Let my integrity and uprightness defend And keep me safe because O Lord on thee I do depend verse 22 And now O Lord redeem and bring thine Israel out Of all the straits and miseries that compass them about Psalm XXVI Bristol Tune JUdge me O Lord for I am just and blame -- less I a-bide In thee like-wise I put my trust there -- fore I shall not slide verse 2 Prove me my God I thee desire and search me secretly Try me with thy refining fire my heart and reins O try verse 3 Thy loving kindness Lord my God before my face I lay And in the paths of truth have trod and kept that holy way verse 4 I do not hold society with men whose deeds are vile I will not come in company with them that practice guile verse 5 The congregation of the lewd I do detest and hate And with the wicked multitude I will not be a mate verse 6 In innocency I will wash and purify my hands Then will I hasten to the place where thy pure altar stands verse 7 That I may publish and proclaim with voice of joy and praise And tell of thy most worthy fame in all thy works and ways verse 8 The habitation of thy house Lord I have loved well And that same place so glorious where thy renown doth dwell verse 9 O gather not my soul with them in sin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much blood to spill verse 10 Within whose hands mischievousness and wickedness abides And their right hand it is no less replenished with bribes verse 11 But as for me walk on I will in mine integrity Redeem me and be merciful unto me O most high verse 12 My foot stands in an even place and here I will record And shew before the churches face the praises of the Lord. Psalm XXVII Dublin Tune THe Lord 's my sa-ving health and light why should I be dis -- maid He is my life my strength might why should I be a --- fraid verse 2 When as the sons of wickedness my foes and en'mies all Came on me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and did fall verse 3 Though hosts against me pitch their tent my heart shall fear no foes But in this case be confident though wars against me rose verse 4 One thing I have desir'd of God which I will seek for still That I may have a blest abode in Sions sacred hill That I may there spend all my days beholding God's sweet face Inquiring after blessed ways within his holy place verse 5 For he shall in the evil hour me in 's pavillion hide And make his sacred tent my tow'r where I shall safe abide verse 6 And now behold my head shall be exalted and renown'd Above my foes that compass me in all the circuits round Therefore will I bring to his tent the sacrifice of joy And songs of praise will I present unto the Lord most high verse 7 Hear me O Lord when as I cry with earnest voice to thee Have mercy on me O most high and kindly answer me verse 8 When as thou said'st my face seek ye instructed by thy grace My heart made answer unto thee Lord I will seek thy face verse 9 Hide not thy face O Lord I pray hide not thy face from me In anger do not put away thy servant Lord from thee Thou wast my helper heretofore O do not leave me quite Forsake me not for evermore O God my saving might verse 10 When Parents both forsook their son and cast me off together The Lord took care when they had done a better friend than either verse 11 Teach me O Lord thy way to know and graciously dispose That in a plain path I may go because of all my foes verse 12 Give me not over to my foes for most maliciously False witness are against me rose that breath out cruelty verse 13 And surely I had fainted quite but that I hop't to see Thy goodness in the land of light dispensed unto me verse 14 Wait on the Lord couragiously he is thy strength and stay Thy heart with faith to fortify wait on the Lord I say Psalm XXVIII Bristol Tune TO thee I cry O Lord my rock thine an -- swer let me have Lest by thy si-lence I be like to dead men in their grave verse 2 O hear the voice of my request now that to thee I cry When tow'rds thy holy oracle I lift my hands on high verse 3 O draw me not with wicked men to act the sinners part That speak unto their neighbours peace while mischief fills their heart verse 4 Give them according to their deeds and mischief of their hearts O recompence their handy-works and render their deserts verse 5 Since they regarded not God's works nor what his hands have wrought He shall not build but break them down and bring them all to nought verse 6 Blessed for ever be the Lord because that he hath heard My voice and supplications which I to him preferr'd verse 7 The Lord 's my strength and fortitude my safest sheild is he My heart reposed trust in him and he hath holpen me Therefore my heart exceedingly doth triumph and rejoyce And with sweet songs of praise to him will I lift up my voice verse 8 God is the strength of Israel and lo the Lord alone He is the Saviour and the strength of his anointed one verse 9 Lord save thy people powerfully and bless thine heritage Feed them likewise and raise them high henceforth from age to age Psalm XXIX Oxford Tune GIve to the Lord ye migh-ty ones Give to the Lord your crowns Thrones his strength glo --- ry to con-fess As-cribe due glo --- ry to his name Worship the Lord his praise proclaim in beau-ty of his ho -- li -- ness verse 3 Heark you may hear his ratling cloud the God of glory thunders loud This is the voice of God most high the Lord on many waters is verse 4 And that loud sounding voice of his is full of power and Majesty verse 5 Heark how his voice with terror speaks yea and the Lord the cedars breaks The cedars of mount Lebanon verse 6 Like wanton calves he makes them skip Like a young unicorn they trip mount Lebanon and Syrion verse 7 The flames of lightning they divide the fire doth flash on every side His thundering voice effects no less verse 8 The thundering voice of God doth make The mighty desarts move and quake it shakes all Paran wilderness verse 9 The voice of God so very strong doth cause the hindes to cast their young And the bare forrests to appear while his renown by every tongue Is through his holy temple sung and these works celebrated there verse 10 For God sits king upon the floud yea from the first his kingdom stood And it shall never never cease verse 11 The Lord that is our strength and tower Will give his people
ample power the Lord will bless his church with peace Psalm XXX St. Marys Tune I Will ex -- tol thee O most high for I am rais'd by thee Thou hast not made mine en -- e -- my to tri -- umph o --- ver me verse 2 O Lord my God to thee I cri'd for succour and relief And graciously thou didst provide to heal me of my grief verse 3 Thou brought'st my soul up from the pit thou kept'st me Lord alive From them that are gone down to it while safely I survive verse 4 O ye his saints sing to the Lord and thankfully confess Unto his name when ye record his perfect holiness verse 5 His wrath is in a moment past life from his favour springs Though weeping for a night may last the morning comfort brings verse 6 And I in my prosperity did confidently say Surely I shall live happily and see no evil day verse 7 So very strongly by thy grace my mountain Lord was laid Then didst thou hide away thy face and I was soon dismai'd verse 8 Then in my tribulation to thee Lord did I cry And made my supplication unto the Lord most high verse 9 What gain is in my blood when I unto the grave go down Can dust praise thee and testify thy truth and thy renown verse 10 Lord I beseech thee hear me now in that which I have pray'd Have mercy on me and be thou my all sufficient aid verse 11 To joyful dancing thou hast turn'd my sorrows dolefull noise My sackcloth loos'd wherein I mourn'd and girt me round with joys verse 12 To th' end my tongue may sing thy praise and never silent be O Lord my God even all my days will I give thanks to thee Psalm XXXI Lincoln Tune IN thee O Lord I put my trust O put me not to shame De -- li -- ver me as thou art just ev'n for thy righ -- t'ous name Bow down thy ear and hear me now de ---- li --- ver me with speed My ca -- stle and strong rock art thou to save me at my need verse 3 For Lord thou art my fort and tower which I for safety take Then lead and guide me by thy power O God for thy names sake verse 4 Pull me out of the net which they for me have closely laid Because thou art my strength and stay to whom I fly for aid verse 5 The spirit which thou gav'st to me I to thy hands commit For thou Lord God of truth art he that hast redeemed it verse 6 All such as set their heart on lies I utterly abhorr'd Detesting all such vanities I trusted in the Lord. verse 7 Thy mercies great do make me glad my joyes do overflow For thou hast weigh'd what cares I had and known my soul in woe verse 8 Thou hast not Lord deliver'd me into mine en'mies hand But in a place of liberty hast made my feet to stand The second part verse 9 Lord pity me do thou condole for I am in distress Mine eye my belly and my soul Consume with heaviness verse 10 My life is spent with misery my years with sighs decay Strength fails me through iniquity my bones consume away verse 11 I was a scorn to all my foes chiefly to neighbours nigh A fear to friends for even those see me without and fly verse 12 Like to a dead man out of mind so am I quite forgot And disregarded of mankind as 't were a broken pot verse 13 For many slanders have I heard and fear on all sides lay While they devised and conspir'd to take my life away verse 14 But yet I trusted to thy pow'r O Lord my God said I Thou art my God and Saviour on whom I do rely verse 15 My times are all at thy dispose do thou then set me free From bloody hands of all my foes that follow after me verse 16 Upon thy faithful servant make thy gracious face to shine And save me for thy mercies sake for I am one of thine verse 17 Lord let me never be abasht for I thy succour crave But let the wicked ones be dasht and silenc't in the grave verse 18 Let lying lips in silence die which speak the worst they can Most proudly and contemptuously against the righteous man verse 19 O Lord how great felicity hast thou laid up for them That fear thy name and trust in thee before the sons of men verse 20 Thou hid'st them in thy secret eye from haughty tyrants wrongs Kept in thy secret canopie from all the strife of tongues verse 21 O blessed be the Lord above that succour'd me so far And shew'd me such exceeding love in a strong town of war verse 22 I said in haste I am remov'd and cut off from thine eyes Yet was I so of thee belov'd thou heardst my doleful cries verse 23 O love the Lord all ye his saints for he the faithful guards And the proud man with punishments he plent'ously rewards verse 24 Be strong and God shall stay your heart be confident ye just And surely God shall take your part since ye on him do trust Psalm XXXII Lowath Tune BLes -- sed O bles -- sed man is he whose sin God pas --- eth by And hid is his in -- i -- qui -- ty from God 's all --- see ---- ing eye verse 2 Blessed is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin Whose heart hath all deceit abhorr'd and guile's not found therein verse 3 For while I no confession made but silent kept my Tongue My bones as if with age decay'd with roaring all day long verse 4 Thy hand on me was burdensome the day and night throughout So that my moisture did become like Summers parching drought verse 5 Then I confest my sin to thee and all my faults reveal'd My trespass and iniquity no longer I conceal'd I said I will to God confess what all my sins have been Then thou forgav'st the wickedness and guilt of all my sin verse 6 Hence all good men shall pray to thee what time thou maist be found Sure when great floods of water be he safely stands his ground verse 7 O God thou art my hiding place from straits thou sets me free And with sweet songs of saving grace thou dost encompass me verse 8 I will instruct thee saith my God and teach thee in the way My watchful eye shall be thy guide lest thou shouldst go astray verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth if that the corb it wants from harm thou canst not rule verse 10 For certainly to men unjust shall miseries abound But him that in the Lord doth trust shall mercy compass round verse 11 O all ye right'ous men rejoyce and in the Lord delight With joyful shouts lift up your voice all ye whose hearts are right Psalm XXXII Metre 2. To the 100 Psalm Tune O Hap-py man whom God forgives and hides what he has done a --
verse 12 Those namely that have spoken thus come on and let us take The houses of the Lord to us and them our houses make verse 13 Make them I pray thee O my God like wheels that still turn round Or like the stubble blown abroad when whirlwinds sweep the ground verse 14 And as the fire consumes a wood with fierce and furious flame And mountains where the trees once stood are singed with the same verse 15 So let thy whirlwind furiously pursue them Lord full fast And let thy tempests terrify and fright them with thy blast verse 16 Cover O Lord and fill their face with their deserved shame That they may humbly beg thy grace and seek thy glorious name verse 17 Yea let them all confounded be and troubled day and night Yea bring them all to infamy and let them perish quite verse 18 That men may know that thou alone whom we Jehovah call In all the earth the only one art highest over all Psalm LXXXIV Oxford Tune O Lord of hosts how love -- ly fair thy sa -- cred ta -- ber-na -- cles are Ev'n where my soul doth long to be Yea and my spi --- rit pines a -- way With-in thy courts to come and pray my flesh and heart cry out for thee verse 3 O living God methinks I miss the sparrows and the swallows bliss so happily inhabiting for they may build their nests full throng and near thine Altar lay their young O Lord of hosts my God my King verse 4 O blessed are all those that may dwell in thy house both night and day for they will ever give thee praise verse 5 And blest the man whose strength 's in thee who though he cannot present be yet sets his heart on thy sweet ways verse 6 Ev'n their 's that passing Baca's vale dig wells to serve when waters fail or use the pools which rain doth fill verse 7 From strength to strength they travel there until at last they all appear before the Lord in Sion hill The second part verse 8 O thou that art the God of War whose all the hoasts of creatures are depending on thy soveraignty vouchsafe thou Lord my pray'r to hear listen and lend a gracious ear O God of Jacob's family verse 9 O God our sav'our and our shield that dost to us protection yield behold us with a kind aspect and now be pleas'd to look upon the face of thine anointed one and let thy beams on him reflect verse 10 For in thy courts I count one day a thousand others to out-weigh nay I had rather keep a door within the house of the most high then dwell with all prosperity in sinners tents for evermore verse 11 For God's a son and shield divine and doth with grace and glory shine and gives all good things to the just verse 12 Blest is the man O Lord of hoasts that only thine assistance boasts and hath in thee repos'd his trust Psalm LXXXV St. Davids Tune LOrd thou hast dealt most fa-vour-r'bly with thy be --- lo --- ved land And Ja -- cob's hard cap-ti ---- vi -- ty brought back with pow'r -- ful hand verse 2 Thy peoples foul iniquities which they have lived in Thou Lord hast cover'd from thine eyes and pardon'd all their sin verse 3 Thy furious wrath thou didst asswage which did so fiercely burn And from the fury of thy rage thou didst in mercy turn verse 4 O God of our salvation turn us likewise to thee And cease thine indignation and no more angry be verse 5 Wilt thou be angry still with us and evermore contend Wilt thou draw out thine anger thus untill all ages end verse 6 O wilt thou not again revive the people of thy choice That being so restor'd alive they may in thee rejoice verse 7 Do thou O Lord thy mercy show apparent in our sight And on thy Church do thou bestow thy saving health and might The second part verse 8 I 'le hear what God the Lord will say for he will speak of peace So that his saints and servants may their former follies cease verse 9 Sure his salvation is at hand to those that do him fear That glory may adorn our land and be a dweller there verse 10 Mercy and truth have sweet access and both together meet And perfect peace and righteousness with mutual kisses greet verse 11 Eternal truth and verity out of the earth shall spring Justice looks down from heav'n on high an heav'n on earth to bring verse 12 Yea and the Lord shall here bestow abundant grace and peace And make our land to overflow with plentiful increase verse 13 Before his face shall justice go and where the way was dim Shall now direct our foot-steps so that we may follow him Psalm LXXXVI St. Marys Tune O Lord bow down thy gra-cious ear to my com-plaint and cry And now O Lord in mer -- cy hear for poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because I have receiv'd such grace from thee O thou my God thy servant save that puts his trust in thee verse 3 O be thou merciful to me O Lord I humbly pray Because I call and cry to thee and do it ev'ry day verse 4 And fill thy servants soul with joy that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee O Lord do I lift up my soul and mind verse 5 For thou art very good O Lord in pard'ning very free And art with plent'ous mercy stor'd tow'rds all that call on thee verse 6 Therefore O Lord when I do pray regard and give good ear Mark well the words that I do say my supplication hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain Because I know and plainly prove thou answer'st me again verse 8 For like to thee O Lord is none among the powers divine Nor are the works of any one to be compar'd with thine The second part verse 9 All nations made by thy great might and all thy hands did frame Shall come and worship in thy sight and glorify thy name verse 10 For Lord thou art a mighty one and thou dost wond'rous deeds And thou O Lord art God alone from whom such pow'r proceeds verse 11 Teach me the way of truth most right and I 'le observe the same And unto thee my heart unite that I may fear thy name verse 12 I will praise thee unfeignedly O Lord my God that art And I will ever glorify thy name with all my heart verse 13 Because thy mercies shew'd to me in greatness do excell My soul by thee hath been set free out from the lowest hell verse 14 O God the proud against me rise and throngs of vi'lent men Have sought to make my soul their prize but thee they mind not then verse 15 But Lord thou art a God most kind suff'ring no little space Compassions store in thee we find and plentious truth and grace verse 16 O turn to me and pity me and
light Psalm LVII Dublin Tune BE mer -- ci -- ful to me O Lord be mer ---- ci -- ful to me Be -- cause my soul be -- lieves thy word and puts her trust in-thee Yea to the shadow of thy wings I will for refuge fly Untill these lamentable things shall quietly pass by verse 2 I 'l cry to God with earnest breath ev'n unto God most high Who faithfully accomplisheth my competent supply verse 3 And he shall send from heaven high and save me by his power From his reproach and obloquy that would my soul devour verse 4 God shall send forth his truth and grace though now my soul doth dwell And lodge among a wicked race set all on fire of hell Degen'rate sons of men I mean whose fury being stirr'd Their teeth are spears and arrows keen their tongue a sharpned sword The second part verse 5 Be thou exalted O great God above the starry skie And far above the earth abroad thy glory set on high My en'mies have prepar'd a net my steps to overthrow verse 6 My soul for which the same was set is bow'd down very low And they have also dig'd a pit before me in the way But falling in the midst of it themselves are made the prey verse 7 My heart is fixed stedfastly my heart is fixt O God And I will sing with melody and spread thy praise abroad verse 8 Awake my glory up I say my harp and lute awake And I will wake before the day sweet melody to make verse 9 Thy praise O Lord will I set forth where throngs of people be Among the nations of the earth will I sing praise to thee verse 10 Because thy mercy doth ascend unto the heavens high Thy truth as largely doth extend unto the cloudy skie verse 11 O God let thy exalted name above the heavens stand Advance thy glory and thy fame above the sea and land Psalm LVIII Martyrs Tune O Con -- gre-ga-tion put in trust and men of mor --- tal seed Are all your judg-ments true and just and are they so in --- deed verse 2 Nay in your hearts ye do devise to bind the cruel bands And in the Earth ye exercise the vi'lence of your hands verse 3 The wicked from the very womb have erred on this wise Into the world no sooner come but go astray by lies verse 4 Such as the serpents poison is such poison just is theirs And as the adder stoppeth his just so they stop their ears verse 5 For the deaf adder will not hear the charmers charming voice But deaf to all his charms appear though they were ne're so choise verse 9 Lord break their teeth within their mouth the great teeth of the stout Of the fierce lions in their youth O God ev'n break them out verse 7 As weak as water let them be and when he aim's to shoot Let all his whole artillery drop broken at his foot verse 8 As snails within the shell consume so Lord consume them quite And like abortives from the womb which never see the light verse 9 Before the pots can feel the thorns his fury shall let drive And with his whirwinds angry storms take them away alive verse 10 The just shall joy it doth them good to see thy vengeance then And he shall wash his feet in bloud of the ungodly men verse 11 So that a man shall surely say sure just men have reward And there 's a God that doth repay and justice doth regard Psalm LIX St. David's Tune MY God do thou de -- li --- ver me from all mine e --- ne -- mies And save me from their ty -- ran-ny that do a -- gainst me rise verse 2 From workers of iniquity in mercy set me free From all their bloudy cruelty my God deliver me verse 3 For lo they lie in wait for me the mighty do combine Against me undeservedly and for no fault of mine verse 4 They run and do themselves prepare when I no fault do make Awake to help me by thy care and perfect notice take verse 5 Most mighty God of Israel awake to judge the earth Spare none that wilfully rebell but pour thy vengeance forth verse 6 Lo they return at evening-tide and as a hungry hound They make a noise on ev'ry side and trace the city round verse 7 Their mouths belch out great blasphemy lo in their lips are swords For who say they doth stand so nigh that he should hear our words verse 8 But thou O Lord shalt laugh at them and they shall be despis'd For thou shalt scorn the heathen men and all th'uncircumcis'd verse 9 Because of his great strength and pow'r Lord I will wait on thee For God is my defence and tow'r to which I always flee verse 10 The God from whom my mercy flows shall me betimes prevent And let me see upon my foes my very hearts content The second part verse 11 Lord bring them down but slay them not disperse them by thy pow'r And let it never be forgot O Lord our shield and tow'r verse 12 For wicked words and blasphemies O trap them in their pride And for the curses and the lies which from their lips do slide verse 13 Consume in wrath consume them quite that men may apprehend Thou rul'st in Jacob by thy might to th' earths remotest and. verse 14 Let them return at evening-tide and like a hungry hound Make a great noise on every side and trace the city round verse 15 Wand'ring abroad with weary feet seek up and down for meat And howl when they are hunger-bit and have not what to eat verse 16 But I with early diligence will sing aloud thy praise Who wast my refuge and defence in all my dang'rous days verse 17 O thou my strength I 'le sing to thee to praise thy love and pow'r Who art a gracious God to me my strong defence and tow'r Psalm LX. Lowath Tune O God thou didst us once for -- sake and we were scat-ter'd then Thou wast dis-pleas'd but O be-take thy self to us a --- gain verse 2 The earth sore broken with thy hand doth tremble Lord and quake O heal the breaches of our land for it doth bow and shake verse 3 Things that were hard and rigorous thou hast impos'd on thine And thou hast given drink to us of stupifying wine verse 4 Yet gav'st thou them that feared thee the banner of thy aid Because of truth and veritie to be on high displai'd verse 5 Now Lord that thy beloved land delivered may be Save with the pow'r of thy right hand and harken unto me verse 6 In holiness Jehovah speak with joy I go about All Shechem to divide and take and Succoth vale mete out verse 7 Manasseh must to me subcribe and Gil'ad stand in aw My chiefest strength is Ephraims tribe and Judah gives my law verse 8 On Edom I will set my foot my wash-pot Mo'b shall be And thou O Palestina shout and
share and prove thy saving pow'r verse 14 Deliver me out of the mire and me from sinking keep From those that do my hurt desire and from the waters deep verse 15 Let not the flood prevail a whit whose water overflows Nor deep devour me nor the pit her mouth upon me close verse 16 Hear me O Lord for thou art still both loving kind and good Thy tender mercies on me spill and drown me in that flood verse 17 And from thy servant do not hide thy face in this my need I am opprest on ev'ry side O hear me Lord with speed verse 18 Unto my troubled soul draw nigh redeem and set it free And from mine en'mies tyranny do thou deliver me verse 19 Thou know'st all my reproach and shame thou seest my great disgrace Mine en'mies which procure the same are all before thy face The third part verse 20 My heart is broke with obloquy and I am full of grief I look't for some to pity me but no man gave relief verse 21 In vain on comforters I think when gall they gave for meat And gave me vinegar to drink when as my thirst was great verse 22 O turn their table to a snare and that which should have been For to have made them well to fare a trap to take them in verse 23 Let darkness be before their eyes and let them still mistake Yea and enforce their guilty loins continually to shake verse 24 Pour out thine indignation still with force on them to fall And let thine anger terrible take hold upon them all verse 25 And let their habitation be desolate and waste And in their empty tents not one inhabitant be plac't verse 26 For lo they persecute him much whom thou hast smote before And talk unto the grief of such as thou hast wonnded sore verse 27 Add therefore sin unto their sin and let them still transgress And let them never enter in into thy right'ousness verse 28 O let the book of life be rac't and thence their names be took And never with the just be plac't in that most blessed book verse 29 But I am poor and full of grief Lord to my soul draw nigh Let thy salvation give relief and set me up on high verse 30 I will take up a joyful song God's praises to proclaim Extoll him with a thankful tongue and magnify his name verse 31 And this shall please the Lord likewise and make a better proof Then ox or bull in sacrifice that hath both horn and hoofe verse 32 Hereat the humble shall be glad to see it with their eye And lo your heart that seeks for God shall live and never die verse 33 For lo the Lord doth hear the cries which his poor servants make Those pris'ners he doth not despise that suffer for his sake verse 34 Therefore let heaven his praises sing the earth and all the seas And also every kind of thing that lives and moves in these verse 35 For surely God will Sion save and Jadah's cities rear That dwelling houses men may have and large possessions there verse 36 His servants seed the faithful race inheriting the same And it shall be the dwelling-place of them that love his name Psalm LXX To the 51 Psalm Tune MAke haste O Lord and set me free make haste O God and suc -- cour me Con-found them with con-founding shame that seek my soul to hurt the same Let them be turned backward still turn'd back with shame that wish me ill verse 3 Reward their shame that say Aha and let confusion be their pay verse 4 All that seek thee and all that love salvation coming from above Full glad in thee let them abide still saying God be magnifi'd verse 5 But I am needy weak and poor make haste to help me Lord therefore My help and my deliverer thou art O Lord do not defer Psalm LXXI Lowath Tune O Lord I put my trust in thee when plun -- ged in di -- stress Let no con-fu -- sion seize on me nor shame my soul op -- press verse 2 Defend me in thy right'ousness and rescue me with speed Encline thine ear with readiness and save me at my need verse 3 Be thou my rock where I may have all times a safe resort 'T was thy command thy saint to save O thou my strength and fort verse 4 Save me my God from wicked men and from their strength and pow'r From folk unright'ous and from them that cruelly devour verse 5 On thee O God my hopes attend and upon none beside My youth did upon thee depend as it 's most faithful guide verse 6 Thou hast upheld me from my birth thou tookest care of me Ev'n from the womb thou brought'st me forth my praise still waits on thee verse 7 Indeed I seem a prodigie to many carnal eyes But my strong refuge is on high on him my hope relies verse 8 Therefore my mouth shall daily sing the glory of thy name And let it not speak any thing but of thy praise and fame The second part verse 9 My God O cast me not away when age my limbs doth shake And when my vigour doth decay do not my soul forsake verse 10 For they that bare me causless hate against me speak full ill And they that for my soul lay wait conspire against me still verse 11 Lay hands upon him now they said and let us all fall on For there is none to be his aid his God from him is gone verse 12 Therefore O God that seest my need far from me do not be But Lord my God make haste make speed to help and succour me verse 13 Confound them and consume them all that do against me rise Let scorn and shame upon them fall that do my hurt devise verse 14 But I on thee my hopes have set and laid them up in store Nor will I ever thee forget but praise thee more and more verse 15 I will do nothing all the day but shew thy righteousness All day thy saving joys display for they are numberless verse 16 Assisted by thy strength O God I will go safely on Thy right'ousness I 'le spread abroad thy right'ousness alone verse 17 For from my tender inafncy O God thou hast me taught And I have told continually what wonders thou hast wrought verse 18 Forsake me not now I am old now that my hairs grow white Till unto this age have told and shew'd the next thy might The third part verse 19 Thy right'ousness O God exceeds in the most high degree Thou hast performed wondrous deeds who can compare with thee verse 20 Thou who hast shew'd me troubles sore ev'n thou my life shalt save And though I were intomb'd restore and bring me from the grave verse 21 My greatness thou shalt much increase my comforts shall abound And with thy comforts and thy peace thou shalt inclose me round verse 22 I will instruct each warbling string to make thy praises known Yea O
up for them that are of upright heart verse 12 Rejoyce ye right'ous in the Lord much joyfulness express And give him thanks when ye record his perfect holiness Psalm XCVIII London Tune SIng to the Lord a new made song for he hath mar -- vels done His ho -- ly hand and arm most strong the vi ---- cto --- ry have won verse 2 The Lord almighty hath made known his saving health and might His truth he openly hath shown in all the heathen's sight verse 3 Tow'rds Isra'ls honour'd house hath he remembred truth and grace The earth did his salvation see declar'd in ev'ry place verse 4 Make joyful noise unto the Lord all dwellers on the earth Make noises loud his praise record with songs of joy and mirth verse 5 O sing unto the Lord I say and with the harp rejoyce With solemn harp his praise display and psalms melodious voice verse 6 With trumpets shrill express your joys with sound of cornet sing And make a very joyful noise before the Lord the king verse 7 O let the sea with billows swell and all its fulness roar The world likewise and all that dwell upon the spacious shore verse 8 Let floods clap hands with one accord let hills express their mirth And join in joys before the Lord who comes to judge the earth verse 9 With right'ousness and judgement then shall he the people try And justly judge a world of men with truth and equity Psalm XCIX St. Davids Tune THe Lord doth reign as king of kings let all the peo --- ple quake He sits up -- on the Che --- ru-bims let th' earth be mov'd and shake verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwell is wondrous high and great The people he doth far excell and sits in highest seat verse 3 Let all men praise and magnify thy great and dreadful name For it excells in sanctity and most deserveth fame verse 4 The princely power of our king loves judgement truth and right Thou rightly rulest every thing in Jacob through thy might verse 5 The Lord our God exalt ye now and worship him alone Before his footstool bend and bow for he 's a holy one verse 6 Moses and Aaron with his priests and Samuel on him call Among his Saints these made requests and he did answer all verse 7 He in the cloudy pillar spake and shew'd to them his will The laws and statutes he did make they labour'd to fulfil verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them hear and wast a pardoning God Thy mercy did to them appear though thou didst use thy rod. verse 9 The Lord our God exalt you still bow down before his throne And worship at his holy hill for he 's a holy one Psalm C. A Proper Tune ALl peo -- ple that on earth do dwell sing to the Lord with chearful voice Him serve with fear his praise forth-tell come ye be -- fore him and re-joyce verse 3 The Lord ye know is God indeed without our aid he did us make We are his flock he doth us feed and for his sheep he doth us take verse 4 O enter then his gates with praise and in his courts do ye proclaim Your thankfulness to him always and ever bless his holy name verse 5 Because the Lord our God is good his mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood and shall from age to age endure Psalm CI. Lowath Tune MEr -- cy and judgement are my song which Lord I 'le sing to thee And wise-ly walk in per -- fect way un --- til thou vi --- sit me And I will walk with upright heart within my house O Lord verse 3 Not any thing will I behold that is to be abhorr'd I hate their work that turn aside to me it shall not cleave verse 4 I will not own a wicked man the froward heart I leave verse 5 I 'le cut him off that slandereth his neighbour secretly I 'le not endure the proud in heart nor him that looketh high verse 6 I will look out the faithful men that they may dwell with me And whoso walks in perfect way my servant he shall be verse 7 Whoso is bent to use deceit I will abandon quite The liar I will not abide to tarry in my sight verse 8 The wicked I will soon destroy and rid the land of them And cut away the wicked ones from God's Jerusalem Psalm CII Bristol Tune LOrd hear my pray'r and let my cry come spee -- di --- ly to thee In day of my ca -- la -- mi -- ty hide not thy face from me Incline thy gracious ear to me in this my day of need And when I call and cry to thee Lord answer me with speed verse 3 For like as smoak consumes away so do my days expire My bones are burnt and do decay like to a hearth with fire verse 4 My heart is smitten like the grass quite withered and dead And I alas do quite let pass to eat my needful bread verse 5 By reason of my doleful groans and pain that I am in My grief breaks forth so that my bones do cleave unto my skin verse 6 Lo I am like a Pelican in mournful wilderness And like a hated owl I am in deserts comfortless verse 7 I watch and am quite desolate and sparrow-like alone Which separated from her meat on houses top doth moan verse 8 Mine enemies have all the day reproached me with scorn And mad men in their frantick way are all against me sworn verse 9 So that I have instead of bread the ashes eaten up And with my drink the tears I shed are mingled in my cup. verse 10 Because of thy severity and of thy angry frown For thou hast lifted me on high and then hast cast me down verse 11 The days wherein my life doth pass are like a flitting shade And I am like the withering grass which instantly doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord shalt still endure for ever constantly And thy remembrance shall stand sure to all posterity The second part verse 13 Thy tender bowels now shall stir to bring poor Sion home For lo the time to favour her yea the set time is come verse 14 For even in her very stones thy servants take delight The ruines under which she grorns find favour in their sight verse 15 And so the heathen every where shall reverence thy name And all the kings on earth shall fear thy glory and thy fame verse 16 When as the Lord builds up again fair Sion's broken wall His glory shall appear most plain and visible to all verse 17 The prayer of the destitute he shall regard and prize Their earnest and their humble suit the Lord will not despise verse 18 And this for ages yet to come shall rest upon record People created in the womb shall one day praise the Lord. verse 19 For from his sanctuaries height the Lord doth cast his eye
frame Psalm CXXV Lowath Tune ALl they that trust in God shall prove as firm as Si --- on hill which ne --- ver can be made to move but stand -- eth sted --- fast still verse 2 As hills surround Jerusalem so God is altogether About his people guarding them from this time forth for ever verse 3 The rod of sinners shall not rest upon the just men's lot Lest righteous men too much opprest should do they care not what verse 4 Do good to all good men O Lord to men of upright heart But such as of their own accord to crooked ways depart verse 5 With workers of iniquity the Lord shall lead them out But Isra'l shall undoubtedly with peace be hedg'd about Psalm CXXVI To the 113 Psalm Tune WHen God had our de -- liv'rance wrought And Si -- on out of bon -- dage brought it seem'd to us a ve -- ry dream So much our souls di-stract-ed were Be-tween the thoughts of hope and fear to quit a dan -- ger so ex-tream A -- bun-dant joys fills e --- v'ry breast And is in songs of joy ex-prest and e-v'ry tongue most sweetly sings The won-d'ring hea-then oft would say How good how great a God have they that wrought for them such migh-ty things verse 3 Great things for us the Lord hath wrought Above the reach of humane thought which makes our joy so much abound verse 4 And now Lord bring the remnant on t Of bondage as the show'rs in drought or rivers to a parched ground verse 5 He that goes forth in times of need Sorrowing to spare his precious seed and sows in tears and times of dearth verse 6 When the fat harvest comes about Shall make a glad return no doubt with laden sheaves and shouts of mirth Psalm CXXVII Oxford Tune UN-less the Lord the house do build Un -- less the Lord the ci --- ty shield man works man wakes but all in vain While God gives his be -- lo --- ved sleep Their bread in sor -- rows some do steep ear -- ly and late with fruit -- less pains verse 3 Young children lo come from the Lord A fruitful womb is his reward verse 4 No Giant shoots such shafts as those verse 5 Happy is he and free from shame Whose quiver's furnisht with the same in court and camp to foil his foes Psalm CXXVIII St Marys Tune BLes-sed are all that fear the Lord and walk as God com-mands For thou shalt eat the plen -- ty stor'd by la -- bours of thy hands All welfare shall to thee betide and happy be thy life verse 3 Like th'fruitful vine on thy house side lo such shall be thy wife Thy children round about thy board like plants of olive tree verse 4 Behold the man that fears the Lord thus blessed shall he be verse 5 From Sion God shall prosper thee and bless thee every way And thou Jerus'lem's good shalt see unto thy dying day verse 6 Yea with great joy thou shalt behold a plentiful increase Of children's children being old and Isra'l's stablisht peace Psalm CXXIX Lincoln Tune MA -- ny a time and oft have they di -- strest me from my youth Now Is --- ra -- el may speak and say and speak it of a truth Oft from my ten -- der in ---- fan -- cy af -- flict -- ed me have they Yet have they not pre-vail'd thereby a -- gainst me a ---- ny way verse 3 The plowers on my back did plow and made their furrows long verse 4 The righteous Lord hath cut in two the wicked's cords so strong verse 5 All Sion's hateful en'mies stop confound and overthrow verse 6 Make them like grass on houses top which with'reth e're it grow verse 7 Whereof the mower ne're receives so much as hands can gripe Nor he that bindeth up the sheaves a bosomful grown ripe verse 8 Which ne're invites the passengers at gath'ring of the same To say thus much God speed you sirs we bless you in his name Psalm CXXX To the 119 Psalm Tune O Out of the deeps I cri'd to thee Lord hear my voice said I and let thine ears at -- ten -- tive be to my re-quest and cry If thou shouldst mark i -- ni --- qui-ties then who should stand O Lord But there 's for-give-ness in thine eyes that thou maist be a-dor'd verse 5 I earnestly expect the Lord my very soul attends In expectation of his word whereon my hope depends verse 6 My soul waits for the Lord I say more than the watch by night Yea more than they that wait for day and for the dawning light verse 7 Let Isra'l hope in God alone for with the Lord there is Most plentiful redemption and mercy for all his verse 8 And this most gracious Lord shall please his Isra'l to redeem From all their sins and trespasses how great soe're they seem Psalm CXXX Metre II. To the 148 Psalm Tune OUt of the depths of wo I cry'd to thee O Lord Lord bow thine ear so low and let my voice be heard O bow thine ear At -- ten -- tive -- ly un -- to my cry my pray'r to hear If thou severe shouldst be then Lord who should be clear'd But mercy is with thee that so thou maist be fear'd I wait I tend upon the Lord and on his word my hopes depend My soul waits for the Lord more earnestly than those That wait with great regard till day the light disclose Yea more I say Desires dispatch than they that watch for break of day Let Isra'l hope in God for with the Lord is found Mercy to spare the rod redemption to abound By him likewise All Isra'l is redeem'd from his iniquities Psalm CXXXI Martyrs Tune O Lord I have no scorn-ful eye no proud or haugh-ty mind I seek not things that are too high but hum -- bly am in-clin'd verse 2 My soul is like an Infant wean'd ev'n from his mother's breast verse 3 And Israel to be sustein'd on God should always rest Psalm CXXXII Lincoln Tune KIng Da -- vid Lord re-mem-ber now and all his cares re -- cord How he did swear to God and vow to Ja -- cob's migh --- ty Lord. Sure-ly said he I will not come nor e --- ver put my head In -- to my house and lodg-ing-room to go up to my bed verse 4 I will not give one wink of sleep unto my weary eyes Nor suffer slumber once to creep mine eye-lids to surprize verse 5 Untill I do find out a place a place wherein may dwell The mighty God of Jacob's race the Lord of Israel verse 6 The first news of his blest abode lo Ephratah did yeild After we found the ark of God plac't in the wood-land field verse 7 Now therefore will we all go in into his dwelling-place And humbly we will worship him at foot-stool of his grace verse 8 Arise O Lord and come at length into thy place of rest
themselves prepar'd And in the net that they did set are their own feet ensnar'd verse 16 The Lord is known in these affairs by judgements which are wrought When sinners hands do make the snares wherewith themselves are caught verse 17 The wicked shall be turn'd to hell people of every kind Ev'n all that on the earth do dwell that have not God in mind verse 18 For needy souls may well be sure not still to be forgot The expectations of the poor for ever perish not verse 19 Up Lord and let not men have leave still to prevail by might But let the heathen folk receive their judgment in thy sight verse 20 And strike them Lord with fear so far that all the nations then May know themselves whoer'e they are to be but mortal men Psalm X. Lincoln Tune WHy dost thou Lord stand off so far and seemst thy self to hide And seest what troublous times here are and what op -- pres -- sing pride Where-with the wick-ed hunt the poor O let them be sur -- priz'd Caught in the snare they thought so sure and which them -- selves de -- vis'd verse 3 For of his hearts ungodly lusts the wicked boasts O Lord And he doth bless the covetous that is of thee abhorr'd verse 4 He seeks not after God a jot such is his haughty pride In all his thoughts God cometh not but is indeed deni'd verse 5 He ever loves to tyrannize judgment he counts far off He puffs at all his enemies with a disdainful scoff verse 6 He saith in heart I know that I shall never be displac't Nor of the least adversity at any time shall taste verse 7 His mouth is full of blasphemy of fraud deceit and wrong Mischievousness and vanity sit underneath his tongue verse 8 In villages he sit's obscure the innocent to slay His eyes are bent against the poor but in a private way verse 9 He lion-like lurks in his den waiting to catch the poor He draws him to his net and then he takes him to be sure verse 10 He croucheth and doth lowly bend humbling himself withal That so the poor man in the end by his strong ones may fall verse 11 He saith in heart God hath forgot he hides away his eyes And willingly beholds it not but O Lord God arise verse 12 Forget not but thy hand forth stretch for poor men undertrod verse 13 O wherefore should a wicked wretch contemn th' almighty God It shall not be requir'd at all thus speaks he in his heart verse 14 But of their mischief spite and gall thou Lord a witness art And what thou seest shall surely be by thy just hand repai'd The poor commits himself to thee thou art the orphans aid verse 15 The arm of tyrants merciless Lord break in sunder quite Search out his sin and wickedness till all be come to light verse 16 God reigneth an eternal King by whose revenging hand The heathen people perishing are banisht from his land verse 17 Lord the desire of humble men hath pierc't thine easy ear An heart thou wilt prepare us then and cause thine ear to hear verse 18 To judge the poor and fatherless that are opprest so sore That earthly men may not oppress nor vex them any more Psalm XI Lowath Tune I Put my con-fi-dence in God why there -- fore do ye say That as a bird un -- to her hill my soul shall hast a -- way verse 2 For lo the wicked bend their bow and fit their shafts with art Upon their strings to shoot unseen at the upright in heart verse 3 If the foundation verily be ruin'd and destroy'd Alas what can the righteous do the danger to avoid verse 4 The Lord is in his holy place his throne 's in heav'n on high His eyes behold the sons of men and try them narrowly verse 5 By him the right'ous man is tri'd the wicked man abhorr'd And he that loveth violence is hated of the Lord. verse 6 On sinners he shall rain down snares and they must all drink up Brimstone and fire and horrid storms the portion of their cup. verse 7 For God most right'ous ever doth in righteousness delight And with a pleased countenance beholdeth the upright Psalm XII Windsor Tune O Lord put to thy help-ing hand for now the god --- ly cease The faith-ful peo -- ple of the Land ex-ceed -- ing --- ly de -- crease verse 2 Men generally speak vanity unto their friends apart Their conf'rence slips from flatt'ring lips and from a double heart verse 3 The lips that utter flatterings the Lord will cut away And tongues that speak presumptuous things for thus they boast and say verse 4 We shall not fail but to prevail with tongue and lips most free They are in our peculiar power for who are Lords but we verse 5 Now for th' oppression of the poor and sighs of needy souls I 'le rise saith God and him secure from scornfull foes controuls verse 6 And we are sure God's words are pure as silver from the mines In furnace tri'd and purifi'd no less then seven times verse 7 Thy people Lord shall be assur'd preserved by thy grace They shall for ever be secur'd from this ungodly race verse 8 But all the while the base and vile are set in place of power On all sides then do wicked men seek whom they may devour Psalm XIII Stanford Tune HOw long O Lord of thee for -- got -- ten shall I be How long a space wilt hide thy face for e --- ver-more from me How long shall I con -- dole take coun -- sel in my soul And dai -- ly bear such grief and care and en ' -- mies proud con -- troul verse 3 Consider hear my cries my God clear thou mine eyes Lest sleep of death my last drawn breath perpetually surprize verse 4 And least mine en'mies say lo I have got the day And glad they be that trouble me when put beside my stay verse 5 But I thy mercy made the rock whereon I staid My heart in me right glad shall be in thy salvations aid verse 6 Unto the Lord will I sing praises chearfully Because that he hath dealt with me exceeding bounteously Psalm XIV Windsor Tune THe fools af -- firm there is no God for so in heart they say Vile deeds they do and none doth good so quite cor --- rupt are they verse 2 For lo the Lord from heaven view'd the race of all mankind To see if any understood or sought his god to find verse 3 But they were all corrupt and naught all turn'd aside and gone Not one that any good hath wrought no verily not one verse 4 Are wicked workers so misled so blind and brutish all That they should eat my folk like bread On God they do not call verse 5 But ev'n in all their jollity great fear upon them fell For in the sweet society of just men God doth dwell verse 6 Ye mock