I Lord behave my self in quietness and rest verse 3 Let Israel only on the Lord place all their hope and stay Both at this present and henceforth for time to come alway Psalm 132. REmember Davids troubles Lord and how he sware to thee verse 2 And how unto the mighty God of Jacob vowed he verse 3 Surely I vvill not come into mine house or bed at all Nor shall mine eyes take any sleep nor eye-lids slumber shall verse 5 Till for the Lord I choose a place vvhere he may make abode Till I an habitation finde for Jacobs mighty God verse 6 At Shiloh once in Ephraim vve heard it did abide At Kiriath vve found it a vvhile the plains and woods beside verse 7 Into his Tabernacles now vve know vvhither to go There vve before his footstool vvil vvorship him bowing low verse 8 Arise O Lord arise and come into thy place of rest Thou and the Ark from whence thy strength thou dost make manifest verse 9 Let all thy Priests be clothed vvith thy truth and righteousness Let all thy saints be blest that they may shout for joyfulness verse 10 And for thy servant Davids sake do not deny thy grace And of thine own anointed dear turn not away the face The Second Part. verse 11 The Lord to David sware in truth and vvill not turn from it The fruit of thy body vvill I cause on thy throne to sit verse 12 And if thy sons my cov'nant keep and precepts faithfully For ever on thy throne shall sit all their posterity verse 13 For God mount Zion chosen hath to dwell there doth he love verse 14 There do I love to dwell and rest and never to remove verse 15 And there all her provision I will bless abundantly And I all those that needy are with bread vvill satisfie verse 16 I also vvith salvation vvill clothe her Priests gloriously And all her saints shall shout aloud for joy exceedingly verse 17 And there vvill I make Davids horâ— to bud and grow in might For mine anointed I ordainâ—d a shining lamp and bright verse 18 As with a garment I vvill clothe his enemies all vvith shame But on himself his crown shall still flourish and be of fame Psalm 133. HOw pleasant and how good is it how doth that grace excell When in the unity of love brethren together dwell verse 2 'T is like that precious fragrant oyl that once vvas poured out On Aarons head and ran his beard and collar round about verse 3 Like Hermons dew or that vvhich doth on Zions hills descend For there his blessing God commands ev'n life without an end Psalm 134. BEhold and bless the Lord ye servants of his guard Which in the house of God the Lord by night do stand and vvard Lift up your hands and bless the Lord in holiness verse 3 The Lord that earth and heaven made thee out of Zion blesse Psalm 135. PRaise ye the Lord and his great name praise ye vvith one accord O praise him still all ye that be the servants of the Lord. verse 2 All ye that stand in the Lords house aloud his praises sound Praise him all ye that in the Courts of our great God are found verse 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good yea praises to him sing Sing praises to his name because it is a pleasant thing verse 4 For Jacob to himself the Lord of his good vvill chose he And his peculiar treasure he did Israel take to be verse 5 For vvell I know the Lord our God is great in Majesty And that he is above all gods advanc'd exceeding high In heaven and in earth he did vvhat ever him did please And in deep places here below and in the swelling seas verse 7 He from the ends of th' earth doth cause the vapours to ascend For rain he lightnings makes and vvinds doth from his treasures send verse 8 All the first-born he smote with death in the Egyptians land The first-born both of man and beast he slew by hls strong hand verse 9 He hath in thee shew'd vvonders great and tokens vvhich did fall On Egypt on Pharaoh thy King and on his servants all verse 10 He also nations great and strong smote down and overthrew And vvhen his people they oppos'd their mighty Kings he slew The Second Part. verse 11 Sihon King of the Amorites and Og of Bashan King Of Canaan he the Kingdomes all did to subjection bring verse 12 And for an heritage he gave their land to Israel His people for an heritage for them therein to dwell verse 13 Thy name O Lord God shall endure and thy memoriall For evermore shall be preserv'd to generations all verse 14 For the Lord God his people vvill at length to judge arise And vvill repent himself for all his servants miseries verse 15 The idolls vvhich are vvorshipped abroad in Heathen lands They are but gold and silver all the vvork of mens own hands verse 16 A mouth they have but do not speak and eyes but never saw verse 17 And they have ears but nothing hear their mouth no breath doth draw verse 18 As sensless as they be are those that do them form and make And so are all that trust in them and for their gods them take verse 19 But bless the everlasting Lord thou house of Israel Bless thou the Lord O Aarons house vvho onely doth excel verse 20 O all ye holy family of Levi bless the Lord And all ye that do fear the Lord bless him vvith one accord verse 21 Out of Zion his dwelling place let the Lord blessed be Who dwelleth at Jerusalem the living Lord praise ye Psalm 136. PRaise ye the Lord for he is good for still his mercy doth endure verse 2 Give thanks unto the God of Gods for still do last his mercies sure verse 3 Give thanks unto the Lord of Lords for still his mercy doth endure verse 4 Which only doth great vvondrous vvorks for still do last his mercies sure verse 5 Who by his vvisdome made the heavens for still his mercy doth endure verse 6 Who stretch'd the earth above the seas for still do last his mercies sure verse 7 Who made the great and glorious light for still his mercy doth endure verse 8 The Sun to guide and rule the day for still do last his mercies sure verse 9 The Moon and Stars to rule by night for still his mercy doth endure 10 Which Egypt smote in their first-born for still do last his mercies sure verse 11 And Israel brought out from thence for still his mercy doth endure verse 12 With a strong hand and stretch'd out arm for still do last his mercies sure verse 13 Who into parts the Red Sea cut for still his mercy doth endure verse 14 And through the midst made Israel pass for still do last his mercies sure verse 15 But there drown'd Pharaoh and his host for still his mercy doth endure verse 16 Who through the desart led his
thy grace and might verse 17 Lord let thy beauty be on us and what we take in hand Our God establish all our works strengthen that they may stand Psalm 91. HE that within the secret place of the most high doth dwell Under th' Almighties shadow shall abide secure and well verse 2 Unto the Lord mine heart doth say he is my refuge still My God and my fortresse is he and in him trust I will verse 3 Surely from the sly fowlers snare he will deliver thee And from the noisom pestilence his hand shall keep thee free verse 4 His feathers shall thee hide his trust under thy wings shall bee A buckler and a shield of proof his truth shall be to thee verse 5 So that the terrours of the night thy heart shall not affray Nor yet the dang'rous arrow shalt thou fear that flies by day verse 6 No nor the pestilence that walks in darknesse secretly Nor yet destruction that doth waste at non-day openly verse 7 Though at thy side a thousand fall and at thy right hand lie Ten thousand dead yet unto thee it shall not once come nigh verse 8 Only thou shalt stand and behold whilst thou thy self at free And of the wicked of the earth the just reward shalt see The Second Part. Because the Lord who unto me my refuge is alone The most high God hath made to thee thine habitation verse 10 None evil thou shalt need to fear it shall not thee befall Neither to hurt thee any plague come nigh thy dwelling shall verse 11 For to his Angels over thee a strict charge he shall give That safely thee in all thy ways they do keep and preserve verse 12 They in their hands shall bear thee up still waiting thee upon Lest thou at any time shouldst dash thy foot against a stone verse 13 Upon the Adder thou shalt tread and on the Lion strong Thy feet on dragons trample shall and on the Lions yong verse 14 Because he set his love on me deliver him will I Because my name is known to him I will set him on high verse 15 I when he calls will answer him I will be with him still In trouble to deliver him yea him I honour will verse 16 With a long life and many days I vvill him satisfie And my salvation he shall see and by experience try Psalm 92. TO give thanks to the Lord it is a good and comely thing And to thy name O thou most high thine own due praise to sing verse 2 Thy loving kindnesse forth to shew in the first morning light And to declare thy faithfulnesse and thy truth every night verse 3 On a ten stringed instrument and on the psaltery With solemn sound upon the harp and grave sweet melody verse 4 For with thy works Lord thou hast made my soul right glad to be And in the vvorks vvill I triumph which have been wrought by thee verse 5 O Lord how glorious and how great are the works of thine hand So deep thy thoughts and counsels are none can them understand verse 6 The brutish man is far unfit thy secrets to receive The foolish man cannot in this thy wisdome now perceive verse 7 That when like grasse the vvicked spring and sinners flourish all It is that they for ever may into destruction fall verse 8 But thou O Lord who dost them judge for ever dost remain And thou most high above thy foes for evermore shalt reign The Second Part. verse 9 For lo thine enemies O Lord thine enemies perish shall The vvorkers of iniquity they shall be scattered all verse 10 But thou shalt like the Unicorns my horn lift up on high And in my prosperous state with oil my face anoint shall I. verse 11 Mine eye shall see my full desire upon mine enemies Mine ear shall hear it of all those that up against me rise verse 12 But like a palm-tree fresh and green the righteous flourish shall Increasing as in Lebanon do grow the Cedars tall verse 13 Those that vvithin the house of God once firmly rooted are They always shall within the house of our God flourish fair verse 14 When they wax old they shall not fail but still forth fruit shall bring And they shall not decay but shall be sat and flourishing verse 15 To shew that righteous is the Lord who doth the righteous blesse He is my rock and strength in him is no unrighteousnesse Psalm 93. THE Lord doth reign and he himself hath cloth'd with Majesty And he is cloth'd with strength wherewith begirt himself hath he The world is so established that mov'd it cannot be Thy throne 's stablisht of old thou art from all eternity verse 3 The flouds have lifted up O Lord the flouds lift up their voice The flouds have lifted up their waves and made a dreadful noise verse 4 The Lord our God that sits on high he is more mighty farre Then mighty waves of seas then noise of many waters are verse 5 Thy testimonies are most sure and last eternally O Lord for ever holinesse thine house shall beautifie Psal 94. O Lord God to avenge all wrongs belongs alone to thee O God to whom vengeance belongs let us thy vengeance see verse 2 O thou the Judge of all the earth lift up thy self on high Render a just reward to those that deal presumptuously verse 3 O Lord how long shall all these men this proud ungodly rout How long shall all these wicked men triumphing walk about verse 4 How long shal these men hard things speak and utter cruelty How long shall they triumph and boast that work iniquity verse 5 They break thy folk in pieces Lord by their oppressions On thine inheritance they do lay great afflictions verse 6 Poor widows which are comfortlesse and strangers they do kill And murther children fatherlesse after their cruel will verse 7 Yet after all these mischiefs done they say God shall not see Nor by the God of Jacob shall these things regarded bee verse 8 Ye brutish men among the folk at length this understand Ye foolish will you never learn wisdome at any hand verse 9 The Lord did plant the hearing ear and hear then shall not hee And he that form'd the seeing eye shall he not clearly see He that the Heathen chastneth shall not he correct his own He that man teacheth knowledge must not all to him be known The Second Part. verse 11 The thoughts that are within mans heart the Lord doth know and see And he discovers thoroughly that vanity they bee verse 12 Happy is he whom thou O Lord dost chasten fatherly And in thy law dost him instruct and wisdome teach thereby verse 13 That thou unto him quiet rest from dangerous days maist give Until the pit be digg'd for those that do ungodly live verse 14 For God the Lord will not cast off his people lov'd freely Nor will his own inheritance abandon utterly verse 15 But his administration shall return to righteousnesse
for them I shall destroy in Gods own name The Second Part. verse 13 Thou hast vvith violence at me thrust sore that fall I might But yet the Lord sustained me and made me stand upright The Lord is my defence and strength which I depend upon He is my song and praise and he is my salvation verse 15 In dwellings of the just is heard the voice and melody Of joy and health for the right hand of God doth valiantly verse 16 The right hand of the mighty God exalted is on high The right hand of the mighty Lord hath done most valiantly verse 17 I shall not die but live and shew the Lords works sorely he verse 18 Hath chastned me but unto death hath not delivered me verse 19 Set ye vvide open unto me the gates of holiness That I may enter into them the Lord to praise and bless verse 20 This gate of God there shall with me the righteous enter in verse 21 I will praise thee thou hast me heard and my salvation been verse 22 The stone which by the builders was refused vvith disgrace Now the head-corner stone is made and set in chiefest place The Third Part. verse 23 This vvas the mighty vvork of God this was the Lords own fact And it is marvellous to behold vith eyes that noble act verse 24 This is the day vvhich God hath made and hath advanced high We will therein be glad and will rejoice exceedingly verse 25 O send salvation now O Lord I pray thee earnestly O Lord I thee beseech to send us now prosperity verse 26 Blessed be he that in the name of God comes us to save You all out of the house of God the Lord we blessed have verse 27 God is the Lord that shews to us light and prosperity The sacrifice to th' altars horns with coards binde speedily verse 28 Thou art my God and therefore I vvill praises give to thee Thou art my God therefore by me thou shalt exalted be O give you thanks unto the Lord exceeding good is he Because for ever to his saints his mercies lasting be Psal 119. BLessed are they that are sincere and upright in the vvay Who all their lives vvalk in Gods law and it in heart obey verse 2 Yea blessed are all those that keep his statutes constantly And that the Lord vvith their vvhole heart do seek unfeignedly verse 3 They also do not willingly practise iniquity That in the holy ways of God vvalk in sincerity verse 4 Thou hast commanded us that in obedience to thy will With all our care and diligence we keep thy statutes still verse 5 O that the whole frame of my way were now directed right That I thy statutes might observe and keep vvith all my might verse 6 No conscience of my sin shall then bring any shame to me When to all thy Commandements my due respect shall be verse 7 Then in uprightness of my heart thee vvill I praise when I Thy righteous judgements shall have learn'd by practise thoroughly verse 8 In confidence of help from thee thy statutes keep vvill I Then fail me not O Lord and me forsake not utterly BETH The Second Part. verse 9 By vvhat means undefiled may his ways a yong man make If he according to thy Word thereto good heed do take verse 10 With my whole heart I have thee sought and thus seeking abide Let me not vvander from thy ways nor from them turn aside verse 11 Within mine heart and secret thoughts thy Word I have hid still That I might not at any time offend thy holy will verse 12 Thou in thy self art blessed Lord goodness abounds in thee Then for the glory of thy grace thy statutes teach thou me verse 13 To other men I with my lips declared and did show The judgements of thy mouth that them all men might learn and know verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy ways have made my heart so glad As if the riches and the wealth of all the earth I had verse 15 Upon thy precepts still shall be my meditation Thy holy vvays I do respect and fix mine eyes upon verse 16 Upon thy statutes my delight shall be so firmly set That by thy grace I never vvill thy holy Word forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 According to thy bounty great deal with thy servant Lord That I may live and constantly observe and keep my Word verse 18 Let my vveak eyes by thy good spirit so fully opened be That all the wonders of thy law I may discern and see verse 19 I am a stranger on the earth and wander dang'rously Hide not thy laws from me that they may guide me constantly verse 20 My soul within me breaketh Lord longing continually For thy judgements that them I may know and keep faithfully verse 21 Thou hast rebuked all the proud and thy curse on them brought Because from thy Commandements they erre in deed and thought verse 22 Contempt and vile reproach of men let not upon me fall For I have kept and do observe thy testimonies all verse 23 Great Princes sit and speak against thy servant every where But all my meditations upon thy statutes were verse 24 My comfort and my hearts delight thy testimonies be And what to do in all my doubts they teach and counsel me DALETH The Fourth Part. verse 25 My soul doth cleave unto the dust I hardly life retain According to thy faithful Word Lord quicken me again My ways and works I did declare and did confesse to thee And thou in mercy didst me hear thy statutes teach thou me verse 27 Make me to understand thy way which thy Commandements show Then of thy vvonders shall I talk that others may them know verse 28 My soul doth faint and melt away through heaviness and grief To me according to thy Word send strength and give relief verse 29 The ways of men which falshood are remove far off from me Grant me to know and keep thy laws which true and righteous be verse 30 For I of truth and righteousness have chosen the right way And all thy laws and judgements I before mine eyes do lay verse 31 Unto thy testimonies I did closely stick and cleave Then to reproach and shame O Lord thy servant never leave verse 32 The way of thy Commandements I will run cheerfully When thou hast by thy spirit mine heart enlarged graciously HE The Fifth part verse 33 Of thy Commandements O Lord teach me the perfect way That without swarving walk in it unto the end I may verse 34 Give me right understanding then I shall keep faithfully Thy law and duly it observe with my whole heart will I. verse 35 By the strength of thy Spirit Lord make me to go aright In paths of thy Commandements for therein I delight verse 36 Incline mine heart unto thy laws and make me them to love And do all filthy avarice far from my heart remove verse 37 From vain desires and worldly lusts turn back
mine eyes and sight Quicken me by the spirit of life to vvalk thy vvays aright verse 38 Confirm thy faithful promise Lord which thou hast made to mee Who am thy servant and desire to fear and honour thee verse 39 Reproach and shame vvhich I do fear turn thou away from mee Who am thy servant and desire to fear and honour thee verse 40 Behold for thy precepts I long and love them to obey Quicken me in thy righteousness that them fulfill I may VAU The Sixth Part. verse 41 Thy mercies great and manifold let me obtain O Lord Let me thy saving health enjoy according to thy Word verse 42 So shall I stop the slanderous mouths of leud men and unjust Who me with scorn reproach because I in thy words do trust verse 43 The word of truth out of my mouth do not take utterly For on thy judgements righteous my hope and trust rely verse 44 Then shall I thus encouraged thy laws continually Observe yea keep them whilst I live for evermore will I. verse 45 Then shall I in a plain safe way walk on at liberty For thy Commandements to seek my self I do apply And of thy testimonies I will speak and not forbear Before the face of greatest Kings no shame shall make me fear verse 47 And walking in obedience to thy just laws will I Joy and delight my self for I have lov'd them tenderly verse 48 Yea all my strength will I lift up to vvalk in the right way Of thy statutes and I therein will meditate alway ZAIN The seventh part verse 49 Thy Word unto thy servant past remember carefully Upon vvhich thou hast caused me in hope still to rely verse 50 This word my only comfort is when troubles do me grieve When I am in distress it doth me quicken and relieve verse 51 The proud and scornful men had me in great derision Yet from obedience to thy law I have not swarv'd or gone verse 52 But then O Lord thy judgements old I called back to minde Whereby I comforted my self and cause from grief did find verse 53 Horrour hath taken hold on me and made mine heart to quake Because of all the wicked ones that do thy law forsake verse 54 While in this house of pilgrimage I absent am from thee Thy statutes still have been my songs and joy of heart to mee verse 55 In the night season I thy name remembred have O Lord While others in their beds did sleep and I have kept thy Word verse 56 This comfort which I thus enjoy I have bestowed by thee Because thy precepts carefully have been observ'd by me CHETH The eighth part verse 57 I for my portion and my lot have taken thee O Lord I said and purpos'd in my heart that I would keep thy word verse 58 With my whole heart I thee besought thy favour to afford Be merciful unto me now according to thy word verse 59 My former ways I thought upon and course of life I tri'd And to thy laws I turn'd my feet and did not go aside verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as those that slothful are But speedily thy laws to keep I did my self prepare verse 61 The cruel bands of vvicked men have made of me their prey Yet vvould I not thy laws forget nor from them go astray verse 62 At midnight vvill I rise from sleep to blesse and praise thy name Thy righteous judgements are so great and of such wondrous fame verse 63 Of all those that do sear thy name companion am I And of those chat observe and keep thy precepts faithfully verse 64 Thy mercies great most gracious Lord the earth throughout do fill O teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy vvill TETH the ninth Part. verse 65 With me who thine own servant am thou hast dealt well O Lord Thy bounty thou hast shew'd to me according to thy Word Teach me good knowledge how to walk and good discretion give For I do thy Commandements approve and them believe verse 67 Before thine hand did me afflict I err'd and went astray But now I keep thy holy Word and by it guide my way verse 68 Thou Lord art good and gracious and good doth from thee flow Then of thy goodness teach me how thy statutes I may know verse 69 The proud and vvicked men have forg'd against me many a lie Yet thy Comwandements still observe with all my heart vvill I. verse 70 Their hearts by ease as fat as grease sensless and careless be But in thy law do I delight and that is sweet to me verse 71 it was exceeding good to me that thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy law thy rod did me direct verse 72 The law which from thy mouth proceeds is better unto me Then thousands of tho purest gold and finest silver be JOD The tenth part verse 73 Thine hands have made fashioned me thy breath hath made me live That I may thy Commandments keep me understending give verse 74 Those that do fear thee will be glad when they my state do see Because I by thy word have learn'd to put my hope in thee verse 75 I know and do confess O Lord thy judgements righteous be And that in very faithfulness thou hast afflicted me verse 76 Thy loving kindness now O Lord let for my comfort be According to thy word unto thy servant help thou me verse 77 Thy tender mercies unto me let come that I may live For consolation and delight thy law to me doth give verse 78 Make thou the proud asham'd for they vex me vvithout a cause But I vvill meditate upon thy precpts and thy laws verse 79 Let those that do thee truly fear turn and rejoice with me And those that know thy laws let us together joyful be verse 80 And in thy righteous statutes Lord still let my heart be sound And then I may assured be no shame shall me confound CAPH The eleventh part verse 81 My soul for thy salvation saints until I it obtain Yet doth my hope upon thy words my fainting soul sustain verse 82 Mine eies do fail while on thy word I vvait and thus do say O when wilt thou me comfort Lord why dost thou thus delay verse 83 I like a bottle am become that in the smoak is set Though worn out by afflictions thy law do not forget verse 84 How many are thy servants daies may I yet live to see When thou wilt judgement execute on those that trouble mee verse 85 The proud have digged pits for me that I therein might fall Which are against thy law both they and all their works vvithall All thy Commandements faithful are and so esteem'd by me They persecute me wrongfully thou Lord mine helper be verse 87 These men on earth had me almost consumed utterly But I did not thy precepts just forsake unfeignedly verse 88 After thy loving kindness Lord quicken me speedily Then all the statutes of thy