when I gen'rally respect I shall not be asham'd verse 7 With upright heart I 'le give thee praise and keep thy laws aright verse 8 When I have learn'd thy right'ous ways O do not leave me quite The second part To St. Marys Tune verse 9 What may a young man think to do to cleanse his way O Lord Surely by taking heed thereto according to thy word verse 10 Lord I have sought thee from my heart and from my heart I pray That I may not at all depart or wander from thy way verse 11 I hid thy word within my heart that I might not transgress verse 12 Teach me thy ways for Lord thou art renown'd with blessedness verse 13 The judgements of thy mouth divine I with my lips have told verse 14 Rejoycing in those ways of thine more than in heaps of gold verse 15 Upon thy precepts I will muse thy ways will I respect verse 16 Thy statutes with delight peruse and not thy word neglect The third part To the Proper Tune DEal boun-t'ously in gifts of grace with me thy ser --- vant Lord That I may live and run my race and keep thy ho ----- ly word O -- pen O Lord and clear mine eyes that I may see and know The won-der -- ful great my-ste-ries which from thy sta -- tutes flow verse 19 I do confess my self to be a stranger here on earth O do not hide thy laws from me but clearly set them forth verse 20 My soul doth break with fervency and only for this cause Of longing so continually after thy sacred laws verse 21 As for the proud presumptuous men which from thy statutes stray Thou hast O Lord rebuked them and cursed is their way verse 22 As for reproaches and contempts remove them Lord from me For I have kept the testaments which I have learnt of thee verse 23 And though great princes also sate thy servant to condemn Thy statutes I did contemplate and boldly spake of them verse 24 Thy testimonies also are my very hearts delight Nor need I other counsellers to guide my ways aright The fourth part To St. Marys Tune verse 25 My soul doth cleave unto the dust vouchsafe thou gracious Lord To quicken me as thou art Just and hast ingag'd thy word verse 26 O Lord I have acknowledged my secret ways to thee And thou thereto hast hearkened thy statutes teach to me verse 27 Make me O Lord to see and search thy precepts perfect way So shall I have thy wondrous works to talk of every day verse 28 But now my soul doth melt away for heaviness O Lord Vouchsafe to be my strength and stay according to thy word verse 29 The way of lying vanity from me O Lord withdraw And grant me very graciously the knowledge of thy law verse 30 For I have chose the way most true thy Judgments are my aim verse 31 Thy testaments I stuck unto Lord put me not to shame verse 32 And I will run with full consent the way thou giv'st in charge When with thy sweet incouragement thou shalt my heart enlarge The fifth part To the Proper Tune verse 33 Instruct me Lord to apprehend thy precepts perfect way And I shall keep it to the end ev'n to my dying day verse 34 Make me O Lord to understand and I shall keep thy law Yea to observe thy full command my heart shall not withdraw verse 35 Thy path-ways let me never miss but keep thy laws intire No other pleasure do I wish nor greater thing desire verse 36 Unto thy precepts bend my mind let those alone entice And let me never be inclin'd to wicked avarice verse 37 Avert mine eyes from vanity the lure whereon they gaze And by thy spirit quicken me in thy diviner ways verse 38 And as thou hast ingag'd thy word so ratify the same Unto thy faithful servant Lord who vows to fear thy name verse 39 The carnal fear of obloquy from me O Lord repell For thou dost judge with equity and therein dost excell verse 40 Behold Lord with what eagerness thy precepts I pursue Vouchsafe then in thy right'ousness to quicken me anew The sixth part To the Proper Tune verse 41 And now let thy campassion come unto me O Lord And shew me thy salvation according to thy word verse 42 And so shall I sufficiently answer his words unjust Whoe're he be that taunteth me for in thy word I trust verse 43 And let not Lord the word of truth nor let thy Judgements just Be wholly ta'ne out of my mouth for in them do I trust verse 44 And so shall I continually thy laws for ever keep verse 45 And walk at large by this discharge for I thy precepts seek verse 46 Thy testaments will I recite to kings and fear no shame verse 47 And in thy laws will I delight for I have lov'd the same verse 48 Lifting my hands to thy commands which I have lov'd so well And for this cause will mind thy laws and of thy statutes tell The seventh part To St. Marys Tune verse 49 Remember Lord the faithful word unto thy servant told And whereupon thou causedst me to build my hope so bold verse 50 And only this my comfort is in time of my distress Because thy word shall quicken me in all my heaviness verse 51 Lo they deride that swell with pride and scorn me very much Yet have not I declin'd thy law for fear of any such verse 52 I did record thy judgments Lord thy judgments wrought of old And meditating thereupon took comfort and grew bold verse 53 Yet horrid crimes like stormy times have taken hold on me Because lewd men forsake the law which is ordain'd by thee verse 54 Yet every where thy statutes were my comfortable song In places of my pilgrimage where I have past along verse 55 I did record thy name O Lord by night and kept thy laws verse 56 And this I had by keeping them and for no other cause The eight part To St. Marys Tune verse 57 Thou art my part and portion even thou O Lord alone I said that I would carefully observe thy words each one verse 58 Thy favour free I did intreat with my whole heart O Lord Then grant to me thy mercies free according to thy word verse 59 To thy decrees I turn'd my feet when pondering my ways verse 60 Haste I have made and not delay'd to keep thy holy laws verse 61 And tho' the bands of wicked men have made of me their prey Yet have I not thy laws forgot as careless of thy way verse 62 At midnight I will wake and rise to render thanks to thee Because thy word and judgements Lord so just and right'ous be verse 63 With all that fear thy holy name I am companion still Of such as seek thy laws to keep and precepts to fulfill verse 64 Thy mercies great O gracious Lord do fill the earth with store Teach me the way how to obey thy statutes
weep and moan verse 9 The supplications which I made the Lord did entertain And he that heard me when I pray'd will hear me yet again verse 10 Let all mine enemies therefore be vext with shame thereby Let them return and be full sore ashamed suddenly Psalm VII Martyrs Tune O Lord my God I do re-pose my con --- fi -- dence in thee O save me from my fu -- rious foes and now de --- li -- ver me verse 2 Lest like a lion he should tear and piece-meal rend my soul While there is no deliverer his fury to controul verse 3 O Lord my God if I did this if my hands be not free verse 4 If I rewarded him amiss that was at peace with me Yea Lord I have delivered and let him safely go That without cause hath injured and us'd me as a foe verse 5 Else let my foe pursue to slay and take my soul unjust Let him tread down my life and lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Rise Lord in wrath thy self address because mine en'mies rage Awake for me in righteousness ev'n as thou didst engage verse 7 So shall the congregation close about thee generally Return then for the sakes of those and sit inthorn'd on high verse 8 The Lord shall judge the people sure judge me O Lord likewise According as my heart is pure and upright in thine eyes verse 9 Set wickedness her period but stablish stedfastly The righteous men O righteous God who heart and reins dost try verse 10 And my defence even all I crave is of the Lord alone Who alwayes will be sure to save the upright-hearted one verse 11 God judgeth righteous men be sure and God though he delay Is angry with the wicked doer yea doubtless every day verse 12 Unless he speedily repent his glittering sword is whet His angry bow the Lord hath bent and hath it ready set verse 13 He hath prepared deadly darts determining to shoot Sharp arrows at the viperous hearts of those that persecute verse 14 Behold he travelleth in birth with his iniquity Conceiving mischief and brings forth no better then a lie verse 15 He made a pit and digged it and mighty pains did take And now is fallen into the Pit which he himself did make verse 16 Upon his own head shall reboun his mischiefs spite and hate His violent dealing shall come down and light upon his pate verse 17 Unto the Lord give thanks will I for all his righteous ways And to the name of God most high sing chearful songs of praise Psalm VIII St. Marys Tune O Lord our Lord how ex -- cel-lent is thy name eve --- ry where Be-hold thou hast thy glo --- ry plac't a -- bove the star --- ry sphere verse 2 Weak babes and sucklings thou hast sent thy power and praise to show To still thereby the Enemy and the avengeful foe verse 3 When I behold attentively the heav'ns which thou didst frame The moon on high and starry skie which by thine ord'nance came verse 4 What 's man or mans posterity think I what wondrous love He should of thee remembred be or vis'ted from above verse 5 For thou hast made him little lower then Angels in degree And didst him crown with great renown and glorious dignity verse 6 Thou mad'st him have dominion o're the works which thou hast wrought And by thy care all creatures are to his subjection brought verse 7 All oxen sheep and fowl with these and cattle him obey What e're the field or air can yield and fishes of the Sea verse 8 What ev'r is in the paths of Seas or passeth through the same verse 9 O Lord our Lord all Lands record the glory of thy name Psalm VIII Metre 2. To the 148 Psalm Tune O Lord our Sovereign Lord of how ex -- cel -- ling worth Thy Name must we Re -- cord in all the spa-cious Earth Whose glo -- ry bears a stamp Di-vine with beams to shine a -- bove the spheres verse 2 Out of the Infant mouth of babes and sucklings small Thou hast ordain'd thy truth with strength to conquer all To lay them low that bear ill will and for to still th'avengeful foe verse 3 Thy heavens there on high when Lord I think upon verse 4 The Moon and Starry Skie the Works which thou hast done Lord what is Man or what 's his Seed that thou shouldst heed so poor a span verse 5 Thou madest him to be of an inferiour state To Angels in degree yet to participate And didst him Crown with Glory great to sit in seat of high Renown verse 6 Thou gav'st him absolute dominion over all And all things at his feet in bound obedience fall To him they yield all Oxen Sheep and beasts that keep i'th'open field verse 7 The fowls of all the Air and Fishes of the Seas Which have a thorow-fare to pass there as they please O Lord our Lord th' excelling fame of thy great Name all lands Record Psalm IX London Tune O Lord I 'll praise thy ho --- ly name with true and hear --- ty zeal Thy won-drous works will I pro-claim and none of them con-ceal verse 2 In thee with gladness I 'le rejoyce and to thy Name will I In songs of praise lift up my voice O thou that art most high verse 3 When as mine adversaries shall be turned back with shame Ev'n at thy presence they shall fall and perish by the same verse 4 For thou O Lord thou shalt alone maintain my righteous cause Thou sitest in thy righteous throne to judge by righteous laws verse 5 Thou hast rebuked heathen men the wicked are destroy'd Thou hast put out the name of them and made it ever void verse 6 O en'my all 's accomplished destructions now are done The cities thou hast ruined they and their mem'ry's gone verse 7 But God the true eternal one for ever shall abide He hath prepar'd his Princely throne just judgment to decide verse 8 And he will judge the world alone in justice faithfully And minister to every one in truth and equity verse 9 The Lord moreover will become a refuge for th' opprest In times extreamly troublesome he 'l be a place of rest verse 10 In thee will all men trust repose that know thy faithful name For thou hast not forsaken those that duly seek the same The second part verse 11 Sing praises to the holy one that doth in Sion dwell The glorious deeds that he hath done among the people tell verse 12 When he inquireth narrowly for blood which they have spilt He calls to mind the poor mens cry and their oppressors guilt verse 13 Lord pitty me think on my grief caus'd by mine en'mies hate Thou that dost raise me with relief from deaths destructive gate verse 14 That I in Sions daughters gates may all thy praise record For thy salvation consolates my thankful heart O Lord. verse 15 The heathen sink into the pit that they
The Law of God is very pure the soul it purifies His testimones are most sure making the simple wise The second part verse 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and consolate the mind His precepts pure affording light to eyes by nature blind verse 9 God's fear is clean from all defects and always doth endure His judgments just in all respects and truth itself 's no truer verse 10 Far more then many treasur'd summs of gold to be embrac't Far sweeter then the hony-combs or hony to the taste verse 11 Thy servant is forewarn'd thereby thy precepts to regard And he that keeps them carefully shall get a great reward verse 12 But who can understand and see the error of his thoughts Lord cleanse me and deliver me from all my secret faults verse 13 Thy servant also Lord restrain from all presumptuous crime And let them have no power to reign in me at any time And then I shall be most upright being restrain'd by thee I shall be blamless in thy sight and great transgressions flee verse 14 O let my mouth O let my heart in all I think or say Be pleasing to thee Lord that art my saviour strength and stay Psalm XX. Lowath Tune THe Lord now hear thee gra -- cious-ly in this di --- stress-ful day The name of Ja cob's migh-ty God be thy de -- fence and stay verse 2 And from the sanctuary send assistance in thy need And out of Sion strengthen thee and make thee strong indeed verse 3 Remember all the offerings which thou hast brought entire And now accept the sacrifice which thou hast made by fire verse 4 Thy hearts desire he 'll grant to thee and all thy counsels bless And make them be accomplished with sutable success verse 5 Lord we rejoyce in thy defence and in thy name and aid Of our great God our banners shall be cheerfully displaid The Lord fulfill all thy desire and grant what thou dost crave verse 6 And now I know that God most high doth his anointed save And he will hear him graciously from his most holy heav'n With saving strength of his right hand which shall to him be given verse 7 Some trust in chariots some in horse but we will think upon The name of thee the Lord our God and trust to that alone verse 8 Lo we do rise and stand upright but they bow down and fall verse 9 Save Lord and let our heavenly king now hear us when we call Psalm XXI St. Marys Tune O Lord in thy sal -- va -- ti --- on The king shall much de --- light With joy -- ful ex -- al -- ta -- ti -- on in thy great strength might verse 2 For what his heart desir'd to have thou grantedst every thing And what his lips of thee did crave was not deni'd the king verse 3 With thy good blessings manifold thou hast him early sped And set a crown of perfect gold upon his royal head verse 4 And when he asked life of thee thereof thou mad'st him sure And gav'st it to eternity for ever to endure verse 5 His glory is exceeding great in thy salvations aid Honour and Majesty compleat thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Thy blessings ever-flowing streams thou didst to him impart Thy countenance with chearful beams doth greatly glad his heart verse 7 Because the King unfeignedly doth put his trust in thee And through thy mercy O most high remov'd he shall not be verse 8 But thy Almighty hand O Lord shall find out all thy foes And all that have thy name abhorr'd thy right hand shall disclose verse 9 And make them like a fiery hearth ev'n in thy wrathful hour The Lord shall swallow them in wrath and fire shall them devour verse 10 Their fruit shalt thou abolish then destroying their increase And from among the sons of men shall cause their seed to cease verse 11 For they intended ill to thee strongly persuaded too T' accomplish that iniquity which they could never do verse 12 For these things thou shalt make them fly turning their backs in chase Charging thy bow strings readily against thine en'mies face verse 13 In thy peculiar strength O Lord thy matchless glory raise So shall our chearful Songs Record thy pow'rs deserved praise Psalm XXII Bristol Tune MY God my God wherefore hast thou for --- sook me O where -- fore Art thou so far from help-ing me when I do cry and roar verse 2 To thee my God even all day long I do both cry and call All night I cannot hold my tongue yet hear'st thou not at all verse 3 But Lord thou art the holy one and in that place dost dwell Where always thou inhabitest the praise of Israel verse 4 Our fathers in the time forepast did put their trust in thee They trusted and their faith held fast and thou didst set them free verse 5 They were deliver'd evermore by calling on thy name And for the faith they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I alas am not a man a despicable worm A meer reproach of Men I am whom all the people spurn verse 7 All they that see me laugh at me and scornfully do they Shoot out their lips and shake their head And thus in scorn they say verse 8 He trusted that the Lord would be his Saviour by his might Let him deliver him since he took in him such delight verse 9 But Lord thou knew'st me in the womb and thou didst take me thence When I was on my mothers breast thou wast my confidence verse 10 And I was câ—st upon thy care even from my birth till now And from the womb that did me bear my God and Guide art thou The second part verse 11 O Lord depart not now from me in this my present grief Since I have none to be my help none else to send relief verse 12 For many bulls have compass'd me and compassed me round The strongest bulls that use to be on Bashans fatning ground verse 13 They gape upon me greedily to kill me if they may Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 Like water I am powred out my joynts asunder part As wax with fire runs all about so sorrow melts my heart verse 15 My strength is like a potsherd dri'd my tongue cleaves to my jaws I am brought down to dust of death and thy hand is the cause verse 16 And many dogs do compass me the wicked when they meet Conspire against me cursedly they peirce my hands and feet verse 17 Yea I may reckon every bone on me they gaze and stare verse 18 Upon my vesture lots are thrown and they my garments share verse 19 Therefore I pray thee be not far from me in my great need But rather since thou art my strength to help me Lord make speed verse 20 And save me from the cruel sword by thy almighty pow'r Preserve my dear and
ample power the Lord will bless his church with peace Psalm XXX St. Marys Tune I Will ex -- tol thee O most high for I am rais'd by thee Thou hast not made mine en -- e -- my to tri -- umph o --- ver me verse 2 O Lord my God to thee I cri'd for succour and relief And graciously thou didst provide to heal me of my grief verse 3 Thou brought'st my soul up from the pit thou kept'st me Lord alive From them that are gone down to it while safely I survive verse 4 O ye his saints sing to the Lord and thankfully confess Unto his name when ye record his perfect holiness verse 5 His wrath is in a moment past life from his favour springs Though weeping for a night may last the morning comfort brings verse 6 And I in my prosperity did confidently say Surely I shall live happily and see no evil day verse 7 So very strongly by thy grace my mountain Lord was laid Then didst thou hide away thy face and I was soon dismai'd verse 8 Then in my tribulation to thee Lord did I cry And made my supplication unto the Lord most high verse 9 What gain is in my blood when I unto the grave go down Can dust praise thee and testify thy truth and thy renown verse 10 Lord I beseech thee hear me now in that which I have pray'd Have mercy on me and be thou my all sufficient aid verse 11 To joyful dancing thou hast turn'd my sorrows dolefull noise My sackcloth loos'd wherein I mourn'd and girt me round with joys verse 12 To th' end my tongue may sing thy praise and never silent be O Lord my God even all my days will I give thanks to thee Psalm XXXI Lincoln Tune IN thee O Lord I put my trust O put me not to shame De -- li -- ver me as thou art just ev'n for thy righ -- t'ous name Bow down thy ear and hear me now de ---- li --- ver me with speed My ca -- stle and strong rock art thou to save me at my need verse 3 For Lord thou art my fort and tower which I for safety take Then lead and guide me by thy power O God for thy names sake verse 4 Pull me out of the net which they for me have closely laid Because thou art my strength and stay to whom I fly for aid verse 5 The spirit which thou gav'st to me I to thy hands commit For thou Lord God of truth art he that hast redeemed it verse 6 All such as set their heart on lies I utterly abhorr'd Detesting all such vanities I trusted in the Lord. verse 7 Thy mercies great do make me glad my joyes do overflow For thou hast weigh'd what cares I had and known my soul in woe verse 8 Thou hast not Lord deliver'd me into mine en'mies hand But in a place of liberty hast made my feet to stand The second part verse 9 Lord pity me do thou condole for I am in distress Mine eye my belly and my soul Consume with heaviness verse 10 My life is spent with misery my years with sighs decay Strength fails me through iniquity my bones consume away verse 11 I was a scorn to all my foes chiefly to neighbours nigh A fear to friends for even those see me without and fly verse 12 Like to a dead man out of mind so am I quite forgot And disregarded of mankind as 't were a broken pot verse 13 For many slanders have I heard and fear on all sides lay While they devised and conspir'd to take my life away verse 14 But yet I trusted to thy pow'r O Lord my God said I Thou art my God and Saviour on whom I do rely verse 15 My times are all at thy dispose do thou then set me free From bloody hands of all my foes that follow after me verse 16 Upon thy faithful servant make thy gracious face to shine And save me for thy mercies sake for I am one of thine verse 17 Lord let me never be abasht for I thy succour crave But let the wicked ones be dasht and silenc't in the grave verse 18 Let lying lips in silence die which speak the worst they can Most proudly and contemptuously against the righteous man verse 19 O Lord how great felicity hast thou laid up for them That fear thy name and trust in thee before the sons of men verse 20 Thou hid'st them in thy secret eye from haughty tyrants wrongs Kept in thy secret canopie from all the strife of tongues verse 21 O blessed be the Lord above that succour'd me so far And shew'd me such exceeding love in a strong town of war verse 22 I said in haste I am remov'd and cut off from thine eyes Yet was I so of thee belov'd thou heardst my doleful cries verse 23 O love the Lord all ye his saints for he the faithful guards And the proud man with punishments he plent'ously rewards verse 24 Be strong and God shall stay your heart be confident ye just And surely God shall take your part since ye on him do trust Psalm XXXII Lowath Tune BLes -- sed O bles -- sed man is he whose sin God pas --- eth by And hid is his in -- i -- qui -- ty from God 's all --- see ---- ing eye verse 2 Blessed is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin Whose heart hath all deceit abhorr'd and guile's not found therein verse 3 For while I no confession made but silent kept my Tongue My bones as if with age decay'd with roaring all day long verse 4 Thy hand on me was burdensome the day and night throughout So that my moisture did become like Summers parching drought verse 5 Then I confest my sin to thee and all my faults reveal'd My trespass and iniquity no longer I conceal'd I said I will to God confess what all my sins have been Then thou forgav'st the wickedness and guilt of all my sin verse 6 Hence all good men shall pray to thee what time thou maist be found Sure when great floods of water be he safely stands his ground verse 7 O God thou art my hiding place from straits thou sets me free And with sweet songs of saving grace thou dost encompass me verse 8 I will instruct thee saith my God and teach thee in the way My watchful eye shall be thy guide lest thou shouldst go astray verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth if that the corb it wants from harm thou canst not rule verse 10 For certainly to men unjust shall miseries abound But him that in the Lord doth trust shall mercy compass round verse 11 O all ye right'ous men rejoyce and in the Lord delight With joyful shouts lift up your voice all ye whose hearts are right Psalm XXXII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune O Hap-py man whom God forgives and hides what he has done a --
miss Owns him as if he had not sinn'd whose heart sin -- cere and up-right is verse 3 My woes increas'd while I suppress'd my guilt no quiet I could get verse 4 Thy wrath did press me like a weight and scorch'd me like the Summers heat verse 5 I then resolved to disclose my crimes and open all my wound I humbly did confess my sins to thee and easy pardon found verse 6 This Mercy shall invite good men in season to implore thine aid Then tho' their troubles like a flood should rise they need not be afraid verse 7 Thou Lord shall be my safe retreat to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and in songs of Victory I 'll thee confess verse 8 I 'll counsel sinners to obey verse 9 And not be like the Horse or Mule Whose fury till they 're broke or tam'd No Rein can guide no Curb can rule verse 10 Such sinners meet with heavy stroaks verse 11 While those that trust in God shall prove The happy men then let the just Rejoice and Triumph in his Love Psalm XXXIII London Tune YE righ-t'ous in the Lord re-joice for praise be-comes the saints Praise God with psalt'ry harp and voice and ten-string'd In -- stru -- ments verse 3 Sing to the Lord aloud with praise with skilful songs and new verse 4 For lo his word his works and ways are faithful just and true verse 5 Justice and judgment he doth love ev'n this most right'ous Lord And with his goodness from above the earth is richly stor'd verse 6 The word of his eternal truth compos'd the spangled skie And by the breathing of his mouth the hoasts of heav'n on high verse 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in a house of store verse 8 Let all the earth submit with fear to this almighty Lord And all the nations every where ev'n tremble at his word verse 9 For he but spake and it was done and when his word was past His ordinances thus begun and evermore stands fast verse 10 The counsel of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But Gods own counsels do remain they stand for ever sure The thoughts which his heart doth retain from age to age endure The second part verse 12 That nation's blest whose God 's the Lord foreknown in his decree And chosen of his own accord his heritage to be verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortal birth verse 14 Beholding from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth verse 15 Alike he frames and fashioneth the hearts of great and small Their works he well considereth and judgeth of them all verse 16 No num'rous host can save a king it is not strength that can Deliverance from danger bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vain and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his great strength and might verse 18 But lo the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just And those that fear him faithfully and in his mercy trust verse 19 To save their precious souls alive from deaths destructive pow'r And store of wholsome food to give when famine would devour verse 20 Our soul doth wait with patience for God the holy one He is our help and our defence he is our shield alone verse 21 For lo our heart in him shall joy because we can proclaim That we have trusted stedfastly in his most holy name verse 22 Lord let thy mercy and thy grace upon us ever be Accordingly as we do place our confidence in thee Psalm XXXIV St. Marys Tune AT all times I will mag-ni -- fy and bless the li --- ving Lord My thank-ful mouth con-ti-n'-al -- ly his prai --- ses shall re -- cord verse 2 My soul shall boast in God's great name with glad and glor'ing voice The humble men shall hear the same and mightily rejoyce verse 3 O magnify the Lord with me and let us all endeavour Him to exalt in high degree and praise his name together verse 4 I sought the Lord with fervent cries and he my voice did hear The Lord deliv'red me likewise from all my painful fear verse 5 The saints lookt up to him on high and by this means they came To be enlightned gloriously their face receiv'd no shame verse 6 This poor man cry'd the saints shall say the Lord did hear his call And for his troubles he made way to help him out of all verse 7 The angel of the Lord most high encampeth ev'ry where Deliv'ring them continually that walk in God's true fear verse 8 O taste ye saints and tasting see that God's a gracious one O happy happy man is he that trusts in him alone verse 9 O fear the Lord ye saints of his fear him with one accord For never any want there is to them that fear the Lord. verse 10 Young lions lack and shall endure sharp hungers mortal sting But they that fear the Lord are sure to want for no good thing The second part verse 11 Come Children with alacrity unto my words give ear And I will teach you perfectly the Lords true filial fear verse 12 What man unto long life aspires and loveth many days To see the good that he desires let him observe these ways verse 13 Thy tongue all evil must exclude thy lips must guile eschew verse 14 Depart from evil and do good seek peace and peace pursue verse 15 For on the right'ous ev'ry where the Lord doth set his eye And opens his attentive ear to their uncessant cry verse 16 the Lord hath set his countenance against the wicked race To cut off their rememberance on earth from ev'ry place verse 17 The right'ous cry the Lord doth hear and ends their troubles quite verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near and saves the soul contrite verse 19 Full many are the miseries of just and right'ous men But out of all adversities the Lord deliv'reth them verse 20 And by a special providence he keepeth ev'ry bone That none by any violence is broken no not one verse 21 But evil shall the wicked slay and whosoever hate The right'ous for their right'ous way shall soon be desolate verse 22 The Lord doth graciously redeem his servants souls each one And none do put their trust in him that shall be overthrown Psalm XXXV Bristol Tune LOrd plead my right'ous cause with those that are with me at strife O fight a-gainst my mor -- tal foes that fight a -- gainst my life verse 2 Lay hold O Lord upon the lance the buckler and the shield Stand up for my deliverance and for me fight the field verse 3 Draw out the sword and stop the way of those that follow me And to my soul in mercy say thy sav'our I will be verse
4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and fly with shame that think to work me ill verse 5 As chaff doth fly before the wind so let them fly apace And let God's angels come behind to prosecute the chase verse 6 Bring them in dark and slipp'ry way that they may surely fall And let God's angel make no stay but persecute them all verse 7 For causelesly within a pit a net for me they hid Ev'n for my soul they digged it and this they causeless did verse 8 Let him be ruin'd unawares and taken in the net Yea taken in those very snares which his own hand hath set verse 9 And then my soul shall joy in thee thy help O Lord to find And thy salvation then shall be as musick to my mind verse 10 And all my bones shall thus confess Lord who is like to thee That sav'st the poor man from distress when foes too pow'rful be Yea thou deliv'rest by thy pow'r the poor and needy man From him that seeketh to devour and spoil him if he can The second part verse 11 False witness did against me rise with evidence untrue And charg'd me with iniquities whereof I nothing knew verse 12 For good they did reward me ill to th' spoiling of my Soul But as for me I used still their sorrows to condole verse 13 I put on sackcloath for these men My soul did fast and mourn And into mine own bosome then my prayer did return verse 14 Ev'n for my foe I made my moan as for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe vile abjects met to plot They gather'd when I did not know they tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts both seen and suffer'd be Rescue my soul in this sad state from their destructive paws And bring my darling desolate even from the lions jaws verse 18 And then will I give thanks to thee in great assemblies Lord And in the thickest throngs that be will I thy praise record The third part verse 19 Let not my wrongful enemies lift up their horn on high Nor let them wink with scornful eye that hate me causelesly verse 20 For not a word of peace they say but closely take in hand Deceitful matters to betray men quiet in the land verse 21 Yea and their mouths are open'd wide against me spitefully Aha aha mine enemies cry'd we saw it with our eye verse 22 O Lord thou canst not choose but see O do not hold thy tongue O Saviour be not far from me Lord be not absent long verse 23 Stir up thy self and undertake my judgment to decide My God my Lord ev'n now awake and let my cause be tri'd verse 24 According to thy equity judge me O Lord my God And let them not joy over me while I am under trod verse 25 Nor suffer them in heart to say ah we would have it thus Nor let them say he 's made a prey and swallow'd up by us verse 26 Let bashful shame upon them fall and let confusion sad Be brought at once upon them all that at my hurt are glad Let them be cloath'd with infamy let shame confound their face That do so proudly magnifie themselves in my disgrace verse 27 But let them shout and triumph still with gladness and applause That favour me and bear good will unto my right'ous cause Yea let them say continually extoll'd be God above His servants true prosperity that doth so truly love verse 28 And I most gladly will express thy praise with grateful tongue And celebrate thy right'ousness O with praises all day long Psalm XXXVI St. Marys Tune UN -- god -- ly mens in ---- i -- qui -- ties do make me think and say God 's fear is not be -- fore his eyes that goes this wick --- ed way verse 2 For in his own deluded eye that man himself doth flatter Until that his iniquity be found a hateful matter verse 3 His words are full of wickedness and framed to deceive But wisdom truth and right'ousness he doth forsake and leave verse 4 He plotteth on his bed by night his mischiefs to fulfil He sets himself in ways not right and he abhors no ill verse 5 O Lord thy mercy doth ascend above the heavens high So doth thy faithfulness extend unto the starry skie verse 6 Thy right'ousness is like the hills the greatest not the least Thy judgments a deep Ocean fills thou savest man and beast verse 7 How excellent Lord is that grace and love that from thee springs Therefore the sons of men do place their trust in thy spread wings verse 8 With fatness of thine house on high thou shalt thy saints suffice And make them drink abundantly the river of thy joys verse 9 Because the spring of life most pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we shall be sure eternal light to see verse 10 O then continue thy sweet grace to them that have thee known And let thy right'ousness embrace the upright hearted one verse 11 But let not Lord the foot of pride against thy servant stand Nor let me ever fall or slide by any wicked hand verse 12 Lo there the wicked workers fall they fall before our eyes They are cast down and never shall be able more to rise Psalm XXXVII Windsor Tune FRet not thy self nor be in-cens'd for such as will trans-gress Nor be thou en -- vi -- ous a-gainst the Sons of wick ---- ed -- ness verse 2 For they shall soon be cut away like to the tender grass And like green herbs they shall decay and wither as they pass verse 3 Trust in the Lord and put thy hand to actions that be good So shalt thou dwell within the land and be assur'd of food verse 4 Also delight thy self in God and he shall let thee have Thy hearts desire accomplished whatever thou dost crave verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in his name And then according to his word he will effect the same verse 6 And he shall publish and display thy justice as the light And make thy judgment as noon day to shine exceeding bright verse 7 Rest on the Lord with patience stay fret not thy self a jot For him that prospers in his way and speeds his wicked plot verse 8 Let not rash anger in thee rise all wrath forsake and shun Fret not thy self in any wise that evil should be done verse 9 For evil doers shall be destroy'd by God's revenging hand But they that daily wait on God they shall enjoy the land verse 10 For lo within a little space the wicked shall be gone Yea and thou shalt not find his place though pondering thereupon verse 11 But meek men shall possess the earth with
men are meer vanity at best estate esteem'd verse 6 Sure each man walks in vainest show sure they are vext in vain He heaps up wealth and knows not who shall gather all his gain The second part verse 7 And now O Lord what wait I for my hope is all in thee verse 8 Save me from all my sins lest I a scorn to fools should be verse 9 But I was silent at these things I speak not but was dumb Because I knew my sufferings from thy good hand did come verse 10 Remove from me thy scourge and plague which I cannot withstand I am consumed by the blow of thy correcting hand verse 11 When thy rebukes correct for sin it makes mans beauty die Like garments where the moth hath been sure all are vanity verse 12 Lord hear my prayer attend my cry regard my tears that fall I sojourn as a stranger here as did my fathers all verse 13 O spare me Lord and give me breath my strength to me restore Before I go from hence by death and shall be seen no more Psalm XL. Dublin Tune WIth ex -- pect -- a -- tion for the Lord I wait --- ed pa -- tient --- ly At length to me he did ac -- cord and heark -- ned to my cry verse 2 He brought me from a dreadful pit and from the miry clay And on a rock he set my feet establishing my way verse 3 He taught my mouth new songs to frame our God to magnifie Many shall see and fear his name and on the Lord rely verse 4 O blessed man whose hearts repose is God for all supplies Respecting not the proud nor those that turn aside to lies verse 5 O Lord my God many are these great works which thou hast wrought Many the gracious purposes which are to us ward thought None can sum up how great they be and when I would express Declare and speak of them to thee I find them numberless verse 6 No sacrifice nor no such thing dost thou at all desire Burnt-offering or sin-off'ring thou dost of none require verse 7 But thou hast opened mine ears then lo I come said I The volume of thy book declares of me apparently verse 8 My God I come to do thy mind and do it with delight Yea in my heart thy law I find for there thou didst it write The second part verse 9 Thy justice and thy right'ousness in great resorts I tell Behold my tongue no time doth cease O Lord thou know'st full well verse 10 Thy justice I have not conceal'd my heart could not with-hold Thy faithfulness I have reveal'd and thy salvation told verse 11 With hold not thou thy tender love from me O Lord therefore Let truth and mercy from above preserve me evermore verse 12 For Lord with mischiefs manifold full sore beset am I My sins on me do take such hold I even droop and die And surely many more they be than hairs upon my head Therefore my heart quite faileth me and is discouraged verse 13 But of thy mercy gracious Lord be pleas'd to set me free And with great speed do thou afford salvation unto me verse 14 Let them sustain rebuke and shame that seek my soul to kill Drive back my foes and blast their fame that work or wish me ill verse 15 Let this reward their shame repay confounded let them be Whoever say aha aha in way of scorn to me verse 16 Let such as seek thy name be glad and joy in thee always Let such as love thy saving aid say still to God be praise verse 17 But poor and needy Lord am I yet not of God forgot Thou art my help and sure supply my God O tarry not Psalm XLI St. Marys Tune THe Man is blest that pru -- dent-ly doth of the poor cake care For God will sure de --- li -- ver him when great -- est dan -- gers are verse 2 The Lord will keep him safe alive and bless him in the land And thou wilt not deliver him into his en'mies hand verse 3 Upon his bed of languishing the Lord will hold his head And in his sickness strengthen him and make ev'n all his bed verse 4 O Lord said I do thou extend thy mercy unto me And heal my soul for I have sin'd and sore offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies speak ill of me and say when shall he die That so his name and memory may perish utterly verse 6 And if he come to visit me he doth but vainly gloze His heart heaps up iniquity and tells it where he goes verse 7 My hateful foes ly whispering and jointly they combine Against me to devise my hurt is all their main design verse 8 An evil and mischievous thing say they cleaves to him sore And now that he lies languishing he shall rise up no more verse 9 Yea Lord my peaceful friend of whom I was so confident That at my table eat my bread his heel's against me bent verse 10 But Lord be merciful to me and raise me up again That I may justly recompence the doings of these men verse 11 And that thou favour'st me O Lord by this good sign I see Because my foe may not insult nor triumph over me verse 12 But I in my integrity am stablisht by thy grace And thou for ever settest me before thy glorious face verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel be prais'd eternally From age to age for evermore Amen Amen say I. Psalm XLII Oxford Tune LIke as the thir-sty heart doth pant when he doth brooks of wa-ter want so sighs my soul O Lord for thee My soul thirsts for the li -- ving God when shall I en -- ter his a-bode his beams of beau-ty there to see verse 3 Tears are my food both right and day while where 's my God they daily say verse 4 My very soul in tears I shed when I remember how in throngs We fill'd his house with praise and songs and I their solemn dances led verse 5 My soul why art thou so deprest so tost and troubled in my breast O hope in God for evermore for yet again shall I confess His favours with much thankfulness and comforts which he shall restore verse 6 Yet now my soul within me faints my God consider my complaints For I will think upon thee still ev'n from the vale where Jordan flows Where Hermon his high forehead shews and also from the little hill The second part verse 7 Deep unto deep with noise do call when as thy spouts of water fall And while thy dreadful tempest raves for all thy floods falls from the skies And billows after billows rise to swallow me amidst the waves verse 8 Yet will the Lord by day command his loving-kindness near at hand His songs by night shall lodge with me as Musick sweet amidst my cares And then will I present my prayers God of my life ev'n unto thee verse 9 And say my God my rock O why am
hill where thou wast wont to dwell verse 3 Perpetual ruine's here begun come help and come apace See what thy foes have lewdly done within thy holy place verse 4 Amidst thy congregation here thine en'mies rage and roar And set for signs their ensigns there where thou wast serv'd before verse 5 A man was famous formerly for hewing down thick trees By lifting up his ax on high to fetch his blow at these verse 6 But now they rend and rase as fast and all at once are broke The curious carved work defac't with ax and hammer's stroke verse 7 Thy holy house they set on flame defil'd and cast to ground The dwelling-place of thy great name where once thou wast renown'd verse 8 They said in heart come on let us destroy them out of hand And they have burnt up ev'ry house of God in all the land verse 9 Our signs are lost our prophets gone thine oracles are dumb Among us all there is not one konws when an end shall come The second part verse 10 How long Lord shall the enemy breath such reproach and shame Lord shall our foes perpetually blaspheme thy sacred name verse 11 Wherefore O Lord withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand O from thy bosome pluck it now thy en'mies to withstand verse 12 For God is Isra'ls king of old who hath salvation wrought And all the earth may well behold what help to his he brought verse 13 Thou by thy strength didst part the seas where liquid water spreads And in the very depth of these thou brok'st the dragons heads verse 14 Leviathans heads thou didst divide although their strength was great And thus thy people were suppli'd i' th wilderness for meat verse 15 The flood and fountain Lord most high thy power did cleave in two And mighty rivers thou mad'st dry that Isra'l might go through verse 16 The shining day and shady night peculiarly are thine Thou hast O Lord prepar'd the light and caus'd the sun to shine verse 17 The earth with all the ends and coasts thy mighty hand did frame Both summer's heat and winter's frosts by thine appointment came The third part verse 18 O Lord let this remembred be how great reproach and shame The en'my dares to cast on thee how fools blaspheme thy name verse 19 Thy turtles soul which many hate do not to them deliver Thy congregations poor estate do not forget for ever verse 20 Regard thy cov'nant rid and clense dark corners of our land So full of cruel Robbers dens as ev'ry where they stand verse 21 O let not those that are opprest return again with shame But help the needy and distress't and let them praise thy name verse 22 Arise O Lord and still maintain the cause that is thy own Remember well how fools disdain and daily scorns are thrown verse 23 Forget not Lord how great it grows how insolent how high The tumults of thy rebell foes increase continually Psalm LXXV St. Marys Tune O God we ren-der thanks to thee to thee we give the same For by thy won-drous works we see the near --- ness of thy name verse 2 When I the congregation call an upright judge I 'le be verse 3 The earth 's dissolv'd the men and all her pillars hold by me verse 4 But I admonish'd them the while ye wicked fools said I Be not so vain be not so vile nor lift your horn so high verse 5 Presumptuous horns do not advance nor speak with haughty mouth verse 6 Promotion doth not come by chance from east or west or south verse 7 But God is sovereign judge alone and there can be no other He at his pleasure pulls down one and setteth up another verse 8 For in God's hand there is a cup the liquor that it hath Is wine as red as blood fill'd up with mixtures of his wrath He pours it out and he will make the wicked of the land Wring out the very dregs and take and drink them at his hand verse 9 To Jacobs God I will each day declare fresh songs of praise verse 10 The wicked's horns I 'le cut away but right'ous mens I 'l raise Psalm LXXVI To the 100 Psalm Tune IN Ju --- dah God is known to his his name is great in Is -- ra --- el His san -- ctu'-ry at Sa --- lem is he doth in Si --- on-moun-tain dwell verse 3 The bows and arrows brake he there the battle shield and sword and spear verse 4 Thou art more glor'ous ev'ry way and excellent then mounts of prey verse 5 The stout of heart are over-thrown and they have slept their sleeps last night And of the mighty men not one hath found his hands wherewith to fight verse 6 O God of Jacob thy reproof spoil'd rattling wheel and thund'ring hoof Chariot and horse at thy fierce blast into a sleep of death are cast verse 7 Thou thou alone art worthy fear for who may stand before thine eyes Who dares approach who dares appear when once thy burning wrath doth rise verse 8 From heav'n thou mak'st thy judgments heard the silent earth was sore afraid verse 9 When God arose to Judgment then to save on earth all humble men verse 10 Mans wrath shall surely praise thy name henceforth held in by thy restraints verse 11 O make your vows and pay the same unto the Lord your God ye saints verse 12 Let all about him presents bring to him that daunts the proudest king To him I say whose fear compells and princes spirits curbs aud quells Psalm LXXVII To the 119 Psalm Tune I with my voice to God did cry my sad e-state to see My voice did cry to God on high and he gave ear to me I sought him in my wo --- ful day my sore still ran all night My wea -- ry soul did put a --- way all com -- for t and de --- light verse 3 I thought on God in my distress yet trouble did remain And overwhelm'd with heaviness my soul did sore complain verse 4 Mine eyes from sleep thou dost restrain and mak'st me still to wake I am so vext and full of pain my speech doth me forsake verse 5 Then thought I on the days of old the years of antient times Wherein Gods mercies manifold did overflow our crimes verse 6 My song by night I call'd to mind I commun'd with my heart My soul made earnest search to find some word to ease my smart verse 7 Alas said I what will the Lord cast off and not restore And from henceforth will he afford no favour any more verse 8 Is all his mercy ceas't and gone must that no more prevail The promise of the holy one shall that for ever fail verse 9 Hath God forgotten to express his mercies wonted measure Is his dear love and tenderness shut up in his displeasure verse 10 Then said I my infirmity doth cause these doubts and fears I will recall what the most high hath done in former
verse 12 Those namely that have spoken thus come on and let us take The houses of the Lord to us and them our houses make verse 13 Make them I pray thee O my God like wheels that still turn round Or like the stubble blown abroad when whirlwinds sweep the ground verse 14 And as the fire consumes a wood with fierce and furious flame And mountains where the trees once stood are singed with the same verse 15 So let thy whirlwind furiously pursue them Lord full fast And let thy tempests terrify and fright them with thy blast verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they may humbly beg thy grace and seek thy glorious name verse 17 Yea let them all confounded be and troubled day and night Yea bring them all to infamy and let them perish quite verse 18 That men may know that thou alone whom we Jehovah call In all the earth the only one art highest over all Psalm LXXXIV Oxford Tune O Lord of hosts how love -- ly fair thy sa -- cred ta -- ber-na -- cles are Ev'n where my soul doth long to be Yea and my spi --- rit pines a -- way With-in thy courts to come and pray my flesh and heart cry out for thee verse 3 O living God methinks I miss the sparrows and the swallows bliss so happily inhabiting for they may build their nests full throng and near thine Altar lay their young O Lord of hosts my God my King verse 4 O blessed are all those that may dwell in thy house both night and day for they will ever give thee praise verse 5 And blest the man whose strength 's in thee who though he cannot present be yet sets his heart on thy sweet ways verse 6 Ev'n their 's that passing Baca's vale dig wells to serve when waters fail or use the pools which rain doth fill verse 7 From strength to strength they travel there until at last they all appear before the Lord in Sion hill The second part verse 8 O thou that art the God of War whose all the hoasts of creatures are depending on thy soveraignty vouchsafe thou Lord my pray'r to hear listen and lend a gracious ear O God of Jacob's family verse 9 O God our sav'our and our shield that dost to us protection yield behold us with a kind aspect and now be pleas'd to look upon the face of thine anointed one and let thy beams on him reflect verse 10 For in thy courts I count one day a thousand others to out-weigh nay I had rather keep a door within the house of the most high then dwell with all prosperity in sinners tents for evermore verse 11 For God's a son and shield divine and doth with grace and glory shine and gives all good things to the just verse 12 Blest is the man O Lord of hoasts that only thine assistance boasts and hath in thee repos'd his trust Psalm LXXXV St. Davids Tune LOrd thou hast dealt most fa-vour-r'bly with thy be --- lo --- ved land And Ja -- cob's hard cap-ti ---- vi -- ty brought back with pow'r -- ful hand verse 2 Thy peoples foul iniquities which they have lived in Thou Lord hast cover'd from thine eyes and pardon'd all their sin verse 3 Thy furious wrath thou didst asswage which did so fiercely burn And from the fury of thy rage thou didst in mercy turn verse 4 O God of our salvation turn us likewise to thee And cease thine indignation and no more angry be verse 5 Wilt thou be angry still with us and evermore contend Wilt thou draw out thine anger thus untill all ages end verse 6 O wilt thou not again revive the people of thy choice That being so restor'd alive they may in thee rejoice verse 7 Do thou O Lord thy mercy show apparent in our sight And on thy Church do thou bestow thy saving health and might The second part verse 8 I 'le hear what God the Lord will say for he will speak of peace So that his saints and servants may their former follies cease verse 9 Sure his salvation is at hand to those that do him fear That glory may adorn our land and be a dweller there verse 10 Mercy and truth have sweet access and both together meet And perfect peace and righteousness with mutual kisses greet verse 11 Eternal truth and verity out of the earth shall spring Justice looks down from heav'n on high an heav'n on earth to bring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall here bestow abundant grace and peace And make our land to overflow with plentiful increase verse 13 Before his face shall justice go and where the way was dim Shall now direct our foot-steps so that we may follow him Psalm LXXXVI St. Marys Tune O Lord bow down thy gra-cious ear to my com-plaint and cry And now O Lord in mer -- cy hear for poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because I have receiv'd such grace from thee O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 O be thou merciful to me O Lord I humbly pray Because I call and cry to thee and do it ev'ry day verse 4 And fill thy servants soul with joy that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul and mind verse 5 For thou art very good O Lord in pard'ning very free And art with plent'ous mercy stor'd tow'rds all that call on thee verse 6 Therefore O Lord when I do pray regard and give good ear Mark well the words that I do say my supplication hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain Because I know and plainly prove thou answer'st me again verse 8 For like to thee O Lord is none among the powers divine Nor are the works of any one to be compar'd with thine The second part verse 9 All nations made by thy great might and all thy hands did frame Shall come and worship in thy sight and glorify thy name verse 10 For Lord thou art a mighty one and thou dost wond'rous deeds And thou O Lord art God alone from whom such pow'r proceeds verse 11 Teach me the way of truth most right and I 'le observe the same And unto thee my heart unite that I may fear thy name verse 12 I will praise thee unfeignedly O Lord my God that art And I will ever glorify thy name with all my heart verse 13 Because thy mercies shew'd to me in greatness do excell My soul by thee hath been set free out from the lowest hell verse 14 O God the proud against me rise and throngs of vi'lent men Have sought to make my soul their prize but thee they mind not then verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind suff'ring no little space Compassions store in thee we find and plentious truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me and pity me and
will make his pow'r to reach unto the ocean wide And his right hand of pow'r shall stretch unto the river side verse 26 Thou art my father he shall cry thou art my God alone Thou art my rock to which I fly for my salvation verse 27 And I will make him my first born by priviledg of birth And will exalt his glorious horn above all Kings on earth verse 28 My mercy will I make to last preserv'd for him in store My cov'nant also shall stand fast with him for evermore verse 29 His seed will I perpetuate that it shall last always His Throne shall bear as long a date as heav'ns eternal days The fourth part verse 30 If David's seed forsake my law and walk not in my way verse 31 If from my precepts they withdraw and from my statutes stray verse 32 They shall be sure that I their God to visit will begin And scourge them with a smarting rod for their offence and sin verse 33 Yet wholly to withdraw my love their sin shall not prevail Nor shall they so much anger move to make my truth to fail verse 34 My cov'nant I will never break it shall continue still And that which once my lips did speak I 'le certainly fulfill verse 35 Once by my holiness I swore that sacred oath and high That having promised before to David I 'le not ly verse 36 His seed for ever shall endure while time it self shall run His throne shall be establisht sure before me as the sun verse 37 And as the moon within the skie for ever standeth fast A faithful witness there on high so shall his kingdom last The fifth part verse 38 But now thou hast cast off O Lord and left me all alone Yea in thy wrath thou hast abhorr'd me thine anointed one verse 39 Thy cov'nant with thy servant made thou hast again unbound His crown thou hast profan'd and laid it even with the ground verse 40 Moreover thou hast broken down his hedges ev'ry one And his strong hold in ev'ry town thy hand hath overthrown verse 41 All they that pass along the way do spoil him every where He is a meer reproach and prey unto his neighbours near verse 42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of all his bitter foes And made his hateful en'mies stand rejoycing at his woes verse 43 Moreover Lord his sword so keen thou now hast blunted quite Nor art thou in the battle seen to make him stand in sight verse 44 His glory thou hast made to cease and cast his throne to ground verse 45 His youthful days thou did'st decrease and him with shame confound verse 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy face as never to return Shall thy fierce wrath so long a space like fire consume and burn verse 47 Remember Lord how short an hour I have for to remain Wherefore hast thou imploy'd thy power to make all men in vain verse 48 What man alive shall not see death but still his life shall save And stop the hand that stops his breath to bring him to the grave verse 49 Lord where 's thy former clemency thy kindness in our youth Which thou hast sworn so solemnly to David in thy truth verse 50 Remember Lord the great disgrace by us thy servants born And how my bosom doth imbrace the mighty peoples scorn verse 51 Reproaches which thine enemies on me O Lord have thrown And do the footsteps scandalize of thine anointed on verse 52 But blest for ever be the Lord and blest be God again And let the Church with one accord resound amen amen Psalm XC Windsor Tune LOrd thou hast been our dwel -- ling-place from age to age on earth Be -- fore the ve --- ry time and space which gave the mount -- tains birth Or ever thou hadst fram'd or form'd the earth or smallest clod Or any part of all the world thou art eternal God verse 3 Thou grindest man through grief and pain to very dust and then Thou saist return to dust again return ye sons of men verse 4 Though life a thousand years do last it semeth in thy sight As yesterday when it is past or as a watch by night verse 5 As with the floods that swiftly pass thou carriest them away Ev'n like a sheep or like the grass which quickly doth decay verse 6 Which in the morning grows upright but fadeth by and by And is cut down e're it be night all wither'd dead and dry verse 7 For by thine anger Lord our God we are consum'd and spent And troubled with thy stinging rod of wrathful punishment verse 8 Thou settest our iniquities plainly before thy face And thy clear countenance descries our sins in secret place verse 9 For all our days are past away thine anger taking hold We spend our years from day to day as when a tale is told verse 10 The date of all our days appears but threescore years and ten And they that live to fourscore years are surely stronger men Yet pain and grief is all the strength which then they count upon And also that cut off at length and we as blasts are gone verse 11 To whom O God doth it appear what power thine anger hath Even according to thy fear so is thy dreadful wrath verse 12 Lord teach us this religious art of numbring out our days That so we may apply our heart to sacred wisdom's ways verse 13 Return O Lord how long e're thou compassion on us take And let it Lord repent thee now for thy dear servant's sake verse 14 O fill us early with thy grace that so we may rejoyce And all our lives contin'ed space triumph in heart and voice verse 15 According to the days wherein thou plagu'st us make us glad After the years which we have seen so sorrowful and sad verse 16 O let thy blessed work appear unto thy servants true And let thy glory shine most clear unto their children's veiw verse 17 Shew us the beauty of thy face and what we take in hand Establish Lord of thy good grace and make it firm to stand Psalm XC Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune LOrd ev ' --- ry age and race has seen Thou hast our help and re -- fuge been E're that the Mountains had a birth or e ---- ver thou hadst form'd the earth Thou hadst a being long before and shalt abide when time 's no more verse 3 Thy first Decree 'gainst man was just bidding him Turn again to Dust. verse 4 A thousand years if we could stay in life so long is but a day Compar'd with thee and in thy sight like the short watches of the night verse 5 Death like an overflowing stream sweeps us away our life 's a dream verse 6 As flow'rs i' th' morning fresh and fair cut down ere night and withered are verse 7 Thine Anger and our Wickedness verse 8 Makes the short term of Nature less verse 9 And thus our years t' an end
Let my integrity and uprightness defend And keep me safe because O Lord on thee I do depend verse 22 And now O Lord redeem and bring thine Israel out Of all the straits and miseries that compass them about Psalm XXVI Bristol Tune JUdge me O Lord for I am just and blame -- less I a-bide In thee like-wise I put my trust there -- fore I shall not slide verse 2 Prove me my God I thee desire and search me secretly Try me with thy refining fire my heart and reins O try verse 3 Thy loving kindness Lord my God before my face I lay And in the paths of truth have trod and kept that holy way verse 4 I do not hold society with men whose deeds are vile I will not come in company with them that practice guile verse 5 The congregation of the lewd I do detest and hate And with the wicked multitude I will not be a mate verse 6 In innocency I will wash and purify my hands Then will I hasten to the place where thy pure altar stands verse 7 That I may publish and proclaim with voice of joy and praise And tell of thy most worthy fame in all thy works and ways verse 8 The habitation of thy house Lord I have loved well And that same place so glorious where thy renown doth dwell verse 9 O gather not my soul with them in sin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much blood to spill verse 10 Within whose hands mischievousness and wickedness abides And their right hand it is no less replenished with bribes verse 11 But as for me walk on I will in mine integrity Redeem me and be merciful unto me O most high verse 12 My foot stands in an even place and here I will record And shew before the churches face the praises of the Lord. Psalm XXVII Dublin Tune THe Lord 's my sa-ving health and light why should I be dis -- maid He is my life my strength might why should I be a --- fraid verse 2 When as the sons of wickedness my foes and en'mies all Came on me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and did fall verse 3 Though hosts against me pitch their tent my heart shall fear no foes But in this case be confident though wars against me rose verse 4 One thing I have desir'd of God which I will seek for still That I may have a blest abode in Sions sacred hill That I may there spend all my days beholding God's sweet face Inquiring after blessed ways within his holy place verse 5 For he shall in the evil hour me in 's pavillion hide And make his sacred tent my tow'r where I shall safe abide verse 6 And now behold my head shall be exalted and renown'd Above my foes that compass me in all the circuits round Therefore will I bring to his tent the sacrifice of joy And songs of praise will I present unto the Lord most high verse 7 Hear me O Lord when as I cry with earnest voice to thee Have mercy on me O most high and kindly answer me verse 8 When as thou said'st my face seek ye instructed by thy grace My heart made answer unto thee Lord I will seek thy face verse 9 Hide not thy face O Lord I pray hide not thy face from me In anger do not put away thy servant Lord from thee Thou wast my helper heretofore O do not leave me quite Forsake me not for evermore O God my saving might verse 10 When Parents both forsook their son and cast me off together The Lord took care when they had done a better friend than either verse 11 Teach me O Lord thy way to know and graciously dispose That in a plain path I may go because of all my foes verse 12 Give me not over to my foes for most maliciously False witness are against me rose that breath out cruelty verse 13 And surely I had fainted quite but that I hop't to see Thy goodness in the land of light dispensed unto me verse 14 Wait on the Lord couragiously he is thy strength and stay Thy heart with faith to fortify wait on the Lord I say Psalm XXVIII Bristol Tune TO thee I cry O Lord my rock thine an -- swer let me have Lest by thy si-lence I be like to dead men in their grave verse 2 O hear the voice of my request now that to thee I cry When tow'rds thy holy oracle I lift my hands on high verse 3 O draw me not with wicked men to act the sinners part That speak unto their neighbours peace while mischief fills their heart verse 4 Give them according to their deeds and mischief of their hearts O recompence their handy-works and render their deserts verse 5 Since they regarded not God's works nor what his hands have wrought He shall not build but break them down and bring them all to nought verse 6 Blessed for ever be the Lord because that he hath heard My voice and supplications which I to him preferr'd verse 7 The Lord 's my strength and fortitude my safest sheild is he My heart reposed trust in him and he hath holpen me Therefore my heart exceedingly doth triumph and rejoyce And with sweet songs of praise to him will I lift up my voice verse 8 God is the strength of Israel and lo the Lord alone He is the Saviour and the strength of his anointed one verse 9 Lord save thy people powerfully and bless thine heritage Feed them likewise and raise them high henceforth from age to age Psalm XXIX Oxford Tune GIve to the Lord ye migh-ty ones Give to the Lord your crowns Thrones his strength glo --- ry to con-fess As-cribe due glo --- ry to his name Worship the Lord his praise proclaim in beau-ty of his ho -- li -- ness verse 3 Heark you may hear his ratling cloud the God of glory thunders loud This is the voice of God most high the Lord on many waters is verse 4 And that loud sounding voice of his is full of power and Majesty verse 5 Heark how his voice with terror speaks yea and the Lord the cedars breaks The cedars of mount Lebanon verse 6 Like wanton calves he makes them skip Like a young unicorn they trip mount Lebanon and Syrion verse 7 The flames of lightning they divide the fire doth flash on every side His thundering voice effects no less verse 8 The thundering voice of God doth make The mighty desarts move and quake it shakes all Paran wilderness verse 9 The voice of God so very strong doth cause the hindes to cast their young And the bare forrests to appear while his renown by every tongue Is through his holy temple sung and these works celebrated there verse 10 For God sits king upon the floud yea from the first his kingdom stood And it shall never never cease verse 11 The Lord that is our strength and tower Will give his people