And all upright in heart on it shall vvait vvith cheerfulnesse verse 16 But where is he vvho for me vvill against the vvicked stand Who vvil stand up to set me free from vvicked vvorkers hand verse 17 Unlesse the Lord had been mine help when none me rescued My soul had almost in the grave silence inhabited verse 18 But when I said within my heart my foot doth slip away Thy mercy held me up O Lord thy goodnesse me did stay verse 19 Ev'n when with multitudes of thoughts my minde was much opprest My soul did in thy comforts finde even then delight and rest verse 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee Where mischiefs most unrighteously by law supported be verse 21 For they against the life conspire of righteous men and good And they by law as vvicked do condemn the guiltlesse blood verse 22 But God alone against them all is my defence and stay The Lord my God my refuge is my rock of strength alway verse 23 The Lord our God shall bring on them their own iniquity And in their sin shall cut them off and slay them certainly Psalm 95. O Come and let us to the Lord shout and sing joyfully And in our rock of health let us rejoice triumphantly verse 2 Let us into his presence now make haste with thankful voice And to him well-composed Psalms sing with a joyful noise verse 3 Because this our Lord is a God exceeding great and high And a great King above all gods in pow'r and Majesty verse 4 Th'unsearched depths of all the earth are in his pow'rful hand The strength of all the hills is his and by his might they stand verse 5 The wide unruly sea is his he made it by his hand And by his power and decree he formed the dry land verse 6 Come let us worship and bow down before him let us fall And kneel before the Lord our God for he hath made us all verse 7 He is our God the people we of his own pastures are And of his hand we are the sheep left to his only care verse 8 To day if you vvill hear his voice then harden not your heart As in Masrah and Meribah ye did in the desart verse 9 When your forefathers tempted me though they my pow'r did prove In my great vvorks which I them shew'd and wonders from above verse 10 Forty years long I grieved vvas with those men and I said This people hath not known my ways but in their hearts have straid verse 11 Wherefore to them when kindled was my wrath within my breast I sware they should not enter in to Canaan my rest Psalm 96. O Sing you now unto the Lord new songs with joy and mirth Sing ye unto the Lord our God all people on the earth verse 2 Sing ye unto the Lord above and blesse his holy name Shew his salvation forth declare from day to day the same verse 3 Among the Heathen all declare and of his glory tell And the great vvonders manifest to all on earth that dwell verse 4 Because the Lord our God is great and greatly prais'd to be Above all gods to be ador'd and to be fear'd is he verse 5 For all the gods are idols vain which the blind nations fear The Lord is only he by whom the Heavens created were verse 6 Before him comely honour is and glorious majesty And comely beauty and great strength are in his sanctuary verse 7 Ye kindreds of the people all give to the Lord his right Give ye unto the Lord above all glory strength and might verse 8 The glory due unto his name give to the Lord and King Come ye into his holy Courts an offering to him bring verse 9 In the beauty of holinesse before Jehovah bow And fear before his presence all the vvhole earth here below verse 10 Tell all the Heathen God doth reign and settleth stedfastly The vvorld unmov'd and he shall judge the people righteously verse 11 Then let the Heavens high be glad and let the earth rejoice The sea and fulnesse of it let it roar and make a noise verse 12 The field and all that therein is let it then joyful bee And in the shady woods themselves rejoice shall every tree Before God for he comes he comes the earth to judge and try He with his truth shall judge the world and nations righteously Psal 97. THE Lord doth reign continually let all the earth rejoice And let the multitude of isles for joy lift up their voice verse 2 He round about is compassed with thick clouds and darknesse The stable place are of his throne judgement and righteousnesse verse 3 A flaming and devouring fire before him goeth out Which burneth up and doth consume his enemies round about verse 4 His fearful lightnings o're the world gave forth a shining light The earth did it behold and straight did tremble at the sight verse 5 And at the presence of the Lord the hills like wax did melt When of the Lord of all the earth they had the presence felt verse 6 The Heavens high declare and shew his righteousnesse abroad And the people they do behold the glory of the Lord. verse 7 All that fear graven images confounded may they be And that of idols boast themselves all Gods him worship ye verse 8 Zion when she heard this report was glad exceedingly And Juda's daughters all rejoic'd for all thy judgements high verse 9 For thou far above all the earth O Lord our God art high And art far above all the Gods exalted wondrously verse 10 All ye that love the Lord above hate evil things for he Saves the souls of his saints and from the wicked sets them free verse 11 For such as righteous are is sown prosperity and light And joy and gladnesse for all those in heart that are upright verse 12 Rejoice in God the Lord all ye that walk in righteousnesse And give thanks at the memory of the Lords holinesse Psalm 98. S'ng a new song unto the Lord for he works wonders great His own right hand and holy arm the victory did get verse 2 Of his salvation hath the Lord discover'd now the light And hath his righteousnesse reveal'd in all the Heathens sight verse 3 His mercy unto Israel and truth remembred he And now the ends of all the earth our Gods salvation see verse 4 A joyful noise make to the Lord all people of the earth Make a loud noise and praises sing to him with joy and mirth verse 5 Sing to the Lord the King with Harps in psalms lift up your voice verse 6 With Trumpets and with Cornets sound before him make a noise verse 7 Yea let the sea roar out for joy and all that is therein The earth and all that therein dwell let them be joyful seen verse 8 Let flouds clap hands and let the hills together joyful be Before the Lord because the earth to judge now cometh he verse 9 The
down my soul what should discourage thee And why with vexing thoughts art thou disquieted in mee Still hope in God for him to praise good cause I still shall have He of my count'nance is the health the God that doth me save Psalm 44. O God we with our ears have heard our fathers us have told What works thou in their days hast done and in the times of old How thou didst drive the Heathen out and plant them in their land Mad'st them take root but didst afflict the Heathen with thine hand verse 3 'T was not their sword that gate for them possession of the land Nor did the strength of their own arm save them from th' enemies hand But thy right hand thine arm the light of thine own countenance Because them out of thy free love it pleas'd thee to advance verse 4 'T is thou O God that art my King command deliverances For Jacob thine own people now in time of this distress verse 5 Through thy pow'r will we now at once push down our enemies Through thy name will we tread them down that up against us rise verse 6 For neither shall my sword me save nor trust I in my bow verse 7 Thou sav'st us from our foes and them with shame dost overthrow verse 8 In God we all day long do boast and ever praise thy name verse 9 But now thou hast us quite cast off and hast put us to shame verse 10 Thou with our armies goest not forth but from our foes dost make Us fly our haters do our goods spoil for themselves and take verse 11 Amongst the Heathen thou dost us scatter and give for meat verse 12 Like sheep and sell'st us for no price nor wealth by us dost get The Second Part. verse 13 Unto our neighbours a reproach thou makest us to be They mock us that dwell round about to them a scorn are we verse 14 Yea thou amongst the Heathen all a by-word dost us make The nations proudly in contempt their heads at us do shake verse 15 Thus my confusion hast thou made before me still to be Yea so that daily shame of face doth wholly cover me verse 16 Ev'n for his voice that doth reproach and utter blasphemy Because of the avenger and the cruel enemy verse 17 For all this we forgat not thee nor yet thy covenant brake We turn'd not back our hearts from thee nor did thy paths forsake verse 19 Though thou us brak'st in desolate places of Dragons fell And didst us cover with the shade of dreadful death and hell verse 20 If our Gods name we have forgot or help of idols sought verse 21 Shall not God search this out who knows the hearts most secret thought verse 22 Yea all day long most cruelly slain for thy name are we As sheep that are for slaughter kept so we accompted be verse 23 But Lord awake why sleepest thou arise and us deliver Stand up and do not us forsake nor cast us off for ever verse 24 Why doest thou hide thy face and us in grief and sorrows leave verse 25 Our souls stoop to the dust to th' earth our bellies fast do cleave verse 26 Arise now O thou gracious God to us an helper be We pray thee for thy mercies sake redeem and set us free Psalm 45. MIne heart good matter poureth out touching the King I utter What I compos'd my tongue the pen is of a ready writer verse 2 O thou the fairest of all men grace to thy lips doth flow Therefore God blessings evermore will upon thee bestow verse 3 Gird now thy sword upon thy thigh thou that art most of might Appear in dreadful Majesty and in thy glory bright verse 4 On truth meeknesse and justice ride prosp'ring in Majesty Most dreadful things thy strong right hand shall teach thee fearfully verse 5 The heart of the Kings enemies by th'arrows of thy word Is peirc'd that men fall down to thee as conquer'd by the sword verse 6 Thy roial throne for ever is O God and shall remain Because thy Kingdomes Scepter still doth righteousnesse maintain verse 7 Justice thou lov'st and wrong doest hate above thy fellows he Ev'n thine own God hath oil of joy and gladnesse pour'd on thee verse 8 Of Myrrhe Alloes and Cassia a sent thy garments had Out of thy ivory palaces whereby they made thee glad verse 9 Amongst thine honourable train Kings daughters waiting stand And thy fair Queen in precious gold is seen at thy right hand The Second Part. verse 10 Hearken O daughter well advise incline and bow thine ear Thine own people thou must forsake and fathers house most dear verse 11 And then thy beauty of the King shall much desired be Yet thou must humbly worship him because thy Lord is he verse 12 The daughter there of glorious Tyre with a rich gift shall be And all the wealthy of the land shall make their sute to thee verse 13 Within doth the Kings daughter sit all glorious to behold And all the garments that she wears are wrought of perfect gold verse 14 She shall be brought forth to the King in robes with needle wrought The Virgins that do follow her shall unto thee be brought verse 15 They shall be brought with gladness great and mirth on ev'ry side Into the palace of the King and there they shall abide verse 16 In stead of those thy parents whom thou now dost quite forsake Shall be thy children whom thou maist in all Lands Princes make verse 17 Thy name will I remembred make to all posterity â—e therefore shall the people praise to all eternity Psalm 46. GOd is our strength and refuge then when dangers us surround In troubles great a present help and ready to be found verse 2 Wherefore we will not be afraid though th' earth removed be Though mountains hurled be into the middle of the sea verse 3 No though the deep waters thereof troubled with windes do roar And their high swellings cause to shake the mountains on the shoar verse 4 There is a brook whose pleasant streams Gods City do make glad The holy place where the most high his tabernacle had verse 5 In midst of her God doth abide nothing can her remove For God betimes shall succour her and help her in his love verse 6 The Heathen raged furiously the Kingdomes moved were He did but utter his loud voice the earth melted for feare verse 7 The Lord of hosts stands on our part who all things doth command The God of Jacob's our high place all evil to withstand verse 8 Come and the works of God behold and weigh them in your thought What fearful desolations he in all the world hath wrought verse 9 Through th' earth he makes all wars to cease and them to peace he turns He breaks the bow he cuts the spear with fire the charets burns Be still and know that I am God and will exalted be The Heathen me shall magnifie the earth shall honour
verse 5 He shall with plagues reward my foes for me in wait that ly According to thy word and truth cut them off speedily verse 6 Then will I with a willing heart bring sacrifice to thee And I will praise thy name O Lord which hath been good to mee verse 7 The Lord hath clearly set me free out of my troubles all And now mine eye doth plainly see my foes expected fall Psalm 55. O God give ear and do attend to me when I do pray And from my supplications turn not thy self away verse 2 Take heed attentively to me and patiently me hear I mourn in my complaint and make a noise through grief and fear verse 3 For the noise of my foes because the wicked me oppresse They pour out injuries on me in wrath and spitefulnesse verse 4 With grievous pains my heart is sore disquieted in mee Nothing but terrours of pale death before mine eyes I see verse 5 Trembling and fearfulnesse of heart take hold and seise on me Terrour doth me so overwhelm I no way out can see verse 6 I said in heart O that I had the swift wings of a dove Then would I fly from wrongs and to a place of rest remove verse 7 Then would I hasten far away to fly I would not cease Until in safety I might stay in some great wildernesse verse 8 To free my self from injuries I would escape in haste Lest tempests should me overtake or the fierce stormy blast verse 9 Destroy O Lord and soon confound their tongues and them divide For in their Cities cursed strife and violence abide verse 10 And on their walls both day and night they go about it round And in the midst doth mischief dwell and sorrows still abound verse 11 Within it in the midst thereof is wickednesse espi'd Deceit and guile do not depart but in his streets abide It was no foe that me reproach'd For that I could have born No enemy that lift up himself against me thus in scorn For then I would have hid my self verse 13 Thou didst me this despight My guide mine equal my near friend in whom I did delight verse 14 We oftentimes in counsel did sweetly together talk And us'd into the house of God in company to walk The Second Part. verse 15 Let death upon them seise and let them quick go down to hell For wickednesse amongst them is and reigneth where they dwell verse 16 But as for me upon my God I will not cease to call And out of all adversities he me deliver shall verse 17 Evening and morning and at noon I unto him will pray And cry aloud and he my voice shall hear and what I say verse 18 Against me when the battel was he did my soul set free He me preserved still in peace for many were with mee verse 19 God me shall hear and them afflict the God that is of old Because they have no changes God they fear not but wax hold verse 20 On such as live in peace with him he fears not to lay hands And of his cov'nant made with them breaks wickedly the bands verse 21 While he in heart doth harbour war like butter are his words While soft as oil his speeches be yet are they sharp drawn swords verse 22 Thy burthen cast upon the Lord thee sure sustain shall he The righteous he shall not permit remov'd at all to be verse 23 But for these men thou shalt O Lord bring them down every one Into the everlasting pit of just destruction These bloudy and deceitful men shall not live half their days But I on thee alone my God will put my trust always Psalm 56. HAve mercy now on me O God for man would me devour He fighteth with me day by day he troubleth me each hour verse 2 Mine enemies that watch for me wou'd daily swallow me For those O thou most high that fight against me many be verse 3 But when their multitude and power strike terrour into me Ev'n then do I stay up my heart by resting still on thee verse 4 In God his word and promise I will praise and trust in thee O Lord and will not fear at all what flesh can do to mee verse 5 All my words which I spake they wrest and construe at their will And all the counsel that they take is how to work me ill verse 6 They gathered were and hid themselves close watch for me to lay They mark my steps when they lay wait to take my life away verse 7 Shall they by their iniquity escape from judgement free In thy fierce anger let them Lord cast down for ever bee verse 8 Thou tellest all my wandrings Lord thou on my tears dost look Them in a bottle keep by thee are they not in thy book verse 9 When unto thee I cry my foes shall turn their backs and flee This do I know assuredly for God doth stand for mee verse 10 In God who makes good what he speaks I shall still praise his word His word which he performs to me shall I praise in the Lord. verse 11 In God have I put all my trust my rock my rest is he verse 12 Therefore I will not be afraid what man can do to me verse 13 Thy vows O Lord upon me are I will give praise to thee For thou hast still my soul from death preserved and set free And wilt thou not hereafter keep my feet from falling free That in Gods favour walking I the light of life may see Psalm 57. BE merciful to me O God be merciful to mee Because according to thy Word my soul doth trust in thee Yea in the shadow of thy wings will I my shadow make Till these calamities be past that might me overtake verse 2 To God most high will I in pray'r send up my earnest cry To that God who all things for me performeth graciously verse 3 From heav'n shall God send and me save and them confound that me Would swallow up God shall send forth his truth and mercy free verse 4 My soul is among lions fierce and I with them do dwell That are inflam'd with cruel rage as set on fire with hell Base mens sons who are wholly bent to mischief and to wrong Their teeth like spears and arrows fierce a sharp sword is their tongue verse 5 Be thou exalted now O God above the Heavens high And over all the earth advance thy glorious Majesty verse 6 They for my steps a net prepar'd my soul bow'd down in me Before me they have digg'd a pit but faln therein they be verse 7 My heart is fixt in me O God and setled stedfastly My heart is fixt and unto thee sing and give praise will I. verse 8 My tongue my glory up awake my harp and psaltery Yea I my self will wake betimes and break my sleep will I. verse 9 Among the people i le set forth thy praises O my God Among the nations I will sing thy praises O my
hath cut in sunder quite verse 17 Fools by their own transgressions against Gods righteous law And by their great iniquities plagues on themselves do draw verse 18 They grow so weak that even their soul all meat doth loath and flie And brought so low that to the gates of death they do draw nigh verse 19 Then in their trouble do they cry unto the Lord for aid Who saveth them from their distresse according as they prai'd The third part verse 20 For he sent forth his powerful Word which health did soon restore And kept them from destruction which they were neer before verse 21 O give due praises to the Lord for his great goodnesse then And for his strange and wondrous works done to the sons of men verse 22 And let them sacrifices bring of praise and thankfulnesse And let them his great works declare with songs of joyfulnesse verse 23 Such men as do in their weak ships into the seas descend And in those waters great and deep their businesse do attend verse 24 These men the mighty works of God do with their eyes behold And in the great deep do observe his wonders manifold verse 25 For he sends out his Word and strait the stormy winds do rise Which doth the swelling waves thereof lift up unto the skies verse 26 Then mount they up to heav'n and to the depth go down again Their soul doth faint and melt away with trouble and great pain verse 27 And like a drunkard to and fro they reel with tempests tost And are as men of wit bereft and all their skill is lost verse 26 Then did they in their trouble cry unto the Lord for aid Who brought them out of their distresse according as they prai'd verse 29 Then is the storm chang'd to a calm according to his will So that the waves which rag'd before are quiet now and still The fourth part verse 30 Then are they glad because at rest and quiet now they be So to the haven them he brings which they desire to see verse 31 O give due praises to the Lord for his great goodnesse then And for his strange and wondrous works done to the sons of men verse 32 And in the Congregation great him let them magnifie And there where all the elders meet him praise and glorifie verse 33 He to a desart turns a land where waters did abound And lands where vvater-springs did flow to dry and thirsty ground verse 34 A land of pleasant fruits he turns into salt barrennesse To the inhabitants thereof for their great wickednesse verse 35 To standing waters when he will the wildernesse he brings And he the dry and thirsty land converts to water springs verse 36 That those he there may make to dwell that poor and hungry were That for their habitations they may build a City there verse 37 That they may pleasant Vineyards plant and there may sow their field Which unto them abundantly fruits of increase may yield verse 38 He also blesseth them that they do mightily increase And by his goodness suffers not their cattail to decrease verse 39 Yet for their sins they are brought low and minished again Being afflicted and opprest and fill'd with grief and pain verse 40 On Princes he doth pour contempt and causeth them to stray In the forsaken vvildernesse where is no path nor way verse 41 Yet from affliction he the poor advanceth up on high And makes his family as a flock to grow and multiply verse 42 This shall the righteous man behold and much rejoice shall he But then of all iniquity the mouth shall stopped be verse 43 Whoso is wise and will these things observe well in his minde The loving kindnesse of the Lord shall surely know and finde Psalm 108. O God my heart is firmly fixt and to thee in a song I with my glory praise will give both with my heart and tongue verse 2 Awake my psaltery and harp sweet melody to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake verse 3 Among the people I will shew thy praise O my God Among the Nations I will sing thy praise all abroad verse 4 Because unto the heavens doth thy mercy great ascend Thy faithfulnesse and truth likewise unto the clouds exâ—â—â—d verse 5 Doe thou exalt thy self O Lord above the heavens high And over all the earth advance thy glorious majesty verse 6 That thine own people whom thou lov'st may full deliverance have Save thou them still with thy right hand hear me in what I crave verse 7 Thus spake God in his holinesse my joy therein is great Shechem in parts I will divide and Succoths Valley mete verse 8 Gilead I claim as mine by right Manasseh mine shall be Ephraim is of my head the strength Judah gives laws to me verse 9 Moab I will my wash-pot make and Edom over thee I cast my shoe Philistia triumph thou over mee verse 10 Into the city fortifi'd who will me safely bring Who into Edom will me guide to enter conquering verse 11 Wilt not thou O our God which seemst us lately to reject Which with our armies when they march'd to go forth didst neglect verse 12 O give us help most gracious Lord from trouble set us free Because the help of mortal man we finde most vain to bee verse 13 Through God we shall do valiantly and conquer when we fight For he it is that shall tread down our enemies by his might Psalm 109. O Thou the God whom still I praise to help me do not cease When wicked men against me speak do not thou hold thy peace verse 2 The wicked and deceitful mouths against me opened be And with a false and lying tongue they have accused me verse 3 They did beset me round about with words of hateful spight And though to them I gave no cause against me they do fight verse 4 They for my love became my foes But I did only pray verse 5 Evil for good and hate for love they to me did repay verse 6 Set thou the wicked over him and ev'n at his right hand Set thou his greatest enemy Satan himself to stand verse 7 And when by thee he shall be judg'd condemned let him bee And let his prayer turn to sin which he shall make to thee verse 8 Few be his days and after him his charge let others take verse 9 His children let be fatherlesse his wife a widow make verse 10 Yea let his seed be vagabonds and beg continually And from their places desolate seek bread for their supply verse 11 Let covetous extortioners take all his goods away Of all for which he laboured let strangers make a prey verse 12 Let none shew mercy unto him let there be none at all That on his children fatherlesse vvill let his mercy fall The Second Part. verse 13 Let his posterity from the earth cut off for ever bee And in the following age his name be blotted out by thee verse 14 Let