be In bright light of thy countenance Lord they shall walk with thee verse 16 And in thy Name they all the day shall joy and take delight They in thy righteousnesse shall be exalted to great height verse 17 Because the glory of their strength doth only rest in thee And in thy favour shall our horne and power exalted be verse 18 For God is our defence and he to us doth safety bring The holy One of Israel is our almighty King verse 19 Thy secret purpose from thy Saint then didst thou not conceale Speaking to him in vision thus it thou didst reveale verse 20 Upon a man that mighty is laid my strong help have I One from the people chosen out I have exalted hye The third part verse 21 David my servant I have found him for a Prince I gave And therefore with my holy oile I him anointed have verse 22 With whom my helping hand shall still established remaine And with my mighty arme I will him strengthen and sustaine verse 23 The enemies shall not him oppresse they shall not him devoure Nor shall the sons of wickednesse on him have any power verse 24 I will beat downe before his face all his malicious foes I will them greatly plague that do with hatred him oppose verse 25 My mercie and my faithfulnesse with him yet still shall be And in my Name his horne and might men shall exalted see verse 26 And in the sea far off his hand and power I will place He gloriously with his right hand the rivers shall embrace verse 27 Thou art my Father he shall cry thou art my God alone And he shall say Thou art the rock of my salvation verse 28 And him will I my first-born make the son of my delight And he the Kings of all the earth shall far excell in height verse 29 For him my mercy promised for ever keep I will And my unchanged covenant shall with him stand sted fast still verse 30 His seed I by my power will make for ever to endure And as the daies of heaven his Throne shall stable be and sure The fourth part verse 31 But if his children shall for sake my Lawes and go astray And in my Judgements shall not walk but wander from my way verse 32 If they my holy Statutes break which should them rule and guide And do not my Commandements keep but from them turne aside verse 33 Then their transgression with the rod visit on them will I And chastise them I will with stripes for their iniquity verse 34 My loving kindnesse yet from him I wholly will not take Nor suffer that my faithfulnesse to him a lye should make verse 35 My covenant shall continue still I will it never break That thing I never alter will which once my lips did speak verse 36 Once sware I by my Holinesse and that performe will I With David I will promise keep to him I will not lye verse 37 His seed for evermore shall raigne his glorious Throne of might Shall stedfast as the Sun remaine for ever in my sight verse 38 And as the Moon within the skie for ever standeth fast A faithfull witnesse from on hie so shall his Kingdome last The fifth part verse 39 But now O'Lord thou dost reject those which thy people were Yea thou art wroth with thine elect thine owne anointed deare verse 40 Thy covenant with thy servant made in shew thou broken hast Thou hast prophan'd his crown while it thou to the ground dost cast verse 41 And further thou hast broken downe in wrath his hedges all Thou his strong holds hast overthrown and they to ruine fall verse 42 To all that by the way do passe a spoile and prey is he And a reproach he is to those that neere him dwelling be verse 43 The right hand of his foes in might thou makest to arise And thou hast caused to rejoyce his cruell enemies verse 44 The edge thou also of his sword hast turned in his hand Thou hast not strengthned him that he might in the battell stand verse 45 His glory thou hast made to cease his brightnesse now is past And thou his crowne of majestie downe to the ground hast cast verse 46 His flowry daies of youth strength by thee now shortned be As with a garment so with shame he covered is by thee The sixth part verse 47 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy selfe shall thy wrath ever last And shall thine anger evermore like fire consume and waste verse 48 Remember well how short a time I shall on earth remaine If life be spent in griefe why then are all men made in vaine verse 49 What man is he that liveth here and death shall never see Or from the power of the grave what man his soule can free verse 50 Thy former loving kindnesses O Lord where be they now Those which in truth and faithfulnesse to David sworne hast thou verse 51 Remember the reproach wherewith thy servants shamed were Those which from all the mighty ones I in my bosome beare verse 52 For from thine enemies O Lord we do reproaches heare Yea they reproached have the steps of thine Anointed deare verse 53 For ever blessed be the Lord who heares when we do pray And let the Church Amen Amen with hearts and voices say PSAL. XC LOrd thou hast been our dwelling place where safety we have seen Our dwelling place from race to race Lord thou to us hast been verse 2 Ere forth were brought the mountains hye the earths worlds great frame Thou God from all eternity for ever art the same verse 3 Thou to destruction turnest men through crosses griefe and paine And unto Adams children then thou sai'st Returne againe verse 4 Though life a thousand years do last it seemeth in thy sight As yesterday when it is past or as a watch by night verse 5 Thou like a floud them driv'st away and as a sleep they be And in the morne as grasse are they which soon we changed see verse 6 It springeth in the morning green and growes up pleasantly But cut at evening it is seen soon withered down to lye verse 7 For us consum'd thine anger hath our might is much decai'd And we by thy afflicting wrath are troubled and dismai'd verse 8 The wicked workes that we have wrought ' thou sett'st before thine eies Our secret sins yea sins of thought thy countenance espies verse 9 For in thy wrath our daies do waste in griefes they come to end And like a tale that 's told and past so we our yeares do spend verse 10 Full three score years ten at length our daies and yeares may be And if by reason of their strength men fourscore years do see verse 11 Yet shall the strength of such old men but griefe and labour be For soon it is cut off and then away we swiftly flee verse 12 What man doth understand know what power thine anger hath For mighty terrours
Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my soule from griefe set free And for thy boundlesse mercies sake save and deliver mee verse 5 For of thee in the house of death they no remembrance have Who with his tongue shall give thee thanks that sleepeth in the grave verse 6 I with my groaning wearied am while no release appeares Each night I cause my bed to swim and wash it with my teares verse 7 Mine eyeconsumed is with griefe dim now and old it growes Because I many troubles beare from all my cruell foes verse 8 But now away from me all ye that work iniquity Because the Lord hath heard the voice of my complaint and cry verse 9 He heard not only the request and praier of my heart But it received at my hands and took it in good part verse 10 Let them be sham'd and vexed sore that enemies are to me Let them returne and suddenly ashamed let them be PSAL. VII OLord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee From all that do me persecute save and deliver me verse 2 Lest like a Lion he me teare and rend in pieces small Whil'st there is none to succour me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I have done the thing that is not right Or else if I be found in fault or guilty in thy sight verse 4 If evill I unto my friend for good rewarded have Yea even the man that caussesse was mine enemy I did save verse 5 Let foes pursue and take my soule and tread downe violently My life on earth and in the dust mine honour make to lye verse 6 Arise O Lord in wrath arise mine enemies rage restraâ—…ne Awake according to thy word my judgement to maintaine verse 7 The people in the assembly then about shall compasse thee Thou therefore for their sakes returne and high exalted be verse 8 And thou that art of all men Judge now Lord me judge and trie According to my righteousnesse and mine integritie The second part verse 9 O let the sinners mischiefe end but stablish stedfastly The righteous man O righteous God who reines and hearts dost try verse 10 God is the shield on which I trust from him defence I have For those that are upright in heart he mightily doth save verse 11 God doth the righteous judge on him in love he stripes doth lay But he with him that wiâ—…ed is is angry every day verse 12 Except the sinner do repent God even as he would smite Doth whet his sword and bend his bow and will against him fight verse 13 He sits the instruments of death sharp arrowes forth he drawes For those that do me persecute and hate without a cause verse 14 Mine enemy in travell is of some ungodly thought And mischiefe he conceived hath and forth a lie hath brought verse 15 He made a ditch and digg'd it deep another there to take But he is fall'n into the ditch which he himselfe did make verse 16 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischiefe that he wrought shall fall upon his head verse 17 For this will I give thanks to God that judgeth righteously And with my song will praise the Name of him that is most Hie. PSAL. VIII O God our Lord how wonderfull are thy works every where Which hast thy glory set on high above the heavens cleare verse 2 Even by the mouths of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in those babes thy might is seâ—…n thy graces they disclose verse 3 When I behold the heavens â—…igh the works of thine owne hand The Sun the Moon and all the Stars in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord think I then that thou dost him remember Or what the son of mortall man that thou dost him consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then Angels in degree With glory and with honour great he crowned was by thee verse 6 Thou hast preferr'd him to be lord of all thy workes of wonder And at his feet hast all things set that he should keep them under verse 7 All sheep and oxen yea the beasts that wild in fields do seed Fowles of the aire fish in the sea and all that therein breed verse 8 O Lord our God who mighty works thus with thy hand didst frame How excellent in all the earth is thy most glorious Name PSAL. IX WIth my whole heart to thee O Lord will I give praises due And I thy great and mighty works of wonder forth will shew verse 2 Now will I be right glad in thee in thee rejoyce will I I will sing praise unto thy Name O thou that are most Hâ—… verse 3 When back mine enemies turned are then surely shall they fall Even at thy glorious presence Lord they fall and perish shall verse 4 For thou maintained hast my right my cause made good thou hast Thou sittest in the throne and there right judgement thou hast past verse 5 Thou dost rebuke the heathen folk and sinners so confound That afterward the memorie of them cannot be found verse 6 My foes thou hast destroied quite and spoil'd their cities all And with them wholly perished is their memoriall verse 7 But the great Lord which is above for evermore shall raigne And he prepared hath his throne true judgement to maintaine verse 8 For he with perfect righteousnesse the world shall judge and trie And all the people shall be judge with right and equitie verse 9 He also will a refuge be for those that are opprest In times of trouble will he be their refuge and their rest verse 10 The trust of all that know thy Name O Lord in thee shall be Because thou never failedst them that truly sought for thee The second part verse 11 Sing Psalms therfore unto the Lord that dwells in Sion hill Among all nations shew abroad his noble acts and will verse 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of those that be opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted heart that seeks to him for rest verse 13 Pity me Lord the trouble weigh which I from foes sustaine Who from the gates of death art wont to raise me up againe verse 14 In Sion that I may set forth thy praise with heart and voice And that in thy salvation Lord my soule may still rejoyce verse 15 Down sink the heathen in the pit that they themselves prepar'd And in the net that they did set their owne feet fast are shar'd verse 16 God by his judgments wel is known which he hath plainly wrought When sinners hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught verse 17 The wicked shall be sent to hell to darknesse shall they passe And all the nations that forget God who their maker was verse 18 Because the needy shall not still forgotten be of thee Not shall the waiting of the poore in vaine for ever be verse 19 O Lord arise and
soule my belly and mine eye consume away with griefe verse 10 My life is spent with griefe my years in sighes away do flie My strength doth faile my bones consume for mine iniquitie verse 11 A scorne to foes and most to those which here are dwelling nie A feare unto my friends am I who see me from me flie verse 12 I am forgotten like a man that now hath long been dead I like a broken vessell am that quite is perished verse 13 For many slanders I have heard and feare was every way While they against me did conspire to take my life away verse 14 But yet when I was thus affraid my trust was Lord in thee And then thou art my God I said a gracious God to mee verse 15 My times are in thy mighty hand then do thou set me free From bloudy hands of all my foes that follow after mee verse 16 Upon thy servant make thy face to shine forth graciously O save me for thy mercies sake I to thy mercy flye The third part verse 17 Lord let not me ashamed be for on thee call'd I have But let the wicked be asham'd and silent in the grave verse 18 To silence put the lying lips that grievous things do say And hard reports in pride and scorne on righteous men do lay verse 19 O how great good hast thou laid up for those that do thee feare Whose trust before the sons of men fixt on thee doth appeare verse 20 In secret of thy presence thou shalt hide them from mans pride From strife of tongues thou closely shalt as in a tent them hide verse 21 For ever blessed be the Lord for plainly shew'd hath he In a strong city kindnesse great and marvellous to me verse 22 I in my haste did say I am cut off before thine eies But even then thou heard'st the voice of my requests and cries verse 23 O love the Lord all ye his Saints the faithfull he preserves And plentifully doth reward the proud as he deserves verse 24 Be of good courage and the Lord strength to your heart shall send He shall you strengthen all whose hope doth on the Lord depend PSAL. XXXII THe man is blessed all whose sins are graciously remitted And whose transgressions by the Lord are cover'd and acquitted verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin Which in his heart hath hid no guile nor fraud is found therein verse 3 When I in silence kept my sin my bones then waved old With plaint and â—…oaring all the day through torments manifold verse 4 Because both day and night thy hand lay heavily on me Which made into the Summers drought my moisture turn'd to be verse 5 Then I declar'd my sin to thee I did not cover it I said My sins I will confesse then didst thou them remit verse 6 For this each Saint shall in a time of finding thee intreat Surely to him shall not come neere the flouds of waters great verse 7 Thou art my hiding place and thou from trouble dost set me free With songs of my deliverance thou dost encompasse me verse 8 Come hither and I shall thee teach how thou shalt walk aright And will thee guide as I my selfe have learn'd by proofe and sight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse or muse Whose mouth without a reine or bit from harme thou canst not rule verse 10 Unto the wicked shall be store of sorrowes and of woes But mercy him that trusts in God shall round about inclose verse 11 Be glad ye righteous in the Lord greatly in him rejoyce Let the upright of heart for joy in shouts lift up their voice PSAL. XXXIII YE righteous in the Lord rejoyce it comely is and right That upright men with thankfull voice should praise the Lord of might verse 2 Praise God with Harp with Psaltery unto him praises sing Sing to him with an Instrument that hath a ten-fold string verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new aloud with skill him praise Because right are his words and true are all his workes and waies verse 4 The righteous Lord loves righteousnes and judgement doth him please verse 5 And the wide earth to fill and blesse his mercy doth not cease verse 6 The heavens by his mighty word did their beginning take And the great hosts of them the Lord all by his breath did make verse 7 As in an heap the waters great he of the seas doth gather As in a store-house he doth set and lay the depth together verse 8 The Lord in might doth all excell let all the earth him feare Let all that in the world do dwell an awe unto him beare verse 9 For what this high Creatour spake was done and his command So stable this whole world did make that it doth stedfast stand verse 10 The counsells of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But the Lords counsells just wise do stand for ever sure The thoughts which in his heart arise from age to age indure The second part verse 12 O Nation blest to whom the Lord as their owne God is knowne verse 13 And whom he of his owne accord did chuse to make his owne verse 14 The Lord from heaven casts his sight thence all men vieweth he And from his place of glorious light all here on earth doth see verse 15 For all mens hearts he with his hand alike did frame and make And he their works doth understand and of them notice take verse 16 By greatnesse of an host no King assure his safety can Great strength doth not deliverance bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vaine and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his exceeding might verse 18 Behold the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just Ev'n those that feare him reverently and on his mercy trust verse 19 That he from death and dangers deep their soules may safely free And them alive in famine keep when others pined be verse 20 Our soule on God doth still depend who saveth us from wrong He is our shield us to defend he is our helper strong verse 21 Surely in God our heart is glad in him it doth delight For in his holy Name we had our trust and in his might verse 22 Then let thy grace and mercy Lord upon us ever be As wâ—… alwaies with one accord do only trust in thâ—… PSAL. XXXIIII I Will at all times blesse the Lord who still preserveth me His praises in my thankfull mouth continually shall be verse 2 My soul shall make her boast in God of whom reliefe she had The humble men shall heare thereof and hearing shall be glad verse 3 O magnifie the Lord with me and spread abroad his fame Together with one heart and voice let us exalt his Name verse 4 I in my
gladnesse filled be verse 12 Go walk about all Sion hill yea round about her go And tell the towers that thereupon are builded on a row verse 13 Consider her faire palaces her bulwarks mark ye well That to the following age ye may her strength and beauty tell verse 14 Because this God is ours our God for evermore is he He will not leave us but ourguide ev'n unto death will be PSAL. XLIX HEare this all people all give eare that in the world do dwell verse 2 Both high and low both rich poor together mark it well verse 3 Because my mouth the weighty words of wisdome shall impart Of understanding are the thoughts which issâ—…e from my heart verse 4 Unto an hidden parable I will encline mine eare â—…nd then will open on the Harp the secret which I heare verse 5 Why should I that redeemed am in ill daies feare or doubt When close my sins do follow me and compasse me about verse 6 The rich indeed who in their wealth do only put their trust And boast themselves in the great store of riches that do rust verse 7 None of these can their brothers soule redeem by any way Nor can he for him unto God an equall ransome pay verse 8 Their soules redemption pretious is and left it still must be Wealth cannot make him ever live and no corruption see verse 9 Por that wise men and brutish sooles die all they well perceive verse 10 And being dead to other men their wealth behind do leave verse 11 Yet their deep thought is that their house continue ever shall And their faire dwellings for their lands by their owne names they call verse 12 But yet in honour shall not man abide continually But passing hence may be compar'd unto the beasts that dye The second part verse 13 Thus a great folly plainly is their wisdome and their way Yet their posterity approves what they do fondly say verse 14 Like sheep they in the grave are laid and death doth them devoure And in the morning shall the just on them have rule and power Their beauty shall consume away and perish in the grave When for a dwelling in the dust their house they changed baye verse 15 But God will surely me redeem from hands of grave and hell For he at last will me receive with him in blisse to dwell verse 16 Then if a man grow very rich affraid thou must not be Nor when the glory of his house thou dost increased see verse 17 For he shall carry nothing hence when death his daies doth end Nor shall his glory after him into the grave descend verse 18 Though he his soul did seem to bless whiles he on earth did live For when thou to thy self dost well men will thee praises givâ—… verse 19 Yet shall he to his fathers go which have been dead before Ev'n to their generation who light shall see no more verse 20 Thus man in honour is yet whiles he understands not right His true felicity is like the beasts that perish quite PSAL. L. THe mighty God the Lord spake and the earth did call From the Sun-rising to the place where he doth set and fall verse 2 And out of Sion hill which by the Grace divine Of beauty the perfection is he gloriously doth â—…hine verse 3 Our God shall come and speak yea speak with power shall he Before him sire shall waste and stormes shall round about him be verse 4 And to the heavens cleere he from above shall call He to the earth shall call that he may judge his people all verse 5 Together let my Saints unto me gathered be Those that by sacrifice have made a covenant sirme with me verse 6 And then the heavens shall his righteousnes declare For God himself is Judge of all whose judgements righteous are verse 7 My people Israel heare speak will I from on hie Against thee testifie I will God even thy God am I. verse 8 For sacrifices few thee blame I never will Nor for burnt-offerings for the same appeare before me still verse 9 Think'st thou that I do need thy cattell young or old Or else so much desire to seed on goats out of thy fold verse 10 The beasts are all mine owne which in the world abound And all the cattell which upon a thousand hills are found verse 11 The fowles of mountaines hie are all to me well knowne Wild beasts which in the fields do lie ev'n they are all mine owne verse 12 Then need I not to thee for hunger to complaine Because the world belongs to me and what it doth containe The second part verse 13 That I the flesh of Bulls will eat once canst thou think Or else that I to quench my thirst the bloud of goats would drink verse 14 But rather to the Lord thanksgiving offer thou To the most High performe thy word and fully pay thy vow verse 15 And do thou call on me in all thy troublous daies And then I will deliver thee â—…nd thou shalt give me praise verse 16 But to the wicked traine which talk of God each day And yet their works are soule and vaine to them the Lord will say verse 17 With what a face dar'st thou my word once speak or name Why doth thy talk my Law allow thy deeds deny the same verse 18 Whereas for to amend thy life thou art so slack My word which thou dost thus pretend is cast behind thy back verse 19 If thou a thâ—…fe dost see thou joyn'st with him in sin And with unclean adulterers thou hast partaker bin verse 20 Thy mouth maliciously to evill thou dost give verse 21 Thy tongue thy neighbour to deceive by crafty words doth strive verse 22 Against thy brother neere thou sitting downe dost speak Thy tongue against thy mothers son in slanders forth doth break verse 23 These things thus hast thou done and I have silent bin Thou thought'st that I was like to thee who dost delight in sin verse 24 But I will thee reprove for thine iniquities And I will them in order set plainly before thine eies verse 25 Consider this with feare ye that forget the Lord Lest into pieces you he teare when none can help afford verse 26 Whoso doth offer praise he glorifieth me And he that doth uprightly walk shall Gods salvation see PSAL. LI. ACcording tothy goodnesse great have mercy Lord on me Blot out my sins for numberlesse thy tender mercies be verse 2 From mine iniquity and sin Lord throughly wash thou mee For my transgressions I consesse my sin I ever see verse 3 Against thee thee alone have I sin'd and transgrest thy Law Before thee evill have I done thy glorious eies it saw verse 4 That when thou sentence dost pronounce thou justifi'd maist be And wholly cleere when thou for sin dost judge and chasten me Bâ—…hold in wickednesse my shape and being I receiv'd â—…infull of sin and flesh of flesh my mother me conceiv'd But â—…o the
daies thus therefore did I say verse 24 My God in midst of all my daies now take me not away From age to age eternally thy yeares endure and stay verse 25 Thou the foundations of the earth before all times hast laid And Lord the heavens are the work which thine owne hands have made verse 26 They perish shall yet evermore shalt thou endure and stay Yea like a garment shall they all waxe old and passe away verse 27 Thou â—…s a garment shalt them change and changed they shall be But thou dost still abide the same thy yeares no end shall see verse 28 The children of thy servants shall continually endure And in thy sight their happy seed shall stand for ever sure PSAL. CIII O Blesse and praise the Lord my soul and to him thankfull be Yea blessed be his holy Name by all that is in me verse 2 Give thanks to God for all his gifts shew not thy selfe unkind And suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy mind verse 3 That gave thee pardon for thy faults and thee restor'd againe For all thy weak and fraile disease and heal'd thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeem thy life from death from which thou couldst not flee His mercy and compassion both he did extend to thee verse 5 Who with good things most liberally doth satisfie thy mouth That like the Eâ—…gles now agame rerewed is thy youth verse 6 The Lord doth justice execute for those that are opprest So that their sufferings and their wrongs are turned to the best verse 7 His waies and his commandments just to Moses he did show His counsell and his valiant acts the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lord is kind and mercifull when sinners do him grieve And he is very slow to wrath and ready to forgive verse 9 He chides not us continually though we be full of strife Nor keeps our faults in memory for all our sinfull life verse 10 Nor yet according to our sins the Lord doth us regard After our great iniquities he doth us not reward verse 11 For as the heaven in his height the earth surmounâ—…eth farâ—…e So high to those that do him feare his tender mercies are verse 12 God doth remove our sins from us and our offences all As far as is the rising Sun full distant from his fall The second part verse 13 And looâ—… what pity parents deare unto their children beare Like pity beares the â—…ord to such as worship him in feare verse 14 The Lord that made us knowes our shape our mold and fashion just How weak and fraile our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 The daies of man are like to grasse that quickly doth decay Or like the flower right faire in field that fades full soon away verse 16 For gone it is when over it the stormy wind doth passe The place shall never know it more where once it standing was verse 17 But yet Gods mercy to his Saints for ever is and was And to their childrens children downe his righteousnesse doth passe verse 18 To such as do his covenant keep and do remember so The just commandments of his mouth that in them walk they do verse 19 The Lord his throne of majesty in heaven did prepare His Kingdome ruleth over all and all his subjects are verse 20 Ye Angels which are great in powâ—… praise ye and blesse the Lord Which to obey and do his will immediately accord verse 21 Ye noble hosts and ministers cease not to laud him still Which ready are to execute his pleasure and his will verse 22 Yea all his workes in places all where he doth rule as King Praise ye the Lord and thou my soul his praises ever sing PSAL. CIV O Praise and blesse the Lord my soul for thou art very great O Lord my God with honour cloth'd and majesty beset verse 2 With light as with a robe thy selfe thou covâ—…rest about And like a spacious curtain thou the heavens stretchest out verse 3 The beams of thy great chambers thou dost in the waters lay Thy speedy chariots are the clouds that swiftly flie away verse 4 Thou on the wings of winds dost walk and spirits thou dost take For messengers and ministers a flaming fire dost make verse 5 The firme foundations of the earth so stedfast thou dost lay That never from her fixed place she may be mov'd away verse 6 As with a garment thou the earth with the great deep dost cover The deep whose swelling waters once the mountaines flowed over verse 7 But turning back at thy rebuke they sleâ—… and would not stay And at thy thunders dreadfull voice they hasted swift away verse 8 They by the mountaines do ascend and by the vallies low To their owne home w th thou for them hast founded down do go verse 9 There hast thou set them stedfast bounds which shal them still restrain That back they never do returne the earth to drowne againe verse 10 Into the fruitfull vallies thou the crystall springs dost send Which to the sea among the hills their winding course do bend verse 11 These do give drink to every beast that dwelleth in the field And these their waters give to quench the thirst of Asses wild verse 12 By them the winged â—…owls of heavâ—… delight their nests to build Which in the branches of the trees do pleasant musick yeeld The second part verse 13 From his high chambers rainâ—… dowâ—… he watreth the dry hills And with the fruits of his owne works the spacious earth he fills verse 14 Thence for the cattell he doth cause the flowry grasse to spring And thence for service of mankind the herb he forth doth bring verse 15 That food and nourishment he migâ—… draw from the fruitfull earth And wine which the sad heart of man makes glad and cheeres with mirth verse 16 And oile to make mans face to shine and to appeare more bright And bread that to the heart of man supplieth strength and might verse 17 Thy trees O Lord are full of sap the Cedars that do stand Lebanon which planted were by thine owne mighty hand verse 18 In them the airy birds aloft do chuse their nests to make 〈◊〉 for the Stork the firre trees she doth for her dwelling take verse 19 To the wild Goats the mountaines high a place of refuge be The Conies also to the rockes do for their safety flee verse 20 Thou sett'st the Moon in heav'n by her the seasons to discerne â—…om thee the Sun his certaine time of going downe doth learne verse 21 Then thou dost shady darknes make black night is over-spread All beasts of forrests from their dens creep forth then to be fed verse 22 Then the yong Lions for their prey do roare and God entreat â—…gging in that their speechlesse speech that he would give them meat verse 23 But when the Sun doth rise away together they do flie And hiding them from light and sight downe in their
still doth beare verse 6 The power of his mighty workes he to his people shewes While he the heathens heritage upon his Saints bestowes verse 7 Both truth judgment are the works wrought by his hand and might His precepts and commandments all are very sure and right verse 8 Firme are they and established for all eternity And they most righteously are done in truth and equity verse 9 Unto his people whom he chose redemption he did send His Covenant he commanded hath that it should never end verse 10 Holy and reverend is the Name of our great Lord and King And only from the feare of God doth all true wisdome spring verse 11 Good understanding have all they his precepts that fulfill His glory everlasting is his praise endureth still PSAL. CXII PRaise ye the Lord The man is blâ—… that feares the Lord of might And in his just commandments all that taketh great delight verse 2 His seed shall prosper here onearth and they shall mighty be The generation of the just full blessed shall we see verse 3 Of riches he within his house sufficient shall be sure And in Gods sight his righteousnesse for ever shall endure verse 4 Unto the righteous doth arise amid the darknesse light Kind and compassionate is he and leads his life aright verse 5 A good man favour shewes lends with mercie and compassion And he is wise and his affaires he guideth with discretion verse 6 Surely he shall be settled so that nothing can him move The just shall be remembred still in Gods eternall love verse 7 Of evill tidings that may come he will not be affraid Because his heart upon his God by faith is sixt and stai'd verse 8 His heart is firmly stablished affraid he will not be Untill upon his enemies Gods justice he do see verse 9 He doth distribute to the poore and to them freely give His righteousnesse doth still remaine and with him ever live verse 10 In power and in dignitie aloft he shall be set And this the wicked man shall see and seeing rage and fret verse 11 For anger he shall gnash his teeth and shall consume away The wicked mans desire and hope shall perish and decay PSAL. CXIII PRaise ye the living Lord praise ye your Lord and King All ye his servants to his Name all praise and honour bring verse 2 Now and in ages all his holy Name be blest And his great Name in places all be prais'd from East to West verse 3 Above the Nations all the Lord doth sit on hie Above the highest heav'ns he sits in glorious majestie verse 4 With this great Lord and God who dareth to compare Whose dwellings far above the world so high exalted are verse 5 Yet of his goodnesse great he doth descend so low As in the heavens and the earth the things to see and know verse 6 He raiseth from the dust the poore that low did lie And from the dung-hill lifts the man opprest with povertie verse 7 That him he may advance and with the Princes set With those that of his people are the chiefe ev'n Princes great verse 8 To her that barren was he children doth afford So she keeps house a mother glad praise ye the living Lord. PSAL. CXIV WHen Israel from Egypt came and did his dwelling change When Jacobs house from those did part that were of language strange verse 2 His Sanctuary Judah was his holy place was there And his dominion Israel was and they his people were verse 3 The sea it saw and at the sight as all affraid did flye And back the river Jordans streames were driven mightily verse 4 The Mountains skipped like to rams and could not stedfast stay And like young lambs the little hills did move and leap away verse 5 What ail'd thee sea as all amaz'd so suddenly to flye Ye rolling waves of Jordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Ye mountains great what was the cause that ye did skip like rams Ye little hills why did ye leap and skip like little lambs verse 7 Before the presence of the Lord tremble thou earth and quake Before the presence of the God of Jacob do thou shake verse 8 Who from the hard and stony rock did pooles of water bring And by his power did turne the â—…int into a water-spring PSAL. CXV NOt unto us Lord not to us but to thy Name give praise Both for the mercy and the truth that are in thee alwaies verse 2 Why shall the heathen scorners say Where may their God now be verse 3 Our God in heaven is and what he pleased done hath he verse 4 Their Idols silver are and gold work of mens hands they be They have a mouth and do not speak and eies and do not see verse 5 Eares have they joyned to their heaâ—… yet do they nothing heare verse 6 They also cannot smell at all though noses they do beare verse 7 And hands they have yet handle not feet yet no walk they take A throat they have and yet no speech through it a sound doth make verse 8 They that them make are like to them and they whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye in God who fear the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord of us hath mindfull beâ—… and he will blesse us still Both Israels and Aarons house blesse certainly he will verse 13 Those that do fear serve the Lord the Lord will blesse them all The Lord his blessing will impart both to the great and small verse 14 To you the Lord abundantly will multiply his grace He will increase it more and more to you and to your race verse 15 All ye the Lord that feare and serve are blessed of the Lord Who hath the heavens and the earth created by his word verse 16 The heavens yea the heavens high Gods throne and palace be But freely on the sons of men the earth bestowed he verse 17 The dead do not give to the Lord praise from the grave below Nor any that into the place of silence downe do go verse 18 But we the servants of the Lord who here on earth shall live Henceforth and ever will him praise to God due praises give PSAL. CXVI I Love the Lord because my voice and praier heard hath he verse 2 And all my daies will call on him who bow'd his care to me verse 3 Even when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When pains of hell me caught and wheâ—… I woe and sorrow found verse 4 Upon the Name of God my Lord then did I call and say Deliver thou my soule O Lord I do thee humbly pray verse 5 The Lord is very gracious and righteous is he Yea in our God depths infinite of tender mercies be verse 6 The Lord in safety doth