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A27970 The Psalms of David in metre Newly translated With amendments. By William Barton, M.A. And sett to the best Psalm-tunes, in two parts, viz treble and bass; with brief instructions for the understanding of the same; together with a table of the Psalms, and names of the tunes to each Psalm. By Thomas Smith. The basses, with the table, are placed at the latter end of the book.; Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Barton. Barton, William, 1598?-1678.; Smith, Thomas, musician, of Dublin. 1698 (1698) Wing B2616A; ESTC R210481 131,825 374

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face As dri-ven smoak dis-pel them quite as fire makes wax to fry So let them pe -- rish in his sight that work in --- i ----- qui -- ty But let the just be fill'd with joy rejoicing in his sight Yea let them most exceedingly rejoice with great delight Sing unto God and sound his praise who back't the vaulting skie By Jah his name his honour raise and let your joys go high verse 5 A father of the fatherless and judge of widows case Is God whose throne of holiness is in the highest place verse 6 He stores the solitary cell he frees the chain'd and bound But le ts rebellious people dwell and starve in barren ground The second part verse 7 O God when thou wast in the head of all thy peoples host When marching thou their camp didst lead along the desart coast verse 8 The earth did at thy presence quake in drops the heavens fell Thy sight made Sinai's hill to shake O God of Israel verse 9 O God thou didst the drought asswage sending a plent'ous rain Whereby thy weary heritage was well refresht again verse 10 Thy congregation settled there for thou didst it restore Thou of thy goodness didst prepare a dwelling for the poor verse 11 God gave the word of victory and presently there came Innumerable company that published the same verse 12 The kings of armies overcome were forc'd to flee away And ev'n she that stay'd at home helpt to divide the prey The third part verse 13 Though ye have lien among the pots ye shall be to behold As wings of doves with silver spots and plum'd with yellow Gold verse 14 When the Almighty in our sight gave kings the overthrow Victorious Isra'l shin'd as bright as doth the Salmon snow verse 15 The hill whereon Jehovah dwells as Bashen hill we count A lofty hill that paralels the height of Bashan mount verse 16 Ye higher hills why leap ye so for this must be the hill Which God doth for his dwelling know and so he ever will verse 17 God's char'ots twenty thousand are myriads of chief account The Lord 's among them as it were in Sina's holy mount verse 18 Thou hast ascended up on high and thou O Christ didst then Lead captive our captivity receiving gifts for men Yea ev'n for rebellious men thou didst those gifts receive That God the Lord might dwell with them and they rebellion leave verse 19 Blessed be God that doth us load with daily favours thus Ev'n that God that hath bestow'd salvation upon us verse 20 For our God is the God alone that doth salvation give And those that under death do groan by him alone do live verse 21 But God shall wound his en'mies head and in his kindled wrath Shall make his hairy scalp to bleed that holds his sinful path The fourth part verse 22 I 'le bring again the Lord did say from Bashan when I please I 'le bring my people safe away even from the deepest seas verse 23 That thou mayst dip thy foot in blood of adversaries slain And bathing in the crimson flood thy dogs their tongues may stain verse 24 For they have seen O God this thing they saw thy steps divine The goings of my Lord my king within his sacred shrine verse 25 In first place went the singing men the minstrels next aspire The damsels with the timbrels then made up the sacred choir verse 26 O bless the Lord his praise forth tell where all the church doth meet Ev'n from the spring of Israel sound forth his praises sweet verse 27 There little Benjamin doth run and Judah's companie The Princes too of Zebulon and those of Napthali verse 28 Thy God by his supreme command hath strengthened thee thus Strengthen O God by thy good hand what thou hast wrought for us verse 29 Thy temple at Jerusalem shall then cause forreign kings To bring to thee their diadem and all their precious things The fifth part verse 30 Rebuke the spear-mens company and that unruly crew Of bulls and calves till gen'rally they pay their tributes due Till each man silver plate presents disperse and scatter far All those tumultuous malecontents that take delight in war verse 31 Then shall the lords of Egypt land to thee their presents bring The Black-moores shall stretch out their hand unto their heav'nly king verse 32 Sing unto God most joyfully ye kingdoms of the earth O sing unto the Lord most high and sing his praise with mirth verse 33 The heav'ns of heav'ns of old which backs like some well manag'd steed Hark how his voice in thunder cracks a mighty voice indeed verse 34 Ascribe ye strength to our great God whose excellency rare Is over Isr'el plainly shew'd whose strength the clouds declare verse 35 O God thou art a dreadful one and so thou dost appear From heav'n thy high and holy throne and in thy temple there For Isr'els God and Saviour he is the very same That gives his people strength and pow'r and blessed be his name Psalm LXIX Bristol Tune SAve me O God of thy free grace for now the bil -- lows roul And pres-sing on come in a -- pace in --- to my ve --- ry soul. verse 2 I sink in deepest mire and mud where is no standing ground I am o'rewhelmed with the flood whose waters do abound verse 3 Uncessant crying wear'eth me my throat is hoarse likewise While O my God I wait for thee with sick and famisht eyes verse 4 And they that hate me causlesly I reckon to be moe Then are the very hairs I think which on my head do grow And they that would destroy me Lord my wrongful foes are they And mighty so that I restor'd what I took not away verse 5 O God thou know'st my foolishness and thou dost fully see If I have done unright'ousness it is not hid from thee verse 6 Let none that wait upon thy name Lord God of hosts I pray Let none of them be put to shame for my sake any way verse 7 Because for thy sake Lord alone I suffer this disgrace For thy sake Lord and not my own hath shame o'respread my face verse 8 A stranger now I am become to brethren of my own One mother bare us in her womb yet am I as unknown verse 9 For zeal hath quite consumed me which to thy house I bear And the reproaches cast at thee are fall'n to be my share The second part verse 10 When I did weep when I did fast for chast'ning of my soul That in a scoff at me they cast and did reproach me foul verse 11 I put on sackcloth to my shame for they my deed condemn And when I wore it I became a proverb unto them verse 12 They that did sit within the gate discourst of these as crimes And drunkards as they quaffing sat did put me in their rimes verse 13 But as for me O Lord my pray'r waits the propitious hour Let me thy bount'ous mercies
In fathers stead thou shalt have sons by new and heavenly birth And make those sons most mighty ones and chief in all the earth verse 17 To ages all I 'le keep in store the mem'ry of thy name Thy praise therefore for evermore shall all the earth proclaim Psalm XLVI Dublin Tune God is our hope on whom we wait our strength and re --- fuge near A pre-sent help in ev'-ry strait There-fore we will not fear verse 2 No though the earth should be displac't and though the mountains steep Into the very sea be cast and bur'ed in the deep verse 3 Yea though the sea great noise doth make and restless roars and raves And though the very mountains shake with swelling of her waves verse 4 There is a river flows apace and maketh glad thereby The City of God the holy place and tents of the most high verse 5 The Lord is in the midst of her be mov'd she never may The Lord shall help her and confer that help by break of day verse 6 The heathen raged fur'ously the kingdoms moved were His voice he utter'd from on high the earth did melt for fear verse 7 The Lord of hosts of Israel is evermore with his And lo out tow'r impregnable the God of Jacob is The second part verse 8 Come see and ponder in your thought the works of God's own hand What desolations he hath wrought in sight of all the land verse 9 He ceaseth wars now ev'ry where which kingdoms did conspire He breaks the bow he cuts the spear the chariot burns with fire verse 10 Be still and understand saith he that I am God alone Among the heathen I will be the high exalted one On earth I will be magnifi'd in all my might and power verse 11 The Lord of hosts is on our side and Jacobs God's our tower Psalm XLVII London Tune YE peo -- ple all with one ac -- cord clap hands and joyn in joys Shout ye and sing un -- to the Lord with most tri --- um-phant noise verse 2 For he 's a high and dreadful one to be ador'd with fear A mighty king in all the earth exalted far and near verse 3 For us shall this almighty king subdue the heathen lands And people in subjection bring to Israels commands verse 4 Our heritage where we must dwell shall he select alone A glorious lot for Israel his wel-beloved one verse 5 God is ascended up on high with shouts which shake the ground The Lord is gone up gloriously with trumpets chearful sound verse 6 Sing praise to God sing praise with mirth sing praises to our king verse 7 For God is king of all the earth all skilful praises sing verse 8 God reigneth universally over the heathen lands Sits on his throne of sanctity and all the earth commands verse 9 The princes of the lands abroad do all of them flock hither All people serving Abrahams God they and their kings together For lo the shields of all the earth belong to God most high He is exalted and set forth exceeding glor'ously Psalm XLVII Metre 2. To the 148 Psalm Tune LEt all in sweet ac -- cord clap hands and voi --- ces raise In ho -- nour of the Lord and loud --- ly sing his praise For God most high is King of Kings and rules all things with Ma-je -- sty verse 3 Whole Nations of our foes he throws beneath our feet verse 4 A happy lot he chose for us as he thought meet The dignity of Israel belov'd so well by the most high verse 5 God is gone up on high with shouts and trumpets sound Ascending glor'ously verse 6 O let him be renown'd His praises sing and loudly raise your voice to praise our Heav'nly King verse 7 For God is Sovereign King and Lord of all the Earth With understanding sing and set his praises forth verse 8 God reigns alone o're Heathen men sitting upon his holy Throne verse 9 The Princes gather there the Princes of all Lands And people far and near whom Abraham's God commands The shields are his throughout the Earth of so great worth Jehovah is Psalm XLVIII St. Davids Tune GReat is the Lord his praise no less for so must we re -- cord Here in his hill of ho -- li -- ness and ci --- ty of our Lord. verse 2 Mount Sion is a beaut'ous thing the whole earth's joy and pride The city of the mighty king is on her northern side verse 3 The Lord within her palace there is known a refuge nigh verse 4 For lo the kings assembled were together they past by verse 5 They saw it and they marvelled for there they durst not stay But troubled and astonished they made great haste away verse 6 Great terrour there fell on our foes and grievous pangs of pain And sharp as women in their throwes at any time sustain verse 7 And as a fur'ous eastern wind puts Tarshan ships to wrack Such fur'ous force our foes did find when thy hand drove them back The second part verse 8 Now have we seen what we have heard recorded in our coasts Touching the city of the Lord the sov'reign Lord of hosts The city of our God to wit where this was testifi'd That God himself will stablish it for ever to abide verse 9 And these thy sure compassion Lord thy kindness and thy grace Most quietly did we record within thy holy place verse 10 For like thy name so is thy praise as far as land extends And store of right'ousness always thy right hand comprehends verse 11 Therefore let Sion plent'ously of heav'nly joys partake And Judah's daughters leap for joy for thy just judgment sake verse 12 Walk forth and compass Sion mount and round about her go Her stately tow'rs distinctly count and all their numbers know verse 13 Mark ye her bulwarks very well her palaces regard That ye may certifie and tell the ages afterward verse 14 For this God doth and will abide our God to our last breath For ever he will be our guide and our support till death Psalm XLIX Dublin Tune All dwel-lers here on earth give ear all peo -- ple heark-en hither All gen ' -- ral-ly both low and high both rich and poor toge -- ther. verse 3 My mouth behold shall now unfold and wisdom shall relate Yea and my heart and inward part shall knowledge meditate verse 4 I will incline this ear of mine a parable to hear And open my deep mistery upon my harp most clear verse 5 Why should the day of grief dismay and make me fear and doubt When steps of my iniquity shall compass me about verse 6 Concerning those that trust repose in wealth and worldly store And make their brags of golden bags though they have nothing more verse 7 There 's not a man of them that can his brother's soul redeem Nor for him may a ransome pay sufficient in esteem verse 8 For that 's of too great price to
Let my integrity and uprightness defend And keep me safe because O Lord on thee I do depend verse 22 And now O Lord redeem and bring thine Israel out Of all the straits and miseries that compass them about Psalm XXVI Bristol Tune JUdge me O Lord for I am just and blame -- less I a-bide In thee like-wise I put my trust there -- fore I shall not slide verse 2 Prove me my God I thee desire and search me secretly Try me with thy refining fire my heart and reins O try verse 3 Thy loving kindness Lord my God before my face I lay And in the paths of truth have trod and kept that holy way verse 4 I do not hold society with men whose deeds are vile I will not come in company with them that practice guile verse 5 The congregation of the lewd I do detest and hate And with the wicked multitude I will not be a mate verse 6 In innocency I will wash and purify my hands Then will I hasten to the place where thy pure altar stands verse 7 That I may publish and proclaim with voice of joy and praise And tell of thy most worthy fame in all thy works and ways verse 8 The habitation of thy house Lord I have loved well And that same place so glorious where thy renown doth dwell verse 9 O gather not my soul with them in sin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much blood to spill verse 10 Within whose hands mischievousness and wickedness abides And their right hand it is no less replenished with bribes verse 11 But as for me walk on I will in mine integrity Redeem me and be merciful unto me O most high verse 12 My foot stands in an even place and here I will record And shew before the churches face the praises of the Lord. Psalm XXVII Dublin Tune THe Lord 's my sa-ving health and light why should I be dis -- maid He is my life my strength might why should I be a --- fraid verse 2 When as the sons of wickedness my foes and en'mies all Came on me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and did fall verse 3 Though hosts against me pitch their tent my heart shall fear no foes But in this case be confident though wars against me rose verse 4 One thing I have desir'd of God which I will seek for still That I may have a blest abode in Sions sacred hill That I may there spend all my days beholding God's sweet face Inquiring after blessed ways within his holy place verse 5 For he shall in the evil hour me in 's pavillion hide And make his sacred tent my tow'r where I shall safe abide verse 6 And now behold my head shall be exalted and renown'd Above my foes that compass me in all the circuits round Therefore will I bring to his tent the sacrifice of joy And songs of praise will I present unto the Lord most high verse 7 Hear me O Lord when as I cry with earnest voice to thee Have mercy on me O most high and kindly answer me verse 8 When as thou said'st my face seek ye instructed by thy grace My heart made answer unto thee Lord I will seek thy face verse 9 Hide not thy face O Lord I pray hide not thy face from me In anger do not put away thy servant Lord from thee Thou wast my helper heretofore O do not leave me quite Forsake me not for evermore O God my saving might verse 10 When Parents both forsook their son and cast me off together The Lord took care when they had done a better friend than either verse 11 Teach me O Lord thy way to know and graciously dispose That in a plain path I may go because of all my foes verse 12 Give me not over to my foes for most maliciously False witness are against me rose that breath out cruelty verse 13 And surely I had fainted quite but that I hop't to see Thy goodness in the land of light dispensed unto me verse 14 Wait on the Lord couragiously he is thy strength and stay Thy heart with faith to fortify wait on the Lord I say Psalm XXVIII Bristol Tune TO thee I cry O Lord my rock thine an -- swer let me have Lest by thy si-lence I be like to dead men in their grave verse 2 O hear the voice of my request now that to thee I cry When tow'rds thy holy oracle I lift my hands on high verse 3 O draw me not with wicked men to act the sinners part That speak unto their neighbours peace while mischief fills their heart verse 4 Give them according to their deeds and mischief of their hearts O recompence their handy-works and render their deserts verse 5 Since they regarded not God's works nor what his hands have wrought He shall not build but break them down and bring them all to nought verse 6 Blessed for ever be the Lord because that he hath heard My voice and supplications which I to him preferr'd verse 7 The Lord 's my strength and fortitude my safest sheild is he My heart reposed trust in him and he hath holpen me Therefore my heart exceedingly doth triumph and rejoyce And with sweet songs of praise to him will I lift up my voice verse 8 God is the strength of Israel and lo the Lord alone He is the Saviour and the strength of his anointed one verse 9 Lord save thy people powerfully and bless thine heritage Feed them likewise and raise them high henceforth from age to age Psalm XXIX Oxford Tune GIve to the Lord ye migh-ty ones Give to the Lord your crowns Thrones his strength glo --- ry to con-fess As-cribe due glo --- ry to his name Worship the Lord his praise proclaim in beau-ty of his ho -- li -- ness verse 3 Heark you may hear his ratling cloud the God of glory thunders loud This is the voice of God most high the Lord on many waters is verse 4 And that loud sounding voice of his is full of power and Majesty verse 5 Heark how his voice with terror speaks yea and the Lord the cedars breaks The cedars of mount Lebanon verse 6 Like wanton calves he makes them skip Like a young unicorn they trip mount Lebanon and Syrion verse 7 The flames of lightning they divide the fire doth flash on every side His thundering voice effects no less verse 8 The thundering voice of God doth make The mighty desarts move and quake it shakes all Paran wilderness verse 9 The voice of God so very strong doth cause the hindes to cast their young And the bare forrests to appear while his renown by every tongue Is through his holy temple sung and these works celebrated there verse 10 For God sits king upon the floud yea from the first his kingdom stood And it shall never never cease verse 11 The Lord that is our strength and tower Will give his people
will make his pow'r to reach unto the ocean wide And his right hand of pow'r shall stretch unto the river side verse 26 Thou art my father he shall cry thou art my God alone Thou art my rock to which I fly for my salvation verse 27 And I will make him my first born by priviledg of birth And will exalt his glorious horn above all Kings on earth verse 28 My mercy will I make to last preserv'd for him in store My cov'nant also shall stand fast with him for evermore verse 29 His seed will I perpetuate that it shall last always His Throne shall bear as long a date as heav'ns eternal days The fourth part verse 30 If David's seed forsake my law and walk not in my way verse 31 If from my precepts they withdraw and from my statutes stray verse 32 They shall be sure that I their God to visit will begin And scourge them with a smarting rod for their offence and sin verse 33 Yet wholly to withdraw my love their sin shall not prevail Nor shall they so much anger move to make my truth to fail verse 34 My cov'nant I will never break it shall continue still And that which once my lips did speak I 'le certainly fulfill verse 35 Once by my holiness I swore that sacred oath and high That having promised before to David I 'le not ly verse 36 His seed for ever shall endure while time it self shall run His throne shall be establisht sure before me as the sun verse 37 And as the moon within the skie for ever standeth fast A faithful witness there on high so shall his kingdom last The fifth part verse 38 But now thou hast cast off O Lord and left me all alone Yea in thy wrath thou hast abhorr'd me thine anointed one verse 39 Thy cov'nant with thy servant made thou hast again unbound His crown thou hast profan'd and laid it even with the ground verse 40 Moreover thou hast broken down his hedges ev'ry one And his strong hold in ev'ry town thy hand hath overthrown verse 41 All they that pass along the way do spoil him every where He is a meer reproach and prey unto his neighbours near verse 42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of all his bitter foes And made his hateful en'mies stand rejoycing at his woes verse 43 Moreover Lord his sword so keen thou now hast blunted quite Nor art thou in the battle seen to make him stand in sight verse 44 His glory thou hast made to cease and cast his throne to ground verse 45 His youthful days thou did'st decrease and him with shame confound verse 46 How long Lord wilt thou hide thy face as never to return Shall thy fierce wrath so long a space like fire consume and burn verse 47 Remember Lord how short an hour I have for to remain Wherefore hast thou imploy'd thy power to make all men in vain verse 48 What man alive shall not see death but still his life shall save And stop the hand that stops his breath to bring him to the grave verse 49 Lord where 's thy former clemency thy kindness in our youth Which thou hast sworn so solemnly to David in thy truth verse 50 Remember Lord the great disgrace by us thy servants born And how my bosom doth imbrace the mighty peoples scorn verse 51 Reproaches which thine enemies on me O Lord have thrown And do the footsteps scandalize of thine anointed on verse 52 But blest for ever be the Lord and blest be God again And let the Church with one accord resound amen amen Psalm XC Windsor Tune LOrd thou hast been our dwel -- ling-place from age to age on earth Be -- fore the ve --- ry time and space which gave the mount -- tains birth Or ever thou hadst fram'd or form'd the earth or smallest clod Or any part of all the world thou art eternal God verse 3 Thou grindest man through grief and pain to very dust and then Thou saist return to dust again return ye sons of men verse 4 Though life a thousand years do last it semeth in thy sight As yesterday when it is past or as a watch by night verse 5 As with the floods that swiftly pass thou carriest them away Ev'n like a sheep or like the grass which quickly doth decay verse 6 Which in the morning grows upright but fadeth by and by And is cut down e're it be night all wither'd dead and dry verse 7 For by thine anger Lord our God we are consum'd and spent And troubled with thy stinging rod of wrathful punishment verse 8 Thou settest our iniquities plainly before thy face And thy clear countenance descries our sins in secret place verse 9 For all our days are past away thine anger taking hold We spend our years from day to day as when a tale is told verse 10 The date of all our days appears but threescore years and ten And they that live to fourscore years are surely stronger men Yet pain and grief is all the strength which then they count upon And also that cut off at length and we as blasts are gone verse 11 To whom O God doth it appear what power thine anger hath Even according to thy fear so is thy dreadful wrath verse 12 Lord teach us this religious art of numbring out our days That so we may apply our heart to sacred wisdom's ways verse 13 Return O Lord how long e're thou compassion on us take And let it Lord repent thee now for thy dear servant's sake verse 14 O fill us early with thy grace that so we may rejoyce And all our lives contin'ed space triumph in heart and voice verse 15 According to the days wherein thou plagu'st us make us glad After the years which we have seen so sorrowful and sad verse 16 O let thy blessed work appear unto thy servants true And let thy glory shine most clear unto their children's veiw verse 17 Shew us the beauty of thy face and what we take in hand Establish Lord of thy good grace and make it firm to stand Psalm XC Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune LOrd ev ' --- ry age and race has seen Thou hast our help and re -- fuge been E're that the Mountains had a birth or e ---- ver thou hadst form'd the earth Thou hadst a being long before and shalt abide when time 's no more verse 3 Thy first Decree 'gainst man was just bidding him Turn again to Dust. verse 4 A thousand years if we could stay in life so long is but a day Compar'd with thee and in thy sight like the short watches of the night verse 5 Death like an overflowing stream sweeps us away our life 's a dream verse 6 As flow'rs i' th' morning fresh and fair cut down ere night and withered are verse 7 Thine Anger and our Wickedness verse 8 Makes the short term of Nature less verse 9 And thus our years t' an end
From heaven did his perfect sight the spacious earth discry verse 20 To hear the prisoners doleful groans and lamentable cry And to relieve oppressed ones that are condemn'd to die verse 21 That so the Lord 's most holy name may be declar'd to them And they proclaim his praise and fame in all Jerusalem verse 22 When as the people far and nigh shall all be gather'd there And kingdoms most unan'mously to serve the Lord in fear verse 23 But while I waited in the way my strength he hath decai'd Yea he hath shortened my day then thus to him I said verse 24 O! Take me not away my Lord in midst of all my days Thy years all ages shall record thy time no whit decays verse 25 The earth's foundation thou hast laid of old as now it stands The glorious heavens thou hast made the work of thine own hands verse 26 But they shall perish and decay while thou continuest still They shall wax old and wear away ev'n as a garment will As vestures thou shalt change their frame and changed they shall be verse 27 But thou art evermore the same thy years no end shall see verse 28 And Lord thy faithful servants race for ever shall endure Their seed likewise before thy face shall be establisht sure Psalm CIII To the 119 Psalm Tune BLess thou the li-ving Lord my soul his glo -- r'ous praise pro-claim Let all my in-ward pow'rs ex-toll and bless his ho ---- ly name For-get not all his be ---- ne -- fits but bless the Lord my soul Who all thy tres-pas-ses re -- mits and makes thee sound and whole verse 4 Who did redeem and set thee free from death's infernal place With loving kindness crowned thee and with his tender grace verse 5 Who fills and satisfies thy mouth with all good things of his And makes thee to renew thy youth just as the Eagle's is verse 6 The Lord doth fully execute I justice and right'ousness And judgement for the destitute whom wicked men oppress verse 7 To Moses he did first reveal the way that they should go And made the sons of Israel his mighty acts to know verse 8 The Lord is merciful we know and graciously enclin'd To anger he is very slow compassionate and kind verse 9 Contin'ally he will not chide nor evermore contend His anger shall not long abide but quickly have an end verse 10 He doth not unto us dispence as our deserts have been Nor giveth us a recompence according to our sin verse 11 For as the heav'n is far above the earth's infer'our frame So is his mercy and his love to them that fear his name verse 12 As far as is the sun's uprise in distance from his fall So far our foul iniquities he sep'rates from us all The second part verse 13 As fathers are compassionate unto their children dear So doth the Lord commiserate his saints that do him fear verse 14 For he doth know our brittle frame our mould and fashion just He well remembers whence we came and that we are but dust verse 15 And as for man his days alas do soon decline and yield He flourisheth but as the grass or flower of the field verse 16 For it is gone and quickly too when some bleak wind goes o're And then the place whereon it grew shall never know it more verse 17 But unto all eternity God's goodness doth endure To ages all successively his right'ousness stands sure verse 18 To such as keep his covenants and fear his holy name Remembring his commandements to execute the same verse 19 The Lord within the heavens high hath firmly fixt his throne And over all things gen'rally his kingdom rules alone verse 20 All ye his angels bless the Lord ye that in strength excell That do his precepts with regard minding his word so well verse 21 Bless ye the Lord O! bless him still O all ye hosts of his His Ministers that do fulfil what e're his pleasure is verse 22 O bless the Lord ye works of his wherewith the world is stor'd Where ever his dominion is my soul bless thou the Lord. Psalm CIII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune BLess thou the Lord my soul his name let all the pow'rs with-in me bless O let not his past fa -- vours lie for-got -- ten in un-thank -- ful-ness verse 3 It 's he that pardons all thy sins He that in sickness makes thee sound verse 4 It 's he redeemed from the grave Thy Life with Love and Mercy crown'd verse 5 It 's he that fills thy mouth with good and all thy just desires supplies Who like the Eagle makes thine Age To a renewed youth arise verse 6 From his strict Justice sure relief oppressed Innocence will find verse 7 Moses and Isr'el knew his ways and kind intentions of his mind verse 8 Abundant Mercies flow from God love is his nature and delight verse 9 Slow is his wrath and tho' he chides intends not to destroy us quite His Anger in its rise and stay from rules of Justice never swerves verse 10 And when he punishes our faults the measure 's less than sin deserves verse 11 As Heav'n is far above the Earth so his Rewards exceed our Love verse 12 Farther than East is from the West his pardon does our sins remove The second part verse 13 A father's pity to his child resembles God's tho shorter far verse 14 For he considers our weak frame that onely quickned Dust we are verse 15 Man's days are like the Grass or flow'r that in the field its beauty shows verse 16 But fades with every blasting wind and then its former place none knows verse 17 But God's eternal truth and love is to good men and to their race verse 18 Those that his laws and cov'nant keep his favour ever will embrace verse 19 Circled with glor'ous Light his throne the Lord has plac't in heav'n above Whose mighty pow'r and sov'reign rule extends o'er all that live and move verse 20 Bless God ye Angels who in strength and ready services transcend verse 21 Bless him ye Hosts and Ministers who all to do his will attend verse 22 All ye his works that subject are in ev'ry place to his controul Bless ye your Maker and with them joyn in his praises O my Soul Palm CIV Dublin Tune O Bless the Lord my soul and say my God thou art full great Bright ho-nour is thy rich ar --- ray and ma --- je -- sty thy seat verse 2 With light thou cov'rest thee about as with a princely robe And like a curtain stretchest out the bright celest'al globe verse 3 With watery seas his roof he ciels and there his rafters binds He makes the clouds his chariot-wheels and walks on winged winds verse 4 He makes his winged messengers of pure spirit'al frame He makes his glor'ous ministers a burning fiery flame verse 5 He laid the whole foundation of all the earth so sure That still it keeps its
Destroy'd and ruin'd let them be that do my soul oppress For I serve thee religiously with all submissiveness Psalm CXLIV St. Davids Tune BLes-sed for e --- ver be the Lord who is my strength and might Who taught my hands to use the sword my fin -- gers for to fight verse 2 My goodness and my fort likewise my shield of saving pow'r My Saviour from mine enemies and my exalted tow'r In whom I put my confidence for it is only he That bringeth to obedience the people under me verse 3 Lord what is man that thou shouldst take such knowledge of him here The son of man that thou should'st make account of him so dear verse 4 Sure man is like to vanity his days decline and fade And pass away most hastily like to a flitting shade verse 5 Lord bow the heavens and come down and do but gently stroke The mountains with an angry frown and they shall quickly smoak verse 6 Cast forth thy lightning from the skies and all thy foes disperse And to destroy thine enemies shoot forth thy lightnings fierce verse 7 Send from above thy hand that saves And rid me as I stand And snatch me from the mighty waves and from strange children's hand verse 8 Whose mouth doth utter words devis'd and fraught with falshood great And their right hand is exercis'd in cunning and deceit verse 9 New songs to thee will I present my psalt'ry shall agree And on a ten-string'd instrument will I sing praise to thee verse 10 'T is he that unto kings extends salvation's welcome pledge His servant David he defends from sword's offensive edge verse 11 Release and rid me speedily from hands of sinners vile Whose subtle mouths speak vanity their right hands full of guile verse 12 That so our sons may thrive apace as plants in youth do grow Like polisht stones of some fair place so may our daughters show verse 13 Our garners full as they can hold with every kind of thing And in our streets the flock and fold may many thousands bring verse 14 Let not our labouring oxen faint nor enemy invade No leading captive no complaint within our streets be made verse 15 O blessed people would we say with such like blessings stor'd Yea rather blessed people they whose God is God the Lord. Psalm CXLV London Tune THee will I praise my God and King and e ---- ver bless thy name And all my days I 'll give thee praise and still ex --- toll thy fame verse 3 Great is the Lord in ev'ry thing and greatly must we praise That name of his whose greatness is unsearchable always verse 4 One age shall still be publishing to that which next succeeds Thy worthy praise in all thy ways thy mighty works and deeds verse 5 And I Lord will discourse and treat what glory thou hast won The fame of the great majesty that hast such wonders done verse 6 Thy might likewise shall men repeat and deeds of dreadful fame Nor will I spare for declare the greatness of thy name verse 7 The memory of thy goodness great they largely shall express And shall in songs with joyful tongues declare thy right'ousness verse 8 The Lord is good to all indeed his tender love and grace verse 9 His creatures all in general do taste in ev'ry place verse 10 Lord all thy works thy praise shall spread and thee thy saints shall bless verse 11 They shall proclaim thy kingdom's fame and thy great pow'r express verse 12 To publish all his mighty deeds and make mankind to know How gloriously in majesty his kingdom shines below The second part verse 13 A kingdom of eternity thy kingdom is O Lord And thy alone dominion all ages shall record verse 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall and makes the crooked straight verse 15 And Lord on thee continually the eyes of all things wait verse 16 In seasons due thou feed'st them all thy opened hand doth bring To satiate the appetite of ev'ry living thing verse 17 Righteous is God in all his ways holy in all he doth verse 18 And nigh to all that on him call in uprightness and truth verse 19 He will fulfil the heart's desire of them that do him fear He will likewise attend their cries and save them ev'ry where verse 20 And all that love him doth the Lord preserve in ev'ry place But will destroy ev'n utterly all the ungodly race· verse 20 My mouth shall speak the Lord's due praise and let all flesh endeavour Thus to proclaim his holy name from age to age for ever Psalm CXLVI St. Davids Tune PRaise ye the Lord my soul give praise un ---- to our heav'n -- ly king While life and breath pro-long my days his prais --- es will I sing verse 3 Trust not in men magnificent nor in man's mortal seed Whose pow'r is not sufficient to help you in your need verse 4 Because his breath doth soon depart then turns he to his clay And all the counsels of his heart do perish in that day verse 5 Blessed and happy is the man whom Jacob's God doth aid And on the Lord his God alone his faith is firmly staid verse 6 In him that made both earth and skie and all in sea or shore And keeps his promise faithfully and will do evermore verse 7 With justice always he proceeds for such as suffer wrong The poor and hungry soul he feeds and breaks the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doth give the blind their sight the lame to limbs restore The Lord doth in his saints delight and loves them evermore verse 9 He helps the widows in distress and strangers sad in heart He doth defend the fatherless and ill men's ways subvert verse 10 The Lord shall reign eternally thy God O Sion hill Shall reign to all posterity O praise him praise him still Psalm CXLVII To the 100 Psalm Tune PRaise ye the Lord for it is meet the prais -- es of our God to sing For the im-ploy-ment is most sweet and praise a ve --- ry come -- ly thing verse 2 The Lord doth build Jerusalem gathers th'out casts of Isra'l's bounds verse 3 He healeth broken-hearted men and bindeth up their bleeding wounds verse 4 The number of the stars he tells and all their names he doth recite verse 5 Great is the Lord his pow'r excells his wisdom is most infinite verse 6 Poor humble souls the Lord doth raise but treads the wicked to the ground verse 7 Sing to the Lord our God sing praise praise him with harps harmonious sound verse 8 Who with thick clouds o're spreads the skie prepared rain on earth distills And makes the earth to fructify with store of grass on highest hills verse 9 He giveth to the beast his food and feeds the raven's brood that begs verse 10 The strength of horse doth him no good nor takes he pleasure in man's legs verse 11 The Lord doth take delight in them that in his faithful fear abide