hunger-pin'd 2. Part. Argument Gods providence towards poor prisoners sick persons though incurring their miseries by their sins verse 10 SUch as in darkness have abode With shade of death ore-cast VVhom irons and afflictions load VVhich fetters bind them fast verse 11 Because Gods word was scornfully Rebell'd against by them The counsell of the Lord most high Because they did contem ' verse 12 With labour sore he tam'd their pride They fell quite succourless verse 13 In trouble then to God they cri'd He sav'd them from distress verse 14 From shade of death darksom night Which they were subject under He brought them out to life and light And brake their bonds asunder verse 15 O that the Lord might reap due praise For every wondrous deed And goodness show'd in all his waies To mans unworthy seed verse 16 The gates of brass he broke in two And iron bars divide verse 17 Fools for offences which they do Great miseries abide verse 18 Their soul abhors all kind of meat To gates of death draws near verse 19 They cry to God in troubles great He saves them from their fear verse 20 He sent his word and heal'd them then From ruines were they rais'd verse 21 O that the Lord so good to men Were for his goodness prais'd And for his wondrous works likewise To us that mortall are verse 22 And bring him thanks for sacrifice His works with joy declare 3. Part. Argument Gods rare providence over Seamen verse 23 THey that in ships go down to Seas And have affairs to do verse 24 In waters great such men as these Gods wonders see into His works in deeps discern do they verse 25 For he commandeth oft The storming wind to stir the Sea VVhich lifts her waves aloft verse 26 They mount to heav'n and back again Down to the deeps they roll The dangerous trouble they sustain Dissolves their very soul. verse 27 They stagger like to drunken men And reeling to and fro verse 28 Almost besides their senses then They cry to God in wo. He them from their distresses saves verse 29 And doth proud storms asswage Becalms the Seas tumultuous waves And stills their boist'rous rage verse 30 Then have they rest the tempest past And are most joyfull for 't And so he brings them at the last To their desired Port. verse 31 O that the Lord were duly prais'd For all his goodness then And for his mighty wonders rais'd To all the sons of men 4. Part. Argument All sorts exhorted to praise God that raiseth the poor and depresseth the proud the blessedness of such as observe Gods providence verse 32 AMong the people gathered Let them exalt his Name Among assembled Elders spread His most renowned fame verse 33 He springs of waters waterless And rivers deserts makes verse 34 A fruitfull land all barrenness For wicked dwellers sakes verse 35 Dry wilderness again he brings Into a standing VVell Dry desert ground to water-springs verse 36 Wherein the hungry dwell Inhabited Cities to prepare verse 37 To sow each neighb'ring field Plant vineyards with industrious care Increasing fruits to yeeld verse 38 Such blessings are on them confer'd That they are much increast Not suffering them of all the herd To lose a sory beast verse 39 Again they are diminished And brought to low estate Through great affliction suffered Distrest disconsolate verse 40 He on their Princes powres disgrace And causeth them to stray In solitary desert place Where is no beaten way verse 41 Yet saves the poor from misery sets him on safeties rock And makes him up a family Like to a num'rous flock verse 42 This thing the righteous shall behold Rejoycing in the same And all iniquitie controll'd Shall stop her mouth with shame verse 43 Who so hath wisdom from above These matters to record Ev'n they shall understand the love And kindness of the Lord. PSAL. CVIII London short tune David praises God and prays for the enlargement of his kingdom a type of Christs O God I fix my heart My glory bears a part And as my tongue So shall my song Praise thee with musicks art verse 2 VVake harp and psaltery Right early wake will I verse 3 Thy praises Lord Will I record The people standing by I 'l praise thee with my song The nations all among verse 4 To heavens high To clouds of skie His truth and mercies throng verse 5 Exalted be thy Name Above the heavens frame Let earth below The Trumpet blow Of thy renowned fame verse 6 That thy belov'd of thee Delivered may be Thy help command With thy right hand And kindly answer me 2. Part. Argument David hoping to enlarge his kingdom according to Gods promises depends wholly on Gods power verse 7 IN holiness God spake Which doth me joyfull make Shechem my share And Succoth are To measure out and take verse 8 Manasseh Gilead's mine And Ephraim I 'l assign VVhile Judahs tribe My laws prescribe To keep this head of mine verse 9 My washpot Moab shall be Edom I 'l tread on thee Philistia do Thou triumph too And that because of mee verse 10 But who will be my guide To Edom fortifi'd verse 11 Lord wilt not thou Assist us now That hast before deni'd O Lord wilt thou refrain 〈◊〉 Armies to maintain verse 12 Thy help afford In trouble Lord For mortall succour's vain verse 13 VVith Gods assistance crown'd VVe shall do acts renown'd For he it is The pow'r is his That shall our foes confound PSAL. CIX To new staffe tune David fearfully cursing Judas with a propheticall spirit leaves a dreadfull example to deter all false hypocrites and furious persecutors O God my praise my just cause plead verse 2 The lewd deceitfull throng Their mouths have open'd and inveigh'd Against me with false tongue verse 3 VVith words of spight And causless fight They compass me about verse 4 Even for my love My foes they prove But I ply pray'rs devout verse 5 Much hate for love to me they show And ill for good reward verse 6 Some wicked man set ore my so To be a Master hard Let Satan stand At his right hand verse 7 VVhen judgement shall begin Appoint that he Condemned be And turn his pray'r to sin verse 8 His office let another take Cut short his treach'rous life verse 9 His children wretched orphans make VVith widowhood vex his wife verse 10 Let 's children fly Continually Abroad as vagrants base And begging fed Seek out their bread In ev'ry desolate place verse 11 Let merciless extortioners Catch all he hath away And let some greedy foreiners Of 's labours make a prey verse 12 Stir up no friend That may extend Relief in his distress And let there no Man favour show Unto his fatherless 2. Part. Argument as before verse 13 CUt off the race that from him breeds With everlasting shame And in the age that next succeeds
His Sanctu'ry was Judah there He rul'd in Israel verse 3 The sea saw that and fled for fear And Jordan backward fell verse 4 Th' affrighted mountains skipt like rams Low hillocks like young sheep verse 5 What JORDAN reaâ—â—d thy water-dams Why fled the liquid deep verse 6 What made ye ô ye mountains dance Like tim'rous flocks of rams Ye little hills how chance how chance Ye skipt like frighted lambs verse 7 O earth in great Gods presence quake Even Jacobs God that brings verse 8 The stony rock to standing lake The flint to water-springs PSAL. CXV London long tune Great glory appropriated to God the derision of Idols and Idolaters LOrd not to us Lord not to us But give thy Name renown And let thy works miraculous Thy truth and mercies crown verse 2 O wherefore should the heathen cry Now where 's their God become verse 3 Our God he is in heaven high And all he pleas'd hath done verse 4 Their Idols gold and silver be The handy-work of man verse 5 Have eyes and mouths but do not see Nor speak at all they can verse 6 Have ears but do not hear a jot Have noses but no sent verse 7 Proportion'd hands but handle not And feet but never went Their hollow throats no breath goes through verse 8 Their makers like them are And so are all that trust thereto The workâ—man like the ware 2. Part. Argument The Church exhorted to praise God as most interessed in his mercies verse 9 O Isr'el trust in God that must Thy shield and helper be verse 10 In him ô house of Aaron trust Their help and shield is he verse 11 Trust in the Lord your help and shield All ye that do him fear verse 12 His blessing to us he will yield Still mindfull of us here In Isr'els house he 'l bless them all And Aarons house no less verse 13 His fearers all both great and small The Lord will surely bless verse 14 Of you and of your children too VVill God increase the birth verse 15 The blessed of the Lord are you That formed heav'n and earth verse 16 The highest heavens are the Lords Even all the heavens are so But he the spacious earth affords To sonnes of men below verse 17 The dead to silence that go down Do never praise the Lord verse 18 But we will still his Name renown Do ye his praise record PSAL. CXVI To 2. French tune David gives humble thanks for great deliverance from extream temptations I Love the Lord who heard my cry And to my suits good ear did give verse 2 VVhich since to me he did apply I 'l call upon him while I live verse 3 Sorrows of death did me infold Trouble and anguish on me came The pains of hell on me gat hold verse 4 Then call'd I on Jehovahs Name O Lord I pray to thee alone From sorrows pit my soul to pull verse 5 The Lord 's a gracious righteous one Yea and our God is mercifull verse 6 He saves the simple when opprest I was brought low he helped me verse 7 My soul return unto thy rest God hath dealt bounteously with thee verse 8 My soul from death thou didst preserve Mine eyes from tears my feet from falls verse 9 I 'l walk before thee thee to serve Here where the living on thee calls verse 10 I have beleev'd therefore I spoke Tho scorched in afflictions fire verse 11 I said for passion did provoke Tush every man is found a lier 2. Part. Argument David studies true gratitude and celebrates his deliverances in publick verse 12 LOrd what requitall shall I make For all thy benefits to me verse 13 Salvations cup lo I will take And therewithall will call on thee verse 14 My vows to God I 'l render there Yea now in all his peoples eies verse 15 The death of all his Saints sincere The Lord doth very highly prize verse 16 I am thy servant certainly I am a servant of the Lords Thy handmaids son O Lord am I And thou hast loost thy servants cords verse 17 I 'l give thee thanks for sacrifice And on the Lords Name I will call verse 18 I 'l pay my vows to God likewise In sight of these his people all verse 19 In Sions Courts I 'l render them In Gods own house in midst of thee Of thee ô great Jerusalem O therefore praise the Lord with me PSAL. CXVII 1. Strain tune The Gospel truth and grace of God joyfull to all Nations O All ye Nations praise the Lord Ye people all his praise record verse 2 For very great and marvellous His loving kindness is to us His truth endures for evermore O praise his holy Name therefore PSAL. CXVIII York tune An exhortation to praise God as most worthy and to trust in him as most safe THe Lord the Lord is good and kinde O give him thanks therefore Because we do his mercies finde Continued evermore verse 2 Let Israel say this very day His mercies still prevail verse 3 Now let the house of Aaron say His mercies never fail verse 4 Let them that fear the Lord confess His mercies still remain verse 5 I call'd upon him in distress He answered me again verse 6 A spacious place he brought me to The Lord doth take my part For all that man to me can do No fear shall seiz my heart verse 7 God with my helpers takes my part And I fulfill'd shall see VVhat I desired in my heart On en'mies hating me verse 8 It 's better for a mans defence To trust in God alone Then for to put our confidence In any mortall one verse 9 Yea it is better to repose Our confidence in thee Then for to put our trust in those That pow'rfull Princes be 2. Part. Argument The triumphant and typicall victories of David to the great joy of the Church verse 10 ALL Nations compast me about Whom yet I overcame For I shall surely root them out In Gods assistant Name verse 11 They compast me about I say They compast me about But in the Name of God shall they Be all destroy'd no doubt verse 12 Like to a swarm of angry bees They compast me about But like a fire of bramble trees Are soon again put out Yea I shall soon destroy them all In Gods assistant Name verse 13 Thou thrustedst sore to make me fall But God my help became verse 14 The Lord 's become my strength and song And my salvation sweet verse 15 Salvations voice joys sweet tongue In just mens dwellings meet verse 16 The Lords right hand doth valiantly The Lords right hand 's renown'd The Lords right hand 's exalted high With valiant actions crown'd verse 17 I shall not die but still draw breath Gods works to testifie verse 18 Thou didst not give mee ore to death Though sore chastis'd was I. 3. Part. Argument David magnifies God for choosing him a contemptible person to the
my pray'r O Jacobs God give ear verse 9 O look on thine anointeds face O Lord our shield behold verse 10 For in thy Courts a days short space Excells a thousand-fold In thy fair Temple I profess I 'd rather keep a dore Then in the tents of wickedness Have dwelling evermore verse 11 For God the Lord to Israel is A constant Sun and Shield He will vouchsafe his grace to his And glory freely yield From them that walk in upright way No good thing hold will he verse 12 Lord God of hoasts how blest are they That put their trust in thee PSAL. LXXXV Martyrs tune He praiseth God for deliverance from the Babylonian captivitie praying God to make it compleat LOrd thou hast dealt most favourably With thy beloved land And Jacobs hard captivitie Brought back with pow'rfull hand verse 2 Thou to thy people Lord didst please To seal a pardon free Their grievous sins and trespasses Are covered all by thee verse 3 Thy vehement wrath thou hast allayd Fierce anger turn'd to peace verse 4 Turn us ô God our saving ayd Thine anger tow'rds us cease verse 5 Wilt thou be angry evermore And not thy wrath recall Wilt thou draw out thy wrath so sore To generations all verse 6 Lord shall not we by pow'r divine Again revived bee That so the people that are thine May much rejoice in thee verse 7 Lord grant us thy salvations aid Thy mercy let appear verse 8 Of God the Lord what shall be said That will I gladly hear He to his Saints and people deer Will utter words of peace But let them take a warning here And former follies cease 2. Part. Argument He prophecies honour and happiness to the Church in token of the good things of the Gospel verse 9 SAlvation sure is neer at hand To them that do him fear That glory may invest the Land And be a dweller here verse 10 Now truth and mercy both do meet And both in one consist Now righteousness and peace do greet And mutually have kist verse 11 Justice from heaven shall look down While truth from earth shall spring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall Israel crown With gifts of each good thing Our land shall yeeld her fruits no doubt verse 13 The righteousness of God Shall go before and point us out The way that he hath trod PSAL. LXXXVI London long tune The transcendent goodness and greatness of God incouraging prayers LOrd bow thy ear and hear my plaint A needy wretch and poor verse 2 Since thou hast made me for a Saint My troubled soul secure O thou my God thy servant save verse 3 Be mercifull to mee Who trust in thee and daily crave And call and cry to thee verse 4 Rejoyce O Lord thy servants heart I lift my soul to thee verse 5 For good and gracious Lord thou art And to forgiveness free To all that call upon thy Name Most rich in mercies fruits verse 6 O Lord attend the prayers I frame Mark well my voyce and suits verse 7 I 'l call for thou wilt answer me In my most troublesome time verse 8 Among the gods is none like thee Nor any works like thine verse 9 All nations which thy hands did frame Thee Lord shall come before And there to glorifie thy name Submissively adore verse 10 For thou art God yea God alone Thy pow'r great wonders doth verse 11 O Lord to me thy way make known I 'l walk in all thy truth 2. Part. Argument As before UNite my heart to fear thy name verse 12 Then Lord my God will I Applaud and magnifie the same To all eternity verse 13 For tow'rds my soul in every deed Thy mercy doth excell Which thy peculiar pow'r hath freed Even from the lowest hell verse 14 The proud are risen for my fall My souls destruction sought By violent men assembling all On thee they have not thought verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind Suffâ—ing no little space Compassions store in thee we find And plenteous truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me that I may live Thy grace to me extend Thy strength unto thy servant give Thy handmaids sonne defend verse 17 Some good apparent sign afford That hatefull foes may see And be asham'd because thou Lord Didst help and comfort mee PSAL. LXXXVII Coventry tune The happy priviledges of the Church typed by Sion SIons foundations edifice In holy mountains lies verse 2 Whose gates Gods love Doth far above All Jacobs dwelling prize verse 3 O city of God thy structures frame Obtains a glorious name verse 4 Rahab for one And Babylon I to my friends will name Philistia Ethiop Tyre lo there verse 5 This man was made an heir And Sion they Shall point and say Did this and that man bear The high'st himself shall stablish her verse 6 And this mans birth refer To Sion mount So make his count When hee shall register verse 7 As well the voyce of him that sings As him that tunes the strings Of musick sweet Therein shall meet In thee are all my springs PSAL. LXXXVIII To sinners tune Heman in the deep dungeon of affliction destitute of all outward comforts maketh lamentable complaint I Cry'd before thee day and night Lord God my saving aid verse 2 O let my cries come in thy sight And all the pray'rs I pray'd Incline thin ear unto my cry verse 3 My soul is fill'd with woes My life unto the grave drawes nigh Because opprest with those verse 4 Numbred with them that pass down-right The path to pit they tread I 'm like a man that hath no might verse 5 And free among the dead Even like slain men's my present state Which in the grave do rot Which from thy hand are separate And utterly forgot verse 6 Thou hast me laid in lowest caves Beneath deep darkness barr'd verse 7 Afflicting me with all thy waves Thy wrath doth press me hard verse 8 My ' quaintance far remov'd thou hast And made them me abhor As one whom now shut up so fast There 's no redemption for 2. Part. Argument Hee humbly sues for redress of his grievous afflictions while there was yet hope MIne eye laments a burd'nous load Of sorrows multipli'd Lord I have stretch'd my hands abroad To thee I daily cry'd verse 10 Intend'st thou Lord said I to shew Thy wonders to the dead Shall dead men rise again that so Thy praises may be spread verse 11 Shall we thy loving kindness Lord Within the grave express Shall in destruction men record Thy truth and faithfulness verse 12 Shall we in darkness understand Thy wonders manifold And in oblivions cloudy land Thy righteousness behold verse 13 I' th' morning I to thee will pray Yea Lord I cry'd to thee verse 14 Why dost thou cast my soul away Why hide thy face from mee verse 15 I am afflicted like to die Suffring
from youth to age I am distracted while that I Indure such wrath and rage verse 16 Thy fierce displeasure o'r me goes Thy terrours cut me down verse 17 And every day they me inclose As streams that threat to drown They all together me invade verse 18 Thou sep'rat'st friend and lover And darkness with it's misty shade Doth my acquaintance cover PSAL. LXXXIX Dutch tune Ethan magnifies Gods love and faithfulness to the house of David verse 1 MY song for ever shall express The mercies of the Lord My mouth shall all his faithfulness From age to age record verse 2 For mercy shall said I be built For ever to indure Thou in the very heavens wilt Thy truth establish sure verse 3 I with my chosen have agreed To faithfull David swore verse 4 My servant I will fix thy seed To stand for evermore To ages all thy throne I 'l raise verse 5 And heav'n shall find a tongue Thy wondrous faithfulness to praise Thy gathered Saints among verse 6 In heaven who may any way With our Lord God compare VVho of the glorious Angels may So bold compar'son dare verse 7 The Saints assemblies that are his Must greatly fear his Name And all that round about him is Must reverence the same 2. Part. Argument Gods goodness to the Church in creation and government of the world verse 8 O Lord of hosts what god excels Like thee with great pow'r crown'd Thy faithfulness who parallels In all thy circuits round verse 9 The restless raging of the seas Thou rulest at thy will Her swelling waves thou dost appease And mak'st it calm and still verse 10 Thou brok'st in pieces Egypts land Like one that slaught'red lies Thou hast with thine almighty hand Disperst thine enemies verse 11 The heavens and the earth are thine The world and all inclos'd Thou foundest by that pow'r divine verse 12 Which North and South compos'd Tabor and Hermon wondrously Shall in thy Name delight verse 13 Thy hand is strong thy right hand high Thy arm is full of might verse 14 Justice and Judgement on thy throâ— Retain a dwelling place Pure truth and mercy joyn'd in one Shall go before thy face verse 15 That people blessed we record That knows the joyfull sound Thy countenances light ô Lord Shall safely them surround verse 16 Even them thy righteousness shall raise And they shall take delight verse 17 In thy great Name that is their praise And glory of their might Thy favour such that shall there spring Our horns advancement thence verse 18 For Israels holy one 's our King The Lord is our defence 3. Part. Argument Prophecies and promises to Davids house recorded verse 19 IN vision to thy Saint was said For then thou mad'st it known Lo I my helping hand have laid Upon a mightie one verse 20 A chosen Israelite I crown'd With holy Oil have I My servant David whom I found Anointed purposely verse 21 Mine hand shall stablish his success Mine arm shall make him strong verse 22 No foe no sonne of wickedness Shall crush or do him wrong verse 23 I 'l crush his foes before his face Plague them that do him hate verse 24 But will my faithfulness and grace With him perpetuate â—is horn shall be exalted high By my great Names command verse 25 I 'l stretch to th'Seas his soveraigntie To th'river his right hand verse 26 Thou art my Father he shall cry So invocate my Name My God my rock my sure supply Whence my salvation came verse 27 Him my first-born will I advance All earthly Kings above verse 28 And ever grant continuance Unto him of my love My cov'nant shall with him stand fast verse 29 His seed shall still endure And I will make his throne to last As dayes of heaven sure 4. Part. Argument He shews that God corrects his people but never casts them off verse 30 IF Davids seed forsake my Law Not execute my will verse 31 If from my precepts they withdraw Not my commands fulfill verse 32 They shall be sure that I their God Their wickedness and sin With scourges of a smarting rod To visit will begin verse 33 But of my loving kindness yet I will not him bereave Nor will my faithfulness permit To take a finall leave verse 34 My cov'nant with my chosen King By me shall ne'er be broke Nor will I alter any thing Which once my lips have spoke verse 35 Once by my holiness I swore To David I 'l not lie verse 36 His seed shall last for evermore His throne before mine eye verse 37 Like Sun and Moon it shall be fixt For ever they shall be Heavens faithfull witnesses betwixt My chosen King and me 5. Part. Argument He complains of great distress besall'n the house of David seeming to disprove Gods promises verse 38 BUt thine anointed now abhor'd Thou hast cast off in wroth verse 39 Made void thy servants cov'nant Lord The cov'nant of thy troth By casting down to ground thou hast Profan'd his sacred crown verse 40 Of his strong holds made wofull waste His hedges all broke down verse 41 All passengers do him destroy He is in en'mies scorn verse 42 And all his foes thou mad'st to joy And liftest up their horn verse 43 Yea thou hast turn'd and blunted quite His swords puissant edge And for to stand it out in fight Thou hast not been his pledge verse 44 His glory thou hast caus'd to cease And cast his throne to ground verse 45 His youthfull days thou didst decrease And him with shame confound 6. Part. Argument He prays for restauration of Davids kingdome considering Gods faithfull promises and the greatness of the adversaries verse 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy face Shall thy continuall rage Flame out as fire so long a space verse 47 O think of my short age Why hast thou made all men in vain verse 48 What man draws vitall breath That shall his soul from grave detain And not at all see death verse 49 Thy former loving kindnesses Which thou didst swear and vow To David in thy righteousness O Lord where are they now verse 50 Remember Lord thy Saints reproach What taunts my bosome bears VVhich all the mighty people broach Thine en'mies taunts are theirs verse 51 Wherewith they have reproacht the ways Of thine anointed King verse 52 To God be everlasting praise Amen Lord grant the thing PSAL. XC London long tune Moses prays God the eternall stay of the Church to sanctifie the many mortalities of Israel in the Wilderness for their sinnes LOrd thou hast been our dwelling place In generations all Thou wast ere there was forme or face Of creature great or small verse 2 Before the mountains had their birth The world or smallest clod Of all this vast and spacious earth Thou art eternall God verse 3 But as for man that 's made of clay He 's
THE BOOK OF PSALMS IN METRE CLOSE AND PROPER TO THE HEBREW SMOOTH AND PLEASANT FOR THE METRE Plain and easie for the Tunes With Musicall Notes ARGUMENTS ANNOTATIONS AND INDEX Fitted for the ready use and understanding of all good Christians PSAL. 47. 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 GOD IS KING All lands Commanding PRAISES SING With Understanding Hezekiah commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of DAVID and of ASAPH the Seer c. 2 Chron. 29. 30. LONDON Printed by Matthew Simmons for the Companie of STATIONERS 1644. At the Committee of the House of COMMONS in Parliament concerning Printing April 2. 1644. IT is this day ordered by the said Committee that the Poëticall Translation of the PSALMS by W. B. c. bee entred into the Register-book of the Company of Stationers and Printed JOHN WHITE Tunes for PSALMS of pure Eights i. e. Eight syllables in a line I. The first French Tune is the tune of the old 100. Psalm used every where and may serve for all the Psalms in Eights O come sing we with joyfull noise To our Sal vations surest rock With Psalms of praise and shouts of joys To our Gods presence let us flock II. The second French tune is the old tune of the 10. Commandements used oft in London A God a King of great Command Above all Kings and Gods he is The earths deep places in his hand The strength of hills is also his III. Sweet tune is the tune of the old 51. Psalm used in most places proper for the 77. Ps. 1 p. 119. Ps. 11. p. 142. Ps. and for the 25. observing sembrief pauses â—n the four-lin'd metres Dry land and seas even both of these His holy â—ands did form and frame O come adore with bended knees The Lord our makers blessed Name For he 's our God and none but he we are his pasture-people choice The sheep of his own hand are we If ye this day will hear his voice IV. Choice tune is an easie extract out of the old 113. Ps serveth properly for the 20. 76. 99. Psalms Then harden not your stubborn heart As in the Provocation they In that extreme temp tation day Provok't me in the desert part When as your fathers tempted me They prov'd me and my work did see I forty yeers was griev'd and said This tempting age hath wholly strayd V. 1. Strain tune i. e. a strain viz. the first and third line of the old 113. Ps. instantly learnt and is proper for all Psalms in the form of the 15 th  VI. 2. Strain tune viz. a strain of the old 148. Ps. And also ye c. instantly learnt and is proper for the 70. and 135. Psalms Moreover these two strains put together make a most compleat and proper tune for the 23. 26. and 146. Psalm This people have in heart digrest And have not known my path most blest To whom therfore In wroth I swore They should not enter in my rest Single tunes of Eights and Sixes VII Martyrs tune proper for sweet and sad ditties used commonly in all places Sing to the LORD a new-made song For he hath marvails done His holy hand and arm most strong The victorie hath wonne VIII Coventry tune proper for sweet and solemn ditties mixt with fours like the 8. Ps. used in private families in London The Lord almighty hath made known His sa ving health and might His truth he openly hath shown In all the Heathens sight IX York tune proper for joyfull ditties used every where and may best serve for both the Coventry tunes to those that cannot sing them Tow'rds Israels honour'd house hath he Re membred truth and grace The earth did his salvation see Declar'd in every place X. Davids tune most proper for joyfull ditties used now frequently in London Make joyfull noise unto the LORD All dwel lers in the earth Make noises lowd his praise record â—n songs of joy and mirth XI Cambridge old tune proper for sad and solemn ditties mixt with foure like the 40. and 41. used in most places With Harp and Psalms melodious voice And Trumpets to him sing With sound of Cornet eke rejoyce Before the LORD the King XII Pause tune used in Coventry most proper for the 49. 52. and 111. Psalms Let seas and shores rejoyce their fills And both roar out with noise Let waving floods and towring hills Clap hands and joyn in joys XIII London long tune proper for solemn ditties and used every where Before the LORD whose comming shall The earth with judgement try Judging the world and people all With truth and equitie XIV Oxford tune proper for sad ditties such as the 6. and 7. Psalms used commonly in all places Behold how much it doth excell And what great joy to see When Brethren do together dwell In perfect unitie XV. Dutch bass tune used commonly in Cambridge and of late in Aldermanbury it agrees in consort with the tune following so that it is all one whether you take for they may be sung both together It s like the precious ointment which was powr'd on Aarons crown Which to his beard and gar ments rich Even to the skirts ran down XVI Dutch tune proper for mixt ditties is the most excellent and ordinary tune in all England Like pearly dew of Hermon hill Or Sions silver show'rs Blessings of life for ever still The LORD upon them powrs Double tunes of Eights and Sixes XVII Sinners tune proper for the saddest ditties in the form of the 38. 51. 88. as the tune of that which was called The humble suit of a sinner A most excellent tune mnch used of old Hard by the brooks of Babylon We sate down weeping there When Sion hill we thought up on Each thought enforc't a tear Amidst it there green willows were Whereon our harps we hung For they that led us captive there Requir'd of us a song XVIII Old England tune is the tune of the old 119. Psalm fiâ— for mixt ditties and may be used for any staffe tune of eights and sixes being best known but when it is put to any of them with four-lin'd metres as the 143 145. 148. it must be observ'd with sembrief pauses which the very meeters will point at And they that wasted us that day Did ask and urge us thus Sing one of Sions songs said they And make some mirth for us What tongue can tune or utter them In forein land what heart If I forget Jerusalem My right hand lose its art XIX New tune or New staffe tune proper for Psalms of mixt forms viz. the 12. 59. 94. 101. 109. 120. is the old tune of Te Deum onely paused and altered in a line or two to fit the metres If I do not remember thee My tongue be speech less quite If thou be not preferr'd of me Above my chief delight And now O Lord full well re cord The sonnes of Edoms cry Thus did they say In Salems day
Raze raze it utterly XX. Magnificat tune a most delicate joyfull tune used frequently of old and not fit to be forgotten O daughter Babel thou whose fall And ruine is design'd O happy is the man that shall Reward thee in thy kind He shall be blessed for his pains That takes thy little ones And dasheth our their infants brains Against the pavement stones Tunes of Sixes and Fours XXI Short Staffe tune is the same with Where righteousness doth say onely perfected in the 3. and 7. line It is proper for mixt ditties like the 36. Psalm O praise the LORD all lands All people praise his Name Whose marvailous kind love to us Deserves eternall fame His truth eternall stands On firm and sure record For evermore Do ye therefore Give praises to the LORD XXII London short tune is the tune of the old 67. Psalm used in all places And may serve for all the tunes of sixes and fours Thy Church Lord bless and keep So that it perish never Nor onely keep but feed thy sheep And lift them up for ever XXIII Southwell tune proper for sad ditties as the 13. Psalm Lord God of Hoasts incline And cause thy faâ—â— to shine Turn us to thee And then shall we For ever saved be XXIV New verse tune a most sweet tune fit for dolefull ditties as the 57. Psalm So we whom thou dost call Thy flock and peo ple shall Bless thee alwayes and spread thy praise To generations all XXV Tune of the old 113. Psalm is proper for the 98. Psalm and for the 9. and 19. parts of the 119. Psalm but they that cannot sing it at large may use onely three first metres Unto the Lord a new song sing For many a great and wondrous thing His mighty pow'r to pass doth brâ—ng His holy arm of soveraigntie And his right hand exalted high Hath gotten him the victorie He hath made known his sa ving might And brought his truth to open light Even in the very heathens sight He graciously hath cald to minde His perfect truth and mer cies kinde As all the house of Israel finde An Apologeticall Preface To the READER Courteous and Christian Reader MAy it please thee to understand that I have collected the most choice and exquisite tunes that are or have been used in all England I have onely added or altered a little in some to make them adequate and suitable to severall forms of metre and to bring some choice strains and ditties into more frequent use leaving multitudes of tunes in Ravenscroft as unnecessary burdensome The Tenor-part of these tunes I have here pricked out both for readines to hit surenes to hold suitablenes to the subject pleasantnes of variety and easines of distinction For to tie our selves to the tunes prescribed will be a better distinction then to print them in staves because they are not all staffe-tunes The want of such an help as this causeth the Clerks to stumble so much upon the same tune and to sing joyfull dolefull ditties all alike and makes the Congregation often to mistake and fall sometimes into severall tunes at once which disturbs the spirits and dulleth the devotion And Reader were it but beleev'd what an easie thing it is to understand the use and meaning of the Musick notes thousands that have good voices would observe inquire and exercise so much as to be able to sing all these Preface-psalms in that variety of tunes whâ—ch are here described and so chaind on purpose as that one may easily fall out of one tune into another all along And whensoever thou wouldst learn a tune by it self repeat those words that bear the burden of it for instance if thou wouldst learn Davids tune use those words Make joyfull noise unto c. for by harping still on the same words a tune is more easily learnt Company and custome the use of an instrument or observation of a chime are excellent and speedy means to learn tunes which I leave to them that list and to them that listen Nevertheless for such as care not or cannot learn and till such learning be attained know that three or four of these tunes every where known and heard of with two or three lines of the old 113. psalm will serve handsomly to sing all the Psalms in the book Now lest any man in this stumbling age should scruple at the lawfulnes of singing Davids psalms as unsuitable to our occasions let him consider that express Scripture 2 Chron. 29. 30. which fully shews their lawfulness and worthiness and the Arguments Annotations and the very Index will convince thee of their suitableness and excellence for surely had people known those types and examples that are written for our learning in the book of psalms they would have acknowledged our state and story contained in them and as fit for our times as for our text Why may not a Christian sing say now with David I will divide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth c. Are not these types of Christ his conquests and hath not every Christian a share in his Saviours Victories 1 Cor. 3. 21. All things are yours c. He conquers for us and we in him And if such a passage as this be currant what can be excepted And what an acceptable service the singing of these psalms is we have evidence in the holy Scripture 2 Chron. 20. 21. 22. When they began to sing and to praise the Lord set Ambushments against the children of Ammon c. Lastly touching the translation it self since Hebrew must be made English English must be made Verse and Verse ryme wee must of necessity admit some alteration and amplification of words although without extravagant excursions of unnecessary paraphrase or frothy flourishes of undivine Poetry But since Poetry is a gift of God too and very notable to kindle quicken and enflame affection Since this gift in the greatest measure is most necessary for such a work as this wherein much majestie and gracefulnes together with plainnes sweetnes cleernes sutable to the capacities of vulgar people and even of so many women is required Me thinks none should be of that mind to tie us so strictly to the prose and text as must constrain us to render it in such rugged ingratefull and mis-shapen verse as many judicious men have already much misliked and such as multitudes of plain people would deem to have neither ryme nor reason One translation I finde little better compacted throughout then this verse And will deliver them He shall Them all deliver from The wicked and shall save them all Because they trust in him Another translation is full of uncouth Hebraisms My heart a good word boyleth servently I to the King do say mine actions My tongue the pen of writer speedily Much fairer art thou then be Adams sons Others are full of extravagancies and incongruities He hath in thee shew'd wonders great O Aegypt void of
6 Thou shalt destroy them that are prone To utter tales and lies God will abhorre the bloudy one And such as fraud devise verse 7 But to thy house will I draw neer In thine abundant grace And worship in thy sacred fear Towards thy holy place 2. Part. Argument He prays for Gods safe protection and sure direction lest he should fall into the power or practise of the wicked here described the sweet and safe condition of the godly verse 8 LOrd in thy justice be my guide Because of all my foes Thy paths lest I should goe aside Before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouths no faithfulness Nor truth have any room Their inward parts meer wickedness Their throat an open tomb They flatter with dissembling tongue verse 10 O God destroy them all By their own counsels going wrong Let them be sure to fall Cast out in their iniquitie And multitudes of sin For lo they have rebelliously Offended thee therein verse 11 But let them all that trust in thee And love thy holy Name Since they by thee defended bee Be joyfull in the same For gladness let them ever shout verse 12 For thou wilt blessings yeeld And guard the Righteous round about With favour as a Shield PSAL. VI. To Davids tune David complains of his sicknes the impossibilitie to serve God in the state of Death the extremitie of his sorrows malignitie of his adversaries he getteth victory over his temptations O Lord my God rebuke me not When thou shalt angry bee When thy displeasure waxeth hot O do not chasten mee verse 2 O Lord have mercy on my soule For I am wondrous weak Lord I beseech thee make me whole My bones with anguish break verse 3 My soul is also vexed sore But Lord how long a space verse 4 Return ô Lord my soul restore O save mee of thy grace verse 5 For after death can no man have Remembrance Lord of thee Who hopes to thank thee in the grave verse 6 My groaning wearieth mee All night I make my bed to swimme My Couch with teares o're-flowes verse 7 Mine eye consum'd with griefe grows dimme Because of all my foes verse 8 From me yee sinners go away For lo my voice that wept The Lord hath heard the Lord I say verse 9 My prayer will accept God heard my suit at my desire verse 10 Let shame my foes confound With suddain shame let them retire And sore vexations wound PSAL. VII To Coventry tune 1. Part. Argument David being forced out of Jerusalem by Absoloms Conspiracy and rail'd upon by Shimei pleads his own innocency O Lord my God I do repose My confidence in thee From all my persecuting foes Save and deliver mee verse 2 Lest like a Lyon cruelly My soul he piece-meal rend And teare it while no Saviour's by To succour and defend verse 3 O Lord my God if I have done This treasonable act Or if my hands have ere begun So treacherous a fact verse 4 If I to him rewarded ill That was with me at peace Yea I did still by my good will My causlesse foe release verse 5 Then let my foe pursue my soul And take and tread it down Trampling my life with proud controul And bury my renown II. Part. Argument David prays for restauration to his Kingdom to minister just judgement to the people after the example of almightie God verse 6 RIse Lord in wrath lift up thy hand Because my foes so storm The Judgement which thou didst cōmand Awaking now perform verse 7 Then shall th' Assembly generally Themselves to me betake Return therefore and sit on high Even for this peoples sake verse 8 His peoples cause the Lord will trie O let my Judgement bee According to th' integritie And righteousnesse in mee verse 9 O put a finall period To lewd mens wickednesse As for the righteous men ô God Establish them no lesse The righteous God tries heart reins And every secret part verse 10 And my defence is by his means Who saves the upright heart 3. Part. Argument God tries the righteous with wise and just corrections plagues the wicked with dire and dreadfull punishments confounding them in their own cursed Counsells verse 11 WIth Judgement will the Lord be sure The righteous to repay And with the lewd and wicked doer God's angry every day verse 12 Unlesse he speedily repent His glittering sword is whet His angry bow the Lord hath bent And hath it ready set verse 13 He hath prepared deadly darts Determining to shoot Choice arrowes at the vip'rous hearts Of those that persecute verse 14 Behold how with iniquitie He travailes in his thought Conceiving mischief craftily And falshood forth hath brought verse 15 He made a pit in digging which Great pains himself did take And now is fall'n into the ditch Which he himself did make verse 16 Upon his own head shall reboun◠His mischiefe spite and hate His violent dealing shall come down And light upon his pate verse 17 Unto the Lord give thanks will I For all his righteous waies And to the Name of God most high Sing chearfull songs of praise PSAL. VIII To Coventry tune David admires God glory most glorious in weak instruments his goodnes to mankinde giving him dignitie and dominion over the inferiour world which Christ taking our nature subdues and sanctifies to us O Lord our Lord how excellent In all the earth 's thy Name Behold thou hast They glory plac't Above the heavens frame verse 2 Weak babes and sucklings thou hast sent To preach thy power and skill That thou might'st so Th' avengefull foe And adversary still verse 3 When I behold attentively The heavens thy fingers frame The Moon on high And starrie skie Which by thine ord'nance came verse 4 What 's man or mans posteritie Think I what wondrous love He should of thee Remembred bee Or visited from above verse 5 For thou hast made him little lower Then Angels in degree And didst him crown With great renown And glorious dignitie verse 6 Thou mad'st him have dominion ore The works which thou hast wrought Beneath his feet Subjection meet Thou hast all creatures taught verse 7 All oxen sheep and fowl with these And cattell him obey What e're the field verse 8 Or aire can yield And fishes of the Sea What ever 's in the paths of Seas Or passeth through the same O Lord our Lord All lands record The splendor of thy Name PSAL. IX To Davids tune Argument David praiseth God for defence of the Church and destruction of the enemies God the supream King and righteous Judge of the world in whom the faithfull happily conside O Lord I 'l praise thy holy Name With true and hearty zeal Thy wondrous works will I proclame And none of them conceal verse 2 In thee be glad in thee rejoyce And to thy Name will I In songs of praise lift up my voice O thou that art most high
power For who are Lords but wee verse 5 Now for th' oppression of the poor And sighs of needy souls I 'l rise saith God and him secure From scornfull foes controuls verse 6 And we are sure Gods words are pure As silver from the mines In furnace tri'd And purifi'd No less then seven times verse 7 Thy people Lord shall be assur'd Preferved by thy grace They shall for ever be secur'd From this ungodly race verse 8 But all the while The base and vile Are set in place of pow'r On all sides then Do wicked men Seek whom they may devour PSAL. XIII To London short tune Argument He complains of desertion and distresse prays for seasonable reliefe and release apprebendeth confidence and comfort HOw long ô Lord of thee Forgotten shall I bee How long a space Wilt hide thy face For evermore from me verse 2 How long in heart condole Take counsell in my soul With daily care O how long bear Exalted foes controul verse 3 Consider hear my cryes Cleer Lord my God mine eyes Lest sleep of death My last-drawn breath Perpetually surprize verse 4 And lest mine enemy say Lo I have got the day And glad they be That trouble me When put beside my stay verse 5 But I thy mercy made The rock whereon I staid My heart in me Shall joyfull be In thy salvations aid verse 6 Unto the Lord will I Sing praises cheerfully Because I felt How he hath dealt With me most bounteously PSAL. XIV London long tune Argument The corruption of mankinde hatred of the godly deliverance pray'd for and expected in all distressed times THere is no God the fool hath thought Corrupt is all the brood Abominations have they wrought And none of them doth good verse 2 The sonnes of men the Lord did view From Heaven to discern If there were any one that knew Or sought Gods will to learn verse 3 But they are all corrupt and nought They all aside are gone Not one that any good hath wrought No verily not one verse 4 Are workers of iniquitie So brutishly mis-led To eat my people greedily Devouring them like bread Upon the Lord they do not call verse 5 There were they in great fear For God will surely be with all The righteous every where verse 6 Ye sham'd the counsell of the poor Whose faith on God was stay'd verse 7 But oh that Israel might procure From Sion saving ayd When God his peoples bondage turns That freedom once is had Then Jacob shall rejoyce that mourns And Israel shall be glad PSAL. XV. 1. Strain tune Argument The description of a true Isralite LOrd who shall have a dwelling place In Tabernacles of thy grace Thy holy hill who shall possess verse 2 Sure he that worketh righteousness That walks upright and speaks the truth And this even from his heart he doth verse 3 He that backbites not with his tongue Nor doth his neighbour any wrong Nor taketh up tho others broach Against his Neighbour a reproach verse 4 Vile men are in his eyes abhor'd But honoured they that fear the Lord. That changeth not what once he swears Tho he the loss and dammage bears verse 5 That puts not out his coin whereby To gain by biting usury Nor takes reward to circumvent Or prejudice the innocent He that doth these things is approv'd And never shall that man be mov'd PSAL. XVI Oxford tune Argument David professeth and praiseth his interest in God and charity to the Church he disclaimeth merit and idolatry LOrd save me for I trust in thee verse 2 Sincerely from my heart I have acknowledg'd thee to bee My Lord and so thou art My goodness unto thee I know Can never have extent verse 3 But to the Saints that live below The truly excellent In whom my sole delight is plac't verse 4 But questionles all those That after other Gods make haste Shall multiply their woes The bloud of their drink-offering I 'l not present the same Nor move my lips in mentioning Of their detested name verse 5 The Lord is mine inheritance And portion of my cup Of mine allotted maintenance Thou art the holder up verse 6 To me successfully the lines In pleasant places fell The heritage which God assignes To me doth much excell 2. Part. Argument He praiseth God for his Spirit and providence professeth his hope of resurrection and life everlasting verse 7 I Bless the Lord by whose good means I was advis'd aright Yea by his counsell have my reins Instructed me by night verse 8 I set and still conceiv'd to stand The Lord before my face Because he is at my right hand Shall nothing me displace verse 9 With joyes and consolations fresh This therefore fils my brest Glad is my glory and my flesh In certain hope shall rest verse 10 My soul in hell thou wilt not leave Nor ever wilt permit Thy Saints dead body to receive corruption in the pit verse 11 The path of life thou shew'st to mee And joyes abundant store At thy right hand there are with thee And pleasures evermore PSAL. XVII York Tune Argument He prays for audience professing his sincerity LOrd hear the right attend my cry Unto my prayer give heed That doth not in hypocrisie From fained lips proceed verse 2 My sentence let come forth from thee And let thine eyes be mov'd Things equall to behold and see For thou my heart hast prov'd By night thou tri'st me but shalt find In me no wickedness For I am purpos'd in my mind My mouth shall not transgress verse 4 Concerning works of men profane Thy lips did guide me so That from the paths I do refrain Wherein destroyers go verse 5 Uphold my goings Lord my guide In those thy paths divine So that my foot-steps may not slide Out of those paths of thine verse 6 For I have duly call'd on thee Sure thou ô God wilt hear Lord hear my words incline to mee And lend a gracious ear verse 7 Thy wonderfull kind love disclose Oh thou whose strong right arm Saves all that trust in thee from those That rise to do them harm 2. Part. Argument He prays to be delivered from the wicked the scourge of the godly their temporall prosperitie and eternall destruction verse 8 Preserve me Lord from hurtfull things As th' apple of thine eie Oh hide me underneath thy wings verse 9 From lewd mens tyrannie From deadly foes that have intrapt My soul on every side verse 10 In their own fat they are inwrapt Their mouths are fraught with pride verse 11 They have encompassed us round In our own foot-steps now And down unto the very ground They bend their lowring brow verse 12 Like th' eager Lyon that doth long To take his prey in chace And as it were a Lyon young That lurks in secret place verse 13 Lord rise and disappoint him then And cast him
glorified for the victories of Christ and the Church the true seed of David verse 46 O Blessed be my rock of power That ever doth abide And let the Lord my Saviour Be highly magnifi'd verse 47 'T is God that hath avenged me My people he subjects And my Deliverer is he That me from foes protects verse 48 Above them hast thou rais'd my head That did my hurt conspire And me from him delivered VVhom fury set on fire verse 49 Among the heathen for this thing Thy praises I 'l proclame And cheerfull songs of triumph sing To thy victorious Name verse 50 Full great deliv'rance he doth bring And mercy keeps in store For David his anointed King And HIS seed evermore PSAL. XIX To Davids tune 1. Part. Argument The creatures shew Gods glory the Scriptures his grace and saving knowledge THe heavens give to understand The glory of the Lord The operations of his hand The firmaments record verse 2 Night unto night hath knowledg show'n And day with day confer'd verse 3 And speech or language there is none Where their voice is not heard verse 4 Their line doth close and comprehend The vast earth round about Unto the worlds remotest end Their words are passed out The Lord a TABERNACLE there Did for the Sun compose verse 5 Which as a Bridegroom doth appear That from his chamber goes Rejoycing for to run a race Like to a champion stout verse 6 At heavens farthest distant place Begins his going out And he to heavens utmost end His circuit makes compleat And there is nothing can defend Or hide it from his heart verse 7 The law of God is perfect pure The soul it purifies His testimonies are most sure And make the simple wise PSAL. XIX 2. Part. Argument The names and properties of the Scriptures the benefit of obeying them which makes the godly sue for grace verse 8 THe statues of the Lord are right And consolate the mind His precepts pure affording light To eyes by nature blind verse 9 Gods fear is clean from all defects And alwayes doth endure His Judgements just in all respects And truth it self no truer verse 10 Far more then many treasur'd summes Of gold to be embrac't Far sweeter then the hony-combes Or hony to the taste verse 11 They are thy servants monitors How he his life should frame A great reward 's provided for 's If we observe the same verse 12 But who can all his errours see O cleanse my heart within verse 13 From secret faults ô keep thou mee From all presumptuous sin O let it have no Regiment In me at any time And then shall I be innocent And cleer from greatest crime verse 14 The meditations of my heart And every word I say Take in good part ô Lord that art My Saviour strength and stay PSAL. XX. To choice tune Argument David going forth to battell offers sacrifice the Church prays confidently for acceptation and success LORD hear thee in this troublous day The name of Jacobs God defend verse 2 From Sion be thy strength and stay Help from the Sanctuary send verse 3 Thine offrings all in mind be kept He thy burnt Sacrifice accept verse 4 Thy hearts desire he grant thee still And all thy counsels LORD fulfill verse 5 We will rejoyce in thy defence And spread our banners in the name Of thee our God and confidence LORD hear thy prayers and grant the same verse 6 Now know I God will save from harm With saving strength of his right arm And heareth his anointed one From heav'n his high and holy throne verse 7 Some hope in Charets help to find And some in horses hope the same But wee will ever bear in mind The Lord our Gods all-helpfull name verse 8 They are brought down fallen quite But we are ris'n and stand upright verse 9 Save LORD let the King give ear Now when we pray our prayers to hear PSAL. XXI To Dutch tune Argument David gives thanks for victory and the rich blessings of God O LORD in thy salvation The King shall much delight With joy and exultation In thy great strength and might verse 2 For what his heart desir'd to have Thou granted'st every thing And what his lips of thee did crave Was not deni'd the King verse 3 With thy good blessings powred down Thou hast him richly sped And thou hast set a royall crown Of pure gold on his head verse 4 He ask't thee life and thou did'st give To him that blessing prime Even length of dayes that he might live An everlasting time verse 5 He glorieth most exceedingly In thy salvations aid For honour and great majestie Thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Of blessings ever-flowing streams Thou did'st to him impart And with thy countenances beams Rejoyc'd his joyfull heart verse 7 For LORD the King unfainedly Doth put his trust in thee And through thy mercie ô most High Remov'd he shall not be 2. Part. Argument The consuming wrath of Christ against all implacable adversaries verse 8 THy right-hand shall thy foes disclose Thy hand thy haters all verse 9 And fiery ovens shall burn thy foes What time thy wrath shall fall The Lord shall swallow them in fume Fire shall devour them then verse 10 Their fruit shalt thou from earth consume Their seeds from sons of men verse 11 For they against thee did intend A most mischievous thing But cannot bring to passe the end Of their imagining verse 12 Lord thou shalt make them for these things To turn their backs apace Charging thine arrows on thy strings Against their stubborn face verse 13 In thy peculiar strength O Lord Thy matchless glory raise So shall due cheerfull songs record Thy powers deferved praise PSAL. XXII To Oxford tune 1. Part. Argument David complains of desertion and disdainfulness of his enemies remembers to his comfort Gods ancient dealing with the Saints MY God my God wherefore hast thon Forsook me O wherefore Why art so far from helping now When I do cry and rore verse 2 My God I cry even all day long Yet hear'st thou not my moan All night I cannot hold my tongue verse 3 But thou 'rt an only one Thou that inhabit'st Israels praise verse 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee In thee they trusted all their dayes And thou did'st set them free verse 5 They cry'd to thee and by the same A blest deliverance got And trusting in thy holy Name Confounded were they not verse 6 But I 'm not reckned for a man A despicable worm A meer reproach of men I am Whom all the people spurn verse 7 All they that see me laugh O God Shoot out the lip do they And shake their heads with scornfull nod And thus they speak and say verse 8 He trusted that the Lord would be A Saviour for his sake Let him deliver him since he In him delight did take 2. Part. Argument Gods
originall providence to his Saints a complaint of savage adversaries and extreme afflictions verse 9 EVen from the womb which me possest O Lord thou took'st me thence When I was on my mothers brest Thou wast my confidence verse 10 I from the naked womb was cast Upon thy care alone Thou from my mothers belly wast The God my soul doth own verse 11 Be not far from me trouble 's neer And none to help me out verse 12 So many bulls have every where Incompass'd me about Strong Bashan bulls encompassing Prevent me all escape verse 13 Their wide mouths like a ravening And roaring Lion gape verse 14 Like water I am shed and sunk My bones dis-joynted all My heart within my bowels shrunk Like molten wax doth fall verse 15 My strength is like a potsheard dri'd My tongue cleaves to my jawes In dust of death to be and bide Thou dost thy servant cause verse 16 For dogs have me invironed Assembled wicked bands Have me inclos'd and compassed They pierce my feet and hands verse 17 Yea I may reckon every bone On me they gaze and stare verse 18 Upon my vesture lots are thrown And they my garments share verse 19 But Lord my strength make haste to help And be not far from me verse 20 My darling soul from cruell whelp And bloody sword set free verse 21 Lest I by Lions mouths be torn Save and deliver me For from the horns of Unicorns Thou heard'st me pray to thee 3. Part. Argument The relief of the afflicted the dainties of the Gospel conversion of the Gentiles and successions of the Church verse 22 O Lord I will declare thy Name Among my brethren dear And I will spread thy praise and fame In congregations here verse 23 O yee his Saints that fear the Lord Praise him in word and deed Glorifie him with one accord O all yee Jacobs seed Yee seed of Israel do no less But always fear the Lord verse 24 Because th' afflicted souls distress He never hath abhorr'd He did not such a soul despise Nor unaffected hide From him his favourable eies But heard him when he cry'd verse 25 In great resort I 'l spread thy fame And pay my vowes I will Before them all that fear thy Name verse 26 The meek shall eat their fill They shall that seek him praise the Lord Your hearts shall live for ay verse 27 The worlds vast ends shall all record And turn to God shall they All kindred nations shall to thee In humble worship fall verse 28 The kingdoms gods and he shall bee Supreme of nations all verse 29 All sat ones on the earth shall eat And worship him they must And they must bow before his seat That stoop and lick the dust His own soul none can keep alive verse 30 A seed shall serve the Lord A Generation shall survive Which we for his record verse 31 They shall come forth and there declare His righteousnesse to those That born in after ages are That God did thus dispose PSAL. XXIII To the 2. French tune Argument The sure supply of the Saints THe Lord 's my Shepherd to provide No wofull want shall I abide verse 2 In pastures best He makes me rest He leads me by still waters side verse 3 Restores my soul as guide thereto For his names sake in paths most true verse 4 Though I invade Deaths horrid shade That darksome valley walking through Yet I will fear no kind of ill For thou art ever present still VVith me O God They staffe thy rod My heart with heav'nly comforts fill verse 5 My table thou hast furnish't so Even in the presence of my foe Thine ointment spread Upon my head Making my cup to overflow Yea all my lifes continued space verse 6 Surely thy goodness and thy grace Shall follow me Thy house shall be My ever constant dwelling place PSAL. XXIV Dutch Bass tune Argument He exhorts to receive Christ the King of the world describes the Citizens of his spirituall Kingdome THe earth 's the Lords with all her goods And all the worlds contain verse 2 He â—tablish'd it upon the floods And fixt it on the main verse 3 VVho in Gods holy place may stand His hill ascend unto verse 4 The pure in heart and clean in hand VVhose oaths are just and true VVho suffers not his soul to cleave To Idols most abhorr'd verse 5 He shall undoubtedly receive The blessing from the Lord. From God his Saviour he shall speed VVith gifts of saving grace verse 6 O Jacob this thy seekers seed Ev'n theirs that seek thy face verse 7 Yee everlasting doors stand ope Yee gates lift up the head And give the King of glory scope Within your courts to tread verse 8 Who is this glory-crowned King His royall name record In battell always conquering The Strong and mighty Lord. verse 9 Yee everlasting doors stand ope Yee gates lift up your head And give the King of glory scope Within your courts to tread verse 10 Who may this Kingly person be And all the glory his The Lord of hosts and none but he The King of glory is PSAL. XXV To Sweet tune Argument David sueth for Gods protection and pardon of his sins specially those of his youth LOrd I lift up my soul to thee verse 2 In thee my God I trust repose O Let not me Ashamed be Nor over-topt by envious foes verse 3 Put none to shame whom goodness draws To wait upon thy holy name Who break thy lawes Without a cause Let them be rather put to shame verse 4 Shew me thy paths teach me thy way verse 5 Lead in thy truth and teach my heart On thee all day I wait and stay For thou my God and Saviour art verse 6 Thy tender loving kindnesses And thy sweet mercies manifold O Lord now please To think on these For they have ever been of old verse 7 My great transgressions what they be Nor yet my sins of youth record In mercy free Remember mee Even for thy goodness sake O Lord. verse 8 The Lord 's a good and upright one To them therefore that go aside Will he alone His ways make known verse 9 The meeke will he in judgement guide He to the meek will teach his way verse 10 Lo all his paths are truth and grace To such are they As do obey His covenant and his laws imbrace verse 11 Lord I beseech thee earnestly For thy names sake I thee intreat To pardon my Iniquity For it is most exceeding great 2. Part. Argument He prayes for help in affliction and the like for the Church verse 12 WHat man is he whom God indues With grace and care the Lord to please To him God shews What way to choose verse 13 His soule shall also dwell at ease His seed shall have inheritance here verse 14 His secret will the
Lord disclose To them most clear That do him fear And he to them his covenant shows verse 15 Mine eyes on God are ever set By whose great help I make no doubt My feet to get Out of the net For he shall surely pluck them out verse 16 Turn thee to me compassionate Affliction hath me over-charg'd Behold my state Is desolate verse 17 And troubles of my heart inlarg'd O bring me out of my distress verse 18 Behold th' affliction I am in What painfulness Doth me oppress And Lord forgive me all my sin verse 19 Consider my malicious foes For very many such there be Rank hatred shows It self in those And cruelly they hated me verse 20 O keep my soul from them that plot And unto me deliverance send O let me not Be sham'd a jot For on thy name do I depend verse 21 Let innocence and uprightness Preserve me for I trust in thee Lord grant redress Of all distress verse 22 That Israel so redeem'd may be PS AL. XXVI To the 2. French tune Argument Davids integrity and love to the ordinances he avoydeth the ungodly way and unhappy end of the wicked MY righteous judgement Lord decide For I in innocence abide Still walking just In God I trust And therefore sure I shall not slide verse 2 My heart examine prove and try My secret reins O Lord descry verse 3 Thy kind love lies Before mine eyes And walked in thy truth have I. verse 4 I have not with vain persons sate For hypocrites I am no mate verse 5 The multitude Of sinners leud I verily detest and hate I do not sit with wicked bands verse 6 In innocence I wash my hands So I no doubt VVill press about The place whereon thine Altar stands verse 7 VVith thankfull voyce there to declare And publish all thy wonders rare Such love did I Continually Unto thy habitation bear verse 8 O Lord I love that dwelling place The house of thy frequented grace verse 9 My soul joyn not With sinners lot Nor yet my life with bloody race verse 10 Within whose hand is villany Their right hand full of bribery verse 11 But as for me I 'll constant be Walking in my integrity Redeem me grant me Lord thy grace verse 12 My foot is in an even place I will record Thy praise O Lord Before the congregations face PSAL. XXVII To Martyrs tune 1. part Argument Davids care to serve God is his crown and comfort against all adversaries and afflictions THe Lord 's my saving health and light Why should I be dismaid He of my life 's the strength and might Why should I be afraid verse 2 When as mine enemies and my foes Most wicked persons all To eat my flesh against me rose They stumbling down did fall verse 3 Tho hosts against me pitch their tents Should fear my heart surprise No I will be thus confident Tho wars against me rise verse 4 One thing of GOD I have desir'd Which I will seek for still That I till life be quite expir'd May dwell in Sions hill That there within his house I may The Lords faire beauty view Enquiring for the blessed way VVithin his Temple true verse 5 In tabernacles of his grace He shall securely lock And hide me in their secret place And set me on a rock In his pavilion shall he me In troublous times inclose verse 6 And now my head shall lift up be Above my neighbouring foes I therefore to his tents professe My offrings for to bring A sacrifice of joyfulnesse VVill I present and sing Yea to the LORD sing praise will I verse 7 Lord hear me when to thee VVith earnest voice I call and cry Have mercy answering me 2. Part. Argument The sweet ecchoes of a gracious heart the providence of God to the Saints in want of worldly friends verse 8 WHen as thou said'st seek ye my face My heart said unto thee I 'l seek thy face Lord grant thy grace verse 9 And hide thee not from me In anger cast me not away Nor leave thy servant quite Forsake me not thou wast my stay O God my saving might verse 10 When parents leave will God provide verse 11 To me thy wayes disclose And in a plain path be my guide Because of all my foes verse 12 Deliver not to enemies To have their will on me False witnesses against me rise That breath out cruelty verse 13 And surely I had fainted then But that I hop'd to see Here in the land of living men GODS goodness shew'd to me verse 14 Wait on the LORDS assistant Name Thy heart with courage stay And he shall fortifie the same Wait on the LORD I say PSAL. XXVIII To York tune Argument He prayeth for the Church and curseth the wicked hypocrites and atheists O LORD my rock I cry to thee To me ô be not dumbe Lest if to me thou silent be I like dead men become verse 2 My supplications audible Hear when I call to thee When tow'rd thy holy Oracle My hands up-lifted be verse 3 With wicked doers devoid of grace O draw me not away Which speak their neighbours fair to face But secretly betray verse 4 Repay their deeds and handy-works Indeavours and desarts With all their wickedness that lurks In their malicious hearts verse 5 Since they Gods works did not regard Nor what his hands fulfill'd Destruction sure is their reward God shall them never build verse 6 Blessed be God because he heard My supplications voice My hearts repose and help conferr'd Which make it much rejoyce verse 7 The LORD' 's my strength my shield my tow'r I 'l sing his praise alone verse 8 The LORD' 's their strength Saviour Of his anointed one verse 9 Thine heritage LORD bless and keep So that it perish never Nor onely keep but feed thy sheep And lift them up for ever PSAL. XXIX To Davids tune Argument Potentates exhorted to praise the supream King for the wonders of nature and the people of God for their perpetuall protection YE mighty to the LORD give you Deserved strength and fame verse 2 O give the LORD the glory due To his most facred Name In beauteous place of holiness VVorship the Lord most high verse 3 VVho doth his pow'rfull voice express In waters of the skie Lord God of glory's thunders fly From elements watry tow'r verse 4 Gods voice is full of Majesty Gods voice is full of pow'r verse 5 God thundring voice let fall thereon Breaks down the Cedars tall The Lord in thee ô Lebanon Makes Cedar trees to fall verse 6 He makes them skip as young calves do VVith tottering earth-quakes torn Mount Lebanon and Syrion too Like youngling Unicorn verse 7 Gods voice doth flames of fire divide verse 8 The Lord's voice deserts shakes Yea Kedesh desert terrifi'd VVith his dread thunder quakes verse 9 God's voice doth through the forests pierce And hindes to
calve compells And all his house his praise reherse Each tongue his glory tells verse 10 The Lord upon the floods sits King His kingdome shall not cease verse 11 The Lord will strength to Israel bring And blesse his Church with peace PSAL. XXX Dutch tune Argument David magnifies Gods everlasting mercies by his happy recoveries from momentany miseries LOrd I 'l extoll thee with my voice For I 'm advanc'd by thee Thou hast not made my foes rejoice Nor triumph over mee verse 2 To thee my God complain'd I have Thou Lord hast made me whole verse 3 And from the all-devouring grave Brought back my gasping â—oul That I to pit should not go down Thou sav'dst my life O Lord verse 4 Sing ô ye Saints the Lords renown His holiness record verse 5 His anger in a moment's past Life from his favour springs Tho weeping for a night may last The morning comfort brings verse 6 In my prosperitie I said I shall not moved be verse 7 So strongly was my mountain laid And favour'd so by thee Thou didst thy face obscure and hide And trouble did invade verse 8 Then LORD to thee to thee I cri'd And supplication made verse 9 What profit is there in my bloud VVhen I to pit go down Shall from the dust thy praises bud Shall dust thy truth renown verse 10 LORD I beseech thee hear me now In that which I have pray'd Have mercy on me and be thou My all-sufficient ayd verse 11 To joyfull dancing thou hast turn'd My sorrows dolefull noise My sackcloth loos'd wherein I mourn'd And girt me round with joys verse 12 To th' end my tongue may sing thy praise And never silent be O Lord my God through all my dayes Will I give thanks to thee PSAL. XXXI To Oxford tune Argument David resignes himself to God IN thee ô LORD I put my trust O put me not to shame Deliver me as thou art just By that most righteous Name verse 2 O down to me thy quick ear bow With speed deliverance send A rock of strength an house be thou Thy Servant to defend verse 3 For LORD thou art the rock tower VVhereto I me betake Then lead and guide me by thy power O GOD for thy Names sake verse 4 Pull me from close nets laid for me In thee my strength doth stand verse 5 My Spirit I commit to thee And to no other hand Lord God of truth I 'm thy redeem'd verse 6 All them have I abhorr'd That lying vanities esteem'd But I trust in the LORD verse 7 I in thy mercies will be glad Yea much rejoyce in those For thou hast weigh'd what cares I had And known my soul in woes verse 8 Thou hast not in mine enemies hand Inclos'd me by thy doom But made my stedfast feet to stand In large and spacious room 2. Part. Argument New persecutions renew his supplications verse 9 IN mercy send me Lord relief Whom troubles great befall My mournfull ey 's consum'd with grief My belly soul and all verse 10 My life my yeers my strength my bones Have all together fail'd Consum'd and spent with sighs grones Of wickedness bewail'd verse 11 I was a scorn to all my foes And to my friends a fear And specially reproach't by those That were my neighbours near When seen without they from me fled verse 12 And I am quite forgot As men are out of mind when dead I 'm like a broken pot verse 13 For many slanders have I heard On every side was fear While they together have conferr'd And all against me were They thought to take my life away verse 14 In thee my trust did stand Thou art my God I us'd to say verse 15 My times are in thy hand From persecuting foes of mine And enemies hands me take verse 16 Thy face let on thy servant shine Save me for mercies sake verse 17 Since LORD I call'd upon thy name From shame thy servant save Let wicked men be put to shame And silence in the grave verse 18 These lying lips silence and choak That with contempt and pride Such grievous things have lewdly spoke And righteous men bely'd 3. Part. Argument The great happiness of the Saints in this life verse 19 HOw great thy treasur'd mercies be For them that fear thy name And wrought for them that trust in thee Where men behold the same verse 20 Thy secret presence from mans pride Shall keep them safe and sure Thy close pavilion shall them hide From strife of tongues secure verse 21 The Lord his kindness hath dispenc'd To me in wondrous sort As in a City strongly fenc'd His name be blessed for 't verse 22 I said in haste thou hast cast mee Off from before thine eyes Yet heardst thou when I cry'd to thee My supplications cryes verse 23 O all yee precious Saints of his The LORD sincerely love For every true believer is Preserved from above He plenteously rewards proud doers verse 24 Take courage and he shall Confirm that valiant heart of yours O yee believers all PSAL. XXXII To Cambr. old tune Argument The free forgiving grace of God and benefit of penitent confession O Blessed man is hee Whose sins God passeth by verse 2 And covering them reputes him free From all iniquity Whose spirit entertains no guile verse 3 For while I held my tongue My weary bones wax'd old the while Through roaring all day long verse 4 Thine hand on me was burthensome Each day and night throughout My nat'rall moysture is become As sommers parching drought verse 5 Confessing humbly then did I My sins to thee reveal And did not mine iniquity In any point conceal I said I will to God confess What all my sins have bin And thou forgav'st the wickedness And guilt of all my sin verse 6 Hence all good men thy grace shal crave VVhat time thou mayst be found Nor rising flood nor roaring wave Them ever shall surround verse 7 And hiding place I have of thee Thou shalt preserve from wrongs And round about encompass mee VVith sweet salvations songs 2. Part. Argument He profers to direct Saints and sinners unhappy they that brutishly reject his counsell verse 8 I Will direct thee faithfully The way that thou shalt go And guide thee with my watchfull eye That I may teach thee so verse 9 O be not like the horse and mule By reason nothing led VVhose mouth the bit and bridle rule Lest they too neer thee tread verse 10 For certainly to men unjust Shall miseries abound But him that in the Lord doth trust Shall mercy compasse round verse 11 O all yee righteous men rejoyce And in the Lord delight VVith joyfull shouts lift up your voyce All yee whose hearts are right PSAL. XXXIII York tune 1. Part. Argument The admirable stability of Gods works and counsels in the Trinity of persons YEe righteous in the LORD rejoice For praise
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
mark and mind In peace he ends his days verse 38 But them that wilfully offend Together God shall slay And this shall be the wickeds end To be cut off for ay verse 39 But righteous mens salvation Of God Almighty is In times of tribulation He is a rock to his verse 40 And sure the Lord will help command To aid and keep the just And save them from the wickeds hand Because in him they trust PSAL. XXXVIII To Oxford tune Argument David laments his sickness sin and sorrow his bitter enemies and false-hearted friends ME Lord in wrath do not controul Nor scourge in fury fierce verse 2 Thy heavie hand sinks down my soul Thine arrowes deeply pierce verse 3 My flesh no soundnesse hath within Because thou art displeas'd My bones by reason of my sin By no means can be eas'd verse 4 The load of mine iniquities Which o'r my head doth roul Even as a heavie burthen lies Too heavie for my soul. verse 5 Because my foolishness was such My wounds corrupted stink verse 6 I am bow'd down exceeding much And under troubles sink I all the day lament afresh verse 7 Fill'd with a loath'd disease That leaves no soundness in my flesh And on my loyns doth seize verse 8 Feeble I am and broken sore Disquietness doth grinde My wofull heart and makes me rore verse 9 LORD thou know'st all my minde My groaning is not hid from thee verse 10 My grieved heart doth pant My strength and ey-sight faileth me My eyes their light do want verse 11 My lovers friends and all my kin Far from my sore retire verse 12 And they lay snares to take me in Who 'gainst my life conspire And they that seek to do me wrong Do speak mischievous things And base deceits ev'n all day long Are their imaginings 2. Part. Argument Davids patience and prayer in affliction verse 13 AS deaf I heard not and as dumb My lips I never stirr'd verse 14 Thus like a man did I become That doth not hear a word And in whose mouth is no reproof verse 15 But LORD in thee I trust Thou hear'st me to my souls behoof O Lord my God most just verse 16 For hear me ô my Lord said I Lest their insulting pride Should them against me magnifie My foot being slipt aside verse 17 Before me still my sorrows are Ready I am to halt verse 18 For my transgressions I 'l declare with sorrow for my fault verse 19 But still how lively foes have I And they are strong beside And they that hate me wrongfully Are greatly multipli'd verse 20 They are mine adversaries too That good with ill repay Because I carefully pursue A good and godly way verse 21 O Lord my God forsake me not Far from me never be verse 22 My Saviour ô defer no jot But haste to succour me PSAL. XXXIX To Cambr. old tune Argument David troubled at wicked mens prosperitie answers it with consideration of the vanitie and brevitie of life I Will look to my waies I said Lest with my tongue I fin My mouth as with a bridle staid I 'l carefully hold in VVhile wicked men before me stood verse 2 As dumb I spake no word I held my peace yea ev'n from good Then was my sorrow stirr'd verse 3 My heart within me waxed hot While musing hereabout The fire fierce burning ceased not At last these words burst out verse 4 Lord make me understand mine end And dayes most certain date That I may fully apprehend The frailty of my state verse 5 Lo thou hast made my dayes a span Mine age as nothing deem'd Meer vanitie is every man At best estate esteem'd verse 6 Sure each man walks in vainest show In vaine are mortals vext He heaps up wealth and doth not know What gath'rer shall come next 2. Part. Argument David expos'd to contempt by consuming afflictions is patient and prays for respite to improve his short life to the best advantage verse 7 ANd now ô Lord my hope 's in thee All other hopes forborn verse 8 Forgive my sins and save thou me From fools reproach and scorn verse 9 Lo I was dumb and nothing spoke Because the deed was thine verse 10 O Lord revoke from me thy stroke Which while I feel I pine verse 11 When thy rebukes man undergo'th Of sin-chastising pain It wasts his beautie like a moth Sure every man is vain verse 12 Lord hear my prayer my cries attend Not silent at my tears A sojourner my dayes I spend As all my father 's theirs Mine is a strangers residence verse 13 O spare me Lord therefore Restore my strength ere I go hence And shall be seen no more PSAL. XL. To Cambridge old tune David magnifies Gods mercies to himself and admires the greatness of them to his Church FOr God I waited patiently Plung'd in a dreadfull pit My cry he heard And did regard And pluckt me out of it verse 2 He brought me out of miry clay And to a rock me led My feet to stay In safer way My steps he stablished verse 3 New songs put in my mouth did he His praises to record Many shall see And fear by mee And trust upon the Lord. verse 4 Blest man whose faith and whole repose In God doth firme abide And no whit knows The proud nor those To lies that turn aside verse 5 O Lord my God how marvellous The works which thou hast wrought How numerous Are towards us The thoughts which thou hast thought No man can reckon what they are In order unto thee Would I compare And them declare They cannot numbred be PSAL. XL. 2. Part. Argument The circumcised heart and ear of the Saints the perfect obedience of Christ and publication of the Gospel verse 6 NO sacrifice dost thou desire Nor offering brought thee in None made by fire Dost thou require Nor offering brought for sin But thou hast opened mine ear verse 7 Then said I lo I come Thy volumes bear Me witness there Thy book contains the sum verse 8 My God I joy to do thy will Thy law is in my heart Where throngs do fill Thy Sions hill Thy truth will I impart verse 9 Lo I my lips have not refrain'd O Lord thou know'st no less verse 10 With heart restrain'd Have not retain'd Or hid thy righteousness verse 10 And thy salvation have not I Conceal'd in any sort Thy truth nor thy Benignitie From all the great resort verse 11 VVith-hold not thou ô Lord from mee Thy tender love therefore Thy favour free And truth let be My keepers evermore 3. Part. Argument David shews the grievous persecution and gracious preservation of the Saints verse 12 INnumerable woes infold And mine iniquities On me take hold So uncontroll'd I cannot lift mine eyes More mis'ries do my soul assail Then hairs are on my head They so prevail My heart doth fail By
them discouraged verse 13 O Lord defend me Lord so please My help make haste unto verse 14 Confusion seize And shame on these That my souls hurt pursue VVho wish me ill ô cause that they VVith shame repulsed be verse 15 Destruction pay Their shame that say Aha Aha to me verse 16 Let them that seek thee in thee joy VVho thy salvation love Let them reply Continually Extoll'd be God above verse 17 A poor and needy wretch am I Yet not of God forgot My help and my Assur'd supply My God ô tarry not PSAL. XLI To Camb. old tune Argument Gods goodness to the poor and to such as pitie them the hypocrisie and maliciousness of our adversaries THe man is blest by whom the poor Is duly thought upon The Lord will sure His peace procure When troublous times come on verse 2 The Lord will his preserver be And him alive will save Great blessings hee O Lord from thee On earth is sure to have He shall not be delivered Unto his enemies will verse 3 But on his bed Be strengthened VVhen he is weak and ill His bed all made when sick and sore verse 4 Be gracious LORD to mee I said therefore My soul restore For I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies speak ill of me When comes his dying day And when shall we Survive to see His perished name say they verse 6 If visit me he complements His heart it self doth load With vile intents All which he vents VVhen ere he goes abroad 2. Part. Argument The malâ—ce of persecutors and mercies of God verse 7 MY haters all lie whispering Against my soul combin'd Some hurtfull thing On me to bring Devise they in their mind verse 8 An ill disease doth him surprise And cleaves to him so fast That now he lies He shall not rise But breath 's say they his last verse 9 Mine own intire fed trusted friend Disdainfull heels did he Against me bend verse 10 But Lord extend Thy mercy soon to me And raise me to requite the blow verse 11 I have thy favour got By this I know Because my foe Ore me triumpheth not verse 12 I am upholden by thy grace In mine integritie Thou dost me place Before thy face And that perpetually verse 13 The Lord the God of Israels name For ever day by day And all his fame Let us proclame Amen Amen I say PSAL. XLII To London short tune David expresses his great desire to the publick Ordinances and delight in the remembrance of them EVen as the Hart when he For brooks of water pants So after thee My soul in mee When Lord thy presence wants verse 2 My soul doth thirst for thee The living GOD most dear O when shall I Approaching nigh Before the Lord appear verse 3 My tears my meat have been Wherewith I sup and dine Both night and day While still they say Where is that God of thine verse 4 My soul dissolves within While I these thoughts renew'd Because that I Had formerly Gone with the multitude VVe to Gods Temple went VVith voice of joy and praise Where there ensu'd A multitude Observing holy dayes verse 5 Why art thou discontent My soul why dost thou grieve Why should'st thou be So mov'd in me O still in God believe Still shall I give him praise For his sweet favours aid verse 6 But ô my God I 'm undertrod My soul in me 's dismaid VVherefore in these sad dayes Remember thee I will From Hermon and Swift Jordans land And Missars little hill 2. Part. Argument David in deep affliction incourageth his soul in God verse 7 THy water-spouts and deeps Each other do invite Thy waves and all Thy billows fall And overwhelm me quite verse 8 He loving kindness keeps Remembred still by day His song shall be By night with me To God my life I 'l pray verse 9 I 'l say to God My rock Why hast forgot me so And why go I So heavily Oppressed by my fo verse 10 My foes reproachfull mock Doth pierce my heart like swords While where is thy Good God they cry And daily use such words verse 11 O why dost thou permit These sorrows to depress O why my soul Dost thou condole With such unquietness Hope thou in God even yet His praise shall I record Who doth advance My countenance And is my gracious Lord. PSAL. XLIII To Oxford tune David longeth after the Ordinances and incourageth his soul in God IUdge me ô Lord and plead my cause Against th'ungodly train From subtill tyrants greedy jaws My righteous soul sustain verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God Why do I mourning go Cast off by thee and undertrod By my imperious fo verse 3 O send out light and truth divine To lead and bring me neare Unto that holy hill of thine And tabernacles there verse 4 Then to thine Altar I will press Of God my wondrous joy O God my God thy Name to bless My harp I will employ verse 5 Why art thou then disquieted Within me ô my soul VVhy art thou thus discouraged Let faith thy fears controul And hope in God thy help to be Whom I shall still applaud My countenances health is he And my most gracious God PSAL. XLIV Old England tune He sets out Gods ancient mercies to the Church renouncing all confidence in themselves O God our fathers have us told We heard it with our ears VVhat works thou did'st in times of old In those rare days of theirs verse 2 How heathen people by thy hand Quite dispossessed were Afflicted and expel'd the land To plant our fathers there verse 3 With their own sword they never got Possession of the land Their own puissance sav'd them not But thy right arm and hand This from thy lightsome countenance Much favouring them did spring verse 4 To Jacob grant deliverance O God that art my King verse 5 VVe will push down our enemies Through thy great Name O God And all that up against us rise Shall thus be undertrod verse 6 For sure my trust shall not be plac't In swords defence nor bows verse 7 But thou our haters hast disgrac't And sav'd us from our foes 2. Part. Argument Former mercies aggravate present miseries verse 8 IN God we all day long will boast And daily praise thy Name verse 9 But now thou goest not with our hoast But casts us off with shame verse 10 Thou mak'st us from the slaughtering foe Faint-hearted to retire And they that hate us spoil us so Even as themselves desire verse 11 Thou gavest us into their hands As sheep ordain'd for food And scattered us in all the lands Among a heath'nish brood verse 12 Thy people thou dost sell for nought And lo thou did'st not adde Nor yet increase thy substance ought By price for Israel had verse 13 Our neighbours with reproachfull mocks And scornfull tauntings flout We are become as laughing-stocks To dwellers
thee Did I my sins commit That when thou speak'st and judgest me Thou might'st be clear and quit I did this evill in thy sight Whereby ô Lord thou shalt Be said to pass thy judgement right And I in all the fault verse 5 My shape is sin LORD thou dost see For I am form'd therein My mother hath conceived me Even in the heat of sin verse 6 Lo thou requirest truth sincere In every inward part Thou mad'st me to know wisdome there In secret of my heart verse 7 Purge me with hyssope and I know I shall be clean and free And whiter then the driven snow If also washt by thee verse 8 Oh then let joy and gladnes speak And make me hear their voice That so the bones which thou did'st break May feelingly rejoyce 2. Part. Argument David prays for renewing grace and for the Church which he had scandalized verse 9 LOrd hide thine eies from all my sin And my misdeeds deface verse 10 O God make clean my heart within Renew my mind with grace verse 11 O cast me not away from thee Thy presence shunning mine Nor ever take away from me That holy Spirit of thine verse 12 The joyes of thy salvation LORD Restore to me again And thy free Spirit to me afford My soul for to sustain verse 13 And to transgressors I will teach Thy wayes to penitent men And sinners unto whom I preach Shall be converted then verse 14 From guilt of bloud-shed quit me Lord Thou God and Saviour mine Then shall my song aloud record Thy righteousness divine verse 15 Unlock my lips and then my task Shall be thy praise to show verse 16 For sacrifice thou dost not ask Which else I would bestow Burnt-offring is not thy delight But other sacrifice verse 17 A broken heart a soul contrite Thou wilt not Lord despise verse 18 Of thy good pleasure Sion bless Build up Jerus'lems wall verse 19 Pure sacrifice of righteousness Thou shalt be pleas'd withall Burnt offrings then and those entire In sacrifice shall they With Bullocks fit for holy fire Upon thine Altars lay PSAL. LII To pause tune David condemns all treacherous time-servers and malicious persecutors of the godly who shall surely flourish while these perish utterly WHy dost thou boast Of mischief most O man of mighty pow'r Gods goodness will Continue still Even ev'ry day and hour verse 2 Thou dost incline That tongue of thine To practise mischiefs great Yea it hath been A razour keen In working of deceit verse 3 Thou far above Good things dost love Ill wayes to entertain And righteousness Thou lovest less Then for to lie and fain verse 4 Deceitfull tongue Thou lov'st all wrong And words that do devour verse 5 God shall therefore For evermore Destroy thee by his pow'r He shall I say Take thee away From place where thou dost dwell VVith vengefull hand Thee from the land Of living souls expell verse 6 The righteous there Shall see and fear And laughing at him say verse 7 Lo this is he That could not see To make the Lord his stay But for defence Put confidence In heaps of worldly pelf And in the sin He lived in Incouraged himself verse 8 Like th' Olive green Shall I be seen To have a flourishing place In Gods house still And ever will Betrust me to his grace verse 9 For ever I Will magnifie And on thy Name attend Since thou did'st bring To pass the thing And Saints thy Name commend PSAL. LIII London long tune The corruption of mankind full of persecution and profaneness a prayer for deliverance THere is no God the fool doth say At least his heart saith so Corrupt are they and vile their way And all good works forgo verse 2 The sons of men th' almighty view'd From heaven to descry If any of them understood Or sought God faithfully verse 3 But quite corrupt and far declin'd Is every mothers sonne None no not one doth vertue mind Nor one good action 's done verse 4 Are all so brutishly mis-led That wicked wayes have trod To eat my people like to bread And have not call'd on God verse 5 They fear'd where was no cause of dread To fright those guilty ones For God hath piece-meal scattered Thy strong befiegers bones Because the LORD did them despise Thou putst them to disgrace verse 6 O that to Israel might arise From Sion saving grace The Lord from thraldoms cruell yoke His people setting free Shall Jacobs heart to joy provoke And Israel glad shall be PSAL. LIV. Cambridge old tune A complaint of treacherous adversaries LOrd save me by thy mighty Name Me by thy strength defend verse 2 O hear the humble pray'r I frame And these my suits attend verse 3 For strangers do against me rise Oppressors seek my soul They set not God before their eies Their actions to controul verse 4 Lo God 's my help the Lord 's with those That do my soul maintain verse 5 Their evill to mine envious foes He shall repay again Destroy them in thy righteousness verse 6 And freely I 'l accord With sacrifice thy Name to bless For it is good ô Lord. verse 7 For he hath me delivered From all perplexing woes Mine eye hath seen accomplished His will upon my foes PSAL. LV. Oxford tune David dangerously beset and in grievous perplexitie wishes opportunitie of flight O God unto my prayer give ear Hide not thy face from me verse 2 My supplications daign to hear Attending what they be In my complaint I cry aloud A mournfull noise I make verse 3 Because the adversary proud So insolently spake Because of lewd mens tyrannie VVherewith I am opprest Who charge me with iniquitie And me in wrath detest verse 4 Sore pained is my heart in me Deaths terrors on me fall verse 5 Trembling and fear accompanie They come upon me all And horrour hath o'rewhelm'd me quite verse 6 Oh that I had Doves wings That I might take to sudden flight And rest from these sad things verse 7 Then would I wander wide and stay i th' Wilderness behinde verse 8 I 'd hasten my escape away From tempest storm and winde 2. Part. Argument The base perfidiousness of the wicked verse 9 DEstroy ô Lord divide their tongues For I have seen how rife And how the bloudy Citie throngs VVith violence and strife verse 10 Both night and day they do surround The very walls of it Mischief and sorrow there are found Amidst the same to sit verse 11 In midst thereof is lewdness vile That with the mischief meets Most base deceit and crafty guile Depart not from her streets verse 12 For had a foe these taunts began I could the same have born Or had my hater been the man Who 'gainst me lift his horn Then I from him my head would hide verse 13 But it was thou a man Yea mine acquaintance equall guide This tragedy began verse 14
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
Yet not for my transgression LORD Nor any sin of mine verse 4 They have begun Prepar'd to run In haste without my fault Awake and see And succour mee Against their fierce assault verse 5 Thou therefore Israels righteous God The soveraign LORD of hoasts Awake and visit with thy rod Even all the heathen coasts Transgressors lewd Do thou exclude From pardon and from pitie verse 6 Return'd in dark Like dogs they bark And go about the Citie verse 7 Lo in their lips are sharpned swords Their mouths belch out their pride For who say they shall hear our words verse 8 But thou shalt them deride The heathen born Thou LORD shalt scorn verse 9 On thee will I attend Because of thine Own strength divine For God shall me defend 2. Part. Argument Prayers and praises returned for deliverance from persecution verse 10 MY gracious God shall me prevent With his compassions free Upon my foes my hearts content The LORD shall let me see verse 11 Suppress them quite And by thy might Disperse but slay them not O LORD our shield Some sign to yield That may not be forgot verse 12 For sinfull words which mouths profane And cursing lips let slide And for their lies let them be ta'n Yea even in their pride verse 13 In angry fume My foes consume That none of them remain That every land May understand Great Jacobs God to reign verse 14 Let them return at evening tide As howling dogs are wont And round about on every side In every corner hunt verse 15 Where wandring wide Unsatisfi'd For meat let them repine verse 16 But lo my tongue Shall sing a song To praise thy pow'r divine Yea in the morning I 'l begin Of thine affection deer To sing aloud for thou hast bin My sole Protector here Thou wast my stay In dangerous day verse 17 To thee my strength I 'l sing God's my defence And rock from when My mercy hath her spring PSAL. LX. To Old England tune David remembers the sad desertions of the Church prays for better success and for the advancement and enlargement of his Kingdome O God thou did'st thy people leave And then were we disperst Displeasure great thou did'st conceive Thy wrath let be reverst verse 2 The earth by thy fierce handling quakes Yea thou the same hast broke O heal her breaches for it shakes By such thy dreadfull stroke verse 3 Things which most bitter we did think Thou on thy folke did'st bring And mad'st thy wofull people drink A wine astonishing verse 4 Thou on thy people fearing thee A banner hast bestow'd Because of truth and veritie To be display'd abroad verse 5 Now Lord that thy beloved King Delivered may be Let thy right hand assistance bring And kindly answer me verse 6 In holiness Jehovah spake I therefore make no doubt But Shechem to divide and take And Succoth-vale mete out verse 7 Manasseh Gilead must subscribe To me in dutious aw My heads chief strength is Ephraims tribe And Judah gives my law verse 8 On Edom I will set my foot My wash-pot Mo'b shall be Philistia shall triumph and shout And that because of me verse 9 Who will to Edom me direct Unto the Citie strong verse 10 Not thou that did'st our hoasts reject Nor with us went'st along verse 11 The help of man is vanitie O help us in distress verse 12 Through God we shall do valiantly He shall our foes suppress PSAL. LXI Old England tune David forced from Jerusalem prays for restauration with confidence and thankfulnes LOrd hear my cry my pray'r attend verse 2 From earths remotest part Mine earnest cries to thee I send When over-whelm'd in heart Conduct me to the rock of pow'r That higher is then I verse 3 For thou hast been my fort and tow'r Against the enemie verse 4 Within thy sacred coverings I will for ever house And trust in covert of thy wings verse 5 For thou hast heard my vowes Thou gav'st the King the heritage Of them that fear thy Name verse 6 His life and yeers to many an age Thou wilt prolong the same verse 7 Before the Lord he shall abide For ever to endure Thy truth and mercy ô provide Which may preserve him sure verse 8 So will I sing from day to day The praises of thy Name That having vow'd I daily may To thee perform the same PSAL. LXII Dutch tune The confidence of Saints vilenes of persecutors vanitie of men and worldly means and impartiall judgement of God verse 1 MY soul indeed on God is stay'd verse 2 He is my Saviour prov'd My onely rock defence and ayd I shall not much be mov'd verse 3 How long will ye have lewd pretence Ye shall be slaughtered all Ye shall be like a tott'ring fence And like a bowing wall verse 4 'T is all your aim and all your art His exc'lence to despise Ye bless with mouth ye curse in heart And take delight in lies verse 5 My soul wait thou on God alone My expectation 's thence verse 6 He onely is my rock of stone Salvation and defence I shall not therefore much be mov'd verse 7 My God's my health and praise My rock of strength and refuge prov'd On whom my spirit stayes verse 8 At all times trust in him alone Ye Saints with one accord Powre out your heart before his throne Our refuge is the Lord. verse 9 All sorts of men are vanitie They whose condition 's base And they no better then a lie That are of higher place In balance lai'd are found more light Then vanitie it self verse 10 O trust not in oppressing might Become not vain in stealth Though wealth increase not got amiss Set not your heart on gains verse 11 God spake it once twice heard I this That pow'r to God pertains verse 12 And unto thee ô LORD alone Compassion doth belong Thou renderest to every one Reward of right or wrong PSAL. LXIII To new verse tune David longs for the publick Ordinances feeds his soul with meditations thereupon The joy of the godly and utter destruction of Christs and our enemies O God thou God to mee I 'l early seek for thee My soul my flesh With longings fresh Desireth there to bee In thirstie land and dry Where is no water nigh verse 2 To see thy might And glory bright As in the Sanctu'ry verse 3 Thy kindnes and thy love Are life it self above My lips shall frame To praise thy name And that doth make them move verse 4 Thus will I bless and praise Thy Name even all my dayes And unto thine Own Name divine My hands devoutly raise verse 5 With fat and marrow fed My soul shall sure be sped My mouth and lips Sweet fellowships Thy praise shall speak and spread verse 6 When I sweet thoughts recite Upon my bed at night And meditate Upon thee late Before the dawning light verse 7 Since
soon unmade agen And falls to dust when thou dost say Return yee sonnes of men verse 4 Whereas again a thousand yeers So seemeth in thy fight As yesterday when past appears Or as a watch by night verse 5 Like to a swift and hasty stream Thou mak'st mans life-time pass Or like a transitory dream Or like the springing grass verse 6 Which in the morning flourisheth Most pleasantly up-grown And in the evening withereth Soon after it is mown verse 7 For by thine angers pow'r ô God Are we consum'd and spent And troubled with thy stinging rod Of wrathfull punishment verse 8 Thou set'st in sight th'iniquities Wherein we lewdly run And thy cleer countenance descries Our sinnes in secret done verse 9 For all our dayes are past away Thine anger taking hold We spend our years from day to day As when a tale is told 2. Part. Argument Moses prayer for grace to make good use of our frail life and a happy change of their sad condition verse 10 THe time 's but threescore yeers ten That we continue here And if some stronger sort of men Do live to fourscore yeer Their life is labour strength is none But sorrowfull decay So soon is it cut off and gone We post we fly away verse 11 Who understands among us here What pow'r thine anger hath For answerable to thy fear So great appears thy wrath verse 12 Lord teach us this religious art Of numbring out our days That so we may apply our heart To sacred wisdoms ways verse 13 How long shall thy fierce anger burn O leave thy discontent And for thy servants sake return Concerning them repent verse 14 O satisfie with mercy then And that without delays That we may be most joyfull men And glad even all our days verse 15 According to our days of tears And mis'ries making sad And also for the evill years Comfort and make us glad verse 16 O let thy work appear to those That are thy servants true Thy glorious shining rayes disclose Unto their childrens view verse 17 O let the Lord our God command His face on us to shine Confirm the actions of our hand Confirm them Lord by thine PSAL. XCI Davids tune The admirable safety of the Saints in most perillous times WHo dwelleth in the secret place VVhere God most high doth hide In shadow of th' almighty's grace Full safely shall abide verse 2 The Lord 's my God I will report Ev'n he and none but he He is my refuge and my fort In whom my trust shall be verse 3 He surely shall be thy defence Both from the fowlers snare And from infectious pestilence Which poysoneth the ayre verse 4 His feathers shall thee overspread His wings thy confidence His truth a shield to save thy head And buckler for defence verse 5 Thou shalt not need to be afraid For terrours of the night Nor for the arrow be dismai'd That flies in open light verse 6 Nor shalt thou fear the pestilence That walks in darksome way Nor that destuctions violence That wastes at height of day verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall Millions at thy right hand Yet shall it not come neer at all The place where thou dost stand verse 8 Only with thy peculiar eyes Shalt thou behold and see How wicked mens iniquities Shall recompensed be 2. Part. Argument God keepeth his Saints by his providence and Angels from all savage enemies and deadly dangers verse 9 BEcause thou hast the Lord alone VVho is my rock and shade Even the Lord the highest One Thy habitation made verse 10 No plague nor evill shall befall Nor come thy dwelling neer verse 11 For he shall charge his Angels all To keep thee every where verse 12 They shall uphold thee in their hand From stumbling at a stone On Lions neck thy foot shall stand And th'Adder tread upon verse 13 The Dragon and the Lions Whelp Trod under foot by thee verse 14 I saith the Lord will send him help Because he loved me I 'l set him up in high degree Because he knew my name verse 15 With prayers he shall call on me I answering the same I will preserve to honour raise Be with him in temptation verse 16 Suffice him with the length of days And shew him my salvation PSAL. XCII Short staffe tune God is highly magnified for his work of creation providence the depth of his judgements especially to the wicked TO give thanks to the Lord It is an exc'lent thing To magnifie Thy name most high In praises when we sing verse 2 Thy kindness to record So soon as morning springs At night express Thy faithfulness verse 3 On instruments ten strings On harp and psaltery With sweet and solemn sound verse 4 O Lord through thine Own works divine Thou mad'st my joyes abound In them triumph will I The works which thou hast wrought verse 5 How great and rare O Lord they are How deep is every thought verse 6 A brutish man knows not No fool perceives this thing verse 7 All flour'shing when Lewd wicked men As morning grass do spring Then is the finall lot Of their destruction nigh verse 8 But thou dost reigne The most supreme To all eternity 2. Part. Argument The certain downfall of the wicked and exaltation of the righteous and their perpetuall fruitfulness verse 9 FOr lo O Lord thy foes For lo thy foes shall fall Thy truth assures That wicked doers They shall be scattered all verse 10 But like the horn that growes Upon the Un'corns head So Lord thou shalt My horn exalt And fresh oil on me spread verse 11 Mine eye his wish shall see On wicked enemies The same mine ear Of them shall hear That up against me rise verse 12 Even like the Cedar tree That Lebanon forth brings The just shall grow And flourish so As laden palm-tree springs verse 13 Gods Temple plants shall spring In our Gods Courts each one verse 14 And still produce Their fruitfull juice When they are ancient grown Still fat and flourishing verse 15 Gods Justice to express My rock is he Most pure and free From all unrighteousness PSAL. XCIII Coventry tune The Majesty of God stability of his works and of his Church and Ordinaâ—â—es against all the waves of wickedness The Lord our God doth reign on high And doth himself invest With Majesty And potency With both is girt and drest verse 2 The world he fixt for ay to last Thou hast prepar'd thy throne Of old thou hast Confirm'd it fast Thou art th' eternall One. verse 3 The floods O Lord the floods arise The floods lift up their waves Up to the skies Their uprore flies Their voyce rumultuous raves verse 4 Yet is the Lord on high far more Far more of might than these Though num'rous store Of waters roare And mighty waves of seas verse 5 Thy testimonies
questionless Are sure and alter never Pure holiness Doth seemly dress Thy house O Lord for ever PSAL. LXXXXIV New staffe tune The insolence and cruelty of tyrants the All-seeing eye and All-judging power of God O Lord to whom it doth belong Just vengeance to repay O God the punisher of wrong Do thou thy self display verse 2 Thou Judge of all In generall Thy self no longer hide Arise dispence A recompence To all the sonnes of pride verse 3 How long shall wicked men how long Triumph as Lords and Kings verse 4 How long shall they with spitefull tongue Pronounce and speak hard things The multitude Of sinners lewd How long shall boasting use verse 5 Thy folk in rage Thine heritage How they afflict and bruise verse 6 Poor widows strangers orphans they VVith murd'rous hands have smote verse 7 The Lord yet shall not see they say Nor Jacobs God shall note verse 8 Ye rude among The brutish throng O understand discern Ye foolish men Why when why when Will ye be wise and learn verse 9 Shall he that form'd both ears and eies Not he both see and hear verse 10 Not he correct that doth chastise The heathen every where Not he discern That makes man learn verse 11 The Lord discovers plain The thoughts of man Which he doth skan And finds them meerly vain 2. Part. Argument The blessing of sanctifi'd affliction The destruction of the wicked in their sinnes verse 12 THe man whom thou dost Lord chastise Is infinitely blest VVhom by thy Law thou makest wise That thou maist give him rest verse 13 Even when there come Times troublesome Till dangerous days be past And till the ditch Be dig'd in which The wicked shall be cast verse 14 For sure the Lord will not reject The people whom he took The heritage to him select Shall never be forsook verse 15 But sure regress To righteousness Shall judgement have again And joyntly then True-hearted men Shall wait upon her train verse 16 But who against lewd men shall rise Or who for mee 's at hand 'Gainst workers of iniquities In my behalf to stand verse 17 But that the Lord Did help afford My soul had very nigh In silence dwelt verse 18 But when I felt My foot to slip awry Thy mercies Lord did me uphold verse 19 In various thoughts which roll VVithin my brest so manifold Thy comforts glad my soul. verse 20 Lord shall the thrones Of wicked ones Have fellowship with thee When as the same Lewd mischief frame By purposed decree verse 21 Against the righteous souls they flock They guiltless bloud condem ' verse 22 But of my refuge God's the rock And my defence from them verse 23 Hee 'l recompence Their bold offence And take them in their sin The Lord I say Our God shall slay And cut them off therein PSAL. XCV To short staffe tune An exhortation to praise God the maker and governor of the world the Shepherd and Saviour of the Church A dehortation from rebellion and hardness of heart like our unbeleeving forefathers that were debarred entrance into Canaan O Come sing we a song A joyfull noise be made With joint accord Before the LORD Our rock of saving aid verse 2 Into his presence throng Hearts truly thankfull bring And make a noise Exciting joyes Sweet Psalms unto him sing verse 3 Great King great God he is Whose pow'r all Gods transcends The spacious lands Are in his hands verse 4 The deeps he comprehends The strength of hills is his The Sea in his command He made the same His hands did frame The dry and solid land verse 6 O come bow down all we Before him let us fall Let us adore And kneel before The Lord that made us all verse 7 Our God and Shepheard's he His folk and flock are we This day give ear His voice to hear If yee obedient be verse 8 And harden not your heart As once at Meribah Yee did transgress In Wilderness In that temptation day As in the desert part verse 9 Your fathers tempted me And prov'd my might Each Israelite My wonders they did see verse 10 I forty yeers was griev'd VVith this lewd race and said They are indeed An erring seed In heart and judgement straid Nor known nor have believ'd verse 11 Wherefore I sware in wrath And did protest That to my rest They should not tread the path PSAL. XCVI Coventry tune The incomparable majestie of the true God COmpose new songs and sing the same To God ô all the earth verse 2 Sing forth his fame And glorious Name All men of mortall birth From day to day ô do not spare His saving health to show verse 3 His wonders rare And fame declare That Nations all may know verse 4 For God a great God doth appear And greatly prais'd must be And every where Be had in fear Above all Gods must he verse 5 For all the Gods that Nations name Are Idols ev'ry one The Lord this same Most glorious frame Of heaven made alone verse 6 Before him honour stands in sight With majestie divine Adored might And beautie bright In 's Sanctuary shine verse 7 Ye people give unto the Lord Let every stock and tribe Unto the LORD With joint accord Glory and strength ascribe 2. Part. Argument He magnifies God for the hopefull revelation of the Gospel the joy of all creatures verse 8 GIve God the glory as the thing Due to his Name most high Devoutly bring An offering And to his courts draw nigh verse 9 Adore the LORD in beautie cleer Of his most holy place Earth far and near O stand in fear Before his awfull face verse 10 Let heathen know Jehovah reigns Be bold to say the word He Earth sustains That it remains And never shall be stirr'd He righteously shall judge the Earth verse 11 Let heavens rejoice therefore Let all the Earth Be fill'd with mirth And seas swift billows rore verse 12 Let fields and fruits shew high degrees Of mirth with one accord And then shall these The woodland trees verse 13 Rejoyce before the LORD For lo he doth himself address And judgement he pursu'th To judge all flesh With righteousness And people with his truth PSAL. XCVII Davids tune The majestie of Christs kingdome the confusion of Idolaters and great harvest of joyes promised to the godly LEt earth rejoice God reigns alone Let num'rous Iles be glad verse 2 In truth judgement dwels his throne With clouds and darkness clad verse 3 A fire his foes consuming quite There goes before his feet verse 4 His lightnings gave the world their light The earth did quake to see 't verse 5 The hills like wax did melt and thaw Before the earths great Lord verse 6 And all the world his glory saw The heav'ns his truth record verse 7 Who worship graven Images Confusion on them fall That boast of
Idols such as these Ye Gods adore him all verse 8 Mount Sion heard and was hereat With joy affected much And Judahs Daughters joy'd for that Thy judgments Lord were such verse 9 All Gods thou art extoll'd above Ore all the earth most high verse 10 Ye Saints that do Jehovah love Hate all iniquitie His servants souls he saves each one And adverse pow'r controuls verse 11 And for the righteous light is sown And joy for upright souls verse 12 Ye righteous servants of the Lord Great joy in him express And give him thanks when yee record His perfect holiness PSAL. XCVIII To the three first lines of choice tune The victorious salvation of Christ the revelation of his gracious Gospel to the great joy of all creatures UNto the LORD a new song sing For many a great and wondrous thing His mighty pow'r to pass doth bring His holy arm of soveraigntie And his right hand exalted high Have gotten him the victory verse 2 He hath made known his saving might And brought his truth to open light Even in the very heathens sight verse 3 He hath remembred in his mind His perfect truth and mercies kind As all the house of Israel find The ends of all the earth abroad Have seen declar'd and plainly show'd The saving health our God bestow'd verse 4 Make to the Lord a joyfull noise Let all the earth express their joyes And sing his praise with loudest noise verse 5 Sing to the Lord with harp rejoice With instruments of musick choice With harp and psalms melodious voice verse 6 With trumpet and with cornet sound Before this Lord and King renown'd Let sweet and sacred joys abound verse 7 Let all the earth and num'rous store Even all that dwells on seas or shore The world and all its fulness rore verse 8 Let flouds clap hands and every ford And let the hills with one accord Rejoice with joy before the Lord. verse 9 For lo he comes to judge and try The world and people gen'rally With righteousnesse and equitie PSAL. XCIX To choice tune The majesty and equitie of Christ and his kingdom The prayers answers errors corrections mercies miracles recorded of the ancient Saints for our example THe Lord doth reign let people quake 'Twixt Cherubims he sets his seat O let the earth be mov'd and shake verse 2 The Lord in Sion is so great Above all people he is high verse 3 Thy greatness let them magnifie O let them praise the dreadfull Name For high and holy is the same verse 4 The Kings firm strength doth judgment love Thou dost establish equitie Thou execut'st them from above And rul'st in Jacob righteously verse 5 The Lord our God exalt therefore And rev'rently his name adore At foot-stool of his holy throne For he 's a high and holy one verse 6 Moses and Aaron also were Among his Priests and men of fame And Samuel among them there That call'd upon his holy name They call'd and answer he did make verse 7 In cloudy pill'r to them he spake They to his his testimonies clave And kept the ord'nance that he gave verse 8 Thou answ'redst them O Lord our God Thou wast a pard'ning God likewise Though thou tookst vengeance with thy rod And their inventions didst chastise verse 9 The Lord our God exalt yee still And worship at his holy hill For sure the Lord our God alone He is a high and holy one PSAL. C. Southwell tune He exhorts to praise God for our happy calling in Christ Jesus ALL men of mortall birth That dwell in all the earth O make a noise To God with joyes verse 2 And serve the Lord with mirth O come before his throne With singing ev'ry one verse 3 For certainly The Lord most high Ev'n he is God alone He made us and not we Not we our selves but he His folk and flock And pasture stock He made us for to be verse 4 VVith praise come to his gate And in his Courts relate His laud and fame And bless his name His honour celebrate verse 5 For God is good for ever His mercy faileth never His truth doth last All ages past And constant doth persever PSAL. CI. To new staff tune David vows to rule his house and Kingdom with discreet justice to curb and cut off the wicked and countenance the godly LOrd I will sing of mercy sweet And judgement to thy praise verse 2 And wisely guide my wary feet In all thy perfect ways VVhen wilt thou Lord To me accord Thy justice to impart At home will I VValk righteously And with a perfect heart verse 3 I will no wicked thing abide Before mine eyes to be I hate their works that turn aside It shall not cleave to me verse 4 The froward heart From me shall part Anâ— have no more access And I will no Such persons know As practise wickedness verse 5 That man that sland'reth privily I will cut off be sure The stout in heart whose looks are high I will not once indure verse 6 I 'l look out then The faithfull men That dwell with me they may And then shall he My servant be That walks in perfect way verse 7 I in my house will entertain No guilefull man to dwell Nor in my sight shall he remain That lies invents to tell verse 8 I soon cut short The wicked sort And wickd works condem ' That so I may Them take away From Gods Jerusalem PSAL. CII Sinners tune The lamentations of the whole Church as one man in the captivity of Babylon LOrd hear my prayer and let my cry Come speedily to thee verse 2 In day of my calamity Hide not thy face from me Incline thine ear invok'd to day Thine answer quick return verse 3 My days as smoke consume away My bones hearth-like do burn verse 4 My heart like grass is withered With deep and dolefull grones verse 5 While I forget to eat my bread My skin cleaves to my bones verse 6 The Pelican of wilderness And deserts Owl I match verse 7 And Sparrow-like companionless On houses top I watch verse 8 I all day long am made a scorn To my malicious foes The mad men are against me sworn Against me that arose verse 9 For bread I do the ashes eat My drink with weeping mixt verse 10 Because thine indignation great And anger comes betwixt For down thou hast thy servant cast First having rais'd me high verse 11 Like fleeting shade my days are past Like with'ring grass am I. verse 12 But thou O Lord dost still indure From all mutation free To ev'ry generation sure Shall thy remembrance be 2. Part. To martyrs tune The Churches restauration from Babylon and happy reformation in the days of the Gospel he desires to see it but contents himself with consideration of Gods eternity and perpetuity of his Church verse 13 THou shalt arise and mercy yet To Sion
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
verse 10 Thy hand shall lead me there There thy right hand shall hold me fast verse 11 And if I say dark night Shall cover me with skies ore-cast All shall surround with light verse 12 Yea darkness hides not from thy sight But night as day shines clear To thee the darkness and the light Do both alike appear verse 13 For thou hast powerfully possest My reins most secret room And covered in the secretest My mothers narrow womb verse 14 I 'l praise thee that hast made me thus Of rare and fearfull frame Thy handy-works are marvellous Well knows my soul the same verse 15 My substance was not hid from thee When secretly compos'd Most curiously thou formedst mee In earths dark caves inclos'd verse 16 Thine eye saw my rude substance there Thy book my members nam'd VVhich in continuance fashioned were Whiles yet they were not fram'd 2. Part. Argument David acknowledges Gods exceeding goodnesse shews his dislike of the wicked and approves his heart to God verse 17 HOw precious I thy thoughts account O God how great 's their summe verse 18 The sands in number they surmount If they to reckoning come And whensoever I awake Lord I am still with thee verse 19 And know that thou revenge wilt take On them that wicked be Surely O God thou wilt them slay Therefore say I to them Depart from me depart I say O all yee bloudy men verse 20 For lo thy foes against thee spake With blasphemous disdain Thine enemies are bold to take Thy sacred Name in vain verse 21 Do not I hate thine enemies And that for hating thee And them that do against thee rise Am not I griev'd to see verse 22 I hate them with a perfect hate I count them foes of mine verse 23 Search me O God and know my state My heart and thoughts untwine verse 24 And see if I do go astray In any course of sin Set ope the everlasting way And lead me LORD therein PSAL. CXL Cambridge old tune A prayer against persecutors expressing their malice and experience of Gods deliverance LORD save me from the violent Preserve me from the lewd verse 2 VVhose heart so bent A vile intent Against me have pursu'd Continually for warres they throng Serpentine-Adder-like verse 3 With sharp'ned tongue And poyson strong Between their lips they strike verse 4 Preserve me from ungodly hands And from my furious fo Hells fier-brands Whose purpose stands My steps to overthrow verse 5 The proud that they my soul might get Close snares and cords did hide They spread a net They grins have set Hard by the high-way side verse 6 I said to God it doth appear Thou art my God alone LORD bow thine ear That thou mai'st hear My supplications grone verse 7 O God the Lord thou didst me stead My soul with saving might And thou my head Hast covered In day of bloudy fight 2. Part. Argu. As before verse 8 O Do not do not grant a jot The wicked mans desire O further not His wicked plot Lest that should lift him higher verse 9 As for the head of all the throng That do me round inclose With mischief sprung From their own tongue The LORD shall cover those verse 10 Let fall upon them burning coals And cast them in the fire In deepest holes Whence damned souls They never may retire verse 11 Let no blasphemer impudent Be stablish't here below Mischief shall sent The violent And hunt to overthrow verse 12 Their cause will he maintain I know That is the most of might That undergo Such storms of wo And poor mens lawfull right verse 13 Surely the righteous every where Thanks to thy Name shall give And all that bear A mind sincere In thy safe presence live PSAL. CXLI Martyrs tune David sues for acceptation of his person and prayers for direction of his words and works to avoyd the inticings of the wicked and to obtain the reproof of the righteous He prays for them against the wiles of the wicked To thee O Lord I call and cry Make haste make haste to me Give ear unto my voice when I Cry earnestly to thee verse 2 O let my prayer be now set out As incense in thine eyes And lifting up of hands devout An evening sacrifice verse 3 Lord set a watch to guard my lips And keep my mouth from sin verse 4 That wicked works and fellowships My soul partake not in Incline my heart to no misdeed With them that wicked are Nor let me ever dare to feed Of their delicious fare verse 5 Suffer the righteous smiting me Which I shall kindness deem And his reproof an oil shall be Of singular esteem Such smiting shall not break my head For still I 'l pray to thee VVhen as they shall be hard bestead With great calamitie verse 6 Their Judges being overthrown In dang'rous stony ground Shall make them hear my words each one For they full sweetly sound verse 7 The graves devouring mouth is found With our dead bones bestrew'd As chips belitt'ring all the ground When wood is cleft and hew'd verse 8 Lord God mine eyes are fixt on thee Leave not my soul depriv'd I trust in thee O save thou me verse 9 From their close snare contriv'd From wicked workers setting grins verse 10 O let the wicked fall Even in their own devised gins While I escape withall PSAL. CXLII To sweet tune David in the cave of Adullam prays to God in that desperate condition expecting deliverance to Gods glory and comfort of the faithfull WIth voice with voice cries devout To God the Lord I made request verse 2 Before him my complaint powr'd out I shew'd the Lord my case distrest verse 3 My spirit overwhelm'd and spent My private path was known to thee Ev'n in the way wherein I went They laid a secret snare for me verse 4 On my right hand I lookt and star'd But there was no man would me know For my poor soul no creature car'd All refuge fail'd of things below verse 5 I cri'd to thee ô Lord I sayd Among the living in the land Thou art my portion and my ayd And all the help I have at hand verse 6 Attend unto my earnest sute For I am brought exceeding low Save me from them that persecute Too hard for me too strong a fo verse 7 My soul from prison Lord bring out That I may render praise to thee The just shall compass me about When thou dealst bounteously with me PSAL. CXLIII To old England tune the latter part twice An humble confession of sin and complaint of suffering a prayer for pardon deliverance and the Spirit of grace LOrd hear my prayer and humble suit Thy willing ear address Yea answer mee By thy decree Of truth and faithfulness verse 2 Against thy servant no dispute Nor action let be tri'd Before thee can No mortall man Be ever justifi'd verse
3 The fo my soul doth persecute My life quite undertrod My dwelling made In darksome shade As men long dead O God verse 4 Orewhelm'd therefore my spirits sink My heart is desolate verse 5 Thy ancient daies Thy works and waies I mind and meditate Of all thy handy-works I think verse 6 To thee I stretch my hands My soul doth burst VVith fervent thirst For thee like thirsty lands verse 7 Lord hear me soon my spirits shrink Hide not thy face from mee Like them that go To pit below Lest I should quickly be verse 8 Cause me to hear of thy kind love When morning doth begin Cause me to know VVhat way to go For thee my trust is in verse 9 I lift my soul to thee above Me from mine enemies save I fly to thee To shelter mee No other God I have verse 10 Thy spirit is good let that sweet dove Thy servants soul instruct In thy command And to the land Of uprightness conduct verse 11 Lord for thy Names-sake quicken me And that this very thing May well express Thy righteousness My soul from trouble bring verse 12 And of thine own compassions free My foes destroy and dam ' Destroy them whole That vex my soul For I thy servant am Thine heritage Lord bless and keep So that c. Ps. 28. ult PSAL. CXLIV York tune Gods wonderfull protection on his people in warre and battell his gracious respects to mankinde the quickned desires of the faithfull to praise God O Blessed be the LORD my might Who in the war-like field My hands and fingers taught to fight verse 2 My goodness Saviour Shield My fort high towr in whom I trust My people that subdues verse 3 Oh what is man that LORD thou doest Such poor acquaintance chuse Or what is mans posteritie Whereof such reckoning 's made verse 4 Sure man is like to vanitie His dayes as fleeting shade verse 5 LORD bow the heavens come down Toucht mountains make to smoke verse 6 Destroy thy foes with angry frown By dreadfull lightnings stroke Destroy them with thy bended bow verse 7 Send help my soul to save Send thy high hand rid save me so From swallowing waters grave Even from the hands of children strange verse 8 Whose mouths of folly treat And their right hand 's a meer exchange Of falshood and deceit verse 9 My songs on Psaltery I 'l present To thee compos'd anew And on a ten-string'd instrument Will sing thy praises due verse 10 T is he that unto Kings extends Salvations welcome pledge His servant David he defends From swords offensive edge 2. Part. Argument A prayer for the flourishing estate of the Cōmon-weal Felicity is placed in God alone verse 11 RElease and rid me speedily From hand of sinners vile Whose subtle mouth speaks vanitie Their right hand full of guile verse 12 Our sons as plants in youth up grown And daughters to us born Let be as some carv'd corner-stone Fair palace to adorn verse 13 Our garners full as they can hold With ev'ry kind of thing Our sheep a thousand thousand fold VVithin our streets may bring verse 14 Our Oxen not in labour faint No en'mie to invade No leading captive no complaint Within our streets be made verse 15 O blessed people would we say VVith such like blessings stor'd O rather blessed people they VVhose God is God the Lord. PSAL. CXLV Old England tune David in a well composed song of praise extolls Gods majestie might and mercy I Will extoll thee Lord my King And ever bless thy Name verse 2 I all my dayes Will bless and praise And never cease the same verse 3 Great God great praises meriting VVhose greatness none can reach verse 4 One age shall praise Thy works and waies To thy succeeding Church Thy mighty acts shall they recite verse 5 And I will here discuss The fame of thy Great Majesty And works miraculous verse 6 Thy actions of such wondrous might Men shall speak of the same They dreadfull are And I 'l declare The greatness of thy Name verse 7 The mem'ry of thy goodness great They fully shall make known In songs express Thy righteousness verse 8 The Lord 's a gracious one The LORD is easie to intreat verse 9 Kind patient good to all His mercies do Extend unto His works in generall verse 10 Thy works shall praise thee every one Thy Saints thy Name shall bless verse 11 They shall proclame Thy Kingdoms fame And pow'rs Almightines verse 12 To make thy mighty actions known To mans posteritie And celebrate The glorious state Of thy supremacy 2. Part. Arg. As before verse 13 THy kingdom wears eternall crown And thy dominion shall Endure and last All ages past verse 14 God holds up all that fall And raiseth all the bowed down verse 15 All eyes do wait on thee Thou givest meat For them to eat When fittest seasons bee verse 16 Thine opened hand doth satisfie Each living things desire verse 17 Gods Justie sways In all his ways His holiness intire verse 18 To all his suppliants God is nigh Even all that call sincere verse 19 He also will Their pray'rs fulfill Who ever do him fear Hee 'l hear their cry and help afford verse 20 And all his lovers true Will God secure But he will sure Destroy the wicked crue verse 21 My mouth shall magnifie the Lord And universall flesh His holy Name And glorious fame Shall ever sound afresh PSAL. CXLVI To both Strain tunes The vain trust in men and happie confidence is Gods salvation who made all things is most gracious to us in his providence THe Lords deserved praise proclame My soul do thou extoll the same verse 2 I while I live Will praises give Unto the Lords Almighty Name Unto my God will I sing praise While breath prolongs my life and daies verse 3 Trust in no King Nor mortall thing They can no help nor succour bring verse 4 For lo there passeth out his breath And he returns to dust of death That very day His thoughts decay And each of them then perisheth verse 5 O happy happy happy one VVho ever Jacobs God hath known To be his ayd Whose hope is stayd Upon the Lord his God alone verse 6 That made the heavens seas and shore The earth and all the num'rous store In liquid seas He made all these And keepeth truth for evermore verse 7 In-judgment he for us proceeds For to avenge oppressors deeds From bondage He Set pris'ners free The Lord likewise the hungry feeds verse 8 The righteous doth the Lord affect The bowed down he doth erect Opening likewise The blind mans eyes verse 9 The strangers doth the Lord protect The Lord relieves the fatherless And helps the widow in distress But in his wrath The sinners path The Lord doth utterly suppress verse 10 The Lord shall reign eternally Thy God O Sion rules on high And so he shall To