like places may the Reader find amended and some Psalms set to harder Tunes and not easily sung by the unskilfull nor done without roughnesse changed and the whole body of the Psalmes not much short of a tolerable smoothnesse THE PSALMES OF DAVID PSAL. I. THe man is blessed that to walk in wicked waies doth feare And stands not in the sinners path nor sits in scomers chair verse 2 But in the perfect Law of God he greatly doth delight And on that Law doth meditate with pleasure day and night verse 3 He shall be like a tree by streames of waters planted neare Which in his season doth noâ—…â—…aile his pleasant fruit to beaâ—…e Whose leaf shall never fade nor fall but flourish still and stand Even so all things shall prosper well that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shall not the ungodly men they shall be nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the wind drives to and fro verse 5 Therefore shall not the wicked men in judgement stand approv'â—… But sinners from the just shall divided and remov'd verse 6 Because the way of righteous men God doth with favour know Whereas the way of wicked men ends in their overthrow PSAL. II. WHy did the Gentiles madly rage against the worlds great King Why did the people of the Jewes imagine a vain thing verse 2 The Kings and Rulers of the earth together joyned were And counsell took against the Lord and Christ his Son most deare verse 3 They said Let us reject their lawes and break their bonds asunder And cast away their cords from us they shall not keep us under verse 4 But he that in the heavens hie most glorious doth abide With scorn shall at their folly laugh the Lord shall them deride verse 5 Then vexing them in fury great thus speak to them he will verse 6 Yet have I set my King upon 〈◊〉 my holy hill verse 7 Unto the world I will declare and publish Gods decree He said to me Thou art my Son this day begat I thee verse 8 Aske me and for an heritage all â—…tions give I thee The utmost ends of all the earth shall thy possession be verse 9 And thou shalt break them mightily as with an iron rod And like a potters vessell them in pieces dash abroad verse 10 Now therefore O ye Kings be wise the highest Ruler know And be ye well instructed all that judge the earth below verse 11 Serve ye the Lord with holy fear before him lowly be And when in him ye doe rejoyce withall yet tremble ye verse 12 O kisse ye the beloved Son and him in love obey Lest angry he become and so ye perish from the way verse 13 If but a little shall his wrath be kindled in his brest Oh then all they that trust in Christ shall happy be and blest PSAL. III. O Lord how much do they increase which hate and trouble me Many say of my soule For him in God no help shall be verse 2 But Lord thou art a shield for me in thee my help doth lie Thou art my glory and my head thou liftest up on hie verse 3 My voice in cries unto the Lord I caused to ascend He heard me from his holy hill and help to me did send verse 4 I laid me downe and quietly I slept and rose againe Because I knew assuredly the Lord did me sustaine verse 5 If I ten thousand men did see affraid I would not be Though they themselves against me seâ—… and round incompast me verse 6 Arise O Lord save me my God for thou hast laid thy stroke On all my foes the cheeks and teeth of sinners thou hast broke verse 7 Salvation only doth belong to thee O Lord above And on thy chosen people is thy blessing and thy love PSAL. IIII. O God that art my righteousnesse Lord heare me when I call Thou hast set me at libertie when I was bound and thrall verse 2 Have mercy Lord therefore on me and grant me my request For unto thee uncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortall men how long will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and follow after lies verse 4 Know thaâ—… God for himselfe apart sets those that godly be And when unto him I do call the Lord then heareth me verse 5 Sin not but stand in awe therefore examine well your heart And in your chamber quietly see you your selves convert verse 6 The sacrifice of righteousnesse with pure hearts offer ye And ever in the living Lord let your trust fixed be verse 7 The greater sort crave worldly goods and riches do imbrace But Lord grant us thy countenance thy favour and thy grace verse 8 For thou thereby shalt make my heart more joyfull and more glad Then they that of their corne and wine full great increase have had verse 9 I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep will take Because thou only me to dwell in safety Lord dost make PSAL. V. GIve eare unto my words O Lord consider what I say verse 2 Hear my loud cry my King my God for I to thee will pray verse 3 Lord in the morning shalt thou hear my voice that calls on thee For in the morning shall my praier to thee directed be verse 4 And Lord to thee will I look up who wilt not pleased be With wickednesse of sinfull men none evill shall dwell with thee verse 5 And in thy glorious sight to stand the foolish shall not dare The workers of iniquity to thee all hatefull are verse 6 For ever those thou wilt destroy who love to utter lies And thou dost hate the man of bloud and wicked policies verse 7 But I into thine house will come still trusting in thy grace And reverently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousnesse for to confound my soes And thine own way which I should walk before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouth there is no truth their heart is foule and vaine Their throat an open sepulchre their tongue doth glose and faine verse 10 Destroy them Lord and let their fall by their owne counsells be For much sin cast them out who have rebellious been to thee verse 11 But still make glad by thy defence all those that trust in thee And let them all that love thy Name in thee right joyfull be verse 12 For thou Lord on the righteous man wilt send thy blessing downe With favour him as with a shield thou compasse wilt and crowne PSAL. VI. LOrâ—… though thine anger I deserve in wrath rebuke me not Nor on me lay thy chastening hand in thy displeasure hot verse 2 Lord I am weak therefore on me have mercy and me spare And heal me Lord because thou know'st my bones much vexed are verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4
me in his right paths even for his owne Names sake verse 4 And though I were even at deaths doore yet would I feare none ill Thy rod thy staffe do comfort me and thou art with me still verse 5 Thou hast my table richly stor'd in presence of my foe My head with oile thou dost anoint my cup doth overflow verse 6 Thy grace and mercy all my daies shall surely follow me And ever in the house of God my dwelling place shall be PSAL. XXIIII THe earth is Gods and wholly his the fulnesse of it is The world and those that dwell therein he made and they are his verse 2 For firmly he hath founded it above the sea to stand And laid below the liquid flouds to flow beneath the land verse 3 Who is the man O Lord that shall ascend into thy hill Or passe into thy holy place there to continue still verse 4 Whose hands are harmless and whose heart no spot there doth desile His soule not set on vanitie who hath not sworne to guile verse 5 That man the blessing from the Lord assuredly shall have And he shall righteousnesse receive from God that doth him save verse 6 This is the generation of them that seek him right Jacobs true seed that of thy face doth seek the blessed fight verse 7 Ye gates lift up your heads doors which everlasting be Then entring in by you ye shall the King of glory see verse 8 But who of glory is the King the Lord of strength and might The mighty Lord that conquers all in war that with him fight verse 9 Ye gates and everlasting doores your selves wide open ye And for the King of glory great an entrance there shall be verse 10 But who of glory is the King the Lord of hosts is he He is the King to whom most due all praise and glory be PSAL. XXV I List mine heart to thee my God and guide most just Now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust verse 2 Let not my foes rejoyce nor make a scorne of mee And let them not be overthrowne that put their trust in thee verse 3 But shame shall them befall which harme them wrongfully Therefore thy pathes and thy right waies unto me Lord descry verse 4 Direct me in thy truth and teach me I thee pray Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait alwayâ—… verse 5 Thy mercies manifold I pray thee Lord remember Think on thy loving kindnesses for they have been for ever verse 6 My sins and faults of youth forgive Lord and forget In mercy free remember me and for thy goodnesse great His mercie is full sweet his truth a perfect guide Therefore the Lord will sinners teach and such as go aside verse 8 The humble he will teach his precepts for to keep He will direct in all his waies the lowly and the meek verse 9 And all the pathes of God are truth and mercy still To those that do his covenant keep and do obey his will The second part verse 10 Now for thy holy Name O Lord I thee intreat To grant me pardon for my sin for it is wondrous great verse 11 Whoso doth feare the Lord the Lord doth him direct To lead his life in such a way as he doth best accept verse 12 His soule shall evermore in goodnesse dwell and stand His seed and his posteritie inherit shall the land verse 13 All those that feare the Lord his secret well do know â—…nd unto them his covenant he by his spirit doth show verse 14 Toward my gracious God mine eies are ever set â—…e is my Saviour and shall pluck my feet out of the net verse 15 With mercy me behold to thee I make my moane For I am poore and desolate and comfordesse alone verse 16 The troubles of my heart are multipli'd indeed Bring me out of this miserie necessity and need verse 17 Behold my povertie mine anguish and my paine Remit my sin and mine offence and make me clean againe O Lord behold my foes how they do still increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that faine would live in peace verse 19 Preserve and keep my soule save and deliver me And let me not be overthrowne because I trust in thee verse 20 And let found uprightnesse in safety me preserve For on thee do I wait whose love keeps those that do thee serve verse 21 Deliver Lord thy Saints which on thy Name do call Redeem O God thine Israel out of his troubles all PSAL. XXVI LOrd be my Judge and thou shalt 〈◊〉 my pathes be right and plaine I trust in God and therefore hope still stedfast to remaine verse 2 Prove me my God I thee desire my waies search out and trie As men do prove their gold with fire my reines and heart espie verse 3 For I thy loving kindnesse great before mine eies do lay And I have walked in thy truth and kept that holy way verse 4 I do not love to stay and sit with them whose deeds are vaine To come in house I do refuse with the deceitfull traine verse 5 The congregation I do hate of sinners vehemently I will not sit with wicked men their company I flye verse 6 Mine hands in innocence I wash and do my sins forsake Then I thine altar compasse Lord mine offering there to make verse 7 And there to spread abroad thy praise with words of thankfulnesse And solemnly thy mighty workes of wonder to expresse verse 8 The habitation of thy house Lord I have loved well And in that place I do delight where doth thine honour dwell verse 9 Oh shut not up my soule with them in sin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much bloud to spill verse 10 Who do imploy their hands might to practise mischiefe still And whiles of justice sale they make bribes their right hands do fill verse 11 But I in my integritie still walking will abide Redeem me and thy mercy grant when I through frailty slide verse 12 My foot stands in an even place thy grace doth set it right I therefore will thee praise O Lord in all the peoples sight PSAL. XXVII THe Lord is both my health light shall man make me dismaid Sith God doth giveme strength might why should I be affraid verse 2 My wicked enemies and my foes drew neere me to devoure But when against me they arose they fell with all their power verse 3 Although an host the field doth fill my heart yet fearlesse is Though warre against me rise I will be confident in this verse 4 One thing I of the Lord desire and beg it vehemently The same of him I will require and seek it instantly That while I live my dwelling place may in Gods house be still To see the beauty of his face and to inquire his will verse 5 In troublous times he shall me hide within his place most pure And keep me secret by his
wonted sins and still they did him grieve For all the wonders that he wrought they would him not beleeve verse 33 Therefore their daies in vanity did he consume and wast And by his wrath their wretched yeareâ—… away in troubles past verse 34 But ever when he plagued them they fought him speedily Remembring that God was their strength and Saviour most hye verse 35 Yet with their mouths they flattered him and spake but fainedlâ—… verse 36 And they unto the God of truth with their false tongues did lye verse 37 For though their words were gooâ—… their heart yet with him was not right And stedfast in his covenant they were not in his sight verse 38 Yet being of compassion full their sins he did forgive When justice them might have destroi'd he suffered them to live The fifth part Yeâ—… many a time his anger fierce away he turned hath And he though they provoked him stirr'd noâ—… up all his wrath verse 39 For that they were but fading flesh in mind he did retaine A wind which passeth soon away and cometh not againe verse 40 How often did they him provoke within the wildernesse And in the desart did him grieve with their rebelliousnesse verse 41 Yea they turn'dback and tempted God and to the holy One They did set limits and would shew what could by him be done verse 42 Not thinking of his hand and power not of the day when he From their oppressing enemy did mightily them free verse 43 His signes in Egypt they forgat though wrought before their sight And wonders great in Zoans field done by his dreadfull might verse 44 Remembring not that he had turn'd their rivers into bloud That so the thirsty could not fetch their drink at any floud verse 45 Nor how he sent them swarmes of flies which did them sore annoâ—… And fill'd their countries full of frogs which did their land destroy verse 46 How to the Caterpiller he their lanâ—…s increase did give To Locusts he their labours gave whereon they thought to live verse 47 And in his wrath their fruitfull vinâ—… he did destroy with haile And â—…e their pleasant Sicamores with frost did make to quaile verse 48 And he delivered to the haile their cattell in the field And to hot thunderbolts their flocks to be destroi'd and kill'd verse 49 On them the fiercenesse of his wrath he caused to descend Trouble and anger God on them by evill spirits did send The sixth part verse 50 He to his anger making way spar'd not their soules from death But to the killing pestilence gave up their life and breath verse 51 And in the land of Egypt he the first-born all did smite And in the tents of Ham the chiefe of all their strength and might verse 52 But his own people whom he lov'd in safety he did keep And led them in the wildernesse like to a flock of sheep verse 53 He led them safely by his power they had no cause to feare But by the seas their cruell foes all overwhelmed were verse 54 He brought them out into the coasts of his owne holy land Ev'n to the Mount which he did get by his strong arme and hand verse 55 For them he cast the heathen out and did their land divide And in their tents he set the Tribes of Israel to abide verse 56 Yet did they tempt the highest God and him provoked they His testimonies they forsook and did not them obey verse 57 But like their fathers turned back and dealt unfaithfully Aside they turned like a bow that shoots deceitfully verse 58 And they with altars him displeas'd set up in places hie And with their graven images him mov'd to jealousie verse 59 When God of this great wickednes in heaven heard the cry He waxed wroth and Israel then abhorred vehemently verse 60 Yea then the Tabernacle he of Shiloh did forsake The tent and place where he to men his presence knowne did make verse 61 His strength into captivity then gave he to be led His glory to the enemies hand he then delivered The seventh part verse 62 He gave his people to the sword and being angry then verse 63 With his inheritance the fire consum'd their strongest men verse 64 Their maidens then no marriage had their Priests fell by the sword Their widowes lamentations to them did not afford verse 65 But then the Lord arose as one that did from sleep awake And like a Giant that by wine refresh't a shout doth make verse 66 His enemies in the hinder parts he smote both great and small And so upon them did he put a shame perpetuall verse 67 Moreover he the Tabernacle of Joseph did refuse The fruitfull Tribe of Ephraim he was not pleas'd to chuse verse 68 But he the Tribe of Judah chose and purpos'd there to dwell The Mount of Sion he did chuse for it he loved well verse 69 And he his Sanctuary built like to a palace hye And like the earth it stablished to stand continually verse 70 And he his servant David chose his flock to rule and keep Whom of his speciall grace he took even from the folds of sheep verse 71 He followed then the Ews with yong when God did him advance To feed his people Israel and his inheritance verse 72 And so in soundnesse of his heart them faithfully he fed And he with skilfulnesse of hands them wisely governed PSAL. LXXIX THine heritage the Heathen take and Lord thy house by them Defiled is and heaps they make of thy Jerusalem verse 2 The bodies of thy Saints they give unto the fowles for meat Their flesh whose soules with thee doe live to beasts they give to eat verse 3 Their bloud throughout Jerusalem as water spilt they have And none there was that gave to them a buriall and a grave verse 4 To those that here are dwelling nye thus a reproach are we And they derlde us scornfully that round about us be verse 5 How long Lord shall continually thy wrath against us last And shall thy kindled jealousie like fire still burne and waste verse 6 On Heathen lands that know not thee let thy wraths tempest fall Powr'd out on Kingdomes let it be that on thee do not call verse 7 For they have got the upper hand and Jacobs seed destroi'd His habitation and his land they have left waste and void verse 8 Forget our old iniquity prevent us Lord in haste With tender mercies graciously for downe we low are cast The second part verse 9 O God our Saviour we thee pray us now to help and save In mercy purge our sins away that praise thy Name may have verse 10 Why shall the heathen men when us so low cast downe they see Say to thy great dishonour thus Their God now where is he O let that God be knowne among the heathen in our sight Whiles thy Saints bloud shed forth by wrong thou dost revenge by right verse 11 And let the prisoners sighes ascend before thy
verse 4 Come let us cut them off they say that they no Nation be Let Israels name be put away when none can Israel see verse 5 In counsell they with one consent together joyned be They are with mischievous intent confederate against thee verse 6 There were the tents of Edomites there Ismaels children were With them were joyn'd the Moabites the Hagarens were there verse 7 Gebal and Ammon joyned be with Amalek they conspire With them the Philistims agree and those that dwell at Tyre verse 8 Ashur his force to theirs bath laid in league with them is he That to Lots children he an aid and arme of strength may be verse 9 But thou like Midian make them all and such as Sisera was With his King Jabin who did fall where Kishâ—…s brook doth passe verse 10 As those thou didst at Endor slay slay these that thee withstand Make them like those whose bodies lay as dung upon the land The second part verse 11 And let their slaughtered Noble men like Zeeb and Oreb fall As Zeba and Zalmunna then now make their Princes all verse 11 Who proudly said Into our hands let us Gods houses take Let us his houses through the land our owne possessions make verse 13 But O my God like wheeles them make that run and do not stay As winds away the chaffe do take so make them flie away verse 14 As fire doth consume a wood and it to ashes turne And as the mountaines high that stood the lightning flames do burne verse 15 So let thy tempest furiously them drive and on them light And let thy storme sent from on hie with terrour them affright verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they may humbly begge thy grace and seek thy glorious Name verse 17 Yet more let them consounded be and veâ—…t continually Yea be they put to shame by thee and perish fearfully verse 18 That men may know that only thee they should Jehovah call And thee alone on earth to be the Highest over all PSAL. LXXXIV HOw lovely is thy dwelling place O Lord of hosts to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant Lord they be verse 2 My thirsty soule longs vehemently yea faints thy courts to see My very heart and flesh do cry O living God for thee verse 3 The Sparrowes find a room to rest and save themselves from wrong The Swallow makes her selfe a nest wherein to lay her yong verse 4 Ev'n nigh thine altars is the place in which these birds may lie While me my God and King they chase and force far thence to flie verse 5 O those that in thy house may dwell right blest and happy be They ever thy great acts will tell and still be praising thee verse 6 And likewise blessed men are they whose stay and strength thou art Which to thy house do mind the way and seek it with their heart verse 7 For though through vallies dry they go thy grace is with them still Which like a fountain springeth so that it their pits doth fill verse 8 Thus did they go from strength to strength and all unwearied were And thus before the Lord at length in Zion all appeare verse 9 O Lord thou God of armies heare now I to thee do pray O God of Jacob give an eare to that which I shall say verse 10 Behold O God our shield with grace him that thus out is cast Look upon thine Anointeds face and bring him back at last verse 11 Because within thy courts one day is better to abide Then in another place to stay a thousand daies beside verse 12 And in my Gods deare house I could more gladly keep a doore Then in the tents of sin I would dwell with all wealth and store verse 13 For God a sun and shield that is will grace and glory give And he no good will keep from his that do uprightly live verse 14 O Lord of hosts that man is blest and happy still shall be Whose heart by faith doth ever rest and firmly trust in thee PSAL. LXXXV UNto thy land our Lord and King thou hast done graciously For Jacob thou againe didst bring from his captivity verse 2 Thou to thy people didst forgive their great iniquities All sins wherein they once did live thou cover'dst from thine eies verse 3 Thine anger so thou didst asswage that all my wrath is gone And thou art turned from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now convert thy people unto thee From us let all thy wrath depart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shall thine anger never end but still proceed on us And shall thy wrath it selfe extend upon all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not us to life restore and quicken us that we Who are thy people evermore in thee may joyfull be verse 7 To us thy mercy Lord declare and all our sins forgive And unto us thy flock that are thy free salvation give verse 8 Now will I hear what God will say for he with peace shall blesse His Saints and flock yet must not they returne to foolishnesse verse 9 Surely to such as do him feare is his salvation nye That glory may to us appeare and dwell here constantly verse 10 For truth and mercy here shall meet in one to take their place And peace with kisse shall justice greet and here they shall embrace verse 11 Truth with a spring the earth shall blesse and it with glory crowne And on us shining righteousnesse from heaven shall look downe verse 12 Yea God shall give us bounteously all that for us is good Our land with fruit shall us supply and give us store of food verse 13 Before him righteousnesse shall go which shall us rightly lead And in the way shall set us so that we his steps shall tread PSAL. LXXXVI O Lord to me bow downe thine eare and heare me graciously Thou that dost help the weak me heare for poore and low am I. verse 2 Preserve my soule for grace I have receiv'd a Saint to be O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercie Lord on me expresse and help my misery For through the day I do not cease on thee to call and cry verse 4 Comfort O Lord thy servants soule that now with paine is pin'd For unto thee Lord I extoll and lift my soule and mind verse 5 For thou art good and bountifull in pardoning very free In mercie thou art plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 Therefore O Lord when I do pray regard and give an eare Mark well the words that I do say my supplication heare verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complaine Because I know and well do prove thou answerest me againe verse 8 Among the gods O Lord is none to be compar'd to thee And of all works that have been done like thine
still doth beare verse 6 The power of his mighty workes he to his people shewes While he the heathens heritage upon his Saints bestowes verse 7 Both truth judgment are the works wrought by his hand and might His precepts and commandments all are very sure and right verse 8 Firme are they and established for all eternity And they most righteously are done in truth and equity verse 9 Unto his people whom he chose redemption he did send His Covenant he commanded hath that it should never end verse 10 Holy and reverend is the Name of our great Lord and King And only from the feare of God doth all true wisdome spring verse 11 Good understanding have all they his precepts that fulfill His glory everlasting is his praise endureth still PSAL. CXII PRaise ye the Lord The man is blâ—… that feares the Lord of might And in his just commandments all that taketh great delight verse 2 His seed shall prosper here onearth and they shall mighty be The generation of the just full blessed shall we see verse 3 Of riches he within his house sufficient shall be sure And in Gods sight his righteousnesse for ever shall endure verse 4 Unto the righteous doth arise amid the darknesse light Kind and compassionate is he and leads his life aright verse 5 A good man favour shewes lends with mercie and compassion And he is wise and his affaires he guideth with discretion verse 6 Surely he shall be settled so that nothing can him move The just shall be remembred still in Gods eternall love verse 7 Of evill tidings that may come he will not be affraid Because his heart upon his God by faith is sixt and stai'd verse 8 His heart is firmly stablished affraid he will not be Untill upon his enemies Gods justice he do see verse 9 He doth distribute to the poore and to them freely give His righteousnesse doth still remaine and with him ever live verse 10 In power and in dignitie aloft he shall be set And this the wicked man shall see and seeing rage and fret verse 11 For anger he shall gnash his teeth and shall consume away The wicked mans desire and hope shall perish and decay PSAL. CXIII PRaise ye the living Lord praise ye your Lord and King All ye his servants to his Name all praise and honour bring verse 2 Now and in ages all his holy Name be blest And his great Name in places all be prais'd from East to West verse 3 Above the Nations all the Lord doth sit on hie Above the highest heav'ns he sits in glorious majestie verse 4 With this great Lord and God who dareth to compare Whose dwellings far above the world so high exalted are verse 5 Yet of his goodnesse great he doth descend so low As in the heavens and the earth the things to see and know verse 6 He raiseth from the dust the poore that low did lie And from the dung-hill lifts the man opprest with povertie verse 7 That him he may advance and with the Princes set With those that of his people are the chiefe ev'n Princes great verse 8 To her that barren was he children doth afford So she keeps house a mother glad praise ye the living Lord. PSAL. CXIV WHen Israel from Egypt came and did his dwelling change When Jacobs house from those did part that were of language strange verse 2 His Sanctuary Judah was his holy place was there And his dominion Israel was and they his people were verse 3 The sea it saw and at the sight as all affraid did flye And back the river Jordans streames were driven mightily verse 4 The Mountains skipped like to rams and could not stedfast stay And like young lambs the little hills did move and leap away verse 5 What ail'd thee sea as all amaz'd so suddenly to flye Ye rolling waves of Jordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Ye mountains great what was the cause that ye did skip like rams Ye little hills why did ye leap and skip like little lambs verse 7 Before the presence of the Lord tremble thou earth and quake Before the presence of the God of Jacob do thou shake verse 8 Who from the hard and stony rock did pooles of water bring And by his power did turne the â—…int into a water-spring PSAL. CXV NOt unto us Lord not to us but to thy Name give praise Both for the mercy and the truth that are in thee alwaies verse 2 Why shall the heathen scorners say Where may their God now be verse 3 Our God in heaven is and what he pleased done hath he verse 4 Their Idols silver are and gold work of mens hands they be They have a mouth and do not speak and eies and do not see verse 5 Eares have they joyned to their heaâ—… yet do they nothing heare verse 6 They also cannot smell at all though noses they do beare verse 7 And hands they have yet handle not feet yet no walk they take A throat they have and yet no speech through it a sound doth make verse 8 They that them make are like to them and they whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye in God who fear the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord of us hath mindfull beâ—… and he will blesse us still Both Israels and Aarons house blesse certainly he will verse 13 Those that do fear serve the Lord the Lord will blesse them all The Lord his blessing will impart both to the great and small verse 14 To you the Lord abundantly will multiply his grace He will increase it more and more to you and to your race verse 15 All ye the Lord that feare and serve are blessed of the Lord Who hath the heavens and the earth created by his word verse 16 The heavens yea the heavens high Gods throne and palace be But freely on the sons of men the earth bestowed he verse 17 The dead do not give to the Lord praise from the grave below Nor any that into the place of silence downe do go verse 18 But we the servants of the Lord who here on earth shall live Henceforth and ever will him praise to God due praises give PSAL. CXVI I Love the Lord because my voice and praier heard hath he verse 2 And all my daies will call on him who bow'd his care to me verse 3 Even when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When pains of hell me caught and wheâ—… I woe and sorrow found verse 4 Upon the Name of God my Lord then did I call and say Deliver thou my soule O Lord I do thee humbly pray verse 5 The Lord is very gracious and righteous is he Yea in our God depths infinite of tender mercies be verse 6 The Lord in safety doth
the hatefulnesse be sound of his iniquities verse 3 His mouth speakes words of wickednesse words framed to deceive And he refuseth to be wise and to do good doth leave verse 4 And mischiefe lying in his bed he doth devise and plot He sets himselfe in waies not good ill he abhorreth not verse 5 But Lord thy goodnesse doth ascend above the heavens hie So doth thy truth it selfe extend unto the cloudy skie verse 6 Thy righteousneâ—… like mountains hâ—… and thy wise judgements be Like a great deep Lord man and beast preserved are by thee verse 7 How precious is thy kindnes Lord how excellent thy grace Therefore in shadow of thy wings mens sons their trust shall place verse 8 They with the fatnesse of thy house well satisfi'd shall be And with thy river of delight they shall be fill'd by thee verse 9 Because of life the fountaine pure doth ever flow from thee And in thy light we are full sure eternall light to see verse 10 From such as thee desire to know let not thy grace depart Thy righteousnes declare and shew to men upright in heart verse 11 Let not the lofty foot of pride against me conquering go Let not the hand of wicked men me shake and overthrow verse 12 But now behold there are they fall'n that work iniquities Downe are they cast and never shall have power againe to rise PSAL. XXXVII FRet not thy selfe at wicked men when great in power they be â—…vie those that sin commit â—…en thou their wealth dost see â—…or as green grasse and flourishing herbs â—…re cut and wither away â—…hall their great prosperity soon passe fade and decay Trust thou therefore in God alone to do well give thy mind 〈◊〉 thou have the land as thine and there sure â—…ood shalt find And in the Lord delight thy selfe love him with all thy heart 〈◊〉 then what shall thy heart desire â—…e will to thee impart Commit thy way unto the Lord On him by faith depend â—…d he shall bring thine enterprise unto a blessed end He shall bring forth thy righteousnes cleare like the shining light 〈◊〉 judgement that approves thy cause as noon day shall be bright Rest in the Lord and wait on him within thee do not fret Or him who prospering in his way successe in sin doth get Take heed that thou from anger cease and causlesse wrath forsake â—…et not thy selfe in any wise â—…est evill waies thou take For evill doers shall the Lord cut off with his own hand But those that wait upon the Lord inherit shall the land verse 10 For yet a little while and then the wicked shall not be Though thou his place consider well there him thou shalt not see The second part verse 11 But yet the meek inherit shall the earth when sinners fall And in great peace abundantly delight themselves they shall verse 12 The wicked man against the just his crafty plots doth lay He gâ—…sheth on him with his teeth as if he would him slay verse 13 The Lord shall laugh at him when thus his plots prepared be For that his day his day of griefe is coming he doth see verse 14 The wicked man hath drawne his sword and he hath bent his bow The man upright in life to kill the poore to overthrow verse 15 But their own swords through their own hearts the Lord shal make to pass And every bow shall broken be which thus ill bended was verse 16 A little that one righteous man enjoyes is better farre Then unto many wicked men their plenteous riches are verse 17 For God shall into pieces break the sinners armes and might But he in safety shall preserve and stablish the upright verse 18 The blessed daies of righteous men the Lord doth-know and see He knowes that their inheritance shall everlasting be verse 19 And they shall not in evill times ashamed be for need For in the daies of famine them the Lord shall fill and feed verse 20 The wicked and Gods enemies all shall utterly decay They shall consume as fat of lambs and like smoak passe away The third part verse 21 The wicked borroweth but the same againe he doth not pay Whereas the righteous mercy shewes and gives his owne away verse 22 For such as blessed be of God inherit shall the land But they that cursed be of him shall perish by his hand verse 23 By the great Lord the good mans steps are ordered and set right For in the path of righteous men he greatly doth delight verse 24 And though he fall yet utterly cast downe he shall not lye Because the Lord with his right hand upholds him graciously verse 25 I have been young and now am old yet never seen I have The just forsaken nor his seed like beggers bread to crave verse 26 But he is ever mercifull and lends to those that need And after him a blessing leaves unto his blessed seed verse 27 Therefore from evill for depart do righteously and well And through Gods mercy then be sure for evermore to dwell verse 28 For God loves judgement and 〈◊〉 Sainâ—… no time forsaketh he Preserv'd still are they but cut off the sinners race shall be The fourth part verse 29 The man that righteous is and just inherit shall the land And in the same his dwelling place shall ever stedfast stand verse 30 The righteous with his mouth to speal of wisdome doth delight His tongue of judgment doth discourse he loves to speak the right verse 31 The holy Law of his great God is written in his heart So that his goings do not slide nor steps away depart verse 32 The wicked for the righteous man doth watch as for a prey He hates him so that cruelly he seeketh him to slay verse 33 But the good Lord will never leave the just man in his hands The righteous will he not condemne when he in judgement stands verse 34 Wait thou on God keep his way thou shalt exalted be The earth t' inherit and the fall of wicked men shalt see verse 35 The wicked very great in power and dreadfull I have seen I saw him spreading out himselfe like to a Laurell green verse 36 But suddenly he past away and him could no man see Yea though I sought him narrowly yet found he could not be verse 37 But mark the perfect and behold the man that righteous is For thou shalt see that this mans end is surely peace and blisse verse 38 But the transgressors wofully shall be destroi'd together This is the end of wicked men to be cut off for ever verse 39 But the salvation of the just doth come from God above Who in their troubles sends them aid of his meere grace and love verse 40 God shall them help set them free from lewd men and unjust The righteous he shall surely save because in him they trust PSAL. XXXVIII LOrd though thine anger I deserve in wrath rebuke me not Nor lay on me thy chastning hard in
my paine do say Aha to me verse 16 Let them in thee have joy wealth who thee do seek alwaies Let such as love thy saving health still say To God be praise But as for me right poore am I and lie in need full low Yet God in this my poverty doth think on me I know verse 17 Thou only my deliverer art my help and all my stay Therefore thy succour to impart my God do not delay PSAL. XLI THe man is blest that carefull is the needy to consider For when the time of trouble comes the Lord will him deliver verse 2 The Lord will him preserve alive and blesse him in the land And he will not deliver him into his enemies hand God will him strengthen on the bed where he doth faint and mourne â—…nd in his sicknesse thou O Lord his bed shalt make and turne I being pained thus did say Have mercy Lord on me â—…nd heale my soule for by my sins I have offended thee Of me mine enemies evill speak When shall he die they say 〈◊〉 so his name from off the earth may vanish quite away verse 6 To see me when he comes he speakes vaine words but then his 〈◊〉 â—…oth heap up mischief which he telâ—… when forth he doth depart verse 7 My foes against me do conspire and whisper secretly â—…gainst me to procure my hurt they plot maliciously verse 8 Some foule disease to him doth cleave they say and some strange paine And surely now he lieth downe he shall not rise againe verse 9 Yea ev'n mine owne familiar friend that trusted wâ—… by me Though he did eat my bread his heele against me lifted he verse 10 But Lord be mercifull to me and up againe me raise â—…hat I may justly them requite according to their waies verse 11 By this I know that certainly I favour'd am by thee Because mine enemy hath no cause to triumph over mee verse 13 But I in mine integrity am stablish't by thy grace And thou for ever dost me set before thy glorious face verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel blest from everlasting be To everlasting and Amen Amen say gladly we PSAL. XLII LIke as tho Hart doth pant and bray the well-springs to obtaine So doth my soule desire alway with thee Lord to remaine verse 2 My soule doth thirst and would draw neer the living God of might Oh when shall I come and appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 My teares of sorrow are become my meat both night and day While unto me continually Where is thy God they say verse 4 My soule is powred out in me when this I think upon That I with the great multitude into Gods house had gone With them into Gods house I went with voice of joy and praise Yea with the multitude that kept the solemne holy-daies verse 5 O why art thou cast down my soul what doth disquiet thee Still hope in God for him shall I yet praise for helping mee verse 6 My God my soul is much cast down but on thee think I will From Hermonites and Jordans land and from the little hill verse 7 At thy great water-spouts loud noise deep unto deep doth call And over me run furiously thy waves and billowes all verse 8 Yet God by day shall mercy send by night give songs shall he And to the God by whom I live my praier yet shall be verse 9 And I will say to God my rock Why me forget'st thou so And why do I thus mourning go oppressed with my foe verse 10 Like to a sword among my bones their sharp reproaches be While daily say my foes to me Thy God now where is he verse 11 O why art thou cast down my soule why thus with griefe opprest Art thou disquieted in me in God still hope and rest For yet I know I shall him praise who graciously to me The health is of my countenance yea mine owne God is he PSAL. XLIII O Lord against ungodly men me judge and pleaâ—… for me And from the man of fraud and wrong O sâ—…t me safe and free verse 3 God of my strength thou art why then thus cast me off dost thou Why for th' oppression of my foe thus mourning walk I now verse 3 O send to me thy light and truth and lead me with thy grace Which may conduct me to thy hâ—…l and to thy dwelling place verse 4 Then to Gods altar yea to God my chiefe joy go will I And on the Harp O God my God will praise thee thankfully verse 5 Why art thou then cast down my soul what â—…hould discourage thee And why with vexing thoughts art thou disquieted in me verse 6 Still trust in God for him to praise good â—…use I yet shall have He of my countenance is the health my God that doth me save PSAL. XLIIII O God we with our ears have heard our fathers have us told What workes thou in their daies hast done and in the times of old verse 2 How thou didst cast the Gentiles out by thy owne mighty hand Planting our fathers in their place and gav'st to them their land Not by their sword or arme the land of promise they possest But by thy hand thy arme and grace because thou lov'st them best O God who art my King command for Jacob victories Through thee we shall beat downe our foes which do against us rise For neither shall my sword me save nor trust I in my bow But thou dost save us from our foes and them dost overthrow In God we all the day do boast and ever praise his Name But Lord now thou hast cast us off and hast us put to shame 〈◊〉 Thou with our armies goest not forth but us thou now dost make â—…o turne our backs before our foes and they our spoiles do take 〈◊〉 Thou hast us given up like sheep for meat that slain must be â—…mong the Heathen far and wide we scattered are by thee 〈◊〉 Thou sell'st thy people yet to thee no riches do arise â—…hou sell'st them yet no wealth to thee is added by their price 〈◊〉 Unto our neighbours a reproach thou hast us made to be â—…hey mock us that dwell round about â—…o them a scorne are we The second part verse 14 Yea thou among the heathen now a by-word us dost make The Nations proudly in contempt at us their heads do shake verse 15 Thus my confusion hast thou made before me still to be Thus comes it that the shame of face doth daily cover me verse 16 Ev'n for his voice that doth reproach and speaketh blasphemy By reason of th' avenging man and cruell enemy verse 17 For all this we forgot not thee nor yet thy covenant brake verse 18 We turn not back our hearts from thee nor yet thy paths forsake verse 19 Though in the place of Dragons we sore broken are by thee And though with dreadful shade of death by thee we covered be verse 20 If our Gods Name we had