ample power the Lord will bless his church with peace Psalm XXX St. Marys Tune I Will ex -- tol thee O most high for I am rais'd by thee Thou hast not made mine en -- e -- my to tri -- umph o --- ver me verse 2 O Lord my God to thee I cri'd for succour and relief And graciously thou didst provide to heal me of my grief verse 3 Thou brought'st my soul up from the pit thou kept'st me Lord alive From them that are gone down to it while safely I survive verse 4 O ye his saints sing to the Lord and thankfully confess Unto his name when ye record his perfect holiness verse 5 His wrath is in a moment past life from his favour springs Though weeping for a night may last the morning comfort brings verse 6 And I in my prosperity did confidently say Surely I shall live happily and see no evil day verse 7 So very strongly by thy grace my mountain Lord was laid Then didst thou hide away thy face and I was soon dismai'd verse 8 Then in my tribulation to thee Lord did I cry And made my supplication unto the Lord most high verse 9 What gain is in my blood when I unto the grave go down Can dust praise thee and testify thy truth and thy renown verse 10 Lord I beseech thee hear me now in that which I have pray'd Have mercy on me and be thou my all sufficient aid verse 11 To joyful dancing thou hast turn'd my sorrows dolefull noise My sackcloth loos'd wherein I mourn'd and girt me round with joys verse 12 To th' end my tongue may sing thy praise and never silent be O Lord my God even all my days will I give thanks to thee Psalm XXXI Lincoln Tune IN thee O Lord I put my trust O put me not to shame De -- li -- ver me as thou art just ev'n for thy righ -- t'ous name Bow down thy ear and hear me now de ---- li --- ver me with speed My ca -- stle and strong rock art thou to save me at my need verse 3 For Lord thou art my fort and tower which I for safety take Then lead and guide me by thy power O God for thy names sake verse 4 Pull me out of the net which they for me have closely laid Because thou art my strength and stay to whom I fly for aid verse 5 The spirit which thou gav'st to me I to thy hands commit For thou Lord God of truth art he that hast redeemed it verse 6 All such as set their heart on lies I utterly abhorr'd Detesting all such vanities I trusted in the Lord. verse 7 Thy mercies great do make me glad my joyes do overflow For thou hast weigh'd what cares I had and known my soul in woe verse 8 Thou hast not Lord deliver'd me into mine en'mies hand But in a place of liberty hast made my feet to stand The second part verse 9 Lord pity me do thou condole for I am in distress Mine eye my belly and my soul Consume with heaviness verse 10 My life is spent with misery my years with sighs decay Strength fails me through iniquity my bones consume away verse 11 I was a scorn to all my foes chiefly to neighbours nigh A fear to friends for even those see me without and fly verse 12 Like to a dead man out of mind so am I quite forgot And disregarded of mankind as 't were a broken pot verse 13 For many slanders have I heard and fear on all sides lay While they devised and conspir'd to take my life away verse 14 But yet I trusted to thy pow'r O Lord my God said I Thou art my God and Saviour on whom I do rely verse 15 My times are all at thy dispose do thou then set me free From bloody hands of all my foes that follow after me verse 16 Upon thy faithful servant make thy gracious face to shine And save me for thy mercies sake for I am one of thine verse 17 Lord let me never be abasht for I thy succour crave But let the wicked ones be dasht and silenc't in the grave verse 18 Let lying lips in silence die which speak the worst they can Most proudly and contemptuously against the righteous man verse 19 O Lord how great felicity hast thou laid up for them That fear thy name and trust in thee before the sons of men verse 20 Thou hid'st them in thy secret eye from haughty tyrants wrongs Kept in thy secret canopie from all the strife of tongues verse 21 O blessed be the Lord above that succour'd me so far And shew'd me such exceeding love in a strong town of war verse 22 I said in haste I am remov'd and cut off from thine eyes Yet was I so of thee belov'd thou heardst my doleful cries verse 23 O love the Lord all ye his saints for he the faithful guards And the proud man with punishments he plent'ously rewards verse 24 Be strong and God shall stay your heart be confident ye just And surely God shall take your part since ye on him do trust Psalm XXXII Lowath Tune BLes -- sed O bles -- sed man is he whose sin God pas --- eth by And hid is his in -- i -- qui -- ty from God 's all --- see ---- ing eye verse 2 Blessed is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin Whose heart hath all deceit abhorr'd and guile's not found therein verse 3 For while I no confession made but silent kept my Tongue My bones as if with age decay'd with roaring all day long verse 4 Thy hand on me was burdensome the day and night throughout So that my moisture did become like Summers parching drought verse 5 Then I confest my sin to thee and all my faults reveal'd My trespass and iniquity no longer I conceal'd I said I will to God confess what all my sins have been Then thou forgav'st the wickedness and guilt of all my sin verse 6 Hence all good men shall pray to thee what time thou maist be found Sure when great floods of water be he safely stands his ground verse 7 O God thou art my hiding place from straits thou sets me free And with sweet songs of saving grace thou dost encompass me verse 8 I will instruct thee saith my God and teach thee in the way My watchful eye shall be thy guide lest thou shouldst go astray verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth if that the corb it wants from harm thou canst not rule verse 10 For certainly to men unjust shall miseries abound But him that in the Lord doth trust shall mercy compass round verse 11 O all ye right'ous men rejoyce and in the Lord delight With joyful shouts lift up your voice all ye whose hearts are right Psalm XXXII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune O Hap-py man whom God forgives and hides what he has done a --
miss Owns him as if he had not sinn'd whose heart sin -- cere and up-right is verse 3 My woes increas'd while I suppress'd my guilt no quiet I could get verse 4 Thy wrath did press me like a weight and scorch'd me like the Summers heat verse 5 I then resolved to disclose my crimes and open all my wound I humbly did confess my sins to thee and easy pardon found verse 6 This Mercy shall invite good men in season to implore thine aid Then tho' their troubles like a flood should rise they need not be afraid verse 7 Thou Lord shall be my safe retreat to thee I 'll fly in all distress Thou wilt preserve me and in songs of Victory I 'll thee confess verse 8 I 'll counsel sinners to obey verse 9 And not be like the Horse or Mule Whose fury till they 're broke or tam'd No Rein can guide no Curb can rule verse 10 Such sinners meet with heavy stroaks verse 11 While those that trust in God shall prove The happy men then let the just Rejoice and Triumph in his Love Psalm XXXIII London Tune YE righ-t'ous in the Lord re-joice for praise be-comes the saints Praise God with psalt'ry harp and voice and ten-string'd In -- stru -- ments verse 3 Sing to the Lord aloud with praise with skilful songs and new verse 4 For lo his word his works and ways are faithful just and true verse 5 Justice and judgment he doth love ev'n this most right'ous Lord And with his goodness from above the earth is richly stor'd verse 6 The word of his eternal truth compos'd the spangled skie And by the breathing of his mouth the hoasts of heav'n on high verse 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps confin'd within the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps as in a house of store verse 8 Let all the earth submit with fear to this almighty Lord And all the nations every where ev'n tremble at his word verse 9 For he but spake and it was done and when his word was past His ordinances thus begun and evermore stands fast verse 10 The counsel of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But Gods own counsels do remain they stand for ever sure The thoughts which his heart doth retain from age to age endure The second part verse 12 That nation's blest whose God 's the Lord foreknown in his decree And chosen of his own accord his heritage to be verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his eye on men of mortal birth verse 14 Beholding from his seat on high all dwellers on the earth verse 15 Alike he frames and fashioneth the hearts of great and small Their works he well considereth and judgeth of them all verse 16 No num'rous host can save a king it is not strength that can Deliverance from danger bring unto a mighty man verse 17 A horse is vain and never can give safety in the fight Nor shall deliver any man by his great strength and might verse 18 But lo the Lord doth set his eye with favour on the just And those that fear him faithfully and in his mercy trust verse 19 To save their precious souls alive from deaths destructive pow'r And store of wholsome food to give when famine would devour verse 20 Our soul doth wait with patience for God the holy one He is our help and our defence he is our shield alone verse 21 For lo our heart in him shall joy because we can proclaim That we have trusted stedfastly in his most holy name verse 22 Lord let thy mercy and thy grace upon us ever be Accordingly as we do place our confidence in thee Psalm XXXIV St. Marys Tune AT all times I will mag-ni -- fy and bless the li --- ving Lord My thank-ful mouth con-ti-n'-al -- ly his prai --- ses shall re -- cord verse 2 My soul shall boast in God's great name with glad and glor'ing voice The humble men shall hear the same and mightily rejoyce verse 3 O magnify the Lord with me and let us all endeavour Him to exalt in high degree and praise his name together verse 4 I sought the Lord with fervent cries and he my voice did hear The Lord deliv'red me likewise from all my painful fear verse 5 The saints lookt up to him on high and by this means they came To be enlightned gloriously their face receiv'd no shame verse 6 This poor man cry'd the saints shall say the Lord did hear his call And for his troubles he made way to help him out of all verse 7 The angel of the Lord most high encampeth ev'ry where Deliv'ring them continually that walk in God's true fear verse 8 O taste ye saints and tasting see that God's a gracious one O happy happy man is he that trusts in him alone verse 9 O fear the Lord ye saints of his fear him with one accord For never any want there is to them that fear the Lord. verse 10 Young lions lack and shall endure sharp hungers mortal sting But they that fear the Lord are sure to want for no good thing The second part verse 11 Come Children with alacrity unto my words give ear And I will teach you perfectly the Lords true filial fear verse 12 What man unto long life aspires and loveth many days To see the good that he desires let him observe these ways verse 13 Thy tongue all evil must exclude thy lips must guile eschew verse 14 Depart from evil and do good seek peace and peace pursue verse 15 For on the right'ous ev'ry where the Lord doth set his eye And opens his attentive ear to their uncessant cry verse 16 the Lord hath set his countenance against the wicked race To cut off their rememberance on earth from ev'ry place verse 17 The right'ous cry the Lord doth hear and ends their troubles quite verse 18 To broken hearts the Lord is near and saves the soul contrite verse 19 Full many are the miseries of just and right'ous men But out of all adversities the Lord deliv'reth them verse 20 And by a special providence he keepeth ev'ry bone That none by any violence is broken no not one verse 21 But evil shall the wicked slay and whosoever hate The right'ous for their right'ous way shall soon be desolate verse 22 The Lord doth graciously redeem his servants souls each one And none do put their trust in him that shall be overthrown Psalm XXXV Bristol Tune LOrd plead my right'ous cause with those that are with me at strife O fight a-gainst my mor -- tal foes that fight a -- gainst my life verse 2 Lay hold O Lord upon the lance the buckler and the shield Stand up for my deliverance and for me fight the field verse 3 Draw out the sword and stop the way of those that follow me And to my soul in mercy say thy sav'our I will be verse
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
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
do For surely they shall be like Chaff which winds blow off and drive away verse 5 Therefore th' ungodly race in judgment shall not stand Nor sinners have a place with Saints at Christ's right hand verse 6 For God well knows the just mens path but theirs in wrath he overthrows Psalm II. Windsor Tune WHy rage the hea -- then fu --- rous-ly and peo -- ple plot vain things The earth-ly Kings their pow'rs ap -- ply and ru --- lers with the Kings God and his Christ oppose they do and thus presume to say verse 3 Come let us break their bands in two and cast their cords away verse 4 But lo the Lord that dwells on high and doth in heaven abide Shall laugh at this conspiracy and their attemps deride verse 5 Then shall he also speak to those in wrath and furious heat And very sorely vex his foes in his displeasure great verse 6 Yet have I set my king saith he upon my holy hill Inthron'd with glorious dignity to reign in Sion still verse 7 I 'le publish the decree and say the Lord hath said to me Thou art my son and lo this day I have begotten thee verse 8 Ask me and I will give to thee the priv'ledge of thy birth For thine shall all the nations be and utmost parts on earth verse 9 Thine iron rod shall crush them all and thou shalt lift it up To dash thy foes in pieces small like to a potters cup. verse 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings ye judges of the land Be well instructed in the things ye ought to understand verse 11 See that you do your selves imploy in Gods true service here Mix trembling alwayes with your joy and worship him in fear verse 12 O kiss the son of God I say lest ye excite his wrath And so be made to miss the way and perish from the path For if his anger ne're so small be kindled in his brest Then happy happy are they all that on their Saviour rest Psalm III. Lincoln Tune O Lord how much do they in-crease that rise to trou -- ble me And they that do di-sturb my peace how ma ---- ny Lord they be How ma --- ny of my soul have said pre --- su --- ming to pre -- sage There is for him no hope of aid tho God him --- self in-gage verse 3 But thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead My glory and magnificence and thou holdst up my head verse 4 My prayer to thee I did address and cry'd to God most high And from his hill of holiness he heard me graciously verse 5 I laid me down most quietly I slept and rose again Because I knew assuredly the Lord did me sustain verse 6 And though ten thousand of my foes were round about me laid And came on purpose to oppose I will not be afraid verse 7 Rise Lord my God on thee I call save thine anointed one For thou hast smote mine enmies all upon the bare cheek-bone Thou brok'st the teeth of impious men verse 8 Salvation comes from thee Upon thy chosen people then thy blessing sure shall be Psalm IV. St. Marys Tune HEar me O God my right'ous-ness when I to thee re -- pair Thou hast en -- larg'd me from di-stress in mer --- cy hear my pray'r verse 2 O sons of men how long will ye my dignity despise How long will ye love vanity and follow after lies verse 3 But know that God makes special choise of saints for his own sake And he will surely hear my voice when I my prayers make verse 4 Then stand in aw and cease to sin but set your selves apart And silent on your beds begin to commune with your heart verse 5 For incense offer innocence and righteousness present And wholly put your confidence in God omnipotent verse 6 who 'l shew us any good they say many are muttering thus Thy countenance O Lord display and let it shine on us verse 7 For thou hast made this heart of mine more joyful and more glad Then when they brought in corn and wine and great increase have had verse 8 In peace therefore will I lie down and take my rest full well For thou O Lord and thou alone dost make me safely dwell Psalm V. Lowath Tune O Lord un -- to my words give ear my me --- di --- ta --- tion weigh My King my God my cry -- ing hear for un --- to thee I pray verse 3 At morning thou shalt hear my cry at morning I 'le direct My prayer unto thee on high and patiently expect verse 4 For thou art not a God that will with sin delighted be No wickedness nor any ill shall ever dwell with thee verse 5 Within the view of thy pure eye the foolish shall not rest All workers of iniquity thy nature doth detest verse 6 Thou shalt destroy them that are prone to utter tales and lies God will abhorr the bloody one and such as fraud devise verse 7 But to thy house will I draw near in thine abundant grace And worship in thy holy fear towards thy holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousness because of all my foes And thy strait paths lest I transgress before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouth no truth appears their heart with mischief throngs Their throats are open sepulchres they flatter with their tongues verse 10 Destroy them Lord destroy them all let them be overthrown And into just destruction fall by counsels of their own And let them be cast out and quell'd for their excessive sin For they have wickedly rebell'd against the Lord therein verse 11 But let O Lord all those rejoyce that put their trust in thee Let them with shouts lift up their voice and ever joyful be Let them likewise that love thy name which is their confidence Be ever joyful in the same since thou art their defence verse 12 For to the righteous man no doubt thou wilt thy blessing yield And ever compass him about with favour as a shield Psalm VI. Bristol Tune O Lord my God re -- buke me not when thou shalt an --- gry be When thy dis-plea-sure wax-eth hot then do not cha -- sten me verse 2 O Lord have mercy on my soul for I am wond'rous weak Lord I beseech thee make me whole for ev'n my bones do break verse 3 My soul is also vexed sore but Lord how long a space verse 4 Return O Lord my soul restore and save me of thy grace verse 5 For none can praise or think on thee when dead in grave they lie verse 6 And now my groaning wearieth me so near to death am I. All night I make my bed to swim my couch with tears o'reflows verse 7 Mine eyes consum'd with grief wax dim because of all my foes verse 8 Ye workers of iniquity go from me every one For God hath heard me graciously when I did
the wisdom of the poor and would his counsel shame Because he makes himself secure by faith in God's great name verse 7 But O that all that we hear tell the Lord would once fulfill Namely his word to Israel from out of Sion hill When God his peoples bondage turns that freedom once is had Then Jocob shall rejoice that mourns and Isr'el shall be glad Psalm XV. St. Marys Tune WHo shall a -- bide Lord teach us still with -- in thy tents of grace And who with -- in thy ho -- ly hill shall have a dwel -- ling place verse 2 The man that walketh uprightly and worketh right'ousness And doth from hearts integrity the very truth express verse 3 That hurts his neighbour in no sort nor slandreth with his toungue Nor taketh up a false report to do his neighbour wrong verse 4 The man in whose discerning eyes vile persons are abhorr'd But them he highly magnifies that truly fear the Lord. verse 5 That keeps his cov'nant faithfully though he the loss sustain Nor putteth out to usury to get unlawful gain verse 6 That will not for a world be brib'd the blameless to betray He that doth these things here prescrib'd be mov'd he never may Psalm XV. Metre 2. Oxford Tune LOrd who shall have a dwel-ling place I' th' Ta -- ber -- na --- cle of thy grace thy ho --- ly hill who shall pos-sess The Man that walk -- eth up -- right -- ly And work -- eth no in --- i --- qui --- ty shall sure -- ly have that hap -- pi --- ness The man that walks in God's true fear and speaks the truth with heart sincere According to his just intent he that back-bites not with his tongue Nor doth his neighbour any wrong is such a man as here is meant verse 2 That takes not up an evil fame reproachful to his neighbour's name Nor useth no Injurious word he that doth look with just disdain Upon vile persons and profane but honors them that fear the Lord. That to his promise goes not cross although engaged to his loss Nor puts out Coyn to Usury nor takes reward against the Just He that doth thus may boldly trust not to be mov'd eternally Psalm XVI Lowath Tune LOrd save me for I trust in thee sin --- cere --- ly from my heart Con-fes-sing thee my Lord to be and so in -- deed thou art My goodness unto thee I know can never have extent verse 3 But to the saints that live below and to the excellent verse 4 In whom my whole delight is plac't but questionless all those That after other Gods make hast shall multiply their woes verse 5 The blood of their drink-offering I 'le not present the same Nor move my lips in mentioning of their detested name verse 6 The Lord is mine inheritance and portion of my cup Of mine allotted maintenance thou art the holder up verse 7 The lines are fall'n successively and happily to me A goodly heritage have I a pleasant place to see The second part verse 8 I Bless the Lord unfeignedly who counsell'd me aright So that my reins instructed me in seasons of the night verse 9 I still conceiv'd the Lord to stand before me as my guide Since he doth stand at my right hand I know I shall not slide verse 10 Therefore my heart and tongue are glad and both rejoice in this The certain hope my flesh hath had of everlasting bliss verse 11 Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell nor wilt thou suffer me Thy holy one belov'd so well corruption for to see verse 12 The path of life thou wilt shew me for there are all the treasures And joys at thy right hand there be and everlasting pleasures Psalm XVII Bristol Tune LOrd hear the right at -- tend my cry un --- to my pray'r give heed That doth not in hy -- po -- cri -- sy from feign -- ed lips pro-ceed verse 2 And let my sentence uncontroul'd proceed with power from thee And let thy right'ous eyes behold the things that equal be verse 3 My heart thou hast examined by night thou didst inquire Thou hast me prov'd and visited and tri'd me as by fire Yet by thy searching thou shalt find in me no wickedness For I am purpos'd in my mind my mouth shall not transgress verse 4 Concerning works of men profane thy lips did guide me so That from the paths I did refrain wherein destroyers go verse 5 Uphold my goings Lord my guide in all thy paths divine So that my footsteps may not slide out of those ways of thine verse 6 I have with comfort call'd on thee for thou O God wilt hear Incline thy self to answer me and to my speech give ear verse 7 Thy wonderfull kind love disclose O thou whose strong right arm Saves all believers from their foes that rise to do them harm The second part verse 8 Preserve me Lord from hurtful things as th' apple of thine eye And under covert of thy wings defend me secretly verse 9 From wicked men that tyrannize let thy hand help me out And from my deadly enemies that compass me about verse 10 In their own fat they are enclos'd and bear themselves so high That with their mouth they are dispos'd to speak presumptuously verse 11 They have encompassed us round in our own footsteps now And down unto the very ground they bend their lowring brow verse 12 Like th' eager lion that doth long to take his prey in chase And as it were a lion young that lurk's in secret place verse 13 Arise and disappoint him then and cast him down O Lord Defend my soul from wicked men which are thy cutting sword verse 14 From worldly men thy help I crave from men which are thy hand Which in this life their portion have and do not see beyond Thy hidden stores their bellies fill with many children blest They spend their substance at their will and leave their Heirs the rest verse 15 But I in righteousness abide beholding thy sweet face And waking shall be satisfi'd with th' image of thy grace Psalm XVIII Lincoln Tune O Lord my strength I will love thee The Lord 's my rock and fort My safe de --- li --- ver -- er is he my God and my sup -- port My strength and sta -- tion most se-cure in whom my trust shall be The horn of my sal -- va -- tion sure and my high tow'r is he verse 3 Upon the Lord's name I will call who is most worthy praise So shall I scape my en'mies all with safety all my days verse 4 The pangs of death did me inclose whereby I was dismai'd The floods of wicked men arose and made me much afraid verse 5 The pangs of hell which dreadful be did compass me about The snares of death prevented me and made me to cry out verse 6 Then did I call in my distress upon the Lord most high And to my
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
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
verse 12 Those namely that have spoken thus come on and let us take The houses of the Lord to us and them our houses make verse 13 Make them I pray thee O my God like wheels that still turn round Or like the stubble blown abroad when whirlwinds sweep the ground verse 14 And as the fire consumes a wood with fierce and furious flame And mountains where the trees once stood are singed with the same verse 15 So let thy whirlwind furiously pursue them Lord full fast And let thy tempests terrify and fright them with thy blast verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they may humbly beg thy grace and seek thy glorious name verse 17 Yea let them all confounded be and troubled day and night Yea bring them all to infamy and let them perish quite verse 18 That men may know that thou alone whom we Jehovah call In all the earth the only one art highest over all Psalm LXXXIV Oxford Tune O Lord of hosts how love -- ly fair thy sa -- cred ta -- ber-na -- cles are Ev'n where my soul doth long to be Yea and my spi --- rit pines a -- way With-in thy courts to come and pray my flesh and heart cry out for thee verse 3 O living God methinks I miss the sparrows and the swallows bliss so happily inhabiting for they may build their nests full throng and near thine Altar lay their young O Lord of hosts my God my King verse 4 O blessed are all those that may dwell in thy house both night and day for they will ever give thee praise verse 5 And blest the man whose strength 's in thee who though he cannot present be yet sets his heart on thy sweet ways verse 6 Ev'n their 's that passing Baca's vale dig wells to serve when waters fail or use the pools which rain doth fill verse 7 From strength to strength they travel there until at last they all appear before the Lord in Sion hill The second part verse 8 O thou that art the God of War whose all the hoasts of creatures are depending on thy soveraignty vouchsafe thou Lord my pray'r to hear listen and lend a gracious ear O God of Jacob's family verse 9 O God our sav'our and our shield that dost to us protection yield behold us with a kind aspect and now be pleas'd to look upon the face of thine anointed one and let thy beams on him reflect verse 10 For in thy courts I count one day a thousand others to out-weigh nay I had rather keep a door within the house of the most high then dwell with all prosperity in sinners tents for evermore verse 11 For God's a son and shield divine and doth with grace and glory shine and gives all good things to the just verse 12 Blest is the man O Lord of hoasts that only thine assistance boasts and hath in thee repos'd his trust Psalm LXXXV St. Davids Tune LOrd thou hast dealt most fa-vour-r'bly with thy be --- lo --- ved land And Ja -- cob's hard cap-ti ---- vi -- ty brought back with pow'r -- ful hand verse 2 Thy peoples foul iniquities which they have lived in Thou Lord hast cover'd from thine eyes and pardon'd all their sin verse 3 Thy furious wrath thou didst asswage which did so fiercely burn And from the fury of thy rage thou didst in mercy turn verse 4 O God of our salvation turn us likewise to thee And cease thine indignation and no more angry be verse 5 Wilt thou be angry still with us and evermore contend Wilt thou draw out thine anger thus untill all ages end verse 6 O wilt thou not again revive the people of thy choice That being so restor'd alive they may in thee rejoice verse 7 Do thou O Lord thy mercy show apparent in our sight And on thy Church do thou bestow thy saving health and might The second part verse 8 I 'le hear what God the Lord will say for he will speak of peace So that his saints and servants may their former follies cease verse 9 Sure his salvation is at hand to those that do him fear That glory may adorn our land and be a dweller there verse 10 Mercy and truth have sweet access and both together meet And perfect peace and righteousness with mutual kisses greet verse 11 Eternal truth and verity out of the earth shall spring Justice looks down from heav'n on high an heav'n on earth to bring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall here bestow abundant grace and peace And make our land to overflow with plentiful increase verse 13 Before his face shall justice go and where the way was dim Shall now direct our foot-steps so that we may follow him Psalm LXXXVI St. Marys Tune O Lord bow down thy gra-cious ear to my com-plaint and cry And now O Lord in mer -- cy hear for poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because I have receiv'd such grace from thee O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 O be thou merciful to me O Lord I humbly pray Because I call and cry to thee and do it ev'ry day verse 4 And fill thy servants soul with joy that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul and mind verse 5 For thou art very good O Lord in pard'ning very free And art with plent'ous mercy stor'd tow'rds all that call on thee verse 6 Therefore O Lord when I do pray regard and give good ear Mark well the words that I do say my supplication hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain Because I know and plainly prove thou answer'st me again verse 8 For like to thee O Lord is none among the powers divine Nor are the works of any one to be compar'd with thine The second part verse 9 All nations made by thy great might and all thy hands did frame Shall come and worship in thy sight and glorify thy name verse 10 For Lord thou art a mighty one and thou dost wond'rous deeds And thou O Lord art God alone from whom such pow'r proceeds verse 11 Teach me the way of truth most right and I 'le observe the same And unto thee my heart unite that I may fear thy name verse 12 I will praise thee unfeignedly O Lord my God that art And I will ever glorify thy name with all my heart verse 13 Because thy mercies shew'd to me in greatness do excell My soul by thee hath been set free out from the lowest hell verse 14 O God the proud against me rise and throngs of vi'lent men Have sought to make my soul their prize but thee they mind not then verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind suff'ring no little space Compassions store in thee we find and plentious truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me and pity me and
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
all are dear to me because they 're kind verse 18 Their number 's greater than the Sand which whilst my busy thoughts run o'er I sleep and find when I awake I 'm only where I was before verse 19 I 'm sure that their destruction's near who wickedly 'gainst me combine Hence then ye bloody-minded men nor your own ruine seek in mine verse 20 Thy Foes they are who use thy name intended mischiefs to disguise And boldly call God in to vouch for all their calumnies and lies verse 21 Do not I Lord detest and hate Such as oppose thy Laws and thee verse 22 I loath them perfectly and count my self their utter Enemy verse 23 Lord since my thoughts accuse me not of living in a false disguise I 'm less afraid to undergo the tryal of thy piercing eyes verse 24 Search me and where thou seest that I unwillingly have done amiss Correct my errors and reduce my wandrings to the way of bliss Psalm CXL Martyrs Tune FRom work-ers of in --- i -- qui-ty O Lord be my de -- fence Pre-serve thou me and set me free from men of vi --- o -- lence verse 2 Whose hearts imagine villany and gathered they are And do comply continually in purposes of War verse 3 They whet their tongues as darts of death like to the serpent fly The poys'nous breath of adders deaf under their lips doth ly verse 4 Keep me O Lord from wicked hands and from my furious foe Those firebrands whose purpose stands my steps to overthrow verse 5 A snare for me the proud did hide and they have spread a net And cords they ty'd by th' high-way side and gins for me they set verse 6 Therefore unto the Lord said I thou art my God alone O Lord most high attend my cry and supplication verse 7 O God the Lord thou dost bestead my soul with saving might And thou my head hast covered in day of bloody fight verse 8 Grant not O Lord grant not a jot the wicked man's desire O further not his wicked plot lest that should lift them higher verse 9 As for their head of all the throng that compass me about Let mischief sprung from their own tongue quite cover them throughout verse 10 Let burning coals upon them fall and cast them in the fire And let them all in deep pits fall whence they may not retire verse 11 Let there be no establishment for lewd tongues here below Evil shall hunt the violent unto his overthrow verse 12 I know God will maintain by might the cause of the distrest And will not slight the poor man's eight but help him when opprest verse 13 Surely the right'ous ev'ry where thanks to thy name shall give And all that bear a mind sincere shall in thy presence live Psalm CXLI Dublin Tune TO thee O Lord I call and cry make haste and come to me And bow thine ear at -- ten -- tive-ly now when I cry to thee verse 2 O let my pray'r be now set out as incense in thine eyes And lifting up of hands devout as evening sacrifice verse 3 And set a careful watch before my hafty mouth O Lord And of my lips keep thou the door against each evil word verse 4 Incline my heart to no misdeed with them that wicked are Nor let me ever dare to feed of their delicious fare verse 5 But let the right'ous smite me Lord for that is good for me And his reproof and sharpest word a sov'reign balm shall be Such smiting shall not break my head for yet my pray'rs likewise Shall willingly be offered in their calamities verse 6 Their judges being overthrown as on the stony street Then shall they hear my words each one for they are very sweet verse 7 But now about the graves they leave our bones all scatter'd round As wood which one doth cut and cleave lies scatter'd on the ground verse 8 But Lord mine eyes are unto thee my trust is in thy grace O God the Lord then leave not me in so forlorn a case verse 9 O keep me safely from the snare they laid to take me in And from the gins of those that are such practisers of sin verse 10 And in their own devised net Lord let the wicked fall Ev'n in the net which they did set whil'st I escape withall Psalm CXLII Martyrs Tune I Cri'd un -- to the ho -- ly one with ear --- nest voice and cry I made my sup --- pli -- ca-tion known un -- to the Lord most high verse 2 I pour'd out my complaint and cry before his gracious face I shew'd before him readily my deep distressful case verse 3 When Lord my spirit sunk in woe my path was known to thee And in the way where I did go they laid close snares for me verse 4 I look't on my right hand and saw but none would know me there Refuge did fail and quite withdraw none for my soul did care verse 5 I cri'd to thee O Lord and said thou art my refuge then Thou art my portion and my aid i'th'land of living men verse 6 Attend my cry for I am low and Lord deliver me From them that persecute me so and are too strong for me verse 7 My soul from prison Lord set free thy name to glorify The right'ous then shall stock to me when I thy bounty try Psalm CXLIII Windsor Tune LOrd hear my pray'r and hum-ble suit thy wil --- ling ear ad --- dress And an -- swer me in e --- qui -- ty in truth and faith ---- ful --- ness verse 2 And into judgment or dispute thy servant do not call For with thee can no mortal man be justifi'd at all verse 3 My foes my soul do persecute my life to ground is trod My dwelling made in darksome shade as men long dead O God verse 4 Therefore my burden'd spirits shrink my heart is desolate verse 5 And wisely weighs the ancient days thy works I meditate verse 6 On all thy handy works I think to thee I stretch my hands My soul in me thirsts after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Lord hear me soon my spirits sink and now left I should be Like them that go to th' pit below hide not thy face from me verse 8 Cause me to hear of thy kind love before the break of day Cause me to know what way to go for thou art all my stay verse 9 I lift my soul to thee above Lord save me from my toe I fly to thee to shelter me no other God I know verse 10 Thy spirit is good let that sweet dove thy servant's soul instruct In thy command and to the Land of uprightness conduct verse 11 Lord for thy name's sake quicken me and that this very thing May well express thy right'ousness my soul from trouble bring verse 12 And of thine own benignity and for thy goodness sake Cut off all those that are my foes and vengeance on them take