Therefore O Lord make plain the way wherein I ought to go verse 9 Their Mouth vents nothing but Deceit their Heart is set on Wrong Their Throat is a devouring Grave they flatter with their Tongue verse 10 By their own Counsels let them fall oppress'd with loads of Sin For they against thy righteous Laws have harden'd Rebels been verse 11 But let all those who trust in thee with Shouts their Joy proclaim Let them rejoice whom thou preserv'st and all that love thy Name verse 12 To righteous Men the righteous Lord his Blessing will extend And with his Favour all his Saints as with a Shield defend PSALM VI. verse 1 THy dreadful Anger Lord restrain and spare a Wretch forlorn Correct me not in thy fierce Wrath too heavy to be born verse 2 Have Mercy Lord for I grow faint unable to endure The Anguish of my aking Bones which thou alone canst cure verse 3 My tortur'd Flesh distracts my Mind and fills my Soul with Grief But Lord how long wilt thou delay to grant me thy Relief verse 4 Thy wonted Goodness Lord repeat and ease my troubled Soul Lord for thy wond'rous Mercy 's sake vouchsafe to make me whole verse 5 For after Death no more can I thy glorious Acts proclaim No Pris'ner of the silent Grave can magnifie thy Name verse 6 Quite tir'd with Pain with Groaning faint no hope of Ease I see The Night that quiets common Griefs is spent in Tears by me verse 7 My Beauty fades my Sight grows dim my Eyes with weakness close Old Age o'ertakes me whilst I think on my insulting Foes verse 8 Depart ye Wicked in my wrongs ye shall no more rejoice For God I find accepts my Tears and listens to my Voice verse 9 10 He hears and grants my humble Pray'r and they that wish my Fall Shall blush and rage to see that God protects me from them all PSALM VII verse 1 O Lord my God since I have plac'd my Trust alone in thee From all my Persecutors Rage do thou deliver me verse 2 To save me from my threatning Foe Lord interpose thy Pow'r Lest like a salvage Lion he my helpless Soul devour verse 3 4 If I am guilty or did e'er against his Peace combine Nay if I have not spar'd his Life who sought unjustly mine verse 5 Let then to persecuting Foes my Soul become a Prey Let them to Earth tread down my Life in Dust my Honour lay verse 6 Arise and let thine Anger Lord in my Defence engage Exalt thy self above my Foes and their insulting Rage Awake awake in my behalf the Judgment to dispense Which thou hast righteously ordain'd for injur'd Innocence verse 7 So to thy Throne adoring Crouds shall still for Justice fly O! therefore for their sakes resume thy Judgment-seat on high verse 8 Impartial Judge of all the World I trust my Cause to thee According to my just Deserts so let thy Sentence be verse 9 Let wicked Arts and wicked Men together be o'erthrown But guard the Just thou God to whom the Hearts of both are known verse 10 11 God me protects nor only me but all of upright Heart And daily lays up Wrath for those who from his Laws depart verse 12 If they persist he whets his Sword his Bow stands ready bent verse 13 Ev'n now with swift Destruction wing'd his pointed Shafts are sent verse 14 The Plots are fruitless which my Foe unjustly did conceive verse 15 The Pit he digg'd for me has prov'd his own untimely Grave verse 16 On his own Head his Spite returns whilst I from Harm am free On him the Violence is fall'n which he design'd for me verse 17 Therefore will I the righteous ways of Providence proclaim I 'll sing the Praise of God most High and celebrate his Name PSALM VIII verse 1 O Thou to whom all Creatures bow within this earthly Frame Thro' all the World how great art Thou how glorious is thy Name In Heav'n thy wond'rous Acts are sung nor fully reckon'd there verse 2 And yet thou mak'st the Infant-Tongue thy boundless Praise declare Thro' thee the Weak confound the Strong and crush their haughty Foes And so thou quell'st the wicked Throng that thee and thine oppose verse 3 When Heav'n thy beauteous work on high employs my wond'ring Sight The Moon that nightly rules the Sky with Stars of feebler Light verse 4 What 's Man say I that Lord thou lov'st to keep him in thy mind Or what his Off-spring that thou prov'st to them so wond'rous kind verse 5 Him next in Pow'r thou didst create to thy Celestial Train verse 6 Ordain'd with Dignity and State o'er all thy Works to reign verse 7 They jointly own his pow'rful sway the Beasts that prey or graze verse 8 The Bird that wings its airy way the Fish that cuts the Seas verse 9 O Thou to whom all Creatures bow within this earthly Frame Thro' all the World how great art Thou how glorious is thy Name PSALM IX verse 1 TO celebrate thy Praise O Lord I will my Heart prepare To all the list'ning World thy Works thy wond'rous Works declare verse 2 The Thought of them shall to my Soul exalted Pleasure bring Whilst to thy Name O thou most High triumphant Praise I sing verse 3 Thou mad'st my haughty Foes to turn their backs in shameful flight Struck with thy Presence down they fell they perish'd at thy sight verse 4 Against insulting Foes advanc'd thou didst my Cause maintain My Right asserting from thy Throne where Truth and Justice reign verse 5 The Insolence of Heathen Pride thou hast reduc'd to Shame Their wicked Offspring quite destroy'd and blotted out their Name verse 6 Mistaken Foes your haughty Threats are to a period come Our City stands which you design'd to make our common Tomb. verse 7 8 The Lord for ever lives who has his righteous Throne prepar'd Impartial Justice to dispense to punish or reward verse 9 God is a constant sure Defence against oppressing Rage As Troubles rise his needful Aids in our behalf engage verse 10 All those who have his Goodness prov'd will in his Truth confide Whose Mercy ne'er forsook the Man that on his Help rely'd verse 11 Sing Praises therefore to the Lord from Sion his Abode Proclaim his Deeds till all the World confess no other God PART II. verse 12 When he enquiry makes for Blood he calls the Poor to mind The injur'd humble Man's Complaint relief from him shall find verse 13 Take pity on my Troubles Lord which spiteful Foes create Thou that hast rescu'd me so oft from Death's devouring Gate verse 14 In Sion then I 'll sing thy Praise to all that love thy Name And with loud Shouts of grateful Joy thy saving Pow'r proclaim verse 15 Deep in the Pit they digg'd for me the Heathen Pride is laid Their guilty Feet to their own Snare are heedlesly betray'd verse 16 Thus by the just Returns he makes the mighty Lord is known While wicked
Request with constant Love attend verse 20 Then bless'd for ever be my God who never when I pray With-holds his Mercy from my Soul nor turns his Face away PSALM LXVII TO bless thy chosen Race in Mercy Lord incline And cause the brightness of thy Face on all thy Saints to shine verse 2 That so thy wond'rous Ways may thro the World be known Whilst distant Lands their Tribute pay and thy Salvation own verse 3 Let diffring Nations join to celebrate thy Fame Let all the World O Lord combine to praise thy glorious Name verse 4 O let them shout and sing with Joy and pious Mirth For Thou the Righteous Judge and King shalt govern all the Earth verse 5 Let diff'ring Nations join to celebrate thy same Let all the World O Lord combine to praise thy glorious Name verse 6 Then shall the teeming Ground a large increase disclose And we with Plenty shall be crown'd which God our God bestows verse 7 Then God upon our Land shall constant Blessings show'r And all the World in awe shall stand Of his resistless Pow'r PSALM LXVIII LET God the God of Battel rife And scatter his presumptuous Foes Let shameful Rout their Host surprize Who spitefully his Pow'r oppose verse 2 As Smoak in Tempest's Rage is lost Or Wax into the Furnace cast So let their facrilegious Host Before his wrathful Presence waste verse 2 But let the Servants of his Will His Favour 's gentle Beams enjoy Their upright Hearts let Gladness fill And chearful Songs their Tongues employ verse 4 To him your Voice in Anthems raise Jehovah's awful Name he bears In him rejoice extol his Praise Who rides upon high rowling Spheres verse 5 Him from his Empire of the Skies To this low World Compassion draws The Orphan's Claim to patronize And judge the injur'd Widow's Cause verse 6 'T is God who from a foreign Soil Restores poor Exiles to their Home Makes Captives free and fruitless Toil Their Proud Oppressors righteous Doom verse 7 'T was so of old when thou didst lead In Person Lord our Armies forth Strange Terrors thro the Desert spread verse 8 Convulsions shook th' astonish Earth The breaking Clouds did Rain distil And Heav'ns high Arches shook with Fear How then should Sinai's humble Hill Of Israel's God the Prefence bear verse 9 Thy Hand at famisht Earth's Complaint Reliev'd her from Celestial Stores And when thy Heritage was faint Asswag'd the Drought with plenteous show'rs verse 10 Where Savages had rang'd before At Ease thou mad'st our Tribes reside And in the Desart for the Poor Thy gen'rous Bounty did provide PART II. verse 11 Thou gav'st the Word we falli'd forth And in that pow'rful Word o'ercame While Virgin-Troops with Songs of Mirth In state our Conquest did proclaim verse 12 Vast Armies by such Gen'rals led As yet had ne'er receiv'd a Foil Forsook their Camp with sudden Dread And to our Women left the Spoil verse 13 Tho Egypt's Drudges you have been Your Army's Wings shall shine as bright As Dove's in golden Sunshine seen Or silver'd o'er with paler Light verse 14 'T was so when God's Almighty Hand O'er scatter'd Kings the Conquest won Our Troops drawn up on Jordan's Strand High salman's glitt'ring Snow out-shone verse 15 From thence to Jordan's farther Coaft And Bashan's Hill we did advance No more her Height shall Bashan boast But that she 's God's Inheritance verse 16 But wheresore tho the Honour 's great Should this O Mountains swell your Pride For Sion is his chosen Seat Where he for ever will reside verse 17 His Chariots numberless his Pow'rs Are heavenly Hosts that wait his Will His Prefence now fills Sion Tow'rs As once it honour'd Sinai's Hill verse 18 Ascending high in Triumph Thou Captivity hath Captive led And on thy People did'st bestow The Spoil of Armies once their Dread Ev'n Rebels shall partake thy Grace And humble Proselytes repair To worship at thy Dwelling-place And all the World pay Homage there verse 19 For Benefits each Day bestow'd Be daily his great Name ador'd verse 20 Who is our Saviour and our God Of Life and Death the Sov'reign Lord. verse 21 But justice for his harden'd Foes Proportion'd Vengeance hath decreed To wound the Hoary Head of those Who in presumptuous Crimes proceed verse 22 The Lord has thus in Thunder spoke As I subdu'd proud Bashan's King Once more I 'll break my Pople's Yoke And from the Deep my Servants bring verse 23 Their Feet shall with a crimson Flood Of slaughter'd Foes be cover'd o'er Nor Earth receive such impious Blood But leave for Dogs th' unhallow'd Gore PART III. verse 24 When marching to thy blest abode The wond'ring Multitude survey'd The Pompous State of Thee our God In Robes of Majesty array'd verse 25 Sweet-singing Levites led the Van Loud Instruments brought up the Rear Between both Troops a Virgin-train With Voice and Timbrel charm'd the Ear. verse 26 This was the Burden of their Song In full Assemblies bless the Lord All who to Israel's Tribes belong The God of Israel's Praise record verse 27 Nor little Benjamin alone From neighb'ring Bounds did there attend Nor only Judah's nearer Throne Her Counsellors in state did send But Zebulon's remorer Seat And Nepthali's more distant Coast The grand Procession to compleat Sent up their Tribes a princely Host verse 28 Thus God to Strength and Union brought Our Tribes at strife till that blest hour This Work which thou O God hast wrought Confirm with fresh Recruits of Pow'r verse 29 To visit Salem Lord descend And Sion thy terrestrial Throne Where Kings with Presents shall attend And Thee with offer'd Crowns attone verse 30 Break down the spearmens ranks who threat Like pamper'd Herds of Savage Might Their Silver-armour'd Chiefs defeat Who in destructive War delight verse 31 Egypt shall then to God stretch forth Her Hands and Africk Homage bring verse 32 The scatter'd Kingdoms of the Earth Their common Sovereign's Praises sing verse 33 Who mounted on the loftiest Sphere Of ancient Heav'n sublimely rides From whence his dreadful Voice we hear Like that of warring Winds and Tides verse 34 Ascribe ye Power to God most High Of humble Isr'el he takes Care Whose Strength from out the dusky Sky Darts shining Terrors thro' the Air. verse 35 How dreadful are the sacred Courts Where God has fix'd his earthly Throne His Strength his feeble Saints supports To God give Praise and him alone PSALM LXIX SAve me O God from Waves that rowl And press to overwhelm my Soul verse 2 With painful steps in mire I tread And Deluges o'erflow my Head verse 3 With restless Cries my Spirits faint My Voice is hoarse with long Complaint My Sight decays with tedious Pain Whilst for my God I wait in vain verse 4 My Hairs tho num'rous are but few Compare'd with Foes that me pursue With groundless hate grown now of might To execute their lawless Spite They force me guiltless to resign As Rapine what by right
me hear whose Trust on thee depends Teach me the Way where I should go my Soul to thee ascends verse 9 Do thou O Lord from all my Foes preferve and set me free A safe Retreat against their Rage my Soul implores from thee verse 10 Thou art my God thy righteous Will instruct me to obey Let thy good Spirit condust and keep my Soul in thy right way verse 11 0 for the sake of thy great Name revive my drooping heart For thy Truth's'sake to me distress'd thy promis'd Aid impart verse 12 In pity to my Suff'rings Lord reduce my Foes to shame Slay tham that persecute a Soul devoted to thy Name Psalm CXLIV verse 1 FOR ever blest be God the Lord Who does his needful Aid impart At once both Strength and Skill assord To weild my Arms with warlike Art verse 2 His Goodness is my Fort and Tow'r My strong Deliv'rance and my Shield In him I trust whose matchless Pow'r Makes to my sway fierce Nations yield verse 3 Lord what'sin Man that thou shouldst lov'e Of him such tender Care to take What in his Off-spring cou'd thee move Such great Account of him to make verse 4 The Life of Man does quickly sade His Thoughts but empty are and vain His Days are like a slying Shade Of whose short stay no Signs remain verse 5 In solemn State O God descend Whilst Heav'n its losty Head inclines The smoking Hills asounder rend Of thy Approach the awful Signs verse 6 Discarge thy dreadful Lightnings round And make my scatter'd Foes retreat Them with thy pointed Arrows wound And their Destruction soon complete verse 7 8 Do thou O Lord from Heav'n engage Thy boundless Pow'r my Foes to quell And snatch me from the stormy Rage Of threatning Waves that proudly swell Fight thou against my foreign Foes Who utter Speeches false and vain Who tho' in solemn Leagues they close Their sworn Engagement ne'er maintain verse 9 So I to thee O King of kings In new-made Hymns my Voice shall raise And Instruments of various Strings Shall help me thus to sing thy praise verse 10 God does to Kings his Aid afford to them his sure Salvation sends T is he that from the murd'ring Sword His Servant David still desends verse 11 Fight thou against my foreign Foes Who utter Speeches false and vain Who tho' in solemn Leagues they close Their sworn Engagement ne'er maintain verse 12 Then our young Sons like Trees shall grow Well planted in some fruitful place Our Daughters shall like Pillars show Design'd some royal Court to grace verse 13 Our Garners fill'd with various Store Shall us and ours with Plenty feed Our Sheep increasing more and more Shall thousands and ten thousands breed verse 14 Strong shall our lab'ring Oxen grow Nor in their constant Labour faint Whilst we no War nor Slav'ry know and in our Streets hear no Complaint verse 15 Thrice happy is that people's Case Whose various Blessings thus abound Who God's true Worship stili embrace And are with his Protection crown'd Psalm CXLV verse 1 2 THEE I will bless my God and King thy endless praise proclaim This Tribute daily I will bring and ever bless thy name verse 3 Thou Lord beyond compare art great and highly to be prais'd Thy Majesty with boundless Height above our Knowledge rais'd verse 4 Renown'd for mighty Acts thy Fame to future times extends From Age to Age thy glorious Name successively descendss verse 5 6 Whilst I thy Glory and Renown and wond'rous Works express The World with me thy Might shall own and thy great Pow'r confese verse 7 The praise that to thy Love belongs they shall with Joy proclaim Thy Truth of all their grateful Songs shall be the constant Theme verse 8 The Lord is good fresh Acts of Grace his Pity still supplies His Anger moves with slowest pace his willing mercy flies verse 9 10 Thy Love thro' Earth extends its Fame to all thy Works express These shew thy Praise whilst thy great Name is by thy Servants blest verse 11 They with the glorious Prospect fir'd shall of thy Kingdom speak And thy great Pow'r by all admir'd their losty Subject make verse 12 God's glorious Works of ancient date shall thus to all be known And thus his Kingdom 's Royal State with publick Splendor shown verse 13 His stedfast Throne from Changes free shall stand for ever fast His boundless Sway no end shall see but Time it self out-last PART II. verse 14 15 The Lord does them support that fall and makes the prostrate rise For his kind Aid all Creatures call who timely food supplies verse 16 Whate'er their various Wants require with open Hand he gives And so fulfills the just Desire of every thing that lives verse 17 18 How holy is the Lord how just how righteous all his ways How nigh to him who with firm Trast for his Assistance prays verse 19 He grants the full Desires of those who him with fear adore And will their Troubles soon compose when they his Aid implore verse 20 The Lord preserves all those with Care whom grateful Love employs But Sinners who his Vengeance dare with surious Rage destroys verse 21 My time to come in praises spent shall still advance his Fame And all Mankind with one Consent for ever bless his Name Psalm CXLVI verse 1 2 O Praise the Lord and thou my Soul for ever bless his Name His wond'rous Love while Life shall last my constant Praise shall claim verse 3 On Kings the greatest Sons of Men let none for Aid rely They cannot save in dang'rous times nor timely help apply verse 4 Depriv'd of Breath to Dust they turn and there neglected lie And all their Thoughts and vain Designs together with them die verse 5 Then happy he who Jacob's God for his Protector takes Who still with well-plac'd Hope the Lord his constant Refuge makes verse 6 The Lord Who made both Heav'nand Earth and all that they contain Will never quit his stedfast Truth nor make his Promise vain verse 7 The poor opprest from all their Wrongs are eas'd by his Decree He gives the Hungry needful Food and sets the Pris'ners free verse 8 By him the Blind receive their sight the weak and fall'n he rears With kind regard and tender Love he for the righteous cares verse 9 The Strangers he preserves from Harm the Qrphan kindly treats Desends the Widow and the wiles of wicked Men deseats verse 10 The God that does in Sion dwell is our eternal King From Age to Age his Reign endures let all his Praises sing Psalm CXLVII verse 1 O Praise the Lord with Hymns of Joy and celebrate his Fame For pleasant good and comely 't is to praise his holy Name verse 2 His holy City God will build tho' levell'd with the Ground Bring back his People tho' dispers'd thro' all the Nations round verse 3 4 He kindly heals the broken Hearts and all their wounds does close He tells the number of
had soon destroy'd the weak Defence that I could make verse 18 Their subtil Rage had near prevail'd when I distrest and friendless lay But still when other Succours fail'd God was my firm Support and Stay verse 19 From Dangers that enclos'd me round he brought me forth and set me free For some just Cause his Goodness found that mov'd him to delight in me verse 20 Because in me no Guilt remains God does his gracious Help extend My Hands are free from bloody Stains therefore the Lord is still my Friend verse 21 22 For I his Judgments kept in sight in his just Paths I always trod I never did his Statutes slight nor loosly wander'd from my God verse 23 24 But still my Soul sincere and pure did ev'n from darling Sins refrain His Favours therefore yet endure because my Heart and Hands are clean PART IV. verse 25 26 Thou suit'st O Lord thy righteous ways to various Paths of Human-kind They who for Mercy merit Praise with thee shall wond'rous Mercy find Thou to the Just shall Justice shew the Pure thy Purity shall see Such as perversely chuse to go shall meet with due Returns from thee verse 27 28 That he the humble Soul will save and crush the Haughty's boasted Might In me the Lord an Instance gave whose Darkness he has turn'd to Light verse 29 On his firm Succour I rely'd and did o'er num'rous Foes prevail Nor fear'd whilst he was on my side the best defended Walls to scaie verse 30 For God's Designs shall still succeed his Word will bear the utmost Test He 's a strong Shield to all that need and on his sure Protection rest verse 31 Who then deserves to be ador'd but God on whom my Hopes depend Or who except the mighty Lord can with resistless Pow'r defend PART V. verse 32 33 'T is God that girds my Armour on and all my just Designs fulfils Through him my Feet can swiftly run and nimbly climb the steepst Hills verse 34 Lessons of War from him I take and manly Weapons learn to wield Strong Bows of Steel with ease I break forc'd by my stronger Arms to yield verse 35 The Buckler of his Saving Health protects me from assaulting Foes His Hand sustains me still my Wealth and Greatness from his Bounty flows verse 36 My Goings he enlarg'd abroad till then to narrow Paths confin'd And when in slipp'ry ways I trod the Method of my Steps design'd verse 37 Through him I num'rons Hosts defeat and flying Squadrons captive take Nor from my fierce pursuit retreat till I a final Conquest make verse 38 Cover'd with Wounds in vain they try their vanquish'd Heads again to rear Spight of their boasted Strength they lie beneath my Feet and grovel there verse 39 God when fresh Armies take the Field recruits my Strength my Courage warms He makes my strong Opposers yield subdu'd by my prevailing Arms. verse 40 Through him the Neck of prostrate Foes my conqu'ring Feet in Triumph press Aided by him I root out those who hate and envy my Success verse 41 With loud complaints all Friends they try'd but none was able to defend At length to God for Help they cry'd but God would no assistance lend verse 42 Like flying Dust which Winds pursue their broken Troops I scatter'd round Their slaughter'd Bodies forth I threw like loathsome Dirt that clogs the Ground PART VI verse 43 Our factious Tribes at Strife till now by God's Appointment me obey The Heathen to my Scepter bow and foreign Nations own my sway verse 44 Remotest Realms their Homage send when my successful Name they hear Strangers for my Commands attend charm'd with Respect or aw'd by Fear verse 45 All to my Summons tamely yield or soon in Battel are dismay'd For stronger Holds they quit the Field and still in strongest Holds afraid verse 46 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd the Rock on whose Defence I rest O'er highest Heav'ns his Name be rais'd who me with his Salvation bless'd verse 47 'T is God that still supports my Right his just Revenge my Foes pursues 'T is he that with resistless Might fierce Nations to my Yoke subdues verse 48 My universal Safeguard He from whom my lasting Honours flow He made me great and set me free from my remorseless bloody Foe verse 49 Therefore to celebrate his Fame my grateful Voice to Heav'n I 'll raise And Nations Strangers to his Name shall thus be taught to sing his Praise verse 50 God to his King Deliv'rance sends shews his Anointed signal Grace His Mercy evermore extends to David and his promis'd Race PSALM XIX verse 1 THE Heav'ns declare thy Glory Lord which that alone can fill The Firmament and Stars express their great Creator's Skill verse 2 The Dawn of each returning Day fresh Beams of Knowledge brings And from the dark Returns of Night divine Instruction springs verse 3 Their pow'rful Language to no Realm or Region is confin'd 'T is Nature's Voice and understood alike by all Mankind verse 4 Their Doctrine does its sacred sense through Earth's extent display Whose bright Contents the circling Sun does round the World convey verse 5 No Bridegroom on his Nuptial-day has such a chearful Face No Giant does like him rejoice to run his glorious Race verse 6 From East to West from West to East his restless Course he goes And through his Progress chearful Light and vital Warmth bestows PART II. verse 7 God's perfect Law converts the Soul reclaims from false Desires With sacred Wisdom his sure Word the Ignorant inspires verse 8 The Statutes of the Lord are just and bring sincere Delight His pure Commands in search of Truth assist the feebleft Sight verse 9 His perfect Worship here is fix'd on sure Foundations laid His equal Laws are in the Scales of Truth and Justice weigh'd verse 10 Of more esteem than golden Mines or Gold resin'd with Skill More sweet than Honey or the drops that from the Comb distil verse 11 My trusty Counsellers they are and friendly Warnings give Divine Rewards attend on those who by thy Precepts live verse 12 But what frail Man observes how ost he does from Vertue fall O cleanse me from my secret Faults thou God that know'st them all verse 13 Let no presumptuous Sin O Lord dominion have o'er me That by thy Grace preserv'd I may the great Transgression slee verse 14 So shall my Pray'r and Praises be with thy Acceptance blest And I secure on thy Defence my Strength and Saviour rest PSALM XX. verse 1 THE Lord to thy Request attend and hear thee in Distress The Name of ' Jacob's God defend and grant thy Arms success verse 2 To aid thee from on high repair and strength from Sion give verse 3 Remember all thy Off'rings there thy Sacrifice receive verse 4 To compass thy own Heart's Desire thy Counsels still direct Make kindly all Events conspire to bring them to effect verse 5 To thy Salvation Lord for Aid we chearfully repair With Banners
Then Joy shall fill my Mouth and Song employ my chearful Voice My grateful Soul by Thee redeem'd shall in thy Strength rejoice verse 24 My Tongue thy just and righteous Acts shall all the day proclaim Because thou did'st confound my Foes and brought'st them all to shame PSALM LXXII LOrd let thy just Decrees the King in all his Ways direct And let his Son throughout his Reign thy righteous Laws respect verse 2 So shall he still thy People judge with pure and upright Mind Whilst all the helpless Poor shall him their just Protector find verse 3 Then Hills and Mountains shall bring forth the happy Fruits of Peace Which all the Land shall own to be the Work of Righteousness verse 4 Whilst he the poor and needy Race shall rule with gentle Sway And from their humble Necks shall take oppressive Yokes away verse 5 In ev'ry Heart thy awful Fear shall then be rooted fast As long as Sun and Moon endure or Time it self shall last verse 6 He shall descend like Rain that chears the Meadows second Birth Or like warm Show'rs whose gentle Drops refresh the thirsty Earth verse 7 In his blest days the just and good shall be with Favour crown'd The happy Land shall ev'ry where with endless Peace abound verse 8 His uncontroul'd Dominion shall from Sea to Sea extend Begin at proud Eupbrates Streams at Nature's Limits end verse 9 To him the savage Nations round shall bow their servile Heads His vanquisht Foes shall lick the dust where he his Conquest spreads verse 10 The Kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall costly Presents brings From spicy Sheba Gifts shall come and wealthy Saba's King verse 11 To him shall ev'ry King on Earth his humble Homage pay And diff'ring Nations gladly join to own his righteous Sway. verse 12 For he shall set the Needy free when they for Succour cry Shall save the Helpless and the Poor and all their Wants supply PART II. verse 13 His Providence for needy Souls shall due Supplies prepare And over their defenceless Lives shall watch with tender Care verse 14 He shall preserve and keep their Souls from Fraud and Rapine free And in his fight their guitless Blood of mighty Price shall be verse 15 Therefore shall God his Life and Reign to many years extend Whilst Eastern Princes Tribute pay and golden Presents send For him shall constant Pray'rs be made thro' all his prosp'rous Days His just Dominion shall afford a lasting Theme of Praise verse 16 Of useful Grain thro' all the Land great Plenty shall appear A Handful sown on Mountain Tops a mighty Crop shall bear Its Fruit like Cedars shook by Winds a rattling Noise shall yield The City too shall thrive and vie for Plenty with the Field verse 17 The Mem'ry of his glorious Name thro' endless Years shall run His spotless Fame shall shine as bright and lasting as the Sun In him the Nations of the World shall be compleatly blest And his unbounded Happiness by ev'ry Tongue confest verse 18 Then bless'd be God the mighty Lord The God whom Isr'el fears Who only wond'rous in his Works beyond Compare appears verse 19 Let Earth be with his Glory fill'd and ever bless his Name Whilst to his Praise the list'ning World their glad Assent proclaim PSALM LXXIII AT length by certain Proofs 't is plain That God will to his Saints be kind That all whose Hearts are pure and clean Shall his protecting Favour find verse 2 3 Till this sustaining Truth I knew My stagg'ring Feet had almost fail'd I griev'd the Sinners Wealth to view And envy'd when the Fools prevail'd verse 4 5 They to the Grave in Peace descend And whilst they live are hail and strong No Plague or Troubles them offend Which oft to other Men belong verse 6 7 With Prides as with a Chain they 'r held And Rapine seems their Robe of State Their Eyes stand out with Fatness swell'd They grow beyond their Wishes great verse 8 9 With Hearts corrupt and losty Talk Oppressive Methods they desend Their Tongue thro' all the Earth does walk Their Blasphemies to Heav'n ascend verse 10 And yet admiring Crowds are found Who servile Visits duly make Because with Plenty they abound Of which their flatt'ring Slaves partake verse 11 Their fond Opinions these pursue Till they with them prophanely cry How should the Lord our Actions view Can he perceive who dwells so high verse 12 Behold the Wicked these are they Who openly their Sins prosess And yet their Wealth 's increas'd each day And all their Actions meet Success verse 13 14 Then have I cleans'd my Heart said I And wash'd my Hands from Guilt in vain If all the day oppress'd I lie And ev'ry morning suffer Pain verse 15 Thus did I once to speak intend But if such things I rashly say Tuy Children Lord I must offend And basely should their Cause betray PART II. verse 16 17 To fathom this my Thoughts I bent But found the case too hard for me Till to the House of God I went Then I their End did plainly see verse 28 How high soe'er advanc'd they all On slipp'ry Places loosely stand Thence into Ruin headlong fall Cast down by thy avenging Hand verse 19 20 How dreadful and how quick their Fate Despis'd by Thee when they 're destroy'd As waking Men with Scorn do treat The Fancies that their Dreams employ'd verse 21 22 Thus was my Heart with Grief opprest My Reins were rack'd with restless Pains So stupid was I like a Beast Who no reflecting Thought retains verse 23 24 Yet still thy Presence me supply'd And thy Right-hand Assistance gave Thou first shalt with thy Coursel guide And then to glory me receive verse 25 Whom then in Heav'n but thee alone Have I whose Favour I require Throughout the spacious Earth there 's none That I besides thee can desire verse 26 My trembling Flesh and aking Heart May often fail to succour me But God shall inward strength impart And my eternal Portion be verse 27 For they that far from Thee remove Shall into sudden Rain fall If after other Gods they rove Thy Vengeance shall destroy them all verse 28 But as for me 't is good and just That I should stiil to Godrepair In him I always put my Trust And will his wond'rous Works declare PSALM LXXIV WHY hast thou cast us off O God with thou no more return O why against thy chosen Flock does thy fierce Anger burn verse 2 Think on thy ancient Purchase Lord the Land that is thy own By thee redeem'd and Sion's Mount where once the Glory shone verse 3 O! come and view our ruin'd State how long our Troubles last See! how the Foe with wicked Rage has laid thy Temple waste verse 4 Thy Foes blaspheme thy Name where late thy zealous Servants pray'd The Heathen there with haughty Pomp Their Banners have display'd verse 5 6 Those curious Carvings which did once advance the Artist's Fame With Ax and
of our Misdeeds do thou of our just Doom repent verse 14 To satisfie and chear our Souls thy early mercy send That we may all our Days to come in Joy and Comfort spend verse 15 Let happy Times with large Amends dry up our former Tears Or equal at the least the Term of our-afflicted Years verse 16 To all thy Servants Lord let this thy wond rouswork be known And to our Offspring yet unborn thy glorious pow'r be shown verse 17 Let thy bright Rays upon us shine give thou our work success The glorious Work we have in hand do thou vouchsase to bless Psalm XCI verse 1 HE that has God his Guardian made Shall under the Almighty's Shade Secure and undisturb'd abide verse 2 Thus to my Soul of him I 'll say He is my Fortress and my Stay My God in whom I will conside verse 3 His tender Love and watchful Care Shall free thee from the Fowler 's Snare And from the noisom Pestilence verse 4 He over thee his wings shall spread And cover thy unguarded head His Truth shall be thy strong Defence verse 5 No Terrours that surprise by Night Shall thy undaunted Courage fright Nor deadly Shafts that fly by Day verse 6 Nor Plague of unknown Rise that kills In Darkness nor infections Ills That in the hottest season slay verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall die At thy Right-hand ten thousand lie While thy firm health untouch'd remains verse 8 Thou only shalt look on and see The Wicked's dtsmal Tragedy And count the Sinner's mournful Gains verse 9 Because with well-plac'd Confidence Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure Defence And on the Highest dost rely verse 10 Therefore no Ill shall thee besall Nor to thy healthful Dwelling shall Any infectious Plague draw nigh verse 11 For he thro-out thy happy days To keep thee safe in all thy ways Shall give his Angel strict Commands verse 12 And they left thou shouldst chance to meet With some rough Stone to wound thy Feet Shall bear thee safely in their hands verse 13 Dragons and Asps that thirst for Blood And Lions roaring for their Food Beneath his conqu'ring Feet shall lie verse 14 Because he lov'd and honour'd me Therefore says God I 'll set him free And fix his glorious Throne on high verse 15 He 'll call I 'll answer when he calls And rescue him when Ill befalls Increase his Honour and his Wealth verse 16 And when with undisturb'd Content His long and happy Life is spent His End I 'll crown with saving Health Psalm XCII verse 1 HOw good and pleasant must it be to thank the Lord most high And with repeated Hymns of praise his Name to magnifie verse 2 With ev'ry Morning 's early Dawn his goodness to relate And of his constant Truth each Night the glad Effects repeat verse 3 To ten-string'd Instruments we 'll sing with tuneful Psalt'ries joyn'd And to the Harp with solemn sounds for sacred use design'd verse 4 For thro thy wondrous works O Lord thou mak'st my Heart rejoyce The thoughts of them shall make me glad and shout with chearful Voice verse 5 6 How wondrous are thy Works O Lord how deep are thy Decrees Whose winding Tracts in secret laid no stupid Sinner sees verse 7 He little thinks when wicked Men like Grass look fresh and gay How soon their short-liv'd Splendor must for ever pass away verse 8 9 But thou my God art still most High and all thy lofty Foes Who thought they might securely sin shall be o'erwhelm'd with Woes verse 10 Whilst thou exalt'st my sov'reign Pow'r and mak'st it largely spread And with refreshing Oil anoint'st my consecrated Head verse 11 I soon shall see my stubborn Foes to utter Ruine brought And hear the dismal End of those who have against me fought verse 12 But righteous Men like fruitful Palms shall make a glorious show As Cedars that in Lebanon in stately order grow verse 13 14 These planted in the House of God within his Courts shall thrive Their Vigour and their Lustre both shall in old Age revive verse 15 Thus will the Lord his Justice shew and God my strong Defence Shall due Rewards to all the World impartially dispense Psalm XCIII verse 1 WIth Glory clad with Strength array'd The Lord that o'er all Nature reigns The World's Foundations strongly laid And the vast Fabrick still sustains verse 2 How surely stablisht is thy Throne Which shall no Change or Period see For thou O Lord and thou alone Art God from all Eternity verse 3 4 The Floods O Lord lift up their Voice And toss the troubled Waves on high But God above can still their Noise And make the angry Sea comply verse 5 Thy promise Lord is ever sure And they that in thy House would dwell That happy station to secure Must still in Holiness excell Psalm XCIV verse 1 2 O God to whom Revenge belongs thy Vengeance now disclose Arise thou Judge of all the Earth and Crush thy haughty Foes verse 3 4 How long O Lord shall sinful Men their solemn Triumphs make How long their wicked Actions boast And insolently speak verse 5 6 Not only they thy Saints oppress but uprovok'd they spill The Widow's and the Stranger 's Blood and helpless Orphans kill verse 7 And yet the Lord shall ne'er perceive profanely thus they speak Nor any Notice of our Deeds The God of Jacob take verse 8 At length ye stupid Fools your Wants endeavour to discern In folly will you still proceed and Wisdom never learn verse 9 10 Can he be deaf who form'd the Ear or blind who fram'd the Eye Shall Earth's great Judge not punish those who his khown Will defie verse 11 He fathoms all the Thoughts of Men to him their Hearts lie bare His Eye surveys them all and sees how vain their Counsels are PART II. verse 12 Blest is the Man whom thou O Lord in kindness dost chastise And by thy sacred Rules to walk dost lovingly advise verse 13 This Man shall Rest and Safety find in Seasons of Distress Whilst God prepares a Pit for those that stubbornly transgress verse 14 For God will never from his Saints his Favour wholly take His own Possession and his Lot he will not quite forsake verse 15 The World shall then confess thee just in all that thou hast done And those that chuse thy upright ways shall in those Paths go on verse 16 Who will appear in my behalf when wicked Men invade Or who when sinners would oppress my righteous Cause shall plead verse 17 18 19 Long since had I in silence slept but that the Lord was near To stay me when I slipâ— when sad my troubled heart to chear verse 20 Wilt thou who art a God most just their sinful Throne sustain Who make the Law a fair pretence their wicked Ends to gain verse 21 Against the Lives of righteous Men they form their close Design And Blood of Innocents to spill in solemn League combine verse 22
unresisted Might his Holiness extol verse 6 Moses and Aron thus of old among his Priests ador'd Amongst his Prophets Samuel thus his sacred Name implor'd Distrest upon the Lord they call'd who ne'er their Suit deny'd But as with Rev'rence they implor'd he graciously reply'd verse 7 For with their Camp to guide their March the cloudy Pillar mov'd They kept his Laws and to his Will obedient Servants prov'd verse 8 He answer'd them forgiving oft his People for their sake And those who rashly them oppos'd did sad Examples make verse 9 With Worship at his sâ—cred Courts exalt our God and Lord For he who only holy is alone should be ador'd Psalm C. verse 1 2 WIth one consent let all the Earth To God their chearful Voices raise Glad Homage pay with awful Mirth And sing before him Songs of praise verse 3 Convinced that he is God alone From whom both we and all proceed We whom he chuses for his own The Flock that he vouchsafes to feed verse 4 O enter then his Temple Gate Thence to his Courts devoutly press And still your grateful Hymns repeat And still his Name with praises bless verse 5 For he 's the Lord supremely good His Mercy is for ever sure His Truth which always firmly stood To endless Ages shall endure Psalm CI. verse 1 OF Mercy 's never-failing Spring And stedfast Judgment I will sing And since they both to thee belong To thee O Lord adrress my Song verse 2 When Lord thou shalt with me reside Wife discipline my Reign shall guide With blameless Life my self I 'll make A Pattern for my Court to take verse 3 No ill Design will I pursue Nor those my Fav'rites make that do verse 4 Who to Reproof bears no regard Him will I totally discard verse 5 The private Slanderer shall be In publick Justice doom'd by me From haughty looks I 'll turn aside And mortifie the Heart of Pride verse 6 But Honesty call'd from her Cell In splendour at my Court shall dwell Who Virtue 's practice make their Care Shall have the first Preferments there verse 7 No Politicks shall recommend His-Countrey's Foe to be my Friend None e'er shall to my Favour rise By flatt'ring or malicious-Lyes verse 8 All those who wicked Courses take An early Sacrifice I 'll make Cut off destroy till none remain God's holy City to profane Psalm CII verse 1 WHen I pour out my Soul in Pray'r do thou O Lord attend To thy eternal Throne of Grace let my sad Cry ascend verse 2 O hide not thou thy glorious Face in times of deep Distress Incline thine Ear and when I call my Sorrows soon redress verse 3 Each cloudy Portion of my Life like scatter'd Smoke expires My shiriv'led Bones are like a Hearth parch'd with continual Fires verse 4 My Heart like Grass that feels the Blast of some infectious Wind Does languish so with Grief that scarce my needful Food I mind verse 5 By reason of my sad estate I spend my Breath in Groans My Flesh is worn away my Skin scarce hides my starting Bones verse 6 I'm like a Pelican become that does in Desarts mourn Or like an Owl that sits all day in hollow Trees forlorn verse 7 In Watchings or in restless Dreams the Night by me is spent As by those solitary Birds that loansom roofs frequent verse 8 All day by railing Foes I 'm made the Subject of their Scorn Who all possest with furious Rage have my Destruction sworn verse 9 When grov'ling on the Ground I lie opprest with Grief and Fears My Bread is strew'd with Ashes o'er my Drink is mixt with Tears verse 10 Because on me with double weight thy heavy Wrath does lie For thou to make my Fall more great didst lift me up on high verse 11 My days just hast'ning to their end are like an Ev'ning-shade My Beauty does like wither'd Grass with waning Lustre fade verse 12 But thy eternal state O Lord no length of time shall waste The mem'ry of thy wondrous Works from Age to Age shall last verse 13 Thou shalt arise and Sion view with an unclouded Face For now her time is come thy own appointed day of Grace verse 14 Her scatter'd Ruines by thy Saints with pity are survey'd They grieve to see her lofty Spires in Dust and Rubbish laid verse 15 16 The Name and Glory of the Lord all heathen Kings shall fear When he shall Sion build again and in full state appear verse 17 18 When he regards the Poor's Request nor slights their earnest Pray'r Our Sons for this recorded Grace shall his just praise declare verse 19 For God from his abode on high his gracious Beams display'd The Lord from Heav'n his lofty Throne has all the Earth survey'd verse 20 He list'ned to the Captives moans he heard their mournful Cry And freed by his resistless pow'r the Wretches doom'd to die verse 21 That they in Sion where he dwells might celebrate his Fame And thro the holy City sing loud praises to his Name verse 22 When all the Tribes assembling there their solemn vows address And neighb'ring Lands with glad Consent the Lord their God confess verse 23 But e'er my Race is run my strength through his fierce Wrath decays He has when all my wishes bloom'd cut short my hopeful days verse 24 Lord end not thou my Life said I when half is scarcely past Thy years from worldly Changes free to endless Ages last verse 25 The strong Foundations of the Earth of old by thee were laid Thy Hands the beauteous Arch of Heav'n with wondrous Skill have made verse 26 27 Whilst thou for ever shalt endure they soon shall pass away And like a Garment often worn shall tarnish and decay Like that when thou ordain'st their change to thy Command they bend But thou continu'st still the same nor have thy Years an End verse 28 Thou to the Children of thy Saints shall lasting Quiet give Whose happy Race securely fixt shall in thy presence live Psalm CIII verse 1 2 MY Soul inspir'd with sacred Love God's holy Name for ever bless Of all his Favours mindful prove And still thy grateful Thanks express verse 3 4 'T is he that all thy Sins forgives And after Sickness makes thee sound From Danger he thy life retrieves By him with Grace and Mercy crown'd verse 5 6 He with good things my Mouth supplies My Vigour Eagle-like renews He when the guiltless Suff'rer cries His Foe with just Revenge pursues verse 7 God made of old his righteous Ways To Moses and our Fathers known His Works to his Eternal praise Were to the Sons of Jacob shown verse 8 The Lord abounds with tender Love And unexampl'd Acts of Grace His waken'd Wrath does slowly move His willing Mercy flows apace verse 9 10 God will not always harshly chide But with his Anger quickly part And loves his Punishments to guide More by his Love than our Desert verse 11 As high as Heav'n its Arch extends Above
this little Spot of Clay So much his boundless Love transcends The small Respects that we can pay verse 12 13 As far as 't is from East to West So far has he our sins remov'd Who with a Father's tender Breast Has such as fear him always lov'd verse 14 15 For God who all our Frame surveys Considers that we are but Clay How fresh so'er we seem our Days Like Grass or Flowers ' must fade away verse 16 17 Whilst they are nipt with sudden Blasts Nor can we find their former place God's faithful Mercy ever lasts To those that fear him and their Race verse 18 This shall attend on such as still Proceed in his appointed way And who not only knows his Will But to it just Obedience pay verse 19 20 The Lord the universal King In Heav'n has fixt his lofty Throne To him ye Angels praises sing In whose great strength his Pow'r is shown Ye that his just commands obey And hear and do his sacred Will verse 21 Ye hosts of his this Tribute pay Who still what he ordains fulfil verse 22 Let ev'ry Creature jointly bless The mighty Lord and thou my heart With grateful Joy thy thanks express And in this Consort bear thy part Psalm CIV verse 1 BLess God my Soul thou Lord alone Possessest Empire without Bounds With honour thou art crown'd thy Throne Eternal Majesty surrounds verse 2 With Light thou dost thy self enrobe And Glory for a Garment take Heaven's Curtains stretch beyond the Globe Thy Canopy of State to make verse 3 God builds on liquid Air and forms His Palace-chambers in the Skies The Clouds his Chariot are and Storms The swift-wing'd Steeds with which he flies verse 4 As bright as flame and swift as wind His Ministers heav'ns palace fill To have their sundry Tasks assign'd All proud to serve their Sov'reigns Will. verse 5 6 Earth on her Center fixt he set Her Face with Waters overspread Nor proudest mountains dar'd as yet To list above the waves their head verse 7 But when thy awful Face appear'd Th' insulting waves dispers'd they fled When once thy thunder's Voice they heard And by their haste confest their dread verse 8 Thence up by secret tracts they creep And gushing from the Mountain's side Thro' Valleys travel to the Deep Appointed to receive their Tide verse 9 There hast thou fixt the Ocean's bounds The threatning Surges to repel That they no more o'er-pass their mounds Nor to a second Deluge swell PART II. verse 10 Yet thence in smaller parties drawn The Sea recovers her lost hills And starting Springs from eve'ry Lawn Surprize the Vales with plenteous Rills verse 11 The Feild's tame Beasts are thither led Weary with Labour faint with Drought And Asses on wild mountains bred Have sense to find these Currents out verse 12 Their shady Trees from scorching Beams Yield shelter to the feather'd Throng They drink and to the Bounteous Streams Return the Tribute of their Song verse 13 His Rains from Heav'n parcht hills recruit That soon transmit the liquid Store Till Earth is burthen'd with her Fruit And Nature's Lap can hold no more verse 14 Grass for our Cattel to devour He makes the growth of every Field Herbs for Man's use of various pow'r That either Food or Physick yield verse 15 With cluster'd Grapes he crowns the Vine To chear Man's heart opprest with Cares Gives Oyl that makes his Face to shine And Corn that wasted Strength repairs PART III. verse 16 The Trees of God without the Care Or Art of Man with Sap are fed The Mountain-Cedar looks as fair As those in Royal Gardens bred verse 17 Safe in the lofty Cedar's Arms The Wand'rers of the Air may rest The Hospitable Pine from Harms Protects the Stork her pious Guest verse 18 Wild Goats the craggy Rock ascend It 's tow'ring heights their Fortress make Whose Cells in Labyrinths extend Where feebler Creatures refuge take verse 19 The Moon 's inconstant Aspect shows Th' appointed Seasons of the Year Th' instructed Sun his Duty Knows His hours to rise and disappear verse 20 21 Darkness he makes the Earth to shrou'd When Forest-Beasts securely stray Young Lions roar their Wants aloud To providence that sends'em Prey verse 22 They range all Night on slaughter bent Till summon'd by the rising Morn To skulck in Dens with one consent The conscious Ravagers return verse 23 Forth to the Tillage of his soil The Husbandman securely goes Commencing with the Sun his Toil With him returns to his Repose verse 24 How various Lord thy Works are found For which thy Wisdom we adore The Earth is with thy Treasure crown'd Till Nature's hand can grasp no more PART IV. verse 25 But still the vast unfathom'd Main Of Wonders a new Scene supplies Whose Depths Inhabitants contain Of every Form and every Size verse 26 Full-freighted Ships from ev'ry Port There cut their unmolested way Leviathan whom there to sport Thou mad'st has compass there to play verse 27 These various Troops of Sea and Land In sense of common Want agree All wait on thy dispensing Hand And have their daily Alms from thee verse 28 They gather what thy Stores disperse Without their trouble to provide Thou op'st thy hand the Universe The craving World is all supply'd verse 29 Thou for a Moment hid'st thy Face The numerous Ranks of Creatures mourn Thou tak'st their Breath all Nature's Race Forthwith to Mother-Earth return verse 30 Again thou send'st thy Spirit forth T' inspire the Mass with vital Seed Nature's restor'd and Parent Earth Smiles on her new created Breed verse 31 Thus through successive Ages stands Firm fixt thy Providential Care Pleas'd with the Work of thy own hands Thou dost the wastes of Time repair verse 32 One Look of thine one wrathful Look Earth's panting Breast with Terror fills One touch from thee with Clouds of Smoak In darkness shrouds the proudest hills verse 33 In praising God while he prolongs My Breath I will that Breath imploy verse 34 And joyn Devotion to my Songs Sincere as is in him my Joy verse 35 While Sinners from Earth's Face are hurl'd My Soul praise thou his holy Name Till with my Song the listning World Joyn consort and his praise proclaim Psalm CV verse 1 O Render Thanks and bless the Lord invoke his sacred Name Acquaint the Nations with his Deeds his matchless Deeds proclaim verse 2 Sing to his praise in lofty Hymns his wondrous works rehearse Make them the Theme of your Discourse and Subject of your Verse verse 3 Rejoyce in his Almighty Name alone to be ador'd And let their heart o'erflow with Joy that humbly seek the Lord. verse 4 Seek ye the Lord his saving strength devoutly still implore And where he 's ever present seek his Face for evermore verse 5 The wonders that his hands have wrought keep thankfully in mind The righteous Statutes of his Mouth and laws to us assign'd verse 6 Know ye his Servant Abraham's Seed and Jacob's chosen
Friend And he shall from unrighteous Dooms their guiltless Souls defend Psalm CX verse 1 THE Lord unto my Lord thus spake Till I thy Foes thy Footstool make sit thou in state at my Right-hand verse 2 Supreme in Sion thou shall be and all thy proud Opposers see subjected to thy just Command verse 3 Thee in thy Pow'rs triumphant Day the willing Nations shall obey and when thy rising Beams they view shall all redeem'd from Error 's Night appear as numberless and bright as Chrystal Drops of Morning Dew verse 4 The Lord hath sworn nor sworn in vain that like Melchizedech's thy Reign and Priesthood shall no Period know verse 5 No proud Competitor to fit at thy Right-hand will he permit but in his wrath crown'd Heads o'erthrow verse 6 The sentenc'd Heathen he shall flay and fill with Carcasses his way till he hath struck Earth's Tyrants dead verse 7 But in the high-way Brooks shall first like a poor Pilgrim slake his Thirst and then in Triumph raise his Head Psalm CXI verse 1 PRise ye the Lord our God to praise My Soul her utmost Pow'r raise With private Friends and in the Throng Of Saints his Praise shall be my Song verse 2 His Works for Greatness tho' renown'd His wond'rous Works with ease are found By those who seek for them aright And in the pious Search delight verse 3 His Works are all of matchless Fame And universal Glory claim His truth confirm'd thro'Ages past Shall to eternal Ages last verse 4 By precept he has us enjoyn'd To keep his wondrous Works in mind And to posterity record That good and gracious is our Lord. verse 5 His Bounty like a flowing Tide Has all his Servants Wants supply'd And he will ever keep in mind His Cov'nant with our Fathers sign'd verse 6 At once astonish'd and o'erjoy'd They saw his matchless Pow'r employ'd Whereby the Heathen were suppress'd And we their Heritage possess'd verse 7 Just are the Dealings of his Hands Immutable are his Commands verse 8 By Truth and Equity sustain'd And for eternal Rules ordain'd verse 9 He set is Saints from Bondage free And then establish'd his Decree For ever to remain the fame Holy and Rev'rend is his Name verse 10 Who Wisdom's sacred Prize would win Must with the Fear of God begin Immortal praise and heav'nly Skill Have they who know and do his Will Psalm CXII HALLELUJAH verse 1 THat Man is blest who stands in aw Of God and loves his sacred Law verse 2 His seed on Earth shall be renown'd And with successive Honours crown'd verse 1 His House the Seat of Wealth shall be An inexhausted Treasury His Justice free from all Decay Shall Blessings to his Heirs convey verse 4 The Soul that 's fill'd with Vertue 's Light Shine's brightest in Assliction's Night To pity the Distrest inclin'd As well as just to all Mankind verse 5 His lib'ral Favours he extends To some he gives to others lends Yet what his Charity impairs He saves by Prudence in Affairs verse 6 Beset with threatning Dangers round Unmov'd shall he maintain his Ground The sweet Remembrance of the Just Shall flourish when he sleeps in Dust verse 7 III Tidings never can surprize His Heart that still on God relies verse 8 On Safety 's Rock he sits and sees The Shipwreck of his Enemies verse 9 His Hands while they his Alms bestow'd His Glory 's future Harvest sow'd Whence he shall reap Wealth Fame Renown A temp'ral and eternal Crown verse 10 The Wicked shall his Trinmph see And gnash their Teeth in Agony While their unrighteous Hopes decay And vanish with themselves away Psalm CXIII verse 1 YE Saints and Servants of the Lord the Triumphs of his Name record verse 2 His sacred Name for ever bless verse 3 Where e'er the circling Sun displays his rising Beams or setting Rays due praise to his great Name address verse 4 God thro' the World extends his Sway the Regions of eternal Day but Shadows of his Glory are verse 5 To him whose Majesty excels who made the Heav'n in which he dwells let no created Pow'r compare verse 6 Tho' t is beneath his State to view in highest Heav'n what Angels do yet he to Earth vouchsafes his Care He takes the Needy from his Cell advancing him in Courts to dwell Companion to the greatest there verse 7 When childless Families despair He sends the Blessing of an Heir to rescue their expiring Name Makes her that barren was to bear and joyfully her fruit to rear O then extol his matcless Fame Psalm CXIV verse 1 WHen ' ISr'el by th' Almighty led Enrich'd with their Oppressors spoil From Egypt march'd and Jacob's Seed From Bondage in a foreign Soil Jehovab for his Residence Chose out imperial Judah's Tent His Mansion Royal and from thence Thro' Israel's Camp his Orders sent verse 3 The distant Sea with Terrors saw And from th' Almighty's presence fled Old Jordan's Streams surpriz'd with Awe Retreated to their Fountain's Head verse 4 The taller Mountains skipp'd like Rams When danger near the Fold they hear The Hills skipp'd after them like Lambs affrighted by their Leader's Fear verse 5 O Sea what made your Tide withdraw And naked leave your oozy Bed Why Jordan against Natur 's Law Recoild'st thou to thy Fountain's Head verse 6 Why Mountains did ye skip like Rams When Danger does approach the Fold Why after you the Hills like Lambs When they their Leader's Flight behold verse 7 Earth tremble on well may'st thou fear Thy Lord and Maker's Face to fee When Jacob's awful God draws near 'T is time for Earth and Seas to flee verse 8 To flee from God who Natures Law Confirms and cancels at his Will Who Springs from flinty Rocks can draw And thirsty Vales with Water fill Psalm CXV verse 1 LOrd not to us we claim no Share but to thy sacred Name Give Glory for thy Mercy 's fake and Truth 's eternal Fame verse 2 Why should the Heathen cry Where'snow the God whom we adore verse 3 Convince'em that in Heav'n thou art and uncontroul'd thy Pow'r verse 4 Their God's but Gold and Silver are the Works of Mortal Hands verse 5 With speechless Mouth and fightless Eyes the molten Idol stands verse 6 The Pageant has both Ears and Nose but neigher hears nor smells verse 7 Its Hands and Feet nor feel nor move no Life within it dwells verse 8 Such senseless Stocks they are that we can nothing like 'em find But those who on their Help rely and them for Gods design'd verse 9 O Ifr el make the Lord your Trust who is your Help and Shield verse 10 Priests Levites trust in him alone who only Help can yield verse 11 Let all who truely fear the Lord on him they fear rely Who them in Danger can defend and all their Wants supply verse 12 13 Of us he oft has mindful been and Israel's House will bless Priests Levites Proselytes ev'n All who his great Name confess verse 14
On you and on your Heirs he will increase of Blessings bring verse 15 Thrice happy you who Fav'rites are of this Almighty King verse 16 Heav'ns highest Orb of Glory he hiS Empire 's Seat design'd And gave this lower Globe of Earth a Portion td Mankind verse 17 They who in Death and Silence sleep to him no Praise afford verse 18 But we will bless for evermore our ever-living Lord. Psalm CXVI verse 1 MY Soul with grateful Thoughts of Love intirely is poslest Because the Lord vouchsasd to hear the Voice of my Request verse 2 Since he has now his Ear inclin'd I never will despair But still in all the straits of Life to him address my Prayer verse 3 With deadly Sorrows compass'd round with pains of Hell opprest When Troubles seiz'd my aking Heart and Anguish rack'd my Breast verse 4 On God's Almighty Name I call'd and thus to him I pray'd Lord I beseech thee save my Soul with Sorrows quite dismay'd verse 5 6 How just and merciful is God how gracious is the Lord Who saves the harmless and to me does timely help afford verse 7 Then free from pensive Cares my Soul resume thy wonted Rest For God has wond'rously to thee his bounteous Love exprest verse 8 When Death alarm'd me he remov'd my dangers and my Fears My Feet from falling he secur'd and dry'd my Eyes from Tears verse 9 Therefore my Life 's remaining years which God to me shall lend Will I in praises to his Name and in his Service spend verse 10 11 In God I trusted and of him in greatest Straits did boast For in my Flight all hopes of Aid from faithless Men were lost verse 12 13 Then what Return to him shall I for all his goodness make I 'll praise his Name and with glad Zeal the Cup of Blessing take verse 14 15 I 'll pay my Vows amongst his Saints whose Blood howe'er despis'd By Wicked Men in God's account is always highly priz'd verse 16 By various Ties O Lord must I to thy Dominion bow Thy humble Handmaid's Son before thy ransom'd Captive now verse 17 18 To thee I 'll Off rings bring of praise and whilst I bless thy Name The just performance of my Vows to all thy Saints proclaim verse 19 They in Jerusalem shall meet and in thy House shall joyn To bless thy Name consent and mix their Songs with mine Psalm CXVII verse 1 WIth cheerful Notes let all the Earth to Heav'n their Voices raise Let all inspir'd with godly Mirth sing solemn Hymns of Praise verse 2 God's tender Mercy knows no bound his Truth shall ne'er decay Then let the willing Nations round their grateful Tribute pay Psalm CXVIII verse 1 2 OPraise the Lord for he is good his Mercies ne'er decay That his kind Favours ever last let thankful Isr'el say verse 3 4 Their Sense of his eternal Love let Aaron's House express And that it never fails let all that fear the Lord confess verse 5 To God I made my humble moan with troubles quite opprest And he releas'd me from my Straits and granted my Request verse 6 Since therefore God does on my fide so graciously appear Why should the vain Attempts of Men possess my Soul with fear verse 7 Since God with those that aid my Cause vouchsases my part to take To all my Foes I need not doubt a just Return to make verse 8 9 For better 't is to trust in God and have the Lord our Friend Than on the greatest humane Pow'r for Safety to depend verse 10 11 Tho' many Nations closely leagu'd did ost beset me round Yet by his boundless Pow'r sustain'd I did their Strength confound verse 12 They swarm'd like Bees and yet their Rage was but a short-liv'd Blaze For whilst on God I still rely'd I vanquish'd them with ease verse 13 When all united press'd me hard in hopes to make me fall The Lord vouchsaf'd to take my part and fav'd me from them all verse 14 The Honour of my strange Escape to him alone belongs He is my Saviour and my Strength he only claims my Songs verse 15 Joy fills the Dwelling of the just whom God has fav'd from Harm For wond'rous things are brought to pass by his Almighty Arm. verse 16 He by his own resistless Pow'r has endless Honour won The saving Strength of his Right-hand amazing Works has done verse 17 God will not susser me to fall but still prolongs my Days That by declaring all his Works I may advance his Praise verse 18 When God had sorely me chastiz'd till quite of Hopes bereav'd His Mercy from the Gates of Death my fainting Life repriev'd verse 19 Then open wide the Temple-Gates to which the Just repair That I may enter in and praise my great Deliv'rer there verse 20 21 Within those Gates of God's Abgde to which the righteous press Since thou hast heard and set me safe thy holy Name I 'll bless verse 22 23 That which the Builders once refus'd is now the Corner-stone This is the wond'rous Work of God the Work of God alone verse 24 25 This Day is God's let all the Land exalt their cheerful Voice Lord we be seech thee fave us now and make us still rejoyce verse 26 Him that approaches in God's Name let all th' Assembly bless We that belong to God's own House have wish'd you good Success verse 27 God is the Lord thro' whom we all both Light and Comfort find Fast to the Altar's Horn with Cords the chosen Victim bind verse 28 Thou art my Lord O God and still I 'll praise thy holy Name Because thou only art my God I 'll celebrate thy Fame verse 29 O then with me give thanks to God who still does gracious prove And let the Tribute of our Praise be endless as his Love Psalm CXIX ALEPH. verse 1 HOW blest are they who always keep the pure and perfect way Who never from the sacred Paths of God's Commandments stray verse 2 How blest who to his righteous Laws have still obedient been And have with servent humble Zeal his Favour fought to win verse 3 Such Men their utmost caution use to shun each wicked Deed But in the path which he directs with constant Care proceed verse 4 Thou strictly hast enjoyn'd us Lord to learn thy sacred Will And all our Diligence employ thy Statutes to fulfil verse 5 O then that thy most holy Will might o'er my ways preside And I the course of all my Life by thy Direction guide verse 6 Then with Assurance should I walk from all Confusion free Convinc'd with Joy that all my Ways with thy Commands agree verse 7 My upright Heart shall my glad Mouth with cheerful Praises fill When by thy righteous Judgments taught I shall have learnt thy Will verse 8 So to thy sacred Laws shall I all due Observance pay O then forsakc me not my God nor cast me quite away BETH verse 9 How shall the Young preserve their Ways from all Pollution
nor frowning Danger aw verse 166 For thy Salvation I have hop'd and tho' so long delay'd With cheerful Zeal and strictest Care all thy Commands obey'd verse 167 Thy Testimonies I have kept and constantly obey'd Because the love I bore to them the Service easie made verse 168 From strict Observance of thy Laws I never yet withdrew Convinc'd that my most secret ways are open to thy View TAU verse 169 To my Request and earnest Cry attend O gracious Lord Inspire my Heart with heav'nly Skill according to thy Word verse 170 let my repeated Pray'r at last before thy Throne appear According to thy plighted Word For my Relief draw near verse 171 Then shall my grateful Lips return the Tribute of their praise When thou thy Counsels hast reveal'd and taught me thy just ways verse 172 My Tongue the praises of thy Word shall thankfully resound Because thy Promises are all with Truth and Justice crown'd verse 173 Let thy Almighty Arm appear and bring me timely Aid For I the Laws thou hast ordain'd my Heart 's free choice have made verse 174 My Soul has waited long to see thy saving Grace restor'd Nor Comfort knew but what thy Laws thy heav'nly Laws afford verse 175 Prolong my life that I may sing my great restorer's Praise Whose Justice from the depth of Woes my fainting Soul shall raise verse 176 Like some lost Sheep I 've stray'd till I despair my way to find Thou therefore Lord thy Servent seek who keeps thy Laws in mind Psalm CXX verse 1 IN deep Distress I ost have cry'd To God who neyer yet deny'd To rescue me opprest with Wrongs verse 2 Once more O Lord Deliv'rance send From lying Lips my Soul desend And from the Rage of stand'ring Tongues verse 3 What little Profit can accrue And yet what heavy Wrath is due O thou perfidious Tongue to thee verse 4 Thy Sting upon thy self shall turn Of lasting Flames that fiercely burn The constant Fuel thou shalt be verse 5 But O! how ' wretched is my Doom Who am a Sojourner become In barren Mesecb's desart Soil With Kedar's wicked Tents inclos'd to lawless Savages expos'd Who live on nought but Tehstand Spoll verse 6 My hapless Dwelling is with those Who Peace and Amity oppose and Pleasure take in others Harms verse 7 Sweet Peace is all I court and seek But when to them of Peace I speak they strait cry out To Arms to Arms. Psalm CXXI verse 1 To Sion's Hill I lift my Eyes From thence expecting Aid verse 2 From Sion's Hill and Sion's God who Heaven and Earth has made verse 3 Then thou my Soul in sefety rest thy Guardian will not sleep verse 4 His watchful Care that Isr'el guards will Isr'el's Monarch keep verse 5 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's Wings thou shalt securely rest verse 6 where neither Sun nor Moon shall thee by Day or Night molest verse 7 From common Accidents of Life his care shall guard thee still verse 8 From the blind strokes of Chance and Foes that lie in wait to kill verse 9 At home abroad in Peace in War thy God shall thee desend Conduct thee thro' Life's Pilgrimage safe to thy Journey 's end Psalm CXXII verse 1 O' T was a joyful Sound to hear our tribes devoutly say Up Isr'el to the Temple haste and keep your Festal Day verse 2 AT Salem's Courts we must appear with our assembl'd Pow'rs verse 3 In strong and beauteous Order rang'd like her united Tow'rs verse 4 T is thirher by Divine Command the Tribes of God repair Before his Ark to celebrate his Name with praise and Pray'r verse 5 Tribunals stand erected there where Equity takes place There stand the Courts and Palaces of Royal David's Race verse 6 O pray we then for Salem's Peace for they shall prosp'rous be Thou holy City of our God! who bear true Love to thee verse 7 May Peace within thy'sacred Walls a constant Guest be found With Plenty and Prosperity thy Palaces be crown'd verse 8 For my dear Brethren's sake and Friends no less than Brethre dear I 'll --- pray May Peace in Salem's Tow'rs a constant Guest appear verse 9 But most of all I 'll seek thy Good and ever wish thee well For Sion and the Temple's sake where God vouchsases to dwell Psalm CXXIII verse 1 2 ON thee who dwell'st above the Skies For mercy wait my longing Eyes As Servants watch their Master's Hands And Maids their Mistress's Commands verse 3 4 O then have Mercy on us Lord Thy gracious Aid to us afford To us whom cruel Fops oppress Grown rich and proud by our Distress Psalm CXXIV verse 1 HAD not the Lord may Isr'el say been pleas'd to interpose verse 2 Had he not then espous'd our Cause when Men against us rose verse 3 4 5 Their wrath had swallow'd is alive and rag'd wlthout Coutroul Their Spite and Pride's united Floods had quite o'erwhelm'd our Soul verse 6 But prais'd be our eternal Lord who rescu'd us that Day Nor to their savage Jaws gave up our threat'ned Lives a prey verse 7 Our Soul is like Bird escap'd from out the Fowler 's Net The Snare is broke their Hopes are cross'd and we at freedom set verse 8 Secure in his Almighty Name our Confidence remains Who as he made both Heay'n and Earth of both sole Monarch reighs Psalm CXXV verse 1 WHO place on Sion's God their Trust like Sion's Rock shall stand Like her immoveably by fixt by his Almighty Hand verse 2 Look how the Hills on ev'ry side jerusalem inclose So stands the Lord around his Saints to guard 'em from their Foes verse 3 The wicked may affict the Just but ne'er too long oppress Nor force him by Despair to seek base means for his Redress verse 4 Be good O righteous God to those who righteous Deeds affect The Heart that innocence retains let innocence protect verse 5 All those who walk in crooked Paths the Lord shall soon dostroy Cut off th'Unjust but crown the Saints with lasting Peace and Joy Psalm CXXVI verse 1 WHen Sion's God her Sons recall'd from long Captivity It seem'd at first a Pleasing Dream of what we wish'd to see verse 2 But soon in an accustom'd Mirth we did our Voice employ And sung our great Restorer's Praise in thankful Hymns of Joy Our Heathen Foes repining stood yet were compell'd to own That great and wondrous was the Work our God for us had done verse 3 'T was great say they t was wond'rous great much more should we confess The Lord has done great things where of we reap the glad Success verse 4 To us bring back the Remnant Lord of Isrel's captive Bands More welcome than refreshing Showr's to parch'd and thirsty Lands verse 5 That we whose Work commenc'd in Tears may see our Labours thrive Till finish'd with success to make our drooping Hearts revive verse 6 Tho' he despond that sows his Grain yet doubtless he shall come To bind his full ear'd
great we often have by glad Experience found And seen how he with wond'rous Pow'r above all Gods is crown'd verse 6 For he with unresisted Strength performs his Sov'reign Will In Heav'n and Earth and watry Stores that Earth's deep Caverns fill verse 7 He raises Vapours from the Ground which dois'd in liquid Air Fall down at last in Showrs thro' which his dreadful Lightnings glare verse 8 He from his Store-house brings the Winds and he with vengeful Hand The First-born flew of Man and Beast thro' Egypt's mourning Land verse 9 He dreadful Signs and Wonders shew'd thro' stubborn Egypt's Coasts Nor Pharaoh could his Plagues escape nor all his num'rous Hosts verse 10 11 T was he that various Nations smote and mighty Kings suppress'd Sihon and Og and all besides who Canaan Land possess'd verse 12 13 Their Land upon his chosen race he firmly did entail For which his Fame shall always last his Praise shall never fail verse 14 For God shall soon his People's Cause with pitying Eyes survey Repent him of his Wrath and turn his kindled Rage away verse 15 Those Idols whose false Worship spreads o'er all the Heathen Lands Are made of Silver and of Gold the Work of humane Hands verse 16 17 They move not their fictitious Tongues nor see with polish'd Eyes Their counterfeited Ears are deaf no Breath their Mouth supplies verse 18 As senseless as themselves are they that all their Skill apply To make them or in dang'rous Times on them for Aid rely verse 19 Their just Returns of Thanks to God let gratefull Isr'el pay Nor let the Priests ot Aaron's Race to bless the Lord delays verse 20 Their Sense of his unbounded Love let Levi's House express And let all those that fear the Lord his Name for ever bless verse 21 Let all with Thanks his wond'rous Works in Sion's Courts proclaim Let them in Salem where he dwells exalt his holy Name Psalm CXXXVI verse 1 To God the mighty Lord Your joyfull Thanks repeat To him due prase afford As good as he is great For God does prove Our constant Friend His boundless Love Shall never end verse 2 3 To him whose wond'rous Pow'r All other Gods obey Whom earthly Kings adore This gratefull Homage pay For God c. verse 4 5 By his Almighty Hand Amazing Works are wrought The Heav'ns by his Command Were to perfection brought For God c. verse 6 He spread the Ocean round About the spacious Land And made the rising Ground Above the Waters stand For God c. verse 7 8 9 Thro' Heav'n he did display His num'rous Hosts of Light The Sun to rule by day The Moon and Stars by Night For God c. verse 10 11 12 He struck the First-born dead Of Egypt's stubborn Land And thence his People led With his resistless Hand For God c. verse 13 14 By him the raging Sea As if in pieces rent Disclos'd a middle way Thro' which his people went For God c. verse 15 Where soon he overthrew Proud Pharaoh and his Host Who daring tp pursuo Were in the Billows lost For God c verse 16 17 18 Thro' Desarts vast and wild He led the chosen Seed And famous Princes foil'd And made great Monarchs bleed For God c. verse 19 20 Sibon whose potent Hand Great Ammon's Sceptre sway'd And Og whose stern Command Rich Bashan's Land obey'd For God c. verse 21 22 And of his wondrous Grace Their Lands whom he destroy'd He gave to Isr'el's Race To be by them enjoy'd For God c. verse 23 24 He in our Depth of Woes On us with Favour thought And from our cruel Foes In Peace and Safety brought For God c. verse 25 26 He does the Food supply On which all Creatures live To God who reigns on high Eternal Praises give For God will prove Our constant Friend His boundless Love Shall never end Psalm CXXXVII verse 1 WHEN we our weary'd Limbs to rest Sat down by proud Euphrates Stream We wept with doleful Thoughts opprest And Sion was our mournful Theme verse 2 Our Harps that when with Joy we sung Were wont their tuneful Parts to bear With silent Strings neglecfted hung On Willow-trees that wither'd there verse 3 Mean while our Foes who all conspir'd To triumph in our slayish Wrongs Musick and Mirth of us requir'd Come sing us one of Sion's Songs verse 4 How shall we tune our Voice to sing Or touch our Harps with skilful Hands Shall Hymns of Joy to God our King Be sung by Slaves in foreign Lands verse 5 O Salem our once happy Seat When I of thee forgetful prove Let then my trembling Hand forget The speaking Strings with Art to move verse 6 If I to mention thee forbear Eternal Silence seize my Tongue Or if I sing one chearful Ayr Till thy Deliv'rance is my Song verse 7 Remember Lord how Edom's Race In thy own City's fatal Day Cry'd out her stately Walls desace And with the Ground quite level lay verse 8 Proud Babel's Daughter doom'd to be Of Grief and Woe the Wretched Prey Blest is the Man who shall to thee The wrongs thou lay'st on us repay verse 9 Thrice blest who with Just Rage possest And deaf to all the Parents Moans Shall snatch the Infants from the Breast And dash their Heads against the Stones Psalm CXXXVIII verse 1 WIth my whole Heart my God and King thy praise I will proclaim Besore the Gods with Joy will sing and bless thy holy name verse 2 I 'll worship at thy sacred Seat and with thy Love inspir'd The praises of thy Truth repeat o'er all thy Works admir'd verse 3 Thou graciously inclind'st thine Ear when I to thee did cry And when my Soul was press'd with Fear didst inward Strength supply verse 4 Therefore shall ev'ry earthly Prince thy Name with praise pursue Whom these admir'd Events convince that all thy Works are true verse 5 They all thy wondrous ways O Lord with chearful Songs shall bless And all thy glorious Acts record thy awful Pow'r confess verse 6 For God altho' enthron'd on high does hence the poor respect The Proud far off his scornful Eye beholds with just neglect verse 7 Tho' I with Troubles am oppress'd he shall my Foes disarm Relieve my Soul when most distress'd and keep me safe from Harm verse 8 The Lord whose Mercies ever last shall fix my happy State and mindful of his Favours past shall his own Work complete Pslam CXXXIX verse 1 2 THOU Lord by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down My secret Thoughts are known to thee Known long before conceiv'd by me verse 3 Thine Eye my Bed and Path surveys My publick Haunts and private Ways verse 4 Thou know'st what 't is my Lips would vent My yet-unnutter'd Words intent verse 5 Surrounded by thy Pow'r I stand On every side I find thy Hand verse 6 O Skill for human reach too high Too dazling bright for mortal Eye verse