that because of me verse 9 But who will lead me all the way unto the city strong And who will guide me that I may to Edom go along verse 10 Thou Lord that hadst cast off our coast and thou O God ev'n thou That lately wentst not with our hoast wilt thou not guide me now verse 11 The help of man is vanity Lord help us in distress verse 12 Through God we shall do valiantly he shall our foes suppress Psalm LXI To the 119 Psalm Tune RE -- gard O Lord when I com-plain and make my suit to thee Let not my pray'r as-cend in vain but give good ear to me For from the earths re-mo --- test part I cry for some re --- lief To thee O Lord when as my heart is o --- ver-whelm'd with grief Conduct me to that rock of pow'r that higher is than I verse 3 For thou wast my safe hope and tow'r against the enemy verse 4 And in thy tabernacle still I gladly will abide Under thy secret wings I will continually confide verse 5 The vows that did my soul engage Lord thou hast heard the same And gav'st me to the heritage of those that fear thy name verse 6 To thine anointed thou didst give prolonged days to see The many years that he shall live the longest age shall be verse 7 Before the Lord he shall abide for ever to endure Thy truth and mercy O provide which may preserve him sure verse 8 So will I sing from day to day the praises of thy name That having vow'd I daily may to thee perform the same Psalm LXII Bristol Tune MY soul with ex -- pect-a --- ti -- on de -- pends on God in -- deed Be-cause my whole sal-va --- ti --- on doth still from him pro -- ceed verse 2 He only is my rock of pow'r my saving health is he He is my high defence and tow'r much mov'd I shall not be verse 3 How long a time will ye devise and labour what you can To act mischievous villanies against a harmless man Ye shall be sure of recompence for God shall slay you all Ye shall be like a tottering fence and as a bowing wall verse 4 His excellency to subvert they only do devise They bless with mouth but curse in heart and take delight in lies verse 5 But thou my soul still wait upon the high and holy one Because my expectation doth come from him alone verse 6 He only is my rock of power and my salvation prov'd He is my high defence and tower I shall not once be mov'd verse 7 In God is my salvation and glor'ous dignity God is my strength and station my rock and refuge nigh verse 8 At all times trust in him alone ye saints with one accord pour out your hearts before his throne our refuge is the Lord. verse 9 Sure mean men are but vanity and great men are a ly Wholly more light than vanity if them you weigh and try verse 10 Trust not in wrong and injury in robb'ry be not vain If wealth and riches multiply set not your heart on gain verse 11 Once God hath spoke yea and again twice have I heard this said That power doth only appertain unto the mighty God verse 12 And also that compassion belongs O Lord to thee And thou rewardest every one just as his actions be Psalm LXIII To the 119 Psalm Tune O God my God I 'le seek to thee with ear --- ly care and haste Fâ—r Lord my ve -- ry soul in me doth thirst of thee to taste And in this bar -- ren wil --- der-ness where wa -- ters there are none My flesh doth great-ly long for thee and thee I wish a ---- lone verse 2 That I might see thy glor'ous pow'r and brightness of thy face As I have seen it heretofore within thy holy place verse 3 Because the loving-Kindness Lord which is in thee alwayes Is better to thy saints then life my lips shall give thee praise verse 4 Thus will I bless thee all my days and celebrate thy fame My hands I will devoutly raise in thy most holy name verse 5 With marrow and with fatness fill'd my very soul shall be My mouth shall joyn with joyfull lips in giving praise to thee verse 6 When on my bed I do record thy love with sweet delight And meditate on thee O Lord I' th watches of the night verse 7 Because thou Lord has been my healp I will lift up my voice And in the shadow of thy wings I greatly will rejoyce verse 8 My soul doth press hard after thee and follows thee apace And thy right hand upholdeth me while I pursue the chase verse 9 But they that seek my soul to slay shall certainly descend Into the inwards of the earth by some unhappy end verse 10 The sword shall shed their guilty bloud and they shall fall thereby And be the portion and the food of foxes when they die verse 11 But God's anointed shall rejoyce his servants all shall glory In God that shall strike dumb my foes and stop their lying story Psalm LXIII Metre 2. Oxford Tune O God my gra-cious God to Thee My Morn-ing Pray'rs shall of -- err'd be For thee my thir-sty soul doth pant My faint-ing flesh im-plores thy grace With-in this dry and bar-ren Place Where I re-fresh-ing wa-ters want verse 2 O to my longing Eyes once more that Veiw of glor'ous Pow'r restore Which thy Majestick House displays verse 3 Because to me thy wondrous love Than life it self does dearer prove my lips shall always speak thy praise verse 4 My Life while I that Life enjoy in blessing God I will employ With lifted Hands adore his Name verse 5 My Soul 's Content shall be as great As theirs who choicest Dainties eat while I with Joy his praise proclaim verse 6 When down I lie sweet Sleep to find Thou Lord art present to my mind And when I wake in dead of Night verse 7 Because thou still dost succour bring Beneath the shadow of thy wing I rest with safety and delight verse 8 My soul when Foes would me devour cleaves fast to Thee whose matchless Pow'r In her Support is dayly shown verse 9 But those the Right'ous Lord shall slay That my Destruction wish and they that seek my Life shall lose their own verse 10 They by untimely ends shall die their flesh a prey to Foxes lie But God shall fill the King with Joy verse 11 Who thee confess shall still rejoyce Whilst the false Tongue and lying Voice Thou Lord shalt silence and destroy Psalm LXIV Lincoln Tune VOuch-safe O Lord to hear my cry and to my pray'r give ear Preserve my life from th'-ene -- mie of whom I stand in fear Lord hide me from the se --- cret snare that wick --- ed men de --- vise From them that wick-ed work-ers are and do a -- gainst me rise verse 3 who whet their tongues like sharpest swords and
From heaven did his perfect sight the spacious earth discry verse 20 To hear the prisoners doleful groans and lamentable cry And to relieve oppressed ones that are condemn'd to die verse 21 That so the Lord 's most holy name may be declar'd to them And they proclaim his praise and fame in all Jerusalem verse 22 When as the people far and nigh shall all be gather'd there And kingdoms most unan'mously to serve the Lord in fear verse 23 But while I waited in the way my strength he hath decai'd Yea he hath shortened my day then thus to him I said verse 24 O! Take me not away my Lord in midst of all my days Thy years all ages shall record thy time no whit decays verse 25 The earth's foundation thou hast laid of old as now it stands The glorious heavens thou hast made the work of thine own hands verse 26 But they shall perish and decay while thou continuest still They shall wax old and wear away ev'n as a garment will As vestures thou shalt change their frame and changed they shall be verse 27 But thou art evermore the same thy years no end shall see verse 28 And Lord thy faithful servants race for ever shall endure Their seed likewise before thy face shall be establisht sure Psalm CIII To the 119 Psalm Tune BLess thou the li-ving Lord my soul his glo -- r'ous praise pro-claim Let all my in-ward pow'rs ex-toll and bless his ho ---- ly name For-get not all his be ---- ne -- fits but bless the Lord my soul Who all thy tres-pas-ses re -- mits and makes thee sound and whole verse 4 Who did redeem and set thee free from death's infernal place With loving kindness crowned thee and with his tender grace verse 5 Who fills and satisfies thy mouth with all good things of his And makes thee to renew thy youth just as the Eagle's is verse 6 The Lord doth fully execute I justice and right'ousness And judgement for the destitute whom wicked men oppress verse 7 To Moses he did first reveal the way that they should go And made the sons of Israel his mighty acts to know verse 8 The Lord is merciful we know and graciously enclin'd To anger he is very slow compassionate and kind verse 9 Contin'ally he will not chide nor evermore contend His anger shall not long abide but quickly have an end verse 10 He doth not unto us dispence as our deserts have been Nor giveth us a recompence according to our sin verse 11 For as the heav'n is far above the earth's infer'our frame So is his mercy and his love to them that fear his name verse 12 As far as is the sun's uprise in distance from his fall So far our foul iniquities he sep'rates from us all The second part verse 13 As fathers are compassionate unto their children dear So doth the Lord commiserate his saints that do him fear verse 14 For he doth know our brittle frame our mould and fashion just He well remembers whence we came and that we are but dust verse 15 And as for man his days alas do soon decline and yield He flourisheth but as the grass or flower of the field verse 16 For it is gone and quickly too when some bleak wind goes o're And then the place whereon it grew shall never know it more verse 17 But unto all eternity God's goodness doth endure To ages all successively his right'ousness stands sure verse 18 To such as keep his covenants and fear his holy name Remembring his commandements to execute the same verse 19 The Lord within the heavens high hath firmly fixt his throne And over all things gen'rally his kingdom rules alone verse 20 All ye his angels bless the Lord ye that in strength excell That do his precepts with regard minding his word so well verse 21 Bless ye the Lord O! bless him still O all ye hosts of his His Ministers that do fulfil what e're his pleasure is verse 22 O bless the Lord ye works of his wherewith the world is stor'd Where ever his dominion is my soul bless thou the Lord. Psalm CIII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune BLess thou the Lord my soul his name let all the pow'rs with-in me bless O let not his past fa -- vours lie for-got -- ten in un-thank -- ful-ness verse 3 It 's he that pardons all thy sins He that in sickness makes thee sound verse 4 It 's he redeemed from the grave Thy Life with Love and Mercy crown'd verse 5 It 's he that fills thy mouth with good and all thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagle makes thine Age To a renewed youth arise verse 6 From his strict Justice sure relief oppressed Innocence will find verse 7 Moses and Isr'el knew his ways and kind intentions of his mind verse 8 Abundant Mercies flow from God love is his nature and delight verse 9 Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides intends not to destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay from rules of Justice never swerves verse 10 And when he punishes our faults the measure 's less than sin deserves verse 11 As Heav'n is far above the Earth so his Rewards exceed our Love verse 12 Farther than East is from the West his pardon does our sins remove The second part verse 13 A father's pity to his child resembles God's tho shorter far verse 14 For he considers our weak frame that onely quickned Dust we are verse 15 Man's days are like the Grass or flow'r that in the field its beauty shows verse 16 But fades with every blasting wind and then its former place none knows verse 17 But God's eternal truth and love is to good men and to their race verse 18 Those that his laws and cov'nant keep his favour ever will embrace verse 19 Circled with glor'ous Light his throne the Lord has plac't in heav'n above Whose mighty pow'r and sov'reign rule extends o'er all that live and move verse 20 Bless God ye Angels who in strength and ready services transcend verse 21 Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers who all to do his will attend verse 22 All ye his works that subject are in ev'ry place to his controul Bless ye your Maker and with them joyn in his praises O my Soul Palm CIV Dublin Tune O Bless the Lord my soul and say my God thou art full great Bright ho-nour is thy rich ar --- ray and ma --- je -- sty thy seat verse 2 With light thou cov'rest thee about as with a princely robe And like a curtain stretchest out the bright celest'al globe verse 3 With watery seas his roof he ciels and there his rafters binds He makes the clouds his chariot-wheels and walks on winged winds verse 4 He makes his winged messengers of pure spirit'al frame He makes his glor'ous ministers a burning fiery flame verse 5 He laid the whole foundation of all the earth so sure That still it keeps its
Destroy'd and ruin'd let them be that do my soul oppress For I serve thee religiously with all submissiveness Psalm CXLIV St. Davids Tune BLes-sed for e --- ver be the Lord who is my strength and might Who taught my hands to use the sword my fin -- gers for to fight verse 2 My goodness and my fort likewise my shield of saving pow'r My Saviour from mine enemies and my exalted tow'r In whom I put my confidence for it is only he That bringeth to obedience the people under me verse 3 Lord what is man that thou shouldst take such knowledge of him here The son of man that thou should'st make account of him so dear verse 4 Sure man is like to vanity his days decline and fade And pass away most hastily like to a flitting shade verse 5 Lord bow the heavens and come down and do but gently stroke The mountains with an angry frown and they shall quickly smoak verse 6 Cast forth thy lightning from the skies and all thy foes disperse And to destroy thine enemies shoot forth thy lightnings fierce verse 7 Send from above thy hand that saves And rid me as I stand And snatch me from the mighty waves and from strange children's hand verse 8 Whose mouth doth utter words devis'd and fraught with falshood great And their right hand is exercis'd in cunning and deceit verse 9 New songs to thee will I present my psalt'ry shall agree And on a ten-string'd instrument will I sing praise to thee verse 10 'T is he that unto kings extends salvation's welcome pledge His servant David he defends from sword's offensive edge verse 11 Release and rid me speedily from hands of sinners vile Whose subtle mouths speak vanity their right hands full of guile verse 12 That so our sons may thrive apace as plants in youth do grow Like polisht stones of some fair place so may our daughters show verse 13 Our garners full as they can hold with every kind of thing And in our streets the flock and fold may many thousands bring verse 14 Let not our labouring oxen faint nor enemy invade No leading captive no complaint within our streets be made verse 15 O blessed people would we say with such like blessings stor'd Yea rather blessed people they whose God is God the Lord. Psalm CXLV London Tune THee will I praise my God and King and e ---- ver bless thy name And all my days I 'll give thee praise and still ex --- toll thy fame verse 3 Great is the Lord in ev'ry thing and greatly must we praise That name of his whose greatness is unsearchable always verse 4 One age shall still be publishing to that which next succeeds Thy worthy praise in all thy ways thy mighty works and deeds verse 5 And I Lord will discourse and treat what glory thou hast won The fame of the great majesty that hast such wonders done verse 6 Thy might likewise shall men repeat and deeds of dreadful fame Nor will I spare for declare the greatness of thy name verse 7 The memory of thy goodness great they largely shall express And shall in songs with joyful tongues declare thy right'ousness verse 8 The Lord is good to all indeed his tender love and grace verse 9 His creatures all in general do taste in ev'ry place verse 10 Lord all thy works thy praise shall spread and thee thy saints shall bless verse 11 They shall proclaim thy kingdom's fame and thy great pow'r express verse 12 To publish all his mighty deeds and make mankind to know How gloriously in majesty his kingdom shines below The second part verse 13 A kingdom of eternity thy kingdom is O Lord And thy alone dominion all ages shall record verse 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall and makes the crooked straight verse 15 And Lord on thee continually the eyes of all things wait verse 16 In seasons due thou feed'st them all thy opened hand doth bring To satiate the appetite of ev'ry living thing verse 17 Righteous is God in all his ways holy in all he doth verse 18 And nigh to all that on him call in uprightness and truth verse 19 He will fulfil the heart's desire of them that do him fear He will likewise attend their cries and save them ev'ry where verse 20 And all that love him doth the Lord preserve in ev'ry place But will destroy ev'n utterly all the ungodly race· verse 20 My mouth shall speak the Lord's due praise and let all flesh endeavour Thus to proclaim his holy name from age to age for ever Psalm CXLVI St. Davids Tune PRaise ye the Lord my soul give praise un ---- to our heav'n -- ly king While life and breath pro-long my days his prais --- es will I sing verse 3 Trust not in men magnificent nor in man's mortal seed Whose pow'r is not sufficient to help you in your need verse 4 Because his breath doth soon depart then turns he to his clay And all the counsels of his heart do perish in that day verse 5 Blessed and happy is the man whom Jacob's God doth aid And on the Lord his God alone his faith is firmly staid verse 6 In him that made both earth and skie and all in sea or shore And keeps his promise faithfully and will do evermore verse 7 With justice always he proceeds for such as suffer wrong The poor and hungry soul he feeds and breaks the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doth give the blind their sight the lame to limbs restore The Lord doth in his saints delight and loves them evermore verse 9 He helps the widows in distress and strangers sad in heart He doth defend the fatherless and ill men's ways subvert verse 10 The Lord shall reign eternally thy God O Sion hill Shall reign to all posterity O praise him praise him still Psalm CXLVII To the 100 Psalm Tune PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet the prais -- es of our God to sing For the im-ploy-ment is most sweet and praise a ve --- ry come -- ly thing verse 2 The Lord doth build Jerusalem gathers th'out casts of Isra'l's bounds verse 3 He healeth broken-hearted men and bindeth up their bleeding wounds verse 4 The number of the stars he tells and all their names he doth recite verse 5 Great is the Lord his pow'r excells his wisdom is most infinite verse 6 Poor humble souls the Lord doth raise but treads the wicked to the ground verse 7 Sing to the Lord our God sing praise praise him with harps harmonious sound verse 8 Who with thick clouds o're spreads the skie prepared rain on earth distills And makes the earth to fructify with store of grass on highest hills verse 9 He giveth to the beast his food and feeds the raven's brood that begs verse 10 The strength of horse doth him no good nor takes he pleasure in man's legs verse 11 The Lord doth take delight in them that in his faithful fear abide
Psalm LIII Dublin Tune THere is no God the fool doth say at least his heart saith so Cor-rupt are they and vile their way and all good works for -- goe verse 2 The sons of men th' Almighty view'd from heaven to descry If any of them understood and sought God faithfully verse 3 They are revolted gen'rally a most corrupted brood None treads the paths of piety nor any one doth good verse 4 Are all so brutishly misled that wicked paths have trod They eat my people like to bread they have not call'd on God verse 5 But lo they were affrighted sore and mightily dismaid Although there was no cause wherefore to make them so afraid For ev'n thy strong besiegers bones the Lord disperst abroad And thou hast sham'd those wicked ones because despis'd of God verse 6 O that the sweet salvation then which Isr'el waits for still Were fully come to all good men from out of Sion hill For surely when the Lord sets free his captives now so sad Then Jacob shall most joyful be and Isr'el shall be glad Psalm LIV. Martyrs Tune SAve me O God by thy great name and judge me by thy strength At-tend my pray'r re-ceive the fame and hear my words at length· verse 3 For strangers do against me rise oppressors seek my Bloud And do not set before their eyes the fear of thee O God verse 4 Lo God 's my help and stands with those that do uphold my heart verse 5 He shall reward my env'ous foes according to desert Destroy them in thy right'ousness verse 6 And freely I 'le accord With sacrifice thy name to bless for it is good O Lord. verse 7 For now hath God deliver'd me from all perplexing woes And let mine eyes most plainly see his will upon my foes Psalm LV. Bristol Tune O God un -- to my pray'r give ear and do not hide thy face But un --- to my re quest give ear now su --- ing for thy grace verse 2 Attend unto me graciously and hear my doleful cries I mourn with thoughts of misery and make a troubled noise verse 3 Because my en'mies voice grows high because leud men oppress They cast on me iniquity in wrath and spitefulness verse 4 My heart within me laboureth of pain that makes me sick The terrors of untimely death are fall'n upon me thick verse 5 Trembling and fearfulness do fall on me in ev'ry part And horrour coming therewithal hath over-whelm'd my heart verse 6 O! that I had the faculty of flying like a dove Then would I fly away said I and to some rest remove verse 7 Lo then I 'd wander wide and stay in desarts far to find verse 8 And hasten my escape away from tempest storm and wind The second part verse 9 Destroy O Lord do thou divide and separate their tongues For I have in the city spy'd strife violence and wrongs verse 10 Both day and night they go about upon the city wall Mischief and sorrow both break out within the midst of all verse 11 There is abundant wickedness within her very heart And from her streets deceitfulness and guile do not depart verse 12 For it was not an enemy that us'd me with such scorn For then I could more easily the injury have born Nor was it he that hated me that lift his horn so high For then I would have hidden me where he should not espie verse 13 But it was thou a man that hast thy self so magnifi'd Though my acquaintance once thou wast my equal and my guide verse 14 We did consult with sweet content in most familiar kind And to the house of God we went in company combin'd The third part verse 15 Let death seize on them speedily and send them quick to hell For there is all iniquity among them where they dwell verse 16 But as for me my care shall be upon my God to call And then shall he give ear to me and send me aid withall verse 17 Evening and morning and at noon I 'le pray and cry aloud And doubt not to be heard as soon his ear 's so easily bow'd verse 18 He hath preserv'd my soul in peace from battel in array For there was found a great increase with me that very day verse 19 My God shall hear and punish them he that of old abides But God's not fear'd of wicked men because no change betides verse 20 He hath put forth his treach'rous hands against his peaceful friends And broke his cov'nants solemn bands to serve his wicked ends verse 21 While he gave forth smooth butter'd words his heart was bent to spoil And though his words were naked swords they seem'd more soft then oyl verse 22 Cast on the Lord thy burthen then he shall thy soul sustain For he will not let righteous men be mov'd but still remain verse 23 But they shall all be overthrown that wickedness commit For thou O God wilt bring them down into destructions pit To bloody and decitful ways who e're addicted be Shall not continue half their days but I will trust in thee Psalm LVI Southwell Tune HAve mer -- cy Lord on me whom man would make a pre◠Be -- hold how he op -- pres -- seth me con -- tend -- ing ev ' -- ry day verse 2 They that mine en'mies be would daily me devour For infinite against me fight O thou of highest pow'r verse 3 What time soever Lord I am of foes afraid Lo then will I trust faithfully in thy assured aid verse 4 In God I 'le praise his word in God my trust shall be And placed there I will not fear what flesh can do to me verse 5 My words they utter wrong and wrest them ev'ry day Their thoughts are still to work me ill in whatsoe're they say verse 6 They all together throng they hide themselves likewise My steps they watch and ly at catch my soul for to surprize verse 7 Shall they escape so well in this their wicked path Upon them frown and Lord cast down this people in thy wrath verse 8 Thou dost my wandrings tell let down thy bottle Lord And put in there each briny tear are they not on record verse 9 When I shall cry to thee it puts to sudden flight My daunted foe and this I know for God defends my right verse 10 Thro'God's enabling me his word will I proclaim Yea in the Lord will I record his words due praise and fame verse 11 In God alone have I repos'd my trust for aid Let mortal man do what he can I will not be afraid verse 12 Thy vows upon me lie Lord I must pay the same And I always will render praise unto thy holy name verse 13 For thou my soul hast freed from death so near at hand And wilt not thou uphold me now and make my feet to stand That I may still proceed to walk as in thy sight And spend my days unto thy praise with them that live in
verse 12 Those namely that have spoken thus come on and let us take The houses of the Lord to us and them our houses make verse 13 Make them I pray thee O my God like wheels that still turn round Or like the stubble blown abroad when whirlwinds sweep the ground verse 14 And as the fire consumes a wood with fierce and furious flame And mountains where the trees once stood are singed with the same verse 15 So let thy whirlwind furiously pursue them Lord full fast And let thy tempests terrify and fright them with thy blast verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they may humbly beg thy grace and seek thy glorious name verse 17 Yea let them all confounded be and troubled day and night Yea bring them all to infamy and let them perish quite verse 18 That men may know that thou alone whom we Jehovah call In all the earth the only one art highest over all Psalm LXXXIV Oxford Tune O Lord of hosts how love -- ly fair thy sa -- cred ta -- ber-na -- cles are Ev'n where my soul doth long to be Yea and my spi --- rit pines a -- way With-in thy courts to come and pray my flesh and heart cry out for thee verse 3 O living God methinks I miss the sparrows and the swallows bliss so happily inhabiting for they may build their nests full throng and near thine Altar lay their young O Lord of hosts my God my King verse 4 O blessed are all those that may dwell in thy house both night and day for they will ever give thee praise verse 5 And blest the man whose strength 's in thee who though he cannot present be yet sets his heart on thy sweet ways verse 6 Ev'n their 's that passing Baca's vale dig wells to serve when waters fail or use the pools which rain doth fill verse 7 From strength to strength they travel there until at last they all appear before the Lord in Sion hill The second part verse 8 O thou that art the God of War whose all the hoasts of creatures are depending on thy soveraignty vouchsafe thou Lord my pray'r to hear listen and lend a gracious ear O God of Jacob's family verse 9 O God our sav'our and our shield that dost to us protection yield behold us with a kind aspect and now be pleas'd to look upon the face of thine anointed one and let thy beams on him reflect verse 10 For in thy courts I count one day a thousand others to out-weigh nay I had rather keep a door within the house of the most high then dwell with all prosperity in sinners tents for evermore verse 11 For God's a son and shield divine and doth with grace and glory shine and gives all good things to the just verse 12 Blest is the man O Lord of hoasts that only thine assistance boasts and hath in thee repos'd his trust Psalm LXXXV St. Davids Tune LOrd thou hast dealt most fa-vour-r'bly with thy be --- lo --- ved land And Ja -- cob's hard cap-ti ---- vi -- ty brought back with pow'r -- ful hand verse 2 Thy peoples foul iniquities which they have lived in Thou Lord hast cover'd from thine eyes and pardon'd all their sin verse 3 Thy furious wrath thou didst asswage which did so fiercely burn And from the fury of thy rage thou didst in mercy turn verse 4 O God of our salvation turn us likewise to thee And cease thine indignation and no more angry be verse 5 Wilt thou be angry still with us and evermore contend Wilt thou draw out thine anger thus untill all ages end verse 6 O wilt thou not again revive the people of thy choice That being so restor'd alive they may in thee rejoice verse 7 Do thou O Lord thy mercy show apparent in our sight And on thy Church do thou bestow thy saving health and might The second part verse 8 I 'le hear what God the Lord will say for he will speak of peace So that his saints and servants may their former follies cease verse 9 Sure his salvation is at hand to those that do him fear That glory may adorn our land and be a dweller there verse 10 Mercy and truth have sweet access and both together meet And perfect peace and righteousness with mutual kisses greet verse 11 Eternal truth and verity out of the earth shall spring Justice looks down from heav'n on high an heav'n on earth to bring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall here bestow abundant grace and peace And make our land to overflow with plentiful increase verse 13 Before his face shall justice go and where the way was dim Shall now direct our foot-steps so that we may follow him Psalm LXXXVI St. Marys Tune O Lord bow down thy gra-cious ear to my com-plaint and cry And now O Lord in mer -- cy hear for poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because I have receiv'd such grace from thee O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 O be thou merciful to me O Lord I humbly pray Because I call and cry to thee and do it ev'ry day verse 4 And fill thy servants soul with joy that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul and mind verse 5 For thou art very good O Lord in pard'ning very free And art with plent'ous mercy stor'd tow'rds all that call on thee verse 6 Therefore O Lord when I do pray regard and give good ear Mark well the words that I do say my supplication hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain Because I know and plainly prove thou answer'st me again verse 8 For like to thee O Lord is none among the powers divine Nor are the works of any one to be compar'd with thine The second part verse 9 All nations made by thy great might and all thy hands did frame Shall come and worship in thy sight and glorify thy name verse 10 For Lord thou art a mighty one and thou dost wond'rous deeds And thou O Lord art God alone from whom such pow'r proceeds verse 11 Teach me the way of truth most right and I 'le observe the same And unto thee my heart unite that I may fear thy name verse 12 I will praise thee unfeignedly O Lord my God that art And I will ever glorify thy name with all my heart verse 13 Because thy mercies shew'd to me in greatness do excell My soul by thee hath been set free out from the lowest hell verse 14 O God the proud against me rise and throngs of vi'lent men Have sought to make my soul their prize but thee they mind not then verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind suff'ring no little space Compassions store in thee we find and plentious truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me and pity me and
the shortning of his life verse 33 Because their provocations his patient spirit stirr'd So that he utter'd with his lips an unadvised word verse 34 They did not utterly destroy the nations of the land Concerning whom the Lord most high did give a strict command verse 35 But were among the heathen spread whose works they learned there verse 36 And all their idols worshipped which were to them a snare verse 37 Yea they did slay in sacrifice their daughters and their sons Off'ring to devil-deities their harmless little ones verse 38 Their sons and daughters blood they shed whom they with guilty hand To Canaan's idols offered and blood defil'd the land verse 39 Thus was it their own works and deeds that did defile them so And with their own inventions a whoring they did go verse 40 Therefore the anger of the Lord against his folk did flame His own inher'tance he abhorr'd by reason of the same verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gave them for a prey Their hateful foes rul'd over them and forc'd them to obey verse 42 Their enemies with cruelty opprest them in the land And they were humbled shamefully under their en'mies hand verse 43 He did release them many times but they provok'd him so What with their counsels and their crimes that they were brought full low verse 44 He did regard them ne'ertheless and had a gracious eye To their affliction and distress whenas he heard their crie verse 45 His cov'nant he for them renew'd repenting in his mind According to the multitude of his compassions kind verse 46 He made them to be favoured and pitied of all those By whom they were as captives led when they were bitter foes verse 47 Save Lord our God and gather us from heathens now a days That we thy holy name may bless and triumph in thy praise verse 48 Bless Isra'ls God the Lord most high and let all flesh record His praises to eternity amen praise ye the Lord Psalm CVII Lowath Tune O Ren-der thanks un -- to the Lord for good and kind is he Be -- cause his mer -- cy doth en-dure to all e -- ter ---- ni ---- ty verse 2 Let the redeem'd in ev'ry land the Lord 's redeem'd say so Those whom he rescu'd from the hand of their injur'ous foe verse 3 And gather'd them out of the land both from the east and west And from the north and from the south unto a place of rest verse 4 In wilderness they wandered in solitary way And found no place inhabited nor town wherein to stay verse 5 Hungry and thirsty all the while not having what to eat So that their very soul began to faint for want of meat verse 6 Then did they cry unto the Lord when trouble did oppress Whose favour did relief afford to them in their distress verse 7 And led them forth the readiest way that they may go and find A city and a dwelling-place according to their mind verse 8 Let them therefore praise God's great name for his great goodness then And for his works of wondrous fame to all the sons of men verse 9 For he doth fully satisfy the longing soul with food And filleth every hungry soul with blessings that are good verse 10 Ev'n such as sit in shade of death and in dark dungeons ly Whom sharp affliction hampereth and iron bands do ty verse 11 Because they did rebelliously transgress against God's word And did contemn that counsellor who is the highest Lord. verse 12 Therefore he did their heart bring down with labour and with pain And down they fell and there was none to help them up again verse 13 Then did they cry unto the Lord when anguish did oppress And he did save them speedily out of their deep distress verse 14 From shade of death and darksom night which they lay groaning under He brought them out to life and light and brake their bands in sunder The second part verse 15 O! that all men would praise the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 16 For he hath broken pow'rfully the brazen doors and gates And cut in sunder forceably the iron barrs and gates verse 17 Fools fall into affliction by falling into sin And through their own iniquities they are ensnar'd therein verse 18 Their soul whom sickness visiteth abhorrs all kind of meat And they draw near the gates of death their sickness is so great verse 19 Then in their trouble they do cry unto the Lord for aid Who saveth them from their distress according as they prai'd verse 20 He sent his word of power supreme and did them heal and save And graciously deliver'd them ev'n from the very grave The third part verse 21 And Oh! that men would praise the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice of praise unto the Lord And with the shouts of joy likewise his wondrous works record verse 23 They that descend to sea in ships and follow for their gain Their necessary merchandize upon the watery main verse 24 These men do God's rare works behold and none so well as these Do see his wonders manifold within the deepest seas verse 25 For by the word of his command he makes fierce winds to rise And lifteth up the rouling waves unto the very skies verse 26 They mount to heav'n and then they roul down to the deeps below And by and by their very soul doth melt because of woe verse 27 They reel and stagger too and fro like drunkards in their fits And like unto distracted men are put besides their wits verse 28 Then in their trouble did they cry unto the Lord for aid Who did redress their misery according as they prai'd verse 39 The storm is chang'd into a calm by his command and will So that the raging waves thereof are now exceeding still verse 30 Now winds and waves do rage no more which they are glad to see And so he brings them to the shore where they desir'd to be verse 31 Oh! render Praises to the Lord for his great goodness then And for his works most wonderful unto the sons of men verse 32 And in the congregation great let them exalt his name And in the honour'd Elder 's seat advance his praise and fame The fourth part verse 33 The Lord did make it barren soil where floods did once abound And turns the very water-springs to dry and thirsty ground verse 34 A fruitful land to barrenness he turns because of sin When he rewards the wickedness of those that dwell therein verse 35 Again the very wilderness to standing pools he brings And turns the dry and desert ground to plenteous water-springs verse 36 And there he makes the hungry dwell that so they may provide And get them cities furnisht well wherein they may abide verse 37 That they
And taketh pleasure in those men that in his mercy do confide The second part verse 12 O praise the Lord Jerusalem praise thou thy God O Sion hill verse 13 Who makes thy bars and strengtheneth them to keep thy gates in safety still Thy children in thee he hath blest verse 14 He maketh in thy borders peace He fills thee also with the best and finest of the fields increase verse 15 He sends out his command on earth his word doth very swiftly post verse 16 The snow like wool he giveth forth he spreads like ashes hoary frost verse 17 He casteth out his ice like crust his pinching cold who can sustain verse 18 He sends his word and melt they must and into water turn again His pow'r doth cause the wind to blow whereby the ragged water flows verse 19 His word to Jacob he doth show his laws and judgment Isra'l knows verse 20 He dealt not so with other lands as for the judgments of the Lord No heathen people understands do ye therefore his praise record Psalm CXLVIII London Tune PRaise ye the Lord praise ye the lord ev'n from the hea -- vens high Ev'n from the heights his praise re -- cord a ---- bove the star --- ry sky verse 2 His angels all his praise begin and all his hosts of might verse 3 Praise him both sun and moon praise him O all ye stars of light verse 4 Ye heav'n of heaven's lofty sphere him praise and magnify Ye waters also that be there above the heavens high verse 5 O let them praise the mighty name of our almighty Lord For he commanded and they came created at his word verse 6 He hath establisht them to be and that for evermore He hath ordained a decree which they shall not pass o're verse 7 Praise God from th' earth all in your kind ye dragons and all deeps verse 8 Fire hail snow vapour stormy wind his word that fully keeps verse 9 All hills and mountains fruitful springs all trees and cedars high verse 10 All beasts and cattel creeping things and all the fowl that fly verse 11 Kings of the earth and people there princes and judges all verse 12 Young men and maidens ev'ry where old men and children small verse 13 O let them praise the Lord's great name for that excells alone His glory is above the frame of earth and heav'n's high throne verse 14 And he exalts his people's horn his people he doth raise His dearest saints from Isra'l born O give the Lord his praise Psalm CXLVIII Metre II. A Proper Tune YE bound-less Realms of Joy Ex -- alt your Ma -- ker's Fame His praise your song em -- ploy A-bove the star -- ry Frame Your voices raise ye Che --- ru-bim And Se -- ra-phim To sing his praise verse 3 Thou Moon that rul'st the Night And Sun that guid'st the Day Ye glitt'ring stars of Light To him your homage pay His praise declare ye Heav'ns above And Clouds that move in liquid air verse 5 Let them adore the Lord And praise his holy Name By whose almighty word They all from nothing came And all shall last fom Changes free His firm Decree stands ever fast verse 7 Let Earth her Tribute pay Praise him ye dreadful Whales And Fish that through the Sea Glide swift with glitt'ring Scales Fire Hail and snow and misty Air And Winds that where he bids them blow verse 9 By hills and Mountains all In grateful Consort join'd By Cedars stately tall And Trees for Fruit design'd By ev'ry Beast and creeping thing And Fowl of Wing his Name be blest verse 11,12 Let all of Royal Birth With those of humbler frame And Judges of the Earth His matchless Praise proclaim In this Design let Youths with Maids And hoary heads with children join verse 13 United zeal be shown His wond'rous Fame to raise whose glorious Name alone Deserves our endless praise Earth's utmost ends his power obey His glorious sway the sky transcends verse 14 His chosen Saints to grace He sets them up on high And favours Isra'l's Race Who still to him are nigh O therefore raise your grateful voice And still rejoyce the Lord to praise Psalm CXLIX To the 119 Psalm Tune PRaise ye the Lord and sing new songs God 's prais-es to de-clare O praise him in the thick-est throngs where saints as -- sem --- bled are Let Is --- ra'l joy and tri-umph still and of their ma -- ker sing And let the sons of Si --- on hill be joy -- ful in their king verse 3 Let them extol his praise and fame in dances when they meet Let them sing praises to his name with harp and timbrel sweet verse 4 For lo the Lord his dear delight doth in his people place And he will make the meek shine bright with saving health and grace verse 5 O let the gracious saints rejoyce whom glory doth invest Let them sing praise with loudest voice as on their beds they rest verse 6 Let the high praises of the Lord be in their mouth contain'd And let a double edged sword be put into their hand verse 7 To execute great plagues and pains upon the heathen lands verse 9 To bind their stately kings with chains their Lords with iron bands verse 9 To execute on them the doom found written in his word This honour to all saints doth come praise ye praise ye the Lord. Psalm CL. Stanford Tune PRaise God praise God most high with -- in his sa --- cred tow'r I' th' fir --- ma-ment of large ex -- tent where he de -- clares his pow'r O praise him thank-ful --- ly for his al -- migh -- ty deeds His praise forth shew ac-cord-ing to his great -- ness which ex -- ceeds verse 3 O magnify the Lord with stately trumpets sound With psalteries and harps likewise that he may be renown'd verse 4 Do ye his praise record among them in the dance With timbrels flutes organs and lutes his praises to advance verse 5 Let the loud cimbals ring his praise to magnify Praise him upon the silver one that soundeth loud and high verse 6 Let ev'ry breathing thing be ready to record The praise and fame of God's great name Amen praise ye the Lord. Psalm CL. Metre II. London Tune PRaise God with-in that sa-cred place where he his Grace be -- stows Your wond'ring thoughts to hea -- ven raise where he his Glo --- ry shows verse 2 Let all his mighty acts of pow'r your inward passions move That your acknowledgments may suit the Greatness of his Love verse 3 Musicks soft notes and louder sounds verse 4 Of instruments imploy verse 5 T' excite Devotion and attend the triumphs of your joy verse 6 Since all to this Creator owe that breath by which they live Let ev'ry thing that breaths to him their cheerful praises give The End of The Psalms A Table of the Psalms with the Names of the Tunes to each Psalm Psalms The Tunes Names Psalms The Tunes Names Psalms The Tunes Names 1 S. Davids 31 Lincoln 61 To the 119 1 To the 148 32 Lowath 62 Bristol 2 Windsor 32 To the 100 63 To the 119 3 Lincoln 33 London 63 Oxford 4 S. Marys 34 S. Marys 64 Lincoln 5 Lowath 35 Bristol 65 Southwell 6 Bristol 36 S. Marys 66 London 7 Martyrs 37 Windsor 67 Southwell 8 S. Marys 38 Bristol 68 To the 119 8 To the 148 39 Windsor 69 Bristol 9 London 40 Dublin 70 To the 51 10 Lincoln 41 S. Marys 71 Lowath 11 Lowath 42 Oxford 72 To the 119 12 Windsor 43 S. David's 73 Martyrs 13 Stanford 44 Lincoln 74 Dublin 14 Windsor 45 S. Marys 75 S. Marys 15 S. Marys 46 Dublin 76 To the 100 15 Oxford 47 London 77 To the 119 16 Lowath 47 To the 148 78 S. Marys 17 Bristol 48 S. Davids 79 Lowath 18 Lincoln 49 Dublin 80 Dublin 19 London 49 To the 100 81 London 20 Lowath 50 Lincoln 82 To the 119 21 S. Marys 51 Proper 93 S. Marys 22 Bristol 51 To the 100 84 Oxford 23 S. Marys 52 Lowath 85 S. Davids 23 Stanford 53 Dublin 86 S. Marys 24 S. David's 54 Martyrs 87 Windsor 25 Southwell 55 Bristol 88 Martyrs 26 Bristol 56 Southwel 89 S. Marys 27 Dublin 57 Dublin 90 Windsor 28 Bristol 58 Martyrs 90 To the 100 29 Oxford 59 S. Davids 91 Dublin 30 S. Marys 60 Lowath 92 S. Marys 93 London 2 p. S. Marys 127 Oxford 94 Martyrs 3 p. To Proper 128 S. Marys 95 Ely 4 p. S. Marys 129 Lincoln 96 London 5 p. To Proper 130 To the 119 97 S. Marys 6 p. To Proper 130 To the 148 98 London 7 p. S. Marys 131 Martyrs 99 S. David's 8 p. S. Marys 132 Lincoln 100 proper 9 p. To Proper 133 To the 100 101 Lowath 10 p To proper 134 Southwell 102 Bristol 11 p To the 100 135 London 103 To the 119 12 p To Proper 136 To the 148 103 To the 100 13 p To proper 137 S. Marys 104 Dublin 14 p To Proper 138 To the 100 105 S. Marys 15 p To proper 139 Dublin 106 S. David's 16 p To Proper 139 To the 100 107 Lowath 17 p To proper 140 Martyrs 108 Windsor 18 p To proper 141 Dublin 109 Bristol 19 p To proper 142 Martyrs 110 Oxford 20 p To proper 143 Windsor 111 London 21 p To the 100 144 S. David's 112 S. Marys 22 p To proper 145 London 113 Proper 120 Oxford 146 S. David's 114 Oxford 121 Dublin 147 To the 100 115 Bristol 122 Oxford 148 London 116 Lincoln 123 Bristol 148 Proper 117 London 124 S. Marys 149 To the 119 118 S. Marys 124 proper 150 Stanford 119 First part to S. Marys 125 Lowath 150 London   126 To the 113   The Basses to each Tune in this Book The Bass to Bristol Tune The Bass to St. David's Tune The Bass to Dublin Tune The Bass to Ely Tune The Bass to Lincoln Tune The Bass to London Tune The Bass to Lowath Tune The Bass to Martyrs Tune The Bass to St. Marys Tune The Bass to Oxford Tune The Bass to the 51 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 100 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 113 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 119 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 124 Psalm Tune The Bass to the 148 Psalm Tune The Bass to Stanford Tune The Bass to Southwell Tune The Bass to Windsor Tune FINIS
The Law of God is very pure the soul it purifies His testimones are most sure making the simple wise The second part verse 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and consolate the mind His precepts pure affording light to eyes by nature blind verse 9 God's fear is clean from all defects and always doth endure His judgments just in all respects and truth itself 's no truer verse 10 Far more then many treasur'd summs of gold to be embrac't Far sweeter then the hony-combs or hony to the taste verse 11 Thy servant is forewarn'd thereby thy precepts to regard And he that keeps them carefully shall get a great reward verse 12 But who can understand and see the error of his thoughts Lord cleanse me and deliver me from all my secret faults verse 13 Thy servant also Lord restrain from all presumptuous crime And let them have no power to reign in me at any time And then I shall be most upright being restrain'd by thee I shall be blamless in thy sight and great transgressions flee verse 14 O let my mouth O let my heart in all I think or say Be pleasing to thee Lord that art my saviour strength and stay Psalm XX. Lowath Tune THe Lord now hear thee gra -- cious-ly in this di --- stress-ful day The name of Ja cob's migh-ty God be thy de -- fence and stay verse 2 And from the sanctuary send assistance in thy need And out of Sion strengthen thee and make thee strong indeed verse 3 Remember all the offerings which thou hast brought entire And now accept the sacrifice which thou hast made by fire verse 4 Thy hearts desire he 'll grant to thee and all thy counsels bless And make them be accomplished with sutable success verse 5 Lord we rejoyce in thy defence and in thy name and aid Of our great God our banners shall be cheerfully displaid The Lord fulfill all thy desire and grant what thou dost crave verse 6 And now I know that God most high doth his anointed save And he will hear him graciously from his most holy heav'n With saving strength of his right hand which shall to him be given verse 7 Some trust in chariots some in horse but we will think upon The name of thee the Lord our God and trust to that alone verse 8 Lo we do rise and stand upright but they bow down and fall verse 9 Save Lord and let our heavenly king now hear us when we call Psalm XXI St. Marys Tune O Lord in thy sal -- va -- ti --- on The king shall much de --- light With joy -- ful ex -- al -- ta -- ti -- on in thy great strength might verse 2 For what his heart desir'd to have thou grantedst every thing And what his lips of thee did crave was not deni'd the king verse 3 With thy good blessings manifold thou hast him early sped And set a crown of perfect gold upon his royal head verse 4 And when he asked life of thee thereof thou mad'st him sure And gav'st it to eternity for ever to endure verse 5 His glory is exceeding great in thy salvations aid Honour and Majesty compleat thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Thy blessings ever-flowing streams thou didst to him impart Thy countenance with chearful beams doth greatly glad his heart verse 7 Because the King unfeignedly doth put his trust in thee And through thy mercy O most high remov'd he shall not be verse 8 But thy Almighty hand O Lord shall find out all thy foes And all that have thy name abhorr'd thy right hand shall disclose verse 9 And make them like a fiery hearth ev'n in thy wrathful hour The Lord shall swallow them in wrath and fire shall them devour verse 10 Their fruit shalt thou abolish then destroying their increase And from among the sons of men shall cause their seed to cease verse 11 For they intended ill to thee strongly persuaded too T' accomplish that iniquity which they could never do verse 12 For these things thou shalt make them fly turning their backs in chase Charging thy bow strings readily against thine en'mies face verse 13 In thy peculiar strength O Lord thy matchless glory raise So shall our chearful Songs Record thy pow'rs deserved praise Psalm XXII Bristol Tune MY God my God wherefore hast thou for --- sook me O where -- fore Art thou so far from help-ing me when I do cry and roar verse 2 To thee my God even all day long I do both cry and call All night I cannot hold my tongue yet hear'st thou not at all verse 3 But Lord thou art the holy one and in that place dost dwell Where always thou inhabitest the praise of Israel verse 4 Our fathers in the time forepast did put their trust in thee They trusted and their faith held fast and thou didst set them free verse 5 They were deliver'd evermore by calling on thy name And for the faith they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I alas am not a man a despicable worm A meer reproach of Men I am whom all the people spurn verse 7 All they that see me laugh at me and scornfully do they Shoot out their lips and shake their head And thus in scorn they say verse 8 He trusted that the Lord would be his Saviour by his might Let him deliver him since he took in him such delight verse 9 But Lord thou knew'st me in the womb and thou didst take me thence When I was on my mothers breast thou wast my confidence verse 10 And I was câ—st upon thy care even from my birth till now And from the womb that did me bear my God and Guide art thou The second part verse 11 O Lord depart not now from me in this my present grief Since I have none to be my help none else to send relief verse 12 For many bulls have compass'd me and compassed me round The strongest bulls that use to be on Bashans fatning ground verse 13 They gape upon me greedily to kill me if they may Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 Like water I am powred out my joynts asunder part As wax with fire runs all about so sorrow melts my heart verse 15 My strength is like a potsherd dri'd my tongue cleaves to my jaws I am brought down to dust of death and thy hand is the cause verse 16 And many dogs do compass me the wicked when they meet Conspire against me cursedly they peirce my hands and feet verse 17 Yea I may reckon every bone on me they gaze and stare verse 18 Upon my vesture lots are thrown and they my garments share verse 19 Therefore I pray thee be not far from me in my great need But rather since thou art my strength to help me Lord make speed verse 20 And save me from the cruel sword by thy almighty pow'r Preserve my dear and