Lord with all That 's good or sweet are stor'd verse 11 Come then ye Children hear my Call And learn to fear the Lord Part 2. verse 12 Who 's he who loves long Life and fain Would see delightful Days verse 13 Thy Lips from all that 's ill refrain Thy Tongue from guileful Ways verse 14 Ill Works of ev'ry kind decline What 's good and vertuous do And Love and Peace with Flames Divine And constant Care pursue verse 15 God on the Just hath fix'd his Eyes His Ears their Pray'rs attend verse 16 His Frowns against the Wicked rise Their Lives from Earth to rend verse 17 To good Men's Pray'rs He Favour shows And sets them safe from Harms verse 18 But loves the broken Heart and those Whose Souls Repentance warms verse 19 A Thousand Ills the Good surround But God their Force dispels verse 20 And keeps their Bones and Entrails sound And all their Bruises heals verse 21 Ill Men their in-born Malice kills And those who hate the Just verse 22 While God his own with Goodness fills Who on his Mercy trust PSAL XXXV verse 1 LOrd plead my Cause my Battels fight With such as strive with me verse 2 Rise take the Shield defend my Right My mighty Guardian be verse 3 Put on thy dreadful Arms oppose My Persecutors Rage To me thy Saving Health disclose And for my Soul engage verse 4 Let such as hunt my Soul with Shame Their own Confusion see verse 5 With Scorn their Dastard Flight proclaim Who Mischief brew for me verse 6 Like flying Chaff let Angels Force Disporse their angry Crew Their slipp'ry Ways be dark their Course Angelick Arms pursue verse 7 For unprovok'd their Pits they made For me they laid their Snare O let such Woes their Hearts invade As unsuspected are verse 8 O let the Nets for mine design'd Their own Destruction prove While flowing Joys my raptur'd Mind With kind Salvation move Part 2. verse 9 O let my Bones his Praise dec'are Who gives the Poor distress'd verse 10 From savage Foes and deadly Care And bloody Tyrants Rest verse 11 False Witnesses against me rise And unknown Crimes object verse 12 With Ill for Good my Death devise And on my Soul reflect verse 13 Yet when on sickly Beds they groan'd I fasted mourn'd and pray'd Their Pains with kind Concernment own'd To Heart their Sorrows lay'd verse 14 If Mother Brother or my Friend My dearer Self had dy'd No farther could my Griefs extend My Love no more be try'd verse 15 But when I fail'd the Croud my Woes With barb'rous Joy survey'd The Rabble grew my sawcy Foes And us'd the flouting Trade verse 16 With Men of double Hearts combin'd The witty scornful Crew And at my Life with Hate resin'd And gnashing Fury flew verse 17 And canst thou this with Patience see O save my helpless Soul My Darling from their Jaws to free Their Lion-Force control verse 18 So where the great Assemblies are I 'll celebrate thy Name And where the valiant Bands repair Thy lofty Praise proclaim Part 3. verse 19 Let not my Foes rejoice uncheck'd My Causeless Haters smile verse 20 Who Wars with peaceful Men project Whose study'd Words beguile verse 21 They gap'd and cry'd Aha Aha! Our Eyes his Downfall see verse 22 Thou seest ô don 't in Silence stay O stay not long from me verse 23 Awake arise to judge my Cause My God my Lord descend verse 24 O clear me by thy righteous Laws And from Reproach desend verse 25 O lct not scornful Sinners say We have our Heart's Delight Nor let them proudly boast Aha! We have ' devour'd him quite verse 26 Let Shame and Blushes those pursue Who at my Harms rejoice And Horrour and Disgrace subdue The proud insulting Voice verse 27 But those who love my righteous Ways With chearful Spirits sing God loves his Servants Peace ô praise O praise our mighty King verse 28 So shall my Tongue with chearful Air Thy righteous Acts proclaim Thy Justice ev'ry Day declare And praise thy glorious Name PSAL. xxxvj verse 1 WHen th' horrid Acts of impious Fools My sober Censures try My Heart concludes by Reason's Rules Such Brutes a God deny verse 2 Their Consciences no Terrours wound But Sin 's their who'e De'ight Till all their dark Intendments found A gen'ral Hate excite verse 3 Their Taks deceitful all in vain And off their Vertue 's thrown verse 4 Vile Thoughts their very Beds contain In viler Actions shown verse 5 Thy Mercy Lord in Heav'n commands Thy Truth surmounts the Skies verse 6 Thy Righteousness Mountains stands Thy Judgments dark and wise Like some unfathomable Deeps Unbounded Wealth inclose And Man and Beast thy Favour keeps And Health on all bestows verse 7 What Worth thy Mercies Lord contain Beneath thy sacred Wings How safe the Sons of Men remain At Lov 's immortal Springs verse 8 They 're with o'erflowing Mercies fill'd And drink delightful Streams From those Eternal Springs distill'd And feel thy gracious Beams verse 9 From thee Life's lasting Fountains slow Thy Light affords us Light verse 10 O Goodness then and Justice show To those whose Hearts are right verse 11 From wicked Pride Lord set me free My tott'ring State restore verse 12 Till such as work Iniquity Sink fall and rise no more PSAL. xxxvij verse 1 FRet not nor for great wicked Men Thy self of Peace deprive Nor swell with secret Envy when The wicked Workers thrive verse 2 See how green Grass and Herbage dies And painted Flow'rs decay More swift the Sinner's Glory flies And sooner fades than they verse 3 Do good and trust in God and live And Faith and Truth defend verse 4 Delight in him he 'll largely give And all thy Pray'rs attend 5 Walk upright on his Grace recline For his Performance stay verse 6 He 'll make thy righteous Counsels shine Bright as the Cloudless Day verse 7 On God with faithful Silence wait But ne'er for Sinners grieve Nor wicked Men in all their State Secure or fix'd believe verse 8 But Wrath and wrathful Hate refrain Lest Sin on thee prevail verse 9 For Godly Men the World shall gain But Sinners sink and fail verse 10 Wait but a while the Sinner's Race Destroy'd no more shall be Yea thou shalt search to find his Place And not his Dwelling see verse 11 The lowly Hearts shall seize the Earth For their Inheritance There live and with delightful Mirth Abundant Peace advance verse 12 Sinners with gnashing Teeth and Rage Against the Just combine verse 13 God's scornful Smiles their Falls presage He sees their Days decline verse 14 Against the Poor and Righteous fierce Their Bows and Swords they try verse 15 But their own Hearts their Swords shall pierce Their Bows in Splinters fly Part 2. verse 16 On pious Men their humbler State More true Content bestows Than Sinners find when all their State With Pride and Plenty flows verse 17 For God's Almighty Arm sustains And strongly guards his own
Praise My Strength And when to Thee verse 4 My Voice in humble Vows I raise Thy Goodness answers me verse 5 Safely I sleep and safely wake In thy Protection sure verse 6 No gath'ring Host my Heart can shake Nor my Defeat procure verse 7 Rise then my God and save me now And as thy Anger broke My Rebels Teeth and as they bow Beneath thy dreadful Stroke verse 8 So send thy saving Health and Grace Let all thy Blessings flow And still to Israel's faithful Race Thy promis'd Favour show PSAL. iv verse 1 O Righteous God whose Justice freed My Innocence of old O let my present Pray'rs succeed Thy Help my Cause uphold verse 2 Vain Men who by a fond Mistake My solid Faith disgrace And Vanities your Shelter make And empty Lyes embrace verse 3 See how God singles out the Just His own peculiar Choice See how my God rewards my Trust And hears my suppliant Voice verse 4 Fear then ô fear Him sin no more Your own false Hearts survey Examine all your Actions o'er Your secret Crimes display verse 5 Pardon with silent Tears intreat And for an Off'ring give An upright Heart without Deceit And on his Promise live verse 6 Mean Souls Earth's low Delights advance And fading Wealth embrace But grant us Lord thy Countenance And thy Enlight'ning Grace verse 7 So shall more Bliss my Heart enlarge My Breast more Joys contain Than theirs whom Wines and Oils o'er-charge And who in Plenty reign verse 8 No Terrours then shall break my Rest No Fears disturb my Sleep While me thy pow'rful Arms invest And safe from Dangers keep PSAL. V. verse 1 LORD hear me from thy bless'd Abode My Meditations weigh verse 2 Attend my Cries my King my God When I devoutly pray verse 3 To Thee I raise my Morning-cries To Thee my Prayers direct And with my longing Heart and Eyes Thy kind Returns expect verse 4 Thy Frowns on wicked Workers light Thou hat'st Iniquity verse 5 No Fools can bear thy angry Sight Nor Sinners dwell with Thee verse 6 Thy Wrath shall lying Lips consume And those who thirst for Blood Or on deceitful Arts presume Too rarely understood verse 7 But to thy Courts dear Lord I 'll go Safe in thy Mercies store And tow'rd thy sacred Altars bow And in thy Fear adore verse 8 O lead me in thy righteous Way To scape my watchful Foes To me thy Wisdom's Rules display Thy happy Paths disclose verse 9 My Foes in Fraud and Falshood deal Their inward Parts are vile Their Throats devouring Graves conceal Their flatt'ring Tongues beguile verse 10 Destroy them Lord in their own Arts The Rebel Crew confound verse 11 So Joys from merry faithful Hearts In lasting Hymns shall sound verse 12 For Lord thy Favour on the Just In mighty Streams descends Thy Goodness all who on Thee trust Like some firm Shield defends PSAL. vj. verse 1 REbuke me not in Anger Lord Nor in thy Wrath correct verse 2 Health to my aking Bones afford My wretched State respect verse 3 My Soul quite faints But oh how long Must I no Answer have verse 4 O turn ô free my Soul from Wrong My Soul in Mercy save verse 5 In Death none thinks of Thee no Praise No Thanks our Graves disclose And oh my Strength dear Lord decays Quite spent with wasting Woes verse 6 All Night my Easless Bed with Tears With Tears my Couch o'er-flows verse 7 My Sight quite dim with Age appears Through my prevailing Foes But see one Beam of chearful Light Be gone ye sinful Crew verse 8 My Prayers are in my Maker's Sight And all my Tears in view verse 9 Blush then mistaken Fools for shame For God has heard my Cries verse 10 Be gone for in his Mighty Name My Strength my Safety lies PSAL. vij verse 1 IN Thee my Lord I firmly trust My Foe dear God! control verse 2 Lest Lion-like with Force unjust He tear my helpless Soul verse 3 If e'er against my Prince if e'er My very Thoughts rebell'd If I his Crown unjustly wear Or e'er against him swell'd verse 4 If e'er I War for Peace repay'd Nay if my Filial Care My King my Foe unjustly made Did never kindly spare verse 5 Then let my bloodiest Foes prevail And hurl my Glories down My Life with due Success assail And spurn my envy'd Crown verse 6 But since I 'm innocent and from Such Imputations free O now to my Assistance come Redeem and rescue me O'rouze thy Fury Lord and break My Adversaries Rage Rouze it and in thy Judgment speak And for my Rights engage verse 7 So shall the Multitude surround Thy Courts with grateful Praise Rise theâ— with awful Glories crown'd And thy Tribunal raise verse 8 O judge the Nations round and me By thy impartial Laws Then clear'd my Innocence shall be And vindicate my Cause Part 2. verse 9 Let Sin and sinful Workers die The Just more firmly stand The Hearts and Reins severely try And righteous things command verse 10 For God's my Shield that God whose Grace The Heart sincere protects verse 11 He 's just and on the sinful Race His daily Wrath reflects verse 12 If still his Sins the Sinner loves His Sword he fiercely whets And of this deadly Bow-string proves His Bow as often sets verse 13 Death's Instruments are all prepar'd His Arrows pointed right At such who dare though kindly spar'd Against their Maker fight verse 14 The Wretch big with Iniquity And Lyes and Mischief goes The monstrous Birth brought forth we see With Hellish Pangs and Throws verse 35 He plots and is himself ensnar'd In Nets himself had spread His Pains and Rage recoiling hard On his contriving Head verse 17 I 'll praise the Lord high as his Fame My lofty Praise shall sly I 'll sing to his Immortal Name Who ever lives on high PSAL. viij verse 1 GReat Lord of Lords how swift thy Name Through ev'ry Climate flies Thy spreading Praise thy glorious Fame Surmounts the lofty Skies verse 2 Thy Strength in Babes and â—ucklings shines To quell thy senseless Foes To crush the Rebel-World's Designs And all their Rage expose verse 3 When I the Sky's vast Arch survey Rais'd by thy curious Hand How Moon and Stars thy Rules obey And fix'd in Order stand verse 4 Lord how has Man thy Thoughts possess'd Lost Man thy Smiles obtain'd Who sinn'd yet with a Saviour bless'd New Hopes of Mercy gain'd verse 5 Though He our Lives to purchase took Less than an Angel's State All Graces in his God-like Look With humble Greatness sate verse 6 To Him the whole Creation yields And at his Foot-stool bow verse 7 The Herds which trace the Woods and Fields His Sov'reign Rights allow verse 8 To Him the feather'd Hosts resign And his Commands obey And Fish which through the Ocean's Brine Divide their wond'rous Way verse 9 How swift great Lord of Lords thy Name Through ev'ry Climate flies O how thy Praise thy glorious Fame Surmounts the losty Skies
vex me cry As Birds afraid By Noises made Hence to the Mountains fly verse 2 For loe the Wicked bend their Bows Their Arrows on the strings dispose At Men upright In Woes dark Night They make their deadly Blows verse 3 Ill Men by Force and Art have thrown The Governments Foundations down Where then ô where Can those appear VVho Truth and Justice own verse 4 God in his Holy Temple reigns The Lord enthron'd on High remains And with His Eyes Severely tries VVhat Sins the Soul retains verse 5 Hee 'l try and vindicate the Just But His Eternal Vengeance must With Death pursue That Impious Crew Who dare in Rapine trust verse 6 Thick Snares hot Flames and Sulphur shall Like dismal Storms on Sinners fall Strange Terrors will Their Fancies fill And Fears confound them all verse 7 The righteous God in Actions Right Has ever fix'd his whole Delight Onely the Man Whd's Righteous can Procure his favouring sight PSAL. xij verse 1 O Help me Lord for Goodness now And Truth from Earth are flown None Honesty nor Mercy show They 'r all Deceiful grown verse 2 All double Hearts and Tongues employ When with their Friends they speak verse 3 But God will Lying-lips destroy And haughty Boasters break verse 4 Who say Come let our Tongues be free Our Words at Random fly And when we use that Liberty What Lord shall ask us why verse 5 But to relieve their misery To hear the Needy's cry I 'le rise says God and set him free From Scorn and Cruelty verse 6 And Lord Thy Promises are pure As Silver oft refin'd verse 7 And will thy happy Saints secure From Men to Vice enclin'd verse 8 The Wicked proudly stalks and swells But when Exalted high Grief on each Humane visage dwells And Blushes Crimson Dye PSAL. xiij verse 1 LOst in Oblivion Lord shall I No more behold thy Face verse 2 Must all my Thoughts distractedly And Woes my Heart embrace Still shall my Foes my strength assail And still above me rise verse 3 Lord hear me and e're Death prevail Unclose my failing Eyes verse 4 O never let my haughty Foes Presume they 've conquer'd me If they my smallest Trip disclose They 'l all Triumphant be verse 5 But in thy mercy Lord I trust Thy saving Health adore verse 6 And sing to Thee whose Bounty must My doubting Soul restore PSAL. xiv verse 1 THe wicked Fool 's misguided Heart The World 's great God denies Hence all from Ways of Virtue start And horrid Crimes devise verse 2 God from above the World surveys And Humane Actions reads To see who common Sense obeys And God or Goodness heeds verse 3 But all from God's pure Ways decline And in his Nostrils stink None None at all on Truth 's Divine Or sober Virtues think Their Throats like gaping Graves appear Exâ— Septuaginta Their oily Tongues deceive Their Lips more dealy Poisons bear Then biting Aspies leave Their Mouths with bitter Curses stor'd Their Feet to Murders fly Destruction all their Paths afford And certain Misery No Ways of Charity or Peace Their Pride or Malice knows And they as still their Crimes encrease No Fear of God disclose verse 4 But can the Sons of Sin so loose Their Understanding power That they like Bread my Saints abuse And all at once devour To God no Sense can make them pray verse 5 Tho' where no Ground appears Their Souls a thousand Terrors sway And causless senseless Fears But God who loves the Righteous Race Among the Just remains verse 6 And while Ill Men their Hope disgrace He still their Hope sustins verse 7 Oh whence sliall Israeâ—'s safety rise If God their mournful State Restore in Them the kind surprize Will boundless Joys create PSAL. XV. verse 1 HOw blest how glorious is the Place Where thy great Name resides How blest the Man whom there thy Grace From impious Crouds divides But Lord what Gifts can six him there What wondrous Virtues raise His Soul to love thy House and there To sing thy daily Praise verse 2 He only can with Hopes be blest Of that Coelestial State Who hides no Envy in his Breast Nor deadly lurking Hate But all his Thoughts are fix'd and true And all his Actions right Faith to his Word is always due His Lips in Truth delight No Falshood e'er perverts his Heart No Lyes defile his Tongue verse 3 Nor dares he with malicious Art Contrive his Neighbour's Wrong He scorns those Tales by Malice rais'd To blast his fragrant Name And all those senseless Scandals blaz'd Against his rising Fame Part 2. verse 4 That harden'd Wretch who proudly flights His great Creator's Laws Whose Wit against his Maker fights And backs a Godless Cause That vile that despicable Slave His nobler Thoughts despise But smiles the Good shall always have And Kindnefs in his Eyes No Loss no Gain his Justice bows His Words Assurance speak He 'll ne'er his Oaths nor sacred Vows Nor just Engagements break verse 5 Boundless and wide his Bounty flows And vile Extortion hates Large as Men's Wants his Mercy grows And all their Wealth creates He loves the Innocent and strives Their Vertues to protect From him no Bribe can buy their Lives Nor Falshood gain Respect Thus shall he reach thy holy Place There grow and flourish there And in the Glories of thy Face No Loss nor Dangers fear Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 7th verse 1 BLess'd Lord how glorious is the Place Thy Altars grace How is that holy Temple bless'd By Thee possess'd But Ô what happy Man is he Who there a daily Guest may be verse 2 He 's only of that Bliss secure Whose Life is pure Who never lets Contagions Sin Prevail within For Right and Justice only cares And from his Heart the Truth declares verse 3 He 'll never slander never lye Nor will his Eye With Malice or an envious View His Friend pursue Nor to his Neighbour's Hurt proceed Or break his Peace by Word or Deed. verse 4 He will if Men in Sin delight Abhor their Sight And with a just Contempt despise Their shameless Lyes But Rev'rence and Respect afford To such as love and fear the Lord. If to his Neighbour's Profit e'er He kindly swear Though to himself a Prejudice From thence may rise Falshood on him shall ne'er prevail His Gain but not his Faith may fail verse 5 He 'll if Extortion rais'd it hate A vast Estate And won't for Bribes quit the Defence Of Innocence The Man whose Life is thus approv'd Shall ne'er by Fears or Pains be mov'd PSAL. xvj As the First verse 1 PReserve me Lord who trust in Thee verse 2 To God my thankful Heart has said Thou art my Lord but canst not be More bless'd by my Submissions made verse 3 I with unbounded Bliss delight In Saints in such as Goodness mind verse 4 But Sorrows multiply'd shall light On Men to other Gods inclin'd I 'll ne'er though kindly call'd partake Of their detested
verse 11 Lord be not absent long to thee alone My dropping Soul for sure Assistance flies On Thee for Help my drooping Soul relies My Griefs are nearer now and stronger grown My Foes unnumber'd my Assistants none verse 12 Not angry Bulls with more ungovern'd Rage Curl'd Bulls of lofty Basan's surly Breed verse 13 Not hungry Lions rouz'd with fiercer Speed Against the daring Hunters Spears engage Than against me this blind malicious Age. verse 14 With cruel Spite they vex and wildly tear My mangled Body and my wounded Mind No sinewy Strength my loos'ning Joints can find Woes swell my throbbing Heart and deadly Care And horrid Pangs approaching Death declare verse 15 What Pray'rs what Cries what melting Tears can I To cool Men's Rage or ease my Torments use My Tongue its Cries their Tears my Eyes refuse And that thou Lord may'st cast thy Thunders by I groan I sweat I bleed and faint and die verse 16 To grieve me more they pierce my Hands and Feet My Hands my bleeding Feet are rudely torn My dying Groans suppress'd by noisy Scorn So greedy Dogs about the Carcase meet And Passengers with surly Snarlings greet verse 17 Stretch'd on this Cross my Bones are all descry'd Their Eyes still dry the stupid Vulgar raise And hard as Rocks on all my Sorrows gaze verse 18 My Robes among themselves my Guards divide And with impartial Lots their Claims decide verse 19 But ô with Haste my God with Haste to me Fly on thy own Salvation's Balmy Wings From that alone my Strength and Safety springs To give me Life let thy Assistance be Swift as my own Obedience was to Thee verse 20 And though my Foes with Dog-like Fury rave My wretched Soul deserted Friendless mourn And all their Swords against my Bosom turn Be thou but mine their swords and teeth shall have A Check and all their Malice find a Grave verse 21 Though Men as Rampant Lions fierce would tear Mytrembling heart tho they 'd withforce control With rabid Force distract my peaceful Soul Be thou but mine I 'll live more free from Fear Than Mariners when Halcyon Calms appear verse 22 Then to my faithful Brethren I 'll declare Thy gracious Actions and thy glorious Name And in thy House thy wondrous Love proclaim verse 23 O ye who in th' Almighty's Favour share Now to his Court with grateful Songs repair Ye who of Israel's Privilege partake By Faith united to the chosen Seed To his bless'd Courts with grateful Songs proceed verse 24 He ne'er would yet his praying Saints forsake Nor to th' Oppress'd himself a Stranger make verse 25 Thy Name I 'll in the great Assemblies praise And there in publick pay my Vows to Thee There all thy Saints my Gratitude shall see My Sacrifice their fainting Hope shall raise And turn their Mourning to their Feasting-Day verse 26 Then those who seek their God their God shall see Their Hearts with no uncertain Tumours swell But in Eternal Joys and Pleasures dwell Where chang'd their happy Hymns of Praise shall be To Angels Tunes and Heav'nly Harmony verse 27 Thee shall the bles'd converted Nations know Earth's utmost Borders dearest Lord be thine To Thee the farthest Pagan Tribes incline To Thee shall all th' enlightned Nations flow And holy Rev'rence and Devotion show verse 28 For God's the King and o'er the Nations reigns verse 29 The Rich the Mighty to his Sceptre bow His Government the naked Poor allow Their God to them his Kindness still retains And gives then Life and then their Lives maintains verse 30 From them shall an immortal Race descend To God devoted and from God be nam'd For sacred Rites and holy Virtues fam'd verse 31 Who downward shall the gladsom Tiding send And his great Acts to future Heirs extend To God the Father and to God the Son And God the Holy Ghost Almighty Three One only God one Glorious Trinity As shall be is and was e'er Time begun Be lasting Glories paid and Homage done PSAL. xxiij As the 100th AMidst a Thousand Wants and Woes My Soul on God for Heâ—p relies My Griefs his pitying Wisdom knows My Wants his pitying Love supplies verse 2 He like a Shepheard gently leads My Soul thro' Truths delightful Ways My Foot sure by his Condust treads And ne're from Paths of Wisdom strays verse 3 As grassy Meads and wholesom Streams New Health on sickly Flocks bestow So in thy Favours quickning Beams I sweetly live and kindly grow verse 4 Thro' Death's dark shades I fearless move By Thee dear God secur'd from Harms Thy very Rod demonstrates Love Thy Staff supports my wearied Arms. verse 5 What tho' an envious World should frown On all my chief Delights from Thee Sweet Wine and Oil my Bowl shall crown And boundless Plenty compass me verse 6 In Thee my God I 'me always blest On Thee my Hopes my Joys depend Then in thy House I 'le fix my Rest My Life in lasting Praises spend Another Metre as Mr. Sandys's 10th verse 1 THE Lord 's my Sheepherd I the Sheep Those Soul his Cares in safety keep Through flowery Meads He gently leads Me on where I securely sleep Or by His guidance go Where silent Waters flow verse 3 His Loves his constant Loves refin'd The Errors of my wand'ring Mind For this Name 's sake He brought me back When I from Virtue 's paths declin'd And to his righteous Ways Consines my fleeting Days verse 4 I now no Fears or Danger know Tho' thro' Death's gloomy shades I go Since there with me My God will be From Thee alone my Comforts flow Which to me ever Lord Thy Rod thy Staff afford verse 5 Thou wilt for Me before my Foes A Table nobly stor'd dispose Oils largely shed Around my Head And till the purple Juice o're-flows Thy endless Bounty will My Bowl divinely sill verse 6 Goodness and Mercy both shall be A Portion all my Life for me And then my Rest Supremely blest Within thy sacred House shall be Where to my God and King I 'le endless Praises sing PSAL. xxjv verse 1 THis Earth the World their Hosts and Store To God above belong verse 2 Who rais'd it on the Seas and o're The Waters built it strong verse 3 Yet fix'd in one selected place His own Immortarl Name But ô what Man can find such grace Dear Lord to reach the same What happy Man divinely blest Attend thy Altars there Or of a Seat secure possest Before thy Face appear verse 4 He whose pure Hands are free from Bloody From all Corruptions free Whose honest Heart sincerely good Abliors Hypocrisy Who ne're in Thoughtst or Actions yain His active Soul employ'd Nor falsly swore nor liv'd in pain To make his Promise void verse 5 To such a Man God's goodness will Unfading Blessings give Reward him well and let him still On his Salvation live verse 6 Such with unweary'd Dilligence Seek God's Immortal Name And Israelites by Faith commence And Israeâ—'s portion claim verse
thy obedient Race And their well-settled Heirs abide Secure before thy Face PSAL. ciij. As the 100th verse 1 O Praise the Lord with grateful Joy My Tongue my Soul his Praises sing verse 2 O let his Praise thy Powers employ His Loves to kind Remembrance bring verse 3 'T is He forgives thy Sins 't is He Thy Weakness heals thy Plagues removes verse 4 Redeems thy Life from Misery And crowns thee with his tenderest Loves verse 5 With good He fills the Youth and Age Thy Age with vigorous Youth renews verse 6 His Arms for Saints opprest engage His just Revenge their Foes pursues verse 7 He to his Israels Race of old By Moses made his Precepts known He by our Jesus still unfolds His Will and Goodness towards his own verse 8 Our Lord is kind his Mercies great His Vengance not his Mercy slow verse 9 He 'll not too oft his Strokes repeat Nor let his Anger alway glow verse 10 So with our se'ves He dealt our Crimes Though foul with Rods he gently lasht His pittying Eyes a thousand times Our still repeated Follies past verse 11 His Goodness so surrounds his own As Skies enclose our humb'er Earth verse 12 From us our Sins are farther thrown Then Sun-set's from the Mornings Birth Part 2. verse 13 More love to pious Souls he shows Then Fathers to their Darling Heirs verse 14 Our frailer Constitution knows Our mouldring Dust as gently spares verse 15 Weak Man like early Birds may rise Or Grass which shades the cheerful Plains verse 16 But struck with blasting Winds he dies And neither House nor Name remains verse 17 But Gods unfailing Grace pursues The Just and all their faithful Seed verse 18 Who on his Sacred Covenant muse And all his righteous Precepts heed verse 19 On high our God has fixt his Throne And thence his boundless Empire guides And o're the Subject World alone His Arbitrary Will presides verse 20 Praise Him ye Angel-flames whose Might Does in compleat Obedience shine verse 21 O praise Him all ye Sons of Light Bless'd Ministers of Love Divine verse 22 O all his Works your Maker praise Praise through his spacious Empire sing While I with grateful Anthems raise New Honours to my Glorious King PSAL. civ As the 100th verse 1 O Praise the Lord my tuneful Soul How great blest God how wondrous great What Majesty what Glories roll About thy Everlasting Seat verse 2 Light robes Thee with her Radiant Streams Thy Curtains are th' expanded Skies verse 2 Floods bear thy Chambers weighty Beams On humble Clouds thy Chariot flies God walks on groaning Winds in State verse 4 Attended with his Angel-Bands And Scrvant-Flames around him wait And fly to bear his great Commands verse 5 He Earth's Foundations strongly laid A well-pois'd never moving Load verse 6 A wavy Deep its Covering made Which o're the highest Mountains flow'd verse 7 But off the head-long Waters flew When his commanding Thunders roar'd verse 8 They took their place and strait in view Sweet Plains appear'd and Mountains soard verse 9 The Floods their Bounds appointed know Earth fears no more th' encroaching Deep verse 10 Through Valleys Crystal Fountains flow And round the Mountains softly creep verse 11 To Them the Savage Creatures fly And kindly cool their thirsty Flame verse 12 The Birds above them sing on high And there their curious Buildings frame Part 2. verse 13 His Rains refresh the parching Hills And make our Earth with Fruits abound verse 14 Thence Grass the hungry Cattel fills And Herbs for Men are useful found Through Him rich Corn o're-spreads the Fields verse 15 And Wine to chear our ' drooping Hearts Fat shining Juice his Olive yields His Bread a Vital Strength imparts verse 16 Sap feeds the lofty Cedar-Groves verse 17 Where Birds of Prey their Eieries raise verse 18 The Goat on Rocky Mountains roves Through Rocks the Coney breaks her Ways verse 19 The Moon the Sun their Seasons know And when to rise and when to fall verse 20 Nights gloomy clouds our World o'reflow And out the Forrest-Rangers crawl verse 21 The Wolves the Tygers howl for prey And loud the hungry Lions roar God for their Diet finds a way And feeds them with his secret Store verse 22 But when the Sun appears they fly And to their unknown Dens repare verse 23 And Men their business safely ply Till Night again o're-clouds the Air. verse 24 How various Lord how wisely fram'd Great God thy Works of Wonder are Thy Riches are through Earth proiclaim'd verse 25 Thy Wealth th' unfathom'd Seas declare Part 3. There Fishes great and small in strange Unnumber'd Numbers cut their Way verse 26 There Navies float and Monsters range And Whales in boundless Oceans Play verse 27 These All blest God depend on Thee Of Thee they beg their timely Food verse 28 Thy Gifts they catch thy Hands are free And All are fill'd with needful Good verse 29 Thou hid'st thy Face affrighted They Sink down to Dust and Dust remain verse 30 Thy Spirit commands the Dead obey And rise and fill the World again verse 31 God's Glory lasts He pleas'd reviews His Works his Looks his dreadful Stroke verse 32 Convulsions through the World diffuse And make the trembling Mountains smoak verse 33 To God my mighty Lord I 'll sing While Health or Life or Breath remains verse 34 My Heart in Him with Joys shall spring I 'll praise his Name in lofty Strains verse 35 He 'll soon confound the Sinner's Race And impious plotting Fools control And all their Stock on Earth deface O bless Ô praise the Lord my Soul PSAL. CV as the 100th or Mr. Sandys's 8th verse 1 O Praise the Lord invoke his Name His Acts through ev'ry Tribe proclaim verse 2 Sing sing aloud your Anthems raise Through all the World his Wonders praise verse 3 Him and his holy Name adpre His Smiles with chearful Hearts implore verse 4 And seek the Lord his Strength embrace And ever seek his glorious Face verse 5 O ye of Abr'ham's faithful Seed O ye of Jacob's chosen Breed verse 6 His strange his dreadful Acts relate And on his Judgments meditate verse 7 He 's our great God our Lord alone His Judgments through the World are known verse 8 His Covenant his Word of old Shall through a Thousand Ages hold verse 9 What He to Abraham spoke before What He to Isaac firmly swore verse 10 And as law on Israel laid And thus his lasting Cov'nant made verse 11 To you rich Canaan's Land I 'll give Where you its lawfal Heirs shall live verse 12 Though then their Seed were weak and small Add despicable Strangers all verse 13 When they a Thousand Movements made And round the neighb'ring Countries stray'd verse 14 He them against the World maintain'd And Ill-designing Kings restrain'd verse 15 From Wrongs be my Anointed free Let no malicious Injurie My Prophets or my Friends approach Or on my chosen Sons encroach Part 2. verse 16 Sharp
Famine Canaan's Land annoy'd And God the Staff of Bread destroy'd And jacob's House among the rest The long-continu'd Want oppres'd verse 17 Yet Joseph sold a Slave he sent Before who might their Fates prevent verse 18 Chains were the wretched Captive's Dole The pinching Fetters reach'd his Soul verse 19 Till Time might for his Help provide God's Word his faithful Wisdom try'd verse 20 Then sent the King and eas'd him He Who rul'd the People set him free verse 21 Him o'er his Royal House preferr'd To him his weighty Cares referr'd verse 22 That Lords and Senators might know His God-like Sense and wiser grow verse 23 Then down to Egypt Israel went And there his Hoary Age was spent verse 24 There God his fruitful Seed increas'd With Strength above their En'mies bless'd verse 25 But then their ancient Hate reviv'd And they his People's Fate contriv'd verse 26 But to divert their spiteful Blows God Moses sent and Aaron chose verse 27 They God 's fear'd Will at ev'ry Stroke In Signs and dreadful Wonders spoke verse 28 And Hellish Gloom at his Command Imprison'd all the groaning Land verse 29 Their Streams were turn'd to pois'nous Gore The poison'd Fish o'er-spread the Shoar verse 30 Their Streams Frogs freckled Armies choak'd And round their Royal Chambers croak'd Part 3. verse 31 He spoke his Word the Dust alarm'd And Lice in all their quarters swarm'd verse 32 He hurl'd down Monstrous Hails for Rains And burning slashes rak'd the Plains verse 33 Their Vines their Figs their Trees the stroke Of his prodigious Thunders broke verse 34 He spoke the Locusts marching round And unknown Insects swept the Ground verse 35 Their Herbs and Grass no more appear'd The Land of all its Fruits was clear'd verse 36 Their First-born fell Gods fatal stroke Their early strength and Glory broke verse 37 Then out their Vig'rous Tribes he sed With Jewels Gold and Silver sped verse 38 Tho' pillag'd Egypt joy'd to see Themselves from Plagues and Terrours free verse 39 He cool'd them with a Clou'd by Day By Night Flames pointed out their Way verse 40 They asklt He gave them Quails for meat And let them Bread of Angels eat verse 41 He struck the Roclk the Waters flow'd And streams on parching Lands bestow'd verse 42 For now his sacred Oath re-curr'd To Abraham his unchanging Word verse 43 He therefore bade his People be From Bonds with joys triumphant free verse 44 And then consign'd to Israel's Hands The Neighbouring Towns and Heathten Lands verse 45 He freely all on them bestow'd That sensible of what they ow'd Their Seed his Statures might record And keep his Laws O praise the Lord Psal. cvj. As the looth cr Mr. Sandys's 14th verse 1 O Praise the Lord his Goodness praise For sure his Boundless Mercy stands verse 2 The strength of his Almighty Hands His Honour who can justly blaze verse 3 Thrice happy they who Judgment keep And always righteous Laws pursue verse 4 Lord let me as thy People do By thy Salvation guarded sleep verse 5 To me thy Favour then shall show That good thy chosen Friends partake That Mirth thy happy People make Those Joys thy dear Possessions know verse 6 We Lord have with our Fathers sinn'd Their Crimes their impious Crimes renew'd verse 7 Who thy Egytian Wonders view'd But to Forgetfulness resign'd Forgot his Mercies stores and near The Sea so lately pass'd rebel'd verse 8 Yet still He all their Fears dispel'd To make his Name and Power appear verse 9 He cut the Seas and dry'd the Sands While they through Deeps as Desarts pass'd verse 10 And brought them safe to shoar at last Redeem'd from Perseuting Hands verse 11 Their Foes the loosned Waveso'er slow'd Not one his wretched Life retriev'd Then they his Word a while believed And Gratitude with Praises show'd verse 13 But soon they all his Works forgot Nor his Divine Adviee improv'd verse 14 Their raging Lusts his Anger mov'd And made it in the Desert Hot. verse 15 And tho' he gave their Proud request Their Stomachs easeless Hunger tore verse 16 On Moses then their Envy bore And Aaron God's Anoynted Prist verse 16 then Dathan's and Abivam's Crew Earths hollow gaping Womb devour'd verse 18 Fierce Lightnings on th' Assembly pour'd And Flames the Godless Rebels flew Part 2 verse 19 Next They the Calf in Horeb sram'd And to the senseless Idol bow'd verse 20 A grazing Brutes dead shape aloud They both their God and Guide proclaim'd verse 21 They ne'er on God their Saviour more Nor Egypt's Slayish suffriiigs thought verse 22 What Wonders there his Hand had wrought And on the Ocean 's Purple shore verse 23 He then their Ruin had decree'd But in his chosen Moses came He stay'd th' approaching dreadful Flame And sacred Wrath impetuous speed verse 24 Yea they the promis'd Land disdain'd His Word with them no Credence found verse 25 Base Murmurs fill'd their Tents around And off they threw their Lords command verse 26 Then God against them rais'd his Hands That they in Desart Wilds might die verse 27 Their scatter'd Race confounded lie And perish all in barb'rous Lands verse 28 Yet unreclaim'd the senseless Crew Their Souls to peor's God bet raid And eating Sacrisices made To him an Idol's Servants grew verse 29 Thus they with studied Art rebell'd And out the Plague among them broke verse 30 Till phineas with a righteous stroke The Plagues infectious Rage repell'd verse 31 That gallant Action rais'd his Fame When God's just Wrath his Zeal atton'd His God the Righteous Action own'd And blest him with a Deathless Name verse 32 Nay more they durst their God provoke At Massah's springs they mischies made verse 33 Moses that meekest Soul betrays Till Passion in him rashly spoke Part 3. verse 34 The Nations to Destruction doom'd By God's Command they fondly spar'd verse 35 And for their Pity 's just Reward Their Sins and all their Plagues assum'd verse 36 Among a Thousand snares they fell While to their graven Gods they bow'd verse 37 Their wretched Sons and Daughters vow'd To Devils they sacrisic'd to Hell verse 38 The Blood of Sons and Daughters round Poor Inncent to Idols flow'd Canaan a dismal shambles show'd And Infant Gore the Country drown'd verse 39 Their Works and vile Inventions both Them to polluting Whoredoms drew verse 40 Till God incens'd against them grew And could his own Possessions loath verse 41 But God with just Revenge resign'd Them to their domineering Foes verse 42 Where vex't with long oppressing Woes Their Pride and losty Thoughts declin'd verse 43 Oft sav'd they sinn'd as oft and made His Vengeance prostcute their Crimes verse 44 Yet in their darkest suffring Times He saw and heard them while they pray'd verse 45 He call'd his Covenant to Mind And Sympathiz'd with all their Woes verse 46 And soon their stubborn hearted Foes Grew gentle pittiful and kind verse 47 O save us Lord our Captiv'd Race From Heathen Chains and Lands recall
the Lord's prevailing Name To God I humbly pray'd Thy Help thy Favour Lord I claim My soul dear Saviour aid verse 5 The Lord is kind and righteous too And Mercy freely shows verse 6 He helps the weak and swiftly flew To save my soul from Woes verse 7 Turn then my Soul return to Rest The Lord was kind to thee verse 8 Thro' him I ' scap'd Death's cold Arrest My Eyes from Tears are free He Keeps my Feet from Falls and I My Woes by him survive verse 9 And in return I 'll gratefully As in his Presence live Part 2. verse 10 So I believ'd and so I spoke But sore afflicted I verse 11 Thus out in hasty Passion broke Men sure are sold to lye verse 12 But what Returns Lord shall I make For all thy Loves to me verse 13 Thy Blessed Cup with Praise I 'll take And duly call on Thee verse 14 My Vows to God I 'le offer here Abroad in open Light verse 15 The Death of all his Saints is dear In their Redeemer's Sight verse 16 Lord I 'm thy Servant humbly I My self thy Servant own Thy Handmaid's Son from Slavery By Thee discharg'd alone verse 17 To Thee the Sacrifice of Praise My Sacrifice shall be And in the Lords great Name I 'le raise My suppliant Hands to Thee verse 18 Here Lord to Thee I 'le pay my Vows In all the People Sight verse 19 In Salem in thy holy House O praise the Lord of Might PSAL. cxvij verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord Ye Nations all around His Goodness thro' the World record His glorious Acts resound verse 2 On us and all our Race His Mercy largely flows His Truth no Time can e're deface Nor Force his Power oppose Or thus verse 1 PRaise God! ô praise our mighty Lord Ye Nations all around His Goodness thro' the W'or'd record His wondrous Acts resound verse 1 For on our selves and all our Race His Mercy largely flows His Truth no Time can e're deface Nor Force his Arm oppose PSAL. cxviij verse 1 THe Lord the great Jehovah praise He 's good in all his Ways His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Goodness ne're decays verse 2 Let Jacob's long protected Race Adore his wondrous Grace His Mercies sure unchang'd endure When Time resigns his Place verse 3 Let Aaron's sacred Helts proclaim The Lords exalted Name His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Goodness still the same verse 4 O ye who God's Commands obey With grateful Praises say His Mercies sure unchanged endure His Mercies ne're decay verse 5 In Straights I call'd on Him and He From Streights soon set me free verse 6 To God I 'm Dear and ne're can fear What Man can do to me verse 7 The Lord among my kindest Friends His own Assistance sends My longing Eye shall soon descry My Foes expected Ends. verse 8 In God the Lord it 's better far To trust our Hopes and Care Then to repose our Hopes in those Who wretched Mortals are verse 9 In God the Lord it 's better far To fix our Hopes and Care Then to repose our Trust in those Who mighty Princes are Part 2. verse 10 I When the Nations round me ply'd In God their Strength defy'd verse 11 They compassed me but easily I so their Force out-vy'd verse 12 Tho' me like Bees they closely ply'd Like blazing Thorns they dy'd In Gods great Name I quench'd their Flame And all their Strength defy'd verse 13 Oft hast thou push'd unmanly Foe To work my overthrow But thro' Gods-Aid tho' oft afraid I still in Safety go verse 14 God by his Might has made me strong My God 's my daily Song Salvation He ordain'd for me Who to himself belong verse 15 Sweet Tunes of Joy and Health abide Where righteous Men reside Gods Hand is grown renown'd alone For Deeds of Valour-try'd verse 17 His Hand 's alone deserv'dly nam'd His Hand on high proclaim'd His Hand is grown renown'd alone For valiant Actions fam'd verse 17 I still shall live and still declare How great his Actions are verse 18 I felt his Rod but still my God My Life wou'd kindly spare verse 19 Let the wide Gates of Righteousness Now grant me free access I 'le gladly there with Thanks appear And God my Saviour bless Part 3. verse 20 Gods House his holy Gates are near The Righteous enter there verse 21 I 'le praise the Lord his Help record Who would his Suppliant hear verse 22 That Solid Rock that Noble Stone Off by the Builders thrown Now all the Coines securely joyns And makes the Building One. verse 23 The Lords great Work it was and we Amaz'd the Wonder see verse 24 God made this Day now Joys shall sway And Mirth triumphant be verse 25 Hear Lord ô save at last and make Our favour'd Actions take Our Business bless with kind Success Lord for thy Mercy 's sake verse 26 O blest be He who kindly came In Gods Almighty Name You who before his House adore To you we wish same verse 27 Us God the Lord with Light supplies O bind the Sacrifice With Cords it nigh his Altars tie Till there it bleeds and dies verse 38 Thou Lord art God alone to me I 'le Praises sing to Thee By me thy Name thy glorious Fame Shall still exalted be verse 29 The Lord our great Jehovah praise He 's good in all his Ways His Mercies sure unchang'd endure His Mercy ne're decays PSAL. cxix Aleph 1. Beth 2. verse 1 BLest are the Men whose perfect Ways Gods purer Laws confine verse 2 Who keep his Word and all their Days To Him in Heart incline verse 3 No Sins to such can pleasing be As by his Orders move verse 4 And thou commandedst Lord that we Thy Rules should keep and love verse 5 Oh that my Footsteps guided sure Could by thy Statutes tread verse 6 Then should I live from Shame secure When thy Commands I read verse 7 I 'le praise thee with an upright Heart When I thy Judgments know verse 8 I 'le keep thy Laws ô ne're depart To me no Stranger grow verse 9 How may a Youth his Ways improve If he thy Word obey verse 10 To Thee with all my Soul I move O never let me stray verse 11 I in my Bosom hide thy Word From Sin to guard my Heart verse 12 To me b'est God thy Grace afford And all thy Laws impart verse 13 Thy Judgments Lord my Soul esteems My ready Lips declare verse 14 To me thy Word more pleasing seems Then noblest Treasures are verse 15 I on thy Precepts meditate Thy Laws before me set verse 16 Thy Statutes all my Joys create Thy Words I ne're forget Gimel 3. Daleth 4. verse 17 Oh let me live my God be kind So I thy Words shall keep verse 18 Unclose my Eyes by Nature blind To view thy Wonders deep verse 19 O don't from me a Stranger Lord Thy Testimonies hide verse 20 For constant Cares to get thy Word My longing
17 He many powerful Kings verse 18 And mighty Princes slew His Mercies sure unchang'd endure To all his Servants true verse 19 The surly Amorite verse 20 And Bashan's Gyant Lord His Mercies sure unchang'd endure As his Eternal VVord verse 21 Praise Him who all their Land verse 22 On Israel's Race bestow'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure To all his Creatures show'd verse 23 He help'd our mean Estate verse 24 And us from Foes redeem'd His Mercies sure unchang'd endure By all his Saints esteem'd verse 25 He feeds his Creatures all O praise this heavenly King His Mercies sure unchang'd endure Let all his Creatures sing Another Metre as the 148th verse 1 O Praise th' Eternal Lord verse 2 The God of Gods adore verse 3 The Lord of Lords record verse 4 And all his Wonders store For certainly His Mercies sure Unchang'd endure Eternally verse 5 Praise Him whose curious Hand Stretch'd out the lofty Skies verse 6 And made the solid Land Above the Waters rise For certainly c. verse 7 He through Confusions sway Drew out the glorious Light verse 8 The Sun to rule the Day verse 9 The Moon and Stars the Night For certainly c. verse 10 He all the First-born slew Thro' Egypt's mournful Land verse 11 And out his Israel drew verse 12 With his victorious Hand For certainly c. verse 13 Praise Him before whose Rod The Seas divided fled verse 14 And thro' strange ways untrod His Jacob's Army led For certainly c. verse 15 Who drowning Pharaoh's Host verse 16 His own thro' Deserts train'd verse 17 And Canaan's ancient Coast verse 18 With Blood of Princes stain'd For certainly c. verse 19 The furious Amorite verse 20 And Bashan's Monster King verse 21 He slew that to their Right verse 22 He might his Servants bring For certainly c. verse 23 Praise Him who helps our Needs verse 24 And gives us Victories verse 25 Who all his Creatures feeds And reigns above the Skies For certainly c. PSAL. 137. Proper Tune ON Babel's Rivers Banks we sate O're-whelm'd with Miseries And Tears for Sion's ruin'd State O're-flow'd our mournful Eyes verse 2 Useless our Harps untun'd unstrung As our disorder'd Minds On Willows unregarded hung Expos'd to wanton Winds verse 3 But our too cruel Conquerors there Disturb'd our silent Woes And bad us change our mournful Cheen Our Thoughts to Songs compose Let 's hear they cry'd that wondrous Song Which once your God could charm Our Ears for Sion's Musick long Our heavy Hearts to warm verse 4 What shall we sing our holy Songs To please our haughty Foes Shall we what to our God belongs In Heathen Lands expose verse 5 No should we Salem's Woes pass o're Her Desolations slight O may our skilful Hands no more The curious Ear delight verse 6 O may our Tongues be silent quite If we her Walls forget Or don't above our chief Delight Poor Salem's Sorrows set verse 7 Think Lord on Esau's barbarous Race How at our Fall they cry'd Down down their mighty Walls deface O're-turn their ancient Pride verse 8 Nor shalt thou Babel e're avoid Our God's revenging Hand Since He by whom thy Pride 's destroy'd Shall blest in safety stand verse 9 Gods Blessings on his Arms shall rest Who breaks the tender Bones Of Babes torn from the Mother's Breast On unrelenting stones Another Metre As the 51th Proper Tune verse 1 WHen on Euphrates Banks we lay Poor slaves oppress'd with Cares and Fears And thought on Salem's fatal Day Our Sighs burst out at last in Tears We saw proud Babel firmly wall'd Her Buildings fair serene her state The sight poor Salem's Doom recall'd Augmenting Sorrows dismal weight verse 2 Thither in vain our Harps wee 'd brought To calm our Thoughts and ease our Woes Such Ease alass in vain we sought Our Wounds no Musick 's Balm could close Careless at last we hung them by On mournful Willows planted round Where the sad Strings by sympathy Sigh'd broke and gave a doleful sound verse 3 But they whose cruel Hands had laid Our Country waste our selves in Chains A sport of all our Sorrows made And call'd for Musick 's pleasing streins Come take your lazy Harps they cry Tune well tune every sounding string Let 's have some godly melody Some chearful Hallelujah sing verse 4 Inhumane should we prostitute Our holiest Things to Dogs or Swine Should we God's sacred Name pollute Or treat his Foes with songs Divine verse 5 Ah Lord Ah Sion's ancient Fame Ah Salem's ruin'd Walls shall we Forget Dear Sion's darling Name Or Widdowed Salem's Misery No rather may our Fingers loose Their Relish on the tuneful Lyre Our Hands their sweetest Strokes refuse Their softest Touch and noblest Fire verse 6 Oh! may Eternal Hoarseness seize Our Throats our Tongues be always dry No more our charming Anthems please If Salem's sad remembrance dye Nay should Joys sudden Extasies To Heav'n our drooping Tempers raise O may we ne'er approach the Skies If Sion crowns not all our Praise verse 7 Think Lord on Esan's Sons whose Spite Unnaturally urged our Fate Down Down with Salem Rase it quite Down with that Birthright-stealing State Our deathful Cries not one kind Look Could from obdurate Brethren gain Our Griefs they for Diversion took Laugh'd at our Cries and mock'd our Pain verse 8 Nor shall thy Doom proud Babel stay Thy Sword was cruel too thy Rage Could brutish Edom's Curse obey And against Tears and Cries engage See where God's dreadful Judgments wait To strike the dead revenging Blow And bless'd be He whose mortal hate Shall make thee taste of Salem's woe verse 9 Thrice happy he whose hands shall tear From Mother's Breasts thy Infant Race Nor for their tender Out-cries spare But dash their Brains in every place PSAL. cxxxviij verse 1 WIth all my heart thy Praises I Before the Gods will sing verse 2 And to thy Temple chearfully My grateful Offerings bring Before thy Holy Place I 'll bow Thy Truth thy Mercies praise For o'er thy Name entirely now Thy Word it self displays verse 3 I pray'd thou heard'st my Prayer restor'd To strength my Soul appear'd verse 4 All Earthly Kings shall praise the Lord When they his Words have heard verse 5 Joy shall enlarge their Hearts when they Shall tread thy sacred Ways When they thy Just Commands obey They 'll all thy Glories praise verse 6 For though the Lord enthron'd on High The World 's vast Empire sways On humble Souls He casts his Eye And scorns the Prides haughty ways verse 7 Though I involv'd in mighty Woes As sunk and lost appear Thy Hand shall break my angry Foes And save my Soul from fear verse 8 Since Lord thy Mercies boundless are O don't my Hopes defeat But all thy Works for me with care Thy Handy works compleat PSAL cxxxix verse 1 LOrd Thou hast fully search'd me out And throughly canvass'd me verse 2 My Rest my Rise each shapeless Thought Is known long since
for me verse 7 Lord set my Soul from Prison free To praise thy sacred Name And when the Righteous compass me Thy Bounties I 'le proclaim PSAL. clxiij verse 1 LOrd hear my Prayers accept my Cries In Truth and Righteousness verse 2 And let not Judgments sharp surprize Thy Servant's Soul oppress For when thy searching Eyes begin To try our fading Years Lord in thy sight o'rewhelm'd with Sin The purest Saint appears verse 3 My Soul pursu'd by cruel Foes My Life quite overthrown I ly in Darkness lost like those Who to their Graves are gone verse 4 For this my Spirit faints in me My Heart deserted mourns verse 5 And to my labouring Memory My happier Age returns On all thy Acts I daily muse Thy Works run daily o're verse 6 And as the parching Earth soft Dews So Thee my Hands implore verse 7 I faint ô quickly quickly hear Thy smiles dear Lord I crave Least I like dying Men appear Who just approach the Grave verse 8 Let me thy Mercies early gain For Lord I trust in Thee To Thee I lift my Soul make plain The way of Life to me verse 9 Save me from all my Foes who still To Thee for shelter fly verse 10 Teach me to do thy sacred Will My Lord my God most High O let thy Spirit lead me to The Land of Righteosness verse 11 My Soul with active Life renew And for thy Glory bless Just Lord from Troubles set me free And all my Foes destroy Thy Mercy and thy Help let me Thy Servant Lord enjoy PSAL. clxjv verse 1 BLest be the Lord my strength whose Care And whose victorious Might Instructs my ready Hands for War My Fingers for the Fight verse 2 My Goodness Fort my Raiser He My Saviour and my Shield In Him I trust thro' Him to Me My willing People yield verse 3 Lord what is Man what Man 's weak Race Own'd by the favouring Ey verse 4 Meer Vanity His Age his Grace Like Shadows swiftly fly verse 5 Lord bow thy Heavens come down divide The Hills the Hills shall smoke verse 6 Shoot Lightnings break destroy their Pride With one confounding stroke verse 7 Lord from above thy Arms extend And save and rescue Me From Headstrong Crouds my Crown defend And Forreign Tyranny verse 8 From such whose Lips and Hands in Lyes In Deed and Word agree verse 9 So I 'll new Songs new Tunes devise On Lute and Harp to Thee Part 2 verse 10 The Lord his strong Salvation's Guards On Royal Head bestows And from his Servant David wards The plotting Traitors blows verse 11 Save Me my God! ô rescue Me From Forreign Enemies Whose Words Actions all agree In Treachery And Lies verse 12 So shall our Sons like Plants alive In Water'd Gardens show And with a kindly vigour thrive And daily stronger grow Our Daughters like fair Marble Coines Smooth'd by some Currious hand On which the building sweetly joyns The Roofs securely stand verse 13 All kind of Grain shall largely flow And run our Garners o're Till none by Numbers force can know Our never ending store Our Flocks their Young by thousands near Our very Gates shall lay Ten thousands in the rolling Year About out Pastures play verse 14 Our Cattel to their Work be strong We no Invasions fear No Captives know no Cries among Our peaceful Dwellings hear verse 15 Happy the Tribes must needs become On whom such Favour flows But ô more happy those on whom Their God himself bestows PSAL. cxlv verse 1 THy Name my God my King I 'll raise Above the lofty Skyes verse 2 Each Day thy Holy Name I 'll praise And Psalms of thanks devise verse 3 Great is our Lord his Glory 's great No Bounds his Greatness knows verse 4 And Race to race his Acts repeat His wondrous Works disclose verse 5 I 'll all my serious Thoughts address To search thy wondrous ways verse 6 The World thy Terrors shall confess While I thy Greatness praise verse 7 Thy Righteous Truth the World adores To mind thy Goodness brings And all thy Loves unfailing Stores In grateful Anthems Sings verse 8 Our Lord 's Compassionate and kind To vengeance only slow verse 9 His Goodness all his Creatures find O're all his Mercies flow verse 10 Thee all thy Works ô God shall Praise And celebrate thy Name Thy Saints as gladly all their Days Thy glorious Might proclaim Part 2. verse 11 Thy Might thy Kingdom 's glorious State Thy Servants Talk shall show verse 12 Till all thy valiant Acts relate Thy awful Glories know verse 13 Beyond Times bounds thy Kingdom stands Thy Government endures verse 14 Thy Help supports the weak thy Hand Their timely Ease procures verse 15 To Thee all raise their longing Eyes From Thee they beg their Food verse 16 Thy Bounteous Hand their Wants supplies And satisfies with Good verse 17 How Just blest God how gentle all Thy Ways and Works appear verse 11 Kind to those Souls which on Thee call To those who seek Thee near verse 19 Thou grantst the pious Suppliants Prayers Thou seest thy Servants Tears Thy Hand relieves their Various Cares And Ends their Doubts and Fears verse 20 But all the wicked World shall find Thy Judgments dreadful weight To thy revenging Wrath resign'd And unrelenting Hate verse 21 Thy Name blest God my Songs shall raise Above the lofty Skyes And all to Thee shall pay their Praise Till Times last Moment dyes PSAL. cxlvj. verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord with praise my Soul Thy Maker's Glories raise verse 2 While Breath and Life are in me whole I 'll sing thy lofty Praise verse 3 On Kings on Men of mortal Birth For safety ne'r rely verse 4 Whose Breath goes out who turn to Earth And all whose Counsels dy verse 5 But happy 's He whose Hopes whose Aid On God his Lord depends verse 6 Who Seas Earth Heaven and all things made Whose Promise never ends verse 7 He for the Poor his Judgment shows When prest by Violence Does Prisoners free and Food to those Of Hungry Souls dispence verse 8 God to the Blind gives Sense and Eyes And with his healing Art Sets up the sinking Soul supplies With Love the faithful Heart verse 9 The Widows Orphans Stranger 's cause The Lord himself maintains But o're the Stubborn Sinner draws Destructions fatal Chains verse 10 Thy King thy Lord ô Sion reigns His Actions all record His Throne from Age to Age remains Praise ye ô Praise the Lord PSAL. cxlvij. verse 1 PRaise ye the Lord its good to Sing Our Mighty Maker's praise It s pleasant and a comely thing His Glorious Acts to blaze verse 2 The Lord poor Salem's Walls repairs Her wretched Dust removes And home her wandring Outcasts bears Fenced with his tenderest Loves verse 3 The Lord finds out with pittying Art What Man from Man conceals And gently binds the bleeding Heart Its wounds as gently Heals verse 4 He names the Stars which fill the Skies And all their Number
thy saving Health rejoice verse 2 Since he bless'd Lord his Wishes had And thou hast heard his humble Voice verse 3 Thy Goodness all his Hopes prevents And crowns his Head with envy'd Gold verse 4 He beg'd for Life thy Love consents He long may live and ne'er be old verse 5 Thy great Salvation set him high With all Majestick Glory crown'd verse 6 On him Eternal Blessings lie Thy Heav'nly Joys his Heart surround verse 7 The King on God above relies And in his Mercy firmly stands verse 8 No Foe beyond his Anger flies Nor scapes his long revenging Hands verse 9 Lord when thy dreadful Fury burns Its Flame their Stock at once consumes verse 10 And all their Race on Earth o'erturns And all their wretched Pride intombs verse 11 Against thee they conspir'd and fram'd Such Plots as no Effect could take verse 12 O let them turn their Backs asham'd Thine Arrows sharp against them make verse 13 Exalt thy Might thy Glory Lord Arise exalt thy lofty Name While we with Songs thy Might record And all thy wondrous Acts proclaim PSAL. xxij verse 1 WHY ô my God my God ô why Hast thou Forsaken me How long so distant from my Cry Shall thy Salvation be verse 2 To thee my God I cry by Day To thee by Night I cry With Tears with restless Tears I pray Yet unregarded die verse 3 Yet Thou art holy Lord and pure With faithful Praise ador'd verse 4 Our Father's Hopes in Thee were sure Thy Heâ—p their Souls restor'd verse 5 On Thee they call'd and hop'd in Thee Yet no Disgrace receiv'd Thy Hand procur'd their Liberty And all their Wants reliev'd verse 6 But I a wretched Worm the Name Of Man in vain have born By Men expos'd to common Shame And all the Vulgar's Scorn verse 7 Their Heads their Lips when I appear With Scoffs disdainful move verse 8 Let 's see they cry if God can hear If God his Cause approve God was his Hope in God his Trust On God the Wretch rey'd God if He 'll have him strongly must Espouse his Darling's Side verse 9 But from my Mother's Breasts and Womb Thou wast my God my Guide verse 10 Thy careful Hand my youthful Bloom My Infant Cries supply'd verse 11 So on thy Grace I still depend O never cast me by For daily Woes my Life attend And no Assistant's nigh Part 2. verse 12 Against me Sinners fierce engage And impious Arms prevail verse 13 And me with Lions rampant Rage And open Mouths assail verse 14 My Life runs off like Winter-Streams My Bones disjointed start As Wax before the Sun 's hot Beams So melts my careful Heart verse 15 My Strength quite dries away my Tongue Cleaves to my parching Jaws And I shall soon to Earth belong By Death's determin'd Laws verse 16 For angry Dogs around me meet And all the Godless Crew They pierce my bleeding Hands and Feet And Wounds on Wounds renew verse 17 Each Passenger may tell my Bones While here I rack'd appear And gaze in Scorn while deathful Groans My wasted Vitals tear verse 18 My Robes my cruel Murd'rers seize And carefully divide And for their Shares their doubtful Pleas Impartial Lots decide verse 19 But leave me not my Strength my Lord O fly to resoue me verse 20 My helpless Soul ô from the Sword And bloody Dogs set free verse 21 From Lions Mouths and Brutish Might O save and hear my Prayer verse 22 So I 'l in all thy Church's Sight Thy Name thy Praise declare Part 3. verse 23 O ye who fear the Lord with Praise His happy Smiles implore Ye faithful Seed his Glories raise His sacred Name adore verse 24 He ne'er despis'd nor cast aside The Poor's afflicted Case Nor hid his Face but when I cry'd Bestow'd his wonted Grace verse 25 To thee my God I 'll lofty Praise In Vast Assemblies sing My humblest Vows on holy Days With just Devotion bring verse 26 The Poor shall eat to Fulness there Thy Saints thy Praises found Their joyful Hearts with Heav'nly Cheer And Life Eternal crown'd verse 27 Earth's farthest Bounds to Thee shall bow The World thy Grace proclaim All Nations Thee their God shall know And bear thy sacred Name verse 28 For God above the Nations reigns And o'er the World presides His Word their quiet State maintains And Truth to all divides verse 29 The Rich shall all his Rights allow And just Obedience pay The Poor to him shall gladly bow And his Commands obey Nay those whose drooping Souls draw near The dark devouring Grave Shall at his Name reviv'd appear And his Protection crave verse 30 Their Seed their gracious God shall serve And in his Family Their happy States and Names preserve And all his Goodness see verse 31 They shall his Righteousness to all Succeeding Ages show That those to come on God nay call And all his Wonders know Another Metre As the 124th WHY ô my God ô why my God dost Thou Desert a Soul oppress'd with mighty Woe Thou whose uhbounded Mercies largely flow And ready Help and kind Supports allow To others who beneath their Suff'rings bow verse 2 Crush'd by thy weighty Wrath my dreadful Cries My flowing Tears consume the chearful Light My restless Groans disturb the silent Night Yet still my absent God his Smiles denies For Tears or Groans has neither Ears nor Eyes verse 3 What! Can thy Wrath against a Godless Race Thy Nature change or to thy Servants make Thy Promise fail Can God himself forsake O no! He 's holy still His wondrous Grace The faithful World with Praise and Thanks embrace verse 4 On him our happy Fathers long believ'd Their Faith in him in him their Hopes were sure Their Considence in him from Shame secure verse 5 His ready Arm their pressing Wants reliev'd Their ancient Freedom and their State retriev'd verse 6 But I 'm beneath a Man's exalted Name A trampled Worm a Wretch forgot forlorn Expos'd to all th' insulting Vulgar's Scorn My heavy Woes their scossing Wits inflame And think I merit greater Pains and Shame verse 7 See how they toss their Heads the barb'rous Crew Shoot out their Tongues with pointed Flouts and Jeers Unkind returns for all my sanguine tears With cruel Joys the Rout my Life pursue And my unutterable Torments view verse 8 God was th' Impostors Patron once they cry God was his Strength his Friend his Father too Let 's see what that Almighty Friend can do Let 's see his God through the dividing Sky On rapid Wings to his Assistance fly verse 2 Yet from my Mother's Breasts and Virgin womb Wast thou my God and I was only thine My Birth Conception Nature all Divine verse 10 On Thee I trusted in my early Bloom Thy Image in my Infant-Soul had Room And can I doubt my God's immortal Love Can Seas or Earth again or can the Sky Dissolv'd in one unshap'd Confusion lie Can groundless Hate pursue the spotless Dove Or can unkind Oblivion reign above
From ev'ry threat'ning Storm verse 8 And I his Praise in Songs will spread And daily Vows perform PSAL. lxij verse 1 BUT still on God my Saviour I With humble Silence wait verse 2 My Rock my Health who sets me high And then confirms my State verse 3 How long shall your base Plots assail My Life Your selves shall fall And like old tott'ring Fences fail Or like some batter'd Wall verse 4 They fain would thrust my Glories down And old in Lyes they grow Their Language Oily Blessings crown Their Hearts with Curies flow verse 5 But still on God my Saviour I With humblest Silence wait verse 6 My Rock my Health who sets me high And then secures my State verse 7 God 's my Salvation Glory All My Strength my Hope my Trust verse 8 Pour out your Hearts with Faith ô call On Him ye suff'ring Just Our God's a Guard who ne'er can fail verse 9 But Men are Vanity Nay that against 'em turns the Scale They 're all an empty Lye Those Men by Providence depress'd And those exalted high The Rich the Poor the Worst the Best Are all an empty Lye verse 10 O ne'er in Wrong nor Force confide Nor swe'ling Thoughts disclose Nor on your Treasures multiply'd Your care'ess Hearts repose verse 11 Once God hath spoke and twice have we His Declaration heard That Might belongs to God and He Will for his Might be fear'd verse 12 And Mercy Lord is only thine And thy impartial Hand Will as Men's various Works incline Their due Rewards command PSAL. lxiij us the rooth verse 1 BEfore the Morning-blushes rise To Thee dear God I lift my Eyes For thou alone my God shalt be To Thee my thirsty Soul aspires Thy Smiles my longing Flesh desires Where I no Springs of Comfort see verse 2 As oft within thy holy Place I met of old thy quick'ning Grace I 'd now thy Strength and Glory view verse 3 More swift than Life thy Mercies flow And I with chearful Lips would show Thy Works thy ancient Praise renew verse 4 Thy Works with Blessings I 'll proclaim Whi'e Life shall last and in thy Name My Hands and Heart devoutly raise verse 5 Sweet Marrow 's Juice the Taste invites But more in Thee my Soul delights And Thee my joyful Lips shall praise verse 6 In Bed I think on Thee dear Lord Thy Loves I through the Night record And on thy Goodness meditate verse 7 From Thee my Health and Safety springs And shadow'd by thy glorious Wings I 'll all thy Works with Joy relate verse 8 To Thee my steady Soul adheres Thy Hand my strong Support appears verse 9 But those who would my Life betray Shall sink in Death's Eternal Shade verse 10 Their Lives to cruel Swords be made And Wolves and savage Beasts a Prey verse 11 Then in his God the King shall be Exalted high the World shall see His flowing Joys and all who swear To him shall in their Oaths be bless'd And Lying Lips with Shame suppress'd No more to blast his Crown appear PSAL. lxiv. verse 1 LOrd hear my Voice in Pray'r secure My Life From angry Foes verse 2 From Sinners Plots ô hide me sure And wicked Workers Blows verse 3 Sharp though they whet their temper'd Swords Their Tongues are sharper far And out they shoot their bitter Words Like Shafts prepar'd for War verse 4 In dark Retreats the Plotter lies To wound the perfect Heart And fearlese there with bo'd Surprize He throws his deadly Dart. verse 5 Mischief's their Life to mischief they Encouragements apply And talk of spreading Snares and say Who can our Snares descry verse 6 Deep are their Hearts their Counsels deep And all their Thoughts profound And all a Search for Mischief keep And practise Mischief found verse 7 But God with more surprizing Darts Their wounded Hearts shall reach verse 8 Their Tongues shall soon betray their Hearts Themselves themselves impeach verse 9 Aloof the wond'ring World shall stand And all around with Fear Acknowledge God's revenging Hand And all his Acts revere verse 10 Then shall the Just in God rejoice Their Faith more strongly raise And each good Man exalt his Voice To sing his Maker's Praise PSAL. lxv as the rooth PRaise Lord in Sion waits for Thee To Thee our holy Vows we pay Thou hear'st us whence in Misery verse 2 To Thee the suppliant World shall pray verse 3 My Sins are Lord too strong for me But Thou sha't all my Sins forgive verse 4 O happy 's he whose Eyes may see Thy House and in thy Presence live When him Devotion kindly warms His inward purer Joys abound His Soul with bless'd Re igion's Charms Is in thy sacred Temple crown'd verse 5 What though a Thousand Dangers rise To us our sure Salvation springs From Thee thy Flock for Shelter flies To thy protecting Mercy 's Wings For us thy dreadful Judgments move And scatter all our Fears and Woes Whence all in Thee their Trust improve Where Earth extends or Water flows verse 6 Thy Might the lofty Mountains rais'd And Pow'r thy wondrous Throne surrounds And at thy Voice the Seas amaz'd Laid down their Billows roaring Sounds verse 7 Thy Terrours smooth the Wat'ry Plain And all the murm'ring Nations quell When ruffling Storms disturb the Main And stubborn Hearts with Madness swell Part 2. verse 8 When earth is shock'd and Comets blaze And thy prodigious Signs appear At them the trembling Nations gaze And them at utmost distance fear The blushing Dawn the Morning-Skies Through all the World thy Praise proclaim And when Night 's gloomy Shadows rise They celebrate thy glorious Name verse 9 Thy Eyes the lower World survey Thy Hand their various Need supplies Thy Dews and Rains prepare the Way For Grass and Herbs and Plants to rise What mighty Treasures Lord hast Thou Within thy wat'ry Chambers laid Whence all our vast Provisions now Our Corn and Wine and Oil 's convey'd verse 10 The rising Grounds thy Fountains make Their wealthy Crops and Fatness yield The lower Lands thy Smiles partake Thy Blessing warms the springing Field verse 11 The joyful Year with Goodness crown'd Owes all its Plenty Lord to Thee Thy Clouds with fat'ning Drops abound And we their large Production see verse 12 The barren Wiâ—ds the burning Sands Those cooâ—ing Drops in Season bless The dancing Hillocks join their Hands And Mirth and Gratitude express verse 13 Huge Flocks the fruitful Pastures yield Huge Crops the burthen'd Valleys bring Joys eccho through the chearful Field And all their Maker's Praises sing Another Metre to the old 104th proper Tune verse 1 IN Siou's bless'd Gares Lord Praise waits for Thee To Thee holy Vows Shall justly be paid verse 2 Thy Goodness creates All our Confidence we By 't mov'd in thy House Our Petitions have made verse 3 Man 's impious Art Against me prevails O purge O remove Our Follies away verse 4 How happy 's his Part Whom thy Mercy ne'er fails Thy Choice can approve And thy
That we may sing thy Praise and fall With Thanks before thy Glorious Face verse 48 The God of Israel's Name record His Piaise from Age to Age refound And let the joyful Tribes around Sing out Amen ô praise Lord PSAL. cvij. Part 1. Metre 1. verse 1 O Praise the Lord Exa't his Name His Goodness celebrate Let Age to Age resound his Fame His bounteous Acts relate verse 2 Sing to His Name ye whom from Chains His peaceful Arm redeem'd O be his Praise in grateful Streins His glorious Works esteem'd verse 3 He from Earth's utmost Quarters drew His lsrael's scatter'd Race verse 4 And the wild Desarts wandring thro' They found no Resting-place verse 5 Tho'pinch'd with Hunger scorch'd with Thirst Their wasting Spirits fail'd Yet with their pittying God at first Their humble Cries prevail'd verse 6 Thro'all their Streights his careful Hand Was their unfailing Guide verse 7 And smooth'd their Ways and made their Bands In well-built Towns reside verse 8 O praise his Goodness Praise his Name His wond'rous Mercies praise Thro' all the World his Acts proclaim His boundless Glories raise Part 2. Metre 2. verse 9 Praise God! His Springs we see Relieve the thirsty Soul The hungry Wretch revives when He Bestows his plenteous Dole verse 10 But when they foolish all his gracious Laws abus'd Despis'd their Maker's gentlest Call And Love's soft Voice refus'd verse 11 Then he the stubborn Crew In weighty Fetters chain'd Death's Chains around the Rebels flew And Woes their Souls restrain'd verse 12 Yet when oppress'd they bow'd Beneath the dismal Weight And when in vain they begg'd aloud For Men to ease their State verse 13 When to their God they cry'd And at his-Footstool laid Their pressing Griefs and mortify'd The softhing Rebe's pray'd verse 14 He cleared the Skies above And every Slave unchain'd And with warm Beams of gentlest Love The Sufferers entertained verse 15 O praise O praise his Name His bounteous Acts declare Let all Mankind with Thanks proclaim How great his Mercies are Part 3. Metre 3. As the 100th verse 16 Praise God! At his Command the Gates Of massive Brass their Leaves unfold No Bars of Steel nor sturdy Grates Against his powerful Words can hold verse 17 When Fools ' for Sins afflicted griev'd And with their Sins their Judge provok'd verse 18 No Meats their Appetites reliev'd Nor cas'd their Hungers stickly Stroke Their Stomachs loath'd bless'd Angels Food Sweet Manna dropping from the Skies And Quails disturb'd their curdling Blood Till Nature sunk without Supplies verse 19 Yet when the fainting Sinners pray'd He heard and heard them when they cry'd God's Word their dying Swoons allay'd And Appetites and Food supply'd verse 20 New Life new Spirits he bestow'd Where fading Nature's Force declin'd To them his healthful Favours show'd And their distemper'd Blood refin'd verse 21 O praise our God! Exalt his Name Above the Skies exalt his Name verse 22 Your Thanks with Sacrifice proclaim And Trophies to his Goodness raise Part 4. Metre 4. as the 148th verse 23 Such whose bold Courage o're The restless Ocean flies And fail from Shore to Shore For wealthy Merchandise verse 24 Such Men may fee How wondrous there God's Works appear How powerful He. verse 25 For if in Storms he speak The swelling Tempest roars And foaming Billows break And lash the bounding Shores While Wind and Tide On rolling Seas Where-e'er they please Triumphant ride verse 26 Now high the towring Fleet On Watry Mountains rise As if the Clouds they 'd meet Or brave the threatning Skies Now down they come Steep tumbling all With dreadful Fall To meet their Doom verse 27 Strait every shatter'd Sail. Reels here and staggers there While horrid Storms prevail And Courage yields to fear All Hopes are lost And in Black Night Ships guideless quite At random toss'd verse 28 But when on God they call He hears their mournful Cries verse 29 Loud Storms in Silence fall And Light remounts the Skies Rough Billows slake And gentle Gales Swell all their Sails Their Port to make verse 30 There with Delights unseign'd The wearied Sailers rest New Life and Safety gain'd Warms every fainting Breast Joys sweeter tast And the dear Shore Is va'u'd more For Dangers past verse 31 O praise O praise the Lord His Bounteous Actions praise Let all the World record His Mercy 's wond'rous Ways verse 32 In thickest Throngs Where Princes are His Loves declare With grateful Songs Part 4. Metre 4 As the 113th verse 33 O praise the Lord At his Commands Fair Streams desert the hirsty Lands And Springs no more their Waters yield verse 34 His Curse for Humane Crimes destroys Their blooming Hopes and ripening Joys And sows with barren Salt the Field verse 35 Yet for his own dear Servant's sakes He turns vast Lands to standing Lakes And makes the Sands with Waters flow verse 36 And then their hungry Troops he guides And thro' the new-rais'd Fields divides And makes new Towns and Cities grow verse 37 With noblest Grains they sow their Fields Rich Wines the grateful Vineyard yields Their Crops are full profound their Peace verse 38 God's Blessing on their Labours waits Their crowding Offspring throng their Gates And all their pregnant Flocks encrease verse 39 But when his ancient Love 's abus'd His Counsels his Commands refus'd A suddain Change o'returns their State Down falls their haughty Pride their Race Incessant Wars And Plagues desace Expos'd to every Neighbour's Hare verse 40 Their Princes with Contempt he treats Confounds them in their proud Conceits And lets their Hopes bewildred fall verse 41 Then to the Poor despis'd before Transfers his favouring Mercies store And feeds and multiplies them all verse 42 Admire ye living Saints with Joy While silent impious Atheists ly Admire his Providential Ways verse 43 Let wise Men all their Thoughts confine To meditare on Works Divine And sing their great Protector 's praise PSAL. cviij As the 110th verse 1 MY Heart is fix'd ô God my Heart Is fix'd thy losty Praise to sing I 'me ready with my noblest part To praise my everlasting King verse 2 Awake my Harp awake my Lute While I prevent the Morning's light verse 3 And thy dear Praises prosecute In all the wondring Nations fight verse 4 Swist are the Clouds and high the Skies Above our Thoughts and Measures far But higher Lord thy Mercies rise More swift thy Truths vast Conguests are verse 5 Lord o're the Skies thy Brightness show Let all the Earth thy Glories see verse 6 O hear ô save thy Servant so I 'le rescue those belov'd by Theo. verse 7 God swore once by his Holiness And by his Oath my Joy maintains I 'le quick Shichcm's Fields possess And measure Succoth's fruitful Plains verse 8 Fair Gileads mine Manasses too My Head on Ephraim's strength relies The Scepter 's Royal Indah's due My Kingdom He with Laws supplies verse 9 Moab my meanest Slave shall be And Edom prostrate at my Feet And conquere'd Palestina