to diff'rent Realms may'st send to govern ancl protect verse 17 Whilst this my Song to future times transmits thy Glorious Name And makes the World with'one consent thy lasting Praise proclaim PSALM XLVI GOD is our Refuge in Distress A present Help when Dangers press In him undaunted we 'll conside verse 2 3 Tho' Earth were from her Centre tost And Mountains in the Ocean lost torn piece-meal by the roaring Tide verse 4 A gentler Stream with Gladness still The City of our Lord shall fill the Royal Seat of God most High verse 5 God dwells in Sion whose fair Towers Shall mock th' Affaults of Earthly Pow'rs while his Almighty Aid is nigh verse 6 In Tumults when the Heathen rag'd And Kingdoms War against us wag'd he thunder'd and dispers'd their Powers verse 7 The Lord of Hosts conducts our Arms Our Tower of Refuge in Alarms our Fathers Guardian-God and ours verse 8 Come fee the Wonders he hath wronght On Earth what Desolation brought verse 9 How he has calm'd the jarring World He broke the warlike Spear and Bow With them their thund ring Chariots too into devouring Flames were hurl'd verse 10 Submit to God's Almighty Sway For him the Heathen shall obey and Earth her Sov'reign Lord confess verse 11 The God of Holts conducts our Arms Our Tower of Refuge in Alarras As to our Fathers in Difsress PSALM XLVII verse 1 2 O All ye People clap your hands And with triumphant Voices sing No force the mighty Power withstands Of God the universal King verse 3 4 He shall opposing Nations quell and with succefs pur Battels fight Shall fix the Place where we must dwell the Pride of Jacob his Delight verse 5 6 God is gone up our Lord and King with Shouts of Joy and Trumpets Sound To him repeated Praises sing and let the chearful Song go round verse 7 8 Your utmost Skill in Praise be shown for him who all the World commands Who sits upon his righteous Throne and spreads his Sway o'er Heathen Lands verse 9 Our Chiefs and Tribes that far from hence to serve the God of Abr'am came Found Him their constant sure Defence How great and glorious is his Name PSALM XLVIII THE Lord the only God is great and greatly to be prais'd In Sion on whose happy Mount his sacred Throne is rais'd verse 2 Her Towers the Joy of all the Earth with beauteous Prospect rise On her North-side the Almighty Kings imperial City lies verse 3 God in her Palaces is known his Presence is her Guard verse 4 Confed'rate Kings withdrew their Siege and of Succefs despair'd verse 5 They view'd her Walls admir'd and fled with Grief and Terror struck verse 6 Like Women whom the sudden Pangs of Travail had o'retook verse 7 No wretched Grew of Mariners appear like them forlorn When Fleets from Tarshish wealthy Coasts by Eastern Winds are torn verse 8 In Sion we have seen perform'd a Work that was foretold In pledge that God for times to come his City will uphold verse 9 Not in our Fortresses and Walls did we O God conside But on the Temple fix'd our Hopes in which thou dost reside verse 10 According to thy Sov'reign Name thy Praise through Earth extends Thy powerful Arm as Justice guides chastises or defends verse 11 Let Sion's Mount with Joy resound her Daughters all be taught In Songs his Judgments to extol who this Deliv'rance wrought verse 12 Compass her Walls in solemn Pomp your Eyes quite round her cast Count all her Towers and see if there you find a Stone displac'd verse 13 Her Forts and Palaces survey observe their Order well That with Allurance to your Heirs this Wonder you may tell verse 14 This God is ours and will be ours whilst we in him conside Who as he has preserv'd us now till Death will be our Guide PSALM XLIX verse 1 2 LET all the list'ning World attend and my Instruion hear Let High and Low and Rich and Poor with joint Consent give Ear verse 3 My Mouth with sacred Wisdom fill d shall good Advice impart The sound Result of prudent Thoughts digested in my Heart verse 4 To Parables of weighty Sense I will my Ear incline Whilst to my tuneful Harp I sing dark Words of deep Design verse 5 Why should my Courage fail in times of Danger and of Doubt When Sinners that would me supplant have compass'd me about verse 6 Those Men that all their Hope and Trust in Heaps of Treasure place And boast and triumph when they see their ill-got Wealth increase verse 7 Are yet unable from the Grave their dearest Friend to free Nor can by Force or Bribes reverse th' Almighty Lord's Decree verse 8 9 Their vain Endeavours they maust quit the Price is held too high No Sums can purchase such a Grant that Man should never die verse 10 Not Wisdom can the Wise exempt nor Fools their Folly save But both must perish and in Death their Wealth to others leave verse 11 For tho' they think their stately Seats shall ne'er to Ruin fall But their remembrance last in Lands which by their Names they call verse 12 Yet shall their Fame be soon forgot how great fo'er their State With Beasts tneir Mernory and they shall share one common Fate PART II. verse 13 How great their Folly is who thus absurd Conclusions make And yet their Children unreclaim'd repeat the gross Mistake verse 14 They all like Sheep to slaughter led the Prey of Death are made Their Beauty while the Just rejoice within the Grave shall fade verse 15 But God will yet redeem my Soul and from the greedy Grave His greater Pow'r shall fet me free and to himself receive verse 16 Then fear not thou when Worldly Men in envi'd Wealth abound Nor tho' their prosp'rous House increase with State and Honour Crown'd verse 17 For when they 're summon'd hence by Death they leave all this behind No shadow of their former Pomp within the Grave they find verse 18 And yet they thought their State was blest caught in the Flatt rers Snare Who with their Vanity comply'd and prais'd their worldly care verse 19 In their Forefathers Steps they tread and when like them they die Their wretched Ancestors and they in endless Darkness lie verse 20 For Man how great foe're his State unless he 's truly wise As like a sensual Beast he lives so like a Beast he dies PSALM L. verse 1 2 THE Lord hath spoke the mighty God Hath sent his Summons all abroad From dawning Light till Day declines The list'ning Earth his Voice hath heard And he from Sion hath appear'd Where Beauty in Perfection shines verse 3 4 Our God shall come and keep no more Misconstru'd silence as before But wasting Flames before him send Around shall Tempests fiercely rage While he does Heav'n and Earth engage His just Tribunal to attend verse 5 6 Assemble all my Saints to me Thus runs the great Divine Decree That in my lasting Cov'nant
Friend And he shall from unrighteous Dooms their guiltless Souls defend Psalm CX verse 1 THE Lord unto my Lord thus spake Till I thy Foes thy Footstool make sit thou in state at my Right-hand verse 2 Supreme in Sion thou shall be and all thy proud Opposers see subjected to thy just Command verse 3 Thee in thy Pow'rs triumphant Day the willing Nations shall obey and when thy rising Beams they view shall all redeem'd from Error 's Night appear as numberless and bright as Chrystal Drops of Morning Dew verse 4 The Lord hath sworn nor sworn in vain that like Melchizedech's thy Reign and Priesthood shall no Period know verse 5 No proud Competitor to fit at thy Right-hand will he permit but in his wrath crown'd Heads o'erthrow verse 6 The sentenc'd Heathen he shall flay and fill with Carcasses his way till he hath struck Earth's Tyrants dead verse 7 But in the high-way Brooks shall first like a poor Pilgrim slake his Thirst and then in Triumph raise his Head Psalm CXI verse 1 PRise ye the Lord our God to praise My Soul her utmost Pow'r raise With private Friends and in the Throng Of Saints his Praise shall be my Song verse 2 His Works for Greatness tho' renown'd His wond'rous Works with ease are found By those who seek for them aright And in the pious Search delight verse 3 His Works are all of matchless Fame And universal Glory claim His truth confirm'd thro'Ages past Shall to eternal Ages last verse 4 By precept he has us enjoyn'd To keep his wondrous Works in mind And to posterity record That good and gracious is our Lord. verse 5 His Bounty like a flowing Tide Has all his Servants Wants supply'd And he will ever keep in mind His Cov'nant with our Fathers sign'd verse 6 At once astonish'd and o'erjoy'd They saw his matchless Pow'r employ'd Whereby the Heathen were suppress'd And we their Heritage possess'd verse 7 Just are the Dealings of his Hands Immutable are his Commands verse 8 By Truth and Equity sustain'd And for eternal Rules ordain'd verse 9 He set is Saints from Bondage free And then establish'd his Decree For ever to remain the fame Holy and Rev'rend is his Name verse 10 Who Wisdom's sacred Prize would win Must with the Fear of God begin Immortal praise and heav'nly Skill Have they who know and do his Will Psalm CXII HALLELUJAH verse 1 THat Man is blest who stands in aw Of God and loves his sacred Law verse 2 His seed on Earth shall be renown'd And with successive Honours crown'd verse 1 His House the Seat of Wealth shall be An inexhausted Treasury His Justice free from all Decay Shall Blessings to his Heirs convey verse 4 The Soul that 's fill'd with Vertue 's Light Shine's brightest in Assliction's Night To pity the Distrest inclin'd As well as just to all Mankind verse 5 His lib'ral Favours he extends To some he gives to others lends Yet what his Charity impairs He saves by Prudence in Affairs verse 6 Beset with threatning Dangers round Unmov'd shall he maintain his Ground The sweet Remembrance of the Just Shall flourish when he sleeps in Dust verse 7 III Tidings never can surprize His Heart that still on God relies verse 8 On Safety 's Rock he sits and sees The Shipwreck of his Enemies verse 9 His Hands while they his Alms bestow'd His Glory 's future Harvest sow'd Whence he shall reap Wealth Fame Renown A temp'ral and eternal Crown verse 10 The Wicked shall his Trinmph see And gnash their Teeth in Agony While their unrighteous Hopes decay And vanish with themselves away Psalm CXIII verse 1 YE Saints and Servants of the Lord the Triumphs of his Name record verse 2 His sacred Name for ever bless verse 3 Where e'er the circling Sun displays his rising Beams or setting Rays due praise to his great Name address verse 4 God thro' the World extends his Sway the Regions of eternal Day but Shadows of his Glory are verse 5 To him whose Majesty excels who made the Heav'n in which he dwells let no created Pow'r compare verse 6 Tho' t is beneath his State to view in highest Heav'n what Angels do yet he to Earth vouchsafes his Care He takes the Needy from his Cell advancing him in Courts to dwell Companion to the greatest there verse 7 When childless Families despair He sends the Blessing of an Heir to rescue their expiring Name Makes her that barren was to bear and joyfully her fruit to rear O then extol his matcless Fame Psalm CXIV verse 1 WHen ' ISr'el by th' Almighty led Enrich'd with their Oppressors spoil From Egypt march'd and Jacob's Seed From Bondage in a foreign Soil Jehovab for his Residence Chose out imperial Judah's Tent His Mansion Royal and from thence Thro' Israel's Camp his Orders sent verse 3 The distant Sea with Terrors saw And from th' Almighty's presence fled Old Jordan's Streams surpriz'd with Awe Retreated to their Fountain's Head verse 4 The taller Mountains skipp'd like Rams When danger near the Fold they hear The Hills skipp'd after them like Lambs affrighted by their Leader's Fear verse 5 O Sea what made your Tide withdraw And naked leave your oozy Bed Why Jordan against Natur 's Law Recoild'st thou to thy Fountain's Head verse 6 Why Mountains did ye skip like Rams When Danger does approach the Fold Why after you the Hills like Lambs When they their Leader's Flight behold verse 7 Earth tremble on well may'st thou fear Thy Lord and Maker's Face to fee When Jacob's awful God draws near 'T is time for Earth and Seas to flee verse 8 To flee from God who Natures Law Confirms and cancels at his Will Who Springs from flinty Rocks can draw And thirsty Vales with Water fill Psalm CXV verse 1 LOrd not to us we claim no Share but to thy sacred Name Give Glory for thy Mercy 's fake and Truth 's eternal Fame verse 2 Why should the Heathen cry Where'snow the God whom we adore verse 3 Convince'em that in Heav'n thou art and uncontroul'd thy Pow'r verse 4 Their God's but Gold and Silver are the Works of Mortal Hands verse 5 With speechless Mouth and fightless Eyes the molten Idol stands verse 6 The Pageant has both Ears and Nose but neigher hears nor smells verse 7 Its Hands and Feet nor feel nor move no Life within it dwells verse 8 Such senseless Stocks they are that we can nothing like 'em find But those who on their Help rely and them for Gods design'd verse 9 O Ifr el make the Lord your Trust who is your Help and Shield verse 10 Priests Levites trust in him alone who only Help can yield verse 11 Let all who truely fear the Lord on him they fear rely Who them in Danger can defend and all their Wants supply verse 12 13 Of us he oft has mindful been and Israel's House will bless Priests Levites Proselytes ev'n All who his great Name confess verse 14
Hammer they destroy like Works of vulgar Frame verse 7 Thy holy Temple they have burnt and what escap'd the Flame Has been profan'd and quite defac'd tho sacred to thy Name verse 8 Thy Worship wholly to destroy maliciously they aim'd And all the sacred Places burn'd where we thy Praise proclaim'd verse 9 Yet of thy Presence thou vouchsas'd no tender Signs to send We have no Prophet now that knows when this sad State shall end PART II. verse 10 But Lord how long wilt thou permit th' insulting Foe to boast Shall all the Honour of thy Name for ever more be lost verse 11 Why hold'st thou back thy strong Right hand and on thy patient breast When Vengeance calls to stretch it forth so calmly let'st it rest verse 12 Thou heretofore with Kingly Pow'r in our Defence hast fought For us throughout the wond'ring World hast great Salvation wrought verse 13 'T was thou O God that didst the Sea by thy own Strength divide Thou brak'st the watry Monster 's Head the Waves o'erwhelm'd their Pride verse 14 The greatest fiercest of them all that seem'd the Deep to sway Was by thy Pow'r destroy'd and made to savage Beasts a Prey verse 15 Thou clav'st the solid Rock and mad'st the Waters largely flow Again thou mad'st thro' parted Streams thy wond'ring people go verse 16 Thine is the chearful Day and thine the black Return of Night Thou hast prepar'd the glorious Sun and eve'ry feebler Light verse 17 By Thee the Borders of the Earth in perfect Order stand The Summer's Warmth and Winter's Cold attend on thy Command PART III. verse 18 Remember Lord how scornful Foes have daily urg'd our Shame And how the foolish People have blasphem'd thy holy Name verse 19 O free thy mourning Turtle-dove by sinful Crowds beset Nor the Assembly of thy Poor for evermore forget verse 20 Thy ancient Cov'nant Lord regard and make thy Promise good For now each Corner of the Land is fill'd with Men of Blood verse 21 O let not the Opprest return With Sorrow cloath'd and Shame But let the Helpless and the Poor for ever praise thy Name verse 22 Arise O God in our behalf thy Cause and ours maintain Remember how insulting Fools each day thy Name prophane verse 23 Make thou the Boastings of thy Foes for evermore to cease Whose Insolence if unchastiz'd will more and more increase PSALM LXXV TO thee O God we render Praise to thee with Thanks repair For that thy Name to us is nigh thy wond'rous Works declare verse 2 In Isr'el when my Throne is fix'd with me shall Justice reign verse 3 The Land with Discord shakes but I the sinking Frame sustain verse 4 Deluded Wretches I advis'd their Errors to redress And warn'd bold Sinners that they should their swelling Pride suppress verse 5 Bear not your selves so high as if no Pow'r could yours restrain Submit your stubborn Necks and learn to spake with less Disdain verse 6 For that Promotion which to gain your vain Ambition strives From neither East nor West nor yet From Southern Climes arrives verse 7 For God the great Disposer is and Sov'reign Judge alone Who casts the Proud to Earth and lifts the Humble to a Throne verse 8 His Hand holds forth a dreadful Cup with purple Wine 't is crown'd The deadly Mixture which his Wrath deals out to Nations round Of this his Saints sometimes may taste but wicked Men shall squeeze The bitter Dregs and be condemn'd to drink the very Lees. verse 9 His Prophet I to all the World this Message will relate The justice then of Jacob's God my Song shall celebrate verse 10 The Wicked's Pride I will reduce their Cruelty disarm Exalt the Just and seat him high above the Reach of Harm PSALM LXXVI IN Judah the Almighty's known Almighty there by Wonders shown His Name in Jacob does excel verse 2 His Sanctuary in Salem stands The Majesty that Heav'n commands In Sion condescends to dwell verse 3 He brake the Bow and Arrows there The Shield the temper'd Sword and Spear There slain the mighty Army lay verse 4 Whence Sion's Fame thro' Earth is spread Of greater Glory greater Dread Than Hills where Robbers lodge their Prey verse 5 Their valiant Chiefs who came for Spoil Themselves met there a shameful Foil Securely down to sleep they lay But wak'd no more their stoutest Band Ne'er lifted one resisting Hand ' Gainst his that did their Legion's slay verse 6 When Jacob's God began to frown Both Horse and Charioteers o'erthrown Together slept in endless Night verse 7 When thou whom Earth and Heav'n revere Dost once with wrathful Looks appear What mortal Pow'r can stand thy fight verse 8 Pronounc'd from Heav'n Earth heard its Doom Grew husht with Fear when thou didst come verse 9 The Meek with Justice to restore verse 10 The Wrath of Man shall yield thee Praise It 's last Attempts but serve to raise The Triumphs of Almighty Pow'r verse 11 Vow to the Lord ye Nations bring Vow'd Presents to th' eternal King Thus to his Name due Rev'rence pay verse 12 Who Proudest Potentates can quell To Earthly Kings more terrible Than to their trembling Subjects They Psalm LXXVII verse 1 TO God I cry'd who to my Help did graciously repair verse 2 In Trouble's dismal Day I fought my God with humble Pray'r All Night my fest'ring Wound did run no Med'cine gave Relief My Soul no Comfort would admit my Soul indulg'd her Grief verse 3 I thought on God and Favours past but that increas'd my Pain I found my Spirit more opprest the more I did complain verse 4 Thro ev'ry watch of tedious Night thou keep st my Eyes awake My Grief is swell'd to that Excess I sigh but cannot speak verse 5 I call to mind the Days of old with signal Mercy crown'd Those famous Years of ancient Times for Miracles renown'd verse 6 By Night I recollect my Songs on former Triumphs made Then search consult and ask my Heart where 's now that wond'rous Aid verse 7 Has God for ever cast us off withdrawn his Favour quite verse 8 Are both his Mercy and his Truth retir'd to endless Night verse 9 Can his long-practis'd Love forget it's wonted Aids to bring Has he in Wrath shut up and seal'd his Mercy 's healing Spring verse 10 I said my Weakness hints these Fears but I 'll my Fears disband Will yet remember the most High and Years of his Right-hand verse 11 I 'll call to mind his Works of old the Wonders of his Might verse 12 On them my Heart shall meditate my Tongue shall them recite verse 13 Safe lodg'd from humane Search on high O God thy Counsels are Who is so great a God as ours who can with him compare verse 14 Long since a God of Wonders Thee thy rescu'd People found verse 15 Long since hast thou thy chosen Seed with strong Deliv'rance crown'd verse 16 When Thee O God the Waters saw the frighted Billows shrunk The troubled Depths
unresisted Might his Holiness extol verse 6 Moses and Aron thus of old among his Priests ador'd Amongst his Prophets Samuel thus his sacred Name implor'd Distrest upon the Lord they call'd who ne'er their Suit deny'd But as with Rev'rence they implor'd he graciously reply'd verse 7 For with their Camp to guide their March the cloudy Pillar mov'd They kept his Laws and to his Will obedient Servants prov'd verse 8 He answer'd them forgiving oft his People for their sake And those who rashly them oppos'd did sad Examples make verse 9 With Worship at his sâ—cred Courts exalt our God and Lord For he who only holy is alone should be ador'd Psalm C. verse 1 2 WIth one consent let all the Earth To God their chearful Voices raise Glad Homage pay with awful Mirth And sing before him Songs of praise verse 3 Convinced that he is God alone From whom both we and all proceed We whom he chuses for his own The Flock that he vouchsafes to feed verse 4 O enter then his Temple Gate Thence to his Courts devoutly press And still your grateful Hymns repeat And still his Name with praises bless verse 5 For he 's the Lord supremely good His Mercy is for ever sure His Truth which always firmly stood To endless Ages shall endure Psalm CI. verse 1 OF Mercy 's never-failing Spring And stedfast Judgment I will sing And since they both to thee belong To thee O Lord adrress my Song verse 2 When Lord thou shalt with me reside Wife discipline my Reign shall guide With blameless Life my self I 'll make A Pattern for my Court to take verse 3 No ill Design will I pursue Nor those my Fav'rites make that do verse 4 Who to Reproof bears no regard Him will I totally discard verse 5 The private Slanderer shall be In publick Justice doom'd by me From haughty looks I 'll turn aside And mortifie the Heart of Pride verse 6 But Honesty call'd from her Cell In splendour at my Court shall dwell Who Virtue 's practice make their Care Shall have the first Preferments there verse 7 No Politicks shall recommend His-Countrey's Foe to be my Friend None e'er shall to my Favour rise By flatt'ring or malicious-Lyes verse 8 All those who wicked Courses take An early Sacrifice I 'll make Cut off destroy till none remain God's holy City to profane Psalm CII verse 1 WHen I pour out my Soul in Pray'r do thou O Lord attend To thy eternal Throne of Grace let my sad Cry ascend verse 2 O hide not thou thy glorious Face in times of deep Distress Incline thine Ear and when I call my Sorrows soon redress verse 3 Each cloudy Portion of my Life like scatter'd Smoke expires My shiriv'led Bones are like a Hearth parch'd with continual Fires verse 4 My Heart like Grass that feels the Blast of some infectious Wind Does languish so with Grief that scarce my needful Food I mind verse 5 By reason of my sad estate I spend my Breath in Groans My Flesh is worn away my Skin scarce hides my starting Bones verse 6 I'm like a Pelican become that does in Desarts mourn Or like an Owl that sits all day in hollow Trees forlorn verse 7 In Watchings or in restless Dreams the Night by me is spent As by those solitary Birds that loansom roofs frequent verse 8 All day by railing Foes I 'm made the Subject of their Scorn Who all possest with furious Rage have my Destruction sworn verse 9 When grov'ling on the Ground I lie opprest with Grief and Fears My Bread is strew'd with Ashes o'er my Drink is mixt with Tears verse 10 Because on me with double weight thy heavy Wrath does lie For thou to make my Fall more great didst lift me up on high verse 11 My days just hast'ning to their end are like an Ev'ning-shade My Beauty does like wither'd Grass with waning Lustre fade verse 12 But thy eternal state O Lord no length of time shall waste The mem'ry of thy wondrous Works from Age to Age shall last verse 13 Thou shalt arise and Sion view with an unclouded Face For now her time is come thy own appointed day of Grace verse 14 Her scatter'd Ruines by thy Saints with pity are survey'd They grieve to see her lofty Spires in Dust and Rubbish laid verse 15 16 The Name and Glory of the Lord all heathen Kings shall fear When he shall Sion build again and in full state appear verse 17 18 When he regards the Poor's Request nor slights their earnest Pray'r Our Sons for this recorded Grace shall his just praise declare verse 19 For God from his abode on high his gracious Beams display'd The Lord from Heav'n his lofty Throne has all the Earth survey'd verse 20 He list'ned to the Captives moans he heard their mournful Cry And freed by his resistless pow'r the Wretches doom'd to die verse 21 That they in Sion where he dwells might celebrate his Fame And thro the holy City sing loud praises to his Name verse 22 When all the Tribes assembling there their solemn vows address And neighb'ring Lands with glad Consent the Lord their God confess verse 23 But e'er my Race is run my strength through his fierce Wrath decays He has when all my wishes bloom'd cut short my hopeful days verse 24 Lord end not thou my Life said I when half is scarcely past Thy years from worldly Changes free to endless Ages last verse 25 The strong Foundations of the Earth of old by thee were laid Thy Hands the beauteous Arch of Heav'n with wondrous Skill have made verse 26 27 Whilst thou for ever shalt endure they soon shall pass away And like a Garment often worn shall tarnish and decay Like that when thou ordain'st their change to thy Command they bend But thou continu'st still the same nor have thy Years an End verse 28 Thou to the Children of thy Saints shall lasting Quiet give Whose happy Race securely fixt shall in thy presence live Psalm CIII verse 1 2 MY Soul inspir'd with sacred Love God's holy Name for ever bless Of all his Favours mindful prove And still thy grateful Thanks express verse 3 4 'T is he that all thy Sins forgives And after Sickness makes thee sound From Danger he thy life retrieves By him with Grace and Mercy crown'd verse 5 6 He with good things my Mouth supplies My Vigour Eagle-like renews He when the guiltless Suff'rer cries His Foe with just Revenge pursues verse 7 God made of old his righteous Ways To Moses and our Fathers known His Works to his Eternal praise Were to the Sons of Jacob shown verse 8 The Lord abounds with tender Love And unexampl'd Acts of Grace His waken'd Wrath does slowly move His willing Mercy flows apace verse 9 10 God will not always harshly chide But with his Anger quickly part And loves his Punishments to guide More by his Love than our Desert verse 11 As high as Heav'n its Arch extends Above
of universal Joy should loudly eccho through the Land PSALM XV. verse 1 LOrd who 's the happy Man that may to thy blest Courts repair Not Stranger-like to visit them but to inhabit there verse 2 'T is he whose ev'ry Thought and Deed by rules of Virtue moves Whose gen'rous Tongue disdains to speak the thing his Heart disproves verse 3 Who never did a Slander forge his Neighbour's Fame to wound Nor hearken to a false Report by Malice whisper'd round verse 4 Who Vice in all its Pomp and Pow'r can treat with just Neglect And Piety tho' cloath'd in Rags religiously respect Who to his plighted Vows and Trust has ever firmly stood And tho' he promise to his Loss he makes his Promise good verse 5 Whose Soul in Usury disdains his Treasure to employ Whom no Rewards can ever bribe the Guiltless to destroy The Man who by this steady Course has Happiness ensur'd When Earth's foundation shakes shall stand by Providence secur'd PSALM XVI verse 1 PRotect me from my cruel Foes and shield me Lord from Harm Because my Trust I still repose on thy Almighty Arm. verse 2 My Soul all Help but thine does slight all Gods but thee disown Yet can no Deeds of mine require the Goodness thou hast shown verse 3 But those that strictly virtuous are and love the thing that 's right To favour always and prefer shall be my chief Delight verse 4 How shall their Sorrows be increas'd who other Gods adore Their bloody Offerings I detest their very Names abhor verse 5 My Lot is fall'n in that blest Land where God is truly known He fills my Cup with lib'ral hand 't is he supports my Throne verse 6 In Nature's most delightful Scene my happy Portion lies The place of my appointed Reign all other Lands outvies verse 7 Therefore my Soul shall bless the Lord whose Precepts give me Light And private Counsel still afford in Sorrow's dismal Night verse 8 I strive each Action to approve to his all-seeing Eye No danger shall my Hopes remove because he still is nigh verse 9 Therefore my Heart all Grief defies my Glory does rejoice My Flesh shall rest in hope to rise wak'd by his pow'rful Voice verse 10 Thou Lord when I resign my Breath my Soul from Hell shall free Nor let thy Holy One in death the least Corruption see verse 11 Thou shalt the Paths of Life display that to thy Presence lead Where Pleasures dwell without allay and Joys that never fade PSALM XVII verse 1 TO my just Plea and sad Complaint attend O righteous Lord And to my Pray'r as 't is unfeign'd a gracious Ear afford verse 2 As in thy sight I am approv'd so let my Sentence be And with impartial Eyes O Lord my upright Dealing see verse 3 For thou hast search'd my Heart by day and visited by Night And on the strictest Trial found its secret Motions right Nor shall thy Justice Lord alone my Heart's Designs acquit For I have purpos'd that my Tongue shall no Offence commit verse 4 I know what wicked Men would do their Safety to maintain But me thy just and mild Commands from bloody Paths restrain verse 5 That I may still in spight of Wrongs my Innocence secure O! guide me in thy righteous Ways and make my Footsteps sure verse 6 Since heretofore I ne'er in vain to thee my Pray'r address'd O! now my God incline thine Ear to this my just Request verse 7 The Wonders of thy Truth and Love in my Defence engage Thou whose Right-hand preserves thy Saints from their Oppressors Rage PART II. verse 8 9 O! keep me in thy tend'rest Care thy sheltring Wing stretch out To guard me safe from salvage Foes that compass me about verse 10 O'ergrown with Luxury enclos'd in their own Fat they lie And with a proud blaspheming Mouth both God and Man defie verse 11 Well may they boast for they have now my Paths encompass'd round With Eyes at watch and Bodies bow'd and couching on the Ground verse 12 In posture of a Lion set when greedy of his Prey Or a young Lion when he lurks within a covert way verse 13 Arise O Lord defeat their Plots their swelling Rage controul From wicked Men who are thy Sword deliver thou my Soul verse 14 From worldly Men thy sharpest Scourge whose Portion 's here below Who fill'd with earthly Stores desire no other Bliss to know verse 15 Their Race is num'rous that partake their Substance while they live Their Heirs survive to whom they may the vast Remainder give verse 16 But I in Uprightness thy Face shall view without controul And waking shall its Image find reflected in my Soul PSALM XVIII verse 1 2 NO change of Times shall ever shock my firm Affection Lord to thee For thou hast always been my Rock a Fortress and Defence to me Thou mv Deliv'rer art my God my Trust is in thy mighty Pow'r Thou art my Shield from Foes abroad at home my Safeguard and my Tow'r verse 3 To thee I will address my Pray'r to whom all Praise we justly owe So shall I by thy watchful Care be guarded from my treach'rous Foe verse 4 5 By Floods of wicked Men distress'd with Seas of Sorrow compass'd round With dire infernal Pangs oppress'd in Death's unweildy Fetters bound verse 6 To Heaven I made my mournful Pray'r to God address'd my humble Moan Who graciously inclin'd his Ear and heard me from his lofty Throne PART II. verse 7 When God arose my part to take the conscious Earth was struck with fear The Hills did at his Presence shake nor could his dreadful Fury bear verse 8 Thick Clouds of Smoak disperst abroad ensigns of Wrath before him came Devouring Fire around him glow'd that Coals were kindled at his Flame verse 9 He left the beauteous Realms of Light whilst Heav'n bow'd down its awful head Beneath his Feet substantial Night was like a sable Carpet spread verse 10 The Chariot of the King of Kings which active Troops of Angels drew On a strong Tempest s rapid Wings with most amazing swiftness flew verse 11 12 Black watry Mists and Clouds conspir'd with thickest Shades his Face to veil But at his Brightness soon retir'd and fell in show'rs of Fire and Hail verse 13 Thro' Heav'ns wide Arch a thundring Peal God's angry Voice did loudly roar While Earth's sad Face with heaps of Hail and flakes of Fire was cover'd o'er verse 14 His sharpen'd Arrows round he threw which made his scatter'd Foes retreat Like Darts his nimble Light'nings flew and quickly finish'd their Defeat verse 15 The Deep its secret Stores disclos'd the World's Foundations naked lay By his avenging Wrath expos'd which fiercely rag'd that dreadful Day PART III. verse 16 The Lord did on my side engage from Heav'n his Throne my Cause upheld And snatch'd me from the furious Rage of threat'ning Waves that proudly swell'd verse 17 God his resistless Pow'r employ'd my strongest Foes attempts to break Who else with ease
had soon destroy'd the weak Defence that I could make verse 18 Their subtil Rage had near prevail'd when I distrest and friendless lay But still when other Succours fail'd God was my firm Support and Stay verse 19 From Dangers that enclos'd me round he brought me forth and set me free For some just Cause his Goodness found that mov'd him to delight in me verse 20 Because in me no Guilt remains God does his gracious Help extend My Hands are free from bloody Stains therefore the Lord is still my Friend verse 21 22 For I his Judgments kept in sight in his just Paths I always trod I never did his Statutes slight nor loosly wander'd from my God verse 23 24 But still my Soul sincere and pure did ev'n from darling Sins refrain His Favours therefore yet endure because my Heart and Hands are clean PART IV. verse 25 26 Thou suit'st O Lord thy righteous ways to various Paths of Human-kind They who for Mercy merit Praise with thee shall wond'rous Mercy find Thou to the Just shall Justice shew the Pure thy Purity shall see Such as perversely chuse to go shall meet with due Returns from thee verse 27 28 That he the humble Soul will save and crush the Haughty's boasted Might In me the Lord an Instance gave whose Darkness he has turn'd to Light verse 29 On his firm Succour I rely'd and did o'er num'rous Foes prevail Nor fear'd whilst he was on my side the best defended Walls to scaie verse 30 For God's Designs shall still succeed his Word will bear the utmost Test He 's a strong Shield to all that need and on his sure Protection rest verse 31 Who then deserves to be ador'd but God on whom my Hopes depend Or who except the mighty Lord can with resistless Pow'r defend PART V. verse 32 33 'T is God that girds my Armour on and all my just Designs fulfils Through him my Feet can swiftly run and nimbly climb the steepst Hills verse 34 Lessons of War from him I take and manly Weapons learn to wield Strong Bows of Steel with ease I break forc'd by my stronger Arms to yield verse 35 The Buckler of his Saving Health protects me from assaulting Foes His Hand sustains me still my Wealth and Greatness from his Bounty flows verse 36 My Goings he enlarg'd abroad till then to narrow Paths confin'd And when in slipp'ry ways I trod the Method of my Steps design'd verse 37 Through him I num'rons Hosts defeat and flying Squadrons captive take Nor from my fierce pursuit retreat till I a final Conquest make verse 38 Cover'd with Wounds in vain they try their vanquish'd Heads again to rear Spight of their boasted Strength they lie beneath my Feet and grovel there verse 39 God when fresh Armies take the Field recruits my Strength my Courage warms He makes my strong Opposers yield subdu'd by my prevailing Arms. verse 40 Through him the Neck of prostrate Foes my conqu'ring Feet in Triumph press Aided by him I root out those who hate and envy my Success verse 41 With loud complaints all Friends they try'd but none was able to defend At length to God for Help they cry'd but God would no assistance lend verse 42 Like flying Dust which Winds pursue their broken Troops I scatter'd round Their slaughter'd Bodies forth I threw like loathsome Dirt that clogs the Ground PART VI verse 43 Our factious Tribes at Strife till now by God's Appointment me obey The Heathen to my Scepter bow and foreign Nations own my sway verse 44 Remotest Realms their Homage send when my successful Name they hear Strangers for my Commands attend charm'd with Respect or aw'd by Fear verse 45 All to my Summons tamely yield or soon in Battel are dismay'd For stronger Holds they quit the Field and still in strongest Holds afraid verse 46 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd the Rock on whose Defence I rest O'er highest Heav'ns his Name be rais'd who me with his Salvation bless'd verse 47 'T is God that still supports my Right his just Revenge my Foes pursues 'T is he that with resistless Might fierce Nations to my Yoke subdues verse 48 My universal Safeguard He from whom my lasting Honours flow He made me great and set me free from my remorseless bloody Foe verse 49 Therefore to celebrate his Fame my grateful Voice to Heav'n I 'll raise And Nations Strangers to his Name shall thus be taught to sing his Praise verse 50 God to his King Deliv'rance sends shews his Anointed signal Grace His Mercy evermore extends to David and his promis'd Race PSALM XIX verse 1 THE Heav'ns declare thy Glory Lord which that alone can fill The Firmament and Stars express their great Creator's Skill verse 2 The Dawn of each returning Day fresh Beams of Knowledge brings And from the dark Returns of Night divine Instruction springs verse 3 Their pow'rful Language to no Realm or Region is confin'd 'T is Nature's Voice and understood alike by all Mankind verse 4 Their Doctrine does its sacred sense through Earth's extent display Whose bright Contents the circling Sun does round the World convey verse 5 No Bridegroom on his Nuptial-day has such a chearful Face No Giant does like him rejoice to run his glorious Race verse 6 From East to West from West to East his restless Course he goes And through his Progress chearful Light and vital Warmth bestows PART II. verse 7 God's perfect Law converts the Soul reclaims from false Desires With sacred Wisdom his sure Word the Ignorant inspires verse 8 The Statutes of the Lord are just and bring sincere Delight His pure Commands in search of Truth assist the feebleft Sight verse 9 His perfect Worship here is fix'd on sure Foundations laid His equal Laws are in the Scales of Truth and Justice weigh'd verse 10 Of more esteem than golden Mines or Gold resin'd with Skill More sweet than Honey or the drops that from the Comb distil verse 11 My trusty Counsellers they are and friendly Warnings give Divine Rewards attend on those who by thy Precepts live verse 12 But what frail Man observes how ost he does from Vertue fall O cleanse me from my secret Faults thou God that know'st them all verse 13 Let no presumptuous Sin O Lord dominion have o'er me That by thy Grace preserv'd I may the great Transgression slee verse 14 So shall my Pray'r and Praises be with thy Acceptance blest And I secure on thy Defence my Strength and Saviour rest PSALM XX. verse 1 THE Lord to thy Request attend and hear thee in Distress The Name of ' Jacob's God defend and grant thy Arms success verse 2 To aid thee from on high repair and strength from Sion give verse 3 Remember all thy Off'rings there thy Sacrifice receive verse 4 To compass thy own Heart's Desire thy Counsels still direct Make kindly all Events conspire to bring them to effect verse 5 To thy Salvation Lord for Aid we chearfully repair With Banners
against the Righteous vent verse 19 How great thy Mercies are to such as fear thy Name Which thou for those that trust thy care dost to the World proclaim verse 20 Thou keep'st them in thy fight from proud Oppressors free From Tongues that do in Strife delight they are preserv'd by Thee verse 21 With Glory and Renown God's Name be ever bless'd Whose Love in Keilah's well-fenc'd Town was wond'rously express'd verse 22 I said in hasty Flight I 'm banish'd from thine Eyes Yet still thou kept'st me in thy sight and heard'st my earnest Cries verse 23 O all ye Saints the Lord with eager Love pursue Who to the Just will Help afford and give the proud their due verse 24 Ye that on God rely couragiously proceed For he will still your hearts supply with Strength in time of need PSALM XXXII verse 1 HE 's blest whose Sins have Pardon gain'd no more in Judgment to appear verse 2 Whose Guilt Remission has obtain'd and whose Repentance is sincere verse 3 While I conceal'd the fretting Sore my Bones consum'd without Relief All Day did I with Anguish roar but no Complaints asswag'd my Grief verse 4 Heavy on me thy Hand remain'd by Day and Night alike distrest Till quite of vital Moisture drain'd like Land with Summer's drought opprest verse 5 No sooner I my Wound disclos'd the Guilt that tortur'd me within But thy Forgiveness interpos'd and Mercy 's healing Balm pour'd in verse 6 True Penitents shall thus succeed who seek thee whilst thou mayst be found They from the common Deluge freed shall fee remorsless Sinners drown'd verse 7 Thy Favour Lord in all distrest my Tow'r of Refuge I mus t own Thou shalt my haughty Foes suppress and me with Songs of Triumph crown verse 8 In my Instruction then confide you that would Truth 's safe Path descry Your Progress I 'll securely guide and keep you in my-watchful Eye verse 9 Submit your selves to Wisdom's Rule like Men that Reason have attan'd Not like th' ungovern'd Horse and Mule whose Fury must be curb'd and rein'd verse 10 Sorrows on Sorrows multiply'd the harden'd Sinner shall confound But them who in his Truth confide blessings of Mercy shall surround verse 11 His Saints that have perform'd his Laws their Life in Triumphs shall employ Let them as they alone have cause in grateful Raptures shout for Joy PSALM XXXIII verse 1 LET all the Just to God with Joys their chearful Voices raise For well the Righteous it becomes to sing glad Songs of Praise verse 2 3 Let Harps and Psalteries and Lute in joyful consort meet And new made Songs of loud Applause the Harmony compleat verse 4 5 For faithful is the Word of God his Works with Truth abound He Justice loves and all the Earth is with his Goodness crown'd verse 6 By his almighty Word at first the heavenly Arch was rear'd And all the beauteous Hosts of Light at his Command appeare'd verse 7 The swelling Floods together roll'd he makes in heaps to lye And lays as in a Store-house safe the wat'ry Treasures by verse 8 9 Let Earth and all that dwell therein before him trembling stand For when he spake the Word t was made t was fix'd at his Command verse 10 He when the Heathen closely plot their Counsels undermines His Wisdom inessectual makes the People's rash Designs verse 11 Whate'er the mighty Lord decrees shall stand for ever sure The settled purpose of his Heart to Ages shall endure PART II. verse 12 How happy then are they to whom the Lord for God is known Whom he from all the World besides has chosen for his own verse 13 14 15 He all the Nations of the Earth from Heav'n his Throne survey'd He saw their works and view'd their thoughts by him their Hearts were made verse 16 17 No King is safe by mighty Hosts their Strength the Strong deceives No manag'd Horse by Force or Speed his Warlike Rider saves verse 18 19 T is God who those that trust in him beholds with gracious Eyes He frees their Soul from Death their Want in time of Dearth supplies verse 20 21 Our Soul on God with Patience waits our Help and Shield is He Then Lord let still our Hearts rejoyce because we trust in thee verse 22 The Riches of thy Mercy Lord do Thou to us extend Since we for all we want or wish on Thee alone depend PSALM XXXIV verse 1 THro' all the changing Scenes of Life in Trouble and in Joy The praises of my God shall still my Heart and Tongue employ verse 2 Of his Deliv'rance I will boast till all that are distrest From my Example Comfort take and charm their Griefs to rest verse 3 O magnifie the Lord with me with me exalt his Name verse 4 When in Distress to him I call'd He to my rescue came verse 5 Their drooping Hearts were soon refresh'd who look'd to him for Aid Desir'd Success in ev'ry Face a chearful Air displaid verse 6 Behold say they behold the Man whom Providence reliev'd The Man so dang'rously beset so wond'rously retriev'd verse 7 The Hosts of God encamp around the Dwellings of the Just Deliv'rance he affords to all who on his Succour trust verse 8 O make but Tryal of his Love experience will decide How bless'd they are and only they who in his Truth confide verse 9 Fear him ye Saints and you will then having nothing else to fear Make you his Service your Delight your Wants shall be his Care verse 10 While hungry Lions lack their Prey the Lord will Food provide For such as put their Trust in him and see their Needs supply'd PART II. verse 11 Approach ye piously dispos'd and my Instruction hear I 'll teach you the true Discipline of his religious Fear verse 12 Let him who length of Life desires and prosp'rous Days would see verse 13 From sland'ring Language keep his Tongue his Lips from Falshood free verse 14 The crooked Paths of Vice decline and Virtue 's Ways pursue Establish Peace where 't is begun and where 't is lost renew verse 15 The Lord from Heav'n beholds the Just with favourable Eyes And when distress'd his gracious Ear is open to their Cries verse 16 But turns his wrathful Look on those whom Mercy can'n reclaim To cut them off and from the Earth blot out their hated Name verse 17 Deliv'rance to his Saints he gives when his Relies they crave verse 18 He 's nigh to heal the broken Heart and contrite Spirit save verse 19 The Wicked oft but still in vain against the Just conspire verse 20 For under their Affliction 's weight he keeps their Bones entire verse 21 The Wicked from their wicked Arts their Ruine shall derive Whilst righteous Men whom they detest shall them and theirs survive verse 22 For God preserves the Souls of those who on his Truth depend To them and their Posterity his Blessings shall descend PSALM XXXV verse 1 A Gainst all those that strive with me O
this little Spot of Clay So much his boundless Love transcends The small Respects that we can pay verse 12 13 As far as 't is from East to West So far has he our sins remov'd Who with a Father's tender Breast Has such as fear him always lov'd verse 14 15 For God who all our Frame surveys Considers that we are but Clay How fresh so'er we seem our Days Like Grass or Flowers ' must fade away verse 16 17 Whilst they are nipt with sudden Blasts Nor can we find their former place God's faithful Mercy ever lasts To those that fear him and their Race verse 18 This shall attend on such as still Proceed in his appointed way And who not only knows his Will But to it just Obedience pay verse 19 20 The Lord the universal King In Heav'n has fixt his lofty Throne To him ye Angels praises sing In whose great strength his Pow'r is shown Ye that his just commands obey And hear and do his sacred Will verse 21 Ye hosts of his this Tribute pay Who still what he ordains fulfil verse 22 Let ev'ry Creature jointly bless The mighty Lord and thou my heart With grateful Joy thy thanks express And in this Consort bear thy part Psalm CIV verse 1 BLess God my Soul thou Lord alone Possessest Empire without Bounds With honour thou art crown'd thy Throne Eternal Majesty surrounds verse 2 With Light thou dost thy self enrobe And Glory for a Garment take Heaven's Curtains stretch beyond the Globe Thy Canopy of State to make verse 3 God builds on liquid Air and forms His Palace-chambers in the Skies The Clouds his Chariot are and Storms The swift-wing'd Steeds with which he flies verse 4 As bright as flame and swift as wind His Ministers heav'ns palace fill To have their sundry Tasks assign'd All proud to serve their Sov'reigns Will. verse 5 6 Earth on her Center fixt he set Her Face with Waters overspread Nor proudest mountains dar'd as yet To list above the waves their head verse 7 But when thy awful Face appear'd Th' insulting waves dispers'd they fled When once thy thunder's Voice they heard And by their haste confest their dread verse 8 Thence up by secret tracts they creep And gushing from the Mountain's side Thro' Valleys travel to the Deep Appointed to receive their Tide verse 9 There hast thou fixt the Ocean's bounds The threatning Surges to repel That they no more o'er-pass their mounds Nor to a second Deluge swell PART II. verse 10 Yet thence in smaller parties drawn The Sea recovers her lost hills And starting Springs from eve'ry Lawn Surprize the Vales with plenteous Rills verse 11 The Feild's tame Beasts are thither led Weary with Labour faint with Drought And Asses on wild mountains bred Have sense to find these Currents out verse 12 Their shady Trees from scorching Beams Yield shelter to the feather'd Throng They drink and to the Bounteous Streams Return the Tribute of their Song verse 13 His Rains from Heav'n parcht hills recruit That soon transmit the liquid Store Till Earth is burthen'd with her Fruit And Nature's Lap can hold no more verse 14 Grass for our Cattel to devour He makes the growth of every Field Herbs for Man's use of various pow'r That either Food or Physick yield verse 15 With cluster'd Grapes he crowns the Vine To chear Man's heart opprest with Cares Gives Oyl that makes his Face to shine And Corn that wasted Strength repairs PART III. verse 16 The Trees of God without the Care Or Art of Man with Sap are fed The Mountain-Cedar looks as fair As those in Royal Gardens bred verse 17 Safe in the lofty Cedar's Arms The Wand'rers of the Air may rest The Hospitable Pine from Harms Protects the Stork her pious Guest verse 18 Wild Goats the craggy Rock ascend It 's tow'ring heights their Fortress make Whose Cells in Labyrinths extend Where feebler Creatures refuge take verse 19 The Moon 's inconstant Aspect shows Th' appointed Seasons of the Year Th' instructed Sun his Duty Knows His hours to rise and disappear verse 20 21 Darkness he makes the Earth to shrou'd When Forest-Beasts securely stray Young Lions roar their Wants aloud To providence that sends'em Prey verse 22 They range all Night on slaughter bent Till summon'd by the rising Morn To skulck in Dens with one consent The conscious Ravagers return verse 23 Forth to the Tillage of his soil The Husbandman securely goes Commencing with the Sun his Toil With him returns to his Repose verse 24 How various Lord thy Works are found For which thy Wisdom we adore The Earth is with thy Treasure crown'd Till Nature's hand can grasp no more PART IV. verse 25 But still the vast unfathom'd Main Of Wonders a new Scene supplies Whose Depths Inhabitants contain Of every Form and every Size verse 26 Full-freighted Ships from ev'ry Port There cut their unmolested way Leviathan whom there to sport Thou mad'st has compass there to play verse 27 These various Troops of Sea and Land In sense of common Want agree All wait on thy dispensing Hand And have their daily Alms from thee verse 28 They gather what thy Stores disperse Without their trouble to provide Thou op'st thy hand the Universe The craving World is all supply'd verse 29 Thou for a Moment hid'st thy Face The numerous Ranks of Creatures mourn Thou tak'st their Breath all Nature's Race Forthwith to Mother-Earth return verse 30 Again thou send'st thy Spirit forth T' inspire the Mass with vital Seed Nature's restor'd and Parent Earth Smiles on her new created Breed verse 31 Thus through successive Ages stands Firm fixt thy Providential Care Pleas'd with the Work of thy own hands Thou dost the wastes of Time repair verse 32 One Look of thine one wrathful Look Earth's panting Breast with Terror fills One touch from thee with Clouds of Smoak In darkness shrouds the proudest hills verse 33 In praising God while he prolongs My Breath I will that Breath imploy verse 34 And joyn Devotion to my Songs Sincere as is in him my Joy verse 35 While Sinners from Earth's Face are hurl'd My Soul praise thou his holy Name Till with my Song the listning World Joyn consort and his praise proclaim Psalm CV verse 1 O Render Thanks and bless the Lord invoke his sacred Name Acquaint the Nations with his Deeds his matchless Deeds proclaim verse 2 Sing to his praise in lofty Hymns his wondrous works rehearse Make them the Theme of your Discourse and Subject of your Verse verse 3 Rejoyce in his Almighty Name alone to be ador'd And let their heart o'erflow with Joy that humbly seek the Lord. verse 4 Seek ye the Lord his saving strength devoutly still implore And where he 's ever present seek his Face for evermore verse 5 The wonders that his hands have wrought keep thankfully in mind The righteous Statutes of his Mouth and laws to us assign'd verse 6 Know ye his Servant Abraham's Seed and Jacob's chosen
Race verse 7 He 's still our God his Judgments stil thro-out the Earth take place verse 8 His Cov'nant he hath kept in mind for numerous Ages past Which yet for thousand Ages more in equal force shall last verse 9 First sign'd to Abr'am next by Oath to Isaac made secure verse 10 To Jacob and his Heirs a Law for ever to endure verse 11 That Canaan's Land should be their Lot when yet but few they were verse 12 But few in number and those few all friendless Strangers there verse 13 In Pilgrimage from Realm to Realm securely they remov'd verse 14 Whilst proudest Monarchs for their sakes severely he reprov'd verse 15 These mine anointed are said he let none my Servants wrong Nor treat the poorest Prophet ill that does to me belong verse 16 A Dearth at last by his Command did thro the Land prevail Till Corn the chief support of Life sustaining Corn did fail verse 17 But his indulgent Providence had pious Joseph sent Sold into Egypt but their Death who sold him to prevent verse 18 His Feet with heavy Chains were crush'd with Calumny his Fame verse 19 Till God's appointed Time and Word to his Deliv'rance came verse 20 The King his sov'reign Orders sent and rescu'd him with speed Whom private Malice had confin'd the People's Ruler freed verse 21 His Court Revenues Realm were all subjected to his Will verse 22 His greatest Princes to controul and teach his Statesmen Skill PART II. verse 23 To Egypt'then invited Guests half-famish'd Israel came And Jacob held by Royal Grant the fertile Soil of Ham. verse 24 Th' Almighty there with such Increase his People multiply'd Till with their proud Oppressors they in Strength and Number vy'd verse 25 Their vast increase th' Egyptians Hearts with jealous Anger fir'd Till they his Servants to destroy by treach'rous Arts conspir'd verse 26 His Servant Moses then he sent his chosen Aaron too verse 27 Empower'd with Signs and Miracles to prove their Mission true verse 28 He call'd for Darkness Darkness came Nature his Summons knew verse 29 Each Stream and Lake transform'd to Blood the wondring Fishes flew verse 30 In putrid Floods throughout the Land the Pest of Frogs was bred From noisom Fens sent up to croack at Pharaoh's Board and Bed verse 31 He gave the Sign and Swarms of Flies came down in cloudy Hosts Whilst Earth's enliv'ned Dust below bred Lice thro all their Coasts verse 32 He sent 'em batt'ring Hail for Rain and Fire for cooling Dew verse 33 He smote their Vines and Forest Plants and Garden 's Pride o'erthrew verse 34 He spake the Word and Locusts came with Caterpillars joyn'd They prey'd upon the poor Remains the Storm had left behind verse 35 From Trees to Herbage they descend no verdant thing they spare But like the naked Fallow-Field leave all the Pastures bare verse 36 From Field to Villages and Towns commission'd Vengeance flew One fatal stroke their eldest Hopes and Strength of Egypt flew verse 37 He brought his Servants forth enrich'd with Egypt's borrow'd Wealth And what transcends all Treasures else enrich'd with vig'rous Health verse 38 Egypt rejoyc'd in hopes to find her Plagues with them remov'd Taught dearly now to fear worse Ills by those already prov'd verse 39 Their shrouding Canopy by day a journeying Cloud was spread A fiery Pillar all the Night their Desart-Marches led verse 40 They long'd for Flesh with Ev'ning Quails he furnish'd ev'ry Tent From Heav'ns own Granary each Morn the Bread of Angels sent verse 41 He smote the Rock whose flinty Breast pour'd forth a gushing Tide Whose following Stream where-e'er the march'd the-Desart's Drought supply'd verse 42 For still he did on Abr'am's Faith and ancient League reflect verse 43 He brought his People forth with Joy with Triumph his Elect. verse 44 Quite-rooting out their Heathen Foes from Canaan's fertile Soil To them in cheap Possession gave the Fruit of other's Toil. verse 45 That they his Statutes might observe his sacred Laws obey For Benefits so vast let us our Songs of Praise repay Psalm CVI. verse 1 O Render thanks to God above The Fountain of eternal Love Whose Mercy firm thro' Ages past Has stood and shall for ever last verse 2 Who can his mighty Deeds express Not only vast but numberless What Mortal Eloquence can raise His Tribute of immortal Praise verse 3 Happy are they and only they Who from thy Judgments never stray Who know what 's right nor only so But always practice what they know verse 4 Extend to me that Favour Lord Thou to thy chosen dost afford When tbou return'st to set them free Let thy Salvation visit me verse 5 O! may I worthy prove to see Thy Saints in full prosperity That I the joyful Choir may joyn And count thy People's Triumph mine verse 6 But ah can we expect such Grace Of Parents vile the viler Race Who their Misdeeds haved acted o'er And with new Crimes increas'd the Score verse 7 Ingrateful they no longer thought On all his Works in Egypt wrought The Red-Sea they no sooner view'd But they their base distrust renew'd verse 8 Yet he to vindicate his Name Once more to their Deliv'rance came To make his Sov'reign Pow'r be known That he is God and he alone verse 9 To right and left at his Command The parting Deep disclos'd her sand Where firm and dry the Passage lay As thro' some parcht and desart way verse 10 Thus rescu'd from their Foes they were Who closely press'd upon their Rear verse 11 Whose Rage pursu'd'em to those Waves That prov'd the rash Pursuer's Graves verse 12 The watry Mountains sudden Fall O'erwhelms proud Pharaoh Host and all This Proof did stupid Israel move To own God's Truth and praise his Love PART II. verse 13 But soon these Wonders they forgot And for his Counsel waited not verse 14 But lusting in the Wilderness Did him with fresh Temptations press verse 15 Strong Food at their Request he sent But made their Sin their Punishment verse 16 Yet still his Saints they did oppose The Priest and Prophet whom he chose verse 17 But Earth the Quarrel to decide Her Vengeful Jaws extending wide Rash Datban to her Centre drew With proud Abiram's factious Crew verse 18 The rest of those who did conspire To kindle wild Sedition's Fire With all their impious Train became A Prey to Heaven's devouring Flame verse 19 Near Horeb's Mount a Calf they made And to the molten Image pray'd verse 20 Adoring what their Hands did frame They chang'd their Glory to their Shame verse 21 Their God and Saviour they forgot And all his works in Egypt wrought verse 22 His Signs in Ham's astonisht Coast And where proud Pharoah's Troops were lost verse 23 Thus urg'd his vengeful hand he rear'd But Moses in the Breach appeared The Saint did for the Rebels pray And turn'd Heaven 's kindled wrath away verse 24 Yet they his pleasant Land despis'd Nor his repeated Promise priz'd verse 25
Works which he Thro'out the wond'ring World dispalys verse 32 Let them where all the Tribes resort Advance to Heav'n his glorious Name And in the Elder 's ' Sov'reign Court With one consent his praise proclaim PART V. verse 33 34 A fruitful Land where Streams abound God's just Revenge if People sin Will turn to dry and barren Ground To punish those that dwell therein verse 35 36 The parcht and ' desart Heath he makes To flow with Streams and springing Wells Which for his Lot the Hungry takes And in strong Cities fasely dwells verse 37 38 He fows the Field the Vineyard plants Which gratefully his Toil repay Nor can whiist God his Blessing grants His fruitful Seed or Stock decay verse 39 But when his Sins Heav'ns wrath provoke His Health and Substance fade away He feels th' Oppressor's gauling Yoke And is of Gries the wretched Prey verse 40 The Prince who slights what God commands Expos'd to scorn must quit his Throne And over wild and desart Lands Where no Path offers stray alone verse 41 Whilst God from all afflicting Cares Sets up the humble Man on high And makes in time his num'rous Heirs With his encreasing Flocks to vie verse 42 43 Then Sinners shall have nought to say The just a decent Joy shall show The wise these strange Events shall weigh And thence God's Goodness fully know Psalm CVIII verse 1 O God my Heart is fully bent to magnifie thy Name My Tongue with cheerful Songs of Praise shall celebrate thy Fame verse 2 Awake my Lute nor thou my Harp thy warbling Notes delay Whiist I with early Hymns of Joy prevent the dawning Day verse 3 To all the list'ning Tribes O Lord thy wonders I will tell And to those Nations sing thy praise that round about us dwell verse 4 Because thy Mercy 's boundless height the higliest Heaven transcends And far beyond th' aspiring Clouds thy faithful Truth extends verse 5 Be thou O God exalted high above the starry Frame And let the World with one consent confess thy glorious Name verse 6 That all thy chosen People Thee their Saviour may declare Let thy Right-hand protect me still and answer thou my Pray'r verse 7 Since God himself hath said the word whose Promise cannot fail With Joy I Schechem shall divide and measure Succoth's Vale verse 8 Gilead is mine Manasseh too and Ephraim owns my cause Their Strength my Regal Pow'r supports and Judah gives my Laws verse 9 Moab I 'll make my servile Drudge on vanquisht Edom tread And through the proud Philistine Lands my conqu'ring Banners spread verse 10 By whose Support and Aid shall I their well-fenc'd City gain Who will my Troops securely lead thro' Edom's guarded Plain verse 11 Lord wilt not thou assist our Arms which late thou didst forsake And wilt not thou of these our Hosls once more the Guidance take verse 12 O to thy Servants in Distress thy speedy Succour send For vain it is on human Aid for Safety to depend verse 13 Then valiant Acts shall we perform if thou thy pow'r disclose For God it is and God alone that treads down all our Foes Psalm CIX verse 1 O God whose former Mercies make my constant Praise thy due Hold not thy peace but my sad state with wonted Favour view verse 2 For sinful Men with lying Lips deceitful Speeches frame And with their spotless Slanders seek to wound my spotless Fame verse 3 Their restless Hatred prompts them still malicious Lyes to spread And all aganst my Life combine by causeless Fury led verse 4 Those whom with tend'rest Love I us'd my chief Opposers are Whiiist 1 of other Friends berest refort to thee by Pray'r verse 5 Since Mischief for the Good did their strange Reward dbes prove And Hatred's the Return they maka for undissmbl'd Lqve verse 6 Their guilty Leader shall be made to some ill Man a'Slave And when he 's try'd his mortal Foe for his Accuser have verse 7 His Gift When Sentence is pronounc'd shall meet a dreadful Fate Whilst his rejected Pray'r but serves his Crimes to aggravate verse 8 He snatch'd by some untitmely Fate sha'n't live out half his days Another by Divine Decree shall on his Office seize verse 9 10 His Seed shall Orphans be his Wife a Widow plung'd in Grief His vagrant Children beg their Bread where none can give Relief verse 11 His ill-got Riches shall be made to Usurers a Prey The Fruit of all his Toil shall be by Strangers born away verse 12 None shall be found that to his Wants their Mercy will extend Or to his helpless Orphan Seed the least Affistance lend verse 13 A swift Destruction soon shall seize on his unhappy Race And the next Age his hated Name shall utterly deface verse 14 The Vengeance of his Father's Sins upon his Head shall fall God on his Mother's Crimes shall think and punish him for all verse 15 All these in horrid Order rank'd before the Lord shall stand Till his fierce Anger quite cuts off their Mem'ry from the land PART II. verse 16 Because he never Mercy sheew'd but still the Poor oppress'd And sought to slay the helpless Man with heavy Woes distress'd verse 17 Therefore the Curse he lov'd to vent shall his own Portion prove And Blessing which he still abhorr'd shall far from him remove verse 18 Since he in cursing took such Pride like water it shall spread Thro all hs Veins and stick like Oil with which his Bones are fed verse 19 This like a poyson'd Robe shall still his constant cov'ring be Or an envenom'd Belt from which he never shall be free verse 20 Thus shall the Lord reward all those that 111 to me design That with malicious false Reports against my Life combine verse 21 But for thy glorious Name O God do thou deliver me And for thy gracious Mercy 's sake preserve and set me free verse 22 For I to utmost Straits reduc'd am void of all Relief My heart is wounded with Distress and quite pierc'd thro' with Grief verse 23 I like an Ev'ning Shade decline which vanishes apace Like Locusts up and down I 'm toss'd and have no certain place verse 24 25 My Knees with Fasting are grown weak my Body lank and lean All that behold me shake their Heads and treat me with Disdain verse 26 27 But for thy Mercy 's fake O Lord do thou my Foes withstand That all may see 't is thy own Act the Work of thy Right-hand verse 28 Then let them curse so thou but bless let Shame the Portion be Of all that my Destruction seek while I rejoyce in Thee verse 29 My Foe shall with Disgrace be cloath'd and spite of all his Pride His own Confusion like a Cloak the guilty Wretch shall hide verse 30 But I to God in grateful Thanks my chearstil Voice will raise And where the great Assembly meets set forth his noble praise verse 31 For him the Poor shall always find their sure and constant
me hear whose Trust on thee depends Teach me the Way where I should go my Soul to thee ascends verse 9 Do thou O Lord from all my Foes preferve and set me free A safe Retreat against their Rage my Soul implores from thee verse 10 Thou art my God thy righteous Will instruct me to obey Let thy good Spirit condust and keep my Soul in thy right way verse 11 0 for the sake of thy great Name revive my drooping heart For thy Truth's'sake to me distress'd thy promis'd Aid impart verse 12 In pity to my Suff'rings Lord reduce my Foes to shame Slay tham that persecute a Soul devoted to thy Name Psalm CXLIV verse 1 FOR ever blest be God the Lord Who does his needful Aid impart At once both Strength and Skill assord To weild my Arms with warlike Art verse 2 His Goodness is my Fort and Tow'r My strong Deliv'rance and my Shield In him I trust whose matchless Pow'r Makes to my sway fierce Nations yield verse 3 Lord what'sin Man that thou shouldst lov'e Of him such tender Care to take What in his Off-spring cou'd thee move Such great Account of him to make verse 4 The Life of Man does quickly sade His Thoughts but empty are and vain His Days are like a slying Shade Of whose short stay no Signs remain verse 5 In solemn State O God descend Whilst Heav'n its losty Head inclines The smoking Hills asounder rend Of thy Approach the awful Signs verse 6 Discarge thy dreadful Lightnings round And make my scatter'd Foes retreat Them with thy pointed Arrows wound And their Destruction soon complete verse 7 8 Do thou O Lord from Heav'n engage Thy boundless Pow'r my Foes to quell And snatch me from the stormy Rage Of threatning Waves that proudly swell Fight thou against my foreign Foes Who utter Speeches false and vain Who tho' in solemn Leagues they close Their sworn Engagement ne'er maintain verse 9 So I to thee O King of kings In new-made Hymns my Voice shall raise And Instruments of various Strings Shall help me thus to sing thy praise verse 10 God does to Kings his Aid afford to them his sure Salvation sends T is he that from the murd'ring Sword His Servant David still desends verse 11 Fight thou against my foreign Foes Who utter Speeches false and vain Who tho' in solemn Leagues they close Their sworn Engagement ne'er maintain verse 12 Then our young Sons like Trees shall grow Well planted in some fruitful place Our Daughters shall like Pillars show Design'd some royal Court to grace verse 13 Our Garners fill'd with various Store Shall us and ours with Plenty feed Our Sheep increasing more and more Shall thousands and ten thousands breed verse 14 Strong shall our lab'ring Oxen grow Nor in their constant Labour faint Whilst we no War nor Slav'ry know and in our Streets hear no Complaint verse 15 Thrice happy is that people's Case Whose various Blessings thus abound Who God's true Worship stili embrace And are with his Protection crown'd Psalm CXLV verse 1 2 THEE I will bless my God and King thy endless praise proclaim This Tribute daily I will bring and ever bless thy name verse 3 Thou Lord beyond compare art great and highly to be prais'd Thy Majesty with boundless Height above our Knowledge rais'd verse 4 Renown'd for mighty Acts thy Fame to future times extends From Age to Age thy glorious Name successively descendss verse 5 6 Whilst I thy Glory and Renown and wond'rous Works express The World with me thy Might shall own and thy great Pow'r confese verse 7 The praise that to thy Love belongs they shall with Joy proclaim Thy Truth of all their grateful Songs shall be the constant Theme verse 8 The Lord is good fresh Acts of Grace his Pity still supplies His Anger moves with slowest pace his willing mercy flies verse 9 10 Thy Love thro' Earth extends its Fame to all thy Works express These shew thy Praise whilst thy great Name is by thy Servants blest verse 11 They with the glorious Prospect fir'd shall of thy Kingdom speak And thy great Pow'r by all admir'd their losty Subject make verse 12 God's glorious Works of ancient date shall thus to all be known And thus his Kingdom 's Royal State with publick Splendor shown verse 13 His stedfast Throne from Changes free shall stand for ever fast His boundless Sway no end shall see but Time it self out-last PART II. verse 14 15 The Lord does them support that fall and makes the prostrate rise For his kind Aid all Creatures call who timely food supplies verse 16 Whate'er their various Wants require with open Hand he gives And so fulfills the just Desire of every thing that lives verse 17 18 How holy is the Lord how just how righteous all his ways How nigh to him who with firm Trast for his Assistance prays verse 19 He grants the full Desires of those who him with fear adore And will their Troubles soon compose when they his Aid implore verse 20 The Lord preserves all those with Care whom grateful Love employs But Sinners who his Vengeance dare with surious Rage destroys verse 21 My time to come in praises spent shall still advance his Fame And all Mankind with one Consent for ever bless his Name Psalm CXLVI verse 1 2 O Praise the Lord and thou my Soul for ever bless his Name His wond'rous Love while Life shall last my constant Praise shall claim verse 3 On Kings the greatest Sons of Men let none for Aid rely They cannot save in dang'rous times nor timely help apply verse 4 Depriv'd of Breath to Dust they turn and there neglected lie And all their Thoughts and vain Designs together with them die verse 5 Then happy he who Jacob's God for his Protector takes Who still with well-plac'd Hope the Lord his constant Refuge makes verse 6 The Lord Who made both Heav'nand Earth and all that they contain Will never quit his stedfast Truth nor make his Promise vain verse 7 The poor opprest from all their Wrongs are eas'd by his Decree He gives the Hungry needful Food and sets the Pris'ners free verse 8 By him the Blind receive their sight the weak and fall'n he rears With kind regard and tender Love he for the righteous cares verse 9 The Strangers he preserves from Harm the Qrphan kindly treats Desends the Widow and the wiles of wicked Men deseats verse 10 The God that does in Sion dwell is our eternal King From Age to Age his Reign endures let all his Praises sing Psalm CXLVII verse 1 O Praise the Lord with Hymns of Joy and celebrate his Fame For pleasant good and comely 't is to praise his holy Name verse 2 His holy City God will build tho' levell'd with the Ground Bring back his People tho' dispers'd thro' all the Nations round verse 3 4 He kindly heals the broken Hearts and all their wounds does close He tells the number of
the Stars their several Names he knows verse 5 6 Great is the Lord and great his Pow'r his Wisdom has no bound The meek he raises but throws down the wicked to the Ground verse 7 To God the Lord a Hymn of Praise with grateful Voices sing To Songs of Triumph tune the Harp and strike each warbling String verse 8 He covers Heav'n with Clouds and thence refreshing Rain bestows Through him on Mountain-tops the Grass with wond'rous Plenty grows verse 9 He savage Beasts that loosely range with timely food supplies He feeds the Raven's tender Brood and stops their hungry Cries verse 10 He values not the warlike Steed but does his Strength disdain The nimble Foot that swiftly runs no Prize from him can gain verse 11 But he to him that fears his Name his tender Love extends To him that on his boundless Grace with stedfast Hope depends verse 12 13 Let Sion and Jerus'lem then to God their Praise address Who fenc'd their Gates with massle Bars and does their Children bless verse 14 15 Thro all their Borders he giyes Peace with finest Wheat they 're sed He speaks the Word and what he wills is done as soon as said verse 16 Large Flakes of Snow like fleecy Wool descend at his command And hoary Frost like Ashes spread is scatter'd o'er the land verse 17 When joyn'd to these he does his Hail in little Morsels break Who can againsst his Piercing Cold secure Defences make verse 18 He sends his Word which melts the Ice he makes his Wind to blow And soon the Streams congeal'd before in plenteous Currents flow verse 19 By him his Statutes and Decrees to Jacob's Sons were shown And still to Israel's chosen Seed his righteous Laws are known verse 20 No other Nation this can boast nor did he e'er afford To heathen Lands his Oracles and Knowledge of his Word Hallelujab Psalm CXLVIII verse 1 YE boundless Realms of Joy Exalt your Maker's Fame His praise your Song employ Above the starry Frame Your Voices raise Ye Cherubim And Seraphim To sing his Praise verse 3 4 Thou Moon that rul'st the Night And Sun that guid'st the Day Ye glitt'ring Stars of Light To him your Homage pay His praise declare Ye Heav'ns above And Clouds that move In liquid Air. verse 5 6 Let them adore the Lord And praise his holy Name By whose Almighty Word They all from nothing came And all shall last From Changes free His firm Decree Stands ever fast verse 7 8 Let Earth her Tribute pay Praise him ye dreadful Whales And Fish that through the Sea Glide swist with glitt'ring Scales Fire Hail and Snow And misty Air And Winds that where He bids them blow verse 9 10 By Hills and Mountains all In grateful Consort joyn'd By Cedars stately tall And Trees for Fruit design'd By ev'ry Beast And creeping thing And Fowl of Wing His Name be blest verse 11 12 Let all of Royal Birth With those of humbler Frame And Judges of the Earth His matchless Praise proclaim In this Design Let Youths with Maids And hoary Heads With Children join verse 13 United Zeal be shown His wond'rous Fame to raise Whose glorious Name alone Deserves our endless Praise Earth's utmost Ends His Pow'r obey His glorious Sway The Sky transcends verse 14 His chosen Saints to-grace He sets them up on high And savours Ifrael's Race Who still to him are nigh O therefore raise Your grateful voice And still rejoyce The Lord to praife Psalm CXLIX verse 1 2 OPraise ye the Lord prepare your glad Voice His Praise in the great Assembly to sing In our great Creator let Isr'el rejoyce And Children of Sion be glad in their King verse 3 4 Let them his great Name extol in the Dance With Timbrel and Harp his Praises express Who always takes pleasure his Saints to advance And with his Salvation the Humble to bless verse 5 6 With Glory adorn'd his People shall sing To God who their Beds with Safety does shield Their Mouths fill'd with Praises of him their great King Whilst a two-edged Sword their Right Hand shall wield verse 7 8 Just Vengeance to take for Injuries past To punish those Lands for Ruin design'd With Chains as their Captives to tie their Kings fast With Fetters of Iron their Nobles to bind verse 9 Thus shall they make good when them they destroy The dreadful Decree which God does proclaim Such Honour and Triumph his Saints shall enjoy O therefore for ever exalt his great Name Psalm CL. verse 1 OPraise the Lord in that blest Place Fromwhence his Goqdness largeiy flows Praife him in Heav'n where he his Face Unveil'd in perfect Glory shows verse 2 Praise him for all the mighty Acts Which he in our behals has done His Kindness this Return exacts With which our Praise should equal run verse 3 Let the shrill Trumpet 's warlike Voice Make Rocks and Hills his Praise rebound Praise him with Harp's melodious Noise And gentle Psaltry's sver Sound verse 4 Let Virgin-Troops soft Timbrels bring And some with graceful Motion dance Let Instruments of various Strings With Organs join'd his Praise advance verse 5 Let them who joyful Hymns compose To Cymbals set their Songs of Praise Cymbals of common use and those That loudly ssound on solemn Days verse 6 Let all that vital breath enjoy The Breath he does to them afford In just return of Praise employ Let every Creature praise the Lord. GLORIA PATRI c. Common Measure TO Father Son and Holy Ghost The God whom we adore Be Glory as it was is now and shall be evermore As Psalm 25. To God the Father Son and Spirit Glory be As 't was and is and shall be so to all Eternity As the 100. Psalm To Father Son and Holy Ghost the God whom Earth and Heav'n adore Be Glory as it was of Old is now and shall be evermore As Ps 37. and last part of the 113th Psalm-Tune To Father Son and Holy Ghost The God whom Heav'ns Triumphant Host and suffering Saints on Earth adore Be Glory as in Ages past As now it is and so shall last when Time it self must be no more As Psalm 148. To God the Father Son and Spirit ever blest Eternal Three in One All Worship be addrest As heretosore It was is now And shall be so For evermore As Psalm 149. BY Angels in Heav'n of ey'ry Degree And Saints upon Earth All Praise be addrest To God in Three Persons One God ever blest As it has been now is and always shall be AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE Shewing how to find any Psalm by its Beginnings Psalm A. Against all those Page 50 As Pants the Hart Page 64 As length by certain Page 109 B. Behold O God Page 124 Bless God my Soul Page 161 Bless God ye Servants Page 219 D. Defend me Lord Page 42 Deliver me O Lord Page 87 Do thou 0 God Page 83 F. For ever Blest Page 232 For thee O God Page 94 From lowest Depths Page