thy glory and thy fame When Zion by the mighty Lord built up again shall be In Glory then and Majesty to men appear shall He. The prayer of the destitute he surely will regard Their prayer will he not despise by him it shall be heard For generations yet to come this shall be on record So shall the people that shall be created praise the Lord. He from his Sanctuaries height hath downward cast his eye And from his glorious Throne in heav'n the Lord the earth did spy That of the mournfull prisoner the groanings he might hear To set them free that unto death by men appointed are That they in Zion may declare the Lords most holy Name And publish in Jerusalem the praises of the same When as the people gather shall in troups with one accord When Kingdoms shall assembled be to serve the highest Lord. My wonted force and strength he hath abated in the way And he my dayes hath shortened Thus therefore did I say My God in mid-time of my dayes take thou me not away From age to age eternally thy years endure and stay The firm foundation of the earth of old time thou hast laid The heavens also are the work which thine own hands have made Thou shalt for evermore endure but they shall perish all Yea every one of them wax old like to a garment shall Thou as a vesture shalt them change and they shall changed be But Thou the same art and thy years are to eternitie The children of thy servants shall continually endure And in thy sight O Lord their seed shall be establisht sure Another of the same LOrd hear my pray'r and let my cry Have speedie accesse unto thee In day of my calamity O hide not Thou thy face from me Hear when I call to thee that day An answer speedily return My dayes like smoke consume away And as an hearth my bones do burn My heart is wounded very sore And withered like to grasse doth fade I am forgetfull grown therefore To take and eat my daily bread By reason of my smart within And voice of my most grievous groans My flesh consumed is my skin All parcht doth cleave unto my bones The Pelican of wildernesse The Owl in deserts I do match And Sparrow-like companionlesse Upon the houses top I watch I all day long am made a scorn Reproach'd by my malicious foes The mad men are against me sworn The men against me that arose For I have ashes eaten up To me as if they had been bread And with my drink I in my cup Of bitter tears a mixture made Because thy wrath was not appeas'd And dreadfull indignation Therefore it was that thou me rais'd And thou again didst cast me down My dayes are like a shade alway Which doth declining swiftly passe And I am withered away Much like unto the fading grasse But thou O Lord shalt still endure From change and all mutation free And to all generations sure Shall thy remembrance ever be Thou shalt arise and mercy yet Thou to mount Zion shalt extend Her time for favour which was set Behold is now come to an end Thy saints take pleasure in her stones Her very dust to them is dear All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth thy glorious Name shall fear God in his glory shall appear When Zion he builds and repairs He shall regard and lend his ear Unto the needies humble pray'rs Th' afflicteds pray'r He will not scorn All times this shall be in record And generations yet unborn Shall praise and magnifie the Lord. He from his holy place look'd down The earth he view'd from heav'n on hie To hear the prisoners mourning groan And free them that are dam'd to die That Zion and Jerusalem too His Name and praise may well record When people and the Kingdoms do Assemble all to praise the Lord. My strength he weakned in the way My dayes of life he shortened My God O take me not away In mid-time of my dayes I said Thy years throughout all ages last Of old thou hast established The earths foundation firm and fast Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made They perish shall as garments do But thou shalt evermore endure As vestures thou shalt change them so And they shall all be changed sure But from all changes thou art free Thy endlesse years do last for ay Thy servants and their seed who be Establish'd shall before thee stay PSAL. CIII A Psalm of David O thou my soul blesse God the Lord and all that in me is Be stirred up his holy Name to magnifie and blesse Blesse O my soul the Lord thy God and not forgetfull be Of all his gracious benefites he hath bestow'd on thee All thine iniquities who doth most graciously forgive Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal and thee relieve Who doth redeem thy life that thou to death may not go down Who thee with loving kindnesse doth and tender mercies crown Who with abundance of good things doth satisfie thy mouth So that ev'n as the Eagles age renewed is thy youth God righteous judgement executes for all oppressed ones His way to Moses he his acts made known to Israels sons Lord our God is mercifull and he is gracious Long suffering and slow to wrath in mercy plenteous He will not chide continually nor keep his anger still With us he dealt not as we sin'd nor did require our ill For as the heaven in its height the earth surmounteth far So great to those that do him fear his tender mercies are As far as East is distant from the VVest so far hath He From us removed in His love all our iniquitie Such pity as a father hath unto his children dear Like pity shews the Lord to such as worship Him in fear For He remembers we are dust and He our frame well knows Frail man his dayes are like the grasse as flowr in field he grows For over it the winde doth passe and it away is gone And of the place where once it was it shall no more be known But unto them that do Him fear Gods mercy never ends And to their childrens children still His righteousnesse extends To such as keep his covenant and mindfull are alway Of His most just commandements that they may them obey The Lord prepared hath His Throne in heavens firm to stand And every thing that being hath His Kingdom doth command O ye his Angels that excell in strength blesse ye the Lord Ye who obey what he commands and hearken to his word O blesse and magnifie the Lord ye glorious hosts of his Ye ministers that do fulfill what e're his pleasure is O blesse the Lord all ye his works wherewith the world is stor'd In his dominions every-where my soul blesse thou the Lord. PSAL. CIV BLesse God my soul O Lord my God thou are exceeding great With Honour and with Majestie thou clothed art in state With light as with a robe thy self thou coverest about And like
righteous are before me laid have I. I to thy testimonies cleave shame do not on me cast I 'le run thy precepts way when thou my heart enlarged hast ה HE. The 5. part Teach me O Lord the perfect way of thy precepts divine And to observe it to the end I shall my heart incline Give understanding unto me so keep thy Law shall I Yea ev'n with my whole heart I shal observe it carefully In thy Laws path make me to go for I delight therein My heart unto thy testimonies and not to greed incline Turn thou away my sight and eyes from viewing vanitie And in thy good and holy way be pleas'd to quicken me Confirm to me thy gracious word which I did gladly hear Ev'n to thy servant Lord who is devoted to thy fear Turn thou away my fear'd reproach for good thy judgements be Lo for thy precepts I have long'd in thy truth quicken me ו VAU The 6. part Let thy sweet mercies also come and visit me O Lord Ev'n thy benign salvation according to thy word So shall I have wherewith I may give him an answer just Who spitefully reproacheth me for in thy word I trust The word of truth out of my mouth take thou not utterly For on thy judgements righteous my hope doth still rely So shall I keep for evermore thy Law continually And sith that I thy precepts seek I 'le walk at liberty I 'le speak thy word to Kings and I with shame shall not be mov'd And will delight my self alwayes in thy Laws which I lov'd To thy commandments which I lov'd my hands lift up I will And I will also meditate upon thy statutes still ז ZAIN The 7. part Remember Lord thy gracious word thou to thy servant spake Which for a ground of my sure hope thou causedst me to take This word of thine my comfort is in my affliction For in my straits I am reviv'd by this thy word alone The men whose hearts with pride are stuff'd did greatly me deride Yet from thy straight commandements I have not turn'd aside Thy judgements righteous O Lord which thou of old forth gave I did remember and my self by them comforted have Horrour took hold on me because ill men thy Law forsake I in my house of pilgrimage thy Laws my songs do make Thy Name by night Lord I did minde and I have kept thy Law And this I had because thy word I kept and stood in aw ח CHETH The 8. part Thou my sure portion art alone which I did choose O Lord I have resolv'd and said that I would keep thy holy word With my whole heart I did intreat thy face and favour free According to thy gracious word be mercifull to me I thought upon my former wayes and did my life well try And to thy testimonies pure my feet then turned I. I did not stay nor linger long as those that slothfull are But hastily thy Laws to keep my self I did prepare Bands of ill men me robb'd yet I thy precepts did not slight I 'le rise at midnight thee to praise ev'n for thy judgements right I am companion to all those who fear and thee obey O Lord thy mercy fills the earth teach me thy Laws I pray ט TETH The 9. part Well hast thou with thy servant dealt as thou didst promise give Good judgement me and knowledge teach for I thy word believe Ere I afflicted was I stray'd but now I keep thy word Both good thou art and good thou dost teach me thy statutes Lord. The men that are puft up with pride against me forg'd a ly Yet thy commandements observe with my whole heart will I. Their hearts through worldly ease wealth as fat as grease they be But in thy holy Law I take delight continually It hath been very good for me that I afflicted was That I might well instructed be and learn thy holy Laws The word that cometh from thy mouth is better unto me Then many thousands and great summs of gold and silver be י JOD The 10. part Thou mad'st and fashionedst me thy Laws to know give wisdom Lord. So who thee fear shall joy to see me trusting in thy word That very right thy judgements are I know and do confesse And that thou hast afflicted me in truth and faithfulnesse O let thy kindnesse mercifull I pray thee comfort me As to thy servant faithfully was promised by thee And let thy tender mercies come to me that I may live Because thy holy Laws to me sweet delectation give Lord let the proud ashamed be for they without a cause With me perversly deal but I will muse upon thy Laws Let such as fear thee and have known thy statutes turn to me My heart let in thy Laws be sound that sham'd I never be כ CAPH The 11. part My soul for thy salvation faints yet I thy word believe Mine eyes fail for thy word I say When wilt thou comfort give For like a bottle I 'm become that in the smoke is set I 'm black and parcht with grief yet I thy statutes not forget How many are thy servants dayes when wilt thou execute Just judgement on these wicked men that do me persecute The proud have digged pits for me which is against thy Laws Thy words all faithfull are help me pursu'd without a cause They so consum'd me that on earth my life they scarce did leave Thy precepts yet forsook I not but close to them I clave After thy loving kindnesse Lord me quicken and preserve The testimonie of thy mouth so shall I still observe ל LAMED The 12. part Thy word for ever is O Lord in heaven settled fast Unto all generations thy faithfulnesse doth last The earth thou hast established and it abides by thee This day they stand as thou ordain'd for all thy servants be Unlesse in thy most perfect Law my soul delights had found I should have perished when as my troubles did abound Thy precepts I will nev'r forget they quickning to me brought Lord I am thine O save thou me thy precepts I have sought For me the wicked have laid wait me seeking to destroy But I thy testimonies true consider will with joy An end of all perfection here have I seen O God But as for thy commandement it is exceeding broad מ MEM. The 13. part O how love I thy Law it is my study all the day It makes me wiser then my foes for it doth with me stay Then all my teachers now I have more understanding far Because my meditation thy testimonies are In understanding I excell those that are ancients For I endeavoured to keep all thy commandements My feet from each ill way I stay'd that I may keep thy word I from thy judgements have not swerv'd for thou hast taught me Lord. How sweet unto my taste O Lord are all thy words of truth Yea I do finde them sweeter far then honey to my mouth I through thy precepts that are pure do understanding
whose looks are hy The Lord will light my candle so that it shall shine full bright The Lord my God will also make my darknesse to be light By thee through troups of men I break and them discomfite all And by my God assisting me I over-leap a wall As for God perfect is his way the Lord his word is try'd He is a buckler to all those who do on him confide Who but the Lord is God but he who is a rock and stay It 's God that girdeth me with strength and perfect makes my way He made my feet swift as the hindes set me on my high places Mine hands to war he taught mine armes brake bows of steel in pieces The shield of thy salvation thou didst on me bestow Thy right hand held me up and great thy kindnesse made me grow And in my way my steps thou hast enlarged under me That I go safely and my feet are kept from sliding free Mine enemies I pursued have and did them over-take Nor did I turn again till I an end of them did make I wounded them they could not rise they at my feet did fall Thou girdest me with strength for war my foes thou brought down all And thou hast giv'n to me the necks of all mine enemies That I might them destroy and slay who did against me rise They cryed out but there was none that would or could them save Yea they did cry unto the Lord but he no answer gave Then did I beat them small as dust before the winde that flyes And I did cast them out like dirt upon the street that lyes Thou mad'st me free from peoples strife and heathens head to be A people whom I have not known shall service do to me At hearing they shall me obey to me they shall submit Strangers for fear shall fade away who in close places sit God lives blest be my rock the God of my health praised be God doth avenge me and subdues the people under me He saves me from mine enemies Yea thou hast lifted me Above my foes and from the man of violence setst me free Therefore to thee will I give thanks the heathen folk among And to thy Name O Lord I will sing praises in a song He great deliverance gives his King he mercy doth extend To David his anointed one and his seed without end PSAL. XIX To the chief musician A Psalm of David THe heav'ns Gods glory do declare the skyes his hand-works preach Day utters speech to day and night to night doth knowledge teach There is no speech nor tongue to which their voice doth not extend Their line is gone through all the earth their words to the worlds end In them he set the sun a tent Who bride-groom-like forth goes From 's chamber as a strong man doth to run his race rejoyce From heav'ns end is his going forth circling to th' end again And there is nothing from his heat that hidden doth remain Gods Law is perfect and converts the soul in sin that lyes Gods testimony is most sure and makes the simple wise The statutes of the Lord are right and do rejoyce the heart The Lords command is pure and doth light to the eyes impart Unspotted is the fear of God and doth endure for ever The judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether They more then gold yea much fine gold to be desired are Then honey from the honey comb that dropeth sweeter far Moreover they thy servant warn how he his life should frame A great reward provided is for them that keep the same Who can his errours understand O cleanse thou me within From secret faults Thy servant keep from all presumptuous sin And do not suffer them to have dominion over me Then righteous and innocent I from much sin shall be The words which from my mouth proceed the thoughts sent from my heart Accept O Lord for thou my strength and my redeemer art PSAL. XX. To the chief musician A Psalm of David JEhovah hear thee in the day when trouble he doth send And let the Name of Jacobs God thee from all ill defend O let him help send from above out of his sanctuaries From Sion his own holy hill let him give strength to thee Let him remember all thy gifts accept thy sacrifice Grant thee thine hearts wish and fulfill thy thoughts and counsel wise In thy salvation we will joy in our Gods Name we will Display our banners and the Lord thy prayers all fulfill Now know I God his King doth save he from his holy heaven Will hear him with the saving strength by his right hand that 's given In chariots some put confidence some horses trust upon But we remember will the Name of our Lord God alone We rise and upright stand when they are bowed down and fall Deliver Lord and let the King us hear when we do call PSAL. XXI To the chief musician A psalm of David THe King in thy great strength O Lord shall very joyfull be In thy salvation rejoyce how vehemently shall he Thou hast bestowed upon him all that his heart would have And thou from him didst not withhold what e're his lips did crave For thou with blessings him prevent'st of goodnesse manifold And thou hast set upon his head a crown of purest gold When he desired life of thee thou life to him didst give Ev'n such a length of dayes that he for evermore should live In that salvation wrought by thee his glory is made great Honour and comly majestie thou hast upon him set Because that thou for evermore most blessed hast him made And thou hast with thy countenance made him exceeding glad Because the King upon the Lord his confidence doth lay And through the grace of the most high shall not be mov'd away Thine hand shall all those men finde out that enemies are to thee Ev'n thy right hand shall finde out those of thee that haters be Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make when kindled is thine ire God shall them swallow in his wrath devoure them shall the fire Their fruit from earth thou shalt destroy their seed men from among For they beyond their might ' gainst thee did plot mischief and wrong Thou therefore shalt make them turn back when thou thy shafts shalt place Upon thy strings made ready all to flie against their face In thy great power and strength O Lord be thou exalted hie So shall we sing with joyfull hearts thy power praise shall we PSAL. XXII To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar A Psalm of David MY God my God why hast thou me forsaken why so far Art thou from helping me and from my words that roaring are All day my God to thee I cry yet am not heard by thee And in the season of the night I cannot silent be But thou art holy thou that dost inhabite Israels praise Our father 's hop'd in thee they hop'd and thou didst them release When unto
THE PSALMS OF DAVID In Meeter Newly translated and diligently compared with the Original Text and former Translations More plaine smooth and agreeable to the Text then any heretofore Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families EDINBVRGH Printed by Evan Tyler Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1650. EDINBURGH 6. August 1649. Ante meridiem Sess ult Reference to the Commission for publick Affairs for re-examining the Paraphrase of the Psalms emitting the same for publick use THe General Assembly having taken some view of the new Paraphrase of the Psalms in Meeter with the corrections and animadversions thereupon sent from several persons and Presbyteries and finding that they cannot overtake the review and examination of the whole in this Assembly Therefore now after so much time and so great pains about the correcting and examining thereof from time to time some years by gone that the Work may come now to some conclusion They do Ordain the Brethren appointed for perusing the same during the meeting of this Assembly viz. Masters James Hammiltoun John Smith Hew Mackail Robert Trail George Hutcheson and Robert Lowrie after the dissolving of this Assembly to go on in that Work carefully and to report their travels to the Commission of the General Assembly for publick affairs at their meeting at Edinburgh in November And the said Commission after perusal and re-examination thereof is hereby authorized with full power to conclude and establish the Paraphrase and to publish and emit the same for publick use A. Ker. EDINB 23. Nov. 1649. Postmeridiem THE Commission of the General Assembly having with great diligence considered the Paraphrase of the Psalms in meeter sent from the Assembly of Divines in England by our Commissioners whilst they were there as it is corrected by former Generall Assemblies Committies from them and now at last by the Brethren deputed by the late Assembly for that purpose And having exactly examined the same Do approve the said Paraphrase as it is now compiled And therefore according to the power given them by the said Assembly Do appoint it to be printed and published for publick use Hereby authorizing the same to be the only Paraphrase of the Psalms of David to be sung in the Kirk of Scotland And discharging the old Paraphrase and any other then this new Paraphrase to be made use of in any Congregation or Family after the first day of May in the year 1650. And for uniformitie in this part of the worship of God Do seriously recommend to Presbyteries to cause make publick intimation of this Act and take special care that the same be timeously put to execution and duely observed A. Ker. EDINBURGH 8. Jan. 1650. THE Committee of Estates having considered the English Paraphrase of the Psalms of David in meeter presented this day unto them by the Commiss of the Gen. Assembly together with their Act and the Act of the late Assembly approving the said Paraphrase and appointing the same to be sung through this Kirk Therefore the Committee doth also approve the said Paraphrase and interpone their authority for the publishing and practising thereof Hereby ordaining the same and no other to be made use of throughout this Kingdom according to the tenour of the said Acts of the General Assembly and their Commissioners T Henderson THE PSALMS OF DAVID In Meeter PSALM I. THat man hath perfect blessednesse who walketh not astray In counsell of ungodly men nor stands in sinners way Nor sitteth in the scorners chair But placeth his delight Upon Gods Law and meditates on his Law day and night He shall be like a tree that growes near planted by a river Which in his season yeelds his fruit and his leaf fadeth never And all he doth shall prosper well The wicked are not so But like they are unto the chaff which winde drives to and fro In judgement therefore shall not stand such as ungodly are Nor in th' assembly of the just shall wicked men appear For why the way of godly men unto the Lord is known Whereas the way of wicked men shall quite be over-thrown PSAL. II. VVHy rage the Heathen and vain things why do the people minde Kings of the earth do set themselves and Princes are combinde To plot against the Lord and his Anointed saying thus Let us asunder break their band and cast their cords from us He that in Heaven sits shall laugh the Lord shall scorn them all Then shall he speak to them in wrath in râ—â—e he vex them shall Yet notwithstanding I have him to be my King appointed And over Sion my holy hill I have him King anointed The sure decree I will declare the Lord hath said to me Thou art mine onely Son this day I have begotten thee Ask of me and for heritage the Heathen I 'le make thine And for possession I to thee will give earths utmost line Thou shalt as with a weightie rod of iron break them all And as a potters sheard thou shalt them dash in pieces small Now therefore Kings be wise be taught ye Judges of the earth Serve God in fear and see that ye joyn trembling with your mirth Kisse ye the Son lest in his ire ye perish from the way If once his wrath begin to burn Blest all that on him stay PSAL. III. A Psalme of David when he fled from Absalom his son O Lord how are my foes increas'd against me many rise Many say of my soul for him in God no succour lyes Yet thou my shield and glory are th'uplifter of my head I cry'd and from his holy hill the Lord me answer made I laid me down and slept I wak'd for God sustained me I will not fear though thousands ten set round against me be Arise O Lord save me my God for thou my foes hast stroke All on the cheâ—k-bone and the teeth of wicked men hast broke Salvation doth appertain unto the Lord alone Thy blessing Lord for evermore thy people is upon PSAL. IV. To the chief musician on Neginoth A Psalm of David GIve ear unto me when I call God of my righteousnesse Have mercy hear my pray'r thou hast enlarg'd me in distresse O ye the sons of men how long will ye love vanities How long my glory turn to shame and will ye follow lies But know that for himself the Lord the godly man doth chuse The Lord when I on him do call to hear will not refuse Fear and sin not talk with your heart on bed and silent be Offrings present of righteousnesse and in the Lord trust ye O who will show us any good is that which many say But of thy countenance the light Lord lift on us alway Upon my heart bestow'd by thee more gladnesse I have found Than they ev'n then when corn and wine did most with them abound I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep will take Because thou onely
me to dwell in safetie Lord dost make PSAL. V. To the chief musician on Nehiloth A Psalm of David GIve ear unto my words O Lord my meditation weigh Hear my loud cry my King my God for I to thee will pray Lord thou shalt early hear voice I early will direct My pray'r to thee and looking up an answer will expect For thou art not a God that doth in wickednesse delight Neither shall evill dwell with thee Nor fooles stand in thy sight All that ill-doers are thou hat'st Cut'st off that liars be The bloudy and deceitfull man abhored is by thee But I into thy house will come in thine abundant grace And I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy place Because of those mine enemies Lord in thy righteousnesse Do thou me lead do thou thy way make straight before my face For in their mouth there is no truth their inward part is ill Their throat 's an open sepulchre their tongue doth flatter still O God destroy them let them be by their own counsell quell'd Them for their many sins cast out for they ' gainst thee rebell'd But let all joy that trust in thee and still make shouting noise For them thou sav'st Let all that love thy Name in thee rejoyce For Lord unto the righteous man thou wilt thy blessing yeeld With favour thou wilt compasse him about as with a shield PSAL. VI. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith a Psalm of David LOrd in thy wrath rebuke me not Nor in thy hot rage chasten me Lord pitty me for I am weak Heal me for my bones vexed be My soul is also vexed sore But Lord how long stay wilt thou make Return O Lord my soul set free O save me for thy mercies sake Because those that deceased are Of thee shall no remembrance have And who is he that will to thee Give praises lying in the grave I with my groaning weary am I also all the night my bed Have caused for to swim and I With tears my couch have watered Mine eye consum'd with grief growes old Because of all mine enemies Hence from me wicked workers all For God hath heard my weeping cryes God hath my supplication heard My pray'r received graciously Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes Sham'd and back-turned suddenly Another of the same IN thy great indignation O Lord rebuke me not Nor on the lay thy chastning hand in thy displeasure hot Lord I am weak therefore on me have mercy and me spare Heal me O Lord because thou know'st my bones much vexed are My soul is vexed sore but Lord how long stay wilt thou make Return Lord free my soul and save me for thy mercies sake Because of thee in death there shall no more remembrance be Of those that in the grave do ly who shall give thanks to thee I with my groaning weary am and all the night my bed I caused for to swim with tears my couch I watered By reason of my vexing grief mine eye consumed is It waxeth old because of all that be mine enemies But now depart from me all ye that work iniquity For why the Lord hath heard my voice when I did mourn and cry Unto my supplication the Lord did hearing give When I to him my prayer make the Lord will it receive Let all be sham'd and troubled sore that enemies are to me Let them turn back and suddenly ashamed let them be PSAL. VII Shiggaion of David which he sang unto the Lord concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite O Lord my God in thee do I my confidence repose Save and deliver me from all my persecuting foes Lest that the enemy my soul should like a Lion tear In pieces renting it while there is no deliverer O Lord my God if it be so that I committed this If it be so that in my hands iniquity there is If I rewarded ill to him that was at peace with me Yea ev'n the man that without cause my foe was I did free Then let the foe pursue and take my soul and my life thrust Down to the earth and let him lay mine honour in the dust Rise in thy wrath Lord raise thy self for my foes raging be And to the judgement which thou hast commanded wake for me So shall th' assembly of thy folk about encompasse thee Thou therefore for their sakes return unto thy place on hie The Lord he shall the people judge my judge Jehovah be After my righteousnesse and mine integrity in me O let the wickeds malice end but stablish stedfastly The righteous for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try In God who saves th'upright in heart is my defence and stay God just men judgeth God is wroth with ill men every day If he do not return again then he his sword will whet His bow he hath already bent and hath it ready set He also hath for him prepar'd the instruments of death Against the persecutors he his shafts ordained hath Behold he with iniquity doth travail as in birth A mischief he conceived hath and falshood shall bring forth He made a pit and digg'd it deep another there to take But he is fall'n into the ditch which he himself did make Upon his own head his mischief shall be returned home His violent dealing also down on his own pate shall come According to his righteousnesse the Lord I 'le magnifie And will sing praise unto the Name of God that is most hie PSAL. VIII To the chief musician upon Gittith A Psalm of David HOw excellent in all the earth Lord our Lord is thy Name Who hast thy glory far advanc'd above the starrie frame From infants and from sucklings mouth thou didest strength ordain For thy foes cause that so thou might'st th' avenging foe restrain When I look up unto the heavens which thine own fingers fram'd Unto the moon and to the starres which were by thee ordain'd Then say I what is man that he remembred is by thee Or what the son of man that thou so kind to him should be For thou a little lower hast him then the angels made With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head Of thy hand-works thou mad'st him Lord all under 's feet didst lay All sheep and oxen yea and beasts that in the field do stray Fowls of the air fish of the sea all that passe through the same How excellent in all the earth Lord our Lord is thy Name PSAL. IX To the chief musician upon Muth-labben A Psalm of David LOrd thee I 'le praise with all my heart thy wonders all proclaime In thee most high I 'le greatly joy and sing unto thy Name When back my foes were turn'd they fell and perisht at thy sight For thou maintain'd my right and cause on throne sat'st judging right The heathen thou rebuked hast the wicked over-thrown Thou hast put out their names that they may never more be known O enemy now destructions have an end
perpetuall Thou cities raz'd perisht with them is their memoriall God shall endure for ay he doth for judgement set his throne In righteousnesse to judge the world justice to give each one God also will a refuge be for those that are opprest A refuge will he be in times of trouble to distrest And they that know thy Name in thee their confidence will place For thou hast not forsaken them that truly seek thy face O sing ye praises to the Lord that dwels in Sion hill And all the nations among his deeds record ye still When he enquireth after blood he then remembreth them The humble folk he not forgets that call upon his Name Lord pitie me behold the grief which I from foes sustain Ev'n thou who from the gates of death dost raise me up again That I in Sions daughters gates may all thy praise advance And that I may rejoyce alwayes in thy deliverance The heathen are sunk in the pit which they themselves prepar'd And in the net which they have hid their own feet fast are snar'd The Lord is by the judgement known which he himself hath wrought The sinners hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught They who are wicked into hell each one shall turned be And all the nations that forget to seek the Lord most hie For they that needy are shall not forgotten be alway The expectation of the poor shall not be lost for ay Arise Lord let not man prevail judge heathens in thy sight That they may know themselves but men the nations Lord affright PSAL. X. VVHerefore is it that thou O Lord dost stand from us afar And wherefore hidest thou thy self when times so troublous are The wicked in his loftinesse doth persecute the poor In these devices they have fram'd let them be taken sure The wicked of his hearts desire doth talk with boasting great He blesseth him that 's covetous whom yet the Lord doth hate The wicked through his pride of face on God he doth not call And in the counsels of his heart the Lord is not at all His wayes they alwayes grievous are thy judgements from his sight Removed are at all his foes he puffeth with despight Within his heart he thus hath said I shall not moved be And no adversity at all shall ever come to me His mouth with cursing fraud deceit is fill'd abundantly And underneath his tongue there is mischief and vanity He closely sits in villages he slayes the innocent Against the poor that passe him by his cruell eyes are bent He Lyon-like lurks in his den he waits the poor to take And when he draws him in his net his prey he doth him make Himself he humbleth very low he croucheth down withall That so a multitude of poor may by his strong ones fall He this hath said within his heart the Lord hath quite forgot He hides his countenance and he for ever sees it not O Lord do thou arise O God lift up thine hand on hie But not the meek afflicted ones out of thy memorie Why is it that the wicked man thus doth the Lord despise Because that God will it require he in his heart denies Thou hast it seen for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay The poor commits himself to thee thou art the orphans stay The arm break of the wicked man and of the evill one Do thou seek out his wickednesse untill thou findest none The Lord is King through ages all ev'n to eternity The heathen people from their land are perisht utterly O Lord of those that humble are thou the desire didst heare Thou wilt prepare their heart and thou to heare wilt bend thine eare To judge the fatherlesse and those that are oppressed sore That man that is but sprung of earth may them oppresse no more PSAL. XI To the chief musician A Psalm of David I in the Lord do put my trust how is it then that ye Say to my soul flee as a bird unto your mountain hie For lo the wicked bend their bow their shafts on string they fit That those who upright are in heart they privily may hit If the foundations be destroy'd what hath the righteous done God in his holy Temple is in heaven is his throne His eyes do see his eye-lids try mens sons The just he proves But his soul hates the wicked man and him that violence loves Snares fire and brimstone furious storms on sinners he shall rain This as the portion of their cup doth unto them pertain Because the Lord most righteous doth in righteousnesse delight And with a pleasant countenance beholdeth the upright PSAL XII To the chief musician upon Sheminith A Psalm of David HElp Lord because the godly man doth dayly fade away And from among the sons of men the faithfull do decay Unto his neighbour every one doth utter vanitie They with a double heart do speak and lips of flatterie God shall cut off all flattering lips tongues that speak proudly thus Wee 'l with our tongue prevail our lips are ours who 's Lord ov'r us For poor opprest and for the sighs of needie rise will I Saith God and him in safety set from such as him defy The words of God are words most pure they be like silver try'd In earthen furnace seven times that hath been purify'd Lord thou shalt them preserve and keep for ever from this race On each side walk the wicked when vile men are high in place PSAL. XIII To chief musician A Psalm of David HOw long wilt thou forget me Lord shall it for ever be O how long shall it be that thou wilt hide thy face from me How long take counsel in my soul still sad in heart shall I How long exalted over me shall be mine enemy O Lord my God consider well and answer to me make Mine eyes enlighten lest the sleep of death me overtake Lest that mine enemie should say against him I prevail'd And those that trouble me rejoyce when I am mov'd and fail'd But I have all my confidence thy mercy set upon My heart within me shall rejoyce in thy salvation I will unto the Lord my God sing praises chearfully Because he hath his bountie shown to me abundantly PSAL. XIV To the chief musician A Psalm of David That there is not a God the fool doth in his heart conclude They are corrupt their works are vile not one of them doth good Upon mens sons the Lord from heaven did cast his eyes abroad To see if any understood and did seek after God They altogether filthy are they all aside are gone And there is none that doeth good yea sure there is not one These workers of iniquity do they not know at all That they my people eat as bread and on God do not call There fear'd they much for God is with the whole race of the just You shame the counsel of the poor because God is his trust Let Israels help from Sion come When back the Lord
shal bring His captives Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall sing PSAL. XV. A Psalm of David VVIthin thy tabernacle Lord who shall abide with thee And in thy high and holy hill who shall a dweller be The man that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousnesse And as he thinketh in his heart so doth he truth expresse Who doth not slander with his tongue nor to his friend doth hurt Nor yet against his neighbour doth take up an ill report In whose eyes vile men are despis'd but those that God do fear He honoureth and changeth not though to his hurt he swear His coyn puts not to usury nor take reward will he Against the guiltlesse Who doth thus shall never moved be PSAL. XVI Michtam of David LOrd keep me for I trust in thee To God thus was my speech Thou art my Lord and unto thee my goodnesse doth not reach To saints on earth to th'excellent where my delight 's all plac't Their sorrows shall be multipli'd to other gods that haste Of their drink-offerings of bloud I will no offering make Yea neither I their very names up in my lips will take God is of mine inheritance and cup the portion The lot that fallen is to me thou dost maintain alone Unto me happily the lines in pleasant places fell Yea the inheritance I got in beautie doth excell I blesse the Lord because he doth by counsel me conduct And in the seasons of the night my reins do me instruct Before me still the Lord I set sith it is so that he Doth ever stand at my right hand I shall not moved be Because of this my heart is glad and joy shall be exprest Ev'n by my glory and my flesh in confidence shall rest Because my soul in grave to dwell shall not be left by thee Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One corruption to see Thou wilt me shew the path of life of joyes there is full store Before thy face at thy right hand are pleasures evermore PSAL XVII A Prayer of David LOrd hear the right attend my cry unto my pray'r give heed That doth not in hypocrisie from feigned lips proceed And from before thy presence forth my sentence do thou send Toward these things that equall are do thou thine eyes intend Thou prov'dst mine heart thou visitst me by night thou didst me try Yet nothing found'st for that my mouth shall not sin purpos'd I. As for mens works I by the word that from thy lips doth flow Did me preserve out of the paths wherein destroyers go Hold up my goings Lord me guide in those thy paths divine So that my footsteps may not slide out of these wayes of thine I called have on thee O God because thou wilt me hear That thou may'st hearken to my speech to me incline thine ear Thy wondrous loving kindnesse show thou that by thy right hand Sav'st them that in thee trust from those that up against them stand As th'apple of the eye me keep in thy wings shade me close From lewd oppressours compassing me round as deadly foes In their own fat they are inclos'd their mouth speaks loftily Our steps they compast and to ground down bowing set their eye He like unto a lion is that 's greedy of his prey Or lion young which lurking doth in secret places stay Arise and disappoint my foe and cast him down O Lord My soul save from the wicked man the man which is thy sword From men which are thy hand O Lord from wordly men me save Which onely in this present life their part and portion have Whose belly with thy treasure hid thou fill'st they children have In plentie of their goods the rest they to their children leave But as for me I thine own face in righteousnesse will see And with thy likenesse when I wake I satisfi'd shall be PSAL. XVIII To the chief musician A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul and he said THee will I love O Lord my strength My fortresse is the Lord My rock and he that doth to me deliverance afford My God my strength whom I will trust a buckler unto me The horn of my salvation and my high towr is he Upon the Lord who worthy is of praises will I cry And then shall I preserved be safe from mine enemy Floods of ill men affrighted me deaths pangs about me went Hells sorrows me environed deaths snares did me prevent In my distresse I call'd on God cry to my God did I He from his temple heard my voice to his ears came my cry Th' earth as affrighted then did shake trembling upon it seised The hills foundations moved were because he was displeased Up from his nostrils came a smoke and from his mouth there came Devouring fire and coals by it were turned into flame He also bowed down the heav'ns and thence he did descend And thickest clouds of darknesse did under his feet attend And he upon a cherub rode and thereon he did fly Yea on the swift wings of the winde his flight was from on hy He darknesse made his secret place about him for his tent Dark waters were and thickest clouds of th'airie firmament And at the brightnesse of that light which was before his eye His thick clouds past away hail-stones and coals of fire did flye The Lord God also in the heav'ns did thunder in his ire And there the highest gave his voice hail-stones and coals of fire Yea he his arrows sent abroad and them he scattered His lightnings also he shot out and them discomfited The waters chanels then were seen the worlds foundations vast At thy rebuke discovered were and at thy nostrils blast And from above the Lord sent down and took me from below From many waters he me drew which would me over-flow He me reliev'd from my strong foes and such as did me hare Because he saw that they for me too strong were and too great They me prevented in the day of my calamitie But even then the Lord himself a stay was unto me He to a place of libertie where room was hath me brought Because he took delight in me he my deliverance wrought According to my righteousnesse he did me recompense He me repay'd according to my hands pure innocence For I Gods wayes kept from my God did not turn wickedlie His judgements were before me I his Lawes put not from me Sincere before him was my heart with him upright was I And watchfully I kept my self from mine iniquity After my righteousnesse the Lord hath recompensed me After the cleannesse of my hands appearing in his eye Thou gracious to the gracious art to upright men upright Pure to the pure froward thou kythes unto the froward wight For thou wilt the afflicted save in grief that low do ly But wilt bring down the countenance of them
righteous in the Lord rejoyce it comely is and right That upright men with thankfull voyce should praise the Lord of might Praise God with harp and unto him sing with the psalterie Upon a ten-string'd instrument make ye sweet melodie A new song to him sing and play with loud noise skilfully For right is Gods word all his works are done in verity To judgement and to righteousnesse a love He beareth still The loving kindnesse of the Lord the earth throughout doth fill The heavens by the word of God did their beginning take And by the breathing of his mouth He all their hosts did make The waters of the seas He brings together as an heap And in store-houses as it were He layeth up the depth Let earth and all that live therein with reverence fear the Lord Let all the worlds inhabitants dread him with one accord For he did speak the word and done it was without delay Established it firmly stood whatever he did say God doth the counsel bring to nought which heathen folk do take And what the people do devise of none effect doth make O! but the counsel of the Lord doth stand for ever sure And of his heart the purposes from age to age endure That nation blessed is whose God Jehovah is and those A blessed people are whom for his heritage he chose The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds all sons of men full well He views all from his dwelling place that in the earth do dwell He forms their hearts alike and all their doings he observes Great hosts save not a King much strength no mighty man preserves An horse for preservation is a deceitfull thing And by the greatnesse of his strength can no deliverance bring Behold on those that do him fear the Lord doth set his eye Ev'n those who on his mercy do with confidence rely From death to free their soul in dearth life unto them to yeeld Our soul doth wait upon the Lord he is our help and shield Sith in his holy Name we trust our heart shall joyfull be Lord let thy mercy be on us as we do hope in thee PSAL. XXXIV A Psalm of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech who drove him away and he departed GOd will I blesse all times his praise my mouth shall still expresse My soul shall boast in God the meek shall hear with joyfulnesse Extoll the Lord with me let us exalt his Name together I sought the Lord he heard and did me from all fears deliver They look'd to him and lightned were not shamed were their faces This poor man cry'd God heard and sav'd him from all his distresses The angel of the Lord encamps and round encompasseth All those about that do him fear and them delivereth O taste and see that God is good who trusts in him is blest Fear God his saints none that him fear shall be with want opprest The lions young may hungry be and they may lack their food But they that truly seek the Lord shall not lack any good O children hither do ye come and unto me give ear I shall you teach to understand how ye the Lord should fear What man is he that life desires to see good would live long Thy lips refrain from speaking guile and from ill words thy tongue Depart from ill do good seek peace pursue it earnestly Gods eyes are on the just his ears are open to their cry The face of God is set against those that do wickedly That he may quite out from the earth cut off their memory The righteous cry unto the Lord he unto them gives ear And they out of their troubles all by him delivered are The Lord is ever nigh to them that be of broken sp'rit To them he safetie doth afford that are in heart contrite The troubles that afflict the just in number many be But yet at length out of them all the Lord doth set them free He carefully his bones doth keep what ever can befall That not so much as one of them can broken be at all Ill shall the wicked slay laid waste shall be who hate the just The Lord redeems his servants souls none perish that him trust PSAL. XXXV A Psalm of David PLead Lord with those that plead and fight with those that fight with me Of shield and buckler take thou hold stand up mine help to be Draw also out the spear and do against them stop the way That me pursue unto my soul I 'm thy salvation say Let them confounded be and sham'd that for my soul have sought Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they and to confusion brought Let them be like unto the chaff that flies before the winde And let the angell of the Lord pursue them hard behinde With darknesse cover thou their way and let it slipperie prove And let the angel of the Lord pursue them from above For without cause have they for me their net hid in a pit They also have without a cause for my soul digged it Let ruine seise him unawares his net he hid withall Himself let catch and in the same destruction let him fall My soul in God shall joy and glad in his salvation be And all my bones shall say O Lord who is like unto thee Which dost the poor set free from him that is for him too strong The poor and needy from the man that spoils and does him wrong False witnesses rose to my charge things I not knew they laid They to the spoiling of my soul me ill for good repay'd But as for me when they were sick in sackcloth sad I mourn'd My humbled soul did fast my pray'r into my bosome turn'd My self I did behave as he had been my friend or brother I heavily bow'd down as one that mourneth for his mother But in my trouble they rejoyc'd gathering themselves together Yea abjects vile together did themselves against me gather I knew it not they did me tear and quiet would not be With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me How long Lord lookst thou on from those destructions they intend Rescue my soul from lions young my darling do defend I will give thanks to thee O Lord within th' assembly great And where much people gathered are thy praises forth will set Let not my wrongfull enemies proudly rejoyce ov'r me Nor who me hate without a cause let them wink with the eye For peace they do not speak at all but craftie plots prepare Against all those within the land that meek and quiet are With mouths set wide they ' gainst me said Ha ha our eye doth see Lord thou hast seen hold not thy peace Lord be not far from me Stir up thy self wake that thou mayst judgement to me afford Ev'n to my cause O thou that art my onely God and Lord. O Lord my God do thou me judge after thy righteousnesse And let them not their joy ' gainst me triumphantly expresse Nor let them say within
dead to others they let go Their inward thought is that their house and dwelling places shall Stand through all ages they their lands by their own names do call But yet in honour shall not man abide continually But passing hence may be compar'd unto the beasts that dy Thus brutish folly plainly is their wisedome and their way Yet their posteritie approve what they do fondly say Like sheep they in the grave are laid and death shall them devour And in the morning upright men shall over them have pow'r Their beautie from their dwelling shall consume within the grave But from hells hand God will mee free for he shall me receive Be thou not then afraid when one enriched thou dost see Nor when the glory of his house advanced is on hie For he shall carry nothing hence when death his dayes doth end Nor shall his glory after him into the grave descend Although he his own soul did blesse whilst he on earth did live And when thou to thy self dost well men will thee peaises give He to his fathers race shall go they never shall see light Man honour'd wanting knowledge is like beasts that perish quite PSAL. L. A Psalm of Asaph THe mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call The earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall From out of Sion hill which of excellency And beautie the perfection is God shined gloriously Our God shall surely come keep silence shall not He Before Him fire shall waste great storms shall round about Him be Unto the heaven's clear He from above shall call And to the earth likewise that He may judge his people all Together let my saints unto me gathered be Those that by sacrifice have made a covenant with me And then the heavens shall his righteousnesse declare Because the Lord himself is He by whom men judged are My people Israel hear speak will I from on hie Against thee I will testifie God ev'n thy God am I. I for thy sacrifice no blame will on thee lay Nor for burnt-offrings which to me thou off'redst every day I 'le take no calf nor goats from house or fold of thine For beasts of forrests cattell all on thousand hills are mine The fowls on mountains high are all to me well known Wilde beasts which in the fields do ly ev'n they are all mine own Then if I hungry were I would not tell it thee Because the world and fulnesse all thereof belongs to me Will I eat flesh of buls or goats bloud drink will I Thanks offer thou to God and pay thy vows to the most hie And call upon me when in trouble thou shalt be I will deliver thee and thou my Name shalt glorifie But to the wicked man God saith my laws and truth Shouldst thou declare how darst thou take my covenant in thy mouth Sith thou instruction hates which should thy wayes direct And sith my words behinde thy back thou casts and dost reject When thou a thief didst see with him thou didst consent And with the vile adulterers partaker on thou went Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill thy tongue deceit doth frame Thou sits and ' gainst thy brother speaks thy mothers son does shame Because I silence kept while thou these things hast wrought That I was altogether like thy self hath been thy thought Yet I will thee reprove and set before thine eyes In order ranked thy misdeeds and thine iniquities Now ye that God forget this carefully consider Lest I in pieces tear you all and none can you deliver Who so doth offer praise me glorifies and I Will shew him Gods salvation that orders right his way Another of the same THe mighty God the Lord hath spoke and call'd the earth upon Ev'n from the rising of the sun unto his going down From out of Sion his own hill where the perfection hie Of beauty is from thence the Lord hath shined gloriously Our God shall come and shall no more be silent but speak out Before him fire shall waste great storms shall compasse him about He to the heavens from above and to the earth below Shall call that He his judgement may before his people show Let all my saints together be unto me gathered Those that by sacrifice with me a covenant have made And then the heavens shall declare His righteousnesse abroad Because the Lord himself doth come none else is judge but God Hear O my people and I 'le speak O Israel by name Against thee I will testifie God ev'n thy God I am I for thy sacrifices few reprove thee never will Nor for burnt-offrings to have been before me offred still I 'le take no bullock nor hee-goats from house nor folds of thine For beasts of forrests cattell all on thousand hills are mine The fowls are all to me well known that mountains high do yeeld And I do challenge as mine own the wilde beasts of the field If I were hungry I would not to thee for need complain For earth and all its fulnesse doth to me of right pertain That I to eat the flesh of bulls take pleasure dost thou think Or that I need to quench my thirst the bloud of goats to drink Nay rather unto me thy God thanksgiving offer thou To the most high perform thy word and fully pay thy vow And in the day of trouble great see that thou call on me I will deliver thee and thou my Name shalt glorifie But God unto the wicked saith why should thou mention make Of my commands how dar'st thou in thy mouth my covenant take Sith it is so that thou dost hate all good instruction And sith thou casts behinde thy back and slights my words each one When thou a thief didst see then straight thou joyn'd with him in sin And with the vile adulterers thou hast partaker bin Thy mouth to evill thou dost give thy tongue deceit doth frame Thou sitst and ' gainst thy brother speak'st thy mothers son to shame These things thou wickedly hast done and I have silent bin Thou thought that I was like thy self and did approve thy sin But I will sharply thee reprove and I will order right Thy sins and thy transgressions in presence of thy sight Consider this and be afraid ye that forget the Lord Left I in pieces tear you all when none can help afford Who offereth praise me glorifies I will shew Gods salvation To him that ordereth aright his life and conversation PSAL. LI. To the chief musician A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he had gone in to Bath-sheba AFter thy loving kindnesse Lord have mercy upon me For thy compassions great blot out all mine iniquitie Me cleanse from sin and throughly wash from mine iniquitie For my transgressions I confesse my sin I ever see ' Gainst thee thee onely have I sinn'd in thy sight done this ill That when thou speaks thou may be just and clear in judging still Behold I in iniquity was
low The bloudy and deceitfull men shall not live half their dayes But upon thee with confidence I will depend alwayes PSAL. LVI To the chief musician upon Jonath-elemrechokim Michtam of David when the Philistines took him in Gath. SHew mercy Lord to me for man would swallow me outright He me oppresseth while he doth against me daily fight They daily would me swallow up that hate me spitefully For they be many that do fight against me O most hie When I 'm afraid I 'le trust in thee In God I 'le praise his word I will not fear what flesh can do my trust is in the Lord. Each day they wrest my words their thoughts ' gainst me are all for ill They meet they lurk they mark my steps waiting my soul to kill But shall they by iniquitie escape thy judgement so O God with indignation down do thou the people throw My wandrings all what they have been thou know'st their number took Into thy bottle put my tears are they not in thy book My foes shall when I cry turn back I know 't God is for me In God his word I 'le praise his word in God shall praised be In God I trust I will not fear what man can do to me Thy vows upon me are O God I 'le render praise to thee Wilt thou not who from death me sav'd my feet from falls keep free To walk before God in the light of those that living be PSAL. LVII To the chief musician Al-taschith Michtam of David when he fled from Saul in the cave BE mercifull to me O God thy mercy unto me Do thou extend because my soul doth put her trust in thee Yea in the shadow of thy wings my refuge I will place Untill these sad calamities do wholly overpasse My cry I will cause to ascend unto the Lord most hie To God who doth all things for me perform most perfectly From heav'n he shall send down and me from his reproach defend That would devour me God his truth and mercy forth shall send My soul among fierce lions is I firebrands live among Mens sons whose teeth are spears and darts a sharp sword is their tongue Be thou exalted very high above the heav'ns O God Let thou thy glory be advanc'd o're all the earth abroad My soul 's bow'd down for they a net have laid my steps to snare Into the pit which they have dig'd for me they fallen are My heart is fixt my heart is fixt O God I 'le sing and praise My glory wake wake psaltry harp my self I 'le early raise I 'le praise thee 'mong the people Lord 'mong nations sing will I For great to heav'n thy mercy is thy truth is to the sky O Lord exalted be thy Name above the heav'ns to stand Do thou thy glory far advance above both sea and land PSAL. LVIII To the chief musician Al-taschith Michtam of David DO ye O congregation indeed speak righteousnesse O ye that are the sons of men judge ye with uprightnesse Yea ev'n within your very hearts ye wickednesse have done And ye the violence of your hands do weigh the earth upon The wicked men estranged are ev'n from the very womb They speaking lies do stray as soon as to the world they come Unto a serpents poyson like their poyson doth appear Yea they are like the adder deaf that closely stops her ear That so she may not hear the voice of one that charm her would No not though he most cunning were and charm most wisely could Their teeth O God within their mouth break thou in pieces small The great teeth break thou out O Lord of these young lions all Let them like waters melt away which downward still do flow In pieces cut his arrows all when he shall bend his bow Like to a snail that melts away let each of them be gone Like womans birth untimely that they never see the sun He shall them take away before your pots the thorns can finde Both living and in fury great as with a stormy winde The righteous when he vengeance sees he shall be joyfull then The righteous one shall wash his feet in bloud of wicked men So men shall say the righteous man reward shall never misse And verily upon the earth a God to judge there is PSAL. LIX To the chief musician Al-taschith Michtam of David when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him MY God deliver me from those that are mine enemies And do thou me defend from those that up against me rise Do thou deliver me from them that work iniquity And give me safety from the men of bloud cruelty For lo they for my soul lay wait the mighty do combine Against me Lord not for my fault nor any sin of mine They run and without fault in me themselves do ready make Awake to meet me with thy help and do thou notice take Awake therefore Lord God of hosts thou God of Israel To visit Heathen all spare none that wickedly rebell At ev'ning they go to and fro they make great noise and sound Like to a dog and often walk about the city round Behold they belch out with their mouth and in their lips are swords For they do say thus who is he that now doth hear our words But thou O Lord shalt laugh at them and all the Heathen mock While he 's in pow'r I 'le wait on thee for God is my high rock He of my mercy that is God betimes shall me prevent Upon mine enemies God shall let me see mine hearts content Them slay not left my folk forget but scatter them abroad By thy strong pow'r and bring them down O thou our shield and God For their mouths sin and for the words that from their lips do fly Let them be taken in their pride because they curse and lye In wrath consume them them consume that so they may not be And that in Jacob God doth rule to th' earths ends let them see At evening let thou them return making great noise and sound Like to a dog and often walk about the city round And let them wander up and down in seeking food to eat And let them grudge when they shall not be satisfi'd with meat But of thy pow'r I 'le sing aloud at morn thy mercy praise For thou to me my refuge wast and towr in troublous dayes O God that art my strength I will sing praises unto thee For God is my defence a God of mercy unto me PSAL. LX. To the chief musician upon Shushan-eduth Michtam of David to teach when he strove with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah when Joab returned and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand O Lord thou hast rejected us and scattered us abroad Thou justly hast displeased been return to us O God The earth to tremble thou hast made therein didst breaches make Do thou thereof the breaches heal because the land doth shake Unto thy people thou hard
Th'outgoings of the morn and even by thee are joyfull made The earth thou visit'st watring it thou mak'st it rich to grow With Gods full flood thou corn prepar'st when thou provid'st it so Her ridges thou dost water much her furrows settleft With showres thou dost her mollifie her spring by thee is blest So thou the year most liberally dost with thy goodnesse crown And all thy paths abundantly on us drop fatnesse down They drop upon the pastures wide that do in deserts ly The little hills on every side rejoyce right pleasantly With flocks the pastures cloathed be the vales with corn are clad And now they shout and sing to thee for thou hast made them glad PSAL. LXVI To the chief musician A song or psalm ALL lands to God in joyfull sounds aloft your voices raise Sing forth the honour of his Name and glorious make his praise Say unto God How terrible in all thy works art thou Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee shall be constrain'd to bow All on the earth shall worship thee they shall thy praise proclaime In songs they shall sing cheerfully unto thy holy Name Come and the works that God hath wrought with admiration see In 's workings to the sons of men most terrible is he Into dry land the sea he turn'd and they a passage had Ev'n marching through the floud on foot there we in him were glad He ruleth ever by his power his eyes the nations see O let not the rebellious ones lift up themselves on hie Ye people blesse our God aloud the voice speak of his praise Our soul in life who safe preserves our foot from sliding stays For thou didst prove and try us Lord as men do silver try Broughtst us into the net and mad'st bands on our loins to ly Thou hast caus'd men ride o're our heads and though that we did passe Through fire and water yet thou broughtst us to a wealthy place I 'le bring burnt-offrings to thy house to thee my vows I 'le pay Which my lips utter'd my mouth spake when trouble on me lay Burnt-sacrifices of fat rams with incense I will bring Of bullocks and of goats I will present an offering All that fear God come hear I 'le tell what he did for my soul I with my mouth unto him cryd my tongue did him extoll If in my heart I sin regard the Lord me will not hear But surely God me heard and to my prayers voice gave ear O let the Lord our gracious God for ever blessed be Who turned not my pray'r from him nor yet his grace from me PSAL. LXVII To the chief musician on Neginoth A Psalm or song LOrd blesse and pity us shine on us with thy face That th' earth thy way and nations all may know thy saving grace Let people praise thee Lord let people all thee praise O let the nations be glad in songs their voices raise Thou 'lt justly people judge on earth rule nations all Let people praise thee Lord let them praise thee both great and small The earth her fruit shall yeeld our God shall blessing send God shall us blesse men shall him fear unto earths utmost end Another of the same LOrd unto us be mercifull do thou us also blesse And graciously cause shine on us the brightnesse of his face That so thy way upon the earth to all men may be known Also among the nations all thy saying health be shown O let the people praise thee Lord let people all thee praise O let the nations be glad and sing for joy always For rightly thou shalt people judge and nations rule on earth Let people praise thee Lord let all the folk praise thee with mirth Then shall the earth yeeld her increase God our God blesse us shall God shall us blesse and of the earth the ends shall fear him all PSAL. LXVIII To the chief musician A Psalm or song of David LEt God arise and scattered let all his enemies be And let all those that do him hate before his presence flee As smoak is driven so drive thou them as fire melts wax away Before Gods face let wicked men so perish and decay But let the righteous be glad let them before Gods sight Be very joyfull yea let them rejoyce with all their might To God sing to his Name sing praise extoll him with your voice That rides on heav'n by his Name JAH before his face rejoyce Because the Lord a Father is unto the fatherlesse God is the widows judge within his place of holinesse God doth the solitary set in families and from bands The chain'd doth free but rebels do inhabit parched lands O God what time thou didst go forth before thy peoples face And when through the great wildernesse thy glorious marching was Then at Gods presence shook the earth then drops from heaven fell This Sinai shook before the Lord the God Israel O God thou to thine heritage didst send a plenteous rain Whereby thou when it weary was didst it refresh again Thy congregation then did make their habitation there Of thine own goodnesse for the poor O God thou didst prepare The Lord himself did give the word the word abroad did spread Great was the company of them the same who published Kings of great armies foiled were and forc'd to flee away And women who remain'd at home did distribute the prey Though ye have lyen among the pots like doves ye shall appear Whose wings with silver and with gold whose feathers covered are When there th' Almighty scatt'red Kings like Salmons snow 't was white Gods hill is like to Bashan hill like Bashan hill for hight Why do ye leap ye mountains high this is the hill where God Desires to dwell yea God in it for ay will make abode Gods chariots twenty thousand are thousands of Angels strong In 's holy place God is as in mount Sinai them among Thou hast O Lord most glorious ascended up on hie And in triumph victorious led captive captivitie Thou hast received gifts for men for such as did rebell Yea ev'n for them that God the Lord in midst of them might dwell Blest be the Lord who is to us of our salvation God Who daily with his benefits us plenteously doth load He of salvation is the God who is our God most strong And unto God the Lord from death the issues belong But surely God shall wound the head of those that are his foes The hairy scalp of him that still on in his trespasse goes God said my people I will bring again from Bashan hill Yea from the seas devouring deeps them bring again I will That in the bloud of enemies thy foot imbru'd may be And of thy dogs dipt in the same the tongues thou mayest see Thy goings they have seen O God the steps of Majesty Of my God and my mighty King within the sanctuary Before went singers players next on instruments took way And them among the damsels were that did on
timbrels play Within the congregations blesse God with one accord From Isra'ls fountain do ye blesse and praise the mighty Lord. With their Prince little Benjamin Princes and councell there Of Judah were there Zabulons and Naphtalies Princes were Thy God commands thy strength make strong what thou wrought'st for us Lord. For thy house at Jerusalem Kings shall thee gifts afford The spear-mens host the multitude of bulls which fiercely look Those calves which people have forth sent O Lord our God rebuke Till every one submit himself and silver pieces bring The people that delight in war disperse O God and King Those that be Princes great shall then come out of Egypt lands And Aethiopia to God shall soon stretch out her hands O all ye Kingdoms of the earth sing praises to this King For he is Lord that ruleth all unto him praises sing To him that rides on heav'ns of heav'ns which he of old did found Lo he sends out his voice a voice in might that doth abound Strength unto God do ye ascribe for his excellencie Is over Israel his strength is in the clouds most hie Thou' rt from thy Temple dreadfull Lord Isra'ls own God is he Who gives his people strength and pow'r O let God blessed be PSAL. LXIX To the chief musician upon Shoshannim A Psalm of David SAve me O God because the flouds do so environ me That ev'n into my very soul come in the waters be I downward in deep mire do sink where standing there is none I am into deep waters come where flouds have o're me gone I weary with my crying am my throat is also dry'd Mine eyes do fail while for my God I waiting do abide Those men that do without a cause bear hatred unto me Then are the hairs upon my head in number moe they be They that would me destroy and are mine enemies wrongfully Are mighty so what I took not to render forc'd was I. Lord thou my folly know'st my sins not covered are from thee Let none that wait oh thee be sham'd Lord God of hosts for mee O Lord the God of Israel let none who search do make And seek thee be at any time confounded for my sake For I have born reproach for thee my face is hid with shame To brethren strange to mothers sons an alien I became Because the zeal did eat me up which to thy House I bare And the reproaches cast at thee upon me fallen are My tears and fasts t' afflict my soul were turned to my shame When sackcloth I did wear to them a proverb I became The men that in the gate do sit against me evill spake They also that vile drunkards were of me their song did make But in an acceptable time my pray'r Lord is to thee In truth of thy salvation Lord and mercy great hear me Deliver me out of the mire from sinking do me keep Free me from those that do me hate and from the waters deep Let not the floud on me prevail whose water overflows Nor deep me swallow nor the pit her mouth upon me close Hear me O Lord because thy love and kindnesse is most good Turn unto me according to thy mercies multitude Nor from thy servant hide thy face I 'm troubled soon attend Draw neer my soul and it redeem me from my foes defend To thee is my reproach well known my shame and my disgrace Those that mine adversaries be are all before thy face Reproach hath broke my heart I 'm full of grief I look'd for one To pity me but none I found comforters found I none They also bitter gall did give unto me for my meat They gave me vineger to drink when as my thirst was great Before them let their table prove a snare and do thou make Their welfare and prosperitie a trap themselves to take Let thou their eyes so darkned be that sight may them forsake And let their loins be made by thee continually to shake Thy fury pour thou out on them and indignation And let thy wrathfull anger Lord fast hold take them upon All waste and desolate let be their habitation And in their tabernacles all inhabitants be none Because him they do persecute whom thou didst smite before They talk unto the grief of those whom thou hast wounded sore Adde thou iniquity unto their former wickednesse And do not let them come at all into thy righteousnesse Out of the book of life let them be raz'd and blotted quite Among the just and righteous let not their names be writ But now become exceeding poor and sorrowfull am I By thy salvation O my God let me be set on hie The Name of God I with a song most cheerfully will praise And I in giving thanks to him his Name shall highly raise This to the Lord a sacrifice more gracious shall prove Then bullock ox or any beast that hath both horn and hoof When this the humble men shall see it joy to them shall give O all ye that do seek the Lord your heart shall ever live For God the poor hears and will not his prisoners contemn Let heav'n and earth and seas him praise and all that move in them For God will Judah's cities build and He will Sion save That they may dwell therein and it in sure possession have And they that are his servants seed inherit shall the same So shall they have their dwelling there that love his blessed Name PSAL. LXX To the chief musician A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance LOrd haste me to deliver with speed Lord succour me Let them that for my soul do seek sham'd and confounded be Turn'd back be they and sham'd that in my hurt delight Turn'd back be they Ha ha that say their shaming to requite In thee let all be glad and joy that seek for thee Let them who thy salvation love say still God praised be I poor and needy am come Lord and make no stay My help thou and deliverer art O Lord make no delay Another of the same MAke haste O God me to preserve with speed Lord succour me Let them that for my soul do seek sham'd and confounded be Let them be turned back and sham'd that in my hurt delight Turn'd back be they Ha ha that say their shaming to requite O Lord in thee let all be glad and joy that seek for thee Let them who thy salvation love say still God praised be But I both poor and needy am come Lord and make no stay My help thou and deliverer art O Lord make no delay PSAL. LXXI O Lord my hope and confidence is plac'd in thee alone Then let thy servant never be put to confusion And let me in thy righteousnesse from thee deliv'rance have Cause me escape incline thine ear unto me and me save Be thou my dwelling rock to which I ever may resort Thou gav'st commandment me to save for thou' rt my rock and fort Free me my God from wicked hands hands cruell and
He made when Aegypt land He travell'd through where speech I heard I did not understand His shoulder I from burdens took his hands from pots did free Thou didst in trouble on me call and I deliver'd thee In secret place of thundering I did thee answer make And at the streams of Meribah of thee a proof did take O thou my people give an ear I 'le testifie to thee To thee O Israel if thou wilt but hearken unto me In midst of thee there shall not be any strange god at all Nor unto any god unknown thou bowing down shalt fall I am the Lord thy God which did from Aegypt land thee guide I 'le fill thy mouth abundantly do thou it open wide But yet my people to my voice would not attentive be And ev'n may chosen Israel he would have none of Me. So to the lust of their own hearts I them delivered And then in counsels of their own they vainly wandered O that my people had me heard Isra'l My wayes had chose I had their enemies soon subdu'd my hand turn'd on their foes The haters of the Lord to Him submission should have fain'd But as for them their time should have for evermore remain'd He should have also fed them with the finest of the wheat Of honey from the rock thy fill I should have made thee eat PSAL. LXXXII A Psalm of Asaph IN gods assembly GOD doth stand He judgeth gods among How long accepting persons vile will ye give judgement wrong Defend the poor and fatherlesse to poor opprest do right The poor and needy ones set free rid them from ill mens might They know not nor will understand in darknesse they walk on All the foundations of the earth out of their course are gone I said that you are gods and are sons of the Highest all But ye shall die like men and as one of the princes fall O God do thou raise up thy self the earth to judgement call For thou as thine inheritance shalt take the nations all PSAL. LXXXIII A song or Psalm of Asaph KEep not O God we thee intreat O keep not silence now Do thou not hold thy peace O God and still no more be thou For lo thine enemies a noise tumultuously have made And they that haters are of thee have lifted up the head Against thy chosen people they do craftie counsell take And they against thy hidden ones do consultations make Come let us cut them off said they from being a nation That of the name of Israel may no more be mention For with joynt heart they plot in league against thee they combine The tents of Edom Ishmaelites Moabs and Hagars line Gebal and Ammon Amalek Philistines those of Tyre And Assur joyn'd with them to help Lots children they conspire Do to them as to Midian Jabin at Kison-strand And Sisera which at Endor fell as dung to fat the land Like Oreb and like Zeeb make their noble men to fall Like Zeba and Zalmunna-like make thou their princes all Who said For our possession let us Gods houses take My God them like a wheel as chaff before the winde them make As fire consumes a wood as flame doth mountains set on fire Chase and affright them with the storm and tempest of thine ire Their faces fill with shame O Lord that they may seek thy Name Let them confounded be and vext and perish in their shame That men may know that Thou to whom alone doth appertain The Name JEHOVAH dost most high o're all the earth remain PSAL. LXXXIV To the chief musician upon Gittith A Psalm for the sons of Korah HOw lovely is thy dwelling place O Lord of hosts to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant Lord they be My thirstie soul longs vehemently yea faints thy Courts to see My very heart and flesh cry out O living God for thee Behold the sparrow findeth out an house wherein to rest The swallow also for her self hath purchased a nest Ev'n thine own altars where she safe her young ones forth may bring O thou Almighty Lord of hosts who art my God and King Blest are they in thy House that dwell they ever give thee praise Blest is the man whose strength thou art in whose heart are thy wayes Who passing through Baca's dry vale therein do dig up wells Also the rain that falleth down the pools with water fills So they from strength unwearied go still forward unto strength Untill in Zion they appear before the Lord at length Lord God of hosts my prayer hear O Jacobs God give ear See God our shield look on the face of thine anointed dear For in thy Courts one day excells a thousand rather in My Gods house will I keep a door then dwell in tents of sin For God the Lord 's a sun and shield Hee 'll grace and glory give And will withhold no good from them that uprightly do live O thou that art the Lord of hosts that man is truly blest Who by assured confidence on thee alone doth rest PSAL. LXXXV To the chief musician A Psalm for the sons of Korah O Lord thou hast been favourable to thy beloved Land Jacobs captivity thou hast recall'd with mighty hand Thou pardoned thy people hast all their iniquities Thou all their trespasses and sins hast covered from thine eyes Thou tookst off all thine ire and turn'dst from thy wraths furiousnesse Turn us God of our health and cause thy wrath ' gainst us to cease Shall thy displeasure thus endure against us without end Wilt thou to generations all thine anger forth extend That in thee may thy people joy wilt thou not us revive Shew us thy mercy Lord to us do thy salvation give I 'le hear what God the Lord will speak to his folk He 'll speak peace And to His saints but let them not return to foolishnesse To them that fear Him surely near is His salvation That glory in our land may have her habitation Truth met with mercy righteousnesse and peace kiss'd mutually Truth springs from earth and righteousnesse looks down from heaven hie Yea what is good the Lord shall give our land shall yeeld increase Justice to set us in His steps shall go before His face PSAL. LXXXVI A Prayer of David O Lord do thou bow down thine ear and hear me graciously Because I sore afflicted am and am in poverty Because I 'm holy let my soul by thee preserved be O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee Sith unto thee I daily cry be mercifull to me Rejoyce thy servants soul for Lord I lift my soul to thee For thou art gracious O Lord and ready to forgive And rich in mercy all that call upon thee to relieve Hear Lord my pray'r unto the voice of my request attend In troublous times I 'le call on thee for thou wilt answer send Lord there is none among the gods that may with thee compare And like the works which thou hast done not any
it is A brutish man it knoweth not fools understand not this When those that lewd and wicked are spring quickly up like grasse And workers of iniquity do flourish all apace It is that they for ever may destroyed be and slain But thou O Lord art the most High for ever to remain For lo thine enemies O Lord thine enemies perish shall The workers of iniquity shall be dispersed all But thou shalt like unto the horn of th'unicorn exalt My horn on high thou with fresh oyl anoint me also shalt Mine eye shall also my desire see on mine enemies Mine ears shall of the wicked hear that do against me rise But like the palm-tree flourishing shall be the righteous one He shall like to the Cedar grow that is in Lebanon Those that within the house of God are planted by His grace They shall grow up and flourish all in our Gods holy place And in old age when others fade they fruit still forth shall bring They shall be fat and full of sap and ay be flourishing To shew that upright is the Lord He is a rock to me And He from all unrighteousnesse is altogether free PSAL. XCIII THe Lord doth reign and cloath'd is He with majesty most bright His works do shew him cloath'd to be and girt about with might The world is also stablished that it can not depart Thy Throne is fixt of old and thou from everlasting art The flouds O Lord have lifted up they lifted up their voice The flouds have lifted up their waves and made a mighty noise But yet the Lord that is on high is more of might by far Then noise of many waters is or great sea billows are Thy testimonies every one in faithfulnesse excell And holinesse for ever Lord thine House becometh well PSAL. XCIV O Lord God unto whom alone all vengeance doth belong O mighty God who vengeance own'st shine forth avenging wrong Lift up thy self thou of the earth the Soveraign Judge that art And unto those that are so proud a due reward impart How long O mighty God shall they who lewd and wicked be How long shall they who wicked are thus triumph haughtilie How long shall things most hard by them be uttered and told And all that work iniquity to boast themselves be bold Thy folk they break in pieces Lord thine heritage oppresse The widow they and stranger slay and kill the fatherlesse Yet say they God it shall not see nor God of Jacob know Ye brutish people understand fools when wise will ye grow The Lord did plant the ear of man and hear then shall not He He only form'd the eye and then shall he not clearly see He that the nations doth correct shall He not chastise you He knowledge unto man doth teach and shall Himself not know Mans thoughts to be but vanity the Lord doth well discern Blest is the man thou chastnest Lord and mak'st thy Law to learn That thou may'st give him rest from dayes of sad adversitie Untill the pit be dig'd for those that work iniquitie For sure the Lord will not cast off those that His people be Neither His own inheritance quite and forsake will He. But judgement unto righteousnesse shall yet return again And all shall follow after it that are right hearted men Who will rise up for me against those that do wickedly Who will stand up for me ' gainst those that work iniquity Unlesse the Lord had been my help when I was sore opprest Almost my soul had in the house of silence been at rest When I had uttered this word My foot doth slip away Thy mercy held me up O Lord thy goodnesse did me stay Amidst the multitude of thoughts which in my heart do fight My soul left it be overcharg'd thy comforts do delight Shall of iniquity the throne have fellowship with thee Which mischief cunningly contriv'd doth by a law decree Against the righteous souls they joyn they guiltlesse bloud condemn But of my refuge God's the rock and my defence from them On them their own iniquity the Lord shall bring and lay And cut them off in their own sin our Lord God shall them slay PSAL. XCV O Come let us sing to the Lord come let us every one A joyfull noise make to the Rock of our salvation Let us before His presence come with praise and thankful voice Let us sing Psalms to Him with grace and make a joyfull noise For God a great God and great King above all gods He is Depths of the earth are in His hand the strength of hills is His. To Him the spacious sea belongs for He the same did make The dry land also from His hands its form at first did take O come and let us worship Him let us bow down withall And on our knees before the Lord our maker let us fall For He 's our God the people we of His own pasture are And of His hand the sheep to day if ye His voice will hear Then harden not your hearts as in the provocation As in the desert on the day of the tentation When Me your fathers tempt'd and prov'd and did My working see Ev'n for the space of fourty years this race hath grieved Me I said This people erres in heart My wayes they do not know To whom I sware in wrath that to My rest they should not go PSAL. XCVI O sing a new song to the Lord sing all the earth to God To God sing blesse His Name shew still His saving health abroad Among the heathen nations His glory do declare And unto all the people show His works that wondrous are For great 's the Lord and greatly He is to be magnifi'd Yea worthy to he fear'd is He above all gods beside For all the gods are idols dumb which blinded nations fear But our God is the Lord by whom the heav'ns created were Great honour is before His face and majesty divine Strength is with in His holy place and there doth beauty shine Do you ascribe unto the Lord of people every tribe Glory do you unto the Lord and mighty pow'r ascribe Give ye the glory to the Lord that to His Name is due Come ye into His Courts and bring an offering with you In beauty of His holinesse O do the Lord adore Likewise let all the earth throughout tremble His face before Among the heathen say God reigns the world shall stedfastly Be fixt from moving He shall judge the people righteously Let heav'ns be glad befor the Lord and let the earth rejoyce Let seas and all that is therein cry out and make a noyse Let fields rejoyce and every thing that springeth of the earth Then woods and every tree shall sing with gladnesse and with mirth Before the Lord because He comes to judge the earth comes He He 'll judge the world with righteousnes the people faithfullie PSAL. XCVII GOD reigneth let the earth be glad and isles rejoyce each one Dark clouds Him compasse and in
right with judgement dwells His Throne Fire goes before Him and His foes it burns up round about His lightnings lighten did the world earth saw and shook throughout Hills at the presence of the Lord like wax did melt away Ev'n at the presence of the Lord of all the earth I say The heav'ns declare His righteousnesse all men His glory see All who serve graven images confounded let them be Who do of idols boast themselves let shame upon them fall Ye that are called gods see that ye do Him worship all Sion did hear and joyfull was glad Judahs daughters were They much rejoyc'd O Lord because Thy judgements did appear For thou O Lord art high above all things on earth that are Above all other gods thou art exalted very far Hate ill all ye that love the Lord His saints souls keepeth He And from the hands of wicked men He sets them safe and free For all those that be righteous sown is a joyfull light And gladnesse sown is for all those that are in heart upright Ye righteous in the Lord rejoyce expresse your thankfulnesse When ye into your memory do call His holinesse PSAL. XCVIII A Psalm O sing a new song to the Lord for wonders He hath done His right hand and His holy arm Him victory hath won The Lord God his salvation hath caused to be known His justice in the heathens sight He openly hath shown He mindful of His grace and truth to Israels house hath been And the salvation of our God all ends of th' earth have seen Let all the earth unto the Lord send forth a joyfull noyse Lift up your voice aloud to Him sing praises and rejoyce With harp with harp and voice of psalms unto JEHOVAH sing With trumpets cornets gladly sound before the Lord the King Let seas and all their fulnesse roar the world and dwellers there Let flouds clap hands and let the hills together joy declare Before the Lord because he comes to judge the earth comes He He 'll judge the world with righteousnesse His folk with equitie PSAL. XCIX TH' Eternall Lord doth reign as King let all the people quake He sits between the Cherubims let th' earth be mov'd and shake The Lord in Sion great and high above all people is Thy great and dreadfull Name for it is Holy let them blesse The Kings strength also judgement loves thou setlest equity Just judgement thou dost execute in Jacob righteously The Lord our God exalt on hie and reverently do ye Before His footstool worship Him the Holy-One is He. Moses and Aaron ' mongst His priests Samuel with them that call Upon His Name these call'd on God and He them answer'd all Within the pillar of the cloud He unto them did speak The testimonies He them taught and lawes they did not break Thou answeredst them O Lord our God thou wast a God that gave Pardon to them though on their deeds thou wouldest vengeance have Do ye exalt the Lord our God and at His holy hill Do ye Him worship for the Lord our God is Holy still PSAL. C. A Psalm of praise ALL people that on earth do dwell Sing to the Lord with chearfull voice Him serve with mirth His praise forth tell Come ye before Him and rejoyce Know that the Lord is God indeed Without our aid He did us make We are his flock he doth us feed And for his sheep he doth us take O enter then his gates with praise Approach with joy his Courts unto Praise laud and blesse his Name alwayes For it is seemly so to do For why the Lord our God is good His mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood And shall from age to age endure Another of the same O All ye lands unto the Lord make ye a joyfull noyse Serve God with gladnesse him before come with a singing voice Know ye the Lord that he is God not we but He us made We are his people and the sheep within his pasture fed Enter his gates and courts with praise to thank him go ye thither To him expresse your thankfulnesse and blesse his Name together Because the Lord our God is good his mercy faileth never And to all generations his truth endureth ever PSAL. CI. A Psalm of David I Mercy will and judgement sing Lord I will sing to thee With wisdom in a perfect way shall my behaviour be O when in kindnesse unto me wilt thou be pleas'd to come I with a perfect heart will walk within my house at home I will endure no wicked thing before mine eyes to be I hate their work that turn aside it shall not cleave to me A stubborn and a froward heart depart quite from me shall A person giv'n to wickednesse I will not know at all I 'le cut him off that slandereth his neighbour privily The haughtie heart I will not bear nor him that looketh hie Upon the faithfull of the land mine eyes shall be that they May dwell with me he shall me serve that walks in perfect way Who of deceit a worker is in my house shall not dwell And in my presence shall he not remain that lies doth tell Yea all the wicked of the land early destroy will I All from Gods city to cut off that work iniquity PSAL CII A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. O Lord unto my pray'r give ear my cry let come to thee And in the day of my distresse hide not thy face from me Give ear to me what time I call to answer me make haste For as an hearth my bones are burnt my dayes like smoke do waste My heart within me smitten is and it is withered Like very grasse so that I do forget to eat my bread By reason of my groaning voice my bones cleave to my skin Like pelican in wildernesse forsaken I have bin I like an owl in desert am that nightly there doth moan I watch and like a sparrow am on the house top alone My bitter enemies all the day reproaches cast on me And being mad at me with rage against me sworn they be For why I ashes eaten have like bread in sorrows deep My drink I also mingled have with tears that I did weep Thy wrath and indignation did cause this grief and pain For thou hast lift me up on high and cast me down again My dayes are like unto a shade which doth declining passe And I am dry'd and withered ev'n like unto the grasse But thou Lord everlasting art and thy remembrance shall Continually endure and be to generations all Thou shalt arise and mercy have upon thy Zion yet The time to favour her is come the time that thou hast set For in her rubbish and her stones thy servants pleasure take Yea they the very dust thereof do favour for her sake So shall the heathen people fear the Lords most holy Name And all the Kings on earth shal dread
unto a curtain thou the heavens stretchest out Who of his chambers doth the beams within the waters lay Who doth the clouds his chariot make on wings of winde make way Who flaming fire his ministers his Angels sp'rits doth make Who earths foundations did lay that it should never shake Thou didst it cover with the deep as with a garment spred The waters stood above the hills when thou the word but said But at the voice of thy rebuke they fled and would not stay They at thy thunders dreadfull voice did haste them fast away They by the mountains do ascend and by the valley ground Descend unto that very place which thou for them didst found Thou hast a bound unto them set that they may not passe over That they do not return again the face of earth to cover He to the valleys sends the springs which run among the hills They to all beasts of field give drink wilde asses drink their fills By them the fowls of heav'n shal have their habitation Which do among the branches sing with delectation He from his chambers watereth the hills when they are dry'd With fruit and increase of thy works the earth is satisfi'd For cattel he makes grasse to grow he makes the herb to spring For th' use of man that food to him he from the earth may bring And wine that to the heart of man doth cheerfulnesse impart Oil that his face makes shine and bread that strengtheneth his heart The trees of God are full of sap the Cedars that do stand In Lebanon which planted were by his Almighty hand Birds of the air upon their boughs do choose their nests to make As for the Stork the fir-trees she doth for her dwelling take The loftie mountains for wilde goats a place of refuge be The Conies also to the rocks do for their safetie flee He sets the Moon in heav'n thereby the seasons to discern From Him the Sun his certain time of going down doth learn Thou darknesse mak'st 't is night then beasts of forrests creep abroad The Lions young roar for their prey and seek their meat from God The Sun doth rise and home they flock down in their dens they ly Man goes to work his labour he doth to the evening ply How manifold Lord are thy works in wisdom wonderfull Thou every one of them hast made earth's of thy riches full So is this great and spacious sea wherein things creeping are Which numbred cannot be and beasts both great and small are there There ships go there thou mak'st to play that Leviathan great These all wait on thee that thou may'st in due time give them meat That which thou givest unto them they gather for their food Thine hand thou op'nest liberally they filled are with good Thou hid'st thy face they troubled are their breath thou tak'st away Then do they die and to their dust return again do they Thy quickning Spirit thou sendest forth then they created be And then the earths decayed face renewed is by thee The glory of the mighty Lord continue shall for ever The Lord JEHOVAH shall rejoyce in all his works together Earth as affrighted trembleth all if He on it but look And if the mountains He but touch they presently do smoke I will sing to the Lord most high so long as I shall live And while I being have I shall to my God praises give Of Him my meditation shall sweet thoughts to me afford And as for me I will rejoyce in God my only Lord. From earth let sinners be consum'd let ill men no more be O thou my soul blesse thou the Lord praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CV GIve thanks to God call on His Name to men his deeds make known Sing ye to him sing psalms proclaim his wondrous works each one See that ye in his holy Name to glory do accord And let the heart of every one rejoyce that seeks the Lord. The Lord Almighty and his strength with stedfast hearts seek ye His blessed and his gracious face seek ye continually Think on the works that he hath done which admiration breed His wonders and the judgements all which from his mouth proceed O ye that are of Abrahams race his servant well approv'n And ye that Jacobs children are whom he choos'd for his own Because He and He only is the mighty Lord our God And his most righteous judgements are in all the earth abroad His Covenant he remembred hath that it may ever stand To thousand generations the word he did command VVhich Covenant he firmly made with faithfull Abraham And unto Isaac by his oath he did renew the same And unto Jacob for a Law he made it firm and sure A Covenant to Israel which ever should endure He said I 'le give Canaans land for heritage to you VVhile they were strangers there and few in number very few VVhile yet they went from land to land without a sure abode And while through sundry kingdoms they did wander far abroad Yet notwithstanding suffered he no man to do them wrong Yea for their sakes he did reprove Kings who were great and strong Thus did he say Touch ye not those that mine anointed be Not do the Prophets any harm that do pertain to Me. He call'd for famine the land he brake the staff of bread But yet he sent a man before by whom they should be fed Ev'n Joseph whom unnaturally sell for a slave did they Whose feet with fetters they did hurt and he in irons lay Untill the time that his word came to give him liberty The word and purpose of the Lord did him in prison try Then sent the King and did command that he enlarg'd should be He that the peoples ruler was did send to set him free A Lord to rule his family he rais'd him as most fit To him of all that he possest he did the charge commit That he might at his pleasure binde the Princes of the land And he might teach his Senatours wisdom to understand The people then of Israel down into Aegypt came And Jacob also sojourned within the land of Ham. And he did greatly by his pow'r increase his people there And stronger then their enemies they by his blessing were Their heart he turned to envy his folk maliciously With those that his own servants were to deal in subtilty His servant Moses he did send Aaron his chosen one By these his signes and wonders great in Hams land were made known Darknesse he sent and made it dark his word they did obey He turn'd their waters into bloud and he their fish did slay The land in plenty brought forth frogs in chambers of their Kings His word all sorts of flies and lice in all their borders brings He hail for rain and flaming fire into their land he sent And he their vines and fig-trees smote trees of their coasts he rent He spake and Caterpillars came Locusts did much abound Which in their land all herbs
Because the mighty gates of brasse in piece she did tear By him in sunder also cut the bars of iron were Fools for their sin and their offence do sore affliction bear All kinde of meat their soul abhors they to deaths-gates draw near In grief they cry to God he saves them from their miseries He sends his word them heals and them from their destructions frees O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men And let them sacrifice to him off'rings of thankfulnesse And let them shew abroad his worke in songs of joyfulnesse Who go to sea in ships and in great waters trading be Within the deep these men Gods works and his great wonders see For he commands and forth in haste the stormie tempest flyes Which makes the sea with rouling waves aloft to swell and rise They mount to heav'n then to the depths they do go down again Their soul doth faint and melt away with trouble and with pain They reel and stagger like one drunk at their wits end they be Then they to God in trouble cry who them from straits doth free The storm is chang'd into a calm at his command and will So that the waves which rag'd before now quiet are and still Then are they glad because at rest and quiet now they be So to the haven he them brings which they desir'd to see O that men to the Lord would give praise for his goodnesse then And for his works of wonder done unto the sons of men Among the people gathered let them exalt his Name Among assembled Elders spread his most renowned fame He to dry land turns water-springs and floods to wildernesse For sins of those that dwell therein fat land to barrennesse The burnt and parched wildernesse to water-pools he brings The ground that was dry'd up before he turns to water springs And there for dwelling he a place doth to the hungry give That they a city may prepare commodiously to live There sow they fields and vineyards plant to yeeld fruits of increase His blessing makes them multiply le ts not their beasts decrease Again they are diminished and very low brought down Through sorrow and affliction and great oppression He upon Princes pours contempt and causeth them to stray And wander in a wildernesse wherein there is no way Yet setteth he the poor on high from all his miseries And he much like unto a flock doth make him families They that are righteous shall rejoice when they the same shal see And ashamed stop her mouth shall all iniquitie Who so is wise and will these things observe and them record Ev'n they shall understand the love and kindnesse of the Lord. PSAL. CVIII A song or Psalm of David MY heart is fixt Lord I will sing and with my glory praise Awake up psaltery and harp my self I 'le early raise I 'le praise thee ' mongst the people Lord 'mong nations sing will I. For above heav'n thy mercy's great thy truth doth reach the sky Be thou above the heavens Lord exalted gloriously Thy glory all the earth above be lifted up on hie That those who thy beloved are delivered may be O do thou save with thy right hand and answer give to me God in his holinesse hath said Herein I will take pleasure Shechem I will divide and forth will Succoths valley measure Gilead I claim as Mine by right Manasseh Mine shall be Ephraim is of My head the strength Judah gives laws for Me. Moab's My washing-pot My shoe I 'le over Edom throw Over the land of Palestine I will in triumph go who is he will bring me to the City fortifi'd O who is he that to the land of Edom will me guide O God thou who hadst cast us off this thing wilt thou not do And wilt not thou ev'n thou O God forth with our armies go Do thou from trouble give us help for helplesse is mans aid Through God we shall do valiantly our foes He shall down tread PSAL. CIX To the chief musician A Psalm of David O thou the God of all my praise do thou not hold thy peace For mouths of wicked men to speak against me do not cease The mouths of vile deceitfull men against me opened be And with a false and lying tongue they have accused me They did beset me round about with words of hatefull spight And though to them no cause I gave against me they did fight They for my love became my foes but I me set to pray Evil for good hatred for love to me they did repay Set thou the wicked over him and upon his right hand Give thou his greatest enemy ev'n Satan leave to stand And when by thee he shall be judg'd let him condemned be And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin when he shall call on thee Few be his dayes and in his room his charge another take His children let be fotherlesse his wife a widow make His children let be vagabonds and beg continually And from their places desolate seek bread for their supply Let covetous extortioners catch all he hath away Of all for which he labour'd hath let strangers make a prey Let there be none to pity him let there be none at all That on his children fatherlesse will let his mercy fall Let his posterity from earth cut off for ever be And in the following age their name be blotted out by thee Let God his fathers wickednesse still to remembrance call And never let his mothers sin he blotted out at all But let them all before the Lord appear continually That He may wholly from the earth cut off their memory Because he mercy minded not but persecuted still The poor and needy that he might the broken-hearted kill As he in cursing pleasure took so let it to him fall As he delighted not to blesse so blesse him not at all As cursing he like clothes put on into his bowels so Like water and into his bones like oyl down let it go Like to that garment let it be which doth himself aray And for a girdle wherewith he is girt about alway From God let his be their reward that enemies are to me And their reward that speak against my soul maliciously But do thou for thine own Names sake O God the Lord for me Sith good and sweet they mercy is from trouble set me free For I am poor and indigent afflicted sore am I My heart within me also is wounded exceedingly I passe like a declining shade am like the locust tost My knees through fasting weakned are my flesh hath fatnesse lost I also am a vile reproach unto them made to be And they that did upon me look did shake their heads at me O do thou help and succour me who art my God and Lord And for thy tender mercies sake safety to me afford That thereby they may know that this is thy Almighty hand And that thou
Lord hast done the same they may well understand Although they curse with spite yet Lord blesse thou with loving voice Let them asham'd be when they rise thy servant let rejoice Let thou mine adversaries all with shame be cloathed over And let their own confusion them as a mantle cover But as for me I with my mouth will greatly praise the Lord And I among the multitude His praises will record For He shall stand at his right hand who is in povertie To save him from all those that would condemn his soul to die PSAL. CX A Psalm of David THe Lord did say unto my Lord Sit thou at My right hand Untill I make thy foes a stool whereon thy feet may stand The Lord shall out of Zion send the rod of thy great pow'r In midst of all thine enemies be thou the Governour A willing people in thy day of pow'r shall come to thee In holy beauties from morns womb thy youth like dew shall be The Lord himself hath made an oath and will repent him never Of th' order of Melchisedek Thou art a Priest for ever The glorious and mighty Lord that sits at thy right hand Shall in his day of wrath strike through Kings that do Him withstand He shall among the heathen judge He shall with bodies dead The places fill o're many lands He wound shall every head The brook that runneth in the way with drink shall Him supply And for this cause in triumph He shall lift His head on hie PSAL. CXI PRaise ye the Lord with my whole heart I will Gods praise declare Where the assemblies of the just and congregations are The whole works of the Lord our God are great above all measure Sought out they are of every one that do therein take pleasure His work most honourable is most glorious and pure And his untainted Righteousnesse for ever doth endure His works most wonderfull He hath made to be thought upon The Lord is gracious and He is full of compassion He giveth meat unto all those that truly do Him fear And evermore His Covenant He in his minde will bear He did the power of His works unto His people show When He the heathens heritage upon them did bestow His handy-works are truth and right all His commands are sure And done in truth and uprightnesse they evermore endure He sent redemption to His folk His Covenant for ay He did command Holy His Name and reverend is alway Wisdoms beginning is Gods fear good understanding they Have all that His commands fulfill His praise endures for ay PSAL. CXII PRaise ye the Lord. The man is blest that fears the Lord aright He who in His commandements doth greatly take delight His seed and off-spring powerfull shall be the earth upon Of upright men blessed shall be the generation Riches and wealth shall ever be within his house in store And His unspotted righteousnesse endures for evermore Unto the upright light doth rise though he in darknesse be Compassionate and mercifull and righteous is he A good man doth his favour shew and doth to others lend He with discretion his affairs will guide unto the end Surely there is not any thing that ever shall him move The righteous mans memoriall shall everlasting prove When he shall evill tidings hear he shall not be afraid His heart is fixt his confidence upon the Lord is staid His heart is firmly stablished afraid he shall not be Untill upon his enemies he his desire shall see He hath disperst giv'n to the poor his righteousnesse shall be To ages all with honour shall his horn be raised high The wicked shall it see and fret his teeth gnash melt away What wicked men do most desire shall utterly decay PSAL. CXIII PRaise God ye servants of the Lord O praise the Lords Name praise Yea blessed be the Name of God from this time forth alwayes From rising Sun to where it sets Gods Name is to be prais'd Above all nations God is high 'bove heav'n His glory rais'd Unto the Lord our God that dwells on high who can compare Himself that humbleth things to see in heav'n and earth that are He from the dust doth raise the poor that very low did ly And from the dung-hill lifts the man opprest with poverty That He may highly him advance and with the Princes set With those that of His people are the chief ev'n Princes great The barren woman house to keep He maketh and to be Of sons a mother full of joy Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CXIV VVHen Isra'l out of Aegypt went and did his dwelling change When Jacobs house went out from those that were of language strange He Judah did His Sanctuary His Kingdom Israel make The sea it saw and quickly fled Jordan was driven back Like rams the mountains and like lambs the hills skipt to and fro O sea why stedst thou Jordan back why wast thou driven so Ye mountains great wherefore was it that ye did skip like rams And wherefore was it little hills that ye did leap like lambs O at the presence of the Lord earth tremble thou for fear While as the presence of the God of Jacob doth appear Who from the hard and stonie rock did standing water bring And by His pow'r did turn the flint into a water spring PSAL. CXV NOt unto us Lord not to us but do thou glory take Unto thy Name ev'n for thy truth and for thy mercies sake O wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God now gone But our God in the heavens is what pleas'd Him He hath done Their idols silver are and gold work of mens hands they be Mouths have they but they do not speak and eyes but do not see Ears have they but they do not hear noses but savour not Hands feet but handle not nor walk nor speak they through their throat Like them their makers are and all on them their trust that build O Isra'l trust thou in the Lord He is their help and shield O Aarons house trust in the Lord their help and shield is He. Ye that fear God trust in the Lord their help and shield He 'll be The Lord of us hath mindfull been and He will blesse us still He will the house of Isra'l blesse blesse Aarons house He will Both small and great that fear the Lord He will them surely blesse The Lord will you you and your seed ay more and more increase O blessed are ye of the Lord who made the earth and heaven The heav'n ev'n heav'ns are Gods but He earth to mens sons hath given The dead nor who to silence go Gods praise do not record But henceforth we for ever will blesse God Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXVI I Love the Lord because my voice and prayers He did hear I while I live will call on Him who bow'd to me His ear Of death the cords and sorrows did about me compasse round The pains of hell took hold on me I
and put to shame All who my soul annoy For I thy servant am PSAL. CXLIV A Psalm of David O Blessed ever be the Lord who is my strength and might Who doth instruct my hands to war my fingers teach to fight My goodnesse fortresse my high tow'r deliverer and shield In whom I trust who under me my people makes to yeeld Lord what is man that thou of him dost so much knowledge take Or son of man that thou of him so great account dost make Man is like vanity his dayes as shadows passe away Lord bow thy heav'ns come down touch thou the hils and smoke shall they Cast forth thy lightning scatter them thine arrows shoot them rout Thine hand send from above me save from great depths draw me out And from the hand of children strange Whose mouth speaks vanity And their right hand is a right hand that works deceitfully A new song I to thee will sing Lord on a psalterie I on a ten-string'd instrument will praises sing to thee Ev'n He it is that unto Kings salvation doth send Who His own servant David doth from hurtfull sword defend O free me from strange childrens hands whose mouth speaks vanity And their right hand a right hand is that works deceitfully That as the plants our sons may be in youth grown up that are Our daughters like to corner stones cary'd like a palace fair That to afford all kinde of store our garners may be fill'd That our sheep thousands in our streets ten thousands they may yeeld That strong our oxen be for work that no in-breaking be Nor going out and that our streets may from complaints be free Those people blessed are who be in such a case as this Yea blessed all those people are whose God JEHOVAH is PSAL. CXLV Davids psalm of praise I 'le thee extoll my God O King I 'le blesse thy Name alwayes Thee will I blesse each day and will thy Name for ever praise Great is the Lord much to be prais'd His greatnesse search exceeds Race unto race shall praise thy works and show thy mighty deeds I of thy glorious Majesty the Honour will record I 'le speak of all thy mighty works which wondrous are O Lord. Men of thine acts the might shall show thine acts that dreadfull are And I thy Glory to advance thy Greatnesse will declare The memory of thy goodnesse great they largely shall expresse With songs of praise they shall extoll thy perfect righteousnesse The Lord is very gracious in him compassions flow In mercy He is very great and is to anger slow The Lord JEHOVAH unto all His goodnesse doth declare And over all His other works His tender mercies are Thee all thy works shall praise O Lord and thee thy saints shall blesse They shall thy Kingdoms glory show thy pow'r by speech expresse To make the sons of men to know His acts done mightily And of His Kingdom th'excellent and glorious Majesty Thy Kingdom shall for ever stand thy reign through ages all God raiseth all that are bow'd down upholdeth all that fall The eyes of all things wait on thee the giver of all good And thou in time convenient bestows on them their food Thy hand thou openest liberally and of thy bounty gives Enough to satisfie the need of every thing that lives The Lord is just in all his ways Holy in his works all God's near to all that call on him in truth that on him call He will accomplish the desire of those that do him fear He also will deliver them and he their cry will hear The Lord preserves all who Him love that nought can them annoy But he all those that wicked are will utterly destroy My mouth the praises of the Lord to publish cease shall never Let all flesh blesse his Holy Name for ever and for ever Another of the same O Lord that art my God and King Thee will I magnifie and praise I will thee blesse and gladly sing Unto thy holy Name alwayes Each day I rise I will thee blesse And praise thy Name time without end Much to be prais'd and great God is His Greatnesse none can comprehend Race shall thy works praise unto race The mighty acts show done by thee I will speak of the glorious grace And honour of thy Majestie Thy wondrous works I wil record By men the Might shall be extold Of all thy dreadfull acts O Lord And I thy greatnesse will unfold They utter shall abundantly The memory of thy goodnesse great And shall sing praises cheerfully Whilst they thy righteousnes relate The Lord our God is gracious Compassionat is he also In mercy he is plenteous But unto wrath and anger slow Good unto all men is the Lord O're all his works his mercy is Thy works all praise to thee afford Thy saints O Lord thy Name shall blesse The glory of thy Kingdom show Shall they and of thy power tell That so mens sons his deeds may know His Kingdoms grace that doth excell Thy Kingdom hath none end at all It doth through ages all remain The Lord upholdeth all that fall The cast-down raiseth up again The eyes of all things Lord attend And on thee wait that here do live And thou in season due dost send Sufficient food them to relieve Yea thou thine hand dost open wide And every thing dost satisfie That lives and doth on earth abide Of thy great liberalitie The Lord is just in his wayes all And holy in his works each one He 's near to all that on him call Who call in truth on him alone God will the just desire fulfill Of such as do him fear and dread Their cry regard and hear he will And save them in the time of need The Lord preserves all more and lesse That bear to him a loving heart But workers all of wickednesse Destroy will he and clean subvert Therefore my mouth and lips I 'le frame To speak the praises of the Lord To magnifie his holy Name For ever let all flesh accord PSAL. CXLVI PRaise God the Lord praise O my soul I 'le praise God while I live While I have being to my God in songs I 'le praises give Trust not in Princes nor mans son in whom there is no stay His breath departs to 's earth he turns that day his thoughts decay O happy is that man and blest whom Jacobs God doth aid Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest and on his God is staid VVho made the earth and heavens high who made the swelling deep And all that is within the same who truth doth ever keep VVho righteous judgement executes for those opprest that be VVho to the hungry giveth food God sets the prisoners free The Lord doth give the blinde their sight the bowel down doth raise The Lord doth dearly love all those that walk in upright wayes The strangers shield the widows stay the orphans help is he But yet by him the wickeds way turn'd upside-down shall be The Lord shall reign
for evermore thy God O Zion He Reigns to all generations Praise to the Lord give ye PSAL. CXLVII PRaise ye the Lord for it is good praise to our God to sing For it is pleasant and to praise it is a comely thing God doth build up Jerusalem and He it is alone That the disperst of Israel doth gather into one Those that are broken in their hearts and grieved in their mindes He healeth and their painfull wounds he tenderly up bindes He counts the number of the stars he names them every one Great is our Lord and of great pow'r his wisdom search can none The Lord lifts up the meek and casts the wicked to the ground Sing to the Lord and give him thanks on harp his praises sound Who covereth the heaven with clouds who for the earth below Prepareth rain who maketh grasse upon the mountains grow He gives the beast his food he feeds the ravens young that cry His pleasure not in horses strength nor in mans legs doth ly But in all those that do him fear the Lord doth pleasure take In those that to his mercy do by hope themselves betake The Lord praise O Jerusalem Zion thy God confesse For thy gates bars he maketh strong thy sons in thee doth blesse He in thy borders maketh peace with fine wheat filleth thee He sends forth his command on earth his word runs speedilie Hoar frost like ashes scattereth he like wool he snow doth give Like morsels casteth forth his yee who in its cold can live He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth them again His windes he makes to blow and then the waters flow amain The doctrine of his holy word to Jacob he doth show His statutes and his judgements He gives Israel to know To any nation never He such favour did afford For they his judgements have not known O do ye praise the Lord. PSAL. CXLVIII PRaise God From heavens praise the Lord in heights praise to Him be All ye his Angels praise ye Him his hosts all praise Him ye O praise ye Him both Sun and Moon praise Him all stars of light Ye heav'ns of heav'ns Him praise and flouds above the heavens height Let all the creatures praise the Name of our Almighty Lord For he commanded and they were created by his word He also for all times to come hath them establisht sure He hath appointed them a Law which ever shall endure Praise ye JEHOVAH from the earth dragons and every deep Fire hail snow vapour stormy winde his word that fully keep All hills and mountains fruitfull trees and all ye cedars hy Beasts and all cattell creeping things and all ye birds that fly Kings of the earth all Nations Princes earths Judges all Both young men yea and maidens too old men and children small Let them Gods Name praise for his Name alone is excellent His glory reacheth far above the earth and firmament His peoples horn The praise of all his saints exalteth He Ev'n Israels seed a people near to Him The Lord praise ye Another of the same THe Lord of heav'n confesse On high his glories raise Him let all Angels blesse Him all his armies praise Him glorifie Sun Moon and Stars Ye higher Spheres And cloudie sky From God your beings are Him therefore famous make You all created were When he the word but spake And from that place Where sixt you be By his decree You cannot passe Praise God from earth below Ye dragons and ye deeps Fire hail clouds winde and snow Whom in command He keeps Praise ye his Name Hills great and small Trees low and tall Beasts wilde and tame All things that creep or fly Ye Kings ye vulgar throng All Princes mean or hie Both men and virgins young Ev'n young and old Exalt his Name For much his fame Should be extold O let Gods Name be prais'd Above both earth and sky For He his saints hath rais'd And set their horn on hy Ev'n those that be Of Israels race Near to his grace The Lord praise ye PSAL. CXLIX PRaise ye the Lord unto Him sing a new song and his praise In the assembly of his saints in sweet Psalms do ye raise Let Israel in his Maker joy and to Him praises sing Let all that Zions children are be joyfull in their King O let them unto his great Name give praises in the dance Let them with timbrel and with harp in songs his praise advance For God doth pleasure take in those that his own people be And He with his salvation the meek will beautifie And in his glory excellent let all his saints rejoice Let them to him upon their beds aloud lift up their voice Let in their mouth aloft be rais'd the high praise of the Lord And let them have in their right hand a sharp two-edged sword To execute the vengeance due upon the heathen all And make deserved punishment upon the people fall And ev'n with chains as prisoners binde their Kings that them command Yea and with iron fetters strong the nobles of their land On them the judgement to perform found written in his word This honour is to all his saints O do ye praise the Lord. PSAL. CL. PRaise ye the Lord Gods praise within his Sanctuary raise And to Him in the firmament of his pow'r give ye praise Because of all his mighty acts with praise Him magnifie O praise Him as he doth excell in glorious Majestie Praise Him with Trumpets sound his praise with Psaltery advance With Timbrel Harp string'd instruments and Organs in the dance Praise Him on Cymbals loud Him praise on Cymbals sounding hie Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. Praise to the Lord give ye FINIS An Index to finde any Psalm of the Book whereof ye have the first line The first figure showeth the number of the Psalm The second the number of the Page A. Psalm 47 ALl people clap your hands Page 90 Psalm 51 After thy loving kindnesse Page 100 Psalm 66 All lands to God in joyfull sounds Page 124 Psalm 78 Attend my people to my Law Page 154 Psalm 100 All people that on earth do dwell Page 199 B. Psalm 41 Blessed is he that wisely doth Page 77 Psalm 57 Be mercifull to me O God Page 110 Psalm 104 Blesse God my soul Page 2â—0 Psalm 119 Blessed are they that undefil'd Page 244 Psalm 128 Blest is each one that fears the Lord Page 267 Psalm 133 Behold how good a thing it is Page 271 Psalm 134 Behold blesse ye the Lord Page 271 Psalm 137 By Babels streams we sate Page 289 D. Psalm 58 Do ye O Congregation Page 1â—1 Psalm 132 David and his afflictions all Page 269 E. Psalm 127 Except the Lord do build Page 266 F. Psalm 37 For evill doers fret thou not Page 66 G. Psalm 4 Give ear unto me when I call Page 4 Psalm 5 Give ear unto my words O Lord. Page 5 Psalm 29 Give ye unto the Lord Page 49 Psalm 34 God will I blesse all
times Page 59 Psalm 46 God is our refuge Page 89 Psalm 48 Great is the Lord Page 91 Psalm 89 Gods mercies I will ever sing Page 178 Psalm 97 God reigneth let the earth be glad Page 196 Psalm 105 Give thanks to God call on his Name Page 214 Psalm 106 Give praise and thanks unto the Lord Page 218 Psalm 136 Give thanks to God Page 285 H. Psalm 8 How excellent in all the earth Page 11 Psalm 12 Help Lord because the godly man Page 17 Psalm 13 How long wilt thou forget me Lord Page 18 Psalm 49 Hear this all people Page 92 Psalm 80 Hear Israels shepherd Page 164 Psalm 84 How lovely is thy dwelling-place Page 1â—0 Psalm 91 He that doth in the secret place Page 186 Psalm 124 Had not the Lord been on our side Page 263 I. Psalm 6 In thy great indignation Page 7 Psalm 11 I in the Lord do put my trust Page 16 Psalm 20 Jehovah hear thee Page 31 Psalm 26 Judge me O Lord Page 44 Psalm 31 In thee O Lord I put my trust Page 52 Psalm 38 In thy great indignation Page 71 Psalm 39 I said I will look to my wayes Page 73 Psalm 40 I waited for the Lord Page 75 Psalm 43 Judge me O God and plead Page 81 Psalm 76 In Judahs land God is well known Page 150 Psalm 82 In Gods assembly God doth stand Page 168 Psalm 101 I mercy will and judgment sing Page 200 Psalm 116 I love the Lord because my voice Page 239 Psalm 120 In my distresse to God I cry'd Page 261 Psalm 107 Praise God for He is good Page 283 Psalm 111 Praise ye the Lord Page 234 Psalm 112 Praise ye the Lord Page 235 Psalm 113 Praise God ye servants of the Lord Page 236 Psalm 135 Praise ye the Lord the Lords Name Page 272 Psalm 146 Praise God the Lord praise Page 295 Psalm 147 Praise ye the Lord Page 296 Psalm 148 Praise God From heavens Page 298 Psalm 149 Praise ye the Lord Page 300 Psalm 150 Praise ye the Lord Page 302 S. Psalm 54 Save me O God Page 105 Psalm 56 Shew mercy Lord Page 108 Psalm 69 Save me O God because the flouds Page 132 Psalm 81 Sing loud to God our strength Page 166 T. Psalm 1 That man hath perfect blessednesse Page 1 Psalm 14 That there is not a God Page 19 Psalm 18 Thee will I love O Lord Page 24 Psalm 19 The heavens Gods glory do declare Page 30 Psalm 21 The King in thy great strength Page 32 Psalm 23 The Lord 's my shepherd Page 38 Psalm 24 The earth belongs unto the Lord Page 38 Psalm 25 To thee I lift my soul O Lord Page 42 Psalm 27 The Lord 's my light Page 46 Psalm 28 To thee I 'le cry O Lord my Rock Page 48 Psalm 36 The whicked mans transgression Page 65 Psalm 50 The mighty God the Lord Page 95 Psalm 50 The mighty God the Lord Page 97 Psalm 53 That there is not a God Page 104 Psalm 75 To thee O God do we give thanks Page 149 Psalm 92 To render thanks unto the Lord Page 188 Psalm â—â— The Lord doth reign Page 190 Psalm â—â— Th' Eternal Lord doth reign Page 198 Psalm 110 The Lord did say unto my Lord Page 233 Psalm 125 They in the Lord that firmly trust Page 265 Psalm 138 Thee will I praise with all my heart Page 290 W. U. Psalm 2 Why rage the Heathen Page 2 Psalm 10 Wherefore is it that thou O Lord Page 14 Psalm 15 Within thy Tabernacle Lord Page 20 Psalm 52 Why dost thou boast Page 103 Psalm 64 When I to thee my prayer make Page 121 Psalm 77 Unto the Lord I with my voice Page 151 Psalm 87 Upon the hills of holinesse Page 175 Psalm 124 When Israel out of Aegypt went Page 237 Psalm 126 When Zions bondage God turn'd back Page 266 Y. Psalm 33 Ye righteous in the Lord rejoyce Page 57 Psalm 73 Yet God is good to Israel Page 142 FINIS