Coll. THe Lord our God deals not by us according to our sin Nor after the iniquities that we have lived in 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt earth and heaven above So is his goodnesse much more large to them that do him love 12 God doth remove our sins from us and our offences all As far as is the Sun-rising full distant from his fall 13 And look what pitie parents dear unto their children bear Like pitie bears the Lord to such as worship him fear 14 The Lord that made us knows our shape our mould and fashion just How weak and frail our nature is and how we are but dust 15 And how the time of mortall men is like the withering hay Or like the flow'r right fair in field that fades full soon away 16 But yet the goodnesse of the Lord with his shall ever stand Their childrens children do receive much goodnesse at his hand 17 I mean which keep his covenant with all their whole desire And not forget to do the thing that he doth them require PSAL. CVIII the Col. O God my heart is now prepar'd so also is my tongue I will advance my voice O Lord and praise thee with my song 2 A wake my viol and my harp sweet melodie to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake 3 Among the people gen'rally thou shalt be prais'd by me Among the heathen folk O Lord will I sing praise to thee 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great above the heavens hie Also thy truth doth pierce the clouds and reacheth to the skie 5 â—Above the starrie firmament extoll thy self O God And Lord display upon the earth thy glory all abroad 6 And that thy dear beloved one delivered may be Help O my God with thy right hand and hearken unto me 12 And grant us Lord thy saving health when troubles do assail For all the help of man is vain and nothing can avail 13 Through God we shall do valiant acts and worthy of renown He shall subdue our enemies yea he shall tread them down PSAL. CXIII 1. M. YE children which do serve the Lord Praise ye his Name with one accord 2 And ever blessed be his Name 3 Who from the rising of the Sun Till it return where it begun is to be praised with great same 4 The Lord all people doth surmount As for his glory we may count above the heavens high to be 5 With God the Lord who may compare Whose dwellings in the heavens are of such great power and force is he 6 He doth abase himself we know Things to behold both here below and also in the heavens high 7 The poor and needy sort he brings Even from the dust to sit with Kings in thrones of princely Majesty 8 Among his people thus doth he As Princes place in high degree even those that from the dung-hill came 9 The barren he doth make to bear And with great joy her fruit to rear therefore praise ye his holy Name PSAL. CXVI the Col. I Love the Lord because he heard my earnest suit and cry 2 And call upon him while I live that heard me formerly 3 Ev'n when the snares of cruell death on every side I found When pains of hell laid hold on me and sorrow did surround 4 Upon the Name of God my Lord then did I call and say Deliver thou my soul O Lord I do most humbly pray 5 The Lord is very mercifull and just he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flow 6 The Lord in safety doth preserve all those that simple be I was in wofull misery and he deliver'd me 7 And now my soul sith thou art safe return unto thy rest For largely lo the Lord to thee his bounty hath exprest 8 Because thou hast delivered my soul from deadly thrall My moistned eies from mournfull tears my sliding feet from fall 9 Before the Lord in land of life now will I walk therefore 10 I did beleeve therefore I spake for I was troubled sore PSAL. CXVIII the Coll. THe Lord himself is on my side I will not stand in doubt Nor fear what flesh can do to me for God will help me out 2 The Lord doth take my part with them to help me that arise Therefore I shall see my desire upon mine enemies 3 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortall seed 4 Or to put confidence in Kings or Princes in our need 5 All nations have inclosed me and compassed me round But in the Name of God shall I mine enemies confound 6 My fo thou hast thrust sore at me that I indeed might fall But through the Lord I found such help that they were vanquish'd all 7 Now help us Lord and prosper us we humbly crave the same 8 Blessed is he that comes to us in Gods most holy Name 9 O give ye thanks unto the Lord for very good is he Because his mercies do endure to all eternitie PSAL. CXIX 1. Col. BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in minde and heart That from the Law of God the Lord do not at all depart 2 Blessed are they that give themselves his Statutes to observe Seeking the Lord with all their hearts and never from him swerve 4 It is thy just and strict command that with attentive heed Thy noble and divine precepts we learn and keep indeed 5 O thou that giv'st us this command give grace to do the same 6 Then shall I keep thy statutes all and never shrink for shame 8 And wholly will I give my self to keep thy laws most right Forsake me not for ever Lord but shew thy grace and might The second Collect. VNfainedly I have thee sought and seeking so abide Let me not wander from thy ways nor ever turn aside 11 Within my heart and secret thoughts thy words have I hid still That I might not at any time offend thy holy will 13 My lips have never ceas'd to preach and publish day and night The judgements all which did proceed from thy mouth full of might 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and thereto frame my talk As at a mark so will I aim thy waies how I may walk 16 My only joy shall be so fix'd and on thy laws so set That nothing can me so far blinde that I thy words forget The third Collect. 20 MY soul is ravish'd with desire and never is at rest But seeks to know thy judgements Lord and what may please thee best 22 Lord turn from me rebuke and shame which wicked men conspire For I have kept thy covenants with zeal as hot as fire 28 My soul I feel so sore opprest that it doth melt for grief According to thy word therefore Lord haste to send relief 35 In righteous paths of thy precepts Lord guide me I require None other pleasure do I wish nor greater thing desire 36 Incline my heart thy laws to keep and covenants to embrace And from
and rose again For why I knew assuredly the Lord did me sustain 6 Although ten thousand hem'd me in I would not be afraid For thou art still my Lord and God my Saviour and mine aid 7 Rise up therefore save me O Lord for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheeks and teeth of these transgressors all 8 Salvation only doth belong to thee O Lord above Thou dost bestow upon thy folk thy blessing and thy love PSAL. 4. The first Metre O God that art my righteousnesse Lord hear me when I call Thou hast set me at libertie when I was bound in thrall 2 Have mercy Lord therefore on me and grant me my request For unto thee uncessantly to cry I will not rest 3 O mortall men how long will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and follow after lies 4 Know ye that good and godly men the Lord doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse 5 Sin not but stand in aw therefore examine well your heart And in your chamber quietly see ye your selves convert 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnesse I say And see that in the living Lord you put your trust alway 7 The greater sort crave worldly goods and riches do embrace But Lord grant us thy countenance thy favour and thy grace 8 For thou O Lord hast made my heart more joyfull and more glad Then when they brought in corn and wine and great increase was had 9 In peace therefore lie down will I taking my rest and sleep For only thou alone O Lord Wilt me in safety keep PSAL. 5. The second Metre O Lord consider my complaint incline thine ear to me 2 And hear my voice my King my God I make my prayer to thee 3 Hear me betimes Lord tarry not for I will have respect My prayer early in the morn to thee for to direct 4 And I will wait with patience on thee my â—od alone Thou art not pleas'd with wickednesse and ill with thee dwels none 5 And in thy sight shall never stand these wicked fools O Lord Vain workers of iniquity thou alwayes hast abhorr'd 6 Thou shalt destroy the flatterers and them that utter lies Bloud-thirsty and deceitfull men will God abhor likewise 7 Therefore will I come to thy house trusting upon thy grace And reverently will worship thee toward thy holy place 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousnesse for to confound my foes And in what way I ought to walk before my face disclose 9 For in their mouth there is no truth their hearts are foul and vain 10 Their throat 's an open sepulchre their tongues do fawn and feign 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought Subvert them in their heaps of sin which have rebellion wrought 12 But they that put their trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And render thanks for thy defence and give thy Name the praise 13 For thou wilt blesse and magnifie the righteous man no doubt And with thy grace as with a shield wilt compasse him about PSAL. 7. The Collect. O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Save me from them that seek my soul and fully set me free 2 Lest like a lion fierce and fell he tear and rend my soul While there is no deliverer his fury to controul 3 O Lord my God if I have done the thing that is not right Or else if I be found in fault or guilty in thy sight 4 And to my friend rewarded ill or left him in distresse Which hath pursued me wrongfully and did my soul oppresse 5 Then let my so pursue my soul and let him take and tread My life even down unto the ground and lay mine honour dead 6 O thou that art of all men judge now judge my righteous cause According to my righteousnesse and thy most righteous laws 11 I take my help to come of God in all my pain and grief He doth preserve the pure in heart and sends them sweet relief 15 Behold the wicked travelleth with mischief in his minde Conceiving sin and wickednesse and bringeth forth the winde 16 He digs a ditch and delâ—es it deep in hope to catch his brother But he shall fall into the pit that he dig'd up for other 17 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischief that he wrought shall fall upon his head 18 I will give thanks to God therefore that judgeth righteously And with a song will praise the Name of him that is most high PSAL. 8. The first Metre O Lord our Lord how wonderfull is thy Name every where Whose fame surmounts in dignity above the starrie sphere 2 Even by the mouths of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is seen thy graces they disclose 3 And when I see the heavens high the works of thine own hand The Sun and Moon and all the stars in order as they stand 4 What thing is man Lord think I then that he should be in minde Or what is mans posterity to whom thou art so kinde 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then Angels in degree And thou hast also crowned him with highest dignitie 6 Thou hast preferâ—'d him to be Lord of all thy works of wonder And hast set all things at his feet that he should keep them under 7 As oxen sheep and all beasts else that in the fields do feed 8 Fowls of the air fish of the sea and all that therein breed 9 Therefore O Lord that art out Lord must I repeat the same How excellent in all the earth is thy most glorious Name PSAL. 9. The Collect. VVIth heart and mouth unto the Lord will I sing laud and praise And speak of all his wondrous works and them declare alwaies 2 I will be glad and much rejoyce in thee O Lord most high And with my songs extoll thy Name above the starrie skie 3 Because my foes are driven back and put to shamefull flight They fall down flat and are destroyed by thy great power and might 7 Know then that he which is above for evermore shall reign And in the seat of equity true judgement will maintain 9 He is protector of the poor what time they be opprest He is their succour in distresse their refuge and their rest 11 Sing Psalms therefore unto the Lord that dwels in Sion hill Publish among the nations all his noble acts and will 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of poor oppressed 〈◊〉 Forgetting not the afflicted heart but heaâ—s their sighs and groans 15 He lets the heathen fall into the pit that they prepar'd And in the net that they did set are they themselves insnar'd 18 But sure the Lord will not forget the poor mans grief and pain The patient people never look for help of God in vain 19 O Lord arise lest men prevail
with thy similitude PSAL. 18. The Collect. O God my strength and fortitude I love thee vehemently Thou art my castle and defence in my necessity 2 My God my rock in whom I trust the worker of my wealth My refuge buckler and my shield and horn of saving health 4 The pangs of death did compasse me and held me every where The flowing waves of wickednesse did put me in great fear 5 The slie and subtill snares of hell were round about me set And for my feet there was prepared a deadly trapping net 6 I thus beset with pain and grief did pray to God for grace And he forthwith did hear my plaint out of his holy place 15 And from above the Lord sent down to fetch me from below And pluck'd me from the waters deep about to overflow 20 Because I walked in his waies and in his paths have trod And have not wandred wickedly departing from my God 21 But evermore I had respect to his entire decree His statutes and commandements I cast not out from me 22 But pure and clean and uncorrupt appear'd before his face And did abstain from wickednesse and sin in any case 23 The Lord therefore will me reward as I have done aright As is the cleannesse of my hands appearing in his sight PSAL. 19. The Collect. HOw perfect is the Law of God how is his covenant sure Converting souls and making wise the simple and obscure 8 Just are the Lords commandements and glad both heart and minde His precepts pure and do give light to eyes that be full blinde 9 The fear of God is excellent and doth endure for ever The judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether 10 And more to be embraced alway then fined gold I say The honey and the honey-comb are not so sweet as they 11 By them thy servant is fore-warn'd to have God in regard And in performance of the same there shall be great reward 12 But Lord what earthly man doth know the errours of his life Then cleanse my soul from secret sins which are in me most rife 13 And keep me that presumptuous sins prevail not over me And so shall I be innocent and great offences flee 14 Accept my mouth accept my heart my words and thoughts each one For my redeemer and my strength O Lord thou art alone PSAL. XXII Col. O God my God wherefore dost thou forsake me utterly And dost not hear when I complain nor hearken to my cry 2 To thee my God even all day long I do both cry and call And all the night I do not cease yet hear'st thou not at all 6 Behold I am become a worm more liker then a man An out-cast whom the people spurn with all the spite they can 11 O Lord depart not now from me in all my pain and grief Since I have none my help to be none else to send relief 20 Lord save me from the cruell sword by thy almighty power And keep my dear and darling soul from dogs that would devour 25 Among the folk that fear the Lord will I thy praise proclame And keep my vow and promise made for setting forth thy Name 26 The poor shall eat and be suffic'd and you that seek the Lord Your heart shall live for evermore his praises to record 28 The kingdoms of the heathen folk shall worship and adore For God shall be their governour and King for evermore PSAL. XXV 1. M. 1. part Have mercy c. I Lift my heart to thee My God and guide most just Now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust 2 Let not my foes rejoyce nor make a scorn of me And let them not be overthrown that put their trust in thee 3 But shame shall them befall which harm them wrongfully Therefore thy paths and thy right waies unto me Lord descry 4 Direct me in thy truth and teach me in thy way Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait all day 5 I pray thee Lord remember thy mercies manifold And thy compassions plentifull for they have been of old 6 Remember not the faults and frailty of my youth Remember not how I have sinn'd against thy blessed truth Nor after my deserts let me thy mercy finde But of thine own benignity Lord have me in thy minde 7 His mercy is full sweet his truth a perfect guide Therefore the Lord will sinners teach and such as go aside 8 The humble he will teach his precepts for to keep He will direct in all his wayes the lowly and the meek 9 For all the waies of God are mercy truth and grace To them that keep his Covenant and do his laws embrace PSAL. XXV 2. P. I. M. 10 NOw for thy holy Name O Lord I thee intreat To grant me pardon for my sin for it is wondrous great 11 Who so doth fear the Lord the Lord will him direct To lead his life in such a way as he doth best accept 12 His soul shall evermore in goodnesse dwell and stand His seed and his posterity inheriting the land 13 All those that fear the Lord his secret will shall know And unto them the Lord is pleas'd his testaments to shew 14 Mine eyes continually upon the Lord are set For he hath pluckt my fettred feet out of the snare and net 15 With mercy me behold to thee I make my mone For I am poor and desolate and comfortlesse alone 16 The troubles of my heart are multiplied indeed Bring me out of this misery necessity and need 17 Behold my anguish Lord my poverty my pain Remit my sin and mine offence and make me clean again 18 O Lord behold my foes how they do still increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that fain would live in peace 19 Preserve and keep my soul and still deliver me And let me not be overthrown because I trust in thee 20 Let my simplicity defend me from my foes Because I trust in thy defence from enemies that oppose 21 Deliver Lord thy folk and send them sweet relief And ease thy chosen Israel of all his pain and grief PSAL. XXVI I. M. To any generall tune LOrd be my judge and thou shalt see my paths be pure and plain I trust in God to strengthen me that so I may remain 2 Prove me my God by any means search out my secret heart Examine me and try my reins and every inward part 3 Thy goodnesse laid before my face I do behold alwayes For of thy truth I tread the trace and will do all my daies 4 I do not hold societie with men whose deeds are vile I will not come in companie with them that practise guile 5 I much abhor the wicked sort their doing I despise I do not once to them resort that hurtfull things devise 6 My hands I wash and do proceed in works to walk upright Then to thine altar I make speed to offer in thy sight 7 That I may speak and preach the praise
God of hosts of Israel how long wilt thou I say Against thy folk in anger swell ev'n all the while they pray 6 Thou feedest them with sorrows deep their bread with tears they eat And drink the tears that they do weep in measure full and great 7 Thou hast us made a very strife to those that dwell about And that our foes doe love alife they laugh and jest it out 8 O take us Lord unto thy grace convert our mindes to thee Shew forth to us thy joyfull face and we full safe shall be 18 And so when thou hast set us free and saved us from shame Then will we never fall from thee but call upon thy Name 19 O Lord of hosts of thy good grace convert us unto thee Behold us with a pleasant face and then full safe are we PSAL. LXXXI the Col. 10 HEar O my people Israel and I assure it thee Regard and mark my words full well if thou wilt cleave to me 11 Thou shalt no God in thee reserve of any land abroad Nor in no wise bow to or serve a strange or forreign god 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egypt set thee free Then ask of me abundantly and I will give it thee 13 And yet my people would not hear my voyce when that I spake And Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake 14 Then did I leave them to their will in hardnesse of their heart To walk in their own counsels still themselves for to pervert 15 O that my people would have heard the words that I did say And oh that Israel would regard to walk within my way 16 How soon would I confound their foes and bring them down full low And turn my hand upon all those that seek their overthrow But Israel should have had the crop and finest of the wheat And honey dropping from the rock that they their fill might eat PSAL. LXXXIIII the Col. HOw pleasant is thy dwelling place O Lord of hosts to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how lovely Lord they be 5 Oh happy happy sure are they whose stay and strength thou art Which to thy house doe minde the way and seek it in their heart 8 From strength to strength they walk full fast no faintnes there shall be Untill the God of gods at last in Sion they doe see 9 O Lord of hosts to me give heed and hear when doe pray And let it through thine ears proceed O Jacobs God I say 11 For in thy Courts thy Name to praise Lord one daies being there Is better then a thousand daies a thousand daies elsewhere 13 For God the Lord is Sun and shield and grace and glory gives And no good thing shall be withheld from him that purely lives 14 O Lord of hosts that man is blest and happy sure is he That is perswaded in his brest all times to trust in thee PSAL. LXXXV the Col. THou hast been mercifull indeed O Lord unto thy land Thou has redeemed Jacobs feed out of their enemies hand 2 The wicked waies that they were in thou didst them clean remit And thou didst hide thy peoples sin full close thou coveredst it 3 Thine anger Lord thou didst asswage that all thy wrath was gone And so didst turn thee from thy rage with them to be at one 4 O God our Saviour now convert thy people unto thee Put all thy wrath from us apart and angry cease to be 5 Why shall thine anger never end but still proceed on us And shall thy wrath it self extend upon all ages thus 6 Wilt thou not rather turn therefore and quicken us that we And all thy people evermore may much rejoyce in thee 7 O Lord on us doe thou declare thy goodnesse to our wealth Shew forth to us and doe not spare but shew thy saving health PSAL. LXXXVI the Col. LOrd how thine ear to my request and hear me by and by With grievous pain and grief opprest full poor and weak am I 2 Preserve my soul because my waies and doings holy be And save thy servant O my Lord that puts his trust in thee 3 Thy mercy Lord to me expresse defend me therewithall For through the day I doe not cease on thee to cry and call 4 Comfort O Lord thy servants soul that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee Lord I extoll and lift my soul and minde 5 For thou art good and bountifull thy gifts of grace are free And thy compassions plentifull to all that call to thee 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and give good ear Mark well the words that I doe say and all my prayers hear 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I doe complain Because I know and well doe prove thou answerest me again 13 For Lord thy mercy shew'd to me is great and doth excell Thou setst my soul at liberty out from the lowest hell PSAL. LXXXVIII the Coll. LOrd God of health my hope and stay and all in one to me I call and cry throughout the day and all the night to thee 2 O let my prayer soon ascend unto thy sight on hie Incline thine ear O Lord attend and hearken to my cry 3 For why with woe my heart is fill'd and doth in trouble dwel My life and breath almost doe yeeld and sink as low as hell 4 I am esteem'd as one of them that in the pit doe fall And made as one amongst those men that have no strength at all 5 Yea like to one shut up full sure within the lower pit In places dark and all obscure and in the depth of it 6 Dost thou unto the dead declare those wondrous works of thine Shall they again to life repair to preach thy pow'r divine 7 I cry to thee Lord I condole my miserable case 8 Why dost thou then abhor my soul and hide away thy face 9 I am afflicted like to die from youth still suffring so I am distracted whilst that I thy terrours undergo PSAL. XC the Collect. 13 INstruct us Lord to know and try how long our daies remain That then we may our hearts apply true wisdom to attain 14 Return O Lord how long wilt thou forth on in wrath proceed Shew favour to thy servants now and help them at their need 16 As thou hast plagued us before now also make us glad And for the years wherein full sore affliction we have had 17 O let thy works and power appear and on thy servants light And shew unto thy children dear thy glory and thy might 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on us thy servants thus Confirm the works we take in hand and prosper them to us PSAL. XCIII 1. Met. THe Lord as King aloft doth reign with glory shining bright His strength and pow'r appeareth plain for he is girt with might 2 The Lord likewise the earth hath made and setled it so sure No might can make it move or fade it ever doth
all filthy avarice Lord shield me with thy grace 37 From vain desires and worldly lusts turn back mine eyes and sight Give me the spirit of life and power to walk thy wayes aright 39 Reproach and shame which I so fear from me O Lord expell For thou dost judge with equity and therein doth excell 40 Behold my hearts desire is bent thy laws to keep for aye Lord strengthen me so with thy grace that it perform I may The fourth Collect. 41 THy mercies that are manifold let me obtain O Lord Thy saving health let me enjoy according to thy Word 42 So shall I stop the standrous mouths of lewd men and unjust That have so much reproached me for in thy word I trust 60 I did not stay nor linger long as those that slothfull are But hastily thy laws to keep I did my self prepare 61 The cruell bands of wicked men have made of me their prey Yet did not I thy laws forget nor from thee go astray 62 Thy righteous judgements are so great so holy and so high That even at midnight I will rise thy Name to magnifie The fifth Collect. ERe thou didst touch me with thy rod I err'd and went astray But now I keep thy word O God and by it guide my way 71 O happy time well may I say that thou didst me correct For like a guide thy Law to learn thy rod did me direct 76 Thy judgements very righteous are O Lord I do confesse I know thou hast afflicted me of very faithfulnesse 107 I am afflicted very much but quicken me O Lord And raise me to an holy life according to thy word 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield and strong defence And on thy Word I fix my faith my hope and confidence PSAL. CXXII 1. M. Ye children c. I Did exceedingly rejoyce To hear the loving peoples voice in offering of their own accord For in this manner did they say Come let us up and take our way unto the temple of the Lord Within thy gates Jerusalem Our feet shall come and stand in them to worship and to offer there Jerusalem is built so neat Compact together and compleat the like there is not anywhere 2. The holy tribes with one accord The tribes I say of God the Lord to Israels testimonie came Thither they went on solemn dayes To worship and to offer praise unto the Lords most holy Name For there are stately thrones erect Erected there for this respect for justice and for equity Which thrones of right do appertain To Davids house which there must reign to judge his folk accordingly 3. O pray therefore and do not cease But pray for our Jerus'lems peace lo they shall prosper that love thee Peace be within thy walls say I I wish as much prosperity within thy palaces to be My brethren and companions dear Make me now say let peace be here I wish it heartily to thee The temple of our God no lesse Makes me to seek thy happinesse as much as ever lies in me PSAL. CXXVIII 1. M. BLessed art thou that fearest God and walkest in his way 2 For of thy labour thou shalt eat happy art thou I say 3 Like fruitfull vines on thy house side so doth thy wife spring out Thy children stand like olive plants thy table round about 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let thee see 5 The promised Jerusalem and her felicity 6 Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great joyes increase And likewise grace on Israel prosperity and peace PSAL. CXXX 1. M. TO thee O Lord I make my moan in these my depths of grief I call I cry I sigh I grone trusting to finde relief 2 Hear then O Lord my just request for it is full due time And let thy ears be now possest with these desires of mine 3 O Lord our God if thou should weighâ— the sins that we have done Who can escape or who can say I can excuse for one 4 But thou O Lord art rather bent to tendernesse and grace That we with hearts most penitent should fear before thy face 5 In God I put my confidence my soul waits on his will His promise is a sure defence and I hope therein still 6 My soul to God hath due regard wishing for him alway Yea more then they that watch and ward desire the dawning day 7 Let Israel boldly trust upon the Lords free grace and love And plentifull redemption that comes from God above 8 And he shall now and evermore redeem us on this wise Quite blotting out the heavy score of our iniquities PSAL. CXXXI 1. Col. O Lord I am not puft in minde I have no scornfull eye I do not exercise my self in things that be too high 2 But as the childe that weaned is even from his mothers brest So have I Lord behav'd my self in silence and in rest 3 O Israel trust in the Lord let him be all thy stay From this time forth for evermore from age to age for ay PSAL. CXXXII 1. Col. RRemember Davids troubles Lord how to the Lord he sware And vowed a vow to Jacobs God the greatest of his care 2 I will not come within my house nor climb up to my bed Nor let my temples take their rest nor th' eyes within thy head 5 Till I have found out for the Lord a Temple for his grace An house for Jacobs mighty God to be a dwelling place 7 We will assay and go into his Tabernacle there Before his foot-stool falling down to worship him in fear 9 O Lord let all thy Priests be cloath'd with truth and righteousnesse Let all thy Saints and holy men sing out with joyfulnesse The second Collect. 13 THe Lord hath chosen Sion hill and loves therein to dwell Saying this is my resting place I love and like it well 14 And I will blesse with great increase her victuals every where And I will satisfie with bread the needy that be there 15 Yea I will deck and clothe her Priests with saving health throughout And all the Saints of Sion hill for joy shall sing and shout 16 There will I surely make the horn of David for to bud For there I have ordain'd for mine a lantern bright and good 17 As for his enemies I will clothe with shame for evermore But I will cause his crown to shine more fresh then heretofore PSAL. CXXXV the Col. O Praise the Lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord O praise him still all ye that be the servants of the Lord 2 O praise him ye that stand within the Temple of the Lord Ye of his Court and of his house praise him with one accord 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good sing praises to his Name It is a good and comely thing alwaies to doe the same 4 For God hath chosen Jacobs seed ev'n of his own good pleasure And he hath chosen Israel for his peculiar treasure 5 For
Hate all that evil is For he the souls doth guard Of all dear Saints of his And saveth them From cruell spite and crushing might of wicked men 7 For just men light is sown And gladnesse is upstor'd For each true-hearted one Ye just joy in the Lord Him praise and blesse At memory of his so high pure holinesse Psal. CX 1. Met. All people c. THe Lord unto my Lord thus said Sit thou at my right hand on hie Untill thine enemies be made A fooâ—-stool for thy Majestie 2 The Lord shall send from Sion hill The scepter of thy sov'raign might Rule thou amidst thine enemies still Thy people yeelding to thy right 3 In sacred beauties yeelding thee When first thy powr'full Gospel cals As fruitfull births as dews can be That from the womb of morning fals 4 The Lord hath sworn and wist not break Neâ— change the word the which he swore By th' order of Melchizedâ—k Thou art a Priest for evermore 5 The Lord that stands at thy right hand In day of wrath shall Kings confound 6 Judging in many a Heathen land And heads of many countries wound And he shall fill in that same day Each place with bodies of the sâ—ain 7 And drink the torrent in the way And then lift up the head again Psal. CXI 1. Met. PRaise ye the Lord whom I will praise with all my heart and might In congregation of the just and in the Churches sight 2 Great are the works of our great God and they are sought into Of all that take content therein delighting â—o to do 3 Most honourable is hâ—s work and shineth gloriously His righteousnes doth still endure to all eternitie 4 And he hath made his wondrous works to be retain'd in minde Full of compassion is the Lord and graciously enclin'd 5 The Lord hath given meat to them that fear before his face He will be ever mindfull of his covenant of grace 6 The power of his works hath he in Israels sight ex rest To give to them the heritage which Heathen men possest 7 Lo righteousnâ—â—sâ— and judgement are the works of Gods own hands And sure are his cemmandements what ever he commands 8 Yea they stand fast for evermore and everlastingly And they are done in righteousnesse in truth and equity 9 He sent redemption to his own to make his people free And did command his covenant for evermore to be 10 Holy and reverend is the Name of our almighty king And onely from the fear of God doth all true wisdom spring 11 Good understanding have they all that carefully endeavour To practise his commandements his praise endure for ever Psal. CXII 1. M. Our Father c. OR O all ye c. THe man is blest that fears the Lord Delighting greatly in his word Mighty on earth his seed shall be And blessed his posteritie Riches and wealth his house shall fill His righteousnesse continuing still 2 Unto the man that is upright In darknesse there ariseth light He is a gracious righteous one And full of kinde compassion A good man's kinde he â—ends and sparcâ—â— Discretion guiding his affâ—rs 3 He shall not sure be mov'd for ever Nor his name perish now nor never His stablisht heart on God is staid Of evil tidings not affraid His faith is fixt his pain is past Untill he see his enemies cast 4 He hath dispersed of his store And given plenty to the poor His righteousnesse remaineth sure And shall for evermore endure His horn shall be exalted high With honour and with dignity 5 The wicked man this thing shall see And very greatly griev'd shall be Yea he shall gâ—ash his teeth for spite And pine away and perish quite Thus wicked mens desires shall die The Lord then praise and magniâ—ie Psal. CXIII 2. M. Give laud unto the Lord YE servants of the Lord With praise Gods name adore The name of God the Lord Blesse now and evermore From Sun to Sun Even from the East unto the West let this be done 2. All nations fear his pow'rs His glory mounts the skie There is no God like ours No other Lord so high Yet stoops we know All things to see in heaven that be or earth below The nâ—edy poor and bass From dust and dung he brings To sit in Princes place Even with his peoples Kings And her that had A barren womb he made become a mother glad Hallelujah Psal. CXVII 1. Metre O Praise the Lord all men all lands Great kindnes have we at his hands His praise record His truth is sure still to endure Praise ye the Lord Psal. CXIX 4. p. 2. M. Have mercy 2. MY soul cleaves to the dust now quicken me O Lord According to the promises of thy most faithfull word 26 I have declar'd my wayes and thou hast heard me too O teach me thy commandements and them to know and do 27 Make me to understand thy precepts perfect way So shall I have thy wondrous works to talk of every day 28 My soul doth even melt for heavinesse O Lord Vouchsafe O Lord to strengthen me according to thy word 29 Remove the way of lies and graâ—t me graciously 30 Thy holy law for I have chose the way of verity 〈◊〉 before me still thy judgements for my aim 31 I stuck unto thy testaments Lord put me not to shame 32 And I will run the way of thy commandement When as thou shalt enlarge my heart to yeeld a full consent The ninth part 2. Metre 65 VVEll with thy servant didst thou deal thy promise to fulfill 66 Good judgement Lord to me reveal and knowledge of thy will 67 For I beleev'd thy word O God although I went astray While unchastised with thy rod but since have kept thy way 68 Thy works and nature both are good teach me thy laws thereby 69 The proud to hurt me what they could against me forg'd a lye My whole heart notwithstanding that shall keep thy precepts right 70 Their heart like grease is waxen fat thy law is my delight 71 'T was good for me to be chastiz'd that I might learn thy pleasure 72 Whose law reveal'd I more have priz'd then store of earthly treasure Psaâ— CXIX 18. p. a M. Have mercy 137 RIghteous art thou O Lord thy judgements righteous too 138 The testimonies thou hast set are very just and true 139 My zeal hath me consum'd because my wicked foes Forgot thy words which are so pure so very pure are those 140 But therefore on that word thy servants love is set 141 Small and despis'd yet do not I thy testaments forget 142 Thy righteousnesse remains and so it ever doth An everlasting righteousnesse thy law is very truth 143 Trouble and anguish great have taken hold on me But yet Lord thy commandements my joy and comfort be 144 Thy testimonies truth stands to eternity O Give me understanding Lord and I shall live thereby The 19. part 2. M. All people c I Cry'd with hearts unfain'd desire
Do thou O Lord my prayers attend Thy Statutes I will keep intire I cry to thee do thou defend And I shall keep thy testament For I have made thy word my stay With earnest cries did I prevent The early dawning of the day 2 The watches of the night so late Wâ—th wakefull eyes do I prevent That I might duly meditate Upon thy sweet commandement Thy loving kindnesse now record And hear my voice that calls on thee According to thy judgements Lord Vouchsafe to come and quicken me 3 Lo they that follow wickednesse Draw nigh but far from thy command All thy commands are righteousnesse But thou O Lord art neer at hand Concerning thy approv'd decrees Lo I have known the same of old That thou O Lord hast founded these Eternally to keep and hold Psal. CXXI 1. M. Ye children which c. I Lift mine eyes to Sion hill From whence my help proceedeth still and where I alway do attend My help doth come from God most high The Lord that made both earth and skie and he to me shall succour send He will not suffer thee to swerve For God thy keeper will preserve and stay thy feet He slumbers not Behold the Lord that keeps thee well He never sleeps O Israel he never slumbers any jot 2 Behold the Lord thy keeper is And shades thee with that shade of his At thy right hand he 's thy defence So that the Sun that burns so bright Nor yet the Moon in sharpest night shall hurt thee with their influence The Lord will save thee sound and wholeâ— He shall preserve and keep thy soul from every hurt and every sore Both going out and comming in The Lord shall keep thee safe herein from this time forth for evermore Psal. CXXI 2. M. O praise the Lord c. VP to the hills I lift mine eies From whence my hope and help doth rise My help comes forth â—ven from the Lord whose powerfull word made heav'n and earth 2 Lo he that keeps thee slumbers not Nor lets thy foot be mov'd a jot He that doth keep His Israel all he neither shall slumber nor sleep 3 The Lord 's thy shade on thy right hand The Lord thy keeper there doth stand That neither may The moon by night his Israel smite nor Sun by day 4 The Lord shall keep thee from all ill And save thy soul and keep thee stil He shall no doubt Each time and tide thy goings guide both in and out Psal. CXXIIII 1. M. Ye children c. VNlesse the Lord had been our stay And took our part this present day now Israel may truly say But that the Lord did thus dispose And took our part against our foes when cruell men against us rose Then had they swallowed us alive When they in bitter wrath let drive and did for our destruction strive The waters then that did abound With swelling streams and deeps profound our souls had overwhelm'd and drown'd 2 The floods did rise the waves did roll The swelling streams without controll had overtopt and drown'd our soul O Blessed be the Lord alway That hath not giv'n us as a prey into their teeth this very day Our souls escaped very fair As bird from fowlers broken snare 't is broke and we delivered are Our help is in that blessed name The Lord our God the very same that did both earth and heaven frame PSAL. CXXXI The second Metre O Lord I have no scornfull eye nor proud nor haughty minde I seek not things that are too high but humbly am inclinde 2 My soul is like an infant wean'd even from his mothers brest And Israel so to be sustain'd on God should alwaies rest Psal. CXXXIIII 1. Metre BEhold ye servants of the Lord Which in his house by night do stand Blesse ye his Name with one accord Devoutly listing up your hand Within the Sancturary there Blesse ye the Lord with heart sincere The Lord that made both earth and skie From Sion blesse thee plenteously Psal. CXXXVI 1. M. I. p. GIve laud unto the Lord For every good he is The God of gods record And praise that name of his For certainly His mercies do indure unto Eternity 3 Give thanks O every one Unto the King of Kings For he and he alone Hath wrought such wondrous things For certainly c. 3 To him whose skill profound Did make the heavens clear And set the Seas their bound And made dry land appear For certainly c. 4 To him that made great lights The Sun to rule by day The Moon and Starres by nights Whose mercy last for ay For certainly c. 5 To him whose arm hath smote First-born of Egypt land And thence his Israel brought With strong out-stretched hand For certainly c. 6 To him that did divide The red-sea into parts And there did Israel guide To passe with joyfull hearts For certainly c. 7 Amidst it did they go But Pharâ—oh and his host The Lord did overthrow Upon the red sea-coast For certainly c. The 2. part Give laâ—d GIve God his praises due And thankfull thoughts expresse Who led his people through The desert wildernesse For certainly His mercy shall endure to all eternitie 2 Great Kings the Lord did smite And famous Kings he slew King Sihon th' Amorite King Og of Bashan too For certainly c. 3 And then he gave to you The land where they did dwell An heritage unto His servant â—srael For certainly c. 4 Who did remember us When our estate was low And hath redeem'd us thus From our oppressing so For certainly c. To him give praises due Who gives all flesh their food O give ye thanks unto The God of heaven so good For certainly c. Psal. CXLV 1. M. I. p. All people c. THee will I bleâ—se O God my King And honour to thy Name will give 2 To thee continuall praises sing Even while I have a day to live 3 For thou art great beyond all bounds And great thy purchas'd praises are 4 Through ages all thy glory sounds Thy wonders they do all declare 5 Anâ—â— will shew thy royall state Anâ—â—me rdâ—â—ired works unâ—old 6 That men thy wonders may relate When I thy mighty pow'r have told 7 That they thy righteousnesse may show And have thy glory much in minde 8 For Lord thou art to â—nger slâ—w Excceding mercifull and kinde 9 Thy goodnesse and thy mercies be On all thy works at large exprâ—st 10 Even all thy works do honour thee And thee alone thy Saints have blest 11 Thy kingdoms glory they shall show Their songs shall sâ—tth praises forth 12 That all man-kinde thy power may know And see thy kingdoms glorious worth The second part All people c. 13 THou Lord for evermore shall reign And ever rule through ages all 14 The bowed down thou wilt sustain And wilt 〈◊〉 up all those that faid 15 On thee all creatures fix their eyes In season to be duely fed 16
THE Choice and Flower OF THE OLD PSALMS Collected by Iohn Hopkins and others and now revised and amended By WILLIAM BARTON Mr. of Arts and Minister of Iohn Zecharies London JAMES 5. 13. Is any merry Let him sing Psalms LONDON Printed by G. Miller and are to be sold alone or together with the new by S. Gillibrand at the Bâ—asen Serpâ—nt in Pauls Church-yard I. Kirton next Goldsmiths Hall in Foster-lane Tho Vnderhill at the Bible in Wood street and Stephen Bowtell at the signe of the Bible in Popes head Alley 1645. These Psalms are put in whole and amended 1. 3. 4. 5. 8. 10. 11. 12. 15. 25. 26. 28. 30. 32. 36. 39. 43. 45. 46. 51. 52. 63. 64. 67. 79. 93. 94. 100. 113. 122. 128. 130. 131. 146. 149. Choice parts of these are put in and amended 7. 9. 17. 18. 19. 22. 27. 31. 33. 34. 35. 37. 40. 41. 42. 49. 50. 55. 56 57. 60. 61 62. 65. 66. 68. 69. 71. 73 74. 80. 81. 84. 85. 86. 88. 90. 95. 96. 103. 108. 116. 118. 119. 132. 135. 139. 143. All the rest are wholly made new taking in almost every scrap of the old that is truely good To which above thirty new ones are now added viz. 5. 6. 14. 17. 23. 53 58. 70. 82. 87. 88. 89. 92. 95. 97. 98. 110. 111. 112. 113. 117. 119. 121. 124. 131. 133. 134. 136. 147. 145. 146. 147. 148. Of which many go in the famous tunes of the 51. 113. and 148. Psalms and Our Father And there is not one bald phrase or ill-favoured hysteron proteron in all the book but either sense in each line or the grammaticall â— order of words the most acceptable and 〈◊〉 structure of English poesie TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL Sr. JOHN WOLLASTON Knight and Alderman of the Honourable City of London Right worshipfull SVch are my known ingagements to your self and your worthy and vertuous Lady that all men may justly expect if God put any thing into my hands I should not defraud you of the honour and acknowledgements which I owe to you both but rejoyce to expresse my gratitude to God almighty in raising up to me such speciall and precious friends to so great advantage and increase of my long-despaired health as hath made me of late to omit complaints and many to wonder at the change Besides Sir your own cost and kindnesse hath been by Gods blessing the onely Sun-shine to ripen these my labours produce them to the publike and that breaking thorow so may difficulties I should be able to bring them to this perfection that at least they are usefull while the old ones are in use for 35. whole ones of these and many parts and pieces of the rest which call Collects are verse for verse of the samâ— quantity with the old and may be sung in publike while some wedded to custom sing the old without any incongruity at all so that nâ—ne can possibly point out any considerable psalm or parâ— of a psalm that is well done of the old but herâ— it is to be found and the absurdities removed neither is any thing left out which is not so poor and imperfect or far off the words and sense aâ— that it is requisite to be made wholly new or iâ— not already taken into the new Wherefore I humbly present it as a token of my thankfulnesse praising the Lord for you and praying the Lord to enrich you and my much Honoured Lady with abundance of heavenly forwardnesse faithfulnesse and fruitfulnesse which may be summed up to the glory of God and furtherance of our account in the day of Iesus Christ our Lord Your worships fervent and faithfull Minister to his utmost WILLIAM BARTON Vpon Mr. WILLIAM BARTONS elaborate Translation of the sacred Book of PSALMS GO book and servethy Master none so great His gift alone did make thee so compleat Polish the fabrick of reformed times Fresh fair and fine to flourish as thy rimes Lo thou hast art the Learned to content To please the curious thou art eloquent Quicknes thou giv'st to them that quicknes want And dost interpret to the ignorant The scrupulous thy skill doth satisfie And captious carpers are convinc'd thereby Thy price is little but thy worth is such That every leaf deserveth twice as much So approved by Ra. Robinson Imm. Bourne Fulk Bellers Cor. Burges Tim. Dod Simeon Ash Tho. Clandon Antâ—ony Burges Sam. Fawcett Christo Love Iohn Foxcrofte Matt. Newcomen Ed. Corbetâ— Hum. Hardwick Iohn Tombes Franck Roberts William lenkin Walter Taylor Sa. Bolton Th. Porter Sa. Fisher Will Tutty Cum multis alijs Upon the Translation and Approbation FOedavêere sacros malè tersa vosabula Psalmos Illustrata metro quae meliore nitent Sublimis doceat Majestas additaerebus Mente intellectis concâ—nuisse sonis Debita sundentes vigili praeconia curae Ornant conspicuâ Te â—istate Pii Ioâ— LANGLEY The beginnings of G. and P. Tunes now used in London 1. Davids or Welch tune 2. York tune or the Still 3. London long tune 4. Suffolk tune 5. Dutch or English tune 6. â—â—â—bridge new tune 7. 〈◊〉 bridge old tune 8. Oxford tune 9. Martyrs tune 3. Cheshire tune 9. Coventry tune Psal. St. 〈◊〉 lightâ— c Psailâ—â— Blessed are Suit of a sinners 〈…〉 Particular tunes Psal. 50. Lord consider â— Psal. â—â— All people that Ten Command All people hearben Tune of Psal. 67. Have mercie Tune of Psal. â—13 Ye children Tune of Psal. 148. Give 〈◊〉 Tune of our Father PSAL. 1. The first Metre To any generall tune THat man is blest and blest again that doth not walk astray By counsels of ungodly men nor stands in sinners way 2 Much lesse sits down in scorners seat but here is his delight Upon the Law of God the Lord to studie day and night 3 He shall be like a tree that grows fast by the rivers side That brings forth ripe and timely fruit which still is fresh suppli'd Whose leaf doth never fade nor fall but flourish still and stand Even so shall all things prosper well that this man takes in hand 4 So shall not the ungodly men they shall be nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the winde drives to and fro 5 Therefore shall not the wicked men in judgement stand upright Nor in th' assembly of the just shall sinners come in sight 6 For why the way of godly men unto the Lord is known Whereas the way of wicked men shall quite be overthrown PSAL. 3. The first Metre O Lord how are my foes encreast that vex me more and more They kill my heart when as they say God can him not restore 2 But thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead 3 My worship and my honour both and thou holdst up my head 4 Then with my voice unto the Lord I did both call and crie And he out of his holy hill did hear me by and by 5 I laid me down most quietly I slept
that doth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast been good to me 8 O God thy house I love most dear to me it doth excell I have delight and would be near where Lord thy grace doth dwell 9 O shut not up my soul with them in sin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much bloud to spill 10 Whose hands are heapt with craft and guile wherewith their lives abound And their right hand do bribes defile and basenesse there I found 11 But I in righteousnesse intend my time and daies to serve Have mercy Lord and me defend so that I do not swerve 12 My foot is staid for all assaies it standeth well and right Wherefore to God will I give praise in all the peoples sight PSAL. XXVII the C. THe Lord is both my life and light shall man make me dismaid Sith God doth give me strength and migâ—â— why should I be afraid 4 One thing of God I do desire that he would not denie For which I ask and do inquire and that continually 5 That I within his holy place my life throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and view his Temple well 7 Lord hear the voice of my request for which to thee I call Have mercy Lord on me opprest and send me aid withall 10 My heart doth eccho unto thee I sue to have thy grace Then seek my face saidst thou to me Lord I will seek thy face 11 In wrath turn not away thy face nor suffer me to slide Thou art my God unto this day be still my God and guide 12 My parents both forsook their son and cast me off together But God took care when they had done a better friend then either Wait on the Lord couragiously he is thy strength and stay Thy heart with faith to fortifie wait on the Lord I say PSAL. XXVIII I. M. THou art O Lord my strength and stay the succour which I crave Neglect me not lest I be like to them that go to grave 2 The supplications of my heart O Lord attend and mark When I lift up my humble hands unto thy holy Ark 3 With wicked doers of wickednesse O give me not my part That speak right fair unto their friends while mischief fills their heart 4 According to their handy work as they deserve indeed And after their inventions vile so let these sinners speed 5 For nothing they regard Gods works nor what his hands have wrought Therefore will he destroy them quite and bring them all to nought 6 To render thanks unto the Lord how great a cause have I My voice my prayer and my complaint that heard so lovingly 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckler in distresse My hope my help my hearts desire my song shall so confesse 8 He is our strength and our defence our enemies to repell The saving health of his elect the anointed Israel 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lord blesse guide and preserve Increase them Lord and rule their hearts that they may never swerve PSAL. XXX 1. M. ALl laud and praise with heart and voice O Lord I give to thee Thou hast not made my foes rejoyce but hast exalted me 2 O Lord my God to thee I cride in all my pain and grief Thou gav'st an ear and didst provide to ease me with relief 3 Of thy good will thou hast cal'd back my soul from hell to save Thou didst revive when strength did lack and keptst me from the grave 4 Sing praise ye Saints that prove and see the goodnesse of the Lord In mem'ry of his Majestie rejoyce with one accord 5 His anger lasteth but a space and quickly slakes again But in his favour and his grace doth constant life remain Though gripes of grief and pangs of pain shall lodge with us all night The Lord shall bring us joy again before the morning light 6 When I enjoy'd the world at will thus would I boast and say Tush I am sure to feel no ill this wealth shall not decay 7 For thou O Lord of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and aid But when thou turn'dst away thy face my minde was sore dismaid 8 Wherefore again yet did I cry to thee O Lord of might My God with plaints I did apply and pray'd both day and night 9 What gain is in my bloud said I if death destroy my daies Doth dust declare thy Majestie doth dust thy justice praise 10 Wherefore my God some pitie take O Lord I pray to thee Do not this simple soul forsake but help and succour me 11 Then didst thou turn my misery into a chearfull voice The mourning weed thou took'st from me and mad'st me to rejoyce 12 Wherefore my soul uncessantly shall sing unto thy praise My Lord my God to thee will I give laud and thanks alwaies PSAL. XXXI 1. â— O Lord I put my trust in thee let nothing work me shame As thou art just deliver me and quit me Lord from blame 2 Hear me O Lord and that anon to help me make good speed Be thou my rock and house of stone my fence in time of need 3 For lo O Lord thy strength is tri'd thou art my fort and tower For thy Names sake be thou my guide and lead me in thy power 4 Pluck thou my feet out of the snare which they for me have laid Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy only aid 5 Into thy hands Lord I commit my spirit which is thy due Thou only hast redeemed it O Lord my God most true 6 I hate such folk as will not part from things to be abhorr'd When they on trifles set their heart my trust is in the Lord 7 And in the mercy I will joy I see it doth excell Thou seest when ought would me anoy and knowest my foul full well 15 The length of all my life and age O Lord is in thy hand Defend me from the wrathfull rage of them that me withstand 16 To me thy servant Lord expresse and shew thy joyfull face And save me for thy righteousnesse thy mercy and thy grace PSAL. XXXI 2. Coll. 16 O Lord how great felicity hast thou laid up for them That fear thy Name and trust in thee before the sons of men 20 Thy presence shall them fence and guide from all proud brags and wrongs Within thy house thou shalt them hide from all the strife of tongues 21 Thanks to the Lord that hath declar'd on me his grace so far Me to defend with watch and ward as in a town of war 22 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Lo I am clean cast out of sight yet heardst thou my request 23 Ye saints love ye the Lord I say the faithfull he doth guide And to the proud he doth repay according to their pride 24 Be strong and God shall stay your heart be confident ye just For sure the
thy truth it self extend unto the starry skie 6 Much more then hils so high and steep thy justice is exprest Thy judgements like to seas most deep thou sav'st both man and beast 7 Thy mercy is above all things O God it doth excell In trust whereof as in thy wings the sons of men shall dwell 8 Within thy house they shall be fed with plenty at their will Of all delights they shall be sped and take thereof their fill 9 For lo the well of life so pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we shall be sure the lasting light to see 10 From such as thee desire to know let not thy grace depart Thy righteousnesse declare and shew to men of upright heart 11 Let not the proud on me prevail O Lord of thy good grace Nor let the wicked me assail to throw me out of place 12 But they in their device shall fall that wicked works maintain They shall be overthrown withall and never rise again PSAL. XXXVII the Coll. 34 VVAit thou on God and keep his way he shall preserve thee then The earth to rule and thou shalt see destroy'd these wicked men 35 The wicked have I seen most strong and plac'd in high degree Flourishing in all wealth and store as doth the Lawrell-tree 36 But suddenly he past away and lo he was quite gone I sought him then but could not finde the place where dwelt such one 37 Mark and behold the perfect man how God doth him increase For righteous men shall have at length great joy with rest and peace 38 As for transgressors wo to them together they shall fall God will cut off ungodly men and judge them once for all 39 But the salvation of the just doth come from God above Who in their trouble sends them aid of his meer grace and love 40 But sure the Lord will blesse and keep the righteous and the just From hands of lewd and wicked men because in him they trust PSAL. XXXIX 1. M. 1. part I Said I will look to my waies for fear I should go wrong I will take thee lest I offend with rashnesse of my tongue 2 As with a bridle I will keep my mouth with all my might Not once to whisper all the while the wicked are in sight 3 I held my tongue and spake no word but kept me close and still Yea from good talk I did refrain but sore against my will 4 My heart waxt hot within my brest with musing thought and doubt Which did increase and stir the fire at last these words burst out 5 Lord number out my life and daies which yet I have not past So that I may be certifi'd how long my life shall last 6 Lord thou hast pointed out my life in length much like a span Mine age is nothing unto thee so vain is every man 7 Man surely walks in vainest shew and doth himself anoy In getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enjoy 8 Now Lord sith things this wise do frame what help do I desire In truth my help doth hang on thee I nothing else require M. 1. The second part 9 FRom all the sinnes that I have done Lord quit me out of hand And make me not a scorn to fools that nothing understand 10 I was as dumb and to complain no trouble might me move Because I knew it was thy work my patience for to prove 11 Lord take from me thy scourge plague I can them not withstand I faint and pine away for fear of thy most heavy hand 12 When thou for sin dost man rebuke he waxeth pale and wan And like a cloth that moths have fret so vain a thing is man 13 Lord hear my suit and give good heed regard my tears that fall I sojourn like a stranger here as did my fathers all 14 O spare a little give me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seen no more PSAL. XL 1. Col. I Waited long and sought the Lord and patiently did bear At length to me he did accord my voice and cry to hear 2 He pluck'd me from the lake so deep out of the mire and clay And on a rock he set my feet and he did guide my way 3 To me he taught a Psalm of praise which I must shew abroad And sing new songs of thanks alwaies unto the Lord our God 4 When all the folk these things shall see they shall be much afraid And fearing to the Lord will flee and trust upon his aid 5 O blest is he whose hope and heart doth in the Lord remain That with the proud doth take no part nor such as lie and fain 6 For Lord my God thy wondrous deeds in greatnesse far surmount Thy favour towards us exceeds all things that we can count 7 When I intend and do devise thy works abroad to show To such a reckning they do rise thereof no end I know 8 Burnt-offrings thou delightest not in it is not thy desire With sacrifice to purge his sin thou dost of none require 9 Offerings likewise and sacrifice thou wouldst not have at all But thou hast boar'd mine ears O Lord to hearken to thy call The second Collect. 12 THy justice and thy righteousnesse in great resorts I tell Behold my tongue no time doth cease O Lord thou know'st full well 14 I kept not close thy loving minde that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the Church I show 15 Thy tender mercie Lord from me withdraw thou not away But let thy love and veritie preserve me day by day 16 For O with mischiefs many a one full sore beset am I My sinnes increase and so come on I even droop and die 18 With speed send help and set me free O Lord to thee I pray Make haste to aid and succour me and do not say me nay 19 Let them sustain rebuke and shame that seek my soul to kill Drive back my foes and blast their fame whoever wish me ill 23 For Lord thou art my hope and trust my refuge help and stay Wherefore my God as thou art just with me no time delay PSAL. XLI the Col. THe man is blest that mindes the poor and is a cheerfull giver For in the season perillous the Lord will him deliver 2 The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And he will not deliver him into his enemies hand 3 And in his bed when he lies sick the Lord will him restore And thou O Lord wilt turn to health his sicknesse and his sore 4 Then in my sicknesse thus say I have mercy Lord on me And heal my sick and sinfull soul that hath offended thee PSAL. XLII the Col. LIke as the Hart doth breathe and bray the well-springs to obtain So doth my soul desire and pray to see Gods house again 2 My soul doth thirst and would draw neer the living God
to see O when my God shall I appear and in thy presence be 5 The tears all times are my repast which from mine eyes to slide While wicked men cry out so fast where now is God thy guide 4 Alasâ— what grief is it to think what freedom once I had Therefore my soul begins to sink and is exceeding sad When I did march in good aray and furnisht with my train Unto the Temple was our way With many a pleasant strain 5 Now then my soul why art thou sad and freâ—st so in my brest Hope still for help that may be had and grace from God exprest 12 And trust thou in the Lord alwaies and thou the time shaltâ— see To give him honour thanks and praise for health restor'd to thee PSAL. XLIII 2. M. IUdge and revenge my cause O Lord from them that evil be From wicked and deceitfull men O Lord deliver me 2 For of my strength thou art the God why dost thou leave me so And why walk I so heavily oppressed with my so 3 Send out thy light and blessed truth and lead me with thy grace And so conduct me to thy hill and to thy dwelling place 4 Then shall I to the Altar go of God my joy of heart And on my harp give thanks to thee O God my God that art 5 Why art thou then so sad my soul and fretst thus in my brest Still trust in God for him to praise I hold it alwaies best 6 By him I have deliverance against all pain and grief He is my God which doth alwaies at need send me relief PSAL. XLV 1. M. 1. p. Have mercy MY heart doth take in hand a godly song to sing The praise that I shall shew therein pertaineth to the Kingâ— 2 My tongue shall be as quick his honour to indite As is the pen of any scribe that useth fast to write 3 O fairest of all men thy speech is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with gifts for ever to endure 4 About thee gird thy sword O prince of might elect With glory honour and renown thy person pure is deckt 5 Go forth with prospr'ous speed with meeknesse truth and right And thy right hand shall teach thee things that are of dreadfull might 6 Tâ—ine arrows sharp and keen their hearts so sore shall sting That folk shall come and kneel to thee yea all thy foes O King 6 Thy royall seat O Lord for ever shall remain Because the Scepter of thy might doth righteousnesse maintain 8 Because thou lov'st the right and dost the ill detest Hath God thy God anointed thee with joy above the rest 9 With myrrh and savours sweet thou art perfum'd and clad When thou dost from thy palace passe thereby to make thee glad 10 Kings Daughters are among thy noble concubines At thy right hand the Queen her self in gold of Ophir shines The second part 11 O Daughter take good heed incline and give good ear Thou must forsake thy kinred all and fathers house most dear 12 Then shall the King desire thy beauty fair and trim For lo he is the Lord thy God and thou must worship him 13 The daughters then of Tyre with gifts full rich to see And all the wealthy of the landâ— shall make their suit to thee 14 The daughter of the Kingâ— is glorious to behold With inward glory glittering and deckt in beaten gold 15 In robes of needle-work and many a pleasant thing With virgins fair on her to wait she commeth to the King 16 Thus are they brought with joy and mirth on every side Into the palace of King and there they do abide 17 In stead of parents left O Queen the case so stands Thou shalt have sons whom thou maist set as Princes in the lands 18 Wherefore thy holy Name all ages shall record The people shall give thanks to thee for evermore O Lord PSAL. XLVI 1. M. THe Lord is our defence and aid the strength whereby we stand When we with wo are much dismaid he is our help at hand 2 Though th' earth remove we will not fear though hils so high and steep Be tumbled headlong here and there within the sea so deep 3 No though the waves do rage so sore that all the banks it drown And though it overflow the shore and beat the mountains down 4 For Shilohs river sends abroad his pleasant streams apace To glad the City of our God and wash his holy place 5 In midst of her the Lord doth dwell she can no whit decay All things against her that rebell the Lord will take away 6 The heathen folk the kingdoms fear the people make a noise The earth doth melt and not appear when God puts forth his voice 7 The Lord of hosts doth take our part to us he hath an eye Our hope of health with all our heart on Jacobs God doth lie 8 â—â—ome see and let your eyes be taught the working of our God What wonders he himself hath wrought in all the world abroad 9 By him all wars are husâ—â—t and gone which countries did conspire Their bowes he brake and spears each one their chariots burnt with fire 10 Leave off therefore saith he and know that I am God and guide Among the heathen high and low will I be magnifi'd 11 The Lord of hosts doth us defend he is our strength and tow'r On Jacobs God we do depend and on his mighty pow'r PSAL. XLIX the Coll. ALl people hearken and give ear to that that I shall tell 2 Both high and low both rich and poor that in the world do dwell 5 Why should I fear affliction or any carefull toil Or else my foes that follow me and seek my soul to spoil 6 For as for such as riches have wherein their trust is most And they which of their treasures great themselves do brag and boast 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers soul redeem Or that can give a price to God sufficient in esteem 8 It is too great a price to pay none can thereto attain Or that he might his life prolong or not in grave remain 10 Their care is to build houses fair and so determine sure To make their name right great on earth for ever to endure 13 But tho they speak their foolish thoughts which are most lewd and vain Their children yet approve their talk and in like sin remain 14 As sheep are brought into the fold so shall they go to grave Devour'd by death till day shall dawn and just men lordship have Their image and their royall port shall fade and soon decay When as from house to grave they goâ— with mourning all the way 15 But surely God will me preserve from death and endlesse pain Because he will receive my soul and I shall live again 17 If any man wax wondrous rich fear not I say therefore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more 18 For when he dies and sleeps in dust
no good shall he receive His glory will not follow him his pomp will take her leave 19 Yet in this life he takes himself the happiest under Sun And others flatter him and say that all was bravely done 20 And presuppose he live as long as did his fathers old Yet must he needs at length be brought to deaths devouring fold Thus man to honour God hath cal'd yet he considers not But is compared to the beasts which quickly die and rot PSAL. L. the Col. Have mercie 14 GIve to the Lord his praise with thanks to him apply And see thou pay thy vowes alwaies to God that is most hie 15 Then seek and sue to me in any dang'rous daies And I will sure deliver thee and thou shalt give me praise 16 But to the wicked train which talk of God each day And yet their works are foul and vain to them the Lord will say 17 With what face darest thou my word once speak or name Why doth thy talk my law allow thy deeds deny the same 18 Whereas thy life to mend thou art so slow and slack My word the which thou dost pretend is cast behinde thy back 19 When thou a thief dost see by theft to live in wealth With him thou runn'st and dost agree likewise to thrive by stealth 20 When thou dost them behold that wives and maids defile Thou lik'st it well and waxest bold to use that life most vile 21 Thy lips thou dost apply to stander and defame Thy tongue is taught and learns to lie and still doth use the same 22 Thou studiest to revile thy friends to thee so near Thy tongue with slander doth defile thy mothers son most dear 23 Hereat while I do wink as though I did not see Thou goest on still and so dost think that I am like to thee 24 But sure I will not let to strike when I begin Thy faults in order I will set and open all thy sin 25 Mark this I you require that have not God in minde Left when I plague you in mine ire your help be far to finde 26 But he that gives me praise he glorifieth me And he that walks in godly waies shall Gods salvation see PSAL. LI. 1. M. 1. part O Lord consider my distresse And now with speed some pity take My sins remit my woes redresse Good Lord for thy great mercies sake 2 Wash me O Lord and make me clean From this unjust and sinfull act And purifie yet once again My hainous crime and bloody fact 3 Remorse and sorrow do constrain And force me to confesse my sin Before my face they still remain As fresh as first they did begin 4 For thee alone I have contem'd Committing evil in thy sight And if I were therefore condem'd Yet were thy judgements just and right 5 Behold O Lord for thou dost know That I was bred and born in sin My mother hath conceiv'd me so Yet I vile wretch remain therein 6 Also behold Lord thou dost love The inward truth of hearts sincere And grace and wisdom from above Thou hast reveal'd within me there 7 If thou with hysop purge this blot I shall be clearer then the glasse And if thou wash away my spot The snow in whitenesse shall I passe 8 Therefore O Lord such succour send That I may feel some joy within And that my strength may now amend Which thou hast weakned for my sin 9 Turn back thy face and frowning ire For I have felt enough thy hand And purge my sins I thee desire Which do in number passe the sand 10 Make new my heart within my brest And frame it to thy holy will And let me have a constant guest Of thy sweet Spirit in me still 1. M. The second part 11 CAst me not Lord out from thy face But speedily my torments end Take not from me thy Spirit of grace Which may from dangers me defend 12 Restore me to those joyes again Which I was wont in thee to finde And thy free Spirit let me retain To stablish much my heart and minde 13 Thus when I shall thy mercies know I shall admonish those that sin And men that are likewise brought low By mine example shall come in 14 O God that of my health art Lord Forgive me this my bloudy crime My heart and tongue shall then accord To sing thy righteousnes divine 15 Touch thou my lips my tongue untie O Lord that hast the only key And then my mouth shall testifie Thy wondrous works and praise alway 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would have offered many a one Had they been valu'd in thine eyes But therein pleasure tak'st thou none 17 The heavy heart the minde opprest O Lord thou never dost despise And verily it is the best The best of all the sacrifice 18 Lord unto Sion turn thy face Pour down thy mercies on thy hill And on Jerusalem thy grace Build up the wals and love it still 19 Our offrings then thou shalt accept And whole burntâ— offrings shall be pai'd In righteousnesse observ'd and kept And on thy holy altars lai'd PSAL. LII 1. M. VVHy dost thou tyrant boast abroad thy wicked works to praise Dost thou not know there is a God whose mercies last alwaies 2 Why doth thy minde yet still devise such wicked wiles to warp Thy tongue untrue in forging lies is like a razour sharp 3 On mischief why setst thou thy minde and wilt not walk upright Thou hast more minde false tales to finde then bring the truth to light 4 Thou dost delight in fraud and guile in mischief bloud and wrong Thy lips have learn'd the flattering stile O false deceitfull tongue 5 Therefore shall God for aye confound and pluck thee from thy place Root out thy seed ev'n from the ground and ruine all thy race 6 The just when they behold thy fall with fear will praise the Lord And in reproach of thee withall cry out with one accord 7 Behold the man that would not take the Lord for his defence But of his goods his god did make and sin his confidence 8 But I an Olive fresh and green shall spring and spread abroad Because my trust all times hath been upon the living God 9 For this therefore will I give praise to thee with heart and voice I will set forth thy Name alwaies wherein thy Saints rejoyce PSAL. LV the Col. O Lord my God give ear to mee and hear when I do pray And when to thee I call and cry hide not thy self away 2 Take heed to me grant my request and answer me again With plaints I pray full sore opprest great grief doth me constrain 3 Because my foes with threats and cries oppresse me through despight The workers of iniquities to vex me have delight 4 My heart doth faint for want of breath it panteth in my brest The terrours and the dread of death do take away my rest 5 Divide them Lord and from them pull their devillish double tongue
For I have spide their city full of rapine strife and wrong 6 If that my foes did seek my shame I might it well abide From open enemies check and blame some where I could me hide 7 But thou it wast my fellow dear which friendship didst pretend And didst my secret counsell hear as my familiar friend 8 But I unto my God will cry to him for help I flee The Lord will help me by and by and he will succour me 9 At morning noon and evening tide unto the Lord I pray When I so instantly have cride he doth not say me nay PSAL. LVI the Col. HAve mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me devour He fighteth with me day by day and troubleth me each hour 3 When they would make me most afraid with boasts and brags of pride I trust in thee alone for aid therefore I shall not slide 4 Gods promise I do minde and praise O Lord I stick to thee I care not what proud flesh assaies what man can do to me 6 What things I either did or spake they wrested at their will And all the counsell that they take is how to work me ill 6 Shall they escape by mischief still thou God upon them frown And in thine anger terrible Lord cast their Kingdom down 8 Thou seest how oft they made me flee and on my tears dost look Reserve them in a glasse by thee and write them in thy book 9 When I do call upon thy Name my foes do faint and flie God takes my part I know the same I know it Lord thereby 11 I trust in God and therefore say as I before began The Lord is my defence and stay I do not care for man 12 I will perform with heart so free to God my vows alwaies And I O Lord will offer thee perpetuall thanks and praise PSAL. LVII the Col. TAke pitie for thy promise sake have mercy Lord on me Now doth my soul it self betake to seek for help from thee 2 I call upon the Lord most hie to whom I stick and stand I mean the God that will stand by the cause I have in hand 4 I lead my life with lions fell enrag'd with rash desire And with such wicked men I dwell that fret like flames of fire 6 They lay their net and do prepare a privie cave and pit Wherein they think my soul to snare but they are faln in it 8 Awake my joy awake I say my harp and every string For I will rise before the day Gods praises for to singâ— 10 His mercyâ—doth extend as far as heaven it self is hie His truth as high as any Star that standeth in the skie 11 Set forth and shew thy self O God above the heavens bright Extoll thy praise on earth abroad thy Majestie and might The Collect. O Lord thou didst us clean forsake and scatteredst us abroad Such great displeasure thou didst take return to us O God 2 Thy might did move the earth so sore that it in sunder brake The hurt thereof O Lord restore for it doth bow and quake 3 With heavy wrath thou plaguest thus the people that are thine And thou hast given unto usâ— a drink of giddy wine 4 But yet to such as fear thy Name a banner thou didst show That truth may triumph in the same because thy word is so 11 Give aid O Lord and help us then from wrongs that we sustain For sure the help of mortall men is altogether vain 12 But through our God wee shall have might to take great things in hand He will tread down and put to flight our enemies that withstand The Collect. REgard O Lord when I complain and make my moan to thee Let not my pray'r ascend in vain but give good ear to me 2 From earths unknown and utmost part ev'n where no paths are trod In grief and anguish of my heart I cry to thee O God 3 Upon the rock of thy great power my wofull minde repose Thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes 4 Within thy tents I chuse to dwell and dwelling to endure Beneath thy wings I know right well I shall be saâ—e and sure 5 The vows that do my soul engage the Lord was pleased to hear Thou gav'st to me the heritage of them that do thee fear 8 So I shall sing for ever still the praises of thy Name That all my vows I may fulfill and daily pay the same The Collect. MY soul to God shall give good heedâ— and him â—lone attend For why my health and hope to speed doth whole on him depend 6 He is my rock my fort and tower my health is of his grace He doth support me that no power can move me out of place 8 O have your hope in him alway ye folk with one accord Pour out your hearts to him and say our trust is in the Lord 9 The sons of men are vanity so found if they be waigh'd Mean men a toy great men a lie if in the balance lay'd 10 Trust not in robberie wrong and steal let vain desires be gone Though goods well got flow in with weal set not your hearts thereon 11 The Lord long since one thing did tell which here to minde I call He spake it oft I heard it well that God alone doth all 12 And that thou Lord art good and kinde thy mercy doth exceed So that all sorts with thee shall finde according to their deed PSAL. LXIII 1. M. O God my God I wake betime to come to thee in haste For sure my soul and body both do thirst of thee to taste And in this barren wildernesse where waters there are none My flesh is parch'd for want of thee for thee I wish alone 2 That I might see yet once again thy glory strength and might As I was wont to see the same within thy Temple bright 3 For sure thy mercies far surmount this life and wretched daies My lips therefore shall give to thee due honour laud and praise 4 I will not fail to worship thee while I may live a day And in thy Name lift up my hands devoutly when I pray 5 My soul is fil'd and satisfi'd with marrow fat and sweet My mouth shall joyn with joyfull lip in both thy praise shall meet 6 When as in bed I think on thee and meditate all night 7 For under covert of thy wings I hide me with delight 8 My soul doth presse hard after thee thy right hand is my pow'r 9 And them that seek my soul to slay shall death and hell devour 10 The sword shall slay them every one their carcases shall feed The hungry foxâ—s which do run their prey to seek at need 11 The king and all men shall rejoyce that do Gods word professe And liars mouthes shall then be stopâ— for their unrighteousnesse PSAL. LXIIII. 1. M. O Lord unto my voice give ear with plaints when I do pray And rid my life and soul from
endure 3 Ere that the world was made or wrought thy seat was set on hie Beyond all times that can be thought thou art eternally 4 The flouds O Lord the flouds doe rise they swell against the shore And raise the waves in such a wise they make the waters rore 5 Yet though the storms appear in sight though seas doe rage and swell The Lord is strong and more of might for he on high doth dwell 6 And look what promise he doth make his houshold to defend For just and true they shall it take all times without an end OR THy testimonies precious are kept on sure record And holinesse becomes thy house for evermore O Lord PSAL. XCIIII 1. M. 1 p. O Lord thou dost revenge all wrongs that pow'r belongs to thee Since vengeance then to thee belongs declare that all may see 2 Set up thy self for thou of right the earth dost judge and guide Reward the proud and men of might according to their pride 3 How long shall wicked men bear sway by lifting up their voice How long shall wicked men I say thus triumph and rejoyce 4 How long shall they with brags burst out and proudly prate their fill Shall they rejoyce and be so stout whose works are ever ill 5 Thy flock O Lord thine heritage they spoil and vex full sore Against thy people they do rage still daily more and more 6 The widows which are comfortlesse and strangers they destroy They slay the children fatherlesse and none doth put them by 7 And when they take these things in hand this talk they have of thee Can Jacobs God this understand tush no he cannot see 8 O folk unwise and people rude some knowledge now discern Ye fools among the multitude at length begin to learn 9 Shall not the Lord that made the ear the Lord that made the eye What shall not he both see and hear ev'n all things perfectly 10 The Lord doth all the world correct and makes them understand Shall he not then your deeds detect how can ye scape his hand The second part I. M. 11 THe Lord doth know the thoughts of man his heart he seeth plain The Lord I say mens thoughts doth scan and findeth them but vain 12 But Lord that man is happy sure whom thou doest keep in aw And through correction doest procure to teach him in thy Law 13 Whereby he shall in quiet rest when times of trouble are When wicked men shall be supprest and fall into the snare 14 For sure the Lord will not refuse his people for to take His heritage whom he did chuse he will no time forsake 15 Untill that judgement be decreed and justice play her part That all may follow her with speed that are of upright heart 16 But now on my side who shall stand against the cursed train Or who shall rid me from their hand that wicked works maintain 17 Except the Lord had been mine aid mine enemies to repell My soul and life had now been laid almost as low as hell 18 When I did say my foot doth slide I now am like to fall Thy goodnesse Lord thou didst provide to stay me up withall 19 When with my self I mused much and could no comfort finde Then Lord thy goodnesse did me touch and that did ease my minde 20 Lord shall the thrones of wickednesse have fellowship with thee Which make a Law for to oppresse and plead it s thy decree 21 Lo they consult against the life of righteous men and good And in their counsels they are rife to shed the guiltlesse blood 22 But yet the Lord he is to me a place of sure defence He is my God to him I flee my strength and confidence 23 Their mischiefs on themselves shall fall and taken in their crimes The Lord our God shall slay them all and cut them off betimes PSAL. XCV the Col. 6 COme let us bow and praise the Lord before him let us fall And kneel to him with one accord the which hath made us all 7 For why he is the Lord our God for us he doth provide We are his flock he doth us feed his sheep and he our guide 8 To day if ye his voice will hear then harden not your heart As ye provok't him many a yeer within the desert part 9 Whereas your fathers tempted me my power for to prove My wondrous works when they did see yet still they would me move 10 Twice twenty yeers they did me grieve and I to them did say They erre in heart and not beleeve they have not known my way 11 Wherefore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should never tread the path to enter in my rest PSAL. XCVI the Col. SIng ye with praise unto the Lord new songs of joy and mirth Sing unto him with one accord all people on the earth 2 Among the heathen folk declare his honour round about To shew his wonders do not spare ev'n all the world throughout 3 Tell all the world from first to last the Lord doth reign above Yea he hath set the earth to fast that it can never move 4 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To judge the nations every one with equity and right PSAL. C. 1. M. ALl people that on earth do dwell Sing to the Lord with cheerfull voice 2 Him serve with fear his praise forth-tell Come ye before him and rejoyce 3 The Lord ye know is God indeed Without our aid he did us make We are his flock he doth us feed And for his sheep he doth us take 4 O enter then his gates with praise Approach with joy his courts unto Praise laud and blesse his Name alwaies For it is seemly so to do 5 For why the Lord our God is good His mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood And shall from age to age endure PSAL. CIII 1. Coll. MY soul doth magnifie the Lord my spirit do the same And all the secrets of my heart praise ye his holy Name 2 Give thanks to God for all his gifts shew not thy self unkinde And suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy minde 3 Who gave thee pardon for thy fault and thee restor'd again And healed thy infirmitie and eas'd thee of thy pain 4 That did redeem thy life from death from which thou could not flee His mercy and compassion both he did extend to thee 5 That fill'd with goodnesse thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the eagle casts her bill whereby her age renu'th 6 The Lord with justice dothrepay all such as be opprest So that their sufferings and their wrongs are turned to the best 7 His waies and his commandements to Moses he did show His counsels and his valiant acts the Israelites did know 8 The Lord is kinde and mercifull when sinners do him grieve The slowest to conceive a wrath and readiest to relieve PSAL. CIII 2.
this I know undoubtedly the Lord is very great He is indeed above all gods and hath the highest seat 15 The Idols which the Heathen have in all their coasts and lands Of silver and of gold they be the work of workmens hands 16 They have a mouth and cannot speak and eyes that have no sight 17 They have an ear and doe not hear their mouths are breathlesse quite 19 O all ye house of Israel see that ye praise the Lord And ye that be of Aarons house praise him with one accord 20 And ye that be of Levies house praise ye likewise the Lord And ye that stand in aw of him praise him with one accord PSAL. CXXXIX the Collect. 21 HAte I not them that hate thee Lord and that in earnest wise Contend I not against them all against thee that arise 22 I hate them with unfeigned hate even as my utter foes 23 Trie me O God and know my heart my inward thoughts disclose 24 See Lord if any secret sin doe in my soul abide And in the everlasting way be thou my God and guide PSAL. CXLIII the Col. LOrd hear my prayer and complaint which I put forth to thee And in thy truth and righteousnesse Lord hear and answer me 2 Against thy servant let not Lord thy judgement to be tri'd For in thy sight can none alive be ever justifi'd 8 Thy loving kindenes in the morn let me both hear and see Teach me the way that I should goe for Lord I trust in thee 12 And of thy mercy slay my foes that vex my soul so sore For loe I am thy servant Lord destroy them all therefore PSAL. CXLVI 2. Met. MY soul praise thou the Lord alwaies his praise will I declare 2 While breath and life prolong my daies my tongue shall never spare 3 Trust not in worldly Princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sons of mortall men in whom there is no health 4 For why their breath doth soon depart they fall to earth anon And then the counsels of their heart doe perish every one 5 O happy is that man I say whom Jacobs God doth aid And he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is staid 6 Which made the earth and waters deep the heavens high withall Which doth his word and promise keep and so for ever shall 7 With right alwayes doth he proceed for such as suffer wrong The poor and hungry he doth feed and loose the fetters strong 8 The Lord doth send the blinde their sight the lame to limbs restore The Lord doth in his Saints delight and loves them evermore 9 He helps the widow in distresse and stranger sad in heart He doth defend the fatherlesse and ill mens waies subvert 10 The Lord thy God O Sion hill shall reign eternally From age to age for ever still O praise the Lord most high PSAL. CXLIX 1. M. SIng ye a new song to the Lord his praises to declare And let his Name be magnifi'd where Saints assembled are 2 Let Israel rejoyce in God their maker and their King And let the sons of Sion hill for joy triumph and sing 3 Let them sound praise with voice of flute unto his holy Name And with the timbrell and the harp sing forth his praise and fame 4 For lo the Lord his dear delight doth in his people place And he will beautifie the meek with saving health and grace 5 With glory and with honour now let all the Saints rejoyce And sing aloud upon their beds with glad and pleasant voice 6 And in their mouths let be the acts of God the mighty Lord And let them take into their hands a double edged sword 7 To plague the Heathen and correct the people with their hands 8 To binde their stately Kings in chains their Lords in iron bands 9 To execute on them the doom recorded long before This honour all his Saints shall have praise God for evermore FINIS NOte that all the Psalms that are put in whole mâ— readily be sung in Churches while others sing the old for the verses are neither more nor fewer then theâ—â— were before So also may the Collects if the Clark read them or dâ— point out and declare the verses before-hand Note also that one single star points a dolefull tune two stars a solemn or middle tune three stars a joyfuâ— tune and they are set onely or for the most part to Psalms that go in a generall tune i.e. such as serve for all eights and sixes generally Lastly note that every new beginning of fresh matter is marked with a Paragraph thus which is placed between the verse and the line which is devised to make short parts and to discern suddenly where to begin Note this amendment of Psal. 146. v. 3. 2. Met. if thou thinkest it needs TRust not in worldly Princes then put not your trust in Kings Nor any of the sons of men for they are helplesse things Here follow the rest of the new-made Psalms that are not extant in the first Impression Psalm V. 1. Met. Our Father which c. LOrd weigh my thoughts my voice attend My King my God to me give ear To thee my pray'rs and cries I send My voice i' th morning thou shalt hear I' th morning Lord will I direct My prayer to thee and will expect 2. For thou in sinne hast no delight No ill shall dwell with thee O Lord The fool abides not in thy sight All wicked works thou hast abhorr'd Falshood deceit and cruelty Thou dost detest and wilt destroy 3. But I in thy abounding grace Thy house will visit in thy fear And worship in thy holy place O teach me Lord thy justice there Make straight thy paths before mine eyes Because of all mine enemies 4. A wicked heart within they have A faithlesse mouth a flattering tongue Their throat is like a gaping grave Let their own counsels lead them vvrong Destroy them cast them out therein And in their multitudes of sinne 5. For thee they have rebell'd against But let believers joy in thee And shout for joy in thy defence And all thy lovers joyfull be For thou wilt blesse the just O Lord And make thy grace his shield and guard Psal. VI 1. Met. O Lord consider c. IN anger Lord rebuke me not For I am very weak and low Chastise not when thy wrath is hot But Lord to me thy mercy show Lord heal me for my bones are vext But thou O Lord how long a space My soul is also sore perplext Return and save me of thy grace My soul O Lord preserve and save For none in death remembers thee Nor any thanks thee in the grave Thou seest my groaning wearieth me All night I make my bed to swim Watering my couch with weeping eyes Mine eye with grief grows old and dim Because of all mine enemies Ye workers of iniquity Depart from me depart ye all For loe the Lord hath heard my cry My weeping
voice and tears that fall The Lord will hear the prayer I frame The Lord hath heard and hath reliev'd Let all my foes return with shame With sudden shame sore vext and griev'd Psal. XIIII 1. Met. Give laud unto c. THe fool hath said in heart There is no God at all They are in every part Corrupted by the fall There 's none doth good But they have wrought things vile nought even all the brood 2 The Lord did cast his eye From heaven his holy throne On mans posterity To see if any one He might discern That understood the things of God or sought to learn 3 They all are gone aside They doe themselves defile They all are wandred wide Become exceeding vile And there is none Of all mankinde to good inclin'd no sure not one 4 Have wicked workers all No knowledge generally Who have not grace to call Upon the Lord most hie Loe they are fed â—vouring here my people dear even like to bread 5 But yet they were in fear And great the fear must be For God doth still appear In good mens company And keepeth them â— every place I mean the race of righteous men 6 But ye have put to shame The counsell of the poor Because the Lord became His refuge to secure O that there were â— Israel some salvation come from Sion there 7 When as the Lord brings back Our hard captivity And lets not Israel lack So great a cause of joy Then surely shall Jacob rejoyce with heart and voice and Israel all Psal. XVII 2. Col. O praise the Lord c. KEep me as th' apple of thine eye And make thy wings my Canopy From wickednes And deadly foes that me inclose and much oppresse 2 They are inclos'd in their own fat And proudly prate they care not what They hemme us round In our steps now Their eys they bow down to the ground 3 Like greedy Lions seeking prey Or Lions whelp in secret way O Lord arise Defeat my foe and overthrow his enterprize 4 From wicked men that are thy sword From men that are thy hand O Lord My soul ô save From worldlings meer that only here their portion have 5 Whose bellies fill'd with thy hid treasure They spend their substance at their pleasure And leave unto Their babes the rest for they are blest with babes enough 6 But as for me I have accesse To see thy face in righteousnes And waking shall Thy vision see and I shall be fill'd therewithall Psal. XXIII 1. Met. THe living Lord my shepherd is and he that doth me feed Since he is mine and I am his what comfort can I need â— He leads me to the tender grasse where I both feed and rest Then to the streams that gently passe in both I have the best Or if I stray thou dost convert and bring my minde in frame And all this not for my desert but for thy holy Name â— Yea tho I walk in shade of death yet I will fear no ill Thy rod thy staff so comforteth and thou art with me still Yea thou dost make me sit and dine ev'n in mine enemies sight â—â—y head with oyl my cup with wine runs over day and night Thy grace and mercy certainly shall measure out my daies And in the house of God will I for ever give thee praise Psal. LIII 1. Met. Give laud unto c. THe fool hath said in heart There is not any God Corrupt in every part And none of them doth good Such Atheisme lurks â—n every one that they have done most odious works 2 The Lord from Heaven hie Lookt down on earth below On mans posterity That he might see and know What paths men trod If any man did understand and seek for God 3 But all are gon astray Become most base and vilde And wandred from the way And filthily defil'd So that they can No good thing do nor move thereto no not a man 4 What have they knowledge none That work iniquity They have not call'd upon The Lord that is most hie But they devour My folk like bread on them fed with tyrant-power 5 They were in fear and dread Where was no cause of fear For God hath scattered Their quarters here and there That have encampt Against our cause And hence it was they were so dampt 6 Lo thou hast put to shame Thy hatefull enemies In God's Almighty Name That did thy foes despise O that there might Salvation still from Sion hill on Israel light 7 When as the Lord shall please To bring our bondage back And gives his folk the eateâ— And gives his folk the ease And liberty they lack Glad news shall we In Jacob tell and Israel full glad shall be Psal. LVIII 1. Met. Ye children which c. DO ye speak righteousnesse indeed O ye that are of mortall seed O Congregation judge ye right 2 Yea ye in heart work wickednesse Your hands with violence oppresse the earth can scarcely bear your weight 3 They are estranged from the way And from the womb they go astray no sooner born then speaking lies 4 As serpents poison such is theirs Deaf adder-like they stop their ears and will not hear in any wise She will not hear the charmers voice Although his charms be wise and choice she will not hearken to a word 6 Lord break their keen and cruell fangs The eager tooth and tusk that hangs in these young lions mouths O Lord 7 As waters let them melt away Which constant run and have no stay and let his aimed arrows fail 8 And when he bends his bowe to shoot Let them drop broken at his foot and let them melt as doth a snail 9 So let them passe away on earth As woman-kindes untimely birth that they may never see the Sun 10 Before your pots can feel the thorns He 'l blast them as with whirlwinde storms Alive in living wrath begun 11 The righteous shall rejoyce to see Vengeance on them that wicked be and he shall wash his feet in blood 12 So that a man shall sure confesse Sure there 's reward for righteousnesse sure there 's a just earth-judging God Psal. LXVII 1. Met. Give laud c. LOrd blesse us of thy grace Be mercifull to thine And let thy pleased face Upon thy servants shine That all may see The heav'nly wealth and saving health that comes from thee 2 Let all thy praise rehearse With one united voice Sing in melodious verse Eternally rejoyce Thy power obey Whose justice shall dispose of all and bear the sway 3 Let all extoll thy worth Then store of fruit shall fall The earth shall bring it forth And God shall blesse us all God shall us blesse Earth far near his Name shall fear with awfulnes Psal. LXX 1. M. All people MAke haste O Lord and set me free Make haste O God and succour me Confound them with confounding shame That seek my soul to hurt the same 2 Let them be turned backward still
Turn'd back with shame that wish me ill Reward their shame that say Aha And let confusion be their pay 3 All that seek thee and all that love Salvation coming from above Let them in thee be glad and joy'd Still saying God be magnifi'd But I am needy weak and poor Make haste to help me Lord therefore My help and my deliverer Thou art O Lord do not defer OR THou art my hope my help and stay Come Lord and make no more delay Psal LXX 2. Metre DEfer not Lord defer not long but bring my foes to shame 2 And them that seek my soul to wrong let them bear all the blame 3 On them that scâ—ff and slout at me bestow the scorners hire 4 But make them glad full glad in thee that after thee inquire Still God be prais'd let all men say that on his aid relie And make O Lord no more delay for in great want am I 5 O Lord I am exceeding poor mine only and art thou Make haste to help me Lord therefore and make no tarrying now Psal LXXXII â— M. O praise the Lord c. GOD sits upon the throne of Kings And Judges unto judgement brings Why warp you then And so long space accept the face of wicked men 2 Defend the poor and fatherlesse The needies injuries redresse As God commands And vindicate the desolate from winked hands 3 But neither do nor will they know In wilfull blindenesse on they goe Earths pillars fail All out of course and worse worse no laws prevail 4 I call'd you gods all you said I Are sons of him that is most hiâ— But ye shall die As vulgar things or tyrant Kings did formerly 5 Aâ—ise O God thy pow'r set forth Judge all the Nations of the earth They are thine own Thine heritage from age to age and thine alone Psal. LXXXVII 1. M. Our Father c. IN holy hils is Sions floor Which God with grace and glory crowns God loves the gates of Sion more Then all the rest of Jacobs townâ— Most glorious things are fim'd abroad Of thee O city lov'd of God 2 For I will mention born in thee Egyptians Babylonians Moors Philistians Tyrians there shall be Told to my friends among my stores For God hath said that all on earth In Sion may renue their birth 3 For God most high will stâ—blish her And shall record each faithfull soul When he is pleas'd to register And Sions converts to inroll There 's he that plaies there 's that sings And there are all spirituall springs Psal. LXXXVIII 1. M. O Lord consider c. LOrd God of my salvation dear I cry'd before thee day and night 2 Unto my cry â—â—â—line thine ear And let my pray'r come in thy sight 3 For Lord my soul is fill'd with wo My life draws â—igh unto the grave 4 Reckned with them that sink so low And very little strength I have 5 A freeman in this dead estate As slain and buried and forgot As whom thy hand hath separate And such as thou regardest not Thou lay'st me in the lowest ward Where darkest deepest dungeons are 5 Thy wrath upon me lieth hard And all thy bitter storms I bear 3 My friends from me thou hast restrain'â— And made me loath'd in lovers eyes 9 In prison I am fast detain'd Mine eye laments my miseries O Lord I daily call'd on thee My humble hands I meekly raise 10 Shall dead men Lord thy wonders see Shall dead men rise to give thee praise 11 Lord can the grave thy grace expresse Thy faithfull truth destruction teach 12 Thy wonders and thy righteousnesse Can dark and dumb oblivion preach 13 Betimes O Lord will I direct My humble suits and cries to thee 14 Why dost thou Lord my soul reject Why dost thou hide thy face from me 15 My tortur'd soul is pain'd to death While from my youth I alwaies bear 16 The heavie burdens of thy wrath Thy terrours and distracting fear 17 They clos'd me round as waters deep They compasse me at once I say 18 From me my lovers thou dost keep And mine acquaintance hid'st away Psal. LXXXIX The Col. All people NOw in a song of endlesse praise Thy mercies I will sing O Lord And unto all succeeding daies Thy faithfulnesse will I record For I have said that thy great love And mercie shall be raised hie And that thou shalt in Heav'n above Confirm thy truth eternally 2 Thou hast both vowed and decreed To David thine elected one To multiply his faithfull seed And build him up an endlesse throne Which Heav'n shall to thy praise declare In works to be admired at And where thy Saints assembled are Shall tell thy truth and treat of that 3 For whom like thee doth Heav'n afford What earthly Kings thy equals be Who art among the Saints ador'd And fear'd of all that wait on thee O Lord of hosts what Lord is found So faithfull or so strong as thou Who sets the seas their certain bound And tam'st their rage for thou knowst how 4 Thou didst afflict all Egypt land As one made weak by wounds and woes And by the powâ—r of thy strong hand Thou hast dispersed all thy foes Thine Heav'n and earth and all things be For thou alone didst all things frame The North and South were made by thee And East and West extoll thy Name Psal. XCII The Collect. RIght good it is O Lord most high thy praises to recite 2 Thy truth and love to magnifie at morning and at night 3 With ten-stâ—ing'd instruments to sing the praises of thy Name And that we harps and psalt'ries bring to solemnize the same 4 For Lord thy works rejoyce my heart thy doings chear my minde 5 How wonderfull in them thou art thy thoughts how deep we finde 6 The fool and worldling neither know nor heed such things at all 7 For when like flow'rs the wicked show their prospering proves their fall Psal. XCVII 1. Met. Give laud unto c. GOd reigns and rules on high With clouds and darknesse clad Let earth be fill'd with joy And all the Iles be glad His truth is known And judgment pure the station sure of his high throne 2 Fire goes before his face And flaming round about Burns up his foes apace His lightning glanceth out And these do make The world shine bright and at the sight the earth did quake 3 At presence of the Lord Like wax the mountains thawd At presence of the Lord By whom the earth is awd The Heavens expresse How just is he and all men see his gloriousnesâ— 4 Confusion on them all Who serve an image carv'd That to dumb idols fall And boast what gods they serv'd O all ye gods See that ye do how down unto the God of gods 5 O Lord thy judgements voice Made Sion hear and joy And Judahs towns rejoyce For Lord thou art most high Thou hast the ods Of all the earth and art set forth above all gods 6 Ye lovers of the Lord
Lord will take your part sith ye on him do trust PSAL. XXXII 2. M. THe man is blest whose wickednesse is covered and hid The man is blest whom God forgives what ever sins he did 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not offence Which in his heart hath hid no guile nor hardned impudence 3 For whilst that I kept silence still and sought to hide my sinne My bones did wear and waste away with pain that I was in 4 For night and day thy hand on me did so oppresse my heart That all my bloud and humours moist to drinesse did convert 5 I did therefore confesse my faults and all my sins discover Then thou O Lord didst me forgive and all my sins passe over 6 The humble man shall pray therefore to thee in happiest hour So that the flouds of waters great on him shall have no pow'r 7 When trouble and adversity do compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my joy and thou dost help me out 8 Come hither I will teach to thee the paths of pietie And I will guide thee carefully with mine observant eye 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a rain or bit from harm thou canst not rule 10 The wicked man shall wail in wo and greatest griefs sustain But unto him that trusts in God much mercy shall remain 11 Be joyfull therefore in the Lord ye just lift up your voice And ye of pure and perfect heart be glad and much rejoyce PSAL. XXXIII 1. Col. YE righteous in the Lord rejoyce it is a seemly sight That upright men with thankfull voice should praise the Lord of might 3 Sing to the Lord and give him praise with joyfull songs and new For lo his word his works and ways are perfect just and true 5 To judgement equity and right he hath a great good will And with his gifts he doth delight the spacious earth to fill 7 The waters of the seas he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in an house of store 10 The counsels of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought 11 But his decrees continue still they never slack nor swage The motions of his minde and will take place from age to age The second Collect. 12 BLessed are they to whom the Lord as God and guide is known Whom he doth chuse of meer accord to take them as his own 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortall birth Considering from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth 16 A King that trusteth in his host thereby shall not prevail The mighty man whose strength is most for all his strength shall fail 17 An horse for safety of a man is to be reckon'd vain By strength of horse none ever can deliverance obtain 18 But lo the eyes of God attend to shield and save the just And all that fear for to offend and in his mercy trust 20 Wherefore our souls have confidence in God our strength and stay He is our shield and our defence to drive all darts away 22 Now therefore let thy goodnesse Lord still present with us be As we do still with one accord repose our trust in thee PSAL. XXXIIII 1. C. I Will give laud and honour both unto the Lord alwayes My moving tongue for evermore shall speak unto his praise 2 I do delight to laud the Lord in heart in soul and voice That mortifi'd and humble men may hear and so rejoyce 3 Therefore see that ye magnifie with me the living Lord And let us now exalt his Name and all with one accord 4 For I my self besought the Lord he answered me again And graciously deliver'd me from all my fear and pain 5 Who so they be that him behold shall see his light most clear Their countenance shall not be dasht they never need to fear 6 Poor David cri'd unto the Lord the Lord did hear his call The Lord did hear and help him too out of his troubles all 7 The Angel of the Lord doth pitch his tents about them round To save all such as fear the Lord and keep them safe and sound 8 Taste and consider well therefore that God's a gracious one O happy man that trusts in him and ev'n in him alone PSAL. XXXIIII 2. C. 14 TUrn back thy face from doing ill and do the godly deed Inquire for peace and quietnesse and follow it with speed 15 For lo the eyes of God above upon the just are bent His ears likewise do hear the plaint of all the innocent 16 But he doth frown and bend his brows upon the wicked train And cuts from earth their memory that none of them remain 17 But when the just do call and cry the Lord doth hear them so That out of pain and misery he lets them timely go 18 The Lord is kinde and straight at hand to such as are contrite He also saves the sorrowfull and humbled in his sight 19 Full many be the miseries of just and righteous men But out of all adversities the Lord delivereth them 21 But sin shall slay the wicked man which he himself hath wrought And such as hate the righteous man shall soon be brought to nought 22 But them that fear the living Lord he keepeth safe and sound And such as put their trust in him no malice shall confound PSAL. XXXV the C. LOrd plead my cause against my foes confound their force and might Fight on my part against all those that seek with me to fight 2 Lay hold upon the spear and shield thy self in armour dresse Stand up for me and fight the field to help me from distresse 3 Gird on thy sword and stop the way mine enemies to withstand Unto my soul be pleas'd to say I am thy help at hand 4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and flee with shame that seek to work me ill 9 Let all their waies be void of light and slippery like to fall And send thine Angel with thy might to persecute them all 7 And then my bones shall speak and say my parts shall all agree O Lord what pow'r dost thou display what man is like to thee PSAL. XXXVI 1. M. THe wicked with his works unjust doth thus perswade my heart He serves not God he serves his lust and sets Gods fear apart 2 Yet doth he joy in his estate to walk as he began So long till he deserves the hate the hate of God and man 3 His words are wicked vile and naught his tongue no truth doth tell Yet at no hand will he be taught which way he may do well 4 When he should sleep then doth he muse his mischiefs to fulfill No wicked waies doth he refuse nor nothing that is ill 5 But Lord thy goodnesse doth ascend above the heavens hie So doth