men are meer vanity at best estate esteem'd verse 6 Sure each man walks in vainest show sure they are vext in vain He heaps up wealth and knows not who shall gather all his gain The second part verse 7 And now O Lord what wait I for my hope is all in thee verse 8 Save me from all my sins lest I a scorn to fools should be verse 9 But I was silent at these things I speak not but was dumb Because I knew my sufferings from thy good hand did come verse 10 Remove from me thy scourge and plague which I cannot withstand I am consumed by the blow of thy correcting hand verse 11 When thy rebukes correct for sin it makes mans beauty die Like garments where the moth hath been sure all are vanity verse 12 Lord hear my prayer attend my cry regard my tears that fall I sojourn as a stranger here as did my fathers all verse 13 O spare me Lord and give me breath my strength to me restore Before I go from hence by death and shall be seen no more Psalm XL. Dublin Tune WIth ex -- pect -- a -- tion for the Lord I wait --- ed pa -- tient --- ly At length to me he did ac -- cord and heark -- ned to my cry verse 2 He brought me from a dreadful pit and from the miry clay And on a rock he set my feet establishing my way verse 3 He taught my mouth new songs to frame our God to magnifie Many shall see and fear his name and on the Lord rely verse 4 O blessed man whose hearts repose is God for all supplies Respecting not the proud nor those that turn aside to lies verse 5 O Lord my God many are these great works which thou hast wrought Many the gracious purposes which are to us ward thought None can sum up how great they be and when I would express Declare and speak of them to thee I find them numberless verse 6 No sacrifice nor no such thing dost thou at all desire Burnt-offering or sin-off'ring thou dost of none require verse 7 But thou hast opened mine ears then lo I come said I The volume of thy book declares of me apparently verse 8 My God I come to do thy mind and do it with delight Yea in my heart thy law I find for there thou didst it write The second part verse 9 Thy justice and thy right'ousness in great resorts I tell Behold my tongue no time doth cease O Lord thou know'st full well verse 10 Thy justice I have not conceal'd my heart could not with-hold Thy faithfulness I have reveal'd and thy salvation told verse 11 With hold not thou thy tender love from me O Lord therefore Let truth and mercy from above preserve me evermore verse 12 For Lord with mischiefs manifold full sore beset am I My sins on me do take such hold I even droop and die And surely many more they be than hairs upon my head Therefore my heart quite faileth me and is discouraged verse 13 But of thy mercy gracious Lord be pleas'd to set me free And with great speed do thou afford salvation unto me verse 14 Let them sustain rebuke and shame that seek my soul to kill Drive back my foes and blast their fame that work or wish me ill verse 15 Let this reward their shame repay confounded let them be Whoever say aha aha in way of scorn to me verse 16 Let such as seek thy name be glad and joy in thee always Let such as love thy saving aid say still to God be praise verse 17 But poor and needy Lord am I yet not of God forgot Thou art my help and sure supply my God O tarry not Psalm XLI St. Marys Tune THe Man is blest that pru -- dent-ly doth of the poor cake care For God will sure de --- li -- ver him when great -- est dan -- gers are verse 2 The Lord will keep him safe alive and bless him in the land And thou wilt not deliver him into his en'mies hand verse 3 Upon his bed of languishing the Lord will hold his head And in his sickness strengthen him and make ev'n all his bed verse 4 O Lord said I do thou extend thy mercy unto me And heal my soul for I have sin'd and sore offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies speak ill of me and say when shall he die That so his name and memory may perish utterly verse 6 And if he come to visit me he doth but vainly gloze His heart heaps up iniquity and tells it where he goes verse 7 My hateful foes ly whispering and jointly they combine Against me to devise my hurt is all their main design verse 8 An evil and mischievous thing say they cleaves to him sore And now that he lies languishing he shall rise up no more verse 9 Yea Lord my peaceful friend of whom I was so confident That at my table eat my bread his heel's against me bent verse 10 But Lord be merciful to me and raise me up again That I may justly recompence the doings of these men verse 11 And that thou favour'st me O Lord by this good sign I see Because my foe may not insult nor triumph over me verse 12 But I in my integrity am stablisht by thy grace And thou for ever settest me before thy glorious face verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel be prais'd eternally From age to age for evermore Amen Amen say I. Psalm XLII Oxford Tune LIke as the thir-sty heart doth pant when he doth brooks of wa-ter want so sighs my soul O Lord for thee My soul thirsts for the li -- ving God when shall I en -- ter his a-bode his beams of beau-ty there to see verse 3 Tears are my food both right and day while where 's my God they daily say verse 4 My very soul in tears I shed when I remember how in throngs We fill'd his house with praise and songs and I their solemn dances led verse 5 My soul why art thou so deprest so tost and troubled in my breast O hope in God for evermore for yet again shall I confess His favours with much thankfulness and comforts which he shall restore verse 6 Yet now my soul within me faints my God consider my complaints For I will think upon thee still ev'n from the vale where Jordan flows Where Hermon his high forehead shews and also from the little hill The second part verse 7 Deep unto deep with noise do call when as thy spouts of water fall And while thy dreadful tempest raves for all thy floods falls from the skies And billows after billows rise to swallow me amidst the waves verse 8 Yet will the Lord by day command his loving-kindness near at hand His songs by night shall lodge with me as Musick sweet amidst my cares And then will I present my prayers God of my life ev'n unto thee verse 9 And say my God my rock O why am
4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seek my soul to kill Let them turn back and fly with shame that think to work me ill verse 5 As chaff doth fly before the wind so let them fly apace And let God's angels come behind to prosecute the chase verse 6 Bring them in dark and slipp'ry way that they may surely fall And let God's angel make no stay but persecute them all verse 7 For causelesly within a pit a net for me they hid Ev'n for my soul they digged it and this they causeless did verse 8 Let him be ruin'd unawares and taken in the net Yea taken in those very snares which his own hand hath set verse 9 And then my soul shall joy in thee thy help O Lord to find And thy salvation then shall be as musick to my mind verse 10 And all my bones shall thus confess Lord who is like to thee That sav'st the poor man from distress when foes too pow'rful be Yea thou deliv'rest by thy pow'r the poor and needy man From him that seeketh to devour and spoil him if he can The second part verse 11 False witness did against me rise with evidence untrue And charg'd me with iniquities whereof I nothing knew verse 12 For good they did reward me ill to th' spoiling of my Soul But as for me I used still their sorrows to condole verse 13 I put on sackcloath for these men My soul did fast and mourn And into mine own bosome then my prayer did return verse 14 Ev'n for my foe I made my moan as for my friend or brother I bow'd down heavily as one that mourneth for his mother verse 15 But they rejoyced in my woe vile abjects met to plot They gather'd when I did not know they tore me ceasing not verse 16 With mocking hypocrites at feasts they gnasht their teeth at me verse 17 O Lord how long shall these vile beasts both seen and suffer'd be Rescue my soul in this sad state from their destructive paws And bring my darling desolate even from the lions jaws verse 18 And then will I give thanks to thee in great assemblies Lord And in the thickest throngs that be will I thy praise record The third part verse 19 Let not my wrongful enemies lift up their horn on high Nor let them wink with scornful eye that hate me causelesly verse 20 For not a word of peace they say but closely take in hand Deceitful matters to betray men quiet in the land verse 21 Yea and their mouths are open'd wide against me spitefully Aha aha mine enemies cry'd we saw it with our eye verse 22 O Lord thou canst not choose but see O do not hold thy tongue O Saviour be not far from me Lord be not absent long verse 23 Stir up thy self and undertake my judgment to decide My God my Lord ev'n now awake and let my cause be tri'd verse 24 According to thy equity judge me O Lord my God And let them not joy over me while I am under trod verse 25 Nor suffer them in heart to say ah we would have it thus Nor let them say he 's made a prey and swallow'd up by us verse 26 Let bashful shame upon them fall and let confusion sad Be brought at once upon them all that at my hurt are glad Let them be cloath'd with infamy let shame confound their face That do so proudly magnifie themselves in my disgrace verse 27 But let them shout and triumph still with gladness and applause That favour me and bear good will unto my right'ous cause Yea let them say continually extoll'd be God above His servants true prosperity that doth so truly love verse 28 And I most gladly will express thy praise with grateful tongue And celebrate thy right'ousness O with praises all day long Psalm XXXVI St. Marys Tune UN -- god -- ly mens in ---- i -- qui -- ties do make me think and say God 's fear is not be -- fore his eyes that goes this wick --- ed way verse 2 For in his own deluded eye that man himself doth flatter Until that his iniquity be found a hateful matter verse 3 His words are full of wickedness and framed to deceive But wisdom truth and right'ousness he doth forsake and leave verse 4 He plotteth on his bed by night his mischiefs to fulfil He sets himself in ways not right and he abhors no ill verse 5 O Lord thy mercy doth ascend above the heavens high So doth thy faithfulness extend unto the starry skie verse 6 Thy right'ousness is like the hills the greatest not the least Thy judgments a deep Ocean fills thou savest man and beast verse 7 How excellent Lord is that grace and love that from thee springs Therefore the sons of men do place their trust in thy spread wings verse 8 With fatness of thine house on high thou shalt thy saints suffice And make them drink abundantly the river of thy joys verse 9 Because the spring of life most pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we shall be sure eternal light to see verse 10 O then continue thy sweet grace to them that have thee known And let thy right'ousness embrace the upright hearted one verse 11 But let not Lord the foot of pride against thy servant stand Nor let me ever fall or slide by any wicked hand verse 12 Lo there the wicked workers fall they fall before our eyes They are cast down and never shall be able more to rise Psalm XXXVII Windsor Tune FRet not thy self nor be in-cens'd for such as will trans-gress Nor be thou en -- vi -- ous a-gainst the Sons of wick ---- ed -- ness verse 2 For they shall soon be cut away like to the tender grass And like green herbs they shall decay and wither as they pass verse 3 Trust in the Lord and put thy hand to actions that be good So shalt thou dwell within the land and be assur'd of food verse 4 Also delight thy self in God and he shall let thee have Thy hearts desire accomplished whatever thou dost crave verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in his name And then according to his word he will effect the same verse 6 And he shall publish and display thy justice as the light And make thy judgment as noon day to shine exceeding bright verse 7 Rest on the Lord with patience stay fret not thy self a jot For him that prospers in his way and speeds his wicked plot verse 8 Let not rash anger in thee rise all wrath forsake and shun Fret not thy self in any wise that evil should be done verse 9 For evil doers shall be destroy'd by God's revenging hand But they that daily wait on God they shall enjoy the land verse 10 For lo within a little space the wicked shall be gone Yea and thou shalt not find his place though pondering thereupon verse 11 But meek men shall possess the earth with
darling soul from dogs that would devour verse 21 And save me from the lions mouth as thou hast answer'd me When from the horns of unicorns I made my Prayer to thee The third part verse 22 I will declare thy name O Lord unto my brethren dear Amidst the Church I will record thy praise that they may hear verse 23 O ye his saints that fear the Lord set forth his praise and fame Let Jacobs seed and Israels for ever fear his name verse 24 For he despis'd no poor mans case nor set his cause aside Nor from him ever hid his face but heard him when he cri'd verse 25 Therefore in congregations great my praise shall be of thee And I will pay my vows O Lord where all thy saints shall see verse 26 The meek shall eat and be suffic'd and those that do endeavour To know the Lord shall praise his name their hearts shall live for ever verse 27 And all the ends of all the earth shall readily record And call to mind his works set forth and turn unto the Lord. The kindreds of the nations all shall worship in his sight verse 28 For he must govern great and small all nations are his right verse 29 All fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship the most high And they that stoop and lick the dust ready to starve and die verse 30 A seed of saints shall serve the Lord accounted and foreknown A generation of the Lords which he himself doth own verse 31 They shall come forth and there declare his righteousness to those That born in after ages are that God did thus dispose Psalm XXIII St. Marys Tune MY Shep-herd is the Lord most high I shall be well sup -- ply'd In Pa-stures green he makes me lye by si -- lent wa --- ters side verse 3 He doth restore my soul that strays and then he leads me on To walk in his most right'ous ways for his names sake alone verse 4 Yea though through deaths dark vale I go yet will I fear no ill Thy rod and staff refresh me so and thou art with me still verse 5 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foe With oyl thou dost anoint my head my cup doth overflow Surely thy goodness and thy grace shall always follow me And my perpetual dwelling place thy holy house shall be Psalm XXIII Metre 2. Stanford Tune THe Lord my Shep -- herd is and he that doth me feed Since he is mine and I am his what com -- for t can I need He makes me to lie down up --- on the flow-ry grass Then to the streams he leads me on where wa --- ters gent --- ly pass verse 3 And when I go astray he doth my Soul reclaim Conducting me in his right way for his most holy Name verse 4 Yea though the paths I trod through Deaths dark Vale should be I would not fear for there 's my God a staff of strength to me verse 5 And in mine en'mies sight thou mak'st me sit and dine Anoint'st my head in foes despite and fill'st my Cup with Wine verse 6 Surely thy grace and love shall measure out my days And from thy house I 'll not remove nor there from thee my praise Psalm XXIV St. David's Tune THe Earth is God's the peo -- ple his the World and all her Goods He rou-â—â—d -- ed it up -- on the seas and fixt it on the floods verse 3 Who shall ascend God's sacred hill and who may make account To stand and to continue still within his holy mount verse 4 Whose hands and heart are clean and free and spotless in thine eye Whose soul affects not vanity nor swears deceitfully verse 5 For such a one the Lord shall bless and he shall surely have The rich reward of right'ousness from God that doth him save verse 6 For such do seek the Lord indeed this is the godly race O Jacob this is sure the seed of them that seek thy face verse 7 Ye everlasting doors stand ope ye gates lift up your head And give the king of glory scope within your courts to tread verse 8 Who is this great and glorious king his royal name record The strong and ever conquering almighty glorious Lord. verse 9 Ye everlasting doors and gates lift up your heads on high And then the prince of potentates shall enter in thereby verse 10 Who may this king of glory be set down that name of his The Lord of hosts and none but he the king of glory is Psalm XXV Southwel Tune I lift my heart to thee my God and Guide most Just Now suf -- fer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes rejoyce nor triumph over me verse 3 Yea let not any be asham'd that duly wait on thee Let them be all asham'd which causlesly transgress verse 4 Shew me thy ways Lord teach thou me thy paths of right'ousness verse 5 Lord lead me in thy truth and teach me in thy way Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait all day verse 6 I pray thee Lord remember thy mercies manifold And thy compassions plentiful for they have been of old verse 7 My youthfull sins and faults O keep not on record In mercy for thy goodness sake remember me O Lord. verse 8 The Lord is good and just and therefore takes delight To teach poor sinners in his way that they may go aright verse 9 The meek the Lord will guide in judgment not to swerve The meek and humble he will teach his ways how to observe verse 10 For all the ways of God are truth and mercy still To them that keep his covenant and do obey his will The second part verse 11 And now for thy name sake O Lord I thee intreat To pardon my iniquity for it is very great verse 12 Who ever fears the Lord the Lord will let him know The perfect path of right'ousness wherein he ought to go verse 13 In goodness evermore his soul shall sweetly rest And by his whole posterity the earth shall be possest verse 14 The secret of the Lord shall all that fear him know His Council and his covenant he to his saints doth show verse 15 Mine eyes continually upon the Lord are staid To pluck my feet out of the net which for my soul is laid verse 16 Behold me Lord in love and pity my distress For I am sore afflicted Lord and left quite comfortless verse 17 The troubles of my heart are every day increast O bring me out of my distress and let me be releast verse 18 See my affliction Lord my anguish and my pain And take my sins so clean away that none of them remain verse 19 Consider Lord my foes how they increase and swarm And how they hate me cruelly that never did them harm verse 20 O keep my harmless soul and Lord deliver me And let me never be asham'd because I trust in thee verse 21
years The second part verse 11 I will retain in memory thy wonders manifold I will remember certainly thy wond'rous works of old verse 12 And I will also meditate of all thy works of fame And I will chearfully relate how thou hast wrought the same verse 13 Within thy sanctuary bright thy way O God is known And there is none to match the might of our Almighty one verse 14 Thou art the God by whose great might are wrought such wonders rare And plainly in thy peoples sight thy works thou didst declare verse 15 All Isra'ls whole posterity are thy redeem'd indeed Thy arm did set at liberty Jacob and Josephs seed verse 16 The waters did thy visage see they saw and were afraid And at the very sight of thee the depths were sore dismai'd verse 17 Excessive storms the clouds pour'd out the skies sent forth a sound Thy arrows also walk't about and were dispersed round verse 18 Thy thund'ring voice was heard on high and ev'n from heav'n it spake Thy lightnings lightned earth and skie the earth did move and quake verse 19 Great waters and great seas there be which thou didst tread and trace Though none can now thy foot-steps see nor know the certain place verse 20 By Moses and by Aarons hand thou didst lead tow'rds the deep Thy people to the promis'd land like to a flock or sheep Psalm LXXVIII St. Marys Tune Heark -- en my peo -- ple to my law en -- cline your ears to hear And let my speech at -- ten-tion draw and win a list -- ning ear verse 2 My mouth shall speak a parable and sayings dark and old verse 3 Which we have heard and known so well and which our fathers told verse 4 We will not from their seed conceal the wonders God hath done His praise and pow'r we will reveal unto the age to come verse 5 For God himself established in Jacob this decree This statute he determined in Israel for to be And charg'd our fathers ev'ry one that what he had decreed They should express and make it known to their ensuing seed verse 6 That th' age to come and following race his testaments might know Who should arise in father's place and them to theirs should show verse 7 That they thereby might learn to set their hope in God above And might not God's great works forget but keep his law in love verse 8 And like their fathers might not be degenerate and base A stiff and stubborn progenie and a rebellious race A generation sure they were whose heart was not set right Whose soul likewise was not sincere and perfect in Gods sight The second part verse 9 The sons of Ephraim carrying bows nor did they armour lack In day of battle with their foes were forc't to turn them back verse 10 God's cov'nant they observed not nor would his laws regard verse 11 His works and wonders they forgot which he to them declar'd verse 12 Great marvels had their fathers known all acted in their sight In Egypt and the field of Zoan performed by his might verse 13 The sea for them he did divide and did the channel drain He heap't the water on each side and made for them a lane verse 14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a brighter light Of flaming fire he shew'd the way and led them all the night verse 15 The stronger rocks he also clave within the desart dry And like as from great depths he gave them drink abundantly verse 16 From rocks he made the streams to rush and by his power supreme He made the waters run full gush as fast as any stream verse 17 Yet did they sin exceedingly and more and more transgress Greatly provoking the most high within the wilderness verse 18 Yea in their heart their sin was great for out of deep distrust They tempted God by asking meat to satisfy their lust verse 19 Yea against God they spoke no less and said profanely thus A table in the wilderness can God povide for us The third part verse 20 Behold he smote the rock indeed and thence gusht waters great But can he give his people bread and send them flesh to eat verse 21 Therefore the Lord this thing discern'd and caus'd his wrath to swell His anger against Jacob burn'd and scorched Israel verse 22 Since they did not on God rely nor in that saviour hope verse 23 Though he had charg'd the lofty skie and heaven-doors set ope verse 24 And showers of manna he did rain for them to eat their fill And gave them of the finest grain that heaven could distil verse 25 So mortal man did freely eat the food of angels rare For God sent down that heavenly meat enough and yet to spare verse 26 He caus'd an east wind which he sent to blow in heaven by kind And by his power omnipotent brought in the southern wind verse 27 He rain'd upon them living flesh like summers dust for store And feather'd foul he brought them fresh as sand upon the shore verse 28 In midst of all the camp throughout he let it gently fall And he disperst it round about their habitations all verse 29 So they did eat their greedy fill their own desire he gave verse 30 Nor were estrang'd from their own will nor what their lust did crave But while the meat was in their mouth verse 31 Gods wrath upon them fell And slew the flower of all their youth and choise of Israel verse 32 Yet for all this they sinned still their gracious God they grieve And let his works be what they will they never would believe verse 33 Therefore he made their destiny their miseries to double Spending their days in vanity and all their years in trouble The fourth part verse 34 But when he slew these wicked men they back to God retir'd And sought him very early then and after God inquir'd verse 35 Remembring then that God alone was all the rock they had And that redeemer they had none except the highest God verse 36 Yet did they ev'n all along but flatter with their mouth They li'd unto him with their tongue and sought him not in truth verse 37 For still their hearts hypocrisie was manifestly shew'd And that they walk't not stedfastly in cov'nant with their God verse 38 But he so full of clemency their injuries forgot And pardon'd their iniquity and overthrew them not Yea many a time he pleas'd to turn destruction from their path And would not let his anger burn nor stirr up all his wrath verse 39 For graciously he call'd to mind how that they were but flesh And like a temporary wind that doth not come afresh verse 40 How often in the wilderness did they provoke him sore And in the desarts did transgress and grieve him more and more verse 41 Yea they turn'd back as always prone to tempt the Lord most high And limited the holy one of Isra'l shamefully verse 42 They were
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
are brought as swiftly as a breath or thought verse 10 Our Age to seventy years is set if to another stage we get And unto fourscore years arrive we rather sigh and groan than live The second part verse 11 Lord who with due reflection hath thought on the terrors of thy wrath Wrath that is equal to our dread and strikes so often sinners dead verse 12 Oh that the sence of our last end th' uncertainties this life attend May more excite our fear of thee and a wise care of piety verse 13 When Lord shall thy displeasure cease when wilt thou give our troubles ease Now we are humble and repent shew pity to us and relent verse 14 Oh let that Mercy come at last we long impatiently to taste verse 15 And in proportion to our tears let gladness crown our future years verse 16 Since Acts of Grace thy Glory are and please thee most do thou appear In these to us and to our Race verse 17 Shew us the beauties of thy Face Afford thy Light to guide our way that we may never go astray All our good undertakings bless and prosper with desir'd success Psalm XCI Dublin Tune WHo dwel-leth in the se --- cret place of him that is most high In sha -- dow of th'al-migh-ty's grace a --- bides con --- ti --- n'al --- ly verse 2 Thus of the Lord I will report my gracious God is he He is my refuge and my fort in whom my trust shall be verse 3 He surely shall be thy defence both from the fowler's snare And from the noisom pestilence which doth infect the air verse 4 His feather'd wings shall cover thee and be thy confidence His truth thy trusty shield shall be and buckler for defence verse 5 Thou shalt not need to be afraid for terrors of the night Nor for the arrow be dismaid that flies in open sight verse 6 Nor shalt thou fear the pestilence that walks in darksom way Nor that destructive violence that wasts at height of day verse 7 And at thy side as thou dost stand a thousand dead shall be Ten thousand strook at thy right hand and yet thou shalt be free verse 8 Only shalt thou stand by and see beholding with thine eyes What wicked men's reward shall be for their iniquities The second part verse 9 Because thou mad'st the Lord most high thy dwelling-place to be The same to whom I always fly to shield and succour me verse 10 There shall no evil thing befall to thee in any case Nor shall there any plague at all come nigh thy dwelling-place verse 11 For he shall charge his heavenly host to bear thee in their arm And watch the way wherein thou goest and keep thee safe from harm verse 12 And they must be thy guard and guide O dear beloved one Lest that thy foot should slip aside or dash against a stone verse 10 The lion thou shalt tread upon the aspe and lion's whelp The dragon thou shalt trample on by God's great power and help verse 14 Because he set his love on me therefore saith God will I Deliver him and set him free from all adversitie I 'le set him up in high degree because he knew my name verse 15 With prayer he shall call on me I answering the same His horn with honour I will raise be with him in temptation verse 16 Suffice him with the length of days and shew him my salvation Psalm XCII St. Marys Tune TO praise the Lord most thank-ful -- ly it is an ex-c'llent thing And to thy name O thou most high sweet Psalms of praise to sing verse 2 To shew the kindness of the Lord before the morning light Thy truth and justice to record when it doth draw to night verse 3 Upon an instrument likewise whereto ten strings are bound Upon your harps and psalteries with sweet and solemn sound verse 4 For thou hast made me to rejoyce in things atchiev'd by thee And I triumph in heart and voice thy handy work to see verse 5 How great O Lord who can express thy works and thoughts profound Which are a deep so bottomless that none can search or sound verse 6 The brutish man discerns no whit nor sees thy mighty hand Unconstant fools are far unfit this thing to understand verse 7 When wicked men as grass do spring and evill doers all Appear most fat and flourishing it shews their utter fall Then is their final ruine nigh and even at the door verse 8 But thou O Lord thou art most high and that for evermore The second part verse 9 For lo O Lord behold and see behold thy foes shall fall The workers of iniquity shall be dispersed all verse 10 But like unto an unicorn with high advanced head So shalt thou Lord exalt my horn and fresh Oyl on me shed verse 11 The harm I wish my wicked foes mine eye shall surely see The same mine ear shall hear of those that rise to trouble me verse 12 But like the palm the just shall be so flourish and come on And like unto the cedar tree that grows in Lebanon verse 13 Those that within the house of God are planted by his grace In our God's courts shall spread abroad and flourish in that place verse 14 And in their age much fruit shall bring and fat as e're was seen And pleasantly both bud and spring with boughs and branches green verse 15 The Lord's uprightness to express who is a rock to me And there is no unright'ousness in him nor none can be Psalm XCIII London Tune THe Lord doth reign with roy --- al -- ty a --- ray'd in beau --- ty bright The Lord is cloath'd with ma -- je -- sty and girds him -- self with might The world is fixt and still must hold for thou decreed'st the thing verse 2 Thy throne 's established of old thou art eternal king verse 3 The floods have lifted up O Lord the floods whose tempest raves Have lifted up their voice and roar'd verse 4 The floods lift up their waves The Lord on high is mightier far than many waters noise Yea mightier than the waters are when foaming billows rise verse 5 Thy testimonies precious are kept on sure record And holiness becomes thy house for evermore O Lord. Psalm XCIV Martyrs Tune O Lord to whom it doth be-â—â—ng just ven-geance to re --- p O God the pu -- nish --- er of wrong do thou thy self dis -- play verse 2 Thou judge of all in general thy self no longer hide Arise dispence a recompence to all the sons of pride verse 3 How long O Lord how long I say shall wicked men oppress How long a time shall such as they triumph in wickedness verse 4 How long shall they pronounce and say hard things not to be born And all that ply iniquity still boast themselves with scorn verse 5 Thy people Lord they break and bray thy her'tage they oppress verse 6 Widows and strangers they
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
may plant the pleasant vines and sow the fruitful field And may receive the rich increase which every year shall yield verse 38 Such blessings are on thee conferr'd that they are much increast So that of all the numerous herd they do not loose a beast verse 39 Yet for their sin they are brought low and minished again Expos'd to wicked tyranny affliction grief and pain verse 40 He pours on great ones great disgrace and causeth them to stray In solitary desert place where is no beaten way verse 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high and him from harm doth keep And multiplies his family like to a flock of sheep verse 42 This thing the right'ous shall descry rejoycing in the same And it shall force iniquity to stop her mouth with shame verse 43 Whoso hath wisdom from above these matters to record Ev'n they shall understand the love and kindness of the Lord. Psalm CVIII Windsor Tune O God my heart is now pre-par'd so al --- so is my tongue I will ad-vance my voice O Lord and praise thee with my song verse 2 Awake my viol and my harp sweet melody to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake verse 3 Among the people shall thy praise be published by me Among the heathen folk O Lord will I sing praise to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great unto the heavens high Also thy truth extends it self unto the clearest skie verse 5 Above the starry firmament extol thy self O God And Lord display upon the earth thy glory all abroad verse 6 And that thy dear beloved ones delivered may be Save them O Lord by thy right hand and therein answer me The second part verse 7 God in his holiness did speak my joy I cannot hide The vale of Succoth I 'le mete out and Sechem I 'le divide verse 8 Gilead is mine Manasseh mine and Ephraim's tribe together Shall be the chief of all my strength and Judah my law-giver verse 9 My servile wash-pot Moab is on Edom I will tread And in my triumphs with a shout Philistia shall be led verse 10 But who will undertake to be my leader and my guide To Edom and the city there so strongly fortifi'd verse 11 Lord wilt not thou that didst cast off our armies heretofore And with the hosts of Israel wilt thou go forth no more verse 12 Lord give us help from trouble then because no other can And it is very vanity to hope for help from man verse 13 We shall do very valiant acts assisted by our God And by his power our enemies shall all be under-trod Psalm CIX Bristol Tune O God my praise hold not thy peace For false and wick --- ed tongues A-gainst me speak and ne -- ver cease their cla -- mours lies and wrongs verse 3 With words of spight and causless fight they compass me alway verse 4 Ev'n for my love my foes they prove but I make haste to pray verse 5 They did reward me ill for good and hate for love they show verse 6 Therefore set thou some tyrant lewd to triumph o're my foe verse 7 Let Satan stand at his right hand and when his doom comes in Appoint that he condemned be and turn his prayer to sin verse 8 His office let another take cut short his wicked life verse 9 His children wretched orphans make with widow-hood vex his wife verse 10 Let all his sons be vagabonds and beg for to be fed In places that are desolate let them seek out their bread verse 11 Let the unjust extortioner catch all he hath away And that which he hath laboured for let be the stranger's prey verse 12 Stir up no Friend that may extend relief in his distress And let there none have pity on his children fatherless verse 13 Cut off his whole posterity before thy wrath asswage Their name extinguish utterly in the ensuing age verse 14 His father's fault let that be brought before the Lord for ever His mother's crime by length of time let be extinguish't never verse 15 Before the Lord continually let them be all brought forth That he may cut their memory for ever from the earth verse 16 Since he forgot and cared not compassion to impart But sought to break the poor and weak and slay the broken heart verse 17 As he lov'd cursing and despite let it come to him so As blessings did not him delight so let it from him go verse 18 And as he had arrai'd and clad himself with curses vile Let it like drink within him sink and soak his bones like oyl verse 19 Let it be to him like the coat that never is laid by And like a girdle girt about his loins continually verse 20 Let God dispence a recompence mine en'mies to controul That are incen'st to speak against mine inoffensive soul. The second part verse 21 O God the Lord do thou for me ev'n for thine own name's sake Because right good thy mercies be my freedom undertake verse 22 For I indeed do stand in need with misery sore distrest My grieved heart with wounds do smart and bleeds within my breast verse 23 I'm gone like sun's declining shade like wandering Locusts tost verse 24 My knees through fasting weak are made my flesh her fat hath lost verse 25 Yea I became to them a shame on me they gaze and stare verse 26 Their heads they nod help Lord my God and me in mercy spare verse 27 That they may know it is thy hand for thou hast done the deed verse 28 And when they curse do thou command a blessiing to succeed Let shame surprise my foes that rise my soul for to destroy But yet afford thy servant Lord abundant cause of joy verse 29 And let mine adversaries all be cloathed with disgrace Let shame and self confusion fall upon mine en'mies face So that their own confusion may cover them throughout As if it were a mantle there to compass them about verse 30 And I will greatly praise the Lord with joyful mouth and tongue Yea and I will his praise record amidst the thickest throng verse 31 For he shall stand at our right hand and for our sake controul The doom of them that would condemn the poor man's harmless soul. Psalm CX Oxford Tune THe Lord un -- to my Lord thus spake Sit at my right hand till I make a ve -- ry foot-stool of thy foes The Lord shall send from Si -- on 's tow'r The sov'-reign scep-tre of thy pow'r rule thou a-midst them that op-pose verse 3 Thy people shall come willingly in day of thine authority Within fair Sion's sacred walls where thy first converts shall abound As thick as dew upon the ground which from the womb of morning falls The unrepenting God thus swore thou art a priest for evermore By order of Melchizedek verse 5 And God at thy right hand shall slay Proud kings in that his wrathful day verse 6 And all the heathen he
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