Will His Thunder makes them fear And those who get most off yet think they are too near VIII From the bright East Thou mak'st Thy Sun to go Before him creeps in Chains the Captive night And in the West when he from us draws low 'T is but to spread his Conquests with his Light And till he comes again Bids the Moon fill his place and in his stead to raign IX Thou visitest the Earth and giv'st it rain Of Thy rich blessing it do's freely spend The Earth returns its thanks to Heav'n again In flowers which thither their sweet Odours send As Customs which they pay To Thy dread Throne who dost their Mothers heat allay X. The Flood of God whose Spring-head's in the clouds When on the weary ground it showers distills The softned ridge unto its furrow crowds And all it's clots the quick'ning moysture fills Thou by degrees dost bring The Tillage on and Harvest to succeed the Spring XI Plenty with every shower from Heav'n pours down The Earth do's by thy constant bounty grow Thy goodness do's the year with blessings crown And all Thy steps drop fatness where they go They on the Deserts drop Whose parched Sands drink deep of Thy o'reflowing Cup. XII The little Hills drink deep and look more fair The Valleys pledge till they can drink no more The Shepheards and their flocks both merry are And all the Plains with Corn are cover'd o're With peace and fruits abound And make the distant Mountains with their Songs resound Psalm LXVI Jubilate Deo omnis terra c. I. REjoyce O World and to Thy God sing praise Let Seas and Isles and Lands His Name resound Together with His Sun your voices raise And in Eternal Jubilees go round For if that rise His mighty Power to show Much more should you on whom it shines do so II. Say to the Lord How mighty is Thy Power Which even Thy Enemies must unforc't confess To th' Earth they bow themselves and would fall lower But that instead Thou tak'st this poor address Th' Earth shall worship Thee and their loud same Shall fill her Trumpet only with Thy Name III. See what He did to raise it how His hand At once declar'd Him Terrible and Good When raging Seas were turn'd to firm dry land And Israel past through th' admiring Flood Then 't was we view'd and troad His secret Wayes And roaring Deeps stood lift'ning to His Praise IV. He rules o're all Him Heav'n and Earth obey The Universall and Eternall King His eyes the Wicked and the Good survey And under chains His Hand the Proud do's bring Raise not Thy self too high proud dust for fear The Wind which fills thy sayles should overbear V. Rejoyce ye Nations and to God sing praise Let Seas and Isles and Lands his Name resound Together with His Sun your voices raise And in Eternal Jubilees go round For He from falls our sliding feet do's save And with new Life returns us from the grave VI. Like Silver in the Furnace we were try'd And felt unusual flames rage all about But thence as Silver throughly purify'd We only left our dross when we came out The purer metall had no base alloy And all our griefs made way for greater joy VII Low were we brought the net upon us cast And on our loyns prodigious weights were laid Through Water tryal and through fire we past And a derision to our foes were made But He who there upheld us by His hand Brought us Himself at last to'th' Promis'd Land VIII With praises to Thy House my King I 'le go And make my thanks in clouds of Incense rise There solemnly I 'le pay the willing Vow Which my lips off'red in my Miseries Bullocks and Ramms I 'le on Thy Altar lay And thence with Flames renew the Wasted day IX You who have known th' Almighty Love draw near And to my Speech your ready minds incline Attend to that just witness which I bear And to your own experiences take Mine When I in sighs to God my voyce did raise And pray'd in groans He turn'd them into praise X. Had I kept some reserve within my Heart In hope to hide it He had stop't His Ear But I unbowel'd my most secret part And then He did not only see but hear Praise Him who thus His glory did display Nor turn'd His own Face nor my Prayers away Psalm LXVII Deus misereatur nostri c. I. SAve us O God and Thy poor Servants bless Thy Goodness and Thy Pow'r declare In Mercy help us in Our great distress And We no more will doubt Thy Love or Care Let through the World Thy Mighty Name be known And what We praise may the whole Earth with Rev'rence own II. Rejoyce ye Nations for your God is here Who by His Wisdom rules o're all The Kings and Kingdoms governs and that fear They strike in you He makes on them to fall Let through the World His Mighty Name be known And what we praise may the whole Earth with Rev'rence own III. Then shall the Lord our Land both save and bless His Goodness and His Power declare And then Our fields shall give their full increase And with His blessing look more gay and faire The Lord shall bless us and His Name make known And what We praise the whole Earth shall with Rev'rence own Psalm LXVIII Exurgat Deus dissipentur c. I. GRreat Leader of the Sacred Hosts arise And scatt'ring Thy Proud Enemies Encrease Our Triumphs with Thy Victories Let those who hate Thy Name before it flye Like Clouds of Smoke chas'd by the Wind Which vanish as they mount on high And undistinguish't from the Common Skie No more in strange Fantastick figures lye But without mark to know them by Leave not the smallest stain behind That in the air one may their empty traces find Let their destruction suddain be Sooner than Wax do's melt When once the flames are felt And in Thine eye may they the fire which burns them see But let the Righteous in Thy Pow'r rejoyce With Flutes and Trumpets make a cheerful noise And the whole Consort joyn and perfect with their voice II. Make God your Song Ye Just and from His Wayes Which are in Heav'n take theam your Verse to raise In Heav'n where He in glory rides And with His rein the Winds which bear them guides And by His Name Jehovah celebrate His Praise Above He rules but His great Pow'r extends To what soe're is done below The Cares of all His Creatures He do's know And visits the wide Earth's extremest ends Is a kind Father to the Fatherless The Widdows Counsel and do's bless Desparing Nuptials with a large increase Making dead Wombs His voice to hear And her that barren was a numerous seed to bear And when to Him poor Captives cry Their tears move pitty in His eye And with His Arm He gives them Liberty Again returns them
to their Land Made fruitful by His plenteous rain When on the Proud He throws the Chain And turns their Pastures to a dry and barren Sand. III. Lord when Thou through the Wilderness did'st go And their great Journeis to thy Israel show And though Thou fill'dst the Heav'ns confind'st Thy self to'a Cloud below Sinai did at Thy Presence quake The Rocks bow'd down and the whole Earth did shake And stubborn Israel in their horrors did partake Thou thundred'st and to own Thy Power The Heav'ns let fall a mighty shower With whose cool drops Thou did'st restore The fully'd beauties of the shriv'led Earth Giving its fruits and flowers new birth And made'st it fairer than it was before The desert with Thy blessing did abound New streams refresh't the weary ground And Jacob there a safe retreat from bondage found There He securely dwelt And all th' effects of mighty goodness fâ—lt There for His poor Thou did'st prepare And of His Armies took'st the care Still guiding them by Thine own hand Till by safe Conduct Thou hadst brought them to th' Promis'd Land IV. Before the Camp God march't and Victory Follow'd Him close in view of all Our Wives who saw the Enemy fall To meet our triumphs laid their distaffs by And took the Cymbal and the Lute And sang to them that praise we shouted to the Flute They sang of Armies and of Kings How soon their troops were put to flight E're they had well resolv'd to fight With all the Mirth which certain conquest brings Now God abroad did overcome And they divided the rich spoil at home And though amongst the Pots they long had lain Condemn'd to Brickilns and the Mine How all the flames did but their Oar refine And made them with more Lustre shine When all their former beauties it had first restor'd again Like spotless Doves in their most glorious flight Reflecting from their wings the tremb'ling light In thousand colours which the eye both dazle and invite V. And so look'd Palestine when th' Heathen fell And spoils of Kings were scat'red there The Land which was before as dark as Hell Receiv'd fresh verdure and became with Trophies fair On high its head did bear As if with snowy Salmon 't would compare Basan's high Hill God did with blessings crown And on it show'rd such plenty down One would have thought that God had chose it for His own But hold O Hill raise not Thy self too high For Sion yet shall o're Thee reign With Her compar'd Thou must fall down again And flat as Thine own Vallies lye For God in Sion to reside intends There must His House and Altar be His dwelling place to all Eternity And the whole World to Her shall bow And yield their necks as well as Thou To Sion whose Vast sway all bounds transcends Beyond the boundless space wherefurthest Nature ends VI. On Herth ' Eternal will erect His Throne God whom the Powers of Heav'n and Earth obey At whose dread Presence Sinai fled away When thither He to Israel all in fire came down Smoke and thick Light'ning did the mountain bound With twenty thousand flaming Chariots girt around The Guard Divine whose wheels in Thunder did resound And when He thence arose and up on high Ascended with His glorious trains He lead Captivity in Chains And gifts on men bestow'd as well as liberty To Traytors pardon granted and a Land Which was the purchase of His Own right hand And if no more they would rebell With promise there to make His Court and ever dwell To Him alone be all the Praise Who thus His Name and Us can raise And with ten thousand Blessings crowns Our dayes VII 'T is He who saves Us and to Him belong The keyes of th ' Adamantine Gates of Death He opens and none shuts gives and recalls Our breath Whose Name is Our Salvation Great and Strong Who will the Wicked tumble to the ground And make His Soul a passage through His Wound But to His People sayes I will again Repeat the Wonders which I heretofore have shown And greater do than e're I yet have done On Basan get my self a Name Bow down His neck and raise in Mounts the liquid Plain The Sea once more divide to make you way Now truly Red with purple streams which flow From your fierce En'mies veins and my great blow That Sea as well as Aegypt's trembling shall obey And there you shall securely pass And there your feet and garments wash Your very dogs shall drink the blood And gorg'd with humane flesh shall sport alone the scarlet Flood VIII And so they did and then Thy paths O God were seen And all Thy goings nothing came between How Thou didst both their way and Armies lead Before the Singers went and then the Flutes The Maidens follow'd with their Lutes And fearful Women heard shrill Trumpets without dread Bless ye said they the Mighty God! Ye streams which from Old Jacob's spring procced The Faithfull Jacob's happy seed And with you stablish His Divine Aboad Let little Benjamin be there and there The Governours of Judah fam'd for War Whil'st Learned Napthali and Zabulon For the great day and solemn pomp compose a Song And with their Numbers all the Tribes conduct along Let God Himself new strength command And since He ha's such wonders done Perfect what is so well begun And as we all before His Temple stand Those heads which he ha's sav'd exalt with His own hand IX There Lord Our spoils to Thee We 'll consecrate And Princes thither shall their Tribute bring And swear Alleg'ance to Thee as their King Thy Peace and Friendship supplicate And on their knees receive new Titles to their State Those who refuse and think their Pow'r so great That it or can resist or vye with Thine And Heav'n with open blasphemies dare threat Against their Spears Lord make Thy Light'ning shine And or o'rethrow or force them to a base retreat And to those roaring Bulls presumptuous noise And bleating of their Calves oppose the Thunder of Thy voice Till they for pardon sue and all submit And as Thou on Thy Throne do'st sit Their necks and gifts lay humbly at Thy Feet Till Aegypt and the Lybian Nations come And leaving all the Gods they had at home In Sion only seek the True and Holy One X. Praise Him all Kingdoms and all Lands That God who ha's in Heav'n set fast His Throne And all its Armies with His voice commands And makes them trembling His Dominion own His Mighty Voice abroad He sends That Voice which tallest Cedars rends And makes His Thunder heard to th'Worlds utmost ends Wisdom and Strength and Majesty To Israels Strength and Wisdom give Honour and Praise to the Most High And endless Rule to Him who doth for ever Live To Thee O God most Worthy to be prais'd And in Thy Temple to be fear'd of all Who Jacob from the dust hast rais'd And so uphold'st that He shall never fall Whose Sacred and
Our opposition higher only swell'd III. God on the banks in view did stand And when the floods did Lowdest rore Mov'd o're the floods His All-commanding hand They stood awhile and gaz'd then backwards bore And chid their fellow waves which came too slow before IV. The Lord Himself has made Our Way And from their snares has set us free The snares are broke which they for us did lay And when they look'd that we should taken be God who first loos'd the net did give us wings to flee V. God is Our refuge and in vain Frail Man against Him thinks to stand His Word made all things all things do's sustain And He deliverance for us will command Has past His Word to do it and will use his Hand Psalm CXXV Qui confidunt in Domino c. I. ALL those who on th' Almighty God rely On God who do's o're all command Unmov'd shall like Mount Sion stand Shall stand as firm and bear their heads as high And what Mount Sion's to Jerusalem The Rock of Ages shall Himself be made to Them II. Thrice happy City girt with Mountains round On whom acknowledging Thy state The lesser Hills rise up and wait By God Himself Queen of all Cities crown'd Impregnable and steep rocks defend Thy Coasts But would prove vain were not their guard The Lord of Hosts III. He only is Thy Strength and not those Hills Yet as those Hills girt Thee about The Lord surrounds and finds His out Is alwayes near since every Place He fills God shall fight for them make their Enemies fly Lest seeing them still prosper They should Him deny IV. Arise O God and shew Thy Mighty hand Let not the Righteous be oppres'd Do good to Them but for the rest Let them Thy Wrath by bearing understand On Israel Peace and Thy Chief Blessings shower But on their Enemies floods of Fire and Brimstone poure Psalm CXXVI In convertendo Dominus I. WHen God a Miracle for Sion wrought And home Her exil'd Captives brought Exiles whose long Captivity Made them forget they e're were free And almost wish but as they were to be Th' Almighty did the Work so fast We thought it but a pleasant dream Yet wisht that dream might ever last It did so pleasant to us seem A Dream which though we did not homewards go Made us believe we did and hope 't was so II. But when Fruition had Our hopes o'recome And we indeed awak'd at home A Dream Our sufferings then seem'd more Than Our deliverance did before A Dream we thought what we in bondage bore And cheer'd at Our arrivall there Like men rous'd by some suddain fright Who in suspence 'twixt joy and fear Wake and speak of it when 't is light We whom Our feares struck dumb His praises spoke Who first Our chains and then Our silence broke III. The very heathen as We past along Joyn'd with us in Our cheerful song The Lord has done great things they sai'd Great things for us we answer made The Lord has done great things whereof we 're glad Like us may He the Remnant bring Bring back the whole Captivity And since there 's Water in the Spring O may not long the streames be dry But Lord like Rivers in the parched South Make these o'reflow as Thou suppli'st their drougth IV. He who his future hopes in grief do's sow And makes them with his tears to grow With joy shall see a fruitfull spring With joy His harvest home shall bring And all his sheaves with showting carry in As when the Carefull Husbandman His seed into the ground has thrown Rejoyces at a soaking rain To water that which he has sown Plenty distills from Heav'n with every drop And a moyst Seed-Time makes the fairest crop Psalm CXXVII Nisi Dominus aedificaverit c. I. DOwn to the very Centre of the Earth Let the foundations sink as low As its proud Towers in height do go To Heav'n above and touch Hell underneath If God the Mighty Pile do's not sustain The weaker buttresses are all in vain Either an Earth-quake to the ground Shall overthrow and levell all Or God Himself the Babel shall confound And then the difference is but small Whether it stand a Babel or a Palace fall II. Bring all the Forces of the Citie out Guard every port and every street A double guard upon them set And girt the Walls as they girt you about Yet after all to Heav'n you open ly Heav'n the best friend but the worst Enemy No guarding against that can save But without help from thence is lost And those who would from Heav'n protection have Must keep their hearts more than their Coasts Must keep there what must them preserve the Lord of Hosts III. The Sun's already up and I must rise How soon the day has chas'd the night But when that has expell'd the light How soon 't is Night the painfull labourer cries With care he rises and with care lyes down Anothers makes the profit Care his Own This though unbid is his sure guest Unseen into his bed do's slide And alwayes hinders or else breaks his rest Poor Man who thinks by this false guide To find that Ease which God from all but His do's hide IV. God ease and Children to His Own do's give Crowns all their Cares with this encrease Makes their great care their greatest ease Children in whose Posterity they live For by these shafts beyond the grave they fly And triumph o're their greatest Enemy The Man whose quiver loaded is With such as these need fear no shame Some may reach home though some fall short or miss Happy Man who has to guard His Fame More than great Kings a life-guard of his blood and Name Psalm CXXVIII Beati omnes qui timent c. I. BLest is the Man whose fear do's prove Only his guide in the Right Way Whose fear makes him the Lord obey And is the best incentive to his love He of the Labour of his hands shall eat The Lord shall alwayes bless his store His blessings alwayes shall flow o're And God who makes him good will make them great II. His Wife like to a fruitful Vine Shall into breadth and clusters run To him shall look as to her Sun And still have fruit on which that Sun may shine Like Olive plants his children round his board With spreading branches garnished Shall with their blossoms crown his head And thus shall he be blest who fears the Lord. III. The Lord shall bless Thee shew Thee good And all Thy dayes shall let Thee see Jerusalems Prosperity And wonder how so long unmov'd it stood Thou into Childrens Children shalt increase Shalt see them into Children grow And what will make it Heaven below Shalt Israel all the while behold in Peace Psalm CXXIX Saepe expugnaverunt c. I. UP from my Youth may Israel say From my Youth up I have great troubles seen Trouble and life did at a time
and held me when I slipt And I before Him counted was upright So that forgetting what I did My Sins He only not His Mercies hid My righteousness did recompense And both approv'd and crown'd my Innocence For like Thy self O God Thou dost impart Most just rewards to every mans desert And what he is to Thee to Him again Thou art Mercy dost on the mercifull bestow And with the Righteous art upright Thy purity the perfect know For thou alone first mad'st them so And to perfection by Thy strength they grow But those who scorn Thee Thou as much dost slight Bring'st down high looks the Poor dost raise And Thy afflicted land to save Hast helps as different as Thy ways And those as many from it as Death has to the grave IX 'T was Thou who mad'st my darkness bright And from the pit did'st bring me back Restor'dst what I despair'd to see the light And that I should no beauties lack Did'st add new glories from Thine own great sight By Thee I Nations have subdu'd Conquering when I their troops but only view'd And Victory as much as them pursu'd Through arms I follow'd her o're Forts and Walls Nor till possess'd would give her o're Her flight but forc'd me on the more And anew made me help implore Of Him who gives it those whom he to battle calls The mighty God whose way is just And Word like Silver try'd But more than silver puriry'd The Widows and the Orphans trust Who never aid to them who wanted it deny'd The mighty God who only is the Lord And as a Rock on high has set His Word From whence He has made bare His Arm and flaming sword With that I girded was to th' fight More fatal than Goliabs and more right For 't was in war my Sword surer than Parthian shaft in flight X. For flye I did but 't was like them to overcome My feet were Hinds both to o'retake and bring me home I saw and wounded from afarr God taught my hands the subtle arts of Warr And gave them strength a bow of Steel to draw And brake a barr of Iron as if it were but straw His Shield protected me His Discipline Both held me up and guarded round my head Above me made new glories shine And for my footsteps Palms and Laurels spread Which having thence a larger compass gain'd O're all the plains secure from sliding reign'd And then once more to th' Camp I went And with new heat my En'mies did assail Their flight could not my hand prevent But certain death it after sent That both pursu'd o'retook and did prevail Down to the Earth but never more to rise I by Thy strength did hurle them to the ground My own could not their force confound But Thine did guide and bless my Victories And now my Song Thy praises shall resound To Thee I will Thy right resign And since Thou didst my Triumphs meet And put my En'mies necks below my feet Those Laurels which Thy conduct has made mine By Thine own purchase my present shal again be Thine XI Small as the dust I to the empty wind Them and their pride together did expose A while they mounted but fell where they rose Again with mire and common dirt were joyn'd Like dross cast out and never more with fire to be refin'd They cry'd for help but none would save To God but He attended not Whil'st to my prayers He gracious answers gave And for me kept those Honours He had got In Civil Warrs preserv'd me safe at home Made me abroad fierce Nations overcome Who heard no sooner of my Name But to submit their Empires came And by accepting me to be their King encreas'd their Fame With them came people quite unknown And from my hand each Prince receiv'd a Crown Which he more gloried in and valued than his own When those who yielded not yet hop'd by flight To scape the shame they got in fight My lustre only made more bright And like thick darkness scattred at th'approach of morning light XII Blest be that God who this has done My shield my Rock whose mighty hand At once aveng'd me and subdu'd my En'mies land And when to Hell He threw them down My head not only rais'd but did with mercy crown Who from the violent man deliver'd me And from his Throne made me the subject Nations see My Laws and their own Kingdoms take upon the knee Therefore to Him alone my Verse I 'l raise And what I sing the Heathen teach His praise That They as well as I may know and fear His ways I 'l tell the glories which to Him belong How great His Power His arm how strong And this shall be the bearing of my Song 'T was He that gave deliv'rance to our King Who did to David mercy show And from that never failing Spring Will cause new blessings on his seed to overflow Psalm XIX Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei c. I. THat boundless space we see above The Heav'ns where all the Stars their courses run Where greatest Stars have room enough to move And seem but points to th' vast Expansion The Heav'ns whose Arms the World embrace Which o're our heads under our feet do go And alike neer themselves make every place Their great Creators glory show The mighty God who by His powerfull hand At first did make and with His Word does bid them stand II. His Will gives Laws unto the day Makes darkness in its turn succeed the Light Both light and darkness His commands obey And by alternate powers rule day and night Through the whole World their Line is gone All Nations do their language understand Nor was there ever savage Nation known Who in them could not read His hand In their own tongues all read what 's written there For Heav'n alone 's the Universal Character III. From thence God makes His Sun to shine Which like a Bridegroom from his bed does rise Blushes at first but then looks gay and fine And with his lustre dazles our weak eyes At first he gently seems to move And Heav'ns steep hill in state walks up but when Mid-day is toucht like 's own beams from above To th' Earth he shoots himself again From East to West round the whole world does wheel And makes dull minerals unseen his influence feel IV. These Works of Thine we see below And in them Thy great Wisdom all adore But by Thy Law we come our selves to know And what we oft have heard t' experience more Just as Thy self are all Thy Wayes Thy Statutes and Commandments pure and right Teaching us how we should exalt Thy praise One gives us joy the other light To Thee they all direct our Leaders are And where Thou art not only bring but fix us there V. The Fear of God true pleasure is Is always clean is always full of love Opens the way to an eternall bliss And by its constancy its truth does prove Unjust that sentence cannot
my Prayer Least if Thou art now Seas are high The Floods away my confidence should bear And I beswallow'd up by the next wave My God be not a Rock to hear though Thou art one to save II. The voyce of my Petitions hear When I for help to Thee shall cry Let my hands feel that Thou art near Though I unable am Thy Face to spy Hear me when tow'rds Thy Oracle I pray And as I thither look be pleas'd to cast one glance this way III. Number me not with the Unjust And those who study to do wrong On whom if any poor man trust Their heart is warr though peace be in their tongue Let equal punishments pursue their sin And may their just rewards be as their base deserts have been IV. They never mind what Thou hast done Nor what Thy mighty hands can do What wonders Thou hast for me shown And for me wilt continue still to show But they shall see them and consum'd with pain Into the lowest pit descend to view it thence more plain V. Blest be that God who bow'd His ear To those requests I to Him made He is my shield my strength my spear And was my help when I unto Him pray'd On Him I trusted and in Him rejoyce My Heart that 's gone before to Heav'n I 'l follow with my Voice VI. He is their Shield His strength their Spear Who on Him for those Arms depend The Lords Anointed need not fear For God who is His King supplies will send O save the People who indeed are Thine Feed them and Lord lift up their head as Thou hast rais'd up mine Psalm XXIX Afferte Domino Filii Dei c. I. YOu whom your birth for Scepters has design'd Whom God has blest with wealth to guard your birth From Sons has made you Lords of th' Earth And on yours stampt the Portraict of His minde Your Scepters to Him yield they are His due Who only to serve Him first gave them You. II. He is your King and though you reign below You are but Vassals to His Throne above Your fear do's your dependance prove And when He speaks before Him you all bow When from above He thunders all your Powers Scatter like Clouds and melt away in showers III. He thunders from above and with the noyse Whether they will or no makes Seas to hear For at His Word they all croud near Exalted up to Heav'n by His great Voyce A voyce which sure is full of Majesty When sluggish Seas are by it rais'd so high IV. Affrighted Libanus begins to heave Like his own Cedars trembles they all quake Their roots as much as branches shake And both look which should first the other leave Like a young heifer Syrian starts away But do's through fear what that is wont at play V. From Heav'n it came a Fire before it went Consuming Fire behinde brought up the rear That all might see as well as hear And by the Message know from whom 't was sent Kades did at the Clap bow down his head And whom all fear'd his frighted Lions fled VI. The fearfull Hinde hearing the thunder roar Cast her untimely Calf with speed to fly And thinking by this shot to dy Forgot the Dogs her only dread before The Lightning made the gloomy Forest bright And what the Sun could not display'd at night VII The whole World is Gods Temple all things bow Before His Footstool and recount His praise All in their place His glory raise And unto man by theirs his duty show Lightning and Thunder to serve Him contend And His great charge proclaim to th' Earths wide end VIII Upon the Floods He sits Floods to Him bring Their gifts and humbly at his feet lay down Their Spoyls as Customs to His Crown And worship Him as their puissant King He stills their noyse and God who raging Seas Stills with a word shall give His people Peace Psalm XXX Exaltabo te Domine c. I. MY God I will to Thee give praise Because Thou hast exalted me Thou from the grave my life did'st raise And now my Song shall honour Thee When against me my foes did come And shar'd the prey and in their minds led home Their Captives Thou appeard'st and would'st not let them overcome II. 'T was then that to my God I cri'd And He who wounded made me whole All other helps which I had try'd Did but afflict not ease my Soul Even then He me did keep alive My ransom'd life did from the grave reprieve And a new Lease when I had forfeited the old did give III. O ye His Saints sing to His Name His Holiness with thanks record Thence take new fewel to your flame Sing Holiness unto the Lord His wrath a moment may remain But love shall make the storm a calm again And give a life as free from danger as it is from pain IV. Trouble and grief may last all night And to its dismal shade add theirs But when the morning brings the light Darkness shall scatter and my fears And as the Sun which guilds the day Out from the briny Ocean makes his way My Sun which breaks through tears shall brighter shine and look more gay V. Fixt on my Throne with mercy crown'd Unmov'd like some huge Rock I stood Me thoughts with pleasure I look'd round And saw my feet kiss'd by the flood Sure now I 'm past all fear I said Thy favour Lord my Rock so strong had made Others may well of me but I of none can be afraid VI. But as I thus express'd my pride Forgetting Him who made me so Thou Lord Thy face didst from me hide And then I came my self to know Trouble and pain no certain ground Which way so e're I look'd new griefs I found And the same floods which kiss'd my feet before my head surround VIII Then to Thee Lord again I cry'd What profit is there in my blood If in the pit I must abide Can Thy praise there be understood Shall the grave praise Thee or declare Thy Truth and Mercy what their glories are The grave which is as senseless as the dust that 's buryed there VIII Hear me O God and mercy show Unto my Help Thy self come down My God has heard me and I know Bv this He will His servant own To laughter He has turn'd my tears With gales of joy has blown away my fears And He who mourn'd now a Triumphant Robe and Laurel wears IX For this I will Thy praises sing And never in them silent be My glory shall its Anthem bring And faint not while 't is praising Thee Thy Mighty Power the ground shall give My noblest skill to manage it shall strive And when I cease my God to praise Thee let me cease to live Psalm XXXI In te Domine sper avi non confundar c. I. THou art my hope O God in whom I trust Let not my confidence procure me shame But save me in Thy Truth for
Tempests roar And Seas which threaten me are dash'd against the shore V. In God is all my Hope and Stay The Rock of Ages is my Shield By me O World to Him direct Thy way And like Thy Guide seek Him who help can yield He is Our Hope when all means fail And when none else His hands prevail The Poor want help the Rich are but a Lye And to be weigh'd are lighter both than Vanity VI. Then in Oppression never trust Nor Riches though they be increas'd They will deceive you for they are but dust And the worst Arms though fondly judg'd the best 'T was once spoke by th' Almighty's Words I heard it twice All Power 's the Lords Mercy O God do's also spring from Thee And as each Mans Work is so his reward shall be Psalm LXIII Deus Deus meus ad te c. I. EArly my God before 't is Light And all the Stars are up but that which makes the day Whil'st Heav'n alone with flames is bright And all below is hurl'd i' th sable veil of night Which they can neither draw nor take away Early I 'le worship and one glance from Thee E're 't is with others day shall make it noon with me II. And as this dry and thirsty land Where the ground ready to expire for want of rain Gaping and out of breath do's stand And shews its very bowels shriv'led like its sand And having drunk gapes for more drink again The Wilderness and I in this agree For as that thirsts for rain so Lord I thirst for Thee III. I thirst Thy glorious power to see As I have seen it in Thy Temple heretofore When ravish't with Thy love to me To dye I was content could I but so love Thee And so to dye this life would choose no more These thoughts so high my fainting Spirit do raise That through my lips they force their way in songs of praise IV. For this I 'le bless Thee and on high To Thy Great Name send up my praises whil'st I live For since at present I enjoy A mind content it shall prepare for more supply Though Thou at present only that do'st give Even that shall bring my famish't Soul more good Than what my Body ha's from most delicious food V. Marrow and Fatness it shall be And all the solid meats which please and feed the strong For I shall come at last to Thee Who art the Blessed End of all Felicity And the best subject of my humble song And on my bed when I revolve Thy might My Praises shall instead of Watches part the night VI. Exil'd distress'd and wond'rous low Under Thy wings secure I in my trouble lay Since I so well their covert know I 'le follow hard o'retake and never let Thee go Unless on them Thou bear me too away Then shall I be upheld by Thy Right hand And on the empty Air as on a Mountain stand VII Then shall my Enemies fall down By their own swords and hasting to th' untimely grave Reap truly what themselves have sown And their vile Carkasses to Dogs and Foxes thrown Receive no better Burial than they gave Such living Monuments which shall decay And be in other Beasts entomb'd as well as they VIII But I shall in my God rejoyce And as He raigns above be stablish't in my Throne below For I am His and He my Choice And as my heart now praises Him so shall my voice And all who fear Him and the Wonder know In joyous shouts shall their long silence break Whil'st my Foes burst with envy want all power to speak Psalm LXIV Exaudi Deus orationem c. I. LOrd to my voice incline Thine ear And set me free from danger and from fear Hide me from those who wicked plots devise Are my profess'd yet secret Enemies Who whet their tongues instead of Swords And shoot for poyson'd arrows bitter Words II. They bend their bow and out of sight Watch how they unperceiv'd may wound th' Upright At him they fearless shoot and plot the while If this dispatch him not what Engine will Through our disguise what man can see Or how say they can we discover'd be III. No art they leave untry'd but round Seek and ne'r rest till what they sought is found Each ha's his several way their heart 's so deep That each though partners their own counsel keep And dare not one another trust Though all in this agreed against the Just. IV. But God shall strike them with a dart That shall divide between the thoughts and heart Both shall be wounded both together fall And their own tongues shall give like death to all To spare their lives no man shall pray But frighted at their ruine flee away V. By their destruction all shall fear And dread the judgement which they see so near Shall think and speak of what the Lord ha's done And joy in Him whose Pow'r was thus made known The Righteous in Him shall rejoyce And up to Heav'n in praises lift their voice Psalm LXV Te decet hymnus Deus I. PRaises for Thee in Sion Lord attend Sion the fairest Stage in Heav'ns great road Whence thousand Praises daily do ascend And come in troops to Thy Divine Aboad There I my vows will pay And with the Convoy they find there direct their Way II. O Thou who all times do'st th' afflicted hear From the Worlds ends all Flesh shall come to Thee My sins I know may justly stop Thine ear And make a greater breach 'twixt Thee and me But purge them Lord and I Shall never pray in vain and Thou be alwayes nigh III. Thrice happy man on whom Thou wilt bestow That Grace which of a Slave shall make him Thine Thy Friend who in Thy House Thy love shall know And see Thy Glory as it there do's shine When He shall to thee pray Nor Thine own Face nor his Prayers wilt Thou turn away IV. By fearfull things in Truth Lord answer us Who sav'st Thy People and do'st take their part And not theirs only but propitious Th' Earths ends have found Thee their help Thou art The Earths ends to Thee are near And on rough Seas through storms and clouds Thou prayers dost hear V. God by His strength the Mountains ha's set fast Mountains whose heads are rais'd above the Sky His Word not their Foundations makes them last Though they as low as the World's Center lye Their tops no strom can shake Yet at His presence like the little Hills they quake VI. The Sea when up to Heav'n its billows swell As if it scorn'd in its old bounds to stay He with his girdle binds the mighty Well With charge the sandy Jaylor to obey Who when it heaves and roars Its fury checks and makes it keep within its shores VII And as tempestuous Seas His Word obey And at His lowder Call their voice hold still The People a more troub'lous Sea than they In all their tumults hearken to His
Who when Thou Lord in wrath do'st on him frown His very Soul is with the heavy weight press'd down III. Make his the Portion of my Enemies Who in their cursed rage contrive To slay my Soul when Thou would'st have it live That they may see by this their sad surprise It was not only me but Thee they did despise IV. Let those who wish my hurt and would rejoyce As senseless of my misery Be like to conquer'd troops which scatt'red fly And with confusion tremble at the noise That 's rais'd by their own fear and mighty Enemies voice V. For a reward let such be driven away And quite astonish'd may they find No hopes of comfort to relieve their mind Who at my griefs in sport triumphing say This is as we would have it be Aha! Aha! VI. But on Thy People make Thy Face to shine Let them from fears be alwayes free Except it be fears of offending Thee The sacred Flame their heart shall so refine That now their joy shall only be that they are Thine VII Such as to Thy Salvation burn in love Let them perpetual praises sing And with rejoycing this their Off'ring bring With such Expressions let them forward move Our God be magnify'd on Earth and Heav'n above VIII But I am poor and needy much distress'd Wherefore O Lord make haste to me For all the Springs of Mercy are in Thee And can I want while I upon Thee rest Whose Word alone commands deliv'rance to th' Opprest IX Thou in whom all my confidence do's lye My help and hope in my distress Let not my Misery make Thy Pow'r be less On Thee I wait to Thee O God I fly Make haste and be Thou on the Wing as well as I Psalm LXXI In te Domine speravi non eonfundar c. I. THou art my hope O God in whom I trust Let not my Confidence procure me shame But save me in Thy Truth for Thou art Just And in my great escape consult Thy Name Lest those who know Thee not its care should blame To my Complaints and cryes incline Thine Ear And by Thy Help make me assur'd that Thou dost hear II. Be Thou my Rock where till the Storm is past Above the Floods I may securely stand Thy promis'd aids for me send out at last Who art my Rock at Sea my Fort at Land And by Thine save me from my Enemies hand The bloody hands of fierce and cruel Men And all their shafts on their own heads return again III. For Thou O Lord my ancient hope hast been And from my youth I have Thy Mercies known Thy Power was in my first conception seen When from the Womb Thou did'st Thy Servant own And thence He into Thy great arms was thrown Praise is the least that I can offer Thee For all the care which then and since Thou took'st of me IV. But Lord despis'd I 'me made the scorn of all A greater Wonder Now than heretofore Yet still Thou art my God on whom I call My Magazeen where 's laid up all my store Nor till Thou sav'st me will I give Thee o're And then my Song shall glory in Thy Praise And I 'll both honour and admire Thee all my dayes V. Now that I 'm Old my God and feeble grown And both my eyes and strength together fail Leave me not now by them to be o'rethrown Who with continuall plots my life assail And or to dye resolve or to prevail Who say We 'll fight o'recome pursue and take And him whom God ha's left Our Slave Captive make VI. Thou who all this and more then this dost hear Make haste to help me and no longer stay Let those who thought Thee farr off find Thee near When in consuming flames they melt away And to Eternal Wrath are made a prey Let shame Reproach and Scorn their Portion be And all the snares their malice had design'd for me VII Then to Thy Name I 'll make new Songs of Praise By this experience taught to doubt no more Recount of Thy great Wonders all my dayes And of Thy Righteous Mercies boundless store Which I sufficiently can ne'r adore By Thine own Power I 'll of Thy Power rehearse And make Thy Righteousness the subject of my Verse VIII Thou from my Infancy hast made me see Thy Wond'rous Works which I abroad have shown Now that I 'm Old continue them to me That I may perfect what I have begun And tell Posterity what Thou hast done How great Thy Bounty is How great Thy Love Like whom there 's none below like whom there 's none above IX Great and sore troubles for Thy hand I 've born But know Thou wilt restore my joyes again And when from death Thou shalt my Soul return Thy Comforts shall exceed my present pain And on my Throne I shall be fixt again Shall to my Harp of all Thy Favours sing Who art the Holy God my Hope and Israel's King X. The joy that 's in my heart my mouth shall speak And all my Life be one continu'd Song My Soul whose wringing fetters Thou did'st break Shall find or make its passage by my tongue And think no time for Thy great praise too long For Thou to th' Earth my Enemies hast thrown And in Thy Wrath on them Thy Care of me made known Psalm LXXII Deus Judicium tuum Regi c. I. GReat God Thy Judgements to Our Soveraign give And let His Throne like Thine abide May the Young Prince before Thee live And on His Enemies necks in Triumph ride Put on His head Thy Righteous Crown And to His Fathers glorys add Thy own II. Then shall He judge the People and dispense That Justice which He has receiv'd To Him the Poor shall look and thence Have both their miseries pitty'd and reliev'd The Needys Cause He shall maintain And on their Enemies turn their wrongs again III. So shall the barren Clifts with shouts resound And all the little Hills rejoyce The Valleys from the lower ground Shall thence receive the Image of the Voice Sweet Peace on every Hill shall raign And Justice once more guide the humble Plain IV. Whilst time can measure it His Rule shall last And when even that shall be no more When Time it self expir'd is cast I' th' Urn that had all dust but his before No Ages left to count it by It shall be measur'd by Eternity V. And as soft rains on the mow'd grass come down And give the Meads a second Spring As show'rs are to a Land new sown Which swell the Seed and help it forth to bring Making the Fields all fresh and gay Such shall his Gover'ment do but more than they VI. Peace and Her fruits shall prosper in His dayes And under His Auspicious Raign The Palm shall flourish and the Bayes And Justice to the Earth return'd again To Heav'n no more be forc't to go But with Him keep Her Residence below VII His far stretch'd sway Nature alone can bound
Which shall from Sea to Sea extend As far as there is any ground And only where the World finds her's have end Then up to Heav'n His Fame shall fly And fill the Mighty Circle of the Sky VIII Black Ethiopia at His Feet shall bow Her neck for Him to tread upon Honour'd enough if thus He show Acceptance of the Footstool for His Throne Down in the dust His Foes shall lye With heads more low than once their thoughts were high IX The Western Continent and farthest Isles And both the Indies gifts shall bring To Him they shall present the spoyles Of Sea and Land as Universal King All Kings before Him shall bow down And do for Theirs Just Homage to His Crown X. Kingdoms Opprest shall His Protection crave And Needy States unto Him sue Th' Opprest He with His Arms shall save And with the Needy His Old League renew Redeem their Slaves defend their Right And shew their blood was precious in His sight XI Thus shall He live and reign and thus receive The Tributes which to Him are paid Some Myrrh some Frankincense shall give And Gold which shall like Stones be Common made And the due Service of each day Shall be to praise that King for whom we pray XII Then shall th' Earth produce her richest store And Mountain tops be safely plough'd Which though they barren were before With Libanus shall vye and shout as loud Nor shall the City flourish less Than Her parch'd Hills but like the fields encrease XIII And when to God he shall resign His breath Yet in His Name He still shall live Above the Pow'r of Grave or Death And to Immortal Verse a Subject give Which of His Happy Reign shall sing And count that Land so which ha's such a King XIV Bless Him whose Word these Miracles obey And who must all these gifts bestow To Israel's God let Israel pray That from His Spring such streams may ever flow For ever bless His Holy Name Nor bound with less than Heav'n His Mighty Fame The Prayers of David the Son of Jesse are ended The end of the Second Book of Psalms THE THIRD BOOK OF PSALMS Psalm LXXIII Quam bonus Israel Deus his c. I. IT is enough nor will I more distrust As I have done the Almighty Love I know Hee 's kind as well as Just And by my self this certain Truth can prove How cross so ' ere His Wayes may go At least seem cross to Us below Nor Him nor Them have Israel or the Just found so II. But e're I learn't this Lesson it was long And many a weary Stage I went My sliding feet were almost gone And I at last could hardly yield assent Whilst with these narrow steps of mine I thought to pace the wayes Divine Slipp'ry as glass they were though they with flowers did shine III. For when I saw the Wicked's Prosperous State And thousand Blessings He enjoyes Maintain'd by that which God do's hate In the Worlds glory and its greatest noyse My heart did at His honours rise And though I did the Beast despise In all his Trappings on him look'd with envyous eyes IV. Lusty and strong he laughs at those weak bands Which death on all the World do's lay And when the rest of Mankind stands With fear appall'd he dares the evil day Troubles which other Mortals fright He boldly challenges to fight And makes devouring plagues before him scape by flight V. Hence springs his pride with which the Violent Adorns his neck as with a Chain More for disgrace than Ornament And suited to his garments bloody stain Plump as the grape his face do's shine With eyes more sparkling than his Wine And to vast Wealth he do's unequal wishes joyne VI. Disdainfully he looks on all below As worthyer of his scorn than fear Him and themselves He 'll make them know And high as his proud minde his head do's bear But not content his mouth to spend Making it heard to the Worlds end He up on high to Heav'n his blasphemies do's send VII This as the Righteous see and thence return Their several Wayes to think upon In bitterness of heart they mourn And the Lords Councels measure by their own How is it possible say they That Justice thus provok'd can stay Her hands and the known Criminal forbear to slay VIII These are the Men yet being so they thrive Grow rich and wealthy dwell at ease Drones of repute it 'h Worlds great hive And feed on the industrous Bees increase Secure thy life from grief and care Calmy and smooth their faces are And could you see their hearts no storm came ever there IX In vain my heart to cleanse Thee have I strove And guiltless hands have wash'd in vain My Innocence nor can remove Nor tell how long I must endure my pain Then Fare well helpless Innocence With such a Friend I can dispence Who makes me suffer only with the greater sence X. But hold Fond Tongue consider who do's hear And whom Thy babling do's offend A seed who are th' Almighties Care And whom in love He do's afflictions send Therefore to search the Point again And how I might the cause maintain A-new to study I resolv'd but all in vain XI In vain I try'd for I ne're found it out Till to Thy Temple Lord I went Though I sought for it round about Till thither come I knew not what I meant There first I understood their end And what was Thyne thus to contend And poyson'd shafts of blessings through their hearts to send XII Surely for ruin they were set on high As men condemn'd in view of all And though the Scaffold touch the sky 'T is but that thence they may bee seen to fall Down they are fallen fled away As Phantasms at the approach of day Like their own dreams but more ridiculous are they XIII What a beast was I then Lord to repine A very fool to grieve my heart When all this while I have been Thine And though unknown secur'd my better part Thy Right hand has upholden me Thy Counsel shall my convoy be Unto that rest which I can only have with Thee XIV Thou art my Portion and from Thee alone My Peace and Happiness do flow In Heav'n besides Thee I have none And Heav'n it self Thy Presence Lord makes so And could I hoard up endless store Of that the World as God adore Without thy fulness I should empty be and Poor XV. Dry up then when you please Ye fayling Springs Or seek some other to deceive Who rest on such unstable things With you can quench their flames and on you live For I am only sick of love Nor can your streams my thirst remove For still my flesh and heart pant for the streams above XVI Confounded be all those whose sottish lust To senseless Idols bowes them down For when they most upon them trust Then they most surely shall be overthrown For my part I 'll to God draw near Make Him my
But on Thy God O Israel trust He only is Thy help and shield O house of Aaron flee to Him that 's Just For He is Thine and help will yield All you who fear th' Almighty Lord Upon Him trust and flee unto His Word For He 's your help and He will be your shield And though you flee it is to gain the field VI. The Lord has mindful of us been And He will all Our joyes restore The house of Israel have His blessing seen And He will bless them more and more The house of Aaron He will bless And all who fear Him shall by ' His love encrease 'Twixt rich and poor He do's no difference know But by His blessing both in numbers grow VII Bless'd of that God who all things made Both Earth and Sea and glorious Heaven High Heav'n's His seat and of Him is afraid But He to Man the Earth has given 'T is there that we admire His Wayes Before the grave shut us up and His Praise There will we bless the God in whom we live And as He life to us Him praises give Hallelujah Psalm CXVI Delexi quoniam exaudivit c. I. I Love Thee Lord with my whole heart For Thou dost my petitions hear Because Thou to me hast inclin'd Thine ear And thus propitious to Thy servant art With new requests I 'll ever prove Thee And shew by that I love Thee II. The pains of death enclos'd me round Grief held my heart and teares my eyes My grave stood open and death thence did rise Trouble and Horror on all sides I found Death it self waited underneath Above the pains of Death III. Yet to the Lord I cry'd and said My God Thy help I now implore Deliver me as Thou hast done before When in my trouble I unto Thee pray'd Though I deserv'd to be deni'd Yet to the Lord I cry'd IV. To wrath He 's slow abounds in love Our sins most ready to forgive The Innocent upon His bounty live In Him they live who reigns their God above He help'd me when I was brought low For He to wrath is slow V. Then to Thy rest my Soul return For God has kindly dealt with Thee Thy feet from sliding life from death set free Nor shall Thy failing eyes in sorrow mourn Thy dayes to praise Him are increas'd Return Soul to Thy rest VI. Lord I believe and therefore speak I knew I should Thy Mercy praise Though when afflicted and in rugged wayes One sorrow did my heart and silence break Then I all flesh the ly did give And yet Lord I believe VII What shall I bring and yield the Lord For all His Favours shown to me A thankful heart my sacrifice shall be I 'll praise Him and rely upon His Word New songs of thanks I 'll to Him sing And this at least will bring VIII My Vowes which in distress I made Before His People will I pay His People shall rejoice that solemn day Whilst those who are His En'mies be afraid When He His plagues upon them throws And do's accept My Vowes IX Dear in His sight His servants are He will Himself repay their wrong Though in forbearing He may seem too long It is more deep to strike and not to spare Nor is the death of the upright Less pretious in His sight X. Lord I am Thine and thine will be Thy Handmaids Son whom Thou did'st save My God Himself a ransome for me gave And to a nobler service set me free Thou brake'st my bonds and made'st me mine And now Lord I am Thine XI This will I bring and yield the Lord For all His Favours shown to me A thankful heart my sacrifice shall be I 'll praise Him and rely upon His Word New songs of thanks I 'll to Him sing And this at least will bring XII My Vowes which in distress I made Before His People will I pay His People shall rejoice that solemn day And where I made them there shall see them pai'd Within the Courts of the Lord's House There will I pay my Vowes Hallelujah Psalm CXVII Laudate Dominum Omnes c. I. ALL you who to the Lord your Beings ow All Nations with His blessings crown'd All people through the World renown'd Sing praises to that God who made you so II. To God whose Mercy do's to all extend Is great to us and good to you And with His Truth do's still renew But like Himself knowes neither bound nor end Hallelujah Psalm CXVIII Confitemini Domino quoniam c. I. TO God's Almighty Name sing praise And you who know how good He is Resign to Him what 's truely His And Arches of His own great Mercies raise For like His Word they have been sure And to Eternity endure II. Israel the great Jehova's choice Who all His fearful Works have seen Who His great Care have alwayes been Let Israel now confess with thankful voice His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure III. Let those who by their place attend And at His Altar daily wait Their own experiences relate Sing as they see the sacred flame ascend His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure IV. And to advance the Blessed King Let all the Righteous with them join And in a service thus Divine Bear their part too and in the Chorus sing His Mercies have been ever sure And to Eternity endure V. To God on high for help I cri'd Who from His Temple answer'd me Both heard my prayers and set me free The Lord of Host Himself was on my side I will not fear what man can do Since I 've a God to flee unto VI. With those who help'd me He was seen His Presence brought my greatest aid Nothing shall make me now afraid He 'll be my sword who has my Buckler been And when my Foes shall be o'rethrowne I 'll boast of what His hand has done VII Those who their Care on God do cast And know no other will but His Of sure recruits shall never miss But as a Rock i' th' midst of stormes stand fast On God 't is more secure to trust Than man who must return to dust VIII He never yet did any fail Most sure when most reli'd upon And though His Power subscribes to none He lets weak prayers o're Heav'n and Him prevail On God 't is more secure to trust Than Princes who must turn to dust IX Let Barbarous Nations girt me round And for my ruine all engage My trust is plac'd above their rage And stands unshaken on the higher ground For on the Lord of Hosts I 'll call And in His Name destroy them all X. Round let them compass me and round And for my ruine all engage My Trust is plac'd above their rage And stands unshaken on the higher ground For on the Lord of Hosts I 'll call And in His Name destroy them all XI Let them
at Thy Feet their Scepters down And do their homage to Thee as their King V. God over all whose Throne is set on high Above the Circle of the sky The humble and their proud Oppressors knowes The difference only lies in this Though well known to Him either is When He delivers those He these o'rethrows VI. No! I 'll ne're fear though trouble me surround Most fixt when I shall feel no ground Thou wilt revive me and with Thy Right hand Thy poor afflicted Creature save My Enemies wrath an end shall have And on his ruin I shall firmer stand VII The Lord will perfect what He has begun And finish what is yet undone Thou whose Compassions all Thy Works transcend Care of the Issue also take Nor me Thy handy-Work forsake But with eternal Triumphs crown the end Psalm CXXXIX Domine probasti me c. I. IN vain O God my folly and my pride Make me in vain persume to be By all my shifts conceal'd from Thee When from my self my self I cannot hide Thy day still breaks into my night Still gives me of my self the sight For Thee to see me by shall it not be more bright II. Thou ' hast search'd me Lord and all my life hast known Know'st every Action of my life When with my self or Thee at strife Thou know'st my rising up and lying down My thoughts and heart to Thee are clear Thou art their Judge and alwayes near Do'st see and sentence both before I know what 's there III. Where e're I go in what place e're I stay Whether I wake whether I sleep Thy Spirit by me watch do's keep Is my Companion in the closest way If I but whisper that stands by And though unseen by Mortall eye Takes from my Lips the word and to Thine ear do's fly IV. There 's no avoiding Thee behind before On all sides Thou hast girt me round My God Thy Wisdom's too profound Too deep to fathom higher than I can soar Thy hand first made and fashion'd me Thy Will commands me now to be Being or life I cannot have unless in Thee V. Then whither shall I from Thy Presence fly If up to Heav'n my Way I take Thou Heav'n Thy Residence dost make And to get further off I come more nigh If down to Hell the Devils there Tell me Thou 'rt present by their fear They tell me what I merit by the pains they bear VI. Quick as my thought could I remove me hence And in the furthest East remain Below the Sea some covert gain Thy Sun would shew me as he rises thence If I say darkness and the night Which shut out all shall barr Thy sight That Darkness which is so to me to Thee is light VII Thou art within me too close as my heart Within my heart unknown to me For when that first was made by Thee Thy breath Lord was my best and chiefest part Thou threw'st Thy self in and in vain To fly from Thee my self I pain For ever since Thou dost within my heart remain VIII I know I am Thy Master-piece and all I in the greater World admire Find in my self and something higher Am Heav'n in Perspective and Earth in small By Thee was wonderfully made Nor is Thine Image so decay'd But when I view my self I am of Thee afraid IX Nothing of me not my least part 's unknown Then when I first was wrought below Thy eyes and hands dispos'd me so My Members in Thy book were entred down Entred before all time they were When none of them did yet appear And what Thou then design'dst them now in time they are X. This as I thinkof and what Thou hast done The wondrous pledges of Thy love By whom I live in whom I move My heart is struck as silent as my tongue They pass the Sands upon the Shore And had I told their Number o're Those would more numerous seem than they appear'd before XI But as Thou 'rt gracious Thou art also just And wilt the Wicked Man o'rethrow Teaching him by Thy Power to know How great that God is which he would not trust Down with them Lord destroy them all Let their own Curses on them fall Who on Thy Name but in their Oaths did never call XII Do not I hate them Lord those who hate Thee And are not they my Enemies Who in their rage against Thee rise Thou know'st I hate them and they 're so to me Search me and try me sound my heart It s most retir'd and deepest part And lead me to that life whose Way and Guide Thou art Psalm CXL Eripe me Domine ab c. I. LOrd from the evil man my life defend Nor let his Treasons or his violence His open force or close pretence Work ill to him who do's on Thee depend His thoughts Thou know'st are ever set on Warr And now to give me battle ralli'd are II. Instead of sword he sharpens a false tongue More venemous than that which serpents bear The poyson from an Adders spear Wounds not so mortally nor kills so long O by Thy Power may I his plots withstand For if his tongue 's thus cruel what 's his hand III. The ginns are lai'd and all the toiles are set They are resolv'd my Footsteps to o'rethrow And where they guess I needs must go In the mid-way the proud have spread their net Most Holy Lord Thou art my God I said And now 's Thy time to help since I have pray'd IV. When thousand dangers had begirt me round And all my Foes were ready in the field Thou wer 't my helmet and my shield And sav'dst that head which Thou before hadst crown'd May the desires of all the Wicked fail Lest when I slip they think their hand prevail V. Let them not by my ruin higher rise And judge by the success their cause is good But stain their swords with their own blood And be aveng'd on Thy false Enemies Let burning coals fall on them in Thine Ire And let their own lips help to blow the Fire VI. Then throw them down into the Flame nor more Unless it be to Judgement may they rise And after bear fresh miseries Sharper than all which they endur'd before Let vengeance hunt the violent man to ' his grave And so much earth may he for ' his portion have VII I know the Lord will to the poor do right And plead Himself as well as judge their cause Trying them by such equal laws That their clear'd Innocence shall look more bright So that the Righteous on their God shall stay And in His sight enjoy Eternal Day Psalm CXLI Domine clamavi ad te c. I. MY God when in distress I cry And on my long-wing'd sighes unto Thee fly Make haste to meet me Come away Ah do no longer from me stay But by Thy Presence shew Thou hearst me when I pray II. Let my requests like incense rise Not to o're-cloud but to perfume the skies And when the