th' Ocean spacious The vvorld and all therin rebound verse 8 Before the Lord the riuers flovving In signe of ioy shall clap their hands The hils also their gladnes shovving Reioyce together in all lands verse 9 For God the Lord vvho euer liueth To iudg the earth comes speedily He to the vvorld iust iudgment giueth And to the people equity Psalme 99. Consolation GOd the Lord doth raign suprem doth remain People obstinate quake amaz'd therat He doth sit vpon Cherubims his throne Let the earth be moued vvhich his povvr hath proued verse 2 God the Lord is great Sion is his seat He is high ore all people serue him shall verse 3 Let them all giue praise to his Name alvvaies For his great Name solely dreadfull is and holy verse 4 This great King of might loueth iudgment right He makes permanent all iust gouernment He in Iacob vvrought and to pas hath brought Righteousnes prepared iudgment iust declared verse 5 God exalt vvith praise laud the Lord alvvaies Serue him as is meet prostrate at his feet To him be submis for he holy is verse 6 Moses rule maintaining Aaron Priest ordaining Pause He set Samuel vvhere the Priests do dvvell For the people all on his Name to call They to God did pray vvho heard them alvvay When to God they cryed he to them replyed verse 7 From the cloudy sky he spake from on high VVhere his pillar bright gaue them fiery light They did him obey vvalking in his vvay Did vvhat he vvould haue them Kept the Lavv he gaue them verse 8 Lord so good vvast thou vvho to them didst bovv Dovvn thy gracious eare for they ansvvered vvere Thou O God dost liue vvho didst them forgiue Though some vvere corrected for their crimes detected verse 9 Giue the Lord all praise high his honor raise Let vs euermore him serue and adore By his sacred vvill at his holy hill For our God is solely glorious and most holy Psalme 100. Thanksgiuing ALl people dvvelling on the earth Sing to the Lord vvith ioy and mirth verse 2 The Lord adore vvith thankfull voyce Approach his presence sing reioyce verse 3 Knovv ye the Lord is God euen he It is that made vs hath not vve We are his people he doth keep Vs safe as his ovvn pasture sheep verse 4 Then enter in his gates vvith praise And in his courts giue thanks alvvayes Vnto the Lord let vs confes His sacred Name vvith praises bles verse 5 For God is good his clemency His mercy and benignity His truth and his fidelity Endure to all eternity Psalme 101. Doctrin of policy OF mercy milde vvith iudgment iust vniting Novv vvill I sing to thee O Lord inditing The Psalm I sing to thee my God belongs Such Psalms such songs verse 2 In perfect vvayes my feet shall vvalk precisely And I at home my vvorks vvill order vvisely Vntill my heart sincere approach thy sight All blest all bright verse 3 By me ill vvorks shall not be imitated Backsliders deeds by me are euer hated These all of these my heart shall quite disdain Refuse refrain verse 4 My vpright soul shall neuer be acquainted With vvicked men vvhose vvorks vvith sin are tainted From me a levvd and frovvard peruerse heart Shall pack shall part verse 5 Backbiters tongs that vvickedly haue vvounded Their neighbors name by me shall be confounded I neuer could a supercilious looke Once beare once brooke verse 6 My eyes of loue shall euer be reflected On faithfull men to be by me protected The man that liues religiously vvith me Shall honord be verse 7 A fellovv fraught vvith fly dissimulation Shall neuer haue vvith me cohabitation A lyer from my presence presently Shall fall shall fly verse 8 I vvill destroy and that vvith expedition All vvicked men accustomd to transgression Not one of these in Gods all holy land Shall stay shall stand Psalme 102. Comfort TO my prayr O Lord attend thou Gracious eare to my suit bend thou Let my cry come vnto thee Do not hide thy face from me verse 2 In the day I am distressed When I am vvith grief oppressed When I call afflicted needy Daign to me thy succor speedy verse 3 For my life avvay consumeth In the ayr as smoke that sumeth Burnd and parched are my bones As an hearth of mouldred stones verse 4 My sad heart vvith dolour vvasted Like the vvitherd gras is blasted Bread I eat none though they set it Ready for me I forget it verse 5 Long laments my voyce bereauing Dry my skin to my bones cleauing verse 6 Like a Pollican I mone In the vvildernes alone Like an ovvle it selfe that hideth In the deserts vvilde abideth To the vvoods alone retiring Solitarines desiring verse 7 As a sparrovv sole alighted On the house top trembling frighted Or in couert out of sight I vvatch restles all the night verse 8 All the day my foes iniurious Me reproch against me furious To destroy me are inraged Gainst me are by oath ingaged verse 9 Dust and ashes ouer-spred me Which in sted of bread hath fed me All my drink is mingled still VVith the tears my eyes distill verse 10 For thy vvrath and indignation To my trouble and vexation Me on high hath eleuated Dovvn again precipitated verse 11 All my times and dayes assigned Like a shadovv are declined Wasting they avvay do pas I am vvithered like the gras verse 12 But thou Lord our God supernall Art for euermore eternall Thy memoriall dureth euer To all ages failing neuer verse 13 Thou shalt raise thy self arising Povvrfull iustice exercising Thou vvilt shevv thy mercy great On thy Sion thy ovvn seat For if euer thou vvilt saue her Novv is time to shevv thy fauer To compassion be inclined Novv is come the time assigned verse 14 For the stones therof deiected Haue thy seruants much affected Mouldred dust therof doth moue Them to pitty vvhich it loue verse 15 Heathen people thy Name hearing Shall submit thy great Name fearing All the Kings on earth aspiring Shall thy glory see admiring verse 16 When the Lord vvhom vve rely on Shall rebuild his sacred Sion He shall in his glory bright Vnto all appeare in sight verse 17 He vvill hear the supplication Of the poore in tribulation When the destitute complaineth Their complaints he nere disdaineth Pause verse 18 For the future generation Shall be vvrit this declaration That all ages may relate And vvith praise it celebrate People vvhich shall be created To Gods seruice consecrated Shall sing praises and thanksgiuing To the Lord God euerliuing verse 19 For he hath in mercies ample Lookt dovvn from his sacred Temple God did vievv vvith gracious eyes Lovvly earth frem lofty skyes For to heare the prisners groning verse 20 And compassionate their moninge To release their bonds inclined VVhich are vnto death assigned verse 21 That in Sion of Gods glory They may celebrate the story And declare his sacred praise In Ierusalem alvvayes verse 22 VVhen together
shall this behold Therin take ioy and pleasure Bad men their tongs shall hold perplexed vvithout measure verse 43 VVho vvisdom true attaineth And vvill these thingâ— obserue Of Gods grace knovvledg gaineth That he the Lord may serue Let men vvith thanks confes Gods mercies fauourable To Adams race expres Gods vvorks most admirable Psalme 108. Prayer O God my heart is firm prepard In Psalms thy praise shall be declar'd My glory sing his vvorthy praise My Lute my Harp your selues vpraise verse 2 Before the day do davvn avvake Right early I this taske vvill take With heart and hand my voyce concenting Betimes i' th morning day preuenting verse 3 O Lord I vvill thee celebrate Among the people I 'le relate With my vvhole hearts affections Thy praise among the nations verse 4 Because thy great benignity Thy mercy and thy verity Aboue the heau'ns most high ascendeth Aboue the cloudy sky extendeth verse 5 Exalt thy self O God most high Thy glory ore the earth and sky verse 6 Thy ovvn beloued saue and free With thy right hand and ansvver me verse 7 For vvhy the Lord to vs hath said In holines I vvill be glad Diuiding Shechem at my pleasure The vale of Succoth I vvill measure verse 8 Of Galaad land both vaâ—e and mount As my possession I account Manassa rich that vvealth of thine Without all doubt becommeth mine To me doth Ephraim belong The chief part of my army strong And I the kingdom vvill deliuer To royall Iuda my Lavv-giuer verse 9 The Moabites shall then submit For seruile base employments fit As they deserue such is their lot Vnder my feet to vvash my pot And as for Edom this I 'le doe I ouer it vvill cast my shoe Ore Palestina that proud nation I vvill triumph vvith exultation verse 10 But vvho vvill lead me novv along Into the city builded strong For sure defence vvhere I may bide VVho into Edom vvill me guide verse 11 Wilt thou O God not this effect Who vs thy people didst reiect And thou O God vvouldst not instruct vs Nor lead our armies nor conduct vs. verse 12 Novv giue thou vs help from distres Against those vvho vvould vs oppres Saue vs for there is none that can On earth vain is the help of man verse 13 God giues vs valor to preuaile Against all those that vs assaile And he vvill by his mighty povver Tread dovvn them vvho vvould vs deuoure Psalme 109. Prayer O Lord God of my praise and glory From me in silence do not tary verse 2 From false tongs levvdly lovvdly lying Against me vntruths multiplying Their mouthes deceitfull novv sâ— cope Me falsly to condemn they hope verse 3 VVith vvords malitious they surround me With vvar pernicious to confound me verse 4 For loue vvhich I on them bestovved Their hate against me they haue shovved But I to pray my self addrest For succor causelesly distrest verse 5 My good vvill they vvith ill requited My loue to them their hate excited verse 6 The vvicked one vvhich doth deuovver Shall therfore ouer him haue povver His enemy shall ready stand Perniciously at his right hand verse 7 VVhen he before the Iudg is proued As guilty he shall be remoued When he his prayr shall haue erected VVith shame it shall return reiected verse 8 His dayes a number small shall make Another shall his office take Pause verse 9 His Orphans all shall be oppressed His vviddovv euermore distressed verse 10 His children vagabonds be taken And vvandring lurke in streets forsaken In secret beg from gate to gate And lurke in corners desolate verse 11 His goods by vs'rers shall be snared His toyles be spoyles by robbers shared verse 12 VVhen he in vvant is like to perish In mercy no man shall him cherish Nor shall there any for his sake On his poor Orphans pitty take Pause verse 13 His race and all his generation Shall suffer vtter extirpation And in the age that next doth follovv Obliuion shall his black name svvollovv verse 14 The Lord shall euer mindefull be Of his fathers iniquity Forgetfulnes shall neuer smother The vvickednesses of his mother verse 15 The Lord shall giue them pardon neuer They shall be odious to him euer He shall them put to endlesse shame From earth shall cut their hatefull name verse 16 For he had no commiseration Nor minded poor mens tribulation But on the needy vvhich did languish Perplexed in extremest anguish His fury he did execute Their life to death did persecute verse 17 In cursing others he delighted With curses he shall be requited He blessing hated neuer loued From him shall blessing be remoued verse 18 Himself vvith cursed furious vvrath As vvith a garment cloath'd he hath Into his belly like to vvater Throughout his bovvels it shall scatter verse 19 Into his bones still penetrating Like corsiue oyl them macerating As garments giâ—t about his vvaste Close to him alvvaies sticking fast verse 20 This shall to my foes be avvarded The Lord vvill haue them thus revvarded He vvill confound them that annoy me Whose slandrous tongs seek to destroy me But thou O Lord for thy Names sake Be good to me some pitty take Pause verse 21 Thou Lord of goodnes art the giuer Of thy great mercy me deliuer verse 22 For I am needy and oppressed My heart is vvounded and distressed verse 23 Like to a shadovv I decline At euen vvhen light doth cease to shine From place to place tost I betake me Leap like a locust they do make me verse 24 My knees are feeble grovvn vvith fasting My flesh avvay from bones is vvasting My ioynts all fleshles naked are And all my body leane and bare verse 25 I their reproches haue endured Their scoffs to beare I am inured Beholding me in anguish painfull At me they shake their heads disdainfull verse 26 My Lord my God O ayd thou me In mercy let me saued be verse 27 Let them all knovv thou Lord didst do it That thou didst set thy hand vnto it VVe this deliuerance had not gained If thy might had not vs sustained verse 28 Though they their curse on vs bestovv That thou dost bles vs let them knovv VVhen they arise vvith rage inflamed Cast thou them dovvn abasht ashamed Thy seruant raise vvith ioy abounding verse 29 But cloth my foes vvith shame confounding By themselues let them couer'd be As vvith a cloke of infamy verse 30 Lord vvith my mouth I vvill confes thee In great assemblies I vvill bles thee I 'le praise thee for thy excellency verse 31 For thou by thy omnipotency VVilt ayd the poore him saue from them VVhich vvickedly his soule condem Psalme 110. Doctrin prophecy THe mighty Lord vnto my Lord declared His sacred minde to him these vvords he spake At my right hand take thou thy seat prepared Vntill thy foes thy footstool I shall make verse 2 From Sion hill to thee the Lord eternall Shall send the rod and scepter of thy might And thou shalt
fire deuovvred His burning ire like lightning forth did fly That coles of fire euen kindled vvere therby verse 10 He bovvd the heaun's dovvn from thence descended Beneath his feet dark misty clouds extended verse 11 On Cherubins he riding mounted high And on the vvings of svvift vvinds he did fly Pause verse 12 Black gloomy clouds vvith darknes him did couer And as a tent about him hong all ouer verse 13 Aâ—ahining light that bright before him vvas The heaâ—s of clouds disperst avvay did passe Hail mixt vvith fire amaz'd the vvorld vvith vvonder verse 14 The Lord from heau'n threvv forth his bolts of thunder The most high God sent forth his voyce vvhose ire Cast lightnings forth hailstones and coles of fire verse 15 His shafts he shot their troups disperst distrayed His lightnings he threvv forth and them dismaied verse 16 At thy rebuke O LORD and at the blast That vvhirlvvind like thy nostrils forth did cast The chanels void of vvaters vvere espyed Foundations of the vvorld vvere bare discryed verse 17 From heau'n he sent to take me safe to keep And drevv me out of many vvaters deep verse 18 He set me free from my strong foe remoued From hatefull foes too strong for me vvho proued verse 19 Me in distres vnvvares they did preuent But then the Lord my stay me succour sent verse 20 He brought me forth set free in place most spatious Because to me he pleased to be gratious verse 21 As I vvas iust the LORD did me regard And as my hands vvere clean did me revvard verse 22 Because the vvayes of God I had obserued And haue not from him as the vvicked svverued verse 23 His iudgments all before me vvere alvvay His lavves from me I did not put avvay verse 24 I vpright vvas vvith him clear and vnstained And from my sin my self strictly restrained verse 25 GOD did revvard me as I vvas vpright And as my hands vvere clean in his eye sight Pause verse 26 VVith gracious men thou to be gracious louest Good to the good iust to the iust thou prouest verse 27 Pure to the pure kinde thou art to the kinde But frovvard men shall thee as frovvard finde verse 28 For thou vvilt saue thy people poor afflicted But vvilt cast dovvn high lookes to pride addicted verse 29 The LORD my GOD vvill giue my candle light And make my night as day shine clear and bright verse 30 For I brake through the battaile by thy povver By thee my God I leapt ore vvall and tovver The vvay and vvord of God is perfect tride As gold in fire refinde and purifide verse 31 He is a shield and fort of strong resistance To all that trust in him and his assistance verse 32 For vvho is GOD besides the LORD of might Who is a rock but God that iudgeth right verse 33 With strength God girds me high atchieuements daring Before me strayt and clear my vvay preparing verse 34 He makes my feet to run svvift as the Hinde Sets me on high vvhere places safe I finde verse 35 Such vvarlike skill he teacheth me t is vvonder Makes my armes breake a bovv of steel in sunder verse 36 Thou hast giu'n me thy strong saluations shield And thy right hand hath firmly me vpheld Thy gentlenes my errors rectifying Hath made me great in goodnes multiplying verse 37 My steps thou hast made steddy large and vvide From vnderme that my feet did not slide verse 38 My foes I chas'd and ouertooke them flying I turnd not back till they were dead or dying verse 39 I vvounded them they could not rise at all Beneath my feet I made them dovvn to fall Pause verse 40 Thou hast girt me vvith vvarlike strength endevved And vnderme hast all my foes subdevved verse 41 Thou hast giu'n me my foes necks subiugate That I might them destroy that me doe hate verse 42 They cry'd for ayd but there vvas none to saue them They calld to God but he no ansvver gaue them verse 43 Before the vvinde as dust I bet them small I cast them out as dirt i' th street to fall verse 44 Thou hast me sau'd from their rage that inuade me Ore Nations thou to rule as head hast made me A people strange vvhom I did neuer knovv Shall vnto me submissiue seruice shovv verse 45 When they shall heare of me vvithout delaying Strangers shall yeeld me homage-faind obeying verse 46 Strange children vvhich in secret places dvvell To vanish from their sorts feare shall compell verse 47 LIue blessed LORD my strong fortification Exalted be the God of my saluation verse 48 With vengeance iust the LORD my foes pursevvs Aâ—d vâ—der me the people he subdevvs verse 49 I from my foes am freed by thy protection Ore them that make against me insurrection Thou hast me raisd and safe deliuerd me From violence of men that cruell be verse 50 Therfore my GOD among the heathen Nation I le praise thy Name vvith thankfull gratulation verse 51 It is the LORD our GOD omnipotent Who to his King hath great deliuerance sent VVho mercy hath to Dauid his anointed And to his race for euermore appointed Psalme 19. Doctrin THe heau'ns so framed are That they to all declare GOD'S glory doth excell The skyes and firmament Bright clear and permanent His handy vvork doth tell verse 2 Day vnto day doth teach And of the LORD do preach His vvondrous povvr relating Night vnto night doth shovv That euery one may knovv His vvisdome them creating verse 3 Ther is no speech nor land But doth this vnderstand Though it far distant lyes Yet doth it hear the noise Acknovvledging the voice And language of the skyes Their line and vvords extend To earths remotest end Throughout the vvorld directing verse 4 VVherin he for the Sun Built a pauilion Bright radiant rays reflecting verse 5 Who like a braue bridegrom Fresh from his chamber com When he abroad appeares As champion stout of hart Doth ioy to act his part To run his race him cheares verse 6 He setting forth to goe His iourney to and fro From heau ns remotest ending Huge circle runs amain Till he returns again His heat to all extending Pause verse 7 The Lavv of God the Lord Most perfect is his Word The soul vvith life supplyes His testimonies true With vvisdome do indue The simple making vvise verse 8 Of God the LORD of might The statutes all are right The heart vvith ioy relieuing The LORDS comands are pure Directing safe and sure Vnto the eyes light giuing verse 9 The vvorship and the fear Of him do cleane appeare To perpetuitie The iudgments of the LORD With truth and right accord All full of equitie verse 10 They are to be admir'd And more then gold desir'd Then much fine gold beloued Then hony that doth come From dropping hony comb To tast more svveet approued verse 11 Therby also from sins Thâ— seruant vvarnd begins To stand vpon his guard For vvho vvith vvisdom deep
To vvhom his sins the LORD hath not imputed Within vvhose soul doth dvvell integrity Free from all fraud guile and hypocrisie verse 3 VVhen silence I did keep from speech long ceasing My hainous sins concealed not confessing My flesh and bones consumed as vvith age And all day long roaring vvith torments rage verse 4 For day and night thy hand me sore distressed Thy heauy plagues incessant me oppressed So vvasted vvas my natiue moisture spent It did the drought of summer represent verse 5 Then I to thee my trespasses confessed And freely my transgressions I expressed LORD I vvill shevv said I my faults to thee And thou forgau'st my sins iniquitie verse 6 For this each one thy grace and glory minding By prayr shall seek thy face in time of finding The vvaues of vvoe to him shall not come neare Afflictions stouds he needeth not to feare Pause verse 7 My refuge sure thou art me secret hiding From trouble thou shalt keep me safe abiding For giuing me deliuerance by thy grace VVith songs of ioy thou vvilt me round imbrace verse 8 Come thou to me that so I may instruct thee And in the vvay that thou shalt goe conduct thee Thee to direct my counsell thou shalt try And I vvill guide thee alvvay vvith mine eye verse 9 Be not like them vvho haue no vnderstanding Like horse and mule vvhom vvithout bit commanding Thou canst not rule vvhose mouth must be restrained With bit or spur to stay or goe constrained verse 10 With many griefs the vvicked shall be vexed With sorrovves great they shall be all perplexed But in the LORD vvho all his trust doth place Compassion shall him compas and imbrace verse 11 Be glad ye iust and in the LORD take pleasure Reioyce in GOD vvho is your comforts treasure All ye that are in faithfull heart vpright Shout ye aloud for ioy vvith true delight Psalme 33. Doctrine WIth ioyfull shouts peals gladly ringing Ye righteous in the LORD reioyce It vvell becoms you his praise singing Praise ye the LORD vvith Harp and voice Making musick meetest Consorts sounding svveetest On the Psalterie VVith ten strings resounding Sing Psalms to him sounding Praise his Name vvith glee verse 3 Sing to the LORD vvith voice melodious In nevv songs shevv his praise your ioyes Play skilfully vvith sounds harmonious Triumphantly vvith lovvdest noyse verse 4 For Gods Word delightfull Is most iust and rightfull His vvorks â—â—thfull bide All things he composeth Faithfully disposeth Them in truth doth guide verse 5 He righteousnes for euer loueth And Iudgment iust doth please his vvill The earth his bounteous mercy proueth The Lords great goodnes doth it fill verse 6 GODS Word heau'n created On high scituated When the vvord he said His mouth on them breathed He their form bequeathed All their Host he made Pause verse 7 The vvaters he vp heaps together VVithin the Sea by povvr diuine The deeps he keeps all flovving thither Stor'd vp vvithin his magazine verse 8 Then let all earth feare him And high reuerence beare him Who is GOD the LORD In the vvorld all dvvelling Feare his povvr excelling Tremble at his vvord verse 9 For vvhat he said it vvas fulfilled It vvas performed readily And vvhat his sacred vvord had vvilled It stood remaining steadily verse 10 Heathen enterprises Counsels and deuises GOD doth dissipate Peoples consultations Wicked machinations He doth nihilate verse 11 The Lords most sacred cogitations Shall stand for euer firm and sure His counsels through all generations And thoughts of his heart ay endure verse 12 Blessed is that Nation People Congregation Whos 's GOD is the LORD VVhom he doth inherit Chosen by his spirit Purchast by his Word Pause verse 13 The Lord our God the heau'n vnfoldeth And looketh dovvnvvard from the sky He all the sons of men beholdeth And on them sets his vvatchfull ey verse 14 From his habitation In high contemplation He beholdeth vvell His eye doth discouer All the earth quite ouer Them vvho there do dvvell verse 15 For he his might povver shovveth Conforming all their hearts alone He vnderstandeth vvell and knovveth Their vvorks considering euery one verse 16 Great Hosts compleat armed Though like Bees they svvarmed Cannot saue a King Strength of man can neuer Him saue or deliuer From deaths killing sting verse 17 He is deceiued vvho accounteth Himselfe to saue by strength of horse Though he in courage fierce surmounteth He none shall saue by his great force verse 10 Lo the Lord ay vievveth Them vvith grace rendevveth VVho vvith feare him serue Who in him affyeth On his grace relyeth He vvill them preserue Pause verse 19 Their souls he vvill keep saue from dying Death shall not them of life depriue With plenteous food them all supplying In famin them to keep aliue verse 20 On the Lord relying To him vve applying Our soules him attend His ayd and his fauer Is our shield and sauer He doth vs defend verse 21 Our heart reioyceth in him solely In him vve ioy vvho is most iust For in his Name vvhich is most holy We setled haue our hope and trust verse 22 Lord our God most gratious Let thy mercy spacious Euer on vs be Let thy might maintain vs And thy grace sustain vs As vve trust in thee Psalme 34. Alphabeticall Doctrin AT all times I vvill bles The Lord my God his vvorthy praise His glory and renovvn alvvayes My mouth shall still expres verse 2 Break forth my souls glad voyce Boast in thy gloriouâ— Sauer deare The faithfull meeke therof shall heare And shall vvith me reioyce verse 3 Come laud the Lord vvith me Him magnifie extoll his Name Let vs him praise and raise his fame Together all ioyntly verse 4 Duely the Lord I sought VVho graciously my suit did heare And freed me soone from all my feare My full deliuerance vvrought verse 5 Euen they that did expect And looke for fauor gaind his grace Shame did not make them hide their face Nor did it them deiect verse 6 For this poor man did call For help at need the Lord did heare And freed him from distres and feare Sau'd him from troubles all Pause verse 7 Gods Angels pitch their tent About them that in feare him serue From all distres them to preserue All dangers to preuent verse 8 Hovv gracious is the Lord Hovv good is he O tast and see He blessed shall for euer be VVho trusteth in his vvord verse 9 Iehouah's children deare Feare ye the Lord but feare no vvant For nothing is or shall be scant To them that him do feare verse 10 In hunger Lyons ly But they that seek God shall not vvant Nor any good to them be scant VVho on the Lord rely verse 11 Keep ye attentiue eare My children deare come neer and learn Tru vvisdom to knovv and discern The Lord your God to feare verse 12 Long life vvho doth desire VVho loueth many dayes to see Of comfort and prosperitie Tru riches to acquire verse 13 Must
might my right is knovvn and tryed Ore all the heathen I vvill raign On earth exalted I 'le remain verse 11 In brief this is our consolation The LORD of hosts is our saluation The God of Iacob gracious iust Our refuge is in vvhom vve trust Psalme 47. Reioycing PEople of all Lands Ioyfull clap your hands Praising God our King Shout triumphant sing VVith a strong shrill voyce Chearefully reioyce verse 2 For the LORD most hig Far aboue the sky Is of dreadfull might Terrible in fight Monarch ouer all Kings terrestriall verse 3 He the people shall Vnto vs make thrall He them dovvn belovv Vnder vs doth throvv Nations shall submit Themselues at our feet verse 4 He our heritance Chosen doth aduance Iacobs excellence Is in his defence Whom he hath approu'd And intirely lou'd verse 5 Our God vp is gon Mirthfull marching on With triumphant noise High expressing ioyes In the LORD reioyce With the trumpets voice verse 6 Sing praise to the Lord Psalms to him accord Praise to our God sing Sing praise to our King verse 7 GOD is ouer all Kings terrestriall Psalms instructing vvell Sing ye that excell verse 8 God raigns and commands All the heathen lands He doth sit vpon His high holy Throne verse 9 Peeres and Princes ioyn And vvith them combine Who themselues declare That they people are Of him that became God of Abraham For God sole soueraign Doth keep and retain In his povverfull hands All shields of all lands His fame high is rais'd His great Name be prais'd Psalme 48. Thanksgiuing GReat is the LORD in this his seat His praises are exceeding great In our God's city his ovvn dvvelling His sacred mountain high excelling verse 2 Sion mountain is in place Full of beauty full of grace Northvvard being scituated To the great King consecrated All the earth therevvith delighted To reioyce there are inuited verse 3 In Sions palace God is knovvn For refuge and deliuerance shovvn verse 4 For lo the Kings their forces ioyned They marched there in league combined verse 5 When they had therof the sight They amazed tooke their flight They and all their troupes astounded Terrifyde vvith fear confounded verse 6 So great horror them agasted Quite avvay they headlong hasted Such trembling fright hold on them tooke That they like traueling vvomen shooke verse 7 Thy eastern tempests storms like thunder Their Tarshish nauy tore in sunder verse 8 VVondrous acts such as vve heard Like hath novv to vs appeard In the city high renovvned VVith the LORD of hosts name crovvned VVhere remaines the sacred dvvelling Of the LORD our GOD excelling Pause The LORD vvill it establish sure For euermore it shall endure verse 9 In midst LORD of thy habitation Thy mercies are our meditation verse 10 LORD according to thy Name And the greatnes of the same So is thy great praise transcending To earths vtmost ends extending Iustice plentifull redoundeth In thy right hand it aboundeth verse 11 Let all in Sions sacred mount Be glad and let the ioyes surmount Of Iudahs daughters amiable For all thy iudgments admirable verse 12 VValk about fair Sions mount Tovvers built thereon recount verse 13 Vievv the Forts vvith circumspection Mark the Pallaces perfection That ye may make the relation To each future generation verse 14 For this God is our God for ay Is euer our defence and stay He is and vvill be our protection In life and death all our direction Psalme 49. Doctrin TO this my speech all people giue good eare All dvvellers in the earth attentiue heare verse 2 The noble and the base both rich and poore All famous and obscure both high and lore verse 3 My mouth shall speak of vvisdom prudent speach My hearts discourse shall vnderstanding teach verse 4 I vvill incline my eare to heare reuealed VVith harp exprest my parable concealed verse 5 VVhy should I feare vvhen euill dayes approach VVhen on me grief and trouble doe incroch And vvhen my sins and foes vvhich do abound Me close at heeles pursevving shall surround verse 6 VVho of his vvealth and povver is confident And boasteth of his riches insolent verse 7 His brothers life cannot saue nor redeeme it Nor ransom pay at vvhich God doth esteem it verse 8 Too deare the price is their souls to release For him to pay it shall for euer cease verse 9 That euer he might liue perpetually And in the pit corruption neuer see verse 10 For he obserues the vvise and prudent dyes They perish as the bruitish fool likevvise At length their strength health vvealth breath death bereaueth All he did ovvn to heirs vnknovvn he leaueth verse 11 Their invvard thought vvhich busieth most their brain Is that their house for euer may remain Their dvvellings to eternize and their fames From age to age their lands do beare their names verse 12 But man by no meanes can himselfe assure That he being in honor shall endure He bideth not nor long this life enioyeth Him like to beasts that perish death destroyeth Pause verse 13 This is their vvay vvhich to no other end But vanity and foolishnes doth tend Their children yet all trained to their trade Approue applaud and laud vvhat they haue said Selah verse 14 Slain as the sheep they in the graue are put Death on their flesh feeding himself doth glut But the vpright all in the morning glorious Dominion shall haue ouer them victorious Their beauty shall be vvasted in the graue Quite from the place vvhere they their dvvelling haue But God vvill me redeem from povvr of hell For he shall me receiue vvith him to dvvell verse 16 VVhen one grovves rich fear not nor him enuy VVhen honors of his house do multiply Selah verse 17 For vvhen he dyes he nought avvay shall carry His glory shall not vvith him goe not tarry verse 18 VVho in this life himselfe doth gratulate And to himself doth good they celebrate verse 19 He shall goe to his fathers out of sight In place obscure and neuer see the light verse 20 The man vvhose state in vvorldly honour flovves But knovvledg vvants still sensuall senceles grovves Nor vnderstands at all vvhat he enioyeth Is like brute beasts vvhom sudden death destroyeth Psalme l. Doctrin THe mighty GOD the LORD eternall blest Hath spoke and cald the earth from East to VVest verse 2 From Sion fair in perfect beauty bright Our God hath shin'd and shovvd forth glorious light verse 3 Our God vvill come his Maiesty reuealing His sentence iust in silence not concealing Before him fire deuouring shall abound About him stormes and tempests shall surround verse 4 To heauen aboue for vvitnes he vvill call And earth beneath to iudg his people all verse 5 My gracious Saints assemble ye combined With me in league by sacrifice assigned verse 6 The heauens shall shevv his righteousnes and might For God himself is Iudg most iust and right Sela. verse 7 My people heare to Israel speak vvill I I am thy GOD to
vvill turn back all terrifyed This sure I knovv for I haue often tryed That God is still vvith me verse 10 The Lord my God by me shall praised be And of his Word vvill I sing ioyfully Because perform his promise sure vvill he The LORD is my saluation verse 11 On him I trust and build my hopes foundation Therfore I vvill not feare the machination verse 12 Of mortall man My vovves gratification To thee Lord vvill I pay Vnto thee Lord vvill I giue thanks alvvay And I vvill sing thy praises day by day To thee O Lord I vvill confes and say Thou Lord vvilt me deliuer verse 13 From direfull death thou art the only giuer Of safety sure so that my feet shall neuer In danger slide but vpright vvalk for euer In thy life 's lightned vvay Psalme 57. Prayer THy mercy shevv some pitty take on me For O my God my soul doth trust in thee And till these vvoes and troubles be past ouer My soul doth hope thou my defence vvilt be And that vvith thy vvings shade thou vvilt me couer verse 2 Vnto the Lord my God vvho is most high Will I lift vp my voyce and to him cry verse 3 His promise sure vvho keeps vvho by his povver From heau'n vvill saue me from mine enemy Confounding him vvho seeks me to deuovver Selah verse 4 My soul alas distres doth novv compell Mongst Lyons fierce and raging still to dvvell Among men set on fire inflamed fuell Whose teeth are speares and shafts sharp long and fell Whose tongs like svvords do vvound vvith vvords most cruel Pause verse 5 Exalt thy self O God aboue the sky And on the earth aduance thy glory high verse 6 They set a net my steps to haue insnared My humbled soul dovvn bovved lovv doth ly For me my foes a deep pit haue prepared verse 7 Mine enemies before me digd a pit And they themselues are faln dovvn into it Selah Wherfore O God my heart is novv prepared My heart O Lord to praise thee is made fit Thy praises in my song shall be declared verse 8 My glory vvake Harpe Lute avvake I say For I my self vvill vvake ere break of day verse 9 Among the throng in frequent congregations To thee O Lord confessing I vvill pray And praise thy Name O Lord among the Nations verse 10 For mercy thine is as the heau'n most high Thy truth extends vnto the cloudy sky Exalt thy self aboue the heau'n supernall Let all the earth O GOD thee glorifie And sound thy praise O Lord most high eternall Psalme 58. Consolation YE Rulers all to vvhom the trust is Committed to defend the right Against oppressors vvrongfull might Are all your iudgments truth and iustice Ye sons of men haue you regard To all iust iudgment to avvard verse 2 Your mindes on mischief still are musing Your hands vvith vvrongs ye do pollute For cruelties ye execute The Land vvith measures false abusing verse 3 These vvicked men vvho iustice hate From God are strangers alienate Eu'n from the vvomb they haue reiected The truth for error speaking lyes verse 4 Within their brests fell venim lyes VVith poysnous Serpents rage infected And like the Adder deaf vvhose eare He stops because he vvill not heare verse 5 The skilfull charmers voyce not hearing Though of all Charmers chief vvere he verse 6 LORD let their teeth all broken be Within their yavvning mouthes appearing Lord break the Lyons cruell iavves Pull out their fangs cut off their clavves Pause verse 7 Let them as vvater in the riuers Avvay all vnregarded fall verse 8 Their arrovves cut in pieces small Them scatter shatter into shiuers Let them consume avvay as snailes That dry and dy vvhen moysture failes As vvomens fruit vntimely dyeth Nere seeing light abortiue born verse 9 Before the bramble bush or thorn Do prick or burn svvift vengeance flyeth And like a vvhirlvvind them aliue VVith furious force avvay shall driue verse 10 Then shall vvith gladnes mirth pleasure The righteous man right ioyfull be When he the vvicked men shall see Fall vnder vengeance dreadfull measure He in the bloud of vvicked men Shall vvash his feet Man shall say then verse 11 The righteous shall be vvell regarded He shall the fruit and profit gain Of all his labour not in vain With plenty he shall be revvarded For sure there is a God of might That iudgeth all the vvorld by right Psalme lix Prayer MY GOD my enemies surround me Saue me from them that vvould confound me Let me my God defended be From them that rise vp against me verse 2 Deliuer me from all transgressors saue me from them that be oppressors From vvorkers of iniquity From cruell men and bloud-thirsty verse 3 For loe they all my vvayes espying To take my life in vvait are lying Lord mighty men their forces bend Gainst me vvho them did not offend verse 4 With speed prepard they haue intended To punish me vvho nere offended Therfore arise behold and see And vvith thy might assist thou me verse 5 Lord God of hosts vvhose mighty povver Is Israels defensiue tovver The heathen visit thou avvake And on them all due vengeance take To none let mercy be extended Who of meer malice haue offended Selah verse 6 I' th euening they run to and fro About the streets they rambling go â—ike hounds they hovvl their mouthes loud sounding verse 7 Their speech vvith brags and boasts abounding â—ith cruell lips like sharpned svvords For vvho say they do hear our vvords verse 8 But thou LORD vvilt reproue and chide them â—isdainfully thou vvilt deride them â—nd laughing at their lust disgrace â—halt mock the heathen to their face verse 9 Because my strength on thee dependeth On thee alone my soul attendeth For only God defendeth me My high tovvr of defence is he verse 10 The God of mercy is my Sauer He shall preuent me vvith his fauer The Lord vvill surely suffer me On my foes my desire to see Pause verse 11 But suddenly O Lord them slay not That our remembrance soone decay not But by degrees them all abroad Disperse by thy great povver O God Them all vvith shame dovvn lovv deiect thou Thou art our shield vs Lord protect thou verse 12 Because their vvicked mouthes abound In sin their lips vvith lyes resound They in their pride shall be surprised For cursed plots vvhich they deuised For execrations fraud and vvrongs verse 13 Proceeding from their lying tongs In thy fierce anger fury fuming Confound thou them all quite consuming That nothing may them ere restore Destroy them that they be no more That they may knovv in Iacob raigneth The God that euermore remaineth Whose rule and empire doth extend Vnto the vvorlds remotest end Selah verse 14 They in the euening back returning Enraged mad vvith fury burning As dogs do grin bark vvhine and cry About the city rambling pry verse 15 From place to place they shift still changing Sharking for meat in hunger ranging And vvhen
they cannot satisfie Their greedy mavves they hovvl and cry verse 16 VVhile I shall sing vvith voyce high strained And publish forth vvith heart vnfained Thy mercy povvr and grace diuine As soone as early day doth shine For thou hast safely me defended When I distrest on thee depended verse 17 Thou art my strength my God my King To thee O Lord I Psalms vvill sing For God is my fortification My high defence and my saluation His grace to me I euer proue The God of mercy peace and loue Psalme 60. Prayer O God thou didst vs quite reiect And scattring vs thou didst deiect Thou hast against vs bin displeas'd Return to vs and be appeas'd verse 2 The earth to tremble thou hast made Thou hast it broke and vvaste it layd The breaches and the broken shiuers Heal thou for novv it quakes and quiuers verse 3 Thou in thy vvrath didst vs procure Great grieuous troubles to endure To tast and drink didst vs assigne Abhorred cups of deadly vvine verse 4 But yet thou Lord such loue dost beare To them that thee do serue and feare That thou hast giuen to them a banner To be displayd thy truth to honor Selah verse 5 That they vvho are belou'd of thee May by thy ayd deliuer'd be With thy righthand them gard and saue And let our prayr thy audience haue verse 6 God in his holines hath said I vvill reioyce in giuing ayd I Shechem vvill diuide at pleasure And Succoth valley I vvill measure Pause verse 7 Of Gilead land both vale and mount As my possession I account Manasseh rich I vvill assigne That it for euer shall be mine To me doth Ephraim belong The chief part of my army strong And I the kingdom vvill deliuer To royall Iudah my Lavv-giuer verse 8 The Moabites to their disgrace Shall haue employment seruile base As they deserue I le them allot Vnder my feet to vvash the pot And as for Edom this I 'le doe I ouer it vvill cast my shoe Ore Palestina that proud nation I vvill triumph in exultation verse 9 But vvho vvill lead me novv along Into the city builded strong For sure defence vvhere I may bide VVho into Edom vvill me guide verse 10 VVilt thou O God not this effect VVho vs thy people didst reiect And thou O God vvouldst not instruct vs Nor lead our armies nor conduct vs. verse 11 But giue vs novv help from distres Against them that vvould vs oppres Saue vs for there is none that can On earth vain is the help of man God giues vs valor to preuaile Against all them vvho vs assaile And he vvill by his mighty povver Tread dovvn them that vvould vs deuoure Psalme Lxj. Prayer LOrd my God hear thou my crying To thee flying Giue eare to my prayâ—r and mone verse 2 From earths end vvhen griefs oppres me And distres me I vvill cry to thee alone To the rock then I far higher I aspier By thy ayd O lead thou me verse 3 For thou art my safe strong tovver thy great povver Saues me from my enemy verse 4 In thy sacred house before thee to adore thee Euermore vvill I remain Vnder thy vvings shade protection and refection Confident I shall obtain Selah verse 5 For thou Lord my God hast daigned vvhen I plained To my plaints thy gratious care And hast giu'n me by thy spirit to inherit VVith them vvho thy Name do feare verse 6 To the royall King elected high erected Length of dayes thou added hast Many yeares to thy annointed hast appointed Which from age to age shall last verse 7 In Gods presence him safe guiding he abiding Shall remain eternally Make thou for his preseruation preparation Of thy grace and verity verse 8 So shall I vvith thanks abounding Psalms resounding Sing praise to thy Name for ay That I vvith my best indeuer may perseuer Daily all my vovves to pay Psalme Lxij Consolation MY soul on God alone attends VVho me assistance surely sends verse 2 He is my Rock my saluation In greatest dangers dravving nigh He me defendeth from on high Vnmou'd I stand on firm foundation verse 3 Hovv long vvill ye bend all your might To harm the man that is vpright A violent death shall you deuovver So shall ye all be slain and fall Like to a crazie broken vvall And as a ruind tottring tovver verse 4 Consulting they complots contriue Him of his honour to depriue And him deiect by their false dealing They in deceitfull lyes delight Their tongs do blesse in outvvard sight But invvardly curse spight concealing verse 5 But thou my soul on God only Attend and vvayt thou patiently From him is all my hope expected verse 6 He is my rock and sure defence He saueth me from violence Vnmou'd I shall not be deiected Pause verse 7 God is my glories excellence God is my Rock and sure defence verse 8 Ye people trust in him assured Alvvay your selues to him conuert To him confes povvr out your heart God is our refuge safe secured Selah verse 9 All men of high and lovv degree Are lyes deceit and vanitie Of no account or reputation If in the ballance they be layd And vvith light vanity be vvayd They less appear in estimation verse 10 Ye that are mighty povvrfull strong The poor and vveak rob not nor vvrong Nor vainly trust in proud oppression If riches ye increasing get Your heart vpon them do not set VVhich are vncertain in possession verse 11 The Lord hath said this once and tvvise I heard his voyce giue this aduice That vnto GOD all povvr pertaineth verse 12 All mercy LORD is thine alone For by thy bounty euery one According to his vvork obtaineth Psalme 63. Prayer O LORD I haue no God but thee I vvill seek thee betimes in anguish For thee my soul vvith thirst doth languish And oft it faints and failes in me My flesh such pining pain hath tryed For vvant of thee to ease my grief Longing to tast of thy relief In desart land vnvvatred dryed verse 2 That I might yet again once more Behold thy povver and thy glory Within thy sacred Sanctuary As I haue seene thee heretofore verse 3 For better far then life desired Thy grace and loue is vnto me Therfore my lips shall vnto thee Sing lovvd thy land and praise inspired verse 4 And so shall I thee celebrate Still blessing thee vvhile I am liuing And in thy Name to thee thanksgiuing My heart and hands vvill eleuate verse 5 So shall my soul be satisfied With marrovv and vvith fatnes store With ioyfull lips I euermore Shall praise thee highly glorified verse 6 I thee remember vvhen to sleep On silent bed I rest reposed On thee to meditate disposed VVhen nightly vvatches gardâ—o keep verse 7 Because thy succour safe hath made me And I thy ayd and help haue had Therfore vvith thanks I vvill be glad Reioycing that thy vvings do shade me verse 8 My soul doth follovv after thee Close
vvith svveet perfume Both Buls and Goats of greatest prises Fire on thy altar shall consume Selah verse 16 All ye that feare the LORD most blessed To vvhat I say attentiue be While by my tong shall be expressed What for my soul performd hath he verse 17 VVhen vvith my mouth to him I cryed His ayd assisted me alvvayes Therfore my toug him magnified And highly did extoll his praise verse 18 If sins aspect my heart affecteth If vvickednes in me remains Me vvith neglect the Lord reiecteth He heares me not my suit disdains verse 19 But certainly the Lord bath heard me Apparent proof therof I finde VVhen I did pray he did regard me Attentiue he my voyce did minde verse 20 My soul praise thou the Lord most blessed VVho faild me not vvhen I did pray VVho from me vvhen I vvas distressed His mercy did not take avvay Psalme 67. Thanksgiuing LOrd God to vs be fauourable To vs vouchsafe thou blessings thine Thy gracious face most amiable Vpon vs make thou bright to shine Selah verse 2 That thy vvay excelling to all on earth dvvelling May be fully knovvn And that thy saluation vnto euery nation May be plainly shovvn verse 3 Thy praise O GOD be magnified By all the people on the earth Thy Name O Lord be glorified By nations all vvith ioy and mirth verse 4 Voyces shâ—ill be singing Shouts of ioy be ringing Their acclamations Thou art Iudg vnto them Thou vvilt iustice do them Guide thou the Nations Selah verse 5 By all the people magnified Be thou Lord for thy gracious peace By people all be glorified verse 6 Then shall the earth yeeld large increase GOD shall blessings send vs Our GOD vvill defend vs And his grace vs giue God shall giue vs blessing All earths ends possessing In his feare shall liue Psalme 68. Of praise publique LEt God the povvrfull Lord arise And let his hatefull enemies VVith fear and dread confounded Be all disperst from place to place Fly from the frovvning of his face VVith gastly terror vvounded verse 2 As smoke by vvindes is suddenly Driuen quite avvay so let them be From Gods high presence banisht As vvax doth melt before the fire So be the vvicked in his ire Consum'd for euer vanisht verse 3 But let the iust before the Lord Be glad his honour to record His vvorthy praise resounding Let them before the Lord reioyce Extolling him lift vp their voyce With mirth and ioy abounding verse 4 Sing to the Lord of high renovvn His sacred Name vvith praises crovvn Whose glory is supernall VVho rideth on the clovvdy sky In royall maiesty most high Iah is his Name eternall verse 5 Before him ioy vvith thankfulnes A father to the fatherles In fauour and compassion A Iudg that vviddovvs right maintainâ— A God that vvith delight remains In 's holy habitation verse 6 God fils the empty family The barren vvith posterity With issue store indevved He frees them that vvith chains are bound Makes Rebels till the desart ground Quite vanquisht and subdevved Pause verse 7 O GOD vvhen marching thou didst goe Before thy people to and fro In vvildernes them trying Selah verse 8 The heau'ns did drop vvith melting heat The earth did quake vvith terror great Thy face them terrifying When God euen Iacobs God drevv neare VVhen he in presence did appeare The mountain Sina moued verse 9 A gracious rain a plenteous shovvr Thou on thy heritage didst povvr Thy bounty it hath proued VVhen it vvas vveary faint and dry Thou didst refresh it vvith supply verse 10 Thy people there remained Thou LORD preparedst for the poore Thou giust them of thy goodnes store Wherby they are sustained verse 11 VVhen thou O GOD didst giue the vvord And ioyfull tydings didst afford Amid thy congregation Fair troups of Virgins pure vvere found VVho vvith triumphant thankfull sound Thereof made declaration verse 12 Strong Kings vvith armies great took flight Fled from the field in feare and fright Their shamed faces hiding Weak vvomen vvont at home to stay Marcht brauely forth and tooke the prey Rich spoiles and lands diuiding verse 13 What though ye haue endured long The fornaces of pots among Besmeared and defaced With moneâ— soot all ouer soild And vvith hard labour ouer-toild Obscured and disgraced Yet you a great change soone shall see For you made louely bright shall be As Doues vvings siluer couer In sight all glorious to behold With fethred plumes of purest gold All glittring burnisht ouer verse 14 VVhen God almighties povvrfull hand Disperst the Kings driuen from the land In fear and terror flying His peoples darknes turnd to light And they became as pure and vvhite As snovv in Salmon lying Pause verse 15 This is the mount of God most high As Basan mount so near the sky As Basan mount excelling verse 16 Why do ye mounts thus leap hop As if ye vvould vs ouertop Against vs proudly svvelling This is the Mount God loues so vvell That therein he is pleas'd to dvvell His fauour it obtaineth The Lord in grace and mercy great Hath this elected for his seat For euer here remaineth verse 17 Gods charrets tvvise ten thousand are Of Angels vvhich his povvr declare Attending he hath millions The Lord among them shevves his face As Sina's Lord in sacred place Possesseth his Pauilions verse 18 Ascending in high maiesty Thou captiue leadst captiuity O God of hosts victorious Thy gracious gifts thou dost impart To men thy seruants for thou art Most bountifull and glorious VVith them vvho of rebellious foes Become thy seruants thou vvith those For ay hast habitation verse 19 The Lord be blessed our strong God VVho vs vvith gifts doth daily load The God of our saluation Selah verse 20 He that is GOD our God vvill be Of our saluation GOD is he Our Sauiour he remaineth The LORD eternall is most strong To him the keyes of Death belong All povver to him pertaineth Pause verse 21 But God vvill vvound vvith povverfull hand The heads of those that him vvithstand In hatefull opposition And he vvill break the hairy pate Of him that sinneth obstinate Procuring self perdition verse 22 The Lord this to his people spake From Basan I again vvill take And bring you by my povver And I vvill lead ye once again Safe through the gulfe the red sea main Shall foes not you deuovver verse 23 That thy feet hauing trampled ore Dead corpses vveltring in their gore In bloud may be imbrevved Of all thy foes that thee vvithstood Dogs tongs shall lick the purple bloud From gaping vvounds issued verse 24 O God thy marches they haue seen My God my King hovv thy vvayes been VVithin thy holy places verse 25 The vangard singers led the vvay The Reer on instruments did play They marcht vvith stately paces On timbrels beating them among Triumphant Damsels sang this song Amid their congregation verse 26 Bles ye the Lord his praise declare O Israel all ye that are Of Iacobs generation
ayd or succor send me Against the vvicked or defend me Gainst vvorkers of iniquity verse 17 Vnlesse the Lord had vvith his arm My helper bin sau'd me from harm My soul had perisht suddenly verse 18 VVhen I complaind my footing slideth Thy mercy Lord vvhich sure me guideth Did me sustain held me vpright verse 19 VVhen many thoughts do trouble me In anguish and perplexitie Thy comforts svveet my soule delight verse 20 Shall vvicked Tyrants cruell raigning Haue fellovvship vvith thee remaining Their throne mischieuous lavves inuents verse 21 Themselues assembling gainst the iust To lay his honor in the dust They spill the bloud of innocents verse 22 But God the Lord is my defender My refuge is his mercy tender verse 23 He vvill revvard their vvickednes And make their sons themselues oppres And in their ovvn vnrighteousnes The Lord our God shall them suppres Psalme 95. Doctrin COme let vs sing vvith pleasant voyce To God and make a ioyfull noyse Vnto the rock of our saluation verse 2 His presence let vs come before With thanks and praises him adore Sing Psalms to him vvith exultation verse 3 For he the Lord is GOD of might Great King aboue all gods by right verse 4 He in his hands the earth infoldeth Therof the secret places deep VVithin his compas he doth keep The strength of hils he also holdeth verse 5 The sea is his he did it make The land at his hand form did takeâ— All creatures haue of him creation verse 6 Come therfore let vs fall dovvn novv Before the Lord our maker bovv All kneeling yeeld him adoration verse 7 He is our God his people vve And sheep of his ovvn pasture be His hands our safety hath procured If ye vvill heare his voyce to day Obserue ye vvell vvhat he shall say verse 8 Bevvare your hearts be not obdured As vvhen ye did at Meriba And Massa desert disobey verse 9 When in the day of prouocation Your fathers prou'd and tempted me VVhere they my mighty vvorks did see Beholding them vvith admiration verse 10 Tvvice tvventy years thrice tedious space Haue I endur'd this irksom race So long this people vext and grieu'd me I said in heart this people erre Before my vvayes they their 's prefer They haue not knovvn mine nor belieu'd me verse 11 Wherfore in my fierce vvrath and ire VVhich in my brest did flame as fire I svvare this in my indignation Since they my vvords and vvorks forgot Into my rest they enter not Much les shall haue their habitation O Sing to God nevv songs composed To God Sing all on earth reposed verse 2 Sing to the Lord his praise expres His sacred Name praise vve and bles Let his grace daily be disclosed verse 3 Among the heathen shevv his glory To people all his vvonders story verse 4 For God is great and greatly prais'd His feare aboue all Gods is rais'd For other Gods are transitory verse 5 For all the gods of other Nations Are idols vain imaginations But God the Lord vvho is most high The heau'ns hath framed and the sky Prime parcels of his ovvn creation verse 6 Might maiesty attend before him In 's Sanctuary they adore him verse 7 Ye people all vvith one accord Ascribe all glory to the Lord VVith honorable praises store him Pause verse 8 The Lord vvith praise be celebrated His Name vvith glory eleuated With you an offring for him take Into his courts an entrance make VVhich vnto him are consecrated verse 9 Before the Lord your selues assemble To vvorship him do not dissemble Approch to him vvith comly grace In 's Sanctuary at his face Let all the earth both feare and tremble verse 10 Say Nations all the Lord God raigneth His raigne eternally remaineth The vvorld by him shall stablisht be Vnmou'd The people iudg vvill he With iustice vvhich his might maintaineth verse 11 Let heau'n reioyce vvith iubilation Let earth be glad vvith exultation Let all the spacious Ocean rore verse 12 Let fields and forrests vvith their store Ring out their ioyfull acclamation verse 13 Before the Lord vvithout delaying He comes he comes no longer staying To iudg the earth vvith righteousnes And all the vvorld vvith faithfulnes With iustice people all repaying Psalme 97. Doctrin prophecy THe Lord eternall raignes VVho righteousnes maintaines Let all earth lovv and high lands Therof reioyce all Ilands verse 2 Thick clouds obscurity Surround his Maiesty Both iustice and iudgment His thrones establishment On him attendant be verse 3 The fire before him goes the flame consumes his foes VVhich round about them burneth and into ashes turneth verse 4 His lightning flashes make the vvorld inlightned quake Which vvhen the earth did see it trembled fearfully VVith terror it did shake verse 5 As vvax by fiers might so mountains melt at sight Of God the Lord eternall of earth and heau'n supernall verse 6 The heaun's his iustice tell and people all that dvvell On earth his glory see his might and maiesty His bounty doth excell Pause verse 7 Confounded be vvith shame vvho idols serue or frame VVho boast that they haue serued Vain idols grau'n or kerued Let all Gods Saints vvho be him seruing bovv the knee verse 8 VVhen Sion this did hear her ioyes did then appear For them declare did shee Thy iudgments Lord to knovv VVhich thou to them didst shovv Hath brought great consolation to Iudahs generation verse 9 For thou O Lord art high â—boue all the earth and sky Thou art exalted far aboue all gods that are To thee can none come nigh verse 10 VVho loue God loue him still and haters be of ill Abhor all levvd deuices and vvicked enterprises His Saints liues he doth saue Keeps their soules from the graue Puld from the vvicked hand of Tyrants in the land By him they freedom haue verse 11 Novv clearest light is sovvn to be by iust men movvn Delight and ioy he gaineth Whose heart vpright remaineth verse 12 Ye iust your ioyes expres your selues to mirth addres The Lord God praise and bles his gracious Name confes Record his Holines Psalme 98. Doctrin prophecy SIng to the Lord nevv songs delightfull For he great vvondrous vvorks hath done His holy arm of iustice rightfull His right hand victory hath vvon verse 2 The Lord our God hath his saluation Most gratious to all made knovvn And in the sight of euery Nation His iustice openly hath shovvn verse 3 He cald to minde his promise royall His mercy and his verity To Israel his seruant loyall He shevved his fidelity Throughout the vvorld the Lords saluation Hath clearly manifested been verse 4 Therfore to God vvith exultation Let all the earth be ioyfull seen VVith loudest shovvts and shrillest noyses Reioyce and sing vvith instrument verse 5 VVith Harps svveet sound ioyn cheerfull voyceâ— To praise the Lord nevv Psalms inuent verse 6 Before the Lord our King most gracious VVith trumpets and vvith Cornets sound verse 7 With roring noyse let
sots are they vvho do them make And vvho in them affyeth Pause verse 9 O Israel place thou thy confidence In God thy ayd thy shield and thy defence From perils he vvill vvard thee verse 10 O Aarons house place thou thy confidence In God thy ayd thy shield and thy defence From dangers he vvill gard thee verse 11 VVho feare the Lord place all your confidence And trust in him your helper your defence He is your sure saluation verse 12 The Lord did not forget vs in distres He Israel for euermore vvill bles And Aarons generation verse 13 All those that him do fear the Lord vvill bles Both yong and old the greater vvith the les Shall high be dignified verse 14 Gods mercy grace and great benignity Both vnto you and your posterity Shall still be multiplyed verse 15 Of God the Lord ye euer blessed are VVho heau'n and earth hath made vvhich do declare His povvrfull operation verse 16 The Lord himself inhabiteth high heau'n And all the earth vvith all therin hath giuen To Adams generation verse 17 Thy praise O Lord by deadmen is not shovvn By those vvho in the silent graue go dovvn Thy honor is not raised verse 18 But liuing vve thee liuing Lord adore And vve vvill praise thee euer more and more Therfore the Lord be praised Psalme 116. Thanksgiuing I Loue the Lord because he eare doth giue Vnto my voyce and to my supplication verse 2 Since he inclin'd to hear vvith acceptation Therfore vvill I call on him vvhile I liue verse 3 The pains of death did compas me about With grieuous pangs afflicted I did languish Neere to the graue in dolefull grief and anguish I on the Lords Name cald and cryed out verse 4 O Lord saue thou my soule and set it free Then did I finde the Lord most iust gracious verse 5 The mercies of the Lord are large spacious verse 6 The Lord doth keep thē safe that simple be Cast dovvn vvith grief I vvas brought very lovv He rais'd me vp in safety me inclosing verse 7 Return to rest my soule on him reposing For God on thee doth freely gifts bestovv verse 8 Because my soule from death thou didst release My eyes from teares my slippry feet from sliding verse 9 Before the Lord vvill I vvalk my steps guiding Into the land of life through paths of peace Pause verse 10 I did beleeue and therfore haue I said In my distres afflicted and tormented verse 11 My hasty tong my troubled sense preuented That lyers all men are vain is their ayd verse 12 VVhat shall I to the Lord repay for all His bounty to me vvhat gratification verse 13 I vvill take vp the cup of his saluation And thankfully on Gods Name I vvill call verse 14 Vnto the LORD my vovves novv I vvill pay In presence of his people all redeemed verse 15 The death of Gods deare Saints is high esteemed Most precious in his sight it is alvvay verse 16 Thy seruant Lord thy seruant loe am I Thy hand-maids son to serue thee ay addressed In sorrovvs straits vvhen I vvas sore distressed Thou didst release me all my bonds vnty verse 17 A thankfull heart to thee I offer vvill And call vpon thy Name vvith adoration verse 18 In presence of thy sacred congregation Novv vnto thee vvill I my vovves fulfill verse 19 VVithin the Courts of Gods ovvn house sound vve The praises of his Name vvith glory crovvned In midst of thee Ierusalem renovvned Praise ye the Lord to him a◠thankfull be Psalme Cxvij ALl Nations laud the Lord our God Praise him all people all abroad verse 2 For in his mercies bounteous Hath he exceeded tovvard vs His truth abides eternally Him therfore euer magnifie Psalme 118. Thanksgiuing prophecy TO God giue thanks all praises render Because so gracious good is he For his compassion mercy tender Endureth sure eternally verse 2 Let Israel make declaration And singing publish solemnly That his so great commiseration Most sure endures perpetually verse 3 Let Aarons house and generation Novv say declaring publikely That his great bounty and compassion Endureth sure continually verse 4 Let euery one all vvhosoeuer Doth feare and serue God faithfully Novv say his mercies ay perseuer Enduring euerlastingly verse 5 In great afflictions straits distressed I called on him earnestly He ansvverd me my vvrongs redressed From thrall at large he set me free verse 6 The Lord almighty vvho commandeth Both heauen and earth stands firm for me Me safe defending vvhile he standeth I need not feare mans enmity Pause verse 7 VVith them vvhose help I haue acquired The Lord for me stands stedfastly What I to see haue much desired My foes before my face shall flee verse 8 T is better far to haue affiance In God then in mans amity verse 9 In God 't is best to haue affiance For frail earths greatest Princes be verse 10 All nations me about surrounding Me haue besieg'd perniciously In Gods Name vvith his ayd abounding I shall destroy them vtterly verse 11 They compast me about inclosing On euery side maliciously But in the Name of God reposing I vvill destroy them totally verse 12 Like Bees about me they haue svvarmed Their vvings vvere singed instantly In Gods Name I at all points armed Shall them destroy vndoubtedly verse 13 Against me thou hast rudely rushed That I might fall dovvn suddenly At me vvith all thy povvr hast pushed But God did help me certainly verse 14 The Lord almighty is my povver Of him vvill I sing chearfully He is my refuge and my tovver He keeps me safe assuredly verse 15 The voyce of shovvting and saluation Is heard to sound most ioyfully Within the righteous habitation The Lords right hand doth valiantly Pause verse 16 The Lords right hand is magnified Exalted in most high degree The Lords right hand is dignified His vvorks are vvrought most povvrfully verse 17 Inspite of them that me enuyed I shall not dy but liue to see God 's vvorks declar'd and testified My self vvill shevv them openly verse 18 The Lord seuerely me chastised I must confes deseruedly To my instruction exercised Not to destruction finally verse 19 Ope ye to me the gates of iustice That entring in humility I to the LORD GOD vvho most iust is May render praises thankfully verse 20 This gate so beautifull erected Is God's the Lord of sanctity The righteous in his sight respected Shall enter therin peacefully verse 21 With thanks praise I vvill confes thee Thou gau'st me ansvver graciously For thy saluation I vvill bles thee And for thy great benignity Pause verse 22 The stone vvhich builders had reiected Refusing it disdainfully Is novv the chief and choise selected Adorns the corner gracefully verse 23 To be so done the Lord best thought it He did it most apparently He that vvorks vvonders he hath vvrought it In our sight it shovvs maruelously verse 24 This is the day the Lord hath made it Let vs inioy it
their vvayes There do the tribes of God ascend To Israels ark vvhere they intend To giue God thanks his Name to praise verse 5 For there are seates of iudgment plac't The thrones of Dauids house high grac't Are there establisht failing neuer verse 6 Pray for Ierusalem that peace May flourish there and neuer ceasâ— VVho loue thee they shall prosper euer verse 7 Let peace and ioy dvvell plenteously VVithin thy vvals and fortresses And in thy royall Palaces And houses all prosperity verse 8 For my deare friends and brethren sake VVhich dvvell in thee this prayr I make Let peace vvithin thee be assured verse 9 Euen for the house of God the Lord For thee vvill vve vvith one accord Seeke all the good may be procured Psalme 123. Prayer TO thee O Lord vvhose throne is in the skyes Do I lift vp mine eyes As seruants loe distressed by disaster Haue recourse to their Master As handmaids on their Mistres hand attending So vve on God depending Attend the Lord till he most gracious Haue mercy vpon vs. verse 3 O Lord our God to vs be gracious Haue mercy vpon vs For vve are fild vvith scorn intollerable Contempt insufferable verse 4 Our tired soules exceeding ill are vsed VVith bitter scoffs abused By th' rich at ease the proud ore vs do vant Disdainfull arrogant Psalme 124. Thanksgiuing LEt Israel novv say and make it knovvn Vnles the Lord of hosts had fought for vs. verse 2 Vnles the Lord his mighty povvr had shovvn In our defence vvhen men most furious Their forces ioynd vs to haue ouerthrovvn verse 3 They had deuourd vs quick in gulf profound When their fierce vvrath inâ—am'd thirsting for bloud verse 4 Against vs rag'd euen then the bolstrous floud Had vs orevvhelmd and sunke vs to the ground The surging vvaues and storms our souls had drovvnd verse 5 The vvaters proud then ouer vs had gone VVe had bin lost and all quite cast avvay verse 6 But blessed be the Lord our God alone Who left vs not nor gaue vs as a prey Vnto their teeth vvho sought our soules to slay verse 7 Like as a bird escaped hath the snare That secretly the subtle fovvler layd The net is broke and vve escaped are verse 8 Our help is in the Name of God vvhose ayde Our safety is vvho heau'n and earth hath made Psalme 125. Doctrin WHo trust in God and him rely on Reposing confidence Alone in his defence They shall stand sure like to mount Sion Vnmou'd remaining failing neuer But biding euer verse 2 As mighty mountains fortifying Ierusalem inclose The Lord is so to those That do his vvill on him relying The Lord vvill keep him safe assured Euer secured verse 3 The rod of vvicked men remaineth Not long vpon the iust But he on vvhom they trust Them safe deliuerance speedy daigneth Lest they be forced by oppression vnto transgression verse 4 To good men Lord grant thy saluation And vvho vpright abide verse 5 But they that turn aside With sinners shall haue due damnation Let Israel of peace possessed Be euer blessed Psalme 126. Praise WHen Sions sad captiuity The Lord returnd to liberty Amaz'd tvvixt sudden ioy and feare Much like to them that dream vve vvere verse 2 Our tears grones vvho long had mourned To songs of ioy and laughter turned The heathen people vvere afraid God vvonders vvrought for vs they said verse 3 T is truth the Lord our God hath vvrought Great vvorks for vs surpassing thought Of all our ioyes he is the ground In him alone our ioyes abound verse 4 Lord let those captiues be returned Which yet in thrall long time haue mourned As streams refresh the parched South As vvelcom shovvrs in time of drouth verse 5 They that in tears do sadly sovv Shall reap in ioy full crops shall movv verse 6 Who going forth in time of need Sovving vvith teares the precious seed Shall home return all sadnes ceasing And making merry ioyes increasing Great store receiue vvhich haruest yeelds Bring vvaighty sheaues from fertile fields Psalme 127. Doctrine VNles the Lord the house doth build The builders cost and care is vain Their charge is lost and all their pain Though stuffe be strong and men be skilled Vnles the Lord the city gard In vain men vvatch in vain they vvard verse 2 In vain so early vp ye are In vain ye goe so late to bed In vain ye pain both hand and head In vain so homely hard ye fare Vnles God bles vvake they or sleep Whom he doth loue he safe vvill keep verse 3 Lo also vvhen a man is blest VVith hopefull issue of his ovvne His heirs to vvhat he hath possest It is the gift of God alone God onely of his goodnes giues The vvomb due fruit that after liues verse 4 And vvhen the children men become Of body strong and stout of minde So apt and actiue in their kinde That arrovves to the head dravvn home With strongest arm and nimblest slight Seem not more terrible in fight verse 5 He happy is vvho hath fulfill'd His quiuer vvith such shafts as these For in the tryall of their pleas They shall not be abasht nor illd Nay they shall make their foes asham'd Before the Iudg and iustly blam'd Psalme 128. Doctrin BLessed is vvhosoeuer doth fear the Lord of might And truly doth indeuer to vvalk his vvaies aright verse 2 For thou shalt in thy calling of thy hands labour eat And all things fair befalling thy vvelfare shall be great verse 3 Thy vvife vvith timely â—eeming â—hall multiply thy line About thy chamber seeming a fresh and fruitfull vine Thy children all assembling thy table round about Yong oliue plants resembling that fairly spring and sprout verse 4 Lo thus the man is blessed vvho feares the Lord of might To them this is expressed vvho vvorship him aright verse 5 From Sion God almighty shall giue thee blessings store Thou shalt see Salems City to flourish euermore verse 6 Thou shalt see vvith his blessing thy sons posterity And Israel possessing peace and prosperity Psalme 129. Thanksgiuing OFt from my youth novv Israel may say They haue beset me round sore assailed verse 2 Oft from my youth they haue sought euery vvay My ouerthrovv but neuer yet preuailed verse 3 And yet I beare the tokens and the track Of their despight delighting in my sorrovvs For on the ridg of my bare naked back The plovvers plovvd and eared vp long furrovvs verse 4 But God is iust and the iniurious snares Of vvicked men he hath cut quite in sunder verse 5 Confounding shame he for them all prepares That vvrong his Saints or vvould bring Sion vnder verse 6 They shall be like vnto the gras that grovves On tops of vvals or battlements of tovvers Which vvithers soone though for a vvhile it shovves But dryes and dyes or ere it beareth flovvers verse 7 Of vvhose increase and all that it doth yeeld He filleth not his hand vvho so it reapeth Nor
yet the poore that gleaneth in the field Of vvhaâ—â—s left his little lapfull heapeth verse 8 Nor passenger that passeth by the same shall bid God bles or vvishing say vve bid ye Good luck from God or to them in his Name So much as say God speed your vvork God speed ye Psalme 130. Prayer FRom depth profound distressed in grief and miserie My cryes I haue addressed O Lord my God to thee verse 2 Lord heare my lamentatioÌ„ vouchsafe my voyce to hear And to my supplication bovv dovvn attentiue eare verse 3 Lord if thou mark our errors and vvhat is done amis To suffer thy dread terrors O Lord vvho able is verse 4 But mercy and compassion are euermore vvith thee Therfore vvith adoration thy Name shall feared be verse 5 On God my soul attendeth in him is all my trust My hope and faith dependeth vpon his promise iust verse 6 My soul to God aspireth more earnestly alvvay Then he vvhom vvatching tireth doth look for break of day verse 7 Lay thy firm hopes foundation on God O Israel For in him sure saluation and boundles mercy dvvell He dearly doth esteem thee O Israel by his grace He freely vvill redeem thee and all thy sins deface Psalme 131. Consolation O Lord I haue no haughty minde I haue no lofty looking eye I haue nought dared nor design'd Too great for me too hard too high verse 2 Nay if I haue not meekly milde VVith humblenes my self demeande In quiet silence as a childe That nevvly from the brest is vveand If that I haue not soly set My soul on thee to trust in thee As th'infant taken from the teat Of his ovvn mother minde not me verse 3 Euen so O Israel elect trust in the Lord on him depend His pleasure euermore expect From this time forth vnto the end Psalme 132. Prayer O Lord our God recall to minde Thy seruant Dauids misery Affliction and calamity verse 2 Hovv he by oath himself did binde To Iacobs God vovv'd solemnly verse 3 Behold said he this vovv I make My house shall neuer me inclose Nor on my bed vvill I repose verse 4 My eyes no sleep at all shall take No slumber shall my eye lids close verse 5 Vntill I finde a resting place Where Gods Ark may vvith vs remain VVhere vve the Lord may entertain The God of Iacob and his race Whose might doth Israel sustain verse 6 Because his seat oft changed vvas From time to time as vve heard say It oft had bin at Ephrata From place to place it oft did pas In vvoods and fields vve found it stay verse 7 Novv since this place he liketh best Into his palace vve vvill go Before his footstooll falling lovv verse 8 Arise O Lord into thy rest Thy self and thy Arks strength there shovv verse 9 Cloath thou thy Priests vvith righteousnes Let them from thee glad tidings bring Let all thy Saints reioyce and sing verse 10 Thy seruant Dauid daigne to blesse Refuse not thine anointed King verse 11 The Lord hath svvorn in verity Who vvill not change nor turn from it To Dauid saying I permit That one of thy posterity Vpon thy throne shall euer sit verse 12 My couenant if thy sons obey And this my testimoniall Which vnto them declare I shall Their sons also shall sit for ay Vpon thy Throne imperiall verse 13 For God the Lord hath made his choice Of Zion fair vvhich doth excell verse 14 Saying I haue delight to dvvell Herein I rest here I reioyce For ay this place doth like me vvell verse 15 His poore vvith bread I 'le satisfie VVith all good things they shall abound verse 16 His Priests vvill I inuiron round VVith my saluation there vvill I Make all her Saints their ioyes resound verse 17 There vvill I make to bud and spring The horn of Dauid raised high A lamp of light prepar'd haue I For mine annoynted sacred King Whose glory I vvill multiply verse 18 His enemies vvill I confound VVith shame they shall be cloathd all ore His glorious state vvill I restore And on his sacred head renovvnd His crovvn shall â—ourish euermore Psalme 133. Doctrin BEhold hovv good hovv pleasant amiable And gracious is the loue inuiolable Of brethren vvhich together dvvell verse 2 Resembling right the precious oyntment smell The sacred oyl vvhich Gods lavv did appoint The high Priest Aaron to annoint VVhich plenteously vpon his head vvas poured And to his beard and garment skirts dovvn shovvred VVith svveetest scent perfuming all verse 3 Distilling dovvn like devvs that timely fall On Sion mount and fertile Hermon hill Which all the land vvith fruit doth fill Euen there the Lord his bounty large expressing Will povvr and shovvr his fauor grace and blessing And life eternall giue he vvill Psalme 134. Doctrin YE seruants of the Lord of might VVho in his house do vvatch by night Attending there your selues addres The Lord our God to praise and bles verse 2 VVho in his Sanctuary stand To bles the Lord lift heart and hand To sound his praise your selues prepare And let your voyce his acts declare verse 3 The Lord bles thee for his Name sake VVhose povvr the heau'n and earth did make From Sions mount vvhere he doth raign Thou blessed shalt for ay remain Psalme 135. Doctrin ALl ye seruants of the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 2 Ye that in Gods house do stand There performing his command Ye that in his courts do dvvell Praise his Name vvhich doth excell verse 3 Praise the Lord for good is he Sing his name in Psalmody Nothing can more pleasant be verse 4 He hath chosen graciously Iacob and his Israel He accounteth his ievvell verse 5 For I this do knovv right vvell That the Lord is great and high verse 6 Our God doth all Gods excell He doth in the earth and sky In the riuers and the seas Whatsoeuer he doth please verse 7 He the vapors makes ascend from the earths remotest end He from heau'n the lightning flings Dovvn to earth the raine he brings From his treasures of all kinds He le ts loose the vvrastling vvinds verse 8 All first-born in Egypt land Were slain by his dreadfull hand Firstlings all they dead did find Both of beasts and humane kind verse 9 Egypt in the midst of thee Thou his vvondrous vvorks didst see Pharo and his host he droun'd In the red seas depth profouÌ„d verse 10 Kings and nations he orethrevv Mighty Sihon king he slevv verse 11 Og the King of fat Basan 〈◊〉 all the kings of canaan verse 12 To his people Israel He bequeathed all the land To possesse it there to dvvell This vvas done at his coÌ„mand verse 13 Lord thy name and clemency lasteth to eternity Lord thy euerlasting name Is from age to age the same verse 14 For the Lord of povvr and might VVill his people iudg vvith right When his seruants him displease He his vvrath vvill soon appease verse 15 Idols of
My fainting spirit vvas ouerthrovvn VVhat course I hold vvhere I should goe VVhat path I take thou vvell dost knovv verse 4 And vvhen I vvalked in my vvay They for me secret snares did lay On my right hand I lookt to see If any vvere vvho vvould knovv me VVhen meanes and friends I sought and try'd They me forsook on euery side All hope of succor failed me For my soul none vvould carefull be verse 5 O Lord to thee then I did cry Thou only art my hope said I Thou art my refuge still at hand My portion in the liuing land verse 6 Attend vnto my vvofull cry For very lovv novv brought am I From cruell foes deliuer me Far stronger all then I they be verse 7 My soul out of close prison bring That to thy name I praise may sing The iust about me shall resort For largely thou shalt me comfort Psalme 143. Prayer LOrd hear my prayer and inuocation Giue eare vnto my supplication Me ansvver in thy faithfulnes Relieue me vvith commiseration According to thy righteousnes verse 2 Let not thy seruant terrified VVith horror of his sin be tryed By rigor of thy iudgment right For no man can be iustified That liues in thy al-seeing sight verse 3 My foes my soul haue persecuted Their fury on me executed Struck dovvn my life to earth they haue I dvvell in darknes am reputed As dead long lying in the graue verse 4 Therfore my spirit is distressed VVithin me ouervvhelmd oppressed Amazed desolate perplext Of vvonted comfort dispossessed My heart disconsolate is vext verse 5 In miserable state inthralled The dayes of old to minde I called On all thy vvorks I meditate To comfort me vvith grief appalled The vvorks of thy hands I relate verse 6 To call on thee thy Word requireth My humble heart to thee aspireth VVith stretcht out hands thy grace to gain For thee my thirsty soul desireth As parched lands for shovvrs of rain verse 7 Lord haste thy ansvver fauorable My spirit failes be comfortable Thy face from me O do not hide Lest I become as miserable As they that dovvn the pit do slide verse 8 Betimes to heare thy mercy make me In thee I trust do not forsake me The vvay that I should vvalk shevv me That errors do not ouertake me For I do lift my heart to thee verse 9 O Lord thou art my hope foreuer Me from my enemies deliuer To thee for refuge I do fly Of sure defence thou art the giuer Hid vnder thy shield let me ly verse 10 Teach me to doe thy vvill directed To be by me knovvn and effected Thou art my God my comforts spring By thy good spirit me elected Into the land of iustice bring verse 11 O Lord in vvhom my trust is stayed Reuiue thou me so much decayed For thy Name sake vvhich I profes Let me from trouble be conuayed According to thy righteousnes verse 12 And of thy mercy failing neuer My cruell foes cut off for euer And let thy might them all destroy Who to afflict my soul indeuer For thee to serue is all my ioy Psalme 144. Prayer THe Lord vvho is my strength my God be blessed VVho hath my hands to manage armes addressed VVith vvarlike skill my fingers taught to fight Victoriously conqu'ring my foes to smite verse 2 His fauor is my freedom my saluation My tovvr of strength my strong fortification My only hope my sure defence my shield By him subdevvd to me the people yeeld verse 3 Lord vvhat is man that thou vouchsafst to knovv him That thou such grace such loue dost daign to shovv him VVhat is the son of man that thou shouldst take Such liking of him such account to make verse 4 This earthly man may fitly be resembled Vnto a heap of vanities assembled His dayes are fevv and soon they do decay And as a shade they svviftly pas avvay verse 5 Bovv dovvn the heau'ns O Lord from thence descending The mountains touch they 'l smoake in sunder rending verse 6 Cast lightning forth them scatter and disperse Shoot out thy shafts destroy thou the peruerse verse 7 For my release thy hand from heau'n dovvn send me From vvaters great deliuer and defend me From fearfull fall into the 〈…〉 Of children strange born bred in barbarous lands verse 8 Whose mouth speaks fraud vvhose vvhole discourse is lying Their hands and hearts to vanity applying verse 9 To thee O God my voyce a nevv song sings I 'le sound thy praise vvith harp and lutes ten strings verse 10 He Kings from feare and trouble doth deliuer Of victory he is the only giuer By him is sure his seruant Dauid made Safe and secure from vvounds of trenchant blade verse 11 Deliuer me betimes vouchsafe to saue me From strangers hands vvho in their povvr vvould haue me VVhose mouth doth talk of vanity and lyes And vvhose right hand deceit doth exercise verse 12 Grant that our sons may in their generations Grovv vp in youth as flourishing plantations As louely make our daughters and as fair As pollisht coignes of royall buildings are verse 13 Make thou our fields for one yeeld fiue times tvventy Our garners fill of all sorts stor'd vvith plenty And let our flocks vvhich streets or pastures hold Bring thousands forth increase ten thousand fold verse 14 Do thou make strong our oxen toil enduring Inuasions and excursions spoil procuring Make quite to cease all violence restrain That there may none in all our streets complain verse 15 O happy are the people thus instated Who to the Lord are vvholy consecrated True blessednes hath them for euer cround VVhose God the Lord eternall is renound Psalme Cxlv. Thanksgiuing MY God my King I vvill thee magnifie And bles thy name for euermore vvill I. verse 2 Bles thee I vvill and praise thee euery day And glorifie thy sacred name for ay verse 3 The Lord my God is great and admirable To comprehend his greatnes none is able verse 4 Due praise of all thy vvorks each generation Shall giue and of thy povvr make declaration verse 5 I vvill discourse of thy great dignity And celebrate thy glorious Maiesty I vvill declare the vvonders by thee vvrought And maruelous vvorks vvhich thou to pas hast brought verse 6 And men shall speak of thy povvr testifying Hovv dreadfull are thy actions terrifying I vvill declare thy high magnificency Thy great renovvn and honors excellency verse 7 They shall make knovvn and that abundantly Thy goodnes great most vvorthy memory Thy righteousnes to all doth so abound That they the praise therof shall sing and sound verse 8 The Lord is kinde and full of svveet compassion To anger slovv of much commiseration verse 9 His goodnes God doth vnto all discouer His mercy great extends his vvorks all ouer verse 10 Lord all thy vvorks vvhich thy hands did create Giue thanks to thee thy praise they celebrate Especially thy Saints all thee do bles Most vvorthy praise they all do thee confes verse 11
They shall speak of thy endles kingdoms glory And of thy povvr relate the sacred story verse 12 That men may knovv thy mighty acts victorious And of thy realm the maiesty most glorious verse 13 Eternall is thy kingdom and thy raigne Through ages all thy Empire doth remain verse 14 The Lord vpholds the vveake and them that fall Who are bovvd dovvne he rectifies them all verse 15 Expecting thee each creatures eye attendeth Thy plenty great their timely food them sendeth verse 16 Thy bounties hand thou openest freely giuing The full desire of all things that are liuing verse 17 The Lord our God is iust in all his vvayes He holy is in all his vvorks alvvayes verse 18 The Lord is nigh to all that on him call VVho call on him in truth he helps them all verse 19 He them that feare him vvith good things supplyeth Their hearts desire he fully satisfieth Them he vvill heare to him for mercy crying Them he vvill saue to him for succour flying verse 20 The Lord vvill them preserue that in him ioy But vvicked men all he vvill quite destroy verse 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of God alvvay All flesh shall bles his holy name for ay Psalme 146. Thanksgiuing PRaise to God my soul be giuing To the Lord my soul giue praise verse 2 Him I le laud vvhile I am liuing To my God I le sing alvvayes To the Lord my God my King VVhile I am I Psalms vvill sing verse 3 Princes are no sure foundation On their promise no trust haue Nor in Adams generation For themselues they cannot saue verse 4 VVhen no breath they do retain They return to earth again VVith them all their thoughts do perish And their enterprises vain verse 5 Happy vvhom the Lord doth cherish Iacobs God doth him maintain Happy vvho doth place his trust In the Lord his God most iust verse 6 VVho created and sustaineth Heauen and earth by his great might Sea and all that it containeth He hath framed all aright His truth and fidelity He doth keep eternally verse 7 He relieueth the oppressed Giuing sentence on their side For the hungry and distressed He doth food and ayd prouide By him prisners freedom finde He the bondmen doth vnbinde verse 8 God to them that are in blindnes Giueth eyes to see the light God in mercy great and kindnes Makes the crooked vvalk vpright God loues them that iust remain He the righteous doth sustain verse 9 God doth keep and saue the strangers His strong guard doth them attend He doth free them out of dangers Orphans vviddovves doth defend He doth comfort them that grieue He the helplesse doth relieue VVicked men the Lord destroyeth He doth ouerthrovv their vvay verse 10 God his kingdom ay enioyeth God the Lord shall raign for ay Sions God endures alvvayes Vnto God the Lord giue praise Haleluiah Psalme 147. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord such praise is meetest Sing Psalms to God such Psalms are svveetest The Lord to praise sing neuer ceasing His praise is gracefull euer pleasing verse 2 The Lord most gracious full of pity Builds vp Ierusalem his city His Israel disperst deplored He hath assembled and restored verse 3 The contrite broken heart he healeth And comfort vnto them reuealeth Full of compassion them he mindeth He salues their sores their vvounds vp bindeth verse 4 His knovvledg all in all surmounteth The number of the Stars he counteth Them in their order he installeth Them by their proper names he calleth verse 5 Great is our God great is his povver Our refuge of our strength the tovver Is infinite in vnderstanding In might and vvisdom all commanding verse 6 The Lord almighty magnifieth The meek vvhose trust in him relieth He to the ground the vvicked casteth Confounding them to nothing vvasteth verse 7 Sing to the Lord God euerliuing Praise him vvith Harp in Psalms thanksgiuing verse 8 VVho spreadeth clouds the heauens all ouer VVith them the firmament doth couer Prepareth rain vvhich dovvn he shovvreth On earth a main the shovvrs he povvreth The verdant grasse he multiplieth VVhich on the mountains fructifieth verse 9 The beasts vvith food he satisfieth The rauens yong brood vvith meat supplyeth VVhen hatcht they hungry ly a crying Or fledg they forth for food are flying verse 10 God hath no pleasure nor delighteth In strength of horse that fiercely fighteth Svvift running legs vvith prize revvarded He hath nor prized nor regarded verse 11 But God vvhose grace exceedeth measure In them that feare him taketh pleasure VVho on his mercy giue attendance And on his promise haue dependance verse 12 Ierusalem vvho art renovvned Praise thou the Lord vvith glory crovvned Praise thou thy God and him rely on Thou holy mountain sacred Sion verse 13 For he thy gates reedifieth VVith strongest bars them fortifieth And all thy children he hath blessed VVithin thy vvals by thee possessed verse 14 He planteth peace vvithin thy borders There setleth lavves and rightfull orders To satisfie thee he bestovveth The flovvr of finest vvheat that grovveth verse 15 On earth his precept forth he sendeth His mighty povvr on it attendeth His vvord runs very svviftly speeding VVith all celerity exceeding verse 16 He makes the snovv and vvhen it snovveth Like fleeces of vvhite vvoll it shovveth His frost all ouer hoary grovveth VVhich he abroad like ashes strovveth verse 17 The stream to ice congealed lasteth VVhich like to morsels forth he casteth His frosts are so intollerable Them to enduer vvho is able verse 18 And vvhen the vvorld enough hath felt theâ— He sendeth forth his vvord to melt them At his command the vvarm vvind blovveth And then again the vvater flovveth verse 19 His vvord to Iacob he declareth And to obedience him prepareth The lavves and iudgments he ordained To Israel he hath explained verse 20 In such a kind and gracious fashion He hath not dealt vvith any nation For those his iudgments iust and sacred He vnto them hath not declared Psalme 148. Thanksgiuing PRaise ye the Lord from heauen on high Praise him ye dvvellers in the sky All ye inhabitants of heau'n To God all praise by you be giu'n verse 2 All ye his Angels high renovvn him Victorious hosts vvith glory crovvn him verse 3 Both Sun and Moon praise ye his Name All stars of light his praise proclaime verse 4 Praise him ye heau'n of heau'ns most high Ye vvaters in the cloudy sky verse 5 Let all his vvorks vvhich vvondrous are The praises of his Name declare verse 6 At his command they vvere created And to his glory consecrated He them establisht firm and sute Ay to continue and endure Their bounds of time and place decreed By him they neuer shall exceed verse 7 Praise him ye Dragons vvhich do keep In caues of earth Whales in the deep verse 8 Fire vapors hail ice frost and snovving Ye tempests storms vvinds boistrous blovving VVhich execute his sacred vvill Praise ye the Lord his vvord fulfill verse 9 O praise
keep his tong from ill Must gard his lips from subtle bayt Of fraudulent and false deceit From speaking any guile verse 14 No ill do thou at all Do good seeke peace and it pursevv verse 15 The eyes of God the iust do vievv His eare doth heare their call Pause verse 16 Opposed hath the LORD His face against ill doers all To cut off their memoriall From earth vvith his ovvn svvord verse 17 Plaining the righteous cry The Lord doth hear vvhen they complain And saueth them from all their pain And all their misery verse 18 Quite broken humbled heart Doth finde the Lord is neare to saue All them that contrite spirits haue And to him soone conuert verse 19 Right iust men and vpright Afflictions many do endure But GOD in vvhom their trust is sure Doth free them by his might verse 20 Safe kept by him alone Both vvhole and sound all his bones be So carefull of them all is he That broke there is not one verse 21 The vvicked shall be slain By euill meanes and desolate They shall be vvho the righteous hate They guilty shall remain verse 22 Vndoubtedly the Lord His seruants soul redeemes and them As guilty he vvill not condem VVhose trust is in his Word Psalme 35. Prayer AGainst my foes Lord plead my right And smite thou them vvho me do smite VVith shield speare compleatly aimed Stand for my ayd saue me vnharmed Charge on them march before my face Block vp their vvay vvho me do chase verse 3 Say to my soul loe I am hee That can and vvill deliuer thee verse 4 Let shame confounding them surround Them backvvard driue and quite confound Them that do seek my soules surprising To mischief me my harm deuising verse 5 Let them like dust be cast avvay As vvith the chaffe the vvinde doth play And let Gods Angell driue and chase Them all abroad from place to place verse 6 Let dark and slipry be their vvay That groping stumbling fall they may And let Gods Angell fiercely chase them Them persecuting quite out-race them verse 7 For vvithout cause they hid for me Pernicious nets of cruelty And causelesly they digd a pit That they might take my soul in it verse 8 Let him be ruind vnavvares Let him be caught in his ovvn snares In nets vvhich he for me intended Let his ovvne feet be apprehended In that destruction let him slide Which he for me did secret hide verse 9 Novv shall my soul right ioyfull be In God that hath preserved me Pause verse 10 My bones shall ioyntly say vvith me O LORD vvho may compare vvith thee Who sau'st the vveak by thy assistance From foes too strong for his resistance Yea the afflicted indigent From spoylers outrage violent verse 11 Against me vvitnes rise vntrevv They charge me vvith vvhat I nere knevv verse 12 VVith ill for good they me repay Seeking to take my life avvay verse 13 Though in their sicknes pain anguish I sackcloth vvore did fast and languish My prayr for them vvhen I did mourne Into my bosom did returne verse 14 Such loue to them I did extend As to my brother or deare friend Bovv'd dovvn vvith grief I far'd as one His mother dead doth vvall and mone verse 15 But vvhen I vvas distrest they sported And to deride me they consorted Against me abiects base did plot Together and I knevv it not Reuiling me vvith open throat They did me teare and ceased not verse 16 Gainst me teeth-gnashing hypocrites And bitter scoffing Parasites Did mock and iear vvith scurrill ieasting To make guests merry at their feasting verse 17 O Lord hovv long vvilt thou looke on Daign thou to saue my only one My soul from their destructions free From Lyons iavves deliuer me Pause verse 18 In midst of great assemblies I VVill praise thy Name O GOD most high In the most frequent congregation Iof thy praise vvill make relation Let not my vvrongfull enemie Reioyce and triumph ouer me Nor let their eye vvith causeles hate VVinke on my poore deplor'd estate verse 20 For they nor think nor speak of peace But to deuise they do not cease Deceitfull plots abhominable To trouble them that are peaceable verse 21 Against me they set open vvide Their mouths that they might me deride And euery one cryes out on me Aha the vvretch our eye doth see verse 22 LORD thou hast seen this hovv it vvas In silence do not let it pas LORD be not far norme forsake thou verse 23 Stir vp thy self my God avvake thou To iudg my cause my God art thou verse 24 O LORD my GOD O iudg me novv According to thy equitie That they reioyce not ouer me verse 25 Among themselues let them not say Ha ha so so be glad vve may VVe haue deuovvrd him quite destroyed verse 26 Let them that at my grief haue ioyed Confounded and disgraced be VVho magnifi'd themselues ore me Let them all ouer be arayd With shame dishonord and dismayd verse 27 But let them all true ioy obtain Who me in my iust cause sustain For euer let them sing resounding Blest be the mighty povvr abounding Of thee O Lord vvhom it doth please To giue vnto thy seruants peace verse 28 My tong thy iustice shall relate All day thy praise I le celebrate Psalme 36. Doctrin THe vvicked man hath so transgrest That in my heart t is manifest He hath Gods fear reiected For so long himself flattereth he verse 2 In his ovvn eyes till his sin be Found hatefull vvhen detected His vvords vniust are fraud and lyes verse 3 He hath surceased to be vvise No good he exerciseth verse 4 On 's bed he mischief doth inuent In vvayes not good to vvalk he s bent No euill he despiseth verse 5 O Lord thy large benignitie Fils heau'n and thy fidelitie To reach the clouds thou daignest verse 6 Thy iust acts highest hils surmount Thy iudgments deepest depth vve count Thou man and beast sustainest verse 7 Hovv precious Lord thy mercies be Therfore men put their trust in thee To thy vvings shade betake them verse 8 The fatnes of thy house shall them Full satisfie to drink the strem Of thy ioyes thou shalt make them verse 9 For our lifes fountain is vvith thee And in thy light vve light shall see VVhich neuer shall haue ending verse 10 To them thy mercy still impart Who knovv thee to the vpright heart Thy righteousnes extending verse 11 Let foot of pride not tread on me Nor vvicked hand make me to flee Nor captiue me surprising verse 12 There are the vvicked ouerthrovvn And irrecouerably cast dovvn Disabled quite from rising Psalme xxxvij Alphabeticall Doctrin AT vvicked men to enuy be not moued Frit not at them vvho vvork iniquitie Nor grieue that their designs haue prosprous proued verse 2 For they shall fall to ruin suddenly Like grasse movv'd dovvn they perish shall for euer And as green herbs shall vvither finally verse 3 Beleeue in God good deeds
verse 11 Thou hast appointed vs to dy As sheepe for slaughter be ordained Thou hast disperst vs that to ly Mongst nations strange vve are constrained verse 12 Thy flock as nothing vvorth thou prisest For nought theâ— selling thou despisest Thou letst them goe at rates so cheap For them no profit thou dost reap verse 13 To them reproch that neer vs bide Thou makst vs be they mock and flout vs They scorn and scoff vs they deride That are our neighbours round about vs. verse 14 VVe to the heathen are a fable Their by vvord common talke and bable When vs the vvicked people see They nod their heads in mockerie verse 15 Confusion mine continually Is in my sight spreds me all ouer And my reprochfull infamie With shame my blushing face doth couer verse 16 Because of his voyce that blasphemeth And at our ebbe so flovving streameth For that the foe in rage and ire To be reueng'd is set on fire verse 17 Yet haue vve not forgotten thee Though this befall vs notvvithstanding Nor haue vve dealt deceitfully Against thy couenant and commanding Pause verse 18 Our harts vvhich long distrest haue mourned Yet are not from thy seruice turned Our steps from thee go not astray Nor do vve vvander from thy vvay verse 19 Though thou hast vvounded vs in place VVhere monstrous Dragons haue their biding And hast vs couerd vvith disgrace VVith deaths shade vs in darknes hiding verse 20 If vve forget the Name eternall Of our good gracious God supernall If vve haue lifted vp our hands To other gods of godles lands verse 21 Shall not our God this search and spy Who all thoughts vvords vvorks vnfoldeth All secrets knovvs vvith piercing eye All harts most invvard parts beholdeth verse 22 Euen for thy sake our bloud is spilled For thee vve all day long are killed And vve are counted but as sheepe Which they for present slaughter keep verse 23 Vp Lord vvhy sleepest thou avvake Arise and let thy povver erect vs For euer do not vs forsake Be not far off nor quite reiect vs verse 24 VVhy is it that thy face thou hidest From vs still absent thou abidest Vnmindfull yet dost thou remain Forgetting our distres and pain verse 25 Dovvn to the dust our soul doth bovv Our vitall spirits grief bereaueth We on the ground ly prostrate novv And to the earth our belly cleaueth verse 26 Arise and shevv vs thy saluation Deliuer vs from tribulation And for thy mercy sake vs free Redeem vs from aduersitie Psalme xlv Doctrin A High designe my feruent heart inflameth Of King diuine heroycall song iâ— frameth Inuention quicke to fluent tong indites VVhich faster flovves then svviftest penman vvrites Thy beauty rare the fons of men exceedeth Past all compare grace from thy lips proceedeth Therefore thy God hath thee foreuer blest And thou of blisse eternall art possest verse 3 Then povverfull Prince aduance thy self all-glorious Vpon thy thigh gird thou thy svvord victorious verse 4 Ride on triumph in thy maiestick might Prosper preuail in vvord of truth and right Thy mercy milde vvith rigorous iustice bideth Thy gracious heart thy vigorous arm still guideth But those thy foes vvhose hearts no loue can vvin Thy hand to fright vvith terrors shall begin verse 5 Then thy sharp darts vpon them all shall thunder And thy foes hearts shall pierce and strike in sunder To thee O King the Nations all shall bend Thy mighty arm thy rule shall far extend verse 6 Thy Throne O GOD for euermore endureth Thy Scepter right through all thy Realme procureth verse 7 Thou louest truth iustice and righteousnes But hatest vvrong deceit and vvickednes VVherfore thy God hath thee his Christ appointed And thee vvith oyle of gladnes hath annointed Much more and far aboue thy fellovves all Whom to partake vvith thee thy loue doth call verse 8 VVith Aloes Mirrh and Cassia svveetly sented Thy robes perfumde are vnto thee presented From palaces of precious iuorie Wherby they haue exhilarated thee Pause Then Ladies fair present attendant duty Kings daughters rare prime paragons of beauty Boue all the Queene thy ioyous louely Bride In Ophir gold doth stand at thy right side verse 10 Fair daughter novv behold a vvhile attend thou Consider vvell thine eares to my vvords bend thou Thy fathers house forget thy peoples guise And natiue rites thou also shalt despise verse 11 So shall the King thy Spouse take greater pleasure In thy pure loue and in thy beauties treasure Him honor thou thy Lord vvith pleasing grace Bovv fair to him his loue intire imbrace verse 12 The Tyrian state shall then vvith other Nations Great Princes shall to thee bring rich oblations verse 13 Kings daughter fair vvithin deckt gloriously VVith robes of gold embroidred gorgeously verse 14 Thus shall O King thy beauteous spouse admired Be brought in robes of Phrygian vvork attired And Virgin troupes her lou'd associates deare Attending shall in thy blest sight appeare verse 15 VVith pleasant mirth and chearfull acclamations Triumphant ioy and glad congratulations She shall be brought vvith all her Princely train The Palace royall shall them entertain verse 16 For Parents left shall children be supplyed VVith royall Sons thy of spring multiplied VVhom Princes in all lands thou shalt ordain VVhose Scepters right and iustice shall maintain verse 17 Therfore vvill I of thy name crovvnd vvith glory From age to age record th' eternall story The people all thy honour high shall raise And celebrate perpetually thy praise Psalme 46 Victory WHen â—s aduersity offendeth God is our refuge vs defendeth In all distres and time of need His help vve finde vvith present speed verse 2 Therfore vve feare no molestation Though moued be the earths foundation Although the mountains high and steep Were throvvn i' th middle of the deepe verse 3 Though surging billovves of the Ocean Roar troubled tost vvith violent motion And though provvd svvelling vvaues do make The mighty mountains high to shake verse 4 In time of troubles fiercely grovving There is a riuer fairely flovving Which shall refresh vvith ioy renovvn Of God most high the sacred Tovvn verse 5 And in the midst of her excelling The LORD eternall hath his dvvelling Nor shall it moue for God vvill send It early ayd and it defend verse 6 The heathen kingdomes vvere inraged Anâ— mou'd to fury vnasvvaged Till they his voyce had heard and felt That vvith the noyse the earth did melt Pause verse 7 But this vvith comfort our hearts cheareth The LORD of hosts vvith vs appeareth The GOD of Iacob most of might Our refuge is for vs doth fight verse 8 Come see in serious contemplation The vvorks of God vvith admiration What he to pas on earth hath brought What desolation there he vvrought verse 9 All cruell vvars and iarrs he ceaseth Throughout the vvorld he them appeaseth He cuts the speares he breaks the bovves And into fire the charrets throvves verse 10 Knovv I am God be pacified My
God thou shalt be praised With my heart to heau'n vpraised And vvhile I haue breath to liue Thanks to thee my breath shall giue verse 13 For vvheÌ„ iustice I deserued thy svveet mercy me preserued Rescuing me from deaths sharp clavvs And from hels deep svvallovving lavves verse 14 Lord the proud vvith malice endles band against me help Vsing vvithout feare of thee fraud or force to ruin me verse 15 But thy might their malice passes And thy grace thy might surpasses Svvift to mercy slovv to vvrath bound nor end thy goodnes hath verse 16 Thy kind looks no more deny me But vvith eyes of mercy eye me Me thy seruaÌ„t giue at length easing ayd or bearing strength verse 17 Some good gracious token shevv me That my foes vvho seek t'orethrovv me May be sham'd or vext to see thee to help and comfort me Psalme 87. Prayer and prophecy ON sacred hils and mountains her foundations The Lord hath layd they neuer shall remoue verse 2 Fair Sions gates the most high God doth loue Aboue the rest of Iacobs habitations verse 3 What glorious things throughout the vvorld reported Are said of thee thou City of the Lord Selah verse 4 Of Babylon and Rahab I 'le record And mention them among my friends consorted The Tyrians Mores Philistims euery nation Shall citizens becom and natiues there verse 5 It shall be said of Sion that in her All people had their birth and education verse 6 The Lord vvhose Word most sure he doth rely on His Sion vvill establish by his might The people there recounting he vvill vvrite The Nations and all others born in Sion Selah verse 7 VVith instruments and voyces ioyfull singing His honor high they all shall euer sound Thus saith the Lord in Sion shall abound My fount of grace for euer freshly springing Psalme 88. Prayer ETernall Lord my Sauer dear Both day and night my cryes implore thee O let my prayer come before thee Vnto thy presence entring near Incline to heare thy eare applying To my sad plaints and rufull crying verse 3 My soul is fild vvith misery My life dravves to the graue neer ending verse 4 VVith them that dovvnvvard are descending In dungeon deep account they me To help my self I am vnable A strengthles man poor vveak vnstable verse 5 Among the dead become as free As if some murdrous hand had slaine me And that the graue did entertain me As if thou hadst forgotten me As thy remembrance me had balked As from thy hand I vvere defalked verse 6 I' th lovvest pit thou hast me layd In darknes deep vncomfortable verse 7 Thy heauy vvrath insupportable To ouerpres me thou hast made VVith all thy vvaues thou hast me vexed With storms and tempests me perplexed Selah verse 8 Me far from my acquaintance all Thou hast remou'd they care not for me VVhom late they lou'd they novv abhor me And thou hast shut me vp in thrall Close prisner made in such a tovver From vvhence to scape I haue no povver Pause verse 9 Through anguish vvasted vvas my fight O Lord to thee my griefe vnfolding I daily call my hands vpholding verse 10 Wilt thou to dead men shevv thy might And vvilt thou them vvith povver enable To knovv thy vvonders admirable Selah Shall dead men rise to magnifie Thee vvith vvhom none may be compared verse 11 And shall thy kindnes be declared By them that in the graue do ly Shall they vvhom thou hast quite destroyed To praise thy iustice be imployed verse 12 Shall thy great vvonders vvrought be shovvn Where darknes euermore remaineth I' th land vvherin obliuion raigneth verse 13 Shall there thy righteousnes be knovvn VVith these my cryes Lord I implore thee My earely prayr shall come before thee verse 14 Lord vvhy dost thou my soul reiect And hid'st thy face from me in anguish verse 15 Afflicted from my youth I languish Expiring present death expect Enduring thy affrighting terrors Distracted still vvith doubtfull errors verse 16 Thy â—uries fierce pas ouer me Thy horrors feares dismay confound me verse 17 Like vvater-flouds about surround me On euery side continually The dread of them doth make me tremble VVho to beleaguer me assemble verse 18 My knovvn acquaintance are estrang'd My fellovv friends vvhich me haue loued From me far off thou hast remoued Their former loue to hate is chang'd They in my grief no fauor shovv me In darknes hid they vvill not knovv me Psalme 89. Prayer THe mercies of the Lord I le sing continually To ages all record his truths fidelity verse 2 For this is truth most sure it cannot be denyed His grace doth ay endure establisht verified As heau'n perpetually keepes course inuariable So his fidelity much more is firm and stable verse 3 Th' eternall Lord hath said vvith my ovvn folk elect I haue a couenant made and svvorn it to effect On Dauid and his race vvho is my seruant loyall verse 4 I vvill bestovv my grace and bles vvith blessings royall His throne I vvill aduance and build his habitations For his inheritance throughout all generations verse 5 The heaun's O Lord shal praise thy vvondrous acts diuine Thy faithfulnes alvvaies among thy Saints shall shine verse 6 For vvho is there so high aboue the clouds declared Remaining in the sky vvith thee to be compared Or vvho the children are of mighty States supernall May they vvith thee compare vvho art the Lord eternall verse 7 The Lord vvith fear renovvn'd among his Saints vvil be To all about him round most reuerend is he verse 8 O Lord of armies might thy strength is admirable VVith thee in povvrfull fight vvhat lord is comparable Thy avvfull maiesty is all about surrounded With faithfull constancy vvhich euer hath abounded Pause verse 9 In thee alone it lyes to rule the raging seas When vvaues therof arise thou them dost soone appease verse 10 Proud Egypt thou struckst dovvn al vvounded ruinated Thy foes thou hast orethrovvn thy arm them dissipated verse 11 Both heau'n earth are thine The vvorlds store thou hast founded By thy great povvr diuine by thy might vnbounded verse 12 The north east south vvest by thee vvere plac'd made West Tabor Hermon east in thy Name shall be glad verse 13 A mighty arm thou hast thy hand is strong prepared That thy right hand is plac'd on high thou hast declared verse 14 Iudgment and equity thy royall throne sustaineth Thy truth and clemency before thy face remaineth verse 15 That people blessed is vvho knovv the ioyfull sound Their hopes do neuer mis their comforts do abound Lord they their vvalk shal frame in light of thy face shining verse 26 Reioycing in thy Name from morn till dayes declining Thy iustice to confes They shall be dignified And in thy righteousnes on high be magnified verse 17 For if vve strength obtain vve shall thee glorifie Thy fauor if vve gain our might shall rise on high verse 18 Vs ayd he doth afford against
the Gentils are Bought and sold as other vvare Made of siluer or of gold VVhich the vvorkmans hand doth mould verse 16 Mouths they haue yet speechles be Eyes they haue yet cannot see verse 17 Eares they haue yet heare no sound Nostrils vvhere no breath is found verse 18 Like in nature like in name To them are they vvho them frame They haue all as little sense vvho in them haue confidence verse 19 Bles the Lord O Israel Ye that in his house do dvvell Aarons house your selues addresse God the Lord to praise and blesse verse 20 House of Leui yeeld him praise Magnifie his name alvvayes All that loue and feare the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 21 Blesse the Lord for euermore Out of Sion him adore Where his glory high excels In Ierusalem vvho dvvells Psalme 136. Thanksgiuing PRaise the Lord to him confes Giue him thanks for his goodnes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 2 To the God of Gods giue praise Giue him praise and thanks alvvaies For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 3 To the Lord of Lords giue praise Giue him glorious thanks alvvayes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 4 Giue him praise and thanks each one VVho doth vvonders great alone For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 5 Giue him thanks his praise relate Heau'n his vvisdome did create For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 6 Praise him vvho the earth out spread Ore the vvaters stablished For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 7 In the heau'n he made great lights Shining therin dayes and nights For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 8 He the Sun made vvith his rayes Domineering ore the dayes For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 9 Moon and stars of lesser lights To command and rule the nights For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 10 He did smite vvith povvrfull hand In their first born Egypt land For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 11 He brought thence his Israel VVho long there opprest did dvvell For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 12 VVith strong hand and stretcht out arm He protected them from harm For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 13 He the red sea did diuide Seeming vvals on euery side For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 14 And vvhile so it standing vvas Through it safe did Israel pas For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 15 Pharoh and his army dround Follovving in sea profound For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 16 He did lead his people in VVildernes of Shur and Sin For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 17 Giue thanks to the Lord of might Praise him vvho great Kings did smite For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 18 Killing Kings incontinent By his povver euident For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 19 Sihon King of Amorites He slevv by his Israelites For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 20 Og the King of Basan land Dyed by his dreadfull hand For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 21 Then their land avvay he gaue That his people it might haue For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 22 To his seruant Israel To possesse it there to dvvell For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 23 VVhen in ill estate vve stood He remembred vs for good For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 24 Our distressers he destroyd Freedom vve by him inioyd For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 25 All his creatures he doth feed Nourishing them at their need For his great benignity dureth to eternity verse 26 To the Lord the God of heau'n Let all thanks and praise be giuen For his great benignity dureth to eternity Psalme 137. Complaint BY Euphrates vve captiue sat lamenting Proud Babels streams vvith streaming tears augmenting O Sion dear vvhen vve remembred thee verse 2 In midst of thrall abiding exiles vve VVith hearts grief pang'd vvith flouds of plaints oreflovving Our harps vve hang d on vvillovv plants there grovving verse 3 Then they vvhose rage and fury vs captiued Importun'd vs to sing our ioyes depriued Insulting bid vs Sion songs expres verse 4 Alas said vve hovv can vve here addres Our mournfull hearts to sing the songs ordained To praise our God in strangers land prophaned verse 5 Let my right hand disus'd forget for euer All harping skill if I do not perseuer Ierusalem thee in my minde to beare verse 6 To my mouths roof let my tong fast adhere Nere let me be vvith any ioyes endevved Vntill I see thy former ioyes renevved verse 7 Remember Lord hovv Edoms race inflamed With rage against Ierusalem exclamed That dismall day vvhen it quite vvaste vvas layd Remember hovv inhumanly they said Sack kill spoil burn turn all to desolation Race dovvn to ground demolish the foundation verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babel be destroyed Thrise happy he vvhose povvr shall be imployed As thou hast vs more vvretched thee to make verse 9 May they be blest vvhose zealous hand shall take From brests impure thy brauling brats and brain them And dash their bones gainst stones till they haue slain them Psalme 138. Thanksgiuing WIth all my heart I vnto thee Will thankfull be Thy goodnes praising VVhere mighty States assembled be I 'le sing of thee Thy Name high raising verse 2 And in thy sacred Temple I Will magnifie Thy Name renovvned Adoring thee for mercy thine And truth diuine VVith glory crovvned verse 3 For thou aboue all thy Name Lord Thy sacred VVORD Hast magnified VVhen I did cry thou didst heare me My soule by thee Was fortified verse 4 All Kings on earth shall thee renovvn VVith praise shall crovvn Thee LORD most blessed VVhen thou to heare shalt them incline Thy Word diuine By thee expressed verse 5 They in the vvayes of God my King Shall vvalk and sing His sacred story Confessing that the Lord of might Doth shine most bright In grace and glory verse 6 For though the Lord be God most high his gracious eye The meek respecteth The proud a far off he doth knovv their fall doth shovv He them deiecteth verse 7 Though I in great distres be toyld tost and turmoyld Nevv life thou giu'st me Thy rightfull hand quite ouerthrovves my spitefull foes But thou relieu'st me verse 8 Thou vvilt accomplish this for me for thy mercy Endureth euer This vvork vvhich novv thou hast begun till it be done Forsake it neuer Psalme 139. Consolation O God thou hast me search'd and try'd VVhat is in me thou hast espy'd And vnto thee is throughly knovvn verse 2 My rising vp and lying dovvn What thought so ere my heart conceiued By thee a far off is perceiued verse 3 VVhere so I goe or dovvn do ly Still thee I see approching nigh My vvayes and paths all thou dost fan Familiarly them out dost scan
thee I le testifie verse 8 For sacrifice I vvill not novv reproue thee Thy offrings made by fier do not moue me verse 9 That I should take of thee I haue no need Or Beeues or Goats in field or fold that feed verse 10 On thousand hils the beasts are my ovvn goods The vvilde beasts all are mine in Parks or vvoods verse 11 The mountain birds are all my ovvn I knovv them Beasts of the field are only mine I ovve them verse 12 If hungry I vvere vvould I tell it thee The vvorld and all therein belongs to mee verse 13 That I vvould eat the flesh of Buls dost think Canst thou suppose that I Goats bloud vvould drink verse 14 To God most high praise offer and thanksgiuing And pay thy vovves to God in him beleeuing verse 15 In thy distres to me thy plaints apply I vvill thee ayd thou shalt me glorifie verse 16 To vvicked men saith God dar'st thou presume My gracious Lavv in graceles lips assume Thy stubborn heart my counsels hath disdained My sacred vvord thou hast despis d profaned verse 17 My lore my vvords thou hatest dost reiect verse 18 Thou seest a thief and him thou dost affect His race thou run'st vvith strumpets league dost make Adultrers lust vvith them thou dost partake verse 19 Thy mouth speaks ill and thy false tong beguileth Deceit and lyes it forgeth and compileth verse 20 Thou sitst and speakst thy brother to defame To scandalize thy mothers son vvith shame verse 21 I silence kept vvhilst these things thou hast done Thou thought'st me as thy self euen such a one But I vvill thee reproue for euery error And marshall them before thy eyes vvith terror verse 22 Consider vvell all this I you entreat You that neglect the Lord and him forget Lest I doe teare you vvhen ye helples be verse 23 VVho yeelds me thanks and praise he honors me VVho ordereth aright his conuersation To him vvill I declare the Lords saluation Psalme 51. Prayer HAue mercy Lord haue mercy most of might On me alas most vvicked vvretch of vvretches According to thy mercies boundles riches Remit my sins remoue them from thy sight verse 2 Wash me O Lord and throughly clense my soul From th'odious fact my folly hath committed And from my crimes so crying fell and foul By thy free Grace let me be cleard and quitted verse 3 For vvell I knovv vvith sad acknovvledgment My hainous sins and my exceeding errors Still in my sight vvith gastly frights and terrors Incessantly my minde my soul torment verse 4 Against my God against thee holy Lord And in thy sight I trespast and offended That vvhat thou sayst may still haue iust record And euermore thy sentence be commended verse 5 Behold alas in sin I vvas brought forth When first my brest this breath of life receiued In sin alas my mother me conceiued A child of vvrath and lesse then nothing vvorth verse 6 Lo also Lord thou louest truth vvithin VVithin the heart vvithin the soul sincerity Therfore to me so gracious thou hast bin To make me knovv thy invvard vvisdoms verity verse 7 VVith hysope then O purge my filthy plight So shall I be reclensed to perfection O vvash me vvash me from this foul infection So shall I pas the purest shovv for vvhite verse 8 So shalt thou make me ioy and gladnes hear From th'invvard voice of thy good grace relieuing So shall my bones vvhich almost broken vvere Reioynd reioyce their former strength receiuing Pause verse 9 No longer novv my loathsom sins behold But hide thy face and turn avvay thy terrors VVipe out my vveak my vvilde my vvilfull errors And all my faults and follies manifold verse 10 In me a nevv heart O my God create A nevv clean heart vnto thy vvill inclined In me a nevv right spirit renouate From naturall corruption pure refined verse 11 Nor from thy face LORD cast me quite avvay Nor from thy sight in thy displeasure driue me Nor of thy grace nor holy Spirit depriue me Nor in thy vvrath abandon me for aye verse 12 The comforts of thy face to me restore And sauing health vvhich I had once conceiued VVith thy free spirit confirm me more and more That I of them may neuer be bereaued verse 13 Then vvill I teach them that transgressors be To knovv thy vvayes and learn thy mercies ample And sinners shall be brought by my example Soone to returne conuerting vnto thee verse 14 Vouchsafe O LORD my God and sauer sole To expiate my brute and bloudy madnes Then shall my tong thy righteousnes extoll And of thy grace sing praise vvith ioy and gladnes verse 15 O open thou my closed lips O LORD And then my mouth shall thankfully be telling The vvonders of thy glorious vvorks excelling And of thy Name the praises iust record verse 16 Thou vveighest not externall sacrifice Although I should else vvould I giue thee many Burnt offrings are not pleasing in thine eyes Nor art thou vvont to take delight in any verse 17 The sacrifice vvhich thou dost most respect Is a sad soule a broken heart lamenting A contrite heart vnfainedly repenting These these O God thou neuer dost reiect verse 18 To Sion shevv thy goodnes bounteous beam Vpon thy mount for euermore extend it Build vp the vvals of thy Ierusalem VVithin direct it and vvithout defend it verse 19 Then shall vve to thine altar vvelcome bring Oblations free vvhich thou thy selfe demandest The sacrifice vvhich thou O LORD commandest Lambs kids and calues and euery offering Psalme 52. Consolation IN mischief vvhich thou multipliest And thy iniquity VVhy vantest thou and magnifiest Thy self in vanity But yet knovv thou Gods goodnes sure Doth euermore endure verse 2 Thy tong in vvickednes aboundeth Mischieuous in thy thought Like to a rasor sharpe it vvoundeth Pernicious fraud hath vvrought verse 3 Ill more then good doth thee delight And falshood more then right Selah verse 4 Thou lovest all vvords that deuovver Reioycing to do vvrong verse 5 God shall destroy thee by his povver For euer thou false tong He shalll remoue thee quite deface And pull thee from thy place Thee vvretch from the land of the liuing He shall roote out and teare Selah verse 6 The righteous this shall see thanksgiuing And this behold vvith feare But they at thee shall laugh that day And in derision say verse 7 Lo this is he that hath refused To take God for his ayd But trusted in his vvealth abused And on his ovvn strength staid Who sought himselfe to fortifie In his iniquity verse 8 But I shall fairely grovv and flourish Like to an oliue tree And God vvill in his house me nourish VVhere planted I shall be For in his mercy I alvvay Do put my trust for ay verse 9 For this thy mercy and saluation He praise thee vvithout end And on thy Name vvith adoration VVill I vvayt and attend For gracious is thy Name diuine And good to all are tâ—ine
Psalme 53. Doctrin THe foole in heart the holy God denyes They are corrupt in all their enterprises To be abhord in all their exercises Good vvorks none do nor therunto aduise All are vnvvise verse 2 The Lord from heau'n the sons of men lookt on To see if there vvere any vnderstanding To vvorship him obeying his commanding He searcht mankinde to see if any one Sought God alone verse 3 But vvhen he had them fully searcht and tride He found they vvere become abhominable In all their vvorks corrupt and dâ—testable Not one doth good none follovv God their guide All vvander vvide verse 4 Are all that vvork iniquity past sense That hauing got my people in their povver They them as bread vvith greedy iavves deuovver They call not on the Lord of povver immense Through negligence verse 5 VVhere no dread vvas they vvere brought in great feare For God the Lord the bones of them hath scattred VVho thee besieg'd and those thy vvals haue battred Thou hast them sham'd of God despis'd they vvere Quite cast off there verse 6 From Sion vvho vvill vnto Israel Saluation send vvhen back the Lord returneth The grieuous thrall vvherein his people mourneth In gladnes then shall ioyfull Iacob dvvell And Israel Psalme 54. Prayer LORD GOD almighty saue thou me By thy great Name my soule sustain thou And by thy strength my cause maintain thou And vouchsafe thou my Iudg to be verse 2 O hear me vvhen to thee I pray Thy sacâ—ed eare to me dovvn bend thou And gratiously O Lord attend thou â—o all the vvords that I shall say verse 3 For strangers vp against me rise And mighty Princes tyranizing Do seek my soul to spoil surprising They set not God before their eyes Selah verse 4 Behold my helper God me gards The LORD vvith them for ay remayneth Whose faithfull loue my soul sustaineth Them vvith his presence he revvards verse 5 Euen he it is that vvill distres With their ovvn mischiefs my enuyers Deal vvith them as thy truth requires Them all cut off and quite suppres verse 6 Then shall I vvith alacrity Bring sacrifices acceptable And praise thy Name most honourable Replenisht vvith benignity verse 7 Because from grief he set me free Me from all trouble he inlarged My foes vvith vengeance he surcharged Mine eyes on them my vvill did see Psalme 55. Prayer O LORD heare thou my poore petition Hide not thy eyes at my contrition Do not despise my deprecation verse 2 But bend thy gracious eare to me My cryes oh heare my sorrovv see Regard my mournfull meditation verse 3 For vvhy my furious foes take pleasure To vex perplex me out of measure The vvicked vvork me vilde vexation VVith most malitious madnes they Foul blots and spots vpon me lay VVith much despightfull imputation verse 4 My soul vvith fear doth faint and tremble The pains and pangs of death assemble And me oh me haue so surrounded verse 5 That dreadfull direfull shiuerings mâ—ke My heart each vitall part to quake In vvoe I am vvound vp and vvounded verse 6 Then this I vvisht thus to relieue me O that some one Doues vvings vvould giue me Wherby from dangers vvhich inclose me verse 7 I might escape and fly avvay Into some desart there to stay Selah VVhere I might rest and safe repose me verse 8 Then from those storms blasts loud-blovving Fast vvould I fly svviftly be going Timely to seek some safe protection verse 9 Their tongs O LORD diuide forth pull For I haue seen their city full Of rage and vvrongs most foul infection With vvickednes like vvals inclosed VVithin vvithout of sin composed verse 10 They night and day are bout it vvalking All guilt and guile are in her streets verse 11 Deceit debate there slyly greets There shameles sins are stoutly stalking Pause verse 12 But had my enemy thus vs'd me And thus reproachfully abus'd me I could it better haue endured Or had it been my open foe That raisâ—d himself to bring me lovv I might haue hid my self immured verse 13 But it vvas thou my deare befriended VVhose loue to guide me had pretended VVith vvhom in secret oft I talked verse 14 In consultation ioy'd to meet And mutually took counsell svveet And to Gods house together vvalked verse 15 Therfore shall sudden death dispatch them Hels gaping mouth aliue shall catch them For vvith them violence remaineth And in their dvvellings holdeth place verse 16 But I vvill call to God for grace The Lord me saues and safe maintaineth verse 17 My prayers I to him applyed At euen morn noone to him I cryed Who heard my suit nor did deny me verse 18 In peace from vvaâ—s he set me free From bloudy battell saued me For heau'ns angelike host stood by me verse 19 God vvill me heare vvho changeth neuer Who ruled hath and raigned euer Selah But he shall punish them deiecting Because that they no change do finde Therfore Gods fear they do not minde With hearts obdurate him neglecting verse 20 They on their friends lay hands iniurious Against the peacefull raging furious Their cou'nant they haue violated verse 21 VVhen from his mouth vvords slyly sooth And seem as butter soft and smooth War in his heart is meditated Dissembling deep vvith hony speeches With crovvching creeping sly beseeches His ollyvvords like svvords haue vvounded verse 22 But cast thy care vpon the LORD For he svveet succour vvill afford The iust shall neuer be confounded verse 23 Bloud-thirsty homicides pernicious Deceitfull iuglers vildly vitious Thou Lord vvilt bring to dire perdition They shall not liue out half their dayes But thy sure help my hope shall raise And I vvill trust in thy tuition Psalme lvj Prayer HAue mercy LORD on me for certainly The cruell man at once vvould svvallovv me He fights against me daily furiously Oppressing me each houre verse 2 My enemies vvould daily me deuoure And many fight gainst me vvith all their povver O GOD most high in thee I trust my tovver To thee in feare I fly verse 4 I le praise the LORD for my trust doth rely Vpon his Word assur'd secur'd therby What man can doe no vvhit affrayd am I For I shall be defended verse 5 What euer I to do or speak intended To vvrest against me daily they contended And all their thoughts to this are chiefly bended That mischief me they might verse 6 With ioyn'd consent and most malitious spite They vvatch my steps in ambush day and night To haue me in their povvr they vse their might At my life they haue aymed verse 7 Shall they escape vvithout rebuke vnblamed By vvicked plots and stratagems they framed Confound their hope O LORD make them ashamed In thy vvrath them dovvn cast Pause verse 8 My vvandrings to and fro thou numbred hast And stored vp my teares none fall in vvast Writ in thy book their memory shall last VVhen I to God haue cryed verse 9 His gracious eare to me he hath applyed My foes he