you More Courage still shall send Whose Hearts are to his Service true And on his Truth depend PSAL. xxxij verse 1 THrice happy 's he whose Sin 's past o'er Whose Errours Mercies hide verse 2 Whose Crimes his God imputes no more Whose Soul 's sincere and try'd verse 3 But I unpardon'd speechless lay My aking Bones decay'd And through long Night and tedious Day One dismal Roaring made verse 4 Me thy severe asslicting Hand All Day all Night chastis'd My fainting Spirits were at a stand Like Brooks by Drought surpriz'd At last I all my Crimes display'd My wretched Sins confess'd To God I 'll own my Guilt I said And God my Guilt releas'd verse 6 Now Saints to thee when thou 'lt be found shall in their Pray'rs complain And though Woes deluge all around Themselves untouch'd remain verse 7 By thee I 'm hid from mighty Woes From pressing Ills secur'd And all my chearful Musick flows From Liberty assur'd verse 8 Come to me all who 'd sain be bless'd And I 'll your Souls instruct And in the blissful Ways of Rest With careful Eyes conduct verse 9 O don't like Mules or Horses move Whose Brutish Furies will Unreign'd uncurb'd unruly prove And balk their Riders Skill verse 10 Great Sorrows on the Wicked fall The Just with Mercy 's crown'd verse 11 Ye Just in God rejoice and all Whose Hearts are right and sound PSAL. xxxiij As the 100th verse 1 YE Righteous in the Lord rejoice From you how comely Praise appears verse 2 With Lute and Harp's melodious Voice O reach the Great Jehovah's Ears verse 3 Sing to his Praise a Song that 's new His Praise with Art and Courage sing verse 4 For all his sacred Words are true His Faith approv'd in ev'ry thing verse 5 Judgment and Jistice gain his Love O'er Earth his wondrous Mercies slow verse 6 The Skies and all the Hosts above His Active Word and Spirit show verse 7 He makes the Seas like Mountains swell And sinks unfathom'd Deeps below verse 8 Let Earth it self and all who dwell On Earth their mighty Maker know verse 9 He spoke and streight this mighty All Broke from vast Nothing 's fruitful Womb And did at his commanding Call Shape Order Beauty Strength assume verse 10 God makes the Gentiles Counsels vain And breaks the Nations fond Designs verse 11 But firm his own Resolves remain And pass all Time 's extended Lines Part 2. verse 12 O bless'd thrice bless'd that happy Land Where God has Fix'd his glorious Name Where He affumes the chief Command And lays his own peculiar Claim verse 13 God from his holy Heav'n look'd down And Man's weak Race and Actions view'd verse 14 His Eyes from his Imperial Throne Survey'd the careless Multitude verse 15 He forms their Hearts their Tempers guides And all their various Actions weighs verse 16 No prudent Prince in Crouds confides Or mighty Hosts or empty Praise verse 17 In vain for Courage Strength or Flight He on his foaming Steed relies verse 18 The Good a'one God's guarding Sight With Help and Mercy both supplies verse 19 From Death's strong Arms He sets them free In Famine He their Wants relieves verse 20 On Him our Souls attend and He To us his Shield's Assistance gives verse 21 His Name 's our Confidence and Fear By which We all our Hopes excite verse 22 O as our Faith 's in Thee sincere On us Lord let thy Mercy light Another Metre As Mr. Sandys's 34th verse 1 Ye Righteous in the Lord rejoice It s sweet when with a chearful Voice The Just his Praises sing verse 2 O let no Tongue or Hand be mute But with Voice and Harp and Lute Praise our Immortal King verse 3 With skilful Notes advance his Praise With loudest Joys his Glory raise Let all your Songs be new verse 4 For all God's Promises are right Performance is his whole Delight And all his Works are true verse 5 He Righteousness and Judgment loves With spreading Wings his Mercy moves O'er all the spacious Earth verse 6 God by his Word stretch'd out the Skies And bade their num'rous Armies rise That Word was all their Birth verse 7 At his Command those Waters rose Which now the rolling Seas compose And Heaps on Heaps were thrown Unfathom'd Whirl-pools dang'rous Deeps His Subterraneous Treasure keeps In hollow Vaults unknown verse 8 His Name let all the Nations fear With Awe let all the World appear Before its Maker's Face verse 9 He spoke the solid Earth was made He gave the Word it fix'd and stay'd In its appointed Place verse 10 God baffles all the deep Designs The subtile Plots and crafty Mines Which Heathens closely frame verse 11 But all his own Designs are sure His Thoughts and all his Ways endure From Age to Age the same part 2. verse 12 Happy 's the Nation happy sure Which God will to himself secure His own Inheritance verse 13 He sits above the lofty Skies From thence o'er all Mankind his Eyes His piercing Eyes advance verse 14 All Men He from his Throne surveys verse 15 He frames their Hearts and all their Ways His Thoughts severely try verse 16 No prudent Kings on Crouds depend The Men who mighty Strength pretend On Strength in vain rely verse 17 A Horse though sleeter than the Wind And by his Make for War design'd His Rider can't secure verse 18 God views his Saints with gentler Eyes And all his Mercy 's kind Supplies Are to the Faithful sure verse 19 From Death the fainting Souls he saves In Famine what their Hunger craves His careful Hands provide verse 20 Our Souls on Him with Patience wait He as a Shield secures our State And is our Help and Guide verse 21 In Him shall all our Hearts rejoice His holy Name 's our happy Choice On which our Hopes may rest verse 22 O Father as we trust in Thee So let thy faithful Servants be With thy Compassion bless'd PSAL. xxxiv verse 1 I 'LL ever bless God's mighty Name My Mouth shall sound his Praise verse 2 In God my Soul its Boast proclaim His Love in Anthems raise The meek and humble Souls shall hear Of my exalted State Thy Loves which so immense appear Shall all their Joys create verse 3 O hear my Lot rejoice with me My Saviour magnifie Let 's to exalt his Name agree And raise his Glories high verse 4 I sought the Lord He heard my Case And all my Fears redress'd verse 5 And others too without Disgrace With Love and Life were bless'd verse 6 I in my deep Affliction pray'd And God receiv'd my Pray'r And free from all Afflictions made And all perplexing Care verse 7 Bright Angels happy Saints surround And threat'ning Ills divert verse 8 See taste how good the Lord how crown'd With Bliss the faithful Heart verse 9 O fear ô fear the Lord ye Saints For such no Wants surprize verse 10 The Lion's Whelp with Hunger faints And spent with fasting dies But those who seek the
Lord from Ills shall keep thee free Thy Soul from Harms secure verse 8 Go out come in he 'll follow thee His Loves unchang'd endure Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 ABove the Hills I raise my Eyes And thence assur'd expect That God should me protect verse 2 From God my certain Aid shall rise From that God whose Word gave Birth To the Skies and humbler Earth verse 3 No stumbling shall thy Feet surpize Thy Guardian never sleeps verse 4 That God who Israel keeps Can never shut his wakeful Eyes verse 5 But with his Protection blest Thou beneath his Shade shalt rest verse 6 The scorching Sun's directest Beams Unhurt thy Head shalt bear And no Distemper fear Nor shall the Moon 's malignant Gleams Poisonous Vapours us'd to kill With her Midnight Dews distil verse 7 The Lord from Harms shall keep thee free And all those I is controul Which might affect thy Soul verse 8 Go out come in he follows thee And with Goodness thee secures Which from Age to Age endures PSAL. cxxij verse 1 WIth Joy I heard the Captives cry Gods House is all our Quest verse 2 Our wearied Steps shall chearfully In Salem's Entrance rest verse 3 As where sweet Peace and Beauty join So Salem's Buildingss grow verse 4 And there God's holy Tribes combine And to his Presence flow There Israels Testimony stands And Gods great Name they praise verse 5 The Throne of Justice there commands And David's Offspring sways verse 6 O pray for Salem's Peace may those Who love thee prosper still verse 7 May Peace thy Battlements compose Thy Houses Plenty fill verse 8 For my dear faithful Brethrens sakes O may thy Joys encrease And where my God his Dwelling makes I 'll seek thy Wealth and Peace Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 I Heard with inward Joys The Captives cheerful Cries Gods holy House is all our Quest Our often wand'ring Feet In one Design shall meet And in the Gates of Salem rest verse 3 As where the Sweets of Peace With curious Arts increase So Salem's happy Buildings rise verse 4 For there the Tribes ascend And Israel's God attend And Thanks and Praises sacrifice verse 5 There stands the Judgment-seat There David once was great And still it s to his Offspring due verse 6 O pray for Salem's Peace O may thy Friend's encrease And good Success their Loves pursue verse 7 May Peace and Wealth abound Thy Walls and Houses round And for my fairhful Brethrens sakes Thy Cause I 'le countenance Thy Good and Peace advance Where God his glorious Dwelling makes PSAL. cxxiij verse 1 UP toward thy Dwelling-place the Skies Almighty Lord to Thee We raise our sad despairing Eyes Consum'd with Misery verse 2 As some poor beaten Slave would watch His Master's angry Hands Or some corrected Maid dispatch Her Mistresses Commands Yet view each Look each turning Glance To find if Pitty there Would in their smoother Brows advance Or in their Eyes appear So justly we chastis'd for Sins In patient Silence wait Till God once more appeas'd begins To raise our mournful State verse 3 Pity ô pity Lord our Woes O hear our earnest Cries And let thy Vengeance silence those Who our sad State despise verse 4 Enough dear Lord enough we 've born The scoffing World's Abuse And all that Insolence and Scorn Which Pride and Wealth produce PSAL. cxxiv verse 1 HAd not the Lord our Cause maintain'd Sing now and show a grateful Mind verse 2 Had not the Lord our Right sustain'd When Men of Blood our Fall design'd verse 3 Our Land had been at once dovour'd All swallow'd by the barbarous Foe verse 4 As Brooks by mighty Rains o're-pour'd At once the Neighbouring Meads o'reflow verse 5 Thus had our happy Days been past Our Hopes our Joys our Souls Destroy'd Our Foes yet scarce appeas'd at last Or their inhuman Entrails cloy'd verse 6 But blest ô ever blest be He Whose careful Love our Souls redeem'd And us from cruel Hands set free His Name be prais'd his Works esteem'd verse 7 We ' scap'd as little Birds escape When just beneath the Fowler 's Hand Our God disclos'd the Fatal Trap And we through Him in Safety stand verse 8 Let then the cruel World combine And Malice private Plots devise Our Help 's at hand our Hope divine On God who made the World relies Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 THis grateful Song may shew a grateful Mind Had not the mighty God our Cause maintain'd verse 2 Had not our gracious Lord our Right sustain'd When cruel Men with barbarous Oaths combin'd And to destroy our hated Land design'd verse 3 Their Rage which for a proper Morsel sought Their bloody Throats wide as Hell's dreadful Gate Had gorg'd our Church swallow'd down the State verse 4-5 The Deeps the swelling Waves which proudly wrought A Flood quite o're our Souls at once had brought verse 6 O blest be God who sav'd the trembling Prey verse 7 Our Souls as Birds from crafty Fowlers freed And broke the Snares and our Escape decreed verse 8 Our Souls for Help on Him alone shall stay Who made the worlds and whom the worlds obey PSAL. cxxv verse 1 THey fix'd as Sion's Mount endure Who in their Maker trust verse 2 As Mountains salem's Walls secure So God secures the Just verse 3 Ill Men shan't o're the Good prevail Or in their Quarters rest Lest they beneath Temptations fail Above their Strength opprest verse 4 Be good and kind dear Lord to those Who Peace and Goodness love To such thy gentle Smiles disclose Whose Hearts are fix'd above verse 5 But those who tread in Ways perverse Gods just Revenge shall find who 'll Peace among his own disperse And to his Saints be kind Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 THose who on God have fix'd their Trust Unmov'd like Sion's Mount endure verse 2 As Mountains Salem's Walls secure So God Himself secures the Just His Mercies endless store Shall last when Time 's no more verse 3 He checks the Wickeds angry Course When they his holy Saints assail They may but never long prevail Lest Faith crush'd by unequal Force Should faintly quit the Field And to the Tempter yield verse 4 To those dear God who Goodness love To Men of upright Hearts be kind While those the Sinners Portion find Who stubborn and perversely move But on God's Israel Shall Peace eternal dwell PSAL. cxxvj. verse 1 WHen Home the Lord his Captives lead At first it seem'd a Dream verse 2 But Joy was quickly round us spread And Praise our glorious Theam The very Gentile Nations round Cry'd out at once amaz'd See how God's Favours there abound How soon his Friends are rais'd verse 3 God's Loves to us indeed abound Our Joys are truely great verse 4 That Work which Lord thy Hands have found O let thy Hands compleat So Judah's long deserted Lands Shall more Refreshment know Then where soft Streams thro' Southern Sands With constant Coolness flow verse
The Serpent at a distance kill'd verse 4-5 Deaf Adders sooner hear the Charmer's Art Then youâ—'d support the poor Afflicted Heart verse 6 How shall I pray What Judgments on the Miscreants call Whose Lion rage Would all the trembling World devour Thy Wrath display Great God and make their Furies fall At once asswage Their Spite and desolating Power Let all their Strength like hasty Torrents fly Which now o'reflow now sink in Sands and dâ—e verse 7-8 Snails melt away Consum'd in their own unctuous slime When Mid-day's Sun On them shoots down his pointed Heat Those Births decay Which Women loose before their Time Shapes just begun And not by Nature's Hand compleat verse 9 So let them waste all strength their Members leave Their broken Bows and Shafts their Hands deceive Rise mighty God Let thy impetuous Fury break On their curs'd Heads While yet they firmly stand and thrive O let thy Rod Thy Wrath with dreadful Lashes speak As Ruines spread When fiery Tempests fiercely drive And thorny Woods with crackling Flames embrac'd Are laid at once in one short Moment waste verse 10 This Vengeance pass'd The Sons of Heaven shall droop no more But every Mind With Joys surprizing Raptures swell Their Feet be wash'd In flowing Streams of sinful gore verse 11 Till Men resign'd To powerful Truth with Praise shall tell God doubtless reigns his care his Servants guard And all their Faith with endless Love rewards PSAL. lix verse 1 FRom all my Foes dear Lord and those Who fierce against me stand verse 2 From Men of Blood who hate the Good My Safety Lord command verse 3 For those who hate my Soul lay wait The mighty Men combine And all agree to murder me For no Deserts of mine verse 4 For no base Facts no lawless Acts Their Bands my Life pursue For me thy Might then Lord excite And all my Dangers view verse 5 Thou God of Hosts who guard'st their Coasts For Israel's Land declare The Gentiles round in Wrath confound No Sins of Malice spare verse 6 Return'd at Night like Dogs they fight And round the City go And for the Prey they miss'd by Day Their snarling Temper show verse 7 Their very Words are piercing Swords For who can hear They cry verse 8 Let Scorn on all those Heathens fall With Smiles their Rage defy verse 9 Since Force and Might against me fight And God is kind and just My Confidence in his Defence Shall ever firmly trust verse 10 To me afford thy Mercies Lord With them prevent my Woes And ô let me thy Vengeance see On my insulting Foes Part 2 verse 11 Lord kill them not lest soon forgot My People sin the more But ô disperse with Anger fierce Their Substance and their Store verse 12 For all those Lyes their Hearts devise And what their Tongues have told Let all their Pride be mortify'd Their perjur'd Minds controll'd verse 13 Those Brutes abhorr'd in Anger Lord Consume consume them so That they thy Grace to Israel's Race And all the World may know verse 14 Return'd at Night like Dogs they 'll fight And round the City prowl verse 15 And long to eat and get no Meat But murmur loud and howl verse 16 Thy Strength I 'll sing my God my King Thy Mercies early praise For in my Grief their kind Relief My drooping Fancies raise verse 17 I 'll spread dear God thy Strength abroad Thy Mercies store disclose Till all have known from whence alone My kind Assistance flows PSAL. lx verse 1 O Why so distant Lord so far From Israel's chosen Line When in a sad destructive War So mighty Kings combine See how our trembling Armies move When not reviv'd by Thee O let us now thy ancient Love Thy former Mercies see verse 2 The Land beneath thy Furies shook Nor could its Fears conceal Oh with thy kind restoring Look Its dismal Breaches heal verse 3 Hard Things thy People Lord have try'd To deadly Fears betray'd verse 4 But now thy Banners on their Side Are for the Truth display'd verse 5 That thy Belov'd at large may live From Chains and Bondage free Let thy Right Hand Salvation give And hear and answer me verse 6 God spoke and in his Holiness My Heart with Joys supply'd And now I 'll Sichem's Lands possess And Succoth's Plains divide verse 7 Gilead is mine Manasseh's mine My Head on Ephraim rests But Judah's Tribe by Right Divine The Royal Crown invests verse 8 Moab my meanest Slave shall be And Edom kiss my Feet And Palestine subdu'd shall me With humblest Tributes meet verse 9 who 'll me through Cities fortify'd And Edom's Barriers lead verse 10 Lord sha ' n't thy Help so long deny'd Our marching Armies head verse 11 Man's Help in Troub e's vain for me Then Lord thy Aids dispose verse 12 Through God we 'll bravely Act for He Shall crush our angry Foes Another Metre As Psal 121. proper Tune verse 1 WHY Lord are we rejected why Thus off in Anger thrown And wretched Dastards grown O turn and with a gentler Eye All our late Disasters view And thy ancient Loves renew verse 2 Thy Anger shook the trembling Land And made its Pillars bow O heal its Breaches now verse 3 On Thine dear Lord thy weighty Hand Has a Thousand Hardships brought And impos'd a deadly Draught verse 4 But on thy Servants side at last Thy sacred Banner stands Thy Truth has arm'd their Bands And all their pressing Fears are past verse 5 Free that thy Belov'd may be O support and-answer me verse 6 God's Oracle of Holiness My Heart with Joy supp'y'd I 'll Sichem soon divide And Succoth's fertile Plains possess verse 7 Gileaa's mime Manasseh too And what Ephraim's Strength can do Judah the Royal Crown must wear verse 8 The meanest Slaves to me Shall Moab's Off-spring be And Edom's Youth my Shooes shall bear Palestine my conqu'ring Feet With triumphant Garlandls meet verse 9 Who through strong Forts to Edom's Head Our trembling Bands will guide Or in our Camps preside verse 10 Thou Lord of Hosts our Armies lead Though of old we off were thrown Now our Cause and Armies own In all our Streights assist us Lord For Man's poor Helps are vain verse 12 Through God we 'll Honour gain God's Strength to us shall Strength afford And his unresisted Blows Batter down our angry Foes PSAL. lxj verse 1 LOrd hear my Cries my Pray'rs attend verse 2 From Earth's last Quarters I On Thee though languishing depend To Thee for Comfort fly verse 3 O Thou my Help of old my Strength Against fierce Enemies Fix me on that high Rock at length Which all their Force defies verse 4 Within thy holy House my Rest Beneath thy Wings shall be verse 5 For all my Vows to Heav'n address'd Were kindly heard by Thee To those who fear thy Name thy Grace Shall large Possessions give verse 6 The King shall still before thy Face A Thousand Ages live verse 7 Let Truth and Mercy guard his Head
me With humble Tribute gladly meet verse 10 Whoe'l me thro' Cities fortify'd Or Edom's rocky Frontiers lead verse 11 Lord let thy Help so long deny'd At last our fainting Armies head verse 12 Up Lord in times of Danger aid For Humane Helps are only shows verse 13 And valiant thro'thy Influence made Wee 'l trample o're our vanquish'd Foes PSAL. cix verse 1 O Thou dear God of all my Praise No longer silent go verse 2 For sinful Men in sinful Ways And Traitors bolder grow Against me-they their Rage excite Their Tongues with Falshood whet verse 3 And me with Words of deadly spite And causeless Hate beset verse 4 They for my kindness prove my Foes But I in silence pray verse 5 Malice to Goodness they oppose And Love with Hate repay verse 6 Make Him some wicked Tyrant's slave Let Satan bind his hands verse 7 And Sins severest Sentence have When He in judgment stands verse 8 Nay let his very Prayers be Sin verse 9 His Days be dark and few That Office fix another in Which to himself was due No Father let his Children see His widow'd Wife go mourn verse 10 His Off-spring common Vagrants be Expos'd to Want and Scorn Their Bread from cruel Hands intreaty verse 11 The Griping-Usurers trade Seize all his Wea'th and every Cheat His Pains and Gains invade verse 12 No Mercy let his Cries engage Nor all his Orphan race verse 13 But sink'um all in one short Age Their very Names deface Part 2. verse 14 In God's revenging Presence let Their Father's Crimes remain No length of Time or Years forget Their Mother's viler stain verse 15 Let them God's sleeping Vengeance move Their Memory to destroy verse 16 Since Grace could ne'er his Soul improve Not Love his Thoughts employ But the dear Man to Sorrows born With humblest Thoughts inclu'd The broken Heart with Anguish torn His bloody Hate pursu'd verse 17 Cursing and hellish Words he lov'd His Lot may Curses be His Heart no Blessings e'er approv'd Let him no Blessing see verse 18 He Curses for a Garment us'd And with their poisonous draught His Bowels washt like Oil diffus'd Quite thro' his Bones they wrought verse 19 May He no other Garments wear But Curses closely bound And Curses for a Girdle bear To gird him duely round verse 20 Be this the Just reward of those From God's revenging Hand Whose spiteful Words my Life oppose And who against me stand verse 21 But Lord for thy Names sake appear My Party kindly own Thy Mercy 's Goo'd ô let it here To vescue Me be shown Part 3. verse 22 For wretched and afflicted I With inward Wounds decay verse 23 And like an Evening Shadow fly Or Locusts hurld away verse 24 My Knees with tedious Fastings fail And all my Leanness see verse 25 My Foes with brutish scorn assail And shake their Heads at me verse 26 Help ô My God! ô save Me show Thy farmer Mercies now verse 27 That all thy Love to me may know Thy Helps dear Lord allow verse 28 Then let them Curse me stil on me Thy Blessings Lord bestow Let Them their own Confusion see But me thy gladness know verse 29 When great they seem like some large Cloke Let Shame be round them roul'd verse 30 And I 'le thy Name in Crouds invoke Thy Praise at large unfold verse 31 For God still by the Poor Mans side With sure assistance stands His Soul with saving Wings to hide From partial Judges Hands PSAL. CX verse 1 SIT here on my Right Hand the Lord Thus to my Lord has said Till thou shalt see thy Foes abhor'd Beneath thy Footstool lay'd verse 2 From Sions Hill thy regal claime Thy Scepter first shall rise Thence Reign and with thy awful Name Command thy Enemies verse 3 When thy Prodigious Might appears Thy ready Armies move And Preach those happy gladsome years The Reign of boundless Love Tho' at a mighty distance now The careless People stand To Thee they'I then as swiftly flow And own thy ruling Hand Wash'd from their Crimes and snowy white Their Tempers undefild And cloth'd with Innocence and Light And like their Matter mild These Conquests first belong'd to Thee E're dewy Mornings rose Or Time cou'd thro' Eternity Thy sacred Birth disclose verse 4 Then by himself thy Father swore And shook his awful Throne And when swift Time shall be no more He'el that Engagement own Thou' rt an Eternal Priest to Thee There 's no succeeding Heir And like Melchisedes shalt be And Crown and Miter wear verse 5 The Lord shall in his angry Day Rebellious Kings destroy verse 6 Among the Gentiles fierce'y sway And fill his own with Joy But where bo'd Opposition reigns The slughter'd Corpses round And dying Kings shall spread the Plains And stain the purple Ground verse 7 But he before the Conquest gain'd The Rage of Thirst shall know With Sorrow's streams be entertain'd And drink of deadly Woe Till all those Difficulties past His Glory 's largely spread And all shall see the Crown at last On his victorious Head PSAL. cxj. O Praise the Lord my Heart prepare To praise the mighty Lord Where-e'er his bless'd Assemblies me Will I his Name record verse 2 Great are his Works and earnestly By Men of Wisdom sought verse 3 His Works are all with Majesty And comely Beauty wrought His Righteousness eternally Shall with his Works endure verse 4 In grateful Minds his Clemency And his Compassions sure verse 5 For those who fear his sacred Name The Lord at large provides His ancient Covenant the same Still in his Thoughts abides verse 6 The Might where with his Works are wrought He to his People shows And Portions from the Gentiles brought On them at large bestows verse 7 His Works in Truth and Judgment done His Precepts just and sure verse 8 As first in Righteousness begun Through ev'ry Age endure verse 9 The Lord his People once redeem'd And gave them lasting Laws And still his holy Name esteem'd Our Veneration draws verse 10 True Wisdom springs from Godly Fear An Understanding pure Will in Obedience best appear And its just Praise endure PSAL. cxij. O Praise the Lord All Blessings wait On him who fears his Name In whom his just Commands create Pure Love's immortal Flame verse 2 Mighty on Earth his Seed shall be His Generation bless'd verse 3 His Righteousness shall last and he In Wealth and Plenty rest verse 4 To Men of upright Hearts the Light Through gloomy Darkness shines Mercy 's the righteous Man's Delight To Love his Soul inclines verse 5 He 's pitiful to Men distress'd And lends to those in Need In Judgment from his milder Breast No cruel Words proceed verse 6 He ne'er shall move his Memory Shall ever sweetly last verse 7 From Fear through heavy Tidings free His Heart in God be fast verse 8 His Heart from cold Despair secur'd Can on his God repose Till of the Down-fall he 's assur'd Of all his angry Foes
Soul divide verse 21 Thy Judgments break the cursed Proud Who from thy Precepts stray verse 22 Me Lord from flouting Scorners shroud For I thy Words obey verse 23 Great Kings in Council curst my Name But I thy Statutes chose verse 24 Thy Statutes all my Joys enflame My Counsels all compose verse 25 My Soul Lord for thy Promise spare In Dust which prostrate lies verse 26 Thou hear'st how I thy Ways declare O teach and make me wise verse 27 O Make me know thy Precepts so I 'le spread thy Works the more verse 28 My Heart with melting Cares brought low Lord by thy Word restore verse 29 From me all lying Ways remove To me thy Laws impart verse 30 For all the Paths of Truth I love Thy Judgments fill my Heart verse 31 I to thy Laws adhere dear God From Shame my Life discharge verse 32 I 'le run the Ways thy Saints have trod If thou my Heart enlarge He 5. Vau 6. verse 33 Lord teach me thy commanded way And I 'le observe it still verse 34 My Heart let Understanding sway Thy Laws my Heart shall fill verse 35 By thy Commands ô make me tread For them I dearly love verse 36 Let no false Lusts my Heart mislead While by thy Rules I move verse 37 From Vanity ô turn my Eyes And make me live to Thee verse 38 Thy Word on which my Soul relies And fears make good to me verse 39 Reproach from me and Scandal take But Lord thy Judgments give verse 40 I for thy Precepts long ô make Me by thy Justice live verse 41 Thy Mercy thy Salvation too As promis'd Lord bestow verse 42 So shall I hush the scornful Crew And yet more faithful grow verse 43 Never ô never Lord withdraw Thy Word and Truth from me verse 44 So thy just Judgments and thy Law My constant Guides shall be verse 45 My happy Course at last I 'le steer In thy Commands secure verse 46 Thy Testimonies Kings sha'l hear Yet I no shame endure verse 47 I 'le in thy lov'd Commands delight For them my Hands I 'le raise verse 48 Thy Statutes study Day and Night And thy Commandments praise Zain 7. Cheth 8. verse 49 Thy Word once pass'd remember Lord In which thou mad'st me trust verse 50 Thy Word my dropping Soul restor'd verse 51 The scoffing Proud my Soul deride Yet I thy Laws pursue verse 52 With me thy Judgments pass'd abide And all my Joys renew verse 53 I trembled at their dreadful Fate Who from thy Precepts stray'd verse 54 But them I in my banish'd State My daily Musick made verse 55 Lord on thy Name I muse by Night And keep thy Righteous Laws verse 56 Such Blessings from thy favouring Sight A just Obedience draws verse 57 Thou' rt all my Portion Lord I said I 'de keep thy sacred Word verse 58 And for thy Grace devoutly pray'd Thy Grace Dear Lord afford verse 59 I weigh'd my Works and so thy Ways My careful Footstop trac'd verse 60 And that I might thy Laws obey I flew with winged haste verse 61 Tho' impious Bunds my Wealth surprize I can't forget thy Ways verse 62 But I when I at Midnight rise Thy rightéous Judgments praise verse 63 I love their Company who fear Thy Name and keep thy Word verse 64 Thy Mercies round the World appear Thy Statutes teach me Lord Teth 9. Jod 10. verse 65 Lord from thy Hands I Good receive For all thy Words are true verse 66 Teach me since I thy Laws believe Good Sense and Knowledge too verse 67 I sinn'd till by Affliction taught Thy sacred Words to know verse 68 For me all Good thy Hands have wrought To me thy Statutes show verse 69 The Proud assau't my Soul with lies But I sincerely move verse 70 And while their Hearts with Fatness rise Thy Laws entirely love verse 71 Lash'd by thy Rod my Heart enclines To keep thy Laws with Care verse 72 Those Laws which richer far than Mines Of Gold and Silver are verse 73 Thy Hands have made and fashion'd me Thy Judgments make me know verse 74 So thy pleas'd Saints my Care shall see While in thy Paths I go verse 75 I know thy Judgments Lord are just Thy Love afflicted me verse 76 Make good thy Word my Comfort must Alone descend from Thee verse 77 Lord send thy Mercys quickned so I 'le in the Laws delight verse 78 Let shame thy treacherous Proud o're-throw But I 'le thy Laws recite verse 79 O let thy Saints who know thy Will With me as Friends appear verse 80 When my sound Heart thy Statutes fill I no Disgrace can fear Caph 11. Lamed 12. verse 81 Thy Health my longing Soul desires And on thy Promise waits verse 82 And while thy Comforts it requires My Sight with Woes abates verse 83 Dry'd up with Grief my strength appears Yet I thy Laws retain verse 84 How many are thy Servant's days O now my Foes restrain verse 85 The Proud for me their Pitts have made Against thy righeous Law verse 86 Me from their Wrongs by thy kind Aid And Faithful Precepts draw verse 87 Lord They'd consum'd me quite but I Ne're from thy Precepts went verse 88 In Goodness raise my Soul I 'le try To keep thy Testament verse 89 Firm Lord as Heaven thy Promise stands verse 90 Thy Truth from Age to Age The Earth form'd by thy mighty Hands Stands by thy Patronage verse 91 All by thine Ordinance ensur'd To Thee their Service pay verse 92 But Woes rny Ruine had procur'd But that I kept thy Way verse 93 I 'le ne're forget thy Precepts kind Since oft by them reviv'd verse 94 I'm thine ô save me for my Mind Has on thy Precepts liv'd verse 95 The Wicked watch'd to ruine me But I thy Statutes read verse 96 And th' end of all Perfection see But those all Bounds exceed Mem 13 Nun 14. verse 97 Lord how I love thy Laws by those My serious Studies move verse 98 By them I far above my Foes In Wisdom's Rules improve verse 99 Thy Testimonies teach me more Than all my Teachers know verse 100 I by thy Statutes wise before My reverend Elders grow verse 101 My Feet all wicked Ways declin'd To keep thy sacred Word verse 102 Thy Judgments duly uâ—'d my Mind With Heavenly Wisdom stor'd verse 103 Honey to those pure Sweets must yield With which thy Words are blest verse 104 So I with thy wise Precepts fill'd All lying Ways detest verse 105 Thy glorious Words my Footsteps guide And fill my Paths with Light verse 106 I've sworn and as by Oath I 'm tied I 'le keep thy Judgments right verse 107 I 'me much distrest ô by thy Word My fainting Soul revive verse 108 Accept my willing Praises Lord To me thy Judgments give verse 109 Tho' in my Hands my Life I bear I can't forget thy Law verse 110 Nor can the Sinners crafty Snare From that my Soul withdraw verse 111 Thy Will 's th' Inheritance
design'd For my rejoicing Heart verse 112 Which to thy Statutes all inclin'd From Them can ne're depart Samech 15. Gnain 16. verse 113 I love thy Laws but those that own All vain Opinions hate verse 114 Thou art my Covering Shield alone And on thy Word I wait verse 115 Begone ye sinful Crew for I At pure Obedience aim verse 116 With promis'd Help my Life supply And guard my Hope from shame verse 117 Uphold me then I 'me safe and I Shall all thy Laws respect verse 118 Trod down by thee those Straglers dy Who Cheats and Lies project verse 119 Thy dear lov'd Word like Dross the Bands Of Sinners purg'd away verse 120 And I the Judgments of thy Hands With awful Fear survey verse 121 I've done what 's Just and Right ô save Me from Oppressions Force verse 122 Thy kind Assurance Lord I crave To stop the Tyrants Course verse 123 My Eyes for thy Salvation fail And promis'd Righteousness verse 124 With me Dear Lord in Mercy deal And with Me Statutes bless verse 123 Make Me thy Servant Wise I 'll then Thy Testimonies know verse 126 Help Lord its time lest impious Men Thy Law should overthrow verse 127 For this I love thy Precepts more Then heaps of purest Gold verse 128 I know their Justice but abhor The Paths which Lies uphold Pe 17. Tsadi 18. verse 129 Thy Testimonies wondrous are My Soul to keep them tries verse 130 Thy Words explain'd the Truth declare And make the Simplest wise verse 131 Thy Words more sweet than cooling Winds To fainting Spirits are verse 132 That Pitty those who love Thee find O let thy Servant share verse 133 If by thy Rule thou fix my Ways No Sinn shall conquer me verse 134 And me from Mans Oppression raise Then mine thy Laws shall be verse 135 Smile Lord on me and let thy Laws Thy Servants Soul convert verse 136 Tears drown my flowing Eys because Vain Men thy Laws desert verse 137 Essential Justice Reigns in Thee Thy Judgments all are rights verse 138 Thy Testimonies faithfully To Righteousness excite verse 139 Zeal burns me up because my Foes Thy sacred Word forget verse 140 That Word which as it purely flows On it my Heart is set verse 141 I'm Lord despis'd and mean but still My Soul thy Law retains verse 142 Thy Laws the Truth thy Righteous Will From Age to Age remains verse 143 Delight to me tho compast round With Woes thy Statutes give verse 144 Their Justice every Age has found O make me Wise to Live Koph 19. Resch 20. verse 145 I cry aloud Lord hear my cry I 'll keep thy Statutes sure verse 146 I Pray ô save me and I 'll try Thy Testimonies pure verse 147 My Crys Days early dawn prevent While for thy Word I Wait. verse 148 All Night my wakeful Heart's intent On them to meditate verse 149 O Hear me and my Spirits by Thy Judgments Lord renew verse 150 For they approach who virtue Fly And Mischiefs ways pursue verse 158 Thou Lord art ever near to Thine And thy Commands are True verse 152 I knew long since thy Laws Divine Were strong and lasting too verse 153 Weigh Lord my sufferings set Me free Who don't forget thy Laws verse 154 And for thy promise quicken me O save and plead my Cause verse 155 Salvations far from Sinners who Thy Statutes ne're pursue verse 156 But as thy Mercys kindly flow My strength just God renew verse 157 Tho cruel Foes unnumber'd are I don't thy Laws decline verse 158 But see with Grief how Sinners dare Against thy Word combine verse 159 See how I in thy Laws delight In Love revive my Soul verse 160 Truth founds thy Word thy Judgments right Shall Times last Force controul Schin 21. Than 22. verse 161 Pursued by Kings with Causeless Hate Yet more thy Words I fear'd verse 162 In me more Joys thy Words Create Then Spoils in Battel clear'd verse 163 Lies I with Hate and scorn disclaim But Love thy Laws to trust verse 164 Seven times a day I praise thy Name For all thy Judgments Just verse 165 They live in Peace who love thy Word No Cares disturb their Rest verse 166 I wait for thy Salvation Lord With thy Commandments blest verse 167 My Soul thy Testimonies takes And loves exceedingly verse 168 Thy Laws its whole Employment makes My ways before Thee lie verse 169 Lord let my Crys approach thy Place Thy Statutes make me Wise verse 170 My Prayers ascend and from thy Face My Promis'd Rescue rise verse 171 My Lips shall utter Praises well When all thy Statutes taught verse 172 And on thy Word my Tongue shall dwell And Orders justly wrought verse 173 Lord help me with thy gracious Hand For I thy Precepts chose verse 174 I long for thy Salvation and My Joy thy Laws compose verse 175 O let me live and praise thy Name Thy Judgements help my Cause verse 176 And me poor wandring Sheep reclaim Who n'er forget thy Laws PSAL. cxx verse 1 TO God in deep Distress I cry Who bows his Ear to me verse 2 My Soul Dear Lord from Lips which lie And Tongues deceitful free verse 3 What shall be pay'd what done to Thee Thou false deceitful Tongue verse 4 Thy Portion burning Con's shall be And Arrows from the strong verse 5 Wo's me that I constrain'd so long In Forreign Tents abide Wo's me who banish'd thus among Men us'd to Blood reside verse 6 My Soul hath sojourn'd long with those Who hate the Thoughts of Peace verse 7 If I the Name of Peace propose Their Quarrels most encrease Another Metre Proper Tune verse 1 TO God in Troubles I And deep Distresses cry And He receives my Prayer 2 Lord save my Soul from those Whose Lips with Falslhood close Whose Tongues deceitful are verse 3 What shall be paid to Thee Or what thy Portion be Thou while deceitful Tongue verse 4 Hot Coals of Juniper Shalt thou from Justice bear And Arrows of the strong verse 5 Woe 's me alas that I Must thro' necessity In dismal Tents abide Woe 's me who must so long In Banishment among Blood-thirsty Brutes reside verse 6 My Soul has sojourn'd long With those who live by wrong But hate the Thoughts of Peace verse 7 When I for Peace would move That Peace I dearly love Their Feuds and Jarrs encrease PSAL. cxxj verse 1 UP to the Hills I lift my Eyes From whence my Aids descend verse 2 The Lord who made the Earth and Skyes Will sure assistance send verse 3 Hee 'l fix thy Foot secure No sleeps Thy Watchman can surprize verse 4 That God who Israel safely keeps Ne're shuts his wakeful Eyes verse 5 The Lord is thy Protector sure And he defends thy Head Thy Maker will his shade secure O're all thy Dwellings spread verse 6 So all the Sun 's fierce Summer Beams Shall never make thee iâ—l On thee the Moons unwholesome Gleams No hurtful Dews distil verse 7 The
to Thee verse 3 Thy wond'rous Art curious Hand My private Path displays By Thee my very Sleeps are scann'd And all my various Ways verse 4 What e'r my serious Thought produce Before the Words are fram'd Before my Tongue can find its use Is in thy Ears proclaim'd verse 5 When I my Shape so clean so fair Behind Before survey I know thy Hand thy ski ful Care Thus built my humble Clay verse 6 Would I into thy Secrets pry This Forming Wisdom know verse 7 For me such Skill is far to high And I alas too low Whither O whither then should I Go from thy piercing sight O whither from thy Spirit 's Eye Direct my secret flight verse 8 If I climb high above the sky Thy Throne of Glory 's there If in Hell's gloomy Deeps I lie In Hell thy Powers appear verse 9 If I on Morning's purple Wings Out-strip the fleeting Day And toward the Ocean 's Western Springs Find out an unknown way verse 10 Yet there thy far extended Hand Would lead me out at last And thy Right Hand my Steps command And ever hold me fast verse 11 Nay should I say the gloomy Night Shall sure my Steps conceal Around me soon a glorious Light Would all my Walks reveal verse 12 Should Night condense its darkest Steams One dismal Gloom to frame That Gloom with more than Mid-days Beams Would Night it self enflame Part 2. verse 13 For in my Mother's Womb of old Thy Hand my Reins possest And in a wondrous Covering roll'd Did all my Limbs invest verse 14 Since in my Shape and round me all Thy dreadful Wonders shine My Thoughts shall all my Works recall And in thy Praise combine verse 15 When in the lower Womb embrac'd My curious Texture grew Thy Wisdom all that Darkness trac'd And all my Substance knew verse 16 The Lord my formless Substance view'd And in His Book enroll'd And as each Day with Shape endu'd My growing Members told verse 17 How dear thy Counsels Lord to me How vast their Numbers are The Sands we round the Ocean see Can't with their Summs compare verse 18 On then all Day I closely muse And in my Nightly Dreams They through my Soul themselves diffuse And are my waking Themes verse 19 The Lord shall wicked Men destroy Begone Blood-thirsty Crew verse 20 Who against God your Tongues employ His Name with Lyes pursue verse 21 I with a perfect rage at those Who hate my maker fly verse 22 And such as if my deadly Foes With deadly hate defie verse 23 O search me Try my Heart and see Which way my Thoughts encline verse 24 And all ill Thoughts remove and me Conduct in Paths divine PSAL. cxl verse 1 FRom vile from godless Men Dear Lord O save O rescue me verse 2 Whose Hearts in wicked Plots accord And quarrel constantly verse 3 Their Tongues more pointed much than those Of angry Serpents are Their Lips more Venome far disclose Than fretted Asps prepare verse 4 From Sinners and the Violent Me Lord in peace bestow Whose spite against my ways is bent And would my Steps o'erthrow verse 5 Their Nets their Snares their Ginns they lay With unsuspected Arts And when they quite surround my Way They please their scornful Hearts verse 6 Thou art my God my Lord aâ—one Then to the Lord I said The Prayers the Supplications own By me thy Servant made verse 7 Thou art my strength alone from Thee My safety Lord descends When furious Battels compass me Thy Hand my Head defends verse 8 Lord let not wicked Workers thrive Nor gain their base Design Lest they their Hearts if thou connive To haughty Pride resign verse 9 But as for all that impious Crew Who now my Path surround Let the malicious Lyes they brew Themselves at last confound verse 10 On them let burning Sulphur rain Hot Flames about them fly And they O never rais'd again In dismal Darkness lie verse 11 Ne'er let the dismal Wordy Tool On Earth continue long Let mischief hurt the Griping Fool Who still delights in Wrong verse 12 I know th' afflicted Poor Man's Claim The Lord will still maintain verse 13 The Righteous then shall praise thy Name And in thy Sight remain PSAL. cxli. verse 1 I Call'd on Thee Lord haste and hear And let my Voice my Cries verse 2 As Incense prove my Hands appear As Ev'ning Sacrifice verse 3 Lord by thy Grace my Mouth secure My Lips with Wisdom close verse 4 And let my Heart from Sin be pure And wicked Works oppose Lest I associate with those Who only Sin pursue And feast where luscious Plenty flows Amongst the scornful Crew verse 5 Whene'er I sin with pity may The Good my Sins reprove Their Wounds are kinder far than they Who feign deceitful Love Let those Lord heal my Head as Oil Which heals and molliflies And though my Foes attempt my spoil For them my Pray'rs shall rise verse 6 May their Great Men in rocky Ways Be trampled under so That they my prudent Words may praise And Wisdom's sweetness know verse 7 As Chips from falling Timber fly Or Ploughs tear up the Ground So Lord our Bones unbury'd lie Our emptied Graves around verse 8 To Thee I lift my faithful Eyes O don't my Soul reject But from those Snares my Foes devise My Innocence protect verse 9 Let not the Sinner's crafty Snare Dear Lord entangle me verse 10 But while I ' scape O let his Care His own Confusion be PSAL. clxij verse 1 LOrd from a dismal Place I pray'd I cry'd to Thee verse 2 With earnest Prayers before thy Face I lay'd my Misery verse 3 My Spirits fainted quite But Lord thou know it my Way And how my Foes with active spite Their Snares about it lay verse 4 Where e're I cast my Eyes I stand alass unknown Where e're my Soul for Refuge flies It 's left forlorn alone verse 5 Yet to the Lord I cry'd And said My Hope's in Three Thou Lord while I on Earth abide Shalt all my Portion be verse 6 Lord hear my Cries my Woes My lost Condition view Save me from those too mighty Foes Who now my Life pursue verse 7 O let my Soul be free Thy holy Name to praise The Just with Songs shall compass me When Thou my Head shalt raise Another Metre verse 1 I to the Lord devoutly pray'd To him I cry'd aloud verse 2 And in his sight my Sorrows laid And all my Sufferings show'd verse 3 When my faint Spirit slowly mov'd Thou knewst my certain way How Snares by cruel Arts improv'd About my Footsteps lay verse 4 I look'd for some Assistance round But was alass unknown My wretched Soul no shelter found And was esteem'd by none verse 5 Then I in Prayer to God confest In Thee my Hope 's secure Thou art since I my Life possest My Lot my Portion sure verse 6 O let my Cries thy Ears engage My groaning weakness see Save me from Persecutor's rage Too strong alass