxij. O Praise the Lord All Blessings wait On him who fears his Name In whom his just Commands create Pure Love's immortal Flame verse 2 Mighty on Earth his Seed shall be His Generation bless'd verse 3 His Righteousness shall last and he In Wealth and Plenty rest verse 4 To Men of upright Hearts the Light Through gloomy Darkness shines Mercy 's the righteous Man's Delight To Love his Soul inclines verse 5 He 's pitiful to Men distress'd And lends to those in Need In Judgment from his milder Breast No cruel Words proceed verse 6 He ne'er shall move his Memory Shall ever sweetly last verse 7 From Fear through heavy Tidings free His Heart in God be fast verse 8 His Heart from cold Despair secur'd Can on his God repose Till of the Down-fall he 's assur'd Of all his angry Foes
verse 9 With plenteous Doles his lib'ral Hand The needy Poor supp'ies His Righteousness shall ever stand His Strength with Honour rise verse 10 Ill Men enrag'd his Happiness With envious Eyes shall view And gnash and pine and deep Distress Their blasted Hopes pursue PSAL. cxiij Proper Tune verse 1 O Praise the Lord his Praises sing Ye Servants of th' Eternal King verse 2 Bless ever bless his sacred Name verse 3 From the first Bâ—ushes of the Day Till Night her sable Wings display His Name 's immortal Praise proclaim verse 4 The Lord o'er all the Nations reigns The Lord 's illustrious Glory stains The brightest Star the clearest Sky verse 5 What Man what God would we compare With Him whose lofty Dwellings are Above all Heav'ns exalted high verse 6 Yet thence his Providential Eyes Survey the never-resting Skies And all our humble World below verse 7 He helps the Wretched from the Floor And from the Dung-hill lifts the Poor His Goodness and his Strength to show verse 8 Thence He exalts their meaner Fate To Majesty and Princely State And bids'em Crowns and Sceptres claim verse 9 He makes the barren Womb conceive O'er-joy'd a youthful Race to leave O praise ô ever praise his Name Another Metre verse 1 PRaise God! ô praise the Lord Ye Saints with one Accord His hoIy Name with Praise proclaim His holy Acts record verse 2 His Name with Praise attend Till Time it self shall end verse 3 His Fame display from dawning Day Till Night's dark Shades descend verse 4 God's o'er the Nations high His Glories pass the Sky verse 5 What God 's ador'd as our great Lord Or with his Height can vye verse 6 Yet condescending He Through Heav'n and Earth can see verse 7 The Poor to raise who spend their Days In Want and Miserie verse 8 His Smiles with Honour grace Those who the Dust embrace With Kings to vye in Majesty And rule his chosen Race verse 9 At his All-quick'ning Word The barren Womb 's restor'd With Joy t' embrace a lively Race Praise then ô praise the Lord PSAL. cxiv verse 1 WHen Israel's Tribes when Jacob's Race From barb'rous Egypt went verse 2 Then Judab was his holy Place Israel his Government verse 3 The Seas and Jordan saw their God Advancing in their Head The Seas amaz'dly parting stood And Jordan backward fled verse 4 The Mountains at the dreadful Sight Leap'd up like frighted Rams The Hills with the surprizing Fright Skip'd like the trembling Lambs verse 5 What terrify'd the parting Seas That they divided stood What Fears could Jordan's Currents seize Or turn his hasty Flood verse 6 What made the lofty Mountains leap So like the frighted Rams The little Hills on crouded Heaps To run like trembling Lambs verse 7 Ne'er ask the Cause When Jacob's God Appears with Glories crown'd His dreadful Looks his awful Nod The trembling World confound verse 8 And when his thirsty Nation prays He turns the Rocks to Springs And from dry Flints by wond'rous Ways Unceasing Fountains brings Another Metre As the 113th verse 1-2 Isreal of old their Maker chose His Empire and his Name 's Repose And more than all the Nations lov'd And with his own Almighty Hand From cruel Egyst's barb'rous Land Their happy Tribes in Peace remov'd verse 3 The Sea his marching Armies view'd The Sea a while as doubtful stood But soon with wild Amazement fled Old Jordan's Streams with headlong Haste Astonish'd Merom's Waves re-pass'd And backward flew to find their Head verse 4 The Mountains Vast which proudly bore Their Heads above the Clouds before Like Rems from their Foundations leap'd The lesser Hills as frighted Lambs Run trembling to their helpless Dams Beneath their Parent-Mountains crept verse 5 What made the Seas divided fly What made old Jordan's Waters try With backward Streams to find their Spring verse 6 What made the Mountains leap like Rams The lesser Hills like trembling Lambs Close to their Parent Mountains cling verse 7 Slightly alas they mov'd or fear'd At him the World amaz'd appear'd The World before its Maker quakes His look who now in Jacob reigns And there his holy House maintains The settled frame of Nature shakes verse 8 Let then the Seas desert the Shore Let Jordan's Banks be fill'd no more Let barren Sands around us ly Our God can change with wondrous ease The Flints to Springs the Rocks to Seas And all his Peoples Wants supply PSAL. cxv verse 1 To us dear Lord to us no Praise But to thy Name is due For Mercy lays thy gracious Ways And all thy Words are true verse 2 Why should the foolish Gentiles cry Where 's He whom God they call verse 3 Our God's on High above the Sky And acts his Pleasure all verse 4 Their Gods of other Tempers are Fine Silver weighty Gold And Men With care such Gods prepare And then their Gods uphold verse 5 They ne're could speak and ne're could see Tho' made with Mouths and Eyes verse 6 And louder he than Storms must be Who can their Ears surprise The strongest Stench the noblest Sweet Their Nostrils can't invade verse 7 Their Hands can't meet nor feel their Feet Were ne're for walking made With all abusive Scorns appear Before their Deities Yet shan't you there one Murmur hear So still their Anger lies verse 8 Wise as their senseless Gods are those Who first advanc'd the Trade And such are those whose Souls repose On what their Hands have made Part 2. verse 9 O ye of Jacob's wiser Seed On God securely trust He 'll help with speed in times of need And ever shield the just verse 10 O ye of Aaron's sacred Breed On God securely trust He 'll help with speed in times of need And ever shield the Just verse 11 Ye who With Fear your Maker heed In him securely trust He 'll he'p with speed in times of need And still defend the Just verse 12 The Lord has Kept us still in mind His Priests shall all be blest Our Tribes shall find his Blessings kind On all their Dwellings rest verse 13 The Lord will all his Servants bless The Rich Poor Young and old verse 14 And Happiness with vast access Shall you and yours uphold verse 15 You 're by that great Creator blest Who bade theWorld to rise verse 16 And who possest of sacred Rest Lives high above the Skies verse 17 O're Earth and all that Earth contains For mortal Men design'd Man freely reigns and God maintains The Gift to them resign'd verse 18 The Dead nor those can blaze thy Fame Who sink to silence down verse 19 But we thy Name with Praise proclaim And endless Blessings crown PSAL. cxvi verse 1 THe Lord who heard my Voice and Prayer My Lord my Love shall be verse 2 On him I 'll call with constant Care Who bow'd his Ear to me verse 3 The Chains of Death engag'd me round Me hellish Pains surpriz'd And Troubles oft and Anguish found And Sorrows exercis'd verse 4 Then in
the Lord's prevailing Name To God I humbly pray'd Thy Help thy Favour Lord I claim My soul dear Saviour aid verse 5 The Lord is kind and righteous too And Mercy freely shows verse 6 He helps the weak and swiftly flew To save my soul from Woes verse 7 Turn then my Soul return to Rest The Lord was kind to thee verse 8 Thro' him I ' scap'd Death's cold Arrest My Eyes from Tears are free He Keeps my Feet from Falls and I My Woes by him survive verse 9 And in return I 'll gratefully As in his Presence live Part 2. verse 10 So I believ'd and so I spoke But sore afflicted I verse 11 Thus out in hasty Passion broke Men sure are sold to lye verse 12 But what Returns Lord shall I make For all thy Loves to me verse 13 Thy Blessed Cup with Praise I 'll take And duly call on Thee verse 14 My Vows to God I 'le offer here Abroad in open Light verse 15 The Death of all his Saints is dear In their Redeemer's Sight verse 16 Lord I 'm thy Servant humbly I My self thy Servant own Thy Handmaid's Son from Slavery By Thee discharg'd alone verse 17 To Thee the Sacrifice of Praise My Sacrifice shall be And in the Lords great Name I 'le raise My suppliant Hands to Thee verse 18 Here Lord to Thee I 'le pay my Vows In all the People Sight verse 19 In Salem in thy holy House O praise the Lord of Might PSAL. cxvij verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord Ye Nations all around His Goodness thro' the World record His glorious Acts resound verse 2 On us and all our Race His Mercy largely flows His Truth no Time can e're deface Nor Force his Power oppose Or thus verse 1 PRaise God! ô praise our mighty Lord Ye Nations all around His Goodness thro' the W'or'd record His wondrous Acts resound verse 1 For on our selves and all our Race His Mercy largely flows His Truth no Time can e're deface Nor Force his Arm oppose PSAL. cxviij verse 1 THe Lord the great Jehovah praise He 's good in all his Ways His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Goodness ne're decays verse 2 Let Jacob's long protected Race Adore his wondrous Grace His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time resigns his Place verse 3 Let Aaron's sacred Helts proclaim The Lords exalted Name His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Goodness still the same verse 4 O ye who God's Commands obey With grateful Praises say His Mercies sure unchanged endure His Mercies ne're decay verse 5 In Straights I call'd on Him and He From Streights soon set me free verse 6 To God I 'm Dear and ne're can fear What Man can do to me verse 7 The Lord among my kindest Friends His own Assistance sends My longing Eye shall soon descry My Foes expected Ends. verse 8 In God the Lord it 's better far To trust our Hopes and Care Then to repose our Hopes in those Who wretched Mortals are verse 9 In God the Lord it 's better far To fix our Hopes and Care Then to repose our Trust in those Who mighty Princes are Part 2. verse 10 I When the Nations round me ply'd In God their Strength defy'd verse 11 They compassed me but easily I so their Force out-vy'd verse 12 Tho' me like Bees they closely ply'd Like blazing Thorns they dy'd In Gods great Name I quench'd their Flame And all their Strength defy'd verse 13 Oft hast thou push'd unmanly Foe To work my overthrow But thro' Gods-Aid tho' oft afraid I still in Safety go verse 14 God by his Might has made me strong My God 's my daily Song Salvation He ordain'd for me Who to himself belong verse 15 Sweet Tunes of Joy and Health abide Where righteous Men reside Gods Hand is grown renown'd alone For Deeds of Valour-try'd verse 17 His Hand 's alone deserv'dly nam'd His Hand on high proclaim'd His Hand is grown renown'd alone For valiant Actions fam'd verse 17 I still shall live and still declare How great his Actions are verse 18 I felt his Rod but still my God My Life wou'd kindly spare verse 19 Let the wide Gates of Righteousness Now grant me free access I 'le gladly there with Thanks appear And God my Saviour bless Part 3. verse 20 Gods House his holy Gates are near The Righteous enter there verse 21 I 'le praise the Lord his Help record Who would his Suppliant hear verse 22 That Solid Rock that Noble Stone Off by the Builders thrown Now all the Coines securely joyns And makes the Building One. verse 23 The Lords great Work it was and we Amaz'd the Wonder see verse 24 God made this Day now Joys shall sway And Mirth triumphant be verse 25 Hear Lord ô save at last and make Our favour'd Actions take Our Business bless with kind Success Lord for thy Mercy 's sake verse 26 O blest be He who kindly came In Gods Almighty Name You who before his House adore To you we wish same verse 27 Us God the Lord with Light supplies O bind the Sacrifice With Cords it nigh his Altars tie Till there it bleeds and dies verse 38 Thou Lord art God alone to me I 'le Praises sing to Thee By me thy Name thy glorious Fame Shall still exalted be verse 29 The Lord our great Jehovah praise He 's good in all his Ways His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Mercy ne're decays PSAL. cxix Aleph 1. Beth 2. verse 1 BLest are the Men whose perfect Ways Gods purer Laws confine verse 2 Who keep his Word and all their Days To Him in Heart incline verse 3 No Sins to such can pleasing be As by his Orders move verse 4 And thou commandedst Lord that we Thy Rules should keep and love verse 5 Oh that my Footsteps guided sure Could by thy Statutes tread verse 6 Then should I live from Shame secure When thy Commands I read verse 7 I 'le praise thee with an upright Heart When I thy Judgments know verse 8 I 'le keep thy Laws ô ne're depart To me no Stranger grow verse 9 How may a Youth his Ways improve If he thy Word obey verse 10 To Thee with all my Soul I move O never let me stray verse 11 I in my Bosom hide thy Word From Sin to guard my Heart verse 12 To me b'est God thy Grace afford And all thy Laws impart verse 13 Thy Judgments Lord my Soul esteems My ready Lips declare verse 14 To me thy Word more pleasing seems Then noblest Treasures are verse 15 I on thy Precepts meditate Thy Laws before me set verse 16 Thy Statutes all my Joys create Thy Words I ne're forget Gimel 3. Daleth 4. verse 17 Oh let me live my God be kind So I thy Words shall keep verse 18 Unclose my Eyes by Nature blind To view thy Wonders deep verse 19 O don't from me a Stranger Lord Thy Testimonies hide verse 20 For constant Cares to get thy Word My longing
design'd For my rejoicing Heart verse 112 Which to thy Statutes all inclin'd From Them can ne're depart Samech 15. Gnain 16. verse 113 I love thy Laws but those that own All vain Opinions hate verse 114 Thou art my Covering Shield alone And on thy Word I wait verse 115 Begone ye sinful Crew for I At pure Obedience aim verse 116 With promis'd Help my Life supply And guard my Hope from shame verse 117 Uphold me then I 'me safe and I Shall all thy Laws respect verse 118 Trod down by thee those Straglers dy Who Cheats and Lies project verse 119 Thy dear lov'd Word like Dross the Bands Of Sinners purg'd away verse 120 And I the Judgments of thy Hands With awful Fear survey verse 121 I've done what 's Just and Right ô save Me from Oppressions Force verse 122 Thy kind Assurance Lord I crave To stop the Tyrants Course verse 123 My Eyes for thy Salvation fail And promis'd Righteousness verse 124 With me Dear Lord in Mercy deal And with Me Statutes bless verse 123 Make Me thy Servant Wise I 'll then Thy Testimonies know verse 126 Help Lord its time lest impious Men Thy Law should overthrow verse 127 For this I love thy Precepts more Then heaps of purest Gold verse 128 I know their Justice but abhor The Paths which Lies uphold Pe 17. Tsadi 18. verse 129 Thy Testimonies wondrous are My Soul to keep them tries verse 130 Thy Words explain'd the Truth declare And make the Simplest wise verse 131 Thy Words more sweet than cooling Winds To fainting Spirits are verse 132 That Pitty those who love Thee find O let thy Servant share verse 133 If by thy Rule thou fix my Ways No Sinn shall conquer me verse 134 And me from Mans Oppression raise Then mine thy Laws shall be verse 135 Smile Lord on me and let thy Laws Thy Servants Soul convert verse 136 Tears drown my flowing Eys because Vain Men thy Laws desert verse 137 Essential Justice Reigns in Thee Thy Judgments all are rights verse 138 Thy Testimonies faithfully To Righteousness excite verse 139 Zeal burns me up because my Foes Thy sacred Word forget verse 140 That Word which as it purely flows On it my Heart is set verse 141 I'm Lord despis'd and mean but still My Soul thy Law retains verse 142 Thy Laws the Truth thy Righteous Will From Age to Age remains verse 143 Delight to me tho compast round With Woes thy Statutes give verse 144 Their Justice every Age has found O make me Wise to Live Koph 19. Resch 20. verse 145 I cry aloud Lord hear my cry I 'll keep thy Statutes sure verse 146 I Pray ô save me and I 'll try Thy Testimonies pure verse 147 My Crys Days early dawn prevent While for thy Word I Wait. verse 148 All Night my wakeful Heart's intent On them to meditate verse 149 O Hear me and my Spirits by Thy Judgments Lord renew verse 150 For they approach who virtue Fly And Mischiefs ways pursue verse 158 Thou Lord art ever near to Thine And thy Commands are True verse 152 I knew long since thy Laws Divine Were strong and lasting too verse 153 Weigh Lord my sufferings set Me free Who don't forget thy Laws verse 154 And for thy promise quicken me O save and plead my Cause verse 155 Salvations far from Sinners who Thy Statutes ne're pursue verse 156 But as thy Mercys kindly flow My strength just God renew verse 157 Tho cruel Foes unnumber'd are I don't thy Laws decline verse 158 But see with Grief how Sinners dare Against thy Word combine verse 159 See how I in thy Laws delight In Love revive my Soul verse 160 Truth founds thy Word thy Judgments right Shall Times last Force controul Schin 21. Than 22. verse 161 Pursued by Kings with Causeless Hate Yet more thy Words I fear'd verse 162 In me more Joys thy Words Create Then Spoils in Battel clear'd verse 163 Lies I with Hate and scorn disclaim But Love thy Laws to trust verse 164 Seven times a day I praise thy Name For all thy Judgments Just verse 165 They live in Peace who love thy Word No Cares disturb their Rest verse 166 I wait for thy Salvation Lord With thy Commandments blest verse 167 My Soul thy Testimonies takes And loves exceedingly verse 168 Thy Laws its whole Employment makes My ways before Thee lie verse 169 Lord let my Crys approach thy Place Thy Statutes make me Wise verse 170 My Prayers ascend and from thy Face My Promis'd Rescue rise verse 171 My Lips shall utter Praises well When all thy Statutes taught verse 172 And on thy Word my Tongue shall dwell And Orders justly wrought verse 173 Lord help me with thy gracious Hand For I thy Precepts chose verse 174 I long for thy Salvation and My Joy thy Laws compose verse 175 O let me live and praise thy Name Thy Judgements help my Cause verse 176 And me poor wandring Sheep reclaim Who n'er forget thy Laws PSAL. cxx verse 1 TO God in deep Distress I cry Who bows his Ear to me verse 2 My Soul Dear Lord from Lips which lie And Tongues deceitful free verse 3 What shall be pay'd what done to Thee Thou false deceitful Tongue verse 4 Thy Portion burning Con's shall be And Arrows from the strong verse 5 Wo's me that I constrain'd so long In Forreign Tents abide Wo's me who banish'd thus among Men us'd to Blood reside verse 6 My Soul hath sojourn'd long with those Who hate the Thoughts of Peace verse 7 If I the Name of Peace propose Their Quarrels most encrease Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 TO God in Troubles I And deep Distresses cry And He receives my Prayer 2 Lord save my Soul from those Whose Lips with Falslhood close Whose Tongues deceitful are verse 3 What shall be paid to Thee Or what thy Portion be Thou while deceitful Tongue verse 4 Hot Coals of Juniper Shalt thou from Justice bear And Arrows of the strong verse 5 Woe 's me alas that I Must thro' necessity In dismal Tents abide Woe 's me who must so long In Banishment among Blood-thirsty Brutes reside verse 6 My Soul has sojourn'd long With those who live by wrong But hate the Thoughts of Peace verse 7 When I for Peace would move That Peace I dearly love Their Feuds and Jarrs encrease PSAL. cxxj verse 1 UP to the Hills I lift my Eyes From whence my Aids descend verse 2 The Lord who made the Earth and Skyes Will sure assistance send verse 3 Hee 'l fix thy Foot secure No sleeps Thy Watchman can surprize verse 4 That God who Israel safely keeps Ne're shuts his wakeful Eyes verse 5 The Lord is thy Protector sure And he defends thy Head Thy Maker will his shade secure O're all thy Dwellings spread verse 6 So all the Sun 's fierce Summer Beams Shall never make thee iâ—l On thee the Moons unwholesome Gleams No hurtful Dews distil verse 7 The
appear And all the Mount command verse 7 Come let 's approach the place before His holy Altars bow And at his glorious Feet adore And due Submission show Part 2. verse 8 Rise Lord thy Arke of Glory raise Assume thy chosen Seat And on thy flock which humbly prays Thy Blessings Lord repeat verse 9 Thy Priests with Righteousness invest Thy Saints for Joy shall sing verse 10 For Davids sake his Offspring blest To Crowns and Scepters bring verse 11 The Lord to David sware of old His Oath in Truth was made Thy Seed shall still the Kingdom hold From Heirs to Heirs convey'd verse 12 And if thy Sons with prudent Care My Covenant observe And from those Rules my Laws declare Shall never vainly swerve I too will them as Kings support And thy continued Line On Salems Throne in Judae's Court From Age to Age shall shine verse 13 Sion is Gods Election where Hee 'l hold his Residence verse 14 Here will I always dwell and here My long'd for Rest Commence verse 15 I 'le their Provisions largely bless Their Poor with plenty cloy verse 16 Their Priests with my Salvation dress And fill their Saints with Joy verse 17 There Davids Branches ever strong Shall fill the Regal Line The Lamp of my Anointed long With settled Lustre shine verse 18 Shame shall his envious Foes surround But his iâ—lustrous Head With starry Beams of Glory crown'd Fresh Honours round him shed PSAL. cxxxiij verse 1 HOw sweet how charming is the Sight Where prudent Christians move In peaceful Ways and all delight To wear the Chains of Love Then Kindness fills their tender Hearts And shoots thro all their Eyes Each Tongue a Love unfeign'd imparts And Love's their Exercise verse 2 So when those fragrant Oils of old The Head of Aaron crown'd And down his Head the Ba som roll'd And drench'd his Garments round From him the pleasant Odours thro' The Tabernacle flow'd And on the sacrificing Crew A thousand Sweets bestow'd verse 3 And as soft Rains and pearly Dews On Sion's Mount distill And Clouds their Silver Drops diffuse On Hâ—moâ—'s fruitful Hill So God where Men his Peace maintain His Blessing largely sends And Love to all that heavenly Train From Age to Age extends Another Metre as the 148. SWeet Peace blest Charity How soft thy heavenly Charms When that uniting Tye The Souls of Brethren arms And soars above Rough Nature's Jars And sinful Wars On Wings of Love More sweet than Balsams shed By Gods divine Command On Aaron's sacred Head Which all his Garments stain'd And thence distill'd Gods holy Place With heavenly Grace And Odours fill'd verse 3 More sweet than those soft Dews Which ancient Hermon crown'd Or Drops which Clouds diffuse Gods holy Mount around And all below Kind warmth prevails And pleasant Dales With Plenty flow verse 3 Where such sweet Concord reigns The God of Peace descends The Church and State maintains And every Tribe defends His Blessings fall And Life and Ease And lasting Peace Extends to all PSAL. cxxxiv. verse 1 YE who before the Lord In nightly turns adore With Praise his wondrous Acts record His gracious Smiles implore verse 2 Up toward his holy Place Your Hands devoutly raise And all those happy Hours embrace To sing his glorious Praise verse 3 For he at whose Command The World from Nothing rose Great Blessings with a liberal Hand On all his Church bestows PSAL. cxxxv verse 1 O Praise the Lord ye Saints his Name With grateful Anthems raise verse 2 Who in his House your Stations claim And fill his Courts with Praise verse 3 Praise ye the Lord the gracious Lord For 't is a pleasant Thing When Men with Thanks his Name record With Thanks his Praises sing verse 4 For God himself his Israel chose His own peculiar Care verse 5 Vain Gods in vain his Strength oppose With him in vain compare verse 6 Thro' the vast Deeps Seas Earth and Skies God acts his pleasure all verse 7 He bids the cloudy Vapours rise And he commands their Fall Fierce Lighthings on his pouring Rains At his Commands attend Rough Winds he from his Treasures dreins VVhich thence in Storms ascend God the First-born from Man to Beast Thro trembling Egypt slew Him by his dreadful Plagues opprest Distracted Egypt knew Pharaoh and all his Armies dy'd Beneath his weighty Hand verse 10 He many mighty Kings destroy'd And many a fruitful Land verse 11 Sihon and Og and all who reign'd Of Canaan's Reaâ—ms possest verse 12 Till Israel's Race their Kingdoms gain'd And there secur'd their Rest Part 2. verse 13 Thy Name and thy Memorial Lord From Age to Age endures verse 14 Thy Justice all thy Saints record VVhile that their Peace procures For God for all their Sufferings griev'd And their afflicted Case VVill them from cruel Foes reliev'd VVith tend ' rest Loves embrace verse 15 Idols for Gods the Gentiles blind Of Gold and Silver use VVhose Mouths were ne're for Speech design'd VVhose Eyes the Light refuse verse 16 No sound could over-reach their Ears No Breath their Lives declare verse 17 Dull as their Gods their Slaves appear And such their Makers are verse 19 The Lord ô ye of Israel's Race O Aaron's House proclaim verse 20 Ye Levites ye who seek his Grace O Praise his sacred Name verse 21 With Blessings from his holy Hill His Name and Acts record Whose Glories all his Churches fill Praise ye ô praise the Lord PSAL. cxxxvj verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord verse 2 The God of Gods adore His Mercies sure unchang'd endure A never-failing Store verse 3 O praise the Lord of Lords verse 4 Who Wonders works alone His Mercies sure unchang'd endure To endâ—ess Ages known verse 5 Praise Him whose curious Hand Stretch'd out the lofty Skies His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When all expiring lies verse 6 He made firm Land above The mighty Waters rise His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time and Nature dies verse 7 Praise Him whose Wisdom first Set up the glorious Light His Mercies sure unchang'd endure As that immensely bright verse 8 The Sun to rule the Day verse 9 The Moon and Stars the Night His Mercies sure unchang'd endure In all the Nations sight verse 10 He all their eldest Hopes Thro' Egypt's Land destroy'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure O're all his Works employ'd verse 11 Thence with an out-stretch'd Arm verse 12 He lead his Israel's Race His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time resigns his Place Part 2. verse 13 Praise Him whose powerful Hand Made mighty Seas divide His Mercies sure unchang'd endure Thro' endless Ages try'd verse 14 VVho thro' the sandy Deeps All Israel's Armies lead His Mercies sure Unchang'd endure In all his Actions read verse 15 But o're proud Pharaoh's Host Returning VVaves prevail'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure On all his own Entail'd verse 16 VVho thro' the Desert wilde His People march'd secure His Mercies sure unchang'd endure And as his Nature pure verse
17 He many powerful Kings verse 18 And mighty Princes slew His Mercies sure unchang'd endure To all his Servants true verse 19 The surly Amorite verse 20 And Bashan's Gyant Lord His Mercies sure unchang'd endure As his Eternal VVord verse 21 Praise Him who all their Land verse 22 On Israel's Race bestow'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure To all his Creatures show'd verse 23 He help'd our mean Estate verse 24 And us from Foes redeem'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure By all his Saints esteem'd verse 25 He feeds his Creatures all O praise this heavenly King His Mercies sure unchang'd endure Let all his Creatures sing Another Metre as the 148th verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord verse 2 The God of Gods adore verse 3 The Lord of Lords record verse 4 And all his Wonders store For certainly His Mercies sure Unchang'd endure Eternally verse 5 Praise Him whose curious Hand Stretch'd out the lofty Skies verse 6 And made the solid Land Above the Waters rise For certainly c. verse 7 He through Confusions sway Drew out the glorious Light verse 8 The Sun to rule the Day verse 9 The Moon and Stars the Night For certainly c. verse 10 He all the First-born slew Thro' Egypt's mournful Land verse 11 And out his Israel drew verse 12 With his victorious Hand For certainly c. verse 13 Praise Him before whose Rod The Seas divided fled verse 14 And thro' strange ways untrod His Jacob's Army led For certainly c. verse 15 Who drowning Pharaoh's Host verse 16 His own thro' Deserts train'd verse 17 And Canaan's ancient Coast verse 18 With Blood of Princes stain'd For certainly c. verse 19 The furious Amorite verse 20 And Bashan's Monster King verse 21 He slew that to their Right verse 22 He might his Servants bring For certainly c. verse 23 Praise Him who helps our Needs verse 24 And gives us Victories verse 25 Who all his Creatures feeds And reigns above the Skies For certainly c. PSAL. 137. Proper Tune ON Babel's Rivers Banks we sate O're-whelm'd with Miseries And Tears for Sion's ruin'd State O're-flow'd our mournful Eyes verse 2 Useless our Harps untun'd unstrung As our disorder'd Minds On Willows unregarded hung Expos'd to wanton Winds verse 3 But our too cruel Conquerors there Disturb'd our silent Woes And bad us change our mournful Cheen Our Thoughts to Songs compose Let 's hear they cry'd that wondrous Song Which once your God could charm Our Ears for Sion's Musick long Our heavy Hearts to warm verse 4 What shall we sing our holy Songs To please our haughty Foes Shall we what to our God belongs In Heathen Lands expose verse 5 No should we Salem's Woes pass o're Her Desolations slight O may our skilful Hands no more The curious Ear delight verse 6 O may our Tongues be silent quite If we her Walls forget Or don't above our chief Delight Poor Salem's Sorrows set verse 7 Think Lord on Esau's barbarous Race How at our Fall they cry'd Down down their mighty Walls deface O're-turn their ancient Pride verse 8 Nor shalt thou Babel e're avoid Our God's revenging Hand Since He by whom thy Pride 's destroy'd Shall blest in safety stand verse 9 Gods Blessings on his Arms shall rest Who breaks the tender Bones Of Babes torn from the Mother's Breast On unrelenting stones Another Metre As the 51th Proper Tune verse 1 WHen on Euphrates Banks we lay Poor slaves oppress'd with Cares and Fears And thought on Salem's fatal Day Our Sighs burst out at last in Tears We saw proud Babel firmly wall'd Her Buildings fair serene her state The sight poor Salem's Doom recall'd Augmenting Sorrows dismal weight verse 2 Thither in vain our Harps wee 'd brought To calm our Thoughts and ease our Woes Such Ease alass in vain we sought Our Wounds no Musick 's Balm could close Careless at last we hung them by On mournful Willows planted round Where the sad Strings by sympathy Sigh'd broke and gave a doleful sound verse 3 But they whose cruel Hands had laid Our Country waste our selves in Chains A sport of all our Sorrows made And call'd for Musick 's pleasing streins Come take your lazy Harps they cry Tune well tune every sounding string Let 's have some godly melody Some chearful Hallelujah sing verse 4 Inhumane should we prostitute Our holiest Things to Dogs or Swine Should we God's sacred Name pollute Or treat his Foes with songs Divine verse 5 Ah Lord Ah Sion's ancient Fame Ah Salem's ruin'd Walls shall we Forget Dear Sion's darling Name Or Widdowed Salem's Misery No rather may our Fingers loose Their Relish on the tuneful Lyre Our Hands their sweetest Strokes refuse Their softest Touch and noblest Fire verse 6 Oh! may Eternal Hoarseness seize Our Throats our Tongues be always dry No more our charming Anthems please If Salem's sad remembrance dye Nay should Joys sudden Extasies To Heav'n our drooping Tempers raise O may we ne'er approach the Skies If Sion crowns not all our Praise verse 7 Think Lord on Esan's Sons whose Spite Unnaturally urged our Fate Down Down with Salem Rase it quite Down with that Birthright-stealing State Our deathful Cries not one kind Look Could from obdurate Brethren gain Our Griefs they for Diversion took Laugh'd at our Cries and mock'd our Pain verse 8 Nor shall thy Doom proud Babel stay Thy Sword was cruel too thy Rage Could brutish Edom's Curse obey And against Tears and Cries engage See where God's dreadful Judgments wait To strike the dead revenging Blow And bless'd be He whose mortal hate Shall make thee taste of Salem's woe verse 9 Thrice happy he whose hands shall tear From Mother's Breasts thy Infant Race Nor for their tender Out-cries spare But dash their Brains in every place PSAL. cxxxviij verse 1 WIth all my heart thy Praises I Before the Gods will sing verse 2 And to thy Temple chearfully My grateful Offerings bring Before thy Holy Place I 'll bow Thy Truth thy Mercies praise For o'er thy Name entirely now Thy Word it self displays verse 3 I pray'd thou heard'st my Prayer restor'd To strength my Soul appear'd verse 4 All Earthly Kings shall praise the Lord When they his Words have heard verse 5 Joy shall enlarge their Hearts when they Shall tread thy sacred Ways When they thy Just Commands obey They 'll all thy Glories praise verse 6 For though the Lord enthron'd on High The World 's vast Empire sways On humble Souls He casts his Eye And scorns the Prides haughty ways verse 7 Though I involv'd in mighty Woes As sunk and lost appear Thy Hand shall break my angry Foes And save my Soul from fear verse 8 Since Lord thy Mercies boundless are O don't my Hopes defeat But all thy Works for me with care Thy Handy works compleat PSAL cxxxix verse 1 LOrd Thou hast fully search'd me out And throughly canvass'd me verse 2 My Rest my Rise each shapeless Thought Is known long since
Counts verse 5 But his great Might and Actions wise All numbring Art surmounts verse 6 The Lord exalts the lowly Heart But casts the Sinner down verse 7 Then Sing to God a grateful part Your Harps with Praises Crown verse 8 With Clouds He covers all the Skies Which Rains as duely bring And makes the buried Plants to rise The Sun burnt Hills to spring verse 9 He feeds the Beasts and at their Cries For Birds of Prey provides verse 10 But strength of Horse and brawny thighs Of mighty Men derides verse 11 But Loves the Men who fear his Name And for his Mercies wait verse 12 O Sion Salem ô proclaim Thy God's Majestic State Part 2. verse 13 He strengthens all thy Gates and Bars And blesses all thy Seeds verse 14 Thro' Him thy Borders freed from Wars On Wheats pure fatness feed verse 15 He sends his Word his Word on Earth With wondrous swiftness flies verse 16 And gives the Snow its Flaky Birth Which all in Fleeces lies His heavy Frosts like Ashes you Spread o're the Fields behold verse 17 His Ice like Morsels lies and who Can stand his pierceing Cold verse 18 He sends his Word again and streight His Ice his Frosts and Snow Before his Warmer gusts abate And all in Waters flow verse 19 The Lord to Jacobs chosen Race His Sacred Writings gave His Laws his Judgments by his Grace His Israel only have verse 20 So well no other Nation far'd Nor of his sacred Word Nor of his Righteous Judgments heard Praise ye ô praise the Lord PSAL. cxlviij verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord ô Praise the Lord On High his Glories raise verse 2 Ye Angel Armys all record His Name with Joyful Praise verse 3 Sun Moon and lightsome Stars consent To praise his glorious Name verse 4 And Heavens high Throne the Firmament Of Waters praise the same verse 5 Let these advance his Name which He Made by his great Command verse 6 And fix'd 'um by a sure Decree Unmov'd unchang'd to stand verse 7 Him all ye Earth born Dragons praise And each unfathom'd Deep verse 8 Fire Hail Snow Winds which Tempests raise Yet still his Orders keep verse 9 Vast Hills small Hillocks Cedars high And every Fruitful Tree verse 10 Wild Beasts and Tame and Birds which fly And Insects each Degree verse 11 Kings Princes Nations Judges those Who rule the World below verse 12 Youths Virgins such as strength disclose And Heads adorn'd with Snow verse 13 Let all advance their Maker's Name Whose Name excells alone Whose Name is o're the Worlds vast frame On Winds of Glory blown verse 14 He only makes his People great His Saints his Praise record His Israel his near Friends repeat Praise ye ô praise the Lord Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord Above The Skies his Praises sing Let Heaven the Seat of Love With Heavenly Praises ring Of his great Name Ye Angel Host With Reverence boast His Praise proclaim Bright Sun whose Golden Rays Fill all the World with Light Pale Moon bright Stars which blaze Thro' the dark Fields of Night Heavens outmost Frame Vast Deeps which lie Above the Sky His Praise proclaim Let these their Maker Praise By whose Command Divine The Sky its Wealth displays And all those Beautys shine Fix'd by his Will They all stand fast And Orders past With Joy fulfil Ye Dragons Earth-born Race And all ye Deeps profound With every Natural Grace Your Masters Praises sound In Praise agree Fire Clouds Hail Snow And Storms which blow At His Decree Let Soaring Mountains now And smaller Hills descend Fruit Trees before Him bow And stately Cedars bend verse 10 Beasts Wild and Tame Birds airy wings And creeping Things His Praise proclaim verse 11 His Praise all Kings on Earth And Subject Nations show Great Men of Princely Birth And such as Judgment know verse 12 Each-Youthful Tribe Each Virgin Throng With Old and Young His Praise describe verse 13 Let them with one consent Exalt their Maker's Name And various Ways invent To spread his glorious Fame His Name shall rise With Beams divine Thro Earth to Shine And reach the Skyes verse 14 He makes his Israel great And Praise is comely where Before his Mercy Seat His grateful Tribes appear O all accord Who Worship near His Presence there To praise the Lord PSAL. cxlix verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord with Anthems new The great Jehoviah praise His Praise in his Assemblys shew On all his Holy Days verse 2 With Joy let Israel's Faithful Race Their Maker's Power adore And Sion's Heirs with humble Grace Their Monarchs Smiles implore verse 3 Where Harp and Timbrel tun'd invites Let all his Praises sing To th' Meek in whom the Lord Delights Beauty and Safety spring verse 4 Let then each Pious Soul rejoice With lightsom Glories blest And Praise their God whose happy choice Secur'd their Downy Rest verse 5 To them let God's high Praises yield A Ground for all their Joys Then They a two edg'd Sword shall wield Whose very weight destroys verse 6 A Sword whose Point just Vengeance bears To all the Nations round Whose glittering brandish'd Edge with Fears Will all their Hearts confound verse 7 Till They their daunted Kings shall bind With Ease in Slavish Chains And till their Noblest Youth confin'd Strong Fetters weight restrains verse 8 To execute that Ancient Doom Which Holy Books record Such Honour all his Saints assume Praise ye ô praise the Lord PSAL. cl verse 1 O Praise the mighty Lord His Holyness proclaim His wondrous Acts record And praise his awful Name His dreadful might O celebrate His Power and State In Songs recite verse 3 Praise Him with Trumpets sound With sweet Tun'd Harp and Lute Sing all the Chorus round To cheerful Pipe and Flute verse 4 Your Voices raise The King of Kings With sounding Strings And Organs praise verse 5 Wind up the Cymbals high Till with a Shriller sound Wide as the vaulted Sky Your cheerful Notes rebound verse 6 With Spritely Flame Each living thing His Glories sing And Praise his Name Another Metre verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord ô praise the Lord His strength his Holiness adore verse 2 His Name his Might with praise record His Majesty with praise implore verse 3 Praise him with Trumpets Martial sound With Lute and Harp his praise advance verse 4 With Organs and with Timbrels round And Viols and a cheerful Dance verse 5 With high tun'd Cymbals praise his Name His Name to loudest Cymbals Sing And all whom Vital Spirits enflame O praise the World 's Eternal King To Father Holy Ghost and Son One blest one glorious Trinity As is as was e're Time begun So endless praise and Glory be The End of the PSALMS DOXOLOGIES For the 1st Metre of the 1st Psalm c. TO Father Son and Holy Ghost Immense Eternal Three in One By Us and all the Heavenly Host Be Glory pay'd and Homage done For the 2d Metre and all of 8 and