will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth yea I will praise him among the multitude 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save him from those that condemn his soul. Mo. pr. PSAL. CX David prophesies of the Kingdome and Priesthood of Christ of his glorious victories over his enemies but of his passion in the way to it THe Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou at my right hand untill I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion rule thou in the midst of thine enemies 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power in the beauties of holinesse from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth 4 The Lord hath sworn and will not repent Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies he shall wound the heads over many countries 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up the head PSAL. CXI A Paschal hyma reciâ—ing the great benefits the Church receives by our redemption wrought by Christ. PRaise ye the Lord I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation 2 The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is honourable and glorious and his righteousnesse endureth for ever 4 He hath made his wonderfull works to be remembred the Lord is gracious and full of compassion 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him he will ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment all his commandments are sure 8 They stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightnesse 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his name 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdome a good understanding have all they that do his commandments his praise endureth for ever PSAL. CXII The blessednesse of the just the stability of the charitable the envies of the wicked PRaise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord that delighteth greatly in his commandments 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the upright shall be blessed 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house and his righteousnesse endureth for ever 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness he is gracious and full of compassion and righteous 5 A good man sheweth favour and lendeth he will guide his affairs with discretion 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be in everlasting remembance 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord. 8 His heart is established he shall not be afraid untill he see his desire upon his enemies 9 He hath dispersed he hath given unto the poor his righteousness endureth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away the desire of the wicked shall perish PSAL. CXIII A publication of the Divine providence Gods graciousnesse to the humble and aâ—â—â—icted PRaise ye the Lord praise O ye servants of the Lord praise the name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lords name is to be praised 4 The Lord is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghil 8 That he may set him with princes even with the princes of his people 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyfull mother of chidren praise ye the Lord. Ev. Pr. PSAL. CXIV The miracles which God wrought for Israel in the widerness when they came from Egypt WHen Israel went out of Egypt the house of Jacob from a people of strange language 2 Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 The sea saw it and fled Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs 5 What ailed thee O thou sea that thou fleddest thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like lambs 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob 8 Which turned the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of waters PSAL. CXV A glorification of God for his truth and mercy the vanity of idols no trusting in them all sorts of men are exhorted to praise God and to hope in him God blesses us and we must blesse God NOt unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truthes sake 2 Wherefore should the heathen say Where is now their God 3 But our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 4 Their idols are silver and gold the work of mens hands 5 They have mouths but they speak not eyes they have but they see not 6 They have eares but they hear not noses have they but they smell not 7 They have hands but they handle not feet have they but they walk not neither speak they thorough their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 9 O Israel trust thou in the Lord he is their help and their shield 10 O house of Aaron trust in the Lord he is their help their shield 11 Ye that fear the Lord trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield 12 The Lord hath beeen mindfull of us he will bless us he will bless the house of Israel he will bless the house of Aaron 13 He will bless them that fear the Lord both small and great 14 The Lord shall encrease you more and more you and your children 15 You are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth 16 The heaven even the heavens are the Lords but the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not the Lord neither any that go down into silence 18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth for evermore Praise ye the Lord. Mo. Pr. PSAL. CXVI David being delivered from Saul in the wilderness of
the Lord in the beautie of Holinesse ¶ The voice of the Lord is upon the waters the God of glory thundreth the Lord is upon many waters * The voice of the Lord is powerfull the voice of the Lord is full of Majesty ¶ The voice of the Lord maketh the hindes to calve and discovereth the forests and in his temple doth every man speake of his glory * Be glad in the Lord and rejoyce ye righteous and shout for joy all ye that are upright in Heart ¶ For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide unto death Glory be to the Father c. Then read a lesson out of one of the four Gospells or the Acts of the Holy Apostles in order or by choice upon extraordinary occasions After which recite one of these following Psalmes * THe mighty God even the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going downe thereof ¶ Out of Sion the perfection of beauty God hath shined * Our God shall come and shall not keep silence a fire shall devour before him and it shall be very tempestuous round about him ¶ He shall call to the heavens from above to the Earth that he may Judge his people * And the heavens shall declare his righteousnesse for God is Judge himselfe ¶ His Name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the Sun and men shall be blessed in him all Nations shall call him blessed * Blessed be the Lord God the God of Israel who onely doth wondrous things ¶ And blessed be his Glorious Name for ever and let the whole Earth be filled with his glory Amen Amen Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Or this to be said especially on Communion daies Psalme 23. * THe Lord is my Shepherd I shal not want ¶ He maketh me to lie down in Green pasture he leadeth me beside the still waters * He restoreth my soule he leadeth me in the paths of righteousnesse for his Names sake ¶ Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staffe they comfort me * Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oyle my cup runneth over ¶ Surely goodnesse and mercy shall follow me all the daies of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever Glory be to the Father c. Then say the Apostles Creed or the Nicene creed if it be a great festival of the Church I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and earth * And in Jesus Christ his onely son our Lord * which was conceived by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary * suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried * He descended into hell * The third day he rose againe from the dead * He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty * From thence he shall come to judge the quicke and the Dead * I believe in the holy Ghost * The holy Catholick Church the communion of Saints * the forgivenesse of sins * the resurrection of the body * and the life everlasting Amen The Nicene Creed to be said upon the great Solemnities of the yeare I Beleive in one God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible and in one Lord Jesus Christ the onely begotten Sonne of God begotten of his Father before all worlds God of God Light of light very God of very God begotten not made being of one substance with the Father by whom al things were made who for us men for our salvation came downe from heaven and was incarnate by the holy Ghost of the virgin Mary and was made man and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate He suffered and was buried and the third day he rose againe according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of the Father And he shall come againe with glory to judge both the quick the dead whose kingdome shall have no end And I beleive in the holy Ghost the Lord and giver of life who proceedeth from the Father and the Son who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified whospake by the Prophets And I believe one Catholique and Apostolique Church I acknowledge one Baptisme for the remission of sins And I looke for the resurrection of the Dead and the life of the world to come Amen After the Creed Minister The Lord be with you People And with thy Spirit Let us Pray OUr Father which art in heaven * hallowed be thy Name * Thy Kingdome come * Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven * Give us this day our daily bread * And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us * And lead us not into temptation * But deliver us from evill For thine is the Kingdome the power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen I. O Great King of heaven and earth the Lord and patron of all ages receive thy servants approaching to the throne of grace in the Name of Jesus Christ give unto every one of us what is best for us cast out all evill from within us work in us a fulnesse of holinesse of wisedome and spiritual understanding that we increasing in the knowledge of God may be fruitfull in every Good worke through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The collect for the morning II. O Almighty Father great God of all the world who dwellest in the light to which no man can approach in thy presence there is no night in the light of thy countenance there is perpetuall day We thy servants whom thou hast preserved this night who blesse and glorifie thee this day who live by thy power who desire to walk by thy lawes to be blessed by thy providence to be defended by thy Almighty hand humbly pray unto thee that this day and all the daies of our lives may be holy and peaceable send thy holy spirit the spirit of peace to be the guide of our waie the guard of our soules and bodies Grant that all the chances and accidents of this day may be healthfull to our bodies and profitable to our soules and that we may spend the remaining portion of our life in blessing and peace and holinesse Make thou the latter end of our daies to be Christian without shame without torment and when we shall appeare before thy dreadfull seat of Judgement grant that we may not be confounded but may stand upright in the congregation of the Saints acquitted by the death of Christ justified by his resurrection pardon'd by his sentence saved by his mercy that we may rejoyce in his salvation and sing thy praises for ever and ever
pray to multiply our penitential sorrowes upon us that we may truly mourne for our offences against thee and may with great caution take care we may no more offend thee and redeeme the time which we have spent in vanity and imploy the remaining portion of our dayes in the wayes of peace and righteousnesse of wisedome and the feare of God that when thou shalt send thy Angels to gather the wheat into thy granary we may be bound up in the bundle of life and dwell in the house of God for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THE END THE PSALTER OR PSALMS of DAVID After the KING'S Translation With ARGUMENTS to every PSALM Te decet Hymnus THE BOOK OF PSALMS Mo. Pr. PSAL. I. The good man describ'd of true piety and the fruits of it the judgments of God upon the wicked BLessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the scornfull 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law doth he meditate day and night 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doth shall prosper 4 The ungodly are not so but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly shall perish PSAL. II. The endevours of evill mâ—n against the kingdome of David and of Christ The eternity of Christs kingdome and the stability and amplitude of the Church The attempts of the ungodly against it are ineffectuall Kings are invited to be subjects of Christs kingdome WHy do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing 2 The Kings of the earth set themselves and the Rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed saying 3 Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh the Lord shall have them in derision 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion 7 I will declare the decree the Lord hath said unto me Thou art my son this day have I begotten thee 8 Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessel 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings be instructed ye Judges of the earth 11 Serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling 12 Kisse the son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him PSAL. III. David stying from the face of his son Absalom strengtheas himself in the goodnesse of God and his experience of it He prayes for himself and his people They who are under the Crosse must pray and trust in God LOrd how are they increased that trouble me many are they that rise up against me 2 Many there be which say of my soul There is no help for him in God Selah 3 But thou O Lord art a shield for me my glory and the lifter up of mine head 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice and he heard me out of his holy hill Selah 5 I laid me down and slept I awaked for the Lord sustained me 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about 7 Arise O Lord save me O my God for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord thy blessing is upon thy people Selah PSAL. IV. David prayes to God in his troubleâ— Exhorts Absaloms party that they should not be offended at the Kings cause because he was afflicted He exhorts his own party that they should â—ear the crosse patiently rely upon God and give him glory and expect salvation from him and not to dote upon the prosperity of the wicked HEar me when I call O God of my righteousnesse thou hast enlarged me when I was in distresse have mercy upon me and hear my prayer 2 O ye sons of men how long will ye turn my glory into shameâ— how long will ye love vanity and seek after leasing Selah 3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself the Lord will hear when I call unto him 4 Stand in aw and sin not commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still Selah 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness put your trust in the Lord. 6 There be many that say Who will shew us any good Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us 7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart more then in the time that their corn and their wine encreased 8 I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for thou Lord onely makest me dwell in safety PSAL. V. David relying on the testimony of a good conscience and the justice of God that he will certainly destroy the wicked and set his face against proud and lying rebels Achitophel or Doeg comforts himself in Gods goodnesse and his hopes of returning to the house of God and exhorts the faithfull to praise him GIve eare to my words O Lord consider my meditation 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry my king and my God for unto thee will I pray 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning O Lord in the morning early will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickednesse neither shall evill dwell with thee 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight thou hatest all workers of iniquity 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitfull man 7 But as for me I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple 8 Lead me O Lord in thy righteousnesse because of my enemies make thy way straight before my face 9 For there is no faithfulnesse in their mouth their inward part is very wickednesse their throat is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue 10 Destroy thou them O God let them fall by their own counsels cast them
out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against thee 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoyce let them ever shout for joy because thou defendest them let them also that love thy name be joyfull in thee 12 For thou Lord wilt blesse the righteous with favour wilt thou compasse him as with a shield Ev. Pr. PSAL. VI. David being afflicted with sicknesseâ— and sensible of Gods anger prayes against it implores the Divine mercy renounces all communion with evill men and evill works prayes for life and health ease and remâ—ssion and finding ease nad comfort gives thanks to God O Lord rebuke me not in thine anger neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure 2 Have mercy upon me O Lord for I am weak O Lord heale me for my bones are vexed 3 My soul is also sore vexed but thou O Lord how long 4 Return O Lord deliver my soul oh save me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee in the grave who shall give thee thanks 6 I am weary with my groaning all the night make I my bed to swim I water my couch with my tears 7 Mine eye is consumed because of griefe it waxeth old because of all mine enemies 8 Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication the Lord will receive my prayer 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed let them return and be ashamed suddenly PSAL. VII David justifies himself against the reproches of Shimei who accus'd him to have caused the death of King Saul and his family and to have usurp'd the Kingdome he prayes to be delivered from the injuries of his adversary to be restored to his Kingdome and to be a veng'd of his enemy O Lord my God in thee do I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion rending it in pieces while there is none to deliver 3 O Lord my God if I have done this if there be iniquity in my hands 4 If I have rewarded evill unto him that was at peace with me yea I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul and take it yea let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust Selah 6 Arise O Lord in thine anger lift up thy self because of the rage of mine enmies and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded 7 So shall the congregation of the people compasse thee about for their sakes therefore return thou on high 8 The Lord shall judge the people judge me O Lord according to my righteousnesse and according to my integrity that is in me 9 O let the wickednesse of the wicked come to an end but establish the just for the righteous God tryeth the hearts and reins 10 My defence is of God which saveth the upright in heart 11 God judgeth the righteous and God is angry with the wicked every day 12 If he turn not he will whet his sword he hath bent his bow and made it ready 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors 14 Behold he travelleth with iniquity and hath conceived mischief and brought forth falshood 15 He made a pit and digged it and is faln into the ditch which he made 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate 17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousnesse and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high PSAL. VIII The glory and magnificence of God his love to Man his providence over the world an act of praise and adoration of God O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth who hast set thy glory above the heavens 2 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies that thou mightest still the enemie and the avenger 3 When I consider thy heavens the work work of thy fingers the moon and the starres which thou hast ordained 4 What is man that thou art mindfull of him and the son of man that thou visitest him 5 For thou hast made him a little lower then the angells and hast crown'd him with glory and honour 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands thou hast put all things under his feet 7 All sheep and oxen yea and the beasts of the field 8 The fowl of the air and the fish of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas 9 O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earthâ— Mo. Pr. PSAL. IX The Church praises God for her victory over her enemies God takes care of his Church will destroy them that oppose her The faithfull are exhorted to put their trust in God I Will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart I will shew forth all thy marvellous works 2 I will be glad and rejoyce in thee I will sing praise to thy name O thou most high 3 When mine enemies are turned back they shall fall and perish at thy presence 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou saâ—est in the throne judging right 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen thou hast destroyed the wicked thou hast put out their name for ever and ever 6 O thou enemy destructions are come to a perpetuall end and thou hast destroyed cities their memoriall is perished with them 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath prepared his throne for judgment 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousnesse he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightnesse 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast not for saken them that seek thee 11 Sing praises to the Lord which dwelleth in Sion declare among the people his doings 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth them he forgetteth not the cry of the humble 13 Have mercy upon me O Lord consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Sion I will rejoyce in thy salvation 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the net which they hid is their own foot taken 16 The Lord is known by the judgement which he executeth the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands Higgaion Selah 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten the expectation of the poor
shall not perish for ever 19 Arise O Lord let not man prevaile let the heathen he judged in thy sight 20 Put them in fear O Lord that the nations may know themselves to be but men PSAL. X. The Church under the oppression of persecutors sadly complains to God describes their mâ—â—ice and violence and implores the Divine aid against atheisticall and cruell persons WHy standest thou afar off O Lord why hidest thou thy self in times of trouble 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined 3 For the wicked boasteth of his hearts desire and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth 4 The wicked thorow the pride of his countenance will not seek after God God is not in all his thoughts 5 His wayes are alwayes grievous thy judgements are far above out of his sight as for all his enemies he puffeth at them 6 He hath said in his heart I shall not be moved for I shall never be in adversity 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud under his tongue is mischief and vanity 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages in the secret places doth he murder the innocent his eyes are privily set against the poor 9 He lyeth in wait secretly as a lyon in his den he lyeth in wait to catch the poor he doth catch the poor when he draweth him into his â—et 10 He croucheth humbleth himself that the poor may fall by his strong ones 11 He hath said in his heart God hath forgotten he hideth his face he will never see it 12 Arise O Lord O God lift up thine hand forget not the humble 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God he hath said in his heart Thou wilt not require it 14 Thou hast seen it for thou beholdest mischief and spite to requite in with thy hand the poor committeth himself unto thee thou art the helper of the fatherlesse 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evill man seek out his wickedness till thou find none 16 The Lord is king for for ever and ever the heathen are perished out of his land 17 Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humble thou wilt prepare their heart thou wilt cause thine eare to hear 18 To judge the fatherlesse and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no more oppresse PSAL. XI The Church afflicted with the arts and fraud of false brethren runs to God in hope and prayer acknowledges God to be a just Judge both to the godly and to the wicked IN the Lord put I my trust how say ye to my soul Flee as a bird to your mountain 2 For lo the wicked bend their bow they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart 3 If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous doe 4 The Lord is in his holy temple the Lords throne is in heaven his eyes behold his eye-lids try the children of men 5 The Lord tryeth the righteous but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares fire and brimstone and an horrible tempest this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousnesse his countenance doth behold the upright Ev. Pr. PSAL. XII David complains of the iniquity of his time the falshood all flattery of men he declares Gods care of the poore and the oppressed and the excellency of the Word of God HElp Lord for the godly man ceaseth for the faithfull fail from among the children of men 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour with flattering lips with a double heart do they speak 3 The Lord shall cut off and flattering lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things 4 Who have said With our tongue will we prevail our lips are our own who is lord over us 5 For the oppression of the poore for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him 6 The words of the Lord are pure words as silver tried in a furnace of earth purified seven times 7 Thou shalt keep them O Lord thou shalt preserve them froÌ„ this generation for ever 8 The wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted PSAL. XIII David expostulating concerning his own infirmity the importunity of his enemies and the delaying of the Divine aides prayes to God for deliverance hopes and rejoyces in his mercy HOw long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face from me 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul having sorrow in my heart daily how long shall mine enemie be exalted over me 3 Consider and hear me O Lord my God lighten mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death 4 Lest mine enemies say I have prevailed against him and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy my heart shall rejoyce in thy salvation 6 I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with me PSAL. XIV The practical atheisme of the world and the universal iniquity of mankind is here complained of and their readinesse to oppresse the poore but God will call them to judgment and relieve the oppressed THe fool hath said in his heart There is no God they are corrupt they have done abominable works there is none that doth good 2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God 3 They are all gone aside they are all together become filthy there is none that doth good no not one 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eate up my people as they eate bread and call not upon the Lord. 5 There were they in great fear for God is in the generation of the righteous 6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor because the Lord is his refuge 7 O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Sion when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Mo. Pr. PSAL. XV. The godly and they who are to be heirs of heaven are describ'd by their integrity of life their truth their justice and contempt of money LOrd who shall abide in thy tabernacle who shall dwell in thy holy hill 2 He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue nor doth evill to his neighbour not taketh up a reproch against his neighbour 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned but he honoureth them that fear the Lord he that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury nor taketh reward against the innocent He that doth these things
feet and setteth me upon my high places 34 He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation and thy right hand hath holden me up and thy gentlenesse hath made me great 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me that my feet did not slip 37 I have pursued mine enemies overtaken them neither did I turn again till they were consumed 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise they are fallen under my feet 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto battell thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies that I might destroy them that hate me 41 They cryed but there was none to save them even unto the Lord but he answered them not 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets 43 Thou hast deliver'd me from the strivings of the people and thou hast made me the head of the heathen a people whom I have not known shall serve me 44 Assoon as they hear of me they shall obey me the strangers shall submit themselves unto me 45 The strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their close places 46 The Lord liveth and blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted 47 It is God that avengeth me and subdueth the people under me 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies yea thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me thou hast delivered me from the violent man 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee O Lord among the heathen and sing praises unto thy name 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his King and sheweth mercy to his anointed to David and to his seed for evermore Mo. Pr. PSAL. XIX David declaring the glory of God manifested in the Creation and in his Word prayes to God so pardon of all sins little great known and unknown and that he may be directed and accepted by God through Châ—ist his Redeemâ—r THe heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy work 2 Day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night sheweth knowledge 3 There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun 5 Which is as a Bridegroom comming out of his chamber and rejoyceth as a strong man to run a race 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven and his circuit unto the ends of it and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof 7 The law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple 8 The statutes of the Lord are right rejoycâ—ng the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure enlightning the eyes 9 The fear of the Lord is clean enduring for ever the judgments of the Lord are true righteous altogether 10 More to be desired are they then gold yea then much fine gold sweeter also then hony the hony comb 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned and in keeping of them there is great reward 12 Who can understand his errors cleanse thou me from secret faults 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins let them not have dominion over me then shall I be upright and I shall be innocent from the great transgression 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my redeemer PSAL. XX. A Prayer for the King going forth to battel an act of trust and confidence in God THe Lord hear thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Jacob defend thee 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Sion 3 Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice Selah 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart and fulfill all thy counsell 5 We will rejoyce in thy salvation and in the name of our God we wil set up our banners the Lord fulfill all thy petitions 6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God 8 They are brought down and faln but we are risen and stand upright 9 Save Lord let the king hear us when we call PSAL. XXI A thanksgiving to God for the Kings victory over the Ammonites the destruction of the Kings enemies an act of adoration of God THe king shall joy in thy strength O Lord and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoyce 2 Thou hast given him his hearts desire and hast not withholden the request of his lips Selah 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodnesse thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head 4 He asked life of thee and thou gavest it him even length of daies for ever and ever 5 His glory is great in thy salvation honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath and the fire shall devour them 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth and their seed from among the children of men 11 For they intended evill against thee they imagined a mischievous device which they are not able to perform 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them 13 Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power Ev. Pr. PSAL. XXII A description of the agonies and passion of Christ his Propheticall office Priesthood and everlasting kingdome the universality piety and perpetuity of his Church MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my roaring 2 O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night season and am not silent 3 But thou art holy O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel 4 Our fathers trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver them 5 They cryed unto thee and were delivered they trusted in thee were not confounded 6 But I am a worm and no man a reproch of
my prayer is unto thee O Lord in an acceptable time O God in the multitude of thy mercy hear me in the truth of thy salvation 14 Deliver me out of the mire and let me not sink let me be delivered from them that hate me and out of the deep waters 15 Let not the water-flood overflow me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 16 Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindnesse is good turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble hear me speedily 18 Draw nigh unto my soul and redeem it deliver me because of mine enemies 19 Thou hast known my reproch and my shame and my dishonour mine adversaries are all before thee 20 Reproch hath broken my heart and I am full of heavinesse and I looked for some to take pity but there was none and for comforters but I found none 21 They gave me also gall for my meat and in my thirst they gave me vineger to drink 22 Let their table become a snare before them and that which should have been for their welfare let it become a trap 23 Let their eyes be darkened that they see not and make their loyns continually to shake 24 Poure out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathfull anger take hold of them 25 Let their habitation be desolate and let none dwell in their tents 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded 27 Adde iniquity to their iniquity and let them not come into thy righteousnesse 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous 29 But I am poor and sorrowfull let thy salvation O God set me up on high 30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnifie him with thanksgiving 31 This also shall please the Lord better then an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs 32 The humble shall see this and be glad and your heart shall live that seek God 33 For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners 34 Let the heaven and the earth praise him the seas and every thing that moveth therein 35 For God will save Sion and will build the cities of Judah that they may dwell there and have it in possession 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein PSAL. LXX David prayes for speedy deliverance from the party of Absalom that they may be confounded that all the just may rejoyce in God who is their deliverer and defence MAke haste O God to deliver me make haste to help me O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul let them be turned backward and put to confusion that desire my hurt 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say Aha aha 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoyce and be glad in thee and let such as love thy salvation say continually Let God be magnified 5 But I am poor and needy make haste unto me O God thou art my help and my deliverer O Lord make no tarrying Mo. pr. PSAL. LXXI David expresse his trust to be in God who was his hope from his childhood prayes for defence in his old age prays against his enemies relies upon God confesses that by him he hath had salvation all his life he praises God for it IN thee O Lord do I put my trust let me never be put to confusion 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape incline thine eare unto me and save me 3 Be thou my strong habitation whereunto I may continually resort thou hast given commandment to save me for thou art my rock and my fortresse 4 Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the wicked out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man 5 For thou art my hope O Lord God thou art my trust from my youth 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb thou art he that took me out of my mothers bowels my praise shall be continually of thee 7 I am as a wonder unto many but thou art my strong refuge 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age forsake me not when my strength faileth 10 For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take counsell together 11 Saying God hath forsaken him persecute and take him for there is none to deliver him 12 O God be not far from me O my God make haste for my help 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul let them be covered with reproch and dishonour that seek my hurt 14 But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousnesse and thy salvation all the day for I know not the numbers thereof 16 I will goe in the strength of the Lord God I will make mention of thy righteousnesse even of thine onely 17 O God thou hast taught me from my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded O God forsake me not untill I have shewed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to every one that is to come 19 Thy righteousnesse also O God is very high who hast done great things O God who is like unto thee 20 Thou which hast shewed me great sore troubles shalt quicken me again shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth 21 Thou shalt increase my greatnesse cōfort me on every side 22 I will also praise thee with the psalterie even thy truth O my God unto thee will I sing with the harp O thou holy one of Israel 23 My lips shall greatly rejoyce when I sing unto thee and my soul which thou hast redeemed 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousnesse all the day long for they are confounded for they are brought unto shame that seek my hurt PSAL. LXXII David being neer his death prayes for a prosperous reign to his son Solomon instructs him in the duty of a king it is Propheticall of Christs Kingdome GIve the king thy judgments O God and thy righteousnesse unto the kings son 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousnesse and thy poor with judgment 3 The mountains shal bring peace to the people and the little hils by righteousnesse 4 He shall judge the poor of the people he shall save the children of the needy and shall break in pieces the oppressour 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure throughout all generations 6 He shal come down like rain upon the mown grasse
When I said My foot slippeth thy mercy O Lord held me up 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee which frameth mischief by a law 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous condemn the innocent blood 22 But the Lord is my defence and my God is the rock of my refuge 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickednesse yea the Lord our God shall cut them off Mo. Pr. PSAL. XCV An invitation to the worship and the service of God to a speedy repentance The example of obâ— durate and impenitent persons Gods wâ—ath and zeale against them O Come let us sing unto the Lord let us make a joyfull noise to the rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyfull noise unto him with psalms 3 For the Lord is a great God and a great king above all Gods 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth the strength of the hills is his also 5 The sea is his and he made it and his hands formed the drie land 6 O come let us worship bow down let us kneel before the Lord our maker 7 For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand to day if ye will hear his voice 8 Harden not your heart as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse 9 When your fathers tempted me proved me and saw my work 10 Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that do erre in their heart and they have not known my wayes 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest PSAL. XCVI Jewes and Gentiles are invited to praise God a prophesie of Christs kingdome and of his coming to judgement O Sing unto the Lord a new song sing unto the Lord all the earth 2 Sing unto the Lord blesse his name shew forth his salvation from day to day 3 Declare his glory among the heathen his wonders among all people 4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols but the Lord made the heavens 6 Honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary 7 Give unto the Lord O ye kindreds of the people give unto the Lord glory strength 8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name bring an offering and come into his courts 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holinesse fear before him all the earth 10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved he shall judge the people righteously 11 Let the heavens rejoyce let the earth be glad let the sea roar and the fulness thereof 12 Let the field be joyful all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce 13 Before the Lord for he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth he shall judge the world with righteousnesse and the people with his truth PSAL. XCVII A prophetical description of the day of judgment a curse to idolaters an exhortation to good life the joyes of the Godly THe Lord reigneth let the earth rejoyce let the multitude of isles be glad thereof 2 Clouds and darknesse are round about him righteousnesse and judgement are the habitation of his throne 3 A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about 4 His lightnings enlightened the world the earth saw and trembled 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth 6 The heavens declare his righteousnesse and all the people see his glory 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images that boast themselves of idols worship him all ye Gods 8 Sion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgements O Lord. 9 For thou Lord art high ahove all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods 10 Ye that love the Lord hate evill he preserveth the souls of his saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked 11 Light is sown for the righteous and gladnesse for the upright in heart 12 Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his holinesse Ev. Pr. PSAL. XCVIII A hymne of glorification of Christ triumphing over his enemies and giviâ—g judgement against them O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory 2 The Lord hath made known his salvation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 3 He hath remembred his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God 4 Make a joyfull noise unto the Lord all the earth make a loud noise and rejoyce and sing praise 5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp with the harp and the voice of a psalme 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyfull noise before the Lord the king 7 Let the sea roar and the fulnesse thereof the world and they that dwell therein 8 Let the flouds clap their hands let the hills be joyfull together 9 Before the Lord for he cometh to judge the earth with righteousnesse shall he judge the world and the people with equity PSAL. XCIX The glory of the kingdome of Christ his justice and his power his mercifulnesse and his praise THe Lord reigneth let the people treÌ„ble he sitteth between the cherubims let the earth be moved 2 The Lord is great in Zion and he is high above all people 3 Let them praise thy great terrible name for it is holy 4 The Kings strength also loveth judgement thou dost establish equity thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship at his footstool for he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his Priests and Samuel among them that call upon his name they called upon the Lord and he answered them 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar they kept his testimonies and the ordinance that he gave them 8 Thou answeredst them O Lord our God thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance on their inventions 9 Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy PSAL. C. A glorification of God a commemoration of his excellencies his truth and his mercy MAke a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands 2 Serve the Lord with gladness come before his presence with singing 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God
it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankfull unto him and bless his name 5 For the Lord is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations PSAL. CI. David being newly made King promises to reign in righteousnesse and holiness that he will entertain none but good men to his counsel and employments that he will do justice upon the evil doers I Will sing of mercy and judgement unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 I will behave my selfe wisely in a perfect way O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk within thy house with a perfect heart 3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me 4 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I cut off him that hath an high look and and a proud heart will not I suffer 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwel with me he that walketh in a perfect way he shall serve me 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Mo. Pr. PSAL. CII The Psalmist prayes to God in behalfe of the Jewes in their captivity describes their calamity foretells their return speedily he complains of their enemies he prayes to be preserved from an untimely and an hasty death The mortality of the Heavens and the eternity of God HEare my prayer O Lord and let my cry come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble encline thine ear unto me in the day when I call answer me speedily 3 For my dayes are consumed like smoke and my bones are burnt as an hearth 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin 6 I am like a pellican of the wilderness I am like an owle of the desart 7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top 8 Mine enemies reproch me all the day and they that are mad against me are sworn against me 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down 11 My dayes are like a shadow that declineth and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O Lord shalt endure for ever thy remembrance unto all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favour the dust thereof 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord and all the kings of the earth thy glory 16 When the Lord shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer 18 This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary from heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner to loose those that are appointed to death 21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdomes to serve the Lord. 23 He weakened my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 24 I said O my God take me not away in the midst of my dayes thy yeares are throughout all generations 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure yea all of them shall wax old like a garment as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed 27 But thou art the same and thy yeares shall have no end 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be established before thee PSAL. CIII A celebration of the Divine mercies and bounty his great readinesse to forgive the vanity of mans life the permanent goodness of God to his servants the praises of God BLess the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name 2 Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction who crowneth thee with loving kindness tender mercies 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement for all that are oppressed 7 He made known his wayes unto Moses his acts unto the children of Israel 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious slow to anger and plenteous in mercy 9 He will not alwayes chide neither will he keep his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him 12 As far as the east is from the west so far hath he removed our transgressions from us 13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him 14 For he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust 15 As for man his daies are as grass as a flower of the field so he flourisheth 16 For the wind passeth over it and it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that feare him and his righteousness unto childrens children 18 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandements to do them 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 Bless the Lord ye his angels that excell in strength that doe his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word 21 Bless ye the Lord all ye his hosts ye ministers of his that do his pleasure 22 Bless the Lord all his works in all places of his dominion bless the Lord O my soul. Ev. Pr. PSAL. CIV A psalm celebrating the honour of God in the fabrick the beauty the order the government of the world declaring the goodness the wisdom â—the omnipotence and omnipresence of God BLess the Lord O my soul O Lord my God thou art very great thou art clothed with honour and majesty 2 Who coverest
slumber 4 Behold he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep 5 The Lord is thy keeper the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day nor the moon by night 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and even for evermore PSAL. CXXII A preparatory hymn for the people of God in their ascent to the places and solemnities of religion he prayes for the prosperity of the Church I Was glad when they said unto me Let us goe into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together 4 Whither the tribes go up the tribes of the Lord unto the testimony of Israel to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 5 For there are set thrones of judgement the thrones of the house of David 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee 7 Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I will now say Peace be within thee 9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good PSAL. CXXIII The people under the tyranny of Antiochus complain to God of their sad condition and humbly wait on God UNto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the heavens 2 Behold as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God untill that he have mercy upon us 3 Have mercy upon us O Lord have mercy upon us for we are exceedingly filled with contempt 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease and with the contempt of the proud PSAL. CXXIV The people newly escaped from their enemies acknowledge their great danger and God onely to be the author of their safety and their victory IF it had not been the Lord who was on our side now may Israel say 2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick when their wrath was kindled against us 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us the stream had gone over our soul 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6 Blessed be the Lord who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers the snare is broken and we are escaped 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth PSAL. CXXV The perpetuity of the Church Gods continuall presence with her the lot of the wicked differs from the portion of Gods people THey that trust in the Lord shal be as mount Zion which cannot be removed but abideth for ever 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity 4 Do good O Lord unto those that be good and to them that are upright in their hearts 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked wayes the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity but peace shall be upon Israel Ev. Pr. PSAL. CXXVI Thy joy of the Jewes at their retuâ—n from Babylon they pray for the remaining part the future joy of them that presently mourn WHen the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing Then said they among the heathen The Lord hath done great things for them 3 The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad 4 Turne again our captivity O Lord as the streames in the south 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed shall doubtlesse come again with rejoycing bringing his sheaves with him PSAL. CXXVII Without God we must undâ—rtake nothing children are a blessing to the righteous EXcept the Lord build the house they labour in vain that build it except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain 2 It is vain for you to rise up early to sit up late to eat the bread of sorrows for so he giveth his beloved sleep 3 Lo children are an heritage of the Lord the fruit of the womb is his reward 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man so are children of the youth 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate PSAL. CXXVIII The blessiâ—gs of them that fear God in their wives and children and the peace of the Church BLessed is every one that feareth the Lord that walketh in his wayes 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands happy shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitfull vine by the sides of thine house thy children like olive plants round about thy table 4 Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 5 The Lord shall blesse thee out of Zion and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the dayes of thy life 6 Yea thou shalt see thy childrens children and peace upon Israel PSAL. CXXIX The indefatigable malice of the enemies of the Church they prevail not but are at last accursed and cut off MAny a time have they afflicted me from my youth may Israel now say 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth yet they have not prevailed against me 3 The plowers plowed upon my back they made long their furrows 4 The Lord is righteous he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion 6 Let them be as the grasse upon the house tops which withereth afore it groweth up 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosome 8 Neither doe they which goe by say The blessing of the Lord be upon you we blesse you in the name of the Lord. PSAL. CXXX A prayer for pardon of sins an act of hope in God and a celebration of his mercy The Psalm is paenitential OUt of the depths have I cryed unto thee O Lord. 2 Lord hear my voice let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications 3 If thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities O Lord who shall stand 4 But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayst be feared 5 I wait for the Lord my soul doth wait and in his word do I hope 6
but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them ¶ But I will declare for ever I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. * For thou art my hope O Lord God thou art my trust from my youth ¶ By thee have I been holden up from the wombe thou art he that tooke me out of my Mothers bowels my praise shall be continually of thee * For the Lord is a sun and a sheild the Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that live a godly life ¶ O Lord of Hosts Blessed is the Man that putteth his trust in thee Glory be to the Father c. Or this * GOd is greatly to be fear'd in the assembly of the Saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him ¶ Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them * The heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulnesse thereof thou hast founded them ¶ Justice and judgement are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face * For loe thine enemies O Lord loe thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered ¶ The righteous shall flourish like a Palme tree he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon * Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God ¶ They shall still bring forth fruit in their old age they shall be fat and flourishing ¶ To shew that the Lord is upright he is our rock and there is no unrighteousnesse in him Glory be to the Father c. Then read a lesson out of the Epistle of S. Paul or any of the Canonical Epistles in order or selected upon special occasions After the lesson say this Psalme * GIve eare O Lord unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications ¶ Turne us O God of our salvation and cause thine anger towards us to cease * For thou Lord art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon thee ¶ O Remember not against us former iniquities let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us * Helpe us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name deliver us and purge away our sins for thy names sake ¶ Teach us thy way O God and we will walke in thy truth unite our hearts to fear thy Name * O satisfy us early with thy mercy that we may rejoyce and be glad all our daies ¶ So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thankes for ever we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation Glory be to the Father c. Or this * IN thee O Lord doe I put my trust let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousnesse ¶ Into thy hand I commend my spirit thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth * Make thy face to shine upon thy servants save us for thy mercies sake ¶ For great is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men * The Angel of the Lord encamped round about them that fear him and delivereth them ¶ Thou art my hiding place thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance * Thou makest darknesse and it is night wherein all the beasts of the forest doe creep forth ¶ O Lord how manifold are thy workes in wisdome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches * The Glory of the Lord shall endure for ever the Lord shall rejoyce in his workes ¶ He appointed the moone for certaine seasons and the sun knoweth his going downe * I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being my meditation of him shall be sweet I will rejoyce in the Lord. ¶ I will both lay me downe in peace and sleep for thou Lord makest me dwell in safety Glory be to the Father c. Or else say 103. Psalme or the 91. or the 121. Then shall follow the Apostles Creed I Beleeve in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and earth * And in Jesus Christ his onely son our Lord * which was conceived by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary * suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried * He descended into hell * The third day he rose againe from the dead * He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty * From thence he shall come to judge the quicke and the Dead * I believe in the holy Ghost * The holy Catholick Church the communion of Saints * the forgivenesse of sins * the resurrection of the body * and the life everlasting Amen Minister The Lord be with you People And with thy Spirit Let us Pray Our Father which art in heaven * Hallowed be thy Name * Thy Kingdome come * Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven * Give us this day our daily bread * And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us * And lead us not into temptation * But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Then followes the first collect as at Morning Prayer I. O Great King of heaven and earth the Lord and patron of all ages receive thy servants approaching to the throne of Grace in the Name of Jesus Christ. Give unto every one of us what is best for us cast out all evil from within us work in us a fulnesse of holinesse of wisedome and spiritual understanding that we increasing in the knowledge of God may be fruitful in every Good worke through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this SAve us defend and keep us in thy fear and love O thou God of mercy and grace Give unto us the light of thy countenance pardon of our sins health of body sanctification of our spirits peace from heaven and salvation of our soules in the day of our Lord Jesus Amen I. For repentance and a Holy life ALmighty God the fountaine of holinesse and felicity who by thy word and by thy spirit dost conduct all thy servants in the waies of peace and sanctity inviting them by promises and winning them by love endearing them by necessities and obliging them by the perpetual testimonies of thy loving kindnesse grant unto us so truly to repent us of our sins so carefully to reforme our errors so diligently to watch over all our actions so industriously to doe all our duty that we may never transgresse thy Holy lawes willingly but that it may be the worke of our lives to obey thee the joy of our soules to please thee the satisfaction of all
our hopes and the perfection of our desires to live with thee in the holinesse of thy Kingdome of grace and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen II. For Peace O Almighty and most gracious Father who art the fountaine of peace and the Father of Unions we pray unto thee for peace for love and for thy salvation Let a holy peace for ever dwell in our consciences Let peace and holinesse and Gods blessing for ever adorne support and enlarge this family Let there be peace and Union of minds in all Christian assemblies one heart and one voice the same faith and an eternal charity Make warrs to cease in all the world that the peace and the designe of the Gospel may be advanced the lawes of the holy Jesus may be obeyed and his Name be magnified in all the world for ever and ever Amen III. For all Christian Princes and the Ecclesiastical state ALmighty God who rulest in the Kingdomes of men and in all events of the world defend those with thy mercy whom thou hast adorned with thy power lift up the horne advance the just interests of all Christian Kings Princes and states by the power of thy venerable and lifegiving passion *** Give unto all them who serve thee in the ministeries of religion wisedome and holinesse the blessings of peace and great abilities to minister prosperously to the good of soules by the power and aides of thy holy Spirit of wisdome IV. Pardon all our sins take away our iniquities from us all and preserve us from all danger and trouble from need and persecution from the temptations of the Devill from the violence and fraud of all our enemies Keep us O God from sinning against thee and from suffering thy wrath through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen V The collect for the Evening O Almighty Father who givest the Sun for a light by day and the ordinances of the Moone and of the Stars for a light by night vouchsafe to receive us this night and ever into thy favour and protection defending us from all sad casualties and evill accidents ruling and governing us with thy holy spirit that all darknesse and hurtfull ignorance all infidelity and weaknesse of heart all inordinate fear and carnall affections may be remooved far from us that we being justified by the mercies of God in our Lord Jesus may be sanctified by thy spirit and glorified by thy infinite mercies in the day of the glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen VI. For a blessed death O Most gracious and most holy Redeemer who by dying for us becamest the author of life unto us and hast subdued all the powers of hell and the grave taking away the sting of death and breaking in peices the powers of darknesse have mercy upon us now and at the hour of our Death Let thy holy Spirit governe all our words and actions our thoughts and designes our civill entercourse and the duties of religion and grant to us so perfectly to obey his commandements and attend his motions all the daies of our life that we may by holy habits and a constant performance of our dutie waite for the coming of our Lord and be ready to enter with him at whatsoever hour he shall come VII O be mercifull unto us in the day of our calamity and of thy visitation strengthen our faith in the day of our sicknesses trial when the Cloud is thicke the storme is great that we may rely upon thy grace invocate thy mercies hope in thy goodnesse and receive the end of our hopes the salvation of our soules O Let us never descend into the dwellings of the wicked nor into the place of them that know not God but be pleas'd here to guide us with thy councell and after that receive us with thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this O Eternall God thou fountaine of life and pardon there is no number of thy daies nor of thy mercies be mercifull unto us now and at the hour of our death let not thy servants be arrested with sudden death that we be neither unready in our accounts nor snatched hence with an imperfect duty nor surprised in an act of sin nor called upon when our lampes are untrimm'd let it be neither violent nor untimely hasty nor unblessed but after the ordinary visitation of men having in it an excellent patience and an exemplar piety and the greatest senses and demonstrations of thy eternall mercies Preserve O God our reason and religion our faith and our hope our sense and our speech perfect and usefull till the last of our daies and grant that we may die the death of the righteous and let our last end be like to his free from debt and deadly sin having first discharg'd all our obligations of justice and made competent provision for our relatives that none of ours be left miserable and unprovided in our departure but grant that being blessed by thy providence and sanctified with thy spirit they may for ever be servants of the Lord Jesus II. Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts shut not up thy mercifull eyes and eares unto our prayers but spare us O Lord most holy O God most mighty O holy and mercifull Saviour thou most worthy Judge eternall suffer us not at our last hour for any paines of death to fall from thee but strengthen us with a mighty grace and support us with an infinite mercy giving us perfect measures or repentance and great treasures of charity that at the generall resurrection in the last day we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receive that blessing which thy welbeloved son shall then pronounce to all them that love and feare thee saying Come ye Blessed children of my Father receive the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world * This mercy O most mercifull Father vouchsafe to give unto us and all thy servants through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer Amen Here may be inserted any of the portions of the prayer of intercession which is at the end of Morning Prayer The Blessing THe Lord blesse you and keep you The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace The blessing of God Almighty the Father Son and Holy Ghost be amongst you and abide with you and be your portion for ever and ever Amen The end of Evening Prayer To be added to the foregoing Offices upon speciall occasions immediately before the blessing at Morning or Evening Prayer A prayer before Sermon O Lord God fountaine of life giver of all good things who givest to men the blessed hope of eternall life by our Lord Jesus Christ and hast promised thy holy Spirit to them that aske him Be present with us in the dispensation ofthy holy word and Sacraments grant that we being preserved from all evil by
when thou hadst taken upon thee our Nature and our sin and appeased thy Fathers wrath and perform'd all his will and overcome death and rescued all obedient soules from the hand of the enemy didst ascend to thy Eternall Father and open the Kingdome of Heaven to all beleivers thou hast espoused thy Church unto thy selfe with the eternall circles of thy providence with thy love and with thy care with thy word and with thy Spirit thy promises and thy holy intercession thou hadst a feeling of our infirmities and art our mercifull High Preist makeing intercession for us for ever O be pleased to represent and supply all our wants excuse all our infirmities pity all our calamities pardon our sins and send downe thy holy spirit of grace into our hearts that though we walke upon the earth yet our conversation may be in heaven and there also may be our portion and inheritance for ever through thy mercies O most Gracious Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Amen For Whitsunday Psalmes for Morning Prayer Psalme 87. Morning Prayer Psalme 89. Evening Prayer Psalme 2. Evening Prayer Psalme 45. Evening Prayer Psalme 110. The Hymne to be said after the second lesson at Morning and Evening Prayer * SIng a loud unto God our strength make a joyfull noise unto the God of Jacob. ¶ I will remember the workes of the Lord surely I will remember thy wonders of old I will meditate of all thy workes and talke of thy doings * Thy way O God is in the sanctuary who is so great a God as our God thou art the God that doest wonders thou hast declared thy strength among the people ¶ Vow and pay unto the Lord your God let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared * He shall cut off the spirit of princes he is terrible to the Kings of the earth ¶ Say unto God how terrible art thou in thy workes thorough the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee * Sion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgements O Lord. ¶ For thou Lord art high above all the earth thou art exalted farre above all Gods * Light is sowne for the righteous and gladnesse for the upright in heart ¶ Rejoyce in the Lord ye righteous and give thankes at the remembrance of his Holinesse * The Lord hath made knowne his salvation his righteousnesse hath he openly shewed in the sight of the Heathen ¶ He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seene the salvation of our God * Give unto the Lord O ye kinreds of the people give unto the Lord glory and strength ¶ For he commeth For he commeth to judge the earth he shall judge the world with righteousnesse and the people with his truth Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Collect. O Eternall God the Great Father of spirits the great Lover of soules who didst send thy holy Spirit upon thy Church in the day of Pentecost and hast promised that he shall abide with thy Church for ever let thy holy Spirit lead us into all truth defend us from all sin enrich us with his gifts refresh us with his comforts rule in our hearts for ever conduct us with his truth and lead us in the way everlasting that we living by thy Spirit and walking in him may by him be sealed up to the day of our redemption O let thy Spirit witnesse to our spirits that we are the children of God and make us to be so for ever through Jesus our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Spirit one God world without end Amen Upon Trinity Sunday O Blessed ineffable and most mysterious Trinity how admirable are thy beauties how incomparable are thy perfections how incomprehensible are those relations of the three most Blessed Persons which we believe and admire and adore but understand not The Angels are amazed in the unimaginable beauties of that glorious presence and are swallowed up with the Ocean of thy infinity How then can we who are in the lowest order of understanding creatures and have removed our selves further from thee and the participation of thy excellencies by a sinfull life praise thee either according to our duty or thy glories yet be pleased to accept the humblest adorations and with a favourable and a gracious eye behold the lowest worshippings and duty of thy servants We confesse and glory in thy omnipotency thy immensity thy goodnesse thy uncircumscribed Nature thy truth thy mercy thy omniscience O let us also receive thy blessings and gracious influences that we may adore thee with all our powers and possibilities for ever love thee with all our affections for ever serve with our best and earliest and all our industry that being here wholly inebriated with love and busied in thy service and the duties of a holy obedience we may to all eternity rejoyce in the beholding of those glories which are above all capacities above all heavens above all Angels even those glories which streame forth from the throne of the Eternall God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost to whom be glory and dominion honour and adoration eternally confessed due and humbly paid by all men and all Angels world without end Amen A Collect to be used upon any of the Festivals or Commemoration of the Apostles ALmighty God who hast built thy holy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets Jesus Christ himselfe being the cheife corner stone we blesse and magnifie thy Name thy holy and ever glorious Name for thy great graces which thou gavest to thy Apostles and Prophets and Martyrs in the daies of their flesh and this day we have thy servant S. Paul S. Peter S. James c. here name the Apostle c. in remembrance praising thee for the benefits which the church hath received by his ministery and example we pray unto thee to give us thy grace that we obeying thy doctrine which he taught and publish'd and following his example as he followed Christ we also may with safety and holinesse passe through this vally of tears that serving thee in our generation advancing thy honour and obeying thy lawes we may in the society and communion of Saints and Angels sing eternall Hallelujahs to the honour of thy mercy and of thy majesty through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen An Office or Order for the Holy Sacrament of the LORDS SUPPER An Office or order for the Administration of the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper according to the way of the Apostolicall Churches and the doctrine of the Church of England THE ANTECOMMUNION OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
eternal anger for thy promise sake and for thy glorious Names sake O Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Amen Then all rising up There shall be made a collection for the poor by the Deacon or Clerk while the Minister reads some of these sentences or makes an exhortatation to charity and almes TO doe good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased Hebr. 13. 16. Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth and thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his Enemies The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness Psal. 41. 1 2 3. He which soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly and he which soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully Every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver 2 Cor. 9. 6 7. Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations Luke 16. 9. Give almes of such things as ye have and behold all things are clean unto you Lu. 11. 41. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed children of my Father inherit the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in Naked and ye cloathed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me Matth. 25. 34 35. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap Gal. 6. 6 7. If there be none fit to gather the Minister himself shall gather it And when he hath done or received it from the hand of him that gathered it let him in an humble manner present it to God laying it on the Communion table secretly and devoutly saying LORD accept the oblation and almes of thy people and remember thy servants for this thing at the day of Judgement Then shall follow the address to the H. Mysteries the poeple shall come up to the H. Table where it is the custome or neer it where it is most fit to communicate and then The Minister shall say Let us pray O God who by thy unspeakable mercy hast sent thy onely begotten Son into the world that he might bring the wandring sheep into his fold turn not away from us miserable sinners who worship and invocate thee in these Holy Mysteries For we doe not approach to thee in our own righteousness but in the hope and confidence of that glorious mercy by which thou hast sent thy holy Son to redeem miserable and lost Mankind We humbly beseech thee to grant that these mysteries which thou hast ordein'd to be ministeries of salvation to us may not become an occasion of our condemnation but of pardon of our sins of the renovation of our souls of the sanctification and preservation of our bodies that we may become well pleasing to thee our God in the obedience of our Lord Jesus with whom and with thy holy Spirit thou reignest over all one God Blessed for evermore Amen Minister Lift up your hearts People We lift them up unto the Lord. Minister Let us give thanks unto our Lord God People It is just and right so to doe Minister It is indeed truly just righteous and fitting to praise and to glorifie to worship and adore to give thanks and to magnifie thee the great Maker of all creatures visible and invisible the treasure of all good temporal and eternal The fountain of all life mortal and immortal The Lord and God of all things in Heaven and Earth the great Father of his Servants the great Master of his Children The Heavens and the Heaven of Heavens and every power therein the Sun and the Moon and all the starres of the sky the sea and the earth the heights above and the depths below Jerusalem that is from above the Congregation celestial the Church of the first-born written in the Heavens the spirits of the Prophets and of just men made perfect the souls of the Apostles and all holy Martyrs Angels and Arch-angels Thrones and Dominions Principalities and Powers the spirits of Understanding and the spirits of Love with never ceasing Hymns and perpetual Anthemes cry out Night and Day Holy holy holy Lord God of Hosts Heaven and Earth are full of thy glory Hosanna Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest Here beginneth the COMMUNION After a decent pause for short Meditation The Minister shall with a loud voice say Our Father c. And then this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Denunciation LET all corruptible flesh be silent and stand with fear and trembling and think within it self nothing that is earthly nothing that is unholy The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords Christ our God comes down from Heaven unto us and gives himself to be meat for the souls of all faithful people * All the glorious companies of Angels behold this and wonder and love and worship Jesus Every throne and Dominion the cherubims with many eyes and the Seraphims with many wings cover their faces before the majesty of his glory and sing a perpetual song for ever Allelujah Allelujah Globe to God on high and in earth peace good will towards men Allelujah Then shall follow this Prayer of Consecration to be said by the Minister standing I. HAve mercy upon us O Heavenly Father according to thy glorious mercies and promises send thy Holy Ghost upon our hearts and let him also descend upon these gifts that by his good his holy his glorious presence he may sanctifie and enlighten our hearts and he may blesse and sanctifie these gifts That this Bread may become the Holy Body of Christ. Amen And this Chalice may become the life-giving Bloud of Christ. Amen That it may become unto us all that partake of it this day a Blessed instrument of Union with Christ of pardon and peace of health and blessing of holinesse and life Eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen II. Holy and blessed art thou O king of Eternal ages fountain and giver of all righteousness * Holy art thou the eternal and onely begotten son of God our Lord Jesus Christ Redeemer of the world * Holy art thou O Blessed Spirit that searchest all things even the depths and hidden things of God Thou O God art Almighty thou art Good and gracious Dreadful and venerable Holy and merciful to the work of thine own hands Thou didst make man according to thine image thou gavest him the riches and the rest of Paradise
When he fell and broke thy easy Commandement thou didst not despise his folly nor leave him in his sin but didst chastise him with thy rod and restrain him by thy law and instruct him by thy Prophets and at last didst send thy Holy Son into the world that he might renew and repair thy broken image The People shall answer Blessed be God He comming from heaven and taking our flesh by the power of the Holy Ghost of the Vâ—rgin Mary conversed with men and taught us the way of God and the dispensation of Eternal life People Holy Jesus Blessed be God But when for the redemption of us sinners he would suffer death upon the Cross without sin for us who were nothing but sin and misery in the night in which he was betrayed he took bread he looked up to heaven he gave thanks he sanctified it he brake it and gave it to his Apostles saying Take eat This is my body which is broken for you Doe this in remembrance of me Likewise after Supper he took the Cup and when he had given thanks and blessed it he gave it to them saying Drink ye all of this for this is my bloud of the new Testament which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins Doe this in remembrance of me For as often as ye shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye shall shew forth the Lords death till he come The people shall answer Amen Minister We beleeve and we confess People We declare thy death and confess thy resurrection Then the Minister kneeling shall say this prayer of Oblation I. WE sinners thy unworthy servants in remembrance of thy life-giving passion thy Cross and thy pains thy death and thy burial thy resurrection from the dead and thy ascension into Heaven thy sitting at the right hand of God making intercession for us and expecting with fear and trembling thy formidable and glorious return to judge the quick and dead when thou shalt render to every man according to his works doe humbly present to thee O Lord this present sacrifice of remembrance and thanksgiving humbly and passionately praying thee not to deal with us according to our sins nor recompence us after our transgressions but according to thy abundant mercy and infinite goodness to blot out and take away the hand-writing that is against us in the book of remembrances which thou hast written and that thou wilt give unto us spiritual celestial and eternal gifts which neither eye hath seen nor ear hath heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man to understand which God hath prepared for them that love him thorough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Then shall follow the reception and distribution of the Holy Sacrament The Minister first receiving and privately saying this short prayer O Blessed Jesus My Lord and my God thou art the celestial food and the life of every man that cometh unto thee I have sinned against heaven and before thee and am not worthy to partake of these holy Mysteries but thou art my merciful Saviour grant that I may religiously thankfully and without reproof partake of thy Blessed body and blood for the remission of my sins and unto life eternal Amen Then reverently taking in his hand the consecrated bread that he means to eat let him say THE Body of our Lord Jesus which was broken for me preserve my body and Soul into everlasting life Amen Then praying a while privately let him receive the Chalice saying THE Bloud of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for the remission of my sins cleanse my Soul and preserve it into everlasting life Amen Then let him pray awhile privately and recommend to God his own personal necessities spiritual and temporal and the needs of all his Relatives c. After that let him distribute it first to the Clergy that helps to officiate and after that to the whole Congregation that offers themselves saying the same words changing the person While the Minister of the Mysteries is praying privately the people may secretly pray thus or to this purpose I Beleeve O God and confess that thou art Christ the Son of the living God who came into the world to save sinners whereof I am chief Lord make me this day partaker of thy heavenly Table for thou dost not give thy secrets to thy enemies but to the sons of thine own house Let me never give thee a Judas kiss I confess thee and thy glories I invocate thee and thy mercies I trust upon thee and thy goodness like the thief upon the Cross Lord remember me in thy kingdome with the remembrances of an everlasting love Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof but as thou didst safe to lie in a Manger with beasts and to enter into the house of Simon the leper nor didst despife the repenting harlot when she kissed thy feet so vouchsafe to lodge in my soul though it be a place of beastly affections and unreasonable passions throw them out and dwell there for ever purifie my soul accept the sinner cleanse the leper so shall I be worthy to partake of this Divine Banquet Amen When every of the Communicants hath received in both kinds let the Paten and Chalice if any of the consecrated Elements remain be decently covered and then shall follow these prayers THE POSTCOMMUNION The Minister and People devoutly kneeling shal say the Lords prayer the people repeating every petition after the Minister Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass aganist us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Then the Minister shall pray this prayer for the Catholick Church I. REceive O Eternal God this sacrifice for and in behalf of al Christian people whom thou hast redeemed with the bloud of thy Son and purchased as thine own inheritance From the fountains of mercy the springs of our Blessed Saviour let all thy people upon whom the name of Jesus is called receive confirmation and increase of grace fruitfulness in good works and perfect understanding in the way of godliness Defend O God thy Church and preserve her from all heresy and scandal from sacrilege and Simony from covetousness and pride from factions and schism from Atheisme and irreligion from all that persecute the truth from all that work wickedness and let not thegates of hell prevail against her nor any evil come neer to hurt her II. Give thy blessing O God to this Nation remember us for good and not for evil be reconcil'd unto us in the Son of thy love and let not thine anger be any longer upon us nor thy jealousy burn like fire Send us health and peace justice
how excellent is thy mercy O God! and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings * O tast and see how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him ¶ The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers * The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of all their troubles ¶ O love the Lord all ye his Saints for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer * The salvation of the righteous commeth of the Lord which is also their strength in the time of trouble ¶ And the Lord shall stand by them and save them he shall deliver them from the Ungodly and shall save them because they put their trust in him Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The following Hymnes may be said in the publike or private calamities of a Church of a family of a single person under persecution or oppression false imprisonment unjust and vexatious law-suites c. III. * MY soule waiteth still upon God for of him commeth my salvation He verily is my strength and my salvation so that I shall not greatly fall ¶ Thou also shalt light my candle the Lord my God shall make my darknesse to be light * Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee that they may triumph because of the truth ¶ Therefore were thy beloved delivered helpe me with thy right hand and heare me * O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings ¶ For when he maketh inquisition for bloud he remembreth and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore * For the poore shall not alwaies be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever ¶ He hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of poore he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him * Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while he doth say in his heart Tush thou God carest not for it ¶ Surely thou hast seene it for thou beholdest ungodlinesse and wrong that thou maiest take the matter into thine hand the poore committeth himselfe unto thee for thou art the helper of the freindlesse * Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore thou preparest their heart and thine eare hearkneth thereto ¶ To help the fatherlesse and poore to their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them * O cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever ¶ Hold thee still in the Lord and abide patiently upon him but greive not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper against the man that doth after evil counsels * For wicked doers shall be rooted out but they that waite upon the Lord they shall inherit the earth ¶ For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be yea thou shalt diligently consider his place and it shall not be * But the meeke shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace ¶ So that a man shall say Verily there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that judgeth the Earth * Glory be to the Father c. ¶ As it was in the beginning c. IIII. A Hymne consolatory and petitory for the Church and Clergy in times of persecution * BLessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be alwaies praising thee ¶ Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy waies * Blessed is the people O Lord that can rejoyce in thee they shall walke in the light of thy countenance ¶ For the Lord God is a sunne and a shield the Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke uprightly * Many O Lord my God are thy wonderful workes which thou hast done and thy thoughts which are towards us they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee if I would declare and speake of them they are more then can be numbred ¶ Many shall see it and feare and put their trust in the Lord. * The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay him but the Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemne him when he is judged ¶ The righteous shall rejoyce in the Lord and put his trust in him and all they that are true of heart shall be glad * Keepe innocency and take heed unto the thing that is right for that shall bring a man peace at the last ¶ They that sow in teares shall reape in joy * He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good seed shall doubtlesse come againe with joy and bring his sheaves with him ¶ The Lord from out of Sion shall so blesse thee that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long and peace upon Israel * For God will save Sion and build the Cities of Judah that men may dwell there and have it in possession ¶ The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein * Arise O Lord into thy resting place thou and the Arke of thy strength ¶ Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it * Thou madest roome for it and when it had taken root it filled the land ¶ The hills were covered with the shadow of it and the boughs thereof were like the goodly Cedar trees * Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge that al that goe by pluck off her grapes ¶ The wild boare out of the wood doth root it up and the wild beasts of the field devoure it * Turne thee againe thou God of hosts behold and visit this vine and the place of thy vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy selfe ¶ Turne us againe O God shew the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole * Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnesse ¶ Let thy Saints sing with joyfulnesse * So we thy people and sheepe of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever ¶ We will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation * Glory be to the Father c. ¶ As it was in the beginning c. If there be occasion adde the Lxxxix Psalme and the xxi and the Lxi. Then for the lesson Read Judges II. or or III. I. Samuel XXXI Ezra IX Nehemiah IX Daniel IX or Mathew XIX vers 16 to the end of Mat. XX Matthew XXI * If there be famine or dearth or drowth read Jerem. 14. If two lessons be read at one meeting then let one of the former Hymnes be read between the two lessons and omitted before If but one lesson be read or After the second lesson if there be two say
office published by the authority of Queene Elizabeth 1597. I. A prayer for an Army or Navy in time of VVarre O Almighty Lord God of hosts the prince of peace and the everlasting Counsellor we humbly beseech thee so to conduct encourage and defend our Armies and Fleets with thy mighty arme and thy wise providence that what they shall attempt or take in hand for defence of this Church and State may be prosperous and blessed Direct and lead them all in safety strengthen their Governours and leaders with sound counsell and wise Conduct The officers and souldiers with ready obedience and valiant resolution Blesse their conflicts with signal victories give them blessed opportunities of effecting the purposes of peace and justice with the least bloodshed Preserve them from contagious diseases from the violence of sword and sicknesses from evill accidents or crafty designes from treachery or surprise from carelesnesse of their duty and fromall irreligion from confusion or feare from mutiny and disorder Give them an happy and an honourable returne that we being defended from our enemies thy servant our Soveraigne or Supreme may rejoice in thy mercies and thy church may give thee thankes in the daies of peace and all thy people may worship thee in a holy religion giving thee praise and honour and glory for ever in Eternal ages through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Or this I. O Most mighty Lord God who reignest over all the Kingdomes of Men thou hast power in thy hand to cast downe and to raise up to save thy servants and to rebuke their enemies and in all ages hast given victory to the people effecting by small numbers what man cannot doe by the multitude of an Host Let thy eares be now open unto our praiers and thy merciful eyes upon our trouble and our danger O Lord doe thou judge our cause in righteousnesse and mercy prosper our armes and defend our armies Establish us in the rights thou hast given us in our lands and in our goods in our Government and in our lawes in our Religion and in all the holy orders which thou hast appointed to minister to all who shall be heires of salvation II. Never let ambition or Cruelty thirst of Empire or thirst of blood the greedinesse of of spoile or the pleasures of a victory make us either to love warre or to neglect all the just wayes of peace and grant unto the Army such piety and prudence such happy circumstances and blessed events that none of them may doe any act misbecoming Christians Disciples and servants of the prince of peace Doe thou O God blesse them in all their just actions and necessary defences that they may neither doe wrong nor suffer any Let not our enemies have their unjust desires nor their mischeivous imaginations prosper leaft we become a scorne and derision to our oppressors The race is not to the swift nor the battle to thestrong and a horse is counted but a vaine thing to save a man but our trust is in the name of the Lord our God he is our strength and our defence for it is thou O Lord who canst indifferently save with many or with few III. Wherefore from thy holy sanctuary open thine eyes and behold stretch forth thy hand and helpe defend and save our Armies and Navies O thou God of power from all evil of man and all evil of chance Cover their heads in the day of battle and danger send thy feare before thy servants that our enemies may flee before them let thy faith make them valiant in fight and put to flight the armies of Aliens Rebels c. and by this shall thy servants know thou favourest us in that our Enemy doth not triumph against us and shall alwaies confesse to the praise of thy name that it was thou Lord the sheild of our hope and the sword of our glory who hast done great things for us and evermore say Praised be the Lord that hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servants Heare us O Lord for the glory of thy name for thy loving mercy and for thy truth sake through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen An Office for Prisoners THe foregoing ordinary Offices are fitted for all mankind in General and so may be also used by these in their Prisons To which they may adde what is fit for them in the following devotions and upon Solemne occasion or upon special necessity or devotion they may intirely and distinctly use the following prayers and psalmes c. In the Name of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Our Father which art in Heaven c. Versicle O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make hast to helpe us Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. The Psalme I Will cry unto God with my voice even unto God will I cry with my voice and he shall hearken unto me ¶ In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord in the night my sore ceased not my soule refused to be comforted * When I am in heavinesse I will thinke upon God when my heart is vexed I will complaine ¶ O remembet how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men for nought * I goe hence like the shadow that departeth and am driven away as the grashopper But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath also prepared his seat for judgement ¶ For he shall judge the world in righteousnesse and minister true judgement unto his people * The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time of trouble ¶ And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee for thou Lord hast never failed them that seeke thee * Deliver me O Lord from the evil man preserve me from the violent man ¶ I know that the Lord will maintaine the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poore * Surely the righteous shall give thankes unto they Name the upright shall dwell in thy presence ¶ O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatnesse of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die * The humble shall consider this and be glad Seeke ye after God and your soule shall live ¶ For the Lord heareth the poore and despiseth not his prisoners * Who is like unto the Lord our God who dwelleth on high ¶ Who humbleth himselfe to behold the things that are in heaven and earth * He raiseth up the poore out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the Dunghil ¶ Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore * For he satisfieth the longing soule and filleth the hungry soule with goodnesse ¶ Such as sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death being bound in affliction and iron * He bringeth them out of darknesse and the shadow of death and breaketh their bands in sunder ¶ O that men would praise the Lord for
with faith and hope submit his body and soule to thy merciful and just dispensation that he may not discompose the duties of his repentance by a new sin nor provoke thee to anger by his impatience nor offend them who charitably minister to him nor neglect the doing of any thing that can be in his power or in his duty to his body or his soule O God be mercifull unto thy servant and presse not him or her with an unequal load but remember that we are but flesh and vanity that we are crushed before the Moth and die in thy displeasure give him ease and rest a quiet mind and a peacefull conscience make thou all his bed in his sicknesse and deliver him not into the will of his Spiritual enemies but glorify thy mercies and make thy goodnesse illustrious upon thy servant through Jesus Christ our Lord. III. Against death and the feare of it O Eternal God who for the sin of man didst send death into the world and by the Resurrection of thy holy Son didst bring life to all beleivers have mercy upon this thy servant whom thou hast smitten with thy rod and brought into the vally of teares and the shadow of death O let not thy feirce anger goe beyond a fatherly correction let this rod be discipline not vengeance let it kill his sin but not the man but in judgement remember mercy take from thy servant all inordinate feare give him a present mind a hopeful Spirit a faithful heart a perfectly repenting conscience a charitable and a devout soule Take from him the feare and take from him the sentence of death preserve his life and restore his health if that be best for him for to thy power we submit on thy goodnesse we doe depend by thy wisedome we desire to be governed and that thy love should choose for thy servant But if thou hast otherwise decreed O grant to thy servant the comforts of a holy hope and the strengths of an unconquerable faith the constancy of an unmooved patience and the meekenesse of a perfect resignation that to him to live may be Christ and to die may be gaine that whether he lives or dies he may be thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen IV. For Pardon O Most gracious and eternal Son of God who onely hast power to forgive sins and to rescue erring soules from the power of sin and from the wrath of God be gracious toâ— thy servant who confesses thy justice in his suffering and begs to feele thy mercy in his pardon and thy pity in his ease and restitution Contend no longer with the miserable who confesses himselfe guilty reject him not that begs for remission of his sins and remission of thy anger remember not the follies of his childhood nor the vanities of his youth the sins of his tongue nor the sins of his anger the sins of desire nor the innumerable breaches of charity his infinite omissions of duty the inexcusable actions of his choice Thou hast glorified thy selfe in all generations of the world by giving pardon to the penitent and ease to the afflicted comfort to the comfortlesse and refreshment to the weary Behold O God the sorrowes of thy servant and remember his sins no more Behold the passion and the paines which our blessed Lord suffered for our sins and let not the sins of thy servants cause thee to take another forfeiture and produce another and an eternall anger but spare thy servant in thy anger and remember him in thy mercy and pity him in thy infinite compassion and releive him with thy mighty grace and deliver him from his sins and bring him to thy glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. V. If he be in or neere the agonies of death O Blessed God thou lover of soules and the Saviour of thy servants who gavest thy Son to die for us that we might live in him looke with mercy and great compassion upon the soule of thy servant for whom the Lord Jesus gave his precious bloud Now O God is that sad period in which he is to be consign'd over to his final sentence now is the day of his great expence his needes of mercy are great as his sins and great as his dangers and great as all his enemies let him or her receive the fruit of all his labours a blessed returne of all his prayers the grace of thy promises and the effect of all the sufferings of the holy Jesus Now O God let him find the end of his hopes and a just peace in his conscience a spiritual communion with Christ and the benefit of all his Passion pardon of his sins and the sweetest visitations of thy holy Spirit the comforter Now let him feele the effect of thy mighty power and of thy glorious victory over sin and all the powers of darkenesse let them have no portion in him and let thine angers end in comfort and pardon in the visitation of Angels and the glorious appearing of thy holy Spirit Now let him feele the truth of religion and the substance of the things he hath hoped for the verification of thy promises and the goodnesse of God let all the sermons of the Gospel passe into real exhibition of thy loving kindnesse and let thy servant rejoyce in the portions of the blessed in the redemption of his soule in the communion of Saints in the society of the spirits of just men made perfect through Jesus Christ our Lord. Then shall the Minister recommend the soule of the Dying man if it be departing the body I. O Most Blessed and most gracious Saviour Jesus into thy holy hands we commend the soule of this our Brother or Sister praying thee to defend it from all evil from the wrath of God which he hath deserved from the evil Spirits of darkenesse which are ready to devoure it from the flames of hell from whence nothing can rescue it but the mercies of God in our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen II. Let thy holy Angels receive this soule from her prison and ruinous house of clay and carry it to the region of loving and obedient soules in the bosome of Jesus there with joy and longing with the assurance of hope and a peaceful charity to expect the Resurrection of the just and the day of thy righteous judgement Amen III. O let not the Devils accuse this soule before thee or if they doe let them not prevaile but interpose thy death and passion thy mediation and intercession between thy judgement and this soule now at her departure and at the day of judgement that in the terrors of that day this soule may stand upright supported by the armes of thy eternal mercy Amen IV. Let not this soule carry along with her the infirmities of her present state but be immur'd with a guard of loving and blessed Spirits to defend her against all the hostilities and incursions of all evil Angels Now she shall see what she never saw and heare what she
nigh unto all them that call upon him yea all such as call upon him faithfully ¶ He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will help them * That our sons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the Temple ¶ That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets * That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leading into captivity and no complaining in our streets ¶ Happy are the people that be in such a case yea blessed be the people which have the Lord for their God Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. II. After recovery of a City family or single person from the Plague or any great sicknesse * O Come hither and hearken all ye that fear God I will tell you what he hath done for my soule ¶ I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me * Thou Lord hast brought my soule out of Hell thou hast kept my life from them that goe downe to the pit ¶ O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me and yet didst thou turne and refresh me yea and broughtest me from the deepe of the earth againe * Sing praises unto the Lord O ye saints of his and give thankes unto him for the remembrance of his holinesse ¶ For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye and in his pleasure is life heavinesse may endure for a night but joy commeth in the morning * Praised be the Lord daily even the God which helpeth us and powreth his benefits upon us ¶ He is our God even the God of whom commeth salvation God is the Lord by whom we escape death * I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in adversity ¶ Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy but hast set my feet in a large roome * Thou hast turned my heavinesse into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladnesse ¶ Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praises without ceasing O my God I will give thankes unto thee for ever Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. III. After a victory or the prosperous ending of a Warre BLessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to warre and my fingers to fight ¶ My hope and my fortresse my castle and deliverer my defender in whom I turst which subdueth my people that is under me * When my spirit was in heavinesse thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked had they privily laid a snare for me ¶ I cried unto the Lord and said Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living ¶ Thou didst send downe thine hand from above thou didst deliver me and take me out of the great waters from the hand of strange children ¶ Thou hast given victory unto Kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the perill of the sword * For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord in above all Gods ¶ Whatsoever that Lord pleased that did he in heaven and in earth in the sea and in all deep places * The Lord is on my side I will not feare what man doth unto me ¶ The Lord taketh my part with them that helpe me therefore shall I fee my desire upon mine enemies * It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in man ¶ It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any cofidence in princes * The Lord is my strength and my song and is become my salvation ¶ The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous The right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass * The right hand of the Lord hath the preheminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass ¶ He maketh warrs to cease in all the world he breaketh the bow and knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the chariots in the fire * Behold how good and joyfull a thing it is brethren to dwell together in Unity ¶ It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran downe unto the beard even unto Aarons beard and went downe to the skirts of his clothing * For there the Lord promised his blessing and life for evermore ¶ The Lord liveth and blessed be my strong helper and praised be the God of my salvation * Glory be to the Father c. ¶ As it was in the beginning c. If there be any other occasion instead of these use Te Deum Laudamus c. After each of these Eucharistical Psalmes shall be added as followeth Minister Lift up your hearts Answer We lift them up unto the Lord. Minister Let us give thankes unto the Lord our God Answer It is meet and right so to doe Minister I. IT is very meet right and our bounden duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise honour and adoration love and duty to thee O Lord God the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort who hast knowne our soule in adversity and delivered us from the evil we have deserved and hast given us good things we deserved not we confesse O God that we are lesse then the least of all thy mercies but thy immense thy unlimited goodnesse and loving kindnesse rejoyces in doing us good in preserving us from evil in heaping thy benefits upon us in giving to us witnesse from heaven in feeding our hearts with food and gladnesse in delivering us from our enemies in snatching us from the power of the grave in commanding thy destroying Angel to hurt us not Holy Jesus Blessed be God II. We are thy servants and thy children we are all thine and have no interest but thy service thou art our God and all our hopes are laid up in thee Thou art gracious when thou smitest us but we cannot expresse thy infinite sweetness when thou releivest our necessity when thou sustainest our sorrowes when thou dost deliver us from thy wrath when thou hearest our prayers when thou powrest thy benefits upon us O give unto thy servants thankfull hearts obedient and loving Spirits carefulnesse of duty charity and humility zeale of thy glory submission to thy divine will and pleasure that serving thee with all our powers loving thee with all our faculties obeying thee in al instances delighting in thee in all dispensations we may be conducted thorough all varieties of providence and defended in all temptations of our enemies and releived in all the necessities of our life and assisted in all particulars
shall never be moved PSAL. XVI David confesses God to be his Gâ—â— and protests against all idolatrous worshippings he rejoyces in God for his present blessings his preservation and prosperity the aides of his grace and the hopes of Eternall life through the resuâ—rection of Christ. PReserve me O God for in thee do I put my trust 2 O my soul thou hast said unto the Lord Thou art my Lord my goodnesse extendeth not to thee 3 But to the Saints that are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplyed that hasten after another God their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer nor take up their names into my lips 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup thou maintainest my lot 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places yea I have a goodly heritage 7 I will blesse the Lord who hath given me counsell my reins also instruct me in the night seasons 8 I have set the Lord alwayes before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoyceth my flesh also shall rest in hope 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy One to see corruption 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulnesse of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore PSAL. XVII David appealing to God concerning his innocency does passionately implore his patronage against his prosperous enemies he prophesies of the resurrection HEar the right O Lord attend unto my cry give eare unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence let thine eyes behold the things that are equall 3 Thou hast proved mine heart thou hast visited me in the night thou hast tryed me and and shalt find nothing I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgresse 4 Concerning the works of men by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not 6 I have called upon thee for thou wilt hear me O God incline thine eare unto me and hear my speech 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindnesse O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings 9 From the wicked that oppresse me from my deadly enemies who compasse me about 10 They are inclosed in their own fat with their mouth they speak proudly 11 They have now compassed us in our steps they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth 12 Like as a Lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places 13 Arise O Lord disappoint him cast him down deliver my soul from the wicked which is thy sword 14 From men which are thy hand O Lord from men of the world which have their portion in this life and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure they are full of children and leave the rest of their substance to their babes 15 As for me I will behold thy face in righteousnesse I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likenesse Ev. Pr. PSAL. XVIII David toward the end of his life sings a song of victory to God for all his triumphs and greaâ— successes in his warres he gives thanks puts his trust in God I will love thee O Lord my strength 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortresse and my deliverer my God my strength in whom I will trust my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower 3 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from mine enemies 4 The sorrowes of death compassed me and the flouds of ungodly men made me afraid 5 The sorrowes of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me 6 In my distresse I called upon the Lord and cryed unto my God he heard my voyce out of his temple and my cry came before him even into his ears 7 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it 9 He bowed the heavens also and came down and darknesse was under his feet 10 And he rode upon a cherub and did flie yea he did flie upon the wings of the wind 11 He made darknesse his secret place his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies 12 At the brightnesse that was before him his thick clouds passed hail-stones and coals of fire 13 The Lord also thundred in the heavens and the Highest gave his voice hailstones and coals of fire 14 Yea he sent out his arrows and scattered them and he shot out lightnings and discomfited them 15 Then the channels of waters were seen and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke O Lord at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils 16 He sent from above he took me and drew me out of many waters 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them which hated me for they were too strong for me 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the Lord was my stay 19 He brought me forth also into a large place he delivered me because he delighted in me 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnesse according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me 21 For I have kept the wayes of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God 22 For all his judgments were before me and I did not put away his statutes from me 23 I was also upright before him and I kept my self from mine iniquity 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my rightâ—nesse according to the cleannesse of my hands in his eye-sight 25 With the mercifull thou wilt shew thy self mercifull with an upright man thou wilt shew thy self upright 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thy self pure and with the froward thou wilt shew thy self froward 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people but thou wilt bring down high looks 28 For thou wilt light my candle the Lord my God will enlighten my darknesse 29 For by thee I have run through a troop and by my God have I leaped over a wall 30 As for God his way is perfect the word of the Lord is tryed he is a buckler to all those that trust in him 31 For who is God save the Lord or who is a rock save our God 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength and maketh my way perfect 33 He maketh my feet like hindes
men and despised of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out the lip they shake the head saying 8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him let him deliver him seeing he delighted in him 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mothers brests 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb thou art my God from my mothers belly 11 Be not far from me for trouble is near for there is none to help 12 Many buls have compassed me strong buls of Bashan have beset me round 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths as a ravening and a roaring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joint my heart is like wax it is melted in the midst of my bowels 15 My strength is dryed up like a potsheard and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws and thou hast brought me into the dust of death 16 For dogs have compassed me the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me they pierced my hands and my feet 17 I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou far from me O Lord O my strength haste thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 Ye that fear the Lord praise him all ye the seed of Jacob glorifie him and fear him all ye the seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted neither hath he hid his face from him but when he cryed unto him he heard 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation I will pay my vows before them that fear him 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied they shall praise the Lord that seek him your heart shall live for ever 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord and all the kindreds of the nations shal worship before thee 28 For the kingdom is the Lords and he is the governor among the nations 29 All they that be fat upon the earth shall eat and worship all they that goe down to the dust shall bow before him and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousnesse unto a people that shall be born that he hath done this PSAL. XXIII An act of thanksgiving to Christ our Shepherd for temporall and spirituall goods given to his sheep together with an act of trust and hope in him THe Lord is my shepherd I shall not want 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures he leadeth me beside the still waters 3 He restoreth my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousnesse for his names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evill for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over 6 Surely goodnes mercy shall follow me all the dayes of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever Mo. Pr. PSAL. XXIV Gods dominion ore the world the just praedispositions of them who are to be admitted to Gods Temple a prophesie of Christs ascention into Heaven under the type of placing the ark in Solomons temple THe earth is the Lords and the fulnesse thereof the world and they that dwell therein 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord and who shall stand in his holy place 4 He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face O Jacob. Selah 7 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in 8 Who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battel 9 Lift up your heads O ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in 10 Who is this king of glory the Lord of hosts he is the king of glory Selah PSAL. XXV David oppressed with the Conscience of his sins and the sense of the Divine anger prayes for pardon relyes upon Gods goodnesse beggs mercy and deliverance for himself and for the Church The Psalm is paenitentiall UNto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul 2 O my God I trust in thee let me not be ashamed let not mine enemies triumph over me 3 Yea let none that wait on thee be ashamed let them be ashamed which transgresse without cause 4 Shew me thy wayes O Lord teach me thy paths 5 Lead me in thy truth and teach me for thou art the God of my salvation on thee doe I wait all the day 6 Remember O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses for they have ever been of old 7 Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodnesse sake O Lord. 8 Good and upright is the Lord therefore will he teach sinners in the way 9 The meek will he guide in judgment and the meek will he teach his way 10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies 11 For thy names sake O Lord pardon mine iniquity for it is great 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose 13 His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the earth 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant 15 Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord for he shall pluck my feet out of the net 16 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and afflicted 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged O bring thou me out of my distresses 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins 19 Consider mine enemies for they are many and they hate me with cruell hatred 20 O keep my soul and deliver me let me not be ashamed for I put my trust in thee 21 Let integrity and uprightnesse preserve me for I
wait on thee 22 Redeem Israel O God out of all his troubles PSAL. XXVI David putsâ— his trust in God separates himself from the communion of wicked persons but delighting in the Communion of Saints prayes to be delivered from the evil portion of the wicked JUdge me O Lord for I have walked in my integrity I have trusted also in the Lord therefore I shall not slide 2 Examine me O Lord and prove me try my reins and my heart 3 For thy loving kindness is before mine eyes and I have walked in thy truth 4 I have not sate with vain persons neither will I goe in with dissemblers 5 I have hated the congregation of evilâ— doers and will not sit with the wicked 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency so will I compasse thine altar O Lord. 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works 8 O Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth 9 Gather not my soul with sinners nor my life with bloody men 10 In whose hands is mischief and their right hand is full of bribes 11 But as for me I will walk in my integrity redeem me and be mercifull unto me 12 My foot standeth in an even place in the congregations will I blesse the Lord. 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XXVII David being forc'd to be absent from the publike assemblies of the faithfull longs to be restored puts his trust in God hopes and prayes to be deliver'd from Saul and desires immunity from secular troubles to be directed in the wayes of God and exhorts the Church to put her trust in God THe Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid 2 When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell 3 Though an host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me in this will I be confident 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in his temple 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me up upon a rock 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy I will sing yea I will sing praises unto the Lord. 7 Hear O Lord when I cry with my voyce have mercy also upon me and answer me 8 When thou saidst Seek ye my face my heart said unto thee Thy face Lord will I seek 9 Hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou hast been my help leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation 10 When my father and my mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up 11 Teach me thy way O Lord and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breath out cruelty 13 I had fainted unlesse I had believed to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the living 14 Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I say on the Lord. 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XXVIII David prayes against his secret and treacherous enemies that he may be quit of their snares and of their society and prayes for the Church UNto thee will I cry O Lord my rock be not silent to me lest if thou be silent to me I become like them that go down into the pit 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle 3 Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquitie which speak peace to their neighbours but mischief is in their hearts 4 Give them according to their deeds and according to the wickednesse of their endeavors give them after the work of their hands render to them their desert 5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operation of his hands he shall destroy them and not build them up 6 Blessed be the Lord because he hath heard the voice of my supplications 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart greatly rejoyceth and with my song will I praise him 8 The Lord is their strength and he is the saving strength of his anointed 9 Save thy people and blesse thine inheritance feed them also lift them up for ever PSAL. XXIX Aâ— psalme of adoration and fear and of the glorification of God to be said in great tempests and thunders Princes and great men are exhorted to worship and fear before the Great God of Heaven and Earth GIve unto the Lord O ye mighty give unto the Lord glory and strength 2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name worship the Lord in the beauty of holinesse 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters the God of glory thundereth the Lord is upon many waters 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful the voice of the Lord is ful of majestie 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars yea the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wildernesse the Lord shaketh the wildernesse of Kadesh 9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve and discovereth the forests and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory 10 The Lord sitteth upon the floud yea the Lord sitteth King for ever 11 The Lord will give strength unto his people the Lord will blesse his people with peace Mo. Pr. PSAL. XXX A thanksgiving for restitution to health after a great sicknesse which David sang when he dedicated his new cedar-house to God after the Hebrew Custome IWil extol thee O Lord for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me 2 O Lord my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me 3 O Lord thou hast brought up my soul from the grave thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit 4 Sing unto the Lord O ye Saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance of his holinesse 5 For his anger endureth but a moment in his favour is life weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning 6 And in my prosperity I said I shal never be moved 7 Lord by thy favour thou hast
made my mountain to stand strong thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled 8 I cried to thee O Lord and unto the Lord I made supplication 9 What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit shall the dust praise thee shal it declare thy truth 10 Hear O Lord and have mercy upon me Lord be thou my helper 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladnesse 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee and not be silent O Lord my God I wil give thanks unto thee for ever PSAL. XXXI David prayes to God for his salvation represents his great danger by his own example proves God to be bountifull to his servants prayes against his enemies gives thanks to God for his benefiâ—s exhorts the faithfull to love God and to constancy of mind IN thee O Lord do I put my trust let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousnesse 2 Bow down thine eare to me deliver me speedily be thou my strong rock for an house of defence to save me 3 For thou art my rock and my fortresse therefore for thy names sake lead me and guide me 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strength 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of truth 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities but I trust in the Lord. 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble thou hast known my soul in adversities 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemie thou hast set my feet in a large room 9 Have mercie upon me O Lord for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed with grief yea my soul and my belly 10 For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing my strength faileth because of mine iniquity and my bones are consumed 11 I was a reproch among all mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and a fear to mine acquaintance they that did see me without fled from me 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind I am like a broken vessel 13 For I have heard the slander of many fear was on every side while they took counsell together against me they devised to take away my life 14 But I trusted in thee O Lord I said Thou art my God 15 My times are in thy hand deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 16 Make thy face fo shine upon thy servant save me for thy mercies sake 17 Let me not be ashamed O Lord for I have called upon thee let the wicked be ashamed and let them be silent in the grave 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous 19 O how great is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee w ch thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues 21 Blessed be the Lord for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindnesse in a strong city 22 For I said in my hast I am cut off from before thine eyes neverthelesse thou heardest the voyce of my supplications when I cryed unto thee 23 O love the Lord all ye his saints for the Lord preserveth the faithfull and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer 24 Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart all ye that hope in the Lord. 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XXXII The blessednesse of Man consists in the pardon of sins which is to be obtained by confession of them we are exhorted to repentance and to joy in God who punishes the wicked and preserves the faithfull The psalme is paenitentiall Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile 3 When I kept silence my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me my moisture is turned into the drought of summer Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee and mine iniquitie I have not hid I said I will confesse my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquitie of my sin Selah 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou maist be found surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him 7 Thou art my hiding-place thou shalt preserve me from trouble thou shalt compasse me about with songs of deliverance Selah 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye 9 Be ye not as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle lest they come near unto thee 10 Many sorrowes shall be to the wicked but he that trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compasse him about 11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoyce ye righteous and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart PSAL. XXXIII The just are exhorted to feare and to praise God for his goodnesse and his justice his wisdome and his providence in Creating and governing the world we are to trust in God alone and not in any creature God preserves all that rely upon him REjoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for praise is comely for the upright 2 Praise the Lord with harp sing unto him with the psalterie and an instrument of ten strings 3 Sing unto him a new song play skilfully with a loud noise 4 For the word of the Lord is right and all his works are done in truth 5 He loveth righteousnesse the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap he layeth up the depth in store-houses 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in aw of him 9 For the spake and it was done he commanded and it stood fast 10 The Lord bringeth the counsell of the heathen to nought he maketh the devices of the people of none effect 11 The counsell of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance 13 The Lord looketh from heaven he beholdeth all the sons of men 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth 15 He
fashioneth their hearts alike he considereth all their works 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host a mighty man is not delivered by much strength 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety neither shall he deliver any by his great strength 18 Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him upon them that hope in his mercy 19 To deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine 20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord he is our help and our shield 21 For our heart shall rejoyce in him because we have trusted in his holy name 22 Let thy mercy O Lord be upon us according as we hope in thee PSAL. XXXIV David gives thanks to God for his delivery from Achish king of Gath he exhorts to piety of life to trust in God Angels are the Guardians of the faithfull the custody of the tongue is the way to live prosperously God sets his face against the wicked and tak's care of the righteous in their affliction I Will blesse the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof and be glad 3 O magnifie the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together 4 I sought the Loâ—d and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears 5 They looked unto him and were lightned and their faces were not ashamed 6 This poor man cryed and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles 7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him and delivereth them 8 O taste and see that the Lord is good blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 O fear the Lord ye his Saints for there is no want to them that fear him 10 The young lions doe lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing 11 Come ye children hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that desireth life and loveth many dayes that he may see good 13 Keep thy tongue from evill and thy lips from speaking guile 14 Depart from evil and doe good seek peace and pursue it 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open unto their cry 16 The face of the Lord is against them that doe evill to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth 17 The righteous cry and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of them all 20 He keepeth all his bones not one of them is broken 21 Evill shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate 22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate Mo. 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XXXV David prayes to be defended from Sycophants and informers and from false friends his secret enemies who falsely accused him before Saul he appeales to God the judge of their falshood and his own innocence he prayes against them and for his own partie and promises to give praises to God PLead my cause O Lord with them that strive with me fight against them that fight against me 2 Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for mine help 3 Draw out also the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul I am thy salvation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul let them be turned back brought to confusion that devise my hurt 5 Let them be as chaffe before the wind and let the angel of the Lord chase them 6 Let their way be dark and slippery and let the angel of the Lord persecute them 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit which without cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares let his net that he hath hid catch himself into that very destruction let him fall 9 And my soul shall be joyfull in the Lord it shall rejoice in his salvation 10 All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him 11 False witnesses did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not 12 They rewarded me evill for good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth I humbled my soul with fasting and my prayer returned into mine own bosome 14 I behaved my self as though he had been my friend or brother I bowed down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother 15 But in mine adversity they rejoyced gathered themselves together yea the abjects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not they did tear me and ceased not 16 With hypocriticall mockers in feasts they gnashed upon me with their teeth 17 Lord how long wilt thou look on rescue my soul from their destructions my darling from the lions 18 I will give thee thanks in the great coÌ„gregation I will praise thee amoÌ„g much people 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoyce over me neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause 20 For they speak not peace but they devise deceitfull matters against them that are quiet in the land 21 Yea they opened their mouth wide against me and said Aha aha our eye hath seen it 22 This thou hast seen O Lord keep not silence O Lord be not far from me 23 Stir up thy self and awake to my judgment even unto my cause my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me O Lord my God according to thy righteousnesse and let them not rejoyce over me 25 Let them not say in their hearts Ah so would we have it let them not say We have swallowed him up 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoyce at mine hurt let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnifie themselves against me 27 Let them shout for joy and be glad that favour my righteous cause yea let them say continually Let the Lord be magnified which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant 28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousnesse and of thy praise all the day long PSAL. XXXVI A character of the wicked man a celebration of the divine goodnesse justice and truth God communicates himselfe to his Saints gloriously in the other world David prayes for the Righteous and for protection from the violence of the proud THe transgression of the wicked saith within my heart that there is no fear of God before his eyes
2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes untill his iniquity be found to be hatefull 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit he hath left off to be wise and to doe good 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed he setteth himself in a way that is not good he abhorreth not evil 5 Thy mercy O Lord is in the heavens and thy faithfulnesse reacheth unto the clouds 6 Thy righteousnesse is like the great mountains thy judgments are a great deep O Lord thou preservest man and beast 7 How excellent is thy loving kindnesse O God therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatnesse of thy house and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures 9 For with thee is the fountain of life in thy light shall we see light 10 O continue thy loving kindnesse unto them that know thee and thy righteousnesse to the upright in heart 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me and let not the hand of the wicked remove me 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen they are cast down and shall not be able to rise Ev. 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XXXVII A description of the false prosperity of the wicked the security and reall happinesse of the Godly manifested even under their afflictions The differing end of the Godly and the wicked The Godly are exhorted to piety and patience and confidence in God Great promises to the servants of God great threatnings to the ungodly FRet not thy self because of evil-doers neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grasse and wither as the green herb 3 Trust in the Lord and doe good so shalt thou dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed 4 Delight thy self also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to passe 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousnesse as the light and thy judgment as the noon-day 7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for him fret not thy self because of him who prospereth in his way because of the man who bringeth wicked devises to passe 8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath fret not thy self in any wise to do evill 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off but those that wait upon the Lord they shall inherit the earth 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be yea thou shalt diligently consider his place and it shall not be 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace 12 The wicked plotteth against the just and gnasheth upon him with his teeth 13 The Lord shall laugh at him for he seeth that his day is coming 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as be of upright conversation 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart and their bowes shall be broken 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better then the riches of many wicked 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken but the Lord upholdeth the righteous 18 The Lord knoweth the dayes of the upright and their inheritance shall be for ever 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evill time and in the dayes of famine they shall be satisfied 20 But the wicked shall perish and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs they shall consume into smoke shall they consume away 21 The wicked borroweth and payeth not again but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way 24 Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand 25 I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread 26 He is ever mercifull and lendeth and his seed is blessed 27 Depart from evill and doe good and dwell for evermore 28 For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints they are preserved for ever but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off 29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein for ever 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdomâ— and his tongue talketh of judgment 31 The law of his God is in his heart none of his steps shall slide 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him 33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged 34 Wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off thou shalt see it 35 I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay-tree 36 Yet he passed away and lo he was not yea I sought him but he could not be found 37 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together the end of the wicked shall be cut off 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord he is their strength in the time of trouble 40 And the Lord shall help them and deliver them he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they trust in him Mo. 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XXXVIII David very grievously afflicted by disease deplores his sins as the cause of his calamity he complains of his sadnesse and his sicknesse that he was forsaken by his friends and upbraided by his enemies he flies to God for help and begs pardon of his sins and ease from his affliction The psalm is paenitential O Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure 2 For thine arrowes stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me sore 3 There is no soundnesse in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishnesse 6 I am troubled I am bowed down greatly I goe mourning all the day long 7 For my loyns are filled with a lothsome disease and there is no soundnesse in my flesh 8 I am feeble and sore broken I have roared because of the disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength faileth me as for the light of mine eyes it also is gone from me 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore and my
kinsmen stand afar off 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long 13 But I as a deaf man heard not and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs 15 For in thee O Lord do I hope thou wilt hear me O Lord my God 16 For I said Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoice over me when my foot slippeth they magnifie themselves against me 17 For I am ready to halt and my sorrow is continually before me 18 For I will declare mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sin 19 But mine enemies are lively they are strong and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplyed 20 They also that render evill for good are mine adversaries because I follow the thing that good is 21 Forsake me not O Lord O my God be not far from me 22 Make haste to help me O Lord my salvation PSAL. XXXIX David being sick restrains himself from repining against God tells of the vanity of life prayes for deliverance from his affliction for pardon of his sins and space and time of further repenâ—ance The Psalm is paenitenâ—ial I Said I will take heed to my wayes that I sin not with my tongue I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me 2 I was dumb with silence I held my peace even from good and my sorrow was stirred 3 My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burned then spake I with my tongue 4 Lord make me to know mine end and the measure of my dayes what it is that I may know how frail I am 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth and mine age is as nothing before thee verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity Selah 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew surely they are disquieted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them 7 And now Lord what wait I for my hope is in thee 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions make me not the reproch of the foolish 9 I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it 10 Remove thy stroak away from me I am consumed by the blow of thine hand 11 When thou w th rebukes dost correct man for iniquitie thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth surely every man is vanity Selah 12 Hear my prayer O Lord and give ear unto my cry hold not thy peace at my tears for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were 13 O spare me that I may recover strength before I goe hence and be no more PSAL. XL. David praiseth God for his delivery from troubles and prayeth to be desended from imminent and approching dangers The obedience of Christ and his sacrifice and the abolition of the Mosaic rites are prophetically declar'd I Waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined unto me and heard my cry 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit out of the mirie clay and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth even praise unto our God many shall see it and fear and shall trust in the Lord. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies 5 Many O Lord my God are thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts which are to us-ward they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee if I would declare and speak of them they are mo then can be numbred 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire mine ears hast thou opened burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required 7 Then said I Lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me 8 I delight to doe thy will O my God yea thy law is written within my heart 9 I have preached righteousnesse in the great congregation lo I have not refrained my lips O Lord thou knowest 10 I have not hid thy righteousnesse within my heart I have declared thy faithfulnesse thy salvation I have not concealed thy loving kindnesse and thy truth from the great congregation 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O Lord let thy loving kindnesse and thy truth continually preserve me 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about mine iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to look up they are mo then the hairs of my head therefore my heart faileth me 13 Be pleased O Lord to deliver me O Lord make haste to help me 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me Aha aha 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoyce and be glad in thee let such as love thy salvation say continually The Lord be magnified 17 But I am poor needy yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou art my help and my deliverer make to tarrying O my God Ev. 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XLI The blessings and rewards of the Charitable man David complains that his pretended friends were real enemies he prayes to God and gives him thanks for his recovery from his sicknesse BLessed is he that considereth the poor the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble 2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth and thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing thou wilt make all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I said Lord be mercifull unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee 5 Mine enemies speak evill of me when shall he die and his name perish 6 And if he come to see me he speaketh vanitie his heart gathereth iniquity to it self when he goeth abroad he telleth it 7 All that hate me whisper together against me against me do they devise my hurt 8 An evill disease say they cleaveth fast unto him and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more 9 Yea mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread hath lift up his heel against me 10 But thou O Lord be mercifull unto me and raise me up that I may requite them 11 By this I know that thou favourest me because mine enemie doth not triumph over me 12 And as for me thou upholdest me in mine integritie and settest me before thy face for ever 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting Amen and amen PSAL. XLII David as some suppose being driven beyond Jordan and forc'd
there with a gift even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour 13 The kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needle-work the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee 15 With gladnesse rejoycing shall they be brought they shall enter into the kings palace 16 In stead of thy fathers shall be thy children when thou mayest make princes in all the earth 17 I will make thy name to be remembred in all generations therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever PSAL. XLVI A thanksgiving after victory obtained against the Enemies of the Church an act of trust and confidence in God GOd is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah 4 There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High 5 God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her and that right early 6 The heathen raged the kingdoms were moved he uttered his voyce the earth melted 7 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah 8 Come behold the works of the Lord what desolation he hath made in the earth 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth he breaketh the bow cutteth the spear in sunder he burneth the chariot in the fire 10 Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen I will be exalted in the earth 11 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah Ev. Pr. PSAL. XLVII The Church of the Jewes is exhorted to worship and confesse Christ whose dominion is over the Jewes and Gentiles O clap your hands all ye people shout unto God with the voyce of triumph 2 For the Lord most high is terrible he is a great king over all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us the excellency of Jacob whom he loved Selah 5 God is gone up with a shout the Lord with the sound of a trumpet 6 Sing praises to God sing praises sing praises unto our king sing praises 7 For God is the king of all the earth sing ye praises with understanding 8 Ged reigneth over the heathen God sitteth upon the throne of his holinesse 9 The princes of the people are gathered together even the people of the God of Abraham for the shields of the earth belong unto God he is greatly exalted PSAL. XLVIII A psalme of thanksgiving for Hezekiahs delivery from Sennacherib The description of his overthrow a celebration of the Divine benefit an exhortotion of the Jewes to rejoyce in Godâ— and to repair Jerusalem GReat is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God in the mountain of his holinesse 2 Beautifull for situation the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion on the sides of the north the city of the great king 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge 4 For lo the kings were assembled they passed by together 5 They saw in and so they marvelled they were troubled and hasted away 6 Fear took hold upon them there and pain as of a woman in travail 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east-wind 8 As we have heard so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts iu the city of our God God will establish it for ever Selah 9 We have thought of thy loving kindnesse O God in the midst of thy temple 10 According to thy name O God so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousnesse 11 Let mount Sion rejoyce let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgments 12 Walk about Sion and goe round about her tell the towers thereof 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks consider her palaces that ye may tell it to the generation following 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death PSAL. XLIX The danger of trusting in riches they cannot redeeme a life rich men die like the poore rich men are not to be envied riches are an evill temptation HEar this all ye people give eare all ye inhabitants of the world 2 Both low and high rich and poor together 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdome and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding 4 I will incline mine eare to a parable I will open my dark saying upon the harp 5 Wherefore should I fear in the dayes of evil when the iniquity of my heels shall compasse me about 6 They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransome for him 8 For the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceaseth for ever 9 That he should still live for ever and not see corruption 10 For he seeth that wise men die likewise the fool and the brutish person perish and leave their wealth to others 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever and their dwelling-places to all generations they call their lands after their own names 12 Neverthelesse man being in honour abideth not he is like the beasts that perish 13 This their way is their folly yet their posterity approve their sayings Selah 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave death shall feed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave for he shall receive me Selah 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is increased 17 For when he dyeth he shall carry nothing away his glory shall not descend after him 18 Though whiles he lived he blessed his soul and men will praise thee when thou dost well to thy self 19 He shall goe to the generation of his fathers he shall never see light 20 Man that is in honour and understandeth not is like the beasts that perish Mo. Pr. PSAL. L. A Prophesie of the abrogation of the Law and the preaching of the Gospel the sacrifices of Moses the rites of hypocrites are unprofitable praise and prayer and obedience are the best sacrifices the wicked preachers are reprov'd THE mighty God even the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof 2 Out of Sion the
his delivery SAve me O God by thy name and judge me by thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God give eare to the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and oppressors seek after my soul they have not set God before them Selah 4 Behold God is mine helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evill unto mine enemies cut them off in thy truth 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee I will praise thy name O Lord for it is good 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies PSAL. LV. David upon his fear of being discover'd by the men of Keilah or upon the conjunction of Achitophol with Absalom prays to God for his own safety and the division and confusion of his enemies counsel he complains of his own restlesse and insecure condition the falsenesse of his supposed friends encourages himself and others to put their whole trust in God and foretels the suddain and immature death of his Enemies GIve ear to my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my supplication 2 Attend unto me and hear me I mourn in my complaint and make a noise 3 Because of the voice of the enemie because of the oppression of the wicked for they cast iniquity upon me in wrath they hate me 4 My heart is sore pained within me and the terrors of death are faln upon me 5 Fearfulnesse and trembling are come upon me and horror hath overwhelmed me 6 And I said O that I had wings like a dove for then would I flie away and be at rest 7 Lo then would I wander far off and remain in the wildernesse Selah 8 I would hasten my escape from the windie storm and tempest 9 Destroy O Lord divide their tongues for I have seen violence and strife in the citie 10 Day and night they go about it upon the wals thereof mischief also sorrow are in the midst of it 11 Wickednesse is in the midst thereof deceit and guile depart not from her streets 12 For it was not an enemie that reproched me then I could have born it neither was it he that hated me that did magnifie himself against me then I would have hid my self from him 13 But it was thou a man mine equall my guide and mine acquaintance 14 We took sweet counsell together and walked unto the house of God in company 15 Let death seise upon them let them goe down quick into hell for wickednesse is in their dwellings and among them 16 As for me I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me 17 Evening morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud and and he shall hear my voice 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battel that was against me for there were many with me 19 God shall hear afflict them even he that abideth of old Selah because they have no changes therefore they fear not God 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him he hath broken his covenant 21 The words of his mouth were smoother then butter but war was in his heart his words were softer then oil yet were they drawn swords 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved 23 But thou O God shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction bloody and deceitfull men shall not live out half their dayes but I will trust in thee Mo. 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LVI David being in Gath and known by the Courtiers of Achish prayes to God to be defended from his cruell enemies complains of their snares and their injuries comforts himself in God and promises to give him thanks and praise for his delivery BE mercifull unto me O God for man would swallow me up he fighting daily oppresseth me 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up for they be many that fight against me O thou most High 3 What time I am afraid I will trust in thee 4 In God I will praise his word in God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can doe unto me 5 Every day they wrest my words all their thoughts are against me for evill 6 They gather thēselves together they hide themselves they mark my steps when they wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity in thine anger cast down the people O God 8 Thou tellest my wandrings put thou my tears into thy bottle are they not in thy book 9 When I cry unto thee then shall mine enemies turn back this I know for God is for me 10 In God wil I praise his word in the Lord will I praise his word 11 In God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what man can doe unto me 12 Thy vowes are upon me O God I will render praises unto thee 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of the living PSAL. LVII When David had been hid in a cave in the desert of Engedi he prayes this prayer to be deliver'd from Saul complains of his sad condition describes their impiety and rejoyces in God and adores his greatnesse BE mercifull unto me O God be mercifull unto me for my soul trusteth in thee yea in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge untill these calamities be overpast 2 I will cry unto God most high unto God that performeth all things for me 3 He shall send from heaven save me from the reproch of him that would swallow me up Selah God shall send forth his mercy and his truth 4 My soul is among lions and I lie even among them that are set on fire even the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword 5 Be thou exalted O God above the heavens let thy glory be above all the earth 6 They have prepared a net for my steps my soul is bowed down they have digged a pit before me into the midst whereof they are faln themselves Selah 7 My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and give praise 8 Awake up my glory awake psalterie and harp I my self will awake early 9 I will praise thee O Lord among the people I will sing unto thee among the nations 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens and thy truth unto the clouds 11 Be thou exalted O God above the heavens let thy glory be above all the earth PSAL. LVIII When David was by Abner and Sauls Councel condemned of Treason be complains of their injustice prayes against them and foretells their destruction DO ye indeed speak righteousnesse O congregation doe ye judge uprightly O ye sons of men 2 Yea in heart you work wickednesse you weigh the violence of your hands in
the earth 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb they goe astray assoon as they be born speaking lies 4 Their poyson is like the poyson of a serpent they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of the charmer charming never so wisely 6 Break their teeth O God in their mouth break out the teeth of the young lions O Lord. 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows let them be as cut in pieces 8 As a snail which melteth let every one of them passe away like the untimely birth of a woman that they may not see the sun 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns he shall take them away as with a whirlwind both living and in his wrath 10 The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked 11 So that a man shall say Verily there is a reward for the righteous verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth Ev. Pr. PSAL. LIX When David was besieged by Sauls officers in his own house he prayed this Psalm to be delivered from them he prayes against them and having by Michols arts escaped promises to sing praises to God DEliver me from mine enemies O my God defend me from them that rise up against me 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity and save me from bloody men 3 For â—o they lie in wait for my soul the mighty are gathered against me not for my transgression nor for my sin O Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault awake to help me and behold 5 Thou therefore O Lord God of hosts the God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen be not mercifull to any wicked transgressors Selah 6 They return at evening they make a noise like a dog and go round about the city 7 Behold they belch out with their mouth swords are in their lips for who say they doth hear 8 But thou O Lord shalt laugh at them thou shalt have all the heathen in derision 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee for God is my defence 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies 11 Slay them not left my people forget scatter them by thy power and bring them down O Lord our shield 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride and for cursing and lying which they speak 13 Consume them in wrath consume them that they may not be and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth Selah 14 And at evening let them return and let them make a noise like a dog and goe round about the city 15 Let them wander up and down for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied 16 But I will sing of thy power yea I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Unto thee O my strength wil I sing for God is my defence and the God of my mercy PSAL. LX. David prayed this in his expedition against the Syrians and Idumeans he expostulates with God as if he had left his people comforts himself with the word of God spoken by Samuel that hâ— should possesse all the land hâ— prayes to God for help and puts his trust in him O God thou hast cast us off thou hast scattered us thou hast been displeased O turn thy self to us again 2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble thou hast broken it heal the breaches thereof for it shaketh 3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee that it may be displayed because of the truth Selah 5 That thy beloved may be delivered save with thy right hand and hear me 6 God hath spoken in his holinesse I will rejoyce I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth 7 Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head Judah is my law-giver 8 Moab is my washpot over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia triumph thou because of me 9 Who will bring me into the strong city who will lead me into Edom 10 Wilt not thou O God which hadst cast us off and thou O God which didst not go out with our armies 11 Give us help froÌ„ trouble for vain is the help of man 12 Through God we shall doe valiantly for he it is that shall tread down our enemies PSAL. LXI David wandring up and down Palestine in his flight from Saul or Absalom impsores the aid of God which ever was his saâ—ctuary he promisâ—â— to himself return to his city and the Tabernacle and the lengthning of his life and kingdome promises thankfulnesse to God HEar my cry O God attend unto my prayer 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the rock that is higher then I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemie 4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever I will trust in the covert of thy wings Selah 5 For thou O God hast heard my vows thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name 6 Thou wilt prolong the kings life and his years as many generations 7 He shall abide before God for ever O prepare mercy and truth which may preserve him 8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever that I may daily perform my vows Mo. Pr. PSAL. LXII David in his troubles upbraids to his enemies their falshood and their violence God is the onely refuge and security of the faithfull no trust to be had in man much lesse in sin God is mercifull and just in giving reward TRuly my soul waiteth upon God from him cometh my salvation 2 He onely is my rock and my salvation he is my defence I shall not be greatly moved 3 How long will ye imagin mischief against a man ye shall be slain all of you as a bowing wall shall ye be and as a tottering fence 4 They onely consult to cast him down from his excellencie they delight in lies they blesse with their mouth but they curse inwardly Selah 5 My soul wait thou onely upon God for my expectation is from him 6 He onely is my rock and my salvation he is my defence I shall not be moved 7 In God is my salvation my glory the rock of my strength my refuge is in God 8 Trust in him at all times ye people pour out your heart before him God is a refuge for us Selah 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a lie
to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter then vanity 10 Trust not in oppression and become not vain in robbery if riches increase set not your heart upon them 11 God hath spoken once twice have I heard this that power belongeth unto God 12 Also unto thee O Lord belongeth mercy for thou rendrest to every man according to his work PSAL. LXIII David being compel'd to fly complaines of his forc'd absence from Gods Tabernacle and the pleasures and the festivities of religion promises at his return to fit himself with the joyes which he then wanted comforts himself with the memory of the deliverances he had formerly O God thou art my God early will I seek thee my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a drie and thirsty land where no water is 2 To see thy power and thy glory so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary 3 Because thy loving kindnesse is better then life my lips shall praise thee 4 Thus will I blesse thee while I live I will lift up my hands in thy name 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatnesse and my mouth shall praise thee with joyfull lips 6 When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches 7 Because thou hast been my help therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoyce 8 My soul followeth hard after thee thy right hand upholdeth me 9 But those that seek my soul to destroy it shall goe into the lower parts of the earth 10 They shall fall by the sword they shall be a portion for foxes 11 But the king shall rejoyce in God every one that sweareth by him shall glory but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped PSAL. LXIV David in troubles from the perfecutions of Saul flyes to God he prayes to be defended from their snares and assemblings he describes their evil tongues foretells their destruction and calamity it shall proceed from God and be confessed to do so he promises that himself and all the true worshippers of God shall rejoyce in him and their hopes and confidence shall increase HEar my voyce O God in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy 2 Hide me from the secret counsell of the wicked from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity 3 Who whettheir tongue like a sword and bend their bowes to shoot their arrows even bitter words 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect suddenly doe they shoot at him and fear not 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter they commune of laying snares privily they say Who shall see them 6 They search out iniquities they accomplish a diligent search both the inward thought of every one of them and the heart is deep 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon theÌ„selves all that see them shal flee away 9 And all men shall fear and shall declare the work of God for they shall wisely consider of his doing 10 The righteous shal be glad in the Lord and shall trust in him and all the upright in heart shall glory Ev. 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LXV God is praised for his blessings to his Chuâ—ch temporall blessings and spirituall a thanksgiving for rain and plenty PRaise waiteth for thee O God in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed 2 O thou that hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come 3 Iniquities prevaile against me as for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy courts we shall be satisfied with the goodnesse of thy house even of thy holy temple 5 By terrible things in righteousnesse wilt thou answer us O God of our salvation who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of them that are afarre off upon the sea 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains being girded with power 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas the noise of their waves and the tumult of the people 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoyce 9 Thou visitest the earth and waterest it thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God which is full of water thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly thou settlest the furrows thereof thou makest it soft with showres thou blessest the springing thereof 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodnesse and thy paths drop fatnesse 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wildernesse and the little hills rejoyce on every side 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks the valleys also are covered over with corn they shout for joy they also sing PSAL. LXVI An exhortation to all people to glorifie the name of God particularly for his blessings to the sons of Israel God trieth his children a commemoration of Gods acts of loving kindnesse in particular to the Author of this psalme who was not David God regards not the prayers of the wicked MAke a joyful noise unto God all ye lands 2 Sing forth the honor of his name make his praise glorious 3 Say unto God How terrible art thou in thy works through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee 4 All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee they shall sing to thy name Selah 5 Come and see the works of God he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men 6 He turned the sea into dry land they went through the flood on foot there did we rejoyce in him 7 He ruleth by his power for ever his eyes behold the nations let not the rebellious exalt themselves Selah 8 O blesse our God ye people and make the voyce of his praise to be heard 9 Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be moved 10 For thou O God hast proved us thou hast tryed us as silver is tryed 11 Thou broughtest us into the net thou laidst affliction upon our loyns 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads we went through fire through water but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place 13 I will goe into thy house with burnt-offerings I will pay thee my vows 14 Which my lips have uttered and my mouth hath spoken when I was in trouble 15 I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings with the incense of rams I will offer bullocks with goats Selah 16 Come and hear all ye that fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 17 I cryed unto him with my mouth and he was extolled with my tongue 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me 19 But verily God hath
heard me he hath attended unto the voice of my prayer 20 Blessed be God which hath not turned away my prayer nor his mercy from me PSAL. LXVII The Church prayes that the kingdome of God may be manifested amongst the Jews and be spread unto the Gentiles and be declared by blessings spirituall and temporall and that God may be exalted in all GOd be mercifull unto us and blesse us and cause his face to shine upon us Selah 2 That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations 3 Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy for thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon earth Selah 5 Let the people praise thee O God let al the people praise thee 6 Then shall the earth yeeld her increase and God even our own God shall blesse us 7 God shall blesse us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him Mo. Pr. PSAL. LXVIII David prophecies of Christs triumph over his Enemies of his resurrection and ascention of the sending the Holy Ghost of the gathering his Church the calling the Gentiles the excision of the Jewes and the blessings which shal be to all Christs servants under his reign an act of the glorification of God LEt God arise let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee before him 2 As smoke is driven away so drive theÌ„ away as wax melteth before the sire so let the wicked perish at the presence of God 3 But let the righteous be glad let them rejoyce before God yea let them exceedingly rejoyce 4 Sing unto God sing praises to his name extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH rejoyce before him 5 A father of the fatherlesse and a judge of the widows is God in his holy habitation 6 God setteth the solitarie in families he bringeth out those w ch are bound with chains but the rebellious dwell in a dry land 7 O God when thou wentestâ—â— forth before thy people when thou didst march through the wildernesse Selah 8 The earth shook the heavens also dropped at the presence of God even Sinai it self was moved at the presence of God the God of Israel 9 Thou O God didst send a plentifull rain whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance when it was weary 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein thou O God hast prepared of thy goodnesse for the poor 11 The Lord gave the word great was the company of those that published it 12 Kings of armies did flee apace and she that tarried at home divided the spoil 13 Though ye have lien among the pots yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver and her feathers with yellow gold 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it it was white as snow in Salmon 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan an high hill as the hill of Bashan 16 Why leap ye ye high hils this is the hill which God desireth to dwel in yea the Lord will dwel in it for ever 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand even thousands of angels the Lord is among them as in Sinai in the holy place 18 Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts for men yea for the rebellious also that the Lord God might dwell among them 19 Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits even the God of our salvation Selah 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses 22 The Lord said I will bring again from Bashan I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and the tongue of thy dogs in the same 24 They have seen thy goings O God even the goings of my God my king in the sanctuary 25 The singers went before the players on instruments followed after amongst them were the damsels playing with timbrels 26 Blesse ye God in the congregations even the Lord from the fountain of Israel 27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler the princes of Judah and their counsel the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali 28 Thy God hath coÌ„manded thy strength strengthen O God that which thou hast wrought for us 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee 30 Rebuke the company of spear-men the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the people till every one submit himself with pieces of siver scatter thou the people that delight in war 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God 32 Sing unto God ye kingdoms of the earth O sing praises unto the Lord. Selah 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens which were of old lo he doth send out his voice and that a mighty voice 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God his excellency is over Israel and his strength is in the clouds 35 O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people blessed be God Ev. Pr. PSAL. LXIX David being a type of Christ complains of his evil usage and hard sufferings of the wickednesse and number of his Enemies prayes for the safety of himself and the confusion of his Enemies God takes care of the poore They shall praise him SAve me O God for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire where there is no standing I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me 3 I am weary of my crying my throat is dryed mine eyes fail while I wait for my God 4 They that hate me without a cause are mo then the hairs of my head they that would destroy me being mine enemies wrongfully are mighty then I restored that which I took not away 5 O God thou knowest my foolishnesse and my sins are not hid from thee 6 Let not them that wait on thee O Lord God of hosts be ashamed for my sake let not those that seek thee be confounded for mysake O God of Israel 7 Because for thy sake I have born reproch shame hath covered my face 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my mothers children 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up and the reproches of them that reproched thee are faln upon me 10 When I wept chastened my soul with fasting that was to my reproch 11 I made sackcloth also my garment and I became a proverb to them 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me and I was the song of the drunkards 13 But as for me
as showrs that water the earth 7 In his dayes shall the righteous flourish and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth 9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts 11 Yea all kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth the poor also and him that hath no helper 13 He shall spare the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the needy 14 He shall redeeme their soul from deceit and violence and precious shall their blood be in his sight 15 And he shall live and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba prayer also shall be made for him continually and daily shall he be praised 16 There shall be an handfull of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon and they of the city shall flourish like grasse of the earth 17 His name shall endure for ever his name shall be continued as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him all nations shall call him blessed 18 Blessed be the Lord God the God of Israel who onely doth wondrous things 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen and amen 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended Ev. 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LXXIII Asaph being troubled at the afflictions of the Godly and the prosperity of the wicked and disputing concerning the providence at last concludes it to be certain that God loves the pious exhorts the church not to be offended at this dispensation but depend on God and wait for deliverance at the end of things TRuly God is good to Israel even to such as are of a clean heart 2 But as for me my feet were almost gone my steps had wellnigh slipt 3 For I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked 4 For there are no bands in their death but their strength is firm 5 They are not in trouble as other men neither are theyplagued like other men 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain violence covereth them as a garment 7 Their eyes stand out with fatnesse they have more then heart could wish 8 They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression they speak loftily 9 They set their mouth against the heavens and their tongue walketh through the earth 10 Therefore his people return hither and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them 11 And they say How doth God know and is there knowledge in the most High 12 Behold these are the ungodly who prosper in the world they increase in riches 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocencie 14 For all the day long have I been plagued and chastened every morning 15 If I say I will speak thus behold I should offend against the generation of thy children 16 When I thought to know this it was too painfull for me 17 Untill I went into the sanctuary of God then understood I their end 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places thou castedst them down into destruction 19 How are they brought into desolation as in a moment they are utterly consumed with terrors 20 As a dream when one awaketh so O Lord when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image 21 Thus my heart was grieved and I was pricked in my reins 22 So foolish was I and ignorant I was as a beast before thee 23 Neverthelesse I am continually with thee thou hast holden me by my right hand 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that Idesire besides thee 26 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever 27 For lo they that are far from thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that goe a whoring frō thee 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God I have put my trust in the Lord God that I may declare all thy works PSAL. LXXIV Asaph expostulates with God his delay to help his people and of the greatnesse of their calamity he prayes for help h◠commmorates the blessings of old represents the horrid cruelty and impiety of the Churches enemies and particularly their sacrilege he complains that Gods Oracles are ceased the Prophets gone the Enemies suppose that God also is departed that his name suffers h◠prayes for the safety of the Church the glory of God the overthrow of his enemies O God why hast thou cast us off for ever why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture 2 Remember thy cōgregation which thou hast purchased of old the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetuall desolations even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations they set up their ensignes for signs 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers 7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground 8 They said in their hearts Let us destroy them together they have burnt up all the synagogues of God in the land 9 We see not our signs there is no more any prophet neither is there among us any that knoweth how long 10 O God how long shall the adversary reproch shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand pluck it out of thy bosome 12 For God is my king of old working salvation in the midst of the earth 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wildernesse 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood thou driedst up mighty rivers 16 The day is thine the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter 18 Remember this that the enemy hath reproched O Lord and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the wicked forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever 20 Have respect unto
caused waters to run down like rivers 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wildernesse 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust 19 Yea they spake against God they said Can God furnish a table in the wildernesse 20 Behold he smote the rock that the waters gushed out and the streams overflowed can he give bread also can he provide flesh for his people 21 Therefore the Lord heard this and was wroth so a fire was kindled against Jacob and anger also came up against Israel 22 Because they believed not in God and trusted not in his salvation 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat and had given them of the corn of heaven 25 Main did eate angels food he sent them meat to the full 26 He caused an east-wind to blow in the heaven and by his power he brought in the south-wind 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp round about their habitations 29 So they did eate and were well filled for he gave them their own desire 30 They were not estranged from their lust but while their meat was yet in their mouths 31 The wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them and smote down the chosen men of Israel 32 For all this they sinned still and believed not for his wondrous works 33 Therefore their dayes did he consume in vanity and their years in trouble 34 When he slew them then they sought him and they returned and enquired early after God 35 And they remembred that God was their rock and the high God their redeemer 36 Neverthelesse they did flatter him with their mouth and they lied unto him with their tongues 37 For their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his covenant 38 But he being full of compassion forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not yea many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath 39 For he remembred that they were but flesh a wind that passeth away and cometh not again 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wildernesse and grieve him in the desert 41 Yea they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy one of Israel 42 They remembred not his hand nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan 44 And had turned their rivers into blood and their floods that they could not drink 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them which devoured them and frogs which destroyed them 46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller and their labour unto the locust 47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycomore-trees with frost 48 He gave up their cattell also to the hail and their flocks to hot thunderbolts 49 He cast upon them the fiercenesse of his anger wrath and indignation and trouble by sending evil angels among them 50 He made a way to his anger he spared not their soul from death but gave their life over to the pestilence 51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham 52 But made his own people to goe forth like sheep and guided them in the wildernesse like a flock 53 And he led them on safely so that they feared not but the sea overwhelmed their enemies 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary even to this mountain which his right hand had purchased 55 He cast out the heathen also before them and divided them an inheritance by line and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God and kept not his testimonies 57 But turned back and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers they were turned aside like a deceitfull bow 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places and moved him to jealousie with their graven images 59 When God heard this he was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh the tent which he placed among men 61 And delivered his strength into captivity and his glory into the enemies hand 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance 63 The fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage 64 Their priests fell by the sword and their widows made no lamentation 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder-parts he put them to a perpetuall reproch 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 68 But chose the tribe of Judah the mount Sion which he loved 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces like the earth which he hath established for ever 70 He chose David also his servant took him from the sheepfolds 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands No. Pr. 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LXXIX Asaph describes the cruelty and impiety of the churches Enemies he prayes to God to turne his anger against them that know him not to pardon the sins of his people to deliver them they shall praise him O God the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled they have laid Jerusalem on heaps 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth 3 Their bloud have they shed like water round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them 4 We are become a reproch to our neighbours a scorn and derision to them that are round about us 5 How long Lord wilt thou be angry for ever shall thy jealousie burn like fire 6 Poure out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name 7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid wast his dwelling-place 8 O remember not against us former iniquities let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us for we are brought very low 9 Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sins for thy names sake 10 Wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before
thee according to the greatnesse of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die 12 And render unto our neighbours seven-fold into their bosome the reproch wherewith they have reproched thee O Lord. 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever we will shew forth thy praise to all generations PSAL. LXXX Asaph prayes for the Church and for the king complaines of the afflicted state of Gods people describes it prayes for help to it and promises obedience and glorification of God Glve ear O Shepherd of Israel thou that leadest Joseph like a flock thou that dwellest between the cherubims shine forth 2 Before Ephraim Benjamin Manasseh stir up thy strength and come and save us 3 Turn us again O God and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved 4 O Lord God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry against theprayer of thy people 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them tears to drink in great measure 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh among themselves 7 Turn us again O God of hosts and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it 9 Thou preparedst room before it and didst cause it to take deep root and it filled the land 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea and her branches unto the river 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges so that all they which passe by the way doe pluck her 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it and the wild beast of the field doth devour it 14 Return we beseech thee O God of hosts look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest strong for thy self 16 It is burnt with fire it is cut down they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thy self 18 So will not we goe back from thee quicken us and we will call upon thy name 19 Turn us again O Lord God of hosts cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved PSAL. LXXXI The prophet exhorts the people to praise God with voyce and instrumâ—nts and celebrates the feast of trumpets in the person of God he enumerates Gods blessings upon the people how much evil they have suffer'd for their disobedience and how much good they might have received if they had been obedient SIng aloud unto God our strength make a joyfull noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm and bring hither the timbrel the pleasant harp with the psalterie 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon in the time appointed on our solemn feast-day 4 For this was a statute for Israel and a low of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he went out through the land of Egypt where I heard a language that I understood not 6 I moved his shoulder from the burden his hands were delivered from the pots 7 Thou calledst in trouble and I delivered thee I answered thee in the secret place of thunder I proved thee at the waters of Meribah Selah 8 Hear O my people and I will testifie unto thee O Israel if thou wilt hearken unto me 9 There shall no strange god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any strange god 10 I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide and I will fill it 11 But my people would not hearken to my voyce and Israel would none of me 12 So I gave them up unto their ownhearts lust and they walked in their own counsels 13 O that my people had hearkned unto me and Israel had walked in my wayes 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted theÌ„selves unto him but their time should have endured for ever 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat and with hony out of the rock should I have satisfied thee Ev. Pr. PSAL. LXXXII The duty of Princes and Magistrates The punishment of them that are evil God will judge the Judges GOd standeth in the congregation of the mighty he judgeth among the Gods 2 How long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked Selah 3 Defend the poor and fatherlesse doe justice to the afflicted and needy 4 Deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hand of the wicked 5 They know not neither will they understand they walk on in darknesse all the foundations of the earth are out of course 6 I have said Ye are gods and all of you are children of the most High 7 But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes 8 Arise O God judge the earth for thou shalt inherit all nations PSAL. LXXXIII The impiety of the sacrilegious violâ—ters of the peace and possâ—ssions of the Church the curse of the sacrilegious a changing estate KEep not thou silence O God hold not thy peace and be not still O God 2 For lo thine enemies make a tumult and they that hate thee have lift up the head 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people and consulted against thy hidden ones 4 They have said Come and let us cut them off from being a Nation that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance 5 For they have consulted together with one consent they are coÌ„federate against thee 6 The tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites of Moab and the Hagarens 7 Gebal Ammon and Amalek the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre 8 Assur also is joyned with them they have holpen the children of Lot Selah 9 Doe unto them as unto the Midianites as to Sisera as to Jabin at the brook of Kison 10 Which perished at En-dor they became as dung from the earth 11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb yea all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna 12 Who said Let us take to our selves the houses of God in possession 13 O my God make them like a wheel as the stubble before the wind 14 As the fire burneth the wood and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire 15 So persecute them with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy storm 16 Fill their faces with-shame that they may seek thy name O Lord. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever yea let them be put to shame and perish 18 That men may know that thou whose name alone is JEHOVAH art the most high over all the earth
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LXXXIV David being banished from the place where the Ark was declares his own unhappinesse and admires the felicity of them that attend there be prayes to be restored to it God is the sure defence of his servants HOw amiable are thy tabernacles O Lord of hosts 2 My soul longeth yea even fainteth for the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh cryeth out for the living God 3 Yea the sparrow hath found an house and the swallow a nest for her self where she may lay her young even thine altars O Lord of hosts my king and my God 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be still praising thee Selah 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are the waies of them 6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well the rain also filleth the pools 7 They goe from strength to strength every one of them in Zion appeareth before God 8 O Lord God of hosts hear my prayer give ear O God of Jacob Selah 9 Behold O God our shield and look upon the face of thine anointed 10 For a day in thy courts is better then a thousand I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tents of wickednesse 11 For the Lord is a sun and shield the Lord will give grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly 12 O Lord of hosts blessed is the man that trusteth in thee PSAL. LXXXV A commemoration of the redemption from captivity he expostulates concerning Gods anger he prayes for restitution he â— rcisâ—s an act of hope in God LOrd thou hast been favourable unto thy land thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people thou hast covered all their sin Selah 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath thou hast turned thy self from the fiercenesse of thine anger 4 Turn us O God of our salvation and cause thine anger towards us to cease 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations 6 Wilt thou not revive us again that thy people may rejoyce in thee 7 Shew us thy mercy O Lord and grant us thy salvation 8 I will hear what God the Lord will speak for he will speak peace unto his people and to his saints but let them not turn again to folly 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him that glory may dwell in our land 10 Mercy and truth are met together righteousnesse and peace have kissed each other 11 Truth shal spring out of the earth and righteousnesse shal look down from heaven 12 Yea the Lord shall give that which is good and our land shall yield her increase 13 Righteousnesse shall goe before him and shall set us in the way of his steps Mo. 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LXXXVI David prays in the day of his trouble he câ—lebrates Gods praises his mercies and his bounty prophesies of the universality of Christs kingdome prayes and impâ—ones the excellency of the Divine mercy to give him some signall testimâ—â—y of his favour BOwe down thine ear O Lord hear me for I am poor and needy 2 Preserve my soul for I am holy O thou my God save thy servant that trusteth in thee 3 Be mercifull unto me O Lord for I cry unto thee daily 4 Rejoyce the soul of thy servant for unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou Lord art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee 6 Give ear O Lord unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou wilt answer me 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee O Lord neither are there any works like unto thy works 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee O Lord and shall glorifie thy name 10 For thou art great and doest wondrous things thou art God alone 11 Teach me thy way O Lord I will walk in thy truth unite my heart to fear thy name 12 I will praise thee O Lord my God with all my heart and I will glorifie thy name for evermore 13 For great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell 14 O God the proud are risen against me and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before theÌ„ 15 But thou O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering plenteous in mercy and truth 16 O turn unto me and have mercy upon me give thy strength unto thy servant and save the son of thy handmaid 17 Shew me a token for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me PSAL. LXXXVII A mysticall description of the beauties of the celestiall Jerusalem HIs foundation is in the holy mountains 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more then all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee O city of God Selah 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia this man was born there 5 And of Zion it shall be said This and that man was born in her and the Highest himself shall establish her 6 The Lord shall count when he writeth up the people that this man was born there Selah 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there all my springs are in thee PSAL. LXXXVIII A description of the passion and dolours of Christ suffering his Fathers anger for our sins O Lord God of my salvation I have cryed day and night before thee 2 Let my prayer come before thee incline thine eare unto my crie 3 For my soul is full of troubles and my life draweth nigh unto the grave 4 I am counted with them that goe down into the pit I am as a man that hath no strength 5 Free among the dead like the slain that lie in the grave whom thou remembrest no more and they are cut off from thy hand 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darknesse in the deeps 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upom me and thou hast afflicted me w th all thy waves Selah 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me thou hast made me an abomination unto them I am shut up and I cannot come forth 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction Lord I have called dayly upon thee I have stretched out my hands unto thee 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead shall the dead arise and praise thee Selah 11 Shall thy loving kindnesse be declared in the grave or thy faithfulnesse in destruction 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark thy righteousnesse in the land of forgetfulnes
13 But unto thee have I cried O Lord and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee 14 Lord why castest thou off my soul why hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up while I suffer thy terrours I am distracted 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me thy terrors have cut me off 17 They came round about me daily like water they compassed me about together 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me and mine acquaintance into darknesse PSAL. LXXXIX A Prophesie of Christs kingdome its perpetuity and eternity and under the type of the successors of David he teachâ—s that God will punish the Christian people if they sinne but the promises to the Church shall never fail I Wil sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations 2 For I have said Mercy shall be built up for ever thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen I have sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations Selah 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O Lord thy faithfulnesse also in the congregation of the saints 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him 8 O Lord God of hosts who is a strong Lord like unto thee or to thy faithfulnesse round about thee 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm 11 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded theÌ„ 12 The north and the south thou hast created them Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy name 13 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall goe before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyfull sound they shall walk O Lord in the light of thy countenance 16 In thy name shall they rejoyce all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted 18 For the Lord is our defence and the holy one of Israel is our king 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 20 I have found David my servant with my holy oyl have I anointed him 21 With whom my hand shall be established mine arm also shall strengthen him 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickednesse afflict him 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him 24 But my faithfulnesse and my mercy shall be with him and in my name shall his horn be exalted 25 I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers 26 He shall cry unto me Thou art my father my God and the rock of my salvation 27 Also I will make him my first-born higher then the kings of the earth 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever and his throne as the dayes of heaven 30 If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgements 31 If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes 33 Neverthelesse my loving kindnesse will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulnesse to fail 34 My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips 35 Once have I sworn by my holinesse that I will not lye unto David 36 His seed shall endure for ever and his throne as the sun before me 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon and as a faithfull witnesse in heaven Selah 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred thou hast been wroth with thine anointed 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges thou hast brought his strong hold to ruine 41 All that passe by the way spoil him he is a reproch to his neighbours 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries thou hast made all his enemies to rejoyce 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword and hast not made him to stand in the battell 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground 45 The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened thou hast covered him with shame Selah 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy self for ever shall thy wrath burn like fire 47 Remember how short my time is wherefore hast thou made all men in vain 48 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave Selah 49 Lord where are thy former loving kindnesses which thou swarest unto David in thy truth 50 Remember Lord the reproch of thy servant how I do bear in my bosom the reproch of all the mighty people 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproched O Lord wherewith they have reproched the footsteps of thine anointed 52 Blessed be the Lord for ever more Amen and amen Mo. Pr. PSAL. XC Moses prayer God is our everlasting defence he is eternall he hath made our life short and frail a prayer for a holy and a happy life LOrd thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations 2 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God 3 Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest Return ye children of men 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night 5 Thou carâ—iest them away as with a floud they are as a sleep in the morning they are like grasse which groweth up 6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up in the evening it is cut down and withereth 7 For we are consumed by thine anger and by thy wrath are we troubled 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy countenance 9 For all our dayes are passed away in thy wrath we spend our yeares as a tale
that is told 10 The dayes of our yeares are threescore yeares and ten and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years yet is their strength labour and sorrow for it is soon cut off and we flie away 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger even according to thy fear so is thy wrath 12 So teach us to number our dayes that we may apply our hearts unto wisdome 13 Return O Lord how long and let it repent thee concerning thy servants 14 O satisfie us early with thy mercy that we may rejoyce and be glad all our dayes 15 Make us glad according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evill 16 Let thy work appeare unto thy servants and thy glory unto their children 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands upon us yea the work of our hands establish thou it PSAL. XCI Gods particular care of his servants in the time of imminent danger and popular diseases and contingencies our trusting in God procures his patronage HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty 2 I will say of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortresse my God in him will I trust 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noysome pestilence 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust his truth shall be thy shield and buckler 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terrour by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darknesse nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon day 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee 8 Onely with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked 9 Because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge even the most High thy habitation 10 There shall no evill befall thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy wayes 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dâ—sh thy foot against a stone 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet 14 Because he hath set his love upon me therefore will I deliver him I will set him on high because he hath known my name 15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him 16 With long life will I satisfie him and shew him my salvation PSAL. XCII The Church admires the works the greatnesse and goodnesse of God the sudden fall of the wicked the prosperity and security of the Godly IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O most High 2 To shew forth thy loving kindnesse in the morning and thy faithfulnesse every night 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the psalterie upon the harp with a solemn sound 4 For thou Lord hast made me glad through thy work I will triumph in the works of thy hands 5 O Lord how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep 6 A brutish man knoweth not neither doth a fool understand this 7 When the wicked spring as the grasse and when all the workers of iniquity doe flourish it is that they shall be destroyed for ever 8 But thou Lord art most high for evermore 9 For lo thine enemies O Lord for lo thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn I shall be anointed with fresh oyl 11 Mine eye also shal see my desire on mine enemies and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me 12 The righteous shal flourish like the palm-tree he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon 13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and flourishing 15 To shew that the Lord is upright he is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him Ev. Pr. PSAL. XCIII The mâ—gnificence and power of Christ our eternall King his power and truth in dâ—fending his elect in the dayes of storm the hoâ—inesse of Christs law and Christs Church THe Lord reigneth he is clothed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength wherewith he hath girded himself the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved 2 Thy throne is established of old thou art from everlasting 3 The flouds have lifted up O Lord the flouds have lifted up their voice the flouds lift up their waves 4 The Lord on high is mightier then the noise of many waters yea then the mighty waves of the sea 5 Thy testimonies are very sure holiness becometh thine house O Lord for ever PSAL. XCIV David inveighs against them who supposing God not to take care of humane affairs do what they list and oppress the poor Hâ— proves the Divine omniscience he encourages the just to put their trust in God God will reward the wicked and defend the righteous O Lord God to whom vengeance belongeth O God to whom vengeance belongeth shew thy self 2 Lift up thy selfe thou judge of the earth render a reward to the proud 3 Lord how long shall the wicked how long shall the wicked triumph 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves 5 They break in pieces thy people O Lord and afflict thine heritage 6 They slay the widow and the stranger murder the fatherless 7 Yet they say The Lord shall not see neither shall the God of Jacob regard it 8 Understand ye brutish among the people and ye fools when will ye be wise 9 He that planted the ear shall he not hear he that formed the eye shall he not see 10 He that chastiseth the heathen shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge shall not he know 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him out of thy law 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the dayes of adversity untill the pit be digged for the wicked 14 For the Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousnesse and all the upright in heart shall follow it 16 Who will rise up for me against the evil doers or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity 17 Unlesse the Lord had been my help my soul had almost dwelt in silence 18
therefore I hate every false way Mo. Pr. NUN 105 THy word is a lamp unto my feet a light unto my path 106 I have sworn and I will perform it that I will keep thy righteous judgments 107 I am afflicted very much quicken me O Lord according unto thy word 108 Accept I beseech thee the free-will-offerings of my mouth O Lord teach me thy judgments 109 My soul is continually in my hand yet doe I not forget thy law 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me yet I erred not from thy precepts 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever for they are the rejoycing of my heart 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway even unto the end SAMECH 113 I Hate vaine thoughts but thy law do I love 114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield I hope in thy word 115 Depart from me ye evil doers for I will keep the commandments of my God 116 Uphold me according unto thy word that I may live and let me not be ashamed of my hope 117 Hold thou me up and I shall be safe and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that erre from thy statutes for their deceit is falsehood 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like drosse therefore I love thy testimonies 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy judgements AIN 121 I Have done judgement and justice leave me not to mine oppressours 122 Be surety for thy servant for good let not the proud oppress me 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation and for the word of thy righteousness 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy and teach me thy statutes 125 I am thy servant give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies 126 It is time for thee Lord to work for they have made void thy law 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold yea above fine gold 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I hate every false way PE. 129 THy testimonies are wonderful therefore doth my soul keep them 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding unto the simple 131 I opened my mouth and panted for I longed for thy commandments 132 Look thou upon me and be mercifull unto me as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name 133 Order my steps in thy word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man so will I keep thy precepts 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law TSADDI 137 RIghteous art thou O Lord and upright are thy judgements 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithfull 139 My zeal hath consumed me because mine enemies have forgotten thy words 140 Thy word is very pure therefore thy servant loveth it 141 I am small and despised yet do not I forget thy precepts 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is the truth 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me yet thy commandments are my delights 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting give me understanding and I shall live Ev. 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KOPH 145 I Cryed with my whole heart heare me O Lord I will keep thy statutes 146 I cryed unto thee save me I shall keep thy testimonies 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning and cryed I hoped in thy word 148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches that I might meditate in thy word 149 Hear my voyce according unto thy loving kindness O Lord quicken me according to thy judgement 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief they are far from thy law 151 Thou art near O Lord and all thy commandments are truth 152 Concerning thy testimonies I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever RESH 153 COnsider mine affliction and deliver me for I doe dot forget thy law 154 Plead my cause and deliver me quicken me according to thy word 155 Salvation is far from the wicked for they seek not thy statutes 156 Great are thy tender mercies O Lord quicken me according to thy judgements 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies yet do I not decline from thy testimonies 158 I beheld the transgressours and was grieved because they kept not thy word 159 Consider how I love thy precepts quicken me O Lord according to thy loving kindness 160 Thy word is true from the beginning and every one of thy righteous judgements endureth for ever SCHIN 161 PRinces have persecuted me without a cause but my heart standeth in aw of thy word 162 I rejoyce at thy word as one that findeth great spoil 163 I hate and abhor lying but thy law do I love 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgements 165 Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them 166 Lord I have hoped for thy salvation and done thy commandements 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies and I love them exceedingly 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies for all my waies are before thee TAU 169 LEt my crye come near before thee O Lord give me understanding according to thy word 170 Let my supplication come before thee deliver me according to thy word 171 My lips shall utter praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes 172 My tongue shall speak of thy word for all thy commandments are righteousness 173 Let thine hand help me for I have chosen thy precepts 174 I have longed for thy salvation O Lord and thy law is my delight 175 Let my soul live and it shall praise thee and let thy judgements help me 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep seek thy servant for I do not forget thy commandments Mo. Pr. PSAL. CXX The Psalmist being compelled to live amongst ungodly and factious people complains to God and craves help and remedy IN my distress I cryed unto the Lord and he heard me 2 Deliver my soul O Lord from lying lips and from a deceitfull tongue 3 What shall be given unto thee or what shall be done unto thee thou false tongue 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of Juniper 5 Wo is me that I sojourn in Mesech that I dwell in the tents of Kedar 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace 7 I am for peace but when I speak they are for war PSAL. CXXI This Psalm is an act of trust in God our great preserver by day and night at home and abroad I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help 2 My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved he that keepeth thee will not
My soul waiteth for the Lord more then they that watch for the morning I say more then they that watch for the morning 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities PSAL. CXXXI David being accused by Sauls servants that be aspir'd to the Kingdom protests his innocence his humble thoughts and meek deportment he calls on all to trust in God LOrd my heart is not haughty nor mine eyes lofty neither do I exercise my self in great matters or in things too high for me 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted my self as a child that is weaned of his mother my soul is even as a weaned child 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever Mo. Pr. PSAL. CXXXII David hâ—ving vowed to build a Temple to God was not permitted but the place was shewn to him where his son should build it he prepares this psalm for the dedication of it prophecies of the stability of Christs Church and the blessings of his Ministers and people LOrd remember David and all his afflictions 2 How he sware unto the Lord and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob. 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house nor go up into my bed 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes or slumber to mine eye-lids 5 Untill I find out a place for the Lord an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob 6 Lo we heard of it at Ephratah we found it in the fields of the wood 7 We will go into his tabernacles we will worship at his footstool 8 Arise O Lord into thy rest thou the ark of thy strength 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousnesse and let thy saints shout for joy 10 For thy servant Davids sake turn not away the face of thine anointed 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David he will not turn from it Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation 14 This is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it 15 I will abundantly blesse her provision I will satisfie her poor with bread 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame but upon himself shall his crown flourish PSAL. CXXXIII The amability of peace and the blessings of Christian unity are describ'd BEhold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity 2 It is like the precious oyntment upon the head that ran down upon the beard even Aarons beard that went down to the skirts of his garment 3 As the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion for there the Lord commanded the blessing even life for evermore PSAL. CXXXIV An exhortation to the Ministers of Religion to attend to their appointed houres of prayer BEhold blesse ye the Lord all ye servants of the Lord which by night stand in the house of the Lord. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and blesse the Lord. 3 The Lord that made heaven earth blesse thee out of Zion PSAL. CXXXV The Ministers of Religion are further called upon to attend to the recitation of the Divine praises by arguments drawn from consideration of the works of God from the greatnesse of his name from his justice to all and his loving kindnesse to his servants the vanity of Idols and their worshippers PRaise ye the Lord praise ye the name of the Lord praise him O ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God 3 Praise ye the Lord for the Lord is good sing praises unto his name for it is pleasant 4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure 5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth he maketh lightnings for the rain he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries 8 Who smote the first-born of Egypt both of man and beast 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants 10 Who smote great nations and slew mighty kings 11 Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan and all the kingdoms of Canaan 12 And gave their land for an heritage an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy name O Lord endureth for ever and thy memoriall O Lord throughout all generations 14 For the Lord will judge his people and he will repent himself concerning his servants 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have eares but they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouthes 18 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 19 Blesse the Lord O house of Israel blesse the Lord O house of Aaron 20 Blesse the Lord O house of Levi ye that fear the Lord blesse the Lord. 21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion which dwelleth at Jerusalem Praise ye the Lord. 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CXXXVI The people of God are called upon to confesse the greatnesse and goodnesse the providence and mercy of the Lord by arguments taken from the works of God to the children of Israel and to all the world all Gods works are in mercy This mercy is Eternall O Give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 To him who alone doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 To him that made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun to rule by day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon and stars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12
With a strong hand and with a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to passe through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 To him which led his people through the wildernesse for his mercy endureth for ever 17 To him which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 And slew famous kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 Sihon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 And Og the king of Bashan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 And gave their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Who remembred us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Who giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever PSAL. CXXXVII The Jewes being in the Babylonish Captivity deplore their sad condition they remember the pleasures of Jerusalem and the religion of the Temple they long to be there and pray for the Divine Judgments to descend upon their persecutors BY the rivers of Babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembred Zion 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof 3 For there they that carryed us away captive required of us a song and they that wasted us required of us mirth saying Sing us one of the songs of Zion 4 How shall we sing the Lords song in a strange land 5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning 6 If I doe not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy 7 Remember O Lord the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem who said Rase it rase it even to the foundation thereof 8 O daughter of Babylon who art to be destroyed happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us 9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones PSAL. CXXXVIII David being freed from the persecution of Saul and invested in the Kingdome promises to celebrate the Divine praises before all the Kings of the earth whom he exhorts to doe the same he puts his trust in God for the future he prayes to have these mercies continued and enlarged I Will praise thee with my whole heart before the gods will I sing praise unto thee 2 I will worship towards thy holy temple and praise thy name for thy loving kindnesse and for thy truth for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name 3 In the day when I cryed thou answeredst me and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee O Lord when they hear the words of thy mouth 5 Yea they shall sing in the waies of the Lord for great is the glory of the Lord. 6 Though the Lord be high yet hath he respect unto the lowly but the proud he knoweth afar off 7 Though I walk in the mids of trouble thou wilt revive me thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save me 8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me thy mercy O Lord endureth for ever forsake not the works of thine own hands Mo. 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CXXXIX The Divine Omniscience and Omnipresence largely described the thoughts of God are unsearchable the wicked are cursed the Psalmist prayes to be defended from them he hates their waies and prayes to be conducted in the waies of God O Lord thou hast searched me known me 2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising thou understandest my thought afar off 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted with all my waies 4 For there is not a word in my tongue but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether 3 Thou hast beset me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me 6 Such knowledge is too wonderfull for me it is high I cannot attain unto it 7 Whither shall I goe from thy spirit or whither shall I flee from thy presence 8 If I ascend up into heaven thou art there if I make my bed in hell behold thou art there 9 If I take the wings of the morning dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me 11 If I say Surely the darknesse shall cover me even the night shall be light about me 12 Yea the darknesse hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day the darknesse and the light are both alike to thee 13 For thou hast possessed my reins thou hast covered me in my mothers womb 14 I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well 15 My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth 16 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect and in thy book all my members were written which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me O God how great is the summe of them 18 If I should count them they are mo in number then the sand when I wake I am still with thee 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked O God depart from me therefore ye bloody men 20 For they speak against thee wickedly and thine enemies take thy name in vain 21 Do not I hate them O Lord that hate thee and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee 22 I hate them with perfect hatred I count them mine enemies 23 Search me O God and know my heart try me and know my thoughts 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting PSAL. CXL David being persecuted by Doâ—g and the men of Ziph prayes to God for his safety and defence from their evil tongues he prayes against his Enemies he trusts in God that he shall be safe and that his Enemies shall be destroyed DEliver me O Lord from the evil man preserve me from the violent man 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart continually are they gathered together for warre 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poyson is under their lips Selah 4 Keep me O Lord from the hands of the wicked preserve me frm the violent man who have purposed to overthrow my goings 5 The proud have hid a snare for me and cords they
have spread a net by the way-side they have set gins for me Selah 6 I said unto the Lord Thou art my God hear the voice of my supplications O Lord. 7 O God the Lord the strength of my salvation thou hast covered my head in the day of battell 8 Grant not O Lord the desires of the wicked further not his wicked device lest they exalt themselves Selah 9 As for the head of those that compasse me about let the mischief of their own lips cover them 10 Let burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire into deep pits that they rise not up again 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the poor 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name the upright shall dwell in thy presence PSAL. CXLI David being in his flight and trouble prayes that God would so compose his mind and restraine his tongue that through anger or impatience he may not offend and that he may have no part or society with the wicked he prayes to be defended from their snares and that they may perish with their own arts LOrd I cry unto thee make haste unto me give ear unto my voice when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice 3 Set a watch O Lord before my mouth keep the door of my lips 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity and let me not eat of their dainties 5 Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindnesse and let him reprove me it shall be an excellent oyl which shal not break my head for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places they shall hear my words for they are sweet 7 Our bones are scattered at the graves mouth as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth 8 But mine eyes are unto thee O God the Lord in thee is my trust leave not my soul destitute 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me and the gins of the workers of iniquity 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets whilest that I withall escape Ev. Pr. PSAL. CXLII David being imprison'd in a cave and besieged by Saul prayes to God to be delivered out of his present danger he intends this delivery to be in order to the glorification of God I Cryed unto the Lord with my voice with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication 2 I poured out my complaint before him I shewed before him my trouble 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me then thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 I looked on my right hand and beheld but there was no man that would know me refuge failed me no man cared for my soul. 5 I cried unto thee O Lord I said Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living 6 Attend unto my cry for I am brought very low deliver me from my persecutours for they are stronger then I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name the righteous shall compass me about for thou shalt deale bountifully with me PSAL. CXLIII David being persecuted by Absaloms party implores Gods ayde confesses his unworthinesse and sinne describes his sad state of affairs he comâ—orts himself with the memory of Gods greatworks he prayes for defence against his enemies and deliverance from them and to be conducted by the good spirit of God and that his Enemies may be cut off The psalme is paenitential HEar my prayer O Lord give ear to my supplications in thy faithfulness answer me and in thy righteousnesse 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath made me to dwell in darknesse as those that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me my heart within me is desolate 5 I remember the dayes of old I meditate on all thy works I muse on the work of thy hands 9 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land Selah 7 Hear me speedily O Lord my spirit faileth hide not thy face from me lest I be like unto them that goe down into the pit 8 Cause me to hear thy loving kindnesse in the morning for in thee doe I trust cause me to know the way wherein I should walk for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O Lord from mine enemies I flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God thy spirit is good lead me into the land of uprightnesse 11 Quicken me O Lord for thy names sake for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies and destroy all them that afflict my soul for I am thy servant Mo. 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CXLIV David praises God for helping him in battels against the Philistims and giving him an intire possession of his kingdome he admires Gods goodnesse to man and the condescensions of his providence he prayes for defence against the preparations of other Enemies against him and for prosperity to his people and plenty in the field and in the stall the blessednesse of the servants of God Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight 2 My goodnesse and my fortresse my high tower and my deliverer my shield and he in whom I trust who subdueth my people under me 3 Lord what is man that thou takest knowledge of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him 4 Man is like to vanity his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away 5 Bow thy heavens O Lord and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 Cast forth lightning and scatter them shoot out thine arrows and destroy them 7 Send thine hand from above rid me and deliver me out of great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings who delivereth David his servant from the hurtfull sword 11 Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that
our daughters may be as corner-stones polished after the similitude of a palace 13 That our garners may be full affording all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no breaking in nor going out that there be no complaining in our streets 15 Happy is that people that is in such a case yea happy is that people whose God is the Lord. PSAL. CXLV This Psalm is part of the Allelujah it is wholly a celebration of the Divine praises from the greatnesse of God his infinite power his immense Majesty his goodnesse his clemency his justice his providence and bounty and his readinesse to hear the prayers of them that fear him I Will extoll thee my God O King and I will blesse thy name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I blesse thee and I will praise thy name for ever and ever 3 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised and his greatnesse is unsearchable 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I will declare thy greatnesse 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodnesse and shall sing of thy righteousnesse 8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy 9 The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works 10 All thy works shal praise thee O Lord and thy saints shal blesse thee 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdome and talk of thy power 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdome 13 Thy kingdome is an everlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee thou givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing 17 The Lord is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his works 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him to all that call upon him in truth 19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will he destroy 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh blesse his holy name for ever and ever PSAL. CXLVI An exhortation to praise God in him alone we are to trust he is the Creator of all his truth is eternall he is just bountifull and gracious and King for ever PRaise ye the Lord praise the Lord O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the Lord I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being 3 Put not your trust in Princes nor in the son of man in whom there is no help 4 His breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the Lord his God 6 Which made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth truth for ever 7 Which executeth judgement for the oppressed which giveth food to the hungry the Lord looseth the prisoners 8 The Lord openeth eyes of the blinde the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down the Lord loveth the righteous 9 The Lord preserveth the strangers he relieveth the fatherless and widow but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down 10 The Lord shall reign for ever even thy God O Zion unto all generations Praise ye the Lord. 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CXLVII An exhortation to recite Gods praises from the consideration of his blessings to his people his defence and establishment of them his power and wisdome manifested in the heavens his care over all the creatures men and beasts from summer and winter and especially from consideration of the excellency of his Law and of his Word communicated to his people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God for it is pleasant praise is comely 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel 3 He healeth the broken in heart bindeth up their wounds 4 He telleth the number of the stars he calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and of great power his understanding is infinite 6 The Lord lifteth up the meek he casteth the wicked down to the ground 7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds who prepareth rain for the earth who maketh grasse to grow upon the mountains 9 He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him in those that hope in his mercy 12 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wool he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgements unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgements they have not known them Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXLVIII All the Creation in the severall ranks of creatures is called upon to be instrumental in the celebration of the Divine praises PRaise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens praise him in the heights 2 Praise ye him all his angels praise ye him all his hosts 3 Praise ye him sun and moon praise him all ye stars of light 4 Praise him ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord for he commanded and they were created 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever he hath made a decree which shall not passe 7 Praise the Lord from the Earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapour stormy wind fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitfull trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattell creeping things and flying fowl 11 Kings of the earth
and all people princes and all judges of the earth 12 Both young men and maidens old men and children 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord for his name alone is excellent his glory is above the earth and heaven 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people the praise of all his saints even of the children of Israel people near unto him Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXLIX The praises of God and his glory in the prosperity of his Church the priviledges and advantages of the saints in the old Testament and in the spiritual sense to be translated to the Christian Church PRaise ye the Lord sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise in the congregation of saints 2 Let Israel rejoyce in him that made him let the children of Zion be joyfull in their king 3 Let them praise his name in the dance let them sing praises unto him with the timbrell and harp 4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people he will beautifie the meek with salvation 5 Let the saints be joyfull in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen and punishments upon the people 8 To bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron 9 To execute upon them the judgement written this honour have all his saints Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CL. David calls upon the Church to recite Gods praises and especially upon the Levites whose office it was to sing and play on instruments of musick in the service of God he uses the word praise thirteen times in this short Psalm according to the number of the thirteen Attributes of God which the Rabbins usually reckon PRaise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary praise him in the firmament of his power 2 Praise him for his mighty acts praise him according to his excellent greatnesse 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet praise him with the psaltery and harp 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance praise him with stringed instruments and organs 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals praise him upon the high sounding cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. The End Coloss. 3â— Tortura Torti P. 142. Cambd. Annal. A. D. 1560. 2 Chron. 29. Apoc. 15. Exod. 15. Psal. 145. Jer. 10. 6,7 a De Spir. sanct c. 27. b De celebratione Missarum c. cum Matth. c In gemma animi l. 1. c. 86. d De Divin Offic. e Super Act. 20. Una autem Sabbathi f L. 8. c. 17. g Mystâ—gog Catcchis 5. Hom. 6. iâ— 1 Epist. ad Tim. In Comment a Apologet. c. 14. b Ep 59. ad Paulin. c Ep. 1. d De dogmat Eccles. cap. 30. e L. 1. de vocat gent. c. 4. f In Commentar Institut Cleric l. 1. c. 32. 1 Tim. 2. Epist. 59. ad Paulin. q. 5. De instit Cleric lib. 1. c. 32. Acts and Monument pag. 1385. pag. 1608 1565. pag. 1840. pag. 1844. alibi Pag. 1848 1649 1840. Contra haeres c. 7. Num. 6. 23. * Directory * Or Parish or Church or Commonwealth * This clause is to be omitted if there be no Sacrament that day * According to the present need of raine or fair weather respectively Here name what relation you please Apocal. 22. * The Minister at those words shall touch the Bread * Here he must touch or handle the Chalice * If the place be populous and Baptismes frequent and this water be kept as it is usual in most Churches both of East and West then that clause within the Columns may be used else not Matt. 8. 13. Matth. 9. 28. John 4. 50. Mark 9. 23. All this may be omitted between the Columnes according to the discretion of him that ministers * Rom. 41. 11 12 13 17. Gallat 3. 14. 29 * This may be inserted or omitted according to the present circumstances If she have children insert this within the ColuÌ„ns Jer. 42.