On you and on your Heirs he will increase of Blessings bring verse 15 Thrice happy you who Fav'rites are of this Almighty King verse 16 Heav'ns highest Orb of Glory he hiS Empire 's Seat design'd And gave this lower Globe of Earth a Portion td Mankind verse 17 They who in Death and Silence sleep to him no Praise afford verse 18 But we will bless for evermore our ever-living Lord. Psalm CXVI verse 1 MY Soul with grateful Thoughts of Love intirely is poslest Because the Lord vouchsasd to hear the Voice of my Request verse 2 Since he has now his Ear inclin'd I never will despair But still in all the straits of Life to him address my Prayer verse 3 With deadly Sorrows compass'd round with pains of Hell opprest When Troubles seiz'd my aking Heart and Anguish rack'd my Breast verse 4 On God's Almighty Name I call'd and thus to him I pray'd Lord I beseech thee save my Soul with Sorrows quite dismay'd verse 5 6 How just and merciful is God how gracious is the Lord Who saves the harmless and to me does timely help afford verse 7 Then free from pensive Cares my Soul resume thy wonted Rest For God has wond'rously to thee his bounteous Love exprest verse 8 When Death alarm'd me he remov'd my dangers and my Fears My Feet from falling he secur'd and dry'd my Eyes from Tears verse 9 Therefore my Life 's remaining years which God to me shall lend Will I in praises to his Name and in his Service spend verse 10 11 In God I trusted and of him in greatest Straits did boast For in my Flight all hopes of Aid from faithless Men were lost verse 12 13 Then what Return to him shall I for all his goodness make I 'll praise his Name and with glad Zeal the Cup of Blessing take verse 14 15 I 'll pay my Vows amongst his Saints whose Blood howe'er despis'd By Wicked Men in God's account is always highly priz'd verse 16 By various Ties O Lord must I to thy Dominion bow Thy humble Handmaid's Son before thy ransom'd Captive now verse 17 18 To thee I 'll Off rings bring of praise and whilst I bless thy Name The just performance of my Vows to all thy Saints proclaim verse 19 They in Jerusalem shall meet and in thy House shall joyn To bless thy Name consent and mix their Songs with mine Psalm CXVII verse 1 WIth cheerful Notes let all the Earth to Heav'n their Voices raise Let all inspir'd with godly Mirth sing solemn Hymns of Praise verse 2 God's tender Mercy knows no bound his Truth shall ne'er decay Then let the willing Nations round their grateful Tribute pay Psalm CXVIII verse 1 2 OPraise the Lord for he is good his Mercies ne'er decay That his kind Favours ever last let thankful Isr'el say verse 3 4 Their Sense of his eternal Love let Aaron's House express And that it never fails let all that fear the Lord confess verse 5 To God I made my humble moan with troubles quite opprest And he releas'd me from my Straits and granted my Request verse 6 Since therefore God does on my fide so graciously appear Why should the vain Attempts of Men possess my Soul with fear verse 7 Since God with those that aid my Cause vouchsases my part to take To all my Foes I need not doubt a just Return to make verse 8 9 For better 't is to trust in God and have the Lord our Friend Than on the greatest humane Pow'r for Safety to depend verse 10 11 Tho' many Nations closely leagu'd did ost beset me round Yet by his boundless Pow'r sustain'd I did their Strength confound verse 12 They swarm'd like Bees and yet their Rage was but a short-liv'd Blaze For whilst on God I still rely'd I vanquish'd them with ease verse 13 When all united press'd me hard in hopes to make me fall The Lord vouchsaf'd to take my part and fav'd me from them all verse 14 The Honour of my strange Escape to him alone belongs He is my Saviour and my Strength he only claims my Songs verse 15 Joy fills the Dwelling of the just whom God has fav'd from Harm For wond'rous things are brought to pass by his Almighty Arm. verse 16 He by his own resistless Pow'r has endless Honour won The saving Strength of his Right-hand amazing Works has done verse 17 God will not susser me to fall but still prolongs my Days That by declaring all his Works I may advance his Praise verse 18 When God had sorely me chastiz'd till quite of Hopes bereav'd His Mercy from the Gates of Death my fainting Life repriev'd verse 19 Then open wide the Temple-Gates to which the Just repair That I may enter in and praise my great Deliv'rer there verse 20 21 Within those Gates of God's Abgde to which the righteous press Since thou hast heard and set me safe thy holy Name I 'll bless verse 22 23 That which the Builders once refus'd is now the Corner-stone This is the wond'rous Work of God the Work of God alone verse 24 25 This Day is God's let all the Land exalt their cheerful Voice Lord we be seech thee fave us now and make us still rejoyce verse 26 Him that approaches in God's Name let all th' Assembly bless We that belong to God's own House have wish'd you good Success verse 27 God is the Lord thro' whom we all both Light and Comfort find Fast to the Altar's Horn with Cords the chosen Victim bind verse 28 Thou art my Lord O God and still I 'll praise thy holy Name Because thou only art my God I 'll celebrate thy Fame verse 29 O then with me give thanks to God who still does gracious prove And let the Tribute of our Praise be endless as his Love Psalm CXIX ALEPH. verse 1 HOW blest are they who always keep the pure and perfect way Who never from the sacred Paths of God's Commandments stray verse 2 How blest who to his righteous Laws have still obedient been And have with servent humble Zeal his Favour fought to win verse 3 Such Men their utmost caution use to shun each wicked Deed But in the path which he directs with constant Care proceed verse 4 Thou strictly hast enjoyn'd us Lord to learn thy sacred Will And all our Diligence employ thy Statutes to fulfil verse 5 O then that thy most holy Will might o'er my ways preside And I the course of all my Life by thy Direction guide verse 6 Then with Assurance should I walk from all Confusion free Convinc'd with Joy that all my Ways with thy Commands agree verse 7 My upright Heart shall my glad Mouth with cheerful Praises fill When by thy righteous Judgments taught I shall have learnt thy Will verse 8 So to thy sacred Laws shall I all due Observance pay O then forsakc me not my God nor cast me quite away BETH verse 9 How shall the Young preserve their Ways from all Pollution
was mine verse 5 Thou Lord my Innocence dost see Nor are my Sins conceal'd from Thee verse 6 Lord God of Hosts take timely care Lest for my sake thy Saints despair verse 7 Since I have suffer'd for thy Name Reproach and hid my Face in shame verse 8 A Stranger to my Country grown Nor to my nearest Kindred known A Foreigner expos'd to Scorn By Brethren of my Mother born verse 9 For Zeal to thy lov'd House and Name Consumes me like devouring Flame Concerned at their Affronts to Thee More than at Slanders cast on me verse 10 My very Tears and Abstinence They construe in a spiteful Sense verse 11 When cloath'd with sackcloth for their sake They me their eommon Proverb make verse 12 Their Judges at my Wrongs do Jest Those Wrongs they ought to have redrest How should I then expect to be From Libels of lewd Drunkards free verse 13 But Lord to thee I will repair For Help with humble timely Pray'r Relieve me from thy Mercies store Display thy Truth 's preserving Pow'r verse 14 From threatning Dangers me relieve And from the Mire my Feet retrieve From spiteful Foes in safety keep And snatch me from the raging Deep verse 15 Controul the Deluge e'er it spread And roul its Waves above my Head Nor deep Destruction's open Pit To close her Jaws on me permit verse 16 Lord hear the humble Pray'r I make For thy transcending Goodness sake Relieve thy Supplicant once more From thy abounding Mercy 's store verse 17 Nor from thy Servant hide thy Face Make haste for desp'rate is my Case verse 18 Thy timely Succour interpose And shield me from remorseless Foes verse 19 Thou knowst what Infamy and Scorn I from my Enemies have born Nor can their close dissembled Spite Or darkest Plots escape thy Sight verse 20 Reproach and Grief have broke my Heart I look'd for some to take my part To Pity or relieve my Pain But look'd alas for both in vain verse 21 With Hunger pin'd for Food I call Instead of Food they give me Gall And when with Thirst my Spirits sink They give me Vinegar to drink verse 22 Their Table therefore to their Health Shall prove a Snare a Trap their Wealth verse 23 Perpetual Darkness seize their Eyes And sudden Blasts their Hopes surprize verse 24 On them thou shalt thy Fury pour Till thy fierce Wrath their Race devour verse 25 And make their House a dismal Cell Where none will e'er vouchsase to dwell verse 26 For new Afflicstions they procur'd For him who had thy Stripes endur'd And made the Wounds thy Scourge had torn To bleed afresh with sharper Scorn verse 27 Sin shall to Sin their Steps betray Till they to Truth have lost the Way verse 28 From Life thou shalt exclude their Soul Nor with the Just their Names enroll verse 29 But me howe'er distrest and poor Thy strong Salvation shall restore verse 30 Thy Pow'r with Songs I 'll then proclaim And celebrate with Thanks thy Name verse 31 Our God shall this more highly prize Than Herds or Flocks in Sacrifice verse 32 Which humble Saints with Joy shall see And hope for like redress with me verse 33 For God regards the Poor's Complaint Sets Pris'ners free from close Restraint verse 34 Let Heav'n Earth Sea their Voices raise And all the World resound his Praise verse 35 For God will Sions Walls erect And Judah's Cities still protect Till all her scatter'd Sons repair To undisturb'd possession there verse 36 This Blessing they shall at their Death To their Religious Heirs bequeath And they to enless Ages more Of such as his blest Name adore PSALM LXX O Lord to my Relief draw near For never was more pressing Need For my Deliv'rance Lord appear And add to that Deliv'rance Speed verse 2 Confusion on their Heads return Who to destroy my Soul combine Let them defeated blush and mourn Insnar'd in their own vile Design verse 3 Their Doom let Desolation be With shame their Malice be repaid Who mock'd my Confidence in Thee And Sport of my Affliction made verse 4 While those who humbly seek thy Face To joyful Triumphs shall be rais'd And all who prize thy saving-Grace With me shall sing The Lord be prais'd verse 5 Thus wretched tho' I am and poor The mighty Lord of me takes care Thou God who only can'st restore To my relief with speed repair LPSALM LXXI IN Thee I put my stedfast Trust defend me Lord from Shame Incline thine Ear and save my Soul for righteous is thy Name verse 3 Be thou my strong abiding place to which I may resort 'T is thy Decree that keeps me safe thou art my Rock and Fort. verse 4 5 From cruel and ungodly Men protect and set me free For from my earliest Youth till now my hope has been in Thee verse 6 Thy constant Care did safely guard my tender Infant-Days Thou took'st me from my Mother's Womb to sing thy constant Praise verse 7 8 While some on me with wonders gaze thy Hand supports me still Thy Honour therefore and thy Praise my Mouth shall always fill verse 9 Reject not then thy Servant Lord when I with Age decay Forsake me not when worn with years my Vigour fades away verse 10 My Foes against my Fame and me with crasty Malice speak Against my Soul they lay their Snares and mutual Counsel take verse 11 His God say they forsakes him now on whom he did rely Pursue and take him whilst no Hope of timely Aid is nigh verse 12 But thou my God withdraw not far for speedy Help I call verse 13 To Shame and Ruin bring my Foes that seek to work my Fall verse 14 But as for me my stedfast Hope shall on thy Pow'r depend And I in grateful Songs of Praise my time to come will spend PART II verse 15 Thy righteous Acts and saving Health my Mouth shall still declare Unable yet to count them all tho summ'd with utmost Care verse 16 While God vouchsases me his Support I 'll in his Strength go on All other Righteousness disclaim and mention his alone verse 17 Thou Lord hast taught me from my Youth to praise thy glorious Name And ever fince thy wond'rous Works have been my constant Theme verse 18 Then now forsake me not when I am grey and seeble grown Till I to these and future times thy Strength and Pow'r have shown verse 19 How high thy Justice foars O God! how great and wond'rous are The mighty Works which thou hast done who may with Thee compare verse 20 Me whom thy Hand has forely press'd thy Grace shall yet relieve And from the lowest depth of Woe with tender Care retrieve verse 21 Thro' Thee my time to come shall be With Pow'r and Greatness crown'd And me who dismal Years have past thy Comforts shall surround verse 22 That I with Psaltery and Harp thy Truth O Lord will praise To Thee the God of Jacob's Race my voice in Anthems raise verse 23
of universal Joy should loudly eccho through the Land PSALM XV. verse 1 LOrd who 's the happy Man that may to thy blest Courts repair Not Stranger-like to visit them but to inhabit there verse 2 'T is he whose ev'ry Thought and Deed by rules of Virtue moves Whose gen'rous Tongue disdains to speak the thing his Heart disproves verse 3 Who never did a Slander forge his Neighbour's Fame to wound Nor hearken to a false Report by Malice whisper'd round verse 4 Who Vice in all its Pomp and Pow'r can treat with just Neglect And Piety tho' cloath'd in Rags religiously respect Who to his plighted Vows and Trust has ever firmly stood And tho' he promise to his Loss he makes his Promise good verse 5 Whose Soul in Usury disdains his Treasure to employ Whom no Rewards can ever bribe the Guiltless to destroy The Man who by this steady Course has Happiness ensur'd When Earth's foundation shakes shall stand by Providence secur'd PSALM XVI verse 1 PRotect me from my cruel Foes and shield me Lord from Harm Because my Trust I still repose on thy Almighty Arm. verse 2 My Soul all Help but thine does slight all Gods but thee disown Yet can no Deeds of mine require the Goodness thou hast shown verse 3 But those that strictly virtuous are and love the thing that 's right To favour always and prefer shall be my chief Delight verse 4 How shall their Sorrows be increas'd who other Gods adore Their bloody Offerings I detest their very Names abhor verse 5 My Lot is fall'n in that blest Land where God is truly known He fills my Cup with lib'ral hand 't is he supports my Throne verse 6 In Nature's most delightful Scene my happy Portion lies The place of my appointed Reign all other Lands outvies verse 7 Therefore my Soul shall bless the Lord whose Precepts give me Light And private Counsel still afford in Sorrow's dismal Night verse 8 I strive each Action to approve to his all-seeing Eye No danger shall my Hopes remove because he still is nigh verse 9 Therefore my Heart all Grief defies my Glory does rejoice My Flesh shall rest in hope to rise wak'd by his pow'rful Voice verse 10 Thou Lord when I resign my Breath my Soul from Hell shall free Nor let thy Holy One in death the least Corruption see verse 11 Thou shalt the Paths of Life display that to thy Presence lead Where Pleasures dwell without allay and Joys that never fade PSALM XVII verse 1 TO my just Plea and sad Complaint attend O righteous Lord And to my Pray'r as 't is unfeign'd a gracious Ear afford verse 2 As in thy sight I am approv'd so let my Sentence be And with impartial Eyes O Lord my upright Dealing see verse 3 For thou hast search'd my Heart by day and visited by Night And on the strictest Trial found its secret Motions right Nor shall thy Justice Lord alone my Heart's Designs acquit For I have purpos'd that my Tongue shall no Offence commit verse 4 I know what wicked Men would do their Safety to maintain But me thy just and mild Commands from bloody Paths restrain verse 5 That I may still in spight of Wrongs my Innocence secure O! guide me in thy righteous Ways and make my Footsteps sure verse 6 Since heretofore I ne'er in vain to thee my Pray'r address'd O! now my God incline thine Ear to this my just Request verse 7 The Wonders of thy Truth and Love in my Defence engage Thou whose Right-hand preserves thy Saints from their Oppressors Rage PART II. verse 8 9 O! keep me in thy tend'rest Care thy sheltring Wing stretch out To guard me safe from salvage Foes that compass me about verse 10 O'ergrown with Luxury enclos'd in their own Fat they lie And with a proud blaspheming Mouth both God and Man defie verse 11 Well may they boast for they have now my Paths encompass'd round With Eyes at watch and Bodies bow'd and couching on the Ground verse 12 In posture of a Lion set when greedy of his Prey Or a young Lion when he lurks within a covert way verse 13 Arise O Lord defeat their Plots their swelling Rage controul From wicked Men who are thy Sword deliver thou my Soul verse 14 From worldly Men thy sharpest Scourge whose Portion 's here below Who fill'd with earthly Stores desire no other Bliss to know verse 15 Their Race is num'rous that partake their Substance while they live Their Heirs survive to whom they may the vast Remainder give verse 16 But I in Uprightness thy Face shall view without controul And waking shall its Image find reflected in my Soul PSALM XVIII verse 1 2 NO change of Times shall ever shock my firm Affection Lord to thee For thou hast always been my Rock a Fortress and Defence to me Thou mv Deliv'rer art my God my Trust is in thy mighty Pow'r Thou art my Shield from Foes abroad at home my Safeguard and my Tow'r verse 3 To thee I will address my Pray'r to whom all Praise we justly owe So shall I by thy watchful Care be guarded from my treach'rous Foe verse 4 5 By Floods of wicked Men distress'd with Seas of Sorrow compass'd round With dire infernal Pangs oppress'd in Death's unweildy Fetters bound verse 6 To Heaven I made my mournful Pray'r to God address'd my humble Moan Who graciously inclin'd his Ear and heard me from his lofty Throne PART II. verse 7 When God arose my part to take the conscious Earth was struck with fear The Hills did at his Presence shake nor could his dreadful Fury bear verse 8 Thick Clouds of Smoak disperst abroad ensigns of Wrath before him came Devouring Fire around him glow'd that Coals were kindled at his Flame verse 9 He left the beauteous Realms of Light whilst Heav'n bow'd down its awful head Beneath his Feet substantial Night was like a sable Carpet spread verse 10 The Chariot of the King of Kings which active Troops of Angels drew On a strong Tempest s rapid Wings with most amazing swiftness flew verse 11 12 Black watry Mists and Clouds conspir'd with thickest Shades his Face to veil But at his Brightness soon retir'd and fell in show'rs of Fire and Hail verse 13 Thro' Heav'ns wide Arch a thundring Peal God's angry Voice did loudly roar While Earth's sad Face with heaps of Hail and flakes of Fire was cover'd o'er verse 14 His sharpen'd Arrows round he threw which made his scatter'd Foes retreat Like Darts his nimble Light'nings flew and quickly finish'd their Defeat verse 15 The Deep its secret Stores disclos'd the World's Foundations naked lay By his avenging Wrath expos'd which fiercely rag'd that dreadful Day PART III. verse 16 The Lord did on my side engage from Heav'n his Throne my Cause upheld And snatch'd me from the furious Rage of threat'ning Waves that proudly swell'd verse 17 God his resistless Pow'r employ'd my strongest Foes attempts to break Who else with ease
in thy Name display'd the Lord accept ' thy Pray'r verse 6 Our Hopes are fix'd that now the Lord our Sov'reign will defend From Heav'n resistless Aid afford and to his Pray'r attend verse 7 Some trust in Steeds for War design'd on Chariots some rely Against them all we call to mind the Pow'r of God most High verse 8 But from their Steeds and Chariots thrown behold them through the Plain Disorder'd broke and trampled down whilst firm our Troops remain verse 9 Still save us Lord and still proceed our rightful Cause to bless Hear King of Heav'n in times of need the Pray'is that we address PSALM XXI verse 1 THE King O Lord with Songs of Praise shall in thy Strength rejoice With thy Salvation crown'd shall raise to Heav'n his chearful Voice verse 2 For thou whate'er his Lips request not only dost impart But hast with thy Acceptance blest the Wishes of his Heart verse 3 Thy Goodness and thy tender Care have all his Hopes out-gone A Crown of Gold thou mad'st him wear and fet'st it firmly on verse 4 He pray'd for Life and thoa O Lord didst to his Pray'r attend And graciously to him afford a Life that ne'er shall end verse 5 Thy sure Defence through Nations round has spread his glorious Name And his successful Actions crown'd with Majesty and Fame verse 6 Eternal Blessings thou bestow'st and mak'st his Joys increase Whilst thou to him unclouded show'st the brightness of thy Face PART II. verse 7 Because the King on God alone for timely Aid relies His Mercy still supports his Throne and all his Wants supplies verse 8 But righteous Lord thy stubborn Foes shall feel thy dreadful Hand Thy vengeful Arm shall find out those that hate thy mild Command verse 9 When thou against them dost engage thy just but dreadful Doom Shall like a glowing Oven's Rage their Hopes and them consume verse 10 Nor shall thy furious Anger cease or with their Ruine end But root out all their guilty Race and to their Seed extend verse 11 For all their Thoughts were set on Ill their Hearts on Malice bent But thou with watchful Care didst still the ill Effects prevent verse 12 While they their swist Retreat shall make to ' scape thy dreadful Might Thy swifter Arrows shall o'ertake and gaul them in their flight verse 13 Thus Lord thy wond'rous strength disclose and thus exalt thy Fame Whilst we glad Songs of Praise compose to thy Almighry Name PSALM XXII verse 1 MY God my God why leav'st thou me when I with Anguish faint O why so far from me remov'd and from my loud Complaint verse 2 All day but all the day unheard to thee do I complain With Cries implore Relief all Night but cry all Night in vain verse 3 Yet thou art still the righteous Judge of Innocence oppress'd And therefore Israel's Praises are of right to thee address'd verse 4 5 On thee our Ancestors rely'd and thy Deliv'rance found With pious Confidence they pray'd and with Success were crown'd verse 6 But I am treated like a Worm like none of human Birth Not only by the Great revil'd but made the Rabble's Mirth verse 7 With Laughter all the gazing Crowd my Agonies survey They shoot the Lip they shake the Head and thus deriding say verse 8 In God he trusted boasting ost that he was Heaven's Delight Let God come down to save him now and own his Favourite PART II. verse 9 Thou mad'st my teeming Mother's Womb a living Offspring bear When but a Suckling at the Breast I was thy early Care verse 10 Thou Guardian-like didst shield from wrongs my helpless Infant days And since hast been my God and Guide through Life's bewilder'd ways verse 11 Withdraw not then so far from me when Trouble is so nigh O send me Help thy Help on which I only can rely verse 12 High pamper'd Bulls a frowning Herd from Basans Forest met With Strength proportion'd to their Rage have me around beset verse 13 They gape on me and every Mouth a yawning Grave appears The desart Lions savage Roar less dreadful is than theirs PART III. verse 14 My Blood like Water 's spill'd my Joints are rack'd and out of frame My Heart dissolves within my Breast like Wax before the Flame verse 15 My Strength like Potter's Earth is parch'd my Tongue cleaves to my Jaws And to the silent Shades of Death my fainting Soul withdraws verse 16 Like Blood-hounds to surround me they in pack't Assemblies meet They pierc'd my inoffensive Hands they pierc'd my harmless Feet verse 17 My Body 's rack'd till all my Bones distinctly may be told Yet such a Spectacle of Woe as Pastime they behold verse 18 As Spoil my Garments they divide Lots for my Vesture cast verse 19 Therefore approach O Lord my strength and to my Succour haste verse 20 From their sharp Sword protect thou me of all but Life bereft Nor let my Darling in the pow'r of cruel Dogs be left verse 21 To save me from the Lion's Jaws thy present Succour send As once from goring Unicorns thou didst my Life desend verse 22 Then to my Brethren I 'll declare the Triumphs of thy Name In presence of assembled Saints thy Glory thus proclaim verse 23 Ye Worshippers of Jacob's God all you of Israel's Line O praise the Lord and to your Praise sincere Obedience join verse 24 He ne'er disdain'd on low Distress to cast a gracious Eye Nor turn'd from Poverty his Face but hears its humble Cry PART IV. verse 25 Thus in thy sacred Courts will I my chearful Thanks express In presence of thy Saints perform the Vows of my Distress verse 26 The meek Companions of my Grief shall find my Table spread And all that seek the Lord shall be with Joys immortal fed verse 27 Then shall the glad converted World to God their Homage pay And scatter'd Nations of the Earth one Sov'reign Lord obey verse 28 T is his supreme Prerogative o'er Subject-Kings to reign 'T is just that he should rule the World who does the World sustain verse 29 The Rich who are with Plenty fed his Bounty must confess The Sons of Want by him reliev'd their gen'rois Patron bless With humble Worship to his Throne they all for aid resort That Pow'r which first their Beings gave can only them support verse 30 31 Then shall a chosen spotless Race devoted to his Name To their admiring Heirs his Truth and glorious Acts proclaim PSALM XXIII verse 1 THE Lord himself the mighty Lord vouchsases to be my Guide The Shepherd by whose constant Care my Wants are all supply'd verse 2 In tender Grass he makes me feed and gently there repose Then leads me to cool Shades and where refreshing Water flows verse 3 He does my wandring Soul reclaim and to his endless Praise Instruct with humble Zeal to walk in his most righteous Ways verse 4 I pass the gloomy Vale of Death from Fear and Danger free For there his aiding Rod
my time to come delightfully employ verse 7 From dreadful Danger and Distress the Lord has set me free Through him shall I of all my Foes the just Destruction see PSALM LV. GIve ear thou Judge of all the Earth and listen when I pray Nor from thy humble Suppliant turn thy glorious Face away verse 2 Attend to this my sad complaint and hear my grievous Moans Whilst I my mournful Case declare with artless Sighs and Groans verse 3 Hark! how the Foe insults aloud how fierce Oppressors rage Whose sland'ring Tongues with wrathful hate against my Fame engage verse 4 5 My Heart is rack'd with Pain my Soul with deadly Frights distrest With Fear and Trembling compass'd round with Horror quite opprest verse 6 How often wish'd I then that I the Dove 's swift Wings could get That I might take my speedy Flight and seek a safe Retreat verse 7 8 Then would I wander far from hence and in wild Desarts stray Till all this surious Storm were spent this tempest past away PART II. verse 9 Destroy O Lord their ill Designs their counsels soon divide For through the City my griev'd Eyes have Strise and Rapine spy'd verse 10 By Day and Night on ev'ry Wall they walk their constant Round And in the midst of all her Strength are Grief and Mischief found verse 11 Whoe're through ev'ry Part shall roam with fresh Disorders meet Deceit and Guile their constant posts maintain in ev'ry Street verse 12 For'twas not any open Foe that false Reflections made For then I could with ease have born the bitter things he said 'T was none who hatred had profest that did against me ris For then I had withdrawn my self Friend from his malicious Eyes verse 13 14 But'twas ev'n thou my Guide my whom tend'rest Love did join Whose sweet Advice I valu'd most whose Pray'rs were mixt with mine verse 15 Sure Vengeance equal to their Crimes such-Tray tors must surprize And sudden Death requite those Ills they wickedly devise verse 16 17 But I will call on God who still shall in my Aid appear At Morn and Noon and Night I 'll pray and he my voice shall hear PART III. verse 18 God has releas'd my Soul from those that did winh me contend And made a numerous Host of Friends my righteous Cause defend verse 19 For he who was my Help of old shall now his suppliant hear And punish them whose prosp'rous State makes them no God to fear verse 20 Whom can I trust if faithless Men perfidiously devise To ruin me their peaceful Friend and break the strongest Ties verse 21 Tho soft and melting are their Words their Hearts with War abound Their Speeches are more smooth than Oyl and yet like Swords they wound verse 22 Do thou my Soul on God depend and He shall thee sustain He aids the Just whom to supplant the Wicked strive in vain verse 23 My Foes that trade in Lies and Blood shall all untimely die Whilst I for Health and Length of Days on Thee my God rely PSALM LVI DO Thou O God in Mercy help for Man my Life pursues To crush me with repeated Wrongs he daily Strife renews verse 2 Continually my spiteful Foes to ruin me combine Thou seest who sit'st enthron'd on high what mighty Numbers join verse 3 But tho' sometimes surpriz'd by Fear on Danger 's first Alarm Yet still for Succour I depend on thy Almighty Arm. verse 4 God's faithful Promise I shall praise on which I now rely In God I trust and trusting him the Arm of Flesh defy verse 5 They wrest my Words and make 'em speak a Sense they never meant Their Thoughts are all with restless Spite on ray Destrucion bent verse 6 In close Assemblies they combine and wicked Projects lay They watch my Steps and lie in wait to make my Soul their Prey verse 7 Shall such Injustice still escape O Righteous God arise Let thy just Wrath too long provok'd this impious Race chastise verse 8 Thou numbrest all my Steps lince first I was compell'd to flee My very Tears are treasur'd up and regist'red by Thee verse 9 When therefore I invoke thy Aid my Foes shall be o'erthrown For I am well assr'd that God my righteous cause will own verse 10 11 I 'll trust God's Word and so despise the Force that Man can raise verse 12 To thee O God my Vows are due to Thee I 'll render Praise verse 13 Thou haft retriev'd my Soul from Death and Thou wilt still secure The Life thou hast so oft preserv'd and make my Footsteps sure That thus protected by thy Pow'r I may this Light enjoy And in the Service of my God my length'ned Days employ PSALM LVII THY Mercy Lord to me extend on thy Protection I depend And to thy wing for shelter haste Till this outragious Storm is past verse 2 To thy Tribunal Lord I fly Thou Sov'reign Judge and God most high Who Wonders hast for me begun And wilt not leave thy Work undone verse 3 From Heav'n protect me by thine Arm And shame all those who seek my Harm To my Relief thy Mercy send And Truth on which my Hopes depend verse 4 For I with salvage Men converse Like hungry Lions wild and fierce With men whose teeth are spears their words Invenom'd Darts and two-edgM Swords verse 5 Be thou O God exalted high And as thy Glory fills the Sky So let it be on Earth displaid Till thou art here as there obey'd verse 6 To take me they'their Net prepar'd And had almost my Soul ensnar'd But fell themselves by just Decree Into the Pit they made for me verse 7 O God my Heart is fix'd 't is bent Its thankful Tribute to present And with my Heart my Voice I 'll raise To thee my God in Songs of Praise verse 8 Awake my Glory Harp and Lute No longer let your Strings be mute And I my tuneful Part to take Will with the early Dawn awake verse 9 Thy Praises Lord I will resound To all the list'ning Nations round verse 10 Thy Mercy highest Heav'n transcends Thy Truth beyond the Clouds extends verse 11 Be Thou O God exalted High And as thy Glory fills the Sky So let it be on Earth displaid Till thou art here as there obey'd PSALM LVIII SPeak O ye Judges of the Earth if just your Sentence be Or most not Innocence appeal to Heav'n from your Decree verse 2 Your wicked Hearts and Judgments are alike by Malice fway'd Your griping Hands by weighty Bribes to Violence betray'd verse 3 To Virtue Strangers from the Womb their Insant-steps went wrong They prattled Slander and in Lies employ'd their lisping Tongue verse 4 No Serpent of parch'd Asrick's breed does ranker Poyson bear The drowsy Adder will as soon unlock his fullen Ear. verse 5 Unmov'd by good Advice and deaf as Adders they remain From whom the skilful Charmer's Voice can no Attention gain verse 6 Deseat O God their threat'ning Rage and timely break their Pow'r Disarm