degenerate With loathsome wickedness o'ergrown None truly pious were and just Or practis'd goodness no not one 'T is strange they should without remorse Like Bread thy People thus devour Yet neither own thee by their pray'rs Nor dread the Vengeance of thy Pow'r For all their Confidence and Pride Terrours shall seize them unawares When God appears to help the Just And punishment for these prepares You now deride their trust in God But when from Bondage he shall bring Salvation to his people then You shall be sad and they shall sing PSALM XIV Another Metre FOols in their hearts have said no God Do's mind th' affairs below For tho' they speak it not aloud They live as if 't were so Their Principles are all corrupt Their actions hateful are They 're skillful onely to do ill From good estranged far God from his Throne above look'd down And took a strict Survey What men did seek and know the Lord And his just Laws obey He found them all degenerate With loathsome sins o'ergrown What was Religious just and good None practis'd no not one Strange that they should without remorse Like Bread the poor devour Yet neither own thee by their pray'rs Nor dread thy mighty pow'r For all their Confidence strange fears Shall seize them unawares When God do's help the just for these Due Vengeance he prepares You now deride their trust in God But when his Pow'r shall bring Salvation to his people then You 'll sigh and they shall sing PSALM XV. LOrd let me know that happy man Whom thou so well dost Love That he may praise thee here below And dwell with thee above 'T is he whose Life is free from blame Whose works are right and just Whose heart and words are true and whom One may securely trust His Neighbour's Name he never wounds By a detracting Tongue Nor in his Infamy delights Much less would do him wrong Vile men and their lewd practices His vertuous Soul do's loath But shews to such as fear the Lord Kindness and Honour both Who do's not break his Oath when he To his own damage swears But his strict Vertue far before His Interest preferrs Who hates Exaction and rejects Bribes to betray the Just This man shall ne'er be mov'd but may In God securely trust PSALM XVI PReserve me Lord in this Distress Who trust in thee alone My Soul which owns thee for my God Knows thus I've always done Not that my Goodness can deserve Much less thy Love requite Thy Saints shall feel its good effects Who are my Soul's delight These who in Vertue do excel In all my goods shall share Let others multiply their woes Who fond of Idols are By bloody off'rings to false Gods My hands I 'll not defile I hate to mention more to swear By Names that are so vile God is my Portion all my good From his rich Mercy flows And his good providence secures The Blessings he bestows I envy not the Great man's State Nor pine to see his Store With what I have I 'm pleased much With what I hope for more I 'll bless the Lord ev'n when he makes Troubles mine Exercise Those sad and solitary thoughts Instruct and make me wise When God is present to my Mind My fears are over-blown When he stands by me with his Aid No pow'r shall cast me down Therefore my heart and tongue rejoice In him my Flesh shall trust Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell Nor Body in the Dust The Path of Life they both shall find And in thy Presence tast Pleasures to full Perfection grown And Joys that ever last PSALM XVII As the 100 Psalm FAlsely accus'd to thee I fly Hear O thou righteous Judge my cry And let my Pray'r thy Audience gain That goes not out of Lips that feign In Favour of me Sentence pass Who know'st the right of every case Thou searchest every thought of mine And when retir'd what I design Like Gold when in the furnace try'd In me thou 'st no base Mixture spy'd And my firm purpose still shall be To make my words and thoughts agree I 've not when tempted steer'd my course By common practice or the worse Thy word restrains me from defence Procur'd by Acts of Violence Let nothing make me to decline Those safe and blessed paths of thine Trusting my God will not deny To right my cause to him I cry Thy kindness will the more appear Preserving me when danger 's near Whose pow'r is wont to interpose To save the Righteous from their foes Part II. Preserve me with that tender care To th' apple of our Eye we bear Afford such safety to the good As the Hen's wings do to her brood Now Lord secure me in distress From wicked men who me oppress From foes for cruelty renown'd Who to destroy beset me round Full stufft with Wealth and swoln with pride Their Mouths in boasting open wide And now we 're brought into a Streight With poring Looks our ruine wait No Lion's greedier for his prey Nor young ones closer lurk than they Arise O Lord defeat and cast Them down who to my ruine haste The wicked's sword may wound me sore But save me from its killing pow'r From men prepar'd with strength and skill If God give leave to do all ill Whose minds the World do's so bewitch Their onely care is to be rich And leave to their Posterity Th' unspent remainder when they die To me tho' poor but innocent Thy present favour gives content Who shall all Satisfaction gain When I awake with thee to reign PSALM XVIII As the 100 Psalm I All my Love on thee bestow To whom my Safety Lord I owe. To God as to a Rock or Fort I for Security resort He saves me from mine Enemies On God my Strength my hope relies No Buckler can defend so well Nor horn assailing force repell A Tow'r so high no Violence Can reach me there or force me thence His praise I 'll sing his aid implore So shall my Foes triumph no more When deadly toils and nets prepar'd Had just surpriz'd me and insnar'd When a mad rout swell'd like a Flood And seem'd too great to be withstood My Cries in this distress did move God's pity being heard above Who by a dreadful storm that rose Declar'd his wrath against my foes This made the very Earth to quake And th' hills from their foundations shake Nothing was seen but smoak and flame Whence burning coals among them came The Heav'ns did bow when he came down Under his feet thick clouds were thrown A Cherubin his Chariot was Winds join'd their wings more swift to pass Darkness his secret Glories shrowds With watry vapours and thick clouds Th' inclosed splendors break thro' all Then Coals of fire and hailstones fall Part II. God's thundring voice was heard aloud Hailstones and flames broke from the cloud His Lightnings in their faces flash'd These Darts dispers'd them all abash'd Ev'n th' Earth was torn and cleft so
and night My Cries to thee can tell Yet God is holy and remains The Praise of Israel Our Fathers found thy ready help When they on thee rely'd Their Hopes in thee were never sham'd Nor fervent Pray'rs deny'd But like a despicable Worm Not like a Man I 'm us'd Trod under-foot and thus in Scorn By vilest Men abus'd To own and save him he believ'd That God would now appear Let him deliver him and show That he to God is dear But from my Mother's womb by thee At first I was releas'd I was thy Charge when yet I hung Upon my Mother's Breast From my Infant Age I have been cast Entirely on thy Care And of thy Loving kindness had Lord an unusual Share 11 And now when other Succours fail In this distress appear O do not thou withdraw thy self When trouble is so near Those that beset me are like Bulls Armed with rage and pow'r No hungry Lion is more fierce Or readier to devour Part II. I 'm weak as water and my bones From one another start As wax before the fire dissolves So fails my fainting heart My Moisture's so dry'd up to move My tongue scarce strength I have To tell my griefs I seem like one Just fitted for a Grave Mine Enemies like greedy Dogs Round to inclose me meet And with inhumane Cruelty Have pierc'd my Hands and Feet My flesh with grief consum'd my bones May all be told with ease This moves no pity but their Eyes With this sad sight they please My Garments they divide and Lots Upon my Vesture cast Lord let thy Pow'r now interpose And to my Succour haste Save from their Sword my Life from what Their Malice else employs Which like the Teeth and Paws and Horns Of Savage beasts destroys To all my Brethren I 'll declare The greatness of thy Name And in th' Assemblies of thy Saints Thy Goodness thus proclaim All ye that are of Jacob's Seed And Servants of the Lord Let him be glorify'd and prais'd And with due fear ador'd He did not with disdain behold Th afflicted's Miseries Nor in displeasure hid his Face But always heard their Cries Part III. The Praises due to thee O Lord Shall in thy Church be paid Before thy Saints those Vows perform'd That in distress I made The longings of the poor and meek Thy Goodness shall supply Thou shalt revive their fainting hopes Who on thy Strength rely The Gentiles by his kindness won Shall turn unto the Lord By all the Kindreds of the Earth His Name shall be ador'd The Lord is King and under him Princes their Scepters sway All Nations to his Rule submit And Homage to him pay The Rich with plenty fill'd the poor That wallow in the Dust Both shall adore and thee alone Their great Preserver trust A chosen Seed shall to their Race His Righteousness declare All own this Work of God's and tell How great his Mercies are PSLAM XXIII As the 100 Psalm GOD is my shepherd who will see That all my wants be still supply'd I shall not be expos'd to wrong Nor left to stray without a Guide The Pastures are both fresh and green Where I have Ease and sweet Repast The Streams are cool and quiet where I quench my thirst and please my tast His Comforts which revive my Soul Life's tedious Journey pleasant make And in the Peaceful ways of Grace He leads me for his Goodness sake Tho' I should walk where black despair And Sorrow cast a dismal Shade Thy Power and thy tender Care Would chase my Fears and make me glad Thou spread'st my Table where my foes Behold thy Bounty and repine To see rich Oils anoint my Head To see my Cup o'erflow with Wine Surely the Goodness of the Lord Shall still surround me all my Days I will frequent thy House and there Display thy Love and sing thy praise PSALM XXIII Another Metre THE Lord my watchful Shephesd is I to his Flock belong I shall not stray without a Guide Nor be expos'd to wrong The Pastures they are fresh and green Where I have food and Ease He leads me to the quiet stream Where I my thirst appease His Comforts which refresh my Soul Life's Journey pleasant make He guides me in his righteous Paths For his own Goodness sake Tho' I should walk where black despair Reflects a dismal Shade Thy Rod and Staff would chafe away My fears and make me glad In presence of my foes thou spread'st My Table who repine To see rich Oils anoint my Head My Cup o'erflow with Wine Surely the Goodness of the Lord Shall crown my future days I will frequent his House to shew His Love and sing his Praise PSALM XXIV THE Earth's the Lord 's to him belong All creatures it contains His gracious Care to all the World Extends o'er which he reigns He did upon the floating Seas The Earth's great Fabrick lay And on th' unstable Floods he made Her fixt Foundation stay Into that Hill where God resides Who shall admitted be Lord who within thy Holy Place May stand and worship thee He whose unspotted hands no crimes Whose heart no stains defile Whose Tongue blasphemes not God nor swears His Neighbour to beguile This is the Worshipper alone Whom God delights to bless On whom he 'll faithfully bestow His promis'd Happiness These as God's People may with hopes Of Favour seek his Face And as true Proselytes be join'd To Jacob's faithful Race Ye Gates and Everlasting Doors Be open and make room Lift up your Heads and you shall see The King of Glory come If you demand what King is this That 's with such Glory crown'd It is the mighty Lord in Fight For Victcories renown'd Ye Gates and Everlasting Doors Be open and make room List up your heads and you shall see The King of Glory come If you demand what King is this Whose Glories so excell God who commands the Heav'nly Hosts Comes now with us to dwell PSALM XXV TO God I make my Pray'r In him my trust repose O let me not become a Scorn Or triumph to my Foes Let no Events cast down Their Souls who wait on thee Let Disappointments shame their hopes That deal perfidiously Lord set thy ways before Mine Eyes in clearer Light And teach me always to perform What 's pleasing in thy Sight From the straight Paths of Truth Ne'er let me go astray On thee my Saviour I wait To teach and guide my way Lord call to mind that Love Thou didst of Old express How thou hast graciously reliev'd Thy Servants in distress Into my youthful sins No strict Inquiry make Those early faults O Lord forgive For thine own Goodness sake Part II. God who is Good and Just Will erring Souls instruct Their wandring Steps to the safe paths Of Vertue will conduct The Humble Souls hell guide And teach the Meek his way Kindness and Truth express to such As his just Laws obey Incourag'd by thy Grace For Mercy I intreat Pardon my sins O Lord that
When I suppress'd my inward guilt No quiet I could get Thy hand did press me down thy wrath Scorch'd me like Summer's heat I then resolved to disclose My crimes and ope'my wound I humbly did confess my sins And easy pardon found This Mercy shall in season draw Good men t'implore thy aid Then tho' the floods of trouble rise They need not be afraid Thou art my refuge Lord to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and my Songs Thy Mercies shall confess I 'll teach proud men t' obey and not Be like the Horse and Mule Whose Fury till they 're broke no Rein Can guide no Curb can rule Such meet with heavy stroaks whilst those That trust in God shall prove The happy men then let them joy And triumph in his Love PSALM XXXIII As the 100 Psalm YE righteous in the Lord rejoice And let his Praise be your delight For Praise is Lovely and becomes The Lips of those that are upright Join th' Harp and other Instruments T' express and to excite your Joys And let your Songs be new and play With skill and with a chearful noise God's word is like its Author good His Laws from all injustice free His Promise sure and all his works Are done in Truth and Equity Works that are right and just secure His favour and his Pleasure are The Earth with various Blessings fill'd To us his Goodness do's declare The vast extended Orbs of Heav'n By his commanding word were made And all its numerous Host from his Creating breath their Beings had The Sea 's prouds waves within the shores To which they are confined keep Whose Waters safely are laid up In the great Store-house of the Deep To this Great Lord by Men on Earth Let fear and due regard be shown May all the World his awful Pow'r By humble Adorations own For as he spake all things were made All fix'd as he Commandment gave And a whole Nation 's deep designs Without him no Success shall have What God decrees none shall defeat Nor can his orders countermand But every Age what he resolves Will seeimmovably shall stand Part II. Blest Land whose fear and service shows That God its chosen Ruler is And happy they whom God declares By 's special favour to be His. Th' Almighty on the Sons of Men Looks down from his Celestial Throne And all the dwellers on the Earth Views from his glorious Mansion He equally did make them all Their hearts he fashion'd one by one And all their inmost thoughts to him Better than to themselves are known No numerous Host a King can save Nor Strength a Mighty Man secure No Horses force or swiftness makes The Riders preservation sure The Lord on those that fear his Name Looks with a favourable Eye He ne'er will fail their hopes that on His Goodness stedfastly rely When Plagues without distinction kill Their Lives he 'll rescue from the Grave In time of Famine due Supplies All their Necessities shall have Now Lord we wait for thee thou art Our Succour and our sure defence What e'er befals us we may trust In thee with chearful confidence So let thy Mercies Lord on us Descend like a refreshing show'r As all our hope and joys depend Upon thy Favour and thy Pow'r PSALM XXXIII Another Metre REjoice ye Righteous in the Lord And praise him with delight For thankfulness becomes the Lips Of those that are upright Join th' Harp and other Instruments T' excite and tell your Joys Sing a new Song and play with skill And with a chearful noise His word is good and all his Laws Are from injustice free His promise sure and all his ways Are truth and Equity Works that are just secure his Love As they his pleasure are The Earth with Blessings fill'd to us His Goodness do's declare Th'extended Orbs of Heav'n by his Commanding word were made And from his breath it s num'rous Hosts Their several beings had The Seas proud waves within the shores Confined Limits keep Whose waters are laid up within The Store-house of the Deep Let all Men fear the Lord to him Let due regard be shown May all the world his awful Pow'r By humble worship own For as he spake all things were made All fix'd by Laws he gave No Nations counsels without him Tho' deep success shall have God's purposes none can defeat Nor Orders countermand But every Age what he resolves Will see shall firmly stand Part II. Blest Land whose service shows that God Its chosen Ruler is And happy they whom God declares By 's Care that they are His. God on the Sons of Men looks down From his Celestial Throne Views all the Dwellers on the Earth From his bright Mansion He made them equally their hearts He fashion'd one by one More clearly all their thoughts to him Than to themselves are known Great Hosts can save no King nor strength A mighty Man secure No Horse's force or swiftness makes The Riders safety sure The Lord on those that fear his Name Looks with a gracious Eye And ne'er will their hopes that on His Goodness do rely When Plagues without distinction kill He 'll rescue from the Grave Their Lives in time of dearth their needs All due Supplies shall have Now Lord we wait for thee who art Our help and our defence In all estates we 'll trust in thee With chearful Confidence Lord let thy Grace on us descend Like a refreshing Show'r For all our hope and joys depend On thine Almighty Pow'r PSALM XXXIV GOD who my kind Preserver is I will at all times bless My tongue shall daily be imploy'd His Goodness to confess In God my Soul shall boast good men Shall hear it and rejoice And to exalt his Glorious Name Join both in heart and voice I sought the Lord in my distress And graciously he heard His timely succours did prevent The threatning Harm I fear'd In all their Straits good men shall look To him and be reliev'd Nor in their hopes they place in God Shall ever be deceivâ—d I 'm that poor Man who destitute Of help God's succours crav'd He heard my Cry and out of all My troubles I was sav'd Blest Angels which on God attend Yet wait t'encompass such As fear him to preserve them safe When dangers near approach O tast and see as I have done And then you must confess That God alone is Good and them That trust in him will bless O fear the Lord ye Saints be sure You in good ways abide He 'll see in all year wants you be With needful things supply'd Young Lions that for hunger roar For lack of prey may faint But those that wait on God shall have All good he knows they want Part II. Come ye who are dispos'd to learn And with attention hear I 'll give you wise Instructions How ye the Lord should fear What man would have his years prolong'd And happy days would see Refrain thy Tongue and Lips from all Deceit and
in Silver-plated Arms He unprovok'd comes out to fight Scatter his Forces and destroy All that in War and blood delight Egypt to make a league with thee Princely Embassadors shall send And Aethiopia to God Her hands in gifts and pray'rs extend Praise him ye Kingdoms of the Earth Who governs all the Heav'nly Spheres From thence he thunders with his Voice Which every Creature dreads that hears Give him the Glory of his Pow'r Illustriously to Israel shown Its wonders in the Heav'ns appear And thence by all the World is known They that behold his Majesty In Holy Places are amaz'd 'T is God who giveth strength and pow'r Unto his Saints his Name be prais'd PSALM LXIX As the 100 Psalm SAve me O God or else I 'm drown'd Plung'd in deep mire I find no ground Into deep Waters I am led Whose swelling waves o'erflow my head So long for help to thee I cry I scarce can speak my throat 's so dry Mine Eyes with looking long in vain I scarce can lift to Heav'n for pain My Foes are numberless and strong Who ' unjustly to destroy me long Tho' of all quarrels to be rid I 've paid for wrongs I never did God knows who all my faults do's spy I never did them Injury Let none trust less in God nor shun Well doing seeing me undone For 't is for thy sake I have born Reproach and suffer'd so much scorn Deserted by Familiars been Not own'd by those of nearest kin Zeal for the Honour of thy Name And House consumes me like a Flame All the reproaches thrown at thee I felt as if they'd aim'd at me If fasting I bewail their spite They call me a leud Hypocrite If I wear Sackcloth when I 'm sad I 'm look'd on as a Fool or Mad. When the grave Judges do me wrong No wonder I 'm the Drunkard's Song I 'll onely pray that this may be Thy time O Lord to favour me Part II. Hear me and now in my distress Thy promis'd Goodness Lord express Rescue me from that dangerous State I 'm brought into by cruel hate I 'm lost amidst these Floods of woe If I still sink and they o'erflow This heap of Waves unless thou save Will rise so high they 'll be my Grave Lord let my pray'r be heard above Whose onely comfort is thy Love As thou to pity art inclin'd Let me thy tend'rest Mercies find Disown me not who am not less Thy Servant ' cause in such distress But as my troubles greater are Require thy speedier help and Care Thy Pow'r to save me interpose Whose Life is struck at by my foes Who when I 'm ruin'd will aloud Proclaim their joys and grow more proud Thou know'st with what dishonour us'd With what reproaches I 'm abus'd Both who are my sworn Enemies And what they plot before thee lies To have no guilt and thus to smart Under reproaches breaks my heart I find no Partner in my grief As far from pity as relief They bitterly my sorrows treat And give me Gall instead of meat And when to quench my thirst I think They give me Vinegar to drink Part III. Like vengeance Lord for them prepare And let their Table be their Snare Their prosp'rous State without mishap Be for their ruine a sure Trap. Let darkness seize their Eyes and make Their Loins continually to shake Let thy severest vengeance haste To overtake and hold them fast They and their Race be so destroyed Their houses may be waste and void For whom God wounds him they pursue His grief whom he afflicts renew Let such more wicked daily grow And then no Mercy to them show Cut off may they no bleffings share Which to the Righteous promis'd are But Lord tho' I dejected lie Save me and fet me up on high My Songs of Praise shall then declare Thy Grace and Pow'r how great they are The Lord will more this Sacrifice Than fairest Ox or Bullock prize And every pious heart that 's sad This will revive and make it glad He his poor servants hears and saves Whom men ill treat and use as slaves Let all the World his Goodness raise Since one tongue 's not enough for praise For God will Sion save and build Cities with Judah's people fill'd Their Race that serve and love him well Shall there reside and safely dwell PSALM LXX As the 25 Psalm BEhold my troubles Lord How they with haste advance O do not stay but come as fast To my Deliverance Let those that seek my Life Their own Confusion meet When they attempt my hurt with shame Be forced to retreat Let such as make my griefs Their Sport unpitied be Those that deride my trust in God Reward with Infamy But where true worshippers Do seek their God to please Thy favour towards them express And make their joys t' increase Let those that hope in thee And thy Salvation love Ever have cause and hearts to say Praised be God above Look on my State opprest With Misery and Grief Thou art my Saviour and my help Lord send me quick relief PSALM LXXI As the 25 Psalm MY Soul on God relies Let none disgrace my trust Lord hear and save me when I call As thou art good and just Be thou my sure defence Whereto I may resort Make good thy gracious promise Lord Be thou my Rock and Fort. Save me from cruel Men And those that are unjust Thou Lord alone hast been my hope And from my Youth my trust Thou took'st me from the Womb When my first breath I drew Thou hast sustain'd me ever since All praise to thee is due Many with wonder gaze On me as one forlorn But by my praises and thine aid I shall confute their Scorn Lord when my strength decays And when my years decline Do not forsake or cast me off But own me still for thine Those that to ruine me Conspire these counsels please Whom God has left we will pursue Take and destroy with ease Let their presumption Lord Incline thee to draw near And make thine aids with greater speed For my relief appear Lord dissipate the force Of my confounded foes And disappointed of their hopes To open shame expose Part II. In God I 'll place my hopes Him with more praises crown His Truth and Mercies I 'll proclaim Whose measures are unknown To no Supports I 'll fly But to the strength divine No other Goodness shall be nam'd Or Faithfulness but thine These from my Youth I 've learn'd And hitherto declar'd Thy wond'rous works forsake me not When I become grey-hair'd Till I have further shown Thy Pow'r and taught thy fear Both to the present Age and those That after shall appear Thy Goodness Lord is great Thy Works illustrious are All thy Perfections have no Bounds None can with thee compare Thou shalt again revive My Soul with grief deprest Thou Lord wilt raise my low Estate Comfort and give me rest Then to proclaim thy Truth I 'll all my Powers raise And
ways of Providence They spring and flourish like the Grass With good success o'erjoy'd And onely grow to be mown down And utterly destroy'd Thou Lord most high dost ever live They cannot scape from thee All shall be ruin'd and dispers'd That work Iniquity Still higher to exalt my Pow'r Thou Lord wilt thine employ And crown that Pow'r and Dignity With undisturbed Joy This pleasure I shall have by those My ruine had combin'd To see them stript of all their pow'r And their own mine find ' But righteous men like fruitfull Palms Or stately Cedars grow For planted in thy Courts they 're fed With Springs that ever flow There they are fair and ever thrive And still more fruit shall bring Age that makes other things decay Makes them more flourishing Thus God appears to all the World To be both Good and Just No falseness can be charg'd on him Who is my Rock and Trust PSALM XCIII As the 100 Psalm THE Lord do's reign and like a King Puts on his Robes of glorious Light Tremble thou Earth when he appears Cloathed and girt about with Might Under his Rule th' unquiet World Will gain stability and peace Of old his Empire did begin And like himself can never cease In vain the World rebellious Pow'rs In Tumults and Commotions rise Like troubled Waters of the Sea That bid defiance to the Skies Resist not his unequal strength That 's far above your threatning noise For ev'n the Seas unruly waves Do calmly listen to his voice Lord as thy Pow'r can never fail So all thy Promises are sure It 's thy Perfection to be true And theirs that serve thee to be pure PSALM XCIII Another Metre THE Lord do's reign and cloaths himself With Robes of glorious light Tremble thou Earth when he appears Girded about with Might Now the unquiet World will gain Stability and Peace His Empire was of old and like Himself can never cease In vain the World 's rebellious Pow'rs Combin'd in Tumults rise Like Waters of the Sea that bid Defiance to the Skies Resist not his unequal strength That 's far above your noise For even the Seas unruly Waves Are calmed at his voice Thy Power Lord can never fail Tny Promises are sure Thy Glory 's to be true and theirs That serve thee to be pure PSALM XCIV THou great Avenger of all wrongs At length thy Justice shew Arise and render to the proud Rewards that are their due How long shall evil men triumph And boast their Villanies Speak scornfully of God himself And Providence despise Who whilst the ruine of the poor And innocent they plot Say that the Lord do's not discern Or else regards it not When will these brutish Sinners learn These senseless Fools be wise Shall not he hear that made the Ears And see that form'd the Eyes He the rude Nations do's instruct And teaches Man his skill Shall not he know then and chastise Thy disobedient Will O flatter not thy self nor these Impieties maintain God knows these very thoughts of thine How false they are and vain Lord he 's a happy man whom thou By chastisements hast taught And thereby to a sense of thee And of his duty brought God in his Mercy will at length From Troubles set him free Whilst Vengeance ruines wicked mens Short-liv'd prosperity Part II. Tho' good men for a while chastis'd May under Troubles groan God will not utterly forsake Nor cast away his own Neglected Judgment shall return Again to act its part And then Felicity shall crown The men of upright Heart T' oppose my wicked foes I call'd To other aids in vain Without thy succours in tha Grave I and my hopes had lain When I despair'd to keep my Feet Thy Mercy me upheld Thy Comforts eas'd my troubled thoughts And swelling passions quell'd Will ever God Tyrannick Acts Of unjust Thrones abett Who under forms of Law t' oppress The Righteous power get They meet in Council and resolve That such mens Lives they 'll have And whom their Sentence do's condemn No Innocence can save But against such unjust Decrees The Lord is my defence He 'll be my Refuge to secure Me from their Violence What Mischiefs they ' gainst me design'd Their ruine shall confess For God will surely cut them off In their own wickedness PSALM XCV As the 100 Psalm COme let us all unite our joys And to the Lord our voices raise Before his presence let us come With thankfull Hearts and Psalms of praise Our Lord is a great God and King Of mighty Pow'r and eminent Above all Gods him Angels serve And Princes onely represent The secret places of the Earth And strength of Hills are in his Hand He made the Waters of the Sea And for their bound prepar'd dry Land To him that made us let us kneel And humble Adorations give Who are the People of his Care The Sheep that on his Pastures live To day let 's hearken to his voice And not such hardened Sinners prove As those that in the Wilderness Provok'd and tempted God above They prov'd his Pow'r and saw his Works And griev'd his Patience forty year Till wearied with their murmurings That Race he could no longer bear He did their stupid Unbelief And base Ingratitude detest And in his Indignation sware They should not come into his Rest PSALM XCV Another Metre COme let us with united joys To God our voices raise With thankfull Hearts before him come And loudly sing his Praise Our God is a great God and King In Power eminent Above all Gods him Angels serve And Princes represent The secrets of the Earth and strength Of Hills are in his Hand He made the Waters of the Sea And for their bound dry Land To him that made us let us kneel And Adorations give Who are his People and the Sheep That on his Pastures live To day let 's hear his voice and not Such hardened Sinners prove As those that in the Wilderness Provoked God above They prov'd his pow'r and saw his works And griev'd him forty year Tell wearied with that murm'ring Race He could no longer bear He did their unbelief and base Ingratitude detest And in his Anger sware they should Not come into his Rest PSALM XCVI As the 100 Psalm LET all the Earth their voices raise To sing the choicest Psalm of Praise To sing and bless God's sacred Name And all his saving Works proclaim His Glory let the Heathen know His Wonders to the Nations show Let him be prais'd that is so high More fear'd than any Deity To Idols Heathen worship's paid Our Lord both th' Earth and Heavens made He in Majestick Splendor dwells In Beauty and in Strength excels Let every Tongue and every Tribe Glory and Pow'r to God ascribe The Glory give that is his due Their Off'rings in his Courts renew There fall down humbly and confess The Beauty of his Holiness Let all the Earth the Lord revere And by their Duty shew their fear Say to the
World th' Almighty reigns A Judge that Equity maintains He 'll make their Wars and tumults cease And bless the World with quiet peace Let Heav'n and Earth proclaim their joys The Ocean by its roaring noise Fields by the fairness of their crops Trees by the Fruits that crown their tops At his approach all Nature's glad And onely Sinners are afraid All whom he judges will confess His Equity and Righteousness PSALM XCVI Another Metre LET all the Earth their voices raise To a new Song of praise Sing we and bless God's Sacred Name His saving Works proclaim His Glory let the Heathen know To all his wonders show And when his praise aloud is heard More than all God's be fear'd To Idols Heathen worship's paid Our Lord the Heavens made His Honour 's great beyond compare His Strength and Beauty are Let every Tongue and every Tribe Glory to God ascribe The Glory give due to his Name Whose Courts your Off'rings claim There fall down humbly and confess The Beauty ' of Holiness Let all the Earth the Lord revere Let Duty shew their Fear Say to the World th' Almighty reigns A Judge that Right maintains He 'll make their Wars and Tumults cease And bless die World with Peace Let Heav'n and Earth proclaim their joys Seas by their roaring noise Fields by the fairness of their crops Trees by their fruitfull tops At his approach all Nature's glad Sinners alone afraid All whom he judges shall confess His Truth and Righteousness PSALM XCVII As the 100 Psalm LEt th' Earth rejoice fince God do's reign For tho' thick darkness do's surround And cloud his ways of Providence Yet perfect Justice is their ground When God prepares himself for wrath His Lightnings flame around the Skies A dreadfull Fire before him goes To burn up all his Enemies Th' amazed Earth sees this and quakes The Hills like melted wax flow down The Heav'ns his Justice do proclaim And men below his Glories own Confounded be those worshippers That to a graven Image bow And boast of Idols worship him Angels above and gods below Good men will hear the News with joy When Judgments on these Sinners fall Which tell the World their gods are vain And thou art high above them all All ye that love and serve the Lord Strictly preserve your Innocence Then tho' the wicked seek your fall God will stand up in your defence Th' immortal Seeds of Light and Bliss For truly pious men are sown A joyfull Harvest will at length Their Labours and their Sorrows crown Then let your chearfull temper show The God you serve is good and kind Praise him for all his Mercies past And wait with joy for those behind PSALM XCVII Another Metre GGD reigns let all the Earth rejoyce Tho' darkness may surround And cloud his ways of Providence Yet Justice is their ground Lightnings when God prepares for wrath Do flame around the Skies A Fire before him goes to burn Up all his Enemies The Earth sees this and quakes the Hills Like melted Wax slow down The Heav'ns his Righteousness declare And men his Glories own Confounded be those Worshippers That to an Image bow And boast of ldols worship him Angels and gods below Good men will joy when punishments Shall on these Sinners fall Which shew their gods are vain and thou Art high above them all All ye that love and fear the Lord Preserve your Innocence Then let the Wicked seek your fall God will be your defence Th' immortal Seeds of Light and Bliss For pious men are sown A joyfull Harvest will at length Their Works and Sorrows crown Then let your cheerfull temper show The God you serve is kind Praise him for Mercies past and wait With joy for those behind PSALM XCVIII REnew your Songs to God and tell What Wonders he has done Let all proclaim the Victories His pow'rfull Arm has won His Mercy which was kept before A secret and inclos'd Now to the clear and open view Of Heathens is expos'd His promis'd Goodness and his Truth Was first to Israel shown But now the Ends of th' Earth have seen His great Salvation Let all the Earth this welcome News Applaud with loudest noise Joyn Musick to their Hymns of Praise To testifie their Joys Let swelling Seas roar and excite The Joys of neighbouring Lands Let echoing Hills the noise repeat And Rivers clap their Hands Whole Nature well may feel a change When God's approach is nigh Who comes to judge and rule the World With Truth and Equity PSALM XCIX As the 100 Psalm THE Lord do's reign and on his Throne Between the Cherubins do's sit Let the Earth quake and fear possess The People that inhabit it God who in Sion dwells is great And high above all People rais'd O may his holy Name by all Adored be and ever prais'd Pow'r in this King with Equity And Justice mixt will do all right He governs always by these Rules Mercy and these are his delight Extol him in your Praises then And prostrate at his Footstool shew Your low submission to your God As he is Holy this is due Mâ—ses and other famous men Of old thus their Addresses made Before the Lord fell down and he Gave gracious Answers when they pray'd He from a cloudy Pillar spake They understood from thence his Will His Testimonies they observ'd And all his Orders did fulfill The Lord did their Petitions grant And was propitious for their sake To great Offenders upon whom Just Vengeance he began to take Extol him in your Praises then And at his holy Hill fall down By this submission show that you His Holiness and Greatness own PSALM C. LET all the Nations of the Earth To God their chearful voices raise With Gladness worship him and come Before his Face with Songs of praise Our Lord is God 't was he alone Did to us all our Beings give We are the People of his care The Sheep that on his Pastures live Enter his Gates with thankful Hearts His Praises in his Courts proclaim And by his pow'rful love inflam'd Delight to bless his sacred Name For God is infinitely Good His Mercy is for ever sure And ev'ry changing Age shall see His Truth will still the same endure PSALM C Another Metre LET all that dwell on Earth to God Their chearful voices raise Serve him with joy and come before His Face with Songs of praise The Lord is God who did alone To all their Beings give We are his People and the Sheep That on his Pastures live Enter his Courts with thankful hearts His Praises there proclaim And by his Love inflam'd delight To bless his sacred Name For God is infinitely good His Mercy ever sure And every changing Age will see His Truth the same endure PSALM CI. As the 113 Psalm MErcy and Judgment Lord I 'll sing That mercy which has made me King ' Shall wisely still direct my course Thy perfect Law the guide I 'll make Of all my ways and none shall
take Example by me to be worse State-reason and a private End Serv'd by ill projects shall not bend The Laws against the Rule of Right The man whose sroward heart is press'd Ungodly Counsels to suggest shall never be my Favourite The privy Slanderer I 'll not brook Nor on the proud vouohsafe to look Unless to note him for disgrace But men of clear Integrity And unsuspected Honesty Shall be advanc'd to highest place None shall by tricks and sly decoit By lyes and little arts grow great Or be in mine Affairs imploy'd Justice shall not Offenders spare But wicked Doers by my care Shall from God's City be destroy'd PSALM CII LORD hear the pray'rs and mournful cries Of mine afflicted state And with thy Comforts chear my Soul Before it be too late My days consume away like smoak Mine anguish is so great My Bones are not unlike an Hearth Parched and dry with Heat This makes my vital Spirits fail And flag like withered Grass Mine appetite to food 's so lost My meals I Over-pass Such is my grief I little else Can do but sigh and groan So wasted is my flesh I 'm lest Nothing but skin and bone Like th' Owl and Pelican that dwell In deserts out pf sight I sadly to bemoan my self In solitude delight The wakeful Bird that on House tops Sits without company And spends the night in dolesul cries Lives such a life as I. My pleased Enemies expose My miseries to scorn So set against me with mad rage My ruine they have sworn Th' ashes I roll in when I eat Are tasted with my Bread And with my Drink are mix'd the tears I plentifully shed Thy wrath against us so severe Do's not remit at all By dashing all the hopes thou 'st rais'd I 've had the sorer fall Part II. My days like the declining shades Make haste and fly away As Flow'rs before the scorching Sun They wither and decay But thou Lord ever shalt remain The same thou ever wast And the memorial of thy Truth Shall to all Ages last The years for Sion's punishment Prefix'd expiring are God's time to favour her 's at hand Her ruines to repair These hopes to see her built again Make us her stones to prize Her heaps of rubbish and of dust Are precious in our Eyes The Heathen Kings who scorn us now Will then thy Name revere Whose pow'r when Sion is restor'd Will gloriously appear The captive poor that now bemoan Their miseries in vain Shall then be heard and their lost state And liberties regain This Mercy to the following Age Shall stand upon record And their Posterity tho' yet Unborn shall praise the Lord. Part III. The Lord who in his Heav'nly Throne Advanced is so high Yet casts on our afflicted state A favourable eye Hell give that wish'd for liberty The groaning pris'ners crave And those that look upon themselves As doom'd to die will save That they the Glories of his Name May in nis Temple raise And in Jerusalem aloud His Truth and Goodness praise When all his saved people there Shall meet with one accord And other Kingdoms joyn with us In worshipping the Lord. But mine afflictions such decays Of age and strength had made My hopes to see those happy days Fell short and thus I pray'd Lord take me not away before My better days be past Thine undeclining years beyond All generations last Th' unknown Foundations of the Earth Of old by thee were laid The fair and beauteous Heavens shew The work thy hands have made These all shall perish and wax old Like garments thrown aside But tho' they change thy years ne'er fail Thou dost the same abide Thy kindness to the good is firm Thy word to them is sure Tho' strange events may change the world Their Race shall still endure PSALM CIII As the 100 Psalm BLess thou the Lord my soul his Name Let all the pow'rs within me bless O let not his pasl favours lie Forgotten in unthankfulness It 's he that pardons all thy sins He that in sickness makes thee sound It 's he redeemed from the Grave Thy Life with Love and Mercy Crown'd It 's he that fills thy mouth with good And all thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagles makes thine Age To a renewed youth arise From his strict Justice sure relief Oppressed Innocence will find Moses and Isr'el knew his ways And kind Intentions of his mind Abundant Mercies flow from God Love is his nature and delight Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides Intends not to destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay From Rules Justice never swerves And when he punishes our faults The measure 's less than sin deserves As Heav'n is far above the Earth So his Rewards exceed our Love Farther than East is from the West His Pardon does our sins remove Part II. A father's pity to his child Resembles God's tho' shorter far For he considers our weak frame That onely quickned Dust we are Man's days are like the Grass or Flow'r That in the Field its Beauty shows But fades with every blasting wind And then its former place none Knows But God's eternal Truth and Love Is to good Men and to their Race Those that his Laws and Cov'nant keep His favour ever will embrace Circled with glorious Light his Throne The Lord has plac'd in Heav'n above Whose mighty ' pow'r and sov'reign Rule Extends o'er all that live and move Bless God ye Angels who in strength And ready services transcend Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers Who all to doe his Will attend All ye his works that subject are In ev'ry place to his controll Bless ye your Maker and with them Joyn in his Praises O my Soul PSALM CIII Another Metre MY Soul bless thou the Lord his Name All pow'rs within me bless O never let his favours be Lost in unthankfulness It 's he forgives thy sins and do's Thy sicknesses remove It 's he redeems thee from the Grave And crowns thy Life with Love It 's he that fills thy mouth with good Thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagles makes thine Age To a new Youth arise From his strict Justice sure relief Wrong'd Innocence shall find Moses his ways and Israel knew Th' Intentions of his mind The Lord is kind and Goodness is His nature and delight Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides Would not destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay From Justice never swerves And when he punishes our faults It 's less than sin deserves As Heav'n do's far exceed the Earth So his Rewards our Love Farther than East is from the West He do's our sins remove Part II. A father's pity to his child Than God's is lesser far For he considers our weak frame And knows that Dust we are Man's days are like the grass or flow'r Fresh when it s newly blown But fades with every blasting wind Whose place no more is known But God is true and ever kind To
wealth increases with their flocks Thus are they blest but when they sin They 're punish'd and brought low again Ev'n Princes are expos'd to scorn And wander in a state forlorn But he exalts the poor on high And spreads their num'rous Family The Just with gladness this shall see And wickedness shall silent be How few there are with care record These wond'rous dealings of the Lord But wise Observers still shall find That God is infinitely kind PSALM CVIII MY Heart O God is now prepar'd And this my Tongue shall raise Which with my Harp shall early sing A consort to thy praise The great Salvation thou hast wrought I 'll to the World proclaim The scattered Nations shall assist My Songs to spread thy Fame Thy Mercy reaches to the Heav'ns Thy Truth unto the Skies O may thy Glories Lord above Both Earth and Heaven rise That thy Beloved may obtain A Saviour in their need In answer to my servent pray'rs Thy timely succours speed God's sacred promise pass'd now makes My hopes depend on thee The Land that round Samaria lies Submits it self to me The rest of Isr'els Tribes unite To own my righteous cause Ephraim's my chiefest strength for War Judah supports my Laws Moab and Edom as vile slaves To serve me will be glad Philistia meet thy conqu'ring Lord And to his triumphs add Who then will lead me to that Hold On Edom's Frontiers lies So strongly fenc'd ' gainst all assaults Which all my force defies The Lord will do 't who heretofore Refus'd our Arms to bless He 'll undertake our Conduct now And crown it with success Man's weakness helps in vain may we Thine aids in trouble meet Our Hands shall do great acts our foes Lie conquered at our Feet PSALM CIX As the 100 Psalm LORD since my glor'ing is in thee Be thou concern'd t' avenge my wrongs Who now am wickedly traduc'd By lying and deceitful tongues By odious calumnies close siege They to my Reputation lay And unprovok'd with open force Attempt to take my life away I have deserved well of those Who now mine adversaries are I sought not safety by Revenge When off'red but of God by pray'r Evil for good is my reward The more I love I'm hated more ' Gainst the chief author of these wrongs Thy Justice therefore I implore By the worst Judge may he be try'd And by a Dev'lin spight accus'd Be pronounc'd guilty and his pray'r For Pardon as a sin resus'd By an untimely death cut off His Office let another take Want on his Children be entail'd His wife a forlorn widow make May they a sorry vagrant life By begging up and down maintain And their own Houses lying waste Seek for a Lodging where they can Part II. Let an exacting Creditor Seize his Estate as lawful spoil And may a perfect stranger reap The fruit of all his care and toil Let none t' his Memory be kind No pity to his Race be shown But let them parish and their Name Be in the following Age unknown Visit on him his Parents Crimes Since he in sin would like 'em be To shew that they are not forgot Root out their cursed memory He when the poor for mercy call'd Nothing but cruelty did breath And when their Hearts were broke with grief He persecuted them to death Let all the Curses that he wish'd To others on his own head light And may he by a just reward Want all that Blessing he did slight In cursing and malicious Lyes As in rich Cloaths he took a pride And may its sad effect like drink Through all his Veins and Bowels slide Sinking into his Bones like Oyl Let it allow him no repose Cover him with it like a Vest As with a Girdle bind it close Part III. This shall be their reward from God Whose spight is on my ruine bent And question not to make it sure By Lyes and Slanders they invent But since thy Honour is engag'd And Mercy too Lord take my part Oh save mel when by all forsook And pierc'd with sorrow to the heart I vanish like an Evening shade Toss'd like a Locust up and down My Knees and all my Joints are weak My Body lean with fasting grown They add unto my miseries Reproach and all the signs of scorn Lord let thy Mercy interpose To help and save me thus forlorn Force them to own herein thy pow'r Who curse in vain whom God will bless Let me with joy see them asham'd That their attempts had no success Cloath'd with Confusion may they wish To hide themselves from their own shame In full Assemblies then I 'll sing The lowdest praises to thy Name God the great Patron of the poor Will as his Advocate stand by Defend his Cause and save his Life When he 's unjustly doom'd to die PSALM CX As the 100 Psalm THUS spake the Lord unto his Son Sit thou advanc'd on my right hand Till all thy conquer'd Foes shall crouch And wait their doom from thy command From Sion shall thy word go forth Which like a Sceptre thou shalt sway To bring the Stubborn under Rule And make them willingly obey The Conquests shall be great that day The numerous Converts thou shalt view Shall make an Army that exceeds Thy Chrystal Drops of morning Dew The Lord hath all his Truth engag'd By Oath which he can never break To make thee an eternal Priest Of th' Order of Melchizedeck And when he 's raised to his Throne Proud Monarchs that oppose his Reign Shall fall and all the wicked world That will not stoop to him be slain Whilst he pursues this work he 'll stoop To mean refreshments in the way But with a glorious reward God will his sufferings repay PSALM CX Another Metre THUS spake the Lord unto his Son Sit thou on my right hand Till all thy Foes shall crouch and wait Their doom at thy Command From Sion shall thy word go forth This Sceptre thou shalt sway Under thy Rule shall Rebels come And willingly obey Thy Conquests shall be great that day The Converts thou shalt view Shall make an Army that exceeds The drops of morning Dew The Lord hath all his Truth engag'd By'an Oath he cannot break Thou' rt ever Priest of th' Order made Of great Melchizedeck And when he 's raised to his Throne Kings that oppose his Reign Shall fall and all the Heathen World That will not stoop be slain Whilst thus employ'd he 'll stoop to mean Refreshments in the way But God with glorious rewards His Sufferings will repay PSALM CXI MY Soul's best Pow'rs I will engage And with affection join In those Assemblies where the Saints To praise the Lord combine They that contemplate thy great works Will soon with pleasure see Thy Pow'r how glorious it is How great thy Purity The wonders of thy Providence They 'll often call to mind With grateful hearts proclaim that God Is gracious and kind How in the Wilderness he gave Food with a liberal hand And made
Resembling that of Heav'n above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet accord and hearty Love It 's like the precious Ointment pour'd On A aron's consecrated Head Which first ran down his Face and thence Unto his costly Vesture spread Like Dews that visit every Hill Or as the fruitfull Show'rs of Rain Tho' first on higher Grounds they fall Descend and water all the Plain None can express the Joys that meet Where Love and Amity abound Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace Their prosp'rous State with blessing crown'd PSALM CXXXIII Another Metre O Happy Companies on Earth Resembling Heav'n above Where Brethren peacefully unite In sweet Accord and Love It 's like the precious Ointment pour'd Upon the High-priest's Head Which first ran down his Beard and thence T' his costly Garments spread Like Dews that visit every Hill Or fruitfull Show'rs of Rain Tho' first on higher Grounds they fall Thence water all the Plain None can express the Joys that meet Where mutual Love is found Their Souls are fill'd with inward Peace Their State with blessing crown'd PSALM CXXXIV As the 100 Psalm YE Servants of th' Eternal Lord Who early at his Temple wait And there your late attendance give See that his Name ye celebrate And as that Holy place requires Pure hands in your Devotions raise To all your other Off ' rings joyn The gratefull Sacrifice of Praise God the great Maker of the World As great in Goodness as in Pow'r Give gracious Answerd to thy Pray'rs And blese his People every Hour PSALM CXXXIV Another Metre YE Servants of the Lord above Who at his Temple wait See that before the rising Sun His Name ye celebrate And in that Holy place pure hands In your Devotions raise To all your other Off ' rings joyn The Sacrifice of Praise The Lord that made the World as great In Goodness as in Pow'r Give ear to thy requests and bless His People every Hour PSALM CXXXV YE Servants of th' Almighty Lord That Heav'n and Earth did frame Who at his House and Altar wait Praise ye his Glorious Name O let the Goodness of the Lord Your best Affections raise Your inward Pleasure will increase Together with your Praise Ye Isra'elites have greatest cause To praise him and rejoyce You that are dearer unto God His Treasure and his Choice In him do all Perfections meet His greatness knows no bound What e'er by other Gods is claimed In him alone is found His Pow'r created all at first His Pleasure rules them still His uncontrolled mind the Heav'n The Earth and Seas fulfil By undiscerned Force he makes The Vapours to arise Which frame the Clouds where Fire unquench'd Mingled with Water lies From thence the dreadfull lightnings burst And rains are poured down He brings his boist'rous winds and storms From Treasuries unknown He the first-born of man and beast At once in Egypt slew Whose King and Court by fearfull plagues His wond'rous Power knew Part II. He smote great Nations and slew Kings That Potent Sceptres sway'd Sihon and Og ' mong these for War The greatest Figure made All Can'an's Kingdoms too at last With all their Kings he smote Whose rich and pleasant Land became Our Heritage and Lot Supported by such glorions Works Thy Fame can never die But thy Memorial shall endure To all Eternity Tho' God's offending People may Under oppression mourn He 'll take their part and all his wrath Shall into kindness turn The Heathen Idols Silver are Or Gold at best and thence Derive their worth but are no Gods Since void of Life or Sense For tho' the Maker forns an Eye A Mouth or other part He cannot give them Sight or Breath Motion or Life by Art Fond men with hands to make a God To which our Knees should bow You trust what cannot help it self Statues have Sense like you O House of Isr'ael bless the Lord Ye Priests his praise proclaim Bless him ye Levites and let all That fear him do the same 21 From Sion may his Songs of praise Sound forth with sweet accord He in this Holy City dwells O praise this Highest Lord. PSALM CXXXV Another Metre As the 148 Psalm YE Servants of the Lord That Heav'n and Earth did frame Who at his Altar wait Praise ye his Glorious Name His Goodness do's To this invite His praise will give The best delight Ye Isr'aelites are bound Greatly your God to bless Who unto Jacob did Such special Love express Whose Children still To God are dear His Treasure and Peculiar care In him all Glories meet His Greatness knows no bound What other Gods do claim In him alone is found Who as at first He all things made Still rules o'er all By all obey'd All things in Heav'n above Are subject to his Will The Earth and Seas below His pleasure do fulfil At his Command From the World's End Vapours to frame The Clouds ascend The dreadfull Flashes thence Of pointed Lightnings fly Those Fires remain unquench'd Tho' mix'd with Rains they lie He brings forth Winds That loudly blow From Treasuries Which none can know Part II. He the First-born of Man And Beast in Egypt slew Whose King and Court by plagues His wond'rous Power knew Great Nations then And Kings he smote Sihon and Og Of greatest note The Fate of Can'an's Kings And Kingdoms was the same All conquer'd and their Land Our Heritage became Thy Name and thy Memorial For ever Lord Continue shall Tho' God's own People may Suffer when they offend At last their Sorrows will In their Salvation end He 'll take the part Of those that mourn And all his wrath To kindness turn The Heathen Idols are Of vile Materials made Tho' by Man's Art with Gold Or Silver overlaid He forms a Mouth An Eye or Ear Which cannot speak Nor see nor hear Fond men to what their hands Have made their Knees to bend Much more to trust in what Cannot it self defend Brutes that have Life Are better for You without Sense Like Statues are O Isr'ael bless the Lord Ye Priests his praise proclaim Let Levi's House and all That fear him do the same From Sion sing With one accord There God resides Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXXXVI As the 148 Psalm GIve thanks unto the Lord Who is so kind and good Whose Mercies firmly last As they have ever stood To this great King All Gods do bow Angels above And Pow'rs below His works our wonder raise The Heav'ns his wisdom made And he th' outstretched Earth Above the Waters laid He made the Sun The Day 's great Light The Moon and Stars To rule the Night Egypt ' s First-born he smote And by his pow'rfull Hand He brake off Isr'ael's Yoke And brought them from that Land His Mercies shown To Ages past Eternally Shall spring and last The parted Sea made way For Israel to pass There the pursuing Host Of Phar'oh drowned was His People through The Desert led By Miracles Were daily fed Kings that oppos'd their way
on thee are fix'd My Trust is in thee still Do not abandon me to those That seek my Blood to spill Tho subtil Plots to ruine me Like snares the wicked lay Save me from those that would my Life To cruel hands betray May all their Gins for others laid Themselves alone insnare Whilst I escape the Nets they spread By God's preserving Care PSALM CXLII WITH servent Cries I did implore God's succour and relief In long and sad Complaints to him Unbosom'd all my grief From all the straits I 'm in God knows A way for me t' escape In every Path of mine is laid A secret Snare and Trap. I look on every side and find All hopes of safety gone Whilst all are careless of my Life Or fearfull of their own My Cries to thee O Lord shall tell What trust I have in thee Thou my sure refuge whilst I live My Portion thou shalt be Regard my low Estate and from My Persecutors save Whose hope in God is less than mine But much more Pow'r they have From this sad Prison set me free That I may praise thy Name Then all good Men shall joyn with me God's kindness to proclaim PSALM CXLIII REgard the fervent Pray'rs I make The Hopes I have in thee And Lord according to thy Truth And Goodness answer me Let not my failing be before Thy strict Tribunal try'd For Lord if thou should'st be severe None could be justify'd See how my Life 's pursu'd for me No safety can be found Forced to lie in Caves like one That 's buried under ground Grief has so overwhelm'd my Soul That stupid I am grown With horrour and amazement seiz'd My strength is overthrown This onely serves to raise me up As I am sinking lower To call to mind thy former works And lean upon pow'r I 'll ne'er cease asking till my soul Shall thy refreshments gain Thy mercy which I gasp for more Than thirsty ground for Rain Part II. My spirits sink while thou delay'st th' assistance I would have If God still frown on my requests 'T will sink me to the Grave The Night is witness of my Tears O let the joyfull Morning tell Thy Kindness towards me Lord be my Guide that I may find Be thou my refuge from their pow'r Who seek my overthrow Teach me my God to do thy will And let thy Spirit of Love Conduct me in the paths that lead To Happiness above Revive my fainting Soul thy Name And Honour to advance Thy Faithfulness will brightly shine In my deliverance That my vexation from my Foes May have a gracious End Destroy the Authors of my woes For I on thee depend PSALM CXLIV As the 100 Psalm BLest be the Lord die God of Might Who gives me strength and skill to fight He is my Goodness Tow'r and Fort Delive'rer shield and safe resort My trust 's in him 't was he compell'd Those to be subject who rebell'd I am amaz'd the great God can Honour so much a poor weak Man Vain Man whose Glories quickly fade Whose Life do's vanish like a shade Our Foes will soon their weakness own When th' Heav'ns make way and God comes down Their ruine's sure that God provoke Whose touch makes proudest Mountains His pointed Lightnings will create smoke Such fears their force will dissipate Lord rid me by thy Heav'nly aid From foreign Pow'rs that me invade Like swelling Waves their Numbers stand Threat'ning to overflow the Land Whose Words and Oaths will bear no Weight But break all Faith their Right-hands plight I 'm sav'd and on my Psaltery Will sing new Songs of Praise to thee Part II. In God alone the Victories Of Kings and all their safety lies I 'm ever bound to praise the Lord Who sav'd me from the hurtfull Sword Still save and rid me by thine aid From foreign Pow'rs that me invade Whose Words and Oaths are vain and light Who break all Faith their Right-hands plight May all things flourish with our peace Our Sons like Plants in their increase Our Daughters fair and proper grow As polish'd pillars beaut'eous show Our Garners full produce all store Our num'erous Flocks increase to more Our Oxen strong for Labour be Our Land from all invasions free No Cries of mournfull Exiles meet Nor no Complaints in any Street Blest People whom such Favours crown Thrice blest whom God for His do sown PSALM CXLV As the 100 Psalm I Will extoll thy sacred Name Thou King of Saints and God of Love I 'll bless thee daily now 't will be My work eternally above Our Praises should be high like thee Whose Greatness all our thoughts exceeds And what one Age do's not confine The next shall tell thy mighty Deeds I 'll shew the Glories of thy State And thy amazing Works proclaim All men that hear my Songs of Praise Shall gladly join to do the same And like the unexhausted Springs Of mercy so their Joys shall flow Their Tongues thy Faithfulness shall sing And thine abundant Goodness show Thou Lord art full of Grace and Love To Anger flow but glad to spare To all thy Creatures thou art kind O'er all thy tender Mercies are Thou Lord from all these Works of thinâ— Some thankfull Tribute do'st receive But where their Powers fail thy Praise Among thy Saints shall ever live These happy Subjects to declare Thy Kingdom 's Glory never cease That men the Triumphs of thy Grace May know and all thy pow'r confess Part II. Thy Kingdom Lord shall ever stand Tho' often undermin'd in vain Oppressed Goodness is sustain'd By thee when falling rais'd again All Creatures do expect from thee Supplies of seasonable Food Thy open-handed Bounty fills Their longings with desired Good God's Goodness and Fidelity In all his ways and works appear He gives kind Answers to their Pray'rs That call on him and are sincere There 's none that fear him need complain That they in vain have fought his aid He hears their Cries when in distress And saves them when they are afraid God's preservation shall reward The good Man's duty and his love But the bold Crimes of wicked Men Shall at the length their ruine prove Mean while thy Tongue shall be imploy'd Thy cheerfull Praises to proclaim Let all the World adore thy Pow'r And ever bless thy Holy Name PSALM CXLV Another Metre THY Sacred Name I will advance My King and God of Love I 'll bless thee now 't will be my work Eternally above Our Praises should be high like thee whose Greatness all exceeds One Age t' another shall declare And praise thy mighty Deeds I 'll shew the Glories of thy State Thy wond'rous Works proclaim All men that hear my Songs of Praise Shall joyn to do the same And as thy Mercy ever springs So shall their comforts flow Their tongues thy Faithfulness shall sing And thy great Goodness show Thou Lord art slow to wrath but full Of Love and glad to spare To all thy Creatures kind o'er all Thy tender Mercies are Some
thankfull Tribute Lord from all Thy works thou do'st receive But where they fail thy Praise among The Saints shall ever live Thy Kingdoms Glory to declare These Subjects never cease That Men thy wond'rous Grace may know And all thy Pow'r confess Part II. Thy Kingdom Lord shall ever stand Tho' undermin'd in vain Goodness is stay'd by thee when weak When falling rais'd again All Creatures do expect from thee Supplies of daily Food Thy open-handed Bounty fills All their desires with good God's Goodness and Fidelity In all his ways appear He gives kind Answers unto such As pray and are sincere There 's none that fear him need complain They 've sought in vain his Aid He hears their Cries when in distress And saves them when afraid God's care and Preservation Rewards the good Man's love But the bold Crimes of wicked Men At length their ruine prove Mean while my Tongue shall be imploy'd Thy Praises to proclaim Let all the World adore thy Pow'r And ever bless thy Name PSALM CXLVI MY Soul to praise the highest Lord Thy best affections raise For whilst I live my God shall be The Subject of my Praise Vain are our hopes from mighty Kings Whose Glories at their Death Sink to the Grave and all their thoughts Do vanish with their Breath Happy is he who in that God That made the World do's trust Which World may sooner fail than he Cease to be good and just He rights the injur'd and defends The good Man's cause oppress'd He feeds the hungry and by him The Pris'ners are releas'd He cures the Blind and sorrow from Dejected Souls removes And by his special Care protects The righteous whom he loves Strangers and Widows he preserves He do's the Orphans own As for the wicked's prosp'rous State He turns it upside down This mighty King shall ever reign As he do's ever live Let all the World he rules to him Eternal Praises give PSALM CXLVII As the 100 Psalm O Blest Employment of out Lives To praise the God whom we adore How gratefull to our selves and him Nothing becomes a good Man more The Lord of Old the broken State Of Captive Isr'ael did repair The sorrowfull and broken hearts He binds and heals with tender care He numbers all the Stars and knows What vertue comes to us from thence For 't is from him they borrow all Their lustre and their influence Unsearchable his Wisdom is His Pow'r so great it knows no bound He raises up the meek and throws The stubborn Sinners to the ground To God your cheerfull Praises sing Whose Bounty all things do's maintain Who covers Heav'n with watry Clouds And for the Earth prepares the Rain He makes the tender Grass to grow On Mountains which are parch'd and dry Wild Beasts are fed without our Care And the young Ravens when they cry He in the Nimbleness and Strength Of Horse or Man takes no delight It 's onely Fear and stedfast Faith In God his Favour do's invite Part II. O blest Jerusalem sing praise Unto thy God and ye that dwell On Sion's Mount in joyfull Hymns To all his Truth and Goodness tell It 's he thy City made so strong Th' Assaults of Foes it now defies His Blessing thine Inhabitants To a vast Number multiplies Thy Borders from Incursions free Are setled all in quiet peace And thy fair Fields the choicest Wheat Yields to an envied increase All Creatures hast t' obey his word Like softest Wool he sends the Snows His Chrystal Ice-like Morsels casts And the Hoar-frosts like Ashes strows None can endure his piercing cold But at his word warm Winds do blow Then Rocks of Ice are soon dissolv'd And the congealed Waters flow All see these Works to Israel He greater Favour 's do's afford The clearer knowledge of his Will And Laws they have Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXLVII Another Metre HOW well are we employ'd to praise The Lord whom we adore How gratefull to our selves and him Nothing becomes us more The Lord of Old the broken State Of Isr'ael did repair The sorrowfull and broken hearts He heals with greatest Care He numbers all the Stars and knows What vertue comes from thence For 't is from him they borrow all Their light and influence Unsearchable his Wisdom is His Pow'r admits no bound He raises up the meek and throws Proud Sinners to the ground To God your cheerfull Praises sing That all things do's maintain Who covers Heav'n with Clouds and for The Earth prepares the Rain He makes the tender Grass to grow On Mountains parch'd and dry Wild Beasts need not our care he feeds Young Ravens when they cry No Horses strength or nimble Legs Of Man are his delight It 's onely Fear and trust in God His Favour do's invite Part II. O blest Jerusalem sing praise To God and ye that dwell On Sion's Mount in Hymns to all His Truth and Goodness tell So strong thy City 's made th' Assaults Of Foes it now defies And vastly thine Inhabitants His Blessing multiplies Thy Borders from Incursions free Are setled all in peace Thy Fields the choicest Wheat produce T' an envied increase All Creatures hast t' obey his Word Like Wool he sends the Snows His Chrystal Ice like Morsels casts Hoar-frosts like Ashes strows None can abide his piercing Cold He bids warm Winds to blow Then Rocks of Ice dissolve and soon Congealed Rivers flow All see these Works to Israel More Grace he did afford The clearer knowledge of his Will And Laws Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXLVIII TO laud the Heav'nly King Let all their Voices raise Ye Angels first begin The Great Creator's Praise Let Sun and Moon And every Star His Glory show That 's brighter far Ye Regions of the Air And watry Clouds that move Within the liquid Sky Praise ye the Lord above Whose pow'rfull Word Made you to be And fixt your bounds By his Decree All that the Earth do's bear Whales in the Depths conceal'd Lightnings and Hail and Snow Vapours to Ice congeal'd The stormy Winds Rais'd at his Will Which at his Word Are calm'd and still Praise him ye Mountains high And Hills that lower are Cedars with lofty Heads And Trees that fruits do bear Beasts that in Fields Or Pastures lie Both creeping things And Fowls that fly Ye Kings that Sceptres sway People of meaner Birth Princes that rule the world And Judges of the Earth Let every Sex And every Age To praise the Name Of God engage His Glories alt that shines In Heay'n and Earth excell He special Mercy show'd T' his People Israel A People dear And highly rais'd His Holy Name Be ever prais'd PSALM CXLIX As the 100 Psalm PRaise God and let your Songs be new As he fresh favours daily grants Publish your Joys by Hymns of Praise Among th'Assemblies of his Saints Let Isr'ael whom he made rejoyce Since his peculiar People made Let Sion's Children whom he rules As their great King be much more glad Dances are proper to express The inward
time to do't's but short Ch. 19.v.1 Salvation to our God belongs Glory and Honour are his due His Pow'r supreme and all proclaim His Judgments to be just and true v. 2 He the great Whore has judg'd which did Corrupt with Idols every Land And has aveng'd the crying Blood Of his slain Servants at her hand v. 6 Now let both Heav'n and Earth aloud Their praising Hallelujah's sing For the Lord God Almighty reigns And shews himself a glorious King v. 17 In Honour of the Lamb of God Let 's triumph on his Nuptial day The time is come and his chast Bride Stands ready drest in rich Array HYMN V. Te Deum As the 25 Psalm O God we praise thee and we own Thee to be Lord and King alone All the whole Earth doth worship thee Thou Father from Eternity To thee all Angels loudly cry The Heav'ns and all the Pow'rs on high Cherubs and Seraphins proclaim And cry thrice Holy to thy Name Lord God of Hosts thy presence bright Fills Heav'n and Earth with beauteous light The Apostles glorious Company The Prophet's Fellowship praise thee The crowned Martyrs Noble Host The Holy Church in every Coast Thine infinite perfections own Father of Majesty unknown Giving all Adoration Unto thy true and onely Son And to the Holy Ghost from whom As the sole Spring our Comforts come O Christ thou glorious King we own Thee to be God's Eternal Son Who our Deliv'rance to obtain Did'st not the Virgins Womb disdain When Death 's sharp sting destroy'd by thee Gave thee a glorious Victory Heav'ns Gate that Entrance had deny'd To all Believers opened wide Part II Thou Lord at God's Right hand art plac'd And with thy Father's Glory grac'd And we believe the Day will come When thou as Judge shall pass our doom Promote we pray thy Servants good Redeemed with thy precious Blood Among thy Saints make them ascend To Glory that shall never End Thy People with Salvation crown Bless those O God that are thine own Govern and list them up on high Thee Lord we dily magnify Thy Name we worship and adore Ever when time shall be more Vouchsafe this Day to keep us pure From Harms and wilfull Sins secure O let thy Mercy Lord descend On us whose hopes on thee depend Lord since my Trust is fixt on thee O let me ne'er confounded be The Angels Doxology Luke 2. 14. As the 25 Psalm GLory to God in Heav'n above Let th' Earth below with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Greatest Good-will towards Men exprest To the common Tunes GLory to God in Heav'n above Let th' Earth with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Good-will tow'rds Men exprest As the 25 Psalm GLory to God in Heav'n Let th' Earth with Peace be blest From the Divine Benignity Good-will tow'rds Menexprest Gloria Patri As the 25 Psalm TO thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost whom we adore Be Glory as it was of Old Is now and shall be evermore To the common Tunes TO thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost we give Glory that was of Old is now And shall this World survive As the 25 Psalm TO thee O Father Son And Holy Ghost we give Glory that was of Old is now And shall this World outlive FINIS AN EXPLICATION OF Some WORDS Of less Common Use For the Benefit of the Common People Words less common Their Signification ACquired OBtained Audacious Bold daring Benignity Kindness bounty Celebrate Make renowned Climes Country's differing in length of days Congratulate Give one joy Defamation Discredit Detracting Lessening ones credit Diffusive Spreading wide Dissipate Disperse scatter Enhance Raise the value Enterr Bury Evade Escape Exert Put forth Fluid Yielding Ignominy Disgrace Impetums Hasty violent Infest Annoy molest Invoke Call upon Lower Sphere Meaner Estate Obnoxious Faulty guilty Orbs Spheres Bodies of round form Recesses Places out of view Revere To reverence Rude Mass Unshapen matter Splendid Bright shining Stupendious Astonishing Suppliant Petitioner Theam Matter of Discourse Traduce To slander defame Transfer To remove carry Uncessant Never ceasing Undeclining Not changing Unexhausted Never drawn dry A TABLE To find any PSALM Knowing its Beginning A. Psalm All People round the Earth your Ears 2n Met. 49 All the Earth's Praises to thy Name 8 As by Euphrates Streams we sat 137 B. Psalm EEhold my troubles Lord 70 Behold O Lord my sinfull Soul 2d Met. 51 Behold O Lord with savage Rage 79 Blest be the Lord the God of Might 144 Blest Fountain of my Joys for thee 2d Met. 42 Blest is the Man that fears the Lord 112 Blest is the Man whose fear of God 128 Blest is the Man whose tender Sense 41 Blest is the Man whose vertuous Steps 1 Bless thou the Lord my Soul his name 103 Bless thou the Lord my Soul to this 2d Met 104 By cheerfull Praises to his Name 106 C. Psalm CErtain it is that God is kind 73 Come let us all unite our Joys 95 Come let us with united Joys 2d Met. 95 D. Psalm DIvinely now inspir'd I 'll sing 45 Do not O Lord in our disiress 83 E. Psalm EArly O Lord my fainting Soul 63 F. Psalm FAlsly accus'd to thee I fly 17 Fools in their hearts have said no God 2d Met. 14 G. Psalm GIve thanks unto the Lord 136 God is my Saviour and my Light 27 God is my Shepherd who will see 23 God reigns let all the Earth rejoyce 2d Met. 97 God that so gracious a regard 2d Met. 116 God who my kind preserver is 34 Great Judge of all the World be thou 2d Met. 43 Great Praises to the greatest Lord 48 Great shepherd of good Jacob's Race 80 H. Psalm HAD not the Lord our Cause espous'd 24 Hear me O Lord my sure Defence 28 Hear me O Lord the great Support 4 He 's happy whom no wicked Mens 2d Met. r He that has God for his retreat 91 He who makes God his sure retreat 2d Met. 91 How beauteous is the place where thou 84 How long shall I complain like one 1st 2d Met. 13 How well are we imploy'd topraise 2d Met. 147 I. Psalm Iall my Love on thee bestow 18 If thou Lord dost not rise and help 12 I 'll list mine Eyes unto the Hills 121 In Just displeasure for our Sins 60 In my distress my Pray'rs and Cries 77 I trust in God why should I then 11 It 's sure that God is kind to those 2d Met. 73 I was resolv'd t' observe my ways 2d Met. 39 I will extoll thy sacred Name 145 L. Psalm LET all give thanks to God above 107 Let all the Earth their Voices raise 1 2 Met. 96 Let all the Earth with joy resound 66 Let all the Nations of the Earth 100 Let all the Nations of the World 117 Let all the People round the Earth 49 Let none be envious when he sees 37 Let none be troubled to behold 2d Met. 37 Let th' Earth
rejoyce since God do's reign 97 Let the Great God arise and then 68 Lord bow thine Ear to my requests 86 Lord every Age and Race has seen 1 2 Met. 90 Lord hear me and from wicked Foes 64 Lord hear my Pray'r and do not hide 55 Lord hear my words attend the moans 5 Lord hear the Pray'rs and mournfull Cries 102 Lord hear the silent Moans and Sighs 2d Met. 5 Lord I can suffer thy Rebukes 6 Lord I can well endure when thou 2d Met. 6 Lord if thou do'st not come and help 2d Met. 12 Lord I have no aspiring Thoughts 131 Lord let me know that happy Man 15 Lord look upon my sinfull Soul 51 Lord may the King with mighty Skill 72 Lord not to us but to thy Name 2n Met. 115 Lord save me from mine Enemies 59 Lord save me from the Man who bears 140 Lord since I trust in thee alone 57 Lord since my glorying is in thee 109 Lord thy Rebukes I can endure 38 Lord when I have to do with thee 139 M. Psalm MAintin O Lord my injur'd Rights 35 May no defeated hopes disgrace 31 Mercy and Judgment Lord I 'll sing 101 My God my God why thus withdrawn 22 My God since thou hast rais'd me up 30 My heart O God is now prepar'd 108 My People to my words give Ear 78 My Soul's hest Pow'rs I will engag 11 My Soul bless thou the Lord his Name 2d Met 103 My Soul doth wait on God 62 My Soul for ever bless the Lord 104 My Soul on God relies 71 My Soul to praise the highest Lord 146 N. Psalm NOne knows like Judah God so well 76 Not unto us Lord not to us 115 O. Psalm O. all ye People clap your hands 47 O blest Employment of our Lives 147 O blest Societses'on Earth 133 G God my Saviour Night and Day 88 O God the Spring of all my Joys 42 O happy Companies on Earth 2d Met. 133 O happy Man that fears the Lord 2d Met. 112 O happy Man whom God forgives 32 O let us all give thanks to God 105 O Lord how joyfull is the King 21 O my good God in thee I trust 1 2 Met. 7 O praise the Lord whom Ages past 118 O thou that in a glorious Throve 123 O what a plesant Work it is 92 P. Psalm PLac'd on the Holy Hills God's Seat 87 Plead thou my Cause O thou that know'st 26 Plung'd into Depths of Misery 1 2 Met. 130 Praise God and let your Songs be new 149 Praise God within that sacred Place 150 Praise him to whom all Pow'r belongs 81 Praises in Sion wait for thee 1 2 Met. 65 Preserve me Lord in thi s distress 16 R. Psalm REgard O Lord my Pray'r and Cry 61 Regard the fervent Pray'rs I make 143 Rojoyce ye Righteous in the Lord 2d Met. 33 Remember all the troubles Lord 132 Render and oft your thanks repeat 2d Met. 136 Renew your Songs to God and tell 98 Rescue my Life in Mercy Lord 56 Resolv'd I was with care t' observe 39 S. Psalm SAve me O God or else I 'm drown'd 69 Save me O God thy glorious Name 54 Shew mercy to us Lerd 67 Since God so tender a Regard 116 Since thou hast rais'd me I 'll extoll 2d Met. 30 T. Psalm TH' Almighty Lord is our Defence 46 The Earth's the Lord 's to him belong 24 The Fools believe no God 53 The Fools believe there is no God 14 The Glorious Empire of the Lord 29 The Heavns whose beauteous Frame we see 19 The Lord do's reign and clothes himself 2d Met. 93 The Lord do's reign and like a King 93 The Lord do's reign and on his Throne 99 The Lord my woatchfull Shepherd is 2d Met. 23 The Lord to thy requests give ear 20 The mighty God and Lord of all 50 The Wonders Lord thon did'st of old 44 They that in God their confidence 125 They that repose their trust in God 2d Met. 125 Thou great Avenger of all wrongs 135 Thou Righteous Judge of all the World 43 Thrice happy are those upright Men 119 Thus spake the Lord unto his Son 1 2 Met. 110 Thy Mercy Lord has chang'd our doom 85 Thy sacred Name I will advance 2d Met. 145 'T is good with Patience to attend 40 To God I make my Pray'r 25 To God whose care I 've ever been 120 To laud the heav'nly King 148 To magnisy the Lord my Soul 138 To my importunate requests 141 'T was no small Joy many to hear 122 U. Psalm VAin mighty Man to vaunt it so 52 Unless God prosper it all cost 127 W. Psalm WE 'll never cease to thank our God 75 We that are Isr'alites may say 129 What Numbers Lord against me rise 3 Whtn God from bondage set us free 126 When God redeem'd our captive State 2d Met. 126 When I behold a Wicked Man 36 When Lord I deal with thee in vain 2d Met. 139 When the Great God had Ifr'els Seed 114 Why do the Heathen Nations rage 2 Why Lord do'st thou so far withdraw 10 Will God for ever cast off those 74 With all my Soul I 'll bless the Lord 9 With cheerfull heart I 'll ever sing 89 With fervent Cries I did implore 142
in his Goodness trust Whom God will bless and with his Love Both crown and shield the just PSALM VI. As the 100 Psalm LOrd I can suffer thy rebukes When thou with kindness dost chastise But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear O Let not this against me rise Pity my languishing Estate And those perplexities I feel While crushed by thy heavy hand O let thy gentler touches heal Lord for thy Goodness sake return And save my Life for in the Grave None can remember thee nor thou Thankful acknowledgments canst have See how I pass my weary Days In sighs and groans and when 't is Night I drown my Bed and self in tears My grief consumes and dims my sight Depart ye wicked Foes your hopes Are dash'd for this my mournful Voice Will bring God nearer to mine aid When ye come flocking to rejoice The Lord hath heard my pray'r and those Who gap'd upon me as their prey Will vex themselves at their defeat And in Confusion turn away PSALM VI. Another Metre LOrd I can well endure when thou Dost kindly me chastise But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear O let it never rise Pity my weak Estate and those Perplexities I feel While crushed by thy hand O let Thy gentler touches heal ln mercy Lord return and spare My Life for in the Grave None can remember thee nor thou Canst chearful praises have See how I pass my weary days In groans and when 't is Night I drown my Bed and felt in tears My grief consumes my sight Depart ye wicked Foes your hopes Are dash'd my mournful voice Will bring me help from God when ye Come flocking to rejoice The Lord hath heard my pray'r and those That gaped for a prey Vexed at their defeated hopes With shame shall turn away PSALM VII As the 100 Psalm O My good God in thee I trust Save me from harm as thou art just With Lion's rage mine Enemy Will tear me whilst no Saviour's nigh But Lord if e'er my guilty mind Has such iniquity design'd Or I with ill returns of spite My peaceful Neighbour did requite If I 've not sav'd and set him free Who 's now my causeless Enemy Then let him lay as 't is but just My Life and Honour in the Dust In Anger arm'd with pow'r arise To quell my raging Enemies Great Judge Mens careless Justice here Calls for thy Judgments more fevere Oppressed People round thee wait Till thou ascend thy Judgment Seat God equal Justice will dispence Clear then my wronged Innocence Make Malice and Injustice cease And settle Righteous Men in peace God sees our thoughts and never can Be brib'd to favour unjust Man Part II. God knows my heart to be sincere And will be my Deliverer He will defend the Righteous cause Gainst wicked men who break his Laws Whose Punishment tho' he delay He 's angry with them every day But when forbearance proves a let To their return his Sword he 'll whet After fair warnings to repent God's Bow 's for Execution bent Whence 't is decreed he 'll arrows shoot Deadly to them that persecute Forbear then further to design Against a Life will ruine thine Nor be at pains to dig a pit When sure thy self to fall in it So stones with Malice upward thrown To break my head may crush thine own And violent dealing prove when bent To others harm thy punishment Lord in chase just returns of thine Thy Faithfulness do's brightly shine And as thy Name on high they raise Shall be the Subject of my praise PSALM VII Another Metre O My good God in thee I trust Save me as thou art just My Life when there 's no Saviour near A Lion's rage will tear But Lord if e'er my guilty mind Such wickedness design'd Or I with ill returns of Spite My Neighbour did requite If I 've not sav'd and set him free Who ' is now mine Enemy Then let him Jay as 't is but just Mine honour in the Dust In Angen arm'd with pow'r arise To quell mine Enemies Great Judge mens careless Justice here Calls for thine more severe Oppressed People round do wait Till this judge takes his Seat Impartial Justice he 'll dispence Clear then mine Innocence Make malice and injustice cease Settle just men in peace God sees our thoughts and never can Favour unrighteous man Part II. God knows my heart sincere to be And will deliver me He will defend my righteous cause ' Gainst those who break his Laws Whose punishment tho' he delay He 's angry every Day And if forborn they 're wicked still His Sword he whets to kill After fair warnings to repent His Bow lies ready bent From whence he 'll deadly arrows shoot ' Gainst them that persecute Against my Life cease to design 'T will only ruine thine Nor be at pains to dig a Pit When sure to fall in it So stones thrown up to break my head May crush thine own instead And violent dealing prove when bent T' hurt me thy punishment Lord in these just returns of chine Thy Truth do's brightly shine And as thy Name on high they raise Promote my Songs of Praise PSALM VIII ALL the Earth's praises to thy Name Its Greatness Lord declare Heav'n's Lustre by thy Glory is Out-shin'd in brightness far From the weak pow'rs of Babes thou mak'st Thy Victories arise They still the Triumphs of thy Foes And shame thine Enemies When I to Heav'n thy glorious Work Raise mine admiring Eye And there behold the Moon and Stars That beautify the Sky Lord what is Man that he should have In thy kind thoughts a place Why dost thou thus advance and bless His miserable Race Tho' lower than the Angels made He wears a glorious Crown Thy Works below all stoop to him And him their Sov'reign own The Beasts that in the Pastures feed Or in the Desarts lie Fishes that move within the Seas Or Fowls beneath the Sky These are his Slaves but let not Man Disown God's Government Whose Pow'r do's Rule the World whose Name Alone is Excellent PSALM IX As the 100 Psalm WIth all my Soul I 'll bless the Lord And all his mighty works proclaim Gladness and Joy shall fill my heart Whilst I sing praises to his Name All my proud Foes did turn their backs And sought their Safety in their flight When they saw God stand on our Side They wounded fell and perish'd quite When I oppos'd my self against That daring Foe who God defy'd He then maintain'd my Cause and gave An open Judgment on my Side The Heathens Insolence was check'd When their tall Champion fell with shame Thou 'st put an everlasting blot Of Infamy upon their Name Then boast no more proud Enemy Our Countries Desolation What Cities thou wilt waste and lay In ruin'd heaps these hopes are gone Th' Eternal God from Change secure Has plac'd his Throne in glorious Light When he appears to judge the World His Sentence will be just and right From him th' oppress'd will
Folly all for he must go Where others went before And never where he now must dwell See Light or Comfort more Man that is honour'd here and with True wisdom is not blest Tho' pleas'd with flatt'ring hopes shall die And perish like a Beast PSALM L. THE Mighty God and Lord of all Calls the whole Land to hear And summons all from East to West Before him to appear Sion ' s the beauteous Palace where God keeps his Residence He 'll go in greatest Splendour forth And Kingly State from thence All shall have notice of it when Lightnings devouring flame And thundring Tempests round about His coming shall proclaim So publick that both Heav'n and Earth His witnesses shall be And all the world the Equity Of his Proceedings see He 'll give strict charge to gather all His Saints to this Assizo Who have a Solemn Covenant made Confirm'd by Sacrifice Conspicuous as the Heav'ns themselves His Justice shall appear Since God himself the Righteous Judge Will pass the Sentence there O Israel hear to what my charge Against thee do's amount It is thy God who gave thee Laws Now calls thee to account But I 'll not charge thee with neglects Of legal Sacrifice The Smoak of whose burnt Offerings Daily to Heav'n do's rise Think not by Store of these amends For other Sins to make I need not Bullocks or He-Goats From thy short Stores to take Part II. The Cattel on a thousand Hills The Beasts both wild and tame Fowls of the Mountains by me known All as mine own I claim Could I be hungry I 'd not ask Thee to provide me food Since all the Earth to me belongs With its full stores of good Nor ' cause the flesh and blood of beasts Are on mine Altar think I have such Appetite as craves Supply of meat and drink Offer to God thy thanks and pay Thy Vows to the most High In trouble pray to him when sav'd Him onely glorify But wicked wretch why dost thou Name God's Covenant in thy talk Urge others to observe his Laws Which thou dost slight and balk Thou canst allow and share with thefts And foul Adulteries Slanders imploy thy Tongue thy mind Contrives deceit and Lyes Thy Calumnies spare not so much As thine own Mother's Son Thou thought'st too cause so long forborn I lik'd these things thou 'st done But I 'll correct thee and in view Thy sins in order set You 're warn'd and now consider well All ye that God forget Abused Patience will make His wrath the more severe And none have pow'r to rescue those Whom he 'll in pieces tear Know then that whoso offers praise Pleases and honours me And he who orders right his ways Shall my Salvation see PSALM LI. To the Tune of the Lamentation Or as the 100 Psalm LOrd look upon my sinful Soul That unto thee for Mercy flies As thy Compassions boundless are So blot out mine iniquities O wash me throughly from my crimes For thou alone canst make me clean With tears I now confess my guilt Amaz'd to see how vile I 've been None else can call me to account But thy Tribunal Lord I fear For if arraign'd and judg'd by thee I must be cast and thou be clear I was conceiv'd and born in sin Too prone and bent to do amiss But inward Purity to thee And Truth of Heart most pleasing is Lord shew me thou art reconcil'd As those with Hyssop sprinkled know They are absolv'd thy Grace can wash And make me whiter than the Snow My sins have forfeited the joys And inward peace that once I had Thy pard'ning voice would heal again My broken bones and make them glad No longer Lord behold my sins With a severe and angry look O take their stains out of my Soul And blot their guilt out of thy book * This may be here added when the Tune of the Lamentation is used To thee O Father to the Son And Holy Ghost whom we adore Be Glory as it was of old Is now and shall be evermore Part II. Create in me O God a heart Clean and unspotted in thy sight Renew a well composed mind Unmov'd from Goodness and upright Lord do not cast me from thy sight As one whom thou no more canst Love Nor let thy Spirit whose grace I need Tho' griev'd too much from me remove Its saving Comforts and free aids T' uphold my feeble pow'rs afford Thus Sinners will be drawn t' amend Their ways and turn unto the Lord. O save me from the crying guilt Of Blood that sin of crimson dye Thy Faithfulness I 'll then proclaim And loudly sing thy Clemency My opened Lips shall speak thy praise For this thou rather dost desire Than costly Sacrifice of Beasts Consumed wholly in the fire Thou Lord a broken contrite heart Dost more than bloody offerings prize This present now I humbly make Which God I trust will not despise Thy people whom thou lov'st delight To bless defend and succour them Do good to Sion Lord and build The Walls of thy Jerusalem The Praises of the Righteous then How kind thou art shall loudly tell And all their choicest Offerings laid Upon God's Altar please him well PSALM LI. Another Metre BEhold O Lord my sinful Soul To thee for Mercy flies Thy boundless Mercy can blot out All mine Iniquities O wash away my crimes for thou Alone canst make me clean I now confess my guilt amaz'd To see how vile I 've been Tho' none can call me to account Thy Sentence Lord I fear If judg'd by thee I know I must Be cast and thou be clear I was conceiv'd and born in Sin Too prone to do amiss But Purity and Truth of Heart To thee most pleasing is Shew thou art reconcil'd as those With Hyssop sprinkled know They are absolvd thy Grace can wash And make me white as Snow My Sins have forfeited the Joys And Peace that once I had Thy Voice would heal my broken bones Thy Pardon make them glad No longer Lord behold my sins With a displeased Look O take their stains out of my Soul Their Guilt out of thy Book Part II. Create in me O Lord a heart Unspotted in thy sight Renew in me a mind unmov'd From Goodness and upright Lord do not cast me from thy sight As one thou canst not love Nor let thy Spirit tho' griev'd too much Its Grace from me remove Its Comforts and free aids t' uphold My feeble pow'rs afford Thus Sinners will amend their ways And turn unto the Lord. O save me from the Guilt of Blood That sin of Crimson Dye Then I 'll proclaim thy Faithfulness And sing thy Clemency My opened Lips shall speak thy praise For this thou dost desire Rather than sacrifice of Beasts Consumed in the fire Thou dost a broken contrite heart More than all Offerings prize This present now I humbly bring Which God will not despise Delight to bless thy People Lord Defend and succour them Do good to Sion build the
still hast been To me a Shelter and strong Tow'r I shall be safe where thou dost dwell Trusting in thy protecting pow'r Since thou hast heard my Vows and I Thy peoples Heritage possess With a long Life and happy Reign Thy King I hope thou still wilt bless May he for ever in thy Love And fear O Lord abide and send That Truth and Goodness better far Than strongest Guards may him defend So will I chearful praises sing And thy great Name for ever bless And carefully perform those Vows I made to God in my distress PSALM LXII As the 25 Psalm MY Soul doth wait on God My Rock and my defence Tho' you disturb my peace I 'm safe Under his Providence Why should you seek your own Destruction in my fall Like a loose fence you 'll tumble down Or like a bowing wall They 're busy to supply With Lyes what wants in force To ruine me they speak me fair Whom inwardly they curse Thy Duty O my Soul Do not to God neglect Wait on him still from whom alone Deliv'rance I expect He onely is my Rock And my Salvation He 's my defence it 's not their pow'r Can thrust me from my throne Safety and Honour both On God alone depend He like a Rock or Fort shall me ' Gainst all my Foes defend Part II. Ye people trust in God When e'er you are afraid He 'll be your refuge in distress When you implore his aid The Men of Low degree Are vain great men a Lye Both in the Balance laid appear Lighter than Vanity Wealth makes not happy Men 'T is vain in this to trust Then seek not to inrich your selves By ways that are unjust It Riches should abound By Heaven's Blessing sent Take heed they do not gain your hearts Nor make you insolent That all may know from whence Their help they should derive Thou Lord hast oft declar'd that pow'r Is thy prerogative That Mercy flows no less Abundantly from thee So that according to Men's works Their due reward shall be PSALM LXIII EArly O Lord my fainting Soul Thy Mercy do's implore No Traveller in desart Lands Can thirst for water more I long t' appear as I was wont Within thy Holy place Thy Pow'r and Glory to behold And to obtain thy Grace For Life itself without thy Love No relish do's afford No other joys can equal this To serve and praise the Lord. I 'll therefore make my pray'rs to him And praise him whilst I live This like the choicest dainties will Both food and pleasure give When others sleep my wakeful thoughts Present thee to my mind And in the Night I think how good My God has been and kind Since thou alone hast been my help To thee alone I fly And on thy watchful Providence With chearfulness rely In all my straits I run to thee With Speed and Safety gain When I keep close to God his Care And Pow'r will me sustain But they shall lose their own who seek My Life to take away And their slain carkases become Food for the Beasts of Prey The King shall joy in God and all That swear by his great Name Shall glory when perfidious Men Shall silenc'd be with Shame PSALM LXIV LOrd hear me and from wicked Foes Be thou my Life's defence Protect me from their secret plots And open Violence Whose Malice whets their tongues to wound Deeper than sharpest Swords Who instead of poyson'd arrows use Cruel and slanderous words A secret mischief they intend Against the innocent Which fear of God will not restrain Nor yet Man's Care prevent Confirm'd in Malice and combin'd In secret Leagues they hide Such undiscerned Snares they think By none can be descry'd Nothing that Diligence can work Or wicked Skill find out They unattempted leave to bring Their Villainies about But all in vain for that just God Whose vengeance they provoke Shall ruine all their plots and wound Them by a sudden Stroak Their wicked counsels and false tongues Shall on themselves return And left by all o'er their lost hopes They shall unpitied mourn All that behold this work possess'd With awful fear shall own It was an hand Divine not chance Threw these proud sinners down The Just will trust in God the more And loudly tell their joys Who makes them gloriously triumph O'er wicked Craft and Lyes PSALM LXV As the 100 Psalm PRaises in Sion wait for thee And there the Vow perform'd shall be To thee O God that hearest Pray'r All Flesh shall chearfully repair Our sins may justly put a Stop To all that good from thee we hope Thy Mercy do's those fears allay For this will purge our sins away O happy they that may draw near To thee and in thy Courts appear For these shall all refreshments have Thy House can give or they can crave By thine amazing wonders thou Thy Kindness to the Good dost show The Ends of th' Earth in thee conside And th' Isles that in the Sea reside Mountains that seem to touch the Sky ' Gain from thy strength Stability The roaring Seas God do's asswage And stills the peoples madder rage Part II. O'er all the Earth the Nations spread Thy works of Pow'r and Anger dread And all adore thy Goodness great Where e'er the Sun do's rise or set Thy Care prevents a threatning dearth Thou visitest the thirsty Earth Show'rs to enrich her barren womb From thy full Springs above do come Thy Bounty do's that food provide By which our needs are all supply'd The hardned ridges of the field Wat'red with Show'rs are soft and yield It s Seed by clods thus gently press'd Springs up and by'after rains is bless'd The fruitful Year rich blessings crown And Plenty from the Clouds drops down The Wilderness refresht with rain Tho' parch'd before now springs again The Little Hills new Garments wear And in their youthful Green appear Flocks are the cloathing of the Plain The Vales are cover'd o'er with grain All Nature seems to shout and sing To welcome in the hopeful Spring PSALM LXV Another Metre PRaises in Sion wait for thee The Vow there paid shall be To thee O God that hearest pray'r All gladly shall repair Our sins may justly put a stop T' all good from thee we hope Thy Mercy will those fears allay And purge our sins away O happy they that may draw near And in God's Courts appear Refreshments in thy House they 'll have Of what their Souls can crave By thine amazing wonders thou Kindness to us dost show In thee the Ends of th' Earth confide Isles that i' th' Sea reside The tow'ring Mountains by thy hand Fixt and unmoved stand The roaring Seas God do's asswage And People's madder rage Part II. Thy pow'rful Works the Nations spread So widely see and dread All where the Sun do's rise or set Adore thy Goodness great Thy Care prevents a threatning Dearth Thou visitest the Earth Show'rs from above t' enrich her womb Like flowing rivers come By food thy Bounty do's
provide Our needs are all supply'd The hardned ridges of the field Soft'ned by showers yield It s seed by clods thus gently press'd Springs up by fresh rain bless'd The fruitful year rich blessings crown Which fatning Show'rs drop down The wilderness refresht with rain Tho' parch'd now Springs again The little Hills new garments wear In youthful green appear Flocks are the cloathing of the plain The Vales spread o'er with grain All Nature seems to shout and sing Welcome t' a hopeful spring PSALM LXVI LET all the Earth with joy resound To God their Voices raise Extol him in their Songs and make Him Glorious by their Praise Proclaim his mighty works in which Such terrour do's appear As makes his Foes to crouch and feign Obedience thro' their fear Ev'n all the Earth shall worship thee And sing unto thy Name Who see the wonders thou hast done To raise and spread thy Fame He turn'd the Sea into dry Land The swelling Flood made way For Israel to pass Who there His Glories did display He views the Nations and his Rule Do's o'er the World extend Then let not men rebel for pride Will in their ruine end Let all the people bless the Lord And loudly sing thy Praise Thou great Preserver of our Lives And Guide of all our ways Part II. Through severe tryals we have pass'd In grievous straits distress'd Like Beasts of burden have been us'd With heavy loads oppress'd Insolent Tyrants as vile Slaves Have trod us under feet But through all dangers we are brought Where Ease and Plenty meet I 'll go into thine house O Lord And thankful Offerings lay Before thine Altar and the Vows I made in trouble pay To honour him from whom all good Do's come I 'll spare no cost I 'll offer what he do's require And what will please him most Ye that are pious come and hear What God for me has done His Mercies shew'd to me will be For your Instruction When I with grief opprest to him My fervent cries did raise He heard me graciously and turn'd My sighing into praise God will not favour me if I Iniquity regard But he inclin'd his Ear to me And my Petitions heard O let the Glorious Name of God Be ever magnifie'd Who neither did reject my Pray'r Nor his own Grace deny'd PSALM LXVII As the 25 Psalm SHew Mercy to us Lord Bless us with gifts divine O let the Glories of thy Face On us thy Servants shine May thy hid ways be known Thy Fear on Earth abound And thy Salvation over all The Heathen World resound Let all in Psalms of Praise Their grateful thoughts express Let all the people round the World Thy mighty Name confess The Nations now may sing Their Joys since God do's reign He rules with Wisdom this great Judge Will Righteousness maintain Let all in Psalms of Praise Their grateful thoughts express Let all the people round the World Thy mighty Name confess Then shall th' enriched Earth With Plenty overflow And God on all his other Gifts His Blessing will bestow His Blessings showr'd on us Our happy Days shall crown His Pow'r and Goodness all the World With humble Fear shall own PSALM LXVIII As the 100 Psalm LET the great God arise and then His scattered foes will flee for fear Vanish like smoke and melt like wax Before the Fire when he draws near But let the just rejoice and praise His Name to which all Pow'r belongs He rides on High above the Clouds Let him be rais'd too in your Songs He pities Orphans Widows wrongs He rights bring chained Pris'ners out He for the desolate provides But plagues the RebelsLand with drought Lord when thou brought'st thy people forth From Egypt with a Mighty hand And led'st them thro' the Wilderness To bring them to the Promis'd Land The Heav'ns before thy Lightnings dropt The Earth did with thy Thunder quake Mount Sinai when the Lord came down Did from its firm Foundation shake In that dry Wilderness thou sent'st A plenteous rain at their complaint Ev'n Bread was rained down from Heav'n For their Refreshment who were faint Thy numerous people with their flocks Found a convenient dwelling there And by thy bounty Lord the poor With all things needful furnish'd were Part II. When God had giv'n them Victories A female Army 't was their use Met the returning Conquerours And in their Songs thus told the News All the great Captains of their Hosts Have left the field with hasty flight And left rich spoils all shar'd by us Women who were too weak to fight Tho' you in Egypt's servile works Sull'ied among the Pots have lien Your Armies Wings like those of Doves Victorious now shall brightly shine And so it was for when the Kings On this Side Jordan conquer'd were They as illustrious as the Snows On Salmon's Hill did then appear And when on th' other Side the Lord Your Conquests also did advance Th' high Hill of Basan then became A part of God's Inheritance But be not proud ye lofty Hills As if God meant with you t' abide Sion's the Hill which he hath chose Therein for ever to reside Thousands of Angels there attend And God is where that Host appears Sinai had once his presence now To Sion th' Honour he transferrs Part III. Like a great Conquerour our God Ascended is above the Skies And after him in triumph draws As Spoils his captiv'd Enemies He scattered his various Gifts Around to make his Bounty known Ev'n Rebels had a share ' mongst whom He dwells and they his kindness own God that heaps daily benefits On us shall have our praising Songs He is our Saviour to whom The Pow'r of Life and Death belongs In his just Vengeance he shall wound The Heads of all that him resist On whom no Methods of his Love Prevail who still in sin persist God is resolv'd the Victories Of former Ages he 'll renew As great as those in Bashan's Land And the Red Sea his People knew Thine Arms shall so victorious be And such a Slaughter shall be made That in thine Enemies blood the Dogs Their tongues may dip and thou mayst wade All know the Pomp with which God made His entrance to the Holy place Singers and Players Virgins too With Timbrels the procession grace Who as they went along all join'd Their Voices and this Song they sung In your assemblies bless the Lord All ye that are from Jacob sprung The Tribes all with their Princes came Judah and Benjamin lay near But the remote too Zobulun And Nephthali attended there Part IV. This Union which thy God has made O Israol has made thee strong Confirm it Lord and what 's begun So happily continue long Such Blessings on Jerusalem Shall from thy Temple there come down That by rich Presents thither brought Kings shall themselves thy subjects own Check that fierce Prince like a wild beast With rage to War against us bent With Captains furious as Bulls Souldiers as Heifers insolent Prancing
have blest With never-failing Peace and Rest With Plenty have enrich'd the Field The finest wheat for food to yield And with the sweet refreshment fill'd Of Honey from the Rock distill'd PSALM LXXXII As the 113 Psalm YE Rulers of the world that bear God's Name and represent him here Know that this Judge among you sits If you enact unrighteous Laws Or countenance a wicked cause Your Guiltiness no plea admits You act like God when you defend The poor and your assistance lend To helplese Men that justice crave Absolve the Innocent with speed Obnoxious only by their need And from th' Oppressor's pow'r save They cry too oft to you in vain who 'll know no other Right but gain Whose Eyes are blind by Bribes you take Thus Justice cannot find its course But Laws neglected lose their force And all the Land s Foundations shake I said ye're Gods but you shall die And fall tho' Sons of the most High As other Men and Kings have done Arise great Judge of all and reign Fall'n Justice then will rise again When God doth sit upon his Throne PSALM LXXXIII As the 100 Psalm DO not O Lord in our distress An unconcern'd Spectator be Nor deaf to all our loud requests Without regard our ruine see For lo thy hateful foes insult And a tumultuous noise they make Against thy People close designs They lay and crafty counsels take Nothing their Malice will content Unless the Nation perish quite So that no memory may remain Nor mention of an Israelite Ten warlike Nations are combin'd And all their Joint-Endeavours bent T' extirpate thy Religion And to subvert the Government Let Midian's Army's Fate be theirs Their fall like that of Sisera Or Jabin's Host by Kison's Streams Discomfited and swept away No other Burial may they have Than that of those near Endor kill'd Whose Carkases were spread to rot Like Dung and serv'd t' enrich the field Let all their Princes when they fight Fly with dishonour and be ta'en As Zeb and Oreb were and be Like Zebah and Zalmunna slain Part II. These all design as they of old Thy chosen People to oppress And there where God among us dwells Cities and Houses to possess Lord make them like a tumbling Ball No where to rest or stand their Ground But be dispers'd and fly like chaff By driving Tempests scattered round As Fire consumes dry wood the Sun 's Hot rays the parched Mountains burn So by thy wrathful Storm pursu'd And frighted all their force o'erturn Lord let their disappointed hopes In their dejected looks appear Cover their face with shame till they Thy Favour seek and Pow'r revere Let this Defeat so seize their thoughts With trouble and their fears alarm That no more Courage may remain T' assail nor Pow'r to do us harm Thus Men will readily confess That he whom we Jehovah call Is the great Ruler of the World In Pow'r Superiour over all PSALM LXXXIV HOW beauteous is the Place where thou Thy Presence Lord dost grant Oh how I long t' approach thy Courts Impatient of restraint The little Birds those Liberties Enjoy which I 'm deny'd Near to thine Altar they prepare Their Nests and there reside O happy men that may frequent Thine House to praise thee still Whose trust is in thine aid whose heart Devout affections fill They pass with joy thro' Baca's vale So troublesome and dry Whose want of Springs refreshing show'rs By Heav'n bestow'd supply Thus with renewed vigour they Go on unwearied still And all present themselves before The Lord in Sion's Hill Great God of Hosts attend when I My pray'r to thee address Look graciously on mine Estate And thine Anointed bless A thousand joyous Days elsewhere Yield me not such content As one Day 's freedom in thy House And in thy Service spent There let me have the meanest place And at the Thresh-hold lie Rather than all the wicked's State Without this Liberty God is a glorious Sun from whom We Light and Life derive A shield for our defence and he Will Grace and Glory give No good will he with-hold from him That 's upright in his way O happy Man that makes the Lord His onely trust and stay PSALM LXXXV As the 113 Psalm THY Mercy Lord has chang'd our doom Thy Captives to their Land are come And all their Sins are done away Thine Anger which was fierce before Is now remov'd and flames no more O let it ever cease we pray When wilt thou Lord from wrath refrain Raise and revive our Joys again Thy saving Mercies Lord restore I 'll listen to the voice of Peace Which God will to his Saints express If they return to Sin no more Surely thy saving health is near To such as thee sincerely fear And Glory to our Land will bring Mercy and Truth together meet Justice and Peace each other greet And Truth out of the Earth shall spring From heav'n shall righteousness look down God's Blessings will our labours crown Our Land with Plenty shall o'erslow He with great Justice all things sways And men should eye his righteous ways To trace the steps where he do's go PSALM LXXXVI LORD bow thine ear to my requests Tho' poor and in the dust O save my righteous Soul for Lord In thee alone I trust Be mercifull to me O God And hear my mournfull voice Daily my Soul to thee ascends Oh make it to rejoice Thou Lord art gracious and good To pardon sins inclin'd And all that humbly thee implore Shall plenteous mercy find To thee I call in my distress In hope thou wilt attend On thee with Patience wait 'till thou A gracious Answer send Tho' Heathens boast of other Gods And talk of Pow'rs Divine There 's none that can compare with thee Nor any Works like thine All the deceived Lands at length Their Maker shall adore Shall glorifie thy Name O Lord And celebrate thy Pow'r When they behold how great thou art What Wonders thou hast done Their Idols they 'll disown and say That thou art God alone Part II. Lord guide my steps that from the way Of Truth I ne'er may err My loose affections so unite That I thy Name may fear With all my Soul I'II praise the Lord His Glories ever tell By whose great goodness I have been Freed from the lowest Hell Numbers of proud and cruel men O God against me rise They seek my Life and have no fear Of thee before their Eyes Thou Lord art pitifull and kind To punish Sinners slow Goodness and Faithfulness from thee Abundantly do flow Thy mercifull regard I need And strength from thee I crave From all designed mischiefs Lord Thy helpless Servant save Some signal mark of favour shew Which all my Foes may see And at their Malice blush when thou Dost help and comfort me PSALM LXXXVII As the 100 Psalm PLac'd on the holy Hills God's Seat For Beauty and for Strength is great God none of Jacob's dwellings hates But none so loves as Sion's Gates
are and to reproach Thy Promise they intend As if with David's ruin'd house His Kingdom now should end But still we 'll hope in thee tho' scorn'd And praise thee tho' opprest And evermore will say Amen Amen the Lord be blest PSALM XC As the 100 Psalm LORD every Age and Race has seen Thou hast our help and refuge been Ere that the Mountains had a Birth Or ever thou hadst form'd the Earth Thou hadst a being long before And shalt abide when time 's no more Thy first Decree ' gainst man was just Bidding him Turn again to Dust A thousand years if we could stay In life so long is but a day Compar'd with thee and in thy sight Like the short watches of the night Death like an overslowing stream Sweeps us away our Life 's a Dream As flow'rs i' th' morning fresh and fair Cut down era night and withered are Thine Anger and our Wickedness Makes the short term of Nature less And thus our years t' an end are brought As swiftly as a Breath or Thought Our Age to seventy years is set If to another stage we get And unto Fourscore years arrive We rather sigh and groan than live Part II. Lord who with due reflection hath Thought on the terrours of thy wrath Wrath that is equal to our dread And strikes so often sinners dead Oh that the sense of our last end Th' uncertainties this Life attend May more excite our fear of thee And a wise care of Piety When Lord shall thy displeasure cease When wilt thou give our troubles ease Now we are humble and repent Shew pity to us and relent Oh let that Mercy come at last We long impatiently to tast And in proportion to our tears Let Gladness crown our future years Since Acts of Grace thy Glory are And please thee most do thou appear In these to us and to our Race Shew us the Beauties of thy Face Afford thy Light to guide our way That we may never go astray All our good undertakings bless And prosper with desir'd success PSALM XC Another Metre LORD every Age and Race has seen Thou hast our Refuge been Ere that the Mountains had a birth Or thou hadst form'd the Earth Thou wast when nothing was before Wilt be when time 's no more Thy first Decree ' gainst Man was just Thou saidst Return to Dust A Life prolong'd t' a thousand years One Day to thee appears As the short watches of the Night Which slept away we slight Hurrid away by Death's swift stream We vanish like a dream Ere Night thus flow'rs i' th' morning fair Cut down and withered are Thine Anger and our Wickedness Makes Life's short term still less And thus our years t' an end are brought Swift as a Breath or Thought Our Age to seventy years is set If forward still we get And unto Fourscore years arrive We rather sigh than live Part II. Lord who with due reflection hath Thought on thy pow'rfull wrath Wrath that is equal to our dread And ost strikes sinners dead O that our Lives that swiftly spend And sense of our last end May more excite our fear of thee And care of Piety When Lord shall thy displeasure cease When give our troubles ease Now we are humble and repent Shew pity and relent O let that Mercy come at last Our longing souls would tast And in proportion to our tears Joys crown our future years Since Acts of Pow'r and Mercy are Thy Glory Lord appear In these to us and to our Race Shew us thy beauteous Face Afford thy Light to guide our way Never to go astray All our good undertakings bless And prosper with success PSALM XCI As the 100 Psalm HE that has God for his Retreat Has gain'd a safe and quiet Seat For God's o'er-spreading Providence Will like a shade be his defence To him as to my Fort I 'll fly On him my pow'rful God rely When noisome Plagues infect the Air He 'll save thee from the secret Snare His Care like Wings shall Safety yield His faithfull Promise be thy Shield So that no dangers of the night Shall seize thee with a sudden fright Plagues that like pois'ned Arrows kill And all a-round with Slaughter fill Walking unseen both night and day Shall miss their aim or balk their way Thousands shall fall on every hand And thou the while unhurt shalt stand And onely with thine eyes shalt see What shall the wicked's portion be Part II. Since thou hast made the Lord most High Thy Refuge and Security No evil shall thy peace molest No plague thy dwelling shall infest Blest Angels charg'd to guard thy way To thee shall kind attendance pay These in their hands shall thee support Lest thou shouldst stumble to thy hurt The Lion thou mayst safely meet Tread th' Asp and Dragon under feet Since he has set his Love on me From danger I will set him free Because he knows and fears my Name I 'll honour him and raise his Fame When he invokes me in his need I 'll hear and answer him with speed When he 's in trouble I 'll stand by To save and set him up on High Give him long Life and when that 's done Will shew him my Salvation PSALM XCI Another Metre HE who makes God his sure retreat Has gain'd a quiet seat For God's o'er-shadowing Providence Will be his safe defence To him as to my Fort I 'll fly On him my God rely He 'll save thee from the secret snare When Plagues infect the Air. His Care like Wings will safety yield His Promise be thy Shield So shall no dangers of the Night Seize thee with sudden fright Plagues that like poison'd Arrows kill And all with slaughter fill Walking unseen both Night and Day Shall miss or balk their way Thousands shall fall on every hand Whilst thou unhurt shalt stand And what the Wicked's fate will be Onely thine Eyes shall see Part II. Because thou 'st chose the Lord most high For thy security No evil shall thy peace molest Nor plague thy House infest Blest Angels charg'd to guard thy way Will kind attendance pay These in their Hands shall thee support From stumbling to thy hurt Safe th' Asp and Dragon thou mayst meet Tread Lions under feet Since he has set his Love on me From harm I 'll set him free Because he knows and fears my Name I will advance his Fame When he invokes me in his need I 'll answer him with speed In straits to save him I 'll be nigh And set him up on high And when a good old age is past Bring him to Heav'n at last PSALM XCII O What a pleasant work it is To praise the Lord above Morning and Evening to proclaim His Faithfulness and Love Sweet Notes of Instruments to joyn With an harmonious voice Thy gracious dealings with me Lord Have made me to rejoice Great are thy Works and thy Designs Contain the deepest sense Tho' wicked men and Fools mistake Thy
deep One to th' Abyss below might peep All this was at that wrathful blast Which breathing flames his Nostrils cast When dangers compass'd me about Like drowning waves he drew me out He oft my kind Deliv'rer was From foes whose strength did mine surpass Surpriz'd and weak I ' ad been their prey Had not the Lord my prop and stay When brought to straits my Liberty Restor'd because he loved me He did my Righteous cause regard And mine Integrity reward For his prescribed way I took Nor wickedly my God forsook His precepts were my Rule and Guide Nor as I pleas'd were laid aside For sufferings I rather chose Than mine Integrity to lose I felt th' injustice of their hate Whose wrongs I would not imitate Their sins when I could not prevent I kept my self still innocent Tho' charg'd with foulest crimes I 've been I 'll bear 't since God accounts me clean It 's he my Righteous Cause regards And mine Integrity rewards Part III. God's Mercy they shall ever find Who have been merciful and kind He 'll to the upright and the pure Jistice and Faithfulness secure Him that to crooked ways inclines He 'll cross and ruine his designs God with deliverance will crown Th' afflicted and the proud bring down He makes my dimmer Lamp burn bright Turns my dark state to joy and Light A Troop of foes before me falls By him I scale their highest walls God's dealings equal are and just His word so try'd none need distrust He as a shield will those defend Who with firm faith on him depend What God among the Heav'nly Pow'rs Or Rock for safety is like ours Courage he gives when danger 's nigh And clears my way to Victory By him my foes with swiftest pace O'er high and cragged hills I chase He skill in Arms on me bestows And strength to break the strongest bows When Numbers would have made me yield He interpos'd his saving shield His hand upheld me and I grew Great and victorious with a few He ' enlarg'd my steps on every side And suffered not my feet to slide My foes put to a shameful flight I chas'd till I destroy'd them quite The wounded their hard fate deplore And could renew the fight no more The proud that bore their head so high Now at my feet all prostrate lie Part IV. Thee Lord I own and ever bless Both for my Courage and Success That those who hate me to my will Submit their necks to save or kill They cry'd for aid but none was near Men could not help God would not hear Like dust that here and there is blown They fled like dirt I trod them down By thee my peoples strifes all cease In me they all unite in peace Ev'n Heathens own me for their King And unknown Nations tribute bring The mention of my conq'ring Name Such terrour strikes as makes 'em tame They feign old grudges to forget Offer their service and submit Like withered leaves the Aliens fade Their courage daunted and dismay'd Forth from their holds and holes they creep To yield up what they dare not keep Prais'd be the Living Lord from whom My Succours and Salvation come With Vengeance he my foes pursues And Nations to my Rule subdues He sav'd me from mine Enemies And made me to a Throne arise Was my Deliverer and Defence From the known Man of Violence Heathens shall hear me loudly sing How strangely God has sav'd his King And the same Mercies he has known Shall to his seed be ever shown PSALM XIX THE Heav'ns whose beauteous frame we see God's Skill and Pow'r proclaim The Laws by which each Day succeeds The Night declare the same These tho they have no Voice like ours Nor words to them belong Yet they express to all the World Thy praise without a Tongue The Sun has there a glorious Tent No Bridegroom shews his face So chearful and no Champion runs With so much strength his Race Forth from the Eastern Coast he bends His Course unto the West All th' Earth rejoices in his Light And by his Heat is blest God's Law 's a perfect Rule of Life Our Errors this descries Sinners to goodness this converts And makes the simple wise To Reason and our better Pow'rs His Just Commands accord Their Joys are pure and to the Soul Both Food and Light afford Part II. Thy Fear O Lord can cleanse our Souls And keep them pure and bright Thy Judgments are exactly true And altogether right More to be priz'd than Treasures which With finest Gold are fill'd Sweeter than Honey and the drops From Honey-combs distill'd These are my Monitors to whom My prosperous State I own And in observing these shall gain Rewards that are unknown But all the failings of his Life What Man can call to mind Lord let those faults thy pity move And easy pardon find Tho' frail I am let no bold crimes Enslave my Soul to sin So shall I blameless Innocence Maintain and peace within My Pray'rs and Praises then shall be A pleasing Sacrifice To thee my God in whom my strength And my Salvation lies PSALM XX. As the 113 Psalm THE Lord to thy requests give ear When Danger or Distress is near His mighty Pow'r be thy defence And since his Sanctuary's plac'd In Sion with his presence grac'd Support and send thee help from thence Pleas'd with th' Oblations thou dost give May'st thou thy hearts desires receive Thy great Designs all prosper still We 'll Trophies to God's Honour raise Thy Triumphs spread in Songs of Praise When he shall thy requests fulfill Thou Lord wilt save thy King we 're sure Thine aids his Conquests will secure When thy right hand shall interpose Whilst others boast their chariots force The Strength or Numbers of their Horse We set thy Name against our Foes See how they 're from their chariots thrown They and their horses tumble down And on their fall our Conquests rise Lord ever save the King we pray And no less in distresses may God hear his Pray'r than he our cries PSALM XXI O Lord how joyful is the King With thy Salvation blest Thou 'st given him his heart's desire And granted his Request Prevented by thy wondrous Love A splendid Crown he wears The Life he asked was prolong'd T' innumerable Years By thee preserv'd his Glory's great With Majesty array'd By thee He 's ever highly blest And in thy favour glad The King do's on the Lord rely Whose grace will make him stand But those that are thy foes shall know The Terrour of thy hand Thy flaming wrath shall them devour And all their Seed root out Repay the Mischief they design'd But could not bring about These shall be made the Mark at which Thy killing Arrows aim Thus Lord exalt thy Pow'r and we Will sing and praise thy Name PSALM XXII MY God my God why thus withdrawn From me oppress'd with grief Why after loudest Cries to thee So far from my relief Tho' I 'm not heard each day
Injury From all unrighteous ways depart From doing good ne'er cease Seek all mens quiet and pursue The things that make for peace God loves the Righteous and on them He casts a gracious Eye His Ear 's attentive to their suits And open to their Cry The Lord 's an Enemy to those Whom wicked Works employ In his fierce wrath them and their Race He 'll utterly destroy The Righteous never cry in vain God's help in Straits they have He will draw near to broken hearts And contrite Spirits save Tho' Good men oft afflicted are At length God sets them free His Care do's to their Bodies reach No Bone shall broken be Bad men shall perish when they 're plagu'd With all that hate the Just Whom God will keep and never fail Their hopes that on him trust PPALM XXXV As the 100 Psalm MAintain O Lord my injur'd Rights And take my part against my foes I need thy buckler and thy shield Against their fierce Assaults t' oppose When I am forc'd to fly their rage Draw out thy spear and stop their way And that my Courage may not fail I 'll be thy sure Deliverer say Who e'er devise my hurt and seek My ruine all their hopes defeat Their warlike preparations turn T' a shameful and confus'd retreat Chas'd by thy Angel let them be Disperst like Chaff before the Wind Vengeance pursue 'em where no path But a steep precipice they 'll find For unprovok'd they lay their toils And hunt me like some savage Beast Would treach'rously destroy my life Who have not injur'd them the least Let ruine seize him unawares A fit reward for such a Foe And caught in his own wiles himself Suffer the same he thought to do This wonderful Deliverance My Joys to th' highest pitch shall raise Thy Goodness all my pow'rs possess And all shall triumph in thy praise Thy Mercy I 'll aloud proclaim Thy Pow'r to be beyond compare Who sav'st the poor from violence And wrongs of those that stronger are Part II. False witnesses lay to my charge Things that ne'er came into my mind Ev'n those would now destroy my Life To whom I had before been kind But as for me when they were sick My cloathing spoke that I was sad My fasts and Pray'rs repeated show'd If they did well I should be glad A Friend or Brother's dangerous case Seem'd not to be a sadder cross Nor had my looks been more cast down Had I bewail d a Mother's loss But when misfortunes me befel Together to rejoice they flock The vilest abjects meet and make My Miserie 's their Laughing-stock With them are join'd the wretched crew Of Trencher-Flatterers at Feasts Whose Rage could eat me up and there Fall on me with abusive jests Lord look not always on at length Rescue me from their unjust pow'r Who when destroy'd in Goods and Name My Life like Lions would devour Then will I give thee thanks and praise And when I 've Liberty to go Into th' Assemblies of thy Saints All shall thy pow'r and Goodness know Let not my causeless Enemies Rejoice that they the Day have won Nor shew by winking signs their rage Is satisfy'd and I 'm undone Part III. My Foes all concord hate and strive By devis'd falshoods to increase Hatred to those who fain would live Under the Government in peace With open Mouth they me traduce And a false Traytor boldly call To all they meet rejoicing say So so we 've now discover'd all Thou know'st me better Lord than they And how I 'm wrong'd do not neglect To do me right but own my cause And me without delay protect No partial favour Lord I crave To thy known Justice I appeal According as thou find'st with me Not as they falsly charge me deal Prevent the wicked's Joys who will Applaud themselves and prouder grow To see me ruin'd Ah they 'll cry Now things as we would have them go Let those who 're glad to see me low And longing wait to see me lost Blush at their disappointed hopes Hang down their heads and no more boast Let those that own my righteous cause Triumph for joy and loudly sing Blessed be God who David sav'd And made him a Victorious King As for my Tongue 't shall be employ'd Thy Truth and Goodness to proclaim And whilst I live shall never fail To bless and praise thy Holy Name PSALM XXXVI WHen I behold a wicked Man All righteous Laws despise I must conclude there is no fear Of God before his Eyes Tho' he by craft and false disguise May be conceal'd a while He 'll when his Sin 's found out appear Hateful to all and vile His kind professions are all frauds To cover ill designs He will not know what 's just much less To practise good inclines To muse on Mischief's his delight His sleep he 'll break for this So set on Evil none that serves His Ends can come amiss Beyond the Limits of the Sky Thy Mercy Lord extends Thy Faithfulness the narrow bounds Of space and time transcends Mountains may be remov'd before Thy Truth shall fail the least Thy Judgments none can fathom thou Preservest Man and Beast Part II. Lord who can prize enough that Love Thou bearest to the Just Under whose Providence and Care Good Men securely trust They to the plenty of thy House For all Supplies shall look And freely of thy Pleasures drink As from a running Brook For all the Springs of Joy and Life Derived are from thee From thy continued favour flows All our Felicity To those that thus esteem thy Love Thy kindness still impart And all thy promises fulfill To men of upright heart Let him not tread me down whose pride Is equal to his hate Nor let the wicked's pow'r combin'd Subvert my quiet State I see them fall and their design Against me ruin'd lies By such a pow'rful hand cast down They never more shall rise PSALM XXXVII As the 100 Psalm LET none be envious when he sees The wicked's prosperous estate Nor tempted by their good Success Grow bold their Crimes to imitate For so the grass is fresh and green Before the Mower cuts it down And beauteous Flow'rs within a while Are withered by the scorching Sun He 's wise that 's always doing good And on God's Goodness do's rely Thus thy Enjoyments he 'll secure And all thy just desires supply Leave thy concerns unto his care In firm dependance on him live He 'll either grant what thou would'st have Or what he knows is better give Tho' slanders and detracting tongues Like Clouds thy righteousness obscure He 'll cleer thy Innocence the Light At noon shall not appear more pure In silence patiently expect God's Mercies but by no means fret To see men thrive by wicked Arts And what they have a mind to get If Anger in thy breast arise Suppress it when it first begins Lest it boil up to wrath and thou Be hurried to commit their Sins They shall possess who wait on God
change In God's Proceedings did appear That th' hand which formerly did save Its stroaks should now be so severe But I 'm resolv'd God's former works And wonders I will think upon Repeat no longer my Complaints But talk of all that thou hast done Part II. The Methods of thy Providence Perfectly just and holy are Tho' far above our reach whose pow'r And Greatness are beyond compare The wonders thou hast done thy Name Above all other God's have rais'd The World has seen thy pow'r so far Exceeding theirs and been amaz'd Thy Care so wond'rousty preserv'd Jacob and Joseph saw their seed Beheld th' effects of thy strong Arm When from th' Egyptian bondage freed The Sea down to its bottom felt Th' approach of God and frighted was Fled in such haste the depths were left A way through which on Foot to pass A Storm of rain and thunder fill'd The air with noise thy foes with fears Strange Hail like pointed Stones came down And clatt'ring flew about their ears God's thundring Voice was heard above The Lightnings in their faces flash'd And whilst the Earth trembled and shook Th' amaz'd People stood abash'd Thou through the Seas deep waters mad'st A path which none before had trod And none with all their utmost skill Can trace the Footsteps of our God Moses and Aaron led thy Flock With tender care and gentle hand And fed them in the desart till They came unto the promis'd Land PSALM LXXVIII As the 100 Psalm MY People to my words give ear They are not vulgar things you 'll hear But Passages of old remark Passing all skill in riddles dark To us things by our Fathers known Have surely been conveyed down We to conceal them think not fit But t' after Ages will transmit That they may learn God's pow'r to praise For wond'rous works of former days This God who gave our Law enjoin'd We should acquaint the Race behind And they the next that they might set Their Hope on God and not forget His Works which pow'rful Motives are T' observe his precepts with due care And warnings too not to rebel For which their stubborn Fathers fell Whose Hearts were not prepar'd t' obey Or if inclin'd soon fell away The Ephraimites well arm'd with bows Like Cowards fled before their foes God left them when they did forsake His Guidance and his Covenant brake His wonders they forgat too soon The works they knew his hand had done Th' amazing things that wrought had been In Egypt by their Fathers seen By him the Sea divided was And through it on dry ground they pass The fluid Waters swell and stand Like a firm wall on either hand Part II. He led them by a glorious Cloud Both night and day their way it show'd Rocks in the wilderness he clave And thirsted drink in Plenty gave Streams from the Rock like rivers sent After them in their Travels went All Nature chang'd but theirs has been Which durst ev'n in that desart sin With what God sent not satisfied By a new proof his Pow'r they try'd Meat now not for their want they crave But such as wanton Lust would have Distrust they openly declare Both of God's Pow'r and of his Care In such a desart what loud call Can bring in food to feast us all Streams from the Rock gush'd out good store Which lodg'd perhaps within before But can he Bread enough bestow Here where no corn did ever grow Can Flesh be had for all to eat Their hunger had not need be great This Language did inflame God's wrath Shewing distrust and want of Faith And yet their Faith lack'd no support Whose food was of a wond'rous sort He made the Clouds his Granary Well fill'd with Stores for their supply These doors above when opened wide Manna showr'd down on every side Heav'ns Corn was Diet ready drest And Men with Angels food did feast Part III. Well fed they were yet God still more Sham'd their distrust and show'd his pow'r He brought by proper winds that blew A Cloud of Quails which thither flew This flesh to satisfie their Lust Rain'd on their Camp as thick as Dust And round their Tents the heaped store Lay pil'd like Sand on the Sea-shore Cramm'd with this dainty fare not cloy'd Their Longings they a while enjoy'd But these sweet morsels while they chew God's wrath the chiefest of them slew Nor this nor wonders done before Make them sin less or trust God more By a long march in unknown ways These sinners did consume their Days They promis'd fair when some were slain And sought God's favour to regain They own'd all safety came from hence When the High God was their defence Thus they with flatt'ring words and lyes Would their Hypocrisy disguise Their oft revolts made it appear Their hearts were false and unsincere Yet oft God's Mercy did forgive Those who deserved not to live His Anger oft away he turn'd Or else with gentle flame it burn'd Their flesh he knew was frail and must Moulder e'er long and turn to dust Or like a blast of wind when 't is o'er Vanishes and returns no more How oft did they provoke him in The Desart and repeat their sin Their unbelief new proofs propounds And to God's Pow'r will set new bounds Out of their minds or hearts 't was gone What mighty things his hand had done What time the Tyrants cruel yoke Of Bondage from their Necks he broke Part IV. Strange plagues upon th' Egyptians sent Through Phar'oh's Court and City went The River turn'd to blood did stink None its polluted Streams could drink Insects and Frogs in swarms abound Sent to destroy to vex and wound The Fruits for which so long they 'd toil'd Thick Clouds of Locusts came and spoil'd Their Fig-trees and their Vines were lost By Hail destroy'd and unknown Frost Hail mix'd with dreadful lightnings kill'd Their Flocks and Cattle in the Field By other ways they plagued were As Tokens of God's wrath severe At length he evil Angels sent Sad Messengers of Punishment Wrath like a torrent makes its way All Lives were made an easie prey T' a Plague which all the first-born smote Of Beasts and Children they begot The flow'r of youth one day did see Cut off from Cham's Posterity Then his own People forth were brought And led like sheep the way he taught Led thro' the Sea safe without fear And saw their foes o'erwhelmed there He brought them to the Holy Land To Sion won by his strong hand He casts out th' old Inhabitants And in their room his Tribes he plants The Land divides to each by Lot And settles them in what they 'd got But still they tempting God excite His Anger whilst his Laws they slight Just as of old they ' apostatize And all their promises are lyes In every crooked path they 'd go Starting aside like a false bow High places heath ' nishly they ' affect And hateful Images erect Part V. When God beheld this he was wroth
thine alms Of seasonable food They gather what thine hand bestows And all are fill'd with good Part IV. If God but in displeasure frown All Creatures needs must mourn If he with-holds their breath they die And to their Dust return His quick'ning Spirit when it breaths All things with Life endues His pow'rful word that made the Earth Its face again renews Whilst this world's frame and order lasts God's fame will ne'er be less And what his wisdom made so good Will still delight to bless But let not sinful Man presume God's anger to provoke Whose Look can cause the Earth to quake His Touch make Hills to smoak My Life 's great bus'ness shall be this To praise this mighty Lord To meditate his Love and works The sweetest Joys afford While Sinners from the Earth consume No place regards them more Bless thou the Lord my Soul his Name Let Heav'n and Earth adore PSALM CV O Let us all give thanks to God And call upon his Name His gracious and his mighty works To all the world proclaim Let us in Songs and sacred Hymns Our great Creator bless And what his pow'rful hand has wrought Our joyful tongues express Count it your honour that ye know And bear his sacred Name And when you worship this great Lord Take pleasure in the same Within his Sanctuary let Your Pray'rs to him be made Your hopes upon his favour rest And his almighty aid O let the works that he has done Your admiration move Think on the judgments of his mouth And wonders of his Love This Charge to you belongs who are Of faithful Abr'am's race And Jacob's Off-spring call'd who stood In God's especial Grace We glory that this mighty Lord Us for his people owns Whose Judgments make th' amazed Earth To tremble when he frowns His Cov'nant with his people made He ever call'd to mind And will his Promises fulfill To ages still behind Part II. That Cov'nant which the Lord of old With our first fathers made And oft by Oath renew'd to them And to their seed thus said On thee I Can'an's Land bestow This which we now possess To bring them into which his Care Shew'd that he meant no less For tho' when first our fathers came One family they were Whose number too was very few And they mere strangers there Tho' weak who in a setled place No fixt Estate enjoy'd But forc'd from this to th' other Land Might soon have been destroy'd He suffered none to injure them When Sojourners they were But Kings that meant to do them wrong Met with rebukes severe Let none attempt these persons harm So dear to God and great Touch not said he my anointed ones Nor Prophets rudely treat When after this in all the Lands A famine long prevail'd And Bread the great support of Life When Corn was wanting fail'd He sent out Joseph to provide For Jacob now grown old But he that was to save his house First as a Slave was fold Part III. To Egypt brought and falsly charg'd Joseph's in prison cast The Calumny more pain'd him than The Chains that held him fast There by unfolding hidden fates Great fame he had acquir'd This Phar'oh hearing try'd him too And found him one inspir'd He quickly set him free and made Him Ruler of the Land The management of all affairs He ' intrusted in his hand His greatest Princes to command And punish he had leave All the wise Senatours from him Instructions must receive Now Jacob's house to Egypt came As Phar'oh did invite And grew so as t' exceed their foes In Number and in Might This makes them jealous and to hate Those they receiv'd with joy Whom first by subtil Arts they would Diminish then destroy Moses and A'ron when God saw Their Bondage heavier grow Were sent to Phar'oh with demand To let his people go The mighty works which they perform'd And wonders in that Land Show'd that what e'er they said or did Was by Divine command Part IV. He three days darkness black as Hell Over all Egypt drew In which and all the other plagues God's Orders they pursue He turn'd their waters into blood Which all their Fish destroy'd Numberless Frogs o'erspread the Earth And the King's rooms annoy'd Infinite Swarms of Flies and Lice O'er all the Country came Instead of Rain he gave them Hail Mix'd with devouring Flame This Storm not onely from the Trees Their pleasant Fruits beat down But all the Fig trees too and Vines Were broke and overthrown By his Command numberless Hosts Of various Locusts pass O'er all the Land and with strange haste Devour'd their Herbs and Grass In the same Night all their First-born Smote by an Angel dye The prime of all their strength and prop Of every Family Part V. Loaded with Egypt's wealth their Land In haste the people quit Not one in all their Tribes so weak For travel was unfit Gladness at their departure thence Th' Egyptians hearts did fill For fear as the last Plague their Sons The next themselves might kill He spread a Cloud which skreen'd them from The scorching Sun by day But was so bright withal it serv'd By night to shew their way He then provides delicious fare For that vast multitude Great flights of Quails and Bread showr'd down From Heav'n to be their food An opened Rock their Drink supply'd Whence Streams gush'd out so fast They ran and follow'd them thro' all The parched grounds they pass'd The Lord these wonders to make good His word to Abr'am wrought When he from slavery his Race With joy and triumph brought He fix'd them in a quiet Seat In Can'an's pleasant Land Stor'd with all good by others pains And planted to their hand That by his kindness thus oblig'd And bless'd so many ways His Laws they might with care observe The Lord for ever praise PSALM CVI. As the 100 Psalm BY chearful Praises to his Name That God is good to all proclaim Whose Mercies shown to ages past To all succeeding times shall last Who can the Pow'r of God set forth Or praise his wonders to their worth They 're happy who with constant care In righteous works imployed are May I be one of those and find God always good to me and kind When thou deliv'rest thine elect From Dangers do not me neglect Their good secured may I see And share in their felicity And when thou dost their state advance Glory with thine Inheritance We the degenerate Off-spring are Of fathers that great sinners were Who thy great wonders minded not In Egypt wrought or soon forgot Their unbelief when newly sav'd At the Red Sea fresh wonders crav'd There God his Glory to advance Gave them a new deliverance The Sea 's ungovernable course He check'd by his word 's greater force Their way thro' the vast Deep was dry Such as thro' sandy deserts lie O'er their pursuing Enemy He gain'd a noble victory The Sea return'd on Phar'oh's Host With violence and all were lost Part II. Then they
And your posterity Oh happy to be blest by him That made both Earth and Heav'n His Throne 's in Heav'n the Earth to Man In kindness he has giv'n The Grave thy wonders cannot show Nor celebrate thy praise We 'll now adore thy sacred Name And bless thee all our days PSALM CXVI As the 100 Psalm Since God so tender a regard In straits to my requests did give My best affections he shall have And best devotions whilst I live Assail'd with grief and pains that seem'd The sad fore-runners of the Grave To thee I made request O Lord My life from threat'ning danger save Nor did I cry to God in vain Nor did his Mercy come too late But when my skill was at a loss His kindness rais'd my low estate God and thy self my Soul enjoy In quiet rest freed from thy fears Who sav'd thy life upheld thy steps And dry'd up all thy falling tears I still shall live and praise thy Name Thus did I speak and thus believ'd Tho' in distress I rashly said All Men will lye and I 'm deceiv'd What shall I render to the Lord For all tha kindness he has shown I 'll humbly offer him my praise And thankfully his favours own The solemn payment of my vows I made to God shall be my care Who sav'd me from approaching death And shew'd my life to him was dear By all engagements Lord I 'm thine Thy servant whom thou hast set free The very Bonds that thou hast loos'd Shall tie me faster unto thee Thankful acknowledgments I 'll make And God for all his favours bless I 'll on his goodness wait and pray To him alone in all distress To God in sight of all his Saints Religiously I 'll pay my vows There where they meet within his Courts To worship at his holy house PSALM CXVI Another Metre GOD that so gracious a regard To my requests did give Shall have my choicest love and best Devotions whilst I live Assail'd with grief and pains that seem'd Fore-runners of the Grave To thee I cry'd O Lord my life From threat'ning danger save Nor did I cry in vain nor did God's Mercy come too late But when my skill was at a lose He rais'd my low estate God and thy self my Soul enjoy Quiet and free from fears Who sav'd thy life upheld thy steps And dry'd up all thy tears I still shall live to praise thee thus I spake and thus believ'd Tho' once I rashly said all Men Will lye and I 'm deceiv'd What shall I render Lord for all The kindness thou hast shown Praises I 'll offer and with thanks Will all thy favours own The payment of the vows I made To God shall be my care Who saved me from Death and shew'd My Life to him was dear By all engagements I am thine Thy servant Lord I 'll be The bonds that thou hast loos'd shall tie Me faster unto thee I 'll own with thankfulness and God For all his favours bless I 'll on his goodness wait and pray To him in all distress Now in the sight of all his Saints To God I 'll pay my vows There where they meet within his Courts To worship at his house PSALM CXVII LET all the Nations of the World Their great Creatour praise And all its scatt'red People join His mighty Name to raise Whose kindness towards us is great His Mercies ever sure Then let our praises like his truth For ever still endure PSALM CXVIII O Praise the Lord whom ages past Have known to be so kind Whose Mercies will continue sure To ages still behind Let all his People and his Priests That in his house attend With all that fear the Lord proclaim His Mercies have no end Bear thou thy part with them my Soul God's goodness to express Who heard my Pray'r and set me free When I was in distress I need not fear what Man can doe Since God do's take my part Defeated all my foes will be When thou my Helper art Much safer 't is to trust in God Than on an Host's defence Rather in him than greatest Kings I 'll put my confidence All Nations round did me inclose And more than once invade But to destroy them I was sure Thro' God's almighty aid Thay quite surrounded me like Bees Their anger flam'd like fire But all was like a blaze of thorns That quickly do's expire I knew by his almighty aid I soon should cut them short Tho' they push'd hard to throw me down His help would me support Part II I all my happiness ascribe To God who made me strong And his Salvation still shall be The subject of my Song The joyful voice of triumph fills The dwellings of the just His pow'r do's mighty things for them That in his goodness trust I hope to live and praise his works Ev'n to my latest breath Who tho' he has chastis'd me sore Has sav'd me still from death Open ye Ministers the Gates Which entrance do afford Into God's Courts for righteous Men Where I will praise the Lord. This is the Gate that thither leads And all the righteous throng Shall enter in my company And hear this joyfull Song I 'll praise thee who hast heard my pray'r And tho' thou wast before My gracious God art now become My pow'rful Saviour Part III. The stone which by the Builder's deem'd Unfit aside was thrown Is chosen and preferr'ed to be The Head and Corner stone This is the Work of God alone By us with wonder seen This is the day the Lord hath made And we 'll rejoyce therein We 'll joyn our acclamations And loud Hosanna's sing Wishing prosperity may wait On him that is our King Blest Savi'our who from God to us On this kind Errand came We welcome thee and bless all those That spread thy glorious Fame Thou Lord hast mercifully shin'd On us with Light and Grace And at thine Altar we 'll present The Sacrifice of praise Thou art my God my joyful tongue Shall ever sing thy praise Thou art my God and I on high Thy glorious Name will raise Let all with thankfulness proclaim That God is good and kind Whose Mercies which have been before Good Men shall ever find PSALM CXIX Aleph Part I. THrice happy are those upright Men Whose ways are free from blame Who as the Law of God directs Their lives and manners frame Blessed are they who his Commands Unseignedly fulfill And to obtain God's favour seek To know and doe his Will These when they 're tempted do not sin But to thy paths repair Thou Lord hast charged us to keep All thy Commands with care O by thy Grace so guide my ways Never from thine to swerve Nothing shall shame my hopes whilst I All thy Commands observe This signal favour shall excite My ' unfeigned joy and praise That I have learnt how good thy Laws How righteous are thy Ways I 'll keep thy Statutes for I see In this thy Will is clear Stand by me Lord as I
Motions of their Joy And to set off melodious Songs Their Harps and Timbrels to employ God's Kindness to his People will Engage his Care their good t' advance He 'll beautify the Meek and make Them great by his Deliverance And like the Glory of his Saints Their Triumphs should be great and high And God's loud Praises will become Their Beds in which they quiet lie These Psalms of Praises in their Mouths Whilst their Hands wield a two edg'd Sword Will courage and assurance give To fight the Battles of the Lord. They 'll conquer and with just revenge The Heathen's insolence chastise Their fetter'd Nobles captive lead Make chained Kings become their prize Such Judgments long ago foretold Shall God upon the Heathen bring Such Honour all his Saints shall have And praising Hallelujah's sing PSALM CL. PRaise God within that sacred Place Where he his Grace bestows Your wondering thoughts to Heaven raise Where he his Glory shows Let all his mighty Acts of Pow'r Your inward Passions move That your acknowledgments may suit The Greatness of his Love Musicks soft Notes and louder sounds Of Instruments imploy T' excite Devotion and attend The Triumphs of your Joy Since all to this Creator owe That breath by which they live Let every thing that breaths to him Their cheerfull Praises give The End of the Psalms HYMNS Taken out of the NEW TESTAMENT Or used in the Church-Service HYMN I. Benedictus The Song of Zachary Luke 1. 68. LET Isr'ael's pow'rfull God and King Eternally be blest Who came from Heav'n to visit us And all our Bonds releas'd In David's House a Saviour rais'd To sit upon his Throne This ever since the World began His Prophets have foreshown That he would save us from the Hand Of all that did us hate The Mercy to perform for which Our Fathers long did wait Remembring all his Truth engag'd By ' a Holy Covenant His solemn Oath to Abra'ham sworn His Grace that he would grant To serve him without fear from all Our Adversaries free'd And to continue all our days A Holy Life to lead And thou blest Child to this high Lord Shalt have a Prophet's place Like a preparing Harbinger Shalt go before his Face By the Remission of Men's sins To make Salvation known God's tender Mercy when this Sun Arose to all was shown He will our sad and dismal State With Light and Comfort bless And guide our Feet into the way Of Peace and Happiness HYMN II. Magnificat As the 25 Psalm The Song of the Bl. Virgin Luke 1. 46. MY Soul doth magnify the Lord Transports of Joy my Spirits raise And God my Saviour shall be The Subject of my Song of Praise For to his humble Handmaids state He shew'd regard when 't was deprest All Ages shall from henceforth judge Me happy and shall call me Blest He that is Great hath done to me Great things and holy is his Name His Mercy through all Ages is To them that fear him still the same He with his Arm his strength hath shew'd Confounded what the proud Men thought Put down the mighty from their Seat And rais'd them who were set at nought He fill'd the hungry Souls with good The full and rich for want complain'd His Mercy he has call'd to mind And Israel his help has gain'd The Promise to our Fathers made So long before in which God stood Engag'd to Abra'ham and his Seed Is all performed and made good HYMN III. Nunc Dimittis The Song of Simeon Luke 2. 29. I Now can leave this World and die In Peace and quiet Rest Since that mine Eyes O Lord have been With thy Salvation blest The Prophecies are all fulfill'd Thy Promises are true And thy mysterious Love disclos'd In all the Peoples view All the dark Shadows fly away Now this bright Sun appears Whose saving Health the Gentile World With unknown Comfort cheers Well may the long expected sight Make Isr'ael's Joys abound Before with special Favours grac'd But now with Glory crown'd HYMN IV. Taken out of the Revelations As the 25 Psalm Rev. 19 v. 5 YE faithfull Servants of the Lord See that his Name ye celebrate And ye that fear him sing aloud Praises to God both small and great Ch. 4 v. 8 Most Holy Holy Holy Lord Almighty's his adored Name Who was before all time and is And ever shall be still the same v. 11. All Glory Pow'r and Honour thou Alone art worthy to receive For all things by thy Pow'r were made All by and for thy Pleasure live Ch. 5 v. 12 To thee O spotless Lamb of God Riches and Pow'r of Right belong Wisdom and Honour conqu'ring strength Glory and every praising Song v. 9 Thou for to expiate our Sins Wast slain and by thy precious Blood From every Nation Tribe and Tongue Thou hast redeemed us to God v. 10 From thee to be both Kings and Priests To God the Privilege we gain And shall hereafter be advanc'd With thee O Christ on Earth to reign v. 13 Blessing and Honour Glory Pow'r Ever by all in Earth and Heav'n To him that sits upon the Throne And to the Lamb of God be giv'n Part II. Ch. 15 v. 3 O thou great Ruler of the World Thy glorious Works our wonder raise Thou ever-blessed King of Saints How true and righteous are thy ways v. 4 Who would not fear and glorify Thy Name thou onely Holy one Th' whole World will come and worship thee To whom thy Judgments are made known Ch. 11 v. 15 Now o'er the Kingdoms of this World God and his Christ as King do's reign Whose Pow'r that for his Rule made way His Conquests ever will maintain v. 17 We give thee thanks Almighty Lord Which art and wast and art to come Who hast exerted thy great Pow'r And for thy Victories made room v. 18 Let th' angry Nations rage thy wrath blood Is come and it 's thy time to rain Down Judgments and t' avenge the Of Martyrs barbarously slain And now thy suffe'ring Servants Lord Great Saints and Prophets thou'lt regard And all that fear thy Name tho' here Despis'd shall have a great reward All thy just vengeance will applaud On them who all their Pow'r imploy'd To turn the Earth t' a Field of Blood Their turn now comes to be destroy'd Ch. 12. Salvation to the Saints is come v. 10 God's strength and mighty aids appear T' advance his Kingdom among Men Who all the Pow'r of Christ revere He that before the Lord accus'd The Brethren with false Calumnies Is now cast head-long down and none Give credit longer to his Lyes v. 11 He 's conquer'd by the Blood of Christ And by their witness to his word start from here tomorrow These valued not their Lives but dy'd For Love unto their dearest Lord. v. 12 Ye heav'nly Spirits above rejoyce But woe to th' Earth below whose hurt The Dev'il with utmost rage contrives Knowing his
to improve my Songs will add Sweet Instruments of praise My chearful tongue and lips Shall loudly bear a part In praising thee when tun'd and rais'd By a most thankful heart This shall be my great work To celebrate thy Fame Who hast redeemed me and brought Mine Enemies to shame PSALM LXXII As the 100 Psalm Lord may the king with mighty skill And Grace to judge aright be bless'd Then equal Justice shall have place And the poor injur'd be redress'd Then shall the happy people peace And undisturbed quiet gain When Rulers high and low their rights And their just Liberties maintain He the best use of pow'r shall learn To crush the proud oppressors might And save the helpless poor from those Who in their Miseries delight Thy never-ceasing righteous Rule Thy lasting Honour shall procure And all shall thee observe and fear As long as Sun and Moon endure By his mild Government on all Such welcome blessigs shall come down As show'rs on thirsty ground distill Or gentle rains on grass new-mown The righteous in his days shall thrive The Moon it self shall sooner cease To fill and wain than his just reign Fail to be blest with lasting peace Part II. His Empire shall not be confin'd Within Judaea's bounds but stretch It self from Sea to Sea as far As th' Earths Inhabitants do reach Dwellers in loansome desarts shall To own and do him homage meet His Enemies shall lick the Dust By low prostrations at his feet The Kings of Tharsis and the Isles Tho' distant far shall presents bring Princes from happy Arabs Land With Gifts shall honour this great King Yea by all Kings of th' Earth shall he With Low Submissions be ador'd All Nations Tributaries be And serve him as their Sov'reign Lord. Mercy shall gain him this regard As a known Patron of the poor Who saves them when they cry in vain To other helps and his implore Hell spare them and their case forlorn Will pity and when subtle spite Or violence their ruine seeks Dear shall their blood be in his Sight Part III. His Reign shall long and prosp'rous be The East rich Off rings shall present All men shall pray for his long Life And praise his Righteous Government Plenty shall every where abound The Corn on barren Mountains sown Shall Spring so thick the fruit shall shake And make a noise like Lebanon The Earth thus blest the people too Shall fruitful be and flourishing The Cities Numbers shall increase Like Grass or Flowers in the Spring Whilst the Sun's brightness lasts his fame In all succession shall survive All Nations shall him blessed call And Blessings all from him derive Bless'd be the Sov'reign Lord the God Of Israel whose stupendious Acts Of Pow'r our wonder and whose Grace Our Love and Gratitude attracts Oh may the Glorious Name of God For ever be advanced then His Glories fill the Earth and all Join in his Praise and say Amen PSALM LXXIII As the 100 Psalm CErtain it is that God is kind To those that are sincerely good But yet my Faith was at a loss My feet did stagger where I stood I saw the wicked's prosperous state My envy at those Fools did rise That when a healthful Age was past A quiet Death should close their Eyes Exempt from Plagues and Miseries That others seek t' escape in vain They 're cover'd o'er with Violence And pride surrounds them like a chain Pamper'd with Ease and Luxury Their Body thrives looks fresh and fair Their Wealth rolls in with a full tide Beyond their hopes without their Care Such is their lofty pride t' oppress They make no Scruple feel no shame Dare Heav'n it self with blasphemies And freely blast the good Man's Name This gives disturbance to his mind And Passion makes his tears to flow Doubts rise within him whether God Discerns or minds things done below Th' ungodly are the prosp'rous men Thrive in the World and riches gain I 've wash'd mine hands in Innocence And cleans'd my heart says he in vain For every Morn renews my Plagues And I whole Days in Sorrow spend But stay thus speaking I against The Faith of all good Men offend Part II. I oft consider'd with my self Th' unequal ways of Providence I found them hard to be resolv'd And doubts long kept me in suspence At God's House I at last enquir'd And there did my mistakesamend Before I onely view'd their way But now I understood their end I saw the slippery precipice On which their tottering feet were plac'd And with what terrours they were seiz'd When down to sudden ruine cast Their Happiness was like a dream Which waking quickly vanishes Lord what a stupid Beast was I To vex my self at their Success For all this while I was thy care By thee sustain'd tho suffering Thy Counsels here shall guide me still And afterward to Glory bring Lord there is none in Heav'n or Earth On whom I can rely like thee For when my heart and hopes here fail My Stay and Portion thou wilt be But those that are from God estrang'd Or unto hateful Idols bow Shall furely their own ruine meet And a deserved Overthrow God is my chiefest Good 't is best To keep me to my God most nigh Then I his Mercy and his Truth Shall praise when I on him rely PSALM LXXIII Another Metre IT 's sure that God is kind to those That are sincerely good But yet my Faith was at a loss I staggered where I stood Viewing bad men tho' foolish here To prosper envy rose To see an easy Death an Age Of health and vigour close From troubles freed that other men Strive to escape in vain They boast in violence and pride Surrounds them like a chain Pamper'd with Luxury and Ease Their looks are fat and fair Their wealth flows in beyond their hopes And oft without their Care T' opprese the weak their lofty pride No scruple feels nor shame They dare Heav'n to blaspheme and blast Freely the Good man's Name This gives disturbance to his thoughts And makes his tears to flow And now he doubts whether God knows Or minds what 's done below Th' ungodly are the prosp'rous men Grow rich and thrive amain I 've wash'd my hands in Innocence And cleans'd my heart in vain For every Morn my plague's renew'd In grief whole days I spend But stay such words against the Faith Of all good men offend Part II. I oft debated with my self God's ways of Providence I found the search too hard and doubts Long kept me in suspence Till coming to God's House I there Did my Mistakes amend Before I view'd their way but now I understood their end I saw the slippery precipice On which their feet were plac'd And with what terrours seiz'd when down To sudden ruine cast Their happiness was like a dream Which waking vanishes Lord what a Beast was I to vex My self at their Success For still I was thy care by thee Sustain'd tho' suffering Thy Counsels they shall