LOrd from the depths to thee I cry'd My voice Lord do thou hear Unto my supplications voyce give an attentive ear Lord who shall stand if thou O Lord should'st mark iniquitie But yet with Thee forgivenesse is that fear'd Thou mayest be I wait for God my soul doth wait my hope is in His word More then they that for morning watch my soul waits for the Lord I say more then they that do watch the morning light to see Let Israel hope in the Lord for with Him mercies be And plenteous redemption is ever found with Him And from all his iniquities he Israel shall redeem PSAL. CXXXI A song of degrees of David MY heart not haughtie is O Lord mine eyes not lofty be Nor do I deal in matters great or things for me too hie I surely have my self behav'd with quiet sp'rit and milde As childe of mother wean'd my soul is like a weaned childe Upon the Lord let all the hope of Israel rely Ev'n from the time that present is unto eternity PSAL. CXXXII A song of degrees DAvid and his afflictions all Lord do thou think upon How unto God he sware and vow'd to Jacobs mightie One I will not come within my house nor rest in bed at all Nor shall mine eyes take any sleep nor eye-lids slumber shall Till for the Lord a place I finde where He may make abode A place of habitation for Jacobs mightie God Lo at the place of Ephratah of it we understood And we did finde it in the fields and city of the wood We 'll go into His Tabernacles and at His footstool bow Arise O Lord into Thy rest th' Ark of Thy strength and Thou O let Thy Priests be cloathed Lord with truth and righteousnesse And let all those that are Thy saints shout loud for joyfulnesse For thine own servant Davids sake do not deny Thy grace Nor of Thine own anointed one turn Thou away the face The Lord in truth to David sware He will not turn from it I of thy bodies fruit will make upon thy throne to sit My Covenant if thy sons will keep and Laws to them made known Their children then shall also sit for ever on Thy throne For God of Zion hath made choice there He desires to dwell This is My rest here still I 'le stay for I do like it well Her food I 'le greatly blesse her poor with bread will satisfie Her priests I 'le cloathe with health her saints shall shout forth joyfullie And there will I make Davids horn to bud forth pleasantlie For him that Mine anointed is a lamp ordain'd have I. As with a garment I will cloathe with shame his enemies all But yet the crown that he doth wear upon him flourish shall PSAL. CXXXIII A song of degrees of David BEhold how good a thing it is and how becoming well Together such as brethren are in unitie to dwell Like precious ointment on the head that down the beard did flow Ev'n Aarons beard and to the skirts did of his garments go As Hermons dew the dew that doth on Zion hills descend For there the blessing God commands life that shall never end PSAL. CXXXIV A song of degrees BEhold blesse ye the Lord all ye that his attendants are Ev'n you that in Gods Temple be and praise Him nightly there Your hands within Gods holy place lift up and praise His Name From Zion hill the Lord thee blesse that heav'n and earth did frame PSAL. CXXXV PRaise ye the Lord the Lords Name praise His servants praise ye God Who stand in Gods house in the Courts of our God make abode Praise ye the Lord for He is good unto Him praises sing Sing praises to His Name because it is a pleasant thing For Jacob to Himself the Lord did choose of His good pleasure And He hath chosen Israel for His peculiar treasure Because I know assuredly the Lord is very great And that our Lord above all gods in glory hath His seat What thing soever pleas'd the Lord that in the heav'n did He And in the earth the seas and all the places deep that be He from the ends of earth doth make the vapours to ascend With rain He lightnings makes and winde doth from His treasures send Aegypts first-born from man to beast who smore Strange tokens He On Pharaoh and his servants sent Aegypt in midst of thee He smote great nations flew great Kings Sihon of Heshbon King And Og of Bashan and to nought did Canaans Kingdoms bring And for a wealthy heritage their pleasant land He gave An heritage which Israel His chosen folk should have Thy Name O Lord shall still endure and Thy memoriall With honour shall continued be to generations all For why the righteous God will judge His people righteouslie Concerning those that do Him serve Himself repent will He. The idols of the nations of silver are and gold And by the hands of men is made their fashion and mold Mouthes have they but they do not speak eyes but they do not see Ears have they but hear not and in their mouthes no breathing be Their makers are like them so are all that on them rely O Israels house blesse God blesse God O Aarons family O blesse the Lord of Levies house ye who His servants are And blesse the Holy Name of God all ye the Lord that fear And blessed be the Lord our God from Zions holy hill Who dwelleth at Jerusalem The Lord O praise ye still PSAL. CXXXVI GIve thanks to God for good is He for mercy hath He ever Thanks to the God of gods give ye for His grace faileth never Thanks give the Lord of lords unto for mercy hath He ever Who only wonders great can do for His grace faileth never Who by His wisdom made heav'ns high for mercy He hath ever Who stretcht the earth above the sea for His grace faileth never To Him that made the great Light shine for mercy He hath ever The Sun to rule till day decline for His grace faileth never The Moon and Stars to rule by night for mercy hath He ever Who Aegypts first-born kill'd outright for His grace faileth never And Israel brought from Aegypt land for mercy hath He ever With stretcht out arm and with strong hand for His grace faileth never By whom the Red-sea parted was for mercy hath He ever And through its midst made Israel passe for His grace faileth never But Pharaoh and his host did drown for mercy hath He ever Who through the desert led His own for His grace faileth never To Him great Kings who overthrew for He hath mercy ever Yea famous Kings in battell slew for His grace faileth never Ev'n Sihon King of Amorites for He hath mercy ever And Og the King of Bashanites for His grace faileth never Their land in heritage to have for mercy He hath ever His servant Israel right He gave for His grace faileth never In our low state who on us thought for He hath mercy
And let me never be asham'd because I trust in thee Let uprightnesse and truth keep me who thee attend Redemption Lord to Israel from all his troubles send Another of the same TO thee I lift my soul O Lord My God I trust in thee Let me not be asham'd let not my foes triumph ov'r me Yea let thou none ashamed be that do on thee attend Ashamed let them be O Lord who without cause offend Thy wayes Lord shew teach me thy paths Lead me in truth teach me For of my safetie thou art God all day I wait on thee Thy mercies that most tender are do thou O Lord remember And loving kindnesses for they have been of old for ever Let not the errours of my youth nor sins remembred be In mercy for thy goodnesse sake O Lord remember me The Lord is good and gracious He upright is also He therefore sinners will instruct in wayes that they should go The meek and lowly he will guide in judgement just alway To meek and poor afflicted ones hee 'l clearly teach his way The whole paths of the Lord our God are truth and mercy sure To such as keep his covenant and testimonies pure Now for thine own Names sake O Lord I humbly thee intreat To pardon mine iniquitie for it is very great What man fears God him shall he teach the way that he shall choose His soul shall dwell at ease his seed the earth as heirs shall use The secret of the Lord is with such as do fear his Name And he his holy covenant will manifest to them Towards the Lord my waiting eyes continually are set For he it is that shall bring forth my feet out of the net O turn thee unto me O God have mercy me upon Because I solitary am and in affliction Enlarg'd the griefs are of my heart me from distresse relieve See mine affliction and my pain and all my sins forgive Consider thou mine enemies because they many are And it a cruell hatred is which they against me beare O do thou keep my soul O God do thou deliver me Let me not be asham'd for I do put my trust in thee O let integritie and truth keep me who thee attend Redemption Lord to Israel from all his troubles send PSAL. XXVI A Psalm of David JUdge me O Lord for I have walkt in mine integrity I trusted also in the Lord slide therefore shall not I. Examine me and do me prove try heart and reins O God For thy love is before mine eyes thy truths paths I have trod With persons vain I have not sat nor with dissemblers gone Th' assembly of ill men I hate to sit with such I shun Mine hands in innocence O Lord I 'le wash and purify So to thine holy altar go and compasse it will I. That I with voice of thanksgiving may publish and declare And tell of all thy mighty works that great and wondrous are The habitation of thy house Lord I have loved well Yea in that place I do delight where doth thine honour dwell With sinners gather not my soul and such as bloud would spill Whose hands mischievous plots right hand corrupting bribes do fill But as for me I will walk on in mine integritie Do thou redeem me and O Lord be mercifull to me My foot upon an even place doth stand with stedfastnesse Within the congregations th' Eternall I will blesse PSAL. XXVII A Psalm of David THe Lord 's my light and saving health who shall make me dismaid My lifes strength is the Lord of whom then shall I be afraid When as mine enemies and foes most wicked persons all To eat my flesh against me rose they stumbled and did fall Against me though an host encamp my heart yet fearlesse is Though war against me rise I will be confident in this One thing I of the Lord desir'd and will seek to obtain That all dayes of my life I may within Gods house remain That I the beauty of the Lord behold may and admire And that I in his holy place may reverently enquire For he in his pavilion shall me hide in evill dayes In secret of his tent me hide and on a rock me raise And now ev'n at this present time mine head shall lifted be Above all those that be my foes and round encompasse me Therefore unto his tabernacle I 'le sacrifices bring Of joyfulnesse I 'le sing yea I to God will praises sing O Lord give ear unto my voice when I do cry to thee Upon me also mercy have and do thou answer me When thou didst say seek ye my face then unto thee reply Thus did my heart above all things Thy face Lord seek will I. Far from me hide not thou thy face put not away from thee Thy servant in thy wrath thou hast an helper been to me O God of my salvation leave me not nor forsake Though me my parents both should leave the Lord will me up take O Lord instruct me in thy way to me a leader be In a plain path because of those that hatred bear to me Give me not to mine enemies will for witnesses that lie Against me risen are and such as breath our crueltie I fainted had unlesse that I believed had to see The Lords own goodnesse in the land of them that living be Wait on the Lord and be thou strong and he shall strength afford Unto thine heart yea do thou wait I say upon the Lord. PSAL. XXVIII A Psalm of David TO thee I 'le cry O Lord my rock hold not thy peace to me Lest like those that to pit descend I by thy silence be The voice hear of my humble pray'rs when unto thee I cry When to thy holy oracle I lift mine hands on hy With ill men draw me not away that work iniquity That speak peace to their friends while in their hearts doth mischief ly Give them according to their deeds and ills endeavoured And as their handie-works deserve to them be rendered God shall not build but them destroy who would not understand The Lords own works nor did regard the doing of his hand For ever blessed be the Lord for graciously he heard The voice of my petitions and prayers did regard The Lord 's my strength and shield my heart upon him did rely And I am helped hence my heart doth joy exceedingly And with my song I will him praise Their strength is God alone He also is the saving strength of his anointed One. O thine own people do thou save blesse thine inheritance Them also do thou feed and them for evermore advance PSAL. XXIX A Psalm of David GIve ye unto the Lord ye sons that of the mighty be All strength and glory to the Lord with cheerfulnesse give ye Unto the Lord the glory give that to his Name is due And in the beautie of holinesse unto Jehovah bow The Lords voice on the waters is the God of majestie Doth thunder and on multitudes of waters sitteth He. A
thy glory and thy fame When Zion by the mighty Lord built up again shall be In Glory then and Majesty to men appear shall He. The prayer of the destitute he surely will regard Their prayer will he not despise by him it shall be heard For generations yet to come this shall be on record So shall the people that shall be created praise the Lord. He from his Sanctuaries height hath downward cast his eye And from his glorious Throne in heav'n the Lord the earth did spy That of the mournfull prisoner the groanings he might hear To set them free that unto death by men appointed are That they in Zion may declare the Lords most holy Name And publish in Jerusalem the praises of the same When as the people gather shall in troups with one accord When Kingdoms shall assembled be to serve the highest Lord. My wonted force and strength he hath abated in the way And he my dayes hath shortened Thus therefore did I say My God in mid-time of my dayes take thou me not away From age to age eternally thy years endure and stay The firm foundation of the earth of old time thou hast laid The heavens also are the work which thine own hands have made Thou shalt for evermore endure but they shall perish all Yea every one of them wax old like to a garment shall Thou as a vesture shalt them change and they shall changed be But Thou the same art and thy years are to eternitie The children of thy servants shall continually endure And in thy sight O Lord their seed shall be establisht sure Another of the same LOrd hear my pray'r and let my cry Have speedie accesse unto thee In day of my calamity O hide not Thou thy face from me Hear when I call to thee that day An answer speedily return My dayes like smoke consume away And as an hearth my bones do burn My heart is wounded very sore And withered like to grasse doth fade I am forgetfull grown therefore To take and eat my daily bread By reason of my smart within And voice of my most grievous groans My flesh consumed is my skin All parcht doth cleave unto my bones The Pelican of wildernesse The Owl in deserts I do match And Sparrow-like companionlesse Upon the houses top I watch I all day long am made a scorn Reproach'd by my malicious foes The mad men are against me sworn The men against me that arose For I have ashes eaten up To me as if they had been bread And with my drink I in my cup Of bitter tears a mixture made Because thy wrath was not appeas'd And dreadfull indignation Therefore it was that thou me rais'd And thou again didst cast me down My dayes are like a shade alway Which doth declining swiftly passe And I am withered away Much like unto the fading grasse But thou O Lord shalt still endure From change and all mutation free And to all generations sure Shall thy remembrance ever be Thou shalt arise and mercy yet Thou to mount Zion shalt extend Her time for favour which was set Behold is now come to an end Thy saints take pleasure in her stones Her very dust to them is dear All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth thy glorious Name shall fear God in his glory shall appear When Zion he builds and repairs He shall regard and lend his ear Unto the needies humble pray'rs Th' afflicteds pray'r He will not scorn All times this shall be in record And generations yet unborn Shall praise and magnifie the Lord. He from his holy place look'd down The earth he view'd from heav'n on hie To hear the prisoners mourning groan And free them that are dam'd to die That Zion and Jerusalem too His Name and praise may well record When people and the Kingdoms do Assemble all to praise the Lord. My strength he weakned in the way My dayes of life he shortened My God O take me not away In mid-time of my dayes I said Thy years throughout all ages last Of old thou hast established The earths foundation firm and fast Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made They perish shall as garments do But thou shalt evermore endure As vestures thou shalt change them so And they shall all be changed sure But from all changes thou art free Thy endlesse years do last for ay Thy servants and their seed who be Establish'd shall before thee stay PSAL. CIII A Psalm of David O thou my soul blesse God the Lord and all that in me is Be stirred up his holy Name to magnifie and blesse Blesse O my soul the Lord thy God and not forgetfull be Of all his gracious benefites he hath bestow'd on thee All thine iniquities who doth most graciously forgive Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal and thee relieve Who doth redeem thy life that thou to death may not go down Who thee with loving kindnesse doth and tender mercies crown Who with abundance of good things doth satisfie thy mouth So that ev'n as the Eagles age renewed is thy youth God righteous judgement executes for all oppressed ones His way to Moses he his acts made known to Israels sons Lord our God is mercifull and he is gracious Long suffering and slow to wrath in mercy plenteous He will not chide continually nor keep his anger still With us he dealt not as we sin'd nor did require our ill For as the heaven in its height the earth surmounteth far So great to those that do him fear his tender mercies are As far as East is distant from the VVest so far hath He From us removed in His love all our iniquitie Such pity as a father hath unto his children dear Like pity shews the Lord to such as worship Him in fear For He remembers we are dust and He our frame well knows Frail man his dayes are like the grasse as flowr in field he grows For over it the winde doth passe and it away is gone And of the place where once it was it shall no more be known But unto them that do Him fear Gods mercy never ends And to their childrens children still His righteousnesse extends To such as keep his covenant and mindfull are alway Of His most just commandements that they may them obey The Lord prepared hath His Throne in heavens firm to stand And every thing that being hath His Kingdom doth command O ye his Angels that excell in strength blesse ye the Lord Ye who obey what he commands and hearken to his word O blesse and magnifie the Lord ye glorious hosts of his Ye ministers that do fulfill what e're his pleasure is O blesse the Lord all ye his works wherewith the world is stor'd In his dominions every-where my soul blesse thou the Lord. PSAL. CIV BLesse God my soul O Lord my God thou are exceeding great With Honour and with Majestie thou clothed art in state With light as with a robe thy self thou coverest about And like
consum'd and all fruits of their ground He smote all first-born in their land chief of their strength each one With gold and silver brought them forth weak in their tribes were none Aegypt was glad when sorth they went their fear on them did light He spread a cloud for covering and fire to shine by night They askt and he brought Quails with bread of heav'n he filled them He op'ned rocks floods gusht and ran in deserts like a stream For on his holy promise he and servant Abraham thought With joy his people his elect with gladnesse forth he brought And unto them the pleasant lands he of the heathen gave That of the peoples labours they inheritance might have That they his statutes might observe according to his word And that they might his Lawes obey Give praise unto the Lord. PSAL. CVI. GIve praise and thanks unto the Lord for bountifull is He His tender mercy doth endure unto eternitie Gods mighty works who can expresse or shew forth all his praise Blessed are they that judgement keep and justly do alwayes Remember me Lord with that love which thou to thine dost bear With thy salvation O my God to visit me draw near That I thy chosens good may see and in their joy rejoyce And may with thine inheritance triumph with chearfull voice We with our fathers sinned have and of iniquity Too long we have the workers been we have done wickedly The wonders great which thou O Lord didst work in Aegypt land Our fathers though they saw yet them they did not understand And they thy mercies multitude kept not in memory But at the sea ev'n the Red-sea provok'd him grievously Neverthelesse he saved them ev'n for his own Names sake That so he might to be welt known his mighty power make When he the Red-sea did rebuke then dryed up it was Through depths as through the wildernesse He safely made them passe From hands of those that hated them he did his people save And from the enemies cruell hand to them redemption gave The waters overwhelm'd their foes not one was left alive Then they believ'd his word and praise to him in songs did give But soon did they his mighty works forget unthankfully And on his counsell and his will did not wait patiently But much did lust in wildernesse and God in desert tempt He gave them what they sought but to their soul he leannesse sent And against Moses in the camp their envy did appear At Aaron they the saint of God envious also were Therefore the earth did open wide and Dathan did devour And all Abirams company did cover in that hour Likewise among their company a fire was kindled then And so the hot consuming flame burnt up these wicked men Upon the hill of Horeb they an idol-calf did frame A molten image they did make and worshipped the same And thus their Glory and their God most vainly changed they Into the likenesse of an ox that eateth grasse or hay They did forget the mighty God that had their Saviour been By whom such great things brought to passe they had in Aegypt seen In Hams land he did wondrous works things terrible did he When he his mighty hand and arm stretcht out at the Red-sea Then said he he would them destroy had not his wrath to stay His chosen Moses stood in breach that them he should not slay Yea they despis'd the pleasant land believed not his word But in their tents they murmured not hearkning to the Lord. Therefore in desert them to slay he lifted up his hand 'mong nations to o'rethrow their seed and scatter in each land They unto Baal-Peor did themselves associat The sacrifices of the dead they did profanely eat Thus by their lewd inventions they did provoke his ire And then upon them suddenly the plague brake in as fire Then Phineas rose and justice did and so the plague did cease That to all ages counted was to him for righteousnesse And at the waters where they strove they did him angry make In such sort that it fared ill with Moses for their sake Because they there his spirit meek provoked bitterly So that he uttered with his lips words unadvisedly Nor as the Lord commanded them did they the nations slay But with the heathen mingled were and learn'd of them their way And they their idols serv'd which did a snare unto them turn Their sons and daughters they to devils in sacrifice did burn In their own childrens guiltlesse bloud their hands they did embrew Whom to Canaans idols they for sacrifices slew So was the land defil'd with bloud They stain'd with their own way And with their own inventions a whoring they did stray Against his people kindled was the wrath of God therefore Insomuch that he did his own inheritance abhore He gave them to the heathens hand their foes did them command Their enemies them opprest they were made subject to their hand He many times delivered them but with their counsel so They him provok'd that for their sin they were brought very low Yet their affliction he beheld when he did hear their cry And he for them his Covenant did call to memory After his mercies multitude he did repent And made Them to be pity'd of all those who them did captive lead O Lord our God us save and gather the heathen from among That we thy holy Name may praise in a triumphant song Blest be JEHOVAH Israels God to all eternitie Let all the people say Amen Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CVII PRaise God for he is good for still his mercies lasting be Let Gods redeem'd say so whom he from th' enemies hand did free And gathered them out of the lands from North South East and VVest They stray'd in deserts pathlesse way no city found to rest For thirst and hunger in them faints their soul VVhen straits them presse They cry unto the Lord and he them frees from their distresse Them also in a way to walk that right is he did guide That they might to a city go wherein they might abide O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men For he the soul that longing is doth fully satisfie VVith goodnesse he the hungry soul doth fill abundantly Such as shut up in darknesse deep and in deathsshade abide VVhom strongly hath affliction bound and irons fast have ty'd Because against the words of God they wrought rebelliously And they the counsell did contemn of him that is most hie Their heart he did bring down with grief they fell no help could have In trouble then they cry'd to God he them from straits did save He out of darknesse did them bring and from deaths shade them take These bands wherewith they had been bound asunder quite he brake O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men
grief and trouble found Upon the Name of God the Lord then did I call and say Deliver Thou my soul O Lord I do thee humbly pray God mercifull and righteous is yea gracious is our Lord. God saves the meek I was brought low He did me help afford O thou my soul do thou return unto thy quiet rest For largely lo the Lord to thee His bounty hath exprest For my distressed soul from death delivered was by Thee Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears my feet from falling free I in the land of those that live will walk the Lord before I did believe therefore I spake I was afflicted sore I said when I was in my haste That all men liars be What shall I render to the Lord for all His gifts to me I 'le of salvation take the cup on Gods Name will I call I 'le pay my vows now to the Lord before His people all Dear in Gods sight is His saints death Thy servant Lord am I Thy servant sure Thine hand-maids son my bands Thou didst unty Thank-offerings I to Thee will give and on Gods Name will call I 'le pay my vows now to the Lord before His people all Within the courts of Gods own house within the midst of thee O City of Jerusalem Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CXVII O give ye praise unto the Lord all nations that be Likewise ye people all accord His Name to magnifie For great to us-ward ever are His loving kindnesses His truth endures for evermore The Lord O do ye blesse PSAL. CXVIII O praise the Lord for He is good His mercy lasteth ever Let those of Israel now say His mercy faileth never Now let the house of Aaron say His mercy lasteth ever Let those that fear the Lord now say His mercy faileth never I in distresse call'd on the Lord the Lord did answer me He in a large place did me set from trouble made me free The mighty Lord is on my side I will not be afraid For any thing that man can do I shall not be dismaid The Lord doth take my part with them that help to succour me Therefore on those that do me hate I my desire shall see Better it is to trust in God then trust in mans defence Better to trust in God then make Princes our confidence The nations joyning all in one did compasse me about But in the Lords most Holy Name I shall them all root out They compast me about I say they compast me about But in the Lords most Holy Name I shall them all root out Like Bees they compast me about like unto thorns that flame They quenched are for them shall I destroy in Gods own Name Thou sore hast thrust that I might fall but my Lord helped me God my salvation is become my strength and song is He. In dwellings of the righteous is heard the melody Of joy and health the Lords right hand doth ever valiantly The right hand of the Mighty Lord exalted is on hy The right hand of the Mighty Lord doth ever valiantly I shall not die but live and shall the works of God discover The Lord hath me chastised sore but not to death given over O set ye open unto me the gates of righteousnesse Then will I enter into them and I the Lord will blesse This is the gate of God by it the just shall enter in Thee will I praise for thou me heardst and hast my safety bin That stone is made head corner-stone which builders did despise This is the doing of the Lord and wondrous in our eyes This is the day God made in it wee 'll joy triumphantly Save now I pray thee Lord I pray send now prosperity Blessed is He in Gods great Name that cometh us to save We from the house which to the Lord pertains you blessed have God is the Lord who unto us hath made light to arise Binde ye unto the altars horns with cords the sacrifice Thou art my God I 'le thee exalt my God I will thee praise Give thanks to God for He is good His mercy lasts alwayes PSAL. CXIX × ALEPH. The first part BLessed are they that undefil'd and straight are in the way Who in the Lords most holy Law do walk and do not stray Blessed are they who to observe His statutes are inclin'd And who do seek the living God with their whole heart and minde Such in his wayes do walk and they do no iniquity Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts carefully O that thy statutes to observe thou wouldst my wayes direct Then shall I not be sham'd when I thy precepts all respect Then with integrity of heart thee will I praise and blesse When I the judgements all have learn'd of thy pure righteousnesse That I will keep thy statutes all firmly resolv'd have I O do not then most gracious God forsake me utterly ב BETH The 2. part By what means shall a young man learn his way to purifie If he according to thy Word thereto attentive be Unfainedly Thee have I sought with all my soul and heart O let me not from the right path of thy commands depart Thy word I in my heart have hid that I offend not thee O Lord thou ever blessed art thy statutes teach thou me The judgements of thy mouth each one my lips declared have More joy thy testimonies way then riches all me gave I will thy holy precepts make my meditation And carefully I 'le have respect unto thy ways each one Upon thy statutes my delight shall constantly be set And by thy grace I never will thy holy word forget ×’ GIMEL The 3. part With me thy servant in thy grace deal bountifully Lord That by thy favour I may live and duely keep thy word Open mine eyes that of thy Law the wonders I may see I am a stranger on this earth hide not thy Laws from me My soul within me breaks and doth much fainting still endure Through longing that it hath all times unto thy judgements pure Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud who from thy precepts swerve Reproach and shame remove from me for I thy Laws observe Against me Princes spake with spite while they in councell sat But I thy servant did upon thy statutes meditate My comfort and my hearts delight thy testimonies be And they in all my doubts and fears are counsellers to me ד DALETH The 4. part My soul to dust cleaves quicken me according to thy word My ways I shew'd and me thou heardst teach me thy statutes Lord. The way of thy commandements make me aright to know So all thy works that wondrous are I shall to others show My soul doth melt and drop away for heavinesse and grief To me according to thy word give strength and send relief From me the wicked way of lies let far removed be And graciously thy holy Law do thou grant unto me I chosen have the perfect way of truth and verity Thy judgments that most