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
That I can tell my bones yet vvhen I meet My cruell foes their eyes my sorrovves greet VVith scornfull staring verse 18 My garments they among them fall to sharing My seamles coat to cut in pieces sparing They keep it vvhole and try by lots declaring VVhose it shall be verse 19 But O my God be thou not far from me Thou art my strength I only rest on thee Therfoâ—e make haste to let thy seruant see Thy succor speedy verse 20 Saue from the edge of death my grassy reedy And helplesse life my darling poore and needy Let not these dogs so hatefull fierce and greedy At once deuovvr verse 21 From Lyons mouthes that threaten euery hovvr To svvallovv me and from the horned povvr Of Vnicornes guard me thou art my tovvr Of preseruation verse 22 I vvill declare to brethren of my Nation Thy sacred Name and sing of thy saluation In midst of all the holy congregation VVhich thus I le raise verse 23 O ye that feare the LORD exalt his praise Ye Iacobs seed extoll him in your layes And O ye race of Israel let your vvayes Shevv that ye feare him verse 24 For he nere scornd nor hated to vpreare him VVho vvas brought lovv afflicted vvho drevv neare him Nor hid his face from him nor loath'd to heare him VVhen he did cry verse 25 My voyce among the multitude shall fly VVingd vvith thy praise and in the open ey Of those that feare thy Name O Lord vvill I My vovves deliuer verse 26 In feasts of ioy the meek and patient liuer Shall feed his fill and those that seek the giuer Of this high grace shall praise the Lord for euer Your soules liue shall verse 27 Vnto the Lord shall be conuerted all The coasts of earth vvhen they to minde him call And all the tribes of men to thee shall fall In adoration verse 28 For vvith suprem and soueraign exaltation The LORD is crovvnd and euery high gradation Of royaltie is his and ore each Nation He beareth svvay verse 29 All that are rich shall sacrifice and pray All that dovvn to the graue do goe their vvay Shall bovv to him and those that rotting lay Past all reuiuing verse 30 Their seed that are still after them suruiuing His seruants shall become by his atchieuing A people vvho are counted euer liuing Vnto the Lord. verse 31 And they shall of his righteousnes bring vvord To folk vvhose birth shall aftertimes afford And make them knovv that he vvhom they ador'd Deserues belieuing Psalme 23. Thanksgiuing THe liuing LORD me euer louing feedeth My Pastor true my soul novv nothing needeth verse 2 He leads me forth in fields and foulds inclosing Of plenteous food by fountains clear reposing verse 3 My soul reuiues vvhere he me safely leadeth For his Names sake in right paths my foot treadeth verse 4 Though in the vale of deaths shade I vvalk straying There dreadles I shall be vvithout dismaying For LORD vvith me my comfort thou remainest Thou vvith thy rod and staffe my life sustainest verse 5 A table rich vvell furnisht setst before me Euen in the face of foes that hatred bore me VVith precious oyl my head thou hast anointed My cup vvell filld and all things vvell appointed verse 6 Thy fauors thou to me art alvvayes giuing Thou daignst to me such grace vvhile I am liuing That I on thee in thy ovvn house attending Shall praise thy Name O LORD vvorld vvithout ending THe earth belongs vnto the LORD VVith all the store it doth afford VVhat in the vvorld hath scituation verse 2 For on the flouds he plac'd the land VVhich on the vvaters firm doth stand Establisht on a sure foundation verse 3 LORD to thy hill vvho shall ascend VVho shall remain vvorld vvithout end VVithin thy sacred mountain placed verse 4 VVhose hand or heart nought can defile Whose mouth hath neuer svvorn to guile VVhose soul vain things hath not imbraced verse 5 He of the LORD shall sure be blest Of righteousnes shall be possest Euen from the GOD of his saluation verse 6 Of those that Iacobs GOD inquire Who seek his face and him desire This is the blessed generation verse 7 Ye gates your heads aloft vphould Eternall dores yourselues vnfould The king of glory entertaining verse 8 Who is the King so glorious The Lord most strong and valerous The LORD in battell mighty raigning verse 9 Your heads aloft ye Gates vpraise Stand vp eternall Dores alvvayes To entertain the King of glory verse 10 Who is the King so glorious The LORD of Hoasts victorious He only is the King of glory Psalme xxv Alphabeticall Prayer ALl my hearts desire is raised To thee LORD I trust in thee Let me neuer be disgraced Nor my foes ioy ouer me verse 2 By thy grace do thou protect Them from shame vvhich do attend thee But confound vvith shame deiect Them that causelesly offend thee verse 3 Cause me LORD to be instructed In the knovvledge of thy vvay Let me safely be conducted In thy paths that vvalk I may verse 4 Do thou guide me in the vvord Of thy truths cleare declaration For thou art my help O Lord And my daily expectation verse 5 Euer thou art good and gracious Call thy mercy still to minde For thy loue is large and spacious Thou hast euermore been kinde verse 6 Faults and follies of my youth Holy LORD do not remember For thy goodnes and thy ttuth Deale vvith me in mercy tender verse 7 Good and holy in perfection Iust and righteous is the LORD Therefore he vvill giue direction Vnto sinners by his vvord verse 8 He vvill make in iudgment tread Humblemen truly conuerted GOD vvill teach and safely lead In his vvayes the lovvly hearted Pause verse 9 Iustice mercy and saluation Are the paths of God the Lord Vnto those vvhose conuersation Is still guided by his vvord verse 10 Keep me from iniquity For thy Names sake Lord relieue me My sinâ— great and many be Shevv thy mercy and forgiue me verse 11 Let that man be vvell assured VVhoso feares the Lord of might That he shall be taught inured In the vvay he doth delight verse 12 Moued neuer shall he be But at rest in minde and spirit Likevvise his posteritie Shall the plenteous land inherit verse 13 Novv Gods secret is vnsealed Vnto them that him do feare Knovvledge is to them reuealed VVho in heart his couenant beare verse 14 On the Lord my heart is set Alvvayes him my eye beholdeth He my feet dravves from the net If I slide he me vpholdeth verse 15 Poore I am do not forsake me But O Lord shevv me thy face From this great affliction take me Shevv thy mercy and thy grace verse 16 Quit me free from my hearts grief VVhich augmenting doth distres me Send deliuerance and relief From all troubles that oppres me verse 17 Restles grief of my vexations Lord behold and pitty me Many are my molestations Let my sins all pardoned be verse 18 See
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
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
rule vvith soueraign povvr supernall Amids thy foes amazed at thy sight verse 3 Thy people free to thee most amiable Shall run vvhen thou vvith sacred povvr art cround As morning devv drops so innumerable To thee the youth of thy vvomb shall abound verse 4 The Lord vvhose vvord and promise changeth neuer VVho nere repents hath svvorn great Prince to thee A Priest thou art Melchisdec like foreuer Thou shalt of that eternall order be verse 5 At thy right hand the Lord vvith his saluation Shall thee assist and all thy foes confound In dreadfull day of his fierce indignation Proud Princes heads shall break and Kings shall vvound verse 6 Ore Gentiles all he iustice exercising Shall fill the fields and streets vvith bodies dead Of Monarchs great imperious tyrannising That ruled far and vvide shâ—ll vvound the head verse 7 In thirst and heat pursuing his foes chased He of the brooke shall drink in speedy vvay Therfore shall he exalt his head high raised Victoriously triumph and raign for ay Psalme 111. Praise Thanksgiuing TO God the Lord I vvill confes VVith all my heart him praise and bles Among the righteous congregation His benefits I vvill relate With thanks his glory celebrate And of his praise make declaration verse 2 The vvorks are great vvhich God hath vvrought By euery one they out are sought In them vvho true delight obtaineth verse 3 His deeds shevv glorious Maiesty His iustice and benignity To all eternity remaineth verse 4 By vvonders vvhich the Lord hath done He euerlasting fame hath vvon He gracious is full of compassions verse 5 He hath them fed vvho do him feare His couenant he in minde vvill beare For ay throughout all generations Pause verse 6 He shevved in his peoples sight His actions full of povvr and might The heathens lands vnto them giuing verse 7 Iust truth are all vvorks of his hands And faithfull are all his commands To his in due obedience liuing verse 8 Established they are most sure For euermore they shall endure In truth and righteousnes ordained verse 9 He freedome to his people sent To keep his couenant he is bent At his command it ay remained Most holy euer is his Name Most reu'rend also is the same verse 10 VVho feareth God true vvisdom gaineth Of sauing knovvledg sure are they That his commandments do obey His praise eternally remaineth Psalme 112. Consolation THe man is blest the Lord vvho feareth And to his Lavv affection beareth verse 2 His seed vpon the earth remaining Shall mighty be as Princes raigning The iust and righteous generation Shall euer be a blessed Nation verse 3 Abundant vvealth his house containeth His righteousnes euer remaineth verse 4 Though night a vvhile the iust surpriseth Cleare light to him betimes ariseth He gracious is full of compassion And righteous in his conuersation verse 5 A good man to the needy lendeth Iudiciously his vvords expendeth In all affairs he doth indeuer With iust discretion to perseuer verse 6 He doubtles shall be moued neuer His memory shall last for euer verse 7 He neuer feareth euill rumors He doth not harbor fickle humors His heart is fixt vvhat ere betideth His faithfull trust in God abideth verse 8 His constant heart him feareles guideth He sees his foe to ruin slideth verse 9 His goods he giueth free and speedy Dispersing to the poore and needy To all his iustice neuer ceaseth To do all good himself addresseth The strength and honor he possesseth Shall be exalted still increaseth verse 10 The vvicked man shall ay be vexed And seeing this shall be perplexed Gnashing his teeth in rage and ier Shall melt avaay as fat in fier His hope is crost and lost his hyer He perish shall and his desier Psalme 113. Praise PRaise ye the Lord his seruants all The Name of God right blessed call His Name to praise let all endeuer verse 2 His honor'd Fame let all relate His glorious Name to celebrate And magnifie both novv and euer verse 3 From orient East vnto the West His honor make vve manifest The Name of God the Lord be praised verse 4 Aboue all nations God is high Exalted far aboue the sky Aboue heau'n is his glory raised verse 5 Like to our God vvhom may vve count He only is Lord paramount VVho to his Throne most high ascendeth verse 6 And yet from heau'n to earth belovv All matters there to see and knovv To rule and guide he dovvn descendeth verse 7 The poor vvhich in the dust do ly He raiseth vp to honors high The needy from filth foule defaced verse 8 To high preferment he vp takes To sit vvith Nobles he them makes Among his peoples Princes placed verse 2 By him the vvombs sterility Is changed to fertility Dead hopes by him to life are raised He makes the barren to conceiue With children mothers ioy receiue The Lord our God be euer praised Psalme 114. Thanksguing WHen Israel from out of Egypt vvent And Iacobs house from people strange vvere sent From cruell thrall secured verse 2 Then Iuda vvas his Sanctuary made He Israel for his dominion had Vnto himself procured verse 3 The sea did fly amazed at the sight And Iordans floud did backvvard take his flight To turn his streams constraining verse 4 The mountains high then leaped like the rams And little hils did skip it like the lambs In fearfull plight remaining verse 5 VVhy didst thou fly thou sea in such affright What ayled thee thou Iordan taking flight To turn thy streams constraining verse 6 Ye mountains high vvhy did ye leap like rams Ye little hils vvhy did ye skip like lambs In fearfull plight remaining verse 7 At presence of the mighty Lord of hosts Of Iacobs God thou earth vvith all thy coasts Quake shake ye frighted mountains verse 8 VVho turns the Rocke into a vvater lake Hard stones to streames and from the flint doth make To flovv fresh flouds and fountains Psalme 115. Prayer NOt to vs Lord not to vs vve intreat But to thy Name giue thou the glory great For thy truth and thy fauer verse 2 Why should the proud the heathen mock and ieer VVher 's novv your Godâ— vvhy doth he not appear Wher 's novv your trust your Sauer verse 3 In heau'n our God is all things to him bovv There he doth rule aboue and here belovv He doth vvhat ere he vvilleth verse 4 Their idols vain are gaudy to behold Of siluer fram'd or at the best of gold As hand of vvorkman skilleth verse 5 A mouth they haue but yet are speechles quite And eyes they haue but neuer see the light No life in them remaineth verse 6 Though they haue eares yet do they nothing heare They smell not though their nostrils doe appear Their bulk no sense containeth verse 7 They cannot feel themselues vvith either hand They neuer vvalk vvith feet vvheron they stand Their throat nor sings nor cryeth verse 8 For blockish trunks vvho so vvill may them take As senseles
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