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A15976	The Psalmes of David translated into lyrick-verse, according to the scope, of the original. And illustrated, with a short argument, and a briefe prayer, or meditation; before, & after, every Psalme. By George Wither; Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Wither.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1632 (1632)	STC 2735; ESTC S102335	151,742	322

hast cut short his youthful daies And him with shame thou dost confound Good Lord in thy enflamed rage Shall still thy face obscur'd remaine Oh minde the shortnes of mine age Why shouldst thy make mankind in vanie 14 Who lives whome Death shal not remove Or who from Death is ever free Selah Oh Lord where now is all that Love To David vow'd of old by thee Thy servants great reproach record And in my breast what scornes I bear Among those mightie Nations Lord Who likewise thy blaspheamers are 15 Oh God! ev'n thy Anointed-one They have derided in his waies But Lord what ever they have done To thee for evermore be praise Most gratious God thou hast not only promised thy mercifull assistance to all true beleevers but with an Oath also confirmed the same for the better strengthning of our weak faith Grant we pray thee that we neither become distrustfull of so gratious an Assurance neither discouraged by those Afflictions persecutions where withal thou shalt please to purg our corruptions nor be overcome by those tēptatiōs whereby our faith is exercised in the day of triall but cause us to depend on thy promise to be couragious victorious in all our battailes Give us wisdome likewise so to descern who are the true seed of David to whom the performāce of thy Covenant doth cheefly appertaine that wee deceave not our selves by a false application of thy spiritual promises nor delude our soules with temporarie hopes or fears But make vs ever constant both in that which wee ought to beleeve on thy part in that which is to be performed on our parts through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 90. The prayer of Moses the man of God In this Psalme the humane Nature which as the word Moses signifieth was Drawne out ev'n from the waters of perdition praiseth God for his eternal decree of her Restauration confesseth her vanity mortality c. To the same purpose wee should vse it LOrd thou art alwaies our abode Before the world beginning had Thou wer't eternally our God Yea long e're heav'n earth were made Thou say'st yee sonns of men returne And streight return'd to dust they be As one nights watch or day outworne So are a thousand yeares to thee 2 Thou like a Floud as in a dream Shalt sweep them suddenly away For like the flowring grasse they seem That springs fadeth in a day One frowne of thine consumes vs quite Thy wrath our troubles doth renewe Thou set'st our sinns before thy sight And bring'st our secret faults to vewe 3 Our tyme through thy displeasure wears And like a Tale that 's told are wee Our life is done at seaventie years Or eighty when wee strongest be For all the rest wee spend in woe And vanish e're wee be aware Thine Anger 's force Lord who doth knowe As is thy wrath such is thy fear 4 Instruct vs how to count our dayes That so our harts may wisdome learne And make thou Lord no long delaies But pleased now to me returne To vs betimes thy favour daigne That wee may all our life be glad And dayes years of joye obtaine For those of greef which wee have had 5 Thy workings let thy servants vewe Thy glories let their Children see Oh Lord our God! thy Beautie shewe Still shining on vs let it bee And all our works oh God we pray Establish thou so direct That well our labours prosper may And blessed be with good effect Instruct vs oh blessed God so to consider our vanities our errors the vncertainty of our short lives that wee may redeem the time by true Faith ioind with Christian prudence so order our Conversations that thy wrath may be appeased our sinns blotted away all our sorrowes turned into Ioyes Moreover during our short abiding here vouchsafe vs thy favour so assist our weak endeavours that wee may to thy glory finish the worke for which thou hast placed vs in this world And though our works be vnprofitable or such as like stuble will not abide the Fiery-triall yet let that which we shall build vp be at least grounded on the right Foundation that wee our selves may be safe through the free mercies of Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Psa 91. This Psalme shewes that such as abide beleeve in Christ shal be secured from publike private calamities by an especiall protection of what nature soever their perills be at least the mischeef of them shall be prevented life eternal vouchsafed c. It is vsefull to strengthen Faith in great plagues general dangers WHo in the Closet the shade Of God almighty still resides Is by his Highnes fearles made And alway safe with him abides For I confesse the Lord hath binn A Fortresse a Rock to mee My God alone I trusted in And he my trust shall all waies be 2 He will no doubt secure thee from The Fowlers traps noysome Pest His wings thy shelter shall become Thou shalt beneath his feathers rest Thou for thy Sheild his Truth shalt bear And nothing then shall thee dismay Not that which wee at Midnight fear Nor any shaft that flies by day 3 No secret plague offend thee shall Nor what in publike wasts the Land Though at thy side a thousand fall And tenn tymes more at thy right-hand But thou shalt live to mark see The due reward of men vniust For God most high will favour thee Because in him thou putst thy trust 4 No mischeef shall to thee betide Nor any plague thy house infect For he doth Angell-gards provide Which in thy waies will thee protect Their hands will thee vprightly lead And from thy Paths all harmes expell Thou shalt on Aspes Lions tread On Lions younge on Dragons fell 5 For seeing his delight I am I will saith God be still his garde And since he knowes my holy Name To honours high he shall be rear'd When he doth call an ear I 'le give In troubles I with him will be On earth he longe shall honor'd live And he my saving-health shall see Blessed God giue us such assured confidence in thee that wee may be secured in those publike calamities for which our publike sinns have deserved thy scourge be delivered also from the mischeef of those perticuler punishments which our personal offences may iustly bring vpon vs. But how soever thou dealest with our bodies in this life let our soules be saved from the plauge of everlasting Death Let thy holy Angells keep vs in all our waies give vs thy grace to keep the waies in which thou hast appointed vs to walk VVhatsoever perills or terrors affront vs give courage to passe through them in the execution of our lawfull Callings without dismay or distrust And though they bring some smart let them not hinder but rather further the accomplishment of our eternal safety through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Another of the same

wonders in the Land of Ham. 10 He darknes cal'd dark it grewe For his commands were not withstood Throughout their Coast their fish he slewe And chang'd their waters into bloud Vpon their land he froggs did bring Which climb'd the chambers of the king 11 He spake flies of divers formes And lice through ev'ry quarter craw'ld Insteed of raine he gave them stormes And hayle lightnings forth he cald Which downe their vines figtrees brake And in their groves great spoile did make 12 The Locust came at his command And Caterpillers did abound The grasse they wasted from the land And ev'ry fruite vpon the ground Then he their Eldest-borne did smite The very prime of all their might 13 His people rich from thence he brought Among his Tribes no weaklings were All Egipt ioy'd when they went out For why of them they stood in feare A Canopy of Clouds they had To give them light a fire he made 14 The people askt quailes he gave With heav'nly bread he filled them The Rocks likewise for them he clave And through dry Lands he sent a Streame Because to minde that promise came Which he had made to Abraham 16 His people his chosen bands He brought away with loyfulnes To them he gave the Gentiles lands And they their labours did possesse That they might mark what he decreed And keep his lawes with carefull heed Preserve us oh Lord from that hardnes of hart for which thou sendest thy dreadfull iudgments into the world withhold alsoe thy plaugues from our Kingdome But especially that spirituall Darknes those Iudgments which are mistically signifiied by Lice froggs Locusts the rest of the Egiptiā plagues And as a meanes of this favour make us mindfull of that Covenant which then hast made vnto vs wee vnto thee in Christ Iesus VVee confesse thou didst gratiously lead our Fore-fathers in the wildernes feeding guiding preserving them by thy miraculous powre Be thou also we pray thee our Assistance protector in this our Pilgrimage feeding us with that heavenly Manna refreshing us out of that spirituall Rock whereof they had the type that wee may followe them who are gone before into the Land of the living there praise thee world without end Amen Psa 106. Halelujah It commemorates the perversenes of the Iewes in whome the humane Nature was typified therefore changing the persons to our selves We may sing it to set forth God's Grace long-suffring toward vs Who have enioyed the same favours are guilty of the same perversenes COme praise the Lord for wondrous good is he And without end his tender mercies are His powrfull Acts by none cann vttred be His praises due none fully cann declare They blessed are that have true judgment heeded And in the paths of righteousnes prooceeded 2 With such respect let me remembred be As that which to thy chosen thou dost bear Thy saving-health vouchsafe thou vnto me And place me there where thyne Elected are That I may tast the pleasures of thy Nation And partner be in all their exvltation 3 Wee have amisse like our fore-fathers done God's wondrous works in Egipt moov'd not thē His mercies great they never thought vpon But at the Sea the red-sea vexed him Who naitheles them for his namesake spared That his great powr might be by them declared 4 The Red-sea then was dride at his command And there as through the desert they do goe He saved them from their oppressors hand And them redeemd from their stronghanded foe For in the sloud he overwhelmd their haters And non of them escaped from the waters 5 Then they beleev'd praisd him in a song But soone his words works forgotten were For flesh ev'n in the Deserts they did long And much provok'd the Lord's displeasure there Their brutish lust with flesh indeed he served But therewithal their lustful souls were sterved 6 Their Campe at Moses grudgd with despight God's holy-one e'vn Aron did persue For which the Earth did Swallow Dathan quite And quick-devour'd Abiram his crewe A sudden flame their Congregation fired And made an end of those that had conspired 7 An Idoll then in Horeb they did raise A molten Calfe as God adored they And gave to God their Glory their Praise An Oxes forme that eateth grasse hay For God their Garde nor for his powre they cared In Egyipt Cham or at the sea declared 8 God therefore sayd he quite had ruin'd them But that his wrath by Moses was alayd The pleasant Land likewise they did contemn Beleeving not the words that he had sayd And in their tents their murmurs were a token They did nor hear nor heed what God had spokē 9 Another tyme his hand advanced was Them in the Desert to have overthrowne To mixe their seed among the gentile-race And scatter them through many lands vnknowne Because vnto Baal-peor they had bowed And fedd on meats to lifeles Idolls vowed 10 Yea then the Plague did fast among thē run Because their fault God's anger had encreast But Iustice was by Phineas timely done And there vpon that mischeef quickly ceast His righteousnes therefore shall be commended Through Ages all till Ages all are ended 11 At Meribath they made him angry to And wroth likewise with Moses for their sake For they provokt his humble spirit soe That he some words without advisement spake They did not slay their foes as God forewarned But mixt with such and their ill customs learned 12 Their Idol-Gods they serv'd which proov'd a snare To Devills they did sacrifize their seed They spilt the bloud of those that guiltles were Ev'n their owne sonns Daughters blood they shed To Canans Gods for offrings thē they killed And all the Land with bloody sinns defiled 13 Thus by their works poluted they became And whorishlie persude what they deviz'd Which did Gods wrath against them so inflame That he therefore his heritage despiz'd For them to serve the Nations he constrained And over them their Adversaries raigned 14 Their Foes opprest brought thē verie lowe And then though him their Courses did provoke He helped them when they did helples growe And when they cride compassion on them tooke His Cov'nant his grace to minde he called And succour'd thē by those who them enthralled 15 Oh Lord our God! still send vs healp frō thee That wee therfore may laud thy holy Name Divided from the Gentiles let vs be To sing thy praise trivmph in the same Let Isre'ls God with praise be still confessed And let al people say The Lord be blessed UUee confesse oh Lord God that wee have sinned according to all the transgressions of our forefathers added many Offences vnto theirs UUee confesse also that as to them thou hast multiplied thy mercies towards us Insomuch that our enimies yea our Afflictions have beene made comfortable And in steed of Plagues whose encrease continuance wee rather deserved

Namesake Lord revive me Let thy Iustice be my gard Yea destroy of thy compassion Those that seek my soules vexation For I am thy servant Lord. Oh Lord God if thou shouldst iudg us according to our deservings wee all flesh should everlastingly perish VVee appeall therefore to thy Mercie with a thirsty longing desire speedy assistance according to thy accustomed Loving-kindnes lest wee be swallowed vp by Despaire or devoured by our Foes For thine owne sake even for thy Iustice for thy Mercy for thy Name sake direct us in thy waies Instruct us in thy VVill protect us from all evills bring vs into the Land of the Living through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another of the same LOrd mark my suite my sad complaining hear And in thy Truth Justice answear give Iudg not thy servant with a doome severe For in thy sight not one doth blameles live The foe hath chas'd my soul of life nigh reft mee And in the dark as one long dead hath left mee 2 In mee therfore my spirits downe are cast My hart is fill'd with many a heavie thought I muse vpon the dayes that now are past And on thy works ev'n al thy hāds have wrought With stretchtout hands with soul-thirsty pāting I thirst for thee as Land when raine is wanting 3 My spirit faints oh God with speed give ear If longer thou thy face obscure I dye Oh let thy Love to mee betimes appear For I on thee on thee alone relye Yea let me Lord within thy Paths be trained For vnto thee I lift a soul vnfained 4 Protect mee Lord in thee is my abode Keep off my foes teach thy will to mee Let thy good sp'rite because thou art my God My guide vnto the Land of Iustice be Yea mee oh Lord for thy Namesake revive thou My soul ev'n for thy Iustice sake reprive thou And of thy grace all those that mee oppressed Destroy thou Lord for I am thine professed Psa 144. A Psalme of David It blesseth God for his regard of the humane Nature Desires Christ's approch to Iudgment And requesteth to be delivered from worldlings c. It is vsefull to these purposes to inform vs that to be God's chose-ones is the greatest happines c. OH praise the Lord for he is all my Powre My hands Armes in warlike feats directing My grace my gard my sheild my healp my Towre My trusty freind my foes to mee subiecting Lord what is mā that thou art pleasd to know him Or what his child that thou sholdst favor show him 2 Mā is as nought his ioys like shades forsake him The heav'ns oh Lord decline down descēd thou But touch the Hils thou to smoke shalt mak thē To scatter them thy dreadfull lighting send thou Shoot out thy shafts vntill they be destroyed Let thy strong hand to healp mee be employed 3 Oh save mee from the water's over-swelling Let mee from forraigne Children be secured Whose mouthes are alwaies lies folly telling And whose righthands to falshood are envred Then to thy praise new songs I will be singing On harp Psalt'ry of a tennfold stringing 4 Let him who doth on kings bestow salvation And from the sword his servant David saveth Protect me frō that forraine generation Whose mouth speakes lies whose right-hand deceaveth Who beg for sonns daughters in their prayer Like plants pretious stones welshap'd faire 5 Who pray for Granards fully stored ever Who 's floks yong breed evn in their streets aboundeth Whose wellfed Oxe in labour faileth never in whose Townes nor cry nor tumult soundeth For tho such men a blessing have possessed Yet they whose God 's the Lord are much more blessed Father of Mercy God of all Consolation thou art alwaies our powrefull deliverer becommest every thing vnto vs which our harts cann desire Oh make vs thanckfull vnto thee for thy great regard of soe vnworthy Creatures And though meer worldlings Carnall Professors seeke thee for temporall Blessings Let vs love serve praise thee meerly for thine owne sake Keep vs from their falshood Hypocrisie selfelove with all their other wicked Conditions And though they boast of thy transitorie Blessings which wee enioy not Let us be contented that thou art our God Let that be our portion of happines let vs enioye it oh Lord for ever ever Amen Psa 145. Davids Psalme of Praise It may be vsed as a Patterne wherby to glorify God according to his principal Attributes such as his Infinitenes Omnipotencie Majesty Justice Mercie Goodnes Providence c. UUhich are mentioned in this Psalme I 'Le honour thee oh God my king And laud thy Name for aye Ev'n to thy Name I 'le alway sing And praise thee ev'rie day For thou art great beyond all bounds And great thy praises are Through Ages all thy glory sounds Thy wonders they declare 2 I 'le also shew thy royall state And thy rare works vnfolde That men thy wonders may relate When I thy powre have tolde That they thy Righteousnes may show And much thy glorie minde For thou to anger Lord art slowe Right gratious meek kinde 3 Thy goodnes thy mercies be In all thy works exprest Ev'n all thy works Lord honour thee And thee thy Saints have blest Thy kingdomes glory they will showe And sing thy greatnes forth That all mankinde thy powre may knowe And see thy Kingdoms worth 4 For thou for evermore shalt raigne And rule through Ages all The weak oh Lord thou wilt sustaine And lift vp those that fall On God all creatures sixe their eyes And fedd in season be For all things living to suffice An open hand hath hee 5 The Lord is just in all his waies His works are sacred all Nigh them who call on him he staies Nigh those who truly call Their hopes who fear him he effects And 's hears saves all those Ev'n those who love him God protects But sinners overthrowes 6 Oh let my mouth due praise therefore Vnto the Lord expresse And let all flesh for evermore His holy Name confesse Great oh Lord is thy Kingdome thy Powre thy Glory great are thy VVorks thy UUonders thy Praises Great also is thy VVisdome thy Goodnes thy Iustice thy Mercy Yea so infinite art thou in these all other excellencies That no attributes are sufficient to expresse thee Nevertheles wee thy Creatures being partakers of thy Abundance witnesses of thy Bounty towards all whome thou hast made Do according to the measure of our Capacities blesse thee for the same And desire to praise and magnify thy Name for ever ever Amen Another of the same ADvance I will thy Name oh God my king For evermore I will extoll the same Blesse thee I will oh Lord alway sing A davlie song of praises to thy Name Consid'ring that thy Greatnesse bound hath none And how thine honor should as boundles be Declare