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
to diff'rent Realms may'st send to govern ancl protect verse 17 Whilst this my Song to future times transmits thy Glorious Name And makes the World with'one consent thy lasting Praise proclaim PSALM XLVI GOD is our Refuge in Distress A present Help when Dangers press In him undaunted we 'll conside verse 2 3 Tho' Earth were from her Centre tost And Mountains in the Ocean lost torn piece-meal by the roaring Tide verse 4 A gentler Stream with Gladness still The City of our Lord shall fill the Royal Seat of God most High verse 5 God dwells in Sion whose fair Towers Shall mock th' Affaults of Earthly Pow'rs while his Almighty Aid is nigh verse 6 In Tumults when the Heathen rag'd And Kingdoms War against us wag'd he thunder'd and dispers'd their Powers verse 7 The Lord of Hosts conducts our Arms Our Tower of Refuge in Alarms our Fathers Guardian-God and ours verse 8 Come fee the Wonders he hath wronght On Earth what Desolation brought verse 9 How he has calm'd the jarring World He broke the warlike Spear and Bow With them their thund ring Chariots too into devouring Flames were hurl'd verse 10 Submit to God's Almighty Sway For him the Heathen shall obey and Earth her Sov'reign Lord confess verse 11 The God of Holts conducts our Arms Our Tower of Refuge in Alarras As to our Fathers in Difsress PSALM XLVII verse 1 2 O All ye People clap your hands And with triumphant Voices sing No force the mighty Power withstands Of God the universal King verse 3 4 He shall opposing Nations quell and with succefs pur Battels fight Shall fix the Place where we must dwell the Pride of Jacob his Delight verse 5 6 God is gone up our Lord and King with Shouts of Joy and Trumpets Sound To him repeated Praises sing and let the chearful Song go round verse 7 8 Your utmost Skill in Praise be shown for him who all the World commands Who sits upon his righteous Throne and spreads his Sway o'er Heathen Lands verse 9 Our Chiefs and Tribes that far from hence to serve the God of Abr'am came Found Him their constant sure Defence How great and glorious is his Name PSALM XLVIII THE Lord the only God is great and greatly to be prais'd In Sion on whose happy Mount his sacred Throne is rais'd verse 2 Her Towers the Joy of all the Earth with beauteous Prospect rise On her North-side the Almighty Kings imperial City lies verse 3 God in her Palaces is known his Presence is her Guard verse 4 Confed'rate Kings withdrew their Siege and of Succefs despair'd verse 5 They view'd her Walls admir'd and fled with Grief and Terror struck verse 6 Like Women whom the sudden Pangs of Travail had o'retook verse 7 No wretched Grew of Mariners appear like them forlorn When Fleets from Tarshish wealthy Coasts by Eastern Winds are torn verse 8 In Sion we have seen perform'd a Work that was foretold In pledge that God for times to come his City will uphold verse 9 Not in our Fortresses and Walls did we O God conside But on the Temple fix'd our Hopes in which thou dost reside verse 10 According to thy Sov'reign Name thy Praise through Earth extends Thy powerful Arm as Justice guides chastises or defends verse 11 Let Sion's Mount with Joy resound her Daughters all be taught In Songs his Judgments to extol who this Deliv'rance wrought verse 12 Compass her Walls in solemn Pomp your Eyes quite round her cast Count all her Towers and see if there you find a Stone displac'd verse 13 Her Forts and Palaces survey observe their Order well That with Allurance to your Heirs this Wonder you may tell verse 14 This God is ours and will be ours whilst we in him conside Who as he has preserv'd us now till Death will be our Guide PSALM XLIX verse 1 2 LET all the list'ning World attend and my Instruion hear Let High and Low and Rich and Poor with joint Consent give Ear verse 3 My Mouth with sacred Wisdom fill d shall good Advice impart The sound Result of prudent Thoughts digested in my Heart verse 4 To Parables of weighty Sense I will my Ear incline Whilst to my tuneful Harp I sing dark Words of deep Design verse 5 Why should my Courage fail in times of Danger and of Doubt When Sinners that would me supplant have compass'd me about verse 6 Those Men that all their Hope and Trust in Heaps of Treasure place And boast and triumph when they see their ill-got Wealth increase verse 7 Are yet unable from the Grave their dearest Friend to free Nor can by Force or Bribes reverse th' Almighty Lord's Decree verse 8 9 Their vain Endeavours they maust quit the Price is held too high No Sums can purchase such a Grant that Man should never die verse 10 Not Wisdom can the Wise exempt nor Fools their Folly save But both must perish and in Death their Wealth to others leave verse 11 For tho' they think their stately Seats shall ne'er to Ruin fall But their remembrance last in Lands which by their Names they call verse 12 Yet shall their Fame be soon forgot how great fo'er their State With Beasts tneir Mernory and they shall share one common Fate PART II. verse 13 How great their Folly is who thus absurd Conclusions make And yet their Children unreclaim'd repeat the gross Mistake verse 14 They all like Sheep to slaughter led the Prey of Death are made Their Beauty while the Just rejoice within the Grave shall fade verse 15 But God will yet redeem my Soul and from the greedy Grave His greater Pow'r shall fet me free and to himself receive verse 16 Then fear not thou when Worldly Men in envi'd Wealth abound Nor tho' their prosp'rous House increase with State and Honour Crown'd verse 17 For when they 're summon'd hence by Death they leave all this behind No shadow of their former Pomp within the Grave they find verse 18 And yet they thought their State was blest caught in the Flatt rers Snare Who with their Vanity comply'd and prais'd their worldly care verse 19 In their Forefathers Steps they tread and when like them they die Their wretched Ancestors and they in endless Darkness lie verse 20 For Man how great foe're his State unless he 's truly wise As like a sensual Beast he lives so like a Beast he dies PSALM L. verse 1 2 THE Lord hath spoke the mighty God Hath sent his Summons all abroad From dawning Light till Day declines The list'ning Earth his Voice hath heard And he from Sion hath appear'd Where Beauty in Perfection shines verse 3 4 Our God shall come and keep no more Misconstru'd silence as before But wasting Flames before him send Around shall Tempests fiercely rage While he does Heav'n and Earth engage His just Tribunal to attend verse 5 6 Assemble all my Saints to me Thus runs the great Divine Decree That in my lasting Cov'nant
But my Defence is firmly plac'd in God the Lord most high He is my Rock to which I may for Refuge always fly verse 23 The Lord shall cause their Ill Designs on their own heads to fall He in their sins shall cut them off our God shall slay them all Psalm XCV verse 1 Come loud Anthems let us sing Loud thanks to our Almighty King For we our Voices high should raise When our Salvation's Rock we praise verse 2 Into his presence let us haste To thank him for his Favours past To him address in joyful Songs The praise that to his Name belongs verse 3 For God the Lord enthron'd in state Is with unrivall'd Glory great A King superiour far to all Whom Gods the Heathen slasly call verse 4 The Depths of Earth are in his hand Her secret Wealth at his command The strength of hills that threat the skies Subjected to his Empire lies verse 5 The rouling Ocean's vast Abyss By the same sov'reign right is his T is mov'd by his Almighty hand That form'd and fix'd the solid Land verse 6 O let us to his Courts repair And bow with adoration there Down on our knees devoutly all Before the Lord our Maker fall verse 7 For he 's our God our Shepherd he His Flock and Pasture-sheep are we If then you 'll like his Flock draw near To day if you his Voice will hear verse 8 Let not your hard'ned hearts renew Your Father's Crimes and Judgments too Nor here provoke my Wrath as they In Desart Plains of Meribab verse 9 When through the Wilderness they mov'd And me with fresh Temptations prov'd They still through Unbelief rebell'd While they my wond'rous Works beheld verse 10 11 They forty Years my Patience griev'd Tho' daily I their Wants reliev'd Then 'T is a faithless Race I said Whose Heart from me has always stray'd They ne'er will tread my righteous path Therefore to them in setled Wrath Since they despis'd my Rest I sware That they should never enter there Psalm XCVI verse 1 SIng to the Lord a new-made Song Let Earth in one assembl'd Throng Her common Patron 's praise resound verse 2 Sing to the Lord and bless his Name From day to day his Praise proclaim Who us has with Salvation crown'd verse 3 To Heathen Lands his Fame rehearse His Wonders to the Universe verse 4 He 's great and greatly to be prais'd In Majesty and glory rais'd Above all other Deities verse 5 For Pageantry and Idols all Are they whom Gods the Heathen call He only rules who made the Skies verse 6 With Majesty and Honour'd crown'd Beauty and Strength his Throne surround verse 7 Be therefore both to him restor'd By you who have false Gods ador'd Ascribe due Honour to his Name verse 8 Peace-off'rings on his Altar lay Before his Throne your Homage pay Which he and he alone can claim verse 9 To worship at his sacred Court Let all the trembling World resort verse 10 Proclaim aloud Jehovah reigns Whose pow'r the Uhiverse sustains And banisht Justice will restore verse 11 Let therefore Heav'n new Joys confess And heav'nly Mirth Let Earth express It s loud Applause the Ocean roar It s mute Inhabitants rejoyce And for this Triumph finda Voice verse 12 For Joy let fertile Valleys sing The chearful Groves their Tribute bring The tuneful Quire of Birds awake verse 13 The Lord's Approach to celebrate Who How sets out with awful State His Circuit through the Earth to take From Heav'n to judge the World he 's come With Justice to reward and doom Psalm XCVII verse 1 JEhovah reigns let all the Earth In his just Government rejoyce Let all the Isles with sacred Mirth In his Applause unite their Voice verse 2 Darkness and Clouds of awful shade His dazling Glory shroud in state Justice and Truth his Guards are made And fixt by his Pavillion wait verse 3 Devouring Fire before his Face His Foes around with Vengeance strook verse 4 His Lightnings set the World on blaze Earth saw it and with Terror shook verse 5 The proudest Hills his Presence felt Their height nor strength could help afford The proudest hills like Wax did melt In presence of th' Almighty Lord. verse 6 The Heav'ns his Righteousness to show With Storms of Fire our Foes pursu'd And all the trembling World below Have his descending Glory view'd verse 7 Confounded be their impious host Who make the Gods to whom they pray All who of Pageant-Idols boast To him ye Gods your worship-pay verse 8 Glad Sion of thy Triumph heard And Judah's Daughter 's were o'er-joy'd Because thy righteous Judgments Lord Have Pagan-Pride and Pow'r destroy'd verse 9 For thou O God art seated high Above Earth's Potentates enthron'd Thou Lord unrivall'd in the Skie Supreme by all the God's art own'd verse 10 You who to serve this Lord aspire Abhor what 's ill and Truth esteem He 'll keep his Servants Souls entire And them from wicked Hands redeem verse 11 For Seeds are sown of glorious Light A future Harvest for the Just And Gladness for the Heart that 's right To recompence its pious Trust verse 12 Rejoyce ye Righteous in the Lord Memorials of his Holiness Deep in your faithful Breasts record And with your thankful Tongues confess Psalm XCVIII verse 1 SIng to the Lord a new-made Song who wondrous things has done With his Right-hand and holy Arm the Conquest he has won verse 2 The Lord has through th' astonisht World display'd his saving Might And made his righteous Acts appear in all the Heathens fight verse 3 Of Israel's House his Love and Truth have ever mindful been Wide Earth's remotest Parts the Pow'r of Israel's God have seen verse 4 Let therefore Earth's Inhabitants their chearful Voices raise And all with universal Joy resound their maker's praise verse 5 With Harp and Hymns soft Melody into the Consort bring verse 6 The Trumpet and shrill Cornet's sound before th' Almighty King verse 7 Let the loud Ocean roar her Joy with all that Seas contain The Earth and her Inhabitants join consort with the Main verse 8 With Joy let Riv'lets swell to Streams to spreading Torrents they And echoing Vales from Hill to Hill redoubled Shouts convey verse 9 To welcome down the World 's great Judge who does with Justice come And with impartial Equity both to reward and doom Psalm XCIX verse 1 JEhovah reigns let therefore all the guilty Nations quake On Cherub's Wings he sits enthron'd let Earth's Foundations shake verse 2 On Sion's Hill he keeps his Court his palace makes her Tow'rs Yet thence his Sov'reignty extends supreme o'er earthly Pow'rs verse 3 Let therefore All with praise address his great and dreadful Name And with his unresisted Might his Holiness proclaim verse 4 For Truth and Justice in his Reign of Strength and Pow'r take place His judgments are with Righteousness dispens'd to Jacob's Race verse 5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God before his Footstool fall And with his
these growing Lions Jaws e'er practis'd to devour verse 7 Let now their insolence at height like ebbing Tides be spent Their shiver'd Darts deceive their Aim when they their Bow have bent verse 8 Like Snails let them dissolve to Slime like hasty Births become Unworthy to behold the Sun and Dead within the Womb. verse 9 E'er Thorns can make the Fleshpots boil tempestuous Wrath shall come From God and snatch 'em hence alive to their eternal Doom verse 10 The Righteous shall rejoyce to see their Crimes such Vengeance meet And Saints in Persecutors Blood shall dip their harmless Feet verse 11 Transgressors then with Grief shall see just men Rewards obtain And own a God whose Justice will the guilty Earth arraign PSALM LIX DEliver me O Lord my God from all my spiteful Foes In my Defence oppose thy Pow'r to theirs who me oppose verse 2 Preserve me from a wicked Race who make a Trade of Ill Protect me from remorseless Men who seek my Blood to spill verse 3 They lie in wait and mighty Pow'rs against my Life combine Implacable yet Lord thou know'st for no Offence of mine verse 4 In haste they run about and watch my guiltless Life to take Look down O Lord on my Distress and to my Help awake verse 5 Thou Lord of Hosts and Ifr'els God their Heathen Rage suppress Relentless Vengeance take on those who stubbornly transgress verse 6 At Ev'ning to beset my House like growling Dogs they meet While others through the City range and ransack ev'ry Street verse 7 Their Throats envenom'd Slander breathe their Tongues are sharpen'd Swords Who hears say they or hearing dares reprove our lawless Words verse 8 But from thy Throne thou shalt O Lord their bassled Plots deride And soon to Scorn and Shame expose their boasted Heathen Pride verse 9 On Thee I wait 't is on thy Strength for Succour I depend 'T is Thou O God art my Defence who only canst desend verse 10 Thy Mercy Lord which has so oft from Danger set me free Shall crown my Wishes and subdue my haughty Foes to me verse 11 Destroy 'em not O Lord at once restrain thy vengeful Blow Left we ingratefully too soon forget their Overthrow Disperse'em through the Nations round by thy avenging Pow'r Do Thou bring down their haughty Pride O Lord our Shield and Tow'r verse 12 Now in the Height of all their Hopes their Arrogance chastise Whose Tongues have finn'd without restraint and Curses join'd with Lies verse 13 Nor shalt thou whilst their Race endures thine Anger Lord suppress That distant Lands by their just Doom may Ifrael's God consess verse 14 AtEv'ning let them still persist like growling Dogs to meet Still wander all the City round and traverse ev'ry Street verse 15 Then as for Malice now they do for Hunger let 'em stray And yell their vain Complaints aloud defeated of their Prey verse 16 Whilst early I thy Mercy sing thy wond'rous PoW'r consess For thou hast been my sure Defence my Refuge in Distress verse 17 To Thee with never-ceasing Praise O God my Strength I 'll sing Thou art my God the Rock from whence my Health and Safety Spring PSALM LX. O God who hast our Troops disperst For saking Those who left Thee first As we thy just Displeasure mourn To us in Mercy Lord return verse 2 Our Strength that firm as Earth did shand Is rent by thy avenging Hand O heal the Breaches thou hast made We shake we sall without thy Aid verse 3 Our Folly's sad Effects we feel For drunk with Discord's Cup we reel verse 4 But now for them who thee rever'd Thou hast thy Truth 's bright Banner rear'd verse 5 Let thy Right-hand thy Saints protect Lord hear the Pray'rs that we direct verse 6 The Holy God has spoke and I O'er-joy'd on his firm Word rely To Thee in Portions I 'll divide Fair Sichem's Soil Samaria's Pride To Sichem Succoth next I 'll join And measure out her Vale by Line verse 7 Manasseh Gilead both subseribe To my Commands with Epbraim's Tribe Ephraim by Arms supports my Cause And ' Judab by religious Laws verse 8 Moab my Slave and Drudge shall be Nor Edom from my Yoke get free Proud Paleftine's imperious State Shall humbly on our Triumph wait verse 9 But who shall quell these mighty Pow'rs And clear my Way to Edom's Tow'rs Or through her guarded Frontiers tread The Path that doth to Conquest lead verse 10 Ey'n thou O God who hast disperst Our Troops for we forsok Thee first Those whom thou didst in Wrath for sake Aton'd thou wilt victorious make verse 11 Do thou our fainting Cause sustain For human Succours are but vain verse 12 Fresh Strength and Courage God beslows T is he treads down our proudest Foes PSALM LXI LOrd hear my Cry regard my Pray'r which I opprest with Grief verse 2 From Earth's remotest Parts address to Thee for kind Relief O lodge me fase beyond the Reach of persecuting Pow'r verse 3 Thou who so oft from spiteful Foes hast been my shelt'ring Tow'r verse 4 So shall I in thy sacred Courts secure from Danger lie Beneath the Covert of thy Wings all future Storms desy verse 5 In sign my Vows are heard once more I o'er thy Chosen reign verse 6 O bless with long and prosp'rous Life the King thou didst ordain verse 7 Consirm his Throne and make his Reign accepted in thy fight And let thy Truth and Mercy both in his Defence unite verse 8 So shall I ever sing thy Praise thy Name for ever bless Devote my prosp'rous Days to pay the Vows of my Distress PSALM LXII verse 1 2 MY Soul for Help on God relies From him alone my safety slows My Rock my Health that Strength supplies To bear the shock of all my Foes verse 3 How long will ye contrive my Fall Which will but hasten on your own You 'll totter like a bending Wall Or Fence of uncemented Stone verse 4 To make my envy'd Honours less They strive with Lies their chief Delight For they tho with their Mouths they bless In private curse with inward Spite verse 5 6 But thou my Soul on God rely On him alone thy Trust repose My Rock and Health will strength supply To bear the Shock of all my Foes verse 7 God does his saving Health dispense And flowing Blessings daily send He is my For tress and Defence On him my Soul shall still depend verse 8 In him ye People always trust Before his Throne pour out your Hearts For God the Merciful and Just His timely Aid to us imparts verse 9 The Vulgar sickle are and srail The Great dislemble and betray And laid in Truth 's impartial Scale The lightest Things will both outweigh verse 10 Then trust not in eppressive Ways By Spoil and Rapine grow not vain Nor let your Hearts if Wealth increase Be set too much upon your Gain verse 11 For God has oft his Will express'd And I this Truth have
Then Joy shall fill my Mouth and Song employ my chearful Voice My grateful Soul by Thee redeem'd shall in thy Strength rejoice verse 24 My Tongue thy just and righteous Acts shall all the day proclaim Because thou did'st confound my Foes and brought'st them all to shame PSALM LXXII LOrd let thy just Decrees the King in all his Ways direct And let his Son throughout his Reign thy righteous Laws respect verse 2 So shall he still thy People judge with pure and upright Mind Whilst all the helpless Poor shall him their just Protector find verse 3 Then Hills and Mountains shall bring forth the happy Fruits of Peace Which all the Land shall own to be the Work of Righteousness verse 4 Whilst he the poor and needy Race shall rule with gentle Sway And from their humble Necks shall take oppressive Yokes away verse 5 In ev'ry Heart thy awful Fear shall then be rooted fast As long as Sun and Moon endure or Time it self shall last verse 6 He shall descend like Rain that chears the Meadows second Birth Or like warm Show'rs whose gentle Drops refresh the thirsty Earth verse 7 In his blest days the just and good shall be with Favour crown'd The happy Land shall ev'ry where with endless Peace abound verse 8 His uncontroul'd Dominion shall from Sea to Sea extend Begin at proud Eupbrates Streams at Nature's Limits end verse 9 To him the savage Nations round shall bow their servile Heads His vanquisht Foes shall lick the dust where he his Conquest spreads verse 10 The Kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall costly Presents brings From spicy Sheba Gifts shall come and wealthy Saba's King verse 11 To him shall ev'ry King on Earth his humble Homage pay And diff'ring Nations gladly join to own his righteous Sway. verse 12 For he shall set the Needy free when they for Succour cry Shall save the Helpless and the Poor and all their Wants supply PART II. verse 13 His Providence for needy Souls shall due Supplies prepare And over their defenceless Lives shall watch with tender Care verse 14 He shall preserve and keep their Souls from Fraud and Rapine free And in his fight their guitless Blood of mighty Price shall be verse 15 Therefore shall God his Life and Reign to many years extend Whilst Eastern Princes Tribute pay and golden Presents send For him shall constant Pray'rs be made thro' all his prosp'rous Days His just Dominion shall afford a lasting Theme of Praise verse 16 Of useful Grain thro' all the Land great Plenty shall appear A Handful sown on Mountain Tops a mighty Crop shall bear Its Fruit like Cedars shook by Winds a rattling Noise shall yield The City too shall thrive and vie for Plenty with the Field verse 17 The Mem'ry of his glorious Name thro' endless Years shall run His spotless Fame shall shine as bright and lasting as the Sun In him the Nations of the World shall be compleatly blest And his unbounded Happiness by ev'ry Tongue confest verse 18 Then bless'd be God the mighty Lord The God whom Isr'el fears Who only wond'rous in his Works beyond Compare appears verse 19 Let Earth be with his Glory fill'd and ever bless his Name Whilst to his Praise the list'ning World their glad Assent proclaim PSALM LXXIII AT length by certain Proofs 't is plain That God will to his Saints be kind That all whose Hearts are pure and clean Shall his protecting Favour find verse 2 3 Till this sustaining Truth I knew My stagg'ring Feet had almost fail'd I griev'd the Sinners Wealth to view And envy'd when the Fools prevail'd verse 4 5 They to the Grave in Peace descend And whilst they live are hail and strong No Plague or Troubles them offend Which oft to other Men belong verse 6 7 With Prides as with a Chain they 'r held And Rapine seems their Robe of State Their Eyes stand out with Fatness swell'd They grow beyond their Wishes great verse 8 9 With Hearts corrupt and losty Talk Oppressive Methods they desend Their Tongue thro' all the Earth does walk Their Blasphemies to Heav'n ascend verse 10 And yet admiring Crowds are found Who servile Visits duly make Because with Plenty they abound Of which their flatt'ring Slaves partake verse 11 Their fond Opinions these pursue Till they with them prophanely cry How should the Lord our Actions view Can he perceive who dwells so high verse 12 Behold the Wicked these are they Who openly their Sins prosess And yet their Wealth 's increas'd each day And all their Actions meet Success verse 13 14 Then have I cleans'd my Heart said I And wash'd my Hands from Guilt in vain If all the day oppress'd I lie And ev'ry morning suffer Pain verse 15 Thus did I once to speak intend But if such things I rashly say Tuy Children Lord I must offend And basely should their Cause betray PART II. verse 16 17 To fathom this my Thoughts I bent But found the case too hard for me Till to the House of God I went Then I their End did plainly see verse 28 How high soe'er advanc'd they all On slipp'ry Places loosely stand Thence into Ruin headlong fall Cast down by thy avenging Hand verse 19 20 How dreadful and how quick their Fate Despis'd by Thee when they 're destroy'd As waking Men with Scorn do treat The Fancies that their Dreams employ'd verse 21 22 Thus was my Heart with Grief opprest My Reins were rack'd with restless Pains So stupid was I like a Beast Who no reflecting Thought retains verse 23 24 Yet still thy Presence me supply'd And thy Right-hand Assistance gave Thou first shalt with thy Coursel guide And then to glory me receive verse 25 Whom then in Heav'n but thee alone Have I whose Favour I require Throughout the spacious Earth there 's none That I besides thee can desire verse 26 My trembling Flesh and aking Heart May often fail to succour me But God shall inward strength impart And my eternal Portion be verse 27 For they that far from Thee remove Shall into sudden Rain fall If after other Gods they rove Thy Vengeance shall destroy them all verse 28 But as for me 't is good and just That I should stiil to Godrepair In him I always put my Trust And will his wond'rous Works declare PSALM LXXIV WHY hast thou cast us off O God with thou no more return O why against thy chosen Flock does thy fierce Anger burn verse 2 Think on thy ancient Purchase Lord the Land that is thy own By thee redeem'd and Sion's Mount where once the Glory shone verse 3 O! come and view our ruin'd State how long our Troubles last See! how the Foe with wicked Rage has laid thy Temple waste verse 4 Thy Foes blaspheme thy Name where late thy zealous Servants pray'd The Heathen there with haughty Pomp Their Banners have display'd verse 5 6 Those curious Carvings which did once advance the Artist's Fame With Ax and
themselves for Fear beneath their Channels sunk verse 17 The Clouds pour'd down while rending Skies did with their Noise conspire Thy Arrows all abroad were sent wing'd with avenging Fire verse 18 Heav'n with thy Thunder's Voice was torn whilst all the lower World With Lightning blaz'd Earth shook and feem'd from her Foundations hurl'd verse 19 Thro' rolling Streams thou find'st thy way thy Paths in waters lie Thy wond'rous Passage where no Sight thy Footsteps can descry verse 20 Thou led'st thy People like a Flock safe thro the Desart Land By Moses their meek skilful Guide And Aaron's facred Hand PSALM LXXVIII verse 1 HEar O my People to my Law devout Attention lend Let the Instruction of my Mouth deep in your Hearts descend verse 2 My Tongue by Inspiration taught shall Parables unfold Dark Oracles but understood and own'd for Truths of Old verse 3 Which we from sacred Registers of ancient Times have known And our Fore-fathers pious Care to us has handed down verse 4 We will not hide them from our Sons our Offspring shall be taught The Praises of the Lord whose Strength has Works of Wonder wrought verse 5 For Jacob be this Law ordain'd this League with Isr'el made With Charge to be from Age to Age from Race to Race convey'd verse 6 That Generations yet to come should to their unborn Heirs Religiously transmit the same and they again to theirs verse 7 To teach'em that in God alone their Hope securely stands That they should ne'er forget his Works but keep his just Commands verse 8 Left like their Fathers they might prove a stiff Rebellious Race False-hearted sickle to their God unstedfast in his Grace verse 9 Such were revolting Epbraim's Sons who tho to Warfare bred And skilful Archers arm'd with Bows from Field ignobly sled verse 10 11 They falsify'd their League with God his Orders disobey'd Forgot his Works and Miracles before their Eyes display'd verse 12 Nor Wonders which their Fathers saw did they in Mind retain Prodigious things in Egypt done and Zoan's fertile Plain verse 13 He cut the Seas to let 'em pass restrain'd the pressing Flood While pil'd in Heaps on either side the solid Waters stood verse 14 A wond'rous Pillar led them on compos'd of Shade and Light A sheltring Cloud it prov'd by Day a leading Fire by Night verse 15 When Drought opprest'em where no Stream the Wilderness supply'd He clest the Rock whose flinty Breast dissolv'd into a Tide verse 16 Streams from the solid Rock he brought which down in Rivers fell That trav'ling with their Camp each day renew'd the Miracle verse 17 Yet there they sinn'd against him more provoking the most High In that same Desart where he did their fainting Souls supply verse 18 They first incens'd him in their Hearts that did his Pow'e distrust And long'd for Meat not urg'd by Want but to indulge their Lust verse 19 Then utter'd their blaspheming Doubts Can God say they prepare A Table in the Wilderness set out with various Fare verse 20 He smote the flinty Rock 't is true and gushing Streams ensu'd But can he corn and Flesh Provide for such a Multitude verse 21 The Lord with Indignation heard From Heav'n avenging Flame On Jacob fell consuming Wrath on thankless Isr'el came verse 22 Because their unbelieving Hearts in God would not conside Nor trust his Care who had from Heav'n their wants so oft supply'd verse 23 Tho he had made his Clouds discharge provisions down in Show'rs And when Earth fail'd reliev'd their Needs from his Celestial Stores verse 24 Tho tasteful Manna was rain'd down their Hunger to relieve Tho from the Stores of Heav'n they did sustaining Corn receive verse 25 Thus Man with Angels sacred Food ingrateful Man was fed Not sparingly for still they found a plenteous Table spread verse 26 From Heav'n be made an East Wind blow then did the South command verse 27 To rain down Flesh like dust and Fowls like Seas unnumber'd Sand. verse 28 Within their Trenches he let fall the luscious easie Prey And all around their spreading Camp the ready Booty lay verse 29 They fed were fill'd he gave'em leave their Appetites to feast verse 30 31 Yet still their wanton lust crav'd on nor with their Hunger ceas'd But whilst in their luxurious Mouth they did their Dainties chew The Wrath of God smote down their Chiess and Isr'el's Chosen flew PART II verse 32 Yet still they finn'd nor would afford his Miracles Belief verse 33 Therefore thro fruitless Travels he consum'd their Lives in Grief verse 34 When some slain the rest return'd to God with early Cry verse 35 Own'd him the Rock of their Defence their Saviour God most High verse 36 But this Was seign'd Submission all their Heart their Tongue bely'd verse 37 Their Heart was still perverse nor wou'd firm in his League abide verse 38 Yet full of Mercy he forgave nor did with Death chastise But turn'd his kindled Wrath aside or would not let it rise verse 39 For he remember'd they were flesh that could not long remain A murm'ring Wind that 's quickly past and ne'er returns again verse 40 How ost did they provoke him there How ost his Patience grieve In that same Desart where he did their fainting Souls relieve verse 41 They tempted him by turning back and wickedly repin'd When Isrsel's God refus'd to be by their Desires consin'd verse 42 Nor call to mind the Hand and Day that their Redemption brought verse 43 His Signs in Egypt wond'rous Works in Zoan's Valley wrought verse 44 He turn'd their Rivers into Blood that Man and Beast forbore And rather chose to die of Thirst than drink the putrid Gore verse 45 He sent devouring Swarms of Flies hoarse Frogs annoy'd their Soil verse 46 Locusts and Caterpillars reap'd the Harvest of their Toil. verse 47 Their Vines with batt'ring Hail were broke with Frost the Fig-Tree dies verse 48 Light'ning and Hail made Flocks and Herds one gen'ral Sacrifice verse 49 He turn'd his Anger loose and let no time for it to cease And with their Plagues bad Angels sent their Torments to increase verse 50 He clear'd a Passage for his Wrath to ravage uncontroul'd The Murrain on their Firstlings seiz'd in ev'ry Field and Fold verse 51 The deadly Pest from Beast to Man from Field to City came It slew their Heirs their eldest Hopes thro all the Tents of Ham. verse 52 But his own Tribe like folded Sheep he brought from their Distress And them conducted like a Flock thro-out the Wilderness verse 53 He led'em on dnd in their way no cause of Fear they found But march'd securely thro those Deeps In which their Foes were drown'd verse 54 Nor ceas'd his Care till them he brought safe to his promis'd Land And to his holy Mount the Prize of his victorious Hand verse 55 To them the out-cast Heathen's Land he did by Lot divide And in their Foes abandon'd Tents made Isr'el's Tribes reside PART III
Or who smong the God's of Earth With our Almighty Lord compare verse 7 With Rev'rence and religious Dread His Saints should to his Temple pres His Fear thro' all their Hearts should spread Who his Almighty Name consess verse 8 Lord God of Armies who can boast Of Strength or Pow'r like thine renown'd Of such a num'rous faithful Host As that which does thy Throns surround verse 9 Thou dost the lawless Sea controul And change the Prospect of the Deep Thou mak'st the sping Billows rowl Thou mak'st the rowling Billows sleep verse 10 Thoubrak'st in pieces Rahab's Pride And didst oppressing Pow'r disarm Thy scatter'd Foes have dearly try'd The Force of thy resistless Arm. verse 11 In thee the sov'reign Right remains Of Earth and Heav'n thee Lord alone The World and all that it contains Their Maker and Preserver own verse 12 The Poles on which the Globe does rest Were fdrm'd by thy creating Voice Tabor and Hertnon East and West In thy sustaining Pow'r rejoyce verse 13 Thy Arm h mighty ' strong thy Hand Yet Lord thou dbst with Justice reign verse 14 Possest of absolute Command Thou Truth and Mercy dost maintain verse 15 Happy thrice happy they who hear Thy sacred Trumpet 's joyful Sound Who may at Festivals appear With thy most glorious Presence crown'd verse 16 Thy Saints shall always be o'erjoy'd who on thy sacred Name rely And in thy Righteousness employ'd Above theirr Foes be rais'd on high verse 17 For in thy Strength they shall advance Whose Conquests from thy Favour spring verse 18 The Lord of Hosts is our Defence And Israel's God our Israel's King verse 19 Thus spak'st thou by the Prophet's Voice A mighty Champion I will send From Judah's Tribe have I made choice Of one who shall the rest defend verse 20 O My Servant David I have found With holy OH anointed him verse 21 Him shall the Hand support that crown'd And guard that gave the Diadem verse 22 No Prince from him shall Tribute forces No Son of Strise shall him annoy verse 23 His spiteful Foes I will disperse And them before his Face destroy verse 24 My Truth and Grace shall him sustain His Armies in well-order'd Ranks verse 25 Shall conquer from the Tyrian Main To Tigris and Euphrates Banks verse 26 Me for his Father he shall take His God and Rock of Safety call verse 27 Him I my First-born Son will make And Earthly Kings his Subjects all verse 28 To him my Mercy I 'll secure My Cov'nant make for ever fast verse 29 His Seed for ever shall endure His Throne till Heav'n dissolves shall last PART III verse 30 But if his Heirs my Law forsake And from my sacred Precepts stray verse 31 If they my righteous Statutes break Nor strictly my commands obey verse 32 Their Sins I 'll visit with a Rod And for their Folly make them smart verse 33 Yet will not cease to be their God Nor from my Truth like them depart verse 34 My Cov'nant I will ne'er revoke But in remembrance fast retain The thing that once my Lips have spoke Shall in eternal Force remain verse 35 Once have I sworn but once for all And made my holiness the Tie That I my Grant will ne'er recall Nor to my Servant David lie verse 36 Whose Throne and Race the constant Sun Shall like his Course establisht see verse 37 Of this my Oath thou conscious Moon In Heav'n my faithful Witness be verse 38 Such was thy gracious Promise Lord But thou hast now our Tribes forsook Thy own Anointed hast abhorr'd And turn'd on him thy wrathful Look verse 39 Thou seemest to have render'd void The Cov'nant with thy Servant made Thou hast his Dignity destroy'd And in the Dust his Honour laid verse 40 Of Strong-holds thou hast him berest And brought his Bulwarks to decay verse 41 His Frontier-Coasts defenceless lest A publiek Scorn and common Prey verse 42 His Ruine does glad Triumphs yield To Foes advanc'd by thee to Might verse 43 Thou hast his conqu'ring Sword unsteel'd His Valour turn'd to shameful Flight verse 44 His Glory is to darkness sled is Throne is levell'd with the Ground verse 45 His Youth to wretched Bondage led With Shame o're-whelm'd Sorrow dron'd verse 46 How long shall we thy Absence mourn Wilt thou for ever Lord retire Shall thy consuming Anger burn Till that and we at once expire verse 47 Consider Lord how short a space Thou dost for mortal Life ordain No Method to prolong the Race But loading it with Grief and Pain verse 48 What man is he that can controul Death's strict unalterable Doom Or rescue from the Grave his Soul The Grave that must Mankind entomb verse 49 Lord where 's thy Love thy boundless Grace The Oath to which thy Truth did feal Consign'd to David and his Race The grant which Time should ne're repeal verse 50 See how thy Servants treated are With Infamy Reproach and Spite Which in my silent Breast I bear From Nations of licentious Might verse 51 How they reproaching thy great Name Have made thy Servant's Hope their Jest verse 52 Yet thy just Praises we 'll proclaim And ever sing The Lord be hlest Amen Amen Psalm XC verse 1 O Lord the Saviour and Defence of us thy chosen Race From Age to Age thou still hast been our sure abiding-place verse 2 Before thou brought'st the Mountains forth or th' Earth and World didst frame Thou always wert the mighty God and ever art the same verse 3 Thou turnest Man O Lord to Dust of which he first was made And when thou speak'st the word Raturn 't is instantly obey'd verse 4 For in thy fight a thousand Years are like a Day that 's past Or like a watch in dead of Night whose hours unminded waste verse 5 Thou sweep'ft us off as with a Flood we vanish hence like Dreams At first we grow like Grass tnat feels the Sun's reviving Beams verse 6 But howfoever fresh and fair its Morning Beauty shows T is all cut down and withered quite before the Ev'ning close verse 7 8 We by thine Anger are consum'd and by thy Wrath dismay'd Our publick Crimes and secret Sins before thy sight are laid verse 9 Beneath thy Anger 's sad Effects our drooping Days we spend Our unregarded Years break off like Tales that quickly end verse 10 Qur Term of Time is seventy years an Age that few survive But if with more than common strength to eighty we arrive Yet then our boasted Strength decays to Sorrow turn'd and and Pain So soon the slender Thread is cut and we no more remain PART II verse 11 But who thy Anger 's dread Effects does as he ought revere And yet thy Wrath does fall or rise as more or less we fear verse 12 So teach us Lord th' uncertain Sum of our short Days to mind That to true Wisdom all our Hearts may ever be inclin'd verse 13 O to thy Servants Lord return and speedily relent As we
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
Sheaves and bring the joyful Harvest home Psalm CXXVII verse 1 WE build with fruitless Cost unless the Lord the Pile sustain Unless the Lord the City keep the Watchman wakes in vain verse 2 In vain we rise before the day and late to rest repair Allow no respite to our Toil and eat the Bread of Care Supplies of Life with Ease to them he on his Saints bestows He crowns their Labour with Success thier Nights with sound Repose verse 3 Children those Comfort of our Life are Presents from the Lord He gives a num'rous Race of Heirs As Piety's Reward verse 4 As Arrows in a Giant 's Hand when marching forth to War Ev'n so the Sons of sprightly youth their Parents Safeguard are verse 5 Happy the man whose Quiver's fill'd with these prevailing Arms He needs not fear to meet his Foe at Law or War's Alarms Psalm CXXVIII verse 1 THE Man is blest who fears the Lord nor only Worship pays But keeps his steps confin'd with Care to his appointed ways verse 2 He shall upon the sweet Returns of his own Labour seed Without dependanc live and see his Wishes all succeed verse 3 His Wise like a fair fertile Vine Her lovely Fruit shall bring His Children like young Olive-plant about his Table spring verse 4 Who fears the Lord shall prosper thus verse 5 him Sion's God shall bless And grant him all his days to see jweusalem's Success verse 6 He shall live on till Heirs from him descend with vast Increase Much blest in his own prosp'rous State and more in Isr'el's Peace Psalm CXXXIX verse 1 FRom my Youth up may Isr'el say they oft have me affail'd verse 2 Reduc'd me oft to heavy Straits but never quite prevail'd verse 3 They oft have plow'd my patient Back with Furrows deep and long verse 4 But our just God has broke their Chains and rescu'd us from Wrong verse 5 Defeat Confusion shameful Rout be still the Doom of those Their righteous Doom who Sion hate And Sion s God oppose verse 6 Like Corn upon our House's Tops untimely let them sade Which too much Heat and want of Root has blasted in the Blade verse 7 Which in his Arms no Reaper takes but unregarded leaves Nor Binder thinks ir worth his Pains to sold it into Sheaves verse 8 No Traveller that passes by vouchsafes a Minute's Stop To give it one kind Look or crave Heav'ns Blessing on the Crop Psalm CXXX verse 1 FRom lowest Depths of Woe to God I sent my Cry verse 2 Lord hear my supplicating voice and graciously reply verse 3 Should'st thou feverely judge who can the Tryal bear verse 4 But thou forgiv'st left we despond and quite renounce thy Fear verse 5 My Soul with patience waits for thee the living Lord My Hopes are on thy Promise built thy never-filing Word verse 6 My longing Eyes look out for thy enliv'ning Ray More duly than the Morning-Watch to spy the dawning Day verse 7 Let Isr'el trust in God no bounds his Mercy knows The plenteous Source and Spring from whence Eternal Succour flows verse 8 Whose friendly Streams to us Supplies in Want convey A healing Spring a Spring to cleans and wash our Guilt away Psalm CXXXI verse 1 O Lord I am not proud of Heart nor cast a scornful Eye Nor my aspiring Thoughts employ in things for me too high verse 2 With Insant-Innocence thou know'st I have my self demean'd Compos'd to Quiet like a Babe that from the Breast is wean'd verse 3 Like me let Isrel hope in God his Aid alone implore Both now and ever trust in him who lives for evermore Psalm CXXXII verse 1 LET David Lord A constant place in thy Remembrance find Let all the Sorrows he endur'd be ever in thy Mind verse 2 Remember what a solemn Oath to thee his Lord he swore How to the mighty God He vow'd whom Jacob's Sons adore verse 3 4 I will not go into mind House nor to my Bed ascend No soft Repose shall close my Eyes nor Sleep my Eye-lids bends verse 5 Till for the Lord 's design'd Abode I mark'd the destin'd Ground Till I a decent place of Rest for Jacob's God have found verse 6 Th' appointed place with Shouts of joy at Epbrata we found And made the Woods and neighb'ring fields our glad Applause resound verse 7 O! with due Rev'rence let us then to his Abode repair And prostrate at his Footstool fall'n pour out our humble Pray'r verse 8 Arise O Lord and now Posseess thy constant place of Rest Be that not only with thy Ark but with thy Presence blest verse 9 10 Clothe thou thy Priests with Righteousness make thou thy Saints rejoyce And for thy Servant David's sake hear thy Anointed's Voice verse 11 God sware to David in his Truth nor shall his Oath be vain One of thy Off-spring after thee upon thy Throne shall reign verse 12 And if thy Seed my Cov'nant keep and to my Laws submit Their Children too upon thy Throne for evermore shall fit verse 13 14 For sion does in God's esteem all other Seats excel His place of everlasting Rest where he desires to dwell verse 15 16 Her Store says he I will increase her Poor with Plenty bless Her Saints shall shout for Joy her Priests my saving-health confess verse 17 There David's Pow'r shall long remain in his successive Line And my anointed Servant there shall with fresh Lustre shine verse 18 The Faces of his vanquisht Foes confusion shall o'er-spread Whilst with confirm'd Success his Crown shall flourish on his Head Psalm CXXXIII verse 1 How vast must their Advantage be how great their Pleasure prove Who live like Brethren and consent in Offices of Love verse 2 True Love is like that precious Oyl which Pour'd on Aaron's Head Ran down his Beard and o'er his Robes its costly Moisture shed verse 3 'T is like refreshing Dew which does on Hermons Top distill Or like the early Drops that fall on Sion's fruitful Hill For Sion is the chosen Seat where the Almighty King The promis'd Blessing has ordain'd And Life's eternal Spring Paslm CXXXIV verse 1 B Less God ye Servants that attend upon his solemn State That in his Temple Night by Night with humble Rev'rence wait verse 2 3 Within his House lift up your Hands and blese his holy Name From Sion bless thy Isr'el Lord who Earth and Heav'n didst frame Psalm CXXXV verse 1 O Praise the Lord with one Consent and magnifie his Names Let all the Servants of the Lord his worthy praise proclaim verse 2 Praise him all ye that in his House attend with constant care With those that to his outmost Courts with humble Zeal repair verse 3 For this our truest Int'rest is glad Hymns of praise to snig And with loud Songs to bless his Name a most delightful thing verse 4 For Gad his own peculiar choice the Sons of Jacob makes And Isr'el's Off-spring for his own most valu'd Treasure takes verse 5 That God is
DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE AT THE Court at KENSINGTON December 3. 1696. PRESENT The King 's Most Excellent Majesty in Council UPon the Humble Petition of Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate this Day read at the Board setting forth that the Petitioners have with their utmost Care and Industry compleated A New Version of the Psalms of David in English Metre fitted for Publick Use and humbly praying His Majesty's Royal Allowance that the said Version may be used in such Congregations as shall think fit to receive it His Majesty taking the same into His Royal Consideration is pleased to Order in Council That the said New Version of the Psalms in English Metre be and the same is hereby Allowed and Permitted to be used in all Churches Chappels and Congregations as shall think fit to receive the same W. Bridgeman New Version OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID Fitted to the TUNES Used in CHURCHES By N. TATE and N. BRADY LONDON Printed by T. Hodgkin for the Company of Stationers 1698. And are to be Sold at Stationer's-Hall near Ludgate and by most Booksellers TO HIS Most Excellent Majesty WILLIAM III. OF Great-Britain France and Ireland KING Defender of the FAITH c. THIS New Version OF THE PSALMS of DAVID Is most humbly DEDICATED BY His MAJESTY'S most Obedient Subjects and Servants N. Brady N. Tate A New VERSION OF THE PSALMS c. PSALM I. verse 1 HOW blest is he who ne'r consents by ill Advice to walk Nor stands in Sinners ways nor sits where Men profanely talk verse 2 But makes the perfect Law of God his Business and Delight Devoutly reads therein by Day and meditates by Night verse 3 Like some fair Tree which fed by Streams with timely Fruit does bend He still shall flourish and Success all his Designs attend verse 4 Ungodly Men and their Attempts no lasting Root shall find ' Untimely blasted and dispers'd like Chaff before the Wind. verse 5 Their Guilt shall strike the Wicked dumb before their Judge's Face No formal Hypocrite shall then amongst the Saints have place verse 6 For God approves the Just Man's Ways to Happiness they tend But Sinners and the Paths they tread shall both in Ruin end PSALM II. verse 1 WIth restless and ungovern'd Rage why do the Heathen storm Why in such rash Attempts engage as they can ne'er perform verse 2 The Great in Counsel and in Might their various Forces bring Against the Lord they all unite and his anointed King verse 3 Must we submit to their Commands Presumptuously they say No let us break their slavish Bands and cast their Chains away verse 4 But God who sits enthron'd on high and sees how they combine Does their conspiring Strength defie and mocks their vain Design verse 5 Thick Clouds of Wrath divine shall break on his Rebellious Foes And thus will he in Thunder speak to all that dare oppose verse 6 Tho' madly you dispute my Will the King that I ordain Whose Throne is fix'd on Sion's Hill shall there securely reign verse 7 Attend O Earth whilst I declare God's uncontroul'd Decree Thou art my Son this day my Heir have I begotten thee verse 8 Ask and receive thy full Demands thine shall the Heathen be The utmost Limits of the Lands shall be possess'd by thee verse 9 Thy threatning Scepter thou shalt shake and crush them ev'ry where As massy Bars of Iron break the Potters brittle Ware verse 10 Learn then ye Princes and give ear ye Judges of the Earth verse 11 Worship the Lord with holy Fear rejoice with awful Mirth verse 12 Appease the Son with due Respect your timely Homage pay Left he revenge the bold Neglect incens'd by your Delay verse 13 If but in part his Anger rise who can endure the Flame Then bless'd are they whose Hope relies on his most holy Name PSALM III. verse 1 HOw many Lord of late are grown the Troublers of my Peace And as their Numbers hourly rise so does their Rage increase verse 2 Insulting they my Soul upbraid and him whom I adore The God in whom he trusts say they shall rescue him no more verse 3 But thou O Lord art my Defence on thee my Hopes rely Thou art my Glory and shalt yet lift up my Head on high verse 4 Since whensoe'er in like Distress to God I made my Pray'r He heard me from his holy Hill why should I now despair verse 5 Guarded by him I laid me down my sweet Repose to take For I through him securely sleep through him in safety wake verse 6 No Force nor Fury of my Foes my Courage shall confound Were they as many Hosts as Men that have beset me round verse 7 Arise and save me O my God who oft hast own'd my Cause And scatter'd oft these Foes to me and to thy righteous Laws verse 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs he only can defend His Blessing he extends to all that on his Pow'r depend PSALM IV. verse 1 O Lord that art my righteous Judge to my Complaint give ear Thou still redeem'st me from Distress have Mercy Lord and hear verse 2 How long will ye O Sons of Men to blot my Fame devise How long your vain Designs pursue and spread malicious Lies verse 3 Consider that the righteous Man is God's peculiar Choice And when to him I make my Pray'r he always hears my Voice verse 4 Then stand in aw of his Commands flee ev'ry thing that 's ill Commune in private with your Hearts and bend them to his Will verse 5 The place of other Sacrifice let Righteousness supply And let your Hope securely fixt on God alone rely verse 6 While worldly Minds impatient grow more prosp'rous Times to see Still let the Glories of thy Face shine brightly Lord on me verse 7 So shall my Heart o'erflow with Joy more lasting and more true Than theirs who stores of Corn and Wine successively renew verse 8 Then down in Peace I'II lay my Head and take my needful Rest No other Guard O Lord I crave of thy Defence possest PSALM V. verse 1 LOrd hear the Voice of my Complaint accept my secret Pray'r verse 2 To thee alone my King my God will I for help repair verse 3 Thou in the morn my Voice shalt hear and with the dawning Day To thee devoutly I'II look up to thee devoutly pray verse 4 For thou the Wrongs that I sustain canst never Lord approve Who from thy sacred Dwelling-place all Evil dost remove verse 5 Not long shall stubborn Fools remain unpunish'd in thy view All such as act unrighteous things thy Vengeance shall pursue verse 6 The sland'ring Tongue O God of Truth by thee shall be destroy'd Who hat'st alike the Man in Blood and in Deceit employ'd verse 7 But when thy boundless Grace shall me to thy lov'd Courts restore On thee I'II fix my longing Eyes and humbly there adore verse 8 Conduct me by thy righteous Laws for watchful is my Foe
Therefore O Lord make plain the way wherein I ought to go verse 9 Their Mouth vents nothing but Deceit their Heart is set on Wrong Their Throat is a devouring Grave they flatter with their Tongue verse 10 By their own Counsels let them fall oppress'd with loads of Sin For they against thy righteous Laws have harden'd Rebels been verse 11 But let all those who trust in thee with Shouts their Joy proclaim Let them rejoice whom thou preserv'st and all that love thy Name verse 12 To righteous Men the righteous Lord his Blessing will extend And with his Favour all his Saints as with a Shield defend PSALM VI. verse 1 THy dreadful Anger Lord restrain and spare a Wretch forlorn Correct me not in thy fierce Wrath too heavy to be born verse 2 Have Mercy Lord for I grow faint unable to endure The Anguish of my aking Bones which thou alone canst cure verse 3 My tortur'd Flesh distracts my Mind and fills my Soul with Grief But Lord how long wilt thou delay to grant me thy Relief verse 4 Thy wonted Goodness Lord repeat and ease my troubled Soul Lord for thy wond'rous Mercy 's sake vouchsafe to make me whole verse 5 For after Death no more can I thy glorious Acts proclaim No Pris'ner of the silent Grave can magnifie thy Name verse 6 Quite tir'd with Pain with Groaning faint no hope of Ease I see The Night that quiets common Griefs is spent in Tears by me verse 7 My Beauty fades my Sight grows dim my Eyes with weakness close Old Age o'ertakes me whilst I think on my insulting Foes verse 8 Depart ye Wicked in my wrongs ye shall no more rejoice For God I find accepts my Tears and listens to my Voice verse 9 10 He hears and grants my humble Pray'r and they that wish my Fall Shall blush and rage to see that God protects me from them all PSALM VII verse 1 O Lord my God since I have plac'd my Trust alone in thee From all my Persecutors Rage do thou deliver me verse 2 To save me from my threatning Foe Lord interpose thy Pow'r Lest like a salvage Lion he my helpless Soul devour verse 3 4 If I am guilty or did e'er against his Peace combine Nay if I have not spar'd his Life who sought unjustly mine verse 5 Let then to persecuting Foes my Soul become a Prey Let them to Earth tread down my Life in Dust my Honour lay verse 6 Arise and let thine Anger Lord in my Defence engage Exalt thy self above my Foes and their insulting Rage Awake awake in my behalf the Judgment to dispense Which thou hast righteously ordain'd for injur'd Innocence verse 7 So to thy Throne adoring Crouds shall still for Justice fly O! therefore for their sakes resume thy Judgment-seat on high verse 8 Impartial Judge of all the World I trust my Cause to thee According to my just Deserts so let thy Sentence be verse 9 Let wicked Arts and wicked Men together be o'erthrown But guard the Just thou God to whom the Hearts of both are known verse 10 11 God me protects nor only me but all of upright Heart And daily lays up Wrath for those who from his Laws depart verse 12 If they persist he whets his Sword his Bow stands ready bent verse 13 Ev'n now with swift Destruction wing'd his pointed Shafts are sent verse 14 The Plots are fruitless which my Foe unjustly did conceive verse 15 The Pit he digg'd for me has prov'd his own untimely Grave verse 16 On his own Head his Spite returns whilst I from Harm am free On him the Violence is fall'n which he design'd for me verse 17 Therefore will I the righteous ways of Providence proclaim I 'll sing the Praise of God most High and celebrate his Name PSALM VIII verse 1 O Thou to whom all Creatures bow within this earthly Frame Thro' all the World how great art Thou how glorious is thy Name In Heav'n thy wond'rous Acts are sung nor fully reckon'd there verse 2 And yet thou mak'st the Infant-Tongue thy boundless Praise declare Thro' thee the Weak confound the Strong and crush their haughty Foes And so thou quell'st the wicked Throng that thee and thine oppose verse 3 When Heav'n thy beauteous work on high employs my wond'ring Sight The Moon that nightly rules the Sky with Stars of feebler Light verse 4 What 's Man say I that Lord thou lov'st to keep him in thy mind Or what his Off-spring that thou prov'st to them so wond'rous kind verse 5 Him next in Pow'r thou didst create to thy Celestial Train verse 6 Ordain'd with Dignity and State o'er all thy Works to reign verse 7 They jointly own his pow'rful sway the Beasts that prey or graze verse 8 The Bird that wings its airy way the Fish that cuts the Seas verse 9 O Thou to whom all Creatures bow within this earthly Frame Thro' all the World how great art Thou how glorious is thy Name PSALM IX verse 1 TO celebrate thy Praise O Lord I will my Heart prepare To all the list'ning World thy Works thy wond'rous Works declare verse 2 The Thought of them shall to my Soul exalted Pleasure bring Whilst to thy Name O thou most High triumphant Praise I sing verse 3 Thou mad'st my haughty Foes to turn their backs in shameful flight Struck with thy Presence down they fell they perish'd at thy sight verse 4 Against insulting Foes advanc'd thou didst my Cause maintain My Right asserting from thy Throne where Truth and Justice reign verse 5 The Insolence of Heathen Pride thou hast reduc'd to Shame Their wicked Offspring quite destroy'd and blotted out their Name verse 6 Mistaken Foes your haughty Threats are to a period come Our City stands which you design'd to make our common Tomb. verse 7 8 The Lord for ever lives who has his righteous Throne prepar'd Impartial Justice to dispense to punish or reward verse 9 God is a constant sure Defence against oppressing Rage As Troubles rise his needful Aids in our behalf engage verse 10 All those who have his Goodness prov'd will in his Truth confide Whose Mercy ne'er forsook the Man that on his Help rely'd verse 11 Sing Praises therefore to the Lord from Sion his Abode Proclaim his Deeds till all the World confess no other God PART II. verse 12 When he enquiry makes for Blood he calls the Poor to mind The injur'd humble Man's Complaint relief from him shall find verse 13 Take pity on my Troubles Lord which spiteful Foes create Thou that hast rescu'd me so oft from Death's devouring Gate verse 14 In Sion then I 'll sing thy Praise to all that love thy Name And with loud Shouts of grateful Joy thy saving Pow'r proclaim verse 15 Deep in the Pit they digg'd for me the Heathen Pride is laid Their guilty Feet to their own Snare are heedlesly betray'd verse 16 Thus by the just Returns he makes the mighty Lord is known While wicked
Men by their own Plots are shamefully o'erthrown verse 17 No single Sinner shall escape by Privacy obscur'd Nor Nation from his just Revenge by Numbers be secur'd verse 18 His suff'ring Saints when most distrest he ne'er forgets to aid Their Expectation shall be crown'd tho' for a time delay'd verse 19 Arise O Lord assert thy Pow'r and let not Man o'ercome Descend to Judgment and pronounce the guilty Heathens doom verse 20 Strike Terror through the Nations round till by consenting Fear They to each other and themselves but mortal Men appear PSALM X. verse 1 THy Presence why withdraw'st thou Lord why hid'st thou now thy Face When dismal Times of deep Distress call for thy wonted Grace verse 2 The Wicked swell'd with lawless Pride have made the Poor their prey O let them fall by those Designs which they for others lay verse 3 For strait they triumph if Success their thriving Crimes attend And sordid Wretches whom God hates perversly they commend verse 4 To own a Pow'r above themselves their haughty Pride disdains And therefore in their stubborn Mind no thought of God remains verse 5 Oppressive Methods they pursue and all their Foes they slight Because thy Judgments unobserv'd are far above their sight verse 6 They fondly think their prosp'rous State shall unmolested be They think their vain Designs shall thrive from all Misfortune free verse 7 Vain and deceitful is their Speech with Curses fill'd and Lies By which the Mischief of their Heart they study to disguise verse 8 Near publick Roads they lie conceal'd and all their Art employ The Innocent and Poor at once to rifle and destroy verse 9 Not Lions couching in their Dens surprise their heedless Prey With greater Cunning or express more salvage Rage than they verse 10 Sometimes they act the harmless Man and modest Looks they wear That so deceiv'd the Poor may less their sudden Onset fear PART II. verse 11 For God they think no notice takes of their unrighteous Deeds He never minds the suff'ring Poor nor their Oppression heeds verse 12 But thou O Lord at length arise stretch forth thy mighty Arm And by the Greatness of thy Pow'r defend the Poor from harm verse 13 No longer let the Wicked vaunt and proudly boasting say Tush God regards not what we do he never will repay verse 14 But sure thou seest and all their Deeds impartially dost try The Orphan therefore and the Poor on Thee for Aid rely verse 15 Defenceless let the Wicked fall of all their Strength bereft Confound O God their dark Designs till no Remains are left verse 16 Assert thy just Dominion Lord which shall for ever stand Thou who the Heathen didst expel from this thy chosen Land verse 17 Thou dost the humble Suppliants hear that to thy Throne repair Thou first prepar'st their Hearts to pray and then accept'st their Pray'r verse 18 Thou in thy righteous Judgment weigh'st the Fatherless and Poor That so the Tyrants of the Earth may persecute no more PSALM XI verse 1 SInce I have plac'd my Trust in God a Refuge always nigh Why should I like a tim'rous Bird to distant Mountains fly verse 2 Behold the wicked bend their Bow and ready fix their Dart Lurking in ambush to destroy the Man of upright Heart verse 3 When once the firm Assurance fails which publick Faith imparts 'T is time for Innocence to fly from such deceitful Arts. verse 4 The Lord hath both a Temple here and righteous Throne above Whence he surveys the Sons of Men and how their Counsels move verse 5 If God the Righteous whom he loves for Trial does correct What must the Sons of Violence whom he abhors expect verse 6 Snares Fire and Brimstone on their Heads shall in one Tempest show'r This dreadful mixture his Revenge into their Cup shall pour verse 7 The righteous Lord will righteous Deeds with signal Favour grace And to the upright Man disclose the brightness of his Face PSALM XII verse 1 SInce godly Men decay O Lord do thou my Cause defend For scarce these wretched Times afford one just and faithful Friend verse 2 One Neighbour now can scarce believe what t'other does impart With flatt'ring Lips they all deceive and with a double Heart verse 3 But Lips that with Deceit abound can never prosper long God's righteous Vengeance will confound the proud blaspheming Tongue verse 4 In vain those foolish Boasters say our Tongues are sure our own With doubtful Words we will betray and be controul'd by none verse 5 For God who hears the suff'ring Poor and their Oppression knows Will soon arise and give them rest in spight of all their Foes verse 6 The Word of God shall still abide and void of Falshood be As is the Silver seven times try'd from drossy Mixture free verse 7 The Promise of his aiding Grace shall reach the purpos'd End His Servants from this faithless Race he ever shall defend verse 8 Then shall the Wicked be perplex'd nor know which way to fly When those whom they despis'd and vex'd shall be advanc'd on high PSALM XIII verse 1 HOW long wilt thou forget me Lord must I for ever mourn How long wilt thou withdraw from me Oh! never to return verse 2 How long shall anxious Thoughts my Soul and Grief my Heart oppress How long my Enemies insult and I have no Redress verse 3 O hear and to my longing Eyes restore thy wonted Light And suddenly or I shall sleep in everlasting Night verse 4 Restore me left they proudly boast 't was their own Strength o'ercame Permit not them that vex my Soul to triumph in my Shame verse 5 Since I have always plac'd my Trust beneath thy Mercy 's Wing Thy saving Health will come and then my Heart with Joy shall spring verse 6 Then shall my Song with Praise inspir'd to thee my God ascend Who to thy Servant in Distress such Bounty didst extend PSALM XIV verse 1 SUre wicked Fools must needs suppose that God is nothing but a Name Corrupt and lewd their Practice grows no Breast is warm'd with holy Flame verse 2 The Lord look'd down from Heaven's high Tow'r and all the Sons of Men did view To see if any own'd his Pow'r if any Truth or Justice knew verse 3 But all he saw were gone aside all were degen'rate grown and base None took Religion for their Guide not one of all the sinful Race verse 4 But can these workers of Deceit be all so dull and sensless grown That they like Bread my People eat and God's Almighty Pow'r disown verse 5 How will they tremble then for fear when his just Wrath shall them o'ertake For to the Righteous God is near and never will their Cause forsake verse 6 Ill Men in vain with Scorn expose those Methods which the good pursue Since God a Refuge is for those whom his just Eyes with favour view verse 7 Would he his saving Pow'r employ to break his People's servile Band Then Shouts
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
and Staff defend and comfort me verse 5 In presence of my spiteful Foes he does my Table spread He crowns my Cup with chearful Wine with Oil anoints my Head verse 6 Since God does thus his wond'rous Love through all my Life extend That Life to him I will devote and in his Temple spend PSALM XXIV verse 1 THis spacious Earth is all the Lord's the Lord 's her fulness is The World and they that dwell therein by sov'reign Right are his verse 2 He fram'd and fix'd it on the Seas and his Almighty Hand Upon inconstant Floods has made the stable Fabrick stand verse 3 But for himself this Lord of All one chosen Seat design'd O who shall to that Sacred Hill defir'd Admittance find verse 4 The Man whose Hands and Heart are pure whose Thoughts from Pride are free Who honest Poverty prefers to gainful Perjury verse 5 This this is he on whom the Lord shall show'r his Blessings down Whom God his Saviour shall vouchsafe with Righteousness to crown verse 6 Such is the Race of Saints by whom the sacred Courts are trod And such the Proselytes that seek the Face of Jacob's God verse 7 Erect your Heads eternal Gates unsold to entertain The King of Glory fee he comes with his celestial Train verse 8 Who is this King of Glory who the Lord for Strength renown'd In Battel mighty o'er his Foes eternal Victor crown'd verse 9 Erect your Heads ye Gates unsold in state to entertain The King of Glory see he comes with all his shining Train verse 10 Who is this King of Glory who the Lord of Hosts renown'd Of Glory he alone is King who is with Glory crown'd PSALM XXV verse 1 2 To God in whom I trust I list my Heart and Voice O let me not be put to shame nor let my Foes rejoice verse 3 Those who on Thee rely let no disgrace attend Be that the shameful Lot of such as wilfully offend verse 4 5 To me thy Truth impart and lead me in thy way For thou art he that brings me Help on thee I wait all day verse 6 Thy Mercies and thy Love O Lord recall to mind And graciously continue still as thou wert ever kind verse 7 Let all my youthful Crimes be blotted out by-thee And for thy wond'rous Goodness sake in Mercy think on me verse 8 His Mercy and his Truth the righteous Lord displays In bringing wand'ring Sinners home and teaching them his ways verse 9 He those in Justice guides who his Direction seek And in his sacred Paths shall lead the humble and the meek verse 10 Through all the ways of God both Truth and Mercy shine To such as with religiously Hearts to his blest Will incline PART II. verse 11 Since Mercy is the Grace that most exalts thy Fame Forgive my heinous Sin O Lord and so advance thy Name verse 12 Whoe'er with Humble Fear to God his Duty pays Shall find the Lord a faithful Guide in all his righteous Ways verse 13 His quiet Soul with Peace shall be for ever blest And by his num'rous Race the Land successively possest verse 14 For God to all his Saints his secret Will imparts And does his gracious Cov'nant write in their obedient Hearts verse 15 To him I list my Eyes and wait his timely Aid Who breaks the strong and treach'rous Snare which for my Feet was laid verse 16 O turn and all my Griefs in Mercy Lord redrefs For I am compass'd round with Woes and plung'd in deep Distress verse 17 The Sorrows of my Heart to mighty Sums increase O from this dark and dismal state my troubled Soul release verse 18 Do thou with tender Eyes my sad Afflictions see Acquit me Lord and from my Guilt intirely set me free verse 19 Consider Lord my Foes how vast their numbers grow What lawless Farce and Rage they use what boundless Hate they show verse 20 Protect and set my Soul from their fierce Malice free Nor let me be asham'd who place my stedfast Trust in thee verse 21 Let all my righteous Acts to full Persection rise Because my firm and constant Hope on thee alone relies verse 22 To Israel's chosen Race continue ever kind And in the midst of all their Wants let them thy Succour sind PSALM XXVI verse 1 JUdge me O Lord for I the Paths of Righteousness have trod I cannot fail who all my Trust repose on thee my God verse 2 3 Search thou my Heart whose Innocence will shine the more 't is try'd For I have kept thy Grace in view and made thy Truth my Guide verse 4 I never for Companions took the Idle or Prophane No Hypocrite with all his Arts could e'er my Friendship gain verse 5 I hate the busie Plotting Crew who make distracted Times And shun their wicked Company as I avoid their Crimes verse 6 I 'll wash my hands in Innocence and bring a Heart so pure That when thy Altar I approach my welcome shall secure verse 7 8 My thanks I 'll publish there and tell how thy Renown excels That Seat affords me most delight in which thy Honour dwells verse 9 Pass not on me the Sinners doom who Murder makes their Trade verse 10 Who others Rights by fecret Bribes or open Force invade verse 11 But I will walk in paths of Truth and Innocence pursue Protect me therefore and to me thy Mercies Lord renew verse 12 In spight of all assaulting Foes I still maintain my ground And shall survive amongst thy Saints thy Praises to resound PSALM XXVII verse 1 WHom should I fear since God to me is saying-Health and Light Since strongly he my Life supports what can my Soul assright verse 2 With fierce intent my Flesh to tear when Foes beset me round They stumbled and their losty Crests were made to strike the Ground verse 3 Through him my Heart undaunted dares with mighty Hosts to cope Through him in doubtful Straits of War for good Success I hope verse 4 Henceforth within his House to dwell I earnestly desire His wond'rous Beauty there to view and of his Will enquire verse 5 For there may I with Comfort rest in times of deep Distress And safe as on a Rock abide in that secure Recess verse 6 Whilst God o'er all my haughty Foes my lofty Head shall raise And I my joyful Tribute bring with grateful Songs of Praise PART II. verse 7 Continue Lord to hear my Voice whene'er to thee I cry In Mercy my Complaints receive nor my Request deny verse 8 When us to seek thy glorious Face thou kindly dost advise Thy glorious Face I 'll always seek my grateful Heart replies verse 9 Then hide not thou thy Face O Lord nor me in Wrath reject My God and Saviour leave not him thou didst so ost protect verse 10 Tho' all my Friends and Kindred too their helpless Charge forsake Yet thou whose Love excels them all wilt Care and Pity take verse 11 Instruct me in thy Paths O Lord my Ways
against the Righteous vent verse 19 How great thy Mercies are to such as fear thy Name Which thou for those that trust thy care dost to the World proclaim verse 20 Thou keep'st them in thy fight from proud Oppressors free From Tongues that do in Strife delight they are preserv'd by Thee verse 21 With Glory and Renown God's Name be ever bless'd Whose Love in Keilah's well-fenc'd Town was wond'rously express'd verse 22 I said in hasty Flight I 'm banish'd from thine Eyes Yet still thou kept'st me in thy sight and heard'st my earnest Cries verse 23 O all ye Saints the Lord with eager Love pursue Who to the Just will Help afford and give the proud their due verse 24 Ye that on God rely couragiously proceed For he will still your hearts supply with Strength in time of need PSALM XXXII verse 1 HE 's blest whose Sins have Pardon gain'd no more in Judgment to appear verse 2 Whose Guilt Remission has obtain'd and whose Repentance is sincere verse 3 While I conceal'd the fretting Sore my Bones consum'd without Relief All Day did I with Anguish roar but no Complaints asswag'd my Grief verse 4 Heavy on me thy Hand remain'd by Day and Night alike distrest Till quite of vital Moisture drain'd like Land with Summer's drought opprest verse 5 No sooner I my Wound disclos'd the Guilt that tortur'd me within But thy Forgiveness interpos'd and Mercy 's healing Balm pour'd in verse 6 True Penitents shall thus succeed who seek thee whilst thou mayst be found They from the common Deluge freed shall fee remorsless Sinners drown'd verse 7 Thy Favour Lord in all distrest my Tow'r of Refuge I mus t own Thou shalt my haughty Foes suppress and me with Songs of Triumph crown verse 8 In my Instruction then confide you that would Truth 's safe Path descry Your Progress I 'll securely guide and keep you in my-watchful Eye verse 9 Submit your selves to Wisdom's Rule like Men that Reason have attan'd Not like th' ungovern'd Horse and Mule whose Fury must be curb'd and rein'd verse 10 Sorrows on Sorrows multiply'd the harden'd Sinner shall confound But them who in his Truth confide blessings of Mercy shall surround verse 11 His Saints that have perform'd his Laws their Life in Triumphs shall employ Let them as they alone have cause in grateful Raptures shout for Joy PSALM XXXIII verse 1 LET all the Just to God with Joys their chearful Voices raise For well the Righteous it becomes to sing glad Songs of Praise verse 2 3 Let Harps and Psalteries and Lute in joyful consort meet And new made Songs of loud Applause the Harmony compleat verse 4 5 For faithful is the Word of God his Works with Truth abound He Justice loves and all the Earth is with his Goodness crown'd verse 6 By his almighty Word at first the heavenly Arch was rear'd And all the beauteous Hosts of Light at his Command appeare'd verse 7 The swelling Floods together roll'd he makes in heaps to lye And lays as in a Store-house safe the wat'ry Treasures by verse 8 9 Let Earth and all that dwell therein before him trembling stand For when he spake the Word t was made t was fix'd at his Command verse 10 He when the Heathen closely plot their Counsels undermines His Wisdom inessectual makes the People's rash Designs verse 11 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees shall stand for ever sure The settled purpose of his Heart to Ages shall endure PART II. verse 12 How happy then are they to whom the Lord for God is known Whom he from all the World besides has chosen for his own verse 13 14 15 He all the Nations of the Earth from Heav'n his Throne survey'd He saw their works and view'd their thoughts by him their Hearts were made verse 16 17 No King is safe by mighty Hosts their Strength the Strong deceives No manag'd Horse by Force or Speed his Warlike Rider saves verse 18 19 T is God who those that trust in him beholds with gracious Eyes He frees their Soul from Death their Want in time of Dearth supplies verse 20 21 Our Soul on God with Patience waits our Help and Shield is He Then Lord let still our Hearts rejoyce because we trust in thee verse 22 The Riches of thy Mercy Lord do Thou to us extend Since we for all we want or wish on Thee alone depend PSALM XXXIV verse 1 THro' all the changing Scenes of Life in Trouble and in Joy The praises of my God shall still my Heart and Tongue employ verse 2 Of his Deliv'rance I will boast till all that are distrest From my Example Comfort take and charm their Griefs to rest verse 3 O magnifie the Lord with me with me exalt his Name verse 4 When in Distress to him I call'd He to my rescue came verse 5 Their drooping Hearts were soon refresh'd who look'd to him for Aid Desir'd Success in ev'ry Face a chearful Air displaid verse 6 Behold say they behold the Man whom Providence reliev'd The Man so dang'rously beset so wond'rously retriev'd verse 7 The Hosts of God encamp around the Dwellings of the Just Deliv'rance he affords to all who on his Succour trust verse 8 O make but Tryal of his Love experience will decide How bless'd they are and only they who in his Truth confide verse 9 Fear him ye Saints and you will then having nothing else to fear Make you his Service your Delight your Wants shall be his Care verse 10 While hungry Lions lack their Prey the Lord will Food provide For such as put their Trust in him and see their Needs supply'd PART II. verse 11 Approach ye piously dispos'd and my Instruction hear I 'll teach you the true Discipline of his religious Fear verse 12 Let him who length of Life desires and prosp'rous Days would see verse 13 From sland'ring Language keep his Tongue his Lips from Falshood free verse 14 The crooked Paths of Vice decline and Virtue 's Ways pursue Establish Peace where 't is begun and where 't is lost renew verse 15 The Lord from Heav'n beholds the Just with favourable Eyes And when distress'd his gracious Ear is open to their Cries verse 16 But turns his wrathful Look on those whom Mercy can'n reclaim To cut them off and from the Earth blot out their hated Name verse 17 Deliv'rance to his Saints he gives when his Relies they crave verse 18 He 's nigh to heal the broken Heart and contrite Spirit save verse 19 The Wicked oft but still in vain against the Just conspire verse 20 For under their Affliction 's weight he keeps their Bones entire verse 21 The Wicked from their wicked Arts their Ruine shall derive Whilst righteous Men whom they detest shall them and theirs survive verse 22 For God preserves the Souls of those who on his Truth depend To them and their Posterity his Blessings shall descend PSALM XXXV verse 1 A Gainst all those that strive with me O
God who will employ His Aid for thee and change these Sighs to thankful Hymns of Joy verse 6 My Soul 's cast down O God but thinks on thee and Sion still From fordan's Bank from Hermon's Heights and Missar's humbler Hill verse 7 One Trouble calls another on and gath'ring o'er my Head Fall spouting down till round my Soul a roaring Sea is spread verse 8 But when thy Presence Lord of Life has once dispell'd this Storm To thee I'II midnight-Anthems sing and all my Vows porform verse 9 God of my Strength how long shall I like one forgotten mourn Forlorn forsaken and expos'd to my oppressor's Scorn verse 10 My Heart is pierc'd as with a Sword whilst thus my Foes upbraid Vain Boaster where is now thy God and where his promis'd Aid verse 11 Why reftless why cast down my Soul hope still and thou shalt sing The Praise of him who is thy God thy Health 's Eternal Spring PSALM XLIII JUST Judge of Heav'n against ' my Foes do thou affert my injur'd Right O set me free my God from those that in Deceit and Wrong delight verse 2 Since thou art still my only Stay Why leav'st thou me in deep Distress Why go I mourning all the Day whilst me insulting Foes oppress verse 3 Let me with Light and Truth be blest be these my Guides to lead the way Till on thy holy Hill I rest and in thy sacred Temple pray verse 4 Then will I there fresh Altars raise to God who is my only joy And well-tun'd Harps witn Songs of Praise shall all my grateful Hours employ verse 5 Why then cast down my'Soul and why so much opprest with arixious Care On God thy God for Aid rely who will thy ruin'd State repair PSALM XLIV O Lord our Fathers oft have told in our attentive Ears Thy Wonders in their days'perform'd and elder Times than theirs verse 2 How Thou to plant them here didst drive the Heathen from this Land Dispeopled by repeated Strokes of thy avenging Hand verse 3 For not their Courage nor their Sword to them possession gave Nor strength that from unequal Force their fainting Troops could save But thy Right-hand and pow'rful Arm whose Succour they implor'd Thy Presence with the chosen Race who thy great Name ador'd verse 4 As Thee their God our Fathers own'd thou art our Sov'reign King O therefore as thou didst to them to us Deliv'rance bring verse 5 Thro' thy victorious Name our Arms the proudest Foe shall quell And crush 'em with repeated Strokes as oft as they rebel verse 6 I 'll neither trust my Bow nor Sword when I in Fight ingage verse 7 But Thee who hast our Foes subdu'd and sham'd their spiteful Rage verse 8 To Thee the Triumph we ascribe from whom the Conquest came In God we will rejoyce all Day and ever bless his Name PART II. verse 9 But thou hast cast us off and now most shamefully we yield for thou no more vouchsaf'st to lead our Armies to the Field verse 10 Since when to every upstart Foe we turn our Backs in Fight And with our Spoil their Malice feast who bear us ancient Spite verse 11 To Slaughter doom'd we fall like Sheep into their butch'ring Hands Or what 's more wretched yet survive disperst thro' Heathen Lands verse 12 Thy People thou hast sold for Slaves and set their Price so low That not thy Treasure by the Sale but their Disgrace may grow verse 13 14 Reproach'd by all the Nations round the Heathea's By-word grown Whose Scorn of us is both in Speech and mocking Gestures shown verse 14 Confusion strikes me blind my Face in conscioiis shame I hide verse 16 While we are seoff'd and God blasphem'd by their licentious pride PART III. verse 17 On us this Heap of Woes is fall'n all this we have endur'd Yet have not Lord renoune'd thy Name or Faith to thee abjur'd verse 18 But in thy righteous Paths have kept our Hearts ana Steps with Care verse 19 Tho'thou hast broken all bur Strength and we almost despair verse 20 Could we forgetting thy great Name on other Gods rely verse 21 And not the Searcher of all Hearts the treach'rous Crime descry verse 22 Thou seest what Suff'rings for thy sake we ev'ry day sustain All slaughter'd or reserv'd like Sheep appointed to be slain verse 23 Awake arise let seeming Sleep no longer thee detain Nor let us Lord who sue to thee for ever sue in vain verse 24 O wherefore hidest thou thy Face from our afflicted state verse 25 Whose Soul 's and Bodies sink to Earth with Griefs oppressive Weight verse 26 Arise O Lord and timely Haste to our Deliv'rance make Redeem us Lord if not for our's yet for thy Mercy 's sake PSALM XLV WHile I the King 's loud Praise rehearse endited by my Heart My Tongue is like the Pen of him that writes with ready Art verse 2 How matchless is thy Form O King thy Mouth with Grace o'erflows Because fresh Blessings God on thee eternally bestows verse 3 Gird on thy Sword most mighty Prince and clad in rich Array With glorious Ornaments of Pow'r Majestick Pomp display verse 4 Ride on in state and still protect the Meek the Just and True Whilst thy Right-hand with swift Revenge does all thy Foes pursue verse 5 How sharp thy Weapons are to them that dare thy Pow'r despise Down down they fall while through their Heart the feather'd Arrow flies verse 6 But thy firm Throne O God is fix'd for ever to endure Thy Scepter 's Sway shall always last by righteous Laws secure verse 7 Because thy Heart by Justice led did upright Ways approve And hated still the crooked Paths where wand'ring Sinners rove Therefore did God thy God oh thee the Oyl of Gladness shed And has above thy Fellows round advanc'd thy losty Head verse 8 With Cassia Aloes and Myrrh thy Royal Robes abound Which from the stately Wardrobe bronght spread grateful Odours round verse 9 Among the honourable Train did Princely Virgins wait The Queen was plac'd at thy Right-hand in Golden Robes of State PART II. verse 10 But thou O Royal Bride give ear and to my Words attend Forget thy Native Country now and ev'ry former Friend verse 11 So shall thy Beauty charm the King nor shall his Love decay For he is now become thy Lord to him due Rev'rence pay verse 12 The Tyrian Matrons rich and proud shall humble Presents make And all the wealthy Nations sue thy Favour to partake verse 13 The King 's fair Daughter 's fairer Soul all inward Graces fill Her Raiment is of purest Gold adorn'd with costly Skill verse 14 She in her nuptial Garment dress'd with needles richly wrought Attended by her Virgin Train shall to the King be brought verse 15 With all the State of solemn Joy the Triumph moves along Till with wide Gates the Royal Court receives the pompous Throng verse 16 Thou in thy Royal Father's room must princely Sons expect Whom thou
Request with constant Love attend verse 20 Then bless'd for ever be my God who never when I pray With-holds his Mercy from my Soul nor turns his Face away PSALM LXVII TO bless thy chosen Race in Mercy Lord incline And cause the brightness of thy Face on all thy Saints to shine verse 2 That so thy wond'rous Ways may thro the World be known Whilst distant Lands their Tribute pay and thy Salvation own verse 3 Let diffring Nations join to celebrate thy Fame Let all the World O Lord combine to praise thy glorious Name verse 4 O let them shout and sing with Joy and pious Mirth For Thou the Righteous Judge and King shalt govern all the Earth verse 5 Let diff'ring Nations join to celebrate thy same Let all the World O Lord combine to praise thy glorious Name verse 6 Then shall the teeming Ground a large increase disclose And we with Plenty shall be crown'd which God our God bestows verse 7 Then God upon our Land shall constant Blessings show'r And all the World in awe shall stand Of his resistless Pow'r PSALM LXVIII LET God the God of Battel rife And scatter his presumptuous Foes Let shameful Rout their Host surprize Who spitefully his Pow'r oppose verse 2 As Smoak in Tempest's Rage is lost Or Wax into the Furnace cast So let their facrilegious Host Before his wrathful Presence waste verse 2 But let the Servants of his Will His Favour 's gentle Beams enjoy Their upright Hearts let Gladness fill And chearful Songs their Tongues employ verse 4 To him your Voice in Anthems raise Jehovah's awful Name he bears In him rejoice extol his Praise Who rides upon high rowling Spheres verse 5 Him from his Empire of the Skies To this low World Compassion draws The Orphan's Claim to patronize And judge the injur'd Widow's Cause verse 6 'T is God who from a foreign Soil Restores poor Exiles to their Home Makes Captives free and fruitless Toil Their Proud Oppressors righteous Doom verse 7 'T was so of old when thou didst lead In Person Lord our Armies forth Strange Terrors thro the Desert spread verse 8 Convulsions shook th' astonish Earth The breaking Clouds did Rain distil And Heav'ns high Arches shook with Fear How then should Sinai's humble Hill Of Israel's God the Prefence bear verse 9 Thy Hand at famisht Earth's Complaint Reliev'd her from Celestial Stores And when thy Heritage was faint Asswag'd the Drought with plenteous show'rs verse 10 Where Savages had rang'd before At Ease thou mad'st our Tribes reside And in the Desart for the Poor Thy gen'rous Bounty did provide PART II. verse 11 Thou gav'st the Word we falli'd forth And in that pow'rful Word o'ercame While Virgin-Troops with Songs of Mirth In state our Conquest did proclaim verse 12 Vast Armies by such Gen'rals led As yet had ne'er receiv'd a Foil Forsook their Camp with sudden Dread And to our Women left the Spoil verse 13 Tho Egypt's Drudges you have been Your Army's Wings shall shine as bright As Dove's in golden Sunshine seen Or silver'd o'er with paler Light verse 14 'T was so when God's Almighty Hand O'er scatter'd Kings the Conquest won Our Troops drawn up on Jordan's Strand High salman's glitt'ring Snow out-shone verse 15 From thence to Jordan's farther Coaft And Bashan's Hill we did advance No more her Height shall Bashan boast But that she 's God's Inheritance verse 16 But wheresore tho the Honour 's great Should this O Mountains swell your Pride For Sion is his chosen Seat Where he for ever will reside verse 17 His Chariots numberless his Pow'rs Are heavenly Hosts that wait his Will His Prefence now fills Sion Tow'rs As once it honour'd Sinai's Hill verse 18 Ascending high in Triumph Thou Captivity hath Captive led And on thy People did'st bestow The Spoil of Armies once their Dread Ev'n Rebels shall partake thy Grace And humble Proselytes repair To worship at thy Dwelling-place And all the World pay Homage there verse 19 For Benefits each Day bestow'd Be daily his great Name ador'd verse 20 Who is our Saviour and our God Of Life and Death the Sov'reign Lord. verse 21 But justice for his harden'd Foes Proportion'd Vengeance hath decreed To wound the Hoary Head of those Who in presumptuous Crimes proceed verse 22 The Lord has thus in Thunder spoke As I subdu'd proud Bashan's King Once more I 'll break my Pople's Yoke And from the Deep my Servants bring verse 23 Their Feet shall with a crimson Flood Of slaughter'd Foes be cover'd o'er Nor Earth receive such impious Blood But leave for Dogs th' unhallow'd Gore PART III. verse 24 When marching to thy blest abode The wond'ring Multitude survey'd The Pompous State of Thee our God In Robes of Majesty array'd verse 25 Sweet-singing Levites led the Van Loud Instruments brought up the Rear Between both Troops a Virgin-train With Voice and Timbrel charm'd the Ear. verse 26 This was the Burden of their Song In full Assemblies bless the Lord All who to Israel's Tribes belong The God of Israel's Praise record verse 27 Nor little Benjamin alone From neighb'ring Bounds did there attend Nor only Judah's nearer Throne Her Counsellors in state did send But Zebulon's remorer Seat And Nepthali's more distant Coast The grand Procession to compleat Sent up their Tribes a princely Host verse 28 Thus God to Strength and Union brought Our Tribes at strife till that blest hour This Work which thou O God hast wrought Confirm with fresh Recruits of Pow'r verse 29 To visit Salem Lord descend And Sion thy terrestrial Throne Where Kings with Presents shall attend And Thee with offer'd Crowns attone verse 30 Break down the spearmens ranks who threat Like pamper'd Herds of Savage Might Their Silver-armour'd Chiefs defeat Who in destructive War delight verse 31 Egypt shall then to God stretch forth Her Hands and Africk Homage bring verse 32 The scatter'd Kingdoms of the Earth Their common Sovereign's Praises sing verse 33 Who mounted on the loftiest Sphere Of ancient Heav'n sublimely rides From whence his dreadful Voice we hear Like that of warring Winds and Tides verse 34 Ascribe ye Power to God most High Of humble Isr'el he takes Care Whose Strength from out the dusky Sky Darts shining Terrors thro' the Air. verse 35 How dreadful are the sacred Courts Where God has fix'd his earthly Throne His Strength his feeble Saints supports To God give Praise and him alone PSALM LXIX SAve me O God from Waves that rowl And press to overwhelm my Soul verse 2 With painful steps in mire I tread And Deluges o'erflow my Head verse 3 With restless Cries my Spirits faint My Voice is hoarse with long Complaint My Sight decays with tedious Pain Whilst for my God I wait in vain verse 4 My Hairs tho num'rous are but few Compare'd with Foes that me pursue With groundless hate grown now of might To execute their lawless Spite They force me guiltless to resign As Rapine what by right
Hammer they destroy like Works of vulgar Frame verse 7 Thy holy Temple they have burnt and what escap'd the Flame Has been profan'd and quite defac'd tho sacred to thy Name verse 8 Thy Worship wholly to destroy maliciously they aim'd And all the sacred Places burn'd where we thy Praise proclaim'd verse 9 Yet of thy Presence thou vouchsas'd no tender Signs to send We have no Prophet now that knows when this sad State shall end PART II. verse 10 But Lord how long wilt thou permit th' insulting Foe to boast Shall all the Honour of thy Name for ever more be lost verse 11 Why hold'st thou back thy strong Right hand and on thy patient breast When Vengeance calls to stretch it forth so calmly let'st it rest verse 12 Thou heretofore with Kingly Pow'r in our Defence hast fought For us throughout the wond'ring World hast great Salvation wrought verse 13 'T was thou O God that didst the Sea by thy own Strength divide Thou brak'st the watry Monster 's Head the Waves o'erwhelm'd their Pride verse 14 The greatest fiercest of them all that seem'd the Deep to sway Was by thy Pow'r destroy'd and made to savage Beasts a Prey verse 15 Thou clav'st the solid Rock and mad'st the Waters largely flow Again thou mad'st thro' parted Streams thy wond'ring people go verse 16 Thine is the chearful Day and thine the black Return of Night Thou hast prepar'd the glorious Sun and eve'ry feebler Light verse 17 By Thee the Borders of the Earth in perfect Order stand The Summer's Warmth and Winter's Cold attend on thy Command PART III. verse 18 Remember Lord how scornful Foes have daily urg'd our Shame And how the foolish People have blasphem'd thy holy Name verse 19 O free thy mourning Turtle-dove by sinful Crowds beset Nor the Assembly of thy Poor for evermore forget verse 20 Thy ancient Cov'nant Lord regard and make thy Promise good For now each Corner of the Land is fill'd with Men of Blood verse 21 O let not the Opprest return With Sorrow cloath'd and Shame But let the Helpless and the Poor for ever praise thy Name verse 22 Arise O God in our behalf thy Cause and ours maintain Remember how insulting Fools each day thy Name prophane verse 23 Make thou the Boastings of thy Foes for evermore to cease Whose Insolence if unchastiz'd will more and more increase PSALM LXXV TO thee O God we render Praise to thee with Thanks repair For that thy Name to us is nigh thy wond'rous Works declare verse 2 In Isr'el when my Throne is fix'd with me shall Justice reign verse 3 The Land with Discord shakes but I the sinking Frame sustain verse 4 Deluded Wretches I advis'd their Errors to redress And warn'd bold Sinners that they should their swelling Pride suppress verse 5 Bear not your selves so high as if no Pow'r could yours restrain Submit your stubborn Necks and learn to spake with less Disdain verse 6 For that Promotion which to gain your vain Ambition strives From neither East nor West nor yet From Southern Climes arrives verse 7 For God the great Disposer is and Sov'reign Judge alone Who casts the Proud to Earth and lifts the Humble to a Throne verse 8 His Hand holds forth a dreadful Cup with purple Wine 't is crown'd The deadly Mixture which his Wrath deals out to Nations round Of this his Saints sometimes may taste but wicked Men shall squeeze The bitter Dregs and be condemn'd to drink the very Lees. verse 9 His Prophet I to all the World this Message will relate The justice then of Jacob's God my Song shall celebrate verse 10 The Wicked's Pride I will reduce their Cruelty disarm Exalt the Just and seat him high above the Reach of Harm PSALM LXXVI IN Judah the Almighty's known Almighty there by Wonders shown His Name in Jacob does excel verse 2 His Sanctuary in Salem stands The Majesty that Heav'n commands In Sion condescends to dwell verse 3 He brake the Bow and Arrows there The Shield the temper'd Sword and Spear There slain the mighty Army lay verse 4 Whence Sion's Fame thro' Earth is spread Of greater Glory greater Dread Than Hills where Robbers lodge their Prey verse 5 Their valiant Chiefs who came for Spoil Themselves met there a shameful Foil Securely down to sleep they lay But wak'd no more their stoutest Band Ne'er lifted one resisting Hand ' Gainst his that did their Legion's slay verse 6 When Jacob's God began to frown Both Horse and Charioteers o'erthrown Together slept in endless Night verse 7 When thou whom Earth and Heav'n revere Dost once with wrathful Looks appear What mortal Pow'r can stand thy fight verse 8 Pronounc'd from Heav'n Earth heard its Doom Grew husht with Fear when thou didst come verse 9 The Meek with Justice to restore verse 10 The Wrath of Man shall yield thee Praise It 's last Attempts but serve to raise The Triumphs of Almighty Pow'r verse 11 Vow to the Lord ye Nations bring Vow'd Presents to th' eternal King Thus to his Name due Rev'rence pay verse 12 Who Proudest Potentates can quell To Earthly Kings more terrible Than to their trembling Subjects They Psalm LXXVII verse 1 TO God I cry'd who to my Help did graciously repair verse 2 In Trouble's dismal Day I fought my God with humble Pray'r All Night my fest'ring Wound did run no Med'cine gave Relief My Soul no Comfort would admit my Soul indulg'd her Grief verse 3 I thought on God and Favours past but that increas'd my Pain I found my Spirit more opprest the more I did complain verse 4 Thro ev'ry watch of tedious Night thou keep st my Eyes awake My Grief is swell'd to that Excess I sigh but cannot speak verse 5 I call to mind the Days of old with signal Mercy crown'd Those famous Years of ancient Times for Miracles renown'd verse 6 By Night I recollect my Songs on former Triumphs made Then search consult and ask my Heart where 's now that wond'rous Aid verse 7 Has God for ever cast us off withdrawn his Favour quite verse 8 Are both his Mercy and his Truth retir'd to endless Night verse 9 Can his long-practis'd Love forget it's wonted Aids to bring Has he in Wrath shut up and seal'd his Mercy 's healing Spring verse 10 I said my Weakness hints these Fears but I 'll my Fears disband Will yet remember the most High and Years of his Right-hand verse 11 I 'll call to mind his Works of old the Wonders of his Might verse 12 On them my Heart shall meditate my Tongue shall them recite verse 13 Safe lodg'd from humane Search on high O God thy Counsels are Who is so great a God as ours who can with him compare verse 14 Long since a God of Wonders Thee thy rescu'd People found verse 15 Long since hast thou thy chosen Seed with strong Deliv'rance crown'd verse 16 When Thee O God the Waters saw the frighted Billows shrunk The troubled Depths
be with pious care observ'd by Israel's chosen Seed verse 5 This he for a Memorial fix'd When sreed from Egypt's Land Strange Nations barb'rous Speech we heard but could hot understand verse 6 Your burthen Shoulders I reliev'd thus seems our God to say Your servile Hands by me were free'd from lab'ring in the Clay verse 7 Your Ancestors with Wrongs opprest to me for Aid did call With Pity I their Suff'rings saw and set them free from all They fought for me and from the Cloud In Thunder I reply'd At Merihab's contentious Stream their Faith and Duty try'd PART II. verse 8 While I my solemn Will declare my chosen People hear If thou O Isr'el to my Words wilt lend thy list'ning Ear verse 9 Then shall no God besides my self within thy ' Coasts be found Nor shall thqu worship any God of all the Nations round verse 10 The Lord thy God am I who thee brought forth from Egypt's Land 'T is I that all thy just Desires supply with lib'ral Hand verse 11 But they my chosen Race refus'd to hearken to my Voice Nor would Rebellious Isr'el's Sons make me their happy Choice verse 12 So I provok'd resign'd them up to ev'ry Lust a Prey And in their own perverse Designs permitted them to stray verse 13 O that my People wisely would my just Commandments heed And Isr'el in my righteous ways with pious Care proceed verse 14 Then should my heavy Judgments fall on all that them oppose And my avenging Hand be turn'd Against their numerous Foes verse 15 Their Enemies and mine should all before my Foot-stool bend But as for them their happy State should never know an End verse 16 All parts with plenty should abound with sinest Wheat their Field The barren Rocks to please their taste should Richest Honey yield Psalm LXXXII verse 1 GOD In the great Assembly stands where his impartial Eye In state surveys the eartbly Gods and does their Judgments try verse 2 3 How dare you then unjustly judge or be to Sinners kind Defend the Orphans and the Poor let such your Justice find verse 4 Protest the humble helpleis Man reduc'd to deep Distress And let not him become a Prey to such as would oppress verse 5 They neither know nor will they learn but blindly rove and stray justice and Truth the World 's great Props Thro all the Land decay verse 6 Well then may God in anger say I've call'd you by my Nairie I 've said ye are Gods and all ally'd to the most High in same verse 7 But ne'ertheless your unjust Deeds to strict account I 'll call You all shall die like common Men like other Tyrants fall verse 8 Arise and thy just Judgments Lord thro-put the Earth display And all the Nations of the World shall own thy righteous Sway. Psalm LXXXIII verse 1 HOld not thy peace O Lord our God no longer silent be Nor with consenting quiet Looks our Ruine calmly see verse 2 For lo the Tumults of thy Foes o'er all the Land are spread And those who hate thy Saints and Thee lift up their threat'ning Head verse 3 Against thy zealous People Lord they crastily combine And to destroy thy chosen Saints have laid their close Design verse 4 Come let us cut them off say they their Nation quite deface That no Remembrance may remain of Ifr'el's hated Race verse 5 Thus they against thy People's Peace consult with one Consent And diff'ring Nations jointly leagu'd their common Malice vent verse 6 The Ishrm'elites that dwell in Tents with Warlike Edom join'd And Moab's Sons our Ruine vow with Hagar's Race combin'd verse 7 Proud Ammon's Offspring Gebal too with Amalek conspire The Lords of Palastine and all the wealthy Sons of Tyre verse 8 All these the strong Assyrian King their firm Ally have got Who with a pow'rful Army aids th' incestuous Race of Lot PART II verse 9 But let such Vengeance come to them as once to Midian came To Jabin and proud Sifera at Kishon's fatal Stream verse 10 When thy Right-hand their numerous Hosts near Endor did confound And left their Carcaffes for Dung to feed the hungry Ground verse 11 Let alr their mighty Men the Fate of Zeb and Oreb share As Zebah and Zalmunnah so let all their Princes fare verse 12 Who with the same Design inspir'd thus vainly boasting spak In firm possession for selves let us God's Houses take verse 13 To Ruine let them haste like Wheels which downwards swiftly move Like Chass before the Winds let all their scatter'd Forces prove verse 14 15 As Flames consume dry Wood or Heath that on parch'd Mountains grows So let thy fierce pursuing Wrath with Terror strike thy Foes verse 16 17 Lord sliroud their Faces with Disgrace that they may own thy Name Or them confound whose hearden'd Heart thy gentle means disclaim verse 18 So shall the wand'ring World consess that thou who claim'st alone Jehovah's Name o'er all the Earth hast raised thy losty Throne Psalm1 LXXXIV verse 1 O God of Hosts the mighty Lord how lovely is thy Place Where thou enthron'd in Glory shew'ft the Brightness of thy Face verse 2 My longing Soul faints with Desire to view thy blest Abode My panting Heart and Flesh cry out for thee the living God verse 3 The Birds more happy far than I around thy Temple throng Securely there they build and there securety hatch their Young verse 4 O Lord of Host my King and God how highly blest are they Who in thy Temple always dwell and there thy Praise display verse 5 Thrice happy they whose Choice has Thee their sure Protection made Who long to tread the sacred ways that to thy Dwelling lead verse 6 Who pass thro parch't and thirsty Vales yet no Refreshment want Their Pools are fill'd with Rain which thou at their Request dost grant verse 7 Thus they proceed from Strength to Strength and still approach more near Till all on Sion's holy Mount before their God appear verse 8 O Lord the mighty God of Hpsts my just Request regard Thou God of Jacob let my Pray'r be still with Favour heard verse 9 Behold O God for thou alone can'st timely Aid dispense On thy anointed Servant look be thou his strong Defence verse 10 For in thy Courts one single Day t is better to attend Than Lord in any place besides a thousand Days to spend Much rather in God's House will I the Meanest Office take Than in the wealthy Tents of Sin my pompous Dwelling make verse 11 For God who is our Sun and Shield will Grace and Glory give And no good thing will he with-hold from them that justly live verse 12 Thou God whom heavnly Hosts obey how highly blest is he Whose Hope and Trust securely plac'd is ftill repos'd on Thee Psalm LXXXV verse 1 LOrd thou hast granted to thy Land the Favours we implor'd And faithful Jacob's captive Race hast graciously restor'd verse 2 3 Thy People's Sins thou hast absolv'd and all
of our Misdeeds do thou of our just Doom repent verse 14 To satisfie and chear our Souls thy early mercy send That we may all our Days to come in Joy and Comfort spend verse 15 Let happy Times with large Amends dry up our former Tears Or equal at the least the Term of our-afflicted Years verse 16 To all thy Servants Lord let this thy wond rouswork be known And to our Offspring yet unborn thy glorious pow'r be shown verse 17 Let thy bright Rays upon us shine give thou our work success The glorious Work we have in hand do thou vouchsase to bless Psalm XCI verse 1 HE that has God his Guardian made Shall under the Almighty's Shade Secure and undisturb'd abide verse 2 Thus to my Soul of him I 'll say He is my Fortress and my Stay My God in whom I will conside verse 3 His tender Love and watchful Care Shall free thee from the Fowler 's Snare And from the noisom Pestilence verse 4 He over thee his wings shall spread And cover thy unguarded head His Truth shall be thy strong Defence verse 5 No Terrours that surprise by Night Shall thy undaunted Courage fright Nor deadly Shafts that fly by Day verse 6 Nor Plague of unknown Rise that kills In Darkness nor infections Ills That in the hottest season slay verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall die At thy Right-hand ten thousand lie While thy firm health untouch'd remains verse 8 Thou only shalt look on and see The Wicked's dtsmal Tragedy And count the Sinner's mournful Gains verse 9 Because with well-plac'd Confidence Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure Defence And on the Highest dost rely verse 10 Therefore no Ill shall thee besall Nor to thy healthful Dwelling shall Any infectious Plague draw nigh verse 11 For he thro-out thy happy days To keep thee safe in all thy ways Shall give his Angel strict Commands verse 12 And they left thou shouldst chance to meet With some rough Stone to wound thy Feet Shall bear thee safely in their hands verse 13 Dragons and Asps that thirst for Blood And Lions roaring for their Food Beneath his conqu'ring Feet shall lie verse 14 Because he lov'd and honour'd me Therefore says God I 'll set him free And fix his glorious Throne on high verse 15 He 'll call I 'll answer when he calls And rescue him when Ill befalls Increase his Honour and his Wealth verse 16 And when with undisturb'd Content His long and happy Life is spent His End I 'll crown with saving Health Psalm XCII verse 1 HOw good and pleasant must it be to thank the Lord most high And with repeated Hymns of praise his Name to magnifie verse 2 With ev'ry Morning 's early Dawn his goodness to relate And of his constant Truth each Night the glad Effects repeat verse 3 To ten-string'd Instruments we 'll sing with tuneful Psalt'ries joyn'd And to the Harp with solemn sounds for sacred use design'd verse 4 For thro thy wondrous works O Lord thou mak'st my Heart rejoyce The thoughts of them shall make me glad and shout with chearful Voice verse 5 6 How wondrous are thy Works O Lord how deep are thy Decrees Whose winding Tracts in secret laid no stupid Sinner sees verse 7 He little thinks when wicked Men like Grass look fresh and gay How soon their short-liv'd Splendor must for ever pass away verse 8 9 But thou my God art still most High and all thy lofty Foes Who thought they might securely sin shall be o'erwhelm'd with Woes verse 10 Whilst thou exalt'st my sov'reign Pow'r and mak'st it largely spread And with refreshing Oil anoint'st my consecrated Head verse 11 I soon shall see my stubborn Foes to utter Ruine brought And hear the dismal End of those who have against me fought verse 12 But righteous Men like fruitful Palms shall make a glorious show As Cedars that in Lebanon in stately order grow verse 13 14 These planted in the House of God within his Courts shall thrive Their Vigour and their Lustre both shall in old Age revive verse 15 Thus will the Lord his Justice shew and God my strong Defence Shall due Rewards to all the World impartially dispense Psalm XCIII verse 1 WIth Glory clad with Strength array'd The Lord that o'er all Nature reigns The World's Foundations strongly laid And the vast Fabrick still sustains verse 2 How surely stablisht is thy Throne Which shall no Change or Period see For thou O Lord and thou alone Art God from all Eternity verse 3 4 The Floods O Lord lift up their Voice And toss the troubled Waves on high But God above can still their Noise And make the angry Sea comply verse 5 Thy promise Lord is ever sure And they that in thy House would dwell That happy station to secure Must still in Holiness excell Psalm XCIV verse 1 2 O God to whom Revenge belongs thy Vengeance now disclose Arise thou Judge of all the Earth and Crush thy haughty Foes verse 3 4 How long O Lord shall sinful Men their solemn Triumphs make How long their wicked Actions boast And insolently speak verse 5 6 Not only they thy Saints oppress but uprovok'd they spill The Widow's and the Stranger 's Blood and helpless Orphans kill verse 7 And yet the Lord shall ne'er perceive profanely thus they speak Nor any Notice of our Deeds The God of Jacob take verse 8 At length ye stupid Fools your Wants endeavour to discern In folly will you still proceed and Wisdom never learn verse 9 10 Can he be deaf who form'd the Ear or blind who fram'd the Eye Shall Earth's great Judge not punish those who his khown Will defie verse 11 He fathoms all the Thoughts of Men to him their Hearts lie bare His Eye surveys them all and sees how vain their Counsels are PART II. verse 12 Blest is the Man whom thou O Lord in kindness dost chastise And by thy sacred Rules to walk dost lovingly advise verse 13 This Man shall Rest and Safety find in Seasons of Distress Whilst God prepares a Pit for those that stubbornly transgress verse 14 For God will never from his Saints his Favour wholly take His own Possession and his Lot he will not quite forsake verse 15 The World shall then confess thee just in all that thou hast done And those that chuse thy upright ways shall in those Paths go on verse 16 Who will appear in my behalf when wicked Men invade Or who when sinners would oppress my righteous Cause shall plead verse 17 18 19 Long since had I in silence slept but that the Lord was near To stay me when I slipâ— when sad my troubled heart to chear verse 20 Wilt thou who art a God most just their sinful Throne sustain Who make the Law a fair pretence their wicked Ends to gain verse 21 Against the Lives of righteous Men they form their close Design And Blood of Innocents to spill in solemn League combine verse 22
this little Spot of Clay So much his boundless Love transcends The small Respects that we can pay verse 12 13 As far as 't is from East to West So far has he our sins remov'd Who with a Father's tender Breast Has such as fear him always lov'd verse 14 15 For God who all our Frame surveys Considers that we are but Clay How fresh so'er we seem our Days Like Grass or Flowers ' must fade away verse 16 17 Whilst they are nipt with sudden Blasts Nor can we find their former place God's faithful Mercy ever lasts To those that fear him and their Race verse 18 This shall attend on such as still Proceed in his appointed way And who not only knows his Will But to it just Obedience pay verse 19 20 The Lord the universal King In Heav'n has fixt his lofty Throne To him ye Angels praises sing In whose great strength his Pow'r is shown Ye that his just commands obey And hear and do his sacred Will verse 21 Ye hosts of his this Tribute pay Who still what he ordains fulfil verse 22 Let ev'ry Creature jointly bless The mighty Lord and thou my heart With grateful Joy thy thanks express And in this Consort bear thy part Psalm CIV verse 1 BLess God my Soul thou Lord alone Possessest Empire without Bounds With honour thou art crown'd thy Throne Eternal Majesty surrounds verse 2 With Light thou dost thy self enrobe And Glory for a Garment take Heaven's Curtains stretch beyond the Globe Thy Canopy of State to make verse 3 God builds on liquid Air and forms His Palace-chambers in the Skies The Clouds his Chariot are and Storms The swift-wing'd Steeds with which he flies verse 4 As bright as flame and swift as wind His Ministers heav'ns palace fill To have their sundry Tasks assign'd All proud to serve their Sov'reigns Will. verse 5 6 Earth on her Center fixt he set Her Face with Waters overspread Nor proudest mountains dar'd as yet To list above the waves their head verse 7 But when thy awful Face appear'd Th' insulting waves dispers'd they fled When once thy thunder's Voice they heard And by their haste confest their dread verse 8 Thence up by secret tracts they creep And gushing from the Mountain's side Thro' Valleys travel to the Deep Appointed to receive their Tide verse 9 There hast thou fixt the Ocean's bounds The threatning Surges to repel That they no more o'er-pass their mounds Nor to a second Deluge swell PART II. verse 10 Yet thence in smaller parties drawn The Sea recovers her lost hills And starting Springs from eve'ry Lawn Surprize the Vales with plenteous Rills verse 11 The Feild's tame Beasts are thither led Weary with Labour faint with Drought And Asses on wild mountains bred Have sense to find these Currents out verse 12 Their shady Trees from scorching Beams Yield shelter to the feather'd Throng They drink and to the Bounteous Streams Return the Tribute of their Song verse 13 His Rains from Heav'n parcht hills recruit That soon transmit the liquid Store Till Earth is burthen'd with her Fruit And Nature's Lap can hold no more verse 14 Grass for our Cattel to devour He makes the growth of every Field Herbs for Man's use of various pow'r That either Food or Physick yield verse 15 With cluster'd Grapes he crowns the Vine To chear Man's heart opprest with Cares Gives Oyl that makes his Face to shine And Corn that wasted Strength repairs PART III. verse 16 The Trees of God without the Care Or Art of Man with Sap are fed The Mountain-Cedar looks as fair As those in Royal Gardens bred verse 17 Safe in the lofty Cedar's Arms The Wand'rers of the Air may rest The Hospitable Pine from Harms Protects the Stork her pious Guest verse 18 Wild Goats the craggy Rock ascend It 's tow'ring heights their Fortress make Whose Cells in Labyrinths extend Where feebler Creatures refuge take verse 19 The Moon 's inconstant Aspect shows Th' appointed Seasons of the Year Th' instructed Sun his Duty Knows His hours to rise and disappear verse 20 21 Darkness he makes the Earth to shrou'd When Forest-Beasts securely stray Young Lions roar their Wants aloud To providence that sends'em Prey verse 22 They range all Night on slaughter bent Till summon'd by the rising Morn To skulck in Dens with one consent The conscious Ravagers return verse 23 Forth to the Tillage of his soil The Husbandman securely goes Commencing with the Sun his Toil With him returns to his Repose verse 24 How various Lord thy Works are found For which thy Wisdom we adore The Earth is with thy Treasure crown'd Till Nature's hand can grasp no more PART IV. verse 25 But still the vast unfathom'd Main Of Wonders a new Scene supplies Whose Depths Inhabitants contain Of every Form and every Size verse 26 Full-freighted Ships from ev'ry Port There cut their unmolested way Leviathan whom there to sport Thou mad'st has compass there to play verse 27 These various Troops of Sea and Land In sense of common Want agree All wait on thy dispensing Hand And have their daily Alms from thee verse 28 They gather what thy Stores disperse Without their trouble to provide Thou op'st thy hand the Universe The craving World is all supply'd verse 29 Thou for a Moment hid'st thy Face The numerous Ranks of Creatures mourn Thou tak'st their Breath all Nature's Race Forthwith to Mother-Earth return verse 30 Again thou send'st thy Spirit forth T' inspire the Mass with vital Seed Nature's restor'd and Parent Earth Smiles on her new created Breed verse 31 Thus through successive Ages stands Firm fixt thy Providential Care Pleas'd with the Work of thy own hands Thou dost the wastes of Time repair verse 32 One Look of thine one wrathful Look Earth's panting Breast with Terror fills One touch from thee with Clouds of Smoak In darkness shrouds the proudest hills verse 33 In praising God while he prolongs My Breath I will that Breath imploy verse 34 And joyn Devotion to my Songs Sincere as is in him my Joy verse 35 While Sinners from Earth's Face are hurl'd My Soul praise thou his holy Name Till with my Song the listning World Joyn consort and his praise proclaim Psalm CV verse 1 O Render Thanks and bless the Lord invoke his sacred Name Acquaint the Nations with his Deeds his matchless Deeds proclaim verse 2 Sing to his praise in lofty Hymns his wondrous works rehearse Make them the Theme of your Discourse and Subject of your Verse verse 3 Rejoyce in his Almighty Name alone to be ador'd And let their heart o'erflow with Joy that humbly seek the Lord. verse 4 Seek ye the Lord his saving strength devoutly still implore And where he 's ever present seek his Face for evermore verse 5 The wonders that his hands have wrought keep thankfully in mind The righteous Statutes of his Mouth and laws to us assign'd verse 6 Know ye his Servant Abraham's Seed and Jacob's chosen
Nor did th' Almighty's Voice obey But when God said Go up would stay verse 26 This seal'd their Doom without Redress To perish in the Wilderness Or else to be by Heathen hands O'erthrown and scatter'd thro the Lands PART III. verse 28 Yet unreclaim'd this slubborn Race Baal-peor's Worship did embrace Became his impious Guests and fed On Sacrifices to the Dead verse 29 Thus they perisisted to provoke God's Vengeance to the final Stroke 'T is come the deadly Pest is come To execute their gen'ral Doom verse 30 But Phinehas fir'd with holy Rage Th' Almighty Vengeance to asswage Did by two bold Offender's Fall The Atonement make that ransom'd All. verse 31 As him a heav'nly Zeal had mov'd So Heav'n the zealous Act approv'd To him confirming and his Race The Priesthood he so well did grace verse 32 At Meribath God's Wrath they mov'd Who Moses for their sakes reprov'd verse 33 Whose patient Soul they did provoke Till rashly the meek Prophet spoke verse 34 Nor when possest of Canaan's Land Did they perform their Lord's Command Nor his commission'd Sword employ The guilty Nations to destroy verse 35 Nor only spar'd the Pagan Crew But mingling learnt their Vices too verse 36 And Worship to those Idols paid Which them to fatal Snares betray'd verse 37 38 To Devils they did sacrifice Their Children with relentless Eyes Approach'd their Altars thro' a Flood Of their own Son's and Daughters Blood No cheaper victims wou'd appease Canaan's remorseless Deities No Blood her Idols reconcile But that which did the Land defile PART IV. verse 39 Nor did these savage Cruelties The harden'd Reprobates suffice For after their Heart's Lust they went And daily did new Crimes invent verse 40 But Sins of such infernal Hue God's Wrath against his people drew Till he their once indulgent Lord His own Inheritance abhorr'd verse 41 He them defenceless did expose To their insulting Heathen Foes And made them on the Triumphs wait Of those who bore them greatest Hate verse 42 Nor thus his Indignation ceas'd Their List of Tyrants he increas'd Till they who God's mild Sway declin'd Were made the Vassals of Mankind verse 43 Yet when distrest they did repent His Anger did as oft relent But freed they did his Wrath provoke Renew'd their Sins and he their Yoke verse 44 Nor yet implacable he prov'd Nor heard their wretched Cries unmov'd verse 45 But did to mind his promise bring And Mercy 's inexhausted Spring verse 46 Compassion too he did impart Ev'n to their Foe 's obdurate Heart And pity for their Suff'rings bred In those who them to Bondage led verse 47 Still save us Lord and Israel's Bands Together bring from Heathen Lands So to thy Name our thanks we 'll raise And ever triumph in thy Praise verse 48 Let Isael's God be ever blest His Name eternally confest Let all his Saints with full Accord Sing loud Amens Praise ye the Lord Psalm CVII verse 1 TO God your grateful Voices raise Who does your daily Patron prove And let your never-ceasing praise Attend on his eternal Love verse 2 3 Let those give thanks whom he from Bands Of proud oppressing Foes released And brought them back from distant Lands From North and South and West and East verse 4 5 Thro' lonely desart ways they went Nor could a peopl'd City find Till quite with Thirst and Hunger spent Their fainting Soul within them pin'd verse 6 Then soon to God's indulgent Ear Did they their mournful Cry address Who graciously youchsasd to hear And free'd them from their deep Disiress verse 7 From crooked paths he led them forth And in the certain way did guide To wealthy Towns of great resort Where all their Wants were well supply'd verse 8 O then that all the Earth with me Would God for this his Goodness praisc And for the mighty works which he Thro-out the wond'ring world displays verse 9 For he from Heav'n the fad estate Of longing Souls with Pity views To hungry Souls that pant for Meat His Goodness daily Food renews PART II. verse 10 Some lie with Darkness compass'd round In deaths uncomfortable Shade And with unweildy Fetters bound By pressing Cares more heavy made verse 11 12 Because God's Counsel they desi'd And lightly priz'd his holy Word With these Afflictions they were try'd They fell and none could Help afford verse 13 Then soon to God's indulgent Ear Did they their mournful Cry address Who graciously vouchs'd to hear And free'd them from their deep Distress verse 14 From dismal Dungeons dark as Night And Shades as black as Death 's Abode He brought them forth to chearful Light And welcome Liberty bestow'd verse 15 O then that all the Earth with me Would God for this his Goodness praise And for the mighty Works which he Thro out the wond'ring World displays verse 16 For he with his Almighty Hand The Gates of Brass in pieces broke Nor could the massy Brass withstand Or tempered Steel resist his Stroke PART III. verse 17 Remorseless Wretches void of Sense With bold Ttansgressions God defie And for their multiply'd Offence Opprett with fore Diseases lie verse 18 Their Soul a Prey to Pain and Fear Abhors to taste the choicest Meats And they by faint Degrees draw near To Death's inhospitable Gates verse 19 Then strait to God's indulgent Ear Do they their mournful Cry address Who gracioufly vouchsases to hear And frees them from their deep Distress verse 20 He all their sad Distempers heals His Word both Health and Safety gives And when all human Succour fails From near Destruction them retrieves verse 21 O then that all the Earth with me Would God for this his Goodness praise And for the mighty Works which he Thro' out the wondring World display verse 22 With Off rings let his Altar flame Whilst they their grateful Thanks express And with loud Joy his holy Name For all his Acts of wonder bless PART IV. verse 23 24 They that in Ships with Courage bold O'er sweliing Waves their Trade pursue Do God's amazing Works behold And in the Deep his Wonders view verse 25 No sooner his command is past But forth a dreadful Tempest flies Which sweeps the Sea with rapid Haste And makes the stormy Billows rise verse 26 Sometimes the Ships toss'd up to Heav'n On tops of mounting Waves appear Then down the sleep Abysa are driv'n Whilst ev'ry Soul disslves with fear verse 27 They reel and stagger to and fro Like Men with Fumes of Wine opprest Nor do the skilful Seamen know Which way to sleer whatCourse is best verse 28 Then strait to God's indulgent Ear They do their mournful Cry address Who gracioufly vouchsases to hear And frees them from their deep Distress verse 29 30 He does the raging Storm appease And makes the Billows calm and still With Joy they see their fury cease And their intended course fulfil verse 31 O then that all the Earth with me Would God for this his Goodness praise And for the mighty
Friend And he shall from unrighteous Dooms their guiltless Souls defend Psalm CX verse 1 THE Lord unto my Lord thus spake Till I thy Foes thy Footstool make sit thou in state at my Right-hand verse 2 Supreme in Sion thou shall be and all thy proud Opposers see subjected to thy just Command verse 3 Thee in thy Pow'rs triumphant Day the willing Nations shall obey and when thy rising Beams they view shall all redeem'd from Error 's Night appear as numberless and bright as Chrystal Drops of Morning Dew verse 4 The Lord hath sworn nor sworn in vain that like Melchizedech's thy Reign and Priesthood shall no Period know verse 5 No proud Competitor to fit at thy Right-hand will he permit but in his wrath crown'd Heads o'erthrow verse 6 The sentenc'd Heathen he shall flay and fill with Carcasses his way till he hath struck Earth's Tyrants dead verse 7 But in the high-way Brooks shall first like a poor Pilgrim slake his Thirst and then in Triumph raise his Head Psalm CXI verse 1 PRise ye the Lord our God to praise My Soul her utmost Pow'r raise With private Friends and in the Throng Of Saints his Praise shall be my Song verse 2 His Works for Greatness tho' renown'd His wond'rous Works with ease are found By those who seek for them aright And in the pious Search delight verse 3 His Works are all of matchless Fame And universal Glory claim His truth confirm'd thro'Ages past Shall to eternal Ages last verse 4 By precept he has us enjoyn'd To keep his wondrous Works in mind And to posterity record That good and gracious is our Lord. verse 5 His Bounty like a flowing Tide Has all his Servants Wants supply'd And he will ever keep in mind His Cov'nant with our Fathers sign'd verse 6 At once astonish'd and o'erjoy'd They saw his matchless Pow'r employ'd Whereby the Heathen were suppress'd And we their Heritage possess'd verse 7 Just are the Dealings of his Hands Immutable are his Commands verse 8 By Truth and Equity sustain'd And for eternal Rules ordain'd verse 9 He set is Saints from Bondage free And then establish'd his Decree For ever to remain the fame Holy and Rev'rend is his Name verse 10 Who Wisdom's sacred Prize would win Must with the Fear of God begin Immortal praise and heav'nly Skill Have they who know and do his Will Psalm CXII HALLELUJAH verse 1 THat Man is blest who stands in aw Of God and loves his sacred Law verse 2 His seed on Earth shall be renown'd And with successive Honours crown'd verse 1 His House the Seat of Wealth shall be An inexhausted Treasury His Justice free from all Decay Shall Blessings to his Heirs convey verse 4 The Soul that 's fill'd with Vertue 's Light Shine's brightest in Assliction's Night To pity the Distrest inclin'd As well as just to all Mankind verse 5 His lib'ral Favours he extends To some he gives to others lends Yet what his Charity impairs He saves by Prudence in Affairs verse 6 Beset with threatning Dangers round Unmov'd shall he maintain his Ground The sweet Remembrance of the Just Shall flourish when he sleeps in Dust verse 7 III Tidings never can surprize His Heart that still on God relies verse 8 On Safety 's Rock he sits and sees The Shipwreck of his Enemies verse 9 His Hands while they his Alms bestow'd His Glory 's future Harvest sow'd Whence he shall reap Wealth Fame Renown A temp'ral and eternal Crown verse 10 The Wicked shall his Trinmph see And gnash their Teeth in Agony While their unrighteous Hopes decay And vanish with themselves away Psalm CXIII verse 1 YE Saints and Servants of the Lord the Triumphs of his Name record verse 2 His sacred Name for ever bless verse 3 Where e'er the circling Sun displays his rising Beams or setting Rays due praise to his great Name address verse 4 God thro' the World extends his Sway the Regions of eternal Day but Shadows of his Glory are verse 5 To him whose Majesty excels who made the Heav'n in which he dwells let no created Pow'r compare verse 6 Tho' t is beneath his State to view in highest Heav'n what Angels do yet he to Earth vouchsafes his Care He takes the Needy from his Cell advancing him in Courts to dwell Companion to the greatest there verse 7 When childless Families despair He sends the Blessing of an Heir to rescue their expiring Name Makes her that barren was to bear and joyfully her fruit to rear O then extol his matcless Fame Psalm CXIV verse 1 WHen ' ISr'el by th' Almighty led Enrich'd with their Oppressors spoil From Egypt march'd and Jacob's Seed From Bondage in a foreign Soil Jehovab for his Residence Chose out imperial Judah's Tent His Mansion Royal and from thence Thro' Israel's Camp his Orders sent verse 3 The distant Sea with Terrors saw And from th' Almighty's presence fled Old Jordan's Streams surpriz'd with Awe Retreated to their Fountain's Head verse 4 The taller Mountains skipp'd like Rams When danger near the Fold they hear The Hills skipp'd after them like Lambs affrighted by their Leader's Fear verse 5 O Sea what made your Tide withdraw And naked leave your oozy Bed Why Jordan against Natur 's Law Recoild'st thou to thy Fountain's Head verse 6 Why Mountains did ye skip like Rams When Danger does approach the Fold Why after you the Hills like Lambs When they their Leader's Flight behold verse 7 Earth tremble on well may'st thou fear Thy Lord and Maker's Face to fee When Jacob's awful God draws near 'T is time for Earth and Seas to flee verse 8 To flee from God who Natures Law Confirms and cancels at his Will Who Springs from flinty Rocks can draw And thirsty Vales with Water fill Psalm CXV verse 1 LOrd not to us we claim no Share but to thy sacred Name Give Glory for thy Mercy 's fake and Truth 's eternal Fame verse 2 Why should the Heathen cry Where'snow the God whom we adore verse 3 Convince'em that in Heav'n thou art and uncontroul'd thy Pow'r verse 4 Their God's but Gold and Silver are the Works of Mortal Hands verse 5 With speechless Mouth and fightless Eyes the molten Idol stands verse 6 The Pageant has both Ears and Nose but neigher hears nor smells verse 7 Its Hands and Feet nor feel nor move no Life within it dwells verse 8 Such senseless Stocks they are that we can nothing like 'em find But those who on their Help rely and them for Gods design'd verse 9 O Ifr el make the Lord your Trust who is your Help and Shield verse 10 Priests Levites trust in him alone who only Help can yield verse 11 Let all who truely fear the Lord on him they fear rely Who them in Danger can defend and all their Wants supply verse 12 13 Of us he oft has mindful been and Israel's House will bless Priests Levites Proselytes ev'n All who his great Name confess verse 14
free By making still their Course of Life with thy Commands agree verse 10 With hearty Zeal for thee I seek to thee for Succour pray O suffer not my carcless Steps from thy right Paths to stray verse 11 Safe in my Heart and closely hid thy Word my Treasure liew To succour me with timely Aid when sinful Thoughts arise verse 12 Secur'd by that my grateful Soul shall ever bless thy Name O teach me then by thy just Laws my future Life to frame verse 13 My Lips unlock'd by pious Zeal to others have declar'd How well the Judgments of thy Mouth deserve our best Regard verse 14 Whilst in the way of thy Commands more folid Joy I found Than had I been with vast Increase of envy'd Riches crown'd verse 15 Therefore thy just and upright Laws shall always fill my mind And those sound Rules which thou prescrib'st all due resped shall find verse 16 To keep thy Statutes undesac'd shall be my constant Joy The strict Remembrance of thy Word shall all my Thoughts employ GIMEL verse 17 Be gracious to thy Servant Lord do thou my Life defend That I according to thy Word my future time may spend verse 18 Enlighten both my Eyes and Mind that so I may discern The wond'rous things which they behold who thy just Precepts learn verse 19 Tho' like a Stranger in the Land from place to place I stray Thy righteous Judgments from my sight remove not thou away verse 20 My fainting Soul is almost pin'd with earnest longing spent Whilst always on the eager Search of thy just Will intent verse 21 Thy sharp Rebuke shall crush the Proud whom still thy curse pursues Since they to walk in thy right ways presumptuously refuse verse 22 But far from me do thou O Lord Contempt and Shame remove For I thy sacred Laws affect with undissemble'd Love verse 23 Tho'Princes ost in counsel met against thy Servant spake Yet I thy Statutes to obsrve my constant Bus'ness make verse 24 For thy Commands have always been my Comfort and Delight By them I learn with prudent Care to guide my Steps aright DALETH verse 25 My Soul opprest with deadly Care close to the Earth does cleave Revive me Lord and let me now thy promis'd Aid receive verse 26 To thee I still declared my Ways who didst incline thine Ear O teach me then my future Life by thy just Laws to steer verse 27 If thou wilt makc me know thy Laws and by their Guidance walk The wond'rous works which tho hadst done shall be my constant Taik verse 28 But see my Soul within me sinks press'd down with weighty Care Do thou according to thy Word my wasted Strength repair verse 29 Far far from me be all false Ways and lying Arts remov'd But kindly grant I still may keep the Path by thee approv'd verse 30 Thy faithful Ways thou God of Truth my happy Choice I made Thy Judgments as my Rule of Life before me always laid verse 31 My Care has been to make my Life with thy Commands agree O then preserve thy Servant Lord from Shame and Ruine free verse 32 So in the way of thy Commands shall I with Pleasure run And with a Heart enlarg'd with Joy successfully go on HE verse 33 Instruct me in thy Statutes Lord thy righteous Paths display And I from them through all my Life will never go astray verse 34 If thou true Wisdom from above wilt graciously impart To keep thy perfect Laws I will devote my zealous Heart verse 35 Direct me in the sacrcd Ways to which thy Precepts lead Because my chief Delight has been thy righteous Paths to tread verse 36 Do thou to thy most just Commands inditie my willing Heart Let no defire of worldly Wealth from thee my Thoughts divert verse 37 From those vain Objects turn my Eyes which this false World displays But give me lively Pow'r and Strength to keep thy righteous Ways verse 38 Confirm the Promise which thou mad'st and give thy Servant Aid Who to transgress thy sacred Laws is awfully afraid verse 39 The foul Disgrace I justly fear in mercy Lord remove For all the Judgments thou ordain'st are full of Grace and Love verse 40 Thou know'ft how after thy Commands my longing Heart does pant O then make haste to raise me up and promis'd Succour grant VAU verse 41 Thy constant Blessing Lord bestow to cheer my drooping Heart To me according to thy Word thy saving Health impart verse 42 So shall 1 when my Foes upbraid this ready Answer make In God I trust who never will his faithful Promise break verse 43 Then let not quite the Word of Truth be from my Mouth remov'd Since still my ground of stedfast Hope thy just Decrees have prov'd verse 44 So I to keep thy righteous Laws will ail my Study bend From Age to Age my time to come in their Qbservance spend verse 45 E'er long I trust to walk at large from all incumbrance free Since I resolv'd to make my Life with thy Commands agree verse 46 Thy Laws shall be my constant talk and Princes shall attend Whilst I the Justice of thy Ways with Confidence defend verse 47 My longing Heart and ravish'd Soul shall both o'erflow with Joy When in thy lov'd Commandments I my happy hours employ verse 48 Then will I to thy just Decrees lift up my willing Hands My Care and Bus'ness then shall be to study thy Commands ZAIN verse 49 According to thy promis'd Grace thy Favour Lord extend Make good to me the Word on which thy Servant's Hopes depend verse 50 That only Comfort in distress did all my Griefs controul Thy Word when troubles hem'd me round reviv'd my fainting Soul verse 51 Insulting Foes did proudly mock and all my Hopes deride Yet from thy Law not all their Scoffs could make me turn aside verse 52 Thy Judgments then of antient date I quickly call'd to mind 'Till ravish'd with such Thoughts my Soul did speedy Comfort find verse 53 Sometimes I stand amaz'd like one with deadly Horror strook To think how all my sinful Foes have thy just Laws forsook verse 54 But I thy Statutes and Decrees my cheerful Anthems made Whilst thro' strange Lands and desart Wilds I like a Pilgrim stray'd verse 55 Thy Name that cheer'd my Heart by day has fill'd my Thoughts by Night I then resolv'd by thy just Laws to guide my Steps aright verse 56 That Peace of Mind which has my Soul in deep distress sustain'd By strict Obedience to thy Will I happily obtain'd CHETH verse 57 O Lord my God ray Portion thou and sure Poffession art Thy Words I stedfastly resolve to treasure in my Heart verse 58 With all the strength of warm desires I did thy Grace implore Disclose according to thy Word thy Mercy 's boundless Store verse 59 With due Reflection and strift Care on all my Ways 1 thought And so reclaim'd to thy just Paths my wand'ring Steps I brought verse 60 I lost no
time but made great haste resolv'd without delay To watch that I might never more From thy Commandments stray verse 61 Tho' num'rous Troops of sinful Men to rob me have combin'd Yet I thy pure and righteous Laws have ever kept in mind verse 62 In dead of Night I will arise to sing thy solemn praise Convinc'd how much I always ought to love thy righteous Ways verse 63 To such as fear thy holy Name my self I closely joyn To all who their obedient Wills to thy Commands resign verse 64 O'er all the Earth thy Mercy Lord abundantly is shed O make me then exactly learn thy facred Paths to tread TETH verse 65 With me thy Servant thou hail dealt most graciously O Lord Repeated Benefits bestow'd according to thy Word verse 66 Teach me the sacred Skill by which right Judgment is attain'd Who in belief of thy Commands have stedfastly remain'd verse 67 Before Affliction stopt my Course my Footsteps went astray But I have since been disciplin'd thy Precepts to obey verse 68 Thou art O Lord supremely good and all thou dost is so On me thy Statutes to discern the saving Skill bestow verse 69 The proud have forg'd malicious Lyes my spotless Fame to stain But my fix'd Heart without Reserve thy Precepts shall retain verse 70 While pamper'd they with prosp'rous Ills in sensual pleasures live My Soul can relish no Delight but what thy Precepts give verse 71 'T is good for me that I have felt Affliction 's chast'ning Rod That I might duly learn and keep the Statutes of my God verse 72 The Law that from thy Mouth proceeds of more esteem I hold Than untouch'd Mines than thousand Mines of Silver and of Gold JOD verse 73 To me who am the Workmanship of thy Almighty Hands The heav'nly Understanding give to learn thy just Commands verse 74 My preservation to thy Saints strong Comfort will afford To see Success attend my Hopes who trusted in thy Word verse 75 That right thy Judgments are I now by sure Experience see And that in Faithfulness O Lord thou hast afflicted me verse 76 O let thy tender Mercy now afford me needful Aid According to thy Promise Lord to me thy Servant made verse 77 To me thy saving Grace restore that I again may live Whose Soul can relish no Delight but what thy Precepts give verse 78 Defeat the Proud who unprovok'd to ruine me have sought Who only on thy sacred Laws employ my harmless Thought verse 79 Let those that fear thy Name espouse my Cause and those alone Who have by strict and pious search thy sacred precepts known verse 80 In thy blest Statutes let my Heart continue always found That Guilt and Shame the Sinners Lot may never me confound CAPH verse 81 My Soul with long Expectance faints to see thy saving Grace Yet still on thy unerring Word my Confidence I place verse 82 My very Eyes consume and fail with waiting for thy Word O! when wilt thou thy kind Relief and promis'd Aid afford verse 83 My Skin like shrivel'd Parchment shows that long in Smoke is set Yet no Afftistion me can force thy Statutes to forget verse 84 How many days must I endure of Sorrow and Distress When wilt thou Judgment execute on them who me oppress verse 85 The Proud have digg'd a Pit for me that have no other Foes But such as are averse to thee and thy just Laws oppose verse 86 With sacred Truth 's eternal Laws all thy Commands agree Men persecute me without Cause thou Lord my Helper be verse 87 With close Designs against my Life they had almost prevail'd But in Obedience to thy Will my Duty never fail'd verse 88 Thy wonted kindness Lord restore my drooping Heart to cheer That by thy righteous Statutes I my Life 's whole Course may steer LAMED verse 89 Forever and for ever Lord unchang'd thou dost remain Thy Word establish'd in the Heav'ns does all their Orbs sustain verse 90 Thro' circling Ages Lord thy Truth immoveable shall stand As doth the Earth which thou uphold'st by thy Almighty Hand verse 91 All things the Course by thee ordain'd ev'n to this day fulfil They are the faithful Subjects all and Servants of thy Will verse 92 Unless thy sacred Law had been my Comfort and Delight I must have fainted and expir'd in dark Affliction 's Night verse 93 Thy Precepts therefore from my Thoughts shall never Lord depart For thou by them hast to new Life restor'd my dying Heart verse 94 As I am thine intirely thine protect me Lord from Harm Who have thy Precepts sought to know and carefully perform verse 95 The Wicked have their Ambush laid my guiltless Life to take But in the midst of danger I thy Word my Study make verse 96 I've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below But thy Commandments like thy felt no Change or Period know MEM. verse 97 The Love that to thy Laws I bear no Language can display They with fresh Wonders entertain my ravish'd Thoughts all day verse 98 Thro' thy Commands I wiser grow than all my subtil Foes For thy sure Word does me direct and all my Ways dispose verse 99 From me my former Teachers now may abler Counsel take Because thy sacred Precepts I my constant Study make verse 100 In Understanding I excel the Sages of our days Because by thy unerring Rules I order all my Ways verse 101 My Feet with Care I have resrain'd from every sinful Way That to thy sacred Word 1 might intire Obedience pay verse 102 I have not from thy Judgments stray'd by vain desircs misled For Lord thou hast instructed me thy righteous paths to tread verse 103 How sweet are all thy Words to me O what divine Repast How much more grateful to my Soul than Honey to my Taste verse 104 Taught by thy sacred precepts I with heav'nly Skill am blest Thro' which the treach'rous Ways of Sin I utterly detest NVN. verse 105 Thy Word is to my Feet a Lamp the way of Truth to show A Watch-light to point out the path in which I ought to go verse 106 I sware and from my solemn Oath will never start aside That in thy righteous Judgments I will stedfastly abide verse 107 Since I with Griefs am so opprest that I can bear no more According to thy Word do thou my fainting Soul restore verse 108 Let still my Sacrifice of praise with thee Acceptance find And in thy righteous Judgments Lord instruct my willing Mind verse 109 Tho' ghastly dangers me surround my Soul they cannot aw Nor with continual Terrors keep from thinking on thy Law verse 110 My wicked and invet'rate Foes for me their Snares have laid Yet I have kept the upright path nor from thy precepts stray'd verse 111 Thy Testimonies I have made my Heritage and Choice For they when other comforts fail my drooping Heart rejoyce verse 112 My Heart with early Zeal began thy Statutes to obey And 'till my course
nor frowning Danger aw verse 166 For thy Salvation I have hop'd and tho' so long delay'd With cheerful Zeal and strictest Care all thy Commands obey'd verse 167 Thy Testimonies I have kept and constantly obey'd Because the love I bore to them the Service easie made verse 168 From strict Observance of thy Laws I never yet withdrew Convinc'd that my most secret ways are open to thy View TAU verse 169 To my Request and earnest Cry attend O gracious Lord Inspire my Heart with heav'nly Skill according to thy Word verse 170 let my repeated Pray'r at last before thy Throne appear According to thy plighted Word For my Relief draw near verse 171 Then shall my grateful Lips return the Tribute of their praise When thou thy Counsels hast reveal'd and taught me thy just ways verse 172 My Tongue the praises of thy Word shall thankfully resound Because thy Promises are all with Truth and Justice crown'd verse 173 Let thy Almighty Arm appear and bring me timely Aid For I the Laws thou hast ordain'd my Heart 's free choice have made verse 174 My Soul has waited long to see thy saving Grace restor'd Nor Comfort knew but what thy Laws thy heav'nly Laws afford verse 175 Prolong my life that I may sing my great restorer's Praise Whose Justice from the depth of Woes my fainting Soul shall raise verse 176 Like some lost Sheep I 've stray'd till I despair my way to find Thou therefore Lord thy Servent seek who keeps thy Laws in mind Psalm CXX verse 1 IN deep Distress I ost have cry'd To God who neyer yet deny'd To rescue me opprest with Wrongs verse 2 Once more O Lord Deliv'rance send From lying Lips my Soul desend And from the Rage of stand'ring Tongues verse 3 What little Profit can accrue And yet what heavy Wrath is due O thou perfidious Tongue to thee verse 4 Thy Sting upon thy self shall turn Of lasting Flames that fiercely burn The constant Fuel thou shalt be verse 5 But O! how ' wretched is my Doom Who am a Sojourner become In barren Mesecb's desart Soil With Kedar's wicked Tents inclos'd to lawless Savages expos'd Who live on nought but Tehstand Spoll verse 6 My hapless Dwelling is with those Who Peace and Amity oppose and Pleasure take in others Harms verse 7 Sweet Peace is all I court and seek But when to them of Peace I speak they strait cry out To Arms to Arms. Psalm CXXI verse 1 To Sion's Hill I lift my Eyes From thence expecting Aid verse 2 From Sion's Hill and Sion's God who Heaven and Earth has made verse 3 Then thou my Soul in sefety rest thy Guardian will not sleep verse 4 His watchful Care that Isr'el guards will Isr'el's Monarch keep verse 5 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's Wings thou shalt securely rest verse 6 where neither Sun nor Moon shall thee by Day or Night molest verse 7 From common Accidents of Life his care shall guard thee still verse 8 From the blind strokes of Chance and Foes that lie in wait to kill verse 9 At home abroad in Peace in War thy God shall thee desend Conduct thee thro' Life's Pilgrimage safe to thy Journey 's end Psalm CXXII verse 1 O' T was a joyful Sound to hear our tribes devoutly say Up Isr'el to the Temple haste and keep your Festal Day verse 2 AT Salem's Courts we must appear with our assembl'd Pow'rs verse 3 In strong and beauteous Order rang'd like her united Tow'rs verse 4 T is thirher by Divine Command the Tribes of God repair Before his Ark to celebrate his Name with praise and Pray'r verse 5 Tribunals stand erected there where Equity takes place There stand the Courts and Palaces of Royal David's Race verse 6 O pray we then for Salem's Peace for they shall prosp'rous be Thou holy City of our God! who bear true Love to thee verse 7 May Peace within thy'sacred Walls a constant Guest be found With Plenty and Prosperity thy Palaces be crown'd verse 8 For my dear Brethren's sake and Friends no less than Brethre dear I 'll --- pray May Peace in Salem's Tow'rs a constant Guest appear verse 9 But most of all I 'll seek thy Good and ever wish thee well For Sion and the Temple's sake where God vouchsases to dwell Psalm CXXIII verse 1 2 ON thee who dwell'st above the Skies For mercy wait my longing Eyes As Servants watch their Master's Hands And Maids their Mistress's Commands verse 3 4 O then have Mercy on us Lord Thy gracious Aid to us afford To us whom cruel Fops oppress Grown rich and proud by our Distress Psalm CXXIV verse 1 HAD not the Lord may Isr'el say been pleas'd to interpose verse 2 Had he not then espous'd our Cause when Men against us rose verse 3 4 5 Their wrath had swallow'd is alive and rag'd wlthout Coutroul Their Spite and Pride's united Floods had quite o'erwhelm'd our Soul verse 6 But prais'd be our eternal Lord who rescu'd us that Day Nor to their savage Jaws gave up our threat'ned Lives a prey verse 7 Our Soul is like Bird escap'd from out the Fowler 's Net The Snare is broke their Hopes are cross'd and we at freedom set verse 8 Secure in his Almighty Name our Confidence remains Who as he made both Heay'n and Earth of both sole Monarch reighs Psalm CXXV verse 1 WHO place on Sion's God their Trust like Sion's Rock shall stand Like her immoveably by fixt by his Almighty Hand verse 2 Look how the Hills on ev'ry side jerusalem inclose So stands the Lord around his Saints to guard 'em from their Foes verse 3 The wicked may affict the Just but ne'er too long oppress Nor force him by Despair to seek base means for his Redress verse 4 Be good O righteous God to those who righteous Deeds affect The Heart that innocence retains let innocence protect verse 5 All those who walk in crooked Paths the Lord shall soon dostroy Cut off th'Unjust but crown the Saints with lasting Peace and Joy Psalm CXXVI verse 1 WHen Sion's God her Sons recall'd from long Captivity It seem'd at first a Pleasing Dream of what we wish'd to see verse 2 But soon in an accustom'd Mirth we did our Voice employ And sung our great Restorer's Praise in thankful Hymns of Joy Our Heathen Foes repining stood yet were compell'd to own That great and wondrous was the Work our God for us had done verse 3 'T was great say they t was wond'rous great much more should we confess The Lord has done great things where of we reap the glad Success verse 4 To us bring back the Remnant Lord of Isrel's captive Bands More welcome than refreshing Showr's to parch'd and thirsty Lands verse 5 That we whose Work commenc'd in Tears may see our Labours thrive Till finish'd with success to make our drooping Hearts revive verse 6 Tho' he despond that sows his Grain yet doubtless he shall come To bind his full ear'd
the Stars their several Names he knows verse 5 6 Great is the Lord and great his Pow'r his Wisdom has no bound The meek he raises but throws down the wicked to the Ground verse 7 To God the Lord a Hymn of Praise with grateful Voices sing To Songs of Triumph tune the Harp and strike each warbling String verse 8 He covers Heav'n with Clouds and thence refreshing Rain bestows Through him on Mountain-tops the Grass with wond'rous Plenty grows verse 9 He savage Beasts that loosely range with timely food supplies He feeds the Raven's tender Brood and stops their hungry Cries verse 10 He values not the warlike Steed but does his Strength disdain The nimble Foot that swiftly runs no Prize from him can gain verse 11 But he to him that fears his Name his tender Love extends To him that on his boundless Grace with stedfast Hope depends verse 12 13 Let Sion and Jerus'lem then to God their Praise address Who fenc'd their Gates with massle Bars and does their Children bless verse 14 15 Thro all their Borders he giyes Peace with finest Wheat they 're sed He speaks the Word and what he wills is done as soon as said verse 16 Large Flakes of Snow like fleecy Wool descend at his command And hoary Frost like Ashes spread is scatter'd o'er the land verse 17 When joyn'd to these he does his Hail in little Morsels break Who can againsst his Piercing Cold secure Defences make verse 18 He sends his Word which melts the Ice he makes his Wind to blow And soon the Streams congeal'd before in plenteous Currents flow verse 19 By him his Statutes and Decrees to Jacob's Sons were shown And still to Israel's chosen Seed his righteous Laws are known verse 20 No other Nation this can boast nor did he e'er afford To heathen Lands his Oracles and Knowledge of his Word Hallelujab Psalm CXLVIII verse 1 YE boundless Realms of Joy Exalt your Maker's Fame His praise your Song employ Above the starry Frame Your Voices raise Ye Cherubim And Seraphim To sing his Praise verse 3 4 Thou Moon that rul'st the Night And Sun that guid'st the Day Ye glitt'ring Stars of Light To him your Homage pay His praise declare Ye Heav'ns above And Clouds that move In liquid Air. verse 5 6 Let them adore the Lord And praise his holy Name By whose Almighty Word They all from nothing came And all shall last From Changes free His firm Decree Stands ever fast verse 7 8 Let Earth her Tribute pay Praise him ye dreadful Whales And Fish that through the Sea Glide swist with glitt'ring Scales Fire Hail and Snow And misty Air And Winds that where He bids them blow verse 9 10 By Hills and Mountains all In grateful Consort joyn'd By Cedars stately tall And Trees for Fruit design'd By ev'ry Beast And creeping thing And Fowl of Wing His Name be blest verse 11 12 Let all of Royal Birth With those of humbler Frame And Judges of the Earth His matchless Praise proclaim In this Design Let Youths with Maids And hoary Heads With Children join verse 13 United Zeal be shown His wond'rous Fame to raise Whose glorious Name alone Deserves our endless Praise Earth's utmost Ends His Pow'r obey His glorious Sway The Sky transcends verse 14 His chosen Saints to-grace He sets them up on high And savours Ifrael's Race Who still to him are nigh O therefore raise Your grateful voice And still rejoyce The Lord to praife Psalm CXLIX verse 1 2 OPraise ye the Lord prepare your glad Voice His Praise in the great Assembly to sing In our great Creator let Isr'el rejoyce And Children of Sion be glad in their King verse 3 4 Let them his great Name extol in the Dance With Timbrel and Harp his Praises express Who always takes pleasure his Saints to advance And with his Salvation the Humble to bless verse 5 6 With Glory adorn'd his People shall sing To God who their Beds with Safety does shield Their Mouths fill'd with Praises of him their great King Whilst a two-edged Sword their Right Hand shall wield verse 7 8 Just Vengeance to take for Injuries past To punish those Lands for Ruin design'd With Chains as their Captives to tie their Kings fast With Fetters of Iron their Nobles to bind verse 9 Thus shall they make good when them they destroy The dreadful Decree which God does proclaim Such Honour and Triumph his Saints shall enjoy O therefore for ever exalt his great Name Psalm CL. verse 1 OPraise the Lord in that blest Place Fromwhence his Goqdness largeiy flows Praife him in Heav'n where he his Face Unveil'd in perfect Glory shows verse 2 Praise him for all the mighty Acts Which he in our behals has done His Kindness this Return exacts With which our Praise should equal run verse 3 Let the shrill Trumpet 's warlike Voice Make Rocks and Hills his Praise rebound Praise him with Harp's melodious Noise And gentle Psaltry's sver Sound verse 4 Let Virgin-Troops soft Timbrels bring And some with graceful Motion dance Let Instruments of various Strings With Organs join'd his Praise advance verse 5 Let them who joyful Hymns compose To Cymbals set their Songs of Praise Cymbals of common use and those That loudly ssound on solemn Days verse 6 Let all that vital breath enjoy The Breath he does to them afford In just return of Praise employ Let every Creature praise the Lord. GLORIA PATRI c. Common Measure TO Father Son and Holy Ghost The God whom we adore Be Glory as it was is now and shall be evermore As Psalm 25. To God the Father Son and Spirit Glory be As 't was and is and shall be so to all Eternity As the 100. Psalm To Father Son and Holy Ghost the God whom Earth and Heav'n adore Be Glory as it was of Old is now and shall be evermore As Ps 37. and last part of the 113th Psalm-Tune To Father Son and Holy Ghost The God whom Heav'ns Triumphant Host and suffering Saints on Earth adore Be Glory as in Ages past As now it is and so shall last when Time it self must be no more As Psalm 148. To God the Father Son and Spirit ever blest Eternal Three in One All Worship be addrest As heretosore It was is now And shall be so For evermore As Psalm 149. BY Angels in Heav'n of ey'ry Degree And Saints upon Earth All Praise be addrest To God in Three Persons One God ever blest As it has been now is and always shall be AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE Shewing how to find any Psalm by its Beginnings Psalm A. Against all those Page 50 As Pants the Hart Page 64 As length by certain Page 109 B. Behold O God Page 124 Bless God my Soul Page 161 Bless God ye Servants Page 219 D. Defend me Lord Page 42 Deliver me O Lord Page 87 Do thou 0 God Page 83 F. For ever Blest Page 232 For thee O God Page 94 From lowest Depths Page
216 From my youth up Page 216 G. Give ear thou Judge Page 81 God in the Great Page 130 God is our Refuge Page 70 God's Temple Crowns Page 137 H Had not the Lord Page 212 Happy the Man Page 62 Have mercy Lord Page 77 Hear O my People Page 118 He 's blest whose Sins Page 45 He that has God Page 145 Hold not thy Peace Page 131 How blest are they Page 190 How'blest is he Page 1 How good and pleasant Page 146 How long wilt thou Page 15 How many Lord of late Page 3 How vast must their Page 219 I. Jehova reigns let all Page 152 Jehova reigns let therefore Page 154 I le celebrate thy Page 41 In deep disiress Page 210 In Juda thee Page 115 In thee I put Page 105 In vain O Man Page 79 Judge me 0 Lord Page 36 Just Judge of Heaven Page 65 I waited meekly Page 61 L. Let all the Just Page 46 Let all the Lands Page 95 Let all the Liftning Page 73 Let David Lord Page 217 Let God the God Page 98 Lord hear my Cry Page 90 Lord hear my prayer Page 230 Lord hear the Voice Page 5 Lord hear the Voice Page 93 Lord let thy Jnst Page 107 Lord not to us Page 185 Lord save me for Page 80 Lord thou hast granted Page 134 Lord who 's the happy Page 16 M. My Crafty Foe with Page 53 My God my God why Page 29 My Soul for help Page 91 My Soul inspird Page 159 My soul with grateful Page 186 N. No change of times Page 20 O. O all ye people Page 71 O come loud Anthems Page 150 O Mercies never Page 156 O God my Gracious Page 92 O God my heart Page 176 O God of hosts Page 132 O God to whom Page 148 O God who hast Page 89 O God whose former Page 178 O Israel's Shepherd Page 126 O Lord I am not Page 217 O Lord that my God Page 7 O Lord my Rock Page 39 O Lord our Fathers Page 66 O Lord the Saviour Page 143 O Lord that art my Page 4 O Lord to my Page 104 On thee who chvellest Page 212 O Praise the Lord Page 188 O Praise the Lord and Page 235 O Praise the Lord in that Page 241 O praise the Lord with Hymns Page 236 O praise the Lord with one Page 220 O Praise ye the Lord Page 240 O render Thanks and Page 164 O render Thanks to Page 168 O thou to whom all Page 8 O 't was a joyful Page 211 P. Praise ye the Lord Page 181 Preserve me Lord Page 227 Protect me from my Page 17 R. Resolv'd to watch Page 59 S. Save me O God Page 101 Since Godly Men Page 14 Since I have plac'd Page 13 Sing to the Lord Page 151 Sing to the Lord Page 153 Speak O ye Judges Page 86 Save wicked Fools Page 16 T. Thee I will bless Page 233 The Heavens declare Page 25 The King O Lord Page 28 The Lord hath spoke Page 75 The Lord himself Page 32 The Lord the only God Page 71 The Lord to thy request Page 27 The Lord unto my Page 181 The Man is blest who fears Page 215 The Man is blest who stands Page 182 The wicked Fools Page 80 This spacious Earth Page 33 Tho' wicked Men Page 54 Thou Lord by strictest Page 225 Through all the changing Page 48 Thy Chastning wrath Page 57 Thy dreadful Anger Page 6 Thy Mercy Lord Page 84 Thy Mercies Lord Page 139 Thy Presence why Page 12 To blest thy chosen Page 97 To Celebrate thy Page 9 To God I cry'd Page 116 To God in whom Page 34 To God our never Page 128 To God the mighty Page 222 To God with Mournful Page 230 To God your grateful Page 172 To my Complaint Page 135 To my just Plea Page 18 To thee my God Page 137 To thee O God Page 114 To thee O Lord Page 229 To Sion's Hill Page 211 W. We build with Page 214 When I pour out Page 157 When Israel by Page 184 When Sions God Page 214 When we our wearied Page 224 While I the Kings Page 68 Whom should I fear Page 37 Who place on Sion's God Page 213 Why hast thou cast Page 112 With chearful Notes Page 188 With Glory Clad Page 147 With my whole Heart Page 225 With one Consent Page 155 With restless and Page 1 Y. Ye boundless Realms Page 238 Ye Princes that Page 40 Ye Saints and Servants Page 183 DIRECTIONS About the TUNES and MEASURES ALL Psalms of this Version in the Common Measure of Eights and Sixes that is where the first and third lines of the single Stanza consist of eight Syllables each the se-cond and fourth lines of six Syllables each may be sung to any of the most usual Tunes viz York-tune Windsor-tune St. Davids Litch-field Canterbury Martyrs Southwell St. Mary's alias Hackney tune c. As the Old 25 Psalm may be sung the New 25 31 67 130. As the Old 113. the 37 46 50 63 76 91 110 113 120. As the Old 148. the 136 148. As the Old 104. the 149. The Psalms in this Version of four lines in a single Stanza and eight Syllables in each Line if Psalms of Praise or Chearfulness may properly be sung as the Old 100 Psalm or to the Tune of the Old 125 Psalm Second Metre The Penitential or mournful Psalms in the same Measure may be sung as the Old 51 Psalm Which Tunes with all the foremen-tioned are printed in the Supplement to this New Version as spscified in the following Advertisement A SUPPLEMENT to the New Version of Psalms by N. Tate and N. Brady containing 1. THE usual Hymns Creed Lord's Prayer Ten Commandments all set to their proper Tunes with additional Hymns for the Holy Sacrament Festivals c. 2ly Select Psalms done in particular Measures to make up the whole variety of Metres that are in the old Version with Duplicates to most of them and Gloria Patri's with the Tunes With a Collection of the most usual Church-Tunes All very useful for the Teacher or Learner of Psalmody LONDON Printed and Sold at Stationers Hall near Ludgate D. Brown at the Bible without Temple-Bar J. Wilds at the Elephant Charing Cross and other Booksellers This Supplement to be had either in the large Octavo to bind up with this Volume or in the small size for the Twelves Price in Sheets 6 d. FINIS
live And Off'rings bring with constant Care The Heavens his Justice shall declare For God himself shall Sentence give verse 7 Attend my People Isr'l hear Thy strong Accuser I 'll appear Thy God thy only God am I verse 8 'T is not of Off'rings I complain Which daily in my Temple slain My sacred Altai did supply verse 9 Will this alone Atonement make No Bullock from thy Stall I 'll take Nor He-goat from thy Fold accept verse 10 The Forest Beasts that range alone The Cattel too are all my own That on a thousand Hills are kept verse 11 I know the Fowls that build their Nests In craggy Rocks and salvage Beasts That loosely haunt the open Fields verse 12 If seiz'd with Hunger I could be I need not seek Relief from Thee Since the World 's mine and all it yields verse 13 Think'st thou that I have any need On slaughter'd Bulls and Goats to feed To eat their Flesh and drink their Blood verse 14 The Sacrifices I require Are Hearts which Love and Zeal inspire And Vows with strictest Care made good verse 15 In time of Trouble call on me And I will set thee safe and free And thou returns of Praise shalt make verse 16 But to the Wicked thus faith God How dar'st thou teach my Laws abroad Or in thy Mouth my Cov'nant take verse 17 For stubborn thou confirtn'd in Sin Hast proof against Instrucion been And of my Word didst lightly speak verse 18 When thou a subtle Thief didst see Thou gladly didst with him agree And with Adult'rers didst partake verse 19 Vile Slander is thy chief Delight Thy Tongue by Envy mov'd and Spight Deceitful Tales does hourly spread verse 20 Thou dost with hateful Scandals wound Thy Brother and with Lies confound The Offspring of thy Mother's Bed verse 21 These things didst thou whom still I strove To gain with Silence and with Love Till thou didst wickedly surmise That I was such a one as thou But I 'll reprove and shame thee now And set thy Sins before thine Eyes verse 22 Mark this ye wicked Fools left I Let all my Bolts of Vengeance fly Whilst none shall dare your cause to own verse 23 Who praises me due Honour gives And to the Man that justly lives My strong Salvation shall be shown PSALM LI. HAve Mercy Lord on me as thou wert ever kind Let me opprest with Loads of Guilt thy wonted Mercy find verse 2 3 Wash off my soul Offence and cleanse me from my Sin For I confess my Crime and see how great my Guilt has been verse 4 Against Thee Lord alone and only in thy fight Have I transgress'd and tho' Condemn'd must own thy Judgment right verse 5 In Guilt each part was form'd of all this sinful Frame In Guilt I was conceiv'd and born the Heir of Sin and Shame verse 6 Yet thou whose searching Eye does inward Truth require In secret didst with Wisdom's Laws my tender Soul inspire verse 7 With Hyssop purge me Lord and so I clean shall be I shall with show in whiteness vie when purifi'd by thee verse 8 Make me to hear with Joy thy kind forgiving Voice That so the Bones which thou hast broke may with fresh strength rejoice verse 9 10 Blot out my crying Sin nor me in Anger view Create in me a Heart that 's clean and upright mind renew PART II. verse 11 Withdraw not thou thy Help nor cast me from thy sight Nor let thy Holy Spirit take its everlasting Flight verse 12 The Joy thy Favour gives let me again obtain And thy free Spirit 's firm support my fainting Soul sustain verse 13 So I thy righteous Ways to Sinners will impart Whilst my Advice shall wicked Men to thy just Laws convert verse 14 My Guilt of Blood remove my Saviour and my God And my glad Tongue shall loudly tell thy righteous Acts abroad verse 15 Do thou unlock my Lips with Sorrow clos'd and shame So shall my Mouth thy wondrous Praise to all the World proclaim verse 16 Could Sacrifice atone whole Flocks and Herds should die But on such Off'rings thou disdain'st to cast a gracious Eye verse 17 A broken Spirit is by God most highly priz'd By him a broken contrite Heart shall never be despis'd verse 18 Let Sion Favour find of thy Good Will assur'd And thy own City flourish long by losty Walls secur'd verse 19 The Just shall then attend and pleasing Tribute pay And Sacrifice of choicest kind upon thy Altar lay PSALM LII IN vain O Man of lawless Might thou boast'st thy self in Ill Since God the God in whom I trust vouchsafes his Favour still verse 2 Thy wicked Tongue does sland'ring Tales maliciously devise And sharper than a Razor set it wounds with treach'rous Lies verse 3 4 Thy Thoughs are more on Ill than Good on Lies than Truth employ'd Thy Tongue delights in Words by which the Guiltless are destroy'd verse 5 God shall for ever blast thy Hopes and snatch thee soon away Nor in thy dwelling-place permit nor in the World to stay verse 6 The Just with pious Fear shall see the downfal of thy Pride And at thy sudden Ruin laugh and thus thy fall deride verse 7 See there the' haughty Man that was who proudly God desy'd Who trusted in his Wealth and still on wicked Arts rely'd verse 8 But I am like those Olive-Plants that shade God's Temple round And hope with his indulgent Grace to be for ever crown'd verse 9 So shall my Soul with Praise O God extol thy wondrous Love And on thy Name with Patience wait for this thy Saints approve PSALM LIII THE wicked Fools must sure suppose that God is but a Name This gross Mistake their Practice shows since Virtue all disclaim verse 2 The Lord look'd down from Heav'n's high Tow'r the Sons of Men to view To see if any own'd his Pow'r or Truth or Justice knew verse 3 But all he faw were backwards gone degen'rate grown and base None for Religion car'd not One of all the sinful Race verse 4 But are those Workers of Deceit s0 dull and sensless grown That they like Bread my People eat and God's just Pow'r disown verse 5 Their causless Fears shall strangely grow and they despis'd of God Shall soon be foil'd his hand shall throw their shatter'd Bones abroad verse 6 Would he his siving Pow'r employ to break our servile Band Loud shouts of universal Joy should eccho through the Land PSALM LIV. verse 1 2 LOrd save me for thy Glorious Name and in thy Strength appear To judge my Cause accept my Pray'r and to my Words give Ear. verse 3 Mere Strangers whom I never wrong'd to ruin me design'd And cruel Men that fear no God against my Soul combin'd verse 4 5 But God takes part with all my Friends and he 's the surest Guard The God of Truth shall give my Foes their Falshoods due reward verse 6 While I my grateful OfF'ring bring and Sacrifice with Joy And in his Praise
their Guilt defac'd Thou hast not let thy Wrath flame on nor thy fierce Anger last verse 4 O God our Saviour all our Hearts to thy Obedience turn That quencht with our repenting Tears thy Wrath no more may burn verse 5 6 For why shouldst thou be angry still and Wrath so long retain Revive us Lord and let thy Saints thy wonted Comfort gain verse 7 Thy gracious Favour Lord display which we have long implor'd And for thy wond'rous Mercie 's sake thy wonted Aid afford verse 8 God's Anfwer patiently I 'll wait for he with glad Success If they no more to solly turn his mourning Saints will bless verse 9 To all that fear his holy Name his sure Salvation's near And in its former happy state our Nation shali appear verse 10 For Mercy now with Truth is join'd and Righteousness with Peace like kind Companions absent long with friendly Arms embrace verse 11 12 Truth from the Eirth shall spring whilst Heav'n shall Streams of Justice pour And God from whom all Goodness flows shall endless Plenty show'r verse 13 Before him Righteousnefs shall march and his Just Paths prepare Whilst we his holy steps pursue with constant Zeal and Care Psalm LXXXVI verse 1 To my Complaint O Lord my God thy gracious Ear incline Hear me distrest and destitute of all Relies but thine verse 2 Do thou O God preserve my Soul that does thy Name adore Thy Servant keep and him whose Trust relies on Thee restore verse 3 To me who daily Thee invoke thy Mercy Lord extend verse 4 Refresh thy Servant's Soul whose Hopes on Thee alone depend verse 5 Thou Lord art good nor only good but prompt to pardon too Of plenteous Mercy to all those who for thy Mercy sue verse 6 To my repeated humble Pray'r O Lord attentive be verse 7 When Troubled I on Thee will call for thou wilt answer me verse 8 Among the God there 's none like Thee O Lord alone divine To Thee as much inferiour they as are their Works to thine verse 9 Therefore their great Creator Thee the Nations shall adore Their long misguided Pray'rs and Praise to thy blest Name restore verse 10 All shall confess Thee great ahd great the Wonders thou hast done Confess thee God the God supreme confess thee God alone PART II verse 11 Teach me thy way O Lord and I from Truth shall ne'er depart In rev'rence to thy sacred Name devoutly fix my heart verse 12 Thee will I praise O Lord my God praise thee with Heart sincere And to thy everlasting Name Eternal Trophies rear verse 13 Thy boundless Mercy shewn to me transcends my Pow'r to tell For thou hast ost redeem'd my Soul from lowest Depths of Hell verse 14 O God the Sons of Pride and Strife have my Destruction sought Regardless of thy Pow'r that oft has my Deliv'rance wrought verse 15 But thou thy constant Goodness didst to my Assistance brings Of Patience Mercy and of Truth thou everlasting Spring verse 16 O bounteous Lord thy Grace and Strenght to me thy Servant s how Thy kind Protection Lord on me thine Handmaid's Son bestow verse 17 Some Signal give which my proud Foes may see with shame and Rage When thou O Lord for my Relies and Comfort dost engage Psalm LXXXVII verse 1 GOD's Temple crowns the Holy Mount the Lords their condescends to dwell verse 2 His Sion's Gates in his account our Israel's fairest Tents excel verse 3 Fame glorious things of Thee shall sing O City of th' Almighty King verse 4 I 'll mention Rabab with due Praise in Babylon's Applauses join The Frame of Athiopia raise with that of Tyre and Palastine And grant that some amongst them born their Age and Country did adorn verse 5 But still of Sion averr that many such from her proceed Th' Almighty shall establish her verse 6 his gen'ral List shall shew when read That such a Person there was born their Age and Country did adorn verse 7 He 'll Sion find with Numbers fill'd of such as merit high Renown For Hand and Voice Musicians skill'd and her transcending Fame to crown Of such she shall Successions bring like Waters from a living Spring Psam LXXXVIII verse 1 To thee my God and Saviour I By Day and Night address my Cry verse 2 Vouchsase my mournful Voice to hear to my Distress incline thine Ear. verse 3 For Seas of Trouble mel invade My Soul draws nigh to Death's cold shade verse 4 Like one whose Strength and hopes are fled They number me among the Dead verse 5 Like those who shrouded in the Grave From thee no more Remembrance have Cast off from thy sustaining Care verse 6 Down to the Consines of Despair verse 7 Thy Wrath has hard upon me lain Assicting me with restless Pain Me all thy Mountain Waves have prest Too weak alass to bear the least verse 8 Remov'd from Friends I sigh alone In a loath'd Dungeon laid where none A Visit will vouchsase to me Consin'd past Hopes of liberty verse 9 My Eyes from weeping never cease They waste but still my Griess increase Yet daily Lord to thee I pray'd With out-stretch Hands invok'd thy Aid verse 10 Wilt thou by Miracle revive The Dead whom thou forsook'st Alive From Death restore thy Praise to sing Whom thou from Prison would'st not bring verse 11 Shall the mute Grave thy Love consess A mold'ring Tomb thy Faithfulness verse 12 Thy Truth and Pow'r Renown obtain Where Darkness and Oblivion reign verse 13 To thee O Lord I cry forlorn My Pray r prevents the early Morn verse 14 Why hast thou Lord my Soul forsook Nor once vouchsas'd a gracious Look verse 15 Prevailing Sorrows bear me down Which from my Youth with me have grown Thy Terrors past distract my Mind And Fears of blacker Days behind verse 16 Thy Wrath hath burst upon my Head Thy Terrors fill my Soul with Dread verse 17 Environ'd as with Waves combin'd And for a gen'ral Deluge join'd verse 18 My Lovers Friends Familiars all Remov'd from Sight and out of call To dark Oblivion all retir'd Dead or at least to me expir'd Psalni LXXXIX verse 1 THY Mercies Lord shall be my song My Song on them shall ever dwell To Ages yet unborn my Tongue Thy never failing Truth shall tell verse 2 I have assirm'd and still maintain Thy Mercy shall for ever last Thy Truth that does the Heav'ns sustain Like them shall stand for ever fasat verse 3 Thus spak'st thou by the Prophet's Voice With David I a League have made To him my Servant and my Choice By Solemn Oath this Grant convey'd While Earth and Seas and Skies endure Thy Seed shall in my Sight remain To them thy Throne I will ensure They shall to endless Ages reign verse 5 For such stupendious Truth and Love Both Heav'n and Earth just Praises owe By Choirs of Angels sung above And by Assembled Saints below verse 6 What Seraph of Celestial Birth To vie with Isr'el's God shall dare