seat Thunders ore the vvaters great verse 4 Gods most mighty voice preuaileth Euer povverfull neuer faileth Gods voyce all subdevveth vnder Full of maiesty and vvonder verse 5 VVhen the voyce of God doth speake Strong tall Cedars it doth breake VVhen the Lord his voyce extends It the Leban Cedars rends verse 6 By the roots torn vp he shakes them Like a Calf to skip he makes them Leban mounts and Shiryon danced Like yong Vnicornes they pranced verse 7 Gods voyce dreadfull doth abide Flames of fire it doth diuide verse 8 Deserts it to tremble makes Kadesh vvildernes it shakes verse 9 His voyce Hindes so terrifieth That their fruit abortiue dyeth His voyce forrests flying ouer Suddenly doth them discouer They that in his Temple be Speak his praises ioyfully All that in his house do dvvell Of his glorious acts do tell verse 10 God his mighty povver shovveth On the floud that ebbs and flovveth Sitting on his throne supernall God the Lord is King eternall verse 11 VVherfore God the Lord of might VVill maintain his peoples right God his people vvill increase He vvill bles them all vvith peace Psalme 30. Thanksgiuing I VVill exalt thee Lord vvith praise For thou from troubles didst me raise And hast not suffered them that be My foes to triumph ouer me Therefore thou shalt be magnified And euer highly glorified verse 2 O Lord my God I cry'd to thee And thou to health restoredst me verse 3 Lord vvhen for ayd I thee besought Thou from the graue my soule hast brought Thou hast kept me aliue reuiu'd me From going dovvn the pit repriu'd me verse 4 Ye Saints vvho God so good haue found Sing Psalms to him his praise resound His holines commemorate verse 5 For he his vvrath doth mitigate VVhich in a moment is appeased His anger suddenly is ceased But vvho are vvith his fauor grac't Blest life inioy vvhich ay shall last Though euening sorrovves cause ye vveep And grief all night ye restles keep Yet vvhen the morning light appeareth Refreshing ioy vvith comfort cheareth Pause verse 6 When I vvas in prosperity I said I neuer mou'd shall be verse 7 For euer I am safe and sure Thou LORD vvhose fauor doth endure Hast by thy grace to me applyed My mountain strongly fortified VVhen thou didst hide from me thy face I troubled and afflicted vvas verse 8 Then vnto thee O LORD I prayd Complaining to my God I said verse 9 VVhat profit by my bloud is gotten VVhen in the graue I shall ly rotten VVhat vvorthy praise shall dust afford Shall ashes glorifie thee Lord Can rottennes thy truth declare verse 10 Vouchsafe O LORD to hear my prayr On me take thou commiseration LORD be my helper my saluation verse 11 Then thou to ioy my griefe didst turn And vvhen in sackcloth I did mourn Thou tookst it off and girtst me round VVith pleasures pure thy praise to sound verse 12 Il◠sing thy praise LORD ceasing neuer My God I le giue thee thanks for euer Psalmē xxxj Prayer IN thee alone O Lord my trust is My hope is in thy Name Let me not suffer shame But me deliuer in thy iustice VVhen trouble me assaileth For thy vvord neuer faileth verse 2 VVith tender pitty and compassion Bovv dovvn thy care to me Me soone from dangers free Be thou my strong fortification From troubles all secure me Of thy defence assure me verse 3 Thou art my fortres and my tovver VVhere I may safe abide For thy Name sake me guide verse 4 Pull me out by thy mighty povver From nets they hide to take me Thou art my strength safe make me verse 5 My soul into thy hands I tender Thou hast redeemed me Lord God of veritie verse 6 I trust in thee Lord my defender All vanities defying I hate them that loue lying verse 7 I vvill be glad in thy saluation Thy mercy doth me fill VVith ioy praise thee I vvill Thou hast knovvn me in tribulation My troubled soul hast vievved And hovv it vvas pursevved verse 8 Thou hast not let me be inclosed VVithin their cruell povvr That vvould my soul deuovvr My fee◠from bands thou hast vnlosed And to me being gracious Mad'st my roome large and spacious verse 9 Haue mercy LORD my soul relieuing For in distres am I Consumed is mine eye And fretted sore vvith pain and grieuing My soul vvith grief doth languish My belly pines vvith anguish verse 10 My life is spent vvhile I bevvaile me With grief in sighs and teares Consumed are my yeares Because of sin my strength doth fail me So long affliction lasteth That all my bones it vvasteth Pause verse 11 My enemies that hatred beare me Haue sought me to defame Reproaching me vvith shame My neighbours and acquaintance feare me They that vvithout did spy me Far off avvay did fly me verse 12 I am as dead and deep interred Quite out of minde forgot Or as a broken pot For many great ones me deterred I heard their shamefull rayling On all sides feare assayling verse 13 In all their crafty consultation Against me they conspire To kill me they desire But my trust is in thy saluation I said O LORD eternall Thou art my GOD supernall verse 14 In thy hands are my times decreed From my fierce enemy Do thou deliuer me From my foes hands let me be freed From all that do distres me And cruelly oppres me verse 15 On me thy seruant shine refulgent In fauor shevv thy face O saue me by thy grace verse 16 In mercy be to me indulgent LORD let no shame light on me For I do call vpon thee But let the vvicked be ashamed And in the silent graue Their mouthes stopt let them haue verse 17 Their lips strike dumb that lyes haue framed Who righteous men reuiled With slanders foul defiled verse 18 What goodnes great incomparable Hast thou for them in store Which thee in feare adore Thou hast vvrought vvonders admirable For them to all disclosed Who trust in thee reposed verse 19 Before thee in thy habitation Thou safely vvilt them hide From foes outragious pride Thy Tents shall daign them preseruation Kept safe by thy preuention From slandrous tongs contention verse 20 The LORD be praisd magnified For vvondrous svveet and kinde To me I him do finde For in a City fortified He hath kept me immured In time of vvar secured verse 21 I rashly said in my vexation I am depriued quite Of thy al-blessing sight But thou didst heare my supplication VVhen vnto thee I cryed My suit vvas not denyed verse 22 Ye Saints loue ye the LORD all-blessed For he the faithfull gards The proud vvith scorn revvards verse 23 Ye meek of courage be possessed Their hearts GOD fortifyeth Whose trust in him relyeth Psalme xxxij Prophecy IN blessed state he euermore remaineth VVho of his sins forgiuenesse free obtaineth VVhose trespasses shall neuer be reuealed And vvhose offence shall euer be concealed verse 2 Thrice happy is that man to be reputed
vvill turn back all terrifyed This sure I knovv for I haue often tryed That God is still vvith me verse 10 The Lord my God by me shall praised be And of his Word vvill I sing ioyfully Because perform his promise sure vvill he The LORD is my saluation verse 11 On him I trust and build my hopes foundation Therfore I vvill not feare the machination verse 12 Of mortall man My vovves gratification To thee Lord vvill I pay Vnto thee Lord vvill I giue thanks alvvay And I vvill sing thy praises day by day To thee O Lord I vvill confes and say Thou Lord vvilt me deliuer verse 13 From direfull death thou art the only giuer Of safety sure so that my feet shall neuer In danger slide but vpright vvalk for euer In thy life 's lightned vvay Psalme 57. Prayer THy mercy shevv some pitty take on me For O my God my soul doth trust in thee And till these vvoes and troubles be past ouer My soul doth hope thou my defence vvilt be And that vvith thy vvings shade thou vvilt me couer verse 2 Vnto the Lord my God vvho is most high Will I lift vp my voyce and to him cry verse 3 His promise sure vvho keeps vvho by his povver From heau'n vvill saue me from mine enemy Confounding him vvho seeks me to deuovver Selah verse 4 My soul alas distres doth novv compell Mongst Lyons fierce and raging still to dvvell Among men set on fire inflamed fuell Whose teeth are speares and shafts sharp long and fell Whose tongs like svvords do vvound vvith vvords most cruel Pause verse 5 Exalt thy self O God aboue the sky And on the earth aduance thy glory high verse 6 They set a net my steps to haue insnared My humbled soul dovvn bovved lovv doth ly For me my foes a deep pit haue prepared verse 7 Mine enemies before me digd a pit And they themselues are faln dovvn into it Selah Wherfore O God my heart is novv prepared My heart O Lord to praise thee is made fit Thy praises in my song shall be declared verse 8 My glory vvake Harpe Lute avvake I say For I my self vvill vvake ere break of day verse 9 Among the throng in frequent congregations To thee O Lord confessing I vvill pray And praise thy Name O Lord among the Nations verse 10 For mercy thine is as the heau'n most high Thy truth extends vnto the cloudy sky Exalt thy self aboue the heau'n supernall Let all the earth O GOD thee glorifie And sound thy praise O Lord most high eternall Psalme 58. Consolation YE Rulers all to vvhom the trust is Committed to defend the right Against oppressors vvrongfull might Are all your iudgments truth and iustice Ye sons of men haue you regard To all iust iudgment to avvard verse 2 Your mindes on mischief still are musing Your hands vvith vvrongs ye do pollute For cruelties ye execute The Land vvith measures false abusing verse 3 These vvicked men vvho iustice hate From God are strangers alienate Eu'n from the vvomb they haue reiected The truth for error speaking lyes verse 4 Within their brests fell venim lyes VVith poysnous Serpents rage infected And like the Adder deaf vvhose eare He stops because he vvill not heare verse 5 The skilfull charmers voyce not hearing Though of all Charmers chief vvere he verse 6 LORD let their teeth all broken be Within their yavvning mouthes appearing Lord break the Lyons cruell iavves Pull out their fangs cut off their clavves Pause verse 7 Let them as vvater in the riuers Avvay all vnregarded fall verse 8 Their arrovves cut in pieces small Them scatter shatter into shiuers Let them consume avvay as snailes That dry and dy vvhen moysture failes As vvomens fruit vntimely dyeth Nere seeing light abortiue born verse 9 Before the bramble bush or thorn Do prick or burn svvift vengeance flyeth And like a vvhirlvvind them aliue VVith furious force avvay shall driue verse 10 Then shall vvith gladnes mirth pleasure The righteous man right ioyfull be When he the vvicked men shall see Fall vnder vengeance dreadfull measure He in the bloud of vvicked men Shall vvash his feet Man shall say then verse 11 The righteous shall be vvell regarded He shall the fruit and profit gain Of all his labour not in vain With plenty he shall be revvarded For sure there is a God of might That iudgeth all the vvorld by right Psalme lix Prayer MY GOD my enemies surround me Saue me from them that vvould confound me Let me my God defended be From them that rise vp against me verse 2 Deliuer me from all transgressors saue me from them that be oppressors From vvorkers of iniquity From cruell men and bloud-thirsty verse 3 For loe they all my vvayes espying To take my life in vvait are lying Lord mighty men their forces bend Gainst me vvho them did not offend verse 4 With speed prepard they haue intended To punish me vvho nere offended Therfore arise behold and see And vvith thy might assist thou me verse 5 Lord God of hosts vvhose mighty povver Is Israels defensiue tovver The heathen visit thou avvake And on them all due vengeance take To none let mercy be extended Who of meer malice haue offended Selah verse 6 I' th euening they run to and fro About the streets they rambling go â—ike hounds they hovvl their mouthes loud sounding verse 7 Their speech vvith brags and boasts abounding â—ith cruell lips like sharpned svvords For vvho say they do hear our vvords verse 8 But thou LORD vvilt reproue and chide them â—isdainfully thou vvilt deride them â—nd laughing at their lust disgrace â—halt mock the heathen to their face verse 9 Because my strength on thee dependeth On thee alone my soul attendeth For only God defendeth me My high tovvr of defence is he verse 10 The God of mercy is my Sauer He shall preuent me vvith his fauer The Lord vvill surely suffer me On my foes my desire to see Pause verse 11 But suddenly O Lord them slay not That our remembrance soone decay not But by degrees them all abroad Disperse by thy great povver O God Them all vvith shame dovvn lovv deiect thou Thou art our shield vs Lord protect thou verse 12 Because their vvicked mouthes abound In sin their lips vvith lyes resound They in their pride shall be surprised For cursed plots vvhich they deuised For execrations fraud and vvrongs verse 13 Proceeding from their lying tongs In thy fierce anger fury fuming Confound thou them all quite consuming That nothing may them ere restore Destroy them that they be no more That they may knovv in Iacob raigneth The God that euermore remaineth Whose rule and empire doth extend Vnto the vvorlds remotest end Selah verse 14 They in the euening back returning Enraged mad vvith fury burning As dogs do grin bark vvhine and cry About the city rambling pry verse 15 From place to place they shift still changing Sharking for meat in hunger ranging And vvhen
O Lord mine enemies Mightily are multiplied Offring me great iniuries VVith fell hate they me enuyed verse 19 Thou LORD keep my soul vnblamed From all ill deliuer me That I do not blush ashamed My hope euer is in thee verse 20 Vpright and intire keep me For I vvait on thee depending LORD from all aduersitie Saue thy Israel him defending Psalme 26. Prayer O LORD GOD iudg thou me For in integritie I vvalked haue and so abide In God I trust assured Who hath me safe secured Therfore I shall not fall nor slide verse 2 Let thy al-plercing eye O LORD me serch and try Proue thou my reins my heart my minde Of euery cogitation Make strict examination Take notice hovv I am inclinde verse 3 For I thy mercy place Before my eyes thy grace Doth euermore before me bide And in thy truths direction I vvalk vvith circumspection Thy veritie my steps doth guide verse 4 By all meanes I eschevv The levvd inconstant crevv With them I sit not that are vain Who vse dissimulation Within their habitation I neither enter nor remain verse 5 Euen from my heart I hate Th'assemblies congregate Of them that vvorke iniquitie Their courts shall not be hanted Nor vvill I be acquainted Nor bide vvith them that vvicked be Pause verse 6 My hands pure innocent To thee I vvill present Washt cleane and cleare they shall be found And so vvith sacrifices And sacred exercises Thy altar LORD vvill I surround verse 7 That all may heare the noyse Of my thanksgiuing voyce Thy honor I vvill celebrate Thy vvorkes incomparable Thy vvonders admirable To all abroad I vvill relate verse 8 I loued haue O GOD The place of thy abode Of most renovvned high account And vvhere thy Honor dvvelleth The glorious house excelleth My loue thereto doth all surmount verse 9 To thee I humbly pray Take not my life avvay Inuolu'd vvith sinners vild accurst But let my soul be spared When fury is prepared Their bloud to shed vvho bloud do thirst verse 10 Within vvhose traitrous hand Mischieuous plots do stand VVho study falsly to accuse VVhose right hand detestable With bribes abhominable Is filled iustice to abuse verse 11 But I vvith vpright heart VVill vvalk and not depart From my sincere integritie â—â—ign thou so to esteeme me Vouchsafe thou to redeeme me And be thou gracious vnto me verse 12 By thy assisting hand My feet do firmly stand In plained paths of righteousnes I in the congregation VVith thankfull adoration The Lord my God vvill praise and bles Psalme 27. Thanksgiuing THe Lord God is my light and my saluation Then vvho is he that can make me affraid The Lord is my lifes strong fortification VVhat then is he that can make me dismaid verse 2 VVhen vvicked men approached against me To eat my flesh my cruell deadly foes My enemies vvhose hate did me oppose They stumbled then and fell dovvn fearfully verse 3 Though mighty hoasts vvith all their force surround me Yet shall my heart fear nothing nor distrust Though vvars arise and foes seek to confound me Yet confident in this still I vvill trust verse 4 I of the Lord this one thing humbly craue And daily this vvill I seek to obtain That all the dayes of my life vvhich remain In Gods house I may my abiding haue There to behold in sacred contemplation The beauty of hjs Temple I desire To visit there his holy habitation VVith diligence attending to inquire verse 5 For he in time of trouble vvill me hide Within his tent vvhen dangers me assault In secret of his house he vvill exalt And set me safe vpon a rocke to bide Pause verse 6 And novv my head shall be high eleuated Aboue my foes about me circling round Therfore vvill I in Gods house animated Sing sacrifice reioyce his praise resound verse 7 Lord hear my voyce giue eare vnto my cry Grant my request and to me gracious be Haue mercy Lord vvith fauor ansvver me To this my suit vouchsafe thou to reply verse 8 When first thou spakst these vvords of fauor saying Seek ye my face encourag'd by thy grace My heart strait vvays thy iust coÌ„mand obaying This vovv replyd Lord I vvill seek thy face verse 9 Then far from me thy face O do not hide In vvrath from thee thy seruant do not chase My helper thou hast bin in euery place Forsake me not my health my God my guide verse 10 Though Parents both abandon and reiect me The Lord vvill me to his tuition take verse 11 By foes opprest in thy vvay Lord direct me Teach me thy path it plain before me make verse 12 Commit me not vnto mine enemies Let them not vvork on me their ovvn desires False vvitnes rise against me shameles lyers They be and breath out vvâ—ong and cruelties verse 13 My heart vvould faint but that I haue reposed My confidence O Lord vpon thy vvord To see thy grace and goodnes great disclosed Euen in the land of life by thee O Lord. verse 14 Wait thou on God him patiently attend With courage bould quit manfully thy part The Lord thy God make strong thy valiant heart Wait on the Lord for he vvill thee defend Psalme xxvlij Prayer O LORD my strong fortification To thee I make my supplication Be not as deaf or silent to me Lest thy long silence quite vndo me And I my self to them compare That in the graue deep buried are verse 2 Heare thou my voyce to thee directed VVhen I do cry vvith hands erected Tovvards thy most holy place elected verse 3 My God let me not be reiected VVith vvorkers of iniquitie VVith vvicked men destroy not me Whose vvords speak peace but harts malitious Do hide and harbor hate pernicious verse 4 According to their deeds regard them And as their merits are revvard them As they deserue pay them their hire Such vvages as their vvorks require verse 5 Because vvith diligence they learn not To knovv Gods vvorks and them discern not Nor his hands mighty operation He vvill them ruin to desolation His force to fall shall them constrain And neuer build them vp again verse 6 The LORD our God be euer blessed VVho heard my voyce to him addressed verse 7 GOD is my strength he me defendeth My help on him my shield dependeth Therfore my hearts ioy doth abound His praise vvith thanks my song shall sound verse 8 God is their strength and hath appointed Deliuerance to his king anointed verse 9 Saue thou thy people thy ovvn nation Be thou the strength of their saluation Vouchsafe to bles thine heritance Them euer guide feed and aduance Psalme 29. Doctrine ALl ye Princes mighty States Monarchs Kings and Potentates Render to the Lord his right Glory Maiesty and might verse 2 To his Name most honorable Render praises ansvverable VVorship God performe this duty In his house of sacred beauty verse 3 Ore the vvaters roring noyse Is the Lords most mighty voyce God most glorious from his
My fainting spirit vvas ouerthrovvn VVhat course I hold vvhere I should goe VVhat path I take thou vvell dost knovv verse 4 And vvhen I vvalked in my vvay They for me secret snares did lay On my right hand I lookt to see If any vvere vvho vvould knovv me VVhen meanes and friends I sought and try'd They me forsook on euery side All hope of succor failed me For my soul none vvould carefull be verse 5 O Lord to thee then I did cry Thou only art my hope said I Thou art my refuge still at hand My portion in the liuing land verse 6 Attend vnto my vvofull cry For very lovv novv brought am I From cruell foes deliuer me Far stronger all then I they be verse 7 My soul out of close prison bring That to thy name I praise may sing The iust about me shall resort For largely thou shalt me comfort Psalme 143. Prayer LOrd hear my prayer and inuocation Giue eare vnto my supplication Me ansvver in thy faithfulnes Relieue me vvith commiseration According to thy righteousnes verse 2 Let not thy seruant terrified VVith horror of his sin be tryed By rigor of thy iudgment right For no man can be iustified That liues in thy al-seeing sight verse 3 My foes my soul haue persecuted Their fury on me executed Struck dovvn my life to earth they haue I dvvell in darknes am reputed As dead long lying in the graue verse 4 Therfore my spirit is distressed VVithin me ouervvhelmd oppressed Amazed desolate perplext Of vvonted comfort dispossessed My heart disconsolate is vext verse 5 In miserable state inthralled The dayes of old to minde I called On all thy vvorks I meditate To comfort me vvith grief appalled The vvorks of thy hands I relate verse 6 To call on thee thy Word requireth My humble heart to thee aspireth VVith stretcht out hands thy grace to gain For thee my thirsty soul desireth As parched lands for shovvrs of rain verse 7 Lord haste thy ansvver fauorable My spirit failes be comfortable Thy face from me O do not hide Lest I become as miserable As they that dovvn the pit do slide verse 8 Betimes to heare thy mercy make me In thee I trust do not forsake me The vvay that I should vvalk shevv me That errors do not ouertake me For I do lift my heart to thee verse 9 O Lord thou art my hope foreuer Me from my enemies deliuer To thee for refuge I do fly Of sure defence thou art the giuer Hid vnder thy shield let me ly verse 10 Teach me to doe thy vvill directed To be by me knovvn and effected Thou art my God my comforts spring By thy good spirit me elected Into the land of iustice bring verse 11 O Lord in vvhom my trust is stayed Reuiue thou me so much decayed For thy Name sake vvhich I profes Let me from trouble be conuayed According to thy righteousnes verse 12 And of thy mercy failing neuer My cruell foes cut off for euer And let thy might them all destroy Who to afflict my soul indeuer For thee to serue is all my ioy Psalme 144. Prayer THe Lord vvho is my strength my God be blessed VVho hath my hands to manage armes addressed VVith vvarlike skill my fingers taught to fight Victoriously conqu'ring my foes to smite verse 2 His fauor is my freedom my saluation My tovvr of strength my strong fortification My only hope my sure defence my shield By him subdevvd to me the people yeeld verse 3 Lord vvhat is man that thou vouchsafst to knovv him That thou such grace such loue dost daign to shovv him VVhat is the son of man that thou shouldst take Such liking of him such account to make verse 4 This earthly man may fitly be resembled Vnto a heap of vanities assembled His dayes are fevv and soon they do decay And as a shade they svviftly pas avvay verse 5 Bovv dovvn the heau'ns O Lord from thence descending The mountains touch they 'l smoake in sunder rending verse 6 Cast lightning forth them scatter and disperse Shoot out thy shafts destroy thou the peruerse verse 7 For my release thy hand from heau'n dovvn send me From vvaters great deliuer and defend me From fearfull fall into the 〈…〉 Of children strange born bred in barbarous lands verse 8 Whose mouth speaks fraud vvhose vvhole discourse is lying Their hands and hearts to vanity applying verse 9 To thee O God my voyce a nevv song sings I 'le sound thy praise vvith harp and lutes ten strings verse 10 He Kings from feare and trouble doth deliuer Of victory he is the only giuer By him is sure his seruant Dauid made Safe and secure from vvounds of trenchant blade verse 11 Deliuer me betimes vouchsafe to saue me From strangers hands vvho in their povvr vvould haue me VVhose mouth doth talk of vanity and lyes And vvhose right hand deceit doth exercise verse 12 Grant that our sons may in their generations Grovv vp in youth as flourishing plantations As louely make our daughters and as fair As pollisht coignes of royall buildings are verse 13 Make thou our fields for one yeeld fiue times tvventy Our garners fill of all sorts stor'd vvith plenty And let our flocks vvhich streets or pastures hold Bring thousands forth increase ten thousand fold verse 14 Do thou make strong our oxen toil enduring Inuasions and excursions spoil procuring Make quite to cease all violence restrain That there may none in all our streets complain verse 15 O happy are the people thus instated Who to the Lord are vvholy consecrated True blessednes hath them for euer cround VVhose God the Lord eternall is renound Psalme Cxlv. Thanksgiuing MY God my King I vvill thee magnifie And bles thy name for euermore vvill I. verse 2 Bles thee I vvill and praise thee euery day And glorifie thy sacred name for ay verse 3 The Lord my God is great and admirable To comprehend his greatnes none is able verse 4 Due praise of all thy vvorks each generation Shall giue and of thy povvr make declaration verse 5 I vvill discourse of thy great dignity And celebrate thy glorious Maiesty I vvill declare the vvonders by thee vvrought And maruelous vvorks vvhich thou to pas hast brought verse 6 And men shall speak of thy povvr testifying Hovv dreadfull are thy actions terrifying I vvill declare thy high magnificency Thy great renovvn and honors excellency verse 7 They shall make knovvn and that abundantly Thy goodnes great most vvorthy memory Thy righteousnes to all doth so abound That they the praise therof shall sing and sound verse 8 The Lord is kinde and full of svveet compassion To anger slovv of much commiseration verse 9 His goodnes God doth vnto all discouer His mercy great extends his vvorks all ouer verse 10 Lord all thy vvorks vvhich thy hands did create Giue thanks to thee thy praise they celebrate Especially thy Saints all thee do bles Most vvorthy praise they all do thee confes verse 11