magnifie thy Name 6. Quite tir'd with pain with groaning faint No hope of ease I see The night that quiets common griefs Is spent in tears by me 7. My beauty fades my sight grows dim My eyes with weakness close Old age o'ertakes me whilst I think On my insulting Foes 8. But those that triumph in my harms No longer shall rejoyce For God I find accepts my tears And listens to my voice 9. 10. God hears and grants my humble pray'r And they that wish my fall Shall blush and rage to see that God Protects me from them all PSALM VII 1. OLord my God as I have plac'd My trust alone in thee From all my persecutors rage Do thou deliver me 2. Save me from my remorseless Foe Lord interpose thy pow'r Lest like a Savage Lyon he My helpless Soul devour 3 4. If I am guilty or did e're Against his peace combine Nay If I have not spar'd his life Who sought unjustly mine 5. Let then to persecuting Foes My Soul become a prey Let them to earth tread down my life In dust my honour lay 6. Arise and let thine anger Lord In my defence engage Exalt thy self above my foes And their insulting rage Awake awake in my behalf The Judgment to dispence Which thou hast righteously ordain'd For injur'd Innocence 7. So to thy Throne adoring crouds Shall still for Justice fly O! therefore for their suffering sakes Do thou return on high 8. Impartial Judge of all the world I trust my cause to thee O! judge me by my Righteousness And hearts Integrity 9. Let wickedness and wicked Men Together be o'erthrown But six the just thou God to whom The hearts of both are known 10 11. God me protects nor only me But all of upright Heart And daily lays up wrath for those Who from his Laws depart 12 If they persist he whets his sword His bow stands always bent 13. Ev'n now with swift destruction wing'd His pointed shafts are sent 14. Those treach'rous plots my foe conceiv'd Abortive are and vain 15. The pit he digg'd has prov'd a grave His ruins to contain 16. On his malicious head returns The mischief he contriv'd The violence for me design'd Is to himself arriv'd 17. Therefore of providence Divine The Justice I 'll proclaim I 'll sing the praise of God most high And celebrate his Name PSALM VIII 1. O Thou to whom all Creatures bow Within this earthly frame Thro' all the world how great art Thou How glorious is thy Name In Heav'n thy wond'rous Acts are sung Nor fully reckon'd there 2. And yet thou mak'st the infant Tongue Thy boundless Praise declare Through thee the weak confound the strong And crush their haughty Foes And so thou quell'st the wicked throng That thee and thine oppose 3. When Heav'n thy beauteous work on high Employs my wond'ring sight The Moon that nightly gilds the sky With Stars of feebler light 4. Lord what is man that still thou lov'st To keep him in thy mind Or what his offspring that thou prov'st To them so wond'rous kind 5. Him next in pow'r thou didst create To thy celestial train 6. Ordain'd with dignity and state O'er all thy works to reign 7. They jointly own his potent sway The Beasts that prey or graze 8. The Bird that wings its airy way The Fish that cuts the Seas 9. O thou to whom all Creatures bow Within this earthly frame Through all the world how great art Thou How glorious is thy Name PSALM IX 1. TO celebrate thy praise O Lord I will my heart prepare To all the list'ning world thy Works Thy wond'rous Works declare 2. The thought of them shall to my Soul Exalted raptures bring Whilst to thy Name O thou most High Triumphant Praise I sing 3. Thou mad'st my haughty Foes to turn Their backs in shameful flight Struck with thy presence down they fell They perish'd at thy sight 4. Against insulting Foes advanc'd Thou didst my cause maintain My Right asserting from thy Throne Where Truth and Justice reign 5. The insolence of heathen pride Thou hast reduc'd to shame Their wicked offspring quite destroy'd And blotted out their name 6. Mistaken Foes your threats and you Are to a period come Our Cities stand design'd by you Their slaughter'd owners Tomb. 7 8. The Lord endures who has on high His Righteous Throne prepar'd Impartial Justice to dispense To punish or reward 9. His kindness is a sure defence Against oppressing rage As troubles rise his needful aids In our behalf engage 10. All those who have his Goodness prov'd Will in his Truth confide Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man That on his help rely'd 11. Sing Praises therefore to the Lord From Sion his abode Proclaim his Deeds till all the world Confess no other God PART II. 12. When he enquiry makes for blood He 'll call their guilt to mind The injur'd humble man's complaint Relief from him shall find 13. Compassion on my troubles take That spiteful Foes create Thou that hast rescu'd me so oft From deaths devouring gate 14. In Sion then I 'll sing thy Praise To all that love thy Name And with loud shouts of grateful joy Thy saving Pow'r proclaim 15. Deep in the pit they digg'd for me The heathen pride is laid Their guilty feet to their own snare Insensibly betray'd 16. Thus by the just returns he makes The mighty Lord is known While wicked Men by their own plots Are shamefully o'erthrown 17. His injur'd Saints when most distrest He ne'er forgets to aid Their expectation shall be crown'd Tho for a time delay'd 18. No single Sinner shall escape By privacy obscur'd Nor Nations from his just Revenge By numbers be secur'd 19. Arise O Lord assert thy pow'r And let not man o'ercome Descend to Judgement and pronounce The guilty Heathens doom 20. Strike terrour through the Nations round Till by consenting fear They to each other and themselves But mortal Men appear PSALM X. 1. THy presence why withdraw'st thou Lord Why hid'st thou now thy Face When dismal Times of deep distress Call for thy wonted Grace 2. The wicked swell'd with lawless pride Have made the poor their prey O! let them fall by those designs Which they for others lay 3. For strait they triumph if success Their thriving crimes attend And sordid wretches whom God hates In his despite commend 4. To own a pow'r above themselves Their haughty pride disdains And therefore in their stubborn mind No thought of God remains 5. Oppressive methods they pursue And all their Foes they slight Because thy Judgments unobserv'd Are far above their sight 6. They fondly think their prosp'rous state Shall unmolested be They think their vain designs shall thrive From all misfortunes free 7. Vain and deceitful is their Speech With curses fill'd and lies By which the mischief they intend They study to disguise 8. Near publick Roads they lie conceal'd And all their art employ The innocent and poor at once To rifle and destroy 9. Not
night 8. Nothing I know can lie conceal'd From his All-seeing Eye And my firm hope has never fail'd Because he still is nigh 9. Therefore my heart all grief defies My glory does rejoyce My flesh shall rest in hope to rise Wak'd by his pow'rful voice 10. Thou Lord when I resign my breath My soul from hell wilt free Nor let thy Holy One in death The least corruption see 11. Thou shalt the paths of Life display Which to thy presence lead Where pleasures dwell without allay And joys that never fade PSALM XVII 1. HEar my just plea to my complaint Attend O Righteous Lord And to my pray'r as 't is unfeign'd A gracious Ear afford 2. As in thy presence I 'm approv'd So let my sentence be And with impartial Eyes O Lord My upright dealing see 3. For thou hast prov'd my heart by day And visited by night And on the strictest tryal found Its secret motions right Nor shall thy Justice Lord alone My hearts designs acquit For I have purpos'd that my Tongue Shall no offence commit 4. I know what wicked men would do Their safety to maintain But me thy just and mild commands From bloody Paths restrain 5. That I may still in spite of wrongs My innocence secure O! Guide me in thy Righteous Ways And make my footsteps sure 6. Since heretofore I ne'er in vain To thee my pray'r address'd O! now my God incline thine Ear To this my just request 7. The wonders of thy love and care In my defence engage Thou whose right Hand preserves thy Saints From their oppressors rage PART II. 8 9. O! keep me in thy tend'rest care With shelt'ring wings stretch'd out From cruel and oppressing Foes That compass me about 10. O'ergrown with luxury enclos'd In their own fat they lie And with a proud blaspheming Mouth Both God and Man defie 11. Well may they boast for they have now My path encompass'd round Their eyes at watch their bodies bow'd And couching to the ground 12. In posture of a Lion set When greedy of his prey Or a young Lion when he lurks Within a covert way 13. Arise O Lord defeat their plots Their swelling rage controul From the ungodly man thy Sword Deliver thou my Soul 14. From worldly Men thy sharpest scourge Whose portion 's here below Who fill'd with earthly stores aspire No other bliss to know 15. Pleas'd with a num'rous Race to share Their substance while they live Successive heirs to whom they may The vast remainder give 16. But Lord for me I only crave The treasure of thy Grace And waking in my Soul to find The Image of thy Face PSALM XVIII 1 2. NO change of times shall ever shock My firm affection Lord to Thee For thou hast always been a rock A fortress and defence to me Thou my deliv'rer art my God My trust is in thy mighty Pow'r Thou art my shield from foes abroad At home my safeguard and my tow'r 3. To thee I 'll still address my pray'r To whom my praise I justly owe So shall I by thy watchful care Be guarded from my treach'rous Foe 4 5. By floods of wicked Men distress'd With deadly sorrows compass'd round With dire infernal Pangs oppress'd In deaths unwieldy fetters bound 6. To Heav'n I make my mournful pray'r To God address my humble moan Who graciously inclines his Ear And hears me from his lofty Throne PART II. 7. When God arose to take my part The trembling Earth did quake for fear From their firm posts the Hills did start Nor durst his dreadful fury bear 8. Thick clouds of smoak disperst abroad Ensigns of wrath before him came Devouring fire around him glow'd That coals were kindled at its flame 9. He left the beauteous Realms of Light Whilst Heav'n bow'd down its awful head Beneath his feet substantial Night Was like a sable carpet spread 10. The Chariot of the King of Kings Which troops of harness'd Angels drew On a strong tempest 's rapid wings With most amazing swiftness flew 11 12. Black watry mists and clouds conspir'd With thickest shades his face to veil But at his brightness soon retir'd And fell in show'rs of fire and hail 13. Thro' Heav'ns wide Arch a thund'ring peal Gods angry voice did loudly roar While earths sad face with heaps of hail And flakes of fire was cover'd o'er 14. His sharpen'd arrows round he threw Which made his scatter'd foes retreat Like darts his nimble Light'nings flew And quickly finish'd their defeat 15. The deep its secret stores disclos'd The worlds Foundations naked lay By his avenging Wrath expos'd Which fiercely rag'd that dreadful day PART III. 16. The Lord did on my side engage From Heav'n his Throne my cause upheld And snatch'd me from the furious rage Of threat'ning waves that proudly swell'd 17. God his resistless Pow'r employ'd My strongest Foes attempts to break Who else with ease had soon destroy'd The weak defence that I could make 18. Their subtle rage had near prevail'd When I distress'd and friendless lay But still when other succours fail'd God was my firm support and stay 19. From dangers that enclos'd me round He brought me forth and set me free For some just cause his goodness found That mov'd him to delight in me 20. Because in me no guilt remains God does his gracious help extend My hands are free from bloody stains Therefore the Lord is still my Friend 21 22. For I his Judgments kept in sight In his just Ways I always trod I never did his Statutes slight Nor vainly wander'd from my God 23 24. But still my Soul sincere and pure Did ev'n from darling sins refrain His favours therefore yet endure Because my heart and hands are clean PART IV. 25 26. Thou suit'st O Lord thy righteous Ways To various paths of human kind They who for mercy merit praise With thee shall wond'rous mercy find Thou to the Just shalt Justice shew Thy purity the pure shall see Such as perversly chuse to go Shall meet perverse returns from thee 27 28. That he the humble Soul will save And crush the haughty's boasted might In me the Lord an instance gave Whose darkness he has turn'd to light 29. On his firm succour I rely'd And did o'er num'rous Foes prevail Nor fear'd whilst he was on my side The best defended walls to scale 30. For Gods designs shall still succeed His Word will bear the strictest Test He 's a strong shield to all that need And on his sure protection rest 31. Who then deserves to be ador'd But God on whom my hopes depend Or who except the mighty Lord Can with resistless pow'r defend PART V. 32 33. 'T is God that girds my armour on And all my just designs fulfils Through him my feet can swiftly run And nimbly climb the steepest hills 34. Lessons of war from him I take And manly weapons learn to wield Strong bows of steel with ease I break Forc'd to my stronger Arms to yield 35. The buckler of
his saving health Protects me from assaulting foes His hand sustains me still my wealth And greatness from his bounty flows 36. My goings he enlarg'd abroad Before to narrow paths confin'd And when in slipp'ry ways I trod The method of my steps design'd 37. Through him I num'rous Foes defeat And in their hasty flight o'ertake Nor from my fierce pursuit retreat Till a full end of all I make 38. Cover'd with wounds in vain they try Their vanquish'd heads again to rear Grov'ling beneath my feet they lie From whence to rise they must despair 39. God when fierce Armies take the field Recruits my strength and courage warms He makes my strong opposers yield Subdu'd by my prevailing Arms. 40. Through him the necks of prostrate Foes My conqu'ring feet in triumph press Aided by him I root out those Who hate and envy my success 41. With loud complaints all friends they try'd But none was able to defend At length to God for succour cry'd But God wou'd no assistance lend 42. Like flying dust which winds pursue Their broken troops were scatter'd round Contemptible and vile they grew As loathsom dirt that clogs the ground PART VI. 43. Our factious Tribes at strife till now At Gods appointment me obey The Heathen to my Scepter bow And Foreign Nations own my sway 44. Remotest Realms their homage send When my successful name they hear Strangers for my commands attend Charm'd with respect or aw'd by fear 45. All to my summons tamely yield Or soon in battle are dismay'd For stronger Holds they quit the field And still in strongest Holds afraid 46. Let the Eternal Lord be prais'd The Rock on whose defence I rest O'er highest Heav'ns his Name be rais'd Who me with his Salvation bless'd 47. 'T is God that still supports my right His just Rovenge my foes pursues 'T is he that with resistless Might Fierce Nations to my yoke subdues 48. My universal safeguard He From whom my lasting honours slow He made me great and set me free From my remorseless bloody Foe 49. Therefore to celebrate his fame My grateful voice to Heav'n I 'll raise And Nations strangers to his Name Shall thus be taught to sing his Praise 50. God to his King deliv'rance sends Shews his Anointed signal Grace His mercy evermore extends To David and his promis'd Race PSALM XIX 1. THE Heav'ns declare thy Glory Lord Which that alone can fill The Firmament and Stars express Their great Creators skill 2. Revolving days with ev'ry dawn Fresh beams of knowledge bring From darkest nights successive rounds Divine Instructions spring 3. Their pow'rful Language to no Realm Or Region is confin'd 'T is Natures voice and understood Alike by all Mankind 4. Their Doctrines sacred Sense itself Through Earths extent displays Whose bright contents the circling Sun Around the World conveys 5. No Bride-groom for his Nuptials drest Has such a chearful face No Giant does like him rejoyce To run his glorious race 6. From East to West from West to East His restless circuit goes And through his progress chearful light And vital warmth bestows PART II. 7. Gods perfect Law converts the Soul Reclaims from false desires With sacred Wisdom his firm Word The ignorant inspires 8. The Statutes of the Lord are Just And bring fincere delight His pure commands in search of Truth Assist the feeblest sight 9. His fear is clean his worship fix'd For ever to abide His equal Judgments in the scale Of Truth and Justice try'd 10. Of more esteem than golden Mines Or Gold refin'd with skill More sweet than honey or the drops That from the comb distill 11. My trusty Counsellors they are And friendly warnings give Divine Rewards attend on those Who by thy Precepts live 12. But what frail man observes how oft He does thy Laws transgress Do thou who only know'st them all My secret faults redress 13. Let no presumptuous Sin O Lord Dominion have o'er me Preserve me guiltless or at least From great offences free 14. So shall my pray'r and praises be With thy acceptance blest And I secure on thy defence My strength and Saviour rest PSALM XX. 1. THE Lord to thy request attend And hear thee in distress The Name of Jacob's God defend And grant thy Arms success 2. To aid thee from on high repair And strength from Sion give Remember all thy offerings there Thy sacrifice receive 3. To compass thy own heart's desire Thy counsels still direct Make kindly all events conspire To bring them to effect 4. To thy Salvation Lord for aid We 'll chearfully repair With banners in thy Name display'd The Lord accept thy pray'r 5. Our hopes are now confirm'd the Lord Will by our Sov'reign stand From Heav'n the saving strength afford Of his resistless Hand 6. Some trust in Steeds for war design'd On Chariots some rely Against them All we 'll call to mind The Name of God most high 7. But from their Steeds and Chariots thrown Behold them through the plain Disorder'd broke and trampled down Whilst firm our Troops remain 8. Still save us Lord and still proceed Our rightful cause to bless Hear King of Heav'n in times of need The pray'rs that we address FINIS
Lions couchant in their dens Surprise their heedless prey With greater cunning or express More savage rage than they 10. Sometimes they act the harmless man And humble looks they wear That so deceiv'd the poor may less Their sudden onset fear PART II. 11. For God they think no notice takes Of their unrighteous Deeds He never minds the suffering poor Nor their oppression heeds 12. But Thou O Lord at length arise Stretch forth thy mighty Arm And by the greatness of thy Pow'r Defend the poor from harm 13. No longer let the wicked vaunt And proudly boasting say Tush God regards not what we do He never will repay 14. But sure thou see'st and all their deeds Impartially shalt try The Orphan therefore and the Poor To thee for succour fly 15. Defenceless let the wicked fall Of all their strength bereft Destroy O God their vile designs Till none of them be left 16. Assert thy just Dominion Lord Which shall for ever stand Through which the Heathen were expell'd From this thy chosen Land 17. Thy humble suppliants still thou hear'st That to thy Throne repair Thou first prepar'st their hearts to pray And then accept'st their pray'r 18. Thou in thy righteous Judgment weigh'st The Fatherless and Poor That so the Tyrants of the earth May persecute no more PSALM XI 1. SInce I in God have plac'd my trust A refuge always nigh Why should I like a tim'rous Bird To distant mountains fly 2. Behold the wicked bend their bow And ready fix their dart Lurking in ambush to destroy The man of upright heart 3. When once the firm assurance fails Which publick Faith imparts 'T is time for innocence to fly From such deceitful arts 4. The Lord has both a Temple here And righteous Throne above Whence he surveys the Sons of Men And how their counsels move 5. If God the Righteous whom he loves For tryal does correct What must the Sons of violence Whom he abhors expect 6. Snares fire and brimstone on their heads Shall in one tempest show'r This dreadful mixture his revenge Into their cup shall pour 7. The righteous Lord will righteous Deeds With signal favour grace And on the upright man reflect The brightness of his face PSALM XII 1. SInce godly men decay O Lord Do thou my cause defend For scarce these wretched times afford One just and faithful Friend 2. One Neighbour now can scarce believe What t'other does impart With flatt'ring lips they all deceive And with a double heart 3. But lips that with deceit abound Shall never prosper long God's Righteous Vengeance will confound The proud blaspheming Tongue 4. In vain those foolish boasters say Our tongues are sure our own With doubtful words we 'll still betray And be controul'd by none 5. For God who hears the poor opprest And all their sufferings knows Will soon arise and give them rest In spite of all their Foes 6. The word of God shall still abide And void of falshood be As is the silver sev'n-times try'd From drosly mixture free 7. The promise of his aiding Grace Shall reach its purpos'd end His Servants from this faithless Race He ever shall defend 8. Then shall the wicked be perplex'd Nor know which way to fly When those whom they despis'd and vex'd Shall be advanc'd on high PSALM XIII 1. HOW long wilt thou forget me Lord Must I for ever mourn How long wilt thou withdraw from me Oh! never to return 2. How long shall anxious thoughts my soul And grief my heart oppress How long my enemies insult And I have no redress 3. O hear and to my longing eyes Restore thy wonted light And suddenly or I shall sleep In everlasting night 4. Restore me lest they proudly boast 'T was their own strength o'ercame Permit not them that vex my soul To triumph in my shame 5. Surely as I have plac'd my trust Beneath thy mercies wing E're long when thy salvation comes My heart with joy shall spring 6. Then shall my song with praise inspir'd To thee my God ascend Who to thy servant in distress Such bounty didst extend PSALM XIV 1. THE wicked Fools must sure suppose That God is nothing but a name This their corrupt lewd practise shews Since righteous Acts they all disclaim 2. The Lord look'd down from Heav'ns high tow'r And did the race of mankind view To see if any own'd his pow'r If any Truth or Justice knew 3. But all he saw were gone aside All were degen'rate grown and base None took Religion for their guide Not one of all the sinful Race 4. But can these workers of deceit Be all so dull and sensless grown That they like bread my people eat And God's Almighty Pow'r disown 5. How will they tremble then for fear When his just Wrath shall them o'ertake For to the righteous God is near And never will their cause forsake 6. In vain ungodly Men condemn Those counsels which the Just pursue Since God a refuge is for them Whom his just Eyes with favour view 7. Would he his saving Pow'r employ To break his peoples servile band Then shouts of universal joy Should loudly eccho through the Land PSALM XV. 1. LOrd who 's the happy man that may To thy blest Courts repair Not stranger-like to visit them But to inhabit there 2. 'T is he whose ev'ry thought and deed By rules of virtue moves Whose gen'rous Tongue disdains to speak The thing his heart disproves 3. Who never did a slander forge His neighbours fame to wound Nor hearkens to a false Report By malice whisper'd round 4. Who Vice in all its pomp and pow'r Can treat with just neglect And piety tho cloath'd in rags Religiously respect Who to his plighted vows and trust Has ever firmly stood And tho he promise to his loss He makes his promise good 5. Whose soul in usury disdains His treasure to employ Whom no rewards could ever bribe The guiltless to destroy The man who by this steady course Has happiness ensur'd When earths foundations shake shall stand By providence secur'd PSALM XVI 1. PRotect me from my cruel Foes And shield me Lord from harm Because my trust I still repose On thy Almighty Arm. 2. My soul all help but thine does slight All Gods but thee disown Yet can no deeds of mine requite The goodness thou hast shown 3. But those that are of virtuous Note Who love the thing that 's right To favour always and promote Shall be my chief delight 4. How shall their sorrows be increas'd Who other Gods adore Their bloody offerings I detest Their very names abhor 5. My lot is fal'n in that blest Land Where God is purely serv'd He fills my cup with lib'ral hand My right 's by him preserv'd 6. In natures most delightful scene My happy portion lies The place of my appointed reign All other Lands outvies 7. Therefore my soul shall bless the Lord Whose Word 's my guide and light Who private counsel does afford In dark affliction 's