4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and fly with shame that think to work me ill verse 5 As chaff doth fly before the wind so let them fly apace And let God's angels come behind to prosecute the chase verse 6 Bring them in dark and slipp'ry way that they may surely fall And let God's angel make no stay but persecute them all verse 7 For causelesly within a pit a net for me they hid Ev'n for my soul they digged it and this they causeless did verse 8 Let him be ruin'd unawares and taken in the net Yea taken in those very snares which his own hand hath set verse 9 And then my soul shall joy in thee thy help O Lord to find And thy salvation then shall be as musick to my mind verse 10 And all my bones shall thus confess Lord who is like to thee That sav'st the poor man from distress when foes too pow'rful be Yea thou deliv'rest by thy pow'r the poor and needy man From him that seeketh to devour and spoil him if he can The second part verse 11 False witness did against me rise with evidence untrue And charg'd me with iniquities whereof I nothing knew verse 12 For good they did reward me ill to th' spoiling of my Soul But as for me I used still their sorrows to condole verse 13 I put on sackcloath for these men My soul did fast and mourn And into mine own bosome then my prayer did return verse 14 Ev'n for my foe I made my moan as for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe vile abjects met to plot They gather'd when I did not know they tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts both seen and suffer'd be Rescue my soul in this sad state from their destructive paws And bring my darling desolate even from the lions jaws verse 18 And then will I give thanks to thee in great assemblies Lord And in the thickest throngs that be will I thy praise record The third part verse 19 Let not my wrongful enemies lift up their horn on high Nor let them wink with scornful eye that hate me causelesly verse 20 For not a word of peace they say but closely take in hand Deceitful matters to betray men quiet in the land verse 21 Yea and their mouths are open'd wide against me spitefully Aha aha mine enemies cry'd we saw it with our eye verse 22 O Lord thou canst not choose but see O do not hold thy tongue O Saviour be not far from me Lord be not absent long verse 23 Stir up thy self and undertake my judgment to decide My God my Lord ev'n now awake and let my cause be tri'd verse 24 According to thy equity judge me O Lord my God And let them not joy over me while I am under trod verse 25 Nor suffer them in heart to say ah we would have it thus Nor let them say he 's made a prey and swallow'd up by us verse 26 Let bashful shame upon them fall and let confusion sad Be brought at once upon them all that at my hurt are glad Let them be cloath'd with infamy let shame confound their face That do so proudly magnifie themselves in my disgrace verse 27 But let them shout and triumph still with gladness and applause That favour me and bear good will unto my right'ous cause Yea let them say continually extoll'd be God above His servants true prosperity that doth so truly love verse 28 And I most gladly will express thy praise with grateful tongue And celebrate thy right'ousness O with praises all day long Psalm XXXVI St. Marys Tune UN -- god -- ly mens in ---- i -- qui -- ties do make me think and say God 's fear is not be -- fore his eyes that goes this wick --- ed way verse 2 For in his own deluded eye that man himself doth flatter Until that his iniquity be found a hateful matter verse 3 His words are full of wickedness and framed to deceive But wisdom truth and right'ousness he doth forsake and leave verse 4 He plotteth on his bed by night his mischiefs to fulfil He sets himself in ways not right and he abhors no ill verse 5 O Lord thy mercy doth ascend above the heavens high So doth thy faithfulness extend unto the starry skie verse 6 Thy right'ousness is like the hills the greatest not the least Thy judgments a deep Ocean fills thou savest man and beast verse 7 How excellent Lord is that grace and love that from thee springs Therefore the sons of men do place their trust in thy spread wings verse 8 With fatness of thine house on high thou shalt thy saints suffice And make them drink abundantly the river of thy joys verse 9 Because the spring of life most pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we shall be sure eternal light to see verse 10 O then continue thy sweet grace to them that have thee known And let thy right'ousness embrace the upright hearted one verse 11 But let not Lord the foot of pride against thy servant stand Nor let me ever fall or slide by any wicked hand verse 12 Lo there the wicked workers fall they fall before our eyes They are cast down and never shall be able more to rise Psalm XXXVII Windsor Tune FRet not thy self nor be in-cens'd for such as will trans-gress Nor be thou en -- vi -- ous a-gainst the Sons of wick ---- ed -- ness verse 2 For they shall soon be cut away like to the tender grass And like green herbs they shall decay and wither as they pass verse 3 Trust in the Lord and put thy hand to actions that be good So shalt thou dwell within the land and be assur'd of food verse 4 Also delight thy self in God and he shall let thee have Thy hearts desire accomplished whatever thou dost crave verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in his name And then according to his word he will effect the same verse 6 And he shall publish and display thy justice as the light And make thy judgment as noon day to shine exceeding bright verse 7 Rest on the Lord with patience stay fret not thy self a jot For him that prospers in his way and speeds his wicked plot verse 8 Let not rash anger in thee rise all wrath forsake and shun Fret not thy self in any wise that evil should be done verse 9 For evil doers shall be destroy'd by God's revenging hand But they that daily wait on God they shall enjoy the land verse 10 For lo within a little space the wicked shall be gone Yea and thou shalt not find his place though pondering thereupon verse 11 But meek men shall possess the earth with
when I gen'rally respect I shall not be asham'd verse 7 With upright heart I 'le give thee praise and keep thy laws aright verse 8 When I have learn'd thy right'ous ways O do not leave me quite The second part To St. Marys Tune verse 9 What may a young man think to do to cleanse his way O Lord Surely by taking heed thereto according to thy word verse 10 Lord I have sought thee from my heart and from my heart I pray That I may not at all depart or wander from thy way verse 11 I hid thy word within my heart that I might not transgress verse 12 Teach me thy ways for Lord thou art renown'd with blessedness verse 13 The judgements of thy mouth divine I with my lips have told verse 14 Rejoycing in those ways of thine more than in heaps of gold verse 15 Upon thy precepts I will muse thy ways will I respect verse 16 Thy statutes with delight peruse and not thy word neglect The third part To the Proper Tune DEal boun-t'ously in gifts of grace with me thy ser --- vant Lord That I may live and run my race and keep thy ho ----- ly word O -- pen O Lord and clear mine eyes that I may see and know The won-der -- ful great my-ste-ries which from thy sta -- tutes flow verse 19 I do confess my self to be a stranger here on earth O do not hide thy laws from me but clearly set them forth verse 20 My soul doth break with fervency and only for this cause Of longing so continually after thy sacred laws verse 21 As for the proud presumptuous men which from thy statutes stray Thou hast O Lord rebuked them and cursed is their way verse 22 As for reproaches and contempts remove them Lord from me For I have kept the testaments which I have learnt of thee verse 23 And though great princes also sate thy servant to condemn Thy statutes I did contemplate and boldly spake of them verse 24 Thy testimonies also are my very hearts delight Nor need I other counsellers to guide my ways aright The fourth part To St. Marys Tune verse 25 My soul doth cleave unto the dust vouchsafe thou gracious Lord To quicken me as thou art Just and hast ingag'd thy word verse 26 O Lord I have acknowledged my secret ways to thee And thou thereto hast hearkened thy statutes teach to me verse 27 Make me O Lord to see and search thy precepts perfect way So shall I have thy wondrous works to talk of every day verse 28 But now my soul doth melt away for heaviness O Lord Vouchsafe to be my strength and stay according to thy word verse 29 The way of lying vanity from me O Lord withdraw And grant me very graciously the knowledge of thy law verse 30 For I have chose the way most true thy Judgments are my aim verse 31 Thy testaments I stuck unto Lord put me not to shame verse 32 And I will run with full consent the way thou giv'st in charge When with thy sweet incouragement thou shalt my heart enlarge The fifth part To the Proper Tune verse 33 Instruct me Lord to apprehend thy precepts perfect way And I shall keep it to the end ev'n to my dying day verse 34 Make me O Lord to understand and I shall keep thy law Yea to observe thy full command my heart shall not withdraw verse 35 Thy path-ways let me never miss but keep thy laws intire No other pleasure do I wish nor greater thing desire verse 36 Unto thy precepts bend my mind let those alone entice And let me never be inclin'd to wicked avarice verse 37 Avert mine eyes from vanity the lure whereon they gaze And by thy spirit quicken me in thy diviner ways verse 38 And as thou hast ingag'd thy word so ratify the same Unto thy faithful servant Lord who vows to fear thy name verse 39 The carnal fear of obloquy from me O Lord repell For thou dost judge with equity and therein dost excell verse 40 Behold Lord with what eagerness thy precepts I pursue Vouchsafe then in thy right'ousness to quicken me anew The sixth part To the Proper Tune verse 41 And now let thy campassion come unto me O Lord And shew me thy salvation according to thy word verse 42 And so shall I sufficiently answer his words unjust Whoe're he be that taunteth me for in thy word I trust verse 43 And let not Lord the word of truth nor let thy Judgements just Be wholly ta'ne out of my mouth for in them do I trust verse 44 And so shall I continually thy laws for ever keep verse 45 And walk at large by this discharge for I thy precepts seek verse 46 Thy testaments will I recite to kings and fear no shame verse 47 And in thy laws will I delight for I have lov'd the same verse 48 Lifting my hands to thy commands which I have lov'd so well And for this cause will mind thy laws and of thy statutes tell The seventh part To St. Marys Tune verse 49 Remember Lord the faithful word unto thy servant told And whereupon thou causedst me to build my hope so bold verse 50 And only this my comfort is in time of my distress Because thy word shall quicken me in all my heaviness verse 51 Lo they deride that swell with pride and scorn me very much Yet have not I declin'd thy law for fear of any such verse 52 I did record thy judgments Lord thy judgments wrought of old And meditating thereupon took comfort and grew bold verse 53 Yet horrid crimes like stormy times have taken hold on me Because lewd men forsake the law which is ordain'd by thee verse 54 Yet every where thy statutes were my comfortable song In places of my pilgrimage where I have past along verse 55 I did record thy name O Lord by night and kept thy laws verse 56 And this I had by keeping them and for no other cause The eight part To St. Marys Tune verse 57 Thou art my part and portion even thou O Lord alone I said that I would carefully observe thy words each one verse 58 Thy favour free I did intreat with my whole heart O Lord Then grant to me thy mercies free according to thy word verse 59 To thy decrees I turn'd my feet when pondering my ways verse 60 Haste I have made and not delay'd to keep thy holy laws verse 61 And tho' the bands of wicked men have made of me their prey Yet have I not thy laws forgot as careless of thy way verse 62 At midnight I will wake and rise to render thanks to thee Because thy word and judgements Lord so just and right'ous be verse 63 With all that fear thy holy name I am companion still Of such as seek thy laws to keep and precepts to fulfill verse 64 Thy mercies great O gracious Lord do fill the earth with store Teach me the way how to obey thy statutes
evermore The ninth part To the Proper Tune verse 65 Thou hast dealt very well with me with me thy servant Lord And I have found thy favour free according to thy word verse 66 Teach me good judgement in thy word and knowledge of thy will For thy commandements O Lord I have believed still verse 67 E're thou didst touch me with thy rod I err'd and went astray But now I keep thy word O God and by it guide my way verse 68 Lord thou art good and thou dost good all graces flow from thee Make then thy statutes understood and practised by me verse 69 For though proud persons did invent against me many a lie Yet kept I thy commandement with heart's sincerity verse 70 Their heart is fatned mightily like lumps of greace congeal'd But my delight and all my joy is in thy laws reveal'd verse 71 But I account it good for me chastised to have been That I may learn thy laws from thee and shun the snares of sin verse 72 The law of thy own mouth I hold far better unto me Than many thousand pounds of gold and silver heaps can be The tenth part To the Proper Tune verse 73 Thy hands have made and fashion'd me thy grace on me bestow To know thy precepts what they be and practise what I know verse 74 Then all that fear thee shall be glad when me they shall behold Because I have assurance had in what thy word foretold verse 75 Yet Lord I know and do confess how just thy judgements be And that of very faithfulness thou hast afflicted me verse 76 I pray thee let thy mercies kind come to thy servant Lord For comfort to my troubled mind according to thy word verse 77 Thy tender mercies bowels Lord O let them come in sight That I may live and keep thy word for therein I delight verse 78 But shame the proud whoe're they be for they without a cause Have most perversly dealt with me but I will mind thy laws verse 79 And now O Lord let every one that truly feareth thee And all that have thy statutes known let them turn in to me verse 80 And let my heart unto thy laws be so sincerely fram'd That I may not have any cause whereby to be asham'd The eleventh part To the 100 Psalm Tune MY soul for thy sal-va -- tion faints but in thy word is all my stay My fail -- ing eves urge sad complaints when wilt thou com-fort me they say verse 83 A wrinkled bottle set in smoke I rightly am compar'd unto But lo the word which thou hast spoke I have not yet forgot to do verse 84 How many are thy servant's days when wilt thou righteous vengeance take On persecutors of my ways and judge them for thy servant's sake verse 85 The proud have digged pits for me with which thy law doth not accord verse 86 For all thy laws are equity they persecute me help me Lord. verse 87 They had consumed me almost with cruel and injurious hands Here upon earth's malignant coast yet I forsook not thy commands verse 88 O give thy loving kindness vent to quicken up my fainting mind So shall I keep the testament which thy most holy mouth hath sign'd The twelfth part To the Proper Tune verse 89 The word which thou hast spoken Lord is permament and sure And like to heavens constant course for ever doth endure verse 90 All ages find thy faithfulness which never slacks nor slides Like as thou hast established the earth and it abides verse 91 According to thy ordinance continuing to this day For all are servants unto thee and do thy word obey verse 92 And if in this thy constant work I had not found delight In my extream affliction Lord I should have perisht quite verse 93 Therefore I never will forget thy precepts to express For thou thereby hast quickened me in all my heaviness verse 94 Continue then to save me Lord for I am one of thine And I have fought with diligence thy precepts most divine verse 95 Though wicked men laid wait for me to kill and to destroy Yet I consider of thy laws and think of them with joy verse 96 For Lord I see there is an end of all perfections here But only thy commandements far larger do appear The thirteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 97 O how I love thy sacred word which doth thy law display It is my meditation Lord and study all the day verse 98 Thou mak'st me by thy laws to be far wiser than my foes For that those laws abide with me and I abide by those verse 99 With all my teachers I compare excelling them in skill Because thy testimonies are my meditation still verse 100 In understanding I out-go the ancients full of days Because I do not only know but also keep thy ways verse 101 I have refrain'd my feet O Lord from every evil way That I may keep thy faithful word and no time go astray verse 102 And from thy sacred judgements Lord I never did depart For thou hast made thy heavenly word distill into my heart verse 103 And Lord in these thy words of truth how sweet a taste I find Sweeter than honey to my mouth thy word is to my mind verse 104 Thy precepts do so well direct and so much skill impart That all false doctrines I reject and hate them in my heart The fourteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 105 Ev'n as a lamp unto my feet so doth thy word shine bright Both night and day it guides my way and to my paths gives light verse 106 And I have sworn most solemnly and will perform it too That I will spare no pains or care thy right'ous laws to do verse 107 I am afflicted very much but quicken me O Lord And let me be reviv'd by thee according to thy word verse 108 The free-will offerings of my mouth I pray thee Lord accept And teach me now which way and how thy judgements may be kept verse 109 My soul is ever in my hand in danger to be lost Yet have I not thy law forgot what ever it might cost verse 110 And though the wicked secretly their subtle snares did lay Yet am not I seduc'd thereby to wander from thy way verse 111 Thy statutes are the heritage whereof I have made choice To my last day for those are they that make my heart rejoyce verse 112 I have inclin'd my heart to keep the laws thou didst decree And will attend them to the end ev'n till I come to thee The fifteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 113 The foolish thoughts of vanity I do detest and hate But in thy holy law do I delight to meditate verse 114 Thou art O Lord my hiding-place and shield of my defence And in the word of thy good grace I put my confidence verse 115 Depart from me ye wicked men that other paths have trod And I shall keep with freedom then the
precepts of my God verse 116 According to thy word proclaim'd my soul in life uphold And let me never be asham'd of this my hope so bold verse 117 Uphold thou me and then shall I be very safely kept And to thy laws continually I will have due respect verse 118 And thou hast trodden down all those that from thy statutes stray For their deceit will soon disclose the falshood of their way verse 119 And all the wicked of the earth as dross thou dost remove The laws therefore which thou setst forth I do intirely love verse 120 For I do tremble Lord to tell what vengeance thou wilt take Thy judgements are so terrible they cause my flesh to quake The sixteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 121 I have done right to other men and followed right'ousness Then leave me not O Lord to them that would my soul oppress verse 122 A surety for thy servant be engaged for my good And let proud men's oppressing me be by thy power withstood verse 123 But all this while mine eyes do fail thy saving health to see Untill thy right'ous word prevail to help and succour me verse 124 According to thy mercy Lord with me thy servant deal And the commandments of thy word to me O Lord reveal verse 125 I am thy servant give me skill and make me understand That I may know thy holy will and practise thy command verse 126 It 's time for thee to work O God and no time to withdraw For wicked men have undertrod and quite made void thy law verse 127 Therefore I love thy statutes more than gold digg'd from the mine Yea I prefer them far before the gold that is most fine verse 128 Therefore I judge all thy decrees in all things to be right False doctrines and all heresies I hate as opposite The seventeenth part To the Proper Tune verse 129 O Lord how very wonderful thy testimonies are And for this cause to keep thy laws my soul doth take great care verse 130 The very entrance of thy words doth give thy servants light And maketh them though simple men to understand aright verse 131 My mouth I opened and did pant with zeal as hot fire Because that these thy just decrees inflam'd me with desire verse 132 Look on me in thy mercy Lord and grant me of the same As usually thou dost apply t'wards them that love thy name verse 133 Order my foot-steps in thy word and all my lusts controul And let no sin have entrance in to lord it o'r my soul. verse 134 Release me from oppression and injuries of men And so shall I more chearfully observe thy precepts then verse 135 And let thy gracious countenance on me thy servant shine And make me wise in mysteries that truly are divine verse 136 For Lord I weep whole seas of tears and 't is my constant course And all because they break thy laws without the least remorse The eighteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 137 O Lord thou art a right'ous God a right'ous God indeed And upright all thy judgements are which from thy mouth Proceed verse 138 Thy precepts Lord which thou dost press and giv'st us charge to do Are perfect rules of right'ousness and very faithful too verse 139 My zeal hath quite consumed me it was so very hot Because my wicked enemies have all thy words forgot verse 140 Thy word indeed is very pure as silver try'd by fire Therefore thy servant will be sure to love it most entire verse 141 And though l am of small account and scorn'd by carnal minds Yet do not I forget those laws to which my duty binds verse 142 An everlasting righ'ousness thy right'ousness must be And Lord thy law can be no no less than perfect verity verse 143 Trouble and anguish very great on me have taken hold Yet thy commandments unto me far greater joys unfold verse 144 Eternal are thy just decrees to me vouchsafe and give An understanding heart in these and I shall surely live The nineteenth part To the Proper Tune verse 145 With my whole heart I cri'd to thee O Lord hear thou my prayer Thy statutes shall be kept by me with diligence and care verse 146 I cri'd to thee in my distress Lord save and succour me And I will keep with faithfulness the words of thy decree verse 147 I did prevent the dawning day so early was my cry I made thy holy word my stay and waited patiently verse 148 The watches of the night so late my wakeful eye prevents That I might sweetly meditate on thy commandements verse 149 O let my humble voice be heard in loving kindness free According to thy judgements Lord vouchsafe to quicken me verse 150 Behold O Lord how near they draw that wicked plots pursue But they are far off from thy law in every thing they do verse 151 But thou O Lord art near at hand and universally Whatever things thou dost command are perfect verity verse 152 And as concerning thy decrees I understand of old That thou O Lord hast founded these eternally to hold The twentieth part To the Proper Tune verse 153 Consider my adversity and now deliver me For I forget not carelesly the word that comes from thee verse 154 O plead my cause with equity and rescue me O Lord Restore my soul and quicken me according to thy word verse 155 But surely thy salvation Lord from wicked men withdraws It is too far for them to seek that do not seek thy laws verse 156 Great are thy tender mercies Lord which in thy bowels strive According to thy gracious word my drooping soul revive verse 157 Mine enemies are many Lord my persecutors many Yet have not I swerv'd from thy word for slavish fear of any verse 158 But I was greatly griev'd O Lord when I with sorrow saw How these perfidious wicked men would not observe thy law verse 159 But as for me consider Lord how much thy laws I love And in thy kindness quicken me with favour from above verse 160 For from the first to last O Lord thy word is true and sure Thy right'ous judgements every one perpetually endure The one and twentieth part To the 100 Psalm Tune PRin -- ces have per -- se-cu -- ted me ma -- li-tious-ly with-out a cause Yet stands my heart in fear of thee so much thy word my con-science aws verse 162 I have rejoiced at thy word as one that finds the richest prize verse 163 And I do love thy way O Lord but hate and loath the way of lies verse 164 Seven times a day I give thee praise ev'n for thy right'ous judgement's sake verse 165 Great peace have they that love thy ways and no offence they need to take verse 166 Lord I have hop't for thy defence and thy commandments I have done verse 167 My soul hath kept thy testaments and loves them dearly ev'ry one verse 168 Thy precepts I have kept with care thy testimonies
miss Owns him as if he had not sinn'd whose heart sin -- cere and up-right is verse 3 My woes increas'd while I suppress'd my guilt no quiet I could get verse 4 Thy wrath did press me like a weight and scorch'd me like the Summers heat verse 5 I then resolved to disclose my crimes and open all my wound I humbly did confess my sins to thee and easy pardon found verse 6 This Mercy shall invite good men in season to implore thine aid Then tho' their troubles like a flood should rise they need not be afraid verse 7 Thou Lord shall be my safe retreat to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and in songs of Victory I 'll thee confess verse 8 I 'll counsel sinners to obey verse 9 And not be like the Horse or Mule Whose fury till they 're broke or tam'd No Rein can guide no Curb can rule verse 10 Such sinners meet with heavy stroaks verse 11 While those that trust in God shall prove The happy men then let the just Rejoice and Triumph in his Love Psalm XXXIII London Tune YE righ-t'ous in the Lord re-joice for praise be-comes the saints Praise God with psalt'ry harp and voice and ten-string'd In -- stru -- ments verse 3 Sing to the Lord aloud with praise with skilful songs and new verse 4 For lo his word his works and ways are faithful just and true verse 5 Justice and judgment he doth love ev'n this most right'ous Lord And with his goodness from above the earth is richly stor'd verse 6 The word of his eternal truth compos'd the spangled skie And by the breathing of his mouth the hoasts of heav'n on high verse 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in a house of store verse 8 Let all the earth submit with fear to this almighty Lord And all the nations every where ev'n tremble at his word verse 9 For he but spake and it was done and when his word was past His ordinances thus begun and evermore stands fast verse 10 The counsel of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But Gods own counsels do remain they stand for ever sure The thoughts which his heart doth retain from age to age endure The second part verse 12 That nation's blest whose God 's the Lord foreknown in his decree And chosen of his own accord his heritage to be verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortal birth verse 14 Beholding from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth verse 15 Alike he frames and fashioneth the hearts of great and small Their works he well considereth and judgeth of them all verse 16 No num'rous host can save a king it is not strength that can Deliverance from danger bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vain and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his great strength and might verse 18 But lo the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just And those that fear him faithfully and in his mercy trust verse 19 To save their precious souls alive from deaths destructive pow'r And store of wholsome food to give when famine would devour verse 20 Our soul doth wait with patience for God the holy one He is our help and our defence he is our shield alone verse 21 For lo our heart in him shall joy because we can proclaim That we have trusted stedfastly in his most holy name verse 22 Lord let thy mercy and thy grace upon us ever be Accordingly as we do place our confidence in thee Psalm XXXIV St. Marys Tune AT all times I will mag-ni -- fy and bless the li --- ving Lord My thank-ful mouth con-ti-n'-al -- ly his prai --- ses shall re -- cord verse 2 My soul shall boast in God's great name with glad and glor'ing voice The humble men shall hear the same and mightily rejoyce verse 3 O magnify the Lord with me and let us all endeavour Him to exalt in high degree and praise his name together verse 4 I sought the Lord with fervent cries and he my voice did hear The Lord deliv'red me likewise from all my painful fear verse 5 The saints lookt up to him on high and by this means they came To be enlightned gloriously their face receiv'd no shame verse 6 This poor man cry'd the saints shall say the Lord did hear his call And for his troubles he made way to help him out of all verse 7 The angel of the Lord most high encampeth ev'ry where Deliv'ring them continually that walk in God's true fear verse 8 O taste ye saints and tasting see that God's a gracious one O happy happy man is he that trusts in him alone verse 9 O fear the Lord ye saints of his fear him with one accord For never any want there is to them that fear the Lord. verse 10 Young lions lack and shall endure sharp hungers mortal sting But they that fear the Lord are sure to want for no good thing The second part verse 11 Come Children with alacrity unto my words give ear And I will teach you perfectly the Lords true filial fear verse 12 What man unto long life aspires and loveth many days To see the good that he desires let him observe these ways verse 13 Thy tongue all evil must exclude thy lips must guile eschew verse 14 Depart from evil and do good seek peace and peace pursue verse 15 For on the right'ous ev'ry where the Lord doth set his eye And opens his attentive ear to their uncessant cry verse 16 the Lord hath set his countenance against the wicked race To cut off their rememberance on earth from ev'ry place verse 17 The right'ous cry the Lord doth hear and ends their troubles quite verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near and saves the soul contrite verse 19 Full many are the miseries of just and right'ous men But out of all adversities the Lord deliv'reth them verse 20 And by a special providence he keepeth ev'ry bone That none by any violence is broken no not one verse 21 But evil shall the wicked slay and whosoever hate The right'ous for their right'ous way shall soon be desolate verse 22 The Lord doth graciously redeem his servants souls each one And none do put their trust in him that shall be overthrown Psalm XXXV Bristol Tune LOrd plead my right'ous cause with those that are with me at strife O fight a-gainst my mor -- tal foes that fight a -- gainst my life verse 2 Lay hold O Lord upon the lance the buckler and the shield Stand up for my deliverance and for me fight the field verse 3 Draw out the sword and stop the way of those that follow me And to my soul in mercy say thy sav'our I will be verse
station and ever shall endure verse 6 Which first was cover'd with the flood as with a garment large The waters o're the mountains stood until they heard thy charge verse 7 And then at thy rebuke they fled thy thund'ring voice they fear'd Hasting away for fear and dread and straight dry land appear'd verse 8 And now dispersed far and wide by hill and dale they go Unto the place thou didst provide to that same place they flow verse 9 Their passage now thou dost restrain and settest them their bound That they may never turn again to cover all the ground The second part verse 10 The Lord doth send the fruitful springs into the vales below And all along the hills he brings their fruitful streams to flow verse 11 And they give drink to every beast which in the field doth ly Wild asses there among the rest do quench their thirst thereby verse 12 By them the feathered nation do comfortably house And have their habitation to sing among the boughs verse 13 And from his chambers richly stor'd he wat'reth all the hills The fruit which these thy works afford the earth with plenty fills verse 14 For cattle he makes grass to spring and herbs for man's own use Conven'ent food for every thing he makes the earth produce verse 15 To glad man's heart he makes the soil bring forth the grape for wine Hearts strength'ning bread and suppling oil to make his face to shine verse 16 The trees of God though many a one no moisture ever want The Cedars of mount Lebanon which he himself did plant verse 17 Wherein the birds do make their nests the stork too as for her She hath her house wherein she rests upon the stately firr verse 18 For wilder goats the mountains tops are made a refuge fit And in the clefts of hollow rocks the little conies sit verse 19 He did appoint the changing moon the seasons for to shew And when his time is to go down the sun doth likewise know verse 20 Thou makest darkness and behold dark night is over-spread And then the forrest beasts are bold to creep forth to be fed verse 21 The lion and the lion's whelp come roaring all abroad After their prey and seek their help and sustenance from God verse 22 The sun ariseth in the skie they flock together then And lay them down most quietly within their secret den verse 23 Then man goes forth with chearful mind his labours to begin And ply's his work of every kind till evening calls him in The third part verse 24 How many are thy works O Lord in wisdom all compos'd The earth by thee is richly stor'd with treasures there inclos'd verse 25 So is this great and spacious deep replenisht therewithal Where things innumerable creep and beasts both great and small verse 26 The ships also here make their way Leviathan here keeps Whom thou hast made to sport and play within the tumbling deeps verse 27 On thee do all these creatures wait expressing their desires That thou maist give them needful meat when as the time requires verse 28 That which thou giv'st as thou seest best they gather for their food Thy lib'ral hand thou openest and they are fill'd with good verse 29 Thou hid'st thy face and by and by in misery they mourn Thou tak'st away their breath they die and to their dust return verse 30 Thy spirits pow'r thou sendest forth they are created then And so the face of all the earth thereby renews agane verse 31 The glory of the Lord most high for evermore shall be And in his works of majesty greatly rejoyce shall he verse 32 His look can make the earth to quake and if he gently stroke The mountains lo his touch doth make those very mountains smoke verse 33 Unto the Lord will I sing praise while I have life and breath And glorify him all my days and honour him till death verse 34 My thought of him shall be so sweet as nothing else can be And all the streams of joy shall meet when Lord I think on thee verse 35 Let sinners perish from the earth and lewd men be no more But let my soul God's praise set forth praise ye the Lord therefore Psalm CV St. Marys Tune O Ren -- der thanks un -- to the Lord and call up --- on his name A-mong the peo-ple O re-cord his deeds de -- serv -- ing fame verse 2 Sing unto him whose pow'r exceeds sing psalms to him with joy To talk of all his wondrous deeds your busie tongues imploy verse 3 O make your boasts with one accord in God's most holy name Let ev'ry soul that seeks the Lord be joyfull in the same verse 4 Seek ye the Lord for him enquire his strength and power implore His face and favour O! desire and seek it evermore verse 5 What he hath wrought to mind recall in each myster'ous deed His wonders and the judgments all which from his mouth proceed verse 6 O ye the seed of Abraham who served with respect Ye children which of Jacob came his chosen and select verse 7 He is indeed the Lord our God his judgments are set forth And manifested all abroad throughout the spacious earth verse 8 He calls to mind his covenant whatever he engages The word of his commandement unto a thousand ages verse 9 Which covenant the Lord did make to Abraham the first heir The solemn Oath which he did take and unto Isaac sware verse 10 And he confirm'd the same as well to Jacob for a Law A cov'nant which from Israel he never would withdraw verse 11 Saying I will my Church advance and give into her hand The lot of her inheritance ev'n Canaan's fertile land verse 12 When they of faithful Isra'ls seed but few in number were Yea but a very few indeed and also strangers there verse 13 When shifting habitation they went at God's command From nation unto nation flitting from land to land verse 14 He did not suffer any man to wrong them where they came But for their sakes he soon began the mighty kings to blame verse 15 Saying to those that sate in thrones let no presumptuous arm Once touch my dear anointed ones nor do my Prophets harm verse 16 He call'd for famine on the land and brake the staff of bread verse 17 But he beforehand sent a man by whom they should be fed Ev'n Joseph for a servant sold subjected to controul verse 18 Whose feet the heavy chains did hold the iron pierc't his soul. verse 19 Until the time and period which Joseph had foretold Try'd was he by the word of God as fire doth try the gold verse 20 Then gave the king commandement that loosed he should be The ruler of the people sent to loose and set him free verse 21 He made him ruler of his house and Lord of Egypt's land And all his substance precious committed to his hand verse 22 To bind his disobedient peers his princes
to compell And for to teach his Senators the way to govern well verse 23 And then did aged Isra'l stirr and into Egypt came And Jacob was a sojourner within the land of Ham. verse 24 And he did greatly multiply his people Isra'l there And made them stronger verily than all their en'mies were verse 25 He turn'd their hearts to be as foes his people they abhorr'd And craftily they dealt with those the servants of the Lord. verse 26 His servant Moses then he sent and Aron whom he chose verse 27 His signs and wonderseminent in Egypt they disclose verse 28 Darkness he sent where they did dwell and made it dark indeed His messengers did not rebell against his word decreed verse 29 He turn'd their waters into blood and flew their fish thereby verse 30 The land brought forth a loathsome brood of Frogs abundantly verse 31 Kings chambers swarmed with the same then spake the Lord of hosts And divers sorts of flies there came and lice in all their coasts verse 32 He gave them hail in all the land and flaming fire for rain verse 33 He let no vine nor fig-tree stand unsmitten in the plain verse 34 He brake the trees in all their coasts he spake and locusts came And caterpillars mighty hosts whose number none can name verse 35 And eat up ev'ry herb and flow'r which in the land was found And utterly they did devour the fruits of all the ground verse 36 He also smote within one night the first-born in the land The very chief of all their might he smote with dreadful hand verse 37 He brought them forth and furnish'd well with silver and with gold Nor did the tribes of Israel one feeble person hold verse 38 All Egypt was exceeding glad when they did thus depart So much the fear of Isra'l had surprised ev'ry heart verse 39 He spread a cloud in open sight to be a shady tent And all the night did fire give light to Isra'l as they went verse 40 He brought them quales whereon they fed for flesh they ask'd to have And satisfi'd them with the bread which he from Heav'n gave verse 41 He opened the rock from whence fresh waters gush'd apace As if a river ran from thence in dry and desart place verse 42 For into his remembrance came the holy promise made Unto his servant Abraham which promise cannot fade verse 43 And then he brought his people forth with joy for their release And all his chosen ones with mirth and shouts of joyfulness verse 44 And unto them delivered the heathen peoples lands And they alone inherited the labour of their hands verse 45 That they the better might observe the statutes of his word And from his precepts might not swerve O! magnify the Lord. Psalm CVI. St. Davids Tune PRaise ye the Lord to him give thanks for good and kind is he For lo his mer --- cy doth en-dure to all e --- ter ---- ni --- ty verse 2 His mighty acts who can recite according to their worth His praises that are infinite who fully can set forth verse 3 Blessed are they that judgment keep and he that doth observe The perfect rule of right'ousness and doth at no time swerve verse 4 Think on me Lord with favour free such as thy people find With thy salvation visit me and have me in thy mind verse 5 That I may see that nations good whereof thou hast made choice And glory with thy heritage and in their joy rejoice verse 6 But we have sinned grievously the father and the son We all have wrought iniquity and lewdly we have done verse 7 Our fathers though they saw thy works yet did not understand Thy wonders and thy miracles perform'd in Egypt land Nor did they keep in memory thy great abundant grace But did provoke him at the sea the red sea was the place The second part verse 8 Yet did he save them ev'ry one for honour of his name That he might make his power known and spread abroad his fame verse 9 The red sea also dried up at his severe command And so he led them through the deep as through the desert land verse 10 He sav'd them from their haters hand and safely let them go Redeeming them from Egypt land and from their cruel foe verse 11 The waters overwhelm'd their foes not one escap't away verse 12 Then they believ'd the word he spake and sang his praise that day verse 13 But all his works so wonderful they hastily forgot And for his counsel and his will they duly waited not verse 14 But being in the wilderness they lusted veh'mently And in the desart place no less they tempted God most high verse 15 He gave them also their request at full without controul But wasting leanness therewithal he sent into their soul. verse 16 They envi'd Moses in the camp and yet not him alone But Aron too who had the stamp of consecration verse 17 The earth then open'd suddenly proud Dathan to devour And all Abiram's company it cov'red in that hour verse 18 And in their congregation a fire was kindled then The very breath and flame whereof burnt up those wicked men verse 19 They made a calf their deity when they in Horeb were And worshipped submissively the molten image there verse 20 And thus they chang'd their glor'ous God into a molten mass Form'd in the likeness of an ox that feedeth upon grass verse 21 But God that was their Saviour they utterly forgot The works which he in Egypt did they now remembred not verse 22 Most wond'rous works he brought to pass in Ham's accursed land And dreadful things by the red sea perform'd by pow'rful hand verse 23 Therefore he threat to ruine them and would have made it good Had not his chosen Moses then before his presence stood He stood before him in the breach to turn his wrath away Or else he had destroy'd them quite and they had fall'n that day verse 24 Yea they dispis'd the pleasant land and trusted not his word verse 25 But murm'ring in their tents they stand not heark'ning to the Lord. verse 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them every one That in the desert wilderness they might be overthrown verse 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations rude And scatter them in all the lands among the multitude verse 28 For now they join'd themselves likewise to filthy Baal-peor And eat the dead God's sacrifice such as those Idols were verse 29 Thus they provok't the Lord to wrath with that abhorred sin Of new-found out idolatry and so the plague broke in verse 30 Then stood up zealous phinehas and did those sinners slay By judgement just for such it was and so the plague did stay verse 31 And it was counted unto him a righteous act indeed To all the generations of his ensuing seed verse 32 They vext him also at the lake so called from their strife That Moses suffered for their sake