Crown praying for the preservation of his kingdom verse 19 OPen to me the righteous gate Then shall thy Courts be trod VVhere I thy praise may celebrate verse 20 This Temple-gate of God Here shall the righteous entrance have verse 21 Thy praises I 'l declare For thou becam'st my rock to save And thou hast heard my pray'r verse 22 The stone the builders have refus'd Is now become the stone VVhich for the corners-head is us'd verse 23 This is Gods art alone This in our eyes is marvellous verse 24 This day which God did make Shall be a day of joy to us Therein delight to take verse 25 Now save O Lord I crave the same O send us good success verse 26 O blessed commers in his Name You from his house we bless verse 27 God is the Lord that light affords Which this high day adorns Then bind the sacrifice with cords Unto the Altars horns verse 28 Thou art my God I 'l spread thy fame My God I 'l spread thy praise verse 29 The Lord is good ô praise his Name His mercies last alwayes PSAL. CXIX 2. French tune The blessedness of true Religion The Saints great desire thereto and prayer against desertion O Blessed blessed are the pure That never from Gods laws depart verse 2 That keep his testimonies sure And seek him with a perfect heart verse 3 They also do no wickedness Walk in his ways and never swerve verse 4 Thou dost a strict command'ment press That we with care thy laws observe verse 5 O that my ways were made direct And to thy statutes rightly fram'd verse 6 VVhen t' all thy laws I have respect Then sure I shall not be asham'd verse 7 With upright heart I 'l give thee praise When I have learn'd thy judgmēts right verse 8 And I will surely keep thy ways O do not Lord forsake me quite 2. Part. Dutch tune The power of the word to curb the lusts of youth The earnest affections of the faithfull to that Word verse 9 HOw may the waies of man be freed From errour in his youth If thereunto he take good heed According to thy truth verse 10 Lord I have sought thee I am sure Even with a perfect heart From paths of thy commandments pure O let me not depart verse 11 I hid thy Word within my heart From sin to keep me free verse 12 A blessed God O Lord thou art Thy statutes teach to me verse 13 Thy mouths decrees my lips declar'd verse 14 I count no worldly treasure With thy commandments waies compar'd To yield so sweet a pleasure verse 15 Upon thy precepts I will muse Much by thy judgments set verse 16 Thy statutes with contentment use And not thy words forget 3. Part. 2. French tune The word of God a good guide and a strengthning comfort against reproach and persecution verse 17 BE moved towards thy servant Lord To deal with me in bounteous wise That I may live and keep thy word verse 18 Yea open thou O Lord mine eies That I the wondrous things may see Which from thy testimonies flow verse 19 Thy statutes do not hide from me That am a stranger here below verse 20 My soul ev'n breaks with fervent thirst Thy judgements having still preferr'd verse 21 The proud thou hast rebuk't and curst VVhich from thy precepts greatly err'd verse 22 Remove from me contempt and shame For I have kept thy just decrees verse 23 While Princes in their counsels blame Thy servant Lord for keeping these But in thy Statutes exquisite Thy servant meditation ply'd verse 24 Thy Testaments are my delight They are my counsell and my guide 4. Part. To 1. Strain tune Davids deep affliction and great affection to the Word but the grace is of God verse 25 MY spirit cleaves unto the dust O quick'n me for thy promise just verse 26 I have declar'd my ways to thee And thou hast heard and noted me verse 27 Teach me thy Statutes I thee pray And let me know thy precepts way So my discourse shall wholly tend Thy works and wonders to commend verse 28 My heart doth melt for very grief Lord for thy promise send relief verse 29 The way of lies from me with-draw And grant me graciously thy law verse 30 I chose the way of truth most right I laid thy judgments in my sight verse 31 Thy testaments I stuck unto Lord shame me not for what I do verse 32 I 'l run the way thou giv'st in charge When as thou shalt my heart enlarge 5. Part. 2. French tune Davids desire of grace and to avoyd temptations verse 33 LOrd teach me in thy Statutes way And I shall keep it to the end verse 34 O give me knowledge that I may With my whole heart thy laws attend Yea I to keep them shall be sure verse 35 Make me therefore to go aright In paths of thy Command'ments pure For therein onely I delight verse 36 Incline mine heart unto thy Law And not to cov'tousnes I pray verse 37 From objects vain mine eies withdraw And quicken me in thy good way verse 38 Thy promise to thy servant prove Who is devoted to fear thee verse 39 My fear'd reproach from me remove For very good thy Judgments be verse 40 Lord I have long'd with earnestness Thy blessed laws to know and do Vouchsafe then in thy righteousness To move and quicken me thereto 6. Part. Southwell tune A prayer for courage in our profession Gods service is perfect freedome verse 41 LORD let thy mercies free Come also unto mee According to Thy promise do And my salvation be verse 42 So shall my answer just Reprove his envious lust Who ever he be That taunteth me For in thy Word I trust verse 43 Let not the word of light My mouth abandon quite For lo the scope Of all my hope Is in thy judgments right verse 44 So keep thy laws shall I For ever constantly verse 45 And I because I keep thy laws Will walk at libertie verse 46 Thy Testaments to name To Kings I will not shame verse 47 Delighting still To do thy will For I have lov'd the same verse 48 I 'l also lift my hands To thy belov'd commands And on them pitch My thoughts to which My strong affection stands 7. Part. London long tune Davids great affection to Gods Word even in his greatest adversitie His night-devotion is commended verse 49 THy promise to thy servant mind Whereon thou mad'st me rest verse 50 This comfort in distress I find Thy word revives my brest verse 51 Tho proud men have me greatly scoft Thy ways I ne'er declin'd verse 52 Thy judgements old I thought on oft And comforted my mind verse 53 I'm seis'd with horrour for this age Which doth thy laws forsake verse 54 And in my house of pilgrimage Thy laws my songs did make verse 55 Thy Name I have in mind retain'd When night her curtain
Part. To sweet tune Davids dislike of the wicked and dread of Gods judgments verse 113 I Hate vain thoughts but love thy laws verse 114 Thou art my hiding place ô Lord My shield when dāger neer me draws And I have hoped in thy word verse 115 Ye evill doers from me depart Your fellowship must needs withstand For I am purpos'd in my heart To keep my righteous Gods cōmand verse 116 My soul in life good Lord uphold As thou hast promised the same That for my expectation bold I never may be put to shame verse 117 O Lord uphold me by thy pow'r And I shall very safely stand And I will have respect each hour To all thy Statutes shall command verse 118 Thou all the lewd hast undertrood Which from thy Statutes go astray verse 119 Whose fraud is falshood them ô God As basest dross thou putst away Therefore I love thy holy laws verse 120 My flesh even quakes for fear of thee And all thy dreadfull judgments cause A trembling fear to rise in me The 16 th Part. 1. Strain tune David professing integritie prays against Tyrants and the iniquitie of the times verse 121 I Do what truth right commands O leave me not to tyrants hands verse 122 For good thy servants suretie be To proud oppressors leave not me verse 123 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail And till thy righteous word prevail verse 124 In mercy with thy servant deal And unto me thy laws reveal verse 125 I am thy servant give me skill That I may know thy blessed will verse 126 It 's time for thee to work O God For they thy laws have undertrod verse 127 Therefore I thy commandments love Yea gold and finest gold above verse 128 Therefore thy laws I estimate In all things right All false ways hate 17 th Part. To 1. French tune The cleerness and sweetness of Gods Word His great desire thereto and extream sorrow for the generall contempt thereof verse 129 THy testamēts are wōderfull Therefore my soul doth keep them right verse 130 The entrance of thy Word gives light And understanding to the dull verse 131 I long'd gaspt panted for thy laws verse 132 Look thou upon me and be kind As those thy usuall dealing find Whom pure affection tow'rd thee draws verse 133 Order my steps by thy good Word From sins dominion set me free verse 134 From mans oppression save thou me So shall I keep thy word ô Lord. verse 135 Thy face let on thy servant shine And in thy statutes make me wise verse 136 Rivers of tears run down my eies Because they keep no laws of thine The 18 th Part. To 1. Strain tune The singular excellencies of Gods Word and ardent zeal of the Saints thereunto verse 137 LOrd thou art a righteous God indeed And righteous judgmēts hast decreed verse 138 Thy words w ch each cōmādmēt mings Are very righteous faithfull things verse 139 My zeal consum'd me 't was so hot Because my foes thy words forgot verse 140 The pureness of thy word is such That I thy servant love it much verse 141 By me they littl ' or nothing set Yet do not I thy laws forget verse 142 Eternall righteousness is thine Thy law is truth the truth divine verse 143 Trouble and anguish on me seis'd Yet thy cōmandments sweetly pleas'd verse 144 To me this understanding give And I eternally shall live 19. Part. To the 3. first lines of choice tune David prays early and earnestly for audience and deliverance comforts himself in the stabilitie of Gods grace and truth verse 145 WIth all my heart I cry and call Lord hear the words w ch I let fall For I will keep thy Statutes all verse 146 O save me Lord I cri'd to thee Thy testimonies then shall be Most faithfully observ'd by me verse 147 I did prevent the dawning day i th' morning did I cry and pray I made thy Word my hope and stay verse 148 Mine eyes prevent the watches late That I might sweetly contemplate And on thy Word might meditate verse 149 According as thy judgments be And after thy compassions free Lord hear my voice and quicken me verse 150 Lo they draw nigh and neer me press That follow after wickedness But from thy law they far digress verse 151 But thou O Lord art very nigh And thy command'ments generally Are perfect truth and equitie verse 152 Thy testimonies alter never I know of old they must persever For thou hast founded them for ever 20 th Part. To London long tune David sollicits for mercy shews the wretchednes of the wicked and stabilitie of the Word verse 153 WEigh mine affliction set me free For I do mind thy laws verse 154 Make good thy word by quickning me Defend me plead my cause verse 155 Salvation from the wicked flies Who never seek thy ways verse 156 But rich are thy benignities Me by thy judgments raise verse 157 Full many be those foes of mine Which persecute me sore Yet did not I thy laws decline Nor go aside therefore verse 158 Transgressours I with sorrow saw Who kept not thy decree verse 159 Consider how I love thy law In kind love quicken me verse 160 Even from the first thy word is known To be a bulwark sure Thy righteous judgments every one Perpetually endure 21. Part. 2. French tune David professes his constancy in a persecuted condition the comforts of the Word and all-seeing eye of God verse 161 PRinces have persecuted mee Maliciously without a cause Yet stands my heart in fear of thee So much thy Word my conscience aws verse 162 As one that finds the richest prize So do I in thy law delight verse 163 I hate and loath the way of lies But love thy laws for they are right verse 164 Sev'n times a day I give thee praise Even for thy righteous judgments sake verse 165 Great peace have they that love thy ways And no offence they need to take verse 166 Lord I have hoped to partake Of thy salvations welcome ayd And thy command'ments for thy sake To execute have not delayd verse 167 My soul hath kept thy laws contents VVhich great affections in me raise verse 168 I kept thy laws and testaments For thou beholdest all my wayes 22. Part. To 2. French tune David sollicites for mercy confessing his back-slidings verse 169 BEfore thee let my cry come neer Thy faithfull promises to prove O give me understanding cleer verse 170 Admit the humble suits I move For me a sure deliverance raise According as thy promise stands verse 171 My lips shall utter thankfull praise When thou hast taught me thy commands verse 172 All thy commands are righteousness I 'l speak of them with cheerfull voice verse 173 O let thy hands my wrongs redress For of thy precepts I made choice verse 174 I long'd for thy salvation LORD And have delighted in thy laws My soul thy praises shall record verse 175 O
becomes the Saints verse 2 Praise God with Psaltrie Harp voice And ten-string'd instruments verse 3 A new song to the Lord indite Sing loud and play with skill verse 4 For lo the word of God is right His works all truth fulfill verse 5 Justice and Judgement he doth love His goodness fils all coasts verse 6 The word of God made heav'n above His Spirit all their hoasts verse 7 He watry seas collected keeps And heaps the billows curl'd In storehouses he layes the deeps O fear him all the world verse 8 In awe of him let all men stand That dwell from sun to sun verse 9 For it stood fast at his command He spake and it was done verse 10 The counsels which the heathen take The Lord doth bring to nought And their device doth fruitlesse make VVhat ere the people thought verse 11 The counsell of the Lord stands sure And so for ever shall Th' intentions of his heart endure To generations all 2. Part. Argument Gods speciall and common providence the creatures vanity and Gods All-sufficiency to help in hardest times verse 12 THat nation's blest whose God 's the Lord That people's blest whom he Hath chosen of his own accord His heritage to be verse 13 The Lord looks down from heaven high Beholding all abroad All mortall mans posterity verse 14 From place of his abode In all the earth and all the parts The dwellers he surveys verse 15 Alike he fashioneth their hearts And all their works he weighs verse 16 No num'rous host can save a King Their corp'rall strength saves none verse 17 A horse of save 's a meer vain thing His great strength saves not one verse 18 Behold Gods eye tow'rds them set ope That him in rev'rence have And them that in his mercies hope verse 19 Their souls from death to save To keep alive when death's destroy verse 20 Our soul waits for the Lord He is our help our shield our joy verse 21 In whom our hearts accord Because we have put confidence In his most holy name verse 22 The mercy Lord to us dispence As we hope in the same PSAL. XXXIV To Martyrs tune Argument David by his own practice and experience inciteth to praise and trust in God AT all times I will blesse the Lord Thy praise ô Lord of hoast verse 2 My busie mouth shall still record My soul in him shall boast The humble wondrous glad shall be In hearing of the same verse 3 O magnifie the LORD with me Let 's all exalt his Name verse 4 I sought the Lord he gave good ear And all my terrours dash't verse 5 They look'd to him inlight'ned were Nor was their face abash't verse 6 This poor man cri'd the Lord did hear And all his troubles end verse 7 Gods Angels tents are pitched near Gods children to defend verse 8 O taste and see how good God is Who trusts in him is blest verse 9 O fear the Lord ye Saints of his Such shall not be distrest verse 10 Young Lyons shall be hunger-pin'd Their food shall be so scant But they that seek the Lord to find Not one good thing shall want 2. Part. Argument The way to true happines with the priviledges of the godly and wickeds misery verse 11 COme children hearken unto me Gods fear I teach to you verse 12 Who longs for life good things to see And dayes desires not few verse 13 The lying lips where falshood breeds And wicked words refrain verse 14 Depart from evill do good deeds Seek peace and peace maintain verse 15 Upon the righteous every where God casts intentive eies And opens his attentive ear To their uncessant cries verse 16 'Gainst workers of iniquitie An angry brow he frames To cut from earth the memory Of their detested names verse 17 The righteous cry the Lord doth hear And all their troubles ends verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near And contrite souls defends verse 19 Great are th' afflictions which befall The LORDS most holy ones But God shall help them out of all verse 20 And keepeth all his bones So that not one of them is burst verse 21 But mischief slays the lewd Who hate the righteous shall be curs'd And utterly subdu'd verse 22 The Lord redeems from captive state His servants souls each one And there shall none be desolate That trust in him alone PSAL. XXXV To Oxford tune Argument An earnest prayer against Persecutors LORD plead my righteous cause with those That are with me at strife O fight against my mortall foes That fight against my life verse 2 Lay hold of buckler and of shield My help stand up unto verse 3 Draw out the Spear and keep the field Against them that pursue Say to my soul I 'm thy defence Let shame their hopes controul verse 4 Confusion be their recompence That seek to hurt my soul. Let thy fierce hand them backward strike Confusion may they finde verse 5 Who seek my hurt let them be like The chaff before the winde Let Gods swift Angel make pursuit Close at their heels I say verse 6 Them let Gods Angel persecute In dark and slipp'ry way verse 7 For causlesly within a pit A net for me they hid Even for my soul they digged it And this they causless did verse 8 O let destruction unawares Upon this monster fall And let him having hidden snares Be taken therewithall Even that destruction LORD decree That he fall in the same verse 9 And then my soul shall joyfull be In Gods all-mighty Name And joy in his salvation much verse 10 And all my threat'ned bones Shall say What other God is such VVho saves the needy ones Thou helpest him that stands in need From foes that are too strong The poor from spoilers thou hast free'd And wretched men from wrong 2. Part. Argument The perfidiousness and ingratitude of the wicked verse 11 MOst wicked men against me rise To witness things untrue And charge me with iniquities Whereof I nothing knew verse 12 They did reward my good with ill My love with hate requite And sought my souls destruction still With utmost of their might verse 13 But I their sickness did condole In sackcloth fasted mourn'd The pray'r of mine afflicted soul. Into my bosome turn'd verse 14 I for my foe behaved mee As for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as he That mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe And were together got Base abjects when I did not know They tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts They gnash't their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts Both seen and suffered be Destroying Lyons ô defeat My darling soul defend verse 18 I 'l praise thee in assemblies great Where multitudes attend 3. Part. Argument He prays against the spitefulness of the wicked here described verse 19 LEt not my wrongfull enemies
VVe did consult with sweet content In most familiar kind And to the house of God we went In unitie combin'd 3. Part. Argument Prayer prevails against persecutors provision and protection promised to the godly verse 15 LEt death seize on them speedily And send them quick to hell For there is all iniquitie Among them where they dwell verse 16 But as for me on God I 'l call Defended by his might verse 17 I 'l pray and cry aloud withall At morning noon and night The LORD shall hear me when I pray verse 18 For he preserv'd me whole From battell marshal'd in aray And bent against my soul. For there was many a one with me verse 19 The LORD will surely hear He that abides of old even he And it shall cost them dear Since they no sudden changes see They fear not the most high verse 20 He hath laid hands on such as be With him at unitie He brake the Cov'nant on his part verse 21 His words did fairly sooth While cruell warre possest his heart No butter was so smooth His speeches were more soft then oil Yet pierc't like swords drawn out verse 22 O cast on God thy carefull toil He shall provide no doubt The righteous to be under-trod He never will permit verse 23 But thou wilt bring them down ô God Into destructions pit To bloudy and deceitfull wayes Who ere addicted bee Shall not continue half their dayes But I will trust in thee PSAL. LVI London short tune David maketh God his refuge shewing the crueltie and subtilty of his adversaries HAve mercy LORD on me Whom man would make a prey Behold how he Oppresseth me Contending every day verse 2 They that mine enemies be Would daily me devour For infinite Against me fight O thou of highest pow'r verse 3 What time I am afraid Lo I will trust in thee verse 4 His word will I Still magnifie In God inabling me In Gods assured aid I have repos'd my trust I fear not you What ye can do That are but mortall dust verse 5 My words they utter wrong And every day they wrest Their thoughts are still To work me ill What ever they suggest verse 6 Lo they together throng Themselves they closely hide When as they watch My soul to catch They mark me every stride 2. Part. Argument The sins of the wicked and sufferings of the Saints are for our comfort and their confusion verse 7 SCape they by sins of theirs Nay rather let them fall In angry frown By thee cast down verse 8 Thou tell'st my wandrings all O bottle up my tears These in thy book are plain verse 9 I know when I To thee shall cry My foes shall turn again For God is on my side verse 10 In Gods most holy Name His word will I Still magnifie In God I 'l praise the same verse 11 On God have I reli'd I will not fear for ought That ever can By mortall man Against my soul be wrought verse 12 Thy vows are on me LORD I 'l render praise to thee verse 13 Since thou didst save My soul from grave When death arrested mee O wilt not thou accord To keep my feet upright To walk with grace Before thy face With them that live in light PSAL. LVII To Dutch bass tune David makes God his refuge in great dangers O Lord vouchsafe vouchsafe thy grace Be mercifull to me For my distressed soul doth place Her confidence in thee Yea to the shadow of thy wings I will for refuge fly Untill these lamentable things Be passed quietly verse 2 I 'l cry to God with earnest breath Even unto God most high VVho faithfully accomplisheth My competent supply verse 3 From heaven shall Jehovah send And by his mighty pow'r From their reproach my soul defend That would the same devour God shall send forth his truth and grace verse 4 I lodge in Lions den My soul is pris'ner in a place Among enraged men I lodge with men whose teeth are spears And arrows are their words And those envenom'd tongues of theirs Are like to sharp'ned swords 2. Part. Argument David extends his thanksgivings for deliverance to the coasts of the Gentiles verse 5 O God let thy exalted Name Above the heavens stand Advance thy glory raise thy fame Above both sea and land verse 6 They lai'd a net they dig'd a ditch My soul to take and drown VVithin the very mid'st of which Themselves are fallen down verse 7 My heart is fixt ô God my heart Is fixt upon the thing I 'l praise thy Name with all my art verse 8 My glory wake and sing Awake my Harp and Psaltery My self will early wake verse 9 Among the people LORD will I Thy praises undertake And by my song shalt thou be prais'd Among the heath'nish crowds verse 10 Thy mercy is to heaven rais'd Thy truth doth reach the clouds verse 11 O God let thy exalted Name More high then heaven stand Advance thy glory rear thy fame Above the sea and land PSAL. LVIII Martyrs tune He inveigheth against ungodly Governours and great ones shewing their corruption obstinacy and utter destruction DO ye O Congregation Speak righteousness indeed O humane generation Do ye with truth proceed verse 2 Yea ye in heart work wickedness Ye tyrannize on earth verse 3 Prone are the wicked to digress Estrang'd even from their birth As soon as they be born they erre By lies they go astray verse 4 Such as a Serpent hath in her Such pois'nous breath have they Deaf Adder-like that as shee lies Stops close her wilfull ear verse 5 That charme the charmer nere so wise His voice she will not hear verse 6 O let the eager tusk that hangs Each side their mouth be burst Break out ô God the cruell fangs Of these young Lions curst verse 7 Melt them as running waters flow And when the tyrant heeds To shoot his shafts from bended bow Be they as broken reeds verse 8 So let them pass away on earth As snailes to slime do run Or like a womans timeless birth And never see the Sun verse 9 Before they feel your thornes to prick The Lord shall them disperse The dead and dry the keen and quick As with a whirl-wind fierce verse 10 The just shall see the vengeance then Rejoycing much to see 't And in the bloud of wicked men Victorious wash his feet verse 11 Sure righteous men reap vertues fruits Men shall acknowledge so Sure he is God that executes Just judgement here below PSAL. LIX To new staffe tune A prayer against persecutors describing their villanous and ravenous dispositions FRom all my cruell enemies My God deliver me From them that do against me rise My strong defender be verse 2 Me from the lewd Vain multitude And bloudy men defend verse 3 For lo they lie In secrecie My soul to apprehend The mighty men with one accord Against me do combine
in their mouths appear verse 18 Their makers must Be like them just And so are all that in them trust verse 19 The Lords Name bless His praise express Israels and Aarons house no less verse 20 Let Levi frame To do the same And all that fear his holy Name verse 21 From Sion hill Him bless we will That dwells at Salem bless him still PSAL. CXXXVI London short tune A thankfull commemoration of Gods mercies testifi'd in so many miraculous works UNto the LORD ô ye Give thanks for good is he His mercies sure Do still endure For they eternall be verse 2 The God of Gods proclame With praises to his Name His mercies sure Do still endure Eternally the same verse 3 The Lord of Lords most high With praises magnifie His mercies sure Do still endure To all eternitie verse 4 To him that wrought alone Great wonders many a one His mercies sure Do still endure To ages all made known verse 5 To him that formed by His wisdom all the skie His mercies sure Do still endure To perpetuitie verse 6 That did the earth extend The seas to comprehend His mercies sure Do still endure And never have an end verse 7 To him whose pow'r divine Did make great lights to shine His mercies sure Do still endure Not subject to decline verse 8 The Sun to rule and sway The motions of the day His mercies sure Do still endure And never fall away verse 9 The Moon and starres of light He made to rule by night His mercies sure Do still endure For they are infinite 2. Part. Argument A memoriall of Gods mercies to his Church and judgement on our adversaries verse 10 TO him your thanks devote VVho Aegypts first-born smote His mercies sure Do still endure Of everlasting note verse 11 And from among them all Brought Isr'el out of thrall His mercies sure Do still endure And so for ever shall verse 12 With arm out stretched and VVith his Almighty hand His mercies sure Do still endure For they eternall stand verse 13 To him that did divide The Sea on either side His mercies sure Do still endure And evermore abide verse 14 And Isr'els passage made Amidst it to evade His mercies sure Do still endure And never fail nor fade verse 15 But Pharaoh did confound His hoast in red Sea drown'd His mercies sure Do still endure And ever shall abound verse 16 To him that led his own Through deserts all unknown His mercies sure Do still endure As permanent alone verse 17 To him that smote and slew verse 18 Great Kings and famous too His mercies sure Do still endure And so shall ever do verse 19 King Sihon he did smite That Giant Amorite His mercies sure Do still endure Continuing day and night verse 20 And OG of Bashan King He did to ruine bring His mercies sure Do still endure An unexhausted spring verse 21 And did their land engage To be an heritage His mercies sure Do still endure Out-wearing time and age verse 22 That heritage befell His servant Israel His mercies sure Do still endure Times constant parallel verse 23 Who thought on our estate When low and desolate His mercies sure Do still endure And bear eternall date verse 24 Redeeming us from those That were our mortall foes His mercies sure Do still endure A spring that ever flows verse 25 For he provideth meat Whereof all flesh may eat His mercies sure Do still endure For ever most compleat verse 26 The God of heaven therefore With thankfull thoughts adore His mercies sure Do still endure Henceforth for evermore PSAL. CXXXVII Southwell tune Israels excessive lamentation in the Babylonian captivitie the crueltie of the enemies and Gods dreadfull curse upon them BY Babels Rivers deep There sate we down to weep And thinking still On Sion hill Our tunes in teares we steep verse 2 Our harps untun'd unstrung On willow-trees wee hung verse 3 Where they of us Required thus Sing us a Sion-song And even there did they That carried us away In captive state And desolate Urge us to sing and play They mirth of us demand Tho wasted by their hand verse 4 How shall our tongues Tune Sions Songs Here in a forein land verse 5 Jerus'lem if thou be Forgotten here of me In forein land Let my right hand Forget her facultie If I forget thee ever Then let me prosper never But let it cause My tongue and jaws To cleave and cling together verse 6 If for Jerusalem I do not quite contem ' All joys that be And count not thee Above the chief of them verse 7 Remember LORD the spite Shew'd by the Edomite Thus did they say In Salems day Down with it raze it quite verse 8 O daughter Babylon Whose ruine now comes on Oh happie he That does to thee As thou to us hast done verse 9 And blessed be his pains That dasheth out the brains Of little ones Against the stones VVhen Babels judgment raigns PSAL. CXXXVIII Davids tune David praises God for outward and inward mercies proclaming the comforts of the Gospel and his hope of further favours BEfore the Gods thy praise I 'l sing My heart shall have regard verse 2 Thy praise to utter worshipping Thy holy Temple-ward Thy praise for thy compassions tri'd And truth will I proclame For thou thy Word hast magnifi'd Yea more then all thy Name verse 3 That day whereon I cri'd to thee Thou answeredst me again With inward strength thou strength'nedst me My soul for to sustain verse 4 All Kings on earth shall give thee praise VVhen they shall hear thy words verse 5 Yea singing walk along thy wayes Such great fame is our LORDS verse 6 Though God be high he hath respect To such as lowly be But all proud persons doth neglect Sure thou wilt quicken me verse 7 Yea though I walk in midst of woes Thy hand shalt thou extend Against the wrath of all my foes Thy right hand shall defend verse 8 VVhat me concerns will God fulfill Most firm thy mercy stands Forsake not Lord but succour still The work of thine own hands PSAL. CXXXIX The all-seeing eye of God and admirable workmanship of mans creation O Lord thou hast me searcht and known verse 2 My sitting down thou know'st My rising up my thoughts each one Thou see'st when distant most verse 3 Thou compassest my path my bed And all my ways dost note verse 4 There 's not a word my tongue hath said But thou dost fully know 't verse 5 Behinde before thou hast beset And on me lay'd thy hand verse 6 Such knowledge is too great to get Too high to understand verse 7 Where from thy Spirit shall I go Or from thy presence fly verse 8 Make I my bed in hell below Or climb to heaven high Behold thou art in each of these verse 9 If mornings wings me bear To dwell in parts of utmost seas