light Psalm LVII Dublin Tune BE mer -- ci -- ful to me O Lord be mer ---- ci -- ful to me Be -- cause my soul be -- lieves thy word and puts her trust in-thee Yea to the shadow of thy wings I will for refuge fly Untill these lamentable things shall quietly pass by verse 2 I 'l cry to God with earnest breath ev'n unto God most high Who faithfully accomplisheth my competent supply verse 3 And he shall send from heaven high and save me by his power From his reproach and obloquy that would my soul devour verse 4 God shall send forth his truth and grace though now my soul doth dwell And lodge among a wicked race set all on fire of hell Degen'rate sons of men I mean whose fury being stirr'd Their teeth are spears and arrows keen their tongue a sharpned sword The second part verse 5 Be thou exalted O great God above the starry skie And far above the earth abroad thy glory set on high My en'mies have prepar'd a net my steps to overthrow verse 6 My soul for which the same was set is bow'd down very low And they have also dig'd a pit before me in the way But falling in the midst of it themselves are made the prey verse 7 My heart is fixed stedfastly my heart is fixt O God And I will sing with melody and spread thy praise abroad verse 8 Awake my glory up I say my harp and lute awake And I will wake before the day sweet melody to make verse 9 Thy praise O Lord will I set forth where throngs of people be Among the nations of the earth will I sing praise to thee verse 10 Because thy mercy doth ascend unto the heavens high Thy truth as largely doth extend unto the cloudy skie verse 11 O God let thy exalted name above the heavens stand Advance thy glory and thy fame above the sea and land Psalm LVIII Martyrs Tune O Con -- gre-ga-tion put in trust and men of mor --- tal seed Are all your judg-ments true and just and are they so in --- deed verse 2 Nay in your hearts ye do devise to bind the cruel bands And in the Earth ye exercise the vi'lence of your hands verse 3 The wicked from the very womb have erred on this wise Into the world no sooner come but go astray by lies verse 4 Such as the serpents poison is such poison just is theirs And as the adder stoppeth his just so they stop their ears verse 5 For the deaf adder will not hear the charmers charming voice But deaf to all his charms appear though they were ne're so choise verse 9 Lord break their teeth within their mouth the great teeth of the stout Of the fierce lions in their youth O God ev'n break them out verse 7 As weak as water let them be and when he aim's to shoot Let all his whole artillery drop broken at his foot verse 8 As snails within the shell consume so Lord consume them quite And like abortives from the womb which never see the light verse 9 Before the pots can feel the thorns his fury shall let drive And with his whirwinds angry storms take them away alive verse 10 The just shall joy it doth them good to see thy vengeance then And he shall wash his feet in bloud of the ungodly men verse 11 So that a man shall surely say sure just men have reward And there 's a God that doth repay and justice doth regard Psalm LIX St. David's Tune MY God do thou de -- li --- ver me from all mine e --- ne -- mies And save me from their ty -- ran-ny that do a -- gainst me rise verse 2 From workers of iniquity in mercy set me free From all their bloudy cruelty my God deliver me verse 3 For lo they lie in wait for me the mighty do combine Against me undeservedly and for no fault of mine verse 4 They run and do themselves prepare when I no fault do make Awake to help me by thy care and perfect notice take verse 5 Most mighty God of Israel awake to judge the earth Spare none that wilfully rebell but pour thy vengeance forth verse 6 Lo they return at evening-tide and as a hungry hound They make a noise on ev'ry side and trace the city round verse 7 Their mouths belch out great blasphemy lo in their lips are swords For who say they doth stand so nigh that he should hear our words verse 8 But thou O Lord shalt laugh at them and they shall be despis'd For thou shalt scorn the heathen men and all th'uncircumcis'd verse 9 Because of his great strength and pow'r Lord I will wait on thee For God is my defence and tow'r to which I always flee verse 10 The God from whom my mercy flows shall me betimes prevent And let me see upon my foes my very hearts content The second part verse 11 Lord bring them down but slay them not disperse them by thy pow'r And let it never be forgot O Lord our shield and tow'r verse 12 For wicked words and blasphemies O trap them in their pride And for the curses and the lies which from their lips do slide verse 13 Consume in wrath consume them quite that men may apprehend Thou rul'st in Jacob by thy might to th' earths remotest and. verse 14 Let them return at evening-tide and like a hungry hound Make a great noise on every side and trace the city round verse 15 Wand'ring abroad with weary feet seek up and down for meat And howl when they are hunger-bit and have not what to eat verse 16 But I with early diligence will sing aloud thy praise Who wast my refuge and defence in all my dang'rous days verse 17 O thou my strength I 'le sing to thee to praise thy love and pow'r Who art a gracious God to me my strong defence and tow'r Psalm LX. Lowath Tune O God thou didst us once for -- sake and we were scat-ter'd then Thou wast dis-pleas'd but O be-take thy self to us a --- gain verse 2 The earth sore broken with thy hand doth tremble Lord and quake O heal the breaches of our land for it doth bow and shake verse 3 Things that were hard and rigorous thou hast impos'd on thine And thou hast given drink to us of stupifying wine verse 4 Yet gav'st thou them that feared thee the banner of thy aid Because of truth and veritie to be on high displai'd verse 5 Now Lord that thy beloved land delivered may be Save with the pow'r of thy right hand and harken unto me verse 6 In holiness Jehovah speak with joy I go about All Shechem to divide and take and Succoth vale mete out verse 7 Manasseh must to me subcribe and Gil'ad stand in aw My chiefest strength is Ephraims tribe and Judah gives my law verse 8 On Edom I will set my foot my wash-pot Mo'b shall be And thou O Palestina shout and
miss Owns him as if he had not sinn'd whose heart sin -- cere and up-right is verse 3 My woes increas'd while I suppress'd my guilt no quiet I could get verse 4 Thy wrath did press me like a weight and scorch'd me like the Summers heat verse 5 I then resolved to disclose my crimes and open all my wound I humbly did confess my sins to thee and easy pardon found verse 6 This Mercy shall invite good men in season to implore thine aid Then tho' their troubles like a flood should rise they need not be afraid verse 7 Thou Lord shall be my safe retreat to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and in songs of Victory I 'll thee confess verse 8 I 'll counsel sinners to obey verse 9 And not be like the Horse or Mule Whose fury till they 're broke or tam'd No Rein can guide no Curb can rule verse 10 Such sinners meet with heavy stroaks verse 11 While those that trust in God shall prove The happy men then let the just Rejoice and Triumph in his Love Psalm XXXIII London Tune YE righ-t'ous in the Lord re-joice for praise be-comes the saints Praise God with psalt'ry harp and voice and ten-string'd In -- stru -- ments verse 3 Sing to the Lord aloud with praise with skilful songs and new verse 4 For lo his word his works and ways are faithful just and true verse 5 Justice and judgment he doth love ev'n this most right'ous Lord And with his goodness from above the earth is richly stor'd verse 6 The word of his eternal truth compos'd the spangled skie And by the breathing of his mouth the hoasts of heav'n on high verse 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in a house of store verse 8 Let all the earth submit with fear to this almighty Lord And all the nations every where ev'n tremble at his word verse 9 For he but spake and it was done and when his word was past His ordinances thus begun and evermore stands fast verse 10 The counsel of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But Gods own counsels do remain they stand for ever sure The thoughts which his heart doth retain from age to age endure The second part verse 12 That nation's blest whose God 's the Lord foreknown in his decree And chosen of his own accord his heritage to be verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortal birth verse 14 Beholding from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth verse 15 Alike he frames and fashioneth the hearts of great and small Their works he well considereth and judgeth of them all verse 16 No num'rous host can save a king it is not strength that can Deliverance from danger bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vain and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his great strength and might verse 18 But lo the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just And those that fear him faithfully and in his mercy trust verse 19 To save their precious souls alive from deaths destructive pow'r And store of wholsome food to give when famine would devour verse 20 Our soul doth wait with patience for God the holy one He is our help and our defence he is our shield alone verse 21 For lo our heart in him shall joy because we can proclaim That we have trusted stedfastly in his most holy name verse 22 Lord let thy mercy and thy grace upon us ever be Accordingly as we do place our confidence in thee Psalm XXXIV St. Marys Tune AT all times I will mag-ni -- fy and bless the li --- ving Lord My thank-ful mouth con-ti-n'-al -- ly his prai --- ses shall re -- cord verse 2 My soul shall boast in God's great name with glad and glor'ing voice The humble men shall hear the same and mightily rejoyce verse 3 O magnify the Lord with me and let us all endeavour Him to exalt in high degree and praise his name together verse 4 I sought the Lord with fervent cries and he my voice did hear The Lord deliv'red me likewise from all my painful fear verse 5 The saints lookt up to him on high and by this means they came To be enlightned gloriously their face receiv'd no shame verse 6 This poor man cry'd the saints shall say the Lord did hear his call And for his troubles he made way to help him out of all verse 7 The angel of the Lord most high encampeth ev'ry where Deliv'ring them continually that walk in God's true fear verse 8 O taste ye saints and tasting see that God's a gracious one O happy happy man is he that trusts in him alone verse 9 O fear the Lord ye saints of his fear him with one accord For never any want there is to them that fear the Lord. verse 10 Young lions lack and shall endure sharp hungers mortal sting But they that fear the Lord are sure to want for no good thing The second part verse 11 Come Children with alacrity unto my words give ear And I will teach you perfectly the Lords true filial fear verse 12 What man unto long life aspires and loveth many days To see the good that he desires let him observe these ways verse 13 Thy tongue all evil must exclude thy lips must guile eschew verse 14 Depart from evil and do good seek peace and peace pursue verse 15 For on the right'ous ev'ry where the Lord doth set his eye And opens his attentive ear to their uncessant cry verse 16 the Lord hath set his countenance against the wicked race To cut off their rememberance on earth from ev'ry place verse 17 The right'ous cry the Lord doth hear and ends their troubles quite verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near and saves the soul contrite verse 19 Full many are the miseries of just and right'ous men But out of all adversities the Lord deliv'reth them verse 20 And by a special providence he keepeth ev'ry bone That none by any violence is broken no not one verse 21 But evil shall the wicked slay and whosoever hate The right'ous for their right'ous way shall soon be desolate verse 22 The Lord doth graciously redeem his servants souls each one And none do put their trust in him that shall be overthrown Psalm XXXV Bristol Tune LOrd plead my right'ous cause with those that are with me at strife O fight a-gainst my mor -- tal foes that fight a -- gainst my life verse 2 Lay hold O Lord upon the lance the buckler and the shield Stand up for my deliverance and for me fight the field verse 3 Draw out the sword and stop the way of those that follow me And to my soul in mercy say thy sav'our I will be verse
bend their speeches so That they may shoot their bitter words as arrows from their bow verse 4 That they may shoot in secrecy the perfect man to hit They do shoot at him suddainly and do not fear a whit verse 5 With courage they in ill proceed and commune how to lay Their privy snares in hope to speed for who shall see say they verse 6 They search out shrew'd iniquities they search with utmost art Their inward thought how deep it lies in ev'ry wicked heart verse 7 But God shall let his arrows fly to shoot at them therefore And with an arrow suddainly shall they be wounded sore verse 8 So shall they make their tongues to fall upon themselves that day And it shall make beholders all for fear to flee away verse 9 All men shall fear that see this thing they shall Gods works declare Most prudently considering what these his doings are verse 10 The right'ous shall in God delight confiding in his name And all that are in heart upright shall glory in the same Psalm LXV Southwell Tune O God praise wait -- eth still for thee in Si --- on hill The vow will we per -- form to thee and rea --- di ---- ly ful --- fil verse 2 O thou whose titles are the God that hearest pray'r The God to whom all flesh shall come to thee we do repair verse 3 Our sins have born great sway and much against us say But as for these Lord thou shalt please to purge them all away verse 4 O blessed man is he whom thou dost choose to thee And mak'st resort unto thy court a dweller there to be Where all that do abide shall fully be supply'd With grace of which the house is rich which thou hast sanctify'd verse 5 By fearful things displai'd in justice for our aid O God of our protecting pow'r thy answer shall be made Who art our confidence and all the earths defence And also theirs whom th' ocean bears and all the coasts far hence verse 6 Whose strength sets fast the hills and girt with pow'r he stills verse 7 The sea that raves with boist'rous waves and mens rebellious wills verse 8 Thy signs affright the stout that dwell the earth throughout Thou dost display the break of day and mak'st the ev'ning shout verse 9 Thou visitest the land wat'ring it with thine hand Gods river which makes th' earth so rich pours down at thy command It doth with water flow and corn thou dost bestow When as thou hast by thy fore-cast provided for it so verse 10 Her ridges all aloft thou water'st very oft Her surrows all thou mak'st to fall with show'rs thou mak'st it soft verse 11 Her budding thou dost bless thy goodness Lord no less Doth crown the year and ev'ry where thy paths drop fruitfulness verse 12 They drop on desarts wide thy pastures are supply'd While rain distills the little hills rejoice on ev'ry side verse 13 The pastures flocks forth bring with corn the valley's spring And cover'd o're with stock and store they shout for joy and sing psalm LXVI London Tune O all ye lands in God re-joyce Sing forth his praise and fame Ex -- tol him both with heart and voice and glo --- ri --- fy his name verse 3 How terrible O Lord say ye in all thy works thou art Thy foes are forc'd to yield to thee though with a feigned heart verse 4 To thee shall all the earth bow down and sing to thee O Lord Thy holy names reserv'd renown in songs shall they record verse 5 The works of God O come and see ye shall acknowledg then How terrible his actions be unto the sons of men verse 6 He turn'd the sea to firm dry land and where the ships do swim We went on foot as on the sand there we rejoyc't in him verse 7 He rules with pow'r for ev'rmore his eyes all lands espy Let not rebellious men therefore exalt themselves on high The second part verse 8 O all ye people bless our God and let the chearful voice Of his due praise be heard abroad while we in him rejoice verse 9 Who setting dangers all aside our soul in life doth stay And suff'ring not our foot to slide upholds us in our way verse 10 But thou hast tri'd and prov'd us yet ev'n as the skilful tryer Doth prove his Silver casting it into the hottest fire verse 11 Thou broughtest us into the net where we intangled were And great afflictions very great thou mad'st our loins to bear verse 11 Thou mad'st fierce men ride o're our heads we went through flames and floods But now thou hast thy people led to places stor'd with goods The third part verse 13 Lord I will go into thy house burnt-off'rings I will bring And I will pay thee all my vows fulfilling ev'ry thing verse 14 The vows which with my mouth I speak in all my grief and smart The vows I say which I did make in anguish of my heart verse 5 I 'le offer thee burnt-sacrifice incense and fat of rams And I will offer thee likewise fat bullocks goats and lambs verse 16 Come forth and hearken ev'ry one that fears the living Lord What he for my poor soul hath done I will to you record verse 17 I call'd upon his sacred name this mouth to him did cry My tongue likewise extoll'd his fame with great alacrity verse 18 I also watch't least any way my heart should sin regard For then I knew when I did pray my pray'r should not be heard verse 19 But God hath heard me verily and did full well attend Unto my pray'r and fervent cry which did to him ascend verse 20 All praise to him to him I say that always had regard And nev'r put my pray'r away nor sent me home unheard Psalm LXVII Southwell Tune HAve mer --- cy on us Lord and grant to us thy grace And un -- to us do thou af -- ford the bright-ness of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may know the way to godly wealth And all that live on earth below may see thy saving health verse 3 Let all the world O God give praise unto thy name O let the people all abroad extoll and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let all rejoice with mirth For thou shalt justly judge and guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the world O God give praise unto thy name O let the people all abroad extoll and laud the same verse 6 Then shall the earth increase great store of fruit shall fall And God our God shall grant us peace and greatly bless us all verse 7 Yea God shall bless us all and earth both far and near And people all in general of him shall stand in fear Psalm LXVIII To the 119 Psalm Tune LEt God om-ni --- po-tent a-rise his scat-t'red foes to chase And let his hate -- ful e --- ne-mies fly from his an ---- gry
themselves prepar'd And in the net that they did set are their own feet ensnar'd verse 16 The Lord is known in these affairs by judgements which are wrought When sinners hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught verse 17 The wicked shall be turn'd to hell people of every kind Ev'n all that on the earth do dwell that have not God in mind verse 18 For needy souls may well be sure not still to be forgot The expectations of the poor for ever perish not verse 19 Up Lord and let not men have leave still to prevail by might But let the heathen folk receive their judgment in thy sight verse 20 And strike them Lord with fear so far that all the nations then May know themselves whoer'e they are to be but mortal men Psalm X. Lincoln Tune WHy dost thou Lord stand off so far and seemst thy self to hide And seest what troublous times here are and what op -- pres -- sing pride Where-with the wick-ed hunt the poor O let them be sur -- priz'd Caught in the snare they thought so sure and which them -- selves de -- vis'd verse 3 For of his hearts ungodly lusts the wicked boasts O Lord And he doth bless the covetous that is of thee abhorr'd verse 4 He seeks not after God a jot such is his haughty pride In all his thoughts God cometh not but is indeed deni'd verse 5 He ever loves to tyrannize judgment he counts far off He puffs at all his enemies with a disdainful scoff verse 6 He saith in heart I know that I shall never be displac't Nor of the least adversity at any time shall taste verse 7 His mouth is full of blasphemy of fraud deceit and wrong Mischievousness and vanity sit underneath his tongue verse 8 In villages he sit's obscure the innocent to slay His eyes are bent against the poor but in a private way verse 9 He lion-like lurks in his den waiting to catch the poor He draws him to his net and then he takes him to be sure verse 10 He croucheth and doth lowly bend humbling himself withal That so the poor man in the end by his strong ones may fall verse 11 He saith in heart God hath forgot he hides away his eyes And willingly beholds it not but O Lord God arise verse 12 Forget not but thy hand forth stretch for poor men undertrod verse 13 O wherefore should a wicked wretch contemn th' almighty God It shall not be requir'd at all thus speaks he in his heart verse 14 But of their mischief spite and gall thou Lord a witness art And what thou seest shall surely be by thy just hand repai'd The poor commits himself to thee thou art the orphans aid verse 15 The arm of tyrants merciless Lord break in sunder quite Search out his sin and wickedness till all be come to light verse 16 God reigneth an eternal King by whose revenging hand The heathen people perishing are banisht from his land verse 17 Lord the desire of humble men hath pierc't thine easy ear An heart thou wilt prepare us then and cause thine ear to hear verse 18 To judge the poor and fatherless that are opprest so sore That earthly men may not oppress nor vex them any more Psalm XI Lowath Tune I Put my con-fi-dence in God why there -- fore do ye say That as a bird un -- to her hill my soul shall hast a -- way verse 2 For lo the wicked bend their bow and fit their shafts with art Upon their strings to shoot unseen at the upright in heart verse 3 If the foundation verily be ruin'd and destroy'd Alas what can the righteous do the danger to avoid verse 4 The Lord is in his holy place his throne 's in heav'n on high His eyes behold the sons of men and try them narrowly verse 5 By him the right'ous man is tri'd the wicked man abhorr'd And he that loveth violence is hated of the Lord. verse 6 On sinners he shall rain down snares and they must all drink up Brimstone and fire and horrid storms the portion of their cup. verse 7 For God most right'ous ever doth in righteousness delight And with a pleased countenance beholdeth the upright Psalm XII Windsor Tune O Lord put to thy help-ing hand for now the god --- ly cease The faith-ful peo -- ple of the Land ex-ceed -- ing --- ly de -- crease verse 2 Men generally speak vanity unto their friends apart Their conf'rence slips from flatt'ring lips and from a double heart verse 3 The lips that utter flatterings the Lord will cut away And tongues that speak presumptuous things for thus they boast and say verse 4 We shall not fail but to prevail with tongue and lips most free They are in our peculiar power for who are Lords but we verse 5 Now for th' oppression of the poor and sighs of needy souls I 'le rise saith God and him secure from scornfull foes controuls verse 6 And we are sure God's words are pure as silver from the mines In furnace tri'd and purifi'd no less then seven times verse 7 Thy people Lord shall be assur'd preserved by thy grace They shall for ever be secur'd from this ungodly race verse 8 But all the while the base and vile are set in place of power On all sides then do wicked men seek whom they may devour Psalm XIII Stanford Tune HOw long O Lord of thee for -- got -- ten shall I be How long a space wilt hide thy face for e --- ver-more from me How long shall I con -- dole take coun -- sel in my soul And dai -- ly bear such grief and care and en ' -- mies proud con -- troul verse 3 Consider hear my cries my God clear thou mine eyes Lest sleep of death my last drawn breath perpetually surprize verse 4 And least mine en'mies say lo I have got the day And glad they be that trouble me when put beside my stay verse 5 But I thy mercy made the rock whereon I staid My heart in me right glad shall be in thy salvations aid verse 6 Unto the Lord will I sing praises chearfully Because that he hath dealt with me exceeding bounteously Psalm XIV Windsor Tune THe fools af -- firm there is no God for so in heart they say Vile deeds they do and none doth good so quite cor --- rupt are they verse 2 For lo the Lord from heaven view'd the race of all mankind To see if any understood or sought his god to find verse 3 But they were all corrupt and naught all turn'd aside and gone Not one that any good hath wrought no verily not one verse 4 Are wicked workers so misled so blind and brutish all That they should eat my folk like bread On God they do not call verse 5 But ev'n in all their jollity great fear upon them fell For in the sweet society of just men God doth dwell verse 6 Ye mock
darling soul from dogs that would devour verse 21 And save me from the lions mouth as thou hast answer'd me When from the horns of unicorns I made my Prayer to thee The third part verse 22 I will declare thy name O Lord unto my brethren dear Amidst the Church I will record thy praise that they may hear verse 23 O ye his saints that fear the Lord set forth his praise and fame Let Jacobs seed and Israels for ever fear his name verse 24 For he despis'd no poor mans case nor set his cause aside Nor from him ever hid his face but heard him when he cri'd verse 25 Therefore in congregations great my praise shall be of thee And I will pay my vows O Lord where all thy saints shall see verse 26 The meek shall eat and be suffic'd and those that do endeavour To know the Lord shall praise his name their hearts shall live for ever verse 27 And all the ends of all the earth shall readily record And call to mind his works set forth and turn unto the Lord. The kindreds of the nations all shall worship in his sight verse 28 For he must govern great and small all nations are his right verse 29 All fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship the most high And they that stoop and lick the dust ready to starve and die verse 30 A seed of saints shall serve the Lord accounted and foreknown A generation of the Lords which he himself doth own verse 31 They shall come forth and there declare his righteousness to those That born in after ages are that God did thus dispose Psalm XXIII St. Marys Tune MY Shep-herd is the Lord most high I shall be well sup -- ply'd In Pa-stures green he makes me lye by si -- lent wa --- ters side verse 3 He doth restore my soul that strays and then he leads me on To walk in his most right'ous ways for his names sake alone verse 4 Yea though through deaths dark vale I go yet will I fear no ill Thy rod and staff refresh me so and thou art with me still verse 5 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foe With oyl thou dost anoint my head my cup doth overflow Surely thy goodness and thy grace shall always follow me And my perpetual dwelling place thy holy house shall be Psalm XXIII Metre 2. Stanford Tune THe Lord my Shep -- herd is and he that doth me feed Since he is mine and I am his what com -- for t can I need He makes me to lie down up --- on the flow-ry grass Then to the streams he leads me on where wa --- ters gent --- ly pass verse 3 And when I go astray he doth my Soul reclaim Conducting me in his right way for his most holy Name verse 4 Yea though the paths I trod through Deaths dark Vale should be I would not fear for there 's my God a staff of strength to me verse 5 And in mine en'mies sight thou mak'st me sit and dine Anoint'st my head in foes despite and fill'st my Cup with Wine verse 6 Surely thy grace and love shall measure out my days And from thy house I 'll not remove nor there from thee my praise Psalm XXIV St. David's Tune THe Earth is God's the peo -- ple his the World and all her Goods He rou-â—â—d -- ed it up -- on the seas and fixt it on the floods verse 3 Who shall ascend God's sacred hill and who may make account To stand and to continue still within his holy mount verse 4 Whose hands and heart are clean and free and spotless in thine eye Whose soul affects not vanity nor swears deceitfully verse 5 For such a one the Lord shall bless and he shall surely have The rich reward of right'ousness from God that doth him save verse 6 For such do seek the Lord indeed this is the godly race O Jacob this is sure the seed of them that seek thy face verse 7 Ye everlasting doors stand ope ye gates lift up your head And give the king of glory scope within your courts to tread verse 8 Who is this great and glorious king his royal name record The strong and ever conquering almighty glorious Lord. verse 9 Ye everlasting doors and gates lift up your heads on high And then the prince of potentates shall enter in thereby verse 10 Who may this king of glory be set down that name of his The Lord of hosts and none but he the king of glory is Psalm XXV Southwel Tune I lift my heart to thee my God and Guide most Just Now suf -- fer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes rejoyce nor triumph over me verse 3 Yea let not any be asham'd that duly wait on thee Let them be all asham'd which causlesly transgress verse 4 Shew me thy ways Lord teach thou me thy paths of right'ousness verse 5 Lord lead me in thy truth and teach me in thy way Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait all day verse 6 I pray thee Lord remember thy mercies manifold And thy compassions plentiful for they have been of old verse 7 My youthfull sins and faults O keep not on record In mercy for thy goodness sake remember me O Lord. verse 8 The Lord is good and just and therefore takes delight To teach poor sinners in his way that they may go aright verse 9 The meek the Lord will guide in judgment not to swerve The meek and humble he will teach his ways how to observe verse 10 For all the ways of God are truth and mercy still To them that keep his covenant and do obey his will The second part verse 11 And now for thy name sake O Lord I thee intreat To pardon my iniquity for it is very great verse 12 Who ever fears the Lord the Lord will let him know The perfect path of right'ousness wherein he ought to go verse 13 In goodness evermore his soul shall sweetly rest And by his whole posterity the earth shall be possest verse 14 The secret of the Lord shall all that fear him know His Council and his covenant he to his saints doth show verse 15 Mine eyes continually upon the Lord are staid To pluck my feet out of the net which for my soul is laid verse 16 Behold me Lord in love and pity my distress For I am sore afflicted Lord and left quite comfortless verse 17 The troubles of my heart are every day increast O bring me out of my distress and let me be releast verse 18 See my affliction Lord my anguish and my pain And take my sins so clean away that none of them remain verse 19 Consider Lord my foes how they increase and swarm And how they hate me cruelly that never did them harm verse 20 O keep my harmless soul and Lord deliver me And let me never be asham'd because I trust in thee verse 21
eyes meer subjects of debate With laughter do our enemies behold our sad estate verse 7 Turn us again Lord God of Hosts and cause as we have crav'd Thy face to shine on Isra'ls coasts and then we shall be sav'd The second part verse 8 A noble vine of Israel thou didst from Egypt bring The heathen folk thou didst expell and plant it there to spring verse 9 Thou mad'st it room for Isra'ls sake by thy almighty hand And caused'st it deep root to take and lo it fill'd the land verse 10 The hills and mountains all abroad were cover'd with its shade And like the cedar-trees of God her branches were displaid verse 11 Her boughs extending far and wide unto the sea she sent And to Euphrates river side her other branches went verse 12 Why hast thou then with great decay broke down her hedges so That all that pass along the way do pluck her as they go verse 13 And it is wasted by the boar that cometh from the wood The wild beasts of the field great store devour it for their food The third part verse 14 Lord God of hosts we beg of thee return again to thine Look down from heav'n behold and see and visit this thy vine verse 15 The vineyard and the branches young which thy right hand hath set And for thy self hast made so strong do not O Lord forget verse 16 It 's burnt with fire it is cut down and in a wasting case At thy rebuke Lord at the frown of thy displeased face verse 17 Uphold Lord with Authority the man of thy right hand The son of man made strong by thee and for thy cause to stand verse 18 So will we not go back at all from thee O Lord most high Then quicken us and we will call on thy name constantly verse 19 Lord God of hosts our hearts incline and turn us now again And cause thy face on us to shine and safe shall we remain psalm LXXXI London Tune O Sing a-loud with chear-full voice to God our strength and stay And make a ve -- ry joy -- full noise to Ja -- cob's God this day verse 2 O take a psalm for melody and bring the timbrell hither The pleasant harp and psaltery and join them all together verse 3 Blow up the trumpet this new moon a duty not the least At times appointed to be done upon our solemn feast verse 4 For this was made a statute law for Israel of old And such as God himself did draw for Jacob's sons to hold verse 5 This he ordain'd in Josephs house passing through Egypt land Where I did hear the barbarous but did not understand verse 6 I eas'd him of the burden there that on his shoulders lay His hands likewise deliver'd were from making pots of clay verse 7 O Isra'l thou didst call on me in thy distressful case I rescu'd and I answer'd thee in thunders secret place I prov'd thee also in the way where thou would'st needs prove me Ev'n at the streams of Meribah I try'd and proved thee The second part verse 8 O my dear people come and hear and I 'le declare to thee O Isra'l if thou wilt give ear and hearken unto me verse 9 There shall be in thee no strange God nor ev'r at all shalt thou Adore the Gods that are abroad to whom the Gentiles bow verse 10 For I the Lord thy God am he who thee from Egypt led Inlarge thy mouth in pray'r to me and thou shalt sure be sped verse 11 But though that I did Isra'l chuse my own select to be yet Isra'l did my voice refuse and would have none of me verse 12 So then I gave them up unto their own hearts wandring thought To do as they desir'd to do as their own counsels taught verse 13 O that my people had compli'd and heark'ned unto me And Isra'l had not walkt aside but kept to my decree verse 14 I should have soon subdu'd their foes and turn'd my pow'rfull hand To the subversion of all those that durst against them stand verse 15 The haters of the Lord be sure had made a low submission But Isra'ls time should still indure and in a blest condition verse 16 With finest of the wheat should he have fed his chosen flock I would have satisfied thee with honey from the rock Psalm LXXXII To the 119 Psalm Tune IN the as-sem -- bly of the saints the Lord him -- self doth stand And sit --- eth in the Judgment seat with Judg -- es of the land How long shall par --- ti --- a ---- li -- ty pre -- vail a --- mong you then To make you judge un-right-ous-ly and fa -- vour wick -- ed men verse 3 Defend the poor and fatherless too weak for worldly might Aid such as suffer great distress and see ye do them right verse 4 The weak and poor deliver ye and needy of the land And rid them from the tiranny of ev'ry wicked hand verse 5 They know not nor will understand but walk without the light All the foundations of the land are out of order quite verse 6 I said indeed that ye were Gods and sons of God most high And that ye had a mighty odds by princely Majesty verse 7 But ye as common men shall die and ye shall fall one day As fell those people formerly whom vengeance swept away verse 8 Arise O Lord thy self advance just judgment to pursue The earth is thine inheritance all nations are thy due Psalm LXXXIII St. Marys Tune O God no long-er hold thy peace but now thy si --- lence break This still tran-qui -- li -- ty sur-cease and raise thy self to speak verse 2 For now behold thine enemies do rage tumultuously And those that hate thee do arise and lift their heads on high verse 3 Most crafty counsel they have ta'ne against us all at once Consulting how to work the bane of all thy holy ones verse 4 Come let us cut them off said they and leave no root behind So that the name of Isra'l may no more be had in mind verse 5 For they have all with one consent consulted as one man Confed'rate and against thee bent with all the pow'r they can verse 6 The tents of all the Edomites and many other mens The Ishmaelites and Moabites and all the Hagarens verse 7 Gebal and Ammon do conspire and Amaleck combines With the Inhabitants of Tyre and with the Philistines verse 8 Assur is also join'd with them and all of them indeed Have join'd against Jerusalem with Lots incestuous seed The second part verse 9 Do to them Lord as in that day when Midians hoast was strook As to Jabin and Sisera which fell at Kishon brook verse 10 Which miserably perished at Endor where he found There carcasses all scattered as dung upon the ground verse 11 Like Zeeb and Oreb O compell their noble peers to fall As Zeba and Zalmunna fell so let their Princes all
station and ever shall endure verse 6 Which first was cover'd with the flood as with a garment large The waters o're the mountains stood until they heard thy charge verse 7 And then at thy rebuke they fled thy thund'ring voice they fear'd Hasting away for fear and dread and straight dry land appear'd verse 8 And now dispersed far and wide by hill and dale they go Unto the place thou didst provide to that same place they flow verse 9 Their passage now thou dost restrain and settest them their bound That they may never turn again to cover all the ground The second part verse 10 The Lord doth send the fruitful springs into the vales below And all along the hills he brings their fruitful streams to flow verse 11 And they give drink to every beast which in the field doth ly Wild asses there among the rest do quench their thirst thereby verse 12 By them the feathered nation do comfortably house And have their habitation to sing among the boughs verse 13 And from his chambers richly stor'd he wat'reth all the hills The fruit which these thy works afford the earth with plenty fills verse 14 For cattle he makes grass to spring and herbs for man's own use Conven'ent food for every thing he makes the earth produce verse 15 To glad man's heart he makes the soil bring forth the grape for wine Hearts strength'ning bread and suppling oil to make his face to shine verse 16 The trees of God though many a one no moisture ever want The Cedars of mount Lebanon which he himself did plant verse 17 Wherein the birds do make their nests the stork too as for her She hath her house wherein she rests upon the stately firr verse 18 For wilder goats the mountains tops are made a refuge fit And in the clefts of hollow rocks the little conies sit verse 19 He did appoint the changing moon the seasons for to shew And when his time is to go down the sun doth likewise know verse 20 Thou makest darkness and behold dark night is over-spread And then the forrest beasts are bold to creep forth to be fed verse 21 The lion and the lion's whelp come roaring all abroad After their prey and seek their help and sustenance from God verse 22 The sun ariseth in the skie they flock together then And lay them down most quietly within their secret den verse 23 Then man goes forth with chearful mind his labours to begin And ply's his work of every kind till evening calls him in The third part verse 24 How many are thy works O Lord in wisdom all compos'd The earth by thee is richly stor'd with treasures there inclos'd verse 25 So is this great and spacious deep replenisht therewithal Where things innumerable creep and beasts both great and small verse 26 The ships also here make their way Leviathan here keeps Whom thou hast made to sport and play within the tumbling deeps verse 27 On thee do all these creatures wait expressing their desires That thou maist give them needful meat when as the time requires verse 28 That which thou giv'st as thou seest best they gather for their food Thy lib'ral hand thou openest and they are fill'd with good verse 29 Thou hid'st thy face and by and by in misery they mourn Thou tak'st away their breath they die and to their dust return verse 30 Thy spirits pow'r thou sendest forth they are created then And so the face of all the earth thereby renews agane verse 31 The glory of the Lord most high for evermore shall be And in his works of majesty greatly rejoyce shall he verse 32 His look can make the earth to quake and if he gently stroke The mountains lo his touch doth make those very mountains smoke verse 33 Unto the Lord will I sing praise while I have life and breath And glorify him all my days and honour him till death verse 34 My thought of him shall be so sweet as nothing else can be And all the streams of joy shall meet when Lord I think on thee verse 35 Let sinners perish from the earth and lewd men be no more But let my soul God's praise set forth praise ye the Lord therefore Psalm CV St. Marys Tune O Ren -- der thanks un -- to the Lord and call up --- on his name A-mong the peo-ple O re-cord his deeds de -- serv -- ing fame verse 2 Sing unto him whose pow'r exceeds sing psalms to him with joy To talk of all his wondrous deeds your busie tongues imploy verse 3 O make your boasts with one accord in God's most holy name Let ev'ry soul that seeks the Lord be joyfull in the same verse 4 Seek ye the Lord for him enquire his strength and power implore His face and favour O! desire and seek it evermore verse 5 What he hath wrought to mind recall in each myster'ous deed His wonders and the judgments all which from his mouth proceed verse 6 O ye the seed of Abraham who served with respect Ye children which of Jacob came his chosen and select verse 7 He is indeed the Lord our God his judgments are set forth And manifested all abroad throughout the spacious earth verse 8 He calls to mind his covenant whatever he engages The word of his commandement unto a thousand ages verse 9 Which covenant the Lord did make to Abraham the first heir The solemn Oath which he did take and unto Isaac sware verse 10 And he confirm'd the same as well to Jacob for a Law A cov'nant which from Israel he never would withdraw verse 11 Saying I will my Church advance and give into her hand The lot of her inheritance ev'n Canaan's fertile land verse 12 When they of faithful Isra'ls seed but few in number were Yea but a very few indeed and also strangers there verse 13 When shifting habitation they went at God's command From nation unto nation flitting from land to land verse 14 He did not suffer any man to wrong them where they came But for their sakes he soon began the mighty kings to blame verse 15 Saying to those that sate in thrones let no presumptuous arm Once touch my dear anointed ones nor do my Prophets harm verse 16 He call'd for famine on the land and brake the staff of bread verse 17 But he beforehand sent a man by whom they should be fed Ev'n Joseph for a servant sold subjected to controul verse 18 Whose feet the heavy chains did hold the iron pierc't his soul. verse 19 Until the time and period which Joseph had foretold Try'd was he by the word of God as fire doth try the gold verse 20 Then gave the king commandement that loosed he should be The ruler of the people sent to loose and set him free verse 21 He made him ruler of his house and Lord of Egypt's land And all his substance precious committed to his hand verse 22 To bind his disobedient peers his princes