Nations then May humbled be and know themselves To be but feeble dying men PSALM X. 1 WHy standest thou Lord as far off And seem'st from us thy self to hide 2 In troublous times when wicked men Do persecute the poor in pride But let these proud and wicked men Themselves be taken and surpriz'd Even in the same destructive trap Which they in craft for us devis'd 3 The wicked of his hearts desire Doth boast in prosperous worldly state The covetous worldling he doth praise Whom yet the righteous Lord doth hate 4 The wicked puffed up with pride Is to such sottish folly brought That he disdains to seek the Lord God is not in his bruitish thought 5 Hurtfulness is in all his ways For thine are all above his sight All that he takes for enemies He puffs at with scorn and despight 6 He saith in his self-flattering heart Surely I never mov'd shall be My prosperous state shall not decay Nor shall I ever trouble see 7 His mouth 's with rage and cursing full And with deceit and guileful lies Under his wicked tongue is hatcht Mischief falshood and vanities 8 He lurks in Towns and Villages To catch and kill the innocent In secret his malicious eyes Against the helpless poor are benâ— 9 He Lion-like lurks in his den And waits the humbled poor to take And drawn into his own made net Him as his lawful prey doth make 10 He crowcheth low that so the poor In his strong cruel paws may fall 11 His heart saith God doth not regard But winks and will not see at all 12 Forget not humble men O Lord Lift up thy hand for them arise 13 Because they think thou 'lt not them judge Therefore the wicked thee despise 14 Mischief and spight thou dost behold And with thy hand wilt it repay The poor commits himself to thee Thou art the Orphans help and stay 15 Break thou the arm of wicked men And take down those that evil be Seek out their wickedness until Thou find none 's unreveng'd by thee 16 The Lord is King for evermore The heathen by his mighty hand And wicked all are perished And cast out of his holy land 17 The humble man's righteous desires O Lord thou graciously didst hear Thou wilt prepare and fix their hearts And thou wilt yield a hearing ear 18 To judge and help the fatherless And the opprest and humble poor That so these men of earth may vex And terrifie the just no more PSALM XI 1 IN God I put my trust Why then in scorn say ye To God for help as silly birds Unto your mountain flee 2 The wicked bend their bow Their arrows they prepare That in the dark they may them shoot At those that upright are 3 If by their violence Foundations be destroy'd What can the grieved righteous do The ruins to avoid 4 God in his Temple is The Lord's Throne is in Heaven His eyes behold his eye-lids try The sons of mortal men 5 The Lord the just man tries But he the wicked hates And him that loveth violence His soul abominates 6 Snares fire and brimstone he On wicked men will rain This is the portion and the cup That doth for them remain 7 For the just Lord doth love Just things as his delight And with a pleased countenance Beholdeth the upright PSALM XII 1 HElp Lord for upright godly men from us are taken hence away And from among the sons of men The faithful daily do decay 2 Unto his neighbour every one Dont speak with lies and vanity With a false double heart they talk And lips of fraud and flattery 3 God will cut off all flattering lips And the proud tongue that speaketh thus 4 Our word shall stand our tongue is ours What Lord is Ruler over us 5 For the oppression of the poor And needy's sighs I 'le now a rise And them in safety set saith God From those that them with scorn despise 6 The words of God are words most pure Like purest silver fully try'd In earthen furnace many times Refin'd and throughly purify'd 7 Lord thou wilt thine save and preserve For ever from this wicked race 8 The wicked then are bold and brisk When vile men get in highest place PSALM XIII 1 HOw long wilt thou forget me Lord O shall it thus for ever be How long wilt thou displeasedly Thus hide thy pleased face from me 2 How long shall thoughts disturb my soul And daily grief my heart assail How long shall cruel enemies By pow'r thus over me prevail 3 Pity my case O Lord my God Hear me and lighten thou mine eyes Left me as by fatal sleep Untimely feared death surprize 4 Left my triumphing foes should say We have prevail'd our work it 's done And those that trouble me rejoyce And boast when I am overthrown 5 But in thy tender mercy Lord My troubled soul her trust doth place O Let my raised hearty rejoyce In thy defence and saving grace 6 Because the Lord hath bounteously Dealt well with me in every thing To him my saved thankful soul Shall joyful endless praises sing PSALM XIV 1 THe hearts and lives of wicked fools Tell us they no God truly own Corrupt are they their works are vile Of them that do good there is none 2 Upon the worldly sons of men From Heav'n God lookt and searcht abroad To see if any understood And seriously sought after God 3 They wholly filthy are become They all from him aside are gone None of them liveth to do good Of all these wordly men not one 4 Have all these men of wicked works No wit or knowledge left at all Who eat my people up as bread On God they never truly call 5 Yet oft in sin they have great fear For God's among and for the just 6 They shame the counsels of poor Saints Because to God they seek and trust 7 O that our help from God were come When God brings back the Captives sad Then Jacob shall therein rejoyce And Israel shall in him be glad PSALM XV. 1 LOrd in thy Tabernacle Who shall inhabit still And whom wilt thou receive to dwell In thy most holy hill 2 He that walks uprightly And worketh righteousness And the truth which is in his heart Doth with his tongue express 3 He that backbiteth not Nor doth his neighbour hurt Nor yet against his neighbour doth Receive an ill report 4 In whose discerning eyes Vile persons are contemn'd But those that truly fear the Lord Doth honour and commend His righteous oath and word That keepeth faithfully Although he made his covenant so That he doth lose thereby 5 On hurtfull Usury His money hath not lent Nor taketh a reward or brib Against the innocent He that these things observes Which God would have be done Shall never be by fraud or force Moved and overthrown PSALM XVI 1 LOrd keep me for I trust in thee My refuge and my chosen part 2 My soul by thy command hath said That thou
In our sight Now let his God deliver him If he in him delight 9 Thou took'st me from the womb Thou wast my hope and rest When I a seeble Infant hang'd Upon my mother's breast 10 I was cast on thy care Even from my birth till now And from the womb that did me bear My God and Guide art thou 11 Be not far off for grief Is near and no help found 12 Many Bulls compass me fat Bulls Of Bashan me surround 13 Their mouth they open'd wide Upon me gaped they Like to a Lion's ravening And roaring for his prey 14 My bones are out of joynt Like water I am spilt Among my pained Intestines My heart like wax doth melt 15 Like a potsherd my strength Is dry'd My tongue cleaveth Unto my jaws and thou hast brought Me to the dust of death 16 For dogs have compass'd me And the assembled bands Of wicked men enclosed me They pierc'd my feet and hands 17 I may count all my bones On me they look and stare 18 Upon my Vesture they cast lots My Cloaths among them share 19 Be not far from me Lord My strength to help me hast 20 My soul deliver from the sword Do not to Dogs me cast 21 Save me from lying mouths For thou hast oft heard me Even from the horns of Unicorns I have been sav'd by thee 22 Unto my brethren I Will yet declare thy name And with the Congregation great I 'le joyn to praise the same 23 Ye that fear God praise him His great name glorifie All Jacob's seed and fear ye him Israel's posterity 24 For he hath not despis'd Th' afflicted's misery Nor hid his face from him but heard When he to him did cry 25 In the Assemblies great My praise shall be of thee And before them that do thee fear My Vows perform'd shall be 26 The meek shall be suffic'd With food All praise shall give To God who him do truly seek Your hearts shall ever live 27 All lands remember shall And turn unto the Lord And by all kindreds of the earth Our God shall be ador'd 28 The Kingdom is the Lord's He governs Nations all All that on earth by him are fed Before him down shall fall 29 All shall before him bow That down to dust descend None can of all the sons of men His life from death defend 30 But still a holy seed The Lord shall truly serve And God will them his chosen flock Account and still preserve 31 They shall come and his work Of righteousness make known Unto a people yet unborn That this the Lord hath done PSALM XXIII 1 THe Lord himself my shepherd is Who doth me feed and safely keep What can I want that 's truly good While I am one of his own sheep 2 He makes me to lie down and rest In pleasant pastures tender grass He keeps and gently leadeth me Near the sweet streams of quietness 3 My failing soul he doth restore And lead in safe and righteous ways And all this freely that his grace And holy Name may have the praise 4 And though my daily walk do lie Through death's dark vale yet thou art there All being managed by thee Therefore no evil will I fear For in my lowest darkest state The Lord of Love is with me still Thy Rod and Staff shall comfort me And keep me from all deadly ill 5 Thy bounty doth my Table spread In presence of my envious foes My head refreshing Oyl anoints My plenteous cup still overflows 6 Goodness and mercy all my days Shall surely keep and follow me And in the house of God always My joyful dwelling-place shall be The same by Mr. George Herbert 1 THe God of Love my Shepherd is And he that doth me feed While he is mine and I am his What can I want or need 2 He leads me to the tender grass Where I both feed and rest Then to the streams that gently pass In both I have the best 3 And if I stray he doth convert And bring my mind in frame And all this not for my desert But for his holy name 4 And in death's shady black abode Well may I walk not fear For thou art with me and thy rod To guide thy staff to bear 5 Thou makest me to sit and dine Even in mine enemies fight My head with Oyl my cup with Wine Flows over day and night 6 Surely thy sweet and wondrous love Shall measure all my days And as it never shall remove So neither shall my praise PSALM XXIV 1 THe earth is all the Lord's Its fulness all is his The world with all that are therein His own creation is 2 For he the liquid Seas Hath its foundation made And it upon the water-floods Hath stablished and staid 3 Into God's sacred mount Who 's he that shall ascend And in his place of holiness Who shall accepted stand 4 Whose heart 's pure and hands clean And unto vanity He who hath not lift up his soul Nor sworn deceitfully 5 This man a blessing great From God shall surely have Righteous and gracious usage from The God that will him save 6 Of them that seek the Lord This is the holy race Such are the men of Jacob's God Who seek thy pleased face 7 Lift up your heads ye gates You lasting doors make way That so the great desired King Of Glory enter may 8 Who is this Glorious King Who may this Monarch be The strong and mighty God the Lord Mighty in war is he 9 Lift up your heads ye gates You lasting doors make way That so the great and mighty King Of Glory enter may 10 Who is he that is King Of Glory Who is this The Lord of Hosts and he alone The King of Glory is PSALM XXV 1 I Lift my heart to thee My God and guide most just 2 O let me never be asham'd For in thee do I trust Let not my foes rejoyce And triumph over me 3 And let not any be asham'd That trust and wait on thee But let them shamed be Who causelesly transgress 4 Shew me thy ways Lord teach thou me Thy paths of Righteousness 5 Direct me in thy truth And teach me I thee pray Thou art my God and Saviour On thee I wait alway 6 Remember O my God Thy mercies manifold And thy great loving kindnesses For they have been of old 7 My sins and faults of youth O keep not on record In mercy for thy goodness sake Remember me O Lord. 8 Perfectly good is God A sure and upright guide Therefore he 'll teach sinners his way That they go not aside 9 The humble he will guide Who do his Counsels seek And he will teach his way unto The lowly and the meek 10 For all the paths of God Are truth and mercy sure To them that do his Covenant keep And Testimonies pure 11 For thy names-sake O Lord I humbly thee intreat To pardon my iniquity For it is very great 12 Whoso doth fear the Lord The Lord
Cedars break Which the Mount Lebanon doth bear 6 Yea he doth make the trembling hills Like a young Calf about to skip And Lebanon and Sirion Like the young Unicorns to leap 7 God's voice casts out the flames of fire This voice it makes the desarts quake 8 The Lord the great dry Wilderness Of Kadesh makes as mov'd to shake 9 God's voice doth make the Hinds to calve And makes the cover'd Forests bare And in his holy Temple all His glory do by praise declare 10 The Lord sits King on swelling floods His Rule and Kingdom never cease The Lord will give his people strength And he will bless them all with peace PSALM XXX 1 ALL thankful praise with heart and voice O gracious Lord I give to thee Who hast not made my foes rejoyce But hast sav'd and exalted me 2 O Lord my God to thee I cry'd In all my pain my fears and grief Thou soon didst hear and help provide And heal me with speedy relief 3 Lord thy great mercy did bring up My soul from death and hell to save Till now thou hast kept me alive From an untimely feared grave 4 O ye that are his holy ones Sing joyful praises to the Lord In memory of his holiness Give thanks to him with one accord 5 There 's but a moment in his wrath Endless life in his favour lies Though weeping be our evening's work Joy with us in the morn shall rise 6 In health and sweet prosperity My careless heart affected was As if I never should be mov'd And see what after came to pass 7 For thy great savour Lord did seem To make my present state secure My mountain of prosperity Did seem so setled strong and sure But when offended by my sin Thou hid'st from me thy pleased face My painful flesh and troubled soul Did quickly feel a changed case 8 Then did I cry to thee O Lord When pain and danger bid me pray I poured out before the Lord My earnest suit both night and day 9 I said what gain is in my blood If to the feared grave I go Doth silent dust there speak thy praise Doth it thy truth and mercy show 10 Hear gracious Lord a sinner's cries Who doth thy needful mercy crave Lord help me in this deep distress And from this feared danger save 11 Then didst thou turn my grief and moans Into a pleasant thankful voice My mourning garments thou took'st off And taught'st me to sing and rejoyce 12 That so my tongue may sing thy praise And never henceforth silent be O Lord my God for evermore I will give thanks and praise to thee The Old Metre lengthened 1 ALL laud and praise with heart and voice O Lord my God I give to thee Who didst not make my foes rejoyce But hast sav'd and exalted me 2 O Lord my God to thee I cry'd In all my woful pain and grief Thou gav'st an ear and didst provide To ease me with timely relief 3 Of thy good will thou hast call'd back My soul from death and hell to save Thou didst revive when strength did lack And sav'dst me from the feared grave 4 Sing praise ye Saints who prove and see The love and goodness of the Lord In memory of his Majesty Sing and rejoyce with one accord 5 For why his anger but a space Doth last and quickly slack again But in his favour and his grace Always doth blessed life remain 6 Though gripes and grief and pangs full sore Shall lodge with us all the dark night The Lord to joy shall us restore Betimes before the day be light 7 When I enjoy'd the Word at will Thus vainly would I boast and say Tush I am sure to feel no ill This health and wealth shall not decay 8 For thou O Lord of thy good grace Hadst sent me present strength and aid But when thou turn'dst away thy face My troubled mind was sore dismaid 9 Wherefore again yet did I cry To thee O gracious Lord of might My God with plaints I did apply And pray'd to him both day and night What gain is in my blood said I If hasty death destroy my days Doth dust declare thy Majesty Or yet thy grace and truth doth praise 10 Wherefore my God some pity take O Lord I humbly thee desire Do not this simple soul forsake My God of help I thee require 11 Then didst thou turn my grief and woe Into a glad and chearful voice The mournful weeds thou took'st me fro And mad'st me to sing and rejoyce 12 Wherefore my soul uncessantly Shall sing unto thy holy praise My Lord my God to thee will I Give laud and joyful thanks always PSALM XXXI 1 IN thee O Lord I put my trust Therefore let me not shamed be But in thy constant righteousness Do thou save and deliver me 2 Bow down thine ear to me with speed Vouchsafe me thy deliverance To save me by my Rock of strength My Fort and Castle of defence 3 For thou art in my strong Rock and thee I for my secure Fortress take Lead me therefore and keep me safe For thy own name and glory sake 4 Pull me out of the net which they For me in craft have closely laid Because thou only art my strength To which I trust and flie for aid 5 Into thy hand I do commit My spirit for thou alone art he Jehovah God of truth and grace Who hast in love redeemed me 6 Them that deceitful vanities Regard I shun and have abhor'd But my firm hope and confidence Is in my great and gracious Lord. 7 I in thy mercies will rejoyce Because my many miseries Thou weighest and hast known my soul In all my great adversities 8 Thou hast not left and shut me up Into my wrathful enemies hand Thou set'st my feet at liberty In a large and free room to stand 9 Have mercy on me O my God In my great trouble send relief Mine eye my belly and my soul Consumed are with pain and grief 10 My life is spent in grief my years In mournful sighs away do fly My strength doth fail my bones consume And this for mine iniquity 11 Among my foes I was a scorn And to my neighbours specially A fear to friends They that saw me Without away did from me fly 12 I am forgotten as a man That now a long time hath been dead And like a broken vessel cast Aside I am as perished 13 Many mens slanders I have heard Fear compass'd me about while they Against me did consult and plot By fraud to take my life away 14 But I did trust in thee O Lord When I by foes was under-trod This was my soul's support and rest I said Thou art my gracious God 15 My times are in thy hand and will Do thou save and deliver me From their hands who mine enemies And causeless persecutors be 16 On thine afflicted servant Lord Make thou thy pleased face to shine And save me for that mercies sake Which thou dost
freely shew to thine 17 Let me not be asham'd O Lord For I did trust and call on thee Let wicked men be sham'd cut off In their graves silent let them be 18 To silence put the lying lips Which grievous things and false do say And hard reports in pride and scorn On righteous men do falsly lay 19 O how great is the goodness which Thou hast laid up and wrought for the◠Who fear thee and who trust in thee Even here before the sons of men 20 Thou in thy secret presence dost Hide them from cruel pride and wrongs Kept in thy close Pavilion From all the strife of lying tongues 21 All thanks and praise be to the Lord For he hath shewn and magnify'd His wondrous love to me within A City strong and fortify'd 22 I said in hast I am cut off And put even from before thine eyes Yet didst thou hear my praying voice And didst regard my mournful cries 23 O love the Lord all ye his Saints For still the Lord the faithful guards And proud Oppressors thô secure In time he plenteously rewards 24 Be of good courage and more strength He to your fainting hearts will send All ye whose hope and confidence Doth truly on the Lord depend PSALM XXXII 1 HE though a sinner blessed is Whose guilt and loath'd transgression God freely doth to him forgive Covering what he hath been and done 2 He 's blest to whom the Lord doth not Impute and charge iniquity And in whose spirit reigneth not Guile Falshood or Hypocrisie 3 While I in silence hid my sin And had not duly it confest My bones wax'd old and roaring pains All day allowed me no rest 4 Through painful weary days and nights I bare thy just and heavy hand My strength and moisture are consum'd Like Summers drought on scorched land 5 My sin I then acknowleding With humbling grief my self did blame I did confess it all to thee And did bewail my guilt and shame When my repenting soul resolv'd All to confess with grief to God Thou mercifully didst forgive And oft lay by thy chastening rod. 6 Such mercy shall encourage all The godly still in hope to pray And seek to thee in their distress In an accepted finding day Surely when waters great do swell And threatning floods cause me to fear Him that thus seeks and trusts in thee They shall not hurt or once come near 7 Thou art my help and hiding place Against all trouble fears and wrongs And thy deliverances shall cause Mine and thy peoples thankful songs 8 Saith God I 'le thee instruct and teach The righteous way where thou shalt go Mine eye shall always on thee be My guiding Counsels I 'le thee show 9 Be not like brutish Horse and Mule Which ruling understanding want But must be rul'd by bridling force And kept from hurt by mans restraint 10 To all self-flattering wicked men Their self-made sorrows do abound But him that trusteth in the Lord Mercy shall save and compass round 11 Ye righteous in the Lord be glad With thankful hearts in him rejoyce All ye that are of upright hearts Aloud sing praise with joyful voice PSALM XXXIII 1 YE righteous in the Lord rejoyce For chearful praise becometh Saints 2 Praise God with Psaltery Harp and Voice And with sweet ten-string'd Instruments 3 Play skilfully with a loud noise And sing to him a song that 's new 4 For all the Word of God is right And all his works are sure and true 5 God greatly loveth righteousness And judgment well ad ministred And with the goodness of the Lord The earth's richly replenished 6 By the Almighty Word of God The vast and glorious Heav'ns were made And by the spirit of his mouth Their whole host all their being had 7 The waters of the Sea he keeps On heaps confined by the shore He layeth up the liquid deeps As Treasures in a house of store 8 Let all the people of the earth The Lord Almighty serve with fear And all the world's inhabitants To him due awe and reverence bear 9 He spake but the creating word And it was done and all things made He did but potently command And it stood faft as firmly stay'd 10 The Counsels of the Nations rude The Ruling Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude Of their device and wicked thought 11 But all the counsels of the Lord Do stand unchang'd for ever sure And all the purposes of God Beyond all ages do endure 12 That Nation blessed is to whom The Lord as their own God is known And those whom as an heritage He loves and chooseth for his own 13 The Lord looks down from Heav'n and sees All done by men of humane birth 14 And from his habitation views Even all the dwellers of the earth 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike And all their doings he observes 16 No King is saved by an Host Much strength no Mighty man preserves 17 A horse of war is a valn thing To save a man in time of fight Nor shall deliver any man Either by swiftness or by might 18 But upon those that do him fear The Lord doth set his gracious eye On those that on his mercy do With hope and confidence rely 19 To save them from a pining death In Famine food and life to yield 20 Our soul still waiteth for the Lord He is our help and only shield 21 Because his holy name we trust Our hearts in him shall joyful be 22 Lord let thy mercy be on us As we do place our hope in thee PSALM XXXIV 1 AT all times I will magnifie And bless the Lord with tongue and heart His joyful praises never shall Out of my thankful mouth depart 2 My soul in her preserving Lord Her boasting boldly shall express And humble men shall hear thereof And joyn therein with joyfulness 3 O magnifie the Lord with me We 'll joyntly all exalt his name 4 In all my fears I sought the Lord He heard and sav'd me from the same 5 They that to him did look for help Of light and comfort did partake Their confidence in him did not Their face at all ashamed make 6 This poor man cryed in distress The Lord to him a hearing gave And him from all his troubles did Effectually help and save 7 About all them that fear the Lord Encamped Angels always lye To save and to deliver them From every hurtful enemy 8 O taste and see that God is good Blest are all they that in him trust 9 Fear God ye Saints no hurtful want Befalls the upright walking just 10 Even Lion's young ones hungry are And often want desired food But they that seek the Lord shall not Want any thing that 's truly good 11 Teachable Children come to me My sure and tryed Counsel hear And I will teach you faithfully The true way of God's holy fear 12 What man desireth length of life And his own good doth wisely seek 13 From evil keep thy
Comforter Christ's Advocate with Man 8 O Christ thou art of Glory King And thee we all confess The Father's everlasting Son His Image most express 9 When to save lost and sinful man Man's Nature thou wouldst choose To take flesh in a Virgin 's womb Thy love did not refuse 10 When thou for sinners suffered'st death Conquered'st and rose agen Heaven's Kingdom thou didst open set To all true faithful men 11 Into the heaven's ascended now Thou sit'st at God's right hand And in the Father's Glory dost Both Heaven and Earth command 12 With all the faithful we believe Thou wilt in Glory come To be our Judge and on all men To pass the final doom 13 Now therefore help thy servants Lord Whom thou redeemed hast So dearly with thy precious blood And let them not be lost 14 O let us with the blessed Saints In Glory numbred be And with them everlastingly Sing praises unto thee 15 Save thou thy chosen people Lord Bless thine inheritance Rule and preserve them and with thee In glory them advance 16 It is our daily sacred work Thy Name to glorifie World without end we would thee praise And ever magnifie 17 Vouchsafe us Lord thy grace this day Our souls from sin to save Have mercy on us sinners Lord It 's mercy which we crave 18 Lord let thy mercy fall on us In it confide we must Lord let not me confounded be For in thee do I trust The Doxologie TO Father Son and Holy Ghost One God in Trinity As ever was and as now is All Glory ever be Or To Father Son and Holy Ghost One God in Persons three Or One undivided three Or One consubstantial three Or One coeternal three All humble thanks and joyful praise Or All highest praise and humble thanks Now and for ever be Or For ever rendred be Or All Glory to the Blessed Three One ever-living Lord As at the first still shall he be Belov'd Obey'd Ador'd Or All Glory Honour Power and Praise To God that 's One in Three As it in the beginning was Is now and still shall be Or All Glory to the Blessed Three All Honour Power and Praise As at the first shall ever be Beyond the end of days Or To Father Son and Holy Ghost All Praise and Glory be therefore As in beginning was is now And shall be henceforth evermore Or Glory to thee O Lord One God in Persons Three To Father Son and Holy Ghost One equal Glory be Directions for the Vse and Tuning of the Psalms c. I. THese Psalms are set to the commonest Measures and Tunes of the Old Metre of the Psalms Psal 84.117.119 Te Deum II. To The Tune of the Old 100 Psalm or the Old 51 are 1.18.78.89.100.106.107.109.114.135.150.57.69.88 Note That the Tune of the Old 51st best agreeeth with the sadder sort of Psalms and the Tune of the Old 100. with the laudatory Psalms III. To the Tune of the Old 25 are set Psal 3.15.20 21 22.24 25.28.43.50.56.59.61.65.67.70.83.85 86 87.100.110.123.136.141 IV. To the Tune of the Old 148 are set these laudatory Psalms 47.98.136.146.148 149. and the Benedicite c. V. All the rest are set to the longer and shorter Measures and Tunes indifferently That is If you leave out the words written in a different Character they are fitted to any of the commonest shorter Tunes which are very many But if you take in the words of different Character they are fitted to the longer Tunes of the Old 51st or 100th As for instance Psalm 2. Why do the Rebel-Nations rage And People hatch a vain design The Kings of earth do set themselves And wicked Rulers do combine But if you leave out the words of a different Character in Crotchets thus then you may use any of the Common Tunes As for Instance of the same Psalm Why do the Rebel-Nations rage And hatch a vain design The Kings of earth do set themselves And Rulers do combine The reason why I so-ordered them is 1. Because Nature weary of the same is recreated with variety of Tunes And some are more for one and some for another 2. Because when brevity causeth obscurity the additional words are seen by them that use the Books as explicatory of the rest when they be not spoken And the great difference of the Letters makes it no stop to the Readers Though this was never done by any other that I know of and though it sometime make the Verse more rough I hope the benefit will compensate all this Note That some few select Psalms most fitted to mens ordinary state Humbling Deprecatory Supplicatory or Gratulatory and Laudatory should by most be learnt without Book to be ready night and day as various Occasions make them useful And times of Calamity Danger Oppression and Persecution will render men capable of a sensible understanding of the greatest part of the Psalms otherwise hardly understood which aggravate the furious Rage Malignity Violence Bloodiness and Diabolical Nature Designs and Attempts of the wicked enemies of Truth Piety and Holy Peace and teach us to fly to God only for help from these wicked and unreasonable men And it will thereby confute our offence at David's so much aggravating his and the Churches Enemies wickedness and bloody cruelty If we consider that it is not their eternal damnation that he prayeth for but publick Justice by God the universal Soveraign who hath made Justice a necessary part of Government Divine and Humane and the ordinary means of repressing Wickedness encouraging Obedience and protecting and delivering the Church and State FINIS
understood And seriously sought after God 3 But they all filthy are become They all from God are backward gone None of them lives in doing good Of all these wicked men not one 4 Have all these men of wicked works No wit or knowledge left at all Who eat my people up as bread On God they never truly call 5 By guilt and God's affrighting hand With fear they were greatly dismaid And fled in terror when no cause Was seen for them to be afraid For God their bones that thee besieg'd Hath justly scatter'd all abroad To shame thou hast put them because Despis'd they were and are of God 6 Let Israel's help from Sion come When God brings back the Captives sad His saved people shall rejoyce And his true Israel be glad PSALM LIV. 1 SAve me O God by thy great name And judge me by thy mighty strength 2 My prayer hear O God give ear Unto my suit and words at length 3 0ppressors seek after my life Strangers against me joyntly rise Because they have not set the Lord At all with fear before their eyes 4 But yet the Lord my helper is Therefore in him my soul is bold And with the just he taketh part Who do my soul help and uphold 5 He shall repay hurt to my foes Who me with hate watch and observe According to thy truth cut off These wicked men as they deserve 6 Then I 'le bring sacrifice to thee O Lord with chearful willingness And praise thy name for it is good Thy holy praises to express 7 When he hath me delivered Out of my great adversities And when my eyes his justice see On all my wicked enemies PSALM LV. 1 LOrd hear my suit hide not thy self From my intreating earnest voice 2 Attend and hear me in my plaint Regard my sad and mournful noise 3 Because of enemies slandrous voice And wicked mens oppression great On me they cast iniquity And me in cruel wrath they hate 4 My heart in me sore pained is Death 's shaking terrors on me fall 5 On me come trembling fear and dread Hath cover'd me o're whelm'd withall 6 O that I had wings like a dove Said I away then would I flee And seek out some retiring place Where I in quiet rest might be 7 Lo then would I wander far off And in the remote desart stay 8 From windy storms and tempests I Would for peace hast to scape away 9 Destroy thou them O Lord and let Their combin'd tongues divided be 10 For violence and hurtful strife I in the envious City see Day and night on the walls thereof They fiercely go about it round Contriv'd mischief and hurtfulness There in the midst of it are found 11 Even in the midst and chiefest part There dwells and reigneth wickedness And from her streets do not depart Guile falshood and deceitfulness 12 It was no foe that me reproach'd For this from such I could endure No known foe did against me rise Else hid from him I 'd me secure 13 But he mine equal and my guide And my familiar neighbour was 14 Together we sweet counsel took And to God's house conjoyn'd did pass 15 Let death seize on them let them go Down quick into the wicked's grave For in their dwellings wickedness They for their chosen business have 16 I 'le call on God he will me save I 'le pray to him aloud I 'le cry 17 Evening and morning and at noon My craving voice he 'll not deny 18 Against me when they raised war He did my soul keep and set free And he preserv'd me as in peace For through him many were with me 19 My God shall hear and them afflict Even God who is the same of old They fear not God because they have No changes but in sin are bold 20 Against them that with him had peace He hath put forth his treacherous hand The Covenant which he hath made By breaking falsly he prophan'd 21 Smoother than butter were his words While in his heart design'd was war His speeches were softer than Oyl But hurtful as drawn swords they are 22 Cast thou thy burden on the Lord And he shall surely thee sustain And by his grace the righteous men Unmoved ever shall remain 23 But thou Lord wilt these wicked men In justice judge and overthrow And in destruction's dismal pit Wilt shortly cast and lay them low The bloody and deceitful men Shall not live out one half their days But upon thee with confidence My God I will rely always PSALM LVI By W. Barton 1 HAve mercy Lord on me Whom man would make a prey Behold how he oppresseth me Contending every day 2 They that mine enemies be Would daily me devour For multitudes against me fight O thou of highest pow'r 3 What time soever Lord I am of such afraid Even then will I trust faithfully On thy assured aid 4 In God I 'le praise his word In God my trust shall be And secure there I will not fear What flesh can do to me 5 My words they utter wrong And wrest them every day Their thoughts are still to work me ill In whatsoe're they say 6 They altogether throng They hide themselves likewise They lie at catch my steps they watch My life for to surprize 7 Thall they escape so well In this their wicked path Upon them frown and Lord cast down This people in thy wrath 8 Thou dost my wandrings tell Let down thy bottle Lord And put in there each briny tear Are they not on record 9 When I shall cry to thee It puts to sudden flight My daunted foe and this I know For God defends my right 10 In God enabling me I will his word proclaim Yea in the Lord will I record His word 's due praise and fame 11 In God alone have I Repos'd my trust for aid Let mortal man do what he can I will not be afraid 12 Thy Vows upon me lye Lord I must pay the same And I always will render praise To thy most holy name 13 For thou my soul hast freed From death so near at had And wilt not thou uphold me now And make my feet to stand That I may still proceed To walk as in thy sight And spend my days unto thy praise With them that live in light PSALM LVII 1 BE merciful to me O God For mercy I in thee do trust Under thy wings I refuge seek Till this distress be over past 2 My cry I will cause to ascend Unto the Lord who is most high To God who doth all things for me Ever perform most faithfully 3 He shall send down from Heav'n and me From his unjust reproach defend That would devour me God his truth And saving mercy sorth shall send 4 My soul among fierce Lions is I burning fire-brands lie among Even men whose teeth are spears and darts A cutting sharp sword is their tongue 5 Above the highest Heav'ns O God Be thou in might exalted high And over all
written be left on record They that hereafter shall be made Shall gladly serve and praise the Lord. 19 The Lord lookt down on all below Even from his high and holy place The earth unto the Lord of Heaven Is ever seen before his face 20 To hear the prisoners doleful groans And save men falsly judg'd-to die 21 God's name in Sion to declare Him there to praise and magnifie 22 When many people far and nigh Meet there to pray with one accord And when the Kingdoms shall consent To fear and serve the highest Lord. 23 My strength he weakened in the way As shortning my Life 's short day 24 I said By an untimely death Lord take me not in wrath away Through Ages all thou art the same 25 The solid Earth's Foundations laid Thou hast of old Heavens are the Work Which thy own Power and Hands have made 26 They perish shall but thou shalt stand As garments they shall all wax old Thou shalt them change as Men their Cloaths And as a Vesture them up fold 27 But thou art endlesly the same 28 Thy Servants Off-spring shall survive Their Seed established by thee Shall in thy blessed presence live PSALM CIII 1 MY Soul bless thou the glorious God Praise him and celebrate his Fame Let all my inward Powers concur To praise and bless his holy Name 2 Still bless the living Lord my Soul Never do thou sleight or forget Unthankfully his benefits So many undeserv'd and great 3 Thy many great provoking sins His Mercy freely doth forgive He thy Diseases and thy Pains Doth heal or ease and thee relieve 4 He did redeem thy forfeit Life And it from threatned death did free And with his loving kindness great And tender Mercies crowned thee 5 What hast thou wanted that is good To satisfie thy just desire Thy strength like Eagles he renew'd Reviving nature's languid fire 6 God will just Judgment execute For them by man oppress'd that are 7 To Moses and to Israel's seed His ways and acts he did declare 8 Gracious and merciful is God Great is his mercy high and deep 9 He 's slow to wrath he chides not still Nor doth his anger ever keep 10 He hath not dealt with us in wrath According to our hainous sin Nor strictly us rewarded hath As our guilt and deserts have bin 11 But as the great and glorious heav'ns Than this low earth far higher are God's mercy so transcendent is To all that do him truly fear 12 As far as East is from the West So far from us remov'd hath he Our hated and forsaken sin And our bewail'd iniquity 13 As loving Parents taught of God Pity to their dear Children bear The Lord of Love will pity them That serve him with true child-like fear 14 For he remembers flesh is dust Our frail and mortal frame he knows 15 And that the days of man on earth Are like the grass in field that grows 16 There flowers flourish but sharp winds Blast them and they are quickly gone And to the place which they persum'd And beautify'd they are unknown 17 But unto such as do him fear God's boundless mercy hath no end And his sure love and righteousness To Childrens Children doth extend 18 To such as keep his Covenant And his Commandments keep in mind And them sincerely do obey And therein their chief pleasure find 19 The Lord his Throne prepared hath In heaven where Saints his glory see And all the world his Kingdom is And Ruler over all is he 20 You mighty Angels great in strength Must bless the Lord with highest praise Your holiness fulfils his will And readily his voice obeys 21 All ye his great and glorious Hosts For ever bless and praise the Lord You serve the pleasure of his will And all as one obey his word 22 Let all his works through all the world To praise their glorious Lord accord And O my soul bear thou thy part And ever bless and praise the Lord. PSALM CIV 1 MY soul bless thou the living Lord Thou Lord my God art very great With honour and with majesty Thou cloathed art in glorious state 2 The fulgent light thy covering is Appearing in it as thy robes Thou like a curtain dost stretch out The Heavens with all their splendid globes 3 The beams of his great Chambers he Doth in the liquid waters lay The Clouds he makes his Chariots On winged Winds he takes his way 4 Blest Spirits he his Angels makes His Ministers a flaming fire 5 The Earth's Foundations firm he laid That nothing shall them ever stir 6 Like to a Garment with the deep The Earth by thee was covered The Waters stood above the Hills 7 But soon at thy rebuke they fled Thy thunders voice hasts them away 8 They go up by the mountain ground Down by the Valleys they go to The place which thou for them didst found 9 Thou unto them a bound hast set That over it they may not pass That the Earth again may not be drown'd By them as once for sin it was 10 He sends the Springs into the Vales They sweetly run between the Hills 11 They 're drink for all beasts of the Fields There his great thirst the wild Ass fills 12 By these sweet Streams the Fowls of Heav'n Do use to make their dwelling house For them and theirs They chirp and sing Among the pleasant shady Boughs 13 And from his cloudy Chambers he Doth water even the highest Hills And by his satisfying Works The Earth with plenteous fruit he fills 14 He for the Food of Cattle makes The tender Grass spring and suit forth And for Man's service various Herbs And so he brings food from the Earth 15 And Wine which doth exhilerate And Oil which doth smooth and refresh And Bread which strengtheneth Man's Heart And doth repair his wasting flesh 16 The Trees of God are full of Sap The stately Cedars which do stand In Lebanon and planted were Even by his own Almighty hand 17 The beauteous Birds among these Trees By Nature's skill their Nests do make As for the Stork the Firr-trees she Doth for her lofty dwelling take 18 The Mountains high for the wild Goats A place of secure refuge be The Conies in the craggy Rocks Dwell and for safety thither flee 19 The changing Moon he doth appoint The Seasons change to Man to shew The glorious Sun as taught by God Its time to rise and set doth know 20 The dismal darkness thou dost make And then the day gives place to night And in the Forests then come forth Wild beasts that shun Man and the Light 21 The hungry Lyons with their whelps Do then go roaring all abroad After their prey and fiercely seek Their sustenance assign'd from God 22 But when the shining Sun doth rise They get away together then For fear of Man and lay them down For rest and safety in their den 23 Then Man goes forth unto his work When he enjoys desired light His proper