vvith svveet perfume Both Buls and Goats of greatest prises Fire on thy altar shall consume Selah verse 16 All ye that feare the LORD most blessed To vvhat I say attentiue be While by my tong shall be expressed What for my soul performd hath he verse 17 VVhen vvith my mouth to him I cryed His ayd assisted me alvvayes Therfore my toug him magnified And highly did extoll his praise verse 18 If sins aspect my heart affecteth If vvickednes in me remains Me vvith neglect the Lord reiecteth He heares me not my suit disdains verse 19 But certainly the Lord bath heard me Apparent proof therof I finde VVhen I did pray he did regard me Attentiue he my voyce did minde verse 20 My soul praise thou the Lord most blessed VVho faild me not vvhen I did pray VVho from me vvhen I vvas distressed His mercy did not take avvay Psalme 67. Thanksgiuing LOrd God to vs be fauourable To vs vouchsafe thou blessings thine Thy gracious face most amiable Vpon vs make thou bright to shine Selah verse 2 That thy vvay excelling to all on earth dvvelling May be fully knovvn And that thy saluation vnto euery nation May be plainly shovvn verse 3 Thy praise O GOD be magnified By all the people on the earth Thy Name O Lord be glorified By nations all vvith ioy and mirth verse 4 Voyces shâ—ill be singing Shouts of ioy be ringing Their acclamations Thou art Iudg vnto them Thou vvilt iustice do them Guide thou the Nations Selah verse 5 By all the people magnified Be thou Lord for thy gracious peace By people all be glorified verse 6 Then shall the earth yeeld large increase GOD shall blessings send vs Our GOD vvill defend vs And his grace vs giue God shall giue vs blessing All earths ends possessing In his feare shall liue Psalme 68. Of praise publique LEt God the povvrfull Lord arise And let his hatefull enemies VVith fear and dread confounded Be all disperst from place to place Fly from the frovvning of his face VVith gastly terror vvounded verse 2 As smoke by vvindes is suddenly Driuen quite avvay so let them be From Gods high presence banisht As vvax doth melt before the fire So be the vvicked in his ire Consum'd for euer vanisht verse 3 But let the iust before the Lord Be glad his honour to record His vvorthy praise resounding Let them before the Lord reioyce Extolling him lift vp their voyce With mirth and ioy abounding verse 4 Sing to the Lord of high renovvn His sacred Name vvith praises crovvn Whose glory is supernall VVho rideth on the clovvdy sky In royall maiesty most high Iah is his Name eternall verse 5 Before him ioy vvith thankfulnes A father to the fatherles In fauour and compassion A Iudg that vviddovvs right maintainâ— A God that vvith delight remains In 's holy habitation verse 6 God fils the empty family The barren vvith posterity With issue store indevved He frees them that vvith chains are bound Makes Rebels till the desart ground Quite vanquisht and subdevved Pause verse 7 O GOD vvhen marching thou didst goe Before thy people to and fro In vvildernes them trying Selah verse 8 The heau'ns did drop vvith melting heat The earth did quake vvith terror great Thy face them terrifying When God euen Iacobs God drevv neare VVhen he in presence did appeare The mountain Sina moued verse 9 A gracious rain a plenteous shovvr Thou on thy heritage didst povvr Thy bounty it hath proued VVhen it vvas vveary faint and dry Thou didst refresh it vvith supply verse 10 Thy people there remained Thou LORD preparedst for the poore Thou giust them of thy goodnes store Wherby they are sustained verse 11 VVhen thou O GOD didst giue the vvord And ioyfull tydings didst afford Amid thy congregation Fair troups of Virgins pure vvere found VVho vvith triumphant thankfull sound Thereof made declaration verse 12 Strong Kings vvith armies great took flight Fled from the field in feare and fright Their shamed faces hiding Weak vvomen vvont at home to stay Marcht brauely forth and tooke the prey Rich spoiles and lands diuiding verse 13 What though ye haue endured long The fornaces of pots among Besmeared and defaced With moneâ— soot all ouer soild And vvith hard labour ouer-toild Obscured and disgraced Yet you a great change soone shall see For you made louely bright shall be As Doues vvings siluer couer In sight all glorious to behold With fethred plumes of purest gold All glittring burnisht ouer verse 14 VVhen God almighties povvrfull hand Disperst the Kings driuen from the land In fear and terror flying His peoples darknes turnd to light And they became as pure and vvhite As snovv in Salmon lying Pause verse 15 This is the mount of God most high As Basan mount so near the sky As Basan mount excelling verse 16 Why do ye mounts thus leap hop As if ye vvould vs ouertop Against vs proudly svvelling This is the Mount God loues so vvell That therein he is pleas'd to dvvell His fauour it obtaineth The Lord in grace and mercy great Hath this elected for his seat For euer here remaineth verse 17 Gods charrets tvvise ten thousand are Of Angels vvhich his povvr declare Attending he hath millions The Lord among them shevves his face As Sina's Lord in sacred place Possesseth his Pauilions verse 18 Ascending in high maiesty Thou captiue leadst captiuity O God of hosts victorious Thy gracious gifts thou dost impart To men thy seruants for thou art Most bountifull and glorious VVith them vvho of rebellious foes Become thy seruants thou vvith those For ay hast habitation verse 19 The Lord be blessed our strong God VVho vs vvith gifts doth daily load The God of our saluation Selah verse 20 He that is GOD our God vvill be Of our saluation GOD is he Our Sauiour he remaineth The LORD eternall is most strong To him the keyes of Death belong All povver to him pertaineth Pause verse 21 But God vvill vvound vvith povverfull hand The heads of those that him vvithstand In hatefull opposition And he vvill break the hairy pate Of him that sinneth obstinate Procuring self perdition verse 22 The Lord this to his people spake From Basan I again vvill take And bring you by my povver And I vvill lead ye once again Safe through the gulfe the red sea main Shall foes not you deuovver verse 23 That thy feet hauing trampled ore Dead corpses vveltring in their gore In bloud may be imbrevved Of all thy foes that thee vvithstood Dogs tongs shall lick the purple bloud From gaping vvounds issued verse 24 O God thy marches they haue seen My God my King hovv thy vvayes been VVithin thy holy places verse 25 The vangard singers led the vvay The Reer on instruments did play They marcht vvith stately paces On timbrels beating them among Triumphant Damsels sang this song Amid their congregation verse 26 Bles ye the Lord his praise declare O Israel all ye that are Of Iacobs generation
to doe perseuer So shalt thou in the land thy dvvelling haue There shall he feed thee faithfull failing neuer verse 4 Delight thy selfe in God vvho doth thee saue Reioyce in him thy comsorts multiplying VVho vvill giue thee all good thy heart doth craue verse 5 Commit thy vvay to God on him relying Trust thou on him vvho for thee by his might Shall it perform vvith thy designes complying verse 6 He shall bring forth thy iustice as the light As at noon day thy righteousnes reflecting Resplendent rayes shall make it shine most bright verse 7 Depend on God vvith patience him expecting Rest in the LORD and fret not discontent At him vvho thriues in 's vvay levvd plots effecting verse 8 From anger cease let mildnes vvrath preuent And be not thou to actions ill addressed Nor vex thy self to do a bad intent verse 9 Extirped quite shall levvd men be suppressed But they that on the LORD vvayt constantly Shall of the land be euer sure possessed verse 10 Stay but a vvhile the vvicked thou shalt see Extinguisht quite mark vvith due obseruation His dvvelling place no vvhere is found to be verse 11 Fair flourishing in setled habitation Meek minded men inherit shall the land In plenteous peace enioy true delectation verse 12 The vvicked plots by fraud or by strong hand To ouerthrovv the iust vpright abiding And vvith his teeth doth gnashing at him stand verse 13 God from his throne shall laugh at him deriding His counsels vain foresees his dismall day VVhen he shall fall dovvne into ruin sliding verse 14 The vvicked dravv their svvords bend bovves to slay The humble poore to bring the needy vnder Quite to confound the vpright in their vvay verse 15 Herein the LORD shall shovv a vvork of vvonder For their ovvn svvords shall their ovvn hearts destroy And their strong bovves shall be all broke in sunder verse 16 That little vvhich the iust man doth inioy More precious is then vvhat the vvicked gaineth Though treasures great vvhich turn to their anoy verse 17 In strength of arme the vvickeds trust remaineth VVhich shall be broke but by his povvr and might Th' eternall Lord the righteous man sustaineth verse 18 God knovves the dayes and times of men vpright And those that be of perfect conuersation VVith heritage eternall vvill requite verse 19 Kept safe from shame in times of tribulation They shall remain from foul reproaches free In famin they shall haue full sustentation verse 20 But vvicked men shall perish vtterly Gods foes shall be as fat of Lambs decaying And into smoke they shall consumed be Pause verse 21 Levvd vvicked men do borrovv not repaying The righteous man his mercy doth expres And freely giues his bounty not delaying verse 22 The land they shall inherit and posses VVhom God doth bles vvith his grace fauorable VVhom he doth curse shall perish in distres verse 23 Man 's faithfull steps are by the Lord made stable And in his vvay doth his delight remain VVhich vnto him is alvvay acceptable verse 24 Though he from fall himself cannot contain Yet shall he not be vtterly deiected Because the Lord his hand vvill sure sustain verse 25 Nor in my youth nor age the iust elected Haue I ere seen to be forsaken quite Nor yet his seed to beg their bread reiected verse 26 Mercy to shevv he euer takes delight To them that need he freely giues and lendeth A blessed state his seed enioyes by right verse 27 Offence eschevv and vvhat to euill tendeth Do vvell and dvvell to perpetuity In place vvhere grace to thee and thine God sendeth verse 28 For iudgment he doth loue and equity Nor leaues his Saints they ay haue preseruation But vvill cut off seed of iniquity Pause verse 29 Perpetually the iust his habitation Shall haue i' th land of his inheritance From euery age to euery generation verse 30 The righteous man in euery circumstance Of his discourse his vvisdom graue discloseth In all his speech he iustice doth aduance verse 31 Quite voyd of doubt he in his heart reposeth Gods sacred Lavv his steps shall neuer slide For it his guide he in his vvay proposeth verse 32 The vvicked man himself doth slyly hide To vvatch the iust his life seekes to bereaue him When first he shall aduantage fit haue spide verse 33 Remaining in his hand GOD vvill not leaue him Nor him condemn vpon his iudgment day But to his grace as innocent receiue him verse 34 On God attend and vvalk thou in his vvay Who vvill exalt thee in thine ovvn land blessed The vvicked thou shalt see cut quite avvay verse 35 Seen vvicked men I haue of povvr possessed Fair flourishing a vvhile like Laurell green Spreading abroad all gallantly addressed verse 36 But vanisht soon as if he had not been I sought for him but seeking could not finde him His dvvelling place could not be found nor seen verse 37 The perfect man behold obserue and minde him For righteousnes the vpright shall defend And blessed peace be in the end assign'd him verse 38 But vvicked men destruction shall attend They finally shall suffer extirpation And vtterly be cut off in the end verse 39 What say I more the LORD is the saluation Of righteous men for he vvill euer be Their hope and strength in time of tribulation verse 40 The Lord shall them deliuer and set free From vvicked men they shall haue preseruation Because they trust in him them saue vvill he Psalme xxxviij Prayer LOrd my God in thy displeasure To the measure Of my sins rebuke not me Neither in thy furies terrors For my errors Let me not chastised be verse 2 For thine arrovves terrifying fiercely flying Piercing deep in me sticke fast Heauily thy hand doth pres me and distres me Prostrate dovvn it doth me cast verse 3 Thy incensed vvrath so raged vnasvvaged That in me no flesh is sound My offences haue perplext me and so vext me That my bones no rest haue found verse 4 My iniquities do couer my head ouer They so great and high appeare Burthen so intolerable that vnable â—s my vveaknes them to beare verse 5 From my stripes and svvelling tumors corrupt humors Stinking putrify and run Since I rashly enterprised vnaduised What I foolishly haue done Pause verse 6 Heauines distres and trouble pres me double Dovvnvvard bovvd I crooked grovv Sorrovves cease not me tormenting that lamenting All day long I mourning goe verse 7 For my reines are fild vvith anguish that I languish Sore diseased full of pain In my flesh vvith inflammations sharp vexations Novv no soundnes doth remain verse 8 Lately strong novv vveak and mamed broken lamed I am bruised very sore Torment vvhich my heart sustaineth me so paineth That for grief I grone and rore verse 9 Lord of mercy I implore thee for before thee Is my vvhole desire made knovvn Thou dost heare my sighs and groning and my moning Is not vnto thee vnshovvn verse 10 My heart trembleth panting shaketh
might my right is knovvn and tryed Ore all the heathen I vvill raign On earth exalted I 'le remain verse 11 In brief this is our consolation The LORD of hosts is our saluation The God of Iacob gracious iust Our refuge is in vvhom vve trust Psalme 47. Reioycing PEople of all Lands Ioyfull clap your hands Praising God our King Shout triumphant sing VVith a strong shrill voyce Chearefully reioyce verse 2 For the LORD most hig Far aboue the sky Is of dreadfull might Terrible in fight Monarch ouer all Kings terrestriall verse 3 He the people shall Vnto vs make thrall He them dovvn belovv Vnder vs doth throvv Nations shall submit Themselues at our feet verse 4 He our heritance Chosen doth aduance Iacobs excellence Is in his defence Whom he hath approu'd And intirely lou'd verse 5 Our God vp is gon Mirthfull marching on With triumphant noise High expressing ioyes In the LORD reioyce With the trumpets voice verse 6 Sing praise to the Lord Psalms to him accord Praise to our God sing Sing praise to our King verse 7 GOD is ouer all Kings terrestriall Psalms instructing vvell Sing ye that excell verse 8 God raigns and commands All the heathen lands He doth sit vpon His high holy Throne verse 9 Peeres and Princes ioyn And vvith them combine Who themselues declare That they people are Of him that became God of Abraham For God sole soueraign Doth keep and retain In his povverfull hands All shields of all lands His fame high is rais'd His great Name be prais'd Psalme 48. Thanksgiuing GReat is the LORD in this his seat His praises are exceeding great In our God's city his ovvn dvvelling His sacred mountain high excelling verse 2 Sion mountain is in place Full of beauty full of grace Northvvard being scituated To the great King consecrated All the earth therevvith delighted To reioyce there are inuited verse 3 In Sions palace God is knovvn For refuge and deliuerance shovvn verse 4 For lo the Kings their forces ioyned They marched there in league combined verse 5 When they had therof the sight They amazed tooke their flight They and all their troupes astounded Terrifyde vvith fear confounded verse 6 So great horror them agasted Quite avvay they headlong hasted Such trembling fright hold on them tooke That they like traueling vvomen shooke verse 7 Thy eastern tempests storms like thunder Their Tarshish nauy tore in sunder verse 8 VVondrous acts such as vve heard Like hath novv to vs appeard In the city high renovvned VVith the LORD of hosts name crovvned VVhere remaines the sacred dvvelling Of the LORD our GOD excelling Pause The LORD vvill it establish sure For euermore it shall endure verse 9 In midst LORD of thy habitation Thy mercies are our meditation verse 10 LORD according to thy Name And the greatnes of the same So is thy great praise transcending To earths vtmost ends extending Iustice plentifull redoundeth In thy right hand it aboundeth verse 11 Let all in Sions sacred mount Be glad and let the ioyes surmount Of Iudahs daughters amiable For all thy iudgments admirable verse 12 VValk about fair Sions mount Tovvers built thereon recount verse 13 Vievv the Forts vvith circumspection Mark the Pallaces perfection That ye may make the relation To each future generation verse 14 For this God is our God for ay Is euer our defence and stay He is and vvill be our protection In life and death all our direction Psalme 49. Doctrin TO this my speech all people giue good eare All dvvellers in the earth attentiue heare verse 2 The noble and the base both rich and poore All famous and obscure both high and lore verse 3 My mouth shall speak of vvisdom prudent speach My hearts discourse shall vnderstanding teach verse 4 I vvill incline my eare to heare reuealed VVith harp exprest my parable concealed verse 5 VVhy should I feare vvhen euill dayes approach VVhen on me grief and trouble doe incroch And vvhen my sins and foes vvhich do abound Me close at heeles pursevving shall surround verse 6 VVho of his vvealth and povver is confident And boasteth of his riches insolent verse 7 His brothers life cannot saue nor redeeme it Nor ransom pay at vvhich God doth esteem it verse 8 Too deare the price is their souls to release For him to pay it shall for euer cease verse 9 That euer he might liue perpetually And in the pit corruption neuer see verse 10 For he obserues the vvise and prudent dyes They perish as the bruitish fool likevvise At length their strength health vvealth breath death bereaueth All he did ovvn to heirs vnknovvn he leaueth verse 11 Their invvard thought vvhich busieth most their brain Is that their house for euer may remain Their dvvellings to eternize and their fames From age to age their lands do beare their names verse 12 But man by no meanes can himselfe assure That he being in honor shall endure He bideth not nor long this life enioyeth Him like to beasts that perish death destroyeth Pause verse 13 This is their vvay vvhich to no other end But vanity and foolishnes doth tend Their children yet all trained to their trade Approue applaud and laud vvhat they haue said Selah verse 14 Slain as the sheep they in the graue are put Death on their flesh feeding himself doth glut But the vpright all in the morning glorious Dominion shall haue ouer them victorious Their beauty shall be vvasted in the graue Quite from the place vvhere they their dvvelling haue But God vvill me redeem from povvr of hell For he shall me receiue vvith him to dvvell verse 16 VVhen one grovves rich fear not nor him enuy VVhen honors of his house do multiply Selah verse 17 For vvhen he dyes he nought avvay shall carry His glory shall not vvith him goe not tarry verse 18 VVho in this life himselfe doth gratulate And to himself doth good they celebrate verse 19 He shall goe to his fathers out of sight In place obscure and neuer see the light verse 20 The man vvhose state in vvorldly honour flovves But knovvledg vvants still sensuall senceles grovves Nor vnderstands at all vvhat he enioyeth Is like brute beasts vvhom sudden death destroyeth Psalme l. Doctrin THe mighty GOD the LORD eternall blest Hath spoke and cald the earth from East to VVest verse 2 From Sion fair in perfect beauty bright Our God hath shin'd and shovvd forth glorious light verse 3 Our God vvill come his Maiesty reuealing His sentence iust in silence not concealing Before him fire deuouring shall abound About him stormes and tempests shall surround verse 4 To heauen aboue for vvitnes he vvill call And earth beneath to iudg his people all verse 5 My gracious Saints assemble ye combined With me in league by sacrifice assigned verse 6 The heauens shall shevv his righteousnes and might For God himself is Iudg most iust and right Sela. verse 7 My people heare to Israel speak vvill I I am thy GOD to
verse 27 There Beniamin vvho of a fevv And little great and mighty grevv The chief of many Nations There royall Iudahs Princes be There zabulon and Nephtaly The Princely congregations Pause verse 28 Thy God he is by vvhose command It is that thou so firm dost stand Thy strong fortification Giue strength to that vvhich thou hast vvrought For vs vvhich thou to passe hast brought O God grant confirmation verse 29 Because so gracious thou vvilt be To thy ovvn Templeâ— vnto thee Shall Kings bring gifts abounding verse 30 Rebuke and scatter by thy might The troupes of spear men armd for fight Their armies huge confounding Knock dovvn the mighty multitude Of Buls and Calues of people rude As in the shambles slay them Who glory in their siluer spoiles And vvho delight in vvars and broyles Defeat disperse dismay them verse 31 Great Lords shall come from Egypt lands The Mores in hast shall stretch their hands And hearts to God thanksgiuing verse 32 Sing to the Lord both Prince King Throughout the vvorld to God Psalms sing And praise God euer liuing Selah verse 33 Praise him vvho rideth mounted on The heau'n of heau'ns his ancient Throne VVhose vvorks are full of vvonder Behold he makes his voyce rebound More dreadfull mighty strong in sound Then loudest noise of thunder verse 34 Ascribe to God omnipotence In Israel his excellence Appeareth admirable His povver let all magnifie His strength is far aboue the sky His might vnutterable verse 35 O God most dreadfull is thy face For thou out of thy holy place Hast all thy foes distressed Thy strength maintains thy peoples right Thou Iacobs God dost giue them might The Lord be euer blessed Psalme 69. Prayer prophecy SAue me O God the vvaters me to drovvn To svvallovv vp my soul the seas are ready I sinke in mire vvhere is no footing steady Plungd in the deep the flouds haue me oreflovvn verse 2 With crying vveak I vveary vveâ—â— and vvall My throat is hoarse vvith dolefull lamentation verse 3 VVith shovvring teares consum d my eyes do fail VVhile on my God I vvait vvith expectation verse 4 Haires on my head in number fevver be Then they that seek vvithout cause to destroy me My foes vvith hate that vvrongfully annoy me Are great and strong preuailing mightily That I restord vvhat I tooke not avvay verse 5 O GOD to thee my folly is reuealed Thou knovvst vvhen hovv and vvhere I vvent astray And from thy sight my sins are not concealed verse 6 LORD GOD of hosts all povvr belongs to thee Wherby thou hast thine ovvne from foes defended With constant hope vvho haue on thee attended O let them not be put to shame for me Lord Israels God O suffer no disgrace For me be fall them that seek thy saluation verse 7 Because for thy sake shame did hide my face And I endur'd reproach and defamation Pause verse 8 A stranger I am in my kindreds sight Me as vnknovvn my brethren haue neglected verse 9 Because so much thy people I affected Zeal of thy house hath me consumed quite Reproches vvhich the vvicked on me cast Are faln on me for thy sake I am blamed verse 10 I chastised my soul did vveep and fast For vvhich I vvas reproched and defamed verse 11 My self I haue vvith sackcloth garments rayde Their by-vvord me the scoffers mock iests breaking verse 12 The proud sit at their gates against me speaking The drunkards sing of me their pastime made While I O Lord my feruent prayer make To thee alone in time of acceptation On me in thy great mercy pitty take Heare me Lord in the truth of thy saluation verse 14 Deliuer me out of this mire profound Let me not sink therin lest it confound me Free me from foes vvho hatefully surround me O let me not in vvaters deep be drovvnd verse 15 Let not the flouds streams me ouerflovv Let not the gulf me svvallovv and deuovver Let none into the greedy graue me throvv Nor let the pit in tomb me in her povver verse 16 Lord ansvver me hear me for thy good grace And for thy loue and kindnes goodnes treasure Accoâ—ding to thy mercies boundles measure Turn thou to me the fauour of thy face verse 17 Thy face from me thy seruant do not hide For I in grief and trouble am distressed Make haste therfore my God my gracious guide To hear my prayt vvhich is to thee addressed Pause verse 18 Dravv neer my soul in my aduersity Redeem my life vvith ransom quite discharge me From spitefull foes from thraldom soon inlarge me And set me free from this captiuity verse 19 Thou my reproch hast knovvn and my disgrace Thou seest my shame and hovv they do oppresse me My enemies are all before thy face And in thy sight they are that do distres me verse 20 Reproch and shame haue broke my grieued heart With heauines and sorrovv sick I languish I lookt but noâ—e I found bemone my anguish None vvould me ayd not one vvould take my part All comfortles amid my troubles great Not one vvas found to succour or to saue me verse 21 And bitter gall they gaue me for to eat And in my thirst sharp vineger they gaue me verse 22 Before them let their table them orethrovv Their pleasures turn to be as snares vnto them Their treasures make as trapfals to vndo them Their ioy to grief their vvelfare change to vvoe verse 23 Let both their eyes so euer darkned be That vvanting sight the light may not auaile them Their vveakned loynes so shake continually That thighs legs and feeble feet may faile them Pause verse 24 Let thy fierce vvrath fast hold vpon them take Pour out on them thy vvrathfull indignation verse 25 Make desolate and voyd their habitation And in their tents let none their dvvelling make verse 26 Because they him to persecute nere cease Whom thou hast smit their strokes haue more abounded His sorrovves their insultings more increase Whom thy ovvn hand afflicted hath and vvounded verse 27 Vpon their sins heap sins shame on their shames Let them into thy righteousnes come neuer verse 28 Wipe them out of thy booke of life for euer And vvith the iust vnvvritten be their Names verse 29 But as for me afflicted making mone Raise thou me vp O God by thy saluation verse 30 That I may sing and praise thy Name alone Extolling thee vvith thankfull gratulation verse 31 And this my song the Lord shall better please Then Ox or Bull that horns and clou'n hoof vveareth verse 32 The humble meek and vvho the Lord God feareth Shall ioy vvhen they do see such things as these All ye that seek the LORD your hearts shall liue verse 33 For God doth hear the poor mans supplication An eare to his ovvn people he doth giue His prishers scorns not in their tribulation verse 34 Let heau'n and earth vnto him praises yeeld Praise him all seas and all that therin moueth verse 35
For God vvill saue his Sion vvhom he loueth And strongly vvill he Iudahs cities build The seruants of the LORD therin shall dvvell verse 36 Their race as heirs therof shall be possessed Who loue and feare his Name vvhich doth excell Shall dvvell therin and bide for euer blessed Psalme Lxx. Prayer O God in vvhom I trust repose Make speedy haste me to deliuer Make hast O Lord of ayd the giuer To send me help against my foes verse 2 Who haue my soul pursevvd and chased Let them vvith shame confounded be Let them that seek to ruin me Be turned back destroyd defaced verse 3 Let them vvho ouer me insult Who say Aha my harmes delighting Be put to shame the vvrongs requiting Which they against my soul consult verse 4 Let them vvith gladnes high be raised And ioy in thee vvho seek thy face Let them that loue thy sauing grace Say euermore the Lord be praised verse 5 O God my only hope and stay Make haste to help me miserable Thou art my ayd be comfortable O Lord make thou no long delay Psalme 71. Prayer IN thee alone O LORD my trust is And in thy holy Name Let me not suffer shame verse 2 Deliuer me Lord in thy iustice And for thy tender pitty From dangers quite acquit me Incline thy eare to me and gard me verse 3 Be my defence and fort Wherto I may resort Thou gau'st expresse charge to safegard me For thou art my tuition My rock and my munition verse 4 From men of vvicked conuersation From hands of crueltie My God deliuer me verse 5 Thou art my God my expectation My trust on thee dependeth From my youth still attendeth verse 6 Euen from the vvomb thou hast sustaind me My shape thou there didst frame From thence by thee I came And euer since thou hast maintaind me Thy goodnes high shall raise thee For euer I vvill praise thee Pause verse 7 As on a monster many gazing With vvonder me behold But thou art my strong hold verse 8 Let me vvith full voyce thee be praising And daily sing the story Of thy eternall glory verse 9 Cast me not off nor quite neglect me When I am aged old My failing strength vphold O do not leaue me nor reiect me When old age doth ore take me O do not thou forsake me verse 10 Because my foes their hate displaying Against me euery day Do bitterly inuay â—nd they vvho seek my souls betraying Do ly in vvait and vvatch me Consulting hovv to catch me verse 11 Come say they none shall him deliuer His God doth him forsake Him novv pursevv and take verse 12 From me far off Lord be thou neuer My God thy help novv send me VVith speedy hastâ— defend me verse 13 Let them be shamed and consumed VVhich to my soul are foes Reproch shall them inclose To vvork me mischiefe vvho presumed verse 14 VVith patience I le attend thee For thou vvilt safe defend me Pause Thy praises more and more resounding verse 15 My mouth to all shall tell Thy iustice doth excell Thy fauours daily so abounding Can neuer be recounted So high they are amounted verse 16 I vvill go forvvard vvell assured Thou Lord vvilt strengthen me That I preseru'd shall be By thy almighty povver secured I vvill declare thy iustice Thine only vvhich my trust is verse 17 Thou from my youth Lord didst instruct me The vvonders thou didst do I haue shevvd hitherto Grovvn aged gray do thou conduct me verse 18 Lord do not thou forsake me VVhen age doth feeble make me Vntill thy strength I haue recounted To all that liuing be And to posteritie verse 19 Thy iustice Lord hath all surmounted O God incomparable Thy vvorks are admirable Pause Lord vvho vvith thee may be compared verse 20 Thou vvhich to me didst shovv Great troubles grief and vvoe Wilt haue thy loue to me declared For my life vvas depriued By thee again reuiued In depths of earth I vvas interred Thou thence didst me release verse 21 My greatnes didst increase To honor thou hast me preferred With comfort me surrounding On euery side abounding verse 22 Therfore my God I le praise thee solely And sing vvith Psaltery Thy honor'd verity Of Israel Lord God most holy VVith thanks I vvill confes thee My harp my song shall blesse thee verse 23 My lips vvith ioy and mirth abounding Thy praise my Lord my King Thy glory high shall sing My soul shall merry make resounding Thy praises high esteemed Who hast my soul redeemed verse 24 My tong also shall vvithout ceasing Thy righteousnes declare To publish shall not spare Thy loue me from my foes releasing Which my soul vvould haue vvounded For shame hath them confounded Psalme 72 Doctrin of politique gouernment VPon the King by thee elected Thy iudgments Lord bestovv His princely Son by thee directed With iustice thine endovv verse 2 That he thy chosen people guiding His iustice may shine bright The poore opprest vvith patience biding By him may haue their right verse 3 Vnto the people shall the mountains Bring peace and quietnes And from the hils as from pure fountains Shall flovv forth righteousnes verse 4 Then shall he iudg the poore distressed Their children he shall saue The vvicked vvho haue them oppressed Sharp punishment shall haue verse 5 Therfore thy loue to thine assureth They shall serue and feare thee As long as Sun and Moone endureth To all eternitie verse 6 He shall come like the rain dovvn povvring Vpon the grasse nevv movvn Dispersing moysture timely shovvring On thirsty ground nevv sovvne verse 7 In his dayes shall the righteous flourish To iustice vvho incline Peace vvith abundance shall them nourish VVhile moone or stars do shine verse 8 His large dominion far extending From sea to sea shall stretch From great Euphrates to earths ending His royall rule shall retch verse 9 All they that dvvell in desert places Shall bovv to him most iust His foes faln dovvn in foul disgraces Shall lick the loathed dust verse 10 The Kings of Tarshish merchants royall The vvealthy Ilands King The kings of Cush remote yet loyall To him shall presents bring Pause verse 11 All other Kings shall fall before him And humbly him obserue And all the Nations shall adore him Submitting him to serue verse 12 For he the needy to him crying Shall heare and set him free The poore vvith present ayd supplying When helper none hath he verse 13 And he vvill spare the poore and needy And pitty on them haue Deliuerance he vvill send them speedy And he their soules vvill saue verse 14 By him their soules shall be redeemed From violence and lyes Their bloud shall dearely be esteemed As precious in his eyes verse 15 And he shall liue they gold shall send him From rich Arabia Prayr shall be made ay to defend him And bles him euery day verse 16 A little corne shall be so taking Though sovvn on tops of hils The fruit therof like Liban shaking The
yet the poore that gleaneth in the field Of vvhaâ—â—s left his little lapfull heapeth verse 8 Nor passenger that passeth by the same shall bid God bles or vvishing say vve bid ye Good luck from God or to them in his Name So much as say God speed your vvork God speed ye Psalme 130. Prayer FRom depth profound distressed in grief and miserie My cryes I haue addressed O Lord my God to thee verse 2 Lord heare my lamentatioÌ„ vouchsafe my voyce to hear And to my supplication bovv dovvn attentiue eare verse 3 Lord if thou mark our errors and vvhat is done amis To suffer thy dread terrors O Lord vvho able is verse 4 But mercy and compassion are euermore vvith thee Therfore vvith adoration thy Name shall feared be verse 5 On God my soul attendeth in him is all my trust My hope and faith dependeth vpon his promise iust verse 6 My soul to God aspireth more earnestly alvvay Then he vvhom vvatching tireth doth look for break of day verse 7 Lay thy firm hopes foundation on God O Israel For in him sure saluation and boundles mercy dvvell He dearly doth esteem thee O Israel by his grace He freely vvill redeem thee and all thy sins deface Psalme 131. Consolation O Lord I haue no haughty minde I haue no lofty looking eye I haue nought dared nor design'd Too great for me too hard too high verse 2 Nay if I haue not meekly milde VVith humblenes my self demeande In quiet silence as a childe That nevvly from the brest is vveand If that I haue not soly set My soul on thee to trust in thee As th'infant taken from the teat Of his ovvn mother minde not me verse 3 Euen so O Israel elect trust in the Lord on him depend His pleasure euermore expect From this time forth vnto the end Psalme 132. Prayer O Lord our God recall to minde Thy seruant Dauids misery Affliction and calamity verse 2 Hovv he by oath himself did binde To Iacobs God vovv'd solemnly verse 3 Behold said he this vovv I make My house shall neuer me inclose Nor on my bed vvill I repose verse 4 My eyes no sleep at all shall take No slumber shall my eye lids close verse 5 Vntill I finde a resting place Where Gods Ark may vvith vs remain VVhere vve the Lord may entertain The God of Iacob and his race Whose might doth Israel sustain verse 6 Because his seat oft changed vvas From time to time as vve heard say It oft had bin at Ephrata From place to place it oft did pas In vvoods and fields vve found it stay verse 7 Novv since this place he liketh best Into his palace vve vvill go Before his footstooll falling lovv verse 8 Arise O Lord into thy rest Thy self and thy Arks strength there shovv verse 9 Cloath thou thy Priests vvith righteousnes Let them from thee glad tidings bring Let all thy Saints reioyce and sing verse 10 Thy seruant Dauid daigne to blesse Refuse not thine anointed King verse 11 The Lord hath svvorn in verity Who vvill not change nor turn from it To Dauid saying I permit That one of thy posterity Vpon thy throne shall euer sit verse 12 My couenant if thy sons obey And this my testimoniall Which vnto them declare I shall Their sons also shall sit for ay Vpon thy Throne imperiall verse 13 For God the Lord hath made his choice Of Zion fair vvhich doth excell verse 14 Saying I haue delight to dvvell Herein I rest here I reioyce For ay this place doth like me vvell verse 15 His poore vvith bread I 'le satisfie VVith all good things they shall abound verse 16 His Priests vvill I inuiron round VVith my saluation there vvill I Make all her Saints their ioyes resound verse 17 There vvill I make to bud and spring The horn of Dauid raised high A lamp of light prepar'd haue I For mine annoynted sacred King Whose glory I vvill multiply verse 18 His enemies vvill I confound VVith shame they shall be cloathd all ore His glorious state vvill I restore And on his sacred head renovvnd His crovvn shall â—ourish euermore Psalme 133. Doctrin BEhold hovv good hovv pleasant amiable And gracious is the loue inuiolable Of brethren vvhich together dvvell verse 2 Resembling right the precious oyntment smell The sacred oyl vvhich Gods lavv did appoint The high Priest Aaron to annoint VVhich plenteously vpon his head vvas poured And to his beard and garment skirts dovvn shovvred VVith svveetest scent perfuming all verse 3 Distilling dovvn like devvs that timely fall On Sion mount and fertile Hermon hill Which all the land vvith fruit doth fill Euen there the Lord his bounty large expressing Will povvr and shovvr his fauor grace and blessing And life eternall giue he vvill Psalme 134. Doctrin YE seruants of the Lord of might VVho in his house do vvatch by night Attending there your selues addres The Lord our God to praise and bles verse 2 VVho in his Sanctuary stand To bles the Lord lift heart and hand To sound his praise your selues prepare And let your voyce his acts declare verse 3 The Lord bles thee for his Name sake VVhose povvr the heau'n and earth did make From Sions mount vvhere he doth raign Thou blessed shalt for ay remain Psalme 135. Doctrin ALl ye seruants of the Lord Praise his name vvith one accord verse 2 Ye that in Gods house do stand There performing his command Ye that in his courts do dvvell Praise his Name vvhich doth excell verse 3 Praise the Lord for good is he Sing his name in Psalmody Nothing can more pleasant be verse 4 He hath chosen graciously Iacob and his Israel He accounteth his ievvell verse 5 For I this do knovv right vvell That the Lord is great and high verse 6 Our God doth all Gods excell He doth in the earth and sky In the riuers and the seas Whatsoeuer he doth please verse 7 He the vapors makes ascend from the earths remotest end He from heau'n the lightning flings Dovvn to earth the raine he brings From his treasures of all kinds He le ts loose the vvrastling vvinds verse 8 All first-born in Egypt land Were slain by his dreadfull hand Firstlings all they dead did find Both of beasts and humane kind verse 9 Egypt in the midst of thee Thou his vvondrous vvorks didst see Pharo and his host he droun'd In the red seas depth profouÌ„d verse 10 Kings and nations he orethrevv Mighty Sihon king he slevv verse 11 Og the King of fat Basan 〈◊〉 all the kings of canaan verse 12 To his people Israel He bequeathed all the land To possesse it there to dvvell This vvas done at his coÌ„mand verse 13 Lord thy name and clemency lasteth to eternity Lord thy euerlasting name Is from age to age the same verse 14 For the Lord of povvr and might VVill his people iudg vvith right When his seruants him displease He his vvrath vvill soon appease verse 15 Idols of
My fainting spirit vvas ouerthrovvn VVhat course I hold vvhere I should goe VVhat path I take thou vvell dost knovv verse 4 And vvhen I vvalked in my vvay They for me secret snares did lay On my right hand I lookt to see If any vvere vvho vvould knovv me VVhen meanes and friends I sought and try'd They me forsook on euery side All hope of succor failed me For my soul none vvould carefull be verse 5 O Lord to thee then I did cry Thou only art my hope said I Thou art my refuge still at hand My portion in the liuing land verse 6 Attend vnto my vvofull cry For very lovv novv brought am I From cruell foes deliuer me Far stronger all then I they be verse 7 My soul out of close prison bring That to thy name I praise may sing The iust about me shall resort For largely thou shalt me comfort Psalme 143. Prayer LOrd hear my prayer and inuocation Giue eare vnto my supplication Me ansvver in thy faithfulnes Relieue me vvith commiseration According to thy righteousnes verse 2 Let not thy seruant terrified VVith horror of his sin be tryed By rigor of thy iudgment right For no man can be iustified That liues in thy al-seeing sight verse 3 My foes my soul haue persecuted Their fury on me executed Struck dovvn my life to earth they haue I dvvell in darknes am reputed As dead long lying in the graue verse 4 Therfore my spirit is distressed VVithin me ouervvhelmd oppressed Amazed desolate perplext Of vvonted comfort dispossessed My heart disconsolate is vext verse 5 In miserable state inthralled The dayes of old to minde I called On all thy vvorks I meditate To comfort me vvith grief appalled The vvorks of thy hands I relate verse 6 To call on thee thy Word requireth My humble heart to thee aspireth VVith stretcht out hands thy grace to gain For thee my thirsty soul desireth As parched lands for shovvrs of rain verse 7 Lord haste thy ansvver fauorable My spirit failes be comfortable Thy face from me O do not hide Lest I become as miserable As they that dovvn the pit do slide verse 8 Betimes to heare thy mercy make me In thee I trust do not forsake me The vvay that I should vvalk shevv me That errors do not ouertake me For I do lift my heart to thee verse 9 O Lord thou art my hope foreuer Me from my enemies deliuer To thee for refuge I do fly Of sure defence thou art the giuer Hid vnder thy shield let me ly verse 10 Teach me to doe thy vvill directed To be by me knovvn and effected Thou art my God my comforts spring By thy good spirit me elected Into the land of iustice bring verse 11 O Lord in vvhom my trust is stayed Reuiue thou me so much decayed For thy Name sake vvhich I profes Let me from trouble be conuayed According to thy righteousnes verse 12 And of thy mercy failing neuer My cruell foes cut off for euer And let thy might them all destroy Who to afflict my soul indeuer For thee to serue is all my ioy Psalme 144. Prayer THe Lord vvho is my strength my God be blessed VVho hath my hands to manage armes addressed VVith vvarlike skill my fingers taught to fight Victoriously conqu'ring my foes to smite verse 2 His fauor is my freedom my saluation My tovvr of strength my strong fortification My only hope my sure defence my shield By him subdevvd to me the people yeeld verse 3 Lord vvhat is man that thou vouchsafst to knovv him That thou such grace such loue dost daign to shovv him VVhat is the son of man that thou shouldst take Such liking of him such account to make verse 4 This earthly man may fitly be resembled Vnto a heap of vanities assembled His dayes are fevv and soon they do decay And as a shade they svviftly pas avvay verse 5 Bovv dovvn the heau'ns O Lord from thence descending The mountains touch they 'l smoake in sunder rending verse 6 Cast lightning forth them scatter and disperse Shoot out thy shafts destroy thou the peruerse verse 7 For my release thy hand from heau'n dovvn send me From vvaters great deliuer and defend me From fearfull fall into the 〈…〉 Of children strange born bred in barbarous lands verse 8 Whose mouth speaks fraud vvhose vvhole discourse is lying Their hands and hearts to vanity applying verse 9 To thee O God my voyce a nevv song sings I 'le sound thy praise vvith harp and lutes ten strings verse 10 He Kings from feare and trouble doth deliuer Of victory he is the only giuer By him is sure his seruant Dauid made Safe and secure from vvounds of trenchant blade verse 11 Deliuer me betimes vouchsafe to saue me From strangers hands vvho in their povvr vvould haue me VVhose mouth doth talk of vanity and lyes And vvhose right hand deceit doth exercise verse 12 Grant that our sons may in their generations Grovv vp in youth as flourishing plantations As louely make our daughters and as fair As pollisht coignes of royall buildings are verse 13 Make thou our fields for one yeeld fiue times tvventy Our garners fill of all sorts stor'd vvith plenty And let our flocks vvhich streets or pastures hold Bring thousands forth increase ten thousand fold verse 14 Do thou make strong our oxen toil enduring Inuasions and excursions spoil procuring Make quite to cease all violence restrain That there may none in all our streets complain verse 15 O happy are the people thus instated Who to the Lord are vvholy consecrated True blessednes hath them for euer cround VVhose God the Lord eternall is renound Psalme Cxlv. Thanksgiuing MY God my King I vvill thee magnifie And bles thy name for euermore vvill I. verse 2 Bles thee I vvill and praise thee euery day And glorifie thy sacred name for ay verse 3 The Lord my God is great and admirable To comprehend his greatnes none is able verse 4 Due praise of all thy vvorks each generation Shall giue and of thy povvr make declaration verse 5 I vvill discourse of thy great dignity And celebrate thy glorious Maiesty I vvill declare the vvonders by thee vvrought And maruelous vvorks vvhich thou to pas hast brought verse 6 And men shall speak of thy povvr testifying Hovv dreadfull are thy actions terrifying I vvill declare thy high magnificency Thy great renovvn and honors excellency verse 7 They shall make knovvn and that abundantly Thy goodnes great most vvorthy memory Thy righteousnes to all doth so abound That they the praise therof shall sing and sound verse 8 The Lord is kinde and full of svveet compassion To anger slovv of much commiseration verse 9 His goodnes God doth vnto all discouer His mercy great extends his vvorks all ouer verse 10 Lord all thy vvorks vvhich thy hands did create Giue thanks to thee thy praise they celebrate Especially thy Saints all thee do bles Most vvorthy praise they all do thee confes verse 11